Coverage
Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (11/16/23)
Championships galore!
Will the Mad King keep his crown?
Dalton Castle wants to give the ROH audience what they deserve, and that’s apparently not Eddie Kingston! Will The Peacock once again be world champion?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Trent Beretta w/ Kris Statlander & Orange Cassidy VS “Pretty” Peter Avalon; Trent wins.
- The Outrunners VS Jacoby Watts & Sebastian Wolfe; The Outrunners win.
- Emi Sakura VS Rebel Kel; Emi wins.
- The Bollywood Boyz VS The Boys; The Boys win.
- Athena & Billie Starkz VS Brooke Havok & Johnnie Robbie; Athena & Billie win.
- Leyla Hirsch & Rachael Ellering VS The Renegade Sisters; Leyla & Rachael win.
- “The Problem” Marina Shafir VS Amira; Shafir wins.
- El Hijo Del Vikingo & Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal; Vikingo & Komander win.
- ROH World Championship: Eddie Kingston VS Dalton Castle w/ The Boys; Eddie wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
Trent Beretta w/ Kris Statlander & Orange Cassidy VS “Pretty” Peter Avalon!
NEVER Openweight Champion Trent is not after losing to the Rampaging Dragon at NJPW Lonestar Shootout, but he surely made an impression on AEW & ROH management. Will Avalon be a nice rebound for Trent here tonight?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and the fans rally as these two circle. They feel things out, tie up, and Avalon headlocks. Trent powers out, Avalon runs him over, then flexes. Fans are a bit torn, then Avalon runs. Trent stays low, hurdles over but Avalon pushes. Things keep moving, Avalon hurdles but now Trent runs him over! Fans fire up as Trent flexes, and Avalon gets up in a huff. Avalon shoves, Trent shoves back. They keep shoving, and then Trent CHOPS Avalon down! Fans cheer, Avalon is stinging, but Trent stands Avalon up to CHOP again! Trent CLUBS Avalon, but Avalon throat chops back!
Avalon storms up on Trent to CLAW his back! Avalon whips, Trent reverses, things speed up again, STANDING METEORA from Trent! Fans fire up while Avalon goes to the apron. Trent storms up but Avalon RAMS into him! Avalon slingshots up and over, then runs back in to POST Trent! Trent falls to the floor and Cassidy goes over to check him. Avalon waits, to then PLANCHA! Down goes Trent and fans cheer as Avalon blows them a kiss. Avalon stomps Trent, tells Cassidy to back off, then tells fans taunting him to shut their mouths. Avalon rushes Trent, but Trent back drops him! Fans fire up again while Avalon writhes.
Trent aims as Avalon slowly rises. Trent runs in, but Avalon moves and the Spear hits barriers! The ring count is past 5 of 10 and Avalon says he’s smarter than #JustTrent. Avalon puts Trent in, goes up a corner, and then leaps to AX HANDLE Trent down! Cover, TWO! Avalon clamps onto an armlock and steps over to also chinbar. Trent endures, Cassidy & Kris rally the fans, and Trent fights up. Trent throws body shots, then forearms, but Avalon ROCKS Trent! And snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Avalon stomps Trent, mocks Trent’s looks, then throws down hands. Cover, ONE!! Trent toughs it out but Avalon drags Trent up.
Avalon goes up a corner, tells Cassidy to watch this, but Trent yanks Avalon down for a SAIDO! Fans fire up while both men are down! Cassidy & Kris pound the apron to rally the fans again, and Trent stands. Trent CHOPS Avalon, then ROCKS him! And CHOPS him! Avalon kicks low, but Trent gets around to HIGH ANGLE GERMAN SUPLEX! Trent holds on, to HIGH ANGLE GERMAN again! Fans rally, Avalon grabs ropes, and Avalon throws elbows. Trent uses that to HALF ‘N’ HALF! Fans fire up and Trent takes aim, BUSAIKU KNEE! Cover, TWO! Avalon survives but he is dazed as he goes to a corner.
Fans rally up again as Trent storms over to Avalon. Trent reels Avalon in, but Avalon denies the Tornado DDT to SUPERKICK! Avalon runs in, Trent puts him on the apron, but Avalon springboards back in to CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Trent is still in this and the fans rally up again. Avalon goes up another corner, “This is Awesome!” as Trent CHOPS Avalon! And CHOPS again! Trent climbs, SUPER STEINERS, but Avalon sunset flips it! TWO!! Trent scoops, but Avalon turns it around! TOMBSTONE!?! Cover, TWO!!! Trent survives and fans fire up again! Avalon almost had that one, and he drags Trent back up.
Avalon snarls to then CHOP! Trent CHOPS back but not that much behind it. Avalon grins, stands Trent up again, and CHOPS! Avalon eggs Trent on, and Trent gets mad! Trent fires forearms, but Avalon ENZIGURIS! Avalon whips, Trent reverses and puts Avalon on the apron, but Avalon rams in again. Avalon slingshots, but into the Alabama! STRONG ZERO! Cover, Trent wins!
Winner: Trent Beretta, by pinfall
And a big rebound for Beretta! Trent and Avalon still keep the Code of Honor and the fans cheer. And of course, the Best Friends HUG! You GOT to give the people what they want! His friends are each champions, will Trent get himself a championship soon enough? He gets his chance next week, taking on Katsuyori Shibata for the ROH Pure Championship!
Backstage interview with Dalton Castle.
Lexi Nair is with The Peacock and brings up tonight’s main event for the ROH World Championship. Castle asks if there’s a question or if Lexi’s stating facts. F-Facts… Yeah, and that’s gonna keep the people watching. Look at Castle. Look how calm he is. Castle’s had a lot of things going on that kept his heart racing, but he has never been more confident in his life tonight. Y’know why? Because he’s better than Eddie Kingston. Castle has watched Eddie a number of times. For years, actually. They’ve known each other probably almost 15 years, and one thing has been consistent: Eddie is heavy footed, “clomps around the ring like a big dumbo.”
Castle meanwhile is lightning quick, light on his feet, and honestly, there’s nothing stopping him. He’s climbed the mountain before, won the ROH World Championship with a broken back. Remember that? And now he’s better than ever! That’s why he’s getting loud and excited. He wants to stay calm, keep the heartrate down. But Eddie’s only chance of winning tonight is if he knocks Castle out cold. Castle is faster, will drop below him, blast in there faster than John Smith himself, and break Eddie’s ankles. Then Castle will make the ROH viewers oh so happy. So happy! He keeps thinking about after, the party, the celebration. People like to see Castle win!
Because when Castle wins, he gets happy, and when he’s happy, the people are happy! It’s a weird ladder of just bam bam bam! Let’s get to that part already. Where Castle wins all the matches and is all the champions. Lexi says that sounds great, but Castle says she doesn’t sound sincere. No, she is not, she’s- What does she mean not? Not sincere? No! She’s climbing that ladder with him. Okay, that’s what Castle likes to hear. Tonight is the big night. Can he go get his cheese? Sure. Castle heads out, will he become the “big cheese” here tonight?
Backstage interview with Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal.
Lexi is now with the Fallen Angel & Third Eye Reborn, and brings up their tag dream match against Komander & El Hijo Del Vikingo. How are they feeling? Sydal says this is their destiny, their life goal, what they wake up for and train harder than anybody. This is why Daniels & Sydal are still the top tag team in ROH, witness it tonight and see for yourselves. Daniels says that his roman numerals, XXX, means he’s been around for awhile. Sydal has been walking that aisle for a good long while. And just because they’ve been around a bit, well, tenure doesn’t mean a damn thing in ROH! They gotta go out every night and earn it each and every time!
So Vikingo, Komander, those guys are top luchadores, and if Daniels & Sydal wanna make it to the ROH World Tag Team Championships one more time, they gotta go through teams like them! That is what the Fallen Angel & The #ZenAssassin will do tonight! Lexi wishes them luck, Daniels says they don’t need it. Will these ROH icons score big over the AAA Mega and AAA Cruiserweight Champions? Or will they be used to prove Vikingo y Komander are ROH Tag title worthy?
Backstage interview with The Outrunners.
Lexi is with Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum and congratulates them on their first win in ROH. What’s next for them? Turbo says the Outrunners did it again! Truth says if you’re anything like him, and he knows he is, everywhere they go, they hear it! Their fans, “The Runners,” are asking, pleading, #MoreOutrunners! Well Christmas comes early, pal! Because the ass-kickings have only just begun! Tell ’em, Turb! Truth gives Turbo a hard smack to the chest, and Turbo says that hurt a whole lot. But not as much as the hurt the put on their opponents tonight! You think this is sweat? Think again! This is “sports gloss” and the Outrunners are covered in it!
The Outrunners win every day in it, and these two are here in ROH to show everybody who is the best tag team in the world today! If you haven’t seen The Outrunners, you haven’t seen nothing yet! Will Truth & Turbo keep this momentum going until they’re the ones running the ROH Tag Division?
Tony Khan speaks.
“It’s great being with all of you on ROH Television. Speaking of ROH and TV, last week we saw the longest reigning ROH World Television Champion of all time, the King of Television, Samoa Joe, forfeit the championship, creating a vacancy for that title. And looking back at the great history of ROH, and all the exciting matches, I think the best place to determine a new champion is in Garland, Texas, on December 15th, Friday night, at ROH Final Battle, in a Six Way Survival of the Fittest Match! Here on this show in the coming weeks, we’ll have a series of eliminator matches to determine the six competitors in the field.
“And then, at Final Battle, we’ll have a great Survival of the Fittest match to crown the NEW ROH World Television Champion. There are so many great stars clambering to get into this field, and here on this show in the coming weeks, this is gonna create high stakes and exciting matches, and at Final Battle, exclusively here on WatchROH.com on Honor Club, you’ll be able to watch Final Battle, and it’s gonna be a great match, and we will crown the NEW ROH World Television Champion.
Certainly that wrestler will have huge shoes to fill because Samoa Joe has been a great champion, and is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. This is a prestigious title with a great history, and the winner of this match will hold a great championship when we crown the NEW ROH World Television Champion December 15th in Garland, Texas, in a Six Way Survival of the Fittest match at ROH Final Battle. Back to you, Caprice and Ian!” A huge match is coming, who will get in on that golden opportunity?
Backstage interview with The Renegade Sisters.
Lexi is with Robyn & Charlette and says they have been in singles competition as of late, but tonight they face the newly established team of Rachael Ellering & Leyla Hirsch. How are they feeling going into tonight? Robyn has Lexi hold on there. Did she really say, “Established team?” Charlette says, “No, ma’am.” Robyn wants to tell us about “established.” “Established is 23 years together.” Charlette says, “That’s The Renegades. “Established is knowing exactly what her next move is, just by the look on her face.” “That’s The Renegades.” Two women who can’t even have a civil conversation, let alone have a match together, is not established.
Now we all might be seeing the revival of the ROH Women’s Tag Team Division here, but the only established team in it is The Renegades. Now, singles competition, Leyla got the one-up on them. But in tag, that’s The Renegades’ bread ‘n’ butter. #GetYouSome. Maria Kanellis walks in, and just wants to have a quick talk in private. If they’re not too busy. The Renegades head out with The First Lady of Wrestling and Lexi is rather confused. A curious development indeed, what kind of deal could be in the works?
Athena & Billie Starkz VS Brooke Havok & Johnnie Robbie!
Speaking of women’s tag action, The Fallen Angel and her Minion In Training tried this before but lost to Diamante & Mercedes Martinez. But things have been going better for them, will they look to make up for that failure tonight?
The Code of Honor is upheld and Athena starts against Robbie. The two circle, tie up, and then Athena just DECKS Robbie! Athena cheers herself, Billie cheers, and so do the fans. Athena runs in, blocks one boot but not the other! Athena runs back in, Robbie slips out to the apron and GAMANGIRIS! Athena falls back, Robbie goes up and FLYING SUNSET FLIPS! Athena rolls through, high stacks, and deadlifts Robbie to BOMB her down! Fans fire up as Athena shouts “This is MY show!” Athena hauls Robbie up, tags Billie in, and Billie is too busy being happy and proud. Athena hands Robbie off and Billie promises she won’t mess this up.
But then Robbie hits a JAWBREAKER! Hot tag to Brooke! Brooke kicks low, drops down, and KICKS UP! Then she handsprings to a body scissor and SATELLITE DDT! Brooke fires up and fans are with her as she whips. Billie reverses and Athena gets a cheap shot in! The ref misses it because Billie was faking a headache! But then Brooke DECKS Athena! Billie is mad and she runs up to DECK Brooke! Then Billie rains down fists! Billie’s looking like Athena with this! She even shouts “Don’t tell me what to do!!” Billie throws a fit, Athena tags in, and Athena drags Brooke up. Athena DECKS Robbie, then Canadian Racks Brooke, DESPICABLE ME!! Cover, Athena & Billie win!
Winners: Athena & Billie Starkz, by pinfall
And then Billie puts Robbie in a CROSSFACE! That’s also a la Athena! Athena follows Billie’s lead and puts Brooke in a CROSSFACE! Robbie and Brooke tap, Athena & Billie hold on until they’re satisfied, and then they both shout at the ref! The Fallen Goddess’ influence is working on Billie, will these two dominate ROH with iron fists?
Backstage interview with Ethan Page.
Lexi is with All Ego and says last week, he helped Serpentico get a win over Tony Nese. Is that also a win for Ethan? Ethan says not only does he consider it a win for him, it is one of his biggest wins since coming to ROH. But then Mark Sterling & Tony Nese barge in because they knew he’d be doing an interview! Sterling says firstly, he could put a restraining order on Ethan so that he wouldn’t be allowed in the building! Secondly, Sterling has filed an injunction in Kansas! Wichita, Kansas, to be specific, Sterling is so flustered he can’t even talk. But the point is, they’re getting that match thrown out, no longer counts on Nese’s record!
Ethan asks why. Why? Because Ethan helped him cheat! Ethan wants to “hire” Sterling real quick. Can he then file an injunction to have Ethan’s loss to Woods thrown out? Oh, and the one with Nese, too. Nese speaks up now. Ethan thinks he cheated? Ethan thinks Nese needs to cheat to beat Ethan? Yes. NO, Ethan just can’t stand that Nese beat him and the record is 1-0! Correct! And maybe it’s because Ethan was face to face with Nese, asked him for a rematch, and Nese ran away like a scared little chicken! They could’ve had a match, but Nese had to play games and have Woods face Ethan instead.
