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Christopher Daniels has no intention of wrestling again: ‘I don’t wanna embarrass myself’

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

TNA and wrestling veteran Christopher Daniels has revealed his intention of wrestling again in the future.

Daniels, 56, currently working in AEW, is vividly remembered for his time in TNA Wrestling. Last wrestled in early 2025 on the Jericho Cruise, Daniels currently does not want to wrestle and embarrass himself again.

Daniels did a virtual signing with K & S WrestleFest, where he shared his thoughts and intentions of wrestling again in the future. (H/T Fightful)

“I mean, I wish I could, but I have to be honest about physically how my body’s beat up, and I watched some of the last matches of my career. I did a lot of stuff in DEFY in Seattle, Washington, and I watched a lot of those matches and while the mental part of those matches is really, really good at least — I’m very proud of it — I have to be honest and say I wasn’t really in the best of shape, and I could tell that I was slowing down, and so, yeah… the way it ended for me is probably best that it ended, and yeah, I don’t really have a desire to get back into it just because I don’t wanna embarrass myself.”

Despite wrestling on the Jericho Cruise, Daniels’ last televised bout dates back to a Texas Death Match against Adam Page, which he lost.

Wrestling since the early 1990s, Daniels currently has around 1917 listed matches on Cagematch. Although, despite the experience, he believes to have moved on from that space.

Christopher Daniels details how Hangman Page’s character shift transformed retirement match 

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Christopher Daniels explained why he chose Hangman Page to be his final wrestling opponent. He addressed the issues surrounding his transition from heel to babyface that impacted the bout. 

In an interview with Michael Bochicchio,  Daniels discussed the heat Page was getting from fans at the time, and connected it to his retirement match. By the time their feud peaked, Page was perceived as a babyface which slightly altered their initial plans. 

“The funny thing is at the time, he was one of the top heels. He was getting a lot of real good heel heat. Especially in his feud at the time with Jay White, he was getting a lot of heat and I wanted to do something that would have benefitted him in the end so I thought to myself, if he were to retire me, if he were to injure me so badly that I couldn’t wrestle again, that would be heat for him. But, what happened between the time of me pitching the idea and the actual match happening, he started to turn babyface, but, as that happened, he and I discussed how the match could stay the same but the ramifications and the repercussions of him retiring me were gonna be different, now that he was becoming more of a popular character and credit to him, he cut one of the most amazing promos setting up this match that I’ve ever heard.” 

“I went and cut a promo maybe an hour before him and thought, oh, that was a pretty decent promo and then he went and just blew me away an hour later and just threw me in the dust basically, and you know, most credit to him how well-thought-out well-put-together his character was and his promos were putting that match together.”

Daniels retired after a 32-year wrestling career in 2025. He lost to Page in a Texas Death Match on the January 16 edition of Collision. Since then he has undertaken varied backstage duties at AEW and ROH. 

Christopher Daniels pays tribute to AJ Styles: ‘Always elite’

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Following his recent retirement, AJ Styles was showered with tributes, including one from his iconic TNA rivals, Christopher Daniels.

On January 31st, 2026, Gunther defeated and retired Styles from in-ring competition. Shortly after, Daniels penned an emotional note on social media, sharing his heartfelt thoughts for Styles.

“I’ve been quiet following [AJ Styles] last match because I don’t think I can condense 25 years of emotions & experiences into 1 or 2 tweets. Nothing I type can fully express my love, respect, and appreciation for him. Regardless of what happens, AJ was and is always elite!”

Daniels and Styles have been involved in a total of 180 matches (as per Cagematch), including both singles and multi-man matches. Apart from their bouts against each other, Styles and Daniels have also teamed up numerous times.

The duo faced each other for the first time in 2001, where Styles emerged victorious. Their latest bout dates back to 2015 at EPW Total Honor, where Styles again won.

New member of ROH faction revealed

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There is a new member of Team SkyFlight.

Zayda Steel has joined the faction managed by Christopher Daniels. This comes after SkyFlight’s Leila Grey suffered a torn ACL against Mercedes Mone on the December 6 episode of AEW Collision.

Daniels revealed the news in a clip ROH posted to social media on Thursday, just hours before this week’s episode of ROH on HonorClub.

“Ever since SkyFlight started, Leila Grey has proved time and again that she is a warrior through and through,” Daniels said.

