Doc Gallows is set for one of the biggest moments of his life tonight at an indie show in Temple, Georgia.
Gallows is teaming up with his 18-year-old son CJ (Cade Hankinson) at a show for SECW Pro Wrestling on February 6. In what is CJ’s in-ring debut, the father-son duo is taking on Brad Lynch and a mystery partner. Gallows spoke with Undisputed in advance of the match and explained how much this night means to him.
“I’ve been fortunate to wrestle on the biggest stages and platforms in the entire world,” Gallows said. “I count my blessings all the time that I was able to live my dream. But there is no bigger moment for me than teaming up with my son.”
While in high school, CJ was a four-sport athlete on the lacrosse, football, basketball, and wrestling teams. He is now entering pro wrestling while studying business in college.
“I get to watch him start the path to live out his dream,” Gallows told Undisputed. “We’ve always bonded over pro wrestling. I watch him train and he’s 10 times the athlete I’ll ever be. He is super athletic. He was a state champion wrestler, he had football scholarship offers — the kid can do a standing backflip and nip-up with no problem.
“He wanted to pursue his business degree and professional wrestling, and I’m proud to be along for the ride.”
After tonight’s match, Gallows & CJ will team up again at a show for Gallows’ Lariato Pro Wrestling promotion in Dublin, Georgia next month. They’re joining forces with Karl Anderson & Billy Gunn at that March 7 event for an eight-man tag bout against The Good Hands & The Highwaymen.
Gallows & Anderson currently compete for MLW in the United States and Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan.
Doc Gallows believes his good friend AJ Styles is someone who embodies everything great about professional wrestling.
While speaking with Undisputed, Gallows praised Styles ahead of his impending retirement. We know that Styles will be stepping away from the ring at some point in 2026, but that could potentially come as soon as this weekend. Styles is set to face Gunther in a career-threatening match at the Royal Rumble. If Styles loses, he will not wrestle again.
“AJ is the definition of professional wrestling,” Gallows told Undisputed. “He belongs in the same category as Hiroshi Tanahashi. It’s really only been the last decade that the WWE audience got to see AJ. There were those 18 years prior. The years in Georgia, putting TNA on his back in an era where they didn’t have a lot of recognizable faces. When the company then became flooded with wrestling superstars, AJ still stood head and shoulders above everybody else. That’s what happened everywhere he went.”
Gallows is hoping that Styles makes it through this weekend and gets a full WWE retirement tour. With Tanahashi and John Cena having just had their own final matches, Gallows would like to see things spaced out more.
“In my opinion, there has to be a retirement tour,” Gallows said. “As a fan, I wish we had more of this spread out. I wish we had the Tanahashi retirement run for a year. Then John Cena’s retirement tour the next year, then AJ’s. Karl [Anderson] and I are so busy with traveling to Japan that it’s hard to see everything, but with these retirements, it’s even harder.”
Gallows has previously been aligned with Styles in both NJPW and WWE. Now, Gallows and his tag team partner Karl Anderson are signed to Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan. Gallows told Undisputed that he feels NOAH is in a renaissance period — and there is an opportunity to gain ground on NJPW with Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI recently joining the NOAH roster.
“Naito and Bushi jumping to NOAH has caused a lot of rumblings. The Good Brothers joining is huge,” he said. “We’re scheduled to spend a lot more time there. We both have young kids at home, so there’s a difficulty with that, but we want to take NOAH to number one. We’re seeing another mass exodus from New Japan Pro-Wrestling, surrounded by the Tanahashi retirement. NOAH has a great opportunity to make noise right now and we’re excited to be part of it.”
The new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is now available and covers the following topics:
Polls on Worlds End plus Continental Classic MVP and best match polls.
The story of the WWE/UFC merger and Vince McMahon’s resignation, how real was it, the big unanswered question about the WWE Board of Directors, lots of Discovery information in the shareholders lawsuit against WWE, McMahon, TKO, Nick Khan and others, things behind the scenes about the merger, and the change in plans prior to the 2023 WrestleMania in more detail than ever before.
Full coverage of AEW Worlds End and business notes on the show
The retirement of Hiroshi Tanahashi and the Tokyo Dome show
The record setting 2025 at Arena Mexico and biggest attendance week in the 92 years of CMLL, a look at the last week as well as how many Americans are at the shows.
The few times in history that a company sold out a major arena three times in the same week.
A look at the Stardom Dream Queendom show
Pro Wrestling NOAH hosts the first major show of 2026
Weekly odds
2026 Observer award ballot
Most detailed look at the TV ratings from the past week.
