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Mitchell’s WWE NXT UK Results & Report! (2/10/22)

Will Nathan Frazer get his revenge?

Published

3 years ago

February 10, 2022

Steven Mitchell

Superstars look to settle scores!

After getting jumped in the parking lot, Nathan Frazer looks to get back at the head of Die Familie! Will Teoman pay for punking Frazer out?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Amale VS Nina Samuels; Amale wins.
A-Kid VS Saxon Huxley; A-Kid wins.
Nathan Frazer VS Teoman w/ Die Familie; Frazer wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Amale VS Nina Samuels!

The French Hope got cheated by Jinny, but she won’t let the self-professed Leading Lady use that to mock the fans who support her. Will Amale take that spotlight away from Nina again? Or will this be a Nina Samuels Show exclusive?

The bell rings and the two circle. They tie up, Amale shoves Nina away, and the two go again. They break again, Nina talks trash then throws a forearm. Amale hits back, then again and again! Amale whips, Nina reverses, but Amale stops herself in the corner to elbow Nina back. Amale whips, Nina reverses but Male dodges to run Nina over! Amale keeps moving, Nina hurdles then hip tosses Amale down! But Amale kicks Nina away, wrenches the arm and YANKS on it. Amale wrenches to a wristlock, Nina cartwheels through, but Amale blocks the throw to throw Nina! Amale elbows Nina again, then brings her into underhooks, BUTTERFLY SUPLEX!

Nina gets to a corner, Amale runs in, but Nina avoids the boot! Amale goes to the apron, Nina yanks the skirt to trip her up! Nina stomps Amale down, the ring count starts, and Nina SMACKS Amale off the apron. Nina puts Amale in at 6 of 10, covers, ONE! Nina is frustrated and she stomps Amale over and over. Nina drags Amale up, Amale throws body shots. Nina knees low, whips, but Amale holds ropes. Nina runs into a BOOT! Amale puts Nina on the apron, Nina ROUNDHOUSES back! Slingshot SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Amale survives and Nina is losing her cool. Nina dribbles Amale off the mat!

Nina digs Amale’s face into the mat, then brings her up to snapmare. Nina wraps on a chinlock and grinds Amale down. Amale endures as Nina leans on the hold. Amale fights up, throws body shots, but Nina throws her down by her hair! Cover, TWO! Nina wraps on a chinlock again and squeezes Amale. Amale endures, fights up, and throws body shots. Amale shoves Nina away, dodges her clothesline to clothesline back! Amale rallies with more lariats, then kicks out a leg to run and KNEE LIFT! Nina staggers, into another LARIAT! SENTON! Cover, TWO! Nina sputters, Amale drags her up.

Nina fights off the clinch then scoops to BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Nina is furious and she stomps away on Amale at the ropes! The ref counts., Nina lets off and run sin, but Amale dodges the boot! Then sweeps the leg! Side to side, BOOT WASH! Amale drags Nina up and reels her in, HOPE BREAKER! Cover, Amale wins!

Winner: Amale, by pinfall

The French Hope gets back up with this win here! Will she go after the Fierce Fashionista for another round?

A-Kid continues his etiquette training with Saxon Huxley.

They’re going to try this one more time, but the Spanish Sensation is confident in Huxley. “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plane.” “THE RAIN ON THE TRAIN-” No no, calm down. One more time. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plane. “THE RAIN IN SPAIN, SAXON’S ON A TRAIN!” NO! That’s not even… Is he trying? A-Kid walks away, and now Saxon gets it right! He even says AK is a nice man. AK walks back in, asking what Saxon just said. “THE RAIN ON THE TRAIN, SAXON’S GOIN’ TA SPAIN!” Ugh! Well, maybe they’ll sort this out in the ring.

Noam Dar and Sha Samuels talk backstage.

The guys are plaining to see some sexy ladies for Valentine’s Day, and they tell NXT UK Media to leave them alone, they’re busy. Season 2 premiere of Supernova Sessions, y’know. They’ll have a cup of tea before the show. But then someone snatches the Heritage Cup!? And blocks the door! Whodunnit?!

NXT UK shares footage from after last week’s #1 contenders tag match.

Ashton Smith & Oliver Carter were naturally all fired up after winning the right to challenge Moustache Mountain for the NXT UK Tag Team Championships. Trent Seven & Tyler Bate even congratulated the winners personally. Watch that match back, there was some unreal commentary during it. Oh, so they’re good on commentary and in the ring, huh? Alright. But Carter says Seven’s being too polite. They’ve clawed their way from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs, because they are the hottest tag team under the sun, the freshest flavor of this brand. They are Smith & Carter, and-

Seven stops Carter there, because Moustache Mountain knows all about climbing the mountain. But that’s where they are: the top of the mountain! They ARE the NXT UK Tag Team Champions. Carter touches the title belt, Seven gets touchy and slaps his hand away. Carter says he and Smith are the future NXT UK Tag Team Champions. Bate says not a chance! The Moustache Mountain flagpole is firmly into the peak, and it will be staying for the foreseeable future. So congrats, boys, but see you very, very soon. Things are heating up, and in two weeks, it fires off! Will Smith & Carter be Ready And Forward, Always Forward for that title match?

NXT UK presents an all new Supernova Sessions!

Back on their usual set, it’s- Wait, that’s Gallus! No one freed Dar & Sha so Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey & Wolfgang are on stage, having a laugh and a few brews, too. Oh, and the Heritage Cup is here! Mark copies Dar’s usual greeting, “Hello, hello, hello. Hear me now. Live from the moon, I’m your host, Mark Coffey, joined as always by Joe Coffey and Wolfgang. Welcome to another edition of Supernova Sessions!” So this is a jampacked episode right here. Joe has Mark wait. This is Gallus Boys On Top, change the graphics! And boom, Gallus green and the logo! Welcome to the Gallus Boys On Talk! This is still a jampacked episode, so here’s our first guest!

