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Andrew’s NOAH Navigation For The Progress 2/24/2019 Ratings & Review

Andrew covers another NOAH show. Even though the main title isn’t on the line, a lot of big storyline points happen today!

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Andrew covers another NOAH show. Even though the main title isn’t on the line, a lot of big storyline points happen today!

If you don’t like tag team action, this won’t be the show for you. Though any fans of IMPACT will be happy to see the familiar face of Eddie Edwards in a singles match!

Anyone who’d like to catch up to speed with things, check out Hisame’s NOAH Newsletters!

Now let’s get to the show!

Ratings:

  • Kenoh, HAYATA, YO-HEY & Seiya Morohashi vs Tadasuke, HI69, Junta Miyawaki & Kouki Iwasaki: YO-HEY wins via Face G @9:55 – ** 1/2
  • GHC Jr. Tag Team Championship Match: Kotaro Suzuki & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Back Breakers (c): Suzuki wins via Tiger Driver @14:45 – *** 1/4TITLE CHANGE!!
  • Eddie Edwards vs Masa Kitamiya: Edwards wins via Boston Knee Party @8:10 – ** 
  • 5v5 Elimnation Match: Mitsuya Nagai, Cody Hall, Maybach Taniguchi, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Yuji Hino vs Takashi Sugiura, Kinya Okada, Masao Inoue, Yoshiki Inamura & Akitoshi Saito: Sugiura wins via Olympic Slam @23:50 – *** 1/2
  • Minoru Tanaka & Naomichi Marufuji vs Kaito Kiyomiya & Daisuke Harada:  Marufuji wins via Perfect Key Lock @19:50 – *** 3/4
  • GHC Heavyweight Tag Championship Match: 50 Funky Powers (c) vs Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima: Nakajima wins via Vertical Spike @20:00 – ****TITLE CHANGE!!!

 

Review:

So most people who watch wrestling can understand a multi-person tag match to open the show. There’s an ongoing tension amongst all the former RATEL’S members, but it doesn’t come into play often. We see the younger wrestlers taking the brunt of the punishment. Iwasaki and Kenoh had a nice back and forth with kicks, but Kenoh gets the best of it and starts using Iwasaki like a soccer ball. A few more tags, a big scramble with all men getting involved leaves YO-HEY to play with Junta, and it was only a matter of time before YO-HEY put away the younger wrestler with Face G.

Quick paced Junior match. Multiple iterations of Backbreakers from Ohara and Kumano (hence the team name), but the veteran duo of Ogawa and Suzuki were never without a trick. Kumano had a lot of nice power moments including an Argentine Backbreaker on Suzuki, and when Ogawa tried to kick him to break it up, he just threw Suzuki into him. We see the end when Suzuki hits Blue Destiny, Ogawa hits a Backdrop and then Suzuki ends it with a Tiger Driver. Not a bad match at all, but a few missteps made it score a little lower than it probably should have.

After the match, HAYATA and YO-HEY got in to congratulate their stablemates, but then Tadasuke and Daisuke Harada slide in to try and sneak attack the group that effectively broke up RATEL’S. But it’s 4 on 2, so the 4 set up Tadasuke to take a Double Superkick, but HAYATA turns on his new team! The old Russo double swerve! I’m a little surprised only a few weeks after reuniting, HAYATA turns on YO-HEY. Suzuki, Ogawa and YO-HEY limp out of the ring, as three quarters of RATEL’S stands strong and declares possibly a challenge for the tag titles.

Edwards was supposed to join up with Atsushi Kotoge, but an injury to Kotoge changed plans. So instead we got a few matches between Edwards and Kitamiya, which apparently lead to them respecting one another. The interesting part here and seeing hybrid Eddie. He’s wearing his green tights, but still the cut off t-shirt and short boots. So he looks ragged because of his hardcore gimmick in IMPACT, but seeing him back in the green tights is interesting. I wonder if this is a sneak peak towards the evolution of his gimmick. Not a bad match, just a very quiet crowd and not really a reason to get invested in the match.

