Coverage
Mitchell’s WWE Raw Results & Report! (11/18/24)
It’s a BIG night!
The battlelines are being drawn!
Sheamus challenges for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, LWO VS American Made in Mixed Tag action, and Seth Rollins confronts Bronson Reed!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Mixed Tag: Rey Mysterio & Zelina Vega VS Chad Gable & Ivy Nile; Rey & Zelina win.
- WWE Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker VS Sheamus; Bron wins by disqualification and retains the title.
- The War Raiders VS Dominik Mysterio & Carlito; The War Raiders win.
- Seth Rollins VS Bronson Reed; Reed wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez are here!
The fans boo as the combination Women’s World Champion and Women’s Crown Jewel Champion is accompanied by Big Mami Cool into the ring. Liv welcomes us all to “Monday Night Morgan,” and she’ll get to the point. She knows Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill are here, wanting to pick a fight with the greatest women’s champion in WWE history, aka Liv! She also knows they didn’t come alone, so neither did Liv. Liv brings out Nia Jax, Tiffany Stratton & Candice LeRae! The WWE Women’s Champion, Ms. Money in the Bank and the WWE Women’s Speed Champion are here from SmackDown to stand alongside Liv & Raquel.
Liv compliments the Smackdown superstars, and Nia grabs a mic to say let’s get some things straight. Nia doesn’t like Raquel, nor dislike her. Because she doesn’t think of her at all. And Liv, they’ve had their business, but Nia doesn’t dislike her. Nor does she like her. She just doesn’t think of her, either. Now, Jade, Bianca, and Naomi… She cannot STOP thinking about them! They’re all she- Wait! Here they come! The fans cheer as the Big 3 are here from SmackDown and Bianca says if Nia wants to do something, then just do it. But there is one thing Liv’s right about: They didn’t come alone! Here comes Iyo Sky!
The fans fire up as The Evil Genius now joins Naomi and the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. Liv says okay, good, really cool. But they aren’t that smart. This is 5v4. The math isn’t mathing, and there’s no one dumb enough to wanna team with them. And unlike all of them, Liv is really, really smart. She knows what’s about to happen, so who wants to be brave and through the first punch? RHEA RIPLEY!? The fans fire up as Mami is back, dressed in black, face brace in place, and mic in hand! Rhea storms into the ring and gets right in Liv’s face as she shouts, “WARGAMES!!” Then she HEADBUTTS Liv!
The fans are thunderous as the brawl is on! Rhea is after Liv on the outside and SMACKS her off the desk! Iyo & The Big 3 handle the rest as Liv runs away into the night! Iyo goes up top to ARIHARA MOONSAULT Raquel, Tiffany, Nia and Candice down! The fans are thunderous as we have our Women’s WarGames match made! Will Liv and her team even survive Survivor Series?
Mixed Tag: Rey Mysterio & Zelina Vega VS Chad Gable & Ivy Nile!
The Latino World Order and Team American Made have escalated their feud, and now The King of Lucha teams with La Muneca against “Master” Gable and the Diamond Pitbull! Will Rey & Zelina make Gable & Ivy respect the LWO? Or will this victory be American Made?
Raw returns and American Made makes their entrance. The fans treat Gable to a Angle-esque “You Suck!” chant while the teams sort out. Ivy SLAPS Zelina, so Zelina TACKLES Ivy! The fans fire up, the ref reprimands them but the ladies spill out of the ring. Gable CLOBBERS Rey so the bell rings. The ladies still brawl but Rey whips Gable away. Rey ducks, runs, and RANAS! Not the smoothest but still good enough from Rey. Rey KICKS Gable, RAMS him into a corner, then climbs up. Rey rains down fists, but Ivy distracts him at 7! Gable YANKS Rey down! Ivy sucker punches Zelina, then she runs away!
The ref is busy keeping Zelina back so American Made gets away with mugging Rey! The fans boo but American made raise the fists. Gable drags Rey up, bumps him off buckles, then fires hands. Gable stomps Rey down, stops as the ref counts, and fans boo more. Gable whips corner to corner and Rey hits buckles hard! Rey falls back, Gable covers, TWO! Gable is annoyed but the fans rally up for Rey. Gable whips Rey back into a corner. then runs in, but Rey ELBOWS him back! Rey goes up but Gable CLUBS Rey on the back. Gable Electric Chair Lifts but Rey fights with fists! Rey RANAS Gable up and out of the ring!
Rey crawls, hurries, hot tag to Zelina! She rallies on Ivy with LARIAT after LARIAT! Zelina bumps Ivy off buckles, JUMP KICKS, and the fans fire up as she goes corner to corner, METEORA! Snapmare and cover, TWO! Zelina drags Ivy up, gives some Latina Heat, and she suplexes. Ivy fights it, wrenches and whips, but Zelina blocks a hip toss. So Ivy LARIATS Zelina down! Ivy soaks up the heat while Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Ivy keeps Zelina from her corner. The fans still taunt Gable with “Gable Sucks~!” Zelina powers up but Ivy GUT WRENCH PLEXES her away! Cover, TWO! Ivy keeps Zelina down with a chinlock and she leans on the hold. The fans rally as Zelina fights up, and she manages a SAIDO! The fans fire up while both women are down. Zelina crawls but Ivy jumps on her! Ivy holds onto a wristlock as Zelina reaches out fo rRey. The fans rally as Zelina fires hands, but then Ivy scoops! Zelina tilt-o-whirls through to DDT! Gable hurries in and anchors Zelina?! The fans boo and the ref reprimands, but Zelina ENZIGIRIS!
Zelina is free, hot tag to Rey! Rey rallies on Gable then whips. Gable reverses but Rey ducks ‘n’ dodges to tilt-o-whirl RANA! Gable is on ropes and Rey dials it up! But Gable puts Rey on the apron! Rey RAMS Gable, GAMANGIRIS, then goes up to SEATED SENTON! The fans fire up and Rey steps over, LA MAGISTROL! TWO! Gable escapes but Rey keeps cool. Rey stalks Gable, brings him up to whip, but Gable reverses. Rey KICKS Gable, then QUEBRADAS! But Gable catches him! Canadian Rack, CANADIAN HAMMER! Cover, TWO! Gable is frustrated and argues with the ref. The ref defends the count, so Gable just rains down fists on Rey!
Gable drags Rey to a drop zone then climbs up a corner. The fans boo as Gable reaches the top, but Rey trips him up first! The fans cheer as Rey makes sure Gable is positioned just right. Then he gives Zelina the ALLEY-OOP to SUPER STEINER! The fans fire up but here comes Ivy! Zelina DUMPS Ivy out, Rey LIONSAULTS! Cover, TWO!! Gable survives but the fans chant for the 619! Rey baits Gable in, drop toeholds him onto ropes, and Rey dials it up! 6 1 9!! SPLASH on top, cover, LWO wins!
Winners: Rey Mysterio & Zelina Vega, by pinfall
Gable & Ivy tried to cheat this one, but Rey & Zelina turn the tides with teamwork! The Creed Brothers appear to help Gable to his feet, but he gets mad at them!? Gable shouts, “Do I look like a loser!? Is this okay with you?!” Then he SLAPS Julius! Are they losers!? No! Gable SLAPS Julius again! But unlike with Otis or Tozawa, this somehow gets Julius & Brutus fired up!? They shove each other, they wanna fight! Gable says good! This is what he wants! He wants them to show him this every week! American Made is only more determined, will they soon take over Raw with this attitude?
Judgment Day regroups backstage.
Liv & Raquel are upset about what happened and Finn Balor has them calm down. He knows she has a lot on her plate, what with Rhea, and Bianca, and Jade, and Iyo, well… Iyo’s coming for the title on top of everything. But hey, if it helps, he can take the wheel. Really? She’d really appreciate that. Of course. They’re family, family steps up for each other. Speaking of, Dom…! A few weeks ago, Dom “singlehandedly” took down Damian Priest in the main event of Raw! Dom is the man! JD McDonagh agrees. Finn tells Dom & Carlito that they’ll show Erik & Ivar exactly what The Judgment Day is about!
But hey, some quick advice on The War Raiders. Finn’s known them a long time. He knows their strengths and their weaknesses. Go after the neck. Or… Just piss them off and get destroyed. But hey, this is the great Dominik Mysterio! He’ll figure it out. Dom smiles and says yeah, he’ll get it done. The boys fist bump and Dom leads the way. JD tells Finn that they need to talk. They go off somewhere while Raquel makes sure Liv’s face is okay. Will the Judgment Day (not) be fine after all this chaos?
The Miz speaks.
“It has been… an emotional couple of weeks. Now looking back… I can honestly say that… I truly hope… the Academy is shown that performance, because that was the performance of a lifetime! I deserve an Oscar! You think Chalamat ever bled for his art?! It was a master class of acting convincing those freaks that they could change me! Me?!” And Karrion Kross adds that he’s done what he’s always done: showing the world the truth. “And the truth is, The Wyatts are just a bunch of wounded people using others to make themselves feel better. The Wyatts are indeed not invincible.”
Miz adds that this is the jumpstart Marine 7 needed. Marine 7: Jake Carter lives. Who should direct? Scorsese? Fincher? Tarantino’s final note? Kross says an eye for an eye. They are not afraid of Uncle Howdy. Kross deals the cards, and they will continue to play the game that he controls. Tick-tock. Is The Final Testament going to lead Miz to true glory? Or only to his demise at the hands of the Wyatt Sick6?
Gunther finds Ludwig Kaiser.
Der Ring General pats his lieutenant on the shoulder, and Kaiser asks why Gunther did that last week. Why did- Gunther tells Kaiser that he does not speak for him. But Kaiser was- No, remember that when Gunther said they need to do better, he meant it. Kaiser needs to realize who he is, then go out there and make a name for himself. Kaiser should speak for himself, be his own man, and make his father proud. from now on, Kaiser must stand his own ground. Kaiser nods, and then Gunther says one more thing. Gunther needs to know. Look in his eyes, what does he see? The old Ring General?
