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Mitchell’s WWE SmackDown Results & Report! (12/16/22)
Roman Reigns returns!
ACKNOWLEDGE this massive Friday Night SmackDown!
SmackDown not only has the WWE Intercontinental Championship and Women’s Tag Team Championships being defended, it has the return of The Tribal Chief, the Head of the Table, the Undisputed Universal Heavyweight Champion… Roman…! Reigns…!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Dakota Kai & Iyo Sky w/ Bayley VS Liv Morgan & Tegan Nox; Kai & Sky win and retain the titles.
- WWE Intercontinental Championship: GUNTHER w/ Imperium VS Ricochet; Gunther wins and retains the title.
- Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender’s Match: Triple Threat Tag: Hit Row VS Legado Del Fantasma VS The Viking Raiders; Hit Row wins and will challenge The Usos for the titles next week.
PLAY BY PLAY
The Bloodline pulls into the parking lot.
Sami Zayn hops out the back and is very excited! He has a suit jacket, his beard is trimmed and groomed, and his hair is up in a nice man bun. He secret handshakes with Jimmy, then he and the Usos head out. Will the Tribal Chief be pleased to see the Bloodline at harmony?
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Dakota Kai & Iyo Sky w/ Bayley VS Liv Morgan & Tegan Nox!
Damage Control still has control of these titles, but now they’re up against a fired up duo who has history with them! The Welsh Firecracker is back in the WWE, will she and her new friend get some payback on #CobraKai & the Evil Genius? Or will DMG CTRL keep control of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Division?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and this big Friday night kicks off with gold!
The teams sort out and Liv starts against Kai. The bell rings, Liv dodges Kai as she rushes in, then she SHOTGUNS Kai to the corner! Back body block and a tag to Nox! Liv whips Nox in to UPPERCUT Kai! Nox brings Kai out, whips, but Kai reverses to ROCK Nox! Kai runs, but Nox UPPERCUTS back! Kai reels Nox in but Nox elbows her. Nox runs, Kai SCORPION KICKS! Nox falls, Kai drags her up to tag in Sky. Kai & Sky mug Nox, Sky fires off forearms. Sky wrenches, whips but Nox reverses to kick and SIT-OUT GOURD BUSTER! Nox then drags Sky over to tag Liv. Liv & Nox double suplex Sky high and hard! Cover, TWO!
Liv stays on Sky and tells Kai to kiss this. Fans fire up as Liv snapmares Sky, then runs, into a cheap shot from Kai! Kai eggs Liv on but Liv dropkicks Sky first! Liv goes out after Kai, keeps Kai from getting something under the ring, to then bring out a kendo stick herself! Fans fire up but the ref reprimands Liv. Liv still chases Kai into the ring, but Nox stops Liv from going extreme. They need to win the titles fair and square. But then Kai & Sky attack from behind! Kai & Sky whip Nox & Liv, but Liv & Nox reverse it! Nox UPPERCUTS Kai, Liv back body blocks Sky! Then they run corner to corner, do-si-do, and then hit Kai & Sky again!
Kai bails out, Liv throws Sky out, and fans fire up for Liv. Liv builds speed to slide, but Kai & Sky get clear! But they don’t see Nox up top! SUPER CROSSBODY! Direct hit on the champs and fans fire up for the challengers as SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Nox fights off Kai’s chinlock with elbows. Fans rally but Kai keeps Nox from Liv. Nox ROCKS Kai, Kai reels her in but Nox sunset flips! Kai stays up, to DOUBLE STOMP! Cover, TWO! Bayley is a bit annoyed but she knows DMG CTRL is doing a great job. Tag to Sky, they double whip Nox to BOOT, trip, stomp and basement dropkick! Cover, TWO! Sky sucker punches Liv just because! Sky drags Nox away but Nox stands. Sky ducks the enziguri to deadlift into the waistlock! Nox fights free, slips around and HEADBUTTS! Sky and Nox both fall, hot tags to Liv and Kai!
Liv rallies on Kai, then kicks, kicks and ENZIGURIS! Liv runs in to back body block! And then SHINING WIZARD! Liv snapmares Kai, goes up and MISSILE DORPKICKS! Fans fire up as Liv kips up! Liv runs and springboards but Kai denies the Code Breaker while sending Liv at the DMG CTRL corner. Liv uses that to BLAST Sky! But then Dakota BOOTS Liv! Tag to Sky, DMG CTRL hoists Liv up top and they bring her around, DOUBLE POWERBOMB! Cover, Nos breaks it! Kai goes after Nox, drags her up to a fireman’s carry, GO TO KICK!! Nox goes down, but Liv DUMPS Kai out! Sky runs in but Liv bucks the waistlock!
Liv blocks the haymaker to hit a CODE BREAKER! Tag to Nox and she sets up, LIV IN MOTION CODE BRAEKER! And then SHINIEST WIZARD!! Cover, Kai breaks it up! Liv throws Kai back out but Kai is on the apron. Kai grabs hair, Liv elbows free! Kai is stuck in the ropes, Liv SLINGSHOT SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMBS to the floor!!! But Sky SHOTGUNS Liv down! Sky gets in the ring, but Nox UPPERCUTS her, GAMANGIRIS, then trips her! Fans fire up for the CANNONBALL! Fans fire up as Nox runs, but Sky SHOTEIS! Nox flops out of the ring while fans boo. Sky goes to the apron, springboards but Nox trips her up!
Nox hurries in but Bayley drags her out! The ref is busy checking Sky! Bayley whips but Nox reverses! Bayley tumbles up and over the barriers! But then someone BLASTS Nox! Who was that?! Security drags her away but she has a hood to hide her face! Sky drags Nox into the ring, steps on her on the way to the corner, and goes up, OVER THE MOONSAULT!! Cover, DMG CTRL win!
Winners: Damage CTRL, by pinfall (still WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions)
What just happened there!? Does Bayley have an ace up her sleeve? Who was that hooded woman who screwed over Liv & Nox? If there are more members of DMG CTRL, will anyone ever be able stop them?
Gunther speaks.
“It’s about passion, respect, and that is protecting this title, the grand prix of this great sport.” Der Ring General says Ricochet is coming in all excited. He does congratulate Ricochet on winning the SmackDown World Cup, and admits Ricochet is one of the most athletically talented wrestlers he’s ever seen. Ricochet has impressed everyone else, but all of that won’t matter. Tonight is about physicality. Protect your face or have it ground down on the mat. Gunther vows to chop Ricochet’s body to pieces, then grab the lifeless remains to smash it around the ring. Gunther vows to break Ricochet’s spirit! But will Gunther be able to stop the One and Only?
Ricochet speaks.
“I hate to say ‘I told you so,’ but I told you and everybody, that if I had to be the last man standing holding that SmackDown World Cup to get my rematch, then so be it. I had already envisioned it: the pyro; the trophy; the WWE Universe chanting, ‘Ricochet.'” Ricochet knows many feel Gunther already has this match won, but he’ll do what he does best: flip the odds in his favor! So go ahead, bet on Gunther. Ricochet bets on Ricochet. Will he hit the jackpot? Or will he bust and be without gold for the holidays?
The Bloodline talks in their locker room.
Sami says it’s a big night, and the Usos agree. Sami says it is all their night, but he did get his hair done. Jey says it looks good, looks clean. And Sami went to Jey’s beard guy, Yankee. Not bad, right? So good. But what about the jacket Tell him the truth. He looks good! Well, Sami felt awkward with the tailor. He made a joke, the guy didn’t laugh, but anyway, if they say it’s good, he’ll accept that. But where’s Solo? On his way with the Tribal Chief, no worries. Okay, okay. Sami’s got nerves. Just breathe, Uce. Right, give him a couple minutes, he’ll get some water, decompress. Yeet!
Sami exits the room and Jey says this is a big night. Roman is gonna take away the “honorary” and make Sami a full-fledged Uce. And Jey got Sami all dressed up, too. Jimmy is still doubtful. Jey says it’s good. But they know how the Chief is. Since Monday and Kevin Owens… Honestly, they might’ve just set Sami up for a big disappointment. Jey says tonight is going to be a good night. Okay, if he says so. Yeet. But with the Usos torn on what’s coming, what will be the fate of Sami Uso?
SmackDown plays footage shared via a QR Code.
It is footage of what happened to LA Knight after Uncle Howdy, or whoever that was, found him backstage. Filmed vertically, it’s a light swinging around, a film projection of a snarling wolf, and Uncle Howdy singing a song. “Little pig, little pig. Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin. They have LA Knight tied up and gagged, wearing the strange mustached mask! Howdy takes the mask off and Knight wants to be let go. Howdy pats him on the face, but leaves him.
And now in the present, Knight IS free, but he is looking around paranoid. He is heading to gorilla, what will he have to say about who abducted him? And why did they let him go?
SmackDown returns and LA Knight is in the ring!
The Mega Star has his music cut so he can say, “Lemme talk to ya!” He didn’t ask Chicago for permission so they can shut up, he has business to deal with. “I don’t need to go through this with a fine toothed comb. Let’s go ahead and say this: for the past few weeks, I’ve been blindsided, I’ve been cheap-shotted, hell! I’ve been abducted and tied up! But still, I’m still knocking on Bray Wyatt’s front door.” Knight says Bray is a former WWE World Champion, one of the biggest superstars of all time, and to be honest, his return is one of the most talked about returns ever. Fans applaud that because that is true.
But all Bray has done since is dressed like a circus freak, whined and cried about a victim complex, said a bunch of gibberish that doesn’t get to the point, and most of all, he’s taken advantage by blindsiding Knight any time he ain’t looking! And Bray says, “Well, it wasn’t me, my brother. It was Boy Howdy. You don’t know.” But Knight DOES know! He knows who it was! It was Bray! He could hear him and feel him! So here’s what Knight wants Bray to do: put on whatever mask and costume he needs, call himself whatever he wants, and walk out here to get STOMPED OUT! YEAH! YEAH!! YEAH!!
