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Andrew’s Impact Bound for Glory Ratings & Analysis: 10/20/2019
Impact Bound for Glory has had some great attention and hype. A little bit of the new versus the old. Do we get a show worth remembering?
Impact Bound for Glory has had some great attention and hype. A little bit of the new versus the old. Do we get a show worth remembering?
Some of the bigger stories are Sami Callihan tormenting Brian Cage and Melissa Santos, all for a shot at the title. Michael Elgin calling out Naomichi Marufuji and Tenille trying to start things off on the right foot in a new company.
Also for anyone wondering, apparently the 6 man tag match with The Rascalz vs Dr. Wagner Jr, Aerostar and Taurus, got pushed to being the main event of the first AXS TV episode.
Now, on to the show.
Ratings:
- Call Your Shot 20 Man Gauntlet: Eddie Edwards wins via Boston Knee Party @30:00 – ***
- Knockouts Championship: Tenille Dashwood vs Taya Valkyrie (c): Taya retains via Road to Valhalla @11:50 – ***
- Triple Threat Tag Team Championships: RVD & Rhino vs The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander) (c) vs Willie Mack & Rich Swann: The North retains via Argentine/Spinebuster Combo @14:20 – *** 1/4
- Michael Elgin vs Naomichi Marufuji: Elgin wins via Burning Hammer @18:05 – **** 1/4
- 5 Way X Division Ladder Match: Daga vs Tessa Blanchard vs Acey Romero vs Ace Austin vs Jake Crist (c): Ace Austin wins @17:40 – *** 3/4 – TITLE CHANGE!!
- Moose w/Frank Trigg vs Ken Shamrock: Moose wins via Spear @10:35 – * 1/2
- Impact World Championship NoDQ Match: Brian Cage (c) vs Sami Callihan: Cage retains via Drill Claw @16:50 – ****
Analysis:
Call Your Shot 20 Man Gauntlet- After failing to win the Battle Royal on IMPACT!, Eddie had the odious distinction of being the first person in. Now FITE decided to have a tiny heart attack, but we had a few interesting surprises like, Swoggle, Joey Ryan and Kylie Rae. Sabu proved why he needs to not be brought back for televised programming and Tommy Dreamer checks the box for another Rumble style match. This was a great story for Eddie since he over came a lot of the pressure being put against him. He still has to deal with Ace Austin, but if Ace wins the X Division title tonight, then we see where his Called Shot will be going. Pretty fun all in all, plus I’m just happy to see Kylie.
Knockouts Championship: Tenille Dashwood vs Taya Valkyrie (c) – Taya was in control during a good portion of this match. Every time Tenille tried to put some offense together, Taya had a counter or she’d powder out. John E. Bravo proved himself useful a few different times, once by pulling Taya away from the apron, and another by pulling her under the rope after Tenille hit The Spotlight. Even though Tenille fought back a little after she had the finish stolen because of Bravo’s interference, she gets caught with a knee and Taya hits Road to Valhalla to retain. There was one weird/botch spot when it came to the Package Piledriver on the apron, but thankfully it was a botch because it looked half-assed, not ugly or dangerous.
Triple Threat Tag Team Championships: RVD & Rhino vs The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander) (c) vs Willie Mack & Rich Swann – So it looks like the two face teams have patched up any ill will from Friday, and seem to agree to a concentrated effort against The North. Mack started things off and the match got interesting, let’s say. RVD got in and hit Rolling Thunder, Mack hit his Kip Up/Moonsault combo, and the crowd kept chanting for the Gore. Things get interesting when Josh Alexander cuts off RVD so he can’t hit the 5 Star Frog Splash, and directly across, Willie Mack hits the 6 Star Frog Splash. RVD sits on the top rope and seems to think things over before hitting his Diving Savat Kick and doing some classic RVD stuff.
Towards the end of the match we get a bunch of dives, Ethan Page Press Slams Rich Swann from the top rope into the ring and we look for the finisher spam portion of the match. The twist here, is that when Rhino is loading up for the Gore, RVD just hits him with a Superkick. He also Superkicks Rich and just walks off while The North retain their titles. So the RVD heel turn was definitely unexpected. Pretty decent match, save for the head scratching finish.
