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Mitchell’s NJPW G1 Climax 33 Results & Report! (8/13/23)
The moment of truth!

Historic threepeat? Or a home run to WrestleKingdom?
Kazuchika Okada and Tetsuya Naito are both critical parts of NJPW history, but perhaps never more than here, in the G1 Climax 33 Finals!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Toru Yano & Oskar Leube VS Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa; Kaito & Ryohei win.
- 8 Man Tag: Shota Umino, Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata VS Team Strong Style & Yuto Nakashima; Shota, Wato, Honma & Nagata win.
- 8 Man Tag: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, YOH & Eddie Kingston VS Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe & TenKozy; Tanahashi, Ishii, Yoh & Eddie win.
- 8 Man Tag: Bishamon, Ryusuke Taguchi & Boltin Oleg VS TMDK; TMDK wins.
- 10 Man Tag: El Phantasmo & The Guerrillas of Destiny VS Bullet Club; ELP & The GOD win.
- 8 Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS The United Empire; LIJ wins.
- 8 Man Tag: Just5Guys VS The House of Torture; The House of Torture wins.
- G1 Climax 33 Finals: Kazuchika Okada VS Tetsuya Naito; Naito wins and will have the Right to Challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleKingdom 18.
PLAY BY PLAY
10 Man Tag: El Phantasmo & The Guerrillas of Destiny VS Bullet Club!
These two teams have beef with each other, and they each won yesterday against other teams. But will the Headbanga, Master Heater, Good Bad Guy, Silverback and Young Guerilla finally get some real revenge on David Finlay and his War Dogs? Or will even they see that NJPW needs The Rebel?
The teams sort out and Finlay starts against Tama Tonga. Fans rally, the two step up and talk some trash, and then Finlay pie faces Tama. Tama pie faces back! Then they throw forearms and body shots and fast hands! Tama gets the edge but Finlay claws his face! The ref reprimands, Finlay puts Tama on ropes, and then Finlay whips. Tama reverses and DECKS him! And ELBOWS him! And then scoops, but Finlay slips off to go after the eyes again! Fans boo, Finlay is even BITING Tama! The ref reprimands, Finlay lets off, and he UPPERCUTS! Finlay whips corner to corner but Tama comes back to LARIAT! And OFF COMES THE VEST!
Tama fires off hands on Finlay, then runs corner to corner to STINGER SPLASH! Fans fire up as Finlay flops over! Tama drags Finlay up, he tags in Jado, and they double whip. Tama body shots, Jado knee lifts, and Tama whips Finlay into Jado’s LARIAT! Fans fire up with Jado and he brings Finlay around. But Gabe ambushes him! The War Dogs BLAST Tama and team off the apron and Finlay kicks Jado out of the ring. Finlay hooks Jado’s nose, then HEADBUTTS him! Coughlin stands on Hikuleo to CHOKE him! Gabe brings ELP out to SMACK him off chairs! Fans move aside but Gabe leaves ELP behind.
Kenta stomps Tama and Chase stomps Loa. Finlay even steps all over Loa just to get at Tama. Kenta keeps on Leo, the ref reprimands, and Finlay finally returns to the ring. Coughlin puts Jado in while the fans all boo. Finlay goes back to Jado but Tama CLOBBERS him! Fans fire up but Tama gets mugged 3v1! Coughlin TOSSES Tama out, then Finlay brings Jado up. Finlay bends Jado’s fingers, then tags in Kenta. They mug Jado, and Kenta throws body shots. Jado goes to a neutral corner but Kenta fires body shots! Kenta claws Jado’s face, then headlock punches him down! Fans rally but Kenta stomps away on Jado.
Kenta drags Jado up, and bumps him off boots. Then Kenta tags Coughlin and they mug Jado. Chase pulls on Jado’s ears, and Coughlin CHOPS him! Coughlin cravats Jado to neck wrench then snapmare. Coughlin rains down fists, the ref reprimands, and fans boo! ELP gets in but the ref keeps him back. Coughlin drags Jado up, RAMS him into the corner and he tags in Finlay. Finlay throws hands and HEADBUTTS and UPPERCUTS! Finlay UPPERCUTS Jado to a corner, then runs in to UPPERCUT again! Then RUNNING BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Jado fires up and the fans are with him!
Finlay tags Gabe and Gabe kicks at Jado. Jado snarls, Gabe throws hands, but Jado fires up! Fans fire up with Jado as he marches around. Jado flips Gabe off, so Gabe BITES Jado! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, and Gabe lets off. Gabe flips everyone else off, then runs, but Jado runs him over! Fans fire up as both men crawl, hot tag to ELP! ELP dodges Gabe, BLASTS the War Dogs, then dodges again to springboard CROSSBODY! ELP DIVES onto Coughlin! Then ELP goes up the ropes to SWANTON BOMB, then LIONSAULT!! Cover, Coughlin breaks it! Coughlin CLUBS and stomps ELP, then he and Gabe stand ELP up.
The War Dogs double whip ELP but he slides to a stop, and Leo DOUBLE LARIATS the War Dogs! Leo whips Coughlin to a corner, ELP whips Gabe into Coughlin. Leo then sends ELP in to forearm smash Gabe! ELP then feeds Gabe to Leo for a back drop! Then ELP whips Leo in but Coughlin dodges and runs ELP over! Leo swings, Coughlin gets around, but Leo fights the German Suplex! Leo CHOPS, reels Coughlin in, but Coughlin suplexes!? Leo fights that, and he suplexes Coughlin in return! But Gabe hits Leo low! The War Dogs mug Leo, reel him in, but ELP saves Leo! Leo CHOPS Coughlin, Gabe UPPERCUTS ELP!
Leo CHOPS Gabe, CHOPS Coughlin, and grabs them both! But they fight free of the grips! They DOUBLE LARIAT Leo up and out! But ELP ENZIGURIS Gabe, SUPERKICKS Coughlin, but Gabe LARIATS ELP! Fans fire up as both men crawl! Hot tags to Chase and Loa! Chase dodges, fires off a strike fest, but Loa DECKS him with one shot! Chase comes back, Loa fires off strikes on him! Body blow! Uppercut! Body! Uppercut! Repeat again and again and again in the corner! Loa tops it off with a CHOP! Loa then whips Chase into the corner, clotheslines, and BULLDOGS! Fans fire up as Chase staggers around, and Loa scoops!
But Chase slips free to BACK ELBOW! And BOOT! Loa roars, but Chase blocks the punch to hammerlock and JEWEL HEIST! Finlay BLASTS Tama! Kenta stomps Loa, he and Finlay drag Loa up to RAM him into the corner! They mug Loa, whip him corner to corner, then Chase runs in to forearm smash! Kenta adds a back elbow, and Finlay adds an UPPERCUT! Finlay snapmares Loa so Chase can KNEE Loa down! Cover, Tama breaks it! Finlay attacks Tama and throws him back out, then AX HANDLES him from the apron! Tama hits back, they brawl, and fans rally up as Chase paces around Loa.
Chase drags Loa up to C-TRIGGER point blank! Chase tucks the arms but Loa fights out to kick, knee and ENZIGURI! Chase comes back, Loa ducks the knee to roll him up! TWO, and Chase rushes in to SOBAT! Step over, LA MAGISTROL! LOA COUNTERS IT! The Guerillas win!!
Winners: El Phantasmo & The Guerrillas of Destiny, by pinfall
Chase attacks Loa, the sore loser! Tama goes after Chase and UPPERCUTS him! Loa clotheslines Chase and himself to the floor! Finlay rushes in but Tama avoids the belt shot! SUPERMAN PUNCH! Coughlin tries, Leo BOOTS him! ELP TACKLES and fires off on Gabe! The War Dogs are in retreat! Bullet Club was bragging about having belts just yesterday, but Tama holds up the NEVER Openweight Championship! Will we see the Good Bad Guy fight The Rebel 1v1 one more time with this belt on the line? And at the same time, Leo & ELP have the NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships! Will they look to reign together?
8 Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS The United Empire!
Bushi, Hiromu, Takagi y Yota are going to be cheering Naito later tonight, but they still want to fight their own battles! Will they score big against Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, Henare & Will Ospreay? Or will the ungovernable be conquered by the Empire?
Cobb sees Tanahashi on commentary so he mocks him with the slow opening of the jacket. The teams sort out, fans rally up, and after the LIJ fist bump, the Empire attacks! Cobb TOSSES Hiromu, Ospreay is after old rival Takagi, and Khan throws out Yota so that Henare has Bushi. Takagi throws forearms on Ospreay but Takagi sends him into railing! Henare drags Bushi up to bump off buckles then fire off body shots! Henare HEADBUTTS Bushi and Bushi staggers away. Henare keeps on Bushi with another HEADBUTT! Henare runs, into an ENZIGURI! Bushi dropkicks the legs out then DDTs! Cover, TWO!
Fans rally for Bushi and he tags in Hiromu. They BLAST Ospreay and Khan off the apron while Tsuji & Takagi double whip Henare to DOUBLE SHOULDER him down! Takagi SENTONS, Tsuji SPLASHES, and Hiromu gets a boost from Tsuji, scoop and SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Fans rally behind Hiromu as he CHOPS Henare. Hiromu whips Henare to a corner, runs in, and clotheslines! Henare just glares at Hiromu! Hiromu says sorry, then stomps a foot! Hiromu kicks low, CHOPS, then runs, but into a FLAPJACK, and KICK! Khan & Henare BLAST Takagi & Tsuji, then Khan helps the others stomp LIJ down.
Henare stalks Hiromu, drags him up, and snapmares him for a KICK to the back! And then a SENTON! Cover, TWO! Henare drags Hiromu over and tags Cobb in. Hiromu kicks at Henare, but Cobb stomps Hiromu. Cobb drags Hiromu up to scoop with one arm, and then he gives Hiromu a noogie before the SLAM! Cover, TWO! GACHIMUCHI MOONSAULT! Cover, Takagi breaks it! Khan chases Takagi out and Cobb drags Hiromu up. Tag to Ospreay and fans fire up as Ospreay meets another old rival. Ospreay winds up to CHOP! Hiromu sputters to ropes but Ospreay brings him around for an UPPERCUT!
Ospreay stands on Hiromu while throwing up the crown, but the ref counts. Ospreay lets off at 4, tags in Khan, and Khan drags Hiromu up to bump him off buckles. Fans fire up and Khan sits on his throne! Hiromu flails, the ref counts, and Khan hops down at 4. Khan brings Hiromu out for a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up for Hiromu but Khan wags his finger. Khan pushes Hiromu down, but Hiromu refuses to kiss Khan’s foot! Hiromu fights up and blocks a kick! DRAGON SCREW! Fans rally up while both men are down! Hiromu crawls over, hot tag to Takagi! Fans fire up as Takagi runs Khan over then scoop SLAMS Ospreay!
Henare runs in, gets around, but Takagi blocks the full nelson! Cobb runs in, Takagi BOOTS him and then sends Henare into him! Cobb falls out, Takagi hooks Henare for a spin and BIG suplex! Fans fire up and Takagi steadies himself. Khan runs in, into an ELBOW, JAB and YUKON LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Takagi looks to the camera, and fans fire up as he says IT’S- NO, Khan stops him, and then tries to make him kiss his foot! Takagi’s face tastes laces! Khan then lets off so he can BOOT Takagi down! Tag to Ospreay and fans fire up for the Kawada Kicks, and CHOP! And more Kawada Kicks, but Takagi blocks!
Ospreay ROCKS Takagi first, underhooks, but Takagi wrenches out. Ospreay dodges the lariat but runs into the ELBOW! JAB! YUKON feint for a DDT! Fans fire up with Takagi and he rolls to tag in Tsuji! Fans fire up even more as Tsuji fires off forearms! Tsuji whips, Ospreay reverses but Tsuji ducks ‘n’ dodges and tilt-o-whirls to arm-drag! Then he runs Ospreay over! Fans fire up with Tsuji and he grins. Tsuji waits on Ospreay to rise, then brings him in to suplex. Ospreay fights it, wrenches and CHOPS, but Tsuji just ROCKS Ospreay! Ospreay staggers to a corner, Tsuji runs in, but Ospreay avoids the splash!
