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Mitchell’s WWE SmackDown Live Results & Report! (8/13/19)

The Big Dog is confronted by the Best Kept Secret!

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5 years ago

August 13, 2019

Steven Mitchell

It’s the SmackDown After SummerSlam!

But Kofimania is only the W, W, E, World, Heavy, Weight, CHAMPION~ because he refused to let up on The Viper. Will Randy Orton have grounds for a rematch? And what happens when Buddy Murphy confronts Roman Reigns over the beatings he’s been taking?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Ember Moon VS Charlotte Flair; Flair wins.
Roman Reigns VS Buddy Murphy; Reigns wins.
Kevin Owens VS Samoa Joe; Joe wins.
The New Day VS The Revival; changed to…
Six Man Tag: The New Day VS Randy Orton & The Revival; Orton & The Revival win.

PLAY BY PLAY

Kevin Owens is still here!

And that’s because he beat the “Best in the World” to keep his job! Everyone in Toronto cheers for his triumph, and Kevin himself feels pretty good about it. He picks up a mic as fans chant his name. Kevin takes in the moment before speaking.

“Yesterday marked the five-year anniversary of the day I signed my WWE contract.” And over those five years, Kevin has created unforgettable memories and had amazing experiences. He stepped foot in the ring with people he looked up to his entire life, and against some of the absolute best in the business. Sunday, he was in the ring with someone who thinks he’s the Best in the World. That is as far from reality as possible, but SummerSlam will still be a night Kevin remembers forever. For one, his entire family was there to watch and be part of the experience. They got to share seeing a sold out arena begging Kevin to kick Shane McMahon’s ass! And the best part, that’s what he did! In fact, Shane’s ass isn’t the only thing Kevin kicked. But what Kevin remembers most is giving Shane that Stunner in the middle of the ring. The fans will be why he remembers it for the rest of his life!

Now with that done, Kevin sets his sights on something else: The King of the Ring 2019! Kevin said it before and will say it again: he’s been a WWE fan for life. The KOTR was his favorite thing, so he is thrilled to have it back and to be even just one of the competitors! Winning KOTR would mean as much to him as winning any of those titles. Look at the list of winners over the years! Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Edge, Bret Hart, OWEN Hart, and many more! Kevin wants to be on that same list! But here comes Shane… Fans boo and Kevin falls to his knees. “Why?” Shane says this is all nice for Kevin as he enjoys the “tainted” victory and announcing how he’ll move forward. Shane is here to speak, but the fans call Shane “A**hole!” But Shane says they shouldn’t say that to Kevin. He has footage of the low blow from SummerSlam. Fans cheer seeing it again! “You Deserve It!”

“Is that what you call ‘competition,’ Kevin?” Is that what makes Kevin a man? If Kevin is going to be lectured about being a man, it won’t be from the leader of the Mean Street Posse. Being a man is doing what it takes to win when your life depends on it! And standing up for what you believe in! But when it comes to this situation, being a man just means shutting Shane’s stupid face. Shane says Kevin is no man, he is a low life and will always be a cheater. Kevin will have to go through life like that. Shane is so upset, really. HE shouldn’t even be looking at Kevin, Kevin should be looking for a new job. But Shane is getting heated enough to fight Kevin again. Is that so? Well Kevin’s got his “fighting boots” on! Shane says he’s holding himself back, eh won’t “soil” his hands. But Kevin does have a match tonight. Bring it! Shane will let Kevin know who he’s up against later.

But this is some serious talk. There is more footage, as to what Kevin did to Elias. The chair shots on the “special enforcer” were thunderous and frequent. Shane gives Elias the night off so he doesn’t even have to worry about his 24/7 Championship being taken. But think about what you just did, Kevin. Kevin was attacking Elias, but what was Elias wearing? A WWE referee uniform. Elias was therefore an official for that match. And as competitors, they can’t be attacking officials, no matter what. Ever! So in order to keep officials safe, Kevin will face repercussions. In US dollars, Kevin is fined ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND! Fans boo and Kevin is furious! This is a joke! That might be nothing to Shane, like a new car or something, but for Kevin, it’s his kids’ college and a down payment on a house. If Shane is a man, then reconsider this “crap!” Shane’s response: “NOPE!” Shane may not have taken Kevin’s job, but he’s going to ruin Kevin’s life. And who is Kevin even facing later tonight?

Kevin finds Shane’s office.

He barges in and Shane gets off the phone. Shane wants Kevin to keep calm, he is an official right now. If 100,000 is a lot, if Kevin hits Shane and he’ll sue Kevin into the ground. “It had to be done.” It was an official. This is to set an example. Fine, make it 105! He smashes Shane’s screen with his end table! Shane smirks because he’s getting to Kevin, but is Shane going to push Kevin too far?

Ember Moon VS Charlotte Flair!

The War Goddess failed to Eclipse Bayley and take the SmackDown Women’s Championship while The Queen of ALL Eras proved she is even greater than the great Trish Stratus! But with Clash of Champions on the horizon and the Huggable One needing another challenger, will this match go a long way to determining a contender?

The bell rings and Toronto echoes with “WOO~!” as Charlotte and Ember tie up. Charlotte wristlocks and wrenches, but Ember handsprings and reverses. Charlotte pulls hair and throws Ember down! Charlotte gets a headlock and grinds Ember to the mat. Fans rally and duel, and Ember powers out. Charlotte bumps her but Ember stays up. They two stare down and Ember blocks a forearm to give a forearm. Charlotte resists the waistlock and elbows out hard! Charlotte looms over Ember and posts, but Ember kicks her. Ember speeds things up, hurdles and goes perpendicular to headsicssor and dropkick Charlotte down! Ember is on Charlotte with a whip but Charlotte holds on. Charlotte breaks free and bails out, but Ember glares. Ember dares Charlotte to come back but Charlotte won’t.

Fans duel hard, and Charlotte encourages them to get loud. She keeps trolling Ember, and then wants the fans to get louder. Ember runs in but Charlotte baited her into a forearm! But then Ember comes back with a dropkick! Charlotte steadies herself and Ember builds speed again, to go from corner to OUTSIDE! The crossbody takes Charlotte down and Ember is fired up! Ember brings Charlotte up and in then covers, ONE! Charlotte bails out again but Ember gives chase. Ember clobbers her at the barriers but Charlotte hits back. Charlotte rams Ember into the LED apron then throws her into the barrier! SmackDown goes picture in picture as Charlotte soaks up the heat.

Charlotte toys with Ember and puts her in the ring. Charlotte takes her time stalking Ember, and bumps her off buckles. She whips but Ember reverses to then handspring forearm smash! Ember scoops Charlotte but Charlotte’s too tall for that. Charlotte slips off to forearm Ember down, then stomp her down for good measure! The Queen gloats again before stomping Ember more. Charlotte drags Ember up for a scoop, into a dragon sleeper! She pulls back and Ember flails, only for Charlotte to add a backbreaker. Charlotte keeps hold of Ember, but Ember endures as she reaches. Charlotte drops down for another backbreaker, then holds Ember there. Ember knees free! But Charlotte elbows Ember down! Charlotte grins as she drags Ember up to forearm her in the head. Ember gets mad, but Charlotte scoops her for the Exploder! Is that Charlotte doing Tranquilo?

