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Mitchell’s WWE SmackDown Results & Report! (4/1/22)
This ain’t no joke!

It’s WrestleMania SmackDown!
Just 24 hours away from the most STUPENDOUS WrestleMania Weekend, SmackDown holds the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal! Who puts their name on that golden Andre the Giant statue’s plaque?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- 2022 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal: Mad Cap Moss wins.
- WWE Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat: Ricochet VS Angel Garza VS Humberto Carrillo; Ricochet wins and retains the title.
- Naomi & Sasha Banks VS Carmella & Queen Zelina Vega; Naomi & Sasha win.
- Jimmy Uso w/ Jey Uso VS Rick Boogs w/ Shinsuke Nakamura; No Contest.
- Six Man Tag: Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura & Rick Boogs VS Austin Theory & The Usos; Theory & The Usos win.
PLAY BY PLAY
2022 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal!
It’d be easier to say who isn’t in this match! Apollo Crews, Commander Azeez, Mansoor, Mad Cap Moss, Drew Gulak, T-Bar, R-Truth, Akira Tozawa, Reggie, Jinder Mahal, Shanky, both Viking Raiders, both members of The Hurt Business, Damian Priest, and even NXT’s Tommaso Ciampa are already waiting, but here come the Dirty Dawgs, Robert Roode & NXT Champion Dolph Ziggler, and even WWE United States Champion, Finn Balor! Who wins to immortalize their name alongside The Eighth Wonder of the World?
The bell rings and the brawl is on! T-Bar is after Mansoor, Gulak is after Ziggler, Truth goes after Gulak! Priest TOSSES Akira Tozawa and ELIMINATES him! Reggie stays safe on the apron, he avoids Tozawa’s sweep but Priest BOOTS him and ELIMINATES him! Truth says he and Priest are working together, but then Priest TOSSES and ELIMINATES Truth! Ciampa goes after Ziggler, then he helps Gulak and Priest go after T-Bar! The Viking Raiders work together on Jinder and Shanky! The Vikings TOSS and ELIMINATE Jinder! Then they go after Azeez! Roode is after Balor, Cedric dumps T-Bar over!
T-Bar holds onto ropes, choke grips Cedric, but Shelton Benjamin KNEES T-Bar and ELIMINATES him! Priest ROCKS Benjamin, fires off hands, stomps him in a corner, but Benjamin holds on. Azeez dumps Ziggler over but Roode helps out. The Hurt Business mugs Priest, Ciampa goes after Apollo, and Gulak goes after Moss! Moss runs, gets through the boot and runs Gulak over! Gulak gets up, Moss clotheslines Gulak up and out and ELIMINATES him! Then Happy Corbin shows up to cheer on his buddy. Corbin holds ropes for Moss to throw Balor, but Balor reverses to throw Moss!
Moss holds on and Corbin is upset. Moss isn’t sure what happened, but Ciampa throws Moss over! Corbin keeps Moss in and Corbin wants Moss to listen to him. He’s trying but Corbin is distracting him! Ciampa fires off CHOPS on Moss and works to push him out! Balor fights off the Hurt Business, the Dirty Dawgs go after them. Moss stomps Ciampa down, Shanky CLUBS Roode. Apollo throws Cedric out, GAMANGIRI and he ELIMINATES Cedric! Benjamin throws Apollo out, but Azeez is after Benjamin! Benjamin fires hands, but Azeez SHOVES and ELIMINATES Benjamin!
But then the Vikings attack Apollo and Azeez! Mansoor ROCKS Ciampa, slingshots but into a HEADBUTT! Ciampa KNEES Mansoor and ELIMINATES him! The Vikings ELIMINATE Apollo, but Azeez ELIMINATES Ivar! Shanky helps to ELIMINATE Erik! No more Viking Raiders but the biggest men stare down! Shanky says this is HIS ring! And he choke grips Azeez! Azeez breaks free, fires off hands, but Shanky knees low! Shanky throws haymakers, goes for a leg, but Azeez CLUBS him! Azeez scoops to push Shanky, but Balor and the others dump BOTH men out! DOUBLE ELIMINATION!
But now we’re down to our final six! Moss, Roode, Ziggler, Ciampa, Priest and Balor! And naturally, Priest is after Balor given their US Championship feud! Ciampa bumps Ziggler off buckles while Priest tries to lawn dart! Balor slips off but Priest choke grips! But Balor fights the slam, only for Priest to KICK, BELL CLAP and ROLLING ELBOW! But Balor PELES Priest! Balor dumps and ELIMINATES Priest! The fans fire up , Ciampa is after Ziggler but Roode dumps Ciampa! Balor is after Moss, Ciampa fights off both Dawgs. Ziggler SUPERKICKS and ELIMINATES Ciampa!
The Dawgs go after Balor but he fights them off! Balor trips Ziggler to DOUBLE STOMP! Roode kicks low to reel Balor in! But Balor trips Roode to DOUBLE STOMP! Balor tosses Ziggler but Roode is after Balor! Balor reverses but Roode holds ropes! Ziggler goes after Balor, but then Moss gets them all! Moss ELIMINATES the Dirty Dawgs, but Balor holds on! Balor skins the cat, dodges Moss and SLINGBLADES! Fans fire up as Balor runs, but Moss TOSSES Balor out and WINS!!
Winner: Mad Cap Moss (2022 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal winner)
Moss joins Corbin on the plaque! He lifts it up high, gives little golden Andre a kiss, and then gets a mic. “I did it! I did it all by myself! This is incredible!” Moss says that ever since he was little, he always looked up to Andre the Giant. Andre was his hero. Fans boo but Moss says Andre was beloved by everyone, just like him. Moss has always wanted to follow in this enormous footsteps, and he did it! So what do you call a battle royal named after the smartest Texans around? A Cattle Royal! Moss is laughing himself to the floor, but will this really lead Moss to bigger and better things?
WWE Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat: Ricochet VS Angel Garza VS Humberto Carrillo!
The One and Only got beat twice by Los Lotharios, but mostly because the cousins helped each other. Will these Lethal Lovers be able to take this title from Ricochet with teamwork? Or will the fact that only one can be champion ruin that relationship?
SmackDown returns and Los Lotharios of course enter together. And they of course bring out the Los Lotharios Kiss Cam. They consider their options, and they find the young lady wearing a Mysterios merch shirt. Los Lotharios then go to the ring. The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if Angel y Humberto can ground the King of Flight.
Los Lotharios start to flank Ricochet at the bell. Garza takes off the tearaway pants, throws it at Ricochet, then dropkicks him down! Carrillo stomps away, Garza joins in, and fans boo as they have Ricochet in the corner. Garza sits on Ricochet and BITES fingers! Carrillo drops an elbow on Ricochet’s leg, then Garza KICKS Ricochet in the side. Carrillo stands on Ricochet’s head, they put Ricochet on the apron, and Carrillo sets Ricochet up for a PENALTY KICK ENZIGURI COMBO! Ricochet flounders away while Garza dusts off his hands. Fans boo as Los Lotharios fist bump. Los Lotharios drags Ricochet up to put him in a corner.
Garza eggs Ricochet on, but Ricochet swings hands! He ROCKS Garza, ROCKS Carrillo, KICKS Garza then KICKS Carrillo. Ricochet headlocks but Carrillo powers out, only for Ricochet to run Garza over! Then he gets around Carrillo, Carrillo standing switches, but Ricochet elbows out. Ricochet kicks but Garza blocks. Garza throws Ricochet but he flips up and over Carrillo! Then he DOUBLE RANAS Los Lotharios! Fans fire up with Ricochet, Carrillo staggers up while Garza bails out. Ricochet RAMS into Carrillo and goes to the apron, where he DECKS Garza! Carrillo runs in but into a shoulder.
Ricochet aims at Carrillo but Garza anchors the springboard! Carrillo goes up, SUPER ARM-DRAG! Fans boo again but Carrillo stalks Ricochet. But Garza stalks Carrillo! Carrillo turns around and Garza backs up. Garza asks for a hug, Carrillo gives it to him, and fans boo. Garza’s smirk shows he’s just waiting for an opening, but SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Carrillo stomps Ricochet while Garza soaks up heat. Garza blows kisses, then he and Carrillo bring Ricochet up. Ricochet fires off hands on Carrillo, ROCKS Garza, then CHOPS Carrillo! Ricochet ROCKS Garza more, then CHOPS him! Carrillo runs in and Garza sets Ricochet up, SPLASH! Garza hits a SPLASH, then feeds Ricochet to a pop-up to KICK him out of the air! Carrillo then LARIATS Ricochet down! Fans boo as Garza says, “You’re looking at the next Intercontinental Champion!” He and Carrillo drag Ricochet back up, they each have an armlock, but Dallas rallies behind Ricochet.