Weddings and engagements in pro wrestling this past week
All Japan has its best match of 2025
William Regal and others talk about neck injuries in pro wrestling and our thoughts on it as well as the reaction of some
Who had the most great matches in 2025
How Eric Bischoff’s new promotion is similar to Sam Muchnick starting out as a promoter
Company does a Vince McMahon/Janel Grant angle on its TV show
WWE uploaded the full Oba Femi vs. Leon Slater main event from NXT last night, which saw Femi leave the now-vacant NXT Championship belt in the ring after retaining.
Becky Lynch attended the “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” premiere in New York City last night and brought her newly won Women’s Intercontinental title belt along with her. Lynch plays a bridge crew member on the series, which debuts on Paramount+ on January 15.
Drew McIntyre cut a promo on Cody Rhodes ahead of their Three Stages of Hell match for the WWE Championship on SmackDown this Friday.
On Rhodes’ “What Do You Wanna Talk About?” podcast, Finn Balor mentioned how much the WWE locker room misses Luke Gallows after his release: “I can’t speak highly enough of Gallows. And I can’t express how much the locker room misses him.”
A new episode of Six Feet Under premiered today with Undertaker and AJ Styles looking back at their cinematic Boneyard Match from WrestleMania 36. The podcast was a live episode recorded in Washington, D.C. last month.
Last night, Tony Khan was in Las Vegas to attend Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year Awards. Khan took photos with Michael Phelps and Cal Raleigh on the red carpet for the event, where NBA star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was honored as Sportsperson of the Year.
Yes, I do [feel a sense of relief]. Until I retired as a professional wrestler, every morning I would wake up and think, ‘Oh, where’s my match today?’ and I always had that feeling of tension. But when I woke up this morning and thought, ‘Oh, I won’t be having any more matches,’ I felt a little sad, but I also felt like I’ve moved on to a different stage.
Tanahashi added that he’s planning to get a haircut soon:
I’m getting a little break next week, so I’ll get my hair cut around the weekend. Yes, I’ll be cutting off all the hair at the back.
Well, I’m going to become a handsome older man. Just a handsome older man, just a cool guy.
Contract signing for next week’s Frankie Kazarian vs. Mike Santana TNA World Championship match
International Champion Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo defends against Steve Maclin
The System (Moose, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & JDC) vs. Leon Slater, Cedric Alexander & The Hardys
Mustafa Ali and Order 4 address TNA Genesis
Dani Luna vs. Harley Hudson
The Hardys kick off the episode
Frankie Kazarian wished his wife Traci Brooks a happy 16th anniversary: “16 years building an amazing life with this incredibly kind, beautiful and wonderful woman. I am beyond lucky. Happy anniversary @TheTraciBrooks”
I think nostalgia is a huge factor for fans. Somewhere around 2010, I went from being washed up to being part of people’s childhoods. I’m the same guy. I’ve only gotten older, but I’m no longer old and irrelevant. I’m part of people’s collective memories.
Doc Gallows says it got weird backstage in WWE when Vince McMahon returned to the company in January 2023.
Gallows and his longtime tag partner Karl Anderson were released from WWE in April 2020 but returned in October 2022, a few months after McMahon announced his retirement that summer. McMahon then returned three months after Anderson and Gallows did. That’s when Gallows says you could feel “the winds of change” backstage.
“Yeah, when we came back in October of 22 it felt great. It felt fresh. It felt new. And then, you know, a few short months later, we’re in New York, and we’re getting ready to leave the building, and a limousine pulls up, and we see a mustachioed man pop out, and it was Vince McMahon coming back for the first time. We happen to see him in the parking garage. And I don’t know what goes on behind closed doors there, but from that point on, everything certainly got weird, whether it was the Vince thing and then the eventual sale to TKO and however that timeline worked, but you know, you could feel again, the winds of change.”
Gallows and Anderson were released from WWE again in February. Including his 2010 release, it marked the third time Gallows has been cut from the company. He says he holds no bitterness.
“Not at all. There’s no bitterness, no hard feelings. You just keep on trucking. That’s what you do.”
Up next for Gallows, he and Anderson are scheduled to appear at Scott D’Amore’s Maple Leaf Pro Sacred Ground show on September 5.
Gallows also discussed his time as a member of CM Punk’s Straight Edge Society, The Club, and other ventures outside of wrestling. The full interview is below:
The Georgia Deputy Sheriff partially responsible for saving Scott Steiner’s life in 2020 has opened up about the experience.
