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Mitchell’s WWE SmackDown Results & Report! (1/26/24)
On the eve of the Royal Rumble…!
WITH EVERYBODY SAYING…!
Just 24 hours before the Royal Rumble’s Universal Championship Fatal 4 Way, LA Knight must deal with The Enforcer, Solo Sikoa! Will the Mega Star show us whose game it is?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Santos Escobar w/ Legado Del Fantasmo VS Carlito w/ The LWO; Santos wins.
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Kayden Carter & Katana Chance VS The Kabuki Warriors w/ Damage CTRL; The Kabuki Warriors win and become the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.
- Carmelo Hayes VS Austin Theory w/ Grayson Waller; Theory wins.
- LA Knight VS Solo Sikoa w/ Jimmy Uso & Paul Heyman; Knight wins, by disqualification.
PLAY BY PLAY
The Bloodline arrives backstage.
Solo Sikoa leads the way as he, Jimmy Uso & Paul Heyman walk in. Jimmy’s got his head on a swivel, will one or more of Roman Reigns’ challengers come looking for last minute revenge?
Eladio Carrion is here!
The hit Latin pop recording artist is here, fresh off his single, RKO, topping the charts. He welcomes Miami to the show, and says there’s an amazing time in store. So without further ado, he will present the legend and personal friend, Mr. RKO himself, Randy Orton! Fans fire up as The Viper makes his way to the ring. Orton high-fives fans up front, then steps into the ring to shake hands with Carrion. Then they both stand on corners to hit the Orton pose. Orton then has the fans give it up for Carrion before getting himself the mic. “What’s up, Miami? I bet none of y’all thought Randy Orton was friends with Eladio. Am I right?”
Orton thanks Eladio for having him in the video, give some love to the man. But now, to talk business. Orton wants to talk to The Bloodline. Like ’em or not, The Bloodline has had one hell of a run these past few years. And the main reason they have done so is because Roman Reigns has held the Universal Championship for almost 1300 DAYS! Fans boo but Orton says that is unfathomable! It is virtually unheard of! Nobody can stop Roman, nobody can stop The Bloodline… except maybe Orton. Tomorrow is the Royal Rumble, and at the end, the only number that matters to anyone is “15.”
Because after Orton beats Roman at the Rumble, Orton will be a FIFTEEN TIME World Champion! And how do you think he’ll go about accomplishing it? The fans cheer Orton on, and he says here’s how he becomes 15-time world champion. He is going to do it courtesy of the three most destructive letters in sports entertainment: R K O! But wait, here comes AJ Styles! The Phenomenal One has a mic to tell Orton, “You do realize there’s other people in this match with Roman Reigns, don’t you, Randy? Or did you just look past AJ Styles?” Well join the club.
Styles asked to have a match against Solo Sikoa so he could take Solo’s head off! But Aldis gave that match to the man who stepped over Styles to get everything he’s every wanted in L A Knight. “YEAH!” So did Orton forget about Styles? As long as Orton has been in this business and in the WWE, Orton should know better. Orton and Styles have history! The fans still cheer Orton on, but Styles says after Orton RKO’d him last week, just know there’s a receipt coming. And tomorrow night at the Royal Rumble, Styles will be stepping over Orton, Roman and “L! A! KNIGHT!” Fans fire up as The Mega Star makes his way out here!
Knight has a mic, and the fans are all fired up for him as he says, “LEMME TALK TO YA!” Styles, go ahead, have a time with it, because he was about to say the name of the next WWE Champion, with everybody saying, “L! A! KNIGHT! YEAH!” But bah gawd, AJ Styles has done nothing since he returned but whine and complain! Everybody stepping over Styles, wah wah wah. Quit your cryin’, dummy! You think for a second, just 24 hours before the Fatal 4 Way, that Knight wants to fight the muscle of the Bloodline? You’d be smart if you weren’t so damn stupid!
Knight puts it like this: Isn’t it convenient that of the four men in that Fatal 4, and only Knight has a match? That tells Knight that Heyman lobbied and did everything he could to soften Knight up. Why? Because he’s the biggest threat! Heyman saw it at Crown Jewel and has seen it every since! But Knight ain’t gonna complain about it. He’ll just hit Solo so damn hard, he’ll start doing his dad’s dance moves! Then with that same energy, Knight walks into the Rumble, walks over Styles, over Orton and his voices, and even over Roman and any single sorry soul that gets in his way of becoming WWE Champion! And that ain’t an insult, that’s just a fact of life! “YEAH!!”
The fans are fired up with Knight as he storms back out, and then Styles mule kicks Orton! Then PELES him down! Was that the receipt? Or is it only partial payment with the rest coming in full tomorrow night?
Santos Escobar w/ Legado Del Fantasmo VS Carlito w/ The LWO!
The Emperor of Lucha started this fight, and now he finally faces Caribbean Cool straight up! Will the Legado survive to then get in the Royal Rumble match? Or will Carlito end the momentum of people who don’t want to be cool?
SmackDown returns and Santos makes his entrance, Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo by his side. The bell rings and Carlito storms up to Santos. Santos talks trash, but Carlito fires haymakers first! Fans fire up as Carlito fires off in a corner, then follows Santos to another. Carlito stomps a mudhole in, the ref counts, and Carlito lets off. Carlito storms up again but Santos elbows then CHOPS! Carlito blocks the buckle bump to give the buckle bump! And another! And another! And then a CHOP! Fans cheer while Carlito drags Santos up at the ropes. Carlito whips, Santos KICKS back, but Carlito just glares at him!
Santos runs, but Carlito CLOBBERS him! Carlito rains down fists, Santos shoves him away but Carlito goes to the apron. Carlito storms back in, Santos wants mercy, but he instead YANKS Carlito into buckles! Fans chant, “SANTOS SUCKS!” and Carlito hits back! Santos ROCKS Carlito, then PLANCHAS, but Carlito catches him! Carlito SMACKS him off the apron, puts him back in, but Angel & Humberto distract Carlito. Santos DIVES, and direct hit at the ramp! Fans boo but Legado stands tall and talks trash while SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Carlito fights up from a chinlock. He throws elbows and body shots, frees himself, but Santos shoves him and DECKS him! Cover, TWO! Santos stays on Carlito by RIPPING at the shirt! Fans boo as Santos disrespects the new merch, and then Santos drags Carlito up. They go to a corner, Santos pulls away the tape on the shoulder, the shoulder Santos injured months ago! Santos goes up and has the HANGING ARMBAR! The ref counts, Santos sits up at 4 and Carlito staggers away. Santos runs in to DOUBLE KNEE in the corner! Santos then puts Carlito up top, goes up, and SUPER STEINERS! Cover, TWO!
Santos is furious that Carlito survives, but the fans fire up behind Caribbean Cool! Santos throws elbows into the bad shoulder, then clamps on a seated cobra twist! Carlito endures, even as Santos punches the shoulder. Fans rally, Carlito fights up, and Carlito throws body shots! But Santos throws Carlito down by his hair! Santos stomps away while the ref reprimands, but Santos then shifts to a top wristlock. Carlito endures, fights up again, but Santos pulls hair. Carlito breaks free and ROCKS Santos! Carlito rallies with LARIATS! Carlito whips and DROPKICKS! Fans fire up and Carlito stands Santos up.
Carlito suplexes, and he holds Santos up, but not for long! So Carlito shifts to a SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Santos survives but Carlito whips him to a corner. Carlito runs in but into a BOOT! Santos runs up, but into a SPINEBUSTER! Fans fire up again and Carlito waits on Santos. Santos stirs, but then rolls back to wheelbarrow! Carlito stops that but Santos ELBOWS back! Santos runs, but Carlito dodges, kicks, runs and KNEE LIFT! Then LARIAT! Humberto distracts the ref, Carlito ignores him to run, but Angel DUMPS Carlito out! Fans boo but Wilde & Cruz go after angel & Humberto!
Fans fire up as Legado and LWO brawl! Humberto TOSSES Cruz over the steps! He and Angel mug Wilde, but Cruz is up top! SUPER CANNONBALL!! Fans are thunderous, but wait! ELEKTRA LOPEZ YANKS ZELINA OFF THE APRON!? And then DECKS her! Carlito is stunned, Santos rolls him up! Santos wins!!
Winner: Santos Escobar, by pinfall
La Madrina has reunited with Legado! She helps Santos steal this win, will Legado take over all of SmackDown now?
AJ Styles is skulking backstage.
Jimmy Uso gets his attention, but tells him to chill. Everyone knows where LA Knight’s gonna be at, so Styles can help The bloodline get rid of him. They get rid of Knight tonight, that’s good for everybody. Just think about it. The OC hurry over, Jimmy hurries away, and Karl Anderson asks what that was about. Styles tells them not to worry about it. Styles heads out, but is the Phenomenal One going to do Roman’s dirty work?
Nick Aldis meets with Ava Raine.
The SmackDown General Manager welcomes and congratulates the NEW NXT General Manager, and youngest GM in WWE history. She thanks him and asks if there’s any pointers? Well, they can discuss that momentarily, but first, Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits are here for the All Mighty’s Royal Rumble number lottery. Lashley pulls out a number, lets Aldis & Ava see, and it’s looking good. Legado Del Fantasma then walks in, feeling good after what just happened, and Santos says hey to “Roberto.” Lashley says hey and tells him to know, Lashley hasn’t forgotten how things went down in the United States Championship Contender’s tournament.
Lashley & The Profits leave, Santos steps up to the lottery, and he pulls out a number. Will there be luck on Santos’ side? Or will he just have to make his own fortune all the same?
Bayley speaks.