Los Lotharios double whip, Ricochet KICKS Garza! Carrillo ducks and the ENZIGURI hits Garza! Carrillo springboard ENZIGURIS Ricochet back! Cover, TWO! Carrillo is annoyed but Garza is upset. Carrillo rains down fists, lets off to soak up heat, and Garza covers! TWO, and now Carrillo is upset! Garza apologizes, but then Ricochet shoves Garza into Carrillo! Ricochet runs, Garza pops him up, but Ricochet RANAS Carrillo! Cover, but Garza SUPERKICKS it apart! Garza drags Ricochet up, reels him in and hooks the arms, but Carrillo rolls Garza up! TWO!! Now Garza is upset and Carrillo says it was only fair!
Dallas wants Los Lotharios to fight each other! They keep arguing, but Ricochet DOUBLE CROSSBODIES! Ricochet runs, CLOBBERS Carrillo, whips Garza but Garza reverses. Garza runs in but Ricochet boots him away! Ricochet somersaults to SHOTGUN Garza down! Fans fire up as Ricochet spins and sweeps Carrillo, for a STANDING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO! All three men are down and Dallas rallies up! Ricochet gets to a corner, Garza runs in but Ricochet BOOTS him! Carrillo runs in, but Ricochet TOSSES him up and out! Garza runs in, only gets buckles, then an ENZIGURI! Fans fire up, Ricochet goes up top!
Garza anchors Ricochet’s foot! Garza ROCKS Ricochet, but Ricochet KICKS him down! Ricochet steadies himself, adjusts, but Carrillo CLUBS him down! Carrillo goes up to CLUB Ricochet more, but Ricochet holds off the suplex! Ricochet throws body shots then CLUBS Carrillo back. Ricochet stands Carrillo up to SUPER GOURD BUSTER onto Garza! Then Ricochet gets up to 630 SENTON!! Then RECOIL to Carrillo!! Cover, Ricochet wins!
Winner: Ricochet, by pinfall (still WWE Intercontinental Champion)
The One and Only just took out both Los Lotharios at the same time! He holds onto the gold, will he reach new heights with this title?
Naomi & Sasha Banks VS Carmella & Queen Zelina Vega!
This is what the Glow & Boss wanted the tag title match to be before other teams got involved. But will Team BAD be feeling real good about their chances? Or will the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions show that they still have a chance at WrestleMania?
SmackDown returns and Shayna Baszler & Natalya make their entrance first. The champions are already in the ring, as are Rhea Ripley & Liv Morgan. The ring announcer plugs the Fatal 4 Way for WrestleMania, then the match begins. Mella has her mask and she starts against Sasha Moon- er, Banks. Mella DECKS Sasha and rains down forearms! Mella drags Sasha up, throws her out, then soaks up the heat. Natty & Shayna like the aggression, then Mella tags Vega. Sasha ROCKS Vega, KNEES Mella, then gets in, but into a FABULOUS KICK! Vega BOOTS Sasha down, drags her in, and covers, TWO!
Vega drags Sasha over, tags Mella, and they put Sasha in the corner to stomp away on. Mella drags Sasha back up and wraps on a HANGING NECKLOCK! Vega tags in, the ref counts Mella, and Mella lets off at 4. Vega gets in, takes a bow, METEORA! Vega shoves Sasha to a cover, TWO! Vega tags Mella back in, they mug Sasha, then cover, TWO! Mella wraps on a chinlock and she thrashes Sasha around. Naomi and the fans rally, and Sasha fights up. Sasha throws hands but Mella throws her down! Mella soaks up the heat, then pie faces Sasha. Sasha blocks the kick to KNEE Mella down! Both women are down, fans rally, hot tag to Vega!
Vega DECKs Naomi to deny the tag! She soaks up the heat, but misses in the corner! Sasha rolls Vega, tags Naomi, and Naomi ROUNDHOUSES Vega! Naomi then gets around, BUBBA BOMB! Body scissor clutch but Mella breaks it! The ref reprimands but Mella and Vega regroup. Only to get a DOUBLE SHOTGUN from Naomi! Naomi kips up, tags Sasha, and fans fire up. Naomi and Sasha go in, DOUBLE BOOT WASH! Mella flops out, Vega is down, VADER BOMB from Sasha! Naomi hits a SPLIT LEG MOONSAULT! Naomi & Sasha win!
Winners: Sasha Banks & Naomi, by pinfall
The other teams see they’ve got to worry about Boss ‘n’ Glow, but will this win over the champions be momentum enough for them to win at WrestleMania?
WWE shares Kayla Braxton visit to Ronda Rousey’s fight camp.
The Baddest Woman on the Planet was sparring with Shayna Baszler, and takes a break to talk. Ronda was just getting some reps in with Shayna badass. Well, her opponent at WrestleMania, Charlotte Flair, is a bit of a badass herself, but given what’s transpired between the two these last few weeks, Kayla is surprised Ronda isn’t more angry. Oh, Ronda is angry. But she won’t walk around all pissed off and wear herself out. She can control her anger and expertly apply it. So for now, she’ll relax, hang out with family and feed her baby. Her family will be front row when Charlotte either taps out or gets her arm ripped off as a souvenir for the Rousey family.
Charlotte Flair is here!
The SmackDown Women’s Champion, the Opportunity, the most decorated woman in WWE history, struts out on stage, and has a mic. “That video package was epic. I could watch that all day.” She means the video package that of course listed all of her accomplishments, as well as Ronda’s. Charlotte says the masterpiece she has created, causing Ronda immense pain is more beautiful, dramatic and poetic than Oscar winning movies. We all saw Ronda is angry. Ronda is angry that no matter what she tries, that she threatens to do, Charlotte will destroy her! Fans “What?” and she pretends she can’t hear them, then counters with “WOO~!”
But this is serious! Ronda acts like she has her emotions under control and that she’s cool. But we all know better, don’t we? Oh but you wanna know what’s cool? Charlotte Flair, that’s cool! The 13 time Women’s Champion is cool! The most dominant woman in sports entertainment is cool! Every woman wanting to be her and every man wanting to be with her is cool. Everyone wanting an autograph or picture is cool! Beating Ronda Rousey to a pulp and walking out of WrestleMania still SmackDown Women’s Champion is cool.
And Ronda, if you wanna lesson, stick with Charlotte and she’ll take you to school! As far as everyone is concerned, Charlotte has Ronda beat there, too, BITCH! The champion has said her piece, but will her challenger rip her to shreds?
Mad Cap Moss is shining up his trophy.
But then the claymore sword comes into view! Oh, right, Corbin still has possession of it. He tricked Moss and they both laugh at McIntyre, but will the Scottish Warrior be sure to take back Angela the claymore by any means necessary?
Rick Boogs rocks out!
He introduces himself, and he is here to rock with one-half of the future SmackDown Tag Team Champions, Shinsuke… NakamurrrrAAAAAA~! McAfee gets to rock out as the King of Strong Style makes his entrance, but then Austin Theory jumps the barriers and TRIPS McAfee up! McAfee hits desk, but then he gets up to chase Theory’s punk ass to the back! Theory ducks back into Mr. McMahon’s office again! But McAfee just BOOTS the door in! Vince is there to ask who McAfee thinks he is! Does he want to be fired? Does he want to lose his Mania match? No, obviously not. Then go do your job. Theory has a smug smirk as Vince is his shield, but will there be no stopping McAfee this Sunday?
Jimmy Uso w/ Jey Uso VS Rick Boogs w/ Shinsuke Nakamura!
Back to business, the Bloodline looks to take care of business before their Mania match! Will Jimmy make Boogs turn down the volume? Or will Boogs and Nakamura be rockin’ as they roll into WrestleMania and their SmackDown Tag Team title match?
SmackDown returns and the match begins. Boogs knocks Jimmy over, then drags him up! Boogs is still mad about Jimmy smashing that guitar on him, and he tosses Jimmy to the corner. Jimmy BOOTS Boogs away, then CHOPS! Boogs snarls, Jimmy CHOPS again! Boogs blocks the whip, reverses it, but Jimmy ducks to leap, into Boogs’ arms! Boogs curls Jimmy and fans count it out! Boogs stops at 9, takes a breath, and hits 10 for the SLAM! Fans fire up, Boogs drags Jimmy but Jimmy slips off and POSTS Boogs! Jimmy fires off on Boogs, has Boogs down and then stomps him! The Usos hold up the fingers, #WeTheOnes!
