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Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (7/4/24)
Happy Independence Day, America!
It’s a golden Fourth of July!
Wheeler Yuta is back on ROH TV, and he’s stepping onto the Proving Ground against Lee Moriarty, a shot at the Pure Championship on the line!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Unified AEW & ROH World Trios Championships Proving Ground: The Bang Bang Gang VS The Dark Order; The Bang Bang Gang wins and denies The Dark Order a title match.
- ROH World Tag Team Championships Proving Ground: The Kingdom VS Metalik & Komander; The Kingdom wins and denies Metalik & Komander a title match.
- ROH Pure Championship Proving Ground: Wheeler Yuta VS Lee Moriarty; Time Limit Draw, Lee earns an ROH Pure Championship match.
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The Infantry speaks.
Carlie Bravo makes sure the camera is live, and says looking good. Bad News & Tattoos is here, as is Captain Shawn Dean, and who better to host the Independence Day edition of ROH than The Infantry? It feels so good, they’ll be hosting the entire show, and who better than two-thirds of the most popular team in AEW & ROH? Shoutout to Trish Adora, she is handling solo missions. But they are here, celebrating the day Will Smith saved every single person on Earth! Dean corrects Bravo. That is not what this is about. Oh, sorry, Bravo thought it was the other thing. This is about what happened in 1773: The Boston Tea Party! The moment that started the whole American Revolution!
But tonight, instead of throwing tea into the harbor, we’ve got people throwing each other over the top rope, body slamming in the ring. It’s gonna be a party! A cookout even! And this is a cookout everyone’s invited to! But please, no raisins in potato salad, no one does that here. But hey, they’re bringing the fireworks tonight, in the best place wrestling’s ever been in, ROH! So stay tuned, don’t go anywhere!
Unified AEW & ROH World Trios Championships Proving Ground: The Bang Bang Gang VS The Dark Order!
Juice Robinson & The Gunns roll into Allentown for the Fourth of July to put the Trios Division to the test! Will Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds & John Silver prove #DarkOrderIsGood enough to fight for the gold? Or will it be #GunsUp for Bullet Club Gold?
The trios sort out and and Austin starts against Uno. The two tie up, Austin headlocks but Uno powers out to headlock back. Austin powers out, Uno ducks ‘n’ dodges then whips, but Austin ducks ‘n’ dodges back. Austin trips Uno and then swaggers. Austin brings Uno up, headlocks but Uno powers up and out. Austin RAMS Uno, but Uno rebounds to RAM Austin! Austin rebounds to RAM, Uno rebounds to RAM again! Uno then redirects to run Austin over! Things speed up, Austin shouts “Watch this!” but Uno catches him for an atomic drop! Uno calls to his guys, and then he bumps Austin off their boots!
Tag to Silver, and Silver tags Reynolds. They get Austin up and the fans rally for “JOHNNY HUNGY!” But Juice & Colten run in to attack! They save Austin, then the gang mugs the Dark Order. They whip the Dark Order to corners, then say Guns Up. The Bang Bang Gang all run in, but the Dark Order all dodges! Austin, Colten & Juice get buckles, and then the Dark Order climbs up to rain down fists! Fans count all the way to TEN, so it’s more like thirty! Then Dark Order sends the gang all into each other! Austin staggers about, Uno & Reynolds reset! Silver gets moving, to hop up so they can all flex!
The fans cheer but Juice gets in to doggy pee on them! Reynolds gets mad, chases Juice around the outside, and then back inside! Juice says he’s too smart for Reynolds, only for Reynolds to TOSS him out! Austin CLOBBERS Reynolds, tags Colten, and Colten stomps Reynolds in the corner. The fans boo, the ref counts, but Colten says shut up! Colten mocks the Dark Order claw, then he drags Reynolds up. Colten snap suplexes, covers, TWO! Colten is annoyed but he drags Reynolds up. The fans rally for “Sexy Alex!” but Colten DECKS him! Colten says HE is sexy, swivels his hips, and Juice sucker punches Reynolds while the ref isn’t looking!
Colten calls to his corner, and he tags in Juice. Colten stomps Reynolds, Austin gets fans to join in a chant of “Guns Up! Guns Up!” Colten scoops Reynolds to SLAM him, Juice sets up to SENTON! Cover, Uno breaks it! Uno mocks Juice with swiveling hips then backs away. Juice shows off his swivel, but Reynolds rolls him up! TWO, and Juice CLOBBERS Reynolds! Juice drags Reynolds to a cover, TWO! Juice clamps on with a chinlock and he grinds Reynolds down. The fans rally up, Reynolds fights to his feet, and Reynolds pries the hold open to arm-drag Juice away! But Reynolds is still in enemy territory!
Juice runs up, Reynolds BOOTS him! Then Reynolds ELBOWS Colten, ELBOWS Austin, but Juice LEG LARIATS! Cover, TWO! Juice is furious already but he stays between Reynolds and The Dark Order. Juice sucker punches Silver, gets Reynolds up then whips, but Reynolds reverses to wrench and STRAITJACKET NECKBREAKER! Reynolds crawls, Juice anchors a foot! Juice can’t hold Reynolds so he hurries to his corner, hot tags to Austin and Uno! Uno rallies on Austin and Colten! Uno ELBOWS Colten in one corner, runs corner to corner to ELBOW Austin! Uno comes back to LARIAT Colten! Uno UPPERCTS Austin!
Uno SPLASHES Colten, UPPERCUTS Austin, then UPPERCUTS Colten! Austin dodges Uno this time, regroups with his brother, but Silver tags in! Silver climbs up to DOUBLE CROSSBODY! The fans fire up as both Gunns flounder! Juice runs in but Silver trips him! Juice ends up on ropes, Silver runs in again, and so do Uno & Reynolds! BOOT DOUBLE DROPKICK COMBO! The fans fire up and Silver drags Austin up, for a GERMAN SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! Austin survives but Silver hurries to tag Uno. Uno tags Reynolds and they set Austin up again! The fans fire up, Silver gets moving, but Juice trips Silver!
Juice drags Silver out to the floor then gets on the apron. Uno runs in but Juice DUMPS him out! Reynolds runs up to LARIAT Juice back down! The fans fire up but Austin rolls Reynolds, TWO! POP-UP KNEE from Reynolds! Reynolds LARIATS in the corner, whips corner to corner, but Austin goes up and over! Colten slips in, 3:10 TO YUMA!! Cover, Bang Bang Gang wins!
Winners: Bang Bang Gang, by pinfall (denies The Dark Order a title opportunity)
The Bullet Club Gold’s gold is safe for another day! But with Christian Cage & The Patriarchy tailing them from the AEW side, will the Bang Bang Gang still have to face Death Before Dishonor?
The Infantry checks back in.
Bravo says, “Just like the ROH bell rings to signify the beginning and the end of a match, in 1776, the Liberty Bell was ringing. Do you know what it signified to all of Philadelphia, brother?” Capt. Dean asks what did it signify? Bravo says it signified the signing of The Declaration of Independence! “Officially saying all men were created equal.” Dean says that is for sure. And just like a bell ringing at the beginning and end of a match, there are a couple more great matches tonight. Any singles matches? Yes, Wheeler Yuta VS Lee Moriarty in an ROH Pure Championship Proving Ground match.
And what about tag matches? Well, yeah. What’s the huff ‘n’ puff about then? Well, there’s Metalik y Komander. Yeah, those guys are cool, Bravo loves ’em. But they’re against The Kingdom. Oh, those guys… Bravo doesn’t like them. Neither does Dean. Bravo would love to punch those guys. And he reveals he’s wearing armored gauntlets! Where’d he get those? He found them. Do you think John Adams ever knocked someone’s teeth out with these? Bravo would love to do that to The Kingdom! Dean says let’s get back to the action.
CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE!
For those who haven’t heard, it was just last Friday that Kyle Fletcher visited Arena Mexico to take on CMLL’s Atlantis Jr. in a match for the ROH World Television Championship. And perhaps shockingly, Fletcher LOST that title to Atlantis Jr! But Fletcher told Atlantis that next time, they’ll do it on Fletcher’s turf, AKA in an ROH ring. When and where will we see these two go another round?