Yes, of course! 100%! Gunther smiles and says Priest thinks he’s getting under Gunther’s skin. He’s just nuts. Now Kaiser, you go out there and consider Priest a non-factor. Imperium fist bumps and Kaiser heads out. Gunther then throws off his jacket and fires himself up as he spots Priest signing autographs. Gunther clamps onto Priest with a SLEEPER! Priest RAMS Gunther into a road case! Priest is free but Gunther grabs a pipe! Priest LOW BLOWS Gunther first! Priest scowls, but sits back in his chair. Priest tells Gunther that he gets in the ring, Gunther’s a general. But on the streets, Priest is king.
Adam Pearce hurries over and asks what this is about. Priest says take it easy, they were just having words. The champ might need some ice, though. Priest laughs and leaves, will he do just as much damage when these two battle for the World Heavyweight Championship?
WWE Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker VS Sheamus!
Speaking of championships, it is time for one badass banger! Will the Big Bad Booty Nephew keep the Celtic Warrior from completing his WWE bingo card? Or is this the night Sheamus makes ultimate WWE history?
Raw returns and Bron makes his entrance. The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if this is the moment!
The bell rings and the fans fire up as these two stare down. Bron steps to Sheamus as the tension rises, and then the two step back. They circle, tie up, and go around. Sheamus PUSHES Bron out of the ring and goes right after him! Sheamus clinches, Bron breaks free and KNEES low! Bron brings Sheamus about but Sheamus blocks the apron bump! Sheamus throws a body shot, then SMACKS Bron off the desk! Sheamus UPPERCUTS Bron, pushes him into the ring, and hurries after. Bron gets moving, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and he CLOBBERS Sheamus! The fans bark for Bron while Sheamus goes to a corner.
Bron storms up to RAM Sheamus! And RAM him again! The ref counts, Bron tells him to shut up, then he goes back to Sheamus. Bron whips, Sheamus reverses and reels him in for an IRISH CURSE BACKBREAKER! Sheamus hauls Bron up for another IRISH CURSE BACKBREAKER! Cover, ONE!! Bron is tough but Sheamus wrenches his arm. Sheamus brings Bron up but Bron OVERHEAD SUPLEXES! Sheamus bails out to the apron but Bron is right on him. But Sheamus fires a body shot! Bron fires off a flurry! Bron POSTS Sheamus and Sheamus hops down to the floor. The fans duel as Bron goes to the apron.
Bron lines up a shot, FLYING LARIAT onto and OVER the desk!! The fans bark it up while Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Sheamus whips, only for Bron to reverse. Bron hits a kitchen sink knee and Sheamus tumbles out of the ring. Bron goes back out after him, but Sheamus fires more body shots! The fans duel as Sheamus fires hands, but Bron JUMP KNEES! Bron goes back to the apron, but then steps inside, to climb up top! SUPER CANNONBALL!! Both men are down on the outside and the fans bark it up! Sheamus and Bron stir while a ring count starts. Bron goes to the desk, Sheamus goes to the apron skirt. We hit 6 of 10, then 7. Bron pushes Sheamus in, and he’s actually smiling right now!
“This is Awesome!” as Bron storms up on Sheamus. Bron talks trash on the Sheamus fans, then he pushes Sheamus around. Bron pie faces Sheamus and says he has no chance. Sheamus fires body shots, then he eggs Bron on! Bron SLAPS Sheamus, Sheamus eggs him on more! The hands start flying and the fans fire up! Sheamus has the edge but Bron knees low! Bron runs, into a scoop and POWERSLAM! The fans fire up while both men are down again! Sheamus pounds the mat, the fans rally up, and Sheamus goes to a corner. Sheamus runs up on Bron to CLOBBER him again and again! Bron is in a corner. Sheamus LARIATS in the corner!
Sheamus keeps moving and he KNEE LIFTS! Then he runs, only for Bron to put him on the apron! Bron takes a swing, but gets caught! The fans fire up for the BEATS OF THE BODHRAIN! Sheamus goes all the way to TEN! Bron sputters and Sheamus brings him around to LARIAT! Sheamus climbs up the corner now, and he KING KONG KNEE DROPS! Cover, TWO! Bron survives and Sheamus grows frustrated. Sheamus hauls Bron up to fireman’s carry, but Bron kicks and flails! Sunset flip, but Sheamus rolls through! Sheamus goes for legs but Bron kicks him away. Bron stands, ducks a lariat, and hits a LUMBAR CHECK!! Cover, TWO!!
The fans fire up as Sheamus survives! Bron snarls but he stalks Sheamus to a corner. Bron hoists Sheamus up top as the fans duel. Bron climbs up and says it’s over! But Sheamus fires body shots! Sheamus fireman’s carries Bron, tucks him in, and gives some SUPER WHITE NOISE!! Cover, TWO!!! Bron survives and shocks everyone! Sheamus is too tired to be upset but he does think on what he must do now. Sheamus goes to the apron, “This is Awesome!” as he rises again. Sheamus climbs up the corner but Bron stands! Bron anchors Sheamus’ legs, but Sheamus kicks at him. They brawl, and Bron climbs back up!
Bron brings Sheamus to the top but Sheamus shoves him down! Bron comes right back, goes right up, SUPER STEINER!! Bro pulls down the straps and fires up! The fans bark as Born aims, then he runs in, to a KNEE CAPPER!! Cover, TWO!!! Bron survives and again, everyone is in shock! Sheamus shakes the ropes as he rises and the fans are thunderous! Sheamus aims at Bron, beats his chest, and he runs up to- SPEAR!!! Bron goes to cover but Sheamus flounders out of the ring! The fans cheer as Sheamus stays in this by getting outta there! Bron is fuming, and he goes out the side! Fans are torn knowing what’s coming!
Bron runs in around the way, but KAISER ATTACKS BRON!!!
Winner: Bron Breakker, by disqualification (still WWE Intercontinental Champion)
The fans boo as Kaiser screws Sheamus over, but he also goes after Bron more! Kaiser POSTS Bron, then clinches, SIDEWINDER to the floor! Then Kaiser runs in around the way, to SHOTGUN Sheamus into steps! And he tells Sheamus that as he said before, he will not stop until Sheamus is gone for good! Is the Impeccable German about to follow in Gunther’s footsteps by taking the Intercontinental Championship for his own?
Sami Zayn & The Usos find Seth Rollins backstage.
The Visionary is getting ready for his match with Bronson Reed, but they just want to talk. Jey knows Rollins knows, but they’ve all got their differences with The Tribal Chief. Hell, they’ve got differences right now. Jey and Sami, Jey and Jimmy, but just one time, they can put those differences aside to work together. Just this one time. Sami has been trying to say this to Rollins. Rollins did it last year when he sided with Sami and Jey for WarGames, and put his differences with Cody Rhodes aside! A man he had more bad blood with than anyone, and Rollins did that. So just do it again this year. Stand side by side with them at WarGames!
Rollins says he would stand with Sami. He would stand with Jey, and with Jimmy. But he will NEVER, under any circumstances, ever again stand with that tyrant, Roman Reigns! He will not do it! You have no idea how much it hurts him to say that, but there are a lot of reasons it hurts. He would love to get Bronson Reed in that cage, but no, it is not worth the consequences on the other side of this. Roman Reigns back in power? That is NOT worth it. Rollins understands their convictions, with this being blood and family, but he is telling them now, it is just not worth it. He will solve all our problems, though, when he goes out there and drops Bronson Reed.
And then whatever happens in the cage, after WarGames with The Bloodline, that’s on all of them. Rollins wishes them luck, but he’s out. Rollins heads for gorilla, and Jimmy says he told them so. Will the Bloodline Civil War still be 4v5?
Dakota Kai speaks.
“For the last four months, I’ve been on the sidelines. And when you’re away from the action, the self-doubt just gets stronger by the day. People see you smiling and they question your drive, even though you’re just trying to keep it together because you can feel your dream slipping through your fingers. You tell yourself, ‘When I’m healthy and come back, everything will be better.’ But then, on the other side of that, ‘Maybe there isn’t a place for me here anymore, or maybe the people just don’t care.'” Dakota says you have to get to a point where you ask yourself, “Am I good enough?”
And she’s telling us right now, with everything that she has, she has never wanted this more, and has never loved this more! She is ready to show everyone why Dakota Kai IS a champion. She’s ready, will the rest of Raw be ready?
The War Raiders VS Dominik Mysterio & Carlito!
Erik & Ivar are a formidable duo and are aimed right at the WWE World Tag Team Championships. Finn sure puffed up the egos of his guys tonight, but is he just setting them up to fail? Or can Dirty Dom & Caribbean Cool actually send the raid on a detour?
Raw returns and the War Raiders make their entrance. The teams sort out and Dom starts against Erik. The fans rally as the two circle, and then tie up. Erik trips Dom, stares him down, then flips him over to deadlift and SLAM! Dom scrambles away to tag Carlito! The fans boo Dom but Ivar tags in. Carlito gets around to waistlock, but Ivar bucks the O’Conner Roll. Ivar CLOBBERS Carlito, tags Erik, and the Raiders stand Carlito up. Ivar scoop SLAMS Carlito, then Erik scoops Ivar to SLAM him on Carlito! The fans fire up as the Raiders rip their shirts off! Erik powers Carlito to the corner, then tags Ivar.
The Raiders mug Carlito, but Carlito pulls Ivar’s beard! Carlito throat chops Ivar, bumps him off buckles, and he tags Dom in. The fans boo more as Dom fires off stomps and even smothers Ivar! The ref backs Dom off, but that lets Carlito CHOKE Ivar! Dom taunts Erik, then tags Carlito back in. The Judgment Day mugs Ivar, but Ivar fires elbows and forearms! Ivar BOOTS Carlito, dodges him, hot tag to Erik! Erik runs up to CLOBBER Carlito! And again! The fans rally as Erik blocks a shot to HEADBUTT Carlito! Erik reels Carlito in, but Dom steps up! Only to step out as Erik glares at him. Erik then wrenches Carlito to clinch and EXPLODER!
