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Mitchell’s WWE SmackDown Results & Report! (5/13/22)
Tag titles takeover SmackDown!
Anyone feeling lucky this Friday the 13th?
RKBRO said on Raw that they’re coming back to SmackDown because they want after The Usos and tag title unification! Will the Viper & Stallion make the Bloodline acknowledge them?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Sami Zayn VS Matt Riddle w/ Randy Orton; Riddle wins.
- SmackDown Women’s Championship Open Challenge: Ronda Rousey VS Raquel Rodriguez; Rousey wins and retains the title.
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Sasha Banks & Naomi VS Shayna Baszler & Natalya; Sasha & Naomi win and retain the titles.
- Kofi Kingston w/ Xavier Woods VS “Butch” Pete Dunne w/ Sheamus & Ridge Holland; Dunne wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
RKBRO heads to the ring!
Just as they said, The Viper & The Stallion, the Raw Tag Team Champions, return to SmackDown once again! The Tribal Chief may have cancelled the tag title unification match meant for Backlash, but Randy Orton & Matt Riddle are still hungry for that prize! Orton & Riddle get mics as fans chant, “Randy! Randy!” Orton welcomes us to the show, and says they’re very, very, very excited to be here. But they have to also admit, they’re sick and tired of the chase. It is obvious that the Usos don’t have the balls to make a decision for themselves. And it is very obvious to everyone that Roman Reigns is the only one that decides things in the Bloodline.
Riddle gives the Big Dog his props. Riddle thought they had the Six Man Tag in the bag but then Roman hit the Spear and they lost. “My bad, bro.” But Riddle says one of the things he does best is see the patterns. It’s like a sixth or even seventh sense. And one thing Riddle’s noticed is that whenever the Usos can’t handle business, Roman comes in to handle it for them. Orton sees it and they’re sick and tired of it. The fans are tired of it, too, right? The fans cheer in agreement, and Orton says the short ‘n’ sweet of it is that they demand to become Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions of the World!
“So, Big Dog, Tribal Chief, the mountain, moment maker, Roman Reigns, whatever you wanna call yourself. Get your happy ass out to my ring!” Fans fire up but here comes… Sami Zayn? The Master Strategist wears a Bloodline shirt and says, “Boys, c’mon. Do you not understand how things work here on SmackDown? Do you honestly think you can just snap your fingers and get Roman Reigns to come out whenever you summon him? That’s not how it works!” But as the locker room leader, Sami is happy to address this on Roman’s behalf. In fact, Sami speaks for the Bloodline and the SmackDown roster, and even the fans when he says nobody wants to see this tag team title unification match.
Fans boo because Sami is wrong. But Sami says RKBRO doesn’t want this match, because they will lose. Now, look. Sami is just trying to handle this with diplomacy. RKBRO has a good thing going, the fans love it, they’re champions on Raw. Fans chant, “Sami Sucks!” Sami speaks over them and suggests RKBRO just goes back to Raw and never comes back to SmackDown. Orton says he asked for Roman. Is Sami acting as Roman’s errand boy now? Yeah, it’s Samoan Sami! Riddle says Sami is rusty, cuz that’s the color of his hair. “Rusty! Rusty!” Sami says he is NOT Rusty, he is Sami Zayn, the locker room leader.
And look, Sami is not threatening anyone, but he’s just saying, RKBRO should think about how they talk about the Bloodline. The last person who disrespected them was Shinsuke Nakamura. And what happened to him? Last week, Sami took care of it. He did that. Oh, so wait, wait, wait. Sami isn’t an errand boy, he’s actually making some calls. Well, he has no official title but- No no, he’s a shot caller. He basically gets things done and that’s cool to Orton> Well, yeah, it’s kinda cool. Yeah, Sami is a vital part of SmackDown. Yes, Orton gets it! So then, Orton has the perfect solution. Sami is here as a shot caller, a decision maker. So this is perfect. Sami can do this.
Sami can make a match here tonight, Sami VS Riddle, and if Riddle wins, RKBRO gets the tag title unification match! What does he say? C’mon, Sami! Make the call! He could make a lot of people happy. C’mon, Rusty. Sami is kinda stuck, the fans chant “Rusty! Rusty!” and he wants everyone to hold on. But fine, let’s do it! Fans are fired up for that! Sami says, “However…” Sami bails out and says it can’t be tonight. Maybe next week. SmackDown is complicated, you have to run things up the flag pole. Sami can talk to Paul Heyman or- Adam Pearce walks out! Pearce can’t agree with Sami competing on behalf of the Bloodline, we’d all like to see Sami VS Riddle.
