Coverage
Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (10/19/23)
Will All Ego go 6-0?
Will Ethan Page break more than a sweat against Tony Nese?
Ever since coming to ROH, Ethan Page has been on a roll! Will he once again feel like the All Ego of old? Or will the Premier Athlete wear him out?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Angelico VS Gravity; Angelico wins.
- Captain Shawn Dean w/ Trish Adora VS “Pretty” Peter Avalon w/ Ryan Nemeth; Dean wins.
- Mercedes Martinez VS Marti Belle; Mercedes wins.
- Ethan Page VS Tony Nese w/ Mark Sterling; Nese wins.
- Billie Starkz w/ Athena VS Diamante w/ Mercedes Martinez; Billie wins.
- Pure Rules Match: Josh Woods w/ Mark Sterling VS Pat Buck; Woods wins.
- Griff Garrison & Cole Karter w/ Maria Kanellis-Bennett VS Ren Jones & Myron Reed; Griff & Karter win.
- Allysin Kay VS Kiera Hogan; Kiera wins.
- The Righteous VS Rock Gordon & Kevin Matthews; The Righteous win.
- Lady Frost VS Zoey Lynn; Frost wins.
- Komander VS Metalik; Komander wins.
- Triple Threat Tag: The Gates of Agony w/ Prince Nana VS The Workhorsemen VS Action Andretti & Darius Martin; The Gates of Agony win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Angelico VS Gravity!
The South African Stud has a standing invitation to an ROH World Championship match from Eddie Kingston, but he’s waiting for the right time to cash in. Will Angelico be rolling on his way towards that title match? Or will the Astronaut of Lucha swoop in and get his shot first?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings and the two circle. Fans rally, Gravity and Angelico tie up, and Angelico goes after an arm. Angelico wristlocks but Gravity reaches back to headlock. Angelico powers up to bring Gravity down and he chinbars with an armlock. Angelico wrenches and wristlocks, Gravity rolls and handsprings to break free, and space walk! Fans cheer, Angelico frowns, and the two reset. Angelico and Gravity knuckle lock, but then Angelico kicks and wrenches to wrangle Gravity down. Gravity bridges up, Angelico pushes him down, but Gravity bridges again. Gravity trips Angelico to elbow a leg!
Angelico rolls to drag Gravity into an ARMBAR! Gravity scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! Angelico lets off and the fans rally up. The two circle, tie up and Angelico has a leg pick for a standing kneebar! Gravity endures, wrangles Angelico down, and turns Angelico over to tie up the legs. Angelico scrambles now, to the ROPEBREAK! Gravity lets off quickly and fans rally up. Angelico and Gravity circle, tie up and Angelico waistlocks. Gravity fights the lift but Angelico still SLAMS him down! Angelico then flips Gravity over, Gravity kips up but Angelico arm-drags him away! Fans cheer and jeer but Angelico soaks it all up.
Angelico mocks the space walk, fans rally up, and Gravity CHOPS! Angelico is stinging, but he kicks low! Angelico whips, Gravity reverses and drops down to then hurdle. Angelico leaps over, Gravity kips up and hip tosses! Then DROPKICKS! Angelico tumbles out, fans fire up and Gravity FLIES! Direct hit and down goes Angelico! Fans fire up as Gravity drags Angelico up and puts him in the ring. Gravity then climbs the corner, CROSSBODY into a DROPKICK! Angelico shoots Gravity outta the sky, then drags him up. Angelico wrenches and back suplexes! Fans rally, Angelico turns Gravity over and he ties up the legs.
Angelico reaches for arms but Gravity resists. Angelico chinlocks, then gets the arms, roll into the INVERTED ANGELITO! And then a bridging cover! TWO!! Gravity escapes but Angelico stomps him down. Angelico stalks Gravity to a corner, does his string dance, and fans boo. Angelico uses both hands! Angelico then drags Gravity up, but Gravity CHOPS! Fans fire up but Angelico knees low! Angelico whips Gravity corner to corner, runs in, but Gravity BOOTS first! Fans fire up as Gravity BOOTS again! Angelico runs back in but Gravity dodges, Angelico hits buckles! Gravity runs in, ARABIAN PRESS but Angelico puts him on the apron!
