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Mitchell’s WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 2 Results!
The final night of WrestleMania Weekend!
WWE wraps up WrestleMania Weekend!
WrestleMania 36 finishes up as the WWE World Champion, BROCK LESNAR, takes on Drew McIntyre! Is Claymore Country stronger than Suplex City?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Preshow Match – Natalya VS Liv Morgan; Liv wins.
- NXT Women’s Championship: Rhea Ripley VS Charlotte Flair; Flair wins and becomes the new NXT Women’s Champion.
- Aleister Black VS Bobby Lashley w/ Lana; Aleister wins.
- Otis VS Dolph Ziggler w/ Sonya Deville; Otis wins.
- Last Man Standing Match: Edge VS Randy Orton; Edge wins.
- WWE 24/7 Championship Mojo’s Folly: Rob Gronkowski wins and becomes the new WWE 24/7 Champion.
- Raw Tag Team Championships: The Street Profits VS Austin Theory & Angel Garza w/ Zelina Vega; The Street Profits win and retain the Raw Tag Team Championships.
- SmackDown Women’s Championship Fatal 5 Elimination Match: Bayley VS Sasha Banks VS Tamina VS Naomi VS Lacey Evans; Bayley wins and retains the SmackDown Women’s Championship.
- Firefly Fun House Match: The Fiend VS John Cena; The Fiend wins.
- WWE World Championship: Brock Lesnar VS Drew McIntyre; McIntyre wins and becomes the new WWE World Champion.
PLAY BY PLAY
It’s the WrestleMania Preshow, again!
Corey Graves and Peter Rosenberg are back! Join them again as they discuss, analyze and predict this night of action!
The Street Profits are fired up backstage.
Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins prepare for the day! They have 2020 vision for WrestleMania! And it doesn’t matter if Zelina Vega has plans, because the Theory will be disproven. But just so everyone’s on the same page, Ms. Charly, Angel Garza ain’t the only Lothario on Raw. Dawkins shooting his shot, but WrestleMania means the Profits are up! Wait, fam. Remix it! Right, because it’s WrestleMania! So instead… take a sip… WrestleMania is UP, and #WeWantTheSmoke. Will WrestleMania Weekend bring the swag to close it out?
Preshow Match – Natalya VS Liv Morgan!
Now that The Man has beaten the Queen of Spades, the door is open to a new challenger! Will the Queen of Harts or the LIVing Embodiment take a crucial step forward tonight?
The bell rings and Natty circles with Liv. Liv offers a handshake and Natty takes it. To drag Liv into a headlock and takeover! Liv rolls to a cover, ONE and Natty grinds Liv down. Liv headscissors but Natty pops free. The two go again, and Natty gets a wrench to a wristlock to a headlock to a hammerlock. Natty rolls Liv back, ONE and the two stand off. Natty applauds Liv for keeping up with her technical ability. The two circle again and Liv says Natty will regret grinning. They tie up but neither gets control so they separate. Now Natty offers a handshake but Liv swats it away. Natty kicks but Liv catches it, only for Natty to roll and use it to bring Liv down. Liv fights out of the toehold to get a headlock.
Natty pops out to get a waistlock, but Liv reaches down to trip her up. Natty kicks Liv away but Liv goes Matrix to dodge the clothesline! Liv rolls Natty up, TWO! Liv kicks Natty low then whips her to a corner. She tells Natty to “kiss this” before hitting a back elbow in the corner. Liv whips Natty the other way then runs in, but misses! Natty throws haymakers and hits the rebound sit down! Natty steps on Liv to then basement dropkick! Cover, TWO! Natty argues the count but two is two. Natty drags Liv up and whips her to a corner. Liv goes up but Natty puts her on the apron. Liv counter punches Natty to then hotshot. Natty KICKS Liv back down! Liv goes reeling, and Natty DISCUS clotheslines her from the other side!
Natty goes out to fetch Liv and puts her in. Natty drags Liv up to snap suplex! She grabs the legs and drags Liv in. Natty hooks up and grabs the arms for the ROMERO SPECIAL! Liv endures the floating surfboard but Natty drops her down. Natty pulls back then boots her down! Natty drags Liv up and whips her to a corner. Liv slips out to the apron then rolls Natty up, TWO! Liv throws forearms and puts on a headlock. Natty kicks out but Liv escapes the rebound sit-down, for a CODE BREAKER! Cover, TWO!! Natty survives but Liv grits her teeth. Liv dropkicks Natty against ropes! Liv runs back in, but into a scoop! She escapes, but Natty standing switches. Liv bucks Natty off and then runs to wheelbarrow. But Natty uses that for a FACEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Liv still lives!
Natty argues but that’s the count. Natty grabs the legs and wants the Sharpshooter, but Liv cradle counters! TWO and Liv enziguris! Natty goes to ropes but Liv snarls. Liv runs in but gets caught in a waistlock! Liv wheelbarrow victory rolls, TWO! Natty has it, TWO! Liv has the victory roll back, LIV WINS!
Winner: Liv Morgan, by pinfall
A HUGE win for Liv! She hasn’t been on the best roll since her return, but this could be the spark she needs. Will she be LIVing large now?
Dolph Ziggler tries calling Mandy Rose.
After the reveal on this past Friday Night SmackDown, Mandy hasn’t talked to him or Sonya Deville. He doesn’t want her to throw away what they have over a “misunderstanding.” Sonya checks with Dolph, but they can’t get through to her. And even if Mandy reaches out to them, what do they say? Maybe that they were thinking of her best interests? Kayla Braxton comes by and asks them about their plot being revealed. Is this some kind of ambush? WWE is better than this! No comment!
The WWE Backstage hosts join the Preshow, again!
But this time, Booker T and Renee Young are joined by Christian! Captain Charisma is GOODT in his turtleneck, and is of course here to talk Randy Orton and Edge. Christian knows Edge very well and says that the thing going for Edge right now is confidence. Orton is oddly to thank for that. Edge survived Orton’s assault after the Royal Rumble, so Edge is emboldened to take the fight back to Orton. While The Viper really is the best, maybe of all time, Edge has “grit.” There is a fire inside Edge after what Orton did to him and Beth Phoenix, and it is now an inferno.
Edge has always had a chip on his shoulder, and has used that chip as motivation. That chip is going to motivate Edge even more now. But Orton is at his peak right now, and Booker says Edge’s ring rust could be the real enemy. Christian is talking from his heart, but Orton is the best today. Orton will bring a lot and will take a lot in this match. Who do you think will be the Last Man Standing tonight?
Stephanie McMahon welcomes us back to WrestleMania!
Yes, we’re on the second night of the WWE superstars performing in front of an empty arena, but with all the same energy as if we were all present. Please sit back and enjoy the finale of WrestleMania Weekend!
“A battle for the ages” is on the horizon.
Rise as one, or fall as… CUT! That’s starting at the end. You can’t start at the end. Where is the drama? The rising action? Story-telling 101. Back-up to… There! The raging ocean. “The darkest hour… is just before the dawn.” Movie narration, go! No, wait, that’s very cliche. Okay, yes, this is all cliche because it’s pirate theme with a pedestrian knockoff Jack Sparrow. But it’s also so much more. It’s a story of adventure, bravery, maybe even madness. Wait why are there horses and aliens? Give us the heroic montage! The epic effects! Mythical juxtapositions!
Our heroes, our icons, our legends are all here after hundreds of days and nights around the world. This is their quest for gold, glory and immortality! You may think you’ve heard this story before, but forget what you have learned. For fate has a funny way of surprising you. “Tonight, adventure awaits.” But history waits for no one! Both those things collide in one epic weekend! Who conquers the conquerors? Who raises the greatest treasures imaginable? And who stands tall on the Grandest Stage of Them All?
WWE Universe, Gronk is back!
The second night of a Mania too big for just one promises to make things even more hype! Gronk knows what Championship Sunday is all about, so let’s get to it!
NXT Women’s Championship: Rhea Ripley VS Charlotte Flair!
Speaking of a championship, history is definitely being made as the yellow ‘n’ black finally joins WrestleMania! The Queen of All Eras won the right to challenge a champion when she won the Women’s Royal Rumble, but who expected the Mosh Pit Kid to step up and challenge Charlotte? Will Rhea prove she’s not only different from Charlotte, but better? Or will Charlotte return to the top of the NXT brand?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and history starts to form!
Rhea and Charlotte circle and tie up. Charlotte gets behind Rhea and pushes her away, and says that’s one. They go again, Charlotte gets a leg and trips Rhea but then lets off. Charlotte shouts to the world, “THIS is our NXT champion!” Rhea gets up in a huff and circles with Charlotte again. They tie up, Charlotte waistlocks but Rhea standing switches. Charlotte trips Rhea up and wants the Figure Four but Rhea kicks her away. Rhea doesn’t like Charlotte toying with her, but Charlotte just grins. The two circle again and tie up. They push each other, and Rhea has the strength edge. But Charlotte uses that to put Rhea in a corner! Rhea shouts for the break as Charlotte digs her palms into Rhea’s chin. Charlotte lets up but Rhea gets in Charlotte’s face. So Charlotte pushes Rhea back. And CHOPS her chest! And again!
Charlotte brags how she’s been every kind of women’s (singles) champion, from Raw to SmackDown to even NXT, and is going to take the NXT title back! She CHOPS Rhea more then whips her corner to corner. Rhea reverses, and follows to intercept Charlotte’s tumble with a BOOT! Rhea pump handles and scoops! RIPTIDE!! Cover, TWO!?! Charlotte survives but Rhea won’t lose focus. Rhea follows Charlotte as Charlotte flops out of the ring. Rhea says that this is HER ring now! Cross the line in the sand and enter Rhea’s ring, princess! Charlotte paces as the ring count climbs. She slides in, but then slides back out to troll Rhea. But Rhea just rushes out after her! Charlotte hurries back into the ring but Rhea chases her back in, only for Charlotte to stomp away on her!
The ref backs Charlotte off but Charlotte drags Rhea up on the apron. Rhea kicks Charlotte back and then drags her out to the floor! Rhea drags Charlotte up but Charlotte throat chops! The ref reprimands then starts a ring count, but Charlotte sends Rhea into steel steps! Rhea elbows back, climbs up and CANNONBALLS! Rhea fires up as she drags Charlotte up and into the ring. Charlotte flounders but Rhea dropkicks her down! Rhea rams into Charlotte with shoulders, but the ref backs her off. Rhea clubs and kicks Charlotte around then bounces her off the mat! Now Rhea talks some trash and pushes Charlotte around. Rhea suplexes Charlotte high and hard then covers, TWO!
Rhea kicks Charlotte while she’s down, then over and over on the back. She drags Charlotte into a body scissors and even pulls hair. Charlotte and Rhea thrash as they fight on the mat. Rhea rolls Charlotte over and slaps her all around! Charlotte elbows Rhea back but Rhea traps her arms. Rhea squeezes and cranks back but Charlotte fights back. Rhea rolls Charlotte over to a cover, TWO! Charlotte is free and throws a forearm. But Rhea BOOTS Charlotte out to the apron! Rhea runs but her boot gets caught on the ropes! Charlotte hotshots the leg! Rhea screams as she clutches that knee but Charlotte is right on her at the ropes. Charlotte stomps and stomps until the ref counts 3! Charlotte lets out a ‘WOO~” and then talks more trash. She stomps the leg and then twists it on the ropes!
Rhea screams as the ref counts, but Charlotte kicks the leg at 4! Charlotte mocks Rhea’s screaming before kicking away on Rhea’s leg some more. Charlotte SMASHES the knee on the mat! And again! She slaps Rhea then goes for another smash, but Rhea gets to her feet. Rhea SLAPS Charlotte, but Charlotte kicks the knee! Rhea screams in more pain but she refuses to give up. Charlotte grabs the leg and cranks on the ankle with a toehold. Rhea kicks with her good leg but Charlotte holds on. Charlotte spins with the leg, then cranks on it more before slamming it on the mat. Rhea crawls but Charlotte tells the cameras, “I’m the best.” Charlotte grabs the legs and drags Rhea to a corner. She SLAMS a leg into the post! And again! The Mad Queen is back as she pulls Rhea into the post.
But Rhea pulls Charlotte into it in return! Rhea crawls away and tries to stand. Charlotte gets in to CHOP BLOCK the leg! Rhea is in pain but refuses to lose like this. Charlotte taunts with Rhea with how she made NXT! NXT owes everything to Charlotte! Charlotte springboard sits down on the leg! And again! Charlotte shouts she’s gonna be the two-time NXT Women’s Champion! But when Charlotte goes for a third sit-down, Rhea rolls her up! TWO and Charlotte kicks Rhea low. Charlotte grins as she brings Rhea back up for a scoop. Rhea slips out of the scoop to back suplex, to a FACEBUSTER! But Rhea writhes from the pain in her leg. She gambled on that move and is paying for it. Charlotte and Rhea sit up, clutching at different parts of their bodies. But Charlotte stands up and says she never gives up.
Charlotte clubs but Rhea body shots. They brawl like that but Charlotte kicks out the leg. And CHOPS again! Rhea ducks the chop to spin Charlotte to ram KNEE after KNEE into Charlotte’s head! Charlotte pulls Rhea’s hair to put her on the ropes. Charlotte whips, Rhea reverses, but Charlotte dodges one kick, and another kick, but not the third kick! Rhea ROUNDHOUSES Charlotte down! And then basement dropkicks! Both women are down, but Rhea roars back to her feet. Rhea gets the bad leg moving and goes after Charlotte. She reels Charlotte in for clothesline after clothesline, then hobbles about. Rhea gets the bad leg moving again, but Charlotte puts her on the apron. Charlotte kicks the bad leg and Rhea falls to the floor!
Charlotte says WrestleMania is her show as she climbs up. But Rhea hurries up to BOOT Charlotte back! Rhea has Charlotte on the Electric Chair, for a FACEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Charlotte survives and Rhea is at a loss for words. Rhea grits her teeth and Charlotte gets to ropes. Charlotte flounders against ropes but Rhea stalks up behind her. Rhea waistlocks but Charlotte elbows out hard! Charlotte back suplexes but Rhea slips out of it! Rhea ends up in a corner, but Charlotte blocks the boots to ROCK her with a forearm! Charlotte has the bad leg on the rope, and drops a knee! Rhea moves to elbow Charlotte back! Rhea hops up to the very top, and LEAPS! Missile dropkick! Cover, TWO!! Charlotte survives and Rhea is again unsure. Rhea works herself back up and tells her “stupid knee” to work.
Charlotte is in a corner, Rhea runs in, but Charlotte BOOTS back! Charlotte runs but dodges Rhea’s boot to CHOP BLOCK! She drops knees on the knee! Charlotte clubs Rhea’s leg but Rhea tells the ref to leave her alone. Rhea kicks as Charlotte wants the leg. Charlotte keeps after her, but Rhea rolls Charlotte and stomps over and over! Rhea gets Charlotte’s legs for the INVERTED CLOVERLEAF! Charlotte endures the hanging leg lock! Rhea does her best to hold it with one good leg, but Charlotte crawls for the ropes. Charlotte reaches, but Rhea drags her back! Charlotte rolls, trips Rhea up, but Rhea slaps her. Rhea sits up but Charlotte BOOTS her down! Charlotte drags Rhea back around and spins through, but Rhea BOOTS Charlotte!