Jimmy uses headbutts to keep Boogs down, and he talks trash on Boogs. But Boogs trophy lifts even on his knees! Then Boogs stands back up, and he hits a FALL AWAY SLAM! Fans fire up while Boogs and Jimmy are both down! Wait, Theory is strolling back out. Theory doesn’t want beef with Nakamura, but he’s getting closer to McAfee. He takes some guy’s drink, sips it, and then SPLASHES McFee with the rest of it! Michael Cole gets McAfee to let Theory run off again, but BALOR attacks! Balor gets Theory in the ring, and it’s chaos! McAfee wants Balor to kick Theory’s ass while the match is thrown out and SmackDown goes to break!
No Contest
Six Man Tag: Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura & Rick Boogs VS Austin Theory & The Usos!
HOLLA HOLLA! The Prince, the King of Strong Style and the rockin’ bard are all getting to go after Vince McMahon’s golden boy and the SmackDown Tag Team Champions! Which side will have all the momentum going into WrestleMania?
SmackDown returns as Theory is talking trash on McAfee while Nakamura pushes Jey to a cover. TWO, and Nakamura drops a knee! Cover again, TWO! Nakamura has Jey in a corner, for GOOD VIBRATIONS~! Nakamura lets off, then drags Jey up to fire off shots! Nakamura puts Jey on the top rope, rolls back, TOP SHELF KNEE! Cover, ONE! Nakamura drags Jey up but Jey ROCKS him with an uppercut! Theory tags in, he runs in to clothesline and knock Nakamura down! Slingshot STOMP, to a FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO! Fans chant, “Theory Sucks!” and McAfee is all behind that!
Theory pushes Nakamura around, then he runs, into a KNEE! Nakamura tags Boogs, Boogs trophy lifts and presses Theory! But Theory slips off to kick low! Theory ROCKS Boogs, bumps him off buckles, and he still has to talk crap on McAfee. But Boogs gut wrenches and throws Theory around and around, McAfee calls it a carnival ride! Get him all kinds of dizzy! Gut Wrench Suplex! Cover, TWO! Boogs drags Theory over, tag to Balor! They mug Theory, Balor CHOPS and CHOPS and fires off on Theory! Balor bumps Theory off buckles, stomps him down, then lets off at the ref’s count. Balor snapmares and runs to basement dropkick! Cover, TWO!
McAfee says what a start to this weekend if that had finished it. Balor headlocks, Theory powers out, things speed up and Balor kicks Theory away! Theory staggers, distracts the ref with talk of his teeth, and Jimmy CLOBBERS Balor from the ropes! Fans boo as the Usos get away with that, and Theory stomps away on Balor, copying how Balor would do it! Theory scrapes Balor out, tags Jimmy in and Jimmy SMACKS Balor off the desk! Jimmy puts Balor in, covers, TWO! Jimmy chokes Balor on the ropes, lets off, and Jey gets his cheap shot in! Theory keeps smugly smirking at McAfee which pisses McAfee off.
Jimmy brings Balor up but Balor ROCKS him back! And again, and again! But Jimmy keeps Balor from his team! Balor fires forearms and keeps reaching, but Jimmy whips. Balor hits buckles hard and drops down. Theory and the Usos all say, “All Day,” and then Jimmy tosses Balor out. Fans boo but Theory taunts McAfee as SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns again and Balor JAWBREAKERS free! He blocks Jimmy’s kick but gets the DRAGON WHIP! Cover, TWO! Balor gets up but Jimmy is right on him. Jimmy bumps Balor off buckles, fires off hands, but lets off as the ref counts. Jimmy mocks Bullet Club and runs in, but Balor dodges the splash! Jimmy hits post and then falls down! Fans fire up as Jimmy and Balor crawl, hot tag to Jey! Jey stomps Balor down, then SUPERKICKS Boogs! Fans boo as Jey taunts Nakamura, but Jey drags Balor up. But Balor back drops! Jey holds Balor back to sunset flip, but Balor rolls through to basement dropkick!
Fans rally up, Balor and Jey crawl, hot tags to Theory and Nakamura! Nakamura dodges Theory, Theory ducks a kick but not the WHEEL KICK! Nakamura sees Jimmy get in and gives him a KNEE! AX KICK! Then Nakamura DECKS Jey! Strike Fest for Theory, as well as KICK after KICK! Theory blocks one but not the ENZIGURI! Nakamura whips Theory corner to corner, runs in but blocks boots! Nakamura puts Theory in ropes, ROUNDHOUSE and SLIDING GERMAN! Cover, DOUBLE SUPERKICKS break it! The Usos high-five, but then Boogs DUMPS them both out! The Usos drag Boogs out with them to RAM him into steps!
Theory is up again, but so is Balor! Nakamura sees Balor, Theory is too slow to stopping him, hot tag back to Balor! The Prince rallies on Theory and fans fire up! Balor clotheslines Theory out, then he builds speed to FLY! Direct hit on Theory and the Usos! Balor puts Theory back in, runs and SLINGBLADES him down! Then he takes aim, SHOTGUN DROPKICK! Theory is down, Balor fights off the Usos to go up top, but Theory trips Balor up! Fireman’s carry and A T L!! Cover, Theory and the Usos win!
Winners: Austin Theory & The Usos, by pinfall
And Theory stares McAfee down the whole time. McAfee throws off his headset, goes to the apron, but Theory wants him to attack. Theory offers a free shot, Cole wants McAfee to cool off, and McAfee keeps a level head. McAfee returns to the desk, because he wants to keep this match on the books. Will McAfee be able to take this all out on Theory when WrestleMania Sunday finally rolls around?
Happy Corbin & Mad Cap Moss head to the ring.
They bring Angela the sword with them, because this WrestleMania SmackDown edition of Happy Talk has the sword as its special guest! What horrible jokes are these two human hyenas going to hurt our ears with? We find out, after the break.
SmackDown returns and Moss has the mic to welcome us to Happy Talk. Tonight is an extra special edition, it’ll be extra happy! Isn’t Corbin happy for Moss? Moss thinks the whole WWE Universe is happy for him, because he just won the Andre the Giant- Yeah, yeah, we get it, you won. As Corbin’s protégé, that’s what Corbin expects. Now Corbin could look back and say how he did it in 2016 as part of his WWE RawDown debut. But Corbin IS happy. He is euphoric! He might even be Euphoric Corbin after WrestleMania. And that’s because he has McIntyre’s sword! A recap package shows how he stole it during WrestleMania Raw’s 2v1 Handicap.
The Happy Folks have a good laugh as Corbin says this sword is going to be his lucky charm. Not that he needs luck. Look what he’s done at WrestleMania. He won the Andre the Giant Battle Royal, he retired Kurt Angle, and tomorrow, he will destroy McIntyre once and for all! So this sword is really more an insurance policy so that no one messes with him. With McIntyre, it was a fancy accessory. But in Corbin’s hand, it is a dangerous weapon! He could decapitate someone with it! IT’s named Angela after Corbin’s late mother. How sad! This sword needs a new, happier name! “Everyone, meet… Euphoria!”
Mad Cap, give us a joke. No, wait. Corbin has a joke! What does McIntyre’s sword and McIntyre’s mom have in common? He lost them both! Fans boo, that is a lowbrow joke. But here comes MCINTYRE!! And he’s anything but laughing. Moss hurries out but McIntyre DECKS him! Corbin’s stunned and fans tell him he’s F’d up! McIntyre gets a chair! Corbin tells McIntyre he doesn’t want this! Corbin could hurt him! McIntyre TOSSES the chair at Corbin’s head! Then he grabs Angela and swings her at him! Corbin barely gets away, so McIntyre starts throwing the armchairs and velvet ropes out!
McIntyre spills the whiskey, then grabs Angela again, to SLASH the table in half!! Will that table be Corbin when McIntyre finally gets him 1v1 at WrestleMania? McIntyre then stabs the sword into the ring for fire and pyro to go off!
