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- Before the show officially began there would be exclusive pre-show content prior to the official main show (Week By Week).
- The opening scene cuts to a desolate location with a dark setting earlier in the day in a pre-recorded segment. Eric Young is standing over an untouched grave plot and is leaning up against a shovel wedged into the crowd - with footage of Deaner driving up on a motorcycle and stopping and clambering off and walking towards EY. Eric consoles Cody, before asking him if he still believes in the design and if he is willing to do whatever is required of him to eliminate the sickness. Young then points towards the plot of land and hands Deaner a shovel and instructs him that now it is time to dig.
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- A recap from last week shows footage of the Briscoes coming to Eddie Kingston’s aid in the fight with LAX, before Sammy Guevara would be revealed to be reforming the Inner Circle with Santana and Ortiz.
Six-Man Tag Team Match The Inner Circle (Guevara, Santa & Ortiz) vs. Kingston and Briscoes
Finish: The contest would be quite an intense number, with a lot of anger present in the contest. However, Konnan would do his best to frustrate Kingston throughout the contest, that would result in Eddie snapping during and breaking the rules by using a steel chair to go for Ortiz which result in the match ending via DQ - with it evident that Konnan felt he was the reason that Eddie had effectively rage quit.
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- Sanity rolls deep into Cody Deaner’s locker room. Deaner looks to be deep in thought. They reveal they’ve simply been playing mind games with Eric. Because they wanted to show him and Joe that Eric has zero loyalty to his acolytes. They go on to say that Eric is also a liar because they didn’t kill Doering. They let him go. They don’t know what he was out there burying but it was not his partner. Sanity tells Deaner to think about it while in his tag team title match with Eric against the Dark Order as they leave Deaner alone with his thoughts now. Deaner attempts to call Doering but he gets no answer. Someone with their back to the camera comes in and closes the door as the scene fades.
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Tag Team Match General’s Jewel (Fale & Owens) vs. Villain Enterprises (Scurll & Flip Gordon)
Finish: Scurll would very much be the standout man in the contest and would secure the victory by laying Chase Owens out with the Black Plague.
- Scurll cut a promo after the match on Miz and said he heard what he said on Impact and he’ll be in Europe next week. He claims Miz made a huge mistake challenging him to join the tour. He said in his time away he reconnected with Europe and made it his home again and will have the European advantage as a British man and he’s not returning to the states without the 10 pounds of gold and when he does he’ll be the NWA Worlds Champion at the NWA’s Great American Bash this weekend.
- Scurll says a couple weeks back he attacked him and prevented him from having Flip’s back against the Bullet Club and now that they’ve gotten those monkeys off their back and gotten a receipt for that, he’s now ready to avenge that assault and he says Miz will be his own villain when he finds out he’s the architect of his own destruction because if he hadn’t attacked him to prevent him from beating Aldis, he wouldn’t be coming to Europe to personally take the belt from him after only one week of himself being the NWA Worlds Champion.
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- Low Ki rolls into Eddie Kingston’s locker room. Low Ki tells Eddie that he needs his Familia. He says this war on two fronts isn’t getting you anywhere. He reminds him of what he tried to tell him about Homicide. They’re as thick as thieves and that he shouldn’t throw away that friendship when Konnan is the real enemy. He didn’t bring you or Homicide back into the fold. It’s time to regroup and focus on your common grievances.
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Singles Match Pentagon Jr. vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.
Finish: The contest between Pentagon and Mysterio would be the best match of Week by Week and fitting to hold the main-event spot with both men really pushing the other to the limit. It would be the former X-Division champion Mysterio who would suffer the loss after being eaten up by the Pentagon Driver (Pumphandle half nelson driver). After the match both men would slowly approach each other before shaking hands with the Code of Honor being adhered to.
- Santos Escobar was seen to have been watching match intently from a backstage monitor a few times.
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- The Briscoes are interviewed about their tag team match with Eddie Kingston against the Inner Circle. They say they’ve been dragged into the middle of this war between LAX and the Lucha Brothers and want off this ride, but say they’re fighting champions so if LAX want a break from the infighting, they’ll put their belts up at the 20th Anniversary show.
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Episode Nine
- ROH would return to the States, with the ninth episode of Elite coming from the MassMutual Center, Springfield, Massachusetts. An announcement is made that a co-produced two night event is on the horizon between AEW and ROH: All Star Extravaganza 2022 before we cut to the ring with Adam Cole standing in the middle of it.
- Adam Cole calls out Kenny Omega. Says he’s gotten his revenge on the Young Bucks and now he’s just gotta get the puppet master. He says first Kyle will defeat the Machine Gun Karl Anderson and the Elite will send a message that the old guard of the BC Elite aren’t Undisputed.
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- In the back is Ian with Prince Nana who says he’s brought his clients to Ring of Honor this evening and they’re looking to make an impact. He wants to show the world the only thing better than spending money is making money. He says the Embassy will make both Ring of Honor and Prince Nama a boatload of money and for the right price the Embassy can be anyone’s diplomatic allies.
- As we comeback to ringside, several matches are confirmed for the 20th Anniversary Show:
Briscoes vs. LAX - ROH World Tag Team Titles
Sammy Guevara vs. Eddie Kingston
Prince Puma vs. Pentagon Jr. - GHC National Title
Rey Fenix vs. Rey Mysterio - X-Division Title
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Finish: Both men were known far more for being tag team specialists, O’Reilly would be the much more dangerous man in the contest and would look much faster on his feet and would end the contest by dropping Anderson on his head off the second rope with an elevated brainbuster before locking in the ARMageddon (Cross armbreaker) and forcing Karl to tap.
- The Elite swarms Anderson and Gallows and systematically beat them down and the lack of HoT reinforcement is noticeable. AJ Styles makes his long awaited ROH return and helps the Good Brothers fight off the Elite from the ring. The O.C. then embrace in the ring with a pair of two sweets.
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- The Influence’s All About Me backstage talk show airs next. Emma introduces Jessicka as the guest. Jessicka says her beef with Alexa goes well beyond being eliminated in the survival of the fittest. She says Alexa shouldn’t have even been there and should never have been broken in. She says that she has to fight tooth and nail all over the world including dive bars and back alleys to prove that she is not just a female side attraction but one of the very best professional wrestlers alive today. And Alexa bliss just isn’t. She was literally handed everything on a silver platter and she appreciates it now. All she does is set women’s wrestling back by two decades. She says Alexa tries to demonize Mandy Rose for using her looks and taking shortcuts but they are two peas in the same pod. Alexa might not have come in through a reality television show but WWE plucked her out of obscurity and gave her her entire platform. You didn’t help spearhead a women’s Revolution. She continues on that Alexa thought she was a goddess until she got brainwashed by a charlatan in the dead of night and found a doll and thought she understood the darkness but make no mistake that little girl doesn’t know anything about death or decay but when she faces her at the 20th anniversary she will. This doll will teach her how the death machine works. Because Jessicka Havok is the Revolution and women’s wrestling.
- The Good Brothers versus reDRagon is made official for the 20th Anniversary Show with the TNA World Tag Team Titles on the line.
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- Toxic Lounge in the ring. Mandy Rose talks about the perception of her being looks and no brains and says she went to NXT and became the Women’s Champion on their last show and then came to Ring of Honor and took their Women’s title in her first match live on PPV. She is undisputed. She then goes on to say that Toxic Attraction is the cream of the crop and holds all the cards. She says when people get to the top like they have a hint of jealousy begins to emerge. Like Cora Jade and Rok-C. Mandy says Gigi doesn’t even remember Cora and she has nothing to prove.
- Mandy does however say she’s a fighting champion and said she’d give the winners of the tag team match last week a shot at her title, but she doesn’t think Rok-C is up to snuff and that it was really the spunk of Cora Jade that overcame the odds and got their team the win. She says as long as it doesn’t upset her friendship, she’ll give Cora Jade a match with her right now. She told Jade at Bound By Honor that she needs to start thinking about her own career and getting a shot at this as she pats her championship belt. She reminds Jade that she got the win last week. And that Jade is the one constantly having Rok-C’s back, and she needs to find out if Rok-C has hers.
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- The match would never officially begin. A referee enters the ring as Cora Jade’s theme plays. Cora gets into the ring and grabs a microphone. She says she knows what Mandy is trying to do and the mind games aren’t going to work. She doesn’t have a choice to make because she’s going to systematically destroy Toxic Attraction piece by piece week by week. She’ll take on any one of them hell she’ll take on all of them. Gigi and Jayne jump Cora as Mandy mocks her with her title before Rok-C runs in. Mandy manages to make it out of the ring and retreat up the ramp. Rok-C gives Jade a look of affirmation.
- Jade grabs the microphone again and says if Gigi is too scared to accept her match offer, she’ll accept Mandy’s for the championship. She knows Rok-C has her back. Mandy yells that this shithole doesn’t deserve to see her defend her title tonight. Cora says she’ll give her a week and then she’s coming for that belt. She then says at the 20th Anniversary her and Rok-C will show the Toxic Attraction what being a real partner is all about.
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- We cut to the back where Jay is storming in front of a monitor. He welcomes us to the ToJay Show. Jay says that he’s still feeling the festive new year spirit even though it’s now March. He says if the Elite want a tag team title match, they can have it but he warns reDRagon that getting some fluke wins isn’t the same thing as taking on the Good Brothers when the gold and pride is on the line.
