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Mitchell’s WWE NXT Results & Report! (7/30/24)
Time to party!
SyFy hosts the 2024 Great American Bash!
For the next two weeks, NXT jumps to SyFy for the Great American Bash! And this year’s edition is even bigger because JOE HENDRY IS LIVE IN CONCERT! Do you believe?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn VS Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson; Fyre & Dawn win and retain the titles.
- NXT Heritage Cup Championship: Tony D’Angelo VS Tavion Heights; Tony wins and retains the cup.
- Cedric Alexander VS Brooks Jensen; Cedric wins.
- Jaida Parker w/ OTM VS Kendal Grey w/ Carlee Bright; Jaida wins.
- Six Woman Tag: Sol Ruca, Karmen Petrovic & Lola Vice VS Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx; Fallon, Jacy & Jazmyn win.
- NXT Women’s Championship: Roxanne Perez VS Thea Hail w/ Chase U; Roxie wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
Hank ‘n’ Tank are breaking in?
They are going to literally take their spots as the hosts of Great American Bash! It will literally change the history of NXT forever! Even the world…! Bring the electricity! Finger touch and it’s go time. The door is unlocked. They “sneak” into the security room and bypass the system. Then they get a coat hanger to pop a lock open, but there’s the firewall! No, that’s drywall. Oh, there’s the firewall. They pull the plug and an alarm goes off! The lasers! They cling to the walls, then make it to the exit! Oh, they just blew the fuses. That’s cuz there’ve been no hosts more magnetic than them! GOGOGO! Wait, Tank sees it! He sees it! It is time… for the Great American Bash!
Hank flips the switch and it is literally on! The table is set with hot dogs, burgers and potato salad, but those aren’t the only treats for tonight! Will The Prodigy prove she’s the only one worthy of being NXT Women’s Champion? Or will Thea Hail show that hard work and perseverance do pay off?
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn VS Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson!
Speaking of titles, the wicked witches have returned to NXT because they are willing to give the Bougie Bully & Miss Jackson a taste. But will it be double, double, toil and trouble? Or will these two divas of destruction be taken down by Meta Four?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see who brings these titles to SmackDown in Cleveland!
The teams sort out and then the champs just attack! The fans boo but Lash and Jakara hit back! Jakara goes down, Isla CHOP BLOCKS Lash! Isla CHOKES Lash, she and Alba TOSS her out, then go out after her. They send Lash hard into barriers! The ref wants this in the ring. Fyre storms in, and the bell rings. Jakara cradles Fyre! TWO!! Fyre stomps Jakara, drags her over, and tag to Isla. They snapmare then METEORA! Cover, TWO! Isla CLUBS Jakara back down, drags her over, and POSTS her! Tag to Fyre, and the champs bring Jakara around. Lash gets up but Isla RAMS her down! Fyre feeds Jakara to Isla’s TARANTULA! SUPERKICK!
Isla mocks Jakara, Fyre snapmares, TWO! Fyre CLUBS Jakara, puts her in the corner and tags Isla. Isla RAMS into Jakara again and again, then tags back to Fyre. They bring Jakara out, reel her in, and they DOUBLE SUPLEX! Lash hurries up and she RODKS Isla! And ROCKS Fyre! And BOOTS Isla! Lash SHOVES Fyre up and out! The fans fire up with Lash, and she opens the way! Jakara DIVES! Down goes Isla and Meta Four fires up! The fans fire up for Meta Four as NXT goes picture in picture.
Jakara hurries to fetch Fyre into the ring. Jakara storms up, ROCKS Fyre, then snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Fyre stays in this, Jakara puts her in the corner. Tag to Lash, and Meta Four whips Fyre into the corner. Jakara back body blocks! Lash SPLASHSE! Lash pushes Fyre down to then SPLASH again! Cover, TWO! Lash drags Fyre up, thrashes her around, then SLAMS her back down! Then she drags Fyre over, tags Jakara, and Meta Four mugs Fyre. Jakara brings Fyre around to UPPERCUT her down! Cover, TWO! Jakara drags Fyre up, waistlocks, but Fyre elbows free. Fyre slips around, shoves Jakara to ropes, but Jakara bucks the O’Conner. But Isla HOTSHOTS Jakara! Fyre covers, TWO!
Fyre drags Jakara up, whips her to the corner, then tags Isla. They sit Jakara down for a HIP ATTACK! And a mule kick! And then snapmare to cover, TWO! Isla drags Jakara up, snap suplexes, and bridging cover! TWO, but Isla holds on. Isla drags Jakara over, tags Fyre, and they mug Jakara. Fyre clamps onto Jakara with a COBRA TWIST! Jakara endures, but Isla reaches out to likn up with Fyre! The ref sees that and Isla lets go. Isla points him to Lash, Fyre pulls hair on Jakara. But Jakara fights her way to a roll-up! TWO, and Fyre catches Jakara to RAM her into the corner! And again, and again!
Fyre lets off as the ref counts, Isla swings but Jakara ROCKS her first! Jakara then gets around Fyre for an EDGE-O-MATCI! GAB returns, Isla runs in to get a leg, but Jakara ENZIGIRIS! Hot tag to Lash! Lash DECKS Isla, DECKS her again, then LARIATS! The fans fire up, Lash whips and scoops Isla to KNEE, KNEE and then SMACK Fyre with her! Then FALL AWAY SLAM! Lash kips up, the fans fire up, and Lash scoops Fyre! SWINGING BACKBREAKER! Isla stands, Lash clamps on! SLAM DUNK CHOKE SLAM! Cover, TWO!! Isla survives and Lash is furious! Lash hauls Isla up but Isla slips free and pulls hair!
The ref is busy with Fyre and Jakara! Isla feeds Lash to Fyre’s BOOT! Isla DECKS Jakara, drags Lash up, and tags Fyre. BACKSTABBER to SWANTON BOMB! Cover, Jakara breaks it! Isla runs up to whip but Jakara reverses! Jakara sends Isla out, then goes out to SLINGBLADE to the floor! Fyre stands on Lash’s face, drags her up, but Lash throws Fyre back! Fyre gets around, wrenches and TORNADO DDTS! Cover, TWO! Lash survives and the fans fire up. Fyre CHOPS Lash, CHOPS again, and then she whips, but Lash blocks! Lash whips Fyre to a corner, runs up and RAMS into her! Lash then hoists Fyre up top, and Electric Chair Lifts!
Fyre fights but Lash stops the Poison-Rana! Jakara tags in, Lash wheelbarrows Fyre for the CUTTER!! Cover, ISLA BREAKS IT! Lash storms up but Isla ROCKS her! Lash whips Isla out to the apron, runs up, but Isla DUMPS her out! Isla then METEORAS to the floor! Fyre runs, Jakara dodges! Fyre ducks the famouser to SUPERKICK! Tag to Isla, Gory Especial into the SOMETHING WICKED!! Cover, the Unholy Union wins!
Winners: Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn, by pinfall (still WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions)
Something wicked this way comes, and now it is heading into The Land! Will Alba & Isla be able to
As for Oro Mensah, Ethan Page comes out here to tell him, “Would you look at this? Meta Four coming up short. Ladies, I truly hope that you repay the favor to Oro next week and console him after his loss, because there wont’ be any fluke victories or luck on your side. And there sure as hell won’t be any 1-2-3!” The fans still chant “ONE TWO THREE!” at Ethan, but Ethan says he’s doing Oro a favor. This is the best look he is ever going to get at the NXT Championship. Ethan takes a swing! But Oro dodges to roll Ethan up! Lash counts for him, and that’s THREE! Ethan is enraged, will Oro make it look even easier next week?
Cedric Alexander talks with NXT prospects.
He assures them that even after that match last week, he and Trick Williams are cool. He just hope it clicks that emotions can’t dictate what he does. But Shawn Spears says Cedric is in no position to spread wisdom. Trick ignored Cedric, then he beat Cedric. And last week, we saw the success of the Chair Man’s teachings. Brooks Jensen is starting to see the light. Spears is making a difference in Jensen’s life. And Spears would offer that to Cedric, but some people are just a lost cause. Oh, a lost cause? No, it’s that Spears can’t manipulate him like he does the “weak-minded, weak-willed people” he preys upon.
But here comes Jensen, pissed by that comment! Jensen will show Cedric weak! Spears says this is not the time nor the place. Jensen says Spears doesn’t tell him what to do. If Cedric wants it, they can get it tonight! Cedric says sure, let’s do that. Jensen leaves, Spears follows, but will Jensen do things his way, or Spears’ way?
Hank Walker interviews No Quarter Catch Crew.
Hank does his hosting duties by asking Tavion Heights how he feels going into the Heritage Cup match. Tavion says this time four years ago, he represented this entire country in the Olympics under Greco-Roman wrestling. And that same year, he got a bronze medal at the world championships. The year before that, Tavion got the gold medal at the Pan-American Championships. So games don’t scare him, Hank. Tony D is The Don, but he’s also an NCAA Championship qualifier at the University of Buffalo. So under all that bravado, Tony’s a grappler and a shooter. Tavion ins more than ready for that.
Hank thanks Tavion for that, and throws it to Tank, who is standing by with The D’Angelo Family.
Tank thanks Hank, and says he is live with The Don. As we just heard, Tony is facing a former Olympiad in Tavion Heights. How is he preparing to get it done? Tony says Tavion is what we’d call “legit.” He represented America, that is big time. But Tony doesn’t do it every four years, he does it every day. Tonight, Tavion finds out Tony does it in the ring, as well. Tony & The Family head out, and Tank says that match is up next! Will no one stop The Don? Or will Tavion take this cup to new heights?
Pete Dunne speaks.
“I’ve been in this business for 18 years. I started at 12 years old. When I look around this locker room, I’ve seen it all before. Grown men that can’t handle a setback. They just can’t figure it out. Pete Dunne’s YXB: Young and Bitter. The first time in my life that I turned to somebody for advice, I was stuck with a terrible nickname, and a front row seat to The Sheamus Show. You’d be bitter, too! Sheamus went home, and Ridge ran when things got a little tough. Tyler’s laid up at home, resting up. They’re not like me, and neither are you, Trick. You lot just can’t seem to figure it out.
“When I was a teenager back in Birmingham, I was traveling on a bus to a show, when three geezers walked on, masked up, carrying hammers. They jumped me, they robbed me, in front of a bus full of people. Nobody stepped up for me, nobody stepped in. I pulled myself together, cracked teeth, black eye, I stood up, pulled myself together, and I made the town. I handled business. Y’know why? Because I just figured it out. Now, Trick, you’re the face of NXT. The man with all the tools: 6’4″, superstar athlete,” and after beating guys like Ilja Dragunov and Carmelo Hayes, you think that confidence could trust instincts.
But no, he needs to come to Dunne for answers, so next week will be a painful lessons. Dunne will force Trick to #FigureItOut.
Trick responds.
“Okay, Petey. Let’s see who has it all figured out next week. Forget Whoop Dat Trick. I’m gonna whoop dat ass.” Trick is ready to take on The Bruiserweight, but is he ready to beat The Bruiserweight?
NXT Heritage Cup Championship: Tony D’Angelo w/ The D’Angelo Family VS Tavion Heights w/ The No Quarter Catch Crew!
We heard from both sides about they accolades and bona fides, but it is time to see how those actually stack up. Will this cup stay in the family? Or will Dempsey get what he wants when the NQCC takes the cup back?
The introductions are made, the cup is raised, and we see who will toast with it after tonight!
The bell rings on round one, the two circle, and they tie up. They go around, break, and the fans cheer. They circle and go again, and are in another deadlock. They break, go again, then clinch. Tony ends up on ropes but he puts Tavion in a corner. They keep going back and forth, then fight back to center. They still fight for clinch control, and Tony throws Tavion down. Tavion holds on to roll Tony, and they stand back up. They keep fighting for control, and Tony hits a fireman’s carry takeover. Tavion gets up to trip Tony, but Tony kicks him away. Tavion runs, and turns hip toss into hip toss! Tavion takes a bow, but Tony TACKLES him!
Tony gets up to SPINEBUSTER Tavion, then runs him over! Tavion scrambles but Tony headlocks for a takeover. Tony grinds Tavion down, but Tavion endures. We reach the one minute warning, Tavion powers up and out but Tony runs him over again. Tony hits another takeover, grinds the headlock, but Tavion fights up. Tavion powers out, and he catches Tony to a SLEEPER! Thirty seconds, but Tony wrenches free to gut wrench! Tavion fights and gut wrenches Tony! Tony fights that, lifts, but Tavion tries again! TEN seconds, Tony trips Tavion to a KNEEBAR!! The time’s up, both sides get the other to let go.
Tony: 0; Tavion: 0
The teams fall back to corners, and Wren is in the crowd cheering on NQCC. The fans cheer Wren while NXT goes picture in picture.
The refreshing is over, the two go again. Tavion waistlocks, trips, and headlocks Tony. Tony endures the grind, and he fights up to his feet. Tony powers up and out to whip but Tavion reverses. Tavion runs in but misses in the corner! Tony wrenches and YANKS the arm, then YANKS again! And again! Tony wrangles Tavion down to a FUJIWARA ARMBAR! Tavion endures, NQCC coaches him up, and Tavion claws his way around. Tony puts on all the pressure he can, but Tavion still fights over. Tavion reaches out, but Tony drags him away from the ropes! Tony pushes on the Fujiwara but Tavion rolls to a cover, TWO!
Both men stand, Tavion swings, but into another takedown! FUJIWARA! Tony pushes as hard as he can on the arm, but Tavion still endures. Tavion fights, Tony grinds the shoulder, but Tavion moves around to roll Tony up! TWO, and Tony whips Tavion to a corner! Tony LARIATS, then climbs up! Tony rains down fists, but Tavion TRIPS him at four! Tony staggers, Tavion reels him in to turn and NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Under a minute here and Tavion hurries to stand Tony up. NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Tony survives but Tavion stays on him. Tavion whips Tony to a corner, runs up, and now he rains down fists. Tony stops Tavion at two!
Tony hoists Tavion up as GAB returns to single picture. Tavion fights Tony as he climbs, and we ahve TEN seconds left. Tony SUPERPLEXES! Both men are down, time’s up!
Tony: 0; Tavion: 0
The teams again hurry to get their guys to the corners. The Don is in much better shape as round three begins. Tony storms up, but Tavion hits him first! And again! Tavion CLUBS Tony, hoists him up, but Tony makes it a CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Tony drags Tavion up but Tavion KNEES low, tries to gut wrench, but his back won’t let him! Fisherman and FOGEDABOUTIT! Cover, Tony scores!
Tony: 1; Tavion: 0
Only 30 seconds in and Tony ends the third! Speaking of in, Wren SHOVES her way in and tells Tavion to get up! Wren tells him he is THE Tavion Heights! Tony is just an idiot! Wren SLAPS Tavion and fires him up! The fans fire up with him, and now it’s the fourth round! Tavion roars, runs up and LARIATS! Tavion CLUBS away on Tony, but Tony shoves him. Tavion comes back, SLINGBLADE! Then a RUNNING BELLY2BELLY! Cover, TAVION SCORES!!
Tony: 1; Tavion: 1
Wren is a wild card but it’s working! Myles vouches for her on this, so Dempsey doesn’t really have a choice but to let her stay. But now the round starts again! Tony and Tavion fire forearms! Tony fires more shots, whips, but Tavion dodges in the corner! Tavion fireman’s carries, then DUMPS Tony, to then GUT WRENCH PLEX! Cover, TWO! Tony survives but Tavion is on him. Tony fires shots, whips, but Tavion reverses to OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY! Cover, TWO!! Tony survives but there’s still a lot of time! Tavion runs, Tony dodges Tavion and Tavion hits ropes! Tony rallies with haymakers!
Tony UPPERCUTS Tavion, then drags him up! BELLY2BELLY from Tony! Tony eggs Tavion on, then SPINEBUSTERS! The fans fire up and Tony drags Tavion up. Tony whips, lifts, and SPINEBUSTERS! Cover, Tony wins!
Winner: Tony D’Angelo, by pinfall (still NXT Heritage Cup Champion)
With 1:22 left in the fifth, Tony ends this 2-1! Wren does want Dempsey to admit, Tavion didn’t get shut out and it’s all thanks to her. Is that point enough to make Wren a member of the NQCC? Or will Dempsey not be satisfied until someone brings that cup back to the crew?
A social media feud is going on.
Jacy Jayne is upset that Lash & Jakara became contenders just by beating some makeshift team, such as Sol & Karmen. This video was captioned “This place is a joke.” Sol Ruca responded by saying she’s “so flattered” that those three were so upset that they can’t get their names out of their mouths. And Karmen added that they are taking things into their own hands. Fallon thinks such opportunities belong to former tag team champions like her and Jacy. Lola Vice chimed in by saying if they wanna do something about it, they can get it on Great American Bash. That Six Woman Tag is happening, but who will put up and shut up in the NXT Women’s Division?
Cedric Alexander VS Brooks Jensen!
PRIMED Alexander is trying to help the newer guys out of genuine concern, but it seems Shawn Spears is already in the head of this second generation superstar. Will Jensen go further and further down that dark path? Or can Cedric snap him out of it?
NXT is picture in picture for entrances, and then the bell rings. Cedric trips Jensen,. Jensen kick shim away, bug Cedric gest up and around to headlock. Jensen powers up but can’t power out as Cedric holds tight. Jensen tries again, throws some body shots, then hits a BIG back suplex! Cedric tumbles, Jensen storms up on him, and KNEES him in the back. And KNEES him again! Jensen kicks Cedric to ropes, drags him up, and headlocks. Cedric endures the grind, but Jensen hits a takeover. Jensen grinds the hold more, and shrugs off a headscissor. Cedric rolls toa cover, TWO! Cedric ducks ‘n’ dodges to sunset flip, TWO!