“Before that match happened, Leila and I met another warrior, someone very like-minded to the members of SkyFlight. I thought to myself that while Leila is out recovering, this was an opportunity for this warrior to come and show exactly what she’s all about. So with that in mind, I’d like to welcome to the SkyFly team, Zayda Steel.”

Grey defeated Steel in Steel’s ROH debut on the Final Battle pre-show on December 5.

Steel said in the video, “Christopher Daniels is a legend. When a legend calls and asks for a favor, it’d be real dumb not to show up and show out. And that’s exactly what the real deal Zayda Steel is going to do.”

Shortly after Steel was announced for SkyFlight, ROH revealed that she will team with stablemate Darius Martin against Trish Adora and Pure Champion Lee Moriarty of Shane Taylor Promotions on tonight’s episode on HonorClub.

Daily Update: ESPN, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels

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  • AEW has a Timelines video of Samoa Joe’s title wins in the company.
  • Joe’s name plates are put on the AEW World Championship.
  • Christopher Daniels reacted to a old photo of himself with AJ Styles, Frankie Kazarian, and Samoa Joe: “As of today, the three best wrestlers in this picture hold championship gold in their respective federations, after years of honing their skills around the world against the best competition anywhere. The fourth guy is proud to have shared the ring with them & see their success.”
  • Kazarian responded: “Make no mistake, YOU are a part of all these championships. The four of us share a bond that is unbreakable. I believe I can speak for Joe and AJ when I say without you, all our paths are very different. Every wrestler who shared a ring with you came out better for it. I Love you.”
  • TNA announced a new Hardy Party event is set for December 4 at La No. Uno Taqueria in El Paso.
  • The memorial service for Bob Caudle that was held earlier today is now available to watch on the Hayes Barton Baptist Church’s website.

Christopher Daniels reacts to Tiffany Stratton’s Prettiest Moonsault Ever: ‘Very cool of her’

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Christopher Daniels appreciates Tiffany Stratton paying homage to him with her signature move.

Stratton — the current WWE Women’s Champion — uses the Prettiest Moonsault Ever as her finisher. It’s a takeoff of the Best Moonsault Ever that Daniels made famous, and he likes the fact that Stratton is keeping the move alive and putting her own spin on it.

“Which I thought was very, very cool of her,” Daniels said about the Prettiest Moonsault Ever name while appearing on a new episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet. “I don’t know Tiffany at all. I’ve never met her. But the fact that she didn’t just copy it, she sort of adjusted it, which is what the greats do. I feel like they don’t just steal — if we are inspired by something, we try to put our own little spin on it. And so the fact that she goes from the bottom all the way up and then to sort of like, pay homage, call it in that same vein, PME, I was like, that’s pretty cool. I can’t be mad at that.

“That was very cool of her. I appreciated it. Thanks, Tiffany.”

Daniels said he was inspired to do his own version of a moonsault by watching The Great Muta. Because Daniels is a fan of The Simpsons, he came up with Best Moonsault Ever as the name based on the Comic Book Guy character from the show.

WWE star Jacob Fatu also does his own version of the BME, which Daniels likes as well.

“The fact that Jacob is doing it and the fact that Tiffany’s doing it, it’s pretty cool,” he said. “And a lot of people are sort of pointing at me and going, ‘Oh, that came from you.’ And I’m like, okay, that’s nice. That’s a nice sort of feeling to have.”

Daniels, who retired as an active wrestler earlier this year, works behind the scenes in AEW as the promotion’s Head of Talent Relations. He was a champion for TNA and ROH during his three decades in the ring.

Christopher Daniels: Doctors told me ‘you really should stop doing this’

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Christopher Daniels says doctors did advise him to stop wrestling after his Texas Death Match with Hangman Page, just as he stated on Dynamite last week.

Following the match against Page on the January 16 AEW Collision taping, it was reported that the bout was being treated backstage as Daniels’ last match and that it had been Daniels who made the call not to make a big deal out of it. However, Daniels was a guest on Talk is Jericho recently and said he had planned to continue his in-ring career after the match against Page, but doctors advised him against it. 

“The idea was going to be get to the point where I wrestle this match with Hangman and then, you know, when that story’s over, just do what comes next, whatever other young guy would come forward, and I would wrestle that person and go from there. And then that ended up not really working out because of the way the match went,” Daniels said on the show.