What’s that smoke? It’s BRAY! Chicago fires up and the fireflies come out as Bray makes his entrance, minus the door. “Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…” Fans cheer as Bray has a mic of his own. “Oh, Chicago, how I have missed you.” Fans cheer because they missed him, too. But Bray tells Knight that he is sick of him. “I am sick of this entire game that we keep playing, man. Here’s the deal. I know you don’t believe me, man, and I understand why. But I’m being honest when I tell ya, you’re barking up the wrong tree. I haven’t touched you. And I think the ironic part is that deep down, we both know how this story ends, don’t we?”
Knight wants Bray to get in the ring but Bray stays on the apron. Bray has decided that since they both know the ending, he gives Knight one more chance to deliver the message. He better make it worth Bray’s while, too. Knight rushes in and attacks Bray as he steps in! Fans boo as Knight throws hands and stomps a mudhole into Bray! But Bray is laughing through it all! And then Uncle Howdy is on the tron! “Little pig, little pig. What have you done? What have you done?” Howdy laughs, then says, “You wanna see something really scary?” Knight looks around, Bray smiles, but Knight just goes back to stomping!
But then, someone else is making their way to the ring! Knight is confused, but here comes Uncle Howdy!! There really is two of them! Howdy tips his hat to Knight, and Bray just looks at Knight. Howdy laughs and Knight hurries away. So then, who’s game is it?
The Tribal Chief arrives backstage!
Roman Reigns has Paul Heyman holding onto his titles, and Solo Sikoa by his side. Which way? This way, My Tribal Chief. They head together down the hall, what will Roman have planned for The Bloodline here tonight?
WWE Intercontinental Championship: GUNTHER w/ Imperium VS Ricochet!
Der Ring General took this title off The King of Flight, and declared from then on that NO American wrestler would get this title off him. But will that change when Ricochet, the American who won the SmackDown World Cup, finally gets his rematch?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and Adam Pearce is here to say the purity of this match will be sacred! Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci are EJECTED from ringside! Fans like the sound of that! Gunther says it is alright, and Imperium falls back. With this match truly 1v1, who will be the One and Only Intercontinental Champion?
The bell rings and the two circle. Chicago rallies up and Ricochet gives testing kicks. Gunther stays up, he blocks a kick but Ricochet avoids a haymaker. Fans rally and duel, the two feel out a grapple and Ricochet goes for a leg. Gunther sprawls and facelocks, shifts to CLUB a leg, then he drags Ricochet into a HALF CRAB! Ricochet scrambles to the ropebreak! Gunther holds on but Ricochet kicks him away! The ref reprimands and the two reset. They circle again, feel things out, and Gunther wrenches an arm to a wristlock. Gunther hits a hip toss, then drags Ricochet around to drop a knee on the arm!
Gunther drags Ricochet up, clamps onto the arm and he grinds the shoulder. Ricochet endures, stands up, but Gunther chinbars. Ricochet throws a body shot, Gunther wrenches, but Ricochets ROCKS, rolls, handsprings and flips, but Gunther clinches! They end up on ropes, the ref counts, and Gunther gets the legs to trip Ricochet and SWING him! Ricochet staggers up, Gunther storms over to him, and Gunther swings, but Ricochet avoids the chop! Ricochet KICKS, Gunther back suplexes but Ricochet hits a headlock takeover to counter! Fans rally, Gunther fights up and powers out, and they RAM shoulders!
Ricochet ducks a chop, goes up but Gunther shoves him out! But Ricochet skins the cat! Only to end up in a waistlock! GERMAN SUPLEX! But Ricochet lands on his feet! Ricochet ducks the boot to kip up and PELE! Ricochet fires off haymakers, Gunther shoves him away but Ricochet comes back to DROPKICK Gunther in the corner! Ricochet keeps after Gunther with clubbing hands, but the ref counts. Ricochet lets off at 4, runs back in, but Gunther puts him on the apron. Ricochet slingshots, but into a BOOT! Ricochet falls, Gunther goes out after Ricochet to APRON BACK SUPLEX!
Gunther stands Ricochet up just to CHOP Ricochet back down! Der Ring General dares Ricochet to get up while SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Gunther trips Ricochet but Ricochet kicks him away! Ricochet throws big hands from all sides, going up then down! But Gunther CHOPS Ricochet back! And CHOPS him again! Ricochet sputters, Gunther scoops and SLAMS him down! Gunther KICKS Ricochet in the side, then taunts him. Fans boo as Gunther stands on Ricochet’s head! The ref reprimands, Gunther lets off and he drags Ricochet by an arm. Gunther stands Ricochet up to CHOP him back down! But Gunther holds onto the arm with a wristlock to drag him back up. Gunther gives toying kicks, talks more trash, and he fishhooks Ricochet!
Ricochet fights up and he SLAPS Gunther! And SLAPS! And SLAPS! Gunther whips Ricochet hard into the corner! And then KICKS him again! Gunther paces around Ricochet, drags him back up, and scoops him for a SLAM! And then he has both legs, for a BOSTON CRAB! Ricochet endures as Gunther sits deep! Fans rally, Ricochet fights and moves around, CLUBS at Gunther’s leg, then rolls over! Ricochet throws hands from below, then kicks free again! Gunther falls over, fans fire up as both men get back up. Ricochet KICKS Gunther’s leg, KICKS him in the chest, then KICKS again! Gunther leans against ropes as Ricochet CHOPS!
Ricochet ROCKS Gunther with a forearm, but Gunther scoops Ricochet for a BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO, into the BOSTON CRAB!! Ricochet endures all over again, but fans rally harder! Ricochet crawls, reaches, but Gunther shifts to an STF! And then the full facelock! But Ricochet gets the ROPEBREAK! Gunther lets off in frustration, but he KICKS Ricochet in the side again. Gunther talks more trash, he pushes Ricochet around, but fans rally up. Gunther drags Ricochet up but Ricochet HEADBUTTS! And he fires off forearms and more headbutts! But Gunther blocks one to turn and CLUB Ricochet down!
Gunther drags Ricochet into a SLEEPER!! Ricochet claws at the hold, pries it open, but Gunther throws elbows into Ricochet’s head and shoulders! Then the SLEEPER is back on! Ricochet still endures, fights free of the body scissors, and shifts to a cover, TWO! Gunther CHOPS Ricochet down, then clamps on the SLEEPER! Gunther leans on the hold, fans rally and Ricochet endures. Ricochet fights up, kicks at Gunther’s head and he’s free! But Gunther hurries to gut wrench! Ricochet turns it to a fireman’s carry! Gunther slips off to CLUB Ricochet, then CHOPS him back down! Gunther hauls Ricochet up for a HALF HATCH! Cover, TWO!!
Fans fire up as Ricochet is still in this! Gunther is frustrated, he drags Ricochet up and CHOPS him! Ricochet CHOPS, Gunther CHOPS! Gunther keeps Ricochet from falling over in the corner, to CHOP him again! Ricochet falls, and the camera gets a good look at all the red marks on his body. Gunther stands Ricochet up, talks some trash, but Ricochet ducks the chop to ENZIGURI! Gunther staggers, Ricochet CHOPS and ROCKS on repeat! And then another ENZIGURI! Gunther goes to a corner, fans fire up and Ricochet runs in, DROPKICK! Gunther sputters, Ricochet fires off haymakers!
Gunther shoves Ricochet, but Ricochet comes back, DROPKCIK! And then Ricochet reels Gunther in, but he can’t suplex Gunther up! Gunther hits a GOURD BUSTER, then a SHOTGUN!! Gunther drags Ricochet up but Ricochet RANAS Gunther out of the ring!! Fans fire up more as Ricochet takes aim, and he leaps to MISSILE DROPKICK Gunther into barriers! Ricochet roars and Chicago is with him! Ricochet drags Gunther up and towards the ring, but Gunther CHOPS! Gunther scoops, but Ricochet slips off to the apron to PENALTY KICK! And SUPERKICK! Ricochet breaks the count at 7 of 10, to then go back to the apron.
Ricochet springboards from the top rope, ASAI MOONSAULT!! DIRECT HIT! Chicago is thunderous as SmackDown goes to break!
SmackDown returns and Gunther is on the apron. Ricochet handspring kicks him down! Fans fire up again as Ricochet builds speed and FLIES! Another direct hit and Ricochet puts Gunther in! Ricochet hurries up top and fans are thunderous! But Gunther CHOPS Ricochet! Gunther turns Ricochet around on the top rope, climbs up after him, and SUPER GERMAN SUPLEXES! But Ricochet lands on his feet!! Gunther is shocked and Chicago is electric! V-TRIGGER! Ricochet fires up but Gunther BOOTS him down! Ricochet stands up again, into a LARIAT!! Cover, TWO!?! Ricochet survives and Chicago is on their feet!
The fans chant for Ricochet but Gunther climbs the corner! GUNTHER SPLASH into boots!! Gunther staggers away, Ricochet CHOPS him! And then reels him in, to SUPLEX! Cover, TWO!! Ricochet hurries up top, Gunther is down, SHOOTING STAR PRESS!!! Cover, TWO!!! Gunther survives and now Ricochet is stunned! Fans can’t believe it, either, but they know “This is Awesome!” Ricochet undoes some wrist tape and he fires off palm strikes! And CHOPS, and SLAPS, and SLAPS! Fans fire up but Gunther shoves Ricochet away! Ricochet comes back with more SLAPS, and some KICKS! And a CHOP!
Ricochet catches his breath, aims, SUPERKICKS, but Gunther stays up! SUPERKICK again!! Gunther is still up, and he CHOPS Ricochet mid-dropkick! GENERAL BOMB!!! Cover, TWO!?!? Ricochet survives and Gunther is losing his mind! Gunther drags Ricochet up and tells him it won’t happen! Ricochet SLAPS, but Gunther SLAPS! And then scoops, for the LAST SYMPHONY!! Cover, Gunther wins!!
Winner: Gunther, by pinfall (still WWE Intercontinental Champion)
Imperium returns to celebrate with their leader, but Ricochet pushed Gunther to his limits! If this was still not enough, what will it take to dethrone Der Ring General?
Wait, Gunther has Imperium drag Ricochet up! Gunther wants to teach Ricochet a lesson, but BRAUN is here!! The Monster of All Monsters storms out to the ring, and Imperium bails out! Imperium made sure Braun didn’t win the World Cup to become a contender, but will they all still #GetTheseHands?
