Coverage
Mitchell’s NXT UK Prelude Results & Report! (4/8/21)
Will Walter survive The Rampage?
The NXT UK Championship is on the line once again!
WrestleMania Week would not be complete without a special edition of NXT UK! Will Walter still be champion after facing Rampage Brown?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- NXT UK Heritage Cup #1 Contender’s match: Noam Dar w/ Sha Samuels VS Tyler Bate w/ Trent Seven; Bate wins and will challenge A-Kid for the cup.
- Kay Lee Ray & Isla Dawn VS Meiko Satomura & Emilia McKenzie; Satomura & McKenzie win.
- NXT UK Championship: WALTER VS Rampage Brown; Walter wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
NXT UK Heritage Cup #1 Contender’s match: Noam Dar w/ Sha Samuels VS Tyler Bate w/ Trent Seven!
The Scottish Supernova knows how to run his mouth, but sometimes he sticks his foot in it, too! As much as he wants after the Spanish Ace, Dar will have to put up or shut up against the Big Strong Boy! Will having the East End Butcher backing him up get him his golden ticket? Or will Moustache Mountain’s semi-reunion be what Bate needs to get back up?
A-Kid is here via titantron! He tells Dar and Bate that they know how much the Heritage Cup means to him, so he will be watching this very closely. “May the best man win.”
The bell rings and the opening round begins. Bate and Dar approach, feel things out, and tie up. They go around, Bate puts Dar on the ropes, but the ref calls for the break. Dar pulls hair then pushes Bate, then dodges Bate’s retaliation. Bate fakes Dar out with Bop, dodges the leg sweep, but Dar gets Bate in a spin around and around before the backslide! Bate resists, reverses the hooks, and rams Dar into buckles! Dar turns things around to back up, but Bate blocks bumping into buckles and turns it around again to ram Dar! Backslide cover, TWO! Dar whips, Bate goes up and over and fakes Dar out to then get around, leap frog and slide under. Dar takes the bait again and Bate rolls Dar up! Bate gets the first fall!!
Dar: 0; Bate: 1
Sha is furious on Dar’s behalf but with a minute and 45 seconds to spare, Supernova 11 is behind the 8 ball! Seven helps Bate with his recovery, Dar cools off, and round two begins!
Dar and Bate circle, Bate rubs in that he has the advantage, and the two feel out the grapple again. Dar gives testing kicks, but Bate knuckle locks, rolls and wrangles Dar with a top wristlock! Dar keeps his shoulders up, reaches at Bate, and Sha coaches him. Dar gets up, gets a leg and takes Bate down! Bate keeps cool and clamps onto Dar’s shoulder. Dar shrugs that off, digs elbows into Bate’s knee as he keeps the leg trapped. Bate shifts and gets Dar in a body scissor, but Dar pushes back to a cover. TWO, and Bate still has Dar in the body scissors. Bate rolls it to a body scissor clutch, TWO! Dar gets a leg, has the ankle lock and sweeps the other leg!
Bate is down, Dar jumps on him, but Bate bridges up! Bate cravats and cranks, but Dar rolls to drag Bate down. Bate holds onto the cravat to crank Dar back, and this round goes longer than last as Dar fights up. Dar endures, trips Bate up, hurries after Bate with another inverted facelock. Bate fights up, gets around to a full nelson, but then spins Dar to a cravat again. Sha coaches Dar, Dar powers Bate to ropes, and the ref calls for the break. We’re under a minute as Dar arm-drags then drops elbows onto Bate’s head and shoulders! Cover, TWO! Dar stays close, wrenches the arm from wrist to shoulder, but Bate rolls and handsprings and dropkicks!
Dar scrambles to ropes to stay safe, we’re at 30 seconds and Sha gives Dar more tips. Dar and Bate feel out another grapple, knuckle locks for a test of strength! Dar tries to shovel under but we’re at 10 seconds! Bate stays up, trips Dar but Dar bridges, and the round ends!
Dar: 0; Bate: 1
Dar was perhaps saved by the bell, and now both men get another recovery period. Sha is fired up for Dar and the third round begins!