But since they’re face to face again, Nese can tuck his tail and run again, or accept Ethan’s challenge for a rematch. And try your best to make it 2-0! Oh, you want Nese to give you the pleasure of losing to him again? Then he’ll do just that. Sterling says then they will be done with him! Sterling & Nese leave, Ethan says he’s not moving on to bigger and better things yet. But then will Ethan get his revenge on the Premier Athlete once and for all?
Leyla Hirsch & Rachael Ellering VS The Renegade Sisters!
LEGIT Leyla didn’t want help against Robyn & Charlette but she did need it, and the Queen of Strong Style was the one to give it. And now, Maria Kanellis-Bennett has seemingly manipulated them all into a tag team match. Is Maria playing both sides to where it’s a win-win for her no matter what happens?
The Code of Honor is upheld, though barely. The teams then sort out and Leyla starts against Charlette. They circle, tie up, and Charlette uses height for leverage. Leyla holds her ground but still ends up in a corner. Charlette lets off with a shove then eggs Leyla on. Leyla and Charlette tie up again, go around, and Leyla powers Charlette to a corner. Leyla smacks Charlette’s shoulders as she lets off, but Charlette storms up on her. Leyla arm-drags her, arm-drags her again, then SHOTGUNS Charlette to the corner! Leyla runs in to forearm SMASH, and she sits Charlette down. Leyla rolls, runs back in, and SWINGING DROPKICKS! Fans fire up as Leyla drags Charlette to a cover, TWO!
Rachael reaches out but Leyla isn’t sure. Leyla CLUBS Charlette, brings her over, and tags Rachael in after all. Rachael even convinces Leyla to double whip with her. They double ELBOW Charlette, and Rachael wants a high-five. Leyla says stay on Charlette, so Rachael facelocks, CLUBS, wrenches and CHOPS! Rachael CHOPS again, brings Charlette around to WRING the arm, then she runs to SLIDING BOOT! Cover, TWO! Rachael clamps onto a facelock, then fireman’s carries. Charlette fights, uses the headband against Rachael, and she tags Robyn. The Renegades double whip, then Robyn runs in.
Rachael catches Robyn, puts her up top, but Charlette runs in. Rachael ROCKS Charlette, brings her back around, but Charlette grabs at the ref, talking about her teeth feeling loose. Rachael goes back for Robyn but gets a CROSSBODY! And then Charlette sucker punches Leyla! Robyn rains down fists on Rachael, then stomps away. Cover, TWO! Robyn is annoyed but she goes back to Rachael. Robyn drags Rachael onto ropes to CHOKE her! The ref counts, Robyn lets off at 4, and Charlette taunts Rachael. Charlette gets at Rachael, Rachael hits back but Robyn bumps Rachael off buckles. Tag to Charlette while fans rally up.
Charlette runs in to UPPERCUT! Then Robyn runs in to DOUBLE KNEE! Robyn snapmares Rachael, Charlette covers, TWO! Rachael hangs tough, but Charlette taunts the fans. Charlette dribbles Rachael off the mat, drags her up, and then bumps her off buckles. Tag back to Robyn, the Renegades bring Rachael out to DOUBLE SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! Robyn taunts Leyla, drags Rachael away, and aims for Charlette’s boot, but Rachael blocks the bump to throw elbows! Robyn ROCKS Rachael, tags Charlette, and the Renegades double whip. Drop toehold to a Chancery, and then a kick feint to SLAP Rachael! Cover, ONE!!
The Renegades are frustrated but Charlette clamps onto a chinlock. The fans rally up, Rachael fights up and throws body shots. Charlette CLUBS Rachael, tags Robyn, and Robyn CHOPS! But Rachael elbows Charlette down! Robyn ROCKS Rachael, runs to BLAST Leyla off the apron, then she goes back to Rachael. Robyn goes for legs, Rachael drags her into a cradle! TWO, Rachael ROCKS Robyn! Hot tag to Leyla! Fans fire up as Leyla gets around Robyn to GERMAN SUPLEX! And then another GERMAN SUPLEX! Charlette runs in, but into a GUT WRENCH SUPLEX onto Robyn! Fans fire up as Leyla runs to KNEE Robyn down! Cover, TWO!!
Leyla drags Robyn up, goes to Rachael, and they tag! Leyla headlocks Robyn, Rachael runs, and Leyla feeds Robyn to the RUNNING UPPERCUT! Fans fire up as Rachael then hauls Robyn up to whip. Robyn holds ropes to BOOT back! Charlette YANKS Leyla off the apron! Robyn fireman’s carries Rachael, Charlette runs in, but Rachael slips free to shove Robyn into Charlette! Roll-up on Robyn, Rachael & Leyla win!!
Winners: Leyla Hirsch & Rachael Ellering, by pinfall
The Renegades can’t believe it, but they just lost to the new team! Maria makes her way out and offers Leyla a hand up? Leyla isn’t so sure, and then Rachael goes out to check on Leyla. Is that knee okay? It is what took Leyla out for months before. Maria goes with Leyla and Rachael to the back, is this the duo Maria’s going to invest in?
Backstage interview with Athena & Billie.
Lexi is with her friends, who are now wearing shirts that ready “The Alpha” for Athena and “The Beta” for Billie. And Athena makes sure Lexi introduces her as the “Forever” Women’s World Champion. But we saw them beat some “porcelain hussies,” so how are they feeling? Athena says they went out there, had a great match, and Billie… Billie says she did good out there. She did a great job! Right, boss? Well, Billie has shown more violence in her wrestling, yes. And yeah, we’re getting there. But Final Battle, Athena is scoping the entire roster and… They’re all trash, aren’t they? Y-Yes! They are all trash! Yes, all trash, all porcelain hussies.
But that brings Athena to Lexi & Billie, aka MIT. They can’t stay here forever. So let’s just say they either step up or Athena stomps them out. What does that mean? Is that some kind of threat? Lexi feels 1000% that’s a threat. But then what do they do? They’re MIT Buddies! Will Billie have to take flight on her own before getting kicked out of the nest?
El Hijo Del Vikingo & Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal!
We’ve seen the champions of AAA work together well, even in a defeat to FTR recently. But now they take on former ROH World Tag Team Champions who have vowed to get back to those titles. Who makes the biggest impact on the ROH Tag Division landscape just a month away from Final Battle?
The Code of Honor is upheld, fans rally for “LUCHA! LUCHA!” and the teams sort out. Sydal starts against Vikingo and they circle. Fans rally up and the two tie up. They go around, Sydal waistlocks but Vikingo switches. Sydal turns around but into a clinch. Vikingo swings Sydal but Sydal slips around to sunset flip, cover, TWO! Vikingo is up but Sydal ducks the kick to roll-up, TWO! Sydal goes for a leg, Vikingo stops the takedown to step over and pull Sydal into a sunset, TWO! They roll and roll and roll in a body scissors clutch and fans fire up! Viking stops to have the cover, TWO! Both men get to their feet and fans fire up!
Sydal’s a bit dizzy, he steadies himself and points up, to KICK low! Sydal swings a clothesline, Viking dodges but Sydal wheelbarrows to arm-drag. But Vikingo handsprings through, rolls back, scoops but Sydal slips free! Boots cancel out, each man ducks a kick, and the fans fire up as they shake hands. Then Sylda and Viking go to their corners and tag in Daniels and Komander. The fans fire up more as Komander shows off a bit, tightrope walk to an Arabian Press just to get in the ring. Daniels goes up the ropes, but then says nope, he can’t outdo that. They circle, tie up, and Daniels headlocks. Komander endures the grind and fights up.
Komander powers out, things speed up, but Daniels still runs Komander over! Daniels flexes and fans cheer. Daniels runs, Komander drops then hurdles, but Daniels is ready. Komander ducks ‘n’ dodges, rolls back and WHIRLYBIRD RANA! Then a DROPKICK! Vikingo GAMANGIRIS, Komander UPPERCUTS, and Daniels falls! Tag to Vikingo and los luchadores double whip. They double mule kick, Vikingo front kicks, and Komander Tiger Wall Kicks! Superhero landing and Viking jumps over to SHOTGUN Daniels! Fans fire up and Vikingo CHOKES Daniels on the ropes. The ref counts, Viking lets off to RAM Daniels into the corner.
Vikingo winds up to CHOP! Fans “WOO~!” and chant “OTRA! OTRA!” Vikingo puts Daniels in another corner, to CHOP! Tag to Komander and los luchadores double whip. They both handspring and somersault to then drop toehold! Sydal protests but it doesn’t stop the DOUBLE 619! Komander STANDING MOONSAULTS! Cover, TWO!! Daniels survives but fans rally behind Komander. Komander clinches, facelocks, then whips. Daniels ducks ‘n’ dodges, Sydal helps him stop, and then Daniels FLAPJACK HOTSHOTS! Tag to Sydal and he SLINGSHOT KICKS! High stack cover, TWO! Komander hangs in there but Sydal brings him up.
Sydal says they chopped Daniels, here’s one back! CHOP! Fans “WOO~” and Sydal whips to then back elbow in the corner! Sydal wrenches, brings Komander over and tags Daniels. They double wrench, bring Komander to his knees, and then Sydal KICKS and Daniels BLINDSIDE LARIATS! Sydal sets up, STANDING MARIPOSA! Daniels covers, TWO! Fans rally up and Daniels looms over Komander. Daniels stands Komander up, scoops, and SLAMS! Daniels cheers himself, the fans boo a bit, but Daniels drags Komander up. Another scoop, another SLAM! Daniels smiles and takes a bow to soak up heat. Cover, TWO!
Daniels sits Komander up to KNEE him in the back! And again! Sydal says make it hurt! Daniels clamps on a half nelson chinbar but Komander endures. The fans rally, Komander fights up and he throws body shots. Komander elbows free, runs, but Daniels LARIATS him inside-out! Daniels drags Komander from Vikingo, tags Sydal in, and then Daniels snap suplexes! Sydal slingshots to KNEE DROP! Cover, TWO! Komander is still in this but Sydal hooks up the legs. Sydal adds the chinbar for the BOW ‘N’ ARROW! Komander endures, reaches out, but Sydal sets him down to SENTON! Cover, TWO!! Komander toughs it out and manages to kick out!
Sydal facelocks, he drags Komander up, and he back suplexes. Komander lands on his feet but Sydal HOOK KICKS fast! Sydal tags Daniels as Komander wobbles, into the STO! Cover, TWO! Daniels is frustrated but Komander is showing grit. Tag back to Sydal, he and Daniels double whip to the corner. Daniels runs in, into a boot! Komander uses Daniels to handspring and RANA Sydal! Daniels runs up but Komander dodges, hot tag to Vikingo! Vikingo RAMS Daniels, springboards to CROSSBODY, and then he BOOTS Sydal, kicks out the legs, and ENZIGURI! Daniels is up, but into the DREAMCAST KICK!
Sydal runs up, Vikingo dodges him to go up and springboard CRUCIFIX DRIVER!! Cover, Daniels breaks it!! Komander runs in, Daniels ducks a roundhouse but not the HEEL KICK! Sydal JUMP KNEES Komander! Vikingo hops up to POISON-RANA! Vikingo runs, Daniels sidesteps but Vikingo springboards, into a COMPLETE SHOT! All four men are down and the fans are thunderous! Daniels rises, he storms up on Vikingo and fans declare “This is Awesome!” Sydal is up top, Daniels lifts Vikingo, METEORA BOMB!! Cover, Komander breaks it!! Komander DROPKICKS Sydal out of the ring, to then PLANCHA!
Fans fire up as Daniels whips Vikingo, but Vikingo goes Spider-Man to evade! Daniels hits buckles, Vikingo springboards to MISSILE DROPKICK! Daniels ends up in a corner, the fans rally up and Vikingo runs in, METEORA! And then Vikingo drags Daniels into the right place, tag to Komander for the CIELITO LINDO!! And then Komander tags back to Vikingo to DIVE onto Sydal! Vikingo is up top, FROG SPLASH!! Cover, Team AAA wins!
Winners: El Hijo Del Vikingo & Komander, by pinfall
The AAA Mega & AAA Cruiserweight Champions score a big win here in ROH! Sydal & Daniels regroup, everyone giving a standing ovation to their performance. Sydal & Daniels want to leave, but then remember. They go back to keep the Code of Honor with Vikingo & Komander. They even raise the winners’ hands. Will Vikingo & Komander one day become icons of ROH the same as Daniels & Sydal did?
ROH World Championship: Eddie Kingston VS Dalton Castle w/ The Boys!
The Mad King still holds two crowns as he is still the NJPW Strong Openweight Champion after defeating Satoshi Kojima at NJPW Lonestar Shootout. But now, The Peacock has come for the throne of honor, looking to send Eddie “limping away like some wimpy slug!” Will Castle once again be atop the ROH mountain? Or will Eddie keep things on track towards his Final Battle with Jay Lethal?
The introductions are made, the ROH title is raised, and we see who heads to Garland, Texas in December!
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and fans fire up already. Eddie and Castle feel things out, go around, and then Eddie throws some testing jabs. Castle stays back, shoots in low, but Eddie facelocks to block. They go to ropes, the ref counts and Castle lets off quickly and cleanly. Eddie smirks as The Boys fan Castle off, and the fans rally up. Castle and Eddie reset, tie up, and Castle waistlocks. Eddie wrenches out, wristlocks, but Castle fights it off a bit to go for a leg. Eddie throws Castle down and keeps the double wristlock, but Castle scrambles to the ropes! The ref counts, Eddie lets off quickly and cleanly, and fans cheer.
Castle bails out and The Boys fan him off again. Castle checks with the ref that the ring count is 20, so he takes that time to fire himself and the fans back up. Castle gets that cardio up, the fans fire up more, and Castle storms into the ring. Castle and Eddie tie up, end up on ropes, but the ref counts. Castle lets off, then shoots back in to throw Eddie down! Castle HAMMERS away, waistlocks and gator rolls Eddie all around. Castle throws some elbows, some body shots, but Eddie shoves back to CHOP! And CHOP! And- NO, Castle blocks the chop this time, but Eddie knees low! Eddie swings, Castle catches him to ELBOW! And LARIAT!
