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Mitchell’s WWE NXT Report! (6/6/18)

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Pirate Princess VS Lady of NXT III!

The Lady of NXT and the Pirate Princess are tied, and tonight is the rubber match! Will Lacey Evans use her Woman’s Right to leave Kairi Sane shipwrecked? Or will Kairi keelhaul Lacey on her way to the top? Plus, Roderick Strong and Danny Burch battle 1v1 ahead of TakeOver: Chicago’s NXT Tag Team Championship match!

 

All images courtesy of the WWE Network streaming service

 

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • TM61 VS Mike Hughley & Robby Grand; TM61 win.
  • Roderick Strong VS Danny Burch; Strong wins.
  • Kairi Sane VS Lacey Evans; Kairi wins.

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Shayna Baszler heads to the ring!

Somehow, the NXT Women’s Champion has her belt back after Crazy Nikki Cross literally stole it from her. The Queen of Spades is still the champion after defeating Dakota Kai in last week’s championship defense, but the Looney Lass did cut her celebrating short last week.

Shayna speaks on that, as she showed the entire locker room that when you step to her, you get smacked in the face with a dose of reality. “It doesn’t matter how brave you think you are to stand up to me,” Shayna is tougher, stronger and better. “And the strong will always defeat the weak. But there’s always gotta be one.” Fans chant “Nikki! Nikki!” for the would-be champion, the one who thinks laws don’t apply to them. Shayna tells Nikki that if she ever gets in her face again, it’ll be the last thing she ever does. Speak of the devil, here comes Nikki!

Shayna glares at Nikki as she stands on the stage and walks down the ramp. Nikki takes off the coat and sunglasses and has her wild-eyed grin as she hops into the ring. Fans sing “Nikki’s gonna kill~ you~” as Nikki and Shayna stare down. Shayna tells her to her face, that Nikki’s “stunt was a joke.” Don’t get it twisted, Shayna is the real NXT Women’s Champion! The only place Nikki is better than Shayna is in her own whacked out mind. Shayna asks what’s wrong with her. Is she crazy? “YES! YES!” Well if she ever tries that again, just know Shayna can put her out in a heartbeat. Shayna then tosses the mic at Nikki, but it just bounces off her. Nikki picks it up, and says “Do it, Shayna. Do it. Do it!!” She repeats “Do it! Do It!” and the fans join in.

Nikki begs Shayna to do it, and starts laughing maniacally. Shayna says the champion calls the shots. Nikki steps, and Shayan flinches! Shayna shoves Nikki, and Nikki tackles Shayna! It’s a brawl and it’s all going Nikki’s way! Shayna gets Nikki off her but only for a minute as Nikki hammers and stomps away in a corner! Nikki is all fired up, and she sees the belt on the mat. She goes to grab it, but Shayna rocks Nikki with a right. Shayna tosses Nikki out then throws her jacket off. Nikki crawls back in and hits Shayna back! Nikki climbs, for a flying crossbody! Shayna rolls out of the ring, and Nikki scurries back to the belt. Shayna’s bleeding from the mouth as she crawls away from Crazy Cross. Will Shayna get payback for Nikki drawing first blood? Or will Nikki officially become NXT Women’s Champion?

Something’s gonna happen, because this is happening at TakeOver: Chicago!

 

TM61 VS Mike Hughley & Robby Grand!

The Mighty Don’t Kneel, but they do bend the rules. Shane Thorne & Nick Miller have been on a win streak lately, because they use the ropes to help in pinfalls. The Street Profits and Heavy Machinery have fallen victim to The Mighty’s tricks, will the same go for ??? tonight?

Miller starts against Hughley and circles with him while the fans chant “Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi oi oi!” Miller knees Hughley low, then clubs him down before giving him a chop. Miller chops more, then puts Hughley in the corner to tag in Thorne. Thorne is whipped in for the European Uppercut, then feeds Hughley into Miller’s forearm. Thorne stands on Hughley’s head to show disrespect, but backs off at 4. He brings Hughley up, but Hughley jawbreakers and tags in “Mr. Upgrade”. But Robby runs right into a dropkick! Thorne rains rights and lefts and forearms onto Robby, then backs off at 4. Miller tags in and brings Robby up by his nose. Fans duel but Miller lets go of the nose at 4. Robby hits back but is clubbed back down.

Miller hits Hughley for good measure, but then turns around into haymakers from Robby! Robby runs but into a cheap kick that the ref doesn’t see while Hughly protests. Miller grabs Hughley and throws him to the floor. Thorne tags in, and TM61 drags Robby up to feed him to Thorne’s clubbing clothesline to the back of the head! Or as they like to call it, the King Hit!

Thorne covers, TM61 wins!

Winners: TM61, Thorne pinning

The Mighty use more sneaky tactics, and even more aggressive moves, and they win again. Will Miller & Thorne climb up to the top and challenge the NXT Tag Team Champions in the future?

TM61 speaks in the ring.

Fans boo and jeer while Miller says “We’ve proven that we’re the best team in NXT.” Street Profits, TM61 won. Heavy Machinery, TM61 won. This is about winning and TM61 are winners. They will win against War Raiders, “Oney & Danny”, or the Undisputed Era, as long as they’re man enough to face them. All the teams shall kneel before The Mighty! Thorne & Miller have reestablished themselves with their true name, but will their words come true in the following weeks?

 

Lars Sullivan trains ahead of his NXT Championship match.

The Leviathan makes trainees tap to bearhugs and clubs them down with one arm at a time. Lars would slam and club and clobber the trainees until no one was comfortable, physically or emotionally. Even the biggest of the trainees that stepped to Lars still fell to the Freak Accident!

