Last Wrestling Match Watched 2.0

[Swerve]

Swerve vs. Ricky Starks. Swerve was so close to getting the FTW Gold.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Sasha vs Charlotte vs Becky from WrestleMania 32.



Really great match. Probably the best on the card I would say. It's such a throwback watching this now knowing how far all these ladies have come in their respective careers. I'm glad they all went on to do big things in WWE. Like I would have never guessed back then that Becky would one day hold two championships at the same time. This is one of those matches that really got me back in to women's wrestling. I remember at the time I was getting in to it again, and all these talented women coming up through NXT and the main roster just blew me away.

 

[Geese]

Sanada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for Tanahashi's US Championship. Golden Series Hokkaido, part 2. Sanada tries a go-behind. Hiroshi counters with a drop toehold. Hiroshi with an armdrag, locks-in an armbar on Sanada. Sanada tries an armbar but Hiroshi kicks him off.

Sanada tries an Abdominal Stretch but Hiroshi stomps around the canvas to stop it. Tanahashi tries to tie-up Sanada's arms and legs in a Paradise lock but he took too long to cinch it in. They take it out of the ring but Tanahashi clamps on an armbar on Sanada, turning what could've been a brawl into a technical wrestling match.

Back in the ring, Sanada with a snapmare and a rear chinlock. Sanada knocks him down with a European Uppercut. Hiroshi scoop slams him and follows it up with a sommersault Centon. He tries the paradise lock, again, but Sanada easily kicks out.

When Sanada tried to re-enter the ring, Tanahash executes the Dragon Screw legwhip three straight times. Tanahashi with a Texas Cloverleaf. Hiroshi tries to finish him off with a high fly Flow, but Sanada puts both of his knees up to counter the move. Sanada clearly got the worst of it.

Sanada with a second rope moonsault, converted into a Skull-end submission. Tanahashi briefly breaks free but Sanada clamps it on even tighter.

Sanada tries a Stun-Gun suplex but Tanahashi counters it with a Swinging neckbreaker. Tanahashi tries a High Fly Flow but he was huffing and puffing as he climbed the top. Sanada with a Fallaway Slam converted into a Samoan Drop. Tanahashi with a German suplex. Tanahashi tries a High Fly Flow but misses it. Sanada immediately pins him with a Double-leg Nelson.

Tanahashi kept drawing from the well too many times with the Paradise Lock and Hi-Fly Flow. Sanada finally defeated a legend and won a singles title.

 

[Geese]

Jeff Hardy and Jushin Thunder Liger vs. TKO Ryan and Matt Bennett. Rumble in Rockland. Ryan punches Liger's gut, puts on a side headlock. Liger hiptosses Ryan. Liger tries his palm strike early in the match but Ryan gets out of the ring. Jeff snapmares Ryan and follows it up with a dropkick. Liger and Hardy are off to a fast start. Ryan is taking the brunt of punishment while Bennett is just standing on the apron.

Hardy tries a sunset flip but Ryan fights to keep his balance. Ryan with a side headlock on Jeff. Liger palm strikes Ryan and performs a Hurricanrana off the top. Liger vertical suplexes Ryan. Jeff slips his foot off the top turnbuckle when he went for a Senton bomb. Liger pins Ryan for the win.

Poorly attended show despite Hardy and Liger getting top billing.

 

[Geese]

Yoshi-Hashi & Hiroki Goto vs. EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi for Chaos Tag team titles. EVIL is a NEVER 6-Man Tag Champ and the NEVER Openweight Champion. If he wins this match, he becomes a triple-crown Champ.

Sho and Dick Togo sneak attack Hashi and Goto as they make their entrance. Evil and Takahashi take turns stomping on Hashi. Goto takes Yujiro down with a shoulderblock. He hiptosses Hashi on a fallen Yujiro. Yujiro snapmare's Hashi, follows it up with a quick dropkick on his right shoulder.
Hiroki with a spinning heel kick and a running bulldog on Evil. Takahashi scoop slams Goto and then bites his forehead. Goto clotheslines Takahashi.