Therefore, it is OFFICIAL! Sami VS Riddle is happening, and it’s happening NOW! The elder statesman of SmackDown just put his foot in his mouth again. But will he end up with Riddle’s foot in his face?
Sami Zayn VS Matt Riddle w/ Randy Orton!
SmackDown returns and fans rally as Riddle corners Sami. Sami gets to the ropes for defense, Riddle lets off, and fans chant, “Rusty Sucks!” Sami gets around Riddle, headlocks, but Riddle powers out. Sami runs Riddle over, things speed up, and Riddle gets a LEAPING TRIANGLE HOLD! Sami scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! Riddle lets go and Sami bails out quickly. Sami sees Orton at ringside and wants him to back off. Orton wasn’t do anything, but Sami still protests. Riddle WRECKS Sami with a dropkick! Riddle gets in, keeps Sami from getting away, but Sami elbows him away! Sami CLUBS Riddle down then rains down fists!
Fans boo and Sami lets off but Riddle gets to ropes. Sami CHOKES Riddle, lets off at 3, then jumps onto Riddle to choke him more! Sami stops at 4, and he tells the fans to respect the locker room leader. Fans boo, Sami CLUBS Riddle with crossface forearms! Riddle sputters but Sami clamps on with a chinlock. Sami traps an arm but Riddle endures. Fans rally, Riddle fights up, and Riddle throws body shots and palm strikes! Riddle adds a BOOT, then a spin for a PELE! Sami flops down and fans fire up! Sami crawls to a corner, Riddle kips up! Riddle runs in to forearm smash! Then side to side for another! Then BROSPLODER!
Fans fire up, Riddle runs but Sami ducks the Penalty Kick and avoids the moonsault! BROTON hits knees! Sami hurries to a corner and aims at Riddle. HELLUVA- BOOT from Riddle! Riddle hops up the corner, but Sami SHOVES him off! Riddle crashes into barriers and Orton checks on him as SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Sami rains down fists on Riddle. Fans rally for Riddle but Sami drags him to a drop zone. Orton gets the fans fired up more and Sami shakes his head as he climbs. Riddle springs up to get Sami, but Sami fights him with body shots and a forearm! Riddle crashes down, Sami laughs, but then he leaps into a FINAL FLASH! Cover, TWO!! Sami survives and no one can believe it! Sami get sup but Riddle is right on him. Riddle fireman’s carries, but Sami slips off and ducks the roundhouse to BLUE- NO! Riddle fights that off with haymakers! Riddle runs, but into a scoop! MICHINOKU DRIVER! Cover, TWO!
Sami is furious and Orton is relieved that Riddle survives. Fans chant, “Rusty Sucks!” to taunt Sami again but he just drags Riddle back up. Sami puts Riddle through ropes and he taunts Orton! DRAPING- NO! Riddle slips off to TOSS Sami out! Riddle then PENALTY KICKS from the apron! And SPRINGBOARD FLOATING BROS! Direct hit and down goes Rusty! Riddle puts Sami in, dodges, and POWERSLAMS! Orton is loving the shout outs from his bro, and Riddle puts Sami through ropes! DRAPING DDT! Mohegan Sun Arena is thunderous as Riddle hears those voices, bro! Sami slowly gets up, but he bails out!
Fans boo as Sami flounders to the desk. Riddle pursues, but Sami POSTS him! Sami then hurries to get Riddle up and TOSS him over barriers into the timekeeper’s area! Sami wants to win this like he did with Nakamura! Orton hears the count, he coaches Riddle up, but we’re at 8 of 10! Riddle is up at 9 and in at 9.9!! Fans fire up and Sami argues with the ref. Sami gets Riddle, Riddle gets Sami! Gut wrench to BRO DEREK!! Cover, Riddle wins!
Winner: Matt Riddle, by pinfall
Bro! Riddle just wrecked Rusty, and the Raw Tag Team Champions are rolling! But will they be able to prove themselves worthy of tag title unification with the Usos? Speaking of…
Roman Reigns and the Bloodline watch this backstage.
