Coverage
Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (4/4/24)
It’s Supercard Eve!
‘Twas the night before Supercard, and all over the show…
ROH gets their stars ready to go! But will Big Shotty Lee Johnson make it through Nick Comoroto? Or will the Freak Beast ruin his chances of facing Kyle Fletcher in Philly?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- ROH World Tag Team Championship Proving Ground: The Kingdom VS The Infantry; Time Limit Draw, The Infantry will challenge for the titles at Supercard of Honor.
- Anna Jay VS Nikita; Anna wins.
- Lee Johnson VS Nick Comoroto; Lee wins.
- Nyla Rose VS Alexia Nicole; Nyla wins.
- Evil Uno VS London Lightning; Uno wins.
- Six Man Tag: Top Flight VS Christopher Daniels, Matt Sydal & Jack Cartwheel; Top Flight wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
ROH World Tag Team Championship Proving Ground: The Kingdom VS The Infantry!
Mike Bennett & Matt Taven were in the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament, as were Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo, but neither made it to the finals. However, will Taven & Bennett continue to defend their Kingdom? Or will they fail to stop The Captain & #BadNewsandTattoos in ten minutes or less?
The Code of Honor is skipped as the teams sort out. Bravo and Taven start, circle, and tie up. Taven wrenches, wristlocks, but Bravo rolls, handsprings and wrenches to wristlock back. Taven rolls, rolls, and wrenches to wristlock then hammerlock. Bravo reaches around, slips around to hammerlock back, but Taven drop toeholds and floats to the headlock. But Bravo handsprings his way out and over to headlock back! The fans cheer as Bravo wrenches and tags in Dean. The Infantry double whip, then double hip toss! Then they DOUBLE FIST DROP! Dean covers, TWO! The fans rally as Dean keeps on Taven with a kick.
Dean whips, Taven reverses and things speed up as Taven drops then hurdles. Dean comes back to arm-drag, and he has the cording hold. The fans applaud while Taven endures. Dean drags Taven up, tags in Bravo, and then Dean wrenches. Bravo goes up to AX HANDLE the arm! Bravo brings Taven around, whips him to ropes, but Taven slips out of the scoop! Tag to Bennett, Bravo ducks ‘n’ dodges Taven, only for Bennett to dropkick the legs out! Taven then adds an AX- NO, Bravo avoids the ax handle but Bennett kicks low! Bennett suplexes, Bravo cradle counters, but Taven distracts the ref with “concerns” for his elbow!
The fans count along, Bravo would’ve had five on it! The ref finally sees and counts, TWO! Bennett headlocks, Dean tags in as Bravo powers up and out. Bravo trips Bennett, Dean runs up to basement dropkick! Cover, TWO! Bennett stays in this but Dean storms up on him. Bennett puts Dean in the corner to CHOP! And CHOP! And CHOP! Dean turns things around to CHOP, CHOP and CHOP! Bennett turns things around to CHOP and CHOP and CHOP, but then Dean turns it back around to CHOP and CHOP and CHOP! Bennett staggers into Dean’s scoop and SLAM! The fans fire up with The Infantry, “OORAH~!”
Dean runs to JUMP ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Bennett flounders to ropes, Dean storms up on him, and Dean whips. Bennett holds ropes, tags Taven, and they put Dean in the ropes for Taven to roll up! ONE, Dean Oklahoma Rolls, TWO! Dean eggs Taven on, Taven runs up but Dean puts him in the corner. Tag to Bravo before the ELBOW, then Dean scoops Taven. Bravo goes up, BACKBREAKER to KNEE DROP! Cover, TWO! Taven survives but Bravo whips him to a corner. Bravo runs up to JUMP FOREARM! Bravo whips corner to corner, Taven goes up and over then keeps going. Bravo hurdles but Taven DROPKICKS!
The fans are torn because “IIIII’M~ Matt Taven!” But Bravo tags Dean! Dean DROPKICKS Taven! Bennett tags in, Dean DROPKICKS him! The Kingdom regroup, but The Infantry DOUBLE DROPKICK! The Kingdom bails out, The Infantry take aim, but The Kingdom slide in as The Infantry PLANCHA! The Infantry land safe on their feet, trip The Kingdom up, and drag them out to send them both into barriers! Then they send The Kingdom back in, go up to the apron, and STEREO SLINGSHOT SUNSET FLIP! But The Kingdom roll through! JUST THE TIP of the knee for Bravo, and a high stack for Dean! TWO!! Dean finishes the sunset, but Taven breaks it!
The Kingdom drags Dean up, double whip, and POP-UP BOSTON BAYONET! Bennett mocks the salute and the fans boo. Bennett drags Dean up, brings him over and puts him up top. Taven GAMANGIRIS and Dean is in the Tree of Woe! Bennett runs side to side, basement dropkick! Bennett drags Dean to a cover, TWO! Tag to Taven, the fans rally for Dean, but Taven drags Dean up. Dean cradles outta nowhere! TWO!! ENZIGIRI! Taven drops and the fans rally up! Dean crawls, reaches out, but Taven hot tags to Bennett first! Bennett intercepts and facelocks Dean, puts him in the corner, and CHOPS! And CHOPS again!
Tag to Taven, he CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! But Dean fights out of the Kingdom’s corner! Dean ELBOWS Bennett, goes up and over to roll Taven up, TWO! Dean makes his way to the apron but Bennett storms up. Dean mule kicks Bennett away, then RAMS into Taven! Dean slingshots to sunset flip again, TWO! Taven is up, Dean leaps but Taven keeps him from Bravo! Taven throws Dean away, but then Dean slips around Taven to DDT! The fans fire up while both men are down! Dean crawls, but Bennett YANKS Bravo down! The fans boo but Bennett gives Bravo a BOSTON BAYONET! So Dean bumps Bennett off buckles!
Taven runs up but he only gets buckles as Dean goes to the apron! But Bennett is there, fireman’s carry to APRON DEATH VALLEY!! Bennett puts Dean in for Taven to cover, TWO!! Dean survives and Taven grows frustrated. Time is running out, Taven tags Bennett in. Taven climbs up, tags back in, and Bennett suplexes high and HARD! FROG FLOP as Dean moves! The fans fire up as Dean and Taven are down again! They both crawl, they both hot tag! The fans fire up as Bad News & Tattoos rallies on The Kingdom! Bravo dodges Bennett to back drop him! Then he back drops Taven! Bravo fires up, then dodges Bennett to TOSS him out!
Bravo hits the CARLIE CROSSOVER and Bennett falls onto Taven! Then Bravo PLANCHAS them both down! The fans fire up again as Bravo puts Bennett in! Slingshot, somersault, COMPLETE SHOT! Cover, TWO! Tag to Dean and the Infantry gets Bennett up. But Taven trips Bravo! And TOSSES him over the desk! Bennett whips Dean to SPINEBUSTER! Taven returns, he LIONSAULTS! Bennett covers, TWO!! Dean survives and the fans are thunderous! Taven hurries up, BUT TIME’S UP!! The Infantry get their title shot!!
Time Limit Draw; The Infantry earn an ROH World Tag Team Championship match
The fans are disappointed there wasn’t a real end to this match, but they do cheer when The Infantry are named contenders! Bravo gets the mic to shout “YEAH! Hey! You two heard that?! WE have got an ROH World Tag Team Championship match. But the way I see it, why wait? So I say, tomorrow night, you two Spice Girls put those titles on the line, Supercard of Honor, against The Infantry!! And yo, if you ready to see The Infantry as the NEW ROH Tag Team Champs, lemme hear ya say OORAH!” “OORAH!” The fans are ready, Dean & Bravo are ready, but will The Kingdom not be ready for another war like this?
Kyle Fletcher speaks.
“Your ROH World Television Champion, the Protostar, Kyle Fletcher here. And with Supercard of Honor tomorrow, I think we should have a little chat. See, I’m defending this title against Lee Johnson. And I think we need to talk about-” Wait, Lee Johnson interrupts! And Lee says Kyle has a lot to say, so why not say it to Lee’s face? Kyle says he has no problem with that. Kyle wants to talk about the last time they were in the ring together. Does Lee remember that? That was Survival of the Fittest, and Kyle outlasted five other men. He was in that match for over twenty-five minutes! And he had his hand raised when he won this title.
But Lee was in that match, too! What happened to Lee that night? He was in that match for maybe five minutes. He was the first person eliminated! So what makes Lee think anything has changed? What makes Lee think he is on Kyle’s level? Kyle is The Protostar because he is going to be the Greatest Of All Time some day, and Lee won’t. There is NOT a chance in this entire world that Lee can take this from Kyle. Lee says okay. But he knows that Kyle has been pretty preoccupied with “The Family,” so he hasn’t made it much of a point to actually come to ROH. But while Kyle’s been away, Lee has been here week after week, busting his ass! And he is on a roll!
Now, Kyle is ridiculous if he thinks come Supercard, he’s looking at the same Lee Johnson as he did in 2023. Because he won’t. Come Supercard, Lee will welcome Kyle to the Big Shotty Show. Lee pats Kyle on the shoulder but Kyle shoves him back. Kyle reiterates that there is no chance Lee wins the title off him. But will it only take that one shot for Shotty to hit the mark?