With his powers and aggression fully on display, will Aleister Black stand a chance of retaining his title at TakeOver: Chicago?

 

Roderick Strong VS Danny Burch!

The Undisputed Era’s Messiah of the Backbreaker takes on one-half of the one-two combination of brawlers. Strong and his friends don’t see Lorcan & Burch as a serious threat to their tag team title reign, but will the British Brawler change their minds?

The bell rings and Strong circles with Burch. They tie up, they push each other around, and Strong gets the takedown and float over to headlock. Burch slips out but Strong gets back on with a rear mount, and headlock. Burch slips out again and gets the arm wrench, but Strong snapmares. Strong wants the headlock back but Burch slips out again to put him in a hammerlock. Fans applaud the technical exchange while Strong stands. Strong headlock takeovers but Burch reverses back. Strong scrambles away to the ropes, and Burch honors the break. Burch dares Strong to come back, and the two tie up again. They go shoulder to shoulder, but Burch spins and trips up Strong to pull him around and kick out the arm! Burch goes after that arm, and puts it back in the hammerlock. Strong endures while reaching for ropes.

Strong runs around and puts Burch on the apron, but Burch shoulders back in. Burch climbs back in but Strong kicks him on reentry! Strong stomps and stomps, then rains rights down before bending Burch back in a half-clutch. He rakes the face then elbows Burch down. Burch gets to a corner but Strong gives him a sharp chop, then another even sharper one. Strong lifts Burch for the first pendulum backbreaker. Cover, TWO, but Strong keeps on Burch with a facelock. Fans rally for “Danny! Danny!” while Burch endures and powers up. Burch fights back with body shots, then runs, but into a dropkick! Cover, TWO! Strong dropkicks Burch while he’s down, going after that back more. Strong kicks Burch, then drags him up for a standing abdominal stretch.

Burch endures again, but he feeds off the fan energy. Strong puts on a waistlock but now Burch throws Strong out. Strong returns, but misses in the corner! Burch headbutts and brings them both down. Fans rally as they both stir, but Strong stands first. Strong clubs Burch, Burch hits back and we have a brawl. Burch clobbers Strong with haymakers, then European Uppercuts. Burch hits a running EuroUpper, then a clothesline. He throws Strong out and hops up to missile dropkick Strong down! Burch kip-up, EuroUpper, then German Suplex! Burch is all fired up as he flips Strong over with a clothesline! But as always, the Undisputed Era come out to bail out their pal!

But in response, Oney Lorcan & Pete Dunne appear and go after them!

The British Bruiserweight and the Boston Brawler brawl with Kyle O’Reilly & Adam Cole, and Burch cheers them on. However, Cole turns it around and throws Lorcan into steel steps! Dunne goes after Cole, then intercepts Kyle’s leap with a powerful forearm! Strong goes to pounce on Burch, but Burch sees him coming. Burch dodges the knee, then wrangles Strong down into the crossface! Strong endures, reaches, but Cole comes back up. This distraction gets Burch to let go. Burch hits Cole, but Strong comes back with the Backbreaker Strong!

Cover, Strong wins!

Winner: Strong, by pinfall

The Undisputed Era members help each other out, but there’s a certain someone lurking…

Strong turns around, and faces the wrath of Pete Dunne! Dunne fires off on the traitor, rocking him with that killer forearm. Dunne prepares the pumphandle, but O’Reilly chopblocks him down. Then Strong brings Dunne up for End of Heartache! Strong makes his leave, literally walking all over Burch. The Undisputed Era stand tall with lots of gold, but how long will it last?

 

Kassius Ohno finishes up a photoshoot.

The Knockout Artist is showing off the black and yellow, when Mr. Top One Percent interrupts.

EC3 wonders why they’re taking photos of Ohno. “Are we trying to break the camera?” EC3 is just joking, Ohno. But Ohno is a tremendous “wrassler”, but he’s not Top One Percent, he is not the golden goose, he is not the best here, the best there, the– We get it, EC3, you’re a lot of things, too. One of those is a narcissist. If he keeps talking like this, he’ll be 1% away from 99% unconscious. Ohno is ready to fight, but EC3 is booked up. Then how about a week from now? Ohno VS EC3, put it up in lights. Challenge accepted, but who will win this knockout of a match?

 

Aleister Black responds to The Leviathan.

“Lars Sullivan. You dared to do what the people thought was the unthinkable, and make it into a reality.” By that, he means STOP the Black Mass to then topple the champ. “But your actions last week do not determine my reality.” Aleister says Lars showed him what lies ahead. But next week, Aleister will make Lars’ reality #FadeToBlack. What does the Dutch Destroyer have in mind for his opponent in Chicago?

 

NXT looks at the coming “One & Only Dream” Match.

“For a while, the name ‘Ricochet’ always coincided with ‘this kid who can do flips’.” He set an expectation for himself, and would either keep it or exceed it. For 15 years, Ricochet clawed to the top of every promotion. “The One and Only? That must mean you’re blessed.” The Velveteen Dream sees himself as someone who is also blessed. “When you’re truly blessed, you don’t need to struggle.” You just have “it”. “It” is every word, every move, hooks the fans. Ricochet has the moves to wow, but can he make someone feel? Dream claims that anything Ricochet can do, Dream can do better. Ricochet wants Dream to prove it.

Dream was in and was eliminated from the Tough Enough show, but he didn’t let that stop him. He came back to be part of NXT. Ricochet has also earned his spot. “King” Ricochet isn’t on top. Dream chose to be a Prince. “And the difference between a King and a Prince, is that the King was good”, but the Prince will take over. Ricochet is focused, The Dream is confident. Who will take the throne that is the spotlight in Chicago?