The fans fire up and Erik paces. Carlito goes to ropes but Erik storms up to him. Erik whips, Carlito reverses, but Erik BOOTS back! Carlito distracts the ref and Dom gets a cheap shot in! Carlito KNEES Erik to the floor then tags Dom! Dom builds speed to DIVE! Direct hit and down goes Erik! Dom flexes then tweezes his mustache while Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Dom CLUBS Erik into a chinlock. The fans rally as Erik endures, and Erik fights up. Erik fires elbows then wrenches around to lift Dom! Dom slips to the apron and HOTSHOTS Erik down! The fans boo as Dom gives some Latino Heat. Dom slingshot SENTONS, then covers, TWO! Erik stays in this but Dom tags Carlito. They stomp Erik down, then Carlito drags Erik up. The fans rally for the Raiders but Carlito pulls Erik’s beard. So Erik pulls Carlito’s hair! Carlito breaks free, but Erik DECKS him! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! Erik and Carlito crawl, hot tags to Ivar and Dom!
Dom BACKDROPS Dom! And then scoops to SIDEWALK SLAM! Ivar keeps moving, to SPLASH DOWN! Ivar roars and the fans fire up with him! Dom crawls to a corner, Ivar runs up, but Dom dodges. Dom runs up, into a SEATED SENTON! Carlito runs up, Ivar cartwheels to dodge! Ivar LARIATS Carlito and the fans fire up! They chant with Ivar, “WAR! WAR! WAR!” BRONCO BUSTER on Dom in the corner! Cover, TWO!! Dom survives but Ivar doesn’t let that bother him. Ivar stalks Dom, CLUBS him, but Dom begs for mercy. Only to YANK Ivar into buckles! Dom stomps away, then drags Ivar over to tag Carlito.
The fans rally but Dom gives some more Latino Heat, Only for Ivar to suplex and THROW Dom into Carlito! Tag to Erik and Dom is fed to MJOLNIR! And then pop-up on Carlito, WAR MACHINE!! Cover, War Raiders win!
Winners: The War Raiders, by pinfall
Dom & Carlito stepped up for Finn & JD, but they got stepped on by Erik & Ivar! But speaking of, Finn & JD attack! They CLOBBER Erik and mug Ivar! Dragon sleeper for the FINAL CUT! Erik is back, but JD CLOBBERS Erik again! Then he gives Erik a NECKBREAKER! Finn climbs while JD rains fists down on Ivar! COUP DE GRACE for Erik!! The fans boo but Judgment Day has turned the tables on the War Raiders. Will the gold be staying with Finn & JD with tactics like this?
The Wyatts speak.
We get old footage of Bray Wyatt abducting The Miz and literally labelling him, “LIAR.” Bo Dallas sits and says, “The trust of the innocent is a liar’s most useful tool. We offered you salvation. Freedom from the pit. I tried to warn you. But you’ve… damned yourself. I’m sorry for what happens next. You… You chose this. Your hands will forever be bloodstained, crimson scarlet red, because of your actions. And you will lose what matters most. I never wanted this.” Bo has given Miz his ultimatum, will Miz only have himself to blame?
Lyra Valkyria speaks.
“A phoenix has to burn first so it can rise from the ashes. When I was drafted to Raw, I was thrown straight in the fire. But I didn’t burn. I hit the ground running, earned my place, stood toe to toe with the best in the world, and I thrived. I used to think I was like a phoenix. But I am so much more. I am Lyra Valkyria. I don’t burn, I rise. And I’m coming for everyone.” The Morrigan is ready to return, will she reach new heights here on Monday nights?
The Alpha Academy is backstage.
Maxxine Dupri, Akira Tozawa & Otis are feeling good tonight, and they spot Kofi Kingston. They say hey to Kofi, and Maxxine says they’re so excited for The New Day’s 10 year anniversary night! But uh, how are things with Kofi and Woods? Kofi says to be honest, he isn’t sure. But speaking of, Woods steps in. Woods says he and Kofi need to talk. He is worried. About what? Well, the past couple of weeks, it has just been the two of them yelling at each other. And after 10 YEARS of teaming together, no serious arguments, and now they’re here? This is concerning.
Woods knows they’re the most decorated tag team in the history of WWE, but even with all that, Woods just keeps thinking about what Kross said. What? Kross is still in his head? Yeah, Kross said New Day is dead and yet they’re the only ones that don’t know it. Kofi says nothing is dead, Kross doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Woods just has to remember what The New Day is about. Oh, Woods has to? It’s on him now? No, but Woods is just so sensitive to everything Kofi says! Otis steps in and wants everyone to remember, they’re all friends here. Woods tells Otis to mind his own business!
What advice does Otis think he can give to them, the greatest tag team of all time? And a real tag team, mind you. Why do you think Gable dumped their asses? Oh, wanna get sad about it? Get sad about it next week, because it will be New Day VS Alpha Academy, and Woods is positive that a win over “you two clowns” will put New Day right back in the title hunt. Woods leaves, even Kofi is speechless, but will the New Day even make it to their tenth anniversary going like this?
Seth Rollins VS Bronson Reed!
We’ve seen these two brawl all over arenas, and we even saw The Visionary stomp his way to victory at Crown Jewel. But we also saw Bronson get up and shrug that all off. And now we’ve seen the Colossal Aussie has joined forces with Solo Sikoa’s brutal Bloodline. Will Bronson only build momentum towards WarGames by breaking Rollins? Or will Rollins once again #BurnItDown?
The bell rings and the fans sing, “WHOA~ OH~ OHH~!” But wait! Speaking of Solo’s Bloodline, they’re here! Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa jump the railing, but wait! Jey, Jimmy & Sami all head out here! The fans fire up as the brawl is on at ringside! Bronson is furious but he can only watch as Jimmy TOSSES Tama, and Sami gives Loa a HELLUVA KICK! Jacob ROCKS Jey, but Jimmy SUPERKICKS Jacob! Jimmy SUPERKICKS Jacob! Then the Usos DOUBLE SUPERKICK! Jacob tumbles away, and Rollins fires off on Bronson! The fans fire up but Bronson DECKS Rollins! Bronson drags Rollins up to whip.
Rollins grabs ropes and he BOOTS Bronson! Bronson comes back but Rollins TOSSES him out! Rollins then DIVES! Direct hit and Bronson hits the desk! The fans fire up again and Rollins revels in that energy while Raw goes to break.
Raw returns and Rollins CHOPS away on Bronson’s chest! Rollins runs, but Bronson CLOBBERS him! The fans boo while Bronson paces. Bronson stalks Rollins to ropes but Rollins bails out. Bronson watches Rollins hobble, then he aims from the apron. Rollins hurries away around the corner but Bronson just shifts sides. So Rollins anchors a leg! Bronson CLUBS Rollins down, then goes after him. Bronson SMACKS Rollins off the apron, stalks him around the way, but Rollins CHOPS! Bronson CHOPS in return! Bronson whips Rollins hard into barriers! Rollins tumbles up and over into the timekeeper’s area!
Bronson leaves Rollins behind as the ring count climbs past 7 of 10. Rollins hurries and slides in at 9! The fans fire up but Bronson rains down fists! Bronson roars in frustration and the fans boo. Bronson HEADBUTTS Rollins down, but Rollins JAWBREAKERS in return! The fans fire up as Rollins fires hands! Rollins backs Bronson down, then whips, but Bronson reverses. Bronson kitchen sink knees Rollins inside-out, then LARIATS Rollins up and over! Bronson goes to the apron, lines up a shot, and he FLYING SHOULDER TACKLES! Rollins tumbles again and Bronson soaks up the heat.
The ring count climbs but Bronson drags Rollins up again. Bronson whips Rollins hard into steel steps! Rollins writhes but Bronson refreshes the ring count. Bronson then lines up another shot, and he runs in, but Rollins moves! Bronson RAMS only steel steps! Rollins hurries into the ring, but only to refresh the ring count. Rollins SMACKS Bronson off the steps again and again! Rollins then pushes the top half over to SMACK Bronson off the base again and again! The fans fire up and Rollins takes aim. Rollins runs up, but Bronson avoids the stomp! Rollins hobbles after Bronson as he goes into the ring.
Rollins aims, springboards, and hits a FLYING KNEE ATTACK! Rollins SUPERKICKS, but Bronson just roars! So Rollins mule kicks, then kicks a leg out. Rollins runs, but into a POP-UP SITOUT POWERBOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Bronson is stunned that Rollins survives, but Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Bronson has Rollins up top. Rollins resists the suplex and fires body shots. The fans rally as Rollins fires shot after shot, then he BITES Bronson’s forehead! The ref reprimands, but Rollins hops down to GAMANGIRI Bronson! Bronson wobbles up top, and Rollins slips under him! RUNNING POWERBOMB!! The fans are thunderous as Rollins rises! Rollins grits his teeth, goes to the ropes, and hits a LIONSAULT! Cover, ONE?!? Bronson is tougher than that but Rollins tries a springboard SWANTON BOMB! Cover, ONE!?! Rollins cannot believe this, but the fans rally up behind him.
Rollins brings Bronson up, underhooks him, but Bronson fights that to Alabama Lift! Rollins sunset flips, but he avoids the hip drop! Basement SUPERKICK! Rollins hurries up top, to FROG SPLASH! Cover, TWO!! Bronson still has power to spare and Rollins grows frustrated. “This is Awesome!” as Rollins aims from a corner. Bronson slowly sits up, and Rollins runs, into a LARIAT! Bronson hurries to haul Rollins up, for a BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Rollins survives and now Bronson is frustrated! Bronson hurries to a corner, climbs up, but Rollins rolls away! The fans cheer, but Bronson hops down and runs up. SENTON FLOPS as Rollins moves!
Rollins hurries to underhook Bronson! But Bronson fireman’s carries free! Rollins slips free of that, to SUPERKICK! And then another kick, and more underhooks! PEDIGREE!! Cover, TWO?!?! Rollins pulls at his hair but the fans sing for him. Rollins refocuses and uses that song to inspire new ideas. Rollins fires himself up, runs back up, and CURB STOMPS! But Rollins won’t leave it at that! Rollins climbs the corner, takes aim again, but SOLO SIKOA is here! He shouts at Rollins to distract him! Bronson drags Rollins off the corner to DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! And then SENTON! And SENTON again!!