As Evil was holding Hashi's leg, Yujiro nails him with a running boot. Takahashi performs an Angle-Slam on Hashi. When the ref is unconscious, Sho and Dick Togo intefere on behalf of EVIL. Hashi and Goto executes a modified Magic Killer on Takahashi. Goto tries a Samoan drop on Takahashi but he wiggles out of it. Hashi immediately knocks him out with a superkick. Hashi and Goto puts Yujiro away with a Shoto.

The match was marred with outside interference from the House of Torture. Tomohiro Ishii took too long to assist Hashi whenever he was getting attacked.

 

[Geese]

Okada vs. Naito for Kazuchika Okada's IWGP World title. Golden Series. Okada starts off with a single-leg scissors takedown, go-behind and waistlock on Tetsuya. Naito with a hammerlock but Okada gets his foot on the rope. Naito continues to work on Okada's arm--armbar which is converted into a hammerlock. Naito lets his guard down by doing his taunt and Okada dropkicks him. Okada wears him down with a rear chinlock.

Okada DDT's Naito on the edge of the ring apron. Okada then DDT's him in the ring. Naito with a hiptoss, runs off the ropes, and dropkicks Okada to the back of his shoulders. Naito tries a GLORIA but Okada fights him off. Okada puts Naito in the Million Dollar Dream sleeper. Naito attempts a Destino but Okada counters with a clothesline. Okada with a pair of short-arm clotheslines. Naito with a Destino but Okada kicks out at two.

Okada tries a Rainmaker but Naito ducks and counters with a German suplex. Okada tries a powerslam but Naito wiggles out. Naito tries a Destino but Okada pumnels him with a Tombstone and finishes him off with a Rainmaker to retain his title. Okada shows sportsmanship to the fallen challenger after the match is over.

 

[Geese]

Austin Aries vs. Zema Ion for Aries' X-Division title. Victory Road '12. Zema tries a move off the second turnbuckle but Austin pushes him off, causing Zema to crash outside the ring. Aries quickly follows it up with a third rope Suicida.

Aries smashes Zema's head against the turnbuckles, follows it up with a snapmare, and executes a second rope, missile dropkick. Zema tries a move off of the second turnbuckle but Aries punches him on the side of his face. Zema tries an Atomic drop but Aries keeps his feets firmly planted on the canvas and elbows Zema to the back of his head.

Zema took 17 seconds as he was mocking Aries' Pendulum Elbow, this gave Aries enough time to recover.

Aries tries a suplex but Zema counters with a body-drop. Zema tries a schoolboy, pulling Aries' tights but only gets a two. When ref Brian Hebner is distracted, Ion sprays Aqua Net into Aries eyes, temporarily blinding him. But Aries, guided by the fans cheers, performs a vertical drop brainbuster and forces Ion to tap out to the Front Chancery.

Aries was always one step ahead as he countered Zema throughout the match.

 

[Geese]

Sting vs. Bobby Roode. No Holds Barred. Victory Road '12. Roode puts Sting in an armbar, pulls his hair for extra leverage. Sting kips up and Roode gets out of the ring. Sting with a side headlock on Roode. Sting tries a backhand but Roode keeps his hands up to defend against the strike. Sting hiptosses Roode, follows it through with a clothesline. He tries a splash but Roode moves away. Sting puts on the brakes and doesn't predictably slam into the turnbuckles.

Sting runs off the ropes, Roode tries to hiptoss him, but Sting counters with a backslide. Gets a two-count. Sting knocks Roode down with two quick clotheslines, sykes him out by pretending to do a third clothesline but bodydrops Roode instead. Sting superplexes Roode. Sting with a Scorpion deathlock but Roode was too close to the ropes. Roode attempts to piledrive Sting through a chair but the ref Earl Hebner, showing his bias, tried to stop him.

