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Daily Update: Charlotte, Chris Dickinson, Roman Reigns

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WON NEWSLETTER: November 15, 2021 Observer Newsletter: Death of Angelo Mosca, Full Gear & Survivor Series previews

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  • The amazing story on the life of Angelo Mosca, CFL legend, pro wrestling main eventer. His famous hit on Willie Fleming, feud with Joe Kapp, the 2001 old man fight all detailed. How Mosca got into pro wrestling, whatever happened to Angelo Jr., why he didn’t play in the NFL, and his biggest career matches. Mosca’s run in Toronto as the perennial Canadian champion
  • Previews of AEW Full Gear and WWE Survivor Series, business notes, ticket sales, secondary market, lineups and movie theater business
  • Lots more regarding who was let go by WWE
  • Ticket sales for major upcoming WWE & AEW shows, including notes on the head-to-head markets
  • More on Bryan Danielson’s decision to come to AEW
  • UFC in MSG, two title bouts, $10 million gate
  • NJPW Power Struggle coverage, as well as Best of Super Juniors and Tag League, plus match of the year candidate
  • Myths and facts regarding alcohol abuse treatments
  • Ratings with segment-by-segment notes, international TV ratings
  • Another major star leaves CMLL
  • AAA TripleMania Regia, Omega, Velasquez, Munoz Brothers, LA Park and Marvel comic superstars
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  • Mach Hayato, Japanese prelim wrestler who inspired pro wrestling and MMA superstars

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  • Bret Hart and Steve Austin will be the guests on tomorrow’s The Bump.
  • The latest WWE trademarks have been filed for the names Scrap Metal (various spellings), Daphanie LaShaunn, Dallas Irvin, Derek Sanders, and Adrian Butler.
  • WWE 2K22 on Twitter: “Looking for more info on #WWE2K22? We’ve got a few things we can share. Check back here on 11/18.”
  • Stephanie McMahon made Adweek’s list of the 34 Most Powerful Women in Sports.
  • The Miz was on The Today Show on NBC talking about Survivor Series this Sunday.
  • Make-A-Wish has named Roman Reigns as a recipient of the 2021 Chris Greicius Award for celebrity wish granting.
  • WWE has limited time Cameos for King Woods and Queen Zelina.
  • Charlotte spoke to BT Sports, saying that nothing has been handed to her during her run in WWE and will always be motivated to want more. “Yes, it obviously does rub people the wrong way [her confidence],” she said (h/t Post Wrestling). But if I was a man, would it rub people the wrong way? I mean no one ever looks at a man and goes, ‘Why does he want to be the world champion again? He’s been on top all these years.’ Is it because I’m a woman? Because I’ve done it all? Because we have a smaller division? Why? What? Charlotte’s difficult? It is because I stand up for what I believe in? That makes me difficult? But if I was a man I’d have big balls, right? No. I know how good I am, man or woman, I’m the best. No but really, it is because I’m a woman? That’s what — so I’m just supposed to come this far to come this far and be like, ‘Yup, all right. Take my spot. All these years of hard work, please, just take it.’ No. If you’re gonna take it, take it. But you’re gonna have to take it from me.”
  • Damian Priest spoke to Metro about the latest WWE releases. “That’s the unfortunate part of life,” he said. “Especially in a business where you’re living your dream – so it hurts, because we care about these people. We know they’re hurting, so we hurt. It’s unfortunate. It’s like that survivors guilt – you feel guilty, but at the same time… it’s an odd feeling. But then you come to the realisation – wait a minute, these are all incredible people! They’re gonna be fine! There’s that positive, and that’s always my sentiment. Well, now the world is yours. Go out and grab it!”
  • Jeff Hardy also spoke to Metro, expressing interest in doing a Bob Ross alter ego.
  • Jezebel has an article on Seth Rollins’ attire.
  • Matches added to WWE’s YouTube page today include Team Morrison vs. Team Miz from Survivor Series 2009, Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre from the November 16, 2020 edition of Raw, and Kane vs. Edge from Survivor Series 2010. 

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Other Wrestling

  • A GoFundMe has been launched for Chris Dickinson, who wrote on Twitter that he dislocated his leg out of his hip socket after a frog splash at NJPW Battle in the Valley this past weekend. He is expected to be out for 5-6 months. 
  • NJPW’s website spoke to IWGP Jr. Champion El Desperado on his involvement in this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament.
  • Allie Katch vs. Thunder Rosa has been added to GCW Alive on December 4.
  • GCW has announced a January 14 date in Detroit at Harpo’s Theatre.
  • Click Orlando has an article on Samantha Fiddler, who vanished in Florida five years ago while pursuing a career in pro wrestling.

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Chris Dickinson undergoing surgery, out approximately six months

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After being injured at NJPW’s Battle in the Valley event on Saturday night, Chris Dickinson is set to undergo surgery.

Dickinson posted a statement on Monday announcing that he’ll be undergoing surgery today or tomorrow. Dickinson revealed that he dislocated his leg out of the rear of his hip socket at Battle in the Valley. In the process, he experienced an acetabulum posterior wall fracture. Dickinson wrote that the process of dealing with the pain of the dislocation is unlike anything he’s ever experienced.

The timeline that Dickinson was given for recovery is within the range of six months, but he’s hoping to be able to make it back in five months if everything goes right.

The injury happened when Dickinson hit a frog splash at Battle in the Valley. Dickinson & Brody King lost a tag match to Bateman & Misterioso at the show.

Dickinson was supposed to team with Alex Zayne against Jay White & Hikuleo at tonight’s NJPW Strong tapings in Riverside, California. With Dickinson out of action, that’s been changed to Zayne & Yuya Uemura vs. White & Hikuleo.

Dickinson’s full statement is available below:

So I’m going to give everyone an update on my situation. First off I want to apologize to the fans of NJPW and the company for not being able to compete at the Riverside event and future scheduled STRONG events today.

That being said I dislocated my leg out of the rear of my hip socket and in the process experienced an acetabulum posterior wall fracture. I will say the process of dealing with the pain of this type of dislocation is unlike anything I have ever experienced in my lifetime.

