A new match has been announced for PRODUCE’s premiere event in June.
It was announced on Monday that Amazing Red will be returning to his hometown of Brooklyn on June 29 at Pioneer Works, taking on Fancy Ryan Clancy.
PRODUCE Volume 1, The Octopus, is the promotion’s debut event and is being presented by Orange Crush. Jonathan Gresham, who recently returned to pro wrestling after suffering two strokes last year, will be the co-producer for the event. He will also headline the show, taking on Fuminori Abe.
Other performers announced include Joey Janela, Effy, Labron Kozone, Mance Warner, Steph De Lander, Man Like Dereiss, ROH Women’s Pure Champion Deonna Purrazzo, Tracy Williams, and Mad Dog Connelly.
“PRODUCE celebrates the minds, bodies, and creative spirit of professional wrestlers. It’s wrestling that celebrates the talent, curated for fans who know ball, and those who’d like to learn—or learn to love it,” Pioneer Works’ website says. “Each edition is co-produced (booked and curated) by an active professional wrestler, who co-headlines and helps construct the undercard to introduce new talent to a broader audience. Every show features a musical act or DJ chosen with the input of that edition’s co-producer.”
One-third of the AEW World Trios Champions, with Kevin Knight and Mistico, “Speedball” Mike Bailey is now scheduled to face Amazing Red at HOG: Glory At The Globe.
Advertised as a “dream match,” the Bailey vs. Amazing Red bout is scheduled to take place at The Globe Theatre in Los Angeles on May 1st, 2026. The event is set to begin at 8:00 PM and finish at 11:00 PM PDT.
“Amazing Red vs. Mike Bailey Set for Dream Match at HOG: Glory At The Globe – May 1st in Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA – House of Glory Wrestling proudly presents a must-see, first-time-ever showdown as Amazing Red takes on international sensation Mike Bailey at HOG: Glory At The Globe on Friday, May 1st live from The Globe Theatre in Los Angeles.
“This electrifying singles match brings together two of the most innovative and hard-hitting competitors in professional wrestling today. A pioneer of high-flying offense and a cornerstone of independent wrestling excellence, Amazing Red has influenced an entire generation with his explosive style and unmatched creativity inside the ring,” the match advertisement read.
The 43-year-old Amazing Red is an industry veteran and has wrestled across multiple promotions. His latest match dates back to two losses against Sammy Guevara and Andrade El Idolo from earlier this year.
April 16 is going to be a busy day in Las Vegas for Bandido. Last week we learned he’ll be facing Galeno Del Mal in the afternoon. Now we know he’ll have another big match on the other side of the Strip just a few hours later.
House of Glory announced today that Bandido will face Amazing Red at Culture Clash. It will be the first match ever between the reigning ROH World Champion and the three-time TNA X Division champion. Also booked for Culture Clash: Brody King, a former Tag Team Champion and Trios Champion in AEW, facing Zilla Fatu, the reigning HOG Crown Jewel Champion. The Hardy Boys, whose overflowing trophy case includes a reign as the current TNA Tag Team Champions, will also be in action.
Bandido is facing Galeno at the Wrestlecon SuperShow at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas, a show that starts at 3 p.m. He’ll then head out to the Palms for HOG Culture Clash, which is set to start at 7 p.m.
Announced on Wednesday night, Ricochet will take on Amazing Red at House of Glory’s High Intensity on Friday, August 1st from the NYC Arena. The show will stream live on Triller+.
This will be the third time the two have wrestled in singles action with the first taking place in March 2013, followed by a September 2017 HOG rematch. They split wins in those bouts.
It’s only Ricochet’s second indie bout since 2018 with both taking place this year. His last was for FSW as part of this past March’s Chris Bey benefit show where he defeated Rich Swann. Before that, his last came in January 2018 for PWG, losing their top title to Chuck Taylor before he headed to WWE.
The 36-year-old has a history with the HOG promotion dating back to 2014 when he won their heavyweight title in a tournament. He appeared just twice for HOG after that year, losing in title challenges of Anthony Gangone and in the aforementioned Amazing Red match.
Amazing Red is the first inductee into the 2025 Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The news was announced Sunday during The People vs. GCW following a trios match that Red was part of. Homicide, who was on his team, presented him with a Hall of Fame plaque after the match to reveal the news.
