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Mitchell’s NJPW G1 Climax 34 Results & Report! (8/8/24)
A Block, Round 8!

We’re entering the home stretch!
The King of Darkness says Everything is Evil, but he runs into the Rampaging Dragon! Both men still have a chance, but whose hope runs out in round 8?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano VS Shoma Kato & Katsuya Murashima; Oleg & Yano win.
- HENARE & Konosuke Takeshita VS Ren Narita & Yoshinobu Kanemaru; Henare & Konosuke win.
- Hirooki Goto & Tomoaki Honma VS El Phantasmo & Jado; Goto & Honma win.
- Jeff Cobb & Francesco Akira VS David Finlay & Gedo; Cobb & Akira win.
- Yota Tsuji & BUSHI VS Yuya Uemura & Taka Michinoku; Yota & Bushi win.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Tetsuya Naito VS Callum Newman; Naito wins.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: SANADA VS Great-O-Khan; Khan wins.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Shota Umino VS Jake Lee; Jake wins.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Zack Sabre Jr. VS Gabe Kidd; ZSJ wins.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Shingo Takagi VS EVIL; Takagi wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Here are the current A Block standings!
Zack Sabre Jr: 5-2, 10 points
Evil: 5-2, 10 points
Tetsuya Naito: 4-3, 8 points
Sanada: 4-3, 8 points
Shota Umino: 3-4, 6 points
Shingo Takagi: 3-4, 6 points
Great-O-Khan: 3-4, 6 points
Jake Lee: 3-4, 6 points
Gabe Kidd: 3-4, 6 points
Callum Newman: 2-5, 4 points [ELIMINATED]
Here are the current B Block standings!
Jeff Cobb: 5-2, 10 points
Ren Narita: 4-3, 8 points
Hirooki Goto: 4-3, 8 points
Yota Tsuji: 4-3, 8 points
David Finlay: 4-3, 8 points
Konosuke Takeshita: 4-3, 8 points
Henare: 3-4, 6 points
Yuya Uemura: 3-4, 6 points
Boltin Oleg: 2-5, 4 points [ELIMINATED]
El Phantasmo: 2-5, 4 points [ELIMINATED]
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Tetsuya Naito VS Callum Newman!
The IWGP World Heavyweight Champion wants to repeat as G1 Climax Champion, and while he’s just a step behind the leaders, he’s also one wrong move from missing out on the playoffs. Can Naito keep the dream of going back-to-back alive? Or will the Prince of Pace play spoiler?
Speaking of speed, Callum BLASTS Naito off the apron! No waiting for the entrance or the entrance attire, Callum goes to the apron to take aim! Naito stands, Callum goes up, but Naito dodges the Asai Moonsault! Naito whips Callum but Callum LEAPS over the railing! Naito runs up, but Callum KICKS the railing into him! Callum jumps off the railing, Naito dodges again, but Callum DROPKICKS him down! The fans fire up while Callum kips up, and Naito slumps to the floor, still in his fancy suit. Callum hurries to drag Naito into the ring. The bell rings, Callum springboards but Naito SHOVES him to the floor!
The fans rally and Naito finally gets to take the suit off. Naito then goes out after Callum, to RAM him into railing! The fans rally, Naito brings Callum up and into the ring, and the fans applaud. Naito stands Callum up for those heavy elbows! Naito turns Callum, holds him, then hits the NECKBREAKER! The fans cheer, Naito covers, ONE! Callum is tougher than that, so Naito stands him up to cravat. Callum endures the neck wrench, reaches out for ropes, but Naito brings him away. Callum fires body shots, but Naito puts more pressure on the neck! Callum fights up to fire more shots, so Naito CLUBS him on the neck.
Naito whips Callum to ropes, but Callum slides to trip and DOUBLE STOMP! The fans cheer and Naito goes to a corner. Callum rolls, stands and UPPERCUTS in the corner! Then he rolls and returns to GAMANGIRI! Callum snapmares, runs and PENALTY KICKS! Then STANDING MOONSAULTS! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up as Naito stays in this. Callum stays focused and brings Naito around into chicken wings. Naito fights the lift, RAMS Callum back into a corner, then fires elbows. Naito gets space, but Callum runs up! Naito atomic drops Callum, then fires more of those heavy elbows!
Naito puts Callum up top, climbs up after him, and SUPER STEINERS! Callum can’t quite land on his feet like Ospreay, but he’s still back up on his feet fast! The fans rally, Callum SWATS a lariat, SUPERKICKS, then BUZZSAWS! Cover, TWO! Naito stays in this and the fans fire up more. Callum feeds off that energy, aims from a corner, and he goes Around to World to DROPKICK! Naito staggers, Callum goes up and up, but Naito avoids the flying stomps! Callum comes back, into a SPINEBUSTER! Naito wrenches, but Callum fires elbows now! Naito fires elbows again! Callum dodges one to BOOT!
Naito wobbles, but he ENZIGIRIS right back! Naito runs up, tilt-o-whirl, NO, GO TO SLEEP!! Callum springboards, OS- NO, Naito dodges! CORRIENDO SHIKI DESTINO!! Cover, TWO?!? Callum survives and the fans fire up again! Naito tilt-o-whirls, and DESTINOS!! Cover, Naito wins!
Winner: Tetsuya Naito, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Callum earns 0)
Callum tried to step on the gas, but Naito brings him to a screeching halt! Will Callum have to try harder to spoil someone’s run? Is Naito going to pull off the repeat Climax?
G1 Climax 34 A Block: SANADA VS Great-O-Khan!
The Cold Skull is also within reach of a top spot, but he must be just as careful. Will he stay cool so close to the end? Or will the Dominator conquer him for the United Empire?
The bell rings, the two slowly circle, and the fans rally up. The two feel things out, clinch, and go around. Khan waistlocks, Sanada wrenches out to switch, but Khan trips Sanada to waistlock back. Khan rolls to a bridging cover, ONE, but Khan shifts to a facelock. Sanada fights up, wrenches, but Khan rolls free. The fans applaud this opening exchange and the two reset. They circle more, feel things out, and Khan CLAPS to distract! Khan picks Sanada up, puts him on ropes, but Sanada fights being thrown out! The ref counts, Khan lets Sanada down, and Mongolian Chops! Khan whips, Sanada reverses and hurdles, hurdles, but Khan stays back!
Khan clamps on an IRON CLAW SLEEPER! Khan then shifts around for the BOW ‘N’ ARROW RACK! Sanada endures, but Khan spins for the SWINGING BUSTER! The fans fire up and Khan clamps on the IRON CLAW! Khan drags Sanada up, ELIMI- NO, Sanada arm-drags free! But Khan avoids the Shining Wizard! Khan rushes in but Sanada catches him for a suplex! And MAGIC SCREW! The fans fire up, and Sanada goes up top! ROUNDING- NO, Khan avoids the press! Sanada’s leg jams! Was that landing harder on him than it seemed! Khan TACKLES Sanada, ties up the legs, and pulls on the foot!
Sanada endures, crawls over, ROPEBREAK! Khan lets off and Sanada bails out. The fans rally while the ref checks Sanada’s leg. Sanada seems okay to continue, so Khan storms out to stand on the knee! The ref reprimands, Sanada flails, and Khan steps off. Khan waits on Sanada, the fans rally up more, and Khan drags Sanada up. Khan puts the bad leg around railing and pulls! The ref reprimands, Khan lets off, and he BOOTS railing to jam up the leg! The fans cheer and Khan leaves Sanada behind. Khan waits, the fans rally for Sanada, but then Khan comes right back out! Khan puts Sanada in the ring, covers, TWO!
Khan ties up the legs again to KNEE away on the knees! Then Khan KICKS the bad leg! Sanada flounders away while the fans rally up. Khan drags Sanada to a cover, TWO! Khan stays cool while the fans rally for Sanada. Khan kicks at Sanada mockingly, but Sanada sits up to CHOP! Khan eggs Sanada on, so Sanada CHOPS! And CHOPS, but Khan blocks to get the CALF KILLER! Sanada endures, reaches out, and we pass five minutes. Khan grabs the other leg, DEATHLOCK CALF KILLER! Sanada still endures, reaches out, and has the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer and Khan lets go. Khan stalks Sanada, then drags him up by an ear.
Khan Mongolian Chops Sanada to ropes! Then Mongolian Chops again and again! The fans rally, Khan whips, but Sanada reverses to RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Both men are down and the fans cheer again. Khan clutches his neck while Sanada shakes out the bad leg. Sanada stands as the fans rally, and Sanada hobbles over to Khan at the ropes. Sanada whips, Khan reverses, but Sanada’s leg won’t let him reach the other side! Khan storms up but Sanada dropkicks Khan’s leg! Then DROPKICKS Khan down! Khan bails out while fans rally, Sanada storms over, and Sanada PLANCHAS! The fans fire up and Sanada encourages them to get louder.
The fans rally up more, and Sanada massages his bad leg. The ring count starts while Sanada stalks Khan. Sanada stands Khan up at 8 of 20 to put in at 10, then rolls in after him. Sanada still checks the bad leg, then he brings Khan up. Sanada fireman’s carries, but Khan fights free to a SLEEPER! Sanada fights that, arm-drags free, and runs up to tilt-o-whirl into the SKULL END! Khan drops back to roll through, KNEEBAR! But Sanada slips free to SHINING- LEG WHIP TAKEDOWN! The fans fire up as Khan counters and now takes aim! Khan waits on Sanada to rise up, which is slow because of the bad leg.
Khan runs in, to BOOT the leg! Khan clamps on, pulls the kneepad away, IRON CLAW into the SHIN BREAKER! Sanada hobbles, Khan runs, but Sanada fireman’s carries! T K O! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! Sanada manages to kip up! Adrenaline is powerful stuff, and Sanada aims from the corner! Khan rises, into a SHINING- IRON RIGHT!! The ref reprimands but Khan falls back, too! The fans rally up and Khan stands first. The Monster Rage boils over at the 10 minute mark! Khan drags Sanada up, IRON CLAW and ELIMI- NO, Sanada slips free and O’Conner Roll- NO, Khan catches Sanada to the IRON CLAW SLEEPER!
Khan drags Sanada up to spin him around, but Sanada reels Khan into a clinch! But Khan slips around to waistlock and GERMAN SUPLEX! But Sanada lands on his feet! Sanada hobbles from the bad leg! Khan still thinks he nailed the suplex, but he takes a BLINDSIDE SHINING WIZARD!! The fans fire up again as Sanada goes to a corner! Khan rises up, into another SHINING WIZARD!! The fans are thunderous and Sanada reels Khan in, but Khan reels Sanada into HITSUJIGOROSHI! FLATLINER!! And then ELIMINATOR!! Cover, KHAN WINS!
Winner: Great-O-Khan, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Sanada earns 0)
The KOPW Champion pulls off an upset over a former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion! Both men are now 4-4 going into the final round, can either man find their way into the playoffs?
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Shota Umino VS Jake Lee!
The Roughneck is on the back half of the block, but so is The Smart Bastard. Both men need to win this to stay afloat, who uses the other as a stepping stone toward greatness?
Shota runs right up on Jake to fire forearms! Jake fires back, the bell rings, and the fans fire up as Shota has the edge! Shota DECKS Jake, but Jake bails out! The fans rally while Shota eggs Jake on. Jake brushes that off, but then Shota rushes out after him! Jake kicks low and CLAWS Shota’s eyes! The ref reprimands, but Jake whips Shota hard into railing! Shota comes back to SHOTGUN! The fans fire up with Shota as he shakes the railing. Shota stomps Jake, drags him up, and UPPERCUTS! Shota stalks Jake around the way, CLUBS him on the neck, then has cameramen clear out. Shota whips but Jake reverses, and Shota hits railing hard!
Shota staggers away, and Jake goes looking for plunder! Jake brings out a chair! The ref says no but Jake brushes him aside, to SMACK Shota on the back! Jake throws the chair aside, the ref gets in his face about it, but Jake pushes the ref aside again. Jake talks trash on the fans but they boo back. Jake goes back for Shota, stomps him down, then mocks the fans. Jake CLUBS Shota on the back, then CLUBS him again. The ring count starts but Jake chinbars Shota around into the ring. Jake slides in at 7 of 20, covers, ONE! Jake grabs Shota’s legs and works to turn him. Shota resists, so Jake STOMPS him in the gut!