Charlotte kips up to style, profile and CHOP Ember! And another CHOP! Ember ducks the third but not the kick. Charlotte back suplexes but Ember lands on her feet to kick. Charlotte blocks and spins, but Ember tilt-o-whirls around to a sunset flip! Cover, TWO! Charlotte kicks Ember’s legs out, and takes a moment to catch her breath. Charlotte stomps away on Ember in a corner, then puts her leg on the ropes. Charlotte springboards but Ember avoids the knee drop! Ember forearms Charlotte down from the apron, but Charlotte kicks Ember’s legs out! Ember clutches that knee but Charlotte just catches her breath again. SmackDown returns to single picture as Charlotte goes out to fetch Ember.

The ring count passes 5 but Charlotte puts Ember in. Charlotte stomps Ember down and wants that leg. She knees away on the hamstring, but Ember kicks with the good leg. But Charlotte stomps Ember down, then turns her for a Boston Crab! Ember endures being bent back, and claws at the mat. Ember gains some ground, and gets the ropebreak, but only for a second! Charlotte jams the knee between her legs! Ember writhes but Charlotte “WOO~” to then springboard sit-down on the leg. Charlotte tries again but Ember gets out of the way! Ember kicks from the mat! Charlotte CHOPS again but Ember European Uppercuts back! Ember uses the ropes for help in the dropkick! Then she avoids the boot to mule kick, front kick and knee away on Charlotte’s chest! ROLLING ELBOW! Ember fires up and runs to BOOT Charlotte back down! Cover, TWO!

Charlotte flounders to a corner while Ember gets her bad leg moving. Ember runs in but misses in the corner. Charlotte scoops Ember again but Ember slips out. The leg jams but she still hops up for a flying code breaker! Cover, TWO!! Ember is frustrated, clutching that bad leg. She heads up top, but is slow with the bad leg. Charlotte grabs her and yanks her down by her hair! Then runs in, but spears buckles! Cover from Ember, TWO!! SUPERKICK! Cover, TWO!! Charlotte still lives and Ember is getting mad. She clubs away on Charlotte but Charlotte hits back. SUPERKICK, then run, but into a BOOT! Charlotte has the leg, spins through, FIGURE FOUR! Figure EIGHT! Ember taps, Charlotte wins!

Winner: Charlotte Flair, by submission

The Queen of All Eras keeps on winning! Will she once again rise to challenge for the throne? Are we just weeks away from #Charlotte10Times?

Daniel Bryan and Rowan are here!

And naturally, given recent events, they are the new prime suspects in the mystery of Roman Reigns’ mystery attacker, or perhaps attackers. Buddy Murphy Bryan stands on stage with a mic, and says, “There is no question no there is someone out to get Roman Reigns. But we had nothing to do with the car accident and we had nothing to do with the horrific backstage accident.” Despite what Buddy Murphy said, Bryan and Rowan had nothing to do with it! Buddy Murphy is a liar. But Bryan doesn’t blame Murphy for thinking so. Because anyone would’ve lied under that kind of pressure from Roman Reigns! Bryan doesn’t blame Murphy for caving. He had to give a name. The problem is, he gave the wrong name. But Toronto is convinced, “It was you!” So they all think he did it!? “YES! YES! YES!”

This is what is wrong with the WWE Universe. This is what is wrong with society. “Somebody tells a lie, it gets spread on social media, and all of a sudden, it becomes the truth!” Sorry to disappoint! But they still had nothing to do with any of the incidents. And they will prove it! But how?

Shane looks at his smashed TV.

But someone visits. Samantha interviews him on who Kevin’s opponent will be tonight. Well for Kevin throwing a temper tantrum… Oh, Samoa Joe walks in. Joe sees Kevin thinks he’s Billy Badass, so maybe Joe will show everyone the only badass is him. Shane likes it! This man will teach Kevin the lesson that he must respect authority. The match is mad, will Kevin survive Joe to make it to King of the Ring?!

Aleister Black speaks.

“I wonder whose got a debt to pay. I wonder who will pay the boatman’s toll, and look their inner demons in their eyes and say, ‘I am done!'” For we all must pay a debt. And Aleister’s shall be paid in his self-inflicted anguish. “For such is my burden. For such is my sin.” But in due time, Aleister finds an end for any man in the locker room and himself. All they have to do is knock… knock… knock. Who knocks on Aleister’s door looking for a fight?

Roman Reigns VS Buddy Murphy!

Regardless of what Daniel Bryan said, and regardless of what Big Red Rowan did on Sunday, the Australian Juggernaut wants to get back at the Big Dog for the bad cop routine last week. Will Best Kept Secret make an impact in Roman’s Yard? Or will Murphy regret standing up for himself?

The bell rings and Roman stares down with Murphy. They circle and tie up, and Roman powers Murphy to a corner. Roman lets off and Murphy smirks as he pie faces Roman. Roman uppercuts Murphy HARD! Roman then tosses Murphy, only for Murphy to come back with the knee trigger! Cover, TWO! Murphy has Roman rocked and in a corner. Murphy stomps away but the ref pulls him off. Roman bails out but Murphy follows him out to throw him into barriers. Murphy throws haymakers as fans duel. Murphy throws Roman into barriers again and Roman gasps for air. Murphy keeps up with throwing Roman into barriers, then bumps him off the announce desk. Murphy returns to the ring to refresh the count, but goes out to get another uppercut!

Roman TOSSES Murphy over the announce desk! Murphy hits the floor while Roman catches his breath. Roman fetches Murphy and brings him back to the ring. Roman sees Murphy slump out the side, so he comes around as fans duel. He misses the Drive-By! Murphy rams Roman into steel steps! Murphy hops up those steps to leap, meteora to the floor! Roman writhes and is on the defensive as SmackDown goes to break.

SmackDown returns and Murphy has Roman in a chinlock. Roman endures and fights his way up while fans duel. Roman backs Murphy into buckles but Murphy holds on. Roman tries again, but Murphy still has him. The third time, Murphy uses it to throw Roman into buckles. But Murphy misses a splash and Roman rolls him up! TWO, deadlift powerbomb! Cover, TWO!! Murphy survives, but both he and Roman are down. Fans rally up and the two men sit up. Roman heads for Murphy but Murphy punches first. Roman hits back, but Murphy does, too. They go back and forth and Roman ROCKS Murphy! Roman then blocks Murphy to rally with lariats! Roman whips but Murphy reveres, only to get the leaping lariat! Murphy gets to a corner but he gets those point-blank clotheslines! All 10! And then Roman runs, to BOOT Murphy back down!

Roman is feeling it, and he goes to a corner. He locks ‘n’ loads, then runs, but Murphy dodges! Roman elbows Murphy away, but misses in the corner to get the post! Murphy rolls Roan and feet on ropes! TWO!! Roman runs at Murphy but is dumped out instead! Murphy wrecks with a dropkick, then builds speed, to FLY! The Juggernaut topples Roman over! “This is Awesome!” as Murphy gets Roman up and into the ring at 6. Murphy wants this the clean way, and climbs up high. He leaps, another meteora! Cover, TWO!! Murphy and Roman are down again, exhausted from the action so far. Roman gasps for air as he sits up. Murphy is on him first, and he lets off a strike fest! He stomps Roman’s foot then thrusts the knee, bout Roman comes back with a BIG uppercut! SUPERKICK from Murphy! Rebound, SUPERMAN PUNCH! Cover, TWO!!