Khan runs in and clotheslines! Henare runs in, he and Ospreay CLOTHESLINE ENZIGURI COMBO! Feed to Cobb’s ATHLETIC PLEX! Ospreay covers, TWO! Ospreay suplexes for a FALCON ARROW! Cover, Bushi breaks it! Henare TOSSES Bushi out! Ospreay prepares the elbow! Fans fire up as Ospreay takes aim, HIDDEN- NO, Tsuji ducks, Takagi PUMPING BOMBERS! Khan wrenches Takagi to HITSUJIGOROSHI, and MARINE! Hiromu SUPERKICKS Khan! Cobb catches Hiromu’s rana and pops him up! Hiromu sunset flips but Cobb drags him back up! Hiromu dodges, Cobb ducks Bushi’s enziguri but not the REWIND HEEL!
Hiromu RANAS Cobb right outta the ring! Bushi builds speed to DIVE! Cobb is sent over railing! Henare runs in, Hiromu kicks him, but Henare doesn’t budge! Hiromu ducks ‘n’ dodges but runs into a BERSERKER BOMB! Tsuji runs in, Henare ELBOWS him! Henare runs, into BLUE THUNDER! GENE TRIGGER!! Takagi keeps on Henare with elbows, Tsuji brings Ospreay up. Ospreay ROCKS, ROLLING ELBOWS, but Tsuji SUPERKICKS! Tsuji suplexes, Ospreay slips out but Tsuji elbows him! Tsuji runs, but Ospreay Spanish slips through to underhooks! But Tsuji fights out of the Canadian Rack!
Tsuji suplexes, BRAINBUSTER BOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Ospreay survives and fans are thunderous! Tsuji runs, Ospreay avoids the stomp to KCIK! ELBOW! JUMP KNEE! Springboard and OSCUTTER!! Cover, TWO!! Ospreay is seething but he aims from the corner. HIDDEN- GENE BLAST!!! Fans are thunderous as Tsuji aims from a corner! Ospreay staggers to his feet, into another GENE BLAST!!! Cover, LIJ WINS!!
Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japon, by pinfall
Tsuji just pinned the IWGP United States- Er, no, United Kingdom Champion! The Aerial Assassin has lost to LIJ twice in one weekend! Is he going to lose again should Tsuji come for his title?
Wait, Eddie Kingston goes after Henare! Payback for just yesterday! The Mad King brawls with the Face of Fury all the way tot he back! Will Eddie show Henare just who is NJPW Strong?
8 Man Tag: Just5Guys VS The House of Torture!
The Cold Skull got cheated by the King of Darkness, and it’s time for some payback! Will Sanada, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Douki win big for Just5Guys? Or will Evil, Yujiro Takahashi, Sho & Dick Togo continue to stack the deck?
The teams sort out, the House puts ’em out, then attacks! Dick attacks Douki, Yujiro throws Kanemaru out, Sho CLUBS Taichi and Evil is of course after Sanada. Fans boo as the House takes things outside, and the bell rings as Dick stomps away on Douki in the ring. Fans boo, Dick steps off, and he drags Douki up. Evil CLAWS Sanada’s back while Dick smothers Douki! Cover, TWO! Dick hears the fans rallying for Douki and tells them to shut up! Dick drags Douki up but Douki throws body shots! Dick CLAWS Douki’s eyes! Dick trips Douki, runs, but has to leap over the dropdown. Douki then sidesteps and arm-drags Dick! And again!
Dick keeps going, Douki RAMS him then springboards to BACK ELBOW! Fans rally and Douki bumps Dick off Kanemaru’s boots. Tag, and they whip, trip and basement dropkick, and Douki DOUBLE STOMPS! Kanemaru covers, TWO! Kanemaru stomps Dick, drags him up and CLUBS him on the neck! And again! Kanemaru snapmares and chinlocks but Dick slips free to hammerlock! Dick KNEES the arm, then wrenches it. Dick brings Kanemaru around but Kanemaru switches the hammerlock onto Dick. But Dick switches it back onto Kanemaru, then shifts to a headlock. Dick headlock punches Kanemaru down!
Sho & Evil BLAST J5G and go out after them. Dick claws Kanemaru’s eyes and Evil does the same to Sanada. Fans boo, the ref reprimands, and Dick lets off to stomp away on Kanemaru. Dick sits Kanemaru up to claw the eyes again! The ref counts, Dick lets off, and then he drags Kanemaru up. Dick wrenches an arm, tags in Yujiro, and they mug Kanemaru. Tokyo Pimp knees low, then DECKS Kanemaru! Yujiro drops a leg, covers, TWO! Fans rally up but Yujiro drags Kanemaru up. Yujiro bumps Kanemaru off Sho’s boot, then tags him in. The Murder Machine CLUBS Kanemaru, then knuckle locks to bend the fingers!
Sho wrenches the arm to an ELBOW BREAKER, then he wrenches again. Tag to Evil and he CLUBS the arm. Evil scoops Kanemaru to SLAM him! Cover, TWO! Evil is annoyed but the fans rally up. Evil paces around, stomps Kanemaru, then stomps him some more. Kanemaru sits up to throw body shots! Evil knees low, whips Kanemaru but Kanemaru reverses to DROPKICK! Fans fire up while both men are down! They crawl, Kanemaru reaches out, hot tag to Sanada! Sanada BLASTS the House, but Sho gets in to CLUB him! Sho and Evil mug Sanada then double whip him to a corner.
Sho runs in, Sanada dodges and he dropkicks Evil’s legs! Sanada then DROPKICKS Sho, and then DROPKICKS Evil! Evil bails out, Sanada PLANCHAS! Fans fire up as Sanada slides back in, and then PLANCHAS Dick on the other side! Sanada then slides back in, to PLANCHA Yujiro! Fans fire up for the hattrick and Sanada encourages them to get louder. The fans chant for “SA-NA-DA!” and he likes the volume. Sanada then fetches Evil into the ring, covers, TWO! Sanada keeps cool and the fans rally behind him again. Sanada brings Evil up to fireman’s carry, but Evil claws his eyes! The ref reprimands, but Evil blocks Sanada’s kick!
Evil hands the foot over to the ref, and then mule kicks! Evil rolls, tags in Sho, and Sho storm sup on Sanada. Sho drags Sanada up, wrenches the bad arm, and has Sanada kneel for the kick, kick and SUP- NO, Sanada blocks that kick to trip Sho! Sho fights off Paradise, runs in but Sanada spins him around! MAGIC SCREW! Fans fire up while both men are down and Sanada crawls! Hot tag to Taichi! Taichi gives Sho Kawada Kicks, then runs, but Sho gets around to waistlock. Taichi fights free to PELE! Douki BLASTS Evil & Yujiro, Kanemaru UPPERCUTS Sho in the corner! Feed to Taichi’s SOBATS! Sanada front kicks! Douki ENZIGURIS!
OFF COME THE PANTS! Taichi BUZZSAWS Sho! Cover, Dick breaks it! J5G intercept the House and throw them back out! Fans fire up and Taichi drags Sho up. Taichi Alabama Lifts but Sho fights that to then bend Taichi’s fingers! The ref reprimands, Taichi kicks free! Sho shoves the ref at Taichi but Taichi moves the ref aside. Sho swings, but into a DANGEROUS SAIDO! Fans fire up and Taichi drags Sho back up! SEITEI JUJIHOU!! Sho endures the Holy Emperor’s Tomb, but Dick distracts the ref! Sho taps but it doesn’t count now! Taichi shoves Sho aside and storms up on Dick, but Yujiro SHOVES Taichi into the ref!
Dick gets in after Taichi with the SPOILER CHOKER! Fans boo but Kanemaru WHISKEY MISTS Dick! But Yujiro PIMP CANE SHOTS Kanemaru, then TOSSES him out! Douki has his steel pipe! Fans fire up and Yujiro takes a swing, Douki blocks it! Yujiro is disarmed, but Evil CLUBS Douki down! Fans boo more as Evil grabs Douki’s pipe, and Yujiro CANE SHOTS Douki! Evil PIPE SHOTS Sanada! Fans boo even more as Yujiro drags Taichi up. But Taichi avoids the pipe to DOUBLE AX BOMBER!! And then Taichi takes the pipe and the cane, and he threatens each man! Fans are thunderous, but Sho has his “Murder Tool!”
Taichi turns around, WRENCH SHOT!! Fans boo even more, and Sho drags Taichi up as the ref comes to. Sho tucks the arms, for SHOCK ARROW!! Cover, The House wins!
Winners: The House of Torture, by pinfall
The Murder Machine pins the KOPW Champion! And then stomps away on him! And CHOKES him! Dick goes after Taka Michinoku and sets him up for Sho to DECK! Sho holds up the KOPW belt, and then gets the mic! He tells Taichi that while the KOPW was made into a belt, it still has no name value! Why do you think that is? That’s because you’re too weak as champion! So now, SHO will take this belt and give it meaning! And speaking of belts, Evil holds up THE IWGP World Heavyweight Championship! Evil CLOBBERS Sanada with it! Evil then drags Sanada up, for EVERYTHING IS EVIL!!
Fans boo but consider that Evil challenging Sanada officially for that belt! Wait, they’re handcuffing Sanada to the ropes!? Evil has the mic to say, “I am the rule of law here in NJPW!” The House then makes Abe-san read his announcement! Sanada is not good enough as champion, so he must relinquish the title to Evil! Evil says there you go! Evil vows to become the NEW IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, and truly show us his power! And then Sho CLOBBERS Taichi with the KOPW belt for the hell of it! Will the House of Torture take these prizes by any means necessary?
G1 Climax 33 Finals: Kazuchika Okada VS Tetsuya Naito!
The Rainmaker won the 31st and 32nd G1 Climax tournaments, and is now on history’s doorstep! But the Uncontrollable Charisma is determined to headline WrestleKingdom 18 so he can be immortalized! Only one gets the win, the trophy and the shot at the IWPG World Heavyweight Champion at the Tokyo Dome, but will this one come with a name written down in the annals of history?
The fans are fired up already as Okada puts his robe aside, and then waits on Naito. The fans chant for “NA-I-TO!” as he takes his time with his entrance attire. Okada is patient, and Naito finally puts the pants aside. The bell rings and fans chant for “NA-I-TO!” again. Okada stares Naito down from across the way, but Naito almost ignores Okada as the two circle. The two approach, but Naito backs up, then steps forward, then repeat. Okada is already over that and he just circles with Naito again. They tie up, are in a deadlock, but Okada shifts around to waistlock. Naito powers Okada to a corner, and Red Shoes calls the break.
Naito and Okada slowly let off, and Naito backs away. Fans cheer the sportsmanship, and the two circle again. They feel things out, tie up, and Naito goes for an arm. Okada fights as Naito tries to wrench, and they go around and around. Okada waistlocks again, Naito still wants the arm and he wrenches to a hammerlock. Okada drop toeholds then waistlocks. Naito rolls and headlocks, but Okada keeps his shoulder up. Okada rolls Naito to a cover, ONE! Naito holds on, Okada fights to his feet, and Okada pries at the headlock. Naito clamps on tighter, and even grinds the hold. But Okada fights back up and keeps at the grip!
Naito clamps on even tighter and he grind Okada down to the mat! Fans rally, Okada fights up, and Okada powers Naito to ropes. Red Shoes counts the break, Okada lets off slowly, and he swings on Naito! Naito dodges to fire off haymakers of his own! Naito whips, Okada reverses, Okada hurdles and then Naito leaps over the dropdown. They keep moving and Naito sidesteps to arm-drag! Okada staggers up into a kick and Naito throws him out! Then Naito builds speed, but he fakes Okada out to tranquilo! Fans cheer and Okada feels foolish for falling for it. Fans rally for “NA-I-TO!” while he waits on Okada.
Okada paces at the five minute mark, then slides in. But Naito slides out the side! Naito stretches and paces around, but the ring count starts. Naito says okay, just have Okada move back. Okada steps back to the far side and Naito stands on the apron. Naito steps in and then Okada rushes up! Naito blocks the kick to CLUB the leg, then kick and snapmare Okada into a chinlock! Fans rally as Okada endures the knee digging into his back! Naito pushes the knee in more, then ELBOWS Okada in the head before clamping back onto the chinlock. Okada endures, fights up, and he throws body shots. Naito CLUBS Okada on the back!
Naito runs, but Okada FLAPJACKS him down! Fans fire up and the Okada chants can be heard now. Okada stalks Naito to ropes, drags him up, and CLUBS him on the neck. Okada snapmares Naito by ropes, then runs to basement dropkick! Fans fire up while Naito writhes and scrambles away. Okada follows Naito to the apron, brings him up and reels him in, APRON DDT!! Fans fire up while Okada leaves Naito behind. Naito writhes and Red Shoes checks on him. Okada goes into the ring, but then goes right back out, to whip Naito into railing! Naito falls over in a heap and Okada goes into the ring again.
