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Mitchell’s NJPW Independence Day Results & Report! (7/4/23)

NJPW celebrates America!

Published

1 year ago

July 4, 2023

Steven Mitchell

The red, white & blue in the Land of the Rising Sun!

NJPW Strong brings a bit of Americana to Japan, and on top of title matches, there will be DOOMSDAY NO DISQUALIFICATION TAG MATCH! Are we about to see fireworks for the Fourth in Japan?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Kickoff Show – Six Man Tag: YOH, Ryusuke Taguchi & Oskar Leube VS Takahiro Katori, Dragon Libre & Kengo; Yoh, Taguchi & Leube win.
The DKC VS Bad Dude Tito; Tito wins.
Six Man Tag: Lance Archer, Alex Zayne & Ryohei Oiwa VS Team Filthy; Team Filthy wins.
Tom Lawlor VS Kosei Fujita; Lawlor wins.
Rocky Romero & Eddie Kingston VS KENTA & Gedo; Rocky & Kingston win.
Willow Nightingale & Momo Kohgo VS Giulia & Thekla; Willow & Momo win.
NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships: Bishamon VS Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd; Coughlin & Kidd win and become the new NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Catch 2/2 VS Clark Connors & Dan Moloney; Connors & Moloney win and become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.
Exciting Encounter Doomsday No Disqualifications Tag: El Desperado & Jun Kasai VS Jon Moxley & Homicide; Desperado & Kasai win.

PLAY BY PLAY

Willow Nightingale & Momo Kohgo VS Giulia & Thekla!

Just 24 hours ahead of them facing off over the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship, the Babe with the Power and The Beautiful Madness call upon allies to battle! Will Willow and the Peach Star or Giulia and The Toxic Spider stand tall on Independence Day?

The teams sort out and fans rally up for Giulia as she starts against Willow. But she doesn’t respect the handshake offered! The two get in each other’s face but the ref has them back down. The fans rally up and the bell rings. Giulia and Willow circle, tie up, and Willow powers Giulia to ropes. The ref counts, Willow lets off quickly, and fans cheer. They go again, feel things out, and tie up again. Willow again powers Giulia back but Giulia turns things around. Giulia has Willow on ropes, but lets off slowly. Then she CHOPS! Fans cheer but Willow just brushes it off. Willow CHOPS back and eggs Giulia on.

Giulia CHOPS Willow, then eggs her on! Willow swings, but into an STO! Giulia keeps on the arm but Willow gets to a waistlock. Giulia wrenches out to a wristlock, but Willow scoops and SLAMS her! Giulia wants a second, and fans rally up. Willow and Giulia back off, tags to Momo and Thekla. Momo runs right in but Thekla avoids the dropkick to stomp away! Thekla whips, Momo reverses and hurdles, but Thekla stomps herself. Momo avoids the stomps, whips, but Thekla reverses but then Momo reverses only for Thekla to reverse again. Thekla runs in at the corner but Momo goes up and over!

Momo eggs Thekla on, things speed up, and Momo tilt-o-whirl arm-drags! Thekla ends up on ropes and Momo dials it up, but Thekla avoids the 619! Fans cheer the standoff and Thekla goes Spider-Woman to KICK Momo! Thekla whips, Momo ducks ‘n’ dodges, but double dropkicks cancel out! Momo kips up, but Thekla spider walks! Momo isn’t intimidated so Thekla stands. Thekla mule kicks, reels Momo in to scoop and POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO! Thekla drags Momo up and bumps her off buckles. Tag to Giulia and fans cheer as Giulia wrenches Momo’s hair! Giulia bumps Momo off buckles, then TOSSES her by her hair!

Giulia sucker punches Willow! Giulia goes corner to corner to ELBOW Momo, then sit her down to dig her boots in! The ref counts, Giulia lets off with her hands, but he doesn’t fall for that. Giulia lets off to drag Momo up, turn and NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Momo fights back with forearms but Giulia doesn’t flinch. Momo keeps throwing shots but Giulia DECKS her in return! Giulia runs, but Momo DROPKICKS her down! Fans fire up and Momo runs, 619! Direct hit! Cover, TWO! Giulia survives but Momo hot tags Willow! Willow rallies on Giulia with big clotheslines! Fans fire up and Willow back body blocks, then clotheslines!

Willow snapmares then BOOTS Giulia down! Willow drags Giulia up, whips, and SPINEBUSTERS! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up as Giulia survives and Willow brings her up. Giulia fires forearms on Willow over and over, and has her on her knees! Giulia runs, but into a fireman’s carry! Giulia shifts her way to get an IRON OCTOPUS! Thekla takes out Momo, but Willow powers Giulia to an AIR RAID CRASH! Cover, TWO and into RINGS OF SATURN! Thekla keeps Momo out but Willow shifts to a cover! TWO and Willow is free! Willow runs in but Giulia dodges! Giulia returns but Willow dodges to CLOBBER Giulia!

Giulia gets right up and she DROPKICKS Willow! Fans fire up as both women are down, and Giulia crawls to hot tag Thekla! Thekla runs, to BOOT WASH Willow in the ropes! Thekla brings Willow up, Willow swings but Thekla dodges! Tilt-o-whirl into the OCTOPUS! Momo goes after Thekla but Giulia goes after Momo. Giulia and Thekla coordinate, INVERTED HART ATTACK! Thekla brings Willow up but she clinches to URENAGE! Fans fire up again and Willow goes up the corner! But Thekla goes up to get her! But Willow sits Thekla down with forearms, and then puts her in a Tree of Woe!

But Thekla sits up! Thekla grins, ROCKS Willow, then ROCKS her again! SPIDER SUPERPLEX! Willow staggers up, Giulia is up top, MISSILE DROPKICK! Willow bails out, Thekla adjusts and Giulia sets Willow up, SUPER CROSSBODY! Fans fire up again as Giulia & Thekla get Willow in. Thekla aims, BUZZSAW! Cover, Momo breaks it! Giulia goes after Momo but Momo tosses her out! Thekla puts Willow in the SPIDER WEB! But Momo kicks it apart! Momo runs in but Thekla dodges in the corner! Thekla CHOPS, ROCKS, and Giulia join in. They double whip, Momo dodges and Willow DOUBLE LARIATS them!

Willow goes up, then Momo goes up onto Willow! SUPER ROCKET LAUNCHER! Down go Giulia & Thekla and fans are thunderous! Momo gets Giulia out to DROPKICK Thekla! Thekla sits, Willow runs in, CANNONBALL! Fireman’s carry, DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Thekla survives but Willow brings down the straps! Willow drags Thekla up, gut wrench, BABE WITH THE POWERBOMB! Cover, Willow & Momo win!

Winners: Willow Nightingale & Momo Kohgo, by pinfall

The NJPW Strong Women’s Champion and the Peach Star stand tall against the Artist of Stardom Champions! Giulia and Willow stare down at the end here, Willow holding up the belt. Giulia CHOPS Willow! So Willow DECKS Giulia! Willow tells Giulia you don’t mess with her! They settle this tomorrow! Will Willow hold onto her gold and win Giulia’s respect? Or will she lose it all against the Beautiful Madness?

NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships: Bishamon VS Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd!

Just as Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi won these and the IWGP Heavyweight Tag titles, out came Bullet Club’s newest recruits! The Android and Young Bull have now transformed into War Dogs, will they take a bite out of Chaos? Or will it be Lights Out for them instead?

The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and then Coughlin & Kidd snatch ’em to CLOBBER Goto & Hashi with them! Fans boo and Coughlin wants the bell! The ref says no but he’s bullied into it by the War Dogs! The bell rings, Kidd covers Hashi, TWO!! Fans cheer but Coughlin drags Goto out to throw him into railing! Kidd throws Hashi out and then throws him into railing! Coughlin throws Goto into more railing while Kidd claws Hashi’s face, right in front of the little children in the front row! Fans boo while Coughlin SMACKS Goto off the apron. Kidd lets off Hashi but Coughlin stands on Goto’s face.

Coughlin fireman’s carries Goto to SNAKE EYES him off the apron! Kidd digs his boots into Hashi! The ref counts, Kidd lets off, and the ref reprimands. Kidd soaks up the heat and then snatches a spare chair! But then Kidd drops the chair to flip everyone off. Fans boo more but Kidd drags Hashi up to CHOP him against the apron! Hashi flops right down, but Goto fights back on Coughlin! CHOP after CHOP, but Coughlin kicks low! Coughlin whips Goto into railing! Goto slumps down, then Kidd whips Hashi hard into railing! Hashi flops over, the ring count starts, but Kidd refreshes it. Kidd drags Hashi up, puts him in, and tags Coughlin.