The ceremony is expected to take place during WrestleMania 41 weekend in Las Vegas this April.
Along with contemporaries like The SAT, the 42-year-old became a legend on the Northeast U.S. indie scene in the early 2000s, displaying a style that influenced many of the top stars that followed. He wrestled in Ring of Honor, TNA, CZW, and the early days of MLW among other various indies.
He eventually founded his own school and promotion (House of Glory) where he still occasionally competes today.
He is a three-time former TNA X-Division Champion, former NWA Tag Team Champion with Jerry Lynn, and former ROH Tag Team Champion with AJ Styles among a few dozen indie titles.
He’s the 21st inductee into the Hall of Fame that was first established in 2021.
Amazing Red has been announced for The People vs. GCW.
On Monday, GCW revealed that Red will be the third member of the NYC OGs team along with Homicide and Grim Reefer. They will wrestle Tony Deppen, Griffin McCoy, and Kerry Morton in a six-man tag team match on the show.
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The 3rd member of The NYC OG's has been revealed…
THE AMAZING RED joins Homicide & Grim Reefer to take on Real F'N Pro at #ThePeopleVsGCW!
This will be Red’s first match for GCW since April when he defeated Gringo Loco at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 8.
The People vs. GCW is scheduled for Sunday, January 19, 2025, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. It will air live on Triller as a pay-per-view.
The People vs. GCW announced lineup:
GCW World Champion Mance Warner defends against Effy or Allie Katch
Effy vs. Allie Katch (winner challenges Mance Warner later in the night)
GCW Tag Team Champions Dominic Garrini & Kevin Ku defend against Cole Radrick & Alec Price
Doors, Ladders & Chairs match for the vacant GCW Ultraviolent Championship: Matt Tremont vs. Brandon Kirk vs. Drew Parker vs. John Wayne Murdoch vs. Matthew Justice vs. Dr. Redacted
Super Crazy, Tajiri & Little Guido vs. Arez, Gringo Loco & Jack Cartwheel
Masato Tanaka vs. Joey Janela
El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Sidney Akeem
Bloodsport match: Josh Barnett vs. TBA
Steel cage match: Charles Mason vs. Richard Holliday
Megan Bayne vs. Atticus Cogar
Matt Cardona vs. TBA
NYC OGs (Homicide, Grim Reefer, and Amazing Red) vs. Tony Deppen, Kerry Morton & Griffin McCoy
For the first time since December 2023, AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland will make his return to the indies to take on the legendary Amazing Red.
The show for House of Glory will take place on Friday, July 26th from the NYC Arena in Jamaica, New York, and will come a month after Strickland heads to the area to defend his title against Will Ospreay in the main event of AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on Long Island, New York.
Strickland last appeared for the promotion in December of last year, defeating “Speedball” Mike Bailey. The 33-year-old rarely does indie matches at this point, also competing occasionally for DEFY in the Pacific Northwest. Prince Nana will be in his corner for this match as he is in AEW.
This will be the second time the two have clashed with the first coming nearly a decade ago for a Rhode Island indie.
The 42-year-old Red, a three-time former TNA X-Division Champion and former Ring of Honor Tag Team Champion, still wrestles a handful of times every year, mainly for HOG.
Joey Janela’s Spring Break 8 will return to WrestleMania weekend once against as part of GCW’s Collective series of shows in Philadelphia.
In the main event of the first night of Janela-infused action, he will get a title shot against current GCW Champion Blake Christian. Janela will be flanked by none other than “The Walking Riot” Missy Hyatt.
Two enemies will complete their recent ring wars as Effy will battle Mance Warner in an I Quit match.
The unusual team of Maki Death Kill (Nick Gage & Maki Itoh) will unite against Danhausen & Ram Kaicho.
Matt Cardona will face Blue Pain while Minoru Suzuki will team with Masato Tanaka against Masha Slamovich & Rina Yamashita.
Other action includes Amazing Red vs. Gringo Loco while The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) will team with Kerry Morton against The East West Express (Jordan Oliver & Nick Wayne) and “Speedball” Mike Bailey.
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The show is off to a late start before finally starting at 7:15 PM alongside a tribute photo for Mike “Virgil” Jones. A hard rock-set music video sets the stage for the event with gorgeous slow-motion video of glass shattering and hard shots connecting. Veda Scott and Dave Prazak are on the call.
