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Impact Wrestling live results: Josh Alexander vs. Minoru Suzuki

Posted on by Antonio Garza

The go-home edition of Impact Wrestling before Saturday’s Turning Point is headlined by a massive clash between Josh Alexander and Minoru Suzuki.

The two have been at odds for weeks and will finally meet in a main event singles bout.

Thursday’s show will also feature matches that have Turning Point implications as Steve Maclin will face Laredo Kid where the stipulation is that if Maclin wins, Saturday’s X-Division title match between champion Trey Miguel vs. Laredo Kid becomes a three-way.

Just days before their Knockouts Tag Team title defense against Decay at Turning Point, The IInspiration will take on the Undead Bridesmaids (Kimber Lee & Brandi Lauren) in non-title action.

Thursday will also see a preview of Saturday’s Tag Team title match with Doc Gallows vs. Hikuleo. Gallows and Karl Anderson (The Good Brothers) will defend the belts against Hikuleo and Chris Bey (Bullet Club) on Saturday.

The BTI pre-show match will see Brian Myers face former Learning Tree stablemate Sam Beale.

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Brian Myers defeated Sam Beale on BTI

Myers attacked Beale with a chair after the match. Rich Swann and Willie Mack made the save.

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Opening video was a recap of last week’s main event that saw Eddie Edwards get crowned as the number one contender to Moose’s World title, defeating W. Morrissey and Matt Cardona. 

Steve Maclin defeated Laredo Kid

The stipulation of this match was that if Maclin could defeat Laredo Kid, Maclin would be added to the Turning Point X Division title match between Trey Mguel and Laredo Kid. This came after Maclin argued to D’Amore and Miguel that he was unpinned and unsubmitted since he joined the Impact roster and deserved a shot.

Match started with a couple of spots going back and forth with reversals and lucha sequences, ending with Maclin dodging a dive from Kid and following with one of his own where it seemed like he connected Kid on the chin with his head. 

Back in the ring, Maclin missed the corner crosshair spear, which Kid turned it into a senton to the floor. Kid hit a Michinoku driver and a set of moonsaults for a near fall. Kid went for a third one, but Maclin dodged, connected with a running knee for a two count.

Both men traded a couple of strikes, Kid hit a DDT, only for Maclin to jump and hit a lariat for the double knockout tease. Kid came back with a poisonrana for a two count, tried to follow with a moonsault, but was Maclin recovered, hit the crosshair and Mayhem for all for the win. 

Maclin will join Laredo Kid as they challenge Trey Miguel for the X Division title at Turning Point.

– We got a recap of Brian Myers taking out Sam Bealer on BTI with a chair. Afterwards, we saw Beale being sent to the hospital while Swann cut a promo on Myers, saying that his actions were disgusting and instead, challenged Myers to a singles match at Turning Point. Good promo, but weird to do it with Beale on a stretcher in the back.

– Trey Miguel addressed Maclin’s win. He said that Maclin kept getting shots because he complains that he’s never pinned, so he promised to go straight for him at Turning Point. 

– Gia Miller asked Ace Austin if he had accepted the challenge that Chris Sabin issued last week. Austin said he wasn’t going to accept the challenge, but then Sabin confronted him and told him that Austin needed to prove himself and prove that he could get the win without Fulton doing the work for him. Austin and Fulton attacked Sabin, and once again, it was Fulton who did most of the work.

Knockouts Tag Team Champions The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay) defeated The Undead Bridesmaids (Kimber Lee & Brandi Lauren) in a non-title match

Two weeks ago, Cassie Lee and McKay recruited Lauren and Kimber Lee to take out Decay, but after failing to do so, The IInspiration decided to teach them a lesson and take them out of the division, hence this match.

This was a squash. IInspiration controlled early on by dodging around the Bridesmaids attacks and constant tags. Lauren would try to make a comeback and managed to clear the ring at one point, but Lee and McKay quickly came back, took out Kimber Lee, and pinned Lauren with a double team move.

After the match, all of Decay came out to confront The IInspiration. Decay surrounded the ring, took the titles as Lee and McKay sat in fear. Good flex by Decay, but having Crazzy Steve and Taurus out there could come off a bit heelish.

– Impact+ Flashback Moment of the Week was Rhino and Heath defeating Reno Scum from last year.

– We got a recap of Chelsea Green pinning Alisha Edwards to become the number one contender to the Digital Media Championship. Afterwards, Miller interviewed Green about her challenge. Green said that as soon as she saw the title, she knew she wanted the title and was going for it. 

Miller also asked Matt Cardona about his direction after losing last week’s main event. Cardona said that he was going to keep on chasing the title and wanted to take on whoever won at Turning Point. W. Morrissey confronted him and told Cardona that he wasn’t going to get that shot, because Morrissey would. Cardona challenged Morrissey to a match at Turning Point.

– Gia Miller interviewed Eddie Edwards about being the first challenger to Moose. Edwards brought up the history they’ve had before Moose jumped him from behind. Moose and Edwards brawled to the stage and to ringside, where Moose dropped Edwards with an apron bomb. Moose attacked Edwards’ neck with a chair, but was able to recover and dodge a second attack. Edwards hit Moose with a chair, hit a Liger bomb, a Boston knee party, and tried to finish the job by diving on Moose from a ladder through a table, but Moose was able to recover and run away. Seems like the build up to Full Metal Mayhem.

Backstage, Scott D’Amore confronted Moose and indeed booked a Full Metal Mayhem match for Turning Point.

– Mercedes Martinez cut a promo saying she’ll become the Knockouts Champion at Turning Point.

Doc Gallows (with Karl Anderson) defeated Hikuelo (with The Bullet Club)

The Bullet Club will be challenging for the Impact tag team titles at Turning Point, in anticipation to the match, we got a battle of the hosses between Hikuleo and Gallows. 

Match started and they went straight for strikes as Gallows punched Hikuleo around the inside and outside of the ring. Back in the ring, both men clashed with shoulder tackles until Bey and ELP jumped on the apron and distracted both Gallows and the referee, allowing Hikuleo to low blow Gallows and gain control. 

Gallows would try to counter Hikuleo’s strikes, but kept getting taken down at every attempt. Gallows eventually caught Hikuleo with clashing clotheslines and both men went down, allowing Gallows to catch a breather to recover. Gallows would come back with a couple of big boots for a near fall.

Hikuleo hit a powerslam for a two count, tried to follow through, but Gallows raked his eyes and hit the two handed chokebomb for the win. Ok match, really slow even for a hoss fight.

– Gia Miller had a sit down interview with Deonna Purrazzo and Matthew Rehwoldt. Miller tried to ask Purrazzo about her whereabouts in the last month, but Purrazzo said that she had just been home and that she had no plans to return to the ring. Purrazzo said that she didn’t care about interviews or telling people what her next move would be, and everyone would have to wait and see.

– FinJuice cut a promo about not having much success since coming to Las Vegas. They said that they’re back at the bottom, but it’s not the first time they have to rise back to the top. D’Amore approached them and gave them a match against Decay on Turning Point so they could get back on track.

