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Ring of Honor TV live results: Tag Team title number one contender’s match

Posted on by Jeff Moss

The next Ring of Honor Tag Team title shot will be on the line as part of tonight’s ROH on HonorClub.

Top Flight (The Martin brothers) will take on The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) with the winners moving to face The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara), presumably at next week’s Supercard of Honor.

In a singles clash, former ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta takes on Alex Zayne.

In a Pure rules match, Serena Deeb returns to take on B3CCA. It’s Deeb’s first Khan company appearance since March, and her first ROH bout since July 2022.

The Spanish Announce Project of Angelico & Serpentico take on Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson to round out the card.

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It’s a brand new episode of Ring of Honor on Honorclub and with Supercard of Honor just over a week away, it’s going to be a big one!

Wheeler Yuta vs Alex Zayne

Believe it or not, Alex Zayne was actually on the card at Supercard of Honor 2024, teaming with, of all people, Lance Archer as the horribly named “Monstersauce.” Shagginess-enthusiast Yuta has been riding with death in AEW and one would think he’d be a sure contender for any title in ROH, presuming this match goes well. 

Yuta took the fight right to Zayne off the top, wrenching him to the mat by the waist. Zayne fought back with a flipping senton and a double knee off the ropes. Yuta had to bail out of the ring to collect himself and Zayne tried to follow. Yuta saw it through his bangs though and tripped him up.

Yuta delivered an elbow off the top turnbuckle and the match deteriorated into a slugfest. Yuta began mugging for the camera before delivering a suplex to Zayne. Yuta started delivering hammer elbows to Zayne and when the Ref called him off he exclaimed “I. Have. Until. Five” at him. Zayne used this as a moment to take control and try a face buster, but Yuta reversed it.

Yuta bridged Zayne in a cattle mutilation, but Zayne wouldn’t quit. Yuta dragged him to the top turnbuckle and wrenched Zayne’s shoulder. Zany shook it off though and hit a boomerang hurricanrana into a facebuster. Yuta kicked out at two though.

Yuta caught Zayne with high running knee out of the corner and that was it for Zayne. 1-2-3, Yuta wins!

Match Result: Wheeler Yuta defeats Alex Zayne

Fun little match, I’d forgotten about Alex Zayne’s high-flying ability and it made for a great foil for Yuta. Now get a haircut, young man.

-Backstage, the Infantry cut a promo wishing everyone a happy 4th of July (or Will Smith Day as they put it.) …aaaand that was it.

Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico) vs Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson

When I first read this match lineup, I was shocked to see Ricky Morton in action against SAP. Then, upon further inspection, I was shocked to see that Ricky Morton would not be in action against SAP, but Ricky Gibson would! He and Pearl used to be (?) known as Midnight Heat, so that just makes things even more confusing. A for their opponents, I know we have a big Tag Team #1 Contenders match on deck tonight, but I honestly feel like SAP should have been in that conversation. 

Angelico kicked things off against Pearl and it was kind of like putting a bowl of spaghetti next to a bowl of oranges. Angelico has the agaility and Pearl had the strength. A quick tag to Gibson allowed him to show off his skill, but Angelico was waiting for him and backed him into the corner for a tag to Serpentico.

Gibson towered over Serpentico, but it didn’t stop the luchadore from kicking him square in the face. Gibson hit a slingshot backbreaker off the ropes before tagging in Pearl to toss Serpentico around. Pearl locked in a sleeper, but Serpentico battled out of it with a jawbreaker. Gibson sent Serpentico into the corner, following him in, but Serpentico dodged and Gibson hit the ring post, crotch first.

A hot tag was made to Angelico who immediately started cleaning house. He used Pearl as a springboard to deliver a forearm to Gibson, sending him to the outside. he rolled up Pearl, but Gibson broke up the pin. Serpentico got involved and send Gibson to the outside, followed by a Suicide dive.

In the ring, Angelico locked in a calf crusher on Pearl and while Serpentico dealt with Gibson on the outside, Pearl tapped giving the victory to SAP.

Match Result: Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico) defeat Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson

I absolutely love SAP. They have a really unique fusion of high-flyer and Luchadore technique and they are also the best dancers in ROH, bar none.

-Next, footage of the Frat House at a bar (in the middle of the afternoon) was shown. They were being jerks, when suddenly the Dark Order showed up and challenged them to a… drinking contest? Anyway, they decided to play Flip Cup. The losers would have to pay everyone’s tab. Long story short, Dark Order won, but the Frat House said that they cheated. John Silver said they’d pick up the tab anyways to great cheers. Alex Reynolds told the barkeep to charge everything to Griff Garrison, to which the bartender responded “who the hell is Griff Garrison?”

Pure Rules Match: Serena Deeb vs B3CCA

With the first-ever Women’s Pure Champion being crowned at Supercard of Honor, it’s about time Deeb got her hands dirty. I’d say Deeb is a favourite to win the tournament. B3CCA has one other ROH match under her belt (a 2023 loss to Leyla Hirsch) and I hope she gets what’s coming to her in this match because she’s making me type “B3CCA” over and over again.  

Deeb and B3CCA locke dup and Deeb was in firm control. B3CCA was forced to use her first of three rope breaks at just :53 seconds into the match. Off the ropes, Deeb planted B3CCA with a stiff shoulder and then pulled her into a modified surfboard into a camel clutch.

