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Mitchell’s ROH Supercard of Honor Results & Report! (4/5/24)

History, destiny, legacy!

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There can only be one “first!”

Billie Starkz and Queen Aminata fight to be the inaugural ROH Women’s World TV Championship while Athena and Shida fight for THE Women’s World title! Will the Shining Samurai dethrone the Fallen Goddess?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Zero Hour – Six Man Tag: The Premier Athletes VS Rhett Titus, Tony Deppen & Adam Priest; The Premier Athletes win.
  • Zero Hour – The Beast Mortos VS Blake Christian; The Beast wins.
  • Zero Hour – Spanish Announce Project VS Griff Garrison & Cole Karter w/ Maria Kanellis; Griff & Karter win.
  • Zero Hour – Mariah May VS Momo Kohgo; Mariah wins.
  • ROH World Television Championship: Kyle Fletcher VS Lee Johnson; Kyle wins and retains the title.
  • Six Woman Tag: Mina Shirakawa, Maika & Mei Seira VS Saya Kamitani, Tam Nakano & AZM; Mina, Maika & Mei win.
  • ROH World Tag Team Championships: The Kingdom VS The Infantry; The Kingdom wins and retain the titles.
  • ROH Women’s World Television Championship Tournament Finals: Queen Aminata VS Billie Starkz; Billie wins and is the inaugural ROH Women’s World Television Champion.
  • ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship Open Challenge: Bullet Club Gold VS Lance Archer, Alex Zayne & Minoru Suzuki; Bullet Club Gold wins and and retain the titles.
  • Fight Without Honor: Dalton Castle VS Johnny TV w/ Taya Valkyrie; Castle wins.
  • ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena VS Hikaru Shida; Athena wins and retains the title.
  • ROH World Championship: Eddie Kingston VS Mark Briscoe; Mark wins and becomes the new ROH World Champion.

PLAY BY PLAY

Home, there’s no place like it.

“Something familiar… Something deeper… Like someone’s watching over you. Over 20 years ago, an era of honor began here. Tonight, ROH returns to the City of Brotherly Love. This is Philadelphia, this is Supercard of Honor. This is home.”

 

Nigel McGuinness is here!

The former ROH World Champion is back on commentary for this one, because that’s how big tonight is for ROH!

 

ROH World Television Championship: Kyle Fletcher VS Lee Johnson!

The Protostar sees himself as THE star of this generation, and so far he’s made quite the case for himself since winning this title at Final Battle. But will the Aussie Arrow continue to prove himself? Or will it only take Big Shotty this one shot to hit the mark?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who’s really the Face of ROH TV!

The bell rings and the fans fire up already. The fans chant “AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE! OI OI OI!” as Kyle and Lee stare down. They step up, Lee offers the Code of Honor, but Kyle kicks it away! The fans boo and Kyle circles around Lee. Lee and Kyle tie up, Lee waistlocks, but Kyle fights the lift. Kyle switches to SLAM Lee, then taunts him. Lee gets up while the fans rally up. Kyle eggs Lee on, he and Lee tie back up. Kyle headlocks, but Lee powers out to headlock back. Kyle powers out and he runs Lee over! The fans are torn as Kyle flexes, but Lee shakes it off. Kyle brings Lee up but Lee waistlocks. Kyle bucks the O’Conner, things speed up and Lee DROPKICKS!

Kyle staggers to a corner and the fans fire up with Lee. Lee bumps Kyle off buckles, CHOPS him, and the fans “WOO~!” Kyle goes to another corner, Lee storms up to CHOP again! The fans fire up while Kyle drops to his knees. Lee storms up on Kyle, but Kyle blocks the whips. Lee ROCKS Kyle, whips him, but Kyle reverses to pop-up and SWINGING SIDE SLAM! The fans fire up as Kyle shows off that strength! Kyle drags Lee up, brings him around, and bumps him off buckles. Kyle winds up to CHOP! The fans “WOO~!” as Kyle watches that homer fly. The fans want that “One More Time!” Kyle says alright, and he goes back to Lee.

Kyle stands Lee up, but Lee avoids the chop to CHOP, CHOP and CHOP! Lee runs, but Kyle CLOBBERS him with an elbow! Kyle fires up and the fans fire up with him! Kyle watches Lee go to ropes, then gets the legs to YANK Lee up! Lee lands on his feet, slips around and rolls Kyle up, TWO! Lee goes to a corner, goes up and over as Kyle runs in, and then runs in to CHOP! Lee whips, runs in, CHOP! Another whip, but Kyle reverses. Kyle runs in, but Lee throws him up and out! Kyle hits off apron on his way down! Lee builds speed as the fans rally, and Lee FLIES! Direct hit and down goes Kyle! Philly is all fired up with Big Shotty!

Lee gets Kyle up to go for railing. Kyle stops that, then kicks low. Kyle suplexes Lee onto the railing! Lee falls into the crowd, the ref checks, and somehow Lee is okay. Kyle gets a chair and positions it just right. Kyle runs up and uses the chair to LAUNCH over and CANNONBALL Lee! Kyle has the fans all fired up, but then flips off the haters. Kyle goes back for Lee, tosses him back to ringside, and Kyle puts Lee in the ring. Kyle underhooks, lifts, BUTTERFLY BACK SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! Lee survives but Kyle keeps calm. Kyle drags Lee up, the fans rally, and Lee throws body shots! Kyle ROCKS Lee with a forearm!

Kyle stands Lee up but Lee ducks to CHOP and CHOP and CHOP! Lee whips, Kyle reverses but Lee ducks to NECKBREAKER! Lee kips up and the fans fire up as he runs, slides and PENALTY KICKS! STANDING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO! Kyle stays in this but Lee stays cool. The fans rally, Lee waistlocks, but Kyle switches. Lee switches, Kyle switches, repeat! They go again and again then Kyle facelocks and suplexes! Kyle fires up while the fans again chant “AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE! OI OI OI!” Lee crawls to a corner, Kyle takes aim, and Kyle runs in, but Lee gets around! Lee rolls Kyle, Kyle rolls through!

Kyle runs up but Lee dodges, BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, TWO! Kyle is still in this and Lee grows frustrated. The fans rally again and Kyle flounders to a corner. Lee runs in, blocks a boot, but not the SUPERKICK! Kyle goes up, but Lee GAMANGIRIS! Lee climbs after Kyle, but Kyle shoves him away! Lee backflips through, comes back, but Kyle scoops him! SUPER MICHINOKU DRIVER!! Cover, TWO!! Lee survives and shocks Philly! Kyle looms over Lee, crown up and then slash of the throat. He hauls Lee up but Lee fights the driver! Kyle CLUBS away on Lee, then tries again. But Lee turns bomb into SPIKE RANA! Cover, TWO!!

Lee SUPERKICKS! Kyle stays up, so Lee SUPERKICKS again! Kyle falls, and the fans fire up as Lee climbs! But Kyle springs to his feet to KICK the legs out! Lee flounders up, into the GAMANGIRI! Kyle suplexes to BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Lee still lives, but Kyle hauls him right up! Lee tries to rana but Kyle powers him back up, LAST RIDE!! Cover, TWO?!? Lee survives and no one can believe it! But the fans are loving it all the same! “This is Awesome!” as both men slowly stir. Kyle gets to his feet, scowls and seethes, and he goes back to Lee. Lee is dazed, Kyle KICKS him in the chest!

Lee sits back up, punches himself to wake back up, and then he eggs Kyle on. So Kyle KICKS him again! Lee roars through the pain! Kyle likes the fighting spirit, but then Lee blocks the kick! Lee ROCKS Kyle, Kyle ROLLING ELBOWS Lee! Lee staggers to ropes, Kyle storms up and KICKS, KICKS, KICKS! The ref counts, Kyle lets off at 4, and Lee flops to the apron. Lee is still in this somehow, so Kyle goes out after him. Kyle drags Lee up, scoops him, but Lee fights and flails to turn things around! APRON SHOTTY DROP!! Both men are down after landing hard on that edge! A ring count starts, and both men stir at 5 of 20.

The count reaches 10 of 20 while both men are still down. Kyle sits up first, in a daze, and we hit 15! It’s 17! 18! Both men leap in at 19.5! The fans fire up and the two crawl towards each other. They get face to face, then go forearm for forearm! Lee gets the edge and fires a flurry! Lee roars, but Kyle ROCKS him! Kyle winds up, but Lee ducks the superkick to give a SUPERKICK! Kyle dodges the next one, to HALF ‘N’ HALF! But Lee rises!? POISON-RANA!! Kyle staggers to his feet, Lee roars, but Kyle CALF KICKS at the ropes! Kyle wrenches, hammerlocks, half nelsons, but Lee fights the lift! So Kyle scoops old school and hits a TOMBSTONE!! Cover, TWO?!!?

Kyle can’t believe it! Lee is showing something special and Philly is behind him! Kyle scowls, drags Lee up, and puts him on the top rope. Kyle SLAPS Lee, climbs up, and then brings Lee up. But Lee fights with body shots! Lee CLUBS Kyle, adjusts his position, and SUPER DESTROYERS!!! Lee hurries right back up and the fans are thunderous! FROG SPLASH!! Lee isn’t done, he reloads up top! FROG SPLASH!!! Cover, TWO?!?!? Kyle survives, Lee is shocked and Philly is electric! “This is Awesome!” as Lee rises and Kyle sits up in a daze. Lee beats his chest, he’s all fired up! Lee dragon sleepers, but Kyle spins that around!

Kyle scoops, Lee fights it but Kyle still LAWN DARTS him! Kyle stands Lee up again, pats him on the cheek, then goes corner to corner, GAMANGIRI! Then right up top, for the SUPER TOP ROPE BRAINBUSTER!!! Cover, Kyle wins!!

Winner: Kyle Fletcher, by pinfall (still ROH World TV Champion)

Lee Johnson’s red hot win streak ends at 9-1! Kyle keeps hold of the gold, but he does show Lee respect by offering the handshake. Lee takes it, and fans cheer as these two right here are truly the future of wrestling! How much harder will everyone else have to fight just to keep up?

 

Six Woman Tag: Mina Shirakawa, Maika & Mei Seira VS Saya Kamitani, Tam Nakano & AZM!

Six of Stardom’s best are here to show the world what Joshi wrestling is all about! The Fighting H-Cup teams with The Crimson Cannon Empress and The Moon Star against The Golden Phoenix, The Shining Dream and The Highspeed Superstar, whose stars will shine brightest tonight?

The Code of Honor is upheld by all six, then trios sort out. AZM starts against Mei and the fans rally up with the bell. They approach, then Mei dodges. Mei says she’s smarter than that, but AZM mule kicks low! AZM whips, Mei reverses then hurdles, drops, but AZM comes back. Mei dodges, drop toeholds, then Oklahoma Rolls, ONE! Mei whips, then follows, but AZM dodges, ducks but Mei redirects! They both keep going, dropkicks cancel out and they both kip up! The fans cheer that fast exchange, and AZM offers another handshake. Mei thinks about it, but then she blocks AZM’s kick! Mei ROCKS AZM and the fans fire up.

Mei runs but Saya gets a cheap shot in! Then AZM DROPKICKS Mei down! AZM tags Tam then DECKS Mina. Tam snapmares Mei to the corner and the whole team digs their boots in! The fans boo, the ref counts, and Tam’s team lets off. Tam whips Mei to a corner, runs in and BACK ELBOWS! She snapmares and rolls with Mei to KICK, KICK and AX KICK! Cover, TWO! Tam drags Mei up but Mei throws a forearm! The fans rally, Tam eggs Mei on, and Mei fires off more and more forearms! Tam winds up to DECK Mei! Tam drags Mei up, the fans rally, and Tam scoops, only for Mei to fight free! Mei blocks a shot to SUPERKICK!

Mei runs, to BLOCKBUSTER! The fans fire up as Mei crawls to her corner, hot tag to Maika! THE World of Stardom Champion has the fans fired up as she runs to clothesline Tam in the corner! Maika keeps moving and she runs Tam over! The fans fire up, Saya runs up and kicks low! Tam gets up, she and Saya mug Maika! But Maika fights the double suplex to DOUBLE SUPLEX back! Maika drags Tam up, kicks low and whips. Tam reverses but Maika reverses back to scoop. Tam waistlocks, Maika elbows free, then runs. Tam goes Matrix to then sunset flip! Maika rolls through but Tam SHOTGUNS her down!

The fans fire up and Tam runs side to side to KNEE Maika in the ropes! Cover, TWO! Maika stays in this but AZM tags in! AZM climbs, Maika stands, and AZM MISSILE DROPKICKS! Cover, TWO! But into a FUJIWARA! AZM gets the other arm, RINGS OF SATURN! Saya and Tam intercept Mei and Mina, but Maika fights right up! She RAMS AZM into buckles! Maiak goes corner to corner, but AZM dodges! Saya & Tam join in, TRIPLE KICK in the corner! AZM keeps going, LA MYSTICA into FUJIWARA!! Then DISARM-HER!! Mina kicks free of Saya to CLOBBER AZM! Saya goes after Mina, Tam and Mei brawl on the outside!

Saya throws Mina out, and AZM goes up top! Mina hurries over but Saya stops her! AZM leaps, Maika dodges the double stomps! Mei CODE BREAKERS, then sets up so Mina can run in, POMMEL HORSE TORNILLO! Maika adds a SLIDING LARIAT! Cover, TWO!! AZM survives but the fans fire up! Maika drags AZM up to suplex, but AZM fights that to suplex in return! AZM sits Maika up, runs, but Maika scoops! FALL AWAY SLAM, and Maika doesn’t even need to leave her feet! But AZM’s right up, and she ROUNDHOUSES Maika! The fans fire up while both women are down! They crawl for their corners, hot tags to Saya and Mina!

The fans fire up as Mina dodges Saya’s boot, then dodges again! Saya goes Matrix to dodge Mina, then mule kicks! Saya runs, but Mina dropkicks the legs out! Mina gets Saya’s leg to SMASH it! Saya writhes, Mina gets the leg again and drops an elbow on it! And another! Mina shimmies and shakes to drop another elbow! Mina lets off of the toehold to drag Saya up, SHIN BREAKER! Saya writhes, Mina pushes her and steps over, but Saya kicks her away! Roll-up, roll through, but Mina fights the German Suplex! Mina KICKS the leg, then runs, but Saya follows and WHEEL KICKS! The fans fire up, Tam runs up to BOOT Mei!

AZM BLASTS Maika, too, and Saya snapmares Mina. Tam & AZM run to DOUBLE PENALTY KICK! Saya then NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, TWO!! Mina survives and the fans fire up! Tam & AZM keep Maika & Mei on the outside. Saya whips Mina to a corner, runs in, but Mina goes to the apron! Mina ducks, ROCKS and goes up to REBOUND ENZIGIRI! Cover, TWO! Mina keeps cool while her team fights back. Mina says up Saya’s, then dragon sleepers! But Saya fights free! Mei DROPKICKS Saya! Maika joins Mina and two-thirds of Empress Nexus Venus get Saya up, cross leg and GOURD BUSTER!

Maika then goes out to help Mei against AZM and Tam! Mina gets Saya back up, Electric Chair Lifts, and SPINNING FACEBUSTER! Mina then gets the legs, FIGURE FOUR!! Saya endures, even as Mina bridges up! But AZM runs in to DOUBLE STOMP Mina! AZM and Tam brawl with Maika and Mei! Maika and Mei whip, but Tam and AZM get around to shove Maika and Mina into each other! HEEL KICK for Maika, ROUNDHOUSE for Mei! The fans fire up with Tam and AZM. AZM sets Mina’s team up together, Tam goes up, SUPER CROSSBODY! Tam takes them all out and the fans fire back up!

Tam roars and she gets Mina up to put her in. Tam and AZM rally for Saya and the fans fire up, too! Saya aims from the apron, springboards in, and CROSSBODIES! Cover, TWO! Mina stays in this for her team, but Saya brings her up. Mina fights the fisherman but Saya ducks the lariat to roll and deadlift BACK SUPLEX, into a bridge! TWO!! Mina escapes, but Tam and AZM keep Maika and Mei out of the ring! Saya fires up, drags Mina back up, and has the fisherman. Mina slips free, shoves Saya, then ROLLING ELBOWS! Saya falls, the ref checks, but it wasn’t a knockout. Mina fires up and the fans rally again.

Mina storms up on Saya, stands her up, and URAKENS!! Cover, TWO!! Saya survives and Mina is furious! Mina stands Saya up, runs, but into a SNAP-RANA!! Cover, TWO!!! Mina escapes, stands up, and she wrangles Saya into GLAMOROUS COLLECTION MINA! Cover, Tam & AZM break it up! Mei goes after them but they mug her first. They double whip Mei, but she ducks the lariats and Maika DOUBLE LARIATS them! Maika and Mei get AZM and Tam outta there, brawl on the outside, and the fans rally as both Saya and Mina slowly rise. Mina roars, as does Saya! They both run in, but Saya BOOTS Mina down!

But Mina rises?!? GLAMOROUS SWORD ENZIGIRI!! Cover, TWO?!?! Saya survives and Mina is pulling at her hair! The fans fire up, Mina dragon sleepers, then ties up Saya’s legs, FIGURE FOUR DRIVER MINA!! Cover, Team Mina wins!

Winners: Mina Shirakawa, Maika & Mei Seira, by pinfall

Philly cheers on the winners, but all six showed the power of their promotion! Wait! Mariah May storms out here! She won big in the Zero Hour over Momo Kohgo, but she gets right in her old mentor’s face! Mina asks what this is about, and pushes Mariah back. Mariah picks Mina up to celebrate with her! The fans cheer the Rose Gold reunion, and Mariah brings out the bubbly! She wants to toast with her old friends, and gets the champagne flowing! Mariah pours everyone a glass, and then KANPAI~! A great moment here, will Mariah help keep the bond between Stardom and ROH strong?

 

ROH World Tag Team Championships: The Kingdom VS The Infantry!

After conspiring with Adam Cole in order to screw over MJF, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett once again reign over the ROH Tag Division. However, their arrogance cost them in the Proving Grounds just last night! Will they have to go back to Boot Camp? Or will Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo see Thy Kingdom Come?

The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see who comes marching in!

