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Andrew’s NJPW Summer Struggle in Sapporo: 7.10.21

The Summer Struggle events start coming to a head with today’s show being built around the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match between Taiji Ishimori and champion El Desperado!

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The Summer Struggle events start coming to a head with today’s show being built around the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match between Taiji Ishimori and champion El Desperado!

Aside from that, we get a small tweak to the initial card since Kota Ibushi had a small fever reaction to his vaccination shot. So as a precaution, they pulled him from the show just so he could take care of himself.

We also get the reuniting of the Mega Coaches! Rocky Romero is back on the main show for the first time in a hot minute.

So let’s get going!

Ratings:

  • Yuya Uemura vs Master Wato: Wato wins via RPP @9:09 – ***
  • Bullet Club (EVIL & Dick Togo) vs CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & YOH): EVIL wins via Darkness Scorpion @11:07 – ** ¼
  • Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi, KENTA & ELP) vs Ryusuke Taguchi, Rocky Romero & Hiroshi Tanahashi: Tanahashi wins via High Fly Flow @15:00 – ***
  • United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan) vs CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & SHO): Cobb wins via Tour of the Islands @11:41 – **
  • LIJ (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, BUSHI & SANADA) vs Suzuki-Gun (Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI & ZSJ): Shingo wins via Pumping Bomber @13:40 – ** ½
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs Taiji Ishimori: Desperado retains via Pinche Loco @28:54 – ****

 

Results:

The show opens with Hiromu thinking he was live via satellite but apparently he teleported to Sapporo so he could run out and kick things off in front of the live fans. This all checks out for Hiromu’s…let’s say erratic personality. It was a typical hype man open, but it was filled with Hiromu’s special charm, so it was worth the watch.

Yuya Uemura vs Master Wato

Uemura has been going through the gauntlet of main roster wrestlers, which usually signifies getting ready for excursion. Wato is the lowest card guy to face Uemura because of card changes due to Ibushi’s fever after getting his last vaccination shot.

This was back and forth, Uemura had a few moments where it looked like he could’ve won. Between a Single Leg Boston Crab, German Suplex Hold and an attempt at the Double Over Hook Belly to Belly, but Wato blocked, rattled off a few strikes, laid out Uemura and landed the Spiral Tap (RPP) for the win.

Bullet Club (EVIL & Dick Togo) vs CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & YOH)

So commentary played up the reason why EVIL attacked Ishii, because Ishii is 4-0 in singles contests against EVIL and EVIL needs to get this year set straight. Given that, we all had to realize the Bullet Club team was going to win, just to give EVIL momentum, and this was very paint by numbers.

Ishii helped to add Strong Style moments, Bullet Club took short cuts and YOH brought some heart and Junior spots, but this was really nothing surprising or special. YOH having to eat the submission loss doesn’t necessarily hurt him a ton, it’s just a weird look since he did just recently challenge for the Junior title and now he’s eating the pinfalls to the Bullet Club B squad.

Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi, KENTA & ELP) vs Ryusuke Taguchi, Rocky Romero & Hiroshi Tanahashi

Tanahashi seems to want a piece of KENTA, but KENTA plays coy. We get a lot of the Mega Coaches and their brand of comedy and weird double coaching spots. There’s something charming about it since it’s been a while since Rocky has been in NJPW proper, so it helps fill out the show in a familiar way.

Yujiro tries to make a point out of Tanahashi to possibly solidify a slot in the G1, but that’s asking too much of Yujiro. With the coaches taking out ELP and KENTA, Tanahashi beats Yujiro and this could maybe lead to the Mega Coaches getting a Junior tag shot. But it should be fun to see where the Tanahashi/KENTA angle goes.

United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan) vs CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & SHO)

You know, this is an uninteresting match. Cobb and O-Khan are trying to keep the Empire relevant while Ospreay is injured, but 2 main guys versus a main guy and junior makes the finish obvious. They tried to paint the downfall around SHO’s desire to show his power and lift Cobb, but I was not sold on this match at all.

Okada is always fun to watch, but when the finish is chalk, it’s hard to care.

LIJ (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, BUSHI & SANADA) vs Suzuki-Gun (Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI & ZSJ)

These are definitely weird times when the post intermission matches are the least interesting matches on the show. Sure Dangerous Tekkers and Naito/SANADA have their tag title match tomorrow, so this is supposed to be the preview match; but come on now. Suzuki-Gun has 2 Juniors, one is DOUKI, so that barely counts as a threat. DOUKI gets paired up with Shingo towards the end, we’re supposed to pretend that DOUKI’s one near fall was believable (nope), and then Shingo takes him out with his signature Pumping Bomber. DOUKI wasn’t even good enough to get Last Falconry/Made in Japan, beat him with something that’s been a signature for the better portion of his career.