The Tribal Chief asks the Wise Man why RKBRO is on his show. They smashed RKBRO, they’re done with them. They whooped ’em at Backlash yet they’re still talking trash? And not just about Roman, but about the Usos, too. Saying Jimmy & Jey can’t do anything on their own. They’re the longest reigning tag team champions for a reason! But they’ll do this for the Bloodline, for the family! The whole world will acknowledge their Tribal Chief. Roman promises to give RKBRO an answer. Will it be one Orton & Riddle want to hear?
Backstage, Sami comes across Shinsuke Nakamura.
The King of Strong Style smiles and says, Sami, Roman is the Head of the Table. But you… are the Table’s Ass! Nakamura then leaves and Sami sighs.
Ronda Rousey is here!
The Baddest Woman on the Planet is the NEW SmackDown Women’s Champion, and she’s ready to celebrate after making Charlotte Flair say, “I Quit!” Ronda says Charlotte was a thirteen-time women’s champion. Impressive, but “was” was the keyword because now Ronda has the title! But she has to give it up to Charlotte, she’s one of the toughest competitors ever. Charlotte had to have her arm broken before she said those two words. Ronda would rather die than say those words, but that’s just her. Now, do fans want a fighting champion? Well Ronda wants to be a fighting champion so she is issuing an open challenge for her title right now! Who wants to make history!?
SmackDown Women’s Championship Open Challenge: Ronda Rousey VS ???
Big Mami Cool is coming to the ring! Raquel’s been NXT Women’s Championship and NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship, can she get another belt already? Ronda gets her game face on and drops her mic. Raquel tells Raquel, “campeona,” she is Rrraquel Rrrodrrriguez, and she accepts! She may be new here, but what better way to get going than be the new champion? And it would be an honor to step into the ring with a legend like Ronda. But tonight, Raquel is the one who makes history! Ronda smirks, clearly looking forward to it. Will Ricky Desperado take Rowdy Ronda Rousey to her limits?
SmackDown returns and the belt is raised on this surprise title match! The bell rings, Ronda and Raquel tie up, Raquel waistlocks and SLAMS Ronda down! Raquel smiles but Ronda gets up. They go again, Ronda waistlocks but Raquel elbows free. Raquel uses both hands to lift Ronda, and TOSSES her to the corner! Ronda JABS back, Raquel swings but Ronda gets under. Raquel KNEES free of the fireman’s carry to LARIAT! Cover, ONE!! Raquel keeps on Ronda and lifts her to RAM her into the corner! Raquel digs her shoulder in, lets off as the ref counts, then stomps her. Raquel ROCKS Ronda, then scoops for a FALL AWAY SLAM!
Ronda flounders but Raquel storms up on her to scoop again, for another FALL AWAY SLAM! Ronda is down, Raquel goes up, VADER BOMB! Cover, TWO! Raquel keeps cool, brings Ronda up in a gut wrench to a Canadian Rack! Ronda endures being bent on Raquel’s shoulder! Fans rally, Ronda fights free and throws fast hands, Raquel shoves and BOOTS Ronda, then whips her to a corner. Raquel runs in but only gets buckles! Ronda goes for an arm, Raquel fights to stay up! Ronda grinds the arm but Raquel powers up to SIDEWALK SLAM! Raquel shakes out the arm, hurries back to the corner, VADER FLOP as Ronda moves!
Ronda hurries to fireman’s carry but Raquel fights out. Ronda dodges the boot to KNEE Raquel. Ronda elbows from a corner, goes up and reels Raquel in, TORNADO- NO! Raquel blocks the DDT, but Ronda makes it a GUILLOTINE! Raquel powers out to suplex and SLAM Ronda down! Cover, TWO!! Ronda survives and Raquel is a bit surprised. Fans rally, Raquel slams Ronda’s arms on the mat then has a top wristlock. Ronda endures, fans rally, and Ronda fights up to throw knees. Ronda fights off the Chingona Bomb with knees, then throws more fast hands! Ronda knees low, but Raquel block the sayanagi throw!
Ronda comes back, JUMP KNEE! ROUNDHOUSE! Ronda fires up and she brings Raquel into the fireman’s carry! But Raquel slips off and torture racks! RACK BOMB! Cover, TWO!! Ronda survives again but Raquel keeps on her. she drags Ronda up, hooks the leg, CHINGO- NO! Ronda gets the arm! It’s a floating armlock, but Raquel TOSSES Ronda into ropes! Raquel drags Ronda up, but Ronda gets the leg instead! ANKLE LOCK!! Raquel hops on one leg, reaches out, and Raquel turns to kick Ronda away! Ronda comes back, into a BOOT! Cover, TWO!! Ronda survives again, and Raquel is learning how tough the Baddest Woman really is!