The War Dogs drag Hashi up, and Kidd holds Hashi’s arms back so Coughlin can CHOP! Fans “WOO~!” for that but then boo as Coughlin & Kidd throw up the Too Sweets. Coughlin stands on Hashi’s neck but the ref counts. Coughlin lets off, tags Kidd, and BLASTS Goto off the apron! Kidd CHOPS Hashi off his feet! Coughlin sends Goto back into railing! Kidd digs his heels into Hashi’s head, but then tells the ref to back the F off! The ref reprimands, fans boo, and Coughlin tags back in. Coughlin swaggers around, eggs Hashi on, and gives him toying kicks. Kidd tosses chairs to ringside while Coughlin SLAMS Hashi!

Coughlin BOOTS Goto off the apron! Then Kidd whips Goto into railing! The War Dogs are isolating Hashi as Coughlin stands him up and SLAPS him! Coughlin talks trash on Hashi, brings him up, but Hashi fires forearms! Fans rally, but Coughlin kicks low! Hashi still throws forearms but Coughlin DECKS him! Coughlin looms over Hashi, but fans rally up. Coughlin suplexes but Hashi slips free to waistlock. Coughlin elbows free but Hashi SUPER- NO, Coughlin blocks to DECK him again! Coughlin eggs Hashi on, whips him to ropes, but Hashi dropkicks the legs out! Hashi turns Coughlin for a NECKBREAKER!

Fans rally up with Hashi and Coughlin down. Goto returns and Hashi hurries over! Hot tags to Goto and Kidd! The Fierce Warrior rallies on Kidd! Fans fire up but Kidd fires shots! Kidd runs, Goto follows and LARIATS! Fans fire up more and Goto storms up to whip Kidd to a corner. Goto then runs in to clothesline and snapmare! Fans fire up, Goto climbs, and he ELBOW DROPS! Cover, TWO! Kidd sputters but Goto drags him up. Goto fireman’s carries, but Kidd fights free! Kidd ROCKS Goto, but Goto ROCKS him back! They go forearm for forearm, fans rally up, and the shots just keep going! Both men wobble, but Goto gets the edge!

But Kidd CHOPS on return! They both run, DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Neither man falls so Goto runs, DOUBLE LARIATS collide again! They’re both still up so they DOUBLE LARIAT a third time! Goto roars but Kidd SLAPS! And SLAPS! Kidd eggs Goto on but Goto SLAPS! Kidd rebounds, into a fireman’s carry! USHIGOROSHI! Both men are down and fans fire up! Hashi returns to the corner! Kidd and Goto crawl, Goto tags in the Headhunter! Hashi runs in to CHOP Kidd in the corner! And ROCK and CHOP and repeat! The ref counts, Hashi keeps going and he CHOPS Kidd into sitting down!

Fans fire up behind Hashi and he drags Kidd up. Hashi turns Kidd but Kidd slips free to CLUB Hashi! Hashi DOUBLE CHOPS! Hashi runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, BLOCKBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Kidd survives but Hashi roars! Hashi drags Kidd back up, reels him in, fisherman and- NO, Kidd fights it! Kidd rakes eyes to get away! But Coughlin’s not there! Kidd runs back in but Goto CLOBBERS him! Goto fireman’s carries, Hashi helps out, FIERCE FLASH!! And they’re not done there! They drag Kidd back up, dragon sleeper and the legs lifted, but now Coughlin returns! Coughlin waistlocks but Hashi fights it!

Goto runs in, Hashi ducks, Hidden Gap Remix! Hashi gets Kidd up, feeds him to Goto, they give another FIERCE FLASH into SHOU- NO! Kidd kicks Hashi away to BRAINBUSTER Goto! Hashi runs back in but into a BOOT! HELL STAB UPPERCUT! Kidd CLUBS Hashi, runs, but into the SUPERKICK! Fans fire up for Hashi and he stalks Kidd. Hashi powers up, runs, but Coughlin gets a cheap shot in! Coughlin traps Hashi, Kidd runs in, but Hashi sends Kidd into Coughlin! Hashi rolls Kidd up, TWO! Kidd gets in the ref’s face, Coughlin SMACKS Hashi with a chair! Kidd rolls Hashi, Goto breaks it!

Goto ROCKS Coughlin, ROCKS Kidd, repeat! The War Dogs wobble, Goto blocks a boot but Coughlin catches him! Kidd joins in, DOUBLE CHOKE SLAM!! Fans fire up and the War Dogs vow to finish this! Kidd drags Hashi up, Coughlin joins in, they DOUBLE MUSCLE BUSTER! But that’s not all!? Kidd flips everyone off, and Coughlin slashes his throat! This will end it! Coughlin goes up, Kidd gut wrenches Hashi, HIGH JACK TOMBSTONE!!! Cover, War Dogs win!!!

Winners: Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd, by pinfall (NEW NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions)

Bullet Club takes the blue straps off Bishamon! And then Kidd adds insult to injury with a HALF CRAB on Hashi! The War Dogs fight off Young Lions, and then CLOBBER Hashi with a belt! And then they do the same to Goto! David Finlay made the right choice in bringing these two into his Savages Only Bullet Club. But then Kidd gets the mic to say, “Hey! What you’re looking at here is the NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions. And tomorrow, we become NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions and IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions! Say less. That’s my dog for real.”

Coughlin gets the mic to tell Hashi and Goto, “FUUUUUG YOU!” They flip everyone off again and finally take their leave. Will the War Dogs clean sweep by taking the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships from Bishamon tomorrow? Or can Goto & Hashi still turn the lights out on Goto & Kidd?

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Catch 2/2 VS Clark Connors & Dan Moloney!

Just as TJP & Francesco Akira won these titles back off of the Intergalactic Jet Setters at Dominion, a sudden betrayal by #DaDrilla took them down! Will the United Empire make Moloney regret betraying them? Or will this pair of #AbunaiGaijin (Dangerous Foreigners) bring even more gold to Bullet Club?

The introductions are made, Red Shoes tries to keep the peace as TJP gets in Moloney’s face. TJP shoves Moloney but Moloney spits in TJP’s face! So TJP DROPKICKS Moloney! Connors DECKS TJP! Akira DROPKICKS Connors! The bell rings and another fight is on! TJP brawls with Moloney in the ring while Akira goes after Connors on the outside! Moloney knees low and tosses TJP out! Fans rally for TJP but Moloney TOSSES TJP over railing and at Japanese commentary! Fans boo but Moloney hops the railing to get TJP up. The brawling continues in the crowd! Connors beats up on Akira in the bleachers!

Fans boo as Moloney sits TJP in a chair and punches away on him! Connors soaks up the heat, drags Akira up, and RAMs him into the barriers! Moloney brings TJP over to RAM into railing, and reminds everyone that he is abunai! Connors has fans get outta the way, and he BOWLS Akira through their chairs! Connors gets in the faces of the fans, drags Akira up, and Moloney rips off the gate that leads up the back segment to beat on TJP up the stairs! Young Lions do their best to keep the fans safe but Moloney brings TJP around one side, Connors and Akira on the other. Bullet Club beats down Catch 2/2 as the house lights come up.

Connors ROCKS Akira, and goes all the way to the very back row! And he sends Akira into a door! Connors throws up the Too Sweet, the fans are torn, but Moloney ROCKS TJP! Red Shoes reprimands and wants this back in the ring. Connors & Moloney beat TJP down, then talk about where to bring him. They decide on down the stairs that lead to the backstage area! They double trophy lift, fans freak out, but TJP fights free! Akira LEAPS from the ledge to DOUBLE CROSSBODY them down!! Fans are thunderous for the Nova Fireball and Public Enemy! TJP CHOKES Connors with his shirt, and uses that to bring him back to ringside!

