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Mitchell’s ROH Final Battle Results & Report! (12/10/22)

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ROH Final Battle 2022

Who is facing their Final Battle?

A brand new era begins for ROH with the Final Battle of 2022! But who will lead the way as the many, many, MANY champions of honor?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Zero Hour – Jeff Cobb VS Máscara Dorada; Cobb wins.
  • Zero Hour – Matthew Menard & Angelo Parker VS The Shinobi Shadow Squad; Menard & Parker win.
  • Zero Hour – Willow Nightingale VS Trish Adora; Nightingale wins.
  • Zero Hour – Top Flight VS The Kingdom; Top Flight wins.
  • Rush & Dralístico w/ Preston Vance & Jose VS AR Fox & Blake Christian; Fox & Christian win.
  • ROH Women’s World Championship: Mercedes Martinez VS Athena; Athena wins and becomes the new ROH Women’s World Champion.
  • Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland VS Shane Taylor Promotions; Keith & Swerve win.
  • ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championships: Dalton Castle & The Boys VS The Embassy; The Embassy wins and are the new ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions.
  • ROH Pure Championship: Daniel Garcia VS Wheeler Yuta; Yuta wins and becomes the new ROH Pure Champion.
  • ROH World Tag Team Championships Double Dog Collar Match: FTR VS The Briscoes; The Briscoes win and become the new ROH World Tag Team Champions.
  • ROH World Television Championship: Samoa Joe VS Juice Robinson; Joe wins and retains the title.
  • ROH World Championship, Title VS Claudio’s Fate: Chris Jericho VS Claudio Castagnoli; Claudio wins and becomes the new ROH World Champion.

PLAY BY PLAY

ROH Women’s World Championship: Mercedes Martinez VS Athena!

The OG Badass has seen the Fallen Goddess abuse her opponents after their defeat and is taking a stand. Will Athena be humbled in Arlington? Or will Mercedes be brutally dethroned?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and Athena offers the Code of Honor handshake. Mercedes takes it, the fans cheer, and the bell rings. Mercedes and Athena circle while fans rally for their Texas Goddess. Athena swings but Mercedes leans back to dodge, and Mercedes ROCKS Athena back! Mercedes fires forearms, then CHOPS Athena in the corner! Athena staggers to a corner, Mercedes stomps away, but fans boo. The ref counts, Mercedes lets off and she drags Athena up to bump her off buckles. Mercedes CHOPS Athena again, then ROCKS her with forearm after forearm!

Athena shoves Mercedes, ELBOWS her, then puts her in the corner. Athena blocks a kick and CHOPS Mercedes back! Fans fire up but Mercedes scowls. Athena brings her out of the corner but Mercedes UPPERCUTS her back! Athena scowls and throws a forearm. Mercedes throws a forearm back! The fans rally as the forearms go back and forth, with a “YAY!” for Athena and a “BOO!” for Mercedes! Mercedes gets the edge, but Athena pokes her in the eyes! The ref reprimands, Athena apologizes, but then she DECKS Mercedes! Athena rains down fists while fans fire up! Mercedes shoves her away but Athena stomps and kicks and CLUBS her back down!

Mercedes goes to a corner, fans fire up as Athena scowls. Athena drags Mercedes up, wrenches an arm and whips Mercedes corner to corner, to then forearm! Athena keeps moving, she KNEES Mercedes into the ropes! Fans fire up with Athena and she goes to the far corner. Athena runs back in to handspring and CHOP! Athena is having fun and the fans are fired up! Athena brings Mercedes up and out to suplex but Mercedes slips off. Mercedes waistlocks, Athena bucks her, but runs into a SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Mercedes is annoyed but she drags Athena up to CLUB her in the chest again and again!

Fans boo but Mercedes turns Athena over to hook up a leg. Athena resists, but Mercedes clamps on the CROSSFACE! Athena endures the OG STF, fans rally up, and Athena pulls hair! Athena CLUBS Mercedes, fires off forearms, and is free of the hold! Mercedes runs in but Athena drop toeholds her onto ropes! Fans fire up while Mercedes clutches a leg. Athena runs in to BASEMENT METEORA! Fans fire up as Athena climbs up! Mercedes BOOTS Athena first! Athena gets stuck on the ropes, Mercedes sits her up and then climbs up after her. Mercedes CLUBS away on Athena but fans boo.

Mercedes taunts the fans and then waistlocks Athena, but Athena holds the ropes! Mercedes CLUBS Athena more, tries again, but Athena flails and throws elbows! Athena adjusts, kicks Mercedes but Mercedes holds on! Mercedes drags Athena up, CLUBS away, but Athena hits back with body shots. Athena slips under and brings Mercedes up, but now Mercedes holds ropes! Mercedes rains down fists, adjusts her footing, but Athena uses that to hit the POWERBOMB! Athena drags Mercedes back up, suplexes, GOURD BUSTER! Mercedes flounders and Athena tunes up the band. SUPERKICK! Cover, TWO!!

Mercedes survives Athena’s Sweet Chin remix but Athena drags Mercedes up. Mercedes rolls, Athena waistlocks, but Mercedes fights the lift. Mercedes throws elbows, Athena shoves her then follows, but Mercedes ROCKS Athena with a forearm! Then HALF ‘N’ HALF SUPLEXES! Athena roars as she staggers up, but into an EXPLODER! Fans boo as Mercedes suplexes Athena again, for a BRAINBUSTER!! Cover, TWO!! Athena survives and fans fire up! Mercedes scowls as she looms over Athena. Mercedes drags Athena around, ties up the legs, PRISM TRAP!! Mercedes leans on that hold but Athena pushes up!

Athena rolls and sends Mercedes into ropes again! Fans fire up while Mercedes sputters. Mercedes crawls to the apron but Athena follows. Athena POSTS Mercedes, then reels her back in, for an APRON BACK SUPLEX! Fans fire up again and Athena roars! Athena drags Mercedes out, fans fire up and Athena tells people to move. Athena RAMS Mercedes into railing by the timekeeper! Fans fire up, Athena waves and runs in, but Mercedes moves! Athena dropkicks only railing! Both women slowly rise as the 20 count reaches 7. Mercedes drags Athena up, CLUBS her, then refreshes the ring count.

Mercedes puts Athena on the railing, for a MAGIC SCREW to the floor! Athena writhes and Mercedes grins while fans boo. Mercedes leaves Athena behind to get in the ring. Mercedes soaks up the heat from Arlington, and even takes a bow. Athena stirs as the count rises, and fans rally as Athena rises. The count is 7 of 20, Athena hurries up at 9 and in! Mercedes is right after her but Athena rolls Mercedes! TWO, and Mercedes CLOBBERS Athena! Fans boo as Mercedes drags Athena back up. Mercedes short arm LARIATS! And then again! And then again! Mercedes looms over Athena again, then turns her back over.

Mercedes hooks up the legs, she SLAPS Athena to get the arms. Mercedes pulls Athena up into the BRASS- NO, Athena blocks the arm to BITE the arm!! The ref reprimands, Mercedes lets Athena go to CLUB her on the back. Mercedes back suplexes but Athena lands out of it! Athena brings Mercedes around to a gut wrench! CODE BREAKER!! Cover, ROPEBREAK!!! Athena didn’t realize and fans boo that Mercedes survives. Athena gets mad at the ref but the ref warns her. Athena lets the ref go to rip a buckle pad off! Athena TOSSES the pad, free souvenir for a fan! Athena then drags Mercedes up and brings her over.

Mercedes whips Athena away, to POP-UP SPINEBUSTER! High stack, TWO!! Athena survives, fans tell whoever got the buckle pad to “GIVE IT BACK!” Athena grabs at the ref, he gets away, and Athena YANKS Mercedes at the bare buckle! Mercedes stops herself but Athena SHOTGUNS her into the bare buckle!! Athena climbs while Mercedes is down, but Athena wants Mercedes to stand! Mercedes does, for the O-FACE!! Cover, ATHENA WINS!!

Winner: Athena, by pinfall (NEW ROH Women’s World Champion)

Now the fans have the O-Face, because their Fallen Goddess just won big!! Athena finally stands tall as a world champion, is this just the beginning of her legend?

 

Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland VS Shane Taylor Promotions!

As the Limitless One’s past comes back to haunt him, he has no choice but to enter whose house? SWERVE’S HOUSE! Will Shane Taylor & JD Griffey have no choice but to #SwerveInOurGlory? Or will they be the ones leaving Keith out in the cold?

The teams sort out and but Swerve doesn’t fist-bump Keith. Fans still sing “OH~ Bask in His Glory~!” but Swerve starts against Griffey. Swerve and Griffey circle, feel things out, and they test the waters with some strikes. Griffey has MMA experience, Swerve is wary. They tie up, Griffey puts Swerve in the corner but Swerve turns it around. They end up on the ropes and fans chant for “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Swerve clinches Griffey in a corner and throws some point-blank shoulders. Griffey turns things around and snapmares Swerve to then spin Swerve for a reverse headlock takeover and Oklahoma Roll, SLEEPER HOLD!

Swerve flails, fights the body scissors and rolls back to a cover, TWO! Griffey gets up but Swerve snapmares him. Griffey drags Swerve down to get the SLEEPER! Swerve scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! Griffey snarls but lets off and Swerve stands up. Swerve tags Keith and Keith smirks. Keith circles with one former friend as fans sing, “OH~ Bask in His Glory~! Griffey and Keith put up their hands for knuckle locks, but Griffey KICKS Keith in the side! Griffey taunts Keith but Keith works out that side. They approach again, dukes up, and Griffey dodges all the fast hands! Keith blocks the kick, but Griffey counter kicks Keith’s kick!

Griffey fires off more kicks, but Keith blocks and shoves Griffey down! Fans fire up as Griffey scrambles to his feet. Griffey and Keith circle again, and fans chant, “We Want Shane!” Griffey tells Keith to stay right there, and he tags in Shane! Fans fire up to see the Pretty Boy Killers square off after all this time, only for Swerve to tag in! Fans boo as Swerve denies the dream match. Swerve dodges a haymaker, clamps onto an arm, but Shane throws a body shot. Shane whips Swerve away but Swerve holds ropes. Shane rushes in, Swerve redirects to RANA! Shane ends up in a corner, Swerve UPPERCUTS! And then rolls to UPPERCUT again!

Swerve brings Shane out to KICK the leg out, then he goes up the corner for the FALLING UPPERCUT! Swerve goes to suplex but Shane suplexes first! GOURD- NO, Swerve lands on his feet! Swerve ducks the right but not the LEFT! Fans fire up as Shane scowls and Swerve sputters. Cover, TWO! Shane stalks Swerve to the corner, tags in Griffey, and they mug Swerve. Griffey scoops Swerve and SLAMS him. Tag back to Shane, and Griffey sets Swerve out on the apron! Shane goes over to APRON LEG DROP!! Fans fire up as Swerve sputters again! Shane rushes in to cover, TWO!! Swerve survives but Shane keeps him from Keith.

Shane grins, shakes his head, and says Swerve got in so he ain’t getting away. Shane back suplexes but Swerve lands on his feet! Swerve staggers back, Griffey grabs hold with a SLEEPER! Swerve sweeps the legs then SUPERKICKS Griffey down! Swerve goes up and over Shane, and hot tags Keith! Fans are thunderous while Keith and Shane glare at each other! These two circle and put up their dukes. Shane ROCKS Keith, Keith ROCKS Shane, repeat! Fans rally as the shots go back and forth, harder and harder! Shane gets the edge, then he bobs ‘n’ weaves to ROCK Keith again! Keith wobbles, Shane ROLLING- NO, Keith blocks to ROCK Shane!

Shane staggers to a corner, Keith runs in but into a BOOT! Shane goes up and fans fire up as Shane CROSSBODIES but Keith catches him!?! Fans are losing their minds as Keith pops Shane up! Shane slips out to DECK Keith!! Shane brings Keith up and Griffey joins in. They set Keith up and Shane runs, but Swerve dumps Shane out! Griffey turns around and Keith ROCKS him! Tag to Swerve, Keith pops Griffey up! Swerve is up top, Griffey fights him off! Griffey throws elbows down on Keith but Keith stays up! Swerve resets and jumps, but Griffey leans back to avoid the stomps! But Keith tells Swerve to try again!

Swerve runs in, but Griffey sits up! The House Call hits Keith in the stomach! Griffey then RANAS Keith out of the ring!! Fans fire up as Griffey runs in, but Swerve boots him away! Swerve somersaults, into a JUMP KNEE! Griffey fires up, builds speed, and he DIVES, into Keith’s arms! Griffey says, “Don’t you dare! Mom would kill you!” Fans chant “YOU F’D UP!” but Keith sets Griffey down gently. Swerve BOOTS Griffey down! Swerve tells Keith to focus on the game. But Shane SLINGSHOT STUNNERS Swerve!! Cover, TWO!!! Swerve survives but where was Keith on that? Shane tells Griffey to get up as he drags Swerve up.

Griffey slides in, Shane scoops Swerve. Swerve fights free, Griffey tags in! Griffey throws hands at Swerve, Swerve does his best to guard so Griffey fires kicks! Swerve blocks, slips through and hits a BACKBREAKER! Swerve runs, into Griffey’s FISHERMAN KNEE SMASH! Cover, TWO, into a TRIANGLE HOLD!! Swerve endures, reaches out, but Shane is lurking! Shane trips Keith off the apron! Swerve is stuck in the hold as Griffey squeezes tight! But Keith snarls as he storms in around the way! Keith RAMS Shane into the railing! Then Keith gets in the ring, and he goes up the corner?! Keith MOONSAULTS onto Griffey!!

Fans are thunderous as all four men are down! Swerve and Griffey crawl, reach out, hot tags to Keith and Shane! Fans rally as the Pretty Boy Killers meet again. Keith helps Swerve up, Shane helps Griffey up. SIOG and STP stare down, and they start throwing hands! Fans are thunderous again but the ref tries to get them to sort out! Swerve shoves Griffey away so he can KNEE Shane! Griffey swings on Keith but Keith blocks to GRIZZLY MAGNUM! Swerve and Keith coordinate, BUZZSAW HOUSE CALL for Griffey!! Shane stands up to ROCK Keith! Swerve ducks a forearm to fire off palm strikes and a ROLLING ELBOW!

Keith ROCKS Shane, Swerve BOOTS, and then Keith fireman’s carries!? POP-UP, but Shane ducks! The ROLLING ELBOW HITS SWERVE!! Keith can’t believe what just happened! Keith rushes at Shane but Shane pops Keith up onto his shoulder!! Fans fire up as Shane carries Keith for WELCOME TO THE LAND!! Cover, TWO?!? Shane is shocked but then Griffey KNEES Keith down! Shane covers again, TWO!!!! Keith survives again but Shane tags Griffey. Keith crawls to his corner, but Swerve leaves?! Shane CLUBS away on Keith, then fishhooks his face! Fans boo but Shane and Griffey mug Keith with kick after kick!

Shane and Griffey drag Keith up as Swerve goes to the back! Shane holds Keith, Griffey aims, but Keith ducks! The ROUNDHOUSE hits Shane!! Griffey is furious, but he turns around into a fireman’s carry! BIG BANG CATASTROPHE!!! Cover, SWERVE IN OUR GLORY WINS!!!

Winners: Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland, by pinfall

That is, if that team still even exists! Keith overcame his past, he is truly limitless! But when and where will Keith address Swerve abandoning him here tonight?

 

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championships: Dalton Castle & The Boys VS The Embassy!

The Peacock and the Tate Twins have been blazing a trail with these belts, but Prince Nana says The Embassy is a cornerstone of ROH! Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun look to be a golden foundation for this new era, but will there be no stopping Peacock Power?

The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see if The Embassy can tear down a Castle!

The trio sorts out and fans rally for Castle as he starts against Kaun. The Code of Honor is NOT upheld, but Castle says that’s fine. Castle and Kaun circle, fans fire up for the Peacock swagger, and they tie up. Kaun puts Castle in a corner, the ref counts, and Kaun lets Castle go. Castle bails out to strut with the Boys and the fans even fan him off. Castle fires himself up and fans fire up with him! Castle slides in, dodges Kaun and runs him over! Fans fire up more but Kaun gets up. Tag to Cage and he steps to Castle. Castle tags to a Boy 1, Brendan! Brendan climbs up to CROSSBODY, but Cage catches him!

Cage uses Brendan for bicep curls, making Brendan’s 150 pounds look like 10! But then Brent sneaks in, and Castle table tops Cage! Brendan covers, ONE!! Cage swings, Brendan ducks and tags Brent! GAMANGIRI to ENZIGURI to GAMANGIRI! Shove and springboard MISSILE DROPKICK! Fans fire up with Brent but Liona runs in! Brent gets around, waistlocks, and then Brendan joins in! Liona runs to ropes to buck them both! The Boys dodge Liona’s lariats and come back, but into DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLES! Liona scowls as he stands tall. Castle runs in, he dodges Liona, then he dumps Liona out!