The fans fire up again as Eddie goes to ropes. Castle waistlocks for a bearhug, but the ref counts. Castle lets off and fans rally, but then Castle KNEES Eddie down! SPLASH! SPLASH! And then… SPLASH onto knees! Eddie saves himself and fans rally up again. Castle storms up to ELBOW Eddie back down! Castle storms back up to KNEE Eddie in the side! Castle clinches with a half nelson and chinbar but Eddie endures. Castle rains down shots, the fans duel, and Eddie fights around. Castle tries for a lateral press but Eddie fights it off with palm strikes and elbows! Castle hammers Eddie’s gut and Eddie goes to the ropes.
Eddie clings to ropes as Castle waistlocks, and then Eddie CLUBS away! Castle throws body shots, CHOPS, and a RIGHT! Castle whips, Eddie reverses to knee, whip and knee again! Snapmare and DOUBLE STOMP! Cover, TWO! Castle hangs in there but Eddie keeps his cool. The Boys fan Castle off again, but Eddie storms up. Eddie waistlocks for a bearhug now, but Castle endures. Eddie reaches up but Castle fights the half nelson. Castle throws elbows and backs Eddie down. Eddie pie faces so Castle ROCKS, CHOPS and runs to JUMP KNEE! Eddie leans against buckles, Castle runs in to JUMP KNEE again!
Fans rally as Castle headlocks, SLING-DOG! Cover, TWO! Eddie toughs it out and fans fire up but Castle stays on Eddie with a waistlock. The fans rally as Eddie endures the bearhug, then throws elbows. Castle staggers away, but runs back in, into a BOOT! Eddie goes up, but Castle DROPKICKS him! Eddie flops to the apron and fans fire up as Castle runs, to KNEE Eddie off the apron! Castle then goes out, aims from the apron, and he runs in to KNEE Eddie down again! Castle roars and fans fire up with him! The ring count returns, Castle hauls Eddie up and into the ring. The fans rally, Castle storms back in and runs, but into a LARIAT from Eddie!
Fans fire up as both men are down! A standing count starts, the fans duel, and both men stir. Eddie sits up, Castle crawls to a corner, and both men drag themselves up with ropes. Eddie runs in, to clothesline! And then MACHINE GUN CHOPS! Fans fire up and Eddie tops it off with a CHOP! Then an EXPLODER! Fans fire up and Eddie drags Castle back up. Castle shoves Eddie away, Eddie storms up but into an EXPLODER! Both men are down again but Eddie flails wildly. Both men stand, Eddie runs in, but Castle gets around to GERMAN SUPLEX! Cover, TWO!! Eddie is still in this and The Boys can’t believe it!
Castle throws hands down on Eddie, then HEADBUTTS! Eddie swings wild, Castle KNEES back! Castle ROCKS Eddie, Eddie CHOPS Castle! And CHOPS! Castle BOOTS Eddie down, brings him around, and Alabama Lifts! Eddie fights that to URAKEN! Cover, TWO!! Castle survives going Backfist to the Future, but that was just the first! Fans fire up as Eddie storms up on Castle. Eddie prepares the sequel, URAKEN! Castle swings, into the HALF ‘N’ HALF! Castle rises but into the URAKEN again!! Cover, Eddie wins!
Winner: Eddie Kingston, by pinfall (still ROH World Champion)
It took the trilogy, but Castle still fell before the Mad King! Eddie points to the sky, then gets the mic and has everyone calm down a bit. “Hey, Dalton. Shake my hand, this was for Brodie.” Fans cheer as the two shake hands, and they look to the sky for Mr. Brodie Lee. Eddie says Brodie will never die! He’s Eddie Kingston and he DGAF, we out! The fans cheer as their Mad King takes his leave, and Lexi is there to interview him backstage. She says we just saw him have a tremendous match with Dalton Castle, and is still champion, congratulations.
Eddie says thanks, appreciates it, even though they rushed him back here to talk. He gets it, it’s part of the deal. Everyone backstage has to get paid, like the cameraman and the guy with the boom mic. He gets it. He doesn’t want to do this because he is legit tired. Not just from defending the ROH World Championship, not just from defending the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship against Kojima, but tired because he sees certain other world champions not on shows, or just doing one show, getting eight or nine segments to take up that show.
“When you’re a world champion, you’re supposed to take whatever company you’re with, and you become the tide. You’re no longer one of the boats, you are the tide that raises all the ships. That’s what I’m getting tired of. I’m getting tired of other world champions not doing their job. I’m tired that people like me, Orange Cassidy, even Mox, are the tide. Then we have other world champions who are just selfish, greedy. I wanna curse, that’s why I’m holding the rosaries but I won’t. All I have to say to the ROH fans and all pro-wrestling fans: I am a world champion that is true. No one else. Remember that.”
Strong words from the ROH World & NJPW Strong Champion, will he be the tide that elevates those companies? Will those other world champions confront him about his claims?
My Thoughts:
A very good episode of ROH, though there were some technical difficulties and it turned out to be a longer episode than expected. But even then, 94 minutes was a fair length. And it was also worth it given that great main event for the world title and Eddie’s promo(s) right after. I figured Eddie would retain, the plan is him and Lethal at Final Battle, but great showing for Castle and great moment them showing love to Brodie Lee. Eddie’s promo at the very end was great stuff, because it speaks to the truth of what’s going on with ROH.
Now, Eddie let it slip that this was taped before Lonestar Shootout, which also puts it before Samoa Joe dropping the TV title, but he’s right that Tony Khan has not been able to get other champions (ROH Tag Champs Cole & MJF at this moment) to show up on ROH all because that would require them to show up on Saturdays. Now, for me, that’s more something Eddie needs to take up with Tony, but maybe it’s also a problem that Tony hasn’t been able to persuade other champions and/or former ROH icons to show up for that stuff. I’ve been saying as much with the disappointing non-end to the story between Samoa Joe and Dalton Castle. Hell, this world title match might’ve been Eddie making it up to Castle for not getting another ROH TV title match.
But that in mind, maybe Castle can get in on that Six Way Survival of the Fittest match. Tony Khan’s promo to deliver the news for Final Battle was a bit repetitive, you can literally see he said many of the same things multiple times. But still good on him for using this to make great opportunities for a lot of guys just waiting for a chance. I’d put Castle in that match, maybe get Ethan in that after he beats Nese in their rematch, and definitely Mark Briscoe now that he’s cleared. I personally would love if this was finally the moment Mark achieves his destiny and wins this title like he should have earlier this year at Supercard of Honor.
Great opener from Trent VS Avalon, great win for Trent, and great news that he’s facing Shibata for the Pure Championship just next week. I don’t see Trent winning that, but he could/should give Shibata his best match since becoming Pure Champion. I did skip Emi’s match, The Outrunners’ match and Marina’s match, but those matches were clearly going to be squash matches. Great promo from The Outrunners, though. Like many fans, I am digging their dedication to a retro 80s style, both as tribute and parody, and would love to see them get going as a serious team, not just the goober Heel jobbers we’ve seen them be.
Now, I did skip Bollywood Boyz VS Castle’s Boys because it was basically filler, but it was a good match. Though, I’m a little confused on how ROH has the Bollywood Boyz listed in their roster. Bobby Cruise went with their WWE names, Samir & Sunil Singh, but Ian Riccaboni said their legal names, Harv & Gurv Sihra. Can’t believe there are details like this that AEW/ROH still has to iron out when they’ve been at this a few years now. Great tag match from Vikingo & Komander VS Daniels & Sydal, but I figured Vikingo & Komander would win. Daniels & Sydal keep wanting to be tag champs again but it feels like they’re just going to keep helping younger guys get wins.
Great tag matches for the women’s division, and while the Renegades simply teased the return of the Women’s Tag Division, I personally would like to see that. Athena & Billie had a fun squash that feeds into their story, and Athena’s threat to Billie and Lexi makes me think this is how they’re getting us to Athena VS Billie for the title at Final Battle. Basically it’s Billie’s graduation test, and it would be absolutely wild if Billie won the belt off Athena her first try, so not sure if they’d go through with it. Meanwhile, very good tag match from Leyla & Rachael VS Renegades with Maria apparently orchestrating a lot of that. Hopefully Leyla is okay so that this story can continue, and it’s intriguing to see where it’s going.
My Score: 8.7/10
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Just 36 days until WrestleMania!
Now that Cody Rhodes is once again Undisputed WWE Champion, he and Randy Orton are set to face off at WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas! But you know what that means? Time for a contract signing!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Uncle Howdy & Erick Rowan VS Solo Sikoa & Talla Tonga; Howdy & Rowan win.
- Jade Cargill VS Mia Yim; Jade wins.
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Nia Jax & Lash Legend VS Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss; Nia & Lash win, by disqualification, and retain the titles.
- Damian Priest & R-Truth VS Los Garza; Priest & Truth win.
- Tiffany Stratton VS Kiana James w/ Giulia; Tiff wins.
- Jacob Fatu VS Trick Williams; Trick wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Drew McIntyre shouts for Nick Aldis!
Just as cameras are watching the SmackDown General Manager look over the title contract for WrestleMania, the Scottish Warrior has a mic and storms through the crowd! “Aldis, you can take that contract and shove it up your arse!” Drew pushes his way to ringside and asks commentary if they saw what happened last week! The title was STOLEN from him! Aldis couldn’t help himself, could he? He had to make sure the golden boy had the title back before WrestleMania, huh? Aldis is gonna get out here right now and make this right! Drew will stay here all night if- Aldis steps out on stage and says he’ll explain this in plain English: There is nothing to make right.
Part of being champion is defending the championship. Aldis made Drew do that in a fair 1v1 contest. A contest in which Drew headbutted a referee, and it still didn’t go his way, did it? And now Drew is playing victim again. Drew’s looking for someone to blame, but he should be looking at the consequences of his own actions. Oh, the consequences of his actions? When Jacob Fatu got involved? Aldis had to make the match with Cody, sure, despite the deal he had with Drew. Cody lost in the Royal Rumble, he lost in the Elimination Chamber, but Aldis had to make sure the “Corporate Champion” had his title back, “you corporate stooge!”
Aldis says how dare Drew call him that! Drew know who Aldis is and where he came from. If we’re talking Rumble and Chamber, the matches where Drew screwed Cody? Real rich from the guy claiming he’s the one getting screwed! So listen to Aldis now: Drew did everything he could to prevent Cody from getting his fair shot, and now we understand why. The first time Cody got one, he beat Drew. The fans are torn on that but Drew storms from commentary to ring! Drew gets in Aldis’ face and he says Aldis knows it as well as Drew does: THIS IS BULLSH*T! Now, Aldis better make this right or else!
But wait! Jacob Fatu is here! The fans cheer as the Samoan Werewolf storms down the ramp, mic in hand. Fatu stares Drew down, then steps into the ring. The fans are torn as Aldis steps back, but Phoenix sounds like they’re behind Fatu on this. “Yadada mean?! Fix? Heh. Fix what? Huh, Drew? You wouldn’t even be champion if it wasn’t for me.” The fans agree with that. Fatu says let’s state facts: Fatu fixed the situation last week so Drew McIntyre is no longer champion. So this isn’t about Aldis, this isn’t about Cody, and this isn’t about anybody else. Drew’s pointing fingers, blaming people, blaming the ref, blaming Aldis, blaming everybody else…
Let’s keep it 100. FATU is the one that screwed Drew! So let’s break it down for you, Drew: What the hell you gonna do about it!? Fatu and Drew have stepped up closer now, and Drew says, “What am I gonna do about it? You wanna know what I’m gonna do about it? You, Nick, Cody, these people, I’m done with you all. I QUIT!” Drew throws down his mic and storms out of the ring! No one knows what to make of this as Drew storms back out through the crowd the way he came in! Drew tells Phoenix to shove it, but is he serious about leaving SmackDown?
MFT is backstage.
Solo Sikoa says the plan worked perfectly last week. The Wyatts aren’t #1 contenders, and MFT still has the lantern. But the job isn’t done. Tonight, Solo & Talla take care of Howdy & Rowan. As for the lantern, he entrusts it to Tama Tonga to guard it with his life. Without this, the Wyatts are nothing. Tama nods as he holds onto the lantern, but then he lingers to look at it. And he can tell someone is there. It’s Nakamura! Tama asks why Nakamura is here, but Nakamura asks Tama when he’ll finally be his own man, instead of Solo’s minion. Solo steps back in and tells Nakamura to stay away from their family before he gets hurt.
Solo pats Tama on the shoulder, and the Good Bad Guy follows Solo out. The screen glitches for the Wyatts, will Howdy & Rowan be able to take back what’s rightfully theirs?
Fatu and Aldis talk backstage.
Neither of them can make heads or tails of Drew saying he quits. He quits right when Fatu was about to whoop- But then Trick Williams steps in and asks whoop what? Only one man does the whooping around here, and that’s Trick! Get your own material, dawg! Now, Aldis, when you- Fatu tells Trick to shut up! The only job Trick’s got tonight is Fatu whooping HIS ass! Aldis has Fatu calm it down, and Fatu says last time he did, look what happened. It ain’t happening no more. And no more disrespect, either! Fatu storms off, and Trick asks what Fatu knows about disrespect! That was disrespect! What Orton did last week was disrespect! Do you job, Aldis!
Well, speaking of Orton, he’s busy tonight. But Fatu’s ready, so Trick VS Fatu tonight! That’s not what Trick meant! Who hired this man? Where’s Trips? Aldis says Drew already quit. If Trick wants to also lose his job, keep talking. Trick says Aldis sure is something else. Trick Willy and Jacob Fatu are both in fighting moods, but who will take out their frustrations on the other in Phoenix?
Uncle Howdy & Erick Rowan w/ The Wyatt Sick6 VS Solo Sikoa & Talla Tonga w/ MFT!
SmackDown returns and MFT makes their entrance. The teams sort out and the big men step up. Rowan and Talla RAM shoulders, then RAM again! The fans fire up as Rowan eggs Talla on. Talla feints the run to UPPERCUT! Talla then runs for real and CLOBBERS Rowan! Talla stomps Rowan, drags him up, and HEADBUTTS him back down. Talla has Rowan on the ropes and CHOKES him! The ref counts, Talla stops at 4, but Talla tags in Solo. The fans boo as Solo smirks and taunts Rowan. Rowan reaches out, but Solo HEADBUTTS him! Solo runs, RAMS, but Rowan rebounds to RUN Solo over! The fans fire up as Rowan tags Howdy!
