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Mitchell’s WWE NXT Results & Report! (4/8/25)
NO ONE IS SAFE!

Dark State takes on the Stand & Deliver main event!
Before they battle for THE NXT Championship, Oba Femi, Trick Williams and Je’Von Evans must work together against Dark State in a Six Man Tag! Will they survive?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Jordynne Grace VS Jaida Parker; No Contest.
- Fraxiom VS Swipe Right; Fraxiom wins.
- NXT Women’s North American Championship Ladder Match Qualifier: Sol Ruca w/ Zaria VS Jazmyn Nyx w/ The Fatal Influence; Sol wins and advances to Stand & Deliver.
- Hank ‘n’ Tank VS Niko Vance & Brooks Jensen; Vance & Jensen win.
- Wes Lee w/ Tyriek Igwe & Tyson Dupont VS Yoshiki Inamura w/ Josh Briggs; Wes wins.
- NXT Women’s North American Championship Ladder Match Qualifier: Izzi Dame w/ The Culling VS Wren Sinclair w/ No Quarter Catch Crew; Izzi wins and advances to Stand & Deliver.
- Six Man Tag: Oba Femi, Trick Williams & Je’Von Evans VS Dark State; Dark State wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Stephanie Vaquer is here!
Kelly Kincaid knows the NXT Women’s Champion gets to choose her opponent for Stand & Deliver, but when can we expect that decision? Vaquer is sure she’ll have that decision after this match. La Primera goes to ringside, who will impress her with a victory?
Jordynne Grace VS Jaida Parker!
The Juggernaut and Miss Parker have had a bit of back ‘n’ forth, both in words and in brawling backstage. But this here could very well be seen as a #1 contender’s match! Will Grace make an impact on WrestleMania Weekend? Or will Jaida get #OutTheMud with this one?
The bell rings and and the two run up! Grace TACKLES Jaida, rains down fists, and the fans fire up! Jaida turns things around, Grace turns it back, and they scrap out to the floor! The fans fire up more as the shots keep going! Grace stomps Jaida, then SMACKS her off the apron. Grace jumps on for a SLEEPER, but Jaida RAMS her into the apron! And into the apron again! Jaida goes into the ring, but Grace drags her back out. Grace slides in, but Jaida drags her back out! Grace ELBOWS Jaida, SMACKS her off the apron, then TOSSES her into the ring. Grace slides in, but Jaida stomps her down!
Jaida drags Grace up, whips, but Grace reverses to atomic drop! Then she fireman’s carries Jaida for a ROLLING DEATH VALLEY! Then a SLIDING FOREARM! Cover, TWO! Jaida stays in this but Grace stays on her. Grace TOSSES Jaida to the apron, then goes out after her. Grace CLUBS Jaida, Alabama Lifts her, and even Vaquer is worried about this one. Jaida fights that slam off to lift Grace! Grace kicks free, but then Jaida fireman’s carries! HOTSHOT off the ropes! The fans fire up while Grace flounders, but Jaida storms in and runs, BLOCKBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Grace survives and the fans fire up more!
Jaida drags Grace up, but Grace fights the suplex! Grace RAMS Jaida into a corner, then RAMS her in again! Grace backs up, runs in, but Jaida puts her on the apron! Grace blocks a shot to ROCK Jaida! Grace then climbs, but Jaida trips her up! Grace is in the ropes, Jaida ROCKS her, then puts her in the corner! Jaida CHOPS, then runs, TEARDROP! Jaida high steps and the fans fire up! Jaida says Parker don’t play, and NXT goes picture in picture.
Jaida talks trash on Grace, then drags her up to CLUB her in the corner. Jaida runs to LARIAT Grace in the back! Jaida reels Grace in, REVERSE SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! Grace survives that rough landing, and she seems to be okay to continue. Jaida clamps onto Grace with a GROUND COBRA TWIST! Grace endures, fights around, but Jaida CLUBS her! Grace fires HEADBUTTS into Jaida, but Jaida CLUBS her again and again! Jaida pushes Grace onto her stomach, then clamps on with a chinlock stretch! Grace endures, fights up, and has Jaida as a backpack! BACKPACK SENTON! Cover, TWO! Jaida stays in this but Grace stays focused.
Grace drags Jaida up, whips her to a corner hard, and then scoops Jaida for a POWERSLAM! Grace goes up, up, VADER BOMB FLOPS as Jaida moves !HIP- NO! Grace rolls Jaida up, TWO! Jaida trips Grace, and she rains down furious fists! Grace turns things around but Jaida pulls hair! But then Grace pulls Jaida’s hair! The ref counts, both women let go at 4, and then Grace rains down fists! Cover, TWO! Grace tumbles to ropes, Jaida storms up to cravat. Jaida grinds Grace’s face off the ropes, puts her in the corner, then runs, but into an ELBOW! Grace reels Jaida in, but Jaida hoists Grace up top!
Jaida fires forearms and a CHOP, then climbs up after Grace. NXT returns to single picture as Grace fires forearms! Jaida fires a body shot in return! Jaida reaches the top, brings Grace up to join her, but Grace fights back! SUPER SUNSET FLIP, but Jaida holds onto the ropes! Jaida ROCKS Grace, then kicks her away! The fans rally as Jaida adjusts, but Grace runs up! Jaida leaps over, fireman’s carries, but Grace fires elbows! Jaida still RAMS Grace into buckles, and pops Grace around! But Grace fights through to have Jaida up! The fans are thunderous as Grace then ALLEY-OOPS Jaida away!
The fans cheer “NXT! NXT!” for making this the opener, and even Vaquer is impressed. Grace and Jaida rise up, go forehead to forehead, then they go forearm for forearm! The fans fire up, Grace gets the edge, and she RAMS Jaida into the corner! Grace swings, Jaida dodges, but then Grace catches Jaida to a backslide! Jaida rolls through, Grace blocks the kick, but the POINT-BLANK HIP hits! Jaida then whips corner to corner, but Grace goes up and over! GRIZZLY MAGNUM! The fans fire up for that double chop, and then Grace blocks a boot! Grace lifts Jaida into the Electric Chair, and SLAMS her into buckles!
Grace torture racks Jaida now, for a SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Jaida survives and “This is Awesome!” Grace and Jaida rise up again, and Grace pump handles! Jaida fights free, dragon sleepers, REVSRE- NO, Grace turns suplex into dragon sleeper! Jaida fires knees, powers through, and she standard suplexes to GOURD BUSTER! And now, the HIP- NO!! Grace ducks and Jaida crashes! Grace runs to DIVE! The ropes get her first, she crashes at Jaida’s feet! Jaida hurries to get Grace up, but Grace shoves her away. Jaida bumps into Vaquer, and Vaquer takes exception to that. Jaida SLAPS Vaquer!
The fans fire up but Grace fires off on Jaida! Vaquer swings on Jaida, Jaida dodges, Grace takes the shot! Jaida then SLAPS Vaquer! The ref stops the match but the brawl continues!
No Contest
Grace ROCKS Jaida, then goes to the ring to off on Vaquer! Jaida storms in and goes after Grace! The fans fire up, and now GIULIA is back?!? The former NXT Women’s Champion returns, and she dodges Grace to BOOT Jaida! And she ROCKS Grace! ELBOW for Jaida, SHOTGUN for Grace! Vaquer SHOTGUNS Jaida! The fans fire up as now Giulia and Vaquer bump into each other! They turn and see who it is, and while Vaquer smiles, Giulia HEADBUTTS Vaquer! NORTHERN LIGHTS BOMB!! And she holds up the NXT Women’s Championship! The Beautiful Madness is back, will it be madness this close to Mania?
Hank ‘n’ Tank talk backstage.
They again go over what went wrong last week, and bring up how Nathan Frazer was a bit harsh with his words. But maybe they should just watch and learn from Fraxiom tonight. After all, those guys are the NXT Tag Team Champions, so they gotta know something. But then speaking of that match, Swipe Right walks in. Brad Baylor says, “What’s up, big boys?” Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes introduce themselves as “The hottest tag team on WWE Evolve,” and they already know Tank ‘n’ Hank. Well, it’s Hank ‘n’ Tank but same thing. Swipe Right heard about the rough patch and know they’re looking for advice from successful tag teams.
Well, don’t sweat it, Swipe Right loves to pay it forward. Tonight, after they beat Fraxiom, #Hundos, they will get back to you boys for a tight five. For now, get pens, paper, and take notes. Brad & Ricky head out, and Tank asks, “Who even…?” Hank says they’re not THAT desperate. Are they? Tank says no, they are not. But to the point, will studying from the most functional dysfunctional and dynamic duo in WWE really help Hank ‘n’ Tank narrow down what they’re missing?
The Culling has a group discussion.
They are all upset over last week. Brooks Jensen tells Shawn Spears that the group let him down. Niko Vance says Ricky Saints has no idea what’s coming his way. Izzi Dame swears they will do everything they can to get the North American Championship back, and Niko adds that it doesn’t matter if Ethan Page thinks it’s his turn. The Chair Man has them stop. He admires the passion, he really does. And is he grateful that he finally won gold in the WWE for the first time? That he’ll be a champion for the rest of his life? Yes. But that title is no longer his focus. It was a vessel that brought The Culling together. Their bond was never about his success, but theirs.
The focus now shifts to Izzi. She will qualify for the Women’s North American Championship Ladder Match and go on to Stand & Deliver. Do not focus on Spears’ loss but what she can achieve. And as for Brooks & Niko, Hank ‘n’ Tank are looking to find their way. Ensure that they don’t. It was always about them shining. And it all starts tonight. Spears smiles, will the “family” he brought together soon reign together?
Fraxiom VS Swipe Right!
NXT returns and Swipe Right makes their entrance. The fans are a bit torn on the self-professed hottest team in Evolve, but will Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes make man change their minds? Or is this going to be more of a swipe left moment?
The teams sort out and Smokes steps up, but Frazer and Axiom argue a bit. Axiom concedes and lets Frazer start, only for Smokes to DROPKICK him off the apron! The fans boo but Frazer goes after Smokes! Smokes BACKHANDS Frazer, RAMS him into the corner, then tags Brad. Feed to a lift and then DROPKICK SPINEBUSTER COMBO! Cover, TWO! Brad drags Frazer up, RAMS into him, then tags Smokes. They snapmare, and Brad NECK SNAPPERS! Smokes adds a basement DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Axiom is back up but Smokes CLOBBERS him! Smokes grabs Frazer’s legs, YANKS him up, but Frazer PELES!