Chris Johnson, who is also a wrestling promoter and co-owns Lariato Pro Wrestlingwith Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows, was a guest on The Good Brothers’ Talkin Shop podcast recently. He spoke about being backstage at Impact Wrestling’s show on March 6, 2020 in Atlanta when Steiner collapsed backstage and was later taken to hospital.
Johnson said:
“Scott’s out there and he’s cutting his promo and he’s fired up as always. And he comes to the back and he did nothing in the ring but throw a clothesline. I mean, he took no bumps. He did nothing. So he’s walking to the back and I just happened to walk back there. For whatever reason, I just happened to go check on something. And Scott’s laying in the floor. And there’s people around him and they’re holding his hand and they’re talking to him.”
“So, I get close to him and he’s purple, like his lips are purple.”
“I jumped in and I start the compressions, chest compressions. I hear somebody like, why’s he doing that? And I’ll tell you why, because if you’re unresponsive, even though you’re not breathing, if you’re getting blood pumped to your organs, they’re usually going to be okay. Even when you get shocked or whatever, come back. If you keep that blood pumping, you keep that blood going to the brain, you still got oxygen in your blood, you’re probably not going to go brain dead.”
“And there’s another guy that jumps in because I don’t know if you’ve ever done chest compressions, but after so long, you’re just winded. So another brother jumps in and he’s doing some chest compressions and we swap out a couple of times. And then they come in with the defibrillator and all the things and shock him and send him on his way (to the hospital). And I’ll be honest, I told him this after we talked, I did not think he was alive when he left.”
Doc Gallows related to Johnson that Steiner credits him with having saved his life that night.
Later that night, Tommy Dreamer posted to social media to let fans know that Steiner was doing well, writing, “Im at the hospital right now w/ @ScottDAmore @JoeyRyanOnline. Scott Steiner is doing well. And under great care. Say a prayer for Big Poppa Pump. Holla if ya hear me.”
The following day, Steiner’s wife Christa posted to social media thanking everyone at Impact Wrestling for taking care of him: “First of all I went to thank everyone @IMPACTWRESTLING for taking such great care of my husband @ScottDAmore @THETOMMYDREAMER @johnnyswinger2 @JoeyRyanOnline @IMPACTWRESTLING & Cobb County EMTs. We appreciate all the well wishes, thoughts & prayers. He will make a [100 percent] recovery.”
Chris “Laser” Johnson’s full appearance on The Talkin Shop podcast with Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows is available below:
Karl Anderson will not be defending his NEVER Openweight Championship on November 5.
NJPW had previously announced Anderson would face Hikuleo on the Battle Autumn tour stop. On WWE Raw this week, however, it was revealed that the Good Brothers will team with AJ Styles to take on Judgment Day at Crown Jewel on the same date.
In a video posted to his social media on Wednesday, Anderson says NJPW didn’t run the November 5 date by his booking agent and tag partner, Doc Gallows, first. The Good Brothers confirmed that they won’t be on the NJPW show.
“New Japan Pro Wrestling, few questions,” Gallows begins in the video. “Are we the OG Bullet Club? Yes. Are we the world-famous Good Brothers? Yes. Are we repping OC on WWE Monday Night Raw? Yes. And do all bookings still go through the Big LG when it comes to ‘Bright Lights,’ when it comes to the Good Brothers? Yes, they do.”
“You guys announced ‘Bright Lights’, ‘The Machine Gun’ Karl Anderson for a match on November 5. Guess what? We’re a little double-booked because you didn’t run it through me. So, he ain’t coming. We’re not coming unless it’s on our time.”
“New Japan Pro Wrestling, listen, I love what you’ve done for the Good Brothers through these years,” Anderson added. “But let me tell you something, I am the greatest NEVER Openweight Champion of all time. I only work when the lights are bright and November 5, we ain’t coming. We’ll come on our time. The Machine Gun will tell you when I’m coming to defend my championship.”
Tonight saw the next set of matches from NJPW Strong’s Autumn Attack tapings in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ian Riccaboni and Alex Koslov were running down tonight’s card when Young Lion Kevin Knight appeared, albeit briefly. He wanted to let both STRONG Tag Team champions Aussie Open and Team Filthy know that he was going to be scouting their match tonight, because Knight and his tag team partner, The DKC, are looking to challenge for the tag titles in the near future.
Doc Gallows defeated Che Cabrera
“Wild Rhino” Clark Connors was on commentary for a few of tonight’s matches.
Cabrera’s nickname is “Latino Meat” and the crowd sounded to have had a good time chanting “Beat That Meat!” at Gallows, who pinned Cabrera in a little over five minutes with an Anarchy Suplex.
STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship match: Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) (c) defeated Team Filthy (JR Kratos & Danny Limelight)
This was really good.
When Kratos and Davis were in together early on, we had a mini-hoss battle on our hands. Davis is deceptively big and is about the same height as Kratos, actually. They crashed into each other with shoulder blocks. Team Filthy later stood over Davis and posed with “The Filthy Flex.”
Kratos later held Fletcher in a stalling suplex before slamming him into the mat. Limelight tagged in and worked Fletcher over for a bit, at one point connecting with a flying lariat into the corner.
Davis and Kratos went at it again later in the match. Both traded forearms and palm strikes. Kratos tossed Davis with a big release German suplex; Davis answered back with a flying harpoon elbow smash in the corner to a seated Kratos.
Aussie Open attempted to hoist Kratos up for Coriolis, their double-team finisher, but they weren’t able to get Kratos in the air. Limelight broke up the hold, and Kratos connected with a jumping back enzuigiri to Davis’ head. Limelight then bounced off the middle rope and caught Fletcher with a springboard Canadian Destroyer, or the Puerto Rican Destroyer, as Riccaboni called it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before, it looked wild. Kratos immediately dashed off the apron onto the floor, somersaulting onto Davis. We’ll call this spot the “Liger XXL.”
Limelight landed a frog splash back in the ring but only scored a count of two. The crowd ate this up and were chanting “This-is-awe-some!” by this point in the match.
Fletcher took Limelight out with a 360 tombstone piledriver. Aussie Open then used a creative double-team power offense to neutralize Kratos. Davis & Fletcher then locked the double-pumphandle clutch on Limelight and finally put him away with Coriolis; Aussie Open retains. Again, really good stuff from both teams.
STRONG Openweight Championship match: Fred Rosser (c) and Chris Dickinson wrestled to a count-out
Rosser was fired up before the match got underway. He even attacked Dickinson before the bell rang while he was still wearing his STRONG Openweight championship belt. Dickinson was able to throw Rosser with a release German suplex, which halted Rosser’s sudden onslaught. Dickinson was away from NJPW for a few months and is now a bitter, nasty heel, which turned out to be the perfect complement to Rosser’s no-BS-tough-guy approach. Dickinson paintbrushed Rosser’s head while he was down and smack-talked him as he tried getting up. Dickinson threw a hard kick into Rosser’s chest; Rosser ate it and went back for seconds. He threw elbows from the right and left side. He finally took Dickinson down with a running shoulder tackle.
Rosser tried backdropping Dickinson onto the apron, but Dickinson blocked the move, then caught Rosser with a running, diving lariat from the apron onto the floor.
Back in the ring, Rosser slapped on the cross-face chicken wing, but Dickinson countered it with a backdrop suplex. Dickinson connected with a big axe bomber for another two.
Rosser would answer back later with a running powerslam from out of the corner, reminiscent of the late, great Davey Boy Smith’s finish. He tried locking in the chicken wing STF next, the submission hold that won him the title from “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, but he couldn’t fully clamp down on it. Dickinson was able to inch his way to the bottom rope for a break.
Rosser returned to the ring apron and dropped Dickinson back-first onto it. Dickinson fought through the pain, flipped Rosser the double bird, kicked him in the chest, then took him over the guardrail with a big lariat. The two landed in the front row on the side of the commentator’s table.
Both collected themselves after a few moments, though it was Rosser who’d be back on the attack first; he put his arms through the guardrail and grabbed Dickinson by the face and began yanking on it. Bar room brawl stuff. He landed more shots with Dickinson still against the guard, proof that the champ is willing to “go there” regardless of his opponent. Both men prevented one another from re-entering the ring, eventually causing the referee to call for a twenty count and ending the match via double count out. The crowd let out a loud “Boooo!”
The two continued going at it at ringside, enough that the ring staff had to break the two up. Rosser tried strangling Dickinson with a green video cable. Dickinson attempted to grab Rosser’s title belt. Ring security would pull them apart, but they’d go right back at it a number of times. Rosser went back into the ring to pose for the crowd, but again Dickinson went after Rosser. He even looked to have bit Rosser’s leg or boot while the two were being pulled apart.
This was great. It was short, but that’s fine because these two are clearly building to a rematch. Both Rosser and Dickinson have distinct kinds of charisma and powerful presences. They could end up being perfect rivals down the road.
Final thoughts:
This was one of the better episodes of Strong in a few weeks. Both title matches are well worth going out of your way to see this week.