- Jay also says if Adam Cole wants Kenny Omega, he can have him as he’s already beaten the supposed best bout machine. There’s nothing left to prove there. He says he’s also already beaten Evil. Men that claimed they have led this great club before him and he’s not done yet. He vows to prove to Tama Tonga this is still his era and leadership. Which brings his attention to AJ Styles. He tells AJ that he’s happy to see him return to the club business and help out the Good Brothers when he was tied up backstage, but asks him why he’s here? He ponders what his intentions are for the club. He says that the club appears in disarray hopes the Phenomenal one isn’t planning to swoop in and retake the club that Kenny Omega had taken from him back in 2016? He hopes he doesn’t offend Styles as he knows he’s still good buddies with the Good Brothers, but asks if he’d like a friendly chance to see who the better leader of the BC or the OC whatever he’d like to call it truly is?
- He switches to say it’s not just BC leaders he’s bested as he still maintains an unbeaten record on the Chaos staple himself Kazuchika Okada. He wants to add to that list Minoru Suzuki who Jay claims has a tainted victory over him due to one man and his name is Juice Robinson. He corrects himself and says actually two men counting Finlay.
Jay asks Juice to join him. Jay says he’s got history with Finlay dating back to when he beat him in the New Japan Cup. He reminds Juice that it was Finlay that he first started his US of Jay tour for when he went to Impact. He says he gave Finlay a chance for Juice and it blew up in his face.
- He tells Juice that he and Minoru Suzuki are currently tied for single victories and plans to prove himself to be the superior in the rubber match without him or Finlay sabotaging him. Jay says that sometimes you have to handle things yourself. He says tonight David Finlay will breathe with the Switchblade and if Juice was smart, he’d make things right with the club asap. Jay tells Juice he needs to sort out his alliances and reminds him that no one is above the club.
- Bliss finally gets her hands on Jax as that match is now announced for the 20th Anniversary.
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Finish: The Beaver Boys would watch from the ramp clearly offering some form of moral support for Uno and Grayson. Cody Deaner would become massively distracted as the HonorTron would turn on and Sanity appears to be in the same area that Eric and Deaner had been digging graves. They tell Deaner that no one is out here. They look befuddled when they get to where Eric was digging because there’s now three open graves. There however isn’t one filled with dirt so no Doering. Sanity is then jumped by men in yellow hoodies who beat them down and toss them into the holes.
Deaner leaves the ring, but Eric manages to hit a devastating spike piledriver to almost catch a pin. Dark Order starts to gain an advantage on Eric as Deaner looks distraught. Eric makes it to his corner and yells to Deaner to tag back into the match - but without aid Evil Uno and Stu Grayson nail EY with an Alleyoop-Cutter to retain the belts.
- After Dark Order retains, Eric attempts to get the jump on the Dark Order, but FTR makes the save. Interestingly the Beaver Boys leave when the heat boils up instead of helping their former partners. Dark Order thanks FTR for the assistance, but asks why they’re here tonight. To which they responded they were merely protecting their investment. They came to challenge them to a match for the NWA Tag Team Titles at GAB. The top guys want the most prestigious belts.
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- Toxic Attraction are celebrating in the back when Scott D’Amore informs the ladies that if Gigi doesn’t want to wrestle Cora tonight, they can finally defend their tag team championships against the former champions in their rematch. He also says he’ll strip Mandy Rose of her championship if she tries to weasel out of another advertised match. She says he doesn’t have the stroke and he says he does because if she doesn’t defend against Cora Jade she’ll be in breach of contract for not defending her title within 30 days.
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- Enzo comes out and issues an open challenge for his in-ring debut and he says preferably a big goof the size of Moose so he can cut them down to size. Prince Nana interrupts and says he’s recently secured the services of a man - no a machine that should fit the bill quite nicely and make him money.
Finish: Enzo and Cage would battle in a good contest, but it would be marred with Nana distracting the referee and Moose sliding into the ring to nail Amore with a Spear that would put the win on a plate for Cage.
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- Finlay enters Juice’s locker room with his hands in the air and says he comes in peace. He wants to explain why he gave back the shirt. He says Juice is letting Jay get inside his head. He reminds Juice they’ve had one hell of a ride together and they never needed Jay White or the Bullet Club to win. He asks Juice for one chance to show him they can still do it the way they used to. He says he knows he’s got issues with Cody again and has booked themselves a tag team match and tells Juice they’ve had Cody’s number for years. He’ll see. The FinJuice Magic is still buried deep inside.
- Big Cass vs. Moose is announced for the 20th.
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Finish: The Hex would feature in a good challenge and AK and Marti would show potential of reclaiming the belts, only for Tessa Blanchard to out of sight rip Belle off the ring apron and prevent him from tagging out that would lead to Gigi and Jacy double team Kay to pick up the win.
- After the contest Cora and Rok-C confront Toxic Attraction on taking the easy win.
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- Backstage pre-tape of Righteous talking about being the Ring of Honor Six-Man Tag Team Champions and it was a fluke that Kingdom beat them at the crossover for the TNA Six-Man belts. Lethal says the Righteous are on the path to actually purifying the company now that he has a win over the Television Champion. He says the booking committee has a choice to make: give him the title shot with Jonathan Gresham or give him the television championship. He beat Kross fair and square and they’re not leaving empty handed. The Righteous will show why Adam Cole has only returned to a broken kingdom. One Taven let fall to pieces like so many failed empires before them. Vincent vows to get his last piece of retribution over Taven when the Righteous cleanse the Kingdom of their last claim to fame.
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Finish: Finlay would put on a good showing - but White was head and shoulders better than the competition especially in singles competition and pick up the win cleanly by taking David off his feet with the Blade Runner.
After the match - BC surrounds Finlay and starts to beat him down. Juice watches from the floor when Suzuki’s music plays. He takes BC out and piledrives Jay. He gets on the microphone and challenges Jay to stop running and face him man to man, but Juice grabs a microphone and says this is his mess. Juice says he’ll fight Suzuki next and show that Suzuki-gun can’t beat the Bullet Club straight.
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The Kingdom are standing by in the back. Maria is looking as lovely as always. They have an answer. Adam Cole, and the OGK, accept the rematch challenge on the condition that it’s for both sets of trios belts since they’ve beaten Righteous already.
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Finish: Robinson would fight in a frustrated manner with Suzuki, with it abundantly clear that Robinson had a massive chip on his shoulder. Suzuki though would show Robinson no respect though and tear him apart with brutal chops before ending the contest via the Gotch-Style Piledriver.
- Suzuki gets on the microphone again and says that his win at the PPV was no fluke and come the anniversary show, Jay will have to stop running. Suzuki is ambushed from behind and Finlay rushes to return the favor, but reinforcements arrive. They hold down Finlay and shout at Juice to handle this once and for all. Juice refuses to layout Finlay and instead smacks Jay with a chair. In a fit of rage he chucks his BC shirt at Jay and hugs Fin.
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- Backstage Jamie Hayter is interviewed by Quinn McKay. Jamie is asked about her big string of victories winning the survival of the fittest, defeating former stablemate Bea Priestley and the big tag team win over toxic attraction and the TNA women’s champion‘s team. Jamie discusses how her career begin to flounder during the pandemic in Japan and how Britt Baker revitalized her career by bringing her to the states but she says times have changed and now Britt is the one that has gone back to Japan to revitalize her career well Jamie is getting hotter than ever here in the United States and she wonders why Bea decided to randomly insert herself into her business and ponders if Bea was still upset about her not being able to return to Japan and forcing Bea to be stripped of their tag team championship, but retorts that it was two years ago and Bea bounced back with a solid singles career in Stardom. Hayter questions if there might be some collusion with her former best friend Britt Baker whom she left Bea for. She says it doesn’t escape her that Rebel helped Britt defeat Alexa and wonders if that was all a ploy to build a wedge between her potential friendship with Alexa Bliss and keep her out of the way.
- She says no matter what Britt is doing in Japan and if she can trust Rebel or not, she has this title shot in her back pocket with Mandy Rose’s name on it and she thinks maybe it’s time for Jamie. The pair known as Las Sicarias steps up to Hayter. Ivelisse pontificates why Hayter is so concerned with people sticking their nose in her business when she makes a habit of doing it herself. She asks Jamie why she felt she had any right butting into their meeting with Rok-C and Miranda Alize.
- Ivelisse says she now has two receipts for Jamie with the first being at the Survival of the Fittest finale when Jamie got a lucky win over her and her minion Rebel chased Las Sicarias out of the arena. And the second being her costing Alize her match with Rok-C forcing them to kick her out of ROH. Ivelisse wants payback on her and Rebel tonight and then she wants a one on one rematch with Hayter with her guaranteed title shot on the line.
- Jamie says that she has no problems taking on any challenges on her road to the top. She’s in no rush. She knows it’ll be Jamie‘s time soon enough and she reminds Ivelisse that the receipt she got on Cora Jade didn’t actually go too well for her. Ivelisse says I think the bigger thing that you need to worry about is whether or not you can even trust your tag team partner Rebel in our match tonight.
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- The Jericho Appreciation Society calls the newly reformed Inner Circle (now a sub of LAX) to the ring to congratulate them on their big win tonight. The Inner Circle toast to Jericho continuing to dominate in AEW under his new appreciation society and they wonder where their invitations are? Jericho smirks and says lost in the mail.
- Hager smashes a champagne bottle over Sammy’s head as Jericho blindsides Ortiz and Santana is pulled out by Garcia. Jericho says he never needed LAX. He used them to get to the top so he could form his proper Society and they don’t belong in it. He also says the Inner Circle is dead and they don’t have the right to incorporate that into the equally dead and buried Latin American Xchange. Jericho wishes them the best of luck in their future endeavors and hopes the Briscoes don’t finish the job of ending their careers at the 20th anniversary.