Daniels explained that his match against Page aggravated an injury he originally suffered on WCW Nitro in 2001. The injury occurred on the January 23, 2001, episode of Nitro when he slipped on the top rope in a match against Mike Modest and landed on his head. Before facing Page, he had considered surgery to address the damage that had accumulated in his neck over the 24 years since.

Daniels continued:

“So, then the match happens with Hangman. I was going to take this move, and I ended up sliding a little too far down, and I actually bumped my head a little bit, and got a little tingly in the arm. The finish was meant to be the buckshot lariat to the back of the neck but when it hit, I got a little bit of a jolt again, and I was like, ‘Oh.’ And I’ve had stingers before, so I didn’t think anything of it. I go check with the docs, and they were like, ‘How do you feel?’ I told them I feel okay, but there’s a little tingling here in my arm. They were like, ‘Oh, that’s disconcerning.’ That made them think, like, maybe we should check this out.”

“I did another little MRI, and they were like, ‘You really, really should stop doing this.’ I was like, ‘Seriously?’, and they said, ‘Well, yeah. You’re 54 years old, this isn’t going to get any better and your vertebrae are starting to fuse, so you’re going to get less and less flexible and you’ve taken enough bumps where any sort of whiplash the danger quotient sort of rises and rises. So, I had to sort of take a look at that and go, what am I really doing this for?”

“I grew up loving wrestling, but near the end, because of the amount of work I’m doing and I recognized that what I was doing backstage was more important to the company than my in-ring participation.”

Earlier in the conversation, Daniels said he was proud of how the match went.

“As the match goes, I’m very proud of how the match went,” Daniels said. “And knowing that that was my first match in four months at that moment, it was something.”

The angle with Daniels and Page continued on last week’s edition of AEW Dynamite. Daniels confronted Page and informed him that doctors had told him his in-ring career is over. Page appeared distraught as the segment came to a close.

Daniels’ full interview with Chris Jericho is available below:

Wrestling Weekly: WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event predictions

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WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event returns again this weekend and on a new Wrestling Weekly, we have got our card rundown with predictions.

We’ve also got thoughts on the end of Christopher Daniels’ career, more Penta in WWE, and whether or not its best to start your career as a heel or babyface.

Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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Christopher Daniels confirms end of in-ring career on AEW Dynamite & social media

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After reports emerged over the weekend that it was likely over, the long in-ring career of Christopher Daniels has officially come to an end, confirmed both on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite and social media.

After a Hangman Page squash win on Wednesday, Daniels confronted him on the ramp before he headed to the back, saying that after his loss to Page in a Texas Death Match on Saturday’s Collision, his doctors advised him to never wrestle again due to his previous neck injuries and the injuries sustained in the match.

He said Page defeated him in the last match he would ever wrestle and apologized, hoping Page would be happy now.

If there was any question as to whether it was a storyline or not, the 54-year-old Daniels took to X to post another confirmation and a thanks:

Daniels’ career began in 1993 and took him all around the world, creating a buzz on the indie scene that helped make him a founding member of Ring of Honor. He also spent extensive time in TNA, made appearances in WWE, ECW and WCW without extended runs in any of the three, and wrestled 36 times for PWG.

He held the ROH World, TV, Tag Team and Six-Man titles along with the TNA Tag Team titles and X-Division championship among dozens of indie titles as well. He most recently held the Defy interim World title and the Tag Team titles with Swerve Strickland.

Daily Update: UFC 311 fallout, Christopher Daniels, TNA & GCW

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— We have our two weekend shows up on the site. The first covers all the news from the past week and last night’s show ran down the UFC and all the news that came out of it, the news coming out of Collision and SmackDown as well as the TNA alliance with WWE.

— It appears last night’s Christopher Daniels vs. Adam Page Texas death match was Daniels’ last career match. He will continue to work in talent relations for AEW, ending a 32 plus year in-ring career. It wasn’t brought up like that or pushed on television, but that was his call not to make a big deal about it. But backstage talent was there Thursday night with that impression and he was very emotional backstage when he got back. I do know he’ll be on Talk is Jericho this week discussing this.

— Our new back issue on the site was week four of our Chris Benoit coverage in 2007 can be found here.