Fans fire up as The Boys take aim, DOUBLE PLANCHAS! But Cage and Liona catch them each with ease! Cage and Liona pop them up into suplex position! Nana distracts Castle and the ref, Kaun runs in to URENAGE BACKBREAKER Castle! Then DOUBLE SUPLEX SLAMS to the floor for The Boys! Liona puts Brent in for Cage and Cage scoops Brent for more bicep curls. And then a OVERHEAD TOSS! Cage flexes but fans boo. Cage BLASTS Castle off the apron, but Brent slides under! Hot tag to Brendan! But Cage CLOBBERS him! Fans boo but Cage drags Brendan back up. Tag to Kaun and Nana wants to finish this.

Cage whips Brendan, kitchen sink knees, and Kaun SENTONS! Cover, TWO! Nana argues the count but Kaun brings Brendan up. Brendan throws forearms but Kaun CHOPS back! Kaun hoists Brendan up top, CHOPS him on the back, then climbs up behind him. Nana likes what he sees with the TOP ROPE BACKBREAKER! Tag to Liona, then tag to Cage. Liona has Brendan on the apron, for an APRON SENTON! Cage then climbs a corner and Liona feeds Brendan to him. Deadlift SUPERPLEX! Fans boo but The Embassy soaks up the heat. Cage covers, TWO! Cage and Castle talk trash, Cage tags to Kaun.

Kaun drags Brendan up but Brendan throws hands. Kaun shoves and ELBOWS Brendan, then fireman’s carries! But Brendan DDT counters!! Fans rally, both men crawl and the standing count starts. Hot tags to Castle and Cage! Castle rallies on the Embassy! CHOPS, ELBOWS, repeat! Castle throws Cage out onto Liona, then he GUT WRENCH SUPLEXES Kaun! Kaun bails out, Cage runs in but Castle BOOTS Cage! Kaun returns but into an EXPLODER! Castle shoots around Cage to hit an EXPLODER! Liona runs in and Castle dodges, but he runs into a fireman’s carry! Castle fights free, and he RAMS Liona into a corner! GERMAN SUPLEX!!

Fans are thunderous for Castle as he roars! Castle shouts, “BRING ME A BOY!” Brent jumps in, and Castle TOSSES him at Cage! Then he TOSSES Brendan at Kaun! Castle runs to KNEE Cage down! Cover, TWO!! Cage survives but fans rally for Castle. Castle CLUBS Cage, tags Brendan, and fans chant “PEACOCK POWER!” Brendan climbs up but Nana distracts the ref! Kaun shoves Brendan down! Cage rolls Castle, KNEES him down, then tags Liona! Liona storms in to drag Brendan up. Brendan JAWBREAKERS free! Brendan goes up, CROSSBODIES, but into Liona’s arms! Brent DROPKICKS, but Liona stays up!

Liona laughs and Brent says, “C’mon…!” Brent runs, leaps, but Liona adds him to the fireman’s carry! DOUBLE SAMOAN DROP!! Fans are going nuts as Liona roars! He double stacks the Boys for the cover, TWO!! Liona TOSSES Brent, tags Kaun, and the Gates of Agony coordinate. Fans chant “SAVE THE BOYS!” but Liona sets Brendan up for a BOOT! Tag to Cage, the Gates drag Brendan up and TOSS him, but Brendan goes up and around! Hot tag to Brent! Brent ROCKS Kaun, dodges Liona and ROCKS Cage! Brent ROCKS Liona, but Liona and Cage rush him! Brent ducks and DOUBLE LARIATS take out Cage and Liona!

Brent KICKS Kaun, but Kaun Alabama Lifts for an ALABAMA SLAM!! Castle storms in to gut wrench Kaun for a BRO DEREK! Liona clinches for a BELLY2BELLY! Brendan is up top, he MISSILE DROPKICKS Liona out of the ring! But Cage DISCUS LARIATS Brendan down! Then he deadlift suplexes for DRILL CLAW!! Castle rushes in and hooks an arm to BACK ELBOW with the other! Cages taggers, into a SLING-DOG! Castle gets Cage out of the ring, builds speed, and he has to jump over Brent as Nana throws him back in! Nana laughs at Castle, but Castle grabs Nana by his suit jacket! You don’t touch Castle’s boys!

Brent has Castle focus on the match, but Liona POUNCES Brent into Castle! They both go down, Liona drags Brent up while Cage RAMS Castle into steel steps! Kaun joins in, the Gates swing Brent into the SIT-OUT POWERBOMB!! Cover, The Embassy wins!

Winners: The Embassy, by pinfall (NEW ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions)

The plan all comes together for The Embassy! Cage, Kaun & Liona dethrone Castle, will they revolutionize what a trio looks like?

 

Backstage interview with Top Flight.

Lexi Nair is with Dante & Darius Martin as they come off a big win over The Kingdom in the Zero Hour. They’d been apart for months after Darius’ scary car accident, but they seem better than ever. That’s right! Top Flight is back with a big win in their ROH debut against The Kingdom! “The Coldest Tag Team in the Game” has been on fire! And when ice melts into water, all the other tag teams will find themselves drowning because- Wait, in walk the Jericho Appreciation Society’s Matthew Menard & Angelo Parker. What’re they talking about? Ice, fire, water, drowning?

The JAS isn’t going to throw out congratulations. All Top Flight should be congratulated on is making it through a match without tearing another ligament! A team that deserves congratulations for winning is the JAS! You get what they’re saying? Lexi, take a walk. She moves aside, Daddy Magic asks the Martins if they wanna take a swing, and Dante does! The brawl is on and headed further back! Lexi calls for help, but will these two be brawling all the way to Dynamite? No, they brawl out from backstage and near THE stage! Darius CLUBS Daddy Magic but Cool Hand Ange throws Dante to the stage!

Dante KICKS Parker away, refs hurry out but Dante FLIES to wipe out everyone! Fans fire up but refs separate these teams. Fans want to “Let Them Fight!” but then Menard gets a mic. Parker takes it, though, to shout, “So this is Final Battle, right? We’re all having a good time tonight, right? Y’all feeling nostalgic? Hey, how ’bout you morons pipe down, cuz Cool Hand Ange has a question for ya. If ROH was so great, then why did it die in the first place?! It died because ROH has always been chock full of garbage, flippy floppy, pro-wrestlers like Top Flight! And there was ONE moan who could resurrect it. And that man is The Ocho, CHRIS JERICHO!”

Menard takes the mic now and says, “Do you wanna know what makes Daddy Magic’s nipples hard?!” Fans are torn on that. Menard brings out the PURPLE BUCKET HAT! “CLAUDIO! After Chris Jericho defeats you tonight, you are gonna become one-half of a tag team with Jake Hager, and you’re gonna be called The Hat Trick! How do ya like that?! HUH!?” Fans are torn on that name. Menard then shouts at Wheeler Yuta! “Daniel Garcia is gonna tap your ass out, because you got nothing, man! So there you have it, folks! There you have it, folks! A clean sweep for the Jericho-” But wait! Here comes Yuta! The Pure Championship is up next, but Yuta storms in to run off Menard & Parker.

 

ROH Pure Championship: Daniel Garcia VS Wheeler Yuta!

This rematch has been a long time coming. They are 1-1-1 all time, and this continues to be about Jericho Appreciation Society and sports entertainment VS Blackpool Combat Club and professional wrestling. Garcia still says he’s the Dragonslayer for defeating Bryan Danielson, but will he be the one slain tonight? Or will The Decoder fail to solve his Daniel Garcia problem?

The introductions are made, the title is raised, and our judges for this match are Christopher Daniels, BJ Whitmer, and Jerry Lynn. The Code of Honor is NOT upheld, and we see if there is honor restored to this title!

The bell rings, and immediately, the forearms fly! Those are okay because they’re not closed fists! And they just keep going! Fans fire up as these two don’t back down at all! But then Yuta gets the edge, only for Garcia to shove and ROCK Yuta with a haymaker! The ref issues a warning, and we’re not even 30 seconds into this! Garcia just shrugs that off, but then Yuta DECKS Garcia with a haymaker! Now they’re even! They both go out, Garcia kicks low and whips, but Yuta reverses to send Garcia into steel steps! Fans rally and Yuta drags Garcia up. Yuta puts Garcia in the ring but then Garcia bails out the side.

Fans rally for Yuta as he storms up on Garcia, but Garcia catches him for a SAIDO to the floor! Garcia clutches his chin, but then he flexes. Fans boo but Garcia just soaks up the heat. Garcia drags Yuta up, and whips him into the steel steps! Garcia unwraps a corner crossbar, to SLAP Yuta with the cover itself! Garcia drags Yuta up with a facelock, Yuta throws body shots but Garcia throws a knee. And then Garcia CHOPS Yuga against the apron! And then BOOTS him down! The ref counts, Garcia drags Yuta through the corner and then climbs up. Garcia unwraps more crossbars, SLAPS Yuta with the cover, and then he STANDS on Yuta’s head!

Fans boo as Yuta endures the metal bar in his face! Garcia flexes, the ref counts, and Garcia lets off at 4. Garcia drags Yuta up but Yuta YANKS Garcia into the bar! And then Yuta stands on Garcia’s head on the bar! Fans fire up but the ref counts, and Yuta steps off. Yuta drags Garcia up but Garcia kicks the leg out! Yuta hits of the bars!! The ref checks Yuta as he sputters while clutching his throat. Garcia smirks and talks some trash as we near three minutes past. Garcia drags Yuta up, but he fakes out the fans by throwing Yuta into the ring, not the railing. Then Garcia flips the fans off as they boo.

Garcia gets in the ring, he drags Yuta up and grinds his forearm into Yuta’s neck! Garcia lets off, but Yuta CHOPS! And CHOPS! Garcia BOOTS Yuta down, puts one of Yuta’s around the ropes, and then bends his back against the ropes! The ref counts and Garcia claims this should count as one of Yuta’s ropebreaks! Garcia lets off at 4, and Yuta’s first ropebreak is used. Garcia grins and he drags Yuta up to CHOP! Garcia whips Yuta hard into the corner! Yuta bounces off buckles, Garcia drags him to the apron and he hooks up the legs. Fans rally but Garcia mocks their applause. Garcia grabs the arms to pull Yuta up and up and in a ROPE ROMERO SPECIAL!!

The ref counts, fans boo, but Garcia holds until 4! Garcia says that is another ropebreak, and yes, the ref has that checked off the board. Yuta is down to just one ropebreak but Garcia has all of his. Garcia storms up to drag Yuta up and he hits a CUTTER! Cover, TWO! Garcia kneels on Yuta’s neck to choke him! The ref counts, Garcia steps off at 4. Fans rally but Garcia drags Yuta up to a cravat. Yuta endures the neck wrench and he fights up. Garcia snapmares and PENALTY KICKS, but Yuta gets right to his feet! Yuta SLAPS Garcia! Garcia SLAPS Yuta! They fire off SLAPS, then Garcia CHOPS! It’s rather high and Yuta clutches his throat!

Garcia trips Yuta, steps through, but Yuta turns over. Garcia uses that to hook up the legs in a deathlock, and then he SLAPS Yuta on the back! Garcia gets Yuta’s arms, for a QUEEN ANGELITO STOMP! Fans boo as Garcia stands on Yuta’s head, but then Garcia drops an elbow! Cover, TWO! Fans rally, Garcia dares Yuta to get up. Garcia drags Yuta up but Yuta headlocks to block the lift. Yuta throws down elbows, but Garcia pulls hair to HEADBUTT Yuta! Garcia tries again, but Yuta lands out of the back suplex! Yuta atomic drops, ENZIGURIS, and Garcia goes to a corner. Yuta A-LIST LARIATS, then he goes up! Yuta leaps into a CHOP!

DRAGON SLEEPER! Garcia drags Yuta down into the body scissors! Fans rally as Yuta endures and reaches around! ROPEBREAK!! The ref counts, Garcia lets off, but now Yuta can no longer get a save. Garcia taunts Yuta, kicks him around, but the fans rally up. Garcia reels Yuta in but Yuta back drops! Garcia sunset flips but Yuta sits on it! TWO! Yuta goes to the corner, Garcia runs in but Yuta slips out! Yuta HOTSHOTS Garcia, climbs up top, and he FLYING FOREARMS! Fans fire up as Yuta kips up! Yuta sputters but he fights through the pain to wrench Garcia and- NO, Garcia arm-drags free! Yuta rolls back to his feet to fire a forearm!

Garcia throws a forearm back, and Yuta tumbles! Yuta rewinds, shoots around, waistlocks, but Garcia drop toeholds to hook the legs up! DRAGON TAMER!! Yuta endures as Garcia sits deep!! Yuta has to fight free of this without the ropes! Garcia BRIDGE back, but Yuta drags Garcia into a CROSSFACE!! Garcia scrambles around, rolls to a cover, ONE!! Garcia has the legs again, but Yuta drags him to a cradle! TWO!!! Garcia gets to ropes, Yuta SLAPS, Garcia SLAPS, the SLAP fight is back! Fans fire up and Yuta ROCKS Garcia with that slap! Yuta runs in to DOUBLE CHOP! Yuta whips corner to corner, Garcia reverses, but Yuta BOOTS him back!

Yuta hops up, leaps, SHOTGUN MISSILE DROPKICK Garcia gets up to SHOTGUN back! Garcia drags Yuta up, but Yuta FISHERMAN BUSTERS!! Fans are thunderous while both men are down! We’re past 10 minutes, and fans build to a rally as Yuta and Garcia slowly sit up. Yuta junkyard dog headbutts Garcia, but Garcia gives it back. The SLAPS return! SLAP for SLAP, and then Yuta SLAPS Garcia down! Yuta drags Garcia up, but Garcia throat chops! And BOOTS! Yuta rewinds, shoots in, but Garcia blocks with a facelock! Garcia KNEES, whips, but Yuta rewinds again! Shoot and GERMAN SUPLEX!

Fans fire up, Yuta hurries to wrap Garcia up, OLYMPIC SLAM! Cover, TWO!! Garcia survives the “Right Angle” but fans rally up. Yuta goes to the apron, he climbs up a corner, and Yuta FLYING SPLASHES onto knees!! Garcia drags Yuta up, PILEDRIVER!! Cover, TWO!?!? Yuta survives and Garcia is furious! Garcia steps through the ropes, DRAGON TAMER!! Yuta has the ropes but it won’t matter now! Yuta crawls under and to the apron, but Garcia bridges. So Yuta grabs him again in a BULLY CHOKE! And with a fishhook! The ref reprimands, counts, Yuta throws Garcia down! But that wasn’t through a ropebreak, he still has all three.

Fans rally as the ring count starts. We’re past 13 minutes, time is running out! Garcia and Yuta slowly rise, Garcia clamps onto Yuta as he tries to get in. Garcia kicks and kicks but Yuta body shots! Kick! Body shot! Forearm! Forearm! The fans fire up as the two go back and forth! Garcia ROCKS Yuta, but Yuta blocks the piledriver! To APRON BACK DROP! Fans are thunderous again as both men are down on the edge! They both crawl into the ring, Yuta stands up and he storms over. Garcia SPITS at Yuta, and even flips him off! So Yuta BOOTS Garcia down! Yuta drags Garcia up, gut wrenches, and he tucks the legs! FIGURE FOUR TOMBSTONE!! Cover, TWO!?!?!

But Yuta HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS Garcia! Then the other side! Then a body scissor cradle, TWO! Into HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS!! Yuta just rains them down, Garcia is fading out!! THE REF STOPS THIS! YUTA WINS!!!

Winner: Wheeler Yuta, by referee stoppage (NEW ROH Pure Champion)

The Decoder slays the Dragonslayer!! Yuta is the first-ever TWO-TIME ROH Pure Champion, but he shows respect to his hated rival by offering the Code of Honor. Garcia kicks it away, but the belt falls to the floor. Garcia picks the belt up to give it to Yuta. That’s the most respect Garcia will show, but does this punctuate the end of the feud?

 

ROH World Tag Team Championships Double Dog Collar Match: FTR VS The Briscoes!

Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood are still three-belt champions, but are about to add some collars to the collection. They faced #DemBoys, Jay & Mark, last year at Final Battle, then at Supercard of Honor, then again at Death Before Dishonor. But now we see it come to an end at this year’s Final Battle. We’ve seen top tier matches from them already already, but this is going to be a fight between rabid animals! So then, who survives this Final Battle?

The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and the collars are strapped on. The fans are fired up already as the bell rings, and this dog-eat-dog battle is on!

