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Mitchell’s WWE NXT Results & Report! (4/19/22)
Whosoever be he worthy shall haveth the power!
Who is worthy of challenging Cameron Grimes for the title?
Carmelo Hayes and Santos Escobar both want after Cameron Grimes and the NXT North American Championship, but only the winner gets that opportunity! Who will get to go #ToTheMoon with the Carolina Cash Money Caveman?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Sarray VS Tiffany Stratton; Stratton wins.
- Grayson Waller VS Sanga; Waller wins.
- Grizzled Young Veterans VS Legado del Fantasma; Legado wins.
- Carmelo Hayes w/ Trick Williams VS Santos Escobar w/ Legado del Fantasma; Melo wins.
- Natalya VS Tatum Paxley; Natalya wins.
- Xyon Quinn VS Wes Lee; Quinn wins.
- Roxanne Perez VS Jacy Jayne w/ Toxic Attraction; Perez wins.
- NXT Tag Team Championships: Pretty Deadly VS Dexter Lumis & Duke Hudson w/ Indi & Persia; Pretty Dealdy wins and retains the titles.
PLAY BY PLAY
Joe Gacy interrupts the tag gauntlet recap video?!
“Bron Breakker. Tonight, we’re going to see what kind of sacrifices you’re wiling to make. For you, your family, and for this.” Rick Steiner’s WWE Hall of Fame ring! Gacy laughs like he’s a supervillain, but will Bron be able to rescue his father’s HOF ring from him?
Pretty Deadly heads to the ring!
Sam Stoker/Kit Wilson and Lewis Howley/Elton Prince are the NEW NXT Tag Team Champions, and they’re living it up already. They get mics and Elton says, “Last week, me ‘n’ Kit made history! As we pranced down to the shiny door of NXT 2.0 and won the NXT Tag Team Championships.” #YesBoy! They’re used to having gold around their waists. They dominated the UK when they won the NXT UK Tag Team Championships. But that scene was too drab. So why not come to Murica and take their titles? And it wasn’t even that hard! They beat four of the best in one night! SURPRISE~! SURPRISE~!
“Oh shut up, you bad dweebs! Look at the absolute state of these two!” Zack Gibson wants to know where was the invite for the Grizzled Young Veterans into the tag gauntlet? James Drake says if they were in it, they would’ve dismantled every single meat bag in that match, and especially Pretty Deadly. The only reason those two had an ounce of success in the UK was because GYV decided to leave first! And the only reason these DOGS are champions is because GYV weren’t included! But they’re sick of waiting at the back! They are long overdue an opportunity, and they are gonna take it tonight!
But wait! Here comes Legado del Fantasma! Elektra Lopez tells GYV they’re not the only ones who want a match. And then Joaquin Wilde & Raul Mendoza/Del Toro ATTACK! LDF and GYV are brawling into the ring, so Pretty Deadly bails out! Refs rush out to try and stop this but it just spills back out of the ring! Drake gets lose of Wilde but Gibson and Raul are still brawling! And in from the back, here comes Bron Breakker! The NXT Champion has fans barking it up as he says if Joe Gacy wants to know what he’s willing to sacrifice, Gacy just has to come out with that HOF ring and Bron will show him!
But Gacy responds on the tron. He has what Bron’s looking for and he is not a hard man to find. Just come find him! Gacy laughs as he hacks all the trons to show his face! Will Bron break the face of this Wish.com Joker?
Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams talk backstage.
Trick wants to get this right. Since Stand & Deliver, everyone is confused. Cameron Grimes thinks he’s The A Champion now, Santos Escobar says he can hang with Melo. Melo says he’ll give Santos credit, he is in a league of his own. But Melo not worthy? Melo goes to the back of the line? Is he crazy? Santos, do you not realize that Melo created the line! He IS the line. Solo last week, Santos tonight, and then the Cinderella story comes to an end for Grimes as Melo sets things right. Santos will be the first casualty on the Getting Back the Gold Tour! That’s all it is, and that’s all it’s gonna be!
Sarray VS Tiffany Stratton!
The Warrior of the Sun and the #BuffBarbie of NXT have gone back and forth, even backstage. But now, Stratton will have to take Sarray on at full power! Will Daddy’s Little Rich Girl get burned?
NXT returns and Sarray makes her entrance. The bell rings and Stratton talks trash on Sarray. Sarray shoves Stratton, Stratton kicks low! Stratton wrenches to a wristlock but Sarray rolls, kips up and arm-drags Stratton away, tot hen dropkick her down! Fans fire up but Stratton is angry. Sarray dodges her to ROCK her! Sarray runs, but into an elbow! Stratton runs but into a roll-up! ONE, but Sarray has the legs! Sarray ties them up fast and then puts pressure on the deathlock! Fans rally and fire up as Sarray bridges back! Stratton endures, reaches out, ROPEBREAK! Sarray lets go at 4, but runs corner to corner!
Stratton dodges, dropkick hits ropes! Stratton KICKS Sarray down! Stratton drags Sarray around, puts her in the ropes and then runs, to HIP ATTACK! Cover, TWO! Stratton drags Sarray up to CLUB her down, then wraps on a cobra clutch! Fans rally and even duel as Sarray endures. Sarray fights up but Stratton thrashes her around! Stratton grins and makes kissy faces as she grinds Sarray down. Sarray still fights up but Stratton knees low! Stratton whips Sarray to a corner, RAMS in, then gets to the apron. Stratton throws Sarray down by her hair, then knee-board sentons! Cover, TWO!
Stratton is furious and she thrashes Sarray around! Fans boo but Sarray bridges up! Sarray breaks free to SLAP Stratton! Stratton SLAPS back! Sarray chases Stratton and DROPKICKS her down! Then GERMAN SUPLEX! Stratton flounders, Sarray steps on her and goes up the corner! DOUBLE STOMPS! But that’s not all, as Stratton crawls to ropes. Sarray stands on Stratton but Stratton grabs the foot. So Sarray stomps her for it! And KICKS her! Sarray fires up, runs, SUNSPOT DROPKICK! Stratton flops out of the ring and fans are thunderous! Sarray gets Stratton back in, and has her in a corner.
Stratton holds ropes to resist the German Suplex, the ref counts, and Sarray gets Stratton away. But Stratton BACK HEADBUTTS! TWSITING VADER! Cover, Stratton wins!
Winner: Tiffany Stratton, by pinfall
A sneaky way to blind the Warrior of the Sun and take the win! Will Daddy’s Little Rich Girl always get her way?
Gibson & Drake talk backstage.
They can’t stand that Pretty Deadly of all people are the champions, but also grumble about Legado going after them. Bron barges through them and GYV ask what he’s up to. He asks them if they saw Gacy. But then Bron hears his dad? It’s a recording of his dad, inside the very cage he was kept in. Then Gacy tells Bron that he said family was everything. Wait, the whole scene is replaying on a tablet. Gacy is playing mind games, and Bron BREAKS the tablet! Is Gacy’s game only going to drive Bron over the edge?
Pretty Deadly are still feeling good backstage.
They relish in how the other tag teams of NXT want what they can never have. Then they go down the line of iconic photos. #YesBoy, #YesBoy, and even #YesGIRL to Mae Young. And also #YesGirls to Indi & Persia. Indi & Persia say hi to the NXT Tag Team Champions. Pretty Deadly do look better in person than on TV. #YesBoy and #YesGirl. Well, they were hoping Pretty Deadly would do them a favor. For these two? Anything! Then they want a match. Really? Well okay, name the time and place. Oh, Howley/Prince can think of a place. Well are Pretty Deadly fighting champions or what? Oh absolutely! Give ’em everything you’ve got!
Oh, sorry, they didn’t mean with them. Indi & Persia meant Dexter & Duke. Maybe the boys can take on some men. Well uh, Pretty Deadly will keep ’em posted! Bye, now! Keep in touch! Will Pretty Deadly say, “NO boy!” to Duke & Dex?
Backstage interview with Grayson Waller.
He goes 1v1 with his former bodyguard, Sanga, but why did he even fire Sanga in the first place? Waller says he had the whole world fooled thinking he had a bad elbow after the ladder jump at Stand & Deliver. Little old ladies were coming up to him, and yeah, he had those ladies carry his bags. Waller was so committed to the plan, but Sanga ruined it! Waller is too good a commodity for Sanga to weigh him down! So Waller isn’t afraid of an angry giant? Afraid? Without Waller, Sanga is nothing! But Andre Chase walks in to say this is a TEACHABLE MOMENT! Benjamin Franklin put it best when he said, “He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.”
Wow, Ben Franklin? Who’d that guy ever beat? Listen here, Dr. Seuss! But Bodhi Hayward steps in Waller’s face, only for Sanga to bust in! Waller throws Bodhi to the wolves! And then he throws everything else he can find! Sanga still gets through it all and shouts, ‘HOW DARE YOU!?” Chase and Hayward cheer on Sanga! They’re continuing to gorilla, but nothing Waller throws at Sanga slows him down! They end up going down the ramp! And in the ring! Sanga catches Waller before he can get away but Waller elbows him! The ref appears, the match starts now!
Grayson Waller VS Sanga!
Waller realizes he just stepped in it, but he UPPERCUTS Sanga! Waller does a shoulder shimmy, but Sanga is still standing! Sanga then CLOBBERS Waller, stalks him to a corner, and then TOSSES him across the way! Waller flounders up, Sanga is on him again to TOSS him back the other way! Sanga has Waller again, another TOSS! Fans fire up and Sanga gets Waller for a FOURTH TOSS! Fans want that “One More Time!” so here’s NUBMER FIVE! Waller flounders again, Sanga still gets him for a SIXTH! Waller clings to ropes, the ref counts and Sanga backs off. Waller gets up to dropkick a leg out!
Waller CLUBS Sanga, fires off more shots, then JABS! But Sanga gets up and shoves Waller to then run him over! Sanga stalks Waller, brings him up, shoves him to ropes and CLUBS him down! And then again! Waller is on noodle legs as he gets to the corner. Sanga hauls Waller up to whip him corner to corner! Sanga runs in, but into a BOOT! Waller runs in, into a scoop and SIDEWALK SLAM! Fans fire up and Sanga drags Waller back. Sanga says Waller is gonna pay for his disrespect! NAMASTE BIG ELBOW DROP! Cover, ROPEBREAK!! Waller survives for a little longer but Sanga drags him back up.
Sanga scoop SLAMS Waller, then wants him to stand! Waller somehow stands, Sanga storms over but Waller bails out! Waller plays some cat ‘n’ mouse and he BOOTS Sanga into the table! Waller runs and slides, into a choke grip! But he slips out of the choke slam to POST Sanga! Waller gets Sanga in the ring, runs and somersaults, STUNNER! Cover, Waller wins!
Winner: Grayson Waller, by pinfall
Somehow, someway, Waller survives Sanga’s onslaught and snatches away the victory! Will the 21st Century Success Story ever get what he deserves?
Cora Jade speaks on what happened last week.
“When Natalya’s music hit, my heart literally stopped. And I know they always say to never meet your heroes, because they’ll always disappoint you. I guess I never really realized how true that was, until I met the real Natty. The future isn’t bleak, my future isn’t bleak. Natalya is a future Hall of Famer, but she is dead ass wrong.” The girl in this old selfie saw Natty as one of her dream matches. But now, Cora’s only dream is to kick Natty’s legendary ass! Cora shreds the picture and stomps on the past. Will this solidify Cora as the future?