SHEEEESH!

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs Taiji Ishimori

Hiromu wanted this to be a match to get his blood boiling and this was not a bad match at all. Early on Taiji wrestled circles around Despy, but Despy was never outclassed, just behind a half a step. So Despy utilized what he was better at…cheating.

A few outside of the ring spots, removed turnbuckles and cheap shots worked well, but it did take the match a little bit to get interesting. We saw both Taiji and Despy counter finishing moves in interesting ways. Taiji spun out during a Pinche Loco lift, and Despy flipped through the Bloody Cross. We then get a double low blow spot, ELP comes out to try and help Taiji, but Kanemaru stops that and manages to even things out for Despy.

Taiji has Despy in the Bone Lock a few times, but Despy refused to tap, when Taiji tried to turn it into the Bloody Cross is when the flip counter happened, Despy pushes Taiji into the exposed turnbuckle, uses a straight fist to daze Taiji and then two Pinche Locos allows Despy to retain! Not a bad match, just definitely not the banger that I think Hiromu wanted to see.

Overall Score: 6.25/10

Well let’s put it this way, the main event wasn’t terrible and it was nice to see a smattering of familiar faces, normal New Japan gimmicks and an almost normal show.

Sadly the normalcy of this event also leant it to being insanely underwhelming. The biggest names post intermission were paired with flunkies or just set up for obvious finishes. It’s one of the weird situations where the matches pre-intermission at least had a level of intrigue. The main event was the best match on the card, but it was also a little less than what you’d expect from a one match show.

Maybe tomorrow’s show will have a little more balance, but I feel we’re not going to get a “good” show until the 25th.

 


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Mitchell’s AEW Rampage Results & Report! (5/1/24)

Jay White is on a Rampage!

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Will Angel Dorado breathe with the Switchblade?

After battling in the Casino Gauntlet, and then over the Unified AEW & ROH Trios Championships, Jay White and Dante Martin are on a Rampage to go 1v1!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Jay White VS Dante Martin; wins.

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[Due to scheduling conflicts, coverage will be on delay]


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Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (5/1/24)

Kenny Omega returns!

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What will The Cleaner have to say to The Elite?

Finally, Kenny Omega returns to AEW! But given how his friends, The Young Bucks, gave Tony Khan a piledriver, will his homecoming be a dour one?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • AEW TNT Championship: Adam “Edge” Copeland VS ??? w/ The House of Black; wins and
  • Samoa Joe VS Isiah Kassidy; wins.
  • Claudio Castagnoli VS Brian Cage; wins.
  • Serena Deeb VS Mariah May w/ Toni Storm & Luther; wins.
  • FTW Championship: Chris Jericho VS Katsuyori Shibata; wins and

PLAY BY PLAY

Tony Khan speaks.

“Welcome to AEW Dynamite. I’m here live in Jacksonville, Florida, and I’ll be producing tonight’s show here in the offices of the Jaguars. I wish I could be live there in Winnipeg for Kenny Omega’s return in his hometown tonight at a perfect time. Unfortunately I’m not cleared to leave Jacksonville, Florida, due to the actions of AEW’s Executive Vice Presidents, Matthew & Nicholas Jackson, and the reinstated Jack Perry.” Something’s going wonky with Tony’s video as he explains the head and neck injuries suffered… And then The Bucks cut in to say they’re “losing” Tony. Technical difficulties. Sorry, TK, they lost connection.

But hey, Tony may not be here, but the Bucks are. And some of you may be asking, how is that cool after what they did last week? How are they not fired? Well, see, iron clad contracts, with a founder’s clause. They won’t get into the details, but let’s just say that they and their colleagues are not going anywhere. And in those same details, it says that if Tony Khan cannot physically be at an event, the EVPs would succeed him. In other words, The Bucks are in charge now! With that said, they’re going to run the new show open! It’s all Elite, as in all Bucks, all Jack and all Okada! They said they wanted to change the world, is that change just more of themselves?

 

Swerve Strickland is here!

