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Mitchell’s NJPW Burning Spirit Results & Report! (9/2/22)

Set Autumn on fire!

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Summer is over but the heat’s turning up!

NJPW keeps the fires going from after the G1 Climax with Burning Spirit! Will Kazuchika Okada build up speed going towards Wrestle Kingdom 17?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • The DKC VS Kosei Fujita; The DKC wins.
  • 8 Man Tag: Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, YOH & Ryohei Oiwa VS The House of Torture; The House of Torture wins.
  • Six Man Tag: Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Jado VS TJP, Francesco Akira & Gideon Grey; Taguchi, Wato & Jado win.
  • Six Man Tag: The United Empire VS Bullet Club; The United Empire wins.
  • Six Man Tag: KUSHIDA, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma VS Bullet Club; Bullet Club wins.
  • 8 Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS Suzuki-Gun; Suzuki-Gun wins.
  • Six Man Tag: Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano VS TMDK; TMDK wins.

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8 Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS Suzuki-Gun!

The G1 Climax has come and gone, but there are still paths forward! Will Bushi, Sanada, Hiromu y Naito prove they all deserve shots at tag titles? Or will Zack Sabre Jr. get revenge for that embarrassing loss by making LIJ #JustTapOut?

The teams sort out and Taichi shows off his dancing pecs. Fans applaud, and then they applaud as LIJ fist bumps. ZSJ calls out Naito to have that rematch from the G1. Naito steps out, declining, but then thinks about it and steps back in. Naito eggs ZSJ on now, but ZSJ steps out to give Naito a taste of his own medicine. The ref wants someone to step up for Suzuki-Gun, but then Sanada switches with Naito. Sanada calls out Taichi and fans applaud, so Taichi steps in. The bell rings and we finally get going. Fans rally as the two circle. Sanada shows off his own dancing pecs, but Taichi tags out to Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Fans rally as Kanemaru steps in and stares Sanada down. Kanemaru’s pecs don’t dance, though. He tries, but nothing happens. So Kanemaru kicks Sanada and headlocks! Sanada powers out, things speed up, and Sanada ROCKS Kanemaru! Sanada spins but Kanemaru waistlocks. Sanada elbows free, runs, but into an arm-drag! Kanemaru runs but into an arm-drag back! Kanemaru headscissors, Sanada kips free, and fans applaud the exchange! Wait, Kanemaru’s pecs do dance! Was he just hustling us before? Sanada applauds Kanemaru joining the club, and then Kanemaru offers a handshake.

Sanada is skeptical but Kanemaru assures him this isn’t a trick. They go to shake hands, but Sanada blocks the kick! He knew Kanemaru was lying! Sanada CLUBS the leg, CLUBS Kanemaru on the back, then whips him to ropes. Kanemaru holds ropes, BOOTS back, then dumps Sanada out! El Desperado is there to bring Sanada up and whip him into railing while Kanemaru DECKS Naito off the apron! Taichi drags Hiromu down to whip him at railings, and ZSJ is after Bushi! LIJ is down all around ringside, ZSJ pulling at Bushi’s mask and Desperado stomping Naito. Kanemaru whips Sanada hard into more railing, while Taichi CHOKES Hiromu!

The ref reprimands everyone but Desperado whips Bushi into railing. Kanemaru puts Sanada in the ring, covers him, TWO! Tag Desperado, he and Kanemaru mug Sanada, then Desperado stomps Sanada. Desperado scoops and SLAMS Sanada, then covers, TWO! Desperado drags Sanada up, bumps him off buckles and tags in Taichi. Taichi stomps Sanada then digs his boots in. Kanemaru and ZSJ add their boots, and Desperado pulls Sanada’s ear! The ref reprimands them all and they all let off at 4. Taichi drags Sanada up, snapmares him and CHOKES! The ref sees that and reprimands. Taichi “covers” but it’s a choke!

The ref reprimands but Taichi says that’s not a choke. THIS is a choke! The ref reprimands and counts again, and Taichi lets off at 4. Taichi drags Sanada up, and CHOKES him into the corner! ZSJ tags in while the ref reprimands, and ZSJ EuroUppers Sanada! ZSJ full nelsons then spins Sanada to cravat. Sanada fights the snapmare, so ZSJ turns and twists to wrangle Sanada down! ZSJ keeps on the cravat but Sanada endures. Sanada fights up, throws body shots, but ZSJ snapmares him! Sanada bridges up to snapmare back! ZSJ bridges and snapmares back, but Sanada handsprings through! ZSJ headlocks, Sanada powers out, but ZSJ turns hip toss into COBRA TWIST!

Suzuki-Gun goes after LIJ again! Sanada endures the twist while Desperado takes out Hiromu, Kanemaru takes out Bushi and Taichi takes out Naito! Fans rally up as Sanada hobbles his way over, but ZSJ cranks on the hold to keep him back! Sanada still fights forward to get the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, ZSJ lets off and pushes Sanada down. ZSJ stands on Sanada’s neck and tags Kanemaru in. Kanemaru stomps Sanada, he and Desperado bring Sanada up, but Sanada fires off forearms! Desperado knees low, Kanemaru rakes the eyes, then Desperado hits a SHIN BREAKER! Desperado holds the leg out for Kanemaru to SHOTGUN!