Backstage interview with Athena & Billie Starkz.
Lexy Nair is with her bestie and fellow Minion, and the ROH Women’s World Champion asks them if they feel this. Do they feel all of this? This is what safety is! Their own locker room, their own security, and even a new standout Minion In Training, a former ROH TV Champion guy! Tony Deppen thanks Athena but she shouts at him, Don’t talk! Billie says yeah, learn the rules, bud. Athena says this is how they should be treated: as royalty! This… is interrupted by Red Velvet & Queen Aminata walking in. And they agree, this really is nice. They came with great news! They spoke with The Board of Directors, and it is now official!
At Death Before Dishonor, it will be Billie Starkz VS Red Velvet for the ROH Women’s Television Championship! Billie says fine, take your shot. And Aminata addresses “Ms. Athena,” that while this is going to hurt, it will still be Athena VS Aminata for THE ROH Women’s World Championship! What? Do they see this? Aminata is so dumb! Athena is not medically cleared, and they still think they’re getting a match! Athena’s group laughs it up, but then Aminata & Velvet mockingly laugh back. Didn’t Lexy get the email from management? Go ahead, read it, let them know. Oh, does bestie have something to day?
Athena pulls Lexy in close, and Lexy nervously laughs. Lexy says at first, it looked like a scam email, but upon reading it… Yes, it was Tony Khan saying it is official. Aminata & Velvet say bye, get well soon. But Athena isn’t cleared…! Athena shouts for Tony Khan and then storms off on her crutches! Is The Fallen Goddess being cheated? Or is this Tony Khan calling her bluff?
The Infantry checks back in.
Bravo wants Dean to look and see, they’re in DC! How’d they get here? But fun fact: the nation’s capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington DC way back in the day. Dean said that was 1800. Yes, and that is also Bravo’s favorite tequila brand. Crazy, huh? But DC is not only the home to the nation’s capital, but to the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the White House, go-go music, mambo sauce, Nike boots, New Balance, and on and on. It’s America’s Honor Club. Guess they run that, too. And fans know that, because they’re watching Honor Club right now! Fans can go back and rewatch countless hours of Infantry kicking ass the American way!
But enough of them, go watch more of ROH action! See you in a second.
ROH World Tag Team Championships Proving Ground: The Kingdom VS Metalik & Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes!
Well just as The Infantry hyped up earlier tonight, we’re going to see Matt Taven & Mike Bennett taking on two great luchadores who are chasing after gold. But there’s also some history here via Taven’s time in Mexico. Taven was once the Welterweight Champion, who could handle heavyweights but could not keep up with the Cruiserweights! Will that get him in trouble again tonight? Or can Taven & Bennett hold it together for ten minutes?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the teams sort out, and Taven starts against the AAA World Cruiserweight Champion. They circle, Taven mouths off to fans but Komander applauds the fans. The two tie up, Taven shoves Komandor away but avoids the dropkick! Taven stomps Komander, and says that’s for the idiot fans! Then Taven CHOPS Komander, taunts the fans again, then whips. Komander handsprings over the dropdown but Taven kicks low. Taven whips Komander to a corner hard, then SPLASHES! Taven whips again, but Komander dodges the splash! Komander clotheslines, UPPERCUTS, ROLLING ELBOWS, then ENZIGIRIS!
The fans fire up with Komander and he goes corner to corner. Taven puts Komander on the apron, but Komander RAMS back into him. Komander springboards to FLYING RANA! The fans fire up again and Kmoander runs up. Wheelbarrow, but Taven RAMS Komander right into the corner! Taven CHOPS, but Komander fires back! Komander hits Bennett, too, but Taven knees low! Tag to Bennett, and Taven sends Komander into the BIG forearm! Bennett hauls Komander up, Taven back suplexes, but Komander lands out! Komander dodges the double lariat to hot tag Metalik! And Metalik springboards to DOUBLE CROSSBODY!
The fans fire up as Metalik fires off kick after kick on The Kingdom. Metalik runs, The Kingdom sets up, but Metalik KICKS their back drop away! Metalik then dodges Bennett, only for Bennett to kick low. Bennett says to slow down, then he whips Metalik to a corner. Bennett runs in but Metalik BOOTS him away, then SLING-DOGS! The fans fire up, Bennett goes up and around the ropes to MISSILE DROPKICK! Cover, Taven breaks it! Komander CLUBS Taven, whips, but Taven reverses to TOSS Komander. Komander lands safe on the apron and Taven runs up, only for Komander to DUMP him out!
Bennett runs up but Komander TOSSES him! The fans fire up as Komander holds the way open, Metalik DIVES! Down goes both Taven & Bennett, and then Metalik sets The Kingdom up for Komander’s TOP ROPE TORNILLO! The fans are all fired up and Komander salutes! The luchadores get Bennett up and into the ring. Metalik goes up a corner, but Taven lurks! Metalik leaps, Bennett moves! Taven is in, POP-UP BOSTON BAYONET! Bennett then basement dropkicks! The fans rally but Bennett brings Metalik over. Tag to Taven, they stomp away, throw some knees, and then Taven CHOPS!
Taven fires hands, tags Bennett, and Bennett digs his boots in! The ref counts, Bennett drags Metalik up and DECKS him! Bennett drags Metalik back up, tags Taven in, but Metalik fights back! Metalik goes up and leaps, but no Code Breaker! Bennett CATAPULTS Metalik into Taven’s GAMANGIRI! Metalik falls back onto Bennett’s knees, and Taven adds an ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO!! Metalik survives and we hit the five minute mark! Bennett tags in, he and Taven double whip. Bennett runs in to ROCK Metalik, Taven runs up but Metalik TOSSES him out! Metalik goes up but Bennett ROCKS him!
Metalik and Bennett brawl, forearms and CHOPS back and forth! Bennett ROCKS Metalik again, climbs up, but Metalik fights the superplex! Metalik fires body shots, then goes up and over to FLYING SUNSET BOMB! The fans fire up while both men are down! Both men crawl for their corners, hot tags to Taven and Komander! Komander slingshots in but Taven kicks low. Taven whips, Metalik slides under, and Bennett gets in. Taven pops Komander up but he MISSILE DROPKICKS Bennett! Taven is mad but Komander drop toeholds him onto ropes! Komander YANKS Taven back, Tiger Feint and somersault, but Taven turns wheelbarrow into gut wrench!
But then Komander turns gut wrench into TORNADO DDT! Komander kips up and the fans fire up! Komander scrapes Bennett off the apron then goes up the corner. Komander takes aim and tightrope walks, CIELITO LINDO!! Cover, BENNETT BREAKS IT! Bennett hauls Komander up and in, but Komander TOSSES him out! Hot tag to Metalik! The King of Ropes CLUBS Taven, he and Komander double whip. Double HIP TOSS, then the assisted MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO!! Taven survives, and Bennett drags Komander out! Bennett RAMS Komander hard into railing! Metalik whips Taven but Taven reverses.
Metalik ducks ‘n’ dodges to SUPERKICK! Metalik keeps moving, but Bennett catches him! ROCKSTAR SUPERNOVA!! Cover, Kingdom wins!
Winners: The Kingdom, by pinfall (denies Metalik & Komander a title opportunity)
Taven overcomes cruiserweights with the help of his heavyweight tag partner! But then they add insult to injury by mugging Metalik! Bennett goes out to RAM Komander back into railing! The fans boo but Bennett tells them to shove it! Taven scrapes Metalik out of the ring, and the self-professed best team in the industry certainly has the worst attitude. But will nothing stop them from dominating ROH as in days of old?
A new team is on the scene!
“This is Mason Madden. This is Mansoor.” Mason is the Mahogany Hunk, the Height of Fashion, and “Mother.” Mansoor is the Sultan of Suave, the Iron Chic, and The Man Who Makes You Soar. Yes, ROH, you can shine, with the MXM Collection.
The Infantry checks in again.
