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Mitchell’s NJPW G1 Climax 30 Results & Report! (10/13/20)
The penultimate round!
The G1 Climax is in the home stretch with Round 8!
The top four in A Block are all tied at 5-2 with 10 points! Will Ospreay, Kota Ibushi, Jay White, Kazuchika Okada, who leads A Block?!
NOTE: NJPW no longer wants to feed AXS TV now that it is with Anthem and Impact Wrestling. But never fear, I will cover NJPW in the spirit of AXS in providing the most important matches of the show.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- A Block – Will Ospreay VS Jeff Cobb; Cobb wins.
- A Block – Kota Ibushi VS Yujiro Takahashi; Ibushi wins.
- A Block – Shingo Takagi VS Taichi; Taichi wins.
- A Block – Minoru Suzuki VS Jay White; White wins.
- A Block – Kazuchika Okada VS Tomohiro Ishii; Okada wins.
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Here are the current A Block standings!
Will Ospreay: 5-2, 10 points
Jay White: 5-2, 10 points
Kota Ibushi: 5-2, 10 points
Kazuchika Okada: 5-2, 10 points
Jeff Cobb: 3-4, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Taichi: 3-4, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Minoru Suzuki: 3-4, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Tomohiro Ishii: 3-4, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Shingo Takagi: 3-4, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Yujiro Takahashi: 0-7, 0 points [ELIMINATED]
A Block – Will Ospreay VS Jeff Cobb!
The Assassin lost to the Golden Star but won against the Switchblade. He could lead the block, but still has Kazuchika Okada in A Block’s finale. Will he be too worried about his battle with the Rainmaker to focus on the Hawaiian Hulk?
The bell rings and Ospreay shotgun dropkicks Cobb right away! Ospreay fires off forearms and stomps then goes corner to corner. Cobb follows but Ospreay dodges and Cob hits buckles. Ospreay CHOPS but Cobb doesn’t flinch! Cobb grabs Ospreay, Ospreay breaks free and throws forearms, but Cobb CHOPS Ospreay off his feet! Fans cheer as Cobb brings Ospreay up and whips. Ospreay dodges, huricanranas and Cobb bails out. Fans fire up as Ospreay builds speed, but Cobb sees the handspring coming and catches Ospreay! Cobb drags Ospreay through ropes to the apron, lifts, but Ospreay fights off the lift to throw forearms. Ospreay kicks but Cobb ducks it to bring Ospreay up! Ospreay holds ropes again, flips into the ring and enziguris Cobb down! Ospreay runs, SASUKE SPECIAL! Direct hit at the ropes!
Fans fire up as Ospreay clubs Cobb. Ospreay puts Cobb in, throws haymakers, then bumps Cobb off buckles. Ospreay throws European Uppercuts then sweeps the legs. Ospreay runs corner to corner, basement dropkick! Cover, ONE and with power! Fans cheer and Ospreay is surprised. Ospreay gives toying kicks and slaps then throws forearms. Cobb just stands up! Ospreay throws more forearms, then offers Cobb a shot. Cobb winds up but Ospreay back kicks him first! Ospreay goes to whip but Cobb blocks with power! Cobb whips Ospreay the other way but runs into boots. Ospreay goes up, springboards, into the OVERHEAD SUPLEX! Fans fire up as Cobb runs, leaping uppercut! RUNNING BACK SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! Ospreay just manages to escape but Cobb drags Ospreay up.
Cobb headbutts Ospreay to a corner, then CHOPS! Ospreay winces but Cobb brings him out for a scoop. Cobb pops Ospreay up for the suplex slam! Fans cheer as Cobb covers, TWO! Cobb keeps his cool, drags Ospreay back up, but Ospreay throws body shots and forearms. Ospreay runs, into Cobb’s lift for the bearhug! Ospreay endures the squeeze, fights with elbows, but Cobb throws body shots. Cobb gut wrenches Ospreay up, and around, and around, for a bomb lift, but Ospreay fights back! Ospreay’s huricanrana is blocked, but he sunset flips! Cobb stops that, drags Ospreay back up, but Ospreay dropkicks out of the two hand slam! Fans cheer and rally up as both men rise. Ospreay hurries over to kick and whips but Cobb reverses. Ospreay handsprings to NEURALIZER!
Fans cheer as Cobb and Ospreay rise again. Ospreay’s in the corner, Cobb runs in but blocks the boot only to take an enziguri! Ospreay atomic drops and CHOPS, but Cobb DOUBLE CHOPS Ospreay down! GACHIMUCHI, but Ospreay moves! Ospreay standing Shooting Stars onto Cobb’s back! Ospreay turns Cobb over for the cover, TWO! Fans cheer and Ospreay goes to the apron. Fans rally up as Ospreay aims, springboards and PIP PIP CHEERIO! Cover, TWO! Cobb is still in this but Ospreay keeps cool. Cobb sits up as Ospreay goes to a corner. Fans rally up as Ospreay prepares the arm. Cobb ducks the blade, blocks the kick and CLOBBERS Ospreay to the GACHIMUCHI! Cover, TWO! Ospreay survives that quick comeback but fans rally with Cobb!
Cobb brings Ospreay up, whips him, but Ospreay holds ropes. Ospreay boots back, runs, but into a pop-up, only to tilt-o-whirl through! Cobb blocks the crucifix takedown, Ospreay tries a sunset flip but Cobb works to bring Ospreay back up, but Ospreay SUNSET BOMBS! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up as Ospreay gets up. Cobb slowly stirs and Ospreay brings him up. Ospreay reels Cobb in, underhooks, but Cobb powers up and out with a back drop! Cobb walks into the dropkick-flip but ducks the enziguri to waistlock! GERMAN SUPLEX, but Ospreay lands on his feet! Cobb blocks Ospreay’s superkick but Ospreay swats the clothesline away. Ospreay forearms and spins but into Cobb’s SUPERKICK! Fans fire up as Cobb brings Ospreay up and runs, but into a SPANISH FLY! Cover, TWO!
Ospreay hurries to the apron and springboards again, 450 SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up as both men are down! Ospreay gets up and waits for Cobb to rise. Ospreay runs, Cobb reels him in but Ospreay elbows and SUPERKICKS, then HOOK KICKS! Ospreay runs, springboards, OSC- NO! Cobb blocks, spins and fireman’s carries, F5000!! Ospreay goes flying but both men are down as fans rally up! Cobb crawls to a cover, TWO! Fans rally up more as Cobb looms over Ospreay. Cobb brings Ospreay up, whips and scoops, TOUR- NO! Ospreay escapes, springboards, OS- NO! Cobb blocks the cutter again! Cobb shoves Ospreay away but Ospreay goes right up the corner, SUPER OSCUTTER! Cover, TWO!! Cobb survives and Ospreay is shocked!
Fans fire up as Ospreay fires up and he drags Cobb up. Ospreay reels Cobb in, underhooks, and gets Cobb up, but Cobb slips out! Cobb pops Ospreay up to an Electric Chair, then into a COYT’S WRATH GERMAN! Cobb whips Ospreay, scoops for the TOUR OF THE ISLANDS!! Cover, Cobb wins!!
Winner: Jeff Cobb, by pinfall; gains 2 points, Ospreay earns 0
The Juggernaut just barreled through the Assassin! Has Cobb just sunk Ospreay’s chances of taking the block?!
A Block – Kota Ibushi VS Yujiro Takahashi!
The Golden Star beat the Assassin and the Rainmaker, but was screwed by the Switchblade! Tokyo Pimp tried to get one over on Jay White but couldn’t pull it off. Will he make it up to King Switch by stopping Ibushi’s ascension?
The bell rings and fans rally up as Ibushi circles slowly circles with Yujiro. They approach and Ibushi kicks. Yujiro backs off but comes back to tie up. Ibushi pushes Yujiro to ropes but lets up at the ref’s count. Ibushi pats Yujiro on the shoulders, but Yujiro kicks back! Yujiro throws Ibushi out but follows only as Ibushi gets back in. Ibushi waits for Yujiro to return and the two circle again. They tie up, Yujiro pulls hair and throws Ibushi back out! Ibushi hits railing and Yujiro goes out to bring him up. Yujiro whips Ibushi but Ibushi reverses to send Yujiro into the railing! Yujiro hurries back into the ring to avoid any more. Ibushi gets in, Yujiro stomps him down then brings him up. Yujiro throws forearms, but Ibushi just grins. Ibushi goes to retaliate but Yujiro hits first!
Yujiro whips, Ibushi reverses and dropkicks Yujiro down! Ibushi claps and gets the fans rallying. Yujiro bails out, Ibushi goes over but Yujiro drags him out! Yujiro whips Ibushi, Ibushi reverses but Yujiro stops himself to rake eyes! Yujiro whips Ibushi into railing, then reels him in for the reverse DDT to the floor! Fans cheer Yujiro being savvy as he brings Ibushi back up. Yujiro puts Ibushi in but Ibushi bails out the side. Ibushi clutches the back of his head but Yujiro goes out to fetch him. The ring count climbs to 7 of 20 but Yujiro puts Ibushi in. Yujiro stomps Ibushi around but Ibushi sits up. Yujiro keeps stomping but Ibushi eggs him on. Fans rally and Yujiro brings Ibushi up. Ibushi throws forearms but Yujiro knees low. Yujiro snapmares Ibushi and drops a leg, an elbow and a headbutt! Cover, TWO!
Fans cheer but Yujiro grows annoyed. Yujiro throws haymakers but Ibushi eggs him on. Yujiro slaps Ibushi around then dares him to hit back. Ibushi gives forearms but Yujiro knees low again. Yujiro brings Ibushi up and reels him in. Ibushi blocks the fisherman suplex but so does Yujiro! Yujiro gets Ibushi up, fisherman buster! Fans rally as Ibushi goes to a corner. Yujiro waits for Ibushi to get up, then he runs in to BOOT! Yujiro runs, Ibushi LEAPING KICKS Yujiro down! Ibushi grits his teeth and fires up as the fans rally! Ibushi fires off a strike fest, then KICKS Yujiro down! STANDING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO! Ibushi keeps his cool and fans rally up again. Yujiro rises, Ibushi KICKS him in the chest! Yujiro stays up so Ibushi KICKS him again! And again!
Yujiro staggers to ropes, Ibushi runs in, FLAPJACK STUNGUN! Yujiro hurries up and runs back at Ibushi to BOOT! Yujiro keeps running, LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Yujiro is annoyed again but fans rally up with “I-BU-SHI!” claps. Yujiro drags Ibushi up, fireman’s carries, but Ibushi fights out. Ibushi kicks but Yujiro blocks. Yujiro throws Ibushi down, then runs, but Ibushi jumps over the basement dropkick to DOUBLE STOMP! Both men are down but fans rally up. Ibushi rises, waits for Yujiro to stand, and sobats! Ibushi reels Yujiro in but Yujiro BITES his hand! No one learns! Yujiro whips, Ibushi reverses but Yujiro denies the dropkick! Yujiro runs but Ibushi avoids the dropkick to roundhouse, but Yujiro ducks it! Yujiro reels Ibushi in but Ibushi blocks the Incolle Slam.
Ibushi elbows back, and ROUNDHOUSES! Fans fire up with Ibushi as Yujiro falls over! Ibushi reels Yujiro in, but Yujiro slips out of the Last Ride for INCOLLE SLAM! Both men are down and fans fire up again! Ibushi and Yujiro stir as fans rally. Ibushi goes to a corner but Yujiro heads that way. Yujiro brings Ibushi up and to the top rope. Yujiro climbs up to join Ibushi, brings him up and hooks a leg, SUPER FISHERMAN BUSTER! But Yujiro doesn’t stop there, ANOTHER FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Ibushi survives and the fans are fired up again! Yujiro is shocked but he brings Ibushi back up. Yujiro brings him in but no Pimp Juice! Ibushi blocks the superkick, gets around, backslide but Yujiro rolls through!
Ibushi has the wrists but Yujiro dodges the Kamigoye! Yujiro reels Ibushi in, fireman’s carry, but Ibushi pops out of Miami Shine to V-TRIGGER! KENNY!! Ibushi drags Yujiro up, KAMIGOYE!! Cover, Ibushi wins!