Next week sees Rocky Romero vs. Shingo Takagi in the main event.
The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) could be the latest wrestlers brought back to WWE under the Paul “Triple H” Levesque regime.
PWInsider reported on Monday that, according to multiple sources within WWE, The Good Brothers are believed to be headed back to the company. The report states that Anderson & Gallows may return to WWE Raw as soon as this month.
Dave Meltzer confirmed the story.
“Gallows, Anderson and [AJ] Styles were all spotted together yesterday in Washington, DC, likely to film something for WWE,” PWInsider wrote. Styles and The Good Brothers were formerly Bullet Club stablemates in NJPW and known as The Club together in WWE.
Styles is currently involved in a program against Finn Balor, who is someone else The Good Brothers have a history with. Balor is a member of The Judgment Day alongside Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, and Dominik Mysterio.
The Good Brothers were released from their WWE contracts during the company’s April 2020 roster cuts.
The Good Brothers recently finished up a run with Impact Wrestling, dropping the Impact Tag Team titles to Matt Taven & Mike Bennett at a set of television tapings this August. Impact released a video last month with Anderson & Gallows saying they had business to take care of in NJPW but could return to Impact in the future.
Anderson is currently NJPW’s NEVER Openweight Champion. He retained the title against Hiroshi Tanahashi at Burning Spirit in Kobe last month.
Sports Illustrated conducted an interview with Anderson that was published on September 23. With The Good Brothers being free agents, Anderson was asked if he and Gallows could potentially reunite with Styles or Balor in WWE.
“Just like you said, never say never,” Anderson responded. “We’ve got verbally agreed upon dates with New Japan Pro-Wrestling for an extended period of time. But there’s such a built-in story with Bullet Club, and we never got to finish the story [in WWE] with AJ Styles or even Finn. There’s been a lot of things that have happened in the business, so you can never say never. Any time we can work with brothers like AJ and Finn, we’re always going to listen to that.”
The Good Brothers aren’t saying goodbye to Impact Wrestling, they are just saying “see you later.”
Impact Wrestling released a video on Thursday featuring Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows stating that they are leaving the promotion for “a little while” to compete in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
“Impact Wrestling, we’ve got to tell you something. We’re leaving for a little while. New Japan Pro Wrestling is where we’re going, we got business we’ve got to take care of across the pond,” Anderson says in the video.
“We don’t say goodbye, we say ‘see you later’ and I’m happy we got to have a dream match on the way out, what we asked for for two years with the Motor City Machine Guns. So until we get back from across the pond, too sweet me,” added Gallows.
According to a report from Fightful, Anderson and Gallows’ contracts with Impact ran out after the tapings in Dallas on August 26 & 27. The Good Brothers are currently in Japan for NJPW’s Burning Spirit tour. Anderson will defend his NEVER Openweight Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi on Sunday’s show from Kobe.
Impact Wrestling has announced two more matches for Lone Star Stampede.
The Motor City Machine Guns vs. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) will take place on Friday’s show. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley will then face The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) on the second night of the upcoming television tapings.
Impact Lone Star Stampede takes place Friday, August, 26 & Saturday, August 27 from The Factory in Dallas. According to a report from Fightful, The Good Brothers’ contracts with Impact will expire following the event. Their deals were originally up in July but they reportedly signed extensions through to the end of this month.
The Good Brothers defending the Impact Tag Team Championship against the OGK (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) was previously announced for Friday’s show. Also previously announced for the first night of the tapings are Deonna Purrazzo vs. Masha Slamovich and a special announcement by Mickie James.
The advertised lineup for Impact Lone Star Stampede is as follows:
Friday, August 26:
Mickie James to make an announcement
Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) defend against The OGK (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven)
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Masha Slamovich
The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher
Saturday, August 27
The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley)
NJPW has confirmed that several big names will be at the Best of the Super Juniors finals on June 3.
The promotion revealed on Friday that members of Bullet Club, the United Empire, G.O.D, and more will be on the show.
Bullet Club’s Jay White, Juice Robinson, Karl Anderson, and Doc Gallows have been confirmed. As have the United Empire’s Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, and Aaron Henare. The Guerrillas of Destiny, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa will also be present at the Nippon Budokan for the event. Zack Sabre Jr. has been announced for the show as well.
Many of those scheduled for the BOSJ Finals will have big matches upcoming at NJPW Dominion on June 12. White will challenge Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Championship on the show. Tama Tonga will also defend the Never Openweight Championship against Karl Anderson while Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan will challenge Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships.
Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows’ contracts with Impact Wrestling are set to expire this summer.
