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Mitchell’s WWE SmackDown Results & Report! (6/14/24)
Oidhche Haoine SmackDown!
Glasgow’s ready to fight on a Friday night!
For the first time ever, SmackDown is live from Glasgow, Scotland! And before Clash at the Castle, we have a clash between Kevin Owens and Solo Sikoa! Will the Prizefighter make sure The Bloodline spills some blood?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Naomi w/ Bayley VS Chelsea Green w/ Piper Niven; Naomi wins.
- Santos Escobar w/ Legado Del Fantasma VS Apollo Crews; Santos wins.
- Nia Jax VS Mia Yim; Nia wins.
- Kevin Owens VS Solo Sikoa w/
The BloodlinePaul Heyman; Solo wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Bayley is here!
Glasgow is all fired up for the Role Model as she brings the WWE Women’s Championship with her to the ring. But she says hit her music, and Naomi makes her entrance! It’s time to GlasGLOW, will Naomi put the Hot Mess in her place? Or will Chelsea Green pave the way for “Miss P?”
Naomi w/ Bayley VS Chelsea Green w/ Piper Niven!
Before the match, Chelsea has a mic to tell Scotland that their hometown heroes have arrived. Well, Piper is but anyway, Chelsea says they’re so lucky to witness not one but two crushing defeats this weekend. One will be tonight when Bayley’s “glowy girlfriend” Naomi loses. And the next will be tomorrow when Chelsea’s spicy margarita tag team partner, Piper, crushes Bayley! And since Bayley’s here, Chelsea & Piper are about to become the N EW WWE Women’s Champion! Um, only one woman can do that but will Chelsea inflate that ego to dangerous proportions?
The bell rings, the fans fire up, and the two circle. The fans sing for Bayley as Naomi and Chelsea tie up. Naomi puts Chelsea on ropes, Chelsea turns it around, but then they go around the way. Chelsea grinds a forearm, headlocks, spins to a hammerlock, then messes with Naomi’s hair. Naomi wrenches out, headlocks back, but Chelsea powers out, only to get run over! Naomi mocks Chelsea, runs, but Chelsea drops down. Naomi ducks the roundhouse, then mule kicks back! Naomi runs, slides, but Chelsea begs for mercy! She gets a SLAP instead! Then Naomi runs and runs and runs, for the SPLIT LEG DROP! Cover, TWO!
Naomi stays on Chelsea, whips her to a corner, and Chelsea sits down, Naomi runs up to HYDRAULIC DROPKICK! Chelsea bails out, wants a timeout, but the fans boo. Naomi builds speed to DIVE into a SLAP! Chelsea goes up to STOMP Naomi to the apron! Chelsea laughs at Naomi but fans boo as SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Chelsea has Naomi down in a chinlock. The fans rally as Naomi fights up, throws hands, and runs, to CROSSBODY! The fans fire up, Chelsea staggers up, and she dropkicks a leg out! Piper cheers but the fans boo. Chelsea runs, slides, but Naomi smothers the strike. Chelsea shoves Naomi down, but Bayley rallies the fans behind Naomi. Chelsea whips Naomi to a corner, runs up, but blocks boots! Naomi hits back with the rebound ENZIGIRI! The fans fire up as Naomi stalks Chelsea. Chelsea throws a forearm, Naomi throws it back! The fans rally as Naomi gets more shots in. Naomi whips, Chelsea reverses, but she gets a FLYING CHUCK!
Chelsea bails out, Naomi builds speed, and Naomi DIVES! Down goes Chelsea, and Naomi rains down fists! Naomi puts Chelsea in, goes up a corner, and the fans rally as Naomi reaches the top. CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Chelsea survives and Naomi’s a little frustrated, but Bayley gets the fans to chant “GLOW! GLOW! GLOW!” Naomi stalks Chelsea to a corner, climbs up, and she rains down fists! Chelsea slips out before five to YANK Naomi down! Chelsea now climbs, and leaps to MISSILE DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Naomi stays in this and the fans rally up. Chelsea covers again, TWO! Chelsea is frustrated but the fans cheer.
Chelsea storms up on Naomi, drags her up, and reels her in for a back suplex. Naomi lands out, headlocks, but Chelsea powers out of the bulldog! BLINDSIDE FOREARM! Roll up, with feet on the ropes! Bayley breaks that up! Piper gets after Bayley, the ref is distracted, but so is Chelsea! Chelsea goes back for Naomi, chicken wings, but Naomi says nope! O’Conner Roll, with BRIDGE! NAOMI WINS!
Winner: Naomi, by pinfall
That was no crushing defeat but a rather upsetting one for Piper & Chelsea! Bayley celebrates with Naomi tonight, will Naomi return the favor tomorrow when Bayley battles Piper?
Baron Corbin talks with Nick Aldis.
The Lone Wolf wants to thank the SmackDown General Manager for this opportunity. Corbin went back to NXT, worked out some issues, and came back for a fresh start. But in steps Legado Del Fantasma, chuckling all the way. Is this some sort of charity case? Corbin steps up but Aldis says they’ll pick this up another time. Corbin heads out, and Aldis tells Legado that they’re lucky they’re even allowed here given last week. But seeing as they are here, he has good news: they’ve been fined for that attack on Apollo Crews. Doesn’t matter who pays it, since Santos Escobar had his stooges do the dirty work for him.
But let’s just say this: next time, a fine will be the least of their worries. Oh, don’t be so sensitive, Nick. A fine is fine, but as far as Apollo goes… He’s okay, right? He’s a tough guy. And he can compete, right? Yes, he is. Then we’ll see how long that lasts. Santos feels generous. He’ll do Aldis a favor. Tell Apollo that tonight, he gets Santos. Will do. The Emperor leads his forces out, but will Apollo make sure Santos pays for what they did with more than just money?
Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair speak.
The StrongEST Duo knows they’ve got targets on their backs, but that’s how they like it. They are the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, and so if Alba & Isla want after them, the champs will have to give you a special “homecoming.” And as for Shayna & Zoey, do you really think you can tear these two apart? Girls, uh-uh. They are walking in and walking out still the Women’s Tag Team Champions.
It’s an all-new edition of The Grayson Waller Effect!
QR Code and a countdown? But even so, the “audacious” Austin Theory and the Aussie Icon, Grayson Waller himself, stand in the ring, the set already set up. What a “warm” welcome from Glasgow! Theory does wonder, though. Where are all the good plants? Waller wanted to bring them, but Scotland is so depressing, not even fake plants grow here. Also, Waller speaks English, he has no idea what anyone here is saying. But are they ready for their guests tonight? It’s Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa, #DIY! The fans fire up for Johnny Wrestling & The Sicilian Psycho as they make their entrance.
Apparently Waller only prepared one chair for DIY, but Ciampa TOSSES it! Waller says no wonder it was such a small chair, these two are acting like children. That chair costs more than their entire paychecks! Ciampa says he gets what Waller is doing with the gags. But he doesn’t play games. No, no. But Waller is right about one thing: this is his talk show, The Grayson Waller Effect. So what’s that make Theory? The secretary? Waller says this show existed before he got a tag partner. Do you know how expensive it is to change graphics and logos? That’s ridiculous.
But in the end, they are still a tag team, and are best friends, and are the WWE Tag Team Champions. Waller would take a bullet for Theory! Gargano asks if Waller means that. Waller says yeah, just like Theory took that hit for him last week. Oh, so Theory willingly got in the way? Is that what happened? We can look back at the footage, right? Doesn’t Glasgow wanna see it? Waller says there’s no time for that but the footage rolls! We go from Gargano’s DESTROYER on Waller, to Waller bailing out, to Gargano’s DIVE, but Waller pulls Theory in! The guy who beat John Cena at WrestleMania, yet Waller uses him as a human shield.
Waller says someone had to have edited that footage! That’s not the real footage! And Waller isn’t taking friendship advice from these two! What wasn’t in the clip was Waller winning. That’s what the champs do! Whatever it takes. Ciampa loves the fake confidence. But also, it isn’t every night that they’re in front of the Scottish crowd full of crazy bastards! And Ciampa is pretty sure these fans aren’t here for a talk show. What do they wanna see? They wanna see a fight! The fans cheer for that! Ciampa says it’ll be a fight for the tag team titles! And Ciampa is pretty sure they wanna see that fight… TONIGHT!
The fans definitely cheer for that! Waller says he’s got this. You think they’re gonna defend the titles in a place like Glasgow? Even Glasgow knows this is a hole! And Waller says DIY is just trying to drive a wedge between the champs, but it won’t work. Gargano says it is true, that DIY is coming for those tag team titles! And everyone here is sick of hearing from Waller. Gargano wants to talk to Theory. Gargano has known Theory for a very long time, they go way back. And Gargano has always believed in Theory. Gargano is proud of what Theory’s done on his own. But that is why it hurts to see Theory like this.
Because man, someone’s gotta tell you, Waller is just using you. Theory does NOT need Waller, Waller needs Theory! Waller DECKS Gargano!! Ciampa fires off on Waller, then RAMS him into a corner! Theory goes after Ciampa, but Ciampa hits back! And SMACKS him off that tall desk! Waller ROCKS Ciampa, but Gargano runs up! Theory takes the SUPERKICK! Waller BOOTS Gargano down, helps Theory up, but Ciampa runs in! KNEE into Theory!! Waller bails out, the fans fire up for DIY, and one way or another, they’re looking to take down A-Town Down Under! When and where will Ciampa & Gargano get their shot at the gold?
The Street Profits find Kevin Owens backstage.
Montez Ford, Angelo Dawkins & B-Fab are fired up to see the Prizefighter. They let him know they’ve got his back against The Bloodline tonight, just like he’s had their back. Remember when The Profits first won the Raw Tag titles Kevin was there! What a great night. And they’ve got a lot in common. They’re on SmackDown, they’re related, they’re invited to the same cookouts, and they can’t stand The Bloodline. So don’t worry about The Bloodline tonight. Dawkins even makes “We Got Your Back!” into a chant. Kevin likes it. Will Solo Sikoa not have a chance now that the numbers will be even in tonight’s main event?