A new star is making her way to NXT.
“When I was a little girl, things weren’t always easy. I grew up in a pretty chaotic home, and I was sort of an outcast in school. But when I opened up my WWE video games, none of that seemed to matter. It was my escape.” Her mom got her a PlayStation for Christmas, and every year, she’d get the newest game, getting lost for hours and hours. She’d make herself, dream what it’d be like to be in the ring. She was told playing as herself would be the closest she’d ever get to that dream. But she knew one day, the virtual world would become reality. So next week, she steps out of the game and into real-life! Roxanne Perez is coming!
Backstage interview with Roxanne!
McKenzie asks her how it feels to know her debut is just one week away. IT is so surreal. She is super nervous but this is something she’s worked for her entire life. Next week- But then Toxic attraction walks over to introduce themselves. And the butterflies she has standing next to them right now, totally normal. But some advice: don’t set the bar too high, you’ll never get there. Uh, thanks…? Gigi Dolin senses attitude, and Jacy Jayne says Roxanne’s got a big head already. Let’s see if she can back all that up. The debut should move up to… tonight! What? Tonight?!
Yes, tonight. This isn’t a game, honey, this is the real deal! Roxanne says she’ll figure it out then. She heads out, but will Toxic Attraction be in for a shock?
Grizzled Young Veterans VS Legado del Fantasma!
Zack Gibson & James Drake are sick of waiting, but Joaquin Wilde & “Cruz Del Toro” aren’t going to let them have their turn without a fight! Will GYV SSSOOOON be recognized as the next contenders up for the NXT Tag Team Championships?
NXT returns as GYV make their entrance. They discuss strategy, but then Legado FLIES and takes them both out! Legado puts Drake in, the ref sorts things out, and the bell rings. Mendoza mule kicks, tags Wilde, Legado double whips Drake and double elbow him down! Then they coordinate, Electric Chair SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Wilde drags Drake up to bring him up. Drake gets around, Wilde switches, but Drake switches back and headlocks. Wilde powers out but Gibson tags in, they play leap frog and Wilde still ROCKS Drake! Wilde knuckle locks, CHOPS Gibson, dodges Drake and then goes up to missile dropkick Drake while arm-dragging Gibson!
Wilde gets Gibson with a wheelbarrow FACEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Gibson ends up in the Legado corner, but he BOOTS Wilde away! Gibson DECKS Mendoza, tags Drake and then he clinches Wilde. Drake ENZIGURIS Wilde down, Gibson sets up, MAYHEM IN MOTION takes out Mendoza! Fans fire up and duel, but Drake goes after Wilde. Drake DECKS Wilde, drags him up and DECKS him again! Wilde goes to apron, Gibson tags in, but Wilde shoulders in! Wilde sunset flips but Gibson stays up! Wilde still gets him down, cover, TWO! Gibson hurries to whip Wilde but he holds ropes. Wilde BOOTS, then SLINGBLADE FACEBUSTERS!
Wilde reaches out but Gibson trips him! Gibson drags Wilde back but Wilde boot shim away! Hot tags to Drake and Mendoza! Mendoza dodges, GAMANGIRIS Gibson then JABS and CHOPS away on Drake! Mendoza whips to CLOBBER and dropkick Drake! Then tilt-o-whirl headscissors put Drake in a corner! Mendoza puts Drake up top, climbs up after him, but Drake fights back! Drake ROCKS Mendoza and he hops down. Gibson tags in, Mendoza goes up, SUPER STEINER! But Gibson slides in to throat chop! Gibson drags Mendoza up to CLUB away on him! Gibson DECKS Mendoza but fans duel!
Tag to Drake, Drake DECKS Wilde, then Gibson feeds Mendoza to Drake. Drake scoops Mendoza but Wilde springboards to SENTON Gibson! Mendoza spins around for a DDT on Drake! Wilde builds speed, gets a boost, and he FLIES onto Gibson! It wasn’t the cleanest but he’s back up tot ag back in! Legado get Drake, tilt-o-whirl into the RUSSIAN LEG GAMANGIRI! Cover, Legado wins!
Winners: Legado del Fantasma, by pinfall
Escobar celebrates with his men as they take over and get the win! But with Duke & Dex wanting after Pretty Deadly, who will Legado be aiming for after tonight?
And speaking of Escobar, he gets the mic to say we should keep this momentum going! He wants to take care of Carmelo Hayes NOW! Oh and Tony D’Angelo, watch very, very closely as a true leader handles business. The Emperor of Lucha is calling the shots, but will he earn his shot at Cameron Grimes and the North American Championship tonight?
Backstage interview with Wes Lee.
Formerly MSK, Lee is now on his own, but the world wants to know how he feels about things. The last few weeks have been… chaotic. Rough, even. He has a lot of doubts, and there’s a big part of him that feels lost. But Xyon Quinn walks over to say that Lee’s real problem is that he doesn’t run it straight. Bro, you sound mad cool saying that, but what doe sit mean? Does anyone know what that means? And this isn’t time for someone giving Lee a lecture. Well that’s funny. But Xyon is going to teach him a lesson. Lee says there’s one thing he doesn’t doubt: he’s at home in the ring. And maybe, just maybe, Lee fighting Xyon will bring him peace.
NXT shares what happened just after Legado’s win.
Lopez, Wilde & Mendoza were heading back to the back, but Fallon Henley runs out there like a bat outta hell, and goes right after Lopez! Briggs & Brooks had to get involved, and it turned into a huge brawl! Referees got them all to stop, but what will it take to settle things between Lopez and Henley?
Carmelo Hayes w/ Trick Williams VS Santos Escobar!
NXT returns as Melo puts down a shirt with Escobar on it, and steps on it. The bell rings and these two circle as fans rally up. They tie up, Escobar waistlocks but Melo gets to ropes. The ref counts, Escobar lets off and both men laugh things off as they go again. They feel out the grapple, tie up, and Escobar rolls Melo to an armlock, only for Melo to get a ROPEBREAK! Fans rally and duel as the two go again. They tie up but Melo kicks low, facelocks and CLUBS away. Escobar gets the ropes and the ref counts. Melo lets off slowly, but he’s still pushing Escobar into ropes! Escobar sputters as Melo lets off, and then Melo pie faces him down.
Melo grins and Trick says Escobar was gonna tap out. Escobar gets up in a huff and they go again. Melo kicks low again, headlocks, but Escobar powers out. They ram shoulders but Escobar grins as he doesn’t fall. The two tie up again, Melo headlocks but Escobar powers out. Things speed up and Escobar DROPKICKS Melo down! Fans fire up and Escobar whips Melo corner to corner. Escobar runs in, but Melo puts him on the apron! Escobar blocks a punch to GAMANGIRI! Escobar goes up, to CROSSBODY! He bounces off but fans rally up as he runs again. Trick swipes at Escobar! The ref sees that but Escobar turn around into the SPRINGBOARD SLINGBLADE!
Melo drags Escobar up, headlocks again, but Escobar powers out. Melo rolls off the back but he staggers against ropes. He comes back to BOOT, then he blocks a hip toss to turn things around, NECKBREAKER! Melo shoots his three as NXT goes picture in picture.
Melo soaks up the cheers and jeers but Escobar bails out. Escobar catches his breath but Melo rushes out after him. Melo kicks low, throws haymakers, then CHOPS him against barriers! Escobar hits back but Melo grinds him down with a facelock. Melo KNEES low, then RAMS Escobar into steel steps. Melo gets in the ring, lets Escobar get himself in, then drops an elbow on him! Cover, TWO! Melo clamps on a chinlock and grinds Escobar, but Escobar endures. Trick coaches Melo on the crank but Escobar still fights his way up. Melo traps an arm and body scissors Escobar, but he moves around to reach for ropes.
Trick goes to that side to taunt Escobar and coach Melo, but Escobar still fights the hold. Escobar sits up, reaches out, but Melo squeezes tighter! Escobar still fights, gets free of the body scissors, but Melo shifts to a facelock. Escobar powers out but Melo CLOBBERS him! Melo shoots another three before dropping another elbow! Cover, TWO! Melo clamps on with the chinlock and Escobar endures all over again. Escobar fights as fans rally, and he JAWBREAKERS Melo away! Both men stagger, but Melo gets around to POST Escobar! Melo then brings Escobar around to POST in another corner!
Melo goes for a third but Escobar turns it around to POST Melo! NXT returns to single picture as fans rally up! Escobar runs, blocks Melo’s boot to KNEE back! But Melo blocks the haymaker to spin Escobar, only for Escobar to BACK ELBOW! Escobar then runs, but into a SPANISH FLY! Not the cleanest but fans are fired up for “NXT! NXT!” as both men are down! Escobar slowly gets up but Melo follows. They go after each other, Melo throat chops! Melo then springboards again, into a hook and HALF NELSON BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Melo survives but Escobar hurries to half nelson again.
Escobar drags Melo up, HALF NELSON- NO, wheelbarrow and takedown! Melo wants that leg but his back is holding him back! He still powers through, HALF CRAB! Escobar endures as Melo sits deep, but Melo’s own back is bothering him! Escobar drags himself forward to the ROPEBREAK! Fans cheer and Melo lets go at 4, then gets a facelock. Melo grinds Escobar down again, but Escobar fights up again. Melo powers through but Escobar cradles, TWO! Both men hold onto the facelocks, they’re fighting for control. Melo powers through again but Escobar snap suplexes first! Bridging cover, TWO!!
Melo escapes but Escobar keeps close. They scrap on the mat, fans rally up, and Melo even kicks Escobar from the mat. Melo then clamps onto a facelock again, and he brings Escobar up. Escobar still turns things back around on him with a stalling suplex! Escobar holds for 10, then 20, before the SLAM! Both men are down again and fans are loving this! Trick looks worried, though, as Melo and Escobar stir. They slowly rise, Escobar SLAPS so Melo SLAPS! They SLAP back and forth, then start throwing forearms! They stand up as the haymakers start flying! Melo wobbles, and falls against ropes! To then rebound and ROCK Escobar!
Escobar clinches back to CHOP Melo in a corner! Escobar climbs up but Melo shoves him away. Escobar whips Melo corner to corner to GAMANGIRI! Escobar goes up top to rain down those fists! Fans count and Escobar goes all the way to 8 before Melo trips him up! Melo runs in, but into a BOOT! Escobar runs in to LARIAT! And again! And again! And KNEE, to then whip Melo out of the ring! Escobar builds speed, ARROW FROM HELL!! Fans fire up with Escobar as he drags Melo up and into the ring. But wait, who are these guys in suits and fedoras? Trick distracts the ref while one CRACKS Escobar with a crowbar!?
These wise guys put Escobar in for Melo to hit the FLYING FAMOUSER! Cover, Melo wins!
Winner: Carmelo Hayes, by pinfall
Were those goons in monkey suits Tony D’s guys? Was that The Don’s response to the Emperor’s disrespect? As for Melo and Trick, Trick has a mic to tell the fans to shut their mouths while greatness is talking! Melo says last week, Trick took out Solo, and now there is no one in Melo’s way! In two weeks, NXT Spring Breakin’, Melo will become the two-time TWO TIME North American Champion. But wait, here comes THE champion, Cameron Grimes! “Carmelo. You sound really confident out here right now, but last week, you weren’t too confident enough to come look me in my eyes and tell me you wanted a chance at this championship.”
