Sami Awards News Today

Tonights Christmas edition of SmackDown features three title matches. Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against Kevin Owens in a steel cage match on tonights show. Reigns retained against Owens in a tables, ladders, and chairs match this past Sundays TLC pay-per-view, with Jey Uso interfering throughout the match to help Reigns win.  Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn defends against Big E in a lumberjack match. Zayn defeated Big E by countout in their previous match. Big E then pin...

With this weeks SmackDown airing on Christmas Day, the episode was taped in advance on Tuesday night. The tapings were headlined by Big E defeating Sami Zayn in a lumberjack match to win the Intercontinental Championship. Big E then celebrated with some of the lumberjacks to close the show. This is the second time Big E has held the Intercontinental title during his career. He previously held the championship from November 2013 to May 2014. The lumberjack stipulation was due to Zayn winning ...

Say what you will about 2020–and there is SO MUCH TO SAY; I started the year off with appendicitis and then everything somehow got WORSE–but the WWE Pay-Per-View year has been pretty dynamite. I’ve praised it at virtually every turn, and I have meant it. Offhand, I can’t recall a single show I came out of feeling entirely displeased. Well it all ends here. TLC 2020 is the wrap-up to a year we never saw coming (of crap, it’s SummerSlam’s sloganagain). Did anyone think back in March, ...

The Universal Championship and WWE Championship will both be on the line in tables, ladders, and chairs matches tonight. Tonights TLC pay-per-view will feature Roman Reigns defending his Universal Championship against Kevin Owens and Drew McIntyre defending his WWE Championship against AJ Styles in tables, ladders, and chairs matches. Styles has warned McIntyre that he wont be facing him alone, with Money in the Bank briefcase holder The Miz, John Morrison, and Styles associate Omos also set t...

KELLER’S WWE TLC PPV REPORT DECEMBER 20, 2020 Raw Announcers: Tom Phillips, Samoa Joe, Byron Phillips Smackdown Announcers: Michael Cole, Corey Graves -A video package aired on TLC overall. -Phillips introduced the show as the camera panned the ThunderDome -A (longer than usual) feud recap aired for Drew McIntyre-A.J. Styles. (1) DREW MCINTYRE vs. A.J. STYLES (w/Omas) – TLC match for the WWE Title Styles went after Drew’s knee as soon as the bell rang. Drew made a quick comeback and took ...

Some places do power rankings. Here at Cageside, we do a stock report. In this weekly series, we identify three Superstars (or groups of Superstars) who are on their way up, and three that are moving in the opposite direction. After a busy week that included the Sami Awards, Bray Wyatt’s miraculous escape from a burning box, and Bobby Lashley accidentally getting milk all over his suit, a lot of fortunes were changed. With that in mind, let’s see whose stock has increased the most this week...

); Following last night’s WWE SmackDown broadcast, Sami Zayn cut a promo where he spoofed Tom Cruise going off on several crew members on the set of the Mission: Impossible sequel after they weren’t following COVID-19 protocols. Kayla Braxton took to Instagram and released some “leaked audio” of Zayn not being happy with one of the stagehands following his ‘Sami Awards’ ceremony. Braxton said, “EXCLUSIVE! Leaked audio of Sami Zayn. Woowwww @samizayn sure had a lot to say once he ...

– In what’s clearly a riff on the recent leaked audio of Tom Cruise going off on crew members for not following COVID-19 protocols during the production of the Mission: Impossible sequels, Kayla Braxton has released “leaked audio” of Sami Zayn losing it and getting angry at a stagehand following his Sami Awards ceremony when the cameras were off. You can listen to the audio clip Braxton shared below. Braxton noted in the caption, “EXCLUSIVE! Leaked audio of Sami Zayn. Woowwww @samiza...

The first-ever Sami Awards took place on tonight’s episode of Smackdown, and the big winner was a surprise. Zayn hosted a segment on tonight’s show in which he presented his awards to counter the “phony” Slammy Awards. The awards for Comeback of the Year (Zayn) and match of the year (Zayn vs. Jeff Hardy vs. AJ Styles for the Intercontinental Championship) were not a surprise, though Superstar of the Year went to Big E. which left Zayn stunned. E. came out to accept, shoving Zayn aside...

We look at New Japans road to the Tokyo Dome and the first group of major shows in 2021 as the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We look at the realities of business, the set up, the announced matches, and the last few shows leading up to the Dome events. We also have complete coverage from the Budokan Hall show and Super J Cup. The new issue also covers: TLC show, Smackdown live and taped shows, new television shows being considered, WWE Network special offer, B...