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Mitchell’s WWE SmackDown Results & Report! (8/25/23)
RIP Terry Funk and Bray Wyatt.
Gone too soon, but never forgotten.
The WWE, and all of pro-wrestling, lost two greats this week in Terry Funk and Bray Wyatt. Tonight on SmackDown, we celebrate both men’s legacies.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Rey Mysterio VS Grayson Waller; Rey wins.
- WWE Women’s Championship: Iyo Sky w/ Damage CTRL VS Zelina Vega; Iyo wins and retains the title.
- Terry Funk Tribute Hardcore Tag Match: The Brawling Brutes VS The Street Profits; The Profits win.
- LA Knight VS Finn Balor; Knight wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
WWE mourns the losses of Terry Funk and “Bray Wyatt,” Windham Rotunda.
All the superstars and staff are on stage as fans have the cellphones out to be the fireflies. Erick Rowan has even returned for this somber occasion. Michael Cole welcomes everyone to tonight, as this past week, we lost two beloved members of the WWE Family: Hall of Famer Terry Funk, and the one and only Bray Wyatt. Tonight’s SmackDown will be dedicated to honoring their legacies and celebrating their lives. “The lives of two incredible men who’ve touched all of us with their passion, their creativity, and their spirit. Please join us for a moment of silence and our traditional ten bell salute.”
After the ten tolls, the fans cheer for the memory of both men. After a video tribute to Bray, fans sing “He’s got the whole~ world, in his hands!” for Bray. Then the lights fade down, so we can all have one last look at the rocking chair. #ThankYouTerry, and #ThankYouBray.
Rey Mysterio VS Grayson Waller!
The King of Lucha Libre may have Austin Theory coming after his WWE United States Championship to worry about, but that’s at Payback on September 2nd. For now, he looks to humble the man who stirred the pot just last week. Will the Aussie Icon get called out by a 619? Or will Rey suffer more of the Grayson Waller Effect?
The bell rings and the two circle. Fans rally up, the two tie up, and Waller throws Rey down. Waller shows off with drop steps but fans boo. Rey resets and circles with Waller, they tie up, and Waller goes for an arm. Waller wristlocks, Rey rolls and kips up to arm-drag free! Fans fire up and Rey shows off his drop steps! Waller runs in, Rey blocks a kick to ROCK Waller! Waller knees low in return, headlocks, but Rey endures the ground. Rey throws body shots, whips Waller away then ducks, but Waller runs Rey over on the rebound! Fans boo but Waller drags Rey up. Waller headlocks and hits the takeover.
Rey keeps his shoulders up, fights up to his feet, and throws body shots. Fans chant “GRAYSON SUCKS!” as things speed up. Rey blows past Waller to tilt-o-whirl RANA! Waller ends up in a corner, and Rey ROCKS him again! Rey climbs up and fans fire up as Rey rains down fists! The fans count along, Rey goes all the way to TEN, but Waller Alabama Lifts! Rey has the ropes and holds on tight, so Waller pops Rey up! Rey uses that to RANA! Waller is on ropes, Rey dials it up but Waller puts him on the apron! Rey RAMS into Waller, slingshots, but into a BOOT! Rey goes down and fans boo as Waller claps.
Waller builds speed, but he slides out, so Rey dodges! To RANA again! Waller hits barriers and fans fire up as SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns as Rey fires forearms on Waller! Rey whips corner to corner, Waller goes up and STOMPS Rey down! Waller drags Rey to a cover, TWO! Rey is hanging tough, and Waller is frustrated. Waller throws down body shots and forearms! Waller shouts, “MY HOUSE!” but fans boo him. Waller drags Rey to center, goes back to the corner and goes up the ropes. Waller scoots out for the BALLER ELBOW! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up and Waller mockingly applauds as Rey survives again. Waller drags Rey up, but Rey throws body shots! Rey whips, Waller reverses and LEG LARIATS Rey down! Cover, TWO!
Rey wags his finger, he’s telling Waller he’s tougher than that. Waller says Rey’s got nothing as he stands on Rey’s hand. Waller soaks up the heat from the fans as they rally behind Rey. Waller scuffs Rey, brings him up to wrench and whip, and Rey hits buckles hard! Waller looms over Rey, talks some trash, and kicks him around. Waller drags Rey up, whips him corner to corner again and Rey hits hard like before! Waller reels Rey in, grins, and gets Rey up, but Rey fights! Fans fire up as Rey RANAS Waller into the POST! Waller flounders as he leans against buckles, and Rey goes outside. Waller drops back, Rey goes up! SEATED SENTON!
Rey keeps moving, he dodges to springboard CROSSBODY! Waller sputters, Rey whips him to a corner. Waller reverses, Rey goes up and over and keeps moving, another tilt-o-whirl, for a DDT! Cover, TWO! Waller is showing he’s tough, too, but Rey keeps focus. Waller goes to another corner, Rey storms up but into an elbow! And then a boot! Waller hits the ROLLING UNPRETTIER! Cover, TWO!! Rey survives but Waller seethes. Fireman’s carry, but Rey pops up to throw hands! Waller drops Rey to then CLUB him on the back! Waller runs, into a LARIAT! Rey runs to SENTON! Shoutout to Bray!
Waller staggers up, rushes in, but Rey dropkicks the legs out! Waller ends up on ropes, but AUSTIN THEORY appears! He distracts Rey, and Waller rolls Rey up! TWO!! Rey dodges Waller, but DOUBLE CROSSBODIES collide! Fans boo Theory as he’s ringside now, talking trash. But wait! ESCOBAR CLOBBERS THEORY! Fans fire up as Santos brawls with Theory, but Theory RAMS Escobar into barriers, then CHOP BLOCKS a leg! Waller whips Rey, Rey WRECKS Theory with a dropkick! But Waller slides out to LARIAT Rey! Waller puts Rey back in, and DECKS Escobar! Waller soaks up the heat, somersaults in, but Rey dodges!
Rey RANAS, dial sit up fast, 619!! Fans are thunderous but Theory is back up! So Escobar SUPERKICKS him! DROP THE DIME! Cover, Rey wins!!
Winner: Rey Mysterio, by pinfall
The LWO comes through for its own, and they get some payback on both Theory and Waller in one go! But will this be even sweeter when Rey retains the title against Theory? Or will The Now be The Future again?
Backstage interview with Damage CTRL.
Kayla Braxton is with Dakota Kai, Bayley and the WWE Women’s Champion, Iyo Sky, and says tonight is Iyo’s first title defense. It is against the fiery Latina, Zelina Vega, who has beaten Iyo twice this year. Bayley stops Kayla there. What biased statements from Kayla. Is she trying to join the LWO or something? She might be a fit, though, since they only hire short people! HAH! Anyway, Zelina’s wins were all flukes. “She got lucky! Because Iyo is a once in a lifetime, once in a generational talent! Look at her!
“Lemme remind you, Kayla, that Iyo is a former NXT Women’s Champion, a former one-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions! She IS Miss MITB 2023 and she IS your current WWE Women’s Champion! Okay?” This is the Iyo Era! So Bayley suggests you buckle up, idiot, and enjoy the ride! HAHA! DMG CTRL heads out now, but will the Evil Genius continue to fly? Or will she get got by La Muneca all over again?
WWE Women’s Championship: Iyo Sky w/ Damage CTRL VS Zelina Vega!
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if Iyo avoids a hattrick from Zelina!
SmackDown returns and the match begins. The two circle, tie up, and Iyo waistlocks. Zelina pries free, wristlocks, but Iyo spins, wrenches and wristlocks again. Zelina uses ropes to flip through and wrenches back. Iyo throws body shots, headlocks, but Zelina throws body shots. Zelina powers free, Iyo handsprings up and over! Fans fire up, Zelina says okay then. Things speed up. Zelina blocks a hip toss to hip toss and arm-drag! Iyo staggers to ropes, and DMG CTRL is there to coach here up. But Zelina storms up to grab Iyo’s hair! So Iyo YANKS Zelina into ropes! Bayley laughs at Zelina and Iyo stomps Zelina down!