Deeb continued to try submission after submission, forcing B3CCA to use her second rope break at 2:35. B3CCA sent Deeb into the corner and followed her with some high European uppercuts. She hit a dropkick on Deeb, but only mustered a two-count.

Deeb hit a neckbreaker across the second rope into a hammer lock lariat for another two-count. Deeb hit a double hammerlock facebuster in the middle of the ring. She moved it into a half-crab stretch and B3CCA was forced to tap out.

Match Result:  Serena Deeb defeats B3CCA

Sorry B3CCA, but this is what happens when you disrespect the letter “e.”

-After the match Trish Adora came out to the ramp with a notebook, scouting for the ever-impending Women’s Pure Championship Tournament.

ROH World Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Match: The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) (w/Lee Moriarty, Shane Taylor & Trish Adora) vs Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) (w/Leila Grey)

The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara) have been tag team champions in ROH since August 17th, 2024. They have defended against the likes of The Undisputed Kingdom, The Righteous and The MxM Collection. Their next challengers will be revealed tonight as The Infantry and Top Flight face off. These teams have a long history and if they can keep it clean, this should be an absolute banger of a match. 

Darious and Dean kicked things off with a power struggle. Darious’ speed won out as he flipped Dean into a snap headlock. Dante make a sneak tag and he and Darious double teamed Dean until he could get a tag to Bravo.

Bravo delivered some hard shots to Dante who manged to get a tag to Darious, who sent Dean out of the ring, with Bravo to follow. Shane Taylor tried to trip up Darious, but he slipped outside and started chasing Dean around the ring. Unfortunately he ran into Bravo who knocked him down.

Back in the ring, Darious was being doubled teamed, with Bravo leaving Dean to finish up. Bravo hung him up in a tree of woe and Dean jumped in so they could double stomp him. Bravo sent Darious to the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring) and he and Dean punched him in the stomach (the hardest part of Darious!).

Dante paced nervously as across the ring, Dean and Bravo wailed on his isolated partner. Darious managed to play a little possum and grab Bravo and Dean for a double DDT before getting a hot tag to Dante. Dante cleaned house with a springboard cannonball onto both members of the Infantry,

Dante and Dean remained in the ring and Dante hit a high crossbody for a two count. Trish Adora hopped up on the ring to cause a distraction, allowing Dean to try a pin with a handful of tights. Dante kicked out and tagged in Darious. Adora hopped back up in the apron, but Grey came by swinging and the two battled up the entrance ramp.

In the ring, Darious and Dean were legal and Dean sent Darious into the ropes, allowing Moriarty to clock him with the Pure title belt. That gave Dean the chance to get a quick pin and win the match.

Match Result: The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) defeat Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin)

A pretty good match between these teams, but honestly I expected a little more. The crowd was kinda dead so that didn’t help either. No matter though, as The Infantry will make a great opponent for the Sons of Texas and maybe this is the start of the Shane Taylor Promotions takeover that I so desperately want to see.

Max Caster open challenge, trios match added to AEW Dynasty Zero Hour

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Two new segments have been added to AEW Dynasty’s pre-show.

It was announced on Saturday that Nick Wayne and Cru (Action Andretti & Lio Rush) will take on AR Fox and Top Flight in a trios match. Collision saw Top Flight beat Cru in a tag team match after weeks of tension between the former friends. Angry about the loss, Rush and Andretti immediately jumped Dante and Darius Martin after the bell as AR Fox came out for the save. Nick Wayne, who earlier in the night rebuffed an offer by Cru to help them, came out and aided them in taking out Top Flight and Fox.

Also set for Sunday is a Max Caster Best Wrestler Alive Open Challenge. Before quickly losing to Mark Briscoe on Saturday, Caster referenced his former tag team partner Anthony Bowens.

The Zero Hour pre-show begins on Sunday, April 6 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time. The pre-show will air for free on AEW’s YouTube and digital media channels. The main card kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view.

The current Dynasty lineup:

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Swerve Strickland
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Megan Bayne
  • AEW International Champion Kenny Omega defends against Ricochet and Mike Bailey in a three-way
  • AEW Trios Champions Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta, PAC & Claudio Castagnoli) defend against Rated FTR (Cope, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
  • ROH World Champion Chris Jericho defends against Bandido in a title vs. mask match
  • AEW TNT Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Adam Cole with no time limit and no interference
  • AEW Tag Team Champions The Hurt Syndicate (Shelton Benjamin & Bobby Lashley) defend against Bryan Keith & Big Bill
  • Will Ospreay vs. Kevin Knight in an Owen Hart Foundation tournament first round match
  • Mercedes Mone vs. Julia Hart in an Owen Hart Foundation tournament first round match
  • Mark Briscoe vs. Kyle Fletcher in an Owen Hart Foundation tournament first round match
  • The Opps (Samoa Joe, Hook & Katsuyori Shibata) make an appearance
  • Zero Hour: AR Fox & Top Flight vs. The Cru & Nick Wayne
  • Zero Hour: Max Caster Best Wrestler Alive Open Challenge

AEW Collision Slam Dunk Sunday live results: Trios title match

Posted on by Suit Williams

For the second straight night, AEW returns to TNT with a one-hour Slam Dunk Sunday edition of Collision from Omaha, Nebraska.

