ODB has been lobbying for one WWE or NXT appearance through TNA’s ongoing partnership with the promotion.
Speaking on SoCal Val’s The Velvet Ropes on WrestlingNews.co, TNA veteran ODB opened up about asking for at least one WWE appearance, while also noting that she was one of the wrestlers who spent their entire career in TNA.
“It would be cool. And that’s something I’ve brought up, and I’m gonna keep bringing it up. Hey, just one appearance or something. Even if it’s NXT or just something. I mean, come on.”
Despite her brief appearances for multiple promotions, including AEW, ROH, and others, ODB remained a loyal part of TNA’s roster throughout her career.
“I’m pretty much probably one of the only wrestlers that’s only been in TNA. You don’t really hear that a lot. A lot of people did TNA, then did WWE, or WWE then TNA, and AEW. And I’ve just been a TNA Knockout. I’ve never been anywhere else,” she said.
A wrestling veteran for over two decades, she recently returned to TNA, which is now being described as her final run.
The newest member of the Hall of Fame took part in a six-woman Hardcore Country match at Saturday’s Rebellion, teaming with Mickie James and Taryn Terell in a losing effort against The Elegance Brand. After the match, Tommy Dreamer and Carlos Silva came to the ring and told the Elegance Brand to leave. They eventually revealed that ODB would be a part of the Hall of Fame ceremony this year, which is usually held during Bound for Glory weekend in October.
ODB cut a short promo saying she wasn’t expecting this and clarified she wasn’t done yet. She said she loves the business and everyone in the back and told all the Knockouts to keep doing this as it’s been one hell of a ride watching everyone.
Starting out in 2001, ODB tried out for WWE’s Tough Enough reality show and competed in OVW before joining TNA in 2007. During the course of her career she won the Knockouts title on four different occasions and won the Knockouts Tag Team titles once with Eric Young.
Three title matches were announced Tuesday for March 13th’s Sacrifice on Impact Plus.
A match for the Tag Team titles was announced as The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) will defend against New Japan Pro Wrestling’s David Finlay and Juice Robinson, aka FinJuice.
The two teams have traded exchanges in the last few weeks. On this week’s Impact, the two teams defeated XXXL (Larry D and Acey Romero) and Reno Scum (Luster The Legend and Adam Thornstowe) in an eight-man tag. The winners all had a staredown afterward.
The X-Division title will be on the line as TJP will defend against former champion Ace Austin. Austin defeated Black Taurus and Chris Bey in a number one contenders three way Tuesday. Austin later confronted TJP backstage, which then led to Chris Bey appearing and challenging Austin for a match on next week’s Impact.
Finally, ODB will challenge Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo. Tuesday’s show ended with ODB attacking the champion for her attack on ODB backstage last week. The Impact veteran made it clear as the show was going off the air that she wanted a title match.
Here is the current card for Sacrifice:
Impact World Champion Rich Swann vs. TNA Champion Moose
Knockouts Tag Team Champions Fire ‘N Flava vs. Jordynne Grace and Jazz
Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo vs. ODB
Impact Tag Team Champions Good Brothers vs. David Finlay and Juice Robinson
Mahabali Shera and ODB both made their returns to Impact Wrestling tonight.
ODB made her return after Jordynne Grace defeated Susan in a match. ODB made the save for Grace and her tag team partner Jazz after Susan, Deonna Purazzo, and Kimber Lee attacked them. ODB later told Grace and Jazz that she was working her food truck nearby when she saw the attack, so she decided to help.
Shera also returned, aligning himself with former Desi Hit Squad teammate Rohit Raju. He helped Raju score a win over TJP. TJP had tried to go under the ring during the course of the match, but Shera was under the ring and took out TJP, allowing Raju to get the win.
ODB has appeared sporadically for Impact Wrestling over the last couple of years. She most recently appeared at last year’s Hard to Kill event, where she lost to then-champion Taya Valkyrie and Jordynne Grace in a triple threat match for the Knockouts title. Shera had not been seen on Impact since early last year, though he has made recent appearances on Impact’s Xplosion show. He also made several appearances last month for Ohio Valley Wrestling, competing in a battle royal for the OVW Heavyweight title.