— Lots of stuff coming out of last night’s UFC show. Among the key points:

  • Dana White said Arman Tsarukyan was not getting the next lightweight title shot even though unless they move up Ilia Topuria, there is no other viable contender. Tsarukyan was injured on Thursday and was the clear top contender. Tsarukyan said he was fine with facing Charles Oliveira (the next contender down and former champion) a second time to earn the shot that he already earned. That was just weird to take away an earned title shot.
  • Craig Piligian, the producer of the Ultimate Fighter reality show from the start, will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in July.
  • UFC did 1.1 million searches on Google yesterday. For the weekend, it’s behind only several NFL related topics and Tik Tok stories.  
  • Islam Makhachev, who Dana White called the beat pound-for-pound fighter in the world (he’s in the discussion for sure) said that he is interested in moving up in weight as a challenge, but since welterweight champion Belal Muhammad is his teammate, he brought up facing middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis. That’s a little too much of a jump. But he said he wants a second world title, that he can’t make 145, so 185 is the only place to go.
  • Dana White gave an indication that the matchmakers want both Aaron Pico (whose Bellator contract has expired) and Patricio Pitbull Freire (who PFL released this past week).

— TNA/NXT Genesis tonight in Garland, TX. They are pushing hard surprise NXT talent on the show:

  • Nic Nemeth vs. Joe Hendry for the TNA title
  • Moose vs. Ace Austin for the X title
  • Masha Slamovich vs. Rosemary in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match for the Knockouts title
  • Hardys vs. Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel for the tag titles
  • Mike Santana vs. Josh Alexander I Quit match
  • Tessa Blanchard vs. Jordynne Grace
  • Dani Luna & Jody Threat vs. Ash by Elegance & Heather by Elegnace for Knockouts tag titles
  • Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers vs. Eric Young & Steve Maclin
  • Leon Slater vs. Frankie Kazarian

— GCW’s The People vs. GCW show tonight at the Hammerstein Ballroom:

  • Mance Warner defends the GCW title
  • Effy vs. Allie Katch – Winner faces Warner for the title
  • Matt Tremont vs. Matthew Justice vs. Drew Parker vs. John Wayne Murodch vs. Brandon Kirk vs. Rina Yamashita in a Doors, ladders and Chairs match for the Ultraviolent title
  • Dominic Garrini & Keivn Ku vs. Alec Price & Cole Radrick in a ladder match for the tag titles
  • Homicide & Grim Reefer & Amazing Red vs. Tony Deppen & Kerry Morton & Griffin McCoy
  • Yoshihito Tajiri & Super Crazy & Little Guido vs. Gringo Loco & Jack Cartwheel & Arez
  • Richard Holliday vs. Charles Mason cage match
  • Josh Barnett vs. Tom Pestock (Baron Corbin) under Bloodsport rules
  • El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Sydney Akeem (Scripts)
  • Masato Tanaka vs. Joey Janela
  • Plus Sabu, PCO and Maki Itoh

— We’re looking for your thoughts on the TNA Genesis show and the GCW show, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match from each show to [email protected]

— The episode of Dynamite that aired on Friday night in the U.K., from Wednesday, was the largest audience for the first-run airing of a show in that country in more than two years. I should note U.K. numbers are released differently, and also I don’t think the ratings are anywhere near as accurate as Canada, let alone with the U.S., due to the extreme fluctuations we see each week. So it’s more the trends you look at.

Also, in the U.K., the numbers aren’t released for a week because they include DVR viewing in the ratings. For example, this week we’ll only be getting the rating for the episode that aired in the U.K. on 1/3 and the number for this episode won’t be released for another two weeks. Based on adding in DVR numbers, we don’t know if it’ll be the highest, only that the first night number was. They’ve had increased numbers for Dynamite in recent weeks.

— C.J.  Perry, the former Lana, is recovering from undisclosed surgery.

— Coming off the Netflix airing of Raw, the Dallas show tomorrow night has sold 2,900 tickets in the last eight days. They were 1,600 shy of a sellout as of today.

— The match everyone is raving about for this weekend was Venny beating Sareee for the Seadlinnng title. I saw it. It’s a great technical match, real solid work, and strong near falls. Lots of callbacks as well.

— Lince Dorado wrestled on the Friday night NXT show in Citrus Springs, FL, because he’s been hired by WWE as a coach.