It’s a clean break of one piece about the size of your thumb that needs to be reattached otherwise the femur can easily slip out of place. Hip injuries are generally way worse and I’m in good hands with highly experienced trauma surgeons that deal with way more extensive injuries brought on by car accidents, motorcycle accidents, etc.

I may be getting surgery today depending on a few other way worse automobile related accidents that came in but absolutely tomorrow if not.

My timeline Ive been given for recovery is within the range of six months. My surgeon just said because of my background and athletic nature if I do everything right I can probably do it in five months. I give my word I will do my absolute best to return to the ring as fast as humanly possible.

Thank you NJPW. I am blessed to have the best company behind me as well as the best brothers that stuck by my side all night on Saturday. I am alone here 3000 miles from home but to get have that in such a situation is the definition of respect and love.

I love you guys so much.

As far as the future. This is poor timing. Anyone who knows me knows I will not rest until I return to wrestle for the Japanese fans. The world is opening up and we were just about to finally open that door. It’s just one more obstacle in my way until I can get back to you. But I love you all so much and I will return hotter than ever before.

Please continue to support njpwSTRONG.

I’LL BE BACK

Chris Dickinson to miss NJPW Strong Detonation tapings due to injury

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Chris Dickinson has been pulled from Monday’s NJPW Strong Detonation tapings in Riverside, California due to an injury suffered at Battle in the Valley on Saturday. 

Dickinson had been scheduled to team with Alex Zayne against Jay White and Hikuleo in Riverside. Instead, White and Hikuleo will now take on Zayne and Yuya Uemura. 

Dickinson was hurt on a frog splash attempt at Battle in the Valley. Bateman and Misterioso went on to defeat Dickinson and Brody King in the bout. 

Here is the updated lineup for Detonation: 

NJPW Strong Detonation, Monday, November 15 —

  • NJPW Strong Openweight Championship: Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Fred Rosser
  • Tomohiro Ishii vs. Brody King
  • Jay White & Hikuleo vs. Alex Zayne & Yuya Uemura
  • Jonathan Gresham vs. Gabriel Kidd
  • Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb & TJP vs. Karl Fredericks, Clark Connors & Ren Narita
  • Lio Rush & Adrian Quest vs. Bateman & Misterioso
  • Jordan Clearwater & Brogan Finlay vs. Kevin Knight & The DKC
  • Josh Barnett vs. Alex Coughlin

NJPW Strong results: Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson

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Saturday’s episode was the second installment in the New Japan Showdown series from Philadelphia at the 2300 Arena.

Alex Zayne defeated Ariya Daivari

For the first time since last year, Zayne returned to NJPW after a cup of coffee in the WWE system. This was Daivari’s NJPW debut after a couple years on WWE 205 Live.

Zayne’s offense was creative with the announcers putting over how innovative he was during the match. He did a springboard double knee drop and standing corkscrew moonsault early. Daivari answered with a low dropkick to Zayne’s head and later, a guiltillione legdrop to Zayne while he was draped across the middle rope. The crowd was pretty into Zayne. He did a turnaround springboard moonsault from the inside of the ring to the floor onto Daivari, followed by a somersault headscissors to Daivari while he was seated on the top rope.

Later, Daivari, who had brought a Persian rug with him to the ring, went for the Magic Carpet Ride (basically a top rope splash while holding the carpet), but he missed. Zayne put Daivari away with the Taco Driver for the win. Afterward, Daivari reluctantly shook hands with Zayne which the crowd liked.

Daivari cut an interesting promo backstage afterward. He said that his NJPW debut didn’t go as well as it wanted it to, but Zayne earned his respect. He went on to explain that the NJPW roster backstage gave him a weird impression because he came from “over there” (meaning WWE), implying that he wasn’t trustworthy and might be a guy who’d use underhanded tactics in the NJPW ring.

He explained that the reason he would win matches using illegal chair shots in the past was because he was a product of his surroundings and that his past playing field was more like the wild west, so he did what he had to do to survive. He wants to change and admitted that even though it may not happen overnight, him being in NJPW might elicit that change in him. Basically, he wants to be a more ethical or upstanding wrestler more so than during his time in WWE.

Rocky Romero and Fred Rosser defeated Team Filthy (New Japan Strong Openweight Champion Tom Lawlor and Danny Limelight)

Limelight and former mentor Romero kicked things off, but “Filthy” Tom found his way into the match not so long after. He and Limelight double teamed Romero for a while in their corner. Rosser stormed into the ring to try and cut off Team Filthy’s relentless double team effort even though he wasn’t the legal man. Lawlor and Limelight made him pay and began double teaming him, too, before getting him out of the ring, rolling him to the floor.

Lawlor worked over Romero’s legs and slapped on an achilles lock variation before Rosser again stormed the ring to break up the submission. He pancaked Lawlor with an earthquake splash and went back to his corner to wait for Romero to tag him in. Rosser’s fire is infectious. Romero finally tagged him in and Rosser cleaned house. At around the ten minute mark, Rosser went for a crucifix bomb but Limelight countered into a sunset flip for a close two count.

Toward the end, Rosser tried hitting the gutbuster on both Limelight and Lawlor but he couldn’t quite swing it. Romero came into the ring to make the save, taking Limelight out with Sliced Bread and then a dive to the floor. Rosser finally hit the gutbuster on Lawlor and then caught him with a single leg dropkick for a close count of two.

On their feet, Lawlor was able to counter Rosser’s momentum by dropping him neck first across the top rope with a stun gun. He then locked Rosser in a sleeper, but Rosser used his momentum and weight to fall backward and pin Lawlor, who still hadn’t let go of the sleeper. Lawlor’s shoulders were down and the ref counted three, giving Rosser the win for his team and a pin on the Strong Openweight champion to boot.

Lawlor complained to the ref about the finish and then he and Limelight attacked Rosser despite the match being over. The decision was final.

The rest of Team Filthy (West Coast Wrecking Crew and JR Kratos) came out and continued putting the boots to both Rosser and Romero. Limelight grabbed a pair of scissors from a toolbox that was under the ring and he and Lawlor proceeded to cut Rosser’s hair as a way of humiliating him after the win. Lawlor lived up to his nickname and chewed some of Rosser’s hair as he taunted the crowd. Filthy, indeed. Despite winning, Rosser looked defeated when he was finally able to walk to the back.