Winner: Kota Ibushi, by pinfall; gains 2 points, Yujiro earns 0
The Golden Star is rising again! With Ospreay dropping, will Ibushi be back on top of the block?
A Block – Shingo Takagi VS Taichi!
The Dragon was so close to stopping the Rainmaker, and now he is out of the running. However, so is the Sliest Wrestler in the World, who couldn’t stay alive against the Assassin. Instead of taking the block, who gets points for their pride and glory?
The elaborate entrance attire is removed and Taichi shows off the dancing pecs. The ref tells Taichi he also needs to put the fanny pack away. Taichi reluctantly obliges and fans cheer. The bell rings and Takagi is ready. Fans rally but Taichi hangs back. Takagi approaches, Taichi finally circles with him and they tie up. Takagi puts Taichi on ropes but lets up fast so Taichi has no excuse. They tie up again, Takagi again puts Taichi on ropes, but Takagi lets off. The two circle, tie up, and Takagi waistlocks but Taichi gets ropes. Takagi gets annoyed now and Taichi mockingly applauds as Takagi backs off. Taichi and Takagi circle as the claps, “TA-KA-GI” start up. Taichi rakes Takagi’s eyes! Taichi whips Takagi corner to corner, Takagi reverses and blocks the boot to still hit the clothesline!
Takagi runs to run Taichi over! Fans fire up with Takagi but Taichi gets to the apron and out of the ring. Takagi dares Taichi to get up but Taichi takes his time resting. Taichi gets up as the ring count starts and goes around the way. Taichi heads to the timekeeper’s area and Takagi knows what he’s up to, but that doesn’t stop Taichi from using the ring bell hammer! Taichi clubs Takagi but hides the hammer behind his back. The ref finds it, but Taichi pushes the ref away to choke Takagi with the hammer! Taichi eventually stops and gives the hammer back to the timekeeper. Because Taichi uses the camera cables! The ref reprimands, Taichi lets go and Takagi sputters. Taichi drags Takagi up and puts him in the ring.
Fans cheer but then Taichi chokes Takagi! The ref reprimands and Taichi lets up. But Taichi chokes Takagi again! The ref counts, Taichi lets go with one hand but the ref tells him to stop. Taichi lets up and paces about while Takagi sputters. Taichi stands on Takagi’s head and chokes him on the ropes. The ref reprimands and counts, Taichi stops and snapmares Takagi to KICK him! Takagi grits his teeth as Taichi slaps and kicks him around. Taichi toys with Takagi but Takagi gets up to forearm and CHOP back! Taichi chokes Takagi and throws him down! The ref reprimands but Takagi goes to a corner. Taichi runs in and corner clotheslines, then reels Takagi in. Takagi blocks the saido, elbows Taichi and whips him, only for Taichi to reverse. Takagi reverses and SAIDOS Taichi!
Fans fire up with Takagi as he goes after Taichi. Taichi grabs ropes so Takagi lets off, to stomp Taichi down. Takagi drags Taichi back up, whips him to ropes and knees him against them! Then he hits a BIG suplex! Takagi sits Taichi up, runs, SLIDING LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Taichi is still in this but Takagi keeps his cool. Takagi talks some smack and fires up as he looms over Taichi. Takagi brings Taichi up but Taichi blocks the Especial. Takagi spins him, knees him and whips him to a corner, but Taichi boots back. Taichi dodges as Takagi returns, and hits the GAMANGIRI! Both men are down and fans rally up. Taichi stands first and waits for Takagi to rise. Takagi ducks the buzzsaw, waistlocks, but Taichi elbows back. Taichi runs but into Takagi’s elbow! JAB! LARIAT!
Fans fire up and Takagi drags Taichi back up. Especial to NOSHIGAMI! Cover, TWO! Taichi survives but Takagi fires himself up! Fans clap along with “OI! OI! OI!” and Takagi powers up. Takagi brings Taichi up, pump handles but Taichi fights it off. Taichi gets a waistlock but Takagi fights that off. LARIAT, but Taichi stays up! Taichi boots, Takagi stays up and the two get forehead to forehead. Taichi kicks, Takagi chops! Taichi KICKS, Takagi CHOPS! KICK, CHOP, and Taichi wobbles! Taichi comes back to KICK, Takagi CHOPS, repeat! Taichi gets the edge and eggs Takagi on so Takagi DOUBLE CHOPS! Taichi falls and fans fire up as Takagi talks smack. Fans rally, Taichi rises and Taichi KICKS!
Takagi wobbles but he comes back to block the next kick! Takagi elbows the leg, Taichi sobats and runs, but Takagi follows to clothesline! Takagi runs, into AX BOMBER! But he’s right back up, PUMPING BOMBER! Taichi GAMANGIRIS! Takagi staggers to a corner, both men fire up, DOUBLE AX/PUMPING BOMBER! Takagi stays up, runs again, but into DANGEROUS SAIDO! Fans fire up as these two writhe and stir! Taichi sits up first and he mocks the “OI! OI! OI!” Taichi powers up and runs, PUMPING AX BOMBER! Cover, TWO! Taichi tried to get clever but it didn’t work! Taichi grimaces as fans rally up again. Takagi stirs but off come the pants! Takagi is up and he CLOBBERS Taichi into the corner! Fans fire up with Takagi as he drags Taichi back up.
Takagi fires off elbows from all sides! Takagi tops it off as he DECKS Taichi! Fans fire up more as Takagi drags Taichi back up. Takagi pump handles but Taichi slips out and shoves. Taichi blocks Takagi’s kick, shoves the ref, but Takagi blocks the low blow! Takagi spins Taichi and BLINDSIDE AX BOMBERS! GEDO CLUTCH!? TWO!! Takagi tried getting back at Taichi but it didn’t work! Fans rally up and Takagi goes to the corner. Takagi powers up and waits for Taichi to rise. Takagi runs but into a boot! Takagi still wrenches and clotheslines, but Taichi stays up! Taichi swings, into MADE INTO JAPAN!! Cover, TWO!?! Taichi survives and shocks Takagi! Takagi fires up and fans fire up with him! Takagi pumps up, waits for Taichi to rise, and he runs, to PUMPING BOMBER!! Cover, TWO!!
Taichi survives and Takagi is furious, but the fans keep rallying! Takagi drags Taichi back up, pump handle and torture rack, but Taichi rakes eyes! Taichi ROUNDHOUSES and torture racks, to TOWER HACKER BOMB, into a CLUTCH! Cover, TWO!! Takagi survives whatever Taichi calls that, and fans are thunderous! Taichi fires himself up and aims from a corner. Takagi blocks the kick and spins Taichi, only to get the GAMANGIRI! Taichi gets Takagi for the GEDO CLUTCH! TWO!! Takagi escapes and fans are fired up again! Taichi runs into an elbow, JAB, but he ROCKS Takagi! Takagi HEADBUTTS! Both men wobble, Takagi runs into the SUPERKICK! Taichi drags Takagi up, Alabama to BLACK MEPHISTO!! Cover, TAICHI WINS!
Winner: Taichi, by pinfall; gains 2 points, Takagi earns 0
Incredible! Taichi manages to slay The Dragon and gains points, though it doesn’t save his G1. Will this still lead Taichi to big things on the other side of the Fall?
A Block – Minoru Suzuki VS Jay White w/ Gedo!
The NEVER Openweight Champion could not stop the Golden Star, but he still had a lot of fun! Will he have even more fun ending the Jay1? Or will Suzuki #BreathewiththeSwitchblade?
White and Gedo stay safe from Suzuki on the outside as they Low Sweet. White then gets back in the ring, the bell rings, and White bails back out. Classic Jay, but Suzuki keeps his cool as White returns. But then White bails out. Suzuki gives chase this time and White hurries away to the far side. Suzuki keeps pursuing but White gets back in the ring. Suzuki gets in, White gets back out. White takes his time before he returns and circles with Suzuki. White stays at the ropes but Suzuki kicks a leg out! Gedo protests as White bails out and White says, “No kicks like that!” Suzuki tells White to just get back in already. White takes a moment to shake out the leg before he gets in. White gets a leg but Suzuki gets the arm and twists it all around! Suzuki is after the fingers, too!
White grabs a leg, Suzuki twists the arm more and even the wrist! White gets to ropes and Red Shoes counts but Suzuki keeps pulling fingers! Suzuki lets go at the count of 3, and pats White on the shoulder. Fans cheer as Suzuki and White circle again. They tie up with knuckle locks, and Suzuki is after the arm again! Suzuki also gets a facelock but White gets back to a corner. Red Shoes calls for the ropebreak but Suzuki CHOPS! And CHOPS! Suzuki stands White up to CHOP again! Suzuki goes corner to corner, runs in and BOOTS! Suzuki whips White, White reverses and runs in, but Suzuki slips out! Suzuki gets the arm, DRAPING ARMBAR! Gedo hurries over but Suzuki’s glare keeps him away. Red Shoes counts, Suzuki lets White go at 3. Suzuki intimidates Gedo but White sneak attacks!
White RAMS Suzuki into railing, then again! White wraps Suzuki up with camera cable! Red Shoes reprimands, White lets Suzuki go and backs away. White comes back to bring Suzuki up and RAM him into railing! White CHOPS Suzuki in front of commentary! Gedo cheers but Suzuki grimaces. That’s not a good thing. The ring count climbs, White gets in but Suzuki is in at 12. White goes after Suzuki with clubbing forearms then ramming shoulders in the corner. White turns Suzuki for the neckbreaker! Cover, ONE! White tries again, ONE! White grows frustrated and he goes after Suzuki with a chinlock. Suzuki endures as White digs his knee in. White clubs Suzuki down and puts the chinlock back on. Suzuki pries at the fingers!
White kicks and clubs Suzuki down then shifts to a snapmare. White gets the chinlock back and Gedo cheers as he rams his knee in. White kicks Suzuki in the back but Suzuki just frowns. White kicks again, Suzuki frowns again. Suzuki gets up, White gets him in a facelock but Suzuki gets the wristlock. Suzuki CHOPS, White rakes eyes! White puts Suzuki on ropes, chokes him and rakes eyes again! Red Shoes reprimands, Gedo has a chair! Red Shoes goes out to stop Gedo, but he doesn’t see White get a chair for himself! Suzuki hits White low first! Suzuki grabs the chair and fans cheer as he SMACKS White over and over! Red Shoes gets in to stop Suzuki, so Suzuki shoves him down! Suzuki glares at Gedo before going to White. Suzuki sits White and runs to Penalty Kick him down! White crawls to a corner but Suzuki looms over him.
White kicks but Suzuki doesn’t flinch. Suzuki eggs White on, White gets up and kicks more. Suzuki blocks a kick but then White kicks the leg! HALF HATCH into the corner! White and Suzuki are both down but Gedo cheers. Fans rally up and Suzuki stirs. White runs in and uppercuts! White reels Suzuki in but Suzuki slips around to sleeper hold! White backs Suzuki down to a corner, throws elbows after elbows, but Suzuki just scowls! Suzuki ROCKS White with one forearm! Suzuki growls and glares as White rises. White throws a forearm, Suzuki laughs and winds up to ROCK White again! White flounders out of the ring! Suzuki eggs him on and White rises. White gets back up, fans rally as he gets in, and White leans on Red Shoes.
White shoves Red Shoes at Suzuki but Suzuki shoves him aside. White throws a forearm but Suzuki DECKS him! Gedo coaches White but Suzuki drags White up. Suzuki knees White into a corner, then taunts him as he slowly gets up. Suzuki pulls on White’s beard, then throws body shots over and over, to then ROCK White again! Fans cheer but Gedo is upset. Suzuki runs Gedo off and goes back to White. Suzuki whips but White reverses. White blocks the boot, elbows the knee then KNEE JAMMERS the other leg! Suzuki hobbles but White chop blocks! White gets the leg, GROUND DRAGON SCREW! White gets the leg again, stomps away on it, then hits another GROUND DRAGON SCREW! White drags Suzuki up, fireman’s carries and DEATH VALLEY BOMBS! Cover, TWO!