– Eric Young and VBD cut a promo about Rhino having to deal with the ramifications of the decision to betray them. He told Rhino that at Turning Point, VBD will terminate him and Heath.

The Demon & Decay (Black Taurus & Crazzy Steve) defeated Johnny Swinger, Hernandez, & Fallah Bahh

The Demon and Swinger’s rivalry started at Bound For Glory’s Call Your Shot Gauntlet match, after Swonger confused The Demon with Gene Simmons, tried to get his autograph, and was eliminated for doing so.

Match started with Swinger pretending to be a matador on Taurus, and it worked until it didn’t. Hernandez and Steve came in next, with the former taking out Steve with a big bomb. Bahh tagged in and continued working over Steve. 

At the end, Swinger tagged in, Steve cleared away and tagged in The Demon, who took out everyone. Decay took out Bahh and Hernandez with dives, while The Demon hooked in a cobra clutch on Swinger for the submission win. Not sure if we can even call this a match.

After the match, John E. Bravo tried to help Swinger, but Swinger said he had just hit rock bottom and walked away. Rosemary and Havok approached Bravo and told him that they’d help him help Swinger if he offered his blood. This show is being main evented by Suzuki vs Alexander.

– Jordynne Grace cut a promo prior to her match with Chelsea Green at Turning Point. They talked about Green not being able to win the title at the inaugural match, and neither would she at Turning Point. 

– Mickie James also cut a promo prior to her Turning Point match with Mercedes Martinez and told her that she made the mistake of trusting her, but at Turning Point, she is going to whoop her butt.

– Brown and Striker ran down the updated card for Turning Point, including Chris Sabin vs Ace Austin, VBD vs Rhino & Heath, Rich Swann vs Brian Myers, Decay vs The IInspiration for the Knockout tag titles, Mickie James vs Mercedes Martinez for the Knockouts title, Trey Miguel vs Laredo Kid vs Steve Macling for the X Division, The Good Brothers vs The Bullet Club for the tag titles, and a Full Metal Mayhem match between Moose and Eddie Edwards for the Impact world title.

Also, on the Countdown to Turning Point, FinJuice vs Decay and Jordynne Grace vs Chelsea Green. 

Josh Alexander defeated Minoru Suzuki

Suzuki made his Impact debut a month ago, targeting Alexander over everyone else. While Alexander’s focus was on Moose, Suzuki was able to get momentum during his debut. D’Amore decided to book this match so that Alexander could deal with his problems before he could continue his chase for the World title.

Match started with some chain wrestling, but after Alexander gained some advantage, Suzuki turned things violent and started going for strikes and tried to attack Alexander with a chair. A poor soul tried to stop Suzuki and got taken out instead. 

Suzuki and Alexander brawled outside the ring for some time, mostly back and forth exchange of strikes. As they went on, Suzuki started to gain more and more momentum over Alexander. 

Back in the ring, Alexander managed to make a comeback and tried to go for the C4, but couldn’t lock it in. They kept going back and forth, trading kicks and strikes. Suzuki provoked Alexander to chop and and continued with back and forth challenges, but again, it was Suzuki who gained more and more momentum until Suzuki trash talked Alexander into waking up.

Suzuki locked in the sleeper and tried to follow with the GSP, but Alexander blocked it and slammed Suzuki over his head. Alexander came back with a rolling plunge and a knee to the head, but only got a two count. Alexander locked in the ankle lock, but Suzuki turned it into a sleeper and back again to the ankle lock by Alexander. 

Both men kept reversing each other’s attempts to lock in the C4 and GSP respectively, but at the end, Alexander stumbled Suzuki with a forearm and hit the C4 for the win. Great match, a better display of a Suzuki match compared to some of his other US televised matches.

– Backstage, Bravo and Swinger came out and were met by Decay and a couple more people. Decay transported everyone to Wrestle House II. It’s back.

NJPW Strong results: Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson

Posted on by Justin Knipper

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

Alex Zayne defeated Ariya Daivari

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Minoru Suzuki defeated Chris Dickinson

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final thoughts:

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

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

Minoru Suzuki vs. Josh Alexander set for Impact Wrestling

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Minoru Suzuki’s Impact Wrestling run will continue next week as he will face Josh Alexander on next Thursday’s show.

The match arose after Alexander confronted Impact VP Scott D’Amore Thursday and questioned why he wasn’t in the show’s World title number one contender’s match. D’Amore danced around the question and told Alexander to focus on Minoru Suzuki who will be his opponent next week. The two had a brawl several weeks ago on the show and were on opposite teams in a six-man tag bout a week later.

Also set for next week is Laredo Kid vs. Steve Maclin where if Maclin wins, he gets added to the X-Division title match at Turning Point between champion Trey Miguel and Laredo Kid.

Sam Beale is set to clash with Brian Myers in a singles match after Beale left Myers’ Learning Tree faction at Bound For Glory. Beale and Myers both expressed the intention of wanting nobody at ringside and to just have a clean match.

For the first time since losing her Knockouts Title at Bound For Glory, Deonna Purrazzo will return to Impact for a sit-down interview.

Before their title defense at Turning Point, Knockouts Tag Team Champions The IInspiration will face the Undead Bridesmaids (Kimber Lee & Brandi Lauren) in a non-title match.

Hernandez, Johnny Swinger and Fallah Bahh vs. The Demon & Decay (Crazzy Steve and Black Taurus) is also scheduled for next week.

Here’s a look at the whole lineup for next Thursday’s go-home show for Turning Point:

  • Josh Alexander vs. Minoru Suzuki
  • Laredo Kid vs. Steve Maclin where if Maclin wins, he will be added to the X-Division title match at Turning Point
  • Sam Beale vs. Brian Myers
  • Knockouts Tag Team Champions The IInspiration vs. Undead Bridesmaids in a non-title match
  • Deonna Purrazzo sit-down interview

NJPW reveals participants for World Tag League 2021

Posted on by Bryan Rose

NJPW has announced the teams for this year’s World Tag League.

12 teams will compete in a round robin tournament, with the top two teams with the most points meeting in the finals December 15 in Sumo Hall along with the finals of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament. The winners of the World Tag League tournament will meet IWGP Tag Team Champions Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. at Wrestle Kingdom 16.

Taka Michinoku, who has not been seen in New Japan since the end of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament in 2019, will return as part of this year’s World Tag League. He will be teaming with Minoru Suzuki, who will make his return to the company after spending most of the last two months in the United States.

Tetsuya Naito confirmed in a press conference Monday morning that he would be part of the tournament as well, returning from a knee injury that he suffered back in September during his first match in the G1 Climax 31 tournament. He will be teaming with SANADA.