My Thoughts:
Wow, I thought WrestleMania Raw was disappointing. And I even feel like I was generous giving that one an 8 outta 10. They put on BOTH advertised matches in the first half hour! I would’ve at least thought the title match would be in the second hour. I guess opening with the battle royal makes sense, it gets time to breathe, and it sets up how tonight ended. Moss is great in the ring, but this was solely a story based win. It allowed Corbin to say all that in his promo during Happy Talk, and of course McIntyre was going to storm out there and take his sword back. I’m thinking McIntyre defies go-home math and wins to finally shut Corbin up.
The Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat was booked just how I figured it would be: Los Lotharios make it a handicap match for the majority, but they start to argue when it finally comes to going for the cover, and that allows Ricochet to win. What a great spot going right from 630 senton to Recoil. Ricochet of course retains, and hopefully they actually book him better after this. Them plugging the Women’s Fatal 4 Way Tag was rather ridiculous. Wasn’t having all four teams present the plug itself? Why do they think people only watch SmackDown and not Raw? Waste of time, and they also went back to giving us short matches. I continue to fear Mella & Vega retain when we have better teams in the match with them.
SO MUCH recaps I had to skip tonight. Yes, all well produced, outside of maybe Lesnar VS Roman having Metallica’s Death Magnetic and All Nightmare Long far past their relevancy. Ronda had a decent promo with Kayla but probably because she was able to get a few takes in before the one we saw. And Charlotte had a decent promo that just kinda rehashed the usual Heel tropes of putting herself over, putting Ronda down and reminding us what Charlotte’s down. Chances are, having both women’s titles on the same night means Becky and Ronda retain, one of them confronts the other and that sets up Becky VS Ronda 1v1, three years after their feud going into WM35.
There was decent integration between the Theory-McAfee story and Jimmy VS Boogs. Going from 1v1 to a Six Man was fine because it gave us a really good match. But of course Theory gets a win pinning Balor, and he’s got the momentum going into his match. I would hope McAfee wins for that reason, but there’s any which way Theory could still win despite the math. Not that it’ll matter, Vince clearly wants Theory to face Balor more and take that US title off him, even though Priest is still owed a shot. Hell, Priest should’ve been given his title shot for Mania, but nope, Vince doesn’t care about midcard titles or Balor while he has Lesnar VS Roman coming.
My Score: 7/10
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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 5.29.25
Stuff happens, maybe it doesn’t, Dreamer and Delirious can’t book.

Well Trick Willie is the new TNA champ and this is the first iMPACT since his win…so let’s just hear him talk about it.
"TNA turned into TRICK-NA. Lets talk about it"@_trickwilliams #WWENXT
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/StU4pmi3oy
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
Ratings:
- The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System: Rascalz win via Meteora – ***
- Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali: Ali wins via…No Shit – Squash Garbage
- ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee: Lei wins via Spinning TKO – ** 3/4
- Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber: Mance wins via Hit the Pay Winda – Squash
- Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa: Team Robbie wins via shenanigans – **
- International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona: Maclin retains via KIA – ***
Results:
The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System
Octagon got jumped by The System earlier so Laredo is fighting alone. Another backstage jumping is getting a little dumb.
Laredo and Trey start. Typical Indie start with Simultaneous awful Dropkick spot and bad counters, AJ blind tag runs the smaller guys over, tags out to KC and the Rascalz instantly get the moment. KC is rocked, tags in Laredo and Laredo takes out the System before Lish gets on the apron and grabs Laredo. The referee kicks out Lish and Rehwoldt on commentary points out it’s a No DQ match so that’s dumb.
KC gets tossed at AJ, he catches him, Rascalz Dive and do their taunt as we go to commercial. We come back, Tennessee Whiskey into a KC tag in for the near fall on Laredo. Corner combo, Snapmare into Flip Forward Neck Breaker, KC is on a roll. AJ tags Laredo and starts talking crap to KC, they swerve and go Finger Poke of Doom, but it’s not a legal pin. Suddenly tornado attacks, System and Rascalz go for broke, AJ hits the Senton to break the eventual pin, Laredo counters AJ’s Chokeslam attempt. Trey clears out The System, Wentz sends himself and KC over and out, Laredo with a Corkscrew Moonsault, which looked cool but it’s the pile of morons waiting to get hit spot.
AJ hits the Down Payment on Laredo, but Trey blind tagged AJ. Meteora on AJ, Trey pins Laredo and Rascalz win.
Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali
Raj looks like shit in the gear he came down in…and he wrestles equivalently. I would rather anyone else comeback…give me Anarquia.
Ali murders Raj, Instant Dropkick, Rolling Neckbreaker, Corkscrew Standing Moonsault, it’s not close. Raj tries to counter things but Ali Bellclap, a little Duck the left, connect the right. Raj even does a terrible looking Punch Combo, he’s in bad shape, a bad looking Ushigoroshi, Raj with a sloppy looking something, 450 ends it.
Fire Raj as quickly as you brought him back. You don’t need a comedically pathetic job guy when the roster is like 4 guys getting pushed and everyone else sucks. Stop being stupid. Ali still hates women too.
This Injury Report is the dumbest segment in the history of wrestling. Stop treating fake shit as “serious business”.
ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee
ASH mocks karate stuff, Lei throws a few Rising Crane kicks as ASH bails and then things slow down a little. But a Pump Kick, Sliding Kick and Low Dropkick cause ASH to cower and claim her tooth broke. It’s a bait to pull Lei into the turnbuckles and them get in a few stomps. Ash keeps Lei in the corner, Suplexes her ankles into the buckles and then Ash throws a few Booty Shots/Hit Attacks then starts a grounded stretch, Lei Headscissors her down, still sells the hips and ankles, but dodges and fires, combination strikes into the 10 Count Down Strikes. T-bone Suplex, into the pinfall, for only two.
Cheapshot into Running Meteora from ASH for two. Ash goes for the Miz Yes Kicks and Lei No Sells and asks for more. Gorgeous Capture Suplex into Thunder Struck and TKO with flair. My baby has a better finish now! Yay!
Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber
Hannifan cursing and being pissed at Trick for not even showing but is more entertaining than a squash match. Not that Mance’s offense is bad, but 2 out of 3 job matches is stupid.
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Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa
Marella tries to tie up with Robbie, but he bails and tags out to Victoria so Arianna comes in and aside from Alicia Fox’s silliness, the tie up was decent with Arianna and Victoria. Tessa interferes and the Referee throws her out. Victoria comes back in and aside from a slight miscommunication with how Arianna does her punches, Alicia Fox is making her look…pretty good. Transition moves, okay brawling and Arianna looks amazing in her outfit.
Rob and Santino distract the referee and Victoria hits a Figure Four into her Northern Lights Suplex, only for 2. Arianna finally Back Body Drop to find the tag, Santino and Rob, Santino does his split dodge into the Standing Headbutt, Arianna Cross Body onto Victoria. Rob pulls out the ref, then shoves the ref into Santino, Santino into the steps and Arianna attack but Alicia and Lish, the fix is in, Arianna eats the pin.
International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona
A few quick brawl moves, Shoulder Tackles, Strikes, Back Breakers, Cardona does get dumped out and eats a SCUD. Maclin bounces Cardona’s face off the apron and hits an Elbow off the apron to keep Cardona reeling, but a dodged tackle sends Maclin into the steps. Cardona tries to Piledriver Maclin on the ramp, but Back Drop counter, into commercial.
Formulaic commercial etiquette of Cardona still in control, throws Maclin into the ropes, Diving Shoulder Tackle lays both dudes out and they get up by 8. Fighting Spirit spot, Cardona hits ropes and gets hit by Maclin twice, Thesz Press, Ground and Pound, Back Elbow and Olympic Slam has Maclin rolling. Splash into Lariat for two. Maclin has been all gas no brakes. Cardona tries to take a few shortcuts that turns into a Straight Jacket Takedown. Cardona to the top, Maclin cuts him off, Superplex spot. 1-2-kick out!
Maclin goes topside for a Jar Headbutt, Cardona hits the ropes so Maclin crashes into the corner, 2 Reboots connect, the third gets caught, counter into Busaiku Knee, Jar Headbutt. In and out, Cardona uses the middle rope for the Low Blow, Killswitch from Cardona but Maclin kicks out. Cardona dodges and shoves Maclin towards the ref, he puts the brakes on, Radio Silence! 1-2-Kick out! Maclin catches a top rope move, Power Bomb, Corner Splash, Tree of Woe, Caught in the Crosshairs, KIA and Maclin retains!