The bell rings, fans are already losing their minds as both teams start up the tug-o-war with the chains! Mark and Cash are one chain, Dax and Jay are the other, and FTR are bringing in the slack. Jay swings but Dax dodges and TACKLES Jay! Mark fires off haymakers on Cash, but Cash throws hands back! Jay turns things around on Dax, they spill out of the ring while Cash and Mark brawl at the ropes. Cash goes to the apron, Mark joins him out there, and they brawl more. Mark CHOPS Cash off his feet! Jay CLUBS Dax around the way towards commentary! Cash staggers up, Mark leaps, but into a CHAIN LASHING!

Fans fire up as Jay and Dax throw more forearms. Cash smacks Mark off the steps, then CHOPS him against railing! Mark is already bleeding from the forehead as Cash brings him around. Jay sends Dax into the steel steps while Mark turns things around to whip Cash into railing! Jay gathers up some slack, but Dax dodges the lashing! Dax then reels Jay into a CHAIR TOSS at his face!! Fans fire up as Dax dumps Jay over the railing! Cash CHOKES Mark with the chain! Dax CHOPS Jay, Mark BOPS Cash. Jay hits Dax back and they start going up the bleachers! Cash whips Mark into railing! The ref checks Mark but Mark’s not gonna stop just cuz of blood!

Dax CLUBS Jay, then grabs a fan’s drink to SPLASH Jay with it! Dax throws haymakers, then SMACKS Jay off the railing. They go back down the bleachers while Mark and Cash brawl up the ramp towards the stage. Dax TOSSES Mark to the stage, Jay and Dax seem to use even more drinks as the camera is now covered in droplets of water. Cash CHOKES Mark with the chain on the stage! Dax CLOBBERS Jay with a trash can! Mark breaks free to UPPERCUT Cash! Cash and Mark brawls, Mark ROCKS Cash and sends him tumbling down to the ramp. Mark runs and CANNONBALLS off the stage and onto Cash!

Fans are thunderous as Mark drags Cash up and CHOKE him! Fans already declare “This is Awesome!” as Jay throws forearms on Dax. Mark SLAPS Cash, Cash SLAPS back, they’re having a SLAP fight at the ramp! Jay BOOTS Dax, ROCKS him with a right, and Dax gets in the ring. Mark ROCKS Cash with a forearm while Jay stalks Dax into the ring. Jay wraps up his hand but Dax avoids the chain fist to SAIDO! Dax then waistlocks Jay for a GERMAN SUPLEX! Dax checks his teeth while Chas CHOKES Mark against the post! Dax then uses the chain to tie up Jay’s legs! Mark unleashes his Redneck Kung-Fu to CHOP Cash away!

Dax puts Jay against ropes to CHOKE him, but also grind the chain links into Jay’s face! Mark leaves Cash behind to storm up and CHOP Dax! And SLAP! And ROCK and kick and UPPERCUT! Mark holds Dax so Jay can kick Dax back and throw haymakers. Fans rally as Jay wraps his fist again, METAL PUNCH!! Dax sputters as he drops down! Mark sits Dax up so Jay can rain down more fists! Jay fires up and the fans fire up with him. Mark kicks Cash back out, then whips him into steel steps! Jay stomps Dax in a corner while Mark LASHES Cash with the chain. Jay snapmares Dax and CHOKES him with the chain now!

Jay paces around while fans rally and duel. Jay wedges a chair into a corner, Dax staggers away but Jay storms up on him. Jay ROCKS Dax with a haymaker, then fires off more hands! Dax is busted open but Jay keeps punching to try and make him bleed more! Fans fire up and Mark makes sure that chair Jay set up is firmly in there. Jay whips Dax but Dax uses the chain to reverse and send Jay into it! And then Cash YANKS Mark down! Cash drags Mark to the corner that way, and then punches away on the bloody eyebrow! Cash gets in the ring, FTR holds Mark, and Cash LASHES Mark in the ribs! And again!

Cash LASHES Mark while he’s down, and then Dax goes out after Jay. Their chain is laced through the corner, so Dax YANKS Jay into the post! Jay is bloody now but Dax leaves him behind to drag Mark up. Cash climbs, Dax Electric Chair Lifts Mark, and Cash wraps up his arm with the chain! FULL METAL DOOMSDAY!! Cover, TWO?!?! Mark survives, but then Dax intercepts Jay as he scrambles in. Dax wraps up a fist for full metal punches right onto Jay’s bloody forehead! Fans are thunderous and chant “This is Wrestling!” as Cash reels Mark in. Cash drags Mark up into a Gory Especial! And he uses the chain to pull Mark back tighter!

Meanwhile, Dax puts Jay in a corner and wraps the chain around the corner for a full metal buckle bump! Mark endures as the crimson mask on his face grows! Dax LASHES Mark! Cash whips Mark out of the ring, and then drags him back up with the chain to choke Mark more! Dax chokes Jay more and drags Jay around by the chain. Dax whips but Jay reverses, and Dax runs into Cash’s chain! Dax goes down, and Mark is spared. Jay fires hands on Cash, calls to Mark, and Mark hurries to a corner. Jay drags Cash up, throws more hands, and he DECKS Cash. Jay’s crimson mask is even more than Mark’s!

Mark climbs up, he wraps up his arm, and Jay hits Cash with a NECKBREAKER! Fans fire up as Mark fires up, for a FULL METAL FROGGY-BOW!! Cover, TWO!?!? Cash survives and that chain might’ve made that elbow double-edged. Cash is bleeding now, though, so this has become the bloodiest match all year for FTR! Jay stomps Dax, Cash crawls to the ropes to go after Mark. Jay HEADBUTTS Dax, Mark DECKS Cash. Mark looks under the ring and he brings out chairs! Jay stomps Dax in a corner, then rains down fists. Mark brings out even more chairs, but fans chant, “We Want Tables!”

Jay keeps firing off forearms and headbutts on Dax, but Dax turns it around to fire haymaker after haymaker! Mark finally has enough chairs, so he confiscates the timekeeper’s table! Fans are thunderous again as Mark brings that over! Jay CHOKES Dax with the chain, and puts him in a corner. Jay then climbs up to rain down fists on Dax, really opening up that bloody eyebrow! Mark finishes setting the table in place, but Cash pulls him away from it with the chain! Cash then brings Mark around, only for Mark to resist! Cash keeps trying, Mark tries to turn it around, but Cash keeps trying. Mark suplexes Cash to the floor!

Fans rally while those two are down, while Jay HEADBUTTS Dax! Jay and Dax are smeared with blood both from themselves and from each other. Jay hoists Dax up top and fans rally. Jay gives Dax another chain-wrapped haymaker! Jay climbs up top, brings Dax up, but Dax throws body shots in return. Dax throat chops Jay with the chain! Jay falls into a drop zone, and Dax wraps his own head with chain?! Dax then adjusts, leaps, and FULL METAL DIVING HEADBUTTS Jay!! Fans lose their minds as the blood just keeps flowing! Dax stands up and fires up and fans fire up with him!

Dax wraps his fist again for another full metal punch on Jay! The ref checks, Jay tells him to leave him alone. Dax ROCKS Jay with another full metal fist! Now Dax tells the ref to leave Jay alone so he can keep punching! Dax winds up, but Jay pulls the ref in! Dax’s full metal punch DECKS the ref!!! Dax panics and checks ref Mike Posey, and now Posey is busted open! This really IS the bloodiest match FTR’s ever had! Cash and Mark stir at ringside, Jay manages to stand while Doc Sampson checks Posey. Another ref steps in while Dax and Jay throw hands! Jay JABS and JABS and JABS, then forearms and BOOTS!

Dax comes back, but into a BIG back suplex! They’re both down and fans are thunderous again! Mark SLAPS Cash, then goes to the apron. Cash follows him, and fans hope these teams “FIGHT FOREVER!” but this has to end somehow. Mark and Cash brawl on the apron edge, forearm for forearm, and Mark gets the edge! Mark swings, but Cash ducks to APRON BACK SUPLEX! Cash then CLOBBERS Mark onto the table! Cash makes sure Mark stays there, and he goes to the corner! Fans fire up as Cash climbs up, but Mark SLAPS Cash down! Cash and Mark brawl, Mark SLAPS and CHOPS! Mark DECKS Cash with a forearm!

Mark goes into the ring and he drags Mark into the ring, to DROPKICK him back out! Cash falls onto the chair pile but Mark hurries to put him on the table. Fans rally and duel again, Mark goes to the corner now, and Jay Electric Chair Lifts Dax! Mark ditches Cash, but Cash hurries to get up! Dax fights the Electric Chair while Cash YANKS Mark off the top and down onto the chair pile!!! Fans lose their minds all over again!! Even Dax is stunned to see what just happened! Dax goes back for Jay and drags him up. Jay wrenches out, underhooks, JAY DRILLER!!! Cover, TWO??!?? Dax survives and everyone is shocked!!

Dax and Jay slowly stir and crawl to ropes. Jay stands up and fans fire up again. Jay has a chair, he aims at Dax, and he SMACKS Dax right on the back! Fans fire up as they want “One More Time!” Jay says okay, and he SMACKS Dax down again! Dax writhes but Jay nods as fans chant, “One More Time!” Jay SMACKS Dax again! Jay SMACKS Cash as he gets in the ring! Jay puts the chair down and says he’s finishing this. He drags Dax up, underhooks, but Dax fights the driller to LOW BLOW! Dax reels Jay in, for a PILEDRIVER onto the chair!!! Cover, TWO!?!?!? Now everyone is shocked, and “This is Awesome!”

Dax uses the chair to help himself stand up, but Cash tells Dax to hold on. Cash puts in more chairs, and shouts, “EFFING MURDER HIM!!” Fans are repeating “MURDER! MURDER!” as FTR pile up all the chairs Mark brought out. Dax puts Jay on the top rope, CHOPS him, then CHOPS again! And CHOPS! Fans rally as Dax climbs up after Jay. Dax brings Jay up but Jay throws body shots! Jay slips through and YANKS the chain up into Dax’s groin! Cash hurries to the apron but Jay DECKS him! Jay turns Dax around up top, and they SUPERPLEX onto the chairs!!!! Fans lose their minds once again over that double-edged impact!

Cash flounders to the ring but Mark uses the chain to hold him back! Cash BOOTS Mark, stomps him down, but Mark still keeps Cash from the ring. Jay covers, TWO!?!?!? Dax is still alive but Jay CHOKES him!! The chains is even getting into the jaw!! Cash flails, reaches, but Mark keeps him away! Dax is fading, HE’S OUT!! THE BRISCOES WIN!!!

Winners: The Briscoes, by submission (NEW ROH World Tag Team Champions)

#DemBoys went through hell and then some, all to settle things with FTR! They are now THIRTEEN-TIME ROH World Tag Team Champions, but this match may very well have taken thirteen YEARS off every man’s life! Will Jay & Mark still show that they bleed for ROH?

But wait! THE GUNN SONS attack FTR!! Austin & Colten beat down Cash & Dax! Fans boo the Ass Boys for picking at the bones! And they tell the fans, “SUCK IT!” Austin throws off his now bloody shirt as Colten fetches mics. “FTR’s legacy is DYING! And we will not stop until the Gunns are the ones who kill it!!” But the Briscoes come back! They run off Austin & Colten, and then help FTR up to their feet. Dax tells Austin & Colten that they’re no longer Ass Boys. “From here on out, our mission is to beat your asses! Top Guys, OUT!” Austin & Colten just put targets on their backs, will FTR be the ones to end the Gunn Sons’ legend before it ever begins?

 

ROH World Television Championship: Samoa Joe VS Juice Robinson!

The Samoan Submission Specialist is now #TheKingofTV as he has both this title and the AEW TNT Championship. But will he be able to break Rock Hard Robinson? Or will Juice be golden in his return to ROH?

The introductions are made, the ROH TV title is raised, and the Code of Honor is upheld. Time to see if The Booster can take a title off #TwoBeltJoe!

Fans chant, “Joe is gonna kill~ you!” as Joe and Juice circle. Joe makes sure Juice hears it but Juice shakes his head. They tie up, Joe wrenches and wristlocks but Juice rolls and wrenches back. Joe wrenches, Juice spins and wrenches, then Juice hammerlocks, only for Joe to slip around and hammerlock Juice. Joe wristlocks but Juice spins and cartwheels to kick low. Joe ROCKS Juice right back! Juice ROCKS Joe, Joe ROCKS Juice, so Juice JABS and JABS and JABS! Fans rally for “JUICE! JUICE!” but then Joe dodges to JAB in return! Now fans chant “JOE! JOE! JOE!” with every JAB! But Juice blocks the clothesline to poke Joe in the eye!

Fans boo but Juice picks Joe up for a BIG back suplex! Fans fire up as that was impressive, and Juice rains down fists on Joe! The ref warns about the closed fists but Juice tells him to shut up. Juice looms over Joe, and SENTONS into a COQUINA CLUTCH!! Juice flails and reaches, ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Joe lets off to then KICK Juice out of the ring! Juice falls to the floor and Joe goes out after him. Joe CHOPS Juice, Juice CHOPS Joe, repeat! The CHOPS go back and forth and fans “WOO~!” every time. Joe HEADBUTTS Juice down! Joe then pulls up floor mats, just like he did against Darby Allin!

Joe drags Juice up, reels him in, but Juice slips out of the suplex to SLEEPER! But Joe slips around to put Juice in a SLEEPER! Juice grabs at the apron skirt, gets a foot up, and pushes off to RAM Joe into railing! Both men are down in a heap but Juice crawls away. Juice goes around the way while fans rally and duel. The ref checks and Joe is somehow okay to continue. So Juice CANNONBALLS Joe into the railing! Juice drags Joe up while fans rally. The ring count is 7 of 20 but Juice puts Joe in at 8. Juice climbs up, fans rally as he goes to the top rope, but Joe rushes in! Juice jumps over, comes back, but into the URENAGE!

Fans fire up as Joe paces around. Juice bails out, Joe builds speed! Joe DIVES and Juice is sent into railing! Fans fire up and Joe drags Juice back up. Joe tells people to move aside so he can RAM Juice into railing! Joe makes Juice take a seat in that corner and fans fire up. Joe runs in, to BOOT Juice against railing! Fans fire up more as Juice flops down. Joe drags Juice up and into the ring. Joe pushes Juice to a cover, TWO! Juice crawls away but Joe keeps cool. Fans rally with “HEY, HO, LET’S GO, JOE!” Joe clamps onto Juice with a neck wrench but Juice endures. Fans rally, Juice fights up, and Juice throws elbows to get free.

Juice runs, but Joe CLOBBERS Juice! Fans fire up more and Joe goes back for Juice. Cover, TWO! Juice growls in defiance but Joe just digs his knee into Juice’s back as part of the chinlock. Juice endures, fights up, but Juice knees him low, then CHOPS him! And HEADBUTTS him! Juice drops to a knee, Joe BUZZSAWS him down! Joe says this was a bad idea for Juice, and he JABS Juice again. And again! And again and again, but Juice JABS back! “JOE! JUICE! JOE!” Juice gets the edge, keeps going, and then he whips. Joe reverses to wrench and atomic drop! Joe runs to BOOT Juice down! And SENTONS! Juice flails and flounders away!

Joe hurries after Juice and covers, ROPEBREAK! Juice survives by a literal foot but Joe keeps his cool. Joe vows to end this and he dares Juice to get up. Juice sits up but Joe JABS and JABS and JABS! Joe runs, but Juice SPINEBUSTERS! Fans fire up while Joe goes to a corner. Juice storms up to JAB! And CHOP! And JAB! And CHOP! Juice uses the Kobashi combo to sit Joe down! Fans fire up as Juice goes corner to corner, CANNONBALL! Juice climbs up the corner, Joe stands, and Juice CROSSBODIES! Direct hit and covers, TWO! Juice grows frustrated but Joe is a double champion for a reason!

Juice stands and fans rally up. Juice drags Joe up, reels him in, but Joe back drops free! Fans fire up again as Juice writhes. Joe storms up on Juice, kicks low and reels Juice in, to POWERBOMB! High stack, TWO, but into an STF!! Juice endures as Joe has him caught! Fans fire up as Juice reaches, but Joe shifts to a CROSSFACE!! Juice endures even more as Joe pulls him way back! Juice reaches out, claws at the grip, but then fights to the ROPEBREAK! Joe lets go as the ref counts 4, and fans rally up again. Joe flexes and fans fire up, knowing what he wants. Joe drags Juice up, puts him in a corner, and he hoists Juice up.