— House of Glory from Friday night in Chicago for a sold out show:

  • Phumi Nkuta b Joe Alonzo
  • Idris jackson b Koda Hernandez
  • Raheem Royal & Jay Armani b Ringmasters Miidas & Lyon and Gringo Loco & Arez to keep the House of Glory tag titles
  • Blair Onyx b Laynie Luck
  • Darren Richardson won over Rochie Roach, Ben Ruten, Oni King, J Boujii, August Matthews and Davey Bang to keep the cruiserweight title
  • Charles Mason b Amazing Red
  • Mustafa Ali b Matt Cardona
  • Mike Santana b Ricky Starks via DQ to keep the HOG title.  They will return to Chicago on 5/8.  They are running 1/25 in New York (thanks to Samuel Rosenthal)

— The Saya Kamitani vs. Suzu Suzuki World of Stardom title match will be on 2/2.

— Mick Foley set a goal of losing 80 pounds by his birthday of June 7. He said he weighed 279.9, down 80 from his 360 start weight of nine months ago. He said he did cheat by using Wegovy, but also had worked on his diet and exercise and credited DDP as well.

Texas Death Match set for Maximum Carnage edition of AEW Collision

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The growing conflict between former AEW World Champion Hangman Page and former AEW Tag Team Champion turned executive Christopher Daniels will come to head on next Saturday’s AEW Collision.

In a taped promo Saturday, Page (pictured above) decreed that he will face Daniels in a Texas Death Match as part of the Maximum Carnage edition of Collision — Page’s specialty match. It will be his fifth Texas Death Match ever with his lone loss to Swerve Strickland at November 2023’s Full Gear.

During another backstage conflict last week, Page got physical with Daniels who then attacked Page and left him bloodied up.

Daniels hasn’t wrestled since last September, but has had one Texas Death match in his career, that being against Cody Rhodes at November 2017’s Survival of the Fittest.

The two have shared the ring 15 times over the course of their careers. They have had just once singles match, however, with Page picking up the win in February 2018 in Ring of Honor.

The show will be taped this Thursday in Cincinnati, Ohio, for air next Saturday. It’s the first match announced for the show.

TNT Champion Jack Perry vs. Christopher Daniels set for AEW Collision

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The full card has been rounded out for Saturday’s AEW Collision as the road to this month’s Grand Slam in Queens, New York, continues.

On Friday’s edition of AEW Rampage, authority figure Christopher Daniels called out TNT Champion Jack Perry, saying he and Perry haven’t seen eye-to-eye but Daniels didn’t want the champion to forget he was still a wrestler. He then said he wanted to answer Perry’s open challenge for the title.

A trio of trios matches are on tap, headed up by The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe & Kyle O’Reilly) and Hologram) taking on the unorthodox team of The Beast Mortos and Premier Athletes, represented by Tony Nese & Ari Daivari.

After the match was agreed to recently, the Bang Bang Gang will face the Cage of Agony.

After being beat up by the new Jon Moxley-led faction on Wednesday, Private Party and Komander will be in action.

After the shocking events of All Out where the Blackpool Combat Club turned on Bryan Danielson as Wheeler Yuta (seen above) was held back by PAC, Yuta will return to singles action for the first time since then as he battles Anthony Henry.

After unsuccessfully challenging AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May in a title eliminator Wednesday, Queen Aminata will look to get back on track against Robyn Renegade.

The new additions join the previously announced FTR vs. Grizzled Young Veterans, and Yuka Sakazaki vs. Serena Deeb matches.

Here’s the current lineup set for TV:

  • FTR vs. Grizzled Young Veterans
  • TNT Champion Jack Perry defends against Christopher Daniels
  • The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe & Kyle O’Reilly) and Hologram vs. The Beast Mortos and Premier Athletes (Tony Nese & Ari Daivari)
  • Wheeler Yuta vs. Anthony Henry
  • Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) & Komander in action
  • Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) vs. Cage of Agony (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
  • Yuka Sakazaki vs. Serena Deeb
  • Queen Aminata vs. Robyn Renegade

AEW Rampage live results: Malakai Black vs. Christopher Daniels

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Malakai Black wrestles a rare singles match on tonight’s AEW Rampage. 

In just his second singles match in AEW since 2022, the leader of the House of Black faction faces Christopher Daniels on this week’s Rampage episode after Daniels issued a challenge to Black on last week’s Collision show. 