All the way from Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, it’s Jordan Devlin! Devlin can’t believe this. What’re these guys doing here? What is this? Give us a hug, Jordy! No no no. He came here for Supernova Sessions, not this weekly wind-up. Well, unfortunately Dar & Sha got locked into something they couldn’t get out of. But Mark assures Devlin, he will conduct this as a professional. Have a seat. Devlin will believe that when he sees it. He still sits down, and Mark says Devlin looks fantastic. The hair, the jacket. But speaking of jackets, Mark’s fat back stretched out two of Devlin’s jackets, and he still hasn’t seen his Ray Bans!

Jordan, c’mon. Enough about the clothes. Let’s get serious. Devlin is coming off a huge loss to NXT UK Champion, Ilja Dragunov. Gallus Boys on Talk want to know: What is next for the Irish Ace? Well, Mark’s afraid that’s all the time they have! See you next- Oh, so this is one huge joke to you guys, is it? Yeah, kinda. Dar & Sha are free and they hurry out! What’ve Gallus done to their set?! It’s a mess! Ladies and gentlemen, welcome Dar & Sha to GBOT! Dar apologizes to Devlin. What’ve they done to Colin the end table?! Did they even water the plants?! There’s plants? Dar says they’ve been victimized! Call the police!

Sha says they don’t need the authorities. Sha can handle this. “Oi, dimwit!” Is this all their mess? Tell you what, Gallus has one chance, and he means just one chance. They can clean up this mess and jog on. Otherwise, Sha will slap Mark upside his head, go after his big brother, then dog man over there. Wolfgang howls, but Mark dares Sha to try. Joe says let’s forget about all that, and pose for a group selfie! Eeeeey~! No, no, no! Joe, you better take that picture, cherish it, print it and put it over his bed, because that’s the closest he’ll ever get to a championship while Dar’s here! Oh, we’ll see about that!

And since this is still GBOT and they’re all about asking questions, Joe has a question for Dar. Dar has the answers, then! Devlin shouts everyone down, and says we’re forgetting what we’re here for. This is about the Irish Ace and Supernova Sessions. Gallus laughs that one off. By the way, Wolfie’s had Devlin’s Ray Bans the whole time. Dar wants them to delete this footage and keep it off NXT UK. Well that’s not happening. But Dar promises he and Devlin can have a do-over. Dar goes to grab the Heritage Cup, but Joe grabs it, too. Dar better keep a tight grasp of it, and enjoy it while it lasts. Dar tells Joe that he’s the wrong one to send for.

Dar wants his music to play them off, but Mark says no no, play THEIR music! Gallus does their best to stay serious now, but will they be having the last laugh when the Iron King goes after the Scottish Supernova’s cup?

Dave Mastiff stops Jack Starz from touching his vest.

What does he think he’s doing? Starz has been dissecting last week over and over again in his head. Starz thinks that there were opportunities to work together better as a team. Mastiff could’ve tagged Starz in, they could’ve gotten the ball rolling, and they could’ve won. Well, okay. Mastiff is hearing what he’s saying, but why was he touching Mastiff’s stuff? Starz just wants them to be a team, a cohesive unit, and he wants to be like Mastiff. Really? So he wants a vest? Yes, and he wants Mastiff’s respect. “Well, you don’t just take one of these. You have to earn it. There’s a story, a history.” Then Starz wants to earn it!

Okay, then. Mastiff will think about it. And don’t touch it! What will Starz have to do to earn both a Bomber vest and the Bomber’s respect?

Kenny Williams speaks.

“Little boys and little girls are always afraid of Thunderstorms. When one kicks up, they rush to their beds, trembling at the wind and the rain and the thunder rattling off their doors. But then, it just stops.” The kids realize that what they were afraid of was noise. A thunderstorm rolls into town, makes a commotion, then runs outta steam. Kenny laughs, because that’s why Sam Gradwell’s nickname is so fitting. “Sam runs around NXT UK, dying for the attention of others, making a commotion. And when he gets that attention, he can’t last a crack.” Kenny says anyone can weather a storm. Especially as someone as resilient and ruthless and vile as little Kenny Cockroach.

A-Kid VS Saxon Huxley!

El Nino Anonimo said last week that no great mind exists without a touch of madness. If that’s true, then the Divine Beast of the Astral Plane has one of the greatest minds in the world today. But will Saxon show AK there’s a method to his madness? Or will AK tame the beast and make his way to the top of NXT UK?

The bell rings and AK circles with Saxon. AK shoots in after a leg but lets off as Saxon tries to get him. They circle again, knuckle lock, and AK rolls, to go for a leg. Saxon throws AK off, AK scrambles to a corner. AK avoids Saxon, then ties up with him again. AK waistlocks, Saxon wrenches free, and AK gets away. AK gives testing kicks, but Saxon stays up. AK gets around, facelocks, cranks on the hold, but Saxon powers up to put AK on the apron! AK SLAPS Saxon, then avoids the haymaker to get in and chinlock! Saxon arm-drags free, AK BOOTS from the corner! Saxon comes back, another BOOT! And another BOOT!

AK runs, but into a THESZ PRESS! Saxon dribbles AK, huffs and grumbles, but AK KICKS him in the back! AK gets to a corner, avoids Saxon and goes to the apron. GAMANGIRI! AK jumps in, but Saxon catches him! Saxon TOSSES AK across the way! Saxon ROCKS AK with a body shot in the corner, then brings him around to back suplex and RAM AK into the corner! Saxon CLOBBERS AK and AK falls out of the ropes! Saxon drags AK up, whips him and scoops him, BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! AK is still in this but Saxon STRADDLE ATTACKS! AK crawls, Saxon STRADDLE ATTACKS again!

Saxon drags AK up, gut wrench to the Canadian rack, and he bends AK against his shoulder! AK pries free, throws big forearms and CHOPS, but Saxon knees low. Saxon whips, AK tilt-o-whirls through, but Saxon holds off the Russian Leg Sweep. So AK hops on for an IRON OCTOPUS! Saxon breaks free, AK tries to sunset flip, but Saxon stays up to drag AK up. AK dodges, springboards and arm-drags, kips up and DROPKICKS! But Saxon comes back, ELBOW DROP FLOP as AK moves! AK runs in, gets under the Thesz Press, and PENALTY KICKS an arm! PENALTY KICK again! AK headlocks, but Saxon SWINGING BACKBREAKERS!