Roman is shocked but Murphy wasn’t a dominant Cruiserweight Champion for nothing! But Roman pumps himself up, because he isn’t a Grand Slam Champion for nothing. He aims from the corner, “OOAH!” And runs, into a kick! KNEE TRIGGER! AUSSIE-GOYE! BRAIN BUSTER!! Cover, TWO!?! Roman survives and Murphy is in shock! Murphy drags Roman to a drop zone and climbs but Roman trips him up! Murphy still fights back, only for Roman to uppercut him off the top! Murphy hits barriers, Roman comes by for a FLYING SUPERMAN PUNCH! Roman puts Murphy in, FLIPPING SPEAR!! Cover, Roman wins!

Winner: Roman Reigns, by pinfall

The Big Dog just learned what the Best Kept Secret is about, but he still comes out on top! Will Roman have this and more in store for whoever it is after him?

Backstage interview with The Revival.

Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder are after The New Day because after seeing what happened on Raw, those mindless 24/7 Championship wannabes, the #TopGuys became co-champions. But such a thing was a slap in the face to tag team wrestling. And the reason it happened at all is because the division has become a joke, thanks to the “pancake pushing, video game playing, class clowns of the WWE,” The New Day. The same guys who are supposed to be the foundation of this division! So the Revival will remind The New Day why they’ve never beaten them. And that will be the “punchline” for tonight. Will Dash & Dawson jump ship and earn title shots against the SmackDown Tag Team Champions?

The New Day talk it out.

Xavier Woods is disappointed he didn’t get to be in KOTR 2019. He’s always the king to them. But what do they say to The Revival saying the New Day has “ruined” tag team wrestling in the WWE? They have not ruined a thing! Well, maybe some things. Like that time they ruined dinner. Or that they ruined Christmas by opening gifts early. And that adult circumcision… But NEVER tag team wrestling! They handle their business. Like Kofi has handled business against that “scheming” Randy Orton. Then why did Kofi go off with that kendo stick? People think he overreacted, but when the “Legend Killer” or “Apex Predator” or “Viper” glares at your family, that’s crossing the line. So Kofi would do it all again! #FamilyFirst. And that includes his brothers tonight against the Revival as they prove why they’re the W, W, E, World, Tag, Team, CHAMPIONS~! New Day is fired up, but will that fire be put out against the #TopGuys?

Kevin Owens VS Samoa Joe!

The Prizefighter fought to keep his job, but now he’s losing money because of Shane’s grudge. And the Samoan Submission Machine is willing to do Shane a favor by showing Kevin what it really means to be a manly badass in the WWE. With King of the Ring just a week away, who gains major momentum towards the SmackDown side of things?

But wait, there is a special enforcer appointed by Shane O’Mac. It’s Elias?! He said he wasn’t feeling like coming to SmackDown tonight! Seems that was just a lie. And of course, the WWE 24/7 Championship is put on pause now. Elias takes his position, and the bell rings, for Kevin to dropkick Joe right away! Kevin fires off on Joe in the corner, taking his anger out on him. But Joe turns things around to throw furious hands and headbutts back. Kevin clotheslines out of the corner! Kevin shouts at Elias but he goes back to Joe, but Joe bails out of the corner. Kevin aims from the apron, but Elias stands in his way. Then Joe sweeps Kevin’s legs! Joe puts Kevin in as SmackDown goes picture in picture.

Joe stomps away on Kevin, circling like a shark. Kevin CHOPS back on Joe, then throws haymakers. He whips but Joe reverses to run Kevin over with an elbow. Elias approves as Joe chokes Kevin on the ropes. The ref counts but Joe lets up at 4. Elias argues with the ref but the ref still reprimands Joe. Kevin kicks back and throws hands from the corner. Joe headbutts Kevin down, then brings Kevin up to CHOP! Kevin still punches back, but Joe rocks him with a right! Joe snapmares Kevin to a neck wrench. Joe traps an arm but Kevin works to fight out of the hold. SmackDown returns to single picture and Kevin frees his arm. Fans rally up and Kevin pulls Joe’s hair. Kevin frees himself and punches Joe back. Joe CHOPS Kevin again, but Kevin CHOPS back! Joe headbutts Kevin down, and Elias mockingly checks on Kevin.

Joe runs in but gets elbows and boots from Kevin. Kevin hops up and missile dropkicks JOe down! Fans fire up as Kevin drops a back senton! Cover, TWO! Kevin keeps his cool as he gets to ropes. He whips Joe but Joe blocks the pop-up to JAB Kevin back. Joe runs but misses in the corner. Kevin runs in but gets thrown down by the urenage! Cover, TWO! Joe glares as he looms over Kevin. Joe drags Kevin up to the top rope, then climbs up to join him. Kevin resists and throws body shots back. Kevin punches Joe down and then adjusts, for the SWANTON! Cover, TWO!! Joe survives and Elias is relieved, but Kevin won’t stop. Kevin waits for JOe to stand, to kick and- Joe denies the Stunner, has the Coquina! But Kevin arm-drags out and pops Joe for the BOMB! Cover, but Elias drags the ref all the way out of the ring! This is worse than SummerSlam! Kevin and Elias argue, but again Kevin has to worry about the fines. Joe rolls Kevin, Elias counts FAST! Joe wins!!

Winner: Samoa Joe, by pinfall

The screwjob succeeds! Elias helps Joe help Shane, and Kevin is about to lose his mind! Again, is Shane going to push Kevin too far?

Bryan and Rowan clear the locker room.

But not Buddy Murphy. Murphy’s been through this before, and is forced to take a seat. Bryan and Rowan sit with him. They know Murphy lied when he said Rowan was around for the accidents. But Murphy needs to admit that himself. So go ahead, the camera’s here, tell the world. Tell the world that you lied. Bryan insists Murphy lied. Does he not see the damage that has been done to their reputation!? Tell them, Buddy, that you LIED! Murphy stays quiet, so Rowan attacks! Rowan tosses Murphy over a table! Then tosses things aside to get at him again! Bryan tells Murphy he just needs to admit he was wrong. Rowan grinds Murphy into the wall, a lot like Roman did to him a week ago. Bryan shouts Murphy is wrong, so Murphy says, “Okay!” No, you need to SAY you LIED!! “I LIED! I LIED!”

Rowan lets up on Murphy, and Bryan just hates liars. The confession wasn’t good enough, so Rowan throws Murphy into the trash! Is this the end of the lies? Or is there more to the truth than what we’ve seen?

Roman Reigns looks for Bryan and Rowan.

A stage hand directs him to their private dressing room. The Big Dog heads that way, will he confront them over everything?

WWE announces the return, of King of the Ring!!

The truly iconic tournament returns for 2019 on the road to Clash of Champions! The field of 16 is: Elias; Ricochet; Drew McIntyre; Cedric Alexander; The Miz; Baron Corbin; Apollo Crews; Sami Zayn; Samoa Joe; Cesaro; Mustafa Ali; Chad Gable; Shelton Benjamin; Buddy Murphy; Andrade Almas; and Kevin Owens! Who will be crowned the King of the Ring?

The New Day VS The Revival!