But that’s fine. Grimes IS man enough to say that in two weeks, YOU’RE ON! Well Melo has juice right now, let’s get it then! Grimes says Trick might wanna turn around. SOLO SIKOA bodies Trick, and then FLAPJACKS Melo! Fans chant “UCE! UCE! UCE!” as Solo says he’ll get next. Grimes nods, that is fair. Will Solo be looking to take a shot at the Caveman or Melo after Spring Break?
Bron Breakker is still searching.
He’s found an eerie light in a private room. He opens the door, and he finds Gacy’s little safe space. But what’s with all the mirrors on the walls? Bron looks at himself in the many different reflections, and then he spots Gacy! Is he really there? Bron turns around, and Gacy’s gone. Bron breaks the glass and shouts, “WHERE ARE YOU!?” Just how twisted is this going to get?
Malcolm Bivens is on the phone.
He’s assuring Ivy Nile that Diamond Mine is a global brand, so they have to have a presence everywhere. Ivy is in NXT UK right now for a reason: to dominate! Bivens hopes Ivy heard Strong there, but then Strong says that while the last few months have been hard, that all stops now. Strong is the leader, and he refuses to sit by and watch another team crumble. So he’ll start making examples out of people. If the others don’t agree with his vision, they’re just an enemy of Diamond Mine. Will Strong put the screws to everyone in NXT in order to toughen them up?
Natalya VS Tatum Paxley!
The Queen of Harts mocks Cora by waving around a baseball cap and making rock ‘n’ roll fingers. But she’s going up against someone hungry to prove herself to Diamond Mine and the NXT Universe. Will Tatum sink The BOAT in her NXT return? Or will Natty prove Cora isn’t the only future star that’s underwhelming?
The bell rings, the two circle and fans rally and duel. They tie up, Natty puts Tatum on ropes. The ref counts, Natty lets off quickly, and she tells fans to shut up. Natty then shoves Tatum down! Tatum gets up, Natty headlocks her, and throws her down. Tatum keeps her shoulder up, fights around, rolls to a cover, ONE! Tatum headscissors, Natty kips free and then strikes a pose. “I’m that good!” Tatum just shrugs that off to headlock back. Tatum hits a headlock takeover but Natty returns the headscissors. Tatum kips free and grins. Natty applauds, that wasn’t bad. But then Natty kicks low and SLAPS Tatum!
Natty wrenches an arm, wristlocks, but Tatum cartwheels and wrenches back. Natty rolls, handsprings, WRINGS Tatum out then clamps onto the armlock. Fans rally and duel, Natty tells them to shut up, but Tatum fights around and gets back up. Natty wrenches to another wristlock, but Tatum flips through and arm-drags free! Tatum grins as Natty bails out in a huff! Then Tatum WRECKS Natty with a dropkick! The ref keeps Tatum back but she goes out the side. Natty leads her on some cat ‘n’ mouse, Tatum is keeping up but then Natty hits a DISCUS! Natty strikes another pose and fans applaud.
Natty brings Tatum up to snap suplex to the ramp! Natty puts Tatum in the ring, covers, TWO! Natty SLAMS Tatum down on the mat, then hooks up the legs. Natty SLAPS Tatum on the back, gets the arms, and then lifts her up into a ROMERO SPECIAL! Tatum endures, Natty drops her to then BOOT her down! Natty drags Tatum up, whips Tatum to a corner, but Tatum elbows her away! Tatum is on ropes, she kicks low and ducks the clothesline to LARIAT back! Tatum back elbows hard, then reels Natty in. Tatum snap suplexes Natty back! STANDING MARIPOSA! Cover, TWO! Tatum can’t believe it but Natty isn’t a BOAT for a reason!
Natty crawls to a corner. Tatum runs in but is sent into buckles! Natty then gets the legs, SHARPSHOOTER!! Tatum taps, Natty wins!
Winner: Natalya, by submission
The Sharpshooter never fails! But will Natty continue to step on all the future stars of NXT to prove she’s still got it?
NXT Media catches up with Tony D’Angelo.
They ask him if he has anything to do with what happened to Escobar tonight. What? They have some nerve to ask that. Is that something he’d do after the respect shown? Those were just some guys trying to make a name for themselves. Oh, is this the Legado car? Yes, they believe so. Hmm, some nice wheels. Is Legado gonna have to watch their backs from now on?
Nathan Frazer is on his way!
The British Prodigy lives above the ropes. The air is his happy place. The risks he takes are worth the rewards. And the innovation and creativity take over as he flies through the air. NXT is an in-your-face thrill ride, and he can’t wait! What happens when Nathan Frazer lands stateside here in NXT?
Duke & Dexter prepare for tonight’s title match.
Indi asks what size pants Duke wears. Why does she need to know that? Because the team has to look like a team. But the outfits don’t matter, the planning does. Dex, this is what Duke’s thinking: Pretty Deadly are just pretty boys, so you can take the fight to them. Indi says Dexter likes that idea. How can you tell? But anyway, Kit is bigger, so chop him down. Indi says Dexter doesn’t like that, bad idea. But he didn’t change expressions! How can she tell? How can Duke not? How is this team gonna work if they can’t communicate?! Just calm down and try to speak his language. Oh, right, sure. So Duke just stares Dexter down and makes grimacing faces.
Indi says that’s not gonna work! Say something! Learn how to communicate! No, this is stupid! Impossible, even! Persia walks in to ask what’s going on and Duke just storms off. Does Duke have a point? Will this be an impossible task for Duke & Dex?
Xyon Quinn VS Wes Lee!
After putting Draco Anthony in his place, the Gentleman Fighter seems to think he can tell anyone what to do. Will this last Must-See Kid standing prove him right or wrong tonight?
NXT returns as Lee makes his entrance. The bell rings, Lee rushes right in, ROLLING LIGER KICK! Lee fires off hands and kicks, Xyon bails out but Lee builds speed. Xyon gets in, Lee dodges and hurdles, then comes back with a SOBAT! Xyon falls out of the ring and fans fire up as Lee DIVES! Direct hit and Xyon is sent into barriers! Lee drags Xyon up, throws body shots and CLUBS Xyon, but Xyon RAMS Lee into the apron! Xyon then APRON BACK SUPLEXES! Lee gets folded but Xyon shoves him into the ring. Cover, TWO! Xyon drags Lee up but Lee throws shots to the legs!
Xyon CLUBS Lee, CLUBS him again, but Lee throws more shots to the knees. Lee fires off more shots, sobats then runs, but has to duck and dodge again. Xyon CLOBBERS Lee as a brick wall! Lee gets up but Xyon throws body shots in the corner. The ref counts, Xyon elbows Lee down then runs corner to corner. Xyon RAMS into Lee, pushes him down, and then he stalks Lee. Xyon drags Lee up, pops him right up to a fireman’s carry, but Lee throws elbows! Xyon pops Lee up again but Lee uses a guillotine to drag Xyon down to a cradle! TWO, and Lee runs in, into a FLAPJACK! Xyon scowls and aims from a corner.
Lee slowly gets up, Xyon runs in, but into a SUPERKICK! Xyon staggers, Lee CHOPS him! And ROCKS him! And KICKS a leg to basement dropkick from behind! Lee snarls, he runs and springboards, but he slips up! Xyon DECKS Lee! Xyon drags Lee back up, shouts that it’s done, then he runs to CLOBBER Lee with that forearm! Cover, Xyon wins!
Winner: Xyon Quinn, by pinfall
Xyon didn’t just #RunItStraight, he ran straight through Lee’s head! Is Xyon going to keep teaching everyone in NXT a lesson? Will Lee ever shake off the doubts and come back strong?
Backstage interview with Natalya.
Congrats on her win but any response to Cora’s words earlier? Natty says Cora just loves to play the victim. But last week, that wasn’t an attack. No, it was Natty acting in self-defense. Every single woman that blossoms in NXT one day goes to Raw and SmackDown and finds Natty. So instead of Cora coming to find Natty and cutting her down, Natty came here to Cora’s home. But then Nikkita Lyons steps up! She heard how Natty put the whole locker room on notice. Well Lyons is gonna put Natty on notice! After she’s done with Lash Legend, she’s coming for Natty!
Well of course! When you’re at the top, everyone wants a piece. But when Natty gets Lyons in the Sharpshooter screaming like Cora, Lyons will learn what to do. Oh don’t worry, Lyons is flexible. Natty laughs that off, but will the BOAT end up running aground when Lyons roar?
NXT updates us on the situation with Von Wagner and Ikemen Jiro.
For what Wagner did to the Handsome One, he has been suspended and fined an undisclosed amount. As for Jiro, that toss to the crowd is going to sideline him for no less than a month! Will Jiro even be able to come back for vengeance on Von?
Roxanne Perez VS Jacy Jayne w/ Toxic Attraction!
The newest star signee to NXT was willing to wait, but the mean girls of NXT cornered her and goaded her into this. Will the women’s champions all see just how real #RokC is?
The bell rings and Jacy mocks Rok-C as they circle. They tie up, Jacy knees low, and CLUBS Roxie before she CHOPS and CHOPS! But Roxie ducks to CHOP back! Fans fire up as Roxie O’Conner Rolls, TWO! Jacy gets Roxie with a schoolgirl bridge, TWO! Roxie ghost pins, TWO! Jacy cradles, TWO! Roxie sunset flips, TWO! Jacy high stacks, TWO! Roxie sweeps and covers, TWO! Jacy sweeps and covers, TWO as Roxie goes Matrix! Fans fire up but Jacy kicks Roxie low! Jacy whips, Roxie reverses and arm-drags Jacy around! Jacy fakes out the third and says Roxie’s a loser. Jacy flips Roxie, Roxie kips and arm-drags!
Roxie runs in at the corner but Jacy FLAPJACKS her then SUPERKICKS her down! Jacy mocks Roxie’s pain, then pushes her around. But wait! Wendy Choo is on the tron! She loves their lounge but she did some remodeling. Tada~! The coaches are all upside down! And then Wendy RIPS the Toxic Attraction poster apart! Toxic Attraction is furious, but Roxie rolls Jacy into a CODE RED!! Cover, Roxie wins!!
Winner: Roxanne Perez, by pinfall
Fans are loving this! Roxie gets the better of Jacy, and now Toxic Attraction is having a meltdown! Will they go after Wendy or Roxie first for what just happened?
Legado goes to the parking lot.
While Mendoza & Wilde are fired up from their win, Escobar is still fuming from that screw job. Lopez calms Escobar down, they’ll get Melo back. Who cares about Melo!? Who were those guys who attacked?! Wait, they’re not leaving anyway. Someone put a BOOT on their car! And a fish on their hood?! Tony…! Has the Don already pushed things too far with the Emperor of Lucha?
BREAKING NEWS for NXT Spring Breakin’!
Management decided why make Solo wait? He is now part of the NXT North American Championship match and it is a TRIPLE THREAT! Have the odds just drastic go down for Grimes?
Joe Gacy is watching Bron.
