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Welcome to the ThunderDome - Episode 144

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This week in Pro Wrestling we’re talking SummerSlam, TakeOver XXX, Gargano breaking his neck, Velveteen Dream is still wrestling, AEW gets pushed to Saturday, the Thunderdome, AEW bringing fans back, Payback and Renee Young heading out.

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Hi everybody, and WELCOME, to a THUNDER DOMING, Wednesday night slaughtering, Pat MacAfee promoting?? The episode of the BROTHERS...OF DIscussion! We’re going to talk everything from NXT Takeover having 3 evil X’s, Summerslam ending so we can finally get to Payback, and Vince being a handful in the bedroom!

Pro Wrestling News

  • Welcome to the Thunderdome!

    • Just looks like the NBA with sill faces in the stands

    • A game of Guess Who, perhaps?

    • I was picturing swooping camera angles

  • AEW is bringing fans back

    • 10-15% capacity (why the range?)

    • Physically distanced seating pods

    • How much would you pay?

  • Wednesday Night Wars Ratings

    • NXT: 853K

    • AEW: 0

  • After AEW gets pushed by NBA Playoffs, busy bees catch that NHL Playoffs might push NXT on September 2nd to the 1st.

  • WWE Payback one week later wat

  • Renee Young on the way out!

NXT TakeOver XXX

  • Pat McAfee vs Adam Cole

  • Finn Balor vs Timothy Thatcher

  • Io Shirai vs Dakota Kai w/ Raquel Gonzales

  • NXT North American Championship -- Bronson Reed vs. Damian Priest vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Cameron Grimes vs. Velveteen Dream (Ladder Match)

  • NXT Championship -- Keith Lee (c) vs. Karrion Kross

SummerSlam

  • WWE Championship -- Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton

  • Universal Championship -- Braun Strowman (c) vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt

  • Raw Women's Championship -- Sasha Banks (c) vs. Asuka

  • SmackDown Women's Championship -- Bayley (c) vs. Asuka

  • Seth Rollins vs. Dominik Mysterio (Street Fight)

  • Raw Tag Team Championship -- The Street Profits (c) vs. Andrade & Angel Garza

  • United States Championship -- Apollo Crews (c) vs. MVP

  • Sonya Deville vs. Mandy Rose (Hair vs. Hair)

NXT review

  • Pat McAfee cuts the heel promo to end all heel promos

  • Johnny Gargano gets his neck destroyed by Ridge Holland

  • Legado Del Phantasma vs Breezango and Isiah ‘Swerve’ Scott

AEW

  • First time they pull a wwe and schedule overlap on purpose

    • FTR v Private Party

    • Elite (Bucks + Omega) v Dark ORder (Angels Silver REynolds)

    • Finals of women’s tag team tournament cup

    • Lucha Bros + Butcher/Blade v Dustin Rhodes/QT Marshall + Jurassic Exp

    • Cody v Brodie for TNT Championship

    • Darby Allin “in action”