AWWW~ Toronto~! Get ready for two great tag teams to face off once more! Will Xavier Woods and Big E keep things rolling after Kofi Kingston retained the W, W, E, World, Heavy, Weight, Championship? Or will the #TopGuys get the better of them by staying serious?

But wait! The Viper, Randy Orton, appears. He has a mic to speak to Kofi. “How is it that you can come out here and cheer-lead on the sidelines for your boys when you ran away from a fight?” Orton knows why, though. All the fans know why. Kofi knows why. It is because Kofi can’t beat Orton! He never has for 11 years! And he never will. And worst of all, Kofi ran from the fight in front of his wife and kids! One day, Kofi’s boys will grow up and ask daddy, “Why is it that you took the easy way out? Why is it that you ran away from that big bad, scary man?” And Kofi will look them in the eyes, and tell them the truth: Kofi can’t beat Orton. But Orton gives Kofi one more chance to prove him wrong. Instead of cheering on the sidelines, let’s make this a Six Man! Kofi’s answer: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

Six Man Tag: The New Day VS Randy Orton & The Revival!

SmackDown returns once more, and the #TopGuys are willing to work together with The Viper! Will this killer combination help Orton, Dash and Dawson all earn title shots the old fashioned way?

The bell rings and Orton starts with Kofi. Orton and Kofi circle as fans rally with “New! Day rocks!” Kofi and Orton approach, but then Orton tags out to Dawson. Dash tries to start a “Top! Guys rock!” chant but Kofi ties up with Dawson. Kofi headlocks but Dawson powers out. Kofi dodges and monkey flips Dawson down! Then dropkicks him back down! Cover, TWO! Tag to Big E, and he holds Dawson for Kofi’s Penalty Kick! Cover, TWO! Big E tags Woods, and then Woods runs to be the human weapon wheelbarrow splash! Cover, TWO! Woods goes at Dawson but Dawson pulls hair! Dawson puts Woods in a corner to CHOP! Dawson tags Dash and Woods gets knees. Dawson puts Woods on the mat to stomp, then Dash uppercuts and clotheslines Woods in a corner. Dash whips corner to corner but Woods goes up and over and speeds up to a tilt-o-whirl headscissor! And dropkick! Cover, TWO!

Woods waistlocks but Dash fights out. Woods chops but Dawson tags in as Woods rolls Dash. But Woods sees Dawson coming and ducks to roll him up. Dash reels Woods in for the armbar DDT! Dawson looms over Woods before dragging him around. Dawson clubs that arm, but fans rally up. Dawson snapmares Woods to a thrashing keylock. Fans rally up and Woods fights to his feet. Dawson wrangles him down and tags in Dash. Dash stomps away on the bad arm, and stays between Woods and the New Day corner. Dash mounts for an armlock, and even gets a chinbar. Woods endures and arm-drags free, only for Dash to shove him. Woods comes back with the rolling elbow! Dash tags Dawson and Dawosn intercepts Woods. Tag to Orton but Woods fights! Dawson yanks the bad arm to whip Woods out of the ring! And then Orton has Woods, back suplex onto the announce desk! Woods writhes while we go to one last break.

SmackDown returns once more, and Woods endures as Dawson grinds him down in a hammerlock. Fans rally and Woods fights up. Woods throws elbows and reaches for his corner, but Dawson pulls him back in for a back suplex! Cover, TWO! Dawson looms over Woods, and mocks him with the New Day claps. “Clap! Clap with your hand!” Dawson pulls on the bad arm and thrashes it about in a new keylock. Woods refuses to quit, even as Dawson pulls as hard as he can. Woods feeds off the energy from the fans, but Dawson has the hammerlock. Dawson whips but Woods reverses to send Dawson all the way into the post! Both men are down and carwling for their cornesr, tag to Dash, tag to Big E! Big E throws Dash overhead! ANd then htis Orton for good measure. he throws Dash again! And then the belly2belly!

Big E fires up and swivels those hips! He runs, BIG SPLASH! But he isn’t done there, and fans clap along. Dawson distracts and Dash rolls Big E up! TWO, and Big E scoops Dash! Tag to Kofi but Dawson saves Dash! Double DDT for Big E, but Kofi ax handles them both! Kofi fires up and runs, NEW~ DAY~ Boom Drop! But now Kofi aims and fans clap along again. Orton is in, but the RKO is denied! Kofi dropkicks Orton out, then tags to Woods. Kofi FLIES to bump Orton tot he desk! Dawson takes Woods’ kick, and his tornado, to feed him to Dash. But Woods back drops Dawson to fight back on Dash! Haymaker, CHOP, repeat! Then CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP! But Dash back suplexes. Woods slips out to mule kick, only for Dawson to tag in. Whip and leap frog, SHATTER MACHINE! Cover, The Revival and Orton win!

Winners: Randy Orton & The Revival, Scott Dawson pinning

And more importantly, the #TopGuys pinned the SmackDown Tag Team Champions! They add insult to injury as they beat down Big E beside Woods. They go to revive an old move from NXT, but Kofi saves the day! Trouble in Paradise for Dawson! RKO FOR KOFI! The Viper strikes Kofi down, and then slowly picks him up. But instead of doing more damage to the world champion, he’ll hurt him through his friends. RKO FOR WOODS! Orton slithers back to Kofi, because there’s still Big E. The Revival help bring Big E up, for the RKO! And then, with Kofi as a rag doll, RKO!! Orton has wrecked the New Day, and again calls Kofi “stupid.” Will Orton make Kofi feel even worse when he comes for the title again?

Bryan and Rowan see Roman storm in.

They’ve been waiting for him to show up. Roman glares at Bryan and at Rowan. Bryan wants Roman to apologize. He apologized to Samoa Joe when he thought wrongly. And now he knows Rowan isn’t the one, either, so apologize. Roman gets heated, but Bryan says “before this turns into a melee and you get hurt,” Bryan has been looking into this. They know who did it. Next week, they’ll reveal this assailant’s identity. Roman reluctantly accepts this proposal, but who will Bryan point the finger to next?

My Thoughts:

A great SmackDown to follow SummerSlam! There was a lot of great story progress for just about everything not yet addressed by Raw. Kevin’s story with Shane is clearly not over, but entering a new phase of aggravation. Then we get a parallel to SummerSlam’s attempted screwjob, except it worked out in Team Shane’s favor. Elias and Joe will both be in the King of the Ring tournament, so perhaps that is how Kevin gets payback. But this has to result in Kevin exploding on Shane, kayfabe fines be damned. That then leads to perhaps a Hell in a Cell match, in a cell, so that Shane can have one last off-the-cell spot before finally just stopping. It’d be amazing if Kevin and Shane recreated Taker shoving Foley off, too.

SmackDown also did a great job of building up some stars, even without them winning. And by that I mean, Ember Moon and Buddy Murphy looked amazing against Charlotte Flair and Roman Reigns, respectively of course. Ember loses twice in a row, but Charlotte did just beat Trish, so a Charlotte that beats Trish shouldn’t lose to an Ember that lost to Bayley. I still expect Charlotte to go for her 10th title reign on the main roster, and that will really test if Bayley is a top champion. As for Murphy, the poor guy is the punching bag for anyone with their name spelled R-O-blank-A-N. But he still gets a lot of points for the match tonight, and can still make a great showing in the King of the Ring. As for Roman’s story, there is still any number of ways this could go, depending on who Bryan accuses of being the culprit(s) next. Hopefully it’s Harper to give him something since Vince is holding him hostage via his contract. Harper VS Roman would be a great, hard-hitting match for a few PPV’s.

