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Mitchell’s Women of Wrestling Results & Report! (9/14/19)

Who will be granted a golden opportunity?

Published

5 years ago

September 20, 2019

Steven Mitchell

The WOW world title scene is getting wild!

With chaos closing out last week’s season two premiere, the Born Legend put it upon herself to choose her next challenger! Who will Tessa Blanchard choose to defend her championship against?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Amber O’Neal VS Faith the Lioness; Faith wins and joins Lana Star in the WOW Tag Team Championship Series.
Abilene Maverick VS Adrenaline; Adrenaline wins.
WOW Tag Team Championship Series: The Bully Busters VS Holidead & Siren; Holidead & Siren win and advance in the series.
WOW World Championship: Tessa Blanchard VS ???; Blanchard wins and retains the WOW World Championship.

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Previous on WOW, Women of Wrestling!

Tessa Blanchard walked in talking big, but she backed it up, and is now the “Baddest Bitch in the Building.” But that only made the biggest and the baddest want to step to her! The Beast wanted to prove Tessa is a paper champion. Jungle Grrrl wanted to prove that neither Beast nor Born Legend was bad enough to take her 1v1. And the Monster of Madness, Jessicka Havok, just wanted to prove she was just plain dangerous. A Triple Threat was struck, but it didn’t end with a winner as Havok’s friend and fellow fiend, Hazard, would attack! Beast and Jungle Grrrl ended up unlikely allies against those two, but Tessa wasn’t having any of it. Now the WOW World Champion will name her next challenger personally! Will it be one of the baddest in last week’s brawl? Or will one lucky Superhero be chosen by the champ?

Sophia Lopez meets with Tessa Blanchard.

Sophia thanks Tessa for taking this meeting, but Tessa just wants to see the money, “perra.” The briefcase is handed over, reluctantly. And Tessa tells Sophia, “Te nada (you’re welcome).” Tessa has her title, and an untold fortune, but will she have either by the end of tonight?

Welcome back to WOW!

David McLane doesn’t linger in the ring, because the action is getting started!

Amber O’Neal & Lana Star head to the ring!

The Beverly Hills Babe is back in WOW, but it’s her fabulous friend that takes to the mic to welcome the crowd. And Lana has a big announcement for everyone: she has entered the Tag Team Series! And she has picked a partner that has the skills to take them to the end and win those titles! One of the greatest talents in the ring, and someone Lana admires because this woman reminds Lana of herself. Introducing… not Amber, but Faith the Lioness?!

Amber is as shocked as anyone to see this young and upcoming Woman of Wrestling is suddenly on Team Star! Amber is not being replaced by anyone, Lana! Amber won’t let Faith take her spotlight. Lana did not check this with her. They were supposed to have gold together! Lana introduced Amber to the Beverly Hills life! What kind of human is Lana?! Lana is the kind that grew up in Hollywood, seeing dreams being broken every day! But Lana loves herself a good bit of drama. If Amber beats Faith, then Amber stays Lana’s protege. But if she loses, she’s OUT! Amber accepts this challenge, and Lana calls for this match to happen right now!

Amber O’Neal VS Faith the Lioness!

The bell rings and the Beverly Hills Babe fires off on Faith! Amber clubs Faith down then stomps her around! Amber bounces Faith off the mat then chokes her on the ropes. The ref counts but Amber backs off, to come back with forearms! Amber whips but Faith dodges to come back with a leaping lariat! And a dropkick! Amber bails out but Faith eggs her on. Amber shouts at Lana on commentary, but Faith goes after her hair! Amber trips Faith up to slam her leg on the apron! Amber refreshes the count to drag Faith over to the post! Amber makes sure Lana sees her sling Faith’s leg into post! Lana complains that Amber should’ve shown this fire before or she wouldn’t have been replaced.

Amber drags Faith into the ring to drop elbows and knees on Faith’s leg. Amber steps through but Faith pushes Amber down. Amber gets up and kicks away on Faith’s leg again. Amber mocks Faith’s pop star dance moves, then boots Faith down again. Amber drags Faith around to wrap on a Figure Four! Faith endures the “Queen City Stretch”, turns it over, and now Amber suffers the hold! Amber gets a ropebreak and the ref untangles the two. Amber has the legs again but Faith shoves her down! Faith flounders to a corner but Amber runs in, only to get an elbow! Amber comes back again to get another elbow. Amber tires a third time but gets buckles! Faith fires off clotheslines, then whips. But Faith’s leg gives out, and Amber mocks her pain. Amber kicks and hits a facebuster! Amber wants Lana to see this, but this is letting Faith recover. Amber covers, but Faith turns it around! Faith has the cover, Faith has the win!!

Winner: Faith the Lioness; joins Lana Star in the WOW Tag Team Championship Series

Amber’s anger got the better of her, and now Lana trash talks her from commentary: “You’ve never been a Beverly Hills Babe, you’ve always been a Beverly Hillbilly!” Will Lana and the Lioness conquer the Tag Team Division together?

Abilene Maverick heads down the halls.

And she encounters Stephy Slays. There’s been trouble brewing between these two since last season, but Stephy’s just glad to see Abilene’s leg is doing better. So when are they finally having a match? Or is Abilene afraid she’ll lose? Oh please. That one win was a fluke. Until Stephy beats a formidable opponent, they’re not even discussing that possibility. Abilene then literally brushes Stephy aside and heads to the ring.

Abilene Maverick VS Adrenaline!

The Governor’s Daughter returns to WOW, and faces the newest Superhero in the locker room. But will we all see that Adrenaline lives up to her name when she gets everyone’s pulse pounding?

The bell rings and Abilene circles with Adrenaline. Adrenaline steps on the gas and chases Abilene around the ring! Abilene uses the ropes for defense, and that just annoys Adrenaline. Abilene tries a sucker punch but Adrenaline ducks to waistlock Abilene. Abilene reaches for ropes but Adrenaline keeps her away. Adrenaline grins and then slams Abilene down! Adrenaline floats all over Abilene and keeps that waistlock. She rolls Abilene around but Abilene still reaches for ropes. Adrenaline drags Abilene up but Abilene gets the standing switch. Adrenaline breaks free to arm-drag Abilene to an armbar! Abilene goes around as Adrenaline grinds her down. Adrenaline brings Abilene up, whips, but Abilene reverses, only fro Adrenaline to huricarana and dropkick Abilene down! Cover, TWO!