The teams sort out, but then The Kingdom attacks first! The fans boo as Bennett beats down Bravo and Taven stomps away on Dean! The ref reprimands but Taven ROCKS Carlie! Taven stomps a mudhole in, digs his boot into Bravo’s neck, and Bennett CHOPS Dean! Bennett stomps Dean, digs his boot in, and Taven brings Carlie up. Taven whips, Carlie holds ropes and BOOTS back! Bennett clotheslines Carlie to the apron and the KICK OF THE KING sends Carlie down! Now the bell rings, Bennett brings Dean up but Dean cradle counters! Taven breaks the cover! Taven goes to the Kingdom’s corner so he can tag in.

Bennett hauls Dean up and whips him into a BOOT! Bennett ROCKS Dean, Taven goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Taven is annoyed but he keeps on Dean. Taven bumps Dean off buckles, tags in Bennett, and Bennett CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Dean fires up, he ELBOWS Taven and CHOPS Bennett! And CHOPS, and CHOPS and CHOPS! Bennett turns things around to CHOP and CHOP and CHOP! Dean CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS! Bennett CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS! Dean CHOPS, CHOPS, CHOPS, CHOPS, CHOPS and the fans fire up! Dean then scoops to SLAM Bennett, “OORAH~!”

Dean runs to ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Dean keeps Bennett from Taven, tags Bravo, and Dean bumps Bennett off buckles. Bravo runs in to BOOT! Then Bravo bumps Bennett off buckles, Dean runs in to back elbow! Bravo PLANCHAS out onto Taven! Dean sends Bennett out, Bravo sets The Kingdom up and Dean builds speed! Dean FLIES and takes The Kingdom down! The fans fire up and The Infantry gets Bennett into the ring. The Infantry double whip, but Bennett KICKS Dean away! Bennett TOSSES Bravo to the ramp, but Dean CROSSBODIES Bennett and himself out! Taven builds speed to FLY out onto them all!

The fans fire up while all four men are down! Taven brings Bravo off the ramp and tells fans to move. The fans step back, Taven gives Bravo a GOURD BUSTER on the railing! Bennett reels Dean in, but Dean back drops free! Taven brings out a table and he sets that up at ringside. Dean and Bennett brawl on the ramp but Taven storms up. Dean ROCKS Taven, but Bennett ROLLING ELBOWS Dean! Bennett wants to end Dean, Taven goes up the rope! HAIL MARY to the ramp!! Bennett says night night while the ref checks Dean. Taven says The Infantry really messed up this time! They asked for it but now they get it!

Bravo crawls to Dean but Taven brings him up. Taven TOSSES Bravo into the ring, then he and Bennett storm up. The Kingdom double whip, POP-UP BOSTON BAYONET! Cover, TWO! Bravo stays in this but Bennett stomps him around. Bennett stand Bravo up to CHOP him down! Bennett bumps Bravo off buckles, puts him up top, and Taven CLUBS Bravo into the Tree of Woe! Bennett runs to basement dropkick! Bravo falls out of the Tree, Bennett covers, TWO! Tag to Taven and he suplexes, but Bravo fights it! Taven tries again, Bravo cradle counters! TWO, and Taven LARIATS Bravo back down! Tag to Bennett, he covers, TWO!

Bennett bumps Bravo off buckles, stomps a mudhole in, then tags Taven. Taven stomps a mudhole into Bravo, then tag to Bennett. Bennett stomps Bravo, stands him up, and Taven joins in. Bennett CHOPS Bravo, sends Taven in, but Bravo TOSSES Taven up and out! Bravo BOOTS Bennett, slips to the apron and PENDULUM KICKS! Bravo then holds onto the rope so he can slip away, but Bennett runs in! Bravo DUMPS Bennett out! The fans fire up, Bravo crawls, but Taven returns! Taven drags Bravo back, but Bravo hops up to ENZIGIRI! Hot tag to The Captain! Dean rallies on The Kingdom with haymakers!

Dean JABS, JABS and JABS, then winds up, but Taven full nelsons! Dean BOOTS Bennett, switches with Taven, and DISCUS LARIATS! The fans fire up but Bennett storms up! Dean ROCKS Bennett with forearm after forearm, but Taven’s back! Dean DECKS Taven, ELBOWS Bennett, then kicks low! Dean underhooks, BUTTERFLY BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Bennett stays in this for The Kingdom but the fans rally up for The Infantry. Bravo tags in, Dean feeds Bennett to a fireman’s carry! TKO to GERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover then jackknife bridge, TWO! Bravo hurries to tag Dean back in.

The Infantry hooks Bennett up, but Taven trips Bravo! Taven sends Bravo into barriers! Bennett turns things around on Dean, DEATH VALLEY DRIVER and JUST THE TIP of the knee! Cover, TWO!! Dean survives but Bennett tags Taven! Bennett picks Dean up and Taven aims, PROTON PACK!! Cover, BRAVO BREAKS IT! The fans fire up, but Bennett ROCKS Bravo! Bravo hits the CARLIE CROSSOVER! Taven HEEL KICKS Bravo! LIONSAULT onto Dean’s knees! All four men are down and the fans rally back up! Trish Adora rallies for her team, too, and the four all sit up. Dean and Bravo fire forearms, but Bennett and Taven give them back!

The teams brawl, forearms for forearms, but then Taven SUPERKICKS Bravo! Dean SUPERKICKS Taven! Bennett SUPERKICKS Dean! Bravo SUPERKICKS Bennett! Bravo blocks Taven’s superkick, hands it to Dean, and then Bravo gives Taven the NECKBREAKER! Taven flounders, The Infantry hooks him up! BOOT CAMP!!! Cover, BENNETT BREAKS IT! The fans rally, Bravo hurries to whip Bennett. Bennett reverses, BOSTON BAYONET! Bennett drags Taven to the corner and tags himself in. We return to the ramp, and Bennett aims for the table! The fans freak out, but Bravo SUPERKICKS Bennett!

The Infantry roars and Bravo stands Bennett up. Bennett CHOPS, CHOPS and CHOPS! Dean stands, clinches, and then with Bravo’s help, MODERN WARFARE!! The fans fire up for that urenage bomb combo, but Taven runs up on Dean! THE CLIMAX on the ramp!! The fans want tables, Taven says he doesn’t care what they want!  But Bravo SMACKS Taven off the table! And off steps! And the table! Repeat! Taven is on the table and Bravo says Philly’s gonna get what they want! “OORAH! OORAH!” Bravo roars and runs, FLYING SPLASH through the table!! The fans are thunderous while the ref checks both men.

Bennett and Dean are in the ring, and Dean climbs up! Dean aims, and DIVING SPLASHES onto Bennett! Cover, ref get in here! The ref’s too busy with Taven! Wardlow gets in the ring!! LARIAT!! Wardlow destroys Dean then gets outta there! Bennett covers Dean, The Kingdom wins!

Winner: The Kingdom, by pinfall (still ROH World Tag Team Champions)

Bennett laughs as The Kingdom steals this one from The Infantry! Bennett says they’re not going anywhere, they’re the best damn tag team in the world! Well, given their giant hulking insurance policy, will Taven & Bennett always be on top?

 

ROH Women’s World Television Championship Tournament Finals: Queen Aminata VS Billie Starkz!

A historic moment has finally arrived! The tournament was star-studded and top tier, and now it comes down to this! Will the Queen of Guinea finally have her crowning moment? Or will Minion 400,237 and three-quarters make her Overlord proud?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and there can only be one “first!”

The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings and the fans rally up. The two circle while the fans duel. Both women smile to hear that support, and they tie up. They go around, end up in a corner, and the ref counts. Aminata slowly lets off, pats Billie on the shoulder, but Billie shoves her. Billie says this is for the title so get serious. They feel things out, and Aminata raises her hand high, calling for a test of strength. Billie says okay, but then Aminata goes low. Aminata toys with Billie but Billie gets around to waistlock. Aminata wrenches out to wristlock, but Billie rolls. Aminata trips her and has the top wristlock.

The fans rally as Billie fights up, rolls back and kips up to then wrench and put Aminata on ropes. The ref counts, Billie whips, but Aminata ducks. Billie comes back to sunset flip, ONE, and Billie KICKS Aminata down! Cover, ONE!! The fans cheer but Billie drags Aminata up. Billie reels Aminata in, suplexes, but Aminata cradle counters! ONE, Billie runs in but Aminata wrenches Billie to a snap suplex! The fans fire up while Billie flounders to ropes. Aminata smiles and runs the ropes, to BOOT WASH Billie right to the apron! Aminata says she is The One and Only, and she brings Billie around to CHOP her into the ring!

Billie tumbles out, Aminata says your champ is here. Aminata follows Billie around the way, but Billie avoids the chop to CHOP! Billie CHOPS again, but Aminata DOUBLE CHOPS in return! Aminata puts Billie in, storms up behind her, and HIP DROPS her down! Aminata then hooks Billie up in a CAMEL CLUTCH! The fans rally as Billie endures, and Billie gets an arm free. Billie fights up but Aminata drops into body scissors! Then she has a LEG HOOK FULL NELSON! Billie endures, powers up to stack, TWO! Aminata body scissors again and rolls Billie over to a cover, TWO! Aminata reels Billie in to snap suplex again!

The fans fire up as Billie goes to the corner. Aminata runs in, but Billie avoids the hip attack! Billie comes back to ELBOW, KNEE and LARIAT! Cover, TWO! The fans rally, Billie brings Aminata up and whips, but Aminata reverses. Aminata runs in, but Billie ELBOWS her! And BOOTS her! Billie goes up, Aminata blocks the boot and ducks the rebound enzigiri, to GERMAN SUPLEX Billie away! Aminata roars, runs up, and she KNEES Billie back down! Cover, TWO! Billie survives and the fans rally up! Aminata kicks Billie around while the fans duel again. Billie snarls, Aminata kicks her and taunts her.

Billie blocks Aminata’s kick, stands up and ROCKS her with forearm after forearm! Aminata ducks to BACKBREAKER and COMPLETE SHOT! Aminata then hoists Billie up, but Billie sunset flips her! ONE!! Aminata runs up but Billie LARIATS! And ELBOWS! And then clinches to BACKBREAKER, and STO! Cover, TWO! The fans continue to rally as Billie rises up. Billie stalks Aminata, drags her up, and hooks the arms. Aminata turns the backslide around on Billie, TWO! Aminata swings, Billie gets under and ripcords, but then she blocks a kick to KNEE Aminata! Billie suplexes for GHOSTBUSTER! Cover, TWO!

Aminata survives and Billie snarls. The fans rally as Billie stalks Aminata. Billie puts Aminata up top to Electric Chair Lift! Aminata throws down fists, victory rolls, TWO! Billie has it, TWO! Aminata has it, TWO!! Billie escapes, and ROCKS Aminata! Billie reels Aminata in, but Aminata grabs a leg! FISHERMAN SCREW!! Cover, TWO!! Billie survives and Aminata is beside herself! Aminata refocuses, runs back up, but Billie rolls her up! Aminata rolls through, but Billie HEEL KICKS! Aminata LARIATS Billie down!! The fans fire up while both women are down! Billie pounds the mat in frustration as she stirs.

The fans continue to duel as both women sit up. Aminata fires a forearm first, but Billie gives it back! They stand, Aminata ROCKS Billie! Billie ROCKS Aminata, but Aminata DOUBLE CHOPS! Billie CHOPS, Aminata ROCKS her again! Billie ROCKS Aminata, Aminata fires a flurry in return! Billie blocks one to ROCK Aminata again! Aminata wobbles, drops to a knee, but Billie whips her to a corner. Billie runs in, Aminata dodges and KICKS a leg! Aminata has Billie stuck in the corner and CHOPS! Aminata goes corner to corner, but Billie ROUNDHOUSES back! Billie runs, Aminata redirects, do-si-do and a shove, then drop toehold!

Billie is on ropes, Aminata fires up and runs! But Billie avoids the boot! Aminata hits ropes hard, tumbles out, and Billie DIVES! Direct hit and the fans fire up with Billie! Billie drags Aminata up, hoists her onto the apron then sets her up. The fans fire up as Billie goes up the corner! Billie APRON SWANTONS but Aminata moves! Billie crashes down and falls to the floor! The ref checks her but somehow Billie is still in this! Aminata rises up, takes aim, and DIVING STOMPS! Aminata fires up and rises again! Aminata drags Billie up to waistlock, to GERMAN SUPLEX to the floor! Billie is a ragdoll but Aminata isn’t done with her!

Aminata puts Billie in the ring, then climbs up the corner. The fans fire up as Aminata aims to SWANTON BOMB!! Cover, ONE?!?!? No one can believe Billie survives, let alone has that much power to kick out! Billie rises, but Aminata SLAPS her! Then Alabama Lifts her, to AIR RAID CRASH!! Cover, TWO!!! Billie survives again and Aminata is beside herself! The fans rally up as Billie flounders to a corner. Aminata runs in to HIP ATTACK!! Then she goes side to side to BOOT WASH!! Aminata still isn’t done with Billie, she drags Billie up top! Billie throws forearms but Aminata gives them back!

Billie throws a body shot but Aminata CHOPS her! Aminata CLUBS her, but Billie SLAPS back! Billie BOOTS Aminata down, adjusts, SWANTON BOMB onto knees!! Billie calls to the ref, saying something is really hurting! Aminata isn’t sure what to make of this and Doc Sampson gets in. Billie says it’s her neck, and the ref has Aminata stay back. Doc checks Billie as the fans fall silent. Billie cries in pain and a neck brace is brought out. Fans rally for Billie, hoping she’ll be alright. Billie manages to sit up, and she’s able to move her arms and legs, all good signs. The fans cheer as we see Billie stand.

Aminata holds the ropes open for Billie and the medics, but then Billie GERMAN SUPLEXES her!! Billie was playing us all!!! Billie thrashes Aminata into a REAR NAKED CHOKE!!! Aminata flails, reaches out, but she’s fading!! The ref checks Aminata now, SHE’S OUT! BILLIE WINS!!!

Winner: Billie Starkz, by submission (INAUGURAL ROH Women’s World TV Champion)

The Minion has learned well from the Fallen Goddess, and maybe even surpassed her in terms of how well she just tricked the world! Billie showed her true colors, but those colors now also included the silver and red of this championship belt! If Billie’s following in Athena’s footsteps, then will Billie be the Forever Inaugural Women’s TV Champion?

 

Backstage interview with Top Flight.

Lexi Nair is with Action Andretti, Darius & Dante Martin, and brings us back to last year’s Supercard and Dante’s devastating injury. Dante was out of action for eight months but he’s back now and this trio is at their very best, how does it feel? Dante says it feels good. But as Lexi said, last year was when Dante broke his leg. And since then, he’s struggled, overcome, and work his ass off to put on bangers with these two. Saturday will see Dante & Darius face FTR in the AEW World Tag Team Championship semifinals, and Dante brings up how FTR said Top Flight’s never struggled. Did they not hear how Dante broke his leg?

Or perhaps they missed how Darius has been out more than he’s been in, so clearly he’s no stranger to struggle. Darius says is the past three years have taught you nothing else, it’s taught you that Dante & Darius can take a hit and get back up. Tomorrow night, FTR can hit them as hard as they want, but they will get back up and overcome. They know the road to the tag titles is hard, because it is FTR and then The Young Bucks, two of the best teams to ever do it. But at Dynasty, when Darius & Dante hold those titles up, then everyone will realize Top Flight is one of the best to ever do it, and they’re just taking off.

AEW Collision, special start time of 11:30 PM Eastern, will Top Flight take down the Top Guys?

 

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship Open Challenge: Bullet Club Gold VS ???

While they’ve got some business to handle with The Acclaimed & Daddy Ass, the Bang Bang Gang isn’t about to let Supercard of Honor pass them by! Jay White & The Gunns bring the newly redesigned belts with them, ready to put them on the line! Switchblade gets the mic to ask why they had to cut the greatest song in pro-wrestling. But “Yo! Yo! Yo! Listen!” Guns up for the Philly Gold Members~! The fans put up the finger guns, and White says Philly knows exactly what they’re looking at! Fully Cocked Colten Gunn! Switchblade Jay White! And… Austin! The Bang Bang Gang are the greatest three man team in ALL of pro-wrestling!

And they will prove that here and now by defending these titles! Yeah, yeah, shut up. White knows there is a long, long line of people in the back waiting for this opportunity, so to that line, who wants that opportunity of a life time? LANCE ARCHER DOES! And he’s brought Alex Zayne! Archer says hey, Philadelphia. Since the Bang Bang Gang is handing out opportunities, then here’s an opportunity to introduce his NJPW tag team partner, The Sauce! That means this is #MonsterSauce! And since they’re in the City of Brotherly Love, Archer’s gonna love whooping the Gunn brothers’ asses and taking their trios titles!

But then wait, only two against three? That’s not gonna work. Archer says he has another surprise. MINORU SUZUKI is here!! Now the mood changes for White & The Ass Boys! Will the Meanest Man in the World help the Monster Sauce burn up Bullet Club Gold? Or will the Bang Bang Gang win at their own gamble?

The trios sort out and White starts against Suzuki. White skips the Code of Honor, the bell rings, and White doesn’t know why Suzuki is here! Why is Suzuki following him? Suzuki tells him, “Shut up, Young Boy!” White says he’s not a Young Boy, Suzuki’s just an old man! White is a real shooter! But Suzuki grabs the finger gun to bend it! Suzuki KICKS and KICKS and wrenches to a wristlock! White rolls, wrenches, slips around to waistlock, then White goes for the arm again. Suzuki blocks the takedown to bend the fingers! Suzuki twists the wrist but White gets the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Suzuki lets go, and White CHOPS! Suzuki just smiles!

The fans tell White he messed up and Suzuki laughs. White CHOPS again, but it’s still not enough! White winds up to CHOP, but Suzuki blocks! SLEEPER! The Gunns freak out and get White out of the ring! Suzuki storms up, the Gunns run away! The ref has Suzuki stay back while the Bang Bang Gang hide behind commentary. White vows to knock Suzuki out but easy to say hiding behind Nigel! The ref has Suzuki stay back, and White storms back in. Then tag to Austin. The fans taunt the “ASS~ BOYS!” as Austin slowly steps in. Austin says, “Okay, grandpa!” Suzuki says Austin is just an Ass Boy! The fans fire up and Suzuki laughs.