Raquel tries again, but Ronda turns bomb into a RANA! Cover, Ronda wins!
Winner: Ronda Rousey, by pinfall (still SmackDown Women’s Champion)
Rowdy Ronda is a fighting champion, but she sure got a fight tonight! Big Mami Cool got caught, but Ronda shows her respect. Raquel stands up, and accepts the handshake. Fans cheer the sportsmanship, will Raquel find her way back to this belt in time?
Shotzi Blackheart talks with Adam Pearce backstage.
That shouldn’t have been Raquel! Raquel shoved Shotzi out of the way to steal that opportunity! Well, no one can prove that but… Aliyah then walks in to say Shotzi stuffed her in the locker room and blocked the door! Shotzi says that did not happen, but they start arguing about who is next. Pearce does his best to sort this out, will Shotzi and Aliyah just have to earn an opportunity?
Kayla Braxton is in the ring.
She welcomes us back from break, and welcomes out her guest, the 2022 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal winner, and the man who beat Happy Corbin at Backlash, MAD CAP MOSS! He gives two big thumbs up to the Andre the Giant trophy, then joins Kayla in the ring. Fans cheer and give two thumbs up in return. Kayla says Moss has been on the roll these last six weeks. He won the battle royal, parted ways with Corbin, and had perhaps the biggest win of his career at Backlash. A recap package shows the Happy Folks Civil War and Moss says that WAS the biggest win of his career!
Moss says Corbin is powerful, physically imposing, and not to mention he can really wear you down… with his terrible personality. If he had just stood six feet away and told another story about his expensive watch, Moss would’ve just tapped out from boredom! It was tough, but Moss persevered. He stifled yawns, looked past the horrible tattoos, and shielded his eyes from the glare off that head and beat the Big Bald Wolf! So where does Moss go from here? Well, his WWE career is just beginning. Moss wants it all! Mixed Tag Team with Sasha Banks, Mad Cap Boss. Climb the ladder and grab the Money in the Bank briefcase! Replace title belts with title suspenders!
But then SMACK! Corbin hits Moss with a chair! And again! And again! This Corbin isn’t Happy, he’s angry! And he again grabs the trophy. But not to steal it? He puts it in the ring, SMACKS Moss with the chair, JAMS him in the back, and then puts the chair around Moss’ head and neck! Corbin lifts the trophy and aims for the chair! HE SMASHES THE CHAIR CLOSED!! Moss writhes and gasps as security and officials rush out! They tell Corbin to go but he was leaving anyway. Corbin smiles as medics bring out a backboard and stretcher. Has Corbin made sure Moss told his last joke?
SmackDown returns as Moss is brought to the back.
But Corbin intercepts him! Corbin asks him, “What do you call the place that tends to you? The MOSS-pital!” Corbin laughs at his own bad joke, but is he going to have the last laugh after all?
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Sasha Banks & Naomi VS Shayna Baszler & Natalya!
The Boss & Glow have been spotless since winning these titles, but they could be in for their toughest test yet. Will the Spades & Hart trump Sasha & Naomi? Or will they #FeeltheGlow on #BossTime?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see who shines with the gold in the Mohegan Sun!
Shayna and Naomi start, tie up, and Naomi headlocks. Shayna powers out to wrench and WRING the bad arm! Naomi clutches the shoulder and gets to a corner. Shayna runs in but Naomi elbows her away! Naomi then slides the roundhouse, kangaroo kicks, and tags Sasha. Fans fire up as the champs double wrench and DOUBLE SOLE FOOD! Shayna flops, Sasha covers, TWO! Tag to Natty! Sasha swipes at her but the ref has her back up. Natty kicks and ROCKS Sasha, then bumps her off buckles to stomp away! The ref counts, Natty lets off, but she drags Sasha back up. Natty whips, Sasha reverses and runs in, but Natty puts her on the apron.
Sasha bumps Natty off buckles, goes up and headscissors Natty down! Fans fire up as Sasha hits a BASEMENT METEORA! Cover, TWO! Sasha drags Natty up but Natty lifts her! Sasha sunset flips, TWO, but Sasha grabs at Natty fast. O’Conner Roll, TWO! Natty rolls Sasha, TWO! BANK STATEMENT! Sasha has the crossface but Shayna coaches Natty to the ropes. Natty crawls all the way over, reaches out, ROPEBREAK! Natty gets around Sasha to rebound and sit her down! Shayna tags in before Natty steps on Sasha, but Sasha trips Natty! Sasha goes for the crossface again but Shayna’s the legal one! And Shayna stomps Sasha’s leg!