Brad tags in, Frazer dodges, but Brad blocks a kick! The DRAGON WHIP hits! Tag to Axiom and the tag champs unleash the speed blitz! Basement DDT for Brad! Smokes runs up but into a mule kick! Frazer kicks, then gives Axiom a boost for the DROPKICK! Swipe Right bails out, and Axiom DIVES onto Brad! Frazer DIVES onto Smokes! The fans fire up as they keep going! DIVE for Brad! DIVE for Smokes! The fans are thunderous because the champs #NeverSlowDown! Axiom CHOPS Brad in the corner, then CHOPS again! Axiom fires hands on Brad, adds stomps, then lets off. Smokes sneaks a tag, and then slingshot SPEARS Axiom! Cover, TWO!
Smokes puts Axiom int he ropes, bends him back, then Brad KNEES Axiom! Tag to Brad, feed to a springboard X FACTOR! Cover, TWO! Axiom stays in this but Brad clamps on with a full nelson. Axiom endures, fights up, and he breaks the grip. Axiom then slips around to GERMAN SUPLEX! Smokes tags in, he anchors a foot, and avoids the enzigiri! Smokes runs, but into a SPANISH FLY! The fans fire up and Axiom rolls, hot tag to Frazer! Frazer rallies with FOREARM after FOREARM on Smokes! Brad is in, but he gets a BUCKLE SHOT! Frazer dodges Smokes, QUEBRADA, and then he adds Brad to the mix, COMPLETE SHOT DDT COMBO!
The fans are thunderous again as Frazer sets up, RUNNING SHOOTING STAR on Smokes! Cover, TWO! Smokes survives and Frazer is a bit surprised, but he hurries to a corner. Frazer goes right up, takes aim, and FROG- NO, Smokes dodges! Tags to Brad and Axiom! Smokes runs up, Frazer waistlocks, but Smokes switches. Smokes sends Frazer at Axiom, Axiom goes up and over, but Smokes BOOTS him! Frazer runs up, Brad ROCKS him! Smokes JUMP KNEES, Brad underhooks! Swipe Right combines, butterfly underhooks and MATCH KILLER! Brad tags Smokes, they set Axiom up as Smokes climbs!
Axiom sends Brad into Smokes! SUPERKICK for Brad! Hot tag to Frazer before a GAMANGIRI to Smokes! Axiom goes up to give Smokes the SUPER SPANISH FLY! Frazer is up top, PHOENIX SPLASH!! GOLDEN RATIO for Brad! Cover on Smokes, Fraxiom wins!
Winners: Fraxiom, by pinfall
For what it’s worth, Swipe Right did impress. But in the end, they saw why Frazer & Axiom are the NXT Tag Team Champions. Did Hank ‘n’ Tank learn plenty from this match?
Fatal Influence talks backstage.
Jacy Jayne deserves the opportunity, and Jazmyn Nyx agrees. Fallon Henley walks in and asks if they heard the news. Yes, one member of Fatal Influence gets the chance to qualify for Stand & Deliver. Fallon being the former champion, she is ready to get that title back. Um, no. Fallon had the title, failed to keep it, so it is Jacy’s turn to step up. Fallon says last time she checked, Jacy was too busy eating a superkick. Jazmyn tells them to stop, because it’ll be neither of them. It’s her turn to get an opportunity. And they’ll be their for her, right? Jazmyn heads out, and Jacy asks what just happened. Fallon has no idea. But will the Toxic Rookie prove she’s ready for more?
NXT Women’s North American Championship Ladder Match Qualifier: Sol Ruca w/ Zaria VS Jazmyn Nyx w/ The Fatal Influence!
NXT returns as the “goddesses of mayhem” stand in the ring together, and then #ZaRuca makes their entrance. The Agent of Change is already in the ladder match after winning big last week, will the Soul Surfer soon join her?
The bell rings and the fans rally behind Sol. The two tie up, go around, and Nyx headlocks. Sol powers up and out, but Nyx holds on tight! Sol fights while Nyx grinds the hold. Sol headstands and pops out the back! Then she handsprings to avoid the leg sweep! Sol gest around, headlocks, and wrenches to then wristlock. Nyx wrenches back, but Sol whips. Nyx reverses, Sol goes up and over, to then X FACTOR! The fans fire up as Sol kips up and Nyx bails out. Sol storms up, counter punches Nyx at the apron, then hoists Nyx up! Sol has a stalling suplex, but Nyx fights it! Nyx tries but Sol spins that around to snap suplex!
Sol backflips to have the top mount cover, TWO! Sol is annoyed but Zaria coaches her to keep going. Nyx blocks a superkick, spins Sol and sweeps the leg! Jacy & Fallon applaud, and Nyx stalks Sol as she goes to the apron. Sol ROUNDHOUSES Nyx, then springboards for a SPLASH into boots! Nyx runs, springboard and FLYING CHUCK! Sol goes to a corner, Nyx stomps a mudhole in, then digs her boot in. The ref counts, Nyx lets off, and Sol fires a forearm. Nyx ROCKS Sol in return! Nyx whips Sol to ropes then CALF KICKS! Nyx kips up smooth, and hooks a leg, FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!
Nyx isn’t quite perfect, but she clamps on a LAST CHANCERY! Sol endures, powers up, and the fans rally as Sol pries the hold open! Sol rises, Nyx runs, PENALTY KICK! Cover, TWO! Nyx is frustrated but she has Sol on the ropes. Nyx KICKS away on Sol’s stomach, but Sol blocks the roundhouse! Nyx ROCKS Sol, but Sol slips around to lift and BLUE THUNDER FACEBUSTER! Both women are down and the fans rally up. Sol and Nyx rise up, and Sol mule kicks! So CLUBS Nyx, CHOPS her, CHOPS her again, then whips. SHOULDER TACKLE! Springboard FLYING FOREARM! The fans fire up as Sol springboard FLYING FOREARMS again!
Sol fires up while Nyx goes to a corner. Sol runs in and ELBOWS Nyx! Sol cravats Nyx and picks her up, for a BACKPACK STUNNER! Sol keeps running to SHINING WIZARD! Cover, TWO! Nyx survives and Sol grows frustrated. But now Jacy picks a fight with Zaria. This lets Fallon distract Sol! Sol takes a swing, Fallon gets away, and the NYX KICK hits!! Cover, TWO!! Sol survives the Fatal screw job and Nyx can’t believe it! Nyx hurries to get Sol up, but Sol cradles her, TWO! Both women hurry up, ROUNDHOUSE from Nyx! Sol goes to a corner, but she jumps to ENZIGIRI! Sol goes up to SOL SNATCHER!! Cover, SOL WINS!
Winner: Sol Ruca, by pinfall (advances to Stand & Deliver)
Fatal Influence could not get this done 3v2, and now both members of #ZaRuca are going for the gold. Will at least one of them rise up and take the title home?
Backstage interview with Je’Von Evans.
Sarah Schreiber finds the Young OG preparing for tonight. She says that at Stand & Deliver, it will be the Triple Threat of Je’Von, Trick Williams and Oba Femi for THE NXT Championship. Tonight, they all team up against Dark State and- Je’Von apologizes for interrupting, but he called this! He knew this Dark State would be a problem, and if Trick and Oba had just listened in the first place, they wouldn’t be in this situation. Those two are gonna try and “lil bro” Je’Von less than two weeks away from the match? He’s coming for that title. Je’Von doesn’t have an era, he isn’t The Ruler, and he doesn’t wanna be like them anyway!
Je’Von dropped Oba not once but twice, and Trick is trying to snuff out the potential before it even sparks. That’s cool. Je’Von takes this step by step. Tonight, it is Dark State. At Stand & Deliver, it is the NXT Championship. Je’Von lets Sarah know he appreciates her, and then heads out. Will the Young OG be ready for all the success in the world? Or will something stop him before he gets the chance?
NXT Media catches up with Giulia.
The reporter asks her why she dropped Stephanie Vaquer, someone who was supposed to be a close friend. Giulia says Stand & Deliver is why. No friends, just a rematch! The Beautiful Madness put it plainly, but what will NXT GM Ava have to say about it?
Hank ‘n’ Tank VS Niko Vance & Brooks Jensen!
The big belly boys have been trying to break through to the next level, and trying to be like the Hardys, Motor City Machine Guns, and even Pretty Deadly did not work out. Will they figure out what’s wrong? Or will they simply be victims of The Culling?
The teams sort out, Tank starts against Jensen, and Jensen hits a leg takedown right at the bell. Tank avoids the headlock to then RAM Jensen to ropes. Hank tags in, Tank misdirects Jensen and Hank CLOBBERS him! The fans fire up and the boys go to the corners! HONK HONK, BIG BELLY SANDWICH! Niko runs up, Hank ‘n’ Tank dodge him, and then ASSISTED SEATED SENTON! The fans fire up as now they go to the corners, HONK HONK! BIG BELLY SANDWICH for Niko! The fans fire up and Hank goes for Jensen. Hank wrenches Jensen’s arm, tags Tank in, and they whip Jensen for a drop toehold and CAMEL CLUTCH!
Tank holds Jensen in place for Hank to run, but Niko trips him up! Tank protests but the ref keeps him back as Niko drags Hank out! Niko RAMS Hank into the apron, Jensen WHEEL KICKS Tank! Jensen rains down forearms on Tank while the fans boo. Jensen drags Tank up, turns him, and hits a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Tank toughs it out but Jensen drags him over. Tag to Niko and we see Spears watching from backstage. Niko drops a HEADBUTT on Tank, then clamps on a chinlock! Tank endures but the fans rally up. Tank fights up, fights around, and he JAWBREAKERS free! Tank dodges Niko, hot tag to Hank!
The fans fire up as Hank CLOBBERS Niko! Hank DECKS Jensen, ELBOWS Jensen, then whips him to a corner. Hank LARIATS, then whips corner to corner. Hank LARIATS again, then BULLDOGS! The fans fire up as Hank goes out, runs around the way, and he BOOTS Niko down! Hank gets back in, he dodges Jensen and CLOBBERS him! Cover, Niko breaks it! Tank runs up to ROCK Niko, then LARIAT him up and out! Tank goes after Niko but Niko RAMS him down low! Then he THROWS Tank into barriers! Jensen has Hank in a cradle, TWO! Hank scoops for a BOSS MAN SLAM! Hank goes up top, for a SWANTON FLOP!
Hank flounders, Niko tags in! Gut wrench and Jensen climbs, KNEE DROP DOMINATOR COMBO!! Cover, Culling wins!!