Iyo stomps away, the ref reprimands, and Iyo lets off to scoop Zelina, for a SLAM! Iyo grins, covers, TWO! Bayley and Dakota cheer Iyo on as she fires forearm son Zelina. Iyo scoops again, but Zelina slips free to roll her up! ONE, but Zelina KICKS Iyo down! Zelina goes up a corner, but Iyo ROCKS her first! And then ROCKET LAUNCHES her down! Fans are torn but DMG CTRL applauds. Iyo covers, TWO, into a CROSSFACE! Zelina endures and fans rally up. Bayley says it’s no use but Zelina fights up to her feet. Zelina throws body shots but Iyo knees low! Iyo whips, Zelina reverses and then gets around, SLEEPER!
But Iyo throws body shots! Iyo back suplexes, but Zelina lands on her feet! Zelina goes to a corner, Iyo runs in, but Iyo only gets buckles! Zelina kicks and bumps Iyo off buckles! Then Zelina runs, dodges, and returns to LARIAT! Fans fire up and Iyo swings, into a HAMMERLOCK DDT! Shoutout to El Idolo and Zelina goes up a corner! Latina Heat for Eddie Guerrero, METEORA!! Cover, TWO!! Roll-up, TWO!! Lateral press, TWO!! Iyo keeps escaping but Zelina runs in at the corner! Iyo dodges and now Zelina gets buckles! Iyo then springboards to MISSILE DROPKICK! And kip up! Fans are torn but DMG CTRL is loving this!
Iyo scoops Zelina again, but Zelina DDTS!! Fans fire up and Dakota is stunned! Bayley is upset, but Zelina runs in at Iyo, and hops on, but Iyo pops her off! Iyo gets Zelina up, for a LAST RIDE!! Both women are down and fans fire up! A standing count starts but both women are down at 4. Iyo gets up and drags Zelina to a drop zone. Iyo goes up, but Zelina hurries to YANK her down! Zelina hops on again, CODE RED!!! But Iyo flounders out of the ring!! Zelina hurries after her and she brings Iyo up. But Iyo sends Zelina into the steel steps! DMG CTRL rallies for Iyo as the ring count passes 5 of 10!
Iyo gets Zelina in at 6, aims from the far side, and she runs in, SHINKANSEN!! But that’s not all! Iyo puts Zelina in the drop zone, goes up the corner, and goes OVER THE MOONSAULT!! Cover, Iyo wins!
Winner: Iyo Sky, by pinfall (still WWE Women’s Champion)
DMG CTRL celebrates with Iyo as she puts away La Muneca and quiets all the doubters! Will The Evil Genius lead the way as DMG CTRL looks to once again take control of the WWE?
Cody Rhodes is here!
Fans fire up as The American Nightmare is in Louisville, but for very somber reasons. Cody gets his pyro, goes to the ring, gets more pyro, and then takes up the mic. Cody tells “Louisville, Kentucky… I know what I wanna talk about tonight. I wanna tell you about a time, 11 years old, I’m at the Denver airport, travelling with my father, and across the people-mover, I hear a man yelling the most peculiar insult. I hear a man calling my father, ‘an egg sucking dog.’ I don’t… Michael, can we say ‘egg sucking dog’ on Fox? Well, we said it. And choice words for my grandmother, as well. And again, I could not see the man yelling, so I’m assuming at 11 years old, we’re about to have some sort of domestic incident.
“And then I see him. It was the proprietor of the Double Cross Range, it was Terry Funk.” Fans cheer and chant for “TERRY! TERRY!” Cody says modern nomenclature being what it is, they that enter this ring get to say they are WWE Superstars. Over the years, it has been other things. Wrestlers, athletes, artists, competitors, maybe even carnies. But there’s a fabled few who earn the right to call themselves “Cowboys.” And both Terry Funk and Bray Wyatt were cowboys in the best of ways. Fans cheer that! Cody had the privilege to talk to us about Terry Funk, a second generation wrestler from Amarillo who wore ten pounds of gold and wore it proudly.
Terry was a man who, out of all the wrestlers who say they went to West Texas States, Terry actually attended classes there. “Terry Funk has been a constant in pro-wrestling and in sports entertainment for fifty years. And for fifty years, Terry Funk has constantly been changing.” There’s this concept of “the rub.” When someone with such legacy steps into the ring with those who don’t have it and then pulls them up to their level, some legends do that for a few. Terry did that for an entire company, movement and revolution! Fans cheer that, too! Cody wants us all to take a look back at this cowboy’s hall of fame career.
The video plays to honor Terry’s legacy. Terry didn’t wanna be president or anything but one thing: a wrestler. He was born into a wrestling family, and burst onto the scene with his brother, Dory Funk Jr, as part of their father’s company in Amarillo, Texas. Stone Cold says he’s always looked up to Terry Funk, both his ability and his unpredictability. Ric Flair admired Terry’s work ethic and learned a lot from him. Terry’s no-nonsense style gripped the NWA audience and catapulted him to the top. Terry Funk won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and proved himself the finest champion the world had ever seen.
His popularity even got him on Hollywood’s radar, appearing in classic 80s films like Over The Top and Roadhouse. Terry would captivate even around the world, and he’d make impacts in WCW, ECW and WWE. He and Mick Foley pioneered the “hardcore” style. Bret Hart says Terry was ahead of his time and thought of things no one ever had before. Funk & Foley would even be a team together, winning together at WrestleMania 14. Foley says that Funk was one of the nicest, kindest guys outside the ring, and brought out the best in Foley.
In 2009, alongside Dory Jr, Terry would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, Dusty Rhodes being there for his friend and rival. Jerry Lawler says Terry is the greatest, and his 50 years in wrestling will never be replicated. The WWE Family will remember Terry as a family man, a fearless entertainer, and an unforgettable pioneer. We will love him… FOREVER!
Back to present, Cody says that from Texas to Tokyo, Terry was passionate. Tables, ladders, chairs, and hardcore! Cody is so glad to be the one to tell us, that this next tag team match is a TERRY FUNK TRIBUTE HARDCORE MATCH!! Fans are thunderous to hear that! Will things get extreme on… FIGHT NIGHT?!
Terry Funk Tribute Hardcore Tag Match: The Brawling Brutes VS The Street Profits!
SmackDown returns as Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins make their entrance. Being hardcore, that means no disqualifications, no count outs, and no telling what’ll happen! Fans cheer along “OH! OH! OH!” with every wave from Ford. The bell rings and the brawl is on! Ridge TOSSES Dawkins while Dunne stomps Ford out of the ring. Dunne CHOPS, but Dawkins RAMS Ridge into steel steps! Dunne twists Ford’s head, CLUBS him on the neck, then fishhooks his face! And then twists the ear! Dawkins sends Ridge into steps again! Dunne puts Ford in, but Ford headlocks. Dunne powers out, only for Ford to run him over!
Ford has everyone calm down about tables for a second. Ford runs, but Dunne dodges and leaps. Ford hurdles, but Dunne DROPKICKS him! And then he DROPKICKS Dawkins from the apron! Fans fire up, Dunne drags Ford back, and then steps through! But Dawkins THROWS Dunne out! But Ridge THROWS Dawkins out! Ridge spins Ford, knees low and facelocks to SWING Ford! Ford can only endure, and then Ridge hits a BIG DDT! Dawkins kicks Ridge, to hit the SILENCER! Ford rolls to SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Dunne slides back in, he storms up to KICK Dawkins! And CHOP! And KICKS!
