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Mitchell’s NJPW WTL x BOSJ Results & Report! (11/30/20)
WTL 2020 is entering round 7!
Who gets lucky in World Tag League’s seventh round?
Round 7 has put the spotlight on last year’s World Tag League winners and the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions! Who wins this tournament’s most pivotal match-up?
NOTE: NJPW no longer wants to feed AXS TV now that it is with Anthem and Impact Wrestling. But never fear, I will cover NJPW in the spirit of AXS in providing the most important matches of the show.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- World Tag League 2020: The Empire VS EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi; The Empire wins.
- World Tag League 2020: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI VS Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens; Goto & Hashi win.
- World Tag League 2020: HenarACE VS Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii; Yano & Ishii win.
- World Tag League 2020: SANADA & Shingo Takagi VS Guerrillas of Destiny; Guerrillas of Destiny win.
- World Tag League 2020: FinJuice VS Dangerous Tekkers; FinJuice wins.
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Here are the current World Tag League standings!
Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii: 4-2
The Dangerous Tekkers: 4-2
SANADA & Shingo Takagi: 4-2
FinJuice: 3-3
Guerrillas of Destiny: 3-3
The Empire: 3-3
EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi: 3-3
YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto: 3-3
Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens: 2-4
HenarACE: 1-5 [ELIMINATED]
The Empire VS EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi w/ Dick Togo!
Two teams on the bubble are battling to stay alive! Will the Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb conquer the King of Darkness and the Tokyo Pimp to continue towards the top? Or will they be the next to find that Everything is Evil?
The Empire doesn’t budge as Evil and Yujiro get in the ring. Bullet Club gives a Low Sweet, and the Empire Strikes! Khan throws Evil out while Cobb throws Yujiro. The bell rings to get this on record as Khan kicks Evil and Cobb goes after Yujiro on the outside. Khan rakes Evil’s eyes then glares at Dick. Cobb sends Yujiro tumbling around the corner while Khan POSTS Evil! Cobb clubs Yujiro, stalks him to railing, and CHOPS him! Khan goes to the ring and Cobb puts Yujiro in. Khan pulls on Yujiro’s ear then brings him up to CLUB the ear! Fans cheer as Khan drags Yujiro up to gut wrench and SLAM him down! Cover, TWO! Fans rally and Khan drags Yujiro up to waistlock. Khan carries Yujiro to the corner, CLUBS Yujiro on the back, then sits on his head!
Fans cheer as Khan dares Evil to do something, then he pulls on Yujiro’s arms. The ref counts, Khan hops down at 3 and taunts Evil more. Tag to Cobb, Cobb drags Yujiro up and scoops him for standing knees to the ribs, and a backbreaker! Cobb tosses Yujiro aside while staring Evil down. Fans rally as Cobb stalks Yujiro. Cobb brings Yujiro up, throws forearms, then puts him in the corner. The Empire mugs Yujiro but the ref reprimands Khan for holding Yujiro. Khan tags in and the mugging continues. Khan stalks Yujiro as he staggers about, then brings him up and in for a judo throw! Arm triangle!
Yujiro flails and kicks, and he gets the ropebreak! Khan leans all his weight on Yujiro before letting go. Fans rally, Khan puts Yujiro in the corner and tags Cobb in. Cobb headbutts Yujiro on the back, puts him in a corner and rams in! And again! And again! The ref reprimands but Cobb lets off and brings Yujiro over. Tag to Khan and he clubs Yujiro on the back. Cobb adds a headbutt before leaving. Khan dares Evil to do something and fans rally up. Khan digs Yujiro’s face into his boot, but Yujiro powers up! Khan knees low again and again but Yujiro throws forearms. Khan puts his hands back to egg Yujiro on, then Mongolian CHOPS him back! Khan runs but into a flapjack hotshot!
Yujiro distracts the ref while Khan flops out of the ring, and Evil JAMS a chair into Khan! And then, the chair HOME RUN! Evil gets away with that but Cobb comes around to back Evil off. Dick hits Cobb but Cobb doesn’t even budge. But then Evil JAMS Cobb with the chair and RAMS him into railing! The ref can’t keep up with it all and Evil puts Khan in the ring. Yujiro drags Khan up to snapmare and drop a leg, an elbow and a headbutt. Cover, TWO! Fans rally as Yujiro drags Khan up. Yujiro whips Khan to the corner, and surprise! Evil pulls the buckle pad away! Khan gets bare steel, Evil tags in and throws him out.
Evil then brings Khan up to RAM the timekeeper’s area! Abe-san was ready this time and he got clear. Evil RAMS Khan in again! Evil rakes Khan’s eyes but lets off as the ref reprimands. Evil puts Khan back in, stands on Khan’s head, but the ref reprimands. Fans rally, Evil stops and wrenches Khan’s arm, and wrenches again. And wrenches again, to whip him into the bare buckles! Khan goes down and Yujiro tags in. Evil and Yujiro double whip Khan, Yujiro bots and Evil clotheslines! Fisherman suplex to basement boot! Cover but Cobb breaks it! Evil throws Cobb out, Yujiro goes after Khan but Khan swings on. Yujiro gets around to reverse DDT!
Yujiro runs and BOOTS Khan against ropes, then runs, only for Khan to BOOT back! Fans fire up and Khan tags in Cobb! Cobb rallies and runs Yujiro over with shoulders! Cobb carries Yujiro to a corner, rams his shoulder in again and again, then whips Yujiro out to send him back in! Cobb hits a leaping back elbow! Cobb lifts Yujiro to RUNNING BACK SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! Yujiro survives and fans rally up, but Cobb looms over him. Cobb drags Yujiro up, reels him in, but Yujiro BITES Cobb’s hand! The ref reprimands, Yujiro stops biting to block the kick and trip him up. Yujiro runs and basement boots Cobb! Cobb staggers up, Yujiro reels him in for an INCOLLE SLAM! Cover, TWO!
Dick distracts the ref and Yujiro hurries to get his pimp cane! Yujiro aims, Cobb stands, CANE SHOT! Yujiro sits Cobb up, but Khan runs in to get Yujiro with the iron claw! But Evil kicks Khan first! Khan goes after Evil with the claw but Evil holds it off! Evil blocks the kick, hands it to the ref and mule kicks! Evil distracts the ref, Dick uses the SPOILER CHOKER on Khan! Khan breaks free, side steps Evil and Mongolian CHOPS him into Dick! Yujiro runs into the iron claw and is thrown into Evil! Khan judo throws Evil and fans fire up! Khan clamps onto Yujiro, coordinates with Cobb, feed to the TOUR OF THE ISLANDS! Cover, The Empire wins!
Winners: The Empire, by pinfall; now 4-3, Evil & Yujiro are now 3-4
The Dominator and Hawaiian Hulk dominated the darkness! Will they take the entire league for the glory of Will Ospreay?
Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI VS Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens!
Chaos’ Fierce Warrior and Head Hunter are fighting to #TurnItAllAround, but they’re on the bubble, just like the Rogue General and Crown Jewel! Will Goto and Hashi be able to avoid elimination?
Goto barely gets in the ring before Bullet Club attacks! Owens stomps Goto and Fale clubs Hashi! The bell rings to get this on record as Hashi bails out. Fale drags Goto up and Bullet Club double whip Goto to a corner. Fale runs in but Goto dodges to clobber Owens! Hashi returns to CHOP Fale and Goto clotheslines! Fans fire up as Chaos double whips Owens for double shoulders. Hashi runs for the hip toss senton! Fans fire up with Chaos as Goto drags Owens back up. Chaos hammers away on Owens’ back, but Fale returns. Chaos kicks him first and hammers away. But Fale breaks out, only for Chaos to double kick and whip. Fale runs them both over! Fans cheer that showing of strength as Bullet Club brings things outside.
Owens whips Hashi to railing, Fale clubs Goto down. Owens goes back to the ring while Fale stomps Goto. Fale drags Goto up and puts him in, Owens pulls Goto’s shirt off and chokes him with it! The ref reprimands, Owens stops at 3 then brings Goto back up. Owens headlock punches Goto then tags in Fale. Bullet Club mugs Goto, but the ref reprimands. Owens lets Goto go and Fale argues with the ref but fans rally up. Fale digs his boot into Goto’s neck but lets off as the ref counts. Fale argues with the ref and Owens gets a cheap shot in. Fale drags Goto up, scoops him and slams him, then pushes him to ropes. Tag to Owens, and Bullet Club gives Goto that “massage” they talked about last round.
Hashi protests but the ref keeps him in, then reprimands Bullet Club for standing on Goto. Fale steps away and Owens drops elbow after elbow on Goto’s back. Owens tags Fale in, stomps Goto, then Fale stomps Goto. Fale steps on Goto then drops an elbow, only to miss! Fans rally up for Goto as he and Fale crawl. Hot tag to Hashi! Hashi DECKS Owens, rams Fale but Fale choke grips! Hashi breaks free to throw forearms and CHOPS! Hashi whips but Fale blocks to reverse! Fale runs in but misses in the corner! Hashi runs in to clothesline! Hashi whips Fale, Fale reverses but Hashi dropkicks a leg out! And then runs to hit HEAD HUNTER! Cover, TWO!
Fans rally up for Hashi as he watches Fale stand. Hashi aims and SUPE- No, Fale blocks the kick to fireman’s carry! Hashi slips out, waistlocks but Fale rams him into a corner! Fale rolls and crawls to tag in Owens, and Owens runs in to forearm Hashi! And then clothesline! Cover, TWO! Fans rally but Owens keeps his cool. Owens toys with Hashi, kicking and slapping him around. JEWEL TRIG- No, Hashi blocks the knee to spinning back kick! Owens staggers away, Hashi tags in Goto! Goto runs in to MURAMASA! And BULLDOG! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up and Goto drags Owens to a fireman’s carry.
Owens slips out, throws forearms but Goto forearms back. They go back and forth, faster and faster, and fans rally up with them. Goto gets the edge, fires up, but Owens ducks to fire off a strike fest! Owens runs but Goto follows, only for Owens to enziguri! Owens wrenches, hammerlocks and LARIATS! Cover, TWO!! Goto survives and Owens is furious! Owens calls for Fale, Bullet Club regroups, wristlock but Hashi SUPERKICKS Fale! Owens runs at Hashi but Hashi dodges, the BOOT hits Fale! Goto clotheslines Fale out! Owens BOOTS Hashi after all, and rolls Goto up! With tights! TWO!!
Goto fireman’s carries, Owens slips off to shove Goto into Hashi! Goto dodges Jewel Trigger, Hashi SUPERKICKS Owens! Goto fireman’s carries, SUPERKICK USHIGOROSHI! Fans fire up with Chaos as they drag Owens back up, G Y W!! Cover, Chaos wins!
Winners: Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi, by pinfall; now 4-3, Fale & Owens now 2-5
Round 7 was good luck for Goto and Hashi! They’re still alive, and now Fale and Owens are out of the running! Will Chaos really find a way to #TurnItAllAround?
HenarACE VS Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii!
Sadly, at 1-5 and with this being round 7 of 9, there is no chance for Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare to win the 2020 World Tag League. However, they can still be spoilers for the Producer and the Stone Pitbull! Will the Once in a Century Talent and the Hammerhead at least succeed in causing Chaos’ failure?
Yano gets impatient with the checks again, even as HenarACE shows off the muscles. Fans rally as Henare starts with Ishii at the bell. Ishii and Henare stare down and approach then tie up. Henare headlocks, Ishii endures the grind, throws body shots and powers out. They ram shoulders but neither backs down. Henare runs, rams Ishii again but Ishii doesn’t budge! Ishii forearms, runs, rams but Henare rebounds to ram. They ram and ram and ram, but Henare staggers. Henare reverses the whip, Ishii comes back to ram him! Henare forearms, runs, rams Ishii, Ishii rebounds and Henare finally runs him over! Henare hits Yano for good measure, then coordinates with Tanahashi.
HenarACE double whip and double shoulder Ishii, into the Double Half Crab! Yano gets in to pull hair! HenarACE hits him, trips him and puts him in the Double Half Crab! Ishii CLUBS Henare, CLUBS Tanahashi, but runs into double elbows! Tomahawk elbow comb! And flex! Fans rally up as Henare stomps Ishii at the ropes. Henare whips, Ishii reverses and Yano gets a cheap shot in! Henare doesn’t budge, and then DECKS Yano! Henare turns around, Ishii runs him over! Ishii hits Tanahashi then goes back to Henare. Yano quietly slips off a neutral corner’s buckle pad while Ishii KICKS Henare in the back. Ishii kicks and toys with Henare but Henare gets mad. Henare slaps Ishii!
Ishii doesn’t flinch. Henare throws forearms, Ishii wobbles, and Henare keeps on him! Ishii puts Henare in the corner to CHOP, forearm, CHOP, forearm, repeat! Fans cheer but the ref reprimands. Ishii tags Yano in and Yano stomps Henare. Yano brings Henare up to whip at the bare corner! Henare hits steel and falls! Tanahashi protests but the ref keeps him back. Yano stomps Henare, fans rally up, but Yano brings Henare up. Henare throws body shots and back hands! Yano rakes eyes, whips Henare again, and Henare gets more bare buckles! Yano drags Henare up to suplex but Henare blocks! Yano throws forearms, whips him to ropes but Henare comes back with a flying tackle!