Adrenaline keeps her cool as she goes right after Abilene again. Abilene hits low and bounces Adrenaline off the mat, but Adrenaline stands right back up! Abilene wants Adrenaline to calm down, but Adrenaline just throws body shots! Adrenaline lights Abilene up in the corner, but backs off at the ref’s count. Fans fire up for Ms. Fast & Furious, but Abilene begs for mercy. Adrenaline isn’t sure what to make of that, but fans tell her to keep on Abilene. Abilene takes advantage of the hesitation to throw Adrenaline into buckles! Then dropkicks her back in! Abilene kicks Adrenaline to the ropes to drop some knees! Abilene poses before she covers, TWO! Abilene keeps on Adrenaline with a rear choke and body scissors! Adrenaline reaches for ropes and refuses to quit. Fans rally up and Adrenaline gets up to her feet. Adrenaline fights out but Abilene bounces her off the mat!

Abilene circles Adrenaline before kicking her right in the ribs! Adrenaline goes to a corner but Abilene brings her up to whip. Adrenaline tilt-o-whirls to a Russian Leg Sweep! Cover, ONE! Abilene gets up, spins Adrenaline for the snapmare facebuster! Abilene dusts herself off before bringing Adrenaline in. Adrenaline powers her to a corner! And rams her shoulder in! Adrenaline brings Abilene up in a fireman’s carry, and though Abilene protests, SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO!! Abilene survives and Adrenaline is shocked. Adrenaline brings Abilene up but Abilene cradle counters! TWO, and Adrenaline mule kicks, to a DESTROYER! Cover, Adrenaline wins!!

Winner: Adrenaline, by pinfall

And the fans are feeling the Adrenaline Rush! Will this lead to a fast and furious rise in the ranks for this newest and fastest Superhero?

In a dark and undisclosed location, Holidead and Siren are up to something spooky.

The Voodoo Doll and her freaky friend are reading the fortunes of the WOW Tag Team Championships. “The road of darkness. The path of destruction. The cards have unveiled the shiny new tokens.” Those lights shall shine upon the shadows, and these two will have won. The cards have foretold it, “and now, you, KNOW!” Will the Tag Team Championship Series take a twisted turn into darkness once these two take to the ring together?

Keta Rush and Stephy Slays walk by Abilene in the locker room.

How does it feel to be a loser, Abilene? Abilene throws a plastic bottle but misses as Stephy and Keta hurry away. Will Abilene give Stephy the match she wanted now?

WOW Tag Team Championship Series: The Bully Busters VS Holidead & Siren!

A bond of physical and emotional abuse has made Keta Rush and Stephy Slays a strong and inspirational duo. But while they each struck it out on their own, it would seem a reunion was in the cards. Will their powers combine be enough to gain gold and glory? Or is it their fate to fall to the creepiest combination around?

Before teams can sort out, Holidead and Siren attack Keta and Stephy from behind! The freaky friends double whip but the Bully Busters hold ropes. Keta and Stephy boot back then throw big elbows! Fans fire up as Keta and Stephy run, duck and tilt-o-whirl headscissors in stereo! Siren and Holidead bail out and fans are fired up! Stephy officially starts for her team now as Siren gets back in. Siren rushes in but Stephy rolls her up, TWO! Stephy and SIren tag out to Keta and Holidead, and Keta hits a big crossbody! Cover, ONE, but Keta keeps her eyes on Holidead. Holidead runs in and throws body shots. Keta whips but Holidead holds ropes. Keta still tries, and then tilt-o-whirls, but into a sidewalk slam! Holidead looms over Keta and drags her up for a scoop and slam! Holidead runs to drop the leg, brother! Keta gasps for air but Holidead brings her up to feet to Siren’s boot.

Keta fights out of the creepy corner and shouts, “Nobody bullies me!” She leaps and drags Holidead down! Holidead gets away but Keta arm-drags her around! Tag to Stephy and Stephy rallies with clotheslines! Stephy dropkicks Holidead but Siren tags in. Stephy shoves Siren into Holidead and hits a hip attack to sandwich them! Stephy gives Holidead a hip attack directly, but then Holidead puts her up top. Stephy boots back and hops onto Holidead’s shoulders, victory roll! Cover but Siren breaks it up! Keta dropkicks but whiffs! Siren tosses Keta with an exploder! Stephy gives Siren a backstabber! But Holidead kicks low, underhooks Stephy, butterfly driver! Cover, Holidead and Siren win!

Winners: Holidead and Siren, Holidead pinning; advance in the WOW Tag Team Championship Series

There was some controversy and confusion about who was legal, but for now, the Bully Busters busted out of the tournament. Is this already the end of the road for the reunited Slays and Rush?

As for the winners, Shaul Guerrero does her best to ask them what they’re feeling being another step closer to the titles. Siren says that we all saw, now know what they see: VICTORY! Will the dark prophecy be fulfilled as the series continues?

Jessie James stumbles across a sulking Amber O’Neal.

Yeesh, Amber, what happened to you? Did the Bardstown Baroness not see what Lana Star did? Oh please, when does Amber “the Bullet Babe” care about some “Beverly Hills Bimbo” anyway? Jessie just doesn’t get it. Get what? In what lifetime does Amber O’Neal ever care what anyone else thinks? The Amber Jessie knew did whatever it took to get the job done. Get up, Amber, Jessie has something to make you feel better. Also get out of that clown suit, you look ridiculous. Will Jessie James, of all people, help make Amber O’Neal great again?

WOW World Championship: Tessa Blanchard VS ???

The Born Legend said she would sort out the mess of finding a worthy contender, and the moment has come! Of course, we at home know there was some back room dealing between her and “the best attorney in the world,” Sophia Lopez. Was that perhaps a payoff to make sure this is actually Sophia’s choice challenging for the title?

Sophia comes out first, and she is already accompanying the challenger! That’s Kobra Moon, but she’s transformed! Things broke down between WOW and Lucha Underground, so the Queen of Reptiles has shed her skin to become “Serpentine!” Will the snake in the grass get her way here tonight? And we’re talking about the lawyer, not the luchadora. That aside, Tessa makes her entrance now, the belt is raised, and this title match main event begins!

Fans are rabid already as Tessa doesn’t seem to take the slithering Serpentine serious. Tessa rushes Serpentine but Serpentine rolls to dodge. They go around again and finally tie up. Serpentine waistlocks but Tessa standing switches. Serpentine drops down and trips Tessa up to turn her over. Serpentine laces the legs up for a Queen Angelito, but Tessa turns that around to a facelock. Serpentine powers Tessa down and has the legs again. Serpentine turns Tessa but Tessa pushes her away. Tessa gets to ropes and has Serpentine back off. The two get up and circle again, but Serpentine wants a test of strength. Tessa kicks low and throws Serpentine with a headlock takeover. Serpentine headscissors as fans chant “Si se puedes!” Tessa endures the squeeze and works her way around to pops out. Tessa has a facelock again, but Serpentine stands. Tessa wrenches to a hammerlock but Serpentine reverses that onto Tessa to then get a headlock takeover of her own.