Dunne fires off more KICKS and CHOPS, but Ford CHOPS! Dawkins DECKS Dunne! The Profits double whip Dunne, then DOUBLE FLAPJACK! Ford says “SUCK IT!” then he and Dawkins go after Ridge! They fire off fast hands from all sides, then Dawkins runs at Dunne. Dunne BOOTS him away! Ford runs in but Dunne BOOTS him! Dunne goes up, to DOUBLE QUEBRADA! Fans fire up as Ridge now fireman’s carries Dunne! He swings Dunne into Dawkins! And then Ford! And repeat! It’s a Terry Funk ladder-copter, but with a person! Fans fire up and Dunne nods. Ridge goes out to CLOBBER Dawkins!
Fans still want tables but Ridge reels Dawkins in. Dawkins fights the bomb lift to back drop Ridge to the floor! But Dunne FLYING KNEES Dawkins down! But Ford FLIES to take them all out! Fans are thunderous, and here comes LASHLEY! The All Mighty has been the benefactor for the Profits as of late, will he help tip the scales back in their favor? We see, after the break.
SmackDown returns again and Ridge dodges Ford to scoop! POWERSLAM! Ford staggers up, Ridge DECKS him! Ford bails out to the apron, Dawkins goes to join him, but the Brutes get them both! For DOUBLE BEATS OF THE BODHRAIN! The Brutes go all the way to TEN, so 20 total, and Dawkins falls. Ford flops back into the ring, Lashley watches with a little bit of worry. Ridge SPLASHES Ford in a corner, Dunne GAMANGIRIS! Feed to Ridge, ASSISTED POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO! Ford survives, but Dawkins is up. Dunne PLANCHAS but Dawkins dodges to POUNCE! Dawkins hurries back in, Ridge swings and they start brawling!
Fans rally, Dawkins ROCKS Ridge, runs, and FLYING ELBOWS! Then CYCLONE SPLASH in the corner, with a GAMANGIRI on top! Dawkins hoists Ridge up in an Electric Chair Lift, and Ford is up top! “SUCK IT!” SUPER BLOCKBUSTER!! Cover, Dunne breaks it! Lashley applauds, he admits that was good. Dunne hurries to ENZIGURI Ford! Then Dunne STOMPS Dawkins’ hands! BUZZSAW! Ford returns, Dunne blocks a kick but not the ENZIGURI! Ford SUPERKICKS Ridge! Ridge rebounds to LARIAT! All four men are down and fans fire up again! They still want tables, though, since this is a hardcore match.
Lashley coaches his guys, Dawkins gets up, and he climbs a corner. Ridge ROCKS Dawkins first! Ridge climbs, brings Dawkins up and steadies himself, for the SUPERPLEX! Ford is up top! FROM THE HEAVENS on Ridge! Cover, Dunne STOMPS it apart! Dunne hurries outside, he says it’s time for a TABLE!! Fans are thunderous, but Dunne bumps into Lashley! Big mistake, Butch… The two stare down, fans fire up, but Dunne grabs the table. Dunne gets it int he ring, Lashley keeps out of it, and Ridge sets things up in the ring. But Ford DECKS Ridge, DECKS Dunne, and he takes ownership of the furniture!
Fans fire up as Ford gives the table a kiss then goes to Ridge. Ford reels Ridge in, grins, but Ridge throws elbows! Ridge picks Ford up, spins him around, but Dawkins returns! Ridge kicks him first! DDT SAMOAN DROP COMBO! Fans fire up, and Dunne has Dawkins’ arm! He bends the fingers and SNAPS them! Ridge HEADBUTTS Dawkins and puts him on the table! Dunne is up, but Lashley SHOVES him! No more staying out of it, he SPEARS Dunne! Ford GAMANGIRIS Ridge in the distraction! Dawkins shoves Ridge and pops him up on the rebound, SKY HIGH NECKBREAKER through the table!! Cover, The Profits win!
Winners: The Street Profits, by pinfall
Ridge suffers a Revelation, and Ford holds up part of the table in triumph! The All Mighty Profits are standing tall, will they soon be back on top of the WWE?
WWE shares TMZ Sports interviewing The Miz.
The reporter asks about the beef between Miz and LA Knight. Wow, they actually know who he is? Yeah, he’s pretty popular. Oh, is he? Well, Miz still defends Knight is a fad, “like Napster, MySpace, Vanilla Ice.” If Knight keeps disrespecting Miz like he has been, Knight won’t make it to WrestleMania 40 in Philly. Wow, is that a threat or challenge? No, it’s a promise. Big words from The Hollywood A-Lister, will he follow through on it sooner rather than later?
LA Knight heads to the ring.
Speaking of The Mega Star, he had his own history with Bray Wyatt. Fans are all fired up for Knight as he gets the mic, and he says, “I’ll get to The Miz in a second. But from what I can tell, tonight’s about Bray Wyatt.” Fans cheer that! Knight says, “I walked out here into this building tonight, and I saw everybody out here representin’ with the fireflies. And it just got me thinking, it got me rewinding my mind a little bit, because it got me thinking about the fact that sometimes, your greatest foes can turn out to be your greatest helpers.
“Now lemme go ahead and be honest about this. Bray Wyatt and I went through Hell, that guy did everything imaginable to me, and I did everything that I could back to him. And through that, y’know what he was doing? He was getting me ready for anything.” Fans cheer that, too. Knight says that he will be honest, he held together so far tonight until he saw the pictures of Windham Rotunda’s family, and he has to say, his heart breaks for them. But as he looks around, he can hear it, he can feel it, and again, when he saw each one of those fireflies, he knows that we can all feel the spirit of Bray Wyatt in this building. Fans cheer that, too!
Knight hears the fans as they chant for Bray and bring the fireflies back out. “Thank You, Bray!” Knight says he won’t come out here and act like they were best friends, but Knight wants to repeat that sentiment: Thank you, Bray. That spirit they’re feeling is the spirit that allows Knight to stand here and say, “LEMME TALK TO YA!” Knight says Miz gets on screen, goes to TMZ, goes wherever he can and says the same old things! LA Knight’s a fad. Oh, wait, Knight has too much bass in his voice, hold on. “LA Knight’s just a fad~! LA Knight is just, he’s yesterday’s news!”
Well guess what? If he’s “just a fad,” Knight’s okay with that. Cuz Miz was never a fad! No one cared about him! Even when he had a stunt double, that guy was the star! Even when Miz talks about his world title reign from 12 years ago, and good for him, he was background to The Rock VS John Cena. And yet Miz still wants to talk about Knight? So guess what? Miz wants to end Knight forever, but forever is a mighty long time. Any time, any where! SmackDown, Raw, hell even TMZ! And we’ll see whose game it is, with everybody saying “L! A! KNIGHT! YEAH!!”
“But one more thing. Miz, a wise man once told me, the next time you see me… RUN.” Fans love the Bray Wyatt shoutout, and now the Mega Star turns his attention to The Prince! Will Knight get even Finn saying “YEAH!” with the fans? That match is up next!
LA Knight VS Finn Balor!
SmackDown returns and Finn makes his entrance. The Prince also had his own spooky and spectacular rivalry with Bray Wyatt, but that was a long time ago. Will the front man of the Judgment Day bring the pain to LA Knight?
The bell rings and the two circle. Fans rally up as the two tie up, and Finn waistlocks to SLAM, float all over, and he slaps Knight around. Finn soaks up the cheers and jeers, but Knight shrugs that off. They tie up, Knight wrenches and hammerlocks and he slaps Finn around! Fans join in with saying “L! A! KNIGHT! YEAH!” Finn gets mad, runs in, but Knight blocks the kick to spin Finn around. Finn dodges a haymaker, kicks low, headlocks, Knight powers up and out to then run Finn over! Finn bails out, Knight pursues, and Finn hurries away. Knight chases him back into the ring, and then avoids the elbow drop!