A-Town Down Under regroups backstage.
Waller says cheap shots are all DIY have! They’re not good guys! But then as these two turn the corner, we pick up with Bayley & Naomi. Bayley says that was the win they needed to humble Chelsea. More QR Code stuff and the countdown is continuing. “The Reckoning Is Inevitable?” Oh, and Blair Davenport is there to say wow~! Naomi did it. This unicorn look is… something. But hey, it’s all about the glow, right? Blair leaves, Bayley keeps Naomi from going after her. Bayley thanks Naomi because while it wasn’t easy to have Bayley’s back, Naomi still stuck by her. Naomi says no need to thank her, just hug her! So they hug!
Chelsea storms over and says she doesn’t know why they’re yap-yap-yapping about that pretty piece of jewelry, because come tomorrow, it’ll be all theirs. Piper then CLOBBERS Naomi & Bayley! Welcome to Glasgow, ladies. They’re gonna have a real bad time. See you tomorrow. Piper & Chelsea leave as a ref hurries over, is there no stopping the Scottish Viper from steamrolling through Bayley?
Santos Escobar w/ Legado Del Fantasma VS Apollo Crews!
Angel Garza promised The Emperor that Andrade would see things their way, and then he didn’t. Apollo went after Angel for messing up that match, so Legado retaliated. Now, the leader of Legado must handle things himself. Will Santos snuff out Apollo’s fire before it rises? Or will SmackDown soon be on Crews Control?
SmackDown returns and Apollo makes his entrance. The bell rings and Crews runs up to fire off! The fans fire up as Crews throws hands in the corner. The ref backs Crews up, Santos storms up, but Crews clinches for an OVERHEAD SUPLEX! Crews drags Santos up, Santos shoves him away and bails out. Crews pursues, puts Santos back in the ring, but Santos dropkicks him down! Santos keeps on Apollo with CHOPS in a corner, then whips corner to corner. Apollo reverses, runs up, but is put on the apron. Apollo counter punches, but Legado is lurking. Santos DROPKICKS Apollo down, then goes out to stomp away!
The ref starts the ring count, Santos fireman’s carries to SNAKE EYES Apollo off apron! Santos says this is how you deal with problems. But wait! Baron Corbin makes his way out here? The Wolf didn’t appreciate them starting beef so he fires off on Angel & Humberto! LARIAT for Berto, then he TOSSES Berto to the crowd! The fans fire up, Santos is furious, but Crews lifts Santos into a military press SLAM! STANDING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO! Santos survives but at least Crews has someone watching his back now, and SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns again and Santos has Apollo down in a seated stretch. The fans rally, Apollo fights up but Santos CLUBS him down. Santos runs in at the corner to RAM into Apollo, then goes out to ENZIGIRI! Santos slingshot SENTONS, then covers, TWO! Apollo stays in this and the fans rally behind Corbin! Santos stomps Apollo around, gets him up and whips him to ropes. Tilt-o-whirl BACKBREAKER! Santos then clamps onto an arm and the chinbar, but Apollo endures. The fans rally, Apollo fights up, and Apollo turns around to arm-drag! Mule kick! Apollo runs to BOOT Santos to a corner, then runs in to SPLASH!
Apollo winds up and LARIATS Santos down! And LARIATS again! Santos swings, but into a GERMAN SUPLEX! Apollo holds on, and he brings Santos up to GERMAN SUPLEX again! Apollo keeps Santos in the waistlock, but Santos elbows free! Santos runs, but into a LEAPING LARIAT! Apollo kips up, the fans fire up, and Apollo waits on Santos. Scoop and POP-UP SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO! Apollo is frustrated but he goes to a corner. Apollo climbs, but Santos hurries to GAMANGIRI! Santos climbs up to get Apollo, but Apollo fights the superplex! Apollo pries free to ROCK Santos with a haymaker!
Santos falls back, Apollo stands up, and Apollo FROG- JUMP KNEE!! Santos knocks Apollo out of the air, but both men are down. The fans rally up, Apollo manages to rise first, but Santos snarls as they stand. Apollo and Santos go back and forth, Santos gets the edge. Apollo BOOTS Santos, then POP-UP, DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO! Santos survives again and Corbin is frustrated for Apollo. Apollo goes to a corner, but Legado returns to attack Corbin! Corbin sends Humberto into steps, then he DECKS Garza! But the ref is distracted by this, Elektra Lopez SHOVES Crews down! Santos rolls Apollo up, and wins!
Winner: Santos Escobar, by pinfall
This really should be a Handicap Match win for Legado since it took all of them to stop Apollo. But will Legado take over SmackDown by any means necessary?
Cody Rhodes is here!
Glasgow fires up for The American Nightmare and they sing along with the song, “WHOA~ OH~!” No pyro, but plenty of autographs to sign and hands to high-five. Cody goes to the ring, gets the mic, and he asks Glasgow, “Whaddya wanna talk about?” The fans cheer, and Cody says a few weeks ago, he actually thought that AJ Styles would retire. Any of them who have the distinction of standing in this ring, they don’t wanna be “that guy.” The guy who overstays his welcome, who just “needs” one more match, one more run. Unfortunately, AJ, you’re starting to look like “that guy.”
The fans sing “CODY! CODY RHOOODES~!” and Cody takes a moment to enjoy it. Then Cody really pumps up with it, and goes back to say Styles has been given the task, the impossible task, of making Cody say the words, “I Quit.” But wait! Here comes Styles himself! The Phenomenal One, his Good Brothers by his side, heads down to the ring, mic already in hand. The fans boo but Styles says, “Wow, Cody. You’re really worked up about this, aren’t you? It’s kinda funny. It was that easy to get you this worked up. All I had to do was pretend I was gonna retire, and you lose your cool!” The fans again sing “CODY! CODY RHOOODES~!”
Cody asks Styles a question: Why is he so far away? Isn’t this supposed to be a conversation? So leave Horace & Jasper behind to do this man to man. Styles fist bumps with the Good Brothers and steps up. Cody wants to talk man to man? Him and these stupid idiots who won’t shut up! The special SmackDown decibel meter shows the fans are in the high 80s, breaking into the 90s as they sing “CODY! CODY RHOOODES~!” Styles and Cody stare down in the ring, and the fans cheer. Styles says they are nothing alike, Cody knows that, right? Styles will remind everyone that it took him 17 YEARS to climb the ladder into the WWE.
The singing continues, and styles says everyone welcomed Cody with opened arms. They couldn’t wait to make Cody into a star! But when it got tough, what’d Cody do? He QUIT the WWE! The fans boo and Styles says newsflash: he also quit NJPW! Doesn’t stop there! Cody quit ROH! This man right here started a company… and then quit that, too! See, Cody, you can’t handle the pressure. What’s that old saying? When the going gets tough, Cody Rhodes gets going. Cody says Styles is right. Cody has made big decisions in his career. The singing continues as Cody says he did walk away. From WWE, from NJPW, from ROH, and his buddies.
The truth is, Cody has never walked away to chase something greater. That was not quitting. The fans cheer that! Cody didn’t quit, h e just bet on himself for something more. And y’know what? Cody was right! If Cody had quit, he would not be here, holding the North Star of the WWE, the most important title in the entire game, as WWE Champion!! The fans fire up for that! Styles is someone Cody looked up to his entire career. Styles did things right, did things honorably, so if anyone here quit, it was Styles! What’d Styles do to get a title match? Pretended to be Mark Henry for a night!
If anything, the “Phenomenal” One is a resentful coward! That is a bitter pill to swallow, but Cody has no problem shoving that pill down Styles’ throat to make him say “I QUIT!” Styles says for Cody to say these words, it is just natural! Styles CAN’T quit being phenomenal! The singing begins again as Styles says he could be happy with his family at home. They’re tired of him putting his body on the line night after night after night, but he has told Cody, the fans here, and the entire WWE Universe what he has told them: He’s done when he says he’s done! And he’s not saying it’ll be easy. It’s not! Styles saw Cody in Hell in a Cell with a torn pec!
But Cody won’t be in the ring with Seth Rollins, but with A J STYLES! The fans boo, but Styles says he will do whatever it takes to get that title. And if that means beating Cody to a bloody pulp, tearing him to pieces, whatever it is to beat Cody so badly that saying “I Quit” will be a gift, that is exactly what Styles will do. The Phenomenal One has made this very serious, just how far will both men have to go to win this one?
Backstage interview with The Street Profits.
Cathy Kelley is with B-Fab, Montez & Dawkins, and they so kindly offered to help Kevin, but that means they’ve inserted themselves into Bloodline business. Is that something they intended to do all along? Ford says well of course they meant to. B-Fab says they aren’t about to let The Bloodline- OH NO THE BLOODLINE ATTACKS! Tama Tonga beats Ford down while Tonga Loa throws Dawkins all around! It’s a mugging in the stairwell! Producers and referees rush in, as does Nick Aldis. Aldis warns Solo Sikoa to keep his men in order. Kevin Owens sees what just happened and wants at Solo now! Aldis stops Kevin and The Bloodline slips away. Is there no such thing as a fair fight with The Bloodline?
Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark speak.
The Queen of Spades says what will happen at Clash at the Castle is simple. The Hunter says Bianca & Jade, Alba & Isla, they will all experience pure dominance when facing two of the most heartless and ruthless fighters in WWE. They don’t care who it is, when you get in the ring with these two, you get torn apart limb by limb. And Saturday, these two will become the NEW WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. Shayna & Zoey are ready, will even the champs have no choice but to #TapNapOrSnap?
Nia Jax VS Mia Yim!
The Queen of the Ring is still an Irresistible Force, but she’s running right into a seemingly immovable object. The Head Baddie in Charge will not be disrespected on any brand, will she make Nia respect her? Or will she just get A-Nia-Lated?
