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Andrew’s Impact Wrestling Results & Match Ratings: 9.29.2020

With Victory Road as a Saturday ImpactPlus special, we got ourselves a Go Home show!

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4 years ago

September 29, 2020

Andrew Balaz

With Victory Road as a Saturday ImpactPlus special, we got ourselves a Go Home show!

Since it feels like Victory Road wasn’t really discussed, prior to last week, I really wonder how they’re going to fill out the show and make it compelling. It’s hard to buy into any big title changes happening when Bound for Glory is Impact’s WrestleMania.

But Impact Wrestling has been pretty smart the last year or so; so I’m cautiously optimistic.

Let’s get to the show!

"If you guys wrestled half as good as you told stories, one day you might be champions too."

There's no love lost between The Good Brothers and The Motor City Machine Guns. #IMPACTonAXSTV @MachineGunKA @The_BigLG @fakekinkade @SuperChrisSabin pic.twitter.com/TqJYc8n5yd

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) September 30, 2020

Ratings:

Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary vs Havok & Nevaeh: Taya wins via Road to Valhalla – ** ¾
Tenille Dashwood W/Kaleb with a K vs Jordynne Grace: Grace wins via Rear Naked Choke – ** ¼
The Rascalz (Dez & Wentz) vs The Good Brothers: Good Brothers win via Magic Killer – ***
Battle for Bravo’s Best Man: Johnny Swinger vs Fallah Bahh: Fallah wins via Bahhnzai Drop – N/A
The North vs Ace Austin & Madman Fulton: North win via Northern Assault – *** ½

Results:

Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary vs Havok & Nevaeh

Nevaeh and Taya start, and it’s playfully cheeky. Taya takes a small advantage off the Arm Drag and convinces Nevaeh to agree to dual tags for the women with the bigger issues. When Havok and Rosemary lock horns, the Demon Assassin actually gets a bit of an advantage. Rosemary moves her to her corner, both she and Taya hit some tandem moves, before Taya goes to work solo.

Havok blocks a Taya Irish Whip and starts out powering her. This gives Havok’s team the shot for tandem work, and Nevaeh gets some more time to shine against the longest reigning Knockouts Champion. Nevaeh has her way with Taya, cuts off the ring and brings Havok back in. Taya tries to take on the situation alone before she realizes the numbers are catching up with her. She crawls through Havok’s legs and tags in her Demon.

Rosemary takes the hot tag and cleans house. Knocks down Nevaeh, chokes Havok with the Upside Down, tags in Valkyrie, Double Spear on Havok…but Havok rolls for the tag while Rosemary and Taya gloat. Nevaeh takes out Rosemary, Taya hits the Road to Valhalla on Nevaeh and they are victorious!

Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz hit the ring after and wipe out Rosemary and Taya. Havok and Nevaeh make the save though. So that’s an unexpected dynamic, except for the beef that Steelz and Hogan had with Nevaeh and Havok a few months ago.

Chanko for Choshu sounds like it should be a Ska Band or like Japanese Punk Rock. Now…now I want to make that happen…

Deonna Purrazzo looks great in her backstage interview, as Gia tells her that Victory Road will have a Knockouts Title match. Susie versus Deonna. This could be an interesting point in Susie’s story with the suppressing Su Yung aspect.

Tenille Dashwood W/Kaleb with a K vs Jordynne Grace

Kaleb is doing some really good work with this snobby photographer/manager role. These two are actually a pretty solid pairing since it’s helping to bring out personality in both of them.

Jordynne starts off quick, just smothering and getting on top of Tenille. Suplexes, Sentons and power moves really allow Jordynne to take a fast advantage. Tenille finally manages to use her height and legs to an advantage to comeback right before the commercial.

After the commercial, Tenille stays in charge, and gets in some solid moves and a lot of character work. She knocks down Jordynne repeatedly as she poses and makes cute references to maybe she shouldn’t chop her. Things start going the same way the last match did, Kaleb interfering, the Taste of Tenille in the Tree of Woe; but Jordynne dodges the Spotlight Kick.

Tenille gets away from the Grace driver, tries the O’Connor Roll, but Jordynne sinks in the Rear Naked Choke and Tenille taps out. We’ll probably see a rubber match, either at Victory Road or on a future IMPACT. But this is a solid story for a number one contender after the Kylie challenge is finished.

Rich Swann gets a solid montage showing him working out, the stitched up angle, and a doctor saying his prognosis was wrong. Rich should be fine.