Howdy CLOBBERS Solo, stares Talla down, then stomps away on Solo in the corner. The ref counts, Howdy LARIATS, and the fans join in on, “YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH!” But then Solo UPPERCUTS Howdy! Solo storms up on Howdy to ROCK him in the MFT corner. Solo tags Talla back in, they mug Howdy, but Howdy fights back! Howdy fires off on Solo, but Solo shoves Howdy! Talla trips Howdy, drags him out, and SMACKS him off the apron! And then SMACKS him off the desk! Then THROWS him into barriers! MFT talks trash and stands tall while SmackDown goes picture in picture.
Solo soaks up heat and talks trash while he and Talla refresh the count. JC Mateo & Tonga Loa stand in the way of the Wyatts as Talla scoops Howdy. Talla SLAMS Howdy on the desk! Howdy slumps to the floor, Loa talks some trash, but the Wyatts coach their leader on. Talla drags Howdy up, HEADBUTTS him, then puts him in the ring. Talla steps in, taunts Rowan, then stomps Howdy. Talla drags Howdy up to UPPERCUT him back down! Then Talla whips Howdy to ropes, and ELBOWS him down! Talla runs and adds an ELBOW DROP! Talla shakes out the arm before he steps on Howdy, then tags in Solo.
Solo soaks up heat, taunts Rowan, then HEADBUTTS Howdy! And HEADBUTTS! Solo rains down fists, CHOKES him on the ropes, but he backs off as the ref counts. Talla gets a cheap shot in! The ref has to keep Rowan back, and Solo sits Howdy up for a shoulder claw! Howdy endures while Solo just adds more trash talk. Howdy fights up, fires body shots, then reaches out, but Solo holds onto the wristlock! Howdy ROCKS Solo, reaches out for Rowan, and repeat! But then Solo clinches to URENAGE! Cover, TWO! Howdy survives but Solo tags Talla. Talla storms in as SmackDown returns to single picture.
The fans rally for Howdy but Talla taunts him. Howdy fires body shots, but Talla CHOPS him down! Talla stands Howdy up to whip him into a corner. Talla runs up and SPLASHES! Then fireman’s carries for a RUNNING SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO! The fans rally for Howdy but Talla tags Solo. Solo paces around Howdy, drags him up, and clinches for SISTER- NO, Howdy slips through and hits a BIG back suplex! The fans fire up while both men are down! Solo and Howdy crawl, reach out, and hot tag to Talla and Rowan! The fans fire up as Rowan fires forearms on Talla again and again!
Rowan ROCKS and whips Talla, but Talla reverses! Rowan returns to DDT! Rowan DROPKICKS Talla to the corner, then runs up to ELBOW! Rowan keeps going and he BLASTS Solo! The fans fire up as Rowan runs in, but Talla BOOTS him! Talla runs up, Rowan dodges, and Rowan returns to BODY CHECK! Rowan goes up, leaps, FLYING UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO! Talla survives and Rowan is surprised, but the fans rally up again. Rowan roars and says he’s gonna lift him! Fireman’s carry, but Solo tags in! Talla slips free, and he shoves Roawan into a GAMANGIRI! Talla LARIATS, and Solo goes up! FLYING SOLO, but onto knees!
The fans fire up as Rowan hot tags Howdy! Clinch and- NO, Solo slips free, to SAMOAN SPIKE!! Cover, ROWAN BREAKS IT! The fans fire up but here comes Talla! Talla LARIATS Rowan up and out! Talla then goes out after him, only for DOUBLE LARIATS to collide! The fans fire up, but now Gacy & Lumis stare down JC & Loa. The fans fire up as these four talk some trash, but then JC says let’s cool off. Only to run up on Lmis! Lumis SUPERKICKS JC! Loa goes after Lumis, Gacy goes after Tama! They brawl while the fans fire up! Solo goes outside to get Gacy with a SAMOAN SPIKE! Then he SAMOAN SPIKES Lumis!
The fans boo as Solo solos the Wyatts! Solo gets back in the ring, and he winds up another one for Howdy! The fans boo, but Nikki Cross has the lantern! The fans cheer but Solo says you leave that alone! Nikki says nope, it’s theirs! Nikki taunts Solo with the lantern now, and Howdy rises! Solo turns around, into SISTER ABIGAIL!! Cover, Wyatts win!!
Winners: Uncle Howdy & Erick Rowan, by pinfall
Nikki hands Howdy the lantern, and all is right in the dark and twisted world- NO! CUTTHROAT ELBOW from Tama!! The Good Bad Guy completes his mission as he takes the lantern back! The fans boo, but MFT runs away with everything again! Will anyone ever have a fair fight when it comes to MFT?
Damian Priest & R-Truth finish watching this.
The Archer of Infamy admits, MFT are gonna be tough. Truth says Judgment Day looks really different. They can’t let their history with Judgment Day cloud their judgment and cost them the tag titles. Priest asks what Truth is talking about. That’s not Judgment Day. Truth says of course it is! That guy with the big head is JD McDonagh, he just been eating good. The guy with the slicked back hair is Tom ‘n’ Nick Mysterio. They just put on some muscle. Priest sighs and says when they face those guys, they will become WWE Tag Team Champions. Truth says that’s what’s up. But then Los Garza step in and say blah blah blah, all talk.
Everyone knows Truth & Priest are only #1 contenders thanks to Angel y Berto, because they did all the hard work! While Truth & Priest were relaxing backstage doing their hair… Well, maybe not Truth… Los Garza was beating all the tag teams and stacking them up. Priest says yeah, true, Los Garza did do the hard work. But then Priest & Truth wiped the floor with them. But hey, they’re fresh now, so are Priest & Truth. Is Truth are thinking what he’s thinking? Yes. He hasn’t seen these two a day in his life. And also, one of them isn’t wearing deodorant. No, Truth. Priest says he’ll talk to Aldis, and they’ll have a match.
Tranquilo, Los Garza just has to put on the tearaway pants, scratch each other, whatever it is they do to get ready, and meet them in the ring tonight. Truth says now that’s what’s up. But will the “Archers of Truth” prove they’re truly the deserving tag team? Or is this a trap game against Angel y Berto?
Kiana James & Giulia speak.
Miss Management tells Tiffany Stratton, “You talk a big game, but talking only gets you so far.” The Beautiful Madness adds in both Japanese and English, “You really think you deserve a title? You can’t even beat Kiana tonight, let alone me.” Kiana has zero issues shutting Tiffany up and showing that #TiffyTime has expired. Will that be true? Or will the Wrestling Barbie prove only she says when it’s over?
Jade Cargill VS Mia Yim!
The Storm is in Phoenix, ready to settle things with Michin once and for all. Will Jade prove to Mia, as well as Rhea Ripley, that she is #ThatB1tch? Or will she see that Mia really is the Head Baddie in Charge?
SmackDown returns as Michin makes her entrance, from the crowd side! Mia attacks from behind, then HAMMERS away on Jade! Mia SOBATS then ROUNDHOUSES Jade out of the ring! The ref has Mia stay back while Jade gets back in. The bell rings, Jade runs up, but Mia dodges! Mia SHOTGUNS Jade to a corner, then fires off CHOPS and forearms! The fans fire up, but Jade whisp Mia into the corner. Mia BOOTS Jade, then goes up the corner! Mia leaps to FLYING RANA! Jade tumbles right back out of the ring! Mia builds speed as the fans fire up, but Jade goes around the corner. Mia has to stop short of the dive, to then change course and DIVE out the side!
The fans fire up with Mia as she gets Jade back in. Mia follows, but Jade BOOTS her down! Then scoop SLAMS her! Jade pushes Mia down, stomps her around, and KICKS her in the back! Jade stalks Mia, bumps her off buckles, then stomps away. The ref counts, Jade CHOKES Mia, but she stops at 4. Jade lines up a shot to KICK Mia in the side! Mia goes to ropes, Jade eggs her on, and she pie faces Mia. Mia fires a body shot, but Jade CLUBS her! And kicks her! And stomps her again! The fans rally as Mia rises, and she fires more body shots! Jade CLUBS Mia again, then whips her to ropes. Mia goes Spider-Woman, then she ducks down to DUMP Jade out!
The fans fire up as Mia aims from the apron, PENALTY KICK! Jade staggers around while Mia says th ekick is good! The fans cheer, and Mia CROSSBODIES, but into Jade’s arms! FALL AWAY SLAM on the floor! Jade kips up and fires up but SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns again and Mia ROCKS Jade! Mia runs, but into a SPINEBUSTER! High stack, TWO! Mia survives and Jade grows frustrated. Jade drags Mia up, guzels, then CHOKE- NO, Mia slips into a wheelbarrow, but Jade chicken wings from there! Mia fights with elbows, then finishes the STUNNER! The fans fire up while Jade staggers, Mia reels Jade in, and uses the ropes, TORNADO DDT! Not the cleanest but Mia hurries to cover, TWO! Jade survives but Mia drags her back up. Mia wrenches and SOLE- NO, Jade refuses to eat da feet, but then Mia dodges! PELE! And SLICED BREAD!
The fans fire up as Mia goes again, and here’s SOLE FOOD! But Jade falls out of the ring! Mia is frustrated but she hurries out to the apron. Mia aims and runs up, CANNONBALL misses as Jade dodges! Jade reels Mia in, lifts her up, and BARRIER BOMBS! Jade pushes Mia into the ring while the fans are torn. Mia flounders but Jade hauls her up. Jade takes a taste before she CHOKE SLAMS! Then chicken wings and JADED! Cover, Jade wins!
Winner: Jade Cargill, by pinfall
No revenge for Mia tonight, The Storm is rolling towards WrestleMania! Cathy Kelley steps in the ring to interview jade. She congratulates Jade on the win, and brings up the growing tensions between her and Rhea. Jade snatches the mic from Cathy! Cathy hurries away and Jade says, “Hold up, hold up. Y’all see that? That is what happens when these wrestlers believe in their own hype! Now all these women backstage know what it is. When they see me in these hallways, they get real quiet. But for some reason, the world tells me that I should be scared of one woman: Rhea Ripley.” The fans cheer that!
“And for some reason, I keep thinking, ‘Scared of what? Who? I’m ME!’ And what am I afraid of? I don’t see a challenger, I don’t see a threat. And I ain’t been afraid of nothing my whole damn life! And that damn ain’t starting today! So Rhea, I’m gonna beat yo’ ass come WrestleMania. And I’ma show you why I’m always on top.” But just as Jade drops the mic, RHEA APPEARS! The fans fire up as Mami is in Phoenix, and she’s storming up on The Storm! Rhea steps into the ring, stares Jade down, and dares Jade to do something tonight. Jade just exits the ring instead. The fans boo but Jade says they do things on her time.
Rhea grabs the mic to say Jade’s the one running her mouth, but now she’s running from a fight. Jade is not the embodiment of female empowerment! She’s not THE, or even A… but after Mania, she will be Rhea’s B*tch! The fans cheer that! Will Rhea eradicate Jade in Las Vegas? Or will The Storm keep the reign going in Sin City?
Nick Aldis is on the phone.
He’s talking with others about Drew McIntyre. He’s tried to get in contact, but please let him know if they can reach Drew. Aldis finishes the call while Cody Rhodes steps in. Cody asks what’s going on with that Drew situation, but Aldis says honestly, who knows. Aldis has to take it seriously, but he just wants Cody to focus on the contract signing. Cody say she looked it over, it is in order. Then see you out there. Aldis heads out, and in steps Sami. Sami again wants this not to turn into something, he just wants to say congratulations. Cody did it! He said he would, and he did, and now he’s walking into WrestleMania as Undisputed Champion.
Sami again says congratulations, and for what it’s worth, Sami is rooting for Cody. Cody says he won’t make this a thing, either. But he knows Sami said the exact same thing to Randy Orton last week. Sami, what are we doing? Let’s just get to the root of it. If Sami’s looking for a title match after Mania from one of them, Cody hasn’t even faced Orton yet. Sorry if he’s short with Sami, but if anyone deserves the match, it IS Sami. They could go to Aldis and get Sami that because he IS Sami Zayn! Is that what this is about? Sami wanting a title shot? Sami takes a moment, and says he cannot believe Cody thinks so lowly of him.
Y’know why Sami said all that to Orton? Because that’s RANDY ORTON! Okay?! Randy Orton is one-of-one, a FOURTEEN-TIME WWE World Champion, there will neve be anyone like Orton in this business ever again! Sami looks up to Orton! Sami doesn’t look up to Cody! But do you know why? Because Sami and Cody are friends. Remember? And friends are equals, okay? So yeah. Cody is walking into the main event of WrestleMania again, and he may be WWE Champion again, but in Sami’s eyes, they’re equals. Cody doesn’t get to talk down to Sami like that! Cody defends he is not talking down to Sami!
But if Sami is talking about not looking up to Cody, Cody just spent this entire week talking to media about how Sami was magical because Cody DOES look up to Sami! Cody is inspired by Sami! What is this whole thing about, Sami?! Not looking up to him, fine, Sami made his point on that. But Sami doesn’t need to, just look right here at the belt. Cody storms off and Sami is frustrated again. And yes, he smacks more water bottles. Zelina Vega laughs as she steps in, followed by Aleister Black. All this chasing the world title, Sami, and you ever think that maybe it’s not meant for you? Sami tells Aleister to stay far, far away from him. Understood?
Sami storms off now and Zelina mockingly says all that anger can’t be good for him. Something’s got to give, but will Sami snap or just self-destruct?
Mia Yim and B-Fab regroup backstage.
Michin is icing up after that loss, and she’s frustrated. Fab says she still fought really hard. Mia says that’s not good enough, though. Rhea steps in and says that was a great match. Mia shrugs the hand off and says congrats on Mania. If Jade hadn’t taken Mia out of action months ago, this would be a very different conversation. The pity party is not her scene. Fab calms Mia down, and thanks Rhea. Mia just needs to cool down. They’ll go somewhere else and talk this out. Rhea isn’t sure what to make of this, but she is the “new girl” on SmackDown again. Will Mami be able to focus on herself and the fight she has with Jade?
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Nia Jax & Lash Legend VS Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss!
The Irresistible Forces took these titles from #RheYo, but now #Charlexa wants them back! Will Nia & Lash just keep celebrating on the road to WrestleMania? Or will The Queen & Lil’ Miss Bliss become the immovable objects?
Wait, the Bella Twins are here? Phoenix cheers on Nikki & Brie as they return home! The Bellas step into the ring and Charlotte is at least a little happy seeing them again. The Bellas get the mics, and Brie starts by telling Phoenix and the “Bella Army,” it feels good to be back on SmackDown in their hometown. Nikki says hi Charlotte, hi Alexa. As much as the Bellas want to wish them luck tonight, that’s not why they’re here. No matter who wins here tonight, the Bellas are back for gold, so they’re next in line! The fans like that idea! So tonight, the Bellas will be ringside to get a good look at the competition.
