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Mitchell’s WWE SmackDown Results & Report! (5/5/23)
SmackDown lands in Puerto Rico!
San Juan, are you ready?
Just 24 hours before Backlash, SmackDown is in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Bad Bunny returns home, will he have a run in with The Judgment Day before his Street Fight with Damian Priest?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- The Good Brothers w/ The OC VS The Viking Raiders w/ “Valhalla” Sarah Logan; The Good Brothers win.
- The Street Profits VS Imperium; The Profits win.
- Shinsuke Nakamura VS Karrion Kross w/ Scarlett Bordeaux; Nakamura wins.
- Mixed Tag: Rey Mysterio & Zelina Vega VS Dominik Mysterio & Rhea Ripley w/ Finn Balor; Rey & Vega win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Rey Mysterio & The Latino World Order are here!
San Juan is all fired up for the King of Lucha Libre as he leads the way for Santos Escobar, Zelina Vega, Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde. It’s already been a big day for them as we had the WWE Backlash Press Conference this afternoon, but now it’s a party! Rey asks everyone how they’re doing, and says for him and the LWO, they are happy to be bringing such a big event to Latin America. But also, tomorrow, Bad Bunny is going to beat down Damian Priest! And Zelina Vega is going to be the future SmackDown Women’s Champion! Fans cheer for Zelina and she is a bit emotional for this homecoming.
But then the JUDGMENT DAY shows up to ruin everything! Rhea Ripley, Finn Balor & Dominik Mysterio walk to the ring, wearing Damian Priest’s new shirt to rep for the Punisher. Dominik even snatches an LWO shirt from a fan to RIP IT UP! Fans boo as Dom throws the shirt down and steps on it! The Judgment Day then steps into the ring with the LWO, and Dom has the mic. Fans boo even harder, and they tell Dom off. Dom starts to talk, and the fans get even louder! Dom does his best to talk, but the booing just keeps going. Dom tells Rey off by saying he’ll always be the same “deadbeat dad” he’s always been.
As for Mami Rhea- Rey cuts Dom off there, because he just talks and talks and talks, but no balls to back it up! Maybe he needs Mami to change him. And Rey says tonight, they have their WrestleMania rematch! Fans chant “SI! SI! SI! SI!” Rey puts it in English to make it official, but Rhea steps between Dom and Rey. Rhea has a better idea. How about Rey fights her? Fans are surprised but then Vega steps up to Rhea! Dom says maybe Rey fights them both, 2v2. Rey says maybe challenge accepted! Tonight, a Mixed Tag Match of Dommy & Mami VS Rey & Vega! But then Dom SLAPS Rey before he runs away!
Fans boo but Dom and the Judgment Day laugh all the way to the back. Will Rey give Dom that one tenfold tonight?
The Good Brothers w/ The OC VS The Viking Raiders w/ “Valhalla” Sarah Logan!
The OC handled business last week as they made their return to SmackDown, but that didn’t sit well with Erik & Ivar. Will Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson handle business all over again? Or will Ragnarök come to Puerto Rico?
SmackDown returns and the Viking Raiders make their entrance. AJ Styles joins commentary and he says he’s glad to be back in the House that AJ Styles Built. The teams sort out, Erik starts with Machine Gun Karl, but Erik puts him in a corner. Tag to Ivar and the Vikings mug Karl! The ref counts, the Vikings let off, and then Erik tags back in. Erik brings Karl up to ROCK him to a corner, then he throws body shots. Erik swings but Karl blocks to fire back! Fans fire up but Erik whips him into the corner. Karl dodges to CHOP, ROCK and CHOP! Erik shoves Karl away, things speed up and Karl dropkicks the legs out!
Erik hobbles and fans fire up for Karl. Erik gets away to his corner, though, and tags Ivar. Gallows tags in and the big men step up. Ivar kicks low, throws hands, and he rams Gallows into a corner. Ivar fires off back elbow after back elbow! Ivar then whips corner to corner hard and Gallows sputters. Fans boo but Ivar runs in, into a BOOT! Gallows has Ivar in the corner, runs in and ELBOWS! Gallows fires off heavy hands, UPPERCUTS then tags Karl. The Good Brothers set Ivar up, BOOT LEG SWEEP COMBO! Cover, TWO! Styles lets us know, that’s the “Brother Me Softly.” Karl puts Ivar in a corner and uppercuts!
Karl throws hands, then climbs up to rain down fists! Fans count all the way to seis but Ivar shoves Karl away to kick low. Ivar whips Karl to a corner, runs in but Karl BOOTS him! Karl goes up but Sarah distracts! Ivar SHOVES Karl to the floor! Fans boo but then Michin shouts at Valhalla. The two lethal ladies stare down and fans fire up as SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns again and fans rally as Erik has Karl in a chinlock. Karl fights up to his feet and throws body shots. Erik whips Karl to the corner but Karl uses that to BLAST Ivar! Karl then dodges Erik to hot tag Gallows! Big Doc LG rallies on the Vikings! He CLOBBERS Erik, UPPERCUTS, and then runs in to back body block! Gallows keeps moving, and he SHOULDER TACKLES Erik down! Fans are fired up as Gallows grabs Erik with both hands! But Erik breaks free, ROCKS Gallows, and tags Ivar! Ivar runs in, but into hands! GALLOWS POLE! Cover, TWO!! Ivar gets to ropes, ELBOWS Gallows and tags Erik!
Erik runs but into haymakers! He throws them back, fans rally, Erik ROCKS Gallows but Gallows kicks, but into the POWERBOMB! Styles is worried as Ivar tags back in! Ivar goes up the corner, Gallows is in the drop zone, for the WAR BEARD SPLASH! Cover, Karl breaks it! Karl dodges Erik and ROCKET KICKS him in the corner! Ivar SEATED SETNONS Karl! Gallows UPPERCUTS Ivar! gallows runs but Sarah swipes at him! Ivar CLUBS Gallows, reels him in, but Mia SHOTGUNS Sarah! Fans fire up and Ivar is distracted. Gallows wrenches out to YAKUZA KICK! Tag to Karl, and Karl UPPERCUTS Erik down!
The Good Brothers bring Ivar up, MAGIC KILLER! Cover, The Good Brothers win!
Winners: The Good Brothers, by pinfall
Styles celebrates with his guys, and The OC is rolling as they roll into the SmackDown roster! The Viking Raiders now sail away with a loss, will they be able to rebuild the raid on Raw?
BREAKING NEWS on the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
There will be a tournament! On Monday Night Raw, and even next week on SmackDown, there will be two Triple Threats as the opening round. The winners of each Triple Threat then face each other the same night. The winners of those matches will be the finalists, and then those superstars face off at Night of Champions to crown the champion! Who will make the cut? And who will make it to the gold?
Bianca Belair is here!
The RawEST Women’s Champion is going to be on SmackDown starting next week, but she’s going to be defending her title tomorrow night at Backlash. She’s so close to being the longEST reigning women’s champion, what will she say this close to the PPV? We find out after the break.
SmackDown returns and Bianca has the mic. And she says we all saw the love from the fans on the UK tour, and those crowds were amazing. Bianca can’t wait to go back, but she’s also so hype to be drafted back to SmackDown and here in Puerto Rico! Bianca says we know the blue brand holds as special place in her heart, because she made history when she won the SmackDown Women’s Championship. But tonight is the eve of her title defense against Iyo Sky. Iyo Sky is one of a kind, dangerous, unpredictable, but… Bianca’s faced the best of the best. Bianca’s flown all around the world defending her title.
So Bianca has proven that no matter where she goes or what show she’s on, she will always show up and show out! Fans chant for the EST, and Bianca says with a win tomorrow, she will tie the record for the longEST title reign. That means after Backlash, and the clock strikes midnight, the EST will be the longest reigning women’s champion of the modern era! Fans love the sound of that! So every time she steps in this ring, Bianca will- be interrupted by Damage CTRL… Bayley says, “DING DONG~! Hello, SmackDown. Uh, Bianca, don’t tell me that you’re out here talking about how this show holds such a special place in your heart, and you’re not even gonna tell these idiots why.”
But it’s because Bayley MADE Bianca on this show! Boo all you want but it’s true. Bayley isn’t surprised Bianca is bragging about how many days she’s been champion. Same ol’ conceded Bianca. But what Bianca should be talking about is Iyo Sky and how she’s going to end that reign tomorrow night! Iyo will put an end to the party! And when that happens, that big ol’ head of Bianca can get out of THEIR ring when Iyo is the NEW Women’s Champion, and then Bayley & Kai become the NEW Women’s Tag Team Champions, so that SmackDown “and that idiot Michael Cole” will belong to DMG CTRL!
And then DMG CTRL flanks Bianca in the ring! Bianca DECKS Bayley, DECKS Kai, but Sky is there! The two stand off and fans fire up. But then DMG CTRL shoves Bianca into Sky! Bianca gets up to DECK Kai, torture rack Bayley, but Sky springboards to MISSILE DROPKICK Bianca! DMG CTRL then stomp away on Bianca! But here come those WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, Liv & Raquel! They slide in, and CLOBBER Bayley & Kai! And then CLOBBER Sky! DMG CTRL is in retreat as the champions stand tall! Will Bianca refuse to lose so close to a historic goal? Or will the Evil Genius of the Sky fly away with the gold?
Karrion Kross speaks.
“When someone has every single thing they need, everything is all in the right places, they are so sure of who they think they really are. Right up until the point that when you take away one little thing, all of the formalities, the little charade the put on for everybody, that begins to crumble real fast. Tonight, I plant another seed to be reaped. Mr. Nakamura, how much is your honor really worth to you? Tick-tock.” The King of Strong Style is on Kross’ clock, will he be able to survive doomsday?