Veda put over Slamovich’s schedule facing Shayna Baszler yesterday and then Mike Bailey after midnight. Yamashita bullied Tanaka to start with a lockup before tackling him down. They tagged out to make it Suzuki vs. Slamovich in a fun, physical battle with Slamovich’s shots to Suzuki barely registering before he rocked her jaw with forearms.
Tanaka worked her arm over before fighting on the floor and unlike TNA, everything is actually visible on TV. Suzuki tagged in to stomp away on Slamovich in the corner. Tanaka landed some nice chops and wanted some in return before getting them and then knocking her down with a forearm.
Suzuki and Tanaka took turns beating down Slamovich before she suplexed Suzuki. Slamovich got a hot tag and ran wild on Suzuki for a bit before superkicking him to which he responded with a hard forearm. She responded with a middle finger, so he grabbed her finger and tagged Tanaka in to land a superplex before Yamashita got up with a suplex.
Yamashita landed an Omori driver before tagging in Slamovich and allowing her to hit a corner knee and helluva kick in the corner for 2. Yamishita and Slamovich hit a double-team ganso bomb for 2.5 on Tanaka. Slamovich and Yamashita went for a double-team corner to corner splash mountain through a door and had a three-legged race to try and not fall before Suzuki broke it up. Tanaka sent Slamovich through the door for two. Slamovich was such a great babyface in peril throughout this match. Tanaka went for the sliding D, but Slamovich turned it into a crucifix pin to win.
– A music video compilation of Ricky Morton hitting Canadian Destroyers in his 60s aired to hype up the six-man tag with the RNRs and Kerry facing off with the East West Express and Mike Bailey. Kerry Morton is in the Rock ‘n Roll Express tonight and yet has no mullet which is disappointing. Kerry cut a nice heel promo on the fans booing him and telling off his father, Robert Gibson and his opponents before jumping Jordan Oliver.
East West Express (Nick Wayne & Jordan Oliver) andMike Bailey defeated The Rock ‘n Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) andKerry Morton
The East West Express ran wild to start before Bailey got 2 on Kerry with a standing shooting star press. The East West Express worked on the arm before Kerry responded with an eye rake. Ricky ran down Nick Wayne with a shoulder tackle. It’s amazing how quick Ricky still is in short bursts. Kerry landed a cheap shot to Wayne before attacking Bailey and Oliver on the apron. The fans sang a song to Kerry that was a bit less flattering than “Happy Birthday.”
Kerry avoided a corner charge and cradled Wayne for 2. Oliver ran wild on Kerry before taunting him just like Kerry did earlier. Kerry stopped the double-team Oscutter before arguing with the RNRs. Ricky ballshotted Nick Wayne before landing a Canadian Destroyer and hitting a tope on the floor to everyone too. Ricky and Kerry hit a double dropkick for 2 on Oliver. Bailey came in and hit Ultima Weapon to Kerry before the double-team Oscutter on Ricky got the win.
Dragon Gate Classic (Dragon Kid, Kzy & YAMATO) defeated Reiwa New Generation (Ben-K, Kota Minoura & Shun Skywalker)
Minoura and Kzy worked quickly with punches before Dragon Kid came in to work with Skywalker. Skywalker worked as a heel, bullying Kid around. He clubbed away and avoided a hammer throw to land a Steamboat-like double chop. Skywalker working as a giant stood out so much here. Minoura came in to club away with an axhandle before a back and forth gutwrench throw. Skywalker blind tagged himself in and attacked YAMATO on the apron.
Skywalker wanted to eat a few shots from Kid and took one in order to land a suplex off the rope. Yamato came in and landed a corner forearm and exploder on Minoura for 2. Minoura and Yamato slugged it out with forearms. Kzy went up top so Dragon Kid could hit a super rana onto Minoura for 2 when Skywalker attacked. Skywalker monkeyflipped Kzy into his partners. Skywalker slugged it out with Kzy mid-ring before Kzy landed an uppercut and boot.
Ben-K ran in and hit a giant headbutt and spear before a corner spear missed. Minoura ran in and landed a black hole slam and falcon arrow for two when Kzy ran in for a save. Dragon Kid hit a crucifix bomb alongside a Kzy uppercut for the win.