Both men are down and fans rally up! Tanahashi reaches as far as he can, Henare gets up, hot tag to The Ace! Tanahashi runs to forearm Yano down! Tanahashi hits Ishii for good measure, then brings Yano up for more forearms. Tanahashi whips, Yano holds ropes but Tanahashi dropkicks a leg! And DRAGON SCREWS! Tanahashi scoops and slams Yano to a drop zone, then goes to the second rope. Somersault senton! Cover, TWO! Yano survives but fans rally up! Tanahashi waits for Yano to rise, then runs, but Yano grabs hair! Tanahashi hits back, Yano forearms back, they brawl faster and faster! Fans rally up as Tanahashi fires off strikes.
Yano reverses the whip to pull hair for a throw! Fans rally as Yano tags in Ishii! Ishii drags Tanahashi up to CHOP and CHOP and CHOP him to a corner! Ishii CHOPS more and more and more, but Tanahashi turns it around to CHOP back! Ishii eggs Tanahashi on and Tanahashi keeps throwing CHOP after CHOP! Fans fire up with Tanahashi and he brings Ishii up. Tanahashi whips but Ishii reverses, then runs in, but into an elbow! Tanahashi jumps up to crossbody! Both men are down and fans fire up! Tanahashi crawls to his corner, hot tag to Henare! Henare dodges Ishii, DECKS Yano, then rams Ishii! Ishii stays up, forearms and whips, but Henare reverses. Henare runs in but Ishii dodges to come back with a clothesline!
Henare shoves Ishii back and throws forearms! Ishii swings but into a fireman’s carry, SAMOAN DROP! Fans fire up with Henare and he drags Ishii up. Henare reels Ishii in, suplexes, Ishii tries to fight free but Henare holds him up! Henare gets Ishii up again but Ishii fights it off to suplex back! Henare slips out, shoves Ishii into Tanahashi’s SHOTEI! Henare KICKS Ishii down, and fans fire up with HenarACE as the coordinate. Ishii stands, Tanahashi runs but Yano drags Tanahashi out! Yano throws Tanahashi into railing, Henare runs into a hotshot! Ishii GERMANS Henare down! Tag to Yano and Chaos drags Henare up. They whip Henare to the corner, Ishii hits a clothesline!
Ishii whips Henare to Yano but Henare fights off the atomic drop! Henare also fights off the hip toss with elbows! Ishii falls but Yano rakes eyes! Yano whips, Henare reverses and Yano gets bare buckles, then Henare’s LARIAT! Fans fire up with Henare as he goes to a corner. Henare climbs up, leaps, FLYING SHOULDER! Ishii is right up and RAMS Henare down! Henare is right up and rams with Ishii! Ishii throws a haymaker, Henare throws many! Ishii DECKS Henare!! Ishii drags Henare up as fans rally, and hits a back suplex! Cover, TWO! Ishii keeps his cool as he looms over Henare. Ishii drags Henare back up, reels him in, but Tanahashi returns to dropkick a leg out!
Yano returns, dodges Tanahashi and pulls hair. Tanahashi fires off strikes but Yano counters to backslide, but Tanahashi fights it off. Ishii clotheslines Tanahashi, Yano whips Tanahashi into bare buckles! Chaos regroups to drag Henare up and whip him to a corner. Henare dodges Ishii but not the atomic drop! Yano catapults Henare into Tanahashi, who saves Henare from buckles! Yano runs in but HenarACE sends him into buckles! Tanahashi runs at Ishii to corner splash! Tanahashi keeps moving, but no Sling Blade! Ishii whips, Tanahashi reverses and dodges but Ishii denies the Sling Blade again! Ishii spins Tanahashi but Tanahashi resists the suplex for TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT!
Fans fire up with Tanahashi as he and Henare coordinate on Ishii. Ishii rises, Tanahashi runs, SLING SWEEP! Henare fires up now as Tanahashi PLANCHAS Yano! Henare aims from a corner, Ishii gets up, RAMPAGE SPEAR! Cover, TWO!! Ishii survives but Henare fires up more! The fans are thunderous as Henare drags Ishii up. Henare reels Ishii in but Ishii resists the lift! Henare back elbows then runs, dodges and SPEARS! Cover, but Yano breaks it! Tanahashi gets in and he goes after Yano. HenarACE double whip, Yano ducks the clotheslines and shoves Tanahashi into Henare! Tanahashi reverses the whip and Yano gets buckles!
Tanahashi runs in but Yano dodges and Tanahashi gets buckles! Henare whips Yano but Yano holds ropes. Yano baits Henare in, Ishii clotheslines Henare at ropes! Yano belly2belly, Ishii SLIDING LARIAT! Cover, Tanahashi breaks it!! Yano kicks Tanahashi out as Ishii runs at Henare, to LARIAT! Cover, TWO!! Fans fire up and Ishii drags Henare up to a suplex! Henare fights free but Ishii swats clothesline away to headbutt! Ishii spins Henare but Henare suplexes! Ishii fights out, Henare headbutts! HEEL KICKS! TOA- NO! Ishii slips out to BRAIN BUSTER!! Cover, Chaos wins!!
Winners: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii, by pinfall; now 5-2, HenarACE is now 1-6
No such luck for Henare and Tanahashi, they are still at the bottom of the block! But could it be? Could Mr. KOPW 2020 and Stone Pitbull be headed to the top of the World Tag League?
SANADA & Shingo Takagi VS Guerrillas of Destiny!
The Cold Skull and the Dragon vow their combination of calm and fury will win the league, but they’ll have to get past the Firing Squad first! Will Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa reach the top of the block for Bullet Club?
Jado and GOD Low Sweet while LIJ put the elaborate entrance attire aside. Fans clap “L I J!” as Sanada starts with Tama. They circle as fans continue to rally. Sanada and Tama tie up, Sanada waistlocks, and Tama wrenches out to a hammerlock. Tama headlocks, Sanada pries out with a wrench to hammerlock, but Tama pulls on hair. Sanada pulls on the hammerlock, but Tama reaches back, stomps a foot, and has a cravat. Sanada endures as Tama wrenches on the neck. Tama snapmares but Sanada handsprings through! Tama avoids the basement dropkick but Sanada avoids an elbow drop! Sanada hits a headlock takeover, Tama headscissors but Sanada pops out! Sanada dropkicks Tama down!
Fans fire up as Sanada tags Takagi in. LIJ drags Tama up to mug him, then they double whip. They double elbow, drop elbows, then Takagi drops a senton! Cover, TWO! Takagi keeps his eyes on Jado as he wraps Tama up. Takagi drops elbows, clamps on a chinbar, then brings Tama up to wrench and wristlock. Tag to Sanada, Sanada climbs up and drops an ax handle on the arm. Sanada wrenches Tama’s arm, Takagi goes up and drops ax handles. Tama gets to ropes, Sanada wrenches, yanks and whips. Tama reverses, Sanada holds ropes and jumps over Tama’s baseball slide. Sanada runs, fakes Tama out with the tumble, but has to avoid Jado’s kendo stick! Tama hits Sanada with a Gun Stun hotshot!
Low rushes in to RAM Takagi off the apron! LIJ hits railing and GOD goes out after them! Loa stomps Takagi, Tama distracts the ref exaggerating his bad arm, and Loa CLUBS Takagi while Jado whips Sanada into railing! Loa leaves Takagi behind and a ring count starts. Sanada sits up at 5 of 20, slowly gets to his feet at 9. Sanada walks around the way but Tama rushes out at 14! Sanada gets in but Tama is back in and he stomps Sanada down! Tama drags Sanada up and brings him over to bump off Loa’s boot. Tag to Loa and Tama snapmares Sanada for the slingshot senton! Tama adds his own, Loa covers, TWO!
Fans rally up while Loa argues the count. Loa says it’s “G O D” not “L I J,” and then he stomps Sanada. Loa drags Sanada up, picks him up, and rams him into the corner! GOD mugs Sanada but the ref counts. Loa lets off at 3 and Sanada flops down. Fans rally up and Sanada blocks the scoop. Loa throws body shots, Sanada tries to suplex but Loa fights that off. Fans rally as the two fight for suplex control. Loa gets Sanada up but Sanada slips out. Loa elbows and runs, but Sanada dropkicks the legs out! Fans rally as Sanada and Loa crawl. Hot tag to Takagi! Takagi runs at Loa in the corner to CHOP, JAB, repeat! Takagi fires off more jabs but Tama clubs him!
Tama whips, Takagi reverses and corner clotheslines! Takagi runs corner to corner to clothesline Loa! Takagi shoves Tama into Loa, but GOD withstands the double clothesline! GOD double kicks and double whip, but Takagi stops himself to DOUBLE DDT them down! Jado gets on the apron but Takagi DECKS him! Fans fire up with Takagi as he goes after Loa. Takagi whips Loa, knees him against ropes, then snapmares him to run and SLIDING LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up with “L I J!” clapping as Takagi drags Loa back up. Loa throws a forearm but Takagi doesn’t flinch.
Takagi forearms but Loa doesn’t flinch. Forearms fly back and forth, faster and faster, and fans fire up! Loa gets the edge, grins and roars, then runs, into a lariat! Both men stay up, double clotheslines collide again! Loa runs, Takagi clotheslines at the ropes! SNAP SAIDO! Loa just pumps up! Loa gets around to SNAP GERMAN, but Takagi is up, DOUBLE LARIATS take them both down! Fans fire up as both men stir and crawl. Hot tags to Sanada and Tama! Sanada dodges, forearms and whips, but Tama forearms back. Things speed up, Sanada hurdles, hurdles and dropkicks Tama out! Takagi sets Tama up for Sanada’s PLANCHA!
Fans fire up and Sanada encourages them to get louder! The fans get louder and he is satisfied. Sanada puts Tama in, covers, TWO! Sanada keeps his cool as he drags Tama back up. Sanada fireman’s carries, Tama fights out and dragon sleepers. Takagi intercepts Loa, Sanada reverses the dragon sleeper, and now it’s DOUBLE DRAGON! GOD endures, Takagi throws Loa down and helps Sanada with Tama! They STEAL Tongan Twist! Cover, TWO!! Tama survives but fans rally up! Sanada drags Tama up, Takagi returns, and Takagi has a bloody eyebrow as he and Sanada double whip Tama to a corner.
Sanada back elbows, Takagi clotheslines, Sanada boots, Takagi blindside lariats, and Sanada hits MAGIC SCREW! Cover, Loa breaks it! Takagi goes after Loa and throws him out. Sanada vows to end this and he brings Tama up. Sanada scoops and backbreakers, then leaves Tama in a drop zone. Sanada goes up, MOONSAULT, but he has to land on his feet! Loa gets in, BACK SUPLEX NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! GOD drag Sanada back up, they hit a proper TONGAN TWIST! Cover, Takagi breaks it in time!! Takagi fires off forearms on Loa then on Tama! But they get Takagi for a TONGAN TWIST! Fans rally up as GOD drags Sanada up, MAGIC KILLER!! Cover, TWO!?! Sanada survives because he knows that move well!
Jado calls for the Super Bomb so GOD drags Sanada up. Loa RAMS Sanada to a corner, Tama hits a corner splash! Loa goes up top, Tama suplexes Sanada up to him, for the SUPER- STEINER?! Sanada counters out of the bomb and Tama sees Loa go tumbling! Tama drags Sanada but Takagi gets in. Takagi denies a Gun Stun but Tama runs into the ref! The ref is down, Jado gets in but Takagi blocks the kendo stick! JAB for Jado! JAB for Tama! Dropkick and PUMPING BOMBER! T K O!! Cover, but Loa breaks it! Takagi fires forearms on Loa, whips him, but Loa reverses. Takagi dodges to PUMPING BOMBER Loa out of the ring!
Fans fire up as Sanada has Tama in the dragon sleeper! Tama cradle counters, TWO!! Tama runs in but Sanada elbows and QUEBRADAS, to the dragon sleeper! Tama flips through but Sanada turns it around, only for Tama to turn it around! Sanada counters the inverted suplex to get the dragon sleeper, then spins to get a normal suplex. Tama slips out to back suplex but Sanada lands on his feet! Sanada holds off the Gun Stun! SKULL SWING! To Skull END!! But Jado gets in as Loa distracts the ref! KENDO SMACK! GUN STUN!!! Cover, GOD wins!!
Winners: Guerrillas of Destiny, by pinfall; now 4-3, LIJ is now 4-3
The Master Heater insurance policy pays off again! GOD has a tiebreaker over LIJ now that they’re both 4-3! But have GOD completely cooled off LIJ’s hot streak? Or is there still time for Sanada and Takagi to keep their promise of victory?
FinJuice VS Dangerous Tekkers!
The road to back-to-back finals for Juice Robinson and David Finlay runs through the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions! Will Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. deny us all a historic accomplishment when they make FinJuice #JustTapOut?
Taichi shows off the dancing pecs, but FinJuice both have dancing pecs! Fans clap and the pecs move in time. The teams sort out and Finlay starts against ZSJ. Fans rally as the two circle, test the waters, and then tie up with knuckle locks. They break, come back and tie up with collar and elbow. Finlay waistlocks, ZSJ switches to get the arm for a hammerlock, but Finlay slips through. ZSJ gets away from Finlay and fans cheer. ZSJ and Finlay reset, circle and tie up, and ZSJ stands on a hand. ZSJ gets around to motorcycle stretch but Finlay reverse it onto ZSJ. Finlay digs a foot in, ZSJ rolls and escapes, and fans cheer again.