 

Kairi Sane VS Lacey Evans!

The Model Soldier feels it is her duty to straighten out and clean up the NXT Women’s Division, but the Pirate Princess is not letting her do as she pleases. The series between these two is all tied up, who will take the tie breaker tonight?

Lacey shows Kairi that her right hand literally has Kairi’s name on it. The bell rings and the two circle. They tie up, and they power each other back and forth. Kairi wrenches the arm, but Lacey pulls hair. Lacey swings hands but Kairi ducks them to double chop in return. Kairi whips but Lacey reverses, so Kairi slingshots up for the headscissors! Kairi then runs to tilt-o-whirl into an inverted DDT! Rather tranquilo of her. Kairi keeps on Lacey by stomping that right hand! She wrenches the arm then whips Lacey. Lacey goes up and over, but Kairi catches the legs. Kairi shoulders but Lacey kicks her back. Lacey yanks Kairi down by her hair, then slingshots for the elbow drop! Cover, ONE.

Kairi shoves but Lacey blocks the kick to then punch Kairi in the stomach. Lacey makes Kairi look at that right hand before grinding it into Kairi’s face. It’s also a cover, TWO. Lacey taunts Kairi, but Kairi hits back. Lacey drags Kairi into a cobra clutch, and sits her down with a backbreaker. Fans rally while Kairi endures. Lacey thrashes Kairi around, but Kairi refuses to quit. Kairi stands up but Lacey swings her around before throwing her away. Lacey then runs in for the swinging bronco buster. Cover, TWO, and Lacey grows frustrated. Lacey drags Kairi up, daring her to do something. Lacey winds up, but Kairi blocks the backhand. Kairi ducks the roundhouse, and uses the pumphandle to flip Lacey over. Kairi winds up and gives Lacey rights of her own, but then runs into a knee!

Lacey drags Kairi back up, scoops her, and then slams her with authority. Push-up cover, TWO. Lacey walks over to a corner and climbs up, and spin jumps for a moonsault, but it flops as Kairi rolls out of the way! Kairi fires up, Interceptor spear! And another! And then a third!

Lacey crawls away after the hat trick of spears, but Kairi fires up even more. Kairi stomps the plank, then runs in for the Sliding D! She climbs up to the top, and gives the Flying Kabuki elbow! Cover, TWO! But into an armbar! Kairi goes after that right arm, and Lacey screams in pain. Lacey pushes up to a cover, TWO and Kairi lets Lacey go. Kairi brings Lacey up and onto her shoulders, for an Alabama Slam! Kairi keeps going, and climbs back up top. She sets sail on the Seven Seas with the InSane Elbow!

Cover, Kairi wins!

Winner: Kairi, by pinfall

The Pirate Princess takes the tie-breaker! The inaugural Mae Young Classic winner proves why she’s one of the best in the world, and why she deserves to be in NXT. Can Kairi continue her quest to the top and claim the gold of the NXT Women’s Championship?

 

Tommaso Ciampa is back.

Fans boo and jeer as the Psycho Killer slowly walks his way out to the ring. It’s a familiar scene for Ciampa, so he ignores the chants of “You Suck! You Suck!” Ciampa even chuckles, actually. But then they duel with chants of “Johnny Wrestling!” and “Psycho Killer!” and that gets him to pause. Ciampa grabs a mic and sits up on the corner while they shift to “You Tapped Out!” in reference to their Unsanctioned match. But the fact is, the fans gave up on him long before he gave up on them! Those chants disgust him. But he’s still going to talk, so either they make noise or shut up, it doesn’t matter to him. The fans chant “You Still Suck!” and “Johnny Wrestling!” Spare him the “Psycho Killer” crap, and then let’s talk about Johnny Gargano!

Ciampa says that last week, Gargano does what Gargano does, interrupting a match to make it about himself. Ciampa lets the fans chant “You Suck!” as he continues. Gargano had to announce to the world that he signed his contract for their Street Fight. Johnny Wrestling is now “Johnny Badass”? Fans chant that for him. Ciampa gets it, it’s adorable really. Gargano was doing it to take the heat off of how he almost crippled his wife, Candice LeRae. “And you know what the best part is?” This is on Gargano! Gargano brought Candice here, he called out Ciampa, and he insisted to have this fight, even when “blondie” and the refs insisted not to do this. Ciampa just defended himself. “The truth hurts, Johnny, I know that.”

But what Gargano should’ve done was listen to his wife. This fight is now on Gargano. Ciampa says Gargano has to not show up at Chicago on 6/16. “Your wife is broken, you will be broken, I win.” But speak of Gargano, here he comes!

Gargano has security all over him, but he throws them off and rushes the ring! He goes right at Ciampa, and Ciampa is ready! But then Gargano fakes Ciampa out and throws hands! Security gets on Gargano again, but they get thrown off again. Gargano goes after Ciampa more but now referees stop him. Ciampa gets away but Gargano breaks free again, to DIVE!

This sends Ciampa into the crowd! But Gargano won’t stop, he throws security into steel steps. He chases Ciampa down but Ciampa hits back. Ciampa kicks Gargano while he’s down but now security grabs Ciampa. They try to keep these two apart, but Gargano breaks free again to LEAP from the stands!!

Gargano wipes Ciampa and security out, but the others come back and take him away. Ciampa runs for it, but Gargano manages to return! They both return to the ring, but security holds Gargano back while fans chant “Let Them Fight!” Ciampa clobbers Gargano from behind! Fans boo while Ciampa staggers to his feet and stomps Gargano out. Ciampa then steals the GargaNO Escape!