BREAKING NEWS on the tag team screw job!
The hooded woman that helped Damage CTRL is none other than Xia Li! The “Protector” protected DMG CTRL, but to what end?
The Bloodline regroups backstage.
Jimmy says what’s up, and asks Roman what’s going on. What’s the plan tonight? Is he gonna leave Jimmy out of the loop? What’s he brewing up? If he’s gonna make Sami into Sami Uso, Jimmy is with it. Sami is Jimmy’s dawg, he likes Sami a lot. But Jimmy loves the family. Jimmy loves the Bloodline and he loves Roman. So if Roman doesn’t wanna make Sami into something all because of his past with Kevin Owens, then… Well, Jimmy will see Roman out there. Yeet. Jimmy takes his leave, and Roman tells the Wise Man to call Adam Pearce. Heyman makes that call, but what will that conversation be about?
SmackDown returns to the Bloodline locker room.
And in walks Adam Pearce, as he was “summoned.” Roman has him take a seat, and Roman has Heyman address Mr. Pearce. The Tribal Chief has decided to bless Pearce with a way to get past all those “shenanigans” with Bobby Lashley and Raw. Imagine this: Roman Reigns & Sami Zayn VS… Kevin Owens and any partner of his choice. If Pearce likes, that partner could even be Pearce. So that’s tonight? Roman and Heyman laugh. Oh, glad he was funny. Okay, Roman & Sami VS Kevin & mystery partner when? Where? The Royal Rumble? Heyman says if Roman does this, he should do this live on network TV here on Fox, December 30th in Tampa, Florida.
Roman likes Tampa a whole lot better than Chicago. Then congratulations, Mr. Pearce, you just scored the biggest tag team match of 2022 live on SmackDown here on Fox. Solo then steps up and Pearce knows to take his leave. He thanks them and will let Kevin know. Who will the Prizefighter find to help him fight the Tribal Chief and his former friend in Sami Zayn?
Tribute to the Troops hits its 20th anniversary!
John Cena narrates as footage plays of the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida back in 2003. WWE superstars and staff volunteered time to entertain those who risk it all to defend America’s freedoms. And no one then expected this was just the first step of a 20 year journey. Tensions were high as they were headed into a warzone. Final destination: Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq. Vince McMahan said on behalf of the WWE and the United States, “Thank you.” It was bringing a piece of home to those so far from home. And 20 years later, it is a tradition like no other.
From Baghdad to the US, the WWE will go to thank the troops who serve and remain steadfast. It is a debt that can never be fully repaid, but as we celebrate 20 years of Tribute to the Troops, we have one message: Thank you for protecting the freedoms of the United States of America.
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships #1 Contender’s Match: Triple Threat Tag: Hit Row VS Legado Del Fantasma VS The Viking Raiders!
Top Dolla & Ashante THEE Adonis have had beef with Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde since they were all in NXT, and things only got more heated here on SmackDown. But then Erik & Ivar blasted it all apart when they brought back the raid! And as if the animosity wasn’t enough, the stakes have been raised even higher with the winner getting a title match with The Usos on the Christmas Eve Eve episode of SmackDown! Who settles the grudge to go for the gold?
SmackDown returns and Hit Row makes their entrance, followed by the Viking Raiders making their entrance. The teams sort out, and in this type of Triple Threat, one man from each team is legal. Wilde, Adonis and Ivar start, and at the bell, Wilde rushes Ivar! Ivar LEG LARIATS Wilde down! Adonis rushes in to fire off fast hands, then whips, but Ivar reverses! Ivar scoops, Adonis slips off and headlocks. Ivar powers out, swings, but Adonis slides under. Ivar blocks the arm-drag, whips Adonis away again, but Adonis ducks the leg lariat to AIR DROP! Ivar tumbles out but Erik runs in to clothesline Adonis up and out!
But then Dolla gets in and he throws Erik out! Both Cruz & Wilde rush up, but Dolla catches them in choke grips! They kick free, they both run, but they both get clotheslined out of the ring! Dolla does a dance, builds speed, buy Erik DECKS him with a forearm! But then LDF DOUBLE MISSILE DROPKICK! Erik bails out, fans fire up and Wilde goes up a corner. Cruz runs to the other, ESCALARA ARIHARA TORNILLO COMBO! Direct hit on everyone else and Chicago is all fired up as SmackDown goes to break!
SmackDown returns again and fans rally as Adonis fights a chinlock. But Erik throws him for Ace Ten- SUPERKICK from Adonis! Erik staggers around, Dolla tags in! Dolla runs Erik and Wilde over at the same time! Then he runs Wilde over, BOOTS Erik, and ROCKS Wilde! Dolla kicks low, runs and BOOTS Wilde down! Ivar runs in but into a fireman’s carry! Dolla shows his strength, but Erik runs in to KNEE Dolla down! Cruz runs in but is fed to a SIDEWALK SLAM! Wilde runs in, into an URENAGE! Vega is speechless and scared seeing the Vikings in action. Dolla clinches Erik but Ivar BOOTS him!
Erik lifts Dolla, Ivar runs to springboard, LARIAT GERMAN SUPLEX COMBO! Erik covers but Wilde is up top, FROG SPLASH breaks the pin! Ivar drags Wilde up to knee low, CLUB him, then run. Wilde catches Ivar at the ropes for a TORNADO DDT! Fans fire up, Wilde tags Cruz! LDF coordinate, MISSILE DROPKICK to Dolla! Then Cruz goes up top again, for a PHOENIX SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Vega is freaking out but Cruz tags Wilde. LDF drags Dolla up, Cruz builds speed, but Adonis trips him up! Wilde swings but into an elbow! Adonis gets in to hit a FLOATOVER DDT! But Erik GERMAN SUPLEXES Adonis!
Cruz springboards to FLYING CHUCK Erik! Ivar SEATED SENTONS Cruz! Dolla BOOTS Ivar! Dolla has an open runway now, and fans fire up! Dolla builds speed to FLY! Well, not quite, he clips the ropes, but he still gets enough of everyone else. Adonis says he’ll clean it up, but then Vega RANAS Adonis! So B-Fab BOOTS Vega! But Valhalla SHOTGUN KNEES B-Fab! The former Sarah Logan drags B-Fab out, they brawl, but Vega ARIHARA MOONSAULTS Valhalla down!! Dolla puts Wilde in the ring, tags in Adonis, but Wilde JAWBREAKERS back! Wilde runs, into a scoop! Dolla keeps Wilde up for the HEAVY HITTER!! Cover, Hit Row wins!!
Winners: Hit Row, by pinfall (NEW #1 Contenders to the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships)
Dolla & Adonis pull it out! Banged up as they are, they’re feeling great because next week, it’s them and the Usos for the titles! Will Jimmy & Jey still be The Ones? Or will there be a new hit topping the charts for Christmas?
Backstage interview with Raquel Rodriguez.
Kayla Braxton is with Big Mami Cool as the trainer checks the arm. Raquel is given ice, and Kayla brings up that next week, there will be a SmackDown Women’s Championship #1 Contenders Gauntlet match. Is Raquel going to be ready in time? Well, the doc does recommend caution and doesn’t want her rushing things, but when it comes to Ronda Rousey, this is personal. Every time Raquel goes to straighten her arm, she’s reminded of what Ronda and Shayna did to her. The pain, the humiliation. And last week, they hurt Shotzi! Raquel wants revenge! She WILL be in that gauntlet match, and she won’t stop-
But then Ronda & Shayna knock Raquel over! They heard her say this was personal. And they know a thing or two about arms! Ronda holds Raquel’s bad arm out so Shayna can BOOT it! Is this personal? They do it again! And again! Oh, that looks bad. Put some ice on it. Ronda and Shayna leave, will anyone be able to stop the Baddest Women on the Planet from doing whatever they want?
SmackDown has more on next week’s big Christmas episode!
In the gauntlet match, it will be Emma, Tegan Nox, Liv Morgan, Sonya Deville, Xia Li and, if she’s still able to, Raquel Rodriguez will all battle to be the last woman standing! Who wins a golden ticket for the holidays to then go after Ronda Rousey in the New Year?
And after trying to add insult to injury after the Intercontinental Championship match, Imperium’s Kaiser & Vinci will be facing Ricochet and BRAUN STROWMAN, in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight! With nothing holding them back, will nothing stop the One & Only and the Monster of All Monsters from crushing Imperium?
The Bloodline heads to the ring!
Chicago fires up as Roman Reigns leads Paul Heyman, The Usos, Solo Sikoa and Sami Zayn on stage. The belts and the fingers are raised for the pyro, because #WeTheOnes. Then they continue on to step inside the ring, and we get the second round of pyro. Heyman then holds both belts for Roman to then hand over the microphone. Fans chant “UCEY! UCEY!” but they hush as Roman says, “Chicago. ACKNOWLEDGE ME!” The Windy City cheers for their Tribal Chief and they hold up the fingers. Roman says, “Boy, I ain’t seen my Bloodline since WarGames. And in case you didn’t know, we dominated WarGames!”
Roman high-fives and hugs it out with Solo, Jey, and Jimmy. Sami smiles and Roman gives him the high five and hug, too! Roman says that was quite a night! “But let’s talk about tonight, cuz tonight is the night. You see, every night’s a good night for The Tribal Chief but tonight… was gonna be a good night for you.” Fans boo as Sami looks disheartened, and Roman says there’s a problem. “We got a KO problem. He’s a problem, Sami. He won’t leave you alone, he won’t stop stalking you, he won’t stop dragging you down. And if he’s a problem for you, Sami, then he’s a problem for me, he’s a problem for The Bloodline.
“But don’t worry, the Tribal Chief has got a solution! Because Sami, you and I, we’re gonna team up. And we’re gonna have a tag match against KO. And he can find anybody he wants, but it doesn’t matter cuz we’re gonna smash ’em! We’re gonna smash ’em, we’re gonna get rid of ’em, and we ain’t ever gonna see Kevin Owens again!” Sami says that’s right! Even after all this time, Kevin continues to drag Sami down! Kevin is a cancer who betrays everyone in his life! Sami is Kevin’s only friend! Well, uh… Sami misspoke. Sami was Kevin’s only friend. Emphasis on was. But it will be an honor and privilege to be side-by-side with Roman to take Kevin out!
