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Mitchell’s NJPW WTL X Super Jr. Tag Results & Report! (11/23/22)

The Super Juniors tag back in!

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NJPW WTL X Super Jr.

Will Catch 2/2 get two more points?

The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions won big in the first round, but they can’t rest easy! Will TJP & Francesco Akira win to close out another show?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima VS Oskar Leube & Kosei Fujita; Leube & Fujita win.
  • 8 Man Tag: Tomoaki Honma, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato & Jado VS Bullet Club; Bullet Club wins.
  • Six Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS Suzuki-Gun; Suzuki-Gun wins.
  • Super Jr. Tag League 2022: KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight VS SHO & Dick Togo; Kushida & Knight win.
  • Super Jr. Tag League 2022: Ryusuke Taguchi & Chris Connors VS BUSHI & Titán; Bushi & Titán win.
  • Super Jr. Tag League 2022: Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask VS YOH & Lio Rush; Yoh & Lio win.
  • Super Jr. Tag League 2022: DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru VS Ace Austin & Chris Bey; Ace & Bey win.
  • Super Jr. Tag League 2022: TJP & Francesco Akira VS Alex Zayne & El Lindaman; TJP & Akira win.

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Here are the current Super Jr. Tag League standings!

TJP & Akira: 1-0, 2 points
Zayne & Lindaman: 1-0, 2 points
Taguchi & Connors: 1-0, 2 points
Eagles & Tiger Mask: 1-0, 2 points
Austin & Bey: 1-0, 2 points
Yoh & Lio: 0-1, 0 points
Bushi & Titan: 0-1, 0 points
Sho & Dick: 0-1, 0 points
Douki & Kanemaru: 0-1, 0 points
KUSHIDA & Knight: 0-1, 0 points

 

Super Jr. Tag League 2022: KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight VS SHO & Dick Togo!

The #TimeJet and the House of Torture both fell in the first round, but someone’s gotta win now! Will Kushida & Knight make up for lost time? Or will the Murder Machine & Spoiler find a way to ruin things again?

The teams sort out and though Sho taunts Kushida, Kushida starts against Dick. Fans rally up as the two circle. They tie up, are in a deadlock, but Dick puts Kushida on the ropes. The ref counts, Dick lets off, but Kushida avoids the cheap shot! Kushida arm-drags Dick and grinds his arm. Dick moves around, Kushida keeps on the shoulder, but Dick fishhooks Kushida’s nose. Dick puts Kushida on the ropes, whips him away, but Kushida comes back with an arm-drag and a drop toehold! Kushida wrenches the arm and wristlocks! Kushida wrenches and brings Dick over to tag Knight. Knight wrenches the arm, then tags Kushida back in.

Knight hands off the arm for Kushida to wrench. Kushida taunts Sho, tags Knight, and hands off the arm again. Knight wrenches and hands off the arm, then Kushida wrenches and hands off the arm, repeat! They then double wrench and double snapmare, to double knee drop on the arms! Fans applaud but Sho rushes in to throw hands. Sho runs, but into a double hip toss! STANDING MOONSAULT SPLASH COMBO! Fans fire up as Knight drags Dick back up. Knight wrenches to an ELBOW BREAKER, then wrenches again. But Dick pokes Knight in the eyes! And headlock punches him down! If only fans could boo tonight…

Sho tags in and he DECKS Kushida! Dick drags Knight out, Sho goes to the apron, PENALTY KICK! Sho eggs Kushida on while Dick ROCKS Knight. Dick puts Knight on the apron for Sho to ROPE GUILLOTINE! Knight sputters and Sho grins. Fans rally up for Knight but Sho rakes his eyes! The ref has to keep an angry Kushida back, and Sho wrenches Knight to whip him to a corner. Sho forearm smashes, wrenches and kicks, KICKS and SUPERKICKS! Cover, Kushida breaks it! Sho complains but he drags Knight back up. Sho facelocks then tags in Dick. Knight fights back but Dick CLAWS his back!

Dick drags Knight up, ROCKS him with a right, then ROCKS him again. Dick digs his boot in and so does Sho, but the ref counts. They both let off at 4 and fans rally up again. Dick drags Knight up but Knight ROCKS him back! And again! And EuroUppers! But Dick drop toeholds into a FUJIWARA ARMBAR! Knight endures, so Dick drops a knee on the arm. Dick snapmares then fist drops! Cover, but Kushida breaks it again! Sho complains, but Dick stands on Knight’s leg to keep him down. Dick bumps Knight off buckles, he tags Sho in, and Sho taunts Kushida. But Knight fights back with forearms and CHOPS!

Fans rally but Sho rakes Knight’s eyes! The ref reprimands but Sho whips Knight to ropes. Knight reverses, hurdles, and Sho SPEARS Dick out of the ring! Fans fire up as Knight crawls, hot tag to Kushida! Kushida goes up top to FLYING AX HANDLE! Kushida ROCKS, whips, but Sho reverses. Kushida handsprings to back elbow! Fans fire up, Kushida dodges Sho then PELES! Kushida aims but Sho ducks the buzzsaw! Sho shoves Kushida at the ref! Kushida stops himself from running into the ref, but he turns around into a dropkick to the legs! Sho then PENALTY KICKS Kushida’s arm! A very Kushida thing to do!

Kushida hobbles to the corner, Sho runs in, but into an elbow! Kushida goes up to FLYING KNEE Sho’s arm! Fans fire up as both men clutch an elbow! Kushida and Sho glare at each other, Kushida KICKS Sho’s bad arm! Sho KICKS Kushida’s bad arm! Kushida KICKS Sho’s bad arm, then KICKS and KICKS and KICKS! Kushida wrenches the bad arm but Sho rakes Kushida’s eyes! The ref reprimands, Sho lets go, and Kushida ROUNDHOUSES the arm! Kushida runs, but into Dick’s cheap shot! Sho SPEARS Kushida! Tag to Dick and he runs to BLAST Knight! Sho and Dick stomp away on Kushida, then they drag him up.

Dick & Sho double whip and double shoulder Kushida over! Cover, TWO, into a CROSSFACE! And for whatever reason, Evil & Yujiro have walked out to ringside. Kushida endures, reaches out, moves around, and lurches forward to get the ROPEBREAK! Fans applaud but Dick drags Kushida up. Dick reels Kushida in, underhooks, but Kushida back drops free! Dick sunset flips, but Kushida turns that into an ARMBAR! But Sho stomps him down! Knight gets in but Sho rakes Knight’s eyes and throws him out! Evil distracts the ref and Dick sets Kushida up. Yujiro gets in with his pimp cane! But Kushida ducks and the cane hits Dick!

Kushida sends Yujiro into Evil, then he runs to HANDSPRING KICK them both down! Sho kicks Kushida, rakes his eyes, then runs. But Knight runs in to DROPKICK Sho down! Fans fire up again and Knight PLANCHAS Sho down! Fans fire up more as Kushida PENALTY KICKS Dick’s bad arm! Kushida whips Dick to hip toss, cartwheel and basement dropkick! Fans fire up as Kushida underhooks, HAMMERLOCK SUPLEX! Bridging cover, #TimeJet wins!

Winners: Kushida & Kevin Knight, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Sho & Dick earn 0)

The House of Torture falls again! Will the only thing getting spoiled in Super Jr. Tag League be the chances Sho & Dick have of making the finals?

 

Super Jr. Tag League 2022: Ryusuke Taguchi & Chris Connors VS BUSHI & Titán!

The Wild Hips tasted success out the gate, but the Black Mask & El Inmortal were trumped by Ace Austin & Chris Bey. Will Taguchi & Connors continue to stampede in the second round? Or will Bushi & Titán stay tranquilo to get on the board?

Taguchi & Connors have their black bags again. Taguchi brings out water, but Connors brings out Sapporo brand beer! Fans rally up but Taguchi isn’t sure about this. Connors says it’s fine, and he takes a drink! Connors then realizes that Taguchi has to be okay to bike home later, so they put the beers away for now. The teams sort out and Connors starts against Titan. Fans rally as the bell rings, and the two circle. But then Bushi slides in to CLOBBER Connors! Titan kicks Connors to ropes, he and Bushi double whip, but Connors ducks and DOUBLE SHOULDERS them down! Fans fire up as LIJ go to opposite corners.

Connors runs in to elbow Titan, then elbow Bushi! Then he RAMS Titan, and he RAMS Bushi! Connors back drops Bushi away! Titan SOBATS, whips, but Connors reverses. Things speed up, Connors POUNCES Titan down! Fans fire up more and Connors drags Titan up. Tag to Taguchi and Taguchi stomps Titan down. Taguchi snapmares Titan and then clamps on a chinlock. Titan endures, even as Taguchi digs his knee in. Taguchi pushes Titan down and leans on the hold, but Titan moves around to get the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Taguchi lets off, and he sits Titan up for a point-blank hip. And then another!

Taguchi digs a stink face into Titan at the corner! Fans fire up as Taguchi gets a leg for OH MY GAH ANKLE! Titan has the ropebreak so Taguchi lets off again. Taguchi drags Titan up and bumps him off buckles. Tag to Connors, he runs and BLASTS Bushi! Connors whips Taguchi in to HIP ATTACK Titan! And again! And again! Then Taguchi whips Connors to back body block Titan down! Fans fire up as the Wild Hips butt bump! Cover, TWO! Fans rally, Connors drags Titan up, and Connors whips Titan to ropes. Titan springboards to CROSSBODY! Taguchi throws Titan down by his mask but Titan kips up to PELE back!

Titan SOBATS Connors, fireman’s carries, and hits a LANDSLIDE! Hot tag to Bushi, and Bushi stomps Connors around. Bushi bumps Connors off buckles, CHOPS him, then CHOPS again! And DOUBLE CHOPS Connors down! Bushi drags Connors up, snapmares him and wraps on a headscissor squeeze! Connors endures and fans rally up. Connors moves around, but Bushi drags him away from Taguchi. But Connors reaches to get the ROPEBREAK! Bushi CLAWS Connors’ face, but he lets off as the ref reprimands. Bushi stomps Connors, tags Titan, and Titan climbs as Bushi wrenches Connors.

Titan DOUBLE STOMPS Connors’ arm! Titan stomps Connors around while fans rally up. Connors rises, Titan KICKS and KICKS and fires off fast hands! SOBAT and Titan powers up! Titan runs, but Connors follows to SPEAR! Fans fire up while both men are down! Connors and Titan crawl, hot tags to Taguchi and Bushi! Bushi dodges to rake the eyes! Bushi runs, but into a HIP ATTACK! Fans fire up, Taguchi runs to HIP ATTACK at the ropes! And HIP ATTACK! And HIP ATTACK! Fans fire up as Taguchi brings Bushi back up. Taguchi snap suplexes, Uno Amigo! Another snap suplex, Dos Amigos! But Bushi fights free of Three Amigos!

