Coverage
Mitchell’s WWE NXT UK Results & Report! (11/19/20)
KLR VS Piper, FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE!
Where will the NXT UK Women’s Championship match end?
To finally settle their grudge, Kay Lee Ray and Piper Niven will boldly go where no NXT UK Women’s Championship match has gone before! It’s FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Joe Coffey VS Sam Gradwell; Coffey wins.
- Pretty Deadly VS Oliver Carter & Ashton Smith; Pretty Deadly wins.
- Saxon Huxley VS Levi Muir; Huxley wins.
- NXT UK Women’s Championship Falls Count Anywhere: Kay Lee Ray VS Piper Niven; KLR wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
Joe Coffey VS Sam Gradwell!
The Iron King and Gallus won in last week’s Six Man Tag, but according to the Thunder Storm, that “gang warfare” didn’t prove anything. Will Coffey show Gradwell that 1v1 will end the same as 3v3?
The bell rings and the two tie up. They go around but break, and try again. Coffey puts Gradwell on ropes, the ref counts and the two break, only to tie up again. They go around again, Gradwell shoves Coffey away and fixes his Mohawk. Coffey and Gradwell tie up with knuckle locks and go shoulder to shoulder in the test of strength. Coffey powers Gradwell back onto ropes but lets off cleanly. They tie up, Coffey gets an arm and wrings it, but Gardwell manages to roll through. Coffey headlocks, Gradwell powers out, but Coffey runs him over! Things speed up, Gradwell hurdles then elbows Coffey down! Gradwell CLUBS Coffey but Coffey goes after the bad leg!
Gradwell cranks on the arm for a double wristlock and fights off Coffey’s attempt at his leg. They go around, Gradwell shifts to a hammerlock of sorts, and throws a big forearm! Coffey headbutts back, but Gradwell throws another forearm! Coffey headbutts, Gradwell throws another forearm, then ripcords Coffey out to forearm again! Coffey rebounds to dropkick the leg! Gradwell gets to ropes, Coffey brings Gradwell up and hits a SHIN BREAKER! Gradwell kicks with the good leg but Coffey blocks to sweep the bad leg! Coffey clubs Gradwell to a corner, throws body shots, then wraps the bad leg around the rope! The ref counts, but Coffey YANKS the leg at 4!
Coffey brings Gradwell up but Gradwell throws a forearm. Coffey shoves Gradwell, Gradwell rebounds to sunset flip but Coffey rolls out! Coffey grounds ‘n’ pounds, talks smack, and then cranks on the leg! Gradwell kicks Coffey away, but Coffey wrangles him down with an armlock! Gradwell headscissors back and squeezes tight! Coffey fights up and around, pops out and throws hands. Coffey has the legs in a butterfly stretch but Gradwell sits up to arm-drag him from the mat! Coffey KICKS the bad leg! Coffey reels Gradwell in, brings him up and gets the legs again! Coffey rains down hands, stretches the legs, but Gradwell throws forearms! Coffey shuts him down and says, “No one cares!” Gradwell hits back again but Coffey shoves him down.
Coffey pushes the legs, Gradwell sits up, Coffey SLAPS him down! Coffey keeps saying, “No one cares, Sam!” Gradwell sits up, Coffey headbutts him back down! Gradwell sits up again, Coffey stands on the legs! Coffey SLAPS Gradwell, and shouts “MY KINGDOM!” Coffey STOMPS the bad leg as he hops off. Coffey says Gallus Boys On Top, but Gradwell hits back. Coffey kicks and slaps Gradwell, then stands on the knee. Gradwell hits back with haymakers! Gradwell scoops and SLAMS Coffey down! Both men are down because Gradwell’s bad knee is hurting him. The two men get up, Gradwell throws hands! Coffey headbutts, Gradwell comes back with more haymakers! But again, Coffey dropkicks the leg out!
Gradwell gets up, blocks the kick to STO! Cover, TWO! Coffey survives but Gradwell keeps his focus. Gradwell hobbles up, fireman’s carries, but the leg bothers him! Coffey slips off, swats the clothesline away and cording holds an arm to then club away with forearms! Coffey kicks the bad leg again, then throws slapping strikes. Coffey steps up and STOMPS the bad leg! “MY KINGDOM!” Coffey uses the Glasgow Sendoff SPEAR to send Gradwell into buckles! Then ALL THE BEST FOR THE BELLS! Cover, Coffey wins!
Winner: Joe Coffey, by pinfall
The Iron King might have a new scar on his face as he’s bleeding from an eyebrow. But he says this is what it means to be Gallus! “No one can match me! Just remember that!”
NXT UK Media hears from Sid Scala and Jordan Devlin.
Scala starts by saying he and General Manager Johnny Saint have sanctioned NXT Cruiserweight Championship matches but Devlin has to stop him there. “Sanctioned” defenses? Is Devlin supposed to be thankful for that? No. Scala and Saint should be thanking Devlin on their knees for what he’s done for the brand by winning the title. So don’t “sanction,” just find him challengers. But Kenny Williams and Amir Jordan walk over. Devlin wants a challenger? Well Williams is a bit injured but will happily challenge when he’s all better. And Amir is 100% now, if it’s okay with Kenny.
Oh, having to ask permission? Isn’t that nice? Nice loyalty to your tag partner. Devlin knows they’re ambitious guys, and no one wants to really be in a tag team. Everyone comes to the WWE to be a singles champion like Devlin. But after these two sort out the odd couple thing, Devlin will be waiting. Devlin heads off and Scala appreciates the enthusiasm from Williams and Jordan. Will the Chancer and the Bhangra Bad Boy be on the list of contenders for the Irish Ace?
NXT relives the epic that was Walter VS Dragunov.
Before the match, NXT UK Media interviewed Ilja. “There are so many thoughts that are going through my mind, this is not like just another day where you go to work.” This is something more. Something more than personal, more than a battle. This had to happen. Everything before led to this moment, he saw it in his mind. He went to war! “Everything you see there is violence, war, everything, and I’m ready for this! I was born for this!” His battle with Walter for the NXT UK Championship. If he didn’t win, he wanted to be dragged out of the ring, because he would not leave the ring without winning!
And in the end, after following through on his promise to “redefine violence” in the match with the Ring General, Ilja did have to be dragged out of the ring. Will Ilja ever fight for this title again? Will he ever fight again period?
NXT UK hears from Alexander Wolfe.
He introduces himself, but the Gallus boys are a little too loud celebrating Joe Coffey’s win tonight. Wolfe keeps trying to give his speech, but then he shouts at Gallus to “SHUT UP!” Gallus hears that and asks what his problem is. They’re just having a good time celebrating. Celebrating what? The win Coffey got! He calls that a win? He’s still bleeding. A win is a win, Wolfe. It doesn’t matter how you win. But what about the “big one?” Coffey will lose that again. Speaking of big ones, TakeOver: Blackpool, Wolfe stuck his nose in Coffey’s business. As far as Coffey is concerned, Wolfe cost Coffey. If Wolfe wants to fight, they can finally settle this. And then we’ll see who is bleeding. Gallus is fired up even more now! Will the Iron King make Imperium’s Hatchet Man pay for past transgressions?
Pretty Deadly VS Oliver Carter & Ashton Smith!
Sam Stoker and Lewis Howley don’t like being reminded that Eddie Dennis played them. But will they at least get the Predator Killer and The Prestige off their backs after this?
The teams sort out and Stoker starts with Smith. The two tie up, Stoker gets an arm and wrenches but Smith wrenches back. They go around, Stoker spins through but Smith wrenches him again. Stoker rolls, handsprings and wrenches again but Smith blocks the whip. Smith whips, Stoker tries to roll him up but Smith stays up to drag Stoker right up! Stoker still tags Howley in and Howley whips Smith. Smith whips Howley to then back drop him high and hard! Smith wrenches and grinds Howley’s arm, but Howley fights his way back up. Howley knees low, clubs Smith then wrenches to tag in Stoker. Pretty Deadly go after the arm, Stoker wrenches to a standing armlock. Stoker steps over to then pull way back on the arm and twist the fingers!