Michael Elgin vs Naomichi Marufuji – This was definitely a possible show stealer. Elgin put this match together very similarly to his matches against Okada, even coming out in a jacket that looked very very much like Okada’s Rainmaker jacket. Marufuji pulled out all the classics, KO-OH, Springboard Curb Stomp, Shiranui, his corner combination, he could just never get the finishing blow. He referenced the Tiger Driver a few times, but Elgin fought it off. Elgin was pushed pretty hard, and Marufuji also managed to kick out of the Buckle Bomb/Elgin Bomb combo, which I’ve only seen Daisuke Sekimoto do a few weeks ago in Big Japan.
Was it perhaps a little longer than it had to be, sure. But it was an King’s Road style match where you saw the story unfold in the match, and Marufuji gave it a damn good try. Great match.
5 Way X Division Ladder Match: Daga vs Tessa Blanchard vs Acey Romero vs Ace Austin vs Jake Crist (c) – We all know what to expect in X Division matches, and this delivered. Daga and Tessa didn’t work together that much, and it was a great free for all. Daga hit a Slingshot Canadian Destroyer from the apron into a ladder, Tessa knocked Acey off the ladder into a table that exploded and the ladder promptly followed over the top rope. Dave Crist and Madman Fulton interfered to hold Tessa back, but she fought back and got passed both of them. She knock Jake Crist off the ladder and through a table, but Ace Austin jumps onto the ladder with his Gambit stick, hits Tessa and steals the title. Now we know where Eddie is going to cash in his Call Your Shot championship shot.
Moose w/Frank Trigg vs Ken Shamrock – Shamrock comes out looking better than I think I’ve ever seen him. Shamrock even pulled off a no touch top rope dive, Frakensteiner and Springshot Plancha. Moose and Trigg however, pulled off any and every heel tactic possible. Trigg grabbed the leg, took off turnbuckle pads, referee bumps, low blows, just generally everything to turn this into a mugging and not a match. The match plodded and things just never really flowed once all the heel stuff started. It just felt cheap and dirty. Shamrock looked great, but it was an awful match.
Impact World Championship NoDQ Match: Brian Cage (c) vs Sami Callihan – This was exactly what old blood feuds used to be. No introductions, just both men going after one another. Callihan tried to go right after Cage, and that was the wrong idea. Cage had him early, even showed everyone that his Wolverine claws were sharp when he drug them across Sami’s forehead and drew blood. Chairs, stairs, nearby tables and even the guardrail were utilized as weapons throughout the match. After hitting the Piledriver through the guardrail, Sami did look like he had the match in the bag. That is, until he emptied the bag and showed a few dozen thumbtacks.
Piledriver onto the thumbtacks woke up the machine and he kicked out at 1, and fired right up. Sami had this look on his face that he realized he screwed up and a Powerbomb and Drill Claw onto the tacks, proved that feeling correct. Cage stands tall after both him and his wife were attacked at different points in the story. Plus, Cage looks to be back at 100%.
Overall Score: 7/10
Not a bad show honestly, but a few things did fall flat between presentation and how the crowd received it. Sadly the Shamrock match was the low point just because of the ridiculous measures Moose had to go to. Yes, he’s the arrogant heel who can’t back it up without help, but understanding his motivation doesn’t make for an entertaining match.
Ace Austin winning the X Division title falls into place perfectly for Eddie Edwards to try and close the loop on this story of everything and everyone being against him. Cage coming out strong, staying strong and putting on a solid main event bodes well for Impact going into this new era.
Sure, Tessa losing seemed to take the air out of the fans a little, but the match was still great and fell into her story well. Could also be a way to get her out of intergender situations in case AXS TV doesn’t really want that. It may not have been the best PPV of the year, but it was still an enjoyable show.
Now, let’s just hope Kylie Rae signs with Impact Wrestling.
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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 11.7.2024
Moose challenges for the X Division Championship and Wendy Choo & Rosemary have their Demonic NoDQ grudge match!
Well tonight’s show we should get some solid action and hopefully some build toward Turning Point and Final Resolution as we round out 2024. Moose challenges Speedball for the X Division Championship, the other half of the Elegance Clique will wrestle Jody Threat to solidify their Knockouts tag bid, Demon battle as Wendy Choo and Rosemary have it out and then there’s the matter of if Joe Hendry will find a way to get another shot at the World title when he didn’t lose it cleanly.
