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Andrew’s Impact Wrestling Emergence Results & Match Ratings: 8.27.2023

SANADA returns to Impact Wrestling! The Knockouts Main Event! Johnny Swinger has a legit title shot! Check out what went on at Emergence!

Published

2 years ago

August 27, 2023

Andrew Balaz

I frankly have no clue how this show will shake out. Always weird when one of the marquee matches is a multi-man, most likely, cluster of bodies and spots. SANADA returning to an Impact that isn’t on life support should be fun, Johnny Swinger with a title shot will be an experience and I’m guessing the Knockouts are the main event.

So with a lot of interesting but not exactly fire starting storylines…it should be interesting how this show goes. OH buy Hendry and Yuya debuted their new tag team name on the Countdown show, and its…its glorious. It is the perfect combination of meme garbage and actual humour.

"JOYA" is set for action on the #CountdownToEmergence!@joehendry @Im_YuyaUemura pic.twitter.com/asiWmGbnoz

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 27, 2023

Ratings:

NODQ: Eric Young vs Deaner w/Kon: EY wins via Piledriver – ** 1/2
Knockouts Tag Team Titles: MK Ultra (Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly) (c) vs Jody Threat & KiLynn King vs Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans vs Courtney Rush & Jessicka: MK Ultra retain via Exclamation Point – ** 1/2
Digital Media Championship: Kenny King (c) w/Sheldon Jean vs Johnny Swinger: Kenny retains via Royal Flush – ***
Tag Team Championship: The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel) vs SUBculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews) w/Dani Luna (c): The Rascalz win via Treehouse Stomp – *** 1/2 – TITLE CHANGE!!!!
Cinematic Killer Kowalski Back to School Match: Eddie Edwards vs Frankie Kazarian: Eddie wins – ***
SANADA vs Jake Something: SANADA wins via Dead Fall – *** 1/2
Chris Sabin, Josh Alexander, Alex Shelley & Kushida vs Moose, Brian Myers, Bully Ray & Lio Rush: Moose wins via Lights Out – ***
Knockouts World Championship: Deonna Purrazzo vs Trinity (c): Trinity retains via Starstruck – *** 1/4

Results:

The show opens with graphics and a 10 Bell Salute for Terry Funk and Windham Rotunda.

JOOOOOYAAA!@joehendry @Im_YuyaUemura @MeanGiaMiller #Emergence pic.twitter.com/VubRJl6Tuf

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 28, 2023

NODQ: Eric Young vs Deaner w/Kon

Eric Young comes out in Maple Leafs colors and absorbing the home country advantage. Let’s hope this is the match that ends The Design forever.

EY lands a few quick shots and an early Dive onto Kon, we see Eric trying to even things out immediately. Uses Deaner as a weapon against Kon, grabs a ladder, hits Kon with it and introduces it into the ring. As soon as he does, Deaner turns things around in classic “taking too long” fashion.

Deaner hits the Drop Toe Hold on EY to put him into the ladder, and then Kon tips the ladder towards the outside and EY comes tumbling out of the ring. The Design starts to take full control, grabbing a few more weapons, and EY is on the receiving end of a lot, but manages to fight off the Staple Gun momentarily, but Deaner gouges the eyes and then staples in-between the fingers and under the armpit.

After getting shoved in a trash can and a chair is used to make some music on his head, Kon gets involved again. But EY brought handcuffs, cuffs Kon to the corner post and starts turning things around on Deaner. A few shots, returns the staples in the hand and armpit, then EY scales the ladder, Macho Man Elbow, for only 2! EY looks to Piledrive Deaner through two chairs, but Kon breaks out of the cuffs, approaches the ring, Low Blow from Deaner…and Chokeslam through chairs for 2.

As has become normal in IMPACT hardcore matches, we get a plywood board with barbwire. Kon and Deaner try to set up a tandem move, EY counters Deaner into Kon, then stacks both on his shoulders for a Stacked Death Valley Driver, Piledriver into the barbwire, and EY wins!

Knockouts Tag Team Titles: MK Ultra (Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly) (c) vs Jody Threat & KiLynn King vs Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans vs Courtney Rush & Jessicka

Masha and Gisele start, and its fairly close counter wrestling. Dodging rope runs, Snapmares into nothing, and then as they stare down, KiLynn tags herself in and starts overpowering Masha. Masha counters the Powerbomb with a Frankensteiner, then tags in Kelly, and the champions are doing solid work. King manages a Stalling Suplex to finally stifle Kelly’s offense. Courtney breaks the pin, KiLynn starts to walk down Courtney and Jessicka tags herself in. Running Low Crossbody from Jessicka, Savannah blind tags, and then the SHAWntourage have a few quick tags just keeping Kelly in their corner and smothering the position.