With that, Nikki & Brie hop out of the ring and sit by commentary. Will they get plenty of notes on all four women in this match? We see, after the break.
SmackDown returns as Nia & Lash make their entrance. The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see who heads for WrestleMania!
The teams sort out, but then Nia & Lash just attack Charlotte & Alexa! The fans boo the Bougie Bullies, but Nia HAMMERS away on Alexa while Lash drags Charlotte up. They take the challengers to corners, then SPLASH! Nia stomps Alexa, Lash snaspmares Charlotte, and Lash bumps Charlotte off buckles. The champs high-five, but then Charlotte ELBOWS Lash while Alexa BOOTS Nia away! The fans rally up as Charlexa then DUMPS Nia out! Lash runs up but Charlexa dodges, to DOUBLE DROPKICK! Lash tumbles out now, regroups with Nia, but Alexa goes to the apron. CANNONBALL, but Nia catches Alexa with ease!
Nia spins Alexa around, and hits SNAKE EYES off the apron! Charlotte aims to PLANCHA, and down goes Nia! But Lash runs up to PUMP THE BRAKES! The ref reprimands while Lash taunts Charlotte. Lash and Nia hug it out, then they try to intimidate The Bellas while SmackDown goes picture in picture.
Lash & Nia hear the ring count and they put Alexa in. Nia steps in, tells the ref to calm it down, and she HEADBUTTS Alexa down! Nia soaks up heat, mocks The Bellas, even twerks at them a bit, but Alexa KICKS low! Alexa fires hands, KICKS, and runs, but into a LARIAT! Nia YANKS Alexa up, puts her in the corner, and tags Lash. The champs mug Alexa, then Lash THROWS Alexa down. Lash runs to ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Alexa survives but Lash has the ref keep Charlotte back. Lash wrenches Alexa to a wristlock, then puts on the pressure! Alexa endures, fires body shots, but Lash KNEES low! Lash then straight arm levels Alexa up!
Lash carries Alexa around, drops her down, then LARAITS! Cover, TWO! Alexa survives again but Lash stays on her. Tag to Nia and she BODY BLOWS Alexa. Nia puts Alexa on the ropes and sits on her! Nia uses her twerking for evil! The ref reprimands but Nia puts Alexa in a corner. Nia runs up, but only gets buckles! Nia hurries to grab Alexa, but Alexa fires more body shots. Nia DECKS Alexa, then BLASTS Charlotte! The ref has to keep Charlotte back, but Nia bumps Alexa off buckles. Lash gets her shots in on Alexa while the ref is distracted! Nia drags Alexa up, scoops her, then tags Lash. Lash has Alexa in the ropes to CLUB away on her! Then Nia hits a SIDEWALK SLAM!
Lash hops in and SPLASHES DOWN! Cover, TWO! Alexa survives but Lash drags her right back up, only for Alexa to JAWBREAKER! SmackDown returns to single picture as Alexa crawls, but Lash goes for the legs! Alexa kicks at Lash again and again, then kicks free, only for Lash to CLOBBER her! Lash drags Alexa back, sends her to the corner, but Alexa ELBOWS Nia! Alexa BOOTS Lash, then goes up, CROSSBODY! But Lash catches her with ease! Lash taunts Charlotte, but Alexa slips free! And ducks under, hot tag to Charlotte! The fans fire up as Charlotte goes up, up, and CROSBODIES Lash! Down goes Lash!
Charlotte BOOTS Nia, then CHOPS Lash! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! The fans “WOO~” with each CHOP! Lash shoves Charlotte, runs up, but Charlotte dodges! HANDSPRING LARIAT! The fans fire up with Charlotte and she storms up on Lash. Charlotte whips, Lash reveres, but Charlotte goes up and out! Charlotte BOOTS Lash away, but Nia tags in! Charlotte RAMS Nia, then goes up and over, only to get caught in a fireman’s carry! SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO! Charlotte survives but Nia drags her to the drop zone! Nia goes up, up, and A-NIA- NO! Charlotte avoids disaster, then drags Nia into place!
Charlotte goes up the corner and the fans fire up again! MOONSAULT! Cover, but Lash breaks it! The fans boo, but Alexa TORNADO DDTS Lash! Nia RAMS Charlotte into the apron! Nia scoops Charlotte but Charlotte slips free, and she POSTS Nia! Nia ELBOWS back, then runs up! Charlotte dodges, Nia avoids crashing into Nikki, but then Nia YANKS Nikki into Charlotte’s BOOT! Oops! Nia taunts Nikki, then DECKS Charlotte! Brie is pissed, but Nia SHOVES her down! Nia puts Charlotte in the ring, then runs up, but the leg drop misses! Charlotte SUPERKICKS, and SUPERKICKS, and tags Alexa! NATURAL SELECTION and then- NO, the Bellas attack Nia!
Winners: Nia Jax & Lash Legend, by disqualification (still WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions)
The fans boo as Brie ruins it for Charlexa! but then Lash CLOBBERS them all! Charlotte fires hands with Lash, Nikki goes after Nia, then she kicks Lash! The fans are torn as Nia now CLOBBERS Nikki! Nia ROCKS Nikki, then feeds her to Lash’s LEGENDARY FOREARM! Lash then scoops Nikki for a BEARHUG, and thrashes her around! Nia goes up, Lash holds Nikki up, SUPER GUILLOTINE LEG DROP!! The Irresistible Forces may have survived Charlexa, but the they demolished everyone! Will no one stop them from doing the same at WrestleMania?
R-Truth talks with Jelly Roll backstage.
They get caught up, and Truth warns Jelly about The Miz. Miz is creepy, shady, keep both eyes on him! Priest says hey, too, and Truth says this is his friend, Sushi Roll. No, Truth, Jelly. Truth likes jelly, too. Priest says time to go. Priest ushers Truth away, and Jelly sees Randy! They say hey, and Jelly congratulates Randy on his win at Elimination Chamber and going for Number 15 at Mania. Randy says congrats on the three Grammys, that’s a record, right? Nah, but it felt great. What’s Jelly doing tonight? Miz TV. Any advice? Yes, if Miz starts yapping too much, just whip his ass. They hug it out before Randy heads out, will Jelly have to roll Miz later tonight?
Charlexa regroups backstage.
They’re both upset over how that went, but The Bellas find them first. Brie asks where they think they’re going. Alexa says look, she gets it. Seeing your sister getting kicked in the face sucks, but Charlexa had the match won. Charlotte adds that sticking your noses where they don’t belong cost them those titles. Nikki says Nia & Lash came at them, they weren’t just going to sit there and do nothing. Brie adds that they came back to fight for those titles. And thanks to Aldis, they’re up next. The Bellas head out, but will Charlexa make sure to “return the favor?”
Damian Priest & R-Truth VS Los Garza!
As the “Archers of Truth” already said, they wiped the floor with Angel y Berto once, and they’ll gladly do it again if it’ll prove a point. Will Los Garza see what’s up? Or will they put the tag title match in question?
SmackDown returns and Los Garza make their entrance. The teams sort out, but then Los Garza attacks! Same move as the Irresistible Forces, but they focus on Priest 2v1! The fans boo but Los Garza soaks up the heat. Priest rises up, and as Los Garza high-ten, they spot him. Priest then DOUBLE LARIATS! Priest TOSSES Berto to a corner, Angel goes after him, but Priest TOSSES him into Berto! Priest ROCKS and HAMMERS both of them, then whips Angel back into Berto! Tag to Truth and the fans fire up! Priest whips Angel to FLAPJACK, then Truth hits the SCISSOR KICK! The fans cheer the combo, and Truth asks “WHATS UP?!” “WHAT’S UP!”
Angel stomps Truth’s foot! Angel LARIATS Truth down, then rains down fists! Angel mocks the “What’s Up” while he HEADBUTTS Truth! The fans boo but Angel puts Truth on the ropes, then tags Berto. Berto drags Truth down, turns him around, and Los Garza DOUBLE KICK COMBO! Los Garza soak up more heat, then Berto covers, TWO! Now Berto rains down fists on Truth, then he brings Truth around. Berto whips Truth, Truth ducks ‘n’ dodges, and Truth hits a tilt-o-whirl headscissors! The fans fire up with Truth as he does the splits! Truth goes corner to corner and SPLASHES! Berto staggers, Angel tags in, but Truth doesn’t see it!
Berto runs up, ducks the leg lariat, but Truth does the splits again! Truth runs, but Berto ducks, and Angel holds the ropes open! Truth falls to the floor, Berto FLYING CHUCKS Priest down! Then Los Garza set up on the corner, DOUBLE MOONSAULTS! Down go Truth & Priest, and off come the tearaway pants! Los Garza stands tall while SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns again and Berto has Truth in an abdominal stretch. Truth fights up, fights free, and ROCKS Berto! Berto ROCKS Truth, then he puts Truth in the corner. Berto runs up to LARIAT, then Angel tags in. They whip again, and send Berto at Priest! Angel LARIATS Truth while Berto knocks Priest down! Then they LEAP FROG ATTACK Truth! And then feed to the SUPERKICK! Cover, TWO! Truth survives and the fans rally up. Angel drags Truth up, brings him around, and snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Angel grows frustrated, and he HAMMERS Truth with forearms! Angel says “You Can’t SEe Me~!”
The fans boo, but Truth suplexes Angel for an OSAKA STREET CUTTER! The fans fire up while both men are down! Truth and Angel crawl, tag to Berto! Berto runs up but Truth TOSSES Berto out! ANgel runs up, Truth DUMPS him out! Hot tag to Priest! The fans fire up as Priest DECKS Berto, DECKS Angel, ROUNDHOUSES Berto, then ROUNDHOUSES Angel! ROUNDHOUSE again and again, then Los Garza end up in corners! BACK ELBOW for Angel, BACK ELBOW for Berto! SHOULDER TACKLE for Angel! Priest wrenches Berto, goes up the corner, and the fans cheer as Priest goes Old School for the CROSSBODY!
The fans fire up with Priest again, and he powers up the arm. Berto rises, Priest runs, COMEBACKER! Cover, but Angel breaks it with a dropkick! The fans boo but Angel stands Priest up. Priest DECKS Angel! Berto runs up, but into a kick! Priest reels Berto in, lift shim up, but Angel makes the save! Angel tags in, then GAMANGIRIS Priest! Berto springboards to BACK ELBOW! Angel LIONSAULTS! Cover, TWO!! Priest survives the onslaught and the fans fire up! Angel tells Berto to go up! Angel drags Priest into position, tags Berto, and Berto MOONSUALTS, but into boots! Angel jumps in, but Priest catches him in a guzel!
The fans fire up as Priest rises, but Angel slips free! Angel goes up, but Priest grabs a foot! Priest CLUBS Angel on the back, then crucifix for the RAZOR’S EDGE! The fans fire up as Priest then points to Truth! Truth feels it, and he tags in! Priest & Truth each get a Garza, and they DOUBLE BELL CLAP! Guzel for Angel, fireman’s carry for Berto! SOUTH OF HEAVEN and ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT! Cover, Priest & Truth win!
Winners: Damian Priest & R-Truth, by pinfall
Now you know they’re proper #1 contenders! Will they hit the mark and take the gold right from MFT?
Alex Shelley again tries to help Candice LeRae & Johnny Gargano.
Shelley says last week was tough love, it didn’t work, but at least they tried. Shelley tries to encourage “the greatest wrestler on the planet,” but Candice feels they’ve hit a dead end. Shelley says they need to get back to basics, try small, simple things. Right, yes! They gotta get Johnny Wrestling wrestling! They push the cart along, and then Chris Sabin walks in. Shelley says he is ready for an apology hug. They both saw the replay, right? Bring it in. Sabin skips that to ask Shelley why he’s still wasting time on Gargano! Oh, c’mon, let’s get over that. Gargano is a human being, there is history here, they can forgive him.
Sabin says while Shelley’s wasting time with the man who once cost them the WWE Tag Team Championships, Sbin is busy helping the MCMG. They have a match next week! And guess who with? Fraxiom! Awesome! Couldn’t be better. Is Shelley still committed or what? C’mon, Sabin, what do you think? Then prove it. Sabin heads out, but in the background… Was that B-Fab talking with Jade? And did they walk off somewhere together? Maybe that’s an allegiance that needs to be questioned.
The Miz is backstage.
And Danhausen surprises him! Danhausen says hello to Mentor Miz, and says as his mentor, Miz should wear Danhausen’s new, best-selling T-shirt as he hosts Miz TV with “Jelly Jam!” Wait, Danhausen has his own merch? Yes, doesn’t everyone? No, not everyone gets a shirt the first week they’re in WWE! Well, Danhausen did. Anyways, let’s do Goodnighthausen with Danhausen, and he’ll get his own guests, and it’ll be a great time. Best of all, it’ll replace Miz TV! Miz says NO to all those ideas. Wow, really? Really? Really? Miz is not amused with Danhausen using his old shtick.
But Danhausen wants Miz to remember last week. Oh, what? About the cu- SILENCE! Let him finish. Miz. Is. CURSED! Miz grumbles, rolls his eyes, but before he can use the “Really?” on Danhausen, Danhausen is gone! Will this be the most cursed WWE talk show of all time tonight?
SmackDown returns with Miz in the ring.
He welcomes us to the Most Must-See WWE Talk Show- Oh no! The mic cut out! Part one of the curse? Miz gets another mic, tries again, and says he knows it’s been awhile. But welcome to MIZ T V! His guest tonight is fresh off of being inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, a THREE-TIME Grammy winner, it is JELLY ROLL! The fans cheer as Jelly makes his entrance, and he high-fives the fans along the front row. Jelly likes Miz’s two step to Toby Keith, and Miz says give it up for Jelly Roll! Miz welcomes Jelly and asks what brings him to SmackDown. Jelly says it is the Road to WrestleMania! There is no way that he was gonna miss two of his friends main-eventing WrestleMania!
His friend, Cody Rhodes, and his brother, Randy Orton, are signing the contract tonight in one of Jelly’s favorite cities in America! What’s up, Phoenix?! Yes Phoenix loves Jelly. Miz sees Jelly’s potential, the moxie. All Jelly needs is a mentor. He needs someone to tell him the three principles of M I Z: Master, Inspire, and Zone-In! That mentor is none other than Miz! All Jelly has to say is “yes!” The fans chant, “NO! NO! NO!” Jelly also says, “No.” N-No? No. Jelly loves Miz, he does, but we all know that Miz has a history of every time he gets a partner, he just kinda… stabs them in the back.