Jensen scrambles up, but Cedric CHOPS! And CHOSP! And CHOPS again! Cedric whips, Jensen reverses but Cedric slides under to arm-drag! Cedric has the armlock and he grinds Jensen down. Jensen fights up, pulls hair, and he puts Cedric in a corner. The ref reprimands, Jensen lets off, and then fires off forearms! Jensen stomps a mudhole, then drags Cedric up. GAB returns to single picture, Cedric slips free then ducks ‘n’ dodges again. RANA and Jensen hits ropes! Jensen flounders to a corner, Cedric runs up, but Jensen dodges. Jensen runs up, but into a BOOT! Cedric goes up to MISSILE DROPKCIK!
Jensen tumbles out, the fans fire up and Cedric builds speed! Cedric DIVES and down goes Jensen! Cedric eggs Jensen on, puts him in the ring, but Jensen grabs the ref. Cedric hesitates, and Jensen BOOTS Cedric! The ref reprimands but Jensen fires off hands! Jensen then runs to KNEE LIFT! Cedric flops to the mat, and Jensen storms up on Cedric to rain down fists! Jensen covers, TWO! Now Spears walks out here to ringside, and Jensen storms up on Cedric. Jensen whips corner to corner, Cedric goes up, but Jensen catches him! Jensen RAMS Cedric into the corner, and now Cedric’s in a Tree of Woe!
Jensen runs corner to corner to BATTERING RAM! Cover, TWO! Cedric survives but Jensen clamps on with a chinlock. Jensen leans on Cedric, grinds him down, and the fans rally up. Cedric rises up, fires body shots, then JAWBREAKERS! The fans rally up and Cedric rallies on Jensen! Cedric dodges Jensen to SNAP GERMAN! Jensen flounders to a corner and the fans fire up with Cedric. Cedric runs in to forearm SMASH! Cedric snapmares and basement dropkicks! Jensen staggers up, into a MICHINOKU DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Jensen survives and Spears seems upset. Jensen drags himself to a corner, Cedric storms up, but Jensen kicks him.
Jensen kicks Cedric again and then skins the cat! Jensen is up top, but Cedric goes up after him! Cedric fires hands, but Jensen throat chops! Cedric falls, Jensen adjusts, SUPER LEG DROP! Cover, TWO!! Cedric survives and Jensen is furious! Jensen calms down, throws Cedric out, and brings him to the desk! GOURD BUSTER onto the desk! Jensen then goes to the apron, and he tells the ref to hold on. Jensen FLYING LEG DROPS but only gets desk! Spears is beside himself as Cedric puts Jensen in the ring! LUMBAR CHECK!! Cover, Cedric wins!!
Winner: Cedric Alexander, by pinfall
And the former Cruiserweight Champion finally gets back up! Should Jensen have listened to Cedric earlier? Or will this only send him further down the wrong path, right to Shawn Spears?
Je’Von Evans speaks.
“Whatcha wanna know about me?” His earliest memory of wrestling was as a kid. His mom and dad would always fight, but when that TV came on, the only yelling was the TV. And Michael Cole. Mama was a Cena guy, but dad was a Booker T guy, sucka! Unfortunately, his parents got divorced when Je’Von was about six. And when parents get divorced, that puts a little anger in you. But watching Jeff Hardy come off the top rope, or RVD hitting the Five Star frog splash, that anger went away. He figures he might as well tell this story. In second grade, Je’Von sees this wall, and so he climbed it to the top. He wanted to be like Jeff Hardy. Needless to say, he go tin trouble.
But wait, Je’Von won’t get in trouble for saying this next thing, right? Alright. Well, he would also tell teachers to “Suck It!” cuz of DX. And then his neighbor at the time had a trampoline, so when they left for work, he’d sneak over, call his friends over, and they’d pro-wrestle on the trampoline. But when the neighbor came home, they’d get outta there. Wrestling is fun, it brings him joy. The Young OG likes to have fun. So he just had a thought one day: what if he stopped just playing around, and chased the dream for real? The Young OG’s origin story, to be continued.
Joe Hendry talks with some ladies backstage.
He finishes up a funny story, then heads for gorilla. The ladies couldn’t believe it at first, but he’s really here in NXT. Ashante THEE Adonis says that whatever they believe in, he’ll believe in, too. So let’s go watch the concert. Alright! Ashante’s got himself a date or two, will they all believe in Joe Hendry after his concert?
The Rascalz meet up in the “Treehouse.”
Wes Lee sits down with Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel, and wants to confirm, they’re meeting on a Tuesday? Yeah, bro, the Treehouse can happen anywhere, at anytime! But, it looks exactly the same as on TNA. Trey puts on his glasses and says that through the fabric of space and time, light particles are refracted from radiation waves and… Wes isn’t getting any of that. Glasses off. It’s magic, bro! Magic been real. Oh, why didn’t they tell him that? Of course he understands magic! Look at the three of them. They magical as hecc.
Zach says anyway… Did any of them think this would happen? Cuz he’s just so happy! Trey says yeah, four years apart. Maybe they celebrate with a little hmm-hmm? Y’know, a hmm-hmm? Wes says no, absolutely not. Things are more PG here. BUT, they’re back in business so what a time to be alive. Trey agrees with that. Plus, they can’t forget everything Wes & Zach did in NXT as MSK. Well, you could argue that they are one of the greatest tag teams to ever step foot here! Hey, Trey said those exact things just two weeks ago. Is Zach gonna act like Trey didn’t say it first?
Wes says more to the point, MSK never really lost the tag titles. Like, that kinda stings. Burns in the lung. And Zach says that fire main event last week reminded everyone how they built up this place. Trey says it is a blur for him, but he remembers Zach pinning Axiom. Wes says that proves… Zach says it proves that the reunited MSK deserves a match for those NXT Tag Team Championships and bring them back, to defend them across two different companies! Trey says that’d be sick. Then let’s get the word out! Wes will text Nathan & Axiom to see what they say. And so while they’re waiting… Hmm-hmm?
The Rascalz turns the cameras off, time to light it up! But will they soon light up the NXT Tag Division?
Joe Hendry is in the ring!
The fans already wave their hands side to side because they all believe! Joe smiles as he has his guitar and mic. The fans sing his song, and he says, “Say his name and he appears. Welcome to the historic first-ever Joe Hendry concert in WWE.” The fans cheer, and Hendry says his concerts are critically acclaimed all over the world. Tonight, it comes here to NXT. He feels the buzz, and he knew he needed to do something special. The world is saying it believes in Joe Hendry, so we need a song everyone can love. Well, almost everyone. Hendry warns up, tunes the guitar, and we’re good.
Joe Hendry makes things better, but there’s still so much to see. Joe Hendry makes things better for everyone in NXT~.
The fans already bring out the lights as they wave side to side.
There’s a wrestler from Scotland, he’s representing TNA. But the chef’s been in the kitchen, and he’s summoned Joe Hen-dray~. Because they know he has his fans, and they’re singing ‘We Believe.’ But the president of his fan club, is a man named Booker T.
Fans cheer as an image of Booker in a kilt appears on the tron!
Now let’s talk Joe Coffey, cuz there’s a story I could tell. And he claims that he’s from Scotland, but he’s the Son of Dutch Mantel. If you hate Gallus, then wave your hands in the air. They got deported for having awful facial hair. If you hate Gallus, then wave your hands in the air. They got deported for having awful facial hair.
Everyone! They clap together, and “If you hate Gallus, then wave your hands in the air! They got deported, for having awful facial hair!” Hendry guitar solos to finish, and the fans cheer. He knew this would be fun but the fans are in a party mood tonight! So then, let’s have a little encore! Maybe they should sing a certain song where he spins around and we see a certain face. What does the NXT Universe think? The fans cheer, so let’s sing it together! “HEY~ YEAH~!” No, wait, that’s Gallus! Joe Coffey says enough is enough. Goodbye, NXT, there will be NO encore! Hendry is a flash in the pan, a one hit wonder, and not even a one trick pony!
Gallus storms the ring and Coffey says if he hears “that” song one mor time, someone is getting decked! The fans boo but Coffey tells Hendry that maybe he’s heard that song before. So if you want some, come get some. Hendry ROCKS Coffey! But the boys go after Hendry! The fans boo as the mugging is 3v1! Gallus drag Hendry up, and Joe Coffey has the guitar! SMASH HIT on Hendry’s back!! The fans boo more but the guitar is in pieces! Gallus toss everything else out, but will they soon learn to believe?
Hank ‘n’ Tank find Roxanne Perez.
The hosts wanna talk with tonight’s main eventer, the NXT Women’s Champion! She’s gonna crush it tonight because not only is she a history maker, she is a record breaker! Roxie says finally, some respect. But speaking of records, let’s break a Guinness World Record right now! Which one would that be, Hankster? All you gotta do is stick 60+ sticky notes on your face in under a minute. Champ has first dibs. She looks at Hank like he’s an alien. Okay, Tank, you go. Yes, start the timer! GO! STICK, STICK, STICK! This is hard~! Roxie tells them to find someone else to annoy, because she is getting ready for her championship match.
Jaida Parker walks by and says yeah, a title she might not even have after tonight. Ooooooh~ SNAP! Hank ‘n’ Tank head out, too, and Roxie is already in a bad mood. Will she take all her frustrations out on Thea Hail? Or is she about to implode and lose it all?
Ava Raine sits down with Ethan Page and Oro Mensah.
They’re in her office and are already arguing. She has them calm down those big boy feelings. But let’s remember why they’re here. Ethan says they’re here because he is granting Oro a gift of a title match. One he doesn’t deserve. Okay, Ethan, be quiet. Months ago, Ethan attacks Oro’s guy, Noam Dar, and put him on the shelf. Then Ethan has the audacity to attack Oro. Oro’s been chasing Ethan’s goofy face but he runs, ducks, hides. Because he knows Oro would get him 1- Stop counting. 2- STOP. 3! Again and again, Ethan’s precious ego can’t take it. His stupid ego couldn’t handle that Oro Mensah has pinned him. That’s why Ethan wants the match to happen.
And that is why the match is going to be official! Ethan says none of that stuff counts, nothing Oro has done to Ethan matters! And get this through your head: you CAN’T beat Ethan, and you WON’T. Then sign it. Ethan signs his part of the contract and hands it over. Oro says Ethan may be champion, but Oro has zero respect for everything Ethan is. Ethan says he doesn’t care about that. Oro says Ethan looks at him and thinks Oro, the kid that never fit it, has no right to be champion. But when Oro beats Ethan, that title will fit perfectly around the Main Man’s waist. Oro signs his part, and Ava says it is official. Oro heads out, but will he truly be golden after the Great American Bash?
Jaida Parker VS Kendal Grey w/ Carlee Bright!
Miss Parker is putting everyone on notice, because she wants to be next in line for any and all gold. Will Jaida get #OutTheMud and into the title picture? Or will Grey surprise us like she did when she threw Myles Borne for a loop?
The bell rings and the two tie up. Jaida powers Grey to a corner, lets off, and then they reset. They circle, tie up, and Jaida waistlocks, Grey switches, but ducks the elbow to fireman’s carry takeover! Grey has the arm, grinds the hold, but Jaida fights up. Jaida powers Grey to a corner, knees low, then talks smack. Grey ROCKS Jaida! Grey whips, Jaida reveres, but Grey goes up and over then runs corner to corner! CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Grey hits another fireman’s carry takeover! Jaida fights up, pulls hair, and bumps Grey off buckles. Jaida reels Grey in to hang her out to dry. Jaida fires off hands but the ref counts.
Jaida DUMPS Grey down, talks some smack, then drags Grey up again. Jaida bumps Grey off buckles again and again, then reels her in for an inverted suplex! Cover, TWO! Cover again, TWO! Jaida keeps on Grey with a seated cobra twist, then CHOPS her in the side! Grey endures being bent and stretched, and Carlee coaches her up. Jaida talks smack, but Grey fights. The fans rally, Grey gets an arm free and she stands. Jaida scoops her, but Grey flips through the inverted suplex! Grey ROCKS Jaida, but Jaida ROCKS Grey! They go forearm for forearm, Grey whips but Jaida reverse! Grey comes back to NECKBREAKER!
Grey CLOBBERS Jaida, CLOBBERS her again, but here comes Myles and Wren! Myles seems to be ignoring Wren as he wants to talk with Carlee. He wants an apology but then Grey goes out to THROW Myles again! Wren says this is what she was talking about! Grey gets in, wrenches Jaida and SAIDOS! Cover, TWO!! Jaida survives, goes to a corner, but Grey runs in. But Jaida catches her, KNEES her, and puts her in the corner! Jaida CHOPS Grey, then runs to DROP IT LIKE ITS HOT! Jaida drags Grey up, to GOURD BUSTER, and HIP-NOTIC! Cover, Jaida wins!
Winner: Jaida Parker, by pinfall
Wren helps Myles up, but perhaps mission accomplished in ruining Grey’s NXT in-ring debut. Is Miss Parker about to go after whoever is champion after tonight?
Thea Hail warms up backstage.
Ridge Holland is there as she does jumping jacks. She is surprisingly not as nervous as she thought she’d be. Ridge says that’s because she’s ready. And he thanks her for the kind words she had to say about him. It means a lot. Thea says she meant everything she said, and thanks him for what he’s done. Ridge says just worry about getting that title. She should do whatever she has to, even if she has to rip Roxie’s arm out, to become NXT Women’s Champion. Chase U walks in to fire up, and Andre Chase asks her how she feels. Thea says she feels great! And like Ridge just said, she’ll rip Roxie’s arm off if she has to! She’s gonna tap dat ass out!
Whatever it takes? Yes, whatever it takes to bring home the gold. There’s an interesting look between all of Thea’s mentors, but just how far will Thea have to go if she wants to finally be top of the class?
Axiom talks with Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde.
Though in Spanish, it is clear they’re talking WWE Speed on Twitter. Nathan Frazer walks over and says, “Sup, amigos?” Axiom says hold no, Nate. He continues his conversation with The LWO, Frazer asks what they’re talking about, and Wilde lets it out that it’s WWE Speed. Seriously? Frazer frowns at Axiom, but then hold on, Robert Stone and Stevie Turner walk over, fighting over an official folder. Stone gets hold of it, and says Frazer surely heard what the Rascalz were talking about earlier, so here is the contract for a tag title match. Stevie hands Frazer a pen, and Frazer says they’ll consider it.
But then Axiom just signs?! Frazer wants a moment with his tag partner, alone. Stone, Stevie & LWO all take their leave, and Frazer asks if Axiom seriously just accepted a title match with The Rascalz without thinking. Axiom says yeah, they got this! Frazer says they didn’t really “have it” last week when Axiom got pinned. This is the definition of not locking in. Axiom says he is locked in. They will defend these titles successfully. But Axiom has to go, he has his Speed match tomorrow. Axiom is giving Frazer a taste of his own medicine, will it still work out like before? Or is there such a thing as going too fast?
Six Woman Tag: Sol Ruca, Karmen Petrovic & Lola Vice VS Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx!
The Surfer, the Blackbelt and the Cage Fighter are teaming up in hopes of shutting up this rather toxic trio that has formed between The Cowgirl, the Rockstar and the Soccer Striker. Will these “rookies” prove they belong? Or will it be Fallon and Friends First?
The trios sort out and Sol starts against Fallon. They circle, tie up, and they go around. Sol waistlocks, they go around, but Fallon elbows Sol then drop toeholds. Fallon stands on Sol to surf on her! But Sol pushes up! So Fallon HIP DROPS! Fallon headlocks, Sol powers out but Fallon sends Sol to ropes. Sol handstand walks over Fallon, but Fallon goes to kick! Sol dodges to then FACEBUSTER! Now Sol stands on Fallon to show her how to surf! Sol stomps Fallon, drags her up, and tags Karmen. They mug Fallon, Kamren wrenches and wristlocks, but Fallon pulls hair! The ref reprimands but Nyx tags in.
Jazmyn brings Karmen around to wrench, YANK and repeat. Karmen wrenches back, wristlocks, then wrings her to KICK her! And KICK her again! Karmen runs to BASMESNT BLOCKBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Karmen keeps on Jazmyn but Jazmyn pulls hair! The ref reprimands, Jazmyn whips but Karmen reverses to wrench and HOOK KICK! Karmen facelocks and grinds Jazmyn down. Then LAST CHANCERY! Jazmyn CLAWS free, but Karmen whips her to the corner. Karmen runs up to ROUNDHOUSE, then tag to Lola! The fans fire up as Miami Vice SAYANAGIS Jazmyn! Jazmyn scrambles away, tag to Jacy!
Jacy storms up but into a kick! Lola swings, but into a hook and leg roll, TWO! Jacy kicks, Lola blocks, but Jacy ducks a roundhouse! Jacy CHOPS, Lola CHOPS, repeat! Jacy whips, Lola reverses but Jacy turns hip toss into takedown! Cover, TWO! Ghost pin, TWO! Both stand, Lola lifts Jacy for a SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Lola drags Jacy up, tags Karmen, and they snapmare Jacy so Karmen and Lola can run, DOUBLE KICK SANDWICH! Cover, TWO! Karmen drags Jacy up and goes for the arm. Jacy endures, fights up, and ROCKS Karmen! Tag to Fallon, and they DOUBLE SUPLEX, only for Sol to make the save!
Sol then helps Karmen DROPKICK Jacy, DROPKICK Fallon, and DOUBLE SUPERKICK Jazmyn! Fallon fires arms, Lola gets in to ROCK her, TOSS her, and SOBAT Fallon onto Jazmyn! The fans fire up and Karmen builds speed, to DIVE onto Jacy! The fans fire up as Sol goes up and up and SKY TWISTERS! Down goes the toxic trio and the fans fire up as NXT goes picture in picture!
Sol hip bumps with Lola, and Karmen goes out to fetch Fallon. Karmen puts Fallon in, covers, TWO! Karmen clamps onto Fallon’s arm but Fallon fights up. Karmen wrenches, tags in Sol, and they hand off the wrench. Fallon fights but Sol whips her to a corner. Sol runs in to SPLASH! Sol snapmares Fallon, ghost pins, TWO! Sol drags Fallon up, still has the arm, and Lola tags in. Fallon fights but Lola wrenches her now. Lola KNEES the arm, KNEES it again, and again! Lola keeps Fallon from the ropes to TACKLE her! ARMBAR! Fallon clasps hands to fight that, then stacks Lola up! TWO, and Lola drags Fallon back tot he corner.