Akira has Moloney in a headlock, Connors is sent over railing! Moloney is sent into railing! TJP throws his shirt away, free souvenir! This finally gets back in the ring as TJP SMACKS Connors and puts him in. Fans rally for “CATCH! TWO TWO!” Boosted tilt-o-whirl RANA sends Connors out! Moloney returns but into an atomic drop, and then kick, kick, KICK and SHOTGUN! Fans fire up with Catch 2/2 and TJP tags Akira in. The champs coordinate again, “Take pictures! Take pictures!” Electric Chair- CHOP BLOCK by Connors! Moloney SPINEBUSTERS Akira, to then DOUBLE STOMP! Akira sputters and TJP goes to ropes.

Connors CHOKES TJP on ropes, Moloney joins in and they mug TJP against ropes. Moloney scrapes his forearm on TJP’s face to mock TJP’s boot scrubs. Moloney runs to CLOBBER TJP! Fans boo but the Abunai Gaijin just soak in it. Connors kicks Akira to the corner, but fans rally for “A! KI-RA!” Moloney CHOPS Akira, Connors holds him and Moloney CHOPS! Tag to Connors and he gets to CHOP Akira! Akira fights back but Connors knees low then sends Akira into buckles. Connors RAMS Akira again and again, then back drops him! Akira writhes but Connors mocks the fans cheering. The fans boo and Connors grins.

Moloney asks what these “pieces of sh*t” are saying. Connors runs to ELBOW DROP! Connors grins and paces around while fans boo. The fans rally for “A! KI-RA!” again but Connors smacks Akira off buckles. Tag to Moloney and they mug Akira. Moloney mocks the fans cheering for “this little bastard,” and then snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Fans cheer but Moloney stays between Akira and TJP. Tag to Connors, and Connors runs, to sucker punch TJP! And then he RAMS into Akira! Tag back to Moloney, Bullet Club mugs Akira and double whip. Moloney whips Connors in but Akira BOOTS him! Moloney tripes but Akira dropkicks the legs!

Akira jumps off Moloney to SHOTGUN Connors! Akira reaches for TJP but Moloney hurries to bring Akira way. Moloney wheelbarrows but Akira uses that to victory roll, STOMP 182! Fans fire up while both men crawl! Hot tag to TJP! TJP runs to BOOT Connors! TJP then dodges Moloney, Moloney hits buckles, and TJP goes up to FLYING FOREARM! Fans fire up and TJP stands Moloney up to whip him to a corner. TJP runs in to back elbow! Moloney sits, and now TJP gives Moloney the real deal! Scrape the laces off the face, then the BOOT WASH! Fans want “MOIKAI! MOIKAI!” but Connors runs in, only for TJP to drop toehold him into Moloney’s driller!

TJP then scrubs Connors’ face! TJP runs to DOUBLE BOOT WASH! Fans fire up for that two-for-one special and TJP coordinates with Akira! “Take pictures! Take pictures!” Electric Chair CANNONBALL from the apron! Down go the dangerous gaijin! Fans chant “This is Awesome!” and TJP puts Moloney in the ring. Moloney staggers up, TJP springboards to DEEP IMPACT!! Cover, TWO!! But into a stepover, PINOY STRETCH!! Moloney endures, reaches out, Akira intercepts Connors with a FLYING GUILLOTINE! Moloney claws, reaches, but he’s caught! Connors gets a last gasp to SLAM Akira on TJP! Fans fire up as all four men are down!

The fans rally up, Akira grabs Connors and brings him up. But Connors ROCKS Akira! And ROCKS him again! But Akira catches him for a COMPLETE SHOT! Moloney grabs at Akira but Akira SUPERKICKS! But Moloney SUPERKICKS Akira back! Moloney runs, into DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Catch 2/2 run, but into a TOSS and a POWERSLAM! TJP is stuck in the middle as Connors and Moloney take opposite corners! SPEAR GORE COMBO!! Cover, Akira breaks it!! Fans fire up again as Connors & Moloney drag Akira up. They TOSS Akira out, then Moloney tags Connors back in.

Moloney drags TJP up, fans rally behind TJP, and Connors climbs. Moloney suplexes TJP, but Akira anchors Connors’ leg! TJP slips free to shove Moloney into Connors! Catch 2/2 coordinate, TJP is the step stool for Akira’s ITALIAN DESTROYER!! Connors runs in but TJP shoves him, ALLEY OOP FACEBUSTER! SPEEDFIRE!! Akira DIVES to take out Moloney!! TJP covers Connors, TWO?!? Fans are thunderous for TJP, and he gets the beat going. “CATCH! TWO TWO!” Akira returns, he and TJP coordinate, 2 BY 2!!! Cover, Moloney breaks it!! All four men are down again but Akira throws TJP out.

Akira builds speed to slide, but Moloney RAMS him into railing! TJP hurries to put Connors in a drop zone and he climbs a corner. MAMBA- NO, Connors moves, TJP rolls through. Connors runs in, TJP goes up and over! TORNADO- NO, Connors powers out, Moloney ENZIGURIS! Bullet Club resets, but Akira runs in! He saves TJP and the GORE hits Connors!!! Akira gets Moloney up, SPEED- NO, Moloney wrenches out to the DRILLA KILLA!!! Fans are thunderous for “TJP! TJP!” as he and Connors stir. Moloney tags in, dodges TJP and SUPERKICKS! TJP wobbles, Moloney reels him in!

Moloney gets TJP up, DRILLA- NO, TJP slips free to O’Conner Roll! TWO and Connors gets him for NO CHASER!! Moloney drags TJP up, Connors climbs, suplex to FLYING SPEAR!! The Full Clip! Cover, BULLET CLUB WINS!

Winners: Clark Connors & Dan Moloney, by pinfall (NEW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions)

The United Empire falls! Bullet Club has more gold! From Coughlin & Kidd to Moloney & Connors, to David Finlay’s NEVER Openweight title and Kenta with the NJPW Strong Openweight title, will all of NJPW belong to them?

Exciting Encounter Doomsday No Disqualifications Tag: El Desperado & Jun Kasai VS Jon Moxley & Homicide!

The Rogue Luchador and The Maniac have had a back and forth battle for a couple years now, and are looking to finally settle this! Tomorrow night is “Final Death,” so this is just an appetizer. Will the “Crazy Monkey” help Desperado get a leg up? Or will Moxley and the Notorious 187 win one for the USA?

There are already chairs waiting both teams in their corners, but Homicide brings a steel chain! Meanwhile, El Desperado, already wearing a torn-up mask, has a trash can full of kendo sticks! Moxley makes his way in from the crowd, bringing nothing but taped up fists. And last but not least, Jun Kasai’s entrance gets the fans off their feet to sing along as he brings out a board covered in metal forks! Is Jun’s bloodthirst about to be quenched tonight?

The fans are already thunderous for this as Desperado gets in Moxley’s face, and Kasai says long time no see to Homicide. And then the brawl is on! The bell rings, fans fire up, and Desperado tosses Moxley out. Kasai tosses Homicide out, and Desperado gets a kendo stick to SMACK Moxley! Kasai headlocks Homicide to bring him around the way and Desperado SMACKS Homicide with a trash can lid! Moxley sends Desperado into railing and then fights him towards the exit while Kasai SMACKS Homicide with that trash can lid! Fans fire up as Moxley punches Desperado up the bleachers!

Kasai brings Homicide up the other side! This is like what we just saw from Catch 2/2 and Bullet Club! Moxley and Desperado brawl, and even CHOKE each other! Homicide and Kasai brawl, Moxley reels Desperado in but Desperado back drops Moxley! Desperado CLAWS Moxley’s back! Homicide has the trash can lid to SMACK Kasai! Desperado claws Moxley’s face, Homicide SMACKS Kasai again! Kasai fires up, snatches the lid, and SMACKS Homicide with it! Moxley digs a FORK into Desperado’s forehead! Kasai SMACKS Moxley with the trash can lid! And then runs him into the wall!

Fans fire up as Desperado CLAWS Homicide’s eyes, and knees him low! But Homicide HELL STABS! And HELL STABS! Desperado CHOPS! Homicide CHOPS! Kasai and Moxley have returned to the floor level, but are fighting through the crowd! Moxley throws chairs at Kasai! Fans get away as Moxley throws more things at Kasai! Moxley suplexes Kasai but Kasai fights out. Homicide CHOKES Desperado with a camera cable! Kasai grabs a bottle of water, chugs, and then SPITS it all in Moxley’s face! And then SMACKS Moxley with the bottle! Moxley tumbles across the English commentary desk!