Rhea keeps kicking until she’s free, but Charlotte jackknifes! TWO, but Charlotte is still on the legs! FULL BOSTON CRAB!! Charlotte bends Rhea back but Rhea is roaring! Rhea powers Charlotte off to a cover, TWO! Charlotte has the cover, TWO! Rhea covers, TWO! Charlotte ghost pints, TWO! Rhea KICKS Charlotte right in the arm! Both women are down but Charlotte stalks Rhea. Charlotte stomps away on Rhea’s bad leg, but Rhea gets up to BOOT!! Cover, TWO!! Charlotte still lives and Rhea is near the end of her rope! Rhea now stalks Charlotte to a corner. Rhea kicks Charlotte and throws body shots from all sides. She digs her shoulder into Charlotte until the ref counts 3. Charlotte and Rhea trade hands but Rhea hauls Charlotte up top. Rhea swats Charlotte then climbs up to join her.
Charlotte resists as Rhea pulls, and then clubs away on Rhea’s back. Charlotte SUPER GOURD BUSTERS Rhea down! The ref reprimands them both but Charlotte adjusts. Charlotte MOONSAULTS, but into BOOTS! Rhea and Charlotte run at each other, Charlotte SPEARS Rhea down! Cover, TWO!?! Charlotte is speechless as Rhea survives! Charlotte paces before going after the leg again. She spins but Rhea counters with a cradle, TWO! Charlotte trips Rhea, goes for it again, and has the FIGURE FOUR!! Rhea fights up to fight off the bridge. The two slap away on each other, but Charlotte leans back. Charlotte bridges up to the FIGURE EIGHT!! Rhea screams, but TAPS!! CHARLOTTE WINS!!
Winner: Charlotte Flair, by submission (NEW NXT Women’s Champion)
The Queen is once again on a golden throne! She ends the Aussie Nightmare and stands tall once more on the Grandest Stage of Them All! Will Charlotte continue to reign as the greatest of this generation?
Aleister Black VS Bobby Lashley!
The Embodiment of the End and the Rocky Mountain Machine have had some stumbles, but are still near the top of the Raw food chain. Now, on WrestleMania Weekend, who wins to take one step closer to a WWE championship?
The bell rings and Aleister circles with Lashley. They approach, tie up and fight for control. Aleister waistlocks but Lashley throws him off. They circle again, tie up with knuckle locks, but Aleister goes for a wristlock. Lashley pushes Aleister off and to the ropes. Aleister and Lashley go again and Aleister goes for a leg. Aleister gets around to get the facelock but Lashley powers up and tosses him! Lashley clubs away on Aleister then brings him up. Aleister throws hands but Lashley clamps on. Aleister fights off the bearhug then dumps Lashley out! Lashley is up fast but Aleister BOOTS him down! Aleister uses the corner to MOONSAULT! But Lashley gets under! Aleister lands on his feet, but Lashley OVERHEAD suplexes him!
Lana cheers for her “hawt hawt husband” as Lashley stands on Aleister’s neck! The ref counts but Lashley lets up. The ring count passes 5 as Lashley RAMS Aleister into barriers! Aleister hobbles but Lashley puts him in the ring at 8. Lashley covers, TWO! Lashley digs his knee into Aleister’s face and then throws hands. He clamps onto Aleister with a chinlock and digs a knee into the back. Lana loves what she sees but Aleister fights his way up. Lashley rams Aleister into a corner, then RAMS his shoulder in. Lashley bumps Aleister off buckles then throws haymakers. He pushes a forearm into Aleister’s face but the ref counts. Lashley lets up to run and RAM into Aleister again! And then he turns Aleister for a neckbreaker! Lashley looms over Aleister as Lana cheers.
Lashley drags Aleister up and reels him in for a suplex. Aleister knees free but Lashley suplexes again. Aleister keeps throwing knees so Lashley puts him on the apron. Lashley throws a shoulder but Aleister kicks him back! Aleister climbs up but leaps over Lashley. Lashley gets Aleister for the spinning powerslam! Cover, TWO! Lashley keeps focus as he stalks Aleister. Lashley brings Aleister to the ropes to choke him! The ref counts but Lashley lets up at 4. Lashley kicks the ropes to jam Aleister’s neck! And then Lashley hits a BIG suplex! Cover, TWO! Aleister lives and Lana argues the count for Lashley. Lashley goes to a corner and takes aim. Aleister slowly stands and Lashley runs, into a KNEE!! Cover, TWO!! Lana is shrieking but Aleister is on Lashley with a strike fest!
Lashley shoves Aleister away but Aleister sweeps the legs! Aleister runs to KNEE again! Lashley flops out of the ring but Aleister goes to the corner again. Another moonsault and it hits! Aleister drags Lashley up and into the ring. But Lashley comes back with a body check! And a lariat! Cover, TWO!! Lashley drags Aleister around to rain down right hands. Lana wants Lashley to finish this and Lashley drags Aleister up. Lashley gut wrenches to the rack, but Lana demands a spear. Lashley gives his lady what she wants, so he drops Aleister. He aims, runs, into BLACK MASS!! Cover, Aleister wins!!
Winner: Aleister Black, by pinfall
Lana just cost Lashley a win he had in the bag! Will the Rocky Mountain Machine regret having his Ravishing bride ringside? As for Aleister, is he going to head for gold after having made Lashley #FadeToBlack?
Backstage interview with Sasha Banks and Bayley.
The Boss and the longest-reigning SmackDown Women’s Champion have had quite the year already. But Bayley is about to face her biggest challenge yet. Yes, Kayla, that’s one way to put it. Another way to put it is “unfair.” This is the most unfair championship match ever. This is a Fatal 5 Elimination Match! Bayley has to beat four other women in one night! Including best friend, Sasha Banks, which Bayley knew Kayla would say. All the sheep are talking about the friends and trying to drive a wedge. But Bayley tells us all that she and Sasha are united. There is nothing that will stand between them. That includes this interview, which is now over.
But as Bayley heads off, Kayla asks Sasha about her chance to be SmackDown Women’s Champion. How badly does Sasha actually want to win? Well, we’ll all just have to watch and see. Sasha smiles before leaving. Is she about to become WWE’s next Grand Slam Champion?
Charly interviews Gronk.
The host of WrestleMania 36 was so close to becoming WWE 24/7 Championship but Mojo Rawley got in the way. Gronk doesn’t worry about the past. He’d love to be champion and will focus on getting it tonight. Will Gronk track down his hype bro to have a showdown of friends?
Otis VS Dolph Ziggler w/ Sonya Deville!
Is Otis Dozovic’s romance with Mandy Rose perhaps the greatest WWE love story? That’s up for debate. But Otis’s anger towards The Show-Off has reached new levels after SmackDown revealed the plot between Ziggler and Sonya! Will The Dozer win both the match and the girl?
What’s interesting is that Ziggler makes his entrance with Sonya. They’re both trying to communicate with Mandy but we saw that they’ve had no luck. As for Otis, the minute he arrives, he rushes the ring! Ziggler and Sonya get clear but Otis is laser focused. Ziggler throws his jacket off and finally gets in the ring with Otis. The ref keeps the peace but the bell rings. Otis rushes Ziggler but Ziggler dodges. Ziggler taunts but gets caught! Otis RAMS into Ziggler, then backs off to run in for a splash! Ziggler is down, Otis runs corner to corner, but Ziggler dodges again. Ziggler SUPERKICKS Otis out of the ring! Sonya cheers Ziggler on and coaches him up, but Ziggler wants a count out! The ring count is already at 5 but Ziggler gets frustrated as Otis rises.
Ziggler goes out and throws Otis into a post! Otis flounders but Ziggler gets in his face. Ziggler puts Otis in the ring and covers, ONE! Ziggler keeps on Otis by clawing his eyes! And then he clamps on with a chinlock. Otis gets up and pries at the hold, but Ziggler throws him down. Ziggler dares Otis to stand, and when Otis does, he DROPKICKS him down! Cover, ONE! Sonya argues the count but Otis gets to ropes. Ziggler chokes Otis on those ropes but the ref counts. Ziggler claws Otis’s eyes as he lets up at 4. He comes back for more and grinds Otis’s face on the ropes! Otis staggers blindly, into a neckbreaker! ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Ziggler keeps on Otis with a chinlock and even traps an arm. Otis endures as Ziggler wraps on body scissors.
Ziggler squeezes tight but Otis powers up. Otis pries free of the hold and throws body shots. Ziggler kicks a leg out and then the other. Ziggler leaps, but Otis catches him for a HOSS TOSS! He sends Ziggler into buckles! Both men are down but Sonya is there coaching Ziggler. Ziggler flounders up and kicks Otis. But Otis powers up! Ziggler haymakers but Otis just thrusts and pumps. Ziggler elbows Otis but Otis is just building power! Otis headbutts then runs Ziggler over! And again! Otis scoops and slams Ziggler down! Otis stalks Ziggler to the ropes and stands on his back! The ref counts but Otis lets up to drag Ziggler up. Otis whips Ziggler hard into buckles! Otis drags Ziggler back to his feet and whips him hard into another corner!
Sonya coaches Ziggler up but Otis is still on him. Otis whips Ziggler into buckles again, and even harder! Ziggler falls but Otis won’t let him rest. Otis hauls Ziggler up and DUMPS him out of the ring! The Incredible Dozer roars as he goes out and throws Ziggler into barriers! Sonya is speechless as Ziggler flounders. Otis drags Ziggler up to whip into a post! The ring count reaches 5 but Otis drags Ziggler up and into the ring. Otis pop-up catches and POWERSLAMS Ziggler! “OH YEAH~!” Ziggler is down and Otis powers up. Otis starts to Caterpillar, but Sonya is on the apron! The ref is busy with her as Ziggler LOW BLOWS Otis!! Both men are down but Sonya wants Ziggler to finish it.
Ziggler flounders and crawls to Otis but here comes Mandy! Mandy storms right up to Sonya to SLAP her! Mandy rains down hands, and pushes her former best friend into the ring. The ref tells Sonya to get out, but he misses Mandy giving Ziggler a LOW BLOW! Payback is a Golden Goddess! Otis adds on with the CATERPILLAR ELBOW! Cover, OTIS WINS!
Winner: Otis Dozovic, by pinfall
He’s done it! He’s won! Otis heroically vanquishes the villain and has his “Precious Peach” by his side! Will this love story take over the entire WWE?
Last Man Standing Match: Edge VS Randy Orton!
The Rated R Superstar returned outta nowhere at the Royal Rumble and shocked the world! And whether because of love or jealousy, The Viper couldn’t let it continue. A vicious attack was not enough to send Edge back into retirement, and an attack on his wife only made him more motivated to stay. Will Edge end this story on his terms? Or will it end with the three most dangerous letters in professional wrestling?
But as Edge waits for Orton to appear, RKO OUTTA NOWHERE! Edge felt it coming too late and The Viper strikes! Orton paces as he throws off his jacket and takes off the sweatpants. Edge is in a daze as the ref checks on him. Edge refuses to let this match end before it begins, and drags himself to his feet. The bell rings and Orton dares Edge to bring the fight. Edge hobbles and swings a punch, into ANOTHER RKO!! The ref counts as Edge stirs. Orton grins as he looms over Edge. Orton says Edge is to blame for this. Edge gets out of the ring at 8 to stand, but Orton comes around the outside. Orton has a camera and SMASHES it into Edge! Edge flops over the barriers and the ref checks on him.
Edge is conscious so the ref starts another count. The count climbs as Edge crawls. Edge uses a few cases and trash cans to stand at 7 but Orton is on him with European Uppercuts. Orton pursues Edge past the Dusty Cup trophy, and then further backstage in the PC. Orton brings Edge to the gym area and bounces Edge off a table! A new count begins as Edge falls. Orton takes his time looking around for what he can use. Steel chains? No, too easy. Orton kicks and clubs Edge as Edge stands, and then brings him over to the wall. Orton uses straps to hold Edge up and even choke him! Edge fights but Orton is all over him. “You’re mine. I just want you to know, I’m always going to love you.” Orton shows his love by beating Edge down until he flops out of the straps.
Another count starts as Orton walks away. Edge slowly stands but Orton grabs a free weight! Edge swings to BOOT Orton down! Now the count is on both of them! Edge and Orton crawl slowly, and Edge uses the table to stand. Orton flounders about, but Edge is on him with haymakers. Edge ROCKS Orton then clubs away! Edge sits on a weight bench while Orton gasps and sputters. The count reaches 4 but Orton is up. Edge bounces Orton off that table! And again! Edge roars in rage and throws more hands on Orton. Both men flounder about, and Edge now stalks Orton. Edge brings Orton over and sits him in an arm chair. Edge clubs away on Orton to keep him down, then throws another forearm. He uses the chin-up bar to swing and SEATED SENTON Orton out of the chair!!
Both men are down and the count begins again. Orton props himself up but Edge follows. Edge hops over a weight sled to CLOBBER Orton down! Edge glares as he and Orton sit up. Orton is up but Edge clubs him down again! “NINE YEARS, RANDY!” Edge whips Orton but Orton reverses, and he sends Edge into the wall! Orton glares as the count climbs. Orton goes to the weight sled, and heads for Edge!! Edge dodges and the sled rams into wall! Edge and Orton brawl with forearms and haymakers. Orton flounders and Edge headlocks. Edge bounces Orton off a trunk! Edge punches Orton through a doorway and stalks him past the production area. They keep brawling back there and Orton clubs Edge on the back now.
Orton throws more uppercuts and throws Edge at the garage door. Edge blocks to hit back and send Orton into the steel! A count begins again as Orton is down and Edge looms nearby. Orton sits up at 6 so Edge keeps on him. Edge throws Orton backwards into the garage door, and then back to ringside. They’re on a platform by some lights and pillars. Orton throws body shots and then bounces Edge off LED panels. Orton wants Edge to smile for the camera as he throws him down at barriers! Another count begins and passes 5. Orton watches, perched from above, as Edge drags himself up at 9! Edge dares Orton to keep hitting him, and Orton does! Orton clubs and forearms Edge then bounces him off more barriers. Orton headbutts and follows after Edge.
The two make a full lap, passing by the Dusty Cup again, but take a detour. Orton drags Edge into a hallway and punches him down the way. He bounces Edge off a window and then drags him further down. Edge falls and the ref insists on starting a count. Orton just stands over Edge as Edge drags himself up. Edge is up at 7 but Orton RAMS him into a wall. Edge flounders around to a back office area. This is where Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano brawled a few weeks ago. Edge bounces Orton off the metal board room table! Orton staggers and sputters but Edge stays close. Edge throws Orton into a wall! Orton is down and the count begins again!
The count reaches 5 before Orton stirs. Orton crawls and uses a door to stand. Edge wants Orton to stand, and Orton is up at 9. Edge KICKS Orton hard in the ribs, then throws him onto the table! Orton writhes while Edge climbs up. Edge checks the steel fence above them, and uses it to swing and drop an elbow!! Edge stands as he drops off the table, but Orton is still down. Orton manages to roll off at 6, but Edge throws big forearms. Edge clubs Orton down another hallway and Orton hobbles. Orton pokes Edge in the eyes! And bounces Edge off a SummerSlam poster! And then a Hell in a Cell poster! The cameraman is collateral damage as Edge and Orton keep brawling! They go around a corner and a new cameraman hurries to find them.
Edge and Orton have stumbled into a storage room where there are ladders, trunks and ring material. Orton and Edge brawl, and then Edge rams Orton into a ladder! Orton and the ladder fall over, and a new count begins. The Viper stands up but Edge bumps him off the same ladder! Edge throws more haymakers but Orton hobbles away. Orton pushes whatever he has to out of his way to get away from Edge. Edge hurries after but Orton kicks low and clubs his back. Orton drags Edge up and bumps him off a random road case. Orton drags Edge over to punch him through narrow corridors and Edge flounders against things. Edge has a commemorative chair but Orton takes that away so Edge can’t use it.