“Whenever I find myself looking for that next step to take, I end up here,” back at the WWE Performance Center. “And if these walls could talk, the stories they would tell you. Good stories, bad stories. They’d tell you about all the times I almost gave it all up. But they’d also tell you stories of all the times that I stepped up. Before I became a Grand Slam Champion, before I became a Double Champion. And when the rest of the world stopped, inside these walls, I had it all. Until I didn’t. And then I spent months inside this building, rehabbing an injury. When the rest of the world was out there creating new history, and that bothered me.”
Bayley wants to be the history maker. She wants to make something of her own, something that’s never been done. What she was craving was right in front of her eyes: Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai, two women she’d known for a very long time, and who she knew were just as anxious and desperate to get out of these walls and make history of their own. And the vision of Damage Control was born. They envisioned taking over the WWE, and that is what they did! The Women’s Tag titles, the Money in the Bank, and the WWE Women’s Championship! They were doing so good, Kairi Sane came all the way back from Japan to join with them!
And then they became so dangerous that The Empress of Tomorrow, Asuka, knew she would be unstoppable with her. And tonight, they prove it again when the Kabuki Warriors win the Women’s Tag Team Championships, and then Bayley wins the Women’s Rumble! Bayley will challenge Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania, win the gold, and then everything she said from day one is going to be true when DMG CTRL is golden! “Because between these walls, my visions are always true. And it’s not a story, it’s destiny.” Then are we about to see destiny fulfilled? We see, after the break!
R-Truth has his turn at the Rumble lottery.
He says the technique is to spin it a few times one way, then the other way. Like that? Wheel on the Judgment Day go ’round. Okay, and stop! Let’s see what we got. Truth picks a number, looks at it, and “OH~ NO~!” 19!? Wait, does he have to quarantine? No, that’s his Rumble number. Oh, right. Thanks, Mr. Pearce. And by the way, your hair grew back impressively fast. And with such volume! Truth heads out, will he be alright?
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Kayden Carter & Katana Chance VS The Kabuki Warriors w/ Damage CTRL!
SmackDown returns as the Life of the Party make their entrance. The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see if the party’s over!
The teams sort out and Asuka starts against Kayden. And Kayden DROPKCIKS Asuka at the bell! Kayden waistlocks, O’Conner Rolls, TWO! Kayden springboards to dropkick! Tag to Katana and they double whip, trip and basement dropkick! Then slingshot SENTON by Katana! Cover, TWO! Katana dares Kairi to bring it, so Kairi runs in! Katana arm-drags Kairi, then arm-drags Asuka! Kayden joins in, they DOUBLE WERCKING BALL DROPKICK! The Kabuki Warriors get up, Katana TORNILLO PLANCHAS! The champs stand tall and the fans fire up while SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and the Kabuki Warriors double whip Katana, bypass her to then KICK, AX KICK and BULLDOG! Then basement dropkick! Asuka covers, TWO! Katana toughs it out but Asuka DECKS Kayden! Asuka pushes Katana around, fans rally up, and Katana fires a forearm! Asuka eggs her on so Katana fires forearms and CHOPS! Asuka shoves Katana but Katana BOOTS her! Kairi runs up but Katana DECKS her! Asuka runs in but Katana DUMPS her out! But there’s no Kayden to tag! Katana still hurries for her corner but Kairi runs in! Katana DUMPS Kairi out now, but still no Kayden!
Asuka returns to drag Katana back, ANKLE LOCK! Katana flails, rolls, and she sends Asuka out! Kayden’s back and tags in! Then she climbs to SUPER CROSSBODY! Down go both Kabuki Warriors! Kayden fires up, fires forearms, and DECKS Kairi! Then she DROPKICK-SPLASHES! Kayden puts Asuka in to BOOT WASH at the ropes! Fans fire up, Kayden IMPLODER LEG DROPS! Cover, TWO!! Asuka is still in this but Kayden keeps her cool. Kayden waistlocks Asuka while fans duel. Asuka fights up, throws elbows and gets free. Asuka mule kicks Kayden, Kairi sneaks a tag! CODE BREAKER to BLOCKBUSTER!
Then Asuka & Kairi coordinate, SLIDING FOREARM GAMANGIRI COMBO! Cover, Katana breaks it! Katana tosses Asuka, but Kairi URAKENS! URAKEN for Kayden, too! Fans fire up with Kairi and she climbs up! In-SANE ELBOW into BOOTS! Kayden saves herself and Kairi writhes, clutching her arm! Kairi rolls, reaches out, hot tag to Asuka! The Empress runs up but Kayden dodges! Asuka hurries after her but Kayden gets around! Hammerlock and clinch, FACEBUSTER! Kayden hurries, hot tag to Katana! Katana goes up, for the KEG STAND!! Cover, KAIRI BREAKS IT! All four women are down and the fans fire up!
Kayden storms over to get Kairi up and send her out. Kayden hurries to her corner, tags back in, and then brings Asuka up. Katana goes to the top, but Kairi runs in! Katana CROSSBODIES Kairi, but Asuka POSTS Kayden! SLIDING GAMANGIRI for Katana, and Kairi drags her out of the ring! Kairi Alabama Lifts, to ALABAMA SLAM on the desk!! But Kayden rolls Asuka up! TWO!! Asuka escapes, ducks a buzzsaw and SOBATS! ROUNDHOUSE! Tag to Kairi and then Kairi goes up! Asuka dragon sleepers Kayden, for Kairi to add, In-SANE REVERSE DDT!! Cover, Kabuki Warriors win!!
Winners: The Kabuki Warriors, by pinfall (NEW WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions)
Another prediction becomes reality! DMG CTRL celebrates adding two more belts to the collection, though Bayley oddly ends up the odd one out. The pyro goes off for the Kabuki Warriors, will Bayley complete the mission by winning the Women’s Rumble?
The Bloodline talks backstage.
They’re in the private suite as Heyman explains to Solo that there are “different definitions of the word itself, ‘fixed.'” And he understands that sometimes, “fixed” and “solved” feel the same. Solo “solved” the problem, but the orders are to “fix” the problem. So please, Heyman begs Solo to fix the problem, and don’t. Be. Merciful. Solo looks to his taped up thumb, and says, “Okay.” Jimmy asks if that was a smirk. Cuz that’s scary. What’s really scary to Heyman is that Jimmy’s cousin, Roman… Reigns…! Went from Big Dog to Tribal Chief, because he saw the moment and seized it. This weekend, there’s a moment that Jimmy can seize.
Over on Monday Night Raw, there is a World Heavyweight Champion with one good leg! Seth Rollins thinks himself a Visionary, and will drag himself into WrestleMania looking to be a martyr. Jimmy needs to make Rollins into that martyr, Jimmy needs to seize the moment, and that means Jimmy needs to win the Royal Rumble, challenge Rollins, beat Rollins at Mania and bring the WHC home to the Bloodline. And THEN…! Then Jimmy will understand that the line of succession to who is truly The Tribal Heir all starts at the Royal Rumble. Heyman pats Jimmy on the back, will Jimmy look to be a true gamechanger on the Road to WrestleMania?
Bayley walks into Aldis’ office.
She’s all excited, did they see what just happened? Bianca Belair is there and just picked her number. What’d she get? Wouldn’t Bayley like to know. But what Bayley should know is that Bianca is about to become a two-time Royal Rumble winner. Bianca heads out, Bayley quickly snatches a number for herself. She looks at it, and seems disappointed in what she got. Is Bianca going to be the luckiEST in the Rumble? Is Bayley therefore the unlucky one?
Bobby Lashley & The Profits head to the ring!
They’re dressed in their gear, but they’re only meant to have a face-to-face meeting with The Final Testament. Is the wardrobe choice a sign that they’re anticipating far more than that? We’ll see how this goes, after the break.
SmackDown returns and Lashley has a mic to say, “So here we go again, chasing cowards. But please, let me reintroduce our group. We’ve got standing beside me, former Triple Crown Tag Team Champions, The Street Profits. And myself, former United States Champion, former Intercontinental Champion and former WWE Champion, The All Mighty, Bobby Lashley!” Fans cheer them on, and Lashley likes it. They didn’t come here to play. The people of Miami are here to see a fight! The fans cheer that! And a fight is what these three will bring. So Final Testament, no more hiding. Come out and come get some.
The lights go down, and the Final Testament does make their entrance. Karrion Kross leads Scarlett, Paul Ellering and The Authors of Pain. Scarlett then walks out in front to go right to the ring, the harlot harbinger as she is. Lashley says Kross needs to stop playing games. Kross is gonna send his lady up front for him? Fans boo but Dawkins says this is crazy. Wasn’t this supposed to be a face-to-face? Ford says yes, it is, but seems Final Testament isn’t standing on no type of business. But Ford figured it out: Final Testament is something they could never be, and that’s afraid.
Paul Ellering says, “Behold! There is no fear in Karrion Kross.” Scarlett smiles as Kross says Ellering speaks the truth. All he sees from Lashley’s trio is frustration and desperation. And he gets it. Fans “WHAT?!” and Kross tells them to shut up. Kross understands Lashley. Lashley feels things aren’t going to plan anymore. That he’s not in control anymore. And guess what? You’re not! But Kross will give them one thing. They were supposed to do this face to face. Well, they’re out here, so they did their part. But Lashley is standing across from the “prettiest face in the world.” So unfortunately, Miami, with your big mouths, no one is getting their fight tonight.
Fans boo and Lashley says hey, he gives Kross credit. The benefit of the doubt, even. But Kross is lying! He said they’re not fighting tonight, but uh, yes they are. Ford & Dawkins rush out to go after AOP, but then Scarlett jumps on Lashley to CLAW at his face!! Fans boo but then Kross gets in to CLUB Lashley down! Kross POSTS Lashley, goes out after him, but AOP and Profits brawl into the ring! Short arm LARIAT for Dawkins! Then a POWERBOMB for Ford! Fans boo but Akam & Rezar stand tall. Kross sends Lashley in, Lashley gets mugged 3v1! Fans boo as AOP set Lashley up for the KROSS HAMMER!!