Fans cheer but Tessa headscissors Serpentine now. Serpentine endures the squeeze and headstands out of it! She sits on Tessa, cover, TWO! Both women get to corners but the fans are on the Queen of Reptiles’ side. Serpentine and Tessa tie up again, and Tessa pulls hair! She puts Serpentine in the corner and throws a big forearm! Tessa mocks Latino Heat before she whips Serpentine. But Serpentine rolls for a cover, TWO! Serpentine wheelbarrows, victory roll! TWO, but Serpentine is on Tessa fast. Serpentine CHOPS Tessa then again! Tessa is stinging as Serpentine follows her around the way. Serpentine whips Tessa then follows, but Tessa counters with a back elbow! Tessa scowls and covers, ONE! Tessa is frustrated already as she drags Serpentine up. She throws forearms then whips Serpentine hard into ropes. Then she runs to body check Serpentine down! And then dropkicks her down! Cover, TWO! And Tessa is losing her cool.

Tessa goes to Serpentine but Serpentine shoves and throws forearms. Tessa clubs Serpentine down but fans have not given up yet. Tessa puts Serpentine in a corner then snapmares her out hard for a swift kick to the back! Tessa soaks up the heat as she brings Serpentine up to clothesline her back down! Then she wrenches Serpentine to do it again! Tessa wants a third, but Serpentine blocks with a headlock. Tessa powers out, but Serpentine returns with a tilt-o-whirl to a Russian Leg Sweep! And roll through to get the legs for a Boston Crab! But then she adds the arms, for an inverted surfboard! Serpentine swings Tessa around, the Snake Tail bops the buckles! Serpentine drops Tessa as the ref counts, but comes back to club her. Serpentine holds Tessa up to CHOP her again! Tessa is scowling as Serpentine runs in corner to corner. Tessa puts Serpentine on the apron, but Serpentine CHOPS back! Serpentine climbs, acrobatic arm-drag! Tessa bails out and staggers around the way as Serpentine slithers around the ring.

Serpentine kicks from the apron, then hops on for a huricanrana! Tessa goes into barriers! Serpentine stomps Tessa before dragging her up and into the ring. But Tessa builds speed to DIVE! Tessa is furious now, and she scowls as she paces around Serpentine. Tessa puts Serpentine on the apron, lifts, but Serpentine resists the piledriver! Serpentine knees Tessa hard! Then kicks, but Tessa blocks to DECK Serpentine! Serpentine slithers into the ring but Tessa drags her up. Tessa looks to suplex to the outside! Sophia tries to reason with her, but Tessa doesn’t care! Serpentine resists for dear life, and suplexes Tessa back in! Both women are down and the arena continues to be thunderous! Serpentine gets to a corner while Tessa drags herself to ropes. A standing count climbs to 6, but both women are up.

Fans are fired up as Serpentine starts rallying with clotheslines and elbows! Tessa is rocked but Serpentine is ready, she runs for a BIG basement dropkick! Cover, TWO!! Tessa survives but barely! Serpentine shows no mercy as she drags Tessa up. Tessa slips out of the scoop, full nelson swing-out to DDT! Cover, TWO!! Tessa is almost in tears from frustration. She goes for broke as she goes up top! Serpentine stands, but avoids the meteora to SHOTGUN KNEE! Serpentine scoops Tessa up, SHOULDER BREAKER! Cover, TWO!? Tessa lives and Serpentine is shocked! Tessa crawls to a corner but Serpentine hurries over. She whips Tessa corner to corner but Tessa reverses. Serpentine boots but Tessa trips her up! Tessa runs corner to corner, springboard CODE BREAKER! Cover, TWO!?! Serpentine shocks Tessa right back!

The fans are still chanting “Si se puedes!” for Serpentine as Tessa looks like she’s seen a ghost. But then Tessa scowls again, brings Serpentine up for a hammerlock, but Serpentine fights free. Pick-up SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Serpentine hurries, climbing up top. Serpentine leaps but Tessa avoids the stomps to SUPERKICK! Spin, hammerlock DDT! The Diamond DDT! Cover, Tessa wins!!

Winner: Tessa Blanchard, by pinfall; still WOW World Champion

The Born Legend survives Serpentine in a match worth however much money Sophia paid. But Jungle Grrl, Beast, and even the fiendish friends, Havok and Hazard, emerge from the shadows! Tessa may have survived the snake pit, but there’s still an entire ecosystem of hungry contenders. Who will be next to test the toughness of the Baddest Bitch?

My Thoughts:

Okay, now this was what I was hoping for out of WOW. We got a lot of great action and story, and finally a main event that felt like it should. First, what a twist that Lana Star dumps Amber O’Neal for a “younger” model. For a moment, I thought Amber was going to win and get Lana back on her side so that they could compete in the Tag Team Series. But instead, she loses and might bring Jessie James into this multiple turn?! Perhaps Jessie James is going to ditch her not-so-subtly politically based heat gimmick if it means getting Amber to be a badass Bullet (Club) Babe Face to stick it to Lana and Faith. Bullet Babe and Bardstown Baroness might make a great combo, even if they don’t win the whole series.

Then we get a somewhat sloppy but still story-smart match of Bully Busters and voodoo duo. The controversy of partner confusion might allow the Bully Busters back into things, but there’s still Stephy VS Abilene to fall back on in the singles division. Abilene VS Adrenaline was a great match, but a hard one to type. But it works great in story for Abilene to lose so she can’t be so arrogant around Stephy, and it gives the newest star some great momentum already. Adrenaline has some good potential and with the right character work, could be a pretty popular star.

The main event was incredible, but WOW needs to learn how to not literally spoil the mystery opponent with their visuals. It did make a lot of sense it would be Kobra Moon, now Serpentine, when Sophia Lopez talked with Tessa Blanchard, but there still needs to be some mystery. Don’t have Serpentine doing those transitional videos that WOW does with all their wrestlers. At least not with lights on in the foreground. Back lighting only, if at all. We need to think it could be any of the other lesser utilized stars, like Nikki Krampus who only got her debut last season, or someone brand new entirely. Instead, we knew from the very start that it would be the slightly modified Kobra Moon. But spoilers aside, still an incredible match that finally felt the way a main event should, and Serpentine is SUPER OVER with the LA fans. Best main event from WOW yet, and it was good to still sneak all of Tessa’s other challengers in at the end. Things are only heating up so maybe we get an even better main event next week.