Naomi protests but the ref keeps her back. Shayna stalks Sasha and CHOP BLOCKS her as SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Sasha arm-drags Natty off her. Sasha leaps but Natty keeps her from Naomi with a SPINEBUSTER! Natty then DECKS Naomi, and tags Shayna. Shayna hauls Sasha up, Natty runs, HART ATTACK!! Cover, Naomi breaks it in time! Naomi throws Shayna away, Natty gets in but Naomi throws her back out. Fans fire up, but Shayna trips Naomi off the apron! And isolates the arm! But Naomi avoids the stomp! Sasha KNEES Shayna down, tag to Naomi! CROSSBODY from the apron! Naomi rains down fists as fans fire up! Naomi puts Shayna in, runs in, CALF KICK! Naomi DECKS Natty in return, and rallies on Shayna!
RUNNING JAWBREAKER! Naomi kips up, runs in at the corner, but Shayna BOOTS her down! High stack, with feet on ropes! Natty helps, but the ref sees it this time! He reprimands, Shayna lets off and tags Natty. Naomi kicks, Natty blocks, then Natty ducks and the ENZIGURI hits Shayna! Natty rolls Naomi, TWO! Naomi dodges the discus to springboard, FLYING CHUCK! Fans fire up as Naomi watches Natty flounder up. Naomi drags her over, tags Sasha, and Sasha hits SWINGING DOUBLE KNEES! Sasha tags Naomi, runs, but Natty breaks free of the full nelson to DISCUS Sasha down! Naomi still tries the BUBBA BOMB!
Naomi uses a body scissor clutch cover, but Shayna PUNTS the bad arm! Shayna drags Naomi up, KIRAFUDA- BACKSTABBER from Sasha! But that sends Naomi into the SHARPSHOOTER! But Naomi makes it a small package! Naomi & Sasha win!!
Winners: Sasha Banks & Naomi, by pinfall (still WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions)
Spades & Hart busted, they miss out on the gold! Will Sasha & Naomi keep glowing on all brands?
Drew Gulak talks with Ricochet backstage.
Gulak feels like these last few weeks have been a nightmare. Ricochet can relate, but if he’d just given up when times were tough, he wouldn’t be Intercontinental Champion. Ricochet took control of the noise. If Gulak wants to be the best version of himself, the only one who can do that is him. Ricochet’s right. This version of Gulak won’t let Gunther chop him down to size! Next time he sees Gunther, he’ll put him in his place. Alright, then! Ricochet encourages Gulak and he walks down the hall, only to run into Imperium…
What was that about going after the Ring General. Gulak? Gunther RAMS Gulak into a wall, rips his shirt off, and CHOPS him down! Gulak is left sputtering, will the next version of himself know better?
Kofi Kingston w/ Xavier Woods VS “Butch” Pete Dunne w/ Sheamus & Ridge Holland!
The New Day got quite a surprise when Butch magically appeared from under the ring to cost them the Tables Match last week! Will Kofi get some payback on the Bruiserweight for that here? Or will it just be another Friday for the Fight Night Boys?
SmackDown returns as the Celtic Warrior leads his lads in their entrance. The bell rings and Dunne rushes in, but into a dropkick! Kofi fires off fast hands in a corner but Dunne turns it around< Kofi dodges to fire back on Dunne, then whips corner to corner. Kofi runs in to SPLASH, then he whips back the other way. Dunne CLOBBERS Kofi this time, then he snarls as he drags Kofi from ropes for ground ‘n’ pound! Sheamus & Ridge are fire dup but the fans boo. Dunne gets Kofi’s arm and bends it back, then twists the wrist! Dunne pulls on the fingers, twists the elbow, then stomps the hand!