Taguchi knees low, runs, but into an ENZIGURI! Taguchi wobbles around, but Connors runs in, the POUNCE sends Taguchi’s hips into Bushi! Fans fire up, Connors BLASTS Titan! Connors and Taguchi combine their powers! They aim at Bushi, “ORYA~!” DOUBLE HIP SANDWICH! Cover, Titan breaks it! Connors sends Titan back out and holds him down! Taguchi drags Bushi up, chicken wings, but Bushi victory rolls! TWO!! Taguchi has a leg, OH MY GAH ANKLE!! Bushi endures, Connors keeps Titan down, and Taguchi keeps Bushi from ropes! Bushi hops up, but Taguchi ducks the enziguri, only for the HEEL KICK to connect!

Fans fire up while Bushi and Taguchi are down. Connors hurries in and he drags Bushi up. Connors EuroUppers Bushi to a corner, then coordinates with Taguchi. Taguchi whips Connors in but Bushi dodges! Bushi BOOTS Taguchi, then sends Connors into him! Connors and Taguchi wobble, Titan knuckle locks with Bushi to go up and up and tightrope walk! Titan springboards to DOUBLE MISSILE DROPKICK! Fans fire up as Wild Hips fall out of the ring! Titan builds speed to FLY! Direct hit at the ramp! Titan fires up and fans fire up with him! Titan drags Taguchi up and puts him in, Bushi hobbles over to stand Taguchi up.

Taguchi fights the Fisherman Screw to knee low and run. But Titan SOBATS! Bushi sunset flips, Titan SPRINGBOARD SPLASHES! Cover, Connors breaks it! Connors knees Titan, whips, but Titan reverses. Titan goes Matrix to CALF KICK Connors out! Fans fire up and Bushi hobbles to ropes. Titan runs at Taguchi in the corner, CRAZY LARIAT! CODE BREAKER! Springboard, ANGEL INMORTAL!! Cover, LIJ wins!!

Winners: Bushi & Titán, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Taguchi & Connors earn 0)

The Wild Hips were just made to tranquilo! Will this be a pivotal turning point in the tournament? Or will it take more than one win for LIJ to get another shot at the titles?

 

Super Jr. Tag League 2022: Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask VS YOH & Lio Rush!

The Flying Tigers are back and off to a great start, while Direct Drive & The Man of the Hour couldn’t bring down TJP & Francesco Akira. Will Yoh & Lio turn things around in the second round? Or will Eagles & Tiger keep hunting the top of the block?

The teams sort out and Lio starts against the legend. Fans rally as the two circle and feel things out. Tiger avoids Lio rushing in, but then Lio avoids Tiger. They reset, feel things out, Lio spins to get a leg! He spins Tiger to a waistlock but Tiger standing switches. Lio switches, Tiger switches, repeat! Lio slips under but then Tiger slips under! Lio rolls to victory roll, TWO! Lio swings into a backslide, TWO! The two stand off and fans applaud. Lio and Tiger stare down, and Lio bows! Tiger bows in return, and fans applaud the sportsmanship. Lio tells Tiger that he’ll tag out if Tiger tags out. Tiger agrees to that, but Lio sneaks up behind Tiger!

Eagles tags in before Lio whips, which Tiger reverses anyway. Lio redirects himself, and again, and leaps over the drop down! Tag to Yoh, Lio dodges Eagles and Eagles hits buckles. Lio whips Yoh to BLAST Tiger off the apron! Lio and Yoh combine, victory roll roll roll and SPLASH! Much smoother this time! Lio then sets up, DIRECT DRIVE IN MOTION! Fans fire up as the two high-ten. Yoh covers, TWO! Fans rally as Yoh stomps Eagles around. Yoh drags Eagles up, EuroUppers him back down, then tags Lio. Lio & Yoh double whip, double kick, then Yoh whips Lio, but Eagles avoids the scissor kick.

Eagles dropkicks Yoh’s leg out! Eagles dodges Lio, Tiger rushes in and flips Lio. Lio lands on his feet and blocks Tiger’s kick, but Tiger spin back kicks! Lio flops out of the ring, Tiger builds speed and DIVES onto Yoh! Eagles DIVES onto Lio, and thankfully a Young Lion shields the front row! Fans fire up for such speed from both Eagles & Tiger, and Eagles says hi to Desperado on commentary. Eagles drags Lio up and puts him in for Tiger, and Tiger drags Lio up. Eagles & Tiger double hip, double hip toss, and then KICK, KICK, KICK, and double basement dropkick! Yoh runs in, but into more kicks! DOUBLE ROUNDHOUSES take Yoh down!

Fans fire up and Eagles drags Lio up. Eagles snapmares Lio, runs and SLIDING KICKS! Cover, TWO! Eagles keeps on Lio by stepping through the legs. Lio scrambles around to the ROPEBREAK! Eagles lets off quickly, but he stomps Lio’s legs. Eagles scoops Lio to hold him up, then SLAM him into a drop zone! Fans rally as Eagles goes up the corner, 450, but Eagles has to bail out! Lio BOOTS Eagles, runs in, but into a knee! Lio ducks the roundhouse, RAMS low and SCISSOR KICKS Eagles down! Fans fire up while both men crawl for their corners! Hot tag to Yoh! Yoh runs in to BLAST Tiger, and then he CLOBBERS Eagles!

Yoh rallies, whips, but Eagles reverses. Yoh ducks ‘n’ dodges to FLYING FOREARM! Fans fire up and Eagles goes to a corner. Yoh runs in, but Eagles elbows him away. Eagles runs, but Yoh handsprings to dodge! Yoh mule kicks Eagles then turns him around, HEAD BUSTER! Then a suplex, for the FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO!! Eagles is still in this but Yoh keeps his focus. Fans rally back up and Yoh drags Eagles up again. Yoh reels Eagles in, underhooks, but no drive! Eagles wrenches out but Yoh ROCKS him with a forearm! Yoh reels Eagles in but Eagles switches to CHOP BLOCK, and BLINDSIDE LARIAT!

Fans rally up while both men are down. Eagles crawls to hot tag Tiger! Tiger KICKS Yoh, KICKS, and SOBATS! Yoh goes to a corner, Tiger ROUNDHOUSES! Yoh flops down but Tiger drags him back up. Tiger underhooks, but Yoh blocks the lift! Yoh wrenches out, Tiger gest around, Yoh switches but Tiger victory rolls! TWO!! Tiger SOBATS again! And BUZZSAWS! Cover, TWO!! Yoh is still in this and fans rally up. Tiger drags Yoh up, gut wrenches, but Lio saves Yoh! Lio fires off on Tiger, runs, but into a gut wrench and BACKBREAKER! Fans fire up as Eagles gets in, and Tiger drags Yoh up. Feed to Eagles’ cravat, BOOSTED SLICED BREAD!

Eagles rolls Yoh and feeds him to the TIGER DRIVER!! Cover, Lio breaks it! Eagles drags Lio up to throw him out, and then Eagles coordinates with Tiger. Fans rally up again and the Flying Tigers bring Yoh up. They double whip Yoh to the corner, then Eagles goes to the apron. They meet at the corner with an ENZIGURI ROUNDHOUSE COMBO! Fans fire up more as Tiger drags Yoh back up. Eagles springboards, but Yoh gets away! Yoh snapamres Tiger, kicks Eagles, but Eagles wrenches! Tiger ROUNDHOUSES Yoh down! But Lio rolls and SPIN KICKS Tiger! Lio kicks Eagles, whips, but Eagles reverses, only for Lio to reverse it back!

Lio dodges Eagles then handsprings around, but Eagles blocks to ROUNDHOUSE, SUPERKICK and PELE! Fans fire up as Eagles kips up! But Yoh powers up, only for Eagles to block his superkick! Eagles SLAPS Yoh, knees his leg, back elbows him, and hooks him up, but Yoh fights the Turbo Backpack! Eagles standing switches but Yoh switches back to BACKSTABBER! Eagles hobbles, Lio rebounds to STUNNER! Eagles staggers more, into a SUPERKICK! Fans fire up as Yoh & Lio roar! Yoh drags Tiger up, whips him to ropes, 3- NO, Tiger ROCKS Lio and crucifixes Yoh! TWO!! Tiger SOBATS Yoh, runs, but into 3 K!! Cover, Yoh & Lio win!

Winners: Yoh & Lio Rush, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Flying Tigers earn 0)

Chaos fought Chaos and it was chaos! But in the end, the Men of the Hour come out on top! They have their first two points, but will it be the first of many on the way to the top?

 

Super Jr. Tag League 2022: DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru VS Ace Austin & Chris Bey!

Japones del Mal & The Heel Master couldn’t tame Taguchi & Connors, and now they’re going up against the Bullet Club’s hot hand! Will Douki & Kanemaru bust two rounds in a row? Or will they keep things from being Too Sweet?

The teams sort out and Kanemaru starts against The Finesser. Fans rally as Kanemaru and Bey circle, tie up, and Kanemaru headlocks. Bey powers out but then pulls hair to reel Kanemaru into a headlock! The ref reprimands, Kanemaru powers out but Bey runs him over! Bey does a swinging swaggering dance, then throws up the Too Sweet. Things speed up, Bey rolls back to headscissors Kanemaru! Then he dropkicks the legs out and DOUBLE STOMPS him down! Bey DECKS Douki, then he and Ace double whip Kanemaru to a corner. Bey runs in but Kanemaru dodges and dropkicks Ace’s legs out!

Bey runs back at Kanemaru and mule kicks! Bey runs, but into a dropkick to the leg! Fans fire up as Kanemaru drags Bey around, and SMASHES the leg on the mat! Kanemaru stomps Bey’s leg, fans rally up, and Kanemaru drags Bey up again. SHIN BREAKER! Bey writhes and clutches his leg but Kanemaru taunts him. Kanemaru stomps Bey at the ropes, then stands on the leg! The ref counts, Kanemaru lets off, and Kanemaru drags Bey up to kick the leg again. Kanemaru whips Bey to ropes but Bey holds ropes. Bey BOOTS back and Ace tags in. Bey baits Kanemaru in then hurdles over! Kanemaru tumbles out, Ace is there to egg him on.

Kanemaru swings but Ace handsprings over and around to PENALTY KICK! Fans fire up as Bey tags back in, to PLANCHA! Douki rushes in but Ace shoulders into him. Ace slingshots up and over and throws Douki out. Ace builds speed while Bey sets up Suzuki-Gun, for the FLOP! Fans fire up as Bullet Club Too Sweet. Bey drags Kanemaru up and puts him in for Ace. Ace stomps Kanemaru while Bey stomps Douki. Ace pulls on Kanemaru’s arm with a mounted armbar, but he sneaks out his Ace of Spades! PAPER CUT!! Ace hides the card up his sleeve, and then drops knees on Kanemaru. Cover, TWO!

Fans rally and Ace drags Kanemaru up. Ace bumps Kanemaru off buckles and tags in Bey. Bullet Club double wrench Kanemaru’s arms and DOUBLE CLAW his back! They double drop toehold, Too Sweet, and DOUBLE CLAW him again! Fans applaud the shout outs to El Phantasmo and Bey mocks Kanemaru’s pain. Bey digs his boot into Kanemaru, lets off, and tells the ref to shut up. But Kanemaru kicks back from below! Bey stomps Kanemaru down! Bey snapmares, UPPERCUTS Kanemaru in the back, then covers, TWO! Fans rally up and Bey taunts Douki. The ref is busy keeping Douki back as Bey CHOKES Kanemaru!