Jake works to turn Shota over but Shota still resists! Shota flails, kicks free, and Jake goes to ropes. Jake storms back over to stomp Shota! Shota eggs Jake on and the fans fire up! Jake nods and stomps Shota more! The fans rally, Jake stomps more, and Shota eggs him on! So Jake KICKS Shota in the back! Shota staggers to ropes, Jake brings him up to whip, but Shota reverses. But then Jake grabs ropes to avoid the dropkick! Shota flounders, Jake grabs the legs, and he turns Shota over! BOSTON CRAB! Shota endures, the fans rally up, but Jake taunts Shota to just give up. Shota fights, pushes up, but Jake sits deep!
The fans rally harder as Shota continues to endure! Shota powers up but Jake makes it a LION TAMER! Shota still endures, so Jake goes back to the BOSTON CRAB! The fans rally even harder, and Shota fights up his way over! ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Jake lets go at 4, and we pass five minutes. Shota sputters but Jake mocks the fans for liking Shota. Jake stomps Shota, but Shota grits his teeth. Jake kicks at Shota, toying with him and taunting him. Jake laughs, runs, but into a DROPKICK! The fans fire up as Shota’s back in this! Shota rises, storms over and fires forearms in the corner! Shota whips Jake to the corner, runs up, and UPPERCUTS!
Shota reels Jake in but Jake fights the lift! Jake KNEES low, and Shota sputters. Jake runs up but Shota drop toeholds him onto ropes! Shota slingshots to APRON DDT! The fans fire up while Jake flops to the floor! The ring count starts, Shota storms over to Jake, and he stands Jake up at 10 of 20 to put in the ring at 11. Shota then goes to a corner, climbs up, and aims, to MISSILE DROPKICK! Direct hit, and then Shota clinches for the FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect but the fans fire up all the same! Shota runs, to IG- NO, Jake dodges, and GIANT KILLER KNEES! Then ROUNDHOUSES!
The fans rally as Jake aims from a corner. Shota slowly rises, Jake winds up and KICKS! Shota grits his teeth, then eggs Jake on! So Jake KICKS again! Shota eggs Jake on more! Jake KICKS again, but Shota shakes his head! Shota eggs Jake on one more time, so Jake KICKS again! Shota falls forward, and Jake drags him back up, except Shota’s deadweight. The fans rally and we hit 10 minutes. Jake waits in the corner, and Shota pushes himself up. Jake does a standing count of his own, but Shota sits up. Jake runs in, and he blocks the Penalty Kick! Shota then stands to DECK Jake!! The fans fire up as Shota roars!
The ref checks Jake now, and it is Shota who gives those toying, taunting kicks. Jake sits right up, Shota slaps him around. Jake fires a forearm, but Shota just glares. Shota fires a forearm, Jake fires back! The fans rally as the forearms pick up speed, going back and forth! Jake winds up to fire a flurry! Jake runs, Shota ELBOWS him! Shota runs, Jake ELBOWS him back! Jake runs, but Shota clinches to EXPLODER! Jake is right up and he GERMAN SUPLEXES! But Shota is right up, BLAZE BLADE!! The fans are thunderous while both men are down! Shota rises, the fans rally up more, and Shota runs to IGNITION! Cover, TWO!!
Jake survives but Shota doesn’t hesitate! Shota drags Jake up, underhooks, but Jake fights free to back- NO, Shota fights the lift! Shota CLUBS Jake, ROCKS him, but Jake hits back! Shota ROLLING ELBOWS! Jake eggs Shota on, so Shota pops him up! PACKAGE PARADIGM SHIFT!! Cover, TWO!! Shota roars and the fans are thunderous! Shota underhooks, Jake slips around to GIANT back suplex!! Both men are down and the fans rally up again! Jake crawls to a cover, TWO!! Shota is still in this, but Jake rises back up. Jake shakes his head, drags Shota up, and he torture racks! Jake thrashes Shota, but Shota endures!
Jake continues to march around thrash Shota, but Shota still endures! So Jake DUMPS Shota down! Jake drags Shota up, and choke grips! GIANT CHOKE SLAM!! Cover, TWO!!! Shota survives and the fans are thunderous! We hit 15 minutes and Jake paces. Jake smirks as he watches Shota crawl to a corner. Jake takes aim as Shota stands, and FACE- BLAZE BLADE!! Jake flounders, Shota loads up, BLAZE BLADE again!! And then Shota hauls Jake up, underhooks, but Jake powers free! GIANT KILLER KNEE! ROUNDHOUSE! But Shota ENZIGIRIS! But FACE BREAK SHOT outta nowhere!! Cover, Jake wins!!
Winner: Jake Lee, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Shota earns 0)
It was quite the shootout, and The Smart Bastard outdraws #SHOOTER! Was this Shota’s last shot at the playoffs? Is Jake about to make this the Good Looking G1?
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Zack Sabre Jr. VS Gabe Kidd!
The Front Man pretty much humiliated Evil last round, while the Mad Man put Jake Lee to the test. ZSJ is leading the block, but will he still be out in front after this? Or will Gabe prove he is truly NJPW Strong?
The bell rings and the fans rally and duel. The two step up, feel things out, and Gabe pushes ZSJ to ropes. Red Shoes calls the break but both men still clinch. Gabe then suddenly lets off to CHOP! And CHOP! And CHOP again! Gabe reels ZSJ in but ZSJ wrenches the arm! Gabe rolls free to CHOP again! And CHOP! ZSJ eggs him on so Gabe CHOPS again! Gabe brings ZSJ up but ZSJ RAMS, UPPERCUTS, and headlocks. Gabe powers out, ZSJ fights the hip toss but so does Gabe! Gabe tries again but ZSJ turns hip toss into COBRA TWIST! Gabe pops free, ZSJ rolls, but Gabe DOUBLE CHOPS! Gabe storms up to CHOP again! And again!
ZSJ goes to a corner, Gabe scuffs him, then brings him around to CHOP! Gabe runs, BOOTS, but ZSJ shakes it off. Gabe runs, into ZSJ’s BOOT! ZSJ trips Gabe, leg scissors and turns him over, JAPANESE CLUTCH! TWO!! Gabe escapes, CHOPS, and CHOPS again! ZSJ goes to ropes, Gabe CHOPS him again! And DOUBLE CHOPS! ZSJ flops out of the ring and the fans fire up! ZSJ clutches his stinging chest, red from all those shots, and Gabe goes out after him. Gabe stands ZSJ up to CHOP again! And CHOP again! Gabe then whips ZSJ hard into railing! ZSJ drops to his knees, and Gabe storms over to drag him up.
Gabe CHOPS, ZSJ UPPERCUTS, but Gabe CHOPS ZSJ down! Gabe stands ZSJ up to CHOP him against the apron! And CHOP again! And CHOP again! ZSJ again falls, but Gabe tells the cameraman to come over to take a look. ZSJ’s chest is red for sure, and Gabe CHOPS it again! Gabe whips ZSJ at railing but ZSJ uses them to go up and jump onto Gabe! GUILLOTINE FACELOCK! Gabe stays on his feet while fans rally up, and Gabe powers out to suplex ZSJ to the floor! The fans cheer while Red Shoes checks ZSJ. ZSJ is okay to continue, and Gabe stands up, so the ring count starts. Gabe stands ZSJ up at 4 of 20 to CHOP! And CHOP! And CHOP!
ZSJ drops to his knees at 8, Gabe stands him up at 10 to put in at 11. The fans cheer, Gabe reminds us, “I’m a Mad Man, y’know.” Gabe storms into the ring and stands ZSJ up to CHOP! ZSJ nods, so Gabe CHOPS him! Gabe gets in ZSJ’s face, CHOPS, CHOPS, but ZSJ gets in Gabe’s face! ZSJ SLAPS Gabe, Gabe DOUBLE CHOPS! Cover, TWO!! ZSJ stays in this, and Red Shoes checks that red chest. Gabe paces, he drags ZSJ up, and Gabe CHOPS again! ZSJ wobbles a bit, but Gabe CHOPS again! And DOUBLE CHOPS! Gabe scuffs ZSJ, puts him in the corner, then CHOPS again! ZSJ falls to his knees and Gabe encourages the fans to cheer ZSJ on.
Gabe then drags ZSJ up, to CHOP! Gabe shakes out his hand, even he’s getting tired. Gabe CHOPS ZSJ again, pie faces him, then CHOPS again! ZSJ goes to ropes, Gabe eggs him on, then CHOPS again! ZSJ SLAPS Gabe again! Gabe dusts himself off to SLAP ZSJ! ZSJ SLAPS Gabe! Gabe sits down cross-legged! The fans fire up and Gabe says if ZSJ wants to play, let’s play. ZSJ nods and he sits down cross-legged! They get knees to knees, and the fans fire up. Gabe talks smack on Shibata, and the SLAPS start firing! SLAP for SLAP, faster and faster, but then Gabe BITES ZSJ’s forehead! Gabe SLAPS, SLAPS and SLAPS!
ZSJ sits back, Gabe taunts Shibata that he does Shibata’s stuff better than Shibata! Gabe sits ZSJ up, but ZSJ SLAPS him back! And SLAPS! And SLAPS again! Gabe flops over but ZSJ sits him up to SLAP him back down! ZSJ sits Gabe up to PENALTY KICK! Gabe’s up to SLAP and GERMAN SUPLEX! ZSJ stands up to GERMAN SUPLEX back! Gabe rises to SAIDO! ZSJ rises to PENALTY KICK! The fans are thunderous and ZSJ drops back to a corner. Gabe sits up, dusts himself off, and he runs up on ZSJ to CHOP! Gabe runs more, but ZSJ LARIATS! Both men stagger, then they DOUBLE LARIAT! Gabe keeps moving, ZSJ LARIATS him down!
Gabe is up to LARIAT ZSJ down! ZSJ stands, Gabe suplexes for a BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up as ZSJ stays in this, but Gabe talks smack on him. The fans rally, Gabe drags ZSJ up to gut wrench, but ZSJ fights the driver to victory roll, and EURO CLUTCH! TWO!! Gabe escapes, CHOPS, but ZSJ rebounds. Gabe CHOPS again, and CHOPS again! And CHOPS but ZSJ powers through! ZSJ blocks a chop to wrench the arm and STOMP it! ZSJ SWATS a haymaker to wrangle Gabe again! ZSJ again STOMPS the arm! Gabe CHOPS, but that’s double-edged now! The fans fire up as ZSJ stands tall over Gabe!
ZSJ leans on ropes to catch his breath, but then he aims. Gabe sits up, but he ducks the Penalty Kick! ZSJ ducks one lariat, and catches the other to an ARMBAR!! Gabe flails but ZSJ bends the fingers! ZSJ has the ARMBAR in full, but Gabe slips free and around, to GERMAN SUPLEX! Both men are down again and the fans fire up! Gabe clutches his arm while he and ZSJ slowly rise. Gabe runs, but ZSJ BOOTS the arm! Then KICKS it! Then KICKS it again! ZSJ hooks Gabe up in an IRON OCTOPUS! Gabe endures, powers out, and gut wrenches! TOMBSTONE!! Cover, TWO!! ZSJ survives and the fans fire up again!
Gabe shakes out the bad arm, then crawls over to ZSJ. Gabe drags ZSJ up, gut wrenches, but ZSJ fights the bomb to sunset flip! ONE and Gabe sits on it! ONE and ZSJ sunset flips again! ONE and Gabe has it, ONE! ZSJ has the sunset flip, TWO!!! Gabe escapes just in time and the fans fire back up! ZSJ and Gabe stand, and ZSJ scoops! Gabe slips out to inverted suplex, EMERALD FLOWSION!! Gabe hurries up a corner, to MOONSAULT, into a TRIANGLE HOLD!! ZSJ catches Gabe getting cocky! The fans fire up as Gabe endures, and he powers through to rain down forearms! ZSJ just wraps on the TRIANGLE tighter!
Gabe still powers through and rains down more forearms! ZSJ lets go and both men fall back while the fans fire up! ZSJ stirs, Gabe crawls his way over, blood in his mouth. Gabe drags ZSJ up, reels him in, but ZSJ fights the lift! Gabe DOUBLE CHOPS, but ZSJ UPPERCUTS! ZSJ reels Gabe in, Gotch Lift! But Gabe fights that and wrenches out to JAB! Gabe tries again, but ZSJ scoops to ZACK DRIVER!! Both men are down again as ZSJ can’t cover! The fans rally up again, ZSJ rises, and he ENZIGIRIS Gabe! ZSJ runs, but Gabe dodges! ZSJ dodges, but Gabe hits the COMEBACKER! Cover, TWO!!