Fans rally for “KA-SA-I!” while Desperado SMACKS Homicide with a kendo stick! Moxley fires off on Kasai with haymakers, then CLAWS at his face. Then Moxley brings out another FORK!! FORK TO THE EAR!!! Homicide knocks Desperado down, Moxley is trying to remove ear from head! Desperado SMACKS Homicide’s legs with trash can lids! Desperado puts Homicide in the ring, and SMACKS him again! Desperado drags Homicide up, Moxley RAMS Kasai into railing. Homicide resists the lift to LOW BLOW MULE KICK! Moxley gets in the ring, he and Homicide get Desperado up to double whip, but Desperado holds ropes.

Moxley storms up, but into a BOOT! Kasai returns and CLOBBERS Homicide! Desperado TACKLES Moxley and rains down fists, while Kasai holds up a STRAIGHT RAZOR!!! Kasai goes after Homicide’s bald head with it!! Fans are freaking out as Kasai takes a taste! Desperado stretches Moxley, and claws at a bloody wound on the forehead. Kasai gets his fork board while Desperado puts Moxley in a corner. Kasai underhooks and lifts but Homicide resists! Homicide back drops Kasai onto his own forks!! And he gets one for himself! Homicide has a crimson mask and he digs into Kasai’s forehead!

Desperado ROCKS Homicide but Moxley kicks low! Moxley scoop SLAMS Desperado on the fork board! Fans lose their minds while Desperado writhes. Everyone’s ending up bloody, and Moxley says let’s see who has guts. He and Homicide JAM Kasai and Desperado with forks!! And again and again and again! Even into the eyebrows! Moxley then crossface forearms Desperado down while Homicide fishhooks Kasai with the fork! And then into the armpit?! Fans rally for Kasai but Moxley gets Desperado up, back suplex to the fork board! Homicide wipes the blood from his eyes and then gets his chain!

Homicide goes back to Kasai to LASH him with the chain! Moxley gets Desperado up again while Homicide CHOKES Kasai! PILEDRIVER on Desperado! Cover, ONE?!?!? How?!? Moxley doesn’t question it, he just grabs an arm and hammerlocks it. Then he gets the other arm, and Homicide fishhooks Desperado with the fork! And then into the armpit! Moxley lets off to KNEE Kasai out of the ring! Moxley keeps moving and he DIVES to take out Kasai! Desperado and Homicide fire CHOPS, then Desperado CLAWS Homicide’s face! Desperado throws hands, UPPERCUTS, but then Moxley CHOPS him!

Moxley runs Desperado right into a chair wedged in the corner! Homicide gets a fork, to JAM into Desperado’s groin!! Moxley puts on a FIGURE FOUR! Desperado endures, flips Moxley off, but Kasai and Homicide brawl outside! Desperado turns things over, the pressure is on Moxley now! Fans fire up but Moxley gets the ropes to pull himself free. Moxley whips Desperado corner to corner hard! Desperado sits down, Moxley grins and eggs Desperado on. Desperado gets up, CHOPS, and CHOPS, but Moxley ROCKS him! Desperado ROCKS Moxley again and again, but Moxley knees low!

Moxley whips Desperado to the corner, runs in, but into a BOOT! Desperado DECKS Homicide off the apron! But Moxley kicks low! Moxley whips, Desperado reverses and dropkicks the legs out! Fans fire up and Desperado crawls, hot tag to Kasai! Wait, there’re tags in this?! Kasai fires off forearms on Moxley but Homicide CLOBBERS him! Moxley & Homicide double whip corner to corner, Homicide runs in, but Kasai dumps him out onto trash can lids! Moxley runs in to clothesline! Moxley runs, but Kasai follows to clothesline! Kasai snap suplexes! Fans fire up as Kasai flexes, then covers, TWO!

Kasai gets his straight razor! And he DIGS It into Moxley’s forehead! Kasai lets off to go out after Homicide and puts him in. Kasai then looks under the ring, and brings out a plywood cross! It’s covered in razor blades! Kasai puts that in a corner, Desperado whips Homicide into railing, but Moxley BITES Kasai’s face! Moxley GERMAN SUPLEXES, but Kasai roars! GERMAN SUPLEX in return! Moxley goes to a corner and Kasai grins through his crimson mask. Kasai whips, Moxley stops himself, and Kasai runs in, but Kasai is set face first into the cross!! And then Moxley SHOTGUNS him back into it!

Kasai staggers, into the CURB STOMP!! Cover, TWO!??! Fans are thunderous and Moxley can’t believe it! Kasai sputters, Moxley drags him into HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! Moxley eggs Kasai on so Kasai says F YOU! Moxley drags Kasai up, DEATH- NO, Kasai wrenches out to ROCK Moxley! Moxley ROCKS Kasai! They go back and forth, but then Kasai HEADBUTTS! CUTTER from Moxley! Tag to Homicide and Moxley climbs. Homicide brings Kasai in, but Kasai fights off the inverted Gory Especial! And sends Homicide into Moxley! Kasai then LARIATS Homicide down! Fans are thunderous as Kasai crawls to his corner! Hot tag to Desperado!

Desperado rallies on Homicide with forearms and elbows! Homicide kicks and whips but Desperado reverses to SPINEBUSTER! Fans fire up as Desperado runs in, but Homicide dumps him out onto a trash can! Homicide builds speed to DIVE into the trash can! Desperado turns it around and gets Homicide up. Gut wrench, but Kasai BLASTS Moxley first! GUITARRA DEL ANGEL!! Cover, TWO!! Fans fire up as Kasai & Desperado double whip Homicide to a corner. Desperado clotheslines, Kasai clotheslines, then feed to another SPINEBUSTER! Kasai goes up, fans are thunderous as the goggles go on! Salute and MAD SPLASH!

Desperado adds on with PINCHE LOCO!!! Cover, Moxley breaks it!! Kasai fires off on Moxley but Moxley CHOPS him and CHOPS Desperado! And kicks, and elbows, and runs, but into a sobat! ENZIGURI! Desperado hits a BIG back suplex! Desperado holds Moxley up as Kasai brings out the BAMBOO SKEWERS!!! Right into Moxley’s head!!! Moxley is freaking out as he looks like a sadistic pineapple! Desperado puts a trash can down and he grabs Homicide. Underhooks and PINCH- NO, Homicide fights it! Homicide gets out, claws at Desperado’s face, then LOW BLOWS! Homicide calls for the end and fans duel!

Homicide fires up, says “SUCK IT!” then gets Desperado up. But now Desperado fights free, and LOW BLOWS! Desperado says “F YOU!” PINCHE LOCO!! Roll through and Desperado goes again, PINCHE LOCO onto the trash can!!! Cover, Desperado & Kasai win!

Winners: El Desperado & Jun Kasai, by pinfall

Words like “brutal” and “violent” don’t even fit how far these four went! Moxley is seething, a few skewers still stuck in his head. Will he end up in even worse shape in just 24 hours? Or can he bring out the true power of Death Jitsu?

As for Desperado, he gets the mic and puts his mask back together. “There are definitely some nerves associated with wrestling with the legends here tonight. Thank you, Homicide! I still remember when you threw Kasai off that balcony!” Fans cheer and Desperado catches his breath. Desperado says, “Whether you call this a deathmatch, No Disqualifications, ‘Hardcore,’ no matter what, it was an honor and privilege to team with Jun Kasai.” Kasai wants to take his leave but Desperado has him hold on. Desperado tells Kasai that since they have this “incredible situation,” why not let him send the people home?

Desperado gets the fans to chant “KA-SA-I!” so Kasai comes back. Kasai takes the mic, and he tells Desperado, “Were we even allowed to do this in the ring of the King of Sports, NJPW?” Fans love that! Kasai then says that hearing these people accept and love what they did, then hell yeah they can do this in NJPW! This was the best night he could’ve hoped for. And when you are chasing a high like this, Kasai sure hopes they can do this again. Kasai also wants Desperado to know that he’ll happily tag with him again. Desperado grins and the fans also hope for another go! Desperado says, “One more time, huh? Onegaishimazu! <Yes, please!>”

Fans chant “This is Awesome!” and Desperado says that if Kasai calls, he’ll answer. But for right now, Desperado’s hands are tied with Final Death tomorrow. He will take advantage of this energy, this motivation, and wipe the floor with Moxley! And then, Desperado will gladly be by Kasai’s side. They shake hands, and flip each other off out of respect. Will the Rogue Luchador and the Maniac go so hard in Final Death that it makes this all look like a picnic? When and where will we see the Crazy Monkey again?