Orton sees the spare steel steps and drags Edge up. Orton whips Edge into the back of the steps! Edge flops down between them and a stack of ringside mats. The count begins and Orton paces. The count passes 5, then 7! Edge drags himself up at 9.5! But Orton is all over him again with haymakers! Orton stalks Edge to a backstage interview set and kicks him down. Orton stomps Edge’s hand! Then scrapes his laces on Edge’s face! The ring count begins and Orton refreshes himself with some water. Edge manages to stand at 5 and he ROCKS Orton with a right! Edge throws a sandbag and it smacks Orton in the knee! He clubs Orton down and kicks him while he’s down. Orton clutches his ribs as a count begins. Edge clutches his neck while staying on one knee.
Orton sits up at 4 but gasps and coughs as the count continues. Orton is up at 7 but Edge glares as he spots something. Edge punches Orton onto a road case then drags him up over to a covered table. Edge punches and knees Orton further onto that table, then gets a sinister grin as he hobbles towards his real target. He clubs and clobbers Orton over and over in the chest to keep him down, then climbs a ladder! Edge has redefined how ladders are used, and ladders have helped define his career. Now Edge climbs the tallest ladder yet to then stand on a platform. Edge LEAPS and ELBOWS Orton through the table!! Both men are down as the count climbs up again! The count passes 5 as both men are slowly rising from the wreckage. They’re both up at 8!
Edge makes his way to Orton and throws more haymakers. Orton flounders about, a cut bleeding from his shoulder. Orton kicks Edge low then clubs him on his back. Edge crawls but Orton drags him up again. Orton drags Edge over but both men stumble and drop to knees. Orton grits his teeth to punch Edge and uppercut him towards a truck bed. He bounces Edge off the tailgate! And again! Edge falls and the count begins again. The count passes 5 once again, but Edge reaches up for the tailgate. Edge uses that to stand at 8, but Orton just bounces him off it again! And again! And again! Orton pushes Edge onto the tailgate then climbs up to join him. They go on top of the truck bed’s cover and then towards the cab.
Orton grins as he has Edge on the truck’s roof. Orton drags Edge around, for a DRAPING DDT!! They break the bed cover and the ref checks on both men! Somehow, both men aren’t completely out of it, but the count will still test what they have left. Orton sits up but both he and Edge writhe and crawl about. Both men stand at 6 and Edge scurries up a stack of road cases. Edge uses those to get to the roof of a truck trailer! Orton laughs as he sees Edge disappear over the top. Orton forces himself to stand and head after Edge. The ref also joins them up there, and Orton stands first. Orton goes as far back as he can on the trailer, and lines up a shot. Edge is on all fours as Orton runs at him, but Edge SPEARS!!
Orton might even be crying in pain now as he and Edge stir. The count passes 5, reaches 8, but Orton is up! Edge wobbles but runs back in, into an RKO!!! Both men are down again, but Orton sits up at 4. Orton hobbles up but Edge is still down. The count reaches 7, Edge flounders a bit, but stands at 9.5, only to fall again! Orton climbs down to rest on the truck’s tailgate. Orton sees what is perhaps the world’s tallest ladder but opts to bring chairs over to the truck trailer. Edge is battling the count as Orton returns. Edge is up at 8 but Orton gives him a SMACK on the back! That chair shot might’ve just broken Edge!
But Orton won’t let it end with that. Orton has a chair under Edge’s head…! He tells Edge this will be over soon, and Edge can go back to his wife daughters. Orton hobbles as he brings up the other chair. The ref says Orton doesn’t have to do this, but Orton raises the chair. Edge catches Orton in an arm-triangle!! Edge squeezes tight and Orton fades! Orton might be out as Edge rests his head on a chair. Edge has the other chair now, and he tells the ref to stop the count. The count was at 5 but Edge wants to end this his way.
Edge hesitates, though, remembering the years he and Orton were as close as brothers. Edge is almost in tears as he brings up the chair over Orton’s head! Con-CHAIR-To!!! The count begins again, and Edge is speechless as he stands over a gasping Orton. The count hits ten, Edge wins!
Winner: Edge
The Rated R Superstar won, but he isn’t celebrating. Edge kneels by a man who was once a friend. Will Orton ever recover from what he and Edge put each other through? Will Edge be able to continue his comeback after what he did?
Mojo Rawley is being chased by random wrestlers!
The WWE 24/7 Champion takes on these WWE Performance Center trainees, but is being swarmed! He fights off whoever comes close, but Gronk is on the perch! GRONK STAGE DIVES!! Gronk finds Mojo, covers him, and WINS!!
Winner: Rob Gronkowski, by pinfall (NEW WWE 24/7 Champion)
Gronk stomps and kicks whoever else is around before making an escape! Will the host of WrestleMania be leaving early to keep hold of the gold?
Raw Tag Team Championships: The Street Profits VS Austin Theory & Angel Garza w/ Zelina Vega!
When El Idolo went down, La Muneca made a call and gave #TheRealSuperstar a WrestleMania Moment! Will Theory help El Latino gain these tag titles? Or will Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins bring the swag like nobody can?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and the teams sort out. Dawkins starts with Theory and they tie up. Dawkins waistlocks, spins Theory to a headlock and squeezes tight. Theory powers out but Dawkins runs him over. Things speed up, Theory hurdles but so does Dawkins! Dawkins runs Theory over again! Tag to Ford and Dawkins whips Theory for Ford to dropkick down! Garza runs in but gets a DOUBLE FLAPJACK onto Theory! The Profits dropkick both Garza and Theory down! Vega tries to keep her cool but Dawkins tags back in. Ford wrenches Theory for Dawkins to drop ax handles. Dawkins whips Theory to an open corner and hits the cyclone splash! Dawkins keeps moving but Theory sends him out! The ref keeps Theory back but Garza SUPERKICKS Dawkins!
Theory mocks Ford’s running man while Dawkins drags himself in. Theory stomps Dawkins then tags in Garza. Vega’s guys put Dawkins sideways in the ropes, and Garza kicks Dawkins down! Off come the pants! Garza dropkicks Dawkins down and covers, ONE! Tag to Theory, Theory somersaults and shotgun dropkicks Dawkins down! Cover, TWO! Theory keeps on Dawkins with clubbing forearms, then tags Garza back in. Vega’s team double wrench and kick Dawkins down. Garza clamps onto Dawkins with an armlock and shifts to a wristlock. Dawkins powers out but Garza dodges the cyclone. Garza’s superkick is blocked, Dawkins spins Garza and hot tags Ford! Ford rallies on Garza with clotheslines!
Ford whips but Garza reverses, only for Ford to hurdle and leaping lariat! Standing moonsault! Cover, TWO! Ford stands Garza up,s pins him around and SPIKES him with a DDT! Cover, but Theory breaks it! Dawkins runs at Theory but Theory ROCKS him with that left! Ford dropkicks Theory out hard! Ford builds speed and FLIES onto Theory and Dawkins! Vega coaches her team up as Garza heads over. Garza climbs a corner to SUPER MOONSAULT! Direct hit on both Profits! Garza drags Ford up and into the ring to stomp him down. He drags Ford into a drop zone, climbs the ropes, for the MOUNTAIN TOP MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO!! Ford survives and Vega is furious!
Garza clamps onto Ford with a facelock and drags him up. Garza underhooks and lifts, but Ford slips out to enziguri! Hot tags to Dawkins and Theory! Theory bypasses Dawkins and the cyclone splash hits Garza! Theory SUPERKICKS Dawkins and fireman’s carries! TKO NECKBREAKER! Cover, but Ford FROM THE HEAVENS! Dawkins covers Theory, The Profits win!
Winners: The Street Profits, by pinfall (still Raw Tag Team Champions)
The Curse of Greatness keeps the titles with the champions! But Garza dropkicks Dawkins! Theory helps Garza get Ford down, and SUPERKICK! Vega cheers her men beating down Ford and they haul him up. Vega BOOTS Ford down! But here comes BIANCA BELAIR! Ford’s wife SPEARS and punches away on Vega! Dawkins returns and fights Theory! Ford recovers to brawl with Garza! Belair gives Vega the KISS OF DEATH! The EST claps back at Vega, because she’s now Monday Night Raw! Will King Tez, his queen, and Dawkins now take the fight to La Muneca and her stable?
WWE gets a new host for WrestleMania!
The Real Deal, Titus O’Neil, is here in place of Gronk. Titus won’t let WrestleMania slow down, on with the show!
SmackDown Women’s Championship Fatal 5 Elimination Match: Bayley VS Sasha Banks VS Tamina VS Naomi VS Lacey Evans!
The “locker room leaders” have pushed around and talked down to every other woman on SmackDown. But this hasn’t made anyone follow their lead, it has only gotten them more enemies. The Glampire, Paige, had the honor of announcing this match, and now it is do or die for the longest reigning SmackDown Women’s Champion. Will Bayley keep hold of her title with The Boss’s help? Or is Sasha going to use this WrestleMania Moment to hit her own Grand Slam?
The five introductions are made, the one belt is raised, and this one massive match begins!
Bayley and Sasha are on opposite sides of the ring with the other three between them. The best friends go after Tamina, but she pushes them away. Lacey and Naomi try but Tamina pushes them away, too. So all four go after Tamina together! They get her down but Tamina explodes out! Tamina takes her pick and DECKS Bayley! Then Sasha! Then Naomi! Lacey runs in, Tamina ducks to elbow her down! Tamina runs but Naomi anchors her legs. Tamina drags Naomi in to bounce her off the mat. Lacey chop blocks and Ssaha double dropkicks with Bayley! Sasha boots Tamina out of the ring, and the best friends stick together. Lacey and Naomi are united against them in a brawl!
Bayley clubs Lacey and Sasha stomps Naomi. Lacey knees low then whips Bayley hard to a corner. Sasha goes at Lacey but gets whipped at Bayley. Bayley puts Sasha outside and Sasha goes up to deadly nightshade! Bayley hits a knee to Lacey’s back! Double cover, TWO! The best friends go after Lacey together with a double whip and hip toss. But Naomi helps Lacey get out of the situation with a kangaroo kick! Lacey and Naomi do-si-do to double clothesline Bayley and Banks! Then they trade targets with double dropkicks! Simultaneous covers, TWO!! Bayley and Sasha survive and bail out of the ring. Naomi and Lacey shake hands, but Naomi cradles Lacey! TWO and Tamina returns with double clotheslines!
Tamina throws Sasha to a corner but Bayley saves her. Tamina just double clotheslines them both! Lacey goes to roll Tamina up but she’s too strong! Tamina throws Lacey by her hair to a corner! Naomi spins Tamina but kicks into a knee jacker! Tamina throws Naomi over to join Lacey. SAMOAN HIP ATTACK! Tamina stands on Sasha for a cover, TWO! She does the same to Naomi, TWO! Tamina tries Lacey, ONE! She tries a normal cover on Bayley, TWO! No one is out of this match yet but Tamina drags Bayley up. Tamina fireman’s carries but Sasha saves Bayley., Naomi enziguris Bayley! Sasha blocks Lacey’s kick to KNEE back! Tamina SUPERKICKS Lacey out! And now, the once Team BAD stands together in the ring.
The three stare down, and Tamina offers the fist bump. Sasha and Naomi join in, “UNITY~!” But Tamina SUPERKICKS Sasha! And Naomi runs to headscissor, but Tamina blocks it! Tamina has Naomi on her shoulder but Naomi spins through to STUNNER! Cover, TWO! Lacey standing moonsaults and Naomi helps her cover, TWO! Tamina crawls to ropes but Sasha returns. Sasha runs to 619 Tamina! Bayley hurries up top and Sasha puts Tamina in a drop zone. MACHO ELBOW!! Sasha is up top, FROG SPLASH! Lacey adds on with the SASSIESET MOONSAULT EVER! Naomi hits GLOWSAULT! SUPER COVER, everyone ELIMINATES Tamina! A group effort gets rid of the physically strongest superstar in the match! But there’s still so much to this match.
Lacey and Naomi stay united against Sasha and Bayley, but those two bail out. So Lacey and Naomi wreck them with baseball slide dropkicks! Naomi slingshots to PESCADO! Lacey tries, but Bayley dodges! Bayley throws Lacey into steel steps, and flapjacks Naomi on the apron! Bayley bumps Naomi off the apron and then puts her in the ring. Cover, TWO! Another try, TWO! Bayley stalks Naomi to a corner to stomp away! Bayley digs her foot in but Naomi hits back with body shots. Naomi backs Bayley down but Bayley whips her to a corner. Sasha returns and helps Bayley stomp Naomi in the corner. They taunt Naomi and drag her up to crisscross and throw her into buckles! Sasha runs in but her meteora misses! Naomi ROUNDHOUSES Bayley then shoulders into Sasha.
Naomi slingshots to double sunset flip, TWO!! The Glow keeps moving to double basement dropkick! Then double sliding SLAP! Naomi whips Bayley and wheelbarrows, for a STUNNER! Naomi gives Sasha the REAR VIEW! And then she springboards to ROUNDHOUSE Bayley! Sasha swings into a full nelson BOMB! Cover, TWO, into the BUTTERFLY LOCK! Sasha endures but Bayley KNEES Naomi down! Sasha drags Naomi up for the BANK STATEMENT! Naomi endures, but taps! Sasha ELIMINATES Naomi! Bayley high fives Sasha because the plan is working. Lacey drags herself up on the outside and the best friends mock “Mommy.” Lacey grits her teeth as she gets into the ring. She’s alone against Sasha and Bayley and they mug her in the corner!
Lacey pushes Bayley but Sasha kicks her down. Byaley tells Lacey to stay down as she stomps her. Sasha drags Lacey up and the best friends double whip. Double hip toss, BOMB! Double cover, TWO!! Lacey survives and that frustrates Bayley and Banks. Bayley argues the count but Sasha brings Lacey to a corner. Sasha holds Lacey in place and Bayley runs in, but Lacey moves! The knee hits Sasha! Sasha flounders to the floor, Lacey rolls Bayley up! TWO but Lacey ghost pins! TWO but Lacey school girls. Bayley slips out and KNEES Lacey down! Cover, TWO! Bayley is furious with Lacey and she rains down rights on Lacey! Sasha gets in and thinks Bayley hit her on purpose. Bayley tries to explain and Sasha calms down. But then Lacey runs in! Bayley moves and the WOMAN’S RIGHT hits Ssahas! Cover, Lacey ELIMINATES Sasha!
Bayley didn’t even try to save Sasha, and now she’s all alone against an angry Lacey. Lacey glares at Bayley but Bayley trips her up. Bayley rains down rights and drops a knee! And an elbow! Bayley drops another elbow then covers, TWO! Bayley glares as Lacey drags herself to ropes. She mocks the salute as she chokes Lacey on the ropes. Bayley dares Lacey to get up, and Lacey throws a body shot! They brawl, Bayley whips, but Lacey returns with a clohtesline! Lacey starts rallying with more clotheslines and a kick! Neckbreaker! Bayley flounders about and Lacey runs in at the corner. Swinging- No! Bayley puts Lacey on the apron then clubs her between the ropes. Bayley RAMS Lacey into the post! Lacey screams in pain as she clutches her shoulder. Bayley drags Lacey in to cover, TWO!!
Lacey survives but Bayley goes after the arm. Bayley hammerlocks then drops knees over and over! Bayley dares Lacey to throw a punch now. She slams Lacey’s arms on the mat then stomps her around. Bayley puts Lacey in the corner and throws point-blank clotheslines. Bayley strips the crossbar to use tag ropes to tie Lacey to the corner! Lacey fights back but Bayley elbows Lacey over and over. Bayley says Lacey is finally paying for how she got in Bayley’s way. She clubs and pushes Lacey around, then says “I AM WRESTLEMANIA!” Bayley throws more furious hands, then runs corner to corner, into a BOOT! Lacey frees herself from the corner while Bayley goes reeling. Lacey spins Bayley to kick and kick and kick! Ax kick!