Finn bails out again, and Knight stomps Finn’s hand from the apron! Knight goes out, SMACKS Finn off the desk, and again! And again! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” Knight brings Finn back around, puts him in the ring, and then slingshots to SHOULDER TACKLE! Cover, TWO! Finn sits up but Knight stomps him. Knight RAMS Finn in the corner, whips him corner to corner, but Finn goes up and over. Knight ELBOWS Finn back, goes up the corner, but Finn YANKS Knight down! Knight hits buckles on the way to the mat, Finn snarls, and SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns once again and Finn has Knight down in a chinlock. Knight endures and fans rally up. Knight fights up, but Finn throws knees! Finn whips Knight to a corner, runs in, but only gets buckles! And then a JUMP NECKBREAKER! Fans rally, both men stir, and Finn goes to ropes. Finn drags himself up but Knight is there to throw haymakers! Fans rally as Knight whips, but Finn reverses and swings. Knight dodges, kicks low, DDT! Cover, TWO! Knight frowns, whips, but Finn KICKS him away! Finn runs but Knight FLAPJACKS Finn, to then BOOT him down! Cover, TWO! Knight keeps cool, but has a bloody spot on his forehead.
Knight paces around, has the legs, and fans rally up as Knight grins. But Finn kicks him away! Finn hooks Knight up, RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Finn checks his own head and jaw, then stalks Knight to ropes. Finn stomps away on Knight, then springboard stomps again and again and again! The ref counts, Finn lets off at 4 and he soaks up the heat. Finn then runs in, SLINGBLADE! Knight staggers up, Finn takes aim, but Knight LARIATS first! Finn flounders to a corner and Knight stomps away! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” The ref counts, Knight runs corner to corner and comes back, KNEE WASH!
Knight drags Finn up, brings him around, torture rack but Finn fights free! Finn trips Knight to STOMP 182! Finn takes aim from a corner again. Fans boo but Finn runs in, SHOTGUN! Knight is down in the drop zone! Finn hurries up top, COUP DE- NO, Knight moves! Knight scoops to pop and POWERSLAM! Fans fire up with Knight and he spells it out. “L! A! KNIGHT! YEAH!” ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Knight is a bit frustrated but Finn is tougher than that. Knight kicks low cravats, but Finn rolls him up! TWO, and Knight hurries up. Finn gets around, EYE OF THE HURRICANE! And Finn goes back to a corner!
Finn climbs, aims, but Knight trips him up! Finn is stuck up top now, and Knight climbs up after him! Knight drags Finn up, but Finn fights with elbows! Knight staggers, but then springs right back up! SUPER DUPER PLEX! And then B F T!! Cover, Knight wins!!
Winner: LA Knight, by pinfall
A massive win for the Mega Star, and now he’s rolling into that showdown with The Miz! Their showdown is now set for Payback, will Knight shut Miz up once and for all?
The lights are powering down?
The fireflies come out as Bray’s lantern is in the ring! Fans chant “Thank You, Bray!” as the tron has a still from the last time Bray was in the ring. His silhouette stands there with the butterfly wings like angel wings. Thank you, Bray, we will never forget you.
My Thoughts:
It’s hard to give this episode a descriptor, only because saying it was “great” feels like it cheapens what happened tonight. Not all the plans for tonight’s episode were delayed in light of the passing of both Terry Funk and Bray Wyatt. This wasn’t a full tribute show as WWE has done other times, and it wasn’t quite as emotional as we might’ve expected, but we did get great video packages. Plus, we got such great shots with the rocking chair on stage at the start, and then the lantern in the ring at the end. Windham Rotunda passing at only 36 years old with so much life and career ahead of him is an incredible shame, and now there will be a large “what if” hanging in the air.
LA Knight had a really good promo to lead into his main event match, with a genuine farewell to Bray but also him calling out The Miz in great fashion. To think Knight would bring up Mizdow (Damien Sandow as Miz’s sidekick). Great match with Finn and great win for Knight, as now he and Miz will face off at Payback. Can’t wait to see how that one goes. And great tribute to Terry Funk, too. Cody Rhodes had a good promo to give us an idea of how Terry Funk was still Terry Funk in and out of the ring with how he poked fun at Dusty.
And great “hardcore” tag match out of Profits VS Brutes. Now, it wasn’t really all that hardcore, just a really good tornado tag, but this was also a bit impromptu so they couldn’t work out much more than that table spot. It was a great table spot, though. And Lashley does factor into the finish, but that worked with it being a No DQ tag. Hard to say if #TheAllMightyProfits are Heels or just Tweeners, but if they keep having fun matches like this, it probably won’t matter, fans will cheer them all and they can all get after titles.
Speaking of which, really good stuff out of the title stories featured tonight. Zelina has a good showing against Iyo, but I figured Iyo would retain one way or another. Still no word on who she’s facing at Payback, though DMG CTRL did take Bianca out last week. Now granted, Iyo just defended the title, and there are many times when a title or two takes a PPV off, so Iyo doesn’t have to be on the Payback card. Maybe there’s more a #1 contenders match next week on the Payback go-home, with the winner promised their shot at Fastlane in October. As I said last week, something about Bianca coming back and being part of the All Mighty Profits would make the most sense to me.
Really good opener from Rey VS Waller, even with the overbooking of Theory and Escobar. Great win for Rey, but there’s a tag match set for the go-home, so the math isn’t set in stone. But in the end, I really hope Rey keeps the belt. Theory lost the belt because they weren’t able to figure out how to make him and his story interesting enough. Bit of a dropped by from his big win on John Cena, even though he cheated that. In fact, with Cena returning next week, he might get back into this story with Theory, on top of plugging Superstar Spectacle in India on September 8th.
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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Mitchell’s NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Results & Report! (5/29/25)
B Block, FINAL ROUND!
Who heads to the finals?
Kosei Fujita won A Block, and now B Block finalizes its ranking! Who heads to the Best of the Super Juniors finals this weekend?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: KUSHIDA, Ninja Mack & Dragon Dia VS Shoma Kato, Masatora Yasuda & Daiki Nagai; Kushida, Mack & Dia win.
- Master Wato, Toru Yano & Katsuya Murashima VS The House of Torture; The House of Torture wins.
- Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji VS Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young; Hiromu & Tsuji win.
- Six Man Tag: TMDK VS Bullet Club; TMDK wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kevin Knight; Knight wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Nick Wayne; Titan wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: MAO VS SHO; Mao wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS Robbie Eagles; Despy wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Taiji Ishimori; Yoh wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Here are the current B Block standings!
YOH: 5-3, 10 points
MAO: 5-3, 10 points
El Desperado: 5-3, 10 points
Nick Wayne: 4-4, 8 points
SHO: 4-4, 8 points
Taiji Ishimori: 4-4, 8 points
Robbie Eagles: 4-4, 8 points
Kevin Knight: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Titan: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kevin Knight!
The Funky Weapon and The Jet may be out of the running, but they will still fight for themselves. Who earns their final points in this final round?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Taguchi and Knight circle with a bit of a strut, and then they tie up. Knight puts Taguchi on the ropes, the ref calls the break, and Knight lets off to swivel his hips. Taguchi pumps up, but Knight says he can’t see anything. Knight flexes and says he tsuyoi. They tie up with knuckle locks, then go shoulder to shoulder in a test of strength. Knight hooks a leg to power Taguchi back, and Taguchi bridges! The fans cheer as Taguchi fights up back up! Taguchi bends Knight into a bridge, has the shoulders down, TWO as Knight powers back up! The fans rally, Knight and Taguchi start vibing with the arm wave, then a full body wave!