Aleister Black still wants to fight, but if he’s not in the King of the Ring, I’m not sure who he’s supposed to get. I wonder if he’s ready for an Intercontinental Championship at Clash of Champions. Aleister VS Nakamura would be so good just on the striking prowess, Black Mass VS Kinshasa as sudden finishers, though both guys do like to be dramatic about it at times. And that’s a match-up that could go either way while bringing out both guy’s aggression. And then that 2v2 turned 3v3 was such a great move. It was a great match-up as all six guys got to shine, but it was a natural move to have the Heels win. The Revival set themselves up for Clash of Champions, and Orton just devastating the New Day should be reason enough for Kofi to give him a rematch at Clash, too. For Orton and Kofi, I hope that things escalate to a No Disqualification match. Clash of Champions isn’t that special of a PPV anymore since it’s just natural titles would be defended, so making a match like Kofi VS Orton more than just a standard match really adds to the gravitas.

My Score: 8.8/10

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April 25, 2024

Andrew Balaz

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.

.@AJFrancis410, Rich Swann, and rap legend @BunBTrillOG are IN THE HOUSE Meanwhile, @joehendry announces he will deliver an apology to Fir$t Cla$$ NEXT WEEK on #TNAiMPACT! pic.twitter.com/4GNe2xWfyU

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 26, 2024

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:

Did @NicTNemeth say BROKEN? @MATTHARDYBRAND has arrived in the iMPACT Zone! #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/HbkUangt6e

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 26, 2024

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.

.@JordynneGrace vs @miyu_tjp NEXT WEEK on #TNAiMPACT will now be for the Knockouts World Championship! pic.twitter.com/YnKZjb9yjx

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 26, 2024

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.

Tensions are sky-high between @alexhammerstone and @JakeSomething_! #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/LLCUJOCy7H

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 26, 2024

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.

Fraud has thrown the Ballot Box Battle into chaos, but also paved the way for an explosive showdown between @TheTreyMiguel and @The_Ace_Austin NEXT WEEK to determine the #1 Contender for the X Division Championship! #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/lYHrtgNrc3

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 26, 2024

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.

.@SteveMaclin has a proposition for @FrankieKazarian #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/XY6lMdmSWo

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 26, 2024

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.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

Coverage

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

Champions need challengers!

Published

8 hours ago

April 25, 2024

Steven Mitchell

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.
Six Man Tag: Top Flight VS The Dark Order; Top Flight wins.
Anna Jay VS Allysin Kay; Anna wins.
Johnny TV w/ Taya Valkyrie VS Will Austin; Johnny wins.
Six Man Tag: The Mogul Embassy VS MANDERS & BEEFTANK; The Embassy wins.
Yuka Sakazaki VS Leila Grey; Yuka wins.
ROH World Tag Team Championships Proving Ground Match: The Undisputed Kingdom VS The Outrunners; The Kingdom wins and denies The Outrunners a title match.
Taya Valkyrie w/ Johnny TV VS Laynie Luck; Taya wins.
Six Man Tag: Lance Archer & The Righteous VS Jon Cruz, GPA & Ren Jones; Archer & The Righteous win.
Abadon VS Nova; Abadon wins.
Triple Threat: Blake Christian VS AR Fox VS The Beast Mortos; 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?

ROH hears from Bullet Club Gold.

It was backstage at AEW Dynasty this past Sunday that the Bang Bang Gang unified the AEW and ROH World Trios Championships! Jay White says, “Today, our destiny, fulfilling our destiny by building our Dynasty! Y’see, I’m full! I’m full of that feeling when I get to say, I told you so! When I came to AEW, joined forces with The Gunns, I said the Gunns were money! Brought them in along with Juice Robinson, to Bullet Club GOLD. I said I would bring you gold, and boys, we’re running out of space. Because we’ve got gold a plenty, haven’t we, boys? Cuz I’m the mother effin’ Catalyst of Professional Wrestling! I told you so!”

Austin says their backpacks are heavier on the ride home, but that extra weight just reminds him that the Bang Bang Gang runs this Trios ish! Colten says they like to have fun before and after, but during? They don’t take no ish! There’s this saying around here, “Restore the Feeling.” That’s something for the young guys to get on TV, but guess who are never mentioned? The Gunns! Is it because they’ve been in too many main events? Is it because they’ve been tag team world champions? And now they’re AEW & ROH Trios Champions! The Gunns are the best damn team in the world! White is the best singles man in the world!

And tonight, they are the BEST trio in the world!! And if you’re not down with that, they’ve got two words for ya: GUNS UP!! The Bang Bang Gang is firing on all cylinders, but will they be able to shoot down those who take aim at them?

Six Man Tag: Top Flight VS The Dark Order!

Speaking of the trios championships, Action Andretti, and the brothers Martin get their shot at the Bang Bang Gang this Saturday! Will Top Flight pick up speed going into that Collision? Or will Evil Uno, John Silver & Alex Reynolds prove they are worthy contenders?

The Code of Honor is upheld, the trios sort out, and Darius Martin starts against Johnny Hungy. The bell rings, the fans rally and the two circle. The fans rally for “JOHNNY HUNGY!” as the two tie up. Darius wrenches, wristlocks, but Silver spins and fireman’s carries for the takeover. Silver has the cording hold but Darius fights up. Silver wrenches but Darius spins, slips around, waistlocks, spins Silver and cravats for the neck wrench. Silver endures, powers up and out, but Darius rolls over the dropdown. Darius sweeps a leg to cover, ONE! Darius turns Silver’s sweep into a cradle, TWO!

Silver gets up but Darius arm-drags him back down. The fans cheer, Darius wrenches Silver and tags Action. Action runs to LEAP FROG ATTACK the arm! Action wrenches Silver, tags Dante, and Dante goes up to AX HANDLE the arm! Dante clamps onto the arm, digs a knuckle into Silver’s ribs, or was it a tickle attack? Tag to Darius and Dante snapmares Silver. Darius runs to basement dropkick! Cover, ONE!! Silver stays in this but Darius stays on him. Tag to Dante, Top Flight reel Silver in but the rest of Dark Order save him from the double suplex! So Action jumps in and Top Flight TRIPLE SUPERKICKS!

The fans fire up while Uno and Reynolds spill back out. Action and Darius aim, DOUBLE PLANCHA but Uno and Reynolds DECK them outta the air! Dante brings Silver up but Silver fights the half nelson to then whip Dante into the ropes! Silver then runs up, Uno & Reynolds join in, TRIPLE DROPKICK! Silver then waistlocks to GERMAN SUPLEX Dante into a bridging cover, TWO! Silver tags Reynolds and he short arm LARIATS Dante! Cover, TWO! Reynolds brings Dante up, bumps him off buckles, then tags Uno. Uno CHOPS Dante, then snapmares him to stomp him down! The fans rally for Uno as he tautns Action.