My Thoughts:

A really good event for NJPW that was also part NJPW Strong. Yes, I skipped covering stuff but I skimmed through, and we got really good stuff in those other matches. Lance Archer interacting with JR Kratos was a great part of their Six Man Tag, and Team Filthy sweeping in the Six Man and in Lawlor VS Fujita was good stuff. Team Filthy VS TMDK feels like a great feud that NJPW should commit to. And good win for Rocky & Kingston so that Kingston has momentum going into the G1 Climax in 10 days. He probably won’t even be a semifinalist, aka a Block Winner, but Kingston will give every opponent great matches and he might end up with a winning record.

Great women’s tag to give us a preview of the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship match. Willow & Momo win but Thekla takes the loss so it keeps Giulia strong. Willow VS Giulia could go either way, but Giulia is already a champion in Stardom, she doesn’t need to be NJPW’s champion. Willow will look great winning off Giulia, and can use that momentum going into other things for her, like the Owen Hart Cup in AEW. Great tag matches out of both title matches, and I am really surprised both Bullet Club teams won. I had a feeling that Coughlin & Kidd would get those NJPW Strong titles, but this probably means they lose the IWGP Heavyweight title match. Connors & Moloney winning was the real surprise, and this really powers up this newest Bullet Club roster.

And we got some wild stuff in that No DQ tag match. A little disappointed NJPW didn’t make this a Tornado Tag, but they just love the hot tag trope. I was a little uneasy over how hard these guys went, I guess I’m not really a deathmatch type guy. I mean, chairs, tables, ladders, the stuff you’d see in AEW or even in WWE, is all well and good but this is GCW type stuff. The majority of the live crowd still loved it, but this is the stuff fans argue over about “When is it too far?” And yet, we’re only getting more in tomorrow’s main event. Desperado winning here with Kasai, I feel like that means Moxley wins the 1v1 to have momentum going into AEW’s Blood & Guts match in a couple weeks.

My Score: 8.8/10

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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Match Results & Ratings: 9.19.2024

Victory Road was damn good, but behind us now. So let’s see how the build for Bound for Glory starts!

Published

12 hours ago

September 19, 2024

Andrew Balaz

Well hot damn, Victory Road was a solid night of action, surprises and an overall enjoyable watch. Even with the major let down segments of SDL and the Knockouts Tag, they were placed right in the middle…so there was energy aplenty for the last four matches. We do get to see where they’re going with Bound For Glory in about 6 weeks.

My fantasy booking has The System, ABC and Hardyz heading towards a championship 3 way dance. DeMALISH is done, so at least Masha is back on the singles circuit. Lets hope she makes short work of Lish and/or Tasha.

Time to see where the early steps take us on the way to Bound for Glory.

.@mashaslamovich LIVES A DREAM teaming with @MATTHARDYBRAND and @JEFFHARDYBRAND TONIGHT on iMPACT!

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— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) September 20, 2024

Ratings:

First Cla$$ (KC Navarro & AJ Francis) vs Sinner & Saint ( Judas Icarus & Travis Williams): First Cla$$ win via Down Payment/Frog Splash combo – ** 1/4
Matt Cardona vs Rhino: Cardona DQ’d – My time wasted
Knockouts Tag Championship: Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) (c) vs Kendal Grey & Carlee Bright: Spirefire retains via Pressure Drop – * 1/2
Texas Death Match: JDC vs Mike Santana: Santana wins – ** 3/4
Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & Tasha Steelz w/Alisha Edwards vs Masha Slamovich & The Hardyz: Hardyz win via Twist & Swanton combo – *** 1/4

Results:

Lish talks smack, Masha comes out, Lish says she doesn’t even understand her – AND FINALLY – Masha speaks English. So she runs down Lish, says she’s sick of her but Tasha jumps Masha from behind. Lish grabs Kendra, attacks Masha and we see Tasha and Lish beatdown Masha until Jordynne makes the save for Masha. The System comes out to tip the numbers game, but then The Hardyz come out to save Masha and Jordynne.

Santino’s goofy music hits and I guess we’re heading to the 3×3 since Lish is still injured. Masha Slamabitch and the Hard Boyz will fight Tasha and System boys. Arianna’s music hits before Santino can say something to Jordynne, and she declares Jordynne gets an NXT friend next week to fight Rosemary and Wendy Choo. I just like Santino and Arianna playing together. It’s wholesomely moronic.

First Cla$$ (KC Navarro & AJ Francis) vs Sinner & Saint ( Judas Icarus & Travis Williams)

KC and Travis start off, KC hits some athletic counters, taunts a little and extends the hand but Travis turns it into an Arm Whip, tags in Icarus, they Double Team, AJ blind tags as KC rope runs, Spiderman pose in the ropes, AJ levels Icarus, KC takes out Travis, hits the tandem move The Deposit, into Tennessee Whiskey. KC tags back in, Snapmare into Footstomp and a near fall before AJ tags back in. They go for a tandem move on Icarus in the corner, but Icarus dumps KC to the outside, turns a Suplex into a DDT, and then crawls to Travis for simultaneous tags as Travis is working KC over. KC powders, tries to change sides but Sinner and Saint tandem redirect the dive. Inverted Suplex for a near fall.

AJ comes in, Lawn Darts Icarus into Travis, Down Payment, Frog Splash from KC…and First Cla$$ win!

Matt Cardona vs Rhino

Obviously just a step towards the eventual PCO versus Cardona, prolly at Bound for Glory. So this match is useless and Cardona has no reason to lose.

Cardona tries to pick his spot, but just gets his Foot picked out of mid air, and Rhino throws Cardona around the ring, Lariat, sets up for a Gore…but Cardona powders. Rhino follows and Suplexes Cardona onto the ramp, throws him back in and a Throat Chop from Cardona finally gives him some space. Missile Dropkick for an unnecessary pinfall, and then just grinding the Forearm into Rhino’s face in the corner. 10 Count Punches turned into a Powerbomb from Rhino for 2.

Rhino goes to get a chair, the ref admonishes him, Rhino throws the chair in, Cardona uses it in front of the referee and gets DQ’d. Radio Silence on Rhino after the DQ, Cardona looks to continue the punishment but lights go out and PCO attacks. Chokeslam, goes for the PCO-Sault, but Cardona powders and runs away. PCO goes full Ric Flair, attacks the chair and then PCO-Saults a steel chair.

Well…that’s new.

Knockouts Tag Championship: Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) (c) vs Kendal Grey & Carlee Bright

You know how I’ve said these titles are useless right? Now they’re being defended against…no one. Bright Grey? That’s not even a Crayola Crayon color. I think I would enjoy constipation more than this match.

Jody and…Grey?… start and its just slow, headlocky, I guess trying to get across Grey’s amateur background, but it looks terribly…meh. Dani tags in and now my attention is peaked. Powerbomb attempt but Grey tries to slip it into a Cradle, Dani kicks out, catches Grey and Sack of Shit into Kip Up. Tandem Stalling Suplex after the tag, but only 2. Dani gets tagged in, they don’t seem to be taking Grey super seriously, so Grey finally kicks off and gets the tag to Bright. Okay, Cartwheel Knees is unique offense, not the Cheerleader Back Handspirng, I can respect that. Oh nice Standing Moonsault from Bright. Grey tags in, Jody takes a few seconds too long for the “blind tag”, Senton off the ropes to kill the two NXT girls, Pressure Drop, title retained.

Burn these belts and push Dani as a singles.

Texas Death Match: JDC vs Mike Santana

Jade looks like she’s cosplaying Peg Bundy during the intros but…ya know…not complaining. And it sounds like they’re doing the rules correctly with pinfall and then 10 count. So, that’s nice the rules seem to be clear.

JDC tries to attack Santana as he comes in from the crowd, Santana turns it around as expected and starts running JDC from corner to corner, Enzuigiri and multiple Bootwash corner spots. Santana looks for a Cannonball, but JDC powders, so Santana stalks a little, Tope con Hilo connects! Santana finds some chairs as the morons start chanting for tables when it’s 4 minutes in. That chant just screams inbred and stupid anymore.