Kanemaru & Desperado drag Sanada up and they whip him to the corner. Kanemaru runs in but Sanada dodges to dropkick Desperado’s leg out! Then Sanada DROPKICKS Kanemaru down! Fans rally and Sanada crawls for his corner, hot tag to Naito! Naito rallies on Kanemaru with forearms and kicks. Naito whips, arm-drags and then ELBOWS Kanemaru, to basement dropkick! Naito DECKS Taichi, but ZSJ runs in! Naito blocks the boot, grins, and ENZIGURIS back! Kanemaru returns, but into an atomic drop! Naito puts Kanemaru in the corner to JUMP KICK, leg sweep, and COMBINACION CABRON!

Fans fire up as Naito poses! Naito tags Hiromu and he runs corner to corner to clothesline Kanemaru! Hiromu snapmares Kanemaru and basement dropkicks! Cover, TWO! Hiromu drags Kanemaru up, reels him in and suplexes, but Kanemaru fights it off. Kanemaru wrenches out, dodges the haymaker and waistlocks. Hiromu throws an elbow then runs the ropes, but Kanemaru dropkicks the leg out! Both men are down but Hiromu gets to a corner. Fans rally and Kanemaru crawls for his corner, hot tag to Desperado! The Rogue Luchador has a score to settle with the Timebomb! Desperado runs in, blocks the boot and kicks the other leg!

Desperado grabs the leg to DRAGON SCREW it! Desperado DECKS Naito for good measure! Desperado grabs the bad leg but Hiromu kicks free with the good leg! Hiromu crawls but Desperado drags him away from the LIJ corner. Hiromu breaks free, blocks the kick and the punch, and DRAGON SCREWS in return! Fans rally up again as both men crawl, hot tag to Bushi! Fans fire up as Bushi climbs and leaps to missile dropkick! And then BUSHIROONI! Bushi drags Desperado up, FISHERMAN- NO, Desperado slips free! But Bushi kicks low, runs, but into a SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Into the STRETCH MUFFLER!

Sanada CLUBS Desperado, but Taichi throws Sanada out! Desperado drags Bushi up, gut wrenches, but Bushi slips free! Bushi waistlocks, Desperado throws elbows, but Naito whips Desperado to ropes to kick! Bushi sunset flips and rewinds for Naito’s basement dropkick! Bushi covers, ZSJ breaks it! Naito throws ZSJ out, Bushi dodges Desperado! Desperado blocks the kick and ducks the enziguri, but the HEEL KICK comes back to bite him! Bushi reels Desperado in, FISHERMAN’S SCREW! Cover, TWO! Bushi fires up while the others all brawl outside. Bushi runs at Desperado, but he blocks the Code Breaker!

Desperado wrenches, hooks Bushi up, EL ES CULERO! Suzuki-Gun wins!

Winners: Suzuki-Gun, by pinfall

ZSJ rubs this victory in Naito’s face, but we all know this is far from over between them all. Will the Submission Master get his redemption against Naito? Or will LIJ make sure NJPW is tranquilo come Wrestle Kingdom?

 

Six Man Tag: Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano VS TMDK!

The Rainmaker is the back-to-back G1 Climax Champion, and he’s a new father! But will he, The Ace & The Producer keep things hot in the Fall? Or will they fall to Shane Haste, Bad Dude Tito, and JONAH?

Yano is impatient with the check as always. Tanahashi shows off the muscles and fans cheer. The trios sort out and Okada starts against the #TopDog in a G1 rematch! Fans fire up as the two circle then tie up. Jonah powers Okada to ropes, but Red Shoes calls for the break. Jonah pats Okada on the shoulder, but Okada kicks low! Okada headlocks, but Jonah powers out then runs Okada over! Jonah dares Okada to try again, but Okada takes a moment to cool off. They tie up again, Jonah powers Okada to the Mighty corner, and Tito tags in. Okada avoids getting mugged by the Mighty, and fans applaud again.

Yano wants in? Tito is upset but Okada tags Yano in! Fans rally up for Yano and he circles with Tito. They approach, but then Yano dodges! Yano unties the buckle pad! Tito CLUBS him first, then whips him corner to corner. Yano reverses, and finishes untying the pad! Tito runs in, Yano dodges and then throws the pad to Tito. Yano says Tito’s in trouble now! Red Shoes asks for the pad so Tito hands it over, and Yano kicks Tito. Yano whips but Tito reverses and Yano hits bare buckles! Jonah drags Yano out of the ring! Tito watches Tanahashi and Okada, Red Shoes is busy with all of them, so Jonah & Shane double whip Yano hard into railing!

Jonah puts Yano back in for Tito, Tito covers, TWO! Fans rally up but Tito rains down rights! Red Shoes reprimands about closed fists but Tito says he had plenty of slack. Tito stomps Yano, then drags him up to RAM him into the Mighty corner! Tito RAMS Yano again, digs his shoulder in, then RAMS in again and again! Shane tags in, UPPERCUTS Yano, then snapmares Yano to basement dropkick! Cover, TWO! Shane drags Yano up, claws Yano’s face, then bumps him off buckles. Tag to Jonah and The Mighty mug Yano. Fans rally for “Y T R!” but Jonah HEADBUTTS Yano down!

Jonah sits Yano up for a chinlock and he grinds Yano down to the mat! Yano endures, reaches out, ROPEBREAK! Jonah thrashes Yano around but Red Shoes counts. Jonah lets off at 4, and he stares Okada down. Jonah says this is HIS ring now, then he goes back to Yano. Jonah ROCKS Yano into the corner, then runs in to SPALSH! Tito tags in, Jonah feeds Yano to a LARIAT! Tito slingshot sentons! Shane slingshot sentons, too! Tito stomps Yano, stands on his neck, then lets off as Red Shoes reprimands. Tito taunts Tanahashi but Tanahashi taunts him back. Tito goes back to Yano, drags him up, and snap suplexes! Cover, TWO!