NEVER Openweight Champion Jay White defeated Fred Yehi in a non-title match

The recently retired Tiger Hattori joined Matt Rehwoldt and Alex Koslov on English commentary for this match. Hattori is a NJPW legend who spent decades refereeing big matches for New Japan and other Japanese wrestling companies.

White got a babyface reception despite being marketed as one of NJPW’s top heels. He too sweeted a number of fans on his way to the ring. Even Hattori got one.

Earlier this year on NJPW Strong, White scored a win over Yehi’s tag team partner, Wheeler Yuta, so the story was that Yehi tried avenging Yuta’s loss here. He locked on his Koji clutch finisher submission early. White rolled to the floor to collect himself and slid back into the ring and started stomping away at Yehi, catching him off guard. They traded hard chops. When Yehi looked like he might be getting the upper hand, White resorted to cheap shot kicks and eye gouging to keep the proverbial ball in his court.

Yehi started working over White’s arm, but White put the kibosh on that quickly and threw him to the floor. Yehi made another comeback later, this time with the crowd squarely behind him, launching White with an overhead suplex and then chopping him up in the corner. He locked White in an abdominal stretch, but White eye gouged his way out of the hold, dropping Yehi with a DDT.

White scored a two count after a Blade Buster, but Yehi answered back with a German suplex and brain buster before again locking in the Koji clutch, but White made it to the ropes for a break. Soon after, White spiked Yehi with a sleeper suplex and the Blade Runner to put Yehi away. This was really good.

Afterward, White got on the microphone and talked about the success of his recent “U.S. of Jay” tour where he appeared on Impact and wrestled people from AEW and ROH. He mentioned Yuta, Daniel Garcia and now Yehi. He said when people get in the ring with him, their star level goes up. White then laid out an open challenge to anyone from any company to face him, but before he could do that, the NEVER Openweight Champion explained he would have to first take care of Tomohiro Ishii in San Jose at Battle in the Valley.

Minoru Suzuki defeated Chris Dickinson

The crowd was amped up for this. These two had an excellent bout at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport in Los Angeles last month, available to stream on NJPW World now. The main difference between tonight’s match and their Bloodsport bout was the intensity or build from the beginning to the end. The Bloodsport match was more brutal from the get-go while this one was violent but also more fan-friendly with the ref spots and brawling around the ring.

Dickinson worked on Suzuki’s legs early on. Suzuki countered with ease and began working over Dickinson’s legs next. When they were on their feet, they traded hard chops. The younger Dickinson got the better of the exchange, chopping him into the corner, but Suzuki trapped him in the corner by locking him in a hanging cross armbreaker over the ropes.

The fight spilled to the floor next. Suzuki found a chair under the ring, but referee Jeremy Marcus took it away. The began crowd started chanting “F*ck you, ref!” Suzuki attempted taking his anger out on Rehwoldt and kicked the commentary booth. Rehwoldt said it was the scariest moment of his life.

In the ring, Suzuki teased chopping Marcus in the corner for taking the chair away, but then he smiled and backed off. The crowd was all in on Marcus getting decimated by Suzuki. Dickinson tried working Suzuki’s legs over again, but Suzuki was able to counter into another armbar. Suzuki used a number of penalty kicks on Dickinson, who was seated. Dickinson ate all of them and even laughed at some. He caught Suzuki’s last PK and stood up.

They were trading even more chops when the 15-minute call sounded. Dickinson stuck Suzuki with a brain buster for two. Suzuki was able to power up and lock Dickinson in a sleeperhold. Dickinson powered out and connected with an enzuigiri kick. Suzuki answered back with elbows and, finally, his patented Gotch-style piledriver for the win in an excellent match.

“Jon Moxley. Eddie Kingston. F*CK YOU!,” Suzuki called out after the match. He said Lance Archer would be in the building tomorrow for their Philly street fight rematch and then said “Suzuki-gun, ICHIBAN!” before leaving the ring. He went after Hattori at ringside before exiting.

Final thoughts:

This felt like a big episode of NJPW Strong. Maybe the biggest. It also may have been the longest episode in the show’s short history, too, clocking in at 1:40 minutes in total. All of tonight’s matches tied into what would happen at Battle in the Valley in San Jose which aired on FITE and NJPW World.

White and Yehi’s match is worth checking out as it was probably Yehi’s best match on the show so far. Suzuki and Dickinson also had a fun match that was a good complement to their Bloodsport fight last month. They are great rivals. Hopefully, these two will have another chance to square off once more and, hopefully, it will be in Japan when it does.

Chris Dickinson injured at NJPW Battle in the Valley

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Chris Dickinson was injured at tonight’s NJPW Battle in the Valley event in San Jose.

Dickinson was injured in the third match on the card after hitting a frog splash off the top rope. As Misterioso took out King on the apron, Bateman covered Dickinson and scored the pinfall at around the ten minute mark. Dickinson was in a tag match with Brody King against Bateman and Misterioso.

After the bell rang, Dickinson remained on the mat as ice was applied to his hamstring area. He eventually had to be stretchered out to the back. On Twitter, Dickinson wrote the following after the match: “Need every and all positive vibes in the world right now. Please.”

Dickinson has been regularly appearing on NJPW of America cards, originally a part of Team Filthy with Tom Lawlor. After Team Filthy turned on Dickinson, he began teaming with Brody King, who in Ring Of Honor are in a faction called Violence Unlimited.

Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson set for NJPW Strong

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A pair of singles matches headline this week’s NJPW Strong. 

In the main event, Minoru Suzuki will take on Chris Dickinson. 

In the semi-main, NEVER Openweight Champion Jay White faces Fred Yehi in a non-title match. 

NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Tom Lawlor will team with Danny Limelight against top contender to Lawlor’s title Fred Rosser and Rocky Romero. 

In the opener, Ariya Daivari will face Alex Zayne. 

The New Japan Showdown episodes of Strong were taped on October 16 and October 17 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the 2300 Arena.

Strong airs at 8 p.m. Eastern time this Saturday on NJPW World. The show will also be available on demand immediately following airing. 