The fans fire up again while both men are back down! We pass 15 minutes and the fans rally. Gabe sits up again, and he crawls over to drag ZSJ up. Gabe stands ZSJ up to SLAP! SLAP! And SLAP! ZSJ SLAPS back, then SLEEPERS! Gabe slips around to suplex, but ZSJ slips out to SLEEPER! Gabe scoops but ZSJ slips out, REAR NAKED CHOKE!! The body scissors wrap on and Gabe drops to all fours! Gabe fights up, shouts he’ll never tap! So ZSJ traps the arms! Gabe falls back, he’s fading! Red Shoes checks and the fans rally! Gabe is OUT, ZSJ wins!!
Winner: Zack Sabre Jr, by submission (gains 2 points; Gabe earns 0)
Well, Gabe kept his word: he did not #JustTapOut. But he did go to sleep! And when he wakes up, he realizes what happened. Gabe’s G1 is all but over, while The Front Man continues to lead the block! Will ZSJ secure that first round bye in the playoffs? Or will he have to keep this up until the very end?
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Shingo Takagi VS EVIL w/ Dick Togo!
And so The Rampaging Dragon and The King of Darkness meet again. They each took losses last round, but they’re both still alive in the G1. Will “the liveliest old man” still have energy left to reach the playoffs? Or will we all see Everything is Evil?
Oh c’mon, Dick! Dick anchors Takagi’s feet on the apron so Evil can CLOBBER him off the apron! The fans boo but the bell still rings to put this on record. Evil goes out to whip Takagi hard into railing, then he brings Takagi around, to RAM into the timekeeper! Abe-san suffers as always, and the fans boo. Red Shoes reprimands, but while he checks on Takagi, Evil brings out some chairs. Evil keeps those hidden around the corner, then fetches Takagi. Evil knees Takagi low, puts a chair around his head, and has the other chair! HOMERUN! The fans boo, Hiromu is on commentary and he doesn’t like this either.
Evil calls to Red Shoes while he rolls into the ring. Red Shoes keeps Dick away from Takagi, and Evil soaks up the heat from the fans. Red Shoes checks Takagi, he’s still able to go, and Evil mocks Takagi’s pose. The fans taunt Evil but he tells the fans to shut up. Takagi storms up to his feet, throws the chairs aside, and he snarls as he rolls into the ring. The fans cheer, but Evil brings Takagi round. Takagi fires body shots and knees! Evil whips, and surprise! Bare buckles! The blue buckle pad is gone, the Bullet Club Special is in effect! Evil kicks Takagi back out, then gets in Red Shoes’ face, allowing Dick to DECK Takagi!
The fans boo, Hiromu protests, but Red Shoes can’t hear them while Evil is in his way. Dick throws Takagi back in, Evil covers, but Red Shoes refuses to count. Dick counts and Evil cheers himself, but that doesn’t count! Evil tells Red Shoes to pay attention, and then he kicks Takagi around. Evil CLUBS Takagi, wrenches his arm, then wrenches again. Evil whips but Takagi blocks! So Evil CHOPS! Evil whips, Takagi reverses, but Evil stops himself! Takagi runs in, but Evil sends him into buckles! Evil taunts Takagi, drags him up, and snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Another cover, TWO! A third cover, TWO!!
Evil and Dick are annoyed but the fans cheer as Takagi stays in this. Evil kicks Takagi around, taunts him, and then stands on Takagi’s head. Red Shoes counts, Evil steps away, and then Evil slaps Takagi around. Takagi fires forearms in return! The fans rally, but Evil CLAWS Takagi’s eyes! Red Shoes reprimands, but Evil blocks Takagi’s kick! Evil hands that off to Red Shoes, but then Takagi blocks Evil’s kick! Red Shoes lets Takagi go so Takagi can DRAGON SCREW Evil! The fans fire up while both men are down. Takagi pounds the mat, the fans rally up, and Takagi rises. Takagi aims from a corner, runs up, and he RUSN Evil over!
Takagi scoops Evil to SLAM him, then SENTON! Cover, TWO! Takagi calls to the fans, but Evil CLOBBERS him before he can say his catchphrase! The fans boo but Evil tells them to shut up. Evil drags Takagi up, but Takagi swings! Evil dodges, swings, but into a spin and suplex! Evil fights that so Takagi hits a SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Takagi runs to the corner, blocks a boot, and he LARIATS through! The fans fire up with Takagi, and he JABS! CHOPS! JABS! CHOPS! JAB, JAB, JAB! Red Shoes reprimands but Takagi swears, open palms. Then he suplexes Evil high and hard!
Takagi calls to the fans again, and they echo “OI! OI! OI!” with him. Takagi storms up on Evil, brings him around, HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! Then Takagi runs, but Evil goes to the corner and comes back to LARIAT! Both men are down again and the fans rally up. Evil drags Takagi up to FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO! Takagi is still in this and the fans rally up. Evil shakes his head and has a sinister smile. Evil laughs as he drags Takagi up to fireman’s carry. But Takagi slips free! Takagi waistlocks, but Evil throws elbows to get free. Evil runs, but into an ELBOW! JAB! But Evil swats the Yukon Lariat to ROCK, ROLLING ELBOW and LARIAT! Cover, ONE!!!
Evil is stunned but the fans fire up as Takagi rises! Takagi says, “Mada mada!” but Evil runs up to LARIAT him again! Evil waits on Takagi to rise, then he runs, but into a LARIAT! Both men stay up, so Evil runs up! But into an ELBOW! Evil mule kicks! Takagi JABS! And HEADBUTTS! Evil sits down, Takagi SLIDING LARIATS! Both men are down again and the fans are fired up! We pass 10 minutes and Takagi rises. The fans rally behind him, and he drags Evil up. Evil flops over and Red Shoes checks. Takagi eggs Evil on, then drags him up. Evil pushes Red Shoes aside but Takagi blocks the low blow! But then Evil blocks the kick!
Evil throws the foot into Red Shoes and down he goes! Evil then CLAWS Takagi’s face! The fans boo as Dick runs in there to stomp away! But here comes Hiromu! Hiromu backs Dick down, but Evil LOW BLOWS Hiromu! The fans boo as Evil & Dick mug Takagi again! But here comes Bushi! He gets them to leave Takagi alone, but then Bushi BOOTS Takagi?! And tilt-o-whirls to DDT!?! Oh wait, that’s not Bushi, because HERE COMES Bushi! Real Bushi kicks Fake Bushi, but Dick LOW BLOWS Real Bushi! Fake Bushi was KANEMARU! He throws off the mask and the LIJ shirt so he can help Dick & Evil stomp Takagi!
The fans boo as The House now uses three jokers against Takagi! They whip Takagi to a corner, ELBOW, ELBOW and LARIAT! Evil snapmares Takagi, he and Kanemaru set Takagi up for Dick’s DICK CHOP! The fans boo as Takagi writhes, and Evil calls for Red Shoes. Kanemaru fetches Red Shoes into the ring, Evil covers, TWO!! Takagi survives and the fans cheer! Evil says he’ll end this now! Fireman’s carry and DARKNESS FALLS! Cover, TWO!! Takagi survives again and Evil is losing his cool! The fans rally for “TA-KA-GI!” even more but Evil shakes his head. Evil slashes his throat, drags Takagi up and-
NO, Takagi fights the STO! Takagi CLUBS Evil, Evil comes back, into a PUMPING BOMBER! The fans fire up with Takagi and he heads back for Evil. Takagi drags Evil up, the fans fire up as he fires boxing elbows! Takagi ROCKS Evil, pump handles, but Evil fights the lift! Evil slips around, EVERY- NO, Takagi stops the STO to pump handle! MADE IN JAPAN!! Cover, but someone rings the bell! Oh of course it’s DICK! The fans boo as Dick is up to his old tricks! Takagi can’t believe he fell for it again! The fans tell Dick to go home, but Kanemaru SHOVES Takagi into Red Shoes! The ref is down again, and Kanemaru ENZIGIRIS Takgi!
Kanemaru BLASTS Bushi & Hiromu off the apron! Dick passes Kanemaru the bottle, then uses the SPOILER CHOKER on Takagi! Takagi still fights to his feet, Kanemaru runs up, BOTTLE SHOT! Evil rises, he storms over to Takagi and shouts for Red Shoes. Evil laughs as he brings Takagi up, EVERY- NO, Takagi shoves free! Evil shakes his head, that’s all Takagi could manage. Dick joins back in, MAGIC- NO, Hiromu makes the save! Hiromu TOSSES Dick, Kanemaru BOOTS Hiromu! Evil hurries to stand Takagi back up. Kanemaru takes a swig, but Takagi moves! WHISKEY MIST hits Evil!!
Bushi gets in, but Kanemaru ducks, BLACK MIST hits Evil!! Hiromu SHOTGUNS Kanemaru, Bushi DECKS Dick! Bushi then DIVES and sends Dick into railing! The fans are thunderous as Takagi rises! Takagi runs, Evil stands, into PUMPING BOMBER!! Takagi roars, the fans are thunderous again, and Takagi hauls Evil up! LAST OF THE DRAGONS!! Cover, TAKAGI WINS!!
Winner: Shingo Takagi, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Evil earns 0)
The House of Torture does its best to stack the deck, but LIJ always has each other’s backs! Justice has been served, but will The King of Darkness still find a way into the playoffs?
As for Takagi, he has Hiromu & Bushi by his side as he gets the mic. Takagi says he did it! He finally did it! The fans cheer, and Takagi says it’s another hot August night, and a wonderful one at that! In fact, it’s wonderful because TOKI GA KITA! His time has come! The fans cheer that, and Takagi thanks Hiromu & Bushi for the help. However, this might be a little too late. Even with this win, he likely won’t get out of A Block. But hey, he’s 41 years old, and only if you’re in your 20s, or maybe even 30s, are you “young.” But a world where only the young can dream isn’t as fun! The fans cheer that!
Takagi says that even if you’re in your 40s, your 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, maybe even your 90s, there’s no age limit to dreaming! The fans cheer that, too! Takagi says his dream isn’t about running away. His dream is that of a G1 playoff! There’s only one Takagi, and if others can do it, so can he! He’s 41 but he hasn’t won a G1. So watch him rise like a dragon and soar to the top! The fans are inspired by Takagi’s determination! Will this Rampaging Dragon win one more time and head for the Climax?
Here are the NEW A Block standings!
Zack Sabre Jr: 6-2, 12 points [PLAYOFF BERTH]
Evil: 5-3, 10 points
Tetsuya Naito: 5-3, 10 points
Shingo Takagi: 4-4, 8 points
Great-O-Khan: 4-4, 8 points
Jake Lee: 4-4, 8 points
Sanada: 4-4, 8 points
Gabe Kidd: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Shota Umino: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Callum Newman: 2-6, 4 points [ELIMINATED]
Here are the current B Block standings!
Jeff Cobb: 5-2, 10 points
Ren Narita: 4-3, 8 points
Hirooki Goto: 4-3, 8 points
Yota Tsuji: 4-3, 8 points
David Finlay: 4-3, 8 points
Konosuke Takeshita: 4-3, 8 points
Henare: 3-4, 6 points
Yuya Uemura: 3-4, 6 points
Boltin Oleg: 2-5, 4 points [ELIMINATED]
El Phantasmo: 2-5, 4 points [ELIMINATED]
My Thoughts:
Another great round for the G1, though maybe less shocking results this time. I figured Naito was going to win out, but Callum getting the jump on him was a good touch. Sanada VS Khan was probably the best match overall, and with a great win for Khan to perhaps cost Sanada his spot in the playoffs. Jake and Shota was a good match, and Jake wins to stay alive as an outside shot while clearing out Shota. ZSJ VS Gabe was great, and I figured ZSJ would win that to clinch his playoff berth. He might even stay first seed and get that first round bye at this point, given Evil lost to Takagi. Great main event, great win for Takagi, and he is technically an outside shot, as well.
August 12th is the final round for A Block, Takagi VS Jake is a crucial match to put pressure on everyone else. Sanada VS ZSJ, Evil VS Shota, Naito VS Khan, some real crazy stuff could go down as we sort out the top three in the block. As Takagi himself knew, he would need Naito AND Sanada to lose. Takagi has that win over Naito, but Takagi lost to Sanada. If Sanada goes 4-5 while Takagi and Naito are both 5-4, Takagi will make it to the next phase. However, if Naito wins, he’s in and that’s pretty much the end of discussion.
My Score: 8.8/10
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Could this be the biggEST and strongEST SmackDown of the year?