Joe tucks Juice in, brings him out, but Juice fights free to a sunset flip! TWO!!! Joe escapes, he runs back in, but Juice backs up to LEG LARIAT! Juice catches his breath while Joe is down. Juice goes to the corner and he climbs up top! Fans are torn, but Joe hits the ropes to trip Juice up! Joe then adjusts Juice but Juice HEADBUTTS! Joe ROCKS Juice, tucks Juice in, MUSCLE BUSTER!!! Cover, Joe wins!!

Winner: Samoa Joe, by pinfall (still ROH World Television Champion)

Juice came in with a lot of juice, but it wasn’t enough to stop the King of Television! Will Joe have a truly must-see ratings-grabbing reign over both ROH and AEW?

 

ROH World Championship, Title VS Claudio’s Fate: Chris Jericho VS Claudio Castagnoli!

The Wizard, the Demo God, the Influencer, Le Champion plans on continuing the “Ring of Jericho” Era going! But the Swiss Superman is tired. Tired of Jericho desecrating the legacy of ROH, and tired of being the guy who can’t “win the big one!” So much so, that he is letting this match decide his fate! If Claudio wins, he is a TWO-TIME ROH World Champion and the man who restores honor to this title! But if Claudio loses, then his punishment must be to join the Jericho Appreciation Society as a sports entertainer! What will be the future of both Claudio and ROH?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if even Claudio will hail #THEOCHO!

The bell rings and the two stare down. Claudio offers the Code of Honor, but Jericho kicks him low! Jericho bails out, and he chases Caprice Coleman and Ian Riccabonni off of commentary!! He did say everyone in ROH was his target! But then Claudio CLOBBERS Jericho with a EuroUpper! Claudio smacks Jericho off the timekeeper’s table, and then slides him across into the commentary table’s monitors! Jericho tumbles, Claudio drags him up and RAMS him into railing! And more railing! And more railing! And then the steel steps! The ring count starts, Claudio shoves Jericho in at 3 of 20. Claudio then climbs to CROSSBODY! And HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS!

Ian and Caprice return to commentary now that it’s safe, and Claudio whips Jericho into a corner. EUROUPPER! Claudio whips corner to corner, EUROUPPER! Claudio whips Jericho again, but Jericho BOOTS Claudio! CODE- NO, Claudio blocks that and back drops Jericho! But Jericho sunset flips and then gets the legs! WALLS- NO, Claudio throws Jericho away! Jericho dodges in the corner, but Claudio blocks the Judas Effect to EuroUpper! Claudio kicks low, reels Jericho in and Gotch lifts, for the NEUTRALIZER!! Cover, TWO!! Jericho survives and crawls away to the apron but Claudio keeps his cool.

Claudio storms over to Jericho and bumps him off buckles. And again! Claudio drags Jericho up to the top rope, to gut wrench! Fans fire up for the SUPER GUT WRENCH SUPLEX! Fans rally behind Claudio as he storms up on Jericho. Jericho stands, Claudio trophy lifts him! Claudio TOSSES Jericho onto the ropes! Jericho is stuck, Claudio runs to BOOT him down! Fans rally as Claudio goes to the apron to CANNONBALL but misses as Jericho moves! Claudio crashes ‘n’ burns, the ring count starts. Jericho stands, he storms his way over to Claudio and brings him up. Jericho POSTS Claudio, and he soaks up the cheers and jeers.

Jericho gets in the ring at 5 of 20, Claudio is in at 7. Jericho drags Claudio up, snapmares him and then KICKS him in the back. Jericho flips off the fans then flexes while fans boo. Claudio sits up, Jericho brings him up and hits a back suplex! Jericho pushes Claudio down for the cocky cover, ONE! Fans boo again but Jericho just soaks it all up. Jericho drags Claudio up but Claudio EuroUppers! Jericho forearms back, but Claudio EuroUppers again! Jericho CHOPS, CHOPS and CHOPS! Jericho CHOPS Claudio at the ropes, brings him out to kick and knee and knee again! Jericho runs, into a POP-UP UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO!

Claudio drags Jericho into more HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! Fans rally but Claudio’s back is bothering him. Claudio lets off to bring Jericho around and tuck the arms. But the back won’t let him lift! Claudio EuroUppers Jericho, whips him corner to corner but Jericho reverses and clotheslines! Jericho point-blank clotheslines like The Big Dog! Jericho gets all TEN, then sits Claudio down. Fans boo but Jericho soaks up the heat again. Jericho stands Claudio back up to haul him to the top rope. Jericho CHOPS, climbs up, then stands on the very top. Jericho rains down punches, Claudio does what he can to guard but Jericho gets ten!

Jericho SUPER STEINERS but Claudio blocks it! Claudio CLUBS Jericho in the ribs in return, all the way to ten! Then he brings Jericho back up for a SUPER- STEINER!! Jericho still throws Claudio away! Jericho crawls to the cover, TWO!! Fans rally up as Jericho crawls to the ropes. Jericho stands and he stalks Claudio. Fans rally, Jericho kicks Claudio around, and now fans boo. Jericho stands Claudio up to EuroUpper! Jericho makes a mockingly shocked face, but Claudio just scowls! Claudio EuroUppers Jericho! And again! And again! Claudio whips, Jericho reverses but Claudio ducks to springboard! Claudio blocks Jericho’s Code Breaker!!

Claudio has Jericho’s legs and turns Jericho! Jericho fights free, then clotheslines Claudio out of the ring! Fans boo but Jericho says he’s too smart. Jericho triangle jumps into an UPPERCUT! Fans fire up as Claudio catches his breath. Claudio drags Jericho out to the apron, stands him up and knees him low! Claudio drags Jericho up but the back won’t let him suplex! Jericho throws body shots, and he suplexes Claudio to the floor!! Fans fire up while both men are down on the outside! The ring count climbs but both men are still down at 5 of 20. They sit up at “OCHO!” and Jericho slides in at 9, Claudio is in at 10!

Jericho and Claudio slowly rise, Jericho throws a forearm first! Claudio flops over, but he sits back up. Jericho hits another forearm! Jericho wobbles, Claudio stands, but Jericho throws forearm after forearm! All the way to “OHCO!” Jericho runs, into a BOOT! Jericho roars! But Claudio ROCKS him! Claudio runs but into a BOOT! Now Claudio roars! Both men run, DOUBLE LARIATS take both men down! Fans fire up again and the ref checks both Claudio and Jericho. They’re both still in this, they sit up, fans count their own standing count to “OCHO!” Jericho stands Claudio up to CHOP! Claudio EuroUppers!

Jericho CHOPS! Claudio EuroUppers! CHOP! EuroUpper! Jericho drops to a knee, but he comes back to CHOP! Claudio EuroUppers, Jericho CHOPS, faster and faster, back and forth! Fans fire up as the shots keep going! Jericho’s CHOP staggers Claudio but even Jericho has to drop to a knee. Claudio EuroUppers again and again! Jericho pokes Claudio in the eye! But Claudio still trips Jericho for the SWISS SWING! But Jericho twists to throw Claudio down! Jericho rolls through to get the legs, WALLS OF JERICHO!!! Claudio endures and fans are thunderous! Jericho roars as he sits deep!

Claudio claws his way forward, reaches out, but Jericho drags Claudio away! Claudio grits his teeth, bites his fingers, then goes to the side for the ROPEBREAK!! Jericho holds until the ref counts, and then Jericho holds his hands up like he won. The ref says he didn’t, that was the ropebreak! Jericho gets in the ref’s face about it but the ref warns him. Claudio CLOBBERS Jericho!! Fans fire up and rally behind Claudio, but wait! Here comes the Jericho Appreciation Society’s Cool Hand Ange & Daddy Magic! Parker distracts the ref while Menard slips Floyd the Baseball Bat to Jericho!

Jericho aims at Claudio, and CLOBBERS him with the bat!! Fans boo, Jericho drops to hide what happened, and the bat is brought out of the ring! Jericho crawls, covers, TWO!??! Claudio survives the screw job and Parker is furious! Parker and Menard argue with the ref, but the ref EJECTS them!! No more JAS shenanigans! Jericho hurries to a corner, then he hurries to bring Claudio up. Claudio cradles, TWO!!! CODE BREAKER!! Jericho grins as he has Claudio right where he wants him. Claudio stirs, Jericho aims from the corner. Claudio is dazed but the fans rally for him. Claudio stands, Jericho rushes in, JUDAS- NO, Claudio ducks and waistlocks!

Claudio lifts Jericho, but drops him down! SWISS SWING!! Fans count all the way to “OCHO!” then to 15! Then to 20!! Then to 25!! Fans are thunderous as Claudio goes past 30!! JERICHO TAPS!?!?! Claudio wins!!!

Winner: Claudio Castagnoli, by submission (NEW ROH World Champion)

Since when was there ever a submission during the swing?! Claudio clears out the dark cloud that is #THEOCHO, and now the Blackpool Combat Club is on top! The streamers fly, Claudio even catches one! Wheeler Yuta is here to celebrate with Claudio, and even Jerry Lynn is here! Claudio continues to play catch with the streamers, and truly a new era for ROH has begun! Will the Swiss Superman be stronger than ever now that he has this title back? Will ROH be stronger than ever now that Claudio has this title back?


My Thoughts:

An awesome event, although yes I did skip a bit. The Zero Hour is free on YouTube, anyone can go watch those. But I did check the finishes, and I love that “Nose Dive Bomb” that Top Flight used to beat The Kingdom, that is an awesome and clever finish. And I know I skipped LFI VS #allheARt, but I again saw the finish, and that three count was botched. LFI was likely meant to win, but that’s why LFI beat the crap out of Fox and Christian after. I think a great way to make up for that botch would be to give us a feud within ROH between those teams. That’d be something to help carry what happened here into the upcoming Honor Club weekly show. Which yes, Tony Khan came out after things went off the air to say all that.

I did keep the Keith Lee grudge tag match because I wanted to see what I knew would happen: Swerve ditched Keith. He didn’t join up with Shane Taylor Promotions but Swerve ditching Keith was enough to fit what I knew for the story. I’m surprised Keith still won, who knows how that’ll play out on AEW. What was really crazy about tonight was that all but one title changed hands. Mercedes VS Athena was great stuff, and a great win for Athena as the hometown girl. Great Pure Championship match, that was a very creative way to use up Yuta’s ropebreaks while still giving him the win. I still feel like there should’ve been more to Garcia’s dilemma of “pro-wrestler or sports entertainer?” but maybe, just maybe, they can try that again now that Garcia isn’t champion.

The Six Man title match was a lot of fun, but I had a feeling Castle & The Boys were going to lose to The Embassy. As I said before in Elevation (I think), it would be embarrassing for The Embassy to lose that match so it had to happen this way. That tag title match, just holy crap. They went so hard, and Briscoes winning was a touch of a surprise. But at the same time, I also said that there’s no way Austin & Colten beat FTR after FTR wins something like this. So Briscoes get the belts for a record 13th time, and now FTR move into an awkward afterthought feud with Austin & Colten and I can’t be sure but I feel like FTR should just squash the hell out of them cuz of this.

Samoa Joe VS Juice Robinson was a very good match, but boy did they have a hard act to follow. Joe being the one champion to retain their title is pretty big, but it makes sense because of the building story he has as a double champion. And Jericho VS Claudio was an awesome main event. I should’ve figured it’d get overbooked with Parker & Menard running out there, it helps inject some of that “sports entertainment” into things, and shows that Claudio can overcome it with his “pro-wrestling.” Claudio winning to not just take the title back but to keep from joining the JAS was quite the surprise, but that was a great moment for ROH fans. BCC is on top, as Moxley promised, I guess we’ll see what they do as part of kicking off Honor Club’s revival.

My Score: 9/10


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Mitchell’s AEW Collision Results & Report! (3/16/24)

Let the tournament begin!

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Who will be the wild cards in this bracket?

AEW begins its own March Madness! House of Black or The Infantry, who wins to face FTR in the quarterfinal round?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Bryan Danielson VS Katsuyori Shibata; Bryan wins.
  • AEW TBS Championship House Rules: Julia Hart VS Trish Adora; Julia wins, retains the title, and Adora is banned from ringside in the tag team tournament match.
  • Daniel Garcia VS Lee Moriarty w/ Shane Taylor; Garcia wins.
  • PAC VS Aaron Solo; Pac wins.
  • Claudio Castagnoli VS Lance Archer; Claudio wins, by disqualification.
  • Kyle O’Reilly VS Bryan Keith; Kyle wins.
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Wild Card: The House of Black VS The Infantry; The Infantry wins and advances to the quarterfinals.

PLAY BY PLAY

Bryan Danielson VS Katsuyori Shibata!

A massive dream match worthy of a main event spot opens the night! Bryan is going after Will Ospreay at Dynasty, but will he make it through the Wrestler? Or will Shibata slay the American Dragon?

The bell rings and the fans fire up already as the two circle. Bryan and Shibata feel things out, knuckle lock then clinch. They move around, Shibata tries to wrangle Bryan but Bryan stays up, and the two reset. They knuckle lock again, go shoulder to shoulder, then use their heads to push the other around. Shibata waistlocks but Bryan wrenches to a double wristlock. Bryan hits a takedown to a cover, ONE! Bryan wrenches and hammerlocks but Shibata slips around, spins Bryan to snapmare, but Bryan slips out to hammerlock. Bryan keeps on the arm, then bridges over! Shibata endures, so Bryan moves around.

Bryan keeps on the hammerlock but Shibata fights up. Shibata wrenches to wristlock and fans cheer the technical exchange. Bryan rolls, bridges, and then slips through to wrangle Shibata. Shibata rolls, kips up, and WRINGS Bryan out! Bryan goes to a corner and the fans cheer. Bryan and Shibata reset again, feel things out, and Shibata gives testing kicks. Bryan gives those back, then they knuckle lock again. Bryan kicks, kicks, but Shibata kicks back! They kick and kick and kick, and then Bryan drops back to drop toehold and ANKLE LOCK! Shibata endures, Bryan shifts to hook the legs up, and then goes for the arms!

Shibata resists, but Bryan still pulls! Up, up and a DOUBLE STOMP on the knees! Bryan then isolates an arm to STOMP it! Bryan KICKS Shibata in the back, drags him from ropes and steps over to then wrench and wristlock. Bryan twists the wrist, wrenches, and ELBOW BREAKERS! Bryan wrenches again, but Shibata fires forearms! Bryan wrenches through to ELBOW BREAKER again! But Shibata fires more forearms! Bryan wrenches one more time, for one more ELBOW BREAKER! But Shibata ROCKS Bryan with forearm after forearm! Then he kicks and kicks and kicks, but Bryan shakes his head! So Shibata ROCKS him again!

Shibata fires forearm after forearm, but Bryan wrenches to ELBOW BREAKER! Then BUTTERFLY SUPLEX, into an ARMBAR! Shibata kicks, clasps hands, rolls around and he ties Bryan’s legs up for the BOW ‘N’ ARROW! Bryan endures, the fans rally, and Bryan powers out to an ANKLE LOCK! Bryan ties Shibata up now for a BOW ‘N’ ARROW! Shibata endures, pops free to a cover, TWO! Shibata keeps on Bryan with a double wristlock! Bryan fights his way to a corner, the ref counts and teh fans cheer. Shibata lets go and Bryan slolwy backs up. Bryan then gets in Shibata’s face but Shibata stays cool.

Bryan shoves Shibata to egg him on! Shibata shoves back, the fans fire up, and Bryan shoves again. Shibata shoves, so Bryan CHOPS! Shibata nods and CHOPS! Bryan’s chest is already red but he CHOPS again! Shibata CHOPS again! Bryan fakes the chop to get a single leg takedown! Bryan stomps the bad leg, isolates the arm and STOMPS it again! The fans rally and duel as Bryan wrenches Shibata to a wristlock. Bryan arm-drags Shibata and Shibata goes to the apron! Bryan storms up, brings Shibata up, but Shibata fights the suplex! Shibata suplexes Bryan up and out to the floor! Bryan staggers up, Shibata aims from the apron, PENALTY KICK!

Fans fire up as Bryan falls over! Shibata dusts himself off and Collision goes picture in picture.

The ring count is climbing but Shibata steps inside. Bryan sits up at 5 of 10 while Shibata sits down cross-legged. Bryan rises at about 7, but slides in at 8! Shibata stomps Bryan down, then drags him around so he can isolate an arm. Shibata STOMPS the arm, returning the favor from earlier! Shibata then isolates the arm again, for another STOMP! Bryan clutches the elbow but Shibata KICKS him in the back! Shibata grabs the arm, wrenches it to then grinds it against a knee! Shibata CLUBS the arm, pulls on the arm, then wristlocks. Bryan endures, but Shibata KICKS him! And KICKS him! And KICKS him again!