Austin scowls and does his best to block the chanting out, but Suzuki even says kiss this! So Austin CHOPS! Suzuki doesn’t flinch! White says go again, so Austin CHOPS! White says no, put twist into it! Austin CHOPS, then forearms! Suzuki just leans into the shots! Austin eggs on the old man, but Suzuki DECKS him! Suzuki tags Archer and Austin flounders over to tag Colten. Colten circles with Archer, they tie up, and Archer stays put even as Colten puts his all into it! Archer bends Colten back, then drops him down! The fans cheer and Archer takes a bow. Colten CHOPS, but Archer just TOSSES him overhead!

Archer runs corner to corner but Colten dodges! Colten stomps a mudhole in, ROCKS him, then goes corner to corner. STINGER SPLASH, but Archer just storms up on Colten! Colten pokes Archer in the eyes then kicks out a leg! The fans boo but Colten says watch this. Archer suplexes Colten first! Tag to Zayne and Archer SPLASHES! Zayne LEAP FROG DROPKICKS! Cover, TWO! Zayne brings Colten up to wrench and whip, but Colten reverses and Austin gets a cheap shot in! Zayne DECKS Austin for it! But Colten DROPKICKS Zayne! Tag to Austin, he gets Zayne up to bump off buckles. Austin stomps away, then shouts, “Who’s the Ass Boy now?!” “YOU!!”

Austin brings Zayne up, kicks low, but the fans taunt the “ASS~ BOYS!” Austin brings Zayne up, ducks a haymaker then JABS! JABS! JABS! Austin does a two step, swings and DECKS Zayne! Cover, TWO! Austin drags Zayne up, tags White, and they mug Zayne. White CHOPS Zayne down, then winds up again. White CHOPS Zayne in a corner and Zayne falls! White drags Zayne up, reels him in, and snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! White drags Zayne around to GROUND DRAGON SCREW! Zayne goes to ropes but White CHOKES him! Suzuki storms up from the outside but White gets away. White drags Zayne to a corner, TWO!

White clamps onto Zayne with a chinlock and he grinds Zayne down. Suzuki storms in but the ref has to keep him back! Archer gets in to scare off the Gunns, but the ref counts. Archer and Suzuki stand down, and White snapmares Zayne into a chinlock. Zayne endures, but Suzuki gets a chair! Zayne fights up, throws body shots, but White throws Zayne by his hair! White drags Zayne over, Colten tags in, and he stomps Zayne around. Colten mocks Suzuki, stomps Zayne, then tags Austin. Austin stomps Zayne, tags Colten back in. and they double whip. Body shot, KNEE LIFT, and LARIAT! Cover but the ref’s busy with Suzuki!

Suzuki finally drops the chair he took, the ref finally sees the cover and hurries over to count, TWO! Colten is upset but he still stays away from Suzuki. Colten clamps on a chinlock and he grinds Zayne down. The fans rally as Zayne endures, White complains to Ian Riccaboni about the ref, but Zayne JAWBREAKERS free! Austin hurries in, the Gunns get the legs, but Zayne BOOTS them all away! Austin hurries up, Zayne dodges, hot tag to Archer! Archer blows past Austin, BLASTS White and Colten, but Austin throws hands! Archer doesn’t budge, he just eggs Austin on! Austin throws another shot, Archer ROCKS Austin with one!

Archer ripcords Austin for the HELLICOASTER! Colten returns, Archer CORSSBODIES him! Zayne BLASTS White, then Monster Sauce sees the Gunns in the corners. They run, Archer ELBOWS Colten and Zayne ELBOWS Austin! Zayne runs in and Archer helps him to HIP TOSS SENTON Colten! Then Archer ELBOWS Austin, and Zayne runs to tilt-o-whirl RANA CANNONBALL with Archer! They drag Austin out and serve him up for a CHOKE SLAM SPLASH! Cover, White breaks it! Archer glares, White bails out, but Suzuki is there! Suzuki kicks White, whips him hard into railing, and Archer puts Austin up top!

Archer carries Austin with the inverted crucifix, but Austin slips free to CLUB a leg! Archer runs up, Austin ROCKS him! Austin DECKS Zayne, BOOTS Archer, and runs to THROWBACK CUTTER! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Archer and Austin crawl, hot tags to Suzuki and White! White fires forearms on Suzuki but Suzuki fires fast hands and a PALM STRIKE! White wobbles into another flurry! White is on the ropes as Suzuki goes high, goes low,  and throws knees, but the ref backs him off! Suzuki eggs on the Young Boy, but White CHOPS! Suzuki DECKS White! Colten gets in, throws a forearm, but Suzuki DECKS him!

Austin fires a forearm, then regrets it, and Suzuki DECKS him! The fans are thunderous as the Murder Grandpa stands tall! Suzuki drags White up, whips him corner to corner then BOOTS him! Suzuki snapmares White, runs and PENALTY KICKS! Cover, TWO! But Suzuki has the arm to bend fingers and twist the wrist! White fights up, CLAWS Suzuki’s eyes, then gets free! Suzuki runs, slips around, and SLEEPERS! White flails, Suzuki spins him around, GOTCH- NO, White fights free! White wrenches, clinches, but Suzuki slips out! SLEEPER!! White flails, but Zayne tags in before White throws Suzuki away!

White blocks a kick to DRAGON SCREW Suzuki! Zayne LARIATS White down! The fans fire up as The Sauce runs corner to corner to ELBOW! Zayne puts White up, climbs up, but White fires body shots! White shoves Zayne, Zayne backflips and kips up through! NO HANDS STEINER! Then the BAJA BLAST!! Cover, TWO!! White survives but Zayne puts White in a drop zone. Zayne goes up, to 450- NO, he has to bail out as White moves! White clinches to URENAGE! White drags Zayne back up, but Suzuki gets White in the SLEEPER! The Gunns trip Suzuki and drag him out, to RAM him into railing!

Archer has White for the CHOKE SLAM!! The Gunns get in, Archer gets them first! The Gunns break free, dodge the lariats, 3:10 TO YUMA! “Suck on that, b*tch!” DOUBLE MISSILE DROPKICK from Zayne! Zayne CLOBBERS Colten but White clinches! BLADERUNNER!! Cover, Bang Bang Gang wins!

Winners: Bullet Club Gold, by pinfall (still ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions)

Suzuki is pissed, but he and Monster Sauce couldn’t outmaneuver the Bang Bang Gang. White gets the mic again to say, “Like I said, we are the greatest three man team in professional wrestling. And if you ain’t down with that, we’ve got two words for ya! GUNS UP!” BUT WAIT! The Acclaimed is here! And they sneak in from the crowd! They fire off on Bullet Club Gold! White runs away, security gets in Billy’s way, and then White helps the Gunns take out Bowens with a BLADERUNNER! Billy gets back in the ring, White & The Gunns run away!

But if Switchblade and The Ass Boys want the AEW Trios Championships, they’ll have to face The Acclaimed soon enough! When and where will these top trios finally settle the score?

 

Fight Without Honor: Dalton Castle VS Johnny TV w/ Taya Valkyrie!

The Peacock’s life is in shambles. He was screwed out of the ROH World Television Championship at Final Battle, then he was robbed of his Boys! And then, the Boys were lost in the wild woods of Canada! But Castle still has one thing left, and that is getting his revenge on “John Television” with his own two hands! Will nothing stop Castle from SMASHING Johnny right in his stupid face? Or is there still something for Johnny to take away from Castle?

The Substitute Boys all line up to make up for Brandon & Brent being gone, and Castle even has new gear, he’s ready to break some hearts! He is still burning hotter than the Sun, and he feeds his Substitute Boys all the same! The Peacock struts as all six of his Substitute Boys jazz finger for the wings to spread! The Substitute Boys even know to fall over! Philly fires up for Castle, the bell rings, and the two stare down. Johnny and Castle circle, feel things out, but Johnny shoves Castle. Castle shoves back, so Johnny shoves Castle again. Castle shoves again, the shoving gets harder, then Castle ROCKS Johnny! And ROCKS him again!

Johnny KICKS a leg, but Castle Alabama Lifts! BANGA- NO, Johnny grabs ropes and Taya helps him down. Castle runs up, but Johnny HOTSHOTS! Castle still avoids the leg sweep and the fans cheer his pose! Johnny rushes back in but Castle BOOTS him out! Castle gets the fans fired up again but Taya coaches Johnny. Castle goes out, but Johnny taunts him with how The Boys are “bear food!” Taya says there’s nothing Castle can do about it, either! The fans rally for “PEACOCK POWER!” as Castle chases Johnny. Johnny goes up the ramp, Castle grabs at him, but Johnny STOMPS the fingers! Castle staggers, Johnny AX HANDLES him!

Johnny clinches Castle to SNAKE EYES off the railing! Johnny steals someone’s water, then chases Castle. Castle hides behind a cameraman, then trips Johnny Drip Drip! The water goes flying, then Castle KICKS Johnny around! Now Johnny hides behind the camera and Castle says he’s just copying him! Johnny kicks low, puts Castle in the ring, and Taya tries to get fans chanting. They boo instead, but Castle wrenches to short arm LARIAT, KNEE, and DDT! The fans fire up and Castle facelocks to gator roll Johnny around. They go around on the mat, Castle rains down elbows, but Taya still rallies for Johnny.

The fans rally for Castle as he gets Johnny up and whips. Johnny reverses to TOSS Castle, and Castle slips in the water! But he still trips Johnny, drags him out, and waistlocks. Johnny ELBOWS Castle, RAMS him into barriers, then puts him in a corner to KNEE him down! Taya cheers, but Castle pushes Taya! Johnny KICKS and fires off on Castle for touching his wife! Johnny whips, Castle tiger feints to RANA Johnny away! The fans fire up and Castle glares at Taya. Taya glares back, but Castle stalks Johnny. “Caprice, do I look TV ready?” Caprice says yes, 10/10! Castle puts Johnny in the ring, but Taya anchors him! FLYING CHUCK!

Taya says she didn’t do anything, but the fans rally for Castle. Johnny KNEES Castle down, then SHINING WIZARDS! Mr. & Mrs. TV Ready make out and Philly feels sick. Johnny KICKS Castle, then gets him back up. Castle ROCKS Johnny, swings, but Johnny ducks! Castle punches POST! Johnny mockingly says that must hurt. Johnny puts Castle in the ring, stands him up, MOONLIGHT DRIVE! Cover, TWO! Castle is still in this and the fans rally up. Johnny stomps Castle around, KICKS him at the ropes, then KICKS again! Johnny mule kicks, then SPINNING ROUNDHOUSES, then ROCKS Castle again!

Castle hits back, but Johnny whips. Castle reverses, and he goes corner to corner! Johnny ducks again, Castle’s knee hits buckles and he tumbles out! Castle hits apron and steel steps on the way down! Johnny goes looking under the ring, and he brings out a TABLE! Philly likes that, even with Johnny being the one bringing it. Johnny has Taya help him set this up at ringside, and Taya goes looking for more goodies. Castle drags himself up to the apron but Johnny stalks him. ROUNDHOUSE to the leg, then SWEEP THE LEG! Then another ROUNDHOUSE! No mercy in Johnny’s dojo! He KICKS and BOOTS Castle, then HEEL KICKS him!

Castle sputters, flounders, but Johnny brings Castle up. Johnny SMACKS Castle off a chair, then talks trash. The fans boo but Johnny grabs the chair. Castle tug-o-wars with Johnny, and Castle takes the chair away! But Taya passes Johnny a kendo stick! Johnny SMACKS Castle! Castle drops to his knees, and Johnny SMACKS him again! The fans boo but Mr. & Mrs. TV put Castle in the ring. Johnny SMACKS Castle on the leg! Taya says do it again! Johnny nods and goes all Star Wars Kid! Johnny SMACKS Castle again, swings the kendo stick around, then SMACKS Castle again! Castle goes to a corner, and Johnny CHOKES him with the stick!

Castle fights, flails, but ends up in the WHITE RUSSIAN! Cover, TWO! Sandman he is not, but Johnny still CHOKES Castle with the stick! Castle fights up, the fans rally, and Castle throws hands! Castle elbows free, kicks Johnny, and he has the kendo stick! Johnny ducks the stick, bails out of the ring and goes to the ramp! The fans boo but Johnny runs down the runway to go up and KONG SAULT! Castle dodges, catches the kick, and SAIDOS!! The fans fire up and Taya freaks out! Castle then clinches Johnny to EXPLODER! Taya coaches Johnny, but Castle has his pick of the goodies. Castle gets the kendo stick to SMACK! And SMACK! And SMACK!

Taya freaks out as Castle fires off on Johnny high and low and all around! He JAMS the stick into Johnny’s ribs! Taya drags Johnny outta there, but Castle tucks the kendo stick through his shorts. Castle then goes out after Johnny, but Taya uses POCKET SAND!! ROUNDHOUSE!! Johnny laughs as now Taya LEAF BLOWS Castle! Even commentary gets caught up in this! Castle flounders around, has fans help him up, but Johnny ROCKS Castle! Johnny brings Castle around, but Castle throws body shots! Johnny whips, Castle tiger feints again, but Johnny makes that a POWERBOMB through the table!!

Johnny puts Castle in the ring, in a corner, and takes off in STARSHIP PAIN! Cover, TWO!! The Peacock survives and Johnny can’t believe it! Philly fires up but Johnny gets a chair. Johnny sits the chair up, then puts Castle through it! Castle is wearing the chair and Johnny kicks him around! Johnny gets the other kendo stick, and he digs it into Castle’s face! He JAMS it right into Castle’s neck!!! Cover, TWO!!! Castle survives again and the fans fire up! Johnny argues the count but the ref says it was fair. Johnny drags Castle back to a drop zone, then he puts a chair on Castle’s chest. Johnny gets the other chair, and he adds that on.

Johnny buries Castle in chairs and even the kendo sticks. Johnny goes up but Castle rises up! KENDO STICK SMACK! Johnny gets stuck in the ropes now! Castle ELBOWS him again and again! Castle fires up, and then KNEES Johnny in the back! Then GERMAN SUPLEX! Johnny flounders away, Taya again gets her hubby outta there, and she clears out the wreckage. The fans rally and Castle says, “BRING ME A BOY~!” But… Oh wait! The Substitute Boys return! Castle TOSSES Sub Boy 1! Then he TOSSES Sub Boy 2! Then Sub Boy 3, and he’s rather big! Then there’s Sub Boy 4, the skinny one! Then Sub Boy 5, equally beefy!

Aw heck, Sub Boy 6 looks like he ate The Boys! He doesn’t even make it past the apron! Johnny KICKS Six and piles the Sub Boys on the side. But wait, JACK CARTWHEEL!? He’s lucky number seven! Castle whips and Cartwheel Boy FOSBURY FLOPS!! The fans are thunderous as the Sub Boys all celebrate! Wait, wait, wait, who is this eighth Boy? He’s just wearing Supercard of Honor merch. Castle gets Johnny up but Johnny SMACKS him with whatever’s left of  a kendo stick! And then KNEES Castle down! As Sub Boy 8 steps into the ring, we see it’s Paul Walter-Hauser. Or should we say, Boy Walter-Hauser.

Johnny drags Castle into the drop zone, then goes up, but the other Sub Boys drag Castle to safety! Johnny adjusts his flight plan to SUPER TORNILLO onto all of ’em!! The fans fire up, Taya helps Johnny up, and Johnny finds his way into the ring. Taya brings out the mystery bag, but Johnny spots Boy Walter-Hauser. Johnny runs up on him, but into a SKY HIGH!! Boy Walter-Hauser rips off the Supercard shirt to reveal his Wrestling Revolver promo-shirt! Matt Cardona VS Paul Walter-Hauser, Indy VS Emmy! The fans cheer as Walter-Hauser prances around and taunts Taya. Then the Sub Boys all swarm and carry Taya away!

The fans cheer as the evil stepmother is taken away, this is revenge for what happened to THE Boys! Castle stomps Johnny, and he looks to Walter-Hauser. REVEAL, it really IS Walter-Hauser! He and Castle embrace, and then Walter-Hauser bestows that mystery bag of Taya’s to Castle. They pour it out together, and voila! TACKS!! Johnny freaks out, the fans tell Walter-Hauser he’s a sick boy! Whip and Alabama Lift, BANGAAAARANG onto the tacks!!! Cover, Castle wins!

Winner: Dalton Castle, by pinfall

Revenge is sweet as Castle has all his Boys help him take this one! Will this victory help heal the wounds caused by Johnny & Taya?

 

ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena VS Hikaru Shida!

The Fallen Goddess’s record setting reign and her 49-0 win streak make her THE greatest ROH Women’s World Champion. But the Shining Samurai’s THREE AEW Women’s World Championship reigns make her THE greatest AEW Women’s World Champion. And the only thing that could make Shida greater is if she becomes the first woman to hold the AEW and ROH Women’s World Championships in her career. Will Shida make such history here tonight? Or will Athena make sure she stays our Forever Champion?

To counter Shida’s kendo stick, Athena has brought a battle ax! The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if more history is made!

The Code of Honor is skipped, the bell rings, and the fans duel already. Shida and Athena circle, but then Athena bails out. Athena does her best to fire herself up but perhaps Shida really is in her head. Shida eggs Athena on, Athena storms back up to the apron, but then Athena drops back. Shida laughs it off while Athena paces. Athena tells herself she’s got this, and then she gets in the ring. They tie up, Shida wrenches and wristlocks, but Athena pushes through to wrench back. Shida rolls, wrenches, and wristlocks back. Athena endures, even as Shida puts on more pressure. Athena slips under and around to headlock and takeover.

Shida headscissors, Athena kips free, and roles reverses as Shida hits the takeover but Athena headscissors. Shida kips free, dodges Athena’s haymaker and runs to then run Athena over! The fans cheer, Shida goes for legs, but Athena kicks Shida away. Shida rebounds, Athena reaches up to RANA, but Shida cartwheels through! Shida blocks the haymaker this time, but Athena avoids the question mark kick! Shida avoids the leg sweep, but Athena dodges the Tamashii to roll Shida up! Shida rolls through, but Athena avoids the Katana Kick! The fans fire up for this stalemate while Athena bails out.

Athena again paces and cools herself off. Athena gets back in, Shida dares her to take a shot, but Athena offers a handshake instead. The fans don’t trust it, but Shida still steps forward. Shida accepts the handshake, then ducks the sucker punch to ROCK Athena! Shida blocks the haymaker and straitjackets to turn Athena. Athena fights free, but Shida BOOTS! Shida fireman’s carries, Athena slips free, but Shida still has the wristlock! Athena apologizes, but Shida short arm LARIATS! And short arm LARITS! And short arm LARIATS again! The fans fire up, Athena runs up but Shida sidesteps to tilt-o-whirl BACKBREAKER!

