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Ring of Honor TV live results: Pure & Women’s title defenses

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Two titles will be on the line as part of tonight’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub.

After accepting the challenge last week, ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata will defend against former Pure Champion Josh Woods.

ROH Women’s Champion Athena will look to extend her hard-hitting run as she defends against Diamante who is looking for her first ROH title run of any kind.

The next ROH TV title eliminator tournament will kick off with four men vying for a title shot against current champion Samoa Joe. Gravity will take on Tony Nese while Shane Taylor will go one-on-one with Christopher Daniels.

After failing to wrest the ROH Tag Team titles from Aussie Open last night, El Hijo del Vikingo & Komander will take on The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake).

Other matches include Dalton Castle vs. Zack Clayton; the Gates of Agony vs. The Boys, and both Leyla Hirsch and Robyn Renegade in singles matches.

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Ian Ricabonni and Caprice Coleman welcome us to the show, running down the big card tonight featuring two title matches and the semifinals of the TV Title Eliminator tournament. One of those semifinals kicked off the show here.

ROH World Television Title Eliminator Tournament Semi-Final Match –Shane Taylor defeated Christopher Daniels

Daniels tried to bring down Taylor with wrestling moves, but Taylor used his size to block them before dropping Daniels with a left hand. Taylor dropped Daniels with a barge attack, then dropped Daniels with a lariat for a nearfall.

Taylor clubbered on Daniels before Daniels caught him with a neckbreaker. Daniels dodged a corner charge and hit a hurricanrana on Taylor, following up with a rabbit lariat for a nearfall. Taylor caught Daniels with a uranage, then followed it with a splash for a nearfall. Taylor went to the second rope and hit a crossbody, then hit the Marcus Garvey Driver for the win and the spot in the finals.

Earlier today, Lexy Nair was with the Iron Savages. They challenged Aussie Open for a title match, which they are getting right now.

ROH World Tag Team Title Match – Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) defeated The Iron Savages (Boulder & Bronson)

Aussie Open handed the title belts off to Stokely Hathaway and Tony Khan in the back before walking out. I appreciate the attention to detail, as this was taped before their title defense against Komander and El Hijo Del Vikingo on Dynamite last night.

Fletcher and Bronson started by trading elbows before Fletcher dropped Bronson with a bodyslam. Their partners tagged in, with Davis having trouble with the stronger Boulder. The Savages got the better of Aussie Open before Aussie Open sent them to the apron and dumped them to the floor. They picked up Bronson and tossed him into Boulder on the floor to take control.

Aussie Open clubbered on Bronson for a while before Bronson got the tag out to Boulder. Boulder ran wild, tossing both Davis and Fletcher around before hitting a tilt-a-whirl powerslam on Fletcher for a nearfall. Boulder went for a moonsault, but Fletcher moved out of the way and got the tag to Davis. Bronson entered the match and hit a Rikishi Driver on Fletcher on top of Davis. The Savages hit a double main event spinebuster for a nearfall.

The Savages went for their elevator slam, but Davis rolled into the Aussie Open corner, leading to Fletcher hitting a Doomsday Device on Bronson. Aussie Open hit the Dental Plan and Coreolis on Boulder to win the match and retain the titles.

Backstage, Aussie Open collected their titles from Tony Khan, bragging all the while.

Elsewhere backstage, Lexy Nair was with Stokely Hathaway. He thanked people for the praise for the TV Title #1 Contender Tournament before being interrupted by a miffed Dalton Castle. Castle blamed Hathaway for not winning the TV Title at Death Before Dishonor and being left out of the #1 Contender Tournament. They argue for a while until Samoa Joe entered the scene. Joe said that he would give Castle what he wanted. In two weeks, it will be…The Boys vs. Samoa Joe & Stokely Hathaway. Hathaway looked shocked, and Castle was still unhappy.

ROH Pure Title Match – Katsuyori Shibata (c) defeated Josh Woods (w/ Smart Mark Sterling)

The judges for this match were Jimmy Jacobs, Jerry Lynn, and former Pure Champion John Walters.

The men traded position before trading armbar and kneebar attempts. Both men were evenly matched on the mat, with Woods and his national championship pedigree matching Shibata’s New Japan dojo training and experience. They rolled to the floor in matching leg bars before Woods ducked a Penalty Kick on the floor. They locked horns with a collar and elbow tie-up on the floor to a 16-count before getting back into the ring and immediately re-engaging in the collar and elbow.

Woods blocked an O’Connor Roll attempt, with Sterling getting on the apron to argue that it shouldn’t count as a rope break. Woods used the distraction to gain control with a shoulder block and go to work on Shibata’s arm. Shibata sent Woods to the floor, but Woods baited Shibata into a chase and caught him with a short-arm scissors. Shibata rolled Woods up to escape, but Woods kicked out and hit an arm trap gutwrench suplex for a nearfall.

Woods hit a gutwrench powerbomb for a nearfall, then hit the Penalty Kick on Shibata. This woke Shibata up, who fired up with strikes. Shibata hit the hesitation dropkick and a suplex for a nearfall before drilling Woods with a mid-kick for another nearfall. Shibata locked on a sleeper hold, with Woods grabbing the ropes to escape. They traded suplexes before trading forearms, with Woods hitting forearms into the shoulder of Shibata. They hit matching pump kicks, with both men going down.

They traded more strikes before Woods booted Shibata’s arm. Woods went for a TKO, but Shibata landed on his feet and locked on the sleeper hold. Shibata hit the Penalty Kick to win and retain the title.

Dalton Castle defeated Zack Clayton

Clayton got a lot of offense to start, clubbering on Castle before sending him flying with an overhead suplex. Castle fought his way back, sending Clayton flying with suplexes of his own before hitting the Bangarang for the win.

Backstage, Lexy Nair was with Josh Woods, who had something to say. He ran down the opportunities he’s had so far in the new era of ROH, noting his losses in three title matches. He says that something has to change.

The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) defeated Jora Johl & Nick Comoroto

The Infantry controlled Johl to start the match until Comoroto got involved on the apron and tagged in. They beat up on Bravo until Johl accidentally superkicked Comoroto, allowing Dean to tag in. Dean took care of Johl and sent Comoroto to the floor. They dropped Johl with a boot into a side Russian Leg Sweep for the win.

Leyla Hirsch defeated Miranda Vionette

Vionette fought out of a Gator Roll to get a pair of flash pins, but Hirsch hit a dropkick to the knee to cut her off. Maria Kanellis-Bennett came out to watch. Hirsch clubbered on Vionette before hitting a boot to the face. Hirsch pulled Vionette into a side suplex. Vionette had a short flurry of offense before Hirsch caught her in a cross armbreaker for the win.

ROH World Television Title Eliminator Tournament Semi-Final Match – Gravity defeated Tony Nese (w/Mark Sterling)

Nese did his usual leading group training before Gravity came out. Gravity came out with speed, sending Nese up and over with a lucha armdrag before gorilla pressing Nese. Sterling cut off a dive, allowing Nese to take control and send Gravity to the floor, where Sterling put the boots to him.

Gravity fought back with chops and sent Nese to the floor. Sterling went to cut him off again, but Gravity went to the corner and hit a double-jump dive to the floor. Gravity hung Nese in the ropes and hit a splash for a nearfall. Gravity elevated himself to the top rope, but Nese cut him off with a big uppercut. Nese hit the roll-through spin kick for a nearfall. Gravity hit a single-arm powerbomb out of a roll-up attempt, then followed it with a top-rope splash for the win. The tournament finals will be Gravity vs. Shane Taylor.

ROH Women’s World Title Match – Athena (c) defeated Diamante

Athena kept countering Diamante’s offense, with the crowd chanting her name. Diamante hit a set of dropkicks that sent Athena to the apron, where Diamante dropkicked her to the floor. Diamante tried to follow with a crossbody, but Athena caught her and slammed her to the floor. Athena picked Diamante up and flung her into the barricade.

Athena clubbered on Diamante, focusing on her midsection and back. Athena brought Diamante to the apron, where Diamante tried to reverse her into a suplex. Instead, Athena ran Diamante into the turnbuckle before hitting a back suplex on the apron.

