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Mitchell’s WWE NXT Results & Report! (11/27/19)

NXT puts the gold in black ‘n’ gold!

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5 years ago

November 27, 2019

Steven Mitchell

NXT only fires up after Survivor Series Weekend!

The black ‘n’ gold put on another epic TakeOver and won the first Triple Threat Survivor Series ever! But they’re not resting, they’re revving their engines with TWO title matches!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

NXT Tag Team Championships: The Undisputed Era VS Keith Lee & Dominik Dijakovic; The Undisputed Era wins and retains the NXT Tag Team Championships.
Shane Thorne VS Mansoor; Mansoor wins.
Candice LeRae VS Dakota Kai; LeRae wins, by disqualification.
NXT Cruiserweight Championship: Lio Rush VS Akira Tozawa; Rush wins and retains the NXT Cruiserweight Champion.
Xia Li VS Vanessa Borne; Li wins.
Finn Balor VS Tommaso Ciampa; Balor wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

WarGames was just the beginning!

Chicago witnessed NXT take over once again inside a double cage, and in a double header as they also went to Survivor Series to WIN! They beat the brakes off of Raw and SmackDown! “And now, it’s time to celebrate. Because we are. N! X! T!” Wrestle & Flow leads NXT’s roster to the ring to celebrate with the Full Sail faithful! But the Undisputed Era comes out to put an end to the fun. “For the love of God, what do you think you guys are doing?” Celebrating like they did something? Adam Cole explains that the only reason NXT was successful was because of the Undisputed Era. Everyone else did nothing, so please shut up! The Undisputed Era are the champions, They should be thanked. But everyone is chanting, “We Are NXT!” News flash: they’re not NXT, the Undisputed Era is NXT! It is because of them that NXT won. They dominated at WarGames, at Survivor Series, and are just getting started.

The Undisputed Era are the iron-men of this brand. While a bunch of these guys would love to have the night off, the Undisputed Era is going to successfully defend their NXT Tag Team Championships, “because that’s just what we do.” The Prophecy- “WOW!” Tommaso Ciampa speaks up! Iron men, prophecy. For four boys who got whooped, they sure seem confident. Ciampa feels like everyone else sees the truth, except for the Undisputed Era. WarGames was the beginning of the end for the Era! Cole and his friends have all the gold now, but the collapse continues. It continues with Dijakovic and Lee taking those tag titles. Fans like the sound of that. And Roderick Strong’s days are numbered. “And last but certainly not least.” Goldie doesn’t have to wait any longer! The war is over, Daddy won, and now Adam Cole needs to look Ciampa in the eye. If Cole didn’t find out what he’s in store for, he will soon. There is not one single man in the Undisputed Era in Ciampa’s way, and that is undisputed, baybay.

But what about a prince? Finn Balor is here and walks past the Undisputed Era to stand in front of Ciampa. “It looks like I’m standing in your way.” Ciampa says Balor doesn’t watch the business, the business watches Balor. That’s good, because the entire business should watch as the prince meets his king. What does Balor say to a match with Ciampa? Balor is up for it, and so is Full Sail! But then Keith Lee speaks up to say that this match is one Ciampa will win, BUT why waste time? Bobby and Kyle should get in the ring for #BaskingSeason! The Limitless and the Colossus want to go reDRagon slaying, and next!

NXT Tag Team Championships: The Undisputed Era VS Keith Lee & Dominik Dijakovic!

No time for introductions or raising the belts, Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish attack right away! They dump Dijakovic out and kick away on Lee. Lee hits back with big knees and elbows, then more kicks. Lee rocks each of them but they come back with knees. The Undisputed Era runs but Lee hurdles them both! But reDRadgon holds ropes to stop themselves. Lee runs Kyle over and scoops Fish up! Lee tosses Fish out onto Kyle! Fans go nuts as we go picture in pciture!

Lee and Dijakovic wait as reDRagon regroups. Fish gets in and Lee dares him to bring the fight. Kyle tags in first and he circles with Lee. They tie up, Lee pushes Kyle down, so Kyle takes a moment to consider his options. Kyle circles around Lee but then uses the ropes for defense. Lee stays back, putting it on Kyle to bring the fight. Kyle and Lee tie up, and Kyle kicks away. Lee wrenches with one hand and Kyle is on the mat! Lee wrenches again and toys with Kyle a moment. Kyle gets to the ropes and to the apron, but Lee doesn’t let go, he just yanks Kyle back in! Lee toys with Kyle more, then brings him to the corner. Dijakovic ties in to body shot and club Kyle down. Kyle kicks back and whips, but Dijakovic reverses. Kyle dodges, dodges and leaps, into Dijakovic’s arms! Dijakovic rams his knees in then tosses Kyle aside!

Dijakovic looms over Kyle, then brings him up to wrench and clamp onto the arm. Kyle endures, but something causes everyone to stop a moment. Was there something going on off screen? Kyle fights back and rocks with a right! Fish tags in as NXT goes single picture, it’s Roderick Strong! Strong is a surprise substitute after Fish suddenly can no longer compete. William Regal allows this, and Strong CHOPS Dijakovic! Tag to Kyle, and the Undisputed Era mug Dijakovic. But Dijakovic makes Kyle FLY with that suplex toss! Tag to Lee, and the real-life Monstars mug Kyle. Lee reels Kyle in but Kyle slips out to headlock! Lee lifts but Kyle holds on tight. Lee denies the takedown, and lifts Kyle again to power out. Keyl tries to shoulder but he bounces off. Kyle slips out of a scoop but Lee bucks the waistlock. Things speed up and Kyle bounces OFF Lee again! So does Strong!

Lee wrenches Strong to lift him up with one arm! Kyle runs in but bounces off Lee again, and then Lee throws Strong down on Kyle! Fans fire up for Lee’s super strength and he dares the Undisputed Era to bring the fight. Kyle gets to a corner but he goes at Lee. Lee blocks the boot to CHOP Kyle down! Kyle throws body shots, then knees. Kyle runs but Lee runs him over! Strong runs in for forearms and CHOPS, but Lee just shrugs them off. Strong and Kyle club and CHOP Lee, but Dijakovic gets in. Dijakovic throws Kyle down, but Lee thinks Dijakovic did some clubbing. The tension is still there between these two, bu they realize who the real enemies are. Dijakovic scoop slams Strong, then full nelsons Kyle for Lee to Grizzly Magnum CHOP! Then Dijakovic slams Kyle onto Strong! Then they get a crazy idea, “TIME TO FLY!” Lee is suplex tossed onto the Undisputed Era!

Full Sail is thunderous as Lee is alone with Kyle. Lee tags Dijakovic in and Dijakovic gets after Kyle. Kyle knees low then tags Strong. They double whip but Dijakovic elbows back. He throws Kyle out and throws forearms on Strong. Dijakovic BOOTS Kyle but Strong chop blocks a leg out! And again! Strong drags Dijakovic around for a grounded dragon screw! Strong stomps away on the leg and wrenches the knee. Dijakovic endures but Strong pulls harder. Dijakovic hits back from the mat and punches Strong off, but Strong comes back with a BOOT! Cover, TWO! The Undisputed Era still has control even in this formation as NXT goes to break.

NXT returns and Kyle has Dijakovic in an ankle lock! Fans rally as Dijakovic endures. Dijakovic powers out and sends Kyle away, but Kyle sucker punches Lee! Lee glares, so Kyle goes back to Dijakovic, to get a monkey flip! Kyle tags Strong and Strong drags Dijakovic away. Kyle helps, but Dijakovic powers to a hot tag! Lee rallies on the Undisputed Era, breaking through kicks to double CLOTHESLINE! Lee has a man in each corner, for a train of splashes! And forearms! Lee tosses Kyle into Strong! Lee drags Strong up as fans sing for him, but Kyle disrupts the Spirit Bomb. Lee knees Kyle but Kyle slips away. Strong and Kyle get double BACK DROPPED! Fans fire up as the Undisputed Era regroup. Lee takes aim, builds speed, but the Undisputed Era get clear. Lee goes out but Strong chop blocks the legs! They shove Lee at the timekeeper’s area, Kyle hits a FLYING KNEE! They wreck Lee into the table!