“Where am I, Bron? Where am I? No, guess again.” Bron keeps looking and looking but Gacy says it’s time to end this. Where will Gacy find Bron to bring this to a head?
NXT Tag Team Championships: Pretty Deadly VS Dexter Lumis & Duke Hudson w/ Indi & Persia!
It seems that Kit & Elton won’t be able to put this one off, they have to face Indi’s & Persia’s studs here and now! The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see how long Pretty Deadly can last!
The teams sort out, Dexter starts with Prince. But then Wilson tags in, Prince anchors a leg and they mug Lumis! Wilson EuroUppers Lumis, ROCKS him with a right, then chokes him on ropes! The ref counts, Wilson lets off to kick low and throw another forearm! Wilson mocks Duke then throws hands on Lumis. Tag to Prince, Pretty Deadly double whips and double shoulders them down! They do Hall & Nash hands while saying #YesBoy, then they run side to side, SPLASH LEG DROP COMBO! Cover, TWO! Prince runs but Lumis sits up! That spooks Prince, and Lumis ROCKS him with an uppercut!
Lumis atomic drops hard and Prince manages to stay on his feet. Lumis ducks the clothesline to lift, but Wilson helps Prince fight the back suplex! The ref reprimands but Prince elbows Luims. Tag to Wilson, he goes up top, and he leaps, into an atomic drop! Fans fire up while Wilson flounders and writhes. Lumis drags him over and Duke tags in. They are unsure what to do, but they settle on mugging Wilson. Duke puts Wilson back in, stomps and then tags back out. The ladies try to help and Duke shouts to Lumis to double suplex with him. They coordinate but Prince saves Wilson, and the four brawl!
Pretty Deadly double whip, but Duke & Dex turn that around. Pretty Deadly both slide out, and end up by the ladies. The ladies don’t realize who is posing with them until they look, and then they get mad! Pretty Deadly “apologize,” but Duke & Dex drag them in by their hair! And then DOUBLE HIP TOSS! Fans fire up as Duke shoves Prince out and Lumis stalks Wilson. Lumis ducks and dodges Wilson to THESZ PRESS! Fast hands, too! Lumis then runs to drop an ax handle! Wilson sputters, tag to Duke. Duke & Dex coordinate and they pull off the double suplex! Fans fire up and Lumis gives a thumbs up to Duke! Duke gives it back!
Duke drags Wilson up, DECKS him, then JABS him! Duke throws more hands, whips Wilson to ropes, and then CLOBBERS him! Fans fire up and the ladies cheer on their men. Duke whips, LARIATS Wilson, and then tags Dexter! NXT goes picture in picture as Lumis slithers after Wilson!
They get back in, Wilson scurries to his corner. Prince baits Lumis but gets away, and Wilson CLOBBERS Lumis from behind. Wilson brings Lumis over, tags in Prince, and Pretty Deadly mugs Lumis. Prince EuroUppers, whips, but Lumisr reverses and CLOBBERS Prince! Cover, TWO! Lumis wraps on a chinlock and thrashes Prince around! Prince endures as Lumis leans on the hold. Prince fights his way up, but Lumis SLAMS him down! Lumis drags Prince over, tag to Duke, and they mug Prince. Duke CLUBS Prince and has him in a corner. Duke whips Prince into the corner to then scoop and carry him around before the BIG SIDEWALK SLAM! Cover, TWO!
Duke keeps on Prince with a chinlock and knee in the back. Prince endures, fights up, but Duke SLAMS him back down! Cover, TWO! Duke drags Prince up and tags Dexter as NXT returns to single picture. Snapmare and stomps, then Lumis drags Prince up to snapmare again. Lumis wraps on another chinlock and he starts smothering Prince! Lumis CLUBS away on Prince’s face, then clamps on another chinlock. Persia & Indi are enjoying this, and the fans rally up, too. Prince fights up to JAWBREAKER! Prince runs, Lumis CLOBBERS him! Lumis runs in at the corner but Wilson saves Prince!
Prince gets Lumis up onto ropes, he tags Wilson in, and they mug Lumis in their corner! The ref counts, Wilson stops at 4 to bring Lumis out for a NECKBREAKER! Cover, Duke breaks it! Wilson taunts Duke and wraps Lumis in a half straitjacket. Lumis endures, fans rally up, and Lumis fights up. Lumis powers Wilson into the buckles! Lumis is free but Wilson hurries to get a leg! Lumis ENZIGURIS, but then Wilsons taggers back and Prince tags in! Prince hurries after Lumis, but Lumis slithers under! Hot tag to Duke! Duke rallies on Prince with big forearms! Then he ducks and clinches to OVERHEAD Belly2Belly!
Wilson runs in but Duke scoops! Duke KICKS then POWERSLAMS Wilson down! Duke runs to clothesline Prince in one corner, Wilson in the other! Then he THROWS Wilson into Prince! Fans are thunderous for Duke and he brings Prince up. Duke whips Prince to a corner but Prince reverses. Prince runs in but into an elbow! Prince sits down, Duke hops up, but he has to fight Wilson off first! Prince YANKS Duke off the top! Cover, TWO! Prince is beside himself but he gets caught to a cradle! TWO!! Prince escapes but Duke whips him to a corner. Prince stops himself, turns around, HEADS COLLIDE!
Duke wobbles and Prince is down, but Wilson gets in! Duke tosses Wilson right back out! Duke crawls for the corner, but Wilson trips Dexter! Wilson swings but Lumis whips him into steel steps! Fans fire up and Indi gives a thumbs up. Lumis returns to his corner, but Prince CLOBBERS him! But Duke scoops for a POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO!! Prince survives and Duke is shocked! Persia tells him to keep going, and Duke DECKS Wilson! Prince BOOTS Duke outta nowhere! Cover, Pretty Deadly wins!!
Winners: Pretty Deadly, by pinfall (still NXT Tag Team Champions)
Wilson & Prince pull one outta thin air, and #YesBoy, they’re still champions! But with as close as a slapdash team like Duke & Dex came, are they going to stay golden for long?
Wait! The lights go out! And when they come back up, Gacy is in the perch! “Bron Breakker, you’ve been looking for me all night. Here I am. I’m not a hard man to find-” Bron Breakker makes his entrance! Gacy shows off the Hall of Fame ring, and Bron says he’s coming for Gacy! Bron storms up the bleachers to the perch, but Gacy wants him to take it easy. If Bron wants the ring back so bad, all he had to do was ask. Gacy says he will return the ring, no games and no tricks. But there is one condition: NXT Spring Breakin’, they have an NXT Championship match. Bron says fine. Gacy puts the ring in Bronn’s vest pocket and pats him.
Now that Bron has the ring and Gacy has his match, there is just one last thing Bron must do. And what’s that? Take a leap of faith. Gacy SHOVES Bron off the perch!! Bron crashes down to the floor and fans lose their minds! Bron is surrounded by men in dark robes, and they drag him away! What is Gacy planning on doing to Bron before they have their match?
My Thoughts:
This was a very good but also very confusing night for NXT. I did like Gacy “hacking” the opening recap package to start us on the story with him and Breakker. Bron going all around the Performance Center trying to find Gacy was pretty decent stuff, but what we saw to end that was some of that confusing stuff. Where’s Harland? Why does Gacy have Undertaker’s druids on his side now? Obviously this gives us the next NXT Championship match, but what a horrible title for the special. NXT Spring Breakin’? I almost thought it was “Break In” until I saw the graphic. At least it’ll be a stacked special with what else we got.
The North American Championship may be a midcard title but at least NXT is treating it like a big deal. Escobar VS Melo was an awesome match, definitely worthy of a contender’s match. They oddly didn’t want to name tonight’s match a #1 contender’s match and it wasn’t until it was all said and done that it made sense. Melo wins but Solo clobbers him, and that just escalates things to a Triple Threat. Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. They could’ve given us Solo VS Trick rematch and then if Solo wins that, he’s in. I again will say Vince just sucks at pacing his top stories. Or any stories. He just sucks at pacing.
I will say, it was clever to keep Escobar strong by having those guys who are obviously with Tony D’Angelo attack. I was a little surprised one wasn’t just Fabian Aichner in a suit looking like Agent 47 from The Hitman. I bet that happens next week since Tony added insult to injury with the tire boot and dead fish. Tony will definitely need two sidekicks to take on Legado in full, anyway. I also like that Fallon and Lopez still aren’t past things. We’re getting a Six Person Tag out of that, and I can’t be sure who wins. Cora has a good promo, Natty and Tatum has a good match, and I like that Lyons is stepping up.
Waller breaking up with Sanga was rather abrupt, though. I must’ve missed a social media post where Waller “fired” Sanga, but it does add to his Heel Heat to blame Sanga for everything. Sanga is now Face, but Waller finds a way to win, so… Yeah. And while Stratton beating Sarray through a slightly underhanded tactic is in itself logical, it is again bad pacing from Vince. Why not show that Stratton can beat schoolgirl Sarray, but then Sarray fully transformed is stronger than Stratton before Stratton uses a cheat to break a tie? There’s always more they can do that Vince just doesn’t care to see.
Oh, another thing I have no idea about is if GYV are Heels or Faces. They make a Face promo on Pretty Deadly, who are definitely Heels. Legado attacks them unprovoked, and that means Heels. But then in the match, GYV play the Heels with the throat chops and sneakier tactics. I suppose you could spin this as Heels VS Heels but then there is the thing with Tony D. Does Vince even care? I suppose a bunch of Tweeners would be cool because then it means they’re getting away from the usual tropes, but this was abrupt and jarring. If anything, this is the most NXT 2.0 thing in NXT 2.0 yet.
However, I must give them credit for giving Wes Lee a shot as a solo superstar. Lee and Xyon have a great match but it does makes sense for Lee to fail and give Xyon a win. Lee’s crisis of confidence story will hopefully help him get in the good graces of the fans now that he’s separate from Nash Carter’s controversies, and Lee can get himself into the North American Championship scene and beyond. Great stuff out of Rok-C/Roxanne Perez, and she might even be a new ally for Wendy Choo against Toxic Attraction. The women’s titles could do quite a bit for Spring Breakin’. And the tag titles being defended was pretty fun stuff, Pretty Deadly gets their first defense out of the way and that means Creed Brothers can take those titles off them at Spring Breakin’ or some other big special.
My Score: 8.4/10
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Andrew’s TNA LIVE! iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 2.20.2025
So the first live episode got fairly positive praise from everyone; will this continue the trend?
Filming at Full Sail seems to have set the stage nicely this week! Going into a Live episode we got Moose and The Hardy Boyz on NXT, as well as Jordynne Grace’s involvement with Steph and Giulia giving a little shine to TNA happenings since she’s newly WWE.
This episode should be interesting, we finally see Lei Ying Lee (fka Xia Li) back in action, Rascalz take on Tyson and Tyriek, Tessa should be seeing some action as well…so generally interesting happenings for the second Live iMPACT! of 2025. Let’s see how this one goes down!
No matter where @ManceWarner and @stephdelander go, @TheSamiCallihan WILL FIND THEM!