Desperado is annoyed on commentary as Bey mocks Kanemaru’s sputtering. Bey drags Kanemaru up, whips him into the corner, and then tags Ace. Ace stomps Kanemaru, suplexes Kanemaru high and hard, then pulls on the bad fingers! Kanemaru endures, Ace drops knees on the arm! Ace flexes and fans applaud while Kanemaru clutches his bad arm. Fans rally up again, Ace KICKS Kanemaru in the side! Ace stands on Kanemaru’s face, sits him up and BOOTS him! Ace stomps Kanemaru in the corner, the ref backs him off, but Bey CHOKES Kanemaru! Bey gets away with that, claiming he was just checking on Kanemaru.

Ace stands Kanemaru up to CHOP him! Tag to Bey, then they hook Kanemaru up, SLIDE KICK RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP COMBO! Then LEG DROP MOONSAULT COMBO! Cover, Douki breaks it! Douki and Bey brawl, but Bey throws Douki out. Bey mocks Kanemaru while fans rally up. Bey drags Kanemaru up to hook him up in a cobra twist! Kanemaru endures, and he pulls on Bey’s ear! Bey throws a body shot then runs, and blocks Kanemaru’s hip toss. Kanemaru blocks Bey’s hip toss, but Bey knees low! Bey whips Kanemaru to the corner, runs in, but Kanemaru BOOTS back! Kanemaru runs to tilt-o-whirl and DDT!

Fans fire up while both men are down! Bey and Kanemaru crawl for their corners, hot tags to Douki and Ace! Douki dodges to kick and whip,. Ace reverses but Douki RANAS! Douki dodges again, springboards and FLYING BACK ELBOWS! Fans fire up with Douki as he runs to DOUBLE STOMP! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up as Douki aims, and he runs side to side. Ace puts Douki on the apron, but Douki ROCKS Ace back! Slingshot, but Ace blocks Daybreaker to a NORTHERN LIGHTS! Fisherman bridge, TWO!! Douki escapes and fans rally back up. Ace staggers up, drags Douki up in a waistlock, but Douki throws elbows.

Douki switches, Ace elbows out hard. Ace DECKS Kanemaru, knees Douki low, knee lifts then HEEL KICKS! Fans fire up and Ace calls Bey in. Bullet Club coordinates, Ace gives Bey the boost, but Kanemaru catches Bey! Kanemaru shoves Bey into Austin then ENZIGURIS Bey down! Kanemaru BOOTS Ace in the corner, he and Douki double whip to DOUBLE DROPKICK! Ace bails out, Kanemaru whips Douki so he can DIVE! Direct hit on Ace, Douki puts Ace in, and Kanemaru scoops! BRITISH FALL to Douki’s DIVING DOUBLE STOMPS! Cover, TWO!! But Douki drags Ace into ITALIAN STRETCH NUMBER 32!!

Ace endures and fans fire up! Ace fights to drag Douki around, and he reaches out, but Douki rolls him from the ropes! ITALIAN STRETCH! But Bey is up top! FROG SPLASH!! Direct hit on Douki and Ace is saved! Bey then triangle jumps to ENZIGURI Kanemaru down! Bey roars and fans fire up! But Douki HELL STABS Bey! Only to run into the PELE! Bey kips up, gets the boost, TOO SWEET CUTTER!! To the FOLD!! Cover, Bullet Club wins!

Winners: Ace Austin & Chris Bey, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Douki & Kanemaru earn 0)

Another win for the Inevitable & the Finesse! Will these two have a major impact on the block?

 

Super Jr. Tag League 2022: TJP & Francesco Akira VS Alex Zayne & El Lindaman!

The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, now known as Catch 2/2, lead the pack with their two points, but The Sauce & The G-Rex are right their with them! Will Zayne & Lindaman snatch those points and some golden tickets at the same time? Or will the Public Enemy & Nova Fireball stay hot in the block?

Of course Gideon Grey gives the United Empire’s representatives their introductions. The teams sort out and Akira starts against Zayne. Fans rally up as the two circle. They tie up, and Zayne pushes Akira to ropes. Akira wants the break, Red Shoes calls it, and Zayne lets off cleanly. Fans applaud and the two reset. Akira gets fans to clap, “CATCH! NI NI!” and he circles with Zayne. They approach but Akira gets around, and he smirks and laughs at Zayne. But Zayne says Akira’s scared! Akira says he’s not scared and the two reset. Zayne calls for the test of strength, but clearly there’s a height difference.

Akira and Zayne knuckle lock, but then Akira CHOPS! Akira dodges Zayne and taunts the “heavyweight.” Zayne storms in and Akira dodges. Zayne handsprings over and says, “I told you, I’m a Junior.” Fans applaud as things speed up, and Zayne blocks the tilt-o-whirl to then swing Akira around. Akira slips out to waistlock but Zayne switches and shoves Akira to ropes. Akira jumps up but Zayne blocks the rana! Zayne swings Akira back up, Akira slips free and dodges to dropkick! But Zayne rebounds to CHOP Akira down! Zayne says that’s finger licking good as Akira bails out. Fans applaud and Akira cools off.

Akira tells Zayne to back off and Zayne gives him space. Akira slides in, tags TJP, and fans fire up as Lindaman tags in! Lindaman and TJP circle, fans rally up, and the two tie up. TJP wrenches to a wristlock but Lindaman rolls and wrenches back. TJP rolls, spins, cartwheels, and brings Lindaman down for the twisting headscissors! Fans fire up but Lindaman powers up to stack TJP to a cover. TWO, and TJP twisting headscissors again! TJP wags his finger and throws up the crown. Fans rally behind TJP as he holds tight, but Lindaman fights up again. Lindaman throws TJP away, knees low, then whips him corner to corner.

Lindaman runs in but TJP BOOTS back! TJP runs, but Lindaman ROCKS him with a forearm! Lindaman whips, but TJP goes Spider-Man! TJP eggs Lindaman on and he runs in, but TJP dumps him to the apron! Lindaman hurries back up to slingshot and STOMP TJP down! Fans fire up as Lindaman looms over TJP. Lindaman drags TJP up, whips him to ropes, but TJP reverses and ducks the haymaker to spin Lindaman around! Facelock and suplex, but Lindaman slips free. Lindaman waistlocks, TJP switches but Lindaman throws an elbow to SAYANAGI! And DDT! Fans fire up as Akira runs in, into a kick!

Lindaman scoops Akira to SLAM him on TJP! Fans fire up more as Lindaman gets the better of the champs! Lindaman fires up and fans rally behind him as he drags TJP up. Lindaman wrenches TJP to a wristlock, brings him over and tags in Zayne. Zayne takes the handoff and YANKS TJP’s arm! Zayne keeps his eye on Akira, YANKS TJP’s arm, then he wrenches TJP again. Tag back to Lindaman and he kicks TJP. Lindaman wrenches the arm, and says he’s going to have a taste! Lindaman puts his mouth guard away to BITE TJP’s hand! Red Shoes reprimands but the fans fire up! Lindaman stops biting, just to tell Red Shoes that he’s not getting any.

Lindaman says Zayne’s getting a taste, though! Lindaman hands TJP off to Zayne and Zayne BITES TJP’s hand! Red Shoes keeps Akira back even though he has a legitimate gripe right now! Red Shoes reprimands, Zayne lets TJP go, and Lindaman says he’s not done yet! Lindaman BITES TJP’s hand again! Red Shoes counts and Lindaman stops. Lindaman says Zayne is going to have seconds now! Fans fire up but TJP wrenches and smothers Lindaman! TJP brings Lindaman over while Zayne is hyping up the crowd! Zayen BITES Lindaman’s hand! Lindman shouts and Zayne realizes who he’s biting! Zayne stops and apologizes!

TJP tags Akira and then helps him with a RAILGUN DROPKICK! Akira wipes out Zayne & Lindaman! Fans fire up as TJP goes up and up and CROSSBODIES Zayne down! TJP gets back in, he and Akira double whip Lindaman. SOBAT, KICK, KICK and BASEMENT SHOTGUN! TJP covers, TWO! Fans rally up but TJP has Lindaman’s legs. TJP steps in for the SHARPSHOOTER, but then he shifts it down to an Indian Deathlock! TJP SNAPS the lock! And stands up, to SNAP it again! TJP rallies the fans and they fire up, but Zayne gets in! Zayne CHOPS TJP down, but that only snaps the lock again! Zayne drags TJP up, to CHOP him down again!

Lindaman explains this isn’t helping but Zayne isn’t listening! Zayne stands TJP up, only to realize he’s tied up with Lindaman. Zayne kicks but TJP blocks that, and spins Zayne around to SAIDO while he SNAPS the lock! Fans fire up while TJP lets Lindaman go. TJP drags Lindaman over, tags in Akira, and Catch 2/2 mugs Lindaman. Akira CLUBS Lindaman, taunts him, then CLUBS him. Lindaman CHOPS! Akira CLUBS! Lindaman CHOPS! Akira CHOPS! Lindaman staggers away to a corner and Akira is right on him. Akira whips corner to corner, runs in, and clotheslines! Snapmare and cover, TWO!

Akira stalks Lindaman to the corner, tags TJP, and fans rally again for “CATCH! NI NI!” They double whip, double atomic drop, then hook Lindaman up, RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP NECKBREAKER COMBO! Cover, TWO! TJP clamps on a chinlock and he grinds Lindaman down. Fans rally for Lindaman but TJP shifts to trap an arm. TJP has the chinlock again but Lindaman still endures. Fans rally and Lindaman fights around. Lindaman stands but TJP whips him to a corner. Lindaman reverses, runs in, but into a BOOT! Lindaman comes back, into another BOOT! Lindman is mad now, he blocks the boots and puts TJP in the ropes! DRAPING NECKBREAKER!

Fans fire up and both men crawl for their corners. Hot tags to Akira and Zayne! The Sauce rallies on Catch 2/2! ELBOW for Akira, spin and LARIAT for TJP! Fans fire up again and Zayne hauls Akira up. wrench and BAJA- NO, Akira rolls through! But Zayne ducks the Penalty Kick and rolls Akira for the EDDY GORDO KICK! Zayne wrenches and tries again, BAJA BLAST! Cover, TWO! Akira is still in this but Zayne keeps cool. Fans rally up, Zayne drags Akira up and reels him in. Zayne lifts but Akira fights it! Zayne CLUBS away on Akira, then SLAPS him! Zayne runs, but Akira follows! TJP tags in, Akira wheelbarrows then waistlocks.

TJP runs in but Zayne BOOTS him! Zayne elbows Akira, whips him but Akira reverses, only for Zayne to block! TJP kicks Zayne, Catch 2/2 double whip but Zayne still blocks! Zayne double whips the champs, but gets a DOUBLE DROPKICK for it! Fans fire up and rally with the champs. They drag Zayne up, double suplex, but Zayne blocks it! The champs throw body shots, get Zayne up, but he turns it around to DOUBLE SUPLEX the champs! Fans fire up as all three men are down! Zayne crawls for his corner, hot tag to Lindaman! Lindaman storms up to TJP and ROCKS him with a forearm! TJP staggers back up, into another forearm!