They’ve made it. They arrived at Mount Rushmore! That is a sixty foot sculpture of American presidential greatness right there. The top one percent, and very impressive. There’s Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and of course, “Uncle” Abe Lincoln. He did that! Emancipation! Bravo likes this, glad they’re here, but it feels like it is missing something, right? A little something something. Oh, hey, check it! They add themselves to it! Rushmore? If they were really up there, Bravo would rush less! But just like those great men, there are a lot of great men and women competing on Friday, July 26th, Death Before Dishonor in Arlington, Texas!
Make sure you tune into that! It’ll be free on Honor Club, but you can get tickets right now at ROHTIX.com, the ESports Stadium! Whatever you need! And thank you for joining this Independence Day edition of ROH, time to go watch Independence Day with Will Smith. See you right back here, next week on ROH, and the week after that, and the week after that. And hopefully at some point, big championship straps. Now, how to send them home? Like this. Have no fear, The Infantry is here! Copy that! But stay tuned for the main event! Time to go climb the mountain!
ROH Pure Championship Proving Ground: Wheeler Yuta VS Lee Moriarty!
The Decoder has finally returned to ROH after getting back in action with the Blackpool Combat Club in AEW. But will he be ready to get right back into the swing of things in the Pure Division? Or will #TAIGASTYLE sink his Fang right into the champ?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and we’re on the clock. Pure Rules are still part of this, so each man is only allowed three ropebreaks, and no closed fists to the face. The two circle, tie up, and go around. Lee wrenches, hammerlocks, but Yuta trips Lee to a toehold. Lee fights around, the fans duel, and Lee reels Yuta in for a headlock. Lee hits the takeover, Yuta headscissors but Lee kips free. Roles reverse as Yuta headlocks for the takeover and Lee headscissors. Yuta kips free, Lee headlocks again, but Yuta brings Lee to his knees and rolls up and over Lee to get free! Yuta then basement dropkicks Lee and the fans cheer!
Yuta keeps close to Lee, covers, ONE! Yuta stays on Lee with a cravat and the fans duel more. Lee endures, fights up, and he tries to bring Yuta down. Yuta stays up, Lee tries a swim move. Yuta holds on tight, but Lee powers Yuta to ropes and snapmares. But Yuta holds on! Lee tries again, but Yuta still holds on! Lee tries a third time, swim moves free, but Yuta KNEES Lee to DDT! Cover, TWO! Lee stays in this but Yuta stalks him to ropes. Yuta brings Lee around to CHOP! The fans “WOO~!” but Lee pushes Yuta. Yuta stomps Lee to a corner, then CHOPS again! Lee headlocks, Yuta powers out but Lee handsprings over.
Lee taunts Yuta, dodges him, then BOOTS him down! And basement dropkicks in return! Fans are torn as Lee stalks Yuta. Lee stomps Yuta, but Yuta gets up to CHOP! Lee UPPERCUTS Yuta down! Lee covers, TWO! Lee stays after Yuta with a hammerlock, and he traps that arm. Lee pulls on the other, the fans rally as Yuta fights, but Lee pushes the elbow! Lee mockingly claps with Yuta’s hand, then bends the fingers! Yuta endures as Lee pulls and twists and then uses the arm to recline! Yuta suffers, ends up in a cover, TWO!! Lee is annoyed, but he stomps Yuta down. The fans rally, and Yuta RAMS into Lee!
Lee Mongolian Chops Yuta down, then he clamps on with a straitjacket stretch! Lee taunts Yuta, and we’re already four minutes in. Yuta fights up, the fans rally again, and Yuta powers free, only for Lee to put him right back in! Yuta fights up again and the fans rally. Yuta bridges, then spins the jacket onto Lee! But Lee spins it right back onto Yuta! Lee HEADBUTTS Yuta again and again and again! Yuta sputters, but Lee pulls him back! Yuta rolls through and pops free, to then HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOW away on Lee! The fans fire up and Lee scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! That’s his first, and we’re at five minutes!
Yuta runs up but Lee ELBOWS him away! And then UPPERCUTS him down! Lee pushes to a cover, TWO! Yuta gets out of that but Lee waits on him. Time is also on Lee’s side, but the fans are on Yuta’s. Lee waistlocks, but Yuta switches. Lee arm-drags free, Yuta rewinds then dodges Lee! Yuta hurries and DIVES! Direct hit and Lee tumbles to the ramp! The fans fire up and Yuta hurries after Lee. Time is ticking away but Yuta puts Lee in. Yuta runs up, gets around, and GERMAN SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO! Yuta huffs ‘n’ puffs, seeing the clock is already under four minutes remaining! Yuta hurries to wrench, but Lee fights the lift!
Lee wrenches and bends fingers, but then Yuta returns the favor! Lee CLUBS free, but Yuta ROCKS Lee! Lee BOOTS back, runs up, tilt-o-whirl, LA MYSTICA! Into the BORDER CITY STRETCH!! Yuta flails, reaches out, and there’s three minutes left! Yuta fights his way over to a ROPEBREAK! That is Yuta’s first, and the fans rally up while both men are down. Lee scuffs Yuta with kicks and Yuta goes to the apron. Yuta shakes his head and rises up. Lee storms up and HIP- NO, Yuta arm-drags to counter, then reels Lee into the SEAT- NO, Lee slips free to the BORDER CITY STRETCH!! But Yuta makes it a cradle, TWO!!
Lee gets up, Yuta steps over, but then Lee steps over! They RAM heads, then they both DECK each other with forearms! The fans fire up as we hit the two minute warning! Lee stirs, the fans rally up again, and Yuta huffs ‘n’ puffs as he rises up. Lee shakes out the stars, runs in to LA MYSTIC- NO! Yuta blocks, has a gut wrench, HANGING CLOVERLEAF! Lee slips down to victory roll! TWO and Yuta has it! TWO, and Lee has a wristlock clutch! TWO but Lee just reels Yuta in for a EURO CLUTCH! TWO!!! Yuta escapes and we’re at the final minute! Lee sunset flips, Yuta stays standing and powers through to a sunset flip! TWO and Lee has it! TWO!
Yuta has it, TWO! Lee has it back, TWO! Yuta! ONE! LEE! ONE! YUTA! ONE! They go back and forth, ONE, ONE, ONE again and again! The fans fire up as they just keep going back and forth, ONE! ONE! ONE! THIRTY SECONDS LEFT!! Yuta has Lee down again, TWO!! Both men stand and throw hands at TWENTY seconds! The fans fire up as neither man backs down! The final TEN seconds!! The fans are counting down as the forearms keep going! TIME IS UP!!
Time Limit Draw; Lee Moriarty earns a title opportunity
Yuta wanted to cross Lee off the list, but now he and Lee will have to go one more round! Yuta holds up the Pure Championship belt now, but Lee has Shane Taylor & Anthony Ogogo backing him up. The Decoder says discretion is the better part of valor, because he’ll definitely see #TAIGASTYLE again. Will Yuta take Death Before Dishonor? Or will Lee just take that belt for his own?
My Thoughts:
A very good ROH this week, mostly because it was shorter at 47 minutes, but also because it was a nice, patriotic lesson of American history with The Infantry. There was apparently a match of Diamante VS Vanessa Kraven advertised for tonight but they apparently swapped that out for the Unified World Trios Championship Proving Ground. Maybe Diamante VS Kraven will be on next week’s episode. And we got a good promo segment to give us the ROH Women’s World and ROH Women’s TV Championship matches we knew were happening. Athena is of course upset that she’ll have to wrestle “hurt,” but pretty sure that means her “injury” is fished out as fake.
Great Proving Ground matches for the show. Dark Order looked really good but even with Juice tagging in for White, Bang Bang Gang still came out on top. Obviously, Patriarchy will get the title shot, just not sure if it’ll be on Death Before Dishonor. It should be, it’d get eyes on ROH and maybe even get some people to sign up for Honor Club. The Kingdom VS Komander & Metalik was great, came close to the time limit, but I figured The Kingdom was gonna win. As great as Komander & Metalik are, it feels like ROH is still slowly building up other teams. Also, what a great surprise that the former Maximum Male Models are coming to ROH, they’ll be a lot of fun in this tag division.