Dunne scuffs Kofi and Sheamus hopes Pat saw that. Dunne drags Kofi up but Kofi throws body shots! Fans rally but Dunne ROCKS Kofi! Dunne runs in but Kofi TOSSES him out of the ring! Kofi builds speed to slide but Dunne dodges. Sheamus distracts, Dunne grabs Kofi’s hair! Kofi PELES Dunne away! Then Kofi springboards to AX HANDLE! Fans fire up as Dunne bails out and Kofi bounces on the ring to fake him out. Woods plays the trombone, Dunne swipes at him. Woods gets away, Kofi PENALTY KICKS Dunne down! Fans fire up as Woods lifts Kofi and still play the trombone, and SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns again and Dunne grinds Kofi down with a hammerlock and chinbar combo. Kofi fight sup as fans rally, and Kofi throws body shots to get free! Kofi throws haymakers but Dunne keeps wrist control. Kofi keeps throwing hands, has Dunne on ropes, and fires off more and more! The ref counts, Kofi lets off, and he dodges Dunne to DOUBLE CHOP! And DOUBLE CHOP! And dropkick! Sheamus coaches Dunne up, he dodges the leaping lariat and back elbows! Dunne swings, but into SOS! Cover, TWO! Sheamus and Ridge are relieved as Dunne survives. Kofi drags Dunne up but Dunne pulls on the ears!
The ref counts, Dunne CHOPS Kofi to a corner. Dunne runs in but Kofi slips out to SWING KICK! Dunne staggers back, Kofi springboards in, but into a JUMPING FOREARM! Cover, TWO!! Kofi survives and the former NXT UK Champion is learning how tough #GrandSlamKofi really is. Fans boo but Sheamus and Ridge rally with “FIGHT! NIGHT! FIGHT! NIGHT!” Dunne runs in, Kofi dodges the boot to mule kick! Dunne ENZIGURIS! Kofi flounders, Dunne aims again, and Dunne runs corner to corner, into a JUMPING DOUBLE STOMP! Fans fire up and Kofi aims now! Kofi claps it up, “NEW! DAY ROCKS!”
Ridge get sup, Kofi ROCKS him and Woods trips Ridge! Sheamus BROGUES Woods, Kofi DECKS Sheamus! Dunne gets Kofi with the BITTER END!! Cover, Dunne wins!
Winner: Pete Dunne, by pinfall
And a bitter end, indeed! Ridge and Sheamus want to celebrate with him, but Butch leaves? He goes up the bleachers and into the crowd! Is this how Dunne celebrates now? Will anyone ever understand what’s going on with him?
Sami talks with Heyman backstage.
Sami knows Roman is busy, talking to the Usos and getting them ready to address tag title unification. But Sami just wants Heyman to check if things are okay with the Bloodline after that debacle of Sami maybe overstepping and accepting things on their behalf. Sami just wants Roman to see Sami’s intentions. Sami stood up for SmackDown. No one else! RKBRO came over from Raw, disrespected the Bloodline and the entire locker room, but Sami stood up! And he just wants to be sure that Locker Room Leader and Head of the Table have a synergistic relationship. Sami is simply asking Heyman to give his respects to Roman, and to make sure that Roman isn’t mad.
Heyman tells Sami that the Tribal Chief appreciates him. Heyman then goes into the locker room, without Sami. Sami is very nervous, but does he have nothing to worry about?
The Bloodline heads to the ring!
Roman Reigns’ music plays, because he is accompanying the Usos out here. The belts are raised for the pyro, and then they continue down the ramp. They get in the ring, and of course they raise their belts again for the second round of pyro. Fans are torn between boos and raising fingers but Roman soaks it all in. Heyman hands Roman a mic, and Roman says, “Commonwealth of Pennsylvania… ACKNOWLEDGE ME! Now, we been doing this for a minute. Y’all know the deal. We smash ’em on Sunday, and then we come out the next Friday to tell y’all what’s next.
“Smashed John Cena, came out the next Friday, told y’all what’s next. Smashed Brock Lesnar, came out the next Friday and told y’all what’s next. But you see, this Friday is a little different. Last Sunday, we smashed RKBRO and Drew McIntyre, and Wise Man.” “Yes, My Tribal Chief?” “There ain’t nobody next!” “No there isn’t, My Tribal Chief.” The Bloodline done smashed ’em all! Everyone’s afraid, no one wants to step up to the mountain! “The Tribal Chief is untouchable. But y’see, this is where things get interesting. The Usos, my cousins, my blood, they might have somebody next because there’s a challenge on the table for these boys. And the question is, what’re they gon’ do about it?”