Winnipeg cheers as Prince Nana leads the way for the AEW World Champion! Swerve takes the mic to say, “What’s going on, everybody? Three matches, three shows, in one week. That is the type of champion that All Elite Wrestling deserves, and that is the type of champion that Swerve said he was always gonna be.” The fans cheer that! Swerve says what AEW does not deserve are selfish, greedy, childish, power hungry EVPs that think they can just throw their weight around without any kind of consequences. Swerve stands on his words: What the Bucks did was a b*tch move. Now that’ll be handled at some point, but Swerve will get to business.

Who is going to be Swerve’s opponent for Double or Nothing? The fans ask “WHO? WHO? WHO?” and Swerve says he doesn’t know. Winnipeg doesn’t know. But whoever it is, come, present yourself. But wipe your feet before you step into whose house? “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” But then The Bucks interrupt on the tron. They tell the champ congrats. But guess who else are champs: The Bucks! And uh, they also wanted to stop by because something else has been bothering them. It seems that success has gone to Swerve’s head. The first time he talks after winning the big one, and he badmouths his bosses, the EVPs, on national television, and using curse words?

The network hated that, that is a fine. And maybe Swerve just needs a dose of humility. How do you do that? Well, how about The Bucks arrange the very best, the perfect opponent, for Swerve at Double or Nothing? This man happens to be one of the best Canadian pro-wrestlers of all time. He’s a former champion, and hasn’t been around. But he’s waiting at the go position, ready to meet Swerve! Hit the music in three, two, one. GO! It’s… Christian Cage?! The fans are a bit torn as they were hoping for a different Canadian star, but The Patriarch leads Mother Shayna, Nick Wayne & Killswitch/Luchasaurus to the ring.

Christian gets a mic as he goes up onto the apron. He steps inside, Shayna Wayne by his side, but Nick and Killswitchasaurus lurking outside. There are fans who cheer on Christian, and then he sucker punches Swerve with the mic!! Christian fires off hands and knocks Swerve down, and Nana can only cower in a corner! But Swerve gets up to fire back! And he DECKS Nick! And he BOOTS Killswitch! But then Shayna gets in Swerve’s face. Killswitchasaurus turns Swerve around to HEADBUTT him! And he CLOBBERS Nana! Christian snatches the world title, drags Swerve up, KILLSWITCH on the belt!!

The fans are again torn, but Christian then drags Nana up! He holds Nana in place so Nick can hit WAYNE’S WORLD! Christian then goes back to the mic, and he looms over Swerve to tell him, “There’s something you should know about me. I never forget. I haven’t forgotten that some months ago, you broke into my son, Nick Wayne’s gym and left him in a pool of his own blood. I haven’t forgotten- Keep it down while I’m conducting my business!” The fans boo but Christian says he didn’t forget that at one time, they were a tag team at the biggest show in the history of this business, and Swerve lost! Swerve embarrassed Christian!

Christian’s been waiting for the right moment to make him answer for those mistakes, and Swerve went and won the world championship. It seems like there’s no better time than right now to make Swerve pay for those mistakes. Christian will embarrass Swerve the same way Swerve embarrassed him. Christian will end Swerve’s reign before it even begins, and make him a footnote in the history of AEW! The fans boo more but Christian says he heard that speech last week, Swerve talking about his path to this title, how grueling it was and how he put every ounce of himself into it, to where his own daughter doesn’t even know him.

Christian tells Swerve that when he’s done with Swerve, Swerve’s daughter won’t want to know him! But Christian will promise Swerve this: Swerve’s daughter will have a father she can be proud of for the rest of her life! Christian tells Winnipeg that the same way the Colorado Avalanche walked into their house and took their championship dreams away, Christian will walk into Swerve’s House at Double or Nothing and rip this AEW World Championship from his hands. But Swerve, know this: “The pain has just begun.” And with that, Luchasaurus PULLS Swerve’s hair out of his head! Luchasaurus shows off the braid, will that only be the first trophy The Patriarchy takes?

 

AEW TNT Championship: Adam “Edge” Copeland VS ??? w/ The House of Black!

After defeating The Rated R Superstar, as well as Mark Briscoe & Eddie Kingston, at Dynasty, the House of Black has answered the call of the #CopeOpen. However, they’re going to keep us guessing until the very moment it’s time to fight! Malakai Black speaks from the shadows that everyone expected him to come out here, all the bells and whistles. But why should Malakai fight Edge now, when watching what he did to Edge infiltrating Edge’s mind is so much more rewarding? Malakai laughs, but then who is coming for the gold? It’s the Aussie Juggernaut, Buddy Matthews! The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if the House Always Wins!

