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Mitchell’s WWE Worlds Collide Results & Report! (4/17/19)

Worlds Collide continues with Cruiserweights!

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5 years ago

April 17, 2019

WWE brings together all the Cruiserweight class superstars as Worlds Collide continues! Will 205 Live hold down the fort? Or will new stars shine bright?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

THE Brian Kendrick VS Tyler Bate; Bate wins.
Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster VS Ariya Daivari & Mike Kanellis; Andrews & Webster win.
Triple Threat: El Ligero VS Gran Metalik VS Albert Hardie Jr; Ligero wins.
Akira Tozawa VS Jordan Devlin; Devlin wins.

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THE Brian Kendrick VS Tyler Bate!

The Man with a Plan is a former WWE Cruiserweight Champion and one of the most experienced superstars on 205 Live, but he goes against one of the youngest. Will Kendrick prove his age and treachery beats the former WWE United Kingdom Champion’s youth and exuberance?

Kendrick and Bate shake hands to show respect before the bell rings. Fans cheer on the “Big Strong Boy!” but they also cheer Kendrick on. Bate and Kendrick circle and tie up, and Bate puts Kendrick on the ropes. Kendrick slips away and admits, “That’s a big strong boy.” Bate and Kendrick tie up again, and Bate powers Kendrick to the mat! Kendrick scrambles and gets a ropebreak. Bate lets up and allows Kendrick to stand. Kendrick and Bate tie up again and Kendrick gets the arm. Fans sing for Bate while Kendrick wrenches the wrist. Kendrick shifts to a hammerlock but Bate gets up to work on an escape. Bate pries free to reverse the wrench! He wrings Kendrick to the mat but Kendrick endures.

Kendrick gets up but Bate powers him back down, so Kendrick gets to ropes again. Bate lets go again, and Kendrick gets up. They circle and tie up again, and Kendrick waistlocks to headlocks to takedown. Bate moves around and stands, but Kendrick wrenches his arm fast. Bate rolls and rolls and dropkicks! He kips up to fire off hands! Bate throws European Uppercuts, then wrenches to a whip. Kendrick holds ropes to avoid the shoulder, then takes a moment on the apron to catch his breath. Kendrick asks fans why they didn’t warn him about the Big Strong Boy. Bate comes out to get Kendrick but Kendrick gets away, into the ring! Bate pursues again but Kendrick crawls away. He doesn’t get away as Bate drags him back in. Kendrick thumbs the eye!

Kendrick grins as he circles Bate. He throws hands and puts Bate in a corner but Bate turns it around right away. The referee goes to separate them, Kendrick goes to poke eyes again, but Bate blocks it! And then Bate pokes Kendrick’s eyes! Bate gets away with his payback and Kendrick blindly reaches for the ref. Kendrick protests the eye poke, but realizes he found Bate instead of the official. “Oh no.” Bate rocks Kendrick with a right! Bate whips then back drops Kendrick! He keeps going by putting Kendrick in a corner for buckle bumps. Bate gives Kendrick another EuroUpper then covers, TWO! Kendrick flounders up but goes after Bate’s hair! Kendrick tries to poke eyes but Bate blocks again. But Kendrick blocks Bate’s poke! Kendrick thinks he’s pretty smart with his classic hand guard, but Bate finds the way through: just use one finger!

The referee reprimands Bate for poking eyes, but Kendrick clobbers Bate from behind! Kendrick bumps Bate off the apron then soaks up the cheers and jeers. Fans cheer “USA!” behind Kendrick as he goes back to Bate. Kendrick elbows Bate around the corner, then puts him back in the ring. Kendrick elbows Bate down and keeps up the patriotism. Bate crawls and Kendrick kicks him to the corner. Kendrick grinds his boot into Bate but lets up at 4. The ref reprimands Kendrick but Kendrick drags Bate up. Bate throws body shots and haymakers but Kendrick yanks Bate into buckles! Kendrick gets up and walks it off before bringing Bate up. He hits a snap suplex but takes his time to cover, TWO! Kendrick keeps his cool as he grabs Bate for grounded double chicken wings. He digs his knee into Bate’s back, but Bate endures.

Fans continue their patriotism but Bate powers up. Kendrick shifts to a headlock but fans rally and Bate pries his way out. Kendrick quickly makes it a neckbreaker, covers, TWO! Bate grits his teeth as Kendrick throws down hands. Kendrick taunts the Big Strong Boy as he keeps throwing haymakers. Bate powers up, and hits back with a furious combination! Kendrick kicks low but runs into a huricanrana! Bate runs in corner to corner for a big EuroUpper! Then throws Kendrick with an Exploder! Bate knips right up, to the standing Shooting Star! Cover, TWO! Kendrick lives but Bate keeps him from crawling away. Bate drags Kendrick back up, but Kendrick resists the underhooks. Bate clubs him down then knees him in the head. He underhooks but Kendrick trips to a jackknife bridge! TWO as Bate bridges up, Bate spins to a backslide! TWO, and Kendrick BOOTS Bate!

Bate staggers and Kendrick cravats, but Sliced Bread is denied. Kendrick falls for Bop, BANG hits! Both men go down but Kendrick crawls to the apron. Bate pursues and brings Kendrick up, and fans duel as Bate wants to suplex. Kendrick slips out and gets the takedown, to the Captain’s Hook! Bate endures the modified bully choke as Kendrick wrenches back hard! Bate powers his way up and lifts Kendrick in a fireman’s carry! Time for the airplane spin! Bate goes around and around and around, and around and around and around, and fans chant “Big Strong Boy!” Bate slows down and lets Kendrick off the ride. Both men stagger and tumble out of the ring on opposite sides! A ring count begins and reaches 5 before Bate crawls for the ring. Kendrick revives at 6 but staggers around. The count hits 9 and both men get in!

Bate heads for Kendrick and throws EuroUppers. Bate runs, but Kendrick BOOTS! Only to get the rolling kick on the rebound! Fans cheer as Bate fires up again. Bate brings Kendrick up and runs, rebound into a calf kick! Takedown but Bate slips out and rebounds, LARIAT! Bate underhooks, Tyler Driver ’97!! Cover, Bate wins!

Winner: Tyler Bate, by pinfall

This one time, youth and exuberance does win! NXT UK’s Big Strong Boy bests 205 Live’s Man with a Plan, does this mean Bate will climb the ladder towards the Cruiserweight Championship?

Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster VS Ariya Daivari & Mike Kanellis!

The Welshmen air force of the High-Fiving, Stage-Diving Rockstar and the Modfather want to take over the NXT UK Tag Team Division, but they’ll gladly show they can get it done outside. Can they take a big leap towards tag titles somewhere by defeating the Privileged Persian Lion and The Opportunist of 205 Live?

The teams sort out and Andrews starts against Daivari. The bell rings and they circle while fans cheer for Kanellis. Daivari decides to give the fans what they want and tags Kanellis in! Kanellis embraces the love and circles with Andrews, only to tag out to Daivari. Fans boo but Daivari talks strategy with Kanellis. Daivari tags to Kanellis again. Kanellis warms up and fans cheer him on. Kanellis and Andrews circle but Kanellis tags out to Daivari again. Daivari and Andrews actually tie up and Daivari gets the arm. Andrews rolls and reverses but Daivari reverses back. Daivari yanks and rams his shoulder in, then wrenches again. Andrews rolls and uses the ropes to then arm-drag Daivari around. Daivari blocks the third arm-drag to throw Andrews down!

Daivari bumps Andrews and then throws jabs in the corner. Andrews pushes through but Daivari headlocks. Andrews powers out and things speed up, Andrews arm-drags Daivari to an armlock! Daivari endures as Andrews wrenches, then drags Daivari up for shoulder rams of his own. Daivari gets away and runs to his corner. FMW tags in, so Daivari tags in Kanellis! Fans are happy to see Kanellis back as he circles with the Modfather. Kanellis and FMW tie up, and Kanellis headlocks. FMW powers out and things speed up, FMW hits a swinging arm-drag! Kanellis blocks the whip but FMW goes up and up for a flying headscissor! FMW goes to hip toss but Kanellis blocks. Kanellis laughs as he has the power advantage, but FMW body shots and back flips to drop toehold and facelock Kanellis!