My Score: 8.4/10

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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!

Published

12 hours 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.

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

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Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (4/18/24)

Time to Man Up!

Published

15 hours ago

April 18, 2024

Steven Mitchell

Will the Ivy League MVP earn a title shot?

The NEW ROH World Champion, Mark Briscoe, is here to step onto the Proving Ground with one of Maria Kanellis’ baby boys, Griff Garrison! Will Griff make Maria proud? Or will he reach for the sky?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Bryan Keith VS Aaron Solo; Keith wins.
Six Man Tag: Lance Archer & The Righteous VS Jon Cruz, Savion Truitt & Damian Chambers; Archer & The Righteous win.
Lee Johnson VS JD Drake; Lee wins.
Abadon VS Allysin Kay; Abadon wins.
The Infantry VS The Iron Savages w/Jacked Jameson; The Infantry wins.
Six Woman Tag: Diamante, Leila Grey & Taya Valkyrie VS Kiera Hogan, Leyla Hirsch & Trish Adora; Kiera, Leyla & Adora win.
The Beast Mortos VS Nick Comoroto; Mortos wins.
Lady Frost VS Marti Belle; Frost wins.
The Dark Order VS Zak Patterson & Frank Milano; The Dark Order wins.
ROH World Championship Proving Ground Match: Mark Briscoe VS Griff Garrison w/ Cole Karter & Maria Kanellis; Mark wins and denies Griff a title match.

PLAY BY PLAY

Mark Briscoe speaks.

“Now House of Black, I’ve been doing this dance with y’all a little while now, and I’m starting to understand how y’all operate. Starting to understand y’all’s M-O. You try to intimidate me. You try to strike fear into the hearts of men. Well I done told you, I fear no man, I fear no evil. And ancient wisdom says the violent take it by force. Now lemme tell you, Eddie Kingston, Adam Copeland, and Mark Briscoe, we some violent men! And at Dynasty, we bringing the violence, babeh! So heed my advice, House of Black! Be afraid, be very afraid!” The Sussex County Chicken is ready for a fight, will he, the Rated R Superstar and Mad King tear down The House of Black once and for all?

Bryan Keith VS Aaron Solo!

The Bounty Hunter is still looking for a prize, but he’ll gladly fight to earn his shot. Will Keith be heading for a golden opportunity on the other side of Dynasty? Or will Solo shoot first?

The Code of Honor is upheld with sarcastic enthusiasm by Solo, and Keith shoves him away. The bell rings and Solo SLAPS Keith! Keith TACKLES Solo and rains down fists! The fans fire up, Solo gets away then knees Keith low. Solo ROCKS Keith, whips him to a corner, but Keith comes back to run Solo over! Keith scoops to SLAM Solo, then stands on Solo’s face! The fans fire up for the KNEE DROP! Keith then SLAPS Solo! The fans rally for “BK! BK!” Solo storms up but Keith kicks low. Keith reels Solo in, suplexes, and he holds Solo up! Keith marches around, then SLAMS Solo down! Solo bails out and the fans fire up as Keith aims.

Keith builds speed, slides, but Solo ducks! Solo sends Keith into steel steps! The fans boo as Solo leaves Keith behind. The ring count starts, fans chant “SOLO SUCKS! SOLO SUCKS!” Solo counts along but wants it to go faster. Keith stands at 8 of 20, slides in, but Solo stomps and HAMMERS away! The fans boo more, but Solo stands Keith up to bump him off buckles. Keith CHOPS in return! Then CHOPS again! The fans “WOO~,” then Keith ROCKS Solo with a forearm. Keith CHOPS in the corner, but then Solo dodges. Solo tries but Keith dodges the chop to CHOP Solo down! The fans fire up while Solo is stinging.

Keith whips Solo, Solo reverses and CLOBBERS Keith! Cover, TWO! Keith grits his teeth but Solo knees him in the back! And again! The fans rally, Solo taunts them, and then ELBOWS Keith in the head. Solo stalks Keith to a corner, digs his boots in, but again the fans chant “SOLO SUCKS!” Solo stomps away on Keith, digs his boots in again, but Keith fights up! The fans fire up as Keith fires forearms! Keith fires forearms again and again and again, winds up, but Solo dodges! Solo comes back, but Keith ROCKS him after all! The fans fire up as Keith runs in to BOOT! Solo sputters, Keith runs, but then Solo SUPERKICKS! Keith just roars!

Solo swings, but into a T-BONE SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! The fans rally as Keith keeps calm. Keith waits on Solo as fans rally behind him. Solo staggers into a fireman’s carry, but he fights free! Solo shoves, goes to a corner, but then Keith comes back. Solo ELBOWS Keith, whips, but Keith reverses! Solo goes up but gets caught, for an USHIGOROSHI! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up again as Keith slashes his throat and aims his finger gun! Keith underhooks, but Solo fights the lift! Solo back drops, Keith sunset flips but Solo stays up to DOUBLE STOMP! Solo then runs up, catches Keith and hits a T-BONE! Cover, TWO!

The fans fire up but Solo hurries to a corner. Solo climbs fast, and DIVING DOUBLE STOMPS! Cover, TWO!! Keith survives that coup de grace and Solo isn’t sure what to do. Solo kicks Keith around, drags him up and reels him in to underhook. Keith fight that lift, Solo CLUBS away on him, but Keith Alabama Lifts! Solo grabs ropes so Keith lets him down, and ENZIGIRIS! But Solo SCREW HIGH KICKS! Solo goes up top, but Keith RISING HEADBUTTS! The fans fire up with Keith and he climbs! Keith reels Solo in, for DIAMOND DUST!! Cover, Keith wins!

Winner: Bryan Keith, by pinfall

A big win for BK! And he gives back that sarcastic handshake. Will the Bounty Hunter be hot on the trail of a championship after AEW & ROH pass through the Gateway City?

Mark Sterling speaks.

“If you ask AI to create the perfect professional wrestler, it wouldn’t even come close to you. If wrestling is a body business, then you’re a multinational corporation. Biology defying symmetry, no fat, all muscle, no waste. As functional as you are aesthetic. High-flying? You got it. Ground ‘n’ pound? You got that, too. Striking, brawling, submission, technical, there is not a single style you have not perfected. For the last 20 years, you’ve been one of the most consistent and proficient wrestling specimens for any company that’s been willing to throw money at you and begged you to stay. And now, it’s time for them to beg for mercy.

“You are Tony Nese, and you are a Premier Athlete.”

Now Mark Sterling & The Premier Athletes are here in person.