Dalton Castle holds New Boys tryouts.
With Brandon & Brent Tate MIA somewhere in Canada, The Peacock has a line-up of his substitute Boys waiting. Lexi Nair is alongside Castle has he rejects candidate after candidate. Wow, that third one is tall and with great abs. But Castle says no, that’s not what a Boy should have. Wait… These next two are just Johnny TV & Taya in disguise! And not even good disguises, they just put on the feathered masks, nothing else is even remotely Boy like! Lexi tries to tell Castle but he’s too enamored with their dancing. And then surprise! It IS Johnny & Taya! As the shouting begins, Jerry Lynn hurries in to stop it from getting physical!
Jerry tells them all to stand down, and Substitute Boys have to step in! Jerry decides that the only way this can be settle is for Johnny and Castle to have their rematch… at Supercard of Honor! We cut to a later time after Castle has calmed down, and he says that “John TV has torched everything of mine… My TV title… The respect of my peers… My Boys…! John TV has burned all of these to the ground in hopes to hurt me. But… like a peacock phoenix hybrid, I will RISE from the ashes! Like a PENIX! SUPERCARD! In a Fight Without Honor, I will DESTROY! JOHN T V!!” The rage has boiled over, will The Drip King be evaporated?
Johnny TV speaks.
“See this? This is where they make TV. And I’ve been out here my entire life. Lemme tell you something, no place has broken more dreams than Los Angeles, because if you show up here and you’re not TV Ready, they’ll drink your tears! They’ll say, ‘Hit the bricks, kid, I don’t give a damn about your dreams.’ I’m the kind of guy that ROH has always needed when instead they’ve had guys like Dalton Castle who will never be TV Ready. If I was in ROH five years ago, they’d probably still be on TV. So Dalton, at Supercard of Honor, in our Fight Without Honor, if you think you’ve sunk as low as you can sink, think again, because I am going to do things to you that you didn’t think possible!
“Is there even such a thing as a fight with honor? I’ve been fighting without honor my entire career. Cuz y’know what? Honor sucks!” The stakes have been raised in this grudge match, will either man even survive Supercard?
Lee Johnson VS Nick Comoroto!
We just saw Big Shotty confront The Aussie Arrow, and now he is going to show the ROH World Television Champion just what he can do. Will the win streak continue even this close to Supercard? Or will the Freak Beast, new look and all, prove he should be in the title picture instead?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and the two feel things out. Comoroto corners Lee but Lee dodges to CHOP! Comoroto doesn’t flinch, and he puts Lee in the corner! But Lee dodges to CHOP again! And CHOP again! And then fire forearms! Lee whips, Comoroto reverses but Lee ducks the boot! Comoroto scoops him but Lee slips out the back to CHOP! Lee ROCKS and CHOPS, but Comoroto shoves Lee! Comoroto runs in, but Lee TOSSES Comoroto up and out! But Comoroto skins the cat! But then Lee SHOTGUNS Comoroto out! The fans fire up and Lee PLANCHAS! Down goes Comoroto!
The fans fire up and high-five Lee, then he puts Comoroto in the ring. Lee climbs up, but Comoroto rises. Lee jumps over Comoroto, only for Comoroto to run up and ELBOW Lee down! The fans rally up while Lee sputters, and Comoroto sees his new mentor, Jacoby Watts, on stage! Watts nods in approval as Comoroto drags Lee up. Comoroto bumps Lee off buckles, throws body shots from all sides, then UPPERCUTS! The fans chant “Shave Your Body!” but Comoroto says they know they love it. Comoroto goes back to Lee but Lee throws body shots. Comoroto stands Lee up to whip him hard into the buckles!
Lee falls in a heap and Watts nods again. The fans boo but Comoroto stands on Lee’s face! Comoroto scrapes his heel off Lee’s forehead, then drags him up. Comoroto whips Lee to a corner, Lee bounces off buckles, into a scoop and SLAM! Comoroto runs to then JUMP ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Lee survives but Watts still feels confident in his “disciple.” Comoroto clamps onto Lee’s head for a neck wrench! Lee endures, the fans rally, and Lee fights up. Lee throws body shots to get free, but Comoroto scoops. Lee slips free again, Comoroto runs in but is sent into buckles! Comoroto falls back and Lee fires off hands!
Comoroto shoves Lee but Lee ENZIGIRIS! Comoroto wobbles, Lee reels him in, but Comoroto’s too big to suplex! Comoroto suplexes Lee but Lee fights it, to get Comoroto up for ANARCHY! Then a kip up! The fans are thunderous for Lee as he brings Comoroto up. Dragon sleeper, but Comoroto fights with fists from below! Comoroto uses an IRON CLAW to get free, then he short arm LARIATS Lee down! Watts nods again and Comoroto looms over Lee. Comoroto smirks as he says this is it! Comoroto drags Lee up but the fans still tell him to shave. Watts says to ignore them, and Comoroto Alabama Lifts Lee.
Lee fights and sunset flips! TWO! Comoroto gets up, but into a SUPERKICK! Lee then goes up and out as Comoroto run sin, to GAMANGIRI! Lee climbs, but Comoroto grabs him by the neck! Lee throws hands, but Comoroto hits back! Lee HEADBUTTS, but Comoroto still manages to climb! Lee throws more haymakers, then HEADBUTTS Comoroto down! The fans fire up as Lee aims, FROG SPLASH! Cover, Lee wins!
Winner: Lee Johnson, by pinfall
Big Shotty proves he can fly just like the Aussie Arrow, and now he’s got big momentum! Will he take that title from Kyle just like he said he would? As for Watts, he isn’t disappointed, he knows Comoroto still has a long road ahead. But just where is this road leading?
Backstage interview with Griff Garrison & Cole Karter.
Lexi Nari is with the Ivy League MVP and the Diamond in the Rough, and brings up their recent momentum. How do they plan on keeping that going? That’s easy: keep being themselves. They are “two young, handsome, good-looking dudes with all the potential and athleticism in the world,” and Griff has to admit, they’ve gotta thank Mama Maria for it all. Yeah, but where IS she? Oh, good point. Did Maria go to the wrong London? Karter sent her 36 texts to make sure she knew it was London, Ontario. Whoa… Thirty-six?! Yeah. But in steps Serpentico! He was definitely eavesdropping, that stolen mask is still his by the way, and Serpentico couldn’t help but hear…
They have a problem, and see, he knows where Maria is. Griff keeps Karter from pouncing and Serpentico says calm down! That is so rude, man. But hey, Serpentico will let them know where Maria is, IF one of them signs and dates this document. Serpentico holds out the pen and paper, Karter snatches them and quickly signs. Not even checking it? Wow, alright. Then where is Maria?! Serpentico gives them their copy and says sorry, he has NO idea where Maria went. But uh, see you boys tomorrow night! Later, Lexi! #SNAKEMAN heads out, and they just signed for a tag team match! For Supercard of Honor!
Griff sighs and shoves the paper at Karter before storming off. Karter says it’s okay, though, because Maria will be there. Right? Lexi sighs and it seems Karter has much to learn about trusting a snake. But is this where Spanish Announce Project finally gets even with Maria’s baby boys?
Backstage interview with Nick Comoroto.
Lexi is now with the Freak Beast but is interrupted by Jacoby Watts. Watts asks if he could have a word with his new friend. Lexi says of course. Watts reintroduces himself, and sees Comoroto cleaned up his face, got new pants, he looks great. But Watts says he is the harbinger of Comoroto’s wrestling salvation. Watts holds the keys to unlocking Comoroto’s full potential! Comoroto needs him, the WORLD needs Jacoby Watts! Watts is the catalyst for this transformation, that will propel Comoroto to new heights. Comoroto just needs to embrace these trials that ail him, for that is the fire that forges his rebirth.
But heed Watts’ words, for it is only by his wisdom and his guidance that Comoroto will rise from the abyss the warrior he was always meant to be. So Watts asks Comoroto, will he join Watts on this journey of transformation? Watts holds out his hand, and Comoroto shakes it. Is the transformation Watts promises become a reality for the Freak Beast?
Smart Mark Sterling’s “Premier Athletes” are on their way back.
Tony Nese, Ariya Daivari & Josh Woods are all working hard in the gym and in the ring, and even have a new team logo. No more fun and games for these three, will they whoop ROH into shape as they take over?
Lexi Nair and Billie Starkz are in the ring.
They wear brand new Minions In Training (MIT) letterman’s jackets, and Lexi welcomes us to the first-ever ROH Women’s World Championship contract signing, presented by MIT! This Friday, April 5th, Philadelphia, Supercard of Honor, Hikaru Shida will challenge Athena for THE ROH Women’s World Championship. And Lexi’s fellow Minion, Billie Starkz, will also be facing Queen Aminata in the finals of the ROH Women’s World Television Championship tournament! Billie gets a mic to say wait, wait, wait. She has a quick question. If Billie wins at Supercard, but Athena loses her match… Does that make Billie the NEW Minion Overlord?