IMPACTPlus Flashback Moment: Madison Rayne vs Gail Kim, TNA Knockouts Championship, Victory Road March 18, 2012

Reno Scum and @SuperMexCTM just jumped @HEATHXXII and @Rhyno313 to reclaim the cash. #IMPACTonAXSTV @Thornstowe_Scum @legendbaby81 pic.twitter.com/g2IwPLlO0y

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) September 30, 2020

The Rascalz (Dez & Wentz) vs The Good Brothers

Karl and Dez start off, with Karl eventually eating a kick and being on the receiving end of some quicker offense. Karl tags out to LG and that’s the early story here. Gallows lays into the smaller team, but whenever Karl comes back in, The Rascalz find a little daylight.

After the second tag out, Karl finally keeps the pressure up and doesn’t fall victim to any Rascalz chicanery. LG comes back in and starts hammering down Elbows and Gallows grinds on a few chokes. Dez catches Gallows with a Back Elbow and Wheelbarrow Bulldog, for both men to make the tag, but Wentz comes in hot. Fast paced action as Wentz has all of the momentum, he tags Dez in, which seems kind of fast, and that may be a mistake.

A tandem Footstomp looks good, but Hot Fire Flame is countered by Karl’s knees, Wentz is dumped out, Dez tries a dive on Gallows, Gallows catches him and chicks Dez into Wentz. Then throws him back in, Anderson Spinebuster, Magic Killer, we get in a win for the Good Brothers.

Good Bros cut a promo claiming to have The Machine Guns in their sights, and challenge them at Bound For Glory. So…that’s a huge match if it happens.

Brian Myers and Tommy Dreamer have a hallway showdown set to old Western showdown music. Myers tries to be big, Tommy blocks the swing, chokes him against the wall and Myers punks out immediately. Dreamer says Victory Road, and this is solid. Myers feigning being professional while acting like a complete entitle bitch is a great gimmick.

The Tenille/Jordynne rubber match is official for Victory Road, thanks to Kaleb…with a K.

Battle for Bravo’s Best Man: Johnny Swinger vs Fallah Bahh

Fallah goes full E. Honda on Swinger in the corner. A few great comedy bumps by Swinger, but Swinger causes a distraction, hits Fallah with Crazzy Steve’s monkey to get the pinfall! But Bravo berates the referee, tells him to restart it since there was cheating. So Fallah runs over Swinger and Bahhnzai Drop. Fallah is the Best Panda Man.

Rohit and TJP with a promo for a Beat Rohit challenge. TJP is a little stereotypical, borderline sexist…but there’s still some comedy in his delivery. It won’t be received well since TJP isn’t very likable via Twitter, but it was a decent attempt in my opinion.

Eddie Edwards comes to the ring, says he knows it was Eric Young. Sami Callihan shows up, Eddie then decides to blame him, but Sami says he’s a good guy and knows who did it. Lights go down and a crazed,jacked, jorts wearing Ken Shamrock is behind Eddie and hits a solid Front High Kick, pounds on Eddie a little and then Ankle Lock. Callihan is on the outside looking like the evil super villain with his perfect weapon. Only thing said was Shamrock screamed “Get out of my way” before beating the hell out of Eddie. I’m interested, not gonna lie.

.@IamKylieRae is so excited for @realsuyung to get a shot at @DeonnaPurrazzo THIS SATURDAY at Victory Road! #IMPACTonAXSTV pic.twitter.com/17jllvDWn9

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) September 30, 2020

The North vs Ace Austin & Madman Fulton

This match had a great dynamic throughout. Early on Ace literally relaxed on the apron as Fulton manhandled both members of The North. After Fulton did some damage, Ace decided to just pick and choose his spots to come in. Quick strike offense that utilized a lot of kicks and knee lifts, as there are a few tag exchanges, before The North finally put the brakes on the assault.

The North cut off Ace and started showing why they are so good. Ace went for his Triangle Kick, but Page grabbed him and Alexander was able to start tossing around Ace. Ethan came in and goaded Fulton numerous times to force the referee to hold back Fulton, so The North can get in more tandem offense. Great tag work from both teams, and then it breaks down a little to Fulton get pissed and asserting himself to bail out Ace.

Fulton looks like a monster as he gets knocked out, but slowly rises up the apron. This forces Ethan to throw Josh at his legs, similar to how Josh does the Low Crossbody. Ace catches Ethan with a few kicks, looks to set up a Guillotine Leg Drop, but Josh shoves Ethan out of the way, then they have a great strike combo, treated Ace’s face like a pinball. The half unconscious body of Ace falls onto Josh’s shoulders and they hit the Northern Assault, for an emphatic victory.