They stand backstage, Sterling’s guys in matching tracksuits, and he says the last time he looked into the camera, he told everyone he had a plan. The very next day, they enacted that plan. Sterling took them off the road, they entered a professional fight camp. They got the best coaches, best trainers, best doctors, and these three started to do what they do best: go to work. Supercard of Honor, against two former ROH TV Champions, PA got an impressive victory. Fruits of their labor. Ariya Daivari is back better than ever. Josh Woods is bigger and better than he was when he won the National Championship. And Tony Nese is in the best shape of his life, which is saying something.

In fact, what’re we even talking about? These three are the most underappreciated athletes in the company. They walk like stars, they move like stars, they present themselves like stars, and by the end of this year, they will be champions. Supercard was just phase one of this plan. Phase two… starts tonight. Then just what happens when the Premier Athletes start making moves?

Lee Johnson VS JD Drake!

Even though he lost at Supercard, Big Shotty stays positive! He got close to the ROH World Television Championship, will he get back there for another shot? Or will Scrap Metal be another speedbump in Lee’s momentum?

The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and the fans rally as the two circle. They tie up, JD HIP TOSSES, and Lee scrambles to ropes. JD flexes and fans cheer, which surprises JD. Lee gets up, he and JD reset. They tie up, JD arm-drags, but Lee gets up. Lee keeps calm while JD talks some smack. They circle, tie up again, and JD scoops! JD carries Lee around, with one arm! Then SLAM! JD dusts off his hands and the fans fire up more. Lee is a bit frustrated, but he fires himself up. The fans rally with him, he and JD circle to tie up. Lee goes to hip toss, but JD blocks! JD tells Lee he knows that’s not gonna work!

JD goes to hip toss but now Lee blocks! Lee arm-drags, then he goes to feint, but JD blocks with a headlock. Lee shoves JD, tries another arm-drag, but JD blocks that. JD whips Lee, Lee ducks ‘n’ dodges and arm-drags again! The fans fire up as Lee tries to scoop, but JD’s too hefty! JD SLAPS Lee, ROCKS him, then whips him to ropes. Lee ducks ‘n’ dodges again, shoves JD and hurdles! Lee drops, then DROPKICKS! JD staggers to a corner, Lee fires up, and the fans fire up with him! Lee runs up on JD in a corner to CHOP! JD barely flinches! JD puts his arms back and dares Lee to try again. Lee CHOPS, but JD puts Lee in the corner!

JD swings, Lee dodges and CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Lee whips, JD reverses but Lee ELBOWS back! Lee runs up but into a lift, and FLAPJACK off buckles! Lee falls, the fans rally up, and JD dusts himself off. JD storms back up on Lee, brings him up, and the fans rally. JD ROCKS Lee, stands him up in the corner, and CHOPS! The fans “WOO~!” while Lee sputters. The fans want that “One More Time!” so JD stands Lee up. JD winds up, to JAB! The fans boo JD trolling them, but JD stands Lee up to CHOP him after all! Lee is stinging, but JD brings him up. Lee throws body shots but JD ROCKS Lee!

JD whips, Lee sunset flips! JD stays up, but Lee avoids the hip drop! Ghost pin, TWO! JD gets up, kicks low and whips, to SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Lee stays in this and the fans rally up. JD sits Lee up, KICKS him in the back, then paces around. The fans rally for Lee but JD pie faces him around. Lee rises, JD brings him up and Lee CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS again! JD throat chops! The ref reprimands, JD claims he jabbed to the chest. JD then scoops and SLAMS Lee, to then FALLING HEADBUTT! Cover, TWO! Lee is still in this but JD CHOKES him! The ref counts, JD lets off, claiming he was just checking the pulse.

JD clamps on a chinlock, digging his knee into Lee’s back. Lee endures, the fans rally up, and Lee fights to his feet. Lee throws body shots, but JD knees low! JD suplexes but Lee slips free! Lee ROCKS JD, ROCKS him again, but JD CHOPS! JD runs, but Lee SUPERKICKS! JD flops out of the ring and the fans fire up! The fans rally as Lee builds speed, to FLY! Direct hit at the ramp and the fans fire up even more! Lee puts JD in, climbs a corner, and JD stands. JD staggers around, into the CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! JD stays in this but then bails back out. Lee thinks on what he has to do and the fans rally up.

Lee runs, to slide, but JD gets under! JD pops Lee up to CLOBBER him! JD puts Lee in, aims from a corner, and Lee goes to the opposite end. JD runs up, but Lee moves, CANNONBALL hits buckles! Lee hurries up while JD is down! The fans cheer as Lee aims, FROG SPLASH, but JD moves! Lee rolls through, runs back at JD but JD puts him on the apron. JD ROCKS Lee, goes up, and he brings Lee around. The fans fire up as JD brings Lee up, but Lee fires body shots! Lee GAMANGIRIS, then climbs! Lee sunset flips for the POWERBOMB! The fans fire up and Lee climbs back up, FROG SPLASH!! Cover, Lee wins!

Winner: Lee Johnson, by pinfall

Big Shotty’s got range, and he hit the mark! Will Lee take this momentum and turn it into another chance at a championship?

Abadon VS Allysin Kay!

Speaking of second chances, The Living Dead Girl got screwed out of the ROH Women’s World Television Championship when Mercedes Martinez & Diamante conspired against her. And while AK Don’t Play, she knows the OG Badass well. Can Abadon prepare for revenge by taking down Martinez’s greatest rival?

The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, but Abadon holds on, to BITE Allysin’s arm! Abadon then laughs, dodges Allysin to HEADBUTT low, HELL STAB, then mule kick! Abadon runs to SHOTGUN BOOT! Allysin goes to a corner while the fans rally up and Abadon shrieks! But Allysin BOOTS Abadon down! Allysin rains down fists, covers, ONE!! Abadon sits up but Allysin brings her around to fireman’s carry. SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up, Allysin drags Abadon up to TOSS her to a corner! Allysin fires body shots, then she CHOPS! Allysin whips corner to corner hard and Abadon bounces off buckles!

Allysin takes a bow, puts pinkies up, and SPLASHES in the corner! Allysin CHOPS, whips, and runs up again, but Abadon BOOTS her! Abadon runs to BULLDOG! The fans rally as Abadon slithers out to the apron then climbs up the corner. Allysin crawls, Abadon aims, CROSSBODY! Abadon runs to KNEE Allysin back down! Abadon storms up on Allysin, reels her in, BLACK DAHLIA! Cover, Abadon wins!

Winner: Abadon, by pinfall

Abadon smiles, then shrieks into the night! Will Mercedes Martinez make sure to stay far, far away from the frightening Living Dead Girl?