Overall Score: 4.5/10
Boring paint by numbers show, no Trick, System has one move, Robert Stone is a scumbag, too long to introduce new girls, lots of throw away segments and Rosemary sets up YET ANOTHER Monster’s Ball match. These aren’t interesting when there’s one every 3 months. So we can have terrible Monster’s Ball matches quarterly, Barbed Wire Massacre and Clockwork Orange House of Fun…BUT NO LOCKDOWN!?
Go home TNA, you’re drunk.
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Mitchell’s NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Results & Report! (5/29/25)
B Block, FINAL ROUND!

Who heads to the finals?
Kosei Fujita won A Block, and now B Block finalizes its ranking! Who heads to the Best of the Super Juniors finals this weekend?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: KUSHIDA, Ninja Mack & Dragon Dia VS Shoma Kato, Masatora Yasuda & Daiki Nagai; Kushida, Mack & Dia win.
- Master Wato, Toru Yano & Katsuya Murashima VS The House of Torture; The House of Torture wins.
- Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji VS Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young; Hiromu & Tsuji win.
- Six Man Tag: TMDK VS Bullet Club; TMDK wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kevin Knight; Knight wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Nick Wayne; Titan wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: MAO VS SHO; Mao wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS Robbie Eagles; Despy wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Taiji Ishimori; Yoh wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Here are the current B Block standings!
YOH: 5-3, 10 points
MAO: 5-3, 10 points
El Desperado: 5-3, 10 points
Nick Wayne: 4-4, 8 points
SHO: 4-4, 8 points
Taiji Ishimori: 4-4, 8 points
Robbie Eagles: 4-4, 8 points
Kevin Knight: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Titan: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kevin Knight!
The Funky Weapon and The Jet may be out of the running, but they will still fight for themselves. Who earns their final points in this final round?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Taguchi and Knight circle with a bit of a strut, and then they tie up. Knight puts Taguchi on the ropes, the ref calls the break, and Knight lets off to swivel his hips. Taguchi pumps up, but Knight says he can’t see anything. Knight flexes and says he tsuyoi. They tie up with knuckle locks, then go shoulder to shoulder in a test of strength. Knight hooks a leg to power Taguchi back, and Taguchi bridges! The fans cheer as Taguchi fights up back up! Taguchi bends Knight into a bridge, has the shoulders down, TWO as Knight powers back up! The fans rally, Knight and Taguchi start vibing with the arm wave, then a full body wave!
Taguchi wiggles around, sends it back to Knight, and Knight spins Taguchi around and around, to then headlock. Taguchi powers up and out, drops down, then hurdles over. Knight stops to waistlock but Taguchi fires elbows. Taguchi runs to fake Knight out, but Knight goes up and over! Knight avoids the Hip Attack! The fans cheer while Taguchi stares Knight down from underneath. Taguchi says bring it, so Knight punches those cheeks! Taguchi’s iron buns withstand it, and Knight says, “Itai itai.” Knight winds up again, and he punches cheeks! Taguchi still stands tall, but the fans rally for Knight.
Knight does some push-ups, he and Taguchi do squats, and Knight winds up again. The fans rally and Knight lines up a shot, to then headlock! Taguchi powers up and out, bypasses and bypasses, but Knight redirects himself! And again, and again, and again! Knight is making Taguchi spin around, and then Taguchi gets dizzy and falls! The fans cheer while Taguchi slumps out of the ring. Knight runs and FLIES! Down goes Taguchi and the fans fire up! “Ore wa meccha, meccha… Meccha tsukareta…” Knight admits he is tired, and he asks for water. A Young Lion brings him water and Knight refreshes himself.
Taguchi sputters, Knight makes his way over to Taguchi, and then brings him back into the ring. The fans cheer and Knight snapmares Taguchi to run and SLIDING TACKLE! Cover, TWO! Taguchi is still in this and the fans applaud. Taguchi flounders, Knight does some squats to get his glutes going. Knight brings Taguchi around to HIP ATTACK! Knight gives Taguchi another HIP ATTACK! The fans rally and Knight does more squats to power up. Knight runs, but Taguchi somersaults to HIP ATTACK! The fans fire up and Taguchi powers up now. Taguchi has Knight on the ropes, rubs it in literally, and then gives point-blank HIPS!
Taguchi runs and HIP ATTACKS at the ropes! Knight dangles out of the ring! Knight flops down, the fans rally again, and Taguchi TRIANGLE JUMP PLANCHAS! Down goes Knight and the fans fire up again! Taguchi rises, steadies himself, and then puts Knight in the ring. Taguchi goes up, up, and MISSILE HIPS! Cover, TWO! Knight is still in this and the fans rally again. Taguchi looks to the corner, and he calls upon the powers of Strange Style! “ORYA~!” Taguchi runs in, but Knight hurdles Ketsuye! SUPERKICK! Taguchi mule kicks, runs, but Knight somersaults, into a FLAPJACK! OH MY GAH ANKLE!! Knight endures, reaches out, but Taguchi drags him back!
Knight reaches up to headscissor into the victory roll, TWO! Taguchi goes to a corner, BOOTS back, then goes up, MISSILE HIP meets DROPKICK! Knight’s antiair works out, and then he somersaults to SATELLITE DDT! Knight goes up top and the fans rally for the hip swivel and MOTHERSHIP UFO SPLASH! Cover, Knight wins!
Winner: Kevin Knight, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taguchi earns 0)
The Jet still flies high, and he ends with a 4-5 record. Taguchi ends with 6 points in the 9th round, is that nice enough for him?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Nick Wayne!
El Inmortal may not have life in the block, but he can still be a spoiler! Will he pop the Prodigy’s bubble? Or will this still be Wayne’s World in the end?
The bell rings and Titan runs up! Nick dodges, whips, but Titan reverses to TORNADO- NO, Nick powers out! Nick wrenches and whips, Titan goes up and over, and then Titan handsprings away! The fans cheer as things keep moving. Nick hurdles then bypasses Titan to UPPERCUT him down! Nick kips up and the fans cheer again. Nick covers, TWO! The fans rally as Nick brings Titan up. Nick CHOPS Titan, Titan leans on the ropes, and Nick brings him around. Nick ROCKS Titan, then whips corner to corner. Nick runs in, UPPERCUTS, and then pushes Titan down to cover, TWO! Titan stays in this and the fans applaud.
Nick stays cool and he sits Titan up. Nick KICKS Titan in the back, then paces. Titan writhes but Nick brings him back up. Titan CHOPS and the fans “WOO~!” Titan CHOPS again, but Nick ROCKS him! Nick then whips Titan, runs in, but Titan BOOTS, SOBATS, KICKS, and fires fast hands! Nick ducks the jump sobat to SOBAT back! Nick cravats, ASAI DDT. but Titan kips up! PELE! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Titan roars and rises up, then he brings Nick around. TRAILER HITCH! Nick endures the leglock and the fans rally again! Nick crawls forward, reaches out, and manages the ROPEBREAK!
The fans applaud and Titan lets go of the hold. Nick shakes out the legs but Titan KICKS Nick in the back. Titan brings Nick in but Nick resists the lift. The fans rally again as Nick and Titan fight for control. Nick wrenches, kicks, and runs, but Titan follows to RANA! Nick bails out, Titan builds speed, and Titan DIVES into an UPPERCUT! The fans rally harder as Titan flops to the apron! Nick rises, he stalks Titan on the apron, and Nick drags Titan up. The ref says don’t do it, but the fans rally up. Nick waistlocks, then goes for the nelson, but Titan resists. Titan fires elbows and Nick backs off. Titan runs up but Nick BOOTS him!
Nick runs up, but Titan SUPERKICKS! Nick falls back, Titan skins the cat to the top rope! Titan aims for LA APRON LANCER!! The fans fire up and Titan roars while Nick sputters and coughs! Titan shoves Nick into the ring, goes up the corner again, and LA LANC- NO, Nick dodges! Titan’s leg jams, Nick DROPKICKS the other out, then he DRAGON SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO!! Titan survives and Nick snarls. Nick goes to the corner and climbs up while the fans rally again. FROG- NO, Titan bails out! Nick rolls through and then comes right back, to FLY over the corner! Down goes Titan and the fans fire up!
Titan puts Nick in, goes back up, and he tries again! FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Titan survives again and the fans fire up! Nick huffs ‘n’ puffs, hears the fans cheering, and shouts “IKU ZO!” Nick drags Titan up, hooks a leg, PRODIGY- CRADLE COUNTER! TWO!! Nick escapes, Titan ducks the roundhouse to fire off his strike fest! But Nick still ROUNDHOUSES! Nick goes up, up, WAYNE’s- NO, Titan stops the cutter to shove and TORNADO DDT! Titan isn’t done there! He suplexes and GOURD- NO! Nick lands out! But Titan goes Matrix and then CALF KICKS! Titan roars, the fans fire up, and Titan has the ripcord, YOYO SLAM!