Winners: Brooks Jensen & Niko Vance, by pinfall
Hank ‘n’ Tank did their best to #NeverSlowDown, and it almost worked. Tank is frustrated, he shouts, “What’re we doing wrong?!” Will they ever figure it out?
Ricky Saints is here!
The fans fire up as The Absolute NEW NXT North American Champion makes his way to the ring. Saints grabs the mic on his way into the ring, and the fans chant, “Ricky! Strokes!” Saints appreciates the sentiment, he really does. But he will say this: The first night he stepped into NXT, he told everyone that he was gonna turn this place upside-down. He told us that the revolution would be televised again, and you’d get an Absolute Superstar. And if you haven’t figured it out yet, Saints is a man of his word, cuz baby, he is the NEW NXT North American Champion! The fans cheer that, and then chant, “You Earned It! Stroke!”
Saints says while he’d love to keep the celebration going, he has a bitter taste from last week, all due to “All Ego” Ethan Page. Yeah, he gets it, he fully understands. If a guy like Saints, the caliber of a star that he is, and did what Ethan did but better, his little ego would be shattered, too! And since we all know Ethan has never been known to be the bigger man, he had to go and ruin Saints’ moment. As the champ, Saints ain’t no punk, it is time to discuss this man to man. But instead of All Ego, it’s the Drama King! Lexis King brings his NXT Heritage Cup out, but sets it on his throne before going to the ring.
Lexis has a mic to tell Saints, “Hold your horses, Slick Rick. I think you’re worried about the wrong guy. Now I know The King has the prestigious Heritage Cup Championship.” The fans boo as Lexis joins Saints in the ring, and Lexis says, “If there’s one thing about me, brother, I love gold~!” But before Lexis can continue, Eddy Thorpe makes his way out here! The Alpha Wolf “congratulates” Saints, and says, “It must be nice, huh? To waltz in here and be handed opportunities while other people are starving to get what they deserve. All this time, I’ve been on a quest to win a title here in NXT, but now I realized, I had my sights set on the wrong place.
“Because that title, Ricky, that title represents the land of my people. The same land that was stolen from them. So as far as I’m concerned, that title is a shot at retribution. Hell, that title is my birthright! So you don’t need to worry about King, you don’t need to worry about Ethan, you need to worry about me.” But wait! Wes Lee makes his way out here! He has Tyriek & Tyson with him as he has everyone hold up. He has Inamura tonight, but he will take care of that later. They cannot have a conversation about the NXT North American Championship and NOT include Wes Lee! That title right there was at its peak when it was on Wes’ shoulders!
Wes says he is long, LONG overdue for having gold around his waist again. Lexis has Wes hold on, because he gets it. If Lexis was in Wes’s shoes, he would be devastated! He would be desperate to relive his glory days. Eddy tells Lexis to shut up! Another greedy White man who is not content with what he already has! Even Wes is surprised Eddy went there. But that title belongs to Eddy. Ricky tells these three that it is not the time to figure this out. If they want a shot at what Ricky’s got right here, then ETHAN PAGE SLIPS IN! TWISTED GRIN!! Just like last week! But then All Ego, The Drama King, the Alpha Wolf, and the Cardiac Kid all grab the belt.
They all look at each other, it is a four man tug-o-war, until the fists start flying! Ethan has Lexis, Eddy has Wes, and the fans fire up! Lexis RAMS Ethan into the corner, Eddy UPPERCUTS Wes again and again, but then Wes SUPERKICKS Eddy out of the ring! Ethan pushes Lexis aside, BOOTS Wes, but Lexis whips Ethan. Ethan reverses to TOSS Lexis, but Eddy drags Ethan out! Those three brawl, but Wes FLIES in! Down goes everybody! Ty & Ty help Wes stand tall, was this a proper warm-up for the Great Rush headed this way?
Ava watches backstage with Robert Stone and Stevie Turner.
Suit Man Stone hopes “Mayor” Ava saw that. It is truly Stand & Deliver Season! They agree, and then Ava greets Vaquer as she steps into the office. Has Vaquer made her decision? Is it Jaida, Jordynne or Giulia? Vaquer says yes, she has made her decision. And at Stand & Deliver, she wants… ALL THREE OF THEM! Ava says okay. Las Vegas is all about raising the stakes and taking a risk, but will Vaquer regret taking this gamble just to prove a point?
Backstage interview with Trick Williams.
As the shirt says, Sarah Schreiber is with “Crash Out Trick,” and brings up that in just under two weeks is Stand & Deliver. What are his thoughts about being in a Triple Threat match with Oba Femi and Je’Von Evans in order to win back the NXT Championship? Trick says he ain’t here to give no sob story, but every time it comes to him getting his, there’s always someone in the way. First, Eddy Thorpe. Now, Je’Von Evans. But pull up the resume, see what you find. Iron Survivor, North American Champion, TWO-TIME NXT Champion, back-to-back main event of Stand & Deliver, let’s talk about it! Except this time, Trick is going to leave with the title around his waist.
But then are there any concerns about teaming with his opponents tonight to take on the destructive Dark State? Hell yeah, he’s concerned! We all saw what Dark State did! They don’t care about nobody. Trick wants Oba and Je’Von to be on their A Game, cuz they’ll need it. And then at Stand & Deliver, he whoops both their asses.
Wes Lee w/ Tyriek Igwe & Tyson Dupont VS Yoshiki Inamura w/ Josh Briggs!
NXT returns to ringside as Inamura makes his entrance, The Bullhead Brawler by his side. Will Inamura prove to Wes that he has lost his honor?
Wait, Ty & Ty get into it with Briggs & Inamura, and then Wes builds speed! Wes DIVES, but Inamura catches him! Inamura SLAMS Wes on the apron! The fans rally up as Inamura puts Wes in the ring. The bell rings, Wes BOOTS Inamura, then fires hands! Wes has Inamura on the ropes, fires shots from all sides, then runs. But Inamura runs him over! Inamura stomps Wes, drags him up, then scoops, only for Wes to slips free! Wes HOOK KICKS, then CHOPS! Then he fires a forearm! Inamura just gets mad, so Wes fires hands. Inamura blocks one to CHOP, SLAP, CHOP, and ROCK Wes! The fans fire up while Wes wobbles!
Inamura whips, Wes slides under, then UP KICKS back! Inamura goes to a corner, Wes runs in, but Inamura puts him on the apron. Wes avoids the chop, RAMS into Inamura, then CHOKES Inamura on the ropes! The ref counts, Wes lets go at 4, and he slingshot SEATED SENTONS! Cover, TWO! Wes is annoyed with Inamura and kicks him down. Briggs coaches Inamura but Wes goes up. 450, but Wes has to roll through! Inamura BACKDROPS Wes high and hard! The fans fire up as Inamura hits his sumo stance! Wes rises, Inamura runs up for SUMO PALM STRIKES! Inamura has Wes in a corner to JAB and CHOP on repeat!
The fans fire up but the ref counts. Inamura winds up, to CHOP! Wes sputters, Inamura brings him out, and Inamura reels Wes in to CLUB him, suplex him, and hold him up! Wes fires knees, Inamura kneels, but Inamura just hooks that leg! FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO! Wes stays in this but Briggs coaches Inamura. Wes crawls to a corner, Inamura hits the sumo stance again, then runs up. But Wes dropkicks the legs out! Inamura hits buckles, Wes BLINDSIDE SUPERKICKS! Briggs coaches Inamura but Wes DIVES onto Briggs! Briggs is sent into barriers, Wes says to stay out of his business!
Wes GAMANGIRIS Inamura at the ropes, then climbs up to CROSBODY! But Inamura catches him!? SPINNING POWERSLAM! The fans fire up and Inamura climbs! But Ty & Ty rush the apron! Briggs CLOBBERS them, but that shakes the ropes and Inamura falls! Wes handsprings, CARDIAC KICK!! Cover, Wes wins!
Winner: Wes Lee, by pinfall
Ty & Ty had Wes’s back, that’s a big win to get Wes back up. Will there be no denying Wes is deserving of something for Stand & Deliver Season?
Oba Femi speaks.
“Dark State. Your presence here in NXT seems to have put the entire locker room on edge. Everybody is wondering when you’ll strike and where you’ll strike from. The Ruler knows all too well about that. Because in addition to you guys attacking me last week, I haven’t forgotten what you did at Vengeance Day. Because you hit me with your last shot, with your best shot, and you failed to put me down. So tonight, I’m going to return the favor. And when I’m done with you four fools, I will turn my attention to Trick Williams and Je’Von Evans.
Because in two weeks, they will get their opportunity to hit me with their best shot, and they will find out the hard way that The Ruler can’t be stopped! And they will suffer the same fate that Dark State is going to suffer tonight. And that is defeat at the hands of Oba Femi.” The NXT Champion has spoken, but will it be that easy when we don’t even know which three men are stepping up?
NXT Women’s North American Championship Ladder Match Qualifier: Izzi Dame w/ The Culling VS Wren Sinclair w/ No Quarter Catch Crew!
Jensen & Vance did their part tonight by taking down Hank ‘n’ Tank. Now it is up to The It Girl to earn her spot at Stand & Deliver. Will she make Shawn Spears proud? Or will the #WrenQCC soon be headed to Las Vegas?
The bell rings and the fans rally behind Wren. Izzi RAMS Wren into a corner, RAMS her again and again, but stops as the ref counts. Izzi short arm LARIATS, then covers, TWO! Izzi is annoyed, but the fans rally for “WREN X T!” Izzi scoops, Wren slips free, and Wren waistlocks. Izzi bucks the O’Conner Roll, runs up on Wren, but Wren dodges and redirects to CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Izzi storms up but Wren wrenches her to a wristlock. Izzi whips Wren away, Wren goes up, only to get caught to an Electric Chair Lift! But Wren spins and arm-drags Izzi away! The fans fire up and Wren Oklahoma Rolls, TWO! Ghost pin by Wren, TWO!
Wren rolls to have another ghost pin, TWO! Izzi kicks low, then whips. Wren reverses to wrench and hook Izzi up, IRON OCTOPUS! The fans fire up while Izzi endures, so Wren sunset flips! Izzi stays up, drags Wren right up, and BOOTS Wren right down! Izzi then hauls Wren up, scoops and SLAMS her, and adds a basement DROPKICK! The fans boo Izzi but she talks trash on Wren. Izzi drags Wren up, bumps her off buckles, then puts her on the ropes. Izzi taunts the NQCC while she CHOKES Wren! The ref counts, Izzi stops, but Wren fires body shots. Izzi wrenches to short arm LARIAT again! Izzi rains down fists, then covers, TWO!