Impact returns from Queens, NY after taking a week off with the build towards Hard To Kill.
Opening video was a full recap of the 6-person elimination gauntlet that lasted over an hour that crowned a new number one contender in Tessa Blanchard. Big emphasis was also put on Swann’s huge performance in the match, overcoming Moose and Elgin, only to fall to Brian Cage.
Show opened with Gabbi Loren interviewing Michael Elgin about the loss. Elgin said that tonight, he’s going to beat someone.
Eddie Edwards vs. Brian Cage ended in a no contest
Wrist control chain wrestling to start the match, transitioned into Cage running through Edwards chops into a shoulder tackle. Eddie used his speed advantage to side step him to the outside and go for a jumping rana, that Cage almost blocked by catching Eddie in the air.
Eddie and Cage exchanged some chops and kicks until Cage brought in Eddie with a deadlift auplex for a two count. Cage gained control chopped and tossed Eddie around the ring. Cage hit a couple of backbreakers for another two count. backplex for a third two count.
Eddie made a comeback blocking Cage’s suplex attempt and after some dodging landed a suplex of his own. Eddie hit Kobashi chops and a second rope hurricanrana. blue thunder bomb for a two count by Eddie.
Eddie went for a tiger driver, but Cage blocked it and hit a side suplex for a two count. Cage went for the F-5, but Eddie escaped. Cage hit a knee to the face while Eddie hit an enziguri. Cage came back with a big lariat and both men went down.
Both started trading strikes when Michael Elgin came out and attacked both men. Fans booed. Elgin attacked Eddie mostly until the referees pulled him away.
Commentary told us that this match is being restarted now as a three way.
Michael Elgin defeated Brian Cage & Eddie Edwards in a three way match
Obviously, Eddie and Cage now teamed up against Elgin for a bit, but Elgin being fresher, was able to dodge them and get a quick roll up on Eddie for a two count. Eddie sent both men outside and hit a dive on Elgin as Cage dodged and set himself up, following with a tope con giro on both men.
Back in the ring, all three men traded clotheslines, with Eddie getting a two count with a twisting Suplex on Cage, until Elgin broke it up. Elgin and Eddie exchanged chops and clotheslines, and now all three men exchanged superkicks.
Enziguri by Eddie on Elgin, followed by a top rope Hurricanerana, tossing Elgin into Cage. Elgin hit a German on both Eddie and Cage, missile dropkick on Eddie, and one final clothesline on Cage, sending both to the outside. Elgin followed with a big top rope senton to the outside.
Back from commercial, Elgin is still in control, working over Cage with clotheslines and going for a superplex, but Eddie recovers and blocks him. Eddie hits a blue thunder bomb on Elgin and the backpack stunner on Cage for a two count, but floats it over into a half crab until Elgin breaks the submission via multiple forearms to the face. Eddie goes for the Crab on Elgin, but Elgin kicks him off. Cage now recovered, takes down Eddie with clotheslines and that pumphandle into an x-factor.
Elgin hits a dragon suplex on Cage and clotheslines both men, diamondgiri on Eddie, followed by a pop-up slam. Elgin hits a suplex and falcon arrow on Cage for a two count. Elgin finally goes for the Elgin Bomb, but Cage blocks him and turns it into an Alabama slam, but out of nowhere, Eddie hits the Boston Knee Party on Cage and a tiger bomb for a two count.
Eddie goes for another BKP, but Elgin blocks him and exchanges forearms with Cage. He hits a Tornado DDT on Cage. Eddie took out Elgin, but Cage was there to take out Eddie with a lariat. All men down and the fans chant “Impact Wrestling”.
Cage went for a top rope rana on Elgin, but was dropped on the ropes. Eddie took out Elgin and hit the BKP on Cage for a two count. Elgin went for a German on Eddie, but Eddie countered, they traded strikes, Eddie hit the German, but Elgin no sold and came back with a Lariat. Elgin finally won with an Elgin Bomb.
Wow, hell of a 30 minute opener.
Commentary ran down the card for No Surrender this Saturday. Taya vs Havok for the Knockout’s title, Callihan vs Swann for the World title, and Ace Austin defends the title against Eddie Edwards in a table match.