Taguchi wiggles around, sends it back to Knight, and Knight spins Taguchi around and around, to then headlock. Taguchi powers up and out, drops down, then hurdles over. Knight stops to waistlock but Taguchi fires elbows. Taguchi runs to fake Knight out, but Knight goes up and over! Knight avoids the Hip Attack! The fans cheer while Taguchi stares Knight down from underneath. Taguchi says bring it, so Knight punches those cheeks! Taguchi’s iron buns withstand it, and Knight says, “Itai itai.” Knight winds up again, and he punches cheeks! Taguchi still stands tall, but the fans rally for Knight.
Knight does some push-ups, he and Taguchi do squats, and Knight winds up again. The fans rally and Knight lines up a shot, to then headlock! Taguchi powers up and out, bypasses and bypasses, but Knight redirects himself! And again, and again, and again! Knight is making Taguchi spin around, and then Taguchi gets dizzy and falls! The fans cheer while Taguchi slumps out of the ring. Knight runs and FLIES! Down goes Taguchi and the fans fire up! “Ore wa meccha, meccha… Meccha tsukareta…” Knight admits he is tired, and he asks for water. A Young Lion brings him water and Knight refreshes himself.
Taguchi sputters, Knight makes his way over to Taguchi, and then brings him back into the ring. The fans cheer and Knight snapmares Taguchi to run and SLIDING TACKLE! Cover, TWO! Taguchi is still in this and the fans applaud. Taguchi flounders, Knight does some squats to get his glutes going. Knight brings Taguchi around to HIP ATTACK! Knight gives Taguchi another HIP ATTACK! The fans rally and Knight does more squats to power up. Knight runs, but Taguchi somersaults to HIP ATTACK! The fans fire up and Taguchi powers up now. Taguchi has Knight on the ropes, rubs it in literally, and then gives point-blank HIPS!
Taguchi runs and HIP ATTACKS at the ropes! Knight dangles out of the ring! Knight flops down, the fans rally again, and Taguchi TRIANGLE JUMP PLANCHAS! Down goes Knight and the fans fire up again! Taguchi rises, steadies himself, and then puts Knight in the ring. Taguchi goes up, up, and MISSILE HIPS! Cover, TWO! Knight is still in this and the fans rally again. Taguchi looks to the corner, and he calls upon the powers of Strange Style! “ORYA~!” Taguchi runs in, but Knight hurdles Ketsuye! SUPERKICK! Taguchi mule kicks, runs, but Knight somersaults, into a FLAPJACK! OH MY GAH ANKLE!! Knight endures, reaches out, but Taguchi drags him back!
Knight reaches up to headscissor into the victory roll, TWO! Taguchi goes to a corner, BOOTS back, then goes up, MISSILE HIP meets DROPKICK! Knight’s antiair works out, and then he somersaults to SATELLITE DDT! Knight goes up top and the fans rally for the hip swivel and MOTHERSHIP UFO SPLASH! Cover, Knight wins!
Winner: Kevin Knight, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taguchi earns 0)
The Jet still flies high, and he ends with a 4-5 record. Taguchi ends with 6 points in the 9th round, is that nice enough for him?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Nick Wayne!
El Inmortal may not have life in the block, but he can still be a spoiler! Will he pop the Prodigy’s bubble? Or will this still be Wayne’s World in the end?
The bell rings and Titan runs up! Nick dodges, whips, but Titan reverses to TORNADO- NO, Nick powers out! Nick wrenches and whips, Titan goes up and over, and then Titan handsprings away! The fans cheer as things keep moving. Nick hurdles then bypasses Titan to UPPERCUT him down! Nick kips up and the fans cheer again. Nick covers, TWO! The fans rally as Nick brings Titan up. Nick CHOPS Titan, Titan leans on the ropes, and Nick brings him around. Nick ROCKS Titan, then whips corner to corner. Nick runs in, UPPERCUTS, and then pushes Titan down to cover, TWO! Titan stays in this and the fans applaud.
Nick stays cool and he sits Titan up. Nick KICKS Titan in the back, then paces. Titan writhes but Nick brings him back up. Titan CHOPS and the fans “WOO~!” Titan CHOPS again, but Nick ROCKS him! Nick then whips Titan, runs in, but Titan BOOTS, SOBATS, KICKS, and fires fast hands! Nick ducks the jump sobat to SOBAT back! Nick cravats, ASAI DDT. but Titan kips up! PELE! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Titan roars and rises up, then he brings Nick around. TRAILER HITCH! Nick endures the leglock and the fans rally again! Nick crawls forward, reaches out, and manages the ROPEBREAK!
The fans applaud and Titan lets go of the hold. Nick shakes out the legs but Titan KICKS Nick in the back. Titan brings Nick in but Nick resists the lift. The fans rally again as Nick and Titan fight for control. Nick wrenches, kicks, and runs, but Titan follows to RANA! Nick bails out, Titan builds speed, and Titan DIVES into an UPPERCUT! The fans rally harder as Titan flops to the apron! Nick rises, he stalks Titan on the apron, and Nick drags Titan up. The ref says don’t do it, but the fans rally up. Nick waistlocks, then goes for the nelson, but Titan resists. Titan fires elbows and Nick backs off. Titan runs up but Nick BOOTS him!
Nick runs up, but Titan SUPERKICKS! Nick falls back, Titan skins the cat to the top rope! Titan aims for LA APRON LANCER!! The fans fire up and Titan roars while Nick sputters and coughs! Titan shoves Nick into the ring, goes up the corner again, and LA LANC- NO, Nick dodges! Titan’s leg jams, Nick DROPKICKS the other out, then he DRAGON SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO!! Titan survives and Nick snarls. Nick goes to the corner and climbs up while the fans rally again. FROG- NO, Titan bails out! Nick rolls through and then comes right back, to FLY over the corner! Down goes Titan and the fans fire up!
Titan puts Nick in, goes back up, and he tries again! FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Titan survives again and the fans fire up! Nick huffs ‘n’ puffs, hears the fans cheering, and shouts “IKU ZO!” Nick drags Titan up, hooks a leg, PRODIGY- CRADLE COUNTER! TWO!! Nick escapes, Titan ducks the roundhouse to fire off his strike fest! But Nick still ROUNDHOUSES! Nick goes up, up, WAYNE’s- NO, Titan stops the cutter to shove and TORNADO DDT! Titan isn’t done there! He suplexes and GOURD- NO! Nick lands out! But Titan goes Matrix and then CALF KICKS! Titan roars, the fans fire up, and Titan has the ripcord, YOYO SLAM!
Titan goes to a corner, skins the cat again, and LA LANCER!!! Titan crawls to the cover, TWO?!?! Nick survives, but Titan ties up the legs! Deathlock, and then LLAVE INMORTAL!! Nick is caught, the straitjacket variation is in, and Nick QUITS!! Titan wins!!
Winner: Titan, by submission (gains 2 points; Nick earns 0)
Nick Wayne falls to 4-5, he is out of the running! But bigger yet, Titan has a win over the ROH World Television Champion! AEW/ROH and CMLL are going to meet in Arena Mexico for Grand Slam: Mexico, could these two run it back with gold on the line?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: MAO VS SHO!
The Strange Love Connection is the first of the top three to compete tonight, and while he has to hope for the others to fall, he still has to do his part and win. Will the Murder Machine make that all moot with another underhanded trick up his sleeve? Or can the star of DDT Pro make it to the finals?
Wait, Mao already turns the tables by pedaling in on his bike! He RAMS Sho down from behind! The fans fire up as Mao hurries to CLUB Sho down! Yujiro Takahashi AND Ren Narita hurry out here already to mug Mao before this on the record! The fans boo but Mao’s friends from DDT Pro are here! Kanon helps fight off the House, and Mao wants fans to clear out! Mao whips, but Sho reverses and BOWLS Mao into chairs! STRIKE! Ren & Yujiro keep the rest of DDT Pro back while Sho CHOKES Mao with a chair! The ref reprimands but Sho shoves him back! Wait, Kanon has the house in headlocks! Shunma Katsumata stops Sho from hitting Mao with the chair!