Smith endures, powers up and has Stoker on his shoulders to then put him on the corner. Stoker stands on a hand and grinds it into the ropes! The ref counts, Stoker lets go and leaps, but into Smith’s arms! Smith pops Stoker up for a suplex! Cover, TWO! Smith brings Stoker up, tags Carter, and then Smith scoop slams Stoker down. Carter runs, gets help from Smith for a SILLY STRING SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Carter keeps on Stoker with a facelock then clamps onto the arm. Stoker endures, fights up and pulls hair! The ref reprimands, Carter reverses the whip and then walk kicks him! Stoker runs into an arm-drag and Carter keeps on the arm with another armlock. Carter has the cording hold to keep Stoker from his corner and then shifts to another armlock.
Stoker fights up, pulls hair again but the ref reprimands again. Carter whips, Stoker reverses but Carter rolls off his back and slides away! Howley tags before Carter arm-drags Stoker, and then Howley scoops Carter to slam him! Carter kicks Howley away and arm-drags Howley down! Howley endures as Carter has the cording hold again. They stand, Howley throws body shots and then headlocks. Carter powers out but Howley hops over him, only for Carter to hurdle and hit a crossbody! Howley DECKS Smith but Carter gets him for a clinch. Howley slips out, whips Carter but Carter DECKS Stoker! Smith gets in but the ref keeps him back. Howley sneaks up on Carter but Carter ROCKS him with a right!
Carter whips but Howley blocks and reverses, and Stoker trips Carter to send him face first into buckles! Smith finally goes back to his corner bur Howley stomps away on Carter! Tag to Stoker and Stoker drags Carter up to throw uppercuts! Carter hits back but gets more uppercuts for it! Howley tags in, Pretty Deadly mugs Carter and then Howley whips to CLOBBER him! Cover, TWO! Howley digs his knee into Carter’s back, wraps on a chinlock and thrashes him around. Carter fights his way up and throws body shots. Howley knees low, whips Carter to a corner, then runs in, only to be tossed out hard! Carter crawls but Howley and Smith stare down a moment. Smith shouts for Carter to hurry but Howley intercepts Carter already!
Howley powers Carter all the way back to the Pretty Deadly corner! Stoker tags in and he runs in to uppercut Carter down! Cover, TWO! Stoker grabs Carter for a facelock, Carter fights out with body shots and a jawbreaker! Stoker still keeps Carter from Smith but Carter throws forearms. Howley tags in, Carter DECKS Stoker but Smith avoids Howley’s cheap shot! Carter dodges Howley, hot tag to Smith! Smith rallies on Pretty Deadly with strength! Smith whips Howley, ROCKS him with an uppercut and hip tosses him down hard! Stoker gets in but Smith knees him out! Howley runs at Smith and clobbers him at ropes! Howley whips, Smith reverses but Howley dodges, only to run into BLUE THUNDER! Cover, Stoker breaks it!
Carter throws Stoker out hard, then DIVES to take him down! Carter tags in and runs at Howley to WINDMILL KICK! Carter feeds Howley to Smith for the scoop and then a fling, into a SUPERKICK! Howley flounders about, Carter drags him to a drop zone and tags Smith back in. Smith and Carter coordinate, BACK DROP 450!! Cover, but Stoker puts Howley’s leg on the ropes!! Pretty Deadly has each other’s backs, but Carter goes after Stoker! But Stoker POSTS Carter! Smith drags Howley up, fireman’s carries, but Howley fights out and waistlocks. Smith switches, O’Conner roll, TWO into Stoker’s SHORYUKEN! Howley rolls Smith and has the tights! Pretty Deadly wins!!
Winner: Pretty Deadly, by pinfall
“YES, BOY!” Stoker and Howley find a way to screw Carter and Smith over! Will they manage to do the same all the way to the top?
NXT UK Media catches up with South Wales Subculture.
Mark Andrews is PISSED! He throws chairs around and shouts, “EIGHT MONTHS! Eight of the hardest months in my life!” For eight months, Andrews didn’t know if he could get back in the ring, all because of Eddie Dennis! But is he surprised? No. Because he learned a long time ago that Dennis will do anything to get ahead, no matter who he hurts. As for The Hunt, “I never thought you’d stoop this low.”
Flash Morgan Webster takes it from here. “Twelve years old. I was 12 years old when I met you, Boar.” Or should he say, Mike? They built rings in his backyard. They were friends! A friendship of 15 years, that’s what he broke! And that won’t be the only thing that breaks! Will the Modfather and the Rockstar turn the Hunt into the hunted?
NXT UK superstars react to Rampage Brown.
Seeing his debut in NXT UK, Joe Coffey says it was unreal. Smith told us that we were in for something special, “and what did we see? Aggression, power, ruthlessness, dominance! And that’s just the beginning.” Dave Mastiff was impressed. He always has been. Mark Coffey and Wolfgang know Rampage will run through people. “Nobody commands respect in the UK like Rampage Brown.” Rampage himself said the boys just better keep up. Will the Rampage run wild all the way to the top of the brand?
Saxon Huxley VS Levi Muir!
Here he comes! Here comes the Divine Beast of the Astral Plane! Will Levi wish he’d stayed away from work today?
The bell rings and Huxley roars as he circles with Levi. They tie up, Huxley puts Levi in a corner but TOSSES him across the way! And then corner splashes! Huxley cravats, knees and clinches, but Levi throws body shots. Levi powers out, hurdles and goes to hip toss, but Huxley blocks that to give more knees! The BT Studio fans cheer as Huxley brings Levi up to SPINE BUSTER! Huxley fires himself up and drops elbows on Levi’s back! Levi gets to ropes but Huxley clubs him down more! Huxley digs his boots into Levi’s head, then whips him into another corner. Huxley scrapes Levi’s face but the ref counts. Huxley stops after a WASH, but then he goes outside.
Huxley runs in to BOOT Levi back in! Levi is in a daze, Huxley sits Levi up to crank on the neck! Levi endures, but Jack Starz appears? Starz coaches Levi up and Levi fights up to throw elbows and body shots! Huxley knees Levi low, scoops him but Levi slips out to dropkick back! And another dropkick! Huxley runs in, Levi dodges and leaps, but is SWATTED down! Huxley stomps away, rains down furious fists, then drags Levi back up. Huxley scoops and TOSSES Levi across the way! Levi flounders up, Huxley runs corner to corner and BOOTS him down! Huxley brings Levi out to then LARIAT him down! Cover, Huxley wins!
Winner: Saxon Huxley, by pinfall
Even with Starz coaching him on, there was nothing Levi Muir could do about the madness unleashed in the ring. Will Huxley wreak havoc on the rest of the roster as this strange year wraps up?
NXT UK hears from the Heritage Cup finalists.
Trent Seven says the tournament has been an eye opener for both him, and the rest of the world. The world is seeing something new and fresh. Seven has had a hard fought road against the young and agile Kenny Williams, as well as the heaviest hitter in the tournament, Dave Mastiff. But he managed to make it over those obstacles to this point: facing A-Kid. The Spanish Ace says in round one, he beat a former champion in Flash Morgan Webster. In round two, he beat his “demons,” by overcoming someone he lost to before in Noam Dar. He knows he belongs in the finals. A-Kid started training at just 10 years old in a tiny little basement. A journey of 13 years lead him here.
Seven says A-Kid will have many opportunities in the future, but Seven needs this now. Seven imagines people looking back 20 years, they’ll go, “Do you remember how emotional you felt when you saw Trent Seven lift the Heritage Cup?” A-Kid looked up to Seven, but now he’ll be looking Seven eye to eye in the finals. “This is the beginning of my legacy, and that’s why I’m winning the Heritage Cup!” Seven says he needs to cement HIS legacy with this accolade. Next week, we see whose legacy overcomes the other’s!
BREAKING NEWS!
Sid Scala has made a decision on the NXT Cruiserweight Championship challenge! Amir Jordan is getting the green light! But will he get the gold away from Jordan Devlin his first try?