According to a report from PW Insider, The Good Brothers’ deals with the promotion are up in July. They signed 2-year contracts in the summer of 2020 and debuted at the Slammiversary PPV on July 18 that year. According to a report from Fightful Select, the exact end date of their current deal is July 17, 2022.
In July of 2019, the Good Brothers re-signed with WWE. At the time, they had been with the company for three years. They were then part of roster cuts WWE made in April 2020 at the onset of the global pandemic.
Since signing with Impact Wrestling in the summer of 2020, The Good Brothers have also performed for AEW and NJPW shows in the United States. NJPW is said to be currently in the process of obtaining work visas for foreign talent to work in Japan for the first time since 2020, potentially opening the door for their return.
The Good Brothers are two-time Impact World Tag Team Champions, two-time Raw Tag Team Champions, and three-time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.
A cartoon series called The Gimmicks featuring Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, nZo and Rocky Romero will begin releasing episodes this Friday.
The show has been described as “South Park meets wrestling.” New episodes will be released every Friday on the show’s website.
The plot follows three washed up wrestlers from a regional promotion titled the Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling League. They bring in a new rookie to their promotion in an attempt to make it back to the big time.
It’s backed by Sixth Wall Productions, the digital branch of Mila Kunis’ Orchard Farm Productions. A non-fungible token (NFT) component of the show will allow owners of The Gimmicks NFTs to have impact on the direction of the story. Each episode will end on a cliffhanger and NFT owners will have input as to where the story goes next.
NFT owners will also be able to view episodes before the general public along with other perks.
The pre-list mint access period for the show’s NFTs will be from March 15-17. The public mint will be on March 18. The NFTs will be free for anyone with a Solana wallet and can be purchased directly from the show’s website.
The Gimmicks is written by Dave Ihlenfeld and David Wright and produced by Web3 animation studio, Toonstar. Gallows, Anderson, Romero and nZo will all voice characters.
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Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson have won the NJPW Strong Tag Team Turbulence tournament.
The Good Brothers defeated Violence Unlimited (Brody King & Chris Dickinson) in 10:59 in the tournament finals on this week’s Strong. Anderson pinned Dickinson after hitting a Magic Killer to claim victory.
Following their win, Anderson cut a promo and listed off a series of cities in Japan. He said The Good Brothers are number one and are coming for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
The Good Brothers outlasted Clark Connors and TJP in round one of the tournament, Yuji Nagata and Ren Narita in the semifinals, then defeated King and Dickinson in the finals.
Tag Team Turbulence marked the first NJPW action for Gallows and Anderson since leaving the company for WWE back in February 2016.
In addition to working for NJPW, Gallows and Anderson appear weekly on AEW Dynamite. They are also Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Champions, winning the titles at Slammiversary earlier this month.
New Japan NEVER Openweight Champion Jay White will make his in-ring debut for Impact Wrestling tonight alongside Chris Bey against Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers in a non-title match.
White didn’t accept The Elite’s offer to join them and instead said they couldn’t rejoin the Bullet Club. Kenny Omega, Don Callis and the Good Brothers came out to confront him and eventually, Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows jumped White. Bey, who White had earlier offered to join the Club, ran out to make the save.
The show is main evented by Moose vs. Chris Sabin in a Slammiversary rematch that Moose requested.
The rest of the lineup includes Violent by Design (Deaner and Rhino) vs. Willie Mack and Rich Swann; FinJuice, No Way (fka No Way Jose) and Fallah Bahh vs. Ace Austin, Madman Fulton, Rohit Rajua and Shera; and the returning Taylor Wilde vs. Kaleb with a K.
The BTI pre-show will see Steve Maclin look to remain undefeated as he faces Trey Miguel.
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Steve Maclin vs Trey Miguel ended on a double countout on BTI
Maclin jumped Miguel after the match, took him out with a chair until Petey Williams came out for the save and pull-apart.
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Opening video recapped how the new alliance between Jay White and Chris Bey came about, including the altercation with the Good Brothers.
Show started with Gia Miller interviewing Scott D’Amore about a big surprise he had planned for tonight. D’Amore didn’t get to the reveal because Dreamer interrupted him and brought up that it’s been two weeks since Slammiversary, and there is no contender for Kenny Omega set yet. D’Amore passed on the responsibility to Dreamer before leaving.
Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) defeated Jay White & Chris Bey in a non-title match
Last week, when Jay White was explaining why he had come to Impact, chasing after David Finlay, he was interrupted by the Good Brothers who want to make sure they are still the leaders and that White should thank and respect them. After an altercation, Bey came out for the save after White had offered a position in the Bullet Club.