Sting death drops Roode but the back of his head thuds through the chair. Roode drapes his arm over an unconscious Sting for the win.

Fine main event, but the aftermath was trying to hard to be like WWE Sports Entertainment. Roode grabs Dixie Carter. He ties Sting's hands with duct tape on the ropes. Threatens to hit Dixie and tosses her around the ring. She's screaming at him not to smash an unconscious Sting with a chair.

 

[Geese]

Okada vs. Cima. Quarter-finals. New Japan Cup. Okada with a single-leg takedown and continues to work on Cima's leg. Okada a side headlock. Okada with a boot to Cima's jaw. He snapmares Cima and dropkicks him to the back of his neck. Okada wears him down with a rear chinlock. Chima DDT's him outside the ring. Chima runs on the edge of the ring apron and knee drops Okada. Okada with rapid fire elbow strikes on Cima.

Okada puts him in a money-clip but Chima grabs the ropes. Chims attempts a Bison stomp from the top rope but Okada moves out of the way. Okada fazes him with three successive European Uppercuts. Okada clamps on the Million Dollar Dream sleeper. Okada attempts a running powerslam but Cima wiggles out of it. Okada tries The Rainmaker but Cima gets out and dazes Okada with a superkick. Okada executes a Michinoku driver and finishes Cima off with The Rainmaker clothesline.

 

[Swerve]

Trey Miguel vs. Mike Bailey vs. Ace Austin

 

[Geese]

Jeff Hardy vs. Kurt Angle. Victory Road '12. Jeff with a side headlock. Angle pushes him off, but Jeff runs off of the ropes takes him down with a shoulderblock. Jeff with a head scissors. Angle leaves the ring and Hardy pretends to do a bodypress but nails Angle with a baseball slide kick. Jeff does a sequence of moves: an inverted Atomic drop, legdrop on Angle's abdomen, and a dropkick.

Jeff Irish whips Angle right on the steel steps but he misses Poetry in Motion and crashes on the guard rails. In the ring, Angle snap suplexes Jeff. Angle Irish-whips him but Jeff counters with a flying forearm. Angle with three successive German suplexes. Angle goes for an Angle-slam but Jeff quickly counters with an arm drag. Jeff looks like he's going to do a Twist of Fate but does a Stunner.

Angle attempts an Angle-Slam but Jeff counters with a Twist of Fate. Jeff with a Swanton bomb off the top. He pins Angle but Angle reverses it. Angle grabs the rope and pins Jeff.

Jeff Hardy lost, but this was one of his better matches. He showed that he could hang with one of the best technical wrestlers in the game.

 

[Geese]

Chris Bey vs. Ace Austin vs. Jake Something vs. Mike Bailey. No Surrender 2022. Jake Thesz Presses o Bey but doesn't entirely catch him. Bey pins Something for a two-count. Bailey with eleven karate kicks to Something's arms, and an Enzigurai. Something suplexes Bailey over the top rope. Ace side crescent kick to the side of Jake's head.

Mike Bailey performs a top rope moonsault on all of the opponents near the entrance ramp. Bailey attempts a hurricanranna off the second turnbuckles on Jake but Jake picks him up and tries to powerbomb him onto a fallen Ace.

Bey executes a Frog Splash on Ace. He pins Ace but Bailey breaks it up at two. Jake Irish whips Bailey to set him up for a Bossman Sidewalk slam but Ace stops the move in mid-motion. Ace and Bailey double superkicks Jake. Ace and Bailey form a temporary alliance.

Ace tries an aerial move off the second rope but Jake catches him with a Bossman sidewalk slam and pins him to be the number 1 contender for Trey Miguel's X-Division title.

 

[Geese]

Good Brothers vs. Guerillas of Destiny for Anderson & Gallows' Tag team titles. No Surrender 2022. Karl sneak attacks Tama Tonga but Tama gets the better of it. Tama Irish whips Karl and nails him with a perfectly place back elbow. Tama quickly follows it up with a Stinger Splash to Karl who's reeling up against the turnbuckles. Karl did keep his hands up to block the move, so Tama didn't entirely connect with the splash.