ZSJ and Finlay circle again, fans rally up and the two tie up. Finlay goes after an arm and wrenches, but ZSJ rolls, only for Finlay to wrangle him down. ZSJ gets up, Juice tags in and drops ax handles! Juice taunts Taichi and brings ZSJ up. Juice wrenches, Finlay tags in and Finlay drops ax handles. Finlay drags ZSJ up, Juice tags in, and FinJuice double whip to double elbow. Cover, TWO! Juice brings ZSJ up, facelocks ZSJ and tags Finlay back in. Finlay climbs while Juice scoops and slams. Juice scoops Finlay to slam him onto ZSJ! Cover, TWO! Finlay keeps close to ZSJ and facelocks to grind him down. Finlay gator rolls ZSJ to the corner and tags in Juice.
FinJuice double whip ZSJ and double kick him, to then double BULLDOG! Juice DECKS Taichi for good measure, then drags ZSJ up. Juice wrenches, fireman’s carries, but Taichi gets in to choke Juice! ZSJ DECKS Finlay for good measure, but Red Shoes counts. Taichi keeps choking then digs his boot in. ZSJ adds his boot, Finlay protests but Red Shoes keeps Finlay back. ZSJ lets off and Taichi keeps digging his boot in, until Red Shoes reprimands. Taichi chokes Juice on the ropes! Red Shoes counts as ZSJ adds boots in! Red Shoes keeps counting, they put their hands up. That’s not the problem! Red Shoes keeps counting, they put hands up.
ZSJ finally stops, and Taichi brings Juice up. ZSJ tags in, he DECKS Finlay again! Taichi and ZSJ regroup, ZSJ throws EuroUppers! Juice staggers about, ZSJ keeps hitting him with EuroUppers! Tag to Taichi and Taichi drags Juice around. Taichi covers, ONE, but he choke covers again! Red Shoes sees it this time and reprimands. Taichi stops and “covers” but it’s still a choke! Red Shoes counts for that, so Taichi blatantly chokes this time! Taichi even chokes Finlay! Fans rally as Taichi stalks Juice. Taichi drags Juice up, Juice throws a forearm! And another! Juice headbutts, Taichi staggers, but Taichi DECKS Finlay before the tag!
ZSJ gets in, Tekkers double whip but Juice double crossbodies them down! Hot tag to Finlay! Finlay rallies with forearms for everyone! Finlay uppercuts ZSJ then uppercuts Taichi! Finlay jumps up to FLYING UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO! Finlay brings Taichi up but Taichi fights off the urenage! ZSJ drags Finlay down to hammerlock and ARM TWIST! Taichi chokes Juice! Red Shoes reprimands the Tekkers but Taichi drags Finlay up. Taichi throws Finlay out, ZSJ goes after Juice and Taichi hammerlocks Finlay to POST the bad arm! ZSJ throws EuroUppers on Juice at the railing! ZSJ digs his boots into Juice while Taichi wraps Finlay’s arm around railing!
Red Shoes reprimands the Tekkers but Taichi keeps pulling on the arm. ZSJ BOOTS Finlay down! The ring count is already at 8 of 20, then 14 when Taichi puts Finlay in. Taichi tags ZJS, they stomp Finlay, then ZSJ wrenches and wrenches and wrings Finlay’ out. ZSJ tortures the arm, elbow, fingers, and then STOMPS the shoulder! Taichi tags in and he goes over to Finlay. Fans rally but Taichi wraps the bad arm around ropes. Red Shoes reprimands, Taichi lets go at 3. Taichi brings Finlay over to throw into the corner. Tag to ZSJ and ZSJ gives toying kicks. Finlay gets up and throws forearms! ZSJ kicks the bad arm!
ZSJ has the hammerlock, tags Taichi back in, and they torture the arm together in the corner. Taichi CLUBS Finlay then taunts Juice. Taichi gives toying kicks to Finlay, Finlay throws body shots and forearms! Fans rally with Finlay as he throws more uppercuts, but Taichi hammerlocks to arm and throws him into buckles! Taichi paces while Finlay clutches the arm, then Taichi DECKS Juice! Red Shoes stays in Juice’s way as he gets in, and Juice has no choice but ot go back. Finlay blocks Taichi’s buzzsaw, but Taichi rakes Finlay’s eyes! Finlay avoids Ax Bomber to back suplex Taichi down! Fans fire up as Taichi and Finlay crawl for their corners. Hot tags to ZSJ and Juice!
Juice rallies with big elbows for ZSJ and Taichi! Back senton for Taichi! Fans fire up but ZSJ throws body shots and uppercuts! ZSJ runs, but into a SPINEBUSTER! Taichi gets in but Juice gives him the Full Nelson SLAM! Juice fires up and fans fire up with him. Juice runs corner to corner to clothesline ZSJ, then keeps moving to LEAPING LARIAT ZSJ! Fans stomp-stomp-clap with Juice, We Will, We Will JAB You! JAB! JAB! But ZSJ ducks the left to get a GUILLOTINE! But Juice powers up and out to a suplex! Cover, TWO! Juice keeps his focus, tags in Finlay, and FinJuice targets ZSJ in a corner. Juice runs in to clothesline, Finaly hits a back elbow. Finlay feeds to Juice’s BACKBREAKER, and adds the ELBOW DROP! Cover, but Taichi breaks it!
Juice throws Taichi out, Finlay stomps ZSJ then tags Juice back in. FinJuice double whip ZSJ for the atomic drop and- No, Taichi drags Finlay out! Juice CHOPS ZSJ while Finlay is sent into railing! ZSJ avoids Juice in the corner, Taichi hits Juice with a clothesline! ZSJ uppercuts, Taichi back kicks! ZSJ Penalty Kicks! Cover, TWO!! Juice survives and fans fire up! The Tekkers coordinate, and off come Taichi’s pants! ZSJ scoops Juice, but Finlay drags Taichi out! Juice feeds ZSJ to the urenage BACKBREAKER! FinJuice coordinate, SHOTGUN SWEEP! Cover, TWO!! ZSJ survives and Juice grows frustrated. Finlay says they can still bring ZSJ up, and that’s what Juice does with the Electric Chair lift! But Taichi grabs Finlay!
ZSJ turns things into an IRON OCTOPUS! Red Shoes reprimands Taichi as he has his top rope cobra twist! Juice endures even as ZSJ shifts to Hurrah! Another Year! Taichi lets Finlay go to drag him down off the top! Juice powers up and reaches for ropes, and gets the ropebreak! ZSJ lets Juice go and fans cheer! Fans rally up, ZSJ kicks at Juice and stomps the arms. Juice grits his teeth but ZSJ kicks him more. Juice gets up, ZSJ boots but Juice just tanks them! ZSJ runs, Juice blocks the boot to leg lariat, but ZSJ gets under! IRON OCTO- No! Juice powers out to JUICE BOX! Both men are down from the gut buster drop and fans rally up again!
Finlay is back at his corner and Juice crawls that way. Taichi is also back and ZSJ crawls for his corner. Hot tag to Finlay and he DECKS Taichi! Finlay runs at ZSJ to uppercut in the corner! FInlay drags ZSJ up, but ZSJ wrenches to PELE the arm! Taichi tags in and he kicks at Finlay while talking trash. Finlay gets up and throws a forearm! Taichi KICKS the bad arm. Finlay throws another forearm, but Taichi KICKS the bad arm! Fans fire up as Finlay throws another forearm, but Taichi KICKS the bad arm! Finlay forearms more and more, then uppercuts, but Taichi KICKS! Finlay CHOPS, fires up and runs, to block Taichi’s boot and EuroUpper him down!
Taichi goes to a corner, Finlay aims from the other. Finlay runs corner to corner but misses the splash to get a GAMANGIRI! Juice LEG LARIATS Taichi, but ZSJ BOOTS Juice’s left arm! So Juice uses the RIGHT HAND O’ GOD on ZSJ! Taichi GAMANGIRIS Juice! Finlay almost gets his stunner, but he gets the DANGEROUS SAIDO! Cover, TWO!! Finlay survives, all four men are down and fans rally up! ZSJ and Juice flop out of the ring and Taichi sits up. Finlay follows but Taichi powers up! Taichi runs in and AX BOMBERS! Fans fire up because Taichi isn’t done yet!
Taichi drags Finlay up, Alabama lifts but Finlay fights that off to turn Taichi! Taichi escapes the backslide, denies the stunner, but runs into a knee! Taichi ROCKS Finlay with an elbow! Taichi aims, Finlay blocks the superkick and cravats for SLICED- No, Taichi denies Finlay that to Alabama lift! ZSJ returns but Juice intercepts with the LEFT HAND O’GOD!! Finlay sunset flips, rocks it back, Taichi gets a LEFT HAND O’GOD! And STUNNER! Into PULP FRICTION!! Finlay has Taichi, Juice has ZSJ, ACID DROP and PULP FRICTION in stereo!! Cover, FinJuice wins!!
Winners: FinJuice, by pinfall; now 4-3, Dangerous Tekkers now 4-3
And now things get interesting! So many teams at 4-3, but the 2019 World Tag League winners have pinned the tag team champions! Will FinJuice have their title match regardless of the tournament results? Juice gets the mic to shout, “KORAKUEEEN~!” Juice goes to the corner and asks for some slack. “Good evening~! How are you feeling? ‘We’re feeling good.'” FinJuice has one again! ZSJ, Taichi, they’re the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. But FinJuice ICHIBAN! Number one! They did it last year, and they can do it again this year! Now they’ll all have some ice cold beers, CHEERS! Thank you very much! FinJuice will give it their all! Will they be toasting the new year with both beer bottles, the tag trophies, and then the tag titles?
Here are the NEW World Tag League standings!
Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii: 5-2
FinJuice: 4-3
Guerrillas of Destiny: 4-3
The Empire: 4-3
The Dangerous Tekkers: 4-3
SANADA & Shingo Takagi: 4-3
YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto: 4-3
EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi: 3-4
Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens: 2-5 [ELIMINATED]
HenarACE: 1-6 [ELIMINATED]
My Thoughts:
Well what an interesting round for WTL 2020. Toru Yano getting strong runs in tournaments is one of the oddest things in pro-wrestling this year. He and Ishii stand alone at 5-2 and all rather quietly as they’ve not been in the main event at all yet. Could they be the finalists no one saw coming? Is Yano going to become a collector of trophies with his KOPW 2020 and then the WTL 2020 side by side? Another development in just WTL is all the 4-3 teams. FinJuice beating Tekkers was big, this is really complicating who will be second place and therefore a finalist. With three losses on the round robin record, are Tekkers just going to add New Year’s Dash to the big weekend and get through all the matches they owe? Are FinJuice going to go back to back after all? This is getting wild but that’s a lot of the fun!
My Score: 8.9/10
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Will Swerve’s House rumble, bad man, rumble?
While Swerve Strickland has Death Riders and Hangman Page on the brain, he has Shane Taylor in the ring! Will Swerve still be AEW’s Most Dangerous?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Jon Moxley w/ Wheeler Yuta VS AR Fox; Moxley wins.
- 8 Man Tag: Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Daniel Garcia & Bandido VS Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita & FTR; Kyle, Konosuke & FTR win.
- Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS Shane Taylor w/ Shane Taylor Promotions; Swerve wins.
- Mixed Six Tag: Holo.grm, Mark Briscoe & Willow Nightingale VS #MXMTV; Hologram, Briscoe & Willow win.
- JetSpeed VS The Gates of Agony; JetSpeed wins.
- 8 Woman Tag: Thunder Rosa, Queen Aminata & TayJay VS Athena, Thekla, Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford; Athena, Thekla, Bayne & Ford win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Stokely Hathaway, FTR & #ProtoShita speak.
#BigStoke says after what happened on Wednesday was a complete and utter embarrassment, and they all vowed to never let it happen again. Now that Cash Wheeler is back, FTR is complete, and they have #ProtoShita with them! Tonight, they will win! Stokely clearly has confidence enough for all five of them, but will it really go their way? Or will Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Daniel Garcia & Bandido make sure tonight happens just like it did in Mexico City?
Jon Moxley w/ Wheeler Yuta VS AR Fox!
The Maniac feels the walls closing in as we move closer to All In, but an animal is only more dangerous once it is cornered. Will Moxley ruin the Whole Fox’n Show? Or can Fox take down Mox?
The bell rings and Fox DROPKICKS Mox! Fox fires off on Mox in the corner, the ref counts, and Mox shoves Fox away. Fox comes back to LARIAT but Mox stays up. The fans rally for Fox and he LARIATS, but then Mox takes a swing! Fox goes matrix and comes back to ENZIGIRI! The fans fire up and Fox runs in at the corner, A-LIST LARIAT! Fox shoves Moxley to then climb up the corner, FLYING- FOREARM from Moxley! Mox’s antiair takes Fox down and the fans boo. Moxley drags Fox up for an X-PLEX! Fox writhes, Moxley stomps him, and then Moxley brings Fox to the ropes. Moxley puts Fox through the ropes to bend him!
The ref counts, Moxley CLUBS Fox down, and then Moxley storms out after Fox. The fans rally for Fox but Mox CHOPS! Fox hits back, Moxley hits again, and repeat! the fans rally but Moxley BITES Fox on the face! The fans boo but Moxley DECKS Fox! Moxley talks trash, drags Fox up, and he puts Fox in the ring. Fox KICKS Moxley in the ropes! Then DRAPING DDT! The fans fire up and Mox flops back. Fox runs to BLACK HOLE STOMP! The fans fire up while Moxley falls to the floor! Fox goes up the corner to MOONSAULT ATTACK! Seattle is loving this as Fox puts Moxley back in the ring.