Sho gets mad hearing that trash talk, but that lets Mao SMACK Sho in the back with a chair! And Mao sends Sho out the door?! The fans rally as everyone is waiting on the street, and Mao runs to FLY! Down goes the House and DDT stands tall! Wait, wait, they spot a fan parked nearby. Mao hops in and he turns the key! The fans cheer as Mao kicks it into drive, and he comes barreling down the road! Sho and the House freak out, and Sho gets SMACKED by the front of the van! The fans cheer and Mao grins as he steps out. The ref reprimands but Mao drags Sho back into the building! Mao says now they can have this match!
Mao makes Sho sit on the hand cart, and Mao pushes Sho back to ringside! The fans cheer as Sho is barely conscious as Mao drags Sho into the ring. The bell finally rings, Mao covers, TWO!! Sho survives Mao’s hit ‘n’ run and Mao can’t believe it! Mao drags Sho up, but the ref wants to check him. Sho sputters and sits up in a daze, and Ren drags Mao out! Ren beats up Mao, beats up on Mao’s team, and Yujiro SMACKS Mao with a chair! The fans boo as they put Mao’s arm in a chair! Yujiro STOMPS away on the chair! Ren POSTS Kanon, and Sho grabs Mao’s bike! Sho brings it over and he runs over Mao’s arm! Sho does wheelies to smash Mao’s arm!
The fans boo but then Sho adds insult to injury by RIPPING OFF the DDT Pro hood off the bike! Sho and the House beat up the bike! The ref reprimands and Mao says they’ll pay for that! Sho CLUBS Mao, puts him in the ring, and then pushes him to a cover, TWO! Sho has the arm for a DOUBLE WRISTLOCK! Mao endures and the fans rally. Mao kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Sho puts Mao on the apron, and he has the arm in the rope! ARM WRINGER! Sho then pulls Mao through the corner, traps his arm against the buckle pad, and then KNEES the arm! Mao is stuck and Sho stands on the arm!
The ref counts, Sho step off, and Mao is freed. The fans rally, Mao throws a forearm but there’s not much to it. Sho kicks Mao, Mao fires more shots, but Sho slips around, GERMAN ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! Mao flails, reaches out, but Sho pulls on the arm! Mao still kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Sho lets Mao go, and Mao clutches his arm. Sho wrenches Mao’s arm, twists it, and hits the ELBOW BREAKER! Sho holds on to wrench and ELBOW BREAKER again! Sho grins as he lets Mao slump down. Sho knuckle locks, wrenches, and ELBOW- SLEEPER!! Mao has Sho now and the fans fire up!
Sho pries at the bad arm, pulls the fingers, but Mao breaks free! Look! HAYMAKER! Sho wobbles and the fans fire up! Mao whips, Sho reverses, but Mao SHOTGUNS! Sho flounders, the fans rally up, and Mao runs to BOOT Sho! Sho sputters, Mao runs again, CANNONBALL! Cover, TWO! Sho survives, but is now in JUST FACELOCK! Sho endures, fights around, and both Ren & Yujiro are on the apron. But Mao’s team YANKS them down! Sho flails, the bell rings, but it was REN! The fans boo the usual tricks from the House, and Mao is upset that he fell for such a basic trick. Mao drags Sho up, but Sho CLAWS Mao’s eyes!
Sjo runs, but Mao uses the ref as a shield! Mao runs, but now Sho uses the ref as a shield! Sho runs but Mao hurdles over the spear! Mao sends the ref back at Sho, then he HIGH JUMP CUTTERS!! The fans fire up and Mao waits on Sho. Sho rises, Mao brings him around, OSAKA RENKAI!! Cover, YUJIRO DRAGS THE REF OUT! The fans boo, Kanon is up but Yuijro & Ren BLAST him! The House mugs Mao, drags him up, and double whip him into a corner. Yujiro BOOTS Mao, Ren ELBOWS Mao, then Ren snapmares Mao to hold him open! Yujiro hits the FALLING HEADBUTT LOW BLOW! The fans boo while Mao writhes!
Ren stands Mao up and Yujiro has his pimp cane! But wait, SPRINGBOARD MISSILE DROPKICK from Shunma! Down goes Tokyo Pimp! Ren BOOTS Shunma, he BOOTS Kanon, but Kanon roars! Ren CLAWS Kanon’s eyes, runs, but Kanon LARIATS! The fans fire up as the full Strange Love Connection aims at Sho, HIGH LOW LARIATS!! Shunma builds speed and he DIVES! Down go Ren & Yujiro! Kanon & Mao set Sho up, but YOSHINOBU KANEMARU shows up! WHISKEY MIST for Kanon, and the BOTTLE SHOT for Mao! The fans boo as the Heel Master helps screw over the enemies of the House!
Kanemaru shoves the ref in and Sho laughs at Mao! STRAITJACKET DRIVER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Mao survives and the fans fire up! But Sho has the ARMBAR!! Mao flails, fights around, and he stacks Sho! TWO and Sho still has the arm! SNAKE BITE!! Mao fights against the modified triangle, fights his way over, and has the ROPEBREAK!! The fans cheer and Sho lets go in frustration. Sho crawls his way over and looks for his things. Sho grabs his Torture Tool and NEVER Openweight Six Man belt. The ref sees the belt and takes that, but then Mao surprises Sho with is iron gauntlet! Mao PUNCHES the Torture Tool down!
Sho dodges the fist, pushes Mao to ropes, and Kanemaru is there! But Mao ducks, WHISKEY MIST hits Sho! Mao BOOTS Kanemaru, then powers up the gauntlet! ROCKET PUNCH!! And then SAMURAI SUPERKICK!! Cover, TWO?!?! Sho survives, but Mao says he’ll finish this now! Mao drags Sho to a drop zone, climbs up the corner, and 450 SPLASHES!!! Cover, MAO WINS!!
Winner: Mao, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Sho earns 0)
Sho tried to stack the deck, but justice was still served! Mao is alive in the block, if only for now. Can he count on Robbie Eagles AND Taiji Ishimori to bring down El Desperado and Yoh?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS Robbie Eagles!
The Rogue Luchador still has that target on his back, not only because he could go to the finals with his win and Yoh’s loss, but because he is THE IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Could the Sniper of the Skies kill two birds with one victory? Or is Despy about to go back-to-back at the BOSJ finals?
Eagles shows off his Soul of PWA Championship, and makes a point that it is bigger and shinier. Despy says yeah, that’s nice. The fans rally and duel already, and the bell rings. Despy and Eagles circle, the fans rally more, and they feel things out. The fans already start up “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” so Eagles joins in! “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” The fans applaud, Eagles mocks Despy’s bow and waving arms, then the two tie up. Despy waistlocks, Eagles switches but Despy wrenches. Eagles rolls, wrenches, hammerlocks, but Despy headlocks for the takeover.
Eagles headscissors, Despy rolls Eagles around to then float, but Eagles gets his leg guard up. Eagles wrangles Despy and goes for a leg, but Despy rolls to have a toehold. Eagles kicks Despy down to have the HEEL HOOK! Despy scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets go, and Despy goes to the apron. Eagles smirks and eggs Despy on. Despy rises up, the fans rally and duel, and Despy steps inside. Despy and Eagles circle, tie up, and Despy powers Eagles to the ropes. Red Shoes counts the break, Despy lets off to pat Eagles on the shoulder. But then he KNEES low! Despy whips, but Eagles holds ropes to block!
Despy still tries, Eagles still holds on, but Despy CLAWS Eagles’ eyes! Red Shoes reprimands but Despy whips, only for Eagles to go up and around to arm-drag! Things keep moving, Eagles hurdles then RANAS, but Despy sunset flips through! TWO, Eagles high stacks, TWO! Both men stand, Despy KNEES low again, then whips. Eagles reverses to WHEEL KICK and kip up! The fans fire up and Eagles paces. Despy rises but Eagles is on him with a CHOP! Despy goes to ropes, Eagles is on him in the corner. Eagles CHOPS, puts Despy’s leg in ropes, and pulls! Despy shouts for Red Shoes, Red Shoes counts, and Eagles lets go, to basement 619!
