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Extreme Rules Results: 30-Minute Iron Man Intercontinental Title Match

Published

6 years ago

July 15, 2018

In what many believed would steal the show, Extreme Rules closed out tonight with the 30-Minute Iron Man Match for the Intercontinental Championship as Seth Rollins challenged Dolph Ziggler. Unfortunately for Rollins, he was unsuccessful in defeating Drew McIntyre last week on RAW, therefore the big Scot would be allowed at ringside.

The match began with both men feeling each other out and looking very cautious, however Rollins would score a fairly early pinfall after hitting a Buckle Bomb to take the quick lead. Ziggler would turn the aggression up a notch after the three count in an effort to not fall behind too far, but unfortunately would get surprised by another quick count of three to fall down 0-2. McIntyre would hit the ring and assault the challenger, causing a disqualification to put Dolph down by three, but Drew’s ultimate purpose was served as he would leave Rollins laying before being ejected from ringside. Ziggler would crawl into a pin to cut the lead to two, then connect with a Superkick right after to go 2-3. The champion would attempt another Superkick that Seth was able to avoid, but a Zig Zag did the trick and just like that, we were all tied up at 3.

‘The KingSlayer’ would clear the cobwebs and begin to mount some offense, but a thwarted attempt at an outside dive and the help of feet on the ropes would give Dolph a 4-3 lead. ‘The Show Off’ would start almost playing defense, grinding the clock and his opponent to hang onto the lead. Seth would of course comeback though and feverishly attempt to tie the score up before finally doing so with three minutes remaining.

With little time remaining, the challenger employed multiple submissions in an effort to pull ahead, but Ziggler would manage to escape and nearly steal a pinfall with under 45 seconds remaining. As time ticked under 20 seconds, Dolph would measure for a superkick, but instead walked into one for his troubles. Rollins would connect with the Stomp and crawl to the cover, but time would expire with the score tied 4-4. It was announced that the champion would retain in the event of a draw, but RAW General Manager Kurt Angle would come out to announce that his hometown didn’t come to see a tie, sending the match into sudden death overtime.

Drew McIntyre would sneak his way back down to ringside to create a quick distraction, ‘The Show Off’ would surprise with a Zig Zag and just as quick as overtime started, the champion would finish it to retain.

Here. We. GO!@HEELZiggler @WWERollins #ExtremeRules pic.twitter.com/ynsjmxXG64

— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) July 16, 2018

2-0, @WWERollins. 21:58 to go! #IronMan #ExtremeRules pic.twitter.com/vnVs9waqqA

— WWE (@WWE) July 16, 2018

The damage has been done. @WWERollins earns another fall after @DMcIntyreWWE's interference! #IronMan #ExtremeRules pic.twitter.com/2jpMRu4eT7

— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) July 16, 2018

And JUST LIKE THAT we're ALL TIED UP!@HEELZiggler @WWERollins #ExtremeRules #IronMan pic.twitter.com/LNlhNTF3LW

— WWE (@WWE) July 16, 2018

.@WWERollins is doing EVERYTHING he can to take out @HEELZiggler in the #IronManMatch at #Extreme Rules! pic.twitter.com/NteHxkllCS

— WWE (@WWE) July 16, 2018

Time's up. ⌛️#ExtremeRules #IronMan pic.twitter.com/QTCmxXSVQz

— WWE (@WWE) July 16, 2018

It's all said and done… and @HEELZiggler is STILL your #ICChampion!@DMcIntyreWWE #ExtremeRules #IronMan pic.twitter.com/k6eu3DPJ8a

— WWE (@WWE) July 16, 2018

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

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AEW Coverage

AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

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