NXT UK Women’s Championship Falls Count Anywhere: Kay Lee Ray VS Piper Niven!
There’s a pattern with how the Scary Queen of Scots’ reign has gone. She betrays a friend, uses what she knows about them to tear them down, then survives with the gold around her waist. KLR did it to Toni Storm, now she’s doing it to Piper. But the Scottish Viper has been able to push KLR right back! Will someone be pushed too far? Where will this grudge match for the gold end by the end of the show?
Before KLR even gets in the ring, Piper rushes out after her! They brawl, but the ref tells them to get in the ring first. KLR hits back, but Piper rams KLR into the apron! Piper puts KLR in, follows after, and the bell rings to put this on the record!
KLR bails out fast but Piper runs and DIVES!! Direct hit and she covers right away, TWO!! KLR scrambles and flounders as Piper goes looking for things under the ring. Piper puts a kendo stick, a pipe and a chain into the ring! But she’s not done looking, either, as she brings out a chair! Piper aims but KLR BOOTS her first! KLR kicks the chair away and whips Piper, only for Piper to whip KLR into barriers! KLR comes back, Piper blocks to reel her in for an OVERHEAD SUPLEX! Both women take a bit of damage out of that since it’s the floor, not the ring mat. KLR flounders but Piper hobbles after. Piper drags KLR around to scoop. KLR fights out, pulls hair and hotshots Piper off the barriers! Then KLR sunset flips over the barrier, TWO!
KLR is furious already but Piper gets that chair to SMACK her down! Piper puts the chair aside again before dragging KLR back up. Piper ROCKS KLR with a haymaker but KLR hits low! KLR bumps Piper off the apron and then hurries away. KLR gets the ring bell!? Piper sits against the steel steps, but gets away just before KLR throws the bell at her!! The bell clangs off the steps but KLR goes after Piper. Piper pushes KLR away and CLOBBERS her! Fans cheer and rally as Piper brings out a spare crossbar! As in, a spare part of the ring! Piper asks if KLR remembers this. “Let me refresh your memory!” Piper CLUBS KLR’s knee with the crossbar!! KLR writhes and flounders as she clutches the leg but Piper stands on it!
Piper JAMS the leg with the bar, then uses the bar to hook the leg. KLR kicks Piper away and hurries away for the sake of her leg! KLR gets in the ring, Piper grabs a trash can and brings it into the ring with her. Piper heads right over but KLR SUPERKICKS! Piper wobbles, KLR hooks the arms, but her bad leg holds her back! Piper is free and she HEADBUTTS KLR, but both women fall down! KLR and Piper slowly sit up, and while KLR goes to ropes, Piper gets the chain! Piper wraps her fist up, heads over, but KLR uses the kendo stick to SMACK Piper in the legs! Then SMACK her on the back! KLR takes the chain for herself and puts it around Piper’s face! Piper endures as KLR makes it a FULL METAL CAMEL CLUTCH!
Piper continues to endure, powers up, and has KLR as a backpack! BACKPACK SENTON ONTO THE TRASH CAN!! Cover, TWO!?! KLR survives but Piper is too tired to be frustrated. Piper grabs the chair and brings it back over. Piper drags KLR up, brings her around and scoops, but KLR claws her eyes! KLR shoves Piper to ropes and table tops her! KLR then drags Piper to the apron, spins her and ROCKS her with a right! KLR keeps going, and gives Piper a DRAPING DDT to the floor! Randy Orton would be proud of that one! KLR covers, TWO!! KLR is furious and she clubs away on Piper’s back! KLR clutches her own back as she seethes.
Piper stirs but KLR stands to drop a knee on Piper’s head! The BT Sports Studio fans boo as KLR drags Piper up to club her. Piper blocks the tornado DDT to FISHERMAN SUPLEX KLR to the floor! Both women are down again, writhing and groaning at the ramp. Jinny shows up and attacks Piper! The Spoiled Princess wants Piper to pay for making an example out of her! The ref reprimands but Jinny says, “You will NEVER disrespect me!” Jinny SLAPS Piper, Piper DECKS and TOSSES Jinny! Piper pursues KLR to the stage, but swings into chicken wings! KLR’s leg won’t let her lift, Piper backslides KLR back, TWO! KLR escapes and both she and Piper take a moment to catch their breath. Piper stalks KLR and drags her up to throw into a wall!
KLR stumbles to the backstage area but Piper pursues again. KLR headbutts low and runs off! Piper hunts her down, but KLR uses a street sign to SMACK Piper down! KLR hobbles away but Piper gets up and uses a FRAMED POSTER to SMACK KLR down! KLR flounders, crawls but Piper stalks her. KLR hits back with elbows and kicks, then grabs someone’s guitar to SMASH it on Piper’s back! And SMASH her again! Elias would be proud! Cover, TWO!! Piper survives and KLR is losing her cool. KLR grabs the chair that was on the little stage and sits it up. KLR drags Piper up and brings her over. KLR again tries the Gory Especial but Piper fights out to PIPER DRIVER KLR onto chair and floor!! Cover, TWO!?!? KLR survives hitting steel than concrete and Piper is losing her cool!
Piper stalks KLR again, and finds a pipe! Piper SMACKS KLR’s knee with the pipe!! KLR begs for mercy, but she again SUPERKICKS! Piper wobbles, KLR whips her into a road case! KLR growls as she manages to walk over. KLR drags Piper up, reels her in, but Piper turns that to an Alabama, to then back drop KLR onto the same case! Piper hurries up onto KLR for a cover, TWO!! KLR survives but barely! Piper drags KLR up to the tallest production case, but what for? Piper’s aiming for a spare table nearby! She drags KLR up, but JINNY returns to CHAIRSHOT Piper! But Piper brings KLR with her! They go crashing through the tables!! KLR ends up on top of Piper for a cover, KLR wins!!
Winner: Kay Lee Ray, by pinfall (still NXT UK Women’s Champion)
The Fashionista wasn’t part of this match, but she’s the one left standing! KLR’s pattern continues because she again survives to stay champion! But given what it took and what she herself had to endure, are KLR’s days as champion numbered?
My Thoughts:
A really good episode, and KLR is at high levels of Heel heat right now as far as I am concerned. She gets away with another win because JINNY shows up. I figured Piper and Jinny were due for a feud, but now it’ll be without the title because of how she screwed Piper over. I wish Heels would think, “Instead of screwing them out of a title, I’m going to wait until they have the title, and then I’ll beat them to get both revenge AND the gold!” But the Falls Count Anywhere match was still great, very creative, properly brutal, a great way to still cap off the feud of KLR and Piper. No idea who KLR is moving on to, though, with the other Faces of the NXT UK Women’s Division still needing to be built up.
Coffey VS Gradwell was a good slugfest to open the show, and I was surprised how few pins were attempted. Just one “TWO!” before the finish, that is rare but also great to see. I like that Gallus is tangentially starting stuff with Imperium again through Joe Coffey VS Alexander Wolfe, that should be good stuff. The tag match tonight was great stuff, with Carter, Smith and Pretty Deadly all looking great. Deadly uses sneaky tactics to win so that’s fine, and it seems like they’re moving u towards the tag titles. South Wales Subculture had a great promo working the real history of Andrews with Dennis and Webster with Wild Boar, that match is going to have even more fire now. Seven and A-Kid had great parts in the Heritage Cup vignette, that’s going to be incredible.
I think it’s smart for NXT UK to still move forward with their half of the Cruiserweight Championship while we can’t have a lot of travel and crossover. Devlin taking on Amir Jordan is fine, all the other Cruiserweight class UK superstars are busy right now. Whether A-Kid wins or loses the Heritage Cup, maybe he goes after Devlin and the title, so it’ll be Ace VS Ace. Huxley had a good match with Levi Muir, and I like that Starz came out to coach Levi. Rampage Brown clearly has a lot of support, he could be fast tracked to something with Walter for the title. We got an epic recap vignette for Walter VS Dragunov, who knows what happens with Ilja next since I also felt so confidently that he’d be champion by now.