Fox shouts at Yuta to move, then Fox climbs. But then Yuta trips Fox up, all behind the ref’s back! Moxley climbs up and he CLAWS Fox’s back! The fans boo and the ref counts, but Moxley TWISTS Fox’s ear, then BITES it! The fans boo more, the ref reprimands again, but Moxley has a KATAGATAME up top! Moxley then hits a SUPERPLEX! Cover, TWO! But now to the CROSSFACE! The fans rally as Fox endures, but Moxley twists him around and thrashes the hold! Then he rolls to have Fox in an INVERTED RINGS OF SATURN! Fox fights around, ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, the fans cheer, and Moxley lets go at 4.
Moxley glares at the ref, then goes back for Fox. Moxley KICKS! Fox frowns at him and eggs him on! The fans fire up as Moxley KICKS, but Fox still eggs him on! Moxley BOOTS, runs, and KICKS, but Fox blocks! The fans fire up and Fox says F Mox! But Mox KICKS back! Fox PELES and Moxley falls out! The fans fire up and Fox FLIES! Down goes Moxley! Fox puts Moxley in, he BOOTS Yuta for getting too close, then he SUPERKICKS! BUZZSAWS! But Moxley ducks the heel kick, only to get a BASEMENT CUTTER! Fox fire sup, runs and BOOTS Moxley! Then snapmare roll and CUTTER! Moxley staggers up, but he LARIATS Fox down!
The fans boo but Moxley drags Fox back up. GOTCH HOLD PILEDRIVER! Moxley then rains down forearms on Fox’s head! Fox can’t guard anymore, and Moxley puts on the REAR NAKED CHOKE!! Fox is OUT, Moxley wins!
Winner: Jon Moxley, by submission
The fans boo, especially as Moxley doesn’t stop! Moxley lets go, but they’re still not done as he and Yuta mug Fox! The fans boo but Moxley gets a mic to call out Hangman Page. This guy, this cowboy, Moxley has been watching him piss away his opportunities for years! Moxley’s been watching Hangman piss away his God-given gifts for years! And Moxley doesn’t have the same patience as the fans do for their cowboy! Moxley is sick of waiting for Hangman to get his act together. Moxley is sick of this crybaby cowboy’s crap! The fans boo more, but Moxley says this is a tough sport and a tough business. So on July 12th at All In, Moxley will run the Hangman outta this sport for good!
The fans boo even more, but Moxley tells Hangman he can just go back to counting chickens or whatever it is he does, because this business is NOT for him! The Maniac has given his warning, but is it all bluster knowing Hangman isn’t around? Or will nothing and no one stop the reign of terror?
Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Daniel Garcia & Bandido speak.
The AEW TNT Champion says Grand Slam: Mexico was one for the ages. Not just for him but for Bandido, for Danny, that was a great night. They wish Roddy was there, but tonight, they keep the party going with an 8 Man Tag. Tonight, AEW Collision is back on TNT, and the TNT Champion says there is nothing sweeter than their team getting a victory. And that is Undisputed! That match is next, will it be all about the BOOM here in Seattle?
8 Man Tag: Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Daniel Garcia & Bandido VS Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita & FTR!
The bell rings and the teams sort out. Bandido starts against Dax Harwood and they circle. The fans rally, but Stoke distracts the ref so that Konosuke can pull Bandido in, and then the whole team mugs the Most Wanted! Dax bumps Bandido off buckles, CHOPS him, then stands him up again. Dax whips corner to corner, runs in, btu Bandido goes up and over. Dax runs Bandido over, things keep moving, and Bandido hurdles. Bandido slips through a scoop to DROPKICK Dax! The fans fire up, Cash steps in but Bandido backs him off. Dax goes to an open corner, Bandido is on him with a CHOP of his own!
The fans cheer and Bandido wrenches to a wristlock. Dax flails but Roddy tags in. Roddy KNEES Dax low, wrenches again, but Dax DECKS him! Dax tags The Alpha and they mug Roddy. Konosuke ROCKS Roddy again and again, then CHOPS! Konosuke whips, Roddy reverses, but Konosuke TAKESHITA LINES! Konosuke taunts Roddy’s team, then brings Roddy over to tag Kyle. The Don Callis Family boys mug Roddy, then Kyle fires hands. The ref counts, then he backs Kyle off. Kyle runs back up, but into a BOOT! Roddy CALF KICKS Kyle then tags in Garcia! Garcia fires hands on Kyle and he CHOPS!
Garcia whips, Kyle reverses, but Garcia ducks ‘n’ dodges to LEAPING LARIAT! The fans fire up for Red Death, and he LARIATS Kyle in a corner! Garcia rains down fists, goes to nine to then wind it up, and TEN! The fans cheer and Garcia whips, but Kyle reverses. Dax gets a cheap shot in but Garcia DECKS him, DECKS Konosuke, and DECKS Cash! But Kyle GAMANGIRIS! Kyle rains down fists, the fans boo, but Kyle tags Dax. Dax snap suplexes Garcia to then drop a leg, drop an elbow, and drop a HEADBUTT! Cash says look at the ‘stache! The fans boo but Dax covers, TWO! Dax chinlocks and he grinds Garcia down.
Garcia endures and the fans rally up. Garcia rises, fires body shots, but Dax CHOPS! Dax headlocks, but Garcia hits a BIG back suplex! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Garcia crawls, hot tag to Bandido! Bandido rallies on Dax, DECKS him, then he DROPKICKS Konosuke! Kyle storms in but Bandido dodges to tilt-o-whirl and DDT! Cash is back, Bandido dodges and scoops to BACKBREAKER! Dax is up, Bandido fires hands on him, then a SUPERKICK! Cash runs up but Bandido TOSSES him out onto Dax! The fans fire up and Bandido builds speed, to DIVE! But FTR catch him, and DOUBLE ATOMIC SLAM onto the desk!
The fans boo but Cash mocks the finger guns while Collision goes picture in picture.
Stokely talks trash on Bandido, and Dax sits Bandido up so he can rain down fists! Cash taunts Bandido’s team, the ref keeps the peace, and Dax drags Bandido up into the ring. Dax tags Cash, then SMACKS Bandido off Cash’s boots! Cash mocks Bandido more, then drags him up by his mask. Cash CHOPS Bandido down! Cash UPPERCUTS, Bandido goes to the corner, and Cash UPPERCUTS again! Cash tags Konosuke, they mug Bandido, and Konosuke CLUBS Bandido down. Konosuke drags Bandido around, scoops and SLAMS him down, then tags Kyle. ProtoShita puts Bandido in a corner, whips corner to corner, then they DOUBLE BOOT!
Bandido flops over and Kyle flexes while he soaks up heat. Dax joins in, then Kyle stomps away on Bandido. Kyle drags Bandido over, tags Dax, and they mug Bandido. Dax hoists Bandido up top, CHOPS him, then ROCKS him! Bandido fires back, Dax CHOPS, and they continue to brawl as Dax climbs. Dax CLAWS Bandido’s eyes, Collision returns to single picture, and Seattle rallies for Bandido. Bandido fires body shots, then a CHOP! Dax falls and the fans fire up! Bandido stands to TORNILLO ATTACK! Both men are down, the fans fire up, and they crawl, hot tags to Kyle and Cole! Cole dodges Kyle to BLAST Konosuke & Cash!
Kyle runs up but Cole ELBOWS him! And BOOTS him! And then LARIATS him! Cole rallies on Kyle, BOOTS him down, and the fans fire up! Cole fireman’s carries, Kyle slips free, but Cole breaks free to PELE! BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO! Kyle survives but Cole is right on him. Tag to Roddy and Paragon works together. Kyle slips free, shoves Roddy at Cole, tag to Dax! Cole SUPERKICKS Kyle, Dax ROCKS Cole! Roddy ROCKS Dax and suplexes, but Dax slips free! Dax waistlocks, Roddy switches, but Dax switches back. Roddy switches again to ANGLE SLAM! Konosuke runs in but Garcia intercepts with a BOOT!
Garcia LARIATS Konosuke and himself out! Roddy gives Dax a GUT BUSTER DROP! Cole adds a SHINING WIZARD! Roddy covers, Cash breaks it! The fans boo but Cash knows that was in time! Roddy drags Dax up, puts him in a corner, and he hoists Dax up. Cash runs in, Roddy ELBOWS Cash, but Dax ROCKS Roddy! Dax puts Roddy up top and CHOPS! Dax climbs, Cash also climbs, and we get a SUPERPLEX for the Power! DIVING SPLASH for the Glory! But Bandido FROG SPLASHES Cash! Konosuke POWER DRIVE KNEES Bandido! Garcia spins Konosuke around to TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Kyle scoops Garcia for a MICHINOKU DRIVER!
Cole and Kyle run up, DOUBLE FORFEARMS! DOUBLE BOOTS! Cole blocks a kick to SUPERKICK! Only to run into a LARIAT! Kyle hauls Cole back up, but Cole suplexes! GHOST BUSTER! All eight men are down and the fans are thunderous! The teams regroup while the fans cheer “A E DUB!” for making this the opener. The eight men stare down, and then it explodes into a brawl! The fans fire up as Cole has Kyle, Garcia has Cash, Roddy has Dax and Bandido has Konosuke! Things go to the corners, then Cole TOSSES Kyle! Garcia TOSSES Konosuke! Cash TOSSES Garcia, then Cash CLUBS Roddy!
Cash & Dax double whip Roddy, but Cole SUPERKICKS Cash! No Shatter Machine here! Kyle SUPERKICKS COle! Bandido SUPER MOONSAULTS onto Konosuke! Roddy saves Cole from a brainbuster! Roddy fireman’s carries Dax but Dax fights free! Dax CHOPS and ROCKS and repeat! Cash si back, FTR double whip, but Roddy slips around to shove Dax into Cash! Kyle SUPERKICKS Roddy into SHATTER MACHINE!! Cover, #DCFTR wins!!
Winners: Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher & FTR, by pinfall
The Don Callis Family and FTR make for a winning combination tonight, and Stokely says he called it! But they’re not done, they keep on beating up Roddy, Cole, Garcia and Bandido! The fans boo but there’s no one to stop them! And then Cash calls for reinforcements? Cash & Dax set Bandido up, but wait! THE OUTRUNNERS rush out here! Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd are here as backup for Bandido! FTR & ProtoShita get outta there, but will there be a receipt coming there way?
PROGRAMMING NOTE!
Collision may have returned to Saturday tonight, but next week will be a special Thursday Night Collision! Make sure your DVRs are set properly so you don’t miss the action!
Thunder Rosa, Queen Aminata & TayJay speak.
Tay Melo tells Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford that they know what happened last time. Tonight is round two! And Anna adds that there are so many more ways they wanna hurt them. The One True African Queen says Thekla may have won, but she knows she got hit hard, huh? She ain’t seen nothing yet! And La Mera Mera reminds Athena that she’s coming for that ROH Women’s World Championship. Tonight, she takes Athena’s head!
Athena, Thekla, Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford speak.
The Fallen Goddess thanks the Toxic Spider, Megasus & Superbad Girl for accepting the invitation. But even then, Athena still doesn’t like crazy spider lady, still doesn’t like Ford, and is still bigger and badder than Megan. But tonight, it’s ATHENA Elite Wrestling! So let’s get it together, girls, so Athena can have her moment. And if they do, they can be her Minions. Ford keeps Megan from storming up on Athena, but can these war goddesses hold it together to be victorious?
AEW shares footage from after Grand Slam: Mexico.
Renee Paquette was with the NEW CMLL Women’s World Champion, Mercedes Mone, and says what a huge night. Another history making moment as she is now #SixBeltsMone! Mone says damn straight! Unfortunately, not everyone was in the mood for celebrating… Toni Storm rained on her parade a bit. Mone tells Toni, “You think you’re gonna play mind games with me? Well, I am the master of any game! So bring it! Tonight’s win was just a preview for what’s to come at All In: Texas. Toni, you call yourself ‘Timeless?’ Well, I’m iconic! I’m Six Belts Mone! The Conversation, the Blueprint, The C E O!”
And the Money Train is on a roll! Toni’s time is ticking, and it is almost up. See you in Texas, b*tch! Mone rolls on, but will she have lucky number seven? Or will the AEW Women’s World Championship be the one prize she doesn’t get to have?
Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS Shane Taylor w/ Shane Taylor Promotions!
The Realest may have a house, but Big Bad Shaney T. Boy has an entire promotion! And while this is Swerve’s homecoming to Washington, will he have homefield advantage? Or will Shane show him how to rumble, bad man, rumble?
The bell rings and the two circle. Shane swings, Swerve dodges to waistlock, but then Swerve avoids the elbow. Shane stops the Eddy Gordo Rana, brings Swerve up to back suplex, but Swerve lands out. Shane blocks a boot, Swerve reels him in and sunset flips, but Shane stays up! Swerve avoids the fist drop to SHOVE Shane out of the ring! Swerve builds speed, but then just hits the Griddy! The fans cheer, STP is upset, and Bravo says he’s got money riding on this. Shane storms into the ring to circle with Swerve. Swerve bobs ‘n’ weaves to avoid the shots, but Shane stops the wrench. Shane blocks the whip, too, but then Swerve BOOTS him!