“SUPRISE~!” John Cena is on the tron!! Fans go nuts and the Bloodline is speechless! Cena is sure they’re surprised to see him. Get it? But it’s the holiday season and everyone loves a good surprise, including Cena. And boy was he surprised to get a text message out of the blue from a long time friend, Kevin Owens. Cena reads the text: “Sup, Peacemaker? Merman emoji, peace sign emoji.” Oh, Kev. But then it continues to say, “Did you know that you’ve had a WWE match every year for the past 20 years, except this one? Your streak’s about to be broken! Mind-blown emoji, eggplant emoji, Santa Claus emoji, peach emoji…” Uh…
Anyway, Kevin asked Cena if he wants to be his tag partner for December 30th in Tampa. Cena wants to get this right: He hasn’t had a match at all in 2022 and we’re running out of time. And Kevin is asking Cena that on the last SmackDown of the year that if he wants to partner up against the “Uciest” Sami Zayn, and the Tribal Chief, the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns, in a main event match that can’t be missed?! HELL YEAH Cena will be there! Hell yes he’ll team with Kevin and hell yes they’ll bring the fight to the Bloodline on the final SmackDown of 2022!
Cena says, “Make your list, check it twice, The Bloodline’s been naughty and won’t it be nice when CENA CLAUS is coming to town?! HO HO HOLY SHIII!” Cena signs off, Roman can’t help but smile and laugh, but Sami looks very worried. Will the Tribal Chief and still Honorary Uce be able to solve their KO Problem now that it’s also a John Cena Problem?
My Thoughts:
A great SmackDown here, both for what we got and what it set up. Great opening match with the Women’s Tag titles, but a little disappointed that someone else interfered. Not sure Xia Li’s real role in everything, but I don’t see her actually joining up since Nikki Cross was only along for the ride up to WarGames. Raquel getting attacked by Ronda and Shayna of course marks her as the next challenger, but that gauntlet match for next week is going to be great stuff. Raquel and Ronda will of course be for the Royal Rumble, and I bet Shotzi returns to take out Shayna so that Raquel gets a fair shot against Ronda. Raquel winning probably depends on who will win the Rumble itself.
Really good stuff out of LA Knight, Bray and now the truly separate identity of Uncle Howdy. As far as who is in the Howdy costume, that’s gotta be Bo Dallas. It looked like the right build, and we know Bo can imitate Bray pretty well from back when Bo & Curt Axel feuded with Bray & Matt Hardy. But even then, I think that laughter was recorded and Howdy did his best to sync up with it. I feel like we’re going to get Knight VS Howdy to then build to Bray VS Howdy at the Rumble. Also, I love the little references to the late great Jon Huber, aka Luke Harper and Brodie Lee. Michael Cole opened with “And you know what that means!” while that was clearly Harper’s “yeah yeah yeah yeah” Bray used. I believe today was Huber’s birthday, so of course we’d get something like that to honor him.
Great Intercontinental Championship, that was in itself PPV worthy. But as I figured, Gunther retains and is now headed for a match with Braun Strowman. Next week’s Miracle on 34th Street Fight could easily turn into a handicap match because of No Disqualifications and because Gunther sure isn’t gonna let Braun get momentum going towards their match. Even so, I bet Braun and Ricochet find a way to win since they’d only be beating Ludwig & Vinci. Who knows if Braun really beats Gunther but they’re going to have one hell of a match, too.
Now, I was surprised the Intercontinental title wasn’t the main event, but then they surprised me by making that Triple Threat right into a contenders match. We got some great stuff, other than Dolla botching his tope conjilo. He would’ve been better off faking us out and then doing something a bit more reasonable. Vega was also a little off target with her moonsault onto Logan but those are a bit more forgivable than the obvious tumble Dolla took. But great win for Hit Row here, hopefully Dolla isn’t too banged up so that we can have that match. Now, the Usos will surely win, but we’re getting a lot of Bloodline tag action next week so maybe we start towards “the” match?
Great promos from Bloodline, especially with them teasing us on the “Sami Uso” moment. Roman pulling that out from under Sami because of Kevin, Sami having that “slip of the tongue,” and then CENA showing up via tron, that was all great stuff. Heyman being specific about December 30th was a bit of a foreshadowing, maybe even a giveaway. But Kevin & Cena VS Roman & Sami is going to be awesome stuff to close out the year for SmackDown and WWE as a whole, and that can bring us so very, very close to the moment Sami and Kevin reunite and go for the tag titles.
My Score: 8.6/10
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Andrew’s TNA LIVE! iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 2.20.2025
So the first live episode got fairly positive praise from everyone; will this continue the trend?
Filming at Full Sail seems to have set the stage nicely this week! Going into a Live episode we got Moose and The Hardy Boyz on NXT, as well as Jordynne Grace’s involvement with Steph and Giulia giving a little shine to TNA happenings since she’s newly WWE.
This episode should be interesting, we finally see Lei Ying Lee (fka Xia Li) back in action, Rascalz take on Tyson and Tyriek, Tessa should be seeing some action as well…so generally interesting happenings for the second Live iMPACT! of 2025. Let’s see how this one goes down!
No matter where @ManceWarner and @stephdelander go, @TheSamiCallihan WILL FIND THEM!
Watch #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/NY8HgI02kY pic.twitter.com/mXz9U7m9PL
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) February 21, 2025
Ratings:
- Tyson & Tyriek w/Wes Lee vs The Rascalz w/Ace Austin: Rascalz win via Meteora/Swanton Combo – ***
- Lei Ying Lee vs Rosemary: Lei wins via Thunderstruck – **
- NoDQ Match: Leon Slater vs JDC: Dango wins via The System help – ** 3/4
- Masha Slamovich vs Mila Moore: Masha wins via Requiem – N/A
- Elijah & Joe Hendry vs The Colons: Elijah wins via Tombstone Piledriver – *** 1/4
Results:
Oh yeah, and another Hendry concert is…cut off by a commercial, LOLTNA. First Hendry is cut off by AXSTV’s new Anime Hour bumper, and now Primo and Epico are showing up in TNA. I definitely didn’t have this on my BINGO card. The crowd starts chanting “Where’s Carlito”, which they do acknowledge and play off of well. Oh they’re using their shoot names of Orlando and Eddie now…but before they attack the lights go out and we get another guitar strum! ELIAH/ELIAS/EZEKIEL/EBENERZER/EMERY/EL VAGABUNDO – shows up to back up Hendry. Okay I can apologize away the redundant concert since it played into an Elijah debut. The crowd is immediately popping and chanting “This is Awesome” 10 minutes into the show.
Tyson & Tyriek w/Wes Lee vs The Rascalz w/Ace Austin
Treehouse bros take it to the bigger men quickly, a few fast dives, a little MCMG style tandem strikes, Tyson fires and tries to take them out but they Low Bridge him. Tyriek comes in and they try similar things but Tyriek manhandles them both and throws them out of the ring, Trey is the first one back up and Tyriek and Tyson take his damn head off with his Corkscrew Running Euro Upper. Trey finally manages to flip out of the manhandle, tags in Wentz and Wentz goes for the hot and spicy cleaning house spot. Corner to Corner Knee Lifts for both big men, a Rolling Snapmare, into a Superkick for Tyson and Standing Shoot Star on Tyriek but only for two because Wes feints like he’s going to interfere.
Tyson and Tyriek pull off a tandem Assisted Backdrop Driver, but Wentz breaks it up, Tyson gets knocked out, Wentz hits the Tornillo, Wes tries to interfere again after Trey gets perched on the corner buckle but Ace runs around and trips Wes at the last second causing him to faceplant on the apron, Trey hits the Meteora, Wentz hits a Swanton from the other side of the ring and Trey gets the pinfall victory.
It was fast paced, all gas no brakes, but it didn’t overstay its welcome, so it was pretty fun all things considered.
After the match Wes grabs a mic, complains a little but challenges them to a 6 man match as Sacrifice. So we’re THAT’S where we’re getting the expected 3v3.
Fir$t Cla$$ comes out with an entourage of hot chicks and probably influencers or something. The “First Class Penthouse” , Gabby AF, Mafiosa Valentina, and Carolina are apparently known in their own way. Gabby I know was the awful one who did something for Impact a last year and sucked, but she’s part of the Busted Open Network I believe so that’s why she’s around. Two of them look like Noelle Foley and Frank the Clown…oh they actually are. Look at that. I do love KC Navarro as the Hype Man, they have this whole set up of AJ being mad that they haven’t gotten more Tag Title shots, so TNA placated him with his own Piper’s Pit and he’s *pregnant pause* totally happy with that. He says he loved Piper and hated Hogan before it was cool.
This is actually quality content and AJ is cutting a nice promo in this segment. They introduce their first guest, the greatest performer in TNA history, many whole say he’s Phenomenal with a whole lot of style….it’s A-J-Francis.
.@AJFrancis410 is GOING OFF!
Watch #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/NY8HgI02kY pic.twitter.com/kGehtp9iTE
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) February 21, 2025
Lei Ying Lee vs Rosemary
Things were slow until Rosemary took her into a corner quickly, hit the Upside Down, and we get a lot of Lei trying to avoid Rosemary’s offense. Rosemary goes for a Spear in the corner and Lei forward rolls, starts connecting with a bunch of right hands, backs Rosemary into the corner, goes for 10 Count Punches, pulls her out, Airplane Spin TKO for only a two count. Rosemary tries As Above So Below, Lei shrugs it off, Rosemary tries to go after Lei anyway and eats Thunderstruck! Lei Ying Lee wins!
After the match Rosemary catches Lei on the ramp and hits the Green mist in the eyes. Match was far too short and so many of Lei’s set up moves look better than her finish. We’ve seen Kofi Kingston do it for years so it’s not bad, just the current Knockouts Division are awful and don’t take the move well.