TJP throws a forearm, Lindaman throws another, fans rally as they go faster and faster, back and forth! Lindaman gets the edge, whips TJP to ropes, but TJP reverses. FLAPJACK FACEBUSTER! Akira WRECKS Zayne with a dropkick, TJP drags Lindaman up. Fans rally as Akira climbs and TJP Electric Chair Lifts Lindaman! But Zayne anchors Akira! Lindaman gets free, but TJP knocks him down. Akira kicks Zayne away, he and TJP try again. Dragon sleeper, DOUBLE STOMP ELBOW DROP DDT! TJP goes up top now, for the MAMBA SPLASH! Cover, Zayne breaks it!! Akira stomps Zayne out of the ring and fans rally up.

Akira coordinates with TJP and they get Lindaman back up. They both run the ropes, but Zayne trips Akira! Zayne rushes in but TJP ENZIGURIS him! TJP whips, Zayne reverses, Lindaman ELBOWS then ROLLING ELBOWS! TJP swings back, but into an EXPLODER! Fans fire up and Akira returns, SNAP HALF ‘N’ HALF for Lindaman! ENZIGURI for Zayne! Fans fire up with Akira and he runs, rolls but into a FALLING POWERBOMB!! All four men are down and fans are thunderous! Gideon rallies the Empire up and Akira stirs. Zayne crawls after Akira, TJP stirs on the other end.

Zayne puts Akira up top, but TJP runs in. Zayne sends TJP into Akira! Then uses TJP to get up and SUPER STEINER Akira! Zayne back suplexes TJP onto Akira, and then Lindaman deadlifts TJP for a GERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, Akira breaks it in time! Lindaman drags Akira up to throw him out, then he builds speed! Tag to Zayne and Lindaman FLIES! Zayne drags TJP up and wraps him up! TACO- NO, TJP slips out to ROLLING SOBAT! Zayne staggers into the fireman’s carry, but Lindaman saves him! TJP uppercuts Lindaman, ROUNDHOUSES Zayne, then whips Lindaman. Lindaman reverses, but TJP gets around to inverted suplex!

Lindaman slips out to waistlock! Zayne SUPERKICKS TJP into the GERMAN SUPLEX! Zayne jackknifes for a DOUBLE BRIDGE, TWO!!! TJP survives and fans are thunderous again! Zayne & Lindaman rise and coordinate. Lindaman drags TJP up, wrenches and KUMAGOROSHI! Zayne says “ITADAKIMASU~!” Zayne goes up and CINNAMON TWISTS but FLOPS as Akira drags TJP away! Akira dumps Lindaman out, then PLANCHAS! TJP crawls over to Zayne, Zayne roars but TJP SUPERKICKS! Zayne swings but TJP BOOTS and ROUNDHOUSES him! TJP runs, into a V-TRIGGER!

Zayne runs but Akira SUPERKICKS! But Zayne runs back in! He LARIATS Akira but TJP rolls Zayne up! TWO!! TJP SOB- NO, Zayne blocks the sobat to wrap TJP up! TACO- Victory roll from TJP! CATCH 2/2 WINS!!

Winners: TJP & Francesco Akira, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Zayne & Lindaman earn 0)

The Sauce was hot but TJP was able to handle the heat! Zayne and Lindaman are eating bitter defeat, but will they only be hungrier next round?

As for TJP & Akira, the fans clap “CATCH! NI NI!” since they can’t cheer it tonight. TJP gets the mic, and says “Buenos dias. Oh, sumimasen. Buon giorno. Oh, gomenasai. Ciao.” TJP realizes that’s still not right. “Hello.” Wait… “KONNICHIWA!” Fans applaud as he finally remembered Japanese. TJP hopes the fans here remember from a couple days ago, “Catch, Two Two.” Fans again clap along, “CATCH! TWO TWO!” as TJP points side to side. “Arigato!” TJP then asks the Orchestrator what he has to say to the fans this fine evening.

Gideon says, “Well, all I’d like to say is, on behalf of Francesco Akira, on behalf of TJP, on behalf of myself, and on behalf of the whole of the United Empire… <WE ARE THE UNITED EMPIRE~!” Another win for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, will they be rolling into the finals of the Super Jr. Tag League?

 

Here are the NEW Super Jr. Tag League standings!

TJP & Akira: 2-0, 4 points
Austin & Bey: 2-0, 4 points
Zayne & Lindaman: 1-1, 2 points
KUSHIDA & Knight: 1-1, 2 points
Bushi & Titan: 1-1, 2 points
Yoh & Lio: 1-1, 2 points
Eagles & Tiger Mask: 1-1, 2 points
Taguchi & Connors: 1-1, 2 points
Sho & Dick: 0-2, 0 points
Douki & Kanemaru: 0-2, 0 points


My Thoughts:

A great second round for the Super Juniors side of this series. Also I do want note that while Suzuki-Gun was declared the winners against LIJ this time, it was via count-out. That furthers my belief that Takagi and Taichi will have some kind of no count outs related match for the KOPW trophy at WrestleKingdom 17. But anyway, just going by the standings, I figured House of Torture and Douki-Kanemaru would be the bottom two with zero points. Sho & Dick are suffering the karma the faction has built up, Evil & Yujiro showing up again couldn’t save them. And while Douki is improving, he is still a lower level name, he and Kanemaru aren’t getting to the finals.

Obviously on the flipside, the champs stay undefeated to lead the block, but Bullet Club’s Ace & Bey being the other undefeated team is a nice surprise. I believe they’re doing great work in Impact, and Ace got to look great in the Best of the Super Juniors this year. They are going to give TJP & Akira one hell of a match, but that’s not going to be for awhile yet. However, TJP & Akira are facing LIJ next, and after a good win off Wild Hips, Bushi & Titan might have a chance of snatching the win.

My Score: 8.5/10

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Mitchell’s WWE Raw Results & Report! (12/23/24)

The Raw Before Christmas!

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The Hollywood A-Lister’s got his own nightmare before Christmas!

Christmas is just a few days away, but things aren’t merry and bright for Raw! The Miz must face his fears as he faces Dexter Lumis 1v1!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship Tournament Opening Round Triple Threat: Natalya VS Alba Fyre VS Iyo Sky; Iyo wins and advances to the next round.
  • Chad Gable w/ Team American Made VS Akira Tozawa w/ The Alpha Academy; Gable wins.
  • Dominik Mysterio VS Damian Priest; Damian Priest wins, by disqualification.
  • The Miz VS Dexter Lumis; wins.
  • Sami Zayn VS Drew McIntyre; wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Drew McIntyre walks to gorilla.

The Scottish Terminator makes his way through the curtain and to the stage, and the fans have a mixed reaction as he goes to the ring. McIntyre grabs a mic, and he says, “After Hell in a Cell, I’ve never been so beat up in my entire life. 16 staples in my head, my back almost broken from landing on the steel steps. And I went home to Scotland. The reason I went home, and I haven’t really talked about it publicly, is because a very close family member passed away. Some people probably feeling sympathy right now. Some guys in the back are probably talking to each other, saying, ‘I didn’t know.’ Maybe if you cared enough, you would’ve asked.

“Over these past two months, guess how many people phoned me to check. Not how I was doing mentally but how i was doing physically after Hell in a Cell. ONE PERSON! These past 17 years, I’ve been led to believe we’re all a big happy family in the back. We’re brothers and sisters, we travel the world together, we spend more time with each other than with our actual families, but it’s all BS! My brother, John, in Scotland wouldn’t stab me in the back to take my spot, but people like Jimmy, Jey and Sami 100% would.” The fans boo that, then chant “YEET! YEET! YEET!” McIntyre says that proves his point.

After watching everything The Bloodline did, Jey says he is a changed man. He does a cute hand sign, he says a made up word, and the fans just forget about it and move on. That’s the other thing McIntyre realized: He has given and given and given all this time, and the fans turned on him for a guy who was gone for years and has told the WWE fans to go screw themselves! McIntyre was fighting for the fans, he thought they believed in him, so he believed in the fans! McIntyre bled out in the cell, and while he was gone, the fans instantly forgot him! The fans boo, that’s not true! But McIntyre says from now on, he gives no more for anybody!

McIntyre will take and take and he will tell the truth! The real villains are Roman Reigns and CM Punk! And if you choose to prop them up, as he already said, Jey, Jimmy & Sami, the things Roman did to you… Roman took a vacation, then simply snapped his fingers and they were by his side again! McIntyre suggests everyone who ever wronged McIntyre should sleep with one eye open. But wait, here comes Sami Zayn! The fans cheer and sing for Sami but Sami says hey, McIntyre is angry, he doesn’t have to believe Sami in place of believing everyone has ulterior motives. Sami doesn’t blame him.

But personally, man to man, Sami did not know what happened with McIntyre’s family. They figured he was recovering from one of the most vicious matches of all time. Sami thought that, all the guys ‘n’ girls in the back thought, and that’s all the fans thought. Believe that or not, fine, but Sami wants to level with McIntyre. Talk about 17 years, Sami has 22 years in this game. Sami’s been through what McIntyre’s been through. Sami’s had losses. Trust him. He has had losses he had to put on the side and go to work that week. The same sacrifices, from birthdays to weddings to funerals that he should’ve been at? Sami’s done it all.

Sami has put unnecessary stress on his wife, on his kid, and why? Because this is the life that they both chose! They are WWE SUPERSTARS! The fans cheer that! And as such, they are LUCKY to be WWE Superstars! And you thnik this is just your story or Sami’s story? Y’know who else has stories like this? Every single person sitting in the stands. Every single person at home! The kids who struggle at school, the adults who struggle at work, who struggle economically, physically, and they have their losses and sacrifices, but they still get up every day to do what they gotta do to soldier on, without pointing a finger at everyone else!

The fans fire up for that passion. Sami says McIntyre dares pointing a finger at the fans for forgetting him?! They didn’t forget, brother! They MADE McIntyre! And McIntyre still thinks the world revolves around him just because once upon a time, someone told him he was “The Chosen One.” But newsflash, just because you’re mad doesn’t make you special. And now McIntyre thinks everyone else is somehow tied to him? What Jimmy does has nothing to do with McIntyre. What Jey does has nothing to do with McIntyre! What SAMI does has nothing to do with McIntyre!

But McIntyre, if you want to still walk around all angry and pointing fingers at the fans, at Sami, at Jey, at Jimmy, at Punk, at Roman, and still be mad about The Bloodline, fine. No one is stopping McIntyre. But Sami has no problem being McIntyre’s problem and facing him in this ring right now! McIntyre says if Sami wants to know the truth… IT isn’t just anger. McIntyre’s anger comes from pain, and he doesn’t doubt what Sami just said. There was so much truth and passion, but it’s never the whole truth, is it? Sami has a way of spinning things. Because Sami can fly back home every week to his family. McIntyre is halfway across the world from his!