Back in the ring, Diamante ducked some big strikes before firing up. She hit a monkey flip and a sliding lariat for a nearfall. Athena countered an around-the-world DDT with a backbreaker. Athena went to the top rope for the O Face, but Diamante caught her and hit the Chaos Theory for a nearfall. Diamante went to the second rope, but Athena booted her down and locked on a crossface. Athena rolled Diamante to the middle of the ring, but Diamante rolled her into a pin for a nearfall. Athena hit a superkick and rolled Diamante up to win and retain the title.

Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) (w/Prince Nana) defeated The Boys (Brandon & Brent)

Kaun started with Brent, sending him inside out with a lariat. The Gates clubbered on Brent, with Nana joining in while the referee was distracted. Brent evaded his way to the corner to make a tag out to Brandon, who ran wild until Liona wouldn’t budge on an Irish whip. Kaun pulled Brent to the floor, allowing Liona to send Brandon through the mat with a Samoan Drop. The Gates hit their tag team facebuster for the win.

Backstage, Lexy Nair was with Diamante. Lexy asked why Athena didn’t beat her up after the match. Athena entered the scene and told Diamante that she had talent but was missing something to reach the champ’s level. She told Diamante to stay away from her and figure it out.

Cole Karter defeated LSG

Karter got a jump start on LSG to start the match, ringing him up on the ropes and hitting a lariat. Karter controlled the match as Maria Kanellis-Bennett watched on the ramp. LSG slipped out of a powerbomb and fired up, but Karter cut him off on a springboard attempt with a jumping knee. Karter hit a DDT for the win.

In video from Death Before Dishonor, The Righteous began to speak before The Dark Order came in. Evil Uno shook hands with Stu Grayson, with Vincent only saying, “Finally.”

Robyn Renegade (w/ Charlette Renegade) defeated Christina Marie

Marie controlled the match early on, hitting bodyslams until Renegade rolled to the floor. Marie avoided an elbow drop back in the ring, but Charlette sent Marie into the post to get her sister in control. Renegade hit a shotgun dropkick and a low dropkick for a nearfall. Marie caught Renegade with a roll-up for a nearfall, but Renegade hit her with a lariat. Marie fired up with strikes, but Renegade locked on a seated Octopus Stretch for the win.

El Hijo del Vikingo & Komander defeated The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake)

Henry and Komander started off, with Komander sending Henry flying with an armdrag. Drake tagged in, but Komander dropped him with a dropkick. Vikingo tagged in, hitting dual dives with Komander to the WorkHorsemen on the floor. Vikingo hit a frog splash on Drake for a nearfall. Vikingo hit a tornado headscissors on Drake, but Henry cut him off with an STO on the apron.

The WorkHorsemen kept control of Vikingo with tandem offense. Drake hit a boot that sent Vikingo into a Henry side Russian leg sweep for a nearfall. Vikingo hit a hurricane kick to Henry, but Henry knocked Komander off the apron. Drake hit a shining wizard on Vikingo for a nearfall. Vikingo rolled through a powerbomb into a Code Red before making the tag out to Komander.

Komander ran wild, sending both WorkHorsemen to the floor. Vikingo tagged back in, but Henry cut off a dive attempt. The WorkHorsemen hit combo offense on Vikingo, but Komander broke up the pin. They sent the WorkHorsemen to the floor, then both hit ropewalk moonsaults to the floor. Vikingo and Komander then hit dual 450 splashes to Drake, with Vikingo getting the pin and the win.

Two title defenses set for AEW Dynamite 200

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Two title matches were announced Friday for this Wednesday’s 200th edition of AEW Dynamite.

After the events of Rampage, AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm will defend against Hikaru Shida. Shida defeated former champion Nyla Rose in the main event and called her shot after the match. That brought out Storm, Saraya and Ruby Soho on the stage and the match was then made official.

Shida will be looking for her second run with the title and first since May 2021. The two have clashed over Storm’s title before with the champion retaining on an October 2022 edition of Dynamite.

The other new title match will see new Ring of Honor Tag Team Champions Aussie Open defend against El Hijo del Vikingo & Komander. Komander picked up a singles win on Rampage over Kip Sabian while Vikingo will be in action on Saturday’s Collision in a trios match with Action Andretti & Darius Martin against Bullet Club Gold’s Juice Robinson & The Gunns.

Here’s the current lineup for the 200th AEW Dynamite from Tampa, Florida:

  • AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm defends against Hikaru Shida
  • ROH Tag Team Champions Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) defend against El Hijo del Vikingo & Komander
  • Chris Jericho & Konosuke Takeshita vs. Sammy Guevara & Daniel Garcia
  • Jack Perry face-to-face with Jerry Lynn
  • Jon Moxley vs. Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Trent Beretta in an anything goes match

El Hijo del Vikingo title defense set for AAA Triplemania Mexico City

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Lucha Libre AAA has revealed the card for its final Triplemania event of 2023.

Triplemania XXXI Mexico City is taking place at Arena Ciudad de Mexico on Saturday, August 12. The pay-per-view will be available live via Fite TV.

Following his successful title defense against Kenny Omega at Triplemania Tijuana, El Hijo del Vikingo will have three challengers in Mexico City. Vikingo is defending the AAA Mega Championship in a four-way match against “Speedball” Mike Bailey, Daga, and Jack Cartwheel.

The AAA Latin America Championship was recently vacated by Rey Fenix. A new champion will be crowned in a four-way match at Triplemania Mexico City. It will be Pentagon Jr. vs. QT Marshall vs. Dralistico vs. Brian Cage to decide the new champion.

Taya Valkyrie is putting her AAA Reina de Reinas Championship on the line against Flammer in Mexico City. The event is being headlined by Rush vs. LA Park vs. Psycho Clown vs. Sam Adonis in a match where someone will lose their hair or mask.

The full card for Triplemania Mexico City is listed below:

  • Rush vs. LA Park vs. Psycho Clown vs. Sam Adonis (someone will lose their hair or mask)
  • AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo defends against Mike Bailey, Daga, and Jack Cartwheel in a four-way match
  • Pentagon Jr. vs. QT Marshall vs. Dralistico vs. Brian Cage for the vacant AAA Latin America Championship
  • Negro Casas vs. Nicho El Millonario
  • AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Taya Valkyrie defends against Flammer
  • Copa Bardahl Triplemania (Komander, Laredo Kid, Willie Mack, Dave the Clown, Pagano, Aramis, Mr. Iguana, Murder Clown, Arez, Octagon Jr., Myzteziz, Nino Hamburguesa) 
  • Dalys, Lady Shani & Sexy Star vs. La Hiedra, Maravilla & Chik Tormenta

El Hijo del Vikingo defeats Kenny Omega at AAA Triplemania Tijuana

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El Hijo del Vikingo is still AAA Mega Champion.

He defeated Kenny Omega in the main event of AAA Triplemania Tijuana on Saturday to retain his title. The finish saw Vikingo hit a poisonrana from the turnbuckle and a 630 senton to score a clean victory. The two hugged and Vikingo celebrated in the ring to end the show. 

Don Callis had originally been scheduled to be in Vikingo’s corner for the match. However, before the bout could get underway, Konnan came out and ordered Callis to leave the ringside area. 

The head-to-head series between the two is now tied 1-1. Omega defeated Vikingo on the 3/22 AEW Dynamite earlier this year in a match our own Dave Meltzer rated five stars. 

Vikingo vs. Omega in AAA was originally scheduled to take place at Triplemanía Regia II on December 4, 2021 during Omega’s reign with the Mega Championship. However, Omega announced just weeks beforehand that he was pulling out of the show and vacating the title due to an accumulation of injuries. 

Also on Saturday’s show from Tijuana, the Guerra de Rivalidades tournament match had an interesting finish. Rush, who seemingly quit the promotion last month, teamed with LA Park against Sam Adonis and Psycho Clown. The match was ultimately ruled a draw after both Adonis and Rush scored pins. Since the stipulation had been the losing team would face each other on August 12 in a mask vs. hair match, now they will all meet in a four-way match on that show. 