Speaking of respect, Tiffany Stratton is on commentary to keep her promise of watching The Queen’s back. But as soon as Nia is in range, Mia DIVES out onto her! Mia fires hands, and kicks, but Nia runs away into the ring! The bell rings and Mia runs up, gets around, then CHOPS! ROCKS! KICKS! Nia blocks a shot to HEADBUTT back! Mia goes to a corner, Nia runs in, but Mia dodges! Mia RAMS Into Nia, and again, and again, and again! Mia ROCKS Nia, Nia shoves Nia. Mia runs up, but into a scoop! Nia pops Mia up but Mia slips free. Mia runs, redirects and dropkicks a leg! Mia KICKS Nia, wrenches, and EAT DA FEET!
Nia flops out of the ring and staggers around. Mia hurries out to POST Nia! The fans fire up, but Tiff gets attitude with Mia! Nia gets int he ring, Tiff throws a drink in Mia’s face! Just like Mia did to Nia! Mia TOSSES Tiff over the desk! Mia gets in the ring, but Nia CLOBBERS her! ELBOW DROP! Nia drags Mia to a drop zone, goes up, A-NIA-LATOR!! Cover, Nia wins!
Winner: Nia Jax, by pinfall
Well, Tiff kept her promise to have Nia’s back. Is this just the beginning for The Queen and Princess of The Ring?
Kevin Owens exits the trainer’s room.
Jackie Redmond is there to ask about an update on The profits. Yeah, it doesn’t look like they’ll have Kevin’s back after all. But that’s okay, Kevin’s fought this “bootleg Bloodline” alone before, he’ll just have to do it again. Kevin heads out, but how can he #JustKeepFighting when the odds are stacked against him?
WWE catches up with Logan Paul.
It was last weekend that The Maverick United States Champion was seeking the World Tetris Championship, but to his dismay, he got whooped by a kid. But he likes to experiment and try new things, so he’ll just go back to doing what he already does, and that’s beating up everyone’s favorite WWE Superstars.
But it was just earlier today as Logan returned home that he found an unwanted guest. His boy from LA is here, chilling in the pool. Who? What boy from LA? NO NO NO! It’s L A KNIGHT! Knight says what’s up! Took Logan long enough. Oh by the way, what’s his policy on peein’ in the pool? Cuz Knight’s gotta go. Knight then gets a phone call, answers it, and gets out of the innertube. See you next week! Logan says this is too far. Knight says too bad, if Logan got here earlier, they could’ve had a great time. Knight gets his things, and says if he’s redneck Aladdin, then he can show Logan the world when they meet in Chicago next Friday. YEAH!
Yeah, whatever! Coming into Logan’s home with his catchphrases, unbelievable. But will the Mega Star make sure the winds of change start blowing in the Windy City? Or will Logan get back at Knight for being so ImPAULsive?
Carmelo Hayes is here!
At least, the music is playing. He asks for the spotlight to be on HIM, up in the private suite. We zoom in and see HIM, and he asks what he even just watched. You telling HIM that LA Knight flew all the way to Puerto Rico, which is way prettier than Glasgow–and we all know that’s true–just so he could soak in Logan’s pool and get back at him with a weak ass Aladdin line? Knight thinks he’s cooking, but he was medium rare trash, just like Knight himself. Some dudes will do anything for clout, huh? Three weeks in a row, begging for an opportunity. Y’know what the biggest difference between Melo and Knight is? Melo doesn’t chase opportunities, opportunities chase HIM!
The fans boo but Melo says that is why he already has an opportunity to qualify for Money in the Bank! He’ll never have to beg like Knight. And you’ll love this: When Melo wins that, he’ll be one step closer to being #MeloInTheBank! The fans boo HIM but Melo doesn’t care. Will he grab that golden opportunity and dunk on everyone in the WWE?
Nick Aldis meets The Bloodline backstage.
The SmackDown GM tells “Mr. Sikoa” that based on what we saw tonight, he is pleased to inform them that Tama & Loa are banned from ringside! And if he sees either one of them out there, they are ALL suspended. Best of luck, “Head of the Table.” The Wise Man wants Solo to accept some counsel from him. Solo is now out there alone, against Kevin Owens. If Solo loses this match, he loses his leadership position against guys that don’t respect leadership to begin with. Solo says no, Wise Man. If Solo loses this match, he’s coming after Heyman. Solo storms off, will he win things solo for Heyman’s sake?
Jackie Redmond welcomes Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn on stage.
The fans cheer their hometown lasses as the wicked witches make their way out. Jackie welcomes them home, and then says tomorrow, it is a Triple Threat match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships, the biggest match of their careers. What’s going on right now? Alba says what is going on is that tomorrow, Fyre & Dawn make history right here in Glasgow, Scotland! And Isla says they did not come all the way home just to come home. No one can stop them, because tomorrow, they will be the NEW WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, at Clash at the Castle! The Unholy Union is ready to burn down The Hydro, but will they rise forged in gold?
Kevin Owens VS Solo Sikoa w/ Paul Heyman!
Just when it looked like The Prizefighter was fighting a stacked deck, Aldis made sure it would be fair and square! Now Solo has to do this solo, will he still be the alpha male after tonight? Or will Kevin make The Bloodline bleed their own blood?
The bell rings and the brawl is on! Kevin stomps away in the corner, lets off as the fans are thunderous, and then he runs back in! Solo bails out, but Kevin goes out to CLOBBER Solo from behind! Kevin ROCKS Solo, ROCKS him again, then brings him around to SMACK off the desk! And then throws him into the hydration station! Kevin throws more hands but Solo UPPERCUTS! Solo puts Kevin in the ring, but Kevin clotheslines Solo right back out! Solo staggers, Kevin goes out and LARIATS him down! Glasgow fires up as Kevin goes to the apron, for a FROG SPLASH on the floor! The fans are thunderous again as SmackDown goes to break!
SmackDown returns and Solo whips corner to corner,. Kevin reverses then clotheslines Solo in the corner! Kevin goes corner to corner again but Solo bails out again! Kevin goes after Solo but Solo HOTSHOTS Kevin down! Solo drags Kevin out, and whips him into steel steps! Solo looms over Kevin while the ring count climbs. The fans rally for Kevin but Solo drags Kevin up to SMACK off the steps! Kevin hits back but Solo HEADBUTTS! Solo refreshes the ring count, Kevin drags himself into the ring, but Solo is right on him. Solo rains down fists, eggs Kevin on, then HEADBUTTS him! Kevin hits back with haymakers!
The fans fire up as Kevin backs Solo down. Kevin whips, Solo reverses and ELBOWS Kevin down! Cover, ONE!! Kevin shows that grit but Solo is annoyed. Solo pushes Kevin into a corner, rains down fists, then goes corner to corner. Heyman is worried for his own safety as Solo fires up, runs in, and HIP ATTACKS! Kevin sputters in the corner, but Solo snarls as he tells Heyman this is all on him. Solo goes to the corner again, fires back up and runs back in, but Kevin avoids the hip attack! DDT! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! The fans rally for Kevin as he roars and rises, but Solo also stands.
Kevin winds up to ROCK Solo with haymaker after haymaker, but Solo ROCKS Kevin back! Kevin BOOTS Solo, ROCKS him with forearm after forearm, then stomps away at the ropes! The ref counts, the fans fire up and Kevin roars again! Kevin runs up to whip, but Solo reverses. Kevin KICKS Solo back, LARIATS, but Solo stays up! Kevin LARIATS again, and then DOUBLE LARIATS hit! Both men stay up, Solo runs but Kevin dodges, to LARIAT! Down goes Solo and the fans fire up! Kevin goes to a corner, climbs to the top, but Solo rises to UPPERCUT! The fans boo but Solo HEADBUTTS Kevin, then climbs.
Solo brings Kevin up, the fans rally, and Kevin fights with body shots! Kevin HEADBUTTS Solo, throws hands, then ELBOWS him down! Solo staggers, Kevin reels him in! TORNADO DDT! Cover, TWO! Solo survives and Kevin grows frustrated. Kevin rises, waits on Solo, and SUPER- NO, Solo blocks the kick to SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO! Kevin is still in this and Solo grows frustrated. Solo rises, the fans chant, “WE WANT ROMAN!” but Solo clinches. Kevin fights free, kicks low, STUN- NO! Solo powers out, to SUPERKICK! But Kevin SUPERKICKS! Kevin then blocks a kick to SUPERKICK again! And SUPERKICK again!
Solo is in a corner, Kevin runs to CANNONBALL! Solo is down, Kevin climbs again! SWANTON BOMB! Cover, TWO! Kevin is frustrated now, and Heyman is freaking out. Kevin rises, the fans fire up and Kevin goes to the apron to go after Solo! Kevin reels Solo in, but Solo fights the lift! Solo back drops Kevin on the apron! Kevin flops to the floor, but so does Solo, and SmackDown goes to break again.
SmackDown returns one more time, and Solo again has Kevin up top! Solo brings Kevin up, but Kevin again resists the lift! The fans rally, Kevin still fights against Solo, and he throws body shots! Kevin CLUBS Solo, HEADBUTTS him, then HEADBUTTS again, and another ELBOW knocks Solo down! FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Solo survives and Heyman is shocked! Kevin drags himself up with the ropes, lines up a shot, and he kicks low, Solo stops the stunner again, to clinch and URENAGE! Cover, TWO!! Solo is furious but he drags Kevin back up! ANOTHER URENAGE!! Cover, TWO!! Kevin still lives!
Kevin crawls to a corner, but Solo goes corner to corner! But into a SUPERKICK! Another SUPERKICK knocks Solo down! Kevin goes up to the corner again, for another SWNANOTN, but onto knees!! Solo gets Kevin up, primes his thumb, but Kevin ducks the spike! STUNNER!! Cover, HEYMAN HELPS THE ROPEBREAK!! The Wise Man saves his own skin by saving Solo and the fans boo! Kevin is furious and he goes out to confront Heyman! Kevin has Heyman by the tie, Heyman begs for mercy, so Kevin just clears the desk! And he puts Heyman on it! SAMOAN SPIKE!! Solo gets Kevin in the distraction and puts him in the ring! SAMOAN SPIKE!!! Cover, Solo wins!!