Bryan bails out of the ring, the ring count starts, but Shibata storms after Bryan. Shibata whips Bryan, but Bryan stops himself! So Shibata BOOTS him against railing! Shibata then runs to BOOT Bryan again! Shibata whips Bryan, but Bryan reverses this time, and Shibata hits the LED board! Bryan make Shibata take a seat, to KICK him! Bryan then gets space so he can run in, and DROPKICK Shibata into the LED! The fans fire up with Bryan but the ref wants this back in the ring. Bryan pushes Shibata in, climbs up a corner, and Collision returns to single picture in time for the MISSILE DROPKICK!

The fans fire up as Shibata ends up in a corner. Bryan runs in, to DROPKICK! But Shibata follows to BOOT! Shibata rains down forearms, runs corner to corner, but Bryan follows to DROPKICK! Bryan CHOPS, and KICKS, and repeat! “WOO~! YES! WOO~! YES!” Shibata eggs Bryan on!? So Bryan CHOPS and KICKS again! Shibata turns things around to rain down forearms! Bryan roars but Shibata JABS and CHOPS! JAB, CHOP, repeat! Shibata rains down more forearms, then lets off to go corner to corner! HYDRAULIC DROPKICK! Fans fire up for Shibata’s signature and Bryan is dazed!

Shibata hauls Bryan up to HALF HATCH! Cover, TWO! Shibata stalks Bryan, clamps on a chinlock, and the fans rally up. Bryan fights up to pry at the arm, the fans duel, but Bryan slips around to a waistlock. Shibata switches, Bryan wrenches to switch, but Shibata drop toeholds to the ANKLE LOCK! Shibata drags Bryan back but Bryan rolls to get the ANKLE LOCK! The fans fi reup as Shibata rolls to ANKLE LOCK back! Bryan rolls, ANKLE LOCKS, but Shibata stands, into a LEG TRAP GERMAN!! But Shibata rises up!? Bryan ROLLING- STO from Shibata!! The fans are thunderous while both men are down!

A standing count starts, fans chant for “A E DUB!” making this the opener! Some want them to “FIGHT FOREVER!” but this has to end somehow. Both men stand at 5 of 10, and Bryan fires Muay Thai knees! But Shibata gives those back! Bryan gives more knees, but Shibata blocks and fireman’s carries! DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Bryan survives but Shibata keeps his cool. Shibata stomps around to get the legs working, and then he brings Bryan up. “This is Awesome!” as Shibata gives HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! The BCC special is being used on Bryan! Shibata adds a few more, then brings Bryan around.

Shibata ripcords but Bryan ducks the lariat! Bryan runs from the corner, BUSAIKU KNEE!! Cover, TWO?!? Shibata survives but Bryan doesn’t hesitate! Omoplata, LEBELL LOCK!! Shibata endures, the fans duel, and Bryan pulls on the hold! Shibata reaches but Bryan gets that arm! It’s almost a Rings of Saturn, but Shibata keeps kicking around! ROPEBREAK!! The fans fire up as Bryan lets off. Shibata sits up, into a KICK! Shibata wags his finger?! Bryan KICKS! And KICKS! Shibata shakes his head, then sits cross-legged! The fans fire up as Bryan KICKS again, and again, and then PENALTY KICKS!

Shibata rolls back to stand up! BOOT!! Bryan BOOTS in return! Shibata runs to BOOT again! Bryan rebounds to BOOT again! BOOT for BOOT, neither man is backing down, except to get speed! Shibata LCUBS and Kawada Kicks! He CLUBS Bryan again, the fans fire up with him, and now Shibata KICKS Bryan! Bryan shakes his head as he sits back up! Shibata KICKS and KICKS, but then Bryan crosses his legs! The fans fire up as Bryan copies Shibata, so Shibata sits with him! They stare down and they start throwing CHOPS! CHOP for CHOP, then both men stand! The CHOPS keep going and the fans love it!

Shibata and Bryan CHOP at the same time! Then Bryan KICKS the arm! And BUZZSAWS Shibata down!! The fans are thunderous again as Bryan aims from a corner! “YES! YES! YES!” Shibata rises, into the BUSAIKU- NO! Shibata gets around, ripcord PALM STRIKE!! Shibata then clamps on, IRON OCTOPUS!! Bryan endures the Inoki favorite, and ends up on the ground! SPLADLE, but Bryan has a ROPEBREAK by a toe! So Shibata runs, PENALTY- NO, Bryan rolls him up! TWO!! Bryan shoots in, Shibata sits on him, TWO!! Bryan sunset flips, TWO! Shibata jackknife bridges, ONE and Bryan has the arm! LEBELL LOCK!!!

Shibata fights around, pushes back toa  cover, TWO! Bryan ghost pins deep, BRYAN WINS!!

Winner: Bryan Danielson, by pinfall

It was a fast and furious finish and Ottawa gives this a standing ovation! In the end, Bryan takes the win, but he does show Shibata respect by offering a handshake. Shibata takes the handshake and the fans cheer as they even hug it out. Even though he lost, will Shibata’s return to AEW bring him to another title opportunity? Will this momentum help Bryan be more than ready for Ospreay?

 

AEW TBS Championship House Rules: Julia Hart VS Trish Adora!

The Princess of the Black Throne may have Willow Nightingale chasing after her, but she’s still going to be a fighting champion. But will Julia regret gambling with her gold? Or will the AfroPunk making this about tonight’s wild card match be just the mind game she needs to win?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if the House starts tonight strong!

The bell rings and the fans rally as Julia just stares at Adora. Adora is already feeling out the grapple, but then Julia avoids her. Adora resets, Julia gets around again but to waistlock. Julia then spins Adora around but Adora shoves her away. Adora wrenches, WRINGS Julia out, then steps over for the deep motorcycle stretch! The fans rally as Julia endures, even as Adora does the splits! Adora smiles as she then pushes Julia to a cover, TWO! Julia gets up but Adora Alabama Lifts! Adora puts Julia in the Air Raid stretch! Julia endures, flails, but then powers her way to headscissors! Julia CLUBS Adora but Adora pops free.

Adora storms up again to whip and RAM Julia down! Julia bails out, the fans rally, and Adora storms out after her. Adora whips, Julia reverses, but Adora stops from hitting the apron. Adora elbows Julia, then scoops, but Julia fights free! Julia pulls hair to then RAM and SMACK Adora off the steel steps in one move! Julia then brings Adora back, to SMACK her off the steps! Adora falls, but Julia drags her back up to whip into barriers! Adora is down in a slump and Collision goes picture in picture.

Julia stands on the steps to soak up cheers and jeers, then she hauls Adora up. Adora throws body shots but Julia CLUBS her for it. Julia then puts Adora back in the ring, stalks her, and KICKS her in the back! Julia CLUBS away on Adora, then cravats to bump her off buckles. Julia fires body shots, the ref counts, and Julia lets off to dig her boot in. The ref counts, Julia lets off, and then Julia CHOKES Adora on the ropes! The ref counts as Julia adds a headscissor to the situation, but Julia lets off at 4. Julia stalks Adora to CHOP her in a corner. Adora ROCKS and CHOPS in return! Julia ROCKS Adora, then CHOPS again!

Julia fires fists, lets off as the ref counts, but then Adora turns things around to CHOP! Adora CHOPS again, and Collision goes to break.

Collision returns as Julia has a SLEEPER on! Adora endures as Julia leans on her, then fights up to throw body shots. Adora is free, and she ROCKS Julia with forearm after forearm! Adora salutes, but Julia ducks the chop, only for Adora to DOUBLE AX HANDLE her! Adora BOOTS Julia back down, then storms back up. Adora scoops to SHOULDER BREAKER, then covers, TWO! Julia toughs it out but Adora keeps on her. Adora has the fulln elson, but Julia RAMS Adora into the buckles! Julia is free, but Adora runs up! Julia dodges the boot, Adora comes back but Julia dodges the splash! Julia runs to clothesline!

Julia goes side to side to back body block! Julia then brings Adora out to STO, and then turn Adora over! HART- NO, Adora throws Julia to a cover! TWO, and Julia SUPER- NO, Adora blocks to BASEMENT GERMAN! Bridging cover, TWO! Adora is frustrated but the fans fire up. Adora runs, but Julia avoids the senton! Ghost pin! TWO!! Adora escapes but just barely! Julia seethes, she storms up on Adora, but Adora shoves her away. Adora runs up but into BOOTS! Julia hobbles around, gets angry, and she SUPERKICKS Adora down! Julia goes up the corner, the fans fire up, and Julia MOONSAULTS! Cover, Julia wins!

Winner: Julia Hart, by pinfall (still AEW TBS Champion)

The Princess keeps her throne, and now she keeps Adora from reinforcing the Infantry later tonight. Will Captain Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo be able to survive when Brody King & Buddy Matthews have Julia tipping the scales in their favor?

 

BREAKING NEWS for Rampage!

Not only is it live on Wednesday night after Dynamite, but Julia hart will be back in action as she and Skye Blue take on Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale in a Street Fight! Will Stokely Hathaway not need to tempt Kris & Willow with steel chains when anything and everything is legal?

 

Backstage interview with The Outcasts.

Lexi Nair is with Harley Cameron & Zak Knight and says last night, we saw things come to a head with Angelo Parker. Parker challenged Zak to a match tonight, what does he say? What does Zak say? Parker wants Zak in a match? Next joke, pal. Zak will give Parker that fight, but not here in Canada! Zak’s not giving Parker a homefield advantage, bruh! Harley says what pathetic country even is this? Do Canadians even realize that it’s Zak’s queen on their money? And what does Parker even have to offer? Poutine? Ice? Moose? Maple syrup? Syrup on moose? Zak has Harley calm down so they can get to the point.

If Parker wants to Zak, Zak will give him a fight but on his terms! Let’s be having ya! If not tonight, then just when and where is Zak going to fight Cool Hand Ange?

 

Daniel Garcia VS Lee Moriarty w/ Shane Taylor!

The Dragonslayer and #TAIGASTYLE have a lot in common, from being great young technical wrestlers with gritty grapples and stinging strikes in their arsenals, but also in being two of the names the Blackpool Combat Club once named as prospects for their mission of molding the future. Both men want to prove they ARE the future, so who steps over the other to lead the way?

The bell rings and the two rush up! Garcia dodges a boot, Lee dodges a chop, then Lee arm-drags Garcia but Garcia headscissors. Lee pops free, Garcia sweeps and covers, ONE! Lee sweeps but Garcia avoids the basement dropkick! Garcia headlocks for the takeover, Lee headscissors, but Garcia moves around. Garcia hops around, pops free, and he does his dance! The fans fire up but Lee scowls. Lee takes a swing but Garcia dodges to CHOP! And CHOP! Garcia whips, Lee reverses, but then Garcia goes up and over! Garcia comes back, fakes a punch to kick out a leg! Garcia runs to basement dropkick hard!

Lee tumbles out of the ring, the fans fire up but Shane coaches Lee up. The fans rally as Garcia goes out and fetches Lee. Garcia puts Lee in, but Shane gets in Garcia’s face! The fans boo but Lee DIVES to take Garcia out! Lee poses but fans boo. Lee stands on Garcia, soaks up the heat, and then drags Garcia up. Lee puts Garcia in the ring, runs up and sweeps the legs to basement dropkick in return! Cover, TWO! Garcia kicks at Lee so Lee stomps him down. Lee stalks Garcia to a corner, CHOKES him, but the ref counts. Lee lets off at 4, then argues with the ref. Shane gets a cheap shot! The fans boo, especially as Lee mocks the dance!

Lee stomps Garcia, stands him up, but Garcia fires forearms! Lee catches one to BELLY2BELLY! Then Lee twists the arm and bends the fingers! Lee powers Garcia’s arm into itself! Garcia endures and fights up, and the fans rally behind him. Garcia throws body shots, shoves Lee, then bobs ‘n’ weaves to then fire off hands from all sides! The fans fire up as Garcia puts Lee in a corner and stomps away! The ref counts, Garcia stands on Lee but he lets off at 4. Garcia goes corner to corner but blocks a kick! Garcia spins Lee to CHOP BLOCK! Garcia then GROUND DRAGON SCREWS the leg, then JAMS it up!

The fans fire up and Garcia watches Lee rise. Garcia choke grips, Lee breaks free, but Garcia SLAPS him! And SAIDOS! Cover, TWO! Lee is still in this and Shane coaches him up, but Garcia grits his teeth. Garcia storms around, grabs the legs, and he turns Lee, but Lee flips through to cover! TWO!! Lee ENZIGIRIS Garcia and Garcia goes to a corner! Lee fires up, runs in, but the bad leg slows him down! Garcia reels Lee in! Lee fights the lift to back drop, but Garcia sunset flips! Lee rolls through, avoids the dropkick, and DOUBLE STOMPS at the same time! Lee then reels Garcia in, to suplex, only for Garcia to slip free!

Garcia drags Lee down, into the HEEL HOOK!! Lee endures, reaches out, but he can’t get anywhere! Lee TAPS, Garcia wins!

Winner: Daniel Garcia, by submission

Taiga Style could not survive Red Death, and Daddy Magic joins in from commentary to celebrate the win! Will Garcia use this to get back up towards a title opportunity? Will Garcia be able to build his Dynasty?

 

Medical update on Darby Allin.

The match with Jay White, and the following beating by Bullet Club Gold, has left Darby with a broken foot. The Relentless One won’t even get to go to Mount Everest like he wanted, will the Switchblade & Gunns pay for delaying Darby’s dreams?

 

PAC VS Aaron Solo!

The Bastard is back, but he’s already on his heels as he lost the Six Man Tag on Big Business Dynamite. Will he rebound and be chasing down The Young Bucks soon enough?

The bell rings and Pac seems to think little of Solo. They tie up, Pac powers Solo to ropes, then lets off slowly. Pac then swings, but Solo dodges to SCREW HIGH KICK! Pac swings but into an EXPLODER! Pac bails out, and Solo FLIES out onto him! Solo hurries to get Pac up and in, covers, ONE!! Solo keeps on Pac but Pac CHOKES Solo into a corner! The ref counts, Pac lets off, and then Pac BOOTS him! Pac stomps away on Solo, digs his boots in, but the ref counts. Pac lets off with a shout and the fans fire up with him! The fans chant “Welcome Back!” and Pac stomps Solo. Pac embraces the cheers, then he stomps Solo some more.

Pac paces around Solo, KNEES him down, and the fans chant “He’s a Bastard!” Pac likes that, and he brings Solo up. Pac gets in Solo’s face to egg him on, then he SOBATS! KICKS! And SOBATS again! Pac runs, to SHOTGUN BOOT! Solo is dazed but the fans fire up. Pac then goes up a corner, watching Solo like a hawk. Solo stands, into the MISSILE DROPKICK! Pac kips up and the fans fire up again! Solo goes to a corner, Pac runs corner to corner and he UPPERCUTS! Solo flops into a drop zone, then Pac goes back up the corner. The fans fire up as Pac takes aim, for the BLACK ARROW! And then the BRUTALIZER!! Solo is OUT, Pac wins!

Winner: Pac, by submission

Pac holds on a little longer, but then lets off of Solo to have his hand raised. Pac then gets as mic to say, “Tony, Tony, Tony…! I told ya, The Bastard’s back! And I am looking for trouble. But y’see, this, THIS…! Well, it’s not exactly what I had in mind. So I’ll say this again. Tony Khan, I am looking for trouble! So find me some, or I will find it myself.” The fans fire up hearing that. Just what kind of trouble does The Bastard want to get into?

 

Bryan Danielson speaks.

He sits cross-legged, almost meditative, as he says, “Gratitude. Gratitude. I am so thankful I was able to wrestle Shibata tonight. Y’know, both of us were told years ago that we’d never be able to wrestle again, and here we are. Here we are in Ottawa, and we go out and we fought like hell!” Bryan looks up to the sky and says he isn’t sure who he has to thank for that, but he thanks them for that. And he is also grateful that he has a match with Will Ospreay coming up at Dynasty. Bryan watched what Ospreay had to say on Dynamite. How Ospreay’s followed Bryan’s career since he was a kid, and has tried to emulate Bryan.

But then Ospreay said this: When Ospreay gets in the ring, it’s live or die, and he doesn’t plan on dying just yet. What that tells Bryan is that Ospreay has followed Bryan, emulated Bryan, but he can’t walk in Bryan’s shoes. Ospreay has never been able to walk in Bryan’s shoes, or Shibata’s shoes, because they were told that they’d never wrestle again! They’ve been on death’s door because of this! Because of how much they love this! They have been on death’s door!! “So say what you want about what you’re willing to do. Because I know what I’m willing to do. And I don’t think you’re ready for that yet.” Is the American Dragon going to breathe more fire than the #BillyGoat can handle?