QT Marshall and Pentagon Jr. had a bloody ambulance match. The finish saw Aaron Solo spray Penta with a fire extinguisher, allowing Marshall to hit his opponent with a light tube and a cutter before locking him in the ambulance. 

Former UFC Flyweight Champion Brandon Moreno was in the corner of Team Baja despite suffering a broken hand in his loss to Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 290. He got involved in the finish by locking Daga in an arm bar. 

Former Mega Champion Texano Jr. returned to the promotion for the first time in more than two years as well. He came out wearing a mask with Taurus and attacked Pagano. After unmasking, Texano cut a promo saying he and Taurus are the new Mercenarios and he was behind the recent attacks on Pagano. 

AAA Triplemania Tijuana 7/15 results:

  • La Hiedra won Copa Triplemanía
    • Entrants: Gringo Loco, Jack Cartwheel, Myzteziz Jr., Dinámico, Niño Hamburguesa, Willie Mack, Argenis, Flammer, Rey Misterio El Heredero, Mr. Iguana, Laredo Kid, Puma Kingo, and Taurus. 
  • Team México (Dalys, Lady Shani, & Sexy Star II) defeated Team Rest of World (Kamille, Viva Van, & Natalia Markova)
  • Vampiro, Jack Evans, & Aramis vs. Pagano & La Rebélion (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf) went to a no contest
  • Team Baja (Nicho El Millionario, Damian 666, Rey Horus, & Xtreme Tiger) (w/ Brandon Moreno) defeated Team Chilango (Negro Casas, Chessman, Daga, & Argenis)
  • QT Marshall w/Aaron Solo defeated Pentagon Jr. in an Ambulance Match
  • Sam Adonis & Psycho Clown vs. LA Park & Rush ended on a double pin
  • AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Kenny Omega to retain his title

AAA Triplemania Tijuana live results: Kenny Omega vs. El Hijo del Vikingo

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AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo will defend his title against former champion Kenny Omega in the main event of tonight’s AAA Triplemania from Tijuana.

The match was originally slated to happen in AAA in 2021, but Omega’s injury-related absence from wrestling put that on pause. That was until a March episode of AEW Dynamite when the two faced off in what was billed as a dream match. Omega picked up the victory in one of the most-discussed matches of this year.

Another highlight of the card will see L.A. Park & Rush vs. Psycho Clown & Sam Adonis where the losers will square off in a hair vs. mask match at the final Triplemania of the year in Mexico City. Last month, Rush had claimed he was leaving the company, but then announced this week he would be there after all.

Among the other bouts on the show, Pentagon Jr. will take on QT Marshall in an ambulance match.

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Show Report — 

They did the typical Peña remembrance Triplemanía opening ceremony. Hugo Savinovich and José Manuel Guillen were on the call.

La Hiedra won Copa Triplemanía

This was just a match to get everyone on the card. It’s a delayed entry elimination match.

Gringo Loco and Jack Cartwheel were the first two entries, followed by Myzteziz Jr., who took them both down with tijeras. Dinámico was in next. He completely whiffed on a crucifix bomb against Myzteziz but recovered to hit a sweet step-up cutter on Cartwheel.

Niño Hamburguesa came in and crushed Dinámico with a senton. Willie Mack followed, but during his entrance, Argenis ran out and eliminated Myzteziz. Las Tóxicas (La Hiedra & Flammer) came out together. A surprise entry was Rey Misterio El Heredero, who is the WWE Rey Mysterio’s cousin.

To this point, the match had been pretty much all entrances. Mr. Iguana, a fan favorite, was next, followed by Laredo Kid. Laredo Kid decided to actually bring some wrestling to this match, taking out Iguana before having a good exchange with frequent opponent Gringo Loco.

Puma King’s entrance made it more than 10 people in the ring at once. Taurus came in next and took out like a half dozen people. The timer stopped, so I guess he’s the final entrant. Antifaz Del Norte came out and distracted Laredo Kid, which led to them brawling in the crowd.

Gringo Loco was eliminated followed by Misterio. Hiedra pinned Dinámico with a cutter, then she and Iguana worked together to eliminate Taurus. The alliance was short-lived as Flammer dumped Iguana over the top rope. 

They took a break to let Mack dance, then the Tóxicas eliminated both Mack and Cartwheel. They were the final three alongside Puma. An assist from Iguana allowed the Tóxicas to pin Puma, meaning they were the final two and had to fight.

Flammer avoided a senton atómico, but Iguana tripped her up, allowing Hiedra to eliminate her for the win.

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Team México (Dalys, Lady Shani, & Sexy Star II) defeated Team Rest of World (Kamille, Viva Van, & Natalia Markova)

The Mexican team established control early on until their opponents moved out of the way of a Sexy Star dive, allowing Viva Van to take advantage with a dive of her own. There was a good extended Dalys vs. Kamille sequence towards the middle of the match — those two are probably the best wrestlers on their respective teams.

Kamille climbed the ropes, but Sexy Star cut her off and landed a superplex. A German suplex from Sexy Star to Viva Van got two, and then we got a parade of big moves. Kamille and Markova hit a doomsday dropkick on Sexy Star, but Dalys broke up the pin. A facebuster from Dalys got two in return.

Dalys locked in a submission on Markova, but then Hiedra (who just won the Copa Triplemanía) came out and attacked Dalys with a cookie sheet. They brawled all over as Sexy Star took out Kamille with a crossbody to the outside. 

Shani had Markova pinned, but Hijo del Tirantes gave a slow count, so Shani just beat him up. Viva Van landed diving knees and got a visible pinfall but there was no ref to count. Tirantes himself ran out and counted a Shani Northern Lights suplex three for the win.

– After the match, there was some nonsense with Tirantes and his son. Tirantes said his son didn’t have any respect for lucha libre and slapped him and whipped him with his belt.

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Vampiro, Jack Evans, & Aramis vs. Pagano & La Rebélion (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf) went to a no contest

The story here is that Pagano and Vampiro are feuding. Evans outwrestled Mecha Wolf at the start, then Aramis did the same to Bestia 666. Pagano and Vampiro had their first encounter before Aramis came out of nowhere to level Pagano with a dive. Mecha Wolf followed up with a dive of his own.

Pagano’s team maintained control for a while. Aramis made a nice one-man comeback before Evans helped him even the odds. A sick double team between the two got two. Pagano got involved and hit a backbreaker on Aramis for two. La Rebélion hit a double team facebuster on Evans for two, then an assisted backstabber on Aramis for two more. 

Music started to play, and it was Komander and Arez, the current AAA tag team champions. They attacked La Rebélion. 

Pagano and Vampiro were left in the ring. They had an awful sequence — Vampiro can’t do anything anymore. Taurus then came out with a masked man and they attacked Pagano. The masked man unmasked to reveal himself as a returning Texano Jr. I guess the match ended? 

– After the match, Texano said that he and Taurus are the new Mercenarios. 

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Team Baja (Nicho El Millionario, Damian 666, Rey Horus, & Xtreme Tiger) (w/ Brandon Moreno) defeated Team Chilango (Negro Casas, Chessman, Daga, & Argenis)

Nicho El Millionario is Psicosis from ECW/WCW. His team was accompanied by UFC fighter Brandon Moreno, fresh off a loss.

They all paired off early on. Horus landed a corner tope on Argenis. The 63-year-old Negro Casas and 61-year-old Damian 666 fought each other. Nicho bloodied Negro Casas with a chair shot to the head. Casas returned the favor in the ring. 

There was a parade of big moves with dives and signature offense all around. Horus took out the pile with an inverted tornillo. Moreno attacked Daga in the ring and locked him in an armbar before Casas broke it up.

Nicho low blowed Casas with the official distracted for the win.

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QT Marshall defeated Pentagón Jr. in an Ambulance Match

Penta dominated early until QT ripped at his mask and smashed him with a chair, bloodying him. He broke light tubes over Penta’s head. They brawled into the crowd and the action became kind of hard to see for a while.

Back in the ring, QT handcuffed Penta’s hands together. He attempted to strike him with a barbed wire-wrapped chair, but Penta avoided it and was able to choke QT with the handcuffs. He was freed and returned fire on QT with the chair.

