Boxing Day Brawl - Ring of Honor recap for December 26, 2024

Blake Christian beat AR Fox after hitting a low blow followed by a double-foot curb stomp after AR Fox considers using a metal folding chair as a weapon only for the referee to take the chair away.

"Big Shotty" Lee Johnson beats Serpentico following interference by "The Judge" EJ Nduka as Lee Johnson distracts the referee.

Before the next match, "Smart" Mark Sterling plugs The Premier Athletes' new T-shirt and calls New York "bootleg New Jersey" before stating that they have looked deep inside their hearts and allowing them to take part in their pre-game cheer. Not surprisingly, the fans tell The Premier Athletes that they suck.

"The Dynamite Kid" Tommy Billington and "The Wrestler" Katsuyori Shibata beat The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese). During the match, Billington makes Daivari tap out, but Josh Woods pulls Billington out of the ring as the referee is distracted by "Smart" Mark Sterling.

Toni Storm beats Rebecca Scott.

We look back on Colt Cabana vs. Nigel McGuinness in a Soccer Riot Match from Night of the Grudges II from August 20, 2005.

Rocky "Azucar" Romero's mystery partner is revealed to be Homicide. QT Marshall grabs the microphone says that the fans should be ashamed of themselves for chanting for Homicide.

Rocky "Azucar" Romero and Homicide beat QT Marshall and Aaron Solo.

In backstage footage from Final Battle, Mason Madden calls out Danhausen for pouring teeth into his mouth and says his teeth are perfect, then says Mansoor had the match won until Danhausen ruined everything. Mansoor says he hates single matches and "nepo babies" like Atlantis Jr., and says that they built everything with their own hands. Madden declares war on all masked wrestlers.

MxM Collection (Mansoor and Mason Madden) beat Miracle Generation (Dustin Waller and Kylon King).

Lexy Nair is in the ring to introduce the very first "Minion Exlcusion." Billie Starkz is introduced first as "the loser of Final Battle," then Lexy Nair showers Athena with praise as she introduces her second. Athena calls her win at Final Battle "another historic victory," then says they are here apologetically to expel a minion. Athena addresses Bilie, saying they have nothing but problems with her, as she ignores her guidance and still sucks. She says that Billie is doing the best she can with what she has, and tells the fans not to boo her, then says she goes home every night wondering how to teach Billie. This leads to a "shut the fuck up" chant from the fans before Athena showers Lexy Nair with praise, saying that Lexy has surprised her. Athena then says that she has made her decision, and expels Lexy, not Billie, for her mediocre introduction at Final Battle and nearly costing her the ROH Women's World Championship on that night. Lexy is stripped of all rankings and is expelled permanently. Lexy leaves the ring, then Athena calls Lexy's expulsion a stepping stone for Billie, then says she cares about Billie's future and says it is "just minion and me forever." Athena and Billie then head to the back together.

Komander retains the ROH World Television Championship against Johnny TV.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for December 25, 2021

Dalton Castle tells the fans that he has a treat for them after a very long year later in the show.

"The Technical Beast" Josh Woods opens gifts and draws his random partners for this year's Holiday 12-Man Tag Match. Woods likes his chances of winning in this week's main event, saying that his picks are all winners.

Brian Johnson says Ring of Honor has given him nothing but a headache and refuses to think highly of this week's Holiday 12-Man Tag Match before opens gifts and draws his random partners for the match. Johnson does not like any of the partners that he has gotten, but he says the world will find out it is Mecca vs. Everybody.

Maria Kanellis-Bennett guests on commentary for the next match.

Rok-C retains the ROH Women's World Championship against Holidead.

Dalton Castle says it has been his mission to give the fans what they deserve, and later on, he has a big surprise.

Dalton Castle presents his Classy Christmas Spectacular, where he, his boys and Dak Draper take part in a song and dance routine until one of the boys mess it up. Dak Draper takes it out on the boy at Dalton Castle's behest, saying that he wants this to be so fantastic that when it is not fantastic, he becomes furious. Draper then starts breaking things as the boys cower, then Dalton Castle blames the boys for ruining Christmas.

Before the next match, Brian Johnson says most of the fans are used to "eight crazy nights" or "twelve days of Christmas," but now they are about to see "eleven bozos and one Mecca."

Quinn McKay guests on commentary for the next match.

"The Technical Beast" Josh Woods, "The Last Real Man" Silas Young, Matt Taven, Bandido and The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) beat Brian Johnson, Rhett Titus, Kenny King, Rey Horus, Homicide and Flip Gordon in a Holiday 12-Man Tag Match. During the match, Flip Gordon invites everyone on commentary to a holiday party before wishing them a happy 2019. After the match, everyone in the ring celebrates.