The fans cheer, Swerve eggs Shane on, and the two reset. They feel things out, Shane fires hands, and wait, Nana is gambling with the Infantry? Shane DECKS Swerve, his odds might’ve just gone up! Shane drags Swerve up on the apron and Bravo wants Tony Schiavone to get in on this? Shane lifts Swerve, Swerve fights free, and he slips under! The Infantry freaks out as Swerve pulls on Shane, but Shane grabs Swerve to SLAM him off the apron! Then he APRON SPLASHES! The fans boo while Swerve falls, and Shane claims it’s HIS house now! The fans boo more while Collision goes picture in picture.
The Infantry mockingly offer Swerve some money, but Shane drags Swerve up to HEADBUTT him! Shane puts Swerve in the ring, tells Nana he’s about to lose more money on this, and then goes into the ring. Shane clamps onto Swerve with a chinlock and he grinds Swerve down. Swerve endures and Nana rallies the fans. Swerve fights up, fires body shots, then he KNEES Shane low! Shane ROCKS Swerve with a left! Then SAIDOS! Swerve staggers over to ropes, Shane storms up on him, and Shane CHOKES Swerve by standing on him! The ref counts, Shane backs off, and Swerve goes to the corner. Shane storms up to Swerve again while Collision goes to break.
Collision returns, Shane has Swerve in a corner to talk trash, then he runs up, only for Swerve to dodge! Swerve then wraps Shane’s arm around ropes, CLUBS away on the shoulder, and runs side to side for a DROPKICK to the arm! The fans fire up and Swerve dropkicks the legs out! Swerve drops a KNEE on the arm, then runs to KNEE Shane down! Cover, TWO! Shane is tougher than that but Swerve stays focused. Nana says it’s over for STP now! Swerve KICKS the bad arm, and the fans cheer for “DEFY! DEFY!” Swerve runs up, Shane shoves him to the corner but Swerve comes back, only for Shane to HEADBUTT!
Shane URENAGES Swerve down, but that was the bad arm! Shane runs, SPLASHES DOWN into an armbar! Swerve has Shane caught and he even HAMMERS Shane’s head! Shane endures, fights back up, and he powers out! Shane KNEES Swerve down! Cover, TWO! Swerve survives and Shane grows frustrated. Swerve goes to a corner, Shane says time to bet it all! Shane goes up the corner, the fans fire up, and Swerve ROCKS Shane first! Swerve throws more hands, then he goes up to get Shane for a SUPER DUPER BACK SUPLEX! The fans are thunderous and Swerve is feeling it! Shane flounders to the apron, but Swerve fires hands!
The fans rally, Swerve runs and returns, but into Shane’s grip! Swerve KICKS and KICKS and KICKS! Shane drapes over the ropes and Swerve BOOTS him! Swerve goes up, takes aim, APRON KILL STOMPS!! The fans are thunderous again and Swerve steps inside. But the Infantry gets all up in Nana’s face! Swerve FLIES out onto the Infantry! And then a HOUSE CALL for Shane!! Cover, Swerve wins!
Winner: Swerve Strickland, by pinfall
Swerve finally has his 50th singles win here in AEW, and Nana rakes in the dough! Having green is nice, but will Swerve find himself aimed at gold again?
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing… Timeless Toni Storm.
Seattle cheers as Toni Noir stands on stage. “Mercedes Mone…” The fans boo that name. “I am disappointed in you. Three weeks ago, you shook my hand and said we would have the biggest women’s match of all time. And since then, you have been eating steak, playing on your telephone, and trying to kiss me. And now, you are still in Mexico because you have won yet another title.” The fans boo that, too. “Is that all I am to you? Is that all this is to you? Another trophy for your shelf? Another toy for your collection? Now, I want to say this as nicely as possible. Mercedes, I am not some other mother-effer.
“I am TIMELESS Toni Storm! I am the AEW Women’s World Champion! And if you make one false move, I am going to eat you alive!” The fans cheer that! “I demand your best, Mercedes, because that is what you are. One day, my reign will be over.” The fans don’t like the sound of that, but Toni says there is no one more deserving than Mone. “The day I met you, I knew what you were destined to be. You were the first woman to wrestle at Madison Square Garden, the Tokyo Dome, Wembley Stadium AND Arena Mexico… But I was the last woman to wrestle at the Wodonga Sports & Leisure Center before it got closed down for a cockroach infestation.”
The fans cheer that last part, and Toni says she sincerely believes that Mone is the greatest of all time. Toni is not, nor was she ever meant to be. For she is a “manic, neurotic, erotic, sexually questionable, consistently sweating, bottom heavy, transatlantic whore!” The fans still cheer for her, and Toni says when this belt is upon her bosom, she makes magic happen! So unless Mone plans on pulling a rabbit out of her ass, Toni highly doubts Mone can say the same! At All In, in front of the entire world, and all those little girls watching at home, Mone will look Toni in the eye, and she will realize that Toni only has to beat Mone while Mone will have to KILL Toni!
The fans cheer Toni as the spotlight fades out to black. Will All In: Texas be yet another instant classic in Toni’s already timeless career?
Mixed Six Tag: Holo.grm, Mark Briscoe & Willow Nightingale VS #MXMTV!
Undefeated at 25-0 and now 4 million Pesos richer, the futuristic luchador now conglomerates with the Sussex County Chicken and the Babe with the Power! But will this change in the line up keep things fresh against Mansoor, Mason Madden y Taya Valkyrie? Or will MXM TV serve Hologram his first taste of bitter defeat?
The trios sort out and it is ladies first as Willow circles with Taya. They tie up, Taya waistlocks and shoves, then she soaks up the heat while she struts. Willow kicks Taya in the butt! Taya gets mad, runs up on Willow, but Willow LARIATS her down! Then Willow struts, and shakes them hips! Taya gets up, Willow waistlocks and shoves her to the corner. Taya dodges, stomps away, but the ref counts. Taya stops at 4, whips corner to corner, but Willow cartwheels! Willow comes back to CLOBBER Taya, then she runs to SPLASH! Cover, ONE! Willow tags Hologram and Taya tags Mason! Hologram and Mason tie up, and Mason THROWS Hologram!
The fans boo but MXM celebrates like they did something. Mason swings on Briscoe & Willow but they both get clear. The fans boo Mason but Hologram DROPKICKS Mason! The fans fire up and Hologram runs in again. Mason puts Hologram on the apron, but Hologram RAMS low and GAMANGIRIS high! Hologram goes up, up, and springboards to MISSILE DROPKICK! Mason tumbles out but Mansoor runs in, only for Hologram to kick and whip. Mansoor reverses, Hologram handsprings but Mansoor dodges! Mansoor runs up, Hologram dodges and tilt-o-whirl RANAS! The fans fire up and Mansoor bails out!
Hologram builds speed and DIVES! Direct hit and the fans fire up! Wait, Mason gets Hologram for a BLACK HOLE SLAM on the floor! The fans boo but MXM TV cheers while Collision goes picture in picture.
Mason drags Hologram up, puts him back in the ring, and Johnny TV taunts Briscoe & Willow. Mason drags Hologram back out so he can CLUB him down. The ref reprimands, Mason drags Hologram back up and SMACKS him off the apron. And then throws him into railing! Taya soaks up the heat while she vogues, and Mason refreshes the ring count. That just lets Mr. & Mrs. TV stomp away on Hologram! They stop as Mason goes back out to fetch Hologram. Willow & Briscoe back the rest of them off while Hologram is in the ring. Mansoor tags in, he whips for Mason to scoop, and they CAT WALK LEG DROP! Cover, TWO!
Mansoor keeps Hologram down with a Camel Clutch, but Hologram endures. Mansoor stomps away on Hologram into the corner, but stops as the ref counts. Mason gets a cheap shot in while Mansoor argues with the ref! Johnny does, too! Mansoor drags Hologram to an ELBOW DROP, then covers, TWO! Mansoor drags Hologram over, tags Mason, and Mansoor holds Hologram down for Mason to ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Mason drags Hologram back up, throat chops him, then tags Taya. Taya mugs Hologram with Mansoor’s help, then tags Mansoor. The ref reprimand but Mansoor stomps Hologram around.
Collision returns to single picture and Mason tags in. Mason sets up at the ropes, and Mansoor CATAPULTS Hologram into the hips! The Mahogany Hunk poses, Johnny joins in, but the fans boo. The ref reprimands and Hologram hops off the apron. Mansoor & Mason mug Hologram again, then they whip, but Hologram tilt-o-whirl DDTS! The fans fire up, Mansoor back suplexes, but Hologram lands out! He dodges Mansoor, hot tag to Briscoe! The Chicken rallies on MXM with CHOPS and forearms on repeat! The fans fire up as Briscoe fires off on Mansoor! Mason waistlocks but Briscoe BOOTS Mansoor and PELES Mason!
The fans fire up with Briscoe, he ducks a kick then blocks a kick to FLIP Mansoor! And SHOTEI! The fans fire up but here comes Mason! Briscoe DUMPS Mason out, then builds speed! Briscoe WRECKS Mason with a dropkick! The fans fire up more and Briscoe takes aim! Taya distracts the ref and Johnny anchors Briscoe’s foot! Mansoor goes up the corner to BEAUTIFUL DISASTER KICK! Hologram runs in, hammerlocks, snapmares, then SPANISH FLIES! But Taya is up top to FLYING RANA Hologram! Willow storms in while Taya fires up, and Willow whips Taya for a SPINEBUSTER! The fans fire up but Mansoor grabs Willow’s hair!
The fans boo but Briscoe steps in and spins Mansoor around! REDNECK KUNG-FU UPPERCUT! Willow adds a POUNCE~! PERIOD! Hologram hurries in and torture racks, spin and spin and spin, for the PORTAL BOMB!! Briscoe BOOTS Mason off the apron, Hologram SUPERKICKS Johnny! Hologram & Briscoe build speed and DOUBLE FLY! Down go Johnny & Mason! The fans fire up as Briscoe climbs, FROGGY-BOW! Cover, Conglomeration wins!
Winners: Hologram, Mark Briscoe & Willow Nightingale, by pinfall
New amigos but still undefeated, Hologram is feeling what it’s like to conglomerate! Will nothing stop them from building momentum towards title opportunities?
Backstage interview with Kris Statlander.
Lexy Nair is with The Galaxy’s Greatest and brings up the big win for Willow’s team. Kris asks if they’re really doing this. Every single week! Yes, everyone loves Willow. But when is Kris going to get a chance? In the All-Star 8 Woman Tag? Uh, uh, didn’t think so. So if you think she’s going to stand here and talk about how important everyone else is, you’re dead wrong! But then Yuta walks over and says he hates to say he told her so… Kris tells Yuta to shut his grimy little mouth! She knows who he is and what this is! If he thinks she wants any part of this, get out of her face! Yuta tries to talk her down but Kris SHOVES him down! And then Moxley steps in.
Moxley picks up Kris’ phone for her, but tells her to never, ever, let anyone else tell you who you are or what you’re worth. Moxley hands Kris her phone, and Kris is rather shaken. But did Moxley just encourage someone? And will Kris Statlander follow his advice to go out and take what she deserves?
Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
Schiavone asks Seattle to please welcome… Don Callis. The fans boo as The Jackal walks out here, accompanied by Josh Alexander & Lance Archer. They join Schiavone in the ring and Callis stops Schiavone already. He has a very special announcement! He would like to introduce to us the greatest wrestler in the history of Japan! Better than Rikidozan, than Inoki, than Muta, than Tanahashi… the NEWEST member of the Don Callis Family, the Rainmaker, Kazuchika Okada! The fans boo even more as the Continental Champion makes his way out to the ring. Okada shakes hands with Callis, and Callis interrupts Schiavone again.
Callis says that he and Okada would like to show everyone some very special footage. Roll the tape! The tape is of course the last time we saw these two, and the horrible trap they had set for Kenny Omega. Schiavone says that was one of the most despicable things in wrestling history! Callis says you can almost smell the diverticulitis coming outta Omega’s mouth! Schiavone says how dare Callis laugh at someone coughing up blood! What is wrong with him!? Callis says he is sick and tired of Schiavone coming out here and talking bad about him and Okada and the Callis Family, “like the sleezy feline that you are!”
But Callis and his family are here to talk about Kenny Omega! “Kenny, how does it feel to know that your greatest opponent, Okada, and the man who knows all your weaknesses, Don Callis, have teamed up against you?! I know, Kenny, you’re laying in a hospital bed right now…” The fans tell Callis to STFU but Callis just talks louder. Omega surely has tubes coming outta his guts, with a colostomy bag hanging out the side! Omega won’t even make it to All In! But IF Omega does make it there, and wrestles the greatest wrestler in the history of Japan, then Omega needs to know that he will truly be alone.
Omega destroyed his friendship with the Young Bucks, with Callis, and is alone in this world with not even one friend left! But then out steps Mark Briscoe! The fans cheer as The Chicken tells Callis, “My Lord, would you PLEASE shut the hell up!? You sound stupid, you weird lookin’ bastard! You say Kenny has no friends? Well sheesh, I’ll be damned, I’m his friend! But y’know what? I’m not his only friend.” Because KOTA IBUSHI IS HERE! The fans go nuts seeing the Golden Star return to AEW! Archer rushes them, but Briscoe attacks first! That lets Ibushi strut right up to the Walking Weapon in the ring!