Okada waits as the ring count starts. Naito writhes, and sits up at 8 of 20. Naito pushes himself up, stands at 14, and hobbles around. Fans rally for Naito and he slides in at 18! Okada brings Naito up, reels him in, and DDTs again! Okada stalks Naito, stands on him, but Red Shoes doesn’t accept that as a cover. Fans boo Okada’s cockiness but Okada steps away. We pass 10 minutes as Okada drags Naito up. Naito throws body shots, but Okada doesn’t budge! Okada eggs Naito on, and Naito stands to throw forearms! But Okada still eggs him on! Naito throws more shots, but Okada UPPERCUTS him!
Okada whips, Naito reverses but Okada ducks ‘n’ dodges, but Naito dodges the elbow to kick and NECKBREAKER! Fans rally up as Naito and Okada rise. Naito drags Okada up to throw forearms and CLUB Okada on the neck. Naito whips, ELBOWS and basement dropkicks! Fans fire up and Naito hurries to whip Okada to a corner. Naito runs in, blocks Okada’s boots and puts him in the ropes, DRAPING NECKBREAKER! And then Naito stands Okada up, turns him, another NECKBREAKER! Fans fire up while Okada writhes. Cover, TWO! Fans continue to chant for “NA-I-TO!” as he drags Okada back up.
Naito ROCKS Okada, turns him, but Okada elbows free of the neckbreaker! Okada runs in, but into BOOTS! Naito goes up, and BOOTS Okada before he can dropkick! Okada runs back in, but into a HIP TOSS BACKBREAKER! Okada writhes all the way to the apron and then the floor. Naito waits on Okada but the ring count starts. Naito rolls out after Okada and drags him up. Naito whips Okada into railing! Okada falls in a heap, but Naito drags him up, to whip him into more railing! Okada falls over again, and Naito opens the gate. Naito CLUBS Okada into No Man’s Land, then closes the gate, to drag Okada up and RAILING NECKBREAKER!!
Fans fire up as Naito leaves Okada behind! Okada clutches his neck, we pass 15 minutes and Red Shoes checks on Okada. Okada is somehow okay to continue, so the ring count returns. Okada is still down at 10 of 20 but the fans rally up. Okada sits up at 12, crawls his way over at 13, but is still crawling at 15! Okada springs up and in at 19! Fans cheer and Naito storms up to turn Okada for another NECKBREAKER, and then he clamps on the LEG SCISSOR NELSON! Okada endures, even as Naito thrashes around! Okada moves around, reaches out, and has the ROPEBREAK! Fans cheer, but Red Shoes has to “help” Naito undo the hold.
Fans rally up again and Naito drags Okada up. But Okada throws forearms! Fans fire up as Naito runs in, into an Alabama Lift! But Naito CLUBS Okada, and he throws a back elbow! Okada goes to a corner, Naito runs in, but into the Alabama Lift! REVERSE NECKBREAKER! Fans fire up while both men are down! Okada and Naito crawl to opposite ends, and Okada drags himself up on the ropes. Naito runs in, Okada dodges to put him up top, and DROPKICK him to the floor! Fans fire up as now Naito is down and out! Okada rests in the ring for a moment before going out and stalking Naito.
Okada brings Naito up, whips, but Naito reverses and Okada hits railing! Okada falls over in a heap, but Naito also drops to his knees. We pass 20 minutes but Naito smiles as he stands back up. Naito walks over to bring Okada up, but Okada scoops! TOMBSTONE to the floor!! Fans fire up as both men are down again! Red Shoes checks both men, and somehow Naito is still in this. Fans rally up behind Naito but Okada scowls as he drags Naito up and into the ring. Fans cheer the sportsmanship and Okada stalks Naito. Okada brings Naito up, but Naito swings! Okada gets around to HIGH ANGLE GERMAN SUPLEX!
Okada holds onto the waistlock, then wristlocks! But Naito throws elbows! Okada spins, DISCUS LARIAT! Fans fire up and Okada drags Naito back up! Ripcord, but Naito ducks, runs, but into the DROPKICK! Okada roars, fans are thunderous, and Okada drags Naito around. But Naito is dead weight! He was like this just yesterday against Ospreay! Fans are thunderously behind Naito, and a standing count begins! Naito grits his teeth and sits up at 6 of 10, but Okada is right there. Okada eggs Naito on, and UPPERCUTS! Naito SPITS at Okada! Okada UPPERCUTS, Naito SPITS! Fans fire up as Okada brings Naito up again.
Okada UPPERCUTS, whips, but Naito reverses to TORNADO DDT!! Fans are thunderous again as both men are down! Naito crawls his way over to Okada, he grabs an arm, and he drags Okada up. And he throws those HEAVY back elbows! Okada falls over, Naito goes to a corner, and Red Shoes checks Okada again. Naito drags Okada up, and throws more HEAVY elbows! Okada falls over again and fans fire back up! But Okada eggs Naito on!? We pass 25 minutes and Okada wants Naito to bring it on! Naito grabs Okada’s arm to then kick him in the face! Naito does what he wants, not what Okada wants.
But then Naito drag Okada up, and does throw more HEAVY back elbows! Okada falls over again and fans fire back up. Naito paces, then he drags Okada up. Naito hoists Okada up top, climbs up after him, and SUPER STEINERS! Fans fire up as Okada clutches his back, and Naito pushes him to a cover. TWO, into PLUMA BLANCA!! Okada endures Naito’s take on the Koji Klutch, just as Ospreay did yesterday! Okada is already turning red, maybe even purple! Red Shoes checks on Okada as he’s fading! Okada gets a second wind to kick around, but Naito rolls him away! Okada still fights as fans rally up!
Okada reaches out with an arm, then with his legs! Okada fights over to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer and Naito lets off relatively quickly this time. Fans rally behind Naito as he stands and goes back for Okada. Naito goes up the corner, reels Okada in, ESPERANZA!! Okada sits up in a daze and Naito aims from the corner. Okada rises as fans fire up, and Naito runs in, into a fireman’s carry! DEATH VALLEY- DDT!! Naito turns things around, then scoops Okada, VALENCIA!! Cover, TWO!?!? Okada survives but Naito doesn’t let off! Naito scoops and SLAMS Okada, then goes up the corner! He tried this yesterday, STARDUST FLOPS!!
Fans fire up, that also happened yesterday! Both men are down but stirring as the fans rally. Naito sits up first, we hit 30 minutes, the longest match all tournament and for good reason! Well, mostly that there’s no time limit, but still. Okada goes to a corner, he glares at Naito as Naito sits up. Naito stands, Okada runs in to SHOTGUN Naito down! Okada then hurries to get an arm, but Naito ducks the lariat! Okada elbows the waistlock apart, but Naito fights the gut wrench! Naito CLUBS Okada, and CLUBS him again, but Okada throws a forearm! Okada whips, Naito leaps but Okada gets around to waistlock!
Okada ripcords, but Naito ducks the lariat to reel Okada in! TORNADO CRADLE! TWO!! Naito ELBOWS Okada, dodges a haymaker, then ENZIGURIS! Naito whips, Okada reverses but Naito FLYING FOREARMS! Both men are down again and fans are thunderous! Naito crawls around to a corner while Okada sits up at center. Naito aims, runs in, but into a DROPKICK! Okada hurries to scoop and LANDSLIDE!! Okada roars and fans are thunderous again! Okada drags Naito up, ripcords, RAIN- DESTIN- NO! Okada blocks to short arm LARIAT! Okada then drags Naito back up, but Naito falls over!
Okada drags Naito up again, but Naito ducks the lariat! Hammerlock, POLVO DE ESTRELLA!! Cover, TWO!!! Okada escapes and scoops but Naito slips out! CORRIENDO SHIKI DESTINO!!! Cover, TWO!!!! Okada survives again and fans are electric! Naito rises, he is determined to finish this! Naito drags Okada up, wrenches, tilt-o-whirl, DESTI- EMERALD FLOWSION!?! Okada fires up, fans are erupting, but Naito ducks the Rainmaker to ripcord, DESTINOOOO!!!! Naito vows this will end it, and he wrenches for another DESTINOOOOOOOO~!!!! Cover, NAITO WINS!!!
Winner: Tetsuya Naito, by pinfall (G1 Climax 33 Champion)
The fans are beyond volcanic! This is practically supernova! Okada wanted to make history so badly, but he has been denied! Will The Rainmaker have to wait until next year to have his fifth G1 tournament win?
As for Naito, after catching his breath, he stands and Red Shoes raises his hand in victory. Fans cheer, and Naito kneels by Okada and Okada sits up while the G1 banner is brought into the ring. LIJ appears ringside, as well, as the official announcement is made. The G1 trophy is officially presented to Naito by the Yamada Infra Technos chairman, Hirofumi Yamada. This will join Naito’s collection as his third ever, and he sets it down so he and Yamada-san can pose for the photo ops. Then Yamada-san even fist bumps with him! Masahiro Chono officially presents the banner, which of course he has won many times himself.
Naito graciously takes the banner from Chono, and Chono joins in on the fist bump! Fans cheer this moment, and the two pose for more photo ops. Then Naito drops the banner?! Abe-san hurries to put that in the stand, and fans cheer as LIJ joins Naito in the ring. Naito takes the mic to say, “BUENAS TARDES, RYOGOKUUU~!” Fans cheer, and Naito says that in the 33rd G1 Climax tournament, just like every year, or maybe even more than any year, this was the hottest Climax ever! Did they all enjoy this Summer? Fans cheer, because they sure did!
Naito says that July 15th, we started in Hokkaido, and then moved all around Japan. It was seen by thousands on TV, online, and live in person. And to the people here in Ryogoku, from the bottom of his heart, Naito thanks you for coming. Fans cheer in thanks back, and Naito says that he hates the word, “Always.” So for him, that is why he doesn’t talk about what could be, but he always talks about the here and now! And so he’ll say this, he IS the center of NJPW! Fans cheer for that! Naito then says to everyone here, he knows they’re ready for it. The only way this G1 Climax can truly finish, are they ready?
The NJPW G1 Climax 33 ends the only way it can, and the fans join in! “Bushi! Hiromu! Takagi! Titan! Yota! Y Naito! Nosotros! LOS! INGOBERRRRRRNABLEEEEEES~! DE! JA! PON!!” The streamers fly and fans cheer as Naito stands by the trophy and banner. The Uncontrollable Charisma has his golden ticket back to the top, and LIJ joins in for a group fist bump. Will Naito make it to WrestleKingdom with the Right to Challenge? Will he hit it out of the park in the Tokyo Dome?
My Thoughts:
An awesome G1 Climax Finals, including the many tag matches leading up to it. I did skim stuff, and I really liked how Boltin Oleg was taking it to ZSJ. Oleg may be a Young Lion but I’d love to see him get a NJPW World TV Championship match. Those are just 15 minutes anyway, so he wouldn’t have to last that long, and he’d probably lose anyway. Great 10 Man from Guerrillas VS War Dogs, and great win for the Guerrillas. The title matches are set up, though I didn’t expect ELP & Hikuleo to be the Openweight Tag Championship challengers. I cannot be sure which way those go, but if it’s anything, Gabe & Coughlin lose but Finlay retains. Gotta keep leadership strong.
Though as I say that, what a wild 8 Man from LIJ VS Empire, with Ospreay taking the pin! He just rebranded the IWGP US Championship as the IWGP UK Championship, and he loses again! Ospreay VS Tsuji is gonna be awesome stuff, but I would hope Ospreay wins just so he gets to actually show he is the IWGP UK Champion. Also great move from Eddie returning the favor to Henare. Then, a great 8 Man from Just5Guys VS The House of Torture. Of course the House cheats to win, and a little surprised it is Sho coming for the KOPW, but I wouldn’t mind seeing what weird stipulations he can invent. And of course Evil wants the world title, that is gonna be good stuff.
And just an all-timer in the main event. I really am surprised Okada lost. But I suppose a threepeat, something no one has done, not even Antonio Inoki did in his ten total wins, would be too much for even Okada to pull off. Great moment here for Naito, though if it’s like any year, he’ll have to defend his Right to Challenge briefcase all the way until December. There will be great matches out of that, but I’m thinking Naito holds onto the briefcase and Sanada holds onto the world title so we can see those two have an instant classic of their own at WrestleKingdom.
My Score: 9.1/10
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Could this be the biggEST and strongEST SmackDown of the year?