Athena flounders but the fans fire up with Shida. Shida storms up to the corner, but Athena puts her on the apron! Shida pulls hair, and she runs with Athena side to side for a buckle bump! Shida goes up and now she rains down fists! The fans count along and Shida goes all the way to TEN! But then Athena trips Shida! Shida’s leg is stuck in the ropes, Athena KICKS and KICKS and KICKS! The ref counts, Athena tells him to stop telling her what to do! Athena then STOMPS the knee! Shida falls out of the ropes but Athena grins. Now Athena eggs Shida on while the fans rally up. Athena drags Shida around by the leg to drive knees into the hamstring!

Athena knees the hamstring again, then YANKS the leg! Shida flounders but Athena KICKS her! Athena drops a knee on the knee, and the fans rally up. Athena stalks Shida, kicks her around, then taunts her. Athena mule kicks the leg, but Shida kicks with the good leg. Athena DOUBLE KNEE DROPS Shida in the stomach! Athena SLAPS Shida, talks more trash, then drags her up. Shida throws body shots and haymakers! Athena puts Shida in a corner, runs up and blocks a boot, KNEE JAMMER! Athena then Alabama Lifts to ALABAMA SLAM! Athena turns Shida over, ANKLE LOCK! Shida endures as Athena leans on the leg!

The fans rally, Shida reaches out and around, crawls forward, then rolls! Athena is sent into ropes! Shida manages to run up but Athena dodges! Knee hits ropes, but Shida ELBOWS back! And ROCKS Athena with a forearm! Shida fires away at the ropes, the fans fire up as she CLUBS Athena! Shida whips, fireman’s carries, and FLIPPING BACKBREAKERS! The fans fire up as both Shida and Athena are down, but Shida rises! Shida runs, SLIDING FOREARM! Then the suplex, BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Athena is still in this and even grinning, perhaps happy she’s proving her own doubts wrong!

Shida gets up, goes to the far corner, and the fans rally as she runs in at Athena! JUMP KNEE! Shida ROCKS Athena, runs, but Athena follows to HANDPSRING FOREARM! Athena goes side to side, but Shida SHOTGUNS! Athena’s right up to BOOT Shida down! Athena builds speed, Shida bails out, so Athena slides out, only for Shida to KNEE her into the desk! The fans fire up again while both women are down by commentary! The ring count starts, Shida manages to sit up but the bad leg is holding her back. We pass 5 of 20, the fans rally for Shida as she hobbles over to Athena. Shida drags Athena up, puts her in, covers, TWO!

The fans rally, Shida throws hands down on Athena, but Athena stands. Shida runs, but Athena ROCKS her! Athena goes to run, Shida reels her back in, but Athena uses her leg to hook free. But Shida blocks the superkick to QUESTION MARK KICK! Athena wobbles but stays on her feet, and UPPERCUTS! Shida stays up, they both fire forearms, then Athena fires boxing elbows! Shida KNEES low! And again! And again! Shida throws down forearms to the neck! Athena kicks the bad leg! Athena fires fast hands, knees, but Shida ducks the heel kick! Athena catches the haymaker into a SAIDO!

Athena gets Shida up, whips her, and pops her up, but Shida wheelbarrows! Athena makes it a WHEELBARROW GERMAN! Cover, TWO! Shida just gets that arm up and Athena is frustrated. Athena talks out what to do next, then goes to the corner. Athena kicks Shida’s kendo stick away before she climbs up. Shida stands, O- NO!! No O-Face, Shida whips! Athena reverses and waistlocks, but Shida bucks the O’Conner! KATANA- NO, Athena blocks! Athena kicks, Shida blocks, but Athena rolls to get the ANKLE LOCK!! GRAPEVINE!! Shida endures as Athena twists the leg and grins the whole time! Shida claws her way forward as the fans rally!

Athena shakes her head, she even digs her chin into the ball of the feet! Shida has the ROPEBREAK!! The ref counts as Athena holds on, but she lets go at 4, cuz she has ’til 5! Shida hobbles out to the apron, Athena builds speed, and Athena DIVES into a knee!! Shida drags Athena up, waistlocks, but Athena grabs ropes! Athena runs and brings Shida with her, to POST her! Athena reels Shida in now and grins, but Shida fights the lift! Shida then Alabama Lifts Athena, tucks her in, BASTARD DRIVER on the ramp!! The fans are thunderous as Shida drags Athena into the ring! Shida kicks her into the drop zone, then goes up top!

Athena sits up, Shida leaps, METEORA!! Cover, TWO?!? “This is Awesome!” as Athena survives and Shida shouts in frustration! Shida grabs at Athena but Athena holds ropes. Athena goes up the ropes, kicks at Shida, but Shida YANKS her up! Athena lands, swings but Shida KNEES low! Shida brings Athena up, whips her to a corner, but Athena goes up and FLYING CODE BREAKERS! Then she reels Shida in, Canadian Rack, CODE BREAKER!! Cover, ONE?!?! WHAT?!? Shida snarls as she rises up and Philly is thunderous! Athena shakes her head as she watches Shida stand. Shida runs up, Athena gets around and underhooks!

Shida fights the lift, so Athena SWINGS Shida around! But Shida wrenches out, suplexes, FALCON ARROW! Cover, ONE?!!? Athena returns the favor by shocking Shida! The fans rally up, a standing count begins, and both women sit up at 4 of 10. They stand, Shida SLAPS Athena! Shida runs, RANAS, covers, TWO! Athena stacks, TWO, into a deadlift POWERBOMB! Another stack, but Athena deadlifts again! Shida fights, and they go to ropes! Shida hammers Athena, and RANAS Athena out of the ring! But Athena holds on to POWERBOMB Shida to the floor!! The fans are thunderous again as Athena grins.

Athena stands over Shida, drags her up, and puts her in the ring. Athena dusts off her hands, then climbs the corner. Shida stands, into the O-FACE!!! Cover, TWO?!?!? Athena’s shocked all over again! She’s starting to lose her composure but the fans are rallying for Shida! Athena gets mad now, and she stomps Shida! Athena goes up to the top rope again, but Shida anchors a foot! Athena drags Shida up the corner, Shida throws body shots! Shida climbs now but Athena CLUBS away on her! Shida CLUBS at the legs! Shida throws more shots, then she HEADBUTTS Athena! Both women wobble up top and the fans fire up!

Shida stands Athena up, fireman’s carries, for a SUPER BACKBREAKER on the ropes! Then FALCON ARROW!! But that’s not the end! KATANA!!! Cover, TWO?!?!?! The fans are electric as Athena shocks everyone! Shida pulls her pant leg up, her kneepad down, and she takes aim! The fans are dueling as Shida runs up again, TAMA- NO, Athena blocks! Shida CLUBS at Athena, but Athena SLAPS her! Shida SLAPS back! And GERMAN SUPLEXES! Athena rises, but Shida LARIATS! Shida roars and the fans are with her! Shida runs, to TAMA- NO, Athena ducks, kips up and SUPERKICKS! And DECKS Shida!!

Athena flounders her way to the corner and climbs back up! O-FACE!!!! Cover, ATHENA WINS!!

Winner: Athena, by pinfall (still ROH Women’s World Champion)

Just when it looked like “forever” was going to end, the Fallen Goddess rises to the occasion and hits FIFTY WINS! But if not even a women’s champion as great as Shida can stop her, will Athena never EVER let go of that title?

 

ROH World Championship: Eddie Kingston VS Mark Briscoe!

Eleven years ago to the day, the late, great Jay Briscoe won this championship right here in Philadelphia. Beloved by all, Jay’s memory is with us today, and perhaps even his spirit. But even so, The Mad King has vowed that he cannot and will not lose this title to Jay’s brother. Will Eddie deny Mark his dream in order to hold onto his own? Or is this the night the Sussex County Chicken flies like an eagle?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and as Jay would say, it’s time to man up!

The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and the fans are fired up already. The two circle, feel things out, and the fans chant “MAN UP! MAN UP!” Eddie and Mark both fire up a bit more hearing that, and they tie up. Eddie uses his size to put Mark in a corner, then he lets off. The two reset, circle, knuckle lock, and then back up again. They tie up, go around, Mark wrenches and hammerlocks, but Eddie switches. The fans rally for “DEM BOYS!” and Mark drop toeholds to then float and facelock. Eddie wrenches right out, wristlocks, but Mark rolls. Mark YANKS the arm to then wrench it, but Eddie stays up.

Eddie endures as Mark puts on the pressure. Mark headlocks, Eddie powers up but can’t power out as Mark holds tight. Eddie wrenches at the hold but can’t wrench out. Eddie throws body shots, powers out this time, but Mark runs him over! The fans cheer, Mark runs but Eddie gets under the lariat to SAIDO! And a high angle at that! Mark flounders to a corner but Eddie storms up. Eddie digs his boot in, scrubs Mark a few times, then runs side to side, to BOOT WASH! Eddie lets off after that, then goes back to bring Mark up. Eddie CHOPS, then whips corner to corner. Mark goes up and out, ROCKS Eddie then REDNECK UPPERCUTS!

Mark jumps in to BOOT Eddie down! Mark lines up his shot as Eddie sits up, and then runs up to BOOT WASH in return! Eddie bails out, the fans fire up with Mark and he WRECKS Eddie with a dropkick! Eddie goes to barriers but Mark keeps moving! Mark DIVES with the cannonball tope! The Briscoe Family is there to cheer Mark on! Then Mark throws a chair into the ring! Fans fire up for that, but the ref warns Mark to be careful with that. Mark claps with the chair, then stands it up. The fans rally as Mark builds speed, but Eddie’s in! Choke grip, CHOKE SLAM onto the chair! The ref reprimands but can’t disqualify, Eddie used Mark against the chair, not the other way around!

Eddie pursues Mark out of the ring, but the ref wants him to stay back. Eddie goes into the ring while Mark crawls. Mark clutches his lower back while the count begins. Mark stands but Eddie wanting to go out only delays the count. Mark has time, but then Eddie sneaks out the side! Eddie CLOBBERS Mark, and he SLAMS a chair down! Eddie takes his frustration out on the chair, then he brings Mark up to DRIBBLE him off the desk! The ref reprimands but Eddie keeps going until Mark’s busted open! Mark already has a crimson mask flowing as Eddie leaves him behind. The ring count returns, but Mark gets in at 3 of 20.

Mark stands, he just eggs Eddie on! Eddie fires haymakers, then he HEADBUTTS away on the bloody wound! Mark just fires up and CHOPS! Eddie CHOPS back! Mark CHOPS! Eddie fires hands into the forehead! Mark staggers back, Eddie may have even hurt his own hand punching so hard! Mark sits in a corner, the ref checks the wound, but somehow Mark’s okay to continue. Eddie storms up to CLAW at the forehead! The ref counts, Eddie lets off at 4, and Mark’s blood is painting even his neck and shoulders. Eddie comes back to MACHINE GUN CHOP! The fans fire up, and Mark CHOPS back! And CHOPS again! And CHOPS again!

Eddie reloads to MACHINE GUN CHOP again! Mark CHOPS again! And CHOPS again! Mark CHOPS again, but then Eddie traps the arms to OVERHEAD SUPLEX! The fans fire up, and Mark crawls around. “MAN UP! MAN UP!” echoes out, but Eddie clamps on a neck wrench! Eddie’s trying to squeeze the blood outta Mark’s melon! Mark rises, to SLAP Eddie! And SLAP! And CHOP! Mark CHOPS again, but Eddie fires forearms! Eddie runs to LARIAT! Mark flops over and Eddie tells off the Philly fans! Eddie KICKS Mark, and CHOPS! And KICKS! And CHOPS! Mark still sits up, so Eddie CHOPS again!

Eddie HEADBUTTS Mark, dumps him out, and builds speed! But Mark UPPERCUTS first! Eddie flops to the apron, and Mark BITES Eddie’s forehead now! Mark UPPERCUTS Eddie, stalks him to railing, and has him take a seat so he can rain down fists! Mark goes to get space, and he comes back to SHOTGUN Eddie against barriers! Eddie falls over, Mark resets the count, and then he snap suplexes Eddie to the floor! Mark goes up the apron, says BANG BANG, Cactus Jack ELBOW DROP! The fans fire up as Mama Briscoe’s Baby Boy drags Eddie up! But Eddie POSTS Mark! Mark falls, Eddie refreshes the count, and Eddie goes back for Mark.

Eddie puts Mark in, storms up on him, and drops an ELBOW of his own! Cover, TWO! Mark stays in this but Eddie keeps calm. Eddie rains down fists, aiming right for the forehead. The fans rally and duel, Eddie puts Mark up top. Eddie puts Mark in the Tree of Woe then digs his boots in! The blood is just rushing to Mark’s head and out of the wound, but Mark frees himself. So Eddie WRECKS Mark with a dropkick! Eddie drags Mark to a cover, TWO! Mark is still tougher than that, and Eddie is a bit frustrated. Eddie CLUBS Mark, then reels him in. Mark fights the lift, so Eddie fires Kawada Kicks! Mark LARIATS right back!!

The fans fire up as both men are down! The crimson mask just keeps growing but Mark pounds the mat. The fans rally with Mark as he drags himself up. Mark goes back to Eddie and fires a forearm! Eddie CHOPS! Mark CHOPS back! Eddie brings down one strap, then the other! The fans fire up as Eddie CHOPS! Mark shakes that off and fires back up, so he can CHOP again! Eddie roars, then RIDGE HAND CHOPS! Eddie runs, Mark REDNECK KUNG-FU UPPERCUTS! Mark ROCKS Eddie with a forearm, whips him to ropes, but Eddie reverses. Mark CLOBBERS Eddie with forearms! Eddie goes to a corner, Mark runs in, GAMANGIRI!

Mark whips corner to corner but Eddie barely makes it! Mark runs up again to clothesline! The fans rally, Mark reels Eddie in and has the leg! FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Eddie survives but Mark stays fired up! Eddie bails out, so Mark goes to the apron. Mark runs to BLOCKBUSTER to the floor! Eddie writhes, Mark chucks chairs around, then Mark drags Eddie up. Mark puts Eddie in the ring and climbs up. Mark aims, FROGGY- NO, Eddie moves! But he runs into a fireman’s carry! ROLLING DEATH VALLEY! Mark hurries back up, takes aim again, FROGGY BOW!! Cover, TWO?!? Eddie survives again and the fans fire up!

Mark gets up, that crimson mask still bright red on his face! The fans rally, Mark hauls Eddie up and whips, but Eddie reverses, clinches, and EXPLODERS! But Mark’s right up!? And he clinches to EXPLODER! But Eddie clinches, EXPLODER!! Mark clinches, EXPLODER!! Both men stagger around from being thrown around, then they run in! DOUBLE LARIATS!! The fans are thunderous as both men are down again! The standing count begins, fans love “Both These Guys!” The count passes 5 of 10, but Mark rises up! Eddie goes to the apron but Mark pursues. Mark storms out after Eddie, and SLAPS him!

Eddie CHOPS! Mark CHOPS! Eddie SLAPS! Mark kicks, reels Eddie in, and underhooks! Eddie fights that, fires forearms, then clinches! But Mark fights the lift, throws down elbows, but Eddie HEADBUTTS away! Clinch and EXPLODER to the floor!! The fans lose their minds from that one! The ring count climbs but the fans chant “MAN UP! MAN UP!” Mark and Eddie flounder, the count is 5 of 20, and Eddie rises at 10. We hit 15, Eddie slides in! Mark flounders at 17 and falls back over! 18! 19!! Mark springs in at 19.5!! The fans are thunderous as Mark stays in this! Mark pounds the mat and the fans rally up again!

Eddie and Mark slowly rise, and they crawl to each other. Eddie fires a haymaker, but Mark hits back! They fire forearms and other wild shots back and forth. Eddie SLAPS Mark, but Mark shakes his head! Mark uses ropes to stand, and he SLAPS Eddie! Eddie SLAPS! Mark CHOPS! Eddie grimaces and CHOPS back! Mark CHOPS again! Eddie takes a moment, nods and CHOPS again! Mark roars to SLAP, CHOP and CHOP! Mark unleashes all his Redneck Kung-Fu, then runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and LARIATS!! The fans are thunderous as Mark drags Eddie up and calls his shot! But Eddie wrenches, HALF ‘N’ HALF!!

Eddie says this is the end, and he URAKENS!! Mark falls, Eddie covers, TWO!??! Mark survives and the fans are electric! Eddie snarls but the fans say to “MAN UP! MAN UP!” Mark sputters, eggs Eddie on, so Eddie says okay, and he runs. But Mark ducks the sliding lariat! ROLLING ELBOW!! Eddie falls but Mark hauls him up! Underhooks, but Eddie back drops! Mark sunset flips, TWO!! Eddie stands, URA- NO, Mark ducks, trips Eddie, high stacks, TWO! Eddie URAKENS again!! Mark PELES!! Eddie wobbles, Mark gets him, but then Eddie scoops! Mark slips free, straitjackets and torture racks, CUTTHROAT DRIVER!! Cover, TWO?!?!?

The fans fire up as Eddie survives that blast from the past, but Mark calls upon the spirit of Jay Briscoe! Mark gets Eddie up, underhooks, JAY DRILLER!!!! Cover, MARK WINS!!!

Winner: Mark Briscoe, by pinfall (NEW ROH World Champion)

And the streamers all fly in! Finally, and for the first-time-ever, Mark Briscoe wins THE title here in ROH! Papa Briscoe gets in the ring to hug his son in celebration, and even Mark’s friends in the locker room make their way out here! Jay Lethal, Rhett Titus, Dalton Castle, Christopher Daniels, even The Kingdom and so many more join in the celebration! They hoist Mark up on their shoulders, and then they all hug it out! Mark says hold on, they gotta give it up to the former champion, too! Eddie manages to stand, looks to Mark, and they nod. They shake hands to keep the Code of Honor, and then hug it out!

The fans cheer this moment that is not only Mark celebrating destiny achieved, but also him honoring the memory of big brother Jay. Supercard of Honor ends with a true feel good moment, how much bigger and better will ROH get from here?