Titan goes to a corner, skins the cat again, and LA LANCER!!! Titan crawls to the cover, TWO?!?! Nick survives, but Titan ties up the legs! Deathlock, and then LLAVE INMORTAL!! Nick is caught, the straitjacket variation is in, and Nick QUITS!! Titan wins!!
Winner: Titan, by submission (gains 2 points; Nick earns 0)
Nick Wayne falls to 4-5, he is out of the running! But bigger yet, Titan has a win over the ROH World Television Champion! AEW/ROH and CMLL are going to meet in Arena Mexico for Grand Slam: Mexico, could these two run it back with gold on the line?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: MAO VS SHO!
The Strange Love Connection is the first of the top three to compete tonight, and while he has to hope for the others to fall, he still has to do his part and win. Will the Murder Machine make that all moot with another underhanded trick up his sleeve? Or can the star of DDT Pro make it to the finals?
Wait, Mao already turns the tables by pedaling in on his bike! He RAMS Sho down from behind! The fans fire up as Mao hurries to CLUB Sho down! Yujiro Takahashi AND Ren Narita hurry out here already to mug Mao before this on the record! The fans boo but Mao’s friends from DDT Pro are here! Kanon helps fight off the House, and Mao wants fans to clear out! Mao whips, but Sho reverses and BOWLS Mao into chairs! STRIKE! Ren & Yujiro keep the rest of DDT Pro back while Sho CHOKES Mao with a chair! The ref reprimands but Sho shoves him back! Wait, Kanon has the house in headlocks! Shunma Katsumata stops Sho from hitting Mao with the chair!
Sho gets mad hearing that trash talk, but that lets Mao SMACK Sho in the back with a chair! And Mao sends Sho out the door?! The fans rally as everyone is waiting on the street, and Mao runs to FLY! Down goes the House and DDT stands tall! Wait, wait, they spot a fan parked nearby. Mao hops in and he turns the key! The fans cheer as Mao kicks it into drive, and he comes barreling down the road! Sho and the House freak out, and Sho gets SMACKED by the front of the van! The fans cheer and Mao grins as he steps out. The ref reprimands but Mao drags Sho back into the building! Mao says now they can have this match!
Mao makes Sho sit on the hand cart, and Mao pushes Sho back to ringside! The fans cheer as Sho is barely conscious as Mao drags Sho into the ring. The bell finally rings, Mao covers, TWO!! Sho survives Mao’s hit ‘n’ run and Mao can’t believe it! Mao drags Sho up, but the ref wants to check him. Sho sputters and sits up in a daze, and Ren drags Mao out! Ren beats up Mao, beats up on Mao’s team, and Yujiro SMACKS Mao with a chair! The fans boo as they put Mao’s arm in a chair! Yujiro STOMPS away on the chair! Ren POSTS Kanon, and Sho grabs Mao’s bike! Sho brings it over and he runs over Mao’s arm! Sho does wheelies to smash Mao’s arm!
The fans boo but then Sho adds insult to injury by RIPPING OFF the DDT Pro hood off the bike! Sho and the House beat up the bike! The ref reprimands and Mao says they’ll pay for that! Sho CLUBS Mao, puts him in the ring, and then pushes him to a cover, TWO! Sho has the arm for a DOUBLE WRISTLOCK! Mao endures and the fans rally. Mao kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Sho puts Mao on the apron, and he has the arm in the rope! ARM WRINGER! Sho then pulls Mao through the corner, traps his arm against the buckle pad, and then KNEES the arm! Mao is stuck and Sho stands on the arm!
The ref counts, Sho step off, and Mao is freed. The fans rally, Mao throws a forearm but there’s not much to it. Sho kicks Mao, Mao fires more shots, but Sho slips around, GERMAN ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! Mao flails, reaches out, but Sho pulls on the arm! Mao still kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Sho lets Mao go, and Mao clutches his arm. Sho wrenches Mao’s arm, twists it, and hits the ELBOW BREAKER! Sho holds on to wrench and ELBOW BREAKER again! Sho grins as he lets Mao slump down. Sho knuckle locks, wrenches, and ELBOW- SLEEPER!! Mao has Sho now and the fans fire up!
Sho pries at the bad arm, pulls the fingers, but Mao breaks free! Look! HAYMAKER! Sho wobbles and the fans fire up! Mao whips, Sho reverses, but Mao SHOTGUNS! Sho flounders, the fans rally up, and Mao runs to BOOT Sho! Sho sputters, Mao runs again, CANNONBALL! Cover, TWO! Sho survives, but is now in JUST FACELOCK! Sho endures, fights around, and both Ren & Yujiro are on the apron. But Mao’s team YANKS them down! Sho flails, the bell rings, but it was REN! The fans boo the usual tricks from the House, and Mao is upset that he fell for such a basic trick. Mao drags Sho up, but Sho CLAWS Mao’s eyes!
Sjo runs, but Mao uses the ref as a shield! Mao runs, but now Sho uses the ref as a shield! Sho runs but Mao hurdles over the spear! Mao sends the ref back at Sho, then he HIGH JUMP CUTTERS!! The fans fire up and Mao waits on Sho. Sho rises, Mao brings him around, OSAKA RENKAI!! Cover, YUJIRO DRAGS THE REF OUT! The fans boo, Kanon is up but Yuijro & Ren BLAST him! The House mugs Mao, drags him up, and double whip him into a corner. Yujiro BOOTS Mao, Ren ELBOWS Mao, then Ren snapmares Mao to hold him open! Yujiro hits the FALLING HEADBUTT LOW BLOW! The fans boo while Mao writhes!
Ren stands Mao up and Yujiro has his pimp cane! But wait, SPRINGBOARD MISSILE DROPKICK from Shunma! Down goes Tokyo Pimp! Ren BOOTS Shunma, he BOOTS Kanon, but Kanon roars! Ren CLAWS Kanon’s eyes, runs, but Kanon LARIATS! The fans fire up as the full Strange Love Connection aims at Sho, HIGH LOW LARIATS!! Shunma builds speed and he DIVES! Down go Ren & Yujiro! Kanon & Mao set Sho up, but YOSHINOBU KANEMARU shows up! WHISKEY MIST for Kanon, and the BOTTLE SHOT for Mao! The fans boo as the Heel Master helps screw over the enemies of the House!
Kanemaru shoves the ref in and Sho laughs at Mao! STRAITJACKET DRIVER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Mao survives and the fans fire up! But Sho has the ARMBAR!! Mao flails, fights around, and he stacks Sho! TWO and Sho still has the arm! SNAKE BITE!! Mao fights against the modified triangle, fights his way over, and has the ROPEBREAK!! The fans cheer and Sho lets go in frustration. Sho crawls his way over and looks for his things. Sho grabs his Torture Tool and NEVER Openweight Six Man belt. The ref sees the belt and takes that, but then Mao surprises Sho with is iron gauntlet! Mao PUNCHES the Torture Tool down!
Sho dodges the fist, pushes Mao to ropes, and Kanemaru is there! But Mao ducks, WHISKEY MIST hits Sho! Mao BOOTS Kanemaru, then powers up the gauntlet! ROCKET PUNCH!! And then SAMURAI SUPERKICK!! Cover, TWO?!?! Sho survives, but Mao says he’ll finish this now! Mao drags Sho to a drop zone, climbs up the corner, and 450 SPLASHES!!! Cover, MAO WINS!!
Winner: Mao, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Sho earns 0)
Sho tried to stack the deck, but justice was still served! Mao is alive in the block, if only for now. Can he count on Robbie Eagles AND Taiji Ishimori to bring down El Desperado and Yoh?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS Robbie Eagles!
The Rogue Luchador still has that target on his back, not only because he could go to the finals with his win and Yoh’s loss, but because he is THE IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Could the Sniper of the Skies kill two birds with one victory? Or is Despy about to go back-to-back at the BOSJ finals?
Eagles shows off his Soul of PWA Championship, and makes a point that it is bigger and shinier. Despy says yeah, that’s nice. The fans rally and duel already, and the bell rings. Despy and Eagles circle, the fans rally more, and they feel things out. The fans already start up “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” so Eagles joins in! “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” The fans applaud, Eagles mocks Despy’s bow and waving arms, then the two tie up. Despy waistlocks, Eagles switches but Despy wrenches. Eagles rolls, wrenches, hammerlocks, but Despy headlocks for the takeover.