Cole Radrick won the Grab the Brass Ring ladder match to earn a future GCW World title shot
Well, this should be rather insane. The match included Radrick, Myron Reed, Arez, Aigle Blanc, Mr. Danger, Leon Slater, Marcus Mathers, Microman, and Alec Price.
Danger hit a springboard legdrop onto Reed and thankfully did this mid-ring to not demolish his body like Johnny the Bull. Slater dove onto the floor only to come into the ring and eat a flurry of kicks from Arez before hitting a run-up the second rope moonsault onto a ladder. Blanc hopped onto a ladder for a dropkick.
Blanc ate a giant blind dive blockbuster from Price. Mathers ate a ladder shot before the ladder halo allowed Price to get a bit of an edge. He over-twirled the ladder before falling and another competitor entered in the form of Microman and his own stepladder. Microman did the ladder helicopter to the testicular region of everyone. Mathers took out Microman and then landed a blind dive destroyer on Slater.
Slater set up a big dive over the post and delivered a flip dive into the entrance area. Danger set up a ladder near the crowd and hit a moonsault off of it looking like he nearly hit the ceiling. He climbed up to win, but Radrick aimed to stop him before Mathers climbed a second ladder to try for the ring. Radrick won a slugfest with Danger on the ladder to win it.
– Matt Cardona’s out with a sedan that takes up nearly half the actual aisle. “Broski” Jimmy Lloyd wearing the trunks/tights combo that Bryan Alvarez hated is a fantastic touch. Cardona said he was on AEW and TNA TV and now he’s here at Spring Break, but he’s looking forward to his best friend Cody Rhodes finishing his story and he’s going to finish his story against Blue Kane…or Blue Pain as he’s now known after a move to Antarctica and two cease and desist letters.
All this for a match coming about due to WWE having Kane throw Cardona off a ramp in a wheelchair 12 years ago.
Matt Cardona (w/ Stephanie De Lander & Jimmy Lloyd) defeated Blue Pain
Cardona went outside to politely request that the fans remain silent before being choked and hit with a big boot. Blue Pain double noggin knockered SDL and Lloyd before sending Cardona into the crowd and setting up a table. Cardona knocked a fan out of a wheelchair before being thrown into it and Pain sent Lloyd through the table in the wheelchair.
Pain went up top for a diving lariat, but SDL distracted him and allowed a broski boot from Cardona. Deathmatch Royalty hit a stereo broski boot and a double impaler DDT got 2 on Pain. SDL got an urn and took an urn shot when Pain moved and blue smoke left the urn. Pain hit a sideslam and a diving lariat off the top. Pain landed a chokeslam for 2.9 thanks to SDL. She opened the door for Cardona chairshots and Radio Silence before Cardona’s old Zack Ryder’s theme hit leading to a Ryder underling coming out.
The underling counted two and then flipped Cardona off for a low blow that was exposed as a fake when Cardona showed him he was wearing a cup. Pain hit a double chokeslam on Cardona and Ryder. Lloyd unleashed a fireball onto Pain before Radio Silence and Deathmatch Royalty dogpiled Pain for the win. Pain later went for the flaming ringpost spot, but the the commission wouldn’t allow it.
Amazing Red defeated Gringo Loco
Red and Loco start off with wristwork before Loco’s girth prevents a leapfrog. Red landed a run-up springboard armdrag. Red landed a nice slingshot rana to the floor and a tope into the crowd! Loco landed a military press into a standing moonsault for 2. Red landed a corner forearm and satellite DDT for 2. Red went for a rewind rana, but Loco turned it into a powerbomb for 2.
Loco couldn’t fire up a superplex, but Red sent his face down with a diving complete shot for 2. Loco avoided the Code Red before nailing an overhead belly to belly in the corner. Loco went for a powerbomb but ate a rana counter for 2. They go up top and Loco hit a Spanish Fly off the top rope for 2! Loco bragged to the fans, but ate a tornado kick and a poison rana off the top! Red landed a double stomp and a frog splash before a Code Red ended it! Amazing Red still lives up to his name, while Gringo Loco had flashes of greatness throughout it and the post-match hug felt nice. A beautiful music video airs hyping up the battle between EFFY and Mance Warner set to “Ain’t No Grave” by Hidden Citizens.