Penta broke a light tube over QT’s back. Both men were bloodied bad at this point. QT produced a bag of thumbtacks and dumped them over the canvas. Penta countered a cutter and sent QT back-first into the tacks, then shoved them in QT’s mouth and thrust kicked him.

QT fired back with a pop-up powerbomb onto the tacks. He walked Penta to the crowd area where the ambulance was set up and fought his way out of the vehicle with a destroyer. They set up some tables and climbed some boxes, but there was some miscommunication as they mostly whiffed on a Penta attempt to put QT through them with a package piledriver.

Penta was about to win, but Aaron Solo appeared in the ambulance and sprayed a fire extinguisher in Penta’s face before smashing him with a light tube. The Diamond Cutter followed, allowing QT to put Penta in the ambulance and win.

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Guerra de Rivalidades finals: L.A. Park & Rush vs. Psycho Clown & Sam Adonis went to a no contest

The losing team will face each other in an apuesta match at the next Triplemanía show.

Rush and Adonis started the match by attacking their own partners and trying to unmask them. Rush broke a bottle and cut open Park’s forehead. Adonis laid in chair shots on Psycho. 

The heels beat down their babyface partners for a long, long time. Eventually, Psycho and Park made comebacks on their partners. Psycho perched Adonis up on a chair and landed a flip dive off the stage.

Having taken control, Park and Psycho decided to do the right thing and fight it out against each other in the ring. After an exchange, the rudos came in and decided to fight too. They traded chops before Adonis hit a Rainmaker and Rush, like, halfway kicked out.

Adonis hit a blockbuster for two. Rush feinted on the Bull Horns and decided to do the Ingobernables pose instead. Psycho re-entered the fray with an Orihara moonsault onto both men, then Park hit a crazy plancha onto everyone.

Psycho rolled up Park for a good near fall. Rush came in and attacked everyone (including Tirantes, the official) with a chair, but Park took him out with a spear. Rush low blowed Park and Adonis blew a fireball in Psycho’s face, allowing Rush to pin Psycho for the win. 

…or so we thought! After the match, Tirantes went to the announcers’ booth called the match a draw, and booked these four in a four-way apuesta match for the next Triplemanía show.

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AAA Mega Championship: Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Kenny Omega

Before the match, Don Callis showed up, but Konnan kicked him out. 

Vikingo wasted no time getting to the high-flying, but was quickly cut off with an Omega knee that countered a tope suicida. Omega beat him down at ringside. He mocked Vikingo, putting on the viking mask as he continued to beat him down.

There was a long heat segment. Vikingo eventually flipped out of a German attempt and dropped Omega with an enzuigiri and a springboard dive. Omega rolled out of the way of a frog splash. He hit the first part of You Can’t Escape before adjusting to land a powerslam for two.

A powerbomb into a V-Trigger got two. Vikingo escaped a One-Winged Angel attempt but ran into a V-Trigger. Omega went for the avalanche One-Winged Angel, but Vikingo escaped and hit a powerslam and a spinning kick. 

Vikingo hit his inverted 450 to the outside but landed hard on the ground. He then hit a corkscrew 450 back into the ring for a near fall. The inverted 450 followed, but Omega managed to kick out for a good near fall. Vikingo attempted a shooting star press, but Omega got the knees up and hit Croyt’s Wrath for two.

They jockeyed for position on the top rope, where Vikingo managed to hit an elevated reverse hurricanrana. The 630 senton followed for the completely clean win. 

Don Callis to corner Hijo del Vikingo vs. Kenny Omega at AAA Triplemania

Posted on by Ian Carey

The deck is stacked against Kenny Omega at Triplemania. 

AAA announced on Friday that Don Callis will be in El Hijo del Vikingo’s corner on Saturday’s show as he looks to defend his Mega Championship against Omega. The promotion posted a video of Callis revealing the news to Tony Schiavone while backstage at this week’s AEW Dynamite. 

Callis had the following to say after Schiavone caught him coming out of Vikingo’s locker room. 

“I’m having a meeting because as has been well publicized, since betraying me in the way that he did, Kenny Omega is now 0-4 in big matches without Don Callis, that probably tells you a little something.  So, as much as I’m not interested to descend on the country of Mexico, I’ll make a special exception right now because I just gave El Hijo del Vikingo the secret sauce to make Kenny Omega go 0-5.”

Callis also posted this message to Omega on Twitter;

Saturday’s show will be broadcast on FITE TV. 

AAA Triplemanía XXXI: Tijuana 7/15 lineup:

  • AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo w/Don Callis defends against Kenny Omega
  • LA Park & Rush vs. Sam Adonis & Psycho Clown in the Guerra de Rivalidades tournament. The losing team will wrestle in a mask vs. hair match at Triplemania: Mexico City on 8/12
  • Pentagon Jr & Laredo Kid vs. QT Marshall & Taurus in a Lucha de Ambulancia match
  • Team Chilango (Dana, Argenis, Chessman, & Negro Casas) w/Aczino vs. Team Baja (Nicho el Millionario, Damian 666, Rey Horus, & Xtreme Tiger) w/UFC Flyweight Champion Brandon Moreno
  • Aramis, Jack Evans & Vampiro vs. Pagano, Bestia 666 & Mega Wolf
  • Sexy Star, Lady Shani, & Dalys vs. Kamille, Viva Van, & Natalia Markova
  • Copa Triplemania entrants: Willie Mack, Mr. Iguana, Jack Cartwheel, La Hiedra, Flammer, Myzteziz, Luchador Sorpresa, Puma King, Nino Hamburguesa, Dinamico, & Gringo Loco

The Embassy vs. LIJ title defense part of 11-match Ring of Honor TV lineup

Posted on by Josh Nason

A Ring of Honor Six-Man Tag Team title match is part of Thursday’s NJPW-tinged ROH on HonorClub lineup.

The Embassy’s Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun will defend against LIJ’s BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi in search of their fourth title defense since winning the gold last December.

After being part of the Forbidden Door pre-show, El Desperado will make his ROH debut against Willie Mack while Sho & Yujiro Takahashi will face Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta).

In eight-man action, ROH Tag Team Champions The Lucha Brothers will once again team with El Hijo del Vikingo & Komander to take on The WorkHorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry), Shane Taylor & Gringo Loco.

In one of two non-title Proving Ground matches, ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli will take on Chuck Taylor while ROH Women’s Champion Athena goes one-on-one with KC Spinelli.

Here’s the full 11-match card, taped last Saturday in Chicago:

  • El Desperado vs. Willie Mack
  • Lucha Brothers, El Hijo del Vikingo & Komander vs. The WorkHorsemen (JD Drake and Anthony Henry), Shane Taylor & Gringo Loco
  • ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Embassy (Brian Cage, Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun) defend against LIJ (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi)
  • ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli vs. Chuck Taylor in a Proving Ground match
  • ROH Women’s Champion Athena vs. KC Spinelli in a Proving Ground match
  • Diamante vs. Leila Gray
  • Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver) vs. The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch)
  • United Empire (Kyle Fletcher, TJP & Jeff Cobb) vs. Christopher Daniels, Action Andretti & Darius Martin
  • Dralistico & Preston Vance vs. Mark Wheeler & Vikram Prashar
  • Sho & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta)
  • Big Bill & Lee Moriarty vs. Karou & Tarik

Ring of Honor live results: Chicago street fight for the Women’s title

Posted on by Suit Williams

In the main event of Thursday’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub, ROH Women’s Champion Athena will look to go into Forbidden Door weekend as champion as she defends against Kiera Hogan in a Chicago street fight.

ROH Tag Team Champions The Lucha Brothers will team with AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo & Komander against The Butcher & The Blade, Kip Sabian and Serpentico.

Daniel Garcia will take on Rocky Romero in a Pure rules match ahead of Garcia’s AEW International title opportunity at Sunday’s Forbidden Door.

ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Embassy (Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) will face Trenton Storm, AJZ & Luke Kurtis in a non-title match.

After they were unsuccessful on Dynamite, AR Fox, Action Andretti & Darius Martin return to action against The WorkHorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry) and Shane Taylor.