Referees try to pry Ciampa off Gargano, but he won’t let go until he’s good and satisfied. Ciampa grins, then finally takes his leave. Gargano glares back at Ciampa, but Ciampa gives him another wave good-bye. But when Ciampa turns to go up the ramp, and Gargano sparks to life again, clobbering Ciampa from behind now! Gargano doesn’t stop, he puts Ciampa into the LED titantron! Then, to the same LED as weeks ago. Ciampa is BLEEDING from his forehead! Fans are in shock as Gargano barrels through the refs to put the bloody CIampa in the GargaNO Escape!!

Gargano is not letting go, no matter how much Ciampa taps or the referees pull on him. Will this coming Street Fight be what ends their year-long grudge? Will either man even be able to walk out of Chicago in one piece?

 


 

My Thoughts:

Another great and very full night for NXT. The time they have on the Network without commercials getting in the way should be reason enough not to put NXT on a television network. But that debate can be a different article.

NXT opening with a promo works a lot better than other WWE opening promos, though I will say Shayna did get a bit repetitive with her point of if Nikki ever pulls that stunt again, she’d make her pay for it. Though maybe she felt she had to repeat it since it didn’t seem to sink in with Nikki. Nikki and Shayna have a great brawl, and as I’d been wondering, Nikki is proving to be Shayna’s toughest challenge already. But as I also have said before, I don’t think Nikki wins this given SAnitY is on standby over on SmackDown. Nikki can definitely give Shayna her best match since joining NXT, and it serves as a great good-bye match for Nikki before graduating to SmackDown. Then Nikki can do this all over again with Asuka, IIconics, etc.

TM61 wins again but their cheating might be going to their head. It’s good that they’re finally able to call themselves “The Mighty”, but it’s too soon to be calling out Hanson & Rowe like that. I did sense they’d have a feud with War Raiders, but I was expecting them to be the more cowardly Heels about it. Lars’ “exhibition” segment was actually a good way to have him on the episode without taking up spots on the match card, and gives screen time to trainees who could one day be on the roster. Strong and Burch have a great match, but it was expected for the Undisputed Era to be why Strong wins. The NXT Tag title match will be great, and obviously win or lose, Dunne VS Strong must happen right after.

EC3 VS Ohno is going to be great, but when is Ohno finally moving up? That Ricochet VS Dream package was spectacular, and worthy of this great match. It does a great job of giving fans an idea of both men’s careers before NXT, and frames how they’re polar opposites in the way Dream VS Aleister were opposites in another way. Kairi VS Lacey III was great, establishing both women as strong members of the division. Kairi wins the match and breaks the tie because otherwise the MYC winner looks weak. Since Shayna will retain, she and Kairi can settle their series with a title match at TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 for Summerslam weekend. That feud can go either way. Same goes for the Gargano-Ciampa feud, but this ending segment puts things in Gargano’s favor. The Unsanctioned Match was pretty brutal, this Street Fight might make that look tame.

My Score: 8.5/10

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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 6.19.25

Are we going to start trending upwards with Slammiversary to build toward?

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Last week’s episode was lacking in ring work but had decent story moments and segments. Starting the build to Slammiversary we can either launch nicely or things can always get worse. Jason Hotch and KC Navarro are the real shining stars of the last few months, so lets hope once they get over this Leon Slater idiot ship, they can push X Division wrestlers with actual talent for pro wrestling and not just flippy charisma vacuums.

Oh and let’s not forget, it is the episode they celebrate the 23rd anniversary of TNA! TWENTY – THREE!! Somewhere PCO hates this.

Ratings:

  • Sami Callihan vs Eric Young w/Losers: EY wins via Piledriver – ** 3/4
  • Lei Ying Lee & Masha Slamovich vs The Elegance Clique w/M & Personal Concierge: Elegantos win via Rarefied Air – ***
  • Eddie Edwards & JDC w/Alisha & Brian Myers vs Matt Cardona & Home Town Man: HTM wins via Cradle – *
  • Champion’s Challenge: The Rascalz, Joe Hendry, Leon Slater & Elijah vs The Kaiba Boys, Moose, Steve Maclin & Trick Williams: Elijah wins via Highwayman’s Farewell – ***

 

Results:

Sami Callihan vs Eric Young w/Losers

Sami knocks them all off the apron before the bell rings, he levels the loser children, finds a chair, attacks EY but EY counters and this is the excuse to use weapons since the bell didn’t ring yet. EY tries to break Sami’s hand on the steps with the chair, but Sami moves, throws EY back in the ring, bell rings and EY hits a Belly to Belly suplex for two. They slug it out, Sami goes for Headbutts, then Sami wants to run the ropes but a loser trips him, distracts long enough for EY to knock him out of the ring and loser children swarm as loser children do. EY does the classic, throw back out for losers to attack while EY grabs and distracts the ref. Sami is selling a few lame attacks from the losers like he got shot. It’s an excessive sell, so it’s honestly a dumb transitional moment.

EY levels Sami, Lariat into Scoop Slam, looks for the Macho Elbow but Sami hits the ropes to crotch EY. Sami Superplex time, but EY bites the face to make Sami drop, EY jumps at him but eats a straight right hand. Cactus Driver, but no, EY tries his Piledriver…they both gouge eyes at the same time, Sami catches an EY charge into a Flatliner as they’re both down…for…reasons? The selling in this match seems…poorly timed and kinda stupid. Hard Irish Whip, EY Flair Flips the corner, levels Sami, Macho Elbow for 2.9! EY threatens to hit the ref, but then goes to mad dog commentary. EY then wants to attack fans…he’s more unhinged than World Elite EY. Sami gives him the old Dick Twist into a Stunner but only for two! Losers try to distract, first one gets taken out, second one uses a chair, EY hits the Piledriver on Sami, EY wins.