Solo Sikoa is taping up his thumb.
The Usos come in and are all fired up. They know why they’re here: to handle business! Big Six Man Tag at Backlash! Jimmy says he’s with it! Is Solo with it? Is Jey with it? Jey is so with it! Then let’s go! Jey looks at Solo, but Solo doesn’t look back. Jey says Jimmy asked him a question. Solo says he heard. Solo finishes taping up, and says tomorrow, he does his part. All he knows is, they better do theirs. Solo heads out and Jimmy gets on Jey for saying something. Are the brothers being torn apart by the pressure Roman is putting on them?
The Street Profits VS Imperium!
Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins bring the red Solo cups to San Juan for that Cinco de Mayo fiesta! But will they be celebrating as they send Imperium off to Raw? Or will this swan song be a victorious one for Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser?
SmackDown returns and Imperium make their entrance. Ludwig starts against Ford, but then Ludwig sneaks a tag to Vinci before he attacks Ford! Vinci CLOBBERS Dawkins, goes out after him and Ludwig headlocks Ford. Ford powers out, Ludwig reverses, then ELBOWS, UPPERCUTS, and ENZIGURIS! Ford falls over, the ref reprimands because Ludwig tagged out. Ludwig says okay, and he sends Ford out, so that Vinci can go up and up and SUPER CROSSBODY the Profits! Imperium puts Ford in, Vinci ROLLING SENTONS, and then goes up the corner to MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO!
Vinci keeps on Ford, he tags Ludwig, and Ludwig drags Ford up. Ludwig UPPERCUTS, has Ford on ropes then KICKS the ropes. Ludwig whips Ford to a corner, runs in, but he blocks a boot! “NEIN!” GAMANGIRI! And then another UPPERCUT! And a HALF HATCH! Cover, TWO! Ludwig has Ford on ropes again, brings him around, but Ford fires body shots! Ford CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS, but Ludwig kicks low! CLUB and haymaker, but Ford ducks to hit a BIG back suplex! Fans fire up while both men are down! They crawl, hot tags to Dawkins and Vinci! Dawkins rallies on Vinci and fans fire up!
Dawkins whips, Vinci reveres but Dawkins hurdles and SPINNING ELBOWS! Ludwig gets up but Dawkins DECKS him! Dawkins runs at Vinci, CYCLONE SPLASH and ENZIGURI! Tag to Ford, ANOINTING and FROM THE HEAVENS!! Cover, the Profits win!
Winners: The Street Profits, by pinfall
And the party continues! SmackDown has the Profits and the Profits are up, will they get that smoke?
Cody Rhodes is here!
San Juan fires up for the American Nightmare and sing along with his song. Cody gets multiple rounds of pyro as he makes his way down the ring, then he gets the mic. Cody says, “So, San Juan, Puerto Rico… De qué quieres hablar?” Fans cheer Cody’s Spanish, and he says The Beast, the Next Big Thing, the most decorated sports combat athlete, “cowboy,” and coward. There are many nicknames you can attach to his upcoming opponent, Brrrock, Lesnar… But when Cody thinks about Lesnar, a different name comes to mind: Gatekeeper.
Cody’s old coach, “Double A” Arn Anderson, would say that you know you’ve made it as a top guy in this industry, when you were a star today, tomorrow and yesterday, you would’ve reached “The Kingdom.” And Lesnar is the one standing in the way, looming in front of that gate to The Kingdom. Newsflash: if you work for the WWE, you never have to fight against Brock Lesnar. You never have to compete against Brock Lensar. You can go on the road, you can call yourself a WWE Superstar, make a good living, and never have to fight Brock Lesnar.
But Brock Lesnar picked a fight with Cody. And he has yet to explain why. Maybe tomorrow when Cody beats it out of him, we’ll hear why! Fans cheer that! Cody says he saw the same beautiful video package the fans all did, and in it, Cody admitted he was afraid of Lesnar. And it is still true here and now. Everyone should be afraid of Lesnar. But the difference is, at Backlash, Cody has no time to be afraid of Lesnar! Because tomorrow, Cody brings the pain to Lesnar! Tomorrow, it’s a fair fight, Brock Lesnar! Tomorrow, Cody leaves the lovely island with it etched it into his heart because this is where he got back on the road to finish his story of claiming HIS kingdom, and all by defeating BROCK LESNAR!!
Fans are as fired up as Cody is now! Will Suplex City be torn down as Cody heads for his happily ever after?
Backstage interview with Shinsuke Nakamura.
Kayla Braxton is with the King of Strong Style at gorilla position and says we are moments away from his match with Karrion Kross. After Kross’ attacks on Nakamura, what are his thoughts? Nakamura says he has one thing to say to Kross: “C’MON!!” The King is ready, will he use all his experience and ability to thwart the apocalypse?
Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn & Matt Riddle are backstage.
The Original Bro says there is more drama within the Bloodline than on that show, Succession. And Riddle is stoked for the Six Man tomorrow, and while he has a lot on his mind, they have the Bloodline right where they want ’em. Sami & Kevin beat them at WrestleMania, took the tag titles, and then proved it wasn’t a fluke by beating them again last week. Riddle beat Jimmy, they’ve all had each other’s back, and there’s one thing left to do: beat them all at once at Backlash! And when Roman Reigns finally comes back, there won’t even be a Bloodline to come back to.
Riddle then asks Sami & Kevin if he’s talking too much, and if they have anything they’d like to add. What’s good? No, no, bro, everything you just said is great. There’s just nothing left to say. It’s time. Yeah, it’s time. Riddle nods, Sami & Kevin head out, and these three are on the same page. Will they be able to write the end to this story on Saturday?
Shinsuke Nakamura VS Karrion Kross w/ Scarlett Bordeaux!
SmackDown returns and Kross makes his entrance, Scarlett leading the way as his harbinger of doom. The bell rings and the two rush in! Kross knees low, fires off haymakers, then BOOTS Nakamura to a corner. Nakamura dodges to fire off knees and kicks! The ref counts, but Nakamura gives Kross GOOD VIBRATIONS! Kross powers his way out, and he ROCKS Nakamura! Kross pushes Nakamura toa corner, whips him corner to corner, but Nakamura comes back with a DYNAMIC DROPKICK! Kross bails out and Nakamura goes out the side. Scarlett hurries out of the way as Nakamura runs in, but Kross knees low!
Fans boo as Kross hauls Nakamura up to POST BOMB! Nakamura writhes and Kross seethes as SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Kross has Nakamura down in a chinlock, but Nakamura gets the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Kross lets off, and Kross kicks Nakamura. Kross taunts Nakamura as “trash,” but Nakamura gets up to get in Kross’ face. Then he KICKS! Kross BOOTS! And HEADBUTTS! Kross scoops, but Nakamura slips free to run and DYNAMIC DROPKICK again! Fans fire up with Nakamura, and he says, “C’MON!!” Nakamura fires off on Kross, KICK and KICK and KICK! Then another kick, but Kross blocks, only for Nakamura to ENZIGURI! Kross goes to a corner, Nakamura whips but Kross reverses.
Kross runs in, Nakamura dodges to ENZIGURI! Nakamura then puts Kross on the top rope, to run in for a TOP SHELF KNEE! Nakamura dumps Kross down, pushes him to a cover, TWO! Nakamura gives Kross some toying kicks now, but Scarlett shouts at him. Nakamura goes to run but she’s in the way! Nakamura and the ref tell her to get down, but Kross gets Nakamura with a DOOMSDAY SAIDO!! Cover, TWO!! Nakamura survives, but Kross stalks him. Kross reels Nakamura in, KROSSJACKET!! But Nakamura snapmares free, slips around, ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! Fans fire up as Kross endures now!
Kross powers up, wags his finger, stack, TWO! But Kross deadlifts Nakamura! Only for Nakamura to shift to a GUILLOTINE!! Fans fire up again, but Kross powers out to suplex! Nakamura knees free, Kross ducks the roundhouse but not the WHEEL KICK! GERMAN SUPLEX! Fans fire up as Nakamura aims from a corner! Kross stands, but he LARIATS first!! Scarlett loves it! Kross crawls to a cover, TWO!! Nakamura is still in this and Kross can’t believe it! Fans rally, Kross drags Nakamura up, and Kross reels him in, but Nakamura body scissors and rolls to a cradle, TWO! Kross stands and KNEES Nakamura down!
Kross drags Nakamura up into a DOOMSDAY SAIDO!! Cover, TWO!!! Nakamura is still in this! San Juan is thunderous but Kross takes off the elbow pad. Kross winds the hands of time, fans rally for Nakamura as he rises, KROSS- ENZIGURI! BUZZSAW! And KINSHASA!!! Cover, Nakamura wins!!
Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura, by pinfall
Scarlett is furious, but the King of Strong Style defies the tarot cards! Nakamura is headed to Raw, will this win prove him worthy of the World Heavyweight Championship tournament?
Adam Pearce meets with Cameron Grimes.
Pearce officially welcomes Grimes to SmackDown and Grimes says he wants to thank Pearce for this opportunity to show the world what Grimes is all about! But then Baron Corbin walks in and pats Pearce on the shoulder. “My man! How’s it feel to see the hottest free agent-” Uh, Corbin, Pearce was kinda in the middle of something with Cameron Grimes. Who? Oh, right, this guy! The last pick in the Draft. Corbin is sure Grimes’ friends are all real proud that he’s Mr. Irrelevant. Funny that Corbin brings that up, Grimes being the last pick. Almost like it’s somehow worse than not being picked at all.