The Rascalz were in the Treehouse talking about Ace Austin’s comments on Trey Miguel’s mom. Wentz and Xavier agreed with Ace a bit. In came Trey Miguel’s mom into the Treehouse, with Trey asking her to not be at ringside tonight during their match. Trey’s mom said that other wrestlers bring their moms to the show and asked Trey if he was embarrassed by her, guilting Trey into letting her be there. Trey’s mom is making meatloaf after the match for the Rascalz.
Out in the streets of NYC, Moose walked down saying that while he lost to Swann, he is still great as he compares himself to Ali and McGregor on their respective loses. Moose walked up to a basketball court where he bullied two fans who have seen that Moose has been attacking people at the golf course. Moose landed a 3-pointer and then attacked the fans.
Josh Matthews brought out ODB, who was here to talk about her unfortunate situation where she lost her food truck in a fire. Matthews announced that all proceeds of the show were going to help her fix her food truck.
ODB said she was happy to be home, she explained that she has been working with the food truck for the last 3 years and explained what happened. She said that unfortunately, insurance wouldn’t cover it and thanked the wrestling community for helping her out. She said that Impact always allowed her to be herself and that Impact reached out to her.
Suddenly, Taya Valkyrie interrupted the speech. Taya had some backhanded comments for ODB and then bragged about being the longest reigning Knockout’s champion in Impact history. Taya talked trash and told ODB that she would donate to the fund so she could now afford a fire extinguisher, and told ODB to get out of her ring.
After taking so much, ODB finally knocked down Taya, sending her running away. Taya was amazing here, she can trash talk like no other.
After commercials, commentary informed us that ODB will take on Taya.
We got footage for a press conference with Matthews and D’Amore talking about Tessa Blanchard vs Sami Callihan at Hard To Kill. Tessa said that she would be professional in her quest and put over Callihan’s work in the last few years. Callihan said that Tessa was a spoiled brat and that she was what was wrong with the new generation of wrestlers because she got everything handed to her. Callihan said he should be glorified for being the only one who actually treated Tessa as an equal, and that on January 12, he’s going to “crack her f***ing skull”. Tessa and Callihan got into a pull apart.
This looked great, but you could tell there was no press there and the pull-apart could have used more people to make it seem more chaotic.
Ace Austin & Reno Scum (Luster The Legend & Adam Thornstowe) defeated The Rascalz
Trey started the match against Thownstowe, with the former getting the better of the latter with his speed. Ace tagged in and blindsided Trey, getting the upper hand with some quick kicks. Ace went for the paper cut, but Trey escaped.
Wentz tagged in and overtook Ace Austin with kicks. Dezmond blind tagged and hit a double team combo, forcing Reno Scum to jump the rope and take out Dezmond with a German and footstomp combo.
Luster The Legend, now legal, worked over Dezmond, mostly with strikes and suplexes. Ace and Scum proceeded to cut the ring in half on Dezmond, mostly quick tags between Luster and Thornstowe, with the latter getting a two count with a standing moonsault. Ace taunted Trey while he stomped Xavier. After cutting Dezmond with the card, Xavier finally managed to hit a desperation kick on Austin and got to tag Trey Miguel.
Trey came in and took out both Scum members, Thornstowe with a neckbreaker, and Luster with a superkick. When he went for the dive, Ace caught him with a kick on the ropes. Dezmond and Wetnz came in for the aid and hit a combo on Ace to take him out. Wentz and Thornstowe followed with dives, and finally, it was Trey Miguel going for the meteora on Thornstowe for the finish but soon realizes that Ace Austin is out there flirting with his mom. Miguel went to attack him. Thanks to the distraction, Thornstowe recovered and rolled up Wentz to steal the win.
Pretty good match, it’s nice to see The Rascalz get into a serious feud for once.
Backstage, Jordynne Grace told ODB that she had her back. ODB told her that she’ll only leave some pieces of Taya for her at the PPV.
Backstage, Johnny Swinger approached Joey Ryan to complain about ‘these kids today’ that are killing the business for them. Swinger tells Ryan that they should form a Kliq together. Swinger said that he has a match with Petey Williams tonight and when he gives his signal, Ryan should come out and take him out. Joey Ryan agrees and goes back to his phone.