Fans rally for “Y T R!” while Tito drags Yano up. Tito ROCKS Yano, and again! Yano falls over, Tito kicks him around, then Tito CHOPS Yano to the corner. Tag to Jonah, Jonah CLUBS Yano down, then drags Yano up to throw him out. Now Jonah eggs Okada on, but Okada runs in! Jonah RAMS into Okada then RAMS him into the corner while Shane whips Yano into railing! Yano falls, Tito stands on Yano’s head and Shane opens the gate. Okada is down on the outside while Tanahashi and Jonah stare down. Shane offers Yano a chance to get away through the gate, but Yano doesn’t budge. So Tito drag Yano up and puts him in the ring.

Jonah drops a leg on Yano! Cover, Tanahashi breaks it! Fans fire up while The Mighty glare at Tanahashi. Jonah drags Yano up, puts him in the corner and tags in Shane. Shane RAMS into Yano, then CLUBS him down. Shane kicks Yano around but fans rally up for “Y T R!” Shane fires off uppercuts in the corner, grinds his forearms into Yano, then throws uppercuts to the “Y T R!” rhythm! Shane tells fans to shush, then he whips corner to corner. Yano reverses but Shane stops himself. Yano curses and runs in, but Shane dodges and Yano hits bare buckles! Shane scoops and SLAMS Yano, then goes up the corner. Fans rally as Shane mocks Tanahashi with some air bass!

Shane steals the SUNSET SENTON, but FLOPS as Yano moves! Both men are down and fans fire up! Yano crawls, hot tag to Tanahashi! The Ace fires off forearms on Shane! Shane reverses the whip but Tanahashi FLYING FOREARMS! Tanahashi DECKS Tito, but thinks twice when he looks at Jonah. Tanahashi dropkicks Jonah’s legs out! Fans fire up with Tanahashi but Shane rushes in! Tanahashi dodges the clothesline to fire off fast hands! Shane flounders, Tanahashi scoops and SLAMS him! Tanahashi goes up the corner and shows Shane how it’s done with the SUNSET SENTON! Cover, TWO!

Fans fire up, Tanahashi runs, but Shane denies him the slingblade! Tanahashi fights of the suplex, but runs into a DROPKICK! Shane flounders to the corner, hot tag to Tito! Tito runs in to CLOBBER Tanahashi! And again! Tanahashi is in a corner, Tito runs into UPPERCUT, CLUB, and CHOP! Tito repeats the forearms and CHOPS, then wrenches to short arm LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Tanahashi survives the onslaught but Tito drags him up. Tito suplexes, Tanahashi fights it to TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Both men are down and fans fire up again! Tanahashi and Tito crawl, hot tag to Okada! Okada fires off on Tito, but Tito reverses the whip, only for Okada to ELBOW him down!

Okada whips Tito to a corner, runs in and back elbows! Okada kicks low but Tito wrenches out and mule kicks to ENZIGURI! Tag to Jonah! Jonah runs in to clothesline Okada in a corner, then scoop SLAM! BASEMENT SENTON! Cover, TWO! Okada survives but Jonah DECKS Yano! Jonah looms over Okada, drags him back up, reels him in, but Okada fights the bomb! Okada RANAS Jonah into ropes! Jonah sputters and staggers, and Okada tries to scoop him! But Jonah is too big for that! Jonah CLUBS Okada down, but Okada UPPERCUTS! Jonah runs, Okada dodges and DROPKICKS him down! Fans fire up again as Yano reaches out!

Okada tags Yano in and Yano tries to scoop Jonah! Again, Jonah’s too big! Jonah CLUBS Yano, whips him, but Yano holds ropes to taunt Jonah. Jonah rushes in, Yano dodges him and SLAPS him! Jonah is furious and Yano apologizes, but Jonah ROCKS him to a corner! Jonah runs in, but Yano dodges! Jonah hits bare buckles and Yano rolls him up, TWO!! Yano says he’ll try again! But scooping isn’t going to work on Jonah! Jonah scoops Yano and SLAMS him first! Tito gets in to DECK Tanahashi, then Shane gets in to drag Yano up. The Mighty whip Yano to a corner, Jonah SPLASHES, Tito UPPERCUTS and Shane CALF KICKS!

Shane & Tito double whip Yano into Jonah’s BODY PRESS! Cover, Tanahashi and Okada break it! Shane and Tito go after them, throw them out and brawl some more. Jonah brings Yano up but Yano double leg picks and rolls Jonah! Cover, TWO!! Jonah blocks the low blow! Yano apologizes, then ducks the haymaker to get around and pull on Jonah’s singlet! Yano rolls Jonah up like that, TWO!! Jonah LARIATS Yano!! Jonah drags Yano to a drop zone, climbs up the corner, and fans fire up, TORPEDO!! Cover, the Mighty win!

Winners: TMDK, by pinfall

Okada couldn’t save Yano, and Jonah says he’s gonna be 2-0 against the Rainmaker! “No one will survive when I jump off that top rope!” Will the Rainmaker have to admit he isn’t truly the G1 Climax Champion until he topples the Top Dog?