Here is Saturday’s full lineup:

NJPW Strong New Japan Showdown night two, Saturday, November 13, 8 p.m. Eastern time on NJPW World–

  • Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson
  • Jay White vs. Fred Yehi
  • Tom Lawlor & Danny Limelight vs. Fred Rosser & Rocky Romero
  • Ariya Daivari vs. Alex Zayne

Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 7 results: Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson

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The seventh installment of GCW Bloodsport is set for Los Angeles, California, Friday as part of two straight nights of shows for the promotion.

The event’s namesake will be in competition against Tiger Ruas, the former Arturo Ruas in WWE NXT. He’s made one AEW appearance since being released and will look for his first GCW win against the former UFC heavyweight champion who is looking for his third straight Bloodsport victory.

Minoru Suzuki will continue his busy U.S. run with a return to the Bloodsport mat when he faces Chris Dickinson. This is his first Bloodsport outing since April 2019 when he and Barnett went to a 25:00 draw. Dickinson is looking for his third straight win at this event.

The rest of the ten-match show will see some returns (“Filthy” Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Calvin Tankman, Royce Isaacs) and some debuts (Davey Richards, Marina Shafir, Starboy Charlie).

Our live coverage begins at 11 PM Eastern.

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Show Report —

The entire cast of wrestlers on tonight’s card was introduced, and each came out to open the show. Minoru Suzuki was the last to be brought out.

Chris Dickinson hyped up the crowd before turning his attention to Suzuki. He told Suzuki to save his energy, because he’d need it. Josh Barnett got in between them to prevent a scuffle.

Lenny Leonard and Rocky Romero were on the card. That’s a great commentary team.

Fights on this show can only end by submission or referee stoppage. There are no ropes.

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Yoya defeated Starboy Charlie via TKO (3:42)

Charlie caught a dive right away and took Yoya down. He controlled Yoya’s back with a waistlock, which Yoya rolled out of. There was a great sequence early where Charlie hit an overhead throw, Yoya came back with an up kick, but then Charlie returned fire with a flying guillotine. Charlie flipped out of an ankle pick and landed three sick Germans suplexes.

Yoya went for a convoluted flip into an armbar. Charlie went to shoot, but Yoya met him with a kick and then a PK and laid in ground and pound for the stoppage.

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Zeda Zhang defeated KZT via submission (7:09)

KZT landed a palm strike right away to Zhang’s face. Zhang came back with a judo takedown and then a Northern Lights suplex. She looked for an armbar, but KZT transitioned out and went for an armbar of her own. Zhang stopped the attack and landed body shot knee strikes. KZT got a top wristlock, but Zhang powered out. Neither woman could establish an extended advantage. 

Zhang made a mistake and was baited right into a triangle choke. She then gave up her back, and KZT locked on a rear naked choke. Zhang turned it around and powered out of it with a powerbomb. 

They stood and faced each other. Zhang was able to take KZT down with a leg sweep before landing wild strikes. She used side control to land more knees to KZT’s body. Zhang then locked on almost a crucifix while laying in strikes, forcing KZT to submit.

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Clark Connors defeated Royce Isaacs via submission (5:34)

They had an amateur wrestling exchange to open things up. It started to kick off with a slap from Isaacs, leading to a great slap fight which concluded with a high kick from Isaacs. Connors blocked an armbar but was met with a double leg takedown. Isaacs got a head-and-arm choke and then a cross armbreaker, but he lost the grip when Connors tried to escape.

Conners hit a spear and a Saito suplex. He escaped another armbar attempt and hopped on with a rear naked choke for the submission.

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Erik Hammer defeated Bad Dude Tito via submission (4:35)

Hammer laid in some quick ground and pound, which staggered Tito. He forced Tito out of the ring, which just infuriated Tito. Tito avoided a jumping knee and took Hammer down with side control. Hammer went for a kneebar. Tito had to fight desperately to escape and used a crotch-grip suplex. They slugged it out, leading to Hammer landing knees and taking Tito down once more. A German suplex followed by the double wristlock got Hammer the submission victory.

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Marina Shafir defeated Masha Slamovich via submission (4:53)

Neither woman could establish an advantage early on. The first big moment was a double ring-out. Slamovich landed a rare Bloodsport dive with a senton onto Shafir on the outside. Shafir caught a spinning backfist and landed a judo throw, taunting Slamovich and daring her to hit back. She landed hard palm strikes to Slamovich, who came back with a Northern Lights suplex into a cross armbreaker (the Minoru Tanaka special).

Shafir caught a kick and landed a big muffler slam. A modified triangle, which Shafir calls “Greedy,” was enough to force Slamovich to tap.

– After the match, Zeda Zhang, who won a match earlier in the show, came out with a mic. They share a similar past in WWE. Zhang called out Shafir, but Shafir brushed it off. They will likely fight at Bloodsport 8.

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JR Kratos defeated Calvin Tankman via TKO (6:55)

They boxed around at the start. Neither man could take the other down as they had a strength stalemate. They went to the mat, where Tankman utilized his weight advantage. After a long bout of grappling, Tankman landed standing knee strikes and locked on a guillotine. Kratos turned it into a big-time vertical suplex. 

They faced off again. Tankman was loopy and Kratos hit a big palm strike, but Tankman fired up and landed a German suplex. They traded forearms in the center of the ring. Kratos hit a punch, Tankman hit a back elbow, but then Kratos surprised his opponent with a jumping knee and a sliding forearm for the TKO.

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“Filthy” Tom Lawlor defeated Alex Coughlin via submission (8:10)

Filthy came out in black trunks and a mustache, mocking Coughlin and the NJPW Young Lions. 

They performed some classic fundamental-level wrestling at the bell. Coughlin moved to the open guard and took a palm strike for his effort. They both had an Achilles hold on and stared each other down before trading hard strikes and resetting. 

Coughlin threw an elbow smash but took a knee strike to the gut. A head and arm choke wore Coughlin down. Filthy went for a key lock, but Coughlin bridged out of it and powered all the way up for an overhead throw. He laid in ground and pound, but Filthy turned it back around and went for an armbar. Coughlin countered a Kimura attempt into a fallaway slam. He tried to follow it up with the Boston crab, but Filthy turned it into a guillotine. Coughlin couldn’t power out, and Filthy landed hammer fists from the omoplata position. Coughlin got one brief moment of respite, but Filthy turned it into a double heel hook and Coughlin tapped out.