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- In the Guerrillas locker room with Tanga Loa. Tanga Loa tells Marty to enjoy his European vacation, but while he’s spreading himself thin with TNA, Japan, the House of Black and the NWA, the Guerrillas of Destiny will be here regrouping. No more Hangman, no more Flip. Tanga wants Marty. He asks the Villain if he thought the OGs forgot about the Elite? The Firing Squad plan to take the Elite out back and put them all down one at a time.
- Tanga says he knew if Chase and Fale bullied the loser Flip long enough, they’d draw the Villain from out of the shadows, and not only did it work, they even got Hangman with that bait. Tanga believes when he guts this bird of prey, who knows what Scurll’s rotting corpse could attract back to GoD. The fracturing of the Bullet Club, Guerrillas of Destiny and the House of Torture wouldn’t have even happened if it wasn’t for one single selfish entity back when we were on top of the world. The Elite. You guys thought you were better than the club and you guys started the infighting that was never properly resolved because you tucked tails and ran away. That’s when we brought in Switch.
- He says that may have broken Jay in, but this is the real bullet club. This is their fight. Jay may have followed their fight to Impact and then ROH, but this got the OGs to finish. He says it was nice of Jay to say that they weren’t kicked out of the bullet club and him and Hikuleo still had a spot in it if they should choose when the Tongans built this. You don’t get to decide if we can stay or not, even if you’re saying we can, we will decide if you Jay White gets to stay when it’s all said and done. You’ve gotten yourself distracted by Suzuki and his minion army, but the real bullet club will end what Kenny Omega and Cody Rhodes started all those years ago when the Elite cracked the golden goose. The only Elite is the OGs of the Bullet Club.
- Hikuleo asks Tanga if he can now address Evil. He says he’s sick of his family being stuck in between this nonsense with Jay and Evil. He says Jay already beat you and so did MJF. He says if he’s feeling sorry for himself because he’s been booted from Japan and BC, he can get in line. Hikuleo says if he’s feeling froggy, he’s got no plans for next week and he’s dying to get even.
- The commentators hype up Jay White and Minoru Suzuki coming to blows to end it all at the 20th.
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Finish: Las Sicarias would work with a much more slick flow that would be impressive with quick tags and the contest would end with Ivelisse hitting Rebel with the Code Huntress (Sunset flip powerbomb)
- After the match Mandy Rose decks Hayter with her title belt only to see Raquel Gonzalez make the save. She grabs a microphone and tells Ivelisse she needs to stop these gang tactics. She says she may want a rematch from the finals of the fittest, but reminds her that she cheated in her match with Raquel in the qualifying round and if anyone is getting Mandy Rose next, it’ll be her. She informs Mandy that she never got a rematch against Rose for the NXT Women’s Championship after Mandy took the belt at Halloween Havoc since WWE closed right afterwards she’s coming for her due rematch at the anniversary show after she beats Ivelisse in a rematch first.
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- Dick Togo welcomes Evil to the screen, Ring of Honor, the Bullet Club and the House of Torture. Togo says Evil is back firmly with the House, and make no mistake still a full fledged member of the Bullet Club, and now after speaking with Scott D’Amore a member of the ROH roster moving forward. He says on top of a generous contract, they secured a big money match with Tama Tonga at the ROH 20th Anniversary Show in two weeks.
- Evil says that the OGs still want to take the Bullet Club back to the good old days and that’s nice, but those bastards will soon realize the darkness has risen once again in the King. Remember this is Evil. This is the House of Torture. Everything’s evil. Evil says the OGs are a bunch of morons if he thought his Bone Soldier and his new master would be enough to end the career of Evil and keep him out of Bullet Club business. He hopes Tama likes the wrench upside the skull and promises payback he has planned for Tama at the 20th will make the darkness he’s felt in his life feel like child’s play. He tells Tama to watch really closely at home next week as he’s nursing his weak jawline as Evil shows his brother Hikuleo what Evil is all about.
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- Ring of Honor plays a video package highlighting Punk’s rise to the top of Ring of Honor, his matches with Samoa Joe, his big title win in 2005 and saying goodbye to the company and then plays his debut in ECW, his ECW Title win and a series of his greatest hits in WWE including his world title wins. They then show him defeating Josh Alexander last week for the TNA World Championship on Impact.
-CM Punk is welcomed to come out for a TNA World Heavyweight Championship celebration in the ring. CM Punk says he wants to thank Ring of Honor for letting him finish his career where it really began. And he says TNA and him never really got along in the past, but was gracious to let him earn this title opportunity and to now represent the brand. He then says Josh Alexander deserves the most praise for putting this on the line and making him earn what could be his world championship. He says that Josh was one hell of a champion and he hopes to live up to the new standard that he set as the TNA Champion. He will do so on both ROH and TNA TV giving it the most visibility.
- Josh Alexander comes out and gives Punk his much deserved congratulations, but does want to say things could have ended a bit differently under different circumstances and hopes to get a rematch, but before Punk could speak Seth interrupts the two and brings his own microphone. Seth says this dance has gone on long enough and he thinks he proved his point. Punk has never been and never will be the best in the world. He takes any short cut he can and challenges Punk to finally man up to him and he wants that title put up.
- Alexander says he’d happily put his contractual rematch on the line against Rollins next week. Punk says he’d happily face either of them at the 20th Anniversary, but he tells Seth he’ll be watching their match next week quite closely. Punk says someone needs to shut Seth up for good and if he can’t, Josh can have the honor. Seth says he’s always two steps ahead of them, and says he’ll see them both next week finally.
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- In the back Ethan Page is jumped by Kaun and his partner new to ROH Toa. Prince Nana’s Gates of Agony making their Ring of Honor debut as a unit. Nana introduces his Gates of Agony to Page as Dan Lambert steps in to pay Nana for his services. Dan says that Ethan forgot where he came from. He reminds him that Scorpio Sky is a man of the year and doesn’t have time for petty payback, but says that’s what money and associates are for.
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Finish: The Kingdom would continue to impress, but their win would come by way of a mistake with Jay Lethal accidentally hitting Vincent with the title belt, in what was a shot clearly ended for Bennett that would allow Mike to capitalize and roll up Vincent to win the belt and make them double champions.
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- Fale, Owens and Hikuleo attack the new champs and remind them they’ve been waiting to get their payback for the last few weeks and the time is just right now that they have ROH gold they can take. Scott D’Amore gathers Jonathan Gresham, Karrion Kross and Jay Lethal for a championship meeting. Scott says y’all have made a real mess of things.
- He indicates that Kross has signed a title match with Josh Woods for the Pure Title while being the Television Champion, but also seems to want a World Title shot against Gresham. He says that Jay Lethal also wants yet another rematch with Gresham despite already losing to him, but does have now a win over the Television Champion.
- Scott says if Karrion wants to be the belt collector next week he’s gonna have to run the gauntlet. He’ll start by defending his Television Championship against Jay Lethal before getting his long overdue shot at the Pure Champion. It’s all or nothing for you two since you both seem like such greedy piglets. If Karrion retains his television title, he’ll get his shot at the pure title. If he walks away with both titles, he will be granted the final boss Jonathan Gresham for the world title, but if Lethal beats Karrion, he takes his place in the gauntlet and gets his opportunity to sweep.
Dynamite #126
- The next episode of AEW Dynamite would come live from Daily’s Place, Jacksonville, Florida. Excalibur would inform the fans that tonight’s show would see the first Face of the Revolution matches taking place with qualifiers taking place for both the Men’s and Women’s match set to take place at Revolution and that tonight’s opening contest will be a TNT Championship defense with Lince Dorado taking a challenge from Dio Madden.
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Finish: Madden would show potential as he made his Dynamite debut, but Dorado would continue to impress the fans and show why he was the holder of the best with his fast paced luchador style would end the contest by nailing Madden with Golden Rewind to retain the belt.
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Finish: The contest would be for some fans the first time seeing Jun Kasai compete and the man who was more at home to the Death Match scene at times looked like a duck out of war, but still featured in solid bumps. The match wasn’t the longest with Umino picking up the win via the Death Rider.
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- Bianca Bel Air makes an appearance with Tony Schiavone, saying the EST of All Elite needs her spotlight. She says she's gunning for Mercedes' AEW Women's Championship, and she'll step over her lackies if needed. Tony tells her that Tony Khan made it official, and next week Bianca would be facing Davina Rose for a #1 Contendership match at Revolution - against champion Mercedes Banks!
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Finish: Austin and CIMA would compete in a match that would show a lot of elements of strong style, but Ace would show just how dangerous he was in the ring if he was presented with a window opportunity and would lay out CIMA with The Fold (Running somersault neckbreaker) to claim the victory.
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- Mia Yim features backstage holding a scarlet letter with a Dark Green Envelope Stamp. She says that her benefactor finally had enough. Yim looks to open the letter, but hesitates and smirks, claiming that when the time is right, she'll take up the offer.
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Finish: In a hard hitting battle with neither women seeming to be worried about hurting themselves to get results, the match end with both Viper and Allie Kat suffering from bloody noses as Viper would pick up the win by dropping Allie down onto the canvas with the Snake Bite (electric chair facebuster) before locking in a crossface to force Allie to tap out.
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- Jeff Hardy cuts a promo later about Ace Austin. He says Ace has skill, and he has the swagger to make it. But what he lacks is respect for the men who paved the way for him in this business. And if Ace wants to prove he's better than Jeff, he'll fight him next week, one on one, man to man.