The special is headlined by AEW Trios Champions The Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta, PAC & Claudio Castagnoli) defending against Top Flight & AR Fox.

In a lucha showcase, Hologram & Komander will team up against The Beast Mortos & Dralistico.

Former ROH World Champion Bandido will take on Johnny TV and also hope to get his brother Gravity’s mask returned by Chris Jericho.

Harley Cameron will be in singles action.

The broadcast will also feature promos from AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm, Don Callis, Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong, and AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada.

The show is expected to start at 11 PM Eastern following NCAA men’s basketball tournament coverage.

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We’ve been waiting all day for Sunday Night, it’s Slam Dunk Sunday! We’re still in Omaha, Nebraska for another one-hour edition of Collision. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call as the Trios Champions made their way to the ring for their seventh defense of the titles.

AEW World Trios Title Match – Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, PAC & Wheeler Yuta) (c) defeated AR Fox & Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin)

An energetic opener, with the crowd behind Fox after his performance against Will Ospreay on Wednesday’s Dynamite. The Cru issue with Top Flight needs to have some type of conclusion some time soon, as it’s been going on in the undercards for months.

The announcers made sure to bring up Fox & Top Flight’s win in the $300,000 Three Kings Christmas Casino Trios Battle Royal from a 2022 Rampage. I don’t know if anyone has got more out of winning one battle royal than these three have.

Yuta and Darius Martin started, but it didn’t take long for Castagnoli to take control of the match. Dante Martin sent Castagnoli flying to the floor with a headscissors and took PAC down before tagging in Fox. Fox sent Yuta to the floor and PAC to the apron, then hit a flipping stomp onto PAC before diving onto Yuta. Castagnoli took him down with a boot on the floor.

The Death Riders isolated Fox in the ring, but Fox ducked a lariat and got the tag into Darius, who quickly took out the Death Riders. The match broke down quickly, with Yuta scoring a Right Angle Slam on Darius as we went to a commercial. After the break, the crowd chanted for Fox to get the hot tag as the Death Riders isolated Darius. Instead, Dante got the hot tag and ran wild.

Dante hit a double springboard dive and tagged Fox in, who hit a step-up moonsault off of the ring post onto Castagnoli. Fox hit a big Swanton Bomb on Yuta for a nearfall. Castagnoli cut off Fox briefly, and PAC took down Top Flight with a low blow to both men on the outside. The Death Riders circled Fox, and while Fox fought valiantly, the Death Riders eventually ran a train of back elbows on him. PAC laid him out with a Tombstone, and the Fastball Special scored the win.

After the match, The Cru jumped Top Flight and choked them out with their chains. The referees ineffectively pointed and pulled at The Cru to stop them.

During this match, a special Dynamite was announced for April 16th titled Spring Break Thru. Tony Schiavone noted, without saying any trademarked show titles, that this would be the show where Dynamite surpassed WCW Monday Nitro for the longest-running primetime wrestling show in Turner history. I’m sure everyone will take that news with grace.

We got a recap of the TNT Title match from last night’s Slam Dunk Saturday show between champion Daniel Garcia & challenger Adam Cole. Lexy Nair’s guests at this time were the Undisputed Kingdom, who asked Cole if the draw felt worse than a loss. Cole said that he had Garcia beat and promised that there would be no interference and no time limit in their rematch. Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong talked about the waved-off handshakes from FTR, saying that they wouldn’t accept the disrespect for a third time.

After a commercial, Lexy Nair’s guest at this time was Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada, who talked about how he beat both members of the Hounds of Hell and “put those b****es to sleep.”

Bandido defeated Johnny TV

This was a showcase for Bandido, with the quick win over Johnny and getting his brother’s mask back from The Learning Tree. With Supercard of Honor coming up in May, a Title vs. Mask match that’s been built on AEW television would be a nice headliner.

Johnny threw his jacket at Bandido and started with the advantage. Bandido quickly came back and monkey flipped Johnny all the way over to his stomach. Bandido dropped Johnny with a one-armed Gorilla Press as we went to commercial. After the break, Bandido dropkicked a charging Johnny for a nearfall. Bandido hit the X-Knee, then landed the 21-Plex to score the win.

After the match, Bandido demanded Chris Jericho to bring his brother Gravity’s mask back. All three members of The Learning Tree came out, as Jericho had Gravity’s mask in hand. Jericho said that he wished it could be different, but he had to show people what happened when they took Chris Jericho too lightly. Bandido could ask his disgraced brother and weeping mother about that, as that’s what happened when you messed with Jericho.

Jericho refused to give Bandido the mask back, saying that he wanted Bandido to remember the shame he felt when Jericho took it. Jericho said that the only thing worse than taking a luchador’s mask was putting it on. Jericho put the mask on and asked if Bandido was going to stand there and cry like his mother. Bandido punched Jericho, then evaded the Learning Tree before swiping the mask off of Jericho’s face to a big pop. Bandido celebrated getting his brother’s mask back as Jericho held Big Bill and Keith back in the ring.

We got a Megan Bayne hype video. Bayne spoke about none of the other women having true power and called herself the All Elite Goddess. She said that this was her kingdom now.

Toni Storm was backstage, wondering who died and made Megan Bayne God. She promised to cut off the head of the mighty Megasus and stand tall with her title. The title match was made official for Dynasty.

