Recapping American wrestling since 2013. Not only following the current stuff in WWE, Impact and ROH but also going back in time and doing stuff from back then as well.
La Faccion Ingobernable (Sammy Guevara and The Beast Mortos) retain the ROH World Tag Team Championships against Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin).
Backstage, Jay Lethal holds Bandido's mask as he promises that Bandido's days as ROH World Champion are coming to an end. All of a sudden, "Dynamite Kid" Tommy Billington shows up to remind Lethal that he has two pitbulls breathing down his neck, then challenges Lethal to a on-on-one match.
Michael Oku and The Von Erichs (Marshall and Ross Von Erich) beat The OXP, Oday and Timur the Great by submission in a six-man tag match.
Persephone beats Julissa Mexa.
Dalton Castle and The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd) beat KM, Rosario Grillo and Nathan Cruz in a six-man tag match.
Backstage, we hear from JD Drake, who says that Adam Priest has gotten over a little too much on his watch and tried to take on "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada, and that he has done nothing to prove himself. He says that the next time he sees him, it will be in the ring, and that he will beat the piss out of him.
Lance Archer beats "All Day" Will Allday.
Before the next match, "Smart" Mark Sterling that only two types of people wear masks: criminals and perverts. He says it is a crime that they have to keep wrestling luchadors and a perversion of their athletic abilities. He says that this is the last lucha match ever in Ring of Honor, and to commemorate the occasion, he allows the fans to say that The Premier Athletes (Tony Nese, Ariya Daivari, Story Denali) rule only to be told that they suck.
Bandido, Mascara Dorada, Komander and Xelhua beat The Swirl ("Vanilla Baby" Blake Christian and "Big Shotty" Lee Johnson) and The Premier Athletes (Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari) in an eight-man tag match.
Michael Oku beats Rocky "Azucar" Romero by submission.
Mark Davis beats Evil Uno.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Madison Rayne. Madison says 2025 is her twentieth year in wrestling and that she is closer to the end of her career than the beginning, and that she is content taking a step back and training the next generation. She then says that every now and then, you have to remind everyone of who you are, and while teaming with "The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo was an easy ask, she has a little more left to give, and as she still has bullets left in the chamber, she promises Athena and Diamanté that she will save two bullets for them.
Alex Windsor beats Nina Samuels by submission with the Sharpshooter.
"Big Shotty" Lee Johnson beats Lio Rush following the distraction by "Vanilla Baby" Blake Christian and Lee Johnson using the ropes for leverage. After the match, Blake Christian brags about snapping Bandido's arm and putting him on the shelf at Final Battle, then he wants to do the same to another person after seeing Lee Johnson. The challenge is answered by Angelico.
"Vanilla Baby" Blake Christian beats Angelico. After the match, Blake continues to attack Angelico. Serpentico makes the save, but "Big Shotty" Lee Johnson gets involved. Angelico and Serpentico are soon laid out.
Red Velvet beats Session Moth Martina in a Proving Ground Match for the ROH Women's World Television Championship.
Before the next match, Wheeler Yuta says that the fans' booing does not change the fact that he is the greatest pure wrestling in Ring of Honor history and that he ended Bryan Danielson's career. He then issues an open challenge to anyone in the back, stating that there is nobody in ROH or "this dogshit country" who can beat him. The open challenge is answered by Nigel McGuinness, who refuses to takes umbrage with the fact that Yuta ended Bryan Danielson's career and takes this as an opportunity to get revenge for Yuta killing "the Batman to his Joker."