Bate and Dar circle, feel things out, tie up with knuckle locks again, and Dar kicks and KICKS Bate down! Sha likes that! Dar drives elbows into Bate, slams the arm, but Bate KICKS Dar in the leg! Both men are down now, Dar flounders to CLOBBER Bate on the mat! Dar gets the leg and stomps it! Then he stomps the other leg! Dar paces around, Bate hits low with headbutts! Bate kicks but Dar blocks to twist the foot. Dar stays out of Bate’s punch range to CLOBBER Bate again! Cover, TWO! Bate sits up but Dar stands on his hand! Dar kicks and kicks and kicks, then drags Bate up to cravat and snapmare into ropes!
Dar taunts Seven while Bate clutches his foot. Dar heads over, Bate boots him in the gut! Dar kicks Bate back down and even Seven is wincing from those hard shots. Dar drags Bate up, back suplex TOSSES him, then covers, TWO! Bate grits his teeth as we reach one minute in this round. Dar drags Bate up, whips Bate hard into a corner, then runs in, but Bate kicks back! Bate brings Dar in for a KNEE, then hops up top. Bate leaps for a FLYING UPPERCUT! Bate hobbles a bit and hurries after Dar to bring him up for a fireman’s carry. The bad leg is tender but the AIRPLANE SPIN starts up after all! Bate goes around and around and around, and around and around, and we’re at 15 seconds!
At 10 seconds, Bate stops, to go the other way! Bate is just running the clock as he spins!
Dar: 0; Bate: 1
Both men are dizzy, will 20 seconds not be enough recovery time? Seven helps Bate find his corner while Sha reaches in to guide Dar. Bate and Dar are steady and round four begins!
Bate watches Dar still struggle to stand upright. Dar gets up, turns around and kicks, but Bate blocks! Bate fireman’s carries, for MORE AIRPLANE SPINS! Bate goes around and around until there’s 2:30 on the clock, and he just dumps Dar! Bate runs, rebounds and LARIATS! Cover, TWO!! Dar survives and Sha is relieved but the clock is still ticking! Bate makes sure his bad leg is alright, Dar is in a corner, and we’re at 2 minutes. Bate runs in to uppercut! Dar fights the suplex, Bate fights Dar’s clinch, but Dar throws knees! Dar brings Bate around and around and sweeps the legs! Dar comes back with a SLIDING FOREARM! Cover, TWO!!
Dar grows frustrated but Sha coaches him. Dar gets up, eggs Bate on and then kicks away on Bate’s bad leg. Dar gets the foot, but Bate uses his strength to reel Dar in and BOOT him away! We’re under a minute as Dar sits up and checks his face. Bate is up, he hobbles over and brings Dar up but Dar wrenches and KICKS him! Bate avoids another kick but Dar quickly mule kicks! Dar storms over but into a BIG EuroUpper! Dar KICKS, Bate wobbles, Dar kicks but Bate blocks! Dar reels Bate in for elbows! Bate staggers to a corner, Dar runs in but only gets buckles! Dar hurries after Bate and KICKS the leg out, sending Bate flipping through the air! We’re at 20 seconds as Dar aims at Bate!
Bate grits his teeth, ducks the Penalty Kick, blocks the Buzzsaw and DECKS Dar with a right! We’re under 10 seconds! Bate has to crawl over to the cover but time is up first!
Dar: 0; Bate: 1
Dar was again saved by the bell, but time is of the essence! Seven helps Bate get his bad leg going while Sha says Dar can still do this. Can Dar figure this out now that we’re into round five?
Bate and Dar both hobble and Dar fires off fast hands first! Bate keeps his guard up, hits back and hits harder! Dar kicks the bad leg! Bate hobbles, Dar BOOTS Bate but Bate comes back with more fists! Bate kicks, Dar blocks, spins him for a waistlock, but Bate pries free and slides under to get up and over to rebound, but Dar catches the leg! SUPERNOVA KNEEBAR IN THE SKY!! Bate taps, Dar ties it up!!
Dar: 1; Bate: 1
Sha says that is what he was talking about! We’re going into round six and it’s all tied up! Can either man muster what it takes to finish this off?