Gravity baits Angelico into a shoulder, then slingshots up and over to arm-drag! And then an ENZIGURI! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! A standing count begins as the fans rally up. Angelico and Gravity rise at 6 of 10, stand at 7, and Gravity wheelbarrows to a victory roll, TWO! Gravity gets around, roll up and bridge, TWO!! Angelico escapes but the fans fire up with Gravity! Gravity runs in, Angelico fireman’s carries and swings, but Gravity swings through to roll-up! TWO!! Angelico has a TRIANGLE HOLD, but Gravity deadlifts to POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO!! Angelico survives but Gravity goes up!
Fans are thunderous for the DIVING SPLASH onto knees! Angelico drags Gravity up, tucks the arms and Canadian Racks, YOYO SLAM! Stepover omoplata and HALF CRAB! Gravity taps, Angelico wins!
Winner: Angelico, by submission
A big win, and still respect shown from the stud with the Code of Honor handshake. Angelico has said he can go hold for hold, but when and where will he go for gold?
The Righteous speak.
Vincent says, “Paper people have no eyes, man. They’re blind.” Dutch says “Pride blinds you and the reality of nature.” Vincent says, “You all only see the surface of everything, not the depths. We told everybody that we were going to tear apart the friendship of MJF & Adam Cole. And we were right. MJF walked into WrestleDream alone, and walked out alone. And now, he’s got four hyenas barking at his neck, man.” And yet everyone thinks The Devil is pulling the strings? No, Vinnie’s the one playing with the pieces, man. From now on, when The Righteous talk, you listen. They speak the truth, and the truth is RIGHTEOUS! Dig what they’re saying, man?
Backstage interview with Athena & Billie Starkz.
Well, not exactly. Lexi Nair stands at attention as Athena asks them if they know why they’re here. Um… What’s going on? Athena says this is their very first MEM: Minion Empowerment Meeting! Why? Because “Diabla” and “that retired hussy,” Mercedes, dropped them! Athena doesn’t like getting dropped. Does Minion Number 2 enjoy that? Billie does not. Billie’s facing “Diabla” tonight, a woman Athena gave advice to, and Athena hates how that blew up in her face. So what’s Billie gonna do? WHAT’S SHE GONNA DO!? Shake her hand? NO! Baddest one swings first! Lexi echoes that, and Athena asks if Billie is bad?
Diamante’s bad. But Athena’s minion right here, she says with hard pats on the back, “is the baddest.” Lexi says yes she is! So what’s Billie gonna do!? Swing first! That’s right! Swing first! Cuz that is what they do! So let’s go! NOW. Billie heads out and Lexi says get Diamante right between the eyes! Athena sighs and says Billie still sucks. But will Billie finally prove herself worth to the Fallen Goddess?
Ethan Page VS Tony Nese w/ Mark Sterling!
All Ego has five wins on his ROH record and all without being “Premier Brand” with the Premier Athlete. But Smart Mark has Bobby Cruise stop with the introductions because Nese has something important to say, and it is some bad news. Nese addresses Toledo, Ohio, “looking around this crowd, this would’ve been the perfect candidate for my Group Training. Cuz I see nothing but a bunch of sea pigs out there in the crowd tonight. I know, I’m upset, too, I really wanted to do this Group Training. But thanks to Ethan Page, I have to go and make an example of him. So maybe you can learn something tonight when I wipe the floor with him.
“But until then, I have to put a hold on my group training. So send that jackass out.” Ethan makes his entrance, will he get his sixth in a row?
The Code of Honor is upheld, though reluctantly by Nese, and the bell rings. Ethan and Nese circle, tie up, and Nese shoves Ethan away. Nese says stop! Nese says tis what Toledo came to see, and he flexes his biceps. Ethan just lounges on the ropes while he waits. Nese says Ethan has no abs because he sits like that all day. The two reset, tie up, and Ethan headlocks. Fans rally up, Nese pulls hair and the ref reprimands. Nese whips Ethan but then dodges to go outside and do some jumping jacks. Ethan rushes out, Nese slides back in, and does more jumping jacks. Fans boo but Ethan tells Sterling to back off.
Ethan goes to the apron, fans rally and the two circle. Nese kicks low, headlocks, but Ethan powers up and powers out. Ethan drops but Nese bails out to avoid the haymaker! Fans boo but Nese says he’s just too fast for Ethan. Ethan storms out, Nese slides back in, and Ethan grows frustrated. Ethan says if Nese wants to wrestle, fine. But Sterling… Ethan storms up on the ambulance chaser again, but Nese rushes out! So Ethan fires off haymakers! Ethan RAMS Nese into railing, then gives him a SNAKE EYES off the railing! Ethan borrows the fan’s sign that says, “TONY NESE SUCKS!” and sits on Nese with it.