Ian Riccaboni interviews MJF to the ring to start tonight's show. MJF makes fun of the fans, saying they are so poor that they cannot pay attention and that anyone whose head the joke goes over is as stupid as Mark Briscoe. He states that he cost Mark Briscoe a title shot because Mark cost him one, then says that Briscoe only says he is happy to be blue collar because it is the only reason why he isn't taking pills and drinking Jack Daniels. He says that he has no problem with Mark Briscoe choosing the stipulation for their match because men like him work hard but do not get anywhere, then says "blue collar will bust and white collar will win." Mark Briscoe shows up on the video screen and thanks MJF for proving him with a sense of excitement that he has not felt in so long, then announces that their match will be a TNT - Tables 'n Thumbtacks - Match. Mark then says that he will give MJF a beating that has been a long time coming, then tells MJF to turn around. MJF turns around to see Mark hit him with a Spear, and both men brawl in the ring. Mark gets the upper hand and dumps some thumbtacks out of a black bag and into the ring, but when he goes for the Jay Driller, Mark breaks out and runs to the back.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong and Hologram. We briefly see a loading screen for the evil Hologram clone before O'Reilly expresses his disappointment regarding Daniel Garcia's recent actions. He also says that Adam Cole called him, saying that he is ashamed to have ever called Garcia a friend. Roddy says that he will beat Daniel Garcia and Jon Moxley's asses after everything Garcia has put them through. After Roddy leaves, Kyle O'Reilly reaches out to Hologram to make sure he is real, then he and Hologram leave.
Don Callis guests on commentary for the next match.
"The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita beats Anthony Bowens to advance in the AEW Unified Championship Tournament.
We hear from Mascara Dorada, who says that The Beast Mortos may stand in his way, but he will be the one to represent CMLL at All Out.
"Timeless" Toni Storm guests on commentary for the next match.
We see a video package chronicling the events between Mercedes Moné and Riho so far.
Backstage in footage from earlier today, Lexy Nair interviews Kris Statlander, Harley Cameron, TayJay (Anna Jay and Tay Melo) and Jamie Hayter. Harley says they are a team tonight, but Tay Melo is reluctant to team with Kris Statlander and Anna Jay wants nothing to do with the Death Riders situation. Kris Statlander says she has nothing to do with them and has to deal with someone who took their heads off, and Jamie Hayter says they are not friends and that she will do anything to become Women's World Champion again.
Triangle of Madness (Julia Hart, Skye Blue, "The Toxic Spider" Thekla), Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford beat TayJay (Anna Jay and Tay Melo), Harley Cameron, Kris Statlander and Jamie Hayter in a $500 5-on-5 Match. After the match, everyone starts brawling, and Mina Shirakawa and Queen Aminata show up with a cooler and spatula and tongs, respectively, to make the save. "Timeless" Toni Storm then leaps off the commentary table and hits a bunch of people with a cross body before giving Thekla the ground and pound. Statlander and Hayter brawl, but both of them go down at the same time. As most everyone brawls their way to the back, Thekla goes for a Spear on Toni Storm in the ring only for Toni to counter it with Storm Zero.
"Platinum" Max Caster's five-minute open challenge is answered by Big Bill.
Big Bill beats "Platinum" Max Caster in a five-minute open challenge match with 3:07 (three minutes, seven seconds) left. After the match, Big Bill calls out Eddie Kingston, wanting to know where he is. He says that "Platinum" Max Caster had the balls to show up, then talks about how he called Kingston out only for the Internet wrestling community to get angry at him for doing it. Big Bill says that the people love Kingston because he looks like he does and represents the fans, then says that fans hate him because he looks like he does, and he is sick of it. He also makes fun of Kingston worshipping multiple Japanese wrestling legends, saying his does not care about Japanese pro wrestling, Eddie Kingston or any of the fans. Big Bill then challenges Kingston to a match at All Out, then makes fun of the fans for thinking Kingston will have the balls to show up and says Kingston won't show up because he is "a typical loudmouth fraud."