 

Claudio Castagnoli VS Lance Archer!

Like the rest of the Blackpool Combat Club, the Swiss Superman loves when it gets violent, but so does the Murderhawk Monster! Who will prove they can withstand more than the other on this violent Collision?

The bell rings and the fans rally as these two step up. Archer pie faces Claudio, Claudio shoves Archer. They tie up, go around, and they go along ropes. Then they go back to center and they break. The fans cheer, Archer headlocks, but Claudio powers out. Archer RAMS Claudio but Claudio stays up. Archer dares Claudio to do something. Claudio says fans want meat, here’s meat! Claudio RAMS Archer, Archer RAMS Claudio, repeat! The fans chant “MEAT!” with each collision! Archer kicks low, then scoops and SLAMS Claudio! But Claudio’s right up! Claudio scoops and SLAMS Archer! But Archer’s right up!

The fans fire up as these two circle again, and Archer eggs Claudio on. Claudio fires a forearm, but Archer grins. Archer ROCKS Claudio, but Claudio powers up to ROCK Archer! The forearms go back and forth, then Claudio rebounds to LARIAT! Archer stays up, and he LARIATS! Claudio LARIATS, Archer BOOTS, and then Claudio BOOTS! Claudio UPPERCUTS, UPPERCUTS, and UPPERCUTS! Claudio UPPERCUTS again then fires body shots! Claudio clotheslines but Archer doesn’t go out! Claudio runs, blocks a boot, and then he clotheslines Archer up and out! The fans fire up for Claudio as he then goes out the side.

Claudio runs in around the way, but Archer grabs him first! APRON CHOKE- NO, Claudio lands safe to BOOT back! Then Claudio leaps, but Archer dodges! Archer goes up to CANONBALL! The fans fire up with Archer and he looms over Claudio as Collision goes picture in picture.

Archer drags Claudio up to whip him hard into the LED! Archer CHOPS Claudio, then brings him around, Claudio throws elbows, CHOPS, and then he stalks Archer. Archer mule kicks, then sends Claudio into the railing! Archer digs his knee into Claudio, the ref reprimands and counts, and Archer lets off at 4. Archer backs the ref down, then goes back for Claudio. Claudio ROCKS Archer! And UPPERCUTS! But Archer SMACKS Claudio off the steps! Archer fires haymakers, follows Claudio back into the ring, and storms up to knee low! Archer scoops Claudio to SLAM him down! Then Archer stands Claudio up for a SLEEPER!

Claudio fights around, reaches out, but Archer leans on him. Claudio drops to a knee, but Archer gives crossface forearms! Archer looms over Claudio, mocks the cannon arms, then clamps on the chinlock. Archer even fishhooks Claudio’s face! The ref reprimands, Archer lets off, and then cording holds while digging a forearm into Claudio’s face. Claudio endures, fights up, but Archer goes back to the chinlock. Claudio stands, throws body shots, but Archer CLUBS him again. Archer swings, Claudio blocks and UPPERCUTS! Collision returns to single picture as the UPPERCUTS keep going! Claudio whips, Archer reverses and BOOTS!

Archer ripcords Claudio, for the HELLICOASTER! Cover, TWO! Claudio stays in this but Archer is amused. Archer stalks Claudio and says isn’t he supposed to be BCC or something? Archer CLUBS Claudio, drags him up by an ear, and then knees low! Archer reels Claudio in, but Claudio suplexes first! The fans fire up as Archer goes to a corner. Claudio pounds the mat, runs in and UPPERCUTS! Claudio keeps moving, but Archer LARIATS! The fans are torn as Archer grins and brings Claudio back up. Archer knuckle locks, CLUBS Claudio, then climbs up the corner. Archer tightrope walks, but Claudio YANKS him down into an UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO!!

Archer survives but Claudio has the legs! The fans fire up, but Archer kicks at Claudio. Claudio DOUBLE STOMPS him! Archer bails out, Claudio pursues, and Claudio runs in to UPPERCUT! Archer staggers around, Claudio puts him in, and then Claudio hurries up top. But Archer STEP-UP KNEES! Claudio flops down to the mat and Archer takes aim! The fans are torn as Archer choke grips, for the CHOKE SLAM! Cover, TWO!! Claudio survives again but Archer seethes. Archer puts Claudio up top, UPPERCUTS, then lifts Claudio for the- NO, Claudio slips free! Archer elbows Claudio, but Claudio fireman’s carries! DEATH VALLEY DRIVER!!

Archer flounders and crawls to ropes, but the fans fire up again as Claudio runs in! UPPERCUT! And UPPERCUT after UPPERCUT from all sides! Claudio hoists Archer up top, UPPERCUTS again, then cravats for a SUPER CUTTER!! Cover, TWO!! Archer survives but Claudio keeps on him. Claudio reels Archer in, Gotch holds, but Archer back drops free! Claudio stands, ducks ‘n ‘dodges, and springboards to UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO! Archer survives but Claudio hears the fans calling for it! Claudio says okay, and he grabs Archer’s legs! GIANT SWING!! But The Righteous attack!!

Winner: Claudio Castagnoli, by disqualification

The fans boo a Dutch & Vincent beat Claudio down! The Righteous is helping their monster, but Bryan runs out to help his friend! But The Righteous & Archer mug Bryan! AUTUMN SUNSHINE!! Archer digs his knee into Claudio, The Righteous stand over Bryan, but SHIBATA runs out here! With a chair! The Wrestler runs The Righteous outta there! The fans fire up, but will Archer & The Righteous regret angering the Blackpool Combat Club?

 

Backstage interview with Angelo Parker & Ruby Soho.

Lexi Nair is with Cool Hand Ange & The Runaway, and she brings up Zak rejecting Parker’s challenge for tonight. What does he have to say in response? Parker isn’t even sure what to think right now. Ottawa is an hour and a half from where he grew up, this is a second home to him! Parker’s mom and friends are in the crowd, they were ready to watch him fight! He was ready to fight! Zak’s been asking for a fight for weeks! Ruby wants Parker to relax, but Parker asks how can he relax?! The Outcasts are cowards! If Zak doesn’t want a match, then he’ll get a fight because Parker’s gonna find him and give him a fight!

Ruby tells Parker to look her in the eyes. This is what The Outcasts want. They’re baiting Parker into a trap, just like Ruby knew they would. If Parker’s gonna go looking for a fight, he has to do it without her. Parker asks what that means. But then he admits, she’s right. He apologizes for getting carried away. He will leave it at this for tonight, and the two head out. Can Ruby & Parker stay united against The Outcasts? Or will Saraya tear them apart without having to plot and scheme?

 

Kyle O’Reilly VS Bryan Keith!

Finally, after two YEARS of being away, two YEARS of resting and recovering, Kyle O’Reilly returns to action! But he said himself that he wants to do this alone, so will AEW finally see what KOR can do on his own?

The bell rings and the fans rally for Kyle. The two circle, the fans chant “Welcome Back!” and Kyle ties up with Keith. They go around, and around, then Keith headlocks. Kyle fights up but can’t power out as Keith holds tight. Kyle throws Keith away and the fans cheer. Keith smirks as he and Kyle reset. They circle again, tie up, and then Kyle goes for an arm. Kyle wrenches, wristlocks, but Keith fights up to clinch. Keith turns Kyle around, grinds an arm and hammerlocks it. They go around and Kyle slips through to back drop! Keith sunset flips but Kyle drops into an ARMBAR! Keith stacks Kyle, TWO!

Kyle stands but Keith runs him over! Keith keeps moving, Kyle drops then bails out to check his neck and shoulder. Medically cleared isn’t always indicative of a true 100% bill of health, Kyle wants to make sure everything checks out. Kyle then storms back in, and he circles with Keith. They knuckle lock, but Keith CHOPS! Kyle fires a forearm! Keith fires a forearm back! The forearms fly, then Keith CHOPS! Kyle SLAPS, Keith forearms, and forearms, then headlocks. Kyle powers up and out, drops but Keith avoids the hurdle to SOBAT! Kyle sputters, Keith runs, but into a JUMP KNEE! Kyle runs, fakes Keith out, then SLAPS him!

The fans fire up and Kyle stands Keith up to fire off strikes. Kyle whips, KNEES low, then reels Keith in, only for Keith to turn the cobra twist around onto Kyle! Kyle fights out to a facelock, but Keith wrenches out of the guillotine to HOOK KICK! The fans rally for Kyle as Keith waistlocks. Kyle wrenches, Keith switches, but Kyle switches, only for Keith to DDT! Cover, TWO! Kyle is still in this but he clutches the neck and shoulder. The fans still rally for Kyle as Collision goes picture in picture.

Keith huffs and puffs around, stands Kyle up, and KICKS him back down! Kyle sits up, but he has his leg guard ready. Kyle kicks at Keith, Keith rolls Kyle and drops a knee! Cover, TWO! Kyle goes to a corner, but Keith TOSSES him out! Kyle slowly rises from the floor, but Keith goes out after him. Keith CHOPS Kyle, KICKS him, then refreshes the ring count. Kyle BOOTS Keith back, then KICKS him against the apron! Keith KICKS Kyle down! Keith snarls as he looms over Kyle. Keith puts Kyle in the ring, stomps him, then CHOPS! Keith whips corner to corner hard and Kyle bounces off buckles! Kyle writhes and Keith just watches as Collision goes to break.

Collision returns as Keith has Kyle down in a cravat neck wrench. Kyle endures, fights up, and throws body shots. Kyle spins Keith to then JAWBREAKER! Keith runs up to BOOT Kyle! Keith runs, but Kyle kitchen sink knees him down! Kyle then drags Keith up, but Keith sputters. The ref has Kyle hold on so he can check Keith. Keith seems alright, so Kyle fires Muay Thai knees, kicks, CHOPS, and a LEG SWEEP! Keith flounders while the fans fire up behind Kyle. Kyle runs corner to corner to forearm smash! Kyle wrenches to an ELBOW BREAKER, then SAIDO BOMB! HEEL HOOK!! Keith flails, rolls, and has the ROPEBREAK!

Kyle lets go quickly, and he waits on Keith to stand. Kyle KICKS the leg! Keith hobbles around, but he avoids the next kick to ROCK Kyle! Keith fireman’s carries, but Kyle fights around, KNEES the arm, and hammerlocks it, to then hop on for a GUILLOTINE! Keith fights, pushes Kyle down, but Kyle makes it a TRIANGLE HOLD! Keith tries to stack Kyle, so Kyle sits Keith down and lets off, to PENALTY KICK! The fans fire up as Kyle climbs a corner! But Keith rises like a Deadman! And RISING HEADBUTTS Kyle down!! The fans boo while Kyle flounders and stands up. Keith storms up to underhook, but Kyle fights that!

Kyle has a leg, but Keith knees free! Then he KNEES Kyle down!! Keith pushes Kyle to a cover, TWO!!! Kyle survives and the fans fire up! Keith snarls, he reels Kyle in and underhooks, TIGER DRIVER!! Cover, TWO!!! Kyle survives again and the fans fire up again! Keith runs in at the corner to GAMANGIRI! Then he goes up, reels Kyle in, but Kyle wrenches out to WRING Keith off the corner! Kyle storms up, AX AND SMASH! But Keith PELES! Both men slowly stagger to their feet, bump into each other, and snap out of their daze! Kyle blocks a kick! Keith blocks a kick! DOUBLE ROUNDHOUSES rock both men! Kyle yoyos in the ropes to LARIAT!!

The fans are thunderous as Kyle is all fired up! Kyle reels Keith in, suplexes, and BRAINBUSTERS!! COver, TWO!!! But Kyle has the ARMBAR!!! Keith taps, Kyle wins!!

Winner: Kyle O’Reilly, by submission

#Arm-ageddon strikes, and the Undisputed Kingdom show up to celebrate with Kyle! They even hoist Kyle on their shoulders! The fans are happy to have Kyle back, the Kingdom is happy to have Kyle back, will Kyle prove he is truly back and go for some gold?

 

Backstage interview with Deonna Purrazzo & Thunder Rosa.

Lexi is with The Virtuosa and La Mera Mera, and notes that next Wednesday, Dynamite in Toronto, they are going to have a match with Toni Storm & Mariah May. These two have never teamed together, so- Deonna stops Lexi there and says that the saying goes, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Deonna and Rosa may not have been a team, but they’ve fought each other, so Deonna knows she can trust Rosa. And what really bothers Deonna is that at Revolution, Toni tapped out. If not for Toni’s butler or her cosplaying sidekick, Deonna would be here the AEW Women’s World Champion.

Rosa says it’d also be with the title Rosa never loss. So “Antonia” and “Maria,” if you want drama, oh baby, they’ll give you drama. Next week, these two stop all the games, all the jokes, and all the “Tonitania.” They have a mission, and that means it’s TV time! Will this dynamic duo be just the thing to snap “Timeless” Toni back to reality?

 

AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Wild Card: The House of Black w/ Julia Hart VS The Infantry!

The brackets were made just last night on Rampage, and the wild card round begins with a Collision! Will Brody King & Buddy Matthews bring glory to the House of Black? Or will Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo march right into the quarterfinals?

The teams sort out, but Brody & Buddy CLOBBER The Infantry from behind! Then they go out to RAM both men into railing! Julia watches happily as Brody runs Dean along to TOSS into more railing! Dean takes a tumble, Buddy THROWS Bravo into more railing! The fans hoot and bark, Buddy sits Bravo in a corner while Brody sits Dean up. Brody CHOPS Dean, he and Buddy both bark, and then they both run in! BOOT for Bravo, CROSSBODY for Dean! The Infantry sputters, Brody rolls into the ring, and the ref checks The Infantry. This isn’t even a match yet, will it be able to even start?

The House waits patiently, and Bravo somehow stands up. Bravo staggers into the ring, he says he wants this, and Dean says hell yeah! The bell rings, but then Brody SPLASHES Bravo in the corner! Buddy runs up to BOOT Dean down! The ref reprimands but the House and the fans bark. Brody roars then runs, CANNONBALL! Cover, DEAN BREAKS IT! Buddy drags Captain Dean up to TOSS him out, then PENALTY KICKS from the apron! The fans fire up for The House as Collision goes picture in picture.

Brody CHOPS Bravo down, then kicks him around. Brody DECKS Bravo, then stands him up to CHOP him back down! Tag to Buddy, then Brody digs his boots in! Brody lets off so Buddy can DOUBLE STOMP Bravo in the corner! Tag back to Brody, CATAPULT into a CHOP! Bravo then falls back against Buddy’s knees, and Brody adds an ELBOW DROP! Brody looms over Bravo, scuffs him, then drags him back up. Brody puts Bravo in the corner, CHOPS him back down, then tags Buddy. Buddy drags Bravo up, snapmares him, and KICKS him in the back! Bravo reaches out for Dean but Buddy drags him back.

Buddy ROCKS Bravo with a shot in the back, then snapmares for another KICK! Bravo writhes while Buddy mocks Dean. Buddy back suplexes Bravo, btu Bravo lands out! Buddy ELBOWS Bravo, taunts Dean, then BOOTS him down! Bravo runs up, Buddy goes up an dover, but Bravo dodges the splash! Buddy staggers, takes a swing, but Bravo bobs ‘n’ weaves to ROCK Buddy with the Carlie Crossover! Collision returns to single picture, Bravo hurries for his corner, but Buddy catches him! Buddy back drops Bravo but Bravo sunset flips! Buddy rolls through, Buddy ducks the Penalty Kick to roll Buddy up! TWO, hot tag to Dean!

Dean GAMANGIRIS Buddy, goes up, but slips off the top! Dean hurries to his feet, dodges Buddy’s lariat, and hits a BIG back suplex! Dean gets Buddy up, whips him, but Buddy reverses to put Dean in the House’s corner. But Dean ELBOWS Brody away! Buddy runs in, blocks Dean’s boot, but Dean ENZIGIRIS! Dean hurries to his feet, Brody tags in, but Dean whips. Buddy reverses, ducks the lariat, and waistlocks. Brody runs up, Dean BOOTS him, and he backs Buddy down at the same time! Dean fires elbows on Buddy, runs to ELBOW Brody, then SPLASHES Buddy! Brody dodges Dean’s splash to LARIAT!!

The fans fire up for The House as they loom over Dean. Bravo returns, Buddy dodges him, and Bravo sees Brody. Bravo fires up, throws a forearm, but Brody doesn’t budge! Brody shouts at Bravo, Bravo runs away but into Buddy’s POP-UP KNEE! The House drags Dean up, and sends him into DANTE’S INFERNO!! Cover, BRAVO BREAKS IT!! Bravo saves Dean, but Brody just laughs. Brody tags Buddy back in, and each man looms over The Infantry. They drag Bravo up first, TOSS him out, but Bravo is on the apron! Buddy runs up but Bravo ROCKS him! Brody runs up, Bravo DUMPS him out! Bravo ROCKS Buddy again!