SmackDown in Knoxville sees the returns of Bianca Belair, Cody Rhodes and John Cena, along with some final Money in the Bank qualifiers!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match Qualifier Triple Threat: Jade Cargill VS Naomi VS Nia Jax; Naomi wins and advances to Money in the Bank.
- R-Truth VS JC Mateo w/ Solo Sikoa; Mateo wins.
- Rey Fenix & Je’Von Evans VS Los Garza w/ Santos Escobar; Los Garza win.
- Zelina Vega VS Alba Fyre w/ The Green Administration; Zelina wins.
- Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match Qualifier Triple Threat: Carmelo Hayes VS Andrade VS Jacob Fatu; Andrade wins and advances to Money in the Bank.
PLAY BY PLAY
Bianca Belair is here!
Knoxville fires up for their strongEST, fastEST, quickEST, toughEST, roughEST, and greatEST hometown hero as she struts out to the ring. Bianca high-fives and hugs fans along the ramp, as well as mom and dad at ringside. Bianca then grabs a mic to say, “Man, it feels good to be in Knoxville!” The fans cheer and chant for “EST! EST!” Bianca says she loves them so much. And she couldn’t come out here without singing Rocky Top! Y’all ready? The fans cheer, and the music plays! Bianca conducts the fans as they sing for the University of Tennessee. In fact, the Lady Vols softball team is playing in the Super Regionals right now!
Bianca smiles and says this city is so special to her. Not just because it is her hometown, but because it is her safe space. She has her love and support from mom ‘n’ dad, and has all the fans who show up and show out for her. With everything Bianca’s been going through, losing at Mania, getting injured, losing tag titles and friends along the way, she just wanted to come back home to her safe space. The fans cheer, and Bianca says she came home to heal. While she’s not 100%, she is doing everything she can to get back to the ring and continue to show us why she is the EST of Tennessee and of WWE! The fans cheer that!
Bianca says with all that said, Knoxville, welcome to Friday Night SmackDown! But wait, she’s interrupted by Naomi! The fans boo but Naomi says, “Oh my gosh~! Finally! B, I am so glad you finally here on SmackDown!” Bianca says now is not the time, Naomi. Naomi asks Bianca to please hear her out. It has been way too long. Not a day has gone by when Naomi doesn’t think about what happened to them. What is there to talk about? What could Naomi say? What could she want from Bianca? The fans chant “YOU SUCK!” at Naomi, and Naomi says she just wants forgiveness. She is begging for it!
Naomi knows things go toff the rails, but she is here because she wants to fix it, she is trying to fix it, but she alone can’t fix it. Months have gone by, and Naomi has tried to communicate, to say the past can be the past and that they can move forward. Bianca has not responded back to Naomi once. Naomi even visited Bianca’s parent’s house! But no one would answer! WHAT?! Mom ‘n’ Dad don’t know about that, but Naomi says no one was home, so she let herself in! Naomi looked through the photo albums, the one right on the front coffee table. And in those photos, Bianca looked so happy. It reminded Naomi of how they were as tag team champions.
Bianca stops Naomi there. Naomi, Bianca will make this perfectly clear. They were best friends, but Naomi betrayed Bianca’s trust. Naomi took their friend, Jade, and threw her onto a car, then lied about it for months! Bianca said she was done with Naomi, she meant that, and if Naomi ever comes near her family again, what Naomi did to Jade will be nothing compared to what Bianca does to Naomi. The fans fire up for that! Naomi gets emotional, but then she gets mad. “Y’know, Bianca, it wouldn’t be good for you and your mama to be in a wheelchair.” The fans boo as Naomi laughs maniacally. Naomi says she’d hate if something happened to Bianca here and now!
Naomi storms up on Bianca, but then JADE makes her way out here! Naomi is even angrier now, but this Storm starts throwing hands! The fans fire up as Jade BOOTS Naomi down! Bianca and Jade look to each other, neither really saying or doing anything. Naomi runs up but Jade TOSSES her out! Jade and Bianca look to each other again, but then here comes NIA! The Irresistible Force won’t be left out of this, especially when this is the Women’s Triple Threat Qualifier for the night! This match now opens the night, who earns SmackDown’s final golden ticket to the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match?
Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match Qualifier Triple Threat: Jade Cargill VS Naomi VS Nia Jax!
SmackDown returns, this match is already going, and Naomi POSTS Nia! Naomi stalks Jade, rains down forearms, and the fans boo. Naomi stomps to BITE Jade’s hand! Jade still fights back, so Naomi has the arms to STOMP Jade down! Naomi flexes, the fans boo, and Naomi puts Jade in a corer. Naomi runs to DROPKICK Jade in the corner! Naomi SLAPS Jade, drags her into the drop zone, then goes up, up, and twerks! HIP DROP! Naomi covers, ROPEBREAK! Naomi is annoyed but she sits Jade up to stomp a mudhole in. But Nia runs up! Naomi dodges, the HIP ATTACK hits Jade! Naomi goes to the apron to ROUNDHOUES Nia!
Naomi reels Nia in for a HEATSEEKER! Nia flops to the floor, the fans rally for Jade, but Naomi kicks her around. Naomi goes up the corner, leaps, but Jade catches her! Jade FALL AWAY SLAMS Naomi, then kips up! Knoxville fires up with Jade and she runs up to LARIAT! And ELBOW! And SCRAPBUSTER! Cover, Nia breaks it! The fans boo but Nai huffs ‘n’ puffs and drags Naomi up. Nia whips Naomi, pops her up and HEADBUTTS her down! Then she SAMOAN DROPS Naomi! Nia soaks up heat, then lines the two up. Naomi grabs at Nia’s leg but Nia CLUBS her down! Nia stomps Jade for good measure, then drops a leg, brother!
Nia TOSSES Jade out, then goes up the corner. Nia SUPER LEG DROPS on Naomi!! Cover, TWO!!! Naomi survives and Nia is shocked! The fans rally while Nia stalks Naomi. Naomi clings to ropes as Nia pulls at her arm. Nia CLUBS Naomi, whips her to ropes, then SAMOAN DROP- NO, Naomi makes it a CRUCIFIX DRIVER! Ghost pin, TWO!! Nia survives the sudden turnaround, Naomi sees Jade crawling in, and Naomi goes after her as SmackDown goes picture in picture.
Naomi KICKS Nia while she’s down, then kicks her more. Naomi puts Nia in a corner, CHOKES her on the ropes, then clamps on with a SLEEPER! Nia THROWS Naomi away, then TOSSES her out. Nia soaks up heat, but Jade runs in and rolls Nia up! TWO! Nia stands, and she HEADBUTTS Jade down! Nia looms over Jade, drags her up, but Jade fires forearms! Jade backs Nia down, then runs, and she CLOBBERS Nia outta the ring! Jade fires up and has the fans with her. Jade drags Naomi up from the apron but Naomi fires hands. Nia is back to HIP ATTACK Jade against the POST! Nia soaks up more heat, then taunts Naomi.
Naomi stands on the apron, argues with Nia, but they apparently agree to mug Jade for both their benefit. They put Jade in the corner, Naomi digs her boot in, and then Nia sends Naomi in for a SPALSH! Nia adds a SPLASH of her own! Naomi snapmares Jade, runs, and SLIDING LARIATS! Jade sputters and Nia taunts her. Nia and Naomi soak up the heat together, but Jade fights back! Nia HEADBUTTS Jade down! Nia drags Jade up, and Naomi KICKS Jade low! They soak up more heat, talk trash on Jade, and SmackDown returns to single picture. Nia scoops and SIDEWALK SLAMS! Naomi runs to SPLIT LEG DROP! Cover, but Nia drags Naomi away!
Nia and Naomi argue again, and then Naomi rolls Nia up! ONE, and Nia grabs Naomi to shove her to a corner! Nia SPLASHES, then pushes Naomi down. Nia runs to SENTON! Nia grins while Naomi sputters and the fans rally up. Jade rises to fire forearms on Nia! Then she ELBOWS Naomi in a corner! She ELBOWS Nia, but then Nia follows Jade! Jade dodges so Nia SPLASHES Naomi! Jade then SUPERKICKS! Nia wobbles, Jade SUPERKICKS again! And SPINEBUSTERS! But Naomi METEORAS! Cover, TWO! Jade survives and the fans rally up. Naomi goes up, SPLIT- LEG MOONSAULT on Nia! But Jade has Naomi in the chicken wings!
Jade brings Naomi around, JADED!! Cover, Nia CLOBBERS them both! The fans rally while all three women are down! Nia climbs a corner, Jade is after her with forearms! Naomi joins in, drags Jade back, but now they trade shots! Nia DOUBLE CROSSBODIES! Cover on Jade, TWO! Cover on Naomi, TWO! Nia grows frustrated but the fans rally up again. Nia drag Naomi up, fireman’s carries, and she climbs the corner! The fans already anticipate what’s coming, SUPER SAMOAN DROP!! Cover, JADE FROG SPLASHES IN!! Cover, TWO!!! The fans fire up while all three women are down again! “This is Awesome!”
Jade rises, she clamps onto Nia, but Nia HEADBUTTs her! And HEADBUTTS Naomi! Jade BOOTS Nia down! Cover, TWO! Jade runs up on Naomi but Naomi BOOTS her! Naoim goes up top but Jade is right on her! They fight for control, but then Nia joins in! TOWER OF DOOM!! Nia double stacks her opponents, for a A-NIA-LATOR!! Naomi avoids it, Jade takes it all! Naomi ghost pins Nia, AND WINS!!
Winner: Naomi, by pinfall (advances to Money in the Bank)
Nia did a lot of the damage, but it is Naomi who wins out! Will everyone in the Women’s MITB Ladder Match now have to #ProceedWithCaution?
Solo Sikoa’s crew arrives.
Solo says they will win Money in the Bank together! Jacob Fatu, Solo Sikoa, whichever one wins MITB wins it fof the family! But then they hear R-Truth talking to… Lil’ Jimmy? Solo says Truth’s childhood hero beats him, and now he’s talking to ghosts. Truth taps Solo on the shoulder and asks if there’s something Solo wants to say. Solo says Truth is crazy touching him. JC Mateo steps up but Solo has him stand down. Truth says he wants to be honest. He’s never seen JC a day before in his life. Is this Solo’s son? He’s husky! Truth asks if he can teach Solo’s husky son a lesson in the ring. Solo says that sounds good to him.
Truth says he’ll go talk to Nick Aldis. “Boy, y’all big boneded!” Truth heads off, and Solo says don’t worry, they’ll take care of him. Let’s have fun. Fatu says keep it 100. They can have their fun, he’s got his own business to take care of. Yadada mean? The Imperial Unit against Truth, Samoan Werewolf in a qualifier, will everything go the family’s way?
Chelsea Green confronts Nick Aldis.
The Hot Mess hides behind a cardboard cutout of herself as she tells the SmackDown General Manager, “What happened on Saturday night was a deliberate-” Piper Niven has to direct Chelsea to point at Aldis, and Aldis says he can’t quite understand her from behind the cardboard mask. Piper holds the mask between Chelsea and camera, though we do get a glimpse of her fancy headgear. Chelsea repeats herself, but Aldis says she needs to be looking at him when they talk. Chelsea hides her face in shame, but she says it is still a deliberate hitjob put on by vicious Zelina Vega! Even her Secret Her-vice could not stop it!
Chelsea demands that Zelina be suspended, stripped of her title, and that Chelsea be reinstated as the champion! Chelsea, no need to be so ugly about this. Gasp! Aldis says what he means is, no suspensions, and we can talk a rematch down the road once Chelsea is medically cleared. Then he is doing nothing for what Zelina did to Chelsea?! Alba says if he won’t, then they will! Yeah, Zelina VS Alba! Tonight! Alba is a bit surprised, but Aldis says, “Chelsea knows best. Alba VS Zelina, I actually like the sound of that. I will make that official right now, if you do one thing for me. Please leave me alone.”
The Green Administration hurries away, but will Alba make sure Chelsea brand justice is served? Or will La Muneca just keep racking up the wins?
Backstage interview with Tiffany Stratton.
Byron Saxton is with the WWE Women’s Champion, and says that MITB is around the corner. Tiff successfully cashed in her own contract to become champion, but how is she handling the pressure of knowing the same thing could happen to her? Tiff says she can’t wait to see who wins MITB. Then she can handle the pressure by being prepared. Having this title makes her the top threat to the division, but let’s be fair. She’s always been the girl everyone has been obsessed with. So whoever wins, targeting her will be a big mistake. But then in steps Naomi.