Fans rally as Suzuki survives but White grows frustrated. Fans rally up as White says, “My time now.” White drags Suzuki up, and CHOPS him! Suzuki stays up and even eggs White on! White CHOPS again, but Suzuki again eggs him on! White CHOPS, Suzuki stays up on anger alone! Suzuki eggs White on, White CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS! Suzuki grits his teeth, White CHOPS, and fans rally up. White CHOPS, Suzuki stands! Suzuki choke grips but White kicks the leg out! DDT! Gedo coaches White and White drags Suzuki up into the sleeper hold. Suzuki pries the hold apart and goes after fingers! Suzuki wrenches, White kicks the leg! Suzuki throws body shots, palm strikes, and White bails out! Fans rally as Suzuki waits for White to return.
Suzuki eggs White on but White stays out. So Suzuki pursues! Suzuki clubs White, bumps him off the apron, and puts White in. Fans cheer as this continues, and White reels Suzuki in! Suzuki fights out of Blade Runner, White elbows free of the waistlock and runs, but into the SLEEPER! White endures, Suzuki spins him but White trips him, GROUND DRAGON SCREW! Gedo is fired up as White hits another GROUND DRAGON SCREW! Suzuki grimaces as he counters to a takedown and CALF KILLER! Suzuki even has a heel hook in there! White endures, crawls, reaches, turns, but Suzuki keeps hold! White drags Suzuki along with him to get the ropebreak! Suzuki lets go fast and fans rally up. Suzuki grins at Gedo before he stalks behind White.
Suzuki points at Gedo as if to say this is because of him. Suzuki sits White up to DECK him! Gedo tells Suzuki to have mercy but Suzuki sits White back up. Suzuki pulls White’s beard, then DECKS him again! Suzuki drags White back up, fans rally again, but Gedo slides in! Suzuki and Red Shoes look at him, White CHOP BLOCKS in the distraction! White reels Suzuki in, BLADE BUSTER! White slashes the throat, brings Suzuki up, but Suzuki reaches up to headscissor! Suzuki drags White down to the ARMBAR! White flails, reaches, Gedo freaks out, but White manages to get up! Suzuki tries for the triangle, and he drags White back down to the ARMBAR! Gedo gets back in, White is tapping!! Suzuki would win if Red Shoes was looking!
Suzuki keeps torturing White, but he lets go when he realizes Gedo is distracting Red Shoes. Suzuki moves Red Shoes aside to DECK Gedo! Fans fire up as Suzuki goes back to White. Suzuki brings White up, fires off fast hands from all sides, but White manages to duck and BLADE- NO! SLEEPER! Suzuki squeezes tight, spins White around, but White spins through! White has Suzuki but Suzuki pulls hair to DECK White again! Fans fire up with Suzuki, and he puts White in a SLEEPER! White fades, Suzuki leans on him, and fans rally as Suzuki drags White back up. Suzuki spins and Gotch, but Gedo grabs at Red Shoes! LOW BLOW! White reels Suzuki in, BLADE RUNNER!! Cover, White wins!
Winner: Jay White, by pinfall; gains 2 points, Suzuki earns 0
White doesn’t so much beat as he SURVIVES Suzuki! Suzuki is angry with Red Shoes but he should be going after Gedo! Young Lions bring Suzuki away just so nothing gets out of hand. Suzuki just hits them instead! Will Suzuki make sure White faces the consequences down the line? Will White still make this the Jay1 in the end?
A Block – Kazuchika Okada VS Tomohiro Ishii!
The Rainmaker begins his Chaos double header to finish the round robin! Will the Stone Pitbull block Okada’s path to the finals? Or will Okada have momentum going into his battle with Ospreay?
The bell rings and fans cheer already. Fans clap for “O-KA-DA” as Ishii stares him down. Okada and Ishii circle, approach, and tie up. They’re in a deadlock, one pushing other back just as the other gets ahead. Ishii gets Okada on the ropes, and copies Okada’s shoulder pat. But Okada sees the chop coming and gets clear! Fans cheer as the two reset. Okada and Ishii tie up again, are in another deadlock, but Okada manages to power Ishii to ropes. Okada lets off, pats Ishii on the shoulders, and then eggs him on. Ishii walks into a kick and headlock but he powers out. They collide and neither falls! Fans cheer as Okada runs and rams Ishii, but Ishii stays up to throw a forearm. Ishii runs, Okada drops then hurdles, to arm-drag! Okada snapmares Ishii then runs, but Ishii avoids the basement dropkick!
Ishii runs, rams Okada, Okada comes back to ram Ishii and then run him over! Fans cheer while Ishii is frustrated with himself. Okada stands Ishii up, turns him and hits a neckbreaker! Cover, TWO! Okada brings Ishii up, rams Ishii into a corner and throws back elbows. Ishii eggs Okada on so Okada hits him harder! Okada snapmares Ishii again, runs, and this time hits the basement dropkick! Cover, ONE! Fans cheer and Okada keeps his cool as he clamps on a chinlock. Ishii endures but Okada jams a knee in and cranks back on the hold. Fans rally up as Ishii fights and moves around. Ishii gets the ropebreak and Okada lets go. Okada brings Ishii up, scoops and slams him down, then goes to the apron. Okada slingshots but Ishii avoids the senton, and then he avoids the clothesline. Ishii also avoids the elbow, reels Okada in and suplexes!
Fans cheer as Ishii slowly rises. Ishii drags Okada up and CHOPS him! Fans cheer as Ishii CHOPS Okada again. Okada staggers but Ishii CHOPS him to a corner. Ishii CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS! Okada’s chest is already red but Ishii throws more CHOPS! Okada gets mad and starts stepping into the chops. Okada throws forearms, but Ishii takes those to CHOP again! Okada sits down as fans cheer and Ishii eggs him on. Ishii gives toying slaps and knees to Okada but Okada gets up. Ishii CHOPS again and again but Okada just takes those to throw forearms! Okada can’t back Ishii down and Ishii CHOPS high! Red Shoes warns Ishii and Ishii brings Okada up to CHOPS high again! And again! Okada sputters as he falls and Ishii backs off.
Ishii brings Okada up, whips him corner to corner and runs in, but Okada boots him. Okada runs, Ishii throws a forearm then runs, but into the FLAPJACK! Fans cheer as the two men are down! Fans rally and Okada rises. Okada runs at Ishii and rallies with forearms and elbows! Okada whips, Ishii reverses but Okada runs him over with an elbow! Okada fires up but Ishii headbutts low! Fans cheer and rally as both men are down again. Ishii kicks at Okada and then gives slaps. Okada gets up to ROCK Ishii with a forearm! Okada brings Ishii up, whips him to a corner and back elbows! Then kick and DDT! Ishii is SPIKED! Cover, TWO!! Ishii survives but Okada keeps his cool. Okada gives toying kicks and stomps now, and slaps him around. Ishii gets up and throws forearms but so does Okada!
Fans rally as they pick up speed and go back and forth! Ishii and Okada egg each other on, Okada gets the edge but Ishii DECKS him! Fans fire up and rally as Ishii brings Okada back up. Ishii puts Okada on the top rope, climbs up to join him, but Okada fights back. Ishii and Okada brawl up top now, forearm for forearm, and Okada gets the edge! Ishii hops down but comes back up, into Okada’s elbow! Okada stands and leaps, but Ishii gets under! Okada rolls through, Ishii dodges him but comes back, into Alabama, REVERSE NECKBREAKER! Fans cheer as both men are down again. Fans rally up again as the two stir. Okada goes to a corner, Ishii slowly rises, but Ishii dodges the shotgun dropkick! Ishii forearms, runs but into Okada’s boot! Okada runs, into Ishii’s POWERSLAM!
But Okada’s right up!? Okada boots, whips and ROCKS Ishii, but Ishii roars! Ishii forearms, Okada roars, but Ishii ducks to waistlock! Okada powers Ishii to a corner, but Ishii holds on to CORNER GERMAN! Okada hits buckles and fans fire up again! Ishii and Okada slowly stir as fans rally up. Ishii brings Okada up and hoists him back to the top rope. Ishii climbs up to join him again, and brings Okada all the way up, for the SUPERPLEX! Cover, TWO! Okada survives but Ishii growls and fans rally up. Ishii runs, Okada ducks the lariat but Ishii elbows the waistlock away. Ishii ENZIGURIS but Okada comes back! Ishii blocks the boot, fires off forearms from all sides, then runs, into Okada’s dropkick! Fans fire up and Okada brings Ishii into a gut wrench! TOMBSTONE!
Okada has the arm, sits Ishii up, for the MONEY CLIP! Ishii endures, fans rally up, Okada leans on the hold, but Ishii still gets the ropebreak! Fans cheer as Okada lets go. Fans rally up again, Okada rises and brings Ishii in. Okada gut wrenches but Ishii blocks! Okada keeps trying, Ishii elbows Okada’s leg but Okada clubs him back. Okada throws a EuroUpper and ROCKS Ishii! Red Shoes checks on Ishii but he’s okay to continue. Okada brings Ishii up and ROCKS him with another EuroUpper! Fans rally up as Okada brings Ishii up. Okada gut wrenches again but Ishii fights out, to GERMAN! Ishii fires up and fans fire up with him! Ishii brings Okada up, reels him in, but Okada back drops and sits down! Cover, TWO!!
Ishii escapes, Okada blocks the lariats and spins Ishii around, back drop and sit down! TWO as Ishii sunset flips, TWO!! Okada boots, ducks the lariat but Ishii swats the discus away! Okada uppercuts, Ishii forearms, but Okada shotgun dropkicks! Ishii is right up, SLIDING LARIAT, into the MONEY CLIP!! Fans rally as Ishii endures and Okada leans on the hold! Okada arm-drags Ishii away, tries the clip again but Ishii gets chicken wing! He spins Okada to a DDT! And has the KIMURA! Okada endures, Ishii keeps after it! Ishii cranks on the arm, Okada moves around, but Ishii shifts and rolls Okada to an ARMBAR! Okada endures, reaches and gets a ropebreak! Ishii lets go and Okada shakes out the bad arm. Fans rally as both men stir.
Ishii rises and brings Okada up. Ishii puts the arm through ropes and pulls! Red Shoes reprimands, counts, and Ishii lets go at 3. Ishii pushes Red Shoes away to run back in, but Okada pops Ishii up top and dropkicks him! But Ishii stays up!? And leaps for a KING KONG KNEE DROP! The fans are thunderous as Ishii brings Okada up. Ishii runs, SLIDING LARIAT!! Cover, TWO!! Okada survives and fans are fired up again! Ishii gets up, brings Okada up, suplexes, but Okada slips out! Okada gets Ishii up for the SPINNING TOMBSTONE! Fans fire up again as both men are down! Okada and Ishii both stir as the fans rally. Okada grabs the arm, brings Ishii up, but Ishii headbutts and headbutts and headbutts! Okada LARIATS, Ishii stays up! Ishii headbutts and GAMANGIRIS!
Fans fire up with Ishii as he runs, but into another dropkick! Ishii rises?! Ishii flounders, into an uppercut and DISCUS RAINMAKER! Okada sits Ishii up, has the arm, and the MONEY CLIP! Ishii endures, but he starts to fade! Fans rally, Ishii gets a second win but Okada squeezes tight! Ishii fights up, Okada throws Ishii, but Ishii lands on his feet to HEADBUTT! Down goes Okada! Ishii wants him to get up and fans are rallying again. Ishii runs and LARIATS! Cover, TWO!! The fans are thunderous again as Ishii roars! Ishii drags Okada up, suplexes, but Okada fights out! Ishii gets around, Okada gets around, Okada gets the other arm for MONEY CLIP! Ishii CODE BREAKERS!? Well it is Jericho’s 30th anniversary.
Fans fire up as Ishii aims at Okada. Okada rises, Ishii runs in but Okada backslide counters. Ishii rolls through, dodges Rainmaker and tries to backslide back. Okada flips over, to LARIAT! Okada drags Ishii up, ducks the lariat but ishii ducks a lariat, to run into another dropkick! Okada brings Ishii up, for MONEY CLIP! Ishii endures, fans are thunderous, and Ishii gets a THIRD wind to rise up! Okada hits a back2backbreaker, and puts the MONEY CLIP back on!! Ishii fades, turns red, sputters, and is OUT! Okada wins!!