Despy tumbles out of the ring, the fans rally, and Eagles paces. Eagles mockingly calls for Despy, then goes to the outside. Eagles stomps away on Despy’s leg, and then SMASHES it on the floor! Eagles flexes, says hey to Ninja Mack on commentary, then goes for Despy. Despy fires body shots and CHOPS, but Eagles TACKLES him down! Eagles YANKS Despy’s leg, puts him in the ring, then sits him up to step over and tie up the legs! STUMP PULLER! Despy endures and clubs at Eagles’ leg, but Eagles drops back to make this a cover, ONE!! The fans cheer as Despy sits up. Eagles KICKS, KICKS, and KICKS! But Despy blcoks!
Despy spins Eagles, Eagles knees free, then Eagles runs, but Despy dropkicks a leg! Despy grabs that leg for a SHIN BREAKER! The fans fire up while Eagles writhes. Despy has the leg and SPLASHES down on it! Eagles kicks at Despy from the mat, but Despy pushes on a leg to have a toehold! Eagles endures, Despy drags him around, and ties up the legs for an INDIAN DEATHLOCK! Despy slaps his own leg into working, but Eagles sits up to CHOP! Despy eggs him on so Eagles CHOPS again! And CHOPS again! Despy “falls over” and that puts on more pressure! Eagles flails while Despy just lounges. Eagles crawls over, pushes Despy out of his way, and has the ROPEBREAK!
The fans applaud and Red Shoes calls the break. Despy claims he needs help, but Eagles fires hands! Despy lets go, but he kneels on the bad leg! Eagles has the ropes again, Red Shoes counts, and Despy finally stands. Eagles crawls away, but he refuses to let Red Shoes stop this. Despy drags Eagles up but Eagles fires body shots and forearms! Despy KNEES low, but Eagles BOOTS! Eagles whips, Despy reverses, but Eagles fights the spinebuster! Despy KNEES low again, suplexes, but Eagles slips free to CHOP BLOCK and BLINDSLIDE LARIAT! Despy tumbles out, the fans rally up, and Eagles pushes through the pain to DIVE!
The fans fire up with Eagles but he still hobbles on that bad leg. Eagles sees a young fan dressed like him and cheers with him. Eagles then puts Despy in the ring, pounds the apron, and the fans rally up more. Eagles springboards to SNIPER DROPKICK! And then he has the leg to roll Despy into the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Despy shouts and flails, scratches and claws, and makes his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets go, then Eagles drags Despy to center. Despy kicks at Eagles, but Eagles KICKS the leg! Despy writhes, Eagles hobbles, and they go to opposite corners. Eagles runs in, but Despy dodges!
Eagles’ knees hit buckles, Despy runs up, and Despy blocks a boot! Despy kicks one leg, and DRAGON SCREWS the other! Then he has the STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles flails, reaches out, but Despy thrashes him around! Eagles lunges to the ROPEBREAK! Despy lets go and the fans rally again. Despy hobbles over to bring Eagles up, and he reels Eagles in. Despy suplexes high and hard! Cover, TWO! The fans applaud while Despy drags Eagles up. Despy gut wrenches for GUITARRA- NO, Eagles slips free and waistlocks! Despy ELBOWS Eagles, whips, but Eagles reverses, only for Despy to reverse and SPINEBUSETR! High stack, TWO!
Despy has the STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles endures, Despy thrashes, then Despy rolls Eagles away to have NUMERO DOS! Eagles reaches out with his free arm, then activates the core to sit up! Eagles DESTROY- NO, Despy blocks the rolling driver, tucks Eagles in, but Eagles CLUBS away on the legs! Eagles slips free, wrangles Despy, and has the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Despy endures, reaches out, and he crawls forward. Despy drags Eagles along with him, but Eagles drags Despy back! Eagles puts on the pressure and the fans are thunderous! Despy fights his way forward again, but Eagles thrashes around! Despy gives it one last gasp and he has the ROPEBREAK!!
Eagles lets go, to drop KNEES on the knee! Then GROUND DRAGON SCREW! Then SPINNING TOEHOLD! Despy writhes, Eagles goes out and up, for WARP 4.5, but onto KNEES! Well, to clarify, the legs are usually the target, but Despy gets his knees up to jam Eagles! Both men are down and the fans rally up again. Eagles and Despy stir, then crawl for each other. They go forehead to forehead, then rise up to go forearm for forearm! The fans rally as the shots go back and forth! Despy slaps his leg into working, ROCKS Eagles, and then stands. Eagles ROCKS Despy, Despy ROCKS Eagles again, but now Eagles UPPERCUTS!
The fans rally up more as Despy storms back up. He SLAPS Eagles! Eagles takes off the headband and bandana! Eagles huffs ‘n’ puffs and SLAPS Despy! And SLAPS, and KICKS! Despy ROCKS Eagles, but Eagles says I’LL BE BACK! ROUNDHOUSE! SUPERKICK! ENZI- NO, Despy ducks to roll and STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles rolls Despy to a cover, TWO! Eagles schoolboys with a bridge, TWO! Despy stands, Eagles SOBATS, then ASAI DDTS! Cover, TWO!! Despy stands, spins Eagles around and around, then PINCHE LOCO!! But Despy can’t make the cover! The fans fire up as Despy crawls and covers, TWO!!!
The fans fire up as Eagles survives! Despy rises, brings Eagles around, and Despy underhooks. TIGER DRIVER!! And then he underhooks again, but Eagles fireman’s carries! Eagles shifts things around to hit the TURBO BACKPACK!! Eagles crawls to the cover, TWO!! Despy survives and the fans are thunderous! Eagles goes to the corner, takes aim, and he basement SUPERKICKS!! Eagles can’t make the cover, his bad leg hurts too much! The fans rally harder as both men rise, and Eagles is back at the corner. Eagles runs to HYPER- NO, Despy ducks and has the leg! STRETCH MUFFLER! NUMERO DOS!! Eagles flails, sits up again, but Despy makes it a SPINEBUTER!!
Despy has NUMERO DOS PLUS!!! Eagles dangles as he endures, and he QUITS! Despy wins!!!
Winner: El Desperado, by submission (gains 2 points; Eagles earns 0)
The Sniper could not take out the Rogue Luchador, and Desperado is still in the running! With that, Mao is now out of the running, too, so it all comes down to the main event!
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Taiji Ishimori!
The pressure is on for Direct Drive! Yoh beat Despy in their 1v1, so if Yoh wins, he is in! Will this be a fresh finals for the Best of the Super Juniors? Or can the Bone Soldier help Despy make it through?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Yoh and Taiji circle, feel things out, and they tie up. Taiji wrenches to a wristlock, but Yoh rolls then trips Taiji. Taiji counters by going for the armbar, but Yoh stacks Taiji to a cover, ONE! The two back off and the fans cheer. Yoh and Taiji reset, circle again, and feel things out. They knuckle lock, but then Yoh goes for a leg. Taiji holds him off and puts him on ropes. Red Shoes calls the break, and Taiji lets off with pats to the shoulder. The two reset again, tie up, and Taiji headlocks. Yoh fires body shots, powers up and out, then drops down. Yoh bypasses Taiji, drop toeholds, but Taiji avoids the basement dropkick!