The 13-match lineup also will feature Gringo Loco vs. Willie Mack; Lee Moriarty & Big Bill vs. Blake Christian & Matt Sydal, and more.

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This week began Ring of Honor’s traveling tenure with AEW Collision, as this week’s show was taped last Saturday from the United Center in Chicago, IL. I can’t say I’m a fan of the change, as the half-empty crowds do put a damper on my excitement for the show. However, the Universal Studios tapings weren’t much more than Dark tapings with a big match here and there. This is more of a complaint about the show’s format than it is about the show’s weekly setting.

The show began with the ROH Board of Directors – Tony Khan, Stokely Hathaway, & Jerry Lynn – standing with Samoa Joe on the Collision set last Saturday. They want to celebrate Samoa Joe reaching one year as ROH World Television Champion, so they present him with a brand-new title belt. Joe says he can’t think of a better way to celebrate than by breaking CM Punk’s face. We then cut to a video recap of the Collision main event, highlighting Joe and Punk’s faceoff.

Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman are on the call as we head to the first match.

El Hijo del Vikingo, Komander & The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) (w/ Alex Abrahantes) defeated Kip Sabian, Serpentico & The Butcher & The Blade (w/Penelope Ford & Angelico)

Vikingo and Serpentico started off. Serpentico got the better of Vikingo with a powerbomb, but Vikingo hit a hurricane kick and tagged out to Komander. The Butcher tagged in on the other side and took control after Kip Sabian cut Komander off with a knee to the back. The Sabian side rushed Komander with offense, ending with a Butcher lariat for a nearfall.

The Sabian side ran an offensive flurry in the corner on Komander, ending with a Sabian fisherman’s suplex for a nearfall. Komander fought his way out of a double team and tagged out to Penta, who ran wild on both the Blade and Sabian. Fenix tagged in and ran wild on the Blade and Serpentico. Quadruple superkicks on all four opponents gave Fenix a nearfall on Sabian.

The Lucha Brothers’ tag team Package Piledriver got broken up, leading to a triple team on Fenix for a nearfall. The match broke down into a Pier Eight brawl before the luchadors caught the Sabian team in a rowboat in the middle of the ring. Penta hit a Canadian Destroyer on Serpentico in the middle of it all. Vikingo and Fenix hit dives to the floor, leaving Penta to hit the Package Piledriver on Serpentico to score the win.

Gringo Loco defeated Willie Mack

These two went to a stalemate early on, cartwheeling out of each other’s headscissors attempt. Mack caught Loco with a DDT out of the corner. Mack hit a pair of running strikes before landing a cannonball in the corner for a nearfall. Loco fought back before running into a Samoan Drop from Mack. Mack hit a standing moonsault for a nearfall.

Mack took Loco to the top rope, but Loco knocked him down and hit a double jump moonsault. Mack rolled to the floor, but Loco followed him with a plancha. Loco went for a corkscrew moonsault, but Mack moved and hit a main event spinebuster for a nearfall. They traded strikes before Mack hit a Shining Wizard to put both men down. Loco cut Mack off as he went to the top rope and hit a double jump Spanish Fly for the hometown win.

Trish Adora defeated Allysin Kay

Adora caught Kay in an Octopus hold, but Kay dumped her on the ropes to escape. Kay laid in some strikes before landing a neckbreaker for a nearfall. Kay laid in the strikes to Adora before Adora caught her with a German suplex from her knees. Adora fired up, sending Kay into the corner shoulder first. Adora hit a bridging suplex for a nearfall. Kay avoided the Lariat Tubman and hit a boot for a nearfall. Adora rolled out of a powerbomb position and hit the Lariat Tubman for the win.

Kyle Fletcher defeated Silas Young

After trading shoulder blocks, Fletcher sent Young to the floor with a boot. Fletcher hit a crossbody over the top rope. On commentary, Riccaboni noted that a win here would give Fletcher three straight wins over three former ROH TV champions. Young cut Fletcher off with a hotshot across the top rope before sending Fletcher into the turnbuckles hard with an Irish Whip.

Fletcher muscled Young up into a suplex. Fletcher fired up, hitting a running forearm and a back suplex for a nearfall. Young cut Fletcher off with a back elbow, but Fletcher hit a half-and-half suplex before following it with a running kick in the corner. Fletcher followed it with a brainbuster for a nearfall. Young fought out of the twisting Tombstone, but Young sent Fletcher to the apron and hit a springboard lariat. Young hit the backbreaker/lariat combo but missed the headstand moonsault. Fletcher scored the win with a hammerlock reverse DDT, a move Riccaboni noted was a new finisher for Fletcher.

The Mogul Embassy (Bishop Kaun, Brian Cage & Toa Liona) (w/Prince Nana) defeated AJZ, Luke Kurtis & Trenton Storm

Liona charged Kurtis while Kurtis still had his entrance robe on. Kurtis caught Liona with a DDT, but Liona got right back up and hit a belly-to-belly for a nearfall. Cage tagged in and dropped Storm with a lariat. Storm went for a headscissors, but Cage shrugged him off and hit a German suplex. AJZ tagged in and got a bit of offense in on Kaun, but Kaun hit a Stun Gun over the top rope before hitting a running back elbow on the floor.

The Embassy went into their finishing sequence, taking out all three men before hitting three separate power moves to win. Liona got the pin on AJZ. I think Cage was the legal man, so if the other team wanted to file a complaint with the Board of Directors, they may have a case.

Dalton Castle (w/The Boys) defeated Josh Woods (w/Mark Sterling & Tony Nese)

Both men have amateur wrestling experience, so they started this match with some impressive grappling. They got tied up in the ropes, where Woods yanked Castle’s head and neck into the top rope. Castle fired up the crowd before getting back in the ring and dropping Woods with a DDT. Castle hooked Woods on the top rope before kneeing him down. The other Varsity Athletes got distracted Castle, allowing Woods to send Castle into the barricade twice.

Woods tied Castle in the ropes before hitting a German suplex for a nearfall. Castle hit a clothesline before firing up with suplex variants. Castle caught a charging Woods with a German suplex for a nearfall. Woods escaped the Bangarang – with the help of Sterling – and hit a gutwrench suplex and a charging knee for a nearfall. Castle fought off all of the Athletes before using the Boys to take out Nese on the floor. Castle caught Woods on a leapfrog and hit the Bangarang for the win.

– We got a pair of video packages setting up our next match. The Kingdom went up to Stokely Hathaway and accused the Infantry of talking trash about him. The Infantry accused the Kingdom of lying about that and made a challenge for a match.

The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) (w/Maria Kanellis-Bennett)

A genuine upset here, as the newer team scored the win and a third against the former ROH World Tag Team Champions.

After trading double team moves, Bravo hit a cutter over the ropes on Taven for a nearfall. Bennett dropped Bravo with strikes before landing a brainbuster for a nearfall. Bennett hit a main event spinebuster before Taven hit a springboard moonsault for a nearfall. Taven hit a DDT on Bravo for a nearfall as the Kingdom isolated Bravo. Bravo fought his way to his corner to make the tag to Dean, who ran wild on both men.

Dean hit a top rope crossbody as a fan could be heard cursing out MJF for some reason. Dean hit a Tiger Driver on Bennett for a nearfall. The Infantry hit a tag team uranage for a nearfall. Taven cut off Bravo with a knee and a Kick of the King. The Kingdom hit a neckbreaker/powerbomb combination for a nearfall. Bravo fought out of the corner, hitting a scissors kick to Bennett. Dean hit a big splash for a nearfall.

The match broke down into a Pier Four brawl before Bennett and Dean took each other down with clotheslines. As Maria distracted the referee, Bennett cut Dean off with a chair. As the Kingdom set up the Hail Mary, Trish Adora came out to remove Maria from proceedings. Dean rolled up Bennett to score the upset win.

Big Bill & Lee Moriarty defeated Blake Christian & Matt Sydal

Big Bill has rounded into a very good wrestler. He and Moriarty have become a solid team.

Moriarty and Sydal began with mat work. Sydal hit a headscissors and a corkscrew senton for a nearfall before tagging in Christian. Christian hit a big dropkick before landing a bottom-rope 619. Christian hit a handspring kick before tagging in Sydal to hit some double-team offense, ending with a running knee from Sydal. Bill tagged in and poked Sydal in his third eye before hitting a kitchen sink knee. Bill cut off a headscissors, allowing Moriarty to boot him in the head.