My Thoughts:

A great Supercard of Honor here. I know, I skipped Zero Hour but this is also WrestleMania Weekend, so many other things are happening and I don’t have time for all four-and-a-half hours that this would be. But the Zero Hour is free on AEW’s YouTube, whatever. I did skim, it was all pretty good stuff, other than duh, Premier Athletes were winning their return match. Black Taurus has transformed into Beast Mortos, he of course won. I was actually surprised SAP didn’t win here, this should’ve been where they ended the story with Maria’s boys but it seems like they’ve doubled down because Serpentico lost another mask to them.

Awesome match from Kyle VS Lee to open the main show, and great Kyushin Thunder Liger reference in Kyle’s entire presentation. Kyle winning made a lot of sense, he’s just doing so well. Maybe if this was Ethan Page, there would be a chance Kyle lost, but Lee was clearly fed to the Protostar’s reign. Great Six Woman Tag from Stardom, and you gotta appreciate the constant action going on outside the ring, very unique compared to American style. Great win for Mina’s team, and fun little moment with Mariah coming out to celebrate with them. Well, mostly with Mina. Depending on how things go in Storm VS Thunder, it’d be fun to have Mariah’s two mentors interact and maybe even fight over the title.

Great tag title match from The Kingdom VS Infantry, but just as we saw on Rampage tonight with Roddy VS Rocky, Wardlow got involved to help The Kingdom, just as Adam Cole said. And hey, as I was hoping, Bullet Club Gold actually shows up to do stuff with their ROH World Six Man titles. But while Archer, Zayne and Suzuki are a great trio, of course they were losing. BCG still has to settle things with The Acclaimed, and great to see them show up here, too, so maybe we get Winners Take All at Dynasty. Then Acclaimed can show up on ROH TV, or who knows, maybe BCG wins and they bring all the belts to ROH TV. Just someone show up on ROH TV more often.

Really good stuff in the Fight Without Honor, it’s just too bad The Boys got released before this. They definitely should’ve made their epic return all feral and violent so they could help Castle win. But instead, we did get admittedly hilarious gags with the substitute Boys, and Paul Walter-Hauser so he could plug his own stuff. Which is fine, ROH is making it work with Wrestling Revolver, Athena & Billie went there once. And speaking of, both women’s titles were awesome tonight. I don’t know how to feel about Billie faking such a scary injury but WOW did she do a great job of it. Both Billie and Aminata are great, but I suppose Face in the chase makes sense, and now Billie gets to reign alongside Athena.

Honestly, didn’t Athena was winning. 50-0 is a great mark to hit, but now it’s like, who beats Athena for the title? The only thing I can think of is if she and Billie face off again for both belts, but that doesn’t seem right either. It would be great if Aminata moved up to the world title to make up for not winning the TV title. And in a way, that’s what happened with Mark Briscoe. Great stuff between Mark and Eddie tonight, and wow did Mark bleed. Mark winning out was the right call, he’s been long overdue for a singles title and here we are. Eddie still has his NJPW Strong title, too, so this was surely a great honor for him to give Mark the ROH title.

My Score: 9.1/10


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Mitchell’s WWE Raw Results & Report! (4/29/24)

The Draft wraps it up!

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Pick and choose, sit and lose, all you different crews…

Night two of the WWE Draft continues here on Monday Night Raw, even as The Judgment Day take on Jey Uso, Ricochet & Andrade! Will Main Event Jey’s team put a YEET Down on Damian, Finn & JD?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Gunther w/ Ludwig Kaiser VS Xavier Woods w/ Kofi Kingston; Gunther wins.
  • WWE Intercontinental Championship: Sami Zayn VS Bronson Reed; Sami wins, by disqualification, and retains the title.
  • Maxxine Dupri VS Candice LeRae w/ Indi Hartwell; Candice wins.
  • Liv Morgan VS Nia Jax; Liv wins.
  • WWE World Tag Team Championships: The Awesome Truth VS The Alpha Academy; The Awesome Truth wins and retains the title.
  • Six Man Tag: The Judgment Day VS Jey Uso, Ricochet & Andrade; Jey, Ricochet & Andrade win.

PLAY BY PLAY

Logan Paul arrives!

The Maverick United States Champion rolls up, also with IShowSpeed, and they’re greeted by Patrick Mahomes! And Judgment Day, too! Damian Priest says hey to Logan, congratulates Mahomes on his success, and from champion to champion, Priest wants to say that Logan looks good with the title. Logan appreciates that. Nick Aldis invited Logan to Raw to help with the WWE Draft, make some picks, and hang out with the greatest QB in the NFL. But hey, Judgment Day’s been crushing it. They run Raw! Logan’s guess is that at Backlash, they’re gonna destroy the “ugly Uso,” Jey. Let’s get it! This clique rolls in, will things all go well for them this close to the big night?

 

Becky Lynch is here!

The fans fire up for the NEW Women’s World Champion as she makes her way to the ring, gold back in her hands! Becky gets a mic in her hand now, and she says, “The Man has come around to Kansas City!” The fans cheer that! And man, we’ve got history here, right? Yeah, yeah! Lots of people say KC is where The Man was born. Nearly six years ago, right up on those steps, face bloodied, and she let everyone know that this is HER show now! And here she stands, your new Women’s World Champion, and she’s still saying the same damn thing! The fans cheer on “BECKY! BECKY!” Becky says we are on night two of the Draft, and the times, they are a changing!

There’s a whole new division waiting in the wings. It has taken Becky two YEARS to work back to holding a world championship. And the fans chant, “You Deserve It!” She thanks them for that and loves them for it. But now that Becky is holding this title, her instinct is to hold it tight, never let it go, but titles aren’t meant for just holding. They are meant for defending! Fans like the sound of that, too! So Kansas City, let’s find ourselves a new #1 contender! And Becky wants to fight the best, because you only get better fighting the best. And with that, here comes Liv Morgan! Liv has a smile and a mic as she goes to the ring to tell Becky if she’s looking for a contender, here she is!

The fans are torn but the “MAMI! MAMI!” chants come out. Liv says now, the very last thing she wanted was for Becky to just hand her a title match. But for some reason, Liv can’t help but feel like Becky owes her one. The fans boo but Liv says hold on, hold on. The truth here is, the only reason Becky has the World Championship is because Liv did what Becky couldn’t, and that was take out Rhea Ripley. The fans boo because Liv hurt Rhea. Liv continues to say that this is still the Liv Morgan Revenge Tour, after all. And she thinks they both know that the endgame here was always going to be Liv. So Liv won’t stop until she has everything that she wants.

Becky tells Liv she’s right. Becky would not be holding this title if not for what Liv did to Rhea. But the interesting thing is, Liv would be holding this title if not for what Becky did to Liv. Funny how that works, huh? But then here comes Nia Jax! The Irresistible Force was drafted to SmackDown, but rosters don’t lock in until after Backlash! And Nia says this is all just them being rude. She doesn’t know about any of the fans here, but Nia says Kansas City is very rude for not welcoming her. They are lucky she even showed up tonight. Liv can’t hear Nia over the boos! Nia says she dominated them both last week! SHE should be champion right now!

And the only reason she’s not is because Liv and Becky teamed up to make sure she wouldn’t be. But lucky for her, she’s now on the superior show, SmackDown! It’s why she’s wearing blue, if you can’t tell, you idiots. But like Bayley, Naomi & Tiffany saw, Nia will soon be champion. So tonight is her last night on Raw. Fans cheer that! Well, if Nia is leaving, she’s taking one of them with her. So- LIV SHOTGUNS NIA! The fans fire up and Liv says if Nia’s gonna make a challenge, SHE accepts! Will Liv survive a battle with Nia to then go after Becky and the title?

 

Stephanie McMahon is here!

The fans fire up as the Billion Dollar Queen walk out on stage! She goes to the podium because she has the first round of picks! And she says it feels great to be back here in Kansas City! She welcomes us to night two of the 2024 WWE Draft, and says with the first pick, Raw selects… DER RING GENERAL, Gunther, and Ludwig Kaiser, Imperium! And yes, it’s just them after they expelled Giovanni Vinci from the group. With the second pick, SmackDown selects… JADE CARGILL! The Storm is staying on Friday nights, much to Damage CTRL’s chagrin. And with the third pick, Raw selects… DAMAGE CTRL! Well, never mind!

The fans are torn as Iyo Sky, Dakota Kai, Asuka & Kairi Sane now move to the red brand! And with the final pick of this opening round, SmackDown selects… KEVIN OWENS! The Prizefighter stays on Fridays, which is fitting as he wants after The Bloodline! Who else will be chosen? We’ve still got FIVE rounds to go tonight!

 

Gunther w/ Ludwig Kaiser VS Xavier Woods VS Kofi Kingston!

Speaking of Imperium, they’re ready to commemorate staying on Raw and dumping Giovanni Vinci by sanctifying the ring. However, will the reigning, defending, W, W, E, King, of, the RING~ prove to Der Ring General that he isn’t ready to wear the crown?

The bell rings, Gunther and Woods slowly circle. The fans rally up for “NEW! DAY ROCKS!” The two approach, Gunther kicks low, then CLUBS Woods. Woods goes to a corner, Gunther clinches and grinds forearms, but the ref counts. Gunther lets off, Woods dodges the chop to CHOP! Woods dodges another chop to headlock! Gunther powers up but Woods holds on tight, Gunther powers out on the second try, but Woods ducks ‘n’ dodges ‘n’ slides under to ROLLING ELBOW! Gunther fumes, runs up, but Woods dumps him out! Woods runs, but Gunther avoids the wrecking ball dropkick to CHOP Woods down!

Woods writhes, Gunther hauls him up and hits an APRON BACK SUPLEX, and then Raw goes to break!

Raw returns and Woods is down in the ring. Gunther paces, Kaiser tries to get fans to cheer him but they boo instead. Gunther brings Woods up to UPPERCUTS! Woods goes to a corner, kicks low, then UPPERCUTS back! Woods fires more UPPERCUTS, but Gunther scoops to SLAM him down! Gunther paces while Woods writhes and fans boo. Gunther goes back to Woods, eggs him on, then stands him back up. Gunther HIP DROPS, then he talks trash. Gunther scuffs Woods, but the fans rally with “NEW! DAY ROCKS!” Secret glitch happens, but Woods fires CHOPS on Gunther! Gunther CHOPS Woods down!

Woods still gets up! Woods CHOPS and CHOPS, but Gunther pushes him to a corner, to CHOP again! And CHOP again! And then short arm LARIAT! Fans boo but Gunther grins while talking smack on Kofi. Kofi coaches Woods, Woods rises, and Kofi tells Gunther not to worry about him. Woods stands and ROCKS Gunther, JAWBREAKERS, then CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Gunther CHOPS Woods again! Then reels him in, hoists him up, but Woods slips free! Woods mule kicks and the fans fire up! Woods runs corner to corner, but is put on the apron! Gunther CHOPS, Woods wobbles, and Gunther climbs!

Gunther drags Woods up, but Woods fires body shots! Woods throws hands and he CHOPS Gunther! And CHOPS him off the ropes! The fans fire up as Woods climbs, to MISSILE DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Gunther is still in this but even Kaiser looks a little worried. Gunther sits up, Woods is on him and brings him in. Woods goes to suplex but Gunther fights out! Gunther CHOPS Woods down again! Woods goes to the apron, Gunther runs in but Woods RAMs him! Only for Gunther to SHOVE Woods down! Woods’ leg gets caught in the ropes! The ref hurries to help Woods but Gunther stomps away! The fans boo but the ref backs Gunther off.

Gunther goes outside, to CHOP the leg! The ref frees Woods, Woods flops to the floor, and the ref reprimands. Gunther grins as he still has control, and Raw goes to break.

Raw returns again and Gunther drops a knee on Woods’ bad leg! And then another knee drop! Woods flounders to a corner, drags himself up, and Gunther again talks trash to Kofi. Gunther goes back to Woods, but Woods throws body shots and chops! Gunther kicks the bad leg! Woods CHOPS, but Gunther scoops him to SLAM him into ropes! Woods grits his teeth, clutches the leg, but the fans boo as Gunther mocks Woods. Gunther drags Woods up, puts him on the top rope, and CHOPS him on the back! Woods falls back into the Tree of Woe, and Gunther CHOPS the knee! And CHOPS! And CHOPS it again! The fans boo but Gunther BOOTS the knee!

The ref backs Gunther off, gets Woods out of the Tree, but Gunther grins as he watches Woods writhe. Kofi coaches Woods, the fans rally up, but Gunther eggs Woods on. Woods crawls after Gunther, rises up, only for Gunther to CHOP him down! Gunther goes out to the apron, taunts Kofi some more, then goes up the corner! GUNTHER SPLASH onto knees!! A double-edged tactic but it still saves him! Woods slaps the leg, gets it moving, and the fans rally up harder! Woods rises, to kick, but Gunther blocks! Gunther CHOPS Woods down, then has the leg for a HALF CRAB! Woods endures, flails, reaches out, and Kofi coaches him, only for Gunther to drag Woods back!

Gunther sits deep on the leg, and Kofi thinks about the towel! Kofi grabs the towel, but Woods tells him no! Woods doesn’t wanna lose like that! He knows he can do it! Kofi hears Woods out, and throws the towel away! The fans fire up as Woods powers up! Woods crawls forward, reaches out, but Gunther turns him over! Woods kicks with his free leg, but Gunther drags him way back! STF, with HAMMERING ELBOWS on top! INVERTED GRIP!! Woods endures, but he just can’t! He taps, Gunther wins!

Winner: Gunther, by submission

A gutsy move by Woods, but Gunther has no mercy for anyone. Der Ring General stands tall over the king and “takes his crown” for his own. Will this also happen during the King of the Ring tournament as we enter the money of May?

 

Backstage interview with Jey Uso.

Cathy Kelley is with Main Event Jey, Raw’s first pick from Night One. A great honor for Jey, but is there any pressure being Raw’s first pick while also heading into Backlash’s World Heavyweight Championship match? Jey appreciates the praise, but says there’s no pressure. Put that on his back, watch him work, and Priest is about to catch this YEET down! Then one more question: Logan Paul- Jey stops her there. Jey is glad WWE signed a Paul brother. He just wishes it was the one with a winning record. YEET. Jey heads out, will he and his team get a big win over Judgment Day?

Wait in the background, is that Liv? And is… is that Dom following her?! What’s going on with Mami’s Latino Heat while she’s away?

 

Logan Paul & IShowSpeed head to the ring.

The fans boo as The Maverick and his pal walk out to the podium. Logan says what’s up, Kansas City? It’s so beautiful. But real quick before they get started, you all know there’s a special guest in the house. Samantha Irvin, do an introduction for Mahomes! The fans cheer as Samantha introduces the TWO-TIME NFL MVP, the THREE-TIME Super Bowl Champion, and the starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes! The fans cheer again, and Speed snipes the first pick of the second round. Raw selects… The Voice of the Voiceless, C! M! PUNK! The fans fire up for that one, and even chant his name!

Logan takes the pick for SmackDown, and they select… THE PRIDE! Bobby Lashley, Montez Ford, Angelo Dawkins & B-Fab are all sticking together, and they’re all staying right on Friday nights to go after A-Town Down Under. Speed says for the third pick, Raw selects… THE MONSTER OF ALL MONSTERS, Braun Strowman!! Raw is keeping the 6’8″, 385 pound superheavyweight right here on Mondays! And SmackDown wraps up this round, they select… Tiffany Stratton! The Center of the Universe is still on Fridays, will it be #TiffyTime for the Summer?

Logan continues to the ring to say it’s time to get real. He came to KC to help picks, celebrate with Mahomes, but then what happened? Jey is running his mouth just because he pointed out the truth? The truth is, stupid, Damian Priest will beat Jey Uso! And here’s why: Because Jey made a mistake leaving The Bloodline. Jey Uso is incapable of becoming a champion on his own! Something Logan has become a master of. So look, KC, let him give you a play by play of what happens this Saturday at Backlash. But wait! Here comes Jey! The fans fire up as Jey goes right to the ring, the fans bouncing along with the beat!

Jey stares Logan down, and even looks at the US Championship. The “YEET!” echoes out as Jey gets a mic. Jey says Logan’s got predictions. But Kansas City, what you got to say? You thnik Jey can beat Priest? “YEET!” You think Jey can be world champ? “YEET!” You think Jey needs to knock the YEET outta Logan for running his mouth? “YEET!” Logan asks if Jey thinks he can out YEET him. For all his little gangstas, Logan’s been yeetin’ since 2017! Lil’ Jey trying to roast Logan? Jey ain’t good when he’s alone. It’s why he got kicked outta the Bloodline. The difference between Jey and Logan, is Logan and his bloodline nis tight.

And here come JD McDonagh & Finn Balor! Logan says well, well, well. Jey’s all alone again. Can’t fend for himself then, can’t fend for himself now, and always behind with those two braincells in his head. Jey’s vocabulary consists of two words: YEET, and UCE. But Jey says YEET and he fires haymakers on JD & Finn! Only to get mugged 2v1! Logan says well, well, well. Logan leaves it to Judgment Day as he says KC has something they might like. Logan goes to Mahomes, and Mahomes gives Logan all his Super Bowl rings to be brass knuckles!! The Judgment Day gets Jey on his feet, Logan swings, but Jey ducks! The Irish Ace takes all three rings to the face!!

Jey then walks back up and even he’s like, DAMN! JD got the knocked the YEET out! Finn swings, Jey TACKLES him! Logan drags Jey off Finn and throws down those rings! But BRAUN is here?!? Logan didn’t realize the Monster Among Men was actually going to be in KC! Braun storms in, Finn goes after him, but Braun SHOVES him down! And then grabs him for a MONSTER CHOKE SLAM!! Braun glares right at Logan, and Logan goes running! Braun pursues right into the crowd but Logan’s too fast. Braun tells him he better run! Braun then looks at Mahomes, who gave Logan the ammo in the first place.

The fans fire up as Mahomes has his linemen step up. Jey has Braun calm down, those guys are WWE’s guests. Braun leaves it at that, and KC fires up as Braun roars! Will nothing stop this Monster Among Men from making Mondays his night?

 

R-Truth finishes talking with Chad Gable backstage.

Gable says Truth drives a hard bargain, but he won’t regret it. On behalf of The Alpha Academy, it has been a pleasure doing business with him. The Miz walks in and says they just negotiated a title match tonight. Yeah, with Gable. Good businessman here. Gable said they get one now, and two later! W-What? Y’know, like Now & Laters, the candies. But dog, it’s the Draft! And the WWE World Tag Team Champions could be drafted into the NFL and be players for the Chiefs! Miz asks if Truth knows that this is the WWE Draft, not the NFL Draft. Truth knows now. Who does he talk to? Patrick Mahomes is here. The insurance guy?