Santana puts the two chairs back to back and looks to hit the old Eddie Kingston spot on JDC, but JDC fights it off, 10 count punches that JDC counters with the Powerbomb through the back to back chairs. Trash can and kendo stick time for Dango. Dude, Stomp is soo 1999 but its apparently cool in Texas. DOWN AND DIRTY on the trash can from JDC! But he can’t cover since now he’s selling his own pain for dropping on a can. Santana smartly powders and JDC tries to remember how to walk. Santana crawls up to his feet bleeding, but he also found a Barbedwire Bat! Dango tries to grab him, BAT TO FACE! Of course they head to a commercial right as the match gets bloody…sigh.

So we’re back and they’re fighting in the crowd, or no, some staging area about the crowd. Dango is bleeding, Santana is bleeding, Santana counters Dango and hits a Piledriver on the stage for 2! Brawling up some steps, JDC kicks off Santana and connects with a Tornado DDT for 2! Santana rolls over and flops off the stage as he crawls to…somewhere. JDC with the low speed pursuit, he finally charges and gets tossed into some broken barricade makeshift something! Santana slams a production case into Dango a few times, as Dango tries to crawl up a table to get away. Santana walks back up to the stage, and stops himself mid-charge. FINDS A LADDER. Santana gets the ref and someone else to hold it, goes to the top of the ladder…and Splash through JDC on the table.

Takes entirely too long, so while it looks cool its pretty stupid. 1-2-3, the pinfall happens, but lets see if the 10 count holds. 10 count goes through, Santana wins.

Moose attacks afterwards and just beats the tar out of him with a chair.

Lei Ying Lee debuts NEXT WEEK on #TNAiMPACT!

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— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) September 20, 2024

Hendry comes out, Kaz interrupts, Nic Nemeth basically agrees to fight everyone. So Santino makes it shot and succulent, and decides for Hendry and Kaz to have a number 1 contender match next week. Nothing of crazy merit was said during the promo, so I decided to take Santino’s directions and go for short and succulent.

Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & Tasha Steelz w/Alisha Edwards vs Masha Slamovich & The Hardyz

Well right after intros they cut to a commercial, so maybe we won’t get anymore. Tasha and Masha start off, and throw fists fast, things stay close and they trade. Masha gets the advantage after a Drop Toe Hold into the middle rope, kick to the face, running knees and Tasha tags out to Eddie. Masha doesn’t care she wants to fight Eddie but Eddie cheap shots Matt on the apron and Matt tells Masha to tag him in. So Eddie doesn’t look like a completely shitty heel, and the crowd pops for a Hardy.

Matt chokes Eddie along the ropes, Leg Drape attack and tags in my name is Jeff. A little classic Hardy tandem work, Myers just runs in, stack the dorks, Splash version of Poetry in Motion. System gets Lariated out, Tasha tries to attack Matt but Masha eats Tasha. Whips her 3 times into corners and Poetry in Moscow. All of the System is on the outside, so Masha goes to the top, Senton off the top rope and Bowling Balls The System. Ugh…picture in picture is awful…stop with commercials at bad times. I really miss the commercial free YouTube version.

So to no one’s surprise, of course The System take control during the distraction break, Masha is being isolated, Eddie tags in and he’s taking his sweet time for a chop. So again, Eddie doesn’t make contact. Masha drops Tasha, ducks the men, hot tag to Jeff! Jeff lights up Eddie, looks for Whisper in the Wind but Myers pulls Eddie out of the way and Jeff hits nothing. And unlike Jinder, Eddie didn’t bump to a breeze. Eddie tags out to Myers, Russian Leg Sweep and Front Face Lock is keeping Jeff down. Jeff fights back up, but Myers clocks him. Myers tags in Tasha, and Tasha goes with the Knife Edge Chops on Jeff, mocks the Jeff dance, then twerks in his face before tagging Eddie back in.

Myers attacks Matt off the apron and even Masha, but Jeff starts to fight back, goes for the Whisper again, and this time connects on both! Jeff tags in Matt, so he starts working through the System boys. Neckbreaker into the Delete Headsmashes for both members of the System. Side Effect on Myers for only two. Matt calls for the Twist, the crowd responds well, but the Twist is countered, Lish grabs Matt’s foot but the referee sees it. EJECTION! Poor Tami-Lynn, she doesn’t wanna go, Hardys and Masha laugh and sing the Hey Hey Hey song, Lish says no so the ABC walk down and pick her up and carry her out. Twist of Fates for everyone, Swanton Bomb from Jeff, Hardyz and Masha win!

Overall Score: 6/10

Serviceable in regards to setting up most of the threads for Bound for Glory. The actual wrestling could’ve been a lot better, but for a starting point, it could’ve been worse. Xia Li getting her new name revealed, which I like. Some kind of Thunder reference, mixed in with the fact her vignettes give Mortal Kombat vibes, its very cool. The Knockouts Tags definitely feel like useless metal, Santana and JDC was probably better to experience in person, because the commercial break broke the momentum…and Gods damn was that finish sooo slow. At least the Texas Death Match rules were correct.

Crowd was also hot for the Hardyz, so the combination of “evil Russian” dropping the accent and proving to be a Hardy fangirl and get the Hardyz babyface rub sets up Masha nicely. She should be the next face of the Knockouts Division.

Next week we’ll hopefully get a touch more clarity or reasons for multi-person shmoz matches. But reasons are reasons, and this moved in logical enough directions.

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Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (9/19/24)

Is Dark Order good enough?

Published

16 hours ago

September 19, 2024

Steven Mitchell

Team Texas meets Dark Order on the Proving Ground!

Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara need challengers for the ROH World Tag Team Championships, so Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds are put to the test! Will they last the necessary ten minutes?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

ROH Women’s World TV Championship Proving Grounds: Red Velvet VS Allysin Kay; Velvet wins and denies Allysin a title opportunity.
The Gates of Agony VS Dante Leon & Trip Jordy; The Gates of Agony win.
Preston Vance VS Brandon Cutler; Vance wins.
John Silver w/ The Dark Order VS KM; Silver wins.
Rachael Ellering VS Maggie Lee; Rachael wins.
The Infantry w/ Trish Adora VS Spanish Announce Project; The Infantry wins.
Anthony Ogogo w/ Shane Taylor VS Kit Sackett; Ogogo wins.
Brian Cage VS Deonn Rusman; Cage wins.
ROH World Tag Team Championships Proving Ground: Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara VS Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds w/ John Silver; Dustin & Sammy win and deny The Dark Order a title opportunity.

PLAY BY PLAY

ROH Women’s World TV Championship Proving Grounds: Red Velvet VS Allysin Kay!

The Chef is cooking, and she even whipped up a new look for the belt! Will Velvet have the whole women’s division seeing red? Or will AK say pinkies out as she eats up this dish?

The Code of Honor is upheld with a pinkie swear, and the two circle. They tie up and Allysin shoves Velvet down. Velvet gets up, dodges Allysin, and wags a finger. Allysin runs up again, Velvet slides under, then she ducks ‘n’ dodges to tilt-o-whirl RANA! The fans fire up and Velvet fires off body shots in the corner! Velvet lets off, but then comes back to stomp high and low. Velvet lets off to dig her boot in! The fans cheer as Velvet does the splits and stirs it up. Velvet lets off as the ref counts, then she comes back to fire forearms. Velvet runs, wheelbarrows, but Allysin says no to the bulldog, WHEELBARROW GERMAN! Cover, TWO!

Allysin drags Velvet up to TOSS her to a corner, then CHOPS her! The fans fire up, Allysin CHOPS again. Allysin bumps Velvet off buckles, Velvet hits back, but Allysin fires her own body shots. Then a fireman’s carry to a SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO! Allysin drags Velvet up, Velvet fires body shots of her own again! Velvet runs, but Allysin catches the crossbody! FALL AWAY SLAM! Cover, TWO! Velvet toughs it out but Allysin drags her back up. Velvet fires more body shots, Allysin shoves her away, but Velvet runs up. Allysin sidesteps and runs, Velvet CALF KICKS, but Allysin deflects it! Then she gets an ANKLE LOCK!

Velvet endures as Allysin twists the foot. The fans rally, Velvet reaches out, ROPEBREAK! Allysin lets go at 4, then storms back up. Allysin snapmares Velvet, and clamps on with a straitjacket stretch! Velvet endures, even as Allysin digs a knee into her back. The fans rally up, Velvet fights up, and Velvet arm-drags free! Velvet runs up, to tilt-o-whirl and IRON OCTOPUS! Allysin endures, the fans rally, and Allysin powers right into a gut wrench! But Velvet clicks her heels, slips free, and hits a STUNNER! Velvet runs, but into a SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Velvet survives and Allysin grows frustrated.