Saxon snarls as AK crawls. Saxon fires up and runs, but AK dumps him out of the ring! AK builds speed to DIVE! Direct hit and Saxon hits barriers! Saxon staggers into the ring, AK hurries to the corner. AK climbs, leaps, CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! AK has the arm! Saxon resists the Fujiwara armbar, fights his way up, scoops AK again, but AK knees free! AK runs, but Saxon pops him up, CHOKE SLAM BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO!! AK survives and Saxon grows frustrated. Saxon drags AK up, CLUBS his chest, and again, and again and again! AK blocks the arm, but Saxon brings AK up.

AK blocks the buckle ram for a SLICED BREAD! DYNAMIC DROPKICK!! Cover, TWO!! Saxon survives but AK gets fired up. Saxon blocks AK’s haymaker, but AK ENZIGURIS! Saxon stays up, so AK jumps to the top rope, BACKFLIP DDT!! Cover, AK wins!

Winner: A-Kid, by pinfall

A-Kid had a huge challenge in front of him, so he used a huge move to get a huge win! But Saxon’s back up! AK wants Saxon to calm down. AK offers a handshake to show respect, and Saxon takes a deep breath. Saxon accepts the handshake! Has AK helped Saxon find a bit of tranquility inside the whirlwind of his mind? Will AK find himself going for gold in the future?

NXT UK Media catches up with Gallus.

Where’d Joe get that safety cone he’s wearing as a hat? But Gallus hopes they saw what happened outside. “Give us a second series!” Wolfgang says he will be right back, he wants to go to the pub. The Coffey Brothers go on to their room without him, and Wolfgang asks the cameraman what he wants from the pub. But then Devlin SMACKS Wolfgang with a chair from behind! Down goes Wolfie, and Devlin takes back his sunglasses. Will the Irish Ace regret cheap shotting the Last King of Scotland?

NXT UK media checks in with A-Kid.

How is he feeling after that win out there? He feels good. That work together definitely paid off, and he feels like Saxon has found himself again. Die Familie walks past him in the hall, and only Charlie Dempsey gives him a nod hello. AK nods back, and Dempsey follows Rohan Raja & Teoman to gorilla. AK says maybe they can talk more later.

Nathan Frazer VS Teoman w/ Die Familie!

The Babo and his “brothers” jumped the British Prodigy in the parking lot last week, just because Frazer didn’t think they were anything more than a group of thugs. Will Frazer have a fighting chance now that it’s head to head? Or will having Raja & Dempsey ringside ensure Teoman the victory?

The bell rings and the two circle. They tie up, go around, and Teoman ROCKS Frazer with forearms and kicks. Frazer gets around, trips Teoman up and stomps him down! Frazer eggs Teoman on, then counter punches Teoman! Teoman RAMS Frazer to a corner, gets in his face, but Frazer dodges the haymaker to headlock. Teoman lifts but Frazer flying-mares Teoman down. Frazer grinds the headlock, Teoman moves around, and Teoman throws body shots. Teoman powers out, Frazer goes up and over and rolls and hits a headlock takeover! Frazer grinds Teoman down, but Teoman pulls hair.

The ref reprimands, Teoman lets off, and he fights up to throw body shots. Teoman powers Frazer to ropes, grinds his wrists into Frazer’s face, but lets off as the ref counts, to ROCK Frazer! Frazer fires off haymakers in return, then whips to dropkick Teoman down! Teoman scrambles away to the corner, Frazer runs in, but Teoman puts him on the apron. Frazer ROCKS Teoman, but Raja distracts Frazer! Teoman catches Frazer on the ropes, HOTSHOT! Teoman goes out to the other side of the corner, drags Frazer up, NECKBREAKER HOTSHOT on the crossbar! Die Familie cheers as Teoman puts Frazer in at 7 of 10. Cover, TWO!

Teoman grinds Frazer down, but Frazer fights up to throw elbows. Frazer is free but Teoman sweeps the legs! Basement dropkick! Cover, TWO! Teoman clamps on with a chinlock and he grinds Frazer down. Frazer endures, even as Teoman thrashes him around. Teoman wrenches the neck to elbow the shoulder! Teoman wraps the headlock back on, but Frazer fights up. Frazer powers up but Teoman holds on tight as Frazer tries to power out! Teoman grinds Frazer down, traps an arm, and grinds his forearm into Frazer’s face! The ref reprimands, Teoman stops and Frazer fights up to throw more body shots.

Teoman clamps onto the arm, but Frazer throws body shots. Teoman ROCKS Frazer with a body shot back! Teoman snarls as he paces around Frazer. Teoman straddles Frazer to rain down forearms into the neck! Frazer grits his teeth but Teoman kicks him in the back. Frazer hits back so Toeman CLUBS Frazer down. Teoman slaps Frazer, Frazer SLAPS back! And again! And again! Teoman kicks low, whips Frazer to a corner then runs in, but Frazer sends Teoman into buckles! Teoman staggers, pursues Frazer, but Frazer throws him out of the ring! Die Familie checks on Teoman, but Frazer baseball slides.

Teoman catches Frazer in the apron skirt! But wait, Frazer slips out the bottom! Frazer fires off haymakers, but Teoman kicks low. Teoman whips, Frazer goes up the barrier to QUEBRADA! Direct hit and Frazer is fired up! Frazer gets Teoman up and into the ring, but Teoman holds the skirt. Raja taunts Frazer, Teoman traps Frazer with the skirt after all! Teoman stomps away on Frazer, big jumping stomp to punctuate it! The ring count is 6 of 10, Teoman puts Frazer in at 7. Teoman talks trash, he hobbles over to Frazer and drags him up into a neck wrench. Frazer endures as Teoman leans his weight on the twist.