So Hooligans vs Sugiura Army time! If Sugiura’s team wins, Hooligans disbands, if Hooligans win then Sugiura is their bitch. After the typical heel group attack, Taniguchi and the young Okada are in the ring. One good lariat and the determined young wrestler is the first eliminated (Taniguchi eliminates Okada). Yuji and Saito are in and having a nice power exchange. Yuji pulls Saito to the apron and they start trading moves. Saito grabs Yuji in a Full Nelson and tells Inamura to charge them both, since they both went over the top rope. So reenacting the Goku sacrifice to kill Raditz, Inamura plays the part of Piccolo, Inamura eliminates both Saito and Hino, and Hino stares him down like ” Do you know who you’re screwing with”. Cody Hall comes in and Inamura shows a lot of fire. Hall is easily over powering him until Inamura ducks a few lariats, runs the ropes gaining momentum and Shoulder Tackles Cody off balance. The opening allows Inamura to tag out to Inoue. Inoue low bridges Cody so Cody is on the apron. Cody stop Inoue with the big hand around the throat (for those who don’t know, Cody is 6’10”). He tries to step back over the ropes, gets one leg over before Inoue breaks the grip, hits the top rope into Cody’s groin and then knocks him out of the ring completely, thanks to some dirty veteran tactics. After the longest exchange so far, everyone from Sugiura’s side gets a shot to lay in some offense. Inamura gets the hot tag from Sugiura as Nagai meets him with a Spinning Heel Kick. But the magical Low Bridge, works for the rookie wrestler as well as veterans! Inamura eliminates Nagai. Technically giving him 3 eliminations so far, even though one was his partner. KAZMA slides in quickly, a few strikes, Shotei, Superkick and Thrust Kick, and Inamura eats the pinfall. Inoue comes in and goes for some Cobra Clutch move, but KAZMA counters, hits the Superkick/Thrust Kick combo he just put Inamura away with, and pins Inoue. Sugiura is now alone against Maybach and KAZMA. Sugiura gets Maybach in an Ankle Lock, but Hooligans pulls their crap and grabs the referee, wipes out the eliminated member of Sugiura’s team that were around the ring and all pile in the ring to beat on Takashi. Sugiura manages to duck and get Maybach to hit KAZMA, which gives him the chance to hit an ACTUAL Hurricanrana, eliminating Maybach. KAZMA tries to throw Sugiura over the rope to no avail, Sugiura gets the upper hand, instructs his team to hold back Hooligans and puts KAZMA away with an Olympic Slam. Hooligans is no more!

Marufuji and Kiyomiya started off, and the veteran definitely outsmarted the young champion early in the match. He and Tanaka took advantage of 5 counts and toyed with him a little while working over the heavily taped up arm. Once Harada tagged in against Tanaka, they really brought the energy of the match up. Nice counter exchanges, just really great fast paced action. Harada rarely puts on a bad match, Tanaka is also not too shabby, so if this is any precursor to their singles match, it will be special. Kiyomiya and Marufuji end the match, with the champion finally getting in some offense. Marufuji keeps trying to pick him apart, which causes Kiyomiya to use headbutts and a few other interesting striking attempts to keep Marufuji at bay. But the veteran catches the younger wrestler in a Key Lock, that he adjusts a few times and puts his own twist on it, being dubbed The Perfect Key Lock. Really good match setting the scene for both title pictures nicely.

We get a very early glimpse at Katsuhiko’s personality. Yone does his Disco pose with Katsuhiko starts laughing uncontrollably. He tries to throw a kick while laughing and misses high, causing Yone to adjust his afro. So Katsuhiko just tags out to Go, all while still giggling. Go takes most of the big bumps in this match, but it was a damn good match. Both teams looked great, pulled off a few tandem moves each, but Kastuhiko gets the best of Quiet Storm, landing a few kicks to the head and then his Vertical Spike, to become NEW tag champions!