Kanellis gets up but FMW brings him to the ropes. They break but Kanellis throws body shots. Andrews tags in and FMW whips, double whip to moonsault and imploding 450 combo! Cover, TWO! Andrews keeps on Kanellis and tags back FMW. FMW climbs and leaps to double stomp the arm. FMW keeps on Kanellis with a wrench, but Kanellis whips, only for FMW to kick him back. Daivari gets a cheap shot on FMW, then Kanellis clobbers FMW with a lariat! Tag to Daivari and Daivari stomps away! Daivari fires up with 205 Live pride, then drags FMW up for a CHOP! Daivari brings FMW up again but FMW CHOPS now! FMW chops again but Daivari kicks him down. Daivari tags to Kanellis, and they mug FMW. Kanellis stalks FMW as he flounders, then snapmares him for a running basement dropkick! Cover, TWO!

Kanellis keeps his cool as he brings FMW to the ropes. He goes to the apron and throws a swift right. And then another! Kanellis goes back in and tags Daivari. Daivari stomps FMW then drags him up for a Rude Awakening! Cover, TWO! Daivari keeps on FMW but FMW hits back. Daivari stomps FMW more then whips him to a corner hard! FMW hits buckles then the mat, and Daivari drags him away. Tag to Kanellis, and Kanellis hits Andrews while the ref counts Daivari. Kanellis stomps FMW and then takes a bow. Kanellis puts FMW in the corner to whip him corner to corner hard. He runs in to add a clothesline, then runs to boot FMW down! Cover, TWO! Kanellis keeps his cool as he drags FMW back. Tag to Daivari and Daivari drives his knee into FMW’s lower back.

Fans rally up as Daivari snapmares FMW to a chinlock. FMW powers up and reaches for Andrews but is thrown down. Daivari keeps on that chinlock but fans still rally. FMW feeds off the energy and fights out of the hold. Daivari clubs FMW down then brings him up for a back suplex. FMW escapes and waistlocks but Daivari elbows him away. Daivari runs into a boot, FMW hops up for the Rude Boy Block! Hot tag to Kanellis but FMW shoves him away, tag to Andrews! Andrews springboard crossbodies both Daivari and Kanellis! Andrews throws chops and hands on Daivari! He whips but Daivari reverses. Andrews slides under to enziguri! Fans fire up as Andrews runs and wheelbarrows, Stomp 182! Standing moonsault! Cover, TWO! Daivari lives but Andrews keeps on him.

Andrews drags him up but Daivari shoves him to a corner. Daivari runs into a boot, and then gets a tilt-o-whirl DDT! Kanellis runs in but FMW hits him with a knee trigger! FMW helps Andrews with the standing 450! Cover but Kanellis still breaks it! Kanellis kicks FMW but FMW throws him out. Andrews dumps Daivari out and then the Welshmen FLY! Double con hilos take out Daivari and Kanellis! Andrews puts Daivari in then tags in FMW! Fans know “This is Awesome!” but Daivari shoves Andrews into FMW! FMW tumbles down and Kanellis tags in. Daivari feeds FMW to Kanellis’ SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! The Modfather survives and Kanellis’ rage boils up.

Kanellis drags FMW up for a suplex but FMW cradle counters! TWO, but Daivari grabs FMW. Kanellis runs in but FMW sends the SUPERKICK into Daivari! FMW baits Kanellis in for a headbutt! Tag to Andrews, and Andrews runs at Kanellis for a tilt-o-whirl, but Kanellis counters! Kanellis suplexes, only to get a Stun-Dog Millionaire! Tag to FMW and FMW climbs, SWANTON BOMB to Kanellis’ back! Cover, NXT UK wins!

Winner: Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews, Webster pinning

The Welsh Air Force is victorious once again! At this point, NXT UK is 2-0 tonight. Will 205 Live even get on the board?

Triple Threat: El Ligero VS Gran Metalik VS Albert Hardie Jr!

The Luchador of Leeds represents NXT UK while The King of the Ropes represents 205 Live. And new to WWE as a whole, The Human Video Game is a new signee to NXT and makes his WWE in-ring debut in this incredible event! Will AHJ make a major impact his very first day? Or will one of the masked wrestlers take the win for their brand?

The bell rings, and all three men high-five and fist-bump to show respect. They slowly approach and circle while fans give AHJ support. AHJ backs off, and pretends to put on his own invisible lucha mask. Now he feels on equal ground with Ligero and Metalik as they feel out the grapple. It becomes a triple grapple, but AHJ kicks Metalik low. Ligero headlocks but AHJ powers out. Ligero runs AHJ over with a shoulder but gets an arm-drag from Metalik. AHJ runs Metalik over but Metalik knips right up. Ligero is up but AHJ and Metalik dodges. AHJ goes to make a move but can’t be sure who to go after. All three men back off as fans cheer. A “Lucha! Lucha!” chant starts as Metalik circles with the others.

Metalik kicks AHJ but AHJ shoves him back. Ligero gets them back on track towards the triple grapple, but AHJ boots Ligero and headlocks Metalik. Metalik fights against the hold but AHJ shows off his agility. Things speed up more and AHJ dropkicks Metalik out. AHJ aims at Ligero and slingshots but Ligero gets back in. AHJ stops his flight but Ligero trips him up. Things speed up again and Ligero huricanranas AHJ down! AHJ’s up but Ligero spins him to run and dropkick him down! AHJ gets to a corner and Ligero runs but Metalik kicks him away. Metalik springboards but Ligero keeps up. Ligero dodges the handspring but Metalik dodges Ligero to walk the ropes and dropkick him down! Cover but AHJ breaks it up.

AHJ throws Ligero out but Metalik goes after AHJ. AHJ wrenches out of the waistlock and both men throw forearms. Metalik whips but AHJ reverses to atomic drop, sweep and dropkick! Cover, TWO! Ligero returns but AHJ dropkicks him back out. Metalik is up and waistlocks again but AHJ wrenches out to an abdominal stretch. They go around and AHJ uses the chinbar to get the stretch on. AHJ clubs away and gets the hold on, but Metalik endures. AHJ pulls back hard but Metalik works on his escape, only for AHJ to roll him up. TWO, and AHJ CHOPS Metalik to a corner. Ligero returns and slingshots to a roll up, TWO! Ligero throws forearms on AHJ then reels him in, but AHJ resists the suplex. AHJ CHOPS Ligero, and then again!

Ligero stays on his feet and deflects the next chop! Ligero swings but AHJ hits low and enziguris! Cover, but Metalik breaks it! Metalik drags AHJ up for his own CHOP, but AHJ throws him out. AHJ slingshots for the plancha! AHJ goes back to the ring and Ligero in a corner. He grinds Ligero into the mat with a knee, but backs off at 4. AHJ drags Ligero up by his horn to choke him on the ropes. AHJ lets go at 4 to grind his boot in. “Are you not entertained?!” Gladiator AHJ doesn’t care so long as he’s having fun. He stands Ligero up for a CHOP, and then a samba. Fans want “One More Time!” so AHJ stands Ligero up. But AHJ trolls the fans by putting on the abdominal stretch. “I do what I want!”

AHJ gets a SUPERKICK from Metalik! Metalik runs at Ligero but Ligero mule kicks. AHJ and Ligero throw hands and then CHOPS! They move to forearms back and forth, and then clothesline at the same time. Metalik handsprings in for double back elbows! Fans chant “Lucha! Lucha!” as Metalik whips. Ligero reverses but runs into a boot! Sling-Dog brings him down, but Metalik fireman’s carry Ligero up. Ligero fights out of the driver then ripcords to boot! Metalik dropkicks him back down! Metalik DIVES onto AHJ! Fans are fired up as Metalik climbs up. Metalik leaps for a splash! Cover, TWO!! Ligero lives and the triple threat continues!