And no one here in Boston ever leaves Boston, they’re with their families 24/7! McIntyre doesn’t have that luxury! The fans boo that veiled insult, but McIntyre says he will remain calm and ask Sami why he wants this fight. They both know the result, we saw it time and time again, Sami has NEVER beaten McIntyre. So McIntyre suggests, given Sami isn’t 100%, and Sami’s wife and kid are here tonight… Sami should just walk back there, take their hands, and leave this arena. Of all those in the Bloodline, Sami is the least of McIntyre’s worries.

Sami says McIntyre is right about a couple things. When it comes to win-loss records, McIntyre has Sami’s number. And Sami is not 100%. Haven’t been since Saturday Night’s Main Event. And yes, the smart thing would be to just go home, celebrate and get healthy over the holidays. But Sami would so much rather do this. Sami fires hands! The fans fire up but McIntyre shoves Sami away. McIntyre swings, but gets caught! Sami lifts but McIntyre fights free, then GLASGOW KISS HEADBUTT! McIntyre takes aim, but here comes JEY USO! The fans fire up as Jey runs down the ramp, slides in, and then dodges McIntyre to SUPERKICK!

The fans fire up as Jey & Sami DOUBLE LARIAT McIntyre up and outta the ring! The fans “YEET! YEET! YEET!” with Jey & Sami Uso! Will the Scottish Terminator’s mission be ended when Sami and/or Jey shut him down?

 

Adam Pearce is met by Pure Fusion Collective.

The Raw General Manager asks Sonya Deville what he can do for her and she says not much. She knows how stressful this job can be since she once had it. She’s just here to make things easier. And how’s that? Well, Kairi Sane is not cleared to compete, there is an opening in the tournament, and Sonya wants it. Oh, is that so? Y’know, Sonya, that is a terrible idea. They caused this scenario so he’s just gonna reward them? Are they outta their minds? And zip it! Plus, he already filled that vacancy with Iyo Sky. Happy Holidays! PFC is upset by that since Iyo just lost to Liv Morgan, but will there be nothing to stop the Evil Genius now?

 

WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship Tournament Opening Round Triple Threat: Natalya VS Alba Fyre VS Iyo Sky!

Just as Pearce said, PFC taking out the Pirate Princess will not mean they get away with murder! The Queen of Harts and the Fire Keeper must now figure out how to handle this change to the program. Will Iyo redeem herself for losing Saturday Night’s Main Event by moving on to the next round?

Raw returns and Alba makes her entrance, Isla Dawn seeing her to the ramp, and then Natalya makes her entrance. The bell rings and Alba kicks Natty then ELBOWS Iyo! Alba whips but Natty reverses and Alba tumbles out of the ring! Iyo rolls Natty, TWO! Iyo whips, Natty dodges in the corner and gets Iyo up! REBOUND SIT-DOWN, and then Natty steps on Iyo, only for Alba to trip Natty up! Alba brings Natty out to send into steel steps! But then Iyo DIVES onto Alba! The fans fire up with Iyo and Raw goes to break.

Raw returns again and Natty brawls with Abla. Alba knees low, but Iyo CROSBODIES them both down! The fans fire up and Iyo SHOTEIS Alba! And SHOTEIS her again! And then DROPKICKS her down! Iyo brings Alba around, whips, but Alba reverses. Iyo goes up and out, then blocks a shot to ROCK Alba! The fans fire up, Iyo spirnboards, and MISSILE DROPKICKS! Ihyo handsprings up and the fans fire up again! Iyo gets the fans going, but Alba wrenches and facelocks, TORNADO DDT! Alba gets Iyo up again to GOURD BUSTER her onto Natty! Alba then rearranges them into the drop zone!

Alba goes up, the fans are torn, but Alba grins as she SWANTON BOMBS! Cover on Iyo, TWO! Cover on Natty, TWO! But into a KOJI KLUTCH! Natty endures, flails, fights around, but Alba holds on tight! Natty pushes, stacks Alba, TWO!! Natty has the legs! Alba flails now, but Iyo runs up! Natty trips Iyo onto Alba, and she has them both! Natty turns them both over, DOUBLE SHARPSHOOTER!! Iyo and Alba both flail, both claw at the mat, and Alba gets the ROPEBREAK! No disqualifications so Natty can hold on! But now Iyo drags herself under the ropes, and there’s no room left, so Natty has to let go!

Natty rises up and she stalks Iyo to the apron. Natty drags Iyo up but Iyo HOTSHOTS Natty! Natty staggers, rebounds, but Iyo jumps the baseball slide! Natty hits Alba down, and then Iyo PENALTY KICKS Natty! Iyo fires up and springboards, ASAI MOONSAULT! Direct hit on both targets and the fans fire up! Iyo hurries to get Natty up and into the ring, then she drags Natty into the drop zone. Iyo climbs, but Alba CLUBS Iyo first! Alba snarls as she climbs up, but Iyo holds onto ropes! Natty CLUBS Alba and she adds on! SUPER GERMAN SUPLEX on Alba! But Iyo stays up top to go OVER THE MOONSAULT! Cover, Iyo wins!

Winner: Iyo Sky, by pinfall (advances to the semifinals)

The Genius of the Sky moves on, ready to fly against The Morrigan! Will Iyo be able to get past Lyra Valkyria and head for the title?

 

Jdugment Day sulks in the clubhouse.

Finn Balor tells JD McDonagh that he can’t believe this. This was supposed to be a Merry Christmas, Finn was supposed to be celebrating with two titles, and now he has none! Liv Morgan tells Raquel Rodriguez to tell Finn that the reason she suggested he stay away from Damian Priest is because she knew this would happen. Raquel starts to relay the message but Finn has JD tell Liv that she’s got her own problems to worry about and to stay off his back. But then Liv tells Raquel to tell Finn that the reason she’s “on his back” is because he lost the tag titles. JD, tell Liv that Christmas is-

Dominik speaks up to stop the arguing. Christmas IS around the corner, and now they’re not even talking to each other? Dom says he’s gonna go talk with Pearce and get a match with Priest! Dom’s gonna step up for this family. Oh, Dom thinks he’s better than Finn? No, it’s not even like that. Dom has a plan. He’ll talk with Pearce then fill everyone in later. Dom heads out, JD prays for one week of no drama while it’s Christmas. Will Dirty Dom make sure The Punisher pays for screwing Finn & JD over? Or will Priest be given the gift of sending Dom South of Heaven?

 

Sami and Jey regroup backstage.

Sami can’t believe Jey didn’t text or call about the comeback. Jey says, “My bad.” But Sami says it’s fine, he’s happy Jey is back. And thanks for having his back out there tonight and every night, Sami appreciates Jey. Jey thanks Sami for that, and says you know he had to come back for payback. Jey is gonna handle business! Actually, Sami was kinda hoping he could handle McIntyre. Sami talked a big game, he’s gotta back it up. But Sami, you’re not even 100% tonight. Sami knows, but he started something so he has to finish it. Jey says alright. He’s got next! They secret handshake and Jey wishes Sami luck. Will Sami finally get a win on McIntyre in a Christmas miracle?

 

Chad Gable w/ Team American Made VS Akira Tozawa w/ The Alpha Academy!

As “Master” Gable said last week, it was about time he settled things with his past. Will Gable prove to the world that he was always the reason the Alpha Academy was relevant? Or will he find out he can’t keep up with the Stamina Monster?

Raw returns and the #AlphaBabes make their entrance, showing off that new merch while they’re at it. The bell rings and the fans rally up. Tozawa and Gable tie up, Gable wrenches and talks trash right to Tozawa’s face! Gable CHOPS Tozawa down, stands him up, CHOPS him down again, repeat! Gable whips and CLOBBERS Tozawa, then raises the fist. The fans boo more but Gable talks smack on Otis. Gable drags Tozawa up, supelxes, but TOzawa slips free! Tozawa SOBATS< spins, slides under, and SPIN KCIKS! Gable goe sto a corner and Tozawa puts him up! But Gable gets Tozawa for a HANGING ARMBAR!

otis protests, the ref counts, and Gable lets off at 4. Gable says he dien’t break a rule, and Otis never learns. Gablde SLAPS Otis, slides into the ring, but Tozawa victory rolls! TWO, but Tozawa SUPERKICKS Gable down! Tozawa ris the shirt off, goes up top, and SUPER SENTRONS onto knees! Gable saves himself and hausl Tozawa up to GERMAN SUPELX! And theN GERMAN SUPLEX agian! Gable GERMAN SUPLEXES again! But he isn’t done, Gable spins Tozawa aorund, and POWERBOMBS him! ANKLE LOCK!! Tozawa flails but he’s so far from the ropes! Tozawa TAPS, Gable wins!

Winner: Chad Gable, by submission

But Gable won’t let go! Th efans boo, the ref reprimands, but Gable just drops into a GRAPEVINE! So Otis storms in and he drags Gable off the leg! Otis TOSSES Gable! The fans are thunderous, but Team American Made steps up to support Gable. Gable says Otis never learns! But Otis’ hips are moving! He’s shaking, quaking, and the fans fire up, but American Made backs off. Will Gable finally fight Otis and put this beef to rest?

 

The New Day talks backstage.

They still don’t understand how everyone here doesn’t see things their way. But then Dirty Dom walks over, clapping with “New! Day Rocks!” Finally, someone who understands! Dom says he never liked Big E, but uh, no, what they did was crazy. Well, whatever, Broke Ass Tom Selleck! Dom says Tom Selleck wishes! Dirty Dom heads for gorilla, ready to fight for the Judgment Day. But will Dom go from “Broke Ass Tom Selleck” to just broken?

 

Dominik Mysterio VS Damian Priest!

Judgment Day’s history has always been a rocky one, but it has never been rockier than right now. Betraying Rhea Ripley & Damian Priest probably has a lot to do with it, but will Dom be able to smooth things over by taking Damian down? Or will Priest finally beat some sense into #LatinoCheat?

The bell rings and Dom bails right out! Dom dares Priest to come get him, but Priest says Dom needs to get back in the ring. Priest will even give him a free shot! Dom storms up to the apron, steps in, and takes that swing, but Priest blocks it! Then Priest BELL CLAPS Dom, DECKS him, then DECKS him again! Dom staggers around, Priest picks him up to SLAM DUNK! Dom staggers back up, into a torture rack! Priest bends Dom with the Argentine Backbreaker! Priest then THROWS Dom down and the fans fire up. Priest paces around, powers up his arm, and Dom rises. The fans rally and Priest runs, but Dom ducks a lariat!

Dom kicks, CLUBS and KICKS again! SUPERKICK! Then DROPKCIK! Priest staggers but Dom hurries to stalk behind him. Priest sits up first and glares at Dom. Dom panics, but he DUMPS Priest out! Dom builds speed to DIVE, but into Priest’s hands! FLATLINER onto the desk! The fans fire up and Priest drags Dom up to then POST him! Dom falls in a heap, but Priest puts Dom in the ring. Priest then notices a very suspicious Santa Claus. Priest snatches the beard away, and tada! It’s JD! Priest TOSSES JD and the fans cheer! JD wants mercy but Priest SLIDES him across the desk! The fans fire up as Wade narrowly avoids getting hit!

Priest then has a Spider Sense moment, and he looks under the ring! Carlito spits out his apple in surprise! Priest drags Carlito up and TOSSES him into the timekeeper’s area! But then Finn attacks!