The Undisputed Era get Lee inside and Strong leaps, but he flops! Kyle is up top, and leaps into a HEADBUTT! Lee wobbles and heads for Dijakovic, and makes the tag! Strong CHOPS Dijakovic but Dijakovic gives forearm after forearm! Dijakovic whips and forearms Strong more. Knee smash to DISCUS! Fans fire up as Dijakovic hobbles back to Strong. Strong kicks the bad leg then clubs Dijakovic down. Tag to Kyle, but Kyle walks into a choke grip! Kyle counters the slam into a Triangle Hold! Dijakovic stays standing and Kyle prevents a cover. Dijakovic dead lifts Kyle up! And grabs Strong, CHOKE SLAM AND POWERBOMB!! Cover, TWO!?! Kyle survives and fans were sure “That Was Three!” Dijakovic drags Kyle up into a torture rack, but Strnog saves Kyle again. Dijakovic SUPERKICKS Strong into Kyle!

Dijakovic elbows and forearms in a corner, then gives Strong the torture rack. Kyle rolls Dijakovic, TWO!! Kyle kicks Dijakovic hard in the chest, and then heads for retreat with Strong. Lee runs in but only gets Strnog with that lariat. He pops Kyle up but Strong chop blocks Lee! But Dijakovic SPRINGBOARD SENTONS!! Full Sail is fired up as Dijakovic puts Kyle in the ring. But Kyle dragon screws Dijakovic in the ropes! Tag to Strong, but Dijakovic choke grips and DOUBLE CHOKE SLAMS both men! But here comes Adam Cole, only for Lee to POUNCE him into the crowd!! Fans get a real up close experience! Even Dijakovic is losing his mind over that one. But he gets suckered into STRONG ANNIHILATION!! Cover, Lee is too late, the Undisputed Era wins!!

Winners: The Undisputed Era, Strong by pinfall; still NXT Tag Team Champions

Freebird Rules and a bit of chaos helps the Undisputed Era remain #DrapedInGold! The Prophecy still lives, but depending on Fish’s injury, for how much longer?

Tegan Nox tweets a response to what happened at WarGames.

Dakota Kai attacked Mia Yim and betrayed Tegan Nox, involving a brutal attack on her already repaired knees. Tegan tweets that she’s “really banged up” and needs time to heal. What hurt the most was the emotional damage because it was someone she thought was as close as family.

Backstage interview with Candice LeRae.

A massive weekend for Mrs. Wrestling as she won at WarGames and Survivor Series. But to discuss Dakota Kai, it’s all she’s heard. All she keeps thinking about is Dakota going after someone who is practically a sister. Dakota was supposed to be a sister, too. No one expected this from her. Tegan will get her revenge some day. But tonight, it’s Candice’s turn. And Dakota isn’t fight a former friend, she’s fighting “Tegan Nox’s pissed off big sister.”

NXT shares WarGames footage from backstage.

After Angel Garza won his match against Isaiah “Swerve” Scott in the TakeOver Kickoff show, Lio rush was there to meet him at gorilla, with a BIG slap! Lio made sure Garza knew not to overstep bounds again, but will Lio be able to keep focus on his own match tonight?

Shane Thorne VS Mansoor!

The Worst is back again, and he’s up against a man having the best year of his career! Super Showdown was Mansoor’s biggest achievement after winning the biggest battle royal in WWE history. Mansoor would bring that momentum with him back home when he won another match in Saudi Arabia. But will Mansoor continue to do his best against The Worst?

The bell rings and Mansoor ties up with Thorne. Thorne gets him down but Mansoor kips up and waistlocks. Thorne swings but Mansoor gets under to get a headlock. Thorne powers out but Mansoor goes up and over to headlock and hit a tornado takedown! Mansoor grinds Thorne down but Thorne powers up to power Mansoor to a corner. The ropebreak causes them to separate, but Thorne forearms and CHOPS! Mansoor CHOPS back! Thorne glares but Mansoor dodges to CHOP again! And again! Mansoor dodges, dodges and wheelbarrows to a victory roll! TWO, standing moonsault! Cover, TWO! Mansoor dropkicks Thorne out and fans rally up. Mansoor builds speed to DIVE! But Thorne catches him for a SAIDO! Thorne gets Mansoor in, covers, TWO!

Thorne keeps his cool and swiftly kicks Mansoor in the back. Thorne grabs Mansoor for chicken wings but Mansoor fights out. Mansoor elbows then forearms Thorne, rolling elbow and dragon sleeper! Thorne snapmares out, chicken wing pop-up for another SAIDO! Cover, TWO!! Mansoor survives and Thorne is losing his cool. Thorne takes aim as Mansoor stands. Mansoor enziguris back! Then SUPERKICKS! Thorne bails out, Mansoor DIVES! Direct hit and Mansoor puts Thorne in quick, slingshot neckbreaker! Cover, Mansoor wins!

Winner: Mansoor, by pinfall

Another win as Mansoor continues to prove himself worthy of the black ‘n’ gold! Will Mansoor soon be fighting for gold?

Candice LeRae VS Dakota Kai!

Mrs. Wrestling vowed revenge on Captain Kick for what she did to Mia Yim and Tegan Nox. But given how Dakota snapped, is she only going to do the same level of damage to her opponents from now on?

Dakota has the knee brace she took from Tegan! She carries the trophy with her to the ring, but will that come into play?

The bell rings and Candice gets in Dakota’s face. Candice blocks the slap and ducks the kick to trip Dakota and basement dropkick! Candice rains down angry rights but Dakota slips away. Candice hits a code breaker! Dakota gets out so Candice gives up on the lionsault. Candice grabs hair but Dakota trips her and spins her around. Candice gets clear of the boot to dropkick back! And then she builds speed to DIVE! Direct hit and Dakota clutches her face. Candice gets Dakota back in and steps on Dakota for the senton! Cover, TWO! Candice glares at Dakota as she drags her back up. Dakota resists and powers Candice to a corner to throw in shoulders. Dakota goes corner to corner but is put on the apron. Dakota trips Candice, and spins her into the post! And then bounces Candice off the apron over and over! Dakota puts Candice’s arms on the ropes to prop her up. Then she BOOTS Candice back down!

Fans boo Dakota but she completely tunes them out. Dakota gets in, covers, TWO! Dakota drags Candice out to bounce off the apron over and over again. Dakota hooks Candice on the ropes again, and BOOTS again! Candice is in a bad way as NXT goes to break.

NXT returns and Candice breaks free of a hold. She runs back at Dakota but is put in the corner. Dakota goes Around the World but misses the boot! Candice kicks away on the legs, and again and again! Dakota falls but gets up to catch Candice. Candice blocks the hip toss to hop up but the huricanrana is turned into a BOMB! Cover, TWO! Dakota clubs Candice but fans rally up. Dakota tosses Candice out but Candice is on the apron. Candice shoulders in them climbs up, but Dakota is on the apron. Candice blocks the boot for an apron back suplex! Both women wipe out and the referee checks on them both. Somehow, they’re both okay to continue. A ring count begins and climbs up to 5. Candice stands at 6 to get Dakota up and in at 8. Candice follows and fans cheer the bravado. Dakota and Candice brawl, Candice CHOPS and forearms and repeat! She fires off in the corner and Full Sail fires up!

Candice backs off to run in and back splash! Snapmare and hop up, Dakota stands to get Candice’s FLYING DDT! Cover, TWO!! Dakota still lives but Candice won’t show mercy. But Candice’s own ankle gives out. Was more damage done than she thought. She fights through but runs into a HEADBUTT! Dakota goes around the World to BOOT! Dakota goes side to side, but gets an ENZIGURI! Both women are down but fans rally up. Candice stirs first and heads to the corner. Candice climbs up, but Dakota stops her with haymakers. Dakota climbs up to join Candice and club away on her back! Candice gives the clubbing forearms back! Dakota blocks the sunset bomb, then grabs that knee brace! But Candice yanks an arm to bump Dakota on buckles! POWERBOMB off the top! Cover, TWO!! SUPERKICK and Candice hurries, LIONSAULT FLOPS!