The fans fire up as Ibushi dodges Alexander, then fires off a strike fest! Alexander ducks a kick, Ibushi ducks the rolling elbow, and Ibushi ROUNDHOUSES Alexander down! The fans fire up while Callis freaks out, but now Ibushi and Okada are alone in the ring. The fans go nuts already as Golden Star and Rainmaker stare down. Okada fires a forearm, but Ibushi fires back! Okada UPPERCUTS, but Ibushi fires off a strike fest! SOBAT and ROUNDHOUSE! Okada falls and he scurries out of the ring! Callis is there, and he gets his new moneymaker outta there! Will Ibushi make sure Omega gets a fair shake in Texas?
Collision returns to a brawl!
Apparently, the Workhorsemen got into it with Big Bill & Bryan Keith in the back, and now it has spilled out to ringside! JD Drake & Anthony Henry have the advantage as they use chairs on the Redwood & Bad Apple! Henry sits Keith in a corner of the railing, then runs around the way! But Bill BOOTS him down! The fans are fired up, but then Drake CLUBS Bill! But Keith SMACKS Drake with a chair! Keith shouts for Bill to get ’em! Bill stands Drake up, SMACKS him off steel steps, then Keith SMACKS Drake off steps! And repeat! Keith stomps Henry, SMACKS Drake off steps, and then Bill SMACKS Drake off steps!
Henry shields Drake but that just gets him a CLUBBING forearm! Keith sets chairs up together, Bill SMACKS Henry off steps, and Keith has Bill haul Henry up. Bill gives Henry a SKYSCRAPER CHOKE SLAM onto the chairs!! Henry falls in a heap with all that steel, and Bill wants a mic! Wait, now Christian Cage wants to be out here? The fans are fired up either way as Captain Charisma leads The Patriarchy out here. “Seattle… Sit down and shut your mouths while I conduct my business!” The fans boo instead. Christian says they know it and he knows it. The only good things to ever come outta Washington are Mother Shayna and Nick Wayne! So again, show some damn respect!
The fans boo more, and Christian tells Bill & Keith that Christian likes a good backstage brawl as much as the next guy. But when it spills out to ringside and takes away from his air time, then he has a problem. Especially when he was coming out here to make a huge announcement. But hey, maybe they should stand there and listen with the rest of these “sweat hogs,” because this is a pretty damn good announcement. Now, it is no secret that these past couple months, his son, Nick Wayne, has been wrestling at a godlike pace! The fans cheer for Nick, but Christian tells them to shut their mouths while he’s talking!
But believe him when he tells you, that has everything to do with Christian’s guidance. Yet, there are still those who have the audacity to mistake friction for building toughness. But the proof speaks for itself! Nick stands here as the youngest champion this company has ever seen! So why stop there? Why not keep going? Why not make more history? Time for Christian’s son to walk beside him instead of behind him! Time he and Nick embark on a journey that takes them to the top! That sees them become the first-ever father-and-son AEW World Tag Team Champions! The fans are torn on that, but Nick smiles as Christian pats him on the shoulder.
Bill says, “Sorry, did you say that that is your son? Maybe your adopted son. Because if all the things that I’ve heard about Mama Wayne are true… That kid’s real father could be literally anybody. It could be that guy right there! Or what about that guy right there? Oh, oh, wait a second, dead ringer! Dead ringer! Oh my God, that could be your father right there! There he is!” The fans cheer but Bill says if they don’t like what he is saying, then how about Christian come down to the ring to do this right here. Christian says first of all, there is nothing of the sort happening here in Seattle. The fans boo and he asks if they wanna see it.
Well, here’s a question, Big Bill. Is that you talking or is that the bottle talking? Did he fall off the wagon this weekend? Go on a bit of a bender? Maybe he fried too many braincells because he clearly doesn’t know who he’s talking to. Bill doesn’t call the shots, Christian does! He is the Patriarch and this is his Patriarchy! He IS the Face of TNT now and forever! The fans boo but The Patriarchy steps away. Will Bill & Keith take them down all the same?
AEW shares footage from after Summer Blockbuster.
Anthony Bowens was in a bad mood but Billy Gunn wanted to talk things out. Lexy Nair caught up with them first and Billy has “Brittney Spears” hold on. In Lexy’s defense, that outfit really is classic Brittney. But anyway, Daddy Ass tells Bowens it will be a struggle. Bowens says Billy is supposed to be helping him get better. Does he want Bowens to end up like Max Caster? Billy says he got hit in the face by Lance Archer! Well, that’s not on Bowens. They need to get their act together, because Bowens is the Pride of Pro-Wrestling, he needs to climb the ladder in AEW, and he needs to win. Billy says he knows that. What can Daddy Ass do to help Bowens finally hit some homeruns?
Ricochet is here!
The One & Only still wants to assemble a dream team that can help him achieve his dreams, but he rejected Blake Christian & Lee Johnson, the only guys who actually came to see him about it. Is he thinking of recruiting someone from this next match?
JetSpeed VS The Gates of Agony!
Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey have been plotting their own course to titles, namely the AEW World Tag Team Championships. They need to prove themselves to the Hurt Syndicate, can they do that here in Seattle? Or will Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona slam the gates shut on those flight plans?
The bell rings and Speedball starts against Kaun. The fans rally, Kaun rushes up but Bailey dodges. Bailey headlocks, Kaun powers up and out and he RUNS Bailey over! Bailey kips up, then dodges Kaun and hurdles over. Bailey drops down, DROPKICKS Kaun, but Liona tags in and CLOBBERS Bailey! Ricochet vents about losing out on the 4 million Pesos, he blames Lio Rush, and he crosses off CRU as candidates for his crew. Liona TOSSES Bailey to a corner, fires fast hands, but the ref counts. Liona steps on Bailey, steps off, and then drags Bailey up. Tag to Kaun and the Gates double whip. They DOUBLE HIP TOSS, but Bailey lands through!
Bailey dodges lariats and hot tags Knight! The fans fire up as Knight springboards to FLYING ARM-DRAG Kaun! Liona runs up, Knight dodges, but Liona blocks the arm-drag! Liona YANKS Knight up but Knight DROPKICKS Liona out! The fans fire up with Knight, and he scoops Kaun to SLAM! But Liona grabs Knight by his hair! Knight PELES Liona, then says “TOO FLY!” UFO SPLASH but onto knees! Kaun turns things around, Ricochet says that’s smart. Kaun whips Knight into railing, into the apron, and back into railing! Kaun then brings KNight all the way around to send into the LED barriers!
The fans boo but Ricochet applauds. Bailey aims at Kaun and PLANCHAS, but Liona BLASTS Bailey outta the air! Ricochet likes that even more! He applauds, Liona pats Ricochet on the shoulder, and the Gates go back to the ring while Collision goes picture in picture.
The Gates soak up heat, then Kaun puts Knight in the ring. Liona is there to CLOBBER Knight and cover, TWO! Liona drags Knight into a shoulder claw! Knight endures as Liona leans on him, then he fights up. Knight JAWBREAKERS free, then runs, only for Liona to LARIAT him back down! Liona drags Knight up, puts him in the corner and tags Kaun. The Gates double whip, then double hip toss into the DOUBLE SLAM! Kaun covers, TWO! Knight stays in this but Kaun stomps Knight around. Kaun then drags Knight up to put in a corner for more stomps. Kaun fires fast hands, then more stomps, but stops as the ref counts.
Kaun argues with the ref and that lets Liona get a cheap shot in! Kaun drags Knight up while Bailey protests, and Collision goes to break.
Collision returns and Kaun has Knight up top. Knight fires hands in return but so does Kaun. Knight ROCKS Kaun, goes up, and he FLYING LARIATS! Down goes Kaun but both men are down, and the fans fire up! Kaun and Knight crawl, hot tag to Bailey! Bailey goes up top and he MISSILE DROPKICKS! Kaun tumbles, the fans cheer, and Bailey SOBATS, AX KICKS, and BUZZSAWS! Kaun sputters, Bailey runs, SHOOTING STAR misses as Kaun moves! Kaun stands Bailey up but Bailey wrenches to fire LIGHTNING KICKS! Kaun goes to a corner, Bailey runs up, but Kaun ELBOWS him! Kaun goes up, but Bailey GAMANGIRIS!
Bailey goes up, Liona is after him, but Bailey elbows him away! Kaun SHOVES Bailey but Bailey backflips through! Liona runs in, Bailey dodges, Liona goes up and out with his splash! JetSpeed hit an UPPER ROOM BOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Ricochet says it takes more than that! Kaun sits up, Bailey aims, but Liona CLOBBERS him! Liona trips Knight on the top rope, then fireman’s carries! Bailey is up but Liona cdatches the crossbody! FALL AWAY SLAM SAMOAN DROP COMBO! The fans fire up and The Gates set up. Liona runs in and HIP ATTACKS Bailey! Kaun adds a METEORA! The Gates then lift Bailey up, OPEN THE-
NO, Knight saves Bailey! But Kaun ROCKS Knight and Liona HEADBUTTS him! Knight falls back, the Gates drag him up now, and they OPEN THE- DOUBLE SATELLITE DDTS!! Liona runs up, JetSpeed dodge and DOUBLE DROPKICK him out! Ricochet says that’s cheating! But JetSpeed build speed to DOUBLE TOPE CONJILO!! Ricochet has no idea what is happening here! Bailey puts Kaun in the ring, calls to Knight, but Liona YANKS Knight down from the apron! Only for Knight to send him into the steel steps! Kaun SPLASHES Bailey, suplexes, and RUNNING BRAINBUSTER! Fireman’s carry, FALL FROM MOUNT OKU!! Cover, TWO!!
The fans are thunderous and Ricochet is frustrated, but Kaun underhooks! Only for Bailey to backdrop! STANDING MOONSAULT KNEEDROP! And then the TIME ADVENTURE!! Tag to Knight while Bailey hits the GOLDEN TRIANGLE on Liona! Ricochet says this is all cheating! Knight hits the MOTHERSHIP SPLASH!! Cover, JETSPEED WINS!
Winners: JetSpeed, by pinfall
Ricochet is beside himself, but Knight & Bailey have brought down former ROH World Tag Team & ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions! Is this more than enough to earn their shot at Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin? Will Ricochet have to look elsewhere for henchmen?
8 Woman Tag: Thunder Rosa, Queen Aminata & TayJay VS Athena, Thekla, Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford!
We heard from both sides of this all-star main event, but now it is time to back up those words. Will La Mera Mera, the Queen, the Blackbelt and the Star of the Show prove theirs is the winning combination? Or will the Fallen Goddess, the Minion Overlord, the American Joshi, the ROH Gatekeeper, the FOREVER ROH Women’s World Champion (all Athena’s nicknames) lead her team to victory?
The teams stare down, and then Athena throws the first punch! She brawls with Rosa, Thekla attacks Anna and Megan has Tay, leaving Aminata to stare down with Ford. The bell rings, Aminata and Ford start pushing, and then they start throwing forearms! Ford gets the edge, whips, but Aminata reverses. Ford wheelbarrows, victory rolls, but Aminata rolls through. Ford still runs up to DROPKICK Aminata against ropes! Ford fireman’s carries, but Aminata slips free to snapmare and wrap on the headscissors! CHOCOLATE KISSES~! But Megan stops that with a waistlock and SLAM! But TayJay DOUBLE SUPERKICK!
Thekla CLOBBERS Tay and throws her out! The brawl starts up again, and Athena meets Rosa on the apron! They fire forearms, Rosa fires the back suplex, but then Athena fights off one in return. Aminata ROCKS Athena, Ford BLASTS Rosa, and they stare down again. Ford and Aminata each dare the other to go up, so they go up! The others brawl in a cluster, Ford and Aminata are up on the very top! They both SUPER DUPER MOONSAULT! The fans fire up as everyone goes down, and Collision goes picture in picture!
Ford drags Aminata up to POST her! Megan makes her way into the ring, she has Aminata for a BEARHUG, then RAMS her into a corner! And RAMS and RAMS and RAMS again! The ref reprimands, Megan CHOPS Aminata, then Ford handsprings in for a BACK ELBOW! Ford goes side to side to tag Athena, and then Athena runs in and handspring FOREARMS! Athena whips Aminata to Megan for the BACKDROP! Athena then drags Aminata up to CLUB her down! Athena rains down fists, the ref backs her off, and Athena tells Posey to back off! Same ol’ Athena… Athena drags Aminata up but Aminata ROCKS her!
Aminata hurries, hot tag to Anna! Anna runs up but Athena wrenches her. Anna wrenches back to HOOK KICK! Anna whips Athena to a corner, runs and LEG LARIATS! Anna reels Athena in, but Thekla attacks! But then Rosa goes after Thekla! But then Ford joins in, and then so does Tay! Megan and Aminata also get in there, and now it is a 4v4 battle for control! They go back and forth, fighting off suplex again and again. Both sides get frustrated and break off, then Tay & Rosa DOUBLE SUPERKICK Thekla & Ford! Aminata and Anna end up in fireman’s carries, and then Megan and Athena add Rosa and Tay! DOUBLE SAMOAN DROP FALL AWAY SLAM COMBOS!!