Metalik drags Ligero up again for another fireman’s carry but AHJ comes in to pull Ligero off. AHJ boots but Metalik blocks. AHJ tries to reason with Metalik but he gets flipped and kicked! Fireman’s carry, Metalik Driver! Cover, but Ligero dropkicks it apart! Ligero stands and drags Metalik up. Metalik breaks free but Ligero fires off strikes. Ligero runs to knee Metalik! Metalik gets to a corner and puts Ligero on the apron. Ligero baits Metalik in to the buckles, then hits a springboard stunner! Fans fire up and Ligero feeds off it to FLY onto Metalik! Ligero takes Metalik out then goes back to AHJ. He springboards, but AHJ blocks the DDT! Ligero sunsets but AHJ reverses to a deadlift German Suplex! Bridging cover, TWO!! “You gotta be kidding me?!”

AHJ can’t believe it, but he gets a shoulder from Metalik. Metalik climbs but AHJ hits a Flash Kick! AHJ runs into a SUPERKICK from Ligero! Ligero sprintboards, tornado DDT! Cover, Ligero wins!!

Winner: Ligero, by pinfall

NXT UK is running away with this! 3-0 for the Cruiserweights from across the pond, will they prove to have the best Cruiserweight class in all of the WWE?

Akira Tozawa VS Jordan Devlin!

This is it! The main event of Cruiserweight night of Worlds Collide! The Stamina Monster is a former Cruiserweight Champion and would love to challenge for the title again. Meanwhile, NXT UK’s Irish Ace is hungry for any gold he can get. Will Devlin prove he’s not only worthy of challenging Walter for the WWE United Kingdom Championship but of crossing over to challenge Tony Nese for his title, too?

The bell rings and Tozawa gets the fans to “AH! AH!” with him. He and Devlin circle and feel things out fast and furious. Devlin and Tozawa tie up but Devlin kicks sharp! Tozawa lets out another “AH!” and fans echo it. Devlin kicks him again for another long “AAH!” Tozawa and Devlin go again, and Tozawa gives Devlin back that kick. Devlin gets up and goes again to waistlock. Tozawa spins to a toehold and reaches for a headlock. Devlin rolls and Tozawa lets go, and the two stand off. Tozawa and Devlin circle and tie up again. Devlin wrenches to an armlock but Tozawa rolls. Devlin keeps him down but Tozawa bridges to deny the cover. Tozawa rolls but Devlin wrenches. Tozawa keeps rolling and wrenches back.

Devlin rolls and spins and handsprings to snapmare Tozawa back to a headlock, but Tozawa reverses right back. Tozawa has a grounded Fujiwara and fans “AH! AH!” but Devlin grabs at Tozawa’s face. The ref reprimands Devlin and the two go around on the mat. Devlin toeholds but Tozawa attempts headscissors. It takes a couple times but Tozawa gets Devlin down. Devlin resists the armbar but Tozawa resists the cover. They stand and Devlin has the headlock. Tozawa fights out but Devlin runs him over. Devlin looms over Tozawa but things speed up. Devlin sunsets but Tozawa rolls through to Penalty Kick to senton! Cover, ONE, but Tozawa keeps his cool as fans “AH!” for him. Tozawa puts Devlin in a corner and stomps away. Fans “AH! AH!” with him as he stomps the mudhole!

Tozawa backs off at the ref’s count, then drags Devlin up for a snapmare and kick! Cover, TWO! Tozawa keeps on Devlin as fans rally up. Devlin endures the chinlock, but Tozawa whips. Devlin reverses and table tops Tozawa to then drag Tozawa out and throw him into barriers! The barrier almost falls over! Devlin keeps going as he rams Tozawa into the apron, then rams his knee in. Devlin puts Tozawa in then drags him up for an atomic backbreaker! Fans boo as Devlin mocks the “AH!” Devlin drives his elbow into Tozawa then kicks him. Tozawa gets to a corner but Devlin grinds his boot in. The ref counts and Devlin backs off at 4. Fans boo and jeer Devlin then “AH! AH!” for Tozawa.

Devlin drags Tozawa up by his ear, then whips to run Tozawa over with an elbow. Devlin toys with Tozawa but Tozawa gets mad. Tozawa throws body shots but they don’t hurt. But then the elbows do, and that chop does! Tozawa chops more, but Devlin catches Tozawa for the urenage and standing moonsault! Cover, TWO! Devlin keeps his cool while walking it off. Fans “AH! AH!” even as Devlin stomps and drags Tozawa up. Devlin scoops and slams Tozawa. Cover, TWO! Tozawa grits his teeth but Devlin drives in an elbow. Devlin puts Tozawa in a chinlock then body scissors. Tozawa endures and fans rally up again.

Devlin adds a full nelson to the hold but Tozawa powers up with every “AH! AH!” Tozawa is free and he throws elbows until Devlin lets go. He keeps throwing shots but Devlin uppercuts. Devlin whips but Tozawa reverses to headscissor Devlin down! Tozawa adds the shining wizard! He drags Devlin to a drop zone and he climbs up high. Devlin sees that coming and gets out of the ring. Tozawa changes course to DIVE! The Tozawa Torpedo hits! Tozawa puts Devlin back in and climbs up again. Missile dropkick! Cover, TWO! Devlin lives but the “AH! AH!” keeps Tozawa focused. Tozawa drags Devlin away from the ropes with a waistlock. Devlin breaks the waistlock then runs, but into the back kick. Tozawa swings, slides and tilt-o-whirls into the Iron Octopus!

Devlin endures as Tozawa pulls back hard. Devlin manages to walk even as Tozawa pulls hard, and pops out to give Tozawa a backbreaker! Both men are down and a standing count starts. The count reaches 5 before either man sits up. Devlin drags himself to ropes, but he walks into Tozawa’s CHOP! Devlin JABS back, but Tozawa CHOPS! They go back and forth with jabs and chops, then Tozawa gets an edge! Tozawa fires up, feints the chop to hit his own JAB! Devlin is dazed, Tozawa runs, but Devlin bicycle boots! Tozawa is dazed but he manages to boot back! SUPERKICK! ROLLING ROUNDHOUSE! Both men go down but fans fire up! The fans cheer on “Worlds Collide!” for giving them this match.

Tozawa grits his teeth as he runs in at Devlin, but Devlin slips out. Devlin blocks Tozawa but Tozawa catches the slingshot for a German! Bridging cover, TWO!! Devlin escapes but Tozawa climbs back up! Fans know what’s coming and give Tozawa strength with “AH! AH!” Tozawa aims but Devlin trips him up! Devlin throws EuroUppers then climbs up to join Tozawa. Tozawa punches him but Devlin hits back. Devlin climbs again, stands Tozawa up, but Tozawa resists! Tozawa elbows away and then throws Devlin down with a gourd buster! Tozawa stands, SUPER SENTON onto knees!! Devlin grits his teeth as he reels Tozawa in for the saido suplex! Cover, Devlin wins!

Winner: Jordan Devlin, by pinfall

The Irish Ace completes NXT UK’s sweep of this event! It was a complete 4-0, but it took a lot out of Devlin. Will Devlin be good to go to challenge whichever champion he wants?

My Thoughts:

What a great second edition of the Wrestlemania Axxess Worlds Collide! But again, the most amazing thing is that all the NXT UK superstars competing tonight won! I would not have guessed that happening, and I kinda feel bad for the 205 Live guys. But that aside, these were all great matches from first to last. Kendrick VS Bate was great because it also had some great comedy elements. The tag match was great, but I would’ve thought that was where 205 Live would’ve gotten something. Kanellis and Daivari are the Heels so they could’ve gotten away with winning by cheating, but it was good for Andrews & FMW to win and keep their tag possibilities alive. The Triple Threat was incredible, and AHJ did great throwing in some Heel attitude. I look forward to AHJ showing up in NXT and doing just about anything.

Not only did NXT UK sweep, Tozawa VS Devlin was the only match a Heel won. The match was great, but it makes some sense for Devlin to win. He grows stronger in the Cruiserweight Division in case should he ever come to 205 Live, and as a Heel he’d work against a Face champion like Tony Nese. Devlin also stays strong in terms of NXT UK and what feels like a coming match against Walter. Devlin is definitely a superstar WWE can use for big crossovers like NXT UK with 205 Live.