My Score: 8.4/10
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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 5.29.25
Stuff happens, maybe it doesn’t, Dreamer and Delirious can’t book.
Well Trick Willie is the new TNA champ and this is the first iMPACT since his win…so let’s just hear him talk about it.
"TNA turned into TRICK-NA. Lets talk about it"@_trickwilliams #WWENXT
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/StU4pmi3oy
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
Ratings:
- The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System: Rascalz win via Meteora – ***
- Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali: Ali wins via…No Shit – Squash Garbage
- ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee: Lei wins via Spinning TKO – ** 3/4
- Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber: Mance wins via Hit the Pay Winda – Squash
- Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa: Team Robbie wins via shenanigans – **
- International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona: Maclin retains via KIA – ***
Results:
The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System
Octagon got jumped by The System earlier so Laredo is fighting alone. Another backstage jumping is getting a little dumb.
Laredo and Trey start. Typical Indie start with Simultaneous awful Dropkick spot and bad counters, AJ blind tag runs the smaller guys over, tags out to KC and the Rascalz instantly get the moment. KC is rocked, tags in Laredo and Laredo takes out the System before Lish gets on the apron and grabs Laredo. The referee kicks out Lish and Rehwoldt on commentary points out it’s a No DQ match so that’s dumb.
KC gets tossed at AJ, he catches him, Rascalz Dive and do their taunt as we go to commercial. We come back, Tennessee Whiskey into a KC tag in for the near fall on Laredo. Corner combo, Snapmare into Flip Forward Neck Breaker, KC is on a roll. AJ tags Laredo and starts talking crap to KC, they swerve and go Finger Poke of Doom, but it’s not a legal pin. Suddenly tornado attacks, System and Rascalz go for broke, AJ hits the Senton to break the eventual pin, Laredo counters AJ’s Chokeslam attempt. Trey clears out The System, Wentz sends himself and KC over and out, Laredo with a Corkscrew Moonsault, which looked cool but it’s the pile of morons waiting to get hit spot.
AJ hits the Down Payment on Laredo, but Trey blind tagged AJ. Meteora on AJ, Trey pins Laredo and Rascalz win.
Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali
Raj looks like shit in the gear he came down in…and he wrestles equivalently. I would rather anyone else comeback…give me Anarquia.
Ali murders Raj, Instant Dropkick, Rolling Neckbreaker, Corkscrew Standing Moonsault, it’s not close. Raj tries to counter things but Ali Bellclap, a little Duck the left, connect the right. Raj even does a terrible looking Punch Combo, he’s in bad shape, a bad looking Ushigoroshi, Raj with a sloppy looking something, 450 ends it.
Fire Raj as quickly as you brought him back. You don’t need a comedically pathetic job guy when the roster is like 4 guys getting pushed and everyone else sucks. Stop being stupid. Ali still hates women too.
This Injury Report is the dumbest segment in the history of wrestling. Stop treating fake shit as “serious business”.
ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee
ASH mocks karate stuff, Lei throws a few Rising Crane kicks as ASH bails and then things slow down a little. But a Pump Kick, Sliding Kick and Low Dropkick cause ASH to cower and claim her tooth broke. It’s a bait to pull Lei into the turnbuckles and them get in a few stomps. Ash keeps Lei in the corner, Suplexes her ankles into the buckles and then Ash throws a few Booty Shots/Hit Attacks then starts a grounded stretch, Lei Headscissors her down, still sells the hips and ankles, but dodges and fires, combination strikes into the 10 Count Down Strikes. T-bone Suplex, into the pinfall, for only two.
Cheapshot into Running Meteora from ASH for two. Ash goes for the Miz Yes Kicks and Lei No Sells and asks for more. Gorgeous Capture Suplex into Thunder Struck and TKO with flair. My baby has a better finish now! Yay!
Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber
Hannifan cursing and being pissed at Trick for not even showing but is more entertaining than a squash match. Not that Mance’s offense is bad, but 2 out of 3 job matches is stupid.
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Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa
Marella tries to tie up with Robbie, but he bails and tags out to Victoria so Arianna comes in and aside from Alicia Fox’s silliness, the tie up was decent with Arianna and Victoria. Tessa interferes and the Referee throws her out. Victoria comes back in and aside from a slight miscommunication with how Arianna does her punches, Alicia Fox is making her look…pretty good. Transition moves, okay brawling and Arianna looks amazing in her outfit.
Rob and Santino distract the referee and Victoria hits a Figure Four into her Northern Lights Suplex, only for 2. Arianna finally Back Body Drop to find the tag, Santino and Rob, Santino does his split dodge into the Standing Headbutt, Arianna Cross Body onto Victoria. Rob pulls out the ref, then shoves the ref into Santino, Santino into the steps and Arianna attack but Alicia and Lish, the fix is in, Arianna eats the pin.
International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona
A few quick brawl moves, Shoulder Tackles, Strikes, Back Breakers, Cardona does get dumped out and eats a SCUD. Maclin bounces Cardona’s face off the apron and hits an Elbow off the apron to keep Cardona reeling, but a dodged tackle sends Maclin into the steps. Cardona tries to Piledriver Maclin on the ramp, but Back Drop counter, into commercial.
Formulaic commercial etiquette of Cardona still in control, throws Maclin into the ropes, Diving Shoulder Tackle lays both dudes out and they get up by 8. Fighting Spirit spot, Cardona hits ropes and gets hit by Maclin twice, Thesz Press, Ground and Pound, Back Elbow and Olympic Slam has Maclin rolling. Splash into Lariat for two. Maclin has been all gas no brakes. Cardona tries to take a few shortcuts that turns into a Straight Jacket Takedown. Cardona to the top, Maclin cuts him off, Superplex spot. 1-2-kick out!
Maclin goes topside for a Jar Headbutt, Cardona hits the ropes so Maclin crashes into the corner, 2 Reboots connect, the third gets caught, counter into Busaiku Knee, Jar Headbutt. In and out, Cardona uses the middle rope for the Low Blow, Killswitch from Cardona but Maclin kicks out. Cardona dodges and shoves Maclin towards the ref, he puts the brakes on, Radio Silence! 1-2-Kick out! Maclin catches a top rope move, Power Bomb, Corner Splash, Tree of Woe, Caught in the Crosshairs, KIA and Maclin retains!
Overall Score: 4.5/10
Boring paint by numbers show, no Trick, System has one move, Robert Stone is a scumbag, too long to introduce new girls, lots of throw away segments and Rosemary sets up YET ANOTHER Monster’s Ball match. These aren’t interesting when there’s one every 3 months. So we can have terrible Monster’s Ball matches quarterly, Barbed Wire Massacre and Clockwork Orange House of Fun…BUT NO LOCKDOWN!?
Go home TNA, you’re drunk.
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Mitchell’s NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Results & Report! (5/29/25)
B Block, FINAL ROUND!
Who heads to the finals?
Kosei Fujita won A Block, and now B Block finalizes its ranking! Who heads to the Best of the Super Juniors finals this weekend?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: KUSHIDA, Ninja Mack & Dragon Dia VS Shoma Kato, Masatora Yasuda & Daiki Nagai; Kushida, Mack & Dia win.
- Master Wato, Toru Yano & Katsuya Murashima VS The House of Torture; The House of Torture wins.
- Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji VS Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young; Hiromu & Tsuji win.
- Six Man Tag: TMDK VS Bullet Club; TMDK wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kevin Knight; Knight wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Nick Wayne; Titan wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: MAO VS SHO; Mao wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS Robbie Eagles; Despy wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Taiji Ishimori; Yoh wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Here are the current B Block standings!
YOH: 5-3, 10 points
MAO: 5-3, 10 points
El Desperado: 5-3, 10 points
Nick Wayne: 4-4, 8 points
SHO: 4-4, 8 points
Taiji Ishimori: 4-4, 8 points
Robbie Eagles: 4-4, 8 points
Kevin Knight: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Titan: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kevin Knight!