Grimes laughs but Corbin wants Pearce to “explain to the new kid, who has no respect at all, obviously,” that Corbin as hot a commodity as Brock Lesnar. Raw and SmackDown weren’t able to agree on who wanted him more, so here he is as a Free Agent. Uh, that’s not how Pearce remembers things, but sure. Then how does he remember? So Pearce is telling Corbin that Grimes was worth more than Corbin? Corbin says the last pick is “Mr. Irrelevant” because that is what Grimes’ career will be: irrelevant! Well, how about this. Grimes VS Corbin, and we see who is irrelevant. Pearce says that’s a good idea! Next week on SmackDown, Grimes VS Corbin!
Corbin heads out, but will Grimes use Corbin as a launchpad to go #ToTheMoon?
WWE shares footage from the Backlash Press Conference.
For those wondering why Damian Priest wasn’t with the Judgment Day earlier, the reason is because in his stare down with Bad Bunny, Priest SHOVES Bunny down! HHH did his best to keep the peace, but Bunny got up to SLAP Priest! Fans are on Bunito’s side, but will Bunny face his punishment in tomorrow night’s Street Fight?
Mixed Tag: Rey Mysterio & Zelina Vega VS Dominik Mysterio & Rhea Ripley w/ Finn Balor!
The King of Lucha called for a WrestleMania rematch, but the Prodigal Son raised the ante. Will Rey bust out La Chancla on Dom? Will La Muneca get one up on Mami? Or will there be no stopping the Judgment Day?
SmackDown returns as Dommy & Mami make their entrance, The Prince by their side. The teams sort out and it’s ladies first. Fans fire up already as Rhea runs in, but Vega dodges! Vega KICKS, KICKS, bobs ‘n’ weaves then SLAPS Rhea! Rhea snarls and choke grips Vega! But Vega wheelbarrows and slips to a sunset flip! Rhea breaks that, but Vega avoids the stomp. Vega runs around, goes to a corner, and BOOTS Rhea away! Vega goes up to FLYING RANA Rhea to her corner! Fans fire up as Rhea has to steady herself. Rey tags in, so Rhea has to back out. Dom steps up to his dad and fans boo him already.
Dom and Rey feel out knuckle locks, but then Dom kicks low. Dom wrenches to a wristlock but Rey rolls, kips, wrenches and whips! Things speed up, but Dom kicks low! Dom whips but Rey KICKS him! Rey runs, but Dom distracts the ref and Rhea gets a cheap shot in! Fans boo but Dom reels Rey in, only for Rey to arm-drag! Tag to Vega, Rey KICKS Dom, then gives Vega a boost to RANA Dom onto the ropes! Fans fire up as Vega dials it up! But Rhea intercepts with a BOOT! Rhea gets in Rey’s face, but Vega bails out and Rey regroups with her as SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns once more as Rhea drags Vega up to CLUB her down. Fans insult Dom while Rhea shoves and ROCKS Vega. Rhea whips Vega again and ROCKS her again! Rhea taunts Rey, whips Vega, but Vega ROCKS Rhea! Vega gest around, crucifix takedown, TWO! Vega KICKS Rhea, but Dom TRIPS Rey off the apron! Rhea SLAMS Vega down, grins, and applauds her Dom. Rhea then hauls Vega up to wrap on a chinlock! Fans rally, Vega endures and fights up, and Vega elbows Rhea, only for Rhea to SLAM Vega down! Rhea stays between Rey and Vega and grins as she brings Vega up.
Rhea reels Vega in, gives us some Latina Heat, but Vega fights the bomb! Vega slips free, JAWBREAKERS, and Rhea staggers! Vega crawls under but Rhea grabs a foot! Rhea hauls Vega up, back suplex, but Vega lands out of it! Vega goes to a corner, Rhea runs in, but Vega dodges! Rhea POSTS herself!! Fans fire up as Vega crawls, but Rhea gets a foot! Vega BOOTS Rhea away, hot tag to Rey! Dom has no choice but to get in, and Rey fires off haymakers! Rey whips, Dom reverses, but Rey ducks and springboards to CROSSBODY! Fans are thunderous, Rey RANAS Dom into buckles! Dom staggers up, Rey climbs, and Rey rains down fists!
Fans count along, but Dom dodges before Uno! Rey still punches so fans count, and Rey gets all the way to ocho before a SLAM off buckles! Dom then scoops to MICHINOKU DRIVER! Cover, Vega breaks it! Rhea TOSSES Vega out, goes out after her, and Dom pushes Rey. Rey tilt-o-whirls to put Dom on ropes! Fans fire up, but Rhea blocks Rey’s path! Only for Vega to trip Rhea! And RAM her into barriers! Rey hits the 619!! And then Rey goes up top, but Finn rushes up! Rey DECKS Finn, finishes climbing, but Dom trips Rey up! Dom drags Rey off the top with a suplex! UNO AMIGO! Fans boo as Dom gives Latino Heat! Then DOS AMIGOS!
But Rey cradles Dom!! REY & VEGA WIN!!
Winners: Rey Mysterio & Zelina Vega, by pinfall
But Finn attacks right away! The Judgment Day beats Rey down in the corner, then they soak up the heat. But Rey fights back! Rey DECKS Finn, TACKLES Dom, but Finn pulls at Rey’s mask! Rey trips Finn to rain down fists! Dom tackles Rey off of Finn, and PRIEST slides in! Now all three men of the Judgment Day are beating Rey down! Rey can’t defend himself, but HERE COMES BAD BUNNY!! And the rest of the LWO at that! Bunny has Escobar and the boys go first, they go after Finn and Dom! Priest stays completely still as he stares Bunny down! Finn and Dom bail out, Cruz and Wilde go after them!
Escobar goes up top, and he SUPER CROSSBODIES Dom & Finn down! Bunny aims his kendo stick at Priest, the fans are thunderous, and then Bunny gets in the ring! Priest puts up his dukes, but Dom gets in! Bunny SMACKS Dom down! Priest runs for it! The Judgment Day regroup at the ramp, but there won’t be any running at Backlash! Will Rhea hold onto her gold against Vega? Will Priest hold onto his teeth in that San Juan Street Fight? Wait, Rey gives Bunny a shirt! Bunny is LWO por vida!
My Thoughts:
A really good SmackDown, especially for a go-home show. Though, as great as the Cody VS Lesnar recap video was, it felt redundant with Cody also giving a promo. Cody gave another great promo, but honestly, how much more confident can they make us about him winning? And I’m pretty sure Cody gets in that World Heavyweight Championship tournament. Though, the one thing that’s a little confusing about said tournament is that they’re including both Raw and SmackDown when this title will be Raw exclusive. At the same time, if a SmackDown star were “somehow” to win, that’d force said superstar to move to Raw.
And now that it’s ending up this way, Rollins VS Cody can’t be the finals, but only the semifinals. Honestly, Raw is so stacked after the Draft, they really could’ve just let it be all Raw and it’d still be awesome. At the same time, there are still great singles wrestlers on SmackDown who are worthy of being a world champion but they’d be up against Roman here on SmackDown, so this could be their way out of being squashed by him. Riddle comes to mind, but we got a great promo from him, Sami and Kevin. We also got a really good promo out of Solo & The Usos to capture the tension in the faction in one move. That Six Man Tag can go either way, and it’s going to be great stuff.
Really good promo from Grimes, Pearce and Corbin, and of course Corbin is the one getting attitude with Grimes. And as such, Grimes is going to beat Corbin to get himself going on SmackDown. Really good promo segment from Bianca and DMG CTRL that of course turned into a brawl. Good save from Liv & Raquel, and it doesn’t feel like DMG CTRL is gonna win much of anything. Sky won’t get the women’s title, Bianca will be the one to do the stupid title swap, and then Bayley & Kai will fail to get the tag titles. Sky and maybe even Kai will get mad at Bayley, seeing Bianca was right, and then DMG CTRL breaks up.
Real good tag matches tonight. Good Brothers get a real good win off The Viking Raiders to quickly end that feud, and then sadly, Imperium looks really weak because the Profits squash ’em. Great for Profits, though, but not sure to what end. There has to be something that happens with the tag titles, too, since Sami & Kevin aren’t going to change their stance on the Saudi Arabia shows. We got really good promos from Kross and Nakamura, and a great match from them. Nakamura winning makes sense, it would’ve happened even if both guys were staying on the same brand. Nakamura definitely needs to get in on the World Heavyweight Championship tournament.
And of course, great stuff out of Judgment Day and LWO. Great opening promo between them, though I’m not the best with Spanish. But obviously it was great stuff because the audience was eating it up. Great Mixed Tag Match, and with Rey in the match, LWO finally got a win. Bunny also had a great moment as he scares off the Judgment Day and officially joins LWO.
But between the go-home math and the stupid situation the Draft has put us in once again, Vega is NOT winning the title. Rhea keeps the SmackDown Women’s Championship though she’s on Raw, and more than likely, Bianca keeps the Raw Women’s Champion though she’s on SmackDown, and then once again, they just trade belts. I’ve said in the past that wrestling is more fun when you can’t really be sure what’s gonna happen, and a certain someone *cough* Vince */cough* ruined the fun.
My Score: 8.8/10
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Zero Hour – Anna Jay VS Deonna Purrazzo; Anna wins.
- Zero Hour – Fatal 4 Way: Dante Martin VS The Beast Mortos VS Komander VS Buddy Matthews; Buddy wins.