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Finish: The two men that are more commonly seen as members of tag team would have to conserve their energy and stamina, although it became clear that Huracan had a little bit more in the tank and would use his stamina to wear out The Butcher enough to connect with a Discus Punch that would keep him down on his back long enough for the three count victory.
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- Adam Scherr comes out to the ramp after The Butcher heads up the stage following Tez Huracan’s victory. Scherr stares down the Butcher, before standing face to face with fellow Slaughterhouse Members Joe Gacy and H4RL4ND. Scherr and Butcher share no words, but both men of equal brutality seem to offer a non-verbal challenge. Scherr would walk off, making his presence known.
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Finish: The contest between Alexander Hammestone and Tom Lawlor would be a really throwback to fans of indie promotion Major League Wrestling and it was clear that both men were keen to make a name for themselves in the big league and the fans would not be disappointed with the element of technical wrestling mixed with hard hitting chops that both men brought to the ring. The match would end with Lawlor utilizing his MMA training and countering a powerbomb and transitioning it into a Kamigoye that he would then move into a Rear Naked Choke and force Hammerstone to tap out.
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- Lince Dorado cuts a rare promo, exclaiming what an honor it is to be the TNT Champion and how hard he's been working to make it this far. Before he can continue, Johnny Dynamite struts into frame, dawning a signature robe he's known for. Dynamite hushes off Dorado, as the champ walks away pissed. Dynamite says that Moxley's messing with the wrong man and says that Johnny Dynamite can outdo anything Moxley may do a thousand times over. Dynamite accepts Moxley's challenge, promising to wipe that greasy deathmatch freak off the face of AEW as Dynamite ascends to the top of the world.
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- Matt Cardona and Brian Myers feature in a segment from Cardona's home where Cardona is holding Chelsea Green. Cardona says Bron Rochsteiner is WAY in over his head if he wants to challenge the Deathmatch King, the Independent God, the Sammartino-Demolishing Champion. Cardona says Rochsteiner isn't worth his time, so Cardona instead will stay home with his SMOKING hot girlfriend and watch as Rochsteiner embarrasses himself and his family name just to have a sliver of relevancy.
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Finish: Charles Gable would send a clear message to the rest of the AEW locker-room that he wasn’t just a bigheaded loudmouth, but he was more than capable of putting on a stellar performance in the ring and would almost seem to throw Powerhouse Hobbs with his chain wrestling and counter wrestling skills he brought to table in what actually proved to be the match of the night. The match would end with Gable having forcefully pulled down Hobbs arm straps and chopping the crap out of his chest before picking him up and connecting with a brutal Chaos Theory to claim the victory.
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- Charles Gable and the Academy of The Alphas are celebrating the victory in the ring, before turning towards Will Hobbs with clear intent in their eyes of a post-match beatdown. However, Starks and HOOK pull him out after. Taz then leaves commentary with a mic. Taz claims that Gable's insistent claims of cheating are defaming the three best damn men in the business, and he and his subpar "Alphas" should put their words to life. Taz says he made a promise to never to step in a ring again, but decides enough is enough. He'll back his boys until they don't need him, but right now they do. And if the Academy wants to continue to accuse Team Taz of cheating, they're accusing they're mentor. So, Taz steps into the ring and tells Gable that if he wants to back up his word, he has a challenge for Revolution. Charles Gable, Otis Bogojevic, Harlem Bravado, and Drew Gulak vs Ricky Starks, Powerhouse Hobbs, HOOK, and TAZ in a four vs four. Gable accepts, telling him he's made a huge mistake.
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Finish: The contest between Baszler and Storm would be fierce with both women heavily motivated to earn a place in the FOTR match and the match would be littered with nearfalls with the fans left on the edge of their seats for most of the contest. The match would end in a surprising fashion though, as Shayna would connect with a Jumping Knee and would simply go for the cover which would prove to be enough for the three count, and that look on Shayna’s face suggested that she hadn’t thought that the impact would have been enough. Understandably, Toni looked distraught in the aftermath.
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- Shingo Takagi officially declares a match against Chris Jericho for Revolution, noting he has the numbers to deal with The Jericho Appreciation Society. He won't take no for an answer, and he remarks that Jericho should bring the best Jericho he has in him, because Shingo will put up a fight like none-other. Takagi makes the point that he has La Facción de Fukujin watching his back - and even more Faccion members spread around all four corners of the globe if needed.
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Finish: The wily veteran Williams would push Styles to the limit in an intense main-event contest - but Styles would be quick to remind the fans in Daily’s Place that he remains to be one of the best wrestlers world and after leaping off the ropes with the Forearm Smash would take hold of Doug and nail him with the Styles Clash to claim the victory.
- After Styles beats Douglas, Kenny Omega comes out. Omega tells Styles the greatest champion in the history of this prestigious sport deserves days off, because he can take years off and come back with a better match than anything Styles has done. Omega tells Styles that if he wants a match against him at Revolution, he has it. Kenny has been itching for a chance to kick AJ's ass, and if he needs to embarrass him at Revolution to do so, so be it.
The final round of conference matches would feature participants from both the Viking and Centurion Conferences. The top three finishers in both conferences were guaranteed advancement to the playoffs, but as of yet nothing had been confirmed or revealed in regards to what the playoffs would look like - with the fans promised an announcement by Shane McMahon at the end of the night.
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Finish: The first match of the night would see Bravo claim his fourth win in the playoffs and keep his playoff hopes alive by catching Cartwheel in mid-air with a Pop-up forearm smash to lay Jack out cold.
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Finish: Alan Angels would claim a shock win over one of the Centurion Conferences biggest players in Zenshi - with Angels claiming the victory by smashing into Zenshi with a Double Knee Drop to an already floored Zenshi to bring a conclusion to both men’s conferences matches.
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Finish: KC Navarro would bring an end to Comoroto’s hopes of a top three conference finish by laying out his foe with The Satellite DDT. Navarro had looked explosive throughout the match and it was certainly his best performance out of all his matches in NXT over the season so far.
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Finish: The match between VSK and Aaron Solo was lackluster which wasn’t all too surprising considering the lack of form that both men had shown during the season, but VSK would claim the victory.
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Finish: Myron Reed would complete the conference matches with a clean sweep of victories by going seven for seven to finish with a perfect 21 points for the season and very much making it clear if it wasn’t already that he was very much the biggest threat going into the playoffs. Despite the loss, Wayne was confirmed as having finished third place overall in the Centurion Conference and thus automatically booking himself a place in the playoffs.
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Finish: Oliver and Ogogo had both already advanced to the playoffs, but both men knew that whoever won tonight’s contest would top the Viking Conference and it was clear that both men came into the contest massively motivated. The match would be the best of the evening, with Oliver ending the match and bringing Ogogo undefeated to an end by nailing the British rookie with the WALE Driver.
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Key: Q = Qualified For Playoffs |
CENTURION CONFERENCE
POINTS (Win = 3pts)
MYRON REED [Q]
21
ZENSHI [Q]
12
NICK WAYNE [Q]
12
CARLIE BRAVO
12
ALAN ANGELS
9
JACK CARTWHEEL
6
VSK
6
AARON SOLO
6
VIKING CONFERENCE
POINTS (Win = 3pts)
JORDAN OLIVER [Q]
18
ANTHONY OGOGO [Q]
18
CARLIE DEAN [Q]
12
KANE [INJURED]
12
NICK COMOROTTO
9
STARBOY STARBOY
6
KC NAVARRO
6
JORDAN CLEARWATER [INJURED]
0
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Shane O’Mac would end the show by announcing a playoff system and reveal that four men would get a second chance with two qualifying playoffs taking place with Carlie Bravo taking on Starboy Charlie and Alan Angels taking on Nick Comoroto. Shane would reveal that the playoff qualifiers would benefit from their finishing rankings, and with every higher position earned by that much further along the bracket with an infographic being presented. Shane would reveal that all the matches apart from the final would feature over two further episodes, whilst the final dates and event placement had yet to be decided.
Shane would close the show, by informing that there would be only two more episodes left in the season - and that at this moment in time there wasn't a timeline for a second season, but that he was hopeful that all the talent would secure homes for themselves at the season’s conclusion.
Impact #917
- TNA’s Tour of Europe would begin in Madrid, Spain with action having been recorded at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid. The show would begin with a video recorded message sent by NWA World Women’s Champion Kamille with a big smile on her face and her title strapped around her waist. Kamille would make it clear that following the ‘House of Bricks’ victory at Bound By Honor, she intended to deal with two very annoying birds with just one stone and would confirm that not only would she face Hikaru Shida for her belt at NWA’S Great American Bash - but that after speaking on the phone earlier today with CVV, the match was now a triple threat encounter because wasn’t the slightest bit worried about Shida being a threat to her, so add requested that Charlotte Flair also be placed into the contest. Kamille would make the point that Penelope Ford might no longer be allowed to attend a TNA show, but she would always be an honorary member of the ‘House of Bricks’ and that she was always strictly business and was always on the look for like minded woman wanting to hang up their coat alongside her and The Bunny’s.
- A match banner would be featured confirming that the match had been added to the Great American Bash card, and that the match would take place on the third night of the three night extravaganza.
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- A video package would announce that as part of the European Tour - a tag team tournament featuring six tag teams would take place, with two pools of three teams with each team facing each other once and then the winners of both pools facing each other to become the TNA Super Tag League winners with both the Pool being revealed - with the New Japan’s Aussie Open being a welcomed surprise:
Pool A
The Osirian Portal (Amasis & Ophidian)
Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis)
TimeSplitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida)
Pool B
Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & BUSHI)
Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi)
The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso
- The video package would finish by revealing that the four week tag league’ winners would also be crowned the TNA Super Tag Team Champions with the title belts showcased for the first time in a digital format.