Speaking of, Jonah gets the mic and tells Yokohama and all of Japan, “TMDK is here!” Jonah, Tito and Shane sit on the apron, and Jonah says, “That was only night one. All Burning Spirit long, we are going to dominate! TMDK is going to whip Okada’s ass. TMDK is gonna whip Tanahashi’s ass. TMDK is taking over! Bad Dude Tito is back. My friend, Hysterical Shane Haste has arrived. And of course, the best superheavyweight in the world, the Top Dog, Jonah, is here.” Fans applaud that. Jonah says NJPW is in a new era! It’s TMDK’s era!

“We don’t wanna talk about no tryhard gun club. We ain’t gonna talk about grandpa’s sidekicks. We ain’t gonna talk about Los Ingo-blah-blah-blah-blah-nables. Get a new name, that’s Andrade’s. What we’re here to talk about is the  number one faction in the world, the brotherhood that is like no other. We are a gang, we are TMDK, we are The Mighty! And The Mighty Don’t Kneel” Jonah drops the mic and his team heads out. Is he right in saying that NJPW will soon belong to TMDK?


My Thoughts:

A great opener for this new series of events, though I had to skip a lot just on time constraints today. But a lot of these make sense in how they’re setting up title stories for the Fall. House of Torture wins against the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Champions so that rematch is going to happen. Six or Nine, Taguchi & Wato, get a win going towards their rematch with TJP & Akira for the the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. There’s still the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships to figure out so it makes sense the United Empire wins against Bullet Club. It’s supposed to be Aussie Open challenging FTR given Music City Mayhem setting that up, but Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb could be right behind them.

Kushida’s team lost but he didn’t take the finish so he and Taiji Ishimori are still even going into an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match. We got a great 8 Man of LIJ VS Suzuki-Gun, and Suzuki-Gun getting the win puts them on the upswing as there will need to be a team to challenge the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions after we see TJP & Akira VS Taguchi & Wato, and of course there will be Naito VS ZSJ in a rematch from the G1. And then we got a great Six Man Tag main event, but Yano is of course the one to take the pin for his team. TMDK is going strong, though mostly through Jonah.

The Okada VS Jonah rematch could go either way, and even though Jonah won in the G1, it’d be even more shocking if he won and essentially took the Right to Challenge at Declaration of Power. It isn’t advertised as such a match yet, but it would make sense based on past years where that contract is put on the line. Plus, in kayfabe, Okada can’t say he’s the best if he can’t get past Jonah.

My Score: 8.4/10

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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 6.19.25

Are we going to start trending upwards with Slammiversary to build toward?

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Last week’s episode was lacking in ring work but had decent story moments and segments. Starting the build to Slammiversary we can either launch nicely or things can always get worse. Jason Hotch and KC Navarro are the real shining stars of the last few months, so lets hope once they get over this Leon Slater idiot ship, they can push X Division wrestlers with actual talent for pro wrestling and not just flippy charisma vacuums.

Oh and let’s not forget, it is the episode they celebrate the 23rd anniversary of TNA! TWENTY – THREE!! Somewhere PCO hates this.

Ratings:

  • Sami Callihan vs Eric Young w/Losers: EY wins via Piledriver – ** 3/4
  • Lei Ying Lee & Masha Slamovich vs The Elegance Clique w/M & Personal Concierge: Elegantos win via Rarefied Air – ***
  • Eddie Edwards & JDC w/Alisha & Brian Myers vs Matt Cardona & Home Town Man: HTM wins via Cradle – *
  • Champion’s Challenge: The Rascalz, Joe Hendry, Leon Slater & Elijah vs The Kaiba Boys, Moose, Steve Maclin & Trick Williams: Elijah wins via Highwayman’s Farewell – ***

 

Results:

Sami Callihan vs Eric Young w/Losers

Sami knocks them all off the apron before the bell rings, he levels the loser children, finds a chair, attacks EY but EY counters and this is the excuse to use weapons since the bell didn’t ring yet. EY tries to break Sami’s hand on the steps with the chair, but Sami moves, throws EY back in the ring, bell rings and EY hits a Belly to Belly suplex for two. They slug it out, Sami goes for Headbutts, then Sami wants to run the ropes but a loser trips him, distracts long enough for EY to knock him out of the ring and loser children swarm as loser children do. EY does the classic, throw back out for losers to attack while EY grabs and distracts the ref. Sami is selling a few lame attacks from the losers like he got shot. It’s an excessive sell, so it’s honestly a dumb transitional moment.

EY levels Sami, Lariat into Scoop Slam, looks for the Macho Elbow but Sami hits the ropes to crotch EY. Sami Superplex time, but EY bites the face to make Sami drop, EY jumps at him but eats a straight right hand. Cactus Driver, but no, EY tries his Piledriver…they both gouge eyes at the same time, Sami catches an EY charge into a Flatliner as they’re both down…for…reasons? The selling in this match seems…poorly timed and kinda stupid. Hard Irish Whip, EY Flair Flips the corner, levels Sami, Macho Elbow for 2.9! EY threatens to hit the ref, but then goes to mad dog commentary. EY then wants to attack fans…he’s more unhinged than World Elite EY. Sami gives him the old Dick Twist into a Stunner but only for two! Losers try to distract, first one gets taken out, second one uses a chair, EY hits the Piledriver on Sami, EY wins.

I feel like this is gonna continue for a few weeks since it wasn’t a clean win. 

Mustafa Ali’s group comes out, and I refuse to say the name because it’s dumb and they’re already fraying at the seams. Ali wants an apology session, Tasha and Hotch apologize to him but Skyler bites back and refuses, even shoved Ali. So Ali challenges him to a “Call to Arms” match. What in the hell is a Call to Arms match? 