Moriarty tagged in and clubbered on Sydal to the point where Bill had to tell him to calm down. Moriarty hit a bridging suplex for a nearfall before tagging Bill back in. Sydal avoided two corner charges from Moriarty and Sydal. Christian backflipped off the apron when Moriarty went to cut him off, allowing Sydal to hit a spin kick and tag out to Christian. Christian fired up, hitting a suicide dive to Bill and a Fosbury Flop to Moriarty. Christian hit a springboard 450 for a nearfall that was broken up by Bill.

Sydal and Christian hit a double dropkick on Moriarty, but Bill tagged in and took them both out with clotheslines. Christian cut off a chokeslam with a knee but ran right into a Bossman Slam for a nearfall that Sydal broke up. Sydal took Bill to the floor with a headscissors, but Bill avoided a big dive and chokeslammed Christian on the apron. Bill hit the East River Crossing – Hirooki Goto’s Shouten Kai – for the win.

– Backstage, Lexy was with The Kingdom. They were upset at their loss, blaming Stokely Hathaway for setting it up. Maria said that she gave Trish Adora her first opportunity in ROH and would make sure it would be her last chance as well.

The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver) (w/Negative One) defeated August Matthews & Davey Bang

Silver started with Bang and quickly caught him in a double team. Riccaboni noted on commentary that Matthews and Bang had a naughty tag team name on the independent scene. Reynolds hammered Matthews before Silver powerbombed Matthews into the knees of Reynolds. Reynolds and Silver hit their strike combination finisher to score the quick victory.

After the match, The Righteous and Stu Grayson came up on the screen. Grayson asked if the Dark Order would ever bleed for him, turning Evil Uno’s question against him. Vincent asked the Dark Order if they would bring the same aggression next week. In response, Reynolds and Silver dropped Bang with more offense.

– Backstage, Lexy was with Diamante. Smart Mark Sterling came in and offered Diamante half of the winner’s purse to forfeit. Well, 49% of the winner’s purse. Surprisingly, Diamante rejected the offer.

Leila Grey (w/Mark Sterling) defeated Diamante

Diamante seemed to change her mind and laid down for Grey but caught her with a kick when she went for the cover. Diamante hit a baseball slide, but Grey caught a boot and dropped Diamante on the apron. Grey hit a boot for a nearfall. Grey clubbered on Diamante, hitting a bulldog for a nearfall.

Grey missed a senton, allowing Diamante to fire up and hit a German suplex. Diamante hit the hesitation dropkick in the corner for a nearfall. Sterling distracted Diamante for a moment. Diamante stomped on his hand, but Grey caught Diamante with a roll-up to score the win.

Action Andretti, AR Fox & Darius Martin defeated Shane Taylor & The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake)

Good trios match here with two new, solid teams. Taylor and the WorkHorsemen are gelling together well.

Henry and Drake sent their opponents out of the ring while Taylor had Fox’s hand in the Code of Honor. Martin tried to fire up, but Drake cut him off on the floor. That allowed Taylor’s team to blitz Martin with offense. Fox caught Drake with a moonsault off the apron. Andretti tagged in and fired up, landing big offense on Henry and Taylor. Drake tried to fight Andretti, but Andretti was able to take them out with the help of Martin.

Taylor was the last man standing, fighting off all three of his opponents until Drake was able to get back in. Drake slingshot Fox into a Marcus Garvey Driver that Henry hit a double stomp to assist with. The cover got broken up, and the match broke down into a Pier Six brawl. Henry and Fox were left in the ring, and Fox caught Henry with a rollup out of a nip-up to steal the win.

– Backstage, Lexy was with Leila Grey and Smart Mark Sterling. They gloated about their win until Diamante came in demanding a rematch. Grey dismissively agreed to a rematch down the line. I was fine with the one match.

Pure Rules Match: Daniel Garcia defeated Rocky Romero

The judges for this Pure Match were Pat Buck, Stokely Hathaway, and Jerry Lynn.

Garcia forced Romero into the ropes to burn one of Romero’s rope breaks. Romero then caught Garcia in the Diablo Armbar to get Garcia to use his first rope break. Romero hit a dive to Garcia who escaped to the floor before hitting a running Sliced Bread back in the ring for a nearfall. Garcia cut off the Forever clotheslines and hit a butterfly suplex into the ropes. The crowd began chanting You’re A Wrestler to Garcia, who responded with a dance and a suplex for a nearfall.

Romero caught Garcia with an Octopus Stretch to burn Garcia’s second rope break. Garcia cut off a headscissors and locked on an STF. Romero dragged Garcia to the ropes and grabbed the ropes to use his second rope break. Garcia taunted the crowd while he had Romero down, allowing Romero to drill him with a jumping knee. Garcia cut off Romero on the top rope, but Romero caught him with a hurricanrana off the top. Romero tied up Garcia in the ropes and hit the Strong Zero for a nearfall, which Garcia used the ropes to break. Garcia used his final rope break.

Garcia caught Romero with the Walls of Jericho, forcing Romero to use his last rope break to escape. The crowd informed the wrestlers that they were both out of rope breaks. Garcia tried to send a message to Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata by finishing Romero with a Penalty Kick, but Romero caught it and fired up. Romero went on the offensive and caught Garcia in the Diablo Armbar. Garcia got to the ropes and rolled over top to transition the armbar into the Dragon Tamer. Romero tried to escape out of the ring, but Garcia held on through the ropes and got the submission win.

After the match, Garcia feigned a Code of Honor handshake before trying to hook on the Walls of Jericho again. Orange Cassidy made his way out to a big pop to save his best friend’s friend and run off Garcia.

ROH Women’s World Title Chicago Street Fight: Athena defeated Kiera Hogan to retain

These two went all out in this one, giving their bodies up for this main event. But there was a lot of dead time in this one with the setting up of weapons taking up most of it. It would have benefitted greatly from either a tighter time frame or more urgency with the set-up. But the spots they set up did work in getting great reactions from the crowd, so it worked out in the end.

Hogan took the fight to Athena to start, but Athena caught Hogan with a Bossman Slam to cut her off. Athena went for a ladder, but Hogan dropkicked it into her chest. Hogan hit a headscissors into a standing ladder on the floor. Athena shoved Hogan into the ladder before sending her into the barricade. Hogan cut Athena off and tossed weapons into the ring, but Athena grabbed a garbage can lid and hit Hogan with it.

Athena sent Hogan into the open end of a trash can and hammered it with a kendo stick for a one count. Athena went for a handspring, but Hogan threw the trash can into Athena’s face before throwing her can in Athena’s face with a hip attack. Hogan hit a baseball slide to the trash can, then followed it with a neckbreaker for a nearfall. Hogan set Athena up on a ladder bridge and went for a splash, but Athena moved, leaving nothing but ladder for Hogan.

Athena set up a table on the floor, as well as a chair contraption at ringside. After some time, Athena went back to Hogan, but Hogan sent Athena through another table at ringside. Hogan hammered Athena with the kendo stick, but Athena got one of her own. They traded kendo stick shots before Athena won the battle. Hogan dropped Athena across a table and hit a splash thro…onto the table. Another splash broke the leg of the table, so it kind of counted.

Hogan set up a table in the ring, but Athena cut her off and went to the top rope. Hogan cut her off and went for a headscissors, but Athena stuffed it and powerbombed Hogan through the table for a nearfall. Athena grabbed a black bag from under the ring and emptied it, revealing thumbtacks all over the ring. Hogan fought out of a Razor’s Edge and sent Athena into a trash can before hitting a side suplex into the tacks for a nearfall.

Hogan choked Athena with her braids, but Athena clawed at Hogan’s eyes to escape. Athena rolled to the apron and superplexed Hogan through the chair contraption at ringside. Athena rolled Hogan into the ring and got the pin to win and retain the title. This was Athena’s 11th successful defense of the title.

– Backstage, Lexy was with Athena. Athena complained about the lack of a celebration before telling the rest of the roster to step up or step out.