Rob Van Dam and Katie Forbes came out. Forbes did the introductions. Rob cut a promo saying that he would explain his past actions, but that no one would understand him because no one is as great as RVD and no one would ever want to copy any of them. RVD said that he has been raising the bar for many years already.
Tommy Dreamer came out and challenged RVD to fight Rhino next week, and that he could be the special guest referee. Rob told him that Tommy was living in the past and they’d done this many times already. RVD said that fans always get excited for ECW reunions, but he wants to move on from that because they all keep clinging onto him. Rob passed on the match, but appreciate the offer.
Rhino now came out and brawled with RVD into a short pull apart. Forbes tried to kick Rhino among the chaos.
Backstage, Acey Romero and Chris Sabin congratulated Swann. Swann said that it wasn’t his night, but now that it’s behind them, they should focus on next week’s Tag Team Open Challenge for the No. 1 Contendership.
The North walked up and had some comments for Swann going for the title this Saturday. Swann called out Page on his fake comment (which didn’t sound so fake), and told him that next week, they become the No. 1 Contenders for their titles.
Gabbi Loren interviewed Fallah Bahh about being attacked by the Desi Hit Squad. Bahh talked and said he is still here and she’s damn right he’s gonna fight back.
Impact Plus Flashback Moment of the Week was ODB defeating Mickie James to win the Knockout’s Championship.
Somewhere in the Undead Realm, James Mitchell introduced Suzie to Havok. Mitchell told Suzie that if she respects Havok’s space, the three of them will be the best of friends.
Petey Williams defeated Johnny Swinger
Swinger offered a handshake, which obviously was a trick, but Petey was ready and got a quick two count with a school boy. Petey hit a rana and drop toe hold on Swinger, following with a running dropkick to the back.
Swinger hit a fist drop on Petey, followed by a headbutt, a double axe handle and a couple of elbow drops that Petey dodged. Petey hit a springboard codebreaker, a side Russian leg Sweep, and prepped for the Canadian Destroyer, but Swinger escaped and called out for Joey Ryan.
Petey locked in the Sharpshooter and tapped out Swinger. Joey Ryan never came out.
Commentary ran down next week’s card: Tessa vs Madman Fulton, Sami Callihan vs Ken Shamrock, Rhino vs. RVD and the Tag Team open challenge.
ODB defeated Knockout’s Champion Taya Valkyrie (w/John E. Bravo) in a non-title match
Taya quickly knocked down ODB with a forearm and started stomping her, but ODB managed to dodge her and hit a couple of shoulder tackles and clotheslines. ODB chopped Taya from corner to corner and landed a fallaway slam, sending Taya to the outside.
On the other side of the ring, Bravo stole ODB’s flask, distracting her. ODB forced Bravo to take a sip, which he liked. ODB motorboated Bravo and got a one count after a flapjack on Taya.
ODB went for the second rope, but Taya pulled her feet off and regained control. Taya choked out ODB and hit a running knee for a one count.
ODB tried to make a comeback with strikes to the midsection and the running Splash, but Taya dodged this last move and hit a running hit attack instead for a two count. Taya hit a double leg drop to ODB’s crotch and locked in an STF for the submission tease until ODB made the ropes.
Taya hit a Super Dragon style curb stomp and started slamming ODB’s head to the ring and turnbuckles. Taya started getting cocky and playing to the crowd, giving ODB time to recover, which she did in the form of a second rope Thesz Press. ODB hit the running splash and the Bronco Buster and took a sip of the flask but got distracted by Bravo again, allowing Taya to attack her from behind.
Bravo, now drunk, said he was the champion now, which was an opening for Jordynne Grace to come out and distract Taya. That led to ODB rolling up Taya with a schoolgirl pin for the win. Match was nothing special other than Taya’s fantastic heel shtick. This felt like some sort of Impact retirement match for ODB, giving her a last big win.
ODB and Jordynne celebrated together in the ring to close out the show.
Final Thoughts —
Ok show, it started really strong, but it closed out with what felt like a nostalgia send off match for ODB. The stories heading into Hard To Kill are now better cemented, and so I’d say that it was a stronger show for stories than anything else. Opener is definitely worth checking out.
