Road to WWE Wrestlemania 34: Week 9
This week on the Road to Wrestlemania there were twists, turns and some developments that took place that leads us one step closer to the Grandest Stage of them All. Wrestlemania weekend is heating up, but before I go into all of that here the details here are the results of WWE programming for the week:
WWE Raw:
Nia Jax defeated Mickie James
Cedric Alexander and Mustafa Ali defeated TJP and Drew Gulak
Asuka defeated Jamie Frost
Braun Strowman defeated Sheamus
The Good Brothers defeated The Miztourage
Elias defeated Rhyno
John Cena defeated Kane
WWE Smackdown Live
Jinder Mahal and Rusev defeated Randy Orton and Bobby Roode
Becky Lynch defeated Ruby Riott
The New Day and Bludgeon Brothers ended in a No-Contest
Dolph Ziggler defeated Tyler Breeze
Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Shelton Benjamin
205 Live
Mark Andrews defeated Tony Nese
Buddy Murphy defeated TJP, Akira Tozawa and Kalisto(Match of the Week)
NXT
Authors of Pain defeated The Street Profits
Lars Sullivan defeated John Silver
Roderick Strong and Pete Dunne defeated Sanity
I am going to keep it brief this week. There were three things that I really enjoyed and none of them happened on Raw. The first thing I enjoyed this week was Daniel Bryan’s passionate promo and his new shirt that says, “Fight For Your Dreams.” I just love that message of positive thinking and the hope that it gives others. His match at Wrestlemania with Shane taking on Sami and Kevin is just so intriguing to me. I feel like anything can and will happen in this match. Secondly, it’s now official that Wrestlemania will become RUSEV DAY! After pinning Randy Orton in a tag team match the Bulgarian Brute was added to the United States Title Match. I believe with how hot Rusev is with the crowd right now he deserves a Wrestlemania Moment. Finally, the best news ever happened in NXT on Wednesday. William Regal announced that NXT would be debuting the new North American Championship at Takeover New Orleans. The title will be suspended above the ring and six competitors will have the chance to be the first ever NXT North American Champion. Those six competitors are EC3, Adam Cole, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Velveteen Dream and Ricochet. I cannot wait to see what these six competitors do in a Ladder Match. Next week is the week of the year for WWE fans. If the post seems short this week I apologize. I am saving all my good stuff for the “Podcast of the Immortals,” which will feature myself along with members of the Michigan Sports Media. Be sure to check out the Facebook page within the next couple of day for the podcast to appear. Until next time, this has been the Road to Wrestlemania.
Current NXT Takeover New Orleans Card
NXT Championship: Andrade “Cien” Almas(c) vs. Aliester Black
NXT Women’s Championship: Ember Moon(c) vs. Shayna Baszler
NXT North American Championship Ladder Match: EC3 vs. Adam Cole vs. Killian Dain vs. Lars Sullivan vs. The Velveteen Dream vs. Ricochet
Unsanctioned Match: Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano
Current Wrestlemania 34 Card
WWE Universal Championship: Brock Lesnar(c) vs. Roman Reigns
WWE Championship: AJ Styles(c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Smackdown Women’s Championship: Charlotte Flair(c) vs. Asuka
Raw Women’s Championship: Alexa Bliss(c) vs. Nia Jax
Raw Tag Team Championships: The Bar(c) vs. Braun Strowman and Mystery Partner
Smackdown Tag Team Championships: The Uso’s(c) vs. The New Day vs. Bludgeon Brothers
United States Championship: Randy Orton(c) vs. Jinder Mahal vs. Bobby Roode vs. Rusev
Intercontinental Championship: The Miz(c) vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor
Cruiserweight Championship: Cedric Alexander vs. Mustafa Ali
Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey vs. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon
Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
Wrestlemania Women’s Battle Royal