Stab ’em in the back? Well, Jelly is a good ol’ redemption story, right? Everyone celebrates it, right? But no one talks about the person behind that story, and that is MIZ! Two years ago, SummerSlam, Jelly fell down, and his big ol’ obese butt couldn’t get himself back up! So what happened? To save Jelly, Miz reached out, picked Jelly up, and in that moment, Jelly realized that he needed to change his life! Jelly asks if he’s hearing Miz right. Miz is taking credit for Jelly losing 250 pounds?! Is that Miz that delusional and narcissistic that he wants to come out here and take credit for someone else’s hard work?
JELLY is the one who ran them miles! Jelly is the one who changed his life for the better! Jelly is the one who brought that dog outta himself! And for Miz to take credit, he should be disgusted with himself! Miz says he liked Jelly a lot better when he was fat! Jelly tells Miz that fat or skinny, he will whip Miz’s ass! The fans cheer that! Miz says understand who you’re in the ring with! Show respect to the locker room leader! Jelly says Miz is a locker room LOSER! But wait! KIT WILSON is here! Kit has a mic and begs Miz to stop wasting his time on Jelly. The problem isn’t with Miz mentoring Jelly, the problem is with Jelly!
The fans are torn but Jelly says no, no, listen. This is getting weird now. Jelly likes Kit Wilson. We all secretly do, don’t we? In fact, Jelly wants Kit to hear him out. Jelly does the flex and hip swivel like Kit. He was practicing! NO! It’s the face tattoos! The criminal record! It’s building a brand on bad behavior! And now Jelly comes out here, swivels his hips, and MOCKS Kit! Jelly MOCKS Kit while he’s having a serious conversation! Jelly says okay, calm down. The fans chant “TOXIC! TOXIC!”
Kit says Jelly loses 300 pounds and expects fans to cheer like he’s some kind of hero! But the fans do cheer! Kit says Jelly is no hero! Jelly is a man running away from who he truly is, and he is… FAT-PHOBIC! What?! Yes, go and laugh! Jelly’s supposed to be some changed man, right? He inspires people? He sickens Kit! Jelly doesn’t inspire anyone! He reinforces an unhealthy beauty standard, and that tells Kit everything he needs to know! Because Jelly Roll is… TOXIC! Jelly gets in Kit’s face while Miz likes what he sees. But Kit SHOVES Jelly! Miz holds Kit back, Jelly storms up, and Kit ducks! Jelly DECKS Kit!
Kit is unsure what to do now, but Jelly steps to him, so he runs away! Is Kit’s mission against toxic masculinity really just projection of his cowardice? Will Jelly make sure no one talks bad on the good he’s done for himself?
Ilja Dragunov & Apollo Crews finish watching this.
And they’re loving it! The Miz just got dropped! What a knockout punch! That was crazy! Carmelo Hayes steps in and asks Apollo if he can talk to Ilja real quick. Apollo obliges, and Melo says yeah, Miz, hah. But hey, he heard what Ilja was saying last week, about how his mom is his inspiration for the passion. That really touched Melo, and Melo finally understands Ilja a bit. Maybe the Open Challenge is too much of a burden for him. No, no, Melo doesn’t get Ilja. Melo sees opportunity, he goes and fights. But Ilja is fighting every single minute. Why? Because he is stuck between two extremes. Either complete confidence or ultimate self-doubt.
And sadly, it is the only way Ilja knows how to lie, because he does not know peace. Melo says Ilja’s right, Melo doesn’t understand Ilja. A guy like Melo knows you gotta take shots to make shots. And if Ilja didn’t give Melo the shot he did, maybe Melo wouldn’t be US Champion right now. Melo just wants Ilja to lock in. There’s not a long line of guys to fight Ilja Dragunov. So maybe Melo thinks there is more to why Ilja doesn’t want to face H1M. Ilja says that is because he can’t fight Melo when he is fighting himself. Ilja storms off, what will it take for the Mad Russian Dragon to reignite the fire?
Tiffany Stratton speaks.
“Giulia! Keep hiding behind that little secretary of yours, because as soon-” Chelsea Green literally rolls up in her wheelchair and interrupts. “Well, well, well. If it isn’t- Don’t touch me!” Tiffy SHOVES Chelsea down the hall! Tiff continues by saying after she beats Kiana, she is coming for the Women’s US Championship. Giulia can just kiss that title goodbye, because soon, everyone will know exactly what time it is! Tiff makes her entrance, but will she be able to handle Miss Management? Or will she make a bee-line right to the gold?
Kit Wilson & Miz regroup backstage.
Kit rants on that Jelly Roll needs to wake up and see he is toxic, toxic, TOXIC! But don’t worry, if it’s a fight Jelly wants, it is a fight he’ll get. Kit heads to Aldis’ office, and Miz turns around to see Danhausen again! Did Jelly Jam knock out Miz’s teeth? Danhausen has spares if he needs ’em. And if Danhausen had been out there, he could’ve defended Miz’s honor! Miz tells Danhausen to go away. Well, there’s one way to reverse the curse… Miz goes to say there is no curse, but Danhausen is already gone again. Will Miz just admit he needs Danhausen as much as Danhausen needs Miz? Wait, does Danhausen need Miz?
Tiffany Stratton VS Kiana James w/ Giulia!
SmackDown returns and Kiana makes her entrance, accompanied by Giulia. The bell rings and Tiff ties up with Kiana. Tiff powers Kiana to ropes, Kiana powers back, but Tiff headlocks. Kiana powers up and out, but Tiff goes up and over, rolls, then goes up and over the other corner to sunset flip! TWO, and Kiana KNEES low! Kiana snarls, whips Tiff into a corner, then bumps her off buckles. Kiana runs things to another corner, but Tiff blocks to then bump Kiana off buckles! Kiana staggers around, Tiff whips her to ropes, but Kiana reverses. Tiff handsprings over and the fans fire up! Tiff then baits Kiana into a drop toehold onto ropes!
Tiff runs, but Kiana avoids the hip attack! Tiff avoids a haymaker, RAMS Kiana low, then avoids the leg sweep from Giulia! But Kiana hits a DRAPING CODE BREAKER! Tiff falls back from the “Deal Breaker,” and Kiana RAMS Tiff in the apron! And again! And then into the barriers! Kiana & Giulia soak up heat while SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns again and both women rise up. Kiana fires a forearm, Tiff fires back, and now Alba Fyre wheels Chelsea Green down to ringside. Tiff ELBOWS Kiana, then LARIATS! And LARIATS! Tiff goes corner to corner, handspring and BACK ELBOW! Tiff keeps moving, handspring and STUNNER! Cover, TWO! Kiana survives but now the fans cheer Chelsea. Tiff fireman’s carries, Kiana slips free, and Kiana shoves Tiff away. Tiff BOOTS Kiana, then cartwheels, only for Kiana to wrench through! Kiana suplexes Tiff for a FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO! Tiff survives and Giulia grows frustrated on Kiana’s behalf.
Kiana drags Tiff up, reels her in , but Tiff fights the bomb to slip free and ROCK Kiana! Fireman’s carry, ROLLING SENTON! And then Tiff goes up, but Giulia drags Kiana to safety! The fans boo and the ref reprimands, but Tiff just builds speed! Tiff DIVES and takes out Kiana anyway! Chelsea hobbles over but the ref warns her to stay back! Giulia stops Chelsea from doing anything, too, this is Kiana’s match! Giulia SHOVES Chelsea, Tiff puts Kiana in the ring, but Kiana argues with the ref. This lets Giulia grab Tiff! Kiana runs up, but Tiff slips away! Kiana BOOTS Giulia down onto Chelsea & Alba! The cheating backfires big time!
Tiff ROLLING SENTONS Kiana, then PRETTIEST MOONSAULT EVER! Cover, Tiff wins!
Winner: Tiffany Stratton, by pinfall
Chelsea was perhaps a variable Kiana had not accounted for, and now Tiff has the W! Will she turn this momentum into a title opportunity with the Beautiful Madness?
Backstage interview with Trick Williams.
Cathy Kelley catches him on the way to gorilla and asks his final thoughts before facing Jacob Fatu. Trick says first thing’s first, Aldis needs to do his job! He had no business making this match tonight! But it’s all good. Since Fatu wants to call out Trick without his consent, Trick has a good mind to take off the lemon pepper steppers and smack the boogeyman out Fatu’s ass! And another thing- Sami Zayn steps in. Sami says don’t stop, keep going! Trick’s been talking such a big game lately. What happened? Wasn’t Trick gonna walk to the main event of WrestleMania, put this company on his back. All that big talk and what’d he call Sami? “Mr. Can’t Get the Job Done.”
How have things been going for Trick? Trick got dropped at Chamber, got dropped by Randy last week, and now he’s gonna get dropped by Fatu, all because he keeps running his mouth and can’t back it up! Yeah, the way Trick is looking at Sami, the way he’s feeling, that burning in his chest, Sami knows that feeling very well. That’s embarrassment. And Trick should be! Trick says Sami is hating hard, and Trick knows why. Sami’s just lucky Trick as a match tonight, or he’d drop Sami where he stands. Sami says he’s here every week, and he’s real easy to find. See you around, Trick. Trick heads out, but are things about to explode this close to WrestleMania?
Jacob Fatu VS Trick Williams!
SmackDown returns as Fatu makes his entrance, followed by Trick. Phoenix all chants “Whoop Dat Trick!” as Trick stands on the rotating platform, then heads up the ramp and into the ring. The bell rings and the fans rally as the two circle. Trick is already a bit cocky as he and Fatu step up and tie up. They go around the ring, on the ropes, and in the corner, then out of the corner. Trick puts Fatu in the other corner, but the ref counts. Trick lets off, but then he sucker punches Fatu! Fatu ROCKS Trick in return! Fatu fires haymakers on Trick, stomps him to the corner, then HEADBUTTS! Fatu asks, “This all he got?”
Fatu storms up but Trick knees low! Trick CLUBS Fatu, eggs Fatu on, then CHOPS! And CHOPS! Trick whips corner to corner but Fatu reverses. Fatu runs up but Trick goes up and over! Trick SMACKS Fatu off buckles, but Fatu just grins through it!? Trick SMACKS Fatu off the buckles again, but Fatu just starts headbutting the buckles! Trick is scared speechless seeing this! Fatu turns to face Trick, then ROCKS him! Trick staggers, Fatu ROCKS him again, then Fatu kicks low. Fatu whips, Trick ducks ‘n’ dodges, but Fatu BODY CHECKS him! Fatu has Trick in a corner, the fans fire up with the “YAHOO~! while Fatu rains down HEADBUTTS!
The fans count along, and Fatu goes to TEN! Then Fatu brings Trick around, whips him to ropes, but Trick turns backdrop into SPINNING NECKBREAKER! But Fatu’s right back up!? Fatu shakes his head while Trick cheers himself on. Trick is shocked again as he sees Fatu there! Fatu LARIATS! And SENTONS! And then runs to handspring and MOONSAULT! The fans fire up again as Fatu runs up, and he LARIATS Trick up and out! The fans are a bit torn, but Fatu is loving this as SmackDown goes picture in picture.
Fatu nods as he waits on Trick. Fatu says something to the camera, perhaps to the effect of Drew should be getting this whooping. Fatu builds speed, and DIVES into a FOREARM from Trick! Fatu tumbles to the floor and Trick CLOBBERS him! Trick steps up onto the desk to flex, then he refreshes the ring count. Trick stalks Fatu, drags him up, and SMACKS him off the desk! Fatu sputters while Trick soaks up cheers and jeers. Trick then CHOPS Fatu, but Fatu ROCKS Trick back! Trick staggers away, and Fatu storms up to CHOP him again! And again! Fatu SMACKS Trick off the steps, then refreshes the ring count.
Fatu nods as he looms over Trick. The fans are torn but Fatu brings Trick up. Fatu whips Trick into barriers! Trick sputters but Fatu refreshes the ring count again. Fatu brings Trick around to put him in the ring, then storms up, but into a HEEL KICK! Trick fires up now, and he rains down fists! Trick stops to shake out his fist, and he talks some smack on Fatu. Trick clamps on with a chinlock and squeezes tight! Fatu endures, pries at the hold, but Trick puts on the pressure! Trick talks some trash as he does, but Fatu still fights up to his feet. Fatu fires body shots while SmackDown returns to single picture.
Fatu HEADBUTTS Trick, whips him to the corner hard, and Trick slumps down. Fatu huffs ‘n’ puffs and runs up on Trick, but into an ELBOW! Trick runs up, Fatu dodges, and Fatu goes up to WHISPER IN THE WIND! Cover, TWO! Trick survives what was more a shout in the wind, but Fatu stalks him to a corner. Fatu ROCKS Trick, ROCKS him again, then HEADBUTTS again and again! Fatu says he is all gas, no brakes with it! Fatu runs, but Trick gets up, SPIN KICK! Fatu staggers into the BACKHAND! Then the NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Fatu survives again but Trick just fires himself back up!
Trick dares Fatu to get back up, then runs up, but Fatu ducks the “Side Kick!” Fatu UPPERCUTS, then runs, but into a FLAPJACK! Trick kips up, the fans fire up, and Trick stomps Fatu. Trick lets his hair down, then he cartwheels for the RIPCORD, and BOOKEND! Cover, TWO!! Fatu survives and Trick is frustrated! The fans rally up as Trick just goes to the corner and takes aim again. Trick brings down his kneepads, then runs up, into a SUPERKICK! Fatu then POP-UP SAMOAN DROPS Trick down! The fans fire up for Fatu now as he runs to HIP ATTACK! Phoenix fires up as Fatu geeks out, and he hurries up the corner!
Trick is down as Fatu aims, SWANTON BOMB! Cover, TWO!! Trick survives now and Fatu is frustrated! “This is Awesome!” as both men stir. Fatu is up first, he vows to end it now, and he goes up, only for Trick to bail out! Fatu is annoyed again, but he builds speed to DIVE! Down goes Trick! Fatu hurries to get Trick up and into the ring, but the fans already notice something! Or rather, someone! DREW MCINTYRE ATTACKS FATU! And he POSTS Fatu! The fans boo as Drew hides from the ref! Trick wants after Fatu, the ref keeps Trick in, but Drew puts Fatu in! TRICK SHOT! Trick fires up as he reloads, TRICK SHOT!! Cover, TRICK WINS!