The Funky Weapon and The Jet may be out of the running, but they will still fight for themselves. Who earns their final points in this final round?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Taguchi and Knight circle with a bit of a strut, and then they tie up. Knight puts Taguchi on the ropes, the ref calls the break, and Knight lets off to swivel his hips. Taguchi pumps up, but Knight says he can’t see anything. Knight flexes and says he tsuyoi. They tie up with knuckle locks, then go shoulder to shoulder in a test of strength. Knight hooks a leg to power Taguchi back, and Taguchi bridges! The fans cheer as Taguchi fights up back up! Taguchi bends Knight into a bridge, has the shoulders down, TWO as Knight powers back up! The fans rally, Knight and Taguchi start vibing with the arm wave, then a full body wave!
Taguchi wiggles around, sends it back to Knight, and Knight spins Taguchi around and around, to then headlock. Taguchi powers up and out, drops down, then hurdles over. Knight stops to waistlock but Taguchi fires elbows. Taguchi runs to fake Knight out, but Knight goes up and over! Knight avoids the Hip Attack! The fans cheer while Taguchi stares Knight down from underneath. Taguchi says bring it, so Knight punches those cheeks! Taguchi’s iron buns withstand it, and Knight says, “Itai itai.” Knight winds up again, and he punches cheeks! Taguchi still stands tall, but the fans rally for Knight.
Knight does some push-ups, he and Taguchi do squats, and Knight winds up again. The fans rally and Knight lines up a shot, to then headlock! Taguchi powers up and out, bypasses and bypasses, but Knight redirects himself! And again, and again, and again! Knight is making Taguchi spin around, and then Taguchi gets dizzy and falls! The fans cheer while Taguchi slumps out of the ring. Knight runs and FLIES! Down goes Taguchi and the fans fire up! “Ore wa meccha, meccha… Meccha tsukareta…” Knight admits he is tired, and he asks for water. A Young Lion brings him water and Knight refreshes himself.
Taguchi sputters, Knight makes his way over to Taguchi, and then brings him back into the ring. The fans cheer and Knight snapmares Taguchi to run and SLIDING TACKLE! Cover, TWO! Taguchi is still in this and the fans applaud. Taguchi flounders, Knight does some squats to get his glutes going. Knight brings Taguchi around to HIP ATTACK! Knight gives Taguchi another HIP ATTACK! The fans rally and Knight does more squats to power up. Knight runs, but Taguchi somersaults to HIP ATTACK! The fans fire up and Taguchi powers up now. Taguchi has Knight on the ropes, rubs it in literally, and then gives point-blank HIPS!
Taguchi runs and HIP ATTACKS at the ropes! Knight dangles out of the ring! Knight flops down, the fans rally again, and Taguchi TRIANGLE JUMP PLANCHAS! Down goes Knight and the fans fire up again! Taguchi rises, steadies himself, and then puts Knight in the ring. Taguchi goes up, up, and MISSILE HIPS! Cover, TWO! Knight is still in this and the fans rally again. Taguchi looks to the corner, and he calls upon the powers of Strange Style! “ORYA~!” Taguchi runs in, but Knight hurdles Ketsuye! SUPERKICK! Taguchi mule kicks, runs, but Knight somersaults, into a FLAPJACK! OH MY GAH ANKLE!! Knight endures, reaches out, but Taguchi drags him back!
Knight reaches up to headscissor into the victory roll, TWO! Taguchi goes to a corner, BOOTS back, then goes up, MISSILE HIP meets DROPKICK! Knight’s antiair works out, and then he somersaults to SATELLITE DDT! Knight goes up top and the fans rally for the hip swivel and MOTHERSHIP UFO SPLASH! Cover, Knight wins!
Winner: Kevin Knight, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taguchi earns 0)
The Jet still flies high, and he ends with a 4-5 record. Taguchi ends with 6 points in the 9th round, is that nice enough for him?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Nick Wayne!
El Inmortal may not have life in the block, but he can still be a spoiler! Will he pop the Prodigy’s bubble? Or will this still be Wayne’s World in the end?
The bell rings and Titan runs up! Nick dodges, whips, but Titan reverses to TORNADO- NO, Nick powers out! Nick wrenches and whips, Titan goes up and over, and then Titan handsprings away! The fans cheer as things keep moving. Nick hurdles then bypasses Titan to UPPERCUT him down! Nick kips up and the fans cheer again. Nick covers, TWO! The fans rally as Nick brings Titan up. Nick CHOPS Titan, Titan leans on the ropes, and Nick brings him around. Nick ROCKS Titan, then whips corner to corner. Nick runs in, UPPERCUTS, and then pushes Titan down to cover, TWO! Titan stays in this and the fans applaud.
Nick stays cool and he sits Titan up. Nick KICKS Titan in the back, then paces. Titan writhes but Nick brings him back up. Titan CHOPS and the fans “WOO~!” Titan CHOPS again, but Nick ROCKS him! Nick then whips Titan, runs in, but Titan BOOTS, SOBATS, KICKS, and fires fast hands! Nick ducks the jump sobat to SOBAT back! Nick cravats, ASAI DDT. but Titan kips up! PELE! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Titan roars and rises up, then he brings Nick around. TRAILER HITCH! Nick endures the leglock and the fans rally again! Nick crawls forward, reaches out, and manages the ROPEBREAK!
The fans applaud and Titan lets go of the hold. Nick shakes out the legs but Titan KICKS Nick in the back. Titan brings Nick in but Nick resists the lift. The fans rally again as Nick and Titan fight for control. Nick wrenches, kicks, and runs, but Titan follows to RANA! Nick bails out, Titan builds speed, and Titan DIVES into an UPPERCUT! The fans rally harder as Titan flops to the apron! Nick rises, he stalks Titan on the apron, and Nick drags Titan up. The ref says don’t do it, but the fans rally up. Nick waistlocks, then goes for the nelson, but Titan resists. Titan fires elbows and Nick backs off. Titan runs up but Nick BOOTS him!
Nick runs up, but Titan SUPERKICKS! Nick falls back, Titan skins the cat to the top rope! Titan aims for LA APRON LANCER!! The fans fire up and Titan roars while Nick sputters and coughs! Titan shoves Nick into the ring, goes up the corner again, and LA LANC- NO, Nick dodges! Titan’s leg jams, Nick DROPKICKS the other out, then he DRAGON SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO!! Titan survives and Nick snarls. Nick goes to the corner and climbs up while the fans rally again. FROG- NO, Titan bails out! Nick rolls through and then comes right back, to FLY over the corner! Down goes Titan and the fans fire up!
Titan puts Nick in, goes back up, and he tries again! FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Titan survives again and the fans fire up! Nick huffs ‘n’ puffs, hears the fans cheering, and shouts “IKU ZO!” Nick drags Titan up, hooks a leg, PRODIGY- CRADLE COUNTER! TWO!! Nick escapes, Titan ducks the roundhouse to fire off his strike fest! But Nick still ROUNDHOUSES! Nick goes up, up, WAYNE’s- NO, Titan stops the cutter to shove and TORNADO DDT! Titan isn’t done there! He suplexes and GOURD- NO! Nick lands out! But Titan goes Matrix and then CALF KICKS! Titan roars, the fans fire up, and Titan has the ripcord, YOYO SLAM!
Titan goes to a corner, skins the cat again, and LA LANCER!!! Titan crawls to the cover, TWO?!?! Nick survives, but Titan ties up the legs! Deathlock, and then LLAVE INMORTAL!! Nick is caught, the straitjacket variation is in, and Nick QUITS!! Titan wins!!
Winner: Titan, by submission (gains 2 points; Nick earns 0)
Nick Wayne falls to 4-5, he is out of the running! But bigger yet, Titan has a win over the ROH World Television Champion! AEW/ROH and CMLL are going to meet in Arena Mexico for Grand Slam: Mexico, could these two run it back with gold on the line?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: MAO VS SHO!
The Strange Love Connection is the first of the top three to compete tonight, and while he has to hope for the others to fall, he still has to do his part and win. Will the Murder Machine make that all moot with another underhanded trick up his sleeve? Or can the star of DDT Pro make it to the finals?