Lexi covers her mic as she hushes Billie and says not to talk like that, but the fans seem to like that idea. Before Billie goes any further with that thought, Athena makes her entrance. Billie says hi to Coach Athena as she shows off her letterman’s jacket before stepping into the ring. Billie apologizes for asking the question, but Athena doesn’t seem too upset. Lexi says Athena has been champion for over 450 DAYS, the longest reigning ROH Women’s Champion ever. The fans cheer that and Athena encourages them to cheer more. She has beaten EVERY “porcelain hussy” that has stepped to her.
But… Hikaru Shida has been AEW Women’s World Champion three-times over, and has a win over Athena. What is Athena’s strategy going into this match? Athena asks what Lexi is doing with this. Who is she talking to? The FBI? The CIA? OPRAH!? Who is she telling these secrets to!? Billie pulls Athena back and tells her to chill, but Athena turns it around on her. Would Billie be chill if she lost tomorrow night? No… THEN DON’T TELL HER WHAT TO DO! Yes, boss. Athena says she’s not afraid of Shida! Who cares that Shida beat her in the past? It’s the past, nobody cares! Right? Right! So no, she’s not afraid.
So Lexi…! Do your damn job and get Shida out here now! Lexi says yes, of course. Please welcome, Hikaru Shida! The fans cheer as the Full Metal Warrior, the Shining Samurai, struts out wearing all red and wielding her kendo stick. Athena calms down as she sits in her chair as Shida steps into the ring. Shida grabs herself a mic to say, “You didn’t think I’d come alone.” Athena asks what that means, and here comes Queen Aminata! The fans cheer as now all the women fighting for gold tomorrow night are here! Aminata joins everyone in the ring and Shida hands her the mic. Aminata tells Billie, “We went through hell to get here.
“And at Supercard of Honor, you and I will be making history. So I hope you’re ready to fight for your life.” Billie says say less! She’s ready, has been ready for a hot minute, and is ready to crush Aminata’s dreams by making herself the first-ever Women’s TV Champ! The fans cheer and Aminata smiles. But Athena says enough about that title. This is about HER and HER title and HER show! She is the Minion Overlord, The Forever Champion, so let’s get this over with so she can go to the mall! Fans boo but Lexi gets the contract over to Athena. She signs with the Koosh ball pen, then Lexi slides the contract to Shida.
Shida needs a pen and Athena says there’s one in the folder. Shida finds it, signs her part, and the fans cheer as this is now official! Shida then says, “I heard what you said. You’re not afraid of me? Really? You may be able to fool your Minions, but you can’t fool me!” The fans cheer as Shida clings to her title, and Shida says Athena’s losing it. Because Shida is in Athena’s head. Every time Athena closes her eyes, she sees Shida beating her! The fans fire up, but Athena SLAPS Shida! Shida swings, Athena ducks, the kendo stick SMACKS Billie down! So Athena flips the table at Shida! Athena fires off on Shida, so Aminata goes after Billie!
Billie turns things around to put Aminata on the apron, then DECKS her! Billie pulls Shida off of Athena, then storms up on her. Billie stomps a mudhole, and Athena puts the table in a corner! Billie drags Shida up, ROCKS her, then coordinates with Boss Athena. But Aminata gets in to shove them into each other! Billie runs up, swings, but Aminata dodges to HEADBUTT!! And Shida TAMASHIS Athena down! Then snap suplex through the table!! The fans are thunderous as the Samurai and the Queen stand tall! But will they be the ones holding the gold at the end of Supercard? Or will MIT rule ROH from top to bottom?
Eddie Kingston and Mark Briscoe have a sit down interview together.
Prerecorded earlier tonight, Lexi sat with the ROH World Champion and his challenger ahead of their title match at Supercard. It will be in Philadelphia, the birthplace of ROH, on April 5th. Lexi goes to the Sussex County Chicken first and asks if Mark won the title, what would that mean to him? Mark says he wants to lay out the backstory for anyone that doesn’t know. April 5th, the same date the late great Jay Briscoe won his first ROH World Championship. It will be 11 years to the day even. And like Lexi said, Philly is the birthplace of ROH. Mark was there, Murphy’s Rec Center. Not old enough to wrestle, but he was there.
Mark was coming to the ring with his brother, Jay, while he waited until he was old enough to wrestle, but trust him, he would’ve been in there if the state athletic commission would’ve let him. But it all works out now so that, as crazy as it is, things come full circle. We’re back in Philly, 11 years later, and now Jay has gone on to be with The Lord, but he is surely looking down on Mark. Nothing means more to Mark than winning this title and making Jay proud. So it would mean everything, absolutely everything, to win. And those are Mark’s intentions. Then to Eddie, what would it mean to retain this title?
The Mad King says that is a hard question to answer, really. He’s coming off a loss of the Continental Championship. And Chicken would know this seeing Eddie’s dark periods, but “Old Eddie” would go off and find a bottle to drown himself in. But Eddie can’t do that anymore, and he is fighting that. It is kinda funny how, because of Mark, Eddie is fighting that. Because this man deserves Eddie at 100%. This man deserves a world champion that he needs to beat and need to fight, and will bring that fight, will #ManUp. Mark inspires Eddie to keep himself on the straight and narrow. Because Mark knows for a fact Eddie would go, crack a couple bottles open, and try to drown his demons.
But Eddie knows he can’t do that, because of this title. People don’t understand, but the ROH World Championship supersedes even AEW. If not for ROH and this title, there would be no AEW. If not for Lo-ki, Xavier, Homicide, Jay Briscoe, and many other great former champions, this place would not be open. That’s why this title means so much. It has lineage and history, and Eddie is proud to be with this title, proud to be ROH World Champion. Eddie was at an ROH show after he got kicked out of wrestling school. It was 4/20, Eddie Guerrero Appreciation Night. Eddie watched Jay, and that’s when he said ROH is where he wants to be.
Eddie knew ROH was the goal long before AEW opened up. Eddie doesn’t want Mark to take offense because there’s nothing but respect here, because that is what ROH was built on. They both cut their teeth in Philly. Eddie tells the youngsters that they wouldn’t have survived Philly ROH back in the day. But Eddie and Mark did. When you got over in Philly, you were made forever. So they’re both going to go out there, and it hurts Eddie to say it, which is why he wants Mark to know this is with respect. But Eddie can’t lose to Mark. Eddie will not lose to Mark. Eddie loves Mark deep down, and the whole Briscoe family, too. But Eddie will not lose.
Eddie will man up, get in Mark’s face as mark will get in Eddie’s, and in the end, all Eddie wants is to have Jay looking down from Heaven, proud of them both, clapping them on because they gave everyone watching 1000%. Not a hundred but a THOUSAND percent of everything they’ve got. ROH is pro-wrestling, they are pro-wrestling, don’t ever forget that. And they will show it, prove it, on April 5th. Eddie loves Mark, but with all due respect, Eddie will not and cannot, for the sake of his own sanity and sobriety, lose to Mark. Mark nods, the two shake hands, and they’re ready. Who comes out of Philadelphia THE ROH World Champion?
Six Man Tag: Top Flight VS Christopher Daniels, Matt Sydal & Jack Cartwheel!
Darius & Dante Martin absolutely snatched away a win from Ricky Starks & “Big Bill” Morrissey, and now they’re set for a Collision with FTR! But will they and Action Andretti prove they’re still good for an ROH World Six Man title opportunity? Or will the eclectic collection of the Fallen Angel, Zen Assassin and Acrobatic Wonder be the ones in pole position instead?
The Code of Honor is skipped as the trios sort out, and Dante starts against Jack. They circle, tie up, and Jack wrenches to wristlock. Dante rolls, handsprings, and wrenches to wristlock. Jack powers up to cartwheel through! Then he breaks free and the fans cheer! Jack dodges Dante, headlocks, but Dante powers up and out. Jack cartwheels through the hip toss to arm-drag! Dante comes back, Jack dodges, but then Dante dodges to waistlock. Jack elbows free but Dante CLUBS him! Dante back suplexes but Jack lands out of it! Jack ducks ‘n’ dodges, Dante hurdles and rolls under! Jack ducks the leg lariat but Dante blocks a kick!
Dante spins Jack but jumps the sweep! Jack cartwheels over the leg sweep, and the fans fire up! The two now shake hands, and then they tag out to Darius and Sydal. The fans rally as they circle, tie up, and go around. Sydal waistlocks, headlocks then hits a takeover, but Darius fights right up. Darius wrenches, blocks an arm-drag, and swings Sydal around to backslide! TWO, but Darius steps over and flips Sydal into a lateral press, TWO! Darius rolls Sydal up, TWO! Both men get up, Sydal ducks ‘n’ dodges to tilt-o-whirl schoolboy bridge! TWO!! Darius stands up, into a JUMP SOBAT! The fans cheer while Darius staggers to the corner.
Sydal tags in Daniels and the fans really fire up! Sydal whips Darius back into the corner, Daniels adds a GAMANGIRI! Then feed to Sydal’s ROUNDHOUSE, and Daniels hits an STO! Sydal adds the STANDING MARIPOSA! Cover, TWO! Daniels brings Darius up, suplexes high and hard, then covers, TWO! The fans rally for the Fallen Angel as he CLUBS Darius again and again, then runs, but Darius gets around to half nelson. Darius spins Daniels around but Daniels uses that to get a headlock. Dante tags in as Darius powers up and out. Darius drops under, Dante hurdles over, then they trip and DDT!