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Finish: The first match of the evening would be a tough brawl between Martinez and Max, but it would be Martinez that would claim a decisive victory over Becky’s Monster by way of showing off her strength in lifting Max up into the air and dropping her down onto her head with the Bull Run.
- Mercedes would be joined in the ring post-match by her Los Verdaderos Asesinos partner Miranda Alize, with Martinez requesting the mic. Mercedes would make her intention clear and that she very much had her eyes set on Becky Lynch and would do everything in her power to become the next TNA Knockout’s Champion. Mercedes though would make it clear that both herself and Alize were very much interested in claiming tag team gold, and they would have no worry in stepping through forbidden doors to make that dream a reality.
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- Kenny King would be in the backstage interview area where he would be joined by Amy Rose. King would make it clear as LFI continued to grow worldwide and cross promotions, it was vital that everyone in Europe recognised that true threat that was La Facción Confederada de América. King would make it clear that tonight he was joined by two men who once upon a time had been the epitome of unlimited violence, but now they were the embodiment of LFCA and would invite Chris Dickinson and Tony Deppen to join him on-screen.
- Deppen would make the point that he fully intended on taking control of the situation and that tonight he intended on making his TNA in-ring debut in the best way possible. Out of nowhere Deppen would call out the new faction made up of Edge, Christian, Randy Orton and Jack Perry and suggest that three wizened old men and a long haired rookie had no place on a top tier wrestling show, but that himself, Chris Dickinson, Shane Taylor and Kenny King were going to take great pleasure in showing the world that the WWE was the breeding ground for second rate wrestlers. Kenny King would look surprised by the challenge, but would slap Deppen on the back and looked excited about the prospect of the suggested contest.
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Finish: Aussie Open would make their TNA’s debut, as special guests having been sent by New Japan to take part in Super Tag League. The TimeSplitters would offer a strong challenge, but Kushida and Shelley would struggle to keep up with Fletcher and Davis with the Australian duo picking up the win via Davis laying out Shelley with the Omega Driver to give Aussie Open their first win in the tag team competition.
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- Following the contest, the cameras would cut to The Osirian Portal (Amasis & Ophidian) who would be joined by their League of Extraordinary Wrestlers stablemates Dalton Castle and Ultramantis Black. Black would make it clear that Amasis and Ophidian had both been very impressed by what Aussie Open had brought to the ring and that both men looked forward to facing them in the coming weeks with The Osirian Portal nodding their heads in agreement. Ultramantis Black would then give the spotlight to Dalton Castle and make it clear that the leader of L.E.W. and the current TNA Global Champion had something he wanted to get off his chest.
- Dalton would come off as flamboyant as always and wouldn’t hide the fact how much he had enjoyed involving himself in a merry jig with Eric Young, but by reclaiming the gold last week had very much proved himself as a true globalist. Dalton would make it clear that he was a believer in hierarchy and he very much enjoyed a game of thrones and like every good king he had a hand that he could trust - and that his hand was none other than the ever present and always bold Ultramantis Black. Dalton would inform the fans that ‘The Great Portal’ had swelled and pulsed and delivered to him two more dedicated soldiers that had joined his global cause and that next week both Kikutaro and Space Monkey would be crossing over from the other side and joining him in a land of extraordinary.
- Dalton would go to make the point that he intended to welcome his new friends into the fold on a night of celebration and intended to do that by defending the TNA Global Championship in one of the most cultured countries in the world - Italia. Dalton stated that he needed to defend the belt against someone who not only could wrestle, but also had an impeccable sense of fashion and that was none other than LA Knight. Castle hoped that Knight would RSVP to his invite so he could set his plans in motion.
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Finish: Kay Lee Ray and Hazuki would be involved in a competitive match with Don West raising the point that both women were part of a group of wrestlers that no doubt had their eyes on the Women’s NEX GEN Championship, currently around Kris Wolf’s waist. The contest would end with Hazuki laying out KLR with the Codebreaker to pick up the victory.
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- Pac would speak backstage with Renee and express his frustration that once again the TNA World Heavyweight Championship was once again in the hands of yet another member of the Ring of Honor roster and despite the pop and cheap ratings that had come with CM Punk winning the belt, the Pepsi Plunge was not present, was not part of the European Tour and once again Total Nonstop Action Wrestling was having to play second fiddle without the top belt even present on the same continent and to make matters worse the company had created fake tag team belts to makeup for what was lacking with the Good Brothers continued hijacking of the belts.
- Pac would end by stating that he didn’t understand why Rockstar Spud was still in a position of power, after he had openly referred to TNA as a B-Show last week - but he was demanding answers and wouldn’t stop demanding them until they were given and had no doubt he could find like minded souls to join him in this battle for justice and that if Spud had any sense of reason he would tender his resignation sooner rather than later.
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- Footage of John E. Bravo emerging as the manager of the Bravo Brand for the second time in as many weeks shaking hands with TNA General Manager Rockstar Spud looking very pleased with himself as Bravo would have Spud a metal briefcase before walking away.
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- Prior to the scheduled NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship match between The Miz and Marty Scurll, Nick Aldis would stand in the ring suited and booted and make it known that he would be watching tonight’s contest as an active observer because no matter who the winner of the contest was he would be reclaiming the ten pounds of gold at the Great American Bash this coming weekend.
Finish: The Miz would come into the contest with real intent of successfully retaining the gold and booking himself a spot on this weekend’s Great American Bash and the contest would start strong with The Miz able to control the match with the additional aid of his wife Maryse having joined him at ringside. However, Shazza McKenzie would emerge from the back and a catfight would break out between the pair with the referee left furious and forcefully sending both women to the back. The ejection would also serve as the perfect distraction for Scurll to raise his umbrella into The Miz’s groin area before flattening him with The Black Plague to steal the match and become the new NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion.
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- An angry and incensed KENTA would cut a promo focused solely on CM Punk. KENTA would make it clear that Bound By Honor had been a hiccup and that the next time the two meant he would be the man with his hand raised high. KENTA would talk of Punk now being the TNA World Heavyweight Champion, and would demand that Punk attend the TNA European Tour show in Cardiff on the 24th March and put the belt on the line because otherwise he was going to make his life a literal hell on earth. KENTA goes on to say that he hoped that whoever Punk’s opponent ended up being at 20th Anniversary they better not hurt the old man too much otherwise there would be another member of Ring of Honor that he was going to have to put to sleep.
- KENTA would then change his focus and begin to talk about the Bullet Club and question why no one in the group had come to his aid at Bound By Honor despite their being a full complement of Club members present at the event and more than capable of coming to his aid and preventing him losing to such a despicable fellow as CM Punk. KENTA would make it known that it was nothing personal, but rather than being seen as a lone wolf or an outside influence he was simply going to go his own way and would introduce himself as the founding member of the ‘Go 2 Sleep Club’ and had no doubt that he wasn’t the only person in TNA and even around who had been let down by former friends.
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- Adam Cole would be speaking via satellite link with Renee Paquette and would confirm that despite the knowledge that The Elite Kingdom were meant to defend the TNA Six Man Tag Team Championships, he had been unable to fly to Spain for this week’s show but had full confidence his his fellow Kingdom member Matt Hardy would be a worthy replacement against which ever crappy trio were originally scheduled to face against himself, Bennett and Taven this evening.
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Finish: The Usos had suffered in recent week in singles competition, but with Jimmy and Jey teaming up together they would prove to be far too much of a competent unit against Suzuki-guns newest tag team combination with the pair claiming the win via the brothers nailing El Desperado with the 1D to pick up the first win for the team not only in the Super Tag League, but also as a member of the TNA roster.
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- At the conclusion of the match, Roman Reigns would emerge from the back to make his in-ring debut as a member of the TNA roster with the ‘Top Dog’ congratulating his cousins before grabbing a microphone and looking towards the back. Roman would openly mock ‘Hangman’ Adam Page and state that Guerra Titanes, which was nothing more than an event for a second rate group of wrestlers Page had fallen short and failed to beat a trio of odd degenerates that had no place competing at the highest level of wrestling. Roman would make it known that he had hoped that perhaps, Page would prove himself worthy and he could grant him a match of epic proportions in the week to come, but after his performance last weekend in Mexico he had been left with no other choice, but to come to the decision that Adam was not worthy of being the man who would face him in his debut match on TNA and that he would now have to reconsider his options about who he would be his first opponent as a member of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
- Roman would refer to himself as greater than Caesar himself, and that like every general he had an Empire that any man would be proud of. Nothing was more important than family and having Jimmy and Jey by his side, meant he was able to sleep easier at night. However, three was a good number - but three people didn’t make an Empire and that was why he was grateful that he had the likes of JR Kratos and the West Coast Wrecking Crew bolster his numbers. Roman would bring up Sheamus and would make it clear that he hoped that none of his new recruits disappointed him like The Irishman otherwise they too would share his fate.
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- Ronda Rousey would feature in a recorded promo in which she would express the delight of having put Paige Vanzant to bed and was very much looking forward to being part of AAA’s debut episode of Fury tomorrow night and now possessed the knowledge that she would be going one-on-one with Gisele Shaw. Ronda would apologize to Shaw ahead of time, that the damage she suffered in the ring was nothing personal and was simply just business and that as no longer a hostile participant, but now a loyal member of The Lynchdom she had purpose and real intent in store for the rest of the AAA roster and it was very convenient that the Reina de Reinas Championship Thunder Rosa was also a member of TNA and that she expected the pair would run into each other sooner rather than later.