SmackDown in Knoxville sees the returns of Bianca Belair, Cody Rhodes and John Cena, along with some final Money in the Bank qualifiers!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match Qualifier Triple Threat: Jade Cargill VS Naomi VS Nia Jax; Naomi wins and advances to Money in the Bank.
- R-Truth VS JC Mateo w/ Solo Sikoa; Mateo wins.
- Rey Fenix & Je’Von Evans VS Los Garza w/ Santos Escobar; Los Garza win.
- Zelina Vega VS Alba Fyre w/ The Green Administration; Zelina wins.
- Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match Qualifier Triple Threat: Carmelo Hayes VS Andrade VS Jacob Fatu; Andrade wins and advances to Money in the Bank.
PLAY BY PLAY
Bianca Belair is here!
Knoxville fires up for their strongEST, fastEST, quickEST, toughEST, roughEST, and greatEST hometown hero as she struts out to the ring. Bianca high-fives and hugs fans along the ramp, as well as mom and dad at ringside. Bianca then grabs a mic to say, “Man, it feels good to be in Knoxville!” The fans cheer and chant for “EST! EST!” Bianca says she loves them so much. And she couldn’t come out here without singing Rocky Top! Y’all ready? The fans cheer, and the music plays! Bianca conducts the fans as they sing for the University of Tennessee. In fact, the Lady Vols softball team is playing in the Super Regionals right now!
Bianca smiles and says this city is so special to her. Not just because it is her hometown, but because it is her safe space. She has her love and support from mom ‘n’ dad, and has all the fans who show up and show out for her. With everything Bianca’s been going through, losing at Mania, getting injured, losing tag titles and friends along the way, she just wanted to come back home to her safe space. The fans cheer, and Bianca says she came home to heal. While she’s not 100%, she is doing everything she can to get back to the ring and continue to show us why she is the EST of Tennessee and of WWE! The fans cheer that!
Bianca says with all that said, Knoxville, welcome to Friday Night SmackDown! But wait, she’s interrupted by Naomi! The fans boo but Naomi says, “Oh my gosh~! Finally! B, I am so glad you finally here on SmackDown!” Bianca says now is not the time, Naomi. Naomi asks Bianca to please hear her out. It has been way too long. Not a day has gone by when Naomi doesn’t think about what happened to them. What is there to talk about? What could Naomi say? What could she want from Bianca? The fans chant “YOU SUCK!” at Naomi, and Naomi says she just wants forgiveness. She is begging for it!
Naomi knows things go toff the rails, but she is here because she wants to fix it, she is trying to fix it, but she alone can’t fix it. Months have gone by, and Naomi has tried to communicate, to say the past can be the past and that they can move forward. Bianca has not responded back to Naomi once. Naomi even visited Bianca’s parent’s house! But no one would answer! WHAT?! Mom ‘n’ Dad don’t know about that, but Naomi says no one was home, so she let herself in! Naomi looked through the photo albums, the one right on the front coffee table. And in those photos, Bianca looked so happy. It reminded Naomi of how they were as tag team champions.
Bianca stops Naomi there. Naomi, Bianca will make this perfectly clear. They were best friends, but Naomi betrayed Bianca’s trust. Naomi took their friend, Jade, and threw her onto a car, then lied about it for months! Bianca said she was done with Naomi, she meant that, and if Naomi ever comes near her family again, what Naomi did to Jade will be nothing compared to what Bianca does to Naomi. The fans fire up for that! Naomi gets emotional, but then she gets mad. “Y’know, Bianca, it wouldn’t be good for you and your mama to be in a wheelchair.” The fans boo as Naomi laughs maniacally. Naomi says she’d hate if something happened to Bianca here and now!
Naomi storms up on Bianca, but then JADE makes her way out here! Naomi is even angrier now, but this Storm starts throwing hands! The fans fire up as Jade BOOTS Naomi down! Bianca and Jade look to each other, neither really saying or doing anything. Naomi runs up but Jade TOSSES her out! Jade and Bianca look to each other again, but then here comes NIA! The Irresistible Force won’t be left out of this, especially when this is the Women’s Triple Threat Qualifier for the night! This match now opens the night, who earns SmackDown’s final golden ticket to the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match?
Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match Qualifier Triple Threat: Jade Cargill VS Naomi VS Nia Jax!
SmackDown returns, this match is already going, and Naomi POSTS Nia! Naomi stalks Jade, rains down forearms, and the fans boo. Naomi stomps to BITE Jade’s hand! Jade still fights back, so Naomi has the arms to STOMP Jade down! Naomi flexes, the fans boo, and Naomi puts Jade in a corer. Naomi runs to DROPKICK Jade in the corner! Naomi SLAPS Jade, drags her into the drop zone, then goes up, up, and twerks! HIP DROP! Naomi covers, ROPEBREAK! Naomi is annoyed but she sits Jade up to stomp a mudhole in. But Nia runs up! Naomi dodges, the HIP ATTACK hits Jade! Naomi goes to the apron to ROUNDHOUES Nia!
Naomi reels Nia in for a HEATSEEKER! Nia flops to the floor, the fans rally for Jade, but Naomi kicks her around. Naomi goes up the corner, leaps, but Jade catches her! Jade FALL AWAY SLAMS Naomi, then kips up! Knoxville fires up with Jade and she runs up to LARIAT! And ELBOW! And SCRAPBUSTER! Cover, Nia breaks it! The fans boo but Nai huffs ‘n’ puffs and drags Naomi up. Nia whips Naomi, pops her up and HEADBUTTS her down! Then she SAMOAN DROPS Naomi! Nia soaks up heat, then lines the two up. Naomi grabs at Nia’s leg but Nia CLUBS her down! Nia stomps Jade for good measure, then drops a leg, brother!
Nia TOSSES Jade out, then goes up the corner. Nia SUPER LEG DROPS on Naomi!! Cover, TWO!!! Naomi survives and Nia is shocked! The fans rally while Nia stalks Naomi. Naomi clings to ropes as Nia pulls at her arm. Nia CLUBS Naomi, whips her to ropes, then SAMOAN DROP- NO, Naomi makes it a CRUCIFIX DRIVER! Ghost pin, TWO!! Nia survives the sudden turnaround, Naomi sees Jade crawling in, and Naomi goes after her as SmackDown goes picture in picture.
Naomi KICKS Nia while she’s down, then kicks her more. Naomi puts Nia in a corner, CHOKES her on the ropes, then clamps on with a SLEEPER! Nia THROWS Naomi away, then TOSSES her out. Nia soaks up heat, but Jade runs in and rolls Nia up! TWO! Nia stands, and she HEADBUTTS Jade down! Nia looms over Jade, drags her up, but Jade fires forearms! Jade backs Nia down, then runs, and she CLOBBERS Nia outta the ring! Jade fires up and has the fans with her. Jade drags Naomi up from the apron but Naomi fires hands. Nia is back to HIP ATTACK Jade against the POST! Nia soaks up more heat, then taunts Naomi.
Naomi stands on the apron, argues with Nia, but they apparently agree to mug Jade for both their benefit. They put Jade in the corner, Naomi digs her boot in, and then Nia sends Naomi in for a SPALSH! Nia adds a SPLASH of her own! Naomi snapmares Jade, runs, and SLIDING LARIATS! Jade sputters and Nia taunts her. Nia and Naomi soak up the heat together, but Jade fights back! Nia HEADBUTTS Jade down! Nia drags Jade up, and Naomi KICKS Jade low! They soak up more heat, talk trash on Jade, and SmackDown returns to single picture. Nia scoops and SIDEWALK SLAMS! Naomi runs to SPLIT LEG DROP! Cover, but Nia drags Naomi away!
Nia and Naomi argue again, and then Naomi rolls Nia up! ONE, and Nia grabs Naomi to shove her to a corner! Nia SPLASHES, then pushes Naomi down. Nia runs to SENTON! Nia grins while Naomi sputters and the fans rally up. Jade rises to fire forearms on Nia! Then she ELBOWS Naomi in a corner! She ELBOWS Nia, but then Nia follows Jade! Jade dodges so Nia SPLASHES Naomi! Jade then SUPERKICKS! Nia wobbles, Jade SUPERKICKS again! And SPINEBUSTERS! But Naomi METEORAS! Cover, TWO! Jade survives and the fans rally up. Naomi goes up, SPLIT- LEG MOONSAULT on Nia! But Jade has Naomi in the chicken wings!
Jade brings Naomi around, JADED!! Cover, Nia CLOBBERS them both! The fans rally while all three women are down! Nia climbs a corner, Jade is after her with forearms! Naomi joins in, drags Jade back, but now they trade shots! Nia DOUBLE CROSSBODIES! Cover on Jade, TWO! Cover on Naomi, TWO! Nia grows frustrated but the fans rally up again. Nia drag Naomi up, fireman’s carries, and she climbs the corner! The fans already anticipate what’s coming, SUPER SAMOAN DROP!! Cover, JADE FROG SPLASHES IN!! Cover, TWO!!! The fans fire up while all three women are down again! “This is Awesome!”
Jade rises, she clamps onto Nia, but Nia HEADBUTTs her! And HEADBUTTS Naomi! Jade BOOTS Nia down! Cover, TWO! Jade runs up on Naomi but Naomi BOOTS her! Naoim goes up top but Jade is right on her! They fight for control, but then Nia joins in! TOWER OF DOOM!! Nia double stacks her opponents, for a A-NIA-LATOR!! Naomi avoids it, Jade takes it all! Naomi ghost pins Nia, AND WINS!!
Winner: Naomi, by pinfall (advances to Money in the Bank)
Nia did a lot of the damage, but it is Naomi who wins out! Will everyone in the Women’s MITB Ladder Match now have to #ProceedWithCaution?
Solo Sikoa’s crew arrives.
Solo says they will win Money in the Bank together! Jacob Fatu, Solo Sikoa, whichever one wins MITB wins it fof the family! But then they hear R-Truth talking to… Lil’ Jimmy? Solo says Truth’s childhood hero beats him, and now he’s talking to ghosts. Truth taps Solo on the shoulder and asks if there’s something Solo wants to say. Solo says Truth is crazy touching him. JC Mateo steps up but Solo has him stand down. Truth says he wants to be honest. He’s never seen JC a day before in his life. Is this Solo’s son? He’s husky! Truth asks if he can teach Solo’s husky son a lesson in the ring. Solo says that sounds good to him.
Truth says he’ll go talk to Nick Aldis. “Boy, y’all big boneded!” Truth heads off, and Solo says don’t worry, they’ll take care of him. Let’s have fun. Fatu says keep it 100. They can have their fun, he’s got his own business to take care of. Yadada mean? The Imperial Unit against Truth, Samoan Werewolf in a qualifier, will everything go the family’s way?
Chelsea Green confronts Nick Aldis.
The Hot Mess hides behind a cardboard cutout of herself as she tells the SmackDown General Manager, “What happened on Saturday night was a deliberate-” Piper Niven has to direct Chelsea to point at Aldis, and Aldis says he can’t quite understand her from behind the cardboard mask. Piper holds the mask between Chelsea and camera, though we do get a glimpse of her fancy headgear. Chelsea repeats herself, but Aldis says she needs to be looking at him when they talk. Chelsea hides her face in shame, but she says it is still a deliberate hitjob put on by vicious Zelina Vega! Even her Secret Her-vice could not stop it!
Chelsea demands that Zelina be suspended, stripped of her title, and that Chelsea be reinstated as the champion! Chelsea, no need to be so ugly about this. Gasp! Aldis says what he means is, no suspensions, and we can talk a rematch down the road once Chelsea is medically cleared. Then he is doing nothing for what Zelina did to Chelsea?! Alba says if he won’t, then they will! Yeah, Zelina VS Alba! Tonight! Alba is a bit surprised, but Aldis says, “Chelsea knows best. Alba VS Zelina, I actually like the sound of that. I will make that official right now, if you do one thing for me. Please leave me alone.”
The Green Administration hurries away, but will Alba make sure Chelsea brand justice is served? Or will La Muneca just keep racking up the wins?
Backstage interview with Tiffany Stratton.
Byron Saxton is with the WWE Women’s Champion, and says that MITB is around the corner. Tiff successfully cashed in her own contract to become champion, but how is she handling the pressure of knowing the same thing could happen to her? Tiff says she can’t wait to see who wins MITB. Then she can handle the pressure by being prepared. Having this title makes her the top threat to the division, but let’s be fair. She’s always been the girl everyone has been obsessed with. So whoever wins, targeting her will be a big mistake. But then in steps Naomi.