Winner: Solo Sikoa, by pinfall
But that’s not all, because now Tama & Loa rush out to beat Kevin down! No more ringside ban, and the brothers are even fighting over who gets to hurt Kevin more! They both beat Kevin down, push him out of the ring, and they bring him to the desk! BUT HERE COMES RANDY!! The Viper is in Glasgow and the fans are thunderous! Randy Orton fires off on Loa first! Then he throws Loa into barriers before going after Tama! BARRIER BACK SUPLEX! Solo ROCKS Orton, Orton staggers, but Solo puts him in the ring. The fans are thunderous as Randy kicks Solo in the ropes! DRAPING DDT!! The fans are electric, and Orton hears those voices!
But Loa gets back in! RKO for Loa!! Solo bails out, his henchmen having taken the hit! But now, RK-KO is reunited, and their targets are clear! Will Randy & Kevin both #JustKeepFighting until they’ve eradicated this Bloodline?
My Thoughts:
A great SmackDown, especially for a go-home. Though I do wish we got a little bit more out of Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn in their promo. Granted, all the teams in the tag title Triple Threat only had so much time, but for being the hometown heroes, Alba & Isla had the far more generic promo, which doesn’t bode well for their chances of winning the titles. Though, same goes for Piper Niven, really. Naomi beats Chelsea in their 1v1 match, but Piper stands tall after beating down Naomi & Bayley in one fell swoop. Go-home math would therefore say Bayley finds a way to retain, so it feels like the only win Scotland’s gonna get is Drew McIntyre.
Good stuff in this growing Legado story. No Andrade, oddly, but equally as surprising is Corbin helping Crews. Crews didn’t win for the help because a Lone Wolf is not enough to counter three minions behind Santos. But maybe Andrade, Crews and Corbin make for an odd trio that takes on Legado in a Six Man Tag. Very good Grayson Waller Effect segment, I really liked Gargano trying to reach Theory with his words, only for Theory to get hit by Gargano’s foot and Ciampa’s knee because Waller was using him as a shield the whole time. As I said last week, there’s a very good chance A-Town Down Under falls apart during the tag title match, so that ATDU breaks up and DIY wins.
We got a great promo segment out of Cody and Styles, but I really liked Styles bringing up Cody’s time in NJPW, ROH and of course the founding of AEW, and how Cody spun that around to his perspective. Styles having the last word is the same as standing tall, so of course he’s not winning at Clash. But this could probably end up one of if not THE most vicious I Quit matches in some time. And that’s including Edge VS Judgment Day where Rhea gave Beth Phoenix a Con-Chair-To. Now, let’s not have a replay of that where The OC threatens Brandi Rhodes, but also, I’m not sure what Cody can do to scare Styles into quitting.
Good stuff in Nia VS Mia, but of course Tiffany gets involved. Pretty sure Mia will want a match with Tiffany now, or even a tag partner to take Nia & Tiffany on at the same time. Maybe that’s a way to get Tegan Nox back on TV? She was “drafted” to SmackDown, she needs to do something. Hilarious stuff with Logan Paul and LA Knight, as it seems Knight’s whole thing is invading his opponent’s personal space. And Melo had a good promo to add on, with it being just a touch hypocritical. I mean, he had to literally tell the spotlight to be on him because he didn’t go to the stage but to the VIP suites. And he’s also constantly searching for the spotlight by getting in Knight’s face, so pretty sure Knight has another match with Melo before facing Logan for the title.
And of course, great stuff again with The Bloodline. The Profits offering their help, getting attacked for it, and then Aldis putting his foot down, all good stuff. Kevin VS Solo was a great main event, and it was a clever use of Heyman cheating as more self-preservation than helping Solo. Orton making a return is great, too, and I’m assuming we get Team RK-KO VS The Guerrillas of Destiny before maybe Orton VS Solo 1v1. A spot in MITB might even be on the line if they really want to escalate the story more. Orton potentially becoming Mr. MITB, Solo potentially becoming Mr. MITB, or them messing each other over so that someone else becomes Mr. MITB, it’s all great stuff, can’t wait to see it.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Andrew’s TNA LIVE! iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 2.20.2025
So the first live episode got fairly positive praise from everyone; will this continue the trend?
Filming at Full Sail seems to have set the stage nicely this week! Going into a Live episode we got Moose and The Hardy Boyz on NXT, as well as Jordynne Grace’s involvement with Steph and Giulia giving a little shine to TNA happenings since she’s newly WWE.
This episode should be interesting, we finally see Lei Ying Lee (fka Xia Li) back in action, Rascalz take on Tyson and Tyriek, Tessa should be seeing some action as well…so generally interesting happenings for the second Live iMPACT! of 2025. Let’s see how this one goes down!
No matter where @ManceWarner and @stephdelander go, @TheSamiCallihan WILL FIND THEM!
Watch #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/NY8HgI02kY pic.twitter.com/mXz9U7m9PL
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) February 21, 2025
Ratings:
- Tyson & Tyriek w/Wes Lee vs The Rascalz w/Ace Austin: Rascalz win via Meteora/Swanton Combo – ***
- Lei Ying Lee vs Rosemary: Lei wins via Thunderstruck – **
- NoDQ Match: Leon Slater vs JDC: Dango wins via The System help – ** 3/4
- Masha Slamovich vs Mila Moore: Masha wins via Requiem – N/A
- Elijah & Joe Hendry vs The Colons: Elijah wins via Tombstone Piledriver – *** 1/4
Results:
Oh yeah, and another Hendry concert is…cut off by a commercial, LOLTNA. First Hendry is cut off by AXSTV’s new Anime Hour bumper, and now Primo and Epico are showing up in TNA. I definitely didn’t have this on my BINGO card. The crowd starts chanting “Where’s Carlito”, which they do acknowledge and play off of well. Oh they’re using their shoot names of Orlando and Eddie now…but before they attack the lights go out and we get another guitar strum! ELIAH/ELIAS/EZEKIEL/EBENERZER/EMERY/EL VAGABUNDO – shows up to back up Hendry. Okay I can apologize away the redundant concert since it played into an Elijah debut. The crowd is immediately popping and chanting “This is Awesome” 10 minutes into the show.
Tyson & Tyriek w/Wes Lee vs The Rascalz w/Ace Austin
Treehouse bros take it to the bigger men quickly, a few fast dives, a little MCMG style tandem strikes, Tyson fires and tries to take them out but they Low Bridge him. Tyriek comes in and they try similar things but Tyriek manhandles them both and throws them out of the ring, Trey is the first one back up and Tyriek and Tyson take his damn head off with his Corkscrew Running Euro Upper. Trey finally manages to flip out of the manhandle, tags in Wentz and Wentz goes for the hot and spicy cleaning house spot. Corner to Corner Knee Lifts for both big men, a Rolling Snapmare, into a Superkick for Tyson and Standing Shoot Star on Tyriek but only for two because Wes feints like he’s going to interfere.
Tyson and Tyriek pull off a tandem Assisted Backdrop Driver, but Wentz breaks it up, Tyson gets knocked out, Wentz hits the Tornillo, Wes tries to interfere again after Trey gets perched on the corner buckle but Ace runs around and trips Wes at the last second causing him to faceplant on the apron, Trey hits the Meteora, Wentz hits a Swanton from the other side of the ring and Trey gets the pinfall victory.
It was fast paced, all gas no brakes, but it didn’t overstay its welcome, so it was pretty fun all things considered.
After the match Wes grabs a mic, complains a little but challenges them to a 6 man match as Sacrifice. So we’re THAT’S where we’re getting the expected 3v3.
Fir$t Cla$$ comes out with an entourage of hot chicks and probably influencers or something. The “First Class Penthouse” , Gabby AF, Mafiosa Valentina, and Carolina are apparently known in their own way. Gabby I know was the awful one who did something for Impact a last year and sucked, but she’s part of the Busted Open Network I believe so that’s why she’s around. Two of them look like Noelle Foley and Frank the Clown…oh they actually are. Look at that. I do love KC Navarro as the Hype Man, they have this whole set up of AJ being mad that they haven’t gotten more Tag Title shots, so TNA placated him with his own Piper’s Pit and he’s *pregnant pause* totally happy with that. He says he loved Piper and hated Hogan before it was cool.
This is actually quality content and AJ is cutting a nice promo in this segment. They introduce their first guest, the greatest performer in TNA history, many whole say he’s Phenomenal with a whole lot of style….it’s A-J-Francis.
.@AJFrancis410 is GOING OFF!
Watch #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/NY8HgI02kY pic.twitter.com/kGehtp9iTE
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) February 21, 2025
Lei Ying Lee vs Rosemary
Things were slow until Rosemary took her into a corner quickly, hit the Upside Down, and we get a lot of Lei trying to avoid Rosemary’s offense. Rosemary goes for a Spear in the corner and Lei forward rolls, starts connecting with a bunch of right hands, backs Rosemary into the corner, goes for 10 Count Punches, pulls her out, Airplane Spin TKO for only a two count. Rosemary tries As Above So Below, Lei shrugs it off, Rosemary tries to go after Lei anyway and eats Thunderstruck! Lei Ying Lee wins!
After the match Rosemary catches Lei on the ramp and hits the Green mist in the eyes. Match was far too short and so many of Lei’s set up moves look better than her finish. We’ve seen Kofi Kingston do it for years so it’s not bad, just the current Knockouts Division are awful and don’t take the move well.
Eric Young and the jabronis come out, EY cuts a very basic power crazed psycho kind of promo, gets the “What” chants from the crowds. EY is trying to recruit Maclin even though Maclin made his line in the sand last week. EY tries to spin it as maybe he took out Josh FOR Maclin instead of in spite of his trust. This really doesn’t seem interesting at all, but that’s probably because I hate the two Jabronis EY is with.
NoDQ Match: Leon Slater vs JDC
I really don’t have any interest in Slater. He’s got no personality beyond “flippy guy with a British accent”.