The Final Testament stands tall and Kross wishes Lashley sweet dreams. Will even the All Mighty and his Profits have no choice but to #FallAndPray?
Ava and Aldis go over who is left.
Jimmy steps in, so he gets to choose his number. YEET. He picks one out, looks it over, “NO Yeet.” Jimmy doesn’t seem happy about that number, will it be that much harder to seize the moment now?
WWE shares footage from the Performance Center.
As if we didn’t already know things were heated between Logan Paul and Kevin Owens, both men were just getting some training in, and the ImPAULsive one had to be an instigator. Kevin went to leave, Logan talked trash, and then called Kevin the coward just for walking away. Logan threw a water bottle at Kevin, and a brawl broke out! The rest of the wrestlers there had to break this up, but will nothing stop Kevin from shutting Logan up once and for all?
Carmelo Hayes VS Austin Theory w/ Grayson Waller!
These two went a round a few weeks ago but it didn’t go well for either man. They’re both 100% again, will the rematch go much better? Or will we see that Melo Don’t Miss when he’s after Austin Theory Live?
SmackDown returns and Melo makes his entrance. The bell rings and the two talk trash. Theory shoves Melo, saying SmackDown is his show! But Melo runs up to fire off haymakers! Fans fire up as Melo whips but Theory reverses. Melo ducks ‘n’ DROPKICKS Theory down! Fans fire up again, and Melo CHOPS Theory to a corner! Theory staggers around, Melo pie faces then CHOPS again! Theory knees low but Melo shoves Theory down. Theory reels Melo back in to back suplex, but Melo lands on his feet. Melo still falls back, Theory talks more trash, then runs up, only for Melo to dodge and springboard LARIAT!
Fans fire up while Theory bails out, and Melo dares him to come back! The ring count climbs while Waller helps Theory cool off. Melo waits, then storms back up. Theory stays back, takes his time going up the steps, then steps in to CLOBBER Melo! Theory TOSSES Melo, the ref argues with him, and Waller DECKS Melo with a sucker punch! Fans boo while Waller gets away with that one, and Theory says, “It is what it is.” Theory soaks up the heat and SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns again and Melo fights up out of a chinlock to fire body shots! Melo fires forearms, whips, but Theory reverses, only for Melo to CLOBBER him! Melo keeps going with big forearms! Melo then catches an arm, hooks Theory up, JUMPING REVERSE DDT! Then a tilt-o-whirl LA MYSTICA! Cover, TWO!! Theory survives and Waller breathes again. Melo goes to a corner, goes up, but Waller distracts! Fans boo, Melo swipes at Waller, but Theory YANKS Melo down! Theory then reels Melo in, pump handle and ATAXIA!! Cover, TWO!! Melo survives and the fans fire up but Theory is furious!
Waller coaches Theory up to keep on Melo. Theory talks a lot of trash, drags Melo up and fireman’s carries, but Melo slips free! Melo waistlocks, Waller distracts gain, but Melo DECKS him! Theory waistlocks, but Melo victory rolls! TWO, Theory O’Conner Rolls with tights!! Theory wins!!
Winner: Austin Theory, by pinfall
And then Waller has to CLOBBER Melo on top of it! A-Town Down Under mugs Melo, but wait! HERE COMES TRICK! Melo’s best friend is here and he fires off haymakers! The fans are all fired up with chants of “WHOOP DAT TRICK!” Theory & Waller are sent running, Trick Melo Gang stands tall! But wait, Trick denies the fist bump? Trick says he’s saving Melo because of their Dusty Cup match on Tuesday. Fans sure appreciate it, but what about… HIM?
Backstage interview with Eladio Carrion.
Kayla Braxton is with the music superstar who helped kick things off in Miami. What was it like out there? Oh, super fun. That was his first time in an actual WWE ring, so it was an amazing experience. Kayla says we’re all excited given it is Royal Rumble weekend, so she’s gotta ask, who does he think will win WWE Universal Champion? Oh, he’s gotta go with his boy, Randy Orton. You already know it’s RKO. But then Solo, Jimmy and even Heyman walk over. Eladio slows down a bit, and says that respectfully, he’d like to see his guy pop off. Heyman has Solo stand down, because of the respect shown.
Heyman has Jimmy & Solo move on. Heyman says Eladio is just mistaken about his choice. Will Randy have to RKO Roman extra hard for his cousins intimidating Randy’s friend?
LA Knight VS Solo Sikoa w/ Jimmy Uso & Paul Heyman!
But speaking of hitting extra hard, the Mega Star is more than ready to fight the muscle of The Bloodline if it means having a clear path to the Head of the Table! Will there be a BFT to go with last week’s RKO? Or will Solo show no mercy, just as his Tribal Chief commands?
SmackDown returns and Solo makes his entrance, Jimmy and The Wise Man of course by his side. The bell rings and Solo swings but misses! Knight fires off in return and fans ‘YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” But then Solo TOSSES Knight to a corner and SPLASHES! Solo fires off hands now, but the ref counts. Solo lets off at 4 while fans boo, but Solo storms back up, only for Knight to fire off more shots! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” Knight whips but Solo blocks! Solo whips, puts Knight on the apron, but Knight RAMS into Solo! Knight slingshots and SHOULDER TACKLES, but Solo stays up! Knight dropkicks a leg out, then stomps the taped up hand!
Fans fire up as knight stomps the hand more, then runs to basement dropkick! Solo bails out, Knight pursues, and he takes that hand to SMACK it off the apron! And SMACK it off barriers! And SMACK it off the desk! Fans fire up as Knight then brings Solo over to SMACK that hand off the steel steps! Knight slides into the ring and fans rally. Knight goes back out but Solo ROCKS Knight! Solo whips but Knight reverses to POST Solo! Fans want tables but Solo gets POST! And then Knight SLAMS the hand off the post again and again! They go to the desk, Knight ROCKS Solo, refreshes the count, then Knight puts Solo in.
Knight RMAS into Solo again, but Jimmy creeps up! Knight runs Jimmy off, slingshots in again, but Solo UPPERCUTS Knight down! Fans boo but Solo TOSSES Knight out, and SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns again and Knight fires haymakers on Solo! Fans “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” Knight LARIATS but Solo stays up! So Knight LARIATS again! Solo still stays up, Knight runs, but into a SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO!! Knight survives being thrown around again, but the fans rally up. Solo stalks Knight to a corner, throws down fists, then throws down headbutts! Solo lets off and Jimmy gives a thumbs up. But then Knight ELBOWS Solo, whips him, but Solo reverses. Knight KICKS Solo, then runs, but into a LARIAT! Solo fireman’s carries but Knight fights free! Knight BOOTS from the corner and Solo staggers!
Knight goes up, and he FLYING BULLDOGS Solo down! Fans rally but Heyman and Jimmy coach Solo. Knight goes to ropes, the fans rallying behind him. Knight storms up on Solo to ROCK, JAB, JAB, and JAB! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” Knight fires off more and more, then ROCKS Solo again! Knight whips, Solo reverses but Knight ducks ‘n’ dodges and LEAPING LARIATS! THen RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Knight stomps Solo into a corner, “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” then he goes around the way to spell it out. “L! A! KNIGHT! YEAH!” KNEE WASH! Jimmy gets up but Knight DECKS him! But Solo rises!
Knight ancitipates and kicks first! DDT! Knight keeps moving, and he clotheslines Solo up and out! Knight builds speed to WRECK Solo with a dropkick! Solo hits the desk! Fans fire up for tables, and Knight thinks about it. Knight dribbles Solo off the desk again and again! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” Knight SMACKS Solo one more time! Then he runs up, to REGAL KNEE Solo down! Fans fire up, but AJ STYLES FLIES IN!! PHENOMENAL FOREARM!!!
Winner: LA Knight, by disqualification
Knight still wins, but Styles ends up doing just what Jimmy suggested! Styles hauls Knight up to RAM him into steel steps! Fans boo Styles then call for Randy. Styles clears off the table and Jimmy has a chair! Is Jimmy going to hit Styles and take out another contender? He and Styles stare down, and Jimmy reconsiders. Jimmy sets the chair down for Styles to “do what you gotta do.” Fans boo but Styles picks the chair up. Solo steps to Styles? Solo says Styles better take care of Knight or Solo takes care of Styles! Styles JAMS Solo! And JAMS Jimmy! Styles SMACKS Solo, then brings Jimmy around to put in the ring!
Styles grabs the chair, and here comes Randy! Fans fire up as The Viper and Phenomenal One meet in the ring! UPPERCUT and Styles falls out of the ring! SNAP POWERSLAM for Jimmy! The fans are fired up but Solo drags Randy out to SMACK him off the desk! Solo clinches, but Orton fires elbows! Orton brings Solo around, BACK SUPLEX ON THE DESK! The desk doesn’t break but Orton decides to bring Styles up! Free t-shirt for the crowd, and Jimmy scrambles as Orton goes after him! Jimmy begs for mercy but he gets a DRAPING DDT instead!! But then Styles springboards in! Orton dodges, kicks low, and puts Styles in ropes!
Fans fire up as Orton has Styles for a DRAPING DDT!! Miami is thunderous as Orton hears those voices! Styles rises, Heyman frowns, and Orton hits an RKO!! Orton raises his finger, maybe HE is the one to finally end Roman’s reign of terror! Will the Apex Predator defy the odds, win the Fatal 4 Way and have his fifteenth world title? WAIT! B F T from LA Knight!! Fans are torn as now The Mega Star now stands tall! Will the Rumble answer the question, “Whose game is it?” with everybody saying L A KNIGHT, YEAH!?
