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WWE Night of Champions 2017

Date: September 17th, 2017

Place: Air Canada Centre, Toronto Ontario

After the events at Summer Slam the WWE Universe wanted to find out “Who is the greatest WWE Champion of all time currently wrestling?”  WWE decided to hold a Night of Champions tournament with any wrestler who has won the WWE or World Title in the past eligible to enter.  16 WWE Superstars have entered to tournament with the winner being declared The Greatest WWE Champion of this generation!  After a random draw to set up the brackets we are ready to get the tournament started!

Round 1

Match 1: John Cena vs Dean Ambrose

A video package is aired showcasing both competitors championship wins.

Cena wins cleanly with an AA after a competitive 12 minute match.

Match 2: The Miz vs Bray Wyatt

A video package is aired showcasing their championship wins. 

Bray Wyatt wins after 9 minutes when Bo Dallas turns on the Miz and joins the Wyatt Family.  He will now be known as Bo Wyatt.

Match 3: The Big Show vs Randy Orton

Randy Orton wins after 5 minutes when he RKO’s The Big Show.

Match 4: Sheamus vs Jinder Mahal

The Modern Day Maharaja wins after getting help from the Singh Brothers in 7 minutes.

Match 5: Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns

A batte between former Shield members and two favourites to win it all is quickly ended after a surprised Rollins gets speared by Reigns in less than a minute.

Match 6: Dolph Ziggler vs Jeff Hardy

This match goes 15 minutes before Ziggler pulls the tights on Jeff Hardy while pinning him for the upset.

Match 7: Chris Jericho vs A.J. Styles

Styles wins in 12 minutes with the Syles Clash.  Both superstars shake hands at the end with Jericho raising Styles hand.

Match 8: Triple H vs Brock Lesnar

Lesnar wins after a 12 minute brutal fight.  Triple H quickly gets the advantage but Lesnar turns it around and beats Triple H, proving he is a monster.

Round 2

Match 9: John Cena vs Bray Wyatt

John Cena wins after coming back from a backstage beatdown from Bo and Bray in 10 minutes.

Match 10: Randy Orton vs Jinder Mahal

Jinder Mahal defeats Randy Orton after 12 minutes by DQ when Mahal goes to use a foreign object on Randy behind the refs back but Randy takes control of it and hits Jinder with it with the referee catching him.

Match 11: Roman Reigns vs Dolph Ziggler

Reigns wins another quick match in under 2 minutes.

Match 12: A.J Styles vs Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar wins after 15 minutes in a competitive match from a much smaller competitor.  A.J Styles really pushes Brock before making 1 small mistake in which Brock quickly takes advantage of for the win.

Round 3

Match 13: John Cena vs Randy Orton

John Cena wins after 8 minutes with a clean AA finish.

Match 14: Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar

A fresh Roman Reigns who has fought for a total of under 3 minutes is defeated by a tired Brock Lesnar who has fought 2 brutal matches already in a 10 minute match.  Reigns dominates the first 7 minutes of the match before Lesnar comes back and defeats Reigns with 3 F5′s in a row.

Match 15: Asuka vs Alexa Bliss vs Naomi

The women fight to see who is the most dominate champion out of the 3 brands.  Asuka wins after pinning Bliss in 12 minutes showing the WWE Universe she is the most dominate woman’s champion under the WWE umbrella.

Round 4 Finals

Match 16: John Cena vs Brock Lesnar

John Cena defeats Brock Lesnar in 18 minutes to be declared The Greatest WWE Champion of this generation.  In a back and forth match, Cena finally hits Brock with an AA from the top ropes for the win.

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Why North American Wrestling Fans Should Watch WCPW

British wrestling is all the rage right now.  Companies like ICW (ECW fans will love and appreciate this company.), Rev-Pro Wrestling and now a company called WCPW, wrestling in the UK is seeing a renaissance of sorts.  In a little over a year WCPW has become one of the main independent wrestling companies in the United Kingdom. 

WCPW has had a who’s who of wrestling All-Stars compete in their ring over the last year.  Big name stars like Kurt Angle, Cody Rhodes, Alberto El Patron, Drew Galloway (known in WWE and NXT as Drew McIntyre) and The Young Bucks have all wrestled for WCPW, to name a few.  

WCPW easily has one of the strongest rosters in independent wrestling on either side of the pond.  A quick look at their current champions have current NJPW Tag Team Champions and former ROH Tag Team Champions War Machine as the current WCPW Tag Champs.  Gabriel Kidd is just 20 years old and currently holds the WCPW Internet Championship.  A title he won from Cody Rhodes for his first ever WCPW win.  Kidd may just be the most promising wrestler on the WCPW roster but don’t tell current Heavyweight WCPW Champion Joe Hendry that.  The Prestigious One, once a fan favourite known for his entertaining entrances has flourished as a heel.  Hendry has tons of charisma, a great look and his wrestling continues to get better every time he steps in the ring.  You may even recognize Joe Hendry as one of Rusev’s Russian contingent (along with another UK wrestler, Lionheart.)