Karmen tags in, and she hits Fallon low. Fallon fires forearms, whips her, but Karmen holds ropes. Karmen BOOTS Fallon, dodges Jazmyn, but Jacy gets in her face. Fallon CLOBBERS Karmen from behind! Fallon stomps Karmen, tags Jacy, and Jacy stomps away on Karmen! Jazmyn tags in, stomps away on Karmen, then tags Jacy. Jacy taunts Sol & Lola, then runs in to CANNONBALL! Jacy drags Karmen to cover, TWO! Karmen toughs it out, but Jacy drags her up. Karmen body shots, but Jacy knee slow! Jacy whips Karmen to a corner, but Karmen goes up to SOBAT! Karmen then rolls Jacy, TWO! Jacy ELBOWS Karmen down!
Jacy tags Jazmyn, and she brings Karmen around for a NECKBREAKER! Jazmyn runs, Karmen ducks one kick but not the PENALTY KICK! Jazmyn clamps on a headscissors squeeze! Karmen fights around, even as Jazmyn puts on the pressure. GAB returns to single picture, Karmen still fights, but Jazmyn jams her up. The fans rally, Karmen turns things over and stacks Jazmyn, TWO! Jazmyn UPPERCUTS Karmen! Jazmyn whips Karmen to the corner, but Karmen drop toeholds her into buckles! Jacy tags in, drags Karmen back, but Karmen kicks her away! Fallon tags in, hot tag to Lola! Lola KICKS Jacy, KICKS Fallon, then fires off more kicks!
Lola LIGHTNING KICKS Jacy! Jazmyn runs in, Lola ROUNDHOUSES her! Fallon gets up, THRUST KICK! Tag to Sol, and Lola sends Jacy into Fallon! Sol springboards to 450 DOUBLE LARIAT! The fans are thunderous and Karmen DISCUS LARIATS Jazmyn! Then the “rookies” stand together, take aim at the corners, Latina Heat says TRIPLE HIP ATTACKS!! Lola & Karmen TOSS Jacy & Jazmyn, tot hen DOUBLE SUPERKICK them down! Sol fireman’s carries Fallon, pops her up, POEWRBOMB!! High stack, TWO!! Fallon survives but Sol keeps cool. But then Jacy & Jazmyn drag Karmen & Lola down!
Sol stomps Fallon, goes up a corner, but Fallon trips her up! Fallon UPPERCTS, flounders, and tag to Jacy! Tag to Jazmyn, and then SUPER CUTTER into the FISEHRMAN SUPELX! Bridging cover, but Lola & Karmen barrel in to break it! The fans fire up more as all six women are down! Fallon runs up to TOSS Karmen! Lola waistlocks Fallon but Jacy CLUBS Lola! They TOSS Lola out, Fallon mocks the hips. Jacy CANNONBALLS Lola down! Fallon swings at Karmen but Karmen YANKS her down! Jazmyn PENALTY KCIKS Sol! Sol gets up to fire forearms! Jazmyn hits back, so Sol kicks, kicks, but Jazmyn blocks a kick to ENZIGIRI!
Karmen tags in, she runs up to CLOBBER Jazmyn! And CLOBBER her again! Then wrench and KICK, KICK and KICK! Then a BULLDOG! Cover, TWO! Karmen fires herself up and drags Jazmyn up. Karmen suplexes but Jazmyn blocks. Jazmyn wrenches to PELE! Tag to Jacy and she tags Fallon. ROLLING ELBOW for Karmen, the a SUPERKICK for Sol! Fisherman to CUTTER!! Cover, Fallon’s team wins!
Winner: Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx, by pinfall
Fallon lassos Karmen and her toxic new alliance wins out. Will nothing stop them from polluting the rest of NXT?
Kelani Jordan walks the halls.
But then Tatum Paxley finds her! Just the person she wanted to see! She has her toys, Kelani has hers (the NXT Women’s North American Championship), so let’s play! Kelani says she doesn’t know what Tatum is trying to do, but she doesn’t wanna play with dolls. Then how about they play for with the title? Kelani says they don’t play when it comes to the title. Tatum says neither does she. Wait, Wendy Choo is sneaking up behind her. Tatum leaves, Kelani is weirded out, but is someone going to win these mind games as well as that title?
NXT Media catches up with Joe Hendry.
The reporter asks how he feels after his concert didn’t end quite how he wanted it. Hendry says that it wasn’t just the NXT Universe that was excited for tonight. He was, too. A first-ever in WWE, a milestone in Hendry’s career, and Gallus had to ruin it. Those three are driven by jealousy, and Joe Coffey is at the wheel. Hendry is driven by proving he belongs, that he can hang with the best. So next week, there won’t be singing, just 252 pounds of pure motivation ready to kick Coffey’s ass, and forcing Gallus to once and for all to believe in Joe Hendry!
NXT Women’s Championship: Roxanne Perez VS Thea Hail w/ Chase U!
The Prodigy excels at having a bad attitude, but she has beaten everyone that’s come for her and her title. Chase U’s top prospect has always had boundless energy and the desire to succeed, but she has yet to win the big one. Something’s gotta give, so is this going to be Thea’s moment? Or will this be just another Tuesday night for Roxanne Perez?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who does whatever it takes to win!
The bell rings, the fans rally, and Thea offers a handshake? Roxie kicks it away, so the two tie up. Roxie wrenches an arm, Thea rolls and cartwheels to sunset flip! TWO, Roxie sits on the cover, TWO! Roxie tries but Thea pops her into a sunset, TWO! Thea wants the arm! Roxie goes to the ROPEBREAK! Roxie lets go, backs off, and Roxie runs up to cheap shot! Roxie wrenches, YANKS, and wrenches again. Roxie UPPERCUTS the arm, clamps onto it and drags Thea down. Roxie bends the arm as the fans duel as hard as they can. Thea fights up, whips Roxie, then drops, hurdles, and rolls back to RANA! Roxie handspring through!
The fans cheer, things keep moving, and Thea arm-drags Roxie! Then EXPLODER! Roxie bails out, so Thea goes out after her! Thea goes up the corner and she ASAI MOONSAULTS! Down goes Roxie and the fans fire up! Andre Chase says this is what it’s about! Thea stays fired up as NXT goes picture in picture.
Thea puts Roxie in the ring, storms up on her, and then grabs an arm, Thea wrenches and WRINGS the arm out! Roxie flounders, but Thea steps over to HIP DROP the arm! Thea arm-drags Roxie again, then goes for another. Roxie blocks, goes to ropes, and she HOTSHOTS Thea away! Roxie hurries in to CLUB away on Thea’s arm! Roxie then pushes Thea down to drop a KNEE on the elbow! Thea flounders away, clutching her arm, but Roxie is after her. Roxie hammerlocks and RAMS Thea into buckles! Thea shakes the arm out but Roxie runs up to UPPERCUT! Roxie clamps onto Thea for a RUSSIAN ELG SWEEP! Cover, TWO!
Roxie argues with the ref about the count but Thea goes to a corner. Roxie gets in Thea’s face, wraps the arm around ropes and thrashes her! Roxie lets go, Thea clutches the arm and starts to tear up. Roxie drags Thea up to bring her around, and NORTHERN LIGHTS! Cover, TWO! Roxie is frustrated with Thea’s toughness, and she stomps her around. Roxie SLAMS the bad arm off the mat, then drags her around. Roxie talks trash, stands on the bad arm, but Thea avoids the knee drop! GAB returns to single picture and Thea rolls Roxie up! TWO and Roxie clinches Thea. Thea fires body shots! Thea whips, Roxie reverses, NORTHERN- DDT!!
The fans are thunderous while both women are down! Chase U rallies and coaches Thea up. Thea goes to ropes, Roxie rises, and Roxie blocks a boot! Roxie DECKS Thea, then slaps her around! “Who do you think yuou are?! You’re just a little girl!” Roxie pie faces Thea, but Theta gets mad! Thea ROCKS Roxie again and again, then whips to CLOBBER Roxie! SLINGBLADE! Mule kick to a leg, then Thea runs to ROLLING NECKBREAKER! Th efans are thunderous as Thea scoops to POWERSLAM! SENTON, then SPRINGBOARD SENTON misses as Roxie moves! Ghost pin, TWO!! Into a CROSSFACE!!
Roxie pulls on Thea, her gameplan clear! But Thea rolls and rolls and has the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Roxie lets go in frustration, and Thea bails out. Roxie runs to build speed, and she DIVES! Down goes Thea but Roxie puts her back in fast! Roxie tells off Chase U, saying they’re all losers! But Thea DIVES! Down goes Roxie and the fans are thunderous again! Thea puts Roxie in, the fans are all behind her! Thea goes up, and CROSSBODIES! But she bounces off the cover! Thea hurries to scoop, MICHINOK-U~ Driver! Cover, TWO!! Roxie survives and Thea can’t believe it! The fans are electric as both rise up.
Thea clinches, Roxie fights it and pulls on the abd arm! Thea staggers back, Roxie SOBATS and hops on! POP- NO, Thea backslides it! TWO!! Roxie escapes, but ends up in a KIMURA!! Thea pulls ont he arm, Roxie rolls around, CROSSFACE! Thea rolls it back, KIMURA!! With body scissors!! Roxie flails around, scrambles, pops free again, CROSSFACE!! Thea remembers this from a year ago! Is she going to lose out again? Thea fights up as the fans are with her! Thea has a fireman’s carry, and she ROLLING SENTONS Roxie! And now, IMPLODER SENTON!! Cover, TWO!!! Roxie survives again and no one can believe it!
“This is Awesome!” as Thea drags Roxie up! Roxie scrambles away, grabs apron skirt, but Thea drags her back in! The ref has to fix the skirt, Roxie CLAWS Thea’s eyes!! Roxie wrenches, SAIDO!! Thea flounders away to a corner, Roxie says “LOSER~!” UPPERCUT! Roxie runs back in, but Thea POSTS her!! The fans are thunderous, Ridge an d Chase U say do it! KIMURA!!! Roxie flails, moves around, but that arm is caught! Roxie rolls and rolls, and they go outside! Roxie RAMS Thea into steel steps! Roxie is free, and she RAMS Thea’s arm into the steps! Roxie puts Thea in, storms up, and wrangles her to a CROSSFACE!!
Thea fights, rolls, covers, TWO!! KIMURA!!! Roxie flails, the fans are going nuts, but Roxie pushes Thea over to CROSSFACE!! Thea again endures, fights around, looks to the ropes, but Roxie kicks from ropes to hop on! POP ROX!!! Cover, ROXIE WINS!!
Winner: Roxanne Perez, by pinfall (still NXT Women’s Champion)
After fighting so hard not just tonight, but ever since last year’s Great American Bash, Thea returns to a title match, only to fall short. What is she to do with herself now? Meanwhile, Roxie rubs it in everyone’s face, but is there really no one who can stop her?
My Thoughts:
An awesome night for NXT with part one of The Great American Bash. Hank ‘n Tank really were great hosts, or at least the WWE equivalent of hosts these days. They had a very entertaining opening cinematic, and I really liked their patriotic blazers. They did good it interviewing Tavion and Tony D, as well as that little goofy bit with Roxanne. I feel like those two could do a buddy comedy movie and really make a good one. Unlike Stevie Turner and Robert Stone, who are arguing even now.
Though, Frazer & Axiom are getting just as dysfunctional. I really liked the surprise debut of the Rascalz Treehouse in NXT, even their TV sitcom audience reactions going on, and I liked Frazer and Axiom disagreeing on even taking the match. Frazer & Axiom VS Rascalz for the tag titles is going to be amazing, and could really go either way. It really would be amazing if The Rascalz got to bring the NXT Tag titles to TNA tapings, though. And speaking of tag titles, great match from Alba & Isla VS Lash & Jakara, great showing for Meta Four, but of course Alba & Isla won. Alba & Isla are going to defend again against Jade & Bianca this Friday, and we’ll have to see how that goes.
As for Meta Four, good segue into Oro’s story with Ethan Page, and we got a good backstage contract signing segment. I would think Ethan retains, even if he has to cheat or use Champion’s Advantage to do it. Dunne had a very good promo to call out Trick, but also give us the very reason he’s getting at Sheamus on Raw. Dunne VS Trick will be a great match, and even if Trick “figures it out” and wins, I’m not sure he goes right back to the title scene. There could be more matches with Dunne, there could be matches with others, but Trick should go on an extensive detour before getting back to the NXT Championship.
Very good Heritage Cup match, and I really liked Wren getting involved the way she did, such as Wren slapping Tavion to fire him up. She has a point that Tavion got that fall thanks to her, but I should’ve figured Tony would win out. Maybe once it’s Tony VS Dempsey, with Wren helping out, Dempsey will win and that does help him accept Wren into the group. For that matter, Wren is definitely going to help handle this Kendal Grey thing. Grey threw Myles twice already, the only real consequence being that she lost to Jaida. Jaida sure feels positioned to move up towards a title, but I’m just not sure her chances of winning.
Good promo segment from Cedric with Spears and Jensen to then give us Cedric VS Jensen. I was a little surprised Jensen lost, but that does serve Jensen’s story of frustrations better than if he suddenly started a win streak. Spears will make Jensen his apprentice and they could be a pretty solid tag team. If Ashante wasn’t busy picking up Hendry’s groupies, he and Cedric could have a tag match against Jensen and Spears, but whatever. Great concert promo from Hendry, but it did go how I figured, with Gallus interrupting then beating up Hendry to give us Hendry VS Coffey, Battle of the Joes. I would think Hendry wins that, and he might even get allies either from TNA or just guys who don’t like Gallus here in NXT to back him up.
Good promo from Kelani, Tatum and Wendy, and it clearly sets up Kelani VS Tatum for the Women’s North American Championship. Wendy might even distracts Kelani so that she loses, but who knows. Very good promo from Je’Von because he was clearly just being himself, and we got to learn about his love for wrestling along with his family life. Je’Von even mentioning that bit of anger in his life, though, that definitely foreshadows someone like Shawn Spears using that against him. Good promos via social media videos, and a great Six Woman Tag. I really thought the Faces were winning, but in the end, the Heels find a way to use numbers. Jacy & Jazmyn are the ones as a real team, but I feel like there’d be good story if Fallon & Jacy were the ones going after the tag titles.
Very good promo from Chase U to hype up the main event, but uh, unless I blinked and missed something, I didn’t see any attempted shenanigans by Ridge Holland, even though he gave off those vibes. Thea VS Roxie was just a straight up incredible main event, and another awesome showing for Thea, even though she lost. At the same time, I figured as much for Roxie, it has to be a really big name either debuting or returning to take her down. I was kinda expecting such a person to show up at the very end there, but nope, maybe they confront Roxie in a couple weeks. After all, August will be about building to No Mercy on September 1st, so setting up a huge match would be a big way for NXT to return to USA Network.
My Score: 9/10
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Is Orange Cassidy coldblooded? Or just in control?
Before their AEW World Championship match at Full Gear, Jon Moxley puts Wheeler Yuta in Orange Cassidy’s way! Will Cassidy destroy The Decoder before going for The Maniac?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- 8 Man Tag: Will Ospreay, Mark Davis, Ricochet & “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs VS The Don Callis Family; The Don Callis Family wins.
- Kris Statlander VS Hikaru Shida; Kris wins.
- 2v1 Handicap: Bobby Lashley w/ The Hurt Syndicate VS Joe Keys & Cheeseburger; Lashley wins.
- Darby Allin VS Claudio Castagnoli; Claudio wins.
- Orange Cassidy VS Wheeler Yuta w/ The Death Riders; Cassidy wins.
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8 Man Tag: Will Ospreay, Mark Davis, Ricochet & “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs VS The Don Callis Family!
This All-Star 8 Man is going to make for a massive match! The Aerial Assassin, Dunk Zilla, The One & Only and the man the family foolishly forgot are now teamed together against Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Brian Cage & Lance Archer! Will Ospreay lead this team to victory ahead of the grudge matches at Full Gear? Or will Callis’ Alpha, Aussie Arrow, Machine & Murderhawk Monster make sure #EverybodyDies?
Well forget sorting out, Ospreay leads his team in attacking the Callis Family right on the ramp! The fans fire up as Hobbs is after Archer, Davis is after Cage, and of course Ricochet is after Konosuke while Ospreay is after Kyle! Hobbs smacks Archer off railing, Kyle CLUBS Ospreay on the back, but Ospreay kicks low. Ospreay sends Kyle into railing, rips the tearaway pants right off him, and then LASHES him with them! Davis sends Cage into railing while Ospreay uses those pants to SLING Kyle into more railing! Davis CLUBS away on Cage, Ospreay blows snot on Kyle’s pants, and Davis sends Cage into more railing.
Kyle turns things around to send Ospreay into railing! Konosuke helps Cage against Davis but Hobbs still throws hands on Archer. Kyle CLUBS Ospreay, CLUBS Ricochet, but Konosuke puts Davis in the ring. The bell rings and this is finally a match. Konosuke headlocks Davis but Davis fires body shots. Davis powers up and out, but Konosuke RAMS him! The fans fire up as Davis stays up. Davis runs to RAM Konosuke! Konosuke stays up and the fans rally. Konosuke runs to RAM Davis, but Davis runs. Konosuke bypasses, leaps, but Davis catches him for a TOSS! And a SENTON! The fans fire up with Davis, and Ricochet reaches out.
Davis tags Ricochet in , then holds the way open, for Ricochet to FOSBURY FLOP onto Konosuke! But Cage CLOBBERS Davis! Cage then RAMS Ricochet into the apron, POSTS him, but Ospreay PENALTY KICKS Cage! The fans fire up as Ospreay goes up, but Kyle UPPERCUTS him! The fans boo as Kyle goes up, CLUBS away on Ospreay, and Ospreay falls to the floor. But now Hobbs is up! Kyle says wait! Then he fires hands! Hobbs just CHOPS Kyle! Hobbs climbs up to get Kyle, but Archer CLUBS Hobbs! Archer drags Hobbs down, throws hands, then puts Hobbs in between steps and post! Hobbs fights back, but Cage sends Ospreay into the steps!