Dango immediately powders, grabs a chair and goes to swing on him but misses. So Leon is making JDC look dumb by dodging the post chop, using the chair to shield himself from a punch by JDC, and then clapping Dango’s fingers between the chair. So typical System match, look inept for the first few minutes, then take advantage of something to take over. Oh look, Leon takes too long setting up the table, Dango gets in a few pot shots, tries to whip him into the table but Leon leaps over it, and then leaps back over to clobber Dango. Dango is still trying to recover so Leon hits his over the corner post con hilo, and the crowd appreciates it but I’m not interested. Leon panders to the crowd after the big spot and then eats an X-Plex into the chair from Dango.
JDC throws Leon back in, goes for a pinfall that’s only a two and we cut to a commercial. Coming out of the commercial JDC is in control with a Kendo Stick until he isn’t, Leon counters and takes the keno stick, brutalizes Dango a few times then comes off the ropes with the kendo shot for 2. Leon goes for another table, and again, at least the crowd is receptive to this match. Leon sets it up, looks for something off the apron but Dango stops him first until he eats a dropkick to fall onto the table, Leon hits the Swanton 450 through the table on the outside. Does it look cool? Sure. Do I care about dumbass moves? Nope.
Oh thankfully the rest of The System comes out to stop the pinfall, Shield Bomb Leon through the first table, and roll him back in for Dango to win.
The Hardy Boyz come out to try and make the save, but the numbers are against them, so Oba Femi’s music hits! Oba cleans house but doesn’t get his hands on Moose, so they’re at least building the eventual clash between Moose and Oba.
The crowd starts a “Tessa, we comin for you” chant before she even starts talking. Tessa is actually playing off the crowd well, Santino’s music hits and Tessa thinks he’ll help her out with the crowd and Santino calls bullshit basically. Santino says if Tessa doesn’t wrestle next week, she’s fired and Masha’s music hits. Masha decides to step in for Tessa’s enhancement talent match.
Masha Slamovich vs Mila Moore
Jobber tries to attack Masha early but Masha stops her, rocks her and Requiem ends the match.
Masha stares down Tessa, and then Cora Jade attacks from behind and hits Jaded.
Ryan Nemeth comes out to his Abyss music remix. What will Mokuba say today? “MYYYY BIIIGG BBRROOOOTTHHHEEEEER” he repeats at least 4 times and it’s hilariously cringe. He announces that Nic will return at Sacrifice, he literally just came out to give a PSA.
Elijah & Joe Hendry vs The Colons
Hendry starts with Eddie, after a brief tie up it seems like Hendry reads the room and points at Elijah and the crowd wants him in. So Joe tags in Elijah, a little back and forth, Shoulder Tackle from Elijah, Rope Walk with Elijah lays out Eddie and a tag to Joe allows for a quick tandem knockdown, but Eddie powders as the Walking and Talking Duo hold the ring going into the final commercial break.
We come back and Hendry is bouncing Orlando off the ropes as he return a strike, but Orlando is obviously losing, eats a Euro Upper, and then gets walked around in the Stalling Suplex for posterity. Eddie tries a sneak attack but gets caught and Sack of Shit, into Kip Up, turn and then Orlando with the ambush! A few quick short cuts and an Irish Whip/Dropkick combo gives the Colons a near fall. Hendry does get locomotion variation cradles, but eats a Dropkick to stop the attempt at momentum. Orlando stays on Joe, but Joe finally starts to fire up as the crowd starts to get behind him. Euro Uppers make some space, but a Snapmare says no.
Eddie gets tagged in and a quick Leg Sweep into a Front Chancery keeps Eddie in control. As Joe tries to get back up, Eddie turns it into a Guillotine, but finally the Suplex counter connects for Hendry! Simultaneous tags! Elijah bulls over Orlando, catches a Leap Frogging Orlando with the Manhattan Drop as Orlando retreats to a corner, Stinger Splash into Spinebuster for two. Elijah tries to keep up the attacks but Orlando finds a few ways to make space, launches himself from the middle rope and eats the Jumping Knee! Eddie breaks up the pinfall, Hendry takes Eddie out and Elijah hits the Tombstone Piledriver for the win!
Overall Score: 6/10
Well there were more live hiccups than the first episode, and this felt both more epic and less epic at the same time. Elijah and the Colons debuting was a nice way to kick things off, Oba Femi showing up for the save was fantastic. There were a few decent matches, but also a lot of really short and rushed matches. Tessa played off the crowd well, but Masha really is useless on the mic. Lei Ying Lee needs to framed stronger, her matches have done nothing to show off her ability. It just proves that the Knockouts don’t know how to sell a kick to the head because they all take it in the shoulder and fall in corny ways.
Viva La Sam could be something fun if the next 3 weeks are just hand cam footage of him being like “I’m Sami Callihan and I’m gonna kick Mance Warner’s ass”, Elegance Clique getting the rematch with a stipulation is nice to see and while I like Fir$t Cla$$, that segment went a little long for a cornball swerve payoff. It’s one thing to placate the Influencer squad especially when we’ve seen Logan Paul and Ishowspeed do so well in WWE…but these are like Z Tier Influencers that no one cares about. These kind of dorks stream on Kick because they aren’t relevant enough for Twitch, not because they chose Kick over it.
So yeah, the low lights were pretty low, and the highs were a little fleeting, but at least they were pretty fun. Not a bad show, just clunky with noticeable issues and Masha shouldn’t be allowed to speak English anymore. She’s such a charisma vacuum when she’s not rambling in Russian.
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ROH brings the lucha libre!
On a night full of ROH & CMLL crossover, Komander defends the ROH World Television Championship against “Big Shotty” Lee Johnson!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Fuego Del Sol VS Wheeler Yuta; Yuta wins.
- Rachael Ellering VS Abadon; Abadon wins.
- 12 Man Tag: The Premier Athletes & The Frat House VS Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs; Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs win.
- Billie Starkz VS Hyan; Billie wins.
- ROH World Television Championship: Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Lee Johnson w/ EJ Nduka; Komander wins and retains the title.
- Gates of Agony VS Exodus Prime & Josiah Jean; Gates of Agony win.
- Six Man Tag: Sammy Guevara, Fuego & Dark Panther VS Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr; Hechicero, Barbaro & Soberano win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Fuego Del Sol VS Wheeler Yuta!
Lucha night opens with a hot start as the Fire of the Sun returns to ROH, but so does The Decoder! Will Fuego Del Sol get one up on a former ROH Pure Champion turned current AEW World Trios Champion? Or will Yuta do the Death Riders proud in Houston?
Houston cheers on the Texas star, and Fuego offers the Code of Honor. Yuta reaches out, but then SLAPS Fuego! The fans boo and the bell rings, Yuta slips around to CLUB Fuego down! Yuta mocks the fans cheering on Fuego, then scoops him for a SLAM and SENTON! The fans boo but Yuta brings Fuego up. FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO, but Yuta holds onto the leg! Yuta taunts Fuego, but Fuego kicks at him! Yuta lets go and the fans rally up. Yuta runs up, Fuego ELBOWS him away, then goes up, up and FLYING RANAS! The fans fire up as Fuego then DROPKICKS Yuta down!
Yuta staggers up, Fuego SLAPS him! But Yuta LARIATS in return! The fans boo but Yuta rains down fists! And then stops, to rain down more fists! The fans boo but Yuta soaks that up while he “kicks dirt” on Fuego. Yuta stands Fuego up, CHOPS him, then has him in a corner. Yuta CHOPS Fuego again, the fans boo, but Yuta whips corner to corner hard! Fuego staggers forward, Yuta says they ain’t done yet. Yuta whips Fuego to the corner again, then FLAPJACKS on the rebound! Yuta adds a basement DROPKICK! The fans boo but Yuta soaks up heat. Yuta hits a spinning toehold, then has a DEATHLOCK!
Fuego endures and Yuta mockingly asks if he’ll give up. Fuego refuses to give in, and he SLAPS Yuta! So Yuta bridges and puts on more pressure! Yuta shows off by not even using his hands, but Fuego fights his way to the ROPEBREAK! Yuta lets go at 4, and he reminds the ref, “I have ’til five!” The fans boo Yuta parodying Bryan Danielson, then Yuta kicks Fuego around. Yuta eggs Fuego on, so Fuego ROCKS him! And ROCKS him! And again, and again, and again! But Yuta gets under the big haymaker! Yuta back suplexes, but Fuego lands out! Fuego dodges Yuta to then springboard QUEBRADA! Down goes Yuta!
The fans fire up as Fuego kips up and SUPERKICKS! Yuta sputters, Fuego runs and STEP-UP DOUBLE STOMPS! The fans fire up again as Fuego climbs a corner! Yuta stands, Fuego MISSILE- NO, Yuta gets under and comes back, BUSAIKU KNEE! Cover, Yuta wins!
Winner: Wheeler Yuta, by pinfall
Another thing he took from The American Dragon is that big knee, and Yuta takes the victory. Yuta sits Fuego up, and thinks about Hammer ‘n’ Anvil elbows, but he decides not to. Because he gets an even more sadistic idea! Yuta looks under the ring, and he brings out a steel chain! Yuta threatens the ref, then he goes to Fuego! The fans boo but Yuta hooks Fuego’s legs up, then uses the chain to go up, up and away, ROMERO SPECIAL!! Yuta taunts Fuego but Fuego is coughing up blood! Yuta lets Fuego go, the fans boo, but Yuta mockingly gives the Code of Honor handshake. Yuta no longer has honor, but will someone find a way to humble him?
Rachael Ellering VS Abadon!
The Queen of Strong Smile is feeling good being in Houston, ready to bring that Comet energy. However, she’s up against the Living Dead Girl, who brings a very different vibe. Will Rachael learn why everyone fears Abadon? Or will Rachael’s smile see her through?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, but uh, Abadon doesn’t let go. Rachael tries to get free, and now it is a tug-o-war. The fans rally, Rachael reels Abadon into a headlock, but Abadon BITES Rachael’s hand! The ref reprimands, Abadon lets go, and Abadon doesn’t get what’s wrong. Abadon runs up on Rachael but Rachael gets around to waistlock. Abadon switches, but Rachael goes to ropes to buck the O’Conner! Rachael CLOBBERS Abadon, but Abadon sits up! The fans rally, Rachael is frustrated, and then runs up. Abadon gets around, trips Rachael, then runs to basement dropkick! Rachael flounders to a corner and the fans rally again.