Fans cheer, the sign is returned, and Ethan stomps Nese. Nese tries to escape through the crowd but Ethan drags Nese back to ROCK him over and over! Then Ethan sends Nese into more railing! Ethan hops up to soak up all the cheers, then he puts Nese back in the ring. Nese staggers about, and gets RUN OVER! Cover, TWO! Sterling tells Nese to use his cardio and literally run circles around Ethan. Ethan ROCKS Nese, brings him up, and ROCKS him again! Ethan scoops and SLAMS Nese! Nese flounders to ropes and fans fire up. Ethan runs up on Nese but Nese YANKS him out to the apron!
Ethan drags himself up, Nese storms up but Ethan RAMS into him! Nese distracts the ref with talk of a leg injury, and that lets Sterling trip Ethan up! Ethan tells Sterling off but then Nese THROAT CHOPS and LEG SWEEPS! Nese slingshots to PLANCHA and down goes Ethan! Fans boo but Sterling high-fives his client. Nese slides into the ring to talk with the ref, and Sterling stomps Ethan! Nese goes out to fetch Ethan into the ring, and he soaks up the heat. Nese hoists Ethan up top, has him in the Tree of Woe, and he stomps a mudhole in! The ref counts, Nese lets off, to then run corner to corner, to AB CRUNCH KICK!
Fans boo, the ref counts, but Nese lets off. Ethan falls out of the Tree, Nese covers, TWO! Nese clamps on with a chinlock and he leans on the hold. Fans rally as Ethan endures, fights up, and Ethan throws body shots! Ethan ROCKS Nese, Nese ROCKS Ethan, repeat! Fans rally as Ethan knees low, then suplexes! Nese fights that to THROAT CHOP again! Nese brings Ethan along for the BULLDOG HOTSHOT! Nese gets back in, but Ethan suplexes him first! Fans fire up while both men are down! Both men stand, Ethan ROCKS Nese! And again, and again, and again! Ethan whips, Nese reverses but Ethan LARIATS!
Ethan ROCKS Nese in a corner, runs the ropes, but Nese dodges! Only for Ethan to scoop and POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO! Nese is still in this but Ethan says he’ll end it! Ethan drags Nese up, Canadian Rack but Nese slips free. Nese waistlocks, Ethan switches but Nese bucks the O’Conner! Nese runs, but Ethan ducks the sobat to ROUNDHOUSE! And then the cradle, for the SLAM! Ethan then goes to the apron, steps in, HEADSHOT!! Cover, TWO?!? Nese survives and shocks Ethan! But the fans fire up as Ethan brings Nese back up and in. Sterling gets on the apron but Ethan chases him off, only for Nese to KNEE Ethan into buckles!
ROLL-UP WITH FEET ON ROPES! NESE WINS!!!
Winner: Tony Nese, by pinfall
Sterling helps Nese STEAL this one, but there’s nothing changing how Ethan’s streak is over! Nese dares to want the Code of Honor handshake here, but then he leaves Ethan hanging. Nese has a better idea: give Sterling a call so Nese can take care of the flab. Ethan DECKS Nese! And kicks Sterling! Ethan lifts Sterling up but Nese makes the save! The Premier Brand runs for it, will Ethan come calling for revenge?
Billie Starkz w/ Athena VS Diamante w/ Mercedes Martinez!
We just saw the Minion be empowered, and she’s ready to prove she’s the baddest! Will Billie strike first? Or will she fail to break the Cuban Diamond?
The Code of Honor is upheld reluctantly, the bell rings, and then Diamante swings first! Billie ducks it to ELBOW! Billie TOSSES Diamante out, builds speed, and DIVES! Direct hit and fans fire up! Athena says that’s right, but tells Billie to stay on Diamante. Billie puts Diamante in the ring and she cheers herself. Athena says now’s not the time! Diamante ROCKS Billie, then has her in the ropes, NECKBREAKER HOTSHOT! Diamante drags Billie down to rain down fists! Diamante stalks Billie to a corner and CHOPS! That stung even through the Minion shirt. But then Diamante puts the shirt over Billie’s head!