Rounding out the current champions in WCPW is Primate, a 5′11″ 210lb hardcore specialist and of course the current WCPW Hardcore Champion.  The current WCPW Women’s Champion is none other than top independent wrestler Kay Lee Ray.  A veteran at just 24 years of age (she started wrestling at 17), Kay Lee has fought in such promotions as NXT and Impact.  She recently took part in WWE’s Mae Young Classic as well.

The rest of the roster is just as impressive.  WCPW is quickly becoming a favourite for independent wrestlers to ply their trade and get noticed.  Here is a sample of the matches you will see at a WCPW show.  Will Osprey vs “The Villain” Marty Scrull. 

WCPW has taken on the task of finding out who the best wrestler is in the world not currently in the WWE.  WCPW Presents the World Cup of Wrestling is a HUGE tournament broken down by countries to find who the best wrestler in the world is.

With wrestlers from all over the world fighting for the bragging rights as WCPW World Cup Champion, fans have seen some of the best match ups ever on the independent scene.  The entire World Cup has been free to watch on YouTube as well.  Matches such as Rey Mysterio vs Alberto El Patron, Michael Elgin vs Davey Boy Smith Jr, Drew Galloway vs BT Gunn and Zack Sabre Jr vs Marty Scurll to name a few have all been free to watch.  In fact you can watch the American qualifiers and the Rest of the World qualifiers this weekend on YouTube. 

WCPW’s most popular show, LOADED is also coming back to YouTube starting August 5th.  After wrestling was deemed “Not Advertiser Friendly” WCPW was forced to end their tapings of LOADED.  Without the revenue coming in from YouTube it didn’t make financial sense to continue with the tapings.  Wether WCPW has found a new way to finance the tapings or YouTube has realized wrestling should be considered “Advertiser Friendly” I am not sure.  Either way, I am happy to see LOADED back on YouTube to help grow this awesome promotion.

If you are a fan of wrestling, do yourself a favour and support WCPW.  You can sign up to WhatCulture Extra for less than $10/month and get all of their shows and PPV’s.  Money well spent in my mind!  https://whatculture.com/extra 

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Jon Jones challenges Brock Lesnar to a UFC match and Lesnar responds with "Anytime, anywhere". Will we see a Super Fight sometime next year?

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Why The Miz Is The Greatest Mid Card Wrestler Of All Time

September 1st, 2006 saw the debut of arguably the greatest mid card wrestler of all time.  After being hyped since March of 2006 and having his in ring debut pushed back by the WWE a few times (The Miz was used as a host for various WWE programming at the time.) The Miz faced WWF legend Tatanka.  

The Miz of course would win this match and then go on an undefeated streak for 3 months before losing to The Boogeyman at Armageddon that December. 

In 2007 The Miz was drafted to ECW and feuded with Balls Mahoney. It wasn’t until he started teaming up with John Morrison that his career started to take off.  Miz and Morrison would win the WWE Tag Team Championships on November 16, 2007 (The first of many titles held by The Miz.)  They held the titles until July 20th, 2008 at The Great American Bash, a reign of 247 days.  In December at a house show in Hamilton, Ontario the Miz and Morrison would win their 2nd championship, this time the World Tag Team Championships.  They would hold these titles for 113 days before losing them to the Colons at Wrestlemania XXV.

Soon after the loss Miz turned on Morrison breaking up the popular duo.  The Miz soon turned his attention to the WWE United States Championship and after chasing it for most of 2009 he finally won the title in June at Monday Night Raw against Kofi Kingston.  The Miz would feud with John Morrison and MVP during his title run.  On February 8th, 2010 The Miz teamed up with The Big Show to face DX (at this time they held both the WWE Tag Team Championships and the World Tag Team Championships) and The Straight Edge Society with The Miz becoming WWE’s 1st ever person to hold 3 titles at the same time.

The Miz would hold the United States title for 224 days and both Tag Team Championships for 77 days.  The Miz would win the United States Championship one more time in June of 2010.  The Miz would hold the title for 97 days before losing it to Daniel Bryan at 2010′s Night of the Champions.

While still holding the United States Championship, Miz would win the WWE’s Money in the Bank which guaranteed him a Heavyweight title match anytime he wanted within the next 365 days.  Now I normally wouldn’t consider someone who won the Heavyweight title a “mid-carder” but we are talking about “The Best Mid-Carder of All Time” so I will make an exception here.  On November 22nd, 2010 the Miz won the WWE Championship and held the title for 160 days before losing it to what would become his long time rival, John Cena.  

The Miz wouldn’t hold another championship until July 23rd, 2012 (RAW’s 1,000th episode.) when he would win his first of 7 Intercontinental Championships.  His reigns would last a total of 352 days before his current run which he won on June 4th, 2017 at Extreme Rules.

After 11 years in the WWE has there ever been a better mid-card wrestler than The Miz?  The guy is great on the mic, was rated PWI’s best wrestler in the world in 2011 and the most improved wrestler in 2016.  He has always been entertaining to watch and has found a way to stay relevant year after year. I am excited to see where his career goes from here.  I would love to hear your thoughts and if you know of someone more deserving of the title ‘Best Mid-Carder of All-Time!”.