And of course, a great Pure Championship style Proving Grounds. In just those ten minutes, Yuta and Lee reminded everyone why they’re some of the best young wrestlers out there and they were even holding back. A proper Pure Championship match between these two is going to be great, might even be a show stealer, and I could see Lee winning that belt. Yuta had it the whole time he was out hurt, I feel like he can easily move on to something else while Lee freshens up the Pure Division.
My Score: 8.7/10
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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 5.29.25
Stuff happens, maybe it doesn’t, Dreamer and Delirious can’t book.
Well Trick Willie is the new TNA champ and this is the first iMPACT since his win…so let’s just hear him talk about it.
"TNA turned into TRICK-NA. Lets talk about it"@_trickwilliams #WWENXT
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/StU4pmi3oy
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
Ratings:
- The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System: Rascalz win via Meteora – ***
- Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali: Ali wins via…No Shit – Squash Garbage
- ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee: Lei wins via Spinning TKO – ** 3/4
- Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber: Mance wins via Hit the Pay Winda – Squash
- Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa: Team Robbie wins via shenanigans – **
- International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona: Maclin retains via KIA – ***
Results:
The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System
Octagon got jumped by The System earlier so Laredo is fighting alone. Another backstage jumping is getting a little dumb.
Laredo and Trey start. Typical Indie start with Simultaneous awful Dropkick spot and bad counters, AJ blind tag runs the smaller guys over, tags out to KC and the Rascalz instantly get the moment. KC is rocked, tags in Laredo and Laredo takes out the System before Lish gets on the apron and grabs Laredo. The referee kicks out Lish and Rehwoldt on commentary points out it’s a No DQ match so that’s dumb.
KC gets tossed at AJ, he catches him, Rascalz Dive and do their taunt as we go to commercial. We come back, Tennessee Whiskey into a KC tag in for the near fall on Laredo. Corner combo, Snapmare into Flip Forward Neck Breaker, KC is on a roll. AJ tags Laredo and starts talking crap to KC, they swerve and go Finger Poke of Doom, but it’s not a legal pin. Suddenly tornado attacks, System and Rascalz go for broke, AJ hits the Senton to break the eventual pin, Laredo counters AJ’s Chokeslam attempt. Trey clears out The System, Wentz sends himself and KC over and out, Laredo with a Corkscrew Moonsault, which looked cool but it’s the pile of morons waiting to get hit spot.
AJ hits the Down Payment on Laredo, but Trey blind tagged AJ. Meteora on AJ, Trey pins Laredo and Rascalz win.
Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali
Raj looks like shit in the gear he came down in…and he wrestles equivalently. I would rather anyone else comeback…give me Anarquia.
Ali murders Raj, Instant Dropkick, Rolling Neckbreaker, Corkscrew Standing Moonsault, it’s not close. Raj tries to counter things but Ali Bellclap, a little Duck the left, connect the right. Raj even does a terrible looking Punch Combo, he’s in bad shape, a bad looking Ushigoroshi, Raj with a sloppy looking something, 450 ends it.
Fire Raj as quickly as you brought him back. You don’t need a comedically pathetic job guy when the roster is like 4 guys getting pushed and everyone else sucks. Stop being stupid. Ali still hates women too.
This Injury Report is the dumbest segment in the history of wrestling. Stop treating fake shit as “serious business”.
ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee
ASH mocks karate stuff, Lei throws a few Rising Crane kicks as ASH bails and then things slow down a little. But a Pump Kick, Sliding Kick and Low Dropkick cause ASH to cower and claim her tooth broke. It’s a bait to pull Lei into the turnbuckles and them get in a few stomps. Ash keeps Lei in the corner, Suplexes her ankles into the buckles and then Ash throws a few Booty Shots/Hit Attacks then starts a grounded stretch, Lei Headscissors her down, still sells the hips and ankles, but dodges and fires, combination strikes into the 10 Count Down Strikes. T-bone Suplex, into the pinfall, for only two.
Cheapshot into Running Meteora from ASH for two. Ash goes for the Miz Yes Kicks and Lei No Sells and asks for more. Gorgeous Capture Suplex into Thunder Struck and TKO with flair. My baby has a better finish now! Yay!
Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber
Hannifan cursing and being pissed at Trick for not even showing but is more entertaining than a squash match. Not that Mance’s offense is bad, but 2 out of 3 job matches is stupid.
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Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa
Marella tries to tie up with Robbie, but he bails and tags out to Victoria so Arianna comes in and aside from Alicia Fox’s silliness, the tie up was decent with Arianna and Victoria. Tessa interferes and the Referee throws her out. Victoria comes back in and aside from a slight miscommunication with how Arianna does her punches, Alicia Fox is making her look…pretty good. Transition moves, okay brawling and Arianna looks amazing in her outfit.
Rob and Santino distract the referee and Victoria hits a Figure Four into her Northern Lights Suplex, only for 2. Arianna finally Back Body Drop to find the tag, Santino and Rob, Santino does his split dodge into the Standing Headbutt, Arianna Cross Body onto Victoria. Rob pulls out the ref, then shoves the ref into Santino, Santino into the steps and Arianna attack but Alicia and Lish, the fix is in, Arianna eats the pin.
International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona
A few quick brawl moves, Shoulder Tackles, Strikes, Back Breakers, Cardona does get dumped out and eats a SCUD. Maclin bounces Cardona’s face off the apron and hits an Elbow off the apron to keep Cardona reeling, but a dodged tackle sends Maclin into the steps. Cardona tries to Piledriver Maclin on the ramp, but Back Drop counter, into commercial.
Formulaic commercial etiquette of Cardona still in control, throws Maclin into the ropes, Diving Shoulder Tackle lays both dudes out and they get up by 8. Fighting Spirit spot, Cardona hits ropes and gets hit by Maclin twice, Thesz Press, Ground and Pound, Back Elbow and Olympic Slam has Maclin rolling. Splash into Lariat for two. Maclin has been all gas no brakes. Cardona tries to take a few shortcuts that turns into a Straight Jacket Takedown. Cardona to the top, Maclin cuts him off, Superplex spot. 1-2-kick out!
Maclin goes topside for a Jar Headbutt, Cardona hits the ropes so Maclin crashes into the corner, 2 Reboots connect, the third gets caught, counter into Busaiku Knee, Jar Headbutt. In and out, Cardona uses the middle rope for the Low Blow, Killswitch from Cardona but Maclin kicks out. Cardona dodges and shoves Maclin towards the ref, he puts the brakes on, Radio Silence! 1-2-Kick out! Maclin catches a top rope move, Power Bomb, Corner Splash, Tree of Woe, Caught in the Crosshairs, KIA and Maclin retains!
Overall Score: 4.5/10
Boring paint by numbers show, no Trick, System has one move, Robert Stone is a scumbag, too long to introduce new girls, lots of throw away segments and Rosemary sets up YET ANOTHER Monster’s Ball match. These aren’t interesting when there’s one every 3 months. So we can have terrible Monster’s Ball matches quarterly, Barbed Wire Massacre and Clockwork Orange House of Fun…BUT NO LOCKDOWN!?
Go home TNA, you’re drunk.
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Mitchell’s NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Results & Report! (5/29/25)
B Block, FINAL ROUND!
Who heads to the finals?
Kosei Fujita won A Block, and now B Block finalizes its ranking! Who heads to the Best of the Super Juniors finals this weekend?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: KUSHIDA, Ninja Mack & Dragon Dia VS Shoma Kato, Masatora Yasuda & Daiki Nagai; Kushida, Mack & Dia win.
- Master Wato, Toru Yano & Katsuya Murashima VS The House of Torture; The House of Torture wins.
- Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji VS Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young; Hiromu & Tsuji win.
- Six Man Tag: TMDK VS Bullet Club; TMDK wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kevin Knight; Knight wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Nick Wayne; Titan wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: MAO VS SHO; Mao wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS Robbie Eagles; Despy wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Taiji Ishimori; Yoh wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Here are the current B Block standings!
YOH: 5-3, 10 points
MAO: 5-3, 10 points
El Desperado: 5-3, 10 points
Nick Wayne: 4-4, 8 points
SHO: 4-4, 8 points
Taiji Ishimori: 4-4, 8 points
Robbie Eagles: 4-4, 8 points
Kevin Knight: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Titan: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kevin Knight!