Diamante puts Billie on ropes, pulls the shirt all the way off, and she CLUBS Billie on the back! Diamante CHOKES Billie on the ropes, lets off, and Billie sputters. Diamante drags Billie up, RAMS her into buckles, and Mercedes says Billie sucks so bad, even Athena said it! Diamante CHOPS, whips corner to corner hard, then dragon sleepers! Billie flails and fights, but Diamante hits a BACKBREAKER! Diamante holds on to BACKBREAKER again, then turns Billie for a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Diamante grows frustrated but she drags Billie up into a cravat neck wrench. Billie endures and throws body shots!
Diamante snapmares Billie, pushes her down, then steps on her face! Mercedes says that’s good, she should be Coach Martinez. Diamante runs to basement dropkick! Cover, TWO! Athena shouts for Billie to get it together! Diamante pushes Billie around, stomps her down, but lets off as the ref counts. Fans rally for Billie but Diamante CHOPS her! Diamante talks trash, UPPERCUTS Billie, and Mercedes taunts Billie as Diamante UPPERCUTS again! Fans rally, Billie sputters and Diamante runs in, but Diamante blocks Billie’s boots! Diamante throws Billie to ropes and DRAPING BACKSTABBERS! Cover, TWO!
Billie hangs tough but she still writhes in pain. Athena shouts for Billie to get up but Diamante drags her up. Diamante ROCKS Billie, has her in a corner and talks some trash. Diamante climbs up, rains down fists, and goes all the way to nine, then CHOPS for ten! Diamante cheers herself on while Athena tells Billie to get up already. Diamante bends Billie against ropes, CLUBS away on her, then brings Billie around. Diamante whips corner to corner, runs in, but she blocks Billie’s boots again. Diamante throws Billie to ropes but Billie ENZIGURIS! Fans fire up and Billie runs in to spin, SMASH and HEEL-
NO, Diamante ducks the heel, but then Billie blocks a kick! “EAT YOUR TEETH!” KNEE! And then wind up and HEEL KICK! Diamante ROCKS Billie! Diamante runs, wheelbarrows, but Billie blocks the roll to have the cover, BILLIE WINS!
Winner: Billie Starkz, by pinfall
But Mercedes attacks! She’s a sore loser but Athena makes the save! Only for Mercedes & Diamante to mug her! The ref reprimands, but Billie rises! Diamante runs up to CLOBBER Billie! Diamante & Mercedes stomp away on Athena in a corner, then Mercedes goes back for Billie. HAYMAKER! Mercedes goes out to look under the ring, and she brings out a chair! She sends that to Diamante, but refs rush out to stop this before it gets worse! Athena grabs that chair from Diamante, Mercedes has one of her own! Billie drags Diamante out to RAM her into steel steps! Athena and Mercedes want at each other but the refs aren’t letting it happen!
Fans want to “LET THEM FIGHT! LET THEM FIGHT!” but the refs are insistent. Diamante & Mercedes leave, but Athena & Billie want more! When and where will the Fallen Goddess and her minion make Diamante & Mercedes pay?
Backstage interview with Maria Kanellis-Bennett, Cole Karter & Griff Garrison.
Lexi is with The First Lady of Wrestling and her “boys.” It seems like they’re finally on the same page, so how are they feeling tonight? Griff says they’re feeling good, actually, because- OH! Karter almost forgot to give Maria her gift! Ready? Uh, sure. Tada! He got her a shirt, “Hot Moms <3 Professional Wrestlers!” Cuz she IS a hot mom, they’re all pro-wrestlers, it works. Can she wear it tonight please? No, she’s already dressed. Can’t she put it on over her stuff real quick? Sure… At least it matches the rest of the outfit. Griff says Karter’s so weird. Will this team be able to make it work with Karter’s obsession only getting worse?
Pure Rules Match: Josh Woods w/ Mark Sterling VS Pat Buck!
The Technical Beast told Smart Mark he doesn’t want a ringside coach, and he certainly didn’t want it to be the Buzzkiller. Will Woods prove he knows what he’s doing in his pursuit of Katsuyori Shibata? Or will Woods fail to break the Man of Iron?
The judges for tonight are Jimmy Jacobs, Christopher Daniels and Madison Rayne. The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and we’re on the clock. The two circle, feel things out, and fans rally up. They tie up, clinch, and Pat fights the belly2belly. Woods waistlocks, Pat wrenches and hammerlocks but Woods slips through. Pat rolls, spins and wrenches. Woods spins Pat around, headlocks, but Pat powers up and out. Things speed up, Pat hurdles but Woods blocks hip toss to a roll and double leglock grapevine! Pat rolls and Woods holds on, but Pat gets the ROPEBREAK! That’s his first of three, and we’ve only hit one minute.