Eddie and Kitamiya come out afterwards to declare that after their matches, they have a respect for one another and want a shot at the tag belts. Nakajima has a lot of story here. Kitamiya is his former Aggression teammate and Eddie was the one that beat him and took the GHC Heavyweight Title in 2017. So if Go and Katsuhiko can defeat this challenge, it might be the storyline wrinkle that Katsuhiko needs to aim towards the main title scene.

 

Overall Score: 8/10

This was a great show, for many reasons. Not only did we get some good matches, we saw the dissolution of Hooligans and each match either had future ramifications or played a part in this show. Seeing HAYATA and YO-HEY work together, then a betrayal, Eddie and Kitamiya went from fighting one another, to teaming up, along with the main Junior and Heavyweight titles getting more heat. Nothing was time filler on this show. Yes some of the players may have just filled a slot, but I really liked how it all made sense.

If this is a harbinger for the future under new management, that even the undercard feeds into the entirety of the show – I’m all for this. It was nice that the show made logical sense, and nothing stuck out as pointless.

 

 


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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 4.25.2024

We just got done with Rebellion, and Under Siege is two weeks away! Gotta see how these dots connect!

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Rebellion had quite a few returns, Mike Santana, Sami Callihan and Broken Matt Hardy. All three of these guys could easily be main event players, and its nice to mix up and expand what felt like a rather small pool of potential challengers.

Under Siege is only like 2 weeks out, so we’ll see how the dots connect in such a short period of time.

Ratings:

  • Mike Santana vs Myron Reed w/Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz: Santana wins via Spin the Block – ** 1/2
  • #1 Contender: Frankie Kazarian vs Josh Alexander: Josh wins via Grapevine Ankle Lock – ***
  • ASH by Elegance vs Xia Brookside: Xia wins via School Girl Roll-Up – ** 3/4
  • Sami Callihan vs The Good Hands: Sami Callihan wins via Cactus Driver ’97 – SQUASH
  • Eddie Edwards w/Alisha Edwards & Brian Myers vs Nic Nemeth: Eddie wins via Boston Knee Party – *** 1/4

Results:

A weird opening that is just framed to put Nemeth and Hardy together against The System. Feels a little awkward, but who knows how it will play out. 

Mike Santana vs Myron Reed w/Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz

Ahh I didn’t really pay attention to Santana’s theme at Rebellion, but its pretty damn cool. Good stuff. 

Rascalz blindside Santana early, but the heel advantage doesn’t last more than a few moves. Santana whips Myron from corner to corner, hits a few Hip Attacks before Myron finally dodges one and starts using his unique offense and agility to his advantage. Matrix dodge, into an Leaping Outside Back in Slingshot Codebreaker. Some more offense and Santana powders to the ramp, Myron jumps over the rope and tries a Flying Cutter, but Santana blocks it, turns things around, gets pushed forward and hits the Rolling Cutter. Santana takes out the Rascalz, heads back into the ring, Myron tries to catch him unawares but eats the Spin the Block off the rope run! Santana wins fairly quickly.

Maclin’s music hits, he tries to employ the help of The Rascalz to attack Santana, but as soon as Maclin positions himself to get in, The Rascalz bail and flip off Maclin. Maclin makes it out of the confrontation relatively unscathed, but at least we know where he’s going for Under Siege probably.

OH FUCK ME WITH RUSTY KNIVES. Because Cardona is hurt Kon is paired with SDL, and she just challenges Jordynne and PCO to a tag match. WHY!? STOP IT. This is hot garbage. 

Josh Alexander comes out…I wonder who’s Super Finisher he’s gonna conveniently kick out this time? Brian Myers? Frankie Kazarian? Rich Swann? Because yes, I’m still annoyed that Hammerstone has been in TNA for half a sandwich, he already connects with a Super version of his finish on tacks, and that’s not a finish. Oh Kaz’s music hits. Okay, so time for Josh to kick out of Fade to Black or Flux Capacitor. Kaz talks smack, says he won his match too so he should have a say in who’s number one contender. Josh challenges him, Kaz says not right now, but a referee runs out and says the match is official. 