Bate hobbles over, Dar goes after the leg but Bate gets around to waistlock and GERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!! Bate keeps his focus as he hobbles and brings Dar up. Bate reels him in but Dar drops to victory roll! TWO!! Dar and Bate hurry to their feet, Bate runs and ROLLING HEEL KICKS!! Dar is down, Bate hobbles up but the bad leg slows him down! Bate hurries to a corner, goes up top and climbs, but Sha distracts! Seven YANKS Sha off the apron! The corner men brawl!! Dar runs in but is sent out onto Sha and Seven! We’re at 2 minutes as Bate builds speed and FLIES!! Direct hit onto Sha and Seven but Dar got away!
Dar comes around to bring Bate and RAMS him into steel steps! Dar puts Bate back in, takes aim, NOVA ROLLA- BANG!! Bate got him with Bang, and reels him in for underhooks, TYLER DRIVER ’97!!! Cover, Bate wins!!
Winner: Tyler Bate, by pinfall (NEW #1 contender to the Heritage Cup Champion)
And the Big Strong Boy pulls off a big win! He has another match with the Spanish Ace, but will he be able to trump him this time around?
NXT UK Media catches up with South Wales Subculture.
How are Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster feeling after their loss to Amir Jordan & Kenny Williams? SWSC went from one of their biggest wins to yet another loss. But they’re getting in the ring, putting in the work, heading for the top. Dani Luna gets SWSC going, and they go through handsprings and rolls. Will the SWSC and Punk Rock Powerhouse be back on track soon enough?
Piper Niven and Jack Starz continue their own training.
Starz slams the heavy bag again and again, and Piper tells him he has ten seconds left on the drill. He powers through until the end! Piper says he did a great job, and now he’s ready. Starz, are you ready?! Oh he’s ready!! Then next week, we’ll see exactly what Starz is capable of!
Jordan Devlin speaks.
“NXT UK, have you missed your Ace?” Devlin knows everyone will be up to their necks in the schedule Devlin has. But aces don’t sweat it, they just get result. So when Devlin wraps up his business in Orlando tonight, TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2, he’ll come back to NXT UK as the UNDISPUTED NXT Cruiserweight Champion! Will Devlin dethrone Santos Escobar and be the greatest wrestler under 205 pounds?
Kay Lee Ray & Isla Dawn VS Meiko Satomura & Emilia McKenzie!
The NXT UK Women’s Champion wanted the best, got the best, and beat the best in the Final Boss! But now the White Witch is creeping up as she goes down a dark path. Will she and the Scary Queen of Scots come to an understanding after taking on the best in the world and the returning world-traveled Millie McKenzie?
The teams sort out and Millie starts with Dawn. The two circle and Dawn rushes in but Millie dodges the boot! They fire off, Dawn ROCKS Millie with a EuroUpper then clamps on with a headlock. Millie rolls to a cover, TWO! Dawn stays clamped on, but Millie powers out and arm-drags Dawn! Millie hurries to club Dawn, wrenches to trap the arm and then rolls Dawn to a Magistrol, TWO! Millie gets an arm but Dawn fights up. Millie drags Dawn over and tags in Meiko! Dawn gets free, to her corner, and tags in KLR. KLR and Meiko circle and approach, KLR kicks low and headlocks. Meiko powers out and rams KLR! They both stay up but Meiko’s KICK knocks KLR down! Cover, TWO!
Meiko wrenches KLR, wristlocks, but KLR kicks! KLR RAMS Meiko into buckles, stomps away, and tags in Dawn. Dawn stomps Meiko now, KICKS her over and over, then tags KLR. KLR stomps Meiko over and over, but lets off to tag Dawn again. Dawn stomps away, argues with the ref, and KLR pulls hair! Dawn stomps Meiko, ROCKS her, then whips her to ropes. Meiko hits back with a forearm! Meiko DECKS KLR, ROCKS Dawn, and wrenches to KICK away on her! WRINGING LEG SWEEP! Knee drop and cover, TWO! Tag to Millie, they keep Dawn from KLR with a double whip! Kick and SHOTGUN, cover, TWO!
Dawn survives and grits her teeth but Millie keeps after her. Dawn kicks Millie off the heel hook and tags in KLR! KLR gets Millie in the hooks, Gory Especial, but Millie sunset flips through! Millie runs, KLR side steps but Millie comes back to RANA! Millie runs into the corner misses, but she boots KLR away! Millie leaps for a FLYING RANA! KLR flounders to another corner, Dawn runs in but Millie dodges to SNAP GERMAN her away! Millie runs at KLR in the corner but is put on the apron. Millie ROCKS KLR, climbs up, and slingshots in to SPEAR! Cover, TWO! KLR survives but Millie drags her up and over. But Dawn trips up Meiko and fires off!