The Funky Weapon and The Jet may be out of the running, but they will still fight for themselves. Who earns their final points in this final round?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Taguchi and Knight circle with a bit of a strut, and then they tie up. Knight puts Taguchi on the ropes, the ref calls the break, and Knight lets off to swivel his hips. Taguchi pumps up, but Knight says he can’t see anything. Knight flexes and says he tsuyoi. They tie up with knuckle locks, then go shoulder to shoulder in a test of strength. Knight hooks a leg to power Taguchi back, and Taguchi bridges! The fans cheer as Taguchi fights up back up! Taguchi bends Knight into a bridge, has the shoulders down, TWO as Knight powers back up! The fans rally, Knight and Taguchi start vibing with the arm wave, then a full body wave!
Taguchi wiggles around, sends it back to Knight, and Knight spins Taguchi around and around, to then headlock. Taguchi powers up and out, drops down, then hurdles over. Knight stops to waistlock but Taguchi fires elbows. Taguchi runs to fake Knight out, but Knight goes up and over! Knight avoids the Hip Attack! The fans cheer while Taguchi stares Knight down from underneath. Taguchi says bring it, so Knight punches those cheeks! Taguchi’s iron buns withstand it, and Knight says, “Itai itai.” Knight winds up again, and he punches cheeks! Taguchi still stands tall, but the fans rally for Knight.
Knight does some push-ups, he and Taguchi do squats, and Knight winds up again. The fans rally and Knight lines up a shot, to then headlock! Taguchi powers up and out, bypasses and bypasses, but Knight redirects himself! And again, and again, and again! Knight is making Taguchi spin around, and then Taguchi gets dizzy and falls! The fans cheer while Taguchi slumps out of the ring. Knight runs and FLIES! Down goes Taguchi and the fans fire up! “Ore wa meccha, meccha… Meccha tsukareta…” Knight admits he is tired, and he asks for water. A Young Lion brings him water and Knight refreshes himself.
Taguchi sputters, Knight makes his way over to Taguchi, and then brings him back into the ring. The fans cheer and Knight snapmares Taguchi to run and SLIDING TACKLE! Cover, TWO! Taguchi is still in this and the fans applaud. Taguchi flounders, Knight does some squats to get his glutes going. Knight brings Taguchi around to HIP ATTACK! Knight gives Taguchi another HIP ATTACK! The fans rally and Knight does more squats to power up. Knight runs, but Taguchi somersaults to HIP ATTACK! The fans fire up and Taguchi powers up now. Taguchi has Knight on the ropes, rubs it in literally, and then gives point-blank HIPS!
Taguchi runs and HIP ATTACKS at the ropes! Knight dangles out of the ring! Knight flops down, the fans rally again, and Taguchi TRIANGLE JUMP PLANCHAS! Down goes Knight and the fans fire up again! Taguchi rises, steadies himself, and then puts Knight in the ring. Taguchi goes up, up, and MISSILE HIPS! Cover, TWO! Knight is still in this and the fans rally again. Taguchi looks to the corner, and he calls upon the powers of Strange Style! “ORYA~!” Taguchi runs in, but Knight hurdles Ketsuye! SUPERKICK! Taguchi mule kicks, runs, but Knight somersaults, into a FLAPJACK! OH MY GAH ANKLE!! Knight endures, reaches out, but Taguchi drags him back!
Knight reaches up to headscissor into the victory roll, TWO! Taguchi goes to a corner, BOOTS back, then goes up, MISSILE HIP meets DROPKICK! Knight’s antiair works out, and then he somersaults to SATELLITE DDT! Knight goes up top and the fans rally for the hip swivel and MOTHERSHIP UFO SPLASH! Cover, Knight wins!
Winner: Kevin Knight, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taguchi earns 0)
The Jet still flies high, and he ends with a 4-5 record. Taguchi ends with 6 points in the 9th round, is that nice enough for him?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Nick Wayne!
El Inmortal may not have life in the block, but he can still be a spoiler! Will he pop the Prodigy’s bubble? Or will this still be Wayne’s World in the end?
The bell rings and Titan runs up! Nick dodges, whips, but Titan reverses to TORNADO- NO, Nick powers out! Nick wrenches and whips, Titan goes up and over, and then Titan handsprings away! The fans cheer as things keep moving. Nick hurdles then bypasses Titan to UPPERCUT him down! Nick kips up and the fans cheer again. Nick covers, TWO! The fans rally as Nick brings Titan up. Nick CHOPS Titan, Titan leans on the ropes, and Nick brings him around. Nick ROCKS Titan, then whips corner to corner. Nick runs in, UPPERCUTS, and then pushes Titan down to cover, TWO! Titan stays in this and the fans applaud.
Nick stays cool and he sits Titan up. Nick KICKS Titan in the back, then paces. Titan writhes but Nick brings him back up. Titan CHOPS and the fans “WOO~!” Titan CHOPS again, but Nick ROCKS him! Nick then whips Titan, runs in, but Titan BOOTS, SOBATS, KICKS, and fires fast hands! Nick ducks the jump sobat to SOBAT back! Nick cravats, ASAI DDT. but Titan kips up! PELE! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Titan roars and rises up, then he brings Nick around. TRAILER HITCH! Nick endures the leglock and the fans rally again! Nick crawls forward, reaches out, and manages the ROPEBREAK!
The fans applaud and Titan lets go of the hold. Nick shakes out the legs but Titan KICKS Nick in the back. Titan brings Nick in but Nick resists the lift. The fans rally again as Nick and Titan fight for control. Nick wrenches, kicks, and runs, but Titan follows to RANA! Nick bails out, Titan builds speed, and Titan DIVES into an UPPERCUT! The fans rally harder as Titan flops to the apron! Nick rises, he stalks Titan on the apron, and Nick drags Titan up. The ref says don’t do it, but the fans rally up. Nick waistlocks, then goes for the nelson, but Titan resists. Titan fires elbows and Nick backs off. Titan runs up but Nick BOOTS him!
Nick runs up, but Titan SUPERKICKS! Nick falls back, Titan skins the cat to the top rope! Titan aims for LA APRON LANCER!! The fans fire up and Titan roars while Nick sputters and coughs! Titan shoves Nick into the ring, goes up the corner again, and LA LANC- NO, Nick dodges! Titan’s leg jams, Nick DROPKICKS the other out, then he DRAGON SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO!! Titan survives and Nick snarls. Nick goes to the corner and climbs up while the fans rally again. FROG- NO, Titan bails out! Nick rolls through and then comes right back, to FLY over the corner! Down goes Titan and the fans fire up!
Titan puts Nick in, goes back up, and he tries again! FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Titan survives again and the fans fire up! Nick huffs ‘n’ puffs, hears the fans cheering, and shouts “IKU ZO!” Nick drags Titan up, hooks a leg, PRODIGY- CRADLE COUNTER! TWO!! Nick escapes, Titan ducks the roundhouse to fire off his strike fest! But Nick still ROUNDHOUSES! Nick goes up, up, WAYNE’s- NO, Titan stops the cutter to shove and TORNADO DDT! Titan isn’t done there! He suplexes and GOURD- NO! Nick lands out! But Titan goes Matrix and then CALF KICKS! Titan roars, the fans fire up, and Titan has the ripcord, YOYO SLAM!
Titan goes to a corner, skins the cat again, and LA LANCER!!! Titan crawls to the cover, TWO?!?! Nick survives, but Titan ties up the legs! Deathlock, and then LLAVE INMORTAL!! Nick is caught, the straitjacket variation is in, and Nick QUITS!! Titan wins!!
Winner: Titan, by submission (gains 2 points; Nick earns 0)
Nick Wayne falls to 4-5, he is out of the running! But bigger yet, Titan has a win over the ROH World Television Champion! AEW/ROH and CMLL are going to meet in Arena Mexico for Grand Slam: Mexico, could these two run it back with gold on the line?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: MAO VS SHO!