Winner: Trick Williams, by pinfall
So much for “quitting” the WWE! Drew pulls another fake out just so he can screw over another enemy! Drew storms back into the ring to stand over Fatu, and he watches Fatu stir. Drew goes to a corner, and he loads up! “THREE! TWO! ONE!” CLAYMORE!! The fans boo as Fatu is down again! Drew gives a thumbs down to Fatu, but will Drew have to face the consequences of his own actions in the end?
Nick Aldis is in the ring.
SmackDown returns with the General Manager standing by the standard table, and he says, “Alright, ladies and gentlemen, just one thing to handle before we get to the business at hand. Drew McIntyre! I guess you didn’t quit. So welcome back. And as a welcome back gift to you, you get Jacob Fatu one-on-one next week on SmackDown. Now, to the business at hand. Ladies and gentlemen, we know why we’re here: To sign the contract for the main event of WrestleMania, the WWE Championship is on the line. So without further ado, allow me to introduce the challenger, The Viper, Randy Orton!”
The fans cheer and sing along with Voices as indeed, Randy Orton makes his entrance. Orton high-fives fans in the front row, and even blows a big kiss to the crowd, before he steps into the ring. Orton hits his signature pose and looks to the WrestleMania sign. Aldis then introduces the WWE Champion, the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes! Fans now sing along with Kingdom, “WHOA~ OH~!” and we get the pyro. Cody high-fives fans, goes to the ring, and we get the second “WHOA~ OH~!” and pyro before he steps inside. Cody and Orton shake hands, they each shake hands with Aldis, and they go to take their seats.
Phoenix is strongly behind Orton, so Cody gives it up for him, too. Cody grabs a mic first to say, “Phoenix! Sounds like I know what you want to talk about. In 2007, I came to WWE. My very first match in WWE was against Randy Orton. And I’d go on to watch you (Orton) win the Royal Rumble. You got into an argument with Stu about the sign and the pyro not going off. I’d go on to watch you main event a WrestleMania, and I thought, ‘Am I gonna be like that?’ And then I left. And this was probably found upon, but you put out a post about how you thought I could become world champion. And when I came back, I came back alone. There was no Codyverse.
“My brother wasn’t with me, my wife stayed at home with the babies. But I had you.” Orton and Cody fist bump on that, and Cody says he’s not Orton’s son or brother, but he’s always been proud to be Orton’s boy. Cody then signs his part of the contract and he hands it over to Orton. The fans cheer Orton on more, and Orton takes a moment to think. Orton picks up the pen, but then takes another moment to think. Orton picks up the mic, stands up to pace, and then he comes back to say, “I don’t think you understand, Cody. I need this. I need that. But this wasn’t supposed to be hard. This was supposed to be easy. Drew was supposed to be out here, I-”
Cody stops Orton there, but Orton says no, how is he supposed to do this? Cody says they can take the weight off Orton’s shoulders. Orton is definitely hearing the voices, and when the bell rings, that is the Orton Cody expects! That is the Orton the fans expect! We get to watch the best Orton has ever been! The Randy Orton who just won a stacked Elimination Chamber! And Cody knows when the bell rings, he gets the Legend Killer, the youngest world champion in company history, the man who JBL said that if you built a pro-wrestler from the ground up, it’d look like Orton! And JBL would STILL say that about Orton!
Cody knows that we get the master of the three most dangerous letters in ALL of WWE, R K O! Cody hands Orton the pen, and says that is when the bell rings. After the main event of WrestleMania, when the last bell rings, Cody wants Orton to know, he’ll always love Orton. The fans are torn about that, but Cody pats the contract. Orton says okay, okay. Orton signs on the dotted line, then he and Cody hug it out. Then Orton SMACKS Cody off the desk! And LOW BLOWS him!? The fans are torn but everyone is freaking out! Orton shoves Cody down, RIPS that nice shirt and tie away, then TOSSES him out!
Orton goes out after Cody, THROWS him over the desk, then he pulls the steel steps apart! Orton takes aim, and he CLOBBERS Cody with the steps! Cody falls back down, and Aldis hurries back out here to stop Orton! Orton SHOVES Aldis down! Cody sits up, busted open, and Cody makes the world look at that bloody forehead! Orton CLUBS away on Cody’s chest, then SMACKS him off the steel steps! Phoenix continues to lose their minds as Orton puts Cody on the desk. Orton rains down fists on the bloody forehead, no mercy or regret visible on his face! Orton shoves the steps aside to get the big steps up!
Orton brings those steps right to the desk, and then props them up against it! Cody’s blood is dribbling out as Orton makes him rest against the steps. Producers and refs hurry out here, fans are still freaking out, but Orton is still seething. Jelly Roll reappears, and he tries to calm Orton down. Orton SHOVES Jelly Roll! The fans really don’t know what to make of this now, but Orton seems to come back to himself for a moment. Orton sees the blood on his hands, and he gets out of there! Aldis and the rest call for medical while Cody sputters behind his crimson mask. A towel is brought to stop the bleeding, but ORTON RETURNS!?
Orton has a chair?!? He hops right up onto the desk, and CON-CHAIR-TOS Cody into the steel steps!!! The fans and the WWE staff are going absolutely nuts seeing what Orton just did! Orton takes the chair to the ring, then sits it up so he can take a seat with the Undisputed WWE Championship. Is this the Viper that Cody wanted to fight? Or has Orton unlocked something even darker than that?
My Thoughts:
A great SmackDown, bordering on awesome given that ending. Great stuff with Drew McIntyre, too, as it also relates to the WWE Championship story. Drew naturally tried to hijack the show, Aldis laid down the law, and Fatu got in Drew’s face. Drew of course faked quitting so he could go after Fatu later, but that was an awesome match from Fatu VS Trick. Sami Zayn also had another great promo showing how conflicted he is with being Face while Cody is Face getting away with not-so-Face things. Sami also had a great part with Trick before Trick VS Fatu. Sami VS Trick could be the match that makes Sami lose his cool and be at least an edgy, aggressive version of Face Sami. Well, that or a match with Aleister Black, he keeps pestering Sami like he was Priest and Orton.
Speaking of Orton, I wonder if this relates to how Aleister was poking and prodding that inner Heel. Orton did make it seem he couldn’t fight Cody the same way he could someone else. Orton wanted it to be Drew because he could hate Drew and do these things to him without remorse. But now, Orton forced himself to do these awful things to Cody because he feels that’s what he has to do to become WWE Champion again. Cody of course bled here, it’s just like his AEW run. A lot of fans were worried this was going to be a boring build, maybe myself included, but this definitely turned things 180 degrees because I did not see it coming.
Jelly Roll had a fun time tonight, too. He got in on the closing segment as a friend of Orton’s and starting to get to know Cody, and he did a great job selling the emotional and the physical. Jelly also had a really fun segment with The Miz and Kit Wilson, and Miz had very good segments with Danhausen. Instead of “Mizhausen,” it feels like we might get Miz & Kit VS #Jellyhausen or something like that, and that should be a lot of fun, too. Good promo from Apollo, Ilja, and Carmelo to help frame Ilja’s feelings about not just the US title but himself. I’m sure Melo will get more great title matches in, but Ilja should also get some matches to help him work this issue out in the ring.
Apparently, that’s what Candice might try with Johnny, even after he got destroyed by Oba Femi. Honestly, I would love to see Johnny & Candice Wrestling go for the AAA Mixed Tag Team Championships. For one, that’s a great match with Lola Vice & Mr. Iguana. Second, if Johnny & Candice win, they could have a great reign going back and forth between AAA and WWE. The dysfunction in MCMG being caused by this is interesting, I hope they stick together, but seeing Sabin VS Shelley would be a pretty good match, too.
Very good promo from MFT and Nakamura, and a great tag match of Howdy & Rowan VS Solo & Talla. Tama definitely feels like the strongest member of MFT since he’s the only reason they still have the lantern. Very good promo from Truth & Priest with Los Garza, and a very good match from them, too. At this point, I can’t be sure if Priest & Truth win the tag titles if MFT and Wyatts are still feuding. Best case scenario, Wyatts cost MFT the titles, then they have like a ladder match for the lantern to settle that once and for all. Then Priest & Truth can carry the tag titles against this resurging SmackDown Tag Division.
We got a rather random match of Tiffany VS Kiana, but I suppose Tiff really would want whatever title she could get with the top title out of her reach. Chelsea & Alba getting involved was fun, too, and of course Tiff won. Tiff VS Giulia will be great, but maybe if Chelsea’s foot is healed up in time, she can join in and make a big Triple Threat for the Women’s US title. Great tag title match, but with the Bellas showing up, shenanigans were bond to happen. Kudos to Nikki & Brie each taking a bump on the outside, and them costing Charlexa might actually mean there’s a Triple Threat for the tag titles on the horizon. Irresistible Forces, Bellas, and Charlexa is good stuff, maybe throw a Raw team in, that way “the stacked odds” protect all teams no matter the result.
Jade VS Mia was a very good match, and obviously non-title because sadly, duh, Mia was losing. Jade had a good promo calling out Rhea, and Rhea showing up to respond was good stuff. Rhea also had a good part with Mia and B-Fab later, Mia obviously giving a cold shoulder out of more professional jealousy and bitterness. B-Fab talking with Jade is curious, though. Will B-Fab and Mia choose to join Jade since they can’t beat her? Or is it just B-Fab, leaving Mia in the lurch? Mia & Rhea VS Fab & Jade wouldn’t be a half bad match for this build. Rhea probably does need a match or two on SmackDown to build her own momentum.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Don’t worry, it IS Friday! But with Revolution on Sunday, ROH is giving us a special bonus episode tonight, free gratis on YouTube!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championships: Shane Taylor Promotions VS TMDK; STP wins and retains the titles.
- Persephone VS Gin Sevani; Persephone wins.
- Rush VS BEEF; Rush wins.
- Wheeler Yuta VS Serpentico; Yuta wins.
- Ace Austin VS KM; Ace wins.
- Marina Shafir VS Danielle Kamela; Shafir wins.
- 8 Man Tag: Eddie Kingston, Ortiz & Top Flight VS Roppongi Vice & MXM Collection; Eddie, Ortiz & Top Flight win.
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ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championships: Shane Taylor Promotions VS TMDK!
The Infantry and Big Bad Shaney T gave Robbie Eagles, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls this match not because TMDK is a strong and world-renowned faction, even though they are. This is to get even for when the Sniper of the Skies took Captain Dean out 1v1 when ROH was down under in Sydney. Will STP show TMDK how to rumble, bad man, rumble? Or will they see that no matter where they are, The Mighty Don’t Kneel?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see who is truly mighty!
The trios sort out and then STP just attacks! The fans are torn as Taylor TOSSES Haste and Carlie TOSSES Mikey while Dean CLUBS away on Eagles! Taylor then whips Haste hard into railing! The fans boo the Shane on Shane crime while Dean DECKS Eagles. Dean tags Bravo, they double whip Eagles, but Eagles ducks ‘n’ dodges to DOUBLE SHOTGUN! Eagles kips up, the fans fire up, but Taylor runs up! Eagles TOSSES Taylor out, then DIVES onto all of STP! The fans fire up with Eagles and he gets Bravo back in the ring. Eagles then bumps Bravo off buckles to tag in Mikey. Mikey tags Haste, then sends him in for the UPPERCUT!
Mikey LARIATS, then Eagles DOUBLE KNEES! Feed to Mikey, he and Haste BACK SUPLEX NECKBREAKER COMBO! Cover, TWO! Haste KICKS Bravo in the side, then drags him over. Tag to Eagles and they snapmare Bravo for a basement DROPKICK then PENALTY KICK! Cover, TWO! Bravo is tougher than that but the fans rally for Eagles. Eagles KICKS, and KICKS, and KICKS again! Bravo sputters, Eagles runs, and Eagles- NO, Bravo blocks the kick! Bravo shouts, “Would you stop kicking me?!” Eagles SMACKS Bravo instead! Eagles runs, but Dean trips him! Dean spins Eagles around to HOTSHOT him on the apron!
Bravo goes out to the apron to AX HANDLE, then Shane adds the GUILLOTINE LEG DROP! The fans are torn but STP is all fired up. Dean says they told you it’d get dangerous out here! Bravo shoves Eagles back in, then brings him up to DECK with a haymaker! Bravo talks trash, then stomps the arm. Bravo talks trash as he stomps Eagles’ leg, then stomps the other leg. Bravo pushes Eagles down to FIST DROP! Cover, ONE!! Eagles is tougher than that but Bravo stays between him and TMDK. Bravo RAMS Eagles into the STP corner, and STP all mugs Eagles! The ref counts while the fans boo, but Bravo backs off.
Bravo stands Eagles up, CHOPS him, and talks some trash. Bravo tags Taylor, he BODY BLOWS Eagles, then winds up to CHOP! The fans fire up, and Dean says, “That’s a man! That’s a man right there!” Bravo mocks Eagles’ pain, but Eagles fires forearms on everyone! Eagles KICKS and KICKS, but Taylor blocks to KNEE Eagles back! Then URENAGE! And SPLASH! Cover, Mikey breaks it! The fans fire up but Taylor protests. Taylor puts Eagles in the corner, tags Bravo, and Bravo tags Dean. Infantry sends Taylor in for a LARIAT! Bravo forearm SMASHES while Dean BLASTS TMDK! Dean asks, “Is this camera on me? B B C!”
Dean runs up, BRONCO BUSTIN’ CAP! Bravo and Taylor say that’s disgusting, Dean. Dean tags Bravo, then scoop SLAMS Eagles! Bravo IMPLODER SPLASHES! Cover, TWO! The fans rally for Eagles but Bravo clamps on with a chinlock. Bravo grinds Eagles down, Eagles endures, and the fans rally up. Eagles fights to his feet, JAWBREAKERS free, and ROUNDHOUSES! SUPERKICKS! PELE! The fans fire up, hot tags for Dean and Haste! Haste CLOBBERS Dean, BLASTS Taylor, then gets Dean for the FALCON ARROW! The fans fire up but Bravo waistlocks Haste! Haste RAMS Bravo into buckles, then feeds to Mikey’s SPINEBUSTER!