Mance Warner defeated EFFY in an I Quit Match
Mance started it off with a finger snap, so EFFY responded with a trifecta of helluva kicks! EFFY hit a spear but ate a corner DDT through a door! EFFY landed a blockbuster and an Awesomebomb in the corner through a door! EFFY hit a piledriver onto a chair pile and Warner won’t give up. EFFY wanted Radio Silence, but ate a powerbomb on the chairs instead! Warner grabs the ref’s belt and whipped EFFY, who refused to give up. EFFY got fired up and slugged away before using the belt to punch Warner and whip him in kind!
EFFY blockbustered him on the apron, but Warner landed a chokeslam through a door bridge on the floor! EFFY is such a great babyface in peril and they go back and forth with broken door shots and then a Memphis-style slugfest mid-ring before transitioning into a kneeling headbutt war. Warner clocks him with a screwdriver and EFFY refuses to quit so Warner grabbed zipties that they’ve been using on the chairs and on the turnbuckle corners.
EFFY is tied up on the ropes and he ate a chair toss to the head. Allie Katch runs in and ate a chair to the head and threatens to drill Allie’s head if he doesn’t quit. EFFY quits to save Allie Katch and surprisingly, Warner doesn’t just attack her with the drill anyway. A history video airs showing Nick Gage’s issues with Danhausen.
Maki Death Kill (Maki Itoh & Nick Gage) defeated Danhausen & Ram Kaicho
Danhausen attempts to curse Itoh, but she counters with a double bird from a curse position. Danhausen sent her down off a tackle and landed a kokeshi headbutt! Itoh cries at her spot being stolen, so she steals what he did and tackled him down to hit a kokeshi headbutt of her own.
Kaicho came in and attacked Itoh with a voodoo doll. I’m going to boldly predict that some may not like this match because of its emphasis on comedy, unlike say Jimmy Valiant or Bugsy McGraw. Kinda surprised they haven’t gotten Valiant in for his 54th retirement match. Gage tagged in and bowled over Kaicho! Gage talks smack to a fan who gets a chant against him before Gage landed an elbow and a snap suplex for 2.
Kaicho turned another suplex into a DDT for a tag in to Danhausen. Danhausen inverted atomic drops Itoh, who sold it like she’s on a pogo stick. Gage suplexed him on a chair on the floor before bringing a door in the ring. Kaicho landed a codebreaker to Gage before double-downing off a lariat with Itoh. Kaicho grabbed a handful of dust and tossed it into Gage’s eyes before shotgun dropkicking him through a door.
Danhausen used the pizza cutter on Itoh before Kaicho used it and then Danhausen puts a handful of teeth into Itoh’s mouth and a pump kick got 2. Itoh hit a modified backbreaker on Kaicho before Gage speared Danhausen through a door in the corner. MDK landed stereo DDTs and kokeshi headbutts win it! Missy Hyatt is out with Janela and still has it as a manager – it’s incredible given how long she’s been retired.
GCW Champion Blake Christian (w/ Shane Mercer) defeated Joey Janela (w/ Missy Hyatt) to retain the title
Janela sent him into the corner with a tieup after a dueling ALL HEART/Paul Blart chant breaks out. Christian took him down with a headlock and flex. Janela took him down on the apron, but a kip-up and gamenguri hit Janela. Christian drove a door into Janela’s face with a door tope!
Christian kept the upper body work alive with a chinlock before a brawl on the floor where Christian sent Janela into Mercer to toss him into the post. Janela recovered and landed a corner uppercut and a brainbuster for 2. Christian sent him into the corner with a catapult for 2 before they exchange kneeling punches. Rolling Thunder spear by Christian before a double-down clothesline.
Apron warfare erupted with Janela winning that war with a DDT on the apron. Janela hit a snap DVD for 2.5! Christian hits a C4 and springboard 450 for 2! Janela avoided a punt and frog splash before landing a package piledriver for 2.5. Powerbomb by Janela and a superkick gets 2! Christian landed a spinebuster through a chair and a curb stomp hits!
Mercer went to slam Missy through a door bridge, but Janela saved and fought off Mercer’s Moonsault and Battery sending him through a door bridge on the floor. Janela hit a superplex through the door…with himself going through the door for 2 and then a double stomp on the door remnants for 2. Christian avoided a burning hammer with a DDT – showing that Janela maybe shouldn’t have called his shot there. Janela saves Missy from Christian before she hit Joey in the back of the head with the purse and a curb stomp on the purse ended it.