Bravo kicks Brody, but Buddy KNEES Bravo down! Brody catches Bravo to DEATH VALLEY on the desk! The desk stays up, so Buddy hauls Bravo up as Brody clears it off! The fans fire up for “TABLE! TABLE!” Buddy puts Bravo up there for Brody, and Brody PILEDRIVERS onto the desk!! The desk is still up somehow!! Buddy runs in at Dean, CURB STOMP!! Cover, but Buddy lets off!? The House is toying with The Infantry! Julia whispers something to Buddy and he likes that idea. The ref argues with Julia, but wait! MARK BRISCOE is here, and he CHUCKS a chair at Buddy!! Adora may’ve been banned but no one said anything about Briscoe!

Buddy falls, Mark hurries to taunt Brody and lead him on a wild goose chase! Or in this case, a chicken chase! Dean flounders his way to a cover, INFANTRY WINS!!!

Winners: The Infantry, by pinfall (advances to the quarterfinals)

Julia is shocked! She and Brody took their eyes off the ball, and now they’re out of the tournament! Malakai Black storms his way out here, furious over what just happened! Briscoe says that’s what they get, though! Will the Dark Father have to handle this himself now? As for The Infantry, can Dean & Bravo regroup and be ready for FTR?

 

Adam “Edge” Copeland is here!

Ottawa fires up as the Rated R Superstar is here, and he has that mystery case with him! He showed Christian Cage what was in it last week and it was like Captain Charisma saw a ghost! Edge already has a chair and mic waiting for him in the ring, so he sets the case down to pick up the mic. The fans cheer him on, and Edge says, “The last time that I performed here in Ottawa, I didn’t know if I’d ever perform here again, I really didn’t. But I gotta tell ya, when I walked into this arena today, all of the memories came flooding back. Because Ottawa, you and I share a lot of history. That reaction just gave me one more memory, so thank you.”

The fans cheer again, and Edge says on that note, he wasn’t sure he’d ever compete in Toronto again. The fans boo and Edge says yeah, he knows, but c’mon, that’s his hometown. But hey, this Wednesday, it is fitting that he faces a guy who for 40 years, Edge thought was his best friend. Edge takes a seat, and he tells Christian Cage, because he isn’t even gonna think of him as “Jay” anymore, that guy’s dead. Who knows what Christian has become. Actually, no, Edge does know, it’s “Christian Cage.” Christian bought into it all, his ego is out of control. The thing is, they were best friends before they ever even got into wrestling.

Sure, this business, this sport, cemented the friendship, but they were friends before ever becoming wrestlers. So Edge had thought they’d be friends long after. Sitting on their deck, sipping scotch, watching hockey, reminiscing about chasing their dreams. But not just chasing but crushing it! They did that! The fans cheer in agreement there. Edge chuckles and says fast-forward to now. Again, they’d talked about coming to AEW, and Christian was on board! Edge came here, he wanted to retire alongside Christian. Edge didn’t come here to take away Christian’s spot, to take his shine, to take the things Christian worked for and deserved.

Edge didn’t come here to do any of that, regardless of what Christian thinks, of what “that human goiter,” Nigel McGuiness has to say. But okay, that’s fine. Christian wanted to change that, right? At Worlds End, Edge failed. He isn’t used to repeated failures, they don’t exist in his world, so he picked himself up, dusted himself off, and he moved forward, and he is stronger for it. Edge decided to get to work, earn his shot, and he did the Cope Open. Edge earned his shot, and then what did Christian do? He and the Patriarchy took Edge out with a Con-Chair-to. The fans boo but Edge says that is the move he and Christian created, so maybe it was fitting.

But when Edge was out on the shelf after that, he got a phone call. A phone call from a man who in the past has had to remind Edge of who he is. That man called again and reminded Edge just who Edge is, and he decided to take a few cues from that man, another wrestling sociopath. That guy invented “Barbie,” invented “Janice,” and so Edge decided to invent… SPIKE! Edge opens up the box, and pulls out a black two-by-four with so many nails in it! Spike here is hungry and wants to take a bite outta Christian’s bony ass! The fans like the sound of that! Edge says that phone call from Mrs. Foley’s baby boy worked, Edge remembered!

Edge remembered who he is! He has kept it bottled up but he IS the Rated R Superstar, a man with dark caves in his head that Christian doesn’t and has never navigated! But be thankful for that. Though maybe not, because after this Wednesday, Christian will be in the hospital. Spike and Edge are gonna change Christian. They will take away Christian’s pride, his ego, and his manhood! This Wednesday, two kilometers from where they trained at Sonny’s Gym, Edge will make Christian say two words that will make it impossible to look his daughter in the eyes! Spike and Edge take away Christian’s pride, and make him those two words, “I QUIT!”

FORTY YEARS after this all started in their hometown, it ENDS!! The fans are fire dup, Edge looks Spike over, and you can bet Spike’s gonna get some serious screen time on Dynamite! But will Spike help Edge rip the TNT Championship away from Christian along with his pride and ego?


My Thoughts:

A great Collision here, lots of good story as well as great action. For one, Edge’s promo to close the night was great stuff, and I guess we should’ve figured “Spike” was the name of whatever was in the box. It’s a lot more menacing than what I was expecting last week, but not quite as menacing as Edge was making it sound. But win or lose, Edge is going to rely on Spike quite a bit in that match. Really good promos from Harley & Zak and Parker & Ruby. I am thinking there’s still a Mixed Tag in the near future, and that will somehow relate to Zak’s conditions.

Great tie in of the TBS Championship and the tag tournament wild card match. Adora’s stipulation basically kept this to just the House Rules of no ropebreaks and the 20 count on the outside, but of course Julia won either way. And then quite the plot twist with Mark Briscoe helping The Infantry win to screw over The House of Black. Sadly, it was also obvious Infantry was gonna win because they were the ones to get in FTR’s face, meaning they were gonna meet in the tournament. FTR will beat Infantry and move on to the semifinals, and maybe we get Mark VS Malakai 1v1 in a blowoff grudge match.

Great match from Garcia VS Moriarty to mostly give both guys solid TV time, and really good match from Pac VS Solo that Pac was of course winning. Pac had a good promo after, and while he keeps naming Tony Khan, Pac’s real target(s) should be The Elite. The Bucks are in the tag tournament, they can probably make sure security keeps Pac far away from them so Pac can’t do to them what Mark just did to the House of Black. But mostly, Pac’s probably getting his shot at Kazuchika Okada (and the AEW Continental Championship) after this Wednesday, going into Dynasty in April.

Great match from Kyle VS Keith, especially as Kyle’s first match back in literal years. Kyle of course won, and it was a good detail that The Undisputed Kingdom celebrated with him after honoring his request to do things alone. That will change at some point, though, as clearly The Kingdom isn’t the best at being friends. And then an awesome, almost PPV level match out of Bryan VS Shibata. Bryan also had a great promo to call out Ospreay, and then Claudio VS Archer was really good. It seems the BCC is starting a story with The Righteous now, which will be a big help to The Righteous as they haven’t really gotten to do anything since moving from ROH to AEW. Plus, they love violent matches, BCC loves violent matches, this is going to be some wild stuff.

My Score: 8.8/10


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Mitchell’s AEW Rampage Results & Report! (3/15/24)

Best Friends are on a Rampage!

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It’s a Freshly Squeezed Friday!

As the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament prepares for bracketology, Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta are back in action!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta w/ Chuck Taylor VS Evil Uno & John Silver; Cassidy & Trent win.
  • Toni Storm & Mariah May w/ Luther VS Kayla Sparks & Little Mean Kathleen; Storm & Mariah win.
  • Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis VS Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes; Takeshita wins.
  • Six Man Tag: The Undisputed Kingdom VS Top Flight; The Undisputed Kingdom wins.

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Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta w/ Chuck Taylor VS Evil Uno & John Silver!

Best Friends won big last week against Kip Sabian & The Butcher, and they won again just last night on ROH. They’re looking to make it 3-0 going into the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament, will they have some Freshly Squeezed momentum going into the brackets? Or will the Dark Order not be left out of the title conversation?

The teams sort out and Cassidy starts against Uno. Cassidy puts his hands up, but Uno stops him! Uno offers a handshake, the fans boo, but Cassidy takes it. So Uno makes it a headlock! Cassidy powers out, RAMS Uno, but Uno runs Cassidy over! Uno gloats but Cassidy kips up! Cassidy puts his hands- NO, Uno stops that to arm-drag Cassidy! Cassidy ducks ‘n’ dodges and arm-drags in return, then wheelbarrows to victory roll! TWO, and Uno shows punch but Cassidy says wait! Hands up, and then- No, Silver gets in to put his hands in Cassidy’s pockets! Fans cheer, but Cassidy BOOTS Uno away! Cassidy powers Silver’s hands out of the pockets!

Cassidy shifts the grip to turn Silver around but Silver ROCKS him! Silver whips, Trent tags in, Cassidy dodges Silver to then atomic drop! Trent & Cassidy runs together to DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE! The fans fire up as Best Friends flex, but Uno returns! Best Friends dodge Uno to DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE him! The fans fire up again as the flexing continues. Trent and Cassidy then coordinate, but Dark Order stops the hug! The fans boo, but Uno whips Trent and Silver whips Cassidy. Best Friends reverse, Uno and Silver stop from colliding, but then Trent & Cassidy make them hug!

The fans cheer but Dark Order doesn’t know what’s happening! They rush Best Friends, but they’re sent up and out! Cassidy and Trent coordinate, Chuckie T slides in, but the ref wants Chuck to get out. Too late, the ref’s part of the hug! You GOT to give the people what they want! Uno returns but Trent drop toeholds him! Trent floats to a facelock and grinds Uno down. The fans rally for Chuck but Trent knees low. Trent CHOPS Uno, then hauls him up to hit a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Trent tags Cassidy, Cassidy goes up a corner, and the fans fire up, only for Silver to lift Cassidy off the corner! Silver DROPS Cassidy!

Silver says he’s freakin’ jacked, but Trent whips him to STANDING METEORA! Uno blocks Trent’s kick, hands it to the ref, and hits the NECKBREAKER! Cassidy returns, tilt-o-whirls, but Uno stops it! Uno suplexes, into STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Cassidy powers up, but Uno throws his vest at Cassidy! Then UPPERCUTS! Then SOMETHING EVIL! Cover, TWO!! Cassidy survives and Uno is frustrated. Uno storms over to Cassidy, CHOKES him on ropes, and the ref counts while Rampage goes picture in picture.

Uno lets off as the ref counts, and Cassidy sputters. Silver CHOKES Cassidy now! Uno hurries to hide that by digging his knee into Cassidy, and then Uno puts his vest back on. Uno reels Cassidy into a COBRA TWIST! Cassidy endures, fights his way forward one step at a time, but Uno turns things around! Cassidy hip tosses free! Silver tags in and BLASTS Trent! Cassidy dodges Silver but finds he’s alone! Cassidy BOOTS Silver, BOOTS Uno, repeat! And repeat! And repeat! Trent’s still not back as Rampage returns to single picture, so Cassidy “unleashes” the kicks! Then he stomps and stomps and stomps!

The fans fire up and Cassidy powers up! To tag Trent! Trent runs up to DOUBLE LARIAT! Trent GERMAN SUPLEXES Silver, GERMAN SUPLEXES again, but then Uno runs up! Trent gets Uno for the GERMAN SUPLEX! Silver runs up, into a HALF ‘N’ HALF! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up behind Trent as he brings Silver up. Trent fire a forearm but Silver gives it back! They go back and forth, then Trent slips around to backslide! Silver rolls through to kick, KICK, SUPERKICK and deadlift- NO, Trent slips free of the suplex to Alabama Lift. But Uno BOOTS Trent into Silver’s sunset flip! Cover, Cassidy breaks it!

The fans fire up, but Silver whips Cassidy to a corner. Cassidy tumbles up and out, but Silver BLASTS him down! Silver goes to the apron to SUPERKICK Chuck! CANNONBALL on Cassidy! But Trent SPEARS Silver! Uno’s up top to SUPER CANNONBALL Trent!! But Cassidy DIVES to TORNADO DDT to the floor!! The fans fire up, “This is Awesome!” as Cassidy puts Uno in! Cassidy climbs, aims, DEEP- NO, Uno stops the DDT to shove and BACKBREAKER! Trent is back and he ROCKS Uno! And CHOPS Uno! Trent CHOPS again, but Silver is in! Trent runs up, but Silver dodges to GAMANGIRI!

Silver feeds Trent to Uno, it’s a remix of the Wombo Combo! And then END OF DAYS!! Cover, Cassidy barrels in to break it! The fans fire up again but Silver storms up on Cassidy. Silver fires forearms, whips, but Cassidy skins the cat! Cassidy ORANGE PUNCHES Silver into Trent’s Alabama Lift! ORANGE PUNCH for Uno, STRONG ZERO for Silver! Cover, Best Friends win!

Winners: Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta, by pinfall

It’s a Strong Zero in the 3-0 start to Orange & Trent teaming up towards the tournament! Will they make it all the way through to the finals and establish their Dynasty?

 

The Righteous speaks.

Vincent says, “Sometimes, you need to die a little in order to bloom again.” Dutch says, “You plant a seed in the ground for a beautiful garden to grow. But once it’s stepped and buried, left to die, new seed can be planted. Same goes for the mind.” Vinnie says someone will always say you weren’t right, that you did it wrong. But in their world, The Righteous have never made a bad move, man. The grave is just the door to rebirth. When people try to bury you, remind yourself that you are a seed. Death walks. Dig what they’re saying? Speaking of, they just dug up a special package with their names on it. Just what are The Righteous about to unleash upon AEW?

 

The Outcasts are backstage.

Saraya is sick and tired of this, and she tells the cameraman to follow her and Harley. Saraya’s brother, Zak, wants a fight, so he’s gonna get a fight. Harley fires up Zak, and points out some randos. Zak TOSSES one against a wall! The other guy gets in Zak’s face, so Zak says “Make me have at ya!” The guy swings on Zak, Zak ducks, and then BLACKJACKS the guy down! Zak is snarling, but then Saraya points out ANGELO PARKER is here! Cool Hand Ange says, “I’ll be having ya!” They brawl, Parker ducks the blackjack, and security rushes in! Things are only getting more intense, what will it take to put this to bed?

 

Toni Storm & Mariah May w/ Luther VS Kayla Sparks & Little Mean Kathleen!

The AEW Women’s World Champion and the Toni Award Winning protege are finally teaming together in another dream come true for Mariah May. But before the match begins, “Timeless” Toni gets the mic to say please, please be seated. She is “Timeless” Toni Storm, your AEW Women’s World Champion! The fans cheer, and Toni introduces her protege. Now, tonight, they will be performing a very special tag team match, so please enjoy the show, and turn off all cellular devices. And as for Deonna Purrazzo…! If you and your little mystery partner want to get a closer look, then watch this!

Storm CLOBBERS Kayla Sparks while Mariah throws LMK down by her hair! Storm stomps away on LMK, the fans rally for “TONI! TONI!” as she whips LMK to ropes. Storm then BOOTS LMK down, and Mariah basement dropkicks! They pose together and the fans fire up. Storm then stomps LMK in a corner, RAMS into her again and again, then TOSSES her by her hair! Storm POINT BLANK HIPS LMK again and again! Storm swivels the hips to then HIP ATTACK again! Storm BLASTS Kayla, too, then tags in Mariah. Mariah ROCKS LMK with a forearm, stands her against ropes and puts some stank on the CHOP!

Mariah whips LMK, scoops her, and spins around and around and around for the SIDEWALK SLAM! The fans fire up as Mariah rocks out! Mariah drags LMK up, LMK throws body shots but Mariah CLUBS her down! Mariah KNEES LMK down, tags Storm, and Storm stalks LMK. The fans rally as Storm waistlocks and deadlifts LMK for a GERMAN SUPLEX! LMK manages to tag Kayla, but Storm dodges her to GERMAN SUPLEX! Storm then drags Kayla up, bumps her off buckles, runs to BOOT LMK, then she BOOTS Kayla down! Another bump off buckles, Storm goes corner to corner, SWEET HIP MUSIC!

Mariah tags in, and she gives her version of the SWEET HIP MUSIC! The fans fire up and Mariah is so happy! She tags Storm, Storm gets Kayla up, STORM ZERO! Tag back to Mariah, Storm HIPO ATTACKS LMK! Mariah covers, she and Toni win!