When AEW debuts on TNT on October 2, they’ll be doing so with Chris Jericho as their champion.
Saturday’s All Out pay-per-view ended with Jericho defeating Hangman Page to become the inaugural AEW World Champion. After Jericho kicked out of the Dead Eye, Page hit a Buckshot Lariat and went for the Dead Eye again. The finish saw Jericho reverse the move and then connect with his Judas Effect elbow strike to win the title.
The match was very good, but it fell short of being the epic main event you’d want to crown your first World Champion with. The dynamic just didn’t work quite as well as AEW wanted. The fans would ideally have been desperate for Page to defeat Jericho and become champion. But people weren’t all that interested in booing Jericho — and Page didn’t have the momentum that he needed going into the match. The way Page won his way into getting the title shot was probably a misstep. It’s understandable that AEW wants to create their own unique match concepts and give them meaning, but Jericho defeating Kenny Omega at Double or Nothing felt like a far bigger deal than Page earning his spot in the title match through winning the Casino Battle Royale. While Page got wins at Fyter Fest and Fight for the Fallen, they weren’t against big enough opponents and they weren’t strong enough victories for people to see him as being one of the top two wrestlers in the company.
Jericho was an obvious choice to become AEW’s first World Champion. He’s an easily recognizable star that lapsed and casual fans will already be familiar with. There will inevitably be criticism over a new company choosing a 48-year-old wrestler as their initial champion, but AEW isn’t at any risk of being seen as a nostalgia promotion. It’s fine to have one wrestler in their late 40s in a top spot. Signing Jericho and pushing him heavily is a no-brainer for any start-up company. Jericho is still wrestling at a high level, helps bring credibility to the promotion for those who aren’t already fans of The Elite, and has protected his image by only working in main event-level matches with great opponents since departing WWE.
A full review of AEW All Out, and the saga of Chris Jericho’s stolen belt are the lead topics of discussion in this week’s double issue Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
We have complete coverage of All Out from a live perspective, as well as the television version of the show. We talk about what worked, what might not have, and what we can learn about match order when laying out a card. We have the latest on the business of the show, including preliminary pay-per-view numbers.
We have coverage of AEW and WWE running the same markets, and have notes and numbers on how each promotion is doing in selling tickets there. We also have all the details on the Chris Jericho AEW title story.
NJPW Royal Quest is covered as well in the new issue. We have star ratings for the matches, as well as business notes for the show.
The upcoming WWE Clash of Champions show is covered in detail. We have a preliminary card for the show.
We also cover the WWE writing team shake-up that took place this week.
NXT U.K. TakeOver: Cardiff is covered in detail as well, with everything from match reports and star ratings, to attendance and what we can learn from the show.
We have a story on Cris Cyborg signing with Bellator, and talk about potential opponents for her.
The new issue also has a history piece covering Harley Race’s St. Louis wrestling history. A lot can be learned from the piece, thanks to the late Larry Matysik’s Wrestling at the Chase Record book.
We also have Ryan Frederick’s coverage of the 8/31 UFC event in Shenzhen, China.
The passing of Australian wrestling legend, Norman Frederic Charles Lowndes, known as Sir Norman Frederich Charles III, is covered as well. We have notes on his life and career.
We look at AEW’s hype show that aired on TNT, and break down the viewership for the show, and what can be learned from it.
We also have news and notes on all of the top wrestling and MMA promotions in the world.
We have full coverage of all the WWE television shows from the past week.
As always, we have in-depth looks at the ratings of all the major shows,the key demos for the WWE shows and what can be learned from them.
We also have the results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week.
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SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE
Our weekend Observer radio show is up on the site covering all the weekend news including all the news from yesterday’s UFC PPV.
There was a big controversy in last week’s RevPro Wrestling show at York Hall. During Aussie Open vs. Josh Bodom & Sha Samuels, referee Aaren Wilde evidently ended the match early, saying a few days later that a post-match attack on him was a shoot. He said he was slammed by Samuels and the rest was a blur. RevPro released a statement on Sunday that they had not heard from Wilde during the week nor knew any of the allegations before he went on Twitter to discuss it. They did not respond until Sunday because they said they were gathering all the facts. After speaking to everyone, they said Samuels made a horrible error of judgment but did his best to protect the referee. They said they are confident he knows what he did wrong and under no circumstances is he allowed to touch a non-wrestler without consent. He will be disciplined and they will have a zero tolerance policy regarding any future incidents. “However, we are confident, given his track record, he will respond to this in the most positive manner possible.”