So there’s a few bites to take out of this apple, let’s see if we have to spit in the face of anyone who isn’t cool.
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Ratings:
- Tasha Steelz & Alisha Edwards vs Jordynne Grace & Masha Slamovich: Masha wins via Sleeper Hold – ** 1/2
- NoDQ Match: Wendy Choo vs Rosemary: Rosemary wins via As Above So Below – ** 1/4
- Heather by Elegance w/ASH & Personal Concierge vs Jody Threat w/Dani Luna: Jody wins via Pop-Shove-It – **
- X Division Championship: Speedball Mike Bailey (c) vs Moose: Moose wins via Lights Out – *** 1/2 – TITLE CHANGE!!!
Results:
Tasha Steelz & Alisha Edwards vs Jordynne Grace & Masha Slamovich
Alisha going for the ole Bob Orton gimmick and walks out with the neck brace on even though she’s medically cleared to compete. I appreciate it.
Tasha tries to tie up with Jordynne to start, and as you can imagine, that doesn’t go well. Shoulder Tackle sends Tasha into her corner, she tags to Alisha, Alisha tries to hype herself up for a Test of Strength, Jordynne wins with one hand and Lish complains about her injured neck so the referee breaks the Test of Strength and Lish tags out quickly. Tasha comes in and Jordynne tags out, Masha works over Tasha, Masha tags out, quick tandem Suplex, Jordynne goes for a Scoop Slam and Vader Bomb but Lish picks the ankle causing Jordynne to fall on the ropes. Tasha with the Back Stabber, and Lish calls to get tagged back in and tries to sink in a Sleeper Hold, but Jordynne fights through and Lish tags out as soon as things start to go against her.
Tasha connects with a PK, twerks in Jordynne’s face and Jordynne just slaps her ass as she gets up. Tasha tries a Satellite DDT, but Jordynne stops it and counters into a Sidewalk Slam. Tags out to Masha and Masha runs over Tasha, big Capo Kick for the pinfall but Lish breaks it up. Masha gets distracted with Lish, Tasha Codebreaker causes Masha to tag out. A few Vader Hammers into the Backfist, but Tasha ducks the Backfist and hits the Blackout! Masha breaks up the pin and Tasha tags out to Lish. Heels try to double team Jordynne but she shrugs both off, Masha goes for the Blind Tag, walks in and barely even locks in the Sleeper Hold and Lish taps out soo damn fast.
Lish is a great character. The fact that she gets her gimmick over more than trying to just to derpy moves makes her matches enjoyable. She gets pro wrestling.
NoDQ Match: Wendy Choo vs Rosemary
The video package I put at the top of the article makes this split make a ton of sense. Rosemary has abandonment issues, but The Hive decided on a preemptive strike. So if anything it babyfaced them both, but how do you babyface demons? Let’s see.
They start off just exchanging Head Smashes into the corner, Wendy gets the best of it, goes for her Diving Nap Elbow, Cartwheel Forearm and High Bootwash, but Rosemary slows down Wendy with The Upside Down. Wendy manages to escape and tie Rosemary into the Tree of Woe, she hammers away, tries to get her pillow but Rosemary counters and sends Wendy into the steps. Rosemary starts taking Wendy to task on the outside, cables and weapons, as she throws Wendy back into the ring and tries to use her cane for extra leverage in a submission, but Wendy fights through, both level each other with Lariats, do a double zombie rise and go to the corner, Wendy hits the Monkey Flip, grabs her pillow finally and starts using it in her offense. Night Night with the Pillow off the middle rope, but Rosemary kicks out at two. Sleeper attempt from Wendy but Snapmare into a Spear gives Rosemary the wi-oh Wendy kicked out.
Rosemary grabs the cane, Wendy tries to counter with a Full Nelson Bomb, but Rosemary bites her and manages to lock in the As Above So Below with the Cane, and Rosemary wins.
Well that match was fine, and now it looks like we’re getting another filler match because of the injuries from tapings. So TNA is bringing back From the Vaults to cover for the lost time. At least there’s a precedent so it doesn’t seem too silly and I appreciate them trying to give people something they haven’t seen in lieu of just throwing out a Golden era match or something.