With talk of current day MLW returning shortly, we saw the latest installment of 2003’s Underground series with Ikuto Hidaka taking on Fuego Guerrero (The Amazing Red) and a step closer to CM Punk’s promotional debut.
Show Review:
This was a shorter episode than normal as some of the original footage was damaged and unretrievable.
We opened with a video recap of the Extreme Horsemen debuting during the triple threat match between Steve Corino, Terry Funk and Dusty Rhodes before Joey Styles welcomed us to the previously well-hyped taping from Taboo in Orlando, Florida.
Fuego Guerrero defeated Ikuto Hidaka (8:33)
Hidaka was the slightly larger of the two, but both were still lightning quick in their exchanges as both put on a great show. Guerrero got dropped throat first on the guardrail after Hidaka intercepted him on a dive attempt to the outside. The energetic Florida crowd were up close and personal as Hidaka chopped Guerrero against the railing.
Back from the break, Guerrero floored Hidaka with a series of quick kicks to the head, but Hidaka fought back and retaliated with a dropkick to Guerrero’s head while he was draped over the top rope. The head kicks continued as Guerrero turned the tables with an enzuigiri before hitting a Code Red for a two count.
Hidaka hit a neck breaker from the top rope, but Guerrero got his shoulder up at the last minute. A big sit-out powerbomb followed but only got him another two count. Guerrero fought back once again and dazed Hidaka with a spinning buzzsaw kick to Hidaka on the top rope, followed by a top rope hurricanrana and then Zero Gravity, a standing shooting star press, for the win.
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– Styles let us know Los Maximos will be on next week’s show to find out who attacked them a few weeks ago. He then threw to the Extreme Horsemen, CW Anderson and Simon Diamond, who called themselves the franchise tag team in the world and promised to win the MLW tag titles.
– We then heard from CM Punk who will debut next week against Raven. He said Joey Styles didn’t want him in MLW, but he will tell everyone how it is. He explained what straight edge is before saying he is better than us and he doesn’t do or say the things society want him to do or say.
– After Masato Tanaka cut a promo in Japanese, we heard from “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels and his newest acquisition, Jerry Lynn. Daniels mentioned Paul London defeated Lynn and Homicide beat him recently, but they are putting their setbacks in the past as they look forward to the future. Lynn said there will be pain and agony for all their opponents before Daniels said their downward spiral has ended just as everyone else’s was beginning.
– Fuego Guerrero was then outside the building and called out his next cruiserweight opponent, whoever that may be.
– Raven did a promo after the Taboo show had finished when the ring crew were breaking things down. He told us that Vampiro no showed the event and called him a p*ssy. He said he will be in Fort Lauderdale for the next MLW show to resolve their issues.
– We then cut to the current day with a CONTRA Unit video package as Josef Samael caught us up with their occupation of MLW. He said they have drained MLW’s bank account and that it isn’t 2003 but MLW has gone underground.
Taiyo Kea pulled an upset out the bag by defeating Sabu
La Parka defeated Shocker
Super Crazy defeated Fuego Guerrero (aka Amazing Red)
Show Recap:
Raven opened up this week’s episode of Underground with the same promo that closed last week’s show. He is still waiting on Vampiro to contact him and said if he continues down this road, he will end up in his Clockwork Orange House of Fun. “Quote the Raven Nevermore.”
Joey Styles welcomed us to the Manhattan Center and ran down the schedule for the night: catching up with Global Tag Team title tourney finalists CW Anderson and Simon Diamond and “Dr. Death” Steve Williams and PJ Friedman. We learned the show would feature Super Crazy vs. Fuego Guerrero, La Parka vs. Shocker, and Taiyo Kea vs. Sabu in the main event.
Super Crazy defeated Fuego Guerrero (5:43)
This was a great short Lucha showcase and has aged just fine in the 17 years since it originally aired. Guerrero had all the attributes, size, and agility of a young Rey Mysterio Jr.
Guerrero hit Crazy with a twice around the world headscissors that brought the fans to their feet. Unfortunately, we did not hear the full extent of the crowd pop as the audio issues that the show has dealt with in recent weeks were in play here too. After an ad break, Crazy was in control but Guerrero reversed a powerbomb into a tornado DDT. Crazy regained control moments later and nearly had the match won with a brainbuster.