Millie is distracted by that, KLR CLOBBERS her! Cover, TWO! KLR drags Millie up, brings her to the corner, and tags in Dawn. Dawn and KLR mug Millie, then Dawn pulls Millie up to CLUB her down. Dawn drags Millie up to KICK her, then wrenches to a SNAP SAIDO! Cover, TWO! Dawn stays on Millie and CLUBS her again. Millie fights back, throws forearms, but Dawn forearms, too! They brawl back and forth, Dawn BOOTS Millie down, and then drags her up, only for Millie to CUTTER outta nowhere!! Both women are down, crawl for their corners, hot tags to KLR and Meiko! The Final Boss fires off on KLR, ROCKS her with a EuroUpper, but KLR ducks a buzzsaw to get the RETURN SAW!
Meiko drags KLR up but KLR fights the back suplex. KLR whips, but Meiko stops herself to PELE! Meiko drags KLR right back up to SNAP SAIDO! Cover, but Dawn gets in and Meiko lets off! Dawn backs away quickly, KLR CHOPS Meiko! Meiko ROCKS her back! KLR and Meiko brawl now, Meiko gets the edge, but KLR blocks a kick to reel her in! GORY BOMB!! Cover, Millie breaks it!! Dawn runs in but Millie gets around her, for another GERMAN SUPLEX! KLR SUPERKICKS Millie down! KLR is the only one standing and she drags Meiko, but Meiko kicks from below! Meiko ROCKS KLR, gets the leg and turns her around for the STF!!
KLR is caught, reaching, Dawn is there to help her get the ROPEBREAK! The ref reprimands but Meiko lets KLR go. KLR reels Meiko in to suplex and GOURD BUSTER! Tag to Dawn for a METEORA! Cover, TWO!!? KLR intercepts Millie and kicks her down! KLR glares at Millie, but Millie dodges the kick to GERMAN SUPLEX! Meiko ROCKS Dawn, fireman’s carries, but Dawn slips out and shoves to KNEE Meiko at the ropes! Millie tags in, fires off on Dawn and whips her, but Dawn reverses to ROUNDHOUSE! Dawn reels Millie in, fisherman, but Millie cradle counters! Meiko keeps KLR out, Millie and Meiko win!!
Winners: Meiko Satomura & Emilia McKenzie
A huge win for #SuplexMillie on her return! Will this lead Millie & Meiko on a huge run towards the top? But wait, Aoife Valkyrie is watching from the stage. And she brings out a black feather out to set on the ramp. Is this an ill omen for Meiko’s attempt to get back at the title?
A-Kid speaks.
He’s excited to be facing Tyler Bate again and defend his Heritage Cup Champion. After this win, A-Kid looks forward to prove he epitomizes what this cup represents, and to build his legacy as THE BEST pure mat-wrestler in NXT UK! But will it be so easy for him against this refocused Big Strong Boy?
NXT UK Media catches up with Amir Jordan.
He doesn’t want to talk, though, as he just wants to go right after Kenny Williams! Jordan storms around the front office of the Performance Center, pushes things aside in a rage, but Sid Scala intercepts him. Scala tells Jordan that Williams isn’t here. But they can settle this in the ring next week. That’s good enough for Jordan, but will he be able to get back at the Chancer for his cheating ways?
NXT UK Media catches up with Kenny Williams, too.
He wants them to spit out their questions already, because they know it’s about Jordan. Do some investigations of your own and look back at the two and a half years Williams had to put up with Jordan. You’ll see that Williams has had to carry Jordan through everything, and get him to all his successes. Williams will show the world how good he is, and it’ll be all on “my sweet, sweet friend,” Amir Jordan, to keep up with him.
NXT UK Championship: WALTER VS Rampage Brown!
The Ring General had one hell of a match with Tommaso Ciampa at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, but the most dominant champion in WWE’s modern era isn’t satisfied sitting back. Walter knew this match was coming, even before even considering Ciampa. Will Walter reach a new level by winning back-to-back defenses? Or will he regret taking on the Rampage right after facing the Psycho Killer?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and like NXT UK’s own Godzilla VS Kong, #OneWillFall!