Naomi says if Tiff thought Nia was a problem, then she ain’t seen nothing yet. Naomi vows to win MITB and cash in for Tiff’s title, wherever and whenever she wants. And in case Lil’ Miss Tiffy forgot, when Naomi was fighting for a championship, Tiff stayed in Naomi’s way. Wanna know what happens when people play with Naomi? Just ask Jade. Naomi heads out, and Alexa Bliss steps in. Alexa says she wouldn’t be so worried about Naomi. Be worried about Alexa. Alexa heads out now, Tiff clutches to the title a little bit tighter, who will be trying to run the clock out on Tiffy Time?
R-Truth VS JC Mateo w/ Solo Sikoa!
To Solo’s point, #RonCena could not make John Cena see the light at Saturday Night’s Main Event, and Truth might be relapsing if he’s talking to Lil’ Jimmy again. But will Truth relapse so far that we get the R-Truth that was once United States Champion? Or will a Tour of the Islands send Truth off the deep end?
SmackDown returns and JC makes his entrance, Solo backing him up. The bell rings and Truth runs up, only for JC to RAM him into a corner! JC RAMS Truth again and again, then lets off. JC whips corner to corner hard and Truth falls in a heap! JC whips corner to corner again just as hard, and Truth falls in a heap again. Solo talks trash but the fans rally behind Truth. JC runs up but Truth dodges! Truth SHOULDER TACKLES! JC stays up, so Truth runs and SHOULDER TACKLES! “What’s Up?” Truth runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and SHOULDER TACKLES! Then he hits the SPIN OUT- CROSSBODY! JC then gets up to GACHIMUCHI MOONSAULT!
JC smirks as he looms over Truth, and Solo says to finish this off now. JC runs to SENTON but Truth moves! Truth calls for it! “YOU CAN’T SEE ME!” FIVE KNUCKLE SHUFFLE! Truth fireman’s carries JC, but JC is too much! Truth falls over again! Solo laughs, JC whips, TOUR OF THE ISLANDS!! Cover, JC wins!
Winner: JC Mateo, by pinfall
Truth tried to be like John Cena of old, but it just wasn’t meant to be. JC beats up on Truth more, then stands him up for Solo! But here comes BIG Jim! Jimmy has a chair, he runs JC off, but Solo stands his ground. Solo says his brother wouldn’t hit him with that chair, would he? Jimmy steps to Solo so Solo steps out, but that lets JC CLOBBER Jimmy! But then Solo has JC stand down! They’re family! Solo and JC leave, leaving Jimmy wondering what this is about. Will Jimmy make it clear to Solo that Jimmy’s not the one who has to come to his senses?
The Street Profits are here!
The WWE Tag Team Champions walk through the smoke to be on stage and the fans cheer. Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford hold up the titles, walk to the ring, then step inside. The fans cheer as they hold up the belts again, then the Profits grab the mics. Ford says, “Knoxville, Tennessee, oh I love everything about you, and what I have, too. But lemme rap to y’all real fast. This tag team division that we’re a part of, the greatest tag team division on any brand, any promotion… It’s on fire right now.” Dawkins says, “Talk to ’em.” Ford says, “But just like how the gorilla fears us, make no mistake about it, let’s not forget who’s leading the charge right now: The Street Profits.”
The fans cheer, and Dawkins says hey, they got all the teams coming at ’em! DIY, Motor City Machine Guns, Fraxiom, and now… The Wyatts?! The fans cheer that, and Ford says that’s sick. But what big bro is saying, it don’t matter who it is, the Profits will defend against anybody. Well hold on, here comes Fraxiom! Nathan Frazer & Axiom go to the ring to stand with the Profits, and they have mics. Frazer says alright, since the Profits are talking about defending the titles, well, Frazer & Axiom didn’t exactly get a fair shake. Ford says, “Fraxiom, is it?” He congratulates them for being on a roll, but up until the Wyatt Sick6 got in the Profits’ business…
Yeah, the Profits had them beat. Wow, oh, okay. Sure, maybe… But maybe not. Thanks to the Wyatts, we’ll never know. And now that those shenanigans are behind us, it is fair to say that Fraxiom and the Profits need to run it back! The fans like the sound of that! But wait, here come the Machine Guns! Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin have mics, and Shelley says okay, hold on, sorry to interrupt. Fraxiom’s entire basis for a rematch is that the Profits never beat them. Well, last time Shelley checked, the Profits never beat MCMG! So if they’re handing out title matches, MCMG will take one. But naturally, here comes DIY!
Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, and Candice LeRae have their own mics, and the Poison Pixie says no no no no. She is pretty sure “you losers” have had a million chances, and “the nerds” just got here. Whoa, hold on? Just got here? Sounds like Candice just got back, so she should do us a favor and shut up. Gargano says you shut up, idiot! The reason DIY brought in Gargano’s beautiful wife is to even the odds against all of what this is! Everyone can see there is a conspiracy in the tag team division to hold down the BTTITW! And now with the Wyatts showing up- Ciampa has Gargano ixnay on the amily-fay.
Do not talk about you know who, scratch that, let’s get to business. All these teams have all KILLED the tag division that DIY built! Matter of fact, let us hold a moment of silence for the death of the SmackDown Tag Division. Everyone, stand up, bow your heads, and give a moment of silence… now. OH NO! The lights go out! All the teams panic, because when the lights turn on, UNCLE HOWDY is on the corner! Howdy laughs, because the rest of the Wyatts flank the ring! Erick Rowan drags MCMG out to DOUBLE LARIAT! Dexter Lumis is up top to CANNONBALL onto the Profits and Gargano! Joe Gacy is in, and he handsprings to bring Fraxiom to the UPSIDE-DOWN!!
Lumis then runs, POWERBOMB SENTON COMBO on Axiom! Ciampa freaks out, turns around, and Nikki Cross is there! CROSSBODY onto Candice! The fans fire up, and Howdy has Frazer for SISTER ABIGAIL! “We’re here!!” It is just as the Profits said, and now it is clear. Will some killer combination of the Wyatts go right after the gold?
Rey Fenix & Je’Von Evans VS Los Garza w/ Santos Escobar!
Worlds Collide is just over a week away, and all four of these men will be involved. The Immortal Firebird and the Young OG are going after the NXT North American Championship in a Fatal 4 Way while Legado Del Fantasma will be taking on AAA’s Pagano, Psycho Clown y El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. Who will be heading for Los Angeles with all the momentum behind them?
Speaking of that North American Championship, the champion is here! Ethan Page joins commentary and says what a year for him, to be honest. Wade says that title has never looked better than on Ethan’s shoulder. Fenix makes his entrance now, followed by Je’Von’s. The teams sort out and Fenix starts against Angel. Angel and Fenix circle, the fans rally up, and the two tie up. Angel fires a forearm, Fenix fires back, repeat! Fenix gets the edge but Angel shoves then drops down. Fenix cartwheels over the dropdown, then comes back, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and RANAS! Angel tumbles, the fans fire up, and Fenix somersaults, but into a fireman’s carry!
Fenix slips free, ripcords to ROUNDHOUSE, but Angel HEADBUTTS! Both men stagger back, tags to Berto and Je’Von! Je’Von dodges and springboards to BOUNCY~ roll-up! TWO, and Berto mule kicks! Berto CLUBS Je’Von, whips, but Je’Von reverses and slips around. Berto bucks the O’Conner, springboards and CROSSBODIES! Cover, TWO! Berto drags Je’Von up, but Je’Von kicks! Berto blocks, but the ENZIGIRI hits! Je’Von runs up, and BOUNCY~ RANAS! The fans fire up and Je’Von DROPKICKS! Berto bails out, Angel runs in, but Je’Von goes Matrix to dodge! Je’Von kips up, and STUNNERS! Angel flops back and the fans fire up!
Los Garza regroups, Je’Von tags Fenix, and they build speed, but have to dodge Angel first. Fenix SOBATS, Je’Von KICKS, and both men ENZIGIRI! Berto is up top, he leaps, but into DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Cover, TWO! Fenix runs to basement CALF KICK! Cover, TWO! Berto stays in this for Los Garza while SmackDown goes picture in picture.
Fenix drags Berto up to RAM him into the corner. Tag to Je’Von and they mug Berto. Berto fires hands back on Je’Von, but Je’Von headlocks. Berto powers up and out and Angel tags in. Berto drop toeholds Je’Von into Angel’s KNEE at the ropes! Angel TEARS OFF HIS PANTS! Angel drapes those over Je’Von before he KICKS Je’Von in the side! Angel stalks Je’Von to the corner, tags Berto, and they shove Je’Von for a double hip toss, TU LO SABE! Then DOUBLE SUPERKICK! Berto covers, TWO! Berto argues the count but the ref defends it. Berto shoves Je’Von to ELBOW him down! Berto then DUMPS Je’Von down to be under the ropes.
Tag to Angel and Berto sits Je’Von up on the apron. Angel runs to KNEE Je’Von down! Santos joins in with Los Garza as they soak up the heat, and Angel drags Je’Von back in. Angel stands Je’Von up, hoists him to the top rope, then climbs up behind him. Angel CLUBS away on Je’Von, mocks the clapping, and he THROWS Je’Von down. Angel KICKS Je’Von in the arm and Je’Von clutches his hand. Angel drags Je’Von to the ropes, CHOKES him, and the ref reprimands. The ref counts, Angel steps off at 4, and Berto BOOTS Je’Von down. ANgel clamps onto Je’Von with an armlock and chinbar but Je’Von reaches for Fenix.
Angel keeps hold of Je’Von but Je’Von fires hands! SmackDown returns to single picture as Je’Von dodges the lariat, leaps, but Angel catches him! Angel puts Je’Von in a corner and through ropes. Angel pulls an arm and leg against the ropes, but stops as the ref counts. Angel runs to KNEE Je’Von in the ribs! Je’Von slumps to the apron, and Angel sucker punches Fenix! Angel goes back for Je’Von but Je’Von fires body shots! Angel blocks a kick, slips around and Gory Especials! Angel walks over, tags Berto, and Berto slingshots, GARZA ESPECIAL! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up for Je’Von but Berto clamps onto him with a chinlock.
Je’Von endures, even as Berto traps an arm. Je’Von fights up, pries the hold open, and he arm-drags Berto! Je’Von leaps but Berto grabs a leg! Ethan laughs from commentary, but Je’Von kicks free to SUPERKICK! Both men are down, Je’Von and Berto crawl, hot tags to Angel and Fenix! The fans fire up as Fenix rallies on Angel with forearms! Fenix then dodges a shot to springboard and FLYING ARM-DRAG, to a DOUBLE STOMP! Fenix fires off KICKS on Berto, then fires up with Knoxville! Fenix uses Berto to jump up and RANA Angel! Fenix then goes corner to corner to JUMP SOBAT! Fenix fires hands, shoves Angel aside, then goes up.
Fenix springboards to QUEBRADA! Cover, Berto breaks it! Berto whips Fenix, Fenix goes Spider-Man, and Je’Von tags in! Fenix says HASTA LA VISTA, BABY! Angel is up, he pops Fenix up to KICK him! But Je’Von springboards to FLYING LARIAT! The fans fire up, Berto springboards to FLYING CHUCK! All four men are down and the fans fire up again! “This is Awesome!” as Angel and Je’Von crawl. Angel CHOPS Je’Von, Je’Von CHOPS back, and the fans “WOO~!” Angel CHOPS again, so Je’Von CHOPS again! Angel fires a forearm, Je’Von fires back, and they go around with forearm after forearm! The fans fire up, Angel CHOPS, a
nd Je’Von SUPER PUNCHES!
Je’Von runs, BOUNCY- NO, Angel makes it a SIT OUT POWERBOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Ethan is surprised and the fans rally up. Angel hoists Je’Von up top, tags Berto in, and they hoist Je’Von up even higher! But Fenix SHORYUKENS Angel down! Je’Von fires hands on Berto and SHOVES him down! Fenix climbs up to join Je’Von now, and ADIOS AMIGO DOUBLE STOMPS for Angel! Je’Von adjusts, to SUPER DUPER SWANTON onto Los Garza! Ethan says don’t get closer, keep this in the ring! He taunts both his challengers, Fenix and Je’Von stand down to put Los Garza in the ring. The fans rally up, but then Ethan CLOBBERS Fenix & Je’Von!