But that’s not all! Bronson goes up a corner! TSUNAMI!! Cover, Bronson wins!!
Winner: Bronson Reed, by pinfall
Joining Solo’s Bloodline has already paid off, because now Bronson has evened the series at 1-1! Solo raises the hand of his Colossal Aussie in victory, will they do even worse to the OG Bloodline inside the double cage?
My Thoughts:
A great Raw here, even with it being prerecorded. Though, it was also a bit obvious, given they filled time with promos and recaps. The promos were still good, with Dakota putting her time away in perspective, and Lyra doing the same for her sort of trailing off from the top of the card. I kinda hope this all helps set up something for a Women’s Intercontinental Championship being established. At the very least, this builds up a good number of choices for next contender after we get Liv VS Rhea out of the way. Great opening promo segment to give us that Women’s WarGames match. And I totally didn’t think Rhea would make a return, but with the face brace, I guess she’s more than safe enough to do WarGames instead of them bringing Bayley into the match.
They also connected that opening segment to the Judgment Day story. Finn stepped up to lead tonight, and he most certainly puffed up Dom’s ego in his passive aggressive way of sticking it to Dom. Dom & Carlito of course lost to Erik & Ivar, but it was a really good match, and of course JD & Finn attacked after. Judgment Day stands tall here, so it makes me think they’re going to lose the tag titles. That will be the last straw for Finn, we’ll probably get Finn & JD VS Dom & Carlito as part of the faction falling apart. I’m not saying we go nWo VS nWo Wolfpac, but I wouldn’t mind Finn bringing in new members to join his side. Maybe some NXT call-ups?
Great promos from The Miz & Kross and then a great response from Bo Dallas. Can’t wait to see that 8 Man Tag happen, but at this point it is either on the Raw After Survivor Series or we wait for Saturday Night’s Main Event. Also a very good promo from New Day with Alpha Academy, and Woods just lashes out at everyone at this point. He really tore into the Alpha Academy, and I feel like he’s going to go overboard in the match. In which case, Kofi will then be compelled to stop Woods, they’ll argue, and Woods might even shove Kofi. Then that New Day tenth anniversary edition of Raw might end up having Woods VS Kofi rather than a celebration.
Very good Mixed Tag match, with a great win for Rey & Zelina. Hard to say if the feud continues but I did like that American Made is becoming the flipside of Alpha Academy. Gable’s behavior stays the same, but he’s actually found a group that uses it as fuel. I suspect that, should War Raiders really take those titles from Judgment Day, the Creed Brothers can move right up as challengers. They’ll bring that intensity so that the War Raiders can be just as intense, and we’ll get some physical, hard hitting matches to really pump up the Raw Tag Division so that it matches SmackDown’s.
Really good stuff in this build to Gunther VS Priest Round 2, though Gunther sure got punked out. He inspired Kaiser to go after what he wants, which is why Kaiser “ruined” that great match of Bron VS Sheamus, but then Gunther can’t even sneak attack Priest right. Priest bringing up “King of the Streets” and doing the low blow, I feel like he and Gunther should raise the ante to a Street Fight for the title. Oddly enough, that’s what I expect to see out of Cody Rhodes VS Kevin Owens Round 2, but why not raise the ante on all the matches for Survivor Series? Same for the Intercontinental Championship, that could be a Triple Threat of Bron VS Kaiser VS Sheamus.
And of course, with Bronson Reed joining Solo Sikoa’s Bloodline on SmackDown, Rollins was going to be dragged into WarGames, even though he was adamant about not joining in. We got a great match out of Rollins VS Bronson tonight, but of course Solo’s team made sure to screw Rollins over. Maybe Rollins shows up on SmackDown as retaliation, but I feel like they’re gonna wait until next week’s go-home to officially establish him as part of the OG Bloodline team.
My Score: 8.8/10
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Andrew’s TNA LIVE! iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 2.20.2025
So the first live episode got fairly positive praise from everyone; will this continue the trend?
Filming at Full Sail seems to have set the stage nicely this week! Going into a Live episode we got Moose and The Hardy Boyz on NXT, as well as Jordynne Grace’s involvement with Steph and Giulia giving a little shine to TNA happenings since she’s newly WWE.
This episode should be interesting, we finally see Lei Ying Lee (fka Xia Li) back in action, Rascalz take on Tyson and Tyriek, Tessa should be seeing some action as well…so generally interesting happenings for the second Live iMPACT! of 2025. Let’s see how this one goes down!
No matter where @ManceWarner and @stephdelander go, @TheSamiCallihan WILL FIND THEM!
Watch #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/NY8HgI02kY pic.twitter.com/mXz9U7m9PL
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) February 21, 2025
Ratings:
- Tyson & Tyriek w/Wes Lee vs The Rascalz w/Ace Austin: Rascalz win via Meteora/Swanton Combo – ***
- Lei Ying Lee vs Rosemary: Lei wins via Thunderstruck – **
- NoDQ Match: Leon Slater vs JDC: Dango wins via The System help – ** 3/4
- Masha Slamovich vs Mila Moore: Masha wins via Requiem – N/A
- Elijah & Joe Hendry vs The Colons: Elijah wins via Tombstone Piledriver – *** 1/4
Results:
Oh yeah, and another Hendry concert is…cut off by a commercial, LOLTNA. First Hendry is cut off by AXSTV’s new Anime Hour bumper, and now Primo and Epico are showing up in TNA. I definitely didn’t have this on my BINGO card. The crowd starts chanting “Where’s Carlito”, which they do acknowledge and play off of well. Oh they’re using their shoot names of Orlando and Eddie now…but before they attack the lights go out and we get another guitar strum! ELIAH/ELIAS/EZEKIEL/EBENERZER/EMERY/EL VAGABUNDO – shows up to back up Hendry. Okay I can apologize away the redundant concert since it played into an Elijah debut. The crowd is immediately popping and chanting “This is Awesome” 10 minutes into the show.
Tyson & Tyriek w/Wes Lee vs The Rascalz w/Ace Austin
Treehouse bros take it to the bigger men quickly, a few fast dives, a little MCMG style tandem strikes, Tyson fires and tries to take them out but they Low Bridge him. Tyriek comes in and they try similar things but Tyriek manhandles them both and throws them out of the ring, Trey is the first one back up and Tyriek and Tyson take his damn head off with his Corkscrew Running Euro Upper. Trey finally manages to flip out of the manhandle, tags in Wentz and Wentz goes for the hot and spicy cleaning house spot. Corner to Corner Knee Lifts for both big men, a Rolling Snapmare, into a Superkick for Tyson and Standing Shoot Star on Tyriek but only for two because Wes feints like he’s going to interfere.
Tyson and Tyriek pull off a tandem Assisted Backdrop Driver, but Wentz breaks it up, Tyson gets knocked out, Wentz hits the Tornillo, Wes tries to interfere again after Trey gets perched on the corner buckle but Ace runs around and trips Wes at the last second causing him to faceplant on the apron, Trey hits the Meteora, Wentz hits a Swanton from the other side of the ring and Trey gets the pinfall victory.
It was fast paced, all gas no brakes, but it didn’t overstay its welcome, so it was pretty fun all things considered.
After the match Wes grabs a mic, complains a little but challenges them to a 6 man match as Sacrifice. So we’re THAT’S where we’re getting the expected 3v3.
Fir$t Cla$$ comes out with an entourage of hot chicks and probably influencers or something. The “First Class Penthouse” , Gabby AF, Mafiosa Valentina, and Carolina are apparently known in their own way. Gabby I know was the awful one who did something for Impact a last year and sucked, but she’s part of the Busted Open Network I believe so that’s why she’s around. Two of them look like Noelle Foley and Frank the Clown…oh they actually are. Look at that. I do love KC Navarro as the Hype Man, they have this whole set up of AJ being mad that they haven’t gotten more Tag Title shots, so TNA placated him with his own Piper’s Pit and he’s *pregnant pause* totally happy with that. He says he loved Piper and hated Hogan before it was cool.
This is actually quality content and AJ is cutting a nice promo in this segment. They introduce their first guest, the greatest performer in TNA history, many whole say he’s Phenomenal with a whole lot of style….it’s A-J-Francis.
.@AJFrancis410 is GOING OFF!
Watch #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/NY8HgI02kY pic.twitter.com/kGehtp9iTE
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) February 21, 2025
Lei Ying Lee vs Rosemary
Things were slow until Rosemary took her into a corner quickly, hit the Upside Down, and we get a lot of Lei trying to avoid Rosemary’s offense. Rosemary goes for a Spear in the corner and Lei forward rolls, starts connecting with a bunch of right hands, backs Rosemary into the corner, goes for 10 Count Punches, pulls her out, Airplane Spin TKO for only a two count. Rosemary tries As Above So Below, Lei shrugs it off, Rosemary tries to go after Lei anyway and eats Thunderstruck! Lei Ying Lee wins!
After the match Rosemary catches Lei on the ramp and hits the Green mist in the eyes. Match was far too short and so many of Lei’s set up moves look better than her finish. We’ve seen Kofi Kingston do it for years so it’s not bad, just the current Knockouts Division are awful and don’t take the move well.
Eric Young and the jabronis come out, EY cuts a very basic power crazed psycho kind of promo, gets the “What” chants from the crowds. EY is trying to recruit Maclin even though Maclin made his line in the sand last week. EY tries to spin it as maybe he took out Josh FOR Maclin instead of in spite of his trust. This really doesn’t seem interesting at all, but that’s probably because I hate the two Jabronis EY is with.
NoDQ Match: Leon Slater vs JDC
I really don’t have any interest in Slater. He’s got no personality beyond “flippy guy with a British accent”.