Overall Score: 7/10

This was a solid episode, it did however, feel a little slapdash with the fairly quick insertion of Victory Road and this stop gap show before Bound for Glory. The matches all make sense and came together logically, but I can’t help to feel a little underwhelmed.

By that I mean, most of us didn’t expect Eddie to beat EY anyway, now there’s a big obvious asterisk with what Shamrock did to him. Susie facing Deonna feels more like an avenue to continue the re-emergence of Su Yung, as opposed to a real challenger. Tenille and Jordynne, though a solid storyline away from the title, still feels like an extra step because there’s a show with a name on it.

Don’t get me wrong, none of the matches sound bad, and building storyline within another show is wonderful, but this episode just hit me a little oddly. Pretty good action and vignettes, just I don’t really know. Can’t quite put my finger on why it’s left me more scratching my head than ecstatic for Victory Road.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 5.2.2024

Under Siege is tomorrow! Yeah the card looks pretty awful, but maybe this Go Home will spice things up!

Published

43 mins ago

May 2, 2024

Andrew Balaz

Not gonna mislead anyone here, Under Siege looks nearly as bad as a Steven Segal film by the same name. Lots of useless tag matches, only really the X Division title to care about. It reminds me of a “Road to” show that New Japan does. Bunch of worthless matches with a few story wrinkles but entirely skippable.

Hopefully something crazy happens or the show is good enough to cover the bad card. But let’s hope something happens tonight to maybe create some reason to watch.

.@TheSamiCallihan debuts the first episode of #DMTV! #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/OWrTeBtRZ6

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 3, 2024

Ratings:

Mustafa Ali vs Chris Bey w/Ace Austin: Ali wins via 450 – **
Dani Luna w/Jody Threat vs Alisha Edwards w/Masha Slamovich: Lish wins via Russian Death Device – ** 1/4
Hammerstone vs Cody Deaner: Hammerstone wins via Torture Rack – *
#1 Contender Match: Ace Austin w/Chris Bey vs Trey Miguel w/Zachary Wentz: Ace wins via The Fold – ***
TNA Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs Miyu Yamashita: Grace retains via Juggernaut Driver – *** 1/2

Results:

Mustafa Ali vs Chris Bey w/Ace Austin

Ali with a simple Headlock takeover, Bey fights back up and tries to create something with a rope run; but Ali gets the best of things with a Back Elbow. Ali gets cocky as Bey retreats to the corner, Bey turns things around quickly, lands the 10 Count Punches in the corner, Ali tries to fight back but Bey snaps off a quick DDT for a near fall. As Bey goes to continue the offense, Ali Drop Toe Holds Bey into the ropes neck first. Ali again, demonstrating some of the worst in-ring trash talk, Bey turns things around since Ali is running his mouth too much. Ali gets set in the Tree of Woe, Bey goes across to another corner and does a Coast to Coast Elbow Drop as Ali tries to sit up. Honestly, stupid looking since its obviously too coordinated. No one would stay half sat up just to eat an elbow.

While the move looked cool, I now care significantly less about what’s going on. Illogical spots just because “they’re cool”, should not be rewarded. Bey controls the match after the stupid spot, hits his Corner Uppercut Hip Attack, Ali tries to duck a few moves and create something but eats a Spinebuster for 2. Art of Finesse attempt, but Ali shoves him to the outside. Working back inside Ali goes for his Rolling Neckbreaker but Bey connects with a Roundhouse Kick to stop Ali in his tracks. Fighting Spirit spot, they run into the ropes, Ali has a bad Double Leg takedown that he tries to turn into a Cradle with feet on the ropes, but Ace pushes the feet off.

As security starts to move on Ace, Ali hits a Suicida, then Bey connects on a Tope con Hilo. Bey starts rocking Ali, hits the Kudome Valentine but Ali manages to pull himself under the bottom rope just enough to avoid losing. Bey climbs the corner, Ali German Suplexes Bey to the apron, Ali goes for the 450, misses, Bey goes to finish the match but the security get involved again, hit Bey with the flag and then Ali lands the 450 for the win.

I liked when the Security Guards were window dressing instead of mooks to cheat with. This just makes the matches dumber and significantly less interesting, especially when its nameless mooks and its not even a talent getting heat.