Abadon aims from a corner, runs in at Rachael, but Racahel ELBOWS Abadon away! Abadon says nuh-uh, comes back, but runs into a BOOT! Rachael runs and UPPERCUTS Abadon down! The fans fire up and Rachael aims from a corner. Rachael calls for the “SQUISH~!” and runs up, SENTON onto knees! Abadon avoids disaster and stalks Rachael to the apron. Abadon CLUBS Rachael, pushes her onto the apron, and springboards for a GUILLOTINE LEG DROP! The fans fire up and Abadon pushes Rachael into the ring. Abadon runs corner to corner for a METEORA! Abadon pushes Rachael to a cover, TWO!
Abadon is annoyed but brushes it off. Abadon drags Rachael up, but Rachael fights the suplex! Rachael wrenches out, trips Abadon, and high stacks, ONE!! Rachael ROCKS Abadon, then tries again. FISHERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up for the “MD Collapse” and Rachael aims again. SQUISH~ SENTON hits! Cover, TWO! Abadon survives and Rachael is a bit surprised. Rachael throws off the headband, double checks her teeth, and the fans duel. Rachael CHOPS Abadon at the ropes, then ROCKS Abadon with a forearm! Rachael whips but Abadon blocks! So Rachel CHOPS again! Rachael whips, Abadon grabs ropes, and laughs!
Rachael runs up, Abadon ELBOWS and CUTTERS! Then BLACK DAHLIA!! Cover, Abadon wins!
Winner: Abadon, by pinfall
Abadon continues to be terrifying, as well as victorious. Will the ROH Women’s Division, and especially the champions, have to watch their backs?
Backstage interview with Jacked Jameson.
Lexy Nair is with the former Iron Savage, and he’s counting his abs. She brings us back to a few weeks ago when he walked up to Griff Garrison, Preston Vance & Cole Karter in hopes of forming a group with them. Then in Jacksonville, Jameson actually interfered in their match on their behalf. The question is, what’s going on here? Jameson says those are his boys! His guys! His dudes! Jameson went out there, helped them, it was huge! It was awesome! Speaking of, the boys walk in! Vance tells Jameson that they’ve heard his offer, they loved what he did in Jacksonville, and tonight is a big match and… They’d love if he was a part of it.
So then, it’s official! They got him some Frat House gear! But first… he has to do something. Yeah, sure! Anything! Vance, Griff & Karter pour all of their drinks into one red Solo cup, and Jameson asks what’s in it. The boys say don’t worry about it. Jameson says don’t have to tell him twice. He chugs the concoction, and he is PUMPED! The Frat House is now four men strong, and Jameson says after tonight, party at the Frat House! Vance tells Jameson that one thing about them: win or lose, they booze! The Frat boys head out, Lexy can finally breathe from whatever was in that cup, and it’s time to see if Jameson passes the test!
12 Man Tag: The Premier Athletes & The Frat House VS Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs!
Instead of “Smart” Mark Sterling, Tony Nese has the mic to tell Bobby Cruise to shut up, “no one wants to listen to your stupid voice.” Nese then tells the “fat boys and fat girls” of Houston, Nese & Daivari couldn’t think of a better partner for this match than an athlete that makes every single one of them put to shame! Yes, it’s SMART MARK himself! Wait, seriously? Sterling takes the mic to say that’s right, he is still here to make sure that the losers of Texas can take part in their winning cheer. So please, get this right. When he says, “Athletes,” you say, “Rule!” NOTHING ELSE! Hands in, boys. Ohhh…! “ATHLETES!” “SUCK!!” Gottee!
But with that, Dante & Darius Martin enter, accompanied by Leila Grey. Then Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd enter, and last but not least, Texas’ own, Marshall & Ross Von Erich! The massive teams sort out, and Darius starts against Nese. The fans rally up and Darius circles with Nese. Nese says wait, wait! He knows what the fans are here to see. Nese flexes, but the fans boo. Nese shouts, “ATHLETES!” The fans respond, “SUCK!” Nese and Darius circle, but then Nese kicks low! Nese bumps Darius off buckles, then tags in Daivari. “We’ll show you who sucks!” Nese & Daivari fire hands in the corner while the fans boo.
The ref counts, The Premier Athletes stop, and they both shout, “ATHLETES!” Again, the fans say, “SUCK!” Daivari tags Griff and they mug Darius. Griff ROCKS Darius, has him in a corner, then whips corner to corner. Darius goes up and over, rolls and arm-drags, then he DROPKICKS! The fans cheer, and Darius whips Griff into Dante’s BOOT! Tag to Dante, Darius CHOPS, Dante trips Griff, and Darius adds DOUBLE STMOPS! Griff scrambles, tag to Jameson, but Dante arm-drags Jameson! Dante keeps the armlock, he tags in Ross, and Ross wrenches to a wristlock. Ross YANKS the arm, then tags Marshall.
The Von Erichs double whip Jameson, then Marshall sends Ross in, FLYING BOOT! FLYING LARIAT and then Marshall snapmares Jameson for Ross’s PENALTY KICK! STANDING MOONSAULT and Marshall covers, TWO! Marshall fires the fans up, then hauls Jameson up to headlock. Tag to Truth and he wrenches Jameson. The fans rally but Jameson fires hands! Jameson whips, Daivari gets a cheap shot in, but Truth DECKS Daivari! Only for Vance to CLOBBER Truth! The ref has to keep Truth’s team back, so he missed all that! Jameson stomps Truth, tags Vance, and Vance covers, TWO!
Vance ROCKS Truth, has him in the corner, then CHOPS! Tag to Daivari, he CHOPS Truth, then he tags Nese. The Premier Athletes mug Truth with haymaker after haymaker, but the ref is still too busy keeping Top Flight, Turbo & The Von Erichs back! Nese drags Truth up, and he tags in Sterling!? The fans boo but Sterling gets to throw hands on Truth! “ATHLETES!” “SUCK!!” Sterling drags Truth back, anchors a leg, and tags in Vance. Vance stomps Truth, tags Jameson, and Jameson tags Griff. Vance puts Truth in a corner, Griff sends Jameson in to LARIAT! Vance adds a BOOT, and then Griff BOOTS Truth down! Cover, TWO!
Griff tags Vance back in, they mug Truth, and Vance keeps Truth from the corner. Vance suplexes, covers, TWO! Truth stays in this but Vance stays on him with a chinlock. Truth endures, the fans rally up, and Truth stands. Truth fires body shots, but Vance CLUBS him! Vance whips, Truth ducks ‘n’ dodges, DOUBLE LARIATS take them both down! The fans fire up again as Truth and Vance crawl. Truth pushes past Vance, but Leila has to get out of the way as The Premier Athletes & Frat House all run up! They all YANK Top Flight, Turbo & The Von Erichs off the apron, leaving Truth stranded! But at least Truth’s team fights back!
The fans fire up, but Truth turns around into a BOOT! Truth ends up on the apron, Vance runs up, and Vance SPEARS Truth onto the entire cluster! The fans fire up as Vance drags Truth into the ring. Cover, TWO! The fans rally up as Truth stays in this. The teams regroup, Vance whips Truth to the corner, but Truth BOOTS back! Truth fires hands on everyone else, and then storms up, but Vance keeps him from his corner! Vance whips and catches Truth to a SLEEPER, but Truth hits a BIG back suplex! The fans fire up as Truth crawls! Leila coaches Truth, hot tag to Turbo! And to Sterling!? Sterling panics, he wants nothing to do with Turbo!
Jameson runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Griff runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Nese runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Daivari runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Turbo then scoops and SLAMS Nese! And he scoops and SLAMS Daivari! The fans fire up as Turbo ELBOWS Daivari in a corner, headlocks, BULLDOG LARIAT COMBO on The Premier Athletes! The fans are thunderous as Turbo flexes, but Sterling slithers in! Sterling CLUBS Turbo on the back, the fans boo, but Turbo just frowns and turns around. Sterling apologizes but Turbo grabs him by his shirt. Only for Jameson to get in and scoop SLAM Turbo! Jameson shouts, “Mark Sterling! You sonova b*tch!”
Jameson and Sterling look to parody the handshake, but Truth CLOBBERS Jameson! Sterling again apologizes, but Turbo stands back up! Sterling backs up into Turbo, panics, but Truth scoops Sterling! SLAM! The fans fire up as we get the real deal! Except Nese & Daivari get in! Wait, Marshall & Ross get them first, with DOUBLE IRON CLAWS! “Turbo Floyd! You sonova b*tch!” DOUBLE ELBOW DROP on Sterling! And then Sterling flounders up, into a scoop, but Griff & Vance get in! Top Flight DOUBLE SUPERKICK them back out! Truth runs, TOTAL RECALL!! Dante runs, Darius sets up, FLIGHT IN MOTION for Griff! Turbo covers Sterling, #TopVonRunners win!
Winners: Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs, by pinfall
Everything’s bigger in Texas, and that includes this win as the super team everybody loves stands tall! But with The Von Erichs holding gold with Dustin Rhodes, will The Sons of Texas soon be everyone’s top priority?
MXM Collection speaks.
ROH Media found Mansoor & Mason Madden after their loss at ROH Global Wars: Australia, but they still had their remodeled ROH World Tag title belt. As such, they act triumphant and victorious because they “successfully defended” their ROH World Tag Team Championship. Because as you can see, they still have the belt! Shoutout to Dustin Rhodes, he is a great fellow tag team champion, he really tested MXM. But then they ran away with this here title, and there is nothing anyone can say about it! Fingertip touch and MXM heads out, but they do know possession is NOT nine-tenths of the law in ROH, right?
Billie Starkz VS Hyan!