Dakota hops on, KAI-ROPRACTOR! Cover, TWO!? Dakota is furious that Candice survives! But “This is Awesome!” for Full Sail! Dakota kicks away on Candice’s face! Then she drags Candice up to the fireman’s carry. Candice slips out to roll up, TWO! Candice tilt-o-whirls for a takedown! GargaNO Escape! Dakota endures, crawls, but Candice rolls Dakota away from ropes! Dakota scrambles and gets loose! Candice has blood in her mouth but just brushes it off as she dives, into the KNEE BRACE! Dakota uses the brace!!

Winner: Candice LeRae, by disqualification

Dakota throws Candice into steel steps! And into a post! The Kiwi has gone crazy as she throws Candice back into steel steps! Full Sail boos and chants “You Suck! You Suck!” but Dakota has the brace again. The ref takes that from her, so Dakota takes the timekeeper’s chair! Dakota brings that around, but here comes Rhea! Rhea BOOTS the chair out of Dakota’s hand then runs her off! Rhea checks on Candice, and fans cheer the Mosh Pit Kid. Is the list of those wanting revenge only getting longer?

Backstage interview with Tommaso Ciampa.

The Blackheart’s week keeps getting bigger. Winning at both WarGames and impressing at Survivor Series, how does he feel going up against Finn Balor? Ciampa issued a challenge because he wants a fight. Balor can be the Demon, he can be the Prince, but Ciampa knows the real Balor. Balor is the longest reigning NXT Champion, but Ciampa is the one that made NXT the A Show and “Goldie” into the top title. If Finn wants to step in Ciampa’s way, that’s Finn’s mistake. Will Ciampa make Balor pay for those mistakes? Or is Ciampa going to learn Balor is rrrreeeal?

Cameron Grimes speaks.

And in the third person. Cameron Grimes always had a dream to be in this company, to be the best. As soon as he graduated high school, he went out on his own to be a pro-wrestler. He scratched, clawed, said things he shouldn’t have said, but he’s going to keep doing that. Cameron Grimes has the quickest win in history! Is no one talking about Grimes because he’s not a “baybay” or a “bro”? Grimes is a 220 lbs. 6′ tall 26 year old lifetime wrestler! He is going to cave in the competition, will his rise be as fast as his fastest wins?

Rhea Ripley was the NXT MVP!

From a huge win on Friday Night SmackDown to a WarGames victory from behind and then winning big at Survivor Series, this Aussie with Attitude continues to rip her way up the rankings! Will she finally be heading her way to that NXT Women’s Championship?

NXT Cruiserweight Championship: Lio Rush VS Akira Tozawa!

The Man of the Hour managed to hold onto the gold against both the Stamina Monster and Lucha Dragon, Kalisto, but now he can focus his full attention on one man. But can Lio really focus when Angel Garza continues to be on his mind?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and this newest Cruiserweight crossover begins!

Lio and Tozawa circle and tie up only to separate. They try again, but Tozawa backs off to swing a kick. Lio gets clear, and Tozawa grins. They tie up and Lio goes for a leg but Tozawa headlocks. Lio powers out but Tozawa runs him over, but then Lio kips up! Lio grins and headlocks Tozawa, but Tozawa powers out. Lio runs Tozawa over but keeps going. Tozawa ducks, Lio handsprings and redirects, but into a huricanrana! Tozawa sweeps but misses his senton. Lio misses a splash, and the fans cheer as both men stand off. Tozawa and Lio shake hands, but then they both kick! Both men catch the other’s kick! They argue over who puts the foot down, so they agree to let go at the same time. Tozawa still sees the sucker punch coming, whips Lio away but Lio redirects again. Lio waistlocks, Tozawa standing switches and shoves, but Lio boots him away.

Lio hops up, Tozawa CHOPS him back! And again! And fakes him out, for the JAB! Spit flies and Lio slumps down. Tozawa runs, Lio follows and slides to drag Tozawa out. Lio goes up but Tozawa anchors his feet. They’re both on the apron now and brawling with forearms. Lio ducks to waistlock but Tozawa holds on for dear life! Tozawa elbows free, so Lio somersaults to try a bomb! Tozawa stomps Lio down! And drops an apron senton! The Man of the Hour is down as we go to break.

NXT returns and Lio fights out of a fireman’s carry into an Iron Octopus! He has Tozawa down on the mat but Tozawa slips around and gets free. Tozawa throws hands but Lio knees low. Lio runs, but into the fireman’s carry! Lio fights out again, but Tozawa powers up to TOSS Lio! Then runs to BOOT him out of the ring! Lio flounders, Tozawa builds speed, but Lio gets clear. So Tozawa goes to the apron to CANNONBALL! They crash down and fans fire up! Fans rally up for “NXT! NXT!” and Tozawa puts Lio in the ring. Tozawa climbs up, leaps, missile dropkick! Cover, ROPEBREAK! Tozawa keeps his cool and drags Lio back up. Fans duel as Lio fights free. Lio bobs ‘n’ weaves to fire off a strike fest! Tozawa blocks the boot and throws it down but Lio catches himself to crawl under.

Lio comes back, Tozawa slides under, kicks, swings, slides again, waistlock to Snap German! But Lio lands on his feet! Tozawa ducks the kicks, and both men BOOT! Both men are down again and fans fire up! “This is Awesome!” but far from over. Tozawa and Lio slowly stir as the standing count climbs. Tozawa grins as he drags Lio into a waistlock. Lio reaches and gets ropes, but gets pulled away! Lio elbows but can’t get free. Tozawa keeps Lio from ropes but Lio keeps elbowing. Lio runs to throw Tozawa and himself out onto the apron. Tozawa BOOTS Lio! Then waistlocks, but Lio elbows back. Tozawa enziguris and SNAP GERMANS Lio to the floor!! Fans lose their minds while the ref checks on Lio and Tozawa. Somehow, Lio is able to continue, so a ring count begins.

Tozawa writhes but Lio barely stirs as the count passes 5. Then 7, 8, and both men burst in at 9! Fans cheer and Tozawa feeds off the energy. “AH! AH!” echoes out as Tozawa stands. Lio is up next, but Tozawa has the waistlock. Lio blocks and victory rolls, TWO! Mule kick, falling Pele! Tozawa’s mouth guard came out, but he’s down. Lio rebounds but his Come Up misses just for having no target. Tozawa stands but Lio kicks from all sides! Lio lights Tozawa up, then ROCKS him with a right forearm! Tozawa stays standing, but Lio underhooks. Tozawa powers out, Come Up into a GERMAN SUPLEX! Tozawa dead lifts for another German! Cover, TWO!! Lio still lives but Tozawa puts him in the drop zone! Tozawa climbs, leaps, TOKYO TOWER onto knees! Lio is up top now, FINAL HOUR! The splash hits Tozawa on the back!

Lio climbs up again from the other corner! Lio leaps, another FINAL HOUR! Cover, Lio wins!!

Winner: Lio Rush, by pinfall; still NXT Cruiserweight Champion

The Living Piece of Gold keeps his gold in another incredible match! Will Lio be able to move on to new opponents now?

Backstage interview with Finn Balor.

Any final thoughts before facing Ciampa? Ciampa acts like he’s the toughest man in the world. But he’s in Balor’s world, and it’s a dark place. Gargano got put in the hospital, Riddle lost at WarGames. Tonight, Ciampa meets The Prince. Is it going to be #TooSweet for the Blackheart to handle?

Xia Li VS Vanessa Borne!

Things are about to get spicy! Aliyah learned how much kick their is to Xia Li’s arsenal, but will The Vision see it firsthand for herself?

The bell rings and Borne ties up with Li. They go around and around and Borne puts Li in a corner for big forearms! The ref reprimands but Borne lets up at 4. Borne whips back in but Li dodges and Borne goes into the post! Borne tries to boot back but Li rolls her, to dead lift her, to POWERBOMB her! Then flip her over and dare her to get up! But wait, the Horsewomen are here? Shayna Baszler leads Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir out but Li focuses on Borne, falling roundhouse! Cover, Li wins!