Dani Luna w/Jody Threat vs Alisha Edwards w/Masha Slamovich

Dani starts strong and fast, forearm shots, lariats and a quick near fall sends Alisha retreating to the ropes to get some advice from Masha. Dani goes to attack Lish, Lish with a Drop Toe Hold, Masha takes advantage of the distracted ref and Lish hits a Satellite DDT and then taunts entirely too much. As Lish talks too much, Dani stands up and starts beating the hell out of Lish, Suplex into the rope assisted Blue Thunder Bomb. Dani goes for the Luna Landing, but Masha climbs on the apron, distraction happens, then Lish goes after Jody and the ref stays distracted with Lish. Masha slides into the ring, Roundhouse Kick into the Russian Death Device and Lish turns around for the win!

Sami’s little segment is aptly named DMTv since it feels like a weird hallucination or trip with the way he does stuff.

Hammerstone vs Cody Deaner

Am I supposed to care about this? Hammerstone looks like he’s chiseled out of granite and Deaner looks like he’s fished out of a trailer park. Hammerstone says a lot of how I feel that the Deaner schtick is pathetic. Deaner says he’s given the power to add a stipulation, Hammer says Arm Wrestling Match, Deaner wants a Sin City Street Fight. So we know what the crowd will pick. Christ this is so carny even Court Bauer blushed.

Deaner bonks Hammer with the mic, low dropkick, goes to grab a trash can lid and hits Hammer…but it just pisses off Captain Hammer. Stomps a mudhole in him, Irish Whip into a Back Elbow and Hammer deposits him to the outside to utilize the gimmick I would assume. This is going on much longer than it should, Deaner finds a chair, clocks Hammer once, goes for Twice, but this isn’t Kpop; so Hammer says no and hits him with a Backbreaker. Then Hammer hits him with a chairshot, 10 Count Punches in the corner, Sack of Shit, Deaner goes for the Ricky Morton lean against the ropes and sell to the crowd spot, but Hammer leans into him and starts using the chair again.

Deaner does his nerd Hulk Up, tries to call for a Body Slam but Hammer doesn’t move and drops the dweeb down. Deaner is back to the begging the crowd Ricky Morton spot…but the crowd doesn’t care since Deaner is a jabroni. Hammer tosses Deaner like a pizza ribs first into the back of the chair and just takes a few moments to revel in his handwork. Deaner fights back, lands a few right hands, tries to call for the Body Slam again like an idiot, gets Hammer half way and falls over so Hammer just rains down punches (can we end this waste of time please). Hellavator, I mean Nightmare Pendulum but Deaner floats over and lands the Scoop Slam onto the steel chair for only 2.

The crowd starts chanting for table, so of course Deaner obliges…this is going on so damn long. Hammer no sells the forearm, Vertical Suplex, goozle, and then Hammer Chokeslams Deaner through the table and calls to for the Torture Rack. Deaner is Rack’d and dead. ‘Bout damn time.

Like a Torpedo, Something is there…

Trent The Seventh and Ball Of Speed, alongside Broken Matt Hardy, are geared up to render The System obsolete tomorrow night at #TNAUnderSiege! pic.twitter.com/laEOlXayIc

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 3, 2024

I’m mad at myself that I popped for Ball of Speed. I’m not even sure why, but I like it.

"Can you please get fired?"

.@joehendry's live apology transformed into a new hit about @AJFrancis410! The "apology" song took things HIGHER than ever! #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/6P7pDFbK3p

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 3, 2024

If I’ve said it once I’ve said it at least 3 dozen times, Joe Hendry is a treasure. Starting with a medley of the insult songs to lead into the Creed parody is genius. Odd apology, but I respect it. “Can you please get fired…”, such a great song.

#1 Contender Match: Ace Austin w/Chris Bey vs Trey Miguel w/Zachary Wentz

Typical Junior style start with counters and some chain wrestling and then a quick tension spot where Trey slaps Ace and then they fire off on each other for a few seconds before they get broken up because its just a shmoz. Trey baits Ace to the outside, Up and Over but Ace lands on the apron and then Wentz picks the ankle as Trey feigns injury to distract the referee. Back Rake back into the ring and just insulting Knife Edge Chops at a deliberate pace. Commercial break happens and Trey is still in charge. Ace shoots the Double and turns it into a Jacknife Cradle for 2 but Ace is still visibly hobbled.