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Davey Richards defeated Yuya Uemura via submission (7:17)

The first big moment of the fight was Uemura laying on his back and pulling guard, inviting Richards in. Richards countered it with a jumping double stomp à la Sakuraba. Back at a standing position, Richards laid in strikes, but Uemura leaned into them. One mid kick finally dropped Uemura to the mat, leading the official to check on him.

Uemura exploded out with a shotgun dropkick, sending Richards to the floor. Out on the floor, Uemura dished a relentless assault before bringing Richards back into the ring and going for a double wristlock. Richards rolled into a knee bar and then an ankle lock. Uemura rolled out and caught Richards with a knee to the face. After more knees, Uemura hit a back suplex and locked on a cross armbreaker.

The crowd really wanted a submission there, but Richards eventually countered into an ankle lock. Uemura tried multiple escapes, but after hitting some desperation up kicks, Richards locked on an inverted Figure Four for the submission.

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Josh Barnett defeated Tiger Ruas by submission (9:00)

Some intense grappling early on resulted in both competitors trading control. Ruas went for a triangle but was stacked up by Barnett, the bigger man. A fireman’s carry takeover allowed Ruas to maintain control. The first big move of the fight came about five minutes in, with Barnett landing a belly-to-back suplex. He followed it up with ground and pound, but Ruas transitioned out of an armbar and went for a modified kneebar himself.

Strikes from Barnett evened the fight. Ruas came back with a single leg take down and then overhand palm strikes. Ruas wanted a choke from the back, but Barnett stood up out of it and hit a sidewalk slam. A foot stomp gave Ruas a chance to make a comeback with strikes and a vertical suplex.

They separated and moved to a standing position. Barnett hit a high kick and a knee, but Ruas landed almost a flip kick and then a German. They traded strikes from a kneeling position and then stood up, where Barnett locked on a front choke. A Michinoku Driver followed, allowing Barnett to slap on an armbar for the submission win.

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Minoru Suzuki defeated Chris Dickinson via submission (15:22)

Dickinson utilized his power advantage early on as Suzuki was content to hold back in the guard. Suzuki rolled to the floor and taunted Dickinson, trying to bait him out for a brawl. Dickinson returned by giving Suzuki the amateur wrestling back position. Neither man earned control for a few minutes as they traded holds. Suzuki smiled in Dickinson’s face with a heel hook applied, which got the match to another level.

Suzuki took some hard overhand palm strikes and changed his mood from playful to all business. They traded overhand chops in the center of the ring. After a sick exchange, Dickinson hit a German and went for a head-and-arm choke. Suzuki came back by grinding his knuckles into Dickinson’s eyes. He then hit Bryan Danielson-esque curb stomps.

Dickinson leaned into forearm strikes and they began trading really stiff slaps to the face. The crowd fired up huge for that exchange. Suzuki went for a knee bar, but Dickinson transitioned into an armbar. Suzuki forced a break and rolled to the floor to create some distance between himself and Dickinson. 

Back in the ring, Dickinson landed a big mid kick and then a high kick. Suzuki caught a kick and floored Dickinson with a forearm before transitioning into a single-leg Boston crab, which forced Dickinson to tap.

Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson set for Bloodsport

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A new match has been added to next weekend’s GCW Bloodsport 7 event.

Josh Barnett confirmed that Minoru Suzuki and Chris Dickinson will again face one another on October 22. This follows their match that took place this weekend for NJPW.

“Last night solved NOTHING,” Dickinson wrote this afternoon. “Why don’t you bring your s*** eating grin to my backyard so I can knock your teeth out. We can settle it under rules maybe you’re familiar with… One more time Suzuki San me and you. LA  B L O O D S P O R T @GCWrestling_ @JoshLBarnett DO IT.”

“Done,” Barnett replied. “Bloodsport is the perfect environment for two to bring this kind of grudge. Get ready for violence. Chris Dickinson will take on Minoru Suzuki this Friday. A match years in making that turned personal.”

The card for Friday’s Bloodsport 7 show in Los Angeles includes:

  • Josh Barnett vs. Tiger Ruas
  • Davey Richards vs. Yuya Uemura
  • Starboy Charlie vs. Yoya
  • Calvin Tankman vs. JR Kratos
  • Marina Shafir vs. Masha Slamovich
  • Zeda Zhang vs. KZT
  • Royce Issacs vs. Clark Connors
  • Alex Coughlin vs. Filthy Tom Lawlor
  • Erik Hammer vs. Bad Dude Tito

NJPW Strong Showdown spoilers: Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW held night one of their Strong Showdown tapings Saturday night at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. 

Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson headlined night one. Sunday’s show will be headlined by Suzuki and Lance Archer vs. Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston in a Philadelphia street fight. 

Below are night one’s results. 

*Thanks to Travis L.*

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Hikuleo defeated Kevin Knight

Hikuleo won by pinfall with a Tongan Driver. 

BATEMAN, Misterioso & Barrett Brown defeated Brody King, Karl Fredericks & The DKC 

BATEMAN won with the This is a Kill tombstone, pinning The DKC. 

JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson defeated David Finlay, Alex Coughlin & Yuya Uemura 

Nelson pinned Uemura after a springboard cutter. 

Juice Robinson defeated El Phantasmo

Juice won by pinfall and reportedly debuted a new finisher. 

Alex Zayne defeated Ariya Daivari

Zayne won by pinfall with a Taco Driver. 

Fred Rosser & Rocky Romero defeated Tom Lawlor & Danny Limelight

Rosser pinned Lawlor after reversing a rear naked choke. 

Ren Narita & Clark Connors defeated Will Ospreay & TJP

Narita pinned TJP after a bridging suplex. 

Jay White defeated Fred Yehi

White won by pinfall with the Blade Runner. 

Minoru Suzuki defeated Chris Dickinson

Suzuki won by pinfall with the Gotch-style piledriver. 

Jay White vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Juice Robinson vs. Moose and the debut of Buddy Matthews were announced for NJPW Battle in the Valley on November 13 in San Jose. 