The full list of teams is as follows:

  • Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano
  • Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
  • Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima)
  • Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask
  • Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
  • Tetsuya Naito & SANADA
  • Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.)
  • Minoru Suzuki & Taka Michinoku
  • Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare
  • Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
  • EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi
  • Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens

The first World Tag League card will take place on November 14. The show will be headlined by Naito & SANADA taking on Goto & YOSHI-HASHI. Other tournament matches include Tanahashi & Yano vs. EVIL & Yujiro, Henare & Great-O-Khan vs. Fale and Owens, Honma & Makabe vs. Guerrillas of Destiny, Tencozy vs. Nagata & Tiger Mask, and Dangerous Tekkers vs. Suzuki & Michinoku

Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson set for NJPW Strong

Posted on by Ethan Renner

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

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

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

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

In the opener, Ariya Daivari will face Alex Zayne. 

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

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

Here is Saturday’s full lineup:

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

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

Minoru Suzuki vs. Kaleb with a K set for Impact Wrestling

Posted on by Josh Nason

Two new matches were announced for this Thursday’s Impact Wrestling as Minoru Suzuki will face Kaleb with a K while Madison Rayne takes on Mercedes Martinez.

Rayne and Kaleb were complaining backstage about their treatment by Knockouts Champion Mickie James and Martinez this past Thursday when Impact VP Scott D’Amore walked up and said he wants to make talent happy and give them what they want.

As a result, he gave Rayne the opportunity against Martinez which the former didn’t seem to actually want. He then gave Kaleb a pep talk and said that instead of James, he wanted to give him a bigger opportunity: one against “The King” which Kaleb also didn’t seem to want.

This will be Suzuki’s first singles match in Impact after he debuted this past Thursday in a six-man tag team match. Martinez is looking to keep momentum going leading into her challenge of James for the Knockouts title at Turning Point on November 20th.

Here’s the current lineup for this Thursday:

  • Impact Tag Team title no. 1 contenders’ match: Bullet Club (Chris Bey and Hikuleo) vs. FinJuice
  • Undead Bridesmaids (Kimber Lee and Brandi Lauren) vs. Decay (Rosemary and Havok)
  • Minoru Suzuki vs. Kaleb with a K
  • Mercedes Martinez vs. Madison Rayne

Impact Wrestling live results: Minoru Suzuki’s in-ring debut

Posted on by Antonio Garza

After making his presence felt by attacking Josh Alexander last week, Minoru Suzuki will make his in-ring debut for Impact Wrestling Thursday, teaming with Impact World Champion Moose and W. Morrissey against Alexander, Matt Cardona and Eddie Edwards.

This week will also feature a Knockouts Championship match as Mickie James will make her first title defense against Madison Rayne after the “Queen Bee” challenged her to a match last week. James defeated Deonna Purrazzo for the title at last month’s Bound for Glory.

The next number one contender for the X-Division title will be decided in a four-way bout between Laredo Kid, Steve Maclin, Black Taurus and former champion Rohit Raju.

After defeating Ace Austin last week, Chris Sabin will seek revenge against the man who eliminated him from the Call Your Shot gauntlet match in Madman Fulton. 

Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers will face FinJuice in a non-title match. The two teams have been feuding off and on for months over the titles.

The BTI pre-show match will see Sam Beale team up with Willie Mack and Rich Swann to face The Learning Tree (Brian Myers, Zicky Dice and VSK).

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Rich Swann, Willie Mack, & Sam Beale defeated The Learning Tree (Brian Myers, VSK, & Zicky Dice) on BTI

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Laredo Kid defeated Steve Maclin, Black Taurus (w/ Crazzy Steve) and Rohit Raju (w/ Raj Singh) in an X-Division no. 1 contender’s match

Maclin and Taurus started by taking out Raju and Kid and paired up with each other for a couple of hoss and lucha spots. Maclin ended up on the floor as everyone took turns to hit dives on the rest of the wrestlers. 

Back in the ring, Kid and Raju paired up for some good back and forth, but neither was able to gain control before Maclin and Taurus came back into the mix, with the latter controlling the ring. 

Laredo Kid and Taurus paired up for some great lucha, Kid hit an over the top rope rana on Taurus, who was on the floor, followed by a plancha. 

Raju came back and got some near falls on Kid with a flapjack and an O’Connor roll, but Kid was able to come back with a driver for the win. Good opener, but I would have liked more time.

After the match, X-Division champion Trey Miguel came out and congratulated Laredo Kid, but Maclin attacked them both, went for Mayhem for All on Miguel, but Miguel countered, and along with Kid, took out Maclin. 

— Gia Miller interviewed Madison Rayne about her chance to win the Knockouts title for a sixth time. Rayne said that Mickie James wasn’t a new challenge and has wrestled her many times before. Rayne brought up that when she goes for the title, she usually walks out with the title.

— Miller interviewed Ace Austin about his ongoing feud with Chris Sabin and how Madman Fulton will destroy him later tonight.

Eric Young (with Violent By Design) defeated Jai Vidal 

Before the match, Violent By Design came out. Young talked about not having wrestled for months and how he’s ready to get his hands dirty again. He said he will build a mountain out of sacrifices he takes out in the ring. Local wrestler Vidal came out. Young asked a couple of questions about who he was before starting the match. 

This was a squash. Young got some offense in before hitting the piledriver and pinning Vidal.

— Knockouts Tag Team Champions The IInspiration arrived for their interview on Locker Room Talk, but since Rayne was preparing for her match tonight, she wasn’t in the room. Suddenly, Rosemary and Havok started to haunt Lee and McKay. While the idea was bad, The IInspiration’s performance is worth money.

Miller asked The IInspiration about what happened. They talked about Decay and seeing ghosts. Miller also told them to avoid Su Yung’s Undead Bridesmaids. It seemed like The IInspiration will try to trick the Undead Bridesmaids to go after Decay.

FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay) vs. Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) went to a no-contest

FinJuice and The Good Brothers have been feuding for the tag team titles for months, but after failing to capture the titles at Bound For Glory, FinJuice challenged The Good Brothers bringing up that they never lost the titles and thus, have never been directly defeated by Anderson and Gallows. 

FinJuice started strong, controlling the ring against Anderson. Finlay worked the arm while Robinson went for strikes, but it wasn’t long before Robinson distracted himself with Gallows on the apron and left himself open for Anderson and Gallows to cut him off. 

Gallows and Anderson worked over Robinson, mostly going for the midsection, keeping him away from Finlay, and constant pin attempts. 

Eventually, FInlay got the hot tag and ran wild over Anderson, hit a dive on Gallows, and came back to the ring for a near fall on Anderson after a back breaker. Robinson tagged in for the doomsday device, but Anderson blocked it. Robinson took out Anderson, but was taken out by Gallows, who took a plancha from Finlay. 

Once everyone was down, Bullet Club ran down and attacked both FinJuice and The Good Brothers. They low blowed everyone and posed with the titles. The referee ruled it a no contest.

— Miller found Johnny Swinger selling his stuff to make money and buy a new casino. Hernandez and John E. Bravo took Swinger to help him with The Demon.