Naomi says if Tiff thought Nia was a problem, then she ain’t seen nothing yet. Naomi vows to win MITB and cash in for Tiff’s title, wherever and whenever she wants. And in case Lil’ Miss Tiffy forgot, when Naomi was fighting for a championship, Tiff stayed in Naomi’s way. Wanna know what happens when people play with Naomi? Just ask Jade. Naomi heads out, and Alexa Bliss steps in. Alexa says she wouldn’t be so worried about Naomi. Be worried about Alexa. Alexa heads out now, Tiff clutches to the title a little bit tighter, who will be trying to run the clock out on Tiffy Time?
R-Truth VS JC Mateo w/ Solo Sikoa!
To Solo’s point, #RonCena could not make John Cena see the light at Saturday Night’s Main Event, and Truth might be relapsing if he’s talking to Lil’ Jimmy again. But will Truth relapse so far that we get the R-Truth that was once United States Champion? Or will a Tour of the Islands send Truth off the deep end?
SmackDown returns and JC makes his entrance, Solo backing him up. The bell rings and Truth runs up, only for JC to RAM him into a corner! JC RAMS Truth again and again, then lets off. JC whips corner to corner hard and Truth falls in a heap! JC whips corner to corner again just as hard, and Truth falls in a heap again. Solo talks trash but the fans rally behind Truth. JC runs up but Truth dodges! Truth SHOULDER TACKLES! JC stays up, so Truth runs and SHOULDER TACKLES! “What’s Up?” Truth runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and SHOULDER TACKLES! Then he hits the SPIN OUT- CROSSBODY! JC then gets up to GACHIMUCHI MOONSAULT!
JC smirks as he looms over Truth, and Solo says to finish this off now. JC runs to SENTON but Truth moves! Truth calls for it! “YOU CAN’T SEE ME!” FIVE KNUCKLE SHUFFLE! Truth fireman’s carries JC, but JC is too much! Truth falls over again! Solo laughs, JC whips, TOUR OF THE ISLANDS!! Cover, JC wins!
Winner: JC Mateo, by pinfall
Truth tried to be like John Cena of old, but it just wasn’t meant to be. JC beats up on Truth more, then stands him up for Solo! But here comes BIG Jim! Jimmy has a chair, he runs JC off, but Solo stands his ground. Solo says his brother wouldn’t hit him with that chair, would he? Jimmy steps to Solo so Solo steps out, but that lets JC CLOBBER Jimmy! But then Solo has JC stand down! They’re family! Solo and JC leave, leaving Jimmy wondering what this is about. Will Jimmy make it clear to Solo that Jimmy’s not the one who has to come to his senses?
The Street Profits are here!
The WWE Tag Team Champions walk through the smoke to be on stage and the fans cheer. Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford hold up the titles, walk to the ring, then step inside. The fans cheer as they hold up the belts again, then the Profits grab the mics. Ford says, “Knoxville, Tennessee, oh I love everything about you, and what I have, too. But lemme rap to y’all real fast. This tag team division that we’re a part of, the greatest tag team division on any brand, any promotion… It’s on fire right now.” Dawkins says, “Talk to ’em.” Ford says, “But just like how the gorilla fears us, make no mistake about it, let’s not forget who’s leading the charge right now: The Street Profits.”
The fans cheer, and Dawkins says hey, they got all the teams coming at ’em! DIY, Motor City Machine Guns, Fraxiom, and now… The Wyatts?! The fans cheer that, and Ford says that’s sick. But what big bro is saying, it don’t matter who it is, the Profits will defend against anybody. Well hold on, here comes Fraxiom! Nathan Frazer & Axiom go to the ring to stand with the Profits, and they have mics. Frazer says alright, since the Profits are talking about defending the titles, well, Frazer & Axiom didn’t exactly get a fair shake. Ford says, “Fraxiom, is it?” He congratulates them for being on a roll, but up until the Wyatt Sick6 got in the Profits’ business…
Yeah, the Profits had them beat. Wow, oh, okay. Sure, maybe… But maybe not. Thanks to the Wyatts, we’ll never know. And now that those shenanigans are behind us, it is fair to say that Fraxiom and the Profits need to run it back! The fans like the sound of that! But wait, here come the Machine Guns! Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin have mics, and Shelley says okay, hold on, sorry to interrupt. Fraxiom’s entire basis for a rematch is that the Profits never beat them. Well, last time Shelley checked, the Profits never beat MCMG! So if they’re handing out title matches, MCMG will take one. But naturally, here comes DIY!
Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, and Candice LeRae have their own mics, and the Poison Pixie says no no no no. She is pretty sure “you losers” have had a million chances, and “the nerds” just got here. Whoa, hold on? Just got here? Sounds like Candice just got back, so she should do us a favor and shut up. Gargano says you shut up, idiot! The reason DIY brought in Gargano’s beautiful wife is to even the odds against all of what this is! Everyone can see there is a conspiracy in the tag team division to hold down the BTTITW! And now with the Wyatts showing up- Ciampa has Gargano ixnay on the amily-fay.
Do not talk about you know who, scratch that, let’s get to business. All these teams have all KILLED the tag division that DIY built! Matter of fact, let us hold a moment of silence for the death of the SmackDown Tag Division. Everyone, stand up, bow your heads, and give a moment of silence… now. OH NO! The lights go out! All the teams panic, because when the lights turn on, UNCLE HOWDY is on the corner! Howdy laughs, because the rest of the Wyatts flank the ring! Erick Rowan drags MCMG out to DOUBLE LARIAT! Dexter Lumis is up top to CANNONBALL onto the Profits and Gargano! Joe Gacy is in, and he handsprings to bring Fraxiom to the UPSIDE-DOWN!!
Lumis then runs, POWERBOMB SENTON COMBO on Axiom! Ciampa freaks out, turns around, and Nikki Cross is there! CROSSBODY onto Candice! The fans fire up, and Howdy has Frazer for SISTER ABIGAIL! “We’re here!!” It is just as the Profits said, and now it is clear. Will some killer combination of the Wyatts go right after the gold?
Rey Fenix & Je’Von Evans VS Los Garza w/ Santos Escobar!
Worlds Collide is just over a week away, and all four of these men will be involved. The Immortal Firebird and the Young OG are going after the NXT North American Championship in a Fatal 4 Way while Legado Del Fantasma will be taking on AAA’s Pagano, Psycho Clown y El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. Who will be heading for Los Angeles with all the momentum behind them?
Speaking of that North American Championship, the champion is here! Ethan Page joins commentary and says what a year for him, to be honest. Wade says that title has never looked better than on Ethan’s shoulder. Fenix makes his entrance now, followed by Je’Von’s. The teams sort out and Fenix starts against Angel. Angel and Fenix circle, the fans rally up, and the two tie up. Angel fires a forearm, Fenix fires back, repeat! Fenix gets the edge but Angel shoves then drops down. Fenix cartwheels over the dropdown, then comes back, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and RANAS! Angel tumbles, the fans fire up, and Fenix somersaults, but into a fireman’s carry!
Fenix slips free, ripcords to ROUNDHOUSE, but Angel HEADBUTTS! Both men stagger back, tags to Berto and Je’Von! Je’Von dodges and springboards to BOUNCY~ roll-up! TWO, and Berto mule kicks! Berto CLUBS Je’Von, whips, but Je’Von reverses and slips around. Berto bucks the O’Conner, springboards and CROSSBODIES! Cover, TWO! Berto drags Je’Von up, but Je’Von kicks! Berto blocks, but the ENZIGIRI hits! Je’Von runs up, and BOUNCY~ RANAS! The fans fire up and Je’Von DROPKICKS! Berto bails out, Angel runs in, but Je’Von goes Matrix to dodge! Je’Von kips up, and STUNNERS! Angel flops back and the fans fire up!
Los Garza regroups, Je’Von tags Fenix, and they build speed, but have to dodge Angel first. Fenix SOBATS, Je’Von KICKS, and both men ENZIGIRI! Berto is up top, he leaps, but into DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Cover, TWO! Fenix runs to basement CALF KICK! Cover, TWO! Berto stays in this for Los Garza while SmackDown goes picture in picture.
Fenix drags Berto up to RAM him into the corner. Tag to Je’Von and they mug Berto. Berto fires hands back on Je’Von, but Je’Von headlocks. Berto powers up and out and Angel tags in. Berto drop toeholds Je’Von into Angel’s KNEE at the ropes! Angel TEARS OFF HIS PANTS! Angel drapes those over Je’Von before he KICKS Je’Von in the side! Angel stalks Je’Von to the corner, tags Berto, and they shove Je’Von for a double hip toss, TU LO SABE! Then DOUBLE SUPERKICK! Berto covers, TWO! Berto argues the count but the ref defends it. Berto shoves Je’Von to ELBOW him down! Berto then DUMPS Je’Von down to be under the ropes.
Tag to Angel and Berto sits Je’Von up on the apron. Angel runs to KNEE Je’Von down! Santos joins in with Los Garza as they soak up the heat, and Angel drags Je’Von back in. Angel stands Je’Von up, hoists him to the top rope, then climbs up behind him. Angel CLUBS away on Je’Von, mocks the clapping, and he THROWS Je’Von down. Angel KICKS Je’Von in the arm and Je’Von clutches his hand. Angel drags Je’Von to the ropes, CHOKES him, and the ref reprimands. The ref counts, Angel steps off at 4, and Berto BOOTS Je’Von down. ANgel clamps onto Je’Von with an armlock and chinbar but Je’Von reaches for Fenix.
Angel keeps hold of Je’Von but Je’Von fires hands! SmackDown returns to single picture as Je’Von dodges the lariat, leaps, but Angel catches him! Angel puts Je’Von in a corner and through ropes. Angel pulls an arm and leg against the ropes, but stops as the ref counts. Angel runs to KNEE Je’Von in the ribs! Je’Von slumps to the apron, and Angel sucker punches Fenix! Angel goes back for Je’Von but Je’Von fires body shots! Angel blocks a kick, slips around and Gory Especials! Angel walks over, tags Berto, and Berto slingshots, GARZA ESPECIAL! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up for Je’Von but Berto clamps onto him with a chinlock.
Je’Von endures, even as Berto traps an arm. Je’Von fights up, pries the hold open, and he arm-drags Berto! Je’Von leaps but Berto grabs a leg! Ethan laughs from commentary, but Je’Von kicks free to SUPERKICK! Both men are down, Je’Von and Berto crawl, hot tags to Angel and Fenix! The fans fire up as Fenix rallies on Angel with forearms! Fenix then dodges a shot to springboard and FLYING ARM-DRAG, to a DOUBLE STOMP! Fenix fires off KICKS on Berto, then fires up with Knoxville! Fenix uses Berto to jump up and RANA Angel! Fenix then goes corner to corner to JUMP SOBAT! Fenix fires hands, shoves Angel aside, then goes up.
Fenix springboards to QUEBRADA! Cover, Berto breaks it! Berto whips Fenix, Fenix goes Spider-Man, and Je’Von tags in! Fenix says HASTA LA VISTA, BABY! Angel is up, he pops Fenix up to KICK him! But Je’Von springboards to FLYING LARIAT! The fans fire up, Berto springboards to FLYING CHUCK! All four men are down and the fans fire up again! “This is Awesome!” as Angel and Je’Von crawl. Angel CHOPS Je’Von, Je’Von CHOPS back, and the fans “WOO~!” Angel CHOPS again, so Je’Von CHOPS again! Angel fires a forearm, Je’Von fires back, and they go around with forearm after forearm! The fans fire up, Angel CHOPS, a
nd Je’Von SUPER PUNCHES!
Je’Von runs, BOUNCY- NO, Angel makes it a SIT OUT POWERBOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Ethan is surprised and the fans rally up. Angel hoists Je’Von up top, tags Berto in, and they hoist Je’Von up even higher! But Fenix SHORYUKENS Angel down! Je’Von fires hands on Berto and SHOVES him down! Fenix climbs up to join Je’Von now, and ADIOS AMIGO DOUBLE STOMPS for Angel! Je’Von adjusts, to SUPER DUPER SWANTON onto Los Garza! Ethan says don’t get closer, keep this in the ring! He taunts both his challengers, Fenix and Je’Von stand down to put Los Garza in the ring. The fans rally up, but then Ethan CLOBBERS Fenix & Je’Von!