Truth is ready to bundle his home and auto! It’s two-for-ones all day! Let’s roll! Truth heads out, Gable says that’s quite the negotiator. Miz just replies with, “Really? Really?” Miz heads out, and Sami BOOTS Gable down!! The fans cheer as Sami gets some revenge before heading out for his own title match! Will everything start falling apart for The Alpha Academy this close to Backlash?

 

Backstage interview with Booker T.

Cathy says Booker is lending his knowledge to Raw as a draft analyst, so what does he think of it so far? Jade Cargill for SmackDown is a game changer. And while Priest is locked in for Raw, what about the rest of Judgment Day? But then CM Punk, what a big break for Raw. That’s huge. But then in walks Drew McIntyre. Book says hey, what’s up? McIntyre says, “Tell me you didn’t just say that. You think this is 2010, Book?” Punk gets hurt after one match, and then he still gets drafted ahead of the guy who took him out, and who literally won the world title?! The title you don’t have right now?

Drew seethes and tells Booker to not be like the others. Booker saw what happened just like everyone else did. Booker asks Drew if he saw what happened like everyone else did. McIntyre asks if this is backwards world or something! He was with Booker back in the day! He knows how Book really felt about Punk! But Booker’s changed. McIntyre storms off, but just what is going on with McIntyre?

 

WWE Intercontinental Championship: Sami Zayn VS Bronson Reed!

The Great Liberator just got a semblance of payback on Chad Gable, and now he’s looking to take a BIG bite out of Auszilla! Will Sami avenge himself of all the cheap shots and blindside attacks? Or will there be a tectonic shift in the championship landscape tonight?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and this is a massive moment for both men!

The bell rings, the two circle, and they feel things out. The fans rally for Sami as the two circle and tie up. Sami waistlocks, Bronson backs him down but Sami puts him in a corner! Sami CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS! Bronson shoves Sami away, then CLOBBERS him! Bronson snarls, drags Sami up, and HEADBUTTS him! Sami flops against ropes but Bronson storms up on him. Bronson stands Sami up against ropes, to CHOP! Bronson HEADBUTTS Sami, HEADBUTTS him again, then eggs him on. Bronson CLUBS Sami, CLUBS him again, but the fans still rally for Sami. Bronson drags Sami up, whips him to ropes, but Sami holds ropes!

Sami dodges Bronson to send him outta the ring, then goes to the apron! Sami mule kicks, then ARABIAN PRESS SAULTS! Direct hit and down goes Bronson! The fans fire up with Sami as he stands tall! Sami puts Bronson in the ring, goes to a corner and climbs, to CROSSBODY, but Bronson catches him! And RAMS him into the corner! And then RUNNING POWERSLAMS! Cover, TWO! So Bronson SENTONS! Sami sputters and flounders while Raw goes to break.

Raw returns and Bronson stands tall over Sami. Bronson brings Sami up, HEADBUTTS him, then fires forearms. The fans rally behind Sami as Bronson whips, but Sami goes up and over! Sami LARIATS Bronson down! The fans fire up and Sami goes to a corner. Bronson stands, storms over, but Sami ELBOWS him away. Sami goes up and AX HANDLES, but into an URENAGE! Cover, TWO! Sami survives that slam but Bronson snarls. Bronson drags Sami back up, reels him in, and hoist shim up, to BUCKLE BOMB! Then he gets Sami back up, SITOUT POWERBOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Sami survives and the fans fire up again!

Bronson is frustrated but he stalks Sami to the ropes. Bronson kicks Sami out of the ring, goes to the apron, and FLYING SHOULDER TACKLES! Sami goes down in a heap and Bronson looks to the title belt. Bronson puts Sami in the ring, then aims from a corner. But Sami HELLUVA KICKS outta nowhere!!! Cover, BUT GABLE GETS IN!? GERMAN SUPLEX!!

Winner: Sami Zayn, by disqualification (still WWE Intercontinental Champion)

Gable ruins Bronson’s match just to get back at Sami! Gable rains down fists on Sami, then CLUBS away on him with crossface forearms! Gable rolls up his sleeves to put on the ANKLE LOCK!! Sami endures, flails, but ends up int he GRAPEVINE! Refs rush out here to stop Gable and he lets Sami go. But then TSUNAMI!! Bronson gets his in, but perhaps on the wrong target! Gable grabs the gold, he holds it over Sami as he says Sami never deserved it in the first place! But then Bronson fireman’s carries Gable! DEATH VALLER DRIVER!! Bronson grabs the gold and stands over both men! Is Auszilla going to destroy anyone and everyone until he’s the alpha?

 

Ron Simmons & John “Bradshaw” Layfield are here!

The fans fire up as The APA is here to give the next round of picks! JBL starts by saying Raw’s first pick of the third round is… THE LATINO WORLD ORDER! Rey Mysterio, Dragon Lee, Zelina Vega, Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde, and… Carlito, are all on Raw! But what about the falling out from Friday? Ron says SmackDown selects… LEGADO DEL FANTASMA! Santos Escobar, Elektra Lopez, Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo are staying on Fridays, them exposing Carlito’s dark secret their final act in the feud. JBL says Raw selects… THE SCOTTISH WARRIOR, DREW MCINTYRE! McIntyre might still have a way to complain about this…

And with the final pick of this third round, SmackDown selects… THE KING OF STRONG STYLE, SHINSUKE NAKAMURA! Shinsuke is moving over to Fridays, will he look to take aim at Cody Rhodes once again?

But speaking of McIntyre, he now makes his way out here, mic in hand! “Am I the only sane and logical person left around here? In what world does Drew McIntyre get drafted in Round Three?” If someone were to walk up to him and explain how it makes sense, he’d call that person a liar! McIntyre says the APA must’ve been doing a lot of drinking since Friday, that’s how stupid this is! But the fans chant for “C M PUNK! C M PUNK!” Oh, yes, so anti-establishment to say his name. McIntyre says Punk is the furthest thing from that! Punk is now a corporate ass-kisser! Punk, congrats, you finally did something since returning: you hurt McIntyre!

McIntyre shows off his arm bandaged up, because Punk’s attack fractured McIntyre’s elbow! But unlike Punk, McIntyre is still here, working through the pain instead of staying home collecting paychecks! McIntyre just tapes it up, gets on with it, because he’s a real man! WAIT! Punk’s music hits! Is he here tonight!? McIntyre is storming around, waiting and looking, thinking this is a game. But then Punk says cut his music. Is it good to be alive in Kansas City or what? He’s up in a skybox! Punk is showing he’s not sitting at home, he’s right here, “Ya little b*tch!” Punk waves, McIntyre storms off, and the fans chant for Punk!

Ron looks to JBL, then looks around and says… “DAMN!!” The fans cheer the iconic line, but is McIntyre going to find his way up to Punk’s skybox to settle this once and for all?

 

The Alpha Academy prepares backstage.

Maxxine is so ready! But then Gable storms in and asks what’s going on. Maxxine says Otis & Tozawa are just firing her up for her match tonight! Didn’t you see her last week? Two eliminations in that battle royal! Finally, some momentum! Gable sarcastically says yeah, two eliminations, that’s great. But uh, can he see the title she won? She didn’t win… No, she didn’t, did she? So what? He’s to celebrate mediocrity? She wants a participation ribbon? It’s PATHETIC! And as for Otis & Tozawa, they better get it together. Tozawa, Gable swears to God, if he sees that stupid dance… Now go out there and win him those championships!!

Gable storms off, Maxxine is shook, but Ivy walks in to calm her down and help her prepare. Otis and Tozawa look to each other, are they going to win just so Gable isn’t disappointed? Or will they do this for themselves tonight?

 

Backstage interview with Bron Breakker.

Raw returns as Cathy is with the Big Bad Booty Nephew, and notes him being a top draft pick. What are his feelings being brought to Monday Night Raw? Bron says that Adam Pearce knows Bron is the best possible pick. He is here to take this place over. But then Sheamus apologizes for the interruption. What? Why’s he interrupting? Sheamus just wants Bron to save his breath to cool his porridge. Sheamus just wants to say he’s impressed by Bron. And this isn’t just Sheamus trying to figure out who the BAMF is, it’s just that Bron reminds Sheamus of a young and hungry Sheamus. Bron’s had banger after banger after banger.

But then McIntyre storms past them both, and Sheamus stops himself. Bron says sure, bangers. Bron heads out, is he going to break through sooner rather than later? As for Sheamus and McIntyre, can Celtic Warrior get through to Scottish Warrior before he does something he’ll regret?

 

Maxxine Dupri w/ Ivy Nile VS Candice LeRae w/ Indi Hartwell!

With the lingering grudge between these two, we’re bound to see fireworks go off tonight! Will Maxxine accomplish greatness by finally conquering her bully? Or will the Poison Pixie continue to be absolutely toxic?

The bell rings and Candice is already pushing Maxxine around! Maxxine TACKLES Candice for it! Maxxine dribbles Candice off the mat, then lets off to LEG LARIAT! The fans fire up as Maxxine brings Candice up to FISHERMAN SUPLEX! And a kip up! Maxxine runs, and BULLDOGS Candice down! Straps come down, and Maxine handsprings into the CATERPILLAR ELBOW! The fans fire up as Candice flounders and Maxxine says ‘A THANK YEW~!” Candice kicks, Maxxine blocks, and has an ANKLE LOCK!! Right outta Gable’s playbook! Indi coaches Candice, she crawls over, but Maxxine drags Candice back!

Candice keeps fighting around, but Maxxine keeps hold of that leg! Candice tries to go the other way, Ivy tells Maxxine to keep on the pressure! Indi POSTS Ivy!! Maxxine’s stunned, Candice rolls to send Maxxine into ropes! Maxxinen sputters, sits up, and Candice SUPERKICKS her down! Candice gets the arms, stretches Maxxine out, to WICKED STEPMOTHER!! Cover off the vicious stomp, Candice wins!

Winner: Candice LeRae, by pinfall

If Candice is a wicked stepmother, than is Indi her evil stepdaughter or something? They might be winners, but have they completely lost their way?

 

Backstage interview with The LWO.

Cathy is with Zelina, Rey, Dragon, Cruz & Joaquin, the newest additions to Raw. But Carlito is still coming along with them, so how are they feeling after his apparent betrayal? Rey says there are a lot of mixed emotions, but they are very happy to be here on Raw. As for Carlito… No idea why he did what he did, which means they still have unfinished business. But then Dom walks over to say hey to the “old geezer.” Dom tells LWO that Judgment Day runs Raw. So welcome back, Lollipop Guild. Rey tells Dom Judgment Day can’t run Raw if they haven’t even been drafted here. And wait… What is that on your lip, Dirty Sanchez?

Dom says Rey’s just lucky he’s not cleared! Dom runs off, Zelina says Dommy misses his Mami. But is this a sign that things are going to reignite in this father-son rivalry soon enough?

 

McIntyre finds the upperdeck.

He asks the fans which skybox is Punk’s but no one knows. McIntyre finds it, but Punk’s gone. Punk did leave a signed picture, though. McIntyre crumples that up, and then Punk’s making his way to the ring! Punk gets the better of McIntyre again, and says it’s CLOBBERIN’ TIME~! McIntyre now watches Punk from the skybox as Punk gets a mic. The fans chant for Punk while he looks up at McIntyre. “I love Kansas City and the people that inhabit it, so I don’t wanna waste your time like Drew McIntyre. So I’m gonna try and do this in less time than the last time you were World Champion, which means I’ve got five minutes and 46 seconds. Pat, time me!”

The fans cheer, and Punk says this would normally be where Punk asks if he has your attention now. But he can see clear as day just like everyone else, Punk’s had McIntyre’s attention for quite some time. He’s like an ex-girlfriend Punk can’t get rid of! And McIntyre says Punk hurt his elbow? GOOD! McIntyre prayed for Punk’s injury, but Punk did that to McIntyre. Punk thought McIntyre hurt his arm sitting around and tweeting. That is why Punk was drafted before McIntyre! Punk isn’t mad, isn’t out for revenge, McIntyre has given him purpose. The fans chant for Punk again, and Punk lets them.

Punk then says the reason Punk went ahead of McIntyre in the draft is simply economics! He is the Best int he World! In the ring, on the mic, even on commentary! No offense to Pat & Michael. Pat lets us know we’re 90 seconds in. Punk tells McIntyre that losers hope things happen. Losers pray for things to happen, but winners make it happen! And when Punk is cleared at 100%, he promises to make McIntyre’s life a living hell! Mic drop, and that’s just under two minutes! Will those other three minutes be used by McIntyre stewing over Punk?

 

Teddy Long and Alundra Blayze are here!

The Hall of Famers are here, Punk gets a hug from the former SmackDown GM, and even gives Alundra a polite hug and kiss on the cheek. Teddy starts off by saying Raw’s first pick of this fourth round, they select… JUDGMENT DAY! Finn Balor, JD McDonagh & Dom Mysterio are all staying put behind Damian Priest! Alundra says SmackDown selects… THE GLOW, NAOMI! Naomi’s challenging for the WWE Women’s Championship, so naturally SmackDown wants to keep it all on the blue brand. Teddy says Raw’s next pick, they select… NXT’s Mad Dragon, ILJA DRAGUNOV!! The Performance Center erupts as Raw is now UNBESIEGBAR!

Dragunov stands up, a standing ovation as he walks down to hug it out with HBK. Dragunov gets to put on the hat, will Mondays soon belong to The Czar? And then SmackDown closes this round with… CHELSEA GREEN & PIPER NIVEN! The Hot Mess & “Miss P” started liking Aldis better anyway, so hopefully they’ll be happy for once.

 

Liv Morgan VS Nia Jax!

As we saw earlier tonight, Liv wants her shot at the Women’s World Championship but is willing to earn her way to it. Will a huge win over the Irresistible Force be just the thing? Or will a crushing defeat be Nia’s parting gift before moving to SmackDown?

The bell rings and the two tie up! Nia THROWS Liv away, then eggs her on. Liv runs up, but Nia THROWS her again! Nia eggs Liv on more, then runs her over! Nia smiles, grabs a leg and SMASHES the knee! Liv flounders and hobbles away, but Nia SPLASHES her in the corner! Nia mocks Liv, “Look at that face.” Then she TOSSES Liv again! Nia soaks up the heat, but Liv JAWBREAKERS back! Liv KICKS, KICKS and KICKS! But Nia blocks one and spins Liv around, only for Liv to ENZIGIRI! Liv runs to SHOTGUN but Nia just drops to her knee! Liv SHOTGUNS Nia again, and Nia ends up on ropes! Liv DROPKICKS Nia in the back!

The fans rally up and Liv runs into the corner to back body block! Liv rolls, returns, and back body blocks again! Liv runs but Nia LARIATS her down! Nia drags Liv to a drop zone, stands on her, and Liv sputters as Nia lets off. Nia goes up and up, but Liv grabs a leg! Nia kicks Liv, but Liv sweeps the legs! Nia is stuck in ropes, Liv WOE STOMPS her down! Nia bails out, Liv builds speed, and Liv slides, but into Nia’s hands! Nia wheelbarrows Liv to SMACK her off the desk! Liv flops over and Nia soaks up the heat, but wait, Tiffany Stratton is here. Tiffy taunts Nia from the crowd, and Raw goes to break.

Raw returns and Nia has Liv down with a cobra clutch! Liv endures, the fans rally up, but Tiffy doesn’t look that impressed. Liv fights up, but Nia thrashes her back down! Raw goes picture in picture to plug The Fall Guy, then comes back as Liv fights back up. Liv throws body shots, but Nia whips her to a corner. Nia runs in, but Liv dropkicks a leg out! Nia stumbles and POSTS herself! Liv runs to SHOTGUN Nia into the post! And then Liv DRIBBLES Nia off the post!! The fans fire up as Liv kicks Nia away and climbs up the corner. But Nia YANKS Liv off the corner, and hits a SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO!! Liv survives and Nia is fuming!

Nia takes a moment to calm down, then she slaps Liv around. Nia drags Liv up, the fans rally behind Liv, but Nia whips her to a corner. Liv goes up and up, and wheelbarrows to victory roll Nia into buckles! Nia sputters, Liv runs up, goes up and up to DOUBLE STOMP Nia down! Liv pushes Nia to a cover, TWO! Nia is still in this but Tiff is still not impressed. Liv fires herself up, CLUBS away on Nia, then pushes her around. Liv runs, but Nia SPINEBUSTERS! Nia shrieks, the fans boo, and Nia drags Liv to a drop zone. Nia goes up and up, determined to end this! Nia grins as the fans boo, but Liv gets up and under Nia!

Liv YANKS Nia into the buckles again and again and again, then manages a POWERBOMB!! High stack, TWO!! Lia almost had Nia and that actually had Tiff on the edge of her seat! But then NAOMI ATTACKS TIFF! The fans fire up as Naomi throws Tiff all around, then DUMPS her over barriers! Naomi goes after Tiff but Tiff turns things around! NIa has Liv int he ropes, CLUBS her down, and Naomi sends Tiff into the desk! Then BULLDOGS her off the apron! And then PENALTY KICKS her down! Nia BLASTS Naomi for distracting her! Liv runs up, FLYING CODE BREAKER! Nia wobbles, into OBLIVION!! Cover, LIV WINS!!

Winner: Liv Morgan, by pinfall

Nia took her eyes off the ball and Liv takes this one to the house! Liv is ready to go after Big Time Becks, will we #WatchHer become the new world champion?

 

Backstage interview with Booker T.

Cathy again joins draft analyst Booker, and says he’s had front row seats to many a new superstar’s beginnings. What does he think of this year’s prospects? Booker says it’s about who’s next in NXT! Trick Williams, Roxanne Perez, but congrats to Dragunov. He’ll do a hell of a job on Raw. Adam Pearce walks by, Cathy hopes to get a word on how this is all panning out. Pearce feels great about Raw, good foundation and some new wrinkles added in. But sometimes, it’s the picks you don’t make that can stick in your mind. His favorite so far is actually that he didn’t take Chelsea & Piper! He hopes Aldis prays a lot, because HALLELUJAH, Pearce is free of Chelsea!

And on that note, time to make some more picks in person! Pearce heads for gorilla, who did Raw and SmackDown take in the penultimate round?