— Backstage, FinJuice complained that every time they are about to defeat The Good Brothers, Bullet Club interferes. Scott D’Amore signed FinJuice vs. Bullet Club in a no. 1 contenders’ match where there will be a winner. 

Knockouts Champion Mickie James defeated Madison Rayne (with Kaleb) to retain

James defeated Deonna Purrazzo to capture the Knockouts Championship, but before she could properly celebrate, Rayne issued a challenge for the title in a battle of two of the most condecorated champions in the division. 

This started with both women wrestling for wrist control with a series of reversals, eventually won by James, who kept control, even after Rayne came close to cutting her off after a distraction from Kaleb. 

Rayne would later on fake being injured, allowing Kaleb to attack James and set her up for Rayne to take control. She locked in a last chancery for a submission tease, but James escaped. 

Rayne continued in control for a bit until James made a comeback, striking down Rayne. Kaleb once again tried to distract James, and Rayne did capitalize with a cutter, but James still kicked out at two. 

On the floor, Kaleb tried to get revenge for last week’s slap, but James dodged, took out Kaleb tossing him to the steel steps, hit the top rope press and got the pin on Rayne for the win. Ok match.

After the match, Mercedes Martinez, the rightful number 1 contender after winning the Knockouts Knockdown tournament, came out to confront Mickie James. Martinez put over James as one of the best, but she also reminded her that she was coming for the title. 

– The IInspiration found the Undead Bridesmaids and proposed they face off against Decay next week on their behalf.

— Miller interviewed Josh Alexander, Eddie Edwards and Matt Cardona about facing off with such a strong team like Moose, Morrissey and Suzuki. Alexander said he is only focused on Moose, but Edwards stopped him and told him to keep his cool and not allow the anger to get to him, Edwards has been there before. Cardona reminded them that it’s not just about Moose, they need to stick together if they want to win. 

Chris Sabin defeated Madman Fulton (w/ Ace Austin)

This match comes after Fulton and Austin eliminated Sabin from the Call Your Shot gauntlet, but attacking him from behind. Last week, Austin defeated Sabin in the main event after Fulton interfered, and thus tonight, Sabin gets Fulton. 

The match was a speed vs. power match. Sabin got some early offense in using his speed to dodge and attack, but during the commercial, Fulton got his hands on Sabin and cut him off. 

Fulton overpowered Sabin and kept control for a while, but after getting some space to pick up speed, Sabin was able to make a comeback and take down Fulton with a dive and an enzuigi for a near fall. 

Sabin tried to go for cradle shock, but Fulton easily blocked it and hit a big torture rack into pancake drop for a near fall. Fulton went for the end of days, but Sabin escaped, went for a tornado DDT, but turned it into a small package, and picked up the win. 

— Brown and Striker ran down the Turning Point card including Decay vs. The IInspiration for the Knockouts Tag Team titles, Laredo Kid vs. Trey Miguel for the X-Division title and Mercedes Martinez vs. Mickie James for the Knockouts title. 

— Next week, it will be the Undead Bridesmaids vs. Decay, Bullet Club vs. FinJuice in a Tag Team title no. 1 contenders’ match. Also, Jordynne Grace defends the Digital Media title against John Skylar.

Impact World Champion Moose, W. Morrissey and Minoru Suzuki defeated Josh Alexander, Matt Cardona and Eddie Edwards

This match was signed last week after Moose got into fights with all three of his opponents. D’Amore told Moose he had to find two partners to take on Alexander, Edwards, and Cardona. 

Minoru Suzuki also made his debut last week and went straight for Alexander after the latter had gone after Moose. Alexander’s gripe with Moose has been about attacking him while his family was in the ring, more than Moose taking the title away from him.

Match started with Suzuki and Alexander chain wrestling, but it quickly came down to strikes and Morrissey tagged in. Alexander managed to take him down and tag in Edwards. The pair ups continued with Edwards and Moose where the baby faces cleared the ring. 

Things settled with Cardona vs Moose, but after taking down Morrissey and Moose, Cardona fell to Suzuki’s roped armbar and with that, Cardona was cut off from his corner. 

Moose, Morrissey, and Suzuki worked over Cardona, focusing on the head. At one point, Edwards got a tag, but the referee failed to see it. Eventually, Cardona caught Morrissey and Moose with desperation and gave the tag to Alexander. 

Alexander came in and took out Moose with multiple Germans, took out Morrissey with the help of Edwards, who tagged in and got a near fall with a blue thunder bomb. 

Alexander and Suzuki finally came to strikes. The other four men joined to take turns taking each other out, but at the end Suzuki hit the GSP on Alexander after saving Moose from the G4. Morrissey took out Edwards with a huge boot, hit the powerbomb, and picked up the win. Really good match. 

Afterwards, the heels posed over the fallen body of Edwards as the show went off the air.

NJPW Strong results: Suzuki & Archer vs. Team Filthy

Posted on by Justin Knipper

Tonight was the fourth installment of NJPW Strong’s Autumn Attack US tour series.

Fred Rosser and Rocky Romero defeated Team Filthy (JR Kratos & Danny Limelight)

Nice opener. Limelight was a regular on Strong for a good chunk of last year and was a big part of their lineup when the show launched; it was good to see him back. He and Romero had a good mentor-mentee singles program in 2020, and the beginning of this saw a slight return, with Limelight and Romero kicking things off. Rosser and Kratos were in next, and these two had a hell of a singles match on Strong this past March.

Kratos launched Rosser with a vertical suplex. Limelight choked Rosser with the ropes while Kratos distracted the ref. Kratos continued working Rosser over, but as the match went on the crowd got really behind Rosser and started chanting for him. When Kratos tried deadlifting Rosser into another vertical suplex, Rosser slipped away, then landed a low single-leg dropkick before he tagged out to Romero. Kratos tagged out to Limelight, who ended up being on the other end of Romero’s fiery offensive attack. Romero caught Limelight with a springboard basement dropkick.

The match broke down into bedlam shortly after, with all four brawling in and out of the ring. Rosser laid Limelight out with a falling backdrop suplex on the apron. Inside the ring, he and Kratos duked it out. They collided with simultaneous big boots.

Limelight made his way back into the match and took Rosser off the top ropes with a flying hurricanrana. Kratos laid Rosser out with a Falcon Arrow, but Romero made the save for his partner.

The finish saw Limelight attempt his signature double-jump swinging DDT, but Rosser caught him mid-air and drove him into the mat with an Emerald Frosion to score the win for his team.

Lio Rush defeated Taiji Ishimori

In some ways, these two are almost mirror versions of each other. Ishimori is bigger, in general, but they’re approximately the same height, have pretty much the same hair length and are both shredded high flyers.

Ishimori played bully and flexed his biceps at Rush a few times. The match kicked into high gear early, and only after a minute or so they were exchanging holds at a frenetic pace. Rush caught Ishimori in the gut while he hung in the air when he went for a leapfrog. Even the announcers said it might be too fast of a match for them to call.