Ethan TOSSES Fenix over the desk! But Je’Von SUPERKICKS Ethan down! The fans fire up, Je’Von hurries in, and he dodges Angel! But Berto rolls Je’Von up, TWO!! Je’Von dodges Berto, rebound and RED DOT!! Berto is down, Angel gets up, but Je’Von DECKS him! Je’Von goes up, up, but Santos distracts the ref! Ethan SHOVES Je’Von down! The fans boo but Berto tags Angel! Los Garza hoists Je’Von up for M T Y!! Cover, Los Garza win!
Winners: Los Garza, by pinfall
All Ego grins as he screws over two of his three challengers, and now Legado is rolling towards Worlds Collide. But will these rudos get everything they deserve in LA?
The Wyatts speak.
“We won’t stop. Not until we get what’s owed.” A simple yet ominous threat, are the tag titles only the beginning?
Zelina Vega VS Alba Fyre w/ The Green Administration!
La Muneca held onto the WWE Women’s US Championship by smacking The Hot Mess in the face with a foot, and obviously Chelsea is not happy with it. But will Alba get payback on behalf of her fearless leader? Or will things only get uglier for the Green Regime?
The bell rings and Piper distracts Zelina so Alba can CLOBBER her! Alba fires off hands, then bumps Zelina off buckles. Alba bumps Zelina off more buckles, then more buckles! And then the fourth corner! Chelsea says Zelina should’ve never messed with her! Alba fireman’s carries but Zelina fights free. Zelina KICKS Alba, KICKS again, then KICKS, but Alba CLUBS Zelina. Alba whips, scoops, and- NO, Zelina swings through to RANA! Cover, ONE! Zelina headlocks but Alba fights up and lifts Zelina. Zelina holds on but Alba powers up and out to RUN Zelina over! The fans boo but Chelsea cheers as Alba stalks Zelina.
Alba ROCKS Zelina, whips her to ropes, but Zelina wheelbarrows and arm-drags! Zelina then runs up on Alba in the corner and rains down fists! Alba shoves Zelina away at three, but Zelina comes right back to rain down more shots! Alba stops Zelina at four now, but Zelina wants another go! Alba stops Zelina at four again, and RAMS her into the corner! The fans boo but Alba grins. Zelina BOOTS Alba, goes up, and FLYING RANAS! Alba tumbles out, Piper helps her up, and Zelina goes to the apron. Alba trips Zelina up, spins and ROCKS Zelina, then gets her up. Gory Especial, but Zelina flips through to arm-drag Alba onto ropes!
The fans fire up as Zelina dials up, but Chelsea is on the apron! The ref argues with Chelsea while Zelina redials, but Piper trips her up! The fans boo but Alba SUPERKICKS Zelina! Alba salutes to Chelsea, and SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Alba stands on Zelina’s hair while pulling Zelina’s arms! The ref reprimands, Alba steps off, and she drags Zelina up to suplex for the GOURD BUSTER! Cover, TWO! Zelina stays in this and Chelsea argues with the ref. The ref says the count is fair, so Alba clamps onto Zelina with a COBRA CLUTCH! Zelina endures, the fans rally, and Zelina fights up. Zelina fires body shots, Alba ripcords and wrenches to SUPERKICK! Zelina rebounds to SHINING WIZARD! Both women fall and the fans fire up! Piper coaches Zelina, the fans rally up, and both women rise up. Alba is on Zelina and brings her to a corner, but Zelina buckle bumps Alba first!
The fans rally as Alba stalks Zelina, but Zelina bumps her off buckles again! Alba tries again, but Zelina ELBOWS Alba away. Then BOOTS her away! Zelina fires forearms on Alba, backs her down, then whips. Alba reverses but Zelina dodges to LARIAT! The fans fire up as Zelina LARIATS again! Zelina blocks a kick, ELBOWS Alba, but Alba blocks the saido. But Zelina keeps Alba from running, SNAP SAIDO! The fans rally for Zelina as she runs corner to corner, METEORA! Zelina pushes Alba out and goes up top! The fans cheer for some Latina Heat, and METEORA! Cover, TWO! Alba survives and Chelsea is relieved.
Zelina grows frustrated, but she goes back for Alba. Zelina reels Alba in, suplexes, but Alba blocks! Alba knees low, suplexes, but Zelina hits STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Alba is down, Zelina goes up, MOONSAULT FLOPS! Alba goes up now, and she SWANTON BOMBS! Cover, TWO!?! Zelina survives and shocks Alba! Chelsea is upset again but Alba hurries to bring Zelina up. Alba KICKS Zelina out, and now Chelsea takes off her face mask?! She tells Piper to stand Zelina up! Piper does as told, and Chelsea takes a swing, but Zelina ducks! The face mask SMACKS Piper!! Chelsea is shocked, then furious, and then she chases after Zelina!
Zelina slips into the ring, Chelsea gets on the apron, but Zelina sends Alba at her! They almost collide, and then Zelina rolls Alba up! Zelina hops on, CODE RED!! Cover, Zelina wins!!
Winner: Zelina Vega, by pinfall
Chelsea tried so hard to screw Zelina over that she just screwed up her own team! Zelina survives again, will no one take down the Vega Administration?
The Miz pep talks Carmelo Hayes.
Melo looks good, and he just has to follow the plan. If Melo follows that plan, with no mistakes, they will win. Melo says he knows what he’s doing. Miz asks if he really does. Because Miz has taken Black Mass after Black Mass, sacrificing himself for Melo. Does Melo understand? Miz gave up this chance at MITB for Melo! Miz has already done it twice! If Melo wins this match tonight, Miz will guide Melo to make sure “we are Mr. MITB.” Wait, we? Miz says, “Who do you think got you in this position?” Melo says Melo did. Melo appreciates everything Miz has done for him, from sacrificing to taking hits for him, and helping him win the Andre the Giant Battle Royal.
But nobody told Miz to do that. Melo will run the play exactly as Miz designed it, but what brought Melo to the dance is Melo’s talent. Melo goes out there and does it better than anybody else. Melo puts up 40 points on a bad day, because he is H1M. And Miz just needs to let Melo be H1M. They good? Miz nods, and Melo says okay, let’s do the thing. They are Melo Don’t Miz and they are Awes-H1M. Miz still nods, but he doesn’t seem genuinely happy. Will Miz let Melo be Melo? Even if that means letting H1M fail?
Giulia speaks.
“Throughout my entire career, even back when I started in Japan, I had one goal… It’s not to be ‘the best.’ Everyone says that. It’s hollow and empty. My goal is to be indisputable. You can love me or hate me, admiration or disgust, it means nothing. But I’m impossible to deny. My opponent doesn’t matter, because I only view them as an opportunity to build my legacy. Evidence you cannot refute. SmackDown, you will see. I will hit harder, move faster, think sharper, and conquer everything, just like I’ve always done. The question isn’t, ‘Who’s going to let me?” It’s, ‘Who’s going to stop me?'” She adds in Japanese, “If you can stop it, stop it.”
Will SmackDown and all of the WWE soon succumb to The Beautiful Madness?
Zelina returns backstage.
She refreshes for a second, but Giulia is there! And Giulia says she sees Zelina, but she also sees that title more. Zelina scoffs and leaves. Could Giulia be aiming for everything once she becomes Ms. Money in the Bank?
Damian Priest is here!
Knoxville cheers as The Archer of Infamy heads to the ring, victorious from Saturday Night’s Main Event and that brutal Steel Cage match. Priest grabs a mic to tell Tennessee, “Ever since I beat Drew on Saturday, it’s like I’m breathing in fresh air. Y’know, there was a time when I lived on the street, if we were beefing with another street, that war could go for years. But in WWE, you have a beef with somebody, you have a match and it’s over. But with Drew and I, we went well over a year, and that’s not normal. But we took that beef into a cage. Now, I can feel it, you can se it on my face, we went to war.
“At the end of this war, at Saturday Night’s Main Event, I gave him a Con-Chair-To, I walked out the door, and I put his ass in the past.” The fans cheer that. Priest says now he knows Drew is somewhere recovering from his scrambled brains, but he knows Drew is watching, so this is for Drew. “I still can’t stand yo ass. But the Drew McIntyre that stepped in that cage wasn’t the guy that hides behind his phone on social media. That was the old Drew, the warrior, and I appreciate that.” The fans applaud, and Priest says he won’t ask what is next for himself, he’ll just tell us all. And it is the same thing he wanted when he came to SmackDown: Championships!
The fans cheer, and Priest says this war with Drew cost him an opportunity at being in MITB. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have his eyes on a certain champion. Somebody who he has unfinished business with, and a champion he considers the most badass. The fans know that means Fatu, and he knows they know! Priest calls out Jacob Fatu! Priest respects Fatu. Priest knows where Fatu came from, what Fatu had to live through, how it feels to stand in this ring as a champion. Real talk, Priest is proud of Fatu, he congratulates Fatu, that’s real. But what Priest doesn’t respect is the crew that follows him around.
Wait, check that. What Priest doesn’t respect is the crew Fatu follows around. Priest knows at some point, they will get in this ring, handle business, but that’s for them. As for Fatu’s so-called family, if they wanna get involved, they can catch a fresh one, too. Priest won’t make it just a nickname or moniker, he wants this to be fact! Priest is and forever will be EL CAMPEON! The fans cheer that! But will the Archer soon take aim at the Samoan Werewolf? Well, speaking of, Fatu makes his way out here for tonight’s other Triple Threat Qualifier! Fatu nods to Priest, but if Fatu wins his way into the ladder match, will this showdown have to wait a little longer?
Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match Qualifier Triple Threat: Carmelo Hayes VS Andrade VS Jacob Fatu!
SmackDown returns and El Idolo makes his entrance, followed by H1M. The bell rings and Miz distracts Fatu and Melo attacks! Fatu ELBOWS Melo away, Andrade is on Melo with forearms, and then Fatu adds a LARIAT! Fatu looms mover Melo but then turns to stare down Andrade. The fans rally as these two step up. Andrade fires forearms but Fatu SHOVES him to a corner. Fatu runs up, Andrade dodges then whips. Fatu reverses, Andrade goes up and out to then ROCK Fatu! Andrade goes up, up, and CROSSBODIES! Cover, ONE! Melo CLUBS Andrade, TOSSES him out, and then CLUBS away on Fatu!
Miz says that’s the way! Melo HAMMERS and CHOPS, then whips, but Fatu blocks! Fatu whips Melo, Melo springboards, but into an UPPERCUT! The fans fire up and Fatu sees Melo go outside. Fatu builds speed, but Miz trips him up! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Fatu drags Miz into the ring! Melo goes to roll Fatu up but Fatu stays up! Fatu YANKS Melo up, scoops, but Melo slips free! Melo SUPERKICKS and Miz DUMPS Fatu out! The fans boo but Melo builds speed, only for Andrade to LARIAT! The fans cheer, and now Miz sees he is in trouble. Fatu snarls, but Andrade DIVES, into a HAYMAKER!
Fatu then SUPERKICKS Miz! Fatu THROWS Miz into barriers! The fans fire up and Fatu grins. Fatu runs in, HIP ATTACK against the barriers! The Samoan Werewolf has dominated three men at once and the fans fire up while SmackDown goes picture in picture.
Miz sputters and Fatu leaves him behind to go around the way. Melo is there to kick Fatu, RAM Fatu, but Fatu blocks another whip! Fatu ROCKS Melo and Melo staggers away. Fatu stalks Melo, Melo checks on Miz, but Fatu ROCKS Melo! Andrade goes after Fatu now, but Fatu THROWS Andrade into barriers! The fans cheer as Fatu lets Andrade go to the ring. Fatu brings Melo up, SMACKS him off the desk, then pushes him down. Fatu clears the desk off, but Melo CLUBS Fatu against the desk! Melo storms into the ring, brings Andrade up, but Andrade RAMS Melo into the corner! Andrade RAMS Melo, CHOPS Melo, then stalks Melo.
Andrade whips Melo, Melo reverses and Andrade hits buckles hard! Melo CHOPS Andrade down! Melo brings Andrade up, soaks up some heat, then makes it Latino Heat. But Andrade blocks the suplex to suplex Melo! Andrade hangs Melo out to dry, and Melo flops to the apron. Fatu is back but Andrade fires forearms first! Andrade whips, Fatu reverses, and Fatu BODY CHECKS Andrade! Fatu geeks out and the fans are with him while he stalks Andrade. Fatu drags Andrade up to HEADBUTT him into the corner. Fatu shoves Melo off the apron, then he HEADBUTTS Andrade again. Andrade sputters but Fatu is all fired up.