Match started with White and Bey in control over Anderson, but once Gallows tagged in, he cut off Bey with ease. The Good Brothers worked over Bey for a long time, not many tags, but a good combination of choking and tossing Bey around, working the back throughout.
Bey eventually managed to dodge Gallow’s attacks and escape to get White the tag, who came in strong, taking down both Brothers, looking like a total babyface.
Bey tagged back in and almost got taken out with the magic killer, but White made the save. Anderson and Gallows still took out White, hit a chokeslam and magic killer on Bey for the win.
Interesting that they would have White lose his first match, but it’s clear that tag team gold is not the plan for him right now.
– Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz cut a promo about losing their titles and rematch, but that they will get those titles back. Fallah Bahh interrupted them, and invited Steelz to go together at Homecoming as a team. This actually triggered Steelz to give Hogan some harsh comments about it being Hogan’s fault that they lost the title. Steelz agreed to tag with Bahh, but it seemed to be out of spite.
– D’lo Brown & Matt Striker ran down tonight’s card and an update on the Homecoming card for this saturday.
Taylor Wilde defeated Kaleb with a K (with Tenille Dashwood)
Taylor Wilde returned last week after being off for some time after being attacked backstage. Last week, it was made apparent that it had been Dashwood and Kaleb who took her out, and so she requested a match against Kaleb for tonight.
Match was a good babyface showcase for Wilde, who fought a bully that had size and strength over her. Kaleb had the upper hand early on, but after Wilde tricked him to run into the ropes, Wilde made a comeback.
Kaleb got a near fall with a superkick, after failing, he tried to attack Wilde with his fanny pack, but Wilde managed to dodge, send him outside, and hit a tornado DDT. She hit an ugly poisonrana and a bridging German for the win.
This should likely advance to a Wilde vs Dashwood match now.
– Chris Bey said backstage that he didn’t expect his first match in the Bullet Club to be a loss. White stopped him and told him that he wasn’t in the Bullet Club yet, and he wasn’t impressed by what happened in the ring, but he believed in redemption, and offered Bey a second shot.
– Josh Alexander cut a promo saying he will become the champion the company deserves and needs. He was asking for competition before D’Amore walked up and told him he had wanted to give time for Alexander to rest, but since he was ready, he would take on Black Taurus at Homecoming for the title.
– Miller interviewed Deonna Purrazzo if she thought her plate was too full right now between Impact, AAA, and NWA matches. Purrazzo said that she was perfectly capable of taking on everything and she had actually started training with Invicta FC’s Atomweight champion Alesha Zappitella. Purrazzo announced that she will also enter the mix tagged tournament at Homecoming. Zappitella was there to support Purrazzo.
FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay), Fallah Bahh, & No Way defeated Ace Austin, Madman Fulton, Rohit Raju, & Mahabali Shera
This match comes from Slammiversary, where FinJuice returned to Impact and beat Fulton and Shera easily. Bahh and No Way joined them in order to level the playing field against the alliance of Austin and Raju.
The babyface started strong, getting the better of Fulton and getting a lot of offense with quick tags and team moves, but when Bahh got in the ring, Raju managed to blind tag himself in and blindside Bahh to cut him off.
The heels worked on Bahh for a bit until it came down to Austin and Bahh, who was too heavy for Austin to keep him at bay, and thus Bahh made a comeback and tagged in Finlay. He ran wild until Shera cut him off, but Robinson came in with the assist to take out Shera.
At the end, with all men coming in to hit their signature moves, Bahh took on both Austin and Fulton, managing to get rid of the latter, but it was the opening for Austin to hit a dive on Bahh and the rest outside the ring.
Back in the ring, Finlay hit trash panda on Raju for the win.
– Miller tried to speak with Kenny Omega, and as usual, Don Callis answered. He said that today, he was going to allow her to talk to Omega because he was in a good mood and everything was working out for them. Omega came out, but didn’t say much since Callis was just putting him over.
Tommy Dreamer approached them and told them that in a couple of weeks, there will be a battle royale for the number one contender’s spot against Omega, to defend at Emergence. Omega and Callis were irate after the announcement.
– We got a new vignette for the Drama King. No debut date set yet.
– Backstage, FinJuice were cutting a promo on the tag team titles when Jay White and Chris Bey jumped them. White rammed Finlay with one of the gear boxes and left him laying. White told him that Finlay will never again beat him.