TNA From the Vaults: June 15, 2024, Mustafa Ali w/Campaign Singh vs Mike Santana
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Joe Hendry comes out to talk after the Rascalz vignette. And I almost wanted to be mad at more talking, but Hendry has a meme music video about Ryan Nemeth! He sets it up as going through all of his accomplishments and its as simple as “He’s Nic Nemeth’s brother…the end”. It was all to set up a challenge to Ryan, but I’m glad Hendry just went for the obvious joke and steered hard.
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The vignettes have been pretty damn good this episode. And it looks like Genesis is back for 1.19.2025. You know, Hard to Kill hasn’t been announced, so maybe the name belongs to Scott D’Amore so they’re going back to Genesis as their lead PLE. Little disappointed by that, but business is business.
Heather by Elegance w/ASH & Personal Concierge vs Jody Threat w/Dani Luna
Heather yanks Jody off the ropes during her entrance and takes a few cheap shots. The referee gets space, Jody of course wants to fight so the match begins and Jody starts beating the hell out of Heather. Vader Hammers in the corner, Exploder Suplex, throws Heather into the ropes, looks for her Double Knees/German spot, but ASH picks the ankle and causes a distraction. Heather takes advantage and hits the Satellite DDT, and starts stomping a mudhole into Jody. As the ref pulls off Heather, ASH gets in a few hair pulls and cheapshots as Heather lands the Hesitation Dropkick and gets a two count.
Jody fights back up to her feet, but Heather slips it and uses the hair to drag down Jody, DDT and another near fall. Heather tries to rain down some Elbows and keep Jody down, but Heather is 4 foot nothing, so it’s easy to get eye level with her. Jody Snap Suplex, runs over Heather with a few Lariats, Big Boot sends Heather into the ropes, Double Knees/German spot finally goes off. ASH hops up to the apron, Dani neutralizes them and Heather manages to pull the distracted Jody face first into the Turnbuckles, Diving Crossbody from Heather, but Jody catches her and Pop-Shove-It lands! Jody wins.
X Division Championship: Speedball Mike Bailey (c) vs Moose
Speedball is living up to his name and just coming out of the gate quick, Running Front Kicks, Triangle Moonsault to the outside, but as soon as Speedball panders to the crowd a little, Moose manages to catch him with a few kicks. Moose misses two Chops into the post though, so his left hand is already a target. They still fight on the outside, Drop Toe Hold from Bailey as Moose’s hand ricochets off the steps, Bailey goes for the PK, but misses! Let’s all remember Bailey wrestles barefoot, so…he just soccer kicked steps. That can’t feel good.
Since the match started with about 30 minutes left in the show, I’m not surprised about a commercial break. So when we get back, Moose is focusing the foot and leg, Bailey tries to fire off the ropes but Moose pops him onto his shoulders and just throws him into the corner buckles from the middle of the ring. Strong Irish Whip has Speedball looking more like a Pinball. Bailey blocks a charging Moose, perches and Moose tries the Go to Hell, but Bailey counters with a Frankensteiner! Running Shooting Star attempt but Moose rolls away and he gets up to just slam Bailey’s knee into the mat. Speedball goes for a fast Double Leg Cradle, but Moose gets out and Uranage bounces Bailey off the mat like a basketball.
Slowing things down, Moose goes for the Abdominal Stretch, tries to add leverage but Bailey manages to use the injured hand against Moose. A little back and forth as Moose Sunset Flips but Bailey blocks the grab from Moose and just executes the Backflip Knees! Moose takes an opportunistic shot at Bailey’s injured leg, and we go to another commercial. We come back and Moose flips Bailey onto the apron, Bailey manages a kick to rock Moose to the outside and lands a Springboard Corkscrew Senton. Rolls Moose back in, SHOOTING STAR PRESS…but only a two. Bailey ain’t Billy Kidman or Jushin Thunder Liger, so it’s not a finish. Both men start throwing strikes with their injured limb since its their go to strike. Chops from Moose, Round Kicks from Bailey, both start powering through the pain and go for the strikes harder before Bailey tries a few locomotion Cradle attempts but a GAME CHANGER levels Bailey! Moose tries to follow up and Bailey counters with a Code Red also only for two!