Winner: Xia Li, by pinfall

Shayna and her horsewomen go after Xia? Xia boots Marinan then scraps with Jessamyn! Marina returns but gets a SUPERKICK! Shayna clobbers Li down and takes off the jacket. Shayna stalks Li like a shark, and drags her up, to get fast hands! Li backs Baslzer down to HEEL KICK! Jessamyn runs in, but misses her boot to get leg swept! But Shayna LARIATS Li down! Shayna tells the other two to get back in and they set Li up. Shayna KNEES Li down! Fans boo as the Horsewomen scrape Li out and Baslzer gets a mic.

“Everybody’s trying to take credit for what happened this past weekend, but the truth is, no one had a weekend like I did!” Shayna beat Bayley and Becky Lynch in the same match! But fans chant for “Rhea Ripley!” Shayna says without her, there would be nothing to celebrate! She has had a second reign over over a year! But here comes Rhea Ripley anyway! Rhea chuckles as she heads down the ramp and gets in the ring. The second she’s in, the Horsewomen bail out. Rhea grabs herself a mic to say, “Where do you think your’e running to?” Rhea came out to tell them something face-to-face. Shayna goes back without the others to get up on the apron. Rhea tells Shayna, “Congratulations.” Shayna did beat Bayley and Becky at the same time. But when Shayna faced Rhea, Rhea beat Shayna! “And y’know what? I’ll do it again.” For the title! Fans sing, “Rhea’s gonna kill~ you~!”

Shayna says she has heard this time and again. Rhea might be the nightmare, but Shayna is reality. “And the reality is, you’ll be tapping or napping, just like the rest of them.” Mic drop from Shayna 2-Time, but Rhea dares her to do it now! Fans want to see that, but Shayna thinks otherwise. It’s because she knows that Rhea would drop her! Is Shayna going to find herself fighting a nightmare the next time the title is on the line?

Damien Priest and Killain Dain will face of 1v1!

The match is next week, but Priest was diagnosed with some cracked ribs. Will that injury keep him from his infamous immortality?

Finn Balor VS Tommaso Ciampa!

The Undisputed Era is #DrapedInGold for now, and the Prince stands in the way of Daddy getting Goldie back. Will Balor survive the Blackheart? Or is NXT going to be rrrreeeal again?

The bell rings and Balor circles with Ciampa. They feel it out and tie up, and Ciampa puts Balor in a corner. Balor turns it around but Ciampa turns it back. The ref counts and they break at 4, but tensely. Ciampa shoves, Balor headlock takeovers! Ciampa fights his way up and powers out, but Balor runs him over. Cover, ONE, but Balor is back on with a headlock. Ciampa fights Balor to a corner, fans rally up and the ref calls for a break. This is cleaner, until CIampa stomps and CHOPS! Ciampa bumps Balor off buckles then whips him to ropes, to elbow Balor down! Ciampa suplexes Balor, covers, TWO! Ciampa keeps his cool to whip Balor again. Balor reverses, Ciampa sunset flips but Balor slips out to dropkick!

Fans rally and duel as Balor snapmares to a chinlock. Ciampa endures and fights his way up, but Balor knees and throws Ciampa out. Balor wrecks Ciampa with a dropkick! Ciampa flounders but Balor aims, to Peanlty Kick, but it’s blocked! Ciampa drags Balor into a fireman’s carry, but Balor slips out! Balor throws Ciampa at a post but Ciampa stops himself to elbow back! CIampa trips Balor, to catapult him into the post! Balor goes down, and Ciampa applauds himself! Ciampa pats himself on the back as we go picture in picture.

Ciampa takes a moment before fetching Balor into the ring. Ciampa follows but Balor bails out o the far side. Ciampa goes out the other side and comes around the way, to forearm Balor down! Fans cheer as Ciampa CHOPS Balor against the railing! Ciampa drags Balor back into the ring but Balor gets him with a kick to the ropes! Balor stomps Ciampa down over and over! The ref backs Balor off and he catches his breath. Balor drags Ciampa back up and scoops for a slam! Then runs for a leg drop! Cover, TWO! Balor wraps on with a chinlock but Ciampa endures. Ciampa fights up to jawbreaker free! Balor is in a corner and Ciampa fires off. Balor turns it around to CHOP and stomp Ciampa down! The ref counts, Balor backs off, to run in to dropkick! Balor high stack covers, TWO! Ciampa is tougher than that, but Balor drives elbows in.

Balor wraps on a chinlock and leans on Ciampa as NXT returns to single picture. Ciampa fights his way up, but Balor knees low to whip him to a corner. Ciampa boots from the corner, but misses the clothesline. Balor pushes but Ciampa rallies with clotheslines! Ciampa whips, Balor reverses but Ciampa kicks back! Ciampa runs in but Balor slips out to the apron, only for Ciampa to clothesline him down! Ciampa knees Balor off the apron! Ciampa gets Balor in fast, takes aim and runs, PSYCHO KNEE! Cover, TWO!! Fans rally and duel as Ciampa watches Balor get to a corner. Ciampa CHOPS Balor, and again! Ciampa stomps Balor down then brings down the knee pad. Ciampa goes side to side, but gets a SLINGBLADE! Then Balor clotheslines Ciampa out! Balor goes out to come around the way, SHOTGUN DROPKICK! Ciampa hits barriers like Gargano did!

The referee checks but Balor drags Ciampa up and over to the ramp! He wants to do more, but Ciampa resists! Ciampa fireman’s carries, AIR RAID CRASH to the floor! Both men are down but somehow okay to continue. Fans chant “MAMMA MIA!” for Mauro, who isn’t here. The ref starts a ring count and it climbs up to 5 before Ciampa crawls over. Ciampa is in at 7, but Balor stirs at 8. Balor is in at 9.5, to get a knee! And a lift, to PROJECT CIAMPA!! Cover, TWO!?! Balor survives and Ciampa can’t believe it! But “This is Awesome!” for Full Sail as Ciampa brings Balor up again. Underhooks but Balor trips to double stomp! Then another shotgun dropkick! Ciampa is down, Balor goes up top! Fans duel and Ciampa is up fast! Ciampa has Balor, for a SUPER AIR RAID CRASH!! Cover, TWO!?! Balor still lives!

Fans build to another rally but Ciampa fires himself up! Ciampa says, “This is for Johnny, boy!” He drags Balor up, underhooks, but here comes Adam Cole! Ciampa DECKS Cole, Balor rolls Ciampa up! TWO, but Balor has the NXT title belt! The ref grabs it, Ciampa rolls Balor, TWO! Ciampa is up, Balor grabs him, elbow drop DDT on the belt! The ref didn’t notice, Balor covers, TWO!?! Ciampa survives and the ref gets the belt out of the way. But Cole PELES Ciampa! Balor has Ciampa for BLOODY SUNDAY!! Cover, Balor wins!!

Winner: Finn Balor, by pinfall

Give an undisputed assist to Adam Cole, Baybay. But Cole makes sure Ciampa is not in contention for the title! However, is he only helping Balor get there instead? Cole gets in the ring with Balor, takes his title belt back, and throws up the UE. Balor gives the finger guns at Ciampa and Cole pats him on the back. But Balor PELES Cole! Balor is not Undisputed, he’s rrrreeeal! Will the past become Finn’s future in the form of the NXT Championship being around his waist again?

My Thoughts:

A great episode for NXT to follow up their great Survivor Series Weekend. Very little filler, aside from Mansoor having a quick match with Shane Thorne. There has to be a way to build Mansoor a bit more naturally, since most of us can see the Saudi Arabia show wins were for the Saudi Arabia fans. Mansoor will get there with time, but a lot of it would be better if he wasn’t made the face of the Saudi Arabia deal. The opening of the show was pretty great, I loved seeing Josiah Williams out there to sing what is apparently a new NXT song of his. And it was actually pretty great for The Undisputed Era to rain on the parade out of ego. I hope Fish isn’t too badly hurt, he got really banged up in WarGames, and I guess he just couldn’t hold out any longer. But Strong subbing in worked just fine, the Undisputed Era VS Lee & Dijakovic was great. Lee Pouncing Cole into the crowd was AWESOME, spot of the night. And I’m glad to see Dijakovic and Lee didn’t break up as a team at the end, I’d love to see even more from them.