Wait, Mao already turns the tables by pedaling in on his bike! He RAMS Sho down from behind! The fans fire up as Mao hurries to CLUB Sho down! Yujiro Takahashi AND Ren Narita hurry out here already to mug Mao before this on the record! The fans boo but Mao’s friends from DDT Pro are here! Kanon helps fight off the House, and Mao wants fans to clear out! Mao whips, but Sho reverses and BOWLS Mao into chairs! STRIKE! Ren & Yujiro keep the rest of DDT Pro back while Sho CHOKES Mao with a chair! The ref reprimands but Sho shoves him back! Wait, Kanon has the house in headlocks! Shunma Katsumata stops Sho from hitting Mao with the chair!
Sho gets mad hearing that trash talk, but that lets Mao SMACK Sho in the back with a chair! And Mao sends Sho out the door?! The fans rally as everyone is waiting on the street, and Mao runs to FLY! Down goes the House and DDT stands tall! Wait, wait, they spot a fan parked nearby. Mao hops in and he turns the key! The fans cheer as Mao kicks it into drive, and he comes barreling down the road! Sho and the House freak out, and Sho gets SMACKED by the front of the van! The fans cheer and Mao grins as he steps out. The ref reprimands but Mao drags Sho back into the building! Mao says now they can have this match!
Mao makes Sho sit on the hand cart, and Mao pushes Sho back to ringside! The fans cheer as Sho is barely conscious as Mao drags Sho into the ring. The bell finally rings, Mao covers, TWO!! Sho survives Mao’s hit ‘n’ run and Mao can’t believe it! Mao drags Sho up, but the ref wants to check him. Sho sputters and sits up in a daze, and Ren drags Mao out! Ren beats up Mao, beats up on Mao’s team, and Yujiro SMACKS Mao with a chair! The fans boo as they put Mao’s arm in a chair! Yujiro STOMPS away on the chair! Ren POSTS Kanon, and Sho grabs Mao’s bike! Sho brings it over and he runs over Mao’s arm! Sho does wheelies to smash Mao’s arm!
The fans boo but then Sho adds insult to injury by RIPPING OFF the DDT Pro hood off the bike! Sho and the House beat up the bike! The ref reprimands and Mao says they’ll pay for that! Sho CLUBS Mao, puts him in the ring, and then pushes him to a cover, TWO! Sho has the arm for a DOUBLE WRISTLOCK! Mao endures and the fans rally. Mao kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Sho puts Mao on the apron, and he has the arm in the rope! ARM WRINGER! Sho then pulls Mao through the corner, traps his arm against the buckle pad, and then KNEES the arm! Mao is stuck and Sho stands on the arm!
The ref counts, Sho step off, and Mao is freed. The fans rally, Mao throws a forearm but there’s not much to it. Sho kicks Mao, Mao fires more shots, but Sho slips around, GERMAN ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! Mao flails, reaches out, but Sho pulls on the arm! Mao still kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Sho lets Mao go, and Mao clutches his arm. Sho wrenches Mao’s arm, twists it, and hits the ELBOW BREAKER! Sho holds on to wrench and ELBOW BREAKER again! Sho grins as he lets Mao slump down. Sho knuckle locks, wrenches, and ELBOW- SLEEPER!! Mao has Sho now and the fans fire up!
Sho pries at the bad arm, pulls the fingers, but Mao breaks free! Look! HAYMAKER! Sho wobbles and the fans fire up! Mao whips, Sho reverses, but Mao SHOTGUNS! Sho flounders, the fans rally up, and Mao runs to BOOT Sho! Sho sputters, Mao runs again, CANNONBALL! Cover, TWO! Sho survives, but is now in JUST FACELOCK! Sho endures, fights around, and both Ren & Yujiro are on the apron. But Mao’s team YANKS them down! Sho flails, the bell rings, but it was REN! The fans boo the usual tricks from the House, and Mao is upset that he fell for such a basic trick. Mao drags Sho up, but Sho CLAWS Mao’s eyes!
Sjo runs, but Mao uses the ref as a shield! Mao runs, but now Sho uses the ref as a shield! Sho runs but Mao hurdles over the spear! Mao sends the ref back at Sho, then he HIGH JUMP CUTTERS!! The fans fire up and Mao waits on Sho. Sho rises, Mao brings him around, OSAKA RENKAI!! Cover, YUJIRO DRAGS THE REF OUT! The fans boo, Kanon is up but Yuijro & Ren BLAST him! The House mugs Mao, drags him up, and double whip him into a corner. Yujiro BOOTS Mao, Ren ELBOWS Mao, then Ren snapmares Mao to hold him open! Yujiro hits the FALLING HEADBUTT LOW BLOW! The fans boo while Mao writhes!
Ren stands Mao up and Yujiro has his pimp cane! But wait, SPRINGBOARD MISSILE DROPKICK from Shunma! Down goes Tokyo Pimp! Ren BOOTS Shunma, he BOOTS Kanon, but Kanon roars! Ren CLAWS Kanon’s eyes, runs, but Kanon LARIATS! The fans fire up as the full Strange Love Connection aims at Sho, HIGH LOW LARIATS!! Shunma builds speed and he DIVES! Down go Ren & Yujiro! Kanon & Mao set Sho up, but YOSHINOBU KANEMARU shows up! WHISKEY MIST for Kanon, and the BOTTLE SHOT for Mao! The fans boo as the Heel Master helps screw over the enemies of the House!
Kanemaru shoves the ref in and Sho laughs at Mao! STRAITJACKET DRIVER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Mao survives and the fans fire up! But Sho has the ARMBAR!! Mao flails, fights around, and he stacks Sho! TWO and Sho still has the arm! SNAKE BITE!! Mao fights against the modified triangle, fights his way over, and has the ROPEBREAK!! The fans cheer and Sho lets go in frustration. Sho crawls his way over and looks for his things. Sho grabs his Torture Tool and NEVER Openweight Six Man belt. The ref sees the belt and takes that, but then Mao surprises Sho with is iron gauntlet! Mao PUNCHES the Torture Tool down!
Sho dodges the fist, pushes Mao to ropes, and Kanemaru is there! But Mao ducks, WHISKEY MIST hits Sho! Mao BOOTS Kanemaru, then powers up the gauntlet! ROCKET PUNCH!! And then SAMURAI SUPERKICK!! Cover, TWO?!?! Sho survives, but Mao says he’ll finish this now! Mao drags Sho to a drop zone, climbs up the corner, and 450 SPLASHES!!! Cover, MAO WINS!!
Winner: Mao, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Sho earns 0)
Sho tried to stack the deck, but justice was still served! Mao is alive in the block, if only for now. Can he count on Robbie Eagles AND Taiji Ishimori to bring down El Desperado and Yoh?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS Robbie Eagles!
The Rogue Luchador still has that target on his back, not only because he could go to the finals with his win and Yoh’s loss, but because he is THE IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Could the Sniper of the Skies kill two birds with one victory? Or is Despy about to go back-to-back at the BOSJ finals?
Eagles shows off his Soul of PWA Championship, and makes a point that it is bigger and shinier. Despy says yeah, that’s nice. The fans rally and duel already, and the bell rings. Despy and Eagles circle, the fans rally more, and they feel things out. The fans already start up “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” so Eagles joins in! “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” The fans applaud, Eagles mocks Despy’s bow and waving arms, then the two tie up. Despy waistlocks, Eagles switches but Despy wrenches. Eagles rolls, wrenches, hammerlocks, but Despy headlocks for the takeover.
Eagles headscissors, Despy rolls Eagles around to then float, but Eagles gets his leg guard up. Eagles wrangles Despy and goes for a leg, but Despy rolls to have a toehold. Eagles kicks Despy down to have the HEEL HOOK! Despy scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets go, and Despy goes to the apron. Eagles smirks and eggs Despy on. Despy rises up, the fans rally and duel, and Despy steps inside. Despy and Eagles circle, tie up, and Despy powers Eagles to the ropes. Red Shoes counts the break, Despy lets off to pat Eagles on the shoulder. But then he KNEES low! Despy whips, but Eagles holds ropes to block!