Backstage interview with Taya Valkyrie.

Lexi Nair is with La Wera Loca and brings up her trios match alongside Diamante and Leila Grey. But this is also the first time we’ve seen her since Supercard, where Johnny TV lost to Dalton Castle. The question is: where is Johnny? Uh, recovering from that vicious attack by Dalton Castle and his “special boy,” Paul Walter-Whatever! Taya is gonna call up Fran Dreischer to file a complaint! For someone so TV Ready, Castle and Paul sure don’t look it. So yes, Johnny is rehabbing. Wait he’s in rehab? Ew, no, who do you think they are? Johnny is rehabbing the abs! This is an aesthetics business so he has to look amazing!

So tonight, Taya will carry the weight of the TV Family in trios action. So run along, Lexi, Taya has things to do. Uh, this is Lexi’s interview space. Oh, well, her apologies. Taya bumps Lexi on the way out, but will Taya’s team win some major points in the title chase tonight?

The Infantry VS The Iron Savages w/Jacked Jameson!

Captain Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo may not be the ROH World Tag Team Championships, but they are not deterred. Will they get through the jacked ‘n’ juicy juggernauts to go after The Undisputed Kingdom once again?

The teams sort out, #BadNewsAndTattoos starts against Beefcake Boulder, and they keep the Code of Honor. They tie up, Bravo tries but can’t push Boulder back, but Boulder pushes Bravo back! Bravo resets with Boulder, beefs up, and they tie up. Bravo wrenches to wristlock, but Boulder WRINGS Bravo out! Boulder talks smack on Dean and Bravo, but Bravo pie faces. Boulder scoops Bravo, but Bravo slips free to DROPKICK! Boulder stays up, runs up, but Dean is there to GAMANGIRI! Bravo tags Dean while Boulder throws a fit, but DOUBLE DROPKICKS send him reeling! Bulk Bronson tags but runs into a DOUBLE HIP TOSS!

The fans fire up as the Infantry crisscross and SPLIT the wishbone! Bravo gets fans going with “OORAH!” Dean runs to JUMP ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Bronson bails out, Boulder is there to help him, and Dean builds speed, only for Jacked Jameson to stand in the way! He wants Dean to sip the Savage Sauce! Dean says no thanks, but in comes Bronson! EXPLODER! Bravo protests but Bronson drags Dean to a cover. The ref is busy arguing, he finally sees the pin, TWO! Bronson is annoyed, but he mocks Bravo’s air machine gun. Bravo then tags Boulder before he brings Dean up. The fans rally but the Savages still hit a SHOULDER TACKLE SUPLEX COMBO!

Bronson flexes, Boulder taunts Bravo, and then Boulder whips Dean to the corner. Boulder wraps Dean’s arms around ropes to HEADBUTT again and again and again! Tag to Bronson, he brings Dean around, and they visit #TIDDYCITY! But Dean reverses, it’s Bronson who dives in! Boulder panics, runs up, but Dean DUMPS him! Bronson swings, misses, hot tag to Bravo! Bravo rallies on Bronson with big forearms! Bravo whips, Bronson reverses, but the CARLIE CROSSOVER takes Bronson down! Boulder gets up, Bravo fakes him out to SCISSOR KICK! Bravo then kicks Bronson, and manages a FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO!

The fans rally, Bravo pounds the mat, but now Jameson wants Bravo to sip! Bravo says no, get outta here! Bronson runs up again, Bravo dodges, and Bronson barely avoids hitting Jameson! Bravo aims, Bronson dodges, the SUPERKICK hits Jameson! Jameson spews sauce! Boulder catches Jameson, Dean goes up, and Dean CROSSBODIES to wipe them both out! But Bronson rolls Bravo up! TWO, and Bronson grabs Bravo, only for Bravo to kick low! Bravo reels Bronson in, tags Dean, and TORNADO- NO, Bronson stops the DDT! Dean gets in, Bronson scoops, but Dean slips free! Feed to a SUPERKICK!

The Infantry coordinate, for BOOT CAMP! Cover, Infantry wins!

Winners: The Infantry, by pinfall

Dean & Bravo redeem themselves from Supercard and are ready to get back on track! But wait, The Premier Athletes make their way out here! Is this what Smart Mark was talking about for phase two? Daivari & Nese rush the ring and start throwing hands with The Infantry! Woods tips the scales as he DECKS Dean, then DECKS Bravo! But wait! Here comes Dalton Castle! The Peacock won’t stand for there to be bullies, and he takes off his sandals to weaponize them! The Premier Athletes dare him to, but wait! Here comes Mark Briscoe, Bryan Keith and Lee Johnson! They run The Premier Athletes off!

Sterling shouts, “Who do you think you are?!” but he’s shouting at THE ROH World Champion and many other big names around here! Will The Peacock, the Chicken and the rest of ROH humble Sterling’s stable once and for all?

Six Woman Tag: Diamante, Leila Grey & Taya Valkyrie VS Kiera Hogan, Leyla Hirsch & Trish Adora!

The Cuban Diamond has staked her claim at challenging for the ROH Women’s World Television Championship, but so has The Hottest Flame. But let’s not forget The Last Baddie Standing, La Wera Loca, the LEGIT One and The AfroPunk! Billie Starkz still sees herself above all six of these women, but which trio takes the lead in the title chase with a win tonight?

The teams sort out, Taya starts against Kiera and the Code of Honor is upheld. The bell rings, the two tie up, and Kiera gets around to waistlock. Taya pries the hold, backs Kiera into a corner and throws elbows! Taya stomps away on Kiera, then says who’s the hottest now? Taya snapmares, covers, ONE!! Taya drags Kiera up, whips her to ropes, but Kiera holds ropes to BOOT back! Taya runs up again but Kiera drop toeholds her onto ropes! HIP ATTACK! Taya flounders, Kiera runs to step-up and LEG DROP! Cover, TWO! Kiera keeps cool as she brings Taya up, but Taya ROCKS Kiera then throws her by her hair!

Taya tags Diamante, they stomp Kiera, then Diamante sucker punches Leyla! Diamante runs in to DROPKICK Kiera, then drags her to a high stack cover, ONE!! Kiera is tougher than that but Diamante says it’s just a matter of time. Diamante runs, PLANKING SPLASH flops as Kiera moves! Hot tag to Leyla! Leyla gut wrenches Diamante to GUT WRENCH SUPLEX! Tag to Adora, then Leyla wrenches so she can hand it off to Adora. Adora WRINGS Diamante’s arm, drags her up and wrenches again, but Diamante ROCKS her! Adora swings, Diamante dodges to tilt-o-whirl and RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Diamante snarls and pushes Adora down to rain down fists!