We got a lot of great stuff from the NXT Women’s Division tonight. I should’ve realized Candice would step up to be a proxy against Dakota, they had a great match, even with the disqualification finish. Dakota hasn’t been Heel long but she’s already doing great. Rhea gets involved to keep things interwoven, but it sounds like Rhea is ready to go after Shayna for that title now. The next TakeOver isn’t for several months, but I would hope with Worlds Collide making a return for the Royal Rumble, and NXT being considered on par with Raw and SmackDown now, maybe we can get Rhea VS Baszler for that weekend. At the same time, maybe Dakota is used as a way to extend the build. TLC is up first, I wonder if NXT gets involved in their own way. I also liked Xia Li getting to be part of things, maybe she also gets a non-title match with Baszler just so Baszler isn’t sitting around doing nothing but promos.

The NXT Cruiserweight Championship match was great, roughly on par with the Survivor Series Triple Threat they had. Naturally, Rush wins because Tozawa is on Raw and this is the NXT Cruiserweight Championship. I don’t want to be a broken record, but if it were still the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, it could move around the brands. But surely we’re still getting Rush VS Garza Round 2 given the controversy and the animosity. Then we got a real good main event of Balor VS Ciampa, and I’m pretty sure they took things easy after the weekend Ciampa had. It was well-done for them to have Cole help Balor screw Ciampa over, to then swerve back and have Balor attack Cole. I really hope things are headed for a Triple Threat. The trend WWE has had with booking Triple Threats, Balor, Ciampa and Cole will be an amazing match no matter what card it’s put on.

My Score: 9/10

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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Match Results & Ratings: 9.19.2024

Victory Road was damn good, but behind us now. So let’s see how the build for Bound for Glory starts!

Published

11 hours ago

September 19, 2024

Andrew Balaz

Well hot damn, Victory Road was a solid night of action, surprises and an overall enjoyable watch. Even with the major let down segments of SDL and the Knockouts Tag, they were placed right in the middle…so there was energy aplenty for the last four matches. We do get to see where they’re going with Bound For Glory in about 6 weeks.

My fantasy booking has The System, ABC and Hardyz heading towards a championship 3 way dance. DeMALISH is done, so at least Masha is back on the singles circuit. Lets hope she makes short work of Lish and/or Tasha.

Time to see where the early steps take us on the way to Bound for Glory.

.@mashaslamovich LIVES A DREAM teaming with @MATTHARDYBRAND and @JEFFHARDYBRAND TONIGHT on iMPACT!

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— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) September 20, 2024

Ratings:

First Cla$$ (KC Navarro & AJ Francis) vs Sinner & Saint ( Judas Icarus & Travis Williams): First Cla$$ win via Down Payment/Frog Splash combo – ** 1/4
Matt Cardona vs Rhino: Cardona DQ’d – My time wasted
Knockouts Tag Championship: Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) (c) vs Kendal Grey & Carlee Bright: Spirefire retains via Pressure Drop – * 1/2
Texas Death Match: JDC vs Mike Santana: Santana wins – ** 3/4
Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & Tasha Steelz w/Alisha Edwards vs Masha Slamovich & The Hardyz: Hardyz win via Twist & Swanton combo – *** 1/4

Results:

Lish talks smack, Masha comes out, Lish says she doesn’t even understand her – AND FINALLY – Masha speaks English. So she runs down Lish, says she’s sick of her but Tasha jumps Masha from behind. Lish grabs Kendra, attacks Masha and we see Tasha and Lish beatdown Masha until Jordynne makes the save for Masha. The System comes out to tip the numbers game, but then The Hardyz come out to save Masha and Jordynne.

Santino’s goofy music hits and I guess we’re heading to the 3×3 since Lish is still injured. Masha Slamabitch and the Hard Boyz will fight Tasha and System boys. Arianna’s music hits before Santino can say something to Jordynne, and she declares Jordynne gets an NXT friend next week to fight Rosemary and Wendy Choo. I just like Santino and Arianna playing together. It’s wholesomely moronic.

First Cla$$ (KC Navarro & AJ Francis) vs Sinner & Saint ( Judas Icarus & Travis Williams)

KC and Travis start off, KC hits some athletic counters, taunts a little and extends the hand but Travis turns it into an Arm Whip, tags in Icarus, they Double Team, AJ blind tags as KC rope runs, Spiderman pose in the ropes, AJ levels Icarus, KC takes out Travis, hits the tandem move The Deposit, into Tennessee Whiskey. KC tags back in, Snapmare into Footstomp and a near fall before AJ tags back in. They go for a tandem move on Icarus in the corner, but Icarus dumps KC to the outside, turns a Suplex into a DDT, and then crawls to Travis for simultaneous tags as Travis is working KC over. KC powders, tries to change sides but Sinner and Saint tandem redirect the dive. Inverted Suplex for a near fall.

AJ comes in, Lawn Darts Icarus into Travis, Down Payment, Frog Splash from KC…and First Cla$$ win!

Matt Cardona vs Rhino

Obviously just a step towards the eventual PCO versus Cardona, prolly at Bound for Glory. So this match is useless and Cardona has no reason to lose.

Cardona tries to pick his spot, but just gets his Foot picked out of mid air, and Rhino throws Cardona around the ring, Lariat, sets up for a Gore…but Cardona powders. Rhino follows and Suplexes Cardona onto the ramp, throws him back in and a Throat Chop from Cardona finally gives him some space. Missile Dropkick for an unnecessary pinfall, and then just grinding the Forearm into Rhino’s face in the corner. 10 Count Punches turned into a Powerbomb from Rhino for 2.

Rhino goes to get a chair, the ref admonishes him, Rhino throws the chair in, Cardona uses it in front of the referee and gets DQ’d. Radio Silence on Rhino after the DQ, Cardona looks to continue the punishment but lights go out and PCO attacks. Chokeslam, goes for the PCO-Sault, but Cardona powders and runs away. PCO goes full Ric Flair, attacks the chair and then PCO-Saults a steel chair.

Well…that’s new.

Knockouts Tag Championship: Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) (c) vs Kendal Grey & Carlee Bright

You know how I’ve said these titles are useless right? Now they’re being defended against…no one. Bright Grey? That’s not even a Crayola Crayon color. I think I would enjoy constipation more than this match.

Jody and…Grey?… start and its just slow, headlocky, I guess trying to get across Grey’s amateur background, but it looks terribly…meh. Dani tags in and now my attention is peaked. Powerbomb attempt but Grey tries to slip it into a Cradle, Dani kicks out, catches Grey and Sack of Shit into Kip Up. Tandem Stalling Suplex after the tag, but only 2. Dani gets tagged in, they don’t seem to be taking Grey super seriously, so Grey finally kicks off and gets the tag to Bright. Okay, Cartwheel Knees is unique offense, not the Cheerleader Back Handspirng, I can respect that. Oh nice Standing Moonsault from Bright. Grey tags in, Jody takes a few seconds too long for the “blind tag”, Senton off the ropes to kill the two NXT girls, Pressure Drop, title retained.

Burn these belts and push Dani as a singles.

Texas Death Match: JDC vs Mike Santana

Jade looks like she’s cosplaying Peg Bundy during the intros but…ya know…not complaining. And it sounds like they’re doing the rules correctly with pinfall and then 10 count. So, that’s nice the rules seem to be clear.

JDC tries to attack Santana as he comes in from the crowd, Santana turns it around as expected and starts running JDC from corner to corner, Enzuigiri and multiple Bootwash corner spots. Santana looks for a Cannonball, but JDC powders, so Santana stalks a little, Tope con Hilo connects! Santana finds some chairs as the morons start chanting for tables when it’s 4 minutes in. That chant just screams inbred and stupid anymore.

Santana puts the two chairs back to back and looks to hit the old Eddie Kingston spot on JDC, but JDC fights it off, 10 count punches that JDC counters with the Powerbomb through the back to back chairs. Trash can and kendo stick time for Dango. Dude, Stomp is soo 1999 but its apparently cool in Texas. DOWN AND DIRTY on the trash can from JDC! But he can’t cover since now he’s selling his own pain for dropping on a can. Santana smartly powders and JDC tries to remember how to walk. Santana crawls up to his feet bleeding, but he also found a Barbedwire Bat! Dango tries to grab him, BAT TO FACE! Of course they head to a commercial right as the match gets bloody…sigh.