My Thoughts:
An awesome episode for SmackDown, especially as a go-home. For one, great surprise as Elektra Lopez finally joins Legado on SmackDown, helping Santos win as part of her debut. This surely means Lopez loses to Lola Vice on NXT to make that her goodbye match, and then she’s SmackDown fulltime to be part of this feud, maybe even give us a Mixed Six or Mixed Eight. Also great bits throughout the night of the superstars picking Royal Rumble numbers. R-Truth finds a way to be a creative genius even then, and we all know when he’s showing up. Likewise, good comedy of Bayley not being happy with what she got, it’s probably within the first five.
But speaking of Bayley, great promo from her returning to the Performance Center, great career retrospective, and it helped hype the Women’s Tag Team Championship match, because those titles are of course near and dear to Bayley. Kayden & Katana VS Kabuki Warriors was great stuff, and a great win for Asuka & Kairi. Now this really makes it feel like Bayley is going to fail in the Rumble and DMG CTRL will kick her out because she’s not holding up her part of the prophecy, all the stuff that I’ve been saying for this story so that we end up with Iyo VS Bayley for the WWE Women’s Championship at WrestleMania.
Really good match out of Melo and Theory as a rematch/redo of their previous one. Just as I’d hoped, they avoided the Arabian Press Spanish Fly, and I like that they busted out some new stuff, like Melo’s modified DDT and Theory bringing back Ataxia. Theory stealing the win was fine, and how great for Trick to show up for the save. Miami going nuts with “WHOOP DAT TRICK!” is a sign that WWE has something special with Trick Williams. And it’s great story continuity as Trick Melo Gang needs to be as healthy as possible to face LWO on Tuesday. NXT is getting to shine a bit more with HHH at the helm, especially with Ava Raine showing up to be GM to GM with Aldis.
Really good confrontation promo from Final Testament and the still unnamed trio of Lashley & Profits. I do like The Final Testament has moved from merch shirts being the words and a picture in a very old school or traditional pro-wrestling design trope and is now just a stylized cross made to look like the letters T and F combined. Good brawl but of course Scarlett tips the scales. All the more reason for B-Fab talking with Lashley to become an agreement that B-Fab gets involved. B-Fab can counter Scarlett to allow Lashley & Profits to properly face Kross & AOP in a Six Man Tag, and that will be some great stuff.
And of course, great stuff in the Bloodline story again. Cool of WWE to have Eladio here, being he’s friends with Bad Bunny and is following in the same line of having a rap song about a favorite wrestler. Good interaction of Eladio with The Bloodline, and good stuff from Heyman dangling a prize in front of Jimmy to motivate him doing stuff for Roman. Jimmy sure ain’t winning the Rumble but hey, he could have a good part in the Rumble, especially if he and Jey meet there. That could even spark Jimmy VS Jey for Mania if they so desired. But great stuff with Knight VS Solo, and Styles getting involved to give Knight the win and sparking more brawling.
I did NOT think Knight would change the go-home math, but like, with Hulk Hogan’s historic reign within reach, pretty sure Roman wins. That’s half the reason for the Fatal 4 Way, honestly. Roman can win without really hurting anyone else’s power levels, and he doesn’t even need to be in the go-home math on TV like the others have been.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Andrew’s TNA LIVE! iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 2.20.2025
So the first live episode got fairly positive praise from everyone; will this continue the trend?
Filming at Full Sail seems to have set the stage nicely this week! Going into a Live episode we got Moose and The Hardy Boyz on NXT, as well as Jordynne Grace’s involvement with Steph and Giulia giving a little shine to TNA happenings since she’s newly WWE.
This episode should be interesting, we finally see Lei Ying Lee (fka Xia Li) back in action, Rascalz take on Tyson and Tyriek, Tessa should be seeing some action as well…so generally interesting happenings for the second Live iMPACT! of 2025. Let’s see how this one goes down!
No matter where @ManceWarner and @stephdelander go, @TheSamiCallihan WILL FIND THEM!
Watch #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/NY8HgI02kY pic.twitter.com/mXz9U7m9PL
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) February 21, 2025
Ratings:
- Tyson & Tyriek w/Wes Lee vs The Rascalz w/Ace Austin: Rascalz win via Meteora/Swanton Combo – ***
- Lei Ying Lee vs Rosemary: Lei wins via Thunderstruck – **
- NoDQ Match: Leon Slater vs JDC: Dango wins via The System help – ** 3/4
- Masha Slamovich vs Mila Moore: Masha wins via Requiem – N/A
- Elijah & Joe Hendry vs The Colons: Elijah wins via Tombstone Piledriver – *** 1/4
Results:
Oh yeah, and another Hendry concert is…cut off by a commercial, LOLTNA. First Hendry is cut off by AXSTV’s new Anime Hour bumper, and now Primo and Epico are showing up in TNA. I definitely didn’t have this on my BINGO card. The crowd starts chanting “Where’s Carlito”, which they do acknowledge and play off of well. Oh they’re using their shoot names of Orlando and Eddie now…but before they attack the lights go out and we get another guitar strum! ELIAH/ELIAS/EZEKIEL/EBENERZER/EMERY/EL VAGABUNDO – shows up to back up Hendry. Okay I can apologize away the redundant concert since it played into an Elijah debut. The crowd is immediately popping and chanting “This is Awesome” 10 minutes into the show.
Tyson & Tyriek w/Wes Lee vs The Rascalz w/Ace Austin
Treehouse bros take it to the bigger men quickly, a few fast dives, a little MCMG style tandem strikes, Tyson fires and tries to take them out but they Low Bridge him. Tyriek comes in and they try similar things but Tyriek manhandles them both and throws them out of the ring, Trey is the first one back up and Tyriek and Tyson take his damn head off with his Corkscrew Running Euro Upper. Trey finally manages to flip out of the manhandle, tags in Wentz and Wentz goes for the hot and spicy cleaning house spot. Corner to Corner Knee Lifts for both big men, a Rolling Snapmare, into a Superkick for Tyson and Standing Shoot Star on Tyriek but only for two because Wes feints like he’s going to interfere.
Tyson and Tyriek pull off a tandem Assisted Backdrop Driver, but Wentz breaks it up, Tyson gets knocked out, Wentz hits the Tornillo, Wes tries to interfere again after Trey gets perched on the corner buckle but Ace runs around and trips Wes at the last second causing him to faceplant on the apron, Trey hits the Meteora, Wentz hits a Swanton from the other side of the ring and Trey gets the pinfall victory.
It was fast paced, all gas no brakes, but it didn’t overstay its welcome, so it was pretty fun all things considered.
After the match Wes grabs a mic, complains a little but challenges them to a 6 man match as Sacrifice. So we’re THAT’S where we’re getting the expected 3v3.
Fir$t Cla$$ comes out with an entourage of hot chicks and probably influencers or something. The “First Class Penthouse” , Gabby AF, Mafiosa Valentina, and Carolina are apparently known in their own way. Gabby I know was the awful one who did something for Impact a last year and sucked, but she’s part of the Busted Open Network I believe so that’s why she’s around. Two of them look like Noelle Foley and Frank the Clown…oh they actually are. Look at that. I do love KC Navarro as the Hype Man, they have this whole set up of AJ being mad that they haven’t gotten more Tag Title shots, so TNA placated him with his own Piper’s Pit and he’s *pregnant pause* totally happy with that. He says he loved Piper and hated Hogan before it was cool.
This is actually quality content and AJ is cutting a nice promo in this segment. They introduce their first guest, the greatest performer in TNA history, many whole say he’s Phenomenal with a whole lot of style….it’s A-J-Francis.
.@AJFrancis410 is GOING OFF!
Watch #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/NY8HgI02kY pic.twitter.com/kGehtp9iTE
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) February 21, 2025
Lei Ying Lee vs Rosemary
Things were slow until Rosemary took her into a corner quickly, hit the Upside Down, and we get a lot of Lei trying to avoid Rosemary’s offense. Rosemary goes for a Spear in the corner and Lei forward rolls, starts connecting with a bunch of right hands, backs Rosemary into the corner, goes for 10 Count Punches, pulls her out, Airplane Spin TKO for only a two count. Rosemary tries As Above So Below, Lei shrugs it off, Rosemary tries to go after Lei anyway and eats Thunderstruck! Lei Ying Lee wins!
After the match Rosemary catches Lei on the ramp and hits the Green mist in the eyes. Match was far too short and so many of Lei’s set up moves look better than her finish. We’ve seen Kofi Kingston do it for years so it’s not bad, just the current Knockouts Division are awful and don’t take the move well.
Eric Young and the jabronis come out, EY cuts a very basic power crazed psycho kind of promo, gets the “What” chants from the crowds. EY is trying to recruit Maclin even though Maclin made his line in the sand last week. EY tries to spin it as maybe he took out Josh FOR Maclin instead of in spite of his trust. This really doesn’t seem interesting at all, but that’s probably because I hate the two Jabronis EY is with.
NoDQ Match: Leon Slater vs JDC
I really don’t have any interest in Slater. He’s got no personality beyond “flippy guy with a British accent”.
Dango immediately powders, grabs a chair and goes to swing on him but misses. So Leon is making JDC look dumb by dodging the post chop, using the chair to shield himself from a punch by JDC, and then clapping Dango’s fingers between the chair. So typical System match, look inept for the first few minutes, then take advantage of something to take over. Oh look, Leon takes too long setting up the table, Dango gets in a few pot shots, tries to whip him into the table but Leon leaps over it, and then leaps back over to clobber Dango. Dango is still trying to recover so Leon hits his over the corner post con hilo, and the crowd appreciates it but I’m not interested. Leon panders to the crowd after the big spot and then eats an X-Plex into the chair from Dango.
JDC throws Leon back in, goes for a pinfall that’s only a two and we cut to a commercial. Coming out of the commercial JDC is in control with a Kendo Stick until he isn’t, Leon counters and takes the keno stick, brutalizes Dango a few times then comes off the ropes with the kendo shot for 2. Leon goes for another table, and again, at least the crowd is receptive to this match. Leon sets it up, looks for something off the apron but Dango stops him first until he eats a dropkick to fall onto the table, Leon hits the Swanton 450 through the table on the outside. Does it look cool? Sure. Do I care about dumbass moves? Nope.