- Zero Hour – Big Boom AJ w/ Big Justice VS QT Marshall; wins.
- Jay White VS Hangman Page; wins.
- Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS Bobby Lashley w/ MVP; wins.
- MJF VS Roderick Strong; wins.
- Will Ospreay VS Kyle Fletcher; wins.
- AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita VS Ricochet; wins and
- AEW TNT Championship: Jack Perry VS Daniel Garcia; wins and
- AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone w/ Kamille VS Kris Statlander; wins and
- AEW World Tag Team Championships Fatal 4 Way: Private Party VS The Outrunners VS The Kings of the Black Throne VS The Acclaimed; win(s) and
- AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley VS Orange Cassidy; wins and
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It’s the Full Gear Zero Hour!
Join Renee Paquette, RJ City, Jeff Jarrett and special guest, Paul Walter Hauser, in discussing, analyzing and predicting all the action set for this monumental night!
Zero Hour – Anna Jay VS Deonna Purrazzo w/ Taya Valkyrie!
The Queenslayer was offered help against Mariah May by The Vendetta but she declined, so this is the payback. Will the Virtuosa handle business? Or will Anna still become the Star of the Show?
The bell rings but Taya distracts Anna. Anna takes a swipe but Deonna kicks low. Deonna headlocks,. Anna powers out, but Deonna RAMS her! Anna stays up, slips around, and waistlocks. Deonna switches, they go to ropes, and Anna bucks the O’Conner! Anna runs Deonna over, keeps moving, then whips. Anna blows past Deonna, sunset flips, TWO! Deonna is up fast but Anna wrenches to HOOK KICK! Anna whips Deonna to a corner, runs up and LEG LARIATS! The fans rally as Anna snapmares and ROLLING NECKBREAKERS! Cover, TWO! Anna stays on Deonna with another whip, but Deonna reverses.
Anna slips to the apron, then ROCKS Deonna! Deonna comes back but into a HEEL KICK! Anna goes up a corner but Taya anchors her! Deonna distracts the ref, then she BOOTS Anna! The fans boo but Taya just takes a bow. Deonna “kicks dirt” at Anna, then drags her up. Deonna short arm LARIATS, then she stands on Anna’s face! The ref counts, Deonna steps off, and Deonna storms back up on Anna. Deonna drags Anna up, throat chops her, and Anna goes to a corner. Deonna LARIATS in the corner, LARIATS again, then short arm LARIATS! Cover, TWO! Anna stays in this but Deonna stays focused.
Deonna paces around, drops a knee on Anna, then clamps on a straitjacket stretch. Anna endures, even as Deonna KNEES her in the back! Deonna bends Anna back but Anna still endures. Anna fights up, snapmares free, but Deonna BOOTS her back! Then BOOTS again! Anna SUPERKICKS! But Deonna hits a FLATLINER, into a KOJI KLUTCH! Anna stacks Deonna, TWO! Anna is free to SUPERKICK Deonna down! Both women are down and the fans fire up! Anna and Deonna slowly rise while Taya pounds the apron. The fans rally up and Anna crawls over to Deonna. Deonna grabs at Anna first, and she fires a forearm!
Anna fires a forearm back, but Deonna hits Anna again! The shots go back and forth, the fans dueling, and Anna gets the edge! Anna backs Deonna down, whips, but Deonna reverses, only for Anna to FLYING FOREARM! And FLYING FOREARM again! Anna keeps moving to SHOTGUN Deonna! The fans are torn as Anna runs up on the hometown girl. Forearm SMASH, and Anna puts Deonna up top! DANGEROUS JAY KICK, and then the ICONOCLASM! Cover, TWO! Deonna survives but Anna drags her up. Anna clamps on the QUEENSLAYER SLEEPER! Deonna endures, pries free, and arm-drags Anna!
Deonna kicks low, runs, and KNEE LIFTS into the RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Roll and FUJIWARA ARMBAR! Anna endures, flails and moves around, and kicks her way to a ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Deonna holds until 4, and Taya coaches Deonna. Deonna slashes her throat, reels Anna in, but Anna fights the Gotch lift! Anna slips around, Deonna wrenches and wrangles, but Anna rolls free! Anna BOOTS from the corner, goes to the apron, and she puts Deonna in ropes! HOTSHOT NECKBREAKER! But Taya takes a swing! Anna dodges, but Taya SPEARS Anna!! The ref saw that and he EJECTS Taya!
Deonna is upset, but better than being disqualified! Taya tells fans to shut up as they sing “Hey hey hey! Goodbye~!” Deonna drags Anna up, but Anna SLAPS Deonna! Deonna is pissed, and she grabs that arm! FUJIWARA!! Deonna pushes on that arm, but Anna uses it to roll Deonna up! ANNA WINS!
Winner: Anna Jay, by pinfall
Deonna is furious, but maybe she should’ve let the ref throw this out. In the end, Anna gets a real win over Deonna, will this help her get back towards some title scene?
Backstage interview with Billie Starkz.
Lexy Nair is with her ROH Minion buddy, and notes that Billie is the first ROH woman entered in the first ever WrestleDynasty International Women’s Cup! Billie, what an opportunity, how are you feeling? She is excited! This is the second chance she’s been waiting for, and- Red Velvet steps in to say more like NO chance. Because see, Velvet is also in that match, and well, she already beat Billie. So her odds are looking really good. But then in steps Leyla Hirsch. And she says lucky for them both, because Leyla’s in this! Leyla beat Velvet once, and just looking at Billie, Leyla knows she can beat her.
Oh but then in steps the ROH Women’s World Champion, Athena! The Minion Overlord defends her bestie and Billie, and says it is finally time for the Athena World Tour! She is the fourth participant, even though, why does she have to qualify for HER show? Athena has beaten Velvet, she’s beaten “Small fry” Leyla, and well… Billie Goat, we all know Athena dog walked her! Velvet says Athena shouldn’t talk to Billie like that. Billie says “Cupcake” doesn’t need to defend her. Things are getting tense already, who wins their way into WrestleDynasty’s massive crossover match?
Backstage interview with QT Marshall.
Lexy is now with QT and says later int he Zero Hour, it is QT VS Big Boom AJ. QT took AJ out last night after the weigh-in, will it be the same here tonight? QT wants Lexy to remember, pronounce it “Mar-shall.” And yes, in QT’s home state of New Jersey, the best part will be QT remembering why he left. It’s a dump! Especially Newark! But AJ is also from New Jersey, and he properly represents this dump. Whether AJ is on the Tonight Show, on TikTok, or here in AEW, he is the epitome of someone from The Garden State: an embarrassment! He’s worse than Bruce Springsteen himself!
And tonight, in a sold out crowd that QT drew all himself, it will be like going to his high school reunion and showing how he is more successful than everyone else. And he’ll do that by walking to the ring, staring down AJ, and bringing the doom! Will QT Marshall make himself the boss of the Zero Hour? Or will it be a BOOM for all of New Jersey when QT loses?
New Year’s Day is a NEW ERA for AEW!
Starting Wednesday, January 1st, 2025, AEW Dynamite will be SIMULCAST on Max! And even bigger, it is the return of Fight for the Fallen! All proceeds go to helping victims of Hurricane Helene in Ashville, North Carolina.
Zero Hour – Fatal 4 Way: Dante Martin VS The Beast Mortos VS Komander VS Buddy Matthews!
Now this is going to be a fast ‘n’ furious match! Angel Dorado, the menacing minotaur, the Commander of Space and the Aussie Juggernaut are all fighting for opportunity, who makes that greater impact?
The bell rings and the four watch each other closely. Buddy and Mortos lock eyes as the big guys in this match, but Komander runs up. Buddy KNEES Komander low and shoves him out. Dante tries but Buddy does the same to him! The fans fire up now as we get Buddy and Mortos circling. But Dante and Komander return! Mortos and Buddy put them in corners, then fire off hands and stomps! Mortos SMACKS Dante, then shouts at Buddy. Buddy stops stomping Komander to stare him down. The fans fire up for these meaty men, but then Dante and Komander try again! They get put back in corners for more hands!
Dante dodges Mortos to POST him! Dante runs up on Buddy, bobs ‘n’ weaves then SMACKS Buddy! And again! Dante whips but Buddy blocks! Buddy BOOTS Dante, slips around, but Dante ELOBWOS him! Komander runs up, POP-UP RANA on Buddy! Mortos runs up to UPPERCUT Dante down! Komander knuckle locks Mortos , CHOPS, KICKS, and goes up, up, but Mortos yanks him down! Dante is back, Mortos knuckle locks him, too! Mortos twists their hands and fans rally. But Komander & Dante both push Mortos! Mortos pushes them back! Dante & Komander kick, dodges, BOOSTED QUEBRADA!
The fans fire up ad Buddy is back! Komander lisp out fothe back suplex, and Dante returns the afvor, BOOSTED CROSSBODY! The fans fire up again, and now Dante & Komander wrap Buddy around ropes. They CHOP, but Buddy TOSSES Dante! Buddy suplexes Komander onto the top rope! Buddy climbs but Komander fires forearms! Komander then leaps, but Buddy catches him! Buddy puts Komander on the top rope again, and CHOPS! And CHOPS! The fans “WOO~” for that second one, and Buddy climbs. But Morots YANKS Buddy down, TOSSES him out, and then ROCKS Komander!