Frazer throws shots from below, fights up and throws more body shots! Teoman whips and CLOBBERS Frazer from behind! Teoman drags Frazer up and digs a knee into Frazer’s back. Teoman gets the arms for a motorcycle stretch, and sits back to use his boots in it! Frazer fights up to make it a cover, TWO! Teoman digs his boots in more, Frazer pushes back to another cover! TWO, and Frazer is free! Teoman gets the arm, they go around, Frazer RAMS Teoman in the corner! Teoman boots but Frazer blocks! Toeman dodges the forearm but Frazer BOOTS Teoman! Frazer leaps up and over, but his neck jams during the handspring!

Teoman hops up, BLINDSIDE missile dropkick! Cover, TWO!! Frazer is still in this and Teoman is furious! Teoman runs but Frazer dodges the sliding forearm to SUPERKICK! Both men are down and Die Familie is freaking out! A standing count begins, we’re at 5 of 10! Teoman and Frazer get to opposite corners, and they drag themselves up the ropes. Frazer snarls, runs in, and he CLOBBERS Teoman! SLINGBLADE! Teoman fights the suplex and bails out. Die Familie is there, but Frazer goes up! SUPER CROSSBODY! Down goes all three Die Familie brothers! Frazer hurries to get Teoman in, and Frazer goes to the corner.

Teoman flounders, Frazer SPRINGBOARD MACHO ELBOWS! Cover, TWO!! Teoman is still in this and Frazer can’t believe it! Another standing count begins, but Frazer gets to a corner. Frazer grits his teeth as he watches Teoman slowly stand. Frazer runs in, tilt-o-whirl, dragon sleeper! But Teoman slips free to suplex, JAWBREAKER from Frazer! Frazer QUEBRADAS into a SHOTGUN BOOT! Teoman drags Frazer up, double underhook, ANARCHY! Cover, TWO!?! Frazer survives and Teoman is furious! Teoman runs, SLIDING FOREARM!! Cover, TWO!!! Frazer survives again and Teoman can’t believe it!

Teoman storms over to Frazer at the ropes. Teoman snarls as he springboard stomps Frazer down! And again! The ref reprimands, but Teoman keeps stomping! Frazer kicks back from below! Teoman storms back up, grabs the legs and yanks Frazer, Frazer lands on his feet! PELE!! Teoman is down, Frazer hurries to a corner! Raja shouts to Teoman, but Dempsey gets on the apron! Frazer BOOTS Dempsey down, Raja distracts the ref! Teoman gets up the corner, Frazer elbows him away! Frazer adjusts, PHOENIX SPLASH!! Cover, Frazer wins!!

Winner: Nathan Frazer, by pinfall

Even with his brothers trying to help him, Teoman fails! Frazer refuses to fall, will he rise up above Die Familie and go for some gold?

My Thoughts:

A very good NXT UK here, opening with a pretty good match from Amale and Nina Samuels. Amale naturally wins to build her towards a rematch with Jinny, and perhaps after that, another try at the NXT UK Women’s Championship. Probably after Isla Dawn has her shot at Meiko Satomura, since Isla’s building up right now. I liked the promo from Mastiff & Starz, where Starz is determined to be even more of a team with Mastiff. I’m sure the next couple weeks will have Mastiff putting Starz through some crazy stuff to see if he’s worthy. Speaking of crazy, I love how Saxon had that moment of clarity before going nuts again. Saxon had a really good match with A-Kid, but A-Kid wins to keep him going after his Heritage Cup loss.

Plus, the interaction A-Kid had with Die Familie was an interesting one. Frazer VS Teoman was a great main event, and Frazer getting the win was a great surprise. I’m sure at some point, Frazer will need a tag partner to go against Die Familie, I wonder if A-Kid could be made into one. Kenny Williams has a very well made vignette to call out Sam Gradwell before their match, but I feel like this has to be Gradwell’s win to get even with Kenny for before. We got good promos from Smith, Carter and Moustache Mountain, their match in two weeks is going to be great stuff, and as I said last week, could probably go either way with all the little seeds they’ve planted.

I think the best stuff this week was Gallus hijacking Dar’s season premiere of his talk show. With it being empty arena again, they were able to set up by the screens, and that makes for a better set to me than in the ring. The Gallus boys have good comedy chops, Devlin of course works as the serious guy in all this, and this is bringing things one step closer to that Six Man Tag I want of Gallus VS Devlin, Dar & Sha. Devlin VS Wolfgang is happening first because of that sneak attack, but I’m sure there’s a way to get us that Six Man before Joe Coffey challenges Dar for the Heritage Cup.

My Score: 8.3/10

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Can’t go wrong with ROH on a Friday afternoon! But will Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs still be World Six Man Tag Champions after facing #MXMTV?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Bandido & Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS The Infantry w/ Shane Taylor Promotions; Bandido & Komander win.
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Bandido & Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS The Infantry w/ Shane Taylor Promotions!

The Most Wanted is once again ROH World Champion, but the Commander of the Skies just lost his ROH World Television Championship. Meanwhile, Captain Shawn Dean & “Bad News & Tattoos” Carlie Bravo want to take over the ROH Tag Division. Will someone be getting Two 2 Da Head? Or will the luchadores be dealing out a Blackjack 21?

The fans rally for Bandido already, which annoys The Infantry. The Code of Honor is not upheld as The Infantry strike first! The bell rings, the ref reprimands and the fans boo as Dean fires forearms with Komander while Bravo has Bandido. Dean kicks Komander, then Bravo SUPERKICKS Komander! Bandido BOOTS Dean, then he brawls with Bravo! They go back and forth, Bandido ROCKS, KNEES, and headlocks. Dean tags in as Bravo powers out, and then Bravo drops down for Dean to take a swing. Bandido blocks that to DECK Dean, but Bravo CHOP BLOCKS Bandido! Bravo shoves Bandido out for Dean to whip hard into railing!