A Final Four elimination match will also take place on tonight’s program, with Daniel Garcia vs. Action Andretti vs. Bryan Keith vs. Komander. 

In the women’s division, Serena Deeb will go one-on-one with Trish Adora on tonight’s episode. 

In an International title eliminator match, Roderick Strong will face London Lightning in a bout where Lightning will earn a title shot if he beats Strong, the International Champion. 

Tonight’s Rampage episode was taped last Saturday in London, Ontario, Canada at the Budweiser Gardens, and goes head-to-head with the ROH Supercard of Honor event streaming on Honor Club. Spoilers for Rampage are available here.

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Taped in London, Ontario. 

Tony Schiavone, Ian Riccaboni and Nigel McGuinness were on commentary. Ian and Nigel are doing their best impersonation of Rick Rude by being in two places at once tonight (they were also doing commentary for the ROH show). 

Malakai Black (w/ Buddy Matthews) defeated Christopher Daniels (8:11)

Daniels went down hard after a knee, slumping over in the corner. Another kick sent Daniels to the floor, where he was attacked by Buddy Matthews. Black floored Daniels with a back elbow for a near fall. A sliding kick from Matthews while the ref was distracted got Black another near fall. This match should already be over and it’s heading into a commercial break.

After the break, Daniels made a comeback against both Matthews and Black, sending Matthews into the ring post on the floor then hitting Black with a flatliner in the ring. A release German suplex and a high angle death valley driver lead to a near fall. Black escaped the Angles Wings, then caught Daniels with a kick to the back of the head for a near fall that should have been the finish. Daniels got a pair of near falls off of cradles, then walked into the Black Mass. That was it for Daniels. 

Feels like they’re mailing in the show when it starts with Christopher Daniels. 

Roderick Strong (w/ Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated London Lightning in an AEW International Championship Eliminator Match (5:34)

Strong interviewed Lightning before the match, who is from London, Ontario. London’s mom is rooting her son on at home from the couch. Not in the arena? It’s not like the show was sold out.

The crowd actually got behind Lightning, who caught Strong with a high knee. Strong came back with a high backdrop suplex. Lightning kicked out after a backbreaker, which the crowd reacted to. The crowd rallied behind Lightning, but Strong cut off his comeback and locked in a surfboard. Lightning caught Strong with a couple of cradles for near falls. Lightning hit a suplex and popped the crowd. Lightning took out Taven with a plancha, but Wardlow came out of nowhere and floored Lightning with a clothesline. Back in the ring, Strong locked in a Texas Cloverleaf for the submission. 

Now someone should bring back the figure four leglock as a finisher. 

– Legit Leyla Hirsch challenged Julia Hart to an Open House match for the TBS Championship on Rampage next week. 

Serena Deeb defeated Trish Adora (8:55 aired)

Deeb used the Paradise Lock on Adora, which was the highlight of the night. Crowd didn’t react much to it, which is a shame. Adora picked up Deeb for a slam but dropped Deeb on her knee in a ugly looking bump. 

After a split-screen break, Deeb caught Adora with a hangman’s neckbreaker while she was in the ropes, effectively giving her a back breaker against the middle rope. Deeb ran into a boot, but caught Adora with a dragon screw leg whip. The crowd was so quiet the only thing you could hear was Deeb and Adora screaming, which was unnerving. 

Adora caught Deeb with a full nelson bomb for a near fall. Deeb and Adora exchanged blows until Deeb dropped Adora with a German suplex. Deeb locked in the Serenity Lock to get the submission. This felt like the second hour of the Ring of Honor taping after Collision. 

– Julia Hart accepted Leyla Hirsch’s challenge for next week. 

– Saraya, Harely Cameron and Zak Knight continued their weird angle that’s been going on on Rampage for what feels like years by chasing Alex Marvez away during an interview. I think they’re finally getting to the match between Knight and Angelo Parker next week.

Daniel Garcia defeated Komander, Bryan Keith and Action Andretti in a Final Four Elimination Match in 14:01. 

During the match, it’s announced that despite losing in her match, Trish Adora will have a match with Yuki Sakazaki on Collision tomorrow night. If wins and losses matter, why does it feel like the losers keep getting rewarded with more matches? This happened a lot with Bryan Keith and Queen Aminata earlier this year. 

