Originally published at WEEKEND PREVIEW: WWE SummerSlam, UFC, G1, Stardom
This is one of the busier weekends of the year featuring WWE’s annual SummerSlam event, Starrcast including Ric Flair’s Last Match, the continuation of the G1 Climax, the start of Stardom’s 5 Star Grand Prix, and UFC 277 taking place from Dallas.
POST Wrestling will have coverage throughout the weekend with written reports along with POST Shows for SummerSlam on Saturday night immediately after the card and a UFC 277 POST Show on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET – both will stream live on the POST Wrestling YouTube channel.
On Sunday, John Pollock will be joined by Karen Peterson for a G1 Climax podcast covering both shows in Nagoya and we’ll get an update on the opening weekend of the Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix. This show will be exclusive to POST Wrestling Café members.
Below is a guide for all the major shows this weekend and match line-ups for each card:
All times Eastern Standard Time.
FRIDAY
Event: Friday Night SmackDown
Time: 8 p.m. on Fox
Location: State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia
Card:
*Donnybrook Fight: Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus
*Viking Raiders vs. Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods
*Aliyah vs. Lacey Evans
Event: The People vs. GCW
Time: 11:30 p.m. on Fite TV
Location: Nashville Fairgrounds in Nashville, Tennessee
Card:
*GCW World Championship: Jon Moxley © vs. Blake Christian
*Speedball Mike Bailey vs. Tony Deppen
*Bandido vs. Jordan Oliver
*GCW Tag Team Championship: Effy & Allie Katch © vs. Ciclope & Miedo Extremo vs. Mance Warner & Matthew Justice
*Nick Wayne vs. Alex Zayne
*Black Taurus, Gringo Loco & Jack Cartwheel vs. Laredo Kid, ASF & Komander
*Kevin Blackwood vs. Masha Slamovich
*Psycho Clown vs. Joey Janela
Event: Black Label Pro ‘The Gang Crosses the Line’
Time: 6 p.m. on Fite TV
Location: Nashville Fairgrounds
Card:
*BLP Heavyweight Championship, Monster’s Ball Match: PCO © vs. Calvin Tankman vs. Joshua Bishop vs. Levi Everett
*Kevin Blackwood vs. Josh Alexander
*Konosuke Takeshita vs. Nick Wayne
*BLP Tag Team Championship: Dominic Garrini & Kevin Ku vs. Dan The Dad & Shark Boy
*Jake Something vs. Crowbar
*Billie Starkz vs. Steph De Lander
*Eric Young vs. Big Damo
*Speedball Mike Bailey, Cole Radrick & Crash Jaxon vs. Jordan Oliver, August Matthews & Davey Bang
*James Storm vs. Bryan Keith
SATURDAY
Event: Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix – Night 1
Time: 3:45 a.m. on Pia
Location: Ota City General Gymnasium
Card:
*Red Stars: Syuri vs. AZM
*Red Stars: Maika vs. Risa Sera
*Red Stars: Utami Hayashishita vs. Himeka
*Red Stars: Unagi Sayaka vs. SAKI
*Red Stars: Mai Sakurai vs. Momo Kohgo
*Blue Stars: Giulia vs. Hazuki
*Blue Stars: Mayu Iwatani vs. MIRAI
*Blue Stars: Saya Iida vs. Ami Sorei
*Blue Stars: Suzu Suzuki vs. Starlight Kid
*Gauntlet Match: Tam Nakano & Natsupoi vs. Momo Watanabe & Saki Kashima vs. Momo Kohgo & Koguma vs. Miyu Amasaki & Hina vs. Mina Shirakawa & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Rina & Hanan
*KAIRI & Nanae Takahashi vs. Saya Kamitani & Lady C
Event: G1 Climax – Day 8
Time: 4 a.m. on New Japan World
Location: Nagoya at Dolphin’s Arena
Card:
*A BLOCK: JONAH vs. Tom Lawlor
*B BLOCK: SANADA vs. Great O-Khan
*C BLOCK: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
*D BLOCK: Shingo Takagi vs. David Finlay
*Jay White, Juice Robinson, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & Gedo vs. Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
*Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI vs. EVIL & Dick Togo
*Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare vs. Lance Archer, Taichi & Taka Michinoku
*KENTA & El Phantasmo vs. Tama Tonga & Jado
*SHO & Yujiro vs. Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita
Event: NJPW Music City Mayhem
Time: 3 p.m. on Fite TV