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Finish: The Bravo Brand would really step up in the contest, with their much debate between West and Tenay in regards to whom the two men presenting themselves as Curry Man and Suicide actually were. One thing that would be clear though, and that was that The Elite Kingdom were noticeably weaker without Adam Cole being present. The contest would end with Suicide laying out Matt Hardy with a Frog Splash to end the match and crown the Bravo Brand the new TNA Six Man Tag Team Champions.
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- Eddie Edwards would cut a promo backstage in which he would make it clear that his victory over Masa Kitamiya at Guerra Titanes had been an important moment for him and that he would continue to be the best GHC Heavyweight Championship he could possibly be and intended to give a few people a chance to challenge for the belt during TNA’S European Tour, before admitting that he regretted that he couldn’t be part of Fury’s debut episode tomorrow night. Eddie would reveal however, that his American Wolves partner Davey Richards would be acting his representative tomorrow night and hoped the management team booked Richards against a worthy opponent.
- Eddie would then reveal that he would defend the GHC Heavyweight belt against UJWO’s Koji Doi next week in Italy and looked forward to giving the impressive up and comer a chance to impress underneath the lights.
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Finish: The match would prove to be an entertaining contest, with both teams going back and forth in an intense Eight Man Tag Team contest - only for the contest to be marred by the interference of the full force (minus Minoru) of Suzuki-gun who would make their way down from the ring and start attacking both parties which would cause the contest to be thrown out.
- The night would end with ZSJ, Taichi, Dolph Ziggler and Shelton Benjamin going after the combination of Edge, Christian, Orton and Jack Perry, whilst El Desperado, BUSHI, Lance Archer and Nosawa Rongai would target La Facción Confederada de América with an all out brawl taking place at ringside in front of the Spanish. The altercation would only get more violent as the Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi) would emerge from the back and go after El Desperado and BUSHI - with the two teams set to face each other in the Super Tag League next week and the fighting would continue to go on whilst Impact would go off the air.
The opening act of the preshow would heat up the crowd with a short but brutal tag match. The match would especially showcase Masha Slamovich who for a good portion of the match would dominate, brutalize and bully Riho. The match would come to an abrupt end after Meiko is taken out of action with a Taya Valkyrie dive to the outside but Riho reverses a Masha powerbomb attempt into a bridged victory roll.
Winners:
STARS
Post match Masha would attack Riho with strikes to the head until both the referee and Taya pulled her off. This is clearly not over for Masha.
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The Pinnacle (Steve Maclin, QT Marshall, Ishimori and El Phantasmo) vs. Kota Ibushi, Konosuke Takeshita, Kushida and Alex Zayne
The pinnacle would look to make Daddy Maxwell proud in the second and final match of the pre-show taking on the team of Ibushi, the young phenom Takeshita, Kushida and Alex Zayn. The match would be close with the four heels working extremely well together to isolate Alex Zayn and Kushida from Kota and Konosuke. Unfortunately this would not last as Ibushi would get a hot tag and decimates the heel corner. Takeshita would eventually tag in and have a nice back and forth with Steve Maclin, who would be the standout for The Pinnacle. Qt Marshall would sneak a tag in after Maclin hit Konosuke with a big sidewalk slam…only for Takeshita to lariat his head off. Takeshita would tag Ibushi and they would hit a tandem of the Kamigoye to the face and a running knee to the back of the head. The cover is only for show, QT is knocked the hell out.
Winners:
Ibushi, Takeshita, Kushida and Alex Zayn.
After the match, while Takeshita and Ibushi celebrate, Ishimori and El P get in the face of Kushida and Alex Zayn, potentially foreshadowing some unfinished business.
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Main Card
The show would open with Kobashi along with Gedo and other retired NJPW alumni in the ring for a historical video package of New Japan Pro Wrestling. Kobashi would then welcome Manami Toyota to the ring and declare that the next 50 years would be done shoulder to shoulder with Stardom and reinforcing the union between the two companies now under one banner.
Brody King (c) vs Ren Narita - NEVER OPENWEIGHT TITLE
The battle would be a strike heavy bout as the brash Narita would unleash a fury of rapid blows in hopes to cut down the massive King. Brody would struggle to keep pace and seems to be stunned early by not only the speed of Narita’s strikes but their deceptive power. Inexperience would prove a challenge however as King would play possum on one knee to hit a sneaky throat chop and immediately follows up with a sidewalk slam for a quick 2 count. King would take over and impose his will and size. Delayed vertical suplex and a cannonball in the corner lands another 2 count. Deep headlock by King but Ren fires up and hits some elbows to the solar plexus and breaks free. Cut off once again by King with a massive lariat. Death Valley Driver but Ren slides out of the ring in desperation. King stalks him on the outside and smacks him with a double ax handle to the back. Irish whip into the barricade. Canon Ball by King. Narita moves out of the way! Running drop kick by Narita. Brody barely makes it back in the ring on time. PENALTY KICK by Narita! 2.99 Brody kicks out! Narita is fired up and goes for the overhead belly to belly but his back can’t take the superheavyweight in the air. Lariat by King but Narita ducks under and jumps on King’s back and locks in the overhead chickenwing. King looks to be fading…or not! He overpowers Narita into a fireman's carry and drops him on his head with a Gonzo Bomb.
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Winner:
Brody King
Brody King would pick up Narita and start to choke him. Alex Coughlin and Yuya Uemaru would attempt the save but immediately get cut off by the Red Hand and Buddy Matthews who have the numbers advantage. Brody King would choke and hang Ren over the ropes and remove his feet from the floor, essentially hanging him. Someone in the back however had seen enough.
Shibata! It’s Shibata! The LA Dojo head trainer is out and he’s in ring gear! He smacks the taste out of Red Hand and Buddy’s mouth easily and rushes the ring forcing Brody King to release Narita onto the floor. Shibata and King would come nose to nose but Brody King would wisely step back and take his leave. LA Dojo would lick their wounds as the crowd would cheer for the return of Shibata!
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The Young Bucks vs Roppongi Vice
Both teams would make their return to Korakuen Hall to loud ovations from the crowd.This match would have some unofficial championship implication with both factions looking for a signature win in hopes of being propelled to number one contender status to next face DIY.
As everyone expected, this would be an instant classic between 4 men who have met inside the squared circle more times than they can count. The Bucks would be in full vintage NJPW heel mode with all the theatrics and overselling only to lead to back scratches and eye pokes.
The Bucks would take over early regardless of their trolling and isolate Rocky in hopes to avoid the strength advantage of Trent Baretta. Eventually Rocky would get a hot tag and Trent would get a near fall on Matt after a Sexy Chuck Knee in the corner. Kevin Owens would make a surprise appearance to aid the Bucks but would be instantly thwarted by Rocky who dives onto him on the outside. In the ring The Bucks try to take advantage and hit a low blow on Trent while the referee is distracted. They set him up for the Meltzer driver…but Rocky manages to pull Nick off the apron at the last moment. Trent reverses Matt…into the Dudebuster!
1….2….3!!!!!!
Winners:
Roppongi Vice
In a shocking result, Roppongi Vice have defeated the Young Bucks. They run into Kevin Ownes arms and sadly make their way to the back. Trent demands a microphone. He declares that after defeating the Young Bucks in the most important building in Japan, it’s time they go for the big prize.
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NEVER 6 man Title
La Faccion Ingobernables (c) (Naito, Andrade, Rush) vs ChAoS (Orange Cassidy, Tomohiro Ishii, Robbie Eagles)
This match would be a tribute to both legendary factions with rich histories in modern NJPW lore. Orange Cassidy would get an incredible reaction coming out last for his team.
The match itself would be a sprint for the most part, slowing down only when the Stone Pitbull was in the ring and chopping the soul out of anyone in his way.
While the match was fairly even, LFI would change their fortune when Andrade would plead to the referee that Chaos had made an illegal tag. Rush would seize the moment and smash Robbie Eagles in the face with a Kendo stick. Rush would tag as the other 2 members of LFI would pull OC and Ishii off the apron, opening the door for him to hit his patented running corner dropkick right to the skull of Eagles. The pinfall seals it. The champs retain.
Winners:
LFI
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The Clinic (Baker, James) vs Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa)
In another tag team match with championship aspirations, The Clinic would look to extend their winning streak in their quest to challenge Black Desire.
The match would be physical with both teams laying in their shots. Both Baker and Tam would dazzle the crowd with their charisma and antics.
The Clinic would ultimately be victorious via a brutal DDT to Mina Shirakawa on the outside by Mickey James and rolls her into the ring. Britt Baker gets the glove and puts her in the LockJaw for the submission victory
Winners:
The Clinic
Britt and Mickey would amp up the crowd and make belt motions.
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Utami Hayashishita vs Io Shirai
Io Shirai would look to discipline the former leader Hayashishita in a risky move that could cause a further rift in Queen’s Quest’s court.
Io would begin the match bullying Utami, who appears to be holding back and taking the abuse from her now mentor. Io would grow frustrated at Utami’s lack of fight and slaps her multiple times across the face and scolds her loudly like a child.
Having heard and taken enough, Utami would snap and unload forearms to the Queen’s jaw. After a lariat lands them both on the apron, Utami would hit an air-raid crash and they both tumble to the outside. Io tries to use a chair but Utami hits a picture perfect drop kick sending it back into Io’s face.Io does manage to get some space after countering a running lariat attempt with a drop toe hold that sends Utami face first into the barricade. Both women take advantage of a very generous 20 count and finally make it back inside the squared circle.