Oh thankfully the rest of The System comes out to stop the pinfall, Shield Bomb Leon through the first table, and roll him back in for Dango to win.
The Hardy Boyz come out to try and make the save, but the numbers are against them, so Oba Femi’s music hits! Oba cleans house but doesn’t get his hands on Moose, so they’re at least building the eventual clash between Moose and Oba.
The crowd starts a “Tessa, we comin for you” chant before she even starts talking. Tessa is actually playing off the crowd well, Santino’s music hits and Tessa thinks he’ll help her out with the crowd and Santino calls bullshit basically. Santino says if Tessa doesn’t wrestle next week, she’s fired and Masha’s music hits. Masha decides to step in for Tessa’s enhancement talent match.
Masha Slamovich vs Mila Moore
Jobber tries to attack Masha early but Masha stops her, rocks her and Requiem ends the match.
Masha stares down Tessa, and then Cora Jade attacks from behind and hits Jaded.
Ryan Nemeth comes out to his Abyss music remix. What will Mokuba say today? “MYYYY BIIIGG BBRROOOOTTHHHEEEEER” he repeats at least 4 times and it’s hilariously cringe. He announces that Nic will return at Sacrifice, he literally just came out to give a PSA.
Elijah & Joe Hendry vs The Colons
Hendry starts with Eddie, after a brief tie up it seems like Hendry reads the room and points at Elijah and the crowd wants him in. So Joe tags in Elijah, a little back and forth, Shoulder Tackle from Elijah, Rope Walk with Elijah lays out Eddie and a tag to Joe allows for a quick tandem knockdown, but Eddie powders as the Walking and Talking Duo hold the ring going into the final commercial break.
We come back and Hendry is bouncing Orlando off the ropes as he return a strike, but Orlando is obviously losing, eats a Euro Upper, and then gets walked around in the Stalling Suplex for posterity. Eddie tries a sneak attack but gets caught and Sack of Shit, into Kip Up, turn and then Orlando with the ambush! A few quick short cuts and an Irish Whip/Dropkick combo gives the Colons a near fall. Hendry does get locomotion variation cradles, but eats a Dropkick to stop the attempt at momentum. Orlando stays on Joe, but Joe finally starts to fire up as the crowd starts to get behind him. Euro Uppers make some space, but a Snapmare says no.
Eddie gets tagged in and a quick Leg Sweep into a Front Chancery keeps Eddie in control. As Joe tries to get back up, Eddie turns it into a Guillotine, but finally the Suplex counter connects for Hendry! Simultaneous tags! Elijah bulls over Orlando, catches a Leap Frogging Orlando with the Manhattan Drop as Orlando retreats to a corner, Stinger Splash into Spinebuster for two. Elijah tries to keep up the attacks but Orlando finds a few ways to make space, launches himself from the middle rope and eats the Jumping Knee! Eddie breaks up the pinfall, Hendry takes Eddie out and Elijah hits the Tombstone Piledriver for the win!
Overall Score: 6/10
Well there were more live hiccups than the first episode, and this felt both more epic and less epic at the same time. Elijah and the Colons debuting was a nice way to kick things off, Oba Femi showing up for the save was fantastic. There were a few decent matches, but also a lot of really short and rushed matches. Tessa played off the crowd well, but Masha really is useless on the mic. Lei Ying Lee needs to framed stronger, her matches have done nothing to show off her ability. It just proves that the Knockouts don’t know how to sell a kick to the head because they all take it in the shoulder and fall in corny ways.
Viva La Sam could be something fun if the next 3 weeks are just hand cam footage of him being like “I’m Sami Callihan and I’m gonna kick Mance Warner’s ass”, Elegance Clique getting the rematch with a stipulation is nice to see and while I like Fir$t Cla$$, that segment went a little long for a cornball swerve payoff. It’s one thing to placate the Influencer squad especially when we’ve seen Logan Paul and Ishowspeed do so well in WWE…but these are like Z Tier Influencers that no one cares about. These kind of dorks stream on Kick because they aren’t relevant enough for Twitch, not because they chose Kick over it.
So yeah, the low lights were pretty low, and the highs were a little fleeting, but at least they were pretty fun. Not a bad show, just clunky with noticeable issues and Masha shouldn’t be allowed to speak English anymore. She’s such a charisma vacuum when she’s not rambling in Russian.
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ROH brings the lucha libre!
On a night full of ROH & CMLL crossover, Komander defends the ROH World Television Championship against “Big Shotty” Lee Johnson!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Fuego Del Sol VS Wheeler Yuta; Yuta wins.
- Rachael Ellering VS Abadon; Abadon wins.
- 12 Man Tag: The Premier Athletes & The Frat House VS Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs; Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs win.
- Billie Starkz VS Hyan; Billie wins.
- ROH World Television Championship: Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Lee Johnson w/ EJ Nduka; Komander wins and retains the title.
- Gates of Agony VS Exodus Prime & Josiah Jean; Gates of Agony win.
- Six Man Tag: Sammy Guevara, Fuego & Dark Panther VS Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr; Hechicero, Barbaro & Soberano win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Fuego Del Sol VS Wheeler Yuta!
Lucha night opens with a hot start as the Fire of the Sun returns to ROH, but so does The Decoder! Will Fuego Del Sol get one up on a former ROH Pure Champion turned current AEW World Trios Champion? Or will Yuta do the Death Riders proud in Houston?
Houston cheers on the Texas star, and Fuego offers the Code of Honor. Yuta reaches out, but then SLAPS Fuego! The fans boo and the bell rings, Yuta slips around to CLUB Fuego down! Yuta mocks the fans cheering on Fuego, then scoops him for a SLAM and SENTON! The fans boo but Yuta brings Fuego up. FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO, but Yuta holds onto the leg! Yuta taunts Fuego, but Fuego kicks at him! Yuta lets go and the fans rally up. Yuta runs up, Fuego ELBOWS him away, then goes up, up and FLYING RANAS! The fans fire up as Fuego then DROPKICKS Yuta down!
Yuta staggers up, Fuego SLAPS him! But Yuta LARIATS in return! The fans boo but Yuta rains down fists! And then stops, to rain down more fists! The fans boo but Yuta soaks that up while he “kicks dirt” on Fuego. Yuta stands Fuego up, CHOPS him, then has him in a corner. Yuta CHOPS Fuego again, the fans boo, but Yuta whips corner to corner hard! Fuego staggers forward, Yuta says they ain’t done yet. Yuta whips Fuego to the corner again, then FLAPJACKS on the rebound! Yuta adds a basement DROPKICK! The fans boo but Yuta soaks up heat. Yuta hits a spinning toehold, then has a DEATHLOCK!
Fuego endures and Yuta mockingly asks if he’ll give up. Fuego refuses to give in, and he SLAPS Yuta! So Yuta bridges and puts on more pressure! Yuta shows off by not even using his hands, but Fuego fights his way to the ROPEBREAK! Yuta lets go at 4, and he reminds the ref, “I have ’til five!” The fans boo Yuta parodying Bryan Danielson, then Yuta kicks Fuego around. Yuta eggs Fuego on, so Fuego ROCKS him! And ROCKS him! And again, and again, and again! But Yuta gets under the big haymaker! Yuta back suplexes, but Fuego lands out! Fuego dodges Yuta to then springboard QUEBRADA! Down goes Yuta!
The fans fire up as Fuego kips up and SUPERKICKS! Yuta sputters, Fuego runs and STEP-UP DOUBLE STOMPS! The fans fire up again as Fuego climbs a corner! Yuta stands, Fuego MISSILE- NO, Yuta gets under and comes back, BUSAIKU KNEE! Cover, Yuta wins!
Winner: Wheeler Yuta, by pinfall
Another thing he took from The American Dragon is that big knee, and Yuta takes the victory. Yuta sits Fuego up, and thinks about Hammer ‘n’ Anvil elbows, but he decides not to. Because he gets an even more sadistic idea! Yuta looks under the ring, and he brings out a steel chain! Yuta threatens the ref, then he goes to Fuego! The fans boo but Yuta hooks Fuego’s legs up, then uses the chain to go up, up and away, ROMERO SPECIAL!! Yuta taunts Fuego but Fuego is coughing up blood! Yuta lets Fuego go, the fans boo, but Yuta mockingly gives the Code of Honor handshake. Yuta no longer has honor, but will someone find a way to humble him?
Rachael Ellering VS Abadon!
The Queen of Strong Smile is feeling good being in Houston, ready to bring that Comet energy. However, she’s up against the Living Dead Girl, who brings a very different vibe. Will Rachael learn why everyone fears Abadon? Or will Rachael’s smile see her through?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, but uh, Abadon doesn’t let go. Rachael tries to get free, and now it is a tug-o-war. The fans rally, Rachael reels Abadon into a headlock, but Abadon BITES Rachael’s hand! The ref reprimands, Abadon lets go, and Abadon doesn’t get what’s wrong. Abadon runs up on Rachael but Rachael gets around to waistlock. Abadon switches, but Rachael goes to ropes to buck the O’Conner! Rachael CLOBBERS Abadon, but Abadon sits up! The fans rally, Rachael is frustrated, and then runs up. Abadon gets around, trips Rachael, then runs to basement dropkick! Rachael flounders to a corner and the fans rally again.
Abadon aims from a corner, runs in at Rachael, but Racahel ELBOWS Abadon away! Abadon says nuh-uh, comes back, but runs into a BOOT! Rachael runs and UPPERCUTS Abadon down! The fans fire up and Rachael aims from a corner. Rachael calls for the “SQUISH~!” and runs up, SENTON onto knees! Abadon avoids disaster and stalks Rachael to the apron. Abadon CLUBS Rachael, pushes her onto the apron, and springboards for a GUILLOTINE LEG DROP! The fans fire up and Abadon pushes Rachael into the ring. Abadon runs corner to corner for a METEORA! Abadon pushes Rachael to a cover, TWO!