Winner: Damian Priest, by disqualification

Finn fires hands, but Priest blocks the desk bump! Priest body shots and SMACKS Finn off the desk! And again, and again! Priest puts Finn in the ring, Dom runs up, but Priest DECKS him! Priest fires more hands on Finn, but the Judgment Day regroups! They mug Priest 4v1 as usual, and JD even drops elbows! The fans boo but the Judgment Day stand Priest up. WAIT! Here comes the War Raiders! Erik & Ivar fire hands on Dom & Carlito, and Priest TOSSES JD! Finn realizes he’s alone, and Priest SUPERKICKS him down! Priest stomps a mudhole into Finn, the Raiders put Carlito and Dom in the ring!

Ivar KNEES Carlito, then feeds him to Erik’s KNEE! The fans cheer, JD gets up, but Priest LARIATS him inside-out! Dom is fed to the WAR MACHINE!! Finn staggers up, but Priest grabs him! And Finn goes SOUTH OF HEAVEN!! The Judgment Day just got further embarrassed, and that’s not even considering JD’s Santa costume. Will the War Raiders be some unlikely allies for Priest in this ongoing war with the Judgment Day?

 

Sit-down interview with Seth Rollins.

Jackie Redmond thanks The Visionary for taking this time to talk with her, and he says it is his pleasure. Jackie talked with CM Punk and heard what he had to say, what Punk believes, when it comes to Rollins’ hatred for Punk. And we have heard from Rollins, as well, but Jackie’s still just curious. What is the root cause, the driving force, of this disdain he clearly feels for CM Punk? Rollins says the thing is, he has tried to explain how he feels many times over the years, and it sort of… Well, he won’t say he’s talking into the wind, but Rollins just feels Punk has needed the WWE more than the WWE needed him.

And so that hypocrisy from Punk is what just eats at Rollins. It is hard for Rollins to let that go. Jackie mentions how Rollins has talked about getting rid of it by “cutting it out” and fighting through it, and how this fight with Punk has to happen as a catharsis. What does “cutting” Punk out look like? What should we expect from, not even so much a match, that doesn’t feel like the right word now. Rollins says it’ll be fight. That’s what we’re getting, no question. It is the biggest fight in their sport right now, and Rollins needs it now. After Survivor Series, seeing Punk hand-in-hand with Roman Reigns… Roman’s finger in the air, Punk doing the stupid Go To Sleep thing…

Rollins just wanted to throw the remote through his TV, he was so viscerally, internally destroyed. Rollins felt that was it, no more waiting. The world needs to see it. This is perfect. The Netflix debut, the world will be watching. But to answer the question, he doesn’t know what it’ll look like. You might see a side of Rollins that no one’s ever seen. No pun intended, it will be raw, visceral, violent. Rollins needs to exorcise this demon from his soul, he has to cut the cancer out of his brain, or he is going down. Then the only way to process the betrayal is to go through a fight, and we get that on January 6th, Raw in LA for Netflix.

Jackie thanks Rollins for the time and his honesty. Rollins says yeah, he can’t wait. Will Rollins truly #BurnItDown when it comes to fight CM Punk?

 

The Miz VS Dexter Lumis!

The Hollywood A-Lister has his own history with the man now turned buzzard, and things are only worse now that this is about the Final Testament and the Wyatt Sick6. Will Miz manage to bury the past once and for all? Or will he get no mercy from Lumis?

 

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Mitchell’s NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome Results & Report! (12/22/24)

Empire VS Emperor!

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NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome

The Road to the Tokyo Dome goes through KOPW!

As 2024 nears an end, Great-O-Khan defends the KOPW Championship one more time, against a former KOPW Champion in Taichi! Who will be THE 2024 King of Pro-Wrestling?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Kickoff – Chase Your Dream Match: Shoma Kato VS Hiromu Takahashi; Hiromu wins.
  • Boltin Oleg VS Satoshi Kojima; Boltin wins.
  • Triple Threat Tag: Jeff Cobb & Jakob Austin Young VS Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson VS Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi; Narita & Yujiro win.
  • DOUKI & Taka Michinoku VS El Desperado & Master Wato; Desperado & Wato win.
  • Fatal 4 Way: Kevin Knight VS Robbie Eagles VS Francesco Akira VS “Drilla” Dan Moloney; Eagles wins.
  • Six Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS Bullet Club War Dogs; LIJ wins.
  • Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi VS Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita; ZSJ & Fujita win.
  • KOPW Championship Three Stages of Hell: Great-O-Khan VS Taichi; Khan wins and is the definitive 2024 KOPW Champion.

PLAY BY PLAY

After the Triple Threat Tag…

The House of Torture of course cheated to win, but they wouldn’t leave it at that! They waited until the United Empire and TMDK argued with each other to then attack them all! Yujiro Takahashi CLUBS Oiwa down while Narita shoves Cobb into big Hartley Jackson! And then Narita JAMS Cobb with the pushup bar! The fans boo but Narita JAMS Oiwa up, too! The Souled Out Son of Strong Style is so proud of himself as he holds up his NJPW World TV Championship, but wait. Christmas music starts playing? The fans clap along as surprise! Santa and his reindeer are here! Well, one reindeer. But shouldn’t the House of Torture be on the naughty list?

Santa Claus walks over, and he gets the mic. He sounds familiar as he tells, “Narita-san… You have a Christmas present waiting. Would you like it now?” Narita asks what the heck is going on. Santa steps into the ring and offers Narita the little tiny bag. Narita snatches the bag, then he and Yujiro look at it. The fans asks, “Nani nani? <What is it?>” Narita tells them to shut up. Narita gets the bag open and pulls out… Blue sunglasses! With LED lights! The fans cheer as the lights go down! “E! L! P!” EL PHANTASMO IS HERE! The Headbanga has been battling cancer, but he’s here in Korakuen Hall!

Narita is furious but ELP slides right into the ring! Narita & Yujiro run away, but the fans cheer ELP on as he stands side-by-side with Jado Claus. ELP gets the mic now, and the fans cheer him on. ELP takes a moment before saying, in Japanese, “Cancer. Cancer… I’ve beaten cancer! And I love Korakuen!” But ELP asks Jado-san how to say a certain something in Japanese. He whispers it, but then Narita & Yujiro attack! The fans boo these cowards, but then Narita says Merry Christmas! But ELP BOOTS him, ELBOWS Yujiro, then dodges Narita to SUDDEN DEATH! Jado Claus DECKS the Tokyo Pimp!

ELP again asks Jado, and Jado says on behalf of ELP, that ELP is going to wrestle tomorrow night! And… Then he’ll be at the Tokyo Dome! ELP grabs the NJPW World TV Championship! ELP looks it over, and looks to the crowd, and then to Jado, but then Jeff Cobb and Ryohei Oiwa get in the ring. Cobb asks if ELP’s good. ELP is good. Are they good? Then let’s turn it up a notch! FATAL 4 WAY for the TV Championship! Narita snatches his belt, gets out of the ring, and tells everyone to shut up! The odds just got stacked against the House of Torture, will the New Year have a NEW NJPW World TV Champion one way or another?

 

Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi VS Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita!

Ahead of battling for THE IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, The Roughneck and The Front Man bring some back up! The Ace is also preparing to fight Evil, will he and Shota bring a Once in a Century Paradigm Shift? Or will ZSJ and the Japanese Young Punk prove The Mighty Don’t Kneel?

The teams sort out and Shota starts against ZSJ. The fans cheer this WrestleKingdom preview, and Korakuen duels between “SHOTA! SHOTA!” and “ZAKU! ZAKU!” ZSJ and Shota feel things out, then knuckle lock. ZSJ clinches but Shota fights back with his own clinch. ZSJ slips around to chinbar but Shota wrenches to a wristlock. ZSJ rolls, tries another chinbar but Shota cranks the wristlock. ZSJ bridges, spins, slips around and wrangles Shota! Shota kips up to WRING the arm, but ZSJ UP KICKS! The fans cheer as the two reset. Shota and ZSJ circle, feel things out, and knuckle lock. ZSJ then stands on Shota’s hand!

ZSJ has another hand and twists the wrist! Then he has both arms for a motorcycle stretch but Shota fights up. Shota turns things around, and he fights ZSJ as ZSJ tries to turn them back. ZSJ keeps trying, and he pushes through, but Shota spins things right back around! The fans cheer while Shota digs a foot into ZSJ’s back. ZSJ flips, kips up, spins things around, but Shota spins them back! The fans cheer, and Shota spins ZSJ. ZSJ dodges the lariat, Shota blocks a kick, but ZSJ ducks the enzigiri! Shota avoids the Penalty Kick and arm-drags ZSJ, but ZSJ headscissors! Shota kips free, avoids a leg pick, and the fans cheer!

Shota dares ZSJ to go for the leg but the two reset again. They feel things out, knuckle lock, and each man breaks free of one. They back off, and Shota tags in Tanahashi. The fans cheer, ZSJ tags in Fujita, and Korakuen strongly supports President Ace. Tanahashi and Fujita circle, tie up, and Tanahashi powers Fujita back. The ref counts, Tanahashi lets off slowly, but then Fujita turns things around! Tanahashi turns things around, and repeat! The ref counts, Fujita lets off slowly, but then both men block a kick! They argue over who lets go first, and eventually agree for a mutual break. They set the feet down, but then Fujita holds on!

Fujita CHOPS Tanahashi, then whips. Tanahashi reverses but Fujita ducks ‘n’ dodges to GAMANGIRI! The fans fire up and Fujita aims from a corner. Fujita runs corner to corner but Tanahashi BOOTS him! Shota CLOBBERS Fujita, then eggs ZSJ on! ZSJ runs up, Shota blocks a kick and he sends ZSJ into Tanahashi’s ELBOW! Shota CLOBBERS ZSJ and the fans fire up. Shota pursues ZSJ to the outside and CLUBS him down! Shota clamps onto ZSJ with a chinlock but the ref reprimands. Tanahashi CHOPS Fujita, but Fujita CHOPS Tanahashi! The fans fire up as Fujita storms back up, but he blocks a boot!

Fujita DRAGON SCREWS Tanahashi’s leg! Fujita kips up, ZSJ sends Shota into railing, and Fujita stomps Tanahashi. The fans rally and Fujita brings Tanahashi up to CHOP! Fujita eggs Tanahashi on, CHOPS him again, then CHOPS again! Tanahashi flounders and ZSJ tags in. ZSJ drags Tanahashi up to UPPERCUT! Tanahashi ends up in the TMDK corner, ZSJ UPPERCUTS him again! ZSJ says, “Mada mada!” and he UPPERCUTS again! Tanahashi falls, ZSJ tags in Fujita, and Fujita brings Tanahashi up. Fujita CHOPS again, and then CHOPS again! Tanahashi is stinging and using the ropes for defense while the fans rally up.