Roman hands the mic to Jimmy, but then RKBRO returns! Roman chuckles as the Raw Tag Team Champions head right into the ring. Orton sees Roman smiling but he didn’t smash John Cena. Cena is TEN TIMES the superstar Roman ever will be. BELIEVE THAT! And Riddle says before going to bed, he likes to turn on the laptop, turn the lights off, set the mood, and reach over into his nightstand- Orton stops Riddle there. Uh, he was going to say he gets his headphones. Okay, Orton had no idea where this was going, so sorry. C’mon, Randy. Get your mind out of the gutter. Riddle watches old matches!
And before going to sleep last night, Riddle rewatched their loss at Backlash. And he was thinking, “We need to make that unification title match happen.” What do the fans think about that? They cheer because they want it! Orton says Jimmy & Jey, both of them combined have one brain, so he’ll say this real slow so they understand: “Riddle and I… want a tag, team, title match. We want that match because we’re going to take your set of titles, and then we’re gonna have both sets of titles! And once we have both sets of titles, then we’re gonna combine both sets of titles, and have one set of titles, and we’re gonna call those titles the UNDISPUTED WWE Tag Team Championships!”
Fans cheer for that as Orton asks, “Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth? I just noticed, I am way taller than you, by the way.” Roman smirks at Orton’s little dig. But what is the answer? Fans rally for RKBRO, and Jimmy says if they want an answer, then they ACCEPT! Fans fire up and Jey says they accept, just not here tonight! Next week on Friday, it’s on, Uce. Then the Usos will be the NEW unified WWE Tag Team Champions. And check this out, RKBRO. There’s gonna be two titles right here on Jimmy, two titles right here on Jey, and two titles on Roman. Roman grins and holds up his belts, but Riddle FINAL FLASH KNEES him in the face!!
Jimmy rushes after RKBRO but the get away! Shots fired on the Bloodline, will they be the ones that lose their belts?
My Thoughts:
A very good episode of SmackDown to follow up both Backlash and Raw. We got a great opening segment from RKBRO calling out the Usos, but instead getting Sami. Sami’s great at weaseling up to the Bloodline, and I even liked that Pearce didn’t throw the Bloodline into doing something just because of Sami. Sami VS Riddle was still a great match, and of course Riddle wins to get momentum. We got a great closing segment with the Usos actually accepting. And of course, a great way to finish with Riddle’s knee just hitting Roman! I think I laughed out loud at that. Roman is gonna be pissed, and I have a bad feeling he disqualifies the Usos to get revenge, but then we get the true unification match at Hell in a Cell.
I also like that Nakamura got to taunt Sami. It implies we could get a rematch of Sami VS Nakamura at Hell in a Cell or around that time, and Nakamura can win to maybe go back for a top title opportunity. No McIntyre this week was a surprise but the show still flowed without him. Moss getting attacked by Corbin shouldn’t have surprised anyone, but Corbin going that far was definitely a surprise. Corbin should go from Happy to Psycho Corbin or something like that, that was pretty brutal. Moss will be “hurt” until a little closer to Hell in a Cell, or maybe past it so that Moss and Corbin can compete on the road to Money in the Bank, which Moss did mention in his promo.
Gulak getting encouragement from Ricochet was a nice touch to his story, as was getting beat up by Der Ring General. I wonder if this will give us a tag match of Gulak & Ricochet VS Imperium, and through that, Gunther earns himself an Intercontinental Championship match with Ricochet. No former NXT UK Champion has yet to get a RawDown belt and the longest reigning and most dominant NXT UK Champion to date should be the first one to do it. “Butch” might if he gets away from Sheamus & Ridge. Kofi VS Dunne was a great match, and good to know they’re letting Dunne still call his finisher the Bitter End. Dunne ditching Sheamus & Ridge is a good sign to me, maybe he’ll go solo and want the Intercontinental Championship, too.
Great title matches for the Women’s Division tonight. Ronda bringing out the Open Challenge was cool, and it was pretty cool that Raquel Rodriguez not only answered it, but she got to look so strong in this match. I also like the argument promo from Shotzi and Aliyah, with Shotzi claiming Raquel sniped her, and Aliyah saying Shotzi sniped her first. Shotzi VS Aliyah should definitely be a match, both need TV and ring time to get SmackDown’s midcard going. A shame they moved Lacey Evans over to Raw just because of Vince’s whims. Lacey VS Natty would’ve been good with Lacey in the seemingly Face role. Still a dumbass move if they want to make her a Heel after those life story promos.