Winner: Kazuchika Okada, by submission; gains 2 points, Ishii earns 0
The Rainmaker makes it through the Stone Pitbull! He still lives in the G1! Okada gets the mic and gets the fans to clap, “O-KA-DA,” then clap-clap-clap-stomp. “MY SIXTH WIIIN~!” “Is Autumn normally this hot?” Fans cheer because they understand what he means. “I know you can’t yell, but are you all enjoying the G1 Climax?” Someone lets out a woo, is that allowed? Okada knows he’s almost done with the A Block, and then it’s the Finals. “Does Autumn normally fly by this fast?” But even then, NJPW will stay hot! Fans cheer for that, too.
“Even if you can’t yell, your love and support are heard and felt by all of us. It’s a difficult situation, but I want to return the sentiment through pro-wrestling. To do so, I HAVE to win the G1! I can’t wait to see all of you again as your G1 winner! Thank you!” The fans applaud to thank him back. Will Ospreay deny Okada’s promise to the people? Or will Okada once again make it rain?
Here are the NEW A Block standings!
Jay White: 6-2, 12 points
Kota Ibushi: 6-2, 12 points
Kazuchika Okada: 6-2, 12 points
Will Ospreay: 5-3, 10 points
Jeff Cobb: 4-4, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Taichi: 4-4, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Minoru Suzuki: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Tomohiro Ishii: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Shingo Takagi: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Yujiro Takahashi: 0-8, 0 points [ELIMINATED]
My Thoughts:
A really good Round 8 for A Block, but not as many surprises. I will say, though Taichi VS Takagi didn’t change the dynamics of the block, what a great match! I thought Takagi was going to win to rebound from that amazing match he lost to Okada, but it seems NJPW is just as high on Taichi right now. Cobb beating Ospreay was also a surprise, and it really adds to things for the final round. Again, White beat Ibushi and Okada but lost to Ospreay. Ibushi beat Ospreay and Okada, and Ospreay VS Okada is the final match. If Ospreay wins, does that put him over White? Does that also ruin White’s run so that Ibushi wins the block? If Okada wins, does that just keep Ospreay out and then it allows White to win the block? Whatever possibility that helps Ibushi win the block, I’d want that, and I’d think NJPW would do that.
My Score: 9/10
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Opening weekend wraps up with the Funky Weapon!
There’s more mix ‘n’ match as Best of the Super Juniors 32 keeps going! But will Ryusuke Taguchi kick Bone Soldier butt in tonight’s main event?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Dragon Dia & Katsuya Murashima VS Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young; Akira & Jakob win.
- El Desperado & Shoma Kato VS Nick Wayne & Daiki Nagai; Nick & Daiki win.
- Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi VS Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson; Hiromu & Takagi win.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 A Block: Ninja Mack VS Robbie X; Mack wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Kevin Knight VS MAO; Mao wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 A Block: Master Wato VS Clark Connors; Connors wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Robbie Eagles; wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Taiji Ishimori; wins.
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Best of the Super Juniors 32 A Block: Ninja Mack VS Robbie X!
It’s the return of the Mack! Will the American Ninja start to take the block? Or will he be unable to solve for X?
The bell rings and the fans rally while the two circle. They start a “NINJA! NINJA!” chant, but then Robbie brings out a copy of the Ninja Mack mask! Just to rip it up! The fans boo, but Robbie throws it at Mack, and then SMACKS him down! The fans boo but Robbie stomps Mack at the ropes! The ref reprimands but Robbie ROCKS Mack! Robbie whips, Mack reverses, and Robbie handsprings over to then handspring with the ropes! Mack catches him, shove shim, hurdles over him, then backflips over, only for Robbie to SOBAT! The fans cheer, Robbie whips, but Mack reverses. Robbie goes up and over and shows off with his own handspring!
Mack runs in, Robbie slips out to the apron to ROCK Mack! Robbie springboards but Mack gets under. Robbie handsprings through, comes back and RANAS, but Mack handsprings through! The fans fire up and the two reset. Robbie runs up, Mack TOSSES him up and out! The fans fire up as Mack builds speed, and he handsprings for the NINJA- NO, Robbie moves back! But the Ninja Special continues even on the floor! Robbie runs away but Mack catches up, to HANDSPRING KICK him down at the stage! The fans fire up for that Super Ninja Special, and Mack leaves Robbie behind for the ring count.
Robbie sputters and crawls at 4 of 20, but is still far away at 10! Robbie hurries, the fans rally, and Robbie runs at 15 to slide in at 17! But Mack is on him with a facelock! Robbie fights up, lifts Mack, and then throws him away! Mack comes back, but Robbie uses the ref as a shield! Then he throws Mack down by his mask! Robbie throws down forearms and a stomp! The fans are torn but Robbie storms up on Mack to BOOT him in the corner! Robbie brings Mack around, suplexes then covers, ONE!! Mack is tougher than that and the fans rally up. Robbie CHOKES Mack on the ropes, then soaks up the cheers and jeers.
The ref counts, Robbie steps off at 4, then he WRECKS Mack with a dropkick! Mack is on the ground but the fans rally up. Robbie stands Mack up, CHOPS him, then stalks him to railing. Robbie pushes Mack into the ring, clamps on with a half nelson and covers, TWO! The fans cheer and Robbie gets annoyed. Robbie hauls Mack up to a fireman’s carry, but Mack slips around to sunset flip! TWO, and Robbie SWATS Mack’s haymaker to CHOP! Robbie whips, Mack reverses, but Robbie slides and then dodges! Mack is on the apron, Robbie runs to CANNONBALL KICK! The fans fire up as now Robbie builds speed!
Robbie goes up, up, and he ESCALARAS! Down goes Mack and the fans fire up with Robbie! Robbie drags Mack up and puts him back in the ring. Robbie then slingshots for a stalling SENTON! Cover, TWO! Mack is still in this and the fans rally up. Robbie and Mack slowly rise, and Robbie takes aim. Robbie runs in but blocks a boot! Robbie puts the leg on the ropes, KICKS the ropes, then SPIN KICKS Mack! Robbie snapmares Mack, RUNNING SHOOTING STAR onto knees! Mack cradles Robbie, TWO! Mack waits on Robbie, and DOUBLE CHOPS him! Then he DOUBLE CHOPS against the ropes! Mack won’t let Robbie get away as he unleashes CHOP after CHOP!
The fans fire up and Mack whips. Robbie reverses, then Robbie runs past Mack to fireman’s carry! ROLLING SENTON, STANDING SHOOTING STAR! Cover, TWO!! Robbie is frustrated but the fans fire up! Mack flounders to the corner, the fans rally up, and Robbie runs up to BOOT! Snapmare and now Robbie goes up the corner! From the top rope, X EX- NO, Mack dodges! Robbie rolls through, handsprings, but into a GERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!! Mack holds on but Robbie victory rolls! TWO!! Mack and Robbie hurry up, Robbie handsprings, but into a DREAMCAST KICK AND CRADLE!! MACK WINS!!
Winner: Ninja Mack, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Robbie earns 0)
Innovating in the blink of an eye, Ninja Mack ends this just as quickly! Will every match Mack has be as fast ‘n’ furious as this? Or will someone find a way to slow Mack down?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Kevin Knight VS MAO!
The Jet may be All Elite now, but he’s always going to be #2Flyy! However, he’s up against DDT Pro’s Idol Wrestler. Can Knight get through the Michinoku Tornado? Or will his flight to the top be grounded?
The bell rings and the fans rally as Knight and Mao stare down. The fans seem strongly behind Mao as he and Knight circle. They tie up, Knight headlocks, then he hits a takeover. Mao fights around, stands back up, and he powers his way out of the headlock to have the armlock. Mao steps over to wrench the arm, but Knight rolls, handsprings, and wrenches back! Knight hammerlocks, but Mao reaches back to headlock. The fans applaud, but Knight rolls Mao to get free. Mao ducks a kick, Knight dodges a spin kick, and the fans cheer the standoff. Mao runs up, Knight dodges then arm-drags! Knight runs up, springboards and FLYING ARM-DRAGS!
Mao is up but Knight FLYING SHOULDER TACKLES! The fans fire up and Knight runs corner to corner to LARIAT! Knight goes up to rally the fans, then he hops down to stomp and UPPERCUT on repeat! The ref counts as Knight stomps a mudhole in, and Knight snapmares Mao for a SLIDING SHOULDER TACKLE! The fans rally, Knight covers, TWO! The fans applaud while Mao grits his teeth. Knight stands Mao up but Mao fires body shots! Knight ROCKS Mao, runs, but Mao ELBOWS him! Mao runs, Knight follows, but Mao goes up and around! Knight tumbles out to the apron, but he ROCKS Mao first!
Knight springboards but Mao WHEEL KICKS him down! Mao wrenches an arm and SLINGSHOT CUTTERS! The fans fire up and Mao climbs up, to then SPLIT LEG MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO, but Mao goes right to the corner! Mao aims again, for a KING KONG KNEE DROP! Mao rolls off the impact, but then rolls back and has Knight in the COBRA TWIST! Knight endures, the fans rally, and Knight powers his way to switch the twist! Mao endures now and the fans rally more. Knight says he’s #MecchaTsuyoi, but then Mao throws elbows! Mao switches things back, and he says he is meccha, meccha, TSUKAKUI! Mao puffs up to show how strong and handsome he is!
The fans cheer, but Knight powers out with a HIP TOSS! But Mao drags Knight down into a JUST FACELOCK! Knight endures, reaches out, fights around, and has the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer again while Mao lets go. Mao rises and the fans rally while Knight is on the ropes. Mao runs and CANNONBALLS Knight against the ropes! Knight writhes but Mao brings him up, only for Knight to fire a forearm! Mao fires one back! Knight fires another forearm, so Mao fires back! They go forearm for forearm, then Knight has the edge. Knight winds up but Mao SHOTEIS! Mao whips Knight to a corner, but Knight comes back to LARIAT!
Knight LARIATS again, then whips, but Mao reverses. Knight goes up and over, runs back in, and he LARIATS again! The fans fire up with Knight as he goes to a corner. Knight aims, runs in corner to corner, but Mao dodges! Mao runs, but into a DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Mao survives and Knight is stunned but the fans rally up! Knight fires up and the fans rally again. Knight runs up but Mao stops the satellite DDT! Mao BOOTS Knight against the ropes, then runs, but he goes Matrix to avoid Knight’s superkick! Mao BOOTS Knight’s lariat to SHOTEI, but Knight ROCKS Mao with a forearm! Mao REAR HEADBUTTS!
Mao runs, Knight hurdles over to PELE! But Mao tiger-feints and rewinds to SPIN KICK! The fans fire up even more while both men are down! Knight staggers to his feet, Mao ROCKS him with a hard right! Mao reels him in, but Knight suplexes first! The fans fire up and Knight covers, ONE as Mao goes Matrix again! Knight is stunned, runs up on Mao, but blocks a boot. Mao ENZIGIRIS Knight, goes up, only for Knight to go to the UPPER ROOM! The fans fire up as Knight hurries to the apron and then the corner. Knight climbs, but Mao rises again! Mao goes up the ropes to SUPER STEINER Knight in return!
The fans fire up as Mao hurries up top again, but Knight goes back up! But no Upper Room, this is a SUPER DUPER PLEX!! But Mao’s right up!? And so is Knight! But then both men fall over! The fans fire up as Knight and Mao slowly stir. They both rise up, but Knight goes to the apron. Knight springboards, but into a DREAMCAST KICK! Mao reels Knight in and gut wrenches, but Knight TORNADO DDTS free!! Knight roars, runs, but Mao uses the ref as a shield! Then Mao runs to jump over the ref, only for Knight to jump over Mao! ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO!! Mao survives and the fans are thunderous!
Knight and Mao hurry back up, Knight runs up, but Mao stops the satellite again! MICHINOKU DRIVER!! Cover, TWO!?!? The fans rally as hard as they can and Mao aims, SUPERKICK! Cover, MAO WINS!