Ishimori caught Rush running towards him off the ropes, so he pulled the middle rope down and Rush went crashing onto the floor. From here, Ishimori slowed the pace and began working over Rush’s arm outside the ring, wrapping it against the ring post and guardrail and smashing it over and over again. Back in the ring, Ishimori did more of the same, hammerlocking Rush’s arm and ramming it into the ringpost. When Rush went for a handspring off the ropes, Ishimori clipped him in the injured arm with a low dropkick.

Rush made a comeback using his right arm, as his left was kayfabe-injured, and took Ishimori out with a series of lariats followed by the handspring elbow he’d attempted earlier. The stronger, more experienced Ishimori responded later with a hammerlock shoulder-breaker that drove Rush’s shoulder into Ishimori’s knee for two. Rush actually bridged out using only his neck and uninjured arm. The crowd started chanting for him loudly. Ishimori locked in La Mistica and held him in the hold for a good while until Rush power-bombed his way out of it.

Rush unloaded a series of kicks that Ishimori ate, but that didn’t keep the Bone Soldier on the mat. Ishimori smacked his own head showing that those kicks did nothing to him. Rush served up a spinning enzuigiri next, though, and that laid Ishimori out. Rush then landed a big frog splash for the win. For Rush, that’s a huge W, as Ishimori in 2021 is a decorated wrestler, with experience and title runs in IMPACT, Pro Wrestling NOAH and others in addition to being former IWGP Junior heavyweight champion. I think most fans would agree that these two need to have a rematch soon.

Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer) defeated Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor & Royce Isaacs)

Suzuki and Archer ambushed Team Filthy, who stood on the apron waiting for Suzuki’s entrance to wrap. Suzuki caught Isaacs with a boot, while Archer decked Lawlor. The fight spilled out onto the floor immediately, with Suzuki and Isaacs and one side of the ring and Archer and Lawlor fighting around the corner.

After another minute or so, all four found themselves inside the ring, and this is when the match officially started and the bell rang. Archer and Suzuki double-teamed Isaacs. “Filthy” Tom later used a cheap shot to take Suzuki out, throwing a knee into Suzuki’s back as he was bouncing off the ropes. Isaacs then caught a distracted Archer and started putting the boots to him as Lawlor and Suzuki fought on the floor. Can we please get a singles match between these two eventually?

Team Filthy continued the double-team onslaught on Suzuki, who played de facto face here (and pretty much every place he went to on his recent US tour). Lawlor and Isaacs flexed and posed while Archer flipped out in his corner while referee Jeremy Marcus kept him from entering the ring.

The crowd began chanting for Suzuki as Lawlor continued working him over. Suzuki seemingly used this fan energy to blast Lawlor in the solar plexus with a kitchen sink knee against the ropes. He then tagged out to Archer, who was your proverbial house of fire. Lawlor threw chops at Archer, but they didn’t phase him. Archer started running roughshod on Team Filthy, charging at whomever was in his way. Lawlor finally jumped Archer into his full guard and locked on a guillotine choke, which slowed Archer temporarily, until Archer suplexed Lawlor off his back. 

Later, Archer took Isaacs out with a modified Boss Man Slam and tagged Suzuki back into the match. He locked Isaacs in a front facelock while Archer finally laid Lawlor out with the Blackout, the reverse Iconoclast with Lawlor coming off the top rope.

In the meantime, Isaacs escaped from Suzuki’s hold and dumped him backwards with a sweet backdrop Saito Suplex. He low-bridged Archer over the top rope to the floor, then kneed  Suzuki in the face. Isaacs then landed his patented full nelson-to-deadlift-German suplex which earned him a close two-count. Ten minutes had passed by this point.

Suzuki made one final comeback, plastering Isaacs with palm strikes and elbows before putting him away with the Gotch-style piledriver and picking up the win for him and Archer. The crowd loved the finish.

After the match, Archer grabbed the mic and asked if the crowd had enjoyed the show, and it sounded like they did. Archer was cut off, though, when Chris Dickinson’s music hit. The “Dirty Daddy” made his way out to the ring. He took the mic, looked Suzuki in the eye and told him that Suzuki’s “vacation is over,” and that at the New Japan Philadelphia Showdown show, he’d already be dead. Dickinson said this in both Japanese and English; “Omae wa mou shindeiru.” For any classic comic & animation fans reading, this is a famous line from Fist of the North Star.

Minoru Suzuki’s response: “I speak a little English. . . F*CK YOU!”

The crowd lost it after he said that. Dickinson was fired up outside of the ring. These two just recently squared off in the main event of Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 7, but I’m not sure if or when NJPW will acknowledge that on the air.

Suzuki then asked the crowd if they wanted to see him again, and they responded with a loud roar of approval. “I’ll be back.”

Final thoughts:

NJPW Strong has always had consistently good match quality, but tonight’s show really felt prime-time outside of the somewhat low-rent production of these Autumn Attack shows. Lio Rush vs. Taiji Ishimori and Suzuki-gun vs. Team Filthy are worth going out of your way to watch this week.

Daily Update: Shawn Michaels, Minoru Suzuki, Katsuyori Shibata

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  • What Friday’s WWE vs. AEW head-to-head showed about pro wrestling with literally every detail covered
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  • Match of the week and performer of the week
  • Update on ticket sales to all the key U.S. shows
  • Full rundown of WWE Crown Jewel, story of show, business interest, match-by-match
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  • How Dynamite’s new time slot on cable in Pacific and Mountain time zones will affect total numbers and by approximately what percentage
  • Why NHL gets preference by TNT over AEW while delivering less than half the audience
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  • Bad Boy Hido passes away
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WWE

  • Apollo Crews vs. John Morrison and Veer vs. Jaxson Ryker were taped last night for this week’s Main Event.
  • A SmackDown replay that aired on Saturday night following the Houston vs. Boston MLB game scored 632,000 viewers, with a 0.16 in 18-49.
  • Panini announced that they have become the exclusive trading card partner of WWE, ending WWE’s long relationship with Topps.
  • In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Shawn Michaels talked about taking the reigns from Triple H in running NXT following Triple H’s recent heart issue. “Trying to step in and fill his role is impossible to do,” Michaels said.  “Everybody here misses him unbelievably, especially me. But I always go back to this—everything in real life takes precedence over everything else. This was a situation where my best friend needed my help and needed me to step in, so I look at this as an opportunity, in a small way, to thank him for everything he did for me earlier in my career. Taking over the responsibilities here is a drop in the bucket compared to what he did for me all those years back. I’m honored to at least have the opportunity to pay him back a little bit and be there for him. That’s what this whole company does—this whole relaunch has been everyone pulling together, and I’m energized and inspired to keep this NXT territory going strong during his absence.”
  • Xavier Woods spoke to the New York Post on becoming King of the Ring. “It means everything,” he said. “Because as you stated, this was a chance to break out and show everybody in the company that I have worked in whatever capacity that I can be put in. I’m not just a tag team wrestler. I very much am a tag team wrestler, but I very much believe that singles competitors have a harder time transitioning into tag team wrestlers because tag team wrestling is so complicated and so intricate and there are so many more bodies. I feel like tag team wrestlers have a much better chance at becoming incredible single performers because they are used to so many more bodies and so many more things coming at you. You got to keep your head on a swivel at all time. You don’t know if you’re going to get hit from the left or the right. So for me to be able to translate my tag team success into singles success into become royalty is for me, in my career, literally the best case scenario.”
  • Rey Mysterio talked to TV Insider about wanting to win the Raw Tag Team titles with his son Dominik.
  • Indi Hartwell talked to Sportskeeda ahead of her tag team title match at Halloween Havoc tonight.
  • Free matches added to WWE’s YouTube channel today include Diamond Dallas Page vs. Eddie Guerrero from Halloween Havoc 1996, Roman Reigns & Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro & Sheamus from the November 14, 2016 edition of Raw, and AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy from the October 26, 2020 edition of Raw.