Tanahashi storms up but Fujita CHOPS! Tanahashi CHOPS, Fujita CHOPS! Tanahashi falls and Fujita BLASTS Shota! Tag to ZSJ and he grabs a leg. Fujita also grabs one, they drag Tanahashi to center, and then they both go after arms. Then they shift, ZSJ has an arm while Fujita has a leg! Then they both have legs again! Then ZSJ has a leg and Fujita has an arm! Then back to the arms! They both isolate the arms for DOUBLE STOMPS! The fans cheer, the ref reprimands and ZSJ “apologizes” with a bow. ZSJ stands on one of Tanahashi’s legs to then twist the other! Tanahashi endures, even as ZSJ TWEAKS the ankle!

ZSJ twists the foot the other way, flips Tanahashi over, and shifts around to have a headscissor and armlock! Shota stomps ZSJ but Fujita goes after Shota! Fujita TOSSES Shota, ZSJ tags Fujita back in. Fujita stomps Tanahashi, KICKS him in the back, but Tanahashi gets mad! Fujita KICKS Tanahashi but Tanahashi fires up! Fujita KICKS and CHOPS, but Tanahashi fires forearm after forearm! Fujita CHOPS again! Tanahashi grits his teeth but Fujita CHOPS again! And CHOPS again! SHOTEI! Fujita falls but so does Tanahashi! The fans rally up while both men crawl, hot tag to Shota! Shota rallies on Fujita with big forearms and elbows!

Shota whips, Fujita reverses, but Shota dropkicks the legs out! ZSJ runs up and RAMS Shota! Then ZSJ runs, but into Shota’s DROPKICK! The fans fire up and Shota goes to Fujita. Shota whips corner to corner, runs up, and UPPERCUTS! Shota reels Fujita in, FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect but Shota doesn’t mind. Shota clinches but Fujita fights the suplex with elbows. Shota runs up, but Fujita wrenches, waistlocks, but Shota ELBOWS free! Shota whips, Fujita reverses and DROPKICKS! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! Fujita crawls, hot tag to ZSJ!

ZSJ runs up to BOOT Shota! Shota stays up so ZSJ runs to BOOT him again! And BOOT him again! Shota roars and ROCKS ZSJ! Shota runs to ROCK ZSJ again! ZSJ UPPERCUTS, Shota eggs him on, repeat! Shota UPPERCUTS and ZSJ roars! ZSJ UPPER- NO, Shota hooks the arm, but ZSJ wrenches out of the backslide to PELE the arm! Then ZSJ basement DROPKICKS Shota! The fans fire up while Shota clutches a leg and an arm. ZSJ kicks him around, scuffs him and taunts him. The fans rally, the ref checks Shota, but Shota is okay to continue. ZSJ stands Shota up to UPPERCUT! And UPPERCUT!

Shota clinches to EXPLODER! Both men are down and the fans rally again! Shota crawls, hot tag to Tanahashi! Fujita runs up, but Tanahashi blocks a kick to DRAGON SCREW! Payback for earlier! Tanahashi runs up at ZSJ in a corner, blocks a boot, and DRAGON SCREWS! Tanahashi put some stank on that one! Then he goes up the corner for a SUNSET SENTON! Cover, TWO! ZSJ stays in this but the fans continue to rally! “GO ACE! GO ACE!” echoes out as Tanahashi runs, but ZSJ catches him into a COBRA TWIST! Tanahashi endures, then throws elbows into ZSJ’s leg. Tanahashi gets free to DRAGON SCREW again!

ZSJ writhes, Tanahashi ties the legs up, but ZSJ kicks at him! Tanahashi blocks a kick to GROUND DRAGON SCREW! And now, TEXAS CLOVER- NO, ZSJ fights the turnover and reels Tanahashi into a TRIANGLE HOLD! Tanahashi endures and the fans rally up, but Shota gets in! Shota stomps away on ZSJ, but then Fujita MISSILE DROPKICKS Shota! Fujita brings Tanahashi up but Tanahashi SHOTEIS him down! ZSJ is after Tanahashi but he avoids the shotei! ZSJ SLAPS Tanahashi, then PENALTY KICKS! Cover, TWO!! Tanahashi survives but ZSJ gives him a NECK TWIST! The fans fire up as ZSJ stand Tanahashi up.

ZSJ scoops but Tanahashi fights that, to a TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! The fans fire up but Tanahashi isn’t done! TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Tanahashi stands ZSJ up again, but ZSJ scoops to ZACK DRIVER!! Cover, ZSJ & Fujita win!

Winners: Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita, by pinfall

Shota can’t believe The Ace fell, but this is why ZSJ is the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion! Will ZSJ do this all to Shota when they’re 1v1 in the Tokyo Dome? Or will Shota prove he’s mightier than The Mighty?

 

KOPW Championship Three Stages of Hell: Great-O-Khan VS Taichi!

The Dominator has, well, dominated as KOPW Champion for a long stretch of 2024, but the Holy Emperor did close out 2023 with this title. Granted, Taichi says that win, lose or draw, this is his final KOPW Championship match. As such, tonight’s stipulation is a sort of “Best Of” compilation as we go Best 2 Out of 3. Part one: a no ropes Sumo Rules match! Part two: Yoshinobu Kanemaru as special guest referee? Well, he would be a neutral party… And part three, if needed, will be a LAST MAN STANDING MATCH! Will Taichi “retire” from this truly freestyle division standing tall? Or will Khan truly conquer KOPW for the United Empire?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, but Taichi also brings back the trophy for the occasion, and it’s time to end the year in style!

Sumo Rules!

Both men finish preparations with weight belts and some stretching. They square up, the ref says go and they RAM into each other! The fans rally as both men go for those weight belts to use as leverage. They go around, get very close to the ring edge, but then Khan moves things away. Khan THROWS Taichi, but Taichi stays on the ring so the sumo match continues. They reset and go again! Taichi pushes Khan back with both hands, but Khan digs in his heels! They clinch, go around, and Taichi goes for the edge! Khan pulls on Taichi’s leg to get around, but Taichi uses that to steer Khan to another edge! But Khan hits a fireman’s carry takeover!

Khan drags Taichi up but Taichi fights off the throw! They clinch and fight for control again. They each try to lift with the belt! Khan has Taichi near the edge, but then Taichi has Khan near the edge! Khan is teetering and the fans fire up! Taichi THROWS Khan to the floor, Taichi wins the fall!

Khan: 0; Taichi: 1

Special Guest Referee!

The fans are thunderous as Taichi takes the Sumo Rules fall, but now we go to a much more complicated situation. The ropes have to be put back up, sure, but now the Heel Master of all people is going to be the referee! The time it takes to set up the ropes is a reprieve for both sides, especially Khan as he has to catch his breath and refocus. Once the ropes are up, both men wait in the ring. All that is left is the buckle pads, and of course, Kanemaru himself. Kanemaru gets a proper introduction and entrance before he goes to the ring, and wow, he’s even wearing an official NJPW referee shirt with the lion mark on it.

Referee Kanemaru does his check and he even tells Taka Michinoku to watch himself. Kanemaru does a far less thorough check of Khan than Taichi! Did the Empire pay Kanemaru off?! Kanemaru has Taichi cool off, then whispers something to Khan! The bell rings, the fans rally for Khan, and Khan circles with Taichi. They tie up, Taichi powers Khan to ropes, and Kanemaru calls for a ropebreak. Then he has a fast count! Taichi lets off before 4 and argues with Kanemaru! Kanemaru says that’s his count, deal with it. Khan and Taichi reset, tie up, and Khan puts Taichi on ropes. Kanemaru pays more attention to Taka than Taichi!

The fans can’t help but laugh as Kanemaru finally does count, and now it’s really slow! Taichi protests, but Khan pulls Taichi’s arms. Then he CHOPS Taichi and stops at “3!” Khan then goes after Taichi, wrenches and wristlocks, and Kanemaru is asking if Taichi gives up!? Taichi tells him to shut up, but Khan kicks and CLUBS Taichi. Khan whips, Taichi BOOTS Khan down, then covers! Kanemaru strolls over to count! And it’s so slow! “TWO” and the fans cheer. Taichi is upset, but Khan rolls Taichi up! SO FAST!! TWO!! Taichi is getting pissed but Kanemaru backs away. Taichi stomps Khan, and Kanemaru’s untying a buckle pad?!

Taichi stomps Khan around, Khan leaves the pad there loosely, and Taichi whips. Khan reverses, and SURPRISE! bare buckles! Taka protests but Kanemaru SMACKS him with the pad! Khan plays dumb, and then he stands on Taichi’s lower back. Taichi has the ropes, but Kanemaru kicks the arm away! Khan has Taichi’s other arm, Taichi keeps grabbing for ropes but Kanemaru keeps kicking the hand away! Khan drags Taichi up, brings him around, and ROCKS him in the back! Taichi goes to a corner, Khan Mongolian Chops him on the back! And Mongolian Chops again! And Mongolian Chops again! Kanemaru doesn’t bother counting at all!

Taka protests, Kanemaru warns him, but then Khan hops up to sit on his throne! The fans cheer while Taichi endures, and only now does Kanemaru count! Khan asks hold on, hold on, so Kanemaru stops counting! Khan hops down, and then he puts Kanemaru up on the throne! Khan gets the fans to join in on the “Ohh…! HMPH!” Kanemaru isn’t into it so he hops down. Khan apologizes to Kanemaru, then he kicks Taichi around. Taichi gets up to fire hands! Khan kicks low, whips, but Taichi reverses to wrench and HOOK KICK! The fans fire up while both men are down. Taichi stands, and he drags Khan up into SEITEI JUJIHOU!

Kanemaru might be stuck, he can’t ignore Khan tapping. But then Kanemaru drags Khan over to the ropes! Taichi is frustrated with Kanemaru but Kanemaru says that’s a ropebreak. Taichi storms up on Kanemaru, but then Khan waistlocks! Ripcord and SAYANAGI! Both men are down again and the fans rally up! Taichi goes to a corner, Khan runs in, but Taichi dodges! GAMANGIRI! The fans fire up and Taichi snarls. Taichi TAKES OFF THE PANTS! The pants were a bit stubborn, but still. But then Kanemaru “checks” Khan just to stay between him and Taichi! Taichi says move or else! Kanemaru says he’s the ref!

Kanemaru kicks Taichi, CLAWS Taichi’s eyes, then traps his arms! Khan gets up to IRON RIGHT!! Kanemaru “scolds” Khan, then “checks” Taichi. Khan rests in a corner and Kanemaru drags Taichi up for him. Taichi CHOKES Kanemaru! Kanemaru kicks low! Kanemaru whips Taichi into a corner, ELBOWS him, then Khan LARIATS! Khan snapmares and covers, Kanemaru wants more first! Khan sits Taichi up for a BASEMENT DROPKICK! Now cover, TWO!! Taichi survives so Kanemaru hurries to get his whiskey! Khan takes a swig, and Kanemaru sets Taichi up! WHISKEY MIST into Kanemaru! Taichi hits the GEDO CLUTCH, but Kanemaru really can’t count now!

Taichi lets off of Khan since there was no count to be had. Taichi drags Kanemaru up, but Khan WHISKEY BOTTLE SHOTS Taichi! IRON CLAW!! Kanemaru calls for the bell? He just hands the win to Khan without counting, so now we’re all tied up!