Lacey grits her teeth as Bayely gets to a corner. Lacey runs in, and manages the swinging bronco buster! She stomps Bayley back into the corner for another swinging bronco buster! Lacey puts Bayley in the drop zone, and even with a bad arm, she climbs up. Lacey manages a salute, before the SASSIEST MOONSAULT EVER! Cover, TWO!?! Bayley survives and shocks Lacey! Lacey glares, but Sasha returns! BACKSTABBER! There are no disqualficiations! Bayley hits the PLANT! Cover, Bayley wins!!
Winner: Bayley, by pinfall (still SmackDown Women’s Champion)
Best friends don’t abandon each other, and that includes these two. Sasha has the title belt, but helps the champion put it on. Will these two continue to work together for the “greater good” of SmackDown?
Firefly Fun House Match: The Fiend VS John Cena!
This story goes back six years, to WrestleMania 30. Bray Wyatt blames John Cena for his descent into madness. Cena says he is going to expose Wyatt as the over-hyped, over-privileged and overestimated embarrassment he is to the WWE. But when Cena steps into Wyatt’s world, will he be able to get out alive? Or will he #LetHimIn?
Cena makes his entrance, but just as he’s about to welcome us to WrestleMania, something happens… Old footage from the past plays, the reel stops and… The Firefly Fun House interrupts. Bray waves and smiles before saying, “There’s another world that exists beyond our comprehension.” This world is where our “darkest urges are no longer kept secret.” It is a world were gods, monsters, demons and angels are your neighbors! “Who are we? And why do we do the things that we do?” Cena, let’s take a real deep look at who you really are! Cena is going to face his most dangerous opponent yet: HIMSELF! Welcome to the Firefly Fun House match! “Abandon all hope, ye who EXIT here.” Bray steps out, and Cena is just… there.
Cena looks around and sees Abby the Witch just staring. Ramblin’ Rabbit pops up and says sup! If he’s looking for Bray, he went through that door. Go on, bro! But be careful~! Cena opens the door, and steps inside the darkness. And this isn’t your everyday darkness. This is… advanced darkness. Cena isn’t sure if there’s anything in here. But then he look sover… and sees Vince Puppet! Does Cena have the ruthless aggression needed to succeed? Show Vince or you’re… FIRED! Cena gets the joke, but moves on. Bray stands in a ring as flashes of the past intermingle with the present. Bray word-for-word copies the open challenge speech Kurt Angle gave that day over a decade ago. The one to answer the open challenge… is John Cena in his Prototype gear!
Cena heads into the ring and gets in Bray’s face, just like he did with Angle. What makes him think he can hang with Bray? RUTHLESS, AGGRESSION! Except Bray ducks the punch. Wow, this worked? And it’s pretty embarrassing. RUTHLESS AGGRESSION! Bray again dodges the haymaker. Bray explains that he’s reliving Cena’s greatest failure. And boy, it sure is embarrassing. Bray sees how Cena almost got fired. RUTHLESS AGGRESSION! You can look but you can’t touch. Hmm, wasn’t that also embarrassing? But Cena is a broken record. Is this what Cena really wants to do with his life? Cena rushes Brya but Bray dodges, and the chase is on! Mercy is the Macho Buzzard and this is Saturday Night’s Main Event! But, it’s Sunday…
Either way, Bray Wyatt says his tag team partner is a physical specimen! It doesn’t matter what little talent you have, it’s about the strength and the size! Johnny LargeMeat has both! Ladies love him, men want to be him, and here he comes! Cena flexes and quotes Randy Savage sayings. You’ll pay for the whole seat but only need the edge! Look at the pythons! Cena pumps and pumps and pumps and pumps! Abby is definitely impressed. Cena overdoes it and now his arms don’t work. He can’t punch Wyatt and Vince Puppet is upset. But what’s Cena gonna do when he realizes that Egomania has been running wild on you?! Bray pushes Cena into his next phase, the Dr. of Thuganomics! #WordLife lives again and returns to the ring.
Cena says he just switches like that in mid-fight? The audience is excited, they went from six to midnight. Oh wait, he can only talk in rhyme, right? Well Bray ain’t taking the limelight. Cena uses rapping to his advantage, and just like Husky Harris, he has weight he can manage. But here’s an idea for the puppet show! Put Cena’s junk in a sock, call it Mr. Suck It, Bro. Bray has been a disappointment since WWE brought him to the dance. He a ho for opportunity, and blows every chance. Ouch. Chances, huh? How dare Cena talk to Bray about chances. Bray has had to earn everything in life, and yet it is still taken from him! But John Cena, he’s the golden goose! Cena’s chances were unlimited, he was untouchable!
But he wasn’t a hero, he was a bully. Cena is a horrible person who takes the weaknesses of others and turns them into jokes. He does anything for fame. So congratulations, he’s the man! “Poor, lonely John Cena.” This is Cena’s last chance. The floor is his. What will he do with it? Cena just gets angry. You in the doctor’s house, getting up in his face? Bray only gets deez nuts up in ya face. Cena runs but Bray teleports away. Bray has a chain for a knuckle duster and he DECKS Cena! Cena is out cold, but the “fun” doesn’t end. Bray is back to being the New Face of Fear. “I was the color red in a world full of black and white. I had the whole world in my hands.” Abigail spoke of this day his entire life. Cena was to be a man of the people.
So why wasn’t he listening?! The fans were with Bray! They wanted Bray! They NEEDED Bray! It was to be a prophecy fulfilled! And yet, it became Bray’s grandest failure. Bray can’t remember what it’s like to feel. But now he rewrites the story. THAT Bray tells Cena to run. Bray corner splashes and dances with Hustle, Loyalty & Respect Cena. Before giving him a kiss, and throwing him away. But this won’t end it, will it? The chair is. Six years ago, Cena made the wrong choice. Fix it now. Cena swings the chair, but Bray is gone again. Wait, now we’re going to WCW Nitro? Bray Bischoff says what he really, REALLY wants to do right now is introduce the coolest guy that ever walked the face of the earth… HOLLYWOOD JOHN CENA!!
Cena is nWo for life and rocking out on the world championship. Vince Puppet says “this is such good s*it!” Too sweet, brother! But Cena SPEARS Bray! And rains down hands! The puppets beg for mercy! Even Mercy! Cena’s rage is being taken out on… Huskis?! And THE FIEND is there. Cena stands, turns around, and gets the MANDIBLE CLAW!! The Fiend smothers Cena, and his words ring in his own ears. The over-hyped, over-valued and over-privileged superstar ends. Because The Fiend hits SISTER ABIGAIL! Mandible claw cover and Bray counts! The Fiend WINS!
Winner: The Fiend, by pinfall
And Cena disappears. Cena may have been talking about himself all along. “LET ME IN!”
Interim host Titus O’Neil is speechless. Has the WWE just lost John Cena forever?
WWE World Championship: Brock Lesnar VS Drew McIntyre!
The Royal Rumble was an incredible showcase of two incredible specimens. But while Paul Heyman admits McIntyre is special, the Beast is a beast for a reason. Will Claymore Country’s leader be the one to #SlayTheBeast once and for all?
The introductions are made, with Heyman oddly NOT insisting to give one himself. The belt is raised, the tension mounts, and this battle to prove McIntyre’s worth finally begins!
Lesnar kicks and clubs and rams McIntyre into a corner! He whips but McIntyre reverses, to CLAYMORE!! Cover, TWO!! Lesnar survives one but McIntyre keeps his eyes on him. McIntyre aims again and Heyman warns Lesnar. Lesnsar gets clear, to GERMAN SUPLEX McIntyre! Lesnar wants another, McIntyre holds onto the ropes, but Lesnar breaks his grip! GERMAN SUPLEX! Lesnar stalks up behind McIntyre and CLUBS him down! McIntyre grits his teeth but Lesnar clubs him more, to get the THIRD GERMAN SUPLEX! Heyman says he told McIntyre it’d be quick but VERY painful. Lesnar drags McIntyre up to the fireman’s carry, for the F5!! Cover, ONE?!?! McIntyre surprises Heyman and infuriates Lesnar! But Lesnar looms over McIntyre as McIntyre crawls for ropes.
Lesnar hauls McIntyre up, fireman’s carry and ANOTHER F5!! Cover, TWO!?! Lesnar has no idea what to make of this. Heyman tells Lesnar just to keep bringing the pain, and Lesnar even grins. Lesnar drags McIntyre up from the ropes, for another fireman’s carry, and a THIRD F5!! Cover, TWO!?!? HOW?!? McIntyre is impressing Heyman, but Heyman knows McIntyre can’t do this forever. Lesnar cools off and looms over McIntyre again. McIntyre crawls and Lesnar laughs. “All night long, dude.” Lesnar fireman’s carries but McIntyre slips out! TO CLAYMORE!! McIntyre dares Lesnar to stand, and hits a THIRD CLAYMORE! Heyman panics but McIntyre knows he needs another. Lesnar stands, McIntyre CLAYMORES AGAIN!! Cover, MCINTYRE WINS!!!
Winner: Drew McIntyre, by pinfall (NEW WWE World CHampion)
Are we dreaming?! Is this still the Firefly Fun House? NO! It really has happened! McIntyre proves Heyman WRONG! McIntyre isn’t just another b*tch that tried, he’s the Scottish Stud that overcame the unstoppable! We have a NEW reigning, defending, undisputed WWE Heavyweight Champion of the World! DRRREW! MCINTYYYYRE!
My Thoughts:
The first ever second night of a WrestleMania, and you know what? I really liked it! It’s basically on-par with night one, but with an ending I did NOT think they’d do. I thought that with the world being locked down the way it is, Vince would not want to use such a great moment on Empty Arena Mania. But in the end, Vince did the right thing and gave McIntyre the win!! I am most assuredly marking out right now. There is a valid point that it’s a shame there are no fans to freak out in a good way over this, but at least we got this moment at all. I love this and I hope McIntyre gets to hold onto this title for a long time.
Rhea VS Charlotte was a pretty good opener, but Charlotte is still booked strong as ever. She wins the NXT Women’s Championship to join Shayna in the very exclusive two-time club, and I’m thinking she’s part of an unofficial talent trade. Shayna and now Bianca Belair are on Raw, and Charlotte is back on NXT to help push the idea that it is the third brand, on par with Raw and SmackDown. Bianca’s appearance was exactly as I figured, and that is to go after Zelina Vega in this building feud. The Raw Tag Team Championship match was good but about as expected with Austin Theory still very new to the mix. I’m obviously expecting a Mixed Six or something for the feud. And as I assume Bianca and the Profits win, maybe Bianca can be the next Raw Women’s Championship challenger.
For a filler match that came outta nowhere, Aleister VS Lashley was good. From a story perspective, it actually works that Lana cost Lashley the match by being so demanding. I hope this leads to that kayfabe relationship breaking up. It honestly should have long before this point. And hopefully this means Aleister heads for the WWE United States Championship once Andrade is okay to compete. Otis VS Ziggler was a lot of fun, and Mandy turning Face was a great way to have this go. Mandy stands by Otis, the guy she was into before the interference, and we might even get a mixed tag feud now if Sonya is hanging out with Ziggler.
The WWE 24/7 Championship’s part in the night was pretty good, too. It clearly gave a lot of extra talent some quick airtime while also getting us to where we all knew this was going: Gronk as 24/7 Champion. I can’t wait to see where they go with that. The SmackDown Women’s Championship match was really good, even with Tamina’s early elimination being a bit predictable. I really thought this was going to be Sasha’s way to get the title but maybe Money in the Bank is the route WWE wants to use. And yes, if the commercials are to be believed, MITB is still happening in a month. Though, who knows if it stays that way with WWE having to change filming plans again. Maybe Raw and SmackDown end up only focusing on MITB qualifiers?
The Last Man Standing match was as brutal as it should’ve been. And it went all over the Performance Center, as it should have. And it ended as I’d hoped: with a ConChairTo. I’m sure Edge will have to do a part-time schedule, and the damage done in this match gives a logical reason why he’d need to rest for a few months. But I am wondering where he even goes from here. And lastly, the Firefly Fun House match. It wasn’t as much of an actual match, but it was still great stuff. I loved going through the different phases of Cena’s career, and even referencing the nWo for whatever reason. Well, that might be in reference to internet fans like myself wondering if Cena’s Heel turn would be Hollywood Hulk Hogan 2.0.
And I loved how Cena’s words were basically turned against him. Bray uses Cena’s words to say Cena has been the most over-hyped, over-valued and over-privileged star in the WWE. Cena just disappearing at the end definitely adds some intrigue to things. Will Cena ever return? Will he return as a puppet? I almost thought Cena was going to end up wearing The Fiend’s mask and Bray would be dressed as Cena for a weird role reversal of hero and villain, like what they were going for with the promos. But as I said a few weeks ago, everything bad Cena’s said about Bray has been reverse psychology. Cena put Bray over here and hopefully this means Bray is headed back towards the top. Maybe back to the title? Obviously it was meant to be Roman but now it’s Strowman, and I would love a Strowman-Bray feud for once.
My Score: 8.5/10
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Mitchell’s Road to Wrestling Dontaku Results & Report! (4/27/24)
Rural Revitalization continues!
Will Great-O-Khan be setting the table?
It’s Rural Revitalization in Hiroshima for the KOPW Championship! Can Yuya Uemura survive tires, lemons and a table? Or will Great-O-Khan conquer him for the United Empire?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Frontier Zone – Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano VS Rey Paloma & HANZO; Oleg & Yano win.
- Six Man Tag: Tiger Mask & Bishamon VS Bullet Club; Bullet Club wins.
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita VS Jeff Cobb & Francesco Akira; Cobb & Akira win.
- Six Man Tag: El Desperado, Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii VS The House of Torture; Desperado, Shota & Ishii win.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuya Murashima VS Tomoaki Honma & Shoma Kato; Tanahashi & Murashima win.
- DOUKI & Taka Michinoku VS SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru; Sho & Yoshinobu win.
- NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships: TMDK VS El Phantasmo & Hikuleo; TMDK wins and retains the titles.
- KOPW Championship Rural Revitalization: Great-O-Khan VS Yuya Uemura; Yuya wins and becomes the new KOPW Champion.
- 10 Man Tag Elimination Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS Bullet Club War Dogs; LIJ wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships: TMDK w/ Zack Sabre Jr. VS El Phantasmo & Hikuleo w/ Jado!
Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls snatched the titles away during the Windy City Riot, but the Guerrillas of Destiny are getting their rematch! Will the Headbanga & Young Guerilla redeem themselves on the Road to Wrestling Dontaku? Or will they see The Mighty Don’t Kneel?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see if The Mighty stay NJPW Strong!
The teams sort out and Hysterical Haste starts against ELP. The fans rally up with the bell and the two circle. They tie up, are in a deadlock, but then Shane cording holds into a wrench and wristlock. ELP rolls, handsprings and wrenches back. ELP keeps Shane from ropes so Shane rolls, kips up, snapmares and KICKS ELP! The fans cheer while Shane shakes out his leg. ELP grimaces as he stands and shakes out the arm. The two reset, tie up, and ELP waistlocks. ELP goes for a chinlock but Shane standing switches. ELP switches, Shane switches again, and repeat. ELP headlocks, Shane powers out, then reels ELP in for a headlock.