Winner: Mao, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Knight earns 0)
The Idol Warrior’s Samurai Kick strikes down the Knight! Knight shows respect with a bow, will we see these two meet again down the line? Will Mao soon take over the BOSJ for DDT Pro?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 A Block: Master Wato VS Clark Connors!
The Way of the Grandmaster is once again IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, but that just means he has a target on his back. Will Wato soon owe a golden ticket to this War Dog? Or will Wato be stronger than 100 Proof?
The bell rings and the fans rally up as the two stare down. Connors and Wato circle, the fans rally more, and the two feel things out. Wato stays away from the leg takedown, then they feel out a knuckle lock. They back off, step forward, but Connors KNEES low! Connors ROCKS Wato, CHOPS Wato, then whips Wato. Connors bypasses but Wato hurdles over the backdrop! Connors still ROCKS Wato and has him in a corner. Connors runs in, but Wato BOOTS Connors, then BULLDOGS! The fans fire up with Wato and he KICKS Connors’ leg. And KICKS, and KICKS! Wato snapmares Connors, KICKS him again, then KICKS, KICKS, KICKS!
Connors ducks Wato, shoves him, and then hits the JEEP FLIPPER! Wato tumbles out of the ring but Connors pursues. Connors SMACKS Wato off the apron, then tells fans to move! The Young Lions usher fans out of the way, and Connors BOWLS Wato into the chairs! That was a STRIKE and then some! The fans fire up and even bark with Connors. Connors storms over to Wato, stomps him, then drags him up to his feet. Connors SMACKS Wato of a chair, then brings him back around. Wato fires elbows and CHOPS, but Connors CHOPS back! Wato staggers deeper into the crowd and Connors pursues!
The fans rally as Connors BOWLS Wato into more chairs! Connors has cleared out the whole section! The fans rally as Connors shoves the ref aside. Connors JAMS Wato up with a chair, then tells another section of fans to move! They hurry out of the way as Connors BOWLS Wato into even more chairs! Connors hits a turkey, aka bowling hattrick, and the fans fire up more. The ref reprimands but Connors clears out the chairs so he can stand Wato up. Wato fires body shots and forearms! Wato ROCKS Connors, and then Connors falls onto chairs! This entire area is a mess but Wato drags Connors up.
Connors body shots Wato, then POSTS him! Wato falls in a heap and the fans are torn. Connors intimidates commentary, then he goes looking under the ring. Connors brings out… a TIRE?! Why was one of those under there?! The ref reprimands Connors but Connors shoves him aside! Connors brings the spare tire over and JAMS Wato up! Connors sets the tire down, and he has Wato’s leg! Connors SMASHES Wato’s knee on the hubcap! The fans are torn but maybe so is Wato’s knee! Connors puts Wato in the ring, covers, TWO! Wato stays in this and the fans applaud, but Connors ties the legs up in a knot!
Wato endures, reaches out, and he claws his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer but Connors doesn’t let go. The ref counts so Connors stops at 4. Connors mocks the fans cheering Wato on, then drags Wato to his feet. Connors CHOPS Wato, whips him, but Wato blocks by holding ropes! Connors KNEES low, whips again, btu Wato reverses to ROCK, KNEE, and SHOTGUN Connors to a corner! The fans fire up and Wato rises. Wato runs in, Connors dodges, and Connors comes back, only for Wato to dodge! Wato then reels Connors in for a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Connors stays in this but Wato goes to the apron.
Wato slaps his leg into working, then watches Connors rise. Wato springboards but Connors gets under! Wato lands on his feet but his bad leg jams! Connors CHOP BLOCKS the leg! The fans are torn as Wato writhes, but Connors circles like a shark. Connors runs, but Wato catches him to a cradle! TWO!! Wato ROUNDHOUSE, but Connors blocks! And pops Wato up for a SIT-OUT POWERBOMB! Both men are down and the fans fire back up! Connors rises, drags Wato up, then whips, but Wato avoids the powerslam! Wato runs in, tilt-o-whirls, then hooks Connors up, RECIENTEMENTE!! Cover, TWO!!
Connors survives but Wato doesn’t stop! He body scissors and rolls Connors into VENDEVAL!! Connors endures, fights around with his legs, and he rocks the boat, only for Wato to pour on the pressure! Connors still fights, but Wato puts even more pressure on!! Connors powers through to have the ROPEBREAK!! The fans cheer while Wato lets go in frustration. Wato drags Connors up, reels him in, but Connors holds ropes to fight the suplex! Wato KICKS the arms, TSUTEN- NO, Connors mule kicks the legs! Wato SOBATS and runs, but into a POWERSLAM!! Wato rises up, into a SPEAR!! Cover, TWO!!
The fans fire up as Wato survives, and Connors hurries to bring Wato up. Connors puts one out, but Wato fights No Chaser! ROUNDHOUSE, and Wato fires back up! The fans rally, Wato hooks Connors up, RECIENTE- NO, Connors slips free and reels Wato back in! NO CHASER!!! Cover, CONNORS WINS!!
Winner: Clark Connors, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Wato earns 0)
100 Proof gets his clear shot on Wato, and now he has both two points and a golden ticket for it! Will the DEFY Champion soon run the whole Junior Heavyweight Division?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Robbie Eagles!
The Direct Drive is also once again IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion alongside Wato, but that means the same target is on his back. Will Yoh owe this Ichiban Sweet Boy a title shot? Or can he shoot down the Sniper of the Skies first?
Wait, Yoh’s near jacket and gear is made with… recycled Ziploc bags? Well, guess that’s one way to stay fresh. The bell rings and
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Taiji Ishimori!
The Funky Weapon and the Bone Soldier have had quite a few battles through this tournament series, and more often than not, #ItsReborn! But will Taiji keep up that streak? Or will Taguchi finally get lucky here in the main event?
Here are the updated A Block standings!
Hiromu Takahashi: 1-0, 2 points
Dragon Dia: 1-0, 2 points
Kosei Fujita: 1-0, 2 points
Ninja Mack: 1-0, 2 points
Clark Connors: 1-0, 2 points
Master Wato: 0-1, 0 points
KUSHIDA: 0-1, 0 points
Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 0-1, 0 points
Francesco Akira: 0-1, 0 points
Robbie X: 0-1, 0 points
Here are the updated B Block standings!
El Desperado: 1-0, 2 points
Nick Wayne: 1-0, 2 points
MAO: 1-0, 2 points
Kevin Knight: 0-1, 0 points
Titan: 0-1, 0 points
SHO: 0-1, 0 points
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CM Punk is back! Will Seth Rollins’ vision already be in trouble?
Last Monday Night Raw, CM Punk & Sami Zayn helped Jey Uso against Seth Rollins & Bron Breakker. What happens tonight as they’re all in Louisville?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- PENTA VS Chad Gable; Penta wins.
- The War Raiders VS The Creed Brothers w/ Chad Gable; The Creed Brothers win.
- AJ Styles VS Finn Balor w/ Judgment Day; Styles wins.
- Iyo Sky & Rhea Ripley VS Giulia & Roxanne Perez; Iyo & Rhea win.
PLAY BY PLAY
WWE mourns the loss of “Sabu,” Terry Brunk.
CM Punk is here!
Louisville fires up for the Best in the World, and they know, “IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME~!” Punk goes to the ring, grabs a mic, and asks, “Is it great to be alive on a Monday night in Louisville, Kentucky or what? I’m a pissed off man but I’m fortunate enough to say that this is my home! All the dust has settled from WrestleMania, and I waited a few weeks, and I’ve nursed a few injuries and a lot of hurt feelings, but I can’t shake being pissed off!” The fans cheer that! Punk says he has a lot of enemies. It’s really easy to list off who he’s NOT pissed off at. But number one with a bullet, a big, fat bullet…
The person that Punk is most pissed off at right now… is himself. The fans are surprised to hear that, but Punk says yeah, he’s mad at himself, mostly because we’ve been here before. This isn’t the first time Paul Heyman stabbed Punk in the back. Stab him in the back once, shame on you. Stab him in the back twice, shame on him. But he though the could trust his friend. Almost 12 years ago, Heyman smashed a ladder into Punk’s head, gave him 13 staples right down the middle, and they moved past that. At least, he thought they had. They had grown and matured as humans, or at least Punk knows Punk had.
And apologies to Jey Uso, but when Punk came back to the WWE, Jey had warned him about Paul Heyman, but Heyman is Heyman. Heyman is who he always has been: a fat little snake! So yeah, while Punk is pissed at Heyman, he’s more upset with himself. He might be upset with “Temu Punk,” Seth Rollins, but Punk will get them all. But we know how this ends, we’ve been down this road, Heyman knows how this ends, Punk can’t wait to get his hands around Heyman’s fat neck and squeeze until Heyman’s eyes pop out. But “Ladies and gentlemen…!” Punk says good, where are you, Penguin?!
Heyman storms out to the stage and Punk dares him to explain why he did what he did. And Wise Man, understand that whatever words you choose, they will be your last! But before that, here comes Rollins! The fans sing and Punk says that’s all Rollins is! But Rollins also has Bron Breakker by his side, and the trio stands together on stage. Rollins, in his all rattlesnake skin ensemble, is handed the mic. The fans chant for Punk but Rollins says, “Just when I think you can’t get any more selfish or any more egotistical, you find a way to top yourself. This man, Paul Heyman, was your best friend! Your best friend! And you made his life HELL on the Road to WrestleMania!
“And now you are out here in front of the entire world, gaslighting all of us, trying to make us believe that he betrayed you?” The fans seem to agree. Rollins says Punk makes him sick! Heyman believed in Punk for YEARS! YEARS, when no one else did. But y’know what Rollins believes? He believes Punk is scum, is trash, is excrement, and that he was right about Punk all along. And just when Rollins thinks he can’t hate Punk more than he already does, Punk stands there in that ring as THE reason Rollins is not World Heavyweight Champion right now! Punk says Rollins ain’t ever gonna be champ as long as Punk’s on two feet.
The fans cheer and Rollins groans. The fans chant for Punk but Rollins and Heyman chuckle. What is Punk’s deal? Does he love punishment? Does he love suffering? Does he love being on the wrong side of history? Wait, wait, wait. Rollins gets it now. Punk loves to play the victim. Punk loves to come out here and boo hoo, poor CM Punk~! Punk so desperately so wants to be a victim, he so desperately wants to die a martyr… The fans bark in anticipation, and Rollins says he believes that can be arranged. Rollins hopes Punk has prepared his last words. And with that, Bron is sent to the ring like the attack dog he is!
Punk says is the little doggy gonna bark or bite. And then the brawl is on! Bron RAMS Punk in the corner again and again, rains down fists, and the fans boo as Rollins swaggers into the ring. Bron runs but Punk BOOTS him! And TACKLES Rollins! The fans fire up but now it’s 2v1 as Bron gets back on Punk! But wait! Here comes Sami Zayn! Sami fires hands on Bron, then on Rollins! The fans fire up but Bron picks Sami up! EXPLODER! Punk is up to brawl with Rollins, but Bron joins in again! They mug Punk, and Heyman brings a chair! The fans boo but wait! JEY USO IS HERE! SUPERKICK and the chair is down!
Rollins and Jey brawl, Bron goes after Jey, it’s another 2v1 mugging! But then Sami is back, as is Punk, and they have chairs! They chase off Rollins, Bron & Heyman! The fans “YEET! YEET! YEET!” but Rollins has Bron stand down. Will Punk, Sami & Jey turn the tide when it’s their three against Rollins’ three?
PENTA VS Chad Gable w/ Ivy Nile!
While he still has #CeroMiedo, he also has zero titles because one way or another, Judgment Day screws him over! Of course, it was “El Grande Americano” who factored into things at Backlash, so Penta knows exactly who to go after this time! At least, maybe? Will Penta prove Gable and Grande are one in the same? Or will Gable #SHOOOOSH all the conspiracy theory noise?
Raw returns as Gable makes his entrance. Penta wants right after him but the ref keeps him back. And just as Michael Cole is wondering if Pat McAfee will make it tonight’s show, Pat arrives! Louisville cheers Pat and he gives high-fives on his way to commentary, still in one piece after his battle with Gunther. He even still has energy to hop up onto the desk to salute the fans.