The fans boo as Hobbs’ leg is crushed between steps and post! Archer puts Ricochet in the ring while a medic checks Hobbs. Archer brings Ricochet up but Ricochet slips free to fire off fast strikes! Hobbs is being helped to the back and Ospreay is concerned that this is now 4v3. Ricochet still fires strikes on Archer, but Archer grabs Ricochet by the neck! CHOKE- NO, Ricochet RANAS Archer first! Archer tumbles, stands up, and Ricochet springboards, but Archer CLOBBERS Him out of the sky! Archer BLASTS Davis, then catches Ospreay out of the air! Archer TOSSES Ospreay away and fans boo. But Ricochet springboards back in!
Archer catches Ricochet, and he CHOKE SLAMS Ricochet out onto Ospreay and Davis! The fans boo as the Don Callis Family is in control, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Cage & Kyle flex to soak up the heat, then Archer goes out after Ospreay and the rest. Konosuke fetches Ricochet into the ring, waistlocks, and then brings him away from the corner. Archer beats up on Ospreay while Konosuke fires knees into Ricochet. Ricochet tumbles to ropes but Konosuke is on him. Davis fires hands on Archer, then sends him into railing! Davis fires more hands, but Konosuke CHOKES Ricochet at the ropes! The ref counts, Konosuke steps off and tags Kyle. Kyle stays between Ricochet and his corner. Kyle taunts Ricochet, stomps him around, then whips him to ropes. Kyle ELBOWS Ricochet down, then stalks him to a corner.
Kyle stomps away on Ricochet while Archer intimidates commentary. Kyle shouts at the camera while the ref counts, and Kyle steps off of Ricochet’s neck. Kyle bumps Ricochet off buckles, tags Cage, and Cage stands Ricochet up. Cage CHOPS Ricochet, then whips him to ropes for an ELBOW! Cage flexes while he taunts Ospreay & Davis. Cage drags Ricochet up but Ricochet RAMS him! And RAMS him! And fires forearms! Cage ROCKS Ricochet, then runs, but into a tiger wall kick and ENZIGIRI! Konosuke tags in and storms after Ricochet. Konosuke stomps Ricochet, then rains down fists! The ref reprimands while Dynamite returns to single picture.
Konosuke argues with the ref while Ospreay rallies the fans. Konosuke stays between Ricochet and his team, but Ricochet SLAPS Konosuke! Konosuke ROCKS Ricochet for it! Ricochet fires forearms and an UPPERCUT! Konosuke keeps Ricochet from his corner, reels Ricochet in, but Ricochet victory rolls! TWO, and Ricochet ducks a chop to handspring BACK ELBOW! The fans fire up while both men are down! Ricochet and Konosuke crawl, hot tags to Kyle and Ospreay! The fans fire up as these two fire fists and forearms! Kyle kicks and whips but Ospreay ducks ‘n’ dodges to CLOBBER Kyle!
Ospreay whips, Kyle reverses, Ospreay handsprings to NEURALIZER KICK! Kyle staggers, Konosuke tags back in! Ospreay dodges Konosuke to BLAST Cage & Archer! Ospreay fires fists on Konosuke, but Konosuke CLAWS Ospreay’s face! Konosuke runs, but Davis intercepts with a fireman’s carry! AUSSIE DENTAL PLAN! Or maybe in this case, just a United Empire Dental Plan! But in any case, Davis scoops Konosuke, for the LAWN DART CUTTER! Cover, TWO!! Konosuke survives but the fans fire up. Ospreay & Davis bring Konosuke up, double pump handle, but the #MurderMachines make the save!
Archer puts Davis in a corner, Cage ducks Ospreay’s haymaker to waistlock. Archer runs up, BOOT GERMAN SUPLEX COMBO! Davis fires hands on Archer but Cage waistlocks, ripcords, and ROCKS Davis! Then fireman’s carry into the ASSISTED NECKBREAKER! The fans boo but the Murder Machines DOUBLE RIPCORD Ospreay up for Konosuke’s BLUE THUNDER BOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Ospreay survives and shocks everyone! Archer argues with the ref but the count was fair. Konosuke tags Kyle while fans rally up behind Ospreay. Kyle smirks as he stalks Ospreay. Kyle BOOTS Ricochet off the apron for good measure!
Kyle tells Ospreay that this is how he wants it, right? All about Ospreay! Kyle stomps away on Ospreay in the corner, then digs his boots in! The ref counts but wait! Here comes Hobbs! Hobbs hobbles but Kyle hurries to send Ospreay to the Callis corner. Tag to Konosuke and then Kyle slides out. Kyle runs up on Hobbs, but Hobbs CLOBBERS him! The fans fire up as Hobbs makes his way to the corner. Ospreay fights free of the corner but Konosuke holds him back! Ospreay fires forearms, reaches out, repeat! The fans rally as hard as they can, but Konosuke reels Ospreay in! Konosuke hits a back suplex, but Ospreay lands out!
Ospreay dodges Konosuke, hot tag to Hobbs! The Powerhouse powers up to rally on Konosuke! The fans fire up as Hobbs TOSSES Kyle, but the Murder Machines attack! They reel Hobbs in, but Hobbs fights the double suplex! The fans fire up but the Murder Machines double whip. Hobbs DOUBLE LARIATS! The fans fire up as Hobbs has targets in all corners! SPLASH for Konosuke! SPLASH for Cage! SPLASH for Kyle! SPLASH for Archer! The fans are thunderous and Hobbs brings the straps down. Archer kicks low, then runs, but Hobbs dodges, to SNAP POWERSLAM! The fans fire up again, and Hobbs tags Davis!
Davis runs up to BOOT Konosuke, BOOT him again, but Konosuke just fires up! Ospreay CANNONBALLS onto Kyle while Konosuke fires hands! Konosuke spins, but Davis DECKS him! Davis roars, stands Konosuke up, but Konosuke backdrops back! POWER- NO, Davis stops the knee to ENZIGIRI! Davis gut wrenches Konosuke, for a PILEDRIVER!! Cover, KYLE BREAKS IT! The fans boo but now Aussie Open is face to face! Kyle pie faces Davis, talks trash, but Davis glares at him. Kyle SLAPS Davis, so Davis TACKLES Kyle! Davis throws hands, Kyle gets up, and Davis runs up! Kyle dodges and Konosuke DECKS Davis!
Ricochet springboards, FLYING LARIAT on Konosuke! But Cage POP-UP POWERBOMBS Ricochet! Hobbs SPINEBUSTERS Cage! Archer CHOKE SLAMS Hobbs! Ospreay hits the PIP PIP CHEERIO FOREARM on Archer! Ospreay dares Kyle to man up and fight him! Kyle snarls, gets in, and they fire forearms again! Kyle swings, Ospreay catches him, but Kyle breaks the full nelson with an elbow! Ospreay HOOK KICKS Kyle! Ospreay runs, Kyle dodges, but then Ospreay slips through the lariat! Kyle slips through the bomb, hoists Ospreay up, but Ospreay slips free! Kyle ducks the hook kick to SUPERKICK! Kyle runs, into the SPANISH FLY!!
The fans are thunderous as Ospreay takes aim from a corner! Kyle rises, so does Davis, and Ospreay runs up, Kyle uses Davis as a shield from the HIDDEN BLADE!! Ospreay freaks out, Kyle SUPERKICKS Ospreay out of the ring! Then Kyle DIVES onto Ospreay! Konosuke brings down his kneepad, aims at Davis, POWER DRIVE KNEE!!! Cover, Don Callis Family wins!!
Winners: The Don Callis Family, by pinfall
The Alpha stands tall over Davis as friendly fire takes out Ospreay’s team. But what happens when things divide into 1v1 matches? Will Konosuke still be International Champion after he and Ricochet go #OuttaThisWorld? Will Kyle prove that he IS The Protostar after tearing down Will Ospreay?
Jon Moxley & The Death Riders speak.
“Despite recent discoveries that Orange Cassidy is a snake, coldblooded, uncaring, unmoving, a serpent lurking in the darkest corners of the battlefield, my objective remains the same, my job on Saturday night remains the same. You may be this borderline sociopath, you may be a great guy just like everybody thinks. I don’t care if you’re a great guy. I don’t care what kind of person you are. When the bell rings on Saturday night, and the AEW World Championship hangs in the balance, you are a threat to my people. And I will destroy you.
“There’s so much more going on behind Orange Cassidy’s eyes than any of us could’ve imagined. You may make it to Full Gear with your mind in tact, but your body… For that matter, Darby Allin’s body… Still up for grabs.” Claudio jumps in, speaking in German about what he’ll do to Darby. Then in English, he says, “Tonight, I’m gonna end you.” Moxley pats Claudio on the shoulder. Will The Maniac’s top henchmen do his dirty work for him when they dismantle Cassidy & Darby? Or will it just be fuel on the fire for Freshly Squeezed & The Relentless One? Speaking of…
Darby Allin speaks.
“Claudio, I’m gonna keep this really short. Let’s not forget you’re the one who put the chair around Bryan’s neck and pulled the trigger on his career. Every single one of you Death Riders will have your day. And Claudio, today’s your day.” Will Moxley’s men be dealt with in brutal fashion before he suffers the same?
The Hurt Syndicate arrive.
Renee Paquette waits in the parking lot as an SUV pulls up, and she welcomes Montel Vontavious Porter, Shelton Benjamin & Bobby Lashley to the show. She heard MVP has a surprise in store, what’s he got planned? MVP says yes, there is a special treat for the AEW audience, and that is this announcement: The All Mighty Bobby Lashley will be in action here tonight on Dynamite in Reading, Pennsylvania, prior to his PPV debut on Saturday! Renee asks if MVP is at all concerned to put Lashley in a match- OH NO, Swerve attacks!! Swerve knocks Lashley over, then laughs as he gets away!
Shelton helps Lashley up but that ambush might’ve been with Swerve’s own silver chain. Will Lashley elect not to compete tonight after all? Or is he about to make an example out of whatever poor soul is put in front of him?
Adam Cole is here!
Reading fires up as the Panama City Playboy makes his way to the ring. They join in with the “BOOM!” and “ADAM COLE, BAYBAY!” Cole grabs a mic to ask, “Who’s ready for Storytime with Adam Cole, Baybay?” Reading sure is ready! Cole wishes so so badly that he could get his hands on MJF this Saturday, but he’s not. MJF did everything in his power to make sure he and Cole didn’t fight on Saturday, and he succeeded. But do you know who else succeeded last week? Roderick Strong did! The fans cheer as Cole says he and Roddy have the exact same goal: Give MJF the ass whooping of a lifetime! And that is exactly what happens at Full Gear!
The fans cheer, and wait, Kyle O’Reilly makes his way out here. The longtime friend of Cole & Roddy makes his way out here, and already has a mic. Kyle isn’t sure if Cole remembers, but 14 years ago, right here in Reading, PA, Cole and Kyle had their second match ever against each other. They’ve come a long way. Being associated with Cole has given Kyle some incredible highs, and some serious lows. And through those lows, Kyle knows Cole better than anyone. Which makes Kyle the only one willing to tell Cole the truth. The truth is, this crusade against MJF has got to end before someone gets hurt.
This obsession, Cole needs to wash his hands of it. His ankle has already been reconstructed, what’s next? Cole has friends willing to take a bullet for him, Kyle included, but Cole has got to stop having his friends fight his battles. Roddy barely makes it out alive last week, and now he wants to fight MJF! He wants to END MJF, all because of Cole. Kyle just doesn’t have a good feeling about any of this. Cole asks Kyle what he’s trying to say here. Kyle doesn’t think Roddy can handle MJF? Kyle asks Cole if he really thinks MJF isn’t already three steps ahead. MJF hasn’t been here for weeks but he’s pulling all the strings.
Cole should know that dealing with MJF is like playing with fire, and Kyle doesn’t wanna see his friends get burned. Cole needs to realize why so many of his friends are willing to go to war for him, and it’s because he is a great leader, an elite pro-wrestler, and a great friend, who doesn’t wanna see his friends get hurt. At least, so Kyle thinks. But Cole has to face facts: MJF is more of an evil bastard than Cole will ever be, and that is a good thing. Kyle drops his mic and walks away. Cole drops his mic, and has a lot to think about. Does Kyle have a point? Can Cole just let Roddy handle MJF and then move on?
Orange Cassidy speaks.
“A little later tonight, I’m gonna make an example out of you, Wheeler Yuta. And I’m gonna show everybody exactly what I’m gonna do this Saturday to you, Jon Moxley. And that’s walk down to that ring and beat you, alone.” But The Conglomeration steps in. Mark Briscoe has Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii with him as he asks Cassidy, “What sense does that make, man?” Moxley said himself, there’s five Death Riders, one Cassidy. Conglomeration has his back, they are here for him. Cassidy says no, no one else needs to get hurt. Get hurt? What’s Cassidy talking about? The Conglomeration are ready to scrap!
PLEASE!! Cassidy is asking them… They don’t have to believe him or even understand him. But just promises him they’ll stay back here. If Cassidy insists, then so be it. Cassidy says there you have it, Jon. Five of you, one of him. Do what you’re gonna do. Because at Full Gear, Moxley’s gonna need all the help he can get. Cassidy is himself wanting the best for his friends, but will that work out for the betterment of AEW? Or is he just playing into Moxley’s hands?
Kris Statlander VS Hikaru Shida!
The #BornAgainKristen bodied the bullies that are Mercedes Mone & Kamille the last time she saw them, but she still needs to tune up for Full Gear. However, taking on the THREE-TIME AEW Women’s World Champion might be more than just a workout. Win, lose or draw, will the Shining Samurai get Kris ready for The CEO?
The bell rings, Kris and Shida shake hands and the fans applaud. The two circle, tie up, and Kris wrenches to a wristlock. Shida handsprings and wrenches back, then hammerlocks. Kris reaches back, hits a headlock takeover, but Shida headscissors. Kris kips free and the fans cheer while the two reset. Shida and Kris circle again while the fans fire up. The two tie up, Shida wrenches and hammerlocks, then CLUBS Kris on the back. Shida CLUBS Kris again, then waistlocks. Kris fights the lift with elbows, then switches. Kris SLAMS Shida, then flips her over. Shida kips up to arm-drag Kris! Kris ends up in a corner, and Shida runs up to KNEE her!
Shida climbs up and the fans cheer as she rains down fists! But Kris stops Shida at 5 and carries her out of the corner! Shida slips free, Kris blocks a lariat to SWEEP the leg! STANDING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO! Shida is tough and she goes to ropes, but Kris whips her to a corner. Kris runs up but into a RANA! Kris cartwheels through! Then she CLOBBERS Shida! The fans fire up while Kris flexes. Kris drags Shida into a motorcycle stretch but Shida endures. The fans rally up and Shida fights to her feet. Shida arm-drags Kris down, and wraps her in a straitjacket stretch! Kris fights up with a bridge, but Shida hops on!
The fans rally while Kris RAMS Shida into a corner! Shida holds onto the straitjacket and pulls! The ref counts, Shida lets go at 4, and then MISSILE DROPKICKS! Kris tumbles and the fans duel as Shida fires up! Shida goes outside, drags Kris to the apron, and CLUBS her! Shida runs to KNEE LIFT! Kris flops to the floor and fans cheer while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Shida brings Kris up again, and whips her into railing hard! Kris writhes, Shida drags her up, and then Shida whips Kris into more railing! Kris writhes again and Shida refreshes the ring count. Shida sits Kris in a corner to rain down fists! The fans fire up but the ref reprimands, so Shida stops. Shida brings Kris around, pushes her into the ring, and then stalks her. Shida stomps Kris around, brings her up, and snap suplexes! Kris writhes but Shida brings her up again. Shida then snap suplexes Kris into a corner! Shida drags Kris to a cover, TWO! Kris stays in this but Shida stays on her with a chinlock stretch!
Kris endures being bent back, and she reaches out with her free arm. Shida pulls back more but Kris rises up! Shida is again a backpack, but then she slips down. Kris fires body shots, slips around and lifts for a BIG back suplex! Kris huffs ‘n’ puffs as she rises up, but then Shida dodges the sliding forearm! Ghost pin! TWO, and Kris has a cradle! TWO! Shida ROCKS Kris, but Kris PELES! Shida staggers, but she comes back to ENZIGIRI! Both women are down and the fans fire up! The ref checks both women and they’re okay to continue, so a standing count begins. Shida and Kris stir at about 4 of 10, then rise up at 6.
Kris grabs Shida, but Shida fires a forearm! Dynamite returns to single picture as the shots go back and forth. Shida fires a flurry, then whips Kris to ropes. Kris ducks ‘n’ dodges, then dodges a knee! SNAP POWERSLAM! The fans fire up with Kris as she whips Shida to a corner. Kris runs up to UPPERCUT, then she goes side to side for a KNEE LIFT! Shida ends up in ropes but Kris reels her in. Fisherman BUSTER! Cover, TWO! Shida survives and the fans fire up again! Kris hoists Shida up, gut wrenches, but Shida slips free! DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Shida eggs Kris on, then dodges her to fire forearms! Kris just shakes her head!
Shida fires more shots, but Kris fireman’s carries! But Shida slips free, straitjacket roll-up! TWO!! KNEE STRIKE! And then short arm LARIAT! Shida takes aim, but she starts to doubt the Katana! Shida runs up but Kris dodges the boot to then scoop and INVERTED SLAM! Then Kris aims, DISCUS- NO, Shida backslides her! TWO!! Shida reels Kris in, suplexes, FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO?!? Kris survives and Shida is shocked! Shida brings Kris up but Kris fires body shots and forearms! Shida ROCKS Kris, but Kris wrenches to kick! Kris runs, but into the JUMP KNEE! Shida hurries to suplex, but Kris turns it around!
Shida slips out of Kris’ suplex to slip around, GERMAN SUPLEX! Shida roars, aims, KATA- NO, Kris gut wrenches! Tuck and STATURDAY NIGHT FEVER!! Cover, Kris wins!!