Guerrero busted out a corkscrew senton from the top rope to the floor that would have benefited from better crowd audio to match the standing ovation from the New York crowd. Inside the ring, Guerrero rolled through another senton but got caught mid-air and planted with a sit-out powerbomb that gave Crazy the win.
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– The cameras caught up with Steve Corino as he drove around some nice big beautiful houses in his own neighborhood. He badmouthed Terry Funk about living on a farm.
– We then saw footage from earlier in the week of Williams and Friedman training in the ring. Williams said he and Friedman will be the next tag team champions before he hit the backdrop driver on Friedman and told us all that he has the most powerful moves in all of wrestling.
– Styles ran down the main suspects of who attacked Los Maximos last week: Samoan Island Tribe, Extreme Horsemen, Masada & NOSAWA, and Williams and Friedman.
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La Parka defeated Shocker (9:23)
Parka suckered Shocker in for a slap to the face before they exchanged a lightning quick Lucha style back-and-forth pinfall reversal sequence before nipping up to their feet simultaneously. Shocker kicked Parka out of the ring and feigned a dive to the floor by landing a handspring off the ropes and posing in the middle of the ring.
Parka baited Shocker out of the ring and caught him with a boot coming in. He then ran Shocker over with a hard shoulderblock, leading to his famous strut across the ring. Parka was then dumped on the back of his head twice before being slingshotted out of the ring where he ate a springboard splash on the floor.
A few moments and a swing in momentum later saw Parka knock Shocker to the outside with a spinning heel kick and a big corkscrew suicide dive. Inside the ring, he hit a big somersault senton bomb but only got a two count. He then brought a chair into the ring but ended up getting it dropkicked into his own face before being dumped on the outside. Shocker then went for a suicide dive through the ropes but Parka finally got him with the chair, a perfectly timed mid-air shot right between the eyes, something you wouldn’t see today but was common nearly two decades ago.
Shocker got his feet up when Parka came off the top rope to give himself a bit of leeway, but was hit with a dropkick when Shocker tried to come off the top. Parka hit a missile dropkick but was crotched on the top rope moments later. Shocker then hit him with a big superplex from the top rope, a magistral cradle, a spear in the corner, and a bronco buster but still couldn’t put him away.
Parka crotched him with his boot on a second bronco buster attempt before heading to the top rope once again, winning the match after hitting his signature springboard corkscrew body block.
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– Anderson and Diamond let us know Friedman’s lack of experience will be his team’s downfall. Anderson talked about being trained by Arn and Ole compared to Friedman’s training. They called Friedman a blue chipper, but that Diamond was the original blue chipper.
– We heard from Funk in response to Corino earlier. He said he was going to give Corino a lesson in the ring and had no intention of going to the extreme, but if Corino does “because you are an Extreme Horsemen, then yee-hah, cowboy.”
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Taiyo Kea defeated Sabu (w/Bill Alfonso) (11:12)
A main event featuring the classic Sabu style closed out this week’s episode of Underground. It was filled with the usual dives and stunts that we see frequently now, but still look as good and dangerous today as they did then.
The end result was a bit of a shock but made sense given that Kea has been involved in title shots against MLW Champion Kojima in the 2002-03 timeline of the first few Undergrounds. Before the match, Styles let us know that the uncles of both competitors used to be fierce rivals: the original Sheik and King Curtis Iaukea, and here, the families’ rivalry will continue.
After an early commercial break, Sabu hit his Air Sabu chair-assisted jump from the top rope into the crowd onto Kea before dropping him with a draping DDT when back inside. Another chair-assisted aerial assault followed as he hit a leg lariat but Kea then superkicked the same chair back into Sabu’s face.
Sabu hit back with a top rope springboard hurricanrana, a top rope leg drop through a table at ringside, and a triple jump moonsault but he couldn’t put Kea away. Even after an Alfonso distraction and two chair shots to the head, he still couldn’t put Kea away.
Kea put up a good fight and rallied towards the end of the match. He hit a snap hurricanrana out of nowhere before hitting a series of kicks that knocked Sabu to the mat. He closed the show with a death valley driver into a neckbreaker before putting Sabu away with the H50: a torture rack into a neckbreaker.