Izzi is frustrated but the fans rally up. Izzi clamps onto Wren with a chinbar and armlock. The fans rally as Wren endures, but Izzi cranks the hold! NQCC coaches Wren, Spears is again watching backstage, and Wren fights to her feet. Wren pries the hold open, then elbows Izzi! Wren ROCKS Izzi with a forearm, but Izzi KNEES low! Izzi runs in at the corner, but Wren KNEES her away! Izzi comes back, Wren dodges! Wren ROCKS Izzi, CHOPS her, then DOUBLE CHOPS! The fans fire up as Wren runs, and LARIATS! Wren CLOBBERS Izzi, keeps moving, BASEMENT BULLDOG! Cover, TWO! Izzi toughs it out, but Wren rusn back up!
Wren slips around, underhooks, but Izzi fights the suplex! Izzi powers up, wrenches out, and whips Wren, only for Wren to CROSBODY! But Izzi catches her! Izzi swings but Wren reels her in, crucifix takedown! TWO!! Izzi runs up, Wren ducks the boot, but the SKY HIGH hits! Cover, Izzi wins!
Winner: Izzi Dame, by pinfall
NQCC may not like it, but it iz what it iz. The Culling stands tall tonight, will they make The Chair Man even prouder when Izzi brings the Women’s North American Championship home?
Ava Raine is surrounded!
Roxanne Perez, The Meta Girls and Fatal Influence are all in there complaining to her about their losses! The Bougie Bully hopes The Mayor is planning a Last Chance Qualifier for Stand & Deliver, because the Meta Girls deserve to be there. Fallon says she will represent Fatal Influence in that match. Jacy and Jazmyn bicker about how they already talked about this earlier, but Ava hushes everyone. There is no Last Chance Qualifier this year. What?! Roxie says Ava better figure something out, because The Prodigy deserves to be on Stand & Deliver! She is the only former NXT Women’s Champion in here right now, obviously.
The others scoff but Ava calms them down. Now that she’s looking around, she has an idea. Oh? She’ll work things out, but Roxie tells her it better not be some form of tag match. Roxie does not have a tag partner. Oh, well, that’s kinda on her. Roxie pouts and knocks Ava’s rubbery ducky over! How dare she! Roxie storms out, but what is the idea Ava is cooking?
Kale Dixon & Uriah Connors watch back film.
They take notes on how they were doing last week, and it started off well. Andre Chase comes along and says they won’t win like that. What’s he mean? Kale was moving too fast. Then what should he do instead? Chase says trust him, they don’t want his help. But they do! Mr. Chase, please help. Chase sighs, but he agrees. They keep watching tape, but then Hank ‘n’ Tank storm in. They’re still upset for how they fell short again. Is it even worth it anymore? But then someone says, “Nah, don’t go doing all that.” It’s Angelo Dawkins! He and Montez Ford are here, and Ford tells Hank ‘n’ Tank that they’ve got better days ahead.
Dawkins tells Hank ‘n’ Tank they get it. There will be ups and downs. The downs will be rough, but the Profits have been watching these past few weeks. They watch the product! Hank ‘n’ Tank, the problem is, you’re trying to be tag teams that you are not. Take it from two guys who have been through their fair share of identity crises. Just lean on each other, and stick to being who you are! Be who you are! Be Hank ‘n’ Tank! Then you will be rewarded. Maybe even next week! Ava let the Profits know that there’s a tag team gauntlet next week, and the winners go on to face Fraxiom for the titles at Stand & Deliver!
Time to lock in! Lock in! They all fire up, and Ford says it is time to rise to the occasion! It is time to STAND & DELIVER~! The Profits just fired up Hank ‘n’ Tank, and it seems even Chase, Kale & Uriah take note of this. Will Hank ‘n’ Tank be ready to win the big won their way?
BREAKING NEWS for next week!
After the big confrontation involving Ricky Saints, there will be a #1 Contender’s Fatal 4 Way! Lexis King VS Eddy Thorpe VS Wes Lee VS Ethan Page, the winner challenges Saints for the NXT North American Champion! Who defies the odds to then go for gold in Las Vegas?
Six Man Tag: Oba Femi, Trick Williams & Je’Von Evans VS Dark State!
Tensions have been rising between The Ruler, #CrashOutTrick and The Young OG, and it all exploded a couple weeks ago. The easy solution was to have them all fight for the title at once, but then things got complicated again when Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Osiris Griffin & Saquon Shugars made them targets of their campaign to sew discord and chaos. Will it even matter which three step up when Oba, Trick & Je’Von are so, so ready to throw hands with each other?
NXT returns and Dark State makes their entrance, and surprisingly it is from the ramp. They all rush the ramp to brawl 4v3 with Je’Von, Trick & Oba! They TOSS Je’Von & Trick out, then mug Oba in the corner! The ref reprimands, but the bell hasn’t rung so this isn’t a match! Meaning it’s all legal as Osiris THROWS Je’Von into barriers! Oba rises up, he still wants this fight, so the bell rings! Dion runs up to LARIAT! On his corner are Cutler & Saquon, answering who will be the three men. Dion fires body shots, then he bumps Oba off buckles. Dion fires body shots, but the fans chant “Oba’s gonna kill~ you!”
Dion fires hands, puts Oba into the corner, then tags Culter. Culter tags Shugars, and Cutler whips Dion in so he can RAM Oba! Dion traps Oba for Shugars to DROPKICK! Then they feed Oba to Cutler’s LARIAT! The fans rally for Oba but Shugars whips. Oba blocks, reverses, and scoops Shguars, but Shugars slips free! Shugars goes to a corner, BOOTS Oba away, but Trick tags in. Shugars dodges Trick, goes for a leg, but Trick steps over to roll Shugars up! TWO, Shugars has a cradle, TWO! Trick POP-UP UPPER- NO! Shugars blocks, wrenches, wristlocks, and he throws Trick down by his hair! The fans boo while Shugars keeps the wristlock.
Trick kips up, wrenches and WRINGS Shugars! Trick tells Shugars to get up, then he UPPERCUTS and JUMP NECKBREAKERS! The fans fire up with Trick, but Cutler runs in! Trick wrenches, ROCKS and UPPERCUTS! But Shugars anchors Trick’s leg! Cutler CLOBBERS Trick, covers, TWO! Cutler drags Trick up, clinches, but Trick ROCKS him again and again! Cutler slips around the third shot to have a SLEEPER! Then a BACKBREAKER! Cutler scoops and SLAMS Trick, then has a standing toehold! Trick kicks at Cutler again and again, then EDDY GORDO KICKS! Shugars tags in and he slides in front of Trick, only for Trick to BACKDROP him!
The fans fire up with Trick, he brings Shugars up, and he snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Trick stays on Shugars with a facelock and grinds him down. Shugars fights up, pries at the hold, and he wrenches out to ROCK Trick! And CHOP! And CHOPS again! Shugars CHOPS Trick again, taunts Trick, but then Trick dodges the chop to CHOP! And CHOP! And CHOP! Shugars falls, Trick fires up, and Trick scoops Shugars to SLAM him down! Trick glares at Osiris and Dion, but Je’Von wants Trick to think about teamwork. Trick scoops and SLAMS Shugars, then he tags Je’Von! Je’Von leaps over Shugars, SMACKS Dion, then dodges Shugars agian!
Je’Von RANAS Shugars, the fans fire up, and Je’Von hits a SPINEBUSTER! Je’Von rains down fists, Shugars gets loose, but Je’Von CHOPS! Shugars KNEES low, then runs up, but into a sweep! Je’Von runs to DOUBLE STOMP! Cutler storms up to get at Je’Von, but Je’Von shoves free! Cravat, snapmare, and SUPERKICK! Cutler falls out of the ring, Je’Von runs at Shugars, BOUNCY~ RANA! Then a DROPKICK for Dion! DROPKICK for Shugars! Cutler is back, Je’Von dodges, Oba & Trick DOUBLE LARIAT Cutler! The fans are thunderous but Trick and Oba still argue with each other. Je’Von lets them be as he builds speed, but then Osiris is on the apron!
Osiris dares them to bring it, and the rest of Dark State gets up. The fans rally behind this 4v3 stare down, but NXT goes picture in picture.
Dark State keeps barking, so the Stand & Deliver main event trio says bet. They TRIPLE BOOT Dark State off the apron! Shugars is the only one left on the apron, but then Je’Von TOSSES him into the ring! Je’Von wrenches and wrangles Shugars, Oba tags in, and Je’Von hands Shugars off to Oba. Oba wrenches and YANKS Shugars’ arm, then YANKS it again. Oba YANKS Shugars right down to the mat! Oba covers, ONE, but then Oba clamps onto Shugars with a facelock. Oba drags Shugars over, tags Trick, and they mug Shugars. Trick wrenches and grinds the arm, but Shugars arm-drags! Shugars steps on Trick’s face!
Shugars drags Trick up to bump off buckles, and tag to Dion. They mug Trick, then Dion wrenches and RAMS Trick down! Dion drags Trick up just to RAM him down again! Dion wrenches Trick’s arm, hits an ELBOW BREAKER, then tags Cutler. Cutler takes the other arm, they double wrench and DOUBLE YANK! cutler CLUBS and UPPERCUTS an arm, then HIP DROPS Trick down. Cutler grinds Trick down with a mounted armlock, but Trick endures and fights up. Trick fights up, fires haymakers, then whips. Cutler reverses but Trick hits a DDT! Both men crawl, the fans rally up, hot tags to Shugars and Je’Von!
Je’Von fires hands on Shugars, then dodges the counter punch to springboard CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! They both get up and Je’Von whips Shugars to a corner. Shugars reverses, Je’Von slides out to the apron, then Je’Von goes up and around to ROCK Shugars! NXT returns to single picture for Je’Von’s springboard CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Je’Von glares at Dark State while he drags Shugars away. Shugars fights back, sneaks a tag to Cutler, and then Shugars puts Je’Von in an open corner. Je’Von BOOTS Shugars, Osiris storms up but Je’Von backs him off with a step! Je’Von then dodges Shugars, but Cutler LARIATS!