My Score: 8.5/10

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Did you know that challenger in French is still “challenger?”

In a WrestleMania rematch, AJ Styles takes on LA Knight in a #1 contender’s match, to challenge WWE Champion Cody Rhodes at Backlash in France!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Undisputed WWE Championship #1 Contender’s match: AJ Styles VS LA Knight; Styles wins and will challenge Cody Rhodes for the title at Backlash.
SmackDown/WWE Tag Team Championships #1 Contenders Fatal 4 Way: The Street Profits VS New Catch Republic VS The Authors of Pain VS Legado Del Fantasma; The Profits win and will challenge A-Town Down Under for the titles.
Carlito w/ Zelina Vega VS Santos Escobar w/ Elektra Lopez; Santos wins.
WWE Women’s Championship: Bayley VS Naomi; Bayley wins, by disqualification, and retains the title.

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Undisputed WWE Championship #1 Contender’s match: AJ Styles VS LA Knight!

After fighting their way through Triple Threats, the Phenomenal One and the Mega Star meet again, YEAH! It’s a WrestleMania Rematch, the winner moving on to Backlash, YEAH! Will AJ Styles avenge his loss at the biggest WrestleMania ever? Or will everyone from here to France know whose game it is?

The bell rings and the two step to each other. The fans in Pittsburgh “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” and Knight lets Styles know it. Styles snarls, they tie up, and they go around. Knight puts Styles in a corner, the ref counts, but Knight lets off slowly. Styles kicks low! The fans boo but Styles headlocks. Knight pulls hair, throws body shots, then headlocks in return. Styles pushes Knight to ropes, powers up and out, then hurdles, drops and DROP- NO, Knight avoids the dropkick to BOOT, and LARIAT! Knight then TOSSES Styles out of the ring, storms out after him, and brings him to commentary. Knight SMACKS Styles off the desk! And again! And again!

The fans chant “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” with every SMACK, then Knight tops it off with one last SMACK! Knight drags Styles up and into the ring, storms in, but Styles KICKS Knight in the ropes! Styles reels Knight in, but Knight back drops Styles up and out! Styles flounders on the floor, Knight runs to WRECK him with a dropkick! Styles hits desk again and Steel City is loving “L! A! KNIGHT, YEAH!” as SmackDown goes to break.

SmackDown returns and Styles soaks up the heat as he taunts Knight. Styles brings Knight up, but Knight fires haymakers! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” Knight backs Styles down, whips, but Styles ducks ‘n dodges! Knight ducks ‘n’ dodges, then DOUBLE CROSSBODIES collide! Both men are down and the fans fire up. Both men slowly sit up, crawl around, and then stand. Styles fires a shot, but Knight gives it back! The haymakers go back and forth, “YEAH! BOO! YEAH!” Styles staggers but he still ROCKS Knight! Knight ROCKS Styles again and again, but Styles throat chops! Styles fires off the Phenomenal Blitz, but Knight ducks the lariat!

Knight JABS, JABS, JABS, and DECKS Styles! Knight stomps a mudhole in at the corner, “YEAH!” Knight then runs corner to corner to KNEE Styles down! The fans fire up, Knight puts Styles up, and Knight ROCKS Styles. Knight climbs, but Styles ROCKS him back! Knight staggers away, but returns to spring right up! SUPER DUPER PLEX! Cover, TWO!! Styles survives that crash but both men are down again. The fans rally as Knight rises, and he brings Styles around. Knight reels Styles in, suplexes, but Styles slips free! Styles goes to a corner, ELBOWS Knight away, then goes up to QUEBRADA DDT! Cover, TWO!

The fans fire up as Knight stays in this and Styles starts losing his cool. The fans rally for Knight but Styles looms over him. Styles brings Knight up and in, but Knight RAMS him into a corner! Knight then scoops Styles, but Styles slips free to roll up, TWO!! Knight escapes, swings, but Styles dodges to PELE! Knight ends up in a corner, Styles runs in, but Knight puts Styles on the apron! Styles ROCKS Knight, springboards, but Knight gets under! Styles comes back, into a scoop and POWERSLAM! Then JUMP ELBOW DROP! The fans fire up with with Knight as he storms around. Styles rises, Knight winds up, B F- NO, Styles bails out!

The fans boo but Knight storms over. Knight drags Styles up but Styles HOTSHOTS him! And pokes him in the eyes! Then ROCKS him! And springboards, to PHENOMENAL FOREARM!! Cover, Styles wins!

Winner: AJ Styles, by pinfall (NEW #1 Contender to the Undisputed WWE Championship)

Styles bent the rules, but a win is a win! He will get his shot at the American Nightmare in Lyon, France, will this year’s Backlash be phenomenal?

The Bloodline arrives backstage.

The car pulls up, Solo Sikoa steps out in a suit, and Paul Heyman is there to greet him. Nice threads, Solo. Tama Tonga walks over and Solo says meet the newest member of The Bloodline, Solo’s MFT. The Wise Man is stunned. But Solo cuts him off to ask if Kevin Owens is here. Heyman hesitates and Solo asks again, is Kevin here? If he is, he’s probably already in the locker room. Then take them to him. Heyman obeys and leads on. There have already been changes to the chain of command, is there about to be a change to the landscape of SmackDown, too?

Nick Aldis is in the ring.

In a familiar scene to Monday Night Raw, there is a podium with something under a satin sheet. The SmackDown General Manager welcomes to Pittsburgh the Chief Content Officer, Paul “Triple H” Levesque! The fans fire up as The Game makes his way to the ring! HHH joins Aldis in the ring, gets a mic, looks around at the crowd as he revels in the cheers, then says, “On the heels of the biggest, most epic, history making, record breaking, epic, unbelievable WrestleMania of all time, we are here tonight, sold out, 15 thousand strong, Pittsburgh, PA! So let me say, welcome to SmackDown!” The fans cheer that!

HHH wants to take a moment to say that he thinks Adam Pearce and Nick Aldis are both doing great jobs at leading their respective brands into the future. Thank you to both of them. And when we talk about the future, we have to talk about the history made coming into the future. So when history is made, HHH wants it to be represented here befitting of those that make it. So Aldis, if we could, let us bring the… champions out here. Aldis says without further ado, the NEW SmackDown Tag Team Champions, Austin Theory & Grayson Waller. The fans boo as A-Town Down Under make their way, blue belts in hand.

Theory & Waller join Aldis and HHH in the ring, mics already in hand, and they soak up the heat from Steel City. Waller says this is huge. Monday, we saw the second place champions get new belts. And now A-Town Down Under will be presented new titles! Theory says speaking of truth, didn’t Truth think HHH was a magician? Well, who knows what magic trick HHH has to make these guys look better than they already do, but hey, give it a try. HHH says congratulations on becoming tag team champions, so he will show them what they will wear going forward. From now on, they will be the WWE Tag Team Champions.

Reveal! In the style of the Attitude Era and Ruthless Aggression Era belts, the solid gold shines. HHH offers a handshake, but Waller leaves him hanging to shake Theory’s hand! Aldis makes it clear to them. They ever pop off and disrespect HHH like that, here’s a real magic trick: A-Clown Down Under will disappear, permanently! The fans like the sound of that! Aldis snatches the blue belts away since they won’t need them, and speaking of disappearing, there’s a chance one of the following four teams will make their title reign disappear. That #1 contenders match starts right now! The fans fire up, but which team defies the odds to get some golden tickets to France?

Backstage interview with Naomi.

Kayla Braxton is with The Glow and says last week, she beat Tiffany Stratton to get this title opportunity tonight. Will the friendship with Bayley get in the way of this match? Naomi says no, of course not. Bayley’s her sister, and she needed help against Damage CTRL, so Naomi was more than happy to help. But in no way will friendship get in the way of this opportunity. It has been over two YEARS since Naomi’s last WWE singles championship match, and there is nothing that will get in the way of making the most of this moment. Now last week, Tiffy Time felt the glow, so that same energy keeps going tonight.