Abadon is annoyed but brushes it off. Abadon drags Rachael up, but Rachael fights the suplex! Rachael wrenches out, trips Abadon, and high stacks, ONE!! Rachael ROCKS Abadon, then tries again. FISHERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up for the “MD Collapse” and Rachael aims again. SQUISH~ SENTON hits! Cover, TWO! Abadon survives and Rachael is a bit surprised. Rachael throws off the headband, double checks her teeth, and the fans duel. Rachael CHOPS Abadon at the ropes, then ROCKS Abadon with a forearm! Rachael whips but Abadon blocks! So Rachel CHOPS again! Rachael whips, Abadon grabs ropes, and laughs!
Rachael runs up, Abadon ELBOWS and CUTTERS! Then BLACK DAHLIA!! Cover, Abadon wins!
Winner: Abadon, by pinfall
Abadon continues to be terrifying, as well as victorious. Will the ROH Women’s Division, and especially the champions, have to watch their backs?
Backstage interview with Jacked Jameson.
Lexy Nair is with the former Iron Savage, and he’s counting his abs. She brings us back to a few weeks ago when he walked up to Griff Garrison, Preston Vance & Cole Karter in hopes of forming a group with them. Then in Jacksonville, Jameson actually interfered in their match on their behalf. The question is, what’s going on here? Jameson says those are his boys! His guys! His dudes! Jameson went out there, helped them, it was huge! It was awesome! Speaking of, the boys walk in! Vance tells Jameson that they’ve heard his offer, they loved what he did in Jacksonville, and tonight is a big match and… They’d love if he was a part of it.
So then, it’s official! They got him some Frat House gear! But first… he has to do something. Yeah, sure! Anything! Vance, Griff & Karter pour all of their drinks into one red Solo cup, and Jameson asks what’s in it. The boys say don’t worry about it. Jameson says don’t have to tell him twice. He chugs the concoction, and he is PUMPED! The Frat House is now four men strong, and Jameson says after tonight, party at the Frat House! Vance tells Jameson that one thing about them: win or lose, they booze! The Frat boys head out, Lexy can finally breathe from whatever was in that cup, and it’s time to see if Jameson passes the test!
12 Man Tag: The Premier Athletes & The Frat House VS Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs!
Instead of “Smart” Mark Sterling, Tony Nese has the mic to tell Bobby Cruise to shut up, “no one wants to listen to your stupid voice.” Nese then tells the “fat boys and fat girls” of Houston, Nese & Daivari couldn’t think of a better partner for this match than an athlete that makes every single one of them put to shame! Yes, it’s SMART MARK himself! Wait, seriously? Sterling takes the mic to say that’s right, he is still here to make sure that the losers of Texas can take part in their winning cheer. So please, get this right. When he says, “Athletes,” you say, “Rule!” NOTHING ELSE! Hands in, boys. Ohhh…! “ATHLETES!” “SUCK!!” Gottee!
But with that, Dante & Darius Martin enter, accompanied by Leila Grey. Then Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd enter, and last but not least, Texas’ own, Marshall & Ross Von Erich! The massive teams sort out, and Darius starts against Nese. The fans rally up and Darius circles with Nese. Nese says wait, wait! He knows what the fans are here to see. Nese flexes, but the fans boo. Nese shouts, “ATHLETES!” The fans respond, “SUCK!” Nese and Darius circle, but then Nese kicks low! Nese bumps Darius off buckles, then tags in Daivari. “We’ll show you who sucks!” Nese & Daivari fire hands in the corner while the fans boo.
The ref counts, The Premier Athletes stop, and they both shout, “ATHLETES!” Again, the fans say, “SUCK!” Daivari tags Griff and they mug Darius. Griff ROCKS Darius, has him in a corner, then whips corner to corner. Darius goes up and over, rolls and arm-drags, then he DROPKICKS! The fans cheer, and Darius whips Griff into Dante’s BOOT! Tag to Dante, Darius CHOPS, Dante trips Griff, and Darius adds DOUBLE STMOPS! Griff scrambles, tag to Jameson, but Dante arm-drags Jameson! Dante keeps the armlock, he tags in Ross, and Ross wrenches to a wristlock. Ross YANKS the arm, then tags Marshall.
The Von Erichs double whip Jameson, then Marshall sends Ross in, FLYING BOOT! FLYING LARIAT and then Marshall snapmares Jameson for Ross’s PENALTY KICK! STANDING MOONSAULT and Marshall covers, TWO! Marshall fires the fans up, then hauls Jameson up to headlock. Tag to Truth and he wrenches Jameson. The fans rally but Jameson fires hands! Jameson whips, Daivari gets a cheap shot in, but Truth DECKS Daivari! Only for Vance to CLOBBER Truth! The ref has to keep Truth’s team back, so he missed all that! Jameson stomps Truth, tags Vance, and Vance covers, TWO!
Vance ROCKS Truth, has him in the corner, then CHOPS! Tag to Daivari, he CHOPS Truth, then he tags Nese. The Premier Athletes mug Truth with haymaker after haymaker, but the ref is still too busy keeping Top Flight, Turbo & The Von Erichs back! Nese drags Truth up, and he tags in Sterling!? The fans boo but Sterling gets to throw hands on Truth! “ATHLETES!” “SUCK!!” Sterling drags Truth back, anchors a leg, and tags in Vance. Vance stomps Truth, tags Jameson, and Jameson tags Griff. Vance puts Truth in a corner, Griff sends Jameson in to LARIAT! Vance adds a BOOT, and then Griff BOOTS Truth down! Cover, TWO!
Griff tags Vance back in, they mug Truth, and Vance keeps Truth from the corner. Vance suplexes, covers, TWO! Truth stays in this but Vance stays on him with a chinlock. Truth endures, the fans rally up, and Truth stands. Truth fires body shots, but Vance CLUBS him! Vance whips, Truth ducks ‘n’ dodges, DOUBLE LARIATS take them both down! The fans fire up again as Truth and Vance crawl. Truth pushes past Vance, but Leila has to get out of the way as The Premier Athletes & Frat House all run up! They all YANK Top Flight, Turbo & The Von Erichs off the apron, leaving Truth stranded! But at least Truth’s team fights back!
The fans fire up, but Truth turns around into a BOOT! Truth ends up on the apron, Vance runs up, and Vance SPEARS Truth onto the entire cluster! The fans fire up as Vance drags Truth into the ring. Cover, TWO! The fans rally up as Truth stays in this. The teams regroup, Vance whips Truth to the corner, but Truth BOOTS back! Truth fires hands on everyone else, and then storms up, but Vance keeps him from his corner! Vance whips and catches Truth to a SLEEPER, but Truth hits a BIG back suplex! The fans fire up as Truth crawls! Leila coaches Truth, hot tag to Turbo! And to Sterling!? Sterling panics, he wants nothing to do with Turbo!
Jameson runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Griff runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Nese runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Daivari runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Turbo then scoops and SLAMS Nese! And he scoops and SLAMS Daivari! The fans fire up as Turbo ELBOWS Daivari in a corner, headlocks, BULLDOG LARIAT COMBO on The Premier Athletes! The fans are thunderous as Turbo flexes, but Sterling slithers in! Sterling CLUBS Turbo on the back, the fans boo, but Turbo just frowns and turns around. Sterling apologizes but Turbo grabs him by his shirt. Only for Jameson to get in and scoop SLAM Turbo! Jameson shouts, “Mark Sterling! You sonova b*tch!”
Jameson and Sterling look to parody the handshake, but Truth CLOBBERS Jameson! Sterling again apologizes, but Turbo stands back up! Sterling backs up into Turbo, panics, but Truth scoops Sterling! SLAM! The fans fire up as we get the real deal! Except Nese & Daivari get in! Wait, Marshall & Ross get them first, with DOUBLE IRON CLAWS! “Turbo Floyd! You sonova b*tch!” DOUBLE ELBOW DROP on Sterling! And then Sterling flounders up, into a scoop, but Griff & Vance get in! Top Flight DOUBLE SUPERKICK them back out! Truth runs, TOTAL RECALL!! Dante runs, Darius sets up, FLIGHT IN MOTION for Griff! Turbo covers Sterling, #TopVonRunners win!
Winners: Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs, by pinfall
Everything’s bigger in Texas, and that includes this win as the super team everybody loves stands tall! But with The Von Erichs holding gold with Dustin Rhodes, will The Sons of Texas soon be everyone’s top priority?
MXM Collection speaks.
ROH Media found Mansoor & Mason Madden after their loss at ROH Global Wars: Australia, but they still had their remodeled ROH World Tag title belt. As such, they act triumphant and victorious because they “successfully defended” their ROH World Tag Team Championship. Because as you can see, they still have the belt! Shoutout to Dustin Rhodes, he is a great fellow tag team champion, he really tested MXM. But then they ran away with this here title, and there is nothing anyone can say about it! Fingertip touch and MXM heads out, but they do know possession is NOT nine-tenths of the law in ROH, right?
Billie Starkz VS Hyan!
As if tensions weren’t already high between these two, Minion 400,237 & 3/4ths is being belittled because she lost to Harley Cameron on the Jericho Cruise while The Fallen Goddess is still ROH Women’s World Champion after beating Alex Windsor in Australia. The Athena World Tour returns home to Texas, but will Billie make “Boss” proud? Or will even disappointment be bigger in Texas?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and the fans rally up for Hyan. Billie is annoyed, the two tie up, and Billie wrenches to a wristlock. Hyan cartwheels, wrenches to a wristlock, but Billie rolls, rolls back, then trips Hyan. Billie flexes, the fans are torn, but then Billie throws Hyan down by her hair! Billie talks smack on Hyan, Hyan runs up, but Billie dodges to waistlock and shove. Billie then bypasses Hyan to sunset flip. Hyan rolls through, but Billie basement ENZIGIRIS! Billie then drags Hyan up to waistlock. Hyan fires elbows, runs to ropes, but Billie holds on! Billie CLUBS Hyan’s arms from the ropes, to STRAITJACKET GERMAN!