13-match lineup released for Ring of Honor TV

Posted on by Josh Nason

Ring of Honor released a 13-match lineup for Thursday’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub which will be headlined by a Women’s title defense.

As announced last Thursday, Athena will defend the ROH Women’s title against Kiera Hogan in a street fight. The two have been feuding for several weeks.

In an eight-man match, ROH Tag Team Champions The Lucha Brothers will team with AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo & Komander against The Butcher & The Blade, Kip Sabian and Serpentico.

Daniel Garcia will continue his campaign for a Pure title rematch as he takes on Rocky Romero in a Pure rules match.

Ahead of their high-profile match on Dynamite, AR Fox, Action Andretti & Darius Martin will be in trios action against The WorkHorsemen & Shane Taylor.

Here’s the full 13-match lineup taped on Saturday in Chicago:

  • Lucha Brothers, El Hijo del Vikingo & Komander vs. Serpentico, Kip Sabian and The Butcher & The Blade
  • ROH Women’s Champion Athena defends against Kiera Hogan in a street fight
  • Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver) vs. Davey Bang & August Matthews
  • Leila Grey vs. Diamante
  • Gringo Loco vs. Willie Mack
  • Dalton Castle vs. Josh Woods
  • Blake Christian & Matt Sydal vs. Lee Moriarty & Big Bill
  • AR Fox, Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. The WorkHorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry) and Shane Taylor
  • Kyle Fletcher vs. Silas Young
  • ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Embassy (Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) vs. Trenton Storm, AJZ & Luke Kurtis in a non-title match
  • The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) vs. The Infantry (Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo)
  • Trish Adora vs. Allysin Kay
  • Daniel Garcia vs. Rocky Romero in a Pure rules match

Four title defenses set for ‘Championship Friday’ AEW Rampage

Posted on by Josh Nason

A “Championship Friday” edition of AEW Rampage will feature four title defenses — none of which will include actual AEW titles.

In the featured bout, AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo will put his title on the line against Dralistico and Komander in a three-way. Vikingo has held the gold for more than 540 days and this will be his fifth appearance on AEW TV.

NJPW TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. will make his AEW Rampage debut when he defends against Action Andretti. Sabre Jr. will defend his title Thursday against Rocky Romero as part of ROH TV on HonorClub.

Ring of Honor Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata will defend his title against Lee Moriarty. That is coming on the heels of a Shibata title defense against Alex Coughlin, also on ROH TV on HonorClub.

Inaugural NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale will have her first title defense as she takes on Emi Sakura.

Here’s the lineup being taped Wednesday in San Diego, California:

  • AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo defends against Dralistico and Komander in a three-way
  • ROH TV Champion Katsuyori Shibata defends against Lee Moriarty
  • NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale defends against Emi Sakura
  • NJPW TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against Action Andretti

Three title matches part of 11-match Ring of Honor lineup

Posted on by Josh Nason

The lineup for this Thursday’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub TV show will feature three title matches.

NJPW TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. will continue his recent ROH run as he defends against Rocky Romero. Sabre Jr. is 2-0 in TV titles defenses in the red and black promotion and is coming off a tag team win alongside ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe last week.

ROH Women’s Champion Athena will look to extend her long winning streak as she defends against Kiera Hogan. Athena is entering her sixth month as champion and hasn’t lost since last September’s AEW All Out — a stretch of over 40 matches.

ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata will attempt to earn his second title defense since winning the gold in March as he takes on Alex Coughlin in a teacher vs. student match.

In what should be an exciting trios encounter, AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo will team with Komander & Bandido against Jack Cartwheel, Angelico & Serpentico.

Here’s the full lineup:

  • ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata defends against Alex Coughlin
  • ROH Women’s Champion Athena defends against Kiera Hogan
  • NJPW TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against Rocky Romero
  • The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) vs. The Infantry (Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo)
  • Kip Sabian and The Butcher & The Blade vs. Shogun, Bryce Saturn & Jakob Austin Young
  • El Hijo del Vikingo, Komander & Bandido vs. Jack Cartwheel, Angelico & Serpentico
  • Brian Cage vs. Willie Mack
  • Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. The WorkHorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry)
  • Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver & Evil Uno) vs. The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch) and Stu Grayson
  • Diamante vs. Promise Braxton
  • Skye Blue vs. Trish Adora

WOR Video: Konnan on Kenny Omega vs. Vikingo II

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Konnan talked about Kenny Omega & Vikingo, as well as future breakout talent, on Wrestling Observer Radio.

Dave Meltzer and Garrett Gonzales were joined by Konnan as he discussed how the Omega vs. Vikingo match came about. Konnan revealed that originally, the first match was to take place in AAA.

“The first one was going to be with us,” Konnan said. “And [Omega] got hurt. Then the second time I talked to him, he was still negotiating with AEW.”

Konnan said that despite AEW being the first to have the match this past March, he said that he didn’t care, as those who watch AAA don’t watch AEW.

“They might read about it or whatever, but our fans…we’ve been around 30 years, our fans are our fans, and they want to see that match in Mexico. We really built Kenny in no time at all into like a rock star. They love him in Mexico.”

When asked about upcoming stars in AAA, Konnan brought up one male wrestler who is set to debut soon and a high-flying women’s wrestler who he recently discovered. However, he did mention one name he thought would become big in the next year.

“Jack Cartwheel,” Konnan said. “He’s a former gymnast. Incredible attitude, very creative. Does really cool s***. “

AEW Rampage live results: The Firm Deletion

Posted on by Joseph Collins

It’s another early edition of AEW Rampage Friday due to the NHL playoffs on TNT.

Tonight’s show will feature a cinematic match of sorts in The Firm Deletion which should be the end of the feud between Matt Hardy and Stokely Hathaway’s faction. Matt & Jeff Hardy, Hook and Isiah Kassidy will face Ethan Page, Hathaway, Big Bill and Lee Moriarty at the Hardy compound.

In trios action, Ring of Honor Tag Team Champions Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) & El Hijo del Vikingo will unite to take on Powerhouse Hobbs, QT Marshall & Aaron Solo. This was made after the events of Wednesday’s trios battle royal.

TBS Champion Jade Cargill will be in non-title action against Gia Scott. Cargill is looking to keep her career-long undefeated streak alive as she awaits her next real challenge.

Mark Briscoe will compete close to his home of Laurel, Delaware, against Preston Vance of LFI.

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Taped in Baltimore, Maryland. Jim Ross, Excalibur & Tony Schiavone were on commentary. 

Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) & El Hijo del Vikingo (w/ Alex Abrahantes) defeated Powerhouse Hobbs, QT Marshall & Aaron Solo (w/ Harley Cameron) (12:23)

This match stemmed from the Trios Battle Royal from Dynamite Wednesday. Nice to see something set up on Dynamite and followed through on Rampage. Marshall started with Vikingo and got schooled. Vikingo hit an implosion hurricanrana and a Phoenix Splash for a near fall. Tags were made to Rey Fenix and Aaron Solo. Solo couldn’t keep up with Fenix and tagged in Powerhouse Hobbs. Penta got the tag and matched power for a bit with Hobbs, but cut off with a clothesline. Vikingo dove onto Hobbs and right into a powerbomb. Hobbs with a delayed vertical suplex on Penta, then tossed him to the floor.

Marshall dropped to the floor and sent Penta into the steel ringpost. Marshall pulled a table out from under the ring and the show went to a split-screen break. 

Back from break, Penta hit slingblades on Marshall and Solo. Fenix hit Hobbs with a rope-running punt kick. Vikingo and the Lucha Bros took out Marshall’s crew with triple topes to the floor.

Back in the ring, Vikingo hit a shooting star press on Solo, and the Lucha Bros followed up with the wheelbarrow double team into a splash for a near fall. Solo tried a comeback, but Vikingo took him down with a uranage. Penta hit a springboard Canadian Destroyer on Marshall and Fenix took out Hobbs with a cutter.