Mortos climbs, he brings Komander up, but Dante CLUBS Mortos! Dante fires forearms on Mortos, whips him, but Mortos reverses! Dante goes up, around, and RANAS! Mortos tumbles, the fans rally up, and Dante BOOTS Mortos! Buddy returns, Dante BOOTS him! Buddy tries again, Dante goes up and over! Dante SUPERKICKS Mortos, but Buddy puts him on the apron. Buddy BLASTS Dante, but here comes Mortos! Mortos dodges Buddy to TOPE TORNILLO onto Dante! The fans fire up and Buddy FLIES! Down goes Dante and Mortos and the fans fire up! But wait, Komander sets up to tightrope walk and SPACE MAN ESCALARA!
The fans are thunderous and Komander feeds off the energy. Komander fetches Buddy into the ring, then goes to the ropes. Alex Abrahantes in his Vegeta hoodie coaches Komander. Komander tightrope walks for CIELITO- NO, Buddy moves so Komander belly flops! But then Mortos THROWS Buddy into steel steps! Mortos stalks Komander, SMACKS him, and whips him to ropes. Komander goes up and up and FLYING RANAS! But Mortos is up to SMACK Komander again! Mortos snapmares and NECK TWISTS! Komander writhes, staggers, but Mortos scoops for a CIPHER UTAKI! Dante returns, leaps over Mortos, but Mortos POP-UP SAMOAN DROPS him!
The fans fire up again and Mortos roars! Buddy returns, blocks the haymaker and fires off a strike fest! But Mortos avoids the knee! Buddy puts him on the apron, and catches Mortos for a DRAPING DDT! Buddy strikes like a viper and now he stalks Komander. Komander runs up, tilt-o-whirls, but Buddy LAWN DARTS him into Dante! Then Buddy has Dante for a suplex, JACKHAMMER! Cover, Mortos breaks it! Mortos drags Buddy up but Buddy shoves him. Buddy KNEES Mortos, then dodges Komander to TOSS him out! Pump handle on Dante, but Dante victory rolls it! TWO!! Buddy is up, into a JUMP KNEE from Dante!
Dante runs to ROCK Mortos, GAMANGIRIS, then TOSSES him out. Komander is back, Dante rolls him and wrenches, then tucks and MOUST TRAP! TWO!! Komander is up, he and Dante ROCK each other! And BOOT each other! They go again, switch and switch, but now Buddy is up! METEORA on Dante! Komander comes back to tilt-o-whirl DEJA VU DDT!! But Mortos ROLLING CRUCIFIX DRIVER!! Dante FLYING LARIATS!! All four men are down and the fans are thunderous! “This is Awesome!” as only Komander is on the outside and the others go to corners. Mortos snarls as he rises up!
Komander returns and the fans rally. Buddy and Dante also stand, then Komander follows. Mortos and Komander brawl, Buddy and Dante brawl, and the fans rally. Mortos SMACKS Komander, Buddy ROCKS Dante! Now the big men want at it! Buddy blocks a kick, sends i into Dante, but then Mortos does the same with Buddy’s leg and Komander! HEADBUTT for Buddy! Mortos ROCKS Dante, puts him up top, but Komander 619s the legs out! Mortos staggers, Komander springboards to FLYING POISON-RANA!! Dante hits the MAMBA SPLASH!! Cover, BUDDY STOMPS DANTE!! Cover, BUDDY WINS!
Winner: Buddy Matthews, by pinfall
A very opportunistic strike from Buddy Matthews, because The House Always Wins! Will that be true as Malakai Black & Brody King go for the AEW World Tag Team Championships? Or can Private Party make it out of Full Gear still golden?
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Will B Block stay tranquilo?
After a win over The Might, Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi now take on Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg! Will Los Ingobernables de Japon end up behind BARS?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Kickoff – Masatora Yasuda VS Daiki Nagai; Time Limit Draw.
- Six Man Tag: Bishamon & Shoma Kato VS Shota Umino, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask; Shota, Honma & Tiger Mask win.
- Six Man Tag: TMDK VS Alex Zayne, Ryusuke Taguchi & Katsuya Murashima; TMDK wins.
- Six Man Tag: The United Empire VS Bullet Club; Bullet Club wins.
- Six Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS Bullet Club War Dogs; LIJ wins.
- World Tag League 2024 B Block: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls VS The Filip Brothers; Shane & Mikey win.
- World Tag League 2024 B Block: Taichi & Taka Michinoku VS EVIL & Ren Narita; Evil & Narita win.
- World Tag League 2024 B Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado VS Great-O-Khan & Henare; Khan & Henare win.
- World Tag League 2024 B Block: Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi VS Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg; Yano & Oleg win.
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Here are the current B Block standings!
Taichi & Taka Michinoku: 1-0, 2 points
Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi: 1-0, 2 points
The Filip Brothers: 1-0, 2 points
Evil & Ren Narita: 1-0, 2 points
Great-O-Khan & Henare: 0-1, 0 points
Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls: 0-1, 0 points
Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg: 0-1, 0 points
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado: 0-1, 0 points
World Tag League 2024 B Block: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls VS The Filip Brothers!
The former IWGP Tag Team Champions aren’t feeling as mighty as they should be after losing to Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi in the opening round. But can they rise back up mightier than ever? Or will Tome the Taiga & Stevie the Phoenix become apex predators in this tournament?
The teams sort out and after the Filip Brothers Too Sweet, Tome starts against Hysterical Haste. The fans rally up and the bell rings. Shane and Tome circle, tie up, and Shane waistlocks. Tome switches but Shane wrenches for a headlock takeover. Tome fights around, rolls Shane to a cover, TWO! Shane holds on but Tome fights up. Tome powers Shane down, pops out the back then wrenches to a wristlock. Tome keeps Shane from ropes, but Shane rolls, kips up, snapmares and basement DROPKICKS! The fans cheer as Shane poses, and then Shane brings Tome up. Shane wrenches Tome, tags Mad Mikey, and Mikey wrenches.
TMDK DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE Tome down, then they split the wishbone! Mikey BLASTS Stevie for good measure, then he CHOPS Tome. Mikey CHOPS Tome in a corner, brings Tome around, and then snapmares. Mikey clamps on a neck wrench and pushes on it hard. Tome endures, Mikey sneaks a BITE, then pushes Tome down. Tag to Shane, TMDK double whip Tome to a corner. Shane sends Mikey in but Tome DUMPS Mikey to the floor! Shane runs up but Tome dodges, then Stevie joins in! Tome FOREARM, Stevie DROPKICK, and Tome GERMAN SUPLEX! Then Tome hits a BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!
Shane stays in this but he also bails to the apron. Tome stomps Shane, then tags Stevie. Shane goes to the floor but Stevie pursues. Stevie RAMS Shane into railing, right in front of commentary. Stevie stands Shane up to CHOP, and Shane hurries into the ring. Stevie stalks after and stomps Shane. Stevie snapmares, then he KICKS Shane in the back! Cover, ONE!! Shane shows some grit but Stevie tags Tome. The fans rally but the Filip Brothers mug Shane. Shane CHOPS Stevie but Tome CHOPS Shane! Tome stomps away on Shane in the corner, digs his boot in, but the ref counts. Tome steps off, but for only a moment before he digs his boots in again!
Mikey gets mad but the ref keeps him from storming in. That just lets Stevie CHOKE Shane! Mikey protests more but Stevie gets away with that. Tome tags Stevie in, and Stevie BLASTS Mikey! Tome whips Shane and BOOTS him down for Stevie’s HANDSPRING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO! Shane stays in this and the fans rally up. Stevie KNEES Shane in the back, has the chinlock, then KNEES Shane again for the motorcycle stretch. Shane endures, fights up, and fires body shots. Shane UPPERCUTS, but Stevie holds him back! Stevie kicks and whips Shane, but Shane BLASTS Tome! Shane dodges Stevie and Stevie hits buckles!
Shane crawls but Stevie hurries after him. Stevie grabs Shane’s leg, but Shane swings an elbow. Stevie dodges, but Shane CALF KICKS him down! The fans rally as Shane crawls, hot tag to Mikey! Mikey runs in at Stevie to LARIAT in the corner! Mikey whips Stevie into the corner to LARIAT again! And then short arm LARIAT! The fans fire up and Mikey brings Stevie around. Mikey fireman’s carries but Stevie fights free. Stevie waistlocks, ducks an elbow, but the DDT hits! Mikey powers up, throws off his elbow pad, and SLIDING LARIATS! Cover, TWO! Stevie stays in this but Mikey stays on him.
Mikey stands Stevie up, but Stevie fights the back suplex! Stevie throws down elbows, but Mikey CHOPS him! Mikey swings, but Stevie catches him for a FINAL CUT! Both men crawl, Stevie tags in Tome! Tome storms up on Mikey, but Mikey fires forearms! Mikey CHOPS Tome, CHOPS again, then CHOPS again! Mikey whips but Tome reverses. Tome runs in but blocks boots. Tome puts Mikey in the ropes to KICK and WOE STOMP! Cover, TWO! Mikey toughs it out and the fans rally up. Tome brushes himself off and brings Mikey up. Tome fires boxing elbows and an UPPERCUT! But Mikey dodges the lariat, to SPINEBUSTER!
The fans fire up and Mikey hot tags Shane! Shane drags Tome up for UPPERCUT after UPPERCUT! Shane fires up to fire off more UPPERCUTS! The fans rally with every shot, and then Shane whips. Tome reverses, but Shane comes back to DROPKICK! The fans fire up and Shane BLASTS Stevie for good measure. Tome kicks and whips but Shane reverses to kick, BOOT, and INVERTED EXPLODER! The fans rally behind Shane as he aims from the corner. Shane runs in but Stevie intercepts, SPANISH FLY! But Mikey fireman’s carries to DEATH VALLEY BOMB! Tome hits Mikey with a SPINEBUSTER! Shane SHORYUKENS Tome!