Walter and Rampage tie right up, Rampage gets an arm but they go around and around until Rampage can hammerlock. Rampage shifts to a headlock, Walter puts him in a corner, but the ref calls for the break. Walter swings but Rampage dodge to CHOP! Walter just gets angry and headlocks, but Rampage powers out. The two RAM shoulders but neither falls. Walter eggs Rampage on, Rampage dodges, runs through a chop and runs Walter over!! Walter flounders to a corner and is reeling as Rampage is after him with haymakers! Rampage whips corner to corner but Walter comes back to run Rampage over! But Rampage kips up!? And DROPKICKS Walter out of the ring!
Walter is as shocked as the BT Sports Studio audience! Rampage comes around the way to run Walter over! Rampage scowls as he looms over Walter, but he has to refresh the count first. Rampage drags Walter up, reels him in, but Walter blocks the suplex! Walter RAMPS Rampage into barriers, CHOPS him against them, then gives him an APRON BACK SUPLEX! Walter gets in, drags Rampage up and bends him against ropes! Walter CLUBS Rampage, and again! What’s “Beats of the Bodhrain” in German? Walter pushes Rampage to then BOOT him down! Fans fire up, Rampage checks his teeth, and Walter clamps onto an arm.
Walter pulls on the arm, wants a double wristlock, but Rampage fights up. Walter CLUBS Rampage, but Rampage throws body shots! Walter CHOPS, Rampage CHOPS, Walter kicks low and snapmares to then KICK Rampage in the back! Rampage grits his teeth but Walter gets the legs to turn him over. Walter wants to turn Rampage more, and does for the BOSTON CRAB! Rampage endures as Walter sits deep! Rampage grabs at Walter’s legs, uses that to get some leverage, but Walter shifts to KNEE Rampage in the ribs! Walter drags Rampage back up, suplexes, but Rampage blocks! Rampage suplexes Walter up and over instead!
BT Sports Studio rallies up, Walter and Rampage sit up as a standing count climbs. Rampage CHOPS Walter, headbutts him, but Walter CHOPS back! Rampage CHOPS, Walter CHOPS, and it’s a CHOP fight! Walter gets the edge, but Rampage throws forearms! Walter knee slow, turns Rampage and CHOPS him down! Cover, TWO! Walter is annoyed but he keeps on Rampage with a chinlock. Rampage endures as Walter leans on the hold, and then Walter drives in elbows! Walter changes to a half nelson top wristlock, but Rampage fights up. Walter CLUBS Rampage, ROCKS him with a EuroUpper, and Rampage drops to a knee! Walter toys with Rampage and eggs him on!
Rampage gets mad and he hits back with body shots and CHOPS! Walter CHOPS, BOOTS, but Rampage eggs him on now! Rampage then dodges and gets Walter for a POWERSLAM! Both behemoths are down but fans fire up! The ref counts, Rampage and Walter slowly rise again and we go to 5 of 10! Rampage is up first, and he rushes Walter. DOUBLE CLOTHESLINES collide but neither man falls! They go again, DOUBLE CLOTHESLINES, but still neither falls! Walter ducks Rampage’s clothesline to get a SLEEPER HOLD! Rampage endures, stays up but he is starting to fade! Walter spins Rampage around, reels him in, but Rampage slips out to LARIAT!! Walter is down!!
Both men are on the mat again, but Walter and Rampage get up quicker this time. Rampage runs in to clothesline! He throws Walter down, hops up and leaps, for a FLYING SHOULDER TACKLE! Cover, ONE?!? Rampage actually grins, he likes this challenge! Rampage wants to get Walter up but Walter holds off the bomb! Walter wrenches out to CHOP, then SLEEPER! Rampage throws Walter off but Walter SHOTGUN DROPKICKS!! Walter gets Rampage up, reels him in, WALTER BOMB!! High stack cover, TWO!!! Rampage survives and BT Sports Studio is loving this! Walter seethes while he and Rampage are on the mat.