Collision returns to single picture while the fans fire up! Athena kips up, Megan roars, and the goddesses stare down. Anna fires hands on Athena but Athena CLUBS her! Then she tags Thekla, but Anna hot tags Aminata! Thekla fires off on Aminata, snapmares, but Aminata avoids the kick! Another smapare, and now a BASEMENT SUPERKICK! Aminata goes to a corner, Thekla runs up, but Aminata dodges. Thekla goes up, BOOTS Aminata, then reels her in for the HANGING HEADSCISSORS! The fans cheer, the ref counts, and Thekla lets Aminata go. Thekla smiles while she hangs upside-down, then she kneels for a cover, ONE!!
Thekla drags Aminata up, the fans rally, and Thekla winds up. Aminata wrenches to LARIAT! And LARIAT! And snap suplex! Thekla roars and she ROCKS Aminata! Aminata HEADBUTTS Thekla! Aminata falls on the cover, TWO!! Thekla survives and the fans rally up. Hot tags to Tay and Ford! They fire furious forearms, then Tay ROCKS Ford! Tay slips around, ripcords, ROCKS Ford again, and DDTS! The fans fire up and Tay covers, but Megan breaks it! Anna CLUBS Megan, TayJay mugs her, then they double whip. Megan crisscrosses TayJay, then DOUBLE GERMAN SUPLEX them!
The fans are fired up but Tay is back up to BOOT Megan out! Tay and Ford are down, they crawl, hot tags to Rosa and Athena! The fans fire up as these two step up to fire forearms and CHOPS on repeat! Then it is just CHOP for CHOP! Athena fires another forearm, Rosa fires back! Athena laughs that off and fires more shots! Rosa fires those with interest! Rosa whips, Athena reverses to KICK, KICK, and ENZIGIRI! Rosa wobbles, the fans fire up, and Athena whips. Rosa DROPKICKS in return! The fans fire up again and Rosa runs corner to corner! UPPERCUT to the back! Then a NECKBREAKER!
Rosa fires up, runs at the ropes, DROPKICK! Rosa drags Athena to the cover, Ford breaks it! Rosa runs up on Ford, Ford goes Matrix and hits the STUNNER! But then Tay kicks Ford and pump handles for a GOTCH PILEDRIVER! Megan runs in, and she LARIATS Tay! Anna runs in, Megan fireman’s carries, but Anna slips free! D D T! Thekla is up, she goes Spider Walk and that takes Anna aback. Thekla then springs up to SPEAR! But Aminata has Thekla for the TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Athena is in and she blocks a kick to slip under and gut wrench! TOMBSTONE!! Athena seethes, but Rosa fireman’s carries! Spin and DEATH VALLEY DRIVER!! But BILLIE STARKZ distracts!
The fans boo but RED VELVET slides Athena the title belt! She CLOBBERS Rosa with it!! High stack, cover, Team Athena wins!
Winners: Athena, Thekla, Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford, by pinfall
The Chef says, “You’re welcome.” The ROH Women’s World Television Champion is going to team with the ROH Women’s World Champion for ROH Global Wars: Mexico, was this just an appetizer for how that’s going to go? Will this win help Thekla, Megan & Ford also find their way to some golden opportunities?
My Thoughts:
A great Collision here, especially as a follow-up to Grand Slam: Mexico while also helping build Global Wars: Mexico. The All-Star 8 Woman was a great main event, but it sure got the short end of the stick when it came to time. I’m not sure if something went long, but it also feels like AEW relies too much on TNT giving them overrun. Red Velvet helping Athena win was a nice touch, given their tag match against Rosa and Persephone. That match happened in reality already but they gotta keep the kayfabe alive. Though, that’s going to be a busy Thursday with Collision being pushed off Saturday, again.
Great promos to hype up the All-Star 8 Man, and that was a great match, too. The Heels winning makes sense there, too, as Kyle needs momentum before he challenges Cole again, and it adds more heat onto FTR. The Outrunners going after FTR was a nice touch, because A) they’re amigos with Bandido and B) they were friends with FTR like Garcia, so now it is The Outrunners’ turn to settle things with Dax & Cash. Bill & Keith have a good brawl with the Workhorsemen, but I’m a little surprised that’s all we got from them before bringing out The Patriarchy. I almost thought Christian Cage was going to name Kip as his tag partner, but I feel like he wants it to be Nick so he can keep Nick close, and possibly leave him hanging at some point.
Great opening match from Moxley with Fox, but of course Moxley wins and then sends a message to Hangman. And it is definitely a case of “Mox Fears Hangman” for him to talk all tough when he knows Hangman isn’t in Seattle yet. Great match from Swerve VS Shane, especially with all the shenanigans going on ringside. Great win for Swerve, and I guess technically Nana, too. Very good promo from Bowens and Billy to show there is some tension between them now. It is mostly Bowens’ frustrations making him lash out, but I wonder if Bowens starts to distance himself from Billy to truly be a solo act now.
Great to see Ibushi back in AEW, and great tease of Ibushi VS Okada. I suspect Briscoe and Ibushi will team up against Alexander & Archer, and that can help lead to Omega’s return from the “devastating” attack to have some final math on the Omega VS Okada dream rematch. And if Ibushi sticks around, that brings in some intrigue on whether or not we get Golden Lovers back together. I could see either story happening, where Golden Lovers go for a Two Man Power Trip kind of run, getting gold together. But I could also see them being friendly rivals, competing over the same title(s), especially with the “Unified Championship” bringing Continental and International Championship “divisions” together.
Good promo from Mone and a great promo from Toni to hype up their match, but we’ve still got time before there’s any real go-home math. But I said it before so I’ll say it again: It’s called “All In,” so whatever belts Mone has by All In, Mone should go ALL IN with her belts against Toni. Now obviously Mone has no reason to, and Heels never want to “put up or shut up,” but if Toni goads her into putting her money where her mouth is, maybe Mone does it out of anger. And honestly, if Toni wins at All In, wouldn’t she then be owed a match for any number of Mone’s titles anyway? AEW makes good use of the rule that pinning a champ earns a title match, so just cut to the chase.
Very fun Mixed Six with Hologram joining Briscoe & Willow as perhaps the newest member of Conglomeration. But at some point, Hologram needs to win a title or his streak means nothing. Good promo from Kris after that match and how she shoved Yuta. Kris being afraid of Moxley at first was a nice touch, since we’ve seen Mox makes no qualms about hitting a woman wrestler (namely Willow) with a cutter. But then Moxley actually adds to Yuta’s recruitment attempts by being nice to Kris. It makes me wonder if Kris becomes a Death Rider, and maybe the Women’s Division becomes the group’s next phase. Honestly, if not for Mone collecting belts and what not, Marina should’ve gotten a title shot herself by now.
And a great tag match of JetSpeed VS Gates of Agony. I guess with nothing else for them, the Gates defaulted back to being Heels. Ricochet was good on commentary, and as I figured, his story of finding faction members is failing because his standards are too high and he as a personality is too sensitive to put grudges aside. CRU was the right choice to me but then he said no thanks cuz of that Pesos match. As for JetSpeed, they will certainly get that tag title match with Hurt Syndicate, but I feel like MJF will be why the Hurt Syndicate retains.
My Score: 8.8/10
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The Ace VS Everybody’s Kokeshi, for the final time!
Hiroshi Tanahashi’s farewell tour continues on, and his New Japan Soul will shine bright against fellow icon, Tomoaki Honma!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Tatsuya Matsumoto VS Zane Jay; Time Limit Draw.
- 8 Man Tag: Toru Yano, YOH, Master Wato & Daiki Nagai VS The House of Torture; The House of Torture wins.
- 8 Man Tag: YOSHI-HASHI, Jado, Shoma Kato & Katsuya Murashima VS The House of Torture; The House of Torture wins.
- Six Man Tag: Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe & Tiger Mask VS Bullet Club; Bullet Club wins.
- Six Man Tag: Taichi, Yuya Uemura & Ryusuke Taguchi VS The United Empire; Taichi, Yuya & Taguchi win.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi VS Tomoaki Honma; Tanahashi wins.
- Six Man Tag: Hirooki Goto, Boltin Oleg & Shota Umino VS TMDK; Goto, Oleg & Shota win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Hiroshi Tanahashi VS Tomoaki Honma!
The year is half over, meaning we’re that much closer to The Ace reaching the end of his Final Road. One way or another, he checks off another name on the list, but will the Ace be high? Or will Everyone’s Kokeshi be like a roadblock up ahead?
Both men take off their coats and the fans cheer the muscularity. The bell rings and the fans rally up, with a lot of “HONMA! HONMA!” coming out! Tanahashi nods in respect, and the two circle. They tie up, Tanahashi waistlocks, but Honma switches. Tanahashi switches back, but Honma wrenches free. Tanahashi wrenches in return, but then so does Honma. Honma has the wristlock, but Tanahashi drops down for a leg pick, then he floats to the headlock. Honma fights up but Tanahashi hits the takeover. Honma headscissors, Tanahashi kips free, and the fans cheer the standoff. The two reset and circle again.
The fans rally, and while Tanahashi tries, the Honma fans are still louder. The two tie up collar ‘n’ elbow and are in a deadlock. Honma digs in his heels and he starts pushing Tanahashi back. Honma puts Tanahashi on the ropes, the ref counts, and Honma lets go. But then Tanahashi turns things around! The ref counts and Tanahashi slowly lets off of Honma. The fans applaud, but then Tanahashi takes a swing! Honma dodges to CHOP, CHOP, and CHOP! The fans rally, Honma whips Tanahashi to a corner, but Tanahashi ELBOWS him! Tanahashi goes up and CROSSBODIES! Direct hit and the fans cheer the air guitar.
Tanahashi storms up on Honma, brings him up and fires forearms. Tanahashi whips, Honma reverses, and Honma ELBOWS Tanahashi down! Fans fire up as Honma runs, but Tanahashi avoids the Kokeshi! The fans are torn but Tanahashi brings Honma up to whip. Honma grabs ropes to stop himself, then he runs to RUN Tanahashi over! Honma runs again, but Tanahashi again avoids the Kokeshi! The fans boo but Tanahashi doesn’t let that get him down. Tanahashi stomps Honma’s legs, Honma crawls away, but Tanahashi brings him up. Tanahashi bumps Honma off buckles, then bumps him off buckles again!
The fans rally as Tanahashi dribbles Honma off the buckles! Honma stops to throw hands on Tanahashi! And now Honma puts Tanahashi in the corner. But Tanahashi turns things around! Tanahashi puts Honma’s leg in the ropes but the ref reprimands. Tanahashi assures the ref he won’t do anything, but then he DROPKICKS the leg after all! The fans are torn, and Honma falls to the mat. The fans rally up for Honma, Tanahashi drags him by his leg, and then drops an ELBOW on the knee! Tanahashi has the toehold but Honma grabs at Tanahashi’s hair. Tanahashi elbows Honma then pulls on the leg.
Tanahashi shifts and has the DEATHLOCK! Tanahashi pushes on the legs but Honma endures. Honma CHOPS but Tanahashi eggs him on. Honma CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS! Tanahashi HEADBUTTS Honma! But that was double-edged and Tanahashi feels dizzy! Tanahashi lets the leglock go, and he drags Honma back to center. Tanahashi pulls on the bad leg but Honma kicks him with the good leg! Tanahashi eggs Honma on, so Honma BOOTS him! Tanahashi stomps Honma again and again, the fans rally up, and Honma eggs Tanahashi on now! The fans rally behind Honma while Tanahashi keeps kicking!
Honma blocks a kick, fires a forearm, but Tanahashi fires back! Tanahashi eggs Honma on and the forearms keep going! Tanahashi fires his strike combo! Honma wobbles, but he still blocks a kick, and DRAGON SCREWS! The fans cheer as Honma gives Tanahashi a taste of his own medicine! The fans rally as Honma crawls away to the ropes. Tanahashi stirs and rises up, and Honma runs up to RUN Tanahashi over! And he ELBOWS Tanahashi down! Then he scoops and SLAMS Tanahashi! The fans fire up while Honma brings Tanahashi around. Honma CHOPS, and CHOPS, and he CHOPS Tanahashi into the corner!
Honma whips corner to corner, runs in, and ELBOWS Tanahashi again! Honma then runs to BULLDOG Tanahashi down! The fans fire up as Honma goes for it again! KOKESHI FLOPS as Tanahashi avoids it once more! That was a close call, though. Tanahashi runs and he FLYING FOREARMS Honma down! The fans rally while Honma goes to a corner. Tanahashi kicks Honma, fires forearms, and fires up. The fans rally as Tanahashi goes corner to corner, but he blocks a boot! Tanahashi holds on as Honma tries to kick free. DRAGON SCREW! Honma is down and the fans rally up. Tanahashi brings Honma back up to scoop and SLAM!
Tanahashi has Honma in the drop zone, adds an ELBOW, then he climbs! SUNSET SENTON! A solid one at that! The fans fire up and Tanahashi goes back up! But Honma hits Tanahashi first! Honma climbs, CLUBS Tanahashi, and the fans rally as he brings Tanahashi to the top. Tanahashi fires body shots and a forearm, but Honma holds onto the ropes to stay up! Tanahashi fires more shots, and Honma falls! But he rises again to trip Tanahashi! Honma CLUBS Tanahashi, climbs back up, and the fans rally again! Tanahashi fires hands, and another HEADBUTT! Honma staggers back, but then RISING KOKESHIS!