AEW

  • This week’s Road to AEW Dynamite, which focuses on CM Punk vs. Bobby Fish, Sammy Guevara vs. Ethan Page, and Jon Moxley vs. Preston Vance.
  • The season finale of Rhodes to the Top on Saturday scored 303,000 viewers, with a 0.11 in 18-49, placing 26th for the night on cable. This is down from last week’s 340,000. 
  • The Boston Globe has a profile on AEW Dynamite ahead of Wednesday’s show in Boston.
  • Business Insider also has a profile on AEW.
  • CM Punk turns 43 today. Wheeler Yuta is also celebrating a birthday today.

Other Wrestling

  • PWInsider reports that Alberto Del Rio’s trial has been moved again, this time to December 13.
  • The Record reported that ROH’s parent company Sinclair Broadcasting suffered outages as a result of a ransomware attack.
  • Minoru Suzuki wrote on Instagram that this excursion to the United States has ended and is heading back to Japan.
  • Katsuyori Shibata talked to Tokyo Sports about his surprise return and exhibition match at the G1 Climax 31 finals. “I wanted to do it at the right time,” he said. “It was troublesome to ask about my condition, so I said, ‘Seeing is believing.’ I just expressed that it is [time]. Also, since it is such an era of  corona, I wish I could see something like hope. [Zack Sabre Jr. was] the right person. He’s always said that he can maximize [his time]. I wonder if there will be a [future] battle with Zack. On the contrary, other than Zack, I didn’t think about it.”
  • Warrior Wrestling announced that Will Ospreay will be part of their December 12 event.
  • Adam Scherr, the former Braun Strowman, announced a December 4 date for a GLCW Blizzard Brawl event appearance. He said this would probably be his only appearance for the rest of the year.
  • Warner Bros. has greenlit a sequel to last week’s top box office film Dune, which stars Batista. It was given a theatrical release window of October 2023.
  • Matt Tremont has released a short video hyping his return to deathmatch wrestling, facing Atsushi Onita on October 31.
  • Taylor Rotunda, the former Bo Dallas, will appear at WrestleCade Revenge from November 26 through the 28th.
  • Maria Kanellis is the guest on this week’s Oral Sessions with Renee Paquette.
  • Zeus talked to Tokyo Sports about leaving All Japan Pro Wrestling at the end of the year to become the president of Osaka Pro Wrestling.
  • Booker T talked to Mike Johnson of PWInsider about Reality of Wrestling, Rok-C, and more.
  • NOAH’s Yoshiki Inamura announced that he will return from a fractured left tibia next month.
  • Crimson talked to Slam Wrestling about his career and upcoming cage match in the NWA against former tag team partner Jax Dane.

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Suzuki & Archer vs. Team Filthy to headline NJPW Strong

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer will face Team Filthy’s Tom Lawlor and Royce Isaacs in the main event of this week’s NJPW Strong Autumn Attack. 

Also announced, Lio Rush will face Bullet Club’s Taiji Ishimori in a junior heavyweight clash. 

In the opener, Fred Rosser and Rocky Romero will team against Team Filthy’s JR Kratos and Danny Limelight. Rosser is next in line to challenge Lawlor for the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship. 

The Autumn Attack episodes of Strong were taped on September 25 and September 26 in Garland, Texas.

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

Here is Saturday’s full lineup:

NJPW Strong Autumn Attack night three, Saturday, October 30, 8 p.m. Eastern time on NJPW World–

  • Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer vs. Tom Lawlor & Royce Isaacs
  • Lio Rush vs. Taiji Ishimori
  • Fred Rosser & Rocky Romero vs. JR Kratos & Danny Limelight

Impact notes: Alexander vs. Suzuki, Sunday TV taping results

Posted on by Josh Nason

Former Impact World Champion and X-Division Champion Josh Alexander will face Minoru Suzuki for the first time ever at Monday’s Impact TV taping in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Impact announced the match Monday after it was set up during Sunday’s taping with a staredown and pull-apart brawl between the two.

Suzuki is making his promotional debut at the tapings while Alexander is coming off his win over Christian Cage for the World title at Sunday’s Bound for Glory only to lose it minutes later to Moose who cashed in his Call Your Shot gauntlet opportunity right after.

While spoilers and results from Sunday’s TV taping have been hard to come by, here’s a few notes:

  • Moose opened the tapings with what was described as a scathing promo that covers AEW, Roman Reigns, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, The New Day and more.
  • Moose, W. Morrissey and Suzuki vs. Alexander, Matt Cardona and Eddie Edwards were the main event of night one.
  • X-Divison Champion Trey Miguel defended against Rocky Romero. The match was made on Twitter Monday so that will likely be on tap for this Thursday’s show.
  • Knockouts Champion Mickie James successfully defended the title against Madison Rayne. Mercedes Martinez then came out afterward to challenge James to a title match at Turning Point as she earned the shot in the Knockouts Knockdown tournament.
  • Ace Austin defeated Chris Sabin.
  • Laredo Kid won a four-way no. 1 contender’s match for the X-Division title that included Rohit Raju, Steve Maclin and Black Taurus.
  • Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers vs. FinJuice was interrupted by Bullet Club as Chris Bey, El Phantasmo and Hikuleo laid out both teams with low blows with the titles.
  • VBD’s Eric Young returned to singles action to defeat the debuting Jai Vidal in a squash. Young is coming off a knee injury.
  • Heath defeated VBD’s Joe Doering with the faction laying out Heath and Rhino afterward.
  • Other taped matches include John Skyler vs. Chelsea Green; Rosemary and Havok vs. Brandi Lauren and Kimber Lee, Jake Something vs. Matthew Rehwoldt; Tasha Steelz vs. Rachael Ellering; and Rich Swann and Willie Mack against two members of the Learning Tree. In the Rosemary/Havok vs. Lauren and Lee match, new Knockouts Tag Team Champions The IInspiration came out to watch the match, getting in the ring after the match. Jess McKay had her throat grabbed, but that was it.