Naomi is also looking forward to next week’s WWE Draft, where she will walk in the NEW WWE Women’s Champion. Naomi is ready, but will she be able to best Bayley in Bayley’s first title defense?

WWE Tag Team Championships #1 Contenders Fatal 4 Way: The Street Profits VS New Catch Republic VS The Authors of Pain VS Legado Del Fantasma!

SmackDown returns as Legado makes their entrance, followed by Akam & Rezar with the Final Testament. Waller & Theory are on commentary, Waller admitting he wants any team but AOP, and Theory saying these teams are fortunate to have real superstars leading their division. In this form of Fatal 4 Way, only two teams are active, so the Big Strong Boi, Tyler Bate, starts against Montez Ford. They circle, tie up, and Ford headlocks. Bate powers up to pry at the hold but Ford clamps on tighter. Bate powers up and out, drops, but Ford leaps over! The fans cheer, things keep moving, Bate feints high to drop low!

Bate shows knuckle lock, Ford obliges, but Bate wrenches, baits and double pump handles to FLIP Ford! Cover, TWO! Ford gets up to sweep and cover, TWO! Bate steps over, La Magistrol, TWO! Ford gets up, dropkicks cancel out, and both men kip up! The fans fire up and the two reset. But then Humberto Carrillo sneaks a tag, before he DECKS Bate with a sucker punch! Ford dodges Humberto but Angel Garza holds the ropes open! Ford tumbles out, Garza tags in, and Humberto sits Ford up. Garza runs in to KNEE Ford down! The fans boo, Garza drags Ford to a cover, TWO! Garza back suplexes, Ford lands out!

Ford tags Dawkins and he dodges Garza to FLYING ELBOW! Garza tags out to Akam, but then the Bruiserweight, Pete Dunne, tags in off Dawkins! Rezar tags, Dunne runs up but Akam LARIATS him down! Rezar DECKS Dawkins, then the AOP start clearing the corners! But Ford goes up to leap, but into an URENAGE! The fans boo but the AOP roar and soak up the heat. Waller’s worst case scenario might end up reality, but SmackDown goes to break.

SmackDown returns and the fans rally as Ford endures a facelock. Ford fights up, pries at the hold, but Rezar shoves him to ELBOW him down! Rezar talks trash, Waller taunts the Steelers players sitting in the front row that they don’t really know what championships are, and then Rezar sucker punches Dawkins down! Rezar stands Ford up, Canadian Racks and bends him! Ford endures, the fans rally, but Rezar thrashes Ford around! Ford kicks and flails, he gets free, hot tag to Dunne! Bate sneaks a tag, Dunne GAMANGIRIS Akam and then NCR fire off on Rezar! The fans fire up, Humberto runs in, but Dunne dodges to SNAP GERMAN!

Bate & Dunne STOMP Humberto’s hands! Then BASEMENT DROPKICK! Garza runs up, but into the REBOUNDER GERMAN COMBO!! The fans fire up with NCR, but Rezar runs up! He grabs Dunne, but Bate says Bop up, BANG! Bate fireman’s carries Rezar?! But Rezar ELBOWS right free! Dunne GAMANGIRIS, Ford SUPERKICKS, and Dawkins ENZIGIRIS! Rezar wobbles, and everyone helps Bate gets Rezar up! BIG STRONG AIRPLANE SPINE! But then Legado CLOBBER Bate and Rezar! They BOOT Dunne, whip the Profits but the Profits reverse to TOSS Legado out! Ellering coaches Rezar while the Profits regroup.

Bate gets up, Dawkins ROCKS him! Dawkins brings Bate to the very top, but Dunne CLUBS Dawkins! NCR mug Dawkins but Ford joins in! They brawl, but AOP add on! Humberto finds Rezar to tag in, before the DOUBLE TOWER OF DOOM!! Bate’s the only one left up top, so Legado mug him! They double trophy lift Bate, to DOUBLE ROCKET LAUNCH him onto everyone!! Humberto then finds Bate, sunset flips and rewinds, Garza jumps, MISSILE DROPKICK DOOMSDAY! Cover, DUNNE BREAKS IT! “This is Awesome!” as all eight men are down around ringside, and Waller says this is gonna be easy pickings for A-Town Down Under now.

Dunne grabs Garza, Bate has Humberto, STEREO ANKLE LOCKS!! Grapevine for Garza! But Humberto BOOTS Bate onto Dunne! Legado is free, Ellering has AOP regroup, and SmackDown goes to break.

SmackDown returns again and Rezar CLUBS Dawkins down. Rezar soaks up heat, taunts the other teams, then CLUBS Dawkins again. Rezar brings Dawkins up again, but Dawkins fires off body shots! Rezar KNEES low, reels Dawkins in, talks more trash, and lifts Dawkins up, to POWERBOMB! But then Dunne runs up to ROCK Rezar! Akam gets in to scoop Dunne and SLAM him on Dawkins! Cover, TWO! Rezar looks to Ellering and he coaches AOP. Rezar HAMMERS Dawkins, Akam tags, and AOP get NCR up! The fans boo but NCR RANA free to send AOP into each other! Ford jumps in, as does Garza.

All the teams realize, they gotta do something about AOP. So they all mug AOP! The fans fire up as AOP tumble out, but now who strikes first? Dunne runs up but Garza SUPERKICKS him first! Bate waistlocks Garza and Ford winds up, but Garza ducks so the BACKHAND hits Bate! Garza SUPERKICKS Ford, but Dawkins DECKS Garza! Humberto springboards to FLYING CHUCK! Cover, TWO!! Theory says if A-Town Down Under were in this match, he’d knock everyone out and Waller could just sneak in to cover. Humberto and Dawkins rise and go to corners. Humberto runs up, but Dawkins POUNCES him away!

Dawkins gets Humberto up, Ford returns and tags in! Dawkins Electric Chair Lifts Humberto and Ford climbs! The stars are out for the BLOCKBUSTER DOOMSDAY! Cover, DUNNE BREAKS IT! Another save from the Bruiserweight and Ford is frustrated. Dunne drags Dawkins up to CHOP, but Dawkins ROCKS him! Dawkins whips Dunne out of the ring, but Dunne grabs the arm! And he pulls off the glove so he can SNAP fingers! The fans fire up, but Ford ENZIGIRIS Dunne down! Ford brings Humberto up, Humberto JAWBREAKERS! Bate tags in off Ford, BOOTS Garza, then runs up, but into a POP-UP! But Bate RANAS Humberto!!

Bate then DUMPS Garza out, goes to the apron, and Dunne lines up targets. Bate and Dunne climb, Ford runs in, NCR DOUBLE ARIHARA MOONSAULT while Ford FLIES over the corner post!! Down goes Legado and AOP!! The fans are losing their minds as Bate hurries to get Humberto up. Bate puts Humberto in, reels him in, underhooks, but Humberto fights it! Humberto back drops but Bate lands on his feet! Humberto cradles, TWO! Humberto LARIATS Bate, tag to Garza! Legado gets Bate up, feed to the POP-UP KICK!! #FTY! Humberto then DIVES to take out Dunne! Garza goes up the ropes to LIONSAULT!!

But Ford flies in FROM THE HEAVENS!! The fans are thunderous as everyone is down again! Bate flounders, Dawkins tags in! Dawkins whips Legado, Ford joins in, THE REVELATION!! Cover, PROFITS WIN!

Winners: The Street Profits, by pinfall (NEW #1 Contenders to the WWE Tag Team Championships)

Waller & Theory are relieved it isn’t AOP, but they still look a bit annoyed that it is Ford & Dawkins. The Profits are Triple Crown Tag Team Champions from Raw to SmackDown to NXT, but will they soon add the WWE Tag Team Championships to make it a grand slam?

Backstage interview with Bayley.