Ethan TOSSES Fenix over the desk! But Je’Von SUPERKICKS Ethan down! The fans fire up, Je’Von hurries in, and he dodges Angel! But Berto rolls Je’Von up, TWO!! Je’Von dodges Berto, rebound and RED DOT!! Berto is down, Angel gets up, but Je’Von DECKS him! Je’Von goes up, up, but Santos distracts the ref! Ethan SHOVES Je’Von down! The fans boo but Berto tags Angel! Los Garza hoists Je’Von up for M T Y!! Cover, Los Garza win!
Winners: Los Garza, by pinfall
All Ego grins as he screws over two of his three challengers, and now Legado is rolling towards Worlds Collide. But will these rudos get everything they deserve in LA?
The Wyatts speak.
“We won’t stop. Not until we get what’s owed.” A simple yet ominous threat, are the tag titles only the beginning?
Zelina Vega VS Alba Fyre w/ The Green Administration!
La Muneca held onto the WWE Women’s US Championship by smacking The Hot Mess in the face with a foot, and obviously Chelsea is not happy with it. But will Alba get payback on behalf of her fearless leader? Or will things only get uglier for the Green Regime?
The bell rings and Piper distracts Zelina so Alba can CLOBBER her! Alba fires off hands, then bumps Zelina off buckles. Alba bumps Zelina off more buckles, then more buckles! And then the fourth corner! Chelsea says Zelina should’ve never messed with her! Alba fireman’s carries but Zelina fights free. Zelina KICKS Alba, KICKS again, then KICKS, but Alba CLUBS Zelina. Alba whips, scoops, and- NO, Zelina swings through to RANA! Cover, ONE! Zelina headlocks but Alba fights up and lifts Zelina. Zelina holds on but Alba powers up and out to RUN Zelina over! The fans boo but Chelsea cheers as Alba stalks Zelina.
Alba ROCKS Zelina, whips her to ropes, but Zelina wheelbarrows and arm-drags! Zelina then runs up on Alba in the corner and rains down fists! Alba shoves Zelina away at three, but Zelina comes right back to rain down more shots! Alba stops Zelina at four now, but Zelina wants another go! Alba stops Zelina at four again, and RAMS her into the corner! The fans boo but Alba grins. Zelina BOOTS Alba, goes up, and FLYING RANAS! Alba tumbles out, Piper helps her up, and Zelina goes to the apron. Alba trips Zelina up, spins and ROCKS Zelina, then gets her up. Gory Especial, but Zelina flips through to arm-drag Alba onto ropes!
The fans fire up as Zelina dials up, but Chelsea is on the apron! The ref argues with Chelsea while Zelina redials, but Piper trips her up! The fans boo but Alba SUPERKICKS Zelina! Alba salutes to Chelsea, and SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Alba stands on Zelina’s hair while pulling Zelina’s arms! The ref reprimands, Alba steps off, and she drags Zelina up to suplex for the GOURD BUSTER! Cover, TWO! Zelina stays in this and Chelsea argues with the ref. The ref says the count is fair, so Alba clamps onto Zelina with a COBRA CLUTCH! Zelina endures, the fans rally, and Zelina fights up. Zelina fires body shots, Alba ripcords and wrenches to SUPERKICK! Zelina rebounds to SHINING WIZARD! Both women fall and the fans fire up! Piper coaches Zelina, the fans rally up, and both women rise up. Alba is on Zelina and brings her to a corner, but Zelina buckle bumps Alba first!
The fans rally as Alba stalks Zelina, but Zelina bumps her off buckles again! Alba tries again, but Zelina ELBOWS Alba away. Then BOOTS her away! Zelina fires forearms on Alba, backs her down, then whips. Alba reverses but Zelina dodges to LARIAT! The fans fire up as Zelina LARIATS again! Zelina blocks a kick, ELBOWS Alba, but Alba blocks the saido. But Zelina keeps Alba from running, SNAP SAIDO! The fans rally for Zelina as she runs corner to corner, METEORA! Zelina pushes Alba out and goes up top! The fans cheer for some Latina Heat, and METEORA! Cover, TWO! Alba survives and Chelsea is relieved.
Zelina grows frustrated, but she goes back for Alba. Zelina reels Alba in, suplexes, but Alba blocks! Alba knees low, suplexes, but Zelina hits STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Alba is down, Zelina goes up, MOONSAULT FLOPS! Alba goes up now, and she SWANTON BOMBS! Cover, TWO!?! Zelina survives and shocks Alba! Chelsea is upset again but Alba hurries to bring Zelina up. Alba KICKS Zelina out, and now Chelsea takes off her face mask?! She tells Piper to stand Zelina up! Piper does as told, and Chelsea takes a swing, but Zelina ducks! The face mask SMACKS Piper!! Chelsea is shocked, then furious, and then she chases after Zelina!
Zelina slips into the ring, Chelsea gets on the apron, but Zelina sends Alba at her! They almost collide, and then Zelina rolls Alba up! Zelina hops on, CODE RED!! Cover, Zelina wins!!
Winner: Zelina Vega, by pinfall
Chelsea tried so hard to screw Zelina over that she just screwed up her own team! Zelina survives again, will no one take down the Vega Administration?
The Miz pep talks Carmelo Hayes.
Melo looks good, and he just has to follow the plan. If Melo follows that plan, with no mistakes, they will win. Melo says he knows what he’s doing. Miz asks if he really does. Because Miz has taken Black Mass after Black Mass, sacrificing himself for Melo. Does Melo understand? Miz gave up this chance at MITB for Melo! Miz has already done it twice! If Melo wins this match tonight, Miz will guide Melo to make sure “we are Mr. MITB.” Wait, we? Miz says, “Who do you think got you in this position?” Melo says Melo did. Melo appreciates everything Miz has done for him, from sacrificing to taking hits for him, and helping him win the Andre the Giant Battle Royal.
But nobody told Miz to do that. Melo will run the play exactly as Miz designed it, but what brought Melo to the dance is Melo’s talent. Melo goes out there and does it better than anybody else. Melo puts up 40 points on a bad day, because he is H1M. And Miz just needs to let Melo be H1M. They good? Miz nods, and Melo says okay, let’s do the thing. They are Melo Don’t Miz and they are Awes-H1M. Miz still nods, but he doesn’t seem genuinely happy. Will Miz let Melo be Melo? Even if that means letting H1M fail?
Giulia speaks.
“Throughout my entire career, even back when I started in Japan, I had one goal… It’s not to be ‘the best.’ Everyone says that. It’s hollow and empty. My goal is to be indisputable. You can love me or hate me, admiration or disgust, it means nothing. But I’m impossible to deny. My opponent doesn’t matter, because I only view them as an opportunity to build my legacy. Evidence you cannot refute. SmackDown, you will see. I will hit harder, move faster, think sharper, and conquer everything, just like I’ve always done. The question isn’t, ‘Who’s going to let me?” It’s, ‘Who’s going to stop me?'” She adds in Japanese, “If you can stop it, stop it.”
Will SmackDown and all of the WWE soon succumb to The Beautiful Madness?
Zelina returns backstage.
She refreshes for a second, but Giulia is there! And Giulia says she sees Zelina, but she also sees that title more. Zelina scoffs and leaves. Could Giulia be aiming for everything once she becomes Ms. Money in the Bank?
Damian Priest is here!
Knoxville cheers as The Archer of Infamy heads to the ring, victorious from Saturday Night’s Main Event and that brutal Steel Cage match. Priest grabs a mic to tell Tennessee, “Ever since I beat Drew on Saturday, it’s like I’m breathing in fresh air. Y’know, there was a time when I lived on the street, if we were beefing with another street, that war could go for years. But in WWE, you have a beef with somebody, you have a match and it’s over. But with Drew and I, we went well over a year, and that’s not normal. But we took that beef into a cage. Now, I can feel it, you can se it on my face, we went to war.
“At the end of this war, at Saturday Night’s Main Event, I gave him a Con-Chair-To, I walked out the door, and I put his ass in the past.” The fans cheer that. Priest says now he knows Drew is somewhere recovering from his scrambled brains, but he knows Drew is watching, so this is for Drew. “I still can’t stand yo ass. But the Drew McIntyre that stepped in that cage wasn’t the guy that hides behind his phone on social media. That was the old Drew, the warrior, and I appreciate that.” The fans applaud, and Priest says he won’t ask what is next for himself, he’ll just tell us all. And it is the same thing he wanted when he came to SmackDown: Championships!
The fans cheer, and Priest says this war with Drew cost him an opportunity at being in MITB. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have his eyes on a certain champion. Somebody who he has unfinished business with, and a champion he considers the most badass. The fans know that means Fatu, and he knows they know! Priest calls out Jacob Fatu! Priest respects Fatu. Priest knows where Fatu came from, what Fatu had to live through, how it feels to stand in this ring as a champion. Real talk, Priest is proud of Fatu, he congratulates Fatu, that’s real. But what Priest doesn’t respect is the crew that follows him around.
Wait, check that. What Priest doesn’t respect is the crew Fatu follows around. Priest knows at some point, they will get in this ring, handle business, but that’s for them. As for Fatu’s so-called family, if they wanna get involved, they can catch a fresh one, too. Priest won’t make it just a nickname or moniker, he wants this to be fact! Priest is and forever will be EL CAMPEON! The fans cheer that! But will the Archer soon take aim at the Samoan Werewolf? Well, speaking of, Fatu makes his way out here for tonight’s other Triple Threat Qualifier! Fatu nods to Priest, but if Fatu wins his way into the ladder match, will this showdown have to wait a little longer?
Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match Qualifier Triple Threat: Carmelo Hayes VS Andrade VS Jacob Fatu!
SmackDown returns and El Idolo makes his entrance, followed by H1M. The bell rings and Miz distracts Fatu and Melo attacks! Fatu ELBOWS Melo away, Andrade is on Melo with forearms, and then Fatu adds a LARIAT! Fatu looms mover Melo but then turns to stare down Andrade. The fans rally as these two step up. Andrade fires forearms but Fatu SHOVES him to a corner. Fatu runs up, Andrade dodges then whips. Fatu reverses, Andrade goes up and out to then ROCK Fatu! Andrade goes up, up, and CROSSBODIES! Cover, ONE! Melo CLUBS Andrade, TOSSES him out, and then CLUBS away on Fatu!
Miz says that’s the way! Melo HAMMERS and CHOPS, then whips, but Fatu blocks! Fatu whips Melo, Melo springboards, but into an UPPERCUT! The fans fire up and Fatu sees Melo go outside. Fatu builds speed, but Miz trips him up! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Fatu drags Miz into the ring! Melo goes to roll Fatu up but Fatu stays up! Fatu YANKS Melo up, scoops, but Melo slips free! Melo SUPERKICKS and Miz DUMPS Fatu out! The fans boo but Melo builds speed, only for Andrade to LARIAT! The fans cheer, and now Miz sees he is in trouble. Fatu snarls, but Andrade DIVES, into a HAYMAKER!
Fatu then SUPERKICKS Miz! Fatu THROWS Miz into barriers! The fans fire up and Fatu grins. Fatu runs in, HIP ATTACK against the barriers! The Samoan Werewolf has dominated three men at once and the fans fire up while SmackDown goes picture in picture.
Miz sputters and Fatu leaves him behind to go around the way. Melo is there to kick Fatu, RAM Fatu, but Fatu blocks another whip! Fatu ROCKS Melo and Melo staggers away. Fatu stalks Melo, Melo checks on Miz, but Fatu ROCKS Melo! Andrade goes after Fatu now, but Fatu THROWS Andrade into barriers! The fans cheer as Fatu lets Andrade go to the ring. Fatu brings Melo up, SMACKS him off the desk, then pushes him down. Fatu clears the desk off, but Melo CLUBS Fatu against the desk! Melo storms into the ring, brings Andrade up, but Andrade RAMS Melo into the corner! Andrade RAMS Melo, CHOPS Melo, then stalks Melo.
Andrade whips Melo, Melo reverses and Andrade hits buckles hard! Melo CHOPS Andrade down! Melo brings Andrade up, soaks up some heat, then makes it Latino Heat. But Andrade blocks the suplex to suplex Melo! Andrade hangs Melo out to dry, and Melo flops to the apron. Fatu is back but Andrade fires forearms first! Andrade whips, Fatu reverses, and Fatu BODY CHECKS Andrade! Fatu geeks out and the fans are with him while he stalks Andrade. Fatu drags Andrade up to HEADBUTT him into the corner. Fatu shoves Melo off the apron, then he HEADBUTTS Andrade again. Andrade sputters but Fatu is all fired up.