So we’re back and they’re fighting in the crowd, or no, some staging area about the crowd. Dango is bleeding, Santana is bleeding, Santana counters Dango and hits a Piledriver on the stage for 2! Brawling up some steps, JDC kicks off Santana and connects with a Tornado DDT for 2! Santana rolls over and flops off the stage as he crawls to…somewhere. JDC with the low speed pursuit, he finally charges and gets tossed into some broken barricade makeshift something! Santana slams a production case into Dango a few times, as Dango tries to crawl up a table to get away. Santana walks back up to the stage, and stops himself mid-charge. FINDS A LADDER. Santana gets the ref and someone else to hold it, goes to the top of the ladder…and Splash through JDC on the table.

Takes entirely too long, so while it looks cool its pretty stupid. 1-2-3, the pinfall happens, but lets see if the 10 count holds. 10 count goes through, Santana wins.

Moose attacks afterwards and just beats the tar out of him with a chair.

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— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) September 20, 2024

Hendry comes out, Kaz interrupts, Nic Nemeth basically agrees to fight everyone. So Santino makes it shot and succulent, and decides for Hendry and Kaz to have a number 1 contender match next week. Nothing of crazy merit was said during the promo, so I decided to take Santino’s directions and go for short and succulent.

Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & Tasha Steelz w/Alisha Edwards vs Masha Slamovich & The Hardyz

Well right after intros they cut to a commercial, so maybe we won’t get anymore. Tasha and Masha start off, and throw fists fast, things stay close and they trade. Masha gets the advantage after a Drop Toe Hold into the middle rope, kick to the face, running knees and Tasha tags out to Eddie. Masha doesn’t care she wants to fight Eddie but Eddie cheap shots Matt on the apron and Matt tells Masha to tag him in. So Eddie doesn’t look like a completely shitty heel, and the crowd pops for a Hardy.

Matt chokes Eddie along the ropes, Leg Drape attack and tags in my name is Jeff. A little classic Hardy tandem work, Myers just runs in, stack the dorks, Splash version of Poetry in Motion. System gets Lariated out, Tasha tries to attack Matt but Masha eats Tasha. Whips her 3 times into corners and Poetry in Moscow. All of the System is on the outside, so Masha goes to the top, Senton off the top rope and Bowling Balls The System. Ugh…picture in picture is awful…stop with commercials at bad times. I really miss the commercial free YouTube version.

So to no one’s surprise, of course The System take control during the distraction break, Masha is being isolated, Eddie tags in and he’s taking his sweet time for a chop. So again, Eddie doesn’t make contact. Masha drops Tasha, ducks the men, hot tag to Jeff! Jeff lights up Eddie, looks for Whisper in the Wind but Myers pulls Eddie out of the way and Jeff hits nothing. And unlike Jinder, Eddie didn’t bump to a breeze. Eddie tags out to Myers, Russian Leg Sweep and Front Face Lock is keeping Jeff down. Jeff fights back up, but Myers clocks him. Myers tags in Tasha, and Tasha goes with the Knife Edge Chops on Jeff, mocks the Jeff dance, then twerks in his face before tagging Eddie back in.

Myers attacks Matt off the apron and even Masha, but Jeff starts to fight back, goes for the Whisper again, and this time connects on both! Jeff tags in Matt, so he starts working through the System boys. Neckbreaker into the Delete Headsmashes for both members of the System. Side Effect on Myers for only two. Matt calls for the Twist, the crowd responds well, but the Twist is countered, Lish grabs Matt’s foot but the referee sees it. EJECTION! Poor Tami-Lynn, she doesn’t wanna go, Hardys and Masha laugh and sing the Hey Hey Hey song, Lish says no so the ABC walk down and pick her up and carry her out. Twist of Fates for everyone, Swanton Bomb from Jeff, Hardyz and Masha win!

Overall Score: 6/10

Serviceable in regards to setting up most of the threads for Bound for Glory. The actual wrestling could’ve been a lot better, but for a starting point, it could’ve been worse. Xia Li getting her new name revealed, which I like. Some kind of Thunder reference, mixed in with the fact her vignettes give Mortal Kombat vibes, its very cool. The Knockouts Tags definitely feel like useless metal, Santana and JDC was probably better to experience in person, because the commercial break broke the momentum…and Gods damn was that finish sooo slow. At least the Texas Death Match rules were correct.

Crowd was also hot for the Hardyz, so the combination of “evil Russian” dropping the accent and proving to be a Hardy fangirl and get the Hardyz babyface rub sets up Masha nicely. She should be the next face of the Knockouts Division.

Next week we’ll hopefully get a touch more clarity or reasons for multi-person shmoz matches. But reasons are reasons, and this moved in logical enough directions.

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Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (9/19/24)

Is Dark Order good enough?

Published

15 hours ago

September 19, 2024

Steven Mitchell

Team Texas meets Dark Order on the Proving Ground!

Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara need challengers for the ROH World Tag Team Championships, so Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds are put to the test! Will they last the necessary ten minutes?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

ROH Women’s World TV Championship Proving Grounds: Red Velvet VS Allysin Kay; Velvet wins and denies Allysin a title opportunity.
The Gates of Agony VS Dante Leon & Trip Jordy; The Gates of Agony win.
Preston Vance VS Brandon Cutler; Vance wins.
John Silver w/ The Dark Order VS KM; Silver wins.
Rachael Ellering VS Maggie Lee; Rachael wins.
The Infantry w/ Trish Adora VS Spanish Announce Project; The Infantry wins.
Anthony Ogogo w/ Shane Taylor VS Kit Sackett; Ogogo wins.
Brian Cage VS Deonn Rusman; Cage wins.
ROH World Tag Team Championships Proving Ground: Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara VS Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds w/ John Silver; Dustin & Sammy win and deny The Dark Order a title opportunity.

PLAY BY PLAY

ROH Women’s World TV Championship Proving Grounds: Red Velvet VS Allysin Kay!

The Chef is cooking, and she even whipped up a new look for the belt! Will Velvet have the whole women’s division seeing red? Or will AK say pinkies out as she eats up this dish?

The Code of Honor is upheld with a pinkie swear, and the two circle. They tie up and Allysin shoves Velvet down. Velvet gets up, dodges Allysin, and wags a finger. Allysin runs up again, Velvet slides under, then she ducks ‘n’ dodges to tilt-o-whirl RANA! The fans fire up and Velvet fires off body shots in the corner! Velvet lets off, but then comes back to stomp high and low. Velvet lets off to dig her boot in! The fans cheer as Velvet does the splits and stirs it up. Velvet lets off as the ref counts, then she comes back to fire forearms. Velvet runs, wheelbarrows, but Allysin says no to the bulldog, WHEELBARROW GERMAN! Cover, TWO!

Allysin drags Velvet up to TOSS her to a corner, then CHOPS her! The fans fire up, Allysin CHOPS again. Allysin bumps Velvet off buckles, Velvet hits back, but Allysin fires her own body shots. Then a fireman’s carry to a SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO! Allysin drags Velvet up, Velvet fires body shots of her own again! Velvet runs, but Allysin catches the crossbody! FALL AWAY SLAM! Cover, TWO! Velvet toughs it out but Allysin drags her back up. Velvet fires more body shots, Allysin shoves her away, but Velvet runs up. Allysin sidesteps and runs, Velvet CALF KICKS, but Allysin deflects it! Then she gets an ANKLE LOCK!

Velvet endures as Allysin twists the foot. The fans rally, Velvet reaches out, ROPEBREAK! Allysin lets go at 4, then storms back up. Allysin snapmares Velvet, and clamps on with a straitjacket stretch! Velvet endures, even as Allysin digs a knee into her back. The fans rally up, Velvet fights up, and Velvet arm-drags free! Velvet runs up, to tilt-o-whirl and IRON OCTOPUS! Allysin endures, the fans rally, and Allysin powers right into a gut wrench! But Velvet clicks her heels, slips free, and hits a STUNNER! Velvet runs, but into a SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Velvet survives and Allysin grows frustrated.