Woods pats Pat on the head and mocks him about using that break. Pat nods, he has to remember the rules. These two circle again, Pat gets around to waistlock but Woods switches. Pat switches, Woods switches again, but Pat drop toeholds. Woods stays up, wags his finger, but then Pat shoves Woods and Woods grabs the ropes! That counts as a ROPEBREAK! Sterling protests but it’s just his first so Woods shakes that off. Woods swings, Pat ducks and headlocks, but Woods spins Pat to SLAM him down! Woods steps over, Pat slips out the back to waistlock, and Woods goes to ropes to stop the O’Conner! But that’s a ROPEBREAK!
Fans cheer as Pat has made Woods use up two ropebreaks in just one minute! Woods and Sterling protest but the ref is the one in charge. Sterling tries to show the ref that the judges didn’t score it that way, but that’s not the point. And then Pat ROCKS Woods! Pat gets away with the closed fist to the face because Sterling is arguing ropebreaks! Pat tells everyone to shush, but then Woods DECKS Pat! Wait, the ref sees that one! That’s Woods’ one warning! Fans cheer, Woods is furious and he runs in at Pat, but blocks a boot! Woods puts the leg in ropes, knee drop on the knee! Pat writhes, Woods grabs the leg to SMASH and SMASH and SMASH! Cover, ONE!!
Woods holds the leg, WRENCHES the leg, and then WRENCHES it again! Pat writhes, Woods steps through but Pat drags him to a cradle! ONE!! Woods swings, into a backslide! TWO! Pat O’Conner Rolls, TWO! Pat runs, gets around, crucifix takedown! TWO! Woods is furious and he KICKKS the leg! KNEE to the face! Woods gut wrenches and carries Pat, to then POWERBOMB! Woods steps around, GORILLA LOCK!! Pat taps, Woods wins!
Winner: Josh Woods, by submission
Woods’ anger boiled up, and he finished this just short of four minutes! He still shakes Pat’s hand for the Code of Honor, and the Sterling Stable is rolling. Will Woods have the goods to go after The Wrestler?
Griff Garrison & Cole Karter w/ Maria Kanellis-Bennett VS Ren Jones & Myron Reed!
The Ivy League MVP may not be simpin’ for Maria like the Diamond in the Rough, but at least they agree to put winning ahead of anything. Will they band together to finally get going? Or will distractions like the one in the new T-shirt get in the way again?
The Code of of Honor is skipped, the teams sort out and Griff starts against Myron. They circle, tie up, and Griff waistlocks, but Myron counters the lift with an arm-drag! Griff rushes back in but Myron goes Matrix to dodge! Then he ENZIGURIS! Myron wrenches Griff, Griff throws elbows, and Griff whips. Karter gets a cheap shot, then avoids Myron’s retaliation, and Griff BOOTS Myron down! Griff drags Myron up, stomps away in the corner, then lets off as the ref counts to tag Karter. Griff whips and Karter DROPKICKS! Karter says that’s for Maria! Karter then hoists Myron up, back suplexes, but Myron slips free!
Tag to Ren and he dodges Karter to BOOT Griff! Ren runs up, ducks ‘n’ dodges Karter to UPPERCUT him down! Ren brings Karter up, ducks the haymaker to ROCK him! Suplex for the BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Karter is still in this but Ren drags Karter up. Ren fireman’s carries but Karter fights free. Karter shoves Ren away, tags out to Griff, then dodges Ren to waistlock. Karter shoves Ren to feed the ROLLING ELBOW! Griff BLASTS Myron, Karter Canadian Racks Ren to CLIFFHANGER! Griff covers, he and Karter win!
Winners: Griff Garrison & Cole Karter, by pinfall
The Kingdom’s Army gets it done, and Maria is very proud! Will they continue on until they’re fighting for some tag titles?
Dalton Castle speaks.
“Hmm… Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Listen. I know that television gets better when Dalton Castle is on camera. Which gives me a lot of pressure to keep the viewers happy. Because they… Well, they’ve become accustomed to my everything! It’s what they crave…! And I’ll be damned if I let anybody step in my way and prevent me from giving you what you deserve! ROH Television has been filled with so much… ordinary. And it’s about time this Peacock does everything he can to make it extraordinary.” Then just how will Castle make ROH TV must-see?