The bell rings and Gable is a bit off balance from Pat’s entrance. Penta CLOBBERS Gable, stomps away on him, then KICKS Gable’s leg! Penta CHOPS Gable, CHOPS again, then CHOPS again! Penta whips, Gable ducks ‘n’ dodges to FLYING HEADBUTT! Gable rains down fists, then he paces around in a huff. Gable CHOPS Penta down, CHOPS him again, and CHPOS him again! Gable whips, then CLOBBERS Penta! Cover, TWO! The fans rally for Penta and Gable is annoyed by that. Gable drags Penta up, but Penta fires body shots! Penta ELBOWS Gable, whips, but Gable reverses. Gable ELBOWS Penta down and he then hits a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO!
Gable is annoyed but the fans rally for Penta. Gable drags Penta up, whips corner to corner hard, and Penta falls! Gable storms up to put Penta on the top rope. Gable climbs up, pulls on Penta’s mask, but the fans boo. Gable pries at the mask now but the ref reprimands. Penta fires elbows and Gable falls back! Penta leaps to FLYING ARM-DRAG! Gable is up, Penta ducks ‘n’ dodges and RANAS! Gable tumbles out, Penta says “CERO! MIEDO!” and builds speed. Gable moves, Penta adjusts to PLANCHA, but Gable HEADBUTTS him down! Gable shouts, “Lucha Libre SUCKS!” and fans boo, but Raw goes to break.
Raw returns and the fans rally for Penta as he fights up. Penta fires elbows and is free of the chinlock, only for Gable to throat chop! Gable whips, Penta reveres, but Gable ducks ‘n’ dodges, only for Penta to SUPERKICK! Both men are down, Ivy is worried, and the fans rally up. Penta runs in at the corner to GAMANGIRI! Gable sits down, Penta headstands and SWINGING DROPKICKS! The fans fire up and Penta covers, TWO! Penta is annoyed but he shakes out his arm and brings Gable up. Penta half nelsons, pump handles, but Gable slips around to shove. Penta springboards but Gable catches him to a GERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!
Penta escapes and Gable is upset. Gable drags Penta to the center of the ring, then goes up a corner. Gable DIVING HEADBUTTS into a CODE BREAKER!! Cover, TWO!! The fans fire up while both men are down, and Gable flounders away. Penta rises up and the fans rally. Penta storms up, KICKS and CHOPS Gable, then CHOPS again! Gable whips, Penta goes up, stumbles, but still goes up! Gable grabs ropes to fight the backstabber, then BUCKS Penta away! Gable goes up, MOONSAULTS, cover, TWO!! But into an ANKLE LOCK!! Penta rolls to throw Gable away, and then SUPERKICK! Cover, TWO!!
The fans fire up while both men are down again! Penta calls his shot, hammerlocks an arm, and he SLAPS Gable into giving up the other arm! But Gable powers out and has the ANKLE LOCK!! Penta endures, fights forward, and reaches out, only for Gable to drag him back! Penta fights up and rolls to victory roll! TWO, and Gable rolls Penta up! TWO! Gable throat chops Penta again! Gable hauls Penta up to the top rope, then climbs up after him! They are on the very top, but Penta fights with body shots! Gable gives shots back, then talks trash, but Penta tells him CERO MIEDO! Penta SHOVES Gable, Gable lands out, but Penta hits a FLYING DESTROYER!! Cover, Penta wins!!
Winner: Penta, by pinfall
Gable tried to belittle lucha libre, but it backfired! Penta comes through and gets even with at least one enemy, but will he even the score with “El Grande” and Judgment Day soon enough?
Roxanne Perez & Giulia speak.
Roxie says, “Tonight, The Prodigy & The Beautiful Madness take on the Genius of the Sky and Rhea Ripley. And I think we’ve made it very, very clear that this division isn’t safe anymore.” Giulia says in Japanese, “They are strong, but we are hungry. We didn’t come here to wait our turn. We came to take over.” Roxie says that means going after the very top. Iyo, Rhea, they don’t give a damn about your history because they’re here to make their own! You are looking at the future of this industry. And the future starts tonight. Will these former NXT Women’s Champions put the WWE Women’s World Champion & Mami in the past?
Judgment Day meets in the clubhouse.
Carlito knows with Liv Morgan off making her movie, Raquel Rodriguez doesn’t have anyone to hang out with, so he offers to hang out with her. Maybe get something to eat? Raquel rolls her eyes, but Dom finishes a phone call with Liv. Liv says she misses Dom, but the filming is going great. Though, she said “Good morning,” but it’s night here. JD McDonagh says surely this isn’t the first time Dom’s heard about time zones. Dom says he doesn’t really pay attention to that. But he does need to talk with Finn about something real quick. He knows at Backlash, Finn hesitated with the chair and that almost cost Dom. If not for Grande-
Whoa, easy, Dom. Don’t get all paranoid like Damian and Rhea. Remember what they were like as champions? It didn’t go smoothly, sure, but it all worked out, and Dom is still the champ. Finn pats the title, and says he’ll handle Styles for Dom. Dom knows he will. They fist bump and Finn heads out, and JD tells Dom they’ll explain this. The light is the sun, and this skull is Earth. When the Earth turns, the light is somewhere else. Liv is probably over here where there’s sunlight. Rudimentary science aside, will The Prince come through for the champ and cross off a phenomenal contender?
The fans cheer Pat’s match at Backlash.
Pat stands on the desk again and waves to Louisville. For what was shown in the highlight reel, everyone was making sure he was okay before letting him out here. Pat admits everything is sore head to toe. He got a blood vessel popped in his eye, but he is sure he gave something to Gunther. Pat has respect for everyone who gets in that ring, and he hopes Gunther has respect a bit for him and Cole.
BREAKING NEWS for Saturday Night’s Main Event in Tampa!
Saturday, May 24th, Sami Zayn & CM Punk will have a tag team match against Seth Rollins & Bron Breakker!
Sami and Punk regroup backstage.
Sami says the two of them, SNME, taking on Rollins & Bron. Is Punk good? Punk is, but he isn’t. He can’t really trust anybody right now. Fair enough. Sami gets that given he had a hard time trusting Punk back at WarGames. But it all worked out, right? And Sami isn’t stupid, he knows Punk likes to do things his way, has his goals. Sami isn’t that different. Sami has his ambitions, too. But the truth is, neither of them are going to get anything done if Rollins & Bron are in the way. Punk says that’s no lie. Sami says all they gotta do is work together and take Rollins’ team out. Punk agrees, they fist bump, and things are set. But will Punk & Sami be able to stop “the vision?”
The New Day is here!
Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods strut out to the ring because the WWE World Tag Team Champions want to “grace us with their presence” on commentary. That, and they want to watch Julius & Brutus Creed fight Erik & Ivar in hopes of stopping the War Raiders from earning their title rematch. Will the Creeds come through for the New Day? Or will the raid have its redemption? We find out, after the break.
The War Raiders VS The Creed Brothers!
Raw returns and both teams have made their entrances. The teams sort out, Erik and Julius tie up, and Erik snapmares to a cover, ONE! Julius snapmares to a cover, ONE! Erik runs, Julius drops down then hurdles over. Erik scoops to SLAM Julius, then he tags Ivar. New Day argue with Michael Cole how they cheated at Mania but Cole tried to help Pat by cheating at Backlash! Brutus tags in, he and Ivar circle, but Ivar scoops Brutus to SLAM! Tag to Erik, Julius runs in, but Ivar scoops and SLAMS him! Erik scoops and SLAMS Brutus, then they say “UP!” Erik scoops and SLAMS Ivar onto Brutus! The fans fire up with the Raiders!
Brutus sputters but Erik brings him up. Erik whips, Brutus ducks ‘n’ dodges and Julius sneaks a tag. Erik CLOBBERS Brutus but Julius LARIATS Erik! Julius ROCKS Erik, tags Brutus, and they mug Erik. The Creeds stomp a mudhole in, but stop as the ref counts. The fans boo but New Day puts the Creed Brothers over. Julius tags back in, the Creeds stomp another mudhole, and then they stop at 4. The fans rally, Erik fires body shots, and Erik backs Julius down, until Julius RAMS Erik into the corner! Brutus tags in and the Creeds continue to mug Erik! The ref counts, Erik gets away, and Brutus hits an AX HANDLE!
Tag back to Julius, he facelocks Erik, then BACKDROPS! Julius sucker punches Ivar, but Erik ELBOWS him away! Erik TOSESS Julius onto Brutus! New Day say Ivar is down because he’s a bad partner! Erik says forget it, and he DIVES, into a haymaker! Julius drags Erik out along the ropes, DRAPING BRAINBUSTER to the floor! The Creeds fire up, the New Day applaud, but the fans boo as Raw goes to break.
Raw returns, Ivar runs and SPLASHES Julius! Julius goes to a corner, Ivar whips him corner to corner, but Julius reverses. Ivar comes back with a SEATED SENTON! Brutus is in, Ivar cartwheels and LEG LARIATS! The fans fire up with Ivar, “WAR! WAR! WAR!” Ivar runs corner to corner and BRONCO BUSTERS Julius! Julius sputters into the drop zone and Ivar climbs. But Julius springs up after Ivar! Brutus tags in, Julius hits a SUPER DUPER PLEX for the Power! MOONSAULT from Brutus for the Glory! Cover, TWO!! Ivar is showing that grit, and then he catches Julius for a SPINNING POWERSLAM!
Both men crawl, Erik tags in! Erik intercepts Brutus to EXPLODER! Erik wrenches Julius to EXPLODER! Tag back to Ivar, then Ivar tags Erik back in. Ivar LARIATS, then feeds Julius to Erik’s KNEE! Erik picks Ivar up, SPINEBUSTER HIP ATTACK!! Cover, but Brutus breaks it! Brutus then CLOBBERS Ivar! Erik DECKS Brutus! Julius JUMP KNEES Erik! All four men are down, even New Day applaud this great match. Kofi takes credit for making this match, and then Julius and Brutus crawl to their corner. Erik crawls over, hot tags to Ivar and Brutus! Brutus ducks the leg lariat, and ANGLE SLAMS Ivar!!
Tag back to Julius and the Creeds double whip. Ivar breaks the double lariats, and then handsprings, but into a DOUBLE BACK SUPLEX!! Cover, ERIK KNEES JULIUS! Erik TOSSES Brutus, but Brutus drags Erik out! Erik DECKS Brutus then shouts for Ivar to rise! Woods gets closer, but Erik glares at him. The fans boo New Day while Ivar climbs. But wait, Kofi sneaks over to ROCK Ivar!! Brutus CLOBBERS Erik from behind! Julius tags Brutus, then Electric Chair Lifts Ivar! BRUTUS BALL DOOMSDAY!! Cover, Creed Brothers win!!
Winners: The Creed Brothers, by pinfall
New Day cheers on as their choices for this match win out! Will this lead to an American Made title opportunity?
Rollins and group regroup backstage.
Rollins looks at Bron seething in frustration, but Rollins says they probably think they got one over on “us.” “They probably think they’ve got us backed against the wall. They might even feel like they’re winning this battle. And maybe they feel like I’ve underestimated them.” Rollins chuckles and says, “They have no idea what I am capable of.” Bron calms down, and Rollins tells him there’s one more thing Bron has to do tonight before he leaves. Rollins whispers his instructions, and tells Bron to have fun with it. Bron smiles, what will Rollins’ attack dog do before the night is over?
Adam Pearce talks with Jey Uso.
The Raw General Manager knows the WWE World Heavyweight Champion was going to hear it at some point, but he wanted Jey to hear it from Pearce first. Jey says, “Yeet,” and they fist bump. Jey is now headed to gorilla, what news will he have to relay to the WWE Universe?
Jey Uso heads to the ring!