Uno goes back for Dante but Dante throws body shots. Uno CLUBS Dante, bumps him off buckles, and tags Reynolds. Silver holds Dante in whiel Reynolds whips Uno for the SPLASH! Uno goes again, but Dante dodges, goes up and over Reynolds, hot tag to Action! The Sight to See rallies on the Dark Order! ELBOW for Uno! BOOT for Silver! ELBOW for Reynolds! Uno kicks low, whips, but Action handsprings to DOUBLE BACK ELBOW! The fans fire up as Action kips up, and he runs in at Reynolds in a corner. UPPERCUT! Uno runs in but the SPLASH is sent into Reynolds! Uno staggers away, Action DECKS Reynolds!

Action aims, slingshot and SPLIT LEG but he has to bail out as Reynolds moves! Action just uses that to roll and PELE Uno! SPANISH FLY on Reynolds! Cover, Silver breaks it! Darius tosses Silver out but Silver ROCKS Darius! Darius drops down but Dante runs in and uses Darius as a step, POETRY IN MOTION! Silver falls, Reynolds dodges Darius to RAM Dante! Dante comes back, Darius helps him get up and over, then Dante helps in the TORNADO DDT! Darius sets Reynolds up for the STANDING SHOOTING STAR! Cover, Uno shoves Dante onto it! Uno then CHOPS Darius down and goes to his corner.

Reynolds crawls over, hot tag to Uno! Uno fires forearms on all of Top Flight! Uno winds up, but Dante JUMP KNEES! Darius mule kicks! Action KICKS, Darius BUZZSAWS! But then Silver & Reynolds drag the Martins out! Uno dodges Action, tells him to STOP, then ROCKS him! The rest of Dark Order get in, Reynolds spins Action before the TRIPLE ROLLING ELBOWS!! Action wobbles, Uno reels him in, and Silver gives Reynolds the BOOST to take out the Martins! PILEDRIVER for Action! Cover, TWO!! Action survives and shocks the Dark Order! Uno cools off, tags Silver in, and Silver tags Reynolds.

The Dark Order surrounds Action and the fans rally up. They stand Action up, hoist him up, and Silver builds speed, but the Martins trip Silver! Darius drags Silver out, Action gets away and Dante baits Uno. Uno runs in, Dante goes up and over to JUMP KNEE Reynolds! GAMANGIRI for Uno, then Action SUPERKICKS! Dante DIVES to take out Silver, Darius steps in to COMPLETE SHOT Uno! Action and Darius have Reynolds for the double pump handle, DOUBLE LIGHTNING SPIRAL! Cover, Top Flight wins!

Winners: Top Flight, by pinfall

Action, Dante & Darius are flying high and heading for Collision, will they take those unified World Trios Championships away from the Bang Bang Gang in the blink of an eye?

Backstage interview with Athena & Billie Starkz.

Lexy Nair is with the ROH Women’s World and Women’s Television Champions, and says “Ladies and gentlemen, we are calling an Emergency MEM, a Minion Empowerment Meeting.” The Fallen Goddess asks the Minions why they’re here, and Minion #400,237.75 knows why. This is because of Red Velvet and Queen Aminata. They decided to stick their noses in Athena’s moment. The main event of Battle of the Belts, live on TNT, the first time the Overlord has been on live TV in over a YEAR. And Aminata put her hands on Athena, put Athena on her head, and proved that she is nothing more than “a hot piece of porcelain hussy garbage.”

Billie says not to forget about Red Velvet. Velvet acted all high ‘n’ mighty, but she just forgot Billie hasn’t beat her yet. Lexy says then it seems there is some unfinished business. The champs bring Lexy in for an uncomfortable double side hug, and Athena says “Bestie” is right. There is unfinished business. And since MIT is a nonprofit, they’ll give a “scholarship to the biggest ass-whooping Queen Aminata and Red Velvet have ever seen. Got it?” Athena tells Queenie and “Blue Velvet” to either step up or step out. Challenge issued to the Queen and the Chef, but are the Overlord and her sidekick about to get cooked?

Mark Sterling speaks.

“Some people get into professional wrestling because they need to. You haven’t needed anything in your entire life. You have an unlimited amount of resources at your fingertips. Money, culture, knowledge. You wanted to excel at this business, so you got the best training, the best workouts, the best diets, the best gear, the best moves. If it’s not the best, it’s simply not you. But the wisest man doesn’t think he’s the best until he’s surrounded by the best. And now, we all are. You are Ariya Daivari. And you are a Premier Athlete. We are the Premier Athletes.”

The Premier Athletes are here in person.

Sterling talks to his stable and tells them the beginning of phase two was a success. They wanted to assert dominance over ROH, and he would say message sent. However, they were not aware that the message would be sent to ROH World Champion, Mark Briscoe, to Dalton Castle, and half of the ROH men’s locker room. It took SIX men to stand face to face to these three. They’ve got Ariya back and more pissed off than ever. They’ve got National Champion, Josh Woods. And they’ve got Tony Nese in peak, physical performance. Now, they all know The Infantry wasn’t personal. They were just in the line of fire.

The Infantry is just on a long list of people who do not deserve the opportunities. Opportunities that belong to these three physical specimens! Because these are The Premier Athletes. When and where will Sterling’s stable finally break through to that next level?

Backstage interview with Griff Garrison & Cole Karter.

Lexy is now with Maria Kanellis’ baby boys and says they haven’t had the best luck as of late. What’s next? Karter isn’t sure. They keep getting opportunities, but they keep failing. Karter recently had a match against Christopher Daniels, and he lost! Griff says Karter thinks that’s bad, but Griff lost his shot at the ROH World Championship. Griff has faced Mark Briscoe twice in his career, and he’s 0-2. Karter’s match wasn’t even for a title! Griff had so much more on the line! Maria then walks in and sees her boys are disappointed. Well, Mama is disappointed, too. They both could’ve done much better in their matches.

But every loss is an opportunity. Griff was in the ring with THIRTEEN TIME ROH World Tag Team Champion, Mark Briscoe! Karter was up against Christopher Daniels, a legend! Maria’s been in the ring with both of those men, and they have so much experience. That is what Griff & Karter gain every time they’re out there. Every single loss is an opportunity. And everyone around here is always jealous of the abs and the looks, and it’s great that they are. But eventually, they’ll be jealous of what these two do in the ring. And eventually, these two will get back her championships, the ROH World Tag Team Championships.

Maria leads the way, but does anyone wanna tell her that that would mean her baby boys going up against her husband, Mike Bennett?

ROH World Tag Team Championships Proving Ground Match: The Undisputed Kingdom VS The Outrunners!

Speaking of Mike Bennett, he and Matt Taven are still champions after the big assist from Wardlow at Supercard of Honor. But will the Kingdom need their War Machine again real soon? Or will they be able to handle Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum in 10 minutes or less?

The fans rally up for the Outrunners already while the Code of Honor is upheld Mega Powers style. The teams then sort out, and though Taven is confused, Bennett steps up and starts against Truth. The fans chant “TAVEN SUCKS!” but Taven just eggs the Melvins on. Truth and Bennett tie up, then Truth wrenches to wristlock. Tag to Turbo, he takes the handoff, and he nods as he wrenches and wristlocks. Bennett knees low, flexes on Turbo, then wrenches to an ELBOW BREAKER! Bennett wristlocks, says this is old school wrestling, but Turbo powers up! The fans fire up as Turbo rolls, handsprings, and kips up! Turbo then BOPS Bennett on the head!