Tag to Action and he storms up to bring Daniels up. Action fires forearms and UPPERCUTS, then a LARIAT! Action grins before the STANDING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO! The fans rally, Action brings Daniels over to tag Darius. They double snapmare, KICK and BASEMENT DROPKICK! Darius SPLASHES and covers, TWO! Daniels is tougher than that so Action tags back in. Action and Darius mug Daniels, Sydal protests on the grounds of the tag partner five count, but Action scoops and SLAMS Daniels! Cover, TWO! Action clamps onto Daniels with a chinlock and he grinds Daniels down. The fans rally as Daniels endures.
Daniels fights up, throws body shots, then runs, but into a SUPERKICK! Daniels falls, Action brings him towards ropes so he can run, springboard, and IMPLODER SPLASH onto knees! Daniels gets Action up to DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Now both men are down and the fans fire up! Daniels and Action crawl as their teams reach out, hot tags to Dante and Sydal! Sydal slingshots to DROPKICK Dante, then runs up to KNEE Darius! JUMP KICK for Dante, POP-UP RANA for Darius! The fans fire up and Sydal has the Martins lined up! Sydal KICKS Darius, KICKS Dante, repeat! Sydal fires up, points but fake Darius out, QUESTION MARK KICK!
Dante swings but Sydal goes Matrix! Sydal then slips around to fireman’s carry and tuck, AIR RAID CRASH! Cover, TWO! Dante stays in this but Sydal calls to his corner. Sydal brings Dante up but Darius gets up to ENZIGIRI! Dante runs to LEAP and sunset flip! Cover, TWO! Sydal escapes, Darius SUPERKICKS! Top Flight double whips, but Sydal KICKS and HEEL KICKS in succession! Hot tags to Action and Jack! Jack ducks a haymaker, Action ducks a haymaker, Jack ducks an enzigiri! Jack waistlocks to deadlift, but Action elbows free! Only for Jack to reel him in! Action still lands out of the back suplex!
Action runs, tilt-o-whirls and RANAS, but Jack cartwheels through! The fans are thunderous, Action runs up but Jack ducks the spin kick! Jack comes back to SUPERKICK! Then scoop and CARTWHEEL POWERSLAM! Cover, Darius breaks it! Sydal gets in to KICK Darius’ leg! Sydal KICKS Action, he and Jack double whip, but Action handsprings to DOUBLE BACK ELBOW! Action kips up, the fans fire up, and Action runs to tilt-o-whirl DDT! Cover, but Daniels stomps it! Daniels then COMPLETE SHOTS Action! Dante kicks Daniels, whips him but Daniels reverses. Darius helps Dante go up and over, and then Dante helps with the TORNADO DDT!
Sydal JUMP KNEES Dante! Darius ELBOWS Sydal, to WALL WALK PELE! Action is back and he builds speed to FLY out onto Sydal & Daniels! The fans fire up again and Darius CHOPS Jack! Top Flight double whips Jack, but he handsprings, scarecrows and ducks the lariats! Jack dumps Darius, dodges Dante and ENZIGIRIS against ropes! Jack runs, but Dante goes up and over, Darius GAMANGIRIS! SUPERKICK! STEP-IN COMPLETE SHOT! Action springboards to 450 SPLASH!! Cover, Top Flight wins!
Winners: Top Flight, by pinfall
London, Ontario is flying high with Action, Dante & Darius! And bigger than that, Daniels, Sydal & Jack still show respect with a Code of Honor handshake. Will this win help make the Sight to See, Angel Dorado & Air Wolf the first choice for facing Bullet Club Gold for the gold?
My Thoughts:
A really good ROH, especially as a go-home to Supercard of Honor, but I still have to question quite a bit of things. For one, what an absolute mess they’ve just made of Dalton Castle’s story. They cut The Boys as part of the recent round of cuts. First real actual round of cuts, I believe, and it’s like they didn’t even realize there was still a story involving them going on in ROH. Then, Castle’s promo segment with Johnny & Taya was really just a montage of a full skit and we weren’t even getting their audio, it’s just Ian Riccaboni talking over it. Now, Castle and Johnny getting their own promos to add to it made up for it, but why not just give us that it’s a Fight Without Honor in the main promo skit? And at this point, no idea how that match is going to go because The Boys ain’t coming back.
And I must again question the order of segments. The Six Man Tag was a really good match but this was a moment where a match didn’t need to close us out. Either of the promo segments that went before it should’ve closed us out. Eddie and Mark having a very genuine moment within their promo was really good stuff, and the women’s title contract signing was great for the energy it gave the crowd, so it’s really just what note they wanted to end on. Eddie VS Mark feels dead even in the math, but Aminata and Shida stood tall, so I guess Athena and Billie are winning? Anyway, I skipped the filler but I skimmed them and I can tell you those matches were still good. Well, Nyla squashed Alexis, Anna was of course beating Nikita and Uno actually gave London Lightning a good showing.
Great little promo moment from Lee Johnson and Kyle Fletcher, and great win for Lee over Comoroto. That was two birds with one promo as Lee has momentum going into what will surely be a loss to Kyle, and now Comoroto has more of a reason to side with Jacoby Watts in this self-important evangelist parody Watts is portraying. And great opening tag match, I am so glad we finally got someone surviving the Proving Ground time limit. Now if Tony Khan was really connecting dots, Wardlow needs to play into the finish. He could interfere, champion’s advantage could be used, or he could cost them. Either way, Adam Cole told Wardlow what to do, so Wardlow can decide to follow orders, or he could turn on The Undisputed Kingdom. Just something happen.
My Score: 8.5/10
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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 5.29.25
Stuff happens, maybe it doesn’t, Dreamer and Delirious can’t book.
Well Trick Willie is the new TNA champ and this is the first iMPACT since his win…so let’s just hear him talk about it.
"TNA turned into TRICK-NA. Lets talk about it"@_trickwilliams #WWENXT
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/StU4pmi3oy
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
Ratings:
- The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System: Rascalz win via Meteora – ***
- Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali: Ali wins via…No Shit – Squash Garbage
- ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee: Lei wins via Spinning TKO – ** 3/4
- Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber: Mance wins via Hit the Pay Winda – Squash
- Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa: Team Robbie wins via shenanigans – **
- International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona: Maclin retains via KIA – ***
Results:
The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System
Octagon got jumped by The System earlier so Laredo is fighting alone. Another backstage jumping is getting a little dumb.
Laredo and Trey start. Typical Indie start with Simultaneous awful Dropkick spot and bad counters, AJ blind tag runs the smaller guys over, tags out to KC and the Rascalz instantly get the moment. KC is rocked, tags in Laredo and Laredo takes out the System before Lish gets on the apron and grabs Laredo. The referee kicks out Lish and Rehwoldt on commentary points out it’s a No DQ match so that’s dumb.
KC gets tossed at AJ, he catches him, Rascalz Dive and do their taunt as we go to commercial. We come back, Tennessee Whiskey into a KC tag in for the near fall on Laredo. Corner combo, Snapmare into Flip Forward Neck Breaker, KC is on a roll. AJ tags Laredo and starts talking crap to KC, they swerve and go Finger Poke of Doom, but it’s not a legal pin. Suddenly tornado attacks, System and Rascalz go for broke, AJ hits the Senton to break the eventual pin, Laredo counters AJ’s Chokeslam attempt. Trey clears out The System, Wentz sends himself and KC over and out, Laredo with a Corkscrew Moonsault, which looked cool but it’s the pile of morons waiting to get hit spot.
AJ hits the Down Payment on Laredo, but Trey blind tagged AJ. Meteora on AJ, Trey pins Laredo and Rascalz win.
Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali
Raj looks like shit in the gear he came down in…and he wrestles equivalently. I would rather anyone else comeback…give me Anarquia.
Ali murders Raj, Instant Dropkick, Rolling Neckbreaker, Corkscrew Standing Moonsault, it’s not close. Raj tries to counter things but Ali Bellclap, a little Duck the left, connect the right. Raj even does a terrible looking Punch Combo, he’s in bad shape, a bad looking Ushigoroshi, Raj with a sloppy looking something, 450 ends it.
Fire Raj as quickly as you brought him back. You don’t need a comedically pathetic job guy when the roster is like 4 guys getting pushed and everyone else sucks. Stop being stupid. Ali still hates women too.
This Injury Report is the dumbest segment in the history of wrestling. Stop treating fake shit as “serious business”.
ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee
ASH mocks karate stuff, Lei throws a few Rising Crane kicks as ASH bails and then things slow down a little. But a Pump Kick, Sliding Kick and Low Dropkick cause ASH to cower and claim her tooth broke. It’s a bait to pull Lei into the turnbuckles and them get in a few stomps. Ash keeps Lei in the corner, Suplexes her ankles into the buckles and then Ash throws a few Booty Shots/Hit Attacks then starts a grounded stretch, Lei Headscissors her down, still sells the hips and ankles, but dodges and fires, combination strikes into the 10 Count Down Strikes. T-bone Suplex, into the pinfall, for only two.