The match started with Garcia and Keith brawling on the floor while Komander and Andretti did cool flashy stuff in the ring. 

Andretti jumped off top rope with a springboard and ran into a right hand from Garcia. Keith set up Komander for a headbutt. Komader countered a tiger driver with a rana into a cadle for a pinfall to eliminate Keith at 3:33. 

The action picked during the split-screen break. 

After the break, Andretti dropped Garcia with a death valley driver on the ring apron. Andretti followed up with an Arabian press on the floor. Komander took out Andretti with a boot, then hit an Asai moonsault on both his opponents. 

Back in the ring, Komander jumped into a torture rack into a cutter from Andretti, and he got the pinfall at 8:35. 

Andretti caught Garcia with a superkick, but Garcia came back by clipping Andretti in the knee. Garcia worked over Andretti’s knee. Adndretti caught Garcia with a small package for a near fall. Andretti kipped up but still sold the knee a bit. Andretti went for a standing shooting star press, but Garcia grabbed an ankle lock. After a few teases, Andretti escaped by sending Garcia to the floor. Andretti followed him out with a plancha. 

Back in the ring, Andretti came off the top with a clothesline for a near fall. Andretti tried for the rack again, but Garcia escaped. Garcia and Andretti exchanged strikes. Garcia went for a piledriver, but Andretti backdropped out of it and caught Garcia with a falcon arrow for a near fall. Andretti tried to rack Garcia again, but Garcia escaped. Andretti tried a handspring off the ropes, but he jumped right into Garcia’s hands, and Garcia locked in a knee bar. Andretti had no choice but to tap out. 

This felt like a pretty sad show up until the main event, which was pretty good. Probably not worth going out of your way to see with the million other hours of wrestling on this weekend. 

Malakai Black vs. Christopher Daniels announced for AEW Rampage

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Malakai Black will be in action on the next AEW Rampage.

Christopher Daniels on Saturday issued a challenge to Black, saying it wasn’t about tenure in AEW, but about wins. He asked Black if he had the guts to take on someone face-to-face instead of attacking them from behind.

Saturday’s show saw Adam Copeland defeat Matt Cardona to retain the TNT Championship. After the match, the lights went out and when they came back on, Black appeared. Buddy Matthews attacked Copeland from behind, who was then saved by both Mark Briscoe and Eddie Kingston. A six-man tag team match pitting The House of Black against Copeland, Kingston, and Briscoe was then announced for AEW Dynasty next month in St. Louis.

Daniels has mostly made appearances on AEW Rampage and ROH, racking up several losses against the likes of Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Private Party, and Angelico. His last win took place on ROH TV in January, defeating Lee Johnson.

Here is the lineup so far for next week’s AEW Rampage:

  • Malakai Black vs. Christopher Daniels

Vikingo & Komander tag team match announced for Ring of Honor TV

Posted on by Josh Nason

Fresh off a defeat to former AEW Tag Team Champions FTR on AEW Rampage, El Hijo del Vikingo & Komander will team up again to try to get back on track.

The duo will take on former Ring of Honor Tag Team Champions Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal as part of this Thursday’s ROH on HonorClub.

Vikingo and Komander have teamed three times before, defeating The WorkHorsemen in July, losing to then-ROH Tag Team Champions Aussie Open in August, and then losing the aforementioned FTR bout.

Daniels and Sydal haven’t had much luck in sparse AEW matches since reuniting this year which has also carried over to ROH where they are 0-3 dating back to May.

In another new bout announced for Thursday, the Bollywood Boyz will return to ROH after getting squashed in 40 seconds by The Gunns on AEW Dynamite as they face The Boys in a battle of brothers.

Trent Beretta will look to get back in the winner’s circle as he faces Peter Avalon.

Here’s the current announced lineup for Thursday:

  • ROH World Champion Eddie Kingston defends against Dalton Castle.
  • The Boys (Brandon & Brent Tate) vs. The Bollywood Boyz (Harv & Gurv Shira)
  • El Hijo del Vikingo & Komander vs. Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal
  • Trent Beretta vs. Peter Avalon
  • The Outrunners in action
  • Marina Shafir in action
  • Leyla Hirsch & Rachael Ellering vs. The Renegades (Charlette & Robyn)
  • Tony Khan will update the ROH TV title situation
  • Athena & Billie Starkz in action