Karl dazes Tama with a European uppercut. He runs off the rope, but Tama runs alongside with him and knocks him down with a clothesline. Gallows wears Tama with a rear chinlock. Tama Enziguri's Gallows. Tama tries to tag his brother Tonga Loa. Loa attempts a running powerslam on Karl but Karl breaks free. G.O.D. with a double-team neckbreaker on Karl. Gallows breaks up the pin.

Anderson & Gallows sets up Tama Tonga for the Magic Killer but Tama kicks Anderson away. Loa rushes in to spear Gallows. Tama Samoan Drops Karl and follows it up with a frog splash. Chris Bey runs to the ring to create a distraction. Tama Tonga is screaming at Bey to leave but Bey stands idly by on the ramp. Bey's distraction inadvertently costs his Bullet Club brethren the match as The Good Brothers execute The Magic Killer on Tama to retain their titles.

This was a surprise as Guerillas were the favorites to win the tag team titles. But Bey's unnecessary interference coupled with Jay White performing the Blade Runner on Tama, meant the odds were stacked against G.O.D.

 

[Geese]

Honor No More vs. Steve Maclin, Willie Mack, Rhyno, Rich Swann, Chris Sabin. No Surrender '22. Bennett with reverse knife edge chops to Maclin's chest. Bennett with a side headlock on Maclin, takes him down with a shoulder block. Bennett ducks a Maclin clothesline and easily anticipates Maclin's bodydrop attempt.

Sabin performs a cross-bodyblock on Matt Taven. He tries a monkey-flip but Taven blocks it. Sabin with a hurricanrana from the second turnbuckles. PCO Dragon-Screw leg whips Rich. PCO clotheslines Rhyno but he is impervious to the move. PCO resorts to biting and eye-gouging to get the upper-hand.

Kenny King clamps an armbar on Mack and nails him with a spinning heel kick. Mack dropkicks King. Maclin executes a Rock Bottom on King. Maclin and Sabin double-team King. Maclin drop toe-holds King and Sabin quickly follows it up with an elbow-drop to the small of King's back. Maclin puts King in a camel clutch and Sabin dropkicks King's chin.

Swann hurricanrannas Taven right onto Mike Bennett. Bennett vertical suplexes Swann. PCO with a running clothesline, then a DDT on Swann. PCO chokeslams Maclin. PCO performs an Alabama Jam on Maclin. Eddie runs into the ring and wacks Team Impact with his kendo stick. He is the traitor. King pins an unconscious Rhyno.

Bennett showed surprisingly aggressive moves. A rare, entertaining effort from Mike Bennett.

 

[Geese]

Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr. NJPW Cup Quarterfinals. Sabre with an abdominal stretch. Ospreay hiptosses him, but Sabre counters it with a quick armdrag. Sabre Jr. goes for a Fujiwara armbar but Ospreay quickly gets out of the ring. Sabre with an armbar, quickly converts it into a hammerlock and clamps it on.

Ospreay counters with a backdrop, but Sabre stops it with a sunset flip. Ospreay grabs Sabre's left foot and works in an ankle-lock. Ospreay Stun Guns Sabre across the top rope and knocks him down with a boot to the face. Sabre dazes Ospreay with European Uppercuts. Ospreay tries a springboard move but he injures his left knee.

Ospreay attempts to atomic drop Sabre outside the ring. Sabre counters with a Fujiwara armbar. Sabre tries to suplex him but Ospreay sees it coming. Ospreay performs a Sliced Bread Number 2 on Sabre.

In the ring, Ospreay executes a German suplex but his left leg gives out. Ospreay puts Sabre Jr. in a position like he's going to do a neckbreaker but nails him with a forearm to the back of his neck. Sabre finishes him off with a heel hook, then a chicken-wing. The ref stops it as Ospreay was too prideful to tap.