Eric Young and the jabronis come out, EY cuts a very basic power crazed psycho kind of promo, gets the “What” chants from the crowds. EY is trying to recruit Maclin even though Maclin made his line in the sand last week. EY tries to spin it as maybe he took out Josh FOR Maclin instead of in spite of his trust. This really doesn’t seem interesting at all, but that’s probably because I hate the two Jabronis EY is with.
NoDQ Match: Leon Slater vs JDC
I really don’t have any interest in Slater. He’s got no personality beyond “flippy guy with a British accent”.
Dango immediately powders, grabs a chair and goes to swing on him but misses. So Leon is making JDC look dumb by dodging the post chop, using the chair to shield himself from a punch by JDC, and then clapping Dango’s fingers between the chair. So typical System match, look inept for the first few minutes, then take advantage of something to take over. Oh look, Leon takes too long setting up the table, Dango gets in a few pot shots, tries to whip him into the table but Leon leaps over it, and then leaps back over to clobber Dango. Dango is still trying to recover so Leon hits his over the corner post con hilo, and the crowd appreciates it but I’m not interested. Leon panders to the crowd after the big spot and then eats an X-Plex into the chair from Dango.
JDC throws Leon back in, goes for a pinfall that’s only a two and we cut to a commercial. Coming out of the commercial JDC is in control with a Kendo Stick until he isn’t, Leon counters and takes the keno stick, brutalizes Dango a few times then comes off the ropes with the kendo shot for 2. Leon goes for another table, and again, at least the crowd is receptive to this match. Leon sets it up, looks for something off the apron but Dango stops him first until he eats a dropkick to fall onto the table, Leon hits the Swanton 450 through the table on the outside. Does it look cool? Sure. Do I care about dumbass moves? Nope.
Oh thankfully the rest of The System comes out to stop the pinfall, Shield Bomb Leon through the first table, and roll him back in for Dango to win.
The Hardy Boyz come out to try and make the save, but the numbers are against them, so Oba Femi’s music hits! Oba cleans house but doesn’t get his hands on Moose, so they’re at least building the eventual clash between Moose and Oba.
The crowd starts a “Tessa, we comin for you” chant before she even starts talking. Tessa is actually playing off the crowd well, Santino’s music hits and Tessa thinks he’ll help her out with the crowd and Santino calls bullshit basically. Santino says if Tessa doesn’t wrestle next week, she’s fired and Masha’s music hits. Masha decides to step in for Tessa’s enhancement talent match.
Masha Slamovich vs Mila Moore
Jobber tries to attack Masha early but Masha stops her, rocks her and Requiem ends the match.
Masha stares down Tessa, and then Cora Jade attacks from behind and hits Jaded.
Ryan Nemeth comes out to his Abyss music remix. What will Mokuba say today? “MYYYY BIIIGG BBRROOOOTTHHHEEEEER” he repeats at least 4 times and it’s hilariously cringe. He announces that Nic will return at Sacrifice, he literally just came out to give a PSA.
Elijah & Joe Hendry vs The Colons
Hendry starts with Eddie, after a brief tie up it seems like Hendry reads the room and points at Elijah and the crowd wants him in. So Joe tags in Elijah, a little back and forth, Shoulder Tackle from Elijah, Rope Walk with Elijah lays out Eddie and a tag to Joe allows for a quick tandem knockdown, but Eddie powders as the Walking and Talking Duo hold the ring going into the final commercial break.
We come back and Hendry is bouncing Orlando off the ropes as he return a strike, but Orlando is obviously losing, eats a Euro Upper, and then gets walked around in the Stalling Suplex for posterity. Eddie tries a sneak attack but gets caught and Sack of Shit, into Kip Up, turn and then Orlando with the ambush! A few quick short cuts and an Irish Whip/Dropkick combo gives the Colons a near fall. Hendry does get locomotion variation cradles, but eats a Dropkick to stop the attempt at momentum. Orlando stays on Joe, but Joe finally starts to fire up as the crowd starts to get behind him. Euro Uppers make some space, but a Snapmare says no.
Eddie gets tagged in and a quick Leg Sweep into a Front Chancery keeps Eddie in control. As Joe tries to get back up, Eddie turns it into a Guillotine, but finally the Suplex counter connects for Hendry! Simultaneous tags! Elijah bulls over Orlando, catches a Leap Frogging Orlando with the Manhattan Drop as Orlando retreats to a corner, Stinger Splash into Spinebuster for two. Elijah tries to keep up the attacks but Orlando finds a few ways to make space, launches himself from the middle rope and eats the Jumping Knee! Eddie breaks up the pinfall, Hendry takes Eddie out and Elijah hits the Tombstone Piledriver for the win!
Overall Score: 6/10
Well there were more live hiccups than the first episode, and this felt both more epic and less epic at the same time. Elijah and the Colons debuting was a nice way to kick things off, Oba Femi showing up for the save was fantastic. There were a few decent matches, but also a lot of really short and rushed matches. Tessa played off the crowd well, but Masha really is useless on the mic. Lei Ying Lee needs to framed stronger, her matches have done nothing to show off her ability. It just proves that the Knockouts don’t know how to sell a kick to the head because they all take it in the shoulder and fall in corny ways.
Viva La Sam could be something fun if the next 3 weeks are just hand cam footage of him being like “I’m Sami Callihan and I’m gonna kick Mance Warner’s ass”, Elegance Clique getting the rematch with a stipulation is nice to see and while I like Fir$t Cla$$, that segment went a little long for a cornball swerve payoff. It’s one thing to placate the Influencer squad especially when we’ve seen Logan Paul and Ishowspeed do so well in WWE…but these are like Z Tier Influencers that no one cares about. These kind of dorks stream on Kick because they aren’t relevant enough for Twitch, not because they chose Kick over it.
So yeah, the low lights were pretty low, and the highs were a little fleeting, but at least they were pretty fun. Not a bad show, just clunky with noticeable issues and Masha shouldn’t be allowed to speak English anymore. She’s such a charisma vacuum when she’s not rambling in Russian.
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ROH brings the lucha libre!
On a night full of ROH & CMLL crossover, Komander defends the ROH World Television Championship against “Big Shotty” Lee Johnson!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Fuego Del Sol VS Wheeler Yuta; Yuta wins.
- Rachael Ellering VS Abadon; Abadon wins.
- 12 Man Tag: The Premier Athletes & The Frat House VS Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs; Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs win.
- Billie Starkz VS Hyan; Billie wins.
- ROH World Television Championship: Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Lee Johnson w/ EJ Nduka; Komander wins and retains the title.
- Gates of Agony VS Exodus Prime & Josiah Jean; Gates of Agony win.
- Six Man Tag: Sammy Guevara, Fuego & Dark Panther VS Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr; Hechicero, Barbaro & Soberano win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Fuego Del Sol VS Wheeler Yuta!
Lucha night opens with a hot start as the Fire of the Sun returns to ROH, but so does The Decoder! Will Fuego Del Sol get one up on a former ROH Pure Champion turned current AEW World Trios Champion? Or will Yuta do the Death Riders proud in Houston?
Houston cheers on the Texas star, and Fuego offers the Code of Honor. Yuta reaches out, but then SLAPS Fuego! The fans boo and the bell rings, Yuta slips around to CLUB Fuego down! Yuta mocks the fans cheering on Fuego, then scoops him for a SLAM and SENTON! The fans boo but Yuta brings Fuego up. FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO, but Yuta holds onto the leg! Yuta taunts Fuego, but Fuego kicks at him! Yuta lets go and the fans rally up. Yuta runs up, Fuego ELBOWS him away, then goes up, up and FLYING RANAS! The fans fire up as Fuego then DROPKICKS Yuta down!
Yuta staggers up, Fuego SLAPS him! But Yuta LARIATS in return! The fans boo but Yuta rains down fists! And then stops, to rain down more fists! The fans boo but Yuta soaks that up while he “kicks dirt” on Fuego. Yuta stands Fuego up, CHOPS him, then has him in a corner. Yuta CHOPS Fuego again, the fans boo, but Yuta whips corner to corner hard! Fuego staggers forward, Yuta says they ain’t done yet. Yuta whips Fuego to the corner again, then FLAPJACKS on the rebound! Yuta adds a basement DROPKICK! The fans boo but Yuta soaks up heat. Yuta hits a spinning toehold, then has a DEATHLOCK!
Fuego endures and Yuta mockingly asks if he’ll give up. Fuego refuses to give in, and he SLAPS Yuta! So Yuta bridges and puts on more pressure! Yuta shows off by not even using his hands, but Fuego fights his way to the ROPEBREAK! Yuta lets go at 4, and he reminds the ref, “I have ’til five!” The fans boo Yuta parodying Bryan Danielson, then Yuta kicks Fuego around. Yuta eggs Fuego on, so Fuego ROCKS him! And ROCKS him! And again, and again, and again! But Yuta gets under the big haymaker! Yuta back suplexes, but Fuego lands out! Fuego dodges Yuta to then springboard QUEBRADA! Down goes Yuta!
The fans fire up as Fuego kips up and SUPERKICKS! Yuta sputters, Fuego runs and STEP-UP DOUBLE STOMPS! The fans fire up again as Fuego climbs a corner! Yuta stands, Fuego MISSILE- NO, Yuta gets under and comes back, BUSAIKU KNEE! Cover, Yuta wins!
Winner: Wheeler Yuta, by pinfall
Another thing he took from The American Dragon is that big knee, and Yuta takes the victory. Yuta sits Fuego up, and thinks about Hammer ‘n’ Anvil elbows, but he decides not to. Because he gets an even more sadistic idea! Yuta looks under the ring, and he brings out a steel chain! Yuta threatens the ref, then he goes to Fuego! The fans boo but Yuta hooks Fuego’s legs up, then uses the chain to go up, up and away, ROMERO SPECIAL!! Yuta taunts Fuego but Fuego is coughing up blood! Yuta lets Fuego go, the fans boo, but Yuta mockingly gives the Code of Honor handshake. Yuta no longer has honor, but will someone find a way to humble him?
Rachael Ellering VS Abadon!