Regarding Bodom, RevPro said his actions did not match his recollection of events and they have no option but to cut ties with him. They said they hope Bodom will be able to learn and grow from this. The two have been stripped of their British tag team titles immediately. They said that not being aware of this for several days made them realize there is an issue and they have to change that, adding they will be instituting an internal incident report policy specific to performers. A simple form can be filled out and emailed to management if there are any concerns or any official complaints, somehing they feel will be better in dealing with these types of things in a more timely fashion. The company also said they are publicly apologizing to Wilde and said that if he can’t referee going forward, they hope to continue to work with him in other areas of business if he wants to keep working with them.
A correction from last night’s WOR: the reason Shane McMahon wasn’t on television this past week was he was serving jury duty.
MLW announced at its War Chamber show Saturday in suburban Dallas that Jacob Fatu vs. L.A. Park for the MLW title will headline its first PPV show on 11/2 from Chicago. That is not exactly the best night for a promotion that caters to a Latino audience as boxers Canelo Alvarez and Sergey Kovalev are in talks to finalize a fight in Las Vegas plus there’s the UFC at MSG show headlined by Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal. It really shows how quickly things have changed when Alvarez, the biggest draw in boxing, and UFC PPVs are only available on streaming services while MLW is on traditional television PPV.
WWE
Jessamyn Duke returned to action at Saturday’s NXT show in Gainesville, FL, after being out with an injury.
Andrade missed WWE’s Friday show in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which caused the show to be shuffled around from the night before. We don’t know any more than that.
PW Insider’s Mike Johnson reported WWE has filed trademarks for “Yowie Wowie,” “Firefly Funhouse” “Legit Boss” and “Monster Among Men”.
Kofi Kingston, Bayley, and Big E will be at the New York Mets game Monday night at Citi Field as part of a benefit for Connor’s Cure, doing a meet and greet with a portion of each VIP package going to the charity. That means they will likely not be in Syracuse for that night’s house show.
UFC
UFC 242 did two million Google searches, meaning it had major interest. However, we actually got very little feedback compared to most shows, perhaps due to it being an early show. Bellator did not crack the top 20, but I wouldn’t expect it to given the NFL season kicking off.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos vs. former Bellator heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov will be the main event of the 11/9 UFC Fight Night event in Moscow, Russia.
MISCELLANEOUS
Ric Flair canceled an appearance scheduled for this weekend at the Little Rock (AR) Comic Con which sounded more like a transportation issue. It’s definitely not a health issue as he’s fine and scheduled everywhere else including on the 10/4 WWE SmackDown Fox show.
Limitless Wrestling’s 4th anniversary show from Friday in Portland, ME: Ace Romero b Dan Maff, Christian Casanova b Leyla Hirsch, New Hart Foundation b Workhorsemen, Kevin Blackwood b JT Dunn, Maine State Posse b Brandon Kirk & Alexander Lee in a street fight, Butcher & The Blade b Chris Dickinson & Tom Lawlor, DL Hurst won five-way over John Silver, Puf, Harlow O’Hara and Jody Threat, Kris Statlander & Ashley Vox b Skylar & Jeremy Leary in a career vs. hair mach, Anthony Greene b MJF for the Limitless title (thanks to Josh Nason)
Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae will be doing meet and greets at both the 9/20 Evolve show in Brooklyn and the 9/21 Evolve show in Queens, NY. The Brooklyn show has Austin Theory vs. Babatunde, Josh Briggs vs.;JD Drake, AR Fox vs; Joe Gacy, Anthony Gutierrez vs. Karam vs. Sean Maluta vs Stephen Wolf, Antony Greene vs. Brandon Taggart vs. Curt Stallion vs. Daniel Garcia and Arturo Ruas vs. John Silver. The Queens shoe has Theory vs. Josh Briggs, Drake vs. Anthony Henry and a 2/3 fall 10 man tag match.