Winner: Kris Statlander, by pinfall
Shida gave Kris a powerful match, but clearly Shida has to iron out her own crisis of confidence. Kris still shows Shida respect by helping her up. But wait, here comes Mercedes Mone & Kamille! The fans boo The CEO & Brickhouse but Mone has a mic. “Readiiiiing~! Say hello to your C E O!” The fans boo instead. Mone asks Kamille if she wants to hear a fun fact about Pennsylvania. The 76ers have had yet another terrible season! Embarrassing~! But shoutouts to Mone’s Celtics for another incredible victory. The fans boo Boston but Mone says another person with an incredible win was Kris Statlander. Mone is rarely impressed by her competition.
Does anyone else want to hear another fun fact? “NO!!” Well, Mone has held the TBS Championship longer than Kris! So at Full Gear, Mone will NOT lose, because she is The CEO, the greatest TBS Champion of all time! And she will NEVER lose this title! Fans tell The CEO to STFU, but Mone tells Kamille go get the job done! She is so pissed off! GO! NOW! Kamille walks up the steps past Mone, but with only one good arm! Mone says hurry up, but Kamille looks at both Shida and Kris. Kamille takes as swing, but Kris blocks to ROCK her! Shida QUESTION MARK KICKS Kamille! Then Kris & Shida TOSS The Brickhouse!
Shida goes out after Kamille, but then Mone goes after Kris! Mone goes for the backstabber, but Kris holds onto ropes! Mone is almost stuck up there, but Kris pops her around! STATURDAY NIGHT FEVER!! The fans fire up as Kris stands tall over The CEO! Will Kris once again become the Face of TBS? Or will Mone find a way to win even without her insurance policy?
The Hurt Syndicate has a cameraman with them.
MVP says hold on, he and Shelton have found Swerve. They go after the man in the big fur jacket, but that’s not Swerve! Swerve gave his jacket to the guy, but MVP & Shelton still beat this guy up for helping Swerve. MVP says they’ll find Swerve later, Lashley has his match up next. And it’ll be a 2-on-1 Handicap?! The All Mighty really IS mad, what poor duo is about to be destroyed?
AEW hears from Jay White and Hangman Adam Page.
“Hangman. You and I are on that same path to that same destination, trying to grasp at that same prize. 2024 still has some time left for The Switchblade to share the spotlight with Hangman once more!” But the Blackhat Cowboy asks White if he knows “Who the hell I am?! I am the Hangman! I am THE man! They named this whole godforsaken PPV after ME!” White says when he makes Hangman TAP, it will be a public declaration! But Hangman says White can’t make him tap, even if his life depended on it! These two vicious gunslingers will write one more chapter in their storied rivalry, but who comes out riding off into the sunset?
2v1 Handicap: Bobby Lashley w/ The Hurt Syndicate VS Joe Keys & Cheeseburger!
The All Mighty thought he’d have an easy night getting in a little warm-up, but The Realest quickly reminded him why he’s the most dangerous man in AEW! Lashley’s now doubling down to make a point, will there be nothing left of Keys & Cheese after tonight?
The bell rings and while the fans rally for Cheeseburger, he and Keys each argue the other should start. Lashley runs up and TOSSES Burger across the ring! Keys runs away, Lashley runs to RAM into Burger! Lashley brings Burger up, Keys runs in, but Lashley catches him for a COMPLETE SHOT DDT COMBO! Lashley drags Keys up and TOSSES him out! Lashley then turns to look at Burger in the corner. The fans rally for Burger, but Lashley CLOBBERS him! The fans boo but MVP & Shelton high-five Lashley. Lashley drags Burger up to gut wrench, Canadian Rack, and DOMINATOR! Keys runs in to break the cover!
The fans cheer Keys as he fires hands, but Lashley just gets angrier! Keys short arm LARIATS, but Lashley stays up! Keys runs, into a MILE HIGH SPINEBUSTER! Lashley storms around, then aims at Keys. Keys staggers into the SPEAR! Lashley isn’t done there, and he clamps on the HURT LOCK! Keys can’t open that lock, he is OUT! Lashley wins!
Winner: Bobby Lashley, by submission
MVP & Shelton join Lashley in the ring to celebrate, but then “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” The fans fire up, and here comes Prince Nana with a chair! Nana eggs the Hurt Syndicate on so Shelton storms out after Nana. MVP watches the rest of ringside for Swerve, but Swerve slides out from under the ring! The fans fire up as Swerve slips in to CHAIN PUNCH Lashley!! MVP gets on the apron but Swerve DECKS MVP with a chain punch! And then Shelton eats a chain punch! The fans are thunderous as Swerve aims, and hits a HOUSE CALL on Lashley! Swerve hurries to the top rope, and he gives Lashley a KILL STOMP!!
The fans are thunderous as Swerve stands over Lashley! MVP & Shelton get up and get in, but Swerve escapes, chain draped on his neck! Will AEW then, now and forever be whose house? “SWERVE’S HOUSE!”
Backstage interview with Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa.
Renee is now with the AEW Women’s World Champion and her best friend, the Rev-Pro Undisputed British Women’s Champion. They are planning their Championship Champagne Celebration for Full Gear, BUT Friday Night Rampage will feature the two of them teaming up for the first time in just over a year. Mariah says no champion deserves a celebration more than her. Her rise to the top was meteoric, and her reign will be historic. She takes ish and makes it shine, any time and any show, against anyone. In Mariah’s division, you hold this title, or you die.
Mina says yes, Mariah has been working so hard. She came back to tell her she is so very proud. And Mina will give Mariah a celebration she’ll never forget! Mariah says the “H Cup Angel” (Mina) and the “Woman from Hell” (Mariah herself) are going to make Rampage into Glampage. Everyone wants Mina, but Mina wants Mariah. And then… They’ll dance! These two shimmy and shake their way out, will they finally be toasting their victories at Full Gear?
Darby Allin VS Claudio Castagnoli w/ The Death Riders!
The Relentless One told The Swiss Superman that revenge was coming, and here is Darby’s chance! Will Darby avenge Bryan Danielson? Or will he just be the next to fall?
The bell rings and Darby stares Claudio down. Darby takes some deep breaths then circles with Claudio. Darby slips around to waistlock but Claudio flings him off, only for Darby to roll to his feet. They circle again, and the fans rally behind Darby. Darby and Claudio feel things out, tie up, and Darby headlocks. Claudio lifts Darby but Darby thrashes the hold. Claudio throws Darby off, runs up, but Darby uses that to get around and springboard arm-drag! The fans fire up while Claudio bails out, and Darby taunts Claudio with some drop steps. Claudio snarls, but then Darby fakes him out with a slingshot!
Claudio is annoyed and takes a swing but Darby slingshots up and over! Darby taunts Claudio again while the fans rally up. Claudio cools off before he storms up the steel steps. Claudio pops Darby up but Darby keeps from hitting buckles! Darby ELBOWS Claudio away, goes up, then leaps, but Claudio catches him! Claudio SLAMS Darby down, flips him back to his feet, but Darby slips around to waistlock. O’Conner Roll, TWO! Darby springboards to SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Claudio bails out but the fans fire up. Darby goes up a corner, and he SUPER COFFIN SPLASHES into a waistlock! Claudio swings and THROWS Darby away!
Darby staggers to his feet but Claudio runs up, to POUNCE Darby into railing! Darby writhes against the railing, but Claudio runs up to UPPERCUT Darby up and over! Fans freak out as Darby hits the floor! Claudio leaves Darby behind while the ring count climbs, but Darby drags himself up at 7. Claudio goes back out after Darby to suplex! Claudio holds Darby up while he marches up the steps! The fans fire up for this feat of strength and balance, and then Claudio TOSSES Darby back into the ring! Darby writhes again while Claudio steps back in. Claudio stalks Darby, talks some trash, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Claudio looms over Darby, then deadlift gut wrenches for a GUTBUSTER! And then another GUTBUSTER! And then another GUTBUSTER! Darby writhes while Claudio stands over him again. Claudio watches Darby crawl towards a corner and stalks him. Claudio drags Darby up, brings him around, and ROCKS Darby with a forearm! Darby pushes Claudio, then CHOPS! Claudio DECKS Darby! Darby tumbles out of the ring! The ref wants Claudio to stay back while Darby drags himself up. Darby is back in before the count starts, but then Claudio DOUBLE STOMPS him! Claudio kicks Darby around, then clamps on with a neck wrench!
Darby endures, fights up, but Claudio powers him down. Darby BITES Claudio’s hand! The ref reprimands but Darby fires off forearms on Claudio. Claudio HIP TOSSES Darby up and out of the ring! Darby hits the floor and flounders around while the ref reprimands Claudio. Claudio again waits on Darby, and then he DOUBLE STOMPS Darby the moment he’s in! The ref counts as Claudio stands on Darby at the ropes. Claudio steps off at 4, brings him around, and clamps on an armlock and chinbar. Darby endures, fights around, and manages to fireman’s carry Claudio! But Claudio rains down elbows! HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL even!
Claudio clamps on with a double wristlock and he grinds Darby down. Darby still endures and the fans rally up again. Darby fights around and Dynamite returns to single picture. Darby fires body shots but Claudio knees low! Claudio then HIP TOSSES Darby into a corner! Darby tumbles out of the ring but Claudio pursues! Claudio SWINGS Darby into railing! Then Claudio fireman’s carries, to TOSS Darby back in the ring! Claudio storms in while Darby flounders away. Darby flops back out of the ring but Claudio pursues him again. Darby trips Claudio up and traps him in the apron skirt! Darby then fires forearms, and BITES Claudio’s ear!
The fans fire up but Claudio shoves Darby away. Darby slides into the ring then DIVES onto Claudio! And then runs to DIVE again! Down goes Claudio and the fans fire up! Darby crawls over to bring Claudio up and into the ring. The fans fire up as Darby climbs up a corner, though slowly given all the damage to his back. That lets Claudio trip Darby up! Darby is stuck up top, and Claudio climbs up after him. Claudio gut wrenches for a SUPER GUT WRENCH PLEX!! Cover, TWO!! Darby survives and Claudio can’t believe it! The fans fire up but Claudio calls for the swing! Claudio grabs the legs, but Darby twists to a victory roll! TWO!!
Claudio escapes and runs up, but Darby ducks ‘n’ dodges, roll and- WHOA, Claudio has to fight to stay up, and then he deadlifts Darby! Darby pops through to CODE RED!! Cover, TWO!! Claudio survives and the fans fire up again! “This is Awesome!” as Darby and Claudio crawl for ropes. Claudio runs up to UPPERCUT! And UPPERCUT again and again and again! The ref backs Claudio off, but then Claudio fires off body shots! Darby flops over but Claudio has the legs. Claudio FLIPS Darby up and over the ropes, but Darby lands on the apron! Claudio BOOTS Darby down! The ref wants Claudio to hold on but Claudio goes out after Darby.
Claudio drags Darby by his legs, then SWINGS him around! Into steel steps!! The fans lose their minds, the ref reprimands Claudio, but Claudio doesn’t care. The fans tell Claudio he is sick, but Claudio TOSSES Darby over the announce desk!! Schiavone, Excalibur & Matt Menard narrowly avoid becoming collateral damage! But Claudio clears the desk and brings Darby up. Claudio puts Darby on the desk, then stands over him. The ref reprimands but Claudio just ignores him. Claudio drags Darby up, and gorilla presses him! SUPER DUPER TOSS onto the timekeeper’s table!! The fans lose their minds as Darby is down but that table’s somehow still standing!
The ref checks on Darby but Claudio storms right over! The ref tells Claudio to stop so they go to the ring. Claudio lets the ring count start, and yet Darby somehow stirs at 4 of 10! The fans rally as hard as they can and Darby crawls his way over! Darby is still far away at 7! But then he powers up and LEAPS in at 9!! But Claudio LARIATS Darby inside-out!! Cover, Claudio wins!
Winner: Claudio Castagnoli, by pinfall
Darby truly is relentless, with durability like no other, but it just wasn’t enough against the strength and brutality of Claudio! Will no one stop The Death Riders from running roughshod over AEW?
Backstage interview with Private Party.
Renee is with Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy and brings up that at Full Gear, the AEW World Tag Team Championships are on the line in a Fatal 4 Way. Private Party takes on The Acclaimed, The Outrunners and The Kings of the Black Throne. In such a match, the champs do NOT have to be pinned or submitted to lose their titles, so what is their strategy? Brother Zay says they obviously can’t tell her that, the other teams are watching. But it seems like the odds are against them. Fortunately, the odds have been against them their whole lives, their whole careers, just like against The Young Bucks.
But look what happened: Private Party defied the odds, beat The Bucks, and are your AEW World Tag Team Champions. That is the same thing that happens on Saturday. They leave Newark, New Jersey still your tag team champions. Because there ain’t no party like a Private Party, that’s a flex. Oh, speaking of! It’s AJ & Big Justice! They’re fired up to be here, but Justice wants to know what that face Zay made was last week. Oh, right, this one, with the chin scratching. And AJ says they’ve got a BIG announcement coming up after this! Maybe some double chunk chocolate cookies? BOOM!!
A green Porsche Taycan pulls up to the middle of nowhere.
And out steps MJF. The Wolf of Wrestling tells the hobo to “go get it” as he throws spare change off to the side like birdseed. MVP then sits back and tells Roderick Strong, “You’ve been through so much. The kid who grew up trailer park trash with two abusive alcoholic parents. For crying out loud! Your own mother shot your father right in front of you. That’s traumatizing. And as you know, Roddy, trauma is the result of an overwhelming sense of danger, powerlessness and fear. However, healing is a result of feeling safe, empowered and supported. That’s why you’d do anything for Cole. He makes you feel all those positive things that you lacked.
“It’s why I was no different than you. It’s why I trusted him. Unfortunately, the difference between you and I: Cole for me was a mirage of what I wanted him to be. A fraud, a liar. And whilst Cole is a fraud, I do actually believe deep down, in his narcissistic, sociopathic, frail, feeble frame, is a man who cares about Roderick Strong. This is precisely why upon further contemplation, I am happy you won, Roddy. Because I want Adam Cole to watch a person he cares about suffer! And because of your White trash upbringing, you aren’t intelligent enough to realize that you don’t have a prayer. And I’m sending you back to where you belong. To your grimy little trailer park.
“And after the match, you’ll be in so much physical anguish, you’ll wish your mother hadn’t shot your father, but instead shot you.” As if this scumbag couldn’t stoop any lower, he brings up Roddy’s past to hurt him. But will Roddy make sure MJF’s future is the one full of pain and suffering?
Backstage interview with AJ & Big Justice.
Renee is with the Costco Tiktok sensations and says that in the Full Gear Zero Hour, we will see #BigBoomAJ take on QT Marshall in a match 20 YEARS in the making. AJ says it may have been 20 years in the making for QT, this all started for AJ when QT threw the double chunk chocolate cookies down! Renee says AJ has not been in the ring in those 20 years, is he concerned about how his body will hold up? AJ isn’t worried about that, because he just has one strategy, and that’s the strategy they use each and every day. That strategy is to bring the BOOM~! But hey, there’s another special announcement.
Because when AJ rings QT’s bell, and he Power-Booms QT right in the middle of that ring, there is only one guy they want ringing the bell: Big Justice’s best friend, THE RIZZLER! Time to bring the BOOM~! Will QT be sleeping on the mat for The Rizzler? Will he be skibidi? Fanum Tax? Why are those even words?
Tony Schiavone is on stage.
And he welcomes out The Undisputed Kingdom! The fans cheer as Roderick Strong makes his way out, accompanied by Matt Taven & Mike Bennett. Schiavone brings up Roddy VS MJF at Full Gear, and we just heard all that disgusting stuff MJF had to say. Roddy’s response is that to be honest, he has not slept a wink since last week. IT is finally happening! Roddy feels like a kid on Christmas morning. He finally gets his hands on “MAAAAAX~!” The fans echo that, and Roddy says if MJF was here tonight, and not hiding out there, Roddy would ask him: Is Roddy supposed to be ashamed of his childhood?
Is Roddy supposed to be ashamed of his parents? You don’t think Roddy’s heard that stuff before? His whole LIFE, that is what people brought up! His mom’s an addict, his dad’s an addict, mom shot dad. Good job, Max, you made Roddy feel like he was in elementary school again. And people may look at Roddy’s past and feel sorry for him, but Roddy asks us not to. Because looking at MJF, Roddy feels sorry for him. Understand this, Max. With Roddy’s life, he learned that to get the most out of life, you have to earn it. If you wanna break the cycle, you have to earn it. And that is what Roddy’s done ever since he was a kid!
And now looking at MJF, he’s been spoon-fed everything. And when something doesn’t go his way or something happens and he doesn’t like it, MJF throws a temper tantrum like a baby until that changes. So Roddy wants MJF to do something for him: Look in the mirror and think about all the things that MJF has done to people. The manipulating, the backstabbing, the using. MJF needs to realize, when the bell rings at Full Gear, MJF will pay for all those sins. With every chop, with every punch, with every elbow, with every backbreaker! And when it is all over, Roddy walks to his hotel room for the best night of sleep in his life because he earned it.
Especially because Roddy will know he has broken MJF’s back, and left him humbled! Roddy is all fired up, and the fans are with him! Will MJF finally get what’s coming to him? Or will he give Roddy nightmares for the rest of his life?
AEW shares footage taken from last Saturday night.
First, a recap video of Daniel Garcia thwarting Jack Perry’s attempts to abduct and torture Matthew Menard, as well as the joyride they took in the Scapegoat bus, with Perry as the hood ornament. And now, they have Perry strapped into a chair, the bus headlights as the only source of light. Menard is behind the camera as he asks Perry how he’s feeling. How’d that work out for him, huh? Garcia splashes Perry with water to wake him up, and says “Let’s have a conversation. I’m all ears.” Perry chuckles and says Garcia thinks he’s so much better than him. Look at where they are! Garcia shouts back that he doesn’t wanna be here!
Garcia just wants to wrestle, but AEW is full of savages! Perry tried to take Daddy Magic’s life! And those in power just sit back and watch, pretending that nothing’s going on. So what do they do? Gotta take the power back, right? Perry counters with, “Everybody’s got a code. Everybody cares about right and wrong until it costs them something. Until they have to SACRIFICE!” Garcia gets in Perry’s face, grabs him by the mouth, and says Perry’s always going on about sacrifice but Perry has no idea what Garcia’s had to go through! Perry has NO idea what Garcia’s had to sacrifice to be here!