Harley Cameron defeated Aminah Belmont

Cameron got a quick win with Her Finishing Move.

Lexy Nair’s guest at this time was Don Callis, who was asked about Kyle Fletcher. Callis said that having talent like Fletcher allowed the Family to put nights like Revolution behind them. Callis introduced Fletcher to the interview, who said that he was still destined to be the greatest of all time. He promised to be at Dynamite on Wednesday, and promised to make it clear what was next for him and the Family. Tony Khan later announced that Fletcher would be in action on Dynamite against Brody King.

Los Titanes Del Aire (Hologram & Komander) (w/Alex Abrahantes) defeated La Faccion Ingobernable (Dralistico & The Beast Mortos)

A sick lucha tag that I may have opened one of these shows with. This was eye-catching action with a hot crowd and standout characters. I also would have put the hype for Dynamite and Dynasty earlier on in the shows as well. We know the audiences for these post-sports shows dwindles toward the end of the night, so front-load them with big action and hype for the next shows.

As promised last night, Harley Cameron stuck around for commentary for this match. When asked about the identity of Harleygram, she didn’t know who she was, but she had a fantastic chest. I am inclined to agree.

We got some quick action to start, with Dralistico taking Komander off the apron with a headscissors and Mortos diving onto Hologram. Cameron said that she had to make a phone call, so she left the announce desk and went to the back. After a commercial, Titanes were on offense and Harleygram was rooting them on at ringside. Harleygram was wearing Harley Cameron’s gear, so hopefully Harley had something else in her bag.

Komander hit a step-up Phoenix Splash on Dralistico, and Hologram hit a Destroyer on Mortos. Hologram hit a massive dive onto Mortos, and Komander hit his rope-walk Shooting Star Press for a nearfall that Dralistico broke up. Dralistico tagged in and cut Komander off on the top rope, but Komander slipped free and hit a step-up poisonrana.

The match broke down into a Pier Six brawl with sick moves before Komander landed on top of Dralistico for a nearfall. Dralistico and Komander traded chops before Dralistico hit a springboard Destroyer for a nearfall. Dralistico hit a hurricane kick on Hologram, but Hologram came back with a big dive. Mortos chucked Abrahantes away, but got distracted by Harleygram. That allowed Komander to hit the rope-walk dive to the floor. Titanes put LFI away with a Portal Bomb into a rope-walk Shooting Star Press for the win.

During this match, the rest of the Dynamite card was announced: Toni Storm & Thunder Rosa vs. Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford, Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Mark Davis, Mark Briscoe vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Kenny Omega vs. Blake Christian, MJF answering MVP’s offer, and a sitdown interview with Rated FTR.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Komander vs. Dark Panther TV title match, Mistico in action

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Komander will look to extend his Ring of Honor men’s TV title on tonight’s ROH on HonorClub show as he defends against CMLL’s Dark Panther.

The winner will defend against either Kevin Knight or AR Fox who battle for a title shot on the show.

In another CMLL showcase, Mistico will team with Neon and Fuego against Volador Jr., Rugido and Hechicero.

Ahead of their challenge for the AEW Trios titles this weekend, Top Flight will take on QT Marshall & Aaron Solo.

Before they take on Komander & Hologram on Sunday’s Collision special, The Beast Mortos & Dralistico will be in tag team action.

After unsuccessfully challenging ROH Women’s World Champion Athena, CMLL’s La Catalina returns to face Viva Van.

The massive Satnam Singh will also be in action to round out the card.

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Spring has sprung like a springboard DDT and planted us face-first in a brand new episode of ROH on Honorclub. This episode shall be affectionately referred to “Number 108.”

Fuego, Mistico & Neon defeated Hechicero, Rugido & Volador Jr.

Kicking things off, the ROH/CMLL Crisis of Infinite Luchadores continued this week with another six-man match contested under Luchadore rules. which basically means if a wrestler slides out under the bottom rope, it counts as a tag and another member of their team can jump in. This makes it much easier for the participants to escape holds, dodge attacks and grab snacks, if they so choose. While the other five luchadores have been seeing in AEW and ROH in recent weeks, Neon was making his ROH debut and the commentators built him up huge.

Neon and Hechicero started things off and Hechicero was all over Neon from jump. It was a surprisingly technical exchange, lots of holds and locks with Neon getting a couple of rolling near-falls. Hechicero caught Neon in a leapfrog attempt and Neon crashed face-first into the mat.

Neon reversed a hold and Hechicero slid under the bottom rope. Volador jumped in and Neon tagged in Mistico. Mistico tried to show respect by offering a handshake, but Rugido and Hechicero ran in and all three beat up Mistico and Neo, leaving Fuego to face down his opponents three-on-one. Rugido (also in his ROH Debut apparently) hit a big dropkick on Mistico who had come in to help Fuego.

Mistico took out Volador and Rugido with a double back elbow and a brawl ensued, leaving Mistico, Fuego and Neon standing tall. They did a co-ordinated triple-dive out of the ring onto their opponents that was really, really, fun. Fuego and Rugido had a fantastic back and forth until Hechicero jumped in and helped with a double team.

Neon began clearing house, taking on all three one at a time. After dispatching Hechicero, Neon tagged in Mistico and Hechicero and Volador tried to double team him, but Mistico stayed alive and hit a headscissor from the top rope on Hechicero. He followed that up with a backbreaker and locked in an armbar submission on Rugido, forcing him to tap out and getting the win for his team.