Fatu CHOPS Andrade, UPPERCUTS, and HEADBUTTS him again! Andrade CHOPS in return! SmackDown returns to single picture and Andrade CHOPS, CHOPS, CHOPS! Fatu UPPERCUTS and Andrade falls back! Melo stomps Andrade in the corner, then tells Fatu to come on in. Fatu runs up, but Andrade gets away! Hip attack hits buckles! Melo ENZIGIRIS Fatu, Andrade runs to dodge Melo and FLYING FOREARM! The fans fire up as Andrade kips up! Andrade has targets in the corners, and he rallies the fans with “SI! SI! SI!” CIEN KNEES for Fatu! CIEN- NO, Melo tilt-o-whirls and LA MYSTICA! Cover, TWO!
The fans rally, Melo runs to stomp away on Fatu, then he brings Andrade up. Fatu stands to CLOBBER Melo! Andrade SUPERKICKS Fatu! The fans rally, Melo brings Andrade up and springboards, but Andrade stops him at the ropes! SECOND ROPE SPANISH FLY! But Fatu SENTONS Andrade! The fans fire up as Fatu SENTONS Melo! Fatu drags Melo to a drop zone, then goes to the corner! The fans rally for Fatu as he goes up, up, but Andrade YANKS him down! Andrade goes up top, MOONSAULT DOUBLE!! Cover, Melo breaks it! The fans rally while all three are down! “This is Awesome!” as the three stir.
Melo brings Fatu and Andrade around, and he fires forearms on each of them. Andrade fires back on Melo, then Fatu UPPERCUTS! Andrade ROCKS Fatu, but Fatu UPPERCUTS Andrade! The fans rally as the three rise, and Melo springboards! DOUBLE FADE AWAY DDT!! Cover on Andrade, Fatu breaks it! Melo and Fatu stare down, and they run up! Melo dodges to hit the FIRST 48! Andrade adds a POISON-RANA! Melo slips around Andrade to KNEE and suplex, CUTTER! Cover, TWO!! Andrade survives and Melo grows frustrated. The fans rally for Fatu while Melo shakes his hands out. Andrade is on the apron but Melo rises.
Melo brings Andrade up but Andrade trips Melo! They go out to brawl, and Melo SUPERKICKS Andrade down! But Fatu SUPERKICKS Melo! The fans fire up for Fatu as he lines up a shot. Fatu gets the fans even more fired up, then he geeks out! Fatu runs in the full length, but Andrade & Melo move! HIP ATTACK through barriers!! The fans go nuts as Fatu crashes into the timekeeper’s area! Fatu sputters as SmackDown goes back to picture in picture.
Fatu stirs while Andrade and Melo go to the ring. They roll in, Melo grabs at Andrade and vice-versa. Melo fires a forearm, then goes back outside. Andrade goes to the opposite end while Melo looks under the ring. Melo makes Knoxville happy by bringing out a table! But then Melo makes them mad by dropping it! Melo goes after Andrade but Andrade ROCKS him first! Andrade brings out a chair! Andrade aims, but Melo dropkicks the legs out! Andrade crawls, Melo shakes his head, and he grabs the chair now. Melo aims, but Andrade kicks Melo low! Andrade and Melo go into the ring, and Andrade puts Melo in a drop zone.
Andrade goes up the corner, but Melo trips him up! Andrade is stuck up top and Melo hits the SLINGSHOT PLEX! Melo flexes, then decides to step through on the legs! Andrade cradles that, TWO! Melo and Andrade stand, DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Both men fall and the fans look for Fatu. SmackDown returns to single picture as the fans rally, Melo and Andrade sit up, and Melo CHOPS! Andrade ROCKS Melo, then rolls away. Melo hurries to clamp onto Andrade with a facelock, but Andrade RAMS him into a corner! Andrade puts Melo up top but Melo fires forearms. Andrade drops back, Melo aims, but Andrade GAMANGIRIS!
The fans still want tables but Andrade climbs up to get Melo. They’re on the very top, but Fatu is back! Fatu makes the SUPER SPANISH FLY part ROCKER LAUNCHER!! The fans are thunderous as Fatu goes up now! SWANTON BOMB onto Melo! Cover, Andrade breaks it!! The fans rally up again and still want tables. Fatu runs at Andrade to SPLASH! Then Fatu runs at Melo, but Melo BOOTS him! Melo runs up, but into a pop-up! Melo fights the Samoan Drop, and Andrade adds the SHADOW ELBOW! But Melo makes it a ghost pin! Andrade adds a stack, TWO!!! Fatu survives the double cover, but here come Solo & JC!
The fans boo as Solo is here to coach Fatu up. Melo and Andrade trade forearms, then Melo dodges to springboard, FLYING LARIAT! Cover, Fatu breaks it! Fatu snarls, drags Melo up, and he HEADBUTTS Melo! Fatu finally notices Solo & JC, but Fatu puts Melo up top. Fatu CHOPS Melo, then he fireman’s carries Andrade. Fatu adds Melo to this, but Melo slips free. SAMOAN DROP for Andrade, and then Fatu goes to the corner. Solo says Fatu’s got this now! BEST MOONSAULT EVER FLOPS and Melo hits NOTHING BUT NET!! Cover, ANDRADE BREAKS IT! Andrade underhooks Melo, THE MESS- NO, Melo RANAS through! Cover, TWO!!
Andrade has a cover, TWO! Melo has a cover, TWO! Andrade has it, TWO! Both men stand, SHADOW ELBOW! FIRST 48!! SHADOW ELBOW AGAIN!! All three men are down and the fans are thunderous! Fatu crawls, Melo rolls to a corner, and Andrade stirs. Fatu rises, he brings Andrade up, IMPALER DDT! Then Fatu has Melo to RAM him into a corner. Fatu runs and HIP ATTACKS Melo! Andrade is up, Fatu hits him with another IMPALER DDT! Fatu puts Andrade in the drop zone, and he hits the BEST MOONSAULT EVER!! Solo says yeah, do that again! The fans boo but Fatu glares at Solo. JC says do what Solo is saying, Fatu!
But wait! Jimmy YANKS JC down, and SUPERKICKS him! The fans fire up, and then Melo RAMS Fatu into Solo! Then FIRST 48! But Andrade rolls Melo into THE MESSAGE!! Cover, ANDRADE WINS!!
Winner: Andrade, by pinfall (advances to Money in the Bank)
Solo just screwed things up for Fatu! Solo does his best to keep the peace between Fatu and JC, but the point is: Andrade is headed to Los Angeles! Will he make this El Idolo in the Bank?
Backstage interview with LA Knight.
Byron Saxton segues from congratulating Andrade for qualifying to welcoming in someone who already has qualified, but The Mega Star says, “My gawd. What is it with punching tickets around here? Everybody talks about punching tickets. WWE Instagram, punched tickets. Commentary, punched tickets. You’re talking about punched tickets. I guess I punched my ticket to MITB, it’s only eight days away. A few other guys who punched tickets, who are they? You got Andrade, you got Penta, you got what’s his name, Seth Rollins. You got Solo Sikoa! They’re all in it! They all punched their tickets!
“And everybody’s gonna be climbing that ladder, trying to get up, put everything on the line that they can. Now, if this was a one-on-one match, I’d go ahead and call my shot, and I’d say I’m gonna run up there, grab the case, and cash it in. But you gotta understand, this is my third year in a row, so I understand what this is. You can call me the vet in this match. Some people say maybe that Seth is the vet in this, but they would be wrong. For three years in a row now, you’re talking about the most robust and the most recent experience, YEAH. And what that means is now it’s anybody’s game. Anybody can come out with it, and I understand that.
“But with or without the case, what you need to understand is that the WWE title, the world title, they’re all in my future. With the way I’ve been running, at this point, they should be in my past, maybe even my present. Why don’tcha go ahead and punch that ticket? While we’re talking about-” Knight stops himself when he spots someone walking in. It’s Aleister Black! And Aleister says that win was supposed to be his. But he tells Knight, “You’re welcome, though.” The Dark Father lets the Mega Star shine, if only for now. Will LA win big in LA when we finally reach MITB?
Fatu and Solo regroup backstage.
Solo wants Fatu to listen. He was just trying to help. Fatu tells Solo to listen. For the last time, Fatu does not need his help! Fatu storms off, JC steps in, but Solo has nothing else to say. Is the Samoan Werewolf going to break away from this dysfunctional “family?”
Cody Rhodes is here!
Knoxville fires up and sings along, “WHOA~ OH~!” Cody gets his pyro, high-fives fans along the ramp and the front row, and even signs autographs. Cody goes to the ring, grabs a mic, and he hears the fans chant his name. Cody fires the fans up more, then hears them sing, “Cody! Cody Rhooodes~! Cody! Cody Rhooodes~!” Cody says, “So, Knoxville! Whaddya wanna talk about?” The fans cheer, and Cody says, “I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that we could talk about the record crowd here this evening!” The fans cheer that, too! Cody says he loves them, too, thank you very much.
Cody says they could also talk about WrestleMania 41. The fans boo, but Cody says after WrestleMania 41, he went home, he drowned his sorrows, might’ve touched the “Tennessee Cough Syrup” a little bit, and he had a moment of doubt. He reached out to a friend. A friend who helps him prepare to wonderful audiences like this one here, or speaking to everyone at home. Cody asked him, “Was I a good champion?” The fans cheer for that, but Cody says the friend told him wasn’t quite as simple as yes or no.
The friend told him, “With everything that you faced here in the ring in front of all the fans, and with everything that you faced behind the scenes, being pulled in different directions, the waters that you had to navigate that no champion has ever had to navigate, yes, I feel that you were a good champion.” Cody says he felt good hearing that, it turned into a hopeful moment, the silver lining on a dark cloud. Cody looked back on his whole year. He thought about AJ Styles faking retirement to get the drop on him. Cody thought about his friend, Kevin Owens, sucker punching him against his bus while Cody’s family slept inside.
Cody thought about his boss, Triple H, who pushed Cody to the limit, and sees something in Cody that Cody doesn’t even see in himself. Cody even thought about The Final Boss, how he asked Cody for his soul, and the entire world wondering what that meant. As preposterous as that sounded, The Rock was 100% serious. No matter how many times Cody said no, the offer still stands. And Cody also thought about John Cena. The fans initially boo, but the “Let’s Go, Cena!” “CENA SUCKS!” starts up. Cody takes a moment, and then he says, “I thought about John Cena doing exactly what he said he was going to do. He forced me to make a choice, and I hesitated.
“I don’t know if John Cena is going to ‘ruin’ professional wrestling. But if he does, then I’m partially to blame. Now, I know, I’d love to say this to John Cena’s face. Not sure if he’s going to come out here right now, but if you are listening, if you are listening, Champ, I need you to know that I will never hesitate with you again!” The fans cheer that, and Cody says no matter how much Cena will tout the amount of days he has left, how much Cena will talk about what remains before he absconds with the WWE Championship and leaves all of us forever, that is NOT Cena’s expiration date! That is on the other side of Cody’s corneas, and it will burn Cena’s ass up!
The fans fire up for that, and Cody calms it down. Cody apologizes for that. This is his first night back on SmackDown, he is getting worked up. He thought so much about what he could do, what he could do for the fans. Hell, how about a surprise? The fans already “YEET! YEET! YEET!” so Cody says they’re hungry for it. Let’s yeet. Well, hold on, that’d be a very big surprise. That’d be the biggest surprise. That’d be Cody’s partner riding into battle for MITB, and hell YES he is here! Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the World Heavyweight Champion, MAIN EVENT JEY USO! The fans go wild as Jey makes his way in from the pavilion!
The fans sing along with Day One Ish and bounce for that YEET! Jey makes his way down through the crowd to ringside, one verse at a time, and SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Jey joins Cody in the ring now, mic in hand. Cody and Jey hear the fans want an encore, so we get even more YEET! But then John Cena makes his entrance to ruin the fun! The fans sing “JOHN CENA SUUUCKS~!” even though he wears that University of Tennessee orange and white. Cena goes to the ring, towel draped over his head, then grabs a mic before he joins Cody and Jey in the ring. Cena hears the fans boo, and he says, “I’m upset, too. If it isn’t professional wrestling’s biggest wannabes!” Cena tells Cody he is nothing more than a Cena Wannabe, and that Jey is nothing more than a Cena Wannabe.
The fans boo but Cena says they both wanna be Cena so bad, it makes him sick! Cody wants Cena’s fame, Jey wants Cena’s money, but they will get neither because Cody is too desperate and Jey is too lazy! There is only ONE other human being in the WWE who embodies hustle, loyalty and respect, and he’s got the fortune, fame and followers to back that up! Surprise, losers! Cena’s partner is here, too! The fans boo already, because “EY YO~!” Logan Paul IS here! The Maverick swaggers his way out, and Cena gives him a proper introduction. “Oh, you mad? You’re mad because Logan Paul does WWE better than any professional wrestler?”