Marshall caught Fenix with a pop-up forearm, and Solo came off the top with a double stomp for a near fall. Fenix caught Solo with a superkick, but Marshall cut off Vikingo on the top rope. Vikingo hit him with a Canadian Destroyer on the ring apron. Vikingo then gave Solo a German suplex out of an electric chair. On the floor, Hobbs started choking out Alex Abrahantes. The Lucha Bros finished off Solo with the Fear Factor.

Hobbs went from something special to just another guy thanks to getting paired with Marshall’s  group. They are less than the sum of their parts. 

– There was a tease of controversial comments from MJF after his loss on Wednesday, but it was just him angry backstage and demanding his belt. That’s still the closest he’s come to working Rampage.  

– Lexi Nair interviewed Chris Jericho at his locker room. Jericho will not work Rampage tonight because he needs some “insurances” that he will be safe from another attack from Adam Cole. Jericho doesn’t want to work in the same building as Cole which sounds a lot like the actual problems AEW’s having with some other performers. 

TBS Champion Jade Cargill (w/ Leila Grey) defeated Gia Scott (0:35)

Pump kick and Jaded and it’s over. Jade is 57-0. 

– Lexi Nair’s interview with Mark Briscoe is interrupted by Jeff Jarrett’s crew, looking for more insights on FTR from Briscoe. FTR will respond to Jarrett’s challenge this Wednesday on Dynamite. 

Mark Briscoe vs. Preston Vance (w/ Jose the Assistant) 

Mark Briscoe’s kids were at ringside. Vance grabbed their signs and tore them up. Briscoe brawled with Vance around the ring and sent him headfirst into the ringpost. Briscoe went for a moonsault onto the floor, but Vance dodged it and Briscoe hit the floor. Vance tossed Briscoes into the barricades around ringside. 

After a split-screen break, Vance locked Briscoe in the full nelson. Briscoe kicked off the turnbuckles into a pin for a near fall. Brisco and Vance exchanged forearms. Briscoe floored Vance with a clothesline. Briscoe countered Vance’s discus lariat with an ugly flatliner for a near fall. Briscoe went for the Jay Driller, but Vance escaped and hit the discus clothesline. Vance dropped to the floor for a chair, but opted not to use it. Vance hit a spear for a near fall. Jose tried to slide Vance the chair, which distracted the ref and allowed Vance to hit a low blow.

Briscoe backdropped Vance to the floor, then used the chair as a springboard for a tope. Back in the ring, Vance countered the discus lariat and hit the Jay Driller for the pin. I love Mark, but this was just a match.

After the match, Briscoe’s family came into the ring to celebrate with Mark.

– Lexi Nair’s interview with Dustin Rhodes was interrupted when the Mogul Embassy blindsided him. Keith Lee ran them off. Seems like this feud is building to the Dynamite in Austin, Texas on May 17th. 

New for Dynamite Wednesday:

  • Anna Jay v. Julia Hart in a No Holds Barred match.
  • ROH Tag Champion Rey Fenix v. ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli in a match where the winner will get a shot at the other man’s championship.
  • The House of Black v. The Best Friends & Bandido in a House Rules Trios Title match. 

The Hardy Boys, Hook & Isiah Kassidy defeated Ethan Page, Big Bill, Stokley Hathaway and Lee Moriarty in The Firm Deletion Match

The Firm showed up at the Hardy Compound and busted up Hardy’s mailbox. They were greeted by Hardy’s drone, who deemed them “rude AF.” It went from daylight to night (via time travel?), and Hardy’s team shot fireworks at the Firm. Then the brawl started in the dark. Kassidy and Jeff Hardy double-teamed Big Bill. Bill chokeslammed Isiah Kassidy into a tree. This took Kassidy out of the match for a bit. 

Meanwhile, in another part of the forest, Hardy gave Page a vertical suplex, but Page countered a Twist of Fate with a double leg takedown, then broke a tree branch over Matt’s back for a near fall. Back to Jeff and Big Bill, and Jeff choked Bill out with a stick. Bill’s eyes rolled into the back of his head.

In another part of the compound, Matt Hardy’s kids tried to run over Stokely Hathaway with a motorized big wheel. Hardy and Page made their way into the warehouse with the ring, and the show went to a split screen break. 

Most of Hook’s involvment in the match came during the slip-screen break, when he suplexed Hathaway in the ring, then caught a leg lariat from Lee Moriarty. 

In the ring, Hardy hit the Twist of Fate for the near fall. Caprice Coleman was one of the referees for the match, but this wasn’t acknowledged by the commentators. Stokley Hathaway found what looked like Matt Hardy’s screening room in the house. Before he could settle in to watch “Coming to America,” he was jumped by Matt Hardy’s kids. Back outside, Bill had doused the Hardys with gasoline and threatened to set them on fire.  Isaiah Kassidy reemerged as “Brother Zay” on the top of the warehouse, and dove onto everybody. 

Back in the warehouse, Reby Hardy hit a Twist of Fate on Hathaway.  Maxel hit the swanton bomb before Reby put the kids to bed. Back outside, “Brother Zay” put Bill through a table on the outside. 

Back in the warehouse, Ethan Page was left to fend for himself in a 4-on-1. Hook hit an exploder on Page, Hardy gave him the Twist of Fate, and Jeff came off the top with a swanton bomb. Referee Caprice Coleman counted the pinfall. After the match, Jeff Hardy walked off into the night. The Hardy team celebrated by lighting a giant Hardy cross symbol on fire. 

Final Thoughts: 

There might have been a lot of inside jokes I missed in the Firm Deletion match because I’m not totally immeresed in the Hardyverse. It was just goofy enough to be fun, but I don’t know if it’s worth going out of your way to see. 

AEW Rampage spoilers from Baltimore

Posted on by F4W Staff

The following are spoilers for Friday’s edition of AEW Rampage, taped Wednesday after Dynamite in Baltimore, Maryland.

Spoilers come courtesy of our Ethan Renner:

  • Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix) & El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Powerhouse Hobbs, QT Marshall & Aaron Solo
  • TBS Champion Jade Cargill defeated Gia Scott
  • Mark Briscoe defeated Preston Vance. Briscoe was joined by family members in the ring after the match and cut a promo recognizing the late Jay Briscoe for the live crowd.

Friday’s show will also feature the cinematic Firm Deletion match featuring The Hardys, Hook & Isiah Kassidy against Stokely Hathaway, Ethan Page, Lee Moriarty & Big Bill.

AEW also held two dark matches before the show as Dark: Elevation is no longer and there are two sessions of Ring of Honor TV tapings scheduled for this weekend in Orlando.

  • Skye Blue defeated Adena Steele
  • Best Friends (Trent Beretta and Chuck Taylor) & Rocky Romero defeated Angelico, Serpentico & Nick Comoroto

Lucha Brothers & Vikingo trios match announced for AEW Rampage

Posted on by Josh Nason

The Lucha Brothers and El Hijo del Vikingo will be in trios action on this Friday’s early edition of AEW Rampage.

The three stars will take on Powerhouse Hobbs, QT Marshall and Aaron Solo after the events of Wednesday’s trios battle royale where Hobbs eliminated Rey Fenix, Penta El Zero Miedo and Vikingo after Fenix and Penta eliminated Marshall and Solo.

Fenix and Penta have had their issues with Marshall and Hobbs over the last month with the then-TNT Champion defeating both in singles action with Marshall attacking their manager Alex Abrahantes afterward.

After defending against Taya Valkyrie last Wednesday, TBS Champion Jade Cargill will be in action against an opponent to be named as she looks to keep her undefeated record alive.

The new additions join the previously announced Firm Deletion cinematic match at the Hardy Compound that will see The Hardys, Hook and Isiah Kassidy take on Stokely Hathaway, Ethan Page, Big Bill and Lee Moriarty.

Mark Briscoe will return to singles action against Preston Vance.

The show will air at 6:30 PM Eastern due to the NHL playoffs.

Here’s the full card:

  • The Firm Deletion: Matt & Jeff Hardy, Hook, Isiah Kassidy vs. Ethan Page, Stokely Hathaway Big Bill & Lee Moriarty
  • Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) & El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Powerhouse Hobbs, QT Marshall & Aaron Solo
  • TBS Champion Jade Cargill in action
  • Mark Briscoe vs. Preston Vance