Billie scowls, then she stalks Hyan to the corner. Billie stomps a mudhole in, but the ref counts. Billie tells him to back off! The fans boo, but Billie asks, “What do you want from me!?” Billie runs in, but Hyan dodges and Billie POSTS herself! The fans fire up, Hyan storms over, and Hyan brings Billie up to suplex high and hard! The fans fire up and Hyan feels that energy! Hyan runs to SPLASH in the corner! Hyan keeps moving, but Billie ELBOWS her away. And BOOTS her! Billie goes up, Hyan stops the boot, but not the rebound ENZIGIRI! Billie goes up top, leaps, but Hyan gets under! Hyan ELBOWS Billie, cravats to KNEE and KNEE SMASH!
Hyan hits a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Billie stays in this, it’s why she’s the inaugural ROH Women’s TV Champion. But she sits up into a CHOP! Hyan CHOPS again, and again, but Billie blocks! Billie scowls, and then she ROCKS Hyan again and again! Billie has Hyan in the corner, fires more shots, but the ref counts. Billie stops at 4, then backs up just to run up, HEEL KICK! Billie then puts Hyan up top, Electric Chair Lifts, and she tucks Hyan in for a DRIVER!! Cover, Billie wins!
Winner: Billie Starkz, by pinfall
Well, if Kenny Omega uses a One Winged Angel, was that a Two Winged Angel? The bottom line is Billie is back in the win column, but will she ever fight her way out from under Athena’s tyranny?
ROH World Television Championship: Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Lee Johnson w/ EJ Nduka!
After failing to finish the Proving Ground match in under ten minutes, the Commander of the Skies has owed Big Shotty this title shot. Will Komander get the job done now that there’s a thirty minute time limit? Or will Lee prove this is all too easy?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is really the star of ROH TV!
The Code of Honor is not upheld as Lee leaves Komander hanging. The bell rings, the fans rally for Komander, and the two circle. Lee chuckles, tells Houston to calm down and shut up, then he ties up with Komander. Lee arm-drags, but Komander holds on. They stand, Lee waistlocks, Komander switches, but Lee switches. They switch again and again, but then Lee headlocks. Komander headlocks, Lee slips out and hits a takeover. Komander headscissors, Lee kips free, and things speed up. Komander QUEBRADA but Lee dodges! Komander still headlocks for a takeover, Lee headscissors, and Komander kips free. The two stand off and the fans cheer.
Lee and Komander reset, circle again, and Lee mockingly applauds. Lee pie faces Komander and talks trash. Komander storms up but Lee pie faces him again! Lee goes for another, Komander blocks to CHOP, go up and up, but Lee yanks him down! Lee says Komander’s not gonna do lucha on him! But Komander CHOPS! And CHOPS! Komander goes up and up and jumps around, to FLYING ARM-DRAG! Lee tumbles out, EJ is there, but Komander builds speed! Komander rolls, slow-mo up and over to then RANA! EJ can’t believe it but the fans fire up! Komander puts Lee back in the ring, then he springboards, flying sunset flip! TWO!!
Lee escapes then bails out, and Komander keeps an eye on him. #LEE-J regroup and EJ coaches Lee up. Lee storms up to the apron, but Komander DROPKICKS him down! The fans fire up, Komander builds speed, but EJ stands in the way! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Lee slides in and CLOBBERS Komander! The ref says this is EJ’s last warning, but Lee says Komander is nothing! Cover, TWO! Lee is frustrated and he drags Komander up. Lee bumps Komander off buckles, then brings him around to fire body shots. The fans rally, the ref counts, but Lee stomps away on Komander. Lee digs his boots in, but steps off at 4.
Lee storms back up on Komander, brings him around, and whips him corner to corner hard! Komander bounces off buckles, Lee shouts, “You’re NOTHING!” Lee covers, TWO! Lee is frustrated, but he rains down fists! The fans rally with “SI SE PUEDES!” Lee hammers away, then lets off to talk trash. Lee drags Komander up, TOSSES him to the outside, and EJ stays back. Lee taunts Houston, the ref watches EJ closely, but The Judge defends his own innocence. Lee goes out the side to fetch Komander, and he CLUBS Komander down! Lee puts Komander in the ring, drags him up, and snapmares for a chinlock.
The fans boo Lee while Komander endures, but Lee says Komander is still nothing! Abrahantes rallies the fans for Komander, and Komander fights up to his feet! Komander throws body shots, but Lee wrangles Komander back down! “This is your guy? This is too easy!” The fans boo, then they rally back up. Komander rises, fires body shots and forearms, and he CHOPS! The fans fire up with Komander as he fires even more shots! Komander runs up at the corner, but Lee puts him on the apron! Komander BLINDSIDE LARIATS Lee! Komander goes up, but Lee goes out! Komander hops down, Lee SUPERKICKS him!
Lee huffs ‘n’ puffs and reels Komander in! Canadian Rack, but Komander slips free! Komander scopos, Lee slips free, and Lee CLUBS Komander! The fans boo but Lee suplexes, but Komander lands inside! Komander catches Lee in the ropes and fires KNEE after KNEE! Komander UPPERCUTS, then ROCKS Lee, and he runs side to side! RANA-DRIVER!! A rough landing for both men, but the fans rally up even harder! Komander sits up, Lee follows, and both men stand. Komander fires forearms and CHOPS! And then another! Lee ducks the chop, back suplexes, but Komander lands out! KICK! KICK! BLINDSIDE SOBAT!
Komander runs, QUEBRADA! Cover, TWO! Lee survives, the fans rally up, and Komander rises again. Komander has Lee in a drop zone and hurries to the corner! Houston fires up as Komander climbs, but Lee rolls to the far side. Komander hops down, runs up, then goes up the corner to RA- NO! Lee stops Komander, runs for a corner, but Komander RANAS Lee into buckles! Komander mule kicks, SUPERKICKS, then runs, but into a DROPKICK! Lee shouts, “I am not playing with this guy!” Lee hauls Komander up, reels him in, and lifts, but Komander SPINNING POISON-RANAS!!! Cover, TWO!!!
Lee survives and Komander is stunned! Houston rallies behind him again and Komander rises back up. Komander hurries to the corner and back up top! Lee sputters, but he manages to trip Komander up! Lee rises up, he fires hands on Komander, but Komander fires body shots! Komander SHOVES Lee, Lee backflips through! Lee comes right back! SUPER DUPER PLEX!! And he rolls through, to the outside? BRAINBUSTER to the floor!! EJ is fired up and the fans lose their minds! The ref checks both men, and somehow they’re both okay to continue. Lee and Komander stir while the ring count begins.
Both men are down at 5 of 20, then 8. Lee staggers up at 9, and he grabs Komander’s leg to SLAM it against the LED barrier again and again! Then he KICKS the leg! The ref reprimands, finish this in the ring! Wait, EJ has the title belt! The ref spots that, tells EJ to back off, but then Abrahantes snatches the belt from EJ! The fans cheer, EJ storms upon Abrahantes, but Lee puts Komander in the ring. Lee snarls while Komander unties his boot. Komander is getting pressure off the bad ankle, but Lee has him by the other leg. Komander ENZIGIRIS, but that was the bad foot! Komander writhes, but Abrahantes helps with the boot.
Lee hurries to stomp away on Komander’s legs! Lee punches away on the foot, YANKS the boot off, and EJ grabs it to mockingly show it off! Lee stomps away on the ankle more, then he goes up! FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Komander survives but Lee hauls him right up! AOI SHODOU!! Cover, TWO!?! Komander survives and #LEE-J doesn’t understand! The fans rally as hard as they can for Komander as he crawls to a corner. Lee hauls Komander up to the top rope, climbs up after him, but Komander fires body shots! Komander SHOVES Lee down, and Lee is in the drop zone! Komander rises up, but EJ drags Lee to safety!
The fans boo, but Komander says bet! SUPER CROSSBODY! Komander takes down LEE-J, grabs his boot back, and he throws the boot at EJ! The fans are thunderous and Komander drags Lee up. Komander puts Lee in, hurries back up the corner, and the fans rally as hard as they can! Komander tightrope walks, and CIELITO LINDO!! Cover, KOMANDER WINS!
Winner: Komander, by pinfall (still ROH World Television Champion)
Even with all that damage done by Big Shotty, Komander shows the grit of a champion and pulls out the victory! Will he still find ways to win, no matter the odds?
Red Velvet speaks.
When it comes to her by-any-means-necessary way of winning, The Chef knows we all want to know “Why? Why? I have been on a roll lately. The hottest of my career. Why? Why? I’m starting to get real tired of the same questions. Why? I’m just getting started.” When and where will Red Velvet serve up another L fresh from the kitchen?
Six Man Tag: Sammy Guevara, Fuego & Dark Panther VS Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr!
Lucha night comes to an end with a huge crossover between ROH and CMLL! And it will be lucha rules! That means if the legal man falls out of the ring, someone can jump in and take their place! Will the Spanish God be able to help The Flame of Mexico and El Latigo Lagunero win big in Texas? Or will the Alchemist, El Australopithecus Apestosus y The Luxury of Lucha prove they are primero del mundo?