Dango immediately powders, grabs a chair and goes to swing on him but misses. So Leon is making JDC look dumb by dodging the post chop, using the chair to shield himself from a punch by JDC, and then clapping Dango’s fingers between the chair. So typical System match, look inept for the first few minutes, then take advantage of something to take over. Oh look, Leon takes too long setting up the table, Dango gets in a few pot shots, tries to whip him into the table but Leon leaps over it, and then leaps back over to clobber Dango. Dango is still trying to recover so Leon hits his over the corner post con hilo, and the crowd appreciates it but I’m not interested. Leon panders to the crowd after the big spot and then eats an X-Plex into the chair from Dango.
JDC throws Leon back in, goes for a pinfall that’s only a two and we cut to a commercial. Coming out of the commercial JDC is in control with a Kendo Stick until he isn’t, Leon counters and takes the keno stick, brutalizes Dango a few times then comes off the ropes with the kendo shot for 2. Leon goes for another table, and again, at least the crowd is receptive to this match. Leon sets it up, looks for something off the apron but Dango stops him first until he eats a dropkick to fall onto the table, Leon hits the Swanton 450 through the table on the outside. Does it look cool? Sure. Do I care about dumbass moves? Nope.
Oh thankfully the rest of The System comes out to stop the pinfall, Shield Bomb Leon through the first table, and roll him back in for Dango to win.
The Hardy Boyz come out to try and make the save, but the numbers are against them, so Oba Femi’s music hits! Oba cleans house but doesn’t get his hands on Moose, so they’re at least building the eventual clash between Moose and Oba.
The crowd starts a “Tessa, we comin for you” chant before she even starts talking. Tessa is actually playing off the crowd well, Santino’s music hits and Tessa thinks he’ll help her out with the crowd and Santino calls bullshit basically. Santino says if Tessa doesn’t wrestle next week, she’s fired and Masha’s music hits. Masha decides to step in for Tessa’s enhancement talent match.
Masha Slamovich vs Mila Moore
Jobber tries to attack Masha early but Masha stops her, rocks her and Requiem ends the match.
Masha stares down Tessa, and then Cora Jade attacks from behind and hits Jaded.
Ryan Nemeth comes out to his Abyss music remix. What will Mokuba say today? “MYYYY BIIIGG BBRROOOOTTHHHEEEEER” he repeats at least 4 times and it’s hilariously cringe. He announces that Nic will return at Sacrifice, he literally just came out to give a PSA.
Elijah & Joe Hendry vs The Colons
Hendry starts with Eddie, after a brief tie up it seems like Hendry reads the room and points at Elijah and the crowd wants him in. So Joe tags in Elijah, a little back and forth, Shoulder Tackle from Elijah, Rope Walk with Elijah lays out Eddie and a tag to Joe allows for a quick tandem knockdown, but Eddie powders as the Walking and Talking Duo hold the ring going into the final commercial break.
We come back and Hendry is bouncing Orlando off the ropes as he return a strike, but Orlando is obviously losing, eats a Euro Upper, and then gets walked around in the Stalling Suplex for posterity. Eddie tries a sneak attack but gets caught and Sack of Shit, into Kip Up, turn and then Orlando with the ambush! A few quick short cuts and an Irish Whip/Dropkick combo gives the Colons a near fall. Hendry does get locomotion variation cradles, but eats a Dropkick to stop the attempt at momentum. Orlando stays on Joe, but Joe finally starts to fire up as the crowd starts to get behind him. Euro Uppers make some space, but a Snapmare says no.
Eddie gets tagged in and a quick Leg Sweep into a Front Chancery keeps Eddie in control. As Joe tries to get back up, Eddie turns it into a Guillotine, but finally the Suplex counter connects for Hendry! Simultaneous tags! Elijah bulls over Orlando, catches a Leap Frogging Orlando with the Manhattan Drop as Orlando retreats to a corner, Stinger Splash into Spinebuster for two. Elijah tries to keep up the attacks but Orlando finds a few ways to make space, launches himself from the middle rope and eats the Jumping Knee! Eddie breaks up the pinfall, Hendry takes Eddie out and Elijah hits the Tombstone Piledriver for the win!
Overall Score: 6/10
Well there were more live hiccups than the first episode, and this felt both more epic and less epic at the same time. Elijah and the Colons debuting was a nice way to kick things off, Oba Femi showing up for the save was fantastic. There were a few decent matches, but also a lot of really short and rushed matches. Tessa played off the crowd well, but Masha really is useless on the mic. Lei Ying Lee needs to framed stronger, her matches have done nothing to show off her ability. It just proves that the Knockouts don’t know how to sell a kick to the head because they all take it in the shoulder and fall in corny ways.
Viva La Sam could be something fun if the next 3 weeks are just hand cam footage of him being like “I’m Sami Callihan and I’m gonna kick Mance Warner’s ass”, Elegance Clique getting the rematch with a stipulation is nice to see and while I like Fir$t Cla$$, that segment went a little long for a cornball swerve payoff. It’s one thing to placate the Influencer squad especially when we’ve seen Logan Paul and Ishowspeed do so well in WWE…but these are like Z Tier Influencers that no one cares about. These kind of dorks stream on Kick because they aren’t relevant enough for Twitch, not because they chose Kick over it.
So yeah, the low lights were pretty low, and the highs were a little fleeting, but at least they were pretty fun. Not a bad show, just clunky with noticeable issues and Masha shouldn’t be allowed to speak English anymore. She’s such a charisma vacuum when she’s not rambling in Russian.
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ROH brings the lucha libre!
On a night full of ROH & CMLL crossover, Komander defends the ROH World Television Championship against “Big Shotty” Lee Johnson!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Fuego Del Sol VS Wheeler Yuta; Yuta wins.
- Rachael Ellering VS Abadon; Abadon wins.
- 12 Man Tag: The Premier Athletes & The Frat House VS Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs; Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs win.
- Billie Starkz VS Hyan; Billie wins.
- ROH World Television Championship: Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Lee Johnson w/ EJ Nduka; Komander wins and retains the title.
- Gates of Agony VS Exodus Prime & Josiah Jean; Gates of Agony win.
- Six Man Tag: Sammy Guevara, Fuego & Dark Panther VS Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr; Hechicero, Barbaro & Soberano win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Fuego Del Sol VS Wheeler Yuta!
Lucha night opens with a hot start as the Fire of the Sun returns to ROH, but so does The Decoder! Will Fuego Del Sol get one up on a former ROH Pure Champion turned current AEW World Trios Champion? Or will Yuta do the Death Riders proud in Houston?
Houston cheers on the Texas star, and Fuego offers the Code of Honor. Yuta reaches out, but then SLAPS Fuego! The fans boo and the bell rings, Yuta slips around to CLUB Fuego down! Yuta mocks the fans cheering on Fuego, then scoops him for a SLAM and SENTON! The fans boo but Yuta brings Fuego up. FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO, but Yuta holds onto the leg! Yuta taunts Fuego, but Fuego kicks at him! Yuta lets go and the fans rally up. Yuta runs up, Fuego ELBOWS him away, then goes up, up and FLYING RANAS! The fans fire up as Fuego then DROPKICKS Yuta down!
Yuta staggers up, Fuego SLAPS him! But Yuta LARIATS in return! The fans boo but Yuta rains down fists! And then stops, to rain down more fists! The fans boo but Yuta soaks that up while he “kicks dirt” on Fuego. Yuta stands Fuego up, CHOPS him, then has him in a corner. Yuta CHOPS Fuego again, the fans boo, but Yuta whips corner to corner hard! Fuego staggers forward, Yuta says they ain’t done yet. Yuta whips Fuego to the corner again, then FLAPJACKS on the rebound! Yuta adds a basement DROPKICK! The fans boo but Yuta soaks up heat. Yuta hits a spinning toehold, then has a DEATHLOCK!
Fuego endures and Yuta mockingly asks if he’ll give up. Fuego refuses to give in, and he SLAPS Yuta! So Yuta bridges and puts on more pressure! Yuta shows off by not even using his hands, but Fuego fights his way to the ROPEBREAK! Yuta lets go at 4, and he reminds the ref, “I have ’til five!” The fans boo Yuta parodying Bryan Danielson, then Yuta kicks Fuego around. Yuta eggs Fuego on, so Fuego ROCKS him! And ROCKS him! And again, and again, and again! But Yuta gets under the big haymaker! Yuta back suplexes, but Fuego lands out! Fuego dodges Yuta to then springboard QUEBRADA! Down goes Yuta!
The fans fire up as Fuego kips up and SUPERKICKS! Yuta sputters, Fuego runs and STEP-UP DOUBLE STOMPS! The fans fire up again as Fuego climbs a corner! Yuta stands, Fuego MISSILE- NO, Yuta gets under and comes back, BUSAIKU KNEE! Cover, Yuta wins!
Winner: Wheeler Yuta, by pinfall
Another thing he took from The American Dragon is that big knee, and Yuta takes the victory. Yuta sits Fuego up, and thinks about Hammer ‘n’ Anvil elbows, but he decides not to. Because he gets an even more sadistic idea! Yuta looks under the ring, and he brings out a steel chain! Yuta threatens the ref, then he goes to Fuego! The fans boo but Yuta hooks Fuego’s legs up, then uses the chain to go up, up and away, ROMERO SPECIAL!! Yuta taunts Fuego but Fuego is coughing up blood! Yuta lets Fuego go, the fans boo, but Yuta mockingly gives the Code of Honor handshake. Yuta no longer has honor, but will someone find a way to humble him?
Rachael Ellering VS Abadon!
The Queen of Strong Smile is feeling good being in Houston, ready to bring that Comet energy. However, she’s up against the Living Dead Girl, who brings a very different vibe. Will Rachael learn why everyone fears Abadon? Or will Rachael’s smile see her through?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, but uh, Abadon doesn’t let go. Rachael tries to get free, and now it is a tug-o-war. The fans rally, Rachael reels Abadon into a headlock, but Abadon BITES Rachael’s hand! The ref reprimands, Abadon lets go, and Abadon doesn’t get what’s wrong. Abadon runs up on Rachael but Rachael gets around to waistlock. Abadon switches, but Rachael goes to ropes to buck the O’Conner! Rachael CLOBBERS Abadon, but Abadon sits up! The fans rally, Rachael is frustrated, and then runs up. Abadon gets around, trips Rachael, then runs to basement dropkick! Rachael flounders to a corner and the fans rally again.