Watch #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/NY8HgI02kY pic.twitter.com/mXz9U7m9PL
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) February 21, 2025
Ratings:
- Tyson & Tyriek w/Wes Lee vs The Rascalz w/Ace Austin: Rascalz win via Meteora/Swanton Combo – ***
- Lei Ying Lee vs Rosemary: Lei wins via Thunderstruck – **
- NoDQ Match: Leon Slater vs JDC: Dango wins via The System help – ** 3/4
- Masha Slamovich vs Mila Moore: Masha wins via Requiem – N/A
- Elijah & Joe Hendry vs The Colons: Elijah wins via Tombstone Piledriver – *** 1/4
Results:
Oh yeah, and another Hendry concert is…cut off by a commercial, LOLTNA. First Hendry is cut off by AXSTV’s new Anime Hour bumper, and now Primo and Epico are showing up in TNA. I definitely didn’t have this on my BINGO card. The crowd starts chanting “Where’s Carlito”, which they do acknowledge and play off of well. Oh they’re using their shoot names of Orlando and Eddie now…but before they attack the lights go out and we get another guitar strum! ELIAH/ELIAS/EZEKIEL/EBENERZER/EMERY/EL VAGABUNDO – shows up to back up Hendry. Okay I can apologize away the redundant concert since it played into an Elijah debut. The crowd is immediately popping and chanting “This is Awesome” 10 minutes into the show.
Tyson & Tyriek w/Wes Lee vs The Rascalz w/Ace Austin
Treehouse bros take it to the bigger men quickly, a few fast dives, a little MCMG style tandem strikes, Tyson fires and tries to take them out but they Low Bridge him. Tyriek comes in and they try similar things but Tyriek manhandles them both and throws them out of the ring, Trey is the first one back up and Tyriek and Tyson take his damn head off with his Corkscrew Running Euro Upper. Trey finally manages to flip out of the manhandle, tags in Wentz and Wentz goes for the hot and spicy cleaning house spot. Corner to Corner Knee Lifts for both big men, a Rolling Snapmare, into a Superkick for Tyson and Standing Shoot Star on Tyriek but only for two because Wes feints like he’s going to interfere.
Tyson and Tyriek pull off a tandem Assisted Backdrop Driver, but Wentz breaks it up, Tyson gets knocked out, Wentz hits the Tornillo, Wes tries to interfere again after Trey gets perched on the corner buckle but Ace runs around and trips Wes at the last second causing him to faceplant on the apron, Trey hits the Meteora, Wentz hits a Swanton from the other side of the ring and Trey gets the pinfall victory.
It was fast paced, all gas no brakes, but it didn’t overstay its welcome, so it was pretty fun all things considered.
After the match Wes grabs a mic, complains a little but challenges them to a 6 man match as Sacrifice. So we’re THAT’S where we’re getting the expected 3v3.
Fir$t Cla$$ comes out with an entourage of hot chicks and probably influencers or something. The “First Class Penthouse” , Gabby AF, Mafiosa Valentina, and Carolina are apparently known in their own way. Gabby I know was the awful one who did something for Impact a last year and sucked, but she’s part of the Busted Open Network I believe so that’s why she’s around. Two of them look like Noelle Foley and Frank the Clown…oh they actually are. Look at that. I do love KC Navarro as the Hype Man, they have this whole set up of AJ being mad that they haven’t gotten more Tag Title shots, so TNA placated him with his own Piper’s Pit and he’s *pregnant pause* totally happy with that. He says he loved Piper and hated Hogan before it was cool.
This is actually quality content and AJ is cutting a nice promo in this segment. They introduce their first guest, the greatest performer in TNA history, many whole say he’s Phenomenal with a whole lot of style….it’s A-J-Francis.
.@AJFrancis410 is GOING OFF!
Watch #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/NY8HgI02kY pic.twitter.com/kGehtp9iTE
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) February 21, 2025
Lei Ying Lee vs Rosemary
Things were slow until Rosemary took her into a corner quickly, hit the Upside Down, and we get a lot of Lei trying to avoid Rosemary’s offense. Rosemary goes for a Spear in the corner and Lei forward rolls, starts connecting with a bunch of right hands, backs Rosemary into the corner, goes for 10 Count Punches, pulls her out, Airplane Spin TKO for only a two count. Rosemary tries As Above So Below, Lei shrugs it off, Rosemary tries to go after Lei anyway and eats Thunderstruck! Lei Ying Lee wins!
After the match Rosemary catches Lei on the ramp and hits the Green mist in the eyes. Match was far too short and so many of Lei’s set up moves look better than her finish. We’ve seen Kofi Kingston do it for years so it’s not bad, just the current Knockouts Division are awful and don’t take the move well.
Eric Young and the jabronis come out, EY cuts a very basic power crazed psycho kind of promo, gets the “What” chants from the crowds. EY is trying to recruit Maclin even though Maclin made his line in the sand last week. EY tries to spin it as maybe he took out Josh FOR Maclin instead of in spite of his trust. This really doesn’t seem interesting at all, but that’s probably because I hate the two Jabronis EY is with.
NoDQ Match: Leon Slater vs JDC
I really don’t have any interest in Slater. He’s got no personality beyond “flippy guy with a British accent”.
Dango immediately powders, grabs a chair and goes to swing on him but misses. So Leon is making JDC look dumb by dodging the post chop, using the chair to shield himself from a punch by JDC, and then clapping Dango’s fingers between the chair. So typical System match, look inept for the first few minutes, then take advantage of something to take over. Oh look, Leon takes too long setting up the table, Dango gets in a few pot shots, tries to whip him into the table but Leon leaps over it, and then leaps back over to clobber Dango. Dango is still trying to recover so Leon hits his over the corner post con hilo, and the crowd appreciates it but I’m not interested. Leon panders to the crowd after the big spot and then eats an X-Plex into the chair from Dango.
JDC throws Leon back in, goes for a pinfall that’s only a two and we cut to a commercial. Coming out of the commercial JDC is in control with a Kendo Stick until he isn’t, Leon counters and takes the keno stick, brutalizes Dango a few times then comes off the ropes with the kendo shot for 2. Leon goes for another table, and again, at least the crowd is receptive to this match. Leon sets it up, looks for something off the apron but Dango stops him first until he eats a dropkick to fall onto the table, Leon hits the Swanton 450 through the table on the outside. Does it look cool? Sure. Do I care about dumbass moves? Nope.
Oh thankfully the rest of The System comes out to stop the pinfall, Shield Bomb Leon through the first table, and roll him back in for Dango to win.
The Hardy Boyz come out to try and make the save, but the numbers are against them, so Oba Femi’s music hits! Oba cleans house but doesn’t get his hands on Moose, so they’re at least building the eventual clash between Moose and Oba.
The crowd starts a “Tessa, we comin for you” chant before she even starts talking. Tessa is actually playing off the crowd well, Santino’s music hits and Tessa thinks he’ll help her out with the crowd and Santino calls bullshit basically. Santino says if Tessa doesn’t wrestle next week, she’s fired and Masha’s music hits. Masha decides to step in for Tessa’s enhancement talent match.
Masha Slamovich vs Mila Moore
Jobber tries to attack Masha early but Masha stops her, rocks her and Requiem ends the match.
Masha stares down Tessa, and then Cora Jade attacks from behind and hits Jaded.
Ryan Nemeth comes out to his Abyss music remix. What will Mokuba say today? “MYYYY BIIIGG BBRROOOOTTHHHEEEEER” he repeats at least 4 times and it’s hilariously cringe. He announces that Nic will return at Sacrifice, he literally just came out to give a PSA.
Elijah & Joe Hendry vs The Colons
Hendry starts with Eddie, after a brief tie up it seems like Hendry reads the room and points at Elijah and the crowd wants him in. So Joe tags in Elijah, a little back and forth, Shoulder Tackle from Elijah, Rope Walk with Elijah lays out Eddie and a tag to Joe allows for a quick tandem knockdown, but Eddie powders as the Walking and Talking Duo hold the ring going into the final commercial break.
We come back and Hendry is bouncing Orlando off the ropes as he return a strike, but Orlando is obviously losing, eats a Euro Upper, and then gets walked around in the Stalling Suplex for posterity. Eddie tries a sneak attack but gets caught and Sack of Shit, into Kip Up, turn and then Orlando with the ambush! A few quick short cuts and an Irish Whip/Dropkick combo gives the Colons a near fall. Hendry does get locomotion variation cradles, but eats a Dropkick to stop the attempt at momentum. Orlando stays on Joe, but Joe finally starts to fire up as the crowd starts to get behind him. Euro Uppers make some space, but a Snapmare says no.
Eddie gets tagged in and a quick Leg Sweep into a Front Chancery keeps Eddie in control. As Joe tries to get back up, Eddie turns it into a Guillotine, but finally the Suplex counter connects for Hendry! Simultaneous tags! Elijah bulls over Orlando, catches a Leap Frogging Orlando with the Manhattan Drop as Orlando retreats to a corner, Stinger Splash into Spinebuster for two. Elijah tries to keep up the attacks but Orlando finds a few ways to make space, launches himself from the middle rope and eats the Jumping Knee! Eddie breaks up the pinfall, Hendry takes Eddie out and Elijah hits the Tombstone Piledriver for the win!
Overall Score: 6/10
Well there were more live hiccups than the first episode, and this felt both more epic and less epic at the same time. Elijah and the Colons debuting was a nice way to kick things off, Oba Femi showing up for the save was fantastic. There were a few decent matches, but also a lot of really short and rushed matches. Tessa played off the crowd well, but Masha really is useless on the mic. Lei Ying Lee needs to framed stronger, her matches have done nothing to show off her ability. It just proves that the Knockouts don’t know how to sell a kick to the head because they all take it in the shoulder and fall in corny ways.
Viva La Sam could be something fun if the next 3 weeks are just hand cam footage of him being like “I’m Sami Callihan and I’m gonna kick Mance Warner’s ass”, Elegance Clique getting the rematch with a stipulation is nice to see and while I like Fir$t Cla$$, that segment went a little long for a cornball swerve payoff. It’s one thing to placate the Influencer squad especially when we’ve seen Logan Paul and Ishowspeed do so well in WWE…but these are like Z Tier Influencers that no one cares about. These kind of dorks stream on Kick because they aren’t relevant enough for Twitch, not because they chose Kick over it.
So yeah, the low lights were pretty low, and the highs were a little fleeting, but at least they were pretty fun. Not a bad show, just clunky with noticeable issues and Masha shouldn’t be allowed to speak English anymore. She’s such a charisma vacuum when she’s not rambling in Russian.
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ROH brings the lucha libre!
On a night full of ROH & CMLL crossover, Komander defends the ROH World Television Championship against “Big Shotty” Lee Johnson!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Fuego Del Sol VS Wheeler Yuta; Yuta wins.
- Rachael Ellering VS Abadon; Abadon wins.
- 12 Man Tag: The Premier Athletes & The Frat House VS Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs; Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs win.
- Billie Starkz VS Hyan; Billie wins.
- ROH World Television Championship: Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Lee Johnson w/ EJ Nduka; Komander wins and retains the title.
- Gates of Agony VS Exodus Prime & Josiah Jean; Gates of Agony win.
- Six Man Tag: Sammy Guevara, Fuego & Dark Panther VS Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr; Hechicero, Barbaro & Soberano win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Fuego Del Sol VS Wheeler Yuta!