Cheapshot into Running Meteora from ASH for two. Ash goes for the Miz Yes Kicks and Lei No Sells and asks for more. Gorgeous Capture Suplex into Thunder Struck and TKO with flair. My baby has a better finish now! Yay!
Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber
Hannifan cursing and being pissed at Trick for not even showing but is more entertaining than a squash match. Not that Mance’s offense is bad, but 2 out of 3 job matches is stupid.
.@milanmiracle and @AriannaGraceWWE make history as the first father/daughter tag team in TNA!
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/3s8OhtYFPv
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa
Marella tries to tie up with Robbie, but he bails and tags out to Victoria so Arianna comes in and aside from Alicia Fox’s silliness, the tie up was decent with Arianna and Victoria. Tessa interferes and the Referee throws her out. Victoria comes back in and aside from a slight miscommunication with how Arianna does her punches, Alicia Fox is making her look…pretty good. Transition moves, okay brawling and Arianna looks amazing in her outfit.
Rob and Santino distract the referee and Victoria hits a Figure Four into her Northern Lights Suplex, only for 2. Arianna finally Back Body Drop to find the tag, Santino and Rob, Santino does his split dodge into the Standing Headbutt, Arianna Cross Body onto Victoria. Rob pulls out the ref, then shoves the ref into Santino, Santino into the steps and Arianna attack but Alicia and Lish, the fix is in, Arianna eats the pin.
International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona
A few quick brawl moves, Shoulder Tackles, Strikes, Back Breakers, Cardona does get dumped out and eats a SCUD. Maclin bounces Cardona’s face off the apron and hits an Elbow off the apron to keep Cardona reeling, but a dodged tackle sends Maclin into the steps. Cardona tries to Piledriver Maclin on the ramp, but Back Drop counter, into commercial.
Formulaic commercial etiquette of Cardona still in control, throws Maclin into the ropes, Diving Shoulder Tackle lays both dudes out and they get up by 8. Fighting Spirit spot, Cardona hits ropes and gets hit by Maclin twice, Thesz Press, Ground and Pound, Back Elbow and Olympic Slam has Maclin rolling. Splash into Lariat for two. Maclin has been all gas no brakes. Cardona tries to take a few shortcuts that turns into a Straight Jacket Takedown. Cardona to the top, Maclin cuts him off, Superplex spot. 1-2-kick out!
Maclin goes topside for a Jar Headbutt, Cardona hits the ropes so Maclin crashes into the corner, 2 Reboots connect, the third gets caught, counter into Busaiku Knee, Jar Headbutt. In and out, Cardona uses the middle rope for the Low Blow, Killswitch from Cardona but Maclin kicks out. Cardona dodges and shoves Maclin towards the ref, he puts the brakes on, Radio Silence! 1-2-Kick out! Maclin catches a top rope move, Power Bomb, Corner Splash, Tree of Woe, Caught in the Crosshairs, KIA and Maclin retains!
Overall Score: 4.5/10
Boring paint by numbers show, no Trick, System has one move, Robert Stone is a scumbag, too long to introduce new girls, lots of throw away segments and Rosemary sets up YET ANOTHER Monster’s Ball match. These aren’t interesting when there’s one every 3 months. So we can have terrible Monster’s Ball matches quarterly, Barbed Wire Massacre and Clockwork Orange House of Fun…BUT NO LOCKDOWN!?
Go home TNA, you’re drunk.
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Mitchell’s NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Results & Report! (5/29/25)
B Block, FINAL ROUND!
Who heads to the finals?
Kosei Fujita won A Block, and now B Block finalizes its ranking! Who heads to the Best of the Super Juniors finals this weekend?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: KUSHIDA, Ninja Mack & Dragon Dia VS Shoma Kato, Masatora Yasuda & Daiki Nagai; Kushida, Mack & Dia win.
- Master Wato, Toru Yano & Katsuya Murashima VS The House of Torture; The House of Torture wins.
- Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji VS Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young; Hiromu & Tsuji win.
- Six Man Tag: TMDK VS Bullet Club; TMDK wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kevin Knight; Knight wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Nick Wayne; Titan wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: MAO VS SHO; Mao wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS Robbie Eagles; Despy wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Taiji Ishimori; Yoh wins.
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Here are the current B Block standings!
YOH: 5-3, 10 points
MAO: 5-3, 10 points
El Desperado: 5-3, 10 points
Nick Wayne: 4-4, 8 points
SHO: 4-4, 8 points
Taiji Ishimori: 4-4, 8 points
Robbie Eagles: 4-4, 8 points
Kevin Knight: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Titan: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kevin Knight!
The Funky Weapon and The Jet may be out of the running, but they will still fight for themselves. Who earns their final points in this final round?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Taguchi and Knight circle with a bit of a strut, and then they tie up. Knight puts Taguchi on the ropes, the ref calls the break, and Knight lets off to swivel his hips. Taguchi pumps up, but Knight says he can’t see anything. Knight flexes and says he tsuyoi. They tie up with knuckle locks, then go shoulder to shoulder in a test of strength. Knight hooks a leg to power Taguchi back, and Taguchi bridges! The fans cheer as Taguchi fights up back up! Taguchi bends Knight into a bridge, has the shoulders down, TWO as Knight powers back up! The fans rally, Knight and Taguchi start vibing with the arm wave, then a full body wave!
Taguchi wiggles around, sends it back to Knight, and Knight spins Taguchi around and around, to then headlock. Taguchi powers up and out, drops down, then hurdles over. Knight stops to waistlock but Taguchi fires elbows. Taguchi runs to fake Knight out, but Knight goes up and over! Knight avoids the Hip Attack! The fans cheer while Taguchi stares Knight down from underneath. Taguchi says bring it, so Knight punches those cheeks! Taguchi’s iron buns withstand it, and Knight says, “Itai itai.” Knight winds up again, and he punches cheeks! Taguchi still stands tall, but the fans rally for Knight.
Knight does some push-ups, he and Taguchi do squats, and Knight winds up again. The fans rally and Knight lines up a shot, to then headlock! Taguchi powers up and out, bypasses and bypasses, but Knight redirects himself! And again, and again, and again! Knight is making Taguchi spin around, and then Taguchi gets dizzy and falls! The fans cheer while Taguchi slumps out of the ring. Knight runs and FLIES! Down goes Taguchi and the fans fire up! “Ore wa meccha, meccha… Meccha tsukareta…” Knight admits he is tired, and he asks for water. A Young Lion brings him water and Knight refreshes himself.
Taguchi sputters, Knight makes his way over to Taguchi, and then brings him back into the ring. The fans cheer and Knight snapmares Taguchi to run and SLIDING TACKLE! Cover, TWO! Taguchi is still in this and the fans applaud. Taguchi flounders, Knight does some squats to get his glutes going. Knight brings Taguchi around to HIP ATTACK! Knight gives Taguchi another HIP ATTACK! The fans rally and Knight does more squats to power up. Knight runs, but Taguchi somersaults to HIP ATTACK! The fans fire up and Taguchi powers up now. Taguchi has Knight on the ropes, rubs it in literally, and then gives point-blank HIPS!
Taguchi runs and HIP ATTACKS at the ropes! Knight dangles out of the ring! Knight flops down, the fans rally again, and Taguchi TRIANGLE JUMP PLANCHAS! Down goes Knight and the fans fire up again! Taguchi rises, steadies himself, and then puts Knight in the ring. Taguchi goes up, up, and MISSILE HIPS! Cover, TWO! Knight is still in this and the fans rally again. Taguchi looks to the corner, and he calls upon the powers of Strange Style! “ORYA~!” Taguchi runs in, but Knight hurdles Ketsuye! SUPERKICK! Taguchi mule kicks, runs, but Knight somersaults, into a FLAPJACK! OH MY GAH ANKLE!! Knight endures, reaches out, but Taguchi drags him back!
Knight reaches up to headscissor into the victory roll, TWO! Taguchi goes to a corner, BOOTS back, then goes up, MISSILE HIP meets DROPKICK! Knight’s antiair works out, and then he somersaults to SATELLITE DDT! Knight goes up top and the fans rally for the hip swivel and MOTHERSHIP UFO SPLASH! Cover, Knight wins!
Winner: Kevin Knight, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taguchi earns 0)
The Jet still flies high, and he ends with a 4-5 record. Taguchi ends with 6 points in the 9th round, is that nice enough for him?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Nick Wayne!
El Inmortal may not have life in the block, but he can still be a spoiler! Will he pop the Prodigy’s bubble? Or will this still be Wayne’s World in the end?
The bell rings and Titan runs up! Nick dodges, whips, but Titan reverses to TORNADO- NO, Nick powers out! Nick wrenches and whips, Titan goes up and over, and then Titan handsprings away! The fans cheer as things keep moving. Nick hurdles then bypasses Titan to UPPERCUT him down! Nick kips up and the fans cheer again. Nick covers, TWO! The fans rally as Nick brings Titan up. Nick CHOPS Titan, Titan leans on the ropes, and Nick brings him around. Nick ROCKS Titan, then whips corner to corner. Nick runs in, UPPERCUTS, and then pushes Titan down to cover, TWO! Titan stays in this and the fans applaud.