The Queen of Strong Smile is feeling good being in Houston, ready to bring that Comet energy. However, she’s up against the Living Dead Girl, who brings a very different vibe. Will Rachael learn why everyone fears Abadon? Or will Rachael’s smile see her through?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, but uh, Abadon doesn’t let go. Rachael tries to get free, and now it is a tug-o-war. The fans rally, Rachael reels Abadon into a headlock, but Abadon BITES Rachael’s hand! The ref reprimands, Abadon lets go, and Abadon doesn’t get what’s wrong. Abadon runs up on Rachael but Rachael gets around to waistlock. Abadon switches, but Rachael goes to ropes to buck the O’Conner! Rachael CLOBBERS Abadon, but Abadon sits up! The fans rally, Rachael is frustrated, and then runs up. Abadon gets around, trips Rachael, then runs to basement dropkick! Rachael flounders to a corner and the fans rally again.
Abadon aims from a corner, runs in at Rachael, but Racahel ELBOWS Abadon away! Abadon says nuh-uh, comes back, but runs into a BOOT! Rachael runs and UPPERCUTS Abadon down! The fans fire up and Rachael aims from a corner. Rachael calls for the “SQUISH~!” and runs up, SENTON onto knees! Abadon avoids disaster and stalks Rachael to the apron. Abadon CLUBS Rachael, pushes her onto the apron, and springboards for a GUILLOTINE LEG DROP! The fans fire up and Abadon pushes Rachael into the ring. Abadon runs corner to corner for a METEORA! Abadon pushes Rachael to a cover, TWO!
Abadon is annoyed but brushes it off. Abadon drags Rachael up, but Rachael fights the suplex! Rachael wrenches out, trips Abadon, and high stacks, ONE!! Rachael ROCKS Abadon, then tries again. FISHERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up for the “MD Collapse” and Rachael aims again. SQUISH~ SENTON hits! Cover, TWO! Abadon survives and Rachael is a bit surprised. Rachael throws off the headband, double checks her teeth, and the fans duel. Rachael CHOPS Abadon at the ropes, then ROCKS Abadon with a forearm! Rachael whips but Abadon blocks! So Rachel CHOPS again! Rachael whips, Abadon grabs ropes, and laughs!
Rachael runs up, Abadon ELBOWS and CUTTERS! Then BLACK DAHLIA!! Cover, Abadon wins!
Winner: Abadon, by pinfall
Abadon continues to be terrifying, as well as victorious. Will the ROH Women’s Division, and especially the champions, have to watch their backs?
Backstage interview with Jacked Jameson.
Lexy Nair is with the former Iron Savage, and he’s counting his abs. She brings us back to a few weeks ago when he walked up to Griff Garrison, Preston Vance & Cole Karter in hopes of forming a group with them. Then in Jacksonville, Jameson actually interfered in their match on their behalf. The question is, what’s going on here? Jameson says those are his boys! His guys! His dudes! Jameson went out there, helped them, it was huge! It was awesome! Speaking of, the boys walk in! Vance tells Jameson that they’ve heard his offer, they loved what he did in Jacksonville, and tonight is a big match and… They’d love if he was a part of it.
So then, it’s official! They got him some Frat House gear! But first… he has to do something. Yeah, sure! Anything! Vance, Griff & Karter pour all of their drinks into one red Solo cup, and Jameson asks what’s in it. The boys say don’t worry about it. Jameson says don’t have to tell him twice. He chugs the concoction, and he is PUMPED! The Frat House is now four men strong, and Jameson says after tonight, party at the Frat House! Vance tells Jameson that one thing about them: win or lose, they booze! The Frat boys head out, Lexy can finally breathe from whatever was in that cup, and it’s time to see if Jameson passes the test!
12 Man Tag: The Premier Athletes & The Frat House VS Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs!
Instead of “Smart” Mark Sterling, Tony Nese has the mic to tell Bobby Cruise to shut up, “no one wants to listen to your stupid voice.” Nese then tells the “fat boys and fat girls” of Houston, Nese & Daivari couldn’t think of a better partner for this match than an athlete that makes every single one of them put to shame! Yes, it’s SMART MARK himself! Wait, seriously? Sterling takes the mic to say that’s right, he is still here to make sure that the losers of Texas can take part in their winning cheer. So please, get this right. When he says, “Athletes,” you say, “Rule!” NOTHING ELSE! Hands in, boys. Ohhh…! “ATHLETES!” “SUCK!!” Gottee!
But with that, Dante & Darius Martin enter, accompanied by Leila Grey. Then Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd enter, and last but not least, Texas’ own, Marshall & Ross Von Erich! The massive teams sort out, and Darius starts against Nese. The fans rally up and Darius circles with Nese. Nese says wait, wait! He knows what the fans are here to see. Nese flexes, but the fans boo. Nese shouts, “ATHLETES!” The fans respond, “SUCK!” Nese and Darius circle, but then Nese kicks low! Nese bumps Darius off buckles, then tags in Daivari. “We’ll show you who sucks!” Nese & Daivari fire hands in the corner while the fans boo.
The ref counts, The Premier Athletes stop, and they both shout, “ATHLETES!” Again, the fans say, “SUCK!” Daivari tags Griff and they mug Darius. Griff ROCKS Darius, has him in a corner, then whips corner to corner. Darius goes up and over, rolls and arm-drags, then he DROPKICKS! The fans cheer, and Darius whips Griff into Dante’s BOOT! Tag to Dante, Darius CHOPS, Dante trips Griff, and Darius adds DOUBLE STMOPS! Griff scrambles, tag to Jameson, but Dante arm-drags Jameson! Dante keeps the armlock, he tags in Ross, and Ross wrenches to a wristlock. Ross YANKS the arm, then tags Marshall.
The Von Erichs double whip Jameson, then Marshall sends Ross in, FLYING BOOT! FLYING LARIAT and then Marshall snapmares Jameson for Ross’s PENALTY KICK! STANDING MOONSAULT and Marshall covers, TWO! Marshall fires the fans up, then hauls Jameson up to headlock. Tag to Truth and he wrenches Jameson. The fans rally but Jameson fires hands! Jameson whips, Daivari gets a cheap shot in, but Truth DECKS Daivari! Only for Vance to CLOBBER Truth! The ref has to keep Truth’s team back, so he missed all that! Jameson stomps Truth, tags Vance, and Vance covers, TWO!
Vance ROCKS Truth, has him in the corner, then CHOPS! Tag to Daivari, he CHOPS Truth, then he tags Nese. The Premier Athletes mug Truth with haymaker after haymaker, but the ref is still too busy keeping Top Flight, Turbo & The Von Erichs back! Nese drags Truth up, and he tags in Sterling!? The fans boo but Sterling gets to throw hands on Truth! “ATHLETES!” “SUCK!!” Sterling drags Truth back, anchors a leg, and tags in Vance. Vance stomps Truth, tags Jameson, and Jameson tags Griff. Vance puts Truth in a corner, Griff sends Jameson in to LARIAT! Vance adds a BOOT, and then Griff BOOTS Truth down! Cover, TWO!
Griff tags Vance back in, they mug Truth, and Vance keeps Truth from the corner. Vance suplexes, covers, TWO! Truth stays in this but Vance stays on him with a chinlock. Truth endures, the fans rally up, and Truth stands. Truth fires body shots, but Vance CLUBS him! Vance whips, Truth ducks ‘n’ dodges, DOUBLE LARIATS take them both down! The fans fire up again as Truth and Vance crawl. Truth pushes past Vance, but Leila has to get out of the way as The Premier Athletes & Frat House all run up! They all YANK Top Flight, Turbo & The Von Erichs off the apron, leaving Truth stranded! But at least Truth’s team fights back!
The fans fire up, but Truth turns around into a BOOT! Truth ends up on the apron, Vance runs up, and Vance SPEARS Truth onto the entire cluster! The fans fire up as Vance drags Truth into the ring. Cover, TWO! The fans rally up as Truth stays in this. The teams regroup, Vance whips Truth to the corner, but Truth BOOTS back! Truth fires hands on everyone else, and then storms up, but Vance keeps him from his corner! Vance whips and catches Truth to a SLEEPER, but Truth hits a BIG back suplex! The fans fire up as Truth crawls! Leila coaches Truth, hot tag to Turbo! And to Sterling!? Sterling panics, he wants nothing to do with Turbo!
Jameson runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Griff runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Nese runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Daivari runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Turbo then scoops and SLAMS Nese! And he scoops and SLAMS Daivari! The fans fire up as Turbo ELBOWS Daivari in a corner, headlocks, BULLDOG LARIAT COMBO on The Premier Athletes! The fans are thunderous as Turbo flexes, but Sterling slithers in! Sterling CLUBS Turbo on the back, the fans boo, but Turbo just frowns and turns around. Sterling apologizes but Turbo grabs him by his shirt. Only for Jameson to get in and scoop SLAM Turbo! Jameson shouts, “Mark Sterling! You sonova b*tch!”
Jameson and Sterling look to parody the handshake, but Truth CLOBBERS Jameson! Sterling again apologizes, but Turbo stands back up! Sterling backs up into Turbo, panics, but Truth scoops Sterling! SLAM! The fans fire up as we get the real deal! Except Nese & Daivari get in! Wait, Marshall & Ross get them first, with DOUBLE IRON CLAWS! “Turbo Floyd! You sonova b*tch!” DOUBLE ELBOW DROP on Sterling! And then Sterling flounders up, into a scoop, but Griff & Vance get in! Top Flight DOUBLE SUPERKICK them back out! Truth runs, TOTAL RECALL!! Dante runs, Darius sets up, FLIGHT IN MOTION for Griff! Turbo covers Sterling, #TopVonRunners win!
Winners: Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs, by pinfall
Everything’s bigger in Texas, and that includes this win as the super team everybody loves stands tall! But with The Von Erichs holding gold with Dustin Rhodes, will The Sons of Texas soon be everyone’s top priority?
MXM Collection speaks.
ROH Media found Mansoor & Mason Madden after their loss at ROH Global Wars: Australia, but they still had their remodeled ROH World Tag title belt. As such, they act triumphant and victorious because they “successfully defended” their ROH World Tag Team Championship. Because as you can see, they still have the belt! Shoutout to Dustin Rhodes, he is a great fellow tag team champion, he really tested MXM. But then they ran away with this here title, and there is nothing anyone can say about it! Fingertip touch and MXM heads out, but they do know possession is NOT nine-tenths of the law in ROH, right?