Allysin drags Velvet up and in, Canadian Rack into the Gory Especial, but Velvet sunset flips it! TWO, and both women stand! Velvet LARIATS, but Allysin stays up! Velvet runs again, and she LARIATS again, but Allysin wags her finger. Velvet tries again, ducks Allysin’s lariat and LEAPING LARIATS! Then she CALF KICKS! Allysin falls, Velvet roars and the fans fire up! Velvet runs, wheelbarrows, and STUNNERS! Allysin falls back, Velvet goes after her at the ropes. The fans rally, Velvet pumps up and runs, to DOUBLE KNEE! Velvet YANKS Allysin off ropes, rolls with her, and dragon sleepers! JUST DESSERTS! Cover, Velvet wins!

Winner: Red Velvet, by pinfall (denies Allysin Kay a title match)

A solid win from The Chef, and she tells Diamante that she has the blood of a fighter! Eat, sleep, breathe, wrestling! Will everyone be served up some hot, fresh L’s in Red Velvet’s kitchen?

The Dark Order speak.

Dustin Rhodes wants more championships, and it makes Evil Uno sick! Alex Reynolds says that greed will lead to Dustin’s downfall. The funny thing about this Proving Ground is that The Dark Order has nothing to prove. Dustin & Sammy have to show they can beat The Dark Order in 10 minutes. All Dark Order has to do is beat the clock, and then unlike Dustin & Sammy, the Dark Order will earn a title opportunity. Dark Order is ROH, and they vow to get both revenge, and those ROH World Tag Team Championships. Will Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds show the world #DarkOrderisGood enough?

The Outrunners speak.

Truth Magnum tells The Iron Savages, “You wanna attack The Outrunners from behind?” Turbo Floyd & Erica Leigh shake their heads. But they don’t call him The Truth for nothing! And the truth is, if you’ve got beef, here are two Grade A master chefs, and they’re running hot! Keep your “savage sauce,” because you’re looking two young men absolutely jacked to the gills on “best-tosterone!” Turbo says the Savages have a few things he can respect: their muscles; their tans; their glitz; but they ain’t got no glamour! That’s what The Outrunners have! And in ROH, if you want it, let him tell you: Any time, any place!

Because if you haven’t seen The Outrunners, you haven’t seen nothing yet! Erica barks, but will Truth & Turbo find they’re barking up the wrong tree?

The Premier Athletes speak.

Mark Sterling says, “Whoa, whoa, hold on. Do you recognize this man? Of course you do. Because over a million of you saw him do the most impressive wrestling move you’ve ever seen in your life. But did you just see the move and scroll past it? Or did you actually think about who was the man that did the move? I’ll tell you who that man is. This is Josh Woods, National Champion, 108 collegiate wins, four-time All American! And there’s more where that came from.” Woods says he can do that to anybody. Anytime, anywhere. Then when and where will we see the Technical Beast do that for some gold?

The Infantry w/ Trish Adora VS Spanish Announce Project!

While Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo have made amends with The Outrunners, they’re still aiming at the ROH World Tag Team Championships. But that just means they’re one of many, because the reinvigorated Angelico Y Serpentico want their shot! Who rises up the ranks with a win while the other falls in Sioux Falls?

The teams sort out and #BadNews&Tattoos starts against the South African Stud. They shake hands for the Code of Honor, and Bravo gets an “OORAH!” going. Bravo and Angelico circle, the fans rally, and the two tie up. Angelico wrenches, wristlocks, but Bravo reaches down, slips around, and he wristlocks back. Bravo says they’re really wrestling and the fans have a laugh. Bravo keeps on the wrist, but spins, opens the hold, then steps over for a modified cording hold! Then Angelico wrenches the other wrist, but Bravo rolls, handsprings, pops ‘n’ locks and he gets Angelico with that vibe! Then Bravo reels Angelico in for a headlock!

The fans cheer, but Angelico powers up and out. Angelico drops, then hip tosses, but Bravo spins through it to arm-drag! The fans cheer again, Bravo eggs Angelico on, ducks the haymaker, but Angelico ducks the backhand. Bravo ducks the roundhouse, jumps the sweep, and dropkicks cancel out! Angelico spins to his feet while Bravo kips up, and both men Bernie Lean and walk it out! The fans cheer, and the two tag to The Captain and #SNAKEMAN. The fans “OORAH!” with Bravo again, and Dean shakes hands with Serpentico. They tie up, Dean headlocks, but Serpentico powers out. Dean runs Serpentico over!

The fans rally as Bran says Dean is so strong. Things speed up, Dean hurdles but Serpentico ducks ‘n’ dodges to RANA! The fans fire up but Dean is on his feet. Dean runs up, but into BOOTS! Dean tries again but Serpentico RANAS! But then Dean arm-drags! And arm-drags again! And DROPKICK! The fans fire up and Dean brings Serpentico up. Dean wrenches Serpentico, tags Bravo, and The Infantry double whip. DOUBLE HIP TOSS! A rough landing for Serpentico, but Infantry DOUBLE FIST DROP! Angelico storms in, Dean blocks a kick, hands it to Bravo, then ENZIGIRIS Bravo slips around to hit a NECKBREAKER!

The fans fire up while Angelico bails out. Serpentico slowly rises, Bravo brings him up, but Serpentico headlocks. Bravo powers out but Angelico tags in. Serpentico ducks Bravo and Angelico scoops to BACKBREAKER! Angelico stands Bravo up, Serpentico runs in, NECKBREAKER DROP BACKBREAKER COMBO! Cover, TWO! Bravo stays in this but Angelico stays on him with a cording hold. Bravo endures, the fans rally up, and Bravo fights up, only for Angelico to knee low! Tag to Serpentico, SAP double whip, then they both drop. Bravo is very surprised by that but clears them both. Angelico hip tosses Bravo, then SAP ZENMAI! Cover, TWO!

The fans rally as Bravo stays in this. Serpentico drags Bravo up, tags Angelico back in, and SAP mugs Bravo. Angelico stomps Bravo while Adora rallies the fans with “Let’s Go, Bravo, Let’s Go!” Bravo CHOPS Angelico, Angelico KNEES low! Angelico JABS Bravo, wrenches and lifts, BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Angelico keeps Bravo down by bending his arm against a knee. Bravo endures, the fans rally, but Angelico top wristlocks. Bravo fights up, fires body shots, but Angelico ROCKS him! Angelico stalks Bravo to ropes, brings him up, and then wrenches. Angelico back suplexes, but Bravo lands out! Bravo reaches out, but Angelico keeps him back!

The fans rally, and Bravo BACKHANDS Angelico away! Hot tags to Dean and Serpentico! The fans fire up as Dean rallies on SAP with LARIAT after LARIAT! Then he floats on Angelico to DDT! Kip up, and he gets Serpentico, spin and “SONIC BOOM~” LARIAT! The fans fire up while Serpentico goes to a corner, and Dean says, “OORAH!” The fans echo “OORAH!” and Dean ELBOWS Serpentico! Bravo tags in then follows Dean as he takes Serpentico side to side. Buckle bump and a BOOT, then Dean goes back to a corner. Bravo bumps Serpentico off buckles again, and Dean runs in to LEAPING LARIAT!

The fans fire up while Dean lands safe on the apron, and Bravo scoops Serpentico to MICHINOKU DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Serpentico survives and Bravo is stunned! Dean calls for Boot Camp and he tags in. Dean hooks Serpentico up, Bravo runs, but Angelico trips him! Angelico drags Bravo out to UPPERCUT, and Serpentico snapmares Dean. Serpentico mule kicks, ROCKS and SUPERKICKS! Angelico steps in to clinch and FLATLINER! Serpentico goes up, FROG SPLASH! Cover, TWO!! Dean survives and SAP is shocked! The fans rally up but SAP drags Dean up. SAP coordinate, Angelico runs, but Bravo trips Angelico up!

Bravo drags Angelico out now, and ROLLING ELBOW! Serpentico ROCKS Dean, runs, but Bravo returns! Infantry dodges Serpentico to fire off the Captain & Bucky combo! Then DOUBLE ROLLING ELBOWS! The fans fire up with The Infantry, and they hook Serpentico up again. Time for BOOT CAMP!! Cover, Infantry wins!