#1 Contender: Frankie Kazarian vs Josh Alexander

Kaz throws his jacket on Josh’s head, and attacks him with some strikes before Josh fights back and throws Kaz out. Commercial break, we see Kaz misses his Apron Guillotine, Josh goes for the Low Crossbody but Kaz dodges and Josh goes flying. Kaz starts throwing some chops and claws at the cauliflowered ears of Josh. Russian Leg Sweep from Kaz for a near fall. Josh swings wildly and Kaz ducks the strike and levels Josh with a Lariat.

Josh blocks a Vertical Suplex attempt, but Frankie pulls off a Fisherman’s Suplex after a few overhead strikes for a near fall. Josh stands up and connects with a straight right, rocks Kaz, Back Body Drop, into a Charging Forearm, Rolling Senton, 2 count! C4 Spike attempt countered into a Back Stabber and then Chicken Wing, but Josh fights it off, rolls through and into an Ankle Lock, Kaz kicks off and into a Head and Arm Cradle for a near fall and then the Guillotine Leg Drop into Slingshot DDT spot from Kaz for another 2 count!

Fade to Black, but its fought off, Big Boot but then Kaz counters the next move with a Power Slam into the Springboard Guillotine Leg Drop, but Josh grabs the Ankle Lock! Locomotion German Suplex time from Josh, Halfhatch Suplex after the Germans, floats over for a 2 count! C4 Spike attempt again, but Kaz fights it off, dumps him over the top rope, slingshots him in and into the Cutter for a near fall for Kaz! After the 2 Kaz grabs a chair and chain, the referee stops the chair of course, so he tries the chain, EY runs down and grabs the chain so Kaz pulls the Eddie Guerrero and the referee admonishes EY, but doesn’t DQ Josh. So as Kaz is busy laughing at EY, Josh picks the ankle, Ankle Lock with the Grapevine, Kaz taps.

ASH by Elegance vs Xia Brookside

Both are jawing at each other and then throw hands before Xia gets the upper hand with a Headscissors from the Top Turnbuckle, Charging Knees, a Flurry of Kicks, but when the ref forces some space in the corner, ASH is finally able to dodge and work over Xia with her Twisting Body Splash, a few choking moves, a corner Stomp into a Snap Suplex for 2. ASH is in charge elegantly, but the referee keeps forcing space on both of them when they go for corner attacks. Xia manages to take advantage a little, but ASH regains control, kicks Xia up the ramp and then lands her Cartwheel Back Elbow up the ramp. It actually looks pretty cool executed like that.

Headlocks and Hair Pulling to keep Xia down and using energy to kick out. ASH is getting frustrated but Xia is remaining persistent. ASH goes back to the Headlock, but Xia fights up, Jawbreaker, Back Elbow, Kick to the gut and Drop Toe Hold sends ASH face first into the middle buckle. Xia rips off 4 Double Knee Smashes to the back of ASH’s head into her Flying Crossbody for a close 2! Xia pulls her up, but ASH spins out, then Xia slips it, but ASH kicks her in the chest and deposits her to the outside and demands a count from the referee. Iceman puts Jeweled Knuckles/Rings on ASH’s hand, the referee catches her, removes the stuff from her fingers and Xia hits the School Girl Roll-Up for the flash win.

Sami Callihan vs The Good Hands

So the Good Hand Jobs are about to do their job to Sami. I’m just gonna assume Sami beats the hell out of both and wins with a Cactus Driver ’97. If anything interesting happens I might actually cover it, but come on now.

Kaz makes a Metallica reference with the “Wash Your Back So You Won’t Stab Mine”…and Sweet Amber is the only good song on St. Anger. So…I ain’t mad.