Billie Starkz VS Hyan!
As if tensions weren’t already high between these two, Minion 400,237 & 3/4ths is being belittled because she lost to Harley Cameron on the Jericho Cruise while The Fallen Goddess is still ROH Women’s World Champion after beating Alex Windsor in Australia. The Athena World Tour returns home to Texas, but will Billie make “Boss” proud? Or will even disappointment be bigger in Texas?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and the fans rally up for Hyan. Billie is annoyed, the two tie up, and Billie wrenches to a wristlock. Hyan cartwheels, wrenches to a wristlock, but Billie rolls, rolls back, then trips Hyan. Billie flexes, the fans are torn, but then Billie throws Hyan down by her hair! Billie talks smack on Hyan, Hyan runs up, but Billie dodges to waistlock and shove. Billie then bypasses Hyan to sunset flip. Hyan rolls through, but Billie basement ENZIGIRIS! Billie then drags Hyan up to waistlock. Hyan fires elbows, runs to ropes, but Billie holds on! Billie CLUBS Hyan’s arms from the ropes, to STRAITJACKET GERMAN!
Billie scowls, then she stalks Hyan to the corner. Billie stomps a mudhole in, but the ref counts. Billie tells him to back off! The fans boo, but Billie asks, “What do you want from me!?” Billie runs in, but Hyan dodges and Billie POSTS herself! The fans fire up, Hyan storms over, and Hyan brings Billie up to suplex high and hard! The fans fire up and Hyan feels that energy! Hyan runs to SPLASH in the corner! Hyan keeps moving, but Billie ELBOWS her away. And BOOTS her! Billie goes up, Hyan stops the boot, but not the rebound ENZIGIRI! Billie goes up top, leaps, but Hyan gets under! Hyan ELBOWS Billie, cravats to KNEE and KNEE SMASH!
Hyan hits a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Billie stays in this, it’s why she’s the inaugural ROH Women’s TV Champion. But she sits up into a CHOP! Hyan CHOPS again, and again, but Billie blocks! Billie scowls, and then she ROCKS Hyan again and again! Billie has Hyan in the corner, fires more shots, but the ref counts. Billie stops at 4, then backs up just to run up, HEEL KICK! Billie then puts Hyan up top, Electric Chair Lifts, and she tucks Hyan in for a DRIVER!! Cover, Billie wins!
Winner: Billie Starkz, by pinfall
Well, if Kenny Omega uses a One Winged Angel, was that a Two Winged Angel? The bottom line is Billie is back in the win column, but will she ever fight her way out from under Athena’s tyranny?
ROH World Television Championship: Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Lee Johnson w/ EJ Nduka!
After failing to finish the Proving Ground match in under ten minutes, the Commander of the Skies has owed Big Shotty this title shot. Will Komander get the job done now that there’s a thirty minute time limit? Or will Lee prove this is all too easy?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is really the star of ROH TV!
The Code of Honor is not upheld as Lee leaves Komander hanging. The bell rings, the fans rally for Komander, and the two circle. Lee chuckles, tells Houston to calm down and shut up, then he ties up with Komander. Lee arm-drags, but Komander holds on. They stand, Lee waistlocks, Komander switches, but Lee switches. They switch again and again, but then Lee headlocks. Komander headlocks, Lee slips out and hits a takeover. Komander headscissors, Lee kips free, and things speed up. Komander QUEBRADA but Lee dodges! Komander still headlocks for a takeover, Lee headscissors, and Komander kips free. The two stand off and the fans cheer.
Lee and Komander reset, circle again, and Lee mockingly applauds. Lee pie faces Komander and talks trash. Komander storms up but Lee pie faces him again! Lee goes for another, Komander blocks to CHOP, go up and up, but Lee yanks him down! Lee says Komander’s not gonna do lucha on him! But Komander CHOPS! And CHOPS! Komander goes up and up and jumps around, to FLYING ARM-DRAG! Lee tumbles out, EJ is there, but Komander builds speed! Komander rolls, slow-mo up and over to then RANA! EJ can’t believe it but the fans fire up! Komander puts Lee back in the ring, then he springboards, flying sunset flip! TWO!!
Lee escapes then bails out, and Komander keeps an eye on him. #LEE-J regroup and EJ coaches Lee up. Lee storms up to the apron, but Komander DROPKICKS him down! The fans fire up, Komander builds speed, but EJ stands in the way! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Lee slides in and CLOBBERS Komander! The ref says this is EJ’s last warning, but Lee says Komander is nothing! Cover, TWO! Lee is frustrated and he drags Komander up. Lee bumps Komander off buckles, then brings him around to fire body shots. The fans rally, the ref counts, but Lee stomps away on Komander. Lee digs his boots in, but steps off at 4.
Lee storms back up on Komander, brings him around, and whips him corner to corner hard! Komander bounces off buckles, Lee shouts, “You’re NOTHING!” Lee covers, TWO! Lee is frustrated, but he rains down fists! The fans rally with “SI SE PUEDES!” Lee hammers away, then lets off to talk trash. Lee drags Komander up, TOSSES him to the outside, and EJ stays back. Lee taunts Houston, the ref watches EJ closely, but The Judge defends his own innocence. Lee goes out the side to fetch Komander, and he CLUBS Komander down! Lee puts Komander in the ring, drags him up, and snapmares for a chinlock.
The fans boo Lee while Komander endures, but Lee says Komander is still nothing! Abrahantes rallies the fans for Komander, and Komander fights up to his feet! Komander throws body shots, but Lee wrangles Komander back down! “This is your guy? This is too easy!” The fans boo, then they rally back up. Komander rises, fires body shots and forearms, and he CHOPS! The fans fire up with Komander as he fires even more shots! Komander runs up at the corner, but Lee puts him on the apron! Komander BLINDSIDE LARIATS Lee! Komander goes up, but Lee goes out! Komander hops down, Lee SUPERKICKS him!
Lee huffs ‘n’ puffs and reels Komander in! Canadian Rack, but Komander slips free! Komander scopos, Lee slips free, and Lee CLUBS Komander! The fans boo but Lee suplexes, but Komander lands inside! Komander catches Lee in the ropes and fires KNEE after KNEE! Komander UPPERCUTS, then ROCKS Lee, and he runs side to side! RANA-DRIVER!! A rough landing for both men, but the fans rally up even harder! Komander sits up, Lee follows, and both men stand. Komander fires forearms and CHOPS! And then another! Lee ducks the chop, back suplexes, but Komander lands out! KICK! KICK! BLINDSIDE SOBAT!
Komander runs, QUEBRADA! Cover, TWO! Lee survives, the fans rally up, and Komander rises again. Komander has Lee in a drop zone and hurries to the corner! Houston fires up as Komander climbs, but Lee rolls to the far side. Komander hops down, runs up, then goes up the corner to RA- NO! Lee stops Komander, runs for a corner, but Komander RANAS Lee into buckles! Komander mule kicks, SUPERKICKS, then runs, but into a DROPKICK! Lee shouts, “I am not playing with this guy!” Lee hauls Komander up, reels him in, and lifts, but Komander SPINNING POISON-RANAS!!! Cover, TWO!!!
Lee survives and Komander is stunned! Houston rallies behind him again and Komander rises back up. Komander hurries to the corner and back up top! Lee sputters, but he manages to trip Komander up! Lee rises up, he fires hands on Komander, but Komander fires body shots! Komander SHOVES Lee, Lee backflips through! Lee comes right back! SUPER DUPER PLEX!! And he rolls through, to the outside? BRAINBUSTER to the floor!! EJ is fired up and the fans lose their minds! The ref checks both men, and somehow they’re both okay to continue. Lee and Komander stir while the ring count begins.
Both men are down at 5 of 20, then 8. Lee staggers up at 9, and he grabs Komander’s leg to SLAM it against the LED barrier again and again! Then he KICKS the leg! The ref reprimands, finish this in the ring! Wait, EJ has the title belt! The ref spots that, tells EJ to back off, but then Abrahantes snatches the belt from EJ! The fans cheer, EJ storms upon Abrahantes, but Lee puts Komander in the ring. Lee snarls while Komander unties his boot. Komander is getting pressure off the bad ankle, but Lee has him by the other leg. Komander ENZIGIRIS, but that was the bad foot! Komander writhes, but Abrahantes helps with the boot.
Lee hurries to stomp away on Komander’s legs! Lee punches away on the foot, YANKS the boot off, and EJ grabs it to mockingly show it off! Lee stomps away on the ankle more, then he goes up! FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Komander survives but Lee hauls him right up! AOI SHODOU!! Cover, TWO!?! Komander survives and #LEE-J doesn’t understand! The fans rally as hard as they can for Komander as he crawls to a corner. Lee hauls Komander up to the top rope, climbs up after him, but Komander fires body shots! Komander SHOVES Lee down, and Lee is in the drop zone! Komander rises up, but EJ drags Lee to safety!
The fans boo, but Komander says bet! SUPER CROSSBODY! Komander takes down LEE-J, grabs his boot back, and he throws the boot at EJ! The fans are thunderous and Komander drags Lee up. Komander puts Lee in, hurries back up the corner, and the fans rally as hard as they can! Komander tightrope walks, and CIELITO LINDO!! Cover, KOMANDER WINS!
Winner: Komander, by pinfall (still ROH World Television Champion)
Even with all that damage done by Big Shotty, Komander shows the grit of a champion and pulls out the victory! Will he still find ways to win, no matter the odds?
Red Velvet speaks.
When it comes to her by-any-means-necessary way of winning, The Chef knows we all want to know “Why? Why? I have been on a roll lately. The hottest of my career. Why? Why? I’m starting to get real tired of the same questions. Why? I’m just getting started.” When and where will Red Velvet serve up another L fresh from the kitchen?
Six Man Tag: Sammy Guevara, Fuego & Dark Panther VS Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr!
Lucha night comes to an end with a huge crossover between ROH and CMLL! And it will be lucha rules! That means if the legal man falls out of the ring, someone can jump in and take their place! Will the Spanish God be able to help The Flame of Mexico and El Latigo Lagunero win big in Texas? Or will the Alchemist, El Australopithecus Apestosus y The Luxury of Lucha prove they are primero del mundo?