ELP powers out, Shane runs him over, and then he sits ELP up to run. ELP drops under, hurdles over, but Shane shoves him. ELP rolls off Shane’s back to RANA! The fans fire up as ELP kips up and fixes his hair. The fans rally for “E L P! E L P!” while Shane is in a corner. Shane comes back to fire a forearm! ELP fires a forearm back! Shane fires another forearm so ELP gives it back. They go back and forth, faster and faster, and the fans rally up! ELP gets the edge, but Shane UPPERCUTS! Shane CHOPS ELP, whips him corner to corner, but ELP goes up and over and keeps moving. ELP fakes Shane out to avoid the dropkick!
ELP goes to ropes to LIONSAULT but Shane moves! ELP sits up but avoids the Penalty Kick! The two stand off and the fans cheer! Shane and ELP reset, and Leo reaches out. ELP tags him in and the fans rally up. Shane tags Mikey, and he circles with Leo. They get face to face, and Mikey pie faces Leo! They tie up, Leo shoves Mikey away, but Mikey comes back. They tie up, Mikey headlocks but Leo lifts. Mikey thrashes the hold, Leo powers out and they RAM shoulders! Leo eggs Mikey on so Mikey runs and they RAM shoulders! Leo runs, Mikey ELBOWS him! Mikey runs, Leo runs him over! The fans fire up as Leo flexes.
Leo drags Mikey up, suplexes, but Mikey fights it! Mikey tries to suplex but Leo’s so tall! Leo suplexes, Mikehy slips free to waistlock, but Leo RAMS him into a corner! Leo runs in, Mikey dodges, only for Leo to LARIAT outta the corner! Tag to ELP and the Guerrillas get Mikey up. ELP BLASTS Shane while Leo whips Mikey to a corner. Leo SPLASHES, ELP clotheslines, then feed to the SIDEWALK SLAM and FALLING AX HANDLE! The Guerrillas high-five, ELP covers, TWO! ELP brings Mikey up but Mikey fights the suplex! Mikey powers out, whips, but ELP BLASTS Shane! ELP dodges Mikey, waistlocks, but Mikey swings. ELP ducks, into a DDT!
The fans fire up while Mikey shoves ELP over and tags in Shane. Mikey brings ELP up to TOSS him out, and then Mikey BLASTS Leo! Shane whips ELP into railing! Shane flexes, fans applaud, and Shane drags ELP up. APRON BACK SUPLEX! Shane shoves ELP in, covers, ROPEBREAK! The fans rally as ELP stays in this but Shane grabs one of ELP’s hands. Shane stretches out the arm to then KICK ELP in the shoulder! Shane brings ELP up but ELP fires forearms! Shane shoves ELP but ELP ELBOWS Mikey! ELP fires off on Shane, whips, but Shane reverses and Mikey trips ELP up! Shane basement dropkicks ELP and he spins around into a HAYMAKER from Mikey!
ELP flops to the floor, Mikey claims the apron is slippery, but the referee reprimands him all the same. The ring count starts but Mikey puts ELP in at 4 of 20. Shane covers, TWO! Shane keeps ELP down with body scissors. ELP endures, reaches out, drags Shane along as he crawls over, and the fans rally up. Shane grabs ELP’s arm and brings him into a cover, TWO! Shane whips ELP away into The Mighty corner! Tag to Mikey, he sends Shane in, but ELP puts Shane on the apron! ELP BOOTS Mikey, ROUNDHOUSES Shane, then runs, but Mikey catches him! Mikey RAMS ELP back into the corner!
Mikey taunts Leo then digs boots into ELP. The fans rally up and ELP throws body shots. Mikey eggs ELP on so ELP CHOPS! ELP tries to get under but Mikey grabs a leg and drags him back! Tag to Shane, and Shane stomps ELP down. Shane kicks ELP around, kicks him more, but ELP fires off hands! Shane back drops ELP up and away! The fans rally while Shane drags ELP back to a cover, but Leo breaks it! Shane drags ELP back, tags Mikey in, and TMDK mug ELP. ELP sputters, Mikey tags Shane back in, and Shane sucker punches Leo! Mikey hoists ELP up but ELP BOOTS Shane! ELP backs Mikey into the corner, then goes up and over Shane!
Shane runs into Mikey but Mikey still pursues ELP. Mikey drags ELP back but ELP ENZIGIRIS free! The fans fire up, but Shane gets ELP’s legs! ELP BOOTS Shane away, hurries up again, but Mikey BLASTS Leo first! Mikey then brings ELP around to back suplex! ELP lands on his feet, but Shane back suplexes! ELP still lands on his feet, then he ducks under TMDK to hot tag Leo! The fans fire up as Leo UPPERCUTS Shane, swings on Mikey, but Mikey dodges, only for Leo to BOOT him! Leo scoops Shane for SNAKE EYES and a BOOT! The fans fire up with Leo while Shane and Mikey go to opposite corners.
Leo runs in to SPLASH Mikey! Leo keeps going but Shane BOOTS him! Shane runs up but Leo ELBOWS him down! Leo runs to drop the JUMPING ELBOW on Shane! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up and Leo watches Shane stir. Shane rises, Leo choke grips! GODS- NO, Shane slips free and Mikey fires a forearm! Shane UPPERCUTS, Mikey LARIATS, but Leo stays up! Shane runs to LARIAT! Leo roars, but TMDK double kick! TMDK reels Leo in, but Leo DOUBLE SUPLEXES them instead! The fans fire up and Leo watches TMDK bail out. Leo tags ELP and ELP goes up. Leo helps him walk the tightrope, to ARIHARA MOONSAULT TMDK down at the ramp!
The fans fire up again, and Leo goes out to get Shane in. ELP & Leo get Shane up to CHOP, straitjacket torture rack, and then Leo runs. BOOT into the spin, BRAIN SALAD! Cover, Mikey breaks it! Mikey fires forearms on Leo & ELP, runs, but ELP hurdles so Leo can DDT! Mikey bails out, the fans fire up, and ELP tunes up the band. Shane rises, into SUDDEN- NO, Shane dodges! Shane runs up, but into Leo’s hands! ELP aims, but Shane pulls Leo into SUDDEN DEATH! Shane UPPERCUTS ELP and DROPKICKS Leo! Shane KICKS ELP, BOOTS him, then reels him in for an INVERTED EXPLODER! Cover, TWO!!
ELP survives and Shane is surprised! The fans fires up, Shane and ELP rise, and ELP staggers to a corner. Shane puts ELP up top, ROCKS him with a right, then climbs up. Shane brings ELP up but ELP fires body shots! ELP HEADBUTTS Shane down but Mikey tags in! Shane goes up, ELP sends him back down, so Mikey UPPERCUTS! Mikey gives Shane the boost, and they get ELP for the SUPERPLEX BOMB COMBO! Cover, TWO!! ELP survives but Mikey powers up and runs, SLIDING LARIAT! Cover, TWO!! ELP survives again and the fans fire up! Mikey grows frustrated, he drags ELP up and reels him in.
ELP slips free of the Blue Thunder to kick and tuck the arms! But Mikey trips ELP to jackknife bridge, TWO! ELP rolling clutches! TWO and Mikey has the cover! TWO and ELP ghost pins, TWO!! Mikey escapes but ELP dodges! ELP DROPKICKS Mikey down and the fans fire up! Both men crawl, hot tag to Leo! Leo runs to BLAST Shane, then he turns to look at Mikey. Mikey eggs Leo on, then fires forearms! Leo ROCKS Mikey with just one! Mikey fires another flurry, but Leo ROCKS Mikey again! Leo eggs Mikey on and the fans rally. Mikey kicks low, ROCKS Leo, then runs, but into a scoop! Tag to ELP before the POWERSLAM!
ELP goes up to SWANTON BOMB! And then LIONSAULT! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up, ELP tags Leo back in, and they tune up the band again! Mikey rises, but Shane trips Leo! Mikey ROCKS ELP, Shane UPPERCUTS ELP! Feed to the scoop but ELP slips free! ELP shoves Mikey into Shane, and Leo grabs them both! But both Shane & Mikey fight free of the choke slams! Shane KNEES, Mikey FOREARMS, but then ELP fires off on TMDK! ELP runs, but into a double trophy lift! THUNDER- DOUBLE DDTS!! ELP turns things around on TMDK, and the fans are thunderous! Mikey stands up into SUDDEN DEATH! ELP PLANCHAS onto Shane!
GODSEND for Mikey! ELP then climbs up the ropes, then climbs onto Leo! SUPER THUNDERKISS 86!! Cover, but Shane barrels through ELP to break it!! The fans are thunderous again but ELP is frustrated. ELP fires off on Shane, runs, but Shane LARIATS! Shane dodges Leo but runs into the POWER TRIP! GOD- NO, Mikey rolls Leo up!! TMDK WINS!!
Winners: TMDK, by pinfall (still NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions)
Leo is furious! He is sure Mikey pulled tights there! He stomps at Mikey, pushes past ELP and goes after Mikey on the outside! Mikey and Leo push each other around, but there’s nothing Leo can do about this one. Will he and ELP just have to fight their way back up to the top? As for TMDK, will they continue to rock ‘n’ roll through the ranks with all this gold?
KOPW Championship Rural Revitalization: Great-O-Khan w/ Callum Newman & Francesco Akira VS Yuya Uemura w/ Taka Michinoku & Taichi!
It’s Rural Revitalization 2: Hiroshima Style! The Dominator just managed to make it past Tanga Loa, will he make it through the Heat Storm? Or will KOPW soon belong to Just5Guys?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who can put in the work!
This first round is Mazda tire carrying. Each man has a big orange cone placed in their corner, so they simply have to go fetch the tires from the stacks outside. Whoever gets four tires first wins the round! The bell rings, Yuya kicks Khan then heads for ropes, but Khan reels him in for a BIG back suplex! Khan goes out now, hurries up the ramp, and grabs two tires at once! The fans cheer and Khan gets those tires in the ring. Then he goes back for more! A risky move but that means four tires are on play. Yuya DROPKICKS Khan and here’s where the risk is involved! Yuya aims to PLANCHA but Khan chucks a tire!
Yuya falls back, Khan gets the tires in then drags Yuya out. Khan CLUBS away on Yuya against the apron, then uses a tire to bind Yuya’s legs! Khan CLUBS Yuya more, and Khan even ties Yuya up in the ropes! Khan sacrifices two tires to trap Yuya! The fans cheer the creativity, and Khan STOMPS Yuya on the apron before heading for more tires. Yuya works to get free as Khan brings two more tires to the ring. Khan sets those tires in, Yuya gets free, but Khan has stacked two tires. Then three, but Yuya DROPKICKS him down! Yuya takes the tires off Khan’s cones, leaving him with just one. Yuya goes out to get the last tires remaining!
Yuya brings tires to his cone, then clears out some space. Yuya has two tires, steals Khan’s one, but then Khan grabs Yuya for an IRON CLAW SLEEPER! Yuya fights free, but Khan Mongolian Chops him down! Khan throws the tires off Yuya’s cone, then throws the cone! We’re back to zero and zero, and Khan whips Yuya into a corner, to then clothesline him! The fans fire up as Khan climbs up and sits on his throne! Khan then hops down to Mongolian Chop! And Mongolian Chops! And Mongolian CHOP! Yuya sits down, Khan takes a tire, but then THROWS it at Yuya! Yuya goes up and over and AX HANDLES Khan down!
The fans rally as Khan grabs tires and cone, and he starts stacking! Yuya has two, then three! He just needs to find one more! Yuya grabs one from outside, but Khan reels him in! Khan DECKS Yuya, then undoes some of the stack. Khan confiscates a tire, makes sure it’s nice and bouncy, but also works up quite the sweat. The fans rally as Khan aims and takes a swing, only for Yuya to counter tire with tire! They clash again, and again! Then they set up for TIRE SUMO! And again, TIRE SUMO! They run in again, and Khan RAMS Yuya! Yuya is disarmed, and Khan CLOBBERS him with the TIRE SUMO!
The fans fire up while Yuya is down and Khan grabs tires. Khan says he’s not done with Yuya yet. Khan starts stacking tires at the center of the ring, then drags Yuya up. Khan clinches Yuya into HITSUJIGOROSHI! Yuya endures, even as Khan throws knees! Khan then scoops to SLAM Yuya on the tires! That’ll leave some skid marks! Khan then drags Yuya off the stack, brings him up and around, to then put a tire around his head. And then another! Yuya’s two tired to stand but Khan makes him! Khan throws a BODY BLOW, then he TRIPS Yuya into a TIRE DDT! The fans fire up while Khan grabs the other tires.
Khan stacks tires on his cone, that’s two. Khan hurries to find other tires on the outside, and he has a third. Khan considers his options, and takes one of the tires from Yuya. But Yuya clings to the tires, so Khan stomps him! Yuya refuses to let go of the tires! Khan stomps Yuya more but Yuya defends the tire with his body! Khan claws at Yuya, they tug-o-war over the tire, but Khan pulls on Yuya’s ear! Yuya kicks low, kicks again, then SMACKS Khan with the tire, and DROPKICKS Khan down! The tire goes tumbling out of the ring while Yuya fires up! Yuya takes Khan’s tires, hurries them over to his cone, that’s three right there!
Now Yuya has to hurry and find another! Yuya goes outside, grabs the tire, but Khan intercepts! They tug-o-war again, but then Khan RAMS Yuya into a corner! Khan takes this tire, that’s one. Khan finds tires on the outside and brings them in! Yuya hurries to cover tires again! Khan stomps Yuya, still stacks three, so it’s all down to this seventh tire! Yuya and Khan tug-o-war yet again, the fans rallying behind them! Khan grabs Yuya’s arm, but Yuya slips around to a SLEEPER! Khan fights up but Yuya squeezes tight! Yuya then CLUBS away on Khan, runs, but into a TIRE SWEEP! And a BASEMENT DROPKICK!
Khan grabs the final tire, but Yuya schoolboys him away! Yuya rolls through, snatches the tire, and complete his stack! Yuya wins the first round!
Khan: 0; Yuya: 1
Just like with Tanga Loa, Khan drops the ball in the first round! But then, will history repeat itself here as we prepare for the second round?
The tarps are set down, the table is set, and it’s time to eat up some Hiroshima lemons! Khan makes sure the people watching at home and around the world understand that Hiroshima lemons are the best, which probably means they’re the most sour. Khan puts on his bandana and takes his seat at the table. He and Yuya get some wet wipes to clean their hands, and it all comes down to who finishes their one lemon first. Ready, set, EAT! Yuya starts fast and that face shows how sour these are. Khan says hold on, and he just takes a HUGE bite! Yuya is suffering but Khan is reveling in the sourness! Khan’s already halfway through!
Yuya can barely keep the lemon in, but Khan’s eaten it all up! Can he get it all down before Yuya? Khan is chewing and chewing, Yuya is practically shaking from how sour it all is! Khan keeps going and… Yes, Khan has it all down! Khan wins!
Khan: 1; Yuya: 1
Khan now lets his body feel the stinging sweetness, and he says it was delicious! But then, that leaves us with this third and final round. And this time it’s a TABLES match! Who will be feeling sour and sore after this one?
The bell rings, both men rush in, Yuya dodges to fire haymakers! Yuya whips, Khan reverses but Yuya CLOBBERS him! Khan gets up, but Yuya DROPKICKS him down! Khan bails out, Yuya aims and PLANCHAS! Direct hit at the ramp, and the Heat Storm fires back up! The table is there, so Yuya drags Khan right up! Yuya goes to suplex but Khan blocks! Khan fights with body shots, turns things around, but Yuya fights the suplex! They fight for control, but Khan RAMS Yuya into the apron! The fans rally, Khan drags Yuya back up, and whips him into railing! Yuya tumbles up and over into No Man’s Land!