Nick stays cool and he sits Titan up. Nick KICKS Titan in the back, then paces. Titan writhes but Nick brings him back up. Titan CHOPS and the fans “WOO~!” Titan CHOPS again, but Nick ROCKS him! Nick then whips Titan, runs in, but Titan BOOTS, SOBATS, KICKS, and fires fast hands! Nick ducks the jump sobat to SOBAT back! Nick cravats, ASAI DDT. but Titan kips up! PELE! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Titan roars and rises up, then he brings Nick around. TRAILER HITCH! Nick endures the leglock and the fans rally again! Nick crawls forward, reaches out, and manages the ROPEBREAK!
The fans applaud and Titan lets go of the hold. Nick shakes out the legs but Titan KICKS Nick in the back. Titan brings Nick in but Nick resists the lift. The fans rally again as Nick and Titan fight for control. Nick wrenches, kicks, and runs, but Titan follows to RANA! Nick bails out, Titan builds speed, and Titan DIVES into an UPPERCUT! The fans rally harder as Titan flops to the apron! Nick rises, he stalks Titan on the apron, and Nick drags Titan up. The ref says don’t do it, but the fans rally up. Nick waistlocks, then goes for the nelson, but Titan resists. Titan fires elbows and Nick backs off. Titan runs up but Nick BOOTS him!
Nick runs up, but Titan SUPERKICKS! Nick falls back, Titan skins the cat to the top rope! Titan aims for LA APRON LANCER!! The fans fire up and Titan roars while Nick sputters and coughs! Titan shoves Nick into the ring, goes up the corner again, and LA LANC- NO, Nick dodges! Titan’s leg jams, Nick DROPKICKS the other out, then he DRAGON SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO!! Titan survives and Nick snarls. Nick goes to the corner and climbs up while the fans rally again. FROG- NO, Titan bails out! Nick rolls through and then comes right back, to FLY over the corner! Down goes Titan and the fans fire up!
Titan puts Nick in, goes back up, and he tries again! FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Titan survives again and the fans fire up! Nick huffs ‘n’ puffs, hears the fans cheering, and shouts “IKU ZO!” Nick drags Titan up, hooks a leg, PRODIGY- CRADLE COUNTER! TWO!! Nick escapes, Titan ducks the roundhouse to fire off his strike fest! But Nick still ROUNDHOUSES! Nick goes up, up, WAYNE’s- NO, Titan stops the cutter to shove and TORNADO DDT! Titan isn’t done there! He suplexes and GOURD- NO! Nick lands out! But Titan goes Matrix and then CALF KICKS! Titan roars, the fans fire up, and Titan has the ripcord, YOYO SLAM!
Titan goes to a corner, skins the cat again, and LA LANCER!!! Titan crawls to the cover, TWO?!?! Nick survives, but Titan ties up the legs! Deathlock, and then LLAVE INMORTAL!! Nick is caught, the straitjacket variation is in, and Nick QUITS!! Titan wins!!
Winner: Titan, by submission (gains 2 points; Nick earns 0)
Nick Wayne falls to 4-5, he is out of the running! But bigger yet, Titan has a win over the ROH World Television Champion! AEW/ROH and CMLL are going to meet in Arena Mexico for Grand Slam: Mexico, could these two run it back with gold on the line?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: MAO VS SHO!
The Strange Love Connection is the first of the top three to compete tonight, and while he has to hope for the others to fall, he still has to do his part and win. Will the Murder Machine make that all moot with another underhanded trick up his sleeve? Or can the star of DDT Pro make it to the finals?
Wait, Mao already turns the tables by pedaling in on his bike! He RAMS Sho down from behind! The fans fire up as Mao hurries to CLUB Sho down! Yujiro Takahashi AND Ren Narita hurry out here already to mug Mao before this on the record! The fans boo but Mao’s friends from DDT Pro are here! Kanon helps fight off the House, and Mao wants fans to clear out! Mao whips, but Sho reverses and BOWLS Mao into chairs! STRIKE! Ren & Yujiro keep the rest of DDT Pro back while Sho CHOKES Mao with a chair! The ref reprimands but Sho shoves him back! Wait, Kanon has the house in headlocks! Shunma Katsumata stops Sho from hitting Mao with the chair!
Sho gets mad hearing that trash talk, but that lets Mao SMACK Sho in the back with a chair! And Mao sends Sho out the door?! The fans rally as everyone is waiting on the street, and Mao runs to FLY! Down goes the House and DDT stands tall! Wait, wait, they spot a fan parked nearby. Mao hops in and he turns the key! The fans cheer as Mao kicks it into drive, and he comes barreling down the road! Sho and the House freak out, and Sho gets SMACKED by the front of the van! The fans cheer and Mao grins as he steps out. The ref reprimands but Mao drags Sho back into the building! Mao says now they can have this match!
Mao makes Sho sit on the hand cart, and Mao pushes Sho back to ringside! The fans cheer as Sho is barely conscious as Mao drags Sho into the ring. The bell finally rings, Mao covers, TWO!! Sho survives Mao’s hit ‘n’ run and Mao can’t believe it! Mao drags Sho up, but the ref wants to check him. Sho sputters and sits up in a daze, and Ren drags Mao out! Ren beats up Mao, beats up on Mao’s team, and Yujiro SMACKS Mao with a chair! The fans boo as they put Mao’s arm in a chair! Yujiro STOMPS away on the chair! Ren POSTS Kanon, and Sho grabs Mao’s bike! Sho brings it over and he runs over Mao’s arm! Sho does wheelies to smash Mao’s arm!
The fans boo but then Sho adds insult to injury by RIPPING OFF the DDT Pro hood off the bike! Sho and the House beat up the bike! The ref reprimands and Mao says they’ll pay for that! Sho CLUBS Mao, puts him in the ring, and then pushes him to a cover, TWO! Sho has the arm for a DOUBLE WRISTLOCK! Mao endures and the fans rally. Mao kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Sho puts Mao on the apron, and he has the arm in the rope! ARM WRINGER! Sho then pulls Mao through the corner, traps his arm against the buckle pad, and then KNEES the arm! Mao is stuck and Sho stands on the arm!
The ref counts, Sho step off, and Mao is freed. The fans rally, Mao throws a forearm but there’s not much to it. Sho kicks Mao, Mao fires more shots, but Sho slips around, GERMAN ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! Mao flails, reaches out, but Sho pulls on the arm! Mao still kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Sho lets Mao go, and Mao clutches his arm. Sho wrenches Mao’s arm, twists it, and hits the ELBOW BREAKER! Sho holds on to wrench and ELBOW BREAKER again! Sho grins as he lets Mao slump down. Sho knuckle locks, wrenches, and ELBOW- SLEEPER!! Mao has Sho now and the fans fire up!
Sho pries at the bad arm, pulls the fingers, but Mao breaks free! Look! HAYMAKER! Sho wobbles and the fans fire up! Mao whips, Sho reverses, but Mao SHOTGUNS! Sho flounders, the fans rally up, and Mao runs to BOOT Sho! Sho sputters, Mao runs again, CANNONBALL! Cover, TWO! Sho survives, but is now in JUST FACELOCK! Sho endures, fights around, and both Ren & Yujiro are on the apron. But Mao’s team YANKS them down! Sho flails, the bell rings, but it was REN! The fans boo the usual tricks from the House, and Mao is upset that he fell for such a basic trick. Mao drags Sho up, but Sho CLAWS Mao’s eyes!
Sjo runs, but Mao uses the ref as a shield! Mao runs, but now Sho uses the ref as a shield! Sho runs but Mao hurdles over the spear! Mao sends the ref back at Sho, then he HIGH JUMP CUTTERS!! The fans fire up and Mao waits on Sho. Sho rises, Mao brings him around, OSAKA RENKAI!! Cover, YUJIRO DRAGS THE REF OUT! The fans boo, Kanon is up but Yuijro & Ren BLAST him! The House mugs Mao, drags him up, and double whip him into a corner. Yujiro BOOTS Mao, Ren ELBOWS Mao, then Ren snapmares Mao to hold him open! Yujiro hits the FALLING HEADBUTT LOW BLOW! The fans boo while Mao writhes!
Ren stands Mao up and Yujiro has his pimp cane! But wait, SPRINGBOARD MISSILE DROPKICK from Shunma! Down goes Tokyo Pimp! Ren BOOTS Shunma, he BOOTS Kanon, but Kanon roars! Ren CLAWS Kanon’s eyes, runs, but Kanon LARIATS! The fans fire up as the full Strange Love Connection aims at Sho, HIGH LOW LARIATS!! Shunma builds speed and he DIVES! Down go Ren & Yujiro! Kanon & Mao set Sho up, but YOSHINOBU KANEMARU shows up! WHISKEY MIST for Kanon, and the BOTTLE SHOT for Mao! The fans boo as the Heel Master helps screw over the enemies of the House!
Kanemaru shoves the ref in and Sho laughs at Mao! STRAITJACKET DRIVER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Mao survives and the fans fire up! But Sho has the ARMBAR!! Mao flails, fights around, and he stacks Sho! TWO and Sho still has the arm! SNAKE BITE!! Mao fights against the modified triangle, fights his way over, and has the ROPEBREAK!! The fans cheer and Sho lets go in frustration. Sho crawls his way over and looks for his things. Sho grabs his Torture Tool and NEVER Openweight Six Man belt. The ref sees the belt and takes that, but then Mao surprises Sho with is iron gauntlet! Mao PUNCHES the Torture Tool down!