Next week:
MLW Champion Satoshi Kojima vs Vampiro
No. 1 contender’s match: Jerry Lynn vs. Mike Awesome
Fuego Guerrero vs. Super Crazy vs. a mystery opponent in a triple threat match
Will Ospreay, Rocky Romero & Amazing Red are getting an ROH Six-Man Tag Team title shot at Supercard of Honor XIV.
ROH has announced that Bandido, Flamita & Rey Horus will defend their Six-Man titles against Ospreay, Romero & Amazing Red at April’s Supercard of Honor event. It’s taking place at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida on Saturday, April 4.
Bandido, Flamita & Horus won the Six-Man titles from Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, Brody King & Flip Gordon) at Saturday Night at Center Stage last month.
Ospreay, Romero & Amazing Red also teamed up for Warrior Wrestling in December, defeating The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier, Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel).
This is the third match that’s been confirmed for Supercard of Honor. Scurll vs. Jay White is also set for the show, along with KENTA & Taiji Ishimori vs. Jeff Cobb & Dan Maff.
Supercard of Honor is going against NXT TakeOver: Tampa on the Saturday of WrestleMania weekend.
Impact Wrestling has added two more wrestlers to TNA: There’s No Place Like Home.
The promotion announced today that Amazing Red and Disco Inferno are set for There’s No Place Like Home. The show is a one-night-only revival of the TNA brand. It’s taking place at The Ritz Ybor City in Tampa, Florida on Friday, April 3 and is part of WrestleCon 2020.
There are now eight wrestlers announced for There’s No Place Like Home. D’Lo Brown & Ken Anderson (representing Aces & Eights), Chris Sabin, “Wildcat” Chris Harris, Scott Steiner, and Petey Williams have also been confirmed for the show.
Amazing Red was a three-time X-Division Champion for TNA. He’s also been announced for the WrestleCon SuperShow on Thursday, April 2 and ROH Supercard of Honor XIV on Saturday, April 4.
Disco Inferno feuded with Scarlett Bordeaux, Tessa Blanchard, and Impact’s women’s division after returning to the promotion as part of their Thanksgiving Turkey Trot match in 2018.
There’s No Place Like Home will also be available live via Fite TV.
A wrestler who was with Ring of Honor during its inception will be appearing for the promotion again over WrestleMania weekend.
ROH announced this morning that Amazing Red will be wrestling at Supercard of Honor XIV. The show is taking place at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida on Saturday, April 4.
After announcing his retirement last April, Red has been wrestling since returning to the ring against Will Ospreay in NJPW’s Super J-Cup in August. Red tweeted earlier this month that he was going away for a small surgery but would be back in February.
Red also wrestled for ROH at their 10th Anniversary pay-per-view in 2012.
Jay White, El Phantasmo, KENTA, Taiji Ishimori, Will Ospreay, Rocky Romero, Villain Enterprises (PCO, Marty Scurll, Brody King & Flip Gordon), La Faccion Ingobernable (Rush, Dragon Lee, Kenny King & Amy Rose), Slex, Session Moth Martina, Jeff Cobb, Jay Lethal, Mark Haskins, and PJ Black have also been confirmed for Supercard of Honor XIV.
Supercard of Honor XIV is going against NXT TakeOver: Tampa on April 4.
Here are the results from tonight’s New Japan Showdown event that took place at the San Jose Civic Auditorium. The tour continues Monday at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Ren Narita defeated Alex Coughlin
– Narita pinned Coughlin with the Narita special #4.
After returning to the ring last month, Amazing Red is set for another J-Cup tournament.
Revolution Pro Wrestling announced today that Amazing Red will be taking part in this year’s British J-Cup. It’s being held at York Hall in London, England on Sunday, November 24.
Amazing Red returned to face Will Ospreay in the opening round of NJPW’s Super J-Cup in August. Red lost to Ospreay in the main event of night one before wrestling in non-tournament action on nights two and three. He teamed with Jushin Thunder Liger against Rocky Romero & YOH on night two. On night three, Red, Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi & TJP took on Robbie Eagles, Romero, SHO & YOH.
Eagles is the only other entrant that’s been announced for this year’s British J-Cup thus far. Tessa Blanchard will make her RevPro debut at the show. She’ll face Kanji in a non-tournament match.
This will be RevPro’s third annual British J-Cup. Liger won the junior heavyweight tournament in 2017, while El Phantasmo won it last year.