Khan storms out after Yuya and he asks fans move aside. Young Lions help the fans clear out while Khan drags Yuya up. Khan brings Yuya around and reminds everyone, No Disqualifications! Khan BOWLS Yuya through chairs, and that’s definitely a strike! The fans cheer Khan as he stands on chairs, but then asks more fans to move aside! Khan stomps Yuya, stomps a chair onto Yuya, then tosses that chair aside. Sorry to whoever had that seat… Khan then drags Yuya up and brings him around, but Yuya throws body shots! Khan Mongolian Chops Yuya down! Khan drags Yuya back up, and BOWLS him into more chairs!
Yuya is stuck on the seats, that wasn’t quite a strike. But Khan stacks chairs on Yuya to pick up the spare. Khan SMACKS chair with chair! Yuya sputters while fans applaud, and Khan goes back to fetch Yuya. Taichi and Taka are there but so are Newman and Akira. The Empire keeps the two out of five guys at bay while Khan drags Yuya to the back of the crowd. Khan whips Yuya into the emergency exit! Khan then SLAMS railing down on Yuya, and then SMACKS railing with railing! Khan talks trash while Taka and Taichi coach Yuya up. The ref checks Yuya, but he’s somehow able to continue, so Khan drags him up.
Khan brings Yuya around to drag him through the chairs! Khan brings Yuya back to ringside, then into the ring. The fans applaud, and then Khan goes looking under the ring. Khan eventually finds another lemon! Khan takes a big bite and uses the citrus to power up! Then he DIGS the lemon into Yuya’s face! The citric acid burns but the fans fire up! Khan goes to fetch the table from outside, puts it inside, and then sets it up in a corner. The fans rally up as Khan stalks Yuya. Khan drags Yuya up, reels him in to scoop, but Yuya slips free! Khan avoids hitting table, but Yuya DOUBLE CHOPS! Yuya whips Khan into the blue corner, then DOUBLE CHOPS again!
The fans fire up and Yuya grits his teeth. Yuya roars, brings Khan up and reels him in for a BIG back suplex! The fans rally again and Yuya brings Khan up. Yuya clinches, but Khan fights the lift! Yuya still tries, but Khan fights it to a head ‘n’ arm clinch. Yuya gets around, headlocks, but Khan pops out to waistlock. Yuya fights being pushed around, then switches to get an arm. Khan clinches but so does Yuya. They fight for control, and Khan’s SAYANAGI takes Yuya down! The fans fire up and both men stir. Yuya flops out of the ring, but Khan crawls in pursuit. Khan drags Yuya up, then RAMS him into railing!
Yuya writhes, Khan goes looking under the ring, and he brings out another TABLE! Khan SMACKS Yuya with the table, then stands the table up at ringside. Khan drags Yuya up, SMACKS him off the apron, then climbs up. Khan drags Yuya up onto the apron, Mongolian Chops, then regular CHOPS! Khan UPPERCUTS, then clamps on the IRON CLAW! Khan scoops but Yuya fights free! Yuya DROPKICKS! Khan holds onto ropes to stay up, but Yuya hurries to run! Yuya LARIATS, but into the IRON CLAW!! Khan drags Yuya up and over, ELIMINATOR- NO, Yuya grabs ropes to fight that off! Khan kicks low, winds up, but Yuya traps the arm!
Yuya traps the other arm, takes aim, but Khan fights the Deadbolt with all his might!! The fans are thunderous as Yuya still tries! Khan BITES Yuya’s ear! And then POSTS him! But Yuya runs up, into a BOOT! Yuya falls back, Khan sits down, and the fans rally again! Khan undoes his hand tape, ends up pushing the table over, and then he folds it all up. Khan puts the table in the ring, pushes Yuya aside, and then he sets this table up again, in the blue corner. Yuya goes up top to CROSSBODY! The fans fire up as Yuya roars! Yuya has his choice as he hauls Khan up. Yuya traps the arms, but Khan makes it a BELLY2BELLY!
But Yuya rises back up! Yuya runs in, gets around, and GERMAN SUPLEXES! But Khan’s right up! Khan LARIATS Yuya down! The fans fire up as Yuya is right back up, and URENAGES! Both men are down again and the fans are thunderous! Khan flounders around, he and Yuya crawl to center, and Yuya fires a forearm! Khan gives it back! Both men stand, and Yuya fires a haymaker! Khan comes back to forearm! Yuya wobbles, but he comes back to HAYMAKER! Khan staggers, wobbles, but comes back to FOREARM! Both men stagger, but Yuya fires another haymaker! Khan fires a flurry of forearms, but Yuya haymakers!
Khan ROCKS Yuya, but Yuya DOUBLE CHOPS! And DOUBLE CHOPS! And DOUBLE CHOPS! But Khan throws an IRON RIGHT! The fans fire up again as Yuya falls! Khan roars with Monster Rage and he hauls Yuya up! IRON CLAW, and then ELIMIN- NO, Yuya slips free! Yuya wrenches, traps the arms, DEADBOLT SUPLEX through the table!! YUYA WINS!!
Winner: Yuya Uemura, 2-1 (NEW KOPW Champion)
Yuya slammed the Deadbolt shut on Khan and now he takes the title from him! The Heat Storm is rising, how hot will he make the KOPW Division through the Summer?
10 Man Tag Elimination Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS Bullet Club War Dogs!
These factions have been battling all over this Road to Wrestling Dontaku, but now they will fight ’til the last man! Will there be a roll call for Bushi, Hiromu, Takagi, Yota y Naito? Or will this alliance with the Good Looking Emperor, Jake Lee, help David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors & “Drilla” Dan Moloney shoot down LIJ?
Wait, it seems Naito has brought backup of his own? It’s SLYLY! The dragon-like mascot of Hiroshima Toyo Carp, and half-brother to the Philadelphia Phillies’ Phillie Phanatic! Well, Naito does love him some baseball. Tensions are running high, and Finlay throws his shirt at Yota. Yota balls that shirt up, and throws a fastball over the plate! The teams sort out, Finlay pushes Yota around and Gabe talks trash on Takagi. Red Shoes gets them all to settle down, and the War Dogs bark and put up the Too Sweet. Jake joins in at the end there. LIJ mocks the barking before they fist bump, and the fans cheer.
Things finally sort out and Finlay starts against Yota. The fans fire up behind “YO~TA! YO~TA!” at the bell, and Yota makes sure Finlay hears that. Finlay gets on the corner but the fans all boo. The two circle, tie up, and Yota uses his size to put Finlay on ropes. Finlay turns that around to grind forearms in Yota’s face and push him around. Finlay then backs up to SPIT at him! The fans boo but Yota CHOPS Finlay in return! The fans cheer, Yota headlocks, and Yota grinds Finlay down. Finlay powers up and out to headlock back, but Yota powers up and out. They RAM shoulders, Yota rebounds to run Finlay over!
The fans fire up, things speed up, but Finlay bails out. The fans boo but Finlay says he’s got time. Yota barks at Finlay but Finlay just mockingly applauds. Finlay returns, kips up just to show off, but then Hiromu wants in! Yota tags Hiromu, Finlay tags Drilla. Hiromu fires forearms on Drilla, whips, to ROCK, trip, KICK the ropes, then run and SHOTGUN Drilla down! The fans fire up while Hiromu barks. Hiromu runs corner to corner to clothesline, snapmare and basement dropkick! The fans fire up but Connors runs in to knee Hiromu low! Connors barks, runs, but Hiromu kicks low! Bushi dropkicks legs out so Hiromu can basement dropkick!
The fans fire up but Drilla fires hands and CHOPS on LIJ. Hiromu CHOPS back, he and Bushi double whip to TU LO SABE! Cover, TWO! Drilla stays in this but Hiromu fires Hiroshima up. Hiromu fireman’s carries, but Drilla slips free to RAM Hiromu into the corner! The Dogs mug Hiromu while Jake Lee runs up to BLAST Naito! Finlay and Connors help out in mugging Yota and Bushi! Things have pilled out into the crowd in multiple areas while Naito fights back! Jake kicks Naito, then whips him hard into railing! Naito tumbles up and over into No Man’s Land! Gabe and Takagi throw HEADBUTTS back and forth!
Finlay snatches a phone? He’s taking pictures of Jake stomping away on Naito! But then Yota attacks Finlay! Finlay POSTS Yota, a ring count starts, but the Dogs just keep beating LIJ down! Drilla finds his way back to ringside, Hiromu manages to make his way in! Hiromu crawls in at 17 but Drilla is there to stomp him! Drilla bumps Hiromu off Finlay’s boot! Drilla tags Jake in, they mug Hiromu, and Jake digs his boot in while Finlay pulls Hiromu’s hair! Red Shoes is busy getting everyone to stop brawling! Jake lets off but Hiromu fires off CHOPS! Jake just kicks low, whips, and then HIP TOSSES Hiromu down!
Hiromu staggers up but Jake clamps on a SLEEPER! Tag to Finlay and they mug Hiromu in the corner. Red Shoes reprimands and counts, the fans boo, and Finlay lets off at 4. Finlay soaks up heat, then he takes Hiromu’s Kamaitachi mask and THROWS it to the crowd! Finlay then BLASTS Yota off the apron! The Dogs CHOKE Hiromu more, mug him while Finlay argues with Red Shoes, then Finlay brings Hiromu up. Finlay fireman’s carries and goes to dump Hiromu! Hiromu clamps onto ropes, Bushi runs in to make the save! Connors goes after Bushi so Takagi makes the save! But Connors goes after Takagi now!
Finlay puts Hiromu on the apron but Hiromu rolls back in, SAFE! The fans cheer while Finlay is frustrated. Finlay storms up on Hiromu in a corner but Hiromu CHOPS and CHOPS! Finlay knees low, whips corner to corner hard, and Hiromu flounders all the way back to where he started! Finlay drags Hiromu up and over, the fans still cheering him on, but Connors tags in. Connors BLASTS Naito off the corner, then snap suplexes Hiromu down! Connors runs to ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Hiromu stays in this but Connors stays on him with a seated full nelson. The fans continue to rally for “HI-RO-MU!” as he endures!
Hiromu fights around, even as Gedo barks at him to give up. Hiromu still gets the ROPEBREAK! Finlay pushes the foot away and that distracts Red Shoes, allowing Drilla to join in and stomp Hiromu! Drilla & Connors double whip but Hiromu gets around to lift Connors and throw him at Drilla, FORCED RANA! The fans fire up but Connors keeps Hiromu away from his corner! Hiromu blocks a kick, and a punch, to DRAGON SCREW! The fans rally again while both men are down! Hot tag to Naito! Naito rallies on Connors, BLASTS Drilla, swings on Jake, but Jake gets away. Connors CLUBS Naito, whips, but Naito reverses to arm-drag!
Naito atomic drops, runs, and ELBOWS Connors down, to then basement dropkick! The fans fire up while Naito stares Jake down. Naito covers Connors, TWO! The fans rally, Naito drags Connors up and dragon sleepers, for the NECKBREAKER! And then, LEG HOOK NELSON! Connors endures but Gabe stomps Naito! Gabe BLASTS Takagi, the rest of the Dogs attack, and Gabe stomps away on Naito! Gabe tells off the fans but the fans boo. Red Shoes reprimands so Gabe steps away, and Connors drags Naito up. Connors UPPERCUTS, whips, but Naito reverses to TORNADO- NO, Connors powers out!
Connors dodges Naito, redirects and POUNCES! Naito is down but the fans rally up. Naito and Connors crawl, hot tags to Takagi and Gabe! The fans fire up for the NEVER Openweight Championship appetizer! They RAM shoulders, Takagi ROCKS Gabe then runs to RAM him! Gabe rebounds to RAM Takagi, but Takagi rebounds to RAM Gabe! Gabe fires a forearm, whips Takagi to a corner then runs in to clothesline! Takagi says that’s not enough, so Gabe UPPERCUTS! Gabe says he’s a madman, then whips, only for Takagi to reverses. Takagi runs in, blocks a boot, and clotheslines through! The fans fire up with Takagi, but Gabe shoves him!
Takagi kicks and CLUBS away on Gabe, but Gabe BITES Takagi’s forehead! Red shoes reprimands, but Takagi spins Gabe around to suplex high and hard! Cover, TWO! Gabe’s still in this but the fans rally behind “TA-KA-GI!” Takagi looks around, “Oi, Hiroshima! TOKI GA-” NO, Gabe CLOBBERS Takagi! It isn’t his time yet, and Gabe stands Takagi up to HEADBUTT again and again! Then Gabe suplexes high and hard! Cover, TWO! Takagi’s tougher than that but Gabe shakes his head. Gabe scuffs Takagi, eggs him on and runs, but Takagi blocks the Rebounder to HEADBUTT! Gabe HEADBUTTS! Both men shake their heads, and then Takagi HEADBUTTS!
Gabe HEADBUTTS! Takagi HEADBUTTS again and again, but then Gabe HEADBUTTS again and again! Takagi fires a forearm, Gabe gives it back, repeat! The fans fire up as the shots go back and forth! Gabe gets the edge, but Takagi fires boxing elbows! Gabe CHOP! Takagi ELBOWS! JABS! Gabe UPPERCUTS and YUKON LARIATS! But Takagi’s right up to LARIAT!! Gabe rises and shouts! Both men run in, DOUBLE LARIATS collide! And again! Gabe fires palm strikes, talks trash, but gets a JAB, HEADBUTT, and a PUMPING BOMBER take takes both men up and out! DOUBLE ELIMINATION!!
Fans go wild as Takagi’s sacrifice play makes things 4v4! Bushi and Drilla jump in and Drilla fires off shots! Drilla ENZIGIRIS, ripcords, but Bushi dodges to RANA! And DROPKICK! Drilla bails out but Bushi builds speed, only for Connors to SNAP POWERSLAM! Drilla gets in, he and Connors get moving, SPEAR GORE COMBO!! Cover, TWO!! Bushi survives but the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions coordinate. Connors BLASTS Naito off the apron before he climbs a corner, and Drilla gets Bushi up. Drilla suplexes, but Bushi slips free! Bushi shoves Drilla into Connors, then runs back in to CODE-
NO, Drilla blocks and aims for ropes! Bushi slips free, dodges Drilla, but Drilla ducks the enzigiri, only for the REWIND HEEL to hit! Bushi whips Drilla up and out and to the floor, Bushi ELIMINATES Drilla! We’re 4v3 in LIJ’s favor, but then Connors SPEARS Bushi! Connors says this is it, and he reels Bushi in for- NO! Bushi turns No Chaser into a backslide! BUSHI ROLL! Bushi ELIMINATES Connors!! The Black Mask singlehandedly handles the tag champs and the fans fire up! But then Finlay CLOBBERS Bushi and rains down fists! Finlay roars in rage, then he drags Bushi up. Canadian Rack, but Bushi slips free to backslide!
Finlay rolls through to UPPERCUT! Jake BLASTS Naito, BLASTS Yota, and then Finlay gets Bushi up! Finlay POWERBOMBS Bushi to the outside, onto Naito and the rest! Finlay ELIMINATES Bushi! We’re back to 3v2 as Finlay still has Jake but LIJ still has Naito, Hiromu and Yota. And speaking of Yota, he gets in to brawl with Finlay! Yota whips, Finlay reverses but Yota flipping RANAS! Then he BLASTS Jake! Yota runs corner to corner to STINGER SPLASH Finlay! Yota keeps moving, he runs Finlay over to then run and SPLASH! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up with Yota as he smiles and paces around.