Fantastic match and a great way to kick things off!

La Catalina defeated Viva Van

La Catalina failed to capture the ROH Women’s World Title from the Forever Champ Athena on ROH on Honorclub episode 106. So her runner-up prize is a match against Viva Van, who’s last televised match made my six-year old daughter exclaim “oh no, Vivian Van!” in a very sympathetic tone. 

Similarly matched in size and speed, the two locked up off the top with Catalina taking control. Van fought back but had a hard time finding something that would keep Catalina down. Catalina hit a series of shoulder blocks and a fisherman suplex, but only got a two count as Van kicked out.

Van’s biggest chance came via spinning heel kick as she nailed a stunned Catalina. Van tried to get. her up in a surfboard, but Catalina blocked it. Van turned up the aggression but it left her open to a shining wizard from Catalina.

Catalina set Van up in the corner for some clubbing strikes, but Van wriggled out introduced Catalina’s face to the turnbuckle. Catalina responded with a facebuster, but it couldn’t keep Van down. Catalina caught Van with a bodyscissor choke and Van tapped out, giving the Chilean Catalina the victory.

La Faccion Ingobernable (Dralistico & The Beast Mortos) defeated Eli Theseus & Gabriel Aeros

Hey, you know how The Beast Mortos is the scariest wrestler in ROH, non-Gates of Agony division?  The way to make him even scarier is to team him up with Dralistico, with whom Mortos had a killer triple threat match with against Hologram back in the days of yore, September 2024. Dralistico brings all kinds of speed and agility to La Faccion Ingobernable (aka The Ungovernable Faction, which I would like to join). Their victims, uh I mean, opponents, were Theseus and Aeros, who have been tagging together in the Land Down Under and lost to the Frat House (Griff Garrison and Preston Vance) a few weeks ago. 

Mortos was kind enough to let Dralistico start things off against Aeros who immediately found himself on the receiving end of a whole bunch of stomps, chops and really stiff looking punches. Theseus tagged in and didn’t fare much better, especially after Mortos tagged in and turned him inside out with a running body slam.

Aeros tried to help his partner, but Mortos headbutted him into next week. Dralistico pinned Theseus and that was it for the match.

AR Fox vs. Kevin Knight – Time Limit Draw

Fox vs Knight was such a meeting of similar wrestlers that they felt the need to put a time limit on it because it might be one of those things where their equality would lead to a match lasting forever. Or the  Board of Directors (are they still around?) made them do it. You pick whichever one feels best. The truth is, the winner of this match would become the #1 Contender for the ROH TV Title that Komander would be defending later in the show.

The crowd was clearly behind Fox, chanting his name before the bell. Knight worked Fox’s arm off the top, trying to take away Fox’s long reach. The two ran a series that was a literal mirror image of each other, both hitting the same moves, neither one getting an upper hand.

Fox stomped Knight in the corner, causing Knight to roll out of the ring to catch his breath. Fox dove onto him and they battled on the outside. Knight pulled Fox back into the ring and hit a standing frogh splash to get a two-count. Knight busted his lip open somwhere along the line and it seemed to make him more aggressive, but a little sloppier. Fox took advantage and hit him with a through-the-rope ddt as I quietly chanted “fight forever” to no one in particular, as I was alone in my office.

This was a really awesome match. Both of these guys can go, and they worked it perfectly so that there was no indication as to who might end up the winner. The only issue with it was that they never actually told the TV audience how long the time limit was (it was 10 minutes). So, suddenly out of nowhere it was announced that there was “one minute left in the match.” Hopefully it guarantees they have another one soon as I would very much like to see it.

Satnam Singh defeated Sid Ellington

Singh’s last match in ROH was way, way back on Episode #62 of ROH on Honorclub when he defeated, of all people, Jimmy Jacobs. The 400lbs Singh was looking to extend(?) that streak(?) against the 97lb Ellington, a Nightmare Factory student in his fourth match… ever. 

Ellington threw everything he had at Singh and honestly looked pretty good doing it. But as soon as Singh decided he was bored, he literally picked up Ellington and threw him the 20 feet across the ring, bouncing the smaller man off of the turnbuckles. Twice.

Singh continued beating on Ellington like he stole Singh’s lunch until everyone was screaming “stop, stop, he’s already dead!” (OK, that may have been just me screaming that). Singh pinned him and that was it. I’m all for a good squash, but the idea that Ellington had even a snowball’s chance here strained credulity.

Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) w/ Leila Grey defeated Aaron Solo & QT Marshall

In a really, really stacked Tag Division, Top Flight are close to the top of the ROH Tag Title Chase. Last week, they teamed with Gates of Agony  in a win over The Frat House and The Premier Athletes. This week, they faced Aaron Solo and QT Marshall. Solo is a stalwart ROH Workhorse and Marshall has been hanging around ROH for a while now, presumably because they have better catering? I can’t really tell. There hasn’t been much reason in his current ROH run, but maybe this will be the start of a team with Solo that can enter the Tag Team Fray of ROH.  

Solo and Darius began the match, but Dante got involved pretty quickly, with the siblings double teaming Solo. Marshall tagged himself in and the crowd let him know that he sucked. Marshall worked Dante over until the high-flyer took him out with a headscissor.