Cutler drags Je’Von into a chinlock, and he rains down fists. The fans boo but Cutler scoops to SLAM! Cutler covers, TWO! Cutler drags Je’Von up, puts him in the Dark State corner, then tags Dion. Cutler digs his forearms into Je’Von’s face, then he sends Je’Von into Dion’s SPINEBUSTER! Dion rains down fists, then clamps on with a chinlock. Je’Von endures, pries at the hold, then fights up. The fans rally, Je’Von fires body shots, but Dion shoves him away. Dion hits a HUGE SPINEBUSTER!! Cover, TWO!! Je’Von survives but Dion drags him over. Tag to Shugars, and Dion scoops Je’Von to SLAM!
Shugars says do him, and Dion scoops Shugars to SLAM him onto Je’Von! Cover, TWO! Shugars keeps Je’Von from his corner, clamps on with a neck wrench, but Je’Von fights up. The fans rally, Je’Von pries the hold and arm-drags free! Je’Von leaps, but Shugars catches him! Fireman’s carry and pop-up to a SLAM! Shugars aims, but Je’Von avoids the elbow drop! Hot tag to Cutler and he keeps Je’Von from his corner. Cutler runs in, but Je’Von dodges, and Cutler POSTS himself! Dion tags in, he hurries to stop Je’Von, and he hits a BIG- CROSSBODY! Je’Von turns things around on Dion and now both men are down!
Dion anchors Je’Von’s legs but Je’Von ENZIGIRIS free! Je’Von crawls, Oba pushes Trick aside to tag in! The fans fire up as Oba rallies on Dark State with big hand after big hand! Then a BOOT for Cutler! EXPLODER for Shugars! URENAGE for Dion! The fans fire up and Oba has Shugars for the SHOTPUT at Trick!? Was that on purpose? Or could Oba just not see where he was going with that? Dion runs up, but Oba gives him a FALL FROM GRACE! Trick storms in and argues with Oba over that shotput mishap! Je’Von wants them to stop and focus on the mission at hand, so Oba tags him in. And then Oba brawls with Trick!!
The fans go nuts as Trick and Oba trade shots! Oba LARIATS Trick and himself up and out! Je’Von says fine, whatever, and he goes up top! FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO?!? Dion survives, more refs rush out to stop Trick and Oba from demolishing each other, but Je’Von keeps his focus. Je’Von runs, but Shugars holds the ropes down to mess up the springboard! Tag to Cutler, he tags Shugars! Shugars climbs the corner, Dion & Cutler drag Je’Von up, FLYING TRIPLE BOMB!! Cover, Dark State wins!!
Winners: Dark State, by pinfall
Oba and Trick brawl their way to the back, Je’Von suffering for the dysfunction. But wait! The D’Angelo Family calls out Dark State via the tron! Stacks says, “On behalf of The D’Angelo Family, you wanna cause chaos? Fine. How ’bout next week, in the parking lot? You four are gonna learn that messing with The D’Angelo Family has severe consequences.” Dark State says bring it! But will they show that no one, not even The D’Angelos, are safe anymore?
My Thoughts:
A great NXT here with them sneaking in some more Stand & Deliver build. Great opening with Vaquer watching Jordynne VS Jaida, and I should’ve figured something would keep either Jaida or Jordynne from losing. Giulia showing up to really complicate things is great, and that Fatal 4 Way is going to be wild. Great promo from Saints with Lexis, Eddy, and Wes, as well as Ethan getting another sneak attack in. By the way, a bit surprised they waited this long to have Eddy Thorpe go for the NA title and pull the Native American card on it. The Fatal 4 Way #1 Contender’s Match will be great stuff, but I feel like Wes winning tonight over Inamura might indicate he isn’t winning. It just makes more sense for Ethan to win given the parallels in their NXT runs pointed out by Saints.
Awesome tag match from Fraxiom VS Swipe Right, and Swipe Right definitely proved they’re the frontrunners in the Evolve roster. They’ve already got solid personas, and their skills are this good already, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re the first Evolve “call-ups” to NXT, not even needing a full year in Evolve to get there. Good promo from The Culling to set up matches, and a very good match from Hank ‘n’ Tank VS Jensen & Vance. Hank ‘n’ Tank of course lose, but we got a great promo with them and The Profits. And finally, The Profits are the ones who say it, Hank ‘n’ Tank just need to be themselves and it’ll all work out. I have a feeling Hank ‘n’ Tank win that tag gauntlet to test both their friendship and tag skills against Fraxiom’s.
The Culling of course had a strong showing tonight because they had to at some point. Izzi VS Wren was a really good match, maybe a little janky at some parts but that might be from Wren having been off TV for a minute. Izzi won, she’ll be a great part of the ladder match because she’s so tall. Sol VS Nyx was really good, too, but of course Sol won that. Fatal Influence is about to fall apart, and we can see #ZaRuca have their own dysfunction in the ladder match. Good promo from Ava with the many losers of the qualifiers, and there are quite a few possibilities for all those great talents at Stand & Deliver. Roxie doesn’t want a tag match, hard to say it won’t be a tag match, but I could also see a battle royal to help set someone up as a contender for after WrestleMania season.
The NXT Championship story was a great throughline for tonight, with great promos from Je’Von, Trick and Oba. A good Six Man Tag main event, and naturally, this was Je’Von trying to keep the peace but Trick and Oba couldn’t help themselves. They lose, that keeps them all relatively even going towards the Triple Threat, and it gives Dark State a strong win for their first time actually in a match together. An interesting detail I hadn’t thought about: Cutler James is part of LFG. LFG is a reality show and probably already done filming by now, so I wonder if Cutler’s involvement in NXT is a spoiler for how that show turns out. Either way, he has the in-ring stuff to hang, we’ll just have to wait and see how the character stuff goes.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Will the Rogue Luchador still be the Best of the Super Juniors?
As Best of the Super Juniors continues, B Block has round six! El Desperado is still in the thick of it, will he finally take over?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Dragon Dia & Shoma Kato VS Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson; Fujita & Hartley win.
- Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young VS Robbie X & Gedo; Akira & Jakob win.
- Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji VS Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi; Hiromu & Tsuji win.
- Six Man Tag: Master Wato, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano VS Kushida, Yuya Uemura & Katsuya Murashima; Wato, Tanahashi & Yano win.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS MAO; Mao wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Kevin Knight VS SHO; Knight wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Robbie Eagles; Eagles wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Nick Wayne VS Taiji Ishimori; Taiji wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS YOH; Yoh wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Here are the current B Block standings!
Nick Wayne: 4-1, 8 points
Titan: 3-2, 6 points
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-2, 6 points
El Desperado: 3-2, 6 points
SHO: 2-3, 4 points
Taiji Ishimori: 2-3, 4 points
Robbie Eagles: 2-3, 4 points
YOH: 2-3, 4 points
MAO: 2-3, 4 points
Kevin Knight: 2-3, 4 points
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS MAO!
The Funky Weapon has kicked it into gear and is near the front of the pack while the Idol Warrior is near the back. Will Taguchi make things even funkier? Or will he be caught up in the Strange Love Connection?
The bell rings and the fans rally up as the two stare down. Taguchi and Mao circle, tie up, and are in a deadlock. Taguchi powers Mao to ropes, then lets off slowly. The fans applaud and the two reset. Mao and Taguchi circle and tie up again, and Taguchi hits a headlock takeover. Mao headscissors, Taguchi kips free, and then Taguchi arm-drags! Taguchi has the armlock, Mao fights up, so Taguchi headlocks. Mao powers up and out, Taguchi RAMS shoulders, but neither man falls. Mao runs, RAMS Taguchi, but again neither falls. Taguchi and Mao decide to both run, but Taguchi fakes Mao out! HIP ATTACK! But Mao rebounds and falls… into Ta-Gooch-i!
No one is sure what to make of this, and then Mao scrambles away. Mao comes back, blocks an arm-drag, but then Taguchi blocks Mao’s arm-drag, and it feels more like a dip in a romantic dance… Mao scrambles away again, then waistlocks. Taguchi ducks down, Mao leap frogs then slides under. Mao waistlocks, Taguchi switches, leap frogs, but then Mao breaks the sequence, only for Taguchi to still back up into him… Again, rather awkward, and the two reset. The fans have a good laugh at the awkwardness, but then Mao kicks low. Mao whips corner to corner, runs in, but Taguchi BOOTS him! Taguchi goes up to catch him for DEADLY BUTT SHADE!
Mao powers up?! And he PANTSES Taguchi! DEADLY BARE BUTT SHADE! Mao powers up, so Taguchi NO PANTS HEADSCISSORS, DEADLY NUT SHADE!! The fans fire up as Mao powers up, and he wiggles around. Taguchi says no, wait! HEADBUTT to the groin!! The fans cheer while Taguchi sputters. Mao then digs his boot into Taguchi, and the fans build up energy for the scrubbing! Mao runs side to side and BOOT WASHES Taguchi! The fans fire up and Taguchi sputters more. The fans want “MO IKAI! MO IKAI!” Mao stands Taguchi up for scrubbing! Mao runs side to side, but into the HIP ATTACK!
Taguchi still walks around with pants down, and he has the fans build up energy! Taguchi scrubs Mao with his cheeks! The fans cheer as Taguchi runs, and HIP ATTACKS! Mao sputters, Taguchi hoists his pants back up, then way up! “ORYA~!” KETSUYE! Cover, TWO! But into OH MY GAH ANKLE! Mao scrambles around, rolls, but Taguchi holds on! Mao endures, fights forward, and uses his free leg to reel Taguchi in! Float and JUST- NO, Taguchi slips free to OH MY GAH ANKLE! Mao reaches for the ropes but Taguchi drags him back. Mao drags Taguchi into a victory roll, TWO! Mao body scissors, JAPANESE LEG ROLL! TWO!!
The fans cheer as both men hurry to their feet. Mao says, “LOOK!” but Taguchi still ducks the punch! Taguchi says look left! Look right! Look below the belt!? GROIN ATTACK!! The fans fire up and Taguchi hurries to body scissors, JAPANESE LEG ROLL! TWO!! The fans fire up while both men check the count. Mao runs up, Taguchi bypasses, but then Mao returns to sunset flip! Taguchi pantses himself to sit down, TWO! Mao rolls but Taguchi rolls through to sunset flip, TWO!! Mao pushes forward but Taguchi catches him into a TRIANGLE HOLD! Mao endures, powers out the back, and he shovels under Taguchi’s hips!
Taguchi fights to trap Mao in the tights! That’s dangerously close but Mao stacks Taguchi! TWO and Taguchi sits on Mao! TWO!! Mao and Taguchi roll, roll, and jackknife bridge! TWO as Mao bridges up!! He’s still trapped in Taguchi’s void! Taguchi walks around with Mao, then sits down for a cover! TWO and Mao sunset flips, then deadlifts Taguchi! Mao hooks the arms, for the lewdest STYLES CLASH ever!! Cover, MAO WINS!!!