Stevie SUPERKICKS Shane! Mikey LARIATS Stevie! Tome BOOTS Mikey! Shane BOOTS Tome! Tome just laughs that off! DOUBLE BOOTS hit, but neither man falls! Shane kicks, Tome blocks, and Tome trips Shane to tie up the legs! FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK! Shane flails, reaches out, keeps his shoulders up, but Tome pushes on the hold! Mikey SLIDING LARIATS Tome! Shane is free and Mikey coaches him up, but Stevie LARIATS Mikey and himself up and out of the ring! The fans rally as all four men are down all around ringside! Shane and Tome stir and head for each other. Shane throws a forearm, but Tome gives it back.
Shane fires another forearm, so Tome fires back. The forearms keep going as both men rise up, and now they pick up speed! The fans rally as the shots keep going, and then Shane UPPERCUTS! ROLLING- NO, Tome ROCKS, ELBOWS, UPPERCUTS, and DISCUS LARIATS! But Shane nis right up! Shane swings, misses, and Tome SNAP GERMANS! The fans fire up and Stevie returns! Tome fireman’s carries, Stevie runs up, BOOT O’ DOOM! Both brothers cover, but Mikey breaks it up! The fans fire up but Tome TOSSES Mikey! Stevie staggers over to Shane, Tome calls for the finish! Stevie feeds Shane to Tome!
Tome underhooks, but Shane wrenches free! Shane sends Tome into Stevie, then Mikey LARIATS Stevie! Shane suplexes Tome, FALCON BOMB! Cover, TWO! Tome survives and the fans fire up! TMDK regroups, and they haul Tome up. Shane aims, but Stevie makes the save! Stevie shoves Mikey at Shane but Shane dodges! Shane clinches Stevie, Mikey joins in, ELECTRIC BLUE! Stevie flounders away from that power-bottom, but Tome is back! Shane fights the waistlock, then switches, POINT-BLANK HIGH LOW! TMDK then hoist Tome up, ELECTRIC BLUE again!! Cover, TMDK wins!
Winners: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls, by pinfall (gain 2 points; The Filip Brothers earn 0)
The Mighty Don’t Kneel, and that’s why they’re able to rise up again! Will Shane & Mikey make it back to the top? Will Tome & Stevie still find their own way to the trophies?
World Tag League 2024 B Block: Taichi & Taka Michinoku VS EVIL & Ren Narita!
The Holy Emperor & Blue Playmaker opened this tournament with the biggest win possible when they beat the current IWGP Tag Team Champions, Great-O-Khan & Henare. Will they build upon that momentum in round 2? Or will they be cheated by the King of Darkness & Souled Out Son of Strong Style?
Evil & Narita taunt Taichi & Taka from outside of the ring, keeping their attention as they go around towards commentary. But this is all so Dick Togo can come running in from the ramp! Dick CLOBBERS Taichi, then he TOSSES Taka! The fans boo but what did they expect from The House of Torture? Evil whips Taka into railing, and then brings him out into No Man’s Land! Evil has fans move aside so he can BOWL Taka into chairs! Not even close to a strike, but Evil just CHOKES Taka with a chair! Narita SMACKS Taichi off chairs in the timekeeper’s area, and the ref reprimands The House!
Evil lets off of Taka and drags him up. Now Narita brings Taichi into the crowd in some other section. Evil puts Taka in the ring while Narita SMACKS Taichi off chairs. The bell rings to get this on record, but Evil stands on Taka’s face! Narita BOWLS Taichi into chairs, only doing a little better than Evil. Evil CLUBS Taka and taunts him while Narita CHOKES Taichi! The ref reprimands from afar but does his best to watch Evil. Evil stomps Taka to a corner, then drags him out. Evil stomps away on a leg, drops an elbow on the knee, then covers. TWO, so Evil covers again! TWO, and Evil covers again! TWO, and Evil tries a full mounted cover! TWO!!
The fans cheer but Evil wants a prawn hold cover! TWO!! Taka escapes five consecutive pins and Evil is frustrated. Taka crawls for his corner but Taichi’s still in the crowd. Wait, he storms back to ringside, with a chair! The ref stops Taichi from going after Narita, and Evil holds Taka’s hand out mockingly. The ref has to stop Taichi from storming into the ring now, and that lets Evil CLAW Taka’s eyes! Evil drags Taka up, tags in Narita, and Narita CLUBS Taka’s arm. Narita wrenches the arm, YANKS it, YANKS it again, and then taunts Taichi before he YANKS the arm again. Narita wrenches to an ELBOW BREAKER!
Narita bumps Taka off buckles then tags Evil. Evil swings around the House of Torture shirt, and he CHOKES Taka with it! The ref again keeps Taichi back, meaning Taka suffers for it! Evil then throws the shirt at Taichi! Taichi catches the shirt and he storms in to throw it back! The ref stops Taichi but Taichi shoves him down! Taichi attacks Evil but Evil & Narita mug Taichi! They toss Taichi out then go back to the ref. Evil tells the ref to do better, then Evil tags Narita. Narita has Taka under the ropes, for the ROPE GUILLOTINE! Taka sputters, the ref reprimands, but Narita just drags Taka back up.
Narita scrapes Taka’s face along the ropes! The ref reprimands, Narita pushes Taka down, and then Narita argues with the ref. Narita whips Taka to ropes, ELBOWS him down, then covers, TWO! Narita clamps onto Taka’s arm and drags him up. Narita brings Taka over, Evil tags in, and Evil CLUBS Taka on the back. Evil sends Taka out, then distracts the ref. Dick RAMS Taka into railing, then FLAPJACKS him off the apron! Dick shoves Taka in, Evil covers, TWO! Taka stays in this and Evil gets annoyed. Evil stands on Taka’s face, but steps off as the ref reprimands. The fans rally for Taka but Evil taunts them.
Evil stalks Taka to a corner, but Taka fires elbows! Evil CLAWS Taka’s eyes! The ref reprimands but Evil whips corner to corner. Evil runs in but Taka dodges, to then SHINING WIZARD! The fans fire up as Taka crawls, but Narita runs up to stomp him! Narita CLUBS Taka, runs, but Taka goes the other way! Taka BOOTS Narita down! The fans fire up as Taka hurries, hot tag to Taichi! Taichi storms up on Evil to fire Kawada Kicks! Evil staggers to a corner but Taichi runs up to BOOT! Taichi keeps moving but Evil ducks the Ax Bomber! Evil waistlocks, Taichi fights the lift, and he ENZIGIRIS! Taichi then DECKS Dick off the apron!
The fans fire up but Narita attacks! Narita whips Taichi but Taichi BOOTS him down! The fans fire up with Taichi while Evil flounders around. Evil wants mercy, but Taichi says no! Evil ducks the buzzsaw to CLAW eyes! Evil blocks a kick, hands it to the ref, and he mule kicks Taichi down! The fans boo but Evil runs up to LARIAT in the corner! Evil then hooks a leg, FISHERMAN- NO, Taichi fights free, and he wrenches to HOOK KICK! Evil falls and the fans fire up! Taichi roars and rises, and OFF COME THE PANTS! The fans fire up as Taichi goes to the corner. Taichi aims for- NO, Evil dodges the superkick and he shoves Taichi into Taka!
Taka falls off the apron, Taichi runs up, but into EVERY- NO, Taichi slips free to DANGER- NO, Evil fights the saido to wrench and whip! TADA, bare buckles! The fans boo and the ref reprimands but The House soaks it all up. Evil tags Narita, and Narita runs to BOOT Taichi down! Cover, TWO! Taichi stays in this but Narita kicks him around. Narita taunts Taichi, pie faces him, but Taichi rises. Narita taunts Taichi more, fires forearms, but Taichi just leans into those! Taichi then SOBATS and Narita sputters. Taichi runs, Narita dodges the Ax Bomber to CHOKE Taichi! The ref reprimands, Narita stops, but then just CHOKES Tacihi more!
Narita whips corner to corner, but Taichi comes back to AX BOMBER! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Taichi and Narita stir, and Taichi crawls his way over. Hot tag to Taka! Taka stomps away on Narita, then whips. Narita reverses, Taka reverses and wrangles Narita to JUST FACELOCK! Narita scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! Taka drags Narita up, scoops, but Narita slips free! Narita CHOKES Taka, Taka breaks free, but Narita hits an ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! Evil BLASTS Taichi, and he KICKS Taka’s hands! Narita has the full ARMBAR! Taka kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! Dick even tries to swat that foot away!
The ref still counts the break, and he reprimands. Narita holds on but the ref starts to count, so Narita lets go at 4. Narita stomps Taka around then runs. Taka BOOTS Narita down again! And he WRECKS Dick for good measure! Evil has a chair! The ref stops Evil but Narita has his pushup bar! Taka dodges, but Narita jams him up on the return! Taichi runs in, MIC STAND SHOT! The fans fire up but now Evil shoves the ref aside. Evil rushes Taichi but Taichi JAMS Evil with the mic stand! Taka runs to sunset flip Narita! TWO! Narita stands, into a PALM STRIKE! Roll up, high stack, TWO!!