I feel like this is gonna continue for a few weeks since it wasn’t a clean win. 

Mustafa Ali’s group comes out, and I refuse to say the name because it’s dumb and they’re already fraying at the seams. Ali wants an apology session, Tasha and Hotch apologize to him but Skyler bites back and refuses, even shoved Ali. So Ali challenges him to a “Call to Arms” match. What in the hell is a Call to Arms match? 

Lei Ying Lee & Masha Slamovich vs The Elegance Clique w/M & Personal Concierge

ASH does her borderline racist fake karate before Lei stares her down and tags in Heather. Heather avoids Lei, Lei throws a few Tornado Kicks to make a point and Heather tags out. Heather being 4’8″ helps her here. Concierge says “There’s no Karate in wrestling”. ASH, Lei and Masha are in the ring, ASH is trying to decide who she wants to face, but the Concierge google translated it and hands it to ASH, before the face team rocks ASH. Masha lifts up Lei and Lei does the Liu Kang Bicycle Kick, steering more into her Mortal Kombat aesthetic. Senton off the apron from Lei and Masha dives into the pile, the comedy heels are getting leveled. We go to commercial and come back with Lei getting Double Teamed but she spins it into a weird Neckbreaker..but can’t tag out just yet. Lei blocks Heather, Enzuigiri, simultaneous tag, Masha is Yakuza kicks for all and the 2 for 1 Lariat/DDT special. Near fall, but Masha goes for murder, but Heather breaks it, Rocket Launcher/Code Breaker from Elegance but Lei breaks up the pin. ASH tries to intimidate Lei with her fake Karate before throwing her out of the ring. Heather hits Lei with a handful of Glitter and then bounces her face off the post. Masha tries to stop ASH, Kelly’s music distracts Masha, Rarefied Air gives ASH the win.

Santino comes out and GOD DAMMIT no one wants to see Tommy Dreamer fight Mance Warner…that’s a useless thing. Pivot away…no one wants this. Oh no, now we have to listen to Steph talk too. Okay it seems to be a pivot, thankfully. Steph and Mance talk shit, Dreamer says something about Something is gonna happen…and Jake Something comes out. So…I guess we’re gonna build him up for 2 months and then job him out for 6 before he fucks off to his home galaxy or whatever? 

Really wish Indi just opened with the Billy Butcher classic of, “Oi Cunt!” – but this wasn’t bad. 

Eddie Edwards & JDC w/Alisha & Brian Myers vs Matt Cardona & Home Town Man

I hate… Cardona so much more now. Heel reasons for Cardona…go away heat for Deaner.

JDC wants the Home Town Man to start…and Deaner does his stupid Flip Flop and Fly, Cardona tags in, JDC is eating some offense, Cardona wants the Reboot, JDC powders, Cardona Dives but then Lish and the general numbers catch up to Cardona. Eddie is legal, and now they isolate Cardona with some decent tandem work and isolation. This turns into kind of a schmoz, lots of silly spots, near falls and then Home Town doofus gets the cradle pinfall on Eddie.

Whenever Deaner is involved I can’t be asked to care. The System beats Cardona and Deaner down, but Eddie did eat a pin. Which is embarrassing not even for work reasons, like it’s just sad.

Champion’s Challenge: The Rascalz, Joe Hendry, Leon Slater & Elijah vs The Kaiba Boys, Moose, Steve Maclin & Trick Williams

Elijah and Nic start things off, slow push off, arm wring, top wristlock, simple chain wrestling start. Nic breaks the chain and hits a Dropkick, Elijah runs the ropes and hits a Diving Lariat and starts the Rope Walk. Nic seems far to awake and alert for that move then, I hate how people pull that off too early. Wentz gets tagged in, Nic tags in Maclin who wasn’t looking for a tag, but him and Wentz have a nice clash, Trey tags in, they try to double him, but they pause and look at each other. Maclin asks for a tag, no one tags him so he Chops Ryan to tag him in and throws him in.

The little nod to Maclin and Rascalz history and the fact the faces realize Maclin isn’t a piece of shit. A little MCMG homage tandem attacks on Ryan, Wentz punctuates with the Handspring Knee Lift, Ryan tags out to Trick. Trick and Wentz go back and forth, Rascalz have Trick eating offense, Moose tries to slow things down, both Trick and Moose powder, Rascalz Double Golden Triangle Moonsaults. Trey gets tripped by Nic, Moose hits Lights Out, but there’s no referee so it’s a little chaotic.

Out of the commercial things are controlled kinda and we see a simultaneous tag to Moose and Leon. Leon comes out hot, level Moose with a Leg Lariat, attacks Nic Nemeth, attacks Ryan, and then Moose hits Leon with the Stun Gun. Moose looks to tag in Maclin but Maclin jumps off the apron. Trick takes the tag, keeps control, Trick forcibly tags in Maclin but Ryan tags himself in and pulls Leon to the Champions’ corner, Nic tags in and isolates Leon, with the Kaibas quick tagging and keeping Leon down.