The fans boo but Bravo says, “That’s how we get down! S T P!” Dean drags Bandido up and into the ring, then stays between him and Komander. The fans rally, but Dean RAMS Bandido into the corner! The Infantry mugs Bandido, the ref counts, and The Infantry lets off. Tag to Bravo and he CHOPS Bandido! Bravo puts a leg in the ropes, stomps it, then CHOPS! Bravo stomps Bandido again, then backs off as the ref reprimands. Bravo brings Bandido out, but Bandido fights the suplex! Bravo hooks a leg to FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect, but Bravo drags Bandido from Komander with a HEEL HOOK!

Tag to Dean, Dean stomps Bandido, and Bravo says #TAIGASTYLE taught him that. Lee Moriarty gives a thumbs up, and Dean stomps Bandido. Dean puts Bandido’s leg on the ropes, then HIP DROPS it! The fans rally for Bandido but Dean stomps him down. Cover, TWO! Bandido stays in this but Dean drags him around by the leg. Dean drops an elbow on the knee! Then he drops an elbow on the other knee! Then back to the right knee! Then the left knee! The fans boo but Dean drags Bandido to the corner. Dean runs to ELBOW Bandido, then he tags Bravo. Dean scoops Bandido, Bravo goes up, ELBOW DROP BACKBREAKER!

Bravo swaggers while the fans boo, but then he goes back to cover Bandido. TWO, and the fans rally up. Bravo drags Bandido up to HEADBUTT, then he tags Dean. Dean sends Bravo in, but Bandido TOSSES Bravo out! Dean runs up, Bandido BOOTS him! Dean comes back, Bandido dodges and hobbles, hot tag to Komander! Komander springboards and salutes for the CROSSBODY! Bravo rushes back in, he has Komander, but Komander BOOTS Dean to go up and over Bravo! Komander shoves Bravo into Dean, then knuckle locks Bravo to CHOP! Komander goes up, jumps around, and FLYING RANAS Bravo away!

The fans fire up as Komander dodges Dean, ROCKS Bravo, then mule kicks Dean! Komander sends Dean into Bravo, then springboards to DROPKICK Bravo into giving Dean the DDT! Cover, but Bravo breaks it! Bandido runs up, Bravo wrenches and ROLLING ELBOWS! Bravo is fired up, but Komander SUPERKICKS him! Komander fires off on Dean with forearms and puts him in the corner. Bravo sneaks a tag while Komander climbs up. Komander rains down five punches, then whips Dean corner to corner. Dean reverses, Bravo runs up, CARLIE CROSSOVER! Then feed to Dean’s FLYING LARIAT!

The Infantry then hoist Komander up, wrench and URENAGE DOUBLE BACKBREAKER!! Bravo covers, but Bandido breaks it! The fans fire up as Dean whips but Bandido TOSSES him! Bravo runs up, Bandido SUPERKICKS him! The fans fire up as Bandido rises, but then Bravo distracts the ref. Shane Taylor gets on the apron, talks trash on Bandido, then ROCKS Bandido! Komander storms up, Shane grabs him, but Bandido comes back! Komander gives Bandido the boost to SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB Shane onto Moriarty & Dean! The fans are all fired up as Komander then BOOTS Bravo, ENZIGIRIS, and calls to Bandido!

Komander tags Bandido, then he ROCKS Bravo! Komander goes corner to corner to go up, up, and ESCALARA MOONSAULT onto STP! Bandido scoops Bravo for the X KNEE!! Bravo is on the ropes. Bandido runs, BLACKJACK 21 PLEX!! Bridging cover, Bandido y Komander win!

Winners: Bandido & Komander, by pinfall

A big victory for Bandido y Komander! With Sueprcard of Honor just a few weeks away, who will step up to take on The Most Wanted for his most wanted ROH World Championship?

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championships: Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs VS Johnny TV & MXM Collection!

The Natural may have been literally robbed of his belt, but he is still a champion alongside Marshall & Ross Von Erich. The Von Erichs are back to help Dustin take back that belt, will the Sons of Texas ride off into the sunset tonight? Or will they find they’re NOT #TVReady?

Speaking of not ready, Johnny, Mansoor & Mason Madden attack the Sons of Texas at the ramp! The fans boo the blindside attack, but Mansoor CLUBS Ross, Johnny CLUBS Marshall, and Mason stomps Dustin. Johnny kicks Marshall, Mason whips Dustin into the railing, and Mansoor RAMS Ross into the steel steps! The fans boo more, Mansoor tells them to shut up, but Marshall fights back! Marshall fires forearms, but Johnny CLAWS Marshall’s eyes! Mason sends Dustin into more railing, then LEG LARIATS Dustin down! Mansoor fires more shots on Ross, then he puts Ross in the ring for Johnny.

The ref checks on Ross, but Ross says he wants the match! The bell rings, and Johnny BOOTS, KICKS, ROCKS, and fires more shots on Ross! Taya Valkyrie shows off the remodeled ROH World Six Man belt while Johnny gives Ross some ground ‘n’ pound. The fans boo but Johnny drags Ross up. But Ross jumps to RANA! And then he arm-drags! And arm-drags again! And DROPKICKS! The fans fire up as Ross brings Johnny up, tags Marshall, and then whips so Marshall can DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Johnny rolls to his feet, mule kicks Marshall, then hot tags Mansoor! But Marshall dodges to BLAST Mason!

Marshall ROCKS Mansoor with counter punch after punch, but Mansoor puts him in a corner for body shots and stomps! The ref counts, Mansoor digs his boot in, but then Mansoor stops at 4. Mansoor argues with the ref while sneaking kicks. Mansoor whips corner to corner, but Marshall comes back to LARIAT! Marshall fires more hands, then he UPPERCUTS! Marshall ROCKS Mansoor, wrenches and whips corner to corner, but Mansoor comes back! Marshall runs through the lariat to then LARIAT Mansoor! The fans fire up and Marshall calls his shot! CANNONBALL for Mansoor! Cover, TWO!