 

The Dudley Boyz are here!

Bully Ray & D-Von Dudley are back again, and they set up their own table! They’re also here to give us the picks! Fans chant for “E C DUB! E C DUB!” and Bully says, “Kansas Citaaaay~! You guys wanna have some fun with the Dudley Boyz tonight? WASSAP~!?” But to business, D-Von! One, two, three, “GET THE TABLES!” “OH mah brotha, testify!” The fans cheer, and Bubba says with the first pick of the fifth round, Raw selects… THE NEW~ DAY~! Kofi & Woods are staying right here on Raw, which will let them settle things with Imperium. D-Von says SmackDown selects… PRETTY DEADLY! Elton Prince & Kit Wilson will stay on SmackDown, #YESBOY!

Bubba says Raw’s next pick is… NXT’s LYRA VALKYRIA! The Morrigan, the former NXT Women’s Champion, is joining her hero, Becky Lynch, on Monday nights! Lyra herself is surprised and even emotional as she gets the red hat and gets to hug HBK. And with the final pick of this round, SmackDown selects… THE WAY, Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell! Will they start to poison the waters of the blue brand now?

 

WWE World Tag Team Championships: The Awesome Truth VS The Alpha Academy!

R-Truth may not really know “WHAT’S UP,” but he and Miz are still fired up to defend their titles tonight. Will they make good on the “deal” Truth made with Gable and hold onto their gold? Or will Otis & Tozawa finally make Gable proud?

Raw returns and the match is already underway! Truth fights up from a chinlock to hit a BIG back suplex on Tozawa! Both men are down, the fans fire up and so does The Miz! Truth and Tozawa crawl, hot tags to Otis and Miz! The fans fire up as Miz dodges Otis to KICK, KICK and KICK! Miz KICKS away in the corner, lets off as the ref counts, and then goes corner to corner for the A-LIST LARIAT! Miz sends Otis away, Tozawa runs up but Miz BOOTS him down! Miz RAMS into Otis, ROUNDHOUSES and HOTSHOTS him, then hurries back up! Miz springboards, into Otis’ arms! WORLD’S STRONGEST SLAM!

Otis rips up the shirt, gets those hips moving, and he revs up for the CATERPILLAR… ELBOW! Tag to Tozawa and he goes up! Otis says for the Academy! SUPER SENTON onto knees! Miz powers up, reels Tozawa in, but Tozawa arm-drags free from the nelson! Truth sneaks a tag, Miz ELBOWS Tozawa and reels him in! Truth joins in, THE TRUTH CRUSHIGN FINALE!! Miz SHOTGUNS Otis while Truth covers, Awesome Truth wins!

Winners: The Awesome Truth, by pinfall (still WWE World Tag Team Champions)

Well, Gable’s not gonna like this. How badly will he tear into poor Otis & Tozawa over this one?

 

The Judgment Day regroups in the clubhouse.

JD & Finn are still sore from Strowman steamrolling them, but Dom says it’s shocking they fell to the fourth round of night two! What is this? Priest asks Dom if he’s really surprised. Week after week, they’ve gotten involved in Priest’s business, then failed miserably, all because they didn’t talk to him about it. When it comes to Jey Uso, he appreciate sit, but he doesn’t need the help. Cool? Yeah… JD, you got it? JD takes the icepack away and WHOA, that swelled up something bad! This is what Priest is talking about! But tonight, just stick to the plan and get this done. Got it? Priest heads out, JD asks if it’s always been so bright in here. Dom thinks Finn needs a towel.

Judgment Day is definitely struggling without Mami to help them, but will they pull it together? Or will they all end up looking like JD’s lumpy head?

 

Liv returns backstage.

And Becky finds her to congratulate her on the win tonight. And also congrats, because Liv also gets her title shot. Liv smiles and moves on, but then in step Damage CTRL. Dakota Kai says hi to Becky, they’re all on Mondays now. Dakota leads Iyo Sky, Kairi Sane & Asuka away, Kairi tapping the title. Becky says don’t touch her belt! Is The Man going to get past Liv’s Revenge Tour just to have #CobraKai, The Evil Genius and the Kabuki Warriors coming after her?

 

Adam Pearce and Nick Aldis are on stage!

The Raw and SmackDown GMs finish the Draft in person, and Pearce says it’s been fun playing chess with him. Time to take it home! Pearce says that with the first pick of this final round in the 2024 WWE Draft, he and Raw select… THE FINAL TESTAMENT! Karrion Kross, Scarlett, Paul Ellering & The Authors of Pain are all coming to make Mondays into Doomsday! Aldis says with the second pick, he and SmackDown select… DIY! Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano are now making their way to Fridays! Pearce says the third pick from him and Raw, it’s… BIG BRONSON REED! The Colossal Aussie still wants that Intercontinental Championship, will he take it?

And Aldis says with THE final pick of THE final round, SmackDown takes NXT’s BLAIR DAVENPORT! The Performance Center goes wild as now the Ichiban Gaijin is moving on to the next level! She hugs it out with HBK and gets the blue hat, will all of Fridays now beware of Blair?

 

Six Man Tag: The Judgment Day VS Jey Uso, Ricochet & Andrade!

Raw made sure Priest, Finn, JD & Dom are sticking together through the Draft, but their dominance over Raw is seriously in question. Jey just turned their attempt at a beatdown into a YEET down, and we’ve seen both the King of Flight and El Idolo get the better of them time and again. Will they and Main Event Jey embarrass Judgment Day all over again? Or will they fall as #ALLRISE for the Judgment Day?

Raw returns as Ricochet makes his entrance, followed by Andrade’s. Then Judgment Day makes their entrance, JD still struggling with that welt on his head. The teams sort out and Andrade starts against Finn. They tie up, Finn fires body shots and backs Andrade into a corner. Finn RAMS into Andrade again and again, then CHOPS, throws more hands, then headlocks for a takeover. Andrade keeps his shoulders up, moves around, and he fights up to his feet. The fans rally, Andrade throws body shots and powers out. Andrade drops, hurdles, but Finn whips him away! Andrade goes Spider-Man in the ropes!

The fans cheer, Finn runs in but Andrade drops down to send him out! JD runs in, but Andrade dumps him out onto Finn! Tag to Ricochet, he and Andrade double clothseline Priest out! Then they DOUBLE DIVE onto Finn and JD! The fans fire up as Jey DIVES onto Priest, and Priest goes up and over the desk! The fans fire up with Team YEET as Raw goes to break!

Raw returns once again and Priest grinds Ricochet down with a motorcycle stretch. The fans rally as Ricochet endures, and Ricochet fights up to his feet. Ricochet breaks free but Priest BELL CLAPS him! Then Priest suplexes for a BROKEN ARROW! Cover, TWO! Priest is frustrated but he eggs Ricochet on. Ricochet slowly rises, Priest winds up and KICKS! And KICKS! And KICKS, then ROLLIGN ELBOWS! Ricochet falls back, Priest soaks up the heat, then he ROUNDHOUSES Jey down! The fans boo the cheap shot, and the ref has to keep Andrade back, but that lets JD & Finn mug Ricochet! Priest then runs in to back elbow!

Tag to Finn, Priest snapmares Ricochet so Finn can slingshot STOMP! Tag to JD, he slingshots to ARABIAN PRESS SAULT! Tag back to Finn, he tags Priest. They get Ricochet up for the BACKBREAKER LEG DROP! Cover, Andrade breaks it! The fans cheer, Priest grabs Andrade to POST him! Priest storms back to his corner to tag JD, and JD flexes. The fans “YEET! YEET!” but JD has Ricochet. Ricochet hits a RECOIL! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Ricochet crawls, reaches out, and JD goes to the neutral corner, he’s that dazed! Hot tags to Jey and Finn! Jey dodges Finn, ROCKS Priest, then ROCKS Finn!

Jey fires off on Finn again and again, “YEET! YEET! YEET!” Pop, lock ‘n’ YEET! Finn flounders up, into a mule kick! Jey UPPERCUTS, kicks again but Finn blocks! But the DRAGON WHIP still hits! Finn ends up in a corner, Jey gets the fans joining in on “UCE! OH! UCE! OH!” Jey runs but Priest swings! Jey dodges to DECK Priest! Jey runs at Finn but Finn puts him on the apron. So Jey GAMANGIRIS back! Jey goes up to CROSSBODY! Cover, JD breaks it! But Andrade runs up, boot feint to BACK ELBOW! Priest gets up to ROUNDHOUSE Andrade! Ricochet leaps in, but into a FLATLINER! Priest drags Finn over and then tags himself in!

Priest aims at Jey and LARIATS him down! Priest brings down the straps while the fans boo, and he drags Jey up. Priest reels Jey in, lifts, Canadian Rack but Jey slips free to SAMOAN DROP! Both men are down but Jey rolls to a corner! Jey climbs, but Dom gets on the apron! The fans boo but Priest grabs Jey! JD hurries over to SHOVE Jey down! Priest asks what JD’s even doing! Priest had Jey himself! JD says it looked like he was gonna get hit! Priset runs up on Jey, Jey dodges and SUPERKICKS! Priest ends up knocking Finn off the apron! Jey dodges JD to SUPERKICK JD out! Finn is back, Jey dodges and SPEARS!!

The fans fire up and Jey goes back up! Finn is legal again as Jey hits the USO SPLASH!! Cover, Jey’s team wins!

Winner: Jey Uso, Ricochet & Andrade, by pinfall

And with that, Main Event Jey wins in the main event! Judgment Day is falling apart at the seams, but can Priest hold it together on his own? Or is Jey about to finally have his moment?


My Thoughts:

A mostly great Raw, but I feel like this year’s WWE Draft was the first real speedbump the HHH Era has hit. HHH himself explained on SmackDown that the brands would be using their picks to keep who they already have and that certainly happened. So many picks were just Raw and SmackDown “securing” many of the people they’ve had this whole time. I did like Pearce’s sense of relief that Chelsea Green & Piper Niven are no longer his problem, they’re Aldis’. But LWO leaving SmackDown right as things were getting interesting again in the feud with Legado seems disappointing. And the fact Carlito is going with them just seems like a messy handling of moving their story over to Raw just so they can also have more Rey VS Dom in the future.

DMG CTRL moving over probably gives away that Jade & Bianca are winning the women’s tag titles for Backlash. Yes, the women’s tag titles are meant to be “roaming” titles, but it feels so long since they’ve really done that. And with the entire The Way family moving to SmackDown, this makes me think Candice & Indi will try (and fail) to take the belts from Jade & Bianca. Final Testament moving to Raw seems rather surprising, but I suppose there’s something to it with them also being on NXT. Raw and NXT are still on USA Network together for now, it’d maybe help continuity for them to be back to back on Mondays and Tuesdays. Also, how strange that this is where they finally say “The Pride” for the team of Lashley, Profits & B-Fab after them being together for months…

I will say that we got great moments for the NXT call-ups. Dragunov going to Raw made sense with Imperium still being here, but I’m surprised Lyra is Raw rather than SmackDown. Maybe she’s meant to back Becky up against DMG CTRL? And Blair being called up period clearly caught her by surprise, that was a rather sweet moment for her villainous self, but she’ll make a solid part of the division on SmackDown. We also got good story crossover as Naomi and Tiffany were here tonight to brawl and cost Nia so Liv could get a great win. Becky VS Liv for some time after Backlash will be good stuff, but I’m thinking Becky retains. What’s more curious is Liv quite literally leading Dom along. Liv’s Revenge Tour really does seem to be about taking everything from Rhea…

Disappointing Draft aside, great action to build towards both Backlash and King of the Ring. Woods VS Gunther was an awesome match, but I figured Gunther would win. Hard to say if Gunther will be the new King of the Ring, but this was a good case for it. Great stuff in the Intercontinental Championship story as Sami gets that boot on Gable, was about to win against Bronson until Gable attacked, and then Bronson stands tall. So far, all three guys are staying on Raw, I sense a huge Triple Threat for this title, and that could really go either way to me. Sami can use Gable and Bronson against each other, one of them could be opportunistic, it’s going to be an awesome match.

Great story intertwining with the Academy, too, as Gable takes his anger out on his team, and that more or less affects all of their performances tonight. Maxxine tried to finally get even with Candice but Indi’s Heel turn is continuing so The Way wins on the way out from Raw. Otis & Tozawa have a fun match with Awesome Truth but end up losing, so Gable’s just gonna lose his mind with them. Good story intertwining for Judgment Day and Logan Paul. Great seeing Braun back, he looks better than ever right now. Now, while the champions are all staying put, I feel like Braun should’ve gone to SmackDown so he can continue to scare the Prime outta Logan over the US Championship. And they did a great cosmetics job with JD’s huge welt, that looked nasty!

The deterioration of Judgment Day continues in wild fashion. They get JD punched in the head, almost get Logan mauled by Strowman, and then they aren’t on the same page in the main event. They could end up messing Priest over at Backlash because of it, giving Jey the win, but it feels like Priest finds a way to win despite them messing up. Then perhaps in a twist, Priest doesn’t get kicked out of Judgment Day, he quits them and leaves them to flounder on their own.

Segment of the night goes to CM Punk making McIntyre look like a fool. He goads McIntyre into storming up to the VIP section only to circle around him and go to the ring. And I feel like Punk was even trying to fill for time since he said he had 5 minutes and 46 seconds, but he still cooked McIntyre in half that. McIntyre VS Punk is going to blow the roof off the place, wherever it takes place.

My Score: 8.7/10


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Who truly run the Junior Heavyweight Division?

With Best of the Super Juniors on the horizon, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight AND Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions must defend their gold! Will Sho and the War Dogs keep Bullet Club’s gold?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Boltin Oleg VS Katsuya Murashima; Oleg wins.
  • Six Man Tag: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tiger Mask VS Just5Guys; Just5Guys win.
  • 8 Man Tag: TMDK VS The United Empire; TMDK wins.
  • 10 Man Tag: The House of Torture VS Shota Umino, El Desperado, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo & Jado; The House of Torture wins.
  • Six Man Tag: Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi & Tomoaki Honma VS Bullet Club; Bullet Club wins.
  • Six Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS Bullet Club War Dogs; LIJ wins.
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Clark Connors & “Drilla” Dan Moloney VS Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI; Connors & Moloney win and retain the titles.
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion: SHO VS DOUKI; Sho wins and retains the title.

PLAY BY PLAY

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Clark Connors & “Drilla” Dan Moloney VS Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI!

The War Dogs took these titles back on the Road to New Beginning, and then kept them through Sakura Genesis. But the Timebomb and Black Mask are ready to take their shot ahead of the Best of the Super Juniors! Will Hiromu & Bushi be bringing these titles into the tournament? Or will 100 Proof & 44 Caliber empty the Full Clip to keep their gold?

The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see who wins this shootout!

The teams sort out and Hiromu starts against Connors. They both run in and DOUBLE LARIAT! They stay up and DOUBLE LARIAT again! They still stay up, Hiromu dodges Connors and headlocks. Connors powers up and out and runs Hiromu over! Bu then Hiromu runs Connors over! They get in each other’s face, Hiromu shoves Connors, and then both Drilla and Bushi jump in. Hiromu kicks Drilla first, and Bushi kicks Connors! Hiromu CHOPS Drilla, he and Bushi whip the Dogs at each other, but the Dogs dosido to redirect themselves. Hiromu TOSSES Drilla while Bushi dodges Connors, then Hiromu runs in to clothesline Connors!

Hiromu snapmares Connors, he and Bushi DOUBLE BASEMENT DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Hiromu keeps on Connors with a facelock and tags Bushi in. They mug Connors, then Bushi snapmares to stomp Connors. Bushi brings Connors up but Connors knees low. Connors barks and runs, but into a kick! Then Hiromu dropkicks the legs out and Bushi basement dropkicks Connors down! Hiromu barks at Drilla, Bushi covers Connors, TWO! The fans rally for Bushi, he brings Connors up and CLUBS him to the LIJ corner. Tag to Hiromu, he barks at Drilla while Bushi stomps Connors. Hiromu turns around, Connors UPPERCUTS him!

Connors hot tags Drilla, but LIJ mugs him first! They double whip, but Drilla ducks the clothesline to shove Bushi into Hiromu! Drilla then ripcords Bushi but Bushi ducks the chop to run and RANA! Drilla is right up, but Bushi DROPKICKS him back down! Drilla bails out, the fans fire up as Bushi builds speed, but Connors gets in to SNAP POWERSLAM! Connors runs at Hiromu but is put on the apron! Hiromu runs to FLYING SUNSET FLIP- NO, Connors holds ropes to deny the bomb! And then Drilla gets under to drag Hiromu out, for an APRON POWERBOMB! Hiromu slumps down while Connors growls!

Connors and Drilla go around the corners, coordinate, and run in to SPEAR GORE COMBO Hiromu on the outside!! Drilla roars, Connors throws up the Too Sweet and fans are torn. The ref checks on Hiromu, he’s somehow okay to continue, so the ring count starts. Connors goes out to fetch Hiromu, even as the fans rally up. Connors drags Hiromu through the gate to TOSS him into the crowd! The count passes 15 as Hiromu stirs! Hiromu crawls but we’re already at 18! Hiromu sprints and slides in, SAFE! Drilla chuckles, then he looms over Hiromu to rain down fists! The fans rally for Hiromu, even as Drilla hits him over and over!

The ref reprimands about closed fists so Drilla lets off. The ref checks Hiromu, he’s still conscious so Drilla drags him up by his hair. Connors barks at Hiromu, the fans rally, but the ref still wants to check Hiromu. Hiromu reaches out, shakes his head, and the fans rally as hard as they can. Drilla drags Hiromu back up, bumps him off Connors’ boot, then tags him in. They double whip, double ELBOW, then Connors DROPKICKS Bushi for good measure. Connors taunts the fans cheering on Hiromu, barks at him, then eggs Hiromu on. Hiromu sits up, flounders over, and he drags himself up using Connors’ pants.

Hiromu CHOPS, but Connors doesn’t flinch. Hiromu staggers, CHOPS and CHOPS, but Connors UPPERCUTS! Connors whips, ELBOWS Hiromu down, then covers, TWO! Hiromu stays in this but Connors is annoyed. Connors scrapes his sole off Hiromu’s face! Tag to Drilla and he stomps Hiromu back down. Hiromu growls but Drilla stands him up. Drilla CHOPS, but Hiromu shakes his head. The fans rally up as Drilla eggs Hiromu on. Hiromu CHOPS, but Drilla CHOPS! Hiromu CHOPS, Drilla CHOPS Hiromu down! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up as Hiromu stays in this, but Drilla sits him up for a chinlock.