Allysin drags Velvet up and in, Canadian Rack into the Gory Especial, but Velvet sunset flips it! TWO, and both women stand! Velvet LARIATS, but Allysin stays up! Velvet runs again, and she LARIATS again, but Allysin wags her finger. Velvet tries again, ducks Allysin’s lariat and LEAPING LARIATS! Then she CALF KICKS! Allysin falls, Velvet roars and the fans fire up! Velvet runs, wheelbarrows, and STUNNERS! Allysin falls back, Velvet goes after her at the ropes. The fans rally, Velvet pumps up and runs, to DOUBLE KNEE! Velvet YANKS Allysin off ropes, rolls with her, and dragon sleepers! JUST DESSERTS! Cover, Velvet wins!

Winner: Red Velvet, by pinfall (denies Allysin Kay a title match)

A solid win from The Chef, and she tells Diamante that she has the blood of a fighter! Eat, sleep, breathe, wrestling! Will everyone be served up some hot, fresh L’s in Red Velvet’s kitchen?

The Dark Order speak.

Dustin Rhodes wants more championships, and it makes Evil Uno sick! Alex Reynolds says that greed will lead to Dustin’s downfall. The funny thing about this Proving Ground is that The Dark Order has nothing to prove. Dustin & Sammy have to show they can beat The Dark Order in 10 minutes. All Dark Order has to do is beat the clock, and then unlike Dustin & Sammy, the Dark Order will earn a title opportunity. Dark Order is ROH, and they vow to get both revenge, and those ROH World Tag Team Championships. Will Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds show the world #DarkOrderisGood enough?

The Outrunners speak.

Truth Magnum tells The Iron Savages, “You wanna attack The Outrunners from behind?” Turbo Floyd & Erica Leigh shake their heads. But they don’t call him The Truth for nothing! And the truth is, if you’ve got beef, here are two Grade A master chefs, and they’re running hot! Keep your “savage sauce,” because you’re looking two young men absolutely jacked to the gills on “best-tosterone!” Turbo says the Savages have a few things he can respect: their muscles; their tans; their glitz; but they ain’t got no glamour! That’s what The Outrunners have! And in ROH, if you want it, let him tell you: Any time, any place!

Because if you haven’t seen The Outrunners, you haven’t seen nothing yet! Erica barks, but will Truth & Turbo find they’re barking up the wrong tree?

The Premier Athletes speak.

Mark Sterling says, “Whoa, whoa, hold on. Do you recognize this man? Of course you do. Because over a million of you saw him do the most impressive wrestling move you’ve ever seen in your life. But did you just see the move and scroll past it? Or did you actually think about who was the man that did the move? I’ll tell you who that man is. This is Josh Woods, National Champion, 108 collegiate wins, four-time All American! And there’s more where that came from.” Woods says he can do that to anybody. Anytime, anywhere. Then when and where will we see the Technical Beast do that for some gold?

The Infantry w/ Trish Adora VS Spanish Announce Project!

While Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo have made amends with The Outrunners, they’re still aiming at the ROH World Tag Team Championships. But that just means they’re one of many, because the reinvigorated Angelico Y Serpentico want their shot! Who rises up the ranks with a win while the other falls in Sioux Falls?

The teams sort out and #BadNews&Tattoos starts against the South African Stud. They shake hands for the Code of Honor, and Bravo gets an “OORAH!” going. Bravo and Angelico circle, the fans rally, and the two tie up. Angelico wrenches, wristlocks, but Bravo reaches down, slips around, and he wristlocks back. Bravo says they’re really wrestling and the fans have a laugh. Bravo keeps on the wrist, but spins, opens the hold, then steps over for a modified cording hold! Then Angelico wrenches the other wrist, but Bravo rolls, handsprings, pops ‘n’ locks and he gets Angelico with that vibe! Then Bravo reels Angelico in for a headlock!

The fans cheer, but Angelico powers up and out. Angelico drops, then hip tosses, but Bravo spins through it to arm-drag! The fans cheer again, Bravo eggs Angelico on, ducks the haymaker, but Angelico ducks the backhand. Bravo ducks the roundhouse, jumps the sweep, and dropkicks cancel out! Angelico spins to his feet while Bravo kips up, and both men Bernie Lean and walk it out! The fans cheer, and the two tag to The Captain and #SNAKEMAN. The fans “OORAH!” with Bravo again, and Dean shakes hands with Serpentico. They tie up, Dean headlocks, but Serpentico powers out. Dean runs Serpentico over!

The fans rally as Bran says Dean is so strong. Things speed up, Dean hurdles but Serpentico ducks ‘n’ dodges to RANA! The fans fire up but Dean is on his feet. Dean runs up, but into BOOTS! Dean tries again but Serpentico RANAS! But then Dean arm-drags! And arm-drags again! And DROPKICK! The fans fire up and Dean brings Serpentico up. Dean wrenches Serpentico, tags Bravo, and The Infantry double whip. DOUBLE HIP TOSS! A rough landing for Serpentico, but Infantry DOUBLE FIST DROP! Angelico storms in, Dean blocks a kick, hands it to Bravo, then ENZIGIRIS Bravo slips around to hit a NECKBREAKER!

The fans fire up while Angelico bails out. Serpentico slowly rises, Bravo brings him up, but Serpentico headlocks. Bravo powers out but Angelico tags in. Serpentico ducks Bravo and Angelico scoops to BACKBREAKER! Angelico stands Bravo up, Serpentico runs in, NECKBREAKER DROP BACKBREAKER COMBO! Cover, TWO! Bravo stays in this but Angelico stays on him with a cording hold. Bravo endures, the fans rally up, and Bravo fights up, only for Angelico to knee low! Tag to Serpentico, SAP double whip, then they both drop. Bravo is very surprised by that but clears them both. Angelico hip tosses Bravo, then SAP ZENMAI! Cover, TWO!

The fans rally as Bravo stays in this. Serpentico drags Bravo up, tags Angelico back in, and SAP mugs Bravo. Angelico stomps Bravo while Adora rallies the fans with “Let’s Go, Bravo, Let’s Go!” Bravo CHOPS Angelico, Angelico KNEES low! Angelico JABS Bravo, wrenches and lifts, BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Angelico keeps Bravo down by bending his arm against a knee. Bravo endures, the fans rally, but Angelico top wristlocks. Bravo fights up, fires body shots, but Angelico ROCKS him! Angelico stalks Bravo to ropes, brings him up, and then wrenches. Angelico back suplexes, but Bravo lands out! Bravo reaches out, but Angelico keeps him back!

The fans rally, and Bravo BACKHANDS Angelico away! Hot tags to Dean and Serpentico! The fans fire up as Dean rallies on SAP with LARIAT after LARIAT! Then he floats on Angelico to DDT! Kip up, and he gets Serpentico, spin and “SONIC BOOM~” LARIAT! The fans fire up while Serpentico goes to a corner, and Dean says, “OORAH!” The fans echo “OORAH!” and Dean ELBOWS Serpentico! Bravo tags in then follows Dean as he takes Serpentico side to side. Buckle bump and a BOOT, then Dean goes back to a corner. Bravo bumps Serpentico off buckles again, and Dean runs in to LEAPING LARIAT!

The fans fire up while Dean lands safe on the apron, and Bravo scoops Serpentico to MICHINOKU DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Serpentico survives and Bravo is stunned! Dean calls for Boot Camp and he tags in. Dean hooks Serpentico up, Bravo runs, but Angelico trips him! Angelico drags Bravo out to UPPERCUT, and Serpentico snapmares Dean. Serpentico mule kicks, ROCKS and SUPERKICKS! Angelico steps in to clinch and FLATLINER! Serpentico goes up, FROG SPLASH! Cover, TWO!! Dean survives and SAP is shocked! The fans rally up but SAP drags Dean up. SAP coordinate, Angelico runs, but Bravo trips Angelico up!

Bravo drags Angelico out now, and ROLLING ELBOW! Serpentico ROCKS Dean, runs, but Bravo returns! Infantry dodges Serpentico to fire off the Captain & Bucky combo! Then DOUBLE ROLLING ELBOWS! The fans fire up with The Infantry, and they hook Serpentico up again. Time for BOOT CAMP!! Cover, Infantry wins!