Moose tags in, tries to Suplex Leon about four times but Leon stops it then counters the Suplex. Moose tries to cut him off, but the Champions distract the ref so the ref can’t see Leon tag out. Nic and Moose doubling up and Leon is the bump guy of this last portion of the match. Big Uranage from Moose…Moose looks for Lights Out but Small Package almost ruined things, Body Scissors Cradle, GAME CHANGER! Moose looks to hit a Jacknife Powerbomb but Leon turns it into a DDT. Maclin and Ryan start fighting, Nic Superkicks Maclin, Hendry and Nic tag in, Hendry is a house of fire. Sack of Shits for everyone! Nic, Ryan, there’s a pause when Hendry is face to face with Trick and Trick gets Uppercuts first then Sack of Shit! Standing Ovation on Nic, but Ryan blocks, Kaibas try a tandem attack but Hendry Lariats them both. Elijah tags in and is the maestro of the crowd and chopping Ryan to some fun. Ryan goes for a Polish Hammer but eats the Knee Lift. Signature spam time…

Ryan tries to use the International title but Maclin grabs the title away from Ryan, clocks Nic, Standing Ovation into the Highwayman’s Farewell. Champions lose!

Overall Score: 4/10

Well this was a rough one boys and girls. Sami and EY was just an overbooked shitshow, Lei Ying Lee is unfortunately in a spot where it’s obvious TNA has no clue how to use her, the Elegantos are the New Beautiful People, and I’m not mad at that. But you need to space out your goofball crap. You can’t have Elegance Clique, Home Town Moron and Santino in 3 consecutive segments. And if anyone goes “it was 3 out of 4” that’s doesn’t lessen my point, the beauty of Pro Wrestling being a variety show is…FOR VARIETY! When the lead match feels stupid because of bad pacing, poor selling and overbooking with two losers, it feels like a useless match with idiots, then comedy, followed by more comedy…you see how that’s literally NOT VARIETY.

Figure it out seriously. This was a disappointing episode. If you’re a casual viewer than it’s just chalk for TNA doing cringe and borderline goof crap since they’ve always steered a little more into the carny than other companies. But this show was…where’s Jisoo and Jenny? I feel like I need that gif:

two women standing in a kitchen with the words not bad but not good on the bottom

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Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (6/19/25)

Rumble, Bad Man, Rumble!

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Run Or Hide, The Infantry’s Outside!

Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty in one match, The Infantry in another, will Shane Taylor Promotions finally take control of ROH?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty w/ Trish Adora VS Anthony Gangone & Sal Mistretta; Shane & Lee win.
  • Pure Rules Match: Deonna Purrazzo VS Marti Belle; Deonna wins.
  • Lance Archer VS Aaron Solo; Archer wins.
  • Miyu Yamashita VS Brooke Havok; Miyu wins.
  • 8 Man Tag: The Infantry & Grizzled Young Veterans VS The Kingdom & Top Flight; The Kingdom & Top Flight win.

PLAY BY PLAY

Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty w/ Trish Adora VS Anthony Gangone & Sal Mistretta!

The full force of Shane Taylor Promotions will be felt tonight! Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo are in tonight’s main event, but that leaves Big Bad Shaney T Boy and #TAIGASTYLE to open the night. Will they prove that ROH now belongs to STP? Or will Mr. Sleep & #SturdySal show they can rumble, bad man, rumble?

The teams sort out and Lee starts against Gangone. The bell rings and Lee LEG LARIATS Gangone! The fans fire up and Lee says, “Get over here!” Lee puts Gangone in a corner, fires hands, then JUMP KNEES! Lee drags Gangone up and the fans rally behind him. Lee wrenches, and wrenches, then hits an ELBOW BREAKER! Tag to Shane but Gangone ROCKS Lee! Gangone gets away to tag in Sal. Shane and Sal step up as fans chant “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Sal ROCKS Shane, but then Shane brushes that off. Shane grins, the fans tell Sal he messed up, and Shane HEADBUTTS Sal! Sal wobbles while Shane shouts, “The hell is wrong with you, chump?”

Shane then YANKS Sal in for the URENAGE! The fans fire up and want that again, but Shane drags Sal around by a leg. Shane says why not. Ripcord and URENAGE! The fans fire up behind Shane and he rolls Sal so he can KNEE him back down! The fans chant for “S T P! S T P!” Shane winds up but Gangone runs in! Lee intercepts for the BORDER CITY STRETCH! Shane says STP reigns supreme! HAYMAKER!! Cover, STP wins!

Winners: Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty, by pinfall

Shane reminds us that he is coming for everything! Everything! Will it be just this easy for STP to own ROH?

 

BREAKING NEWS for next week!

ROH joins in on the crossover with CMLL as next week is Global Wars: Mexico! Lee Moriarty will be in action against none other than THE Blue Panther! Then, Athena & Red Velvet take on Thunder Rosa y Persephone in a dream tag team match! Will the champions of ROH stand tall in Arena Mexico? Or will there be golden tickets handed out left and right?

 

Pure Rules Match: Deonna Purrazzo VS Marti Belle!

While the ROH Women’s Pure Championship tournament still needs a full bracket, the Virtuosa is going to keep herself sharp for when she needs to strike. But will there be another masterpiece put together here tonight? Or will Marti prove she herself deserves a chance at making history?

The Code of Honor is upheld and the bell rings. We have 15 minutes as the two circle. They feel things out, knuckle lock, and then Deonna kicks an arm to wrangle Marti with the top wristlock. Marti rises up, rolls, and wrenches to wristlock. Deonna wrenches and headlocks to hit the takeover. Marti endures, fights up, powers out, but Deonna RUNS her over! Deonna soaks up the cheers and jeers, runs, then steps over Marti’s dropdown to “kick dirt” at her. Deonna eggs Marti on and the two reset. They tie up, Marti waistlocks but Deonna switches. Marti switches, lifts, but Deonna fights. Deonna ELBOWS free, then goes after Marti in the corner.