Khan: 1; Taichi: 1

Kanemaru has fulfilled the contract, Khan gives him the envelope of money. Khan even makes sure we all see how many thousands that is! Kanemaru heads out, is he going to party hard for the holidays? But that aside, it is time for the final fall!

Last Man Standing!

Taichi gets the mic first, and tells Khan that if that’s how Khan wants to do it, then Taichi will get down and dirty with Khan! No lumberjacks, no special guests, just the straight up ten count, and it can happen anywhere in Korakuen Hall! Khan says bet! The announcement is made for the official rule change, and now we have the final fall! Khan rushes Taichi on the outside, then whips him into railing! And we’re already going into the crowd! Khan throws Taicihi at English commentary, but big Hartley is a solid wall for Chris. Khan then drags Taichi up into the bleachers, and the fans clear out of the way!

Khan CHOKES Taichi with a chair, then lets off to clear chairs out of the way. The Young Lions try to help but Khan gets mad at them and pushes them aside. Khan drags Taichi up, knees him low, and then reels him in! But Taichi fights the sayanagi! Taichi SHOVES Khan, Khan falls to the floor but gets up, only for Taichi to CROSSBODY! Down goes Khan and Red Shoes hurries over. Both men are down but Taichi sits up. The count starts and Khan is still down at 5 of 10! Khan hurries to get up, and Taichi stomps him down! Taichi drags Khan back up into the bleachers, but we go the other way.

Taicih KICKS Khan down, Young Lions keep the fans back again, and Taichi drags Khan along. They keep moving through the crowd, and Taichi shoves Khan into chairs! Khan sputters but Taichi drags him up again. Taichi KNEES Khan, then drags him up. They go back down to floor level, and then Taichi aims at chairs! Taichi whips but Khan reverses and he BOWLS Taichi into chairs! Not quite a strike but he got a good number of those chairs! Khan pops the railing loose from the special corner piece, and he brings that corner piece over! Khan SMACKS Taichi with the steel! Taichi staggers away but he sits in a chair.

Khan starts folding chairs to stack them on the floor. Khan then uses one chair as a leash to drag Taichi over! Khan CLUBS Taichi, adds that one chair to the pile, and then snap suplexes Taichi onto the chairs! Taichi writhes but Khan rises up. Khan roars and the fans fire up! The count begins again but Taichi slowly sits up at 4. Taichi rises up, and he stands at 8! Khan brings Taichi around in a headlock, and they go to the orange bleachers! Khan uses the gate to smother Taichi, then they go up to the higher level! The fans fire up but then fans have to move! Khan KNEES and CLUBS Taichi, then whips Taichi at the exit door!

Taichi tumbles into the hallway! Khan drags Taichi back into the arena and uses the HITSUJIGOROSHI against the chairs! Taichi endures as Khan chokes him, then Khan lets him go! Red Shoes checks on Taichi, Taka coaches him, but the count begins. Khan sits in a chair to relax while he waits. Taichi sits up at 7, and stands at 9! Khan storms up on Taichi to CLUB him on the back! Khan headlocks Taichi, brings him to the other section, and he gets up close to the fans for photo ops. Khan then whips, but Taichi reverses, and Khan is sent into the wall! Taichi leaves Khan behind while the count begins again.

Khan sits up so Taichi KICKS him back down! Taichi drags Khan up, KICKS him again, and Khan falls to his knees. Taichi drags Khan up by his ponytail, and he goes close to the stairs that lead to the back! Khan fights the suplex, and for his life, but then he turns things around! Taichi fights the suplex, throws hands, and then DDTS Khan to the floor! Red Shoes checks both men, then starts the count. Taichi shakes out his arms and sits up at 4. Taichi stands at 6 but Khan is still down at 8! Khan drags himself up at 9! Taichi CLUBS Khan down, then brings him back up. Taichi brings Khan back to ground level, then snapmares him hard for a KICK!

Khan is in agony but Taichi drags him back up. But Khan RAMS Taichi into the railing! Taichi sputters while also sitting in a chair. Khan staggers away to ringside, and he goes looking under the ring. Khan brings out a trolly cart? Khan JAMS Taichi up using his own mic stand, then leaves him behind. Khan brings out a TABLE! Fans rally up as Khan puts the table on the trolly, then he staggers over to Taichi. Khan CLUBS Taichi down, then SHOVES him onto the table trolly combo. Khan has fans clear out, and then he SNOW PLOWS the chairs with Taichi on the cart!! The fans fire up as Khan stands over Taichi.

Khan drags Taichi up, and he brings the table along, too. Khan kicks chairs out of the way as he returns to the upper deck! Khan SMACKS Taichi off the edge, then he clears out space. Khan sets the table up, then he goes up to fetch Taichi. Khan JAMS Taichi up with a chair, then SMACKS him! Taichi writhes, fans rally, and Khan drags Taichi up. Khan vows to end this! IRON CLAW, and ELIMI- NO! Taichi fights Khan off! Taichi stumbles away through the crowd, but then grabs himself a chair. Taichi runs up to JAM Khan right in the face! Taichi then steals Khan’s idea to choke grip and CHOKE SLAM down through the table!!!

Khan writhes and the fans go nuts! Taichi hobbles around while Red Shoes counts Khan. Khan is still down at 5! Still down at 7! 9! KHAN GRABS RED SHOES’S HAND!! Khan survives, and though he has a couple bloody cuts on his back, he crawls his way to the ring. Taichi eggs Khan on and the fans are thunderous! Khan drags himself into the ring, Taichi runs, AX BOMBER!! The fans fire up and the count returns! Khan is still down at 5, stirs at 6, sits up at 7, and he rises at 8! So Taichi just runs up to AX BOMBER!! Khan drops to his knees, flops over, but he’s already pushing himself back up! Taichi runs again, AX BOMBER!!

Khan staggers around but he stays on his feet! Taichi says fine, AX- SAYANAGI!! Khan turns things around, and he AX BOMBERS in return!! Both men are down and the fans rally as hard as they can! The count is on both men, and Khan crawls for ropes at 5! Taichi slowly sits up at 6, and both men go to corners at 7! Red Shoes waits on them to rise up, and then Taichi fires up! Taichi runs up, DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Neither man falls, so Taichi BOOTS! Khan BOOTS back! Taichi URAKENS! Khan MONGOLIAN CHOPS! Taichi SOBATS! Khan BODY BLOWS! Both men drop to knees, but they also grab at each other.

The fans rally as Khan and Taichi slowly rise. They are forehead to forehead, and then Taichi AX BOMBERS! Khan drops to his knees, Taichi BUZZSAWS, but Khan blocks it! Khan ROCKS Taichi with a right! And then Khan reels Taichi in, but Taichi Alabama Lifts! BLACK- NO, Khan fights into a GUILLOTINE! Taichi is stuck in the body scissors!! Taichi flails, even taps out, but that’s not how Last Man Standing works! Khan squeezes tighter and tighter, Taichi fades, and Red Shoes checks! Khan lets Taichi go and the count begins! Khan rises at 6, and Taichi is somehow up at 9!! So Khan clamps on an IRON CLAW!

Khan lifts Taichi, but Taichi slips free! Taichi shoves Khan and ROCKS him! DANGEROUS SAIDO!! But Khan is staggering to his feet?! Khan goes to a corner, flounders along ropes, but he isn’t down yet! The fans rally hard while both men fight to their feet! SUPERMAN PUNCH from Khan! PELE from Taichi! Both men are down again! Red Shoes starts the count on them both, and the fans rally even harder! Taichi is up at 7! Khan grabs Red Shoes at 9 again!! Taichi roars, Korakuen is with him, and he powers up! TENSHI JUJI- NO!! Khan blocks, and he hooks Taichi! Taichi CLUBS away on Khan, but Khan still lifts! ULTIMATE ELIMINATOR!!

Both men are down again and the fans rally as hard as they can! The count is on both men, and they’re both down at 5! At 7! 9! Khan pushes up, but he FLOPS back down!! DOUBLE TEN! IT’S A DRAW!! What does that mean for the belt!? Red Shoes goes out to talk with Abe-san, and then the announcement is made. In the end, with it being 1-1-1, a true draw, it all goes to KHAN!

Winner: Great-O-Khan, by pinfall (DEFINITIVE 2024 KOPW Champion)

Khan flips Taichi off, one last insult added on top. Khan is given the belt back, but Taichi grabs his trophy. Taichi  steps up to Khan, and gives him the trophy, saying it is rightfully his now. Taichi shows Khan that respect, and Khan returns it with a handshake. Khan “retires” Taichi from KOPW, what will the Holy Emperor look to do in 2025?

As for Khan, he grabs the mic, and he asks Taichi to wait a moment. “You served this title for three years. We will honor your glory!” The fans applaud that, and Khan asks the previous champion to come closer. No, closer. The fans cheer Taichi on as he steps closer to ringside. Khan says Taichi served this title well, so here is his reward. Khan is giving the trophy back? Taichi says no, he gave that to Khan out of respect. Khan says to Taichi and to everyone to listen well. “We are the last KOPW Champion!” Everyone is a bit surprised to hear that.

Khan says, “As an alternative, on January 4th in the Tokyo Dome… as THE last KOPW Champion, We demand that the January 4th match determine the next IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenger!” The fans are really intrigued by that idea! Khan throws down the belt, and Chris makes sure English speakers understand what Khan is suggesting. The New Japan Ranbo determining a #1 contender? Khan says that these are the words of the final KOPW Champion, The Great-O-Khan! “HAIL US, PEASANTS!” A New Year, a new era? Will Khan’s revolution bring glory to the United Empire?


My Thoughts:

A very good night for Road to Tokyo Dome, though I did skip a lot just because I didn’t have a lot of time today. But luckily I was skimming through, or I would’ve missed ELP’s great return. Congratulations on him beating cancer, and I like that they’re adding him to the NJPW World Television Championship match. It makes sense given ELP’s beef with the House of Torture, and honestly, why not just have ELP win? Not even so much for getting over cancer (though kind of that, too) but because fans love ELP and it’d help him solidify his singles run with Hikuleo long gone for WWE.

Really good stuff in the other tune-up matches, such as #DespeWado winning and the chaotic end to the Fatal 4 Way. Eagles won to help him and Fujita have momentum, but there is still more to the Road to Tokyo Dome first. Honestly that tag Fatal 4 could really go any which way they want so I’m not sure how the go-home math would even work. And Gedo of course took the loss against LIJ. Yota Tsuji is aiming for David Finlay and the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship, but who knows how things go before we get to WrestleKingdom.

Very good tag match from Shota & Tanahashi VS ZSJ & Fujita, and it was technically a surprise for Tanahashi to take the loss. This works on many levels, as Tanahashi should be figuratively on the ropes going into his match with Evil, and this gives Fujita equal momentum alongside Eagles. And then great main event, Khan and Taichi really went the distance with this one. And it all makes sense after Khan reveals this is the end of the KOPW Division. Khan wants to make the New Japan Ranbo to basically be the Royal Rumble and that is pretty cool. I think they could keep the belt to represent that contender’s status the same as the G1 Climax having a briefcase, because that KOPW belt actually looks pretty nice.

My Score: 8.8/10

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