Narita kicks Taka, DOUBLE- NO, Taka sits Narita down! SHINING WIZARD! Cover, TWO! But into JUST FACELOCK!! Evil stomps away on Taka! Taichi CLUBS Evil! Taichi drags Evil into SEITEIJUJIHO!! Taka CLUBS away on Narita to put him in JUST FACELOCK!!! The bell rings, but that was DICK!!! That damn Spoiler!!! The House SHOVES Taka & Taichi into the ref!! The fans boo as now Evil CHOKES Taka and Dick uses the SPOILER CHOKER on Taichi! The House stops that so they can set Taka up for the PUSHUP BAR ATTACK! The fans boo more but The House just soaks it up.
Evil & Narita then drag Taka over and set him up for Dick! PUSHUP BAR DICK CHOP!!! Narita slashes his throat, and hits the DOUBLECROSSER!! Dick fetches the ref to count, and The House wins!
Winner: Evil & Ren Narita, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Taichi & Taka earn 0)
The House of Torture cheats another team, and Taichi is pissed! Taichi grabs that chair again, and he wants after The House! The House runs off in all directions! Evil has Taichi’s mic stand so Taichi goes after him! The Young Lions try to stop this but Taichi chases Evil around the arena. Taichi almost gets Evil, but then Dick uses his SPOILER CHOKER on Taichi!! The fans boo while Evil taunts Taichi. Narita kicks the Young Lions away while Dick chokes Taichi out! The House of Torture are of course the worst, but will they still be first in the block? Or will justice be served soon enough?
World Tag League 2024 B Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado VS Great-O-Khan & Henare!
Two teams that stumbled out of the starting gate now meet in the second round. Can The Ace & Master Heater make up for falling to the Filip Brothers? Or will THE IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions finally look like champions?
The fans cheer as Tanahashi shows off the abs, but they also rally behind “O-KHAN! O-KHAN!” The teams sort out but Jado gets fans to cheer him on first. Then Jado gets the fans to cheer on “TA-NA-HASHI! TA-NA-HASHI!” Tanahashi starts against Khan and the fans rally with the bell. The fans duel, “TA-NA-HASHI!” “O-KHAN! O-KHAN!” Khan laughs at how his side is stronger, then he circles with Tanahashi. They feel things out as they go around, but each man avoids a takedown. Khan is the aggressor, though, and he manages a waistlock. Tanahashi switches but Khan wrenches out and trips Tanahashi up.
Khan goes for a cover, ONE, and the two back off. The fans cheer as they reset. Khan and Tanahashi circle, feel things out again, and knuckle lock. They clinch, fight for control, and Tanahashi grabs an arm. Khan slips around to hook an arm, but Tanahashi wrenches free. Tanahashi hammerlocks, headlocks, but Khan slips out to headlock in return. Tanahashi endures, and he pulls hair! The ref reprimands, but Khan pulls hair! The ref reprimands them both, and both men let go at the same time. But then Khan pulls hair again! The ref counts, Khan KNEES and ROCKS Tanahashi in a corner. Khan UPPERCUTS Tanahashi, then gest space.
Khan runs in but Tanahashi ELBOWS him! Tanahashi goes up to CROSSBODY! Direct hit and fans cheer on the air guitar. Tanahashi tags Jado and he drags Khan up. Jado & Tanahashi double whip to DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE! Henare runs up but gets DOUBLE ELBOWS! Tanahashi has Henare, Jado has Khan, and they give them a meeting of the minds! Then they kick low and TOSS the Empire out! The fans cheer as we get the air guitar duet! Tanahashi steps out and Jado waits on Khan. Fans rally up and Khan grows annoyed. Khan storms in but Jado kicks! Khan blocks the kick to body shot!
But then Jado blocks the Mongolian Chops to RAM Khan! Jado has Khan in the ropes but Henare KICKS him down! Henare BLASTS Tanahashi, then goes out to stomp away on President Ace! Khan drags Jado up and brings him around to CLUB him! Jado leans on railing, but Khan puts Jado back in the ring. Khan pushes Jado around, and he clamps on for an ANKLE LOCK! Khan then laces the legs in a modified DEATHLOCK! Jado endures, and he CLAWS at Khan’s face! Khan stomps Jado for that! The fans rally as Khan drags Jado up. Khan bumps Jado off buckles, tags Henare, and Henare fires body shots!
The ref counts, Henare lets off, but then he stands Jado up. Jado fires body shots in return! Henare winds up to CHOP Jado down! The fans cheer and Henare BLASTS Tanahashi again! Henare hoots, the fans join in, and Henare SENTONS! Cover, TWO! Jado shows that toughness but Henare drags him back up. Henare bumps Jado off buckles, tags Khan in, and Khan taunts Tanahashi. Khan gives Jado Mongolian Chops! And more Mongolian Chops! And then feints to kick a leg out! Khan says he’s too smart, and now he puts Jado in the corner. Khan hops up and the fans fire up as he sits on his throne!
Jado endures and the ref reprimands, but Khan pulls Jado’s arms! Khan hops down at 4, then clamps on a SLEEPER! Henare BLASTS Tanahashi yet again! Khan sits Jado down but Jado wags his finger. Jado fights, the fans rally up, but Khan clamps on body scissors! Jado is fading so Khan lets him go for a cover, TWO! Jado stays in this but Khan wants the ref to check him. Tanahashi gets fans to cheer “JA-DO-OH! JA-DO-OH!” Khan scuffs Jado, but that fires Jado up! Jado rises but Khan fires a forearm! Jado growls, nods, and he feeds off that energy! Khan throws more forearms but Jado eggs him on.
Khan fires forearm after forearm! Jado just powers up! Khan kicks low, runs, but Jado DOUBLE CHOPS! Jado roars, runs, and he CLOBBERS Khan! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! Jado crawls, hot tag to Tanahashi! The fans fire up as Tanahashi runs at Khan, FLYING FOREARM! Tanahashi BLASTS Henare, payback for all those times! Then Tanahashi dropkicks Khan’s leg! Then he DRAGON SCREWS it! Henare is back but Tanahashi catches his leg! Henare asks please don’t, but Tanahashi says, “Bye-bye.” DRAPING DRAGON SCREW! Henare falls down and fans fire up as Tanahashi goes back to Khan.
Tanahashi scoops and SLAMS Khan, then he goes up a corner. SUNSET SENTON! Cover, TWO! Tanahashi stays focused and the fans rally up. Khan slowly rises and Tanahashi runs, to SLING- NO, Khan slips around and waistlocks! Gator roll to a bridge, TWO! Khan tackles Tanahashi, jackknife bridges, TWO! Khan snap suplexes for PANCAKE HOLD! TWO!! Tanahashi escapes again and the fans fire up! Khan rises, but Tanahashi blocks the Mongolian Chops! Tanahashi fires Mongolian QUICK Chops! Tanahashi runs but into a SAYANAGI! Both men are down and the fans rally! Khan crawls, hot tag to Henare!
Henare storms up on Tanahashi and KICKS him in the chest! And then KICKS him in the back! Then SENTON FLOPS as Tanahashi moves! Tanahashi rises, blocks a kick, but Henare JABS! Henare winds up, but Tanahashi ducks to TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! The fans rally up while both men are down, and Tanahashi crawls to his corner. Hot tag to Jado! Jado runs up on Henare to fire body shots! Tanahashi joins in, they double whip Henare to ropes, then BODY BLOW! KICK! And then whip into a LARIAT! Jado covers, TWO! Henare stays in this but Jado rallies the fans. Jado drags Henare up, but Henare KICKS Jado’s leg!
Henare KICKS Jado’s leg again and again! Henare runs but Jado DUMPS him out! Henare hurries back up but Jado kicks him! Jado has Henare in the ropes for the DRAPING DDT! Cover, Khan breaks it! Tanahashi CLUBS Khan, then TOSSES him out! Tanahashi leaves it to Jado, and Jado pounds the mat. The fans rally behind him and Henare stands. Jado runs up, blocks Henare’s haymaker, but Henare fights the takedown! BODY BLOW! Jado drops, but Henare clamps on with a half nelson! Full nelson! ULTIMA- NO, Jado powers up and ELBOWS free! Jado runs, but Khan gets a cheap shot in! Heanre fireman’s carries!
Khan runs but Tanahashi hits a SLINGBLADE! Jado hits a takedown, CROSSFACE!! Tanahashi has Khan in a CROSSFACE, too!! The Empire endures, Henare fights around, and Henare reaches out for the ROPEBREAK! The Empire is saved but Tanahashi kicks Khan out. The fans rally with Jado again, and Jado runs at Henare. DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Neither man falls, so DOUBLE LARIATS collide again! And again! Henare HEADBUTTS Jado! Jado staggers to a corner, and the NATIVE KNEE hits! Henare powers up and clamps on again! Half, full, ULTIMA NELSON!! Jado endures, Khan stops Tanahashi from getting in!
Khan clamps onto Tanahashi with HITSUJIGOROSHI! Jado taps, The Empire wins!
Winners: Great-O-Khan & Henare, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Tanahashi & Jado earn 0)
Khan mockingly plays Tanahashi like a guitar before pushing him down. The IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions are finally on the winning track, will they go all the way to the trophies? Can Tanahashi keep his WTL dream from turning into a nightmare?
World Tag League 2024 B Block: Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi VS Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg!
The Uncontrollable Charisma & Ticking Timebomb took down The Mighty to start this tournament while The Joker & The Rook were cheated by the King of Darkness. Will Naito & Hiromu just add on with another win? Or can Yano & Oleg put the ungovernable behind BARS?