Abadon aims from a corner, runs in at Rachael, but Racahel ELBOWS Abadon away! Abadon says nuh-uh, comes back, but runs into a BOOT! Rachael runs and UPPERCUTS Abadon down! The fans fire up and Rachael aims from a corner. Rachael calls for the “SQUISH~!” and runs up, SENTON onto knees! Abadon avoids disaster and stalks Rachael to the apron. Abadon CLUBS Rachael, pushes her onto the apron, and springboards for a GUILLOTINE LEG DROP! The fans fire up and Abadon pushes Rachael into the ring. Abadon runs corner to corner for a METEORA! Abadon pushes Rachael to a cover, TWO!
Abadon is annoyed but brushes it off. Abadon drags Rachael up, but Rachael fights the suplex! Rachael wrenches out, trips Abadon, and high stacks, ONE!! Rachael ROCKS Abadon, then tries again. FISHERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up for the “MD Collapse” and Rachael aims again. SQUISH~ SENTON hits! Cover, TWO! Abadon survives and Rachael is a bit surprised. Rachael throws off the headband, double checks her teeth, and the fans duel. Rachael CHOPS Abadon at the ropes, then ROCKS Abadon with a forearm! Rachael whips but Abadon blocks! So Rachel CHOPS again! Rachael whips, Abadon grabs ropes, and laughs!
Rachael runs up, Abadon ELBOWS and CUTTERS! Then BLACK DAHLIA!! Cover, Abadon wins!
Winner: Abadon, by pinfall
Abadon continues to be terrifying, as well as victorious. Will the ROH Women’s Division, and especially the champions, have to watch their backs?
Backstage interview with Jacked Jameson.
Lexy Nair is with the former Iron Savage, and he’s counting his abs. She brings us back to a few weeks ago when he walked up to Griff Garrison, Preston Vance & Cole Karter in hopes of forming a group with them. Then in Jacksonville, Jameson actually interfered in their match on their behalf. The question is, what’s going on here? Jameson says those are his boys! His guys! His dudes! Jameson went out there, helped them, it was huge! It was awesome! Speaking of, the boys walk in! Vance tells Jameson that they’ve heard his offer, they loved what he did in Jacksonville, and tonight is a big match and… They’d love if he was a part of it.
So then, it’s official! They got him some Frat House gear! But first… he has to do something. Yeah, sure! Anything! Vance, Griff & Karter pour all of their drinks into one red Solo cup, and Jameson asks what’s in it. The boys say don’t worry about it. Jameson says don’t have to tell him twice. He chugs the concoction, and he is PUMPED! The Frat House is now four men strong, and Jameson says after tonight, party at the Frat House! Vance tells Jameson that one thing about them: win or lose, they booze! The Frat boys head out, Lexy can finally breathe from whatever was in that cup, and it’s time to see if Jameson passes the test!
12 Man Tag: The Premier Athletes & The Frat House VS Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs!
Instead of “Smart” Mark Sterling, Tony Nese has the mic to tell Bobby Cruise to shut up, “no one wants to listen to your stupid voice.” Nese then tells the “fat boys and fat girls” of Houston, Nese & Daivari couldn’t think of a better partner for this match than an athlete that makes every single one of them put to shame! Yes, it’s SMART MARK himself! Wait, seriously? Sterling takes the mic to say that’s right, he is still here to make sure that the losers of Texas can take part in their winning cheer. So please, get this right. When he says, “Athletes,” you say, “Rule!” NOTHING ELSE! Hands in, boys. Ohhh…! “ATHLETES!” “SUCK!!” Gottee!
But with that, Dante & Darius Martin enter, accompanied by Leila Grey. Then Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd enter, and last but not least, Texas’ own, Marshall & Ross Von Erich! The massive teams sort out, and Darius starts against Nese. The fans rally up and Darius circles with Nese. Nese says wait, wait! He knows what the fans are here to see. Nese flexes, but the fans boo. Nese shouts, “ATHLETES!” The fans respond, “SUCK!” Nese and Darius circle, but then Nese kicks low! Nese bumps Darius off buckles, then tags in Daivari. “We’ll show you who sucks!” Nese & Daivari fire hands in the corner while the fans boo.
The ref counts, The Premier Athletes stop, and they both shout, “ATHLETES!” Again, the fans say, “SUCK!” Daivari tags Griff and they mug Darius. Griff ROCKS Darius, has him in a corner, then whips corner to corner. Darius goes up and over, rolls and arm-drags, then he DROPKICKS! The fans cheer, and Darius whips Griff into Dante’s BOOT! Tag to Dante, Darius CHOPS, Dante trips Griff, and Darius adds DOUBLE STMOPS! Griff scrambles, tag to Jameson, but Dante arm-drags Jameson! Dante keeps the armlock, he tags in Ross, and Ross wrenches to a wristlock. Ross YANKS the arm, then tags Marshall.
The Von Erichs double whip Jameson, then Marshall sends Ross in, FLYING BOOT! FLYING LARIAT and then Marshall snapmares Jameson for Ross’s PENALTY KICK! STANDING MOONSAULT and Marshall covers, TWO! Marshall fires the fans up, then hauls Jameson up to headlock. Tag to Truth and he wrenches Jameson. The fans rally but Jameson fires hands! Jameson whips, Daivari gets a cheap shot in, but Truth DECKS Daivari! Only for Vance to CLOBBER Truth! The ref has to keep Truth’s team back, so he missed all that! Jameson stomps Truth, tags Vance, and Vance covers, TWO!
Vance ROCKS Truth, has him in the corner, then CHOPS! Tag to Daivari, he CHOPS Truth, then he tags Nese. The Premier Athletes mug Truth with haymaker after haymaker, but the ref is still too busy keeping Top Flight, Turbo & The Von Erichs back! Nese drags Truth up, and he tags in Sterling!? The fans boo but Sterling gets to throw hands on Truth! “ATHLETES!” “SUCK!!” Sterling drags Truth back, anchors a leg, and tags in Vance. Vance stomps Truth, tags Jameson, and Jameson tags Griff. Vance puts Truth in a corner, Griff sends Jameson in to LARIAT! Vance adds a BOOT, and then Griff BOOTS Truth down! Cover, TWO!
Griff tags Vance back in, they mug Truth, and Vance keeps Truth from the corner. Vance suplexes, covers, TWO! Truth stays in this but Vance stays on him with a chinlock. Truth endures, the fans rally up, and Truth stands. Truth fires body shots, but Vance CLUBS him! Vance whips, Truth ducks ‘n’ dodges, DOUBLE LARIATS take them both down! The fans fire up again as Truth and Vance crawl. Truth pushes past Vance, but Leila has to get out of the way as The Premier Athletes & Frat House all run up! They all YANK Top Flight, Turbo & The Von Erichs off the apron, leaving Truth stranded! But at least Truth’s team fights back!
The fans fire up, but Truth turns around into a BOOT! Truth ends up on the apron, Vance runs up, and Vance SPEARS Truth onto the entire cluster! The fans fire up as Vance drags Truth into the ring. Cover, TWO! The fans rally up as Truth stays in this. The teams regroup, Vance whips Truth to the corner, but Truth BOOTS back! Truth fires hands on everyone else, and then storms up, but Vance keeps him from his corner! Vance whips and catches Truth to a SLEEPER, but Truth hits a BIG back suplex! The fans fire up as Truth crawls! Leila coaches Truth, hot tag to Turbo! And to Sterling!? Sterling panics, he wants nothing to do with Turbo!
Jameson runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Griff runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Nese runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Daivari runs in, Turbo DECKS him! Turbo then scoops and SLAMS Nese! And he scoops and SLAMS Daivari! The fans fire up as Turbo ELBOWS Daivari in a corner, headlocks, BULLDOG LARIAT COMBO on The Premier Athletes! The fans are thunderous as Turbo flexes, but Sterling slithers in! Sterling CLUBS Turbo on the back, the fans boo, but Turbo just frowns and turns around. Sterling apologizes but Turbo grabs him by his shirt. Only for Jameson to get in and scoop SLAM Turbo! Jameson shouts, “Mark Sterling! You sonova b*tch!”
Jameson and Sterling look to parody the handshake, but Truth CLOBBERS Jameson! Sterling again apologizes, but Turbo stands back up! Sterling backs up into Turbo, panics, but Truth scoops Sterling! SLAM! The fans fire up as we get the real deal! Except Nese & Daivari get in! Wait, Marshall & Ross get them first, with DOUBLE IRON CLAWS! “Turbo Floyd! You sonova b*tch!” DOUBLE ELBOW DROP on Sterling! And then Sterling flounders up, into a scoop, but Griff & Vance get in! Top Flight DOUBLE SUPERKICK them back out! Truth runs, TOTAL RECALL!! Dante runs, Darius sets up, FLIGHT IN MOTION for Griff! Turbo covers Sterling, #TopVonRunners win!
Winners: Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs, by pinfall
Everything’s bigger in Texas, and that includes this win as the super team everybody loves stands tall! But with The Von Erichs holding gold with Dustin Rhodes, will The Sons of Texas soon be everyone’s top priority?
MXM Collection speaks.
ROH Media found Mansoor & Mason Madden after their loss at ROH Global Wars: Australia, but they still had their remodeled ROH World Tag title belt. As such, they act triumphant and victorious because they “successfully defended” their ROH World Tag Team Championship. Because as you can see, they still have the belt! Shoutout to Dustin Rhodes, he is a great fellow tag team champion, he really tested MXM. But then they ran away with this here title, and there is nothing anyone can say about it! Fingertip touch and MXM heads out, but they do know possession is NOT nine-tenths of the law in ROH, right?
Billie Starkz VS Hyan!