Despy still tries, Eagles still holds on, but Despy CLAWS Eagles’ eyes! Red Shoes reprimands but Despy whips, only for Eagles to go up and around to arm-drag! Things keep moving, Eagles hurdles then RANAS, but Despy sunset flips through! TWO, Eagles high stacks, TWO! Both men stand, Despy KNEES low again, then whips. Eagles reverses to WHEEL KICK and kip up! The fans fire up and Eagles paces. Despy rises but Eagles is on him with a CHOP! Despy goes to ropes, Eagles is on him in the corner. Eagles CHOPS, puts Despy’s leg in ropes, and pulls! Despy shouts for Red Shoes, Red Shoes counts, and Eagles lets go, to basement 619!
Despy tumbles out of the ring, the fans rally, and Eagles paces. Eagles mockingly calls for Despy, then goes to the outside. Eagles stomps away on Despy’s leg, and then SMASHES it on the floor! Eagles flexes, says hey to Ninja Mack on commentary, then goes for Despy. Despy fires body shots and CHOPS, but Eagles TACKLES him down! Eagles YANKS Despy’s leg, puts him in the ring, then sits him up to step over and tie up the legs! STUMP PULLER! Despy endures and clubs at Eagles’ leg, but Eagles drops back to make this a cover, ONE!! The fans cheer as Despy sits up. Eagles KICKS, KICKS, and KICKS! But Despy blcoks!
Despy spins Eagles, Eagles knees free, then Eagles runs, but Despy dropkicks a leg! Despy grabs that leg for a SHIN BREAKER! The fans fire up while Eagles writhes. Despy has the leg and SPLASHES down on it! Eagles kicks at Despy from the mat, but Despy pushes on a leg to have a toehold! Eagles endures, Despy drags him around, and ties up the legs for an INDIAN DEATHLOCK! Despy slaps his own leg into working, but Eagles sits up to CHOP! Despy eggs him on so Eagles CHOPS again! And CHOPS again! Despy “falls over” and that puts on more pressure! Eagles flails while Despy just lounges. Eagles crawls over, pushes Despy out of his way, and has the ROPEBREAK!
The fans applaud and Red Shoes calls the break. Despy claims he needs help, but Eagles fires hands! Despy lets go, but he kneels on the bad leg! Eagles has the ropes again, Red Shoes counts, and Despy finally stands. Eagles crawls away, but he refuses to let Red Shoes stop this. Despy drags Eagles up but Eagles fires body shots and forearms! Despy KNEES low, but Eagles BOOTS! Eagles whips, Despy reverses, but Eagles fights the spinebuster! Despy KNEES low again, suplexes, but Eagles slips free to CHOP BLOCK and BLINDSLIDE LARIAT! Despy tumbles out, the fans rally up, and Eagles pushes through the pain to DIVE!
The fans fire up with Eagles but he still hobbles on that bad leg. Eagles sees a young fan dressed like him and cheers with him. Eagles then puts Despy in the ring, pounds the apron, and the fans rally up more. Eagles springboards to SNIPER DROPKICK! And then he has the leg to roll Despy into the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Despy shouts and flails, scratches and claws, and makes his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets go, then Eagles drags Despy to center. Despy kicks at Eagles, but Eagles KICKS the leg! Despy writhes, Eagles hobbles, and they go to opposite corners. Eagles runs in, but Despy dodges!
Eagles’ knees hit buckles, Despy runs up, and Despy blocks a boot! Despy kicks one leg, and DRAGON SCREWS the other! Then he has the STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles flails, reaches out, but Despy thrashes him around! Eagles lunges to the ROPEBREAK! Despy lets go and the fans rally again. Despy hobbles over to bring Eagles up, and he reels Eagles in. Despy suplexes high and hard! Cover, TWO! The fans applaud while Despy drags Eagles up. Despy gut wrenches for GUITARRA- NO, Eagles slips free and waistlocks! Despy ELBOWS Eagles, whips, but Eagles reverses, only for Despy to reverse and SPINEBUSETR! High stack, TWO!
Despy has the STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles endures, Despy thrashes, then Despy rolls Eagles away to have NUMERO DOS! Eagles reaches out with his free arm, then activates the core to sit up! Eagles DESTROY- NO, Despy blocks the rolling driver, tucks Eagles in, but Eagles CLUBS away on the legs! Eagles slips free, wrangles Despy, and has the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Despy endures, reaches out, and he crawls forward. Despy drags Eagles along with him, but Eagles drags Despy back! Eagles puts on the pressure and the fans are thunderous! Despy fights his way forward again, but Eagles thrashes around! Despy gives it one last gasp and he has the ROPEBREAK!!
Eagles lets go, to drop KNEES on the knee! Then GROUND DRAGON SCREW! Then SPINNING TOEHOLD! Despy writhes, Eagles goes out and up, for WARP 4.5, but onto KNEES! Well, to clarify, the legs are usually the target, but Despy gets his knees up to jam Eagles! Both men are down and the fans rally up again. Eagles and Despy stir, then crawl for each other. They go forehead to forehead, then rise up to go forearm for forearm! The fans rally as the shots go back and forth! Despy slaps his leg into working, ROCKS Eagles, and then stands. Eagles ROCKS Despy, Despy ROCKS Eagles again, but now Eagles UPPERCUTS!
The fans rally up more as Despy storms back up. He SLAPS Eagles! Eagles takes off the headband and bandana! Eagles huffs ‘n’ puffs and SLAPS Despy! And SLAPS, and KICKS! Despy ROCKS Eagles, but Eagles says I’LL BE BACK! ROUNDHOUSE! SUPERKICK! ENZI- NO, Despy ducks to roll and STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles rolls Despy to a cover, TWO! Eagles schoolboys with a bridge, TWO! Despy stands, Eagles SOBATS, then ASAI DDTS! Cover, TWO!! Despy stands, spins Eagles around and around, then PINCHE LOCO!! But Despy can’t make the cover! The fans fire up as Despy crawls and covers, TWO!!!
The fans fire up as Eagles survives! Despy rises, brings Eagles around, and Despy underhooks. TIGER DRIVER!! And then he underhooks again, but Eagles fireman’s carries! Eagles shifts things around to hit the TURBO BACKPACK!! Eagles crawls to the cover, TWO!! Despy survives and the fans are thunderous! Eagles goes to the corner, takes aim, and he basement SUPERKICKS!! Eagles can’t make the cover, his bad leg hurts too much! The fans rally harder as both men rise, and Eagles is back at the corner. Eagles runs to HYPER- NO, Despy ducks and has the leg! STRETCH MUFFLER! NUMERO DOS!! Eagles flails, sits up again, but Despy makes it a SPINEBUTER!!
Despy has NUMERO DOS PLUS!!! Eagles dangles as he endures, and he QUITS! Despy wins!!!
Winner: El Desperado, by submission (gains 2 points; Eagles earns 0)
The Sniper could not take out the Rogue Luchador, and Desperado is still in the running! With that, Mao is now out of the running, too, so it all comes down to the main event!
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Taiji Ishimori!
The pressure is on for Direct Drive! Yoh beat Despy in their 1v1, so if Yoh wins, he is in! Will this be a fresh finals for the Best of the Super Juniors? Or can the Bone Soldier help Despy make it through?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Yoh and Taiji circle, feel things out, and they tie up. Taiji wrenches to a wristlock, but Yoh rolls then trips Taiji. Taiji counters by going for the armbar, but Yoh stacks Taiji to a cover, ONE! The two back off and the fans cheer. Yoh and Taiji reset, circle again, and feel things out. They knuckle lock, but then Yoh goes for a leg. Taiji holds him off and puts him on ropes. Red Shoes calls the break, and Taiji lets off with pats to the shoulder. The two reset again, tie up, and Taiji headlocks. Yoh fires body shots, powers up and out, then drops down. Yoh bypasses Taiji, drop toeholds, but Taiji avoids the basement dropkick!