The fans cheer, Turbo tags Truth, and Truth wrenches to wristlock. Truth grinds the arm, whips, but Bennett reverses. Taven trips Truth up while Bennett’s all up in the ref’s face! The fans boo and Turbo protests but Bennett dropkicks Truth down! Bennett mocks the old school posing then takes a bow. Tag to Taven, he CHOPS Truth in the corner. Taven CHOPS again, digs his boot in, but the ref counts. Taven lets off to taunt Turbo, and Bennett gets a cheap shot on Truth! Bennett drags Truth up by his hair, the ref sees that and reprimands, but Taven ROCKS Truth. Taven whips, but Turbo trips Truth to actually save him from the crossbody!

Taven tumbles up and out of the ring, Truth gets up to tag Turbo! Truth then runs and Turbo holds ropes up, BASEBALL SLIDE DROPKICK! Bennett runs up, is sent out, and The Kingdom regroups. The fans fire up for Turbo as he fires up, then PLANCHAS! Down goes The Kingdom and Turbo is all revved up! Turbo gets in the ring, shakes the ropes, then tags in Truth. The Outrunners coordinate, to spin and pose! The fans fire up but The Kingdom CLOBBER The Outrunners from behind! The fans boo but Bennett flexes. Bennett brings Truth up, CHOPS, and now fans chant “BENNETT SUCKS!”

Bennett CHOPS Truth, puts him in the corner, and tags Taven. Bennett feeds Truth to a BOOT, adds the BOSTON BAYONET, then Taven LARIATS! Cover, TWO! Truth is tougher than that, but Taven argues with the ref. The ref defends his count, so Taven brings Truth over to ropes. Taven CHOKES Truth but the fans boo. The ref counts, Taven lets off at 4, and Taven soaks up the heat. Truth sputters but Taven tags Bennett. The Kingdom mugs Truth, then Bennett keeps Truth from Turbo with a snap suplex! Cover, TWO! Truth stays in this but Bennett stays on him with a chinlock and stretch. The fans rally as Truth endures.

Truth is red in the face but he fights to his feet. But Taven BLASTS Turbo! Bennett throws Truth by his hair! Turbo storms in but the ref has to stop him. Turbo is upset but Bennett stands on Truth’s face! Bennett clamps onto Truth with a chinlock and grinds him down with a knee in the back. The fans fire up, we pass five minutes as Truth fights up, but Taven runs at Turbo again! Turbo ROCKS Taven first this time! Truth then hits a BIG back suplex on Bennett! The fans fire up, Turbo is feeling it, and Truth crawls over! Truth staggers ot his feet, hot tag to Turbo! Turbo rallies on The Kingdom with big haymakers!

The fans fire up as Turbo scoops and SLAMS Taven! Then he scoops and SLAMS Bennett! Scoop and SLAM for Taven! Scoop and SLAM for Bennett! The fans fire up and Turbo drops an elbow! And another elbow! And then he winds up, flexes, and JUPM ELBOW DROPS! Taven runs up but Turbo kicks! Turbo reels Taven in, flexes again, and hits a BIG suplex! Turbo points to Truth, Truth tags in, and Truth goes up! FLYING FOREARM on Bennett! The Outrunners hurry to get Bennett up, but Taven ENZIGIRIS Truth to stop Boot Camp, er Vice City, or whatever they were calling it! Bennett shoves Turbo into Truth then rolls Truth up, with tights! The Kingdom wins!

Winners: The Undisputed Kingdom, by pinfall (denies The Outrunners a title opportunity)

Taven grabs the belts to celebrate and Bennett says that was too easy. But then the ref suspects shenanigans! Did Bennett pull tights? Bennett defends his innocence, as does Taven, and the ref drops the issue. Will The Kingdom do anything and everything they have to in order to stay champions?

Red Velvet & Queen Aminata speak.

The Chef and The Queen are backstage, and Velvet tells Athena, “There you go again. Stirring up the pot. Oh my gosh, we ruined your moment~! I’m done with you. Billie? You wanna hang with the big girls? You wanna get in big girl business? Then bring it on. Yes, I haven’t forgotten I beat you, twice. And I’ll do it again, and this time, I’m a beat you like your mama never did. You know why? Cuz I don’t roll with minions. I roll with royalty.” Aninata says that’s right. And Athena, oh, they feel so sorry for “ruining” the moment. Actually, Aminata would do it again and again and again. And wanna know why? Because Queen Aminata does not respect Athena as a champion!

Athena has ZERO honor! And no one knows better about honor than The Queen. And Velvet says, “Y’know what, Queen? I’m looking for a fight. Are you looking for a fight?” Aminata is definitely ready for a fight. Velvet says it is time to cook, eat, leave no crumbs, and take out the trash! This dynamic duo is ready to tear down the Forever Champion and her little buddy, will they take the gold right off Athena & Billie?

Backstage interview with The Infantry.

Lexy is now with Trish Adora, Carlie Bravo & Captain Shawn Dean, and we’ve seen them get on a roll. How are they continuing the momentum? Carlie is so glad she asked. Have no fear, you know The Infantry is here. Dean says yes, they are here. And there’s been nothing but targets on their backs. They said they’re the most popular team, and people have been after them. Carlie does realize now that they had those OG Ops, then those really big Ops, and last week, there’s Ops they didn’t even know about. But let’s not forget those really old Ops, the- Oh wait, The Outrunners walk in. Turbo & Truth are feeling good. They may not have targets on their backs, but they’ve got some guns!

Wait, wait, wait. Are they wearing brightly colored camo?! Okay, first they take the Infantry’s move, now they’re copying the swag? What’s next? Trying to take Adora and their homes? What the what, son? Dean has Carlie calm down. He’s always got great ideas. He does? Yes, because next week, Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida, they take this to where it all began! Finally, Infantry take The Outrunners to where they belong, and that’s Boot Camp! Hold on, The Outrunners have been using camo since The Cow Palace. Dean has to hold Carlie back on that one! Turbo has a better idea! Outrunners VS Infantry, Daily’s Place, where it all began!!

WHAT!? Didn’t they just- Fine, CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! Oh yeah? The Outrunners will do Infantry one better and THEY will accept! Let’s roll out! Copy that! WHAT!? Stop copying them, Outrunners!! But will Dean & Carlie finally get through the delusional duo and make them find their own schtick?

Backstage interview with Johnny TV & Taya Valkyrie.

Lexy is with Mr. & Mrs. TV Ready and notes the season finale of Johnny Loves Taya just dropped. How are they feeling? Amazing~! Everyone loves their show, they worked so hard on it for months. Ten episodes, the grand finale, it couldn’t have gone any better. And think about it: awards season! The acceptance speeches, the red carpets, the fashion moments. But in sneaks Aaron Solo. That sounds fun! Though they would’ve won more awards if they had this face on the show. Maybe next season? Johnny says maybe Aaron would’ve been on the show, if he supported it once. He didn’t tweet about it once! All their real friends did.

Uh, Aaron is the Retweet King! Especially those first three episodes. Aaron and Johnny argue but Taya has them calm down. Taya runs the socials for the show, and she can confirm, Aaron did retweet. Oh, well, thanks, bro. Yeah, man! Remember QTV? The handshake? They do the handshake, right down the rocket ship taking off. Aaron says see? They’re bros. Before Johnny Loved Taya, Johnny Loved Solo. Uh… No. Aaron is a loser! TV Ready people do not hang with losers. Remember how his name used to be S O L O W? They took the W away cuz he keeps getting L’s! He’s 0 and THIS CENTURY! Get a win already!