Lei Ying Lee & Masha Slamovich vs The Elegance Clique w/M & Personal Concierge

ASH does her borderline racist fake karate before Lei stares her down and tags in Heather. Heather avoids Lei, Lei throws a few Tornado Kicks to make a point and Heather tags out. Heather being 4’8″ helps her here. Concierge says “There’s no Karate in wrestling”. ASH, Lei and Masha are in the ring, ASH is trying to decide who she wants to face, but the Concierge google translated it and hands it to ASH, before the face team rocks ASH. Masha lifts up Lei and Lei does the Liu Kang Bicycle Kick, steering more into her Mortal Kombat aesthetic. Senton off the apron from Lei and Masha dives into the pile, the comedy heels are getting leveled. We go to commercial and come back with Lei getting Double Teamed but she spins it into a weird Neckbreaker..but can’t tag out just yet. Lei blocks Heather, Enzuigiri, simultaneous tag, Masha is Yakuza kicks for all and the 2 for 1 Lariat/DDT special. Near fall, but Masha goes for murder, but Heather breaks it, Rocket Launcher/Code Breaker from Elegance but Lei breaks up the pin. ASH tries to intimidate Lei with her fake Karate before throwing her out of the ring. Heather hits Lei with a handful of Glitter and then bounces her face off the post. Masha tries to stop ASH, Kelly’s music distracts Masha, Rarefied Air gives ASH the win.

Santino comes out and GOD DAMMIT no one wants to see Tommy Dreamer fight Mance Warner…that’s a useless thing. Pivot away…no one wants this. Oh no, now we have to listen to Steph talk too. Okay it seems to be a pivot, thankfully. Steph and Mance talk shit, Dreamer says something about Something is gonna happen…and Jake Something comes out. So…I guess we’re gonna build him up for 2 months and then job him out for 6 before he fucks off to his home galaxy or whatever? 

Really wish Indi just opened with the Billy Butcher classic of, “Oi Cunt!” – but this wasn’t bad. 

Eddie Edwards & JDC w/Alisha & Brian Myers vs Matt Cardona & Home Town Man

I hate… Cardona so much more now. Heel reasons for Cardona…go away heat for Deaner.

JDC wants the Home Town Man to start…and Deaner does his stupid Flip Flop and Fly, Cardona tags in, JDC is eating some offense, Cardona wants the Reboot, JDC powders, Cardona Dives but then Lish and the general numbers catch up to Cardona. Eddie is legal, and now they isolate Cardona with some decent tandem work and isolation. This turns into kind of a schmoz, lots of silly spots, near falls and then Home Town doofus gets the cradle pinfall on Eddie.

Whenever Deaner is involved I can’t be asked to care. The System beats Cardona and Deaner down, but Eddie did eat a pin. Which is embarrassing not even for work reasons, like it’s just sad.

Champion’s Challenge: The Rascalz, Joe Hendry, Leon Slater & Elijah vs The Kaiba Boys, Moose, Steve Maclin & Trick Williams

Elijah and Nic start things off, slow push off, arm wring, top wristlock, simple chain wrestling start. Nic breaks the chain and hits a Dropkick, Elijah runs the ropes and hits a Diving Lariat and starts the Rope Walk. Nic seems far to awake and alert for that move then, I hate how people pull that off too early. Wentz gets tagged in, Nic tags in Maclin who wasn’t looking for a tag, but him and Wentz have a nice clash, Trey tags in, they try to double him, but they pause and look at each other. Maclin asks for a tag, no one tags him so he Chops Ryan to tag him in and throws him in.

The little nod to Maclin and Rascalz history and the fact the faces realize Maclin isn’t a piece of shit. A little MCMG homage tandem attacks on Ryan, Wentz punctuates with the Handspring Knee Lift, Ryan tags out to Trick. Trick and Wentz go back and forth, Rascalz have Trick eating offense, Moose tries to slow things down, both Trick and Moose powder, Rascalz Double Golden Triangle Moonsaults. Trey gets tripped by Nic, Moose hits Lights Out, but there’s no referee so it’s a little chaotic.

Out of the commercial things are controlled kinda and we see a simultaneous tag to Moose and Leon. Leon comes out hot, level Moose with a Leg Lariat, attacks Nic Nemeth, attacks Ryan, and then Moose hits Leon with the Stun Gun. Moose looks to tag in Maclin but Maclin jumps off the apron. Trick takes the tag, keeps control, Trick forcibly tags in Maclin but Ryan tags himself in and pulls Leon to the Champions’ corner, Nic tags in and isolates Leon, with the Kaibas quick tagging and keeping Leon down.

Moose tags in, tries to Suplex Leon about four times but Leon stops it then counters the Suplex. Moose tries to cut him off, but the Champions distract the ref so the ref can’t see Leon tag out. Nic and Moose doubling up and Leon is the bump guy of this last portion of the match. Big Uranage from Moose…Moose looks for Lights Out but Small Package almost ruined things, Body Scissors Cradle, GAME CHANGER! Moose looks to hit a Jacknife Powerbomb but Leon turns it into a DDT. Maclin and Ryan start fighting, Nic Superkicks Maclin, Hendry and Nic tag in, Hendry is a house of fire. Sack of Shits for everyone! Nic, Ryan, there’s a pause when Hendry is face to face with Trick and Trick gets Uppercuts first then Sack of Shit! Standing Ovation on Nic, but Ryan blocks, Kaibas try a tandem attack but Hendry Lariats them both. Elijah tags in and is the maestro of the crowd and chopping Ryan to some fun. Ryan goes for a Polish Hammer but eats the Knee Lift. Signature spam time…

Ryan tries to use the International title but Maclin grabs the title away from Ryan, clocks Nic, Standing Ovation into the Highwayman’s Farewell. Champions lose!