Moose retreats to the corner, Tornado Kick lands! Ultima Weapon set up but Moose hits the Million Dollar Drop Kick to counter! Both jockey with counters on the top before Bailey gets the best of things with an Avalanche Poison Rana! Bailey tries Ultima Weapon again, connects on a doubled over Moose…BUT MOOSE KICKS OUT! Tornado Kick attempt again, but Moose connects with LIGHTS OUT! Bailey powders, but Moose with another LIGHTS OUT on the outside! Moose throws Speedball back in the ring, flips off the crowd and slowly gets back in, third Lights Out attempt, but Small Package counter for two! Superkick from Bailey! Bailey goes for a Springboard Reverse Crossbody and Moose catches him midair with the Spear! Sets up…LIGHTS OUT! Moose is the X Division Champion!
Trent Seven comes out afterwards to console his tag team partner, but after a few feel good minutes, Trent with the Low Blow and a Seven Star Lariat!
Overall Score: 7/10
Fun vignettes, a pretty good TV main event even with two commercial breaks, a heel turn, solid story matches that weren’t atrocious and Trey Miguel’s best work to date. I love Wentz, but aside from the Dez references, Trey had the best lines in the Treehouse segment. Also First Cla$$ was pretty great with their reactions to Santana. And as I said during the article, Lish’s overselling of the neck and ridiculousness was actually fantastic.
So even if the match quality was a little underwhelming, and we got a filler From the Vaults match; given the reasons and potential alternatives…I was entertained the entire time. Really curious what the hell Rosemary will be doing now since she’s got abandonment issues and no longer in any title picture. But hey, questions are good to have, because it makes you want to know the answer.
Still a little sad that Hard to Kill might have been a Scott specific event. It really helped to kick off this resurgence and is so well named for the company that’s been around 22 years and everyone’s been saying is dead in the water for at least 15 of those years. Genesis is classic…but it ain’t Hard to Kill. Also we might get my goofy fantasy book idea of Feast or Fired World Title Briefcase, Option C, Gauntlet Trophy and Nemeth & Hendry being involved in a King of the Mountain match at Genesis. With so many “money in the bank” style concepts, the cluster of cash ins is bound to happen eventually.
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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 10.31.2024
Coming off Bound For Glory, most of us got a lot of news of injuries to Vikingo and Chris Bey. Both men are fine and starting their rehab, so we can focus on exactly what TNA decides to do moving towards Turning Point.
Well damn, I know its Halloween, but an ambulance wasn’t on the tapings cards…but tell that to TNA. Vikingo and Chris Bey suffered injuries during tapings, so I’m not sure how the next few shows will present and/or what will have to pivot with two potential big players on the shelf for a while. It goes without saying that I wish them as much speed in healing possible, but knowing that they are both “fine” and starting their paths to recovery, I can compartmentalize and wonder how the dominos will fall on the shows leading to Turning Point.
Bound For Glory gave us a few things to chew on, JBL’s involvement with Nemeth, Hendry getting the Tetsuya Naito treatment, Hardyz back on top in 2024, Masha being the new Tsarina of the Knockouts Division and Speedball finding a new level of aggression to make you wonder how babyface he’ll be staying moving into 2025. So that should be some of the major wrinkles to iron out moving forward…let’s see where everything goes!
#TNAiMPACT starts NOW!
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Ratings:
- First Cla$$ (KC Navarro & AJ Francis) vs The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz): First Cla$$ wins via Down Payment – ** 1/2
- Eric Young, Steve Maclin & Jonathan Gresham vs Josh Alexander, Jason Hotch & John Skyler: Maclin wins via KIA – *
- Dani Luna w/Jody Threat vs ASH by Elegance w/Personal Concierge & Heather by Elegance: ASH wins via Rarefied Air – **
- Lei Ying Lee vs Maggie Moore: Lei wins via Thunderstruck – *
- Joe Hendry & Nic Nemeth vs Eddie Edwards & JDC w/Alisha Edwards: Eddie wins via Boston Knee Party – ***
Results:
Frankie Kazarian walks out to Hendry’s music and in full Joe Hendry cosplay. He’s even doing the whole entrance including the turn. He even does a…bad Scottish accent, sounds more like South African, but even if it’s not an Aunty Donna skit, its still funny. Kaz Hendry calls Hendry a loser, choker and makes fun of him in classic cosplay style. Reminds me of Mr Anderson doing Surfer Sting, or Kevin Nash and his Arn Anderson promo. This stuff is cheesy but funny. Real Hendry of course cuts it off eventually, they do the Spiderman meme for a bit and then Hendry cuts a retort promo. Hendry starts joking with Kaz a little and claims that Kaz and JBL screwed things up and Nemeth is involved somehow.