As if tensions weren’t already high between these two, Minion 400,237 & 3/4ths is being belittled because she lost to Harley Cameron on the Jericho Cruise while The Fallen Goddess is still ROH Women’s World Champion after beating Alex Windsor in Australia. The Athena World Tour returns home to Texas, but will Billie make “Boss” proud? Or will even disappointment be bigger in Texas?
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and the fans rally up for Hyan. Billie is annoyed, the two tie up, and Billie wrenches to a wristlock. Hyan cartwheels, wrenches to a wristlock, but Billie rolls, rolls back, then trips Hyan. Billie flexes, the fans are torn, but then Billie throws Hyan down by her hair! Billie talks smack on Hyan, Hyan runs up, but Billie dodges to waistlock and shove. Billie then bypasses Hyan to sunset flip. Hyan rolls through, but Billie basement ENZIGIRIS! Billie then drags Hyan up to waistlock. Hyan fires elbows, runs to ropes, but Billie holds on! Billie CLUBS Hyan’s arms from the ropes, to STRAITJACKET GERMAN!
Billie scowls, then she stalks Hyan to the corner. Billie stomps a mudhole in, but the ref counts. Billie tells him to back off! The fans boo, but Billie asks, “What do you want from me!?” Billie runs in, but Hyan dodges and Billie POSTS herself! The fans fire up, Hyan storms over, and Hyan brings Billie up to suplex high and hard! The fans fire up and Hyan feels that energy! Hyan runs to SPLASH in the corner! Hyan keeps moving, but Billie ELBOWS her away. And BOOTS her! Billie goes up, Hyan stops the boot, but not the rebound ENZIGIRI! Billie goes up top, leaps, but Hyan gets under! Hyan ELBOWS Billie, cravats to KNEE and KNEE SMASH!
Hyan hits a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Billie stays in this, it’s why she’s the inaugural ROH Women’s TV Champion. But she sits up into a CHOP! Hyan CHOPS again, and again, but Billie blocks! Billie scowls, and then she ROCKS Hyan again and again! Billie has Hyan in the corner, fires more shots, but the ref counts. Billie stops at 4, then backs up just to run up, HEEL KICK! Billie then puts Hyan up top, Electric Chair Lifts, and she tucks Hyan in for a DRIVER!! Cover, Billie wins!
Winner: Billie Starkz, by pinfall
Well, if Kenny Omega uses a One Winged Angel, was that a Two Winged Angel? The bottom line is Billie is back in the win column, but will she ever fight her way out from under Athena’s tyranny?
ROH World Television Championship: Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Lee Johnson w/ EJ Nduka!
After failing to finish the Proving Ground match in under ten minutes, the Commander of the Skies has owed Big Shotty this title shot. Will Komander get the job done now that there’s a thirty minute time limit? Or will Lee prove this is all too easy?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is really the star of ROH TV!
The Code of Honor is not upheld as Lee leaves Komander hanging. The bell rings, the fans rally for Komander, and the two circle. Lee chuckles, tells Houston to calm down and shut up, then he ties up with Komander. Lee arm-drags, but Komander holds on. They stand, Lee waistlocks, Komander switches, but Lee switches. They switch again and again, but then Lee headlocks. Komander headlocks, Lee slips out and hits a takeover. Komander headscissors, Lee kips free, and things speed up. Komander QUEBRADA but Lee dodges! Komander still headlocks for a takeover, Lee headscissors, and Komander kips free. The two stand off and the fans cheer.
Lee and Komander reset, circle again, and Lee mockingly applauds. Lee pie faces Komander and talks trash. Komander storms up but Lee pie faces him again! Lee goes for another, Komander blocks to CHOP, go up and up, but Lee yanks him down! Lee says Komander’s not gonna do lucha on him! But Komander CHOPS! And CHOPS! Komander goes up and up and jumps around, to FLYING ARM-DRAG! Lee tumbles out, EJ is there, but Komander builds speed! Komander rolls, slow-mo up and over to then RANA! EJ can’t believe it but the fans fire up! Komander puts Lee back in the ring, then he springboards, flying sunset flip! TWO!!
Lee escapes then bails out, and Komander keeps an eye on him. #LEE-J regroup and EJ coaches Lee up. Lee storms up to the apron, but Komander DROPKICKS him down! The fans fire up, Komander builds speed, but EJ stands in the way! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Lee slides in and CLOBBERS Komander! The ref says this is EJ’s last warning, but Lee says Komander is nothing! Cover, TWO! Lee is frustrated and he drags Komander up. Lee bumps Komander off buckles, then brings him around to fire body shots. The fans rally, the ref counts, but Lee stomps away on Komander. Lee digs his boots in, but steps off at 4.
Lee storms back up on Komander, brings him around, and whips him corner to corner hard! Komander bounces off buckles, Lee shouts, “You’re NOTHING!” Lee covers, TWO! Lee is frustrated, but he rains down fists! The fans rally with “SI SE PUEDES!” Lee hammers away, then lets off to talk trash. Lee drags Komander up, TOSSES him to the outside, and EJ stays back. Lee taunts Houston, the ref watches EJ closely, but The Judge defends his own innocence. Lee goes out the side to fetch Komander, and he CLUBS Komander down! Lee puts Komander in the ring, drags him up, and snapmares for a chinlock.
The fans boo Lee while Komander endures, but Lee says Komander is still nothing! Abrahantes rallies the fans for Komander, and Komander fights up to his feet! Komander throws body shots, but Lee wrangles Komander back down! “This is your guy? This is too easy!” The fans boo, then they rally back up. Komander rises, fires body shots and forearms, and he CHOPS! The fans fire up with Komander as he fires even more shots! Komander runs up at the corner, but Lee puts him on the apron! Komander BLINDSIDE LARIATS Lee! Komander goes up, but Lee goes out! Komander hops down, Lee SUPERKICKS him!
Lee huffs ‘n’ puffs and reels Komander in! Canadian Rack, but Komander slips free! Komander scopos, Lee slips free, and Lee CLUBS Komander! The fans boo but Lee suplexes, but Komander lands inside! Komander catches Lee in the ropes and fires KNEE after KNEE! Komander UPPERCUTS, then ROCKS Lee, and he runs side to side! RANA-DRIVER!! A rough landing for both men, but the fans rally up even harder! Komander sits up, Lee follows, and both men stand. Komander fires forearms and CHOPS! And then another! Lee ducks the chop, back suplexes, but Komander lands out! KICK! KICK! BLINDSIDE SOBAT!
Komander runs, QUEBRADA! Cover, TWO! Lee survives, the fans rally up, and Komander rises again. Komander has Lee in a drop zone and hurries to the corner! Houston fires up as Komander climbs, but Lee rolls to the far side. Komander hops down, runs up, then goes up the corner to RA- NO! Lee stops Komander, runs for a corner, but Komander RANAS Lee into buckles! Komander mule kicks, SUPERKICKS, then runs, but into a DROPKICK! Lee shouts, “I am not playing with this guy!” Lee hauls Komander up, reels him in, and lifts, but Komander SPINNING POISON-RANAS!!! Cover, TWO!!!
Lee survives and Komander is stunned! Houston rallies behind him again and Komander rises back up. Komander hurries to the corner and back up top! Lee sputters, but he manages to trip Komander up! Lee rises up, he fires hands on Komander, but Komander fires body shots! Komander SHOVES Lee, Lee backflips through! Lee comes right back! SUPER DUPER PLEX!! And he rolls through, to the outside? BRAINBUSTER to the floor!! EJ is fired up and the fans lose their minds! The ref checks both men, and somehow they’re both okay to continue. Lee and Komander stir while the ring count begins.
Both men are down at 5 of 20, then 8. Lee staggers up at 9, and he grabs Komander’s leg to SLAM it against the LED barrier again and again! Then he KICKS the leg! The ref reprimands, finish this in the ring! Wait, EJ has the title belt! The ref spots that, tells EJ to back off, but then Abrahantes snatches the belt from EJ! The fans cheer, EJ storms upon Abrahantes, but Lee puts Komander in the ring. Lee snarls while Komander unties his boot. Komander is getting pressure off the bad ankle, but Lee has him by the other leg. Komander ENZIGIRIS, but that was the bad foot! Komander writhes, but Abrahantes helps with the boot.
Lee hurries to stomp away on Komander’s legs! Lee punches away on the foot, YANKS the boot off, and EJ grabs it to mockingly show it off! Lee stomps away on the ankle more, then he goes up! FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Komander survives but Lee hauls him right up! AOI SHODOU!! Cover, TWO!?! Komander survives and #LEE-J doesn’t understand! The fans rally as hard as they can for Komander as he crawls to a corner. Lee hauls Komander up to the top rope, climbs up after him, but Komander fires body shots! Komander SHOVES Lee down, and Lee is in the drop zone! Komander rises up, but EJ drags Lee to safety!
The fans boo, but Komander says bet! SUPER CROSSBODY! Komander takes down LEE-J, grabs his boot back, and he throws the boot at EJ! The fans are thunderous and Komander drags Lee up. Komander puts Lee in, hurries back up the corner, and the fans rally as hard as they can! Komander tightrope walks, and CIELITO LINDO!! Cover, KOMANDER WINS!
Winner: Komander, by pinfall (still ROH World Television Champion)
Even with all that damage done by Big Shotty, Komander shows the grit of a champion and pulls out the victory! Will he still find ways to win, no matter the odds?
Red Velvet speaks.
When it comes to her by-any-means-necessary way of winning, The Chef knows we all want to know “Why? Why? I have been on a roll lately. The hottest of my career. Why? Why? I’m starting to get real tired of the same questions. Why? I’m just getting started.” When and where will Red Velvet serve up another L fresh from the kitchen?
Six Man Tag: Sammy Guevara, Fuego & Dark Panther VS Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr!
Lucha night comes to an end with a huge crossover between ROH and CMLL! And it will be lucha rules! That means if the legal man falls out of the ring, someone can jump in and take their place! Will the Spanish God be able to help The Flame of Mexico and El Latigo Lagunero win big in Texas? Or will the Alchemist, El Australopithecus Apestosus y The Luxury of Lucha prove they are primero del mundo?