To keep calm during LIJ’s antics, Yano sits at the center of the ring, cross legged, as if to meditate. But it doesn’t really work as Hiromu walks back up the ramp to stand with Naito. Yano loses his cool, shouts at Naito & Hiromu to hurry up, but LIJ take little steps down the ramp. They make it seem like they’re going fast, and Hiromu even does little circles to take longer. Yano is beside himself and this isn’t even a match yet. Red Shoes also insists, so LIJ finally walk normally again. But even then, they take their time getting into the ring. Naito taps the bell, and the introductions finally happen.
Naito continues to troll Yano even as he goes up the ring steps. And then down the steps as Yano gets closer. Red Shoes has Yano back off, and Hiromu insists Yano give Naito space. Yano’s impatience continues to get the better of him, but finally he stays back long enough for Naito to step inside. Then there’s still the matter of his entrance attire… Yano tells Naito to hurry up already but Naito does as Naito does. Hiromu even reclines back while he waits. Yano is just further annoyed, but his complaints do nothing but entertain the fans. Naito finally puts the pants aside, and Yano says okay, let’s get going!
Yano starts, LIJ fist bumps, and Naito pretends to be unsure who Yano wants. Hiromu and Naito each insist, Yano says it doesn’t matter, just hurry! Naito starts, the bell rings, and then Naito tags out to Hiromu. The fans cheer, Yano is further annoyed, so Yano tags Oleg! The fans cheer and Hiromu says hold on, and he tags in Naito. Naito wants Yano, and Hiromu even gets fans to cheer, but Yano says no. Naito and Oleg circle, but Naito SPITS at Yano! Yano is upset again but he stays put. Naito and Oleg approach, but then Naito dodges Oleg to BLAST Yano off the apron! The fans cheer, Yano is upset, and now he wants in!
Oleg tags Yano, but Naito tags out to Hiromu! The fans cheer as the trolling continues, and Hiromu says he is Yano’s opponent now. They approach, Yano dodges, but Naito avoids Yano’s attack! Hiromu CLUBS Yano, then BLASTS Oleg! The fans cheer and Hiromu stomps Yano. Naito joins in to double whip Yano, but Yano grabs ropes. Oleg runs in to DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE LIJ! The fans fire up and Yano says good job! Oleg stomps Naito out of the ring, and Yano unties a buckle pad! Red Shoes reprimands but Yano takes a swing on Hiromu! Hiromu dodges, Red Shoes grabs the pad, but Yano SHOVES Red Shoes down!
Hiromu drop toeholds Yano down! Then he basement dropkicks! The fans rally up and Hiromu paces around Yano. Hiromu stomps Yano, then slides out to go after Oleg! Hiromu kicks Oleg, SHOVES him into railing, then hurries into the ring. Hiromu has the buckle pad and he beats Yano with it! The fans cheer but Red Shoes is confused as to how this happened! Hiromu says no, it’s okay, it’s just a pad. Tag to Naito and Hiromu “apologizes” to Red Shoes, but now Naito beats Yano down with the pad! Red Shoes reprimands but Hiromu & Naito double whip Yano, to DOUBLE PAD LINE! Hiromu then puts the pad aside while Naito kicks Yano.
Naito goes to the corner, hops up, and he has the buckle pad. Hiromu distracts Red Shoes from the DIVING PAD ATTACK! Cover, but Red Shoes has to put the pad aside. Hiromu counts, TWO! Red Shoes says that wouldn’t count anyway! Naito puts on a CAMEL CLUTCH! Yano endures but Hiromu runs and runs and builds up speed, to BLAST Oleg! Naito grinds Yano down but Yano scoots back to the ROPEBREAK! Red Shoes counts, Naito lets go and tags Hiromu. Naito brings Yano up and LIJ double whips Yano to ropes. They DOUBLE LARIAT, then DOUBLE BASEMENT DROPKICK! Cover, TWO!
Hiromu looms over Yano and taunts him. The fans rally, Hiromu drags Yano up, but Yano pulls hair! Red Shoes reprimands, but then Hiromu pulls hair! So Yano uses both hands! Hiromu uses both hands! Red shoes counts, both men let go at 4! Hiromu kicks and whips, but Yano reverses to THROW Hiromu down! The fans rally, Yano crawls, hot tag to Oleg! Oleg CLOBBERS Hiromu! Naito gets away but Oleg goes back to Hiromu! Oleg deadlifts Hiromu, but Naito runs in and CLUBS Oleg on the back! LIJ double whips Oleg, but Oleg breaks the line! Hiromu shoves Naito aside, dodges Oleg, then he sends Naito into Oleg!
Hiromu picks Naito up to make him RA- NO, Oleg stops the assisted rana, to Shake, Rattle and- NO, Hiromu dropkicks a leg! Oleg lets Naito go as he hobbles, and Hiromu runs to CROSSBODY! But Oleg catches Hiromu! Shake, Rattle, and THROW! And a kip up, too! The fans fire up with Oleg, and Oleg runs corner to corner at Hiromu for a SPLASH! Those bare buckles hurt, but then so does the scoop SLAM! Oleg runs to SPLASH DOWN! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up, Oleg fireman’s carries Hiromu, but Hiromu fights free! Oleg elbows Hiromu away, CHOPS him to a corner, and then scoops Hiromu to SLAM him!
Hiromu is in the drop zone, Oleg goes up and up to VADER BOMB! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer but Oleg rolling deadlifts Hiromu! Fireman’s carry and- NO, Hiromu rolls with the crucifix takedown! Ghost pin, TWO! Both men stagger up and Hiromu SUPERKICKS! Oleg roars, Hiromu dodges and CROSSBODIES! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Oleg and Hiromu crawl, hot tag to Yano! Yano runs to BLAST Naito! Yano goes to Hiromu and brings him up. Hiromu CHOPS! But then Yano dodges to clinch and BELLY2BELLY! Yano then drags Hiromu around, and CATAPULTS him to Oleg! OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY! Yano covers, TWO!!
The fans fire up as Hiromu survives! Yano huffs ‘n’ puffs and he drags Hiromu up. Yano pops Hiromu up, but Hiromu fights to hit a DDT! Naito sends Oleg into railing! Hiromu hot tags Naito in! The fans rally up as Naito stands Yano up for those heavy elbows! Naito elbows Yano again and again, then puts him in a corner. Naito climbs up, reels Yano in, and hits ESPERANZA! A rough roll but Naito is back up. Yano staggers, but he dodges Naito to push him down! M U! TWO!! Yano hits a fireman’s carry takeover, into M U 3! TWO!! Yano shoves Red Shoes, but Naito atomic drops and ENZIGIRIS!
Hiromu SUPERKICKS Yano, BLASTS Oleg, then helps Naito with the TORNADO DDT!! Hiromu goes to the apron and CROSSBODIES, but Oleg catches him! Oleg SLAMS Hiromu down while Naito brings Yano up. Naito wrenches, but Oleg runs in and SHOTGUNS Naito down! Oleg hauls Naito up, fireman’s carries, but Hiromu SUPERKICKS! Hiromu runs, but into a POP-UP fireman’s carry! Naito runs at Oleg but Oleg THROWS Hiromu at him! LIJ topples over, Yano gets in there to cover them both! Oleg adds on, too! OLEG & YANO WIN!!
Winners: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Naito & Hiromu earn 0)
It was a rather wild ending, but the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions come out on top! Hiromu tries to understand how that happened, but Naito brushes it off. Will LIJ just have to be ready for anything if they wanna win WTL?
As for Yano & Oleg, Yano gets the mic to say, “Hey, everyone, my apologies. Sorry to Naito and Hiromu, and to all the fans here because I knew you were supporting Naito. So again, I’m sorry, I didn’t read the room.” The fans applaud, they aren’t really upset. Yano says it’s rare, though, isn’t it? That he’d win in the main event? But Yano vows that whether on accident or on purpose, Yano & Oleg will win the whole tournament! No more need to read the room! This Toru Yano, and this Boltin Oleg, or perhaps “Yano Boltin” for short. They will win the championships!
Yano says they’ll test this out. He’ll have Oleg say more than just “Hai” and we’ll chant “Yano Boltin.” Is everyone ready? The fans applaud, and Yano asks Boltin for a few words. Oleg takes the mic and thanks everyone for being here tonight. He feels they can definitely win the World Tag League, so thank you very much! The fans cheer, and join in on “YANO BOL-TIN!” Shrug! The Joker & The Rook are looking good now that they’re on the board, but will they make a run at the top?
Here are the NEW B Block standings!
Evil & Ren Narita: 2-0, 4 points
Taichi & Taka Michinoku: 1-1, 2 points
Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg: 1-1, 2 points
Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi: 1-1, 2 points
Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls: 1-1, 2 points
Great-O-Khan & Henare: 1-1, 2 points
The Filip Brothers: 1-1, 2 points
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado: 0-2, 0 points
My Thoughts:
A great second round for B Block, and that is already quite the traffic jam at 1-1. Great rebound win for TMDK over The Filip Brothers, and of course The House of Torture cheats to stay spotless at 2-0. Great rebound win for Henare & Khan, and I think there’s even a chance we see Tanahashi and Khan feud down the line, maybe putting on a KOPW Championship match while Khan still has it. That’s a small window, though, with 2024 almost over and then it’ll be reset for 2025. And what a great match and great shocker in the main event. Hilarious comedy elements with Yano being so impatient, and yet his team comes out on top.
The eventual Yano & Oleg VS Tanahashi & Jado match is going to be a really important one, because with just seven rounds, another loss could pop the bubble on The Ace’s chances. At the same time, Yano & Oleg are his friends and fellow NEVER Openweight Six Man Champions, there’s some drama in that they could really play up.
My Score: 8.9/10
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