Komander VS Metalik!
The AAA World Cruiserweight Champion is still looking to take command of ROH and AEW, even if that means facing one of his amigos. Will Komander be headed for his second championship? Or will the King of the Ropes earn himself a shot at the one Komander already has?
The fans chant for “LUCHA! LUCHA!” while the Code of Honor is upheld. The bell rings, fans rally up, and the two speed things up already! Komander sidesteps, avoids the handspring, but then Metalik dodges to mule kick. Metalik whips, Komander reverses but Metalik BOOTS and SLING-DOGS! Metalik goes up and along the ropes to MISSILE DROPKICK! Fans fire up as Komander bails out, and Metalik builds speed, to then hold up and PLANCHA! Fans fire up as Komander goes down! Metalik puts Komander in, then springboards to SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Metalik keeps on Komander with a chinlock but Komander throws body shots.
Metalik puts Komander in a corner, stomps him, then CHOPS! Fans are stinging from that one, and Metalik ROCKS Komander. Metalik goes corner to corner, but Komander dodges the splash and GAMANGIRIS! Komander goes up, and he tightrope walks to METEO-RANA! Fans fire up and Komander runs in at the corner, only for Metalik to put him up top. Komander BOOTS Metalik, then tightrope walks to FLYING RANA! Metalik bails out, Komander builds speed and FLIES! Direct hit with the tope and fans fire up! Komander hurries to put Metalik back in. Komander hurries up top again, “This is Awesome!” as Komander CROSSBODIES!
Things keep moving, Komander rolls to SUNSET BOMB! Cover, TWO!! Metalik survives and fans fire up again! Komander fires forearms, puts Metalik up top, and then climbs up after him. Fans rally as the luchadores throw hands! Metalik stands, but Komander gets him for a SUPER DUPER STEINER! Cover, TWO!!! Metalik survives again and Komander can’t believe it! Komander drags Metalik to a drop zone, goes up, and fans chant “This is Lucha!” Komander is up top, but Metalik trips him up! Metalik then goes to the apron, CHOPS Komander, CLUBS him, then goes up. SUPER STEINER of his own!
Metalik fireman’s carries, METALIK DRIVER!! Cover, TWO!! Komander survives but fans chant “SI! SI! SI!” as Metalik goes up. MOONSAULT into BOOTS! Komander torture racks to FLIPPING GUTBUSTER! Then it’s back up top! Komander calls his shot, tightrope walks, CIELITO LINDO!! Cover, Komander wins!
Winner: Komander, by pinfall
The AAA World Cruiserweight Champion is truly a shooting star with that lovely sweet finisher! Will Komander take over ROH soon enough? And Metalik shows his amigo respect, but will Metalik be able to get himself back on track?
Triple Threat Tag: The Gates of Agony w/ Prince Nana VS The Workhorsemen VS Action Andretti & Darius Martin!
Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona, JD Drake & Anthony Henry, and Top Flight MK II all want their shot at the ROH World Tag Team Champion, MJF, and that means putting together a worthy win-loss record. Will the Mogul Embassy get back up? Will Scrap Metal & The Saint of August put in the work? Or will the Sight to See & The Air Wolf fly high with some golden tickets?
The Code of Honor is upheld by all but the Gates, and that gets the other four on the same page. They all BLAST Kaun & Liona off the apron! Nana protests but the bell rings, and then Workhorsemen and high fliers coordinate. Darius & JD help give Action & Henry a boost to DOUBLE PLANCHA the Gates down! Fans fire up and then Darius CHOPS JD! JD CHOPS back, they CHOP back and forth! JD knees low, scoops Darius, but Darius slips free to DROPKICK! JD wobbles but swings, Darius dodges to tag Action! Darius RAMS, Action ROCKS and Darius HOTSHOTS! Action goes up and up to CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO!
Action wrenches JD’s arm, Darius tags in and goes up to DOUBLE STOMP the elbow! Darius wrenches but JD CHOPS back! JD whips Darius to the Workhorse corner, SPLASHES, and Henry tags in. JD whips Darius, Henry hurdles and then bypasses, the Workhorsemen RAM, CLUB and DDT Darius down! Henry covers, TWO! Action coaches Darius but the Gates are up. The ref reprimands Kaun, only two teams are legal at a time. Kaun stays back but the ref misses Liona as he CLOBBERS Darius and Henry! Liona RAMS Darius into the corner, Kaun tags off Darius, and the Gates mug Darius!