Yoh avoids a Penalty Kick, but Taiji kicks low to snapmare and NECK- NO, Yoh victory rolls, so that he can NECK TWIST! The fans rally while Taiji goes to ropes. Yoh runs up, Taiji puts him on the apron, but Yoh blocks a shot. Taiji ducks Yoh’s punch to HOTSHOT him down! Taiji then runs to a corner, goes up, up, and GOLDEN TRIANGLE MOONSAULTS! The fans fire up and Taiji brings Yoh around. Taiji hammerlocks Yoh’s arm and POSTS him! Yoh staggers away, Taiji goes off to the blue corner and he undoes the buckle pad. The Bullet Club Special is in play, but Taiji waits as the ring count climbs.
Yoh stands at 3 of 20, shakes out the bad arm, and rolls in at 8. The fans cheer, Taiji storms up, but Yoh fires a forearm! Taiji fires back, snapmares, and NECK TWISTS! The fans cheer while Yoh clutches his neck and shoulder. Taiji drags Yoh up, snapmares, and FIST DROPS! Cover, TWO! Taiji sits Yoh up to clamp on with a chinlock! Yoh endures the knee in his back, then fights his way around. Yoh reaches out, but Taiji turns him with a wristlock. Taiji wrenches and WRINGS Yoh to then WRING the arm again! Yoh scrambles to ropes while the fans cheer. Taiji storms over, grabs the arm, and has a COBRA CLUTCH!
Yoh endures as Taiji drags him away to center. Yoh kicks and reaches out, then fights up. Taiji ripcords to RAM Yoh, then COBRA CLUTCH and a takedown! COBRA TRIANGLE! The fans rally as Yoh endures, and Yoh kicks around to have the ROPEBREAK! Taiji lets go in frustration, and Yoh coughs and sputters as he catches his breath. Taiji CLUBS Yoh, drags him up, but Yoh fires forearms and kicks! Taiji BODY BLOWS, then CLUBS Yoh! Yoh goes back to the ropes, Taiji brings him around to whip into a corner. Taiji runs up, but Yoh BOOTS him away! Taiji comes back, but into a clinch, BACKBREAKER and NECKBREAKER!
The fans rally while both men are down again. Yoh and Taiji rise, and Yoh runs up to rally with forearms! Yoh whips, Taiji reverses, but Yoh FLYING FOREARMS! The fans fire up with Yoh, and he brings Taiji up. Yoh scoops Taiji to SLAM him, and then he revels in cheers. Yoh drops the ELBOW, then covers. TWO, and Yoh drops the KNEE! Cover, TWO and Yoh SPLASHES down! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer and Yoh shakes out the arm. Yoh drags Taiji up, reels him in, but Taiji fights the suplex to wrench and ARM CODE BREAKER! Then BONE LOCK! But Yoh rolls it fast! TWO!! Taiji kicks low, CLAWS Yoh’s eyes, then whips.
Yoh reverses, Taiji handsprings, but Yoh catches him! Taiji switches, ducks an elbow, then spins Yoh around, to POST him! The Bullet Club Special comes through, and Taiji brings Yoh out. Taiji hammerlocks the arm, scoops, and SHOULDER BUSTERS! Yoh writhes, Taiji goes back to the corner, and the fans rally up. Taiji runs back in, tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTIC- NO, Yoh spins that into a COBRA TWIST! Yoh then shifts to throw elbows, and he puts on the ANACONDA VICE! Taiji reaches out, fights his way over, but Yoh wrangles him to the mat! Taiji endures, rolls, pops free, and has the BONE LOCK!!
Yoh endures again and the fans rally back up! Yoh fights around, reaches out, but Taiji rolls him back for BLOODY- NO, Yoh handsprings through and O’Conner Rolls! Taiji stops the bridge, pushes Yoh down, BONE LOCK!! Yoh endures again and the fans rally! Yoh fights over again, and has the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer as Yoh literally escapes by a foot. Taiji lets go, then grins as he brings Yoh back up. Taiji gut wrenches, and CIPHER UTAKI! But Taiji says that’s not all! He aims his finger gun, says BANG, and then brings Yoh back in. But Yoh suplexes, FALCON GOROSHI! Both men are down and the fans rally up again!
Yoh and Taiji slowly stir, rise up, and Yoh fires a forearm! Taiji fires back! Yoh fires another, Taiji fires another, repeat! They pick up speed and the fans rally! Taiji LARIATS but Yoh stays up! Yoh LARIATS but Taiji stays up! They both roar, and DOUBLE LARIAT! Yoh runs up but Taiji JUMP KNEES! BANG and BLOODY- NO, Yoh wrenches out to HEADBUTT! Both men fall and the fans fire up! Taiji and Yoh stir, but Yoh sits up first. Yoh roars, slaps his bad arm into working, and then crawls over to Taiji. Yoh underhooks but Taiji fights the lift! Taiji wrenches out but Yoh full nelsons! Taiji fights that, but Yoh ripcords!
Taiji blocks the knee but that hurts his harm! Taiji takes a swing, but into the ANACONDA VICE! Taiji fights the hold, wrenches out, and tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTICA! BONE LOCK!!! Yoh fights around, reaches out, but Taiji rolls him! Yoh uses that to have the ANACONDA VICE!!! Taiji endures, fights to sit up, and then he stands to fire body shots. Taiji RAMS Yoh into the bare buckles! Both men fall back and the fans rally harder! Taiji drags Yoh up, reels him in, but Yoh blocks! Yoh fireman’s carries, and he hits an USHIGOROSHI! The fans fire up and Yoh full nelsons Taiji! DRAGON SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!!
Taiji escapes but Yoh vows to end this! The fans are thunderous as Yoh hauls Taiji up! DIRECT DRIVE!!! Cover, YOH WINS!!!
Winner: Yoh, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taiji earns 0)
The Bone Soldier fails, and now Desperado is NOT going to the finals! Desperado will now be on the outside looking in, waiting for his next challenger.
Speaking of which, Kosei Fujita now makes his way out here to be face to face with Yoh. Yoh holds the ropes open for Fujita to step into the ring. Fujita and Yoh get face to face, and Fujita points at the tag title on Yoh’s shoulder, because he also wants that belt. Yoh knows, since he and Wato took it from Fujita & Eagles. But Yoh dismisses Fujita, they’ll meet again on June 1st. Yoh then takes up the mic to tell Fujita, “Ya bastard… I’ll show you true chaos! Now, just one more win. In Ota, the best wind will blow.” Yoh drops the mic to leave it at that. Will that wind be the winds of change? Or will Yoh fail to bring down The Mighty Japanese Young Punk?
Here are the FINAL B Block standings!
YOH: 6-3, 12 points [FINALIST]
El Desperado: 6-3, 12 points [ELIMINATED]
MAO: 6-3, 12 points [ELIMINATED]
Taiji Ishimori: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Robbie Eagles: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
SHO: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Nick Wayne: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Kevin Knight: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Titan: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-6, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
My Thoughts:
A great night to wrap round nine and therefore the round robin portion. No repeat BOSJ finalists, which is actually great because now we’ve got a fresh match-up. Taguchi VS Knight was still a great match for not affecting outcomes, and Knight gets to return to AEW with a win. The flipside is Titan gets a win over Nick Wayne, I really do think it books itself, Nick VS Titan for the ROH World TV Championship on Grand Slam: Mexico. Christian Cage can even be condescending to Nick over how Nick didn’t make it to the finals, adding to that feud. Nick can beat Titan in the rematch, then get in Christian’s face to make a match for All In: Texas, or at least Supercard of Honor where ROH titles should be showing up anyway.
Great stuff with Mao and his team against Sho and the House of Torture. I was pleasantly surprised that Mao won, and I wonder if the House of Torture goes to a DDT Pro show to battle it out with Strange Love Connection. Mao winning also added great drama to the remaining matches, Despy VS Eagles was awesome stuff, probably the actual best match of the night. Yoh VS Taiji wasn’t quite as hot going by the crowd, but Yoh getting the win to shut the door on Despy was good. Yoh VS Fujita will be great, a bit hard to call, but that makes it fun.
My Score: 9/10
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