Winner: Mao, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taguchi earns 0)
To say that was strange is an understatement. But now, Mao is moving up in the block! Will his Strange Love Connection continue to score? Can Taguchi reload his Funky Weapon and rise back up?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Kevin Knight VS SHO!
The Jet isn’t feeling #2Flyy at just 2-3, but that means he and the Murder Machine are in the same boat. Will Knight stay the course and continue his ascent? Or will Sho stack the deck too high?
Wait, as Sho makes his entrance, he goes to fetch… a dumpster? Sho loves talking trash but is he acting like he’s taking out the trash? Sho then waits around the corner from the entryway, but where is Knight? Everyone looks around, akd Knight sneaks up on Sho! Knight snatches the “Torture Tool” and plays keep-away! The fans cheers as Knight LEAPS the railing! Sho tries but he can’t do it like Knight! Sho crawls under, chases Knight into the ring, and then the bell rings. The ref wants the wrench but Knight runs outside. Sho follows, they go around the ring and around commentary! Sho is annoyed but he can’t keep up with Knight!
The fans cheer as Knight keeps away from Sho, and even goes to his dumpster. Knight puts the wrench IN the dumpster! Then he RAMS the dumpster into Sho! And then Knight BOX JUMPS the dumpster to LARIAT Sho! The fans cheer and Knight goes back to the ring. The ring count starts on Sho and he says wait! But then Knight takes his jacket back from Sho’s skeleton dummy. Sho wants his wrench back and he asks the ref to wait! The count passes 10! Then 15! Sho finally finds his wrench and runs in at 18! Knight is there, but Sho slides back out! Sho and Knight are at a standoff, but then Sho sneaks the ring hammer.
Sho lets the ref have the wrench, and runs up to JAM Knight with the hammer! The fans boo but Sho digs his boots in. Sho drags Knight up, brings him around and TOSSES him out. Sho stalks Knight to commentary, CLAWS Knight’s eyes, then brings Sho around to BOWL him into chairs! Not quite a strike but still good. Sho takes a seat to catch his breath while talking trash. Sho drags Knight up, puts him in the ring, and then covers, ONE!! Knight is tougher than that, but Sho clamps onto him with a chinlock. Sho CLAWS at Knight’s face but the ref reprimands. Sho focuses on just the chinlock and Knight fights around.
Knight fires body shots, fires forearms, but Sho CLAWS his eyes again! Sho THROWS Knight into buckles then kicks him out of the ring. Sho talks more trash and then stalks Knight back to the dumpster. Knight CHOPS Sho, but Sho CLAWS the eyes! The fans boo but Sho CLUBS Knight down. Sho reels Knight in, but Knight fights the lift! Knight lifts Sho and DUMPS him into the dumpster! The fans cheer as the trash is taken out after all! Knight leaves Sho behind, the ring count starts again, and Knight rolls in at 4 of 20. Sho flounders in the trash, manages to get out of the dumpster at 11, and he hobbles towards ringside.
Knight FLYING LARIATS Sho at 15! The fans fire up with Knight and he shoves Sho into the ring. Knight then runs corner to corner, but Sho dodges. Sho runs up, Knight stops the Monkey Flip to put Sho up top! Knight leaps into the UPPER ROOM! And then somersault for the UFO SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Sho survives but the fans rally with Knight. Knight drags Sho up with a fireman’s carry, but Sho CLAWS his eyes! Sho runs up, Knight dodges and SATELLITE- NO, Sho blocks the DDT and bends fingers! Knight kicks, runs, but Sho sends him into the ref! Then Sho THROWS Knight by his hair! And Yoshinobu Kanemaru is here!
The fans boo as Kanemaru SMACKS Knight with his whiskey bottle! Kanemaru shoves the ref in and tells him to do his job. Sho drags Knight up, reels him in, but Knight trips Sho! Jackknife bridge, TWO! Both men hurry, but Kanemaru distracts the ref! Sho then sets Knight up, and Kanemaru shoves the ref aside, but Knight ducks! WHISKEY MIST hits Sho! And Knight DROPKICKS Kanemaru! Then somersault and SATELLITE DDT! The fans fire up and Knight goes to the corner! Knight climbs, MOTHERSHIP UFO SPLASH!! Cover, Knight wins!
Winner: Kevin Knight, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Sho earns 0)
The House of Torture certainly did try to stack the deck, but The Jet flies too high to be caught! Will Knight soon be #The1ULookUp2? Will Sho just focus on winning as a good wrestler for once?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Robbie Eagles!
El Inmortal is a step behind the lead, but the Sniper of the Skies is just a step behind him! Will Eagles fly over Titan to make them both 3-3? Or can Titan stay alive in the running?
The bell rings and the fans rally as the two circle. They tie up, Eagles waistlocks, but Titan spins to facelock. Eagles wrenches and wristlocks, but Titan rolls, bridges back, rolls to then handspring and arm-drag! Titan sweeps and covers, ONE! Titan avoids a sweep but Eagles ducks a kick! Eagles trips Titan, has the legs, but Titan kicks him away! Both men kip up and the fans fire up! Eagles and Titan reset, and Eagles starts up, “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” Titan trips Robbie, things speed up, and Titan cartwheels.
Eagles wrenches and whips, but Titan goes up and over to handspring away! The fans cheer, Titan runs back in, but Eagles hurdles. Eagles runs to RANA, and Titan tumbles. Eagles runs up to WHEEL KICK! Titan bails out, the fans rally and Eagles builds speed. Titan moves back, Eagles springboards to backflip, but Titan springboards in and MISSILE DROPKICKS! Eagles bails out, the fans fire up and Titan builds speed! Titan DIVES and sends Eagles into the Young Lions protecting the fans! The fans fire up and Titan rises up. Titan stomps Eagles, wrenches and fireman’s carries, to then SNAKE EYES off the apron!
Titan kicks Eagles around, KNEES him low, and puts him in the ring. The fans applaud while Titan stalks Eagles. Titan kicks Eagles, clamps on a GROUND COBRA TWIST, but Eagles endures. Titan lets go to KICK Eagles in the back! Titan steps through and has the legs for a TRAILER HITCH! Eagles endures but he knows this hold, and makes it to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Titan lets go, and Titan stomps Eagles in the corner. Titan snapmares and runs, but he fakes Eagles out to then blindside DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Eagles stays in this but Titan stays on him with a KICK! And a KICK! Titan fires up, but Eagles ducks the buzzsaw!
Eagles CHOP BLOCKS Titan, then runs to BLINDSIDE LARIAT! The fans cheer while both men are down. Titan and Eagles slowly rise, and Eagles hobbles over. Titan CHOPS, but Eagles KICKS! Eagles shakes out the bad foot to KICK again! And KICK again! Titan CHOPS, Eagles ROCKS him, then Eagles runs, but Titan blocks the kick for a DRAGON SCREW! The fans fire up while Titan brings Eagles up. Titan CLUBS Eagles, reels him in, but Eagles suplexes! Titan goes to the apron, drags Eagles out, and now they brawl on the edge! The fans rally, the CHOPS and forearms keep going, then Titan gets the edge. Titan winds up, but Eagles SOBATS!
Eagles brings Titan in, but Titan stops the Asai DDT! Titan shoves Eagles to the corner, Eagles stops himself, and then Eagles ELBOWS and BOOTS Titan! Eagles fires up, but Titan SUPERKICKS! Eagles falls over and the fans fire up! Titan skins the cat to the top rope! Titan aims at the apron, LA LANCER misses! Eagles basement 619s the legs out, then he DIVES! Direct hit with the somersault tope and the Young Lions keep Eagles from falling on fans! The fans fire up and Eagles drags Titan back into the ring. Eagles climbs, the fans rally, and Eagles springboards to SNIPER DROPKICK! Then he has the legs, and has the RON MILLER SPECIAL!!
Titan endures, reaches out, and has the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer and Eagles lets go, but then drops a KNEE on Titan’s leg! Eagles pushes Titan down into the drop zone, goes up the corner, and the fans rally again. WARP- NO, Titan dodges! Titan runs up, but Eagles KNEES low! Eagles aims but Titan goes Matrix to avoid the roundhouse! Titan CALF KICKS, then he brings Eagles in! YOYO BACK SUPLEX! The fans fire up as Titan goes to the apron. Titan aims and springboards, DIVING BODY PRESS! Cover, TWO! Eagles survives, but Titan has the legs! He has the deathlock, and then LLAVE INMORTAL!!
Eagles endures, reaches out, but Titan tries to straitjacket the hold! Eagles powers up and tips Titan over, then he DOUBLE SMASHES the knees! Both men are down and the fans are thunderous! Eagles drags Titan up, but Titan CHOPS! Eagles fires a forearm, but Titan CHOPS again! Eagles SMACKS Titan, Titan CHOPS again! Titan then ducks to fire off a strike fest! But Eagles ROUNDHOUSES! SUPERKICKS! And PELES! Eagles then brings Titan up, ASAI- NO, Titan slips free, waistlocks, shoves, and TORNADO DDTS! Then he suplexes for a GOURD BUSTER! SUPER- NO, Eagles blocks the kick to hook Titan up! TURBO BACKPACK!! Cover, TWO!!
Eagles has the legs! RON MILLER SPECIAL!! The fans fire up and Titan crawls! Titan reaches out, but Eagles drags him back! Eagles KICKS away on the leg, but Titan rolls! Eagles tumbles away, comes back, but into Titan’s victory roll! TWO, and Titan has the legs! LLAVE- CRADLE COUNTER! TWO!! Eagles rolls with the bridge, TWO!! Titan SUPERKICKS Eagles to the corner! The fans fire up again as Titan fires up! Titan throws off his elbow pad and calls his shot! Titan runs in for the FRAME OUT LARIAT! Eagles falls, Titan clutches his leg but he powers up again. Titan climbs a corner, the fans rally, for LA LANCER!! NO, Eagles dodges!
Eagles drags Titan down for the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Titan endures, reaches out, claws forward, and manages the ROPEBREAK!! Eagles lets go but then drags Titan up, REVERSE DRAGON SCREW!! And then back to the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Titan TAPS, Eagles wins!
Winner: Robbie Eagles, by submission (gains 2 points; Titan earns 0)
The Soul of PWA brought out that fighting spirit! He moves up to 3-3 while Titan moves down to 3-3, so will this head-to-head make all the difference down the line?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Nick Wayne VS Taiji Ishimori!