Haste runs to CALF KICK Dean, then keeps moving, CANNONBALL! The fans fire up with Hysterical Haste as he goes again. Haste puts Dean up top, climbs up to join him, but Dean fights the lift! Dean fires body shots, he shoves Haste down, but Mikey tags in. SHORYUKEN from Haste, then Mikey gives him the boost! Haste has Dean, and they TOWER OF DOOM! The “Transformer Suplex” takes Dean down and Mikey covers, but Taylor breaks it! Taylor bobs ‘n’ weaves to HEADBUTT Mikey! Taylor scoops Mikey but Eagles BOOTS Taylor! And BOOTS! And BOOTS! Taylor SHOVES Eagles down, Eagles avoids a lariat, but not the SOUTHPAW!
Taylor snarls while the fans rally, and he drags Eagles up. Taylor tucks Eagles in, but Eagles slips up and out! SOBAT and ASAI DDT! The fans fire up with Eagles and he runs up, but Taylor put shim on the apron. Eagles GAMANGIRIS, then springboards, but Taylor dodges! JAB! Then Bravo has the clinch! Dean SUPERKICKS, Bravo SIDEWINDERS! But Mikey LARIATS Bravo! Haste clinches Dean, Mikey joins in, URENAGE BOMB! Mikey drags Dean up, Haste goes up, but Dean slips free! Dean SHOVES Mikey into Haste! Bravo then ROCKS Mikey! Dean goes up, Bravo sends Mikey into the FLYING LARIAT!
Taylor runs up to POUNCE Haste! The Infantry aim, TWO2DAHEAD on Mikey!! Cover, STP wins!
Winners: Shane Taylor Promotions, by pinfall (still ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions)
But then to add insult to injury, they beat up on TMDK just because! The fans boo, but HERE COMES THE BOOM! That’s right, Big Boom AJ and QT Marshall are here! Boom ‘n’ Doom are armed with chairs and they run STP off! STP tells QT & AJ to watch themselves! Revolution: Zero Hour is just 48 hours away, will The Infantry take QT & AJ out like they did TMDK? Or will it be Boom ‘n’ Doom in the City of Angels?
Boom ‘n’ Doom speak.
QT & AJ regroup backstage, and QT tells STP that they might have beaten The Factory, but now he has AJ. After what STP did to TMDK, QT & AJ couldn’t sit back and watch. AJ says that’s right! STP has forgotten the meaning of “family!” They’re bringing the family to Revolution this Sunday! The question used to be if AJ could trust his long time enemy, and we answered that question. AJ knows he can trust QT, and this Sunday, they’re bringing the family! Big Boom AJ, QT Marshall, Big Justice, and maybe even The Rizzler! They’re coming, and when LA hears them bring the BOOM, it’s all coming down on STP! They’re coming to bring the BOOM and DOOM!
8 Man Tag: Eddie Kingston, Ortiz & Top Flight VS Roppongi Vice & MXM Collection!
The Mad King and his good pal, “Monkey,” had a gritty victory in that parking lot brawl alongside The Rascalz, but now they team with another young duo in Darius & Dante Martin for a traditional 4v4. Will they all stand tall just like in the brawl? Or will Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta, Mansoor & Mason Madden prove they’re not #TVReady?
The teams sort out, and the fans are already fired up for “EDDIE! EDDIE!” Eddie indeed steps up, and he gives Rocky a bit of a sporting smack on the butt. Azucar steps up, but he refuses the Code of Honor! The fans boo that but the bell rings. Eddie and Rocky circle while the fans rally up again. The two tie up, are in a deadlock, but Eddie uses his height advantage as leverage to put Rocky on ropes. The ref counts, Rocky turns things around, then he rolls back to give some Azucar Heat. The fans boo, Eddie runs up, but Rocky ducks the backhand! Rocky headlocks but Eddie fires body shots. Eddie powers out, but Rocky RUNS Eddie over!
The fans rally for Eddie as Rocky runs, but Rocky stomps Eddie’s dropdown! Rocky taunts Eddie again, and Eddie dares Rocky to bring the fight! The fans fire up, and Eddie CHOPS Rocky! Rocky snarls, and he KICKS! Eddie CHOPS! Rocky KICKS! Eddie CHOPS, CHOPS, and CHOPS! Rocky falls into a corner while the fans fire up! Eddie storms up on Rocky, drags him up, wrench and ELBOW BREAKER! Tag to Ortiz and he takes the handoff to wrench and clinch. Eddie runs up, LARIAT LEG SWEEP COMBO! Rocky scrambles, tags #JustTrent, but Ortiz HIP TOSSES him down! Ortiz mocks MXM with hip swivels and they hate it!
Ortiz goes back to Trent, wrenches, and YANKS the arm! Trent throat chops! The fans boo but Trent hits a headlock takeover! Trent grinds the hold but Ortiz keeps his shoulders up. Ortiz fights up, powers up and out, then dodges Trent! Trent hurdles, but Ortiz arm-drags Trent down! The fans fire up again while Ortiz whips Trent. Trent grabs ropes, then he ELBOWS Ortiz down! Trent snarls, he steps on Ortiz’s face, then looms over him. Ortiz smacks Trent’s leg, but Trent drags Ortiz up. MXM want to tag in, and Trent says fine. He tags Mansoor, and Mansoor stomps Ortiz down! Mason joins in, they double whip Ortiz to DOUBLE ELBOW! And POSE!
The fans cheer, and MXM want Trent to join in! They all stand over Ortiz, and… POSE! Wait, Trent doesn’t. What a sore sport! Mansoor ROCKS Ortiz, then sends Mason in. Ortiz goes up and over, then he sends Mansoor to the corner! SPLASH, then a tag to Dante! Ortiz sets up, POETRY IN FLIGHT! Tag to Darius, he snap suplexes Mansoor, then tags Dante back in, slingshot SENTON! Tag to Eddie and he turns Mansoor for the NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Eddie drags Mansoor up, tags Darius, and he AX HANDLES Mansoor’s arm! Darius UPPERCUTS, whips, but Mansoor reverses. Darius BOOTS Mansoor, Mansoor talks about a chipped tooth!
The ref is distracted checking Mansoor’s teeth that Mason guzels and CHOKE SLAMS Darius! Darius’ team protest but the ref keeps them back. Mansoor stomps away on Darius, then he tags Mason. Mason drags Darius around, and he DRIBBLES Darius! Eddie has a chair! RPG Vice & MXM protest, the ref stops Eddie, but that lets RPGMXM mug Darius! They also BLASTS Ortiz! The fans boo but Trent shakes hands with MXM. Mason then stands Darius up for BEATS OF THE… Well, not Bodhrain, but some kind of drum. Mason then tells Dante to shove it before going back to Darius. Throat chop! Mason fires body shots, H O T T O G O!
Mason backs off to tag Trent, and Rocky holds Darius up so Trent can stomp low. Trent CHOPS Darius, but Darius CHOPS in return! And CHOPS again! And CHOPS again! Darius runs, but Trent fireman’s carries! DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO! Darius toughs it out and the fans rally up again. Trent anchors Darius’ leg, then he tags Rocky. Rocky stomps Darius, then runs to basement DROPKICK! Rocky does the Rinaldo slide and the fans boo. Rocky KICKS Darius in the corner, then bumps him off buckles. Tag to Mansoor and he KICKS Darius’ leg! Mansoor ROCKS Darius, tags Mason, and Mansoor sends Mason in for the ELBOW!
Tag to Trent and he scoops Darius. MXM BLASTS Ortiz, Dante & Eddie while Mason SLAMS Darius! Trent ELBOW DROPS, Rocky ELBOW DROPS, then Mansoor ELBOW DROPS! The hat trick becomes a quartet as Mansoor ELBOW DROPS! And now… THEY POSE! Even Trent! But then he doesn’t see Eddie, Ortiz & Dante drag his team out! Darius DROPKICKS Trent down! Darius crawls, the fans rally, hot tags to Dante and Rocky! Dante rallies on Rocky with big forearms, then he blocks a kick to spin Rocky! Dante dodges to then springboard SHOTGUN! Dante kips up, the fans fire up, and Dante fires more shots!
Dante whips, Rocky reverses, but Dante goes out, up, around, and GAMANGIRIS! Dante then SUPERKICKS Mason, and springboards to CROSSBODY Trent! Rocky runs up but Dante switches! Shove to Darius for the atomic drop, then Dante runs up, BULLDOG KNEE SMASH COMBO! Darius feeds Rocky to Eddie and Ortiz! They DOUBLE SUPLEX Rocky into place for Dante’s MAMBA SPLASH! Cover, but Mason CLOBBERS Ortiz onto it! The fans are torn but everything resets. Dante drags Rocky up, fires forearms, then runs. But Trent joins in, and RPG DOUBLE KNEE! Tag to Mansoor and Mason joins in.
MXM whips Dante in, Mansoor SPLASHES! Trent SPLASHES! Rocky LARIATS! Mason ELBOWS! Feed to Mansoor for the lift, Mason runs, LEG LARIAT SPINEBUSTER COMBO! Cover, but now Eddie breaks it! Mason TOSSES Eddie out, then Mansoor drags Dante up. Mansoor back suplexes, but Dante lands out! Dante ducks the backhand to hot tag Ortiz! Ortiz wheelbarrows Mansoor to the victory roll, TWO! Ortiz runs up again, but Mansoor dodges! Rocky LARIATS! Trent LARIATS! Mansoor LARIATS! Mason “OOAH~!” and- NO, Eddie intercepts with a SLAP and an EXPLODER! Then Top Flight drags RPG Vice out!
RPG Vice shove free, but Top Flight just goes up, in, and DOUBLE PLANCHAS! Down goes RPG Vice! Eddie ROCKS Mansoor, then DDTS! Ortiz is up top for a FROG SPLASH! Cover, Eddie, Ortiz & Top Flight win!
Winners: Eddie Kingston, Ortiz & Top Flight, by pinfall
A fast ‘n’ furious main event is a great way end the night, especially with this win for the Mad King and court! Will this momentum help propel these four towards title opportunities after Revolution?
My Thoughts:
A very good bonus hour of ROH, and I believe this was the batch of matches from El Paso before the ROH studio tapings. Great Six Man Tag title match to open the show, good win for STP, and apparently this was to help plug Boom ‘n’ Doom VS Infantry for Revolution’s Zero Hour. A rather random Zero Hour match but whatever, many of those matches are just because. Great stuff for Persephone to win in her hometown of El Paso, and great showing for Beef in a loss to Rush. The main thing to note from Yuta VS Serpentico was that Yuta has changed his gear back to trunks, no more pants.
Very good, very fun main event in that 8 Man Tag, especially with Trent not being into the MXM stuff until late in the match. Great win for the Faces, maybe Top Flight can head for the ROH World Tag Team Championships in the future, but I also see Top Flight helping Eddie & Ortiz continue the feud with Grizzled Young Veterans & “Paid in Full,” Bryan Keith & Big Bill.
My Score: 8.7/10
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Launched in 2017, the Chairshot Radio Network presents you with the best in sports, entertainment, and sports entertainment. Wrestling and wrestling crossover podcasts + the most interesting content + the most engaging hosts = the most entertaining podcasts you’ll find!
MONDAY - Bandwagon Nerds (entertainment & popular culture)
TUESDAY - Musical Chairs (music) / Hockey Talk (NHL)
WEDNESDAY - The Greg DeMarco Show (wrestling)
THURSDAY - Keeping the news ridiculous... The Oddity / Chairshot NFL (NFL)
FRIDAY - DWI Podcast (Drunk Wrestling Intellect)
SATURDAY - The Mindless Wrestling Podcast
SUNDAY - The Front and Center Sports Podcast
CHAIRSHOT RADIO NETWORK PODCAST SPECIALS
Attitude Of Aggression Podcast & The Big Five Project (chronologically exploring WWE's PPV/PLE history)
TheChairshot.com PRESENTS...IMMEDIATE POST WWE PLE REACTIONS w/ DJ(Mindless), Tunney(DWI) & Friends
Patrick O'Dowd's 5X5
Classic POD is WAR
Chairshot Radio Network Your home for the hardest hitting podcasts... Sports, Entertainment and Sports Entertainment!
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4 Corners Podcast: A Superb Owl Preview
Super Bowl LX!
4 Corners Podcast: Acknowledgement and Eligibility
In the week before the Big Game, the guys discuss the implications of the NCAA's eligibility rules, and we also...
4 Corners Podcast: NFL Conference Championship Previews
The fellas recap an epic CFP Championship game and preview the Conference Championship games in the NFL!
4 Corners Podcast: CFP Championship and NFL Divisional Round Preview
The boys are back to preview the CFP Championship Game and the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs!
4 Corners Podcast: NFL Wildcard Weekend
Join Dave and Patrick weekly as they cover the four corners of the sporting world!
Attitude Of Aggression #342-Unidentified History: 2026 Conscious Life Expo Recap
Dave discusses his recent experience at the LA Conscious Life Expo including awesome panels with some of the biggest names...
Bandwagon Nerds #331: The Sweet 16 of Madness!
It's a huge week for trailers with the latest for The Boys and Lanterns. Plus the Sweet 16 of Battle...
Attitude Of Aggression #341- Game Gone Wrong?- A Knight of the Nine Kingdoms
We review and recap the season finale of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, reflect on an excellent first season,...
Bandwagon Nerds #330: Paramount Finally Wins Its Prize!
Paramount stuns the world by outbidding Netflix for the rights to WB! Plus, trailers for Faces of Death, The Mummy,...
Bandwagon Nerds #329: BWN is WAR
Bandwagon Nerds is WAR!
Mindless Wrestling Podcast: You Haven’t Seen What?!
Join DJ, Rob and Jason every week as they give their "Mindless" takes on Pro Wrestling and much, much more!
Mitchell’s WWE SmackDown Results & Report! (3/13/26)
Time to sign on the dotted line!
Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (3/13/26)
Who's feeling lucky?
Mitchell’s NJPW New Japan Cup Results & Report! (3/13/26)
Who's feeling lucky?
DWI Podcast #512: You Are Cursed
Don't drink and drive, drink and podcast! Join AJ, DP and PC weekly for their thoughts on RAW, SmackDown and...
Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 3.12.2026
There hasn't been a bad episode since the AMC debut...did I just jinx it?
Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (3/12/26)
Student VS Teacher!
Mitchell’s NJPW New Japan Cup Results & Report! (3/12/26)
The second round heats up!
Mitchell’s WWE Evolve Results & Report! (3/11/26)
Big news for Evolve!
Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (3/11/26)
San Jose is Dynamite!