On the outside, Solo drove Dante into the ring apron (the hardest part of the ring!) before tossing him back into the ring and isolating from his brother. Marshall tried to draw a DQ by punching Darious, but he didn’t go for it as Solo worked over Dante in the corner.

Dante got a hot tag to Darious who disptached Marshall, then turned his attention to Solo. Martin exploded with speed, bringing Solo to his corner and tagging Dante back in. Darious had Solo pinned, but Marshall jumped in to break it up.

Solo and Marshall beat up Darious until Dante could take out Marshall with a hurricanrana to the outside. Darious locked in a submission on Solo and Solo tapped out before Marshall could break it up. Decent match, probably one of the better ones involving Marshall that I’ve seen!

-Next, in a NCAA tie-in, The Outrunners arrived with the Omaha Maverick’s mascot, a bull named Durango. They fired up the Omaha crowd and promoted the Tournament. Suddenly, they were interrupted by the Infantry. They ran down the local sports teams and the Outrunners… left. Durango stayed though and the Outrunners returned with a couple of trash cans. They used the Infantry’s heads to test their durability and sent them packing.

ROH World Television Title Match: Komander (c) (w/Alex Abrahantes) defeated Dark Panther

Last week, Komander watched from ringside as Panther took on Aaron Solo. Solo looked pretty good against the veteran Cat-man, but Panther got the win and even did a little riling up of the ROH TV Champ in the process. Komander has been vying for the title of Fightingest Champion In ROH, having defended his TV Title seven times (so far) since winning it in December (for context and comparison, another championship, the ROH Tag Titles, were only defended eight times in all of 2024). 

These two were fired up and Komander took control off the top against the larger Panther. Panther switched tactics and started working the leg of Komander, hoping to take away some of his speed and agility.

The best part of these Luchadore matches is the speed. Komander and Panther were moving so fast and hitting so many different moves, the commentary could barely keep up. The fans were loving it too, chanting “Lucha Libre” at any opportunity, while Panther changed things up and worked Komander’s arm.

Komander began stomping on Panther’s feet, trying to get the big man on his back. It didn’t work though and Panther clubbed him to the mat. Komander dodged Panther and Panther ended up on the outside. Komander tried a dive, but Panther caught him and hung him up on the top rope, wrenching his knee.

Panther clearly had Komander scouted and was able to counter just about everything Komander tried. Panther also knew where to work Komander, putting him in surfboards in the center of the rign, stretching his knees.

Panther made a mistake though and gave Komander an opening for some high flying moves. Komander went for a running flip form the top rope, but Panther got his knees up, dazing Komander. Panther followed that with a missile dropkick from the second rope, but Komander got his hand on the ropes during the count.

Komander tossed Panther out of the ring and climbed to the opposite top turnbuckle. He ran along the ropes and dove onto Panther. Throwing him back in the ring, Komander climbed up again and hit a top rope flip to get the pin and retain his ROH TV Title.

After the match, Dark Panther grabbed the title belt and put it on Komander in a sign of respect. A perfect ending to a pretty good show!

The Outrunners advance to four-way Tag Team title match at AEW Full Gear

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The four-way match at this month’s AEW Full Gear for the Tag Team titles has its first set of challengers following Saturday’s edition of Collision.

The Outrunners defeated Top Flight to earn their slot in the match that also features new and reigning champions Private Party who were watching the proceedings from the entranceway.

The end came when Turbo Floyd pinned Dante Martin after he and Truth Magnum hit the combo Total Recall.

Another qualifying match is set for this Wednesday when FTR takes on the House of Black while LFI faces The Acclaimed next Saturday in the final qualifier.

Here’s the current card for Saturday, November 23rd in Newark, New Jersey:

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Orange Cassidy
  • TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Kris Statlander
  • Jay White vs. Hangman Page
  • Bobby Lashley vs. Swerve Strickland
  • MJF vs. either Adam Page or Roderick Strong
  • Four-way match for AEW Tag Team titles: Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) defends against The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) and two additional teams TBD
  • TNT Champion Jack Perry defends against Daniel Garcia
  • Zero Hour: Costco Guy AJ vs. QT Marshall

AEW Rampage live spoilers from Manchester, NH

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The following are live spoilers for this Friday’s AEW Rampage, taped following Dynamite at the SNHU Arena in Manchester, NH.

Rampage:

Hikaru Shida defeated Viva Van

Shida picked up the win after hitting a Falcon Arrow. This was both her first appearance and win in AEW since a mid-September episode of Rampage.

Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated Dark Order (John Silver & Alex Reynolds) and The Infantry (Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo) (w/ Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty and Trish Adora) in a three-way

Taven and Bennett got the pin on Reynolds after hitting their double-team finisher. After the match, Brian Cage came out to distract Taven and Bennett which led to Lance Archer attacking both men from behind. The heels dealt out a beatdown and left them both laying. After a few minutes, Roderick Strong then ran out and got the advantage on both guys, leading to Bennett and Taven recovering. The faces then sent the heels packing.

This was Dean & Bravo’s first AEW appearance since a Rampage match this past June. They joined Shane Taylor Promotions on last week’s ROH TV.