The Prodigy may be 4-1 but he is still living up to that title. But the Bone Soldier is 2-3 and hungry to be champion again. Will Taiji win over the ROH World Television Champion #ByGrace? Or will he see he’s just living in Wayne’s World?
The bell rings and the fans rally as the two circle. They tie up, go around, and Nick puts Taiji on the ropes. The ref counts, Nick slowly lets off, and he pats Taiji on the shoulders. The fans cheer, the two reset, and they feel things out. They tie up, go around, and now Taiji puts Nick on the ropes. Taiji lets off, pats Nick on the shoulders, and the fans cheer. Nick and Taiji circle again, feel things out, and Nick goes for an arm. Nick wrenches and wristlocks, but Taiji wristlocks and wristlocks back. Nick reaches back to wrench again, then wristlocks to a hammerlock. Taiji reaches back to wrench Nick, but Nick has the ROPEBREAK!
The ref counts, Taiji ELBOW BREAKERS, and the fans applaud. Taiji whips, Nick reverses, and then Nick hurdles, bypasses, and UPPERCUTS! Nick kips up, the fans fire up, and Taiji bails out. Nick builds speed but Taiji goes around the way. Nick eggs Taiji on but Taiji dares Nick to come get him. Nick rushes outside but Taiji slides back in. Taiji grins and now dares Nick to get back in. Nick slides in, Taiji slides out! Taiji grabs Nick’s arm, wrenches and whips him into the POST! Nick falls in a heap while clutching his arm and the ref reprimands Taiji. Taiji just drags Nick up to SMACK him off the commentary desk!
The fans rally while Taiji leaves Nick behind. Taiji undoes the blue buckle pad while the ref checks Nick. Nick is okay to continue so the ring count begins. Nick rises at 3 of 20, shakes out the bad arm, and rolls in at 6. The fans cheer, but Taiji is right on Nick with a knuckle lock. Taiji wrangles Nick, stands on his face, and twists the wrist. Nick endures, but Taiji drops into the STRAIT ARMBAR! Nick fights up, stacks Taiji, TWO, and it is back to the STRAIT ARMBAR! Nick scrambles around, and he has the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts but Taiji drags Nick to the corner. Taiji SLAMS the bad arm against the post!
Nick writhes but Taiji drags Nick back over. Taiji has the bell hammer and he SMACKS Nick on the back of the neck! The ref reprimands and Nick clutches his neck, which is already taped up. Taiji drags Nick around, wrenches an arm, and hammerlocks it. Taiji RAMS Nick into the bare buckles! The ref reprimands but the fans applaud the Bullet Club Special. Taiji clamps onto Nick’s arm with a double wristlock but Nick endures. Nick fights up, fires body shots, but Taiji THROWS Nick down! Nick scrambles again, ROPEBREAK! The ref counts and the fans applaud. Taiji lets go to stand Nick up. Taiji whips, Nick grabs the ropes to stop himself, but even that hurts!
Taiji runs up, Nick ELBOWS Taiji away, and then Nick BOOTS him! Nick WRINGS Taiji into the buckles, then corner 619s! The fans fire up as Nick climbs up, and he DOUBLE STOMPS Taiji’s bad arm! Nick cravats, Taiji pushes him away, then Taiji runs up, only for Nick to TOSS him out! Nick then goes out and ASAI MOONSAULTS! Nick hits Taiji and the Young Lions are a buffer between him and the fans. The fans fire up with Nick, and he puts Taiji in. Nick waits, cravats, and ASAI DDTS! Cover, TWO! Taiji stays in this and the fans cheer. Nick shakes out the bad arm and he brings Taiji up. Nick CLUBS the arm, then wrenches for an ELBOW BREAKER!
Nick waistlocks, reaches up to the nelson, but Taiji breaks free! Taiji ELBOWS Nick, Nick kicks low! Nick whips, Taiji reverses, but Nick handsprings! Taiji dodges to handspring, NEURALIZER KICK! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Taiji and Nick slowly rise, and Taiji brings Nick around. Nick powers out of the elbow breaker to DRAGON SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Taiji survives and the fans fire up again! Nick shakes out the arms while the fans rally again. Nick drags Taiji up and pump handles, but Taiji turns suplex into cradle! TWO, and Taiji tilt-o-whirls! Nick fights off La Mystica to ROCK Taiji!
Taiji ROCKS Nick, BOOTS him, then runs! Taiji ducks the roundhouse to JUMP KNEE! Ripcord and LA MYSTICA! BONE LOCK!! Nick endures as Taiji puts on the pressure! Nick crawls reaches out, but Taiji rolls him back! But Nick rolls Taiji to a cover, TWO!! Nick ROUNDHOUSES! Nick handsprings and STUNNERS! The fans fire up and Nick vows to end it! Nick brings Taiji up, hooks the leg, PRODIGY PLEX!! Cover, TWO!! Nick is stunned but the fans fire up! Nick clutches the bad arm, huffs ‘n’ puffs as he rises back up, and he aims again. Taiji rises, into the ROUNDHOUSE! Nick goes up, up, and WAYNE’S- BACKSTABBER!!
Taiji drags Nick into the BONE LOCK!! Nick scrambles reaches out, but Taiji rolls him away again! And then reels him in, BLOODY CROSS!! Cover, TAIJI WINS!
Winner: Taiji Ishimori, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Nick earns 0)
The Bone Soldier brings down The Prodigy, and that means everyone is that much closer to taking this block! But will Taiji be the one standing at the front? Or can Nick find a way to recover from this sudden losing streak?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS YOH!
The Rogue Luchador may be behind the leader, but he is still THE IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, and vows to STILL be the Best of the Super Juniors. Will he continue forward towards his back-to-back trophies? Or will Direct Drive take him on a detour?
The bell rings and the fans rally up for “DE-SU-PEH!” Despy and Yoh circle, tie up, and Despy waistlocks. Yoh switches and SLAPS Despy the back of the head. Then Yoh headlocks, but Despy powers out to reel Yoh in. Yoh slips out the back to hammerlock, but then Yoh spins Despy around and slaps him again! Yoh headlocks, Despy pulls hair, and Red Shoes reprimands. Despy whips, Yoh RUNS Despy over, and the fans cheer. Things keep moving, Yoh rolls over the dropdown to arm-drag! And arm-drag! And then he avoids Despy’s arm-drag, and pats him on the head. The fans cheer, Despy frowns, but Yoh headlocks again,
Despy endures, fights up, and he powers up, only for Yoh to cravat. Despy fires body shots but Yoh cranks the neck wrench. Yoh snapmares, Despy gets up and things speed up. Yoh drop toeholds then basement DROPKICKS! Yoh wants the Anaconda Vice but Despy scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! Red Shoes counts, Yoh lets go quickly, and the fans rally. Yoh drags Despy up, brings him around, and CLUBS him on the neck. Despy shakes that off and Yoh hushes the fans. Or rather, he’s hissing, and he Mongolian Chops Despy! The fans cheer as Yoh gives further shoutout to Hiroyoshi Tenzan!
Yoh hisses more, the fans join in, and Yoh Mongolian Chops again! Yoh CLUBS Despy, headlocks, but Despy hits a BIG back suplex! The fans rally, Despy stands, and he drags Yoh up. Despy whips Yoh to the corner, runs up and LARIATS, then HIP TOSSES! The fans rally more, and Despy whips Yoh to ropes for another HIP TOSS! Yoh writhes, the fans applaud, and Despy checks his neck first. Despy slaps Yoh around, eggs him on, but Yoh eggs Despy on. Despy BOPS Yoh, gives him more slaps, but then Yoh stands to kick low! Yoh fires forearms, but Despy ROCKS him with an elbow! Yoh falls back and the fans applaud.
Despy whips, Yoh grabs ropes top stop himself, then he kicks low. Yoh turns Despy, Despy elbows free, then Despy comes back. Yoh catches his lariat for a wrench and spin, DDT! The fans fire up while both men are down. Both men rise, Yoh DROPKICKS Despy out, then rallies the fans. But Yoh changes the rhythm from “Y! O H!” to more “Y O H! Y O H! Y O O O O, O O H!” Despy is annoyed, runs up, but Yoh pokes him in the eyes! And now Yoh builds speed, to fake the dive! Then he PLANCHAS! The fans cheer Yoh while he walks that off, and he drums on the wall for another “Y O H! Y O H! Y O O O O, O O H!”
Yoh fires up, the fans cheer, and Yoh goes back for Despy. Yoh puts Despy in the ring, brings him up, and turns him for the NECKBREAKER! Yoh then takes a bow a la Despy, then drops an ELBOW! Cover, TWO and Yoh drops a KNEE! Cover, TWO and Yoh FLOPS as Despy moves! Despy grabs the leg, STRETCH MUFFLER, but Yoh scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! Despy THRASHES the leg but Red Shoes reprimands so Despy lets go. Despy YANKS Yoh’s leg, the fans rally up, and Yoh crawls away to the corner. Despy runs in but Yoh dodges! Yoh turns Despy, Despy slips free and has a leg, SHIN BREAKER! Then STRETCH MUFFLER!
Despy has NUMERO DOS very quickly but Yoh still fights! Despy drags Yoh back, the fans rally, and Yoh claws his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Despy lets go, and Yoh clutches his knee. Despy drags Yoh back up, reels him in, and then suplexes for a BRAINBUSTER! The fans cheer, Yoh sputters and Despy covers, TWO! Yoh shows his toughness but Despy stays focused. Despy drags Yoh up, the fans rally, and Despy reels Yoh in. Yoh fights the back suplex so Despy KICKS his leg! Yoh falls but Despy is on him again. Yoh fights the lift, full nelsons, but Despy fights that. Despy reaches for ropes but Yoh powers on the COBRA TWIST!
Despy endures and the fans rally up! Despy fights but Yoh pulls him into a knuckle lock, and some HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! Then an ANACONDA VICE! Despy stays on his feet, fires body shots, but Yoh keeps him from the ropes! Yoh squeezes tighter and tighter and Despy drops to his knees. Despy fights up as the fans rally up, so Yoh shoves and SNAP DRAGON SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO!! Despy survives and Yoh grows frustrated but the fans rally more. Yoh fires up, brings Despy around, reels him in, but Despy fights the underhooks. Yoh lifts, Despy fights and wrenches, to have the SHIN BREAKER! And GROUND DRAGON SCREW!