Eddie Edwards w/Alisha Edwards & Brian Myers vs Nic Nemeth

A little early ground wrestling and headlocks for control from both men. Nothing super flashy to start until we get to the rope run and Nemeth goes for the Flying Body Press to drop Eddie. Before Nemeth can follow up, Lish grabs his foot. Nic does have his brother Ryan in the crowd, trying to get chants going and do the old school ‘power up the babyface’ thing, but Eddie has been in control since Lish got involved. Simple offense, chokes, strikes, Snap Suplexes, Knee Drops, simple yet effective. But then Eddie ducks his head too early, Nemeth kicks him in the face, bounces his head off the buckles a few times, Dropkick sends Eddie reeling to the corner, Nemeth starts the 10 Count Punches but Myers hits the apron to distract and Eddie manages to slip the situation and push Nemeth to the floor.

Commercial break happens, Nemeth is trying to fight back with Chops, but a Kitchen Sink from Eddie puts Nemeth on the floor again! Clubbing blow from Eddie, but Eddie then misses the Hip Attack in the corner and Nemeth counters with the Rude Awakening into the 10 Count Rain of Elbows. Fame Ass-er miss, Eddie tries something but Nemeth turns it into that hesitation DDT for 2! Tuning up the band starts to build and Eddie powders to avoid it. Nemeth throws Eddie back in, goes to the top, but Eddie crotches him, rises up and hits the Superplex into Tiger Driver for 2! Eddie starts mocking with Tuning Up the band but Nemeth hits his own Superkick into an Olympic Slam for 2!

Both men just trade strikes Fighting Spirit style, Eddie says “Always Trust the System” and Nemeth shuts him up with a Headbutt. Danger Zone is blocked, Boston Knee Party gets ducked, they level each other with Lariats! Myers and Ryan Nemeth start fighting to distract the referee, Moose hits the ring and hits Nemeth with the belt. Eddie lands Boston Knee Party and The System wins again!

 

Overall Score: 6/10

A lame opening segment, a squash match, ASH by Elegance getting her first loss, and a weird way of just pulling the number one contender out of mid air makes for an awkward show. Also Kon still be involved in, literally anything, is negative. However, I can say there was a ton of stuff thrown at the wall this episode, so there’s a chance that some things landed better with other people than myself. The ballot segments were amusing, they overused the “I need to talk to you Santino” gimmick a bit much and personally I feel like having Jake versus Hammerstone is booking yourself into a weird corner.

But hey, the main event was fun, Nemeth getting laid out to the point that there could be a story reason to take him out of the Under Siege match. Kaz with the Metallica reference was pop worthy and I guess its a lot of ‘let’s see where it goes’ kind of angle creation. So it wasn’t complete trash, but its definitely a wait and see episode.


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Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (4/25/24)

Champions need challengers!

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The Queen is coming for her crown!

Athena & Billie Starkz are the top champions in the ROH Women’s Division, but Queen Aminata’s coming after them! Who will she target first?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Isiah Kassidy VS Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes; Zay wins.
  • ROH World Tag Team Championships Proving Ground Match: The Undisputed Kingdom VS The Outrunners; win(s) and
  • Abadon VS ???
  • Johnny TV VS ???
  • Taya Valkyrie VS ???
  • Six Man Tag: Top Flight VS The Dark Order; wins.
  • Anna Jay VS Allysin Kay; wins.
  • Six Man Tag: Lance Archer & The Righteous VS ???
  • Triple Threat: Blake Christian VS AR Fox VS The Beast Mortos; wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Isiah Kassidy VS Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes!

Brother Zay and the Commander of the Skies are coming down from the high of competing against Rob Van Dam on April 20th, but they’re both ready to get back up. Will Kassidy earn his shot (shot shot) at a championship? Or will the AAA Cruiserweight Champion be aiming for ROH gold?