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The tapings continue Sunday, with tickets still available.  

NJPW Strong Showdown, Sunday, October 17, 2300 Arena in Philadelphia —

  • Philadelphia street fight: Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston vs. Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer
  • Will Ospreay vs. Alex Zayne
  • Jonathan Gresham vs. Alex Coughlin
  • Fred Rosser, Karl Fredericks, Rocky Romero, Ren Narita & The DKC vs. Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson & Danny Limelight
  • Lio Rush & Ariya Daivari vs. El Phantasmo & Chris Bey
  • Jay White & Hikuleo vs. Fred Yehi & Wheeler Yuta
  • TJP vs. Clark Connors
  • Brody King, Chris Dickinson & Daniel Garcia vs. Bateman, Misterioso & Barrett Brown
  • Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. Yuya Uemura & Kevin Knight

NJPW Strong results: Tom Lawlor vs. Lio Rush

Posted on by Justin Knipper

Tonight marked the final night of NJoA’s Fighting Spirit Unleashed tour.

JR Kratos defeated Fred Yehi

Solid opener. Kratos worked over Yehi for most of this match. Kratos launched Yehi across from corner to corner with a vertical suplex. The story was Yehi kept trying to take Kratos off of his feet but he couldn’t do it until late in the match, when he landed two rolling German suplexes on the larger Kratos.

The finish came when Yehi had Kratos trapped in a triangle choke, but Kratos reversed it into a deadlift wheelbarrow power bomb for the win in 9:02.

Chris Dickinson defeated Royce Isaacs via submission

The story so far between these two links back to STRONG Openweight champion Tom Lawlor and his Team Filthy group. When Dickinson was still in Team Filthy, he challenged Lawlor to a match for Lawlor’s title. Lawlor answered by not only kicking Dickinson out of Team Filthy but ambushing him and recruiting the West Coast Wrecking Crew to take his place in the gang. A babyface Dickinson is out for vengeance on all of Team Filthy now.

The match itself was very good. They went hold for hold early until Dickinson shut Isaacs down with hard mid-kicks and a spinning heel kick coming off the ropes. Isaacs pushed the ref at one point, when Dickinson had Isaacs in a waist lock. In a moment behind the ref’s back, Isaacs shoved Lawlor into the cornerpost, shoulder-first, then drilled him with a back suplex.

Isaacs controlled much of the next part of this match. Dickinson scored a Death Valley Bomb as Isaacs went for a leapfrog. Dickinson scored a two-count, so he transitioned to an armbar, which Isaacs countered and reversed into a Texas Cloverleaf until Dickinson made it to the ropes for a break. Dickinson would soon tap Isaacs out with an STF in 11:08. Again, a really good match.

Backstage, Dickinson accused ex-best friend Isaacs of being a snake and that he would “cut the head off of the snake”. Dickinson thanked the audience that came to the taping that night before exiting.

STRONG Openweight Championship: “Filthy” Tom Lawlor (with JR Kratos) defeated Lio Rush via TKO to retain the title

Lawlor feigned engaging with Rush, then slid to the floor. Jay White does this all the time. Lawlor conferred with Kratos for a minute or so before Rush decided to break up the strategy session with a baseball slide dropkick through the bottom ropes. Rush jumped on Lawlor’s back and locked on a sleeper hold until Lawlor escaped. He went back to the floor to recover, but Rush was able to run him and Team Filthy associate Kratos into each other. This was a rare time where a wrestler came off looking clever instead of clueless.

Rush launched into Lawlor with low kicks. When Rush came off the middle rope, Lawlor caught him and slammed him into the red corner, then gave him a front uranage drop, spiking Rush. He locked in a guillotine choke that he turned into a cravat at around five minutes in.

Lawlor planted Rush with an exploder suplex. The crowd chanted for Rush. Rush tried firing up but Lawlor chopped the hell out of him in the corner. Rush wouldn’t let up. He went for a standing frog splash but Lawlor caught him in a triangle choke. He’d move into a single-leg crab next, until Rush escaped via rope break. Ten minutes had elapsed at this point in the match.

Rush was able to knock Lawlor onto the floor and take him out with a running suicide dive through the bottom two ropes. He was picking up momentum when Kratos grabbed him and went to press slam him. The referee saw it and ordered Kratos to let go or else he’d disqualify Lawlor. Kratos obliged, but Rush threw a shot at Kratos, which upset him. He grabbed Rush by the throat and again threatened violence, until ref Jeremy Marcus ejected Kratos from ringside. The audience sang “Na-na-na na, hey hey hey, goodbye!” as he exited.

The match heated up from here. Rush scored a close nearfall after a roll-up. He spiked Lawlor with a reverse frankensteiner, then caught him with a frog splash from the top rope for another close nearfall. The crowd was really into him. In a lot of ways, Lawlor and Rush are a babyface-heel pair made for each other.

Rush went back to the rear naked choke that he locked on Lawlor at the top of the match. Lawlor struggled out of it, then laid Rush out with a spinning Funaki tombstone, then locked in his own rear naked choke until Rush passed out. Referee Jeremy Marcus called the match; “Filthy” Tom Lawlor retained the STRONG Openweight title in 16:19.

Lawlor was in the ring with mic after Rush had left. He told the crowd to give it up for Rush, whom he called a worthy opponent. They chanted for him. Lawlor then put out another open challenge for his championship and wondered aloud whether it’d be a Young Lion or possibly a “scrub from another company.” Lawlor assumed no one would come to the ring to challenge him, so started posing with the belt for the crowd.

Ren Narita came out next and got right into Lawlor’s face. They were nose to nose. Lawlor shoved Narita a few times but he no-sold it, then gave Lawlor a hard index-finger point that really reminded me of Katsuyori Shibata in terms of body language.

“I already beat you before I was champion . . . and I’ve only gotten stronger since.” Lawlor downplayed Narita’s short career and told him to go back and train with Shibata for longer and maybe then he’d be ready for a shot at Lawlor’s Openweight title. Narita didn’t say anything. Then, suddenly, he kicked Lawlor in the face, a high kick that again looked like it came directly out of his trainer Shibata’s playbook. Narita dropped the belt over Lawlor, who was completely laid out, then left.