Garcia knows where Perry wants him to go, but Garcia promises that he’s never gonna go there. Perry smirks, then SPITS in Garcia’s face. Garcia wipes that off his face and says bet. Garcia’s got something for Perry, so just wait right there. Garcia goes to the bus while Perry mockingly asks what he’s gonna do. Menard tells shut up, Jack! Life must be so hard for him! What’s Jack got to be sad about?! Garcia comes back and he has a crowbar! Perry dares him to go ahead. Garcia raises the bar, but he SMASHES up the bus! Garcia throws the crowbar away and Perry laughs. Is that it? Garcia tells Menard they’ll get out of here. What? Where’s Garcia going?
Perry says yeah, walk away. Menard tells Perry that Garcia’s gonna whoop his ass! Just wait! Menard leaves, Perry shouts into the night, but will The Face of TNT soon be the one sacrificed for the greater good?
Renee Paquette presides over the ROH World Championship contract signing.
She welcomes us backstage to the signing for this match, which will happen next week, Dynamite: Thanksgiving Eve, in Chicago. The challenger, Tomohiro Ishii, is on her left, and the champion, Chris Jericho, is on her right. Jericho, as champion, you have the honors to sign first. Jericho smiles and waves as he says, “Hi, guys.” But Renee, you should know better. A champion of Jericho’s caliber does not just sign a contract thrust at his face randomly. He has a whole legal team that needs to approve this contract. Renee says it was sent to said legal team last week. Oh, really? What about today? The now! Jericho lives in the now!
Jericho says he’ll get this checked by his legal eagles one more time. But for now, wait here. Choto matte kudesai. Jericho steps around the corner and then down the hall. He smiles at his own picture on the wall. What a good looking guy. But wait, Ishii has followed Jericho to the hall. Jericho is a bit worried as he keeps moving. Jericho tries to block Ishii’s path but a trash can isn’t enough. Jericho tells staffers that Ishii wants to talk to them. They step in the way but Ishii pushes them aside. Jericho moves faster, pushes more people in the way, but Ishii pushes them aside. Was that RJ City?
Jericho goes up some stairs but Ishii follows. Ishii’s even gaining ground! Jericho goes through a doorway and ends up in the concourse! Fans cheer as Jericho and Ishii keep up their cat ‘n’ mouse game. Jericho decides to go into the stands! Ishii follows, and they head down the bleachers towards ringside! Jericho hurries over railing but so does Ishii. They go into the ring, and now Jericho tells Ishii to stop following him! Jericho wants a mic, a mic is brought, and Jericho says hey, listen, Ishii. Jericho would sign this contract, but he doesn’t have a pen. Ishii has a pen! Oh. Ishii clicks it for Jericho, and pushes it into him.
Jericho takes the pen, looks at the contract again, and still hesitates. Jericho signs his part, and then hands things over to Ishii. But then BRYAN KEITH & BIG BILL ATTACK! It was all a massive set-up! Bad Apple & Redwood beat down Stone Pitbull, and then sit him up! Jericho has the pen ready, but here comes The Conglomeration! Mark Briscoe & Rocky Romero rush in, and Mark TACKLES Jericho! Rocky fires off on Bill while Mark CHOKES Jericho! Keith saves Jericho from Mark but Mark fires hands on Keith! The fans fire up, but then Bill SKYSCRAPER- NO, Mark UPPERCUTS Bill first! Rocky adds on!
The fans fire up as The Conglomeration pinballs Bill, and then Ishii CLOBBERS him! Bill tumbles out, but Rocky DIVES! Bill is sent into railing! Keith stands up, into a kick and underhooks! JAY DRILLER! Jericho stands up, Ishii has him, and hits a BRAINBUSTER!! Conglomeration stands tall over The Learning Tree and his Branches, and now Ishii signs his part! The match is now official, and Ishii is looking to take a bite out of Jericho! Will The Conglomeration have the ROH World Championship to be thankful for this year?
Backstage interview with Jamie Hayter.
Renee is with the former AEW Women’s World Champion and notes that last time, we were going to hear from her, only for her to be interrupted by Julia Hart. What is Hayter’s reaction to that? Well, yeah, she isn’t angry, but she is baffled why Julia chose to interrupt Hayter. They’ve never really spoken or interacted, or even wrestled each other. Hayter is just curious as to why Julia felt it was okay to do that. Granted, Julia can do whatever she wants, Hayter moves to the beat of her own drum just as much as Julia. But… if Julia wants to have a chat-
Uh oh, something is happening to the video! Brody King’s message echoes, “It’s time to come home.” Julia Hart walks through the woods. Brody says The House is her foundation. She has seen her rebirth. Now it is time to rebuild. She has woken up stronger, more determined, and more dangerous than ever. Julia aims her arrow to shoot down a target: her past self. Her obstacles are just bull’s eyes. She is the Princess of the Black Throne, and the Keeper of Secrets. She is Julia Hart, and her heart grows harder. She hits her mark, but will she find Hayter Hits Hard?
Orange Cassidy VS Wheeler Yuta!
Freshly Squeezed has been accused of being coldblooded and uncaring, but he got pretty heated as he told The Conglomeration to keep themselves safe tonight. He goes 1v1 with The Decoder, a young man who was once Cassidy’s student, and who left him behind to join the then Blackpool Combat Club. If anyone is uncaring, it is Yuta with how he would then follow Jon Moxley’s lead in the destruction of Bryan Danielson and Chuck Taylor. Who will be the more ferocious fighter tonight, this close to Full Gear?
The bell rings and Yuta SHOTGUNS Cassidy! Yuta follows Cassidy to a corner to CHOP, then ROCK, then CHOP again! Yuta whips corner to corner but Cassidy goes up and out. Cassidy bumps Yuta off buckles, climbs up top, but has to leap over. Yuta comes back but Cassidy catches him to a backslide! TWO, but Cassidy reels Yuta in for a cradle! TWO! Yuta pulls on an ear! But Cassidy arm-drags and wrangles Yuta into the SEATBELT! TWO!! Yuta escapes and the fans fire up as these two stand off. Yuta huffs ‘n’ puffs, but Cassidy shows he wants a grapple. They feel things out, knuckle lock, but Cassidy blocks a kick!
Cassidy reels Yuta in for a headlock, but Yuta powers up and out. Cassidy ducks ‘n’ rolls, tilt-o-whirls, but Yuta suplexes! Into STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Yuta tumbles out and fans fire up! Cassidy builds speed to DIVE! Down goes Yuta and the fans fire up again! Cassidy brings Yuta up, whips, but Yuta reverses to reel Cassidy in! Cassidy fights the suplex, but then Yuta fights a suplex. Yuta suplexes, to RAILING BRAINBUSTER!! Cassidy writhes and fans are stunned! Yuta stomps Cassidy, then leaves him behind for the ring count. Cassidy crawls into the ring, Yuta exposes a crossbar, and then he GRINDS Cassidy’s face into the steel!
The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Yuta steps off at 4. Cassidy seethes as he rises up, but Yuta has him at the corner. Cassidy kicks Yuta’s legs out and Yuta falls onto a turnbuckle! Yuta falls back, Cassidy climbs, but Yuta grabs Cassidy first! Yuta drags Cassidy down but Cassidy fires hands. Yuta squeezes the facelock tight, then hits an APRON DDT! The fans boo Yuta while Cassidy writhes, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Cassidy clutches his neck while Yuta waits in the ring. A ring count starts and Yuta eggs Cassidy on. Cassidy reaches up as the count reaches 5 of 10, but he doesn’t sit up until 6. Cassidy hobbles up, stumbles and falls, but springs back to life! He slides in at 9! Only for Yuta to be right on him! Yuta reels Cassidy in, but Cassidy turns that into BEACH BREAK! Cover, TWO!! Yuta survives but Cassidy is too sore to be frustrated. They both sit up, and Yuta crawls his way over to a corner. Cassidy rises, checks his neck, then runs up, but into an ELBOW! Yuta goes up, but Cassidy JUMP FOREARMS! Cassidy positions Yuta just right before he climbs the corner.
Yuta resists but Cassidy still brings Yuta up. Yuta continues to fight the suplex, throws body shots, then shoves Cassidy down. Cassidy rolls back to his feet, runs back up the corner, but Yuta again fights the suplex! Cassidy fires hands, but Yuta fires back! They brawl up top, Cassidy HEADBUTTS Yuta! But Yuta HEADBUTTS back! They both wobble, but then Cassidy BITES Yuta! The ref reprimands, but Cassidy CLAWS Yuta’s back! This is very Moxley of him to do! And then Cassidy hits the SUPERPLEX! Both men are down and the ref checks. They’re both okay to continue, so a standing count begins!
Cassidy sits up, spots Yuta, and heads that way. Yuta sits up, they fire forearms as they stand! Dynamite returns to single picture as these shots go back and forth. The fans fire up for Cassidy but boo Yuta as the shots go faster and faster! Yuta BITES Cassidy’s forehead! Yuta spits then runs, but Cassidy dodges! BODY BLOW! SUPERKICK! Yuta sits down, Cassidy runs, PENALTY KICK! Cassidy slashes his throat, hauls Yuta up, BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Yuta survives but Cassidy seethes. Cassidy rains down fists on Yuta! The ref reprimands about closed fists and hair pulling, but Cassidy doesn’t stop until the ref counts 4.
Cassidy stands, and he throws off the elbow pad! Cassidy aims at Yuta, runs up, but Yuta ducks the punch! GERMAN SUPLEX! Yuta runs to CHOP in the corner! And then a wrench and PAIN THRILLER! The fans boo while Yuta seethes and stands over Cassidy. Yuta sits Cassidy up, for HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! But Cassidy blocks one! And bends fingers, to then SNAP them! The fans fire up as Cassidy SNAPS finger after finger! Yuta swings, Cassidy BOOTS him, then serves up SOLE FOOD! Scoop and MICHINOKU DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Cassidy is busting out all his best friends’ best moves, but he hasn’t gotten it done!
Cassidy aims, loads up, and ORANGE- NO, Yuta ducks! Orange fights the suplex, switches to O’Conner Roll! TWO, Yuta dodges Cassidy, scoops him, and CROSS LEG TOMBSTONE!! Cover, TWO?!? Cassidy survives and Yuta is furious! The fans are thunderous, but Yuta rains down HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! Cassidy grits his teeth but he’s almost a ragdoll! Yuta lets off to then hook the arms, CATTLE MUTILATION!! Cassidy endures as Yuta thrashes him around! Cassidy powers up as the fans rally, and he kicks around to the ROPEBREAK!! Yuta holds on, the ref counts, and Yuta finally lets go at 4!
The ref reprimands Yuta, but Yuta pushes past the ref to go outside the ring. Yuta grabs a chair! Yuta storms into the ring while the fans boo, and the ref says don’t do it! Cassidy dodges the chair shot! Victory roll, CASSIDY WINS!!
Winner: Orange Cassidy, by pinfall
Yuta is in disbelief! Cassidy beat him with a technical move! Yuta snarls but the ref keeps him back. Cassidy did what he promised in beating Yuta, but then he stares his former student down. Is Cassidy going to offer a handshake? WAIT, PAC ATTACKS! The Bastard BOOTS Cassidy down so we’ll never know what Cassidy was going to do! The fans boo more but Pac & Yuta stand on Cassidy. The rest of the Death Riders appear, and Marina Shafir has duct tape! The AEW World Trios Champions stomp away on Cassidy, like vultures picking the bones. Moxley steps into the ring while Marina hands the tape over to Pac.
Claudio puts Cassidy’s hands in his pockets, and then Pac tapes them in! Cassidy is physically bound, and Moxley paces around. Cassidy is pushed around by all the Death Riders, then Moxley DECKS him! Claudio hauls Cassidy back up, the Death Riders keep bullying him, and then Moxley SLAPS Cassidy down! But the bullying continues as they stand Cassidy up. Cassidy “kicks” Moxley! Defiant to the end! But Moxley DECKS him again! Moxley paces around more, then stomps Cassidy right on the face! Moxley leads The Death Riders away, and The Conglomeration finally comes out here.
Mark has scissors to cut Cassidy loose, and the fans boo as The Death Riders still retreat. Cassidy tries to stand up, but he has to use ropes to do it. Even so, Cassidy stands on his own two feet. Moxley eggs on the fans while Cassidy puts his sunglasses on. And then hands up, and then into the pockets! Try as they might, The Death Riders could not break the Freshly Squeezed fighting spirit! Will Cassidy finally become AEW World Champion? Or will Moxley find a way to break Cassidy at Full Gear?
My Thoughts:
A great go-home Dynamite here, though it felt like it contracted Go Home Syndrome. A lot of recap and other promos, but good promos all the same. Good follow-up from last week with Hayter and Hart, that will probably really get going after Full Gear. Good promo from Mariah & Mina to hype up their celebration segment for Full Gear, and with Toni Storm’s announcement of her retirement, you can bet Toni is anything but retired! Toni Storm most assuredly will return very soon, maybe even to ruin the celebration and spark another feud. I still want us to get to Mariah VS Mina but maybe Storm moves things back so that Mariah VS Mina happens in 2025.
Good promo from Private Party to also have AJ & Big Justice show up. The promos didn’t really add much to any of the matches, though. I’m very sure AJ does hit the BOOM on QT to win, and then Private Party finds a way to survive the Fatal 4. Great stuff with Perry, Garcia and Menard, that was another very action movie kind of promo, maybe even like that grittier Batman movie. But with Garcia not sinking to the same lows as Perry, that will be why Garcia loses. Honestly, why not just have Perry blatantly get himself disqualified? What great heat for Perry while keeping Garcia strong in not becoming TNT Champion.
Great promos in this MJF story. I appreciate Cole throwing his support behind Roddy was good, as well as Kyle O’Reilly wanting Cole to just leave it at this. MJF of course insults Roddy over his past while also trashing Cole at the same time, but great response from Roddy. Also I’m not a car guy so it took me a little too long to Google out what car MJF was driving. Anyway, given all these promos, I am very confident MJF wins at Full Gear and then Cole still wants after MJF, only for Kyle to have to fight Cole to make him stop. Then we’ll maybe get Cole VS MJF at Worlds End, or even some time in 2025.
Very good stuff with The Hurt Syndicate, even with them getting jumped by Swerve. Poor Cheeseburger, that’s one fan favorite that got fed to Bobby Lashley. But Swerve getting the better of the Hurt Syndicate again and again tonight, all the more reason Lashley wins at Full Gear. Very good promo vignette from White and Hangman to hype up their grudge match, which still feels it could go either way since they’re tied on the year. And Jericho and Ishii had perhaps simultaneously the most clever and most ridiculous contract signing segment ever. And of course Jericho worked out some sort of trap, only for it to go badly for him and his team. But with that, that means Ishii is losing next week, as I figured he would.
Awesome opening match with the 8 Man, and I liked that they had Hobbs do the “fighting through the pain” angle in the match. Also, great bit with Kyle Fletcher sending Davis into harm’s way so that the Callis Family can get the better of Ospreay’s team. I thought the Faces were going to win here, but the math now says Ospreay finds a way to beat Kyle, and maybe Ricochet takes the International Championship from Konosuke Takeshita. The Continental Classic is coming, and they could easily use that round robin to get Konosuke back to a feud with Kazuchika Okada and they battle for the Continental Championship at Worlds End like we should’ve gotten at WrestleDream.
Awesome match from Kris VS Shida, and I appreciate the crisis of confidence for Shida. Kris gets a great win to go into Full Gear, and then Kris and Shida get the better of Mone & Kamille, so all the more reason Mone finds a way to survive. As for Kamille, I feel like she should ditch Mone for being treated like crap by Mone, and maybe we can get a feud of Mone VS Kamille going into 2025. And of course, plenty of promos from Death Riders and “Team AEW” members. Moxley just kinda went on and on about stuff he’s already said in reference to Cassidy, but I did like Claudio going bilingual in talking trash on Darby.
Awesome matches from those stories, of course. Darby really got thrown around but he continues to show that toughness. Claudio getting the win mostly keeps Darby back so that Darby can build towards a world title match at Worlds End. Cassidy VS Yuta was great stuff, too, with great back and forth of Cassidy wanting to end it quick, having to grit it out with Yuta, and then Cassidy still finding a way to end it with a quick pin. And they did a good job muddying the math. Cassidy wins the match, but the Death Riders beat him down, only for Cassidy to literally stand tall at the end of the show. I still don’t see him taking the world title from Moxley, though, with Darby still in the wings, but this could end up Cassidy’s best match yet.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Will this be the mightiest Tag League yet?
It’s time for NJPW World Tag League 2024, and this year already looks mighty good as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, Zack Sabre Jr, is in the A Block! Will he and Ryohei Oiwa make everyone #JustTapOut?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Kickoff – Shoma Kato VS Masatora Yasuda; Kato wins.
- Six Man Tag: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jado & Katsuya Murashima VS Taiji Ishimori & The Filip Brothers; Taiji & The Filip Brothers win.
- Six Man Tag: Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg & Tiger Mask VS The House of Torture; The House of Torture wins.
- Six Man Tag: Taichi, Douki & Taka Michinoku VS The United Empire; Taichi, Douki & Taka win.
- Six Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS TMDK; TMDK wins.
- World Tag League 2024 A Block: Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma VS Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman; Cobb & Callum win.
- World Tag League 2024 A Block: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji VS Alex Zayne & Ryusuke Taguchi; Takagi & Tsuji win.
- World Tag League 2024 A Block: Bishamon VS KENTA & Chase Owens; Bishamon wins.
- World Tag League 2024 A Block: Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa VS Gabe Kidd & SANADA; ZSJ & Oiwa win.
PLAY BY PLAY
World Tag League 2024 A Block: Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma VS Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman!
The Roughneck is bringing Everyone’s Kokeshi along for the ride, but this league might already be too much to handle. Can Honma help Shota bring about his Paradigm Shift? Or will they just get conquered by the United Empire?