Winners: Toni Storm & Mariah May, by pinfall

The leading lady and her best supporting actress win hands down tonight, but wait! Here comes Deonna! The Virtuosa then presents her partner, THUNDER ROSA! La Mera Mera has been wanting after big targets since her return, she and Deonna storm down to the ring! Mariah & Toni exit stage right, then hurry to the ramp! Deonna gets a mic to laugh at Toni and say, “That’s what I thought. I guess we’ll see you two next week. Bye.” The AEW Women’s World Champion has some major competition coming for her title, will she make it through still in control?

 

AEW hears from Queen Aminata.

“Being from Guinea, West Africa, growing up, I didn’t have a role model in sport. And I said, ‘I’ll become one. I’ll be the role model that I always wanted.’ Although I haven’t been in AEW recently, Your Queen has been juicily killing it. I am undefeated in ROH. In my way to the ROH Women’s TV Championship stands Red Velvet.” Queen Aminata tells Velvet that she is amazing, but come next Thursday, you will not stand between that title and Aminata. Aminata vows to win the title not just for herself, but for all the juicy people. And the people back home will see why she is the one, the only African Woman wrestler!

 

AEW announces the World Tag Team Championship Tournament Bracket!

We start with The Young Bucks VS Private Party, a revisit from the inaugural tag team tournament! Then, Ricky Starks & “Big Bill” Morrissey return in hopes of reclaiming these titles, taking on Top Flight’s Darius & Dante Martin. There are two wild card match-ups, as well! The first is Best Friends VS the Don Callis Family’s Will Hobbs & Kyle Fletcher, the other is The House of Black’s Brody King & Buddy Matthews VS The Infantry! The winner of Best Friends VS Hobbs & Fletcher will face The Undisputed Kingdom’s Matt Taven & Mike Bennett, while the winner of House of Black VS Infantry faces FTR! The wild card round is tomorrow night on Collision!

This will all culminate on Sunday, April 21st in St. Louis for AEW Dynasty! With so many top tier teams in this tournament, who will break the bracket and break through as the NEW AEW World Tag Team Champions?

 

Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis VS Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes!

The Alpha may have lost to Will Ospreay at Revolution, but Don Callis says that the family is still strong. Will Konosuke prove it by taking down the AAA World Cruiserweight Champion? Or will the Commander of the Ropes shock the world with perhaps his biggest win in AEW yet?

The bell rings and and Konosuke rushes right up! Komander dodges, dodges again, but Konosuke still runs him over. Komander kips up, then kicks, but Konosuke blocks to headlock. Komander powers up but can’t power out as Konosuke holds on tight. Callis applauds but the fans rally for Komander. Komander fights up, throws body shots and powers out. Things speed up, Komander leaps but into a fireman’s carry! Konosuke SLAMS Komander down, runs, but Komander avoids the boot! Victory roll, KNEE DROP, and then LIONSAULT! Cover, ONE!! Konosuke is still in this but Jericho on commentary warns people to stop using his move.

Komander CLUBS Konosuke, KICKS him, CHOPS him, and forearms! Konosuke doesn’t budge! Konosuke winds up, Komander dodges to SOBAT! Komander runs, into a BOOT! The fans boo but Callis sings Konosuke’s praises. Konosuke runs up at Komander, and he fakes out the low bridge to SHOTGUN BOOT Komander down! Konosuke gets Komander back in, drags Komander back up, and ROCKS him to a corner. The fans rally, Konosuke stomps Komander but the ref counts. Konosuke digs his boot in, but he steps away at 4. Konosuke drags Komander up, whips corner to corner, but Komander goes up and up and leaps!

Konosuke gets under but Komander handsprings! Komander dodges Konosuke, waistlocks, but Konosuke switches, GERMAN SUPLEX and Komander lands on his stomach! Callis talks trash to Abrahantes while Rampage goes picture in picture.

Konosuke takes his time walking back over to Komander, and then drags him up. Konosuke snapmares Komander, pulls at the mask, but the ref reprimands! Konsouke shifts to a chinlock and he grinds Komander down into the mat. Komander endures, fights up, but Konosuke shifts to a dragon sleeper, before he CLUBS Komander down! Konosuke soaks up the heat by simply relaxing in a corner before going back for Komander. Konosuke drags Komander, reels him in, but Komander fights off the back suplex! Komander goes to run but Konosuke reels him back in, for the back suplex! But Komander lands out of it!

Komander shoves Konosuke to a corner, but runs into an ELBOW! Konosuke then goes up, BOOTS Komander and reels him in. Konosuke threatens to do what he did to Ospreay at Revolution! Konosuke drags Komander up but Komander throws hands! Konosuke HEADBUTTS Komander down! Konosuke then drags Komander back up, suplexes, but Komander makes it a SUPER STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Komander fires up as Rampage goes to break!

Rampage returns as Konosuke ends up outside the ring. Komander goes up the corner, tightrope walks, and ASAI MOONSAULTS! Direct hit and the fans fire up with Komander! The fans chant for “A E DUB!” as Komander puts Konosuke in. Springboard SPIKE-RANA! Cover, TWO!! Konosuke survives and goes to a corner. Komander runs corner to corner but Konosuke pops him up to TOSS him away! Konosuke aims, but Komander dodges the knee! Komander springboards to TORNILLO but into BLUE THUNDER!! Cover, TWO?!? Komander survives and shocks everyone! Konosuke snarls and the fans rally as he brings Komander up.

Komander fires shots but Konosuke DECKS Komander for it! Konosuke then hauls Komander up, but Komander SUNSET BOMBS!! Cover, TWO!! Callis almost got in the ring over that one! Komander hurries to a corner while Konosuke is down! Callis shouts for Konosuke to get up, “This is Awesome!” as Komander climbs! But Konosuke HEADBUTTS Komander down! Konosuke goes up, lifts Komander, but Komander slips free of the suplex to then 619 the legs out! Konosuke hits buckles, Komander springboards again, FLYING DESTROYER!!! The fans are losing their minds and so is Callis!

Komander goes up the corner again, tightrope walks, CIELITO LINDO onto knees!! Konosuke saves himself, then POP-UP POWERBOMBS! Then flip through to POWER DRIVE KNEE!! Konosuke’s not done, he deadlifts for a SPINNING FALCON ARROW!! Cover, Konosuke wins!

Winner: Konosuke Takeshita, by pinfall

The Alpha is not the Alpha because he is undefeated, but because he is undeterred! Konosuke rebounds after the loss to Ospreay, will Konosuke look to finally grab up some gold?

 

Serena Deeb speaks.

“After 15 months on the shelf, going through every test imaginable, to my spirit, to my body, to my mind, and proving to myself in the process what I knew before but reminding myself that I am absolutely undeniably unbreakable. When I walked back in this locker room, I watched the demeanor of every single woman change and then some, because they know the game just changed. I made my intensions very clear from the start: The Professor of Professional Wrestling, Serena Deeb is back! And I will become champion!” The Professor has her plan, the only questions left are when and where will she get her opportunity?

 

PROGRAMMING NOTE for Rampage next week!

With NCAA’s March Madness starting up, Rampage will NOT be on Friday night but on Wednesday, back-to-back with Dynamite on TBS! Three hours of AEW, will you be able to handle it?

 

BREAKING NEWS for Collision!

On top of the wild card round in the AEW Tag Team Championship Tournament beginning, we get another incredible dream match as Bryan Danielson takes on KATSUYORI SHIBATA! Will the Wrestler be able to slay the American Dragon? Plus, while The Infantry is in the tag tournament, Trish Adora goes for gold of her own as she takes on Julia Hart in a TBS Championship House Rules match! What stipulation will the AfroPunk come up with? Will it help her against the Princess of the Black Throne? Or will the House Always Win?

 

Mark Henry welcomes us back to Rampage.

“Action Andretti & Top Flight soar into the Undisputed Kingdom.” With the brackets now decided, this trios match means more than just getting a win. This main event is also a rivalry renewed from the epic battles over the ROH World Tag Team Championships. Will Roderick Strong help Matt Taven & Mike Bennett have momentum going into the tournament? Or will Action Andretti help Darius & Dante make this a Sight to See? It looks like there’s been enough talk. It’s TIME for the main event!

Six Man Tag: The Undisputed Kingdom VS Top Flight!

The trios sort out and Action starts against Roddy. Roddy kicks Action hard and low, then RAMS him into the Kingdom’s corner! Roddy stomps away, the fans boo but Roddy tags Bennett. Bennett stomps Action, digs his boots in, but lets off as the ref counts. Tag to Taven, and Taven gets his stomps in! The ref counts, Taven argues with him, but then Taven brings Action up to bump off buckles. Taven whips, Action reverses but Taven goes up and over. Action slides to a stop, hurdles Taven, but Taven DROPKICKS Action! Action gets away while Taven gloats, “IIIII’M Matt Taven!” Dante tags in, and he FLYING CANNONBALLS!

The fans fire up and Dante runs at the corner to forearm smash Taven! Dante whips corner to corner, Taven stops himself and rolls under to then GAMANGIRI! Taven back suplexes, Dante lands out to roll Taven up, TWO! Taven runs up, Dante drop toeholds him into buckles, then goes up and out to KICK Taven in! Dante stares The Kingdom down, then he slingshots in, but Taven FLAPJACKS him down! Tag to Bennett, The Kingdom double whip Dante to dropkick a leg out, and Taven drops an- NO, Dante avoids the ax handle to BUZZSAW Taven! Dante dodges Bennett to SUPERKICK him down! Taven kicks, Dante blocks and JUMP KNEES!

Tag to Darius and he runs up to clothesline Taven out of the ring! Bennet turns up, Darius TOSSES him out then sets up so Dante can POETRY IN MOTION Bennett off the apron! The fans fire up and Darius goes out to fetch Bennett. Darius pushes Bennett to a cover, ONE! Bennett toughs it out but Darius wrenches. Bennett kicks low, CHOPS, but Darius CHOPS back! The CHOPS go back and forth, faster and faster, and Darius gest the edge as he CHOPS, CHOPS and CHOPS! Darius runs, but Taven trips him up! Bennett ROLLING ELBOWS Darius, then tags in Roddy! Roddy CHOPS Darius right off his feet!

Roddy shouts, “Who do you think you are?!” Then he SLAPS Darius! And DECKS him with a forearm! Roddy fires more forearms but Darius hits back. Darius headlocks, Roddy powers out and leaps, but into an atomic drop! Darius DROPKICKS Roddy then tags Action! Action gets around Roddy, but Roddy fights the backslide! Roddy turns it around to backslide but Action flips through! Action knuckle locks, props Roddy up, then springs up to sunset flip! TWO! Roddy runs up, Action ducks ‘n’ dodges to tilt-o-whirl RANA! Roddy stands back up, into a wrench and BACKBREAKER to NECKBREAKER!

Action keeps moving, he RUNNING SHOOTING STARS! Cover, The Kingdom break it! They also BLAST Top Flight away! They double whip Action but he handsprings to DOUBLE BACK ELBOW! Roddy runs up, Action dodges, but Roddy ducks the roundhouse. The ENZIGIRI still hits! Darius joins in, he and Action secret handshake and then Dante joins in. They say it’s time to take flight! They build speed, and then Darius DIVES onto Bennett, Dante DIVES onto Roddy and Action FLIES onto Taven! The fans fire up for the hattrick and Rampage goes picture in picture.

Top Flight puts Roddy in, Action tags Darius and they snapmare Roddy for a KICK and basement dropkick! Cover, TWO! Darius brings Roddy up to CHOP, then CLUBS him to the corner. Darius fires forearms, then an UPPERCUT! Darius whips Roddy to ropes, but Roddy stops himself and BOOTS back! Tag to Bennett and he runs up, only for Darius to duck and CHOP! Bennett CHOPS, Darius CHOPS, repeat! The CHOPS go back and forth, then Darius headlocks. Bennett powers out the back, headlocks in return, but Darius powers out. Bennett goes up and over in the corner, then headlocks. Taven tags in as Darius powers out.

Taven hurdles over Darius and Bennett ROCKS Darius with a forearm! Taven then hits a BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Bennett BLASTS Action & Dante while Taven covers, TWO! Darius survives but Taven pushes him around. Taven stomps Darius, stands him up to CHOP in the corner, then CHOP again! Taven tags Roddy, they mug Darius, and Roddy brings Darius around. Roddy scoops Darius for a BACKBREAKER! Darius writhes, Roddy tags Bennett, and Bennett stomps Darius at ropes. Bennett ROCKS Darius, stomps him and CHOPS him, then ROCKS him again. Tag to Taven and he brings Darius around, only for Darius to throw body shots.

Taven knees low, whips Darius to ropes, but Darius reverses. Taven still catches Darius for a ROLLING NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Darius stay sin this but Taven keep shim down by anchoring a leg. Taven drags Darius back, tags Roddy, and Roddy drops an elbow on Darius’s back! Roddy taunts Dante, the ref has to keep Dante back, and this just allows the Kingdom to stomp away on Darius! Bennett tags in, snapmares Darius, and KNEES him in the back! And KNEES him again and again and again! Bennett pulls Darius with a chinlock, tags Taven, and The Kingdom mugs Darius again.

Taven tags Roddy but Darius fights back. Rampage returns to single picture as Roddy knees Darius low, feeds him to Taven’s coop, and Taven hits a BACKBREAKER! Then feed to Roddy for an atomic SLAM! Taven runs up the ropes to LIONSAULT FLOP! Jericho says he can’t believe someone else is using his move, but Roddy whips Darius to a corner. Darius TIGER WALL KICKS! The fans fire up as Darius crawls, as does Roddy! Hot tags to Bennett and Dante! The fans fire up as Dante dodges Bennett, ROCKS Taven, then fires off on Bennett! Dante whips, Bennett reverses but Dante ELBOWS Taven first.

Dante tosses Taven out, dodges Bennett and then goes up and around the corner! SUPERKICK for Taven, GAMANGIRI for Bennett! Dante springboards to CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up with Dante and he brings Bennett up. Bennett shoves Dante back but Dante BOOTS him! Dante then goes up and over and Darius GAMANGIRIS! SUPERKICK to COMPLETE SHOT! Tag to Action and he springboards for the 450 SPLASH! Cover, Taven storms up, but Action moves so the elbow drop hits Bennett! Taven feels a fool, Action CHOPS him! And CHOPS again! Action whips, Taven reverses but Action springboards, into a HEEL KICK!

Taven coordinates with Bennett, Bennett gets Action up and Taven climbs. But Action RAMS Bennett into Taven! Action then back drops Bennett but Bennett sunset flips! Action rolls through to jackknife bridge, TWO! Action BOOTS Bennett, Taven leaps, into a SUPERKICK! Roddy storms in, but into a SUPERKICK! The fans fire up as Darius helps Action get Bennett up. But Roddy STRONG KNEES Darius! And STRONG KNEES Action! Bennett & Taven reset, THY KINGDOM COME!! And then END OF HEARTACHE!! Cover, Undisputed Kingdom wins!

Winners: The Undisputed Kingdom, by pinfall

The AEW International Champion caps it off for himself and the ROH World Tag Team Championships! Will Taven & Bennett blaze a trail through the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament to add even more belts to the collection?


My Thoughts:

A great Rampage, great stuff going into the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament. Of course the EVPs treat themselves as the number one seed, but I also like that they’re taking on Private Party to start. The Bucks are surely winning that to avenge the huge upset from the early days of AEW. Hobbs & Fletcher for Don Callis Family is an interesting move but they’re going to have a great match with Best Friends. Cassidy & Trent VS Dark Order was a great match here tonight, and there’s a chance Cassidy & Trent make it to the quarterfinals but certainly not past The Bucks in the semifinals. And given how those brackets are made, it is very likely we get Bucks VS FTR at Dynasty.

Great tag team debut for Storm & Mariah, and I was oddly not expecting Thunder Rosa to be Deonna’s teammate. A great choice all the same, Rosa can use helping Deonna as a shortcut back to the top title. Great promos from Aminata and Deeb, especially with Aminata plugging the ROH Women’s Television Championship Tournament. Serena seems to be in a holding pattern, she’ll surely get a shot at one of the titles once we’re past Dynasty and the stories we’ve got like Storm VS Deonna and Julia VS Willow.

Awesome match from Konosuke VS Komander, and it was even funny Jericho finally got upset seeing other people use the Lionsault. Great win for Konosuke, he should also get in on a title scene but they’re all accounted for right now. And great Six Man Tag for the main event, but Undisputed Kingdom getting the win makes some sense. They’re gonna be waiting for a wild card in the next round, the “go-home math,” if that’s applicable so far out from their tournament match, indicates Kingdom will lose to Cassidy & Trent as a partial revenge on Roddy for taking the International title. Plus, Taven & Bennett have the ROH tag titles, they need to worry about defending those at Supercard of Honor or something.

My Score: 8.8/10


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