Diamante storms around, brings Adora up and CHOPS her on the back! Tag to Grey and she NECK SNAPPERS Adora! Cover, TWO! Adora is tougher than that but Grey rains down fists! Grey drags Adora up, bumps her off buckles, then tags Taya. Taya and Grey dig their boots in, then Taya stomps a mudhole. Taya sits Adora down to METEORA! Tag to Diamante and she stomps a mudhole! The ref reprimands but Diamante tags Taya back in. Taya steps over Adora and mockingly has Adora reach out to her corner. The ref has to keep Hirsch back so Grey gets shots in, then Taya drags Adora up.

Taya again mockingly holds out Adora’s hand but the fans rally up. Adora fights up, but Taya pulls her into the motorcycle stretch! Adora endures the knee in her back, fights up to her feet, and then arm-drags Taya away! Taya gets up, ducks ‘n’ dodges and mule kicks! But Adora ducks the buzzsaw to BASEMENT GERMAN! The fans fire up while both women are down! Adora and Taya crawl, hot tags to Kiera and Diamante! Kiera rallies on Diamante with big forearms, then a SUPERKICK! Turn and NECKBREAKER! Kiera goes up a corner while Diamante flounders around. Diamante stands, into a MISSILE DROPKICK!

Diamante flounders, Grey tags in but Kiera dodges to fire off forearms! Grey shoves back, but Kiera returns to SHOTGUN! Grey flounders, Kiera fires up, and says kiss this! HIP ATTACK in the corner! She sits Grey back down to run and BOOT WASH! Kiera drags Grey to a cover, Diamante breaks it! Diamante gets Grey outta there, and Taya tags in. Taya runs up to mule kick, KNEE LIFT and wrench Kiera, into a BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, TWO! Leyla also gets in, she pushes Taya around. Leyla drags Taya up but Diamante runs in. Leyla gets around to SAIDO! Taya gets Kiera up but Kiera SUPERKICKS!

Kiera brings Taya over, tags Adora, and they feed Taya to the BUBBA BOMB! Body scissor and GEDO CLUTCH! TWO!! Hot tag to Grey, she runs up, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then SLINGBLADES! Cover, TWO! Grey is frustrated but she gets Adora up. Underhooks, but Adora breaks that to fireman’s carry! Adora storms over, tags Hirsch, but Grey slips free! Leyla dodges Leila and feeds her to Adora’s BOOT! Then GERMAN SUPLEX! Cover, TWO!! Grey survives but Hirsch tags Kiera. Kiera runs, but Taya trips her up! Diamante distracts so the ref misses that! But then Leyla DIVES onto Taya! Diamante CANNONBALLS Leyla!

LARIAT TUBMAN from Adora to Diamante! Kiera dodges Grey to ROUNDHOUSE! And then “That’s all, PERIODT!” FACE THE MUSIC!! Bridging cover, Team Kiera wins!

Winners: Kiera Hogan, Leyla Hirsch & Trish Adora, by pinfall

It was fast ‘n’ furious in the end there, but the Hottest Flame burns it down! Will she be first up to strike a match with Billie Starkz?

Backstage interview with Maria Kanellis, Griff Garrison & Cole Karter.

Lexi is with the First Lady of Wrestling and her baby boys, the Diamond in the Rough wearing the stolen mask from Serpentico. Lexi congratulates them on their win over Spanish Announce Project at Supercard, but it seems there might be some unfinished business. Are they ever going to give Seprentico his masks back? Karter takes the mask off to say hell no! Griff says Serpentico’s masks mean a lot to him and his lucha libre culture. But uh, they don’t care! It got them the attention that they deserve, and those wins have been a stepping stone in this company.

If Serpentico wants his masks back, he doesn’t need to trick them into a match. They’re happy to beat the crap outta him anytime, anywhere! Maria loves the confidence, and says Griff will need it in his Proving Grounds match against THE ROH World Champion, Mark Briscoe. Griff is all fired up, will the Ivy League MVP pass the test with flying colors? Or will he fail to #ManUp?

The Beast Mortos VS Nick Comoroto!

Black Taurus has evolved into something even more menacing than before, and he is looking to stampede all the way to the top of ROH! But Mr. Freak Beast has changed a lot about himself, too, in hopes of finding success. Whose transformation will prove to be for the better as these behemoths collide?

The Code of Honor is upheld reluctantly, the bell rings, and the fans rally up. The two tie up, go around, and Comoroto shoves Mortos down! Mortos gets up in a huff, gets in Comoroto’s face, but Comoroto pie faces him. So Mortos SLAPS Comoroto! Comoroto runs up, Mortos dodges, and they RAM shoulders! Mortos ducks ‘n’ dodges and jumps to RANA! Comoroto goes to a corner but Mortos runs in to UPPERCUT, CLOTHESLINE, and GAMANGIRI! Mortos wrenches and hits an ARMBAR CODE BREAKER! Comoroto staggers, but he blocks the whip! Comoroto shoves Mortos, runs up, but Mortos dodges to then roll off Comoroto’s back!

Mortos tries to hip toss but Comoroto blocks! Comoroto LARIATS Mortos down then rains down fists! Fans are torn as Comoroto huffs ‘n’ puffs and stomps Mortos around. Comoroto digs his boot into Mortos’ face, lets off to soak up heat, then he drags Mortos up. Comoroto scoops to SLAM, then he runs to JUMP ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! The fans rally as Mortos pounds the mat in frustration. Comoroto slashes his throat, but Mortos throws body shots. Comoroto CLUBS Mortos, Alabama Lifts, but Mortos sunset flips! Comoroto stays up, hauls Mortos up, but Mortos JAWBREKAERS, KNEES and ROCKS Comoroto!

Mortos goes to suplex but Comoroto’s a big guy, too! Comoroto suplexes Mortos, but Mortos knees free! Mortos goes to a corner, Comoroto runs in but Mortos dropkicks the legs out! Comoroto hits buckles, then Mortos runs in, CORNER 619! Comoroto staggers away and Mortos climbs, to MISSILE DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Comoroto still has power to spare and he storms up on Mortos. Mortos UPPERCUTS first! Mortos goes to whip but Comoroto blocks again! Comoroto whips Mortos to a corner, runs up, but Mortos slips out to the apron! Comoroto hits buckles, Mortos goes up, and the fans rally! MORTOS TWISTER! Cover, Mortos wins!

Winner: The Beast Mortos, by pinfall

Comoroto is big and bad but this is a beast of a different breed! Will nothing stop the modern day minotaur from making ROH his domain? Will Jacoby Watts’ teachings ever pay off for Comoroto?