Trey tries to keep Ace grounded but he tries to fire up and Trey finds different ways to keep Ace grounded including a Running Bodyscissors into Full Mount. Kick combination rush from Trey as he goes for the Asai Moonsault to punctuate it but Ace gets the knees up. Short range Knee Strike, Click Click Boom, Corner Splash Seated Lariat spot into a Triangle Kick for 2! Ace looks to set up The Fold, Wentz distracts, Trey grabs tights! But Ace kicks out! Trey with the Backflip Back of the Head Dropkick. Bey levels Wentz and Trey is talking shit to the fans, Ace goes for the Crucifix Pin, but kicks out at 2.

Jackie Bryant Headlock Kick from Trey, but Ace blocks it. Triangle Kick misses, Ace tries to jump on him but misses, Cheeky Nandos, then Trey heads up but Ace cuts him off. They struggle on the top rope, Trey Bell Claps Ace, Ace tries to duck but Trey turns it into the Sunset Flip, locomotion float away, Ace Face Stomp into The Fold! Ace wins!

.@TheEricYoung and @Walking_Weapon make their intentions clear: they're walking into #TNAUnderSiege ready to take down @SteveMaclin and @FrankieKazarian! #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/idI78rvsYJ

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 3, 2024

The Bald Bearded Canadians, good ole team BBC…wait…

TNA Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs Miyu Yamashita

They start off respectfully, which is what you expect since Miyu is well respected in this generation. A few Headlock Takeovers, Shoulder Blocks and finally Miyu drops Jordynne with a Switchblade Kick. Miyu goes to follow up, but Jordynne catches the kick and T-Bone Suplex gives Jordynne a near fall. Juggernaut Driver early, but Miyu counters, rams Jordynne into the corner, Triangle Kick from Miyu for 2! Cravat into Knee Strikes and then a PK to the spine keeps Miyu in control. Miyu lets Jordynne up and they trade strikes a bit, Jordynne’s arms prove to be a little stronger than Miyu’s legs, takes out the legs and then the Jackhammer on the floor from Jordynne!

Jordynne tries to roll Miyu back in, but Miyu continues to roll out to buy some space, Jordynne goes for a dive and eats a foot. Miyu looks for an Apron Death Valley Driver, Jordynne fights it a while but Miyu eventually gets her over and down on the apron for 2. Miyu with a Headlock Takeover, but both ties the other one up and the ropes save the awkward but effective exchange. Strike exchange number 2. Miyu no sells a few Scoop Slams and lands Round Kicks. Spinning Backfist and Round Kick connect simultaneously for both women to drop.

Jordynne charges, Pink Striker tries to block with the front kick, but Jordynne plows through with a Back Elbow. Kinniku Buster attempt but Miyu knows how to get away from that and fights off with Knee Strikes, Jordynne is rocked but fights back up and Avalanche Back Body Drop for 2! Jordynne no sells a Roundhouse Kick, Miyu no sells a Lariat then another kick from Miyu and a Back Kick to the face for 2. Skull Kick attempt, blocked, Juggernaut Driver out of nowhere to retain!

Overall Score: 6.25/10

The second half of the show was pretty damn good, but God was the first half useless. Hammerstone and Deaner went on far too long, that was dumb, it looked dumb, I felt dumb watching it. Ali’s match was garbage with the stupid spot monkey indie garbage spot. If I want to watch wrestling that makes less sense than Chinese Dramas with Hindi subtitles, I’ll watch AEW and have a stroke.

Thankfully, Joe Hendry got a good chunk of time, the Trey and Ace match was pretty good and overlooking the stupid run in after match stuff, the Knockouts match itself was pretty damn good. So the new bookers have really consistently done this stuff, where there’s a ton of overbooked stupidity, but they sprinkle in enough okay stuff to make me not completely lose faith. OH – and we do get Kushida versus Gresham tomorrow, so at least that strengthens the lackluster card.

Lets see if they ever figure out how to really book, or if they eventually go full TNA 2015.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (5/2/24)

The Queen is chasing the crown!

Published

4 hours ago

May 2, 2024

Steven Mitchell

Will the One and Only become the #1 contender?

Queen Aminata wants after Athena and the ROH Women’s World Championship, but she will still earn her way to a shot, starting with a match tonight!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

ROH World Tag Team Championships Proving Grounds: The Undisputed Kingdom VS The Qrown; wins and
Queen Aminata VS Robyn Renegade; wins.
Aaron Solo VS Jon Cruz; wins.
Nyla Rose VS ???
Toa Liona w/ The Mogul Embassy VS ???
Six Man Tag: The Dark Order VS ???
The Infantry VS The Outrunners; win(s).