Final Impact - Impact Wrestling recap for November 1, 2018

Rich Swann beats Willie Mack.

We hear from oVe (Sami Callihan, Jake Crist, Dave Crist). Callihan brags about beating "The Machine" Brian Cage at Bound For Glory, then says he is coming after the X Division Championship so that oVe can make it mean something again. He then says that tonight, Cage will show up on oVe's home turf at Rockstar Pro Wrestling and get a beating that he has never been given before.

Next week at Final Hour: Killer Kross vs. Johnny Impact for the Impact Wrestling World Championship!

Gama Singh is in the ring. He introduces the new Desi Hit Squad, which now consists of Rohit Raju and last week's mystery man: Gama's own son, Raj Singh.

The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raj Singh) beat The Beach Bums (T.J. Crawford and Freddie I.V.).

In New York, The OG'z (King, Homicide, Hernandez) are on the street, bragging about their attack on Fenix to get to Konnan. King talks about what happened to all of Konnan's peers and how Konnan is leeching off of Santana and Ortiz much like he leeched off his contemporaries, and says The Latin-American Xchange (Konnan, Santana, Ortiz) Homicide says he's got LAX taken care of.

The Latin-American Xchange (Konnan, Santana, Ortiz) are still at the bar. Ortiz gets up from behind the bar and accuses Konnan of watering down the liquor, then Konnan talks about their meeting with "Reborn" Matt Sydal and Ethan Page, saying he is not interested in Sydal's new age leanings. He says that tonight, LAX will leave Sydal and Page laying in the middle of the ring. Santana then mentions The OG'z (King, Homicide, Hernandez) attack on Fenix, and Konnan says he is puzzled by that, wondering if they are getting back at them before saying that Fenix and Pentagon Jr. can handle them.

We hear from Eddie Edwards and Moose concerning their match at Final Hour.

In Dayton, Ohio for Rockstar Pro Wrestling, Sami Callihan faces an impostor Brian Cage (played by Rockstar Pro wrestler Clayton Gainz), complete with a fake Impact Wrestling X Division Championship belt with a green strap. Sami makes fun of the lack of size on the fake Brian Cage and tells him he will take him out to dinner after the match. As the fake Cage flexes, Sami punches the fake Cage before doing the same to the referee, then oVe (Sami Callihan, Jake Crist, Dave Crist) proceed to decimate the fake Cage. Jake Crist then puts on the referee's shirt to count the pinfall, then he and Sami Callihan celebrate in the ring.

Eli Drake meets with his lawyer: Joseph Park, whose office is in a janitor's closet. After an Elias reference, Eli Drake is unimpressed with Joseph Park's location of work, then mentions his unsafe workplace lawsuit against Impact Wrestling. Park comes up with the idea of making it a class action lawsuit where more wrestlers and involved, and also sees this as a way to go from "the outhouse to the penthouse" when he and Eli Drake essentially own Impact Wrestling. Eli Drake loves the idea.

Backstage, Gama Singh talks with The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raj Singh), and tells Raju that with his son and his guidance, he can succeed. Suddenly, "The Smoke Show" Scarlett Bordeaux shows up out of nowhere, and Gama tells The Desi Hit Squad that they cannot think about girls before flirting with Scarlett. Rohit Raju tries to disturb Gama Singh's flow, then Scarlett tells Gama Singh about her talent search.

Taya Valkyrie beats Tessa Blanchard by disqualification after Blanchard punches the referee in the face. Tessa Blanchard retains the Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship.

We see a video package for Killer Kross vs. Johnny Impact for the Impact Wrestling World Championship next week at Final Hour.

We hear from Jordynne Grace, who talks about her career, her style of wrestling and the strength she brings to the table before it is announced that she is debuting next week.

This week's GWN Flashback Moment of the Week is Gail Kim vs. Candice LeRae from a 2013 episode of Impact Wrestling.

We hear from The Lucha Bros. (Fenix and Pentagon Jr.) Fenix is surprised by The OG'z (King, Homicide, Hernandez) attack on him, and Pentagon Jr. tells them that he and Fenix are not toys in their war with Konnan. He says that if Homicide wants a piece of him, then he will give him what he deserves in the ring tonight, as revenge is a dish best served cold.

We hear from "The Machine" Brian Cage, who is tired of Sami Callihan's games and hiding. He says that if Sami wants him in Ohio, then he is coming down there with the X Division Championship, give him the real Brian Cage experience and drop everything in Ohio with the Drill Claw.