Final thoughts:

Tonight’s main event truly felt like a main event. I don’t think many believed Rush would actually win the STRONG Openweight title, but the two were able to have a match that came pretty close to making you believe that maybe Rush could have eked out a win against Lawlor. Narita came off looking stronger than ever in his brief appearance with Lawlor, and I imagine they’ll tear the roof off the venue when they do have their bout. The openers were very good, but after watching over a year of NJPW Strong I can say with confidence that that is par for the course.

Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson announced for NJPW Showdown

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW has announced the first two matches of next month’s NJPW Strong New Japan Showdown tapings in Philadelphia at the 2300 Arena. 

On night one on Saturday, October 16, Minoru Suzuki will take on NJPW Strong regular and former Team Filthy member “The Dirty Daddy” Chris Dickinson. 

On night two on Sunday, October 17, Will Ospreay will face Alex Zayne. Zayne is coming off a short WWE run, where he wrestled as Ari Sterling. Aside from one appearance on NXT, Zayne’s entire WWE stint was confined to 205 Live. Zayne’s original WWE signing was officially announced with the December 2020 Performance Center class. He was released by WWE on August 6, 2021. 

Tickets for both nights of NJPW action in Philadelphia are on sale now.

NJPW Strong New Japan Showdown night one, Saturday, October 16 —

  • Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson

NJPW Strong New Japan Showdown night two, Sunday, October 17 —

  • Will Ospreay vs. Alex Zayne

Tag Team titles change hands on ROH TV

Posted on by Joseph Currier

New Tag Team Champions were crowned on the pre-Death Before Dishonor episode of ROH TV.

On the ROH TV episode that premiered this weekend, Dragon Lee & Kenny King defeated Homicide & Chris Dickinson to win the ROH Tag Team titles. Lee pinned Dickinson after hitting his Incinerator knee strike to the face. Homicide was taken out when King hit a tornillo to the outside leading into the finish. King prevented him from getting back in the ring and breaking up the pin.

Lee is now a double champion in ROH. He also holds the ROH Television title.

This is the second time La Faccion Ingobernable’s Lee & King have held the ROH Tag Team titles together. They won the titles this February but then lost them to Tracy Williams & Rhett Titus at ROH’s 19th Anniversary pay-per-view in March. La Bestia del Ring was filling in for Lee in that match due to Lee suffering a ruptured eardrum.

Homicide & Dickinson won the ROH Tag Team titles from Titus & Jonathan Gresham in a Fight Without Honor at Best in the World this July. Gresham was replacing Williams in that match.

Lee, King & Bestia del Ring are challenging Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Moses & Kaun) for the ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles at this Sunday’s Death Before Dishonor PPV.

Violence Unlimited’s Homicide, Dickinson & Tony Deppen are facing John Walters, LSG & Lee Moriarty in a six-man tag match at Death Before Dishonor.

ROH TV results: Violence Unlimited vs. LFI Tag Team title match

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Quinn McKay joined us from the ROH studio and revealed that this week’s episode of TV is themed as a bonus prior to the Death Before Dishonor show, as the main event features a World Tag Team Championship match with the current champions Chris Dickinson and Homicide defending against Kenny King and Dragon Lee.

McKay revealed that The Briscoes vs. ROH World Champion Bandido & Rey Horus and Josh Woods vs. Will Fererra are also scheduled for the show.

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The Briscoes defeated ROH World Champion Bandido & Rey Horus (12:10)

Bandido and Jay started off the match. Jay tried to wrestle Bandido to the mat, but the “Most Wanted” would respond with a handspring arm drag. They would trade some more moves but eventually came to a stalemate that led into a commercial break. 

When the broadcast returned from the break, Jay and Mark were isolating Rey Horus in their corner. The match would spill to the outside where both luchadors were thrown into the barricade. Mark would toss Bandido back in the ring and began draining the stamina of the world champion. 

The match broke down eventually and everybody got to hit their big move, but it left all four men on their backs in the middle of the ring. Bandido was the first man up and he immediately caught fire, hitting a fosbury flop on Jay Briscoe on the outside. Bandido was down on the outside which allowed Mark to scoop up Horus and give time for Jay to climb to the top rope and hit a doomsday device for the win. 

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Josh Woods defeated Will Ferrara (w/ Eric Martin) in a Pure Rules match (6:18)

Jonathan Gresham joined commentary for this bout. 

Woods virtually had control of Ferrara for the entire duration of this match. Ferrara had a couple spots here and there, but it never amounted to anything tide-shifting. 

This was a showcase for Woods headed into his Pure Title match at tomorrow’s Death Before Dishonor. He played all of his “greatest hits” and made Ferrara exhaust all of his rope breaks within the first five minutes of the match. 

There was a cool spot in the match where Woods had Ferrara in a waist lock, hoisting him in the air while staring dead into Jonathan Gresham’s eyes. Woods would eventually win with a bridging German suplex. 

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La Faccion Ingobernable (Dragon Lee & Kenny King) defeated Violence Unlimited (Chris Dickinson & Homicide) to win the ROH Tag Team titles (14:08)

King and Homicide started off the bout. King had Homicide in an arm lock headed into a commercial break. 

When the show returned, Lee and Dickinson tagged themselves in. They had a great, counter-based exchange that led to Dickinson getting the upper hand. The match broke down shortly after. Lee and Homicide would be the legal men after the smoke cleared. 

King and Lee hit a few double team maneuvers after they took Dickinson off the apron. LFI had a stranglehold on Homicide and it seemed like the match would cease, but Dickinson would come in with freight train-like speed and clear the ring. 

Dickinson would have another great exchange with Lee, but Lee would win the battle again. Lee tagged out to King, who hit a Royal Flush on Dickinson for a very close near fall. 

The final stages of the match saw Lee and Dickinson yet again facing off. Lee would pull his knee pad down and attempt an Incinerator strike, but Dickinson blocked it and twisted his knee into a heap. Lee would recover quickly and deliver not one, but two Incinerator knee strikes, which allowed him to pin Dickinson for the win. 

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Final Thoughts —

This was a fantastic go-home episode of Ring Of Honor television that reminded me of one thing: One hour wrestling shows are the best.

All three matches felt very different from one another, and all three matches did exactly what they were supposed to do.