Forearm strike exchange results in a draw. Both women start to show some fatigue. Big german suplex from Io Shirai.Tiger Feint Kick by Io. Close 2 count follows.
Io looks to end it and hits another nasty German Suplex and follows it up by hurling Utami into the corner. Flying knee to the chest by Io. Sets Utami on the top turnbuckle. They struggle but Io takes control and hits a top rope Spanish Fly.
2.99!
Io screams and climbs the top turnbuckle again. She poses for the Moonsault and looks to take flight.She pauses for a moment, noticing someone standing and yelling at her from the crowd. It’s Mayu Iwatami! Io shakes it off and soars in the air with her legendary moonsault. And Utami springs up and catches her into a gourd buster! With hellish intent she picks Io up and hits the Towerhacker Bomb. Stacks the legs and rolls onto them with all her weight.
1…2…3!
Winner:
Utami Hayashishita
The crowd, not to mention Utami herself, are absolutely stunned. She has pinned her leader in front of the whole world. What will happen next in the Queen’s court? What does this mean for Utami? How will Io deal with Mayu? We will have to wait until next week to catch up with them.
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Mustafa Ali (c) w/ Dijak vs. Laredo Kid - IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title
The action would not stop there as our next contest is a IWGP Jr Heavyweight bout. However, Dijak would blindside Laredo Kid during his entrance with a forearm to the back of the head. He launches him into the barricade and to add insult to injury, powerbombs him through a table.
Ali would slowly make his entrance to a shower of jeers and would calmly go in his corner to stretch. The referee would check on Laredo Kid who is barely conscious, but grabs him by the collar and demands the fight still happens. After some arguing, he obliges and the contest begins.
Unfortunately for Laredo, this plays right into Ali’s hand and destroys him with a big boot. After some forearm blows to the back of the head, Ali would lock in a variation of a Muta Lock and leaves it in long after Kid has tapped in horror.
Winner:
Mustafa Ali
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MJF vs. John Cena (if John Cena win, he can challenge MJF for the IWGP IC Title)
The main event of the evening would be the first ever encounter between the current IWGP IC Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman against future first ballot hall of famer, John Cena.
Both men would have long epic entrances with John Cena coming out first to a legendary pop, high fiving and posing for selfies with the adoring Japanese fans.
Maxwell would have a complete opposite reaction as expected, taunting and even spitting at fans.
The crowd would continue to buzz for a good 60 seconds after the bell rings and both men would simply stare each other down. Lock up, MJF tries a hammerlock throw but Cena reverses.
Shoulder Block!
MJF takes a right hook swing but Cena side steps.
Sit out Hip Toss!
MJF is on rubber legs but he desperately dodges a Cena right and hits the ropes…but Cena is too quick and powerful. He lifts him up easily.
Side Release Spinout Power Bomb!
Cena pauses and smiles at the crowd. YOU CAN’T SEE ME! He hits the ropes, dusts off his shoulder, oh no…
FIVE KNUCKLE SHUFFLE!
The crowd is going absolutely bananas! He gets MJF on his shoulders, MJF tries to struggle but it doesn’t matter.
ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT!
1…2…NO!
MJF kicks out at 2.99! Cena makes that face we all love to gif. Cena puts MJF back on his shoulders and climbs the corner turnbuckles. MJF manages to break free by jamming his thumb into Cena’s eye. Elbows to the top of Cena’s head. MJF kicks Cena off onto his back down onto the mat below. Top rope elbow drop by MJF results in an emphatic 1 count.
Immediate armbar attempt by MJF by Cena shoves him off. Throat chop by MJF followed by a closed fist punch to the forehead earns him a warning from red shoes. More dastardly tactics as MJF uses Red Shoe’s scolding to hide from Cena and sneak in a drop toe hold which results in Cena falling throat first on the bottom rope, furthering the damage. Headlock By Mjf.
Cena uses the crowd claps to get back to his feet and hits MJF’s midsection with some well placed elbows. He throws MJF into the ropes but MJF cuts him off again with a kitchen sink. MJF now attempts a guillotine choke to further work on Cena’s horse sized neck to surprisingly good results. Cena has to spend more energy getting to the ropes for a break.
More hard strikes to the head by MJF. Kick to the gut and he tucks Cena’s head under his arm looking for the South Hamptons Plunge but Cena reverses and backdrops him over the top rope to the outside. Springboard plancha by Cena!
Cena rolls him back in for the pin but MJF kicks out at 2. Cena charges but MJF pulls in Red Shoes at the last moment and Cena lariats the poor lad into the nether realms. Low Blow by MJF! Crowd jeers as he taunts them. He pulls out the diamond ring out of his trunks and laughs. He taunts the crowd more as he lines up Cena for the KO punch. But he misses and Cena ducks under. Picks him up on his shoulders.
ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT!
But he doesn’t pin him, he puts MJF back on his shoulders and roars. He climbs the top rope with him. OH MY GOD!
AVALANCHE ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT!
Cena slowly crawls over to pin Maxwell. An almost dead Red Shoes somehow wakes up in the nick of time. He brings his arm down to the mat.
1…2…3!
Winner:
John Cena
The crowd goes ballistic as Cena’s hand is raised! MJF’s hands hide his face as he painfully and slowly rolls out of the ring. He shoves away members of The Pinnacle who finally made their way out after their own embarrassing loss earlier in the evening.
The crowd chants CENA CENA CENA as he poses on the turnbuckle and points at a retreating MJF. John Cena has once again booked himself a date with destiny.
The first night of The Great American Bash would see all of the eight first round matches in the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament take place with wrestlers from a range of different promotions from all around the globe battling it out to earn the right to be seen as one of the very best Junior Heavyweights in the world. Particular attention was drawn to Brian Johnson and PJ Black who were currently without a permanent residency but it would be suggested that a good showing would surely see them nabbed up by one of the respective promotions.
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Finish: The first contest of the evening would see TNA’s Carmelo Hayes take on former AAA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Daniel Garcia who had become a highly valued member of AEW in recent months. Carmelo Hayes would put on a good account of himself, but it was clear from the get go that Garcia had the edge and advantage and would wrap up the contest by locking Hayes in the Dragon Sleeper and putting Carmelo to sleep.
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Finish: The contest between Angelico and Wheeler Yuta would be a much closer affair with GCW’s only representative Angelico showing the world that his career was far from over as he would go to war with one of New Japan’s hottest prospects. Angelico's explosive high flying nature would offer a number of cool spots, but his lack of fear would also be his downfall as during on of his aerial assaults he would be plucked out of the air by Yuta and nailed with a Cutter to send Wheeler into the second round of the tournament.
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Finish: Brian Johnson would be the first man involved in the tournament without a permanent place of work and would express his frustrations on this fact by brutalizing AEW’s Fuego del Sol in a short and violent encounter that would only last a matter of minute before BJ would finish off Fuego with DDT-1 to book himself a spot on tomorrow night’s card.
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Finish: Alejandro and Homicide would see the first representation for both AAA and ROH respectively, although one thing would become clear from the get go and that was that “The Notorious 187” had no patience for flippy luchador shit and would go at Alejandro with real intent with it clear that he was really intent on hurting the Japanese star and the match would feature very little wrestling and instead involve hard hitting shots and relentless combos with Homicide picking up the win by nailing Alejandro with the West Brooklyn Lariat to win the first round contest.
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Finish: The match between Mr Iguana and Atticus Cogar would leave everyone stunned as whilst Cogar was still finishing his ring entrance Mr. Iguana would spray Cogar with green mist before locking the Muta Lock as the referee called for the match to get officially underway. In the confusion Atticus would start tapping out within seconds, with the bookmakers least likely to advance to the second round picking up the win and thoroughly embarrassing Cogar in the process.
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Finish: Ring of Honor’s Santos Escobar would battle against another free agent in PJ Black, although Black was no stranger to ROH himself. PJ Black would put on a good presentation of himself clearly with the intent of impressing the major promoters who might be in attendance over the course of the weekend. Santos though would remind everyone why he is one of the more underrated men in the Junior scene and would pick up the win by flattening Black out with the Thrill Of The Kill (Cradle Kneeling Reverse piledriver) to advance to the second round.
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Finish: Matt Sydal would come into the contest as TNA’s only other entry and with Carmelo Hayes already eliminated he was his promotion's only chance of a second round entry. Lee Moriarty though was a man who wasn’t going to allow this opportunity to slip him by and himself and Sydal would push each other to the limit in an explosive Junior Heavyweight encounter with Moriarty claiming the victory after driving Sydal down hard with the Taiga Driver ‘18 for the win.
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Finish: The final match of the evening would see ROH’s Chris Bey take on AEW’s A-Kid - and the match would not disappoint at all. The two men would put everything on the line in the contest and the contest would be littered with near-falls featuring lots of dangerous “flippy shit”. The match and evening would come to a conclusion with A-Kid nailing Bey with a Springboard DDT to claim the eighth and final spot in the second round with the matches for Night Two announced ahead of time.
Daniel Garcia (AEW) vs. Wheeler Yuta (NJPW)
Brian Johnson vs. Homicide (ROH)
Mr. Iguana (AAA) vs. Santos Escobar (ROH)
Lee Moriarty (NJPW) vs. A-Kid (AEW)
It would also be confirmed that the two semi final matches would take place during Night Two, as well as the planned FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship match between ‘champion’ Mason Ryan against challenger Austin Gunn.