Nana says this is legal, JD says no it ain’t, but the Gates DOUBLE TOSS Darius! Kaun runs to SENTON! Cover, TWO! Darius hangs tough but Kaun drags him up. Kaun wrenches, whips him into the Gates’ corner, and he tags Liona. Liona whips Kaun in but Darius ELBOWS back! Darius BOOTS Liona, then gets them both, DOUBLE DDT COMBO! Fans fire up but Liona rises up!? Liona drags Darius up to fireman’s carry but Darius slips free! Darius shoves, Action GAMANGIRIS, but Liona still takes a swing! Darius dodges, hot tag to Action! Action ducks ‘n’ dodges to then pop-up DROPKICK! Fans fire up, Action dodges Liona and he hits buckles!
Henry tags in off Liona but runs right into Action’s forearms! Action rallies and whips but Henry reverses. Action handsprings but into a GERMAN SUPLEX! Henry runs in to FOREARM, tag to JD! Feed to the lift, END-ZIGURI OF DAYS! Cover, Kaun breaks it! Kaun gives Henry an IRISH CURSE BACKBREAKER, but Darius gives Kaun a BULLDOG HOTSHOT! Darius adds a GAMANGIRI, then gets in to TORNADO FLATLINER JD! Darius sets JD up for Action, springboard 450!! Cover, Liona CLOBBERS Darius to break it up! Liona whips Action to the corner, Kaun tags in off Action before Liona SPLASHES!
The Gates have Henry but Henry fights with forearms! Henry fires back and forth, Kaun ducks a kick and shoves Henry at Liona. ENZIGURI, but Liona stays up! Liona roars, then HEADBUTTS!! The Gates DOUBLE LARIAT! Cover, The Gates win!
Winners: The Gates of Agony, by pinfall
A fast ‘n’ furious main event, and the Mogul Embassy is getting back on track! Will MJF be in serious trouble if these guys become tag title contenders?
My Thoughts:
A good ROH, but yes, this is my first week of skipping what certainly on paper looked like filler. Granted, this episode was back to a 90 minute length, but still. Now, I still kept an eye on the filler, and they were still good matches. Well, Righteous most certainly squashed their opponents, and their promo seemed to frame it as they were still right about MJF & Cole all along. But after that Triple Threat main event, it does feel like MJF is going to be stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to staying ROH World Tag Team Champion for Cole’s sake. And since AEW loves having ROH stuff on their shows, why not plug that? MJF has all these enemies closing in, he’s gonna have to accept someone else’s help (Acclaimed) at some point if he’s to survive.
I kept the opener of Angelico VS Gravity because, well, yeah can’t really ditch the opener. Plus, it works towards Angelico’s story that he’s getting ready for his title shot with Eddie. Though I don’t think they can pull off a Money in the Bank kind of cash-in because who would even know the story? How many people watching AEW really watch ROH like I am? It’s already a lot to watch the three AEW shows and the three WWE shows, I’m honestly a bit crazier than the average fan for also having ROH.
Good promo from Athena with Billie, and really good match from Billie VS Diamante. Billie getting the win was great, but clearly this feud is only escalating. I would like to think Athena VS Mercedes for the ROH Women’s World title will be a No Disqualification style match, given they had chairs ready to go in that brawl. And good promo from Maria and the Kingdom’s Army, though it feels like this was out of order. Wasn’t Maria already wearing that Hot Moms <3 Pro-Wrestlers shirt already? Bad continuity, guys. But good win for Karter & Griff, maybe they’ll get themselves going to challenge whoever gets the tag titles off MJF.
Good stuff with the Sterling Stable. Woods VS Pat was quicker than I thought it’d be, but I liked Pat being able to outsmart Woods for the middle part there. And of course Nese & Sterling cheat Ethan out of his win streak, delaying Ethan’s chance at the world title. Good promo from Castle, but it just makes me again feel they need to get Samoa Joe back on ROH TV. After all, he’s the ROH World Television Champion. And he needs to finish his story with Castle over that title, because Castle is stuck doing promos to bide his time. And awesome match from Komander and Metalik, that was the real main event for me. Great win for Komander as AEW & ROH continue to help an American audience have an idea of what AAA and CMLL are about.
My Score: 8.5/10
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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.
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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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