Overall Score: 4/10

Well this was a rough one boys and girls. Sami and EY was just an overbooked shitshow, Lei Ying Lee is unfortunately in a spot where it’s obvious TNA has no clue how to use her, the Elegantos are the New Beautiful People, and I’m not mad at that. But you need to space out your goofball crap. You can’t have Elegance Clique, Home Town Moron and Santino in 3 consecutive segments. And if anyone goes “it was 3 out of 4” that’s doesn’t lessen my point, the beauty of Pro Wrestling being a variety show is…FOR VARIETY! When the lead match feels stupid because of bad pacing, poor selling and overbooking with two losers, it feels like a useless match with idiots, then comedy, followed by more comedy…you see how that’s literally NOT VARIETY.

Figure it out seriously. This was a disappointing episode. If you’re a casual viewer than it’s just chalk for TNA doing cringe and borderline goof crap since they’ve always steered a little more into the carny than other companies. But this show was…where’s Jisoo and Jenny? I feel like I need that gif:

two women standing in a kitchen with the words not bad but not good on the bottom

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Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (6/19/25)

Rumble, Bad Man, Rumble!

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Run Or Hide, The Infantry’s Outside!

Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty in one match, The Infantry in another, will Shane Taylor Promotions finally take control of ROH?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty w/ Trish Adora VS Anthony Gangone & Sal Mistretta; Shane & Lee win.
  • Pure Rules Match: Deonna Purrazzo VS Marti Belle; Deonna wins.
  • Lance Archer VS Aaron Solo; Archer wins.
  • Miyu Yamashita VS Brooke Havok; Miyu wins.
  • 8 Man Tag: The Infantry & Grizzled Young Veterans VS The Kingdom & Top Flight; The Kingdom & Top Flight win.

PLAY BY PLAY

Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty w/ Trish Adora VS Anthony Gangone & Sal Mistretta!

The full force of Shane Taylor Promotions will be felt tonight! Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo are in tonight’s main event, but that leaves Big Bad Shaney T Boy and #TAIGASTYLE to open the night. Will they prove that ROH now belongs to STP? Or will Mr. Sleep & #SturdySal show they can rumble, bad man, rumble?

The teams sort out and Lee starts against Gangone. The bell rings and Lee LEG LARIATS Gangone! The fans fire up and Lee says, “Get over here!” Lee puts Gangone in a corner, fires hands, then JUMP KNEES! Lee drags Gangone up and the fans rally behind him. Lee wrenches, and wrenches, then hits an ELBOW BREAKER! Tag to Shane but Gangone ROCKS Lee! Gangone gets away to tag in Sal. Shane and Sal step up as fans chant “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Sal ROCKS Shane, but then Shane brushes that off. Shane grins, the fans tell Sal he messed up, and Shane HEADBUTTS Sal! Sal wobbles while Shane shouts, “The hell is wrong with you, chump?”

Shane then YANKS Sal in for the URENAGE! The fans fire up and want that again, but Shane drags Sal around by a leg. Shane says why not. Ripcord and URENAGE! The fans fire up behind Shane and he rolls Sal so he can KNEE him back down! The fans chant for “S T P! S T P!” Shane winds up but Gangone runs in! Lee intercepts for the BORDER CITY STRETCH! Shane says STP reigns supreme! HAYMAKER!! Cover, STP wins!

Winners: Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty, by pinfall

Shane reminds us that he is coming for everything! Everything! Will it be just this easy for STP to own ROH?

 

BREAKING NEWS for next week!

ROH joins in on the crossover with CMLL as next week is Global Wars: Mexico! Lee Moriarty will be in action against none other than THE Blue Panther! Then, Athena & Red Velvet take on Thunder Rosa y Persephone in a dream tag team match! Will the champions of ROH stand tall in Arena Mexico? Or will there be golden tickets handed out left and right?

 

Pure Rules Match: Deonna Purrazzo VS Marti Belle!

While the ROH Women’s Pure Championship tournament still needs a full bracket, the Virtuosa is going to keep herself sharp for when she needs to strike. But will there be another masterpiece put together here tonight? Or will Marti prove she herself deserves a chance at making history?

The Code of Honor is upheld and the bell rings. We have 15 minutes as the two circle. They feel things out, knuckle lock, and then Deonna kicks an arm to wrangle Marti with the top wristlock. Marti rises up, rolls, and wrenches to wristlock. Deonna wrenches and headlocks to hit the takeover. Marti endures, fights up, powers out, but Deonna RUNS her over! Deonna soaks up the cheers and jeers, runs, then steps over Marti’s dropdown to “kick dirt” at her. Deonna eggs Marti on and the two reset. They tie up, Marti waistlocks but Deonna switches. Marti switches, lifts, but Deonna fights. Deonna ELBOWS free, then goes after Marti in the corner.