Marshall drags Mansoor up, headlocks, and Ross tags in. They mug Mansoor and the fans cheer that CHOP! Ross headlocks and grinds, but Mansoor hooks Ross’ nose! Mansoor headlocks now, but Ross powers up and out. Mansoor jumps the dropdown, Mason tags in, and Mason BLASTS Dustin off the apron to then LEG LARIAT SPINEBUSTER COMBO! The fans boo, Marshall protests, but MXM mugs Ross! Johnny joins in and they all stomp away! The fans rally for Dustin while Mason TOSSES Ross out. MXM distracts the ref so Taya can stomp away on Ross with those bright green boots!

The ref has to hold Marshall back, and Mason goes out to fetch Ross. Mason puts Ross in the ring, throat chops him, then fires body shots as he says he’s H O T T, O~ G~ O~! Tag to Mansoor, Johnny lets Chappell Roan know they’re big fans, and Mansoor BLASTS Marshall off the apron! Mason scoops Ross, Mansoor runs up, CATWALK SLAM! Cover, TWO! Ross survives and Mansoor snarls. Mansoor clamps on with a chinbar and armlock! Ross pries at the grip, reaches out for the ropes, and Marshall coaches him. Ross fights up, Mansoor holds him back, but then Mansoor THROWS Ross down by his hair!

The fans boo, but Mansoor drags Ross back to tag Johnny. Johnny stomps Ross, then drags him up, only for Ross to fire body shots! Johnny gets up and under Ross, Alabama ROLLING SLAM! Cover, TWO! Johnny stands over Ross and pulls on the arms while he tags in Mason. Mansoor runs around the outside to blindside Dustin! The fans boo and Marshall protests, but there’s nothing to be done as Mason drops an ELBOW on Ross! And another ELBOW! And then a JUMP ELBOW! Cover, TWO! Mason is annoyed, Dustin is down, and Mansoor tags in. Mansoor tells Marshall that he saw the Iron Claw movie, and it SUCKED!!

The fans boo but MXM hoist Ross up! Mason runs, but Marshall DUMPS him out! Ross CLUBS away on Mansoor, reaches for Marshall, but Mansoor holds onto a hand! Ross fires a forearm, the fans rally up, but Mansoor still holds on! Mansoor ducks the shot, back suplexes, but Ross lands out! DOUBLE LARIATS take both men down! The fans fire up as Ross and Mansoor crawl! But Mason is creeping up! Mason YANKS Marshall down, then THROWS him into the steel steps! And he CLUBS Dustin for good measure! Mansoor rolls up Ross, TWO! Ross feints high to BACKDROP Mansoor! Dustin rises up!

The fans are thunderous as Mansoor and Ross crawl, hot tags to Johnny and Dustin! The Natural rallies on the Guru of Greatness, then whips, but Johnny reverses! “Not Today!” UPPERCUT! SNAP POWERSLAM! Mansoor is in, but Dustin kicks and “Not Today!” UPPERCUT! SNAP POWERSLAM! Mason is in, but again, “Not Today!” But Mason grabs Dustin first! CHOKE- NO, Dustin slips free, and feeds Mason to a DOUBLE DROPKICK from the Von Erichs! Johnny CLUBS Dustin, whips, but Dustin hits a BULLDOG! Cover, Mansoor breaks it! The fans boo but Mansoor CLUBS Dustin. Mansoor whips, Dustin reverses, but Mansoor avoids the powerslam!

Mansoor DDTS Dustin, but Ross RANAS Mansoor! Johnny SUPERKICKS Ross! Marshall DISCUS LARIATS Johnny! Mason LEG LARIATS Marshall! Dustin storms up, Mason HEADBUTTS him! Mason runs, but Dustin dodges! Mason’s leg is in the ropes, and he begs Dustin not to. Dustin pokes Mason in the eyes! And then he puts Mason’s other leg in the ropes! Dustin takes a deep breath, but Johnny runs up! Dustin gets around and lifts Johnny, to stick him right in there with Mason! Taya protests, but that lets Dustin hit DOUBLE SHATTERED DREAMS!! Mansoor runs up, Dustin dodges, DESTROYER!!

Ross is in, and he gives Mansoor an IRON CLAW!! Marshall has Mason, and SLAM DUNKS him into Johnny’s TV! Johnny sits upright, right into Mansoor’s runway! Ross keeps Mansoor in a corner, and Dustin brings Johnny up! Dustin puts one out, then hits the FINAL RECKONING!! Cover, Sons of Texas win!!

Winners: Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs, by pinfall (still ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions)

Taya is beside herself! Dustin gets his belt back as the Von Erichs keep theirs! Will no one ever truly stop The Last of His Kind from running the ROH Tag Division?

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

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Andrew’s TNA iMAPCT! & Unbreakable Results & Match Ratings: 4.17.2025

iMPACT is the Pre-Show, Unbreakable is a TNA+ Special! See what happened!

Published

19 hours ago

April 18, 2025

Andrew Balaz

iMPACT! is getting the old Heat treatment as a TV episode pre-show. While nothing about the iMPACT episode seems overly intriguing, they all actually have narrative weight, and since the last two weeks have been devoid of weight and general cohesion…this might be a surprisingly good episode which would serve as a better pre-show than expected.

I’m still mad that it’s a damn Thursday and they want to have 4-5 hours of show because WrestleMania reasons. Even WWE realized doing long shows before workdays was stupid, so NJPW giving them the idea to break Mania into two nights is a boon for everyone over thirty.

Also the main reason I’m doing a joint article. Since Unbreakable starts immediately after iMPACT, I’m not gonna put up back to back articles. One stop shoppin it!

Will @AJFrancis410 be crowned the FIR$T TNA International Champion TONIGHT at #TNAUnbreakable?!

WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/rT1TusIxJd pic.twitter.com/rxiBn6PxPw

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 18, 2025

iMPACT! – Ratings:

Laredo vs Jason Hotch w/Tasha Steelz: Laredo wins via Laredo Fly – ** 1/4
Jazmyn Nyxx w/Fatal Influence vs Xia Brookside w/Lei Ying Lee: Xia wins via Small Package – **
KC Navarro vs Cody Deaner: KC wins via Loaded Fist – **
Maggie Lee & Heather by Elegance w/Personal Concierge vs Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley: Hot Topic Hotties win via Cemetery Drive – ** 1/4
Jakara Jackson w/Lash Legend vs Dani Luna w/Jody Threat: Dani wins via Luna Landing – ** 1/4
Leon Slater vs Brian Myers: Myers wins via Roster Cut – ** 1/2

Unbreakable – Quick Ratings:

Zachary Wentz vs Eric Young vs AJ Francis: Young wins via Piledriver – *** 1/4
Ace Austin vs Steve Maclin vs Eddie Edwards w/Alisha: Steve Maclin wins via KIA – *** 1/2
X Division Championship: Moose(c) w/Alisha vs Akeem: Moose wins via Lights Out – Long Squash
Mustafa Ali & Nemeths vs Hardys & Mike Santana: Jeff Hardy wins via Swanton Bomb – ***
Kaz & Tessa vs Joe Hendry & Masha: Hendry wins via Standing Ovation – ** 3/4
Barb Wire Massacre: Sami Callihan vs Mance Warner w/Steph De Lander: Callihan wins via Cactus Driver ’97 – ** 1/2
Inaugural International Championship: AJ Francis vs Steve Maclin vs Eric You: Maclin wins via K.I.A. – *** – TITLE CHANGE!!!

Results:

Laredo vs Jason Hotch w/Tasha Steelz

Laredo starts quick with a Straight Right, Tijeras, a few quick strikes, kicks Hotch out of the ring, wants a Plancha, but Tasha gets in the way to stop Laredo’s offense which gives Hotch an opening. Quick trip, a few chops and a hard Irish Whip has Laredo trying to catch his breath. Hotch tries to go for another Strong Irish Whip but Laredo reverses, two kicks, Flying Neckbreaker into a Missile Dropkick sending Hotch to the outside. Laredo finally pulls off his Suicida, and he’s rolling. Corner Forearm, Uno Mass Corkscrew Moonsaults, but Hotch manages to get away after two. A Snap Jab staggers Laredo, Ali style Outside In Rolling Neckbreaker and Hotch tries to take things to the top. But Laredo counters and Avalanche Michinoku Driver…only for two.

Laredo tries to keep things going, Back Handspring Crossbody, but Hotch catches him, big Tilt-a-Whirl Backbreaker for two. Hotch looks to the corner and then gets scared because he thinks Santana might strike, Hotch and Tasha argue, Laredo recovers and runs up the corner and hits the Laredo Fly for the win.

If @CodyDeaner can take down @KCwrestles tonight on #TNAiMPACT he punches his ticket Ultimate X at #TNARebellion! @milanmiracle

WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/rT1TusIxJd pic.twitter.com/T5zqKHVr24

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 18, 2025

Jazmyn Nyx w/Fatal Influence vs Xia Brookside w/Lei Ying Lee

Jazmyn and Xia go for a chain wrestling or World of Sport kind of start. Xia even gets out of the Head Scissors with the classic Hand Stand and pop. After a little taunting, Jazmyn tries to charge but Xia loops around for a flash Cradle, Nyx kicks out quick and retreats to her Fatal Influence friends for a breather. Xia catches her with a Dropkick, a few strikes and starts putting things together until Jazmyn catches her in the corner and Snake Eyes Xia the hard way and then starts leaning her into the ropes, a few Leg Sweeps, PK kicks and Jazmyn is in control. Fisherman’s Suplex Hold from Jazmyn but Xia kicks at two. She tries to fight back up but Jazmyn is using her positioning to keep control. Bulldog into the middle buckle, puts Xia between the ropes and lays in a Round Kick to her chest and Xia has been eating offense for the last few minutes. The crowd tries to rally the little British Angel, but Jazmyn lays in some forearms, hits the ropes, Xia ducks and they hit stereo High Kicks to double down for a few moments.

Xia starts to rally, gets a few shots in, Tijeras, Xia tries Angel Wings but Jazmyn moves. Jazmyn tries to stay on her, but a Jawbreaker gives Xia time to go to the corner, Xia hits the Crossbody, Angel Wings, and looks for a DDT or something but Fatal Influence get involved distracting everyone. Lei has Fallon hanled, but Jacy is mouthing off causing Rosemary to come down and make a Mist save. Jazmyn tries to be opportunistic, but Xia blocks her move and hits the Small Package for the win.

Overbooked and timing was a bit shoddy in some spots, but not offensive. Not bad, but not good either.

KC Navarro vs Cody Deaner

This is for a spot in the Ultimate X match. Here’s to hoping the Blessed One beats the hell out of the loser who’s about as over as Herpes. Meaning he never goes away, and he’s unlikable. Anyone that says “Funny Underdogs are needed on shows”, isn’t that like 60% of the roster? No one is funny if everyone tries to be funny. KC however, he’s fucking hilarious and amazing.

KC tries to pay off Deaner and get him to forfeit, Deaner of course does the underdog thing of fighting back, dumb looking punches, goofball corner spot that he lengthens to the put of looking dumb and not funny. Oh thank God KC hits the Spiderman in the ropes, ducks Deaner and 305 gets hit for a near fall. Now KC is rolling, nice quick offense, Snapmare, Front Roll Neck Snap, Stomp into Split into cover for only two. Deaner goes for the comeback, and a few Lariats, Bulldog, and everything looks soo stupid. Deaner puts KC in the Airplane spin, gets dizzy and then goes again, TKO for two.

Navarro tries to powder, Deaner goes after him but the ref gets Deaner off of him since KC was in the ropes, KC wraps his necklace around his knuckles and a quick Jab to the face as Deaner tries to suplex him, 1-2-3, Blessed WIN.