- The premier episode of Fury would begin with the commentary team of Hugo Savinovich, José Manuel Guillén and Sam Adonis welcoming fans around the world to the first weekly episodic provided by new super company Alianza Azteca Asiatica - with Adonis explaining to anyone unaware that this was a merging of Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide and Pro Wrestling NOAH to form a promotion that would attempt be be competitive in both the Mexican and Japanese markets with the intentions of cementing itself as an international player as time went on.
- Hugo would then focus on Guerra de Titanes and that the second event in the new company's history had been even more popular that the first show Great Voyage and that things were only going to get better now that AAA now had a platform of their own and didn’t have to rely on the kindness of other promoters to help. José would chip in that the Forbidden Door was something that would always be open due to the nature of AAA - and that Fury would be the go to destination every Friday night.
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Finish: By winning the Six Way Elimination Match at Guerra de Titanes Giselle Shaw had earned herself a spot on the first ever episode of Fury - although with Ronda Rousey as her opponent it quickly became obvious that this was the sort of prize that no one really wanted. Ronda would tear Gisele apart like a wild and savage animal in a completely one-sided affair. Ronda would pummel Shaw to the ground with multiple Gutwrench Powerbombs in a row, before locking in a Juji-Gatame and holding in the armbar way after the referee had called for the bell and it was clear that Rousey had entered the contest with the intention of maiming Giselle.
- After the match Ronda would declare herself as a temporary member of the AAA roster and that she had elected to go on excursion following a conversation with Becky. Ronda would clarify that previous their alliance had been strictly about getting what she wanted, but now that she understood the true global landscape of the wrestling world she was now a committed member of the Lynchdom and that in order to prove herself as a committed soldier she intended to decimate the competition in AAA and wear each victory like a spoil of war. She would then proceed to grab hold of Giselle and remove a pair of scissors from her pocket and cut some of the hair and keep it as a memento before exiting the ring.
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- Newly crowned AAA World Junior Heavyweight Champion HAYATA would offer praises for Daniel Garcia and he hoped that the two would meet again in the future and would wish him the best of luck in the NWA Junior Heavyweight Tournament that was starting this evening. HAYATA would continue to offer praises for what a talent field AAA currently possessed and that at no point had he considered jumping ships during the merge. Looking at his belt - he would explain that all of the history belonging to the now retired GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship lived on within this belt and that he was motivated to equal the amount of reigns held by Yoshinubu Kanemaru and that perhaps one day he would have a match with the legend of the Junior category.
- Turning his attention a little closer to home, HAYATA would make it known that he intended on being a fighting champion. Rather than running a cliche of opening challenges though, instead he wanted the belt to be seen as something worth fighting for and so he would pit two worthy adversaries against each other and the following week he would defend the belt against the victor. Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort - before revealing that the first bout of this series would see Master Wato take on Drago.
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Finish: In a very intense, but also fast in speed contest the fans would be treated to a great high flying contest between both men who would compliment each other's styles which at times would be very similar despite their different origins. The match would conclude with Dragon pinned between the rope on a horizontal in the ring corner with Wato leaping off the turnbuckle with a Diving Double Foot Stomp before locking in an Anaconda VIce and forcing Drago to tap out.
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- AAA Interim Mega Championship would feature in heavily edited video in which he would talk about himself as the greatest wrestler of all time, whilst career footage of some of his biggest wins would play in an overlay whilst he was talking. Cibernetico would then focus on his victory at Guerra de Titanes and that once again he had proven to the world that he was the real Mega Champion and it was a shame that El Hijo del Vikingo continued to hide from him and wasn’t willing to step up to the plate and fight him like a real man. Cibernetico would say that enough was enough and that a date was being set in stone. The 30th April at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo - it would be Cibernetico versus Vikingo in a unification match for the Mega Championship in what would be the main-event of Destination 2022. Cibernetico would then add that if Vikingo failed to turn up to the event - then Dr. Wagner, Jr. had confirmed that Vikingo would be stripped of the title and that he would be confirmed as the true AAA Mega Champion.
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Finish: The contest between Bestia and Nagata was the perfect example of not judging a book by its cover and that men in their 50s can still bang when it is required of them. Both men would feature in a solid exchange, but it would be Bestia who would counter a Thunder Driver and instead hit his opponent with a Cradle Piledriver.
- After the contest, La Bestia del Ring would be joined in the ring by Marco Corleone who would be waving a large Los Ingobernables de Azteca flag in the air as the senior member of the group would demand to have his hand raised in the air multiple times by the match official.
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- Katsuhiko Nakajima would cut a promo in which he had never expected the relationship between himself and Kenoh to breakdown in such a way that not only would be cut a unit member title gold, but also turn his back on the rest of Kongo and everything that it had stood for before. Nakajima would then state he was embarrassed not to have lost at Guerra de Titanes, but rather embarrassed for Kenoh that he had required help from Malakai Black in order to get the job done. He would chuckle that until he had been sent through the table, he hadn’t realized that Kenoh was such a little bitch until he had noticed the collar around his neck and leash in his master’s hand.
- Nakajima would continue by stating that just because he had been the GHC Heavyweight Champion that he had never been standing on anyone’s toes and had never wanted to become the leader of the group. And that viewpoint remained the same, if not even more so now especially with an anger fueled heart filled with rage and that a one-track mind would never be the right choice in terms of someone leading Kongo. And after discussions within the unit - they had all agreed that a strong leader was required to lead them into this new year and they had looked outside to find the man best qualified for the job.
- Into the shot, dressed in Kongo red would appear the four-time former GHC Heavyweight Champion Naomichi Marufuji. Naomichi would declare that M’s Alliance without Keiji Muto had turned into a retirement home for the crippled and the cranky and that he couldn’t rely on any of them to really have his back when it mattered. Kongo though was a unit about solidarity and loyalty and that as the group's second leader they could trust in his judgment and he would lead them to the very top. Naomichi ended by vowing that the next time he crossed paths with Kenoh - the gloves were off and an all out war was now on the table so he suggested that he continues to hide behind Malakai Black like the good little puppy he has now become.
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Finish: Nikkita Lyons would make her AAA debut and put on an impressive performance against Los Mercenarios La Hiedra. The luchadora veteran though would prove to be tougher than Lyons might have been expecting and pick up the win with a Bridging German Suplex.
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- From the commentary table Sam Adonis would reveal to viewers that at Destination 2022 on the 30th April - the inaugural AAA Luchador Tag Team Champions would be crowned at the Pay Per View event. Adonis would explain that an eight team tournament would take place over the next few weeks featuring all of the different Luchadora Tag Teams contracted to AAA.
- Adonis would then explain that due to their only being seven teams currently registered, the Forbidden Door had been opened and that TNA’s Los Verdaderos Asesinos (Mercedes Martinez & Miranda Alize) would make up the final team in the bracket and that the first set of matches would take place the week after the Once Upon A Time In Mexico show on the 13th March that was being co-produced with Game Changer Wrestling.
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Kongo (Nioh & Hajime Ohara) vs. Los Vipers (Abismo Negro & Arez)
Finish: The contest would see Naomichi Marufuji join Nioh and Ohara out from the back - with the new leader of Kongo very much offering his new unit members his support throughout the contest. It would be Ohara who would pick up the win for his team by taking hold of Arez and dropping him down on his head with DO IT! Now (Wrist clutch cross-legged fisherman buster) before folding him over for the three count.
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- Luchasaurus would cut a promo in which he would hold his newly won Latin American Championship and boldly state that him and Jack Perry parting ways had been the best thing for both their careers and that he would never have won this belt if they hadn’t parted ways as friends. Lucha would make it clear that he was a man who didn’t like the past hanging over him and so next week on Fury he would offer Black Taurus a rematch for the title belt.
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Finish: Richard and Harada would battle it out in a very respectful and technical contest, with the fans really being treated to a really great contest. The match would break the fifteen minute mark, before Richards would nail Daisuke with the DR Driver II (Double underhook brainbuster) before locking in the 14:59 (Keylock) to force his opponent to tap out.
- After the contest, Richards would reach for a microphone and extend his thanks to the president of AAA Marisela Pena and her VP Akito Nishigaki for allowing him this opportunity to compete on the very first episode of Fury. Davey would then talk that as not only Eddie Edwards long time friend and tag team partner - but also as a representative of the GHC Heavyweight Champion he wanted the entire roster to know that the American Wolves were just two men. However, if crossing international lines was going to become a more regular thing - then the Wolf Pack was going to have to increase its numbers in order to survive and thrive on the global stage.
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- MexiSquad (Rey Horus & Flamita) would feature in a video package in which they would promise that a luchador revolution was sitting on the horizon and it wouldn’t be long before the entire planet was chanting lucha libre and that they both were raising their wine cups and wishing the best of their luck to fellows allows who would be competing on the main stage this weekend at The Great American Bash.
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Los Ingobernables de Azteca (Dragon Lee & Dralistico) vs. Psycho Circus (Psycho Clown & Monster Clown)
Finish: The episode of Fury would close with Dragon Lee and Dralistico defending their tag team championships in impressive style. The match would end with Monster Clown being hit with the Desnucadora (Vertical suplex powerbomb) by Dragon Lee, before Dralistico would follow up with a Shooting Star Press to achieve the win.
- After the bell, Dragon Lee would call out Game Changer Wrestling and state that at Once Upon A Time In Mexico the champions would take on any team and their titles would be on the line because no one in the world had a stronger heart than members of the world wide family Los Ingobernables! Whether it was La Faccion Igobernables in New Japan, La Facción de Fukujin in AEW, La Facción Confederada de América in TNA or Los Ingobernables de Azteca right here in Alianza Azteca Asiatica - everything was tranquilo!