Sho dodges the fist, pushes Mao to ropes, and Kanemaru is there! But Mao ducks, WHISKEY MIST hits Sho! Mao BOOTS Kanemaru, then powers up the gauntlet! ROCKET PUNCH!! And then SAMURAI SUPERKICK!! Cover, TWO?!?! Sho survives, but Mao says he’ll finish this now! Mao drags Sho to a drop zone, climbs up the corner, and 450 SPLASHES!!! Cover, MAO WINS!!
Winner: Mao, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Sho earns 0)
Sho tried to stack the deck, but justice was still served! Mao is alive in the block, if only for now. Can he count on Robbie Eagles AND Taiji Ishimori to bring down El Desperado and Yoh?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS Robbie Eagles!
The Rogue Luchador still has that target on his back, not only because he could go to the finals with his win and Yoh’s loss, but because he is THE IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Could the Sniper of the Skies kill two birds with one victory? Or is Despy about to go back-to-back at the BOSJ finals?
Eagles shows off his Soul of PWA Championship, and makes a point that it is bigger and shinier. Despy says yeah, that’s nice. The fans rally and duel already, and the bell rings. Despy and Eagles circle, the fans rally more, and they feel things out. The fans already start up “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” so Eagles joins in! “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” The fans applaud, Eagles mocks Despy’s bow and waving arms, then the two tie up. Despy waistlocks, Eagles switches but Despy wrenches. Eagles rolls, wrenches, hammerlocks, but Despy headlocks for the takeover.
Eagles headscissors, Despy rolls Eagles around to then float, but Eagles gets his leg guard up. Eagles wrangles Despy and goes for a leg, but Despy rolls to have a toehold. Eagles kicks Despy down to have the HEEL HOOK! Despy scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets go, and Despy goes to the apron. Eagles smirks and eggs Despy on. Despy rises up, the fans rally and duel, and Despy steps inside. Despy and Eagles circle, tie up, and Despy powers Eagles to the ropes. Red Shoes counts the break, Despy lets off to pat Eagles on the shoulder. But then he KNEES low! Despy whips, but Eagles holds ropes to block!
Despy still tries, Eagles still holds on, but Despy CLAWS Eagles’ eyes! Red Shoes reprimands but Despy whips, only for Eagles to go up and around to arm-drag! Things keep moving, Eagles hurdles then RANAS, but Despy sunset flips through! TWO, Eagles high stacks, TWO! Both men stand, Despy KNEES low again, then whips. Eagles reverses to WHEEL KICK and kip up! The fans fire up and Eagles paces. Despy rises but Eagles is on him with a CHOP! Despy goes to ropes, Eagles is on him in the corner. Eagles CHOPS, puts Despy’s leg in ropes, and pulls! Despy shouts for Red Shoes, Red Shoes counts, and Eagles lets go, to basement 619!
Despy tumbles out of the ring, the fans rally, and Eagles paces. Eagles mockingly calls for Despy, then goes to the outside. Eagles stomps away on Despy’s leg, and then SMASHES it on the floor! Eagles flexes, says hey to Ninja Mack on commentary, then goes for Despy. Despy fires body shots and CHOPS, but Eagles TACKLES him down! Eagles YANKS Despy’s leg, puts him in the ring, then sits him up to step over and tie up the legs! STUMP PULLER! Despy endures and clubs at Eagles’ leg, but Eagles drops back to make this a cover, ONE!! The fans cheer as Despy sits up. Eagles KICKS, KICKS, and KICKS! But Despy blcoks!
Despy spins Eagles, Eagles knees free, then Eagles runs, but Despy dropkicks a leg! Despy grabs that leg for a SHIN BREAKER! The fans fire up while Eagles writhes. Despy has the leg and SPLASHES down on it! Eagles kicks at Despy from the mat, but Despy pushes on a leg to have a toehold! Eagles endures, Despy drags him around, and ties up the legs for an INDIAN DEATHLOCK! Despy slaps his own leg into working, but Eagles sits up to CHOP! Despy eggs him on so Eagles CHOPS again! And CHOPS again! Despy “falls over” and that puts on more pressure! Eagles flails while Despy just lounges. Eagles crawls over, pushes Despy out of his way, and has the ROPEBREAK!
The fans applaud and Red Shoes calls the break. Despy claims he needs help, but Eagles fires hands! Despy lets go, but he kneels on the bad leg! Eagles has the ropes again, Red Shoes counts, and Despy finally stands. Eagles crawls away, but he refuses to let Red Shoes stop this. Despy drags Eagles up but Eagles fires body shots and forearms! Despy KNEES low, but Eagles BOOTS! Eagles whips, Despy reverses, but Eagles fights the spinebuster! Despy KNEES low again, suplexes, but Eagles slips free to CHOP BLOCK and BLINDSLIDE LARIAT! Despy tumbles out, the fans rally up, and Eagles pushes through the pain to DIVE!
The fans fire up with Eagles but he still hobbles on that bad leg. Eagles sees a young fan dressed like him and cheers with him. Eagles then puts Despy in the ring, pounds the apron, and the fans rally up more. Eagles springboards to SNIPER DROPKICK! And then he has the leg to roll Despy into the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Despy shouts and flails, scratches and claws, and makes his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets go, then Eagles drags Despy to center. Despy kicks at Eagles, but Eagles KICKS the leg! Despy writhes, Eagles hobbles, and they go to opposite corners. Eagles runs in, but Despy dodges!
Eagles’ knees hit buckles, Despy runs up, and Despy blocks a boot! Despy kicks one leg, and DRAGON SCREWS the other! Then he has the STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles flails, reaches out, but Despy thrashes him around! Eagles lunges to the ROPEBREAK! Despy lets go and the fans rally again. Despy hobbles over to bring Eagles up, and he reels Eagles in. Despy suplexes high and hard! Cover, TWO! The fans applaud while Despy drags Eagles up. Despy gut wrenches for GUITARRA- NO, Eagles slips free and waistlocks! Despy ELBOWS Eagles, whips, but Eagles reverses, only for Despy to reverse and SPINEBUSETR! High stack, TWO!
Despy has the STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles endures, Despy thrashes, then Despy rolls Eagles away to have NUMERO DOS! Eagles reaches out with his free arm, then activates the core to sit up! Eagles DESTROY- NO, Despy blocks the rolling driver, tucks Eagles in, but Eagles CLUBS away on the legs! Eagles slips free, wrangles Despy, and has the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Despy endures, reaches out, and he crawls forward. Despy drags Eagles along with him, but Eagles drags Despy back! Eagles puts on the pressure and the fans are thunderous! Despy fights his way forward again, but Eagles thrashes around! Despy gives it one last gasp and he has the ROPEBREAK!!
Eagles lets go, to drop KNEES on the knee! Then GROUND DRAGON SCREW! Then SPINNING TOEHOLD! Despy writhes, Eagles goes out and up, for WARP 4.5, but onto KNEES! Well, to clarify, the legs are usually the target, but Despy gets his knees up to jam Eagles! Both men are down and the fans rally up again. Eagles and Despy stir, then crawl for each other. They go forehead to forehead, then rise up to go forearm for forearm! The fans rally as the shots go back and forth! Despy slaps his leg into working, ROCKS Eagles, and then stands. Eagles ROCKS Despy, Despy ROCKS Eagles again, but now Eagles UPPERCUTS!
The fans rally up more as Despy storms back up. He SLAPS Eagles! Eagles takes off the headband and bandana! Eagles huffs ‘n’ puffs and SLAPS Despy! And SLAPS, and KICKS! Despy ROCKS Eagles, but Eagles says I’LL BE BACK! ROUNDHOUSE! SUPERKICK! ENZI- NO, Despy ducks to roll and STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles rolls Despy to a cover, TWO! Eagles schoolboys with a bridge, TWO! Despy stands, Eagles SOBATS, then ASAI DDTS! Cover, TWO!! Despy stands, spins Eagles around and around, then PINCHE LOCO!! But Despy can’t make the cover! The fans fire up as Despy crawls and covers, TWO!!!
The fans fire up as Eagles survives! Despy rises, brings Eagles around, and Despy underhooks. TIGER DRIVER!! And then he underhooks again, but Eagles fireman’s carries! Eagles shifts things around to hit the TURBO BACKPACK!! Eagles crawls to the cover, TWO!! Despy survives and the fans are thunderous! Eagles goes to the corner, takes aim, and he basement SUPERKICKS!! Eagles can’t make the cover, his bad leg hurts too much! The fans rally harder as both men rise, and Eagles is back at the corner. Eagles runs to HYPER- NO, Despy ducks and has the leg! STRETCH MUFFLER! NUMERO DOS!! Eagles flails, sits up again, but Despy makes it a SPINEBUTER!!
Despy has NUMERO DOS PLUS!!! Eagles dangles as he endures, and he QUITS! Despy wins!!!