Louisville is ready to be #YEETVILLE as Main Event Jey makes his way through the crowd. They bounce along with that Day One Ish, and Jey even joins a young fan in the YEET! Jey reaches ringside, daps it up with Pat & Cole, then the YEET continues as Jey steps into the ring. Louisville is fired up even as Jey gets the mic, and they want that “ONE MORE TIME! ONE MORE TIME!” Jey hears the people, and he figures he’ll give the people what they want. Time for an encore of Day One Ish! Jey then says, “The World Heavyweight Champion, Main Event Jey Uso, is now in your citaaay~!” The fans cheer, and Jey feels that energy.
Jey says there’s a lot going on. “YEET!” Big target on his big back. “YEET!” So let him get something off his big chest. “YEET!” “Logan Paul! You talking out the side of your neck, Uce. You say I’m not championship material. You say I’ve got a glass jaw. He keep on duckin’ me, he keep on sneakin’ me. But look, tho. At Saturday Night Main Event, it’s me and you, Uce. Yeah, yeah! Face to face, aight? Face to face. Two time world shocker, the arena shaker. I promise you this, after that Saturday night, I still will be your world-” GUNTHER IS HERE?! The fans are shocked to see Der Ring General interrupting, but perhaps this should’ve been expected.
Gunther goes to the ring, grabs himself a mic, and the fans taunt him with, “You Tapped Out!” Gunther is a bit annoyed by that, but he focuses on Jey. “The unimaginable came true. Jey Uso: World Heavyweight Champion. It’s the first time since that moment that we meet again.” Jey says, “You mean the moment where I made you tap out?” The fans cheer and keep chanting, “You Tapped Out!” Gunther says he understands what Jey is doing. Gunther knows what it is like to be a champion. 80% of his time here in WWE, he has been a champion. There is a lot of pressure on Jey right now.
But just because Gunther understands doesn’t mean his opinion has changed. He can feel this is not natural to Jey. Because unlike Gunther, Jey is not a natural champion. And since Jey likes to run his mouth, Gunther is surprised Jey hasn’t spread the news. Let this be Gunther’s pleasure. As Pearce told Jey earlier tonight, the winner of Jey VS Logan will have the honor of handing that title over to its rightful owner, DER RING GENERAL, GUNTHER! Jey, in one month from now, June 9th, Phoenix, Arizona, Gunther challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship on Monday Night Raw!
“And Jey… I really do hope it’s you. Because I would love nothing more than to shut you and all these people up for good! I would love nothing more than to get into this ring with you again, and remind you of where your place is! Jey-” Jey stops Gunther there and takes off the sunglasses. Remind him of his place? He is IN his place! THIS is his place! Jey runs this place! With this title on his arm, Jey will handle that YouTuber, and then he will run it back with Der Ring General! Jey will walk into this match the same way he walked out of WrestleMania: The WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! Four letters, one word… Uh, uh, YEET!!
The fans fire up with the very fired up Jey Uso! But from Saturday Night’s Main Event to a hot Raw in Phoenix, will this be the Summer of YEET?
Iyo Sky speaks.
In a mix of Japanese and English, the Women’s World Champion says, “I tried to show Roxanne respect last week. But all she and Giulia proved is that talented as they are in the ring, they don’t deserve any respect! Tonight, you’ll both learn the same lessons that Bianca and Rhea did at WrestleMania. Nobody in this division can stop me. Nobody in this division will ever take this championship from Iyo Sky!” The Genius is ready, but will she and Mami get along in tonight’s main event?
Backstage interview with Ludwig Kaiser.
Jackie Redmond is with the Impeccable German, and says last year was such a breakout year for him. He got wins over Sheamus, Bron Breakker, was a top contender for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, but now we’re almost halfway into 2025, and it feels like we haven’t seen Kaiser in competition that much. The question is- Wait, something is going down! Bron just attacked Jey! Bron knocked Jey down into a road case, then he leaves as producers and refs hurry over. Was this on Rollins’ orders? Sami rushes in and wants to know what happened, and the others explain it was Bron. Punk also hurries over, Sami calls for medics, is Jey going to be okay?
AJ Styles VS Finn Balor w/ Judgment Day!
The Phenomenal One told everyone in the club that whoever had the WWE Intercontinental Championship after Backlash, Styles would be after them next. Dirty Dom is still the self-proclaimed greatest Intercontinental Champion ever, but will Finn remind everyone why he was the original Universal Champion? Or will Styles make sure things are too sweet tonight?
The bell rings and the fans rally as the two circle. They tie up, Finn hits a headlock takeover but Styles headscissors. Finn kips free, the two reset, and the fans cheer on Styles. Styles and Finn tie up again, Finn goes for an arm to wrench and wristlock, but Styles rolls, only for Finn to wrangle him. Finn kneels on the arm but Styles kips up. Styles wrenches back, but Finn rolls and hooks a leg, Styles fights the takedown to wrangle Finn now. Finn kips up, but into the headlock! Styles has Finn down but Finn rolls to headlock back! The fans rally as Styles rolls to a cover, ONE! Finn holds on, Styles powers up and out, and Styles hurdles, drops down, then DROPKICKS!
Finn flounders out of the ring and the fans fire up! JD & Carlito help Finn focus but a ring count begins. Styles waits on his old friend, and Raw goes to break.
Raw returns and Finn RAMS into Styles at the corner again and again! The ref counts, Finn lets off and soaks up heat with the Too Sweet. Finn then storms up on Styles, but Styles BOOTS him! Styles scoops for a BACKBREAKER and the fans cheer. Styles drags Finn up, snap suplexes, then floats to a cover, ONE!! Finn is tougher than that but the fans still cheer Styles. Styles stays on Finn, brings him up, and he scoops Finn to SLAM him down! The fans rally, Styles runs, KNEE DROP! Finn flounders away to a corner but Styles is right on him. Finn kicks low, puts Styles in the corner and CHOPS! Styles just glares at Finn!
Finn throws hands but Styles CHOPS, CHOPS, and CHPOS in return! Finn FLAPJACK HOTSHOTS Styles! Styles sputters on the mat while Finn paces. Finn runs to KICK Styles in the side! Finn jump stomps away on Styles again and again! The ref reprimands, Finn argues with him, and then Finn mocks Louisville. Finn drags Styles up, throws some body shots from the side, then clamps on for a COBRA TWIST! Styles endures, even as Finn digs an elbow into the ribs! The fans rally and Styles fights with elbows to Finn’s leg! Styles HIP TOSSES free, then he LARIATS! The fans fire up as Styles runs, SLIDING FOREARM!
Styles fires up and the fans are with him! Styles runs in at Finn to LARIAT in a corner! Then fireman’s carry, USHIGOROSHI! Cover, TWO! The fans rally while Carlito & JD grow worried. Styles stalks Finn, brings him up and in, but JD gets on the apron! The fans boo but Styles chases JD off. Styles goes back for Finn, but Finn cradles! TWO! Finn is up, he slips around, and he dragon sleepers, but Styles drops! Styles KICKS Finn away, then he fires off a Phenomenal Blitz! Finn dodges the lariat, comes back, DOUBLE LARIATS take both men down! The fans fire up while JD & Carlito coach Finn, and Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Finn brawls with Styles up top! Styles throws hands, then he brings Finn to the very top! SUPER DUPER PLEX! A hard landing and both men are down! The fans rally up while JD & Carlito are worried all over again. The fans rally up, “This is Awesome!” as Finn and Styles rise up. Styles fires a forearm, Finn fires a haymaker, and repeat! They stand up now, and Finn fires a body shot! Styles fires a haymaker, but Finn fires back! Finn gets the edge again, then soaks up heat. But Styles ROLLING ELBOWS! But Finn PELES, only for Styles to block! Styles then clamps onto that leg, CALF CRUSHER!!
Finn endures, reaches out, and he fights around! Finn drags Styles along for the ROPEBREAK! The fans are torn while Styles lets go. Finn drags himself up with the ropes, but Styles is back on that leg! Finn slips around, dragon sleeper, EYE OF THE HURRICANE! The fans fire up while both men are down again! JD & Carlito coach Finn as he rises up in the corner. Finn aims, runs in, but Styles LARIATS! The fans fire up and Styles whips Finn to ropes. Finn SLINGBLADES first! Finn keeps moving, and he SHOTGUNS Styles into buckles! Styles falls, Finn goes up, and COUP DE- NO, Styles dodges! Finn falls to his knees!
Styles grabs that bad leg again, CALF CRUSHER!! Finn endures, reaches out, but Styles rolls him from the ropes! Deadlift STYLES CLASH!! Cover, TWO?!?! Finn survives and now JD & Carlito are plotting. The fans rally as hard as they can, “This is Awesome!” Styles drags Finn up, reels him back in, but Carlito gets on the apron! The ref stops Carlito, JD grabs at Styles! Styles DECKS JD, then goes out, but Finn runs up! Styles ROCKS Finn, SLIDING KNEES Carlito, and then aims! Springboard, but Finn slips around! BLOODY SUNDAY!! Cover, TWO?!?! Styles survives and he shocks Finn! And then PENTA is back! he CROSSBODIES Carlito!
Penta scoops JD to BACKBREAKER! The fans fire up as Penta steps off JD to give Carlito a DESTROYER to the floor!! Styles BOOTS Finn, goes up and out, PHENOMENAL FOREARM!! Cover, Styles wins!!
Winner: AJ Styles, by pinfall
Penta gets even with Judgment Day after all! Styles gets the win thanks to Penta evening things up, but will Styles be able to take that Intercontinental Championship from Dirty Dom?
Becky Lynch is here!
Though, she isn’t very happy given she isn’t Women’s Intercontinental Champion right now. Becky sits up on a corner while she’s handed a mic and given the proper introductions. The fans are torn, but Becky says, “I… I wasn’t beaten on Saturday. No, no. Lyra was beaten on Saturday. Oh, oh, you don’t believe me? Well, one of us was taken to a hospital, her, and one of us went to their nice big bus, took a nice warm shower, drank a shot of tequila, and basked in their brilliance, me.” The fans are still torn, but Becky says, “Because even after everything that Lyra has done to me, after she came out week after week and attacked my character, the person that I am…
“I still made her the best version of herself! I gave her the best match of her career! And in just three weeks of standing on the outskirts of my spotlight, she has never mattered more than she does right now in her entire life, and it is not even close!” The fans boo that, but Becky hops down as she says, “But… when the bell ring after the match, I didn’t hear defeat. No, no, no. What I heard was an alarm ringing in my ear and I realized how much I had been manipulated not just by Lyra, but by all of you!” The fans definitely boo that. Becky asks if they wanna know why she walked away for almost a year.
“Because you asked me to! The last time that I won the world championship, I felt it, I heard the reaction, I saw all your comments online, and so I stepped away. Because if I’m not here to win world championships, then why am I here? But hey, hey, no, no. I’ve always been for the people. I’ve always been for the people. So whatever you want, because hey, man, I have you to thank for my career, right? You guys carried me on your shoulders into the main event of WrestleMania. You saw yourselves in me! I was you, you were me, we were in this together! Right? But then something happened. Something happened: I won!
“And you couldn’t see yourselves in me anymore, because you can’t recognize success. Because all you know is failure.” The fans boo more, but Becky scowls. Yeah, the fans hate what they cannot understand. You wanna know something? When Becky was out, one of her friends asked, “Do you miss it?” And she had a thought. She did miss being in the ring, but she liked herself more out of it. She didn’t understand what she was saying, but now she does. She wasn’t captured by all the fans! She didn’t have to listen to the fans tell her who she is and what she’s about!
She didn’t have to listen to all of the fans’ lies! The lies that are repeated from the one person she had hope for in this business! Becky didn’t have to spin her wheels to prove she isn’t what people said she was! But that all changes! From now on, whatever the fans say she is, then she is! If they say she’s selfish, then yes she is! If they say she’s greedy, then yes she is! If they say she’s cutthroat, then yes she is! And all those girls in the back that were happy Becky was gone, thought it was safe with the fire gone out inside Becky, well they’re gonna realize what it’s like to be held down by The Man! Will Becky look to burn it down from here on out?
Rusev speaks.