Deonna whips corner to corner, runs up, but Marti slips outside. Deonna ROCKS Marti first, soaks up more cheers and jeers, then runs, only for Marti to dodge the dropkick! Marti fires forearms, whips, but Deonna reverses and throat chops! Deonna sends Marti into steel steps! The fans are torn but Deonna wants the ring count. Deonna says it is just too easy, and Marti is rising up as the count starts. Deonna eggs Marti on, the fans rally, and Marti huffs ‘n’ puffs. Marti rolls in at 5 of 20 but Deonna stomps away! The ref counts, Deonna stops at 4, and Deonna wrenches. Deonna YANKS Marti’s arm, then wrenches again to YANK it!

Marti clutches the arm but Deonna reels her into a facelock. Marti fights the suplex, makes it a cradle, ONE!! Deonna runs up, Marti rolls her up, TWO! Marti spins and ROLLING ELBOWS! Deonna falls and the fans fire up! Deonna goes to a corner, Marti runs in, but Deonna dodges! Marti hits buckles, then Deonna blocks a boot to THROW Marti down! Deonna has the arm and the leg, then focuses on the arm to make a SACRIFICE! The fans are torn but Deonna feeds off it all. Deonna demands Marti to rise up, and as we hit four minutes, Deonna SOBATS, runs, and KNEE LIFTS into the RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP!

Deonna rolls through, FUJIWARA ARMBAR!! Marti endures, reaches out, but Deonna grabs that arm, too! VENIS DE MILO!! Marti verbally quits and Deonna wins!

Winner: Deonna Purrazzo, by submission

Neither woman used a ropebreak in this match, and Deonna didn’t need to! At just four minutes and 24 seconds, Deonna finishes this. Will she not only become ROH Women’s Pure Champion, but do it in record time?

 

The Frat House speaks.

Jacked Jameson says, “Yeah, Johnny Hungy? Johnny Starving For Attention! You wanna come back and try and get one up on The Frat House? I don’t think so, pal! And Reynolds, you talking about I got a tiny package? I got a small package, in the ring, yeah! If you’re talking about this package, ask your girl!” Preston Vance says yes, good package. But Dark Order, Vance has hated them from the beginning. They call him a traitor when he just did something for himself for once. He hates Uno, he hates Reynolds, but the one he hates the most is Silver. Starving for attention, always has been, same guy since day one!

Dark Order wants a trios match? They’ll take you up on that. But remember the one rule: Win or lose, they BOOZE~! The Frat House marches off, cheering themselves on. But will they be humbled when Uno, Silver & Reynolds finally get a back on track?

 

Mark Sterling reviews footage with The Premier Athletes.

Smart Mark looks back at a loss The Premier Athletes suffered against the Sons of Texas, and he points out specifically when Dustin Rhodes grabbed him, TOSSED him, and that is assault on a ringside consultant. That is why Sterling has the cameras here. He wants to inform Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari that the State of Michigan sports authority agreed with him, that match was tainted and therefore expunged from their records, along with a few others. But then, that means they’re undefeated? Yes! Their record is spotless now! Daivari says he isn’t sure about them, but he was pretty confident he heard way less “Athletes Suck” chants than usual. Almost 50-50 out there.

Nese says Shop AEW has not seen a single soul buying the Athletes Suck shirt. Great news! And bad news for the rest of ROH. There is nothing scarier than a couple of athletes with momentum. They will take this momentum and go straight to the ROH World Tag Team Championships. Y’know why? Because Athletes RULE! Well, one thing these three haven’t lost is their confidence. But will legal loopholes and changing grades really turn them into champions?

 

8 Man Tag: The Infantry & Grizzled Young Veterans VS The Kingdom & Top Flight!

What interesting combinations on both sides. Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo are just as tough as Zack Gibson & James Drake but with far more energy and bravado, but then Matt Taven & Mike Bennett used to make Darius & Dante Martin go through hell! Which side can put aside their differences better and come out the victors?

Well it would seem STP & GYV can as they all attack The Kingdom & Top Flight! The fans boo and the bell rings, but GYV beat down Top Flight while Infantry beat down Kingdom, another grudge coming back to haunt Taven & Bennett! The ref reprimands but the tides turn a bit. Taven brawls with Bravo on the outside, Bennett fires hands on Dean, and the Martin brothers throw hands back on GYV! Taven SMACKS Bravo off the apron, Darius UPPERCUTS James Drake, and the teams finally sort out a bit. Bravo runs back in but Taven LARIATS Bravo and himself up and out! Darius whips Drake to a corner, then runs up, but into an ELBOW!

Drake runs up, Darius arm-drags and DROPKICKS! Darius brings Drake around, Dante tags in, and Top Flight coordinates. Darius takes a swing but Drake dodges, only for Dante to send him into Darius’ UPPERCUT! Dante adds a JUMP KNEE and Darius LARIATS! Cover, ONE, but Dante basement DROPKICKS! Dante keeps Drake from the corner to tag Taven. They mug Drake, then Taven ROCKS him. Taven whips, Drake reverses but Taven cartwheels! Taven dodges, springboard and FLYING ARM-DRAGS! Taven then bypasses and DROPKICKS! The fans fire up because “IIII’M Matt Taven!” Bennett says the fans actually like Taven now.

Taven brings Drake up and into a headlock, but Drake pulls hair! Drake tags Gibson while he powers out, then he drops down for Gibson to trip Taven! Gibson drags Taven out, but Taven DECKS him! But then Drake DIVES onto Taven! The fans fire up and Infantry talks some trash. Gibson lifts Taven to SNAKE EYES off railing! Gibson puts Taven on the apron, and cravats for the neck wrench, and then a SLAM ono the apron! Taven sputters, Gibson stays between him and the corner, but the fans rally up. Taven fights the underhooks to fire body shots. Gibson keeps Taven back with a wristlock, and he tags in Drake!