The Strange Love Connection is the first of the top three to compete tonight, and while he has to hope for the others to fall, he still has to do his part and win. Will the Murder Machine make that all moot with another underhanded trick up his sleeve? Or can the star of DDT Pro make it to the finals?
Wait, Mao already turns the tables by pedaling in on his bike! He RAMS Sho down from behind! The fans fire up as Mao hurries to CLUB Sho down! Yujiro Takahashi AND Ren Narita hurry out here already to mug Mao before this on the record! The fans boo but Mao’s friends from DDT Pro are here! Kanon helps fight off the House, and Mao wants fans to clear out! Mao whips, but Sho reverses and BOWLS Mao into chairs! STRIKE! Ren & Yujiro keep the rest of DDT Pro back while Sho CHOKES Mao with a chair! The ref reprimands but Sho shoves him back! Wait, Kanon has the house in headlocks! Shunma Katsumata stops Sho from hitting Mao with the chair!
Sho gets mad hearing that trash talk, but that lets Mao SMACK Sho in the back with a chair! And Mao sends Sho out the door?! The fans rally as everyone is waiting on the street, and Mao runs to FLY! Down goes the House and DDT stands tall! Wait, wait, they spot a fan parked nearby. Mao hops in and he turns the key! The fans cheer as Mao kicks it into drive, and he comes barreling down the road! Sho and the House freak out, and Sho gets SMACKED by the front of the van! The fans cheer and Mao grins as he steps out. The ref reprimands but Mao drags Sho back into the building! Mao says now they can have this match!
Mao makes Sho sit on the hand cart, and Mao pushes Sho back to ringside! The fans cheer as Sho is barely conscious as Mao drags Sho into the ring. The bell finally rings, Mao covers, TWO!! Sho survives Mao’s hit ‘n’ run and Mao can’t believe it! Mao drags Sho up, but the ref wants to check him. Sho sputters and sits up in a daze, and Ren drags Mao out! Ren beats up Mao, beats up on Mao’s team, and Yujiro SMACKS Mao with a chair! The fans boo as they put Mao’s arm in a chair! Yujiro STOMPS away on the chair! Ren POSTS Kanon, and Sho grabs Mao’s bike! Sho brings it over and he runs over Mao’s arm! Sho does wheelies to smash Mao’s arm!
The fans boo but then Sho adds insult to injury by RIPPING OFF the DDT Pro hood off the bike! Sho and the House beat up the bike! The ref reprimands and Mao says they’ll pay for that! Sho CLUBS Mao, puts him in the ring, and then pushes him to a cover, TWO! Sho has the arm for a DOUBLE WRISTLOCK! Mao endures and the fans rally. Mao kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Sho puts Mao on the apron, and he has the arm in the rope! ARM WRINGER! Sho then pulls Mao through the corner, traps his arm against the buckle pad, and then KNEES the arm! Mao is stuck and Sho stands on the arm!
The ref counts, Sho step off, and Mao is freed. The fans rally, Mao throws a forearm but there’s not much to it. Sho kicks Mao, Mao fires more shots, but Sho slips around, GERMAN ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! Mao flails, reaches out, but Sho pulls on the arm! Mao still kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Sho lets Mao go, and Mao clutches his arm. Sho wrenches Mao’s arm, twists it, and hits the ELBOW BREAKER! Sho holds on to wrench and ELBOW BREAKER again! Sho grins as he lets Mao slump down. Sho knuckle locks, wrenches, and ELBOW- SLEEPER!! Mao has Sho now and the fans fire up!
Sho pries at the bad arm, pulls the fingers, but Mao breaks free! Look! HAYMAKER! Sho wobbles and the fans fire up! Mao whips, Sho reverses, but Mao SHOTGUNS! Sho flounders, the fans rally up, and Mao runs to BOOT Sho! Sho sputters, Mao runs again, CANNONBALL! Cover, TWO! Sho survives, but is now in JUST FACELOCK! Sho endures, fights around, and both Ren & Yujiro are on the apron. But Mao’s team YANKS them down! Sho flails, the bell rings, but it was REN! The fans boo the usual tricks from the House, and Mao is upset that he fell for such a basic trick. Mao drags Sho up, but Sho CLAWS Mao’s eyes!
Sjo runs, but Mao uses the ref as a shield! Mao runs, but now Sho uses the ref as a shield! Sho runs but Mao hurdles over the spear! Mao sends the ref back at Sho, then he HIGH JUMP CUTTERS!! The fans fire up and Mao waits on Sho. Sho rises, Mao brings him around, OSAKA RENKAI!! Cover, YUJIRO DRAGS THE REF OUT! The fans boo, Kanon is up but Yuijro & Ren BLAST him! The House mugs Mao, drags him up, and double whip him into a corner. Yujiro BOOTS Mao, Ren ELBOWS Mao, then Ren snapmares Mao to hold him open! Yujiro hits the FALLING HEADBUTT LOW BLOW! The fans boo while Mao writhes!
Ren stands Mao up and Yujiro has his pimp cane! But wait, SPRINGBOARD MISSILE DROPKICK from Shunma! Down goes Tokyo Pimp! Ren BOOTS Shunma, he BOOTS Kanon, but Kanon roars! Ren CLAWS Kanon’s eyes, runs, but Kanon LARIATS! The fans fire up as the full Strange Love Connection aims at Sho, HIGH LOW LARIATS!! Shunma builds speed and he DIVES! Down go Ren & Yujiro! Kanon & Mao set Sho up, but YOSHINOBU KANEMARU shows up! WHISKEY MIST for Kanon, and the BOTTLE SHOT for Mao! The fans boo as the Heel Master helps screw over the enemies of the House!
Kanemaru shoves the ref in and Sho laughs at Mao! STRAITJACKET DRIVER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Mao survives and the fans fire up! But Sho has the ARMBAR!! Mao flails, fights around, and he stacks Sho! TWO and Sho still has the arm! SNAKE BITE!! Mao fights against the modified triangle, fights his way over, and has the ROPEBREAK!! The fans cheer and Sho lets go in frustration. Sho crawls his way over and looks for his things. Sho grabs his Torture Tool and NEVER Openweight Six Man belt. The ref sees the belt and takes that, but then Mao surprises Sho with is iron gauntlet! Mao PUNCHES the Torture Tool down!
Sho dodges the fist, pushes Mao to ropes, and Kanemaru is there! But Mao ducks, WHISKEY MIST hits Sho! Mao BOOTS Kanemaru, then powers up the gauntlet! ROCKET PUNCH!! And then SAMURAI SUPERKICK!! Cover, TWO?!?! Sho survives, but Mao says he’ll finish this now! Mao drags Sho to a drop zone, climbs up the corner, and 450 SPLASHES!!! Cover, MAO WINS!!
Winner: Mao, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Sho earns 0)
Sho tried to stack the deck, but justice was still served! Mao is alive in the block, if only for now. Can he count on Robbie Eagles AND Taiji Ishimori to bring down El Desperado and Yoh?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS Robbie Eagles!
The Rogue Luchador still has that target on his back, not only because he could go to the finals with his win and Yoh’s loss, but because he is THE IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Could the Sniper of the Skies kill two birds with one victory? Or is Despy about to go back-to-back at the BOSJ finals?
Eagles shows off his Soul of PWA Championship, and makes a point that it is bigger and shinier. Despy says yeah, that’s nice. The fans rally and duel already, and the bell rings. Despy and Eagles circle, the fans rally more, and they feel things out. The fans already start up “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” so Eagles joins in! “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” The fans applaud, Eagles mocks Despy’s bow and waving arms, then the two tie up. Despy waistlocks, Eagles switches but Despy wrenches. Eagles rolls, wrenches, hammerlocks, but Despy headlocks for the takeover.
Eagles headscissors, Despy rolls Eagles around to then float, but Eagles gets his leg guard up. Eagles wrangles Despy and goes for a leg, but Despy rolls to have a toehold. Eagles kicks Despy down to have the HEEL HOOK! Despy scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets go, and Despy goes to the apron. Eagles smirks and eggs Despy on. Despy rises up, the fans rally and duel, and Despy steps inside. Despy and Eagles circle, tie up, and Despy powers Eagles to the ropes. Red Shoes counts the break, Despy lets off to pat Eagles on the shoulder. But then he KNEES low! Despy whips, but Eagles holds ropes to block!