Top Flight (w/ Leila Grey and Action Andretti) defeated JD Drake & Beef

Darius and Dante Martin picked up the win after hitting their combo leg sweep/DDT on Beef. All four men were shaking hands afterward when Lio Rush came out and exchanged some words with the Top Flight crew.

Lio Rush defeated Komander (w/ Alex Abrahantes)

This was a rematch from their late-October bout that Komander won. This was fine, but the crowd had mainly left by the time this started which didn’t help. There were lots of near falls near the end, but the end came when Rush hit his rope-assisted stunner and frog splash to get the win. Afterward, Rush shook Komander’s hand and showed respect.

Afterward, Taven and Bennett (both New England locals with Taven hailing originally from Derry which is 15 minutes away from Manchester) came back out to send the crowd home happy.

Pre-show dark matches:

  • Satnam Singh (w/ Jay Lethal) defeated Colt Cabana
  • Nyla Rose defeated Lydia

Ring of Honor (pre-show):

  • Katsuyori Shibata defeated The Butcher

Notes:

  • A healthy amount of fans left before the taping started at 10:15 PM, just a few minutes after Dynamite ended. The exodus continued throughout the taping and was very quiet for the Rush vs. Komander rematch. None of the Rampage matches were announced to the crowd to entice them to stay.

Three-way Tag Team title eliminator match set for AEW Collision

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The next challengers for the AEW Tag Team titles at this month’s WrestleDream will be determined on this Saturday’s edition of Collision.

Private Party, Top Flight and House of Black will vie for the opportunity to challenge the Young Bucks (pictured above) at the Saturday, October 12th pay-per-view. None of the teams have held the Tag Team titles before.

Private Party issued a challenge on this past Wednesday’s fifth anniversary edition of Dynamite and the Bucks feigned as if they were going to accept but then decided not to. That led to Jack Perry attacking Private Party from behind and the three heels beating them up until Katsuyori Shibata made the save.

Friday’s Rampage will feature the Bucks and Perry against Private Party and Shibata.

Top Flight have battled the Bucks several times in the past while House of Black feuded with The Elite over the AEW Trios titles in early-2023.

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Darby Allin will be in action against Johnny TV as the former is still looking for an opponent for WrestleDream after issuing an open challenge.

After getting into a scrap with AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May, Willow Nightingale will take on Trish Adora while Nightingale’s rival Kris Statlander will return to action for the first time since their All Out street fight against an opponent to be named.

Ahead of his tag team match alongside Bryan Danielson against PAC & Claudio Castagnoli on Tuesday, Wheeler Yuta will go one-on-one with Beef.

In what should be a high-flying four-way, Hologram will battle Komander, Nick Wayne and Action Andretti.

Two tag team matches are set as the surging Outrunners will take on the Grizzled Young Veterans while The Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly battle Tony Nese & Ari Daivari of the Premier Athletes.

Here’s the full lineup, taped Thursday night in Toledo, Ohio:

  • House of Black (Malakai Black & Buddy Matthews) vs. Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) in a three-way AEW Tag Team title eliminator match for WrestleDream
  • Darby Allin vs. Johnny TV
  • The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake)
  • Willow Nightingale vs. Trish Adora
  • Beef vs. Wheeler Yuta
  • The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly) vs. Premier Athletes (Tony Nese & Ari Daivari)
  • Komander vs. Hologram vs. Nick Wayne vs. Action Andretti
  • Kris Statlander vs. TBA

Three-way trios match announced for AEW All Out Zero Hour

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A three-way trios match was announced for Saturday’s AEW All Out Zero Hour pre-show.

During Friday’s AEW Collision, it was revealed in a backstage segment that Top Flight & Action Andretti will face both Shane Taylor Promotions & The Beast Mortos and The Undisputed Kingdom in the match.

Lee Moriarty and Shane Taylor will represent STP while Roderick Strong, Matt Taven and Mike Bennett will represent the Undisputed Kingdom.

To this point, it’s the only match announced for the 90-minute pre-show with the Bang Bang Gang vs. Cage of Agony in another trios clash a possibility given their backstage confrontation on Collision.

Here’s the current card for Chicago:

  • AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson defends against Jack Perry
  • Unsanctioned lights out steel cage match: Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Page
  • Chicago street fight: Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander
  • AEW International Champion Will Ospreay defends against PAC
  • AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) defend against Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta)
  • MJF vs. Daniel Garcia
  • TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Hikaru Shida with Kamille banned from ringside
  • AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada defends against Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy and The Beast Mortos
  • Zero Hour pre-show: Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) and Action Andretti vs. Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty & The Beast Mortos vs. Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Roderick Strong)

AEW Collision live results: All In go-home show

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The final show before All In has arrived with Saturday’s Collision from Cardiff, Wales.

The taped show will feature a Wild Card in Cardiff match to determine the final spot in the London Ladders match for the AEW Trios titles at All In. Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) and PAC will face Top Flight & Lio Rush to determine who makes it to Wembley Stadium.

Other matches will see The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe & Kyle O’Reilly) take on The Undisputed Kingdom (Roderick Strong, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett). Hook will face Big Bill, Willow Nightingale will square off against Harley Cameron, Jeff Jarrett will compete against Ariya Daivari, and Katsuyori Shibata will take on Jay Lethal.

Kris Statlander and Stokley Hathaway will also be in action ahead of their mixed tag match against Nightingale and Tomohiro Ishii on All In’s Zero Hour pre-show.