The teams sort out and Shota starts against The Imperial Unit. The bell rings and Shota runs up to RAM Cobb! And RAM! And RAM! Cobb stays up so Shota kicks low. Shota runs to RAM Cobb, but Cobb rebounds to CLOBBER Shota! The fans cheer while Cobb stalks Shota. Cobb brings Shota up to whip him to a corner. Shota comes back to RAM Cobb! Cobb stays up, so Shota clinches! Cobb fights free with elbows, but Shota dodges a lariat to RAM Cobb! Cobb falls over! The fans fire up with Shota, and he brings Cobb up again. Callum runs in so Shota shoves Cobb aside to catch Callum. Shota shoves Callum at Honma for a shoulder tackle!
The fans fire up as Shota keeps moving and he SOMERSAULT SENTONS Callum! Shota then sets up so he and Honma can tabletop Cobb! Cobb sits up into Shota’s SHOTGUN! The fans fire up and Shota tags Honma. The fans rally behind Honma as he CLUBS Cobb. Honma reels Cobb in, but Cobb suplexes first! Cobb SLAMS Honma down, then calls for Callum. Callum rises but Cobb says hold on. The “Cobby Cat” mocks Honma by bopping himself on the head. Cobb then runs to FALLING KOKESHI FLOP! Honma winds up and runs, but Callum is in the way! Cobb runs up, Honma dodges the lariat but Callum tags in.
Cobb dodges Honma, then shoves him at Callum. They pinball Honma around, and Callum BOOTS Honma while Cobb BLASTS Shota! Then Callum & Cobb coordinate to HIGH LOW with a shoulder tackle and leg sweep! The fans cheer and Cobb says You Can’t See Him! Callum stomps Honma, then KICKS him in the back. Honma gets mad but Callum scuffs him again and again. Honma rises, CHOPS, and CHOPS again! Callum CHOPS and pretends that hurt his hand. Callum CLUBS Honma down but the fans rally up. Honma rises to CHOP! And CHOP! And CHOP! Callum kicks low, reels him in, but Honma fights the suplex!
Honma catches Callum’s lariat to spin and DDT! The fans fire up while both men are down! Callum and Honma crawl, but Honma hot tags Shota! Shota rallies on Callum with big elbows! Shota whips, Callum reverses, but SHota ducks ‘n’ dodges to CLOBBER Callum! Cobb runs up, but Shota arm-drags him, then dropkicks the legs out! Cobb bails, Shota fires up, and the fans rally again. Shota whips Callum corner to corner, runs up on him, and UPPERCUTS! Shota reels Callum in for a FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect but Shota doesn’t let that slow him down!
Shota waits on Callum, then runs, but Callum avoids Ignition to hook Shota! Shota fights the backslide so Callum whips him to a corner. Callum runs up but Shota dodges! Shota runs up but Callum goes up and over! Callum keeps moving, but Shota ROCKS him, UPPERCUTS him, and runs! Callum follows to ROCK Shota at the ropes! Callum runs, but then stops to fake out Shota’s dropkick! Shota sits up, but he ducks the Penalty Kick! Shota rolls Callum but Callum rolls through. Shota ROCKS Callum, then spins, but Callum dodges the rolling elbow! DREAMCAST KICK! Shota drops to his knees and the fans fire up!
Callum and Shota crawl, hot tag to Cobb! Cobb runs up to waistlock Shota for a deadlift! Shota fights with elbows, goes to run, but Cobb reels him in for a forearm to the back! Cobb runs, but Shota DROPKICKS him! The fans fire up again and Shota heads for his corner. Hot tag to Honma! The fans rally as Honma CHOPS Cobb, and CHOPS, and CHOPS! Honma puts Cobb in a corner, whips him corner to corner, then runs up. Honma ELBOWS Cobb and hits a BULLDOG! The fans fire up as Honma shows Cobb how it’s done! FALLING KOKESHI- NO! Now Honma FLOPS as Cobb moves! Callum runs up to SHOTGUN Shota off the apron!
The fans fire up as Cobb RAMS Honma into the corner! Callum runs up to forearm SMASH! Callum drops down and Cobb LEAPS over to ELBOW Honma! Callum comes back and Cobb pops him up to the apron! ENZIGIRI, then fireman’s carry! Callum climbs, DOUBLE STOMP ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT! PENALTY KICK and GACHIMUCHI MOONSAULT! Cover, Shota breaks it! The fans fire up and Shota TOSSES Callum! Cobb kicks Shota, whips, but Shota reverses to TORNADO DDT! Shota shouts to Honma and the fans fire up again. Honma rises and he storms up on Cobb. Honma & Shota double whip corner to corner!
Honma runs up to LARIAT! Honma feeds Cobb to Shota’s UPPERCUT! Honma LARIATS, Shota clinches, EXPLODER!! The fans cheer and Honma runs, SLIDING KOKESHI! Shota keeps moving, IGNITION! Honma covers, Callum breaks it! Shota stomps Callum out of the ring and leaves the rest to Honma. Honma drags Cobb up, but Cobb fights the suplex! Cobb ROCKS Honma, whips him, but Honma grabs ropes! Honma BOOTS Cobb, and Shota joins in! DOUBLE RUNNING KOKESHI! And then they DOUBLE FALLING KOKESHI! Cover, TWO!! Cobb survives but Shota goes after Callum! CANNONBALL to the floor!
The fans fire up again as Honma climbs! FLYING- NO, Cobb catches Honma! SPINEBUSTER, and FALLING HAMMER! Cover, TWO!! Honma survives and the fans fire up again! But then Cobb reels Honma in, for a TOUR OF THE ISLAND!! Cover, United Empire wins!
Winners: Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Shota & Honma earn 0)
A powerful showing from “The Kokeshi Brothers,” but they could not bring down Callum & Cobb. With the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships already on Great-O-Khan & Henare, will The United Empire completely dominate the NJPW Heavyweight Tag Division?
World Tag League 2024 A Block: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji VS Alex Zayne & ???
Los Ingobernables de Japon’s heavy formation is in this block, ready to rampage like twin dragons. If only The Sauce could’ve brought his own monster back. Who will be the substitute for Lance Archer? And can he help heat things up?
Zayne makes his entrance before anyone else, and asks to speak on the mic. A mic is given, and Zayne says, “Kon’nichiwa.” The fans applaud, and Zayne explains that when he was contacted this year for WTL, he was also informed that Lance Archer could not make it. Zayne knew he had to do one thing: find the most “delicious” tag partner he could find. And that man is… RYUSUKE TAGUCHI!? The fans can’t believe the Funky Weapon is joining Zayne in this tournament! And he wears a green version of Zayne’s gear! Are things about to get really spicy now?
The teams sort out, and Takagi is in disbelief. LIJ fist bumps and the fans applaud. Taguchi and Zayne bow, “Itadakimasu,” and Zayne starts against Yota. They circle, tie up, and Yota powers Zayne back. But Zayne powers Yota back! Yota powers up to power Zayne onto the ropes, but Zayne turns things around. The ref counts, Zayne lets off slowly with a pat on the shoulders, but Yota plays with Zayne’s hair. Zayne smirks and Yota grins as the two reset. They circle, tie up, and are in a deadlock. Yota headlocks, but Zayne powers up and out. Yota RAMS Zayne but neither man falls. Fans cheer as Yota grins and Zayne plays with his own hair.
Things speed up suddenly, and Zayne sidesteps. Yota bucks the O’Conner Roll, then gets around Zayne. Zayne ELBOWS Yota away to a corner. Zayne runs up to BACK ELBOW and go to the apron in one go! Then he slingshots to RANA! Yota has a rough tumble, but he stands back up. Zayne runs up again, dodges the lariat and waistlocks, only to bring Yota back and run. Yota sidesteps Zayne then drops down, only for Zayne to IMPLODER KNEE DROP! The fans fire up but Zayne keeps moving, STANDING MARIPOSA! The fans cheer more while Zayne grins at Takagi. Zayne brings Yota up, tags Taguchi, and they double whip.
“Funky Sauce” misdirects Yota to hit a BULLDOG then basement dropkick! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer and Taguchi stomps Yota. Taguchi brings Yota up, kicks low, then whips. Yota reverses but Taguchi RANAS! A little slippery, but then Zayne BLASTS Takagi off the apron! Funky Sauce takes aim, Taguchi PLANCHAS but flops as Yota moves! Zayne is on the apron but Takagi YANKS Zayne down! The fans rally but Takagi hauls Zayne up to whip him into railing! Yota drags Taguchi up and puts him in the ring. Takagi gets the fans fired up, then he stands Taguchi up. LIJ double whip Taguchi to then DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE!
The fans cheer and then Takagi SENTONS! Yota SPLASHES down! Cover, TWO! Taguchi stays in this but Yota tags Takagi. The fans rally and duel while Takagi stands Taguchi up. Takagi bumps Taguchi off buckles, RAMS into him again and again, then digs his shoulder in. The ref counts, Takagi steps back, and he snapmares Taguchi down. Tag to Yota and Yota drags Taguchi up. Yota snapmares Taguchi to ROCK him in the back! Taguchi falls back, Yota tags Takagi, and LIJ drags Taguchi up. They DOUBLE ATOMIC DROP! Taguchi hobbles in pain, falls to his knees, and Takagi BLASTS Zayne off the apron!
Takagi gets annoyed with this Funky Sauce, but Taguchi fires off CHOPS! Taguchi runs, but Takagi easily dodges the hip attack! Takagi then suplexes Taguchi high and hard! Cover, TWO! Taguchi survives and the fans fire up. Takagi hears the fans dueling as he stomps Taguchi. Takagi KNEES Taguchi against the ropes again and again, then whips, for another KNEE! Takagi runs, but into a SOMERSAULT HIP ATTACK! The fans fire up while both men are down! Taguchi and Takagi crawl, hot tag to Zayne! Zayne jumps in and DECKS Takagi, then he BLASTS Yota! Zayne swats a lariat to fire elbow after ELBOW!
Takagi blocks the superkick to CLUB the leg! Yota joins in, LIJ whips Zayne, but Zayne KICKS Takagi, mule kicks Yota, and runs, DOUBLE SOMERSAULT KICKS! The fans fire up and Zayne runs at Takagi. Takagi ELBOWS Zayne, BOOTS him, then goes up. Zayne returns to JUMPING STEINERS! The fans fire up while Zayne covers, TWO! Takagi stays in this but Zayne brings him right up. Zayne goes to scoop but Takagi fights it! Zayne CHOPS, scoops, and BAJA- NO, Takagi slips free! SLIDING- NO, Zayne dodges! Zayne mule kicks, runs, but into the ELBOW! JAB! YUKON feint and DDT! Both men are down again and the fans fire back up!
Takagi pounds the mat, the fans rally behind him, and he crawls, hot tag to Yota! Yota fires up and the fans are with him. Yota brings Zayne around to whip, but Zayne stops himself. Zayne dodges Yota, Yota dodges Zayne, and both men kick low! Yota comes back to BOOT! The fans cheer and Yota brings Zayne up again. Yota fireman’s carries but Zayne fights free. Yota ROCKS Zayne first! Yota tries another fireman’s carry but Zayne sunset flips it! TWO, and both men stand! Zayne rolls Yota, BASEMENT ENZIGIRI! Zayne hurries to hot tag Taguchi! Taguchi HIP ATTACKS in a corner! Taguchi goes corner to corner, for another HIP ATTACK!
Taguchi keeps moving, but Yota runs up! Taguchi dropkicks Yota’s legs out! The fans fire up and Taguchi keeps going! Another dropkick to legs, then a LEG SWEEP! Taguchi rolls Yota into the OH MY GAH ANKLE!! Zayne BOOTS Takagi off the apron! Yota scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! Taguchi lets go but he brings Yota back up. Taguchi traps Yota and Zayne runs in to ELBOW! Zayne then sets up and Taguchi runs, SHOTGUN IN MOTION! Taguchi then brings Yota out to GOURD BUSTER! The fans fire up as Zayne climbs! But Yota KICKS Taguchi away, then GAMANGIRIS Zayne off the corner!
Taguchi kicks Yota, runs, but into a scoop and BACKBREAKER! Takagi slides in, and he finds the camera, “TOKI GA KITA!” The fans fire up as the time has come, and they join in on a chant of “OI! OI! OI!” LIJ whips Taguchi to a corner, then Yota runs in to ELBOW! Takagi whips Yota back in to SPLASH! Takagi adds a LARIAT, then feeds Taguchi to a BOOT! BLINDSIDE LARIAT! SUPERKICK! Taguchi is down, Yota covers, TWO! Taguchi stays in this and the fans fire up. Takagi stands Taguchi up and throws him to Yota for a POWERBOMB! Cover, Zayne breaks it! Takagi drags Zayne up, LIJ mugs him, but he fights back with CHOPS!
The fans fire up but Yota spins Zayne around to facelock, and Takagi wheelbarrows. Yota helps Takagi swing Taguchi down, then up for a BOOSTED WHEELBARROW GERMAN!! The fans fire up and Takagi leaves it to Yota. Yota takes aim and the fans rally. Taguchi rises, Yota runs in, GENE- LEG DROP!? And then La Magistrol! TWO!! Yota escapes in time, but Taguchi spins him to a backslide! TWO!! Yota escapes again! But Taguchi ENZIGIRIS! Taguchi fires up and the fans are with him! But Takagi LARIATS! GENE TRIGGER! PUMPING BOMBER!! And now Yota loads up, for the GENE BLASTER!! Cover, LIJ wins!
Winners: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Zayne & Taguchi earn 0)
The Funky Sauce was hot, but they’re the ones that got burned! Will they be able to spice things up in the second round? Will Takagi & Tsuji keep the tag league tranquilo?
World Tag League 2024 A Block: Bishamon VS KENTA & Chase Owens!
Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi once again clash with The Fang & The Jewel, both sides hungry for gold. Will it be Lights Out in the opening round? Or will someone just #Go2Sleep?
The teams sort out but then Bullet Club just attacks! Chase is after Goto and Kenta is after Hashi, and they put each man in corners. The bell rings to get this on record as Kenta TOSSES Hashi. Chase CHOKES Goto in the corner, then stands on him! The ref reprimands and Chase lets off to bring Goto up. Chase ROCKS Goto, whips him, and Kenta POSTS Hashi! Chase hits a big hip toss then covers, TWO! The fans rally up while Chase stomps Goto’s leg. Chase scrapes his sole off Goto’s face, and Kenta whips Hashi again. Hashi reverses and Kenta hits railing in front of English commentary! Chase ROCKS Goto, CHOPS him, then whips.
Goto grabs ropes to stop, then he BOOTS Chase! Hashi returns and Bishamon DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE! Then ZENMAI! Kenta returns but Bishamon kicks him first. “Se no!” Bishamon BEATS Kenta like a drum! The fans cheer and Bishamon flexes. Goto then goes back to Chase to stomp and CLUB him down. Goto kicks Chase, Chase shoves Goto and ROCKS him with a forearm! Goto knees Chase low, runs, but Chase TOSSES Goto out! Goto hurries back up, he counter punches Chase, and then counter punches Kenta! Chase slips out to YANK Goto down and THROW him into railing! Kenta intercepts Hashi with a kick!
Kenta whips Hashi away into railing while Chase sends Goto into other railing! The ref reprimands but Chase brings Goto through the gate. Chase has fans move out of the way, but then brings Goto back to ringside. Chase grins as he trolls the fans and pushes Goto into the ring. Kenta CLUBS away on Hashi before leaving him behind. Chase pulls on Goto’s arms then TWEAKS Goto’s neck! Not a twist, but equally painful. Chase tags Kenta while the fans rally for “GO-TO-O! GO-TO-O!” Kenta pushes Goto into the corner, Goto hits Chase, but Kenta RAMS Goto! The ref reprimands and counts as Kenta RAMS Goto more!
Kenta sits Goto down, and digs his boot in! The ref counts, Kenta stops at 4, and he tags Chase back in. They stomp Goto more, then Chase headlocks for a sucker punch! Cover, TWO! Chase drags Goto up and he bumps Goto off Kenta’s boot. Tag to Kenta and Bullet Club double whips. They DOUBLE ELBOW Goto down then Kenta covers, TWO! Kenta covers again, TWO! Kenta argues with the ref but the count was fair. Kenta drops an elbow, drops another elbow, then covers, TWO! Kenta gets mad at Hashi for no reason, but the fans rally up for Goto. Kenta CLUBS Goto, but Goto fires CHOPS in return!
Kenta knees low, whips Goto to a corner, but Goto reverses. Goto runs up but into a BOOT! Kenta runs but Goto follows! Goto avoids Chase’s cheap shot to LARIAT Kenta! The fans fire up while Goto and Kenta are down! Goto crawls, hot tag to Hashi! The fans fire up as Hahsi BLASTS Chase! Kenta kicks Hashi low then whips him to a corner. Kenta runs up but Hashi CHOPS in return! And mule kicks! And turns Kenta for a NECKBREAKER! The fans fire up and Hashi watches Kenta. Hashi waits on Kenta to rise, then runs up to CHOP! Hashi hoists Kenta up to hang him out to dry! The fans fire up as Hashi runs, and he DROPKCISK Kenta down! Cover, TWO!
The fans cheer Hashi on as he brings Kenta up. Hashi reels Kenta in, lifts, but Kenta fights with fists! Kenta slips free of the bomb, then slips around Hashi to spin and- NO, Hashi suplexes first! But Kenta slips free again, and he spins Hashi around, to SPIKE DDT! Hashi is stood up on his head before falling over, and Kenta tags in Chase. Chase brings Hashi up and fireman’s carries. Hashi fights free of that, but Chase slips around to half nelson, lift, and SWINGING FACEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Hashi survives but Chase says time to end this! Chase takes aim, C- NO, Hashi dodges the trigger! Chase knees low, runs, but Hashi dropkicks the legs!