The Latin-American Xchange (Konnan, Santana, Ortiz) beat "Reborn" Matt Sydal and Ethan Page.

Backstage, Kiera Hogan talks with Allie. Allie apologizes for last week, and insists she is fine. Kiera, however, wants the truth, and Allie tells Kiera about how she left her soul in the undead realm and how there is a dark force trying to consume her ever since she saw Rosemary at Bound For Glory. Kiera tells Allie she has her back, and that they must end Su Yung together.

Pentagon Jr. beats Homicide with a surprise backslide pin. After the match, Hernandez attacks Pentagon Jr. Fenix jumps in to fight Hernandez, and Pentagon Jr. lays Hernandez out during an attempted Border Toss. King then gets in the ring and hits Pentagon Jr. with a flapjack, then The OG'z (King, Homicide, Hernandez) get the upper hand to end the show.

Here are the top five moments from tonight's show!

Here are the top five moments from Rich Swann vs. Willie Mack!

Killer Kross makes a terrifying Doomsday prophecy as part of a post-show advertisement for next week's show, Zero Hour.

Final Impact - Impact Wrestling recap for September 3, 2014

MVP, Kenny King and Lashley show up. As MVP says that nobody can touch Lashley in the ring, Samoa Joe shows up, and says Lashley isn't even close to being the toughest on the planet. He challenges Lashley to a match...tonight. Kenny King gets in Joe's face and tells him he can't win, and Joe pops King in the mouth. MVP, Lashley and King quickly beat up Joe, and security have to hold Joe back as the three of them leave the ring. As they do, MVP...and Lashley...accept his challenge.

Gail Kim retains the TNA Knockouts Championship against Taryn Terrell. After the match, Havok finally shows up and decimates the both of them.

Eric Young meets MVP backstage. MVP tries to drive a wedge between EY and Bobby Roode.

The Bro Mans (Robbie E, Jesse Godders and DJ Z) have a rooftop dinner ready for a TNA Knockout...

Ethan Carter III and Rockstar Spud show up. EC3 chews out the audience for cheering for his aunt Dixie Carter going through a table, amongst other things. He then says Rhino was the first victim of violence against those he holds accountable, and will continue to destroy until Bully Ray is immediately fired, the words "hardcore" and "extreme" are out of the TNA vocabulary, and he gets the respect he demands. Rhino shows up and attacks EC3, then tells him he wants a fight. EC3 accepts the challenge...then throws Spud under the bus and makes him Rhino's opponent for tonight.

Gunner forgives Samuel Shaw for the uniform incident last week, then they both head to the ring for their match. One of the TNA Knockouts, Brittany, watches from nearby...

Magnus and Bram beat Gunner and Samuel Shaw after taking advantage of Gunner's hurt leg. Samuel Shaw snaps and wants a ref to check on Gunner. Gunner has to calm him down.

MVP meets Bobby Roode backstage, and attempts to drive a wedge between him and Eric Young again. Bobby Roode tells MVP to shove it.

The Bro Mans (Robbie E, Jessie Godders and DJ Z) find out their dates are The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky)! Robbie and Jessie are ecstatic!

Bobby Roode beats Eric Young to become #1 contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Both men shake hand after the match.

After Bobby Roode says he is ready to reclaim what's his, he has a staredown with Lashley.

Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon) announce the next match in their tag team series with The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) and The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) is a tables match...and they plan to make this next match a war!

Homicide beats Manik, Low Ki, Crazzy Steve, DJ Z and Tigre Uno to become #1 contender for the TNA X Division title. After the match, James Storm and The Great Sanada immediately show up. Sanada attacks Manik at the behest of Storm, then Sanada and Storm drag Manik to the back by his feet.

Austin Aries is in the ring. He calls out "The Cowboy" James Storm and The Great Sanada for the green mist incident last week. They show up, and Storm talks about how Sanada is reborn and how he has a vision of championships, while talking about how great Sanada is. Austin Aries begs to differ, says he's "The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived," then calls James Storm "a legendary asshole." After telling Sanada that he threw his respect and career away to join up with the likes of Storm, Aries says he's not here alone. Enter the Japanese Buzzsaw, Tajiri. Tajiri comes out and attacks Sanada, causing Sanada to retreat.

When Rockstar Spud asks Ethan Carter III why he has to face Rhino tonight, EC3 makes it known that it's about Spud pulling his weight for the Carter family.

Rhino beats Rockstar Spud.

Lashley beats Samoa Joe.