“I didn’t wanna do that, Otis. I don’t wanna do any of this. All I want is just… to go home and be rich. But I was once programmed by lesser people, too. And I can’t leave my brothers until you all wake up. Do you think these people care that you’re missing your family? Do you think these people care that each night, your choices are hurt or be hurt? Last week, Tozawa stepped up to me, and the crowd cheered him on. The world sent him straight into the frontline. And yet, you still seek their approval. That is because you let the sheep control the wolves. Get up off your knees, men! Don’t you see that their cheers are like a stone to a blade?
“But I can see right through them. That’s why they keep mocking me with chanting my name. But I will reclaim my own name once my job here is done. But until that day, remember this, my brothers. It will hurt me to hurt you. But I would rather you fall at my hand than fall out into the abyss.” Rusev is looking to redeem Monday Night Raw one brutal moment at a time, will no one be able to stop him?
Alpha Academy meets with Adam Pearce.
Maxxine Dupri & Natalya are with Akira Tozawa to encourage him to speak up. Tozawa says he wants a match with Rusev. Maxxine & Natty feel Tozawa can do this. Pearce respects Tozawa’s bravery, but think about this. Tozawa isn’t even medically cleared right now. Tozawa knows he will be soon. Pearce says he also knows that. And when Tozawa IS cleared, they will revisit this conversation. But then Sheamus steps in and says fair play, Tozawa. Good on him for not baking down. And Sheamus knows that when Tozawa is cleared, he’ll give Rusev hell. They fist bump, and Alpha Academy heads out.
As for Sheamus, Pearce says what a return. Sheamus says he needed that. He needed to shake off that ring rust. Well, not much rust, maybe it was in his head. But he wants to keep this momentum going. How about next week, Sheamus VS “that bouncing wallaby waster,” Grayson Waller. Pearce says consider that official, because that sounds like a banger. The Celtic Warrior shakes hands with the GM, will Sheamus make sure Waller feels what Austin Theory felt last week?
Iyo Sky & Rhea Ripley VS Giulia & Roxanne Perez!
Between Monday Night Raw and Tuesday Night NXT, we’ve seen the WWE Women’s World Champion battle The Beautiful Madness & The Prodigy multiple times already. The Genius was victorious alongside “Juggernaut” Jordynne Grace last week, but will she and the Eradicator have similar success? Or will this be the start of an NXT takeover?
Raw returns as Iyo makes her entrance, followed by Rhea’s. The fans hit that triple digit mark on the decibels as Mami makes her way to ringside. The teams sort out and Iyo starts against Roxie. They circle, but then Roxie goes to leave, only for Iyo to grab her feet! Roxie kicks Iyo away, but Iyo comes back with a THESZ PRESS! Iyo rains down fast hands, Roxie turns things around, but then Iyo turns it back around. They end up in the ropes, Iyo backs off, only to grab Roxie’s legs and YANK her from the ropes! Iyo covers, TWO! Iyo clamps onto Roxie with a headlock, but Roxie powers up, only for Iyo to hold on tighter!
Louisville rallies, “We Want Mami!” as Roxie powers up and powers out this time, only for Iyo to pull hair! Iyo brings Roxie around but Roxie SLAPS her! Iyo ROCKS Roxie, chase Giulia off, but Roxie ROCKS Iyo! Roxie bumps Iyo off buckles, stomps away, then tags Giulia. Roxie sends Giulia in and she ELBOWS Iyo! Giulia sends Roxie in for an UPPERCUT! Giulia then brings Iyo to ropes to CHOKE her! The ref counts, Giulia steps away, and that lets Roxie get a cheap shot! Roxie takes a bow while the fans boo, but Rhea runs up on her! Rhea TOSSES Roxie into the ring! The fans fire up as Rhea DROPKICKS Roxie back out!
Giulia and Rhea want after each other but the ref stops this. Giulia gets Iyo for a NECK TWIST! Giulia whips, Iyo ducks ‘n’ dodges, but Giulia avoids the handspring! Only for Iyo to SHOTGUN Giulia down! The fans fire up and Iyo headlocks. Iyo reaches out but Roxie YANKS Rhea down! The fans boo but Giulia JAWBREAKERS free! Roxie SLAPS Rhea and laughs about it. Rhea just gets pissed! Rhea chases Roxie around the outside, but Giulia is there to CROSBODY! But Rhea catches her! Roxie DROPKICKS Rhea into the POST! But Iyo DIVES to take out Roxie! The fans fire up, but then Giulia DROPKICKS Iyo!
The ref reprimands everyone, starts a ring count, and the fans rally for Iyo & Rhea while Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Roxie has Iyo with a bridging hammerlock. Iyo endures and the fans rally up. Iyo fights to her feet, fires elbows, then hits a FLYING-MARE! Both women are down, the fans fire up more, but Roxie grabs Iyo’s legs! Iyo BOOTS her away, Giulia runs in but Iyo TOSSES her out! Hot tag to Rhea! Rhea rallies on Roxie, whips, but Roxie reverses! Rhea reverses back to wrench and HOOK KCIK! Then GERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up with Rhea and she reels Roxie in! Canadian Rack, and RAZOR’S EDGE! Then a DROPKICK! Cover, TWO!! Roxie shows the toughness of a former NXT Women’s Champion but Rhea just stalks her.
Rhea hauls Roxie up, bumps her off buckles, but Roxie BOOTS her back! Roxie BOOTS Rhea down, then goes up, up, and LION- NO, Rhea gets under her for an Electric Chair Lift! Rhea SMACKS Roxie off buckles, then hoists her up there. Rhea climbs, positions herself just right, and has the Canadian Rack again! The fans fire up but Roxie fights free! Roxie ROCKS Rhea, goes up, and SUPER STEINERS! Cover, TWO!! Rhea shows her own championship grit, but Roxie tags Giulia! Roxie DROPKICKS Iyo off the apron while Giulia HEADBUTTS Rhea! Roxie SUPERKICKS Rhea, then Giulia reels Rhea in! Tag to Roxie and Giulia snap suplexes!
Roxie goes up, up, LIONSAULT! Cover, TWO! The fans rally for Rhea but Roxie rains down fists! Rhea pushes Roxie away, but Roxie hurries to clamp on with a SLEEPER! Rhea rises as the fans rally, but Roxie THROWS Rhea down! Rhea goes to a corner, Roxie runs up and UPPERCUTS! Roxie rolls and returns, but Rhea picks her up, ATOMIC FACEBUSTER! Both women are down and the fans fire up! Rhea and Roxie crawl, hot tags to Giulia and Iyo! The fans fire up as Iyo dodges to SHOTEI! Iyo whips, Giulia reverses, but Iyo goes up and out! Iyo blocks a boot, ROCKS Giulia then goes up top! MISSILE DROPKICK! The fans fire up as Iyo kips up!
Iyo is ready to run wild and the fans are with her! But Roxie is back in, only for Iyo to dodge! Rhea scoops Roxie but Roxie TORNADO DDTS! Iyo SHOTGUNS Roxie! Giulia reels Iyo in for a cradle, TWO!! Giulia drags Iyo up, hammerlock and scoop, GLORIOUS- NO, Iyo slips free to waistlock! Giulia switches, Iyo victory rolls, STOMP 182! The fans fire up and Iyo hurries to put Giulia in the drop zone! Iyo steps on Giulia and goes up the corner! The fans fire up for OVER THE MOONSAULT!! Cover, Roxie breaks it! The fans boo but Roxie whips, Iyo reverses, Roxie tilt-o-whirls, but Iyo fights the leg sweep! Iyo hooks Roxie up but Roxie powers out!
Rhea is back, and she gives Iyo a boost! Roxie dodges, the SHOTGUN hits Giulia! Roxie SOBATS Rhea, runs up, POP- NO, Rhea pops out the back! MISSILE DROPKICK from Iyo! Roxie tumbles out, Iyo wants a high-ten. Rhea gives Iyo the high-ten, and then Rhea signals she’ll lift Iyo up! The fans fire up, but Giulia TRIPS Rhea first! Roxie runs up, Iyo BOOTS her, but Giulia is right up top! Giulia underhooks the arms, and she gives Iyo a SUPER DUPER BUTTERFLY PLEX!! Giulia roars, brings Iyo around, scoop and NORTHERN LIGHTS BOMB!! Cover, RHEA BREAKS IT! The fans fire up, but Roxie DROPKICKS Rhea!
Rhea EDDY GORDO KICKS Roxie in return! Giulia KNEES Rhea down! Giulia then focuses on Iyo, but Iyo wrenches her! Iyo underhooks, TIGER BACKBREAKER! Iyo then fires up and the fans are with her! SHINKAN- NO, Giulia puts her on the apron! Iyo ROCKS Giulia, climbs up, and Rhea sneaks a tag. Iyo leaps, Giulia dodges, Rhea reels Giulia in. But then Roxie is up top, so Rhea shoves Giulia forward, the CROSSBODY hits Giulia instead of Iyo! Roxie is stunned, Rhea smirks, and Iyo BUZZSAWS Roxie! Rhea drags Giulia up, HEADBUTTS her, and hits a RIPTIDE!! Cover, Rhea & Iyo win!!
Winners: Iyo Sky & Rhea Ripley, by pinfall
The Eradicator had the champion’s back and vice-versa, and the top two women on Raw win out! But at the same time, Rhea still wants to be a champion herself. Will Mami get back on top soon enough? Or will the Genius be ready for that rematch, too?
My Thoughts:
A great Raw here to not just follow Backlash but to turn the corner towards Saturday Night’s Main Event. Great promo segment from CM Punk and Seth Rollins to open, and it naturally brought out Sami Zayn and Jey Uso for a brawl. This gives us a good set-up for Punk & Sami VS Rollins & Bron at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Jey and Gunther had a good promo together, with Jey getting fired up again because he knows Gunther is again underestimating him. And while I expected Logan Paul bringing another sucker punch, Rollins sending Bron after Jey is just as good. Though I feel bad Kaiser’s interview was no longer an interview but just a way to give us Bron’s attack.
Obviously Rollins won’t give up on the world title so easily, so he’s just trying to soften Jey up to make it easier to take that title, but it might backfire if Logan or Gunther gets the title first. Well, hopefully not Logan but I’m not sure Gunther would either. Great promo from Becky to talk down to not just Lyra but the fans. While blaming fans is a cliche Heel trope, seeing how John Cena did it and now Becky is doing it in a similar way, it still works. And her saying Lyra went to the hospital plants seeds of an injury angle as I was expecting on Saturday, so I wouldn’t mind seeing something where Becky and Bayley fight not just for their own grudge but for one more chance at the title.
Great promo from Rusev to once again frame what he’s doing as if it is a noble mission, but it would be something if someone came around to see things the way Rusev does. Tozawa wanting after Rusev and Pearce saying not yet is good stuff, Pearce is being a responsible boss by not letting Tozawa go right into a one-sided fight. Sheamus wanting his match with Waller “as intended” is also good stuff, and it’ll give Theory a chance to return the favor by being mostly unbothered like Waller was last week. The A-Town Down Under break-up has been on far too slow a burn, it needs to happen now as Rollins’ faction is rising up and we get into MITB season.
Penta VS Gable was a great match that also tied well into the Judgment Day story. Great win for Penta, and it might establish that Gable can’t win unless he’s El Grande Americano and therefore able to load the mask with plates. Penta getting his revenge on Judgment Day while also helping Styles win was good stuff, too. I wonder if Styles and Penta team up against Judgment Day for just a moment, before “El Grande” obviously gets involved and gets a 1v1 match with Penta. There’s also going to be Money in the Bank qualifiers soon, so maybe we see Penta and “El Grande” get in on that while also feuding with each other. Also, hilarious bit with JD teaching Dom about time zones.
Great tag team match of War Raiders VS Creed Brothers with New Day on commentary. New Day of course cost the Raiders since they don’t want another rematch with them, but I feel like helping the Creeds will backfire in that the Creeds will be just as hard to beat in a tag match. And then great promos from the women in tonight’s main event. A little surprised we didn’t get a Rhea one, unless I somehow missed it. But that was also a great main event tag, great win for Iyo and Rhea as a duo, and Iyo VS Rhea feels like a clear choice for the next title match. Nothing in the women’s division has been set up for SNME, so maybe that’s where we’ll get Iyo VS Rhea.
My Score: 8.8/10
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