Byron Saxton is with The Role Model, and brings up the emotional moment from Monday Night Raw where Rhea Ripley had to relinquish her title. But let us focus on Bayley’s title, as she defends it for the first time against Naomi. Where is her head at ahead of the main event? Bayley says after seeing Rhea vacate the Women’s World Championship on Raw, Bayley appreciates her reign more. She is focused, and she has realized she’s THE Women’s Champion in WWE right now, something she does not take for granted. Because we all know that with the WWE Draft, things are bound to change.

And as excited as Bayley is to face her friend, Naomi, one thing that won’t change is her as THE WWE Women’s Champion. Bayley is just as confident at Naomi, so something’s gotta give! Will The Role Model #FeelTheGlow? Or will she still be shining with gold after tonight?

Paul Heyman talks with Solo Sikoa.

The Wise Man apologizes that they haven’t found Kevin Owens, but he has to be here somewhere. Just look at the time. They will find him, somewhere. Solo stops listening and heads to gorilla. Heyman follows after, but Solo gives him a look. Heyman says he isn’t trying to upset Solo. Please believe him. The last person on this planet Heyman wants to piss off is Solo. But respectfully, Solo is making decisions that are not his to make, yet. One day, these will all be Solo’s decisions. But not now, not here! These are decisions that can only be made by one man. Solo asks Heyman if he’s done talking. Heyman asks if MFT is coming with Solo.

Solo just gives a thumbs up, with that taped thumb. The music hits and Solo makes his entrance, Heyman still following all the way into the ring. What does the Enforcer have planned? We’ll find out, after the break.

SmackDown returns and Heyman has the mic to give his usual introduction. And he doesn’t know if there is a list of the most brilliant backstage maneuvering politicians int he history of the WWE, but if there were, Heyman would have to think that he personally is in the top… Well, permit Heyman, with Solo’s permission, to explain what’s going on right now within The Bloodline, “the premier act in the history of WWE.” The fans chant, “We Want Roman!” but Solo shrugs that off. Heyman assures us that as The Wise Man for… Heyman gets emotional, so Solo just snatches the mic! The fans boo but Solo paces.

Solo tries to talk but the fans boo. Solo says last week, he had to lose a brother! He had to! It was in order for him to find a new one! His MFT, Tama Tonga! And with that, a bloodied Kevin Owens is tossed out, by the Good Bad Guy! Tama shoves Kevin down the ramp, stalks behind him, and referees rush out to stop him from doing anything further! Kevin can’t even sit up, but Tama steps over him to go to the ring. The fans boo as Tama joins Solo in the ring while the refs help Kevin to his feet and to the back. Tama raises his finger to the sky, because he acknowledges Solo! Heyman has no choice but to go along, but wait! Kevin is heading back down the ramp!?

The fans fire up as Kevin shows his grit and defiance! He drags Tama out to fire off hands!! The fans cheer but then Solo whips Kevin into steel steps! Solo drags Kevin back up, puts him in the ring, but now security rushes in! Tama storms in after Kevin but Kevin TACKLES Tama! The security gets Kevin away from Tama, but Solo SAMOAN SPIKES Kevin down!! The fans boo but then Tama SPLASHES Kevin! Tama rains down fists on that bloody wound, then he DECKS guard after guard! Producers try but Tama is a madman! Tama shoves everyone away so he can slip out of the ring, to grab a chair!!

The fans boo as Tama storms back in, but now Aldis steps up! Aldis warns The Bloodline here, and Solo has Tama stand down. Solo takes the chair from Tama to show they’re done here. The fans chant “YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK!” but the damage is done. Solo & Tama are a dangerous duo, will nothing and no one stop them from taking over SmackDown?

Heyman goes to the parking lot.

He’s in shock, but Aldis finds him and pulls him along. Was Heyman aware of this? Aldis shows Heyman the aftermath of one car T-boning another! And in case Heyman can’t guess, the struck car was Kevin’s. The attacking car was Tama’s! Heyman says this wasn’t authorized! No, Heyman, Aldis is speaking now. He gets this is a conflict within The Bloodline, but on his show, things are settle din the ring. Next week is the Draft, a lot of eyeballs on it, and a lot top brass are gonna be here. So Aldis will not tolerate this behavior. So make sure The Bloodline understands. Because, Heyman, if you don’t, the repercussions will be equally savage.

Aldis brings Heyman in close to tell him losing isn’t the only thing that has consequences. Will the Wise Man be able to rein in such an unruly force as Solo and Tama?

Carlito w/ Zelina Vega VS Santos Escobar w/ Elektra Lopez!

The LWO still doesn’t believe Legado’s claims that they had nothing to do with Dragon Lee going down before WrestleMania, so they’re going to get to the bottom of this one themselves! Will Caribbean Cool make the Emperor of Lucha confess his crimes? Or will Santos prove he was right all along?

The bell rings and the two talk trash. Then they start throwing hands! Carlito backs Santos down but Santos gets around to whisper something in Carlito’s ear. Carlito ELBOWS Santos away, runs up and hits a THESZ PRESS! Carlito then bumps Santos off buckles, fires hands, then has him in another corner. Carlito whips corner to corner, runs up, but Santos BOOTS him! Santos runs up, but into a SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Vega coaches Carlito to stay on Santos and he brings Santos up. Carlito ROCKS Santos, whips, but Santos KICKS him! Santos runs, but into a DROPKICK! Carlito kips up and the fans fire up!

Santos is on the outside, the ref won’t let Carlito go after him, but then Carlito WRECKS Santos with a dropkick! Carlito loads up to PLANCHA! Direct hit on Santos and Carlito hoists Vega up to celebrate! The fans cheer the LWO on as SmackDown goes to break.

SmackDown returns and Santos whips Carlito hard into buckles. Carlito falls over, Santos soaks up the heat, then Santos HEADBUTTS Carlito to a corner. Santos then CHOPS, gets space and runs in, to DOUBLE KNEE! Carlito slumps in the corner but Santos puts him up top! Santos GAMANGIRIS then climbs up! SUPER STEINER! Carlito flounders, Santos pushes him to a cover, TWO! Vega is relieved but Santos huffs and puffs. Santos rains down fists on Carlito, then clamps on a top wristlock. Carlito endures and Vega coaches him while the fans rally. Carlito rises, throws body shots, then LARIATS!

The fans rally as Carlito starts to rally with more clotheslines, and an ELBOW! Carlito kicks, runs, and KNEE LIFTS! Santos wobbles, Carlito LARIATS again! Cover, TWO! Santos is tougher than that but Carlito says he’s going up! Carlito climbs, but then Lopez gets on the apron! Vega storms right over to YANK her down! The fans fire up as Vega goes up, and RANAS, only for Lopez to block! Lopez SWINGS Vega into barriers! Carlito ROCKS Santos, steps in, but the ref is reprimanding Lopez so he misses Santos KICK ropes to jam Carlito low! Santos reels Carlito in to POST him, then brings him back for the fireman’s carry! PHANTOM DRIVER!! Cover, Santos wins!

Winner: Santos Escobar, by pinfall

La Madrina helps The Emperor steal this victory, them taking down the Caribbean Cool and La Muneca! Whether or not Legado beat down Dragon Lee, will nothing stop them from conquering SmackDown?

VIP Skybox interview with Damage CTRL!

Kayla is with Iyo Sky, Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane & Asuka as they sit way up in the back. What made the former WWE Women’s Champion and crew want a special view of this main event? Dakota takes offense for Iyo with the use of “former” there. Is Kayla trying to disrespect them? Iyo will take that title back when they’re good and ready. But for now, they’re here to watch two people they can’t stand tear each other apart! Does Dakota need to remind everyone here that DMG CTRL is still the most dominant force in the WWE!? The fans boo but Dakota says the Kabuki Warriors are STILL the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, and that will not change-

WAID! Jade Cargill is here! She makes her entrance from the other skybox, with Bianca Belair alongside her! The strongEST duo argues with DMG CTRL, their own title intentions clear. But for now, it’s time for the main event! Who shines with gold here in the Steel City? We find out, after the break!

Cody Rhodes speaks.