Lucha night opens with a hot start as the Fire of the Sun returns to ROH, but so does The Decoder! Will Fuego Del Sol get one up on a former ROH Pure Champion turned current AEW World Trios Champion? Or will Yuta do the Death Riders proud in Houston?
Houston cheers on the Texas star, and Fuego offers the Code of Honor. Yuta reaches out, but then SLAPS Fuego! The fans boo and the bell rings, Yuta slips around to CLUB Fuego down! Yuta mocks the fans cheering on Fuego, then scoops him for a SLAM and SENTON! The fans boo but Yuta brings Fuego up. FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO, but Yuta holds onto the leg! Yuta taunts Fuego, but Fuego kicks at him! Yuta lets go and the fans rally up. Yuta runs up, Fuego ELBOWS him away, then goes up, up and FLYING RANAS! The fans fire up as Fuego then DROPKICKS Yuta down!
Yuta staggers up, Fuego SLAPS him! But Yuta LARIATS in return! The fans boo but Yuta rains down fists! And then stops, to rain down more fists! The fans boo but Yuta soaks that up while he “kicks dirt” on Fuego. Yuta stands Fuego up, CHOPS him, then has him in a corner. Yuta CHOPS Fuego again, the fans boo, but Yuta whips corner to corner hard! Fuego staggers forward, Yuta says they ain’t done yet. Yuta whips Fuego to the corner again, then FLAPJACKS on the rebound! Yuta adds a basement DROPKICK! The fans boo but Yuta soaks up heat. Yuta hits a spinning toehold, then has a DEATHLOCK!
Fuego endures and Yuta mockingly asks if he’ll give up. Fuego refuses to give in, and he SLAPS Yuta! So Yuta bridges and puts on more pressure! Yuta shows off by not even using his hands, but Fuego fights his way to the ROPEBREAK! Yuta lets go at 4, and he reminds the ref, “I have ’til five!” The fans boo Yuta parodying Bryan Danielson, then Yuta kicks Fuego around. Yuta eggs Fuego on, so Fuego ROCKS him! And ROCKS him! And again, and again, and again! But Yuta gets under the big haymaker! Yuta back suplexes, but Fuego lands out! Fuego dodges Yuta to then springboard QUEBRADA! Down goes Yuta!
The fans fire up as Fuego kips up and SUPERKICKS! Yuta sputters, Fuego runs and STEP-UP DOUBLE STOMPS! The fans fire up again as Fuego climbs a corner! Yuta stands, Fuego MISSILE- NO, Yuta gets under and comes back, BUSAIKU KNEE! Cover, Yuta wins!
Winner: Wheeler Yuta, by pinfall
Another thing he took from The American Dragon is that big knee, and Yuta takes the victory. Yuta sits Fuego up, and thinks about Hammer ‘n’ Anvil elbows, but he decides not to. Because he gets an even more sadistic idea! Yuta looks under the ring, and he brings out a steel chain! Yuta threatens the ref, then he goes to Fuego! The fans boo but Yuta hooks Fuego’s legs up, then uses the chain to go up, up and away, ROMERO SPECIAL!! Yuta taunts Fuego but Fuego is coughing up blood! Yuta lets Fuego go, the fans boo, but Yuta mockingly gives the Code of Honor handshake. Yuta no longer has honor, but will someone find a way to humble him?
Rachael Ellering VS Abadon!
The Queen of Strong Smile is feeling good being in Houston, ready to bring that Comet energy. However, she’s up against the Living Dead Girl, who brings a very different vibe. Will Rachael learn why everyone fears Abadon? Or will Rachael’s smile see her through?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, but uh, Abadon doesn’t let go. Rachael tries to get free, and now it is a tug-o-war. The fans rally, Rachael reels Abadon into a headlock, but Abadon BITES Rachael’s hand! The ref reprimands, Abadon lets go, and Abadon doesn’t get what’s wrong. Abadon runs up on Rachael but Rachael gets around to waistlock. Abadon switches, but Rachael goes to ropes to buck the O’Conner! Rachael CLOBBERS Abadon, but Abadon sits up! The fans rally, Rachael is frustrated, and then runs up. Abadon gets around, trips Rachael, then runs to basement dropkick! Rachael flounders to a corner and the fans rally again.
Abadon aims from a corner, runs in at Rachael, but Racahel ELBOWS Abadon away! Abadon says nuh-uh, comes back, but runs into a BOOT! Rachael runs and UPPERCUTS Abadon down! The fans fire up and Rachael aims from a corner. Rachael calls for the “SQUISH~!” and runs up, SENTON onto knees! Abadon avoids disaster and stalks Rachael to the apron. Abadon CLUBS Rachael, pushes her onto the apron, and springboards for a GUILLOTINE LEG DROP! The fans fire up and Abadon pushes Rachael into the ring. Abadon runs corner to corner for a METEORA! Abadon pushes Rachael to a cover, TWO!
Abadon is annoyed but brushes it off. Abadon drags Rachael up, but Rachael fights the suplex! Rachael wrenches out, trips Abadon, and high stacks, ONE!! Rachael ROCKS Abadon, then tries again. FISHERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up for the “MD Collapse” and Rachael aims again. SQUISH~ SENTON hits! Cover, TWO! Abadon survives and Rachael is a bit surprised. Rachael throws off the headband, double checks her teeth, and the fans duel. Rachael CHOPS Abadon at the ropes, then ROCKS Abadon with a forearm! Rachael whips but Abadon blocks! So Rachel CHOPS again! Rachael whips, Abadon grabs ropes, and laughs!
Rachael runs up, Abadon ELBOWS and CUTTERS! Then BLACK DAHLIA!! Cover, Abadon wins!
Winner: Abadon, by pinfall
Abadon continues to be terrifying, as well as victorious. Will the ROH Women’s Division, and especially the champions, have to watch their backs?
Backstage interview with Jacked Jameson.
Lexy Nair is with the former Iron Savage, and he’s counting his abs. She brings us back to a few weeks ago when he walked up to Griff Garrison, Preston Vance & Cole Karter in hopes of forming a group with them. Then in Jacksonville, Jameson actually interfered in their match on their behalf. The question is, what’s going on here? Jameson says those are his boys! His guys! His dudes! Jameson went out there, helped them, it was huge! It was awesome! Speaking of, the boys walk in! Vance tells Jameson that they’ve heard his offer, they loved what he did in Jacksonville, and tonight is a big match and… They’d love if he was a part of it.
So then, it’s official! They got him some Frat House gear! But first… he has to do something. Yeah, sure! Anything! Vance, Griff & Karter pour all of their drinks into one red Solo cup, and Jameson asks what’s in it. The boys say don’t worry about it. Jameson says don’t have to tell him twice. He chugs the concoction, and he is PUMPED! The Frat House is now four men strong, and Jameson says after tonight, party at the Frat House! Vance tells Jameson that one thing about them: win or lose, they booze! The Frat boys head out, Lexy can finally breathe from whatever was in that cup, and it’s time to see if Jameson passes the test!
12 Man Tag: The Premier Athletes & The Frat House VS Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs!
Instead of “Smart” Mark Sterling, Tony Nese has the mic to tell Bobby Cruise to shut up, “no one wants to listen to your stupid voice.” Nese then tells the “fat boys and fat girls” of Houston, Nese & Daivari couldn’t think of a better partner for this match than an athlete that makes every single one of them put to shame! Yes, it’s SMART MARK himself! Wait, seriously? Sterling takes the mic to say that’s right, he is still here to make sure that the losers of Texas can take part in their winning cheer. So please, get this right. When he says, “Athletes,” you say, “Rule!” NOTHING ELSE! Hands in, boys. Ohhh…! “ATHLETES!” “SUCK!!” Gottee!
But with that, Dante & Darius Martin enter, accompanied by Leila Grey. Then Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd enter, and last but not least, Texas’ own, Marshall & Ross Von Erich! The massive teams sort out, and Darius starts against Nese. The fans rally up and Darius circles with Nese. Nese says wait, wait! He knows what the fans are here to see. Nese flexes, but the fans boo. Nese shouts, “ATHLETES!” The fans respond, “SUCK!” Nese and Darius circle, but then Nese kicks low! Nese bumps Darius off buckles, then tags in Daivari. “We’ll show you who sucks!” Nese & Daivari fire hands in the corner while the fans boo.
The ref counts, The Premier Athletes stop, and they both shout, “ATHLETES!” Again, the fans say, “SUCK!” Daivari tags Griff and they mug Darius. Griff ROCKS Darius, has him in a corner, then whips corner to corner. Darius goes up and over, rolls and arm-drags, then he DROPKICKS! The fans cheer, and Darius whips Griff into Dante’s BOOT! Tag to Dante, Darius CHOPS, Dante trips Griff, and Darius adds DOUBLE STMOPS! Griff scrambles, tag to Jameson, but Dante arm-drags Jameson! Dante keeps the armlock, he tags in Ross, and Ross wrenches to a wristlock. Ross YANKS the arm, then tags Marshall.
The Von Erichs double whip Jameson, then Marshall sends Ross in, FLYING BOOT! FLYING LARIAT and then Marshall snapmares Jameson for Ross’s PENALTY KICK! STANDING MOONSAULT and Marshall covers, TWO! Marshall fires the fans up, then hauls Jameson up to headlock. Tag to Truth and he wrenches Jameson. The fans rally but Jameson fires hands! Jameson whips, Daivari gets a cheap shot in, but Truth DECKS Daivari! Only for Vance to CLOBBER Truth! The ref has to keep Truth’s team back, so he missed all that! Jameson stomps Truth, tags Vance, and Vance covers, TWO!
Vance ROCKS Truth, has him in the corner, then CHOPS! Tag to Daivari, he CHOPS Truth, then he tags Nese. The Premier Athletes mug Truth with haymaker after haymaker, but the ref is still too busy keeping Top Flight, Turbo & The Von Erichs back! Nese drags Truth up, and he tags in Sterling!? The fans boo but Sterling gets to throw hands on Truth! “ATHLETES!” “SUCK!!” Sterling drags Truth back, anchors a leg, and tags in Vance. Vance stomps Truth, tags Jameson, and Jameson tags Griff. Vance puts Truth in a corner, Griff sends Jameson in to LARIAT! Vance adds a BOOT, and then Griff BOOTS Truth down! Cover, TWO!
Griff tags Vance back in, they mug Truth, and Vance keeps Truth from the corner. Vance suplexes, covers, TWO! Truth stays in this but Vance stays on him with a chinlock. Truth endures, the fans rally up, and Truth stands. Truth fires body shots, but Vance CLUBS him! Vance whips, Truth ducks ‘n’ dodges, DOUBLE LARIATS take them both down! The fans fire up again as Truth and Vance crawl. Truth pushes past Vance, but Leila has to get out of the way as The Premier Athletes & Frat House all run up! They all YANK Top Flight, Turbo & The Von Erichs off the apron, leaving Truth stranded! But at least Truth’s team fights back!
The fans fire up, but Truth turns around into a BOOT! Truth ends up on the apron, Vance runs up, and Vance SPEARS Truth onto the entire cluster! The fans fire up as Vance drags Truth into the ring. Cover, TWO! The fans rally up as Truth stays in this. The teams regroup, Vance whips Truth to the corner, but Truth BOOTS back! Truth fires hands on everyone else, and then storms up, but Vance keeps him from his corner! Vance whips and catches Truth to a SLEEPER, but Truth hits a BIG back suplex! The fans fire up as Truth crawls! Leila coaches Truth, hot tag to Turbo! And to Sterling!? Sterling panics, he wants nothing to do with Turbo!