I didn’t expect King and Lee to win the Tag Team titles, but the element of surprise was really nice to see. The few exchanges that Dickinson and Lee had were fantastic and I hope they face off in a singles match sooner rather than later.

In recent weeks I’ve introduced a scale in order to let you know if the current week of TV is worth your while. The scale is as followed:

  • Must-Watch TV
  • Go Out Of Your Way
  • Recommended Viewing
  • Watch YouTube Clips
  • Avoid At All Costs

This week’s episode of ROH TV is: Go Out Of Your Way

Tag Team title match announced for ROH TV

Posted on by Joseph Currier

ROH has set a date for Violence Unlimited’s first Tag Team title defense.

Homicide & Chris Dickinson will defend their ROH Tag Team titles against La Faccion Ingobernable’s Dragon Lee & Kenny King on the ROH TV episode that premieres the weekend of Saturday, September 11. Homicide & Dickinson won the titles by defeating The Foundation’s Rhett Titus & Jonathan Gresham (filling in for the injured Tracy Williams) in a Fight Without Honor at July’s Best in the World pay-per-view.

Dragon Lee & King formerly held the ROH Tag Team titles together. They were champions going into ROH’s 19th Anniversary PPV this March, but Dragon Lee had to miss the show due to injury. La Bestia del Ring replaced Dragon Lee at the PPV, and he and King lost the titles to Titus & Williams.

For ROH’s Death Before Dishonor PPV, Homicide, Dickinson & Tony Deppen have issued a challenge for three Pure wrestlers to face them in a six-man tag match. The challenge has been accepted by a team consisting of one Pure wrestler from the past, one from the present, and one who is considered part of the future. The identities of Violence Unlimited’s opponents will be revealed on ROH Week By Week next Tuesday.

Death Before Dishonor is taking place on Sunday, September 12.

ROH TV results: Bandido & Rey Horus vs. Violence Unlimited

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

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Ian Riccaboni welcomed us to the broadcast. Riccaboni is filling in for Quinn McKay, who has a first-round Women’s World Championship tournament match against Mandy Leon scheduled for this episode.

Riccaboni recapped the matches that have taken place in the tournament so far, including a great Allysin Kay vs. Willow bout from the previous installment of Women’s Division Wednesday.

Other matches scheduled for this episode of ROH TV include Trish Adora vs. Marti Belle and ROH World Champion Bandido teaming up with Rey Horus to take on Violence Unlimited’s Brody King & Chris Dickinson.

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ROH Women’s title tournament first-round match: Quinn McKay defeated Mandy Leon (7:12)

As Leon was taking off her entrance gear, McKay launched herself and speared Leon with ease. Commentary played up on the fact that Leon did the same thing in their last bout.

Leon and McKay fought on the outside for a short amount of time, which allowed McKay to suplex Leon on the ringside floor.

Both women eventually made their way back into the ring, which allowed the momentum to shift in Leon’s favor. Leon did her combination shtick of beating down McKay and slowly talking trash before capitalizing on her dominance with a running facebuster.

Leon was running at McKay from the corner when McKay caught her with a big powerslam for a near fall. McKay tried to lock in a sleeper hold after, but Leon would eventually lift herself up and plant McKay with a backpack stunner.

Leon looked like she was setting up a pumphandle driver when McKay sprung her way out with Leon’s hand intact. McKay twisted up Leon in a roll-up pin that commentary called a “Bowtie,” which resulted in McKay getting the three count. 

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ROH Women’s title tournament first-round match: Trish Adora defeated Marti Belle (7:19)

Chelsea Green joined commentary for this bout.

Adora and Belle started off with a traditional lock-up. Both women took turns trying to outsmart one another, but things got physical and dirty fast.

Belle threw some really good strikes and took control of the match for a short amount of time. Belle’s strike-based offense had Adora reeling from a constant stream of punishment. But the second Belle took her eyes off the prize, she paid the price for it.

Adora was able to regain her composure and begin beating down on Belle. She wasted no time in locking in a Cattle Mutilation submission that made Belle give up almost instantly. 

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ROH World Champion Bandido & Rey Horus defeated Violence Unlimited (Brody King & Chris Dickinson) (10:49)

Silas Young joined commentary for this bout. He’ll face Rey Horus at Glory By Honor night one on Friday, August 20.

King and Dickinson double teamed Horus to start off until Dickinson became the legal man. Dickinson kept Horus on the mat and tried to severely limit the lucha libre style of Horus. Dickinson and King worked down Horus into a commercial break and kept him cut off from Bandido.

Coming back from the break, Dickinson and King continued to double team Horus. Horus eventually had an opening and spiked King with a tornado DDT, allowing him to tag out to Bandido.

Bandido had a great exchange with King, including a great tope over the top rope onto both King and Dickinson. But once Horus was taken out of the equation again, Violence Unlimited resorted back to beating down Bandido two-on-one.

Dickinson and Bandido had a fun back and forth which saw Bandido attempt a 23 Plex, only to be denied by Dickinson the first time. Bandido would try it again — this time with a Horus assist — and successfully execute it to pin Dickinson.

Rush, Dragon Lee, Bestia Del Ring, and Kenny King rushed the ring afterwards, beating down both the winning and losing teams. Rush ripped the mask off Bandido while the rest of La Faccion Ingobernable brawled with various members of Violence Unlimited and Horus to end the show. 

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Final Thoughts —

I genuinely enjoyed everything that this week’s episode of ROH TV threw at me. Quinn McKay vs. Mandy Leon was a fun way to again showcase the brilliant selling skills of McKay and give her a good mid-way payoff to a story that surely isn’t over yet.

Trish Adora vs. Marti Belle was great. I hope Adora goes far in the tournament. 

The main event tag match between Bandido & Rey Horus and Violence Unlimited was fun as well. Not much in terms of story advancement — just an overall fun match.

In recent weeks I’ve introduced a scale in order to let you know if the current week of ROH TV is worth your while. The scale is as follows:

  • Must-Watch TV
  • Go Out Of Your Way
  • Recommended Viewing
  • Watch YouTube Clips
  • Avoid At All Costs

This week’s episode of ROH TV is: Recommended Viewing