The American Nightmare is in the UK as part of Raw’s tour, but he still took time to say, “What is the task? Run up the score, leave no doubt, right? Formerly, the task was ‘win the big belt, in the big place.’ We’ve done that. Now, it’s a whole new frontier for us, undiscovered country.” There’s an old expression: the title can make the man, or the man makes the title. Which will it be for Cody? He’s in London tonight, the O2, 16 THOUSAND, then it’s on to Belfast, Ireland. Cody is keeping his promise to bring this title all around the world. Back home, AJ Styles has emerged the #1 contender to this championship.

So then, it will be two Georgia boys duking it out in Lyon, France. The first time ever, at that. Styles has an unprecedented reputation in pro-wrestling. The modern day Excellence of Execution, if you will. Styles rarely misses. But the same goes for Cody. So Backlash in France, Cody looks forward to it. The contract signing is next week, even as the WWE Draft is going on! Will things be explosive when American Nightmare and Phenomenal One meet face to face?

WWE Women’s Championship: Bayley VS Naomi!

SmackDown returns and Bayley makes her entrance. The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and either we shine or we glow!

The bell rings, the fans rally, and the two circle. The two tie up, go around, and Bayley headlocks. Naomi powers up but Bayley wrenches to wristlock. Naomi slips through, rolls Bayley up, ONE!! The fans rally as the two go again. Naomi waistlocks, Bayley headlocks to hit a takeover, and she makes it a cover, TWO! Naomi fights up to her feet, powers up but Bayley wrenches gain. Naomi waistlocks, O’Conner Rolls, ONE! Both women get up, Naomi ducks the boot but Bayley arm-drags her around! Bayley has the cording hold, the fans rally up, and Naomi fights to her feet. Naomi whips Bayley away, but Bayley runs her over!

The fans cheer and Bayley tells DMG CTRL she’s watching them, too. Things speed up, Naomi does the splits to duck under, then she comes back to kick from below! She drags Bayley into a cradle, ONE!! Bayley hurries to step over, LA MAGISTROL! ONE!! Naomi and Bayley get up, Naomi trips Bayley to jackknife, ONE!! Ghost pin, TWO! Both women hurry up, DOUBLE CROSSBODIES collide! The fans rally while both women are down, evenly matched in this chess game so far. Both women rise, and Naomi SHOTGUNS first! Then she runs up, uses the ropes to slingshot and BULLDOG! Cover, TWO! Naomi is frustrated but keeps her focus.

Naomi drags Bayley up, Bayley shoves her away. Naomi dodges the lariat to hit REAR VIEW! Cover, TWO!! Bayley survives but Naomi lets her know it was that close, and SmackDown goes to break.

SmackDown returns again and Bayley whips Naomi to a corner, runs in, but into a BOOT! Bayley gets up, Naomi runs up, JAWBREAKER! Bayley ends up in a corner now, Naomi runs in, and she forearm SMASHES! Naomi then runs Bayley corner to corner for a BUCKLE BULLDOG! Naomi slips out to the apron while Bayley flounders, and Naomi climbs. The fans duel as Naomi CROSSBODIES! Cover, TWO! Bayley is tougher than that but Naomi knows that. Naomi keeps her focus while DMG CTRL, Bianca & Jade all focus on them. Naomi ROCKS Bayley, tries the ropes again, but Bayley stops the bulldog to SMACK Naomi off buckles!

Bayley then reels Naomi in, SAIDO! High stack, TWO! Naomi is still in this and Bayley remembers Naomi’s tougher than that, too. Bayley drags Naomi into a drop zone, then goes up the corner! Bayley aims, to MACHO ELBOW onto knees! Bayley writhes, Naomi goes to the apron. Bayley stands, runs up, but into a ROUNDHOUSE! Naomi slingshots, for a FACEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Bayley survives and Naomi is stunned! Naomi refocuses, goes to the corner, and goes up to SPLIT LEG MOONSAULT onto knees! Bayley returns the favor and both women are down. Bayley shakes out the leg, stands and runs, to KNEE Naomi down!

Bayley hurries to put Naomi back in a drop zone, and then hobbles her way to a corner. Bayley climbs, to MACHO ELBOW!! Direct hit this time and Bayley covers, TWO!! Naomi survives and Bayley is frustrated. Bayley hobbles on the bad leg, leans on ropes while she catches her breath, and the fans duel even more. Bayley stalks Naomi, hooks her up, but Naomi PELES free! Naomi hurries to a corner, Bayley runs up, but Naomi goes up to sunset flip! TWO!! But into the BUTTERFLY LOCK!! Bayley endures, reaches out with her legs, but then she tucks to a cover, TWO!! Naomi gets up, both women throw forearms!

They both wobble, storm up, and Bayley eggs Naomi on. Naomi wants this, right? So hit her! Naomi fires a forearm, Bayley hits back! Naomi winds up to forearm, Bayley comes back with another! The fans fire up as the forearms go harder and faster! Bayley gets the edge, but Naomi SWATS one, to SCORPION KICK, and then JUMP KNEE! Bayley tumbles out of the ring, Naomi PLANCHAS! Direct hit and a hard one, both women are down on the floor! The ring count starts, Naomi stirs at 3 of 10. Naomi brings Bayley up, but BAYLEY2BELLY onto the desk!! The count is 7! Naomi flounders on the desk, but then TIFFANY ATTACKS BAYLEY!!!

Winner: Bayley, by disqualification (still WWE Women’s Champion)

Tiffany makes herself the center of attention as always as she ruins this main event! She dribbles Naomi off the desk, then RAMS Bayley into steel steps! Then she drags Naomi off the desk to POST her! Tiff storms back over to Bayley, puts her in the ring, then adds Naomi in, too. Tiff says sorry not sorry, but it’s Tiffy Time! Tiffy goes to the corner, for the PRETTIEST MOONSAULT EVER! Tiff flexes over both champion and challenger, having upset Bianca & Jade but having entertained DMG CTRL. But will Wrestling Barbie pay for pissing off the Role Model?

My Thoughts:

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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 4.18.2024

Motor City Machine Guns either go out on their backs, or head to Rebellion as champs! Lets see how they finish their current run in TNA!

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1 day ago

April 18, 2024

Andrew Balaz

No burying the lead here! The Main Event is The System versus Motor City Machine Guns, and it’s the Go Home episode before Rebellion! So we’re guaranteed a damn good tag match, and we should get either new wrinkles, or ways to keep the storylines cooking going into the Pay-per-View.

With all the rumors and innuendo about the Guns being on their way out, I think we all assume that MCMG is losing, but my inner fanboy is still excited.

Part Three: Acceptance @TheJonGresham #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/NE9FPzCCz2

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 19, 2024

Ratings:

Little Guido w/New FBI vs Hammerstone: Hammerstone wins via Torture Rack – SQUASH
LSG vs Joe Hendry: Hendry wins via Standing Ovation – SQUASH
Mustafa Ali & GYV vs Cody Deaner, Jake Something & Rhyno: Ali wins via 450 Splash – ** 3/4
Rosemary w/Havok vs Jody Threat w/Dani Luna: Rosemary wins via Spear – ***
Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) vs The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) w/Alisha Edwards: System wins via Roster Cut + Knee Party – *** 1/4

Results:

So we kick off the match with Josh coming out to commentary again to watch Hammerstone’s match. They really need a new way to try and keep heat without reusing the same tired gimmick of “ring side seat” to a Squash match.

Little Guido w/New FBI vs Hammerstone

Guido tries to shoot the half, but Hammerstone shrugs him off, lifts him like a child and runs him into a corner, few short shots and then just tosses him across the ring. Hammer gets a little distracted talking smack to Josh and eats a foot, but then tosses Guido with the ole Sack of Shit move and keeps working over Guido.

Hammer shoves Clayton, and provokes him to push him back right in front of the referee. She ejects them, Guido tries to take advantage but when he goes for the pinfall Hammer kicks out immediately and presses Guido out of thing through the ropes. Continues to dog walk Guido, puts the head gear on the ECW Original and then Torture Racks him while staring directly at Josh, and of course picks up the submission victory.