– Kenny Omega, Don Callis, and the Good Brothers came out to the ring. Omega corrected Callis that it’s 2021 and both real men and real women don’t quit, they get fired. Callis talked about how Omega beat Callihan and how the Good Brothers just defeated Jay White, and in return, they get no respect. Callis kept running his mouth when Sami Callihan returned to interrupt them.
Callihan said that he wasn’t done with Omega and that in two weeks, he’ll win the battle royale and get another shot at Kenny Omega. Callihan said that two weeks was too long a wait, and so Callihan got himself a 6-person match against Omega and the Good Brothers for next week.
Suddenly, Frankie Kazarian, the Elite Hunter, jumped the guardrail and along with Callihan, chased off the Elite. Backstage, Dreamer welcomed Kazarian back. Dreamer will be getting a third person for them next week. Callihan teased that such person will never agree to do it.
– We got a vignette from Su Yung, and the newly transformed into the dark realm, undead Kimber Lee.
– Brian Myers cut a promo that he found a tag team partner, he wanted Beulah McGuillicutty, but Sam Beale had failed to get her phone number. Myers instead called Franscine, she plugged her socials, but rejected him because she wasn’t anyone’s second choice. She caught him because she was smart enough to watch the show. She indeed looked fantastic.
Rich Swann & Willie Mack defeated Violent By Design (Deaner & Rhino) (with Eric Young & Joe Doering)
Both teams are wrestling to get back into title contention after losing the tag team title match at Slammiversary to the Good Brothers.
Deaner and Rhino jumped Swann and Mack to begin the match, but the brawl quickly went to Mack and Swann after VBD was tossed out the ring, followed by a corkscrew from Swann to the floor.
Swann and Mack maintained the upper hand over Deaner for some minutes, but Swann was eventually cut off by the group efforts of VBD. The heat run on Swann wasn’t long, but we had a great spot with Deaner tackling Swann mid air to stop him from tagging in Mack.
Mack got the hot tag and quickly dominated Deaner until EY tripped him behind the referee’s sight. Rhino and Deaner got a couple of near falls on Mack, but in the commotion, Swann got a blind tag and a lethal injection for a near fall himself.
Finish saw Mack hit the stunner on Rhino, setting him up for Swann to hit the 450 for the win. Good short match. Hard to say at the moment, but it would seem like Swann and Mack will be getting themselves a shot at the Good Brothers eventually.
– Over at Swinger’s Palace, Swinger wanted to know the odds for the main event tonight. Cardona and Green walked to the casino, since they were scouting the odds for the Homecoming tournament. Since there was still an open spot for the tournament, Swinger wanted Hernandez and Alisha to enter the tournament and win it for the casino. Petey Williams and Jordynne Grace also joined them for the shenanigans.
W. Morrissey walked up and told Alisha he had a message for Eddie Edwards, that after Homecoming, he’s not coming back home. Swinger’s Palace skits are usually bad, but this was at least productive.
Back from the commercial, Edwards addressed Morrissey’s threats, saying that he has a family, unlike Morrissey who has no one that cares for him. On Saturday, he will defeat him.
Tommy Dreamer walked up to Edwards and asked him to tag team with Callihan and Kazarian to take on the Elite. Edwards was reluctant about teaming with Callihan, but Dreamer told Edwards that he promises that he has his word that Callihan will stay in line, which was enough for Edwards to agree. It will be Omega, Anderson, and Gallows vs Callihan, Edwards, and Kazarian.
Moose defeated Chris Sabin
This is the rematch to their Slammiversary match, where Sabin defeated Moose via roll up. They challenged each other to a rematch last week.
The match worked both as a follow up, but also an abridged version of the Slammiversary match, with Sabin going after Moose’s leg, and Moose using his power advantage to cut him off.
Match saw Sabin start with some offense, but after the match spilled to the floor, Moose took down Sabin and slammed him against the steel steps to really hurt him.
Back in the ring, Moose got cocky and allowed Sabin to cover a bit, enough to attempt a comeback that got cut off again. Moose hit Sabin with some huge chops on Sabin.
Sabin eventually made a comeback when one of those huge chops went directly into the ring post, and so Sabin managed to bring down Moose, but he couldn’t keep him down, and Moose kept pushing for Sabin to bring it. Moose went for the revolution fly spot again, but Sabin blocked, hit a jumping tornado DDT for a big near fall.
Sabin went for cradle shock, but Moose blocked it and hit lights out for the win. Really good match, I would love to see them get more time.
After the match, Moose tried to toss Sabin out of the ring, but Sabin countered, hit a plancha on Moose, chased with a dive to the outside, and they brawled into security came out for the pull-apart.