Cena says Logan doesn’t need to pay his dues, because he is paying Jey’s mortgage! Everybody in this building did NOT come to see Jey! They came to see John Cena and Logan Paul! Logan asks, “What the hell you crying about, Knoxville? Look! I could walk on water, and y’all would still find a way to tell me it’s because I can’t swim! John Cena speaks the language of Logan Paul, and that is the truth! The truth! It is right in front of you! You deny it all you want, but look around, you stupid, stupid, simple Tennessee people! This is a moment in history! All of you get to witness the moment that John Cena stood side-by-side in the ring with Logan Paul.
“And look, all of you will live long, pathetic, miserable lives. But at least you will get to say that you saw that.” The fans tell Logan to STFU, and Cena tells Logan to ignore it. Logan says yeah, yeah, they’re so ungrateful. They don’t know what’s good for them. There is one problem, though. This does seem too perfect. The problem is… Logan should be standing next to THE WWE Champion as THE World Heavyweight Champion! Logan should’ve been the one to leave Saturday Night’s Main Event with that title around his waist. But look at him, Jey. Jey got lucky. Jey got lucky! He knows it, Logan knows, it, the fans know it, CODY knows it!
Jey needed Cody to save him! When Cody interfered with the match cuz these two cheaters can’t do a single thing in this business without it being handed to them! “These two nepo babies were born on third, thinking they hit a triple.” Logan points to himself and says, “Self-made man!” He points to Cena and says, “Self-made man!” Five years ago, nobody every would’ve believed Logan Paul would be a WWE superstar. And they certainly never ever would’ve believed that he’d be teaming with the Greatest Of All Time! But look at Logan now. He’s not just a superstar, he is THE superstar! His time is now! Cena told us that his time is almost up!
Cena is the Last Real Champion, Logan is the inevitable face of the WWE! So Jey, Cody, at MITB, if you want some, come get some. Jey tells Logan they don’t gotta wait! They can handle this right now! UH UH, YEET!! The mics drop, Cena and Logan talk this out, and Logan wants to throw hands while Cena wants to leave. Cody asks what they’re arguing about. They gonna go to the back so Logan can polish Cena’s Peacemaker? Now it’s a fight! The fans fire up as the hands are flying! Logan TOSSES Jey, Cena picks Cody up! Cody slips free, Jey is back to SUPERKICK! Cody hits the DISASTER KICK! Cena bails out, Jey PLANCHAS out onto him!
Logan goes to the apron, slingshot and- NO, Cody dodges the “Snapshot” Lariat and Jey SUPERKICKS Logan! Then Jey sets Logan up for the CODE D!! The fans fire up as Cody picks up the WWE Championship! Will Cody and Jey make it through Logan and Cena to then clear a path for the American Nightmare’s redemption? Or will Cena & Logan ruin wrestling together?
My Thoughts:
A very good SmackDown, but maybe with some wheel-spinning. As fun as Chelsea Green continues to be, can’t we move on from her and Zelina? Or are we about to do that with tonight’s win over Alba and then Giulia confronting her? Ironically, that seems to give away Giulia isn’t winning MITB. Giulia had a good promo video right before but they undercut it by giving us that confrontation. That said, Giulia deserves to be all the champions, but I suppose starting with the Women’s US Championship would be a good route. Very good promo from Bianca and Naomi to not just have Bianca’s homecoming, but to keep the feud between them alive.
The Women’s Triple Threat had a slow start but it turned out to be a very good match. Great win for Naomi, and good promo from her, Tiffany and Alexa to tease potential MITB winners. Great stuff in the tag match to build Worlds Collide just a touch. We only got one moment of Berto being passive aggressive towards Santos, and then Ethan Page screwing the Faces over, but that was still enough for the North American Championship. Of course, it depends on how many fans watch not just Raw and SmackDown but also NXT so that the fans already understand the story. But as someone who does, I do appreciate they’re bringing NXT story onto SmackDown.
Good promo from Priest to give some shoot respect to Drew and Fatu, but Priest wanting after the US title kinda gave away what was happening with the Men’s Triple Threat. It was a great Triple Threat, but of course Solo & JC cost Fatu. That team is just one moment away from breaking up, and it might be at MITB when Solo just expects Fatu to help him win the briefcase and Fatu refuses. And Fatu VS Priest will still be awesome whenever it happens. Good promo from Knight, and a good bit from Aleister with him, which I suppose means that’s the next feud for them. Was kinda hoping for Aleister VS Nakamura but that really depends if Nakamura is sticking with WWE or going home to Japan via Pro-Wrestling NOAH as rumored.
R-Truth relapsing to talking to Lil’ Jimmy is certainly a choice. I kinda wish he’d keep up the “Ron Cena” stuff, or they’d let Jeff Cobb do his own John Cena bit from NJPW, but I guess some things in WWE still won’t change. And closing with a big promo segment was also certainly a choice. Cody still did a good job, and nice surprise to have Jey show up. Not sure they needed to take a commercial break for Jey’s entrance, especially when they were obviously going to let Jey do his YEET encore. And Cena really must be brainwashed to put Logan over as if Logan’s on par with peak Cena. But naturally a brawl happened and the Faces stood tall.
Don’t count this as go-home math yet, they could easily revisit this on Raw and even next week on SmackDown. Even then, I still feel like Jey and Cody should win at MITB to properly set up Cody VS Cena 2 at SummerSlam. Raw on June 9th is still the move for the World Heavyweight Championship, but there’s also Saturday Night’s Main Event in July, who knows if Jey makes it to SummerSlam as champion.
My Score: 8.7/10
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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 5.29.25
Stuff happens, maybe it doesn’t, Dreamer and Delirious can’t book.

Well Trick Willie is the new TNA champ and this is the first iMPACT since his win…so let’s just hear him talk about it.
"TNA turned into TRICK-NA. Lets talk about it"@_trickwilliams #WWENXT
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/StU4pmi3oy
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
Ratings:
- The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System: Rascalz win via Meteora – ***
- Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali: Ali wins via…No Shit – Squash Garbage
- ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee: Lei wins via Spinning TKO – ** 3/4
- Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber: Mance wins via Hit the Pay Winda – Squash
- Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa: Team Robbie wins via shenanigans – **
- International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona: Maclin retains via KIA – ***
Results:
The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System
Octagon got jumped by The System earlier so Laredo is fighting alone. Another backstage jumping is getting a little dumb.
Laredo and Trey start. Typical Indie start with Simultaneous awful Dropkick spot and bad counters, AJ blind tag runs the smaller guys over, tags out to KC and the Rascalz instantly get the moment. KC is rocked, tags in Laredo and Laredo takes out the System before Lish gets on the apron and grabs Laredo. The referee kicks out Lish and Rehwoldt on commentary points out it’s a No DQ match so that’s dumb.
KC gets tossed at AJ, he catches him, Rascalz Dive and do their taunt as we go to commercial. We come back, Tennessee Whiskey into a KC tag in for the near fall on Laredo. Corner combo, Snapmare into Flip Forward Neck Breaker, KC is on a roll. AJ tags Laredo and starts talking crap to KC, they swerve and go Finger Poke of Doom, but it’s not a legal pin. Suddenly tornado attacks, System and Rascalz go for broke, AJ hits the Senton to break the eventual pin, Laredo counters AJ’s Chokeslam attempt. Trey clears out The System, Wentz sends himself and KC over and out, Laredo with a Corkscrew Moonsault, which looked cool but it’s the pile of morons waiting to get hit spot.
AJ hits the Down Payment on Laredo, but Trey blind tagged AJ. Meteora on AJ, Trey pins Laredo and Rascalz win.
Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali
Raj looks like shit in the gear he came down in…and he wrestles equivalently. I would rather anyone else comeback…give me Anarquia.
Ali murders Raj, Instant Dropkick, Rolling Neckbreaker, Corkscrew Standing Moonsault, it’s not close. Raj tries to counter things but Ali Bellclap, a little Duck the left, connect the right. Raj even does a terrible looking Punch Combo, he’s in bad shape, a bad looking Ushigoroshi, Raj with a sloppy looking something, 450 ends it.
Fire Raj as quickly as you brought him back. You don’t need a comedically pathetic job guy when the roster is like 4 guys getting pushed and everyone else sucks. Stop being stupid. Ali still hates women too.
This Injury Report is the dumbest segment in the history of wrestling. Stop treating fake shit as “serious business”.
ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee
ASH mocks karate stuff, Lei throws a few Rising Crane kicks as ASH bails and then things slow down a little. But a Pump Kick, Sliding Kick and Low Dropkick cause ASH to cower and claim her tooth broke. It’s a bait to pull Lei into the turnbuckles and them get in a few stomps. Ash keeps Lei in the corner, Suplexes her ankles into the buckles and then Ash throws a few Booty Shots/Hit Attacks then starts a grounded stretch, Lei Headscissors her down, still sells the hips and ankles, but dodges and fires, combination strikes into the 10 Count Down Strikes. T-bone Suplex, into the pinfall, for only two.
Cheapshot into Running Meteora from ASH for two. Ash goes for the Miz Yes Kicks and Lei No Sells and asks for more. Gorgeous Capture Suplex into Thunder Struck and TKO with flair. My baby has a better finish now! Yay!
Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber
Hannifan cursing and being pissed at Trick for not even showing but is more entertaining than a squash match. Not that Mance’s offense is bad, but 2 out of 3 job matches is stupid.
.@milanmiracle and @AriannaGraceWWE make history as the first father/daughter tag team in TNA!
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/3s8OhtYFPv
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa
Marella tries to tie up with Robbie, but he bails and tags out to Victoria so Arianna comes in and aside from Alicia Fox’s silliness, the tie up was decent with Arianna and Victoria. Tessa interferes and the Referee throws her out. Victoria comes back in and aside from a slight miscommunication with how Arianna does her punches, Alicia Fox is making her look…pretty good. Transition moves, okay brawling and Arianna looks amazing in her outfit.
Rob and Santino distract the referee and Victoria hits a Figure Four into her Northern Lights Suplex, only for 2. Arianna finally Back Body Drop to find the tag, Santino and Rob, Santino does his split dodge into the Standing Headbutt, Arianna Cross Body onto Victoria. Rob pulls out the ref, then shoves the ref into Santino, Santino into the steps and Arianna attack but Alicia and Lish, the fix is in, Arianna eats the pin.
International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona
A few quick brawl moves, Shoulder Tackles, Strikes, Back Breakers, Cardona does get dumped out and eats a SCUD. Maclin bounces Cardona’s face off the apron and hits an Elbow off the apron to keep Cardona reeling, but a dodged tackle sends Maclin into the steps. Cardona tries to Piledriver Maclin on the ramp, but Back Drop counter, into commercial.
Formulaic commercial etiquette of Cardona still in control, throws Maclin into the ropes, Diving Shoulder Tackle lays both dudes out and they get up by 8. Fighting Spirit spot, Cardona hits ropes and gets hit by Maclin twice, Thesz Press, Ground and Pound, Back Elbow and Olympic Slam has Maclin rolling. Splash into Lariat for two. Maclin has been all gas no brakes. Cardona tries to take a few shortcuts that turns into a Straight Jacket Takedown. Cardona to the top, Maclin cuts him off, Superplex spot. 1-2-kick out!
Maclin goes topside for a Jar Headbutt, Cardona hits the ropes so Maclin crashes into the corner, 2 Reboots connect, the third gets caught, counter into Busaiku Knee, Jar Headbutt. In and out, Cardona uses the middle rope for the Low Blow, Killswitch from Cardona but Maclin kicks out. Cardona dodges and shoves Maclin towards the ref, he puts the brakes on, Radio Silence! 1-2-Kick out! Maclin catches a top rope move, Power Bomb, Corner Splash, Tree of Woe, Caught in the Crosshairs, KIA and Maclin retains!
Overall Score: 4.5/10
Boring paint by numbers show, no Trick, System has one move, Robert Stone is a scumbag, too long to introduce new girls, lots of throw away segments and Rosemary sets up YET ANOTHER Monster’s Ball match. These aren’t interesting when there’s one every 3 months. So we can have terrible Monster’s Ball matches quarterly, Barbed Wire Massacre and Clockwork Orange House of Fun…BUT NO LOCKDOWN!?
Go home TNA, you’re drunk.
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