Fatu CHOPS Andrade, UPPERCUTS, and HEADBUTTS him again! Andrade CHOPS in return! SmackDown returns to single picture and Andrade CHOPS, CHOPS, CHOPS! Fatu UPPERCUTS and Andrade falls back! Melo stomps Andrade in the corner, then tells Fatu to come on in. Fatu runs up, but Andrade gets away! Hip attack hits buckles! Melo ENZIGIRIS Fatu, Andrade runs to dodge Melo and FLYING FOREARM! The fans fire up as Andrade kips up! Andrade has targets in the corners, and he rallies the fans with “SI! SI! SI!” CIEN KNEES for Fatu! CIEN- NO, Melo tilt-o-whirls and LA MYSTICA! Cover, TWO!
The fans rally, Melo runs to stomp away on Fatu, then he brings Andrade up. Fatu stands to CLOBBER Melo! Andrade SUPERKICKS Fatu! The fans rally, Melo brings Andrade up and springboards, but Andrade stops him at the ropes! SECOND ROPE SPANISH FLY! But Fatu SENTONS Andrade! The fans fire up as Fatu SENTONS Melo! Fatu drags Melo to a drop zone, then goes to the corner! The fans rally for Fatu as he goes up, up, but Andrade YANKS him down! Andrade goes up top, MOONSAULT DOUBLE!! Cover, Melo breaks it! The fans rally while all three are down! “This is Awesome!” as the three stir.
Melo brings Fatu and Andrade around, and he fires forearms on each of them. Andrade fires back on Melo, then Fatu UPPERCUTS! Andrade ROCKS Fatu, but Fatu UPPERCUTS Andrade! The fans rally as the three rise, and Melo springboards! DOUBLE FADE AWAY DDT!! Cover on Andrade, Fatu breaks it! Melo and Fatu stare down, and they run up! Melo dodges to hit the FIRST 48! Andrade adds a POISON-RANA! Melo slips around Andrade to KNEE and suplex, CUTTER! Cover, TWO!! Andrade survives and Melo grows frustrated. The fans rally for Fatu while Melo shakes his hands out. Andrade is on the apron but Melo rises.
Melo brings Andrade up but Andrade trips Melo! They go out to brawl, and Melo SUPERKICKS Andrade down! But Fatu SUPERKICKS Melo! The fans fire up for Fatu as he lines up a shot. Fatu gets the fans even more fired up, then he geeks out! Fatu runs in the full length, but Andrade & Melo move! HIP ATTACK through barriers!! The fans go nuts as Fatu crashes into the timekeeper’s area! Fatu sputters as SmackDown goes back to picture in picture.
Fatu stirs while Andrade and Melo go to the ring. They roll in, Melo grabs at Andrade and vice-versa. Melo fires a forearm, then goes back outside. Andrade goes to the opposite end while Melo looks under the ring. Melo makes Knoxville happy by bringing out a table! But then Melo makes them mad by dropping it! Melo goes after Andrade but Andrade ROCKS him first! Andrade brings out a chair! Andrade aims, but Melo dropkicks the legs out! Andrade crawls, Melo shakes his head, and he grabs the chair now. Melo aims, but Andrade kicks Melo low! Andrade and Melo go into the ring, and Andrade puts Melo in a drop zone.
Andrade goes up the corner, but Melo trips him up! Andrade is stuck up top and Melo hits the SLINGSHOT PLEX! Melo flexes, then decides to step through on the legs! Andrade cradles that, TWO! Melo and Andrade stand, DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Both men fall and the fans look for Fatu. SmackDown returns to single picture as the fans rally, Melo and Andrade sit up, and Melo CHOPS! Andrade ROCKS Melo, then rolls away. Melo hurries to clamp onto Andrade with a facelock, but Andrade RAMS him into a corner! Andrade puts Melo up top but Melo fires forearms. Andrade drops back, Melo aims, but Andrade GAMANGIRIS!
The fans still want tables but Andrade climbs up to get Melo. They’re on the very top, but Fatu is back! Fatu makes the SUPER SPANISH FLY part ROCKER LAUNCHER!! The fans are thunderous as Fatu goes up now! SWANTON BOMB onto Melo! Cover, Andrade breaks it!! The fans rally up again and still want tables. Fatu runs at Andrade to SPLASH! Then Fatu runs at Melo, but Melo BOOTS him! Melo runs up, but into a pop-up! Melo fights the Samoan Drop, and Andrade adds the SHADOW ELBOW! But Melo makes it a ghost pin! Andrade adds a stack, TWO!!! Fatu survives the double cover, but here come Solo & JC!
The fans boo as Solo is here to coach Fatu up. Melo and Andrade trade forearms, then Melo dodges to springboard, FLYING LARIAT! Cover, Fatu breaks it! Fatu snarls, drags Melo up, and he HEADBUTTS Melo! Fatu finally notices Solo & JC, but Fatu puts Melo up top. Fatu CHOPS Melo, then he fireman’s carries Andrade. Fatu adds Melo to this, but Melo slips free. SAMOAN DROP for Andrade, and then Fatu goes to the corner. Solo says Fatu’s got this now! BEST MOONSAULT EVER FLOPS and Melo hits NOTHING BUT NET!! Cover, ANDRADE BREAKS IT! Andrade underhooks Melo, THE MESS- NO, Melo RANAS through! Cover, TWO!!
Andrade has a cover, TWO! Melo has a cover, TWO! Andrade has it, TWO! Both men stand, SHADOW ELBOW! FIRST 48!! SHADOW ELBOW AGAIN!! All three men are down and the fans are thunderous! Fatu crawls, Melo rolls to a corner, and Andrade stirs. Fatu rises, he brings Andrade up, IMPALER DDT! Then Fatu has Melo to RAM him into a corner. Fatu runs and HIP ATTACKS Melo! Andrade is up, Fatu hits him with another IMPALER DDT! Fatu puts Andrade in the drop zone, and he hits the BEST MOONSAULT EVER!! Solo says yeah, do that again! The fans boo but Fatu glares at Solo. JC says do what Solo is saying, Fatu!
But wait! Jimmy YANKS JC down, and SUPERKICKS him! The fans fire up, and then Melo RAMS Fatu into Solo! Then FIRST 48! But Andrade rolls Melo into THE MESSAGE!! Cover, ANDRADE WINS!!
Winner: Andrade, by pinfall (advances to Money in the Bank)
Solo just screwed things up for Fatu! Solo does his best to keep the peace between Fatu and JC, but the point is: Andrade is headed to Los Angeles! Will he make this El Idolo in the Bank?
Backstage interview with LA Knight.
Byron Saxton segues from congratulating Andrade for qualifying to welcoming in someone who already has qualified, but The Mega Star says, “My gawd. What is it with punching tickets around here? Everybody talks about punching tickets. WWE Instagram, punched tickets. Commentary, punched tickets. You’re talking about punched tickets. I guess I punched my ticket to MITB, it’s only eight days away. A few other guys who punched tickets, who are they? You got Andrade, you got Penta, you got what’s his name, Seth Rollins. You got Solo Sikoa! They’re all in it! They all punched their tickets!
“And everybody’s gonna be climbing that ladder, trying to get up, put everything on the line that they can. Now, if this was a one-on-one match, I’d go ahead and call my shot, and I’d say I’m gonna run up there, grab the case, and cash it in. But you gotta understand, this is my third year in a row, so I understand what this is. You can call me the vet in this match. Some people say maybe that Seth is the vet in this, but they would be wrong. For three years in a row now, you’re talking about the most robust and the most recent experience, YEAH. And what that means is now it’s anybody’s game. Anybody can come out with it, and I understand that.
“But with or without the case, what you need to understand is that the WWE title, the world title, they’re all in my future. With the way I’ve been running, at this point, they should be in my past, maybe even my present. Why don’tcha go ahead and punch that ticket? While we’re talking about-” Knight stops himself when he spots someone walking in. It’s Aleister Black! And Aleister says that win was supposed to be his. But he tells Knight, “You’re welcome, though.” The Dark Father lets the Mega Star shine, if only for now. Will LA win big in LA when we finally reach MITB?
Fatu and Solo regroup backstage.
Solo wants Fatu to listen. He was just trying to help. Fatu tells Solo to listen. For the last time, Fatu does not need his help! Fatu storms off, JC steps in, but Solo has nothing else to say. Is the Samoan Werewolf going to break away from this dysfunctional “family?”
Cody Rhodes is here!
Knoxville fires up and sings along, “WHOA~ OH~!” Cody gets his pyro, high-fives fans along the ramp and the front row, and even signs autographs. Cody goes to the ring, grabs a mic, and he hears the fans chant his name. Cody fires the fans up more, then hears them sing, “Cody! Cody Rhooodes~! Cody! Cody Rhooodes~!” Cody says, “So, Knoxville! Whaddya wanna talk about?” The fans cheer, and Cody says, “I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that we could talk about the record crowd here this evening!” The fans cheer that, too! Cody says he loves them, too, thank you very much.
Cody says they could also talk about WrestleMania 41. The fans boo, but Cody says after WrestleMania 41, he went home, he drowned his sorrows, might’ve touched the “Tennessee Cough Syrup” a little bit, and he had a moment of doubt. He reached out to a friend. A friend who helps him prepare to wonderful audiences like this one here, or speaking to everyone at home. Cody asked him, “Was I a good champion?” The fans cheer for that, but Cody says the friend told him wasn’t quite as simple as yes or no.
The friend told him, “With everything that you faced here in the ring in front of all the fans, and with everything that you faced behind the scenes, being pulled in different directions, the waters that you had to navigate that no champion has ever had to navigate, yes, I feel that you were a good champion.” Cody says he felt good hearing that, it turned into a hopeful moment, the silver lining on a dark cloud. Cody looked back on his whole year. He thought about AJ Styles faking retirement to get the drop on him. Cody thought about his friend, Kevin Owens, sucker punching him against his bus while Cody’s family slept inside.
Cody thought about his boss, Triple H, who pushed Cody to the limit, and sees something in Cody that Cody doesn’t even see in himself. Cody even thought about The Final Boss, how he asked Cody for his soul, and the entire world wondering what that meant. As preposterous as that sounded, The Rock was 100% serious. No matter how many times Cody said no, the offer still stands. And Cody also thought about John Cena. The fans initially boo, but the “Let’s Go, Cena!” “CENA SUCKS!” starts up. Cody takes a moment, and then he says, “I thought about John Cena doing exactly what he said he was going to do. He forced me to make a choice, and I hesitated.
“I don’t know if John Cena is going to ‘ruin’ professional wrestling. But if he does, then I’m partially to blame. Now, I know, I’d love to say this to John Cena’s face. Not sure if he’s going to come out here right now, but if you are listening, if you are listening, Champ, I need you to know that I will never hesitate with you again!” The fans cheer that, and Cody says no matter how much Cena will tout the amount of days he has left, how much Cena will talk about what remains before he absconds with the WWE Championship and leaves all of us forever, that is NOT Cena’s expiration date! That is on the other side of Cody’s corneas, and it will burn Cena’s ass up!
The fans fire up for that, and Cody calms it down. Cody apologizes for that. This is his first night back on SmackDown, he is getting worked up. He thought so much about what he could do, what he could do for the fans. Hell, how about a surprise? The fans already “YEET! YEET! YEET!” so Cody says they’re hungry for it. Let’s yeet. Well, hold on, that’d be a very big surprise. That’d be the biggest surprise. That’d be Cody’s partner riding into battle for MITB, and hell YES he is here! Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the World Heavyweight Champion, MAIN EVENT JEY USO! The fans go wild as Jey makes his way in from the pavilion!
The fans sing along with Day One Ish and bounce for that YEET! Jey makes his way down through the crowd to ringside, one verse at a time, and SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Jey joins Cody in the ring now, mic in hand. Cody and Jey hear the fans want an encore, so we get even more YEET! But then John Cena makes his entrance to ruin the fun! The fans sing “JOHN CENA SUUUCKS~!” even though he wears that University of Tennessee orange and white. Cena goes to the ring, towel draped over his head, then grabs a mic before he joins Cody and Jey in the ring. Cena hears the fans boo, and he says, “I’m upset, too. If it isn’t professional wrestling’s biggest wannabes!” Cena tells Cody he is nothing more than a Cena Wannabe, and that Jey is nothing more than a Cena Wannabe.
The fans boo but Cena says they both wanna be Cena so bad, it makes him sick! Cody wants Cena’s fame, Jey wants Cena’s money, but they will get neither because Cody is too desperate and Jey is too lazy! There is only ONE other human being in the WWE who embodies hustle, loyalty and respect, and he’s got the fortune, fame and followers to back that up! Surprise, losers! Cena’s partner is here, too! The fans boo already, because “EY YO~!” Logan Paul IS here! The Maverick swaggers his way out, and Cena gives him a proper introduction. “Oh, you mad? You’re mad because Logan Paul does WWE better than any professional wrestler?”