Wait, MXM appears on stage to taunt Sammy with his ROH World Tag Team title belt. Sammy ignores them while the trios sort out. But then Hechicero DROPKICKS Sammy out! Panther CLOBBERS Hechi, Barbaro BOOTS Hechi, but Fuego DROPKICKS Barbaro! Soberano runs up but Fuego goes Matrix! Fuego bridges, then stands back up to dance! Fuego and Soberano RAM shoulders, go again, and then Fuego runs. Soberano follows, pops Fuego up and over, but Fuego ARM-DRAGS Soberano! Barbaro y Hechi run in, Fuego dodges them to then handspring and DOUBLE ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up, Panther & Sammy join in!
The trio builds speed, but Hechi’s team CLOBBERS them all! Hechi stomps Sammy, Soberano stomps Panther and Barbaro stomps Fuego. Fuego and Panther fall out so Soberano is the legal man. Hechi CHOKES Sammy, Soberano BITES Sammy’s foot! The fans rally and duel, and Hechi drags Sammy around. Hechi puts Sammy’s leg through the ropes, Soberano CHOKES Sammy while Hechi pulls on the leg, and Barbaro stands on the other leg! The ref reprimands and counts, Hechi YANKS the leg as he lets off, and Soberano looms over Sammy. Soberano y Barbaro taunt Sammy’s team by holding Sammy’s arms out to them.
Soberano y Barbaro double wrench then DOUBLE KICK! Hechi drags Sammy up to rain fists! The ref counts, Hechi lets off, and Soberano stomps Sammy in the corner. The fans boo but Soberano drags Sammy up to GAMANGIRI! Sammy drops down, Soberano hooks his arms and digs a knee into Sammy’s back. Sammy endures, even as Hechi taunts him. The fans rally, Sammy fights up, but Hechi blocks the kick so he and Soberano can mug Sammy! They have Sammy on the ropes and hold his legs open! Barbaro runs up and KICKS the hamstring! MXM laugh while the fans are torn. Barbaro taunts Fuego, then BLASTS him and Panther!
Hechi twists Sammy’s arm, stands him up to wrench, and Soberano wrenches the other arm. They lift Sammy up, Barbaro runs, PENDULUM BOMB! Then TRIPLE BASEMENT DROPKICK! Sammy bails out, Panther is there to help him, and Fuego slides in. But Barbaro BOOTS him down! Barbaro y Soberano mug Fuego, whip him to the corner, then Soberano LARIATS! Barbaro LARIATS, then Hechi STEP-UP KNEES Fuego! Fuego falls, MXM is amused, and Hechi hooks Fuego up! Soberano y Babaro grab the arms, and they help Hechi get Fuego up! It’s a MEXICAN SURFBOARD, but then Soberano gets a boost from Barbaro, GUILLOTINE LEG DROP!!
The fans fire up and Soberano covers, ONE because Soberano lets off?! Soberano seems to be demanding more respect from the ref, but then Fuego bails out and Panther storms in! Soberano stops Panther in his tracks by kneeling and offering a handshake. Panther kicks, Soberano blocks it, and Barbaro KICKS Panther’s leg! Barbaro DECKS Panther, Hechi brings Panther back up, and they double whip. Double drop toehold and now Hechi hooks Panther up! We now get a ROMERO SPECIAL, and then Soberano y Barbaro run, DOUBLE BULLDOG!! Hechi and team soak up the cheers and jeers from Houston!
Barbaro drags Panther up, DECKS him again, then they all soak up the heat. Hechi fires HEADBUTT after HEADBUTT, then fast hands! Hechi DECKS Panther, then puts him in a corner. Soberano DROPKICKS Panther down, then he and Barbaro double whip corner to corner. Hechi sends Soberano in but Panther dodges! Panther dodges Hechi, scoops Barbaro for a BACKBREAKER, then scoops Hechi for a BACKBREAKER! Soberano gets a BACKBREAKER! Panther BLASTS Barbaro out, then DIVES into him! The fans fire up, MXM likes what they see, and it’s Sammy that steps in!
Hechi storms in after him, the fans rally and duel, and things speed up! Sammy sidesteps, hurdles, backflips over, and he DROPKICKS Hechi down! Sammy kips up so smooth and he takes a bow. Soberano runs up but Sammy DUMPS him out! Sammy hurries to PLANCHA onto Hechi! The fans fire up with Sammy, he slides back in and builds speed, to FLY onto Soberano! The fans fire up with Sammy, MXM gets upset and even storm a few feet closer to ringside. Barbaro is in, he wrenches and hammerlocks Sammy, lifts and suplexes! Barbaro stomps away, then does his caveman dance. Fans join in, Barbaro runs, IMPLODER SPLASH! Cover, Fuego breaks it!
Sammy bails out, Fuego CHOPS Barbaro, then he whips. Barbaro reverses but Fuego BOOTS him! Barbaro does the worm!? Barbaro runs up, but Fuego goes up and over to stack! Hechi BOOTS Fuego! Barbaro bails out, Hechi whips, but Fuego reverses and RANAS! Hechi handsprings through! He then wrenches and shoves Fuego, then runs up, and he YANKS Fuego’s hurdle out of the air! Fuego bails out, Panther runs in, but Hechi avoids the dropkick! But then Panther avoids the senton! Panther rallies the fans, runs to RAM Hechi, then runs again. Hechi follows, but Panther hits a Tiger Feint to dodge, and Hechi’s dropkick goes flying out to the floor!
Panther hurries to a corner and then runs, FLYING RANA! Hechi flounders away, and Panther hurries back in. Soberano runs up, Panther puts him on the apron, but Soberano GAMANGIRIS! Soberano fires up, the fans are torn, and Soberano goes up top for a TORNILLO CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO!! Panther survives that wild 1080, but then Soberano dodges Panther! Panther ends up stuck in ropes, Soberano LIONSAULTS but misses as Panther slips out! Panther takes aim, but Barbaro uses Soberano for POETRY IN MOTION! Down goes Panther and the fans fire up! Soberano builds speed and he FOSBURY FLOPS to then inverted suplex!
Soberano SLAMS Panther down, Barbaro is up top! SUPER DUPER SPLASH to the floor!! MXM is fired up, and then Fuego QUEBRADAS Soberano! Fuego slides, in does a dance, and then FLIES onto Barbaro! Hechi is in, but so is Sammy! The fans fire up and Hechi roars! Sammy runs up, but into a single leg takedown! Hechi stands Sammy up to whip, but Sammy reverses. Hechi ducks the hurdle, but Sammy JUMP KNEES him down! The fans fire up and Sammy whips corner to corner. Hechi reverses, runs up, and STEP-UP KNEES! The fans fire up and Hechi rolls back, summons the power of lucha, but Sammy SUPERKICKS him!
Sammy runs to JUMP KNEE again! Hechi flounders, Sammy torture racks him! But Mason gets on the apron! The ref tells him to hop down, but Mansoor slithers in, and he BELT SHOTS Sammy!! The fans boo, Sammy flops out of the ring, but Fuego steps up! Fuego runs, slips through a tilt-o-whirl, but Hechi victory rolls, only to stand up and INVERTED MONKEY FLIP Fuego into a LEG SCISSOR NELSON! But that’s not all, Hechi makes it a ROLLING CRADLE! They go around and around and around, into the cover! Team Hechi wins!!
Winners: Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr, by pinfall
Give an assist to MXM as they celebrate their part to play in this victory. They even get Hechicero to touch fingertips with him! But then they aim at Sammy! Only for Fuego y Panther to get back in! MXM flips the belt around to swing on them! Fuego y Panther dodge, and they DOUBLE DROPKICK MXM out! The fans cheer, but Sammy, Fuego & Panther grab Mansoor! Mansoor says save yourself! He lets the belt go, Sammy has Mansoor in the torture rack! GO TO HOSPITAL!! Mason shouts, “NOOO~!” but he keeps the title belt away from Sammy. Will Sammy & Dustin just have to take the fight to MXM to get their stolen property back?
My Thoughts:
A very good ROH clocking in at an hour and 21 minutes, it feels like they’ve almost got this mastered for a good cable TV runtime. Though at the same time, we still had filler in Gates of Agony squashing Exodus & Josiah, and then both women’s matches were fairly quick. Billie squashing Hyan was in part to serve story as we did see Athena tell Billie to take things seriously, and then Billie takes her frustrations out on Hyan. Rachael VS Abadon could’ve been a little longer to build them both up in the standings, but Abadon winning makes sense as Abadon’s gotten closer to titles than Rachael has. And good promo from Velvet, but I’m not sure why we’re waiting so long to get to her and Leyla’s rematch.
Additionally, while that 12 Man Tag was some fun, just smashing together multiple teams for that was bordering on filler. Good to see The Von Erichs back given ROH was in Texas. And between The Von Erichs being in Texas and Sterling being introduced as one of the competitors, it was a given The Von Erichs and their team would win. Though it did work that The Outrunners got the finish, they’re the team riding high right now. I will say it’s good that “The Frat House” is a faction, but like, can’t the name have just be The Fraternity? Or like, Greek letters that make a fraternity name, but also is a funny pun when you boil it down to letters.
But of course, great stuff throughout the night involving luchadores. Fuego Del Sol VS Yuta was a very good opening match, but I figured Yuta would win that. Him going the extra mile with that steel chain was rather vicious, I feel like Fuego should want payback, teaming with some other AEW wrestlers who have beef with the Death Riders. Komander VS Lee was a very good ROH TV Championship match, but given this wasn’t the main event, I figured Komander would retain. Maybe EJ gets his shot next?
And then a very good Six Man main event. The lucha rules made it constant motion because there was no need for tags, and apparently the ref didn’t need to count when Hechi’s team was in there together. MXM getting involved makes sense, as they’re still not happy just possessing the tag title. They screwed Sammy over, Hechi’s team wins, but then Sammy’s side stands tall over MXM. I would think we do get Sons of Texas VS MXM one more time, who knows how that goes, but it’ll be a lot of fun either way.
My Score: 8.6/10
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