Aaron says fine, if that’s what they want, he will win. And he’ll prove to both of you that Aaron is TV Ready! Aaron heads out, and Taya says it’ scute that he’s so confident. Not that it’ll work out. And they got the last word. Aaron then says “Bye” from offscreen, so Johnny says, “Adios.” Aaron has bet on himself, but will he win out?

Triple Threat: Blake Christian VS AR Fox VS The Beast Mortos!

All Heart, The Whole Fox’n Show and the evolved Black Taurus are among the fastest, toughest and hungriest competitors around, and they’re all looking for that golden opportunity. Will Blake be rolling into NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament? Or will another big name prove they’re a big deal?

The Code of Honor is upheld between Fox and Blake, but not Mortos. The bell rings, Mortos stares down Fox and Blake. Fox runs in to RAM Mortos but bounces off! Blake RAMS Mortos but also bounces off! They both run up, but he runs them over! Fox & Blake both kip up, but Mortos choke grips them both. Mortos shoves Blake away, but Fox flips through the choke slam! Blake & Fox DOUBLE SUPERKICK Mortos down! Mortos bails out, Blake and Fox coordinate, and Fox runs. But then Blake sweeps the legs! Fox ends up on ropes, Blake runs to BASEMENT 619! The fans boo but All Heart also has some brains.

Blake aims from the apron, springboards in and MISSILE DROPKICKS! Fox flounders to a corner, Blake runs in, but Fox puts him on the apron. Blake RAMS into Fox, slingshots, but Fox goes out to then slingshot SENTONS! The fans fire up, Fox suplexes for ANARCHY! Blake bails, Mortos LARIATS Fox down! The fans fire up as Mortos roars, and Mortos drags Fox up. Mortos suplexes, Fox slips free to waistlock but Mortos switches. Mortos shoves, follows, then rolls off Fox’s back! Mortos SOBATS, KNEES, ELBOWS and snapmares, to then NECK TWIST! Then SNAP POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO!

Fox survives that onslaught but Mortos roars again. Mortos drags Fox up, wrenches and grabs a leg, for a SHIN BREAKER! Fox writhes, Mortos gets legs and steps through, and Mortos ties Fox up for a NAVARRO DEATH ROLL! Fox endures the leg lock, but Blake DIVING DOUBLE STOMPS Mortos! The fans fire up and Blake smirks as he runs in at Mortos. Mortos BOOTS Blake, SLING-DOGS, then CRUCIFIX DRIVERS! Blake wobbles, Mortos whips to POP-UP SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO! Blake survives but Mortos snarls. Mortos drags Blake up, UPPERCUTS him down, and Blake flounders to a corner.

The fans cheer as Mortos drags Blake back up. Mortos reels Blake in to back suplex, but Blake lands out! Blake dodges in the corner, then whips to ropes. Mortos reverses but Blake handsprings, wheelbarrows, SPLASH 182! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Mortos and Blake stir while Fox returns. The fans rally, Fox and Mortos stand first and Fox throws a haymaker! Blake adds a haymaker, he and Fox pinball Mortos around! They put him in a corner, throw more hands, then Fox goes up to rain down fists! Mortos shoves Fox away so Blake rains down fists. Mortos shoves him away, Fox returns to A-LIST LARIAT!

Mortos slumps down, Blake adds a LOW CROSSBODY! Fox skins the cat to DROPKICK Mortos, and then Fox goes to the apron. The fans fire up as Fox goes up, but Blake ROCKS him first! Blake goes up, brings Fox up, but Mortos adds on! The fans are going nuts already for the SPANISH FLY BOMB!! Cover on Blake, TWO! Cover on Fox, TWO!! Mortos snarls but he drags Fox back up. Mortos trophy lifts Fox, but Fox slips free to BOOT! Mortos tumbles out to the apron, and Blake SPEARS him down! Blake hurries to build speed so he can DIVE! Mortos stays up!? So Fox FLIES! Down goes Mortos and the fans fire up!

Fox puts Mortos in but Blake aims first! Springboard 450 SPLASH! Fox adds the SWANTON BOMB! But then Blake TOSSES Fox to cover Mortos, only for Fox to break it! Fox has had it with Blake being so sneaky, and TOSSES him out! Blake is on the apron, he ROCKS Fox, but Fox stops the slingshot! Fox has Blake in ropes, step-up DRAPING DDT! Roll through, but Mortos reels Fox in! Scoop and MORTOS DRIVER!! Cover, Mortos wins!

Winner: The Beast Mortos, by pinfall

Blake and Fox couldn’t say on the same page, and that allowed the minotaur of lucha to take the win! Will nothing stop The Beast Mortos from stampeding his way to a championship opportunity?

My Thoughts:

A good episode of ROH here at an hour and 38 minutes, but that made for quite a bit of filler. I did like the Six Meaty Men Slapping Meat Tag match of Mogul Embassy VS 1 Called Manders, BEEF and Calvin Tankman, but of course The Embassy won. Good return matches for Johnny and Taya, but I liked their promo with Aaron Solo better. It was a good use of continuity bringing up the failed QTV to pivot into a new story for Johnny TV now that Dalton Castle is moving on. Good promos from Mark Sterling, but a bit redundant again to have him hype up Ariya Daivari, then for him to talk directly to Ariya and the others.

Another confusing thing was the promo from The Infantry and Outrunners. Well, the promo wasn’t confusing, the timing was. Perhaps it was a victim of poor pacing as we’ve seen all over AEW & ROH. But I do appreciate we’re finally seeing these two teams have it out for ROH at Daily’s Place “next week,” aka prerecorded sometime this week. Outrunners had a good match with The Kingdom but of course The Kingdom won. But we’re getting an interesting detail where Maria wants her new boys, Griff & Karter, to go for those ROH World Tag Team Championships while her old boys, Bennett & Taven, still have them. Some sort of Kingdom Civil War angle in the works here?

Really good stuff with Zay winning by going to new lows, and really good Six Man Tag to give Top Flight momentum going into their title match with Bang Bang Gang. Really good promo from Bang Bang Gang and of course White & The Gunns are going to retain. And at least they did just what I was hoping by having a promo from Bullet Club Gold on ROH so that it counts as them being on this show. Just needs to keep happening, maybe with some in-person appearances. Not even matches, just BCG watching other trios fighting it out because they’re scouting, aka foreshadowing, new opponents.

Great main event Triple Threat but also a fast one, Mortos with the big win over Fox and Blake. While there’s something brewing for the ROH World Championship with Mark Briscoe being around Dalton Castle and The Premier Athletes, maybe Mortos can find himself in the world title scene for the next ROH PPV. And then great promos from Athena & Billie as well as Velvet & Aminata. We’re definitely getting a tag team match that will end up earning Velvet a shot at the Women’s TV title and Aminata a shot at the Women’s World title, and those will be awesome matches.

And if either of the champs is losing, I’m actually thinking it’s more Athena losing to Aminata than Billie losing to Velvet. I’ve said it before, Aminata’s proven herself worthy, and if she wasn’t gonna be inaugural Women’s TV Champ, might as well make her the woman that dethrones the undefeated Athena.