The fans fire up whiel both men are down! Chase clutches his leg while Hashi crawls. Hot tag to Goto! Goto runs at Chase to LARIAT in the corner! Goto whips corner to corner, runs up again, but Chase BOOTS him! But Goto comes back! Only for Chase to BUCKLE SHOT and STO, then SENTON! Kenta steps in and Bullet Club drags Goto up. But Goto fires forearms and CHOPS! Kenta SOBATS! Chase KICKS! Kenta ROUNDHOUSES! Goto sits up into the “I HATE YOU!” PENALTY KICK! Cover, but Hashi breaks it! Kenta TOSSES Hashi then goes out after him. Chase drags Goto up and reels him in.
Chase tucks the arms but Goto fights the lift! Goto wrenches out but Chase ROCKS him first! Chase runs, Goto follows, but Chase ENZIGIRIS! Goto stays up, but the C-TRIGGER hits! Cover, TWO!! Goto survives but Chase hurries up! C-TRIGGER POINT BLANK!! And then the tuck for the PACKAGE PILE- NO, Hashi hits a BLOCKBUSTER! The fans fire up, Kenta BOOTS Hashi! Goto fireman’s carries Kenta but Kenta slips free! Kenta shoves Goto into Hashi, then waistlocks Goto. Goto fights the lift, and then ducks, HIDDEN GAP SUPERKICK for Kenta! The fans fire up as Bishamon regroups.
Hashi drags Chase up, whips him to Goto, but Chase BOOTS Goto! Chase swings on Hashi but Hashi ducks the lariat. Hashi powers Chase to ropes, Goto BLINDSIDE LARIATS, and then Hashi rolls Chase. Goto drags Chase up, Hashi has the legs! Chase BOOTS Hashi away! Chase then slips around to dragon sleeper, to steal G T- NO, Goto drops down to victory roll! Chase stands up, into a SUPERKICK! Goto drags Chase around while Hashi BLASTS Kenta! Dragon sleeper and SHOTO!! Cover, Bishamon wins!!
Winners: Bishamon, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Kenta & Chase earn 0)
Another classic in this storied rivalry, worthy of the titles themselves! Will this first win be the win that leads the Fierce Warrior & Headhunter back to the titles? Can Kenta & Chase borrow a page from Bishamon and #GetBackUp in the next round?
World Tag League 2024 A Block: Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa VS Gabe Kidd & SANADA!
TMDK has a team in each block, doubling their chances of taking this league. But perhaps burying the lead is the fact that THE IWGP World Heavyweight Champion is joining in the fun! Will The Front Man & The Mullet rock this league right from the start? Or will the Mad Man and the turncoat Cold Skull get this tournament #WarReady?
The teams sort out but Oiwa gets in Gabe’s face. Gabe pushes Oiwa, they start, and they tie up at the bell. The fans rally as Oiwa and Gabe are in a deadlock. They go around at center, then Oiwa digs his heels in to push Gabe back. Gabe turns things around to put Oiwa on ropes, but Red Shoes calls the break. Gable lets off, to then CHOP! Gabe scoops and SLAMS Oiwa, then he goes for legs. Oiwa UPKICKS Gabe, then stands up to scoop and SLAM Gabe! Gabe UPKICKS back, both men get up and go face to face. Then they go forearm for forearm! The fans rally as Oiwa gets the edge, but Gabe CHOPS!
Gabe headlocks. Oiwa powers up and out, and they RAM shoulders! Gabe eggs OIwa on and he runs to RAM Gabe! They both run now, and they RAM shoulders again, and again, and again! Gabe CHOPS then runs, but Oiwa CLOBBERS Gabe! The fans fire up while Gabe bails out. Oiwa eggs Gabe on and Gabe snarls. Gabe shakes the railing in frustration, then he paces around the outside. Gabe cools off, slides in, but then tags Sanada. Sanada steps in slowly, so Oiwa tags in ZSJ. The two rivals circle and the afns rally behind “ZAKKU! ZAKKU!” ZSJ and Sanada feel things out, knuclke lock, and ZSJ rolls to wrench.
Sanada is already frustrated so he kicks ZSJ low! Sanada TOSSES ZSJ out and then Gabe goes after Oiwa! Gabe CHOPS away on Oiwa while Sanada sends ZSJ into railing! And then more railing! Gabe does the same to Oiwa, and Sanada storms up on ZSJ. Sanada CLAWS ZSJ’s back, a definite attitude change showing. Gabe Too Sweets with Taiji Ishimori on commentary while Sanada pushes ZSJ into the ring. Sanada whips ZSJ to a corner, but ZSJ goes up, under, around, and RAMS into Sanada! ZSJ snapmares, Sanada handsprings through, but ZSJ UPPERCUTS him down! Tag to Oiwa and he BLASTS Gabe!
Oiwa goes back to Sanada and stands him up. Oiwa wrenches an arm, YANKS it, then wrenches to YANK it again. Oiwa tags ZSJ and ZSJ brings Sanada around to wrench, step over, and wrangle into a mounted armbar! Sanada endures as ZSJ bends the fingers and isolates the arm, to STOMP it! The fans cheer, ZSJ tags Oiwa, and Oiwa CLUBS Sanada’s arm. Oiwa headlocks for a takeover, then isolates the arm in an short arm scissor! The fans rally while Sanada endures and kicks around. Sanada reaches out, ROPEBREAK! Red Shoes calls it, Oiwa lets Sanada go, but then Oiwa brings Sanada up.
Oiwa whips, Sanada reverses, and Gabe trips Oiwa up! Sanda BLASTS ZSJ while Oiwa drags Oiwa out of the ring! Now things spill out into the crowd! Gabe CHOPS Oiwa, then SMACKS him off empty chairs! Sanada BOWLS ZSJ into chairs! Not quite a strike, so Sanada JAMS ZSJ up with a chair! That picks up the spare, and we can hear Gabe’s CHOPS on Oiwa echo out. Gabe stomps Oiwa while Sanada CHOKES ZSJ with a chair! Red Shoes reprimands the War Dogs, but Gabe POSTS Oiwa! Gabe says War Dogs run this, but Red Shoes starts a ring count. Gabe flexes on Oiwa, then drags him up at 7 of 20.
Gabe puts Oiwa in at 10 and Sanada covers, TWO! Oiwa stays in this and the fans rally behind him. Sanada is annoyed but he brings Oiwa up. Sanada CLUBS Oiwa, then bumps him off Gabe’s boot. Oiwa sputters while Sanada tags Gabe in. Gabe drags Oiwa up, mockingly asks where Zack-senpai went, then he UPPERCUTS Oiwa down. Gabe TOSSES Oiwa out, and he BLASTS ZSJ off the apron! Sanada whips Oiwa into railing! Gabe lifts ZSJ bu tZSJ wrenches free to KIMURA! Gabe powers through, to BITE ZSJ on the forehead! Sanada sends Oiwa into more railing, Gabe sends ZSJ through railing and into chairs!
Sanada BOWLS Oiwa into chairs now, there is the strike! Sanada continues to show his new edge as he JAMS Oiwa up with a chair. Red Shoes reprimands so Sanada brings Oiwa back to ringside. Sanada puts Oiwa in for Gabe and Gabe pushes Oiwa to a cover. Red Shoes says no, all the shenanigans were not right. Gabe gets in Red Shoes’ face about that, but Red Shoes stands his ground. Gabe storms around while the fans rally behind Oiwa. Gabe drags Oiwa up, to CHOP! Oiwa wobbles but he rises up. Oiwa CHOPS, and CHOPS, and fires forearms! Gabe DECKS Oiwa with just one! The fans still rally for Oiwa but Gabe stands on Oiwa’s face!
Gabe soaks up the heat, scuffs Oiwa and stomps him around. Oiwa sits up, Gabe runs, but Oiwa reels him in! Gabe fights the waistlock, runs, but into a SNAP GERMAN! The fans fire up while both men are down! Oiwa and Gabe crawl, hot tags to ZSJ and Sanada! The fans fire up as ZSJ dodges Sanada, full nelsons, then spins him to a headlock. Sanada powers out but ZSJ catches him to a COBRA TWIST! Sanada powers out to HIP TOSS, but ZJS UP KICKS! Sanada avoids the Penalty Kick, blocks the boot, but ZSJ steps through the dragon screw to NECK TWIST! And basment DROPKICK! The fans fire up and we’ve only hit 10 minutes!
ZSJ drags Sanada up, UPPERCUTS him, then UPPERCUTS again! Sanada blocks the next to spin and suplex, but ZSJ says no to the Magic Screw! NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, TWO! Sanada escapes but ZSJ stays focused. ZSJ stands Sanada up to scoop, but Sanada slips free. ZSJ fights the waistlock, runs, but into a dropkick to the legs! Sanada then DROPKICKS ZSJ down! Sanada fireman’s carries but ZSJ slips free, to have the IRON OCTOPUS! The fans rally while Sanada endures, and Sanada powers out to have a leg! DROPPING DRAGON SCREW! ZSJ clutches the leg and Sanada takes aim! SHINING-
NO, ZSJ ducks, but Sanada catches him to a backslide! ZSJ rolls through to NECK TWIST! Tag to Oiwa and Oiwa BLASTS Gabe off the apron! Oiwa goes back to Sanada and brings him up. Oiwa whips Sanada to ropes, ELBOWS Him down, then ZSJ PENALTY KICKS Sanada! Oiwa deadlift GUT RWENCH PLEXES! Cover, Gabe breaks it! Gabe CHOPS away on ZSJ and Oiwa, but ZSJ blocks! Oiwa DOUBLE CHOPS! ZSJ UPPERCUTS! ZSJ & Oiwa DOUBLE DROPKICK Gabe down! The fans fire up with Oiwa and he clamps onto Sanada with a SLEEPER! Sanada endures and fights up, but Oiwa thrashes him around!
Sanada still fights to his feet, slips around the back, and shoves Oiwa to ropes. Gabe trips Oiwa up! Oiwa kicks at Gabe but Sanada kicks ropes to jam Oiwa up! Sanada suplexes Oiwa into the MAGIC SCREW! Both men are down but the fans rally up again. Sanada crawls over, tag to Gabe, and Gabe storms right up on Oiwa. Gabe UPPERCUTS Oiwa right down! Gabe then puts Oiwa in a corner to fire off forearm after forearm! Red Shoes reprimands and counts, but Gabe digs his boots in while talking trash. Gabe shoves Red Shoes aside so he can keep stomping away on Oiwa! The fans rally and Red Shoes backs Gabe off.
Gabe seethes but the fans continue to rally for Oiwa. Oiwa grits his teeth as he sits up, but Gabe ROCKS him with another shot! Oiwa still looks up defiantly at Gabe, so Gabe fires shots! Gabe says Oiwa’s not worthy of being his NJPW Strong Openweight Challenger. Gabe says Oiwa’s just some “weak ass kohai!” Gabe SPITS on Oiwa, but Oiwa gets in Gabe’s face! Gabe fires slapping strikes, blocks a shot, then SLAPS Oiwa again! Oiwa spins to DOUBLE CHOP Gsbe down! Sanada runs up and kicks low! Sanada whips, Oiwa reverses, but Sanada reverses back, RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! ZSJ PENALTY KICKS Sanada!
Gabe runs up, ZSJ BOOTS him first! Gabe runs back in, slips out of the scoop, and he scoops ZSJ for EMERALD FLOWSON!! But Oiwa spins Gabe! Gabe avoids The Grip, runs, but into a LARIAT!! Cover, TWO!! Oiwa is frustrated but the fans rally behind him. Oiwa hauls Gabe up, ANACONDA PLEX!! Cover, TWO!! Gabe survives again but Oiwa roars! Oiwa drags Gabe up, reels him in, but Gabe fights the gut wrench! Gabe CLUBS Oiwa on the back, then he gut wrenches! Oiwa fights back, wrenches out, and he blocks a lariat to spin. Gabe HAYMAKERS, and SAIDOS!! Gabe crawls his way to the cover, TWO!!
The fans are thunderous as Oiwa survives! Gabe snarls and he drags Oiwa up. Gabe says this is the end. But Oiwa fights the suplex! Oiwa suplexes, but Gabe fights it! Oiwa still tries, but Gabe slips out to waistlock. Sanada DROPKCIKS Oiwa, Gabe UPPERCUTS! Gabe & Sanada work together to DOUBLE SUPLEX! Gabe suplexes again, BRAINBUSTER!! Cover, ZSJ BREAKS IT! Sanada TOSSES ZSJ out and tells Gabe to finish this! ZSJ RAMS Sanada, they brawl outside, and Gabe slashes his throat. Gabe drags Oiwa up, reels him in, but Oia slips through the gut wrench to backslide! TWO, and Gabe UPPERCUTS!
Gabe runs, but ZSJ is back! He BOOTS Gabe but Gabe SLAPS ZSJ! ZSJ KICKS the haymaker away to then ROUNDHOUSE Gabe! Sanada’s in to dragon sleeper! ZSJ arm-drags free, but Sanada comes back to SHINING WIZARD! Sanada then drags ZSJ up, but ZSJ scoops first! ZACK DRIVER!! ZSJ and Sanada flop out of the ring, leaving Oiwa and Gabe to rise up. They run at each other, to DOUBLE LARIAT! neither man falls, they DOUBLE LARIAT again! Gabe UPPERCUTS! Oiwa PALM STRIKES! Gabe PALM STRIKES, CHOPS, JABS, rebounds, into a roll-up! Hig stack, TMDK WINS!!
Winners: Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa, by pinfall
Gabe is in shock! He gets right in Red Shoes’ face but Red Shoes says it was a fair count! Gabe then goes after Oiwa to CLOBBER him! The fans boo and Young Lions rush in, but Gabe eggs Oiwa on! So Oiwa obliges and they brawl among the fans! The Young Lions rush in to separate the two, but Gabe gets loose to CLOBBER Oiwa! They scrap, ZSJ joins in, and he pulls the two apart. Gabe kicks a chair in frustration, then goes into retreat. Wait, Oiwa chases Gabe to the ramp and beats him down! Young Lions again scramble in to stop this, but it just heads to the back! Sanada shrugs it off, will the #ColdWarDogs just have to try harder in the next round?
As for the winners, well, they’re no longer ringside so there won’t be any in-ring closing words. Backstage interviews begin, Gabe promises Oiwa will be put in the ground! Will the Mad Man show The Mullet what it takes to be NJPW Strong? As for ZSJ, he gathers himself, and tells NJPW Media that he doesn’t know where The Mullet went. Actually, no, he has an idea: The Mullet must be smashing the s*it outta Gabe. “Roy The Mullet” is the next NJPW Strong Openweight Champion! Oiwa will hit Gabe so hard, his legs will turn into trombones! As for ZSJ, there is something rare happening in this year’s WTL, isn’t it?
Yes, it’s that the IWGP World EFFIN’ Heavyweight Champion is involved, as this should be! The first time the world champion’s been in this tournament in roughly a decade! ZSJ said he was gonna be a different kind of world champion for NJPW, and that he promises to take NJPW back to the top! Now obviously, a conflict of interests, as this tournament is Shane Haste’s & Mikey Nicholls’ to win, but ZSJ won’t give the boys an easy ride. ZSJ is dreaming~ of an all TMDK World Tag League finals! Then who knows, maybe Zack & Roy get the job done.
But ZSJ knows the Tokyo Dome is coming soon. And Shota Umino wants to be ZSJ’s challenger. ZSJ says he will be keeping his eyes wide open for Shota. ZSJ says he’ll have a DOUBLE main event in the Tokyo Dome, it’s in the bag. What about you, Shota? The Front Man heads out, having put the pressure on his challenger, but will all of NJPW soon belong to TMDK?
Here are the A Block standings!
Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa: 1-0, 2 points
Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman: 1-0, 2 points
Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji: 1-0, 2 points
Bishamon: 1-0, 2 points
Gabe Kidd & Sanada: 0-1, 0 points
Kenta & Chase Owens: 0-1, 0 points
Alex Zayne & Ryusuke Taguchi: 0-1, 0 points
Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma: 0-1, 0 points
My Thoughts:
A great start to World Tag League 2024, with just A Block opening things tonight. I will say those tune-up matches were interesting. Even though David Finlay is the Global Champion, it’s Taiji Ishimori that has apparently become Bullet Club’s international ambassador. Taiji brought Robbie X into the group, now he teamed with The Filip Brothers, Tome & Stevie, who knows who else Bone Soldier will recruit. Taiji’s team beating Tanahashi’s team, House of Torture cheating and beating Tanahashi’s friends, this is all putting the pressure on The Ace, meaning The Ace will win out at WrestleKingdom 19.
Shota Umino teaming with Tomoaki Honma, I wonder if this is to hold Shota back somehow. He is apparently still heading for WrestleKingdom and a world title match with ZSJ, so it’s not like Shota needs to win WTL, but I guess NJPW just wants Shota to give the fans a good time alongside a fan favorite like Honma. Also, Callum & Cobb have a fun new shirt for their team-up. I figured Zayne would need to improvise now that #MonsterSauce is no longer happening, and Taguchi was a great surprise choice. But #FunkySauce making its debut against a team as strong as Takagi & Tsuji was a shame because of course LIJ was winning that. Maybe Zayne & Taguchi can pull off a spoiler victory later on, but I don’t see Funky Sauce going that strong.
Bishamon VS Kenta & Chase really was an awesome match, and it is so surprising how Chase has grown in just the past couple years. Great win for Goto & Hashi, though, as they’re clearly the solid utility choices in the tag division. And what an awesome main event, with Sanada bringing out the most Heel stuff he’s done perhaps ever. A bit jarring really, but that’s just kinda old fashioned Heel turns for ya. Great win for TMDK, though, and definitely an unorthodox way of closing by having Oiwa and Gabe brawl all over ringside and into the back.
While ZSJ says it is big for the world champ to be in this tournament, which I do agree with on some level, it also makes some of the A Block action seem secondary. Gabe and Oiwa having their grudge was kinda the main motivator behind this match, and then it’ll be similar when Shota & Honma VS ZSJ & Oiwa happens. There is the added drama of, “What if someone pins ZSJ? Will they get a world title match before WK19?” Maybe Shota solidifies his WK title match by being the one that pins ZSJ in their match, but it all just feels like more flash than substance. No one else is going to pin ZSJ, Oiwa probably takes whatever losses their team will take, so A Block’s story suffers for it.
My Score: 8.9/10
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