Additionally, TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz will narrate the story of Toni Storm and Mariah May ahead of their All In title match.

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AEW Collision comes to us this week live – to tape – from Cardiff, Wales, just one day before All In Wembley. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call as the Conglomeration made their entrance for the opening match.

The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Mark Briscoe & Orange Cassidy) defeated The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Roderick Strong)

While I don’t need any more of the Conglomeration/Kingdom pairing, this was a fun opener. The cut to a stoic, unmoving Ishii on commentary did make me laugh very hard.

Conglomeration member Tomohiro Ishii joined the booth, and he was a real chatterbox. Briscoe and Bennett started the match with chops. O’Reilly tagged in and brought the fight to all three of the Kingdom, including a train of leg whips to Bennett and Taven. Cassidy tagged in and continued the offense, taking Bennett and Strong down with tornado DDTs. Bennett and Taven caught Cassidy with a spike piledriver, but some confusion on the legal man allowed Cassidy’s partners to break up the cover.

Cassidy fought his way to the corner and tagged in Briscoe, who ran wild until Strong cut off a dive attempt. We got a dive train, ending with Strong dropping Briscoe on a chair as he went for his chair-assisted tope. The Kingdom was working on Briscoe in their corner after a commercial break. Briscoe fought to the corner and got a tag into O’Reilly, who ran wild. The Conglomeration hit a set of dives for a nearfall.

Bennett caught O’Reilly with a DVD, with Taven following with Just The Tip for a nearfall. Strong beat on O’Reilly for multiple nearfalls, but O’Reilly countered a Tiger Bomb into a guillotine. O’Reilly transitioned to an ankle lock, but the hold got broken up. We got a move train ending with Briscoe hitting his chair dive. O’Reilly caught Taven in a guillotine choke and scored the win.

We got a video package recapping the recent history of the Trios Titles, going over Death Triangle’s challenge of the Bang Bang Gang at Double or Nothing, The House of Black earning a Trios Title shot, and The Patriarchy cheating their way to the titles.

Willow Nightingale defeated Harley Cameron

Ishii is still sitting at the commentary desk, where Nightingale gave him a big hug during her entrance. Nightingale handled Cameron until she tried for the Babe With The Powerbomb, when Cameron fought out and hit a Side Russian Leg Sweep for a nearfall. Cameron hit Sole Food and a Shining Wizard for a nearfall.

Nightingale got a glimpse of Ishii on commentary and fired up, dropping Cameron with a forearm and hitting the Babe With The Powerbomb for the win. Ishii came into the ring and raised Nightingale’s hand in victory.

Private Party was backstage with Lexy Nair, where she announced that they were the official emcees for All In. They were excited, then got a call from their assistant and left. Nair welcomed the ROH World Tag Team Champions Sammy Guevara and Dustin Rhodes. There was an open challenge laid out for a ten-man tag match at Wembley, with Guevara and Rhodes teaming with the Von Erichs and Katsuyori Shibata. Shibata entered the frame and, through text-to-speech, said that he would lasso them a win at Wembley.

(I don’t need hosts for wrestling shows. I am excited about a little pre-show action with the ROH crew.)

Katsuyori Shibata (w/Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) defeated Jay Lethal (w/Satnam Singh & Sonjay Dutt)

A professional encounter, if not a very heated one.

Lethal focused on Shibata’s leg, setting up a Figure Four, but Shibata kicked his way free. Shibata hit a pair of bicep stomps before kicking Lethal to the outside. After a commercial, Lethal caught Shibata with a Dragon Screw before locking on the Figure Four. Shibata got to the ropes and cut off a Lethal Injection attempt, but Lethal caught him with the Lethal Combination.

Lethal went for Hail To The King, but Shibata caught him in an armbar. Shibata sent Lethal to the corner and hit his hesitation dropkick. Lethal went for kicks to the knee before Shibata dropped him with an STO. Shibata hit the Rainmaker-style slap, locked on the Von Erich Claw, and then transitioned into an armbar for the submission win. Shibata offered a handshake after the match, and Lethal accepted.

We got a video package of MJF & Will Ospreay’s face-off from Dynamite.

Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway trained for their Wembley match at Create A Pro Wrestling Academy. Statlander said that she had been overlooked for too long and that it was their time now.

Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway defeated Kid Lykos II & Nina Samuels

Hathaway shook hands before Statlander clotheslined both of them. Hathaway tagged in and hit Lykos with a main-event spinebuster. Statlander tagged in and hit Lykos with an F-5 and a Babe With The Powerbomb. Statlander tagged Hathaway in and dumped him onto Lykos, with Hathaway getting the pin.

After the match, Hathaway said that this match was a preview of what would come at Wembley against Willow Nightingale & Tomohiro Ishii. Hathaway said that when they were done, Nightingale & Ishii’s careers would be like the food in England: absolutely rubbish. McGuinness made sure to note that they were in Wales.

We got a video package recapping the history between Toni Storm and Mariah May, narrated by Ben Mankiewicz of Turner Classic Movies.

Hook defeated Big Bill (w/Bryan Keith)

A wild atmosphere, as this rowdy crowd suddenly decided that Big Bill was the top babyface in the territory.

FTW Champion Chris Jericho joined commentary as Hook charged Bill to start. Bill dumped Hook