Jawbreaker from Kelly rocks Gisele back into an enemy corner and KiLynn tags herself back in. King tries to distract the referee but Jody is too Babyface to cheat, KiLynn tags her in out of annoyance. A little clunky on their next offense, Jody gets hyped up by Death Dollz and she unwittingly goes into their corner to celebrate the solid offense and Courtney tags herself in. Death Dollz look to end the match, Kelly finally manages to get some space, tag in Masha for the hot tag and Masha starts beating all of the asses. Courtney tries a flash Schoolgirl while Masha is taking out Gisele and Jody, but only for two.

MK clear the ring, grab Courtney, Tandem Knee Strikes into their Exclamation Point, and MK Ultra retain!

Digital Media Championship: Kenny King (c) w/Sheldon Jean vs Johnny Swinger

Swinger is playing cat and mouse early on, Kenny chases him out of the ring, on the way back in Swinger kicks the middle rope and then follows it up with a Headbutt to the nards. Kenny fires back a little, Kenny tells Swinger to stay in the middle for the Running Shoulder Tackle spot, but Swinger doesn’t play by those rules. Swinger even pops in the old Mongolian Chops before Kenny catches him with the rotation Power Slam.

Kenny tries for Flying Knees into the corner, but Swinger moves. Short Jabs from Swinger into a Backdrop for 2. Sidewalk Slam from Swinger and then a Slingshot Leg Drop. King powders, Swinger hypes the crowd for a dive, King and Jean move, and then Baseball Slide from Swinger connects. Swingman goes high risk…Jean distracts the referee, but when Jean drops off the apron he crotches Swinger and then Ref Allison ejects Jean.

HEATH OUT OF NOWHERE with the Wake Up Call on King! Swingman goes for the pin…but only 2! We should have a new champion. Swinger goes back to the top, Kenny grabs him off the top and hits the Royal Flush to retain.

Tag Team Championship: The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel) vs SUBculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews) w/Dani Luna (c)

SUBculture is a fun group, but anyone who has read some of my previous reviews knows I’m a big fan of Wentz. So even though I hate Trey…Wentz needs some gold. Go Rascalz.

Not gonna be a lot to write early, typical Junior style tag antics, with mostly quick counters and eventual tandem moves. Very color by numbers. Finally we get to some heel work where Wentz connects with the PK on Flash’s left shoulder, tags in Trey and Trey starts working on the left arm more. Flash tries to fire, misses on the Moonsault as Wentz knock Mandrews off the apron and then sinks in a Headscissors Kimura. Flash barely gets to the ropes and Rascalz tandem action continues. Trey kicks the Welsh out of Flash’s face, he powders, Trey follows and drops him on the apron, before rolling him back in and slingshotting an opportunistic move.

Wentz tags in, drops the leg and tries to continue but Flash with a quick Cradle, Wentz kicks out, then kicks him in the face. Trey tags back in and Flash finally gets some space and tags in Mandrews for the big comeback. Mandrews does his slide under the Double Clothesline into the Dual Pele Kick, lots of fun offense from Mandrews. Flash gets tagged back in, they kick Trey when he tries to rewind back, Stereo Tope con Hilos have everything rolling for SUBculture.

A lot of Tornado moments, Hot Fire Flame attempt but knees come up and Mandrews comes out of nowhere to hit Wentz with a Destroyer. Eaton Rifle on Trey, but only for 2. Wentz starts fighting Mandrews on the outside, Flash tries to get involved but misses Wentz and hits Mandrews. Hot Fire Flame from the ramp on both members of SUBculture. Trey hits the Webslinger for 2. ABC come down as Trey used the ref distraction to hit some spray paint, so no pinfall. Good Hands also come down, ABC vs Good Hands on the outside, Dani Luna with a big splash to kill the Good Hands. Stun Dog Millionaire into a Swanton Bomb for 1 -2 -…KICK OUT?

Cheeky Nandos from Trey, the top corner Tiger Feint, Reverse Death Valley Stomp finisher! RASCALZ WIN!