Despy still tries, Eagles still holds on, but Despy CLAWS Eagles’ eyes! Red Shoes reprimands but Despy whips, only for Eagles to go up and around to arm-drag! Things keep moving, Eagles hurdles then RANAS, but Despy sunset flips through! TWO, Eagles high stacks, TWO! Both men stand, Despy KNEES low again, then whips. Eagles reverses to WHEEL KICK and kip up! The fans fire up and Eagles paces. Despy rises but Eagles is on him with a CHOP! Despy goes to ropes, Eagles is on him in the corner. Eagles CHOPS, puts Despy’s leg in ropes, and pulls! Despy shouts for Red Shoes, Red Shoes counts, and Eagles lets go, to basement 619!
Despy tumbles out of the ring, the fans rally, and Eagles paces. Eagles mockingly calls for Despy, then goes to the outside. Eagles stomps away on Despy’s leg, and then SMASHES it on the floor! Eagles flexes, says hey to Ninja Mack on commentary, then goes for Despy. Despy fires body shots and CHOPS, but Eagles TACKLES him down! Eagles YANKS Despy’s leg, puts him in the ring, then sits him up to step over and tie up the legs! STUMP PULLER! Despy endures and clubs at Eagles’ leg, but Eagles drops back to make this a cover, ONE!! The fans cheer as Despy sits up. Eagles KICKS, KICKS, and KICKS! But Despy blcoks!
Despy spins Eagles, Eagles knees free, then Eagles runs, but Despy dropkicks a leg! Despy grabs that leg for a SHIN BREAKER! The fans fire up while Eagles writhes. Despy has the leg and SPLASHES down on it! Eagles kicks at Despy from the mat, but Despy pushes on a leg to have a toehold! Eagles endures, Despy drags him around, and ties up the legs for an INDIAN DEATHLOCK! Despy slaps his own leg into working, but Eagles sits up to CHOP! Despy eggs him on so Eagles CHOPS again! And CHOPS again! Despy “falls over” and that puts on more pressure! Eagles flails while Despy just lounges. Eagles crawls over, pushes Despy out of his way, and has the ROPEBREAK!
The fans applaud and Red Shoes calls the break. Despy claims he needs help, but Eagles fires hands! Despy lets go, but he kneels on the bad leg! Eagles has the ropes again, Red Shoes counts, and Despy finally stands. Eagles crawls away, but he refuses to let Red Shoes stop this. Despy drags Eagles up but Eagles fires body shots and forearms! Despy KNEES low, but Eagles BOOTS! Eagles whips, Despy reverses, but Eagles fights the spinebuster! Despy KNEES low again, suplexes, but Eagles slips free to CHOP BLOCK and BLINDSLIDE LARIAT! Despy tumbles out, the fans rally up, and Eagles pushes through the pain to DIVE!
The fans fire up with Eagles but he still hobbles on that bad leg. Eagles sees a young fan dressed like him and cheers with him. Eagles then puts Despy in the ring, pounds the apron, and the fans rally up more. Eagles springboards to SNIPER DROPKICK! And then he has the leg to roll Despy into the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Despy shouts and flails, scratches and claws, and makes his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets go, then Eagles drags Despy to center. Despy kicks at Eagles, but Eagles KICKS the leg! Despy writhes, Eagles hobbles, and they go to opposite corners. Eagles runs in, but Despy dodges!
Eagles’ knees hit buckles, Despy runs up, and Despy blocks a boot! Despy kicks one leg, and DRAGON SCREWS the other! Then he has the STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles flails, reaches out, but Despy thrashes him around! Eagles lunges to the ROPEBREAK! Despy lets go and the fans rally again. Despy hobbles over to bring Eagles up, and he reels Eagles in. Despy suplexes high and hard! Cover, TWO! The fans applaud while Despy drags Eagles up. Despy gut wrenches for GUITARRA- NO, Eagles slips free and waistlocks! Despy ELBOWS Eagles, whips, but Eagles reverses, only for Despy to reverse and SPINEBUSETR! High stack, TWO!
Despy has the STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles endures, Despy thrashes, then Despy rolls Eagles away to have NUMERO DOS! Eagles reaches out with his free arm, then activates the core to sit up! Eagles DESTROY- NO, Despy blocks the rolling driver, tucks Eagles in, but Eagles CLUBS away on the legs! Eagles slips free, wrangles Despy, and has the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Despy endures, reaches out, and he crawls forward. Despy drags Eagles along with him, but Eagles drags Despy back! Eagles puts on the pressure and the fans are thunderous! Despy fights his way forward again, but Eagles thrashes around! Despy gives it one last gasp and he has the ROPEBREAK!!
Eagles lets go, to drop KNEES on the knee! Then GROUND DRAGON SCREW! Then SPINNING TOEHOLD! Despy writhes, Eagles goes out and up, for WARP 4.5, but onto KNEES! Well, to clarify, the legs are usually the target, but Despy gets his knees up to jam Eagles! Both men are down and the fans rally up again. Eagles and Despy stir, then crawl for each other. They go forehead to forehead, then rise up to go forearm for forearm! The fans rally as the shots go back and forth! Despy slaps his leg into working, ROCKS Eagles, and then stands. Eagles ROCKS Despy, Despy ROCKS Eagles again, but now Eagles UPPERCUTS!
The fans rally up more as Despy storms back up. He SLAPS Eagles! Eagles takes off the headband and bandana! Eagles huffs ‘n’ puffs and SLAPS Despy! And SLAPS, and KICKS! Despy ROCKS Eagles, but Eagles says I’LL BE BACK! ROUNDHOUSE! SUPERKICK! ENZI- NO, Despy ducks to roll and STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles rolls Despy to a cover, TWO! Eagles schoolboys with a bridge, TWO! Despy stands, Eagles SOBATS, then ASAI DDTS! Cover, TWO!! Despy stands, spins Eagles around and around, then PINCHE LOCO!! But Despy can’t make the cover! The fans fire up as Despy crawls and covers, TWO!!!
The fans fire up as Eagles survives! Despy rises, brings Eagles around, and Despy underhooks. TIGER DRIVER!! And then he underhooks again, but Eagles fireman’s carries! Eagles shifts things around to hit the TURBO BACKPACK!! Eagles crawls to the cover, TWO!! Despy survives and the fans are thunderous! Eagles goes to the corner, takes aim, and he basement SUPERKICKS!! Eagles can’t make the cover, his bad leg hurts too much! The fans rally harder as both men rise, and Eagles is back at the corner. Eagles runs to HYPER- NO, Despy ducks and has the leg! STRETCH MUFFLER! NUMERO DOS!! Eagles flails, sits up again, but Despy makes it a SPINEBUTER!!
Despy has NUMERO DOS PLUS!!! Eagles dangles as he endures, and he QUITS! Despy wins!!!
Winner: El Desperado, by submission (gains 2 points; Eagles earns 0)
The Sniper could not take out the Rogue Luchador, and Desperado is still in the running! With that, Mao is now out of the running, too, so it all comes down to the main event!
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Taiji Ishimori!
The pressure is on for Direct Drive! Yoh beat Despy in their 1v1, so if Yoh wins, he is in! Will this be a fresh finals for the Best of the Super Juniors? Or can the Bone Soldier help Despy make it through?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Yoh and Taiji circle, feel things out, and they tie up. Taiji wrenches to a wristlock, but Yoh rolls then trips Taiji. Taiji counters by going for the armbar, but Yoh stacks Taiji to a cover, ONE! The two back off and the fans cheer. Yoh and Taiji reset, circle again, and feel things out. They knuckle lock, but then Yoh goes for a leg. Taiji holds him off and puts him on ropes. Red Shoes calls the break, and Taiji lets off with pats to the shoulder. The two reset again, tie up, and Taiji headlocks. Yoh fires body shots, powers up and out, then drops down. Yoh bypasses Taiji, drop toeholds, but Taiji avoids the basement dropkick!