Wait, MXM appears on stage to taunt Sammy with his ROH World Tag Team title belt. Sammy ignores them while the trios sort out. But then Hechicero DROPKICKS Sammy out! Panther CLOBBERS Hechi, Barbaro BOOTS Hechi, but Fuego DROPKICKS Barbaro! Soberano runs up but Fuego goes Matrix! Fuego bridges, then stands back up to dance! Fuego and Soberano RAM shoulders, go again, and then Fuego runs. Soberano follows, pops Fuego up and over, but Fuego ARM-DRAGS Soberano! Barbaro y Hechi run in, Fuego dodges them to then handspring and DOUBLE ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up, Panther & Sammy join in!
The trio builds speed, but Hechi’s team CLOBBERS them all! Hechi stomps Sammy, Soberano stomps Panther and Barbaro stomps Fuego. Fuego and Panther fall out so Soberano is the legal man. Hechi CHOKES Sammy, Soberano BITES Sammy’s foot! The fans rally and duel, and Hechi drags Sammy around. Hechi puts Sammy’s leg through the ropes, Soberano CHOKES Sammy while Hechi pulls on the leg, and Barbaro stands on the other leg! The ref reprimands and counts, Hechi YANKS the leg as he lets off, and Soberano looms over Sammy. Soberano y Barbaro taunt Sammy’s team by holding Sammy’s arms out to them.
Soberano y Barbaro double wrench then DOUBLE KICK! Hechi drags Sammy up to rain fists! The ref counts, Hechi lets off, and Soberano stomps Sammy in the corner. The fans boo but Soberano drags Sammy up to GAMANGIRI! Sammy drops down, Soberano hooks his arms and digs a knee into Sammy’s back. Sammy endures, even as Hechi taunts him. The fans rally, Sammy fights up, but Hechi blocks the kick so he and Soberano can mug Sammy! They have Sammy on the ropes and hold his legs open! Barbaro runs up and KICKS the hamstring! MXM laugh while the fans are torn. Barbaro taunts Fuego, then BLASTS him and Panther!
Hechi twists Sammy’s arm, stands him up to wrench, and Soberano wrenches the other arm. They lift Sammy up, Barbaro runs, PENDULUM BOMB! Then TRIPLE BASEMENT DROPKICK! Sammy bails out, Panther is there to help him, and Fuego slides in. But Barbaro BOOTS him down! Barbaro y Soberano mug Fuego, whip him to the corner, then Soberano LARIATS! Barbaro LARIATS, then Hechi STEP-UP KNEES Fuego! Fuego falls, MXM is amused, and Hechi hooks Fuego up! Soberano y Babaro grab the arms, and they help Hechi get Fuego up! It’s a MEXICAN SURFBOARD, but then Soberano gets a boost from Barbaro, GUILLOTINE LEG DROP!!
The fans fire up and Soberano covers, ONE because Soberano lets off?! Soberano seems to be demanding more respect from the ref, but then Fuego bails out and Panther storms in! Soberano stops Panther in his tracks by kneeling and offering a handshake. Panther kicks, Soberano blocks it, and Barbaro KICKS Panther’s leg! Barbaro DECKS Panther, Hechi brings Panther back up, and they double whip. Double drop toehold and now Hechi hooks Panther up! We now get a ROMERO SPECIAL, and then Soberano y Barbaro run, DOUBLE BULLDOG!! Hechi and team soak up the cheers and jeers from Houston!
Barbaro drags Panther up, DECKS him again, then they all soak up the heat. Hechi fires HEADBUTT after HEADBUTT, then fast hands! Hechi DECKS Panther, then puts him in a corner. Soberano DROPKICKS Panther down, then he and Barbaro double whip corner to corner. Hechi sends Soberano in but Panther dodges! Panther dodges Hechi, scoops Barbaro for a BACKBREAKER, then scoops Hechi for a BACKBREAKER! Soberano gets a BACKBREAKER! Panther BLASTS Barbaro out, then DIVES into him! The fans fire up, MXM likes what they see, and it’s Sammy that steps in!
Hechi storms in after him, the fans rally and duel, and things speed up! Sammy sidesteps, hurdles, backflips over, and he DROPKICKS Hechi down! Sammy kips up so smooth and he takes a bow. Soberano runs up but Sammy DUMPS him out! Sammy hurries to PLANCHA onto Hechi! The fans fire up with Sammy, he slides back in and builds speed, to FLY onto Soberano! The fans fire up with Sammy, MXM gets upset and even storm a few feet closer to ringside. Barbaro is in, he wrenches and hammerlocks Sammy, lifts and suplexes! Barbaro stomps away, then does his caveman dance. Fans join in, Barbaro runs, IMPLODER SPLASH! Cover, Fuego breaks it!
Sammy bails out, Fuego CHOPS Barbaro, then he whips. Barbaro reverses but Fuego BOOTS him! Barbaro does the worm!? Barbaro runs up, but Fuego goes up and over to stack! Hechi BOOTS Fuego! Barbaro bails out, Hechi whips, but Fuego reverses and RANAS! Hechi handsprings through! He then wrenches and shoves Fuego, then runs up, and he YANKS Fuego’s hurdle out of the air! Fuego bails out, Panther runs in, but Hechi avoids the dropkick! But then Panther avoids the senton! Panther rallies the fans, runs to RAM Hechi, then runs again. Hechi follows, but Panther hits a Tiger Feint to dodge, and Hechi’s dropkick goes flying out to the floor!
Panther hurries to a corner and then runs, FLYING RANA! Hechi flounders away, and Panther hurries back in. Soberano runs up, Panther puts him on the apron, but Soberano GAMANGIRIS! Soberano fires up, the fans are torn, and Soberano goes up top for a TORNILLO CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO!! Panther survives that wild 1080, but then Soberano dodges Panther! Panther ends up stuck in ropes, Soberano LIONSAULTS but misses as Panther slips out! Panther takes aim, but Barbaro uses Soberano for POETRY IN MOTION! Down goes Panther and the fans fire up! Soberano builds speed and he FOSBURY FLOPS to then inverted suplex!
Soberano SLAMS Panther down, Barbaro is up top! SUPER DUPER SPLASH to the floor!! MXM is fired up, and then Fuego QUEBRADAS Soberano! Fuego slides, in does a dance, and then FLIES onto Barbaro! Hechi is in, but so is Sammy! The fans fire up and Hechi roars! Sammy runs up, but into a single leg takedown! Hechi stands Sammy up to whip, but Sammy reverses. Hechi ducks the hurdle, but Sammy JUMP KNEES him down! The fans fire up and Sammy whips corner to corner. Hechi reverses, runs up, and STEP-UP KNEES! The fans fire up and Hechi rolls back, summons the power of lucha, but Sammy SUPERKICKS him!
Sammy runs to JUMP KNEE again! Hechi flounders, Sammy torture racks him! But Mason gets on the apron! The ref tells him to hop down, but Mansoor slithers in, and he BELT SHOTS Sammy!! The fans boo, Sammy flops out of the ring, but Fuego steps up! Fuego runs, slips through a tilt-o-whirl, but Hechi victory rolls, only to stand up and INVERTED MONKEY FLIP Fuego into a LEG SCISSOR NELSON! But that’s not all, Hechi makes it a ROLLING CRADLE! They go around and around and around, into the cover! Team Hechi wins!!
Winners: Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr, by pinfall
Give an assist to MXM as they celebrate their part to play in this victory. They even get Hechicero to touch fingertips with him! But then they aim at Sammy! Only for Fuego y Panther to get back in! MXM flips the belt around to swing on them! Fuego y Panther dodge, and they DOUBLE DROPKICK MXM out! The fans cheer, but Sammy, Fuego & Panther grab Mansoor! Mansoor says save yourself! He lets the belt go, Sammy has Mansoor in the torture rack! GO TO HOSPITAL!! Mason shouts, “NOOO~!” but he keeps the title belt away from Sammy. Will Sammy & Dustin just have to take the fight to MXM to get their stolen property back?
My Thoughts:
A very good ROH clocking in at an hour and 21 minutes, it feels like they’ve almost got this mastered for a good cable TV runtime. Though at the same time, we still had filler in Gates of Agony squashing Exodus & Josiah, and then both women’s matches were fairly quick. Billie squashing Hyan was in part to serve story as we did see Athena tell Billie to take things seriously, and then Billie takes her frustrations out on Hyan. Rachael VS Abadon could’ve been a little longer to build them both up in the standings, but Abadon winning makes sense as Abadon’s gotten closer to titles than Rachael has. And good promo from Velvet, but I’m not sure why we’re waiting so long to get to her and Leyla’s rematch.
Additionally, while that 12 Man Tag was some fun, just smashing together multiple teams for that was bordering on filler. Good to see The Von Erichs back given ROH was in Texas. And between The Von Erichs being in Texas and Sterling being introduced as one of the competitors, it was a given The Von Erichs and their team would win. Though it did work that The Outrunners got the finish, they’re the team riding high right now. I will say it’s good that “The Frat House” is a faction, but like, can’t the name have just be The Fraternity? Or like, Greek letters that make a fraternity name, but also is a funny pun when you boil it down to letters.
But of course, great stuff throughout the night involving luchadores. Fuego Del Sol VS Yuta was a very good opening match, but I figured Yuta would win that. Him going the extra mile with that steel chain was rather vicious, I feel like Fuego should want payback, teaming with some other AEW wrestlers who have beef with the Death Riders. Komander VS Lee was a very good ROH TV Championship match, but given this wasn’t the main event, I figured Komander would retain. Maybe EJ gets his shot next?
And then a very good Six Man main event. The lucha rules made it constant motion because there was no need for tags, and apparently the ref didn’t need to count when Hechi’s team was in there together. MXM getting involved makes sense, as they’re still not happy just possessing the tag title. They screwed Sammy over, Hechi’s team wins, but then Sammy’s side stands tall over MXM. I would think we do get Sons of Texas VS MXM one more time, who knows how that goes, but it’ll be a lot of fun either way.
My Score: 8.6/10
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