GCW War Ready live results: Nick Gage vs. Minoru Suzuki

Posted on by Chick Fritts

Minoru Suzuki’s U.S. tour continues as the night after taking on Chris Dickinson at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport, he faces former GCW Champion Nick Gage for the very first time at War Ready.

The event is GCW’s second straight in Los Angeles, California.

Gage is coming off a loss to champion Jon Moxley in a death match at this month’s Fight Club show while Suzuki is 4-0 in GCW action the last two months.

The GCW Tag Team titles will be on the line as the Second Gear Crew of Mance Warner and Matthew Justice will face the debuting Jay and Mark Briscoe who made a surprise appearance at the Fight Club show to make the challenge.

In another debut, Mexican wrestling star Psycho Clown will take on EFFY.

The rest of the eight-match card will see former MLW Champion Jacob Fatu teaming with Juicy Finau vs. Chris Dickinson and Starboy Charlie; AJ Gray vs. Dark Sheik; Arez vs. Ninja Mack; Jordan Oliver vs. Nick Wayne, and Jonathan Gresham vs. Alex Zayne.

Our live coverage begins at 11 PM Eastern.

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Eight-Way Scramble: Allie Katch defeated Gringo Loco, Lucas Riley, ASF, Matt Vandagriff, Gaston, JTG, and Eli Everfly

This match served as a shot of adrenaline to open the show, in this sense, a relatively usual GCW scramble. From bell to bell, this match was all gas, no breaks.

After all of the suspected competitors were announced, music played. Out walked Allie Katch, inserting herself in the match. 

The match opened with Katch surrounded by all of her competitors. Katch went for a knife but was promptly interrupted by the rest of the wrestlers. This is where the match broke down into a typical GCW scramble—the eight-way featured tons of individual interactions and spectacular moves integrating into a digestible sequence. After plenty of dangerous and exciting moves, the ring was cleared for Katch to land a piledriver and secure the win. 

Alex Zayne defeated Jonathan Gresham

Zayne and Gresham melded their styles into a cohesive match, it was quite fun.

The match opened with Gresham asking Zayne to arm wrestle. After Zayne rejected the offer, the match began at lightning pace. Almost as soon as it started, Zayne landed a dive on the outside. Zayne’s momentum was short-lived, however, as Gresham regained control after out wrestling Zayne from the mat. 

On the mat, Gresham stretched and contorted Zayne, paying attention to multiple body parts. Zayne eventually fought to a standing position, where he gained spaced with a strike of his own. Zayne momentarily gained the advantage, but after his flipping kick, he lost control to Gresham on the mat once more.

Zayne fought under the ropes, escaping from a tight crossface. Gresham paused in his follow-up, allowing Zayne to connect with a strike. This initiated a back and forth that left both men grounded. Gresham capitalised on a prone

Zayne, landing a tope. Zayne quickly responded with a knee before the two tried for quick rollup wins. After multiple attempts, Gresham tried for a jackknife pin that Zayne stuffed, turning it into a pin of his own. Gresham was trapped, leaving Zayne with a sudden victory. Zayne outwrestled, at least in the last three seconds, the best pure wrestler on the planet. 

AJ Gray defeated Dark Sheik

Gray is fantastic, this is clear every time he steps in a wrestling ring, but Sheik’s performance was also excellent in this match. Were there moments of questionable delivery? Sure, but Sheik fully delivered emotionally. 

Gray opened the match with a headlock. From the mat, Gray lost control to Shiek but dropped her mere moments later. Gray tried for multiple strikes, but Shiek ducked them all, responding with quick kicks. Sheik then walked the top rope before delivering a rana. 

A flapjack opened Shiek up for a nasty senton from Gray. Gray chopped Shiek to the ground, mocking her pain as she fell to the mat. A spinning kick sent Shiek to the outside. Shiek played possum, allowing her to land a quick move to slip back into control. 

A leg drop from Sheik resulted in a near fall. Gray interrupted Sheik’s attempted follow-up with a chokeslam/powerbomb combination for a near fall of his own. Gray climbed to the top, where Sheik met him. Shiek landed a DDT and a pump handle, another near fall. 

Sheik and Gray travelled to the top rope once more. This time Gray connected with a superplex, and again, Sheik kicked out. Gray hit his lariat; Sheik kicked out at one. Gray tried for another lariat, but was met with a groin punch. Gray responded with a spinebuster, lariat, and splash. This time Sheik failed to kick out. 

Chris Dickinson and Starboy Charlie defeated Jacob Fatu and Juicy Fatu 

This was up to the mark. A tag team match with all the fundamentals with an excellent feel-good ending followed by a brutal post-match beatdown. I.E. textbook pro wrestling. 

This match started with a brawl before the bell. Charlie hit a dive, Dickenson a dropkick, Juicy a tackle. The opening moments were action-packed. 

Carlie interrupted attempted interference with a rana to Jacob. Juicy responded with a double lariat. With Charlie and Juicy alone in the ring, Juicy was in total control; this continued after Jacob entered the fray. 

After minutes of total domination, Charlie escaped a powerbomb to tag in Dickenson. Dickenson unloaded on Jacob and Juicy. Dickenson hoisted Jacob up and delivered a brainbuster for a near fall.  

A fatigued Charlie tagged back into the match. A deadlift German suplex from Dickenson allowed Charlie to lock in a crossface that Juicy was forced to break up. This time, Dickenson didn’t allow Charlie to be destroyed by his opponents; no, he had a door. Dickenson tried to fight off both Juicy and Jacob, but Jacob put him through his own door. 

Jacob pulled Charlie onto his shoulders and delivered a Samoan drop; Charlie kicked out. Charlie was lined up for a chair shot but avoided the attack, allowing the chair to crash into Jacob. Charlie then grabbed the remnants of the table and levelled Juicy. Charlie then hooked the leg and pinned Juicy for an upset in his favour. 

The victory celebration was cut short by Juicy and Jacob, who left the victors laid out before leaving the ring. Charlie was the focus of the attack; he required help out of the ring.

Jordan Oliver vs Nick Wayne

Oliver, in an untypical fashion, almost played the veteran in this match over his younger opponent. As Wayne tried to toy with Oliver, Oliver avoided the bait. Oliver also used his size to his advantage, delivering powerful moves on the smaller Wayne. A backbreaker/suplex combination left Oliver with a near fall. 

After chopping Wayne across the ring, Wayne connected with a quick headbutt. A back elbow, enziguri, seated dropkick, and fisherman suplex lead to a two count for Wayne. Wayne, perhaps in desperation, climbed to the top rope. Enter Atticus Cogar.

Cogar pushed Wayne to the floor, but his main target was Oliver. Cogar dropped Oliver with a low blow before walking to the back. Cogar returned to the ring with barbed wire wrapped furniture. He flattened Oliver with the weapon before cutting a promo where he declared GCW was “built on the blood of deathmatch”, as opposed to the style of Oliver and Wayne. Cogar then announced his participation in the upcoming Nick Gage Invitational Tournament. 