Location: Nashville Fairgrounds
Card:
*No Disqualification Match: Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado
*Hiromu Takahashi vs. Blake Christian
*MLW National Openweight Championship: Davey Richards © vs. Rocky Romero
*KUSHIDA vs. Alex Shelley
*NJPW Strong Openweight Championship: Fred Rosser © vs. Big Damo
*FTR & Alex Zayne vs. Aussie Open & TJP
*Fred Yehi, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita, Kevin Knight & The DKC
Event: UFC 277
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee
Card:
*UFC Bantamweight Championship: Julianna Pena © vs. Amanda Nunes
*UFC Interim Flyweight Championship: Brandon Moreno vs. Kai Kara-France
*Derrick Lewis vs. Sergei Pavlovich
*Alex Perez vs. Alexandre Pantoja
*Anthony Smith vs. Magomed Ankalaev
*Alex Morono vs. Matthew Semelsberger
*Drew Dober vs. Rafael Alves
*Hamdy Abdelwahab vs. Don’Tale Mayes
*Drakkar Klose vs. Rafa Garcia
*Adam Fugitt vs. Michael Morales
*Ji Yeon Kim vs. Joselyne Edwards
*Nicolae Negumereanu vs. Ihor Potieria
*Orion Cosce vs. Blood Diamond
Event: WWE SummerSlam
Time: 8 p.m. on WWE Network
Location: Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee
Card:
*WWE Undisputed Universal Championship, Last Man Standing: Roman Reigns © vs. Brock Lesnar
*Raw Women’s Championship: Bianca Belair © vs. Becky Lynch
*SmackDown Women’s Championship: Liv Morgan © vs. Ronda Rousey
*Undisputed Tag Team Championship: The Usos © vs. The Street Profits w/ Jeff Jarrett as the special referee
*United States Championship: Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Theory
*Pat McAfee vs. Happy Corbin
*Logan Paul vs. The Miz
*No Disqualification Match: Rey & Dominik Mysterio vs. Finn Balor & Damian Priest
SUNDAY
Event: Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix – Night 2
Time: 1:30 a.m. on Pia
Location: Ota City General Gymnasium
Card:
*Red Stars: Syuri vs. Utami Hayashishita
*Red Stars: Tam Nakano vs. Himeka
*Red Stars: Koguma vs. Momo Kohgo
*Red Stars: Risa Sera vs. SAKI
*Blue Stars: Giulia vs. MIRAI
*Blue Stars: Saya Kamitani vs. Starlight Kid
*Blue Stars: Momo Watanabe vs. Mina Shirakawa
*Blue Stars: Ami Sorei vs. Suzu Suzuki
*Gauntlet Match: Hanan & Hazuki vs. Unagi Sayaka & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Maika & Mai Sakurai vs. AZM & Miyu Amasaki vs. Hina & Lady C vs. Saki Kashima & Fukigen Death vs. Rina & Ruaka
*KAIRI & Natsupoi vs. Mayu Iwatani & Saya Iida
Event: G1 Climax – Day 9
Time: 3 a.m. on New Japan World
Location: Nagoya at Dolphin’s Arena
Card:
*A BLOCK: Kazuchika Okada vs. Bad Luck Fale
*B BLOCK: Jay White vs. Chase Owens
*C BLOCK: Tetsuya Naito vs. EVIL
*D BLOCK: Juice Robinson vs. YOSHI-HASHI
*A BLOCK: Jeff Cobb vs. Lance Archer
*Shingo Takagi, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & Taka Michinoku
*Will Ospreay, Great O-Khan & Aaron Henare vs. Tama Tonga, David Finlay & Jado
*Tom Lawlor & Royce Isaacs vs. JONAH & Bad Dude Tito
*Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Ryohei Oiwa vs. KENTA, Yujiro, El Phantasmo & SHO
Event: Ric Flair’s Last Match
Time: 7 p.m. on Fite TV
Location: Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Card:
*Main Event: Ric Flair & Andrade El Idolo vs. Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal
*IMPACT Championship: Josh Alexander © vs. Jacob Fatu
*The Briscoes vs. Marshall & Ross Von Erich
*Bandido vs. Rey Fenix vs. Black Taurus vs. Laredo Kid
*IMPACT Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace © vs. Racheal Ellering vs. Deonna Purrazzo
*Killer Kross vs. Harry Smith
*Ren Narita vs. Yuya Uemura
*Motor City Machine Guns vs. Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards
*Ricky & Kerry Morton vs. Brian Pillman Jr. & Brock Anderson
*Alan Angels vs Jonathan Gresham vs Konosuke Takeshita vs Nick Wayne
*Bunkhouse Battle Royal (Bully Ray, Crowbar, Gringo Loco, Brian Myers, Big Damo, Adam Priest, Komander, Rickey Shane Page, Sinn Bodhi, Wolfie D, James Storm, Kal Herro, TBA)