Wait, MXM appears on stage to taunt Sammy with his ROH World Tag Team title belt. Sammy ignores them while the trios sort out. But then Hechicero DROPKICKS Sammy out! Panther CLOBBERS Hechi, Barbaro BOOTS Hechi, but Fuego DROPKICKS Barbaro! Soberano runs up but Fuego goes Matrix! Fuego bridges, then stands back up to dance! Fuego and Soberano RAM shoulders, go again, and then Fuego runs. Soberano follows, pops Fuego up and over, but Fuego ARM-DRAGS Soberano! Barbaro y Hechi run in, Fuego dodges them to then handspring and DOUBLE ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up, Panther & Sammy join in!
The trio builds speed, but Hechi’s team CLOBBERS them all! Hechi stomps Sammy, Soberano stomps Panther and Barbaro stomps Fuego. Fuego and Panther fall out so Soberano is the legal man. Hechi CHOKES Sammy, Soberano BITES Sammy’s foot! The fans rally and duel, and Hechi drags Sammy around. Hechi puts Sammy’s leg through the ropes, Soberano CHOKES Sammy while Hechi pulls on the leg, and Barbaro stands on the other leg! The ref reprimands and counts, Hechi YANKS the leg as he lets off, and Soberano looms over Sammy. Soberano y Barbaro taunt Sammy’s team by holding Sammy’s arms out to them.
Soberano y Barbaro double wrench then DOUBLE KICK! Hechi drags Sammy up to rain fists! The ref counts, Hechi lets off, and Soberano stomps Sammy in the corner. The fans boo but Soberano drags Sammy up to GAMANGIRI! Sammy drops down, Soberano hooks his arms and digs a knee into Sammy’s back. Sammy endures, even as Hechi taunts him. The fans rally, Sammy fights up, but Hechi blocks the kick so he and Soberano can mug Sammy! They have Sammy on the ropes and hold his legs open! Barbaro runs up and KICKS the hamstring! MXM laugh while the fans are torn. Barbaro taunts Fuego, then BLASTS him and Panther!
Hechi twists Sammy’s arm, stands him up to wrench, and Soberano wrenches the other arm. They lift Sammy up, Barbaro runs, PENDULUM BOMB! Then TRIPLE BASEMENT DROPKICK! Sammy bails out, Panther is there to help him, and Fuego slides in. But Barbaro BOOTS him down! Barbaro y Soberano mug Fuego, whip him to the corner, then Soberano LARIATS! Barbaro LARIATS, then Hechi STEP-UP KNEES Fuego! Fuego falls, MXM is amused, and Hechi hooks Fuego up! Soberano y Babaro grab the arms, and they help Hechi get Fuego up! It’s a MEXICAN SURFBOARD, but then Soberano gets a boost from Barbaro, GUILLOTINE LEG DROP!!
The fans fire up and Soberano covers, ONE because Soberano lets off?! Soberano seems to be demanding more respect from the ref, but then Fuego bails out and Panther storms in! Soberano stops Panther in his tracks by kneeling and offering a handshake. Panther kicks, Soberano blocks it, and Barbaro KICKS Panther’s leg! Barbaro DECKS Panther, Hechi brings Panther back up, and they double whip. Double drop toehold and now Hechi hooks Panther up! We now get a ROMERO SPECIAL, and then Soberano y Barbaro run, DOUBLE BULLDOG!! Hechi and team soak up the cheers and jeers from Houston!
Barbaro drags Panther up, DECKS him again, then they all soak up the heat. Hechi fires HEADBUTT after HEADBUTT, then fast hands! Hechi DECKS Panther, then puts him in a corner. Soberano DROPKICKS Panther down, then he and Barbaro double whip corner to corner. Hechi sends Soberano in but Panther dodges! Panther dodges Hechi, scoops Barbaro for a BACKBREAKER, then scoops Hechi for a BACKBREAKER! Soberano gets a BACKBREAKER! Panther BLASTS Barbaro out, then DIVES into him! The fans fire up, MXM likes what they see, and it’s Sammy that steps in!
Hechi storms in after him, the fans rally and duel, and things speed up! Sammy sidesteps, hurdles, backflips over, and he DROPKICKS Hechi down! Sammy kips up so smooth and he takes a bow. Soberano runs up but Sammy DUMPS him out! Sammy hurries to PLANCHA onto Hechi! The fans fire up with Sammy, he slides back in and builds speed, to FLY onto Soberano! The fans fire up with Sammy, MXM gets upset and even storm a few feet closer to ringside. Barbaro is in, he wrenches and hammerlocks Sammy, lifts and suplexes! Barbaro stomps away, then does his caveman dance. Fans join in, Barbaro runs, IMPLODER SPLASH! Cover, Fuego breaks it!
Sammy bails out, Fuego CHOPS Barbaro, then he whips. Barbaro reverses but Fuego BOOTS him! Barbaro does the worm!? Barbaro runs up, but Fuego goes up and over to stack! Hechi BOOTS Fuego! Barbaro bails out, Hechi whips, but Fuego reverses and RANAS! Hechi handsprings through! He then wrenches and shoves Fuego, then runs up, and he YANKS Fuego’s hurdle out of the air! Fuego bails out, Panther runs in, but Hechi avoids the dropkick! But then Panther avoids the senton! Panther rallies the fans, runs to RAM Hechi, then runs again. Hechi follows, but Panther hits a Tiger Feint to dodge, and Hechi’s dropkick goes flying out to the floor!
Panther hurries to a corner and then runs, FLYING RANA! Hechi flounders away, and Panther hurries back in. Soberano runs up, Panther puts him on the apron, but Soberano GAMANGIRIS! Soberano fires up, the fans are torn, and Soberano goes up top for a TORNILLO CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO!! Panther survives that wild 1080, but then Soberano dodges Panther! Panther ends up stuck in ropes, Soberano LIONSAULTS but misses as Panther slips out! Panther takes aim, but Barbaro uses Soberano for POETRY IN MOTION! Down goes Panther and the fans fire up! Soberano builds speed and he FOSBURY FLOPS to then inverted suplex!
Soberano SLAMS Panther down, Barbaro is up top! SUPER DUPER SPLASH to the floor!! MXM is fired up, and then Fuego QUEBRADAS Soberano! Fuego slides, in does a dance, and then FLIES onto Barbaro! Hechi is in, but so is Sammy! The fans fire up and Hechi roars! Sammy runs up, but into a single leg takedown! Hechi stands Sammy up to whip, but Sammy reverses. Hechi ducks the hurdle, but Sammy JUMP KNEES him down! The fans fire up and Sammy whips corner to corner. Hechi reverses, runs up, and STEP-UP KNEES! The fans fire up and Hechi rolls back, summons the power of lucha, but Sammy SUPERKICKS him!
Sammy runs to JUMP KNEE again! Hechi flounders, Sammy torture racks him! But Mason gets on the apron! The ref tells him to hop down, but Mansoor slithers in, and he BELT SHOTS Sammy!! The fans boo, Sammy flops out of the ring, but Fuego steps up! Fuego runs, slips through a tilt-o-whirl, but Hechi victory rolls, only to stand up and INVERTED MONKEY FLIP Fuego into a LEG SCISSOR NELSON! But that’s not all, Hechi makes it a ROLLING CRADLE! They go around and around and around, into the cover! Team Hechi wins!!
Winners: Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr, by pinfall
Give an assist to MXM as they celebrate their part to play in this victory. They even get Hechicero to touch fingertips with him! But then they aim at Sammy! Only for Fuego y Panther to get back in! MXM flips the belt around to swing on them! Fuego y Panther dodge, and they DOUBLE DROPKICK MXM out! The fans cheer, but Sammy, Fuego & Panther grab Mansoor! Mansoor says save yourself! He lets the belt go, Sammy has Mansoor in the torture rack! GO TO HOSPITAL!! Mason shouts, “NOOO~!” but he keeps the title belt away from Sammy. Will Sammy & Dustin just have to take the fight to MXM to get their stolen property back?
My Thoughts:
A very good ROH clocking in at an hour and 21 minutes, it feels like they’ve almost got this mastered for a good cable TV runtime. Though at the same time, we still had filler in Gates of Agony squashing Exodus & Josiah, and then both women’s matches were fairly quick. Billie squashing Hyan was in part to serve story as we did see Athena tell Billie to take things seriously, and then Billie takes her frustrations out on Hyan. Rachael VS Abadon could’ve been a little longer to build them both up in the standings, but Abadon winning makes sense as Abadon’s gotten closer to titles than Rachael has. And good promo from Velvet, but I’m not sure why we’re waiting so long to get to her and Leyla’s rematch.
Additionally, while that 12 Man Tag was some fun, just smashing together multiple teams for that was bordering on filler. Good to see The Von Erichs back given ROH was in Texas. And between The Von Erichs being in Texas and Sterling being introduced as one of the competitors, it was a given The Von Erichs and their team would win. Though it did work that The Outrunners got the finish, they’re the team riding high right now. I will say it’s good that “The Frat House” is a faction, but like, can’t the name have just be The Fraternity? Or like, Greek letters that make a fraternity name, but also is a funny pun when you boil it down to letters.
But of course, great stuff throughout the night involving luchadores. Fuego Del Sol VS Yuta was a very good opening match, but I figured Yuta would win that. Him going the extra mile with that steel chain was rather vicious, I feel like Fuego should want payback, teaming with some other AEW wrestlers who have beef with the Death Riders. Komander VS Lee was a very good ROH TV Championship match, but given this wasn’t the main event, I figured Komander would retain. Maybe EJ gets his shot next?
And then a very good Six Man main event. The lucha rules made it constant motion because there was no need for tags, and apparently the ref didn’t need to count when Hechi’s team was in there together. MXM getting involved makes sense, as they’re still not happy just possessing the tag title. They screwed Sammy over, Hechi’s team wins, but then Sammy’s side stands tall over MXM. I would think we do get Sons of Texas VS MXM one more time, who knows how that goes, but it’ll be a lot of fun either way.
My Score: 8.6/10
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