If Deaner was the only doofus guy he’d be fine, but when we have Santino, Arianna, Laredo, KC, Great Hands, Brian Myers, Dango, Alisha, Hendry (while not a doofus isn’t close to serious), Kaz, Elegance Brand (all 3 of them), Ryan Nemeth and those are just off the top of my head. Everyone can’t be silly or no one is silly and nothing matters.

Maggie Lee & Heather by Elegance w/Personal Concierge vs Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley

I’m gonna keep any Gigi drooling to a minimum since I respect my boy Wentz, but I will say, you gotta love Hot Topic Hotties. Yes I like walking red flags, I’m self aware, and okay with it.

Maggie and Gigi start, a few quick counters, Gigi manages the Double Hook Cradle for two, then Hot Topic Hotties go tandem with a Dropkick and a Twisting Elbow for another two. Tatum is officially legal, Maggie looks for the tag but Heather wants to push Maggie more. Which is exactly how ASH treated her. Tatum turns it around, Gigi tags in, Poetry Bronco, and then Kawada Kicks from Gigi. Concierge distracts, Maggie grabs her, Heather takes the cheap shot, Suplex from Maggie for two. Heather and Maggie get some offense in together, and Heather is working Gigi over in the heel corner. Unicorn Stampede essentially. Heather goes for a pinfall and its only 2. Heather is getting frustrated, Gigi with an Upkick headscissors, Heather tries to stop the tag out, but eats the Mule Kick.

Tatum starts beating on Heather, rams Heather into Maggie, Cartwheel Peach Sunrise, tags in Gigi, Double Headbutts and Cemetery Drive from the Hot Topic Hotties and everyone wins. Jesus…will never leave this chat, he started it.

Jakara Jackson w/Lash Legend vs Dani Luna w/Jody Threat

Things start a little slow, Collar & Elbow tie up that they won’t relent for a while, Jakara tries to turn it into a Headlock Takeover, but Dani is too strong. Dani gets a few shots in, hops the rope for something but Lash makes her present felt and trips Dani while Jakara distracts the referee. The referee didn’t see anything but ejects Lash anyway. Lash won’t go, tries to intimidate the ref and say no. Jakara keeps things moving against Dani while Lash takes her sweet time slowly walking away. Jakara tries a Roll-Up but Dani too thicc to keep down. Dani fights back up, scoops Jakara and drops her unceremoniously.

Jakara starts laying in a bunch of Falling Knees and gets a quick two, before locking in a Cravat that Dani tries to fight out of. Dani counters out of it, ducks the Line, and they crash into each other with Forearms. The Double Fall Down spot is a little played out and this is only the pre-show really.

Dani levels Jakara with a few Lariats, looks for the Luna Landing, Jakara slips it so Dani comes off the ropes with a Busaiku Knee. Luna wants a Blue Thunder but Jakara gets away until Luna grabs her again for the Rebound Blue Thunder Bomb and a near fall. Luna charges the corner, misses, Jakara hits the Tornado DDT, but only two. Jakara tries to ram Dani’s head into the buckles, but Luna blocks, fires and takes Jakara’s head off, Luna Landing gets his and Dani wins!

Elijah has a promo segment and they have a really Sesame Street style “Walk this Way” words on the screen thing. When they did the bouncing ball lyrics with Ron Killings, it was at least cool. This comes off as corny and low budget public broadcasting crap just for Elijah to announce an open challenge at Rebellion or something. Admittedly I zoned out cause I figured it would be nothing of note.

Leon Slater vs Brian Myers

Myers and Slater start in a shoving match jawing at each other, and then Leon lays in a Shoulder Tackle off the ropes, some jumping crap and Myers is getting bounced from corner to corner like a dork. Leon tries to continue the Around the World but a punch, Thrust Kick and Irish Whip across the ring gives him some confidence, but he eats the Feint Mule Kick, Back Handspring Back Elbow…and again System matches are “look stupid and get beat up for 70% of the match until a shortcut can be taken”. Speaking of short cuts, Leon goes for his Corner Leap, Myers guards from it, Leon repositions but gets tripped and eats a Spear. Then…we go to commercial.

Coming out of the commercials Myers is still in control. Leon slips out of a suplex and then connects with a flurry of offense, Myers eats more kicks than I can count, powders, Leon does his corner post leap, comes in and looks to win but an Implant DDT, dick kick and Roster Cut gives Myers the win.

Overall iMPACT! Rating: 5/10

Nothing special but at least it made some sense and was a better than the last few episodes. Low bar comparatively. Now immediately onto Unbreakable! So because this is a long night, I figured I’d do a Watch A Long with Mat Sarpraicone over on Dirt Sheet Radio because I have zero faith in Unbreakable being worth the 2-3 hours it will take to watch it.

So you’ll get quick results with ratings and an overall thoughts at the end of Unbreakable from me, because it’s late and I needed something to keep me awake.

Overall Unbreakable Rating: 4.5/10

The iMPACT! episode was easier to watch and digest, three Triple Threats is too many and the Main Event being a slow paced triple threat after a Barb Wire match and a bunch of faster matches really doesn’t resonate well with fans. Even though I didn’t love the Sami vs Mance match, ending on carnage and the “babyface” winning would’ve been a much better way to send the crowd home happy and we wouldn’t have needed so much time fill during the last hour of the show.

Maclin being the inaugural International Champion is cool, setting up the first defense against Eric Young is good for their story, so most of the marks were hit. It just was too damn slow and had no business being a main event. Champions vs Challengers was okay, but it only really picked up when Masha and Tessa were mixing it up. I liked Moose having the extended squash match for shits and giggles, but two Triples back to back to open the show is an easy way to burn out a crowd. Sure the Moose match was an extended piss break to recharge the crowd, but the card was just laid out awkwardly and things felt like far more of a chore than they should have.

All in all this was a very lame event. Yes I get it was purely stop gap to take advantage of WrestleMania weekend, but with Rebellion next week, we all knew it wasn’t gonna shake things up too much. But hot damn was I about to fall asleep if I wasn’t doing the watch-a-long to not pass out.