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Anthony Bowens and Jerry Lynn. As Jerry Lynn tells Bowens to look in the mirror and ask himself who is missing, "Platinum" Max Caster shoves Bowens on his way to the back and gets promptly beaten up by Bowens for it. The brawl soon makes its way to the ring, and Jerry Lynn has to step in. Bowens nearly hits Jerry Lynn when Jerry interferes, and Jerry mentions how they were both brought into AEW and how they both became tag team champions after fighting to the top. He then mentions both of them thinking they would have a great singles run only to not even win one match, and says that Bowens has floundered in the mid-card. Bowens walks away, and Jerry takes that as Bowens being unable to take the heat. Blake Christian and "Big Shotty" Lee Johnson show up and makes fun of Jerry Lynn for wanting to be "Daddy Ass #2" and trying to put The Acclaimed back together when he should be investing in a real tag team like The Swirl. He then states that he and Lee Johnson will show Jerry Lynn what he is missing. Jerry Lynn rips his shirt off and starts fighting Lee Johnson, and Max Caster helps Jerry Lynn to even the numbers game. Anthony Bowens turns around, heads back into the ring, and helps out both Max Caster and Jerry Lynn. Caster and Bowens end up working together again to clean house in the ring.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Mistico. He is soon interrupted by MJF and Jon Cruz dressed like Abraham Lincoln, and MJF brags about what he will do to Mark Briscoe before stating that he cannot wait to end him. MJF leaves and Jon Cruz translates only to get slapped. Mistico tells MJF that he will see him next week.
FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) beat Adam Priest and "The Dynamite Kid" Tommy Billington after Cash pulls a turnbuckle cover off and exposes a turnbuckle as Priest has him in a submission hold. Dax uses the ropes to break Billington's submission attempt, and after Cash deals with Priest on the outside, FTR hit Billington with the spike piledriver for the win.
We see a video package for the AEW World Tag Team Championship 4-Way Ladder Match Qualifier next week on Dynamite.
Don Callis guests on commentary for the next match.
"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada retainst he AEW Unified Championship against Michael Oku. After the match, Konosuke Takeshita shows up and has a brief staredown with Okada.
We see a video package for "The Protostar" Kyle Fletcher vs. "Hangman" Adam Page for the AEW World Championship at All Out.
Jon Moxley and Daniel Garcia beat Paragon (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) with a Dragontamer from Garcia to O'Reilly, whose left knee was attacked throughout the match. After the match, "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard yells at Daniel Garcia, but Garcia ignores him as he high fives both Moxley and Marina Shafir before the three of them leave.
We hear from "Taiga Style" Lee Morariarty, who states that he has been Pure Champion for 351 says and that he is not complacent with just that, as he wants to take the title to the very top.
Diamanté beats Maya World.
We see a vignette for MxM Collection (Mansoor and Mason Madden), Johnny TV and Taya Valkyrie promoting their new perfume "Seed."
In backstage footage from All In Texas, Athena says she does not care who it is or when it happens, as she will beat the AEW Women's World Champion.
We see a video package of "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes' road to becoming a champion in Ring of Honor.
We hear from "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes, who says that he is still in shock that he is now the All Elite Wrestling TNT Championship after so many near-misses and after five years. He thanks the fans for supporting him after all this time, and credits his father "The American Dream" Dustin Rhodes for teaching him to keep on going. He plans to keep holding the TNT title and to keep going for as long as he can.
Jay Lethal beats Michael Oku.
In backstage footage from Supercard of Honor, Jacked Jameson is furious and says the ref was against The Frat House (Griff Garrison, Cole Karter, Preston Vance, Jacked Jameson). Preston Vance says they should have won, and that if The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds, John Silver) want more, they are ready. Griff Garrison mentions a nearby party, and the foursome make good on their promise to booze, win or lose. Once again, beer pong is involved.
Hechicero beats Angelico. After the match, Rocky "Azucar" Romero shows up and goes on the attack on Spanish Announce Project (Angelico and Serpentico). All of a sudden, Hologram shows up and makes the save, taking down Hechicero with a top rope hurricanrana before superkicking Romero out of the ring.
Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin) beat Rocky "Azucar" Romero and Tomohiro Ishii.
Shane Taylor beats KM.
We hear from Red Velvet, who knows that La Catalina and Taya Valkyrie will be duking it out for a shot at the ROH Women's World Television Championship. She says that she always gets her lick back and that she does not back down from a challenge, and that she will still walk out champion.
La Catalina beats Taya Valkyrie to earn a shot at the ROH Women's World Television Championship.
"The Prodigy" Nick Wayne beat Michael Oku after Amira Blair and Mother Wayne argue with each other and distract the ref, allowing Kip Sabian to hit Michael Oku with a cheap shot so that Nick Wayne can hit Wayne's World for the win.