Walter goes to the apron, goes up a corner, but Rampage is up to ROCK Walter first! Walter CHOPS from above and Rampage staggers. But Rampage returns to CHOP back! Rampage climbs up to join Walter, stands him up and scoops, for a SUPER POWERSLAM!?! But Rampage can’t cover from how much that took! Rampage crawls, covers now, TWO!! Walter survives and Rampage is beside himself! How can Walter have so much still in the tank?! Rampage drags Walter back up, builds speed, but Walter catches him for the SLEEPER! But Rampage slips around to SAIDO! Walter flounders back up but Rampage is on him, gut wrench to the DOCTOR BOMB!!
But Rampage can’t hold the cover! Walter rolls away to the safety of ropes! Walter is truly a ring general with that awareness! Rampage gets a leg, Walter holds onto ropes, so Rampage lets off. Rampage is frustrated but he drags Walter up by his head. Walter gets a leg, drags Rampage down, but Rampage clubs him with crossface forearms for it! Rampage gut wrenches again but Walter blocks by holding a leg! Walter Alabama lifts to back drop Rampage away! Rampage staggers up, into a BIG right hand! And a CHOP! That was rather high, Rampage is gasping for air! Walter runs in to KNEE Rampage down! Rampage flounders back up, into a LARIAT!!
But Rampage gets up again?! Walter wants to end this, and he SLAPS then LARIATS point blank!! Cover, TWO?!!? Rampage is still in this and BT Sports Studio is fired up! Walter and Rampage stir, slowly rising as the standing count climbs. We go past 5 of 10 before Walter and Rampage stand. Walter lurks, and CHOPS Rampage on the back! Then wraps on the SLEEPER! Rampage fights, reaches, but Walter thrashes him around! Rampage gets the ropebreak, but Walter slaps his hands away! GERMAN SUPLEX!! Walter drags Rampage up, reels him in, for the WALTER BOMB!!! High stack and it’s deep, TWO!?!?!? Just what is Rampage made of?!
Walter storms to a corner, climbs up top, and WALTER SPLASHES!! Cover, Walter wins!!
Winner: Walter, by pinfall (still NXT UK Champion)
King Kong ain’t got shit on Walter! In fact, Walter might be the real King of Kaiju after overcoming a monster like Rampage! Does this second win in two days make Walter truly unstoppable as NXT United Kingdom Champion?
My Thoughts:
A very great episode, though I can’t say it was anything so different that it constitutes a special event episode. It was really just the timing of it being during WrestleMania Week, and having the UK Championship defended on it, which happened months ago with Walter VS Dragunov. But the UK Championship we got with Walter VS Rampage was some great stuff, especially for two guys of their size. Walter winning with various moves so that no one move is his true finisher now is actually great because now he can end the match whatever way he wants. Now obviously this match was recorded before the TakeOver match with Ciampa, but airing it this way in kayfabe really makes Walter into a Terminator that can not be stopped by mere mortals.
The women’s tag was really good, and Millie had a great showing in her turn to NXT UK. The Faces win but off of Dawn to keep KLR strong while also building Millie up, but Aoife showing up was an interesting surprise. I suppose Aoife can be a detour for Meiko, or rather Meiko can be a springboard for Aoife to get up towards the title, but I do look forward to Meiko facing as many women as she can. We got good promos from the other stories, such as Jordan being furious and Williams not even worried before they have a grudge match. Devlin’s confidence in his promo could be foreshadowing that he’ll be dismayed in tonight’s Ladder match at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, which will be a shame, as I’ve said for the last few weeks.
The Heritage Cup contender’s match was really good, especially with Sha and Seven ringside for some real cornermen moments. A-Kid was himself very confident before and after the match, who knows how that factors into the math. Bate winning is great for Bate but I’m curious as to how a rematch with A-Kid is going to do anything for the Heritage Cup. Is Bate going to win and shatter A-Kid’s confidence? Is A-Kid going to win again and send Bate into a tailspin that may or may not make him a Heel? I kinda wish that the final spot with Sha and Seven brawling, Bate going out and Dar getting him in would’ve led to Dar winning in a fast, sneaky way.
There’s a lot that’s been odd with the Heritage Cup Division, though the matches have all been good, but I just feel like this all should’ve been Seven and Dar and then Bate gets in the mix to have friendly matches with Seven as Moustache Mountain mentor and student. A-Kid’s great but wouldn’t he have been just as good in the Cruiserweight Division taking on Devlin? Maybe that still happens one day, but for now it just seems disjointed.
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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