Honma climbs, he brings Tanahashi up again, and hits the SUPERPLEX! The fans fire up for that heavy landing! Honma rises as the fans cheer him on, and he hits a KOKESHI ROCKET! Cover, TWO!! Tanahashi survives and the fans fire up again. Honma brings Tanahashi back up, throws some heavy back elbows, but Tanahashi eggs him on. Honma has Tanahashi down, then gets both wrists! KAMI-GOYE KOKESHI!! Cover, TWO!! But Honma doesn’t fret, he just goes up top! The fans fire up for the FALLING KOKESHI, but Tanahashi moves! Another crash landing for Honma and the fans can’t believe it!
The fans rally as hard as they can for Honma and he rises up. Honma goes to a corner, he and Tanahashi run at each other, and Honma LARIATS first! Then KOKESHI!! It finally hits!! Cover, TWO!! Tanahashi survives but Honma powers up again! The fans rally as Honma brings Tanahashi back up. Honma suplexes but Tanahashi blocks! Tanahashi fires elbows, fights free, but Honma roars! Tanahashi DRAGON PALMS! Honma HEADBUTTS! Honma runs, but Tanahashi dodges, only for Honma to SWAT the Slingblade! Honma runs, but into a TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Tanahashi runs as Honma rises, SLINGBLADE! Cover, TWO!!
The fans are thunderous but now Tanahashi goes up top! HIGH FLY FLOW!! Cover, Tanahashi wins!
Winner: Hiroshi Tanahashi, by pinfall
In their final showdown, The Ace and The Kokeshi fought like there was no tomorrow! But in the end, Tanahashi comes out on top! He shows his friend respect, and the fans applaud. The Final Road still has many stops left, but who will be next?
Six Man Tag: Hirooki Goto, Boltin Oleg & Shota Umino VS TMDK!
After Dominion, The Fierce Warrior is still IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, and BARS is now NEVER Openweight Champion! The Roughneck still wants to prove himself worthy, will he and Team Hontai be rolling towards the G1 Climax? Or can Zack Sabre Jr, Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson remind us that The Mighty Don’t Kneel?
The trios sort out and Oiwa starts against Oleg. The fans rally as they circle, tie up, and Oiwa headlocks. Oiwa spins to hammerlock, but Oleg switches that onto Oiwa. Oiwa switches, Oleg switches back then headlocks. Oiwa wrenches the hold open, the two fight for control, and Oleg powers Oiwa down with the top wristlock. But then Oiwa headscissors! Oleg kips free, headlocks, and he grinds the hold. Oiwa fights up, Oleg wrenches and fireman’s carries for a takeover! And another takeover! And another! Oiwa headscissors but Oleg kips free and the fans cheer the standoff. The two reset again and tie back up.
Oiwa headlocks but Oleg powers up, only for Oiwa to hold on tight. Oleg fires body shots, powers up again, but Oiwa still holds tight! Oiwa grinds the hold but Oleg fires body shots. Oleg lifts, but Oiwa hits a flying takeover! The fans rally, Oleg fights up again, and he fires body shots. Oleg powers up and out, Oiwa whips, then Oiwa drops down to DROPKICK! The fans fire up and Oiwa hits a headlock takeover! Oiwa hooks a leg for a cover, TWO! Oiwa keeps the headlock but Oleg fights up. Oleg powers up, powers out this time, then Oleg hurdles to HIP TOSS! The fans fire up and Oleg runs, runs, and SPLASHES DOWN! Cover, TWO!
The fans applaud as Oiwa stays in this. Oleg stomps Oiwa, brings him up, and wrenches an arm. Oleg CLUBS Oiwa, then tags in Shota. Shota takes the handoff to wrench and wrench and wrench again. Goto then tags in and he takes the handoff. Goto wrenches to YANK the arm, CLUB the arm, and then wrench again. Tag back to Oleg and Oleg takes the handoff to wrench and wristlock. Oleg tags Shota back in and Shota CLUBS the arm. Shota stares down ZSJ, he and Oleg stomp Oiwa, then they double whip. They DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE, and ZSJ runs in! Shota sends him into Oleg’s CHOP, and Goto RUNS ZSJ over!
Goto BLASTS Hartley, then brings Oiwa up. Goto has the others join in on BEATING THE DRUM! The fans cheer as Hontai learns to play the Chaos classics. Shota then brings Oiwa up for an UPPERCUT! Shota UPPERCUTS again, and UPPERCUTS again, then whips Oiwa to ropes. Shota ELBOWS Oiwa down, runs and basement DROPKICKS! Oiwa hurries to FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect but Oiwa keeps cool. The fans rally up and Shota brings Oiwa around. Shota reels Oiwa in, Oiwa resists the lift, so Shota fires KNEE after KNEE! Oiwa sputters, and then Shota CHOPS him to a corner.
Shota whips corner to corner but Oiwa comes back. Shota dodges the lariat, but Oiwa blocks Shota’s to underhook and BUTTERFLY SUPLEX! Both men are down, so TMDK BLASTS Goto & Oleg! ZSJ goes out to UPPERCUT Goto down, and Hartley tags in. Hartley CHOPS Shota down, then suplexes him! Cover, TWO! Tag to ZSJ and the fans cheer as The Front Man UPPERCUTS Shota! ZSJ UPPERCUTS Shota again, and again, and again! The fans rally as the UPPERCUTS just keep going, until Shota falls over! Tag back to Hartley and he drags Shota. ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up and Hartley stomps Shota.
Hartley drags Shota over, tags ZSJ, and ZSJ RAMS Shota! ZSJ UPPERCUTS Shota, shoves, RAMS low, then UPPERCUTS again! ZSJ cravats for the neck wrench but Shota endures. The fans rally, Shota fights up, and Shota powers up and out with a throw. Shota then sunset flips, TWO! ZSJ prawn holds, TWO! Shota sunsets again, TWO! ZSJ high stacks, TWO! Shota sunsets again, TWO! Shota avoids the Penalty Kick to arm-drag, but ZSJ headscissors and NECK TWISTS! ZSJ drags Shota over, tags Oiwa, and Oiwa uses a STRAIGHT ARMBAR! Shota endures, so Oiwa drags him out and drops a LEG on the arm!
Shota endures the modified arm scissors, and he kicks around to the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Oiwa lets go, and Oiwa stomps Shota’s arm. Oiwa kicks Shota, eggs him on, then stands him up. Shota ROCKS Oiwa! Oiwa shakes that off, comes back and kicks low! But Shota fires more forearms! Oiwa kicks low, runs up, but Shota dodges to wrench and TORNADO- NO, Oiwa powers out, slips around, but Shota fights the high crotch suplex! Shota CLUBS Oiwa, Oiwa runs up, but Shota ELBOWS and- NO, Oiwa ducks the Pele! Oiwa whips, Shota reverses, TORNADO DDT! Both men are down and the fans fire up!
The fans rally while Shota and Oiwa crawl, hot tag to Goto! The Fierce Warrior runs over The Mullet, then he BLASTS TMDK! Oiwa kicks low, runs, but Goto follows and LARIATS! Hartley runs in but Goto kicks low! Hartley blocks Goto’s suplex to suplex Goto, but Goto fights that! Goto then suplexes Hartley onto Oiwa! The fans fire up while Oiwa sputters. Goto stands Oiwa up, whips him to a corner, then runs in for MURAMASA! Then the SAIDO! Cover, TWO! Oiwa survives but Goto is right on him. Oiwa fights the fireman’s carry and CLUBS away! Then ROLLING ELBOW! Oiwa runs, Goto follows, but Oiwa ducks!
Oiwa wrenches Goto and hits a DDT! The fans fire up and Oiwa hot tags ZSJ! ZSJ runs to PENALTY KICK! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up and ZSJ brings Goto up. Goto fights the scoop, fires body shots, but ZSJ UPPERCUTS! Goto fires a forearm, ZSJ UPPERCUTS again, and repeat! ZSJ UPPERCUTS again and again and again, but Goto fires more forearms! ZSJ wrenches an arm to PELE! ZSJ whips, Goto reverses and fireman’s carries! ZSJ slips free, Goto ELBOWS him, then Goto blocks a kick! But ZSJ uses that for an ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! Goto endures but TMDK YANK Oleg and Shota off the apron!
Oleg is sent into railing, Oiwa keeps Shota down with an armlock, and ZSJ breaks Goto’s grip to have the ARMBAR!! And then the LEGLOCK on top!! Goto flails, reaches out, ROPEBREAK!! The fans cheer, ZSJ lets go, but now Hontai is sent into railing again! ZSJ grabs Goto’s hand and bends the fingers! And he STOMPS the arm! Goto writhes but ZSJ stomps him more. ZSJ runs up and BOOTS Goto, but Goto stays up! ZSJ tries again but Goto blocks the boot to DECK ZSJ! The fans fire up and Goto roars, but he runs into a BOOT! ZSJ scoops, Goto slips free, but ZSJ PELES! And PENALTY KICKS! But Goto is up to LARIAT!
Both men are down and the fans fire up! Goto and ZSJ crawl, reach out, hot tags to Oleg and Hartley! The fans fire up as the big men DOUBLE LARIAT! And DOUBLE LARIAT! And DOUBLE LARIAT again! Then they start throwing CHOPS! Oleg DOUBLE CHOPS, runs, but Hartley CROSSBODIES! The fans fire up, Hartley BLASTS Shota off the apron, and he aims from the corner. Hartley runs in, Oleg dodges, and then Oleg comes back! Oleg SPLASHES, then gut wrenches! But Hartley’s too big! Hartley breaks free, fires boxing elbows, and an UPPERCUT! Hartley reels Oleg in, suplexes, but Oleg fights it! They fight for control, and Hartley suplexes Oleg!
The fans fire up and Hartley rises. Hartley runs but Oleg avoids the senton! Oleg drags Hartley up, scoops and SLAMS! The fans fire up as Oleg goes up, up, and VADER BOMBS! Cover, TWO! Hartley stays in this and the fans rally up. Oleg brings Hartley around to gut wrench! Shake, Rattle & THROW! Oleg kips up and the fans fire up! Oleg brings Hartley up again, fireman’s carries, but Oiwa kicks low! Shota kicks Oiwa, UPPERCUTS him, then whips. Oiwa reverses and UPPERCUTS Shota! Oiwa then gets around Oleg to HIGH CROTCH PLEX! ZSJ adds a NECK TWIST! Hartley adds the SENTON! Cover, Goto breaks it! The fans fire up while ZSJ goes after Goto!
ZSJ fires forearm after forearm, but Goto fireman’s carries! USHIGOROSHI! Oiwa runs up, Goto sends him into Shota’s LARIAT! Shota stands Hartley up, he and Goto double whip, but Hartley breaks the lariats! Shota sends Hartley into Goto’s FOREARM! Shota ENZIGIRIS! Goto hits URA GTR, and Shota adds a LARIAT!! The fans fire up and Oleg has Hartley up! Fireman’s carry for the KAMIKAZE!! Cover, Hontai wins!
Winners: Hirooki Goto, Boltin Oleg & Shota Umino, by pinfall
The Mighty Don’t Kneel, but they can still fall! Oleg brings down big bad Hartley, can TMDK rise back up before the G1 begins?
As for Hontai, Oleg scored the fall so he gets to speak! Oleg says good evening to Yamagata and the fans cheer. Oleg knows he only just became NEVER Champion, but he promises to work even harder and become an even greater wrestler, so please continue to support him. The fans applaud, and then Oleg asks who wants to speak next. Goto lets Shota go next, and the fans cheer Shota on. Shota thanks the fans for the great energy all the way through the show tonight, then he takes a bow. The fans applaud, and Shota adds that Yamagata is both hot and amazing. This New Japan Soul series is important, but so is the upcoming G1 Climax.
Goto is going to defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against ZSJ in Nagoya before the tournament begins, and regardless of who wins that, Shota vows to win the G1 and challenge the champion. Shota tells Goto that he hopes to face him again with the title on the line. The fans applaud and Goto nods. Shota says naturally, the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion will now close us out. The fans applaud again and Goto is handed the mic. The fans cheer Goto on, and he also thanks everyone for coming out tonight. Goto knows it took a long time, but he is proud to finally return to Yamagata as world champion.
The fans cheer, and Goto adds that he wants to make it through his next defense to then take this title into the G1. The Goto Revolution is far from over! Be sure to follow him until the end! The fans cheer that, and Goto says that lastly, he of course wishes to talk about Goto’s G. The fans applaud, and Goto realizes, there’s a G in Yamagata, too. So then, the G in Yamagata and IWGP stand for Goto! The fans cheer and the Fierce Warrior is ready! Will he thwart ZSJ’s efforts in one more rematch? Will he make the G in G1 also stand for Goto?
My Thoughts:
A very good night for NJPW as part of their New Japan Soul series. While I skimmed the other matches, I do like how Sho is wearing a mask like he’s a luchador now and it isn’t obvious it’s just him. The House of Torture wins their matches to keep momentum going, and the other matches were about building towards the G1 Climax qualifiers. Tanahashi VS Honma was good, and I like that the fans cheered Honma. Truth be told, we know Tanahashi is going to win most of these Final Road matches, so that is probably why the fans hope for the opponents to do well. And with the G1 coming up, maybe Tanahashi gets one last good run to try for the finals.
Very good Six Man Tag main event, but it works for Hontai to win. Goto is the top champion, Oleg just became a champion, and NJPW wants Shota to build up given he’s one of the Reiwa Musketeers. Goto VS ZSJ will be a very good match but I feel like Goto’s going to win to bring the title along and add drama to his G1. ZSJ can still have his own great showing in the G1 and maybe makes a case for himself to be the winner again.
My Score: 8.8/10
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