Yota brings Finlay up and fireman’s carries, but Finlay slips free. Yota kicks, runs, but Finlay ELBOWS him down, then SENTONS on top! Finlay barks as he aims at Yota. Yota rises, Finlay runs in, and UPPERCUTS at the corner! Then clotheslines! Then FALCON ARROWS! Cover, TWO! The fans rally for Yota but Finlay grows frustrated. Finlay drags Yota up, reels him in, but Yota fights the lift! Finlay CLUBS away on Yota, tries again, and he has Yota up, but Yota fights free of the bomb! Yota fires forearms, but Finlay UPPERCUTS! And UPPERCUTS! And UPPERCUTS again! Finlay runs, but Yota backslides to KNEE Finlay down!
The fans fire up again as we pass 20 minutes, and Yota drags Finlay up. Yota goes up and up but Finlay shoves him over! Yota’s on the apron, he and Finlay brawl! Yota ROCKS Finlay, but Finlay gets in Red Shoes’ face! Jake grabs at Yota, Yota kicks him away, but Finlay BLASTS Yota down and ELIMINATES him! The fans boo but the Dogs have made this 2v2! Finlay and Jake stand together, and they dare Naito & Hiromu to join them. Naito and Hiromu oblige as they step inside. Naito stares Jake down, Hiromu stares Finlay down, and they start swinging! The fans fire up, but then Finlay fireman’s carries Hiromu! Finlay aims for ropes!
Naito gets past Jake to save Hiromu, but then Jake BOOTS Naito down! Jake scrapes Naito out of the ring and goes after him, but Hiromu fireman’s carries Finlay! Hiromu runs at ropes and dumps Finlay out! Finlay stays on the apron but Hiromu SUPERKICKS! Finlay holds onto ropes and wobbles, but Hiromu builds speed! Hiromu DIVES and SUNSET FLIPS, but Finlay still holds on! Finlay throws down hands, gets back inside, he’s SAFE! Hiromu is also safe because he went through the second rope. Hiromu runs back in, but avoids Blue Thunder to wheelbarrow! But Finlay turns that into an IRISH CURSE BACKBREAKER!
Hiromu writhes, the fans rally as hard as they can behind him, but Finlay drags Hiromu up. DOMINATOR! Cover, Naito breaks it! Jake stomps Naito and TOSSES him out! It was all second rope so Naito’s safe, but Finlay talks trash on Hiromu. Finlay drags Hiromu up, reels him in, suplexes, but Hiromu slips free! Finlay UPPERCUTS, and UPPERCUTS, and UPPERCUTS! Flashback to the 23rd! Hiromu just takes UPPERCUT after UPPERCUT from Finlay, but he doesn’t stop! Then he SUPERKICKS! Hiromu runs, but into another UPPERCUT! Finlay gets Hiromu up, but Hiromu RANAS Finlay up and out to ELIMINATE him!!
The fans are thunderous as The Rebel is shocked! Hiromu mocks him, but then Jake runs in! Hiromu gets under the boot to get under Jake! Jake fights Hiromu off, snarls, and then runs up! Hiromu dodges to kick a leg! Hiromu runs, but Jake kitchen sink knees! Jake takes aim, runs up, and FACE BREAK SHOT! Hiromu tumbles up and out and to the floor, Jake ELIMINATES him! And now, at 25 minutes in, we’re down to just Jake and just Naito! Naito slowly rolls into the ring as the fans rally behind him. Jake watches Naito stand, and the two stare down. Jake runs in but Naito dodges to fire off forearms!
Naito whips but Jake reverses to KNEE low! Jake fires up but fans boo as he stands Naito up. Jake reels Naito in for a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Naito protects the plate but Jake is aiming another heater! Jake waits as Naito stands, then winds up to choke grip! But Naito throws back elbows to get free! Naito then wrenches, TORNADO DDT! The fans fire up again while both men are down! Naito rises, he drags Jake up, and he throws those heavy back elbows! Jake crawls around, Naito brings him up, and Naito throws more heavy back elbows! Jake wobbles and staggers to the corner but Naito is right on him.
Naito brings Jake around for even more heavy back elbows! Jake falls over, the fans fire up, and Naito aims from the corner. Naito drags Jake up and in, but Jake BOOTS Naito down! Naito dangles off the apron! Red Shoes keeps the War Dogs from interfering, and Naito stands up. Jake aims, runs in, but Naito avoid the FBS! Naito drags Jake ot the apron, Jake elbows him back! Jake runs up, but into an ELBOW! Naito goes up and over, sweeps the legs, then BASEBALL SLIDE DROPKICKS! Jake falls, LIJ wins!!
Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japon, Naito as the lone survivor
It came down to the bottom of the ninth, technically speaking, and Naito just hit the walk-off homer! Jake is stunned and Finlay is frustrated, but Yota just smiles back at him. Finlay and Yota will have it out as part of Wrestling Dontaku Night One, who will be smiling then?
As for LIJ, they regroup in the ring and have their hands raised. Slyly’s even still hanging around! But uh, he’s a little too chunky to get in the ring, so he just settles for pumping up the crowd like he does at baseball games. Naito gets the mic to say that it was three months ago, the Splash Strong series back in January, since Naito was last in Hiroshima. Naito would like to thank the fans from coming here tonight, “Gracias, amigos.” The fans cheer, and Naito continues by saying, “Hiroshima is my second home. I really long to have a match at Mazda Stadium.” The fans love the sound of that!
Naito does preface that him saying that doesn’t mean there’s anything planned. So please, tranquilo, be patient, and look forward to the day that finally happens. So, shall they do it? The fans cheer again! So then, for the first time in Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in a year and eight months, is everyone ready? The fans cheer because they sure are! Well then, the only way to close The Road to Wrestling Dontaku here in Hiroshima… Bushi! Hiromu! Takagi! Titan! Yota! Slyly! Y Naito! NOSOTROS! LOS! INGOBERRRRNABLEEEES~! DE! JA! PON!! Slyly gets in on the roll call! Will all of LIJ have success as we reach Wrestling Dontaku next week?
My Thoughts:
A great event to conclude Road to Dontaku before getting to Wrestling Dontaku itself. An unfortunate change in the card, Sanada fell ill and could not compete, so his match alongside Taichi against Tanahashi & Tomoaki was changed into Tanahashi and a Young Lion VS Tomoaki and a Young Lion. Hopefully Cold Skull gets well soon. Great tag title match from TMDK VS GoD, and while I figured TMDK was going to retain, I didn’t think it’d be in a shady way like holding tights. While ZSJ VS Cobb for the NJPW World TV title is still to come, I doner of GoD shift gears and ELP becomes a singles guy so Leo and Loa can team up. Then ELP can challenge ZSJ in a battle of initials while the Brothers Guerrilla get to take on Shane & Mikey.
Great Rural Revitalization again, they managed to pull off great comeback spots each round. I was very surprised Yuya won out, I felt like Khan could’ve done one more Rural Revitalization before losing. But at the same time, Yuya feels like the unofficial fourth Reiwa Musketeer behind Narita, Shota & Tsuji. Yuya getting a title, any title, ahead of the others is good stuff for him, and could even bring about a feud with one of the Musketeers for the Summer. And then a great 10 Man Elimination Tag. I again really like that NJPW allows over the rope eliminations even in a tag match like this to really mix things up. Jake Lee not winning out for the War Dogs is really surprising, but I feel like that means Jake will defeat Naito 1v1.
My Score: 8.9/10
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It’s a violent end to a legendary friendship!
Former Best Friends, Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor, have been through many Parking Lot Brawls, but this is their first time as enemies! Will there be broken bones to go along with the broken hearts?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Parking Lot Brawl: Trent Beretta VS Chuck Taylor; Trent wins.
- Thunder Rosa VS Deonna Purrazzo; Rosa wins.
- “Big Bill” Morrissey VS Trevor Blackwell; Bill wins.
- Katsuyori Shibata & Daniel Garcia VS Shane Taylor Promotions; Shibata & Garcia win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Parking Lot Brawl: Trent Beretta VS Chuck Taylor!
Years of friendship, thrown away, and why? Because #JustTrent had a problem with Freshly Squeezed having more success in AEW than them? Because #JustTrent had a problem with Cassidy as a person? Because #JustTrent turned out to be the selfish one in the relationship? Well, then will #JustTrent get his ass kicked? Or will he take advantage of how Chuckie T. is a Kentucky Gentleman?
Trent stares Chuck down while we hear the crowd of other wrestlers taunting him. Trent takes a swing, but Chuck dodges to fire off hands! The brawl is on, and Chuck gets the edge! Chuck ROCKS Trent, then SMACKS him off a car hood! And then off the car door! Chuck drags Trent up, but Trent RAMS Chuck into the car! And throat chops him just because! Trent gets space, runs back in, but Chuck dodges so Trent hits the passenger door! Chuck gets a trash can lid and he stands Trent up. Trent jumps through the open window but Chuck drags him back out. Trent kicks low, and he gives Chuck a CAR HOOD BACK SUPLEX!
Trent grabs the trash can lid, SMACKS Chuck right in the head and Chuck falls down! The crowd boos but Trent opens a car trunk to bring out a trash can, a dustpan and a baseball bat! Chuck storms up but Trent CHUCKS the trash can into Chuck’s face! Chuck flounders and Trent smirks. Trent SMACKS Chuck with the trash can, CLUBS him around, and Chuck is busted open! The white car has red polka dots on it now, and Trent talks trash, “This is what you wanted?!” Trent runs up, but Chuck POP UP POWERBOMBS Trent onto a car hood! Trent writhes, Chuck staggers around, and Chuck brings Trent around.
Chuck headlocks Trent before he SMACKS him off another car door. Trent goes around the back and then up onto a truck! Chuck follows, and he CLUBS Trent in the chest! But Trent slips under, and he CLAWS Chuck’s bloody face! Trent DECKS Chuck and Chuck falls through drywall sheets! Trent looms over Chuck as he crawls out of the wreckage. Trent stalks Chuck, brings him around and SMACKS him with the trash can lid! Trent hoists Chuck onto a car roof, SMACKS him again, then goes back to the truck. Trent climbs onto the roof of the truck, to FLYING ELBOW from car to car! Cover, TWO!!
Trent is furious, but Chuck is still in this as Rampage goes picture in picture.
Trent fumes, paces around, and goes back to the goodies. He brings out… Is that a screwdriver?! And he JABS Chuck in the head with it!! And then he DIGS it into Chuck’s forehead!! As if he wasn’t already bleeding badly!! Trent leaves Chuck behind, to fetch what looks to be a flat screen TV. Then he brings out a wood door!? Did someone visit Home Depot before coming here? Chuck CHOPS Trent in return then fires haymakers! Trent CLAWS Chuck’s face! Trent grabs that TV and CHUCKS it, only for Chuck to duck it! Rampage returns as TV screen hits windshield! Chuck kicks low to snap suplex Trent through the door!!
The crowd is losing its minds as Trent crawls. Chuck gets Trent’s legs, to CATAPULT him into the truck’s tailgate!! The crowd fires up while Chuck gets a sinister look on his face. Chuck takes a piece of that drywall to SMASH it on Trent! Chuck gets that trash can, he SMACKS Trent with it! Chuck sees the pile of extra goodies nearby, and he uncovers some light tubes! But first, he’ll clean up the mess, he SMACKS Trent with the dust pan! And SMACKS him again and again! And then one more shot with the trash can! Trent writhes, but Chuck drags Trent up. Chuck SMACKS Trent off the tailgate, then clears some space.
Chuck climbs up, but Trent ROCKET LAUNCHES him onto the light tubes!!! The tubes shatter under Chuck’s back! Trent sputters, he’s bloody now, too. Trent puts Chuck against the car hood and stands on him! Trent soaks up the heat, but Chuck TRIPS Trent! Trent writhes, Chuck reels Trent in, Canadian Rack, RAZOR’S EDGE onto a windshield!! Trent writhes while fans chant “HOLY CHUCK!” Chuck covers Trent on the hood, TWO!! Trent survives and hurries around the back of this sedan. Chuck snarls, goes up after Trent, and they meet on the roof. They’re both so bloody as they fire forearms back and forth!
The crowd cheers Chuck and boos Trent, and as the two swing wild, they end up HUGGING! You GOT to give the people what they want, right? They stand, Chuck ROCKS Trent and reels Trent in, but Trent LOW BLOWS!! Trent has Chuck now, PILEDRIVER ON THE CAR ROOF!!! And then, SNAKE BITE!! Trent is choking Chuck out!!! Chuck IS out, Trent wins!!
Winner: Trent Beretta, by submission
The Best Friends tore each other apart, but it is #JustTrent that stands tall in the end. He’s clearly lost the respect of his peers given how the other wrestlers are chanting “You Suck! You Suck!” But wait, Trent isn’t done? He has a monkey wrench!? Cassidy & Kris step forward to say no, this is going too far! Trent says this is all Cassidy’s fault! And SMASH, Trent hits Chuck’s leg with the wrench, and even shatters the glass behind it!! Chuck clutches the already recovering leg, and now Cassidy wants after Trent! Kris stops Cassidy, Trent’s still got the wrench! Trent escapes into the shadows of the arena, what darkness is living in Trent’s heart?
Don Callis is watching this.
And he seems to like the sadistic savagery he just witnessed. Trent may not have Best Friends anymore, but could he end up with a whole new family?
Backstage interview with Kyle O’Reilly.
Arkady Aura is with #CombatKyle and brings up his impressive showing in Dynamite’s Casino Gauntlet this past Wednesday. But we all want to know, what is next for her? Well, on Saturday, May 11th, AEW is coming to his hometown! Collision in Vancouver, British Columbia! The Rogers Arena, the same building an 11-year-old Kyle saw his first wrestling show ever. And at that show, Kyle told his dad that he was gonna do this one day. Papa O’Reilly said, “Oh yeah, sure you will, kid.” But somehow, Kyle pulled it off. 25 years later, he’s coming back home to do the one thing he’s ever been good at and that’s wrestling.
Kyle is going to take on the best wrestlers this world has to offer, right here in AEW, where the best wrestle. Kyle is ready for a fight, who will take him up on that in two weeks?
Thunder Rosa VS Deonna Purrazzo!
La Mera Mera and The Virtuosa could not coexist in the race for the AEW Women’s World Championship, and now they will Rampage against each other! Who will stand tall, ready for another shot at the title?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Deonna and Rosa step up, talk a little trash, then Deonna pie faces Rosa! Rosa swings but Deonna catches the arm! Rosa avoids the takedown to knee low! They tie up again, go around and around, and Deonna puts Rosa in a corner. The ref counts, Rosa powers her way out but Deonna headlocks. Rosa powers up and out, but Deonna RAMS her! The two stay up, Deonna eggs Rosa on then kicks her low! Deonna whips, Rosa blocks the hip toss, but then Deonna blocks a hip toss! Rosa avoids the lariat to DECK Deonna! Rosa rains down fists but the ref reprimands.
Rosa sits Deonna up, clamps on a COBRA CLUTCH, and she grinds Deonna down. The fans rally but Deonna fights up. Deonna throws hands, then wrenches, but Rosa breaks free. Deonna BOOTS Rosa, then has the arm for the ARMBAR DDT! Deonna dusts herself off as she paces, then she KICKS Rosa’s arm. And KICKS it again! Rosa goes to ropes, Deonna pushes her down and ties her up in Paradise! Rosa is stuck, Deonna soaks up the cheers and jeers, and then runs to DROPKICK Rosa out of Paradise! Deonna stands Rosa up but Rosa ROCKS her first! Deonna stands, Rosa RAMS into her then bumps her off buckles.
Rosa goes up and up to leap, but Deonna blocks the rana and has a BOSTON CRAB! They’re in the ropes, the ref counts, and Deonna lets go. Rosa crawls to the corner, Deonna paces while soaking up the heat. Rosa stands, builds speed, and she WERCKS Deonna with a dropkick! Rosa fires up despite the pain in her back, and she kicks Deonna. Deonna stands, Rosa CHOPS her against the post! And CHOPS her again! Deonna ducks, Rosa chops post! Deonna SUPERKICKS Rosa down, and Rampage goes picture in picture.