Winner: El Desperado, by submission (gains 2 points; Eagles earns 0)
The Sniper could not take out the Rogue Luchador, and Desperado is still in the running! With that, Mao is now out of the running, too, so it all comes down to the main event!
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Taiji Ishimori!
The pressure is on for Direct Drive! Yoh beat Despy in their 1v1, so if Yoh wins, he is in! Will this be a fresh finals for the Best of the Super Juniors? Or can the Bone Soldier help Despy make it through?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Yoh and Taiji circle, feel things out, and they tie up. Taiji wrenches to a wristlock, but Yoh rolls then trips Taiji. Taiji counters by going for the armbar, but Yoh stacks Taiji to a cover, ONE! The two back off and the fans cheer. Yoh and Taiji reset, circle again, and feel things out. They knuckle lock, but then Yoh goes for a leg. Taiji holds him off and puts him on ropes. Red Shoes calls the break, and Taiji lets off with pats to the shoulder. The two reset again, tie up, and Taiji headlocks. Yoh fires body shots, powers up and out, then drops down. Yoh bypasses Taiji, drop toeholds, but Taiji avoids the basement dropkick!
Yoh avoids a Penalty Kick, but Taiji kicks low to snapmare and NECK- NO, Yoh victory rolls, so that he can NECK TWIST! The fans rally while Taiji goes to ropes. Yoh runs up, Taiji puts him on the apron, but Yoh blocks a shot. Taiji ducks Yoh’s punch to HOTSHOT him down! Taiji then runs to a corner, goes up, up, and GOLDEN TRIANGLE MOONSAULTS! The fans fire up and Taiji brings Yoh around. Taiji hammerlocks Yoh’s arm and POSTS him! Yoh staggers away, Taiji goes off to the blue corner and he undoes the buckle pad. The Bullet Club Special is in play, but Taiji waits as the ring count climbs.
Yoh stands at 3 of 20, shakes out the bad arm, and rolls in at 8. The fans cheer, Taiji storms up, but Yoh fires a forearm! Taiji fires back, snapmares, and NECK TWISTS! The fans cheer while Yoh clutches his neck and shoulder. Taiji drags Yoh up, snapmares, and FIST DROPS! Cover, TWO! Taiji sits Yoh up to clamp on with a chinlock! Yoh endures the knee in his back, then fights his way around. Yoh reaches out, but Taiji turns him with a wristlock. Taiji wrenches and WRINGS Yoh to then WRING the arm again! Yoh scrambles to ropes while the fans cheer. Taiji storms over, grabs the arm, and has a COBRA CLUTCH!
Yoh endures as Taiji drags him away to center. Yoh kicks and reaches out, then fights up. Taiji ripcords to RAM Yoh, then COBRA CLUTCH and a takedown! COBRA TRIANGLE! The fans rally as Yoh endures, and Yoh kicks around to have the ROPEBREAK! Taiji lets go in frustration, and Yoh coughs and sputters as he catches his breath. Taiji CLUBS Yoh, drags him up, but Yoh fires forearms and kicks! Taiji BODY BLOWS, then CLUBS Yoh! Yoh goes back to the ropes, Taiji brings him around to whip into a corner. Taiji runs up, but Yoh BOOTS him away! Taiji comes back, but into a clinch, BACKBREAKER and NECKBREAKER!
The fans rally while both men are down again. Yoh and Taiji rise, and Yoh runs up to rally with forearms! Yoh whips, Taiji reverses, but Yoh FLYING FOREARMS! The fans fire up with Yoh, and he brings Taiji up. Yoh scoops Taiji to SLAM him, and then he revels in cheers. Yoh drops the ELBOW, then covers. TWO, and Yoh drops the KNEE! Cover, TWO and Yoh SPLASHES down! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer and Yoh shakes out the arm. Yoh drags Taiji up, reels him in, but Taiji fights the suplex to wrench and ARM CODE BREAKER! Then BONE LOCK! But Yoh rolls it fast! TWO!! Taiji kicks low, CLAWS Yoh’s eyes, then whips.
Yoh reverses, Taiji handsprings, but Yoh catches him! Taiji switches, ducks an elbow, then spins Yoh around, to POST him! The Bullet Club Special comes through, and Taiji brings Yoh out. Taiji hammerlocks the arm, scoops, and SHOULDER BUSTERS! Yoh writhes, Taiji goes back to the corner, and the fans rally up. Taiji runs back in, tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTIC- NO, Yoh spins that into a COBRA TWIST! Yoh then shifts to throw elbows, and he puts on the ANACONDA VICE! Taiji reaches out, fights his way over, but Yoh wrangles him to the mat! Taiji endures, rolls, pops free, and has the BONE LOCK!!
Yoh endures again and the fans rally back up! Yoh fights around, reaches out, but Taiji rolls him back for BLOODY- NO, Yoh handsprings through and O’Conner Rolls! Taiji stops the bridge, pushes Yoh down, BONE LOCK!! Yoh endures again and the fans rally! Yoh fights over again, and has the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer as Yoh literally escapes by a foot. Taiji lets go, then grins as he brings Yoh back up. Taiji gut wrenches, and CIPHER UTAKI! But Taiji says that’s not all! He aims his finger gun, says BANG, and then brings Yoh back in. But Yoh suplexes, FALCON GOROSHI! Both men are down and the fans rally up again!
Yoh and Taiji slowly stir, rise up, and Yoh fires a forearm! Taiji fires back! Yoh fires another, Taiji fires another, repeat! They pick up speed and the fans rally! Taiji LARIATS but Yoh stays up! Yoh LARIATS but Taiji stays up! They both roar, and DOUBLE LARIAT! Yoh runs up but Taiji JUMP KNEES! BANG and BLOODY- NO, Yoh wrenches out to HEADBUTT! Both men fall and the fans fire up! Taiji and Yoh stir, but Yoh sits up first. Yoh roars, slaps his bad arm into working, and then crawls over to Taiji. Yoh underhooks but Taiji fights the lift! Taiji wrenches out but Yoh full nelsons! Taiji fights that, but Yoh ripcords!
Taiji blocks the knee but that hurts his harm! Taiji takes a swing, but into the ANACONDA VICE! Taiji fights the hold, wrenches out, and tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTICA! BONE LOCK!!! Yoh fights around, reaches out, but Taiji rolls him! Yoh uses that to have the ANACONDA VICE!!! Taiji endures, fights to sit up, and then he stands to fire body shots. Taiji RAMS Yoh into the bare buckles! Both men fall back and the fans rally harder! Taiji drags Yoh up, reels him in, but Yoh blocks! Yoh fireman’s carries, and he hits an USHIGOROSHI! The fans fire up and Yoh full nelsons Taiji! DRAGON SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!!
Taiji escapes but Yoh vows to end this! The fans are thunderous as Yoh hauls Taiji up! DIRECT DRIVE!!! Cover, YOH WINS!!!
Winner: Yoh, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taiji earns 0)
The Bone Soldier fails, and now Desperado is NOT going to the finals! Desperado will now be on the outside looking in, waiting for his next challenger.
Speaking of which, Kosei Fujita now makes his way out here to be face to face with Yoh. Yoh holds the ropes open for Fujita to step into the ring. Fujita and Yoh get face to face, and Fujita points at the tag title on Yoh’s shoulder, because he also wants that belt. Yoh knows, since he and Wato took it from Fujita & Eagles. But Yoh dismisses Fujita, they’ll meet again on June 1st. Yoh then takes up the mic to tell Fujita, “Ya bastard… I’ll show you true chaos! Now, just one more win. In Ota, the best wind will blow.” Yoh drops the mic to leave it at that. Will that wind be the winds of change? Or will Yoh fail to bring down The Mighty Japanese Young Punk?
Here are the FINAL B Block standings!
YOH: 6-3, 12 points [FINALIST]
El Desperado: 6-3, 12 points [ELIMINATED]
MAO: 6-3, 12 points [ELIMINATED]
Taiji Ishimori: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Robbie Eagles: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
SHO: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Nick Wayne: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Kevin Knight: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Titan: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-6, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
My Thoughts:
A great night to wrap round nine and therefore the round robin portion. No repeat BOSJ finalists, which is actually great because now we’ve got a fresh match-up. Taguchi VS Knight was still a great match for not affecting outcomes, and Knight gets to return to AEW with a win. The flipside is Titan gets a win over Nick Wayne, I really do think it books itself, Nick VS Titan for the ROH World TV Championship on Grand Slam: Mexico. Christian Cage can even be condescending to Nick over how Nick didn’t make it to the finals, adding to that feud. Nick can beat Titan in the rematch, then get in Christian’s face to make a match for All In: Texas, or at least Supercard of Honor where ROH titles should be showing up anyway.
Great stuff with Mao and his team against Sho and the House of Torture. I was pleasantly surprised that Mao won, and I wonder if the House of Torture goes to a DDT Pro show to battle it out with Strange Love Connection. Mao winning also added great drama to the remaining matches, Despy VS Eagles was awesome stuff, probably the actual best match of the night. Yoh VS Taiji wasn’t quite as hot going by the crowd, but Yoh getting the win to shut the door on Despy was good. Yoh VS Fujita will be great, a bit hard to call, but that makes it fun.
My Score: 9/10
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