Backstage interview with Nick Comoroto.

Lexi is with Mr. Freakbeast as he returns backstage, and she asks him what his strategy will be moving forward after this tough loss. Jacoby Watts walks in to say, “Turn the page. Start a new chapter. Nothing changes if nothing changes, Nick. It’s a harsh reality. But I am your answer. Your beacon of hope in the darkness. Follow me and I will lead you into the light! For I am Jacoby Watts, the one and only, praise be to he, and he is me.” Watts waxes poetic while making himself the focus, but will Comoroto accept his guidance?

ROH World Championship Proving Ground Match: Mark Briscoe VS Griff Garrison w/ Cole Karter & Maria Kanellis!

The Sussex County Chicken won this title after a war with Eddie Kingston at Supercard, and those two are still going to be friends taking on The House of Black this Sunday! But will Mark be able to focus on tonight with Dynasty on the horizon? Or is this where Maria’s baby boys start building their kingdom?

Mark shows off the belt and its new camouflage patterned leather! The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings and we’re on the clock. The fans cheer on Mark as he circles with Griff. They tie up, Griff headlocks, but Mark powers up and out. Griff sunset flips, but Mark rolls through to drop on the headlock! Griff moves around, fights up, and powers up, but Mark holds tight! Mark hits the takeover, Griff headscissors, but Mark kips free. Roles reverse as Griff headlocks for the takeover, and Mark headscissors. Griff kips free, but Mark shows Redneck Kung-Fu stance and Griff scrambles away! The fans cheer but Maria coaches Griff back up.

Griff cools off, he and Mark reset, and the two circle again. They knuckle lock but Griff kicks low. Griff UPPERCUTS, UPPERCUTS again, then whips corner to corner. Mark goes up and out, SWATS the haymaker to REDNECK KUNG-FU UPPERCUT! Then Mark gets in to BOOT Griff down! Griff is on ropes, Mark runs in to BOOT WASH him right outta the ring! The fans fire up as Mark builds speed, and he DIVES onto Griff! Not the cleanest landing but Mark borrows a hat to put it on! The fans fire up with Mark, he gives the hat back, then drags Griff up to DECK him! Mark drags Griff up again, to scoop and SLAM!

Griff sputters, Mark goes to the apron, and the fans fire up as Mark takes aim. But then Karter and Maria stand in the way! The fans boo, Mark sighs and steps inside, and Maria coaches Griff up. Griff flounders up, the fans rally behind Mark but then Karter and Maria each get on the apron! The ref is busy arguing with Maria but Karter distracts Mark. Griff sneaks in to CLOBBER Mark! Griff fires forearms while the fans boo, but then Griff stomps a mudhole into Mark. The ref counts as Griff digs his boots in, but Griff lets off at 4. But then that lets Karter CHOKE Mark behind the ref’s back!

The fans boo as Karter gets away with one, and Griff drags Mark up. Griff UPPERCUTS, but Mark CHOPS! Griff sputters, Mark CHOPS again! Griff knees low, whips Mark to a corner, but runs into an ELBOW! Mark runs up, into a BOOT! Cover, TWO! Griff clamps onto Mark with a chinlock and he grinds Mark down. The fans rally as Mark endures and fights up. Mark throws body shots, then fires up to CHOP! CHOP! And CHOP! Mark runs, but into the ROLLING ELBOW! Griff then torture racks for the TOWER HACKER BOMB! High stack, TWO! Mark survives and Griff is frustrated but Maria coaches him up.

The fans continue to rally behind Mark as Griff aims again. Griff goes up but Mark REDNECK UPPERCUTS! Griff gets caught up in ropes, Mark lets him loose so he can fall to the floor. Karter hurries over, but Mark goes up to PLANCHA both baby boys! The fans are thunderous, and Mark cracks open a can of WOOOOO Energy! Mark chugs it, bangs the can against his head, then gets Griff in the ring. The fans fire up as Mark runs corner to corner, but Griff BOOTS him! Mark comes back to LARIAT! The fans fire up, Mark reels Griff in, but Griff wrenches out, only for Mark to LARIAT! Mark hauls Griff up again for underhooks!

Mark lifts, for the JAY DRILLER!! Cover, Mark wins!

Winner: Mark Briscoe, by pinfall (denies Griff Garrison a title opportunity)

Maria is upset but there’s nothing she can do, her baby boy wasn’t man enough to stop the NEW ROH World Champion! Will Mark continue to carry on his brother’s legacy and become one of the best champions in ROH history?

My Thoughts:

A very good episode of ROH for being 92 minutes. I still skipped some very clear filler, but Marti Belle got a good showing in her loss to Frost and The Dark Order got a good match out of Zak & Frank. Cruz, Damian & Savion got an okay showing but c’mon, they were against Archer & The Righteous, those guys have been running through everyone. It hasn’t really led them to anything yet, but maybe after we get undisputed AEW & ROH World Trios Champions after Dynasty, Archer & Righteous challenge the winners. And real good wins for Bryan Keith and Lee Johnson, each guy looking good towards midcard titles at some point.

Really good match from Infantry VS Savages, with the Savages being a bit more Heelish this time. Good win for Infantry, but I didn’t think The Premier Athletes would be going after them first. And I didn’t expect Faces like Keith, Lee and Briscoe to run out to get at them. Maybe the Premier Athletes can also position themselves to go after the trios titles after Dynasty. If The Acclaimed win, they’ll need Heel opponents. Archer & Righteous can play either side, but fans really like Archer so I kinda want him and Righteous to be Faces when facing Bang Bang Gang.

Good match and good win for Abadon over Allysin. Good win for Kiera, Leyla & Adora, though things got a little sloppy in the middle, Leyla’s timing wasn’t quite there. Athena & Billie are both Heels, so while Queen Aminata is in the mix, the champion she doesn’t choose still needs a good Face challenger so you can take your pick of the winners from tonight. Really good match from Mortos and Comoroto, and Mortos winning also helped serve Comoroto’s story with Watts. Watts keeps insisting he’s the answer, but this has to lead to Comoroto breaking free and beating Watts up for his arrogance.

Good promo from Maria, Griff & Karter, and they just kinda copy-pasted Mark Briscoe’s promo from Collision that same Saturday. Really good match for Griff against Mark but of course Mark wins. Mark getting involved with Premier Athletes, maybe Woods or Nese get a shot at Mark only to lose and be Mark’s solid first defense. Not sure who could be a more prolonged feud with Mark, but there are plenty of possibilities, and I’m just happy to see him showing up on ROH TV as the ROH World Champion should.