Winners: The Infantry, by pinfall

SAP put up a fight, but The Infantry are marching up towards the top of the rankings! Bravo says never fear, the Infantry is here! But will they be armed and ready for a title shot in the near future? And perhaps best of all, The Infantry offer the Code of Honor, and SAP takes it!

Shane Taylor Promotions speaks.

Anthony Ogogo says it is so good to be Anthony Ogogo! The skull-crackin’, jaw-jackin’ Gov’nah is back in ROH! Shane Taylor himself says it’s great to have him back. Ogogo says he was in Paris for the Olympics, watching the very best athletes win gold. But brother, it got Ogogo thinking. It’s time for him to win gold in ROH! Shane likes that, too. Shane says a wise man once said, “First you get the money, then you get the power.” Around here, winning gold is both! And STP is gonna start taking every championship ROH has to offer. AEW is where the best wrestler, but ROH is where the baddest rumble! Will Ogogo and Big Bad Shaney T. soon join Lee Moriarty as champions of ROH?

ROH World Tag Team Championships Proving Ground: Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara VS Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds w/ John Silver!

Dustin is a double champion here in ROH, and that’s all the reason The Dark Order needed to despise him! But will they be able to bring down The Natural & The Spanish God? Or will Team Texas be riding high in South Dakota?

The Code of Honor is tentatively upheld, but Reynolds does go and push Sammy. The teams sort out and Sammy starts against Reynolds. The fans rally as the two circle, but then Reynolds bails out. Sammy is annoyed, the fans boo, but Reynolds reminds us, the Dark Order doesn’t even need to beat the champs, just last the ten minutes. Silver and Reynolds high-five, the fans rally for Sammy, and he waits on Reynolds. Reynolds takes his time returning, and then Reynolds tags Uno. And Uno tells Sammy, “I want this guy!” He points at Dustin, Sammy points at Dustin, and the fans fire up as Sammy tags Dustin!

Dustin and Uno circle, they approach, but then Uno bails out to troll Dustin. Uno does a sarcastic victory lap, but Dustin cuts him off. Uno says whoa, hold on, only to turn around and see Sammy! The fans cheer but Uno runs away into the ring! Team Texas grabs at him, knocks him down, and then Uno gets up into an UPPERCUT! Sammy hooks Uno up, Dustin joins in, DOUBLE RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Sammy kips up, Reynolds runs in, but into a DROPKICK! Sammy kips real smooth, and then he tells Dustin to dive! The fans fire up, Dustin fires up, and while Dark Order regroups, Team Texas builds speed!

But then Dark Order scurries away, Sammy & Dustin put on the brakes, and the fans boo. Sammy spins and poses, so Dustin busts out the spinarooni! Dustin poses, too, and the fans fire up! The Dark Order gets mad, but turnabout is fair play. The Dark Order decides to just bail, but Dustin chases them down! Dustin SMACKS Uno, ROCKS Reynolds, then gets Silver to back off. Dustin UPPERCUTS Uno, SMACKS him off the apron, then stalks him around the way. Dustin puts Uno in the ring, but Reynolds storms up. Dustin counter punches! Uno distracts the ref, allowing Silver to POST Dustin! The fans boo and Silver protests, but Reynolds throws hands on Dustin.

Reynolds puts Dustin in, Uno bumps him off buckles, and he stomps a mudhole. Tag to Reynolds, the Dark Order mugs Dustin, and Reynolds snapmares Dustin. Reynolds steps on Dustin, then uses the ropes to IMPLODER ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Reynolds keeps Dustin from Sammy, bumps him off buckles, and tags Uno. The fans rally, Uno CHOPS Dustin, then he soaks up the heat. Uno goes back to Dustin, but Dustin UPPERCUTS! Reynolds grabs Dustin but Dustin ROCKS him! Dustin fires more shots on Uno, but Reynolds barks at Dustin. So Dustin DECKS Reynolds! But he turns around into a kick from Uno!

Uno runs, but he runs into the SNAP POWERSLAM! The fans fire up while both men are down! Uno crawls to his corner, but there’s no Reynolds! Dustin crawls, but Silver distracts the ref from the hot tag! The ref stops Sammy, not knowing what happened, and then Uno BOOTS Sammy! Uno SPLASHES Dustin, bumps him off buckles, and Reynolds goes up. Uno sets Dustin up for a FLYING DOUBLE STOMP! Reynolds then DIVES onto Sammy! Uno hits a PILEDRIVER on Dustin! Cover, TWO!! Dustin survives and Uno is shocked! Another cover, TWO! Uno grows frustrated but we’re five minutes in, time is still on their side.

Uno calls to Reynolds, brings Dustin over, and tags Reynolds in. The Dark Order mugs Dustin, but Dustin fights back with big hands! But then Dark Order pushes Dustin back! Dustin dodges Uno, dodges Reynolds, and the ref sees this hot tag! Sammy goes up to DOUBLE CROSSBODY The Dark Order down! The fans fire up, Sammy CLOBBERS Uno, then keeps moving to duck ‘n’ dodge Reynolds so he can CLOBBER him, too! The fans fire up as Sammy kips up, and Sammy RAMS in to Reynolds! Sammy goes to the apron to ENZIGIRI Reynolds, and he SUPERKICKS Uno! Reynolds then springboards in, but Reynolds gets under!

Reynolds runs up, into a CUTTER! Dustin runs in to add a SHINING WIZARD! Cover, Uno breaks it! Dustin storms up, Uno shouts “STOP~!” Then he ROCKS Dustin with a right hand! But Sammy JUMP KNEES Uno! Uno tumbles out, Sammy goes for Reynolds, but Silver drags him out! The fans boo as Dark Order regroups again. Sammy says that’s fine, and he builds speed, to FLY! Down goes The Dark Order! Sammy puts Reynolds in for Dustin to hop on, DESTROYER! Dustin brings Reynolds up, Sammy climbs, and we get a FINAL RECKONING, into the SWANTON BOMB! Cover, Team Texas wins!

Winners: Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara, by pinfall (denies The Dark Order a title match)

Uno & Reynolds played not to win but to not lose, and that only backfired every step of the way! But wait! THE CAGE OF AGONY ATTACKS! The fans boo, but Brian Cage fireman’s carries Sammy, for an F5!! The Gates mug Dustin, The Dark Order cheers while the fans boo! Kaun & Liona hold up the tag titles, then they stand Dustin up, for the DOUBLE LARIAT SANDWICH!! Dustin falls over, is this just a foreshadowing of what is to come? Or can Dustin & Sammy survive the gauntlet of challengers?

My Thoughts:

A very good episode of ROH, with it coming in at an hour and 10 minutes. It still had a lot of matches that were easily filler, but I again commend them on giving everyone good showings. A little surprised, and maybe a little disappointed, that Harley Cameron did not appear to go after Rachael Ellering. They could get that story going if they really wanted but they sure drag things out. But I do like that a big development was Red Velvet changing the belt, the red strap looks so good with the dark silver ROH uses for their belts. We just need them to hurry up and give us Velvet VS Diamante, not sure what they’re waiting on.

Sterling’s promo with Josh Woods was itself basically filler, because we already went through the phase of “Let’s hype The Premier Athletes up.” Just get Woods going in the Pure Division so he can eventually face Lee Moriarty, and maybe even give us some STP beating up on Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari. Speaking of which, after Ogogo of course “knocked out” his opponent tonight, good promo from him and Shane. STP is a team I’d definitely like seeing pull of the “dripping with gold” trope. Moriarty has the Pure Championship, the whole crew can be Six Man Champs, and I suppose Ogogo can “knock out” Atlantis Jr. to get the TV title while Shane finally beats Mark Briscoe to get the world title.

And a lot of good stuff is cooking in the Six Man as well as traditional Tag Divisions. We got a very good match from Infantry and SAP, and a very good promo from Outrunners calling out The Iron Savages. And while we got a really good tag match out of Dark Order and Team Texas, I figured Team Texas would win out. Clearly, Cage of Agony wants next, but I would think Kaun & Liona have a better chance getting the World Tag titles than the whole faction does the Six Man titles. Cage of Agony, while they were Mogul Embassy, already had a dominant run with the Six Man belts, let another faction have their time.