Deonna whips corner to corner, runs up, but Marti slips outside. Deonna ROCKS Marti first, soaks up more cheers and jeers, then runs, only for Marti to dodge the dropkick! Marti fires forearms, whips, but Deonna reverses and throat chops! Deonna sends Marti into steel steps! The fans are torn but Deonna wants the ring count. Deonna says it is just too easy, and Marti is rising up as the count starts. Deonna eggs Marti on, the fans rally, and Marti huffs ‘n’ puffs. Marti rolls in at 5 of 20 but Deonna stomps away! The ref counts, Deonna stops at 4, and Deonna wrenches. Deonna YANKS Marti’s arm, then wrenches again to YANK it!

Marti clutches the arm but Deonna reels her into a facelock. Marti fights the suplex, makes it a cradle, ONE!! Deonna runs up, Marti rolls her up, TWO! Marti spins and ROLLING ELBOWS! Deonna falls and the fans fire up! Deonna goes to a corner, Marti runs in, but Deonna dodges! Marti hits buckles, then Deonna blocks a boot to THROW Marti down! Deonna has the arm and the leg, then focuses on the arm to make a SACRIFICE! The fans are torn but Deonna feeds off it all. Deonna demands Marti to rise up, and as we hit four minutes, Deonna SOBATS, runs, and KNEE LIFTS into the RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP!

Deonna rolls through, FUJIWARA ARMBAR!! Marti endures, reaches out, but Deonna grabs that arm, too! VENIS DE MILO!! Marti verbally quits and Deonna wins!

Winner: Deonna Purrazzo, by submission

Neither woman used a ropebreak in this match, and Deonna didn’t need to! At just four minutes and 24 seconds, Deonna finishes this. Will she not only become ROH Women’s Pure Champion, but do it in record time?

 

The Frat House speaks.

Jacked Jameson says, “Yeah, Johnny Hungy? Johnny Starving For Attention! You wanna come back and try and get one up on The Frat House? I don’t think so, pal! And Reynolds, you talking about I got a tiny package? I got a small package, in the ring, yeah! If you’re talking about this package, ask your girl!” Preston Vance says yes, good package. But Dark Order, Vance has hated them from the beginning. They call him a traitor when he just did something for himself for once. He hates Uno, he hates Reynolds, but the one he hates the most is Silver. Starving for attention, always has been, same guy since day one!

Dark Order wants a trios match? They’ll take you up on that. But remember the one rule: Win or lose, they BOOZE~! The Frat House marches off, cheering themselves on. But will they be humbled when Uno, Silver & Reynolds finally get a back on track?

 

Mark Sterling reviews footage with The Premier Athletes.

Smart Mark looks back at a loss The Premier Athletes suffered against the Sons of Texas, and he points out specifically when Dustin Rhodes grabbed him, TOSSED him, and that is assault on a ringside consultant. That is why Sterling has the cameras here. He wants to inform Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari that the State of Michigan sports authority agreed with him, that match was tainted and therefore expunged from their records, along with a few others. But then, that means they’re undefeated? Yes! Their record is spotless now! Daivari says he isn’t sure about them, but he was pretty confident he heard way less “Athletes Suck” chants than usual. Almost 50-50 out there.

Nese says Shop AEW has not seen a single soul buying the Athletes Suck shirt. Great news! And bad news for the rest of ROH. There is nothing scarier than a couple of athletes with momentum. They will take this momentum and go straight to the ROH World Tag Team Championships. Y’know why? Because Athletes RULE! Well, one thing these three haven’t lost is their confidence. But will legal loopholes and changing grades really turn them into champions?

 

8 Man Tag: The Infantry & Grizzled Young Veterans VS The Kingdom & Top Flight!

What interesting combinations on both sides. Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo are just as tough as Zack Gibson & James Drake but with far more energy and bravado, but then Matt Taven & Mike Bennett used to make Darius & Dante Martin go through hell! Which side can put aside their differences better and come out the victors?

Well it would seem STP & GYV can as they all attack The Kingdom & Top Flight! The fans boo and the bell rings, but GYV beat down Top Flight while Infantry beat down Kingdom, another grudge coming back to haunt Taven & Bennett! The ref reprimands but the tides turn a bit. Taven brawls with Bravo on the outside, Bennett fires hands on Dean, and the Martin brothers throw hands back on GYV! Taven SMACKS Bravo off the apron, Darius UPPERCUTS James Drake, and the teams finally sort out a bit. Bravo runs back in but Taven LARIATS Bravo and himself up and out! Darius whips Drake to a corner, then runs up, but into an ELBOW!

Drake runs up, Darius arm-drags and DROPKICKS! Darius brings Drake around, Dante tags in, and Top Flight coordinates. Darius takes a swing but Drake dodges, only for Dante to send him into Darius’ UPPERCUT! Dante adds a JUMP KNEE and Darius LARIATS! Cover, ONE, but Dante basement DROPKICKS! Dante keeps Drake from the corner to tag Taven. They mug Drake, then Taven ROCKS him. Taven whips, Drake reverses but Taven cartwheels! Taven dodges, springboard and FLYING ARM-DRAGS! Taven then bypasses and DROPKICKS! The fans fire up because “IIII’M Matt Taven!” Bennett says the fans actually like Taven now.

Taven brings Drake up and into a headlock, but Drake pulls hair! Drake tags Gibson while he powers out, then he drops down for Gibson to trip Taven! Gibson drags Taven out, but Taven DECKS him! But then Drake DIVES onto Taven! The fans fire up and Infantry talks some trash. Gibson lifts Taven to SNAKE EYES off railing! Gibson puts Taven on the apron, and cravats for the neck wrench, and then a SLAM ono the apron! Taven sputters, Gibson stays between him and the corner, but the fans rally up. Taven fights the underhooks to fire body shots. Gibson keeps Taven back with a wristlock, and he tags in Drake!