.@XiaBrookside and @Ashamae_Sebera face off NEXT WEEK on #TNAiMPACT! pic.twitter.com/Q0S3wSRpeu

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 19, 2024

LSG vs Joe Hendry

Hendry cuts a little promo, mentioning the Fat Uncle Phil joke…something about shopping at the TOP Dollar Store. Solid mic work.

LSG is a damn good local talent, he’s been seen in ROH and AEW in the past (perhaps others, but that’s what comes to mind immediately for me), but we all know this is an enhancement match. A few nice chain wrestling spots early, but Hendry uses his power to stop the smaller wrestler, Sack of Shit into Standing Ovation and the match is over quickly.

Mustafa Ali & GYV vs Cody Deaner, Jake Something & Rhyno

Well okay, having Deaner ask the crowd if they wanted a 3v2 or their third member…RHYNO…is pretty much a no brainer in Philly. But at least the gimmick isn’t quite as cringe as I expected.

Jake starts with Zack Gibson and throws him around. Jake goes for the tag and Deaner asks the crowd who Jake should tag, and the crowd picks Rhyno. Rhyno Whips Gibson into a corner, Drake actually softens the impact, allowing Gibson to fire back, tag out, but Rhyno levels both GYV members and then even knocks Ali off the apron. Rhyno tries to call to the crowd to tag in Deaner and that goes over like a fart in church. He tags him in anyway, and the crowd is kinda dead and doing whatever it wants after the obvious ECW chants when Rhyno tagged in.

GYV take a couple lumps but they of course start to work over Deaner and capture some momentum. Solid tandem work from GYV, they cut off Deaner from making a tag and goad Jake a little to cause the ref to block off the babyfaces so the heels can take a few shortcuts. Cody eventually makes the tag to Rhyno, hot tag, he tries to set up the Gore but the GYV manage to stop him in his tracks and hit an Enzuigiri to daze the Man Beast, he falls to his corner and Jake tags himself in. Jake literally runs them all over, tags in Cody and Launches him from the Top Rope into Zack Gibson. Ali makes the save and Jake tries to get his hands on Ali, but the GYV keep throwing themselves at him, literally. The triple team finally gets the best of Jake, they hit 3 Dives and then post Jake, so they gather around Cody like hyenas.

They forgot about Rhyno, he’s set up for a Gore, he Gores Drake, Gibson and Ali take out Rhyno, but then Cody starts to fight back. Ali stops Deaner’s offense with an Avalanche Sunset Bomb, then hits his 450 Splash. Jake barely misses being able to break up the pin.

.@TheEricYoung channels "The Sickness" as he prepares for FULL METAL MAYHEM with @FrankieKazarian at #Rebellion! #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/tm1TqxZBLo

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 19, 2024

Rosemary w/Havok vs Jody Threat w/Dani Luna

Jody tries to start quickly with Shoulder Tackles, Lariats and Scoop Slams, and it does seem somewhat effective. Rosemary is having trouble finding offense against the intensity, but she keeps kicking out. Shotgun Dropkick finally gives Rosemary an opening, she goes into full mount and rains down strikes. Rosemary shoves Jody into a corner and Bites her in the corner. Jody tries to fight out, they go across and Rosemary catches her with the legs and puts her in the Upside Down. Splash in the corner from Rosemary, Exploder Suplex and Jody is eating a lot of offense.

Rosemary looks like she’s caught after she gets tripped up into the ropes and Jody goes for her Rope Knee into the German, but Rosemary dodges. Rosemary hits her own suplex and pulls out a beautiful Last Chancery! I haven’t seen her do that in a long time. Jody manages to fight to the ropes, Rosemary is a little slow to capitalize and eats a Pump Kick. Rosemary goes flying into the ropes, Jody hits the Double Knees into the German this time for 2, and they trade a few haymakers after that. Jody folds Rosemary with a low Lariat, Zombie rise spot a few times, Jody goes for a pinfall and Rosemary kicks out.

Havok jumps up on the apron, Dani meets her and they decide to step down, but the distraction was enough. Jody turns around and eats a Spear. Rosemary wins!

Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) vs The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) w/Alisha Edwards

Eddie and Shelley start off, and its a very simple slow start. Mostly an early stalemate, the typical Japanese style the TNA seem to love to employ. Starters tag out, but then Shelley with the blind tag, Sabin Baseball Slides out, picks Eddie’s ankle and sends his face bouncing off the apron, while Shelley sneaks up being Myers and they hit a tandem move before we cut to commercial. Off of the commercial it looks like Eddie and Myers regained control. But a nice Jawbreaker from Shelley sends Eddie falling back into the MCMG corner. Dragon Screws to both legs from Sabin and Shelley, and we get the Dragon Screw dissection spot for the Guns.

Myers gets sick of things, tries to get involved, but Simultaneous Figure Fours from the MCMG makes The System look silly. Alisha does the classic “push the rope forward” gimmick to assist Eddie in breaking the hold. She keeps chirping at Shelley until she finally grabs his foot. Shelley doesn’t take kindly, tries to grab her by the hair but she gets away, Shelley eats a strike and falls back to the ropes so Lish can just throttle him with the rope, Sabin walks over and acts like he’s going to PK her and the look of disgust on her face is hilarious, like “how dare he threaten to kick her”. Would I be mad is Masha decides to team with Lish and they win the Knockouts Tag titles? No, because the Knockouts Tags are trash. But I still prefer Lish as valet/manager.

Shelley starts fighting back after another commercial break, Eddie tries to cut him off, but Sabin clocks Eddie and Shelley manages to make the tag and Sabin comes in. Lights up both System members, Kick off Tornado DDT, into a Running Gamengiri. Eddie tries to counter but Shelley assists, tandem strikes, Double Baseball Slide into the classic MCMG spot 5 Hole Dive! Keeping up with the classics Shelley stacks the System members on each other and hit the Missile Dropkick/Flatliner spot. As the Guns are rolling, Sabin accidentally catches Sabin with his foot and The System take control! They hit their pieces of the System Overload spot, but Sabin kicks out. Roster Cut attempt from Myers, but Shelley is back. High Speed Dirt, Machine Gun Sandwich, but Lish grabs Shelley’s foot when they’re setting up Skull and Bones. Shelley gets dropped on the turnbuckle and thrown out, Sabin eats the Roster Cut followed up with Boston Knee Party and System retains!

Its a little weird to have had the two commercial cuts and the fact there’s still Nic Nemeth to follow. So it feels a little flat, I hope this wasn’t their swan song match, because it was nice to see some classic spots, but it was entirely too abbreviated.

Nemeth comes out, goes into the crowd and finds a kid with a kendo stick and borrows a beer from someone, so he does a bit of a Sandman tribute. Moose cuts off his promo basically immediately. He throws out the “can’t beat the system” line again, and Nic rolls with the punches well. Moose uses a few cute analogies about Nic having a failure laden past, but Nemeth bites back and its really damn good. He says he can see it in Moose’s eyes that he thinks he’s getting in the ring with Dolph Ziggler, but no, there is no more old Dolph Ziggler, just the new Nic Nemeth. And Moose’s cool seems to be slightly shaken after those words. Good promo.

Overall Score: 6.5/10

So this was okay, if it didn’t end as strongly as it did, I would’ve rated this much lower. Two squash matches in the beginning, reusing the Josh comes out to the announce table to watch trope is boring, hell even Clayton’s shove to Hammerstone was super lame looking. The Deaner match was luke warm at best, but things picked up around the Rosemary match.

Lets also not overlook the segments with ASH & Xia, Jonathan Gresham’s whole deal and EY having to return to the violence/sickness/world class maniac, whatever you want to call it, were all great building blocks. This definitely wasn’t what I would call a strong Go Home, but it didn’t hurt things for Rebellion. The whole injury of Cardona was addressed, which honestly sounded weird since Jordynne basically said she was expecting them to have a backup plan so she has a backup plan. I don’t really like how that video package came across.

But who knows, all I know is, this wasn’t an awful episode, it just wasn’t really strong either. Here’s to hoping Rebellion Saturday is still strong.

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