As if tensions weren’t already high between these two, Minion 400,237 & 3/4ths is being belittled because she lost to Harley Cameron on the Jericho Cruise while The Fallen Goddess is still ROH Women’s World Champion after beating Alex Windsor in Australia. The Athena World Tour returns home to Texas, but will Billie make “Boss” proud? Or will even disappointment be bigger in Texas?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and the fans rally up for Hyan. Billie is annoyed, the two tie up, and Billie wrenches to a wristlock. Hyan cartwheels, wrenches to a wristlock, but Billie rolls, rolls back, then trips Hyan. Billie flexes, the fans are torn, but then Billie throws Hyan down by her hair! Billie talks smack on Hyan, Hyan runs up, but Billie dodges to waistlock and shove. Billie then bypasses Hyan to sunset flip. Hyan rolls through, but Billie basement ENZIGIRIS! Billie then drags Hyan up to waistlock. Hyan fires elbows, runs to ropes, but Billie holds on! Billie CLUBS Hyan’s arms from the ropes, to STRAITJACKET GERMAN!
Billie scowls, then she stalks Hyan to the corner. Billie stomps a mudhole in, but the ref counts. Billie tells him to back off! The fans boo, but Billie asks, “What do you want from me!?” Billie runs in, but Hyan dodges and Billie POSTS herself! The fans fire up, Hyan storms over, and Hyan brings Billie up to suplex high and hard! The fans fire up and Hyan feels that energy! Hyan runs to SPLASH in the corner! Hyan keeps moving, but Billie ELBOWS her away. And BOOTS her! Billie goes up, Hyan stops the boot, but not the rebound ENZIGIRI! Billie goes up top, leaps, but Hyan gets under! Hyan ELBOWS Billie, cravats to KNEE and KNEE SMASH!
Hyan hits a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Billie stays in this, it’s why she’s the inaugural ROH Women’s TV Champion. But she sits up into a CHOP! Hyan CHOPS again, and again, but Billie blocks! Billie scowls, and then she ROCKS Hyan again and again! Billie has Hyan in the corner, fires more shots, but the ref counts. Billie stops at 4, then backs up just to run up, HEEL KICK! Billie then puts Hyan up top, Electric Chair Lifts, and she tucks Hyan in for a DRIVER!! Cover, Billie wins!
Winner: Billie Starkz, by pinfall
Well, if Kenny Omega uses a One Winged Angel, was that a Two Winged Angel? The bottom line is Billie is back in the win column, but will she ever fight her way out from under Athena’s tyranny?
ROH World Television Championship: Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Lee Johnson w/ EJ Nduka!
After failing to finish the Proving Ground match in under ten minutes, the Commander of the Skies has owed Big Shotty this title shot. Will Komander get the job done now that there’s a thirty minute time limit? Or will Lee prove this is all too easy?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is really the star of ROH TV!
The Code of Honor is not upheld as Lee leaves Komander hanging. The bell rings, the fans rally for Komander, and the two circle. Lee chuckles, tells Houston to calm down and shut up, then he ties up with Komander. Lee arm-drags, but Komander holds on. They stand, Lee waistlocks, Komander switches, but Lee switches. They switch again and again, but then Lee headlocks. Komander headlocks, Lee slips out and hits a takeover. Komander headscissors, Lee kips free, and things speed up. Komander QUEBRADA but Lee dodges! Komander still headlocks for a takeover, Lee headscissors, and Komander kips free. The two stand off and the fans cheer.
Lee and Komander reset, circle again, and Lee mockingly applauds. Lee pie faces Komander and talks trash. Komander storms up but Lee pie faces him again! Lee goes for another, Komander blocks to CHOP, go up and up, but Lee yanks him down! Lee says Komander’s not gonna do lucha on him! But Komander CHOPS! And CHOPS! Komander goes up and up and jumps around, to FLYING ARM-DRAG! Lee tumbles out, EJ is there, but Komander builds speed! Komander rolls, slow-mo up and over to then RANA! EJ can’t believe it but the fans fire up! Komander puts Lee back in the ring, then he springboards, flying sunset flip! TWO!!
Lee escapes then bails out, and Komander keeps an eye on him. #LEE-J regroup and EJ coaches Lee up. Lee storms up to the apron, but Komander DROPKICKS him down! The fans fire up, Komander builds speed, but EJ stands in the way! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Lee slides in and CLOBBERS Komander! The ref says this is EJ’s last warning, but Lee says Komander is nothing! Cover, TWO! Lee is frustrated and he drags Komander up. Lee bumps Komander off buckles, then brings him around to fire body shots. The fans rally, the ref counts, but Lee stomps away on Komander. Lee digs his boots in, but steps off at 4.
Lee storms back up on Komander, brings him around, and whips him corner to corner hard! Komander bounces off buckles, Lee shouts, “You’re NOTHING!” Lee covers, TWO! Lee is frustrated, but he rains down fists! The fans rally with “SI SE PUEDES!” Lee hammers away, then lets off to talk trash. Lee drags Komander up, TOSSES him to the outside, and EJ stays back. Lee taunts Houston, the ref watches EJ closely, but The Judge defends his own innocence. Lee goes out the side to fetch Komander, and he CLUBS Komander down! Lee puts Komander in the ring, drags him up, and snapmares for a chinlock.
The fans boo Lee while Komander endures, but Lee says Komander is still nothing! Abrahantes rallies the fans for Komander, and Komander fights up to his feet! Komander throws body shots, but Lee wrangles Komander back down! “This is your guy? This is too easy!” The fans boo, then they rally back up. Komander rises, fires body shots and forearms, and he CHOPS! The fans fire up with Komander as he fires even more shots! Komander runs up at the corner, but Lee puts him on the apron! Komander BLINDSIDE LARIATS Lee! Komander goes up, but Lee goes out! Komander hops down, Lee SUPERKICKS him!
Lee huffs ‘n’ puffs and reels Komander in! Canadian Rack, but Komander slips free! Komander scopos, Lee slips free, and Lee CLUBS Komander! The fans boo but Lee suplexes, but Komander lands inside! Komander catches Lee in the ropes and fires KNEE after KNEE! Komander UPPERCUTS, then ROCKS Lee, and he runs side to side! RANA-DRIVER!! A rough landing for both men, but the fans rally up even harder! Komander sits up, Lee follows, and both men stand. Komander fires forearms and CHOPS! And then another! Lee ducks the chop, back suplexes, but Komander lands out! KICK! KICK! BLINDSIDE SOBAT!
Komander runs, QUEBRADA! Cover, TWO! Lee survives, the fans rally up, and Komander rises again. Komander has Lee in a drop zone and hurries to the corner! Houston fires up as Komander climbs, but Lee rolls to the far side. Komander hops down, runs up, then goes up the corner to RA- NO! Lee stops Komander, runs for a corner, but Komander RANAS Lee into buckles! Komander mule kicks, SUPERKICKS, then runs, but into a DROPKICK! Lee shouts, “I am not playing with this guy!” Lee hauls Komander up, reels him in, and lifts, but Komander SPINNING POISON-RANAS!!! Cover, TWO!!!
Lee survives and Komander is stunned! Houston rallies behind him again and Komander rises back up. Komander hurries to the corner and back up top! Lee sputters, but he manages to trip Komander up! Lee rises up, he fires hands on Komander, but Komander fires body shots! Komander SHOVES Lee, Lee backflips through! Lee comes right back! SUPER DUPER PLEX!! And he rolls through, to the outside? BRAINBUSTER to the floor!! EJ is fired up and the fans lose their minds! The ref checks both men, and somehow they’re both okay to continue. Lee and Komander stir while the ring count begins.
Both men are down at 5 of 20, then 8. Lee staggers up at 9, and he grabs Komander’s leg to SLAM it against the LED barrier again and again! Then he KICKS the leg! The ref reprimands, finish this in the ring! Wait, EJ has the title belt! The ref spots that, tells EJ to back off, but then Abrahantes snatches the belt from EJ! The fans cheer, EJ storms upon Abrahantes, but Lee puts Komander in the ring. Lee snarls while Komander unties his boot. Komander is getting pressure off the bad ankle, but Lee has him by the other leg. Komander ENZIGIRIS, but that was the bad foot! Komander writhes, but Abrahantes helps with the boot.
Lee hurries to stomp away on Komander’s legs! Lee punches away on the foot, YANKS the boot off, and EJ grabs it to mockingly show it off! Lee stomps away on the ankle more, then he goes up! FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Komander survives but Lee hauls him right up! AOI SHODOU!! Cover, TWO!?! Komander survives and #LEE-J doesn’t understand! The fans rally as hard as they can for Komander as he crawls to a corner. Lee hauls Komander up to the top rope, climbs up after him, but Komander fires body shots! Komander SHOVES Lee down, and Lee is in the drop zone! Komander rises up, but EJ drags Lee to safety!
The fans boo, but Komander says bet! SUPER CROSSBODY! Komander takes down LEE-J, grabs his boot back, and he throws the boot at EJ! The fans are thunderous and Komander drags Lee up. Komander puts Lee in, hurries back up the corner, and the fans rally as hard as they can! Komander tightrope walks, and CIELITO LINDO!! Cover, KOMANDER WINS!
Winner: Komander, by pinfall (still ROH World Television Champion)
Even with all that damage done by Big Shotty, Komander shows the grit of a champion and pulls out the victory! Will he still find ways to win, no matter the odds?
Red Velvet speaks.
When it comes to her by-any-means-necessary way of winning, The Chef knows we all want to know “Why? Why? I have been on a roll lately. The hottest of my career. Why? Why? I’m starting to get real tired of the same questions. Why? I’m just getting started.” When and where will Red Velvet serve up another L fresh from the kitchen?
Six Man Tag: Sammy Guevara, Fuego & Dark Panther VS Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr!
Lucha night comes to an end with a huge crossover between ROH and CMLL! And it will be lucha rules! That means if the legal man falls out of the ring, someone can jump in and take their place! Will the Spanish God be able to help The Flame of Mexico and El Latigo Lagunero win big in Texas? Or will the Alchemist, El Australopithecus Apestosus y The Luxury of Lucha prove they are primero del mundo?
Wait, MXM appears on stage to taunt Sammy with his ROH World Tag Team title belt. Sammy ignores them while the trios sort out. But then Hechicero DROPKICKS Sammy out! Panther CLOBBERS Hechi, Barbaro BOOTS Hechi, but Fuego DROPKICKS Barbaro! Soberano runs up but Fuego goes Matrix! Fuego bridges, then stands back up to dance! Fuego and Soberano RAM shoulders, go again, and then Fuego runs. Soberano follows, pops Fuego up and over, but Fuego ARM-DRAGS Soberano! Barbaro y Hechi run in, Fuego dodges them to then handspring and DOUBLE ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up, Panther & Sammy join in!
The trio builds speed, but Hechi’s team CLOBBERS them all! Hechi stomps Sammy, Soberano stomps Panther and Barbaro stomps Fuego. Fuego and Panther fall out so Soberano is the legal man. Hechi CHOKES Sammy, Soberano BITES Sammy’s foot! The fans rally and duel, and Hechi drags Sammy around. Hechi puts Sammy’s leg through the ropes, Soberano CHOKES Sammy while Hechi pulls on the leg, and Barbaro stands on the other leg! The ref reprimands and counts, Hechi YANKS the leg as he lets off, and Soberano looms over Sammy. Soberano y Barbaro taunt Sammy’s team by holding Sammy’s arms out to them.
Soberano y Barbaro double wrench then DOUBLE KICK! Hechi drags Sammy up to rain fists! The ref counts, Hechi lets off, and Soberano stomps Sammy in the corner. The fans boo but Soberano drags Sammy up to GAMANGIRI! Sammy drops down, Soberano hooks his arms and digs a knee into Sammy’s back. Sammy endures, even as Hechi taunts him. The fans rally, Sammy fights up, but Hechi blocks the kick so he and Soberano can mug Sammy! They have Sammy on the ropes and hold his legs open! Barbaro runs up and KICKS the hamstring! MXM laugh while the fans are torn. Barbaro taunts Fuego, then BLASTS him and Panther!
Hechi twists Sammy’s arm, stands him up to wrench, and Soberano wrenches the other arm. They lift Sammy up, Barbaro runs, PENDULUM BOMB! Then TRIPLE BASEMENT DROPKICK! Sammy bails out, Panther is there to help him, and Fuego slides in. But Barbaro BOOTS him down! Barbaro y Soberano mug Fuego, whip him to the corner, then Soberano LARIATS! Barbaro LARIATS, then Hechi STEP-UP KNEES Fuego! Fuego falls, MXM is amused, and Hechi hooks Fuego up! Soberano y Babaro grab the arms, and they help Hechi get Fuego up! It’s a MEXICAN SURFBOARD, but then Soberano gets a boost from Barbaro, GUILLOTINE LEG DROP!!
The fans fire up and Soberano covers, ONE because Soberano lets off?! Soberano seems to be demanding more respect from the ref, but then Fuego bails out and Panther storms in! Soberano stops Panther in his tracks by kneeling and offering a handshake. Panther kicks, Soberano blocks it, and Barbaro KICKS Panther’s leg! Barbaro DECKS Panther, Hechi brings Panther back up, and they double whip. Double drop toehold and now Hechi hooks Panther up! We now get a ROMERO SPECIAL, and then Soberano y Barbaro run, DOUBLE BULLDOG!! Hechi and team soak up the cheers and jeers from Houston!
Barbaro drags Panther up, DECKS him again, then they all soak up the heat. Hechi fires HEADBUTT after HEADBUTT, then fast hands! Hechi DECKS Panther, then puts him in a corner. Soberano DROPKICKS Panther down, then he and Barbaro double whip corner to corner. Hechi sends Soberano in but Panther dodges! Panther dodges Hechi, scoops Barbaro for a BACKBREAKER, then scoops Hechi for a BACKBREAKER! Soberano gets a BACKBREAKER! Panther BLASTS Barbaro out, then DIVES into him! The fans fire up, MXM likes what they see, and it’s Sammy that steps in!
Hechi storms in after him, the fans rally and duel, and things speed up! Sammy sidesteps, hurdles, backflips over, and he DROPKICKS Hechi down! Sammy kips up so smooth and he takes a bow. Soberano runs up but Sammy DUMPS him out! Sammy hurries to PLANCHA onto Hechi! The fans fire up with Sammy, he slides back in and builds speed, to FLY onto Soberano! The fans fire up with Sammy, MXM gets upset and even storm a few feet closer to ringside. Barbaro is in, he wrenches and hammerlocks Sammy, lifts and suplexes! Barbaro stomps away, then does his caveman dance. Fans join in, Barbaro runs, IMPLODER SPLASH! Cover, Fuego breaks it!
Sammy bails out, Fuego CHOPS Barbaro, then he whips. Barbaro reverses but Fuego BOOTS him! Barbaro does the worm!? Barbaro runs up, but Fuego goes up and over to stack! Hechi BOOTS Fuego! Barbaro bails out, Hechi whips, but Fuego reverses and RANAS! Hechi handsprings through! He then wrenches and shoves Fuego, then runs up, and he YANKS Fuego’s hurdle out of the air! Fuego bails out, Panther runs in, but Hechi avoids the dropkick! But then Panther avoids the senton! Panther rallies the fans, runs to RAM Hechi, then runs again. Hechi follows, but Panther hits a Tiger Feint to dodge, and Hechi’s dropkick goes flying out to the floor!
Panther hurries to a corner and then runs, FLYING RANA! Hechi flounders away, and Panther hurries back in. Soberano runs up, Panther puts him on the apron, but Soberano GAMANGIRIS! Soberano fires up, the fans are torn, and Soberano goes up top for a TORNILLO CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO!! Panther survives that wild 1080, but then Soberano dodges Panther! Panther ends up stuck in ropes, Soberano LIONSAULTS but misses as Panther slips out! Panther takes aim, but Barbaro uses Soberano for POETRY IN MOTION! Down goes Panther and the fans fire up! Soberano builds speed and he FOSBURY FLOPS to then inverted suplex!
Soberano SLAMS Panther down, Barbaro is up top! SUPER DUPER SPLASH to the floor!! MXM is fired up, and then Fuego QUEBRADAS Soberano! Fuego slides, in does a dance, and then FLIES onto Barbaro! Hechi is in, but so is Sammy! The fans fire up and Hechi roars! Sammy runs up, but into a single leg takedown! Hechi stands Sammy up to whip, but Sammy reverses. Hechi ducks the hurdle, but Sammy JUMP KNEES him down! The fans fire up and Sammy whips corner to corner. Hechi reverses, runs up, and STEP-UP KNEES! The fans fire up and Hechi rolls back, summons the power of lucha, but Sammy SUPERKICKS him!
Sammy runs to JUMP KNEE again! Hechi flounders, Sammy torture racks him! But Mason gets on the apron! The ref tells him to hop down, but Mansoor slithers in, and he BELT SHOTS Sammy!! The fans boo, Sammy flops out of the ring, but Fuego steps up! Fuego runs, slips through a tilt-o-whirl, but Hechi victory rolls, only to stand up and INVERTED MONKEY FLIP Fuego into a LEG SCISSOR NELSON! But that’s not all, Hechi makes it a ROLLING CRADLE! They go around and around and around, into the cover! Team Hechi wins!!
Winners: Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr, by pinfall
Give an assist to MXM as they celebrate their part to play in this victory. They even get Hechicero to touch fingertips with him! But then they aim at Sammy! Only for Fuego y Panther to get back in! MXM flips the belt around to swing on them! Fuego y Panther dodge, and they DOUBLE DROPKICK MXM out! The fans cheer, but Sammy, Fuego & Panther grab Mansoor! Mansoor says save yourself! He lets the belt go, Sammy has Mansoor in the torture rack! GO TO HOSPITAL!! Mason shouts, “NOOO~!” but he keeps the title belt away from Sammy. Will Sammy & Dustin just have to take the fight to MXM to get their stolen property back?
My Thoughts:
A very good ROH clocking in at an hour and 21 minutes, it feels like they’ve almost got this mastered for a good cable TV runtime. Though at the same time, we still had filler in Gates of Agony squashing Exodus & Josiah, and then both women’s matches were fairly quick. Billie squashing Hyan was in part to serve story as we did see Athena tell Billie to take things seriously, and then Billie takes her frustrations out on Hyan. Rachael VS Abadon could’ve been a little longer to build them both up in the standings, but Abadon winning makes sense as Abadon’s gotten closer to titles than Rachael has. And good promo from Velvet, but I’m not sure why we’re waiting so long to get to her and Leyla’s rematch.
Additionally, while that 12 Man Tag was some fun, just smashing together multiple teams for that was bordering on filler. Good to see The Von Erichs back given ROH was in Texas. And between The Von Erichs being in Texas and Sterling being introduced as one of the competitors, it was a given The Von Erichs and their team would win. Though it did work that The Outrunners got the finish, they’re the team riding high right now. I will say it’s good that “The Frat House” is a faction, but like, can’t the name have just be The Fraternity? Or like, Greek letters that make a fraternity name, but also is a funny pun when you boil it down to letters.
But of course, great stuff throughout the night involving luchadores. Fuego Del Sol VS Yuta was a very good opening match, but I figured Yuta would win that. Him going the extra mile with that steel chain was rather vicious, I feel like Fuego should want payback, teaming with some other AEW wrestlers who have beef with the Death Riders. Komander VS Lee was a very good ROH TV Championship match, but given this wasn’t the main event, I figured Komander would retain. Maybe EJ gets his shot next?
And then a very good Six Man main event. The lucha rules made it constant motion because there was no need for tags, and apparently the ref didn’t need to count when Hechi’s team was in there together. MXM getting involved makes sense, as they’re still not happy just possessing the tag title. They screwed Sammy over, Hechi’s team wins, but then Sammy’s side stands tall over MXM. I would think we do get Sons of Texas VS MXM one more time, who knows how that goes, but it’ll be a lot of fun either way.
My Score: 8.6/10
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