Nemeth’s music hits, he cuts it short and comes out to claim he has nothing to do with the JBL stuff. Nemeth does the fighting Champion Babyface thing and says Hendry deserves a rematch because he’s denying being in cahoots. Kaz is just having fun on the outside. AND NOW ALISHA COMES OUT! “DO YOU WANNA KNO SUMTHIIIN??” no music, just Alisha and her crop top interrupt the segment. Oh Dango and Eddie are there too…but I know what I’m paying attention to. Eddie and Dango say typical heel things, Nemeth gets sick of it, offers a tag match of Dango & Eddie vs Hendry & Nemeth. Kaz walks in the ring and says they should make it a 6 Man, he’ll tag with them too (still in full South African Hendry gimmick). Nemeth Superkicks Kaz, Hendry Standing Ovation, and Kaz is left laying as we cut to commercial.
Coming back, Lish is still running her mouth, now about Masha. Masha comes out to fight them both, Jordynne makes the save once the numbers start to work against Masha. Santino comes out, makes the Knockouts tag official for next week and officially confirms the JDC & Eddie vs Hendry & Nemeth match.
First Cla$$ (KC Navarro & AJ Francis) vs The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz)
Oh look it’s been 30 minutes but finally a match!
First spot is a Tilt-a-Whirl Headscissors that is a touchy janky, but nothing egregious. Rascalz pull off the old High Speed Dirt from MCMG and do the MCMG pose for the reference. Navarro tries the Spiderman taunt in the middle of the ropes, Wentz Dropkicks him, goes for a Dive but AJ Low Bridges so Wentz goes crashing. Navarro hits the Tope con Hilo, looks smooth, blind tag from AJ as KC flies, AJ continues the offense, Tennessee Whiskey into the tag to Navarro for a near fall. Snapmare into Double Stomp for Navarro, and Wentz stays on the receiving end of the beat down.
Wentz tries to fight back, AJ grabs the hair and drags him back down, goes for a Senton but misses, so Wentz tags out, hot tag to Trey. Sliding Kick, Sliding Meteora for KC, tandem chopping down into a Swanton from Wentz for two. Superkick party between KC and Wentz until Wentz takes them both out with the Running Crossbody. Trey goes to the top, looks for the Diving Meteora, but Navarro crotches Trey, Avalanche Down Payment from AJ and First Cla$$ wins!
Eric Young, Steve Maclin & Jonathan Gresham vs Josh Alexander, Jason Hotch & John Skyler
You know, at least Hotch has talent. So The Good Hands are an upgrade over generic indie white boys version 8921581929 that are normally part of the Northern Armoury.
The match immediately begins in picture in picture…and that’s not terrible since I think we all know much won’t happen in the early goings. Nice to see a well times ad break for the first time in months. Gresham starts and makes the Good Hands look like idiots. Joint Locks, quick spots, Leap Frog’s Skyler so he Spears Hotch. Just general toying with idiots until Josh decides to get involved with a shortcut right as we’re coming back and Josh tags in to stomp on Gresham in the corner. Drop Toe Hold, Thrust Kick into Hotch tagging in and hitting the Rolling Outside In Neckbreaker for a two.
I’ll be honest, I zoned out during this match. Nothing is important about this match, the Good Hands are job guys, and the fact that Skyler eats the Caught in Crosshairs and KIA for the pinfall…no one is surprised. This was such a filler match, I enjoyed doom scrolling more than whatever happened.
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Dani Luna w/Jody Threat vs ASH by Elegance w/Personal Concierge & Heather by Elegance
This has been a very wrestling light episode, not sure if its because of the injuries from tapings, but this ain’t a great start for building momentum into 2025.