Drake runs up, GYV double whip, and then they trap Taven in the corner. Drake ELBOWS Taven, Gibson UPPERCUTS, and then feed to the WHEEL KICK! Cover, TWO! Drake argues, but then he ROCKS Taven! Tag to Bravo and he RAMS into Taven! The Infantry mugs Taven, the ref counts and Bravo stops. Tag to Dean, and the Infantry double wrench to DOUBLE BACK SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! Dean throws off his shirt and drags Taven up. Dean scoops to put Taven in the Tree of Woe. Tag to Bravo and the Infantry stomp mudholes in! The fans boo, the ref counts, Gibson talks trash, but Infantry stops at 4.

The Infantry taunt Bennett & Top Flight before they DOBULE DROPKICK Taven outta the Tree! Cover, TWO! Bravo JABS, JABS, and then he BLASTS Top Flight! Bravo says they got nothing! But Taven scoops! Bravo slips free, but Taven HEEL KICKS! Both men crawl, hot tags to Darius and Dean! Darius rallies on Dean and GYV! Uppercut after uppercut then a whip! Dean reverses, but jumps into an atomic drop! Then the BULLDOG HOTSHOT! SUPERKICK for Gibson! GAMANGIRI for Dean! Then a step-in COMPLETE SHOT! Cover, Gibson breaks it! Dante whips Gibson but Gibson reverses. Dante goes out, up, around, and Gibson just keeps missing!

Dante GAMANGIRIS, then springboards to CROSSBODY! Bravo KNEES Dante, whips, but Darius is there to boost Dante up and over! Then Dante helps Darius hit the TORNADO DDT on Bravo! The fans fire up and Mike asks to be tagged in. Darius tags Mike and the fans fire up! Bennett CHOPS away on Dean! Gibson runs up, Bennett puts him in the corner and CHOPS away on them both Bravo runs up, Bennett puts him in the corner and CHOPS away on all three! The fans fire up as Drake runs up, but then Bennett spots him first! “You want some?!” Drake reconsiders but Bennett puts him in the corner, to CHOP away on all four!

The fans are fired up and Bennett brings Drake out to tag Taven. Gibson saves Drake, throat chops Mike, then clinches Taven. Drake ENZIGIRIS Taven! Dante DOUBLE CANNONBALLS GYV! Dean kicks Dante low, reels him in, and crosses the arms, DEPTH CHARGE! But Darius BOOTS Dean, then WALL WALK KICKS! Bravo runs up, kicks low, and runs to SCISSOR KICK! Bennett is back, fireman’s carry, DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Taven adds JUST THE TIP of the knee! Bennett says time to kill ’em! But Gibson Y ANKS Bennett out! Taven gives Drake a KICK O’ THE KING! Bennett and Gibson brawl that way, Taven hits FLIGHT OF THE CONQUEROR on GYV!

Dante SPLASHES Dean, whips, but Dean reverses. Bravo runs to CARLIE CROSSOVER! Feed to Dean’s FLYING LARIAT! Infantry gets Dante up and sends him to BOOT CAMP!! Cover, DARIUS BREAKS IT! The fans fire up as this keeps going! GYV and Kingdom brawl, Bravo storms up but Darius TOSSES him out onto GYV and Kingdom! Darius reels Dean in and suplexes, but Dean slips free! Dean shoves Darius, Darius slides but Dean hurdles over. Dean ROCKS Darius, Darius CHOPS Dean, Dean JUMP KNEES back! Dean fires up, but Darius blocks a kick and makes it a FISHERMAN BUSTER!

The fans fire up and Dante is up top! MAMBA SPLASH!! Cover, Top Flight & Kingdom win!

Winners: The Kingdom & Top Flight, by pinfall

Former rivals made great allies here and they came out on top! But with everyone wanting the ROH World Tag Team Championships, will The Kingdom and Top Flight have to battle it out like the old days? Or can they stay friendly in the race to the top?


My Thoughts:

A very good episode but I’m surprised this was only 37 minutes long. Even then, there were pretty obvious squash matches, like Archer beating Solo and Miyu beating Havok. Well, so was Shane & Lee winning, but opening matches aren’t skippable. Ok and Deonna was of course winning her Pure Rules match. Why didn’t TK just get the ROH Women’s Pure Championship tournament going by now so that the title match could be at Supercard? Good to hear about Global Wars: Mexico, though.

The Premier Athletes have a good promo, but they’re just getting sadder as a team if they have to keep “expunging” losses from their record as if that makes them winners. Frat House has a good promo to set up the Six Man Tag, and if ROH wasn’t such an afterthought, I’d love if they explored what Preston Vance said. He claims he never liked Dark Order, hates them all now, but what if leaving Dark Order, joining LFI, leaving LFI, and now forming the Frat House is all Vance grieving Mr. Brodie? He doesn’t have to rejoin Dark Order, he just has to come to terms with why he’s actually being so awful to his old friends and maybe turn Frat House around into Faces.

And very good 8 Man Tag main event, everybody looking good even though it was a rather short match. Good win for the Faces to keep Top Flight afloat and to get The Kingdom, or in this case #OGK, back on track. I would think Dustin & Sammy make quick work of the Premier Athletes, but maybe if we can get three or four teams in one match, that’d be a way to protect Dustin & Sammy while crowning new champions.

My Score: 8.7/10

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