GCW Tag Team Championships: Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe defeated Mance Warner and Matthew Justice (c) 

This was madness. The absolute insanity of this match makes it hard to evaluate. At the very least, it was high-intensity wrestling that one couldn’t look away from. 

Warner and Mark opened the match with back and forth striking. Jay tagged into the match and levelled Warner. Justice met a similar fate as the Briscoes connected with a double shoulder tackle. 

After securing an early lead, the Briscoes went to the outside to toss chairs into the ring. Warner and Jay traded share strikes before the match broke down into a four-way chair war. Justice tried for a dive but missed; he took a disgusting fall into a chair. With their opponents down a man, the Briscoes destroyed Warner with a chair, now dawning a crimson mask. 

Justice managed to interrupt the Briscoes only to receive an insane dive from Mark moments later. However, this was enough of a distraction as Jay was driven face-first into a chair moments later by Warner. Warner caught Mark with a chair on his way back into the ring, cornering him with a chair in a corner. Justice came off the top to deliver coast to coast. Very soon after, Justice landed a second cost to cost, this time with a flip.  

Warner, now with a door, hoisted Jay to the top rope. A superplex drove Jay through the door just in time for a Justice splash. Mark broke up the pin that followed. 

All four men rose to a standing position and began trading strikes—the Briscoes connected with a powerbomb cutter on Justice after flattening Warner for a convincing near fall. The Briscoes then hoisted Warner to suplex him outside, but Justice interrupted the move with a spear. The spear sent Warner and the Briscoes into two doors propped up outside of the ring. 

Justice grabbed a chair and tried to hit Jay. Jay avoided the move, and Justice flattened Warner with the chair instead. Jay hit his driver for another near fall. After the kickout, Jay hit another driver on a chair. Mark then lept from the top rope with an elbow. This time there was no kick out. The Briscoes are GCW Tag Team champions. 

Effy defeated Psycho Clown

The ace of AAA, who’s also a clown, against Effy—what a bizarre matchup. It definitely acted as a unique showcase of wrestling culture. This was action dense and silly, I.E. exactly what you would expect of a Clown/Effy match.

The match started with a playful back and forth. This ended when Clown threw Effy to the outside, where he landed a tope. Clown threw Effy again, this time into the front row of chairs. 

Effy cut off Clown’s second attempt at a tope with a pump kick. Effy then tied Clown into the ropes and taunted him with erotic hip movements. Effy grabbed Clown with a double nipple twister before “dropping the bomb” for a two count. Clown responded with a spinning forearm that left Effy grounded. 

A discus lariat from Clown allowed him to climb to the top rope. From the top, Clown delivered a springboard moonsault. Effy managed to escape a slam by securing a choke mid-move, but instead of following through with the choke, Effy tried to remove Clown’s mask. Clown fought Effy off, threw him to the outside, and landed another tope, deep in the crowd. Clown then split Effy’s legs and drove him into the ring post. 

Back in the ring, Effy escaped a cradle and delivered a famouser before Clown could follow up. The two then climbed the top rope, where Clown regained control, landing a one-man Spanish fly. Clown then pulled out a strap and began to spank Effy; Effy liked it. Effy then tried to kiss Clown but missed, instead, kissing the referee. Effy then turned around and rolled up Clown for the win.  

After the match, Clown thanked the fans in attendance. 

Minoru Suzuki defeated Nick Gage

When Suzuki’s 2021 tour of the Americas was taking shape, and GCW was a more than prominent stop for him, one match stood out as a must happen. This is that match. 

The match delivered in every conceivable way. It felt like something out of WWC circa the late 80s with the passion of a Nick Gage audience. It was a brutal, unpredictable, and dramatic war. It was a genuinely special outing to fill out Suzuki’s tour of the states. 

Following the bell, Suzuki and Gage entered a staredown. Suzuki struck first, but Gage answered with a strike of his own. The pair traded blows; Suzuki won out. Gage travelled to the outside, where the men continued to trade blows, now amongst the crowd. Gage threw Suzuki into the chairs; Suzuki responded by initiating a back and forth with, not with forearms, but headbutts. Lost in the sea of fans, Suzuki hit Gage with a metal bucket. 

Gage worked his way back to the ring, where he dug his fingers into the eyes of Suzuki. Gage then used the fans, having them hold chairs that he threw Suzuki into. Back in the ring, Suzuki gained advantage, locking in a heel hook that nearly rendered Gage unconscious. Gage fought into the bottom rope in defiance of Suzuki’s submission mastery.

Suzuki tried to flatten Gage with a chair, but Gage ducked; the chair hit the referee instead. Gage hit a choke breaker, resulting in a visible pin, but with no referee, the match continued. Gage threw a chair at Suzuki after propping up a door; Suzuki caught the chair and flattened Gage with it. Gage tried punching out Suzuki, but Suzuki avoided the strike and locked in the choke. Gage again avoided unconsciousness. Suzuki hoisted Gage on top of his own door/chair monstrosity, where he delivered the Gotch piledriver. The Gotch piledriver through the door was enough for Suzuki to pin Gage and secure the win. 

After the final bell, Suzuki and Gage stared down, teasing a rematch.

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

Posted on by Parker Klyn

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

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

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

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

Our live coverage begins at 11 PM Eastern.

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Show Report —

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

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

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

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

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Yoya defeated Starboy Charlie via TKO (3:42)

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

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

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Zeda Zhang defeated KZT via submission (7:09)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NJPW Strong spoilers: Moxley & Kingston vs. Suzuki & Archer

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW held their second night of Strong Showdown tapings on Sunday at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. 

Below are night two’s results. 

*Thanks to Travis Larrabee*

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Juice Robinson & David Finlay defeated Yuya Uemura & Kevin Knight

Finlay pinned Knight after a top rope elbow. 

El Phantasmo & Chris Bey defeated Lio Rush & Ariya Daivari 

Bey pinned Daivari after a knee strike. 

Jonathan Gresham defeated Alex Coughlin

Gresham won by pinfall with a roll-up.

Fred Rosser, Karl Fredericks, Rocky Romero, Ren Narita & The DKC defeated Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson & Danny Limelight

Rosser and company won by DQ after someone dressed as Black Tiger attacked Romero. 

Rosser will be Lawlor’s next challenger for the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship.

Brody King, Chris Dickinson & Daniel Garcia defeated Bateman, Misterioso & Barrett Brown

King pinned Misterioso with a Gonzo Bomb. 

Gabriel Kidd returned

Kidd returned and challenged Gresham to a match at the next Strong tapings in Riverside. 

TJP defeated Clark Connors

TJP won by pinfall with a roll-up with his feet on the ropes. 

Jay White & Hikuleo defeated Fred Yehi & Wheeler Yuta

White pinned Yuta after a Blade Runner.

Will Ospreay defeated Alex Zayne

Ospreay pinned Zayne after a Hidden Blade.

Philadelphia street fight: Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer defeated Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston

Archer pinned Kingston after hitting Blackout through a table.  

Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson set for Bloodsport

Posted on by Bryan Rose

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

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

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

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

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

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