Drake runs up, GYV double whip, and then they trap Taven in the corner. Drake ELBOWS Taven, Gibson UPPERCUTS, and then feed to the WHEEL KICK! Cover, TWO! Drake argues, but then he ROCKS Taven! Tag to Bravo and he RAMS into Taven! The Infantry mugs Taven, the ref counts and Bravo stops. Tag to Dean, and the Infantry double wrench to DOUBLE BACK SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! Dean throws off his shirt and drags Taven up. Dean scoops to put Taven in the Tree of Woe. Tag to Bravo and the Infantry stomp mudholes in! The fans boo, the ref counts, Gibson talks trash, but Infantry stops at 4.

The Infantry taunt Bennett & Top Flight before they DOBULE DROPKICK Taven outta the Tree! Cover, TWO! Bravo JABS, JABS, and then he BLASTS Top Flight! Bravo says they got nothing! But Taven scoops! Bravo slips free, but Taven HEEL KICKS! Both men crawl, hot tags to Darius and Dean! Darius rallies on Dean and GYV! Uppercut after uppercut then a whip! Dean reverses, but jumps into an atomic drop! Then the BULLDOG HOTSHOT! SUPERKICK for Gibson! GAMANGIRI for Dean! Then a step-in COMPLETE SHOT! Cover, Gibson breaks it! Dante whips Gibson but Gibson reverses. Dante goes out, up, around, and Gibson just keeps missing!

Dante GAMANGIRIS, then springboards to CROSSBODY! Bravo KNEES Dante, whips, but Darius is there to boost Dante up and over! Then Dante helps Darius hit the TORNADO DDT on Bravo! The fans fire up and Mike asks to be tagged in. Darius tags Mike and the fans fire up! Bennett CHOPS away on Dean! Gibson runs up, Bennett puts him in the corner and CHOPS away on them both Bravo runs up, Bennett puts him in the corner and CHOPS away on all three! The fans fire up as Drake runs up, but then Bennett spots him first! “You want some?!” Drake reconsiders but Bennett puts him in the corner, to CHOP away on all four!

The fans are fired up and Bennett brings Drake out to tag Taven. Gibson saves Drake, throat chops Mike, then clinches Taven. Drake ENZIGIRIS Taven! Dante DOUBLE CANNONBALLS GYV! Dean kicks Dante low, reels him in, and crosses the arms, DEPTH CHARGE! But Darius BOOTS Dean, then WALL WALK KICKS! Bravo runs up, kicks low, and runs to SCISSOR KICK! Bennett is back, fireman’s carry, DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Taven adds JUST THE TIP of the knee! Bennett says time to kill ’em! But Gibson Y ANKS Bennett out! Taven gives Drake a KICK O’ THE KING! Bennett and Gibson brawl that way, Taven hits FLIGHT OF THE CONQUEROR on GYV!

Dante SPLASHES Dean, whips, but Dean reverses. Bravo runs to CARLIE CROSSOVER! Feed to Dean’s FLYING LARIAT! Infantry gets Dante up and sends him to BOOT CAMP!! Cover, DARIUS BREAKS IT! The fans fire up as this keeps going! GYV and Kingdom brawl, Bravo storms up but Darius TOSSES him out onto GYV and Kingdom! Darius reels Dean in and suplexes, but Dean slips free! Dean shoves Darius, Darius slides but Dean hurdles over. Dean ROCKS Darius, Darius CHOPS Dean, Dean JUMP KNEES back! Dean fires up, but Darius blocks a kick and makes it a FISHERMAN BUSTER!

The fans fire up and Dante is up top! MAMBA SPLASH!! Cover, Top Flight & Kingdom win!

Winners: The Kingdom & Top Flight, by pinfall

Former rivals made great allies here and they came out on top! But with everyone wanting the ROH World Tag Team Championships, will The Kingdom and Top Flight have to battle it out like the old days? Or can they stay friendly in the race to the top?


My Thoughts:

A very good episode but I’m surprised this was only 37 minutes long. Even then, there were pretty obvious squash matches, like Archer beating Solo and Miyu beating Havok. Well, so was Shane & Lee winning, but opening matches aren’t skippable. Ok and Deonna was of course winning her Pure Rules match. Why didn’t TK just get the ROH Women’s Pure Championship tournament going by now so that the title match could be at Supercard? Good to hear about Global Wars: Mexico, though.

The Premier Athletes have a good promo, but they’re just getting sadder as a team if they have to keep “expunging” losses from their record as if that makes them winners. Frat House has a good promo to set up the Six Man Tag, and if ROH wasn’t such an afterthought, I’d love if they explored what Preston Vance said. He claims he never liked Dark Order, hates them all now, but what if leaving Dark Order, joining LFI, leaving LFI, and now forming the Frat House is all Vance grieving Mr. Brodie? He doesn’t have to rejoin Dark Order, he just has to come to terms with why he’s actually being so awful to his old friends and maybe turn Frat House around into Faces.

And very good 8 Man Tag main event, everybody looking good even though it was a rather short match. Good win for the Faces to keep Top Flight afloat and to get The Kingdom, or in this case #OGK, back on track. I would think Dustin & Sammy make quick work of the Premier Athletes, but maybe if we can get three or four teams in one match, that’d be a way to protect Dustin & Sammy while crowning new champions.

My Score: 8.7/10

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