Winners: The Infantry, by pinfall

SAP put up a fight, but The Infantry are marching up towards the top of the rankings! Bravo says never fear, the Infantry is here! But will they be armed and ready for a title shot in the near future? And perhaps best of all, The Infantry offer the Code of Honor, and SAP takes it!

Shane Taylor Promotions speaks.

Anthony Ogogo says it is so good to be Anthony Ogogo! The skull-crackin’, jaw-jackin’ Gov’nah is back in ROH! Shane Taylor himself says it’s great to have him back. Ogogo says he was in Paris for the Olympics, watching the very best athletes win gold. But brother, it got Ogogo thinking. It’s time for him to win gold in ROH! Shane likes that, too. Shane says a wise man once said, “First you get the money, then you get the power.” Around here, winning gold is both! And STP is gonna start taking every championship ROH has to offer. AEW is where the best wrestler, but ROH is where the baddest rumble! Will Ogogo and Big Bad Shaney T. soon join Lee Moriarty as champions of ROH?

ROH World Tag Team Championships Proving Ground: Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara VS Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds w/ John Silver!

Dustin is a double champion here in ROH, and that’s all the reason The Dark Order needed to despise him! But will they be able to bring down The Natural & The Spanish God? Or will Team Texas be riding high in South Dakota?

The Code of Honor is tentatively upheld, but Reynolds does go and push Sammy. The teams sort out and Sammy starts against Reynolds. The fans rally as the two circle, but then Reynolds bails out. Sammy is annoyed, the fans boo, but Reynolds reminds us, the Dark Order doesn’t even need to beat the champs, just last the ten minutes. Silver and Reynolds high-five, the fans rally for Sammy, and he waits on Reynolds. Reynolds takes his time returning, and then Reynolds tags Uno. And Uno tells Sammy, “I want this guy!” He points at Dustin, Sammy points at Dustin, and the fans fire up as Sammy tags Dustin!

Dustin and Uno circle, they approach, but then Uno bails out to troll Dustin. Uno does a sarcastic victory lap, but Dustin cuts him off. Uno says whoa, hold on, only to turn around and see Sammy! The fans cheer but Uno runs away into the ring! Team Texas grabs at him, knocks him down, and then Uno gets up into an UPPERCUT! Sammy hooks Uno up, Dustin joins in, DOUBLE RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Sammy kips up, Reynolds runs in, but into a DROPKICK! Sammy kips real smooth, and then he tells Dustin to dive! The fans fire up, Dustin fires up, and while Dark Order regroups, Team Texas builds speed!

But then Dark Order scurries away, Sammy & Dustin put on the brakes, and the fans boo. Sammy spins and poses, so Dustin busts out the spinarooni! Dustin poses, too, and the fans fire up! The Dark Order gets mad, but turnabout is fair play. The Dark Order decides to just bail, but Dustin chases them down! Dustin SMACKS Uno, ROCKS Reynolds, then gets Silver to back off. Dustin UPPERCUTS Uno, SMACKS him off the apron, then stalks him around the way. Dustin puts Uno in the ring, but Reynolds storms up. Dustin counter punches! Uno distracts the ref, allowing Silver to POST Dustin! The fans boo and Silver protests, but Reynolds throws hands on Dustin.

Reynolds puts Dustin in, Uno bumps him off buckles, and he stomps a mudhole. Tag to Reynolds, the Dark Order mugs Dustin, and Reynolds snapmares Dustin. Reynolds steps on Dustin, then uses the ropes to IMPLODER ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Reynolds keeps Dustin from Sammy, bumps him off buckles, and tags Uno. The fans rally, Uno CHOPS Dustin, then he soaks up the heat. Uno goes back to Dustin, but Dustin UPPERCUTS! Reynolds grabs Dustin but Dustin ROCKS him! Dustin fires more shots on Uno, but Reynolds barks at Dustin. So Dustin DECKS Reynolds! But he turns around into a kick from Uno!

Uno runs, but he runs into the SNAP POWERSLAM! The fans fire up while both men are down! Uno crawls to his corner, but there’s no Reynolds! Dustin crawls, but Silver distracts the ref from the hot tag! The ref stops Sammy, not knowing what happened, and then Uno BOOTS Sammy! Uno SPLASHES Dustin, bumps him off buckles, and Reynolds goes up. Uno sets Dustin up for a FLYING DOUBLE STOMP! Reynolds then DIVES onto Sammy! Uno hits a PILEDRIVER on Dustin! Cover, TWO!! Dustin survives and Uno is shocked! Another cover, TWO! Uno grows frustrated but we’re five minutes in, time is still on their side.

Uno calls to Reynolds, brings Dustin over, and tags Reynolds in. The Dark Order mugs Dustin, but Dustin fights back with big hands! But then Dark Order pushes Dustin back! Dustin dodges Uno, dodges Reynolds, and the ref sees this hot tag! Sammy goes up to DOUBLE CROSSBODY The Dark Order down! The fans fire up, Sammy CLOBBERS Uno, then keeps moving to duck ‘n’ dodge Reynolds so he can CLOBBER him, too! The fans fire up as Sammy kips up, and Sammy RAMS in to Reynolds! Sammy goes to the apron to ENZIGIRI Reynolds, and he SUPERKICKS Uno! Reynolds then springboards in, but Reynolds gets under!

Reynolds runs up, into a CUTTER! Dustin runs in to add a SHINING WIZARD! Cover, Uno breaks it! Dustin storms up, Uno shouts “STOP~!” Then he ROCKS Dustin with a right hand! But Sammy JUMP KNEES Uno! Uno tumbles out, Sammy goes for Reynolds, but Silver drags him out! The fans boo as Dark Order regroups again. Sammy says that’s fine, and he builds speed, to FLY! Down goes The Dark Order! Sammy puts Reynolds in for Dustin to hop on, DESTROYER! Dustin brings Reynolds up, Sammy climbs, and we get a FINAL RECKONING, into the SWANTON BOMB! Cover, Team Texas wins!

Winners: Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara, by pinfall (denies The Dark Order a title match)

Uno & Reynolds played not to win but to not lose, and that only backfired every step of the way! But wait! THE CAGE OF AGONY ATTACKS! The fans boo, but Brian Cage fireman’s carries Sammy, for an F5!! The Gates mug Dustin, The Dark Order cheers while the fans boo! Kaun & Liona hold up the tag titles, then they stand Dustin up, for the DOUBLE LARIAT SANDWICH!! Dustin falls over, is this just a foreshadowing of what is to come? Or can Dustin & Sammy survive the gauntlet of challengers?

My Thoughts:

A very good episode of ROH, with it coming in at an hour and 10 minutes. It still had a lot of matches that were easily filler, but I again commend them on giving everyone good showings. A little surprised, and maybe a little disappointed, that Harley Cameron did not appear to go after Rachael Ellering. They could get that story going if they really wanted but they sure drag things out. But I do like that a big development was Red Velvet changing the belt, the red strap looks so good with the dark silver ROH uses for their belts. We just need them to hurry up and give us Velvet VS Diamante, not sure what they’re waiting on.

Sterling’s promo with Josh Woods was itself basically filler, because we already went through the phase of “Let’s hype The Premier Athletes up.” Just get Woods going in the Pure Division so he can eventually face Lee Moriarty, and maybe even give us some STP beating up on Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari. Speaking of which, after Ogogo of course “knocked out” his opponent tonight, good promo from him and Shane. STP is a team I’d definitely like seeing pull of the “dripping with gold” trope. Moriarty has the Pure Championship, the whole crew can be Six Man Champs, and I suppose Ogogo can “knock out” Atlantis Jr. to get the TV title while Shane finally beats Mark Briscoe to get the world title.

And a lot of good stuff is cooking in the Six Man as well as traditional Tag Divisions. We got a very good match from Infantry and SAP, and a very good promo from Outrunners calling out The Iron Savages. And while we got a really good tag match out of Dark Order and Team Texas, I figured Team Texas would win out. Clearly, Cage of Agony wants next, but I would think Kaun & Liona have a better chance getting the World Tag titles than the whole faction does the Six Man titles. Cage of Agony, while they were Mogul Embassy, already had a dominant run with the Six Man belts, let another faction have their time.