Deonna steps on Rosa’s face, steps away, and Rosa staggers up to railing. Deonna storms up but Rosa kicks her low. Rosa then runs Deonna side to side to POST her! But then Deonna RAMS Rosa into apron! And SMACKS her off it! Deonna snarls, brings Rosa around, and she puts Rosa in the ring. Cover, TWO! Deonna clamps onto Rosa to pull her arms in, for a straitjacket stretch! Rosa endures, fights up, but Deonna turns that into a BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO! Rosa is still in this, and she is feeding off the energy of the fans! Rosa stands, and she ELBOWS Deonna! And body shots! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS again!
Rosa has Deonna in a corner to UPPERCUT! Rosa runs corner to corner and back again, but Deonna dodges! Rosa POSTS herself and falls to the apron! Deonna storms back over, brings Rosa up and wraps the bad arm against ropes! The ref counts, Deonna KICKS the ropes as she lets off, and Rosa clutches the elbow. Deonna returns but Rosa RAMS into her! Deonna CLUBS Rosa, has her in a corner, and HEADBUTTS the lower back as Rampage goes to break.
Rampage returns and Deonna runs in, but into an ELBOW! And then a BOOT! Rosa goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK! The fans fire up with Rosa as she rises up! Deonna runs in, Rosa dodges to fire forearm after forearm! Deonna shoves, Rosa ENZIGIRIS! Rosa runs, to SHOTGUN BOOT! Deonna flounders to ropes, Rosa pounds the mat and the fans rally again. Rosa runs side to side to DROPKICK again! Cover, TWO!! Deonna toughs it out while Rosa shakes out her arm. Rosa drags Deonna up, but Deonna SOBATS! Deonna runs to KNEE LIFT and RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Deonna wants the Fujiwara but Rosa rolls free!
Deonna BOTOS Rosa down, covers, TWO! Rosa is still in this and the fans rally up. Deonna is frustrated but she fireman’s carries Rosa. Rosa fires elbows, waistlocks, but Deonna pries the hold open! Deonna waistlocks, Rosa victory rolls and STOMP 182! The fans rally up again and Rosa covers, TWO! Deonna stays in this but Rosa stays on her. Rosa drags Deonna to a drop zone, goes to a corner and climbs. But Deonna rises and catches the leap! FUJIWARA ARMBAR!! Rosa endures, reaches out, pushes Deonna over to get a REAR NAKED CHOKE!! Deonna is in the body scissors but she fights around!
Deonna rises, to BACKPACK SENTON! Deonna is free, the fans fire up, and Deonna brings Rosa back up. Deonna SLAPS Rosa, then reels her in! Gotch Hold, but Rosa jackknife bridges! TWO, Deonna sunset flips, TWO! Prawn hold, TWO! FUJIWARA!! Rosa rolls it to a cradle, ROSA WINS!!
Winner: Thunder Rosa, by pinfall
Deonna thought she had the perfect formula but Rosa says she just beat her at wrestling! But then Deonna CLOBBERS Rosa at the ramp! The fans boo but Deonna drags Rosa up to RAM her into the bleachers! Rosa slumps down, but Deonna digs her boot in! Deonna SLAPS Rosa around, tells the ref to shut up, and she SLAPS Rosa more! So Rosa SLAPS back! They brawl on stage and then out to the ledge of the upper level! The fans fire up as they keep going! Security rushes in, the fans boo, but Deonna flips Rosa off! It seems nothing was settled here, will these two look to go Double or Nothing?
Backstage interview with The Undisputed Kingdom.
Arkady Aura is with Roderick Strong, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett as she notes Will Ospreay is the NEW #1 Contender to the AEW International Championship. Taven says hold on, before we get started here, “Not Lexy,” as three guys who care deeply about neck health, and as two guys who nursed someone from the brink of paralysis (aka Roddy), The Kingdom wishes a very speedy recovery to “the world’s greatest boss. TK, stay strong, buddy.” Roddy then shouts that “WILL… Ospreay. Congratulations, you did it! You have signed, sealed and delivered the downfall, demise and destruction of The Aerial Assassin at Double or Nothing.”
Roddy says the world can sing Ospreay’s praises, but none of that matters when you step in the ring with Roddy. Just like all the ones before, Roddy will dismantle Ospreay, he will BREAK Ospreay, and he will make Ospreay fall in front of The Savior of the Backbreaker. Roddy’s confidence is strong, but will Roddy be the one feeling the End of Heartache after taking on the #BillyGOAT?
“Big Bill” Morrissey VS Trevor Blackwell!
The human skyscraper says he wants to sit under the Learning Tree, but Chris Jericho’s gonna need a bigger tree if he’s to give guidance to Big Bill. Will Bill prove he is worthy of The Wizard’s sage advice?
The moment Bill is in the ring, he SPLASHES Trevor right in the corner! The bell rings, Bill runs to BOOT Trevor down! Trevor flounders around, Bill runs corner to corner and SPLASHES again! Trevor flops around, Bill wants Jericho to watch this. Bill said he’d show Jericho he is worthy, and we do see Jericho watching backstage, holding the FTW Championship on his shoulder and oddly still wearing a #LionHook shirt… Jericho nods as Bill CLUBS Trevor on the back! Bill then tells Jericho to watch him! Scoop and BIG BOSS SLAM!! Cover, but Bill lets off! Bill wags his finger, he wants Jericho to see more.
Bill brings Trevor up, reels him in, and short arm LARIATS! Cover, but again Bill lets off! Bill is having too much fun at poor Trevor’s expect. Bill says Jericho’s gonna wanna teach him. Bill hoists Trevor up for the SKYSCRAPER CHOKE SLAM!! One foot cover, a very Jericho move, and Bill wins!
Winner: “Big Bill” Morrissey, by pinfall
Trev might want to change his last name to Well-done, because he got roasted. Bill wants Jericho’s guidance, does he even need it when he can do all this?
BREAKING NEWS for Rampage!
Rampage won’t be following up Collision next week but it also won’t be back on Friday just yet. For AEW’s return to Canada, Rampage is going to be BACK TO BACK with Dynamite! Get ready for a truly All Elite Wednesday!
Katsuyori Shibata & Daniel Garcia VS Shane Taylor Promotions!
The Wrestler said during Collision earlier tonight that he was going to take on Shane Taylor Promotions by himself if he had to, but then the Dragonslayer offered his help. Now they’re both going to take on #TAIGASTYLE and Big Bad Shaney T. himself! Garcia wears basic trunks and boots to match Shibata, will The Wrestlers win out? Or will STP rumble, bad man, rumble?
The moment all four men are in the ring, Shibata CLOBBERS Lee Moriarty and then he and Garcia both go after Shane! The fans fire up as they stomp and kick Shane right out of the ring! Then they go out to keep after him! Shibata whips and BOOTS Shane into railing! Garcia fires off on Lee, then Shibata adds an UPPERCUT! Shibata whips and BOOTS Lee against railing! Garcia stomps Shane, Shibata snap suplexes Lee to the floor! Shibata leaves them behind to go into the ring and sit cross-legged! Garcia sits with him! The fans fire up and the two go out again. The brawling continues but Shane throws heavy hands!
Lee ROCKS Garcia, Shane puts Shibata in, and Shane storms in after Shibata. Lee sends Garcia into railing, but Shibata fires hands on Shane! Shibata KICKS and KICKS, but Shane blocks the boot! Shane JABS Shibata and Shibata falls back! Shane talks trash, the fans boo, but Shane drags Shibata up. Shane HEADBUTTS Shibata, tags Lee, and they mug Shibata. Lee stomps a mudhole in, lets off as the ref counts, but he sneaks mule kicks on Shibata the whole time! Shibata trips Lee, stomps him, but Lee gets up to RAM into Shibata! Lee brings Shibata around, suplexes, but Shibata slips free to waistlock!
Lee elbows free, kicks, but Shibata blocks! Lee KNEES Shibata but Garcia tags in! Shibata BOOTS Lee, Garcia LARIATS! Garcia DROPKICKS Shane, gets around Lee, TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! And then another TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Garcia brings Lee up again but Lee suplexes! Garcia slips free, spins Lee and kicks low, to then TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! The trifecta is complete and the fans fire up! Garcia storms up on Lee, brings him up, and UPPERCUTS! The fans rally for Garcia, he CHOPS Lee to ropes. And CHOPS Lee against ropes! Garcia runs, but Shane trips him! Lee distracts the ref so Shane can DRAPING DDT to the floor!
Shibata protests but Lee mocks him by sitting cross-legged. The ring count climbs, Garcia drags himself up at 3 of 10, slides in at 5, but Lee stomps Garcia at the ropes! Lee drags Garcia up, bumps him off buckles, then tags Shane. Shane pushes Garcia against the buckles, to then CHOP! Garcia seethes and he fires forearm son Shane! The fans fire up, Garcia throws more shots, then leaps, but into Shane’s arms! Shane RAMS Garcia into a corner, then CHOPS! Shane runs up, but Garcia BOOTS! Garcia spins, but Shane ROCKS him first! And URENAGES! And then SPLASHES down! Cover, TWO!
Shane seethes but he keeps Garcia from Shibata, and Rampage goes picture in picture.
Shane mocks Garcia’s dance, drags him up, but Garcia CHOPS! Garcia staggers, but Shane fires body shots in the corner! Shane ROCKS Garcia, tags Lee, and STP mugs Garcia. Garcia flounders to ropes, Lee CHOKES him! The ref counts, Lee steps away, and he stomps Garcia around. Lee wraps an arm around the ropes, then fishhooks Garcia! The ref counts, Lee lets off, and Garcia feeds off the energy of the fans. Lee brings Garcia up but Garcia fires forearm sand CHOPS! Lee gets around, and GERMAN SUPLEXES! Cover, TWO! Garcia stays in this but Lee stays on him with a wrench. Tag to Shane, and Lee hooks Garcia up in a COBRA TWIST, just so Shane can KNEE Garcia down!
Shane has Garcia on ropes, ROCKS him with a forearm, then scoops him for SNAKE EYES! Garcia slumps down in the corner, Shane drags him back up, and TOSSES him out! Shane goes out to then put Garcia against railing. Shane ROCKS Garcia, talks trash on fans, then brings Garcia around to scoop and SLAM him to the floor! Shane talks more trash on the fans, Lee has him cool off, and Shane brings Garcia up again. Shane puts Garcia in, tags Lee, and then Lee clamps on with a top wristlock and stretches Garcia out! Garcia endures, turns to fight the pressure, but Lee CLUBS him down. Lee drags Garcia up, tags Shane, and Shane scoop SLAMS!
Shane runs to SPLASH Garcia again! Rampage returns to single picture, Shane drags Garcia to a drop zone, and he goes up a corner. The fans boo but Shane blows them a kiss. FALLING SPLASH FLOPS as Garcia moves! T he fans fire up, but Lee KICKS him down! Lee hurries back and tags in, then he drags Garcia up. Lee wrenches, wristlocks, but Garcia endures. Lee SNAPS the fingers! The fans boo Lee being so villainous, but he drags Garcia up. Lee bumps Garcia off buckles, Shane holds Garcia up, but Garcia fights free with boots and haymakers and elbows! The fans fire up, Garcia sends Lee into Shane!
Lee hurries to waistlock but Garcia switches, SAIDO! The fans are thunderous as Lee and Garcia crawl! Hot tags to Shane and Shibata! Shibata BOOTS Shane! Shane roars, Shibata runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges and BOOTS! Shibata whips to BOOT Shane in the corner! Shibata fires forearms, the ref counts, but Lee runs up. Shibata DECKS him! Garcia RAMS Lee into a corner, climbs up, and while Shibata fires forearms on Shane, Garcia rains down fists! Garcia goes all the way to nine, then DOES HIS DANCE! Shibata and Garcia coordinate, DOUBLE HYDRAULIC DROPKICKS! The fans fire up and Garcia stands Shane up. Shibata runs in to BOOT!
Shibata CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS Shane, then CHOPS, CHOPS and JABS! Garcia does his dance while Shibata JABS and CHOPS to the rhythm! The fans are loving this, as now Garcia runs in to KNEE Shane! Shibata & Garcia get Shane up, to DOUBLE SUPLEX!! Cover, ONE?!? Shane has power to spare, but Garcia BOOTS him! Shibata BOOTS him! They go again, but this time Shane DOUBLE SUPLEXES them!! The fans boo but Shane tags in Lee. Lee runs up to clothesline Shibata, and JAB! And CHOP! JAB! CHOP! JAB! CHOP! Shibata just scowls at Lee! Lee says okay, and he fires more JABS and CHOPS!
Shibata steps into the shots, so Lee eggs him on! Shibata ROCKS Lee! Shane runs up, HEADBUTTS, then Lee HALF HATCH SLAMS! Cover, TWO!! Shibata toughs it out and STP grows frustrated. Lee drags Shibata up, kicks then waistlocks, but Shibata fights the lift! Shane storms in, helps Lee put on the full nelson, and Shane promises to knock Shibata out! But Shibata BOOTS Shane first! Garcia jumps on for a SLEEPER! Shibata switches on Lee for a SLEEPER!! The fans fire up as STP start fading out! Shane fires up to RAM Garcia into buckles! But Shibata BOOTS him! And Garcia SAIDOS!! Shibata PENALTY KICKS Lee!! Cover, The Wrestlers win!
Winners: Katsuyori Shibata & Daniel Garcia, by pinfall
Shibata helps Garcia stand up, and Garcia is proud to have won alongside one of his heroes! And with the fans cheering him on, Garcia sets up… to DO HIS DANCE! Will this momentum help Shibata avenge Hook and take that FTW Championship off of Chris Jericho? Or will The Learning Tree have some things to teach Shibata?
My Thoughts:
A great Rampage here, though I was oddly more excited when I thought it was just Deonna VS Rosa and the Parking Lot Brawl. But even so, at least Bill squashing a dude was used in story. He was showing off, he’ll surely have Jericho’s blessing if he helps defeat Shibata on Dynamite, but a part of me almost wants this to be all a trap. Bill was teammates with Ricky Starks in a feud against Jericho, and if Jericho is being obliviously arrogant then maybe Bill is using that against Jericho, too. But either way, let’s just hope this story helps Bill get going rather than slow him down like the #JerichoVortex has always done.
The Parking Lot Brawl was moving maybe a bit fast for me, especially with how there were some obvious spots already set up when they arrived, such as the drywall draped across the truck bed. But they surely got bloody, and in the end, Trent won out because he was willing to sink to the lowest low. And then they’ve written Chuck off again with that monkey wrench to the shin, so Cassidy VS Trent is definitely a Double or Nothing match. And something is just telling me that if Kris is gonna turn out to be the villain in the Willow Nightingale story, she’s probably gonna screw Cassidy over to help Trent, too.
Really good match from Deonna VS Rosa, and with Rosa getting a quick pin then that brawl, we’re clearly getting more out of them. Good promo from Kyle O’Reilly to hype AEW’s newest Canada tour, and good promo from The Kingdom to tie in their old Neck Health Awareness gag to the Tony Khan piledriver angle. Roddy calling out Ospreay, I would definitely think Ospreay wins the title at Double or Nothing. And really good tag main event from Shibata & Garcia VS Shane Taylor Promotions. STP keeps getting great showings even in losing, but Lee took the loss here to keep Shane himself strong. Great win for Shibata but this just adds to the go-home math where Jericho retains the FTW Championship on Dynamite.
My Score: 8.7/10
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