Cena says Logan doesn’t need to pay his dues, because he is paying Jey’s mortgage! Everybody in this building did NOT come to see Jey! They came to see John Cena and Logan Paul! Logan asks, “What the hell you crying about, Knoxville? Look! I could walk on water, and y’all would still find a way to tell me it’s because I can’t swim! John Cena speaks the language of Logan Paul, and that is the truth! The truth! It is right in front of you! You deny it all you want, but look around, you stupid, stupid, simple Tennessee people! This is a moment in history! All of you get to witness the moment that John Cena stood side-by-side in the ring with Logan Paul.
“And look, all of you will live long, pathetic, miserable lives. But at least you will get to say that you saw that.” The fans tell Logan to STFU, and Cena tells Logan to ignore it. Logan says yeah, yeah, they’re so ungrateful. They don’t know what’s good for them. There is one problem, though. This does seem too perfect. The problem is… Logan should be standing next to THE WWE Champion as THE World Heavyweight Champion! Logan should’ve been the one to leave Saturday Night’s Main Event with that title around his waist. But look at him, Jey. Jey got lucky. Jey got lucky! He knows it, Logan knows, it, the fans know it, CODY knows it!
Jey needed Cody to save him! When Cody interfered with the match cuz these two cheaters can’t do a single thing in this business without it being handed to them! “These two nepo babies were born on third, thinking they hit a triple.” Logan points to himself and says, “Self-made man!” He points to Cena and says, “Self-made man!” Five years ago, nobody every would’ve believed Logan Paul would be a WWE superstar. And they certainly never ever would’ve believed that he’d be teaming with the Greatest Of All Time! But look at Logan now. He’s not just a superstar, he is THE superstar! His time is now! Cena told us that his time is almost up!
Cena is the Last Real Champion, Logan is the inevitable face of the WWE! So Jey, Cody, at MITB, if you want some, come get some. Jey tells Logan they don’t gotta wait! They can handle this right now! UH UH, YEET!! The mics drop, Cena and Logan talk this out, and Logan wants to throw hands while Cena wants to leave. Cody asks what they’re arguing about. They gonna go to the back so Logan can polish Cena’s Peacemaker? Now it’s a fight! The fans fire up as the hands are flying! Logan TOSSES Jey, Cena picks Cody up! Cody slips free, Jey is back to SUPERKICK! Cody hits the DISASTER KICK! Cena bails out, Jey PLANCHAS out onto him!
Logan goes to the apron, slingshot and- NO, Cody dodges the “Snapshot” Lariat and Jey SUPERKICKS Logan! Then Jey sets Logan up for the CODE D!! The fans fire up as Cody picks up the WWE Championship! Will Cody and Jey make it through Logan and Cena to then clear a path for the American Nightmare’s redemption? Or will Cena & Logan ruin wrestling together?
My Thoughts:
A very good SmackDown, but maybe with some wheel-spinning. As fun as Chelsea Green continues to be, can’t we move on from her and Zelina? Or are we about to do that with tonight’s win over Alba and then Giulia confronting her? Ironically, that seems to give away Giulia isn’t winning MITB. Giulia had a good promo video right before but they undercut it by giving us that confrontation. That said, Giulia deserves to be all the champions, but I suppose starting with the Women’s US Championship would be a good route. Very good promo from Bianca and Naomi to not just have Bianca’s homecoming, but to keep the feud between them alive.
The Women’s Triple Threat had a slow start but it turned out to be a very good match. Great win for Naomi, and good promo from her, Tiffany and Alexa to tease potential MITB winners. Great stuff in the tag match to build Worlds Collide just a touch. We only got one moment of Berto being passive aggressive towards Santos, and then Ethan Page screwing the Faces over, but that was still enough for the North American Championship. Of course, it depends on how many fans watch not just Raw and SmackDown but also NXT so that the fans already understand the story. But as someone who does, I do appreciate they’re bringing NXT story onto SmackDown.
Good promo from Priest to give some shoot respect to Drew and Fatu, but Priest wanting after the US title kinda gave away what was happening with the Men’s Triple Threat. It was a great Triple Threat, but of course Solo & JC cost Fatu. That team is just one moment away from breaking up, and it might be at MITB when Solo just expects Fatu to help him win the briefcase and Fatu refuses. And Fatu VS Priest will still be awesome whenever it happens. Good promo from Knight, and a good bit from Aleister with him, which I suppose means that’s the next feud for them. Was kinda hoping for Aleister VS Nakamura but that really depends if Nakamura is sticking with WWE or going home to Japan via Pro-Wrestling NOAH as rumored.
R-Truth relapsing to talking to Lil’ Jimmy is certainly a choice. I kinda wish he’d keep up the “Ron Cena” stuff, or they’d let Jeff Cobb do his own John Cena bit from NJPW, but I guess some things in WWE still won’t change. And closing with a big promo segment was also certainly a choice. Cody still did a good job, and nice surprise to have Jey show up. Not sure they needed to take a commercial break for Jey’s entrance, especially when they were obviously going to let Jey do his YEET encore. And Cena really must be brainwashed to put Logan over as if Logan’s on par with peak Cena. But naturally a brawl happened and the Faces stood tall.
Don’t count this as go-home math yet, they could easily revisit this on Raw and even next week on SmackDown. Even then, I still feel like Jey and Cody should win at MITB to properly set up Cody VS Cena 2 at SummerSlam. Raw on June 9th is still the move for the World Heavyweight Championship, but there’s also Saturday Night’s Main Event in July, who knows if Jey makes it to SummerSlam as champion.
My Score: 8.7/10
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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 5.29.25
Stuff happens, maybe it doesn’t, Dreamer and Delirious can’t book.

Well Trick Willie is the new TNA champ and this is the first iMPACT since his win…so let’s just hear him talk about it.
"TNA turned into TRICK-NA. Lets talk about it"@_trickwilliams #WWENXT
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/StU4pmi3oy
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
Ratings:
- The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System: Rascalz win via Meteora – ***
- Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali: Ali wins via…No Shit – Squash Garbage
- ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee: Lei wins via Spinning TKO – ** 3/4
- Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber: Mance wins via Hit the Pay Winda – Squash
- Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa: Team Robbie wins via shenanigans – **
- International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona: Maclin retains via KIA – ***
Results:
The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System
Octagon got jumped by The System earlier so Laredo is fighting alone. Another backstage jumping is getting a little dumb.
Laredo and Trey start. Typical Indie start with Simultaneous awful Dropkick spot and bad counters, AJ blind tag runs the smaller guys over, tags out to KC and the Rascalz instantly get the moment. KC is rocked, tags in Laredo and Laredo takes out the System before Lish gets on the apron and grabs Laredo. The referee kicks out Lish and Rehwoldt on commentary points out it’s a No DQ match so that’s dumb.
KC gets tossed at AJ, he catches him, Rascalz Dive and do their taunt as we go to commercial. We come back, Tennessee Whiskey into a KC tag in for the near fall on Laredo. Corner combo, Snapmare into Flip Forward Neck Breaker, KC is on a roll. AJ tags Laredo and starts talking crap to KC, they swerve and go Finger Poke of Doom, but it’s not a legal pin. Suddenly tornado attacks, System and Rascalz go for broke, AJ hits the Senton to break the eventual pin, Laredo counters AJ’s Chokeslam attempt. Trey clears out The System, Wentz sends himself and KC over and out, Laredo with a Corkscrew Moonsault, which looked cool but it’s the pile of morons waiting to get hit spot.
AJ hits the Down Payment on Laredo, but Trey blind tagged AJ. Meteora on AJ, Trey pins Laredo and Rascalz win.
Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali
Raj looks like shit in the gear he came down in…and he wrestles equivalently. I would rather anyone else comeback…give me Anarquia.
Ali murders Raj, Instant Dropkick, Rolling Neckbreaker, Corkscrew Standing Moonsault, it’s not close. Raj tries to counter things but Ali Bellclap, a little Duck the left, connect the right. Raj even does a terrible looking Punch Combo, he’s in bad shape, a bad looking Ushigoroshi, Raj with a sloppy looking something, 450 ends it.
Fire Raj as quickly as you brought him back. You don’t need a comedically pathetic job guy when the roster is like 4 guys getting pushed and everyone else sucks. Stop being stupid. Ali still hates women too.
This Injury Report is the dumbest segment in the history of wrestling. Stop treating fake shit as “serious business”.
ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee
ASH mocks karate stuff, Lei throws a few Rising Crane kicks as ASH bails and then things slow down a little. But a Pump Kick, Sliding Kick and Low Dropkick cause ASH to cower and claim her tooth broke. It’s a bait to pull Lei into the turnbuckles and them get in a few stomps. Ash keeps Lei in the corner, Suplexes her ankles into the buckles and then Ash throws a few Booty Shots/Hit Attacks then starts a grounded stretch, Lei Headscissors her down, still sells the hips and ankles, but dodges and fires, combination strikes into the 10 Count Down Strikes. T-bone Suplex, into the pinfall, for only two.
Cheapshot into Running Meteora from ASH for two. Ash goes for the Miz Yes Kicks and Lei No Sells and asks for more. Gorgeous Capture Suplex into Thunder Struck and TKO with flair. My baby has a better finish now! Yay!
Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber
Hannifan cursing and being pissed at Trick for not even showing but is more entertaining than a squash match. Not that Mance’s offense is bad, but 2 out of 3 job matches is stupid.
.@milanmiracle and @AriannaGraceWWE make history as the first father/daughter tag team in TNA!
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/3s8OhtYFPv
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa
Marella tries to tie up with Robbie, but he bails and tags out to Victoria so Arianna comes in and aside from Alicia Fox’s silliness, the tie up was decent with Arianna and Victoria. Tessa interferes and the Referee throws her out. Victoria comes back in and aside from a slight miscommunication with how Arianna does her punches, Alicia Fox is making her look…pretty good. Transition moves, okay brawling and Arianna looks amazing in her outfit.
Rob and Santino distract the referee and Victoria hits a Figure Four into her Northern Lights Suplex, only for 2. Arianna finally Back Body Drop to find the tag, Santino and Rob, Santino does his split dodge into the Standing Headbutt, Arianna Cross Body onto Victoria. Rob pulls out the ref, then shoves the ref into Santino, Santino into the steps and Arianna attack but Alicia and Lish, the fix is in, Arianna eats the pin.
International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona
A few quick brawl moves, Shoulder Tackles, Strikes, Back Breakers, Cardona does get dumped out and eats a SCUD. Maclin bounces Cardona’s face off the apron and hits an Elbow off the apron to keep Cardona reeling, but a dodged tackle sends Maclin into the steps. Cardona tries to Piledriver Maclin on the ramp, but Back Drop counter, into commercial.
Formulaic commercial etiquette of Cardona still in control, throws Maclin into the ropes, Diving Shoulder Tackle lays both dudes out and they get up by 8. Fighting Spirit spot, Cardona hits ropes and gets hit by Maclin twice, Thesz Press, Ground and Pound, Back Elbow and Olympic Slam has Maclin rolling. Splash into Lariat for two. Maclin has been all gas no brakes. Cardona tries to take a few shortcuts that turns into a Straight Jacket Takedown. Cardona to the top, Maclin cuts him off, Superplex spot. 1-2-kick out!
Maclin goes topside for a Jar Headbutt, Cardona hits the ropes so Maclin crashes into the corner, 2 Reboots connect, the third gets caught, counter into Busaiku Knee, Jar Headbutt. In and out, Cardona uses the middle rope for the Low Blow, Killswitch from Cardona but Maclin kicks out. Cardona dodges and shoves Maclin towards the ref, he puts the brakes on, Radio Silence! 1-2-Kick out! Maclin catches a top rope move, Power Bomb, Corner Splash, Tree of Woe, Caught in the Crosshairs, KIA and Maclin retains!
Overall Score: 4.5/10
Boring paint by numbers show, no Trick, System has one move, Robert Stone is a scumbag, too long to introduce new girls, lots of throw away segments and Rosemary sets up YET ANOTHER Monster’s Ball match. These aren’t interesting when there’s one every 3 months. So we can have terrible Monster’s Ball matches quarterly, Barbed Wire Massacre and Clockwork Orange House of Fun…BUT NO LOCKDOWN!?
Go home TNA, you’re drunk.
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