The fans cheer while both men are down again. Yoh clutches a leg, Despy clutches his neck, and the fans rally more. Despy rises, hobbles his way over, and he grabs a leg. Yoh kicks at Despy again and again but Despy eggs him on! Yoh keeps kicking, but Despy hits another GROUND DRAGON SCREW! And then STRETCH MUFFLER! NUMERO DOS! Yoh scrambles reaches out, but Despy rolls him away from the ropes! Yoh endures, activates the core, and he sits up to then hit a DESTROYER!! Both men are down and the fans fire up! The fans rally while Yoh stirs, and he crawls his way back over to Despy.
Yoh drags Despy up by his mask, the fans rally more, but Despy pushes Yoh away. Despy growls and rises up, but into a SUPERKICK! Despy rises again, so Yoh SUPERKICKS again! The fans fire up and Yoh roars! Yoh hobbles over, brings Despy up, and underhooks the arms for DIRECT- NO, Despy fights the lift! Despy powers up, powers out, and he ROCKS Yoh with that elbow! Yoh staggers around, comes right back, but Despy DECKS him! The fans fire up and Despy roars! Despy brings Yoh up, underhooks, and PINCHE LOCO! Cover, TWO?!? Yoh survives and the fans are thunderous! Despy is frustrated, but he stands back up.
Despy drags Yoh up, reels him in, underhook and TIGER DRIVER! But Despy has to shake out his arms before he can underhooks and deadlift Yoh, for the PINCHE- NO, Yoh lands out! Yoh has Despy’s arms, kisses him on the forehead, then ducks the haymaker! Ripcord, but Despy blocks the knee! Despy swings into STANDING ANACONDA VICE!! Despy fires hands, reaches out, but he is fading! The fans rally harder and harder as Despy rises back up, but Yoh THROWS Despy down! ANACONDA VICE!! Despy flails, but Yoh CRANKS back! DESPY TAPS, YOH WINS!
Winner: Yoh, by submission (gains 2 points; Despy earns 0)
The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion just lost to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion! Desperado said anyone can win any given match, is he starting to regret making that statement? Or will he make a push in the last three rounds to still make the semifinals?
As for Yoh, after getting his tag belt, he also gets the mic. Yoh rests on the mat while he says, “Oi. I have a question for the people of Osaka. What year is it this year?” The fans chuckle and a few say it is Year of the Snake. Yoh says, “That’s right, the Year of the Snake. The Year of the Anaconda. The Year of Yoh!” The fans applaud, and Yoh says he has the tag title, and he will have the BOSJ trophy, and then he will have the title Despy has. “I’ll get tangled up in all of it!” The fans cheer that! Yoh sits up and tells Desperado, “I… I always hated you, Desperado. Up ’til just now. We wrestlers are strange creatures. We come to an understanding by fighting each other.
“Desperado, I used to hate you! But now, Desperado…! Desperado…!! AISHITEMASU~!” The fans cheer the strange way to reference Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Yoh blows a kiss before he leaves. Will Yoh use all of his strangeness and all of his skill to become the ultimate Junior Heavyweight? Or does he still have a long way to go before he can have it all?
Here are the NEW B Block standings!
Nick Wayne: 4-2, 8 points
MAO: 3-3, 6 points
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-3, 6 points
YOH: 3-3, 6 points
El Desperado: 3-3, 6 points
Taiji Ishimori: 3-3, 6 points
Robbie Eagles: 3-3, 6 points
Titan: 3-3, 6 points
Kevin Knight: 3-3, 6 points
SHO: 2-4, 4 points
My Thoughts:
Another great night for NJPW, though I wonder if Yoh VS Despy could’ve been a more energetic main event. The crowd didn’t seem as hot for Yoh VS Despy as some of the other matches. But that main event did heat up by the end and that was a great finish for Yoh to have his win over THE champion. This block now parallels A Block exactly: one man at 4-2, one man at 2-4, the rest in the cluster of 3-3. Great win for Taiji over Nick Wayne to keep Taiji strong, but Nick could still get to those semifinals. This Saturday is going to be another 10 match card, and it will surely be an exciting one to push things into the homestretch.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Explains so much about me and why I drink.
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Ratings:
- Mustafa Ali vs Ace Austin: Ali wins via Calf Killer – ***
- Aztec Warriors vs Jabroni Losers w/Eric Young: Aztecs win via Drive Split – *
- Eddie Edwards w/Lish vs Jake Painter: Squash match Eddie wins duh
- Fir$t Cla$$ vs Sami Callihan & Mike Santana: KC wins via Blessing in Disguise – ***
- Vipress & Mazzeratti vs Spitfire: Spitfire – 1/2*
- Elijah & Joe Hendry vs Moose & Brian Myers: Elijah wins via Highwayman’s Farewell – ** 1/2
Results:
Mustafa Ali vs Ace Austin
Ali continues his more vicious approach, he attacks Ace’s leg with as few Leg Scissors attempts, a few quick strikes, a lot of Lucha Style counters into impact moves but nothing sticks. Kicks, Side Suplexes, Mustafa eats a few strikes, powders and Ace hits his apron dance counter spot hitting the PK. Back in ring Ace tries to continue but Ace just grabs the bad leg into a DDT, then a Chop Block and wraps Ace’s knee into the post. Ace tries to fight back, a few strikes, looks for Backwards Splash but Ali kicks Ace’s legs, Tree of Woe, Mustafa goes for the Baseball slide, but Ace sits up and crotches himself into the post. Ace tries his Backwards Splash again but Mustafa moves and goes for a Sharpshooter, Ace struggles but gets to the ropes.
Extra strikes before Mustafa gets the best of it, 450 attempt from Mustafa misses, Ace rock Mustafa, looks for a Hesitation Dropkick but Ali pulls Tasha in the ring to stop Ace, pushes Tasha at him, Ace tries to put her down and eats the Chop Block, then Mustafa pulls out the Calf Killer on the bad leg and Ace taps out.
Aztec Warriors vs Jabroni Losers w/Eric Young
Laredo and bald dork have a lame tie up, a generic rope run Indy/AEW shit leap frog and headscissors dumb thing spot. Aztecs double baldo, but he tags out to Temu (pre-Tarrifs) Yuta, Octagon punks out the dweeb, Aztec Double Thrust kick and the crowd is actually vibing with Aztecs. Jabronis have a slow and stupid distract spot for Temuta to bite Octagon and do a corner double team as Baldo tags in. These two dweebs really make everything worse. I would rather listen to War and Peace read by a naked Cody Deaner than ever see these dweebs on a show anywhere, they are the definition of “never drew a dime”.
Eric Young about to beat up a fan is more entertaining than this entire match, also why the camera pays attention to it, Laredo screws up his Tornillo Drive and hits his head on the apron. Laredo Driver into Arabian Moonsault tandem finish, Aztecs win.
Eddie Edwards w/Lish vs Jake Painter
Eddie beats the hell out of jobber, Cody is on commentary since the have the Under Siege match. Lish is more entertaining than Cody and the match. Holy hell two useless matches in a row. I’ve seen scuba gear in the desert more useful than the last 20 minutes of this show.
Fir$t Cla$$ vs Sami Callihan & Mike Santana
AJ and Santana start, AJ clocks him with a lariat but he kips up, Dropkicks AJ and KC tags in, calming AJ first and then a small comedy spot that turns into KC into a pancake. Santana tags out, KC avoids a few Sami moves, Sami lets him do some taunts and then lights him up. AJ tries to slow down Sami but KC gets tosses outside, AJ catches him, rocks the baby, it’s a great spot. KC hits a Slingblade First Class has a few fun tag moves of AJ throwing KC, locomotion Sentons, they put stuff together well, Sami rocks AJ, simultaneous tag.
KC and Santana counter each other, Santana hits the Rolling Buck Fifty as he follows a KC roll. Quick spots that ends with an Outline in Chalk, AJ misses the Lariat, Santana knocks him to the outside. They look to set up a tandem finish but AJ grabs Santana and rocks him, Sami tries to intervene but AJ does enough to distract, KC hits the Blessing in Disguise and picks up the win! Good for my boy!
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Vipress & Mazzeratti vs Spitfire
Another job match…they really suck at making good wrestling matches prior to bigger events.
Vipress is cute, but I think I slipped into a coma. Jody is a bad wrestler, and its a squash match. I couldn’t care less about this match existing.
Elijah & Joe Hendry vs Moose & Brian Myers
Elijah and Myers lock up first, old school Shoulder Tackle and Hip Toss into Headlock stuff. Myers retreats, tags out to Moose, Moose points are Hendry, and Moose wants a Test of Strength. Holy 1995 Batman…
Moose attacks the shoulder and quick tags as they isolate Hendry are strike the taped shoulder. Moose is legal, Hendry blocks the Suplex, Pump Kicks Joe in the chest, Hendry hits his stalling Suplex, tags in Elijah, rope walk Tornado DDT. Moose rolls into the tag to Myers and Elijah grabs Myers’ arm, wants another rope walk, but Dango shakes the ropes, Elijah crotches himself and Myers swarms. Elijah fires, tries to hit the ropes, but Baseball trip Raven pose from Myers as we go to commercial.
We come back, Moose hits a Backbreaker on Elijah and tags out to Myers who does the on the ground Front Facelock spot. Myers takes a cheap shot at Joe, Elijah catches him with a Knee Lift simultaneous tag, Hendry hits the Sack of Shit, Kip Up and turn. Wants the Standing Ovation, Moose rocks Joe, goes for the Escalara Crossbody, Joe Side steps it, Simultaneous Lariats, tag outs, Elijah ducks Myers and hits the Highwayman’s Farewell and they win.
Kaz attacks after the match, tries to urge Trick off of commentary, but Trick only cares about Trick. Hendry Uppercuts Kaz into Elijah’s waiting Guitar Shot. Ahh its old school TNA, Joe side steps and Guitar Shots.
Overall Score: 4.5/10
The Italian Debate was entertaining, the table was Japanese, the Opening and Closing matches we fun…the rest of the show was Hot Garbage. At least Mance Warner said match his freak, I enjoy that turn of phrase. But hot damn, TNA has had awful Go Home shows. They close decently well but when 80% of the show sucks, I can’t find myself caring.
This episode did nothing to push the B show app event. If anything it made Under Siege feel more irrelevant. I think Tommy Dreamer said something about bad storylines a few weeks ago, and that’s truly a lack of self awareness. These shows have felt like they’re written by a Kindergartener chewing on a crayon. Mostly awful, it was just bookended well.
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