MPW from Friday night in Chatsworth, GA: Brandon Devine b Dustin Daniels, Renegade b Master Flame, Great Zumbi & Piranha & Sweet Robin Shaw b Frankie Frank & Bulletproof & Dr. Feelgood, Ray Rosas b Pinky Santino, Luchasaurus b Danny Devine, Diego Valens b Jack Mercer (thanks to Scott Walton)
CWE at Rookie’s Sports Bar in Winnipeg on 10/25 featuring Vampiro wrestling on the show in his first match with the promotion.
Rise on 11/1 in Berwyn, IL at the Eagles club in a show called La Escalera has Big Swole vs. Delilah Doom for the Phoenix of Rise title, Allysin Kay vs. Taya Valkyrie, Cassandro vs. Saraya Knight with Colt Cabana as referee, Rosemary vs. Shotzi Blackheart and a ladder match with Laynie Luck, Jake Atlas, Priscilla Kelly, Hyan with the winner getting a hot at the Rise Legendary title in 2020.
I Believe in Wrestling from Friday night at Team Vision Dojo in Orlando: Cauis Wolfe & Chris Ramirez b Ricky Anderson & Owen Mitchell, Josh Dawkins won three-way over Djokovic Rabbit and Jarrett Diaz, Mike Reed b Cisco Sucio, Gia Roman NC Christina Mills, Kwame Nas b JD Amazing, Aaron Epic b Remi Danilo, Kaci Lennox retained women’s title in a three-way over Lexi Gomez and Sofia Castillo, Andrew Merlin & Carlos Gabriel b Jake Shadows & Jay Sky, Deon James b Chasyn Race to win Florida title. Next show is 10/4 (thanks to Al Haft).
NHPW from last night in Perth, Western Australia: Rory Holmes b Kenicki Wheeler, Aaron O’Malley b King Shahil, Salem Sixx b Creek Murdoch, Jebediah b Matthew Pace, Lena Kross b Su Yung to keep Indy Gurlz Australia title, Rory Holmes b Aaron O’Malley in tournament final for NHPW Hybrid title, Homicide & Hernandez won three-way no DQ match over Michael Morleone & Kiel Steria and Julian Ward & Ryan Karguis. Homicide sang Happy Birthday to Low Ki after his match. Yung challenged Kross to a rematch. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
Stardom Five Star Grand Prix from yesterday in Tokyo at Shinkiba: Konami won five-way over Saya Iida, Rina, Andras Miyagi and Saya Kamitani, Saki Kashima & Riho & Starlight Kid b Utami Hayashishita & Leo Onozaki & Hina, Hazuki b Natsu Sumire,. Hana Kimura b Avary, Momo Watanabe b AZM (people have been raving about this match to me since it ended), Kagetsu b Jamie Hayter, Jungle Kyona b Natsuko Tora, Mayu Iwatani b Tam Nakano, Arisa Hoshiki b Bea Priestley (thanks to Shannon Walsh and wrestlingwithdemons.net)
Stardom from today also in Tokyo at Shinkiba: Utami Hayashishita announced she was dropping out of the tournament due to a hand injury. Riho b Leo Onozaki, Bea Priestley & Momo Watanabe & Hina b Konami & Rina & Saya Kamitani, Jamie Hayter & Natsuko Tora & Natsu Sumire b Tam Nakano & Starlight Kid & Saya Iida,
Saki Kashima b Avary, AZM b Hana Kimura, Jungle Kyona b Kagetsu, Hazuki b Mayu Iwatani, Arisa Hoshiki b Andras Miyagi
Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling from last night in Cahokia, IL: Shawn Santel & Mauler McDarby b Frankie D & Damion Cortess, Big Texan & Waco b Moondog Rover & Chris Kade, Mac Godeker & Tyler Grey b Big Texan & Waco to win Multi-state tag titles, Ken Kasa b Roy Lewis, King Christopher Hargas b Bobby D, Gary Jackson b Attila Khan-DQ, Ricky Cruz & Billy McNeil b Curtis Wylde & Kowalski in 2/3 falls (thanks to Patrick Brandmeyer)
During today’s Redskins-Eagles game, an announcer said one of the assistant coaches looked like Jim Neidhart (thanks to Brian Henke)