Eagles headscissors, Despy rolls Eagles around to then float, but Eagles gets his leg guard up. Eagles wrangles Despy and goes for a leg, but Despy rolls to have a toehold. Eagles kicks Despy down to have the HEEL HOOK! Despy scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets go, and Despy goes to the apron. Eagles smirks and eggs Despy on. Despy rises up, the fans rally and duel, and Despy steps inside. Despy and Eagles circle, tie up, and Despy powers Eagles to the ropes. Red Shoes counts the break, Despy lets off to pat Eagles on the shoulder. But then he KNEES low! Despy whips, but Eagles holds ropes to block!
Despy still tries, Eagles still holds on, but Despy CLAWS Eagles’ eyes! Red Shoes reprimands but Despy whips, only for Eagles to go up and around to arm-drag! Things keep moving, Eagles hurdles then RANAS, but Despy sunset flips through! TWO, Eagles high stacks, TWO! Both men stand, Despy KNEES low again, then whips. Eagles reverses to WHEEL KICK and kip up! The fans fire up and Eagles paces. Despy rises but Eagles is on him with a CHOP! Despy goes to ropes, Eagles is on him in the corner. Eagles CHOPS, puts Despy’s leg in ropes, and pulls! Despy shouts for Red Shoes, Red Shoes counts, and Eagles lets go, to basement 619!
Despy tumbles out of the ring, the fans rally, and Eagles paces. Eagles mockingly calls for Despy, then goes to the outside. Eagles stomps away on Despy’s leg, and then SMASHES it on the floor! Eagles flexes, says hey to Ninja Mack on commentary, then goes for Despy. Despy fires body shots and CHOPS, but Eagles TACKLES him down! Eagles YANKS Despy’s leg, puts him in the ring, then sits him up to step over and tie up the legs! STUMP PULLER! Despy endures and clubs at Eagles’ leg, but Eagles drops back to make this a cover, ONE!! The fans cheer as Despy sits up. Eagles KICKS, KICKS, and KICKS! But Despy blcoks!
Despy spins Eagles, Eagles knees free, then Eagles runs, but Despy dropkicks a leg! Despy grabs that leg for a SHIN BREAKER! The fans fire up while Eagles writhes. Despy has the leg and SPLASHES down on it! Eagles kicks at Despy from the mat, but Despy pushes on a leg to have a toehold! Eagles endures, Despy drags him around, and ties up the legs for an INDIAN DEATHLOCK! Despy slaps his own leg into working, but Eagles sits up to CHOP! Despy eggs him on so Eagles CHOPS again! And CHOPS again! Despy “falls over” and that puts on more pressure! Eagles flails while Despy just lounges. Eagles crawls over, pushes Despy out of his way, and has the ROPEBREAK!
The fans applaud and Red Shoes calls the break. Despy claims he needs help, but Eagles fires hands! Despy lets go, but he kneels on the bad leg! Eagles has the ropes again, Red Shoes counts, and Despy finally stands. Eagles crawls away, but he refuses to let Red Shoes stop this. Despy drags Eagles up but Eagles fires body shots and forearms! Despy KNEES low, but Eagles BOOTS! Eagles whips, Despy reverses, but Eagles fights the spinebuster! Despy KNEES low again, suplexes, but Eagles slips free to CHOP BLOCK and BLINDSLIDE LARIAT! Despy tumbles out, the fans rally up, and Eagles pushes through the pain to DIVE!
The fans fire up with Eagles but he still hobbles on that bad leg. Eagles sees a young fan dressed like him and cheers with him. Eagles then puts Despy in the ring, pounds the apron, and the fans rally up more. Eagles springboards to SNIPER DROPKICK! And then he has the leg to roll Despy into the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Despy shouts and flails, scratches and claws, and makes his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets go, then Eagles drags Despy to center. Despy kicks at Eagles, but Eagles KICKS the leg! Despy writhes, Eagles hobbles, and they go to opposite corners. Eagles runs in, but Despy dodges!
Eagles’ knees hit buckles, Despy runs up, and Despy blocks a boot! Despy kicks one leg, and DRAGON SCREWS the other! Then he has the STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles flails, reaches out, but Despy thrashes him around! Eagles lunges to the ROPEBREAK! Despy lets go and the fans rally again. Despy hobbles over to bring Eagles up, and he reels Eagles in. Despy suplexes high and hard! Cover, TWO! The fans applaud while Despy drags Eagles up. Despy gut wrenches for GUITARRA- NO, Eagles slips free and waistlocks! Despy ELBOWS Eagles, whips, but Eagles reverses, only for Despy to reverse and SPINEBUSETR! High stack, TWO!
Despy has the STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles endures, Despy thrashes, then Despy rolls Eagles away to have NUMERO DOS! Eagles reaches out with his free arm, then activates the core to sit up! Eagles DESTROY- NO, Despy blocks the rolling driver, tucks Eagles in, but Eagles CLUBS away on the legs! Eagles slips free, wrangles Despy, and has the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Despy endures, reaches out, and he crawls forward. Despy drags Eagles along with him, but Eagles drags Despy back! Eagles puts on the pressure and the fans are thunderous! Despy fights his way forward again, but Eagles thrashes around! Despy gives it one last gasp and he has the ROPEBREAK!!
Eagles lets go, to drop KNEES on the knee! Then GROUND DRAGON SCREW! Then SPINNING TOEHOLD! Despy writhes, Eagles goes out and up, for WARP 4.5, but onto KNEES! Well, to clarify, the legs are usually the target, but Despy gets his knees up to jam Eagles! Both men are down and the fans rally up again. Eagles and Despy stir, then crawl for each other. They go forehead to forehead, then rise up to go forearm for forearm! The fans rally as the shots go back and forth! Despy slaps his leg into working, ROCKS Eagles, and then stands. Eagles ROCKS Despy, Despy ROCKS Eagles again, but now Eagles UPPERCUTS!
The fans rally up more as Despy storms back up. He SLAPS Eagles! Eagles takes off the headband and bandana! Eagles huffs ‘n’ puffs and SLAPS Despy! And SLAPS, and KICKS! Despy ROCKS Eagles, but Eagles says I’LL BE BACK! ROUNDHOUSE! SUPERKICK! ENZI- NO, Despy ducks to roll and STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles rolls Despy to a cover, TWO! Eagles schoolboys with a bridge, TWO! Despy stands, Eagles SOBATS, then ASAI DDTS! Cover, TWO!! Despy stands, spins Eagles around and around, then PINCHE LOCO!! But Despy can’t make the cover! The fans fire up as Despy crawls and covers, TWO!!!
The fans fire up as Eagles survives! Despy rises, brings Eagles around, and Despy underhooks. TIGER DRIVER!! And then he underhooks again, but Eagles fireman’s carries! Eagles shifts things around to hit the TURBO BACKPACK!! Eagles crawls to the cover, TWO!! Despy survives and the fans are thunderous! Eagles goes to the corner, takes aim, and he basement SUPERKICKS!! Eagles can’t make the cover, his bad leg hurts too much! The fans rally harder as both men rise, and Eagles is back at the corner. Eagles runs to HYPER- NO, Despy ducks and has the leg! STRETCH MUFFLER! NUMERO DOS!! Eagles flails, sits up again, but Despy makes it a SPINEBUTER!!
Despy has NUMERO DOS PLUS!!! Eagles dangles as he endures, and he QUITS! Despy wins!!!
Winner: El Desperado, by submission (gains 2 points; Eagles earns 0)
The Sniper could not take out the Rogue Luchador, and Desperado is still in the running! With that, Mao is now out of the running, too, so it all comes down to the main event!
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Taiji Ishimori!
The pressure is on for Direct Drive! Yoh beat Despy in their 1v1, so if Yoh wins, he is in! Will this be a fresh finals for the Best of the Super Juniors? Or can the Bone Soldier help Despy make it through?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Yoh and Taiji circle, feel things out, and they tie up. Taiji wrenches to a wristlock, but Yoh rolls then trips Taiji. Taiji counters by going for the armbar, but Yoh stacks Taiji to a cover, ONE! The two back off and the fans cheer. Yoh and Taiji reset, circle again, and feel things out. They knuckle lock, but then Yoh goes for a leg. Taiji holds him off and puts him on ropes. Red Shoes calls the break, and Taiji lets off with pats to the shoulder. The two reset again, tie up, and Taiji headlocks. Yoh fires body shots, powers up and out, then drops down. Yoh bypasses Taiji, drop toeholds, but Taiji avoids the basement dropkick!