Cinematic Killer Kowalski Back to School Match: Eddie Edwards vs Frankie Kazarian

It was a nice cinematic intro, had vibes similar to Gargano and Ciampa (where Ciampa was also trained by Kowalski), and after an alright match, Lish shows up and distracts Frankie enough and Eddie wins. Frankie has this somber moment of reflecting being the failed babyface, and then to break the moment Lish cracks him with a Kendo Stick and Eddie says, “This is for you Walter…” and crashes the framed picture through Frankie’s head. So the match ends with some Kowalski lines being played over a totally defeated Kaz.

A little campy since its still wrestling, but honestly, not bad at all.

SANADA vs Jake Something

SANADA comes out in the Great Muta gear, referencing his Great SANADA time and that X Division title time. Ole Seiya Sanada is back in IMPACT.

SANADA keeps trying to tie up with Jake and Jake keeps shoving him off. They wrestle into the ropes a bit and SANADA decides to pull out his Milano Collection A.T. homage Paradise Lock in the ropes. Then he teases Jake since he can’t move, before landing the Sliding Dropkick to unlock the hold and start taking control on the outside. SANADA looks for a Manhattan Drop, Something rolls off and then runs through SANADA.

Front Headlock from Jake keeps things grounded until SANADA fights up and then eats a back elbow for his trouble. Jake charges, misses and rebound Saito Suplex gives SANADA some breathing room. SANADA goes to the top, misses a Double Axe handle, and as he gathers his balance and turns he eats a Spear from Jake. Powerbomb attempt gets countered by a Destino style counter, tries to start a Skull End, Jake fights it off…Magic Screw from SANADA! Kip Up from SANADA and play time is ovah. TKO gets a near fall. Moonsault for another near fall.

Dead Fall gets countered, SANADA tries to Moonsault into Skull End, but Jake catches and lands the Fire Thunder Driver! They both get up to their feet, Fighting Spirit spot, SANADA lands about a dozen chops and Jake just keeps asking for more. Dead Fall countered again, Jake counters a Frankensteiner by holding on and dead lifting into a Powerbomb for 2! Into the Void counter, Enzuigiri, into Shining Wizard, Dead Fall attempt 3 and Jake just shoves SANADA’s face into the mat. Big Haymaker levels SANADA, Into the Void again, countered with Dead Fall and SANADA wins.

Chris Sabin, Josh Alexander, Alex Shelley & Kushida vs Moose, Brian Myers, Bully Ray & Lio Rush

The heels chop block Sabin early and Rush thinks he’ll have an easy tie, but Sabin fights him off, rocks him so hard he stumbles into the face corner and we get some tandem Time Machine action. Time Splitters team up on Myers and a lot of quick tandem action from the smaller face team. Myers backs off into his corner, Shelley calls out Moose and then Moose calls out Alexander. So we respark the Josh and Moose heat.

Moose gets strung upside in the corner, and Josh does the homage to Petey Williams by…singing the Canadian Anthem in a compromising position. Josh tags in Sabin, Bully trips up Sabin on the ropes allowing Moose to tag out and Bully starts stalking Sabin. People are slugging it out in the ring and then both teams set up tables on their respective sides. A little odd, but since Bully did it first, it seems more like evening the odds.

Sabin has been isolated for a long time, but no real crazy moves of note. Josh does eventually get the hot tag, turns Moose inside out and Lio almost is too quick for Josh, but Josh eventually corrals him and then dumps him with a Suplex. Lio continues to juke and jive even Alex Shelley, Kushida catches him with the Tanaka Punch and then a Baseball Slide to the chest. Machine Guns misfire and Moose starts rolling for the heel team. Moose rocks Josh, looks for a Jacknife but Josh counters, Moose goes for his quick corner climb into the Crossbody but misses and gets caught with the Ankle Lock. Josh transitions the Ankle Lock into a Sharpshooter and Myers hits an elbow drop on the referee. Things break down with the signature spam spots and no referee. MOOSE hits the Uranage through a table! Rush hits the Final Hour on Kushida through the other table! Bully and Moose are teaming up on Shelley, but the lights go out and French Canadian Frankenstein appears!

Myers saves Bully from a Chokeslam through the table with a Low Blow. Now its Myers, Moose and Bully looking to Shield Bomb PCO through A TABLE! But PCO no sells it and sits right back up. Now PCO is eating through Moose and Myers, runs Bully out of the ring…but STEVE FUCKING MACLIN BLINDSIDES PCO! He locks eyes with Jos Alexander and like two dogs who hate each other, Josh goes right after Steve. God this is insanely over booked, but it has been entertaining as hell.