The bell rings and the fans rally up as Edge and Buddy stare down. The two tie up, Buddy headlocks, but Edge powers up and out. They RAM shoulders and neither falls. The two reset, tie up again, and Edge headlocks. Buddy powers up and out, they RAM shoulders, and again neither falls. The fans rally as the two circle, tie up, and Buddy headlocks for the takeover. Buddy holds off the headscissors but Edge powers through. Edge has the headscissors, Buddy kips free, but turns around into a headlock takeover. Buddy headscissors, Edge kips free, but Buddy sweeps to a cover! ONE, and Edge sweeps to a cover, ONE!

Buddy kip sup and stares Edge down and the fans cheer. Edge and Buddy circle, tie up, and Buddy waistlocks. Edge pries at the hold, switches back, and he CLUBS Buddy. Edge back suplexes, Buddy lands out and RANAS! Edge tumbles out, Buddy builds speed, but then he stops as Edge is ready. The two stare down, Edge eggs Buddy on, and Buddy kicks him. Buddy whips, Edge reverses and TOSSES Buddy out! Edge builds speed but Buddy hurries in, Edge DUMPS Buddy back out! Edge gets moving and DIVES! Down goes Buddy and the fans fire up! Edge shakes out his arms and gets to his feet as Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Edge storms his way over to Buddy at the ramp, drags him up, and sends him into the steel steps! Edge refreshes the ring count, then stalks Buddy to the barriers. Edge brings Buddy around to whip him hard into the railing! The fans fire up as Edge storms over to Buddy, CLUBS him on the back, but then Buddy kicks back! Buddy SMACKS Edge off barriers, makes him take a seat, then runs to KNEE Edge into barriers! Buddy shoves Edge down, then brings him back up to ROCK him with a forearm! Buddy puts Edge in the ring, storms his way up the steps, and then storms up to Edge. Edge throws body shots and forearms in return!

Edge has Buddy in a corner, but Buddy shoves Edge away. Buddy runs up, into a kitchen sink knee! Buddy sits up clutching his stomach, but Edge pushes him down for a cover, TWO! Buddy bails out, Edge pursues, and Edge brings Buddy around to SMACK off steel steps! Edge ROCKS Buddy with forearm after forearm, but then Buddy WRINGS Edge’s arm into the apron! Buddy rolls into the ring, Edge drags himself back up, and Dynamite returns to single picture. Buddy runs up but Edge fires hands! Edge bumps Buddy off buckles, then HOTSHOTS him! The fans rally and Edge drags himself back up, to RAM into Buddy, only for Buddy to make it a DDT!

The fans rally while both men are down. Edge and Buddy rise up, and Buddy stomps Edge to a corner. Buddy stomps a mudhole in, the fans boo and the ref counts. Buddy stomps Edge more, then CHOKES him! The ref counts and fans boo but Buddy lets off at 4. Buddy drags Edge up, snapmares and KICKS him in the back! Edge writhes while Buddy soaks up the heat. Buddy sits Edge up, runs and stops to clamp on a chinlock! Buddy grinds Edge down, almost has a Bulldog Choke, but Edge endures. The fans rally up as Edge moves around, then rises to his feet. Edge RAMS Buddy into a corner, but Buddy holds on tight!

Edge flails, pries at the hold, and he RAMS Buddy into the corner again! Buddy won’t let go, and Edge starts to fade! The fans rally up again and Edge fights up. Edge RAMS Buddy in again, gets free this time, and comes back, but into a BOOT! Buddy runs up, but into a FLAPJACK! The fans fire up while both men are down again! Buddy rolls to the apron on one side, Edge goes to another. Edge finds Buddy at the corner, but Buddy fires hands! Buddy climbs up now, but Edge resists the lift! The fans fire up as Edge throws body shots then haymakers! Buddy gives those right back, they hockey scrum right up top!

Buddy HEADBUTTS and both men fall back! They both hit apron and then the floor! The fans fire up while the ring count begins. Both men stir at 4 of 10, flounder at 5, and sit up at 7! They stand at 9 and slide in! The fans fire up as this match continues, and the two start throwing forearms! Edge gets the edge, but Buddy still hits back! Edge stands, reels Buddy in but Buddy wrenches out to shove and FOREARM! Buddy runs, but Edge follows to FOREARM! Edge runs, Buddy swings, Edge dodges, but then Buddy dodges! DOUBLE CROSSBODIES collide! The fans fire up again as both men are down!

The ref checks both men, Buddy sputters and has some blood in his mouth. Medics are called over, is Buddy already done for? He gets checked on while Dynamite goes picture in picture.

 


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