Yoh avoids a Penalty Kick, but Taiji kicks low to snapmare and NECK- NO, Yoh victory rolls, so that he can NECK TWIST! The fans rally while Taiji goes to ropes. Yoh runs up, Taiji puts him on the apron, but Yoh blocks a shot. Taiji ducks Yoh’s punch to HOTSHOT him down! Taiji then runs to a corner, goes up, up, and GOLDEN TRIANGLE MOONSAULTS! The fans fire up and Taiji brings Yoh around. Taiji hammerlocks Yoh’s arm and POSTS him! Yoh staggers away, Taiji goes off to the blue corner and he undoes the buckle pad. The Bullet Club Special is in play, but Taiji waits as the ring count climbs.
Yoh stands at 3 of 20, shakes out the bad arm, and rolls in at 8. The fans cheer, Taiji storms up, but Yoh fires a forearm! Taiji fires back, snapmares, and NECK TWISTS! The fans cheer while Yoh clutches his neck and shoulder. Taiji drags Yoh up, snapmares, and FIST DROPS! Cover, TWO! Taiji sits Yoh up to clamp on with a chinlock! Yoh endures the knee in his back, then fights his way around. Yoh reaches out, but Taiji turns him with a wristlock. Taiji wrenches and WRINGS Yoh to then WRING the arm again! Yoh scrambles to ropes while the fans cheer. Taiji storms over, grabs the arm, and has a COBRA CLUTCH!
Yoh endures as Taiji drags him away to center. Yoh kicks and reaches out, then fights up. Taiji ripcords to RAM Yoh, then COBRA CLUTCH and a takedown! COBRA TRIANGLE! The fans rally as Yoh endures, and Yoh kicks around to have the ROPEBREAK! Taiji lets go in frustration, and Yoh coughs and sputters as he catches his breath. Taiji CLUBS Yoh, drags him up, but Yoh fires forearms and kicks! Taiji BODY BLOWS, then CLUBS Yoh! Yoh goes back to the ropes, Taiji brings him around to whip into a corner. Taiji runs up, but Yoh BOOTS him away! Taiji comes back, but into a clinch, BACKBREAKER and NECKBREAKER!
The fans rally while both men are down again. Yoh and Taiji rise, and Yoh runs up to rally with forearms! Yoh whips, Taiji reverses, but Yoh FLYING FOREARMS! The fans fire up with Yoh, and he brings Taiji up. Yoh scoops Taiji to SLAM him, and then he revels in cheers. Yoh drops the ELBOW, then covers. TWO, and Yoh drops the KNEE! Cover, TWO and Yoh SPLASHES down! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer and Yoh shakes out the arm. Yoh drags Taiji up, reels him in, but Taiji fights the suplex to wrench and ARM CODE BREAKER! Then BONE LOCK! But Yoh rolls it fast! TWO!! Taiji kicks low, CLAWS Yoh’s eyes, then whips.
Yoh reverses, Taiji handsprings, but Yoh catches him! Taiji switches, ducks an elbow, then spins Yoh around, to POST him! The Bullet Club Special comes through, and Taiji brings Yoh out. Taiji hammerlocks the arm, scoops, and SHOULDER BUSTERS! Yoh writhes, Taiji goes back to the corner, and the fans rally up. Taiji runs back in, tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTIC- NO, Yoh spins that into a COBRA TWIST! Yoh then shifts to throw elbows, and he puts on the ANACONDA VICE! Taiji reaches out, fights his way over, but Yoh wrangles him to the mat! Taiji endures, rolls, pops free, and has the BONE LOCK!!
Yoh endures again and the fans rally back up! Yoh fights around, reaches out, but Taiji rolls him back for BLOODY- NO, Yoh handsprings through and O’Conner Rolls! Taiji stops the bridge, pushes Yoh down, BONE LOCK!! Yoh endures again and the fans rally! Yoh fights over again, and has the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer as Yoh literally escapes by a foot. Taiji lets go, then grins as he brings Yoh back up. Taiji gut wrenches, and CIPHER UTAKI! But Taiji says that’s not all! He aims his finger gun, says BANG, and then brings Yoh back in. But Yoh suplexes, FALCON GOROSHI! Both men are down and the fans rally up again!
Yoh and Taiji slowly stir, rise up, and Yoh fires a forearm! Taiji fires back! Yoh fires another, Taiji fires another, repeat! They pick up speed and the fans rally! Taiji LARIATS but Yoh stays up! Yoh LARIATS but Taiji stays up! They both roar, and DOUBLE LARIAT! Yoh runs up but Taiji JUMP KNEES! BANG and BLOODY- NO, Yoh wrenches out to HEADBUTT! Both men fall and the fans fire up! Taiji and Yoh stir, but Yoh sits up first. Yoh roars, slaps his bad arm into working, and then crawls over to Taiji. Yoh underhooks but Taiji fights the lift! Taiji wrenches out but Yoh full nelsons! Taiji fights that, but Yoh ripcords!
Taiji blocks the knee but that hurts his harm! Taiji takes a swing, but into the ANACONDA VICE! Taiji fights the hold, wrenches out, and tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTICA! BONE LOCK!!! Yoh fights around, reaches out, but Taiji rolls him! Yoh uses that to have the ANACONDA VICE!!! Taiji endures, fights to sit up, and then he stands to fire body shots. Taiji RAMS Yoh into the bare buckles! Both men fall back and the fans rally harder! Taiji drags Yoh up, reels him in, but Yoh blocks! Yoh fireman’s carries, and he hits an USHIGOROSHI! The fans fire up and Yoh full nelsons Taiji! DRAGON SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!!
Taiji escapes but Yoh vows to end this! The fans are thunderous as Yoh hauls Taiji up! DIRECT DRIVE!!! Cover, YOH WINS!!!
Winner: Yoh, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taiji earns 0)
The Bone Soldier fails, and now Desperado is NOT going to the finals! Desperado will now be on the outside looking in, waiting for his next challenger.
Speaking of which, Kosei Fujita now makes his way out here to be face to face with Yoh. Yoh holds the ropes open for Fujita to step into the ring. Fujita and Yoh get face to face, and Fujita points at the tag title on Yoh’s shoulder, because he also wants that belt. Yoh knows, since he and Wato took it from Fujita & Eagles. But Yoh dismisses Fujita, they’ll meet again on June 1st. Yoh then takes up the mic to tell Fujita, “Ya bastard… I’ll show you true chaos! Now, just one more win. In Ota, the best wind will blow.” Yoh drops the mic to leave it at that. Will that wind be the winds of change? Or will Yoh fail to bring down The Mighty Japanese Young Punk?
Here are the FINAL B Block standings!
YOH: 6-3, 12 points [FINALIST]
El Desperado: 6-3, 12 points [ELIMINATED]
MAO: 6-3, 12 points [ELIMINATED]
Taiji Ishimori: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Robbie Eagles: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
SHO: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Nick Wayne: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Kevin Knight: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Titan: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-6, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
My Thoughts:
A great night to wrap round nine and therefore the round robin portion. No repeat BOSJ finalists, which is actually great because now we’ve got a fresh match-up. Taguchi VS Knight was still a great match for not affecting outcomes, and Knight gets to return to AEW with a win. The flipside is Titan gets a win over Nick Wayne, I really do think it books itself, Nick VS Titan for the ROH World TV Championship on Grand Slam: Mexico. Christian Cage can even be condescending to Nick over how Nick didn’t make it to the finals, adding to that feud. Nick can beat Titan in the rematch, then get in Christian’s face to make a match for All In: Texas, or at least Supercard of Honor where ROH titles should be showing up anyway.
Great stuff with Mao and his team against Sho and the House of Torture. I was pleasantly surprised that Mao won, and I wonder if the House of Torture goes to a DDT Pro show to battle it out with Strange Love Connection. Mao winning also added great drama to the remaining matches, Despy VS Eagles was awesome stuff, probably the actual best match of the night. Yoh VS Taiji wasn’t quite as hot going by the crowd, but Yoh getting the win to shut the door on Despy was good. Yoh VS Fujita will be great, a bit hard to call, but that makes it fun.
My Score: 9/10
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