Jameson runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Griff runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Nese runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Daivari runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Turbo then scoops and SLAMS Nese! And he scoops and SLAMS Daivari! The fans fire up as Turbo ELBOWS Daivari in a corner, headlocks, BULLDOG LARIAT COMBO on The Premier Athletes! The fans are thunderous as Turbo flexes, but Sterling slithers in! Sterling CLUBS Turbo on the back, the fans boo, but Turbo just frowns and turns around. Sterling apologizes but Turbo grabs him by his shirt. Only for Jameson to get in and scoop SLAM Turbo! Jameson shouts, “Mark Sterling! You sonova b*tch!”
Jameson and Sterling look to parody the handshake, but Truth CLOBBERS Jameson! Sterling again apologizes, but Turbo stands back up! Sterling backs up into Turbo, panics, but Truth scoops Sterling! SLAM! The fans fire up as we get the real deal! Except Nese & Daivari get in! Wait, Marshall & Ross get them first, with DOUBLE IRON CLAWS! “Turbo Floyd! You sonova b*tch!” DOUBLE ELBOW DROP on Sterling! And then Sterling flounders up, into a scoop, but Griff & Vance get in! Top Flight DOUBLE SUPERKICK them back out! Truth runs, TOTAL RECALL!! Dante runs, Darius sets up, FLIGHT IN MOTION for Griff! Turbo covers Sterling, #TopVonRunners win!
Winners: Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs, by pinfall
Everything’s bigger in Texas, and that includes this win as the super team everybody loves stands tall! But with The Von Erichs holding gold with Dustin Rhodes, will The Sons of Texas soon be everyone’s top priority?
MXM Collection speaks.
ROH Media found Mansoor & Mason Madden after their loss at ROH Global Wars: Australia, but they still had their remodeled ROH World Tag title belt. As such, they act triumphant and victorious because they “successfully defended” their ROH World Tag Team Championship. Because as you can see, they still have the belt! Shoutout to Dustin Rhodes, he is a great fellow tag team champion, he really tested MXM. But then they ran away with this here title, and there is nothing anyone can say about it! Fingertip touch and MXM heads out, but they do know possession is NOT nine-tenths of the law in ROH, right?
Billie Starkz VS Hyan!
As if tensions weren’t already high between these two, Minion 400,237 & 3/4ths is being belittled because she lost to Harley Cameron on the Jericho Cruise while The Fallen Goddess is still ROH Women’s World Champion after beating Alex Windsor in Australia. The Athena World Tour returns home to Texas, but will Billie make “Boss” proud? Or will even disappointment be bigger in Texas?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and the fans rally up for Hyan. Billie is annoyed, the two tie up, and Billie wrenches to a wristlock. Hyan cartwheels, wrenches to a wristlock, but Billie rolls, rolls back, then trips Hyan. Billie flexes, the fans are torn, but then Billie throws Hyan down by her hair! Billie talks smack on Hyan, Hyan runs up, but Billie dodges to waistlock and shove. Billie then bypasses Hyan to sunset flip. Hyan rolls through, but Billie basement ENZIGIRIS! Billie then drags Hyan up to waistlock. Hyan fires elbows, runs to ropes, but Billie holds on! Billie CLUBS Hyan’s arms from the ropes, to STRAITJACKET GERMAN!
Billie scowls, then she stalks Hyan to the corner. Billie stomps a mudhole in, but the ref counts. Billie tells him to back off! The fans boo, but Billie asks, “What do you want from me!?” Billie runs in, but Hyan dodges and Billie POSTS herself! The fans fire up, Hyan storms over, and Hyan brings Billie up to suplex high and hard! The fans fire up and Hyan feels that energy! Hyan runs to SPLASH in the corner! Hyan keeps moving, but Billie ELBOWS her away. And BOOTS her! Billie goes up, Hyan stops the boot, but not the rebound ENZIGIRI! Billie goes up top, leaps, but Hyan gets under! Hyan ELBOWS Billie, cravats to KNEE and KNEE SMASH!
Hyan hits a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Billie stays in this, it’s why she’s the inaugural ROH Women’s TV Champion. But she sits up into a CHOP! Hyan CHOPS again, and again, but Billie blocks! Billie scowls, and then she ROCKS Hyan again and again! Billie has Hyan in the corner, fires more shots, but the ref counts. Billie stops at 4, then backs up just to run up, HEEL KICK! Billie then puts Hyan up top, Electric Chair Lifts, and she tucks Hyan in for a DRIVER!! Cover, Billie wins!
Winner: Billie Starkz, by pinfall
Well, if Kenny Omega uses a One Winged Angel, was that a Two Winged Angel? The bottom line is Billie is back in the win column, but will she ever fight her way out from under Athena’s tyranny?
ROH World Television Championship: Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Lee Johnson w/ EJ Nduka!
After failing to finish the Proving Ground match in under ten minutes, the Commander of the Skies has owed Big Shotty this title shot. Will Komander get the job done now that there’s a thirty minute time limit? Or will Lee prove this is all too easy?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is really the star of ROH TV!
The Code of Honor is not upheld as Lee leaves Komander hanging. The bell rings, the fans rally for Komander, and the two circle. Lee chuckles, tells Houston to calm down and shut up, then he ties up with Komander. Lee arm-drags, but Komander holds on. They stand, Lee waistlocks, Komander switches, but Lee switches. They switch again and again, but then Lee headlocks. Komander headlocks, Lee slips out and hits a takeover. Komander headscissors, Lee kips free, and things speed up. Komander QUEBRADA but Lee dodges! Komander still headlocks for a takeover, Lee headscissors, and Komander kips free. The two stand off and the fans cheer.
Lee and Komander reset, circle again, and Lee mockingly applauds. Lee pie faces Komander and talks trash. Komander storms up but Lee pie faces him again! Lee goes for another, Komander blocks to CHOP, go up and up, but Lee yanks him down! Lee says Komander’s not gonna do lucha on him! But Komander CHOPS! And CHOPS! Komander goes up and up and jumps around, to FLYING ARM-DRAG! Lee tumbles out, EJ is there, but Komander builds speed! Komander rolls, slow-mo up and over to then RANA! EJ can’t believe it but the fans fire up! Komander puts Lee back in the ring, then he springboards, flying sunset flip! TWO!!
Lee escapes then bails out, and Komander keeps an eye on him. #LEE-J regroup and EJ coaches Lee up. Lee storms up to the apron, but Komander DROPKICKS him down! The fans fire up, Komander builds speed, but EJ stands in the way! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Lee slides in and CLOBBERS Komander! The ref says this is EJ’s last warning, but Lee says Komander is nothing! Cover, TWO! Lee is frustrated and he drags Komander up. Lee bumps Komander off buckles, then brings him around to fire body shots. The fans rally, the ref counts, but Lee stomps away on Komander. Lee digs his boots in, but steps off at 4.
Lee storms back up on Komander, brings him around, and whips him corner to corner hard! Komander bounces off buckles, Lee shouts, “You’re NOTHING!” Lee covers, TWO! Lee is frustrated, but he rains down fists! The fans rally with “SI SE PUEDES!” Lee hammers away, then lets off to talk trash. Lee drags Komander up, TOSSES him to the outside, and EJ stays back. Lee taunts Houston, the ref watches EJ closely, but The Judge defends his own innocence. Lee goes out the side to fetch Komander, and he CLUBS Komander down! Lee puts Komander in the ring, drags him up, and snapmares for a chinlock.
The fans boo Lee while Komander endures, but Lee says Komander is still nothing! Abrahantes rallies the fans for Komander, and Komander fights up to his feet! Komander throws body shots, but Lee wrangles Komander back down! “This is your guy? This is too easy!” The fans boo, then they rally back up. Komander rises, fires body shots and forearms, and he CHOPS! The fans fire up with Komander as he fires even more shots! Komander runs up at the corner, but Lee puts him on the apron! Komander BLINDSIDE LARIATS Lee! Komander goes up, but Lee goes out! Komander hops down, Lee SUPERKICKS him!
Lee huffs ‘n’ puffs and reels Komander in! Canadian Rack, but Komander slips free! Komander scopos, Lee slips free, and Lee CLUBS Komander! The fans boo but Lee suplexes, but Komander lands inside! Komander catches Lee in the ropes and fires KNEE after KNEE! Komander UPPERCUTS, then ROCKS Lee, and he runs side to side! RANA-DRIVER!! A rough landing for both men, but the fans rally up even harder! Komander sits up, Lee follows, and both men stand. Komander fires forearms and CHOPS! And then another! Lee ducks the chop, back suplexes, but Komander lands out! KICK! KICK! BLINDSIDE SOBAT!
Komander runs, QUEBRADA! Cover, TWO! Lee survives, the fans rally up, and Komander rises again. Komander has Lee in a drop zone and hurries to the corner! Houston fires up as Komander climbs, but Lee rolls to the far side. Komander hops down, runs up, then goes up the corner to RA- NO! Lee stops Komander, runs for a corner, but Komander RANAS Lee into buckles! Komander mule kicks, SUPERKICKS, then runs, but into a DROPKICK! Lee shouts, “I am not playing with this guy!” Lee hauls Komander up, reels him in, and lifts, but Komander SPINNING POISON-RANAS!!! Cover, TWO!!!
Lee survives and Komander is stunned! Houston rallies behind him again and Komander rises back up. Komander hurries to the corner and back up top! Lee sputters, but he manages to trip Komander up! Lee rises up, he fires hands on Komander, but Komander fires body shots! Komander SHOVES Lee, Lee backflips through! Lee comes right back! SUPER DUPER PLEX!! And he rolls through, to the outside? BRAINBUSTER to the floor!! EJ is fired up and the fans lose their minds! The ref checks both men, and somehow they’re both okay to continue. Lee and Komander stir while the ring count begins.
Both men are down at 5 of 20, then 8. Lee staggers up at 9, and he grabs Komander’s leg to SLAM it against the LED barrier again and again! Then he KICKS the leg! The ref reprimands, finish this in the ring! Wait, EJ has the title belt! The ref spots that, tells EJ to back off, but then Abrahantes snatches the belt from EJ! The fans cheer, EJ storms upon Abrahantes, but Lee puts Komander in the ring. Lee snarls while Komander unties his boot. Komander is getting pressure off the bad ankle, but Lee has him by the other leg. Komander ENZIGIRIS, but that was the bad foot! Komander writhes, but Abrahantes helps with the boot.
Lee hurries to stomp away on Komander’s legs! Lee punches away on the foot, YANKS the boot off, and EJ grabs it to mockingly show it off! Lee stomps away on the ankle more, then he goes up! FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Komander survives but Lee hauls him right up! AOI SHODOU!! Cover, TWO!?! Komander survives and #LEE-J doesn’t understand! The fans rally as hard as they can for Komander as he crawls to a corner. Lee hauls Komander up to the top rope, climbs up after him, but Komander fires body shots! Komander SHOVES Lee down, and Lee is in the drop zone! Komander rises up, but EJ drags Lee to safety!