The Code of Honor is upheld, but Zay has his fingers crossed! Zay trips Komander at the bell, says he’s too smart, then he steps on Komander’s dropdown to say “SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS!” and “SUCK IT!” Komander keeps cool, he and Zay tie up, and Komander headlocks. Zay pulls on the mask, powers up and out to hurdle, but then Komander steps on him! Komander mocks “SHOTS! SHOTS!” Zay runs up, Komander avoids the boot to then wrench, wrench and mule kick a leg! Kmoander steps over, rolls through, then rolls again, to a HALF CRAB! Zay endures, fights around, ROPEBREAK! Komander lets go and Zay stands back up.

The fans rally, Komander runs in but is put on the apron. Zay runs in but into a slingshot BOOT! Zay comes back but Komander goes up and headscissors Zay into buckles. Komander comes back to springboard, wheelbarrow, but Zay HOTSHOTS Komander and then throws him down! The fans boo but Zay says they don’t teach that at school. Just follow Zay and he’ll get your right. Zay then smothers Komander with his towel! The ref reprimands, Zay lets off and Komander sputters to a corner. Zay bumps Komander off buckles, CHOPS him, then stomps Komander down. Zay says “SHOTS! SHOTS!” as he gives stomp after stomp.

The ref counts, Zay lets off at 4 and dusts his shoes off. Zay goes back to scuff Komander, taunt him, but the fans rally up for Komander. Zay scuffs Komander more, eggs him on, but Komander fights up to fire hands! Zay ducks a roundhouse but not the HEEL KICK! Zay leans on ropes, Komander runs in but Zay puts him on the apron. Komander gets up but Zay triangle jump STUNNERS! Komander flops to the floor, Zay scowls and goes out after him. The fans rally, Zay backs Abrahantes off, and the fans boo. Zay goes back for Komander, SMACKS him off barriers, then grabs the chair.

The fans boo, Zay says watch this, it’s about to be an 8K. Zay runs and uses the chair to LAUNCH, into barriers! Komander avoids disaster, puts Zay in the ring, and he hurries to a corner. The fans fire up as Komander springboards, but Zay moves! Komander rolls through, ducks ‘n’ dodges then RANAS! The fans fire up while Zay bails out. Komander builds speed and WRECKS Zay with a dropkick! Then ASAI MOONSAULT and down goes Zay! The fans fire up, Komander drags Zay up and in, then he springboards again, for a SWANTON BOMB! Cover, TWO! Zay stays in this as fans chant “DOS! DOS! DOS!”

Zay goes to the apron, Komander storms up and stands him up. Zay shoves Komander away, goes up the corner, but Komander runs up! Zay anticipates and GAMANGIRIS! Zay goes up to SUPSER SUSNET FLIP, but Komander flips through!! The fans fire up and Zay is shocked! Zay still BOOTS Komander, fires forearms, but Komander bobs ‘n’ weaves to SLAP, UPPERCUT and power up! Zay turns Komander around but gets a SHOTEI! Komander then jumps up top POISON-RANA! The fans fire up again and Komander runs, but into a SPANISH FLY! Cover, TWO! Or as the fans remind us, “DOS! DOS! DOS!”

Zay says Komander’s done wasting his time. Zay whips, Komander reverses but Zay reverses back to scoop, only for Komander to tilt-o-whirl sunset flip! TWO, but Komander tries a side roll sunset, TWO! Zay escapes, Komander dodges his haymaker and waistlocks. Zay switches, Komander switches back, but Zay grabs the ref! LOW BLOW MULE KICK!! The fans boo as Zay gets away with that one! Abrahantes protests but the ref can’t call what he didn’t see! Zay blows a kiss, before the INVERTED TWIST OF FATE! Cover, Zay wins!

Winner: Isiah Kassidy, by pinfall

Brother Zay didn’t break rules but he did find a loophole to DELETE Komander’s momentum. Will Zay soon have a WONDERFUL ascension to the top of ROH?

 

 


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