Hiromu endures, even as Drilla digs his knee into Hiromu’s neck. The fans rally, Hiromu fights around, fights to his feet, and throws elbows. Hiromu is free but Drilla RAMS him into the corner! Tag to Connors, then Drilla JABS Hiromu! Connors taunts Hiromu, stays out of range, then kicks Hiromu down. Connors reels Hiromu in to snap suplex, then he runs to drop a JUMPING ELBOW! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer but Connors CLUBS Hiromu. Connors sits Hiromu up for a NECK TWIST! Then he clamps on for a neck wrench! The fans rally as Hiromu endures again. Hiromu fights to his feet, throws elbows and CHOPS!

Hiromu CHOPS and CHOPS but Connors HEADBUTTS! Connors runs, but Hiromu dropkicks the legs out! Both men are down, the fans fire up, and Hiromu crawls. But Connors grabs hair and pulls Hiromu back! Hiromu blocks a kick, and a punch, to DRAGON SCREW! Both men are down again and the fans fire back up! Hot tag to Bushi! Bushi fires off on Connors, whips, but Connors reverses, only for Bushi to RANA! Drilla gets in to throw hands, but the ref reprimands. Drilla whips Bushi to a corner, runs in, but is sent into the corner! Bushi BOOTS Connors, brings Drilla in, BULLDOG DROPKICK COMBO!

The fans fire up with Bushi, and he blocks a haymaker to spin and DDT Connors down! Cover, TWO! Bushi hurries to SMASH Connors’ knee! Bushi then ties the legs up, CLOVERLEAF KNEEBAR! Connors endures, scrambles, and grabs the ROPEBREAK! Bushi lets go at 4, the fans rally, and Bushi stomps Connors around. Bushi kicks at the leg, then blocks Connors’ leg to kick Connors. Bushi runs, Connors redirects to POUNCE! Both men are down but the fans rally up again. Bushi and Connors crawl, hot tags to Drilla and Hiromu! Hiromu dodges Drilla to fire off forearms! Hiromu whips, ROCKS, and puts Drilla on ropes to KICK it!

Hiromu runs, Drilla dodges, but then Hiromu ELBOWS him! Hiromu whips Drilla to a corner, clotheslines him, snapmares and basement dropkicks! The fans fire up with Hiromu, “MOTO! MOTO!” Hiromu drags Drilla up to fireman’s carry, but Drilla slips free. Drilla shoves Hiromu to a corner, runs in but into a BOOT! Hiromu runs but fakes Drilla out to then wrench and facelock. But Drilla suplexes first! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up again while Drilla frowns. Drilla drags Hiromu up and reels him in, but Hiromu fights the lift! Drilla ENZIGIRIS Hiromu, then reels him back in! Canadian Rack, but Hiromu slips free!

Hiromu shoves, wheelbarrows, but Drilla fights it! Hiromu powers through to COMPLETE SHOT after all! The fans fire up while both men are down! Hiromu staggers up, tag to Bushi! Bushi and Hiromu drag Drilla up, double whip and TU LO- NO, Drilla lands on his feet! Drilla gets around Bushi to waistlock, and RAMS Bushi into Hiromu and then them both into a corner! Schoolboy and DROPKICK for Bushi! All three are down and the fans rally again. Drilla crawls over, hot tag to Connors! Connors storms in and aims at Bushi. Bushi rises, into a LARIAT! Connors fires up, brings Bushi around and suplexes.

Bushi fights the lift, to dropkick the bad leg! Bushi dropkicks that leg again! Connors writhes, Bushi gets the legs, CLOVERLEAF KNEEBAR!! Connors flails, endures, reaches out, Hiromu intercepts Drilla into TRIANGLE D!! Connors continues to fight around, reaches for ropes, but Bushi steers him in the other direction! Drilla deadlifts Hiromu to POWERBOMB him onto Bushi!! All four men are down and the fans fire up again! Connors shakes out his bad leg while Bushi stirs. They rise up, and Bushi fires a forearm! And another! Connors fires back, but Bushi fires again! And again! And again! But Connors HEADBUTTS!

Connors wobbles, powers up, and runs, but Hiromu SUPERKICKS! The fans fire up as Hiromu then blocks Drilla’s superkick! Hiromu hands that to Bushi, but then Drilla blocks Hiromu’s superkick! Connors SUPERKICKS Hiromu! Drilla gets free to SUPERKICK Bushi! Connors and Drilla aim, SPEAR GORE COMBO on Bushi!! Connors runs in at Hiromu, into a CORNER BELLY2BELLY! Drilla and Hiromu fire forearms, Hriomu gets the edge but Drilla RLOCKS him! And ripcord CHOPS! Hiromu ROLLING ELBOWS, SUPERKICKS, then fireman’s carries! TIMEBOMB 1.5! Drilla tumbles out and the fans are thunderous!

Hiromu & Bushi get Connors up, double fireman’s carry, but Connors fights free! Connors ROCKS Bushi, Hiromu waistlocks and Bushi returns, SUNSET FLIP GERMAN SUPLEX COMBO! Cover, TWO!! Connors survives but Hiromu DROPKICKS Drilla! Bushi roars and goes up a corner! The fans fire up again as Bushi aims! Connors rises, into M- SPEAR!! Connors takes Bushi outta the sky! Drilla anchors Hiromu on the apron, for Connors to POUNCE!! Connors then drags Bushi back up, reels him in, and gives him NO- NO! Bushi turns the No Chaser into BUSHI ROLL!! Drilla drags Bushi right up!! And flips him into DRILLA KILLA!! Connors covers, HIROMU BREAKS IT!!!

The fans are thunderous but Drilla ENZIGIRIS Hiromu into NO CHASER!! The Dogs get Bushi up, and then Connors climbs! Drilla suplexes, for the FULL CLIP!! Cover, the Dogs win!

Winners: Clark Connors & “Drilla” Moloney, by pinfall (still IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions)

The War Dogs redeem themselves for failing on the Road to Wrestling Dontaku and are now rolling right into the round robin! Will nothing stop Connors & Moloney from proving they’re the Best of the Super Juniors?

 

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion: SHO VS DOUKI!

When it comes to the House of Torture, shenanigans and underhanded tactics are their bread and butter. And nobody’s been doing it better than the Murder Machine. He literally stole this belt from El Desperado before snatching a win by count-out, and then got really lucky against Yoh. However, he’s finally tasting some of his own medicine! Japones Del Mal took the belt, then suckered him into accepting a title match! With the gold finally on the line, who will prove to be the sneakiest of all?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and wait, Sho takes the mic to say something first. He doesn’t trust what’s going on with Taichi on commentary?! Saying that it’s an unfair advantage!? Sho says Douki should try and win this title fair and square! He’s one to talk! Douki wags his finger, and he brings out the contract he had Sho sign. Douki makes it clear to Sho that this is all by the book. Sho still tries to deny it, thinking this is just an exhibition or something. Then he snatches the contract and EATS it?! Sho, that’s not gonna stop anything! Douki then DECKS Sho, stomps away, and the bell rings!

Douki bumps Sho off buckles, stomps him more, then digs his boot in. The fans rally while Sho suffers, and then Red Shoes counts. Douki lets off, drags Sho up, but Sho claws Douki’s eyes! Red Shoes reprimands and fans boo but Sho whips. Douki reverses and does the splits to get under. Then he rolls back to RANA Sho, and then arm-drag! Sho staggers up, into another arm-drag! Douki dodges Sho, arm-drags to then get a leg, and he SMASHES the knee! The fans fire up while Sho bails out. Douki pursues but Sho kicks him first. Sho whips but Douki reverses to send Sho into railing! The fans cheer and Douki storms up on Sho.

Douki stalks Sho around the way, RAMS him into more railing, then puts the bad leg around railing! Sho wants mercy but Douki BOOST the railing! Sho falls over and the fans rally up. Douki storms up on Sho, drags him up, and puts him in the ring. The fans cheer and Douki stomps Sho at the ropes. Douki stomps the bad leg, then puts the leg on ropes to stand on it! HIP DROP! Sho writhes, the fans cheer, and Douki brings Sho around. Douki drops an elbow on the knee! Douki pulls on a toehold, Sho pulls on Douki’s mask! Red Shoes reprimands, Sho lets go, and then Sho has the ROPEBREAK! Sho shouts about it and Douki lets go.

The fans rally up while Douki stalks Sho. Douki stomps Sho’s legs, drags him back up and whips, but Sho holds ropes to block. Douki tries again, Sho still holds on, so Douki kicks the bad leg! Douki whips, Sho reverses, but Douki holds ropes! Sho runs in but Douki does the splits again, and Sho is sent tumbling out! Douki then goes to the apron, mule kicks Sho, but Sho sends a Young Lion into Douki! Douki falls and the fans boo! Red Shoes reprimands Sho, then checks Douki. Douki clutches his leg, but Sho drags him up and whips him into railing! Sho brings Douki out into the crowd now! And to the very back, to SLAM his leg into the wall!

Douki hobbles right in front of Section H while Sho grabs a chair. Sho digs that chair into the leg! Red Shoes reprimands and fans boo, but Sho lets off. Sho then stomps Douki’s bad leg, talks trash and leaves Douki behind. The fans rally for Douki while Sho gets in the ring. Sho smirks as he waits on the ring count. Douki sits up, shakes out the bad leg, and the fans rally up. The count reaches 10 of 20 before Douki stands. Douki hobbles his way to the aisle and hurries towards ringside. The count passes 15, then passes 17! Douki slides in safe at 19! Sho is upset with Red Shoes’ count, but then he grabs Douki’s bad leg to SMASH the knee!

Douki writhes, Sho wants Red Shoes to call this, but Red Shoes says no, Douki’s still okay. So Sho DDTs the leg! And DDTs it again! And again! Cover, TWO! Douki is still in this and the fans rally up again. Sho drags Douki up, wrenches, and kicks, KICKS and then stomps the leg! Then he kicks, KICKS and stomps the leg again! And again! Sho drags Douki up but Douki fires a forearm! Sho eggs Douki on, Douki throws more forearms, so Sho kicks the leg out! Sho drops into a KNEEBAR! Douki endures now, fights around, reaches out, but Sho uses his shirt for leverage on the leglock! The fans rally, Douki claws at the mat and drags Sho along to the ROPEBREAK!

The fans cheer while Sho lets go in frustration. But then Sho smirks as he looms over Douki, and he stomps the bad leg again. Douki shoves Sho away, fires up and fires off more forearms! Sho kicks the leg! Sho reels Douki in, but Douki fights the lift! Sho kicks the leg, reels Douki back in and hoists him up, but Douki slips free! Only for the bad leg to jam! Sho runs, but Douki dropkicks Sho’s bad leg! Both men are down while the fans rally back up. Sho makes his way to a corner, runs up, but Douki blocks to fire forearms again! Douki whips, Sho reverses, but Douki dropkicks the bad let! Sho scrambles to a corner!

Douki runs in to forearm smash! Douki then brings Sho up, ties up the legs, DOUBLE KNEE BREAKER! Douki runs to SHOTGUN Sho down! Cover, TWO! Sho stays in this but the fans rally behind Douki again. Douki slaps his bad leg into working, then he drags Sho up. Douki turns Sho, but Sho fights the Gory Especial! Douki still tries, but Sho wrenches an arm and bends fingers! Sho kicks and kicks, then he bends fingers again! Douki HELL STABS! Douki runs, Sho gets around to waistlock, but Douki fires elbows! Sho keeps Douki from getting away, but Douki kicks free. Sho blocks a kick, but so does Douki! Sho goes for the eyes!

Douki pulls Sho’s arm away, tucks it under the leg, and drops into a modified FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK! Sho endures and fans rally, but wait! Yoshinobu Kanemaru shows up! The Heel Master distracts for just a moment, then he gets in Taichi’s face! Taichi stands up, only for DICK TOGO’S SPOILER CHOKER!! The House of Torture is going after the Holy Emperor! The fans boo as Dick chokes Taichi out! Douki still keeps on Sho but Sho drags Red Shoes down! Yoshinobu storms in to stomp away on Douki! The fans boo but Douki lets Sho go and Yoshinobu drags him up. But Douki suplexes first! Sho sees this and freaks out!

Wait Dick gets on commentary in Taichi’s place!? Sho THROWS Douki into Red shoes! Then LOW BLOWS!! Then he THROWS Douki back into Red Shoes!! Sho hurries away from Douki, and Dick jumps in the ring! Dick stomps away on Douki while fans boo! Sho laughs but here come the other guys! Taka Michinoku & Yuya Uemura run Dick off, but here comes the rest of the House! Evil & Yujiro attack Yuya & Taka! The fans boo and tell them to go home, but they don’t care. Evil & Dick open Yuya’s legs for Yujiro’s FALLING HEADBUTT! Then they get Taka up as Dick climbs, for the DICK CHOP!

The fans boo as Yuya and Taka are down, and then the House drags Douki up. They double whip Douki to a corner, then Dick runs in to elbow! Yujiro BOOTS! Evil clotheslines! They snapmare Douki down, then Dick climbs up! The fans boo, but Douki suffers a DICK CHOP! Sho laughs and waves to Red Shoes. Evil gets Red Shoes in to count the cover, TWO!!! Douki survives and the fans are thunderous! Sho vows to end it now, and he drags Douki back up. Sho reels Douki in, lifts, for the POWER BREAKER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Douki survives again and Sho is furious! Sho drags Douki back up while the fans rally as hard as they can!

Sho brings Douki in, tucks the arms, but Douki fights the lift! And he drops down for the ITALIAN STRETCH #32!! But Sho powers through, tucks the arms again, and STRAITJACKET PILEDRIVERS! Cover, TWO!?!? Douki survives again and the entire House is beside itself! Taichi rises, but he’s cuffed to railing! Sho drags Douki up, says he’s done now, and then pump handles! SHOCK- NO! ITALIAN STRETCH #32!!! Douki has Sho, but Sho fights for ropes! Douki pulls on the hold, Dick gets on the apron! But Taka is back and YANKS Dick down! Douki rolls Sho from ropes for ITALIAN STRETCH!!

Yujiro and Evil get up but Yuya anchors them both! Sho is fading! Sho is turning red!! Who rang the bell!?! Not this crap again!! It was all DICK!! Douki realizes he hasn’t won, and then Evil SHOVES Douki into Red Shoes!! Red Shoes takes a tumble right out of the ring, and the House stomps away on Douki again! The House taunt Douki, but Douki fights back! Evil CLAWS Douki’s eyes! But Taichi has a Young Lion free him! And he hurries to ringside! Evil & Yujiro double whip Douki, Douki grabs ropes, and Taichi runs in to DOUBLE AX BOMBER!! The fans are thunderous as Taichi tells his old friend to keep fighting!

Just5Guys turn the tides on the House by stomping away on Dick! They double whip Dick to a corner, then Taka clotheslines! Yuya DOUBLE CHOPS! Taichi runs up to clothesline! Then Taka goes up! They get Dick in place for a HAWK CHOP! Dick flounders out, Taka & Yuya PLANCHA out onto Yujiro & Evil! The fans are thunderous as J5G drags the House to the back! Now it’s just Douki and Sho all alone as we hit 20 minutes! Sho crawls for his corner, he wants his Torture Tool! But Douki goes to his corner, and he brings out his PIPE! And Douki’s is bigger! Sho freaks out, wanting to tell Red Shoes about this!

Douki tells Sho to bring it, so Sho swings! Douki dodges, swings, but Sho dodges! Sho swings but Douki blocks, and Sho loses grip on his wrench! Douki JAMS Sho with the pipe, then CHOKES him, into a STEEL DODON NO JUTSU!! Douki gets the pipe outta there, and a spare ref hurries out here! The fans fire up as Douki roars, and he brings Sho back up! Douki reels Sho in, for the SAHARAWI SUPLEX!! Cover, TWO?!? Sho survives but the fans are electric for Douki! Douki pounds the mat, powers up, and he wheelbarrows Sho! Full nelson, SUPLEX DE LA LUNA!!! Bridging cover, YOSHINOBU YANKS THE REF!!

Kanemaru stomps away on Douki as fans boo! Kanemaru goes out, grabs his whiskey and takes a big swig! Kanemaru aims, but Douki HELL STABS! The whiskey mist flies into the air, then Douki DECKS Kanemaru! But wait! Ren Narita shows up! He was staying back just for this moment! Narita has the push-up bar and he slides into the ring! Narita SNATCHES the mask!! And as Douki covers up, Narita JAMS him with the bar!! Then he reels Douki in for DOUBLECROSSER!! The fans boo, but Narita at least puts Douki’s mask back on before he helps Sho cover. Narita gets the second ref, Kenta, into the ring, and tells him to count! The ref sees Sho, counts, and Sho wins!!

Winner: Sho, by pinfall (still IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion)

The most powerful fight Douki’s ever put up is completely besmirched by the most disgusting game the House has ever rigged! Sho is in no shape to get the mic so Narita brings it over. Sho laughs and says he’s just too strong, it’s becoming a problem. The fans boo as Sho this is what Douki gets for making this more than just sparring. Sho leaves the ring with The House but he keeps on talking, saying he’s happy to be leaving Kagoshima anyway. And as for BOSJ up next, Sho’s confident it’ll be a piece of cake at this rate! Narita raises Sho’s hand in victory and the streamers fly! But will Sho really be able to stack the deck each and every round?


My Thoughts:

A really good Satsuma, even if it’s kinda wedged in right before Dontaku. The Junior Heavyweight title matches were both great stuff, made to feel very close, but in the end, I figured Bullet Club was retaining the gold going into the Best of the Super Juniors. Connors & Moloney are a tough team, they even won a big Triple Threat, so them winning here isn’t really a knock on Hiromu & Bushi. Plus, there could be a chance Hiromu gets a strong showing in BOSJ to go after the singles title again.

And boy, they really overbooked the main event there. I was hoping Douki was gonna find a way, but they did a great job making Narita the final card to play. He stayed back and I didn’t even think about him until he showed up, but of course he’s the deciding factor. Sho retains, and he’ll go into the tournament with the title, but I really hope someone gets their golden ticket off beating him in the round robin just to stick it to him.

My Score: 8.7/10


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