The fans boo, but Komander says bet! SUPER CROSSBODY! Komander takes down LEE-J, grabs his boot back, and he throws the boot at EJ! The fans are thunderous and Komander drags Lee up. Komander puts Lee in, hurries back up the corner, and the fans rally as hard as they can! Komander tightrope walks, and CIELITO LINDO!! Cover, KOMANDER WINS!
Winner: Komander, by pinfall (still ROH World Television Champion)
Even with all that damage done by Big Shotty, Komander shows the grit of a champion and pulls out the victory! Will he still find ways to win, no matter the odds?
Red Velvet speaks.
When it comes to her by-any-means-necessary way of winning, The Chef knows we all want to know “Why? Why? I have been on a roll lately. The hottest of my career. Why? Why? I’m starting to get real tired of the same questions. Why? I’m just getting started.” When and where will Red Velvet serve up another L fresh from the kitchen?
Six Man Tag: Sammy Guevara, Fuego & Dark Panther VS Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr!
Lucha night comes to an end with a huge crossover between ROH and CMLL! And it will be lucha rules! That means if the legal man falls out of the ring, someone can jump in and take their place! Will the Spanish God be able to help The Flame of Mexico and El Latigo Lagunero win big in Texas? Or will the Alchemist, El Australopithecus Apestosus y The Luxury of Lucha prove they are primero del mundo?
Wait, MXM appears on stage to taunt Sammy with his ROH World Tag Team title belt. Sammy ignores them while the trios sort out. But then Hechicero DROPKICKS Sammy out! Panther CLOBBERS Hechi, Barbaro BOOTS Hechi, but Fuego DROPKICKS Barbaro! Soberano runs up but Fuego goes Matrix! Fuego bridges, then stands back up to dance! Fuego and Soberano RAM shoulders, go again, and then Fuego runs. Soberano follows, pops Fuego up and over, but Fuego ARM-DRAGS Soberano! Barbaro y Hechi run in, Fuego dodges them to then handspring and DOUBLE ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up, Panther & Sammy join in!
The trio builds speed, but Hechi’s team CLOBBERS them all! Hechi stomps Sammy, Soberano stomps Panther and Barbaro stomps Fuego. Fuego and Panther fall out so Soberano is the legal man. Hechi CHOKES Sammy, Soberano BITES Sammy’s foot! The fans rally and duel, and Hechi drags Sammy around. Hechi puts Sammy’s leg through the ropes, Soberano CHOKES Sammy while Hechi pulls on the leg, and Barbaro stands on the other leg! The ref reprimands and counts, Hechi YANKS the leg as he lets off, and Soberano looms over Sammy. Soberano y Barbaro taunt Sammy’s team by holding Sammy’s arms out to them.
Soberano y Barbaro double wrench then DOUBLE KICK! Hechi drags Sammy up to rain fists! The ref counts, Hechi lets off, and Soberano stomps Sammy in the corner. The fans boo but Soberano drags Sammy up to GAMANGIRI! Sammy drops down, Soberano hooks his arms and digs a knee into Sammy’s back. Sammy endures, even as Hechi taunts him. The fans rally, Sammy fights up, but Hechi blocks the kick so he and Soberano can mug Sammy! They have Sammy on the ropes and hold his legs open! Barbaro runs up and KICKS the hamstring! MXM laugh while the fans are torn. Barbaro taunts Fuego, then BLASTS him and Panther!
Hechi twists Sammy’s arm, stands him up to wrench, and Soberano wrenches the other arm. They lift Sammy up, Barbaro runs, PENDULUM BOMB! Then TRIPLE BASEMENT DROPKICK! Sammy bails out, Panther is there to help him, and Fuego slides in. But Barbaro BOOTS him down! Barbaro y Soberano mug Fuego, whip him to the corner, then Soberano LARIATS! Barbaro LARIATS, then Hechi STEP-UP KNEES Fuego! Fuego falls, MXM is amused, and Hechi hooks Fuego up! Soberano y Babaro grab the arms, and they help Hechi get Fuego up! It’s a MEXICAN SURFBOARD, but then Soberano gets a boost from Barbaro, GUILLOTINE LEG DROP!!
The fans fire up and Soberano covers, ONE because Soberano lets off?! Soberano seems to be demanding more respect from the ref, but then Fuego bails out and Panther storms in! Soberano stops Panther in his tracks by kneeling and offering a handshake. Panther kicks, Soberano blocks it, and Barbaro KICKS Panther’s leg! Barbaro DECKS Panther, Hechi brings Panther back up, and they double whip. Double drop toehold and now Hechi hooks Panther up! We now get a ROMERO SPECIAL, and then Soberano y Barbaro run, DOUBLE BULLDOG!! Hechi and team soak up the cheers and jeers from Houston!
Barbaro drags Panther up, DECKS him again, then they all soak up the heat. Hechi fires HEADBUTT after HEADBUTT, then fast hands! Hechi DECKS Panther, then puts him in a corner. Soberano DROPKICKS Panther down, then he and Barbaro double whip corner to corner. Hechi sends Soberano in but Panther dodges! Panther dodges Hechi, scoops Barbaro for a BACKBREAKER, then scoops Hechi for a BACKBREAKER! Soberano gets a BACKBREAKER! Panther BLASTS Barbaro out, then DIVES into him! The fans fire up, MXM likes what they see, and it’s Sammy that steps in!
Hechi storms in after him, the fans rally and duel, and things speed up! Sammy sidesteps, hurdles, backflips over, and he DROPKICKS Hechi down! Sammy kips up so smooth and he takes a bow. Soberano runs up but Sammy DUMPS him out! Sammy hurries to PLANCHA onto Hechi! The fans fire up with Sammy, he slides back in and builds speed, to FLY onto Soberano! The fans fire up with Sammy, MXM gets upset and even storm a few feet closer to ringside. Barbaro is in, he wrenches and hammerlocks Sammy, lifts and suplexes! Barbaro stomps away, then does his caveman dance. Fans join in, Barbaro runs, IMPLODER SPLASH! Cover, Fuego breaks it!
Sammy bails out, Fuego CHOPS Barbaro, then he whips. Barbaro reverses but Fuego BOOTS him! Barbaro does the worm!? Barbaro runs up, but Fuego goes up and over to stack! Hechi BOOTS Fuego! Barbaro bails out, Hechi whips, but Fuego reverses and RANAS! Hechi handsprings through! He then wrenches and shoves Fuego, then runs up, and he YANKS Fuego’s hurdle out of the air! Fuego bails out, Panther runs in, but Hechi avoids the dropkick! But then Panther avoids the senton! Panther rallies the fans, runs to RAM Hechi, then runs again. Hechi follows, but Panther hits a Tiger Feint to dodge, and Hechi’s dropkick goes flying out to the floor!
Panther hurries to a corner and then runs, FLYING RANA! Hechi flounders away, and Panther hurries back in. Soberano runs up, Panther puts him on the apron, but Soberano GAMANGIRIS! Soberano fires up, the fans are torn, and Soberano goes up top for a TORNILLO CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO!! Panther survives that wild 1080, but then Soberano dodges Panther! Panther ends up stuck in ropes, Soberano LIONSAULTS but misses as Panther slips out! Panther takes aim, but Barbaro uses Soberano for POETRY IN MOTION! Down goes Panther and the fans fire up! Soberano builds speed and he FOSBURY FLOPS to then inverted suplex!
Soberano SLAMS Panther down, Barbaro is up top! SUPER DUPER SPLASH to the floor!! MXM is fired up, and then Fuego QUEBRADAS Soberano! Fuego slides, in does a dance, and then FLIES onto Barbaro! Hechi is in, but so is Sammy! The fans fire up and Hechi roars! Sammy runs up, but into a single leg takedown! Hechi stands Sammy up to whip, but Sammy reverses. Hechi ducks the hurdle, but Sammy JUMP KNEES him down! The fans fire up and Sammy whips corner to corner. Hechi reverses, runs up, and STEP-UP KNEES! The fans fire up and Hechi rolls back, summons the power of lucha, but Sammy SUPERKICKS him!
Sammy runs to JUMP KNEE again! Hechi flounders, Sammy torture racks him! But Mason gets on the apron! The ref tells him to hop down, but Mansoor slithers in, and he BELT SHOTS Sammy!! The fans boo, Sammy flops out of the ring, but Fuego steps up! Fuego runs, slips through a tilt-o-whirl, but Hechi victory rolls, only to stand up and INVERTED MONKEY FLIP Fuego into a LEG SCISSOR NELSON! But that’s not all, Hechi makes it a ROLLING CRADLE! They go around and around and around, into the cover! Team Hechi wins!!
Winners: Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr, by pinfall
Give an assist to MXM as they celebrate their part to play in this victory. They even get Hechicero to touch fingertips with him! But then they aim at Sammy! Only for Fuego y Panther to get back in! MXM flips the belt around to swing on them! Fuego y Panther dodge, and they DOUBLE DROPKICK MXM out! The fans cheer, but Sammy, Fuego & Panther grab Mansoor! Mansoor says save yourself! He lets the belt go, Sammy has Mansoor in the torture rack! GO TO HOSPITAL!! Mason shouts, “NOOO~!” but he keeps the title belt away from Sammy. Will Sammy & Dustin just have to take the fight to MXM to get their stolen property back?
My Thoughts:
A very good ROH clocking in at an hour and 21 minutes, it feels like they’ve almost got this mastered for a good cable TV runtime. Though at the same time, we still had filler in Gates of Agony squashing Exodus & Josiah, and then both women’s matches were fairly quick. Billie squashing Hyan was in part to serve story as we did see Athena tell Billie to take things seriously, and then Billie takes her frustrations out on Hyan. Rachael VS Abadon could’ve been a little longer to build them both up in the standings, but Abadon winning makes sense as Abadon’s gotten closer to titles than Rachael has. And good promo from Velvet, but I’m not sure why we’re waiting so long to get to her and Leyla’s rematch.
Additionally, while that 12 Man Tag was some fun, just smashing together multiple teams for that was bordering on filler. Good to see The Von Erichs back given ROH was in Texas. And between The Von Erichs being in Texas and Sterling being introduced as one of the competitors, it was a given The Von Erichs and their team would win. Though it did work that The Outrunners got the finish, they’re the team riding high right now. I will say it’s good that “The Frat House” is a faction, but like, can’t the name have just be The Fraternity? Or like, Greek letters that make a fraternity name, but also is a funny pun when you boil it down to letters.
But of course, great stuff throughout the night involving luchadores. Fuego Del Sol VS Yuta was a very good opening match, but I figured Yuta would win that. Him going the extra mile with that steel chain was rather vicious, I feel like Fuego should want payback, teaming with some other AEW wrestlers who have beef with the Death Riders. Komander VS Lee was a very good ROH TV Championship match, but given this wasn’t the main event, I figured Komander would retain. Maybe EJ gets his shot next?
And then a very good Six Man main event. The lucha rules made it constant motion because there was no need for tags, and apparently the ref didn’t need to count when Hechi’s team was in there together. MXM getting involved makes sense, as they’re still not happy just possessing the tag title. They screwed Sammy over, Hechi’s team wins, but then Sammy’s side stands tall over MXM. I would think we do get Sons of Texas VS MXM one more time, who knows how that goes, but it’ll be a lot of fun either way.
My Score: 8.6/10
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