Yoh avoids a Penalty Kick, but Taiji kicks low to snapmare and NECK- NO, Yoh victory rolls, so that he can NECK TWIST! The fans rally while Taiji goes to ropes. Yoh runs up, Taiji puts him on the apron, but Yoh blocks a shot. Taiji ducks Yoh’s punch to HOTSHOT him down! Taiji then runs to a corner, goes up, up, and GOLDEN TRIANGLE MOONSAULTS! The fans fire up and Taiji brings Yoh around. Taiji hammerlocks Yoh’s arm and POSTS him! Yoh staggers away, Taiji goes off to the blue corner and he undoes the buckle pad. The Bullet Club Special is in play, but Taiji waits as the ring count climbs.
Yoh stands at 3 of 20, shakes out the bad arm, and rolls in at 8. The fans cheer, Taiji storms up, but Yoh fires a forearm! Taiji fires back, snapmares, and NECK TWISTS! The fans cheer while Yoh clutches his neck and shoulder. Taiji drags Yoh up, snapmares, and FIST DROPS! Cover, TWO! Taiji sits Yoh up to clamp on with a chinlock! Yoh endures the knee in his back, then fights his way around. Yoh reaches out, but Taiji turns him with a wristlock. Taiji wrenches and WRINGS Yoh to then WRING the arm again! Yoh scrambles to ropes while the fans cheer. Taiji storms over, grabs the arm, and has a COBRA CLUTCH!
Yoh endures as Taiji drags him away to center. Yoh kicks and reaches out, then fights up. Taiji ripcords to RAM Yoh, then COBRA CLUTCH and a takedown! COBRA TRIANGLE! The fans rally as Yoh endures, and Yoh kicks around to have the ROPEBREAK! Taiji lets go in frustration, and Yoh coughs and sputters as he catches his breath. Taiji CLUBS Yoh, drags him up, but Yoh fires forearms and kicks! Taiji BODY BLOWS, then CLUBS Yoh! Yoh goes back to the ropes, Taiji brings him around to whip into a corner. Taiji runs up, but Yoh BOOTS him away! Taiji comes back, but into a clinch, BACKBREAKER and NECKBREAKER!
The fans rally while both men are down again. Yoh and Taiji rise, and Yoh runs up to rally with forearms! Yoh whips, Taiji reverses, but Yoh FLYING FOREARMS! The fans fire up with Yoh, and he brings Taiji up. Yoh scoops Taiji to SLAM him, and then he revels in cheers. Yoh drops the ELBOW, then covers. TWO, and Yoh drops the KNEE! Cover, TWO and Yoh SPLASHES down! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer and Yoh shakes out the arm. Yoh drags Taiji up, reels him in, but Taiji fights the suplex to wrench and ARM CODE BREAKER! Then BONE LOCK! But Yoh rolls it fast! TWO!! Taiji kicks low, CLAWS Yoh’s eyes, then whips.
Yoh reverses, Taiji handsprings, but Yoh catches him! Taiji switches, ducks an elbow, then spins Yoh around, to POST him! The Bullet Club Special comes through, and Taiji brings Yoh out. Taiji hammerlocks the arm, scoops, and SHOULDER BUSTERS! Yoh writhes, Taiji goes back to the corner, and the fans rally up. Taiji runs back in, tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTIC- NO, Yoh spins that into a COBRA TWIST! Yoh then shifts to throw elbows, and he puts on the ANACONDA VICE! Taiji reaches out, fights his way over, but Yoh wrangles him to the mat! Taiji endures, rolls, pops free, and has the BONE LOCK!!
Yoh endures again and the fans rally back up! Yoh fights around, reaches out, but Taiji rolls him back for BLOODY- NO, Yoh handsprings through and O’Conner Rolls! Taiji stops the bridge, pushes Yoh down, BONE LOCK!! Yoh endures again and the fans rally! Yoh fights over again, and has the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer as Yoh literally escapes by a foot. Taiji lets go, then grins as he brings Yoh back up. Taiji gut wrenches, and CIPHER UTAKI! But Taiji says that’s not all! He aims his finger gun, says BANG, and then brings Yoh back in. But Yoh suplexes, FALCON GOROSHI! Both men are down and the fans rally up again!
Yoh and Taiji slowly stir, rise up, and Yoh fires a forearm! Taiji fires back! Yoh fires another, Taiji fires another, repeat! They pick up speed and the fans rally! Taiji LARIATS but Yoh stays up! Yoh LARIATS but Taiji stays up! They both roar, and DOUBLE LARIAT! Yoh runs up but Taiji JUMP KNEES! BANG and BLOODY- NO, Yoh wrenches out to HEADBUTT! Both men fall and the fans fire up! Taiji and Yoh stir, but Yoh sits up first. Yoh roars, slaps his bad arm into working, and then crawls over to Taiji. Yoh underhooks but Taiji fights the lift! Taiji wrenches out but Yoh full nelsons! Taiji fights that, but Yoh ripcords!
Taiji blocks the knee but that hurts his harm! Taiji takes a swing, but into the ANACONDA VICE! Taiji fights the hold, wrenches out, and tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTICA! BONE LOCK!!! Yoh fights around, reaches out, but Taiji rolls him! Yoh uses that to have the ANACONDA VICE!!! Taiji endures, fights to sit up, and then he stands to fire body shots. Taiji RAMS Yoh into the bare buckles! Both men fall back and the fans rally harder! Taiji drags Yoh up, reels him in, but Yoh blocks! Yoh fireman’s carries, and he hits an USHIGOROSHI! The fans fire up and Yoh full nelsons Taiji! DRAGON SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!!
Taiji escapes but Yoh vows to end this! The fans are thunderous as Yoh hauls Taiji up! DIRECT DRIVE!!! Cover, YOH WINS!!!
Winner: Yoh, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taiji earns 0)
The Bone Soldier fails, and now Desperado is NOT going to the finals! Desperado will now be on the outside looking in, waiting for his next challenger.
Speaking of which, Kosei Fujita now makes his way out here to be face to face with Yoh. Yoh holds the ropes open for Fujita to step into the ring. Fujita and Yoh get face to face, and Fujita points at the tag title on Yoh’s shoulder, because he also wants that belt. Yoh knows, since he and Wato took it from Fujita & Eagles. But Yoh dismisses Fujita, they’ll meet again on June 1st. Yoh then takes up the mic to tell Fujita, “Ya bastard… I’ll show you true chaos! Now, just one more win. In Ota, the best wind will blow.” Yoh drops the mic to leave it at that. Will that wind be the winds of change? Or will Yoh fail to bring down The Mighty Japanese Young Punk?
Here are the FINAL B Block standings!
YOH: 6-3, 12 points [FINALIST]
El Desperado: 6-3, 12 points [ELIMINATED]
MAO: 6-3, 12 points [ELIMINATED]
Taiji Ishimori: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Robbie Eagles: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
SHO: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Nick Wayne: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Kevin Knight: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Titan: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-6, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
My Thoughts:
A great night to wrap round nine and therefore the round robin portion. No repeat BOSJ finalists, which is actually great because now we’ve got a fresh match-up. Taguchi VS Knight was still a great match for not affecting outcomes, and Knight gets to return to AEW with a win. The flipside is Titan gets a win over Nick Wayne, I really do think it books itself, Nick VS Titan for the ROH World TV Championship on Grand Slam: Mexico. Christian Cage can even be condescending to Nick over how Nick didn’t make it to the finals, adding to that feud. Nick can beat Titan in the rematch, then get in Christian’s face to make a match for All In: Texas, or at least Supercard of Honor where ROH titles should be showing up anyway.
Great stuff with Mao and his team against Sho and the House of Torture. I was pleasantly surprised that Mao won, and I wonder if the House of Torture goes to a DDT Pro show to battle it out with Strange Love Connection. Mao winning also added great drama to the remaining matches, Despy VS Eagles was awesome stuff, probably the actual best match of the night. Yoh VS Taiji wasn’t quite as hot going by the crowd, but Yoh getting the win to shut the door on Despy was good. Yoh VS Fujita will be great, a bit hard to call, but that makes it fun.
My Score: 9/10
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