And we got a pretty good Women’s Tag match from Sasha & Naomi VS Shayna & Natty. I had a feeling Sasha & Naomi would retain, even though there are no other teams on SmackDown and Raw has “Doudrop” Piper Niven & Nikki A.S.H./Cross working on their chemistry. Maybe an NXT team will be called up soon enough because they’ll just have to slap two random choices together again.
My Score: 8.4/10
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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 5.29.25
Stuff happens, maybe it doesn’t, Dreamer and Delirious can’t book.
Well Trick Willie is the new TNA champ and this is the first iMPACT since his win…so let’s just hear him talk about it.
"TNA turned into TRICK-NA. Lets talk about it"@_trickwilliams #WWENXT
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/StU4pmi3oy
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
Ratings:
- The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System: Rascalz win via Meteora – ***
- Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali: Ali wins via…No Shit – Squash Garbage
- ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee: Lei wins via Spinning TKO – ** 3/4
- Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber: Mance wins via Hit the Pay Winda – Squash
- Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa: Team Robbie wins via shenanigans – **
- International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona: Maclin retains via KIA – ***
Results:
The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System
Octagon got jumped by The System earlier so Laredo is fighting alone. Another backstage jumping is getting a little dumb.
Laredo and Trey start. Typical Indie start with Simultaneous awful Dropkick spot and bad counters, AJ blind tag runs the smaller guys over, tags out to KC and the Rascalz instantly get the moment. KC is rocked, tags in Laredo and Laredo takes out the System before Lish gets on the apron and grabs Laredo. The referee kicks out Lish and Rehwoldt on commentary points out it’s a No DQ match so that’s dumb.
KC gets tossed at AJ, he catches him, Rascalz Dive and do their taunt as we go to commercial. We come back, Tennessee Whiskey into a KC tag in for the near fall on Laredo. Corner combo, Snapmare into Flip Forward Neck Breaker, KC is on a roll. AJ tags Laredo and starts talking crap to KC, they swerve and go Finger Poke of Doom, but it’s not a legal pin. Suddenly tornado attacks, System and Rascalz go for broke, AJ hits the Senton to break the eventual pin, Laredo counters AJ’s Chokeslam attempt. Trey clears out The System, Wentz sends himself and KC over and out, Laredo with a Corkscrew Moonsault, which looked cool but it’s the pile of morons waiting to get hit spot.
AJ hits the Down Payment on Laredo, but Trey blind tagged AJ. Meteora on AJ, Trey pins Laredo and Rascalz win.
Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali
Raj looks like shit in the gear he came down in…and he wrestles equivalently. I would rather anyone else comeback…give me Anarquia.
Ali murders Raj, Instant Dropkick, Rolling Neckbreaker, Corkscrew Standing Moonsault, it’s not close. Raj tries to counter things but Ali Bellclap, a little Duck the left, connect the right. Raj even does a terrible looking Punch Combo, he’s in bad shape, a bad looking Ushigoroshi, Raj with a sloppy looking something, 450 ends it.
Fire Raj as quickly as you brought him back. You don’t need a comedically pathetic job guy when the roster is like 4 guys getting pushed and everyone else sucks. Stop being stupid. Ali still hates women too.
This Injury Report is the dumbest segment in the history of wrestling. Stop treating fake shit as “serious business”.
ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee
ASH mocks karate stuff, Lei throws a few Rising Crane kicks as ASH bails and then things slow down a little. But a Pump Kick, Sliding Kick and Low Dropkick cause ASH to cower and claim her tooth broke. It’s a bait to pull Lei into the turnbuckles and them get in a few stomps. Ash keeps Lei in the corner, Suplexes her ankles into the buckles and then Ash throws a few Booty Shots/Hit Attacks then starts a grounded stretch, Lei Headscissors her down, still sells the hips and ankles, but dodges and fires, combination strikes into the 10 Count Down Strikes. T-bone Suplex, into the pinfall, for only two.
Cheapshot into Running Meteora from ASH for two. Ash goes for the Miz Yes Kicks and Lei No Sells and asks for more. Gorgeous Capture Suplex into Thunder Struck and TKO with flair. My baby has a better finish now! Yay!
Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber
Hannifan cursing and being pissed at Trick for not even showing but is more entertaining than a squash match. Not that Mance’s offense is bad, but 2 out of 3 job matches is stupid.
.@milanmiracle and @AriannaGraceWWE make history as the first father/daughter tag team in TNA!
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/3s8OhtYFPv
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
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.
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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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