Josh favors his injured arm after Maclin wrapped it in the lighting equipment, Moose grabs him tries a cheap win but Josh kicks out. Then Josh gets shoved into Shelley and Shelley is hot about it. Shelley just walks away tells Josh to figure it out and Moose hits Lights Out for the win from the heel side!

We get a wrinkle in the face versus face match we thought we were getting, and then a promo video of Jordynne Grace returning.

Knockouts World Championship: Deonna Purrazzo vs Trinity (c)

Gail Kim comes out to join commentary and I for one love that. Gail is the only North American women’s wrestler that I would hold in an all time Top 5. I am a fan of extra thicc main events though.

Early moves are a little slow, not bad, but the pacing I suppose is because of how over booked the last match was with a return, PCO pop up and home country hero getting pinned. So Deonna eats a Disaster Kick and then powders for a bit. You Glow Girl tries a Flying Headscissors, Deonna stops the momentum and turns it into a Piledriver on the outside. After the piledriver, Trinity is neutralized and she’s eating some grounded strikes and Deonna trying to choke her out with the headlock. Trinity fires, Jawjacker, Double Lariat all fall down spot.

Trinity drops Deonna with the Samoan Drop, looks for her Kip Up but it is a little delayed in an awkward way. Trin does hit a Crossbody but then Deonna starts to string together a few moves, punctuated with a Pump Kick into a near fall for 2. Forward Leg Whip, Pentagon Style Arm Breaker into the Knee Lift, Side Russian, floats into Fujiwara Armbar. Trinity gets to the ropes, as Deonna tries to go into more offense she gets caught with the short Headscissors into the mat; then connects with a Moonsault for 2. Trinity goes back up top, Deonna cuts her off, they fight in the corner, Superplex from Deonna.

Trinity hits an S.O.S., tries to lift her into something after the kick out but Deonna fights back. Then we see Trinity almost sink in Starstruck but she sells the injured arm. Queen’s Gambit attempt but driven into the corner, Deonna charges out, eats a Bully Bomb into the Booty Bridge but only 2. Trin looks for an Avalanche Bully Bomb, Deonna fights off, tries the Fujiwara, but Trinity fights it off and manages to hit the Yoshi Tonic and put Deonna into Starstruck and Deonna loses by submission again!

Show ends with a teaser of Will Ospreay, who will apparently be at Bound for Glory.

Overall Score: 7/10

Not a bad show, granted I know some of my general hype was dampened because of missing a few shows; but this was solid. Nothing really crazy and felt like a small touch above their old ImpactPlus App Event shows that were mid as hell most of the time. Zachary Wentz finally got some IMPACT gold, Steve Maclin is back, Moose pinning Josh could have main event ramifications for Bound for Glory, JOYA is gonna be my favorite things for a while, and it was nice to see Johnny Swinger actually put on a decent match.

Aside from those, the cinematic match was actually a perfect way to punctuate a feud that wasn’t really hot anymore, but give it a level of significance and SANADA coming back to Impact is nice. Especially since he was here during the dark age of Impact, so now at least people will watch the show with him on it. Even I stopped watch for a few years during that rough period and I was around since the Fox Sports Net days.

So a fun show, should be interesting to see what happens to get us to Victory Road and then Bound for Glory. But I suppose as a lesser event, it did its job. Fun spots, a few returns and nothing so insulting that I was questioning why I was watching the show.

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

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

Published

4 hours ago

June 19, 2025

Andrew Balaz

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

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

.@Kelly_WP is back in TNA Wrestling and has a message for TNA Knockouts World Champion @mashaslamovich!

WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/cF0F1ZKKuL pic.twitter.com/tnm4TIuPUz

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 20, 2025

Ratings:

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

Results:

Sami Callihan vs Eric Young w/Losers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

.@indi_hartwell has a run in with Tessa Blanchard!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Overall Score: 4/10

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

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

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

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

Rumble, Bad Man, Rumble!

Published

8 hours ago

June 19, 2025

Steven Mitchell

Run Or Hide, The Infantry’s Outside!

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

OFFICIAL RESULTS

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

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

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

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

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

Winners: Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty, by pinfall

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

BREAKING NEWS for next week!

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

Pure Rules Match: Deonna Purrazzo VS Marti Belle!

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

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

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

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

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

Winner: Deonna Purrazzo, by submission

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

The Frat House speaks.

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

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

Mark Sterling reviews footage with The Premier Athletes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winners: The Kingdom & Top Flight, by pinfall

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