Slow start with ASH trying to lock a few moves but Dani just shrugging her off. Dani is thiccer than a King Sized Snickers, and I love watching her bully people. She throws ASH around, Heather tries to interfere and grab ASH’s hands to pull her out, but Dani pulls them both in. ASH slips away, Dani chases, Concierge gets in the way and gives ASH the chance to Drop Toe Hold Dani into the steps. A little bit of a back and forth, Dani tries the Luna Landing, ASH gets away, Dani connects with a Shotgun Kick. Dani goes to the corner after, ASH tries something but gets Blue Thunder Bombed to hell. Dani then decides Snap German Suplexes are on the menu, then goes for the Outside In from the Apron German Suplex but Heather hits Dani with a broom while the Concierge distracts the ref, ASH hits the Rarefied Air and ASH WINS!
At least this match did what it needed to. It sets the stage for the Elegance Clique to challenge Spitfire for those inane belts. But even if I think the belts are useless, they need to build a story for them…I suppose.
Lei Ying Lee vs Maggie Moore
Well at least they’re giving Lei another job match, so hopefully they can build her momentum as opposed to the useless inclusion of her in the Gauntlet. Lei blocks Moore’s Hip Toss and turns it into an Twisting Overdrive Headscissor Driver. Even if it wasn’t supposed to be a driver, is was great looking. Sole Butt into a Double Jump Crossbody, then connects with Thunderstruck for the win.
Savanna Evans marches down the ramp, Big Boot to Lei and hits her with the Full Nelson Bomb. So Lei Ying Lee gets her introductory feud. Could be a fun combination since Savanna is pretty solid. Only real problem here is this match looked lame and when the Flipping Headscissor Driver was more impressive than her expected finish, the optics are weird at best.
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Joe Hendry & Nic Nemeth vs Eddie Edwards & JDC w/Alisha Edwards
Oh Kaz comes out in his normal gimmick, no longer South African Hendry. He’s coming to the announce table and honestly, Kaz, Hannifan an Rehwoldt are a fun 3 man booth in doses.
Dango dorkball starts with Hendry, he does the Stalling Vertical suplex with ease, toys with JDC, tags in Nemeth for a quick tandem move and then Nemeth just goes for close to the corner deliberate arm offense. Lots of close clinch offense, Abdominal Stretches, Arm Wringers, basic Suplexes, quick tags between Nemeth and Hendry. The “main event duo with tension” is working like a well oiled machine. We come back from Picture in Picture to Dolph hitting a Rude Awakening, into the 10 Count Shot to the Heart Elbows.
Nemeth looks to tune up the band and our beautiful orator Lish picks an ankle. This allows JDC a cheapshot and a quick double team from JDC and Eddie before JDC tags out and Eddie works over Nemeth. Nemeth sells the NOAH Chop in the corner like he got hit with a Frying Pan. Eddie tags in JDC, tandem attack of the Fulcrum and Slingshot Elbow double team, so JDC is keeping the offense in. JDC goes for the Harlem Hangover, and MISSES! Slow build tag spot, simultaneous tags and Hendry is in! Sack of Shits for everyone! Kip Up, Pops the crowd and looks for the Standing Ovation but gets cut off. System try a double team but Hendry does the ole counter Double Clothesline.
Hendry tags in Nemeth, Fame ASSer but JDC breaks it up. Hendry shoves JDC out, turns around and sees Eddie, tries to Lariat Eddie but Eddie ducks and he takes out Nic. Boston Knee Party, SYSTEM WINS!
Overall Score: 6/10
Well given the troubles they had at the previous taping and the fact that most people who watch will be aware, I think it warrants a touch of leniency. Yes plenty of the matches did absolutely nothing or weren’t worth the time watching. But a lot of the threads that god sown this week were setting up for the future. Dissension with Nemeth and Hendry, the next Knockout Tag contenders, Lei Ying Lee’s first feud, Santana gunning for the title, Kaz being an unabashed douche and completely knocking it out of the park, and Moose going for the X Division Title next week. Moose cashing in Option C, while Kaz has the Gauntlet Trophy feels like the perfect shenanigans we could look forward too. Just imagine if they do Feast or Fired for Thanksgiving…5 man…King of the Mountain match at Hard to Kill, maybe? MAAAYBE?
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