Yoh avoids a Penalty Kick, but Taiji kicks low to snapmare and NECK- NO, Yoh victory rolls, so that he can NECK TWIST! The fans rally while Taiji goes to ropes. Yoh runs up, Taiji puts him on the apron, but Yoh blocks a shot. Taiji ducks Yoh’s punch to HOTSHOT him down! Taiji then runs to a corner, goes up, up, and GOLDEN TRIANGLE MOONSAULTS! The fans fire up and Taiji brings Yoh around. Taiji hammerlocks Yoh’s arm and POSTS him! Yoh staggers away, Taiji goes off to the blue corner and he undoes the buckle pad. The Bullet Club Special is in play, but Taiji waits as the ring count climbs.
Yoh stands at 3 of 20, shakes out the bad arm, and rolls in at 8. The fans cheer, Taiji storms up, but Yoh fires a forearm! Taiji fires back, snapmares, and NECK TWISTS! The fans cheer while Yoh clutches his neck and shoulder. Taiji drags Yoh up, snapmares, and FIST DROPS! Cover, TWO! Taiji sits Yoh up to clamp on with a chinlock! Yoh endures the knee in his back, then fights his way around. Yoh reaches out, but Taiji turns him with a wristlock. Taiji wrenches and WRINGS Yoh to then WRING the arm again! Yoh scrambles to ropes while the fans cheer. Taiji storms over, grabs the arm, and has a COBRA CLUTCH!
Yoh endures as Taiji drags him away to center. Yoh kicks and reaches out, then fights up. Taiji ripcords to RAM Yoh, then COBRA CLUTCH and a takedown! COBRA TRIANGLE! The fans rally as Yoh endures, and Yoh kicks around to have the ROPEBREAK! Taiji lets go in frustration, and Yoh coughs and sputters as he catches his breath. Taiji CLUBS Yoh, drags him up, but Yoh fires forearms and kicks! Taiji BODY BLOWS, then CLUBS Yoh! Yoh goes back to the ropes, Taiji brings him around to whip into a corner. Taiji runs up, but Yoh BOOTS him away! Taiji comes back, but into a clinch, BACKBREAKER and NECKBREAKER!
The fans rally while both men are down again. Yoh and Taiji rise, and Yoh runs up to rally with forearms! Yoh whips, Taiji reverses, but Yoh FLYING FOREARMS! The fans fire up with Yoh, and he brings Taiji up. Yoh scoops Taiji to SLAM him, and then he revels in cheers. Yoh drops the ELBOW, then covers. TWO, and Yoh drops the KNEE! Cover, TWO and Yoh SPLASHES down! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer and Yoh shakes out the arm. Yoh drags Taiji up, reels him in, but Taiji fights the suplex to wrench and ARM CODE BREAKER! Then BONE LOCK! But Yoh rolls it fast! TWO!! Taiji kicks low, CLAWS Yoh’s eyes, then whips.
Yoh reverses, Taiji handsprings, but Yoh catches him! Taiji switches, ducks an elbow, then spins Yoh around, to POST him! The Bullet Club Special comes through, and Taiji brings Yoh out. Taiji hammerlocks the arm, scoops, and SHOULDER BUSTERS! Yoh writhes, Taiji goes back to the corner, and the fans rally up. Taiji runs back in, tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTIC- NO, Yoh spins that into a COBRA TWIST! Yoh then shifts to throw elbows, and he puts on the ANACONDA VICE! Taiji reaches out, fights his way over, but Yoh wrangles him to the mat! Taiji endures, rolls, pops free, and has the BONE LOCK!!
Yoh endures again and the fans rally back up! Yoh fights around, reaches out, but Taiji rolls him back for BLOODY- NO, Yoh handsprings through and O’Conner Rolls! Taiji stops the bridge, pushes Yoh down, BONE LOCK!! Yoh endures again and the fans rally! Yoh fights over again, and has the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer as Yoh literally escapes by a foot. Taiji lets go, then grins as he brings Yoh back up. Taiji gut wrenches, and CIPHER UTAKI! But Taiji says that’s not all! He aims his finger gun, says BANG, and then brings Yoh back in. But Yoh suplexes, FALCON GOROSHI! Both men are down and the fans rally up again!
Yoh and Taiji slowly stir, rise up, and Yoh fires a forearm! Taiji fires back! Yoh fires another, Taiji fires another, repeat! They pick up speed and the fans rally! Taiji LARIATS but Yoh stays up! Yoh LARIATS but Taiji stays up! They both roar, and DOUBLE LARIAT! Yoh runs up but Taiji JUMP KNEES! BANG and BLOODY- NO, Yoh wrenches out to HEADBUTT! Both men fall and the fans fire up! Taiji and Yoh stir, but Yoh sits up first. Yoh roars, slaps his bad arm into working, and then crawls over to Taiji. Yoh underhooks but Taiji fights the lift! Taiji wrenches out but Yoh full nelsons! Taiji fights that, but Yoh ripcords!
Taiji blocks the knee but that hurts his harm! Taiji takes a swing, but into the ANACONDA VICE! Taiji fights the hold, wrenches out, and tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTICA! BONE LOCK!!! Yoh fights around, reaches out, but Taiji rolls him! Yoh uses that to have the ANACONDA VICE!!! Taiji endures, fights to sit up, and then he stands to fire body shots. Taiji RAMS Yoh into the bare buckles! Both men fall back and the fans rally harder! Taiji drags Yoh up, reels him in, but Yoh blocks! Yoh fireman’s carries, and he hits an USHIGOROSHI! The fans fire up and Yoh full nelsons Taiji! DRAGON SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!!
Taiji escapes but Yoh vows to end this! The fans are thunderous as Yoh hauls Taiji up! DIRECT DRIVE!!! Cover, YOH WINS!!!
Winner: Yoh, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taiji earns 0)
The Bone Soldier fails, and now Desperado is NOT going to the finals! Desperado will now be on the outside looking in, waiting for his next challenger.
Speaking of which, Kosei Fujita now makes his way out here to be face to face with Yoh. Yoh holds the ropes open for Fujita to step into the ring. Fujita and Yoh get face to face, and Fujita points at the tag title on Yoh’s shoulder, because he also wants that belt. Yoh knows, since he and Wato took it from Fujita & Eagles. But Yoh dismisses Fujita, they’ll meet again on June 1st. Yoh then takes up the mic to tell Fujita, “Ya bastard… I’ll show you true chaos! Now, just one more win. In Ota, the best wind will blow.” Yoh drops the mic to leave it at that. Will that wind be the winds of change? Or will Yoh fail to bring down The Mighty Japanese Young Punk?
Here are the FINAL B Block standings!
YOH: 6-3, 12 points [FINALIST]
El Desperado: 6-3, 12 points [ELIMINATED]
MAO: 6-3, 12 points [ELIMINATED]
Taiji Ishimori: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Robbie Eagles: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
SHO: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Nick Wayne: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Kevin Knight: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Titan: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-6, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
My Thoughts:
A great night to wrap round nine and therefore the round robin portion. No repeat BOSJ finalists, which is actually great because now we’ve got a fresh match-up. Taguchi VS Knight was still a great match for not affecting outcomes, and Knight gets to return to AEW with a win. The flipside is Titan gets a win over Nick Wayne, I really do think it books itself, Nick VS Titan for the ROH World TV Championship on Grand Slam: Mexico. Christian Cage can even be condescending to Nick over how Nick didn’t make it to the finals, adding to that feud. Nick can beat Titan in the rematch, then get in Christian’s face to make a match for All In: Texas, or at least Supercard of Honor where ROH titles should be showing up anyway.
Great stuff with Mao and his team against Sho and the House of Torture. I was pleasantly surprised that Mao won, and I wonder if the House of Torture goes to a DDT Pro show to battle it out with Strange Love Connection. Mao winning also added great drama to the remaining matches, Despy VS Eagles was awesome stuff, probably the actual best match of the night. Yoh VS Taiji wasn’t quite as hot going by the crowd, but Yoh getting the win to shut the door on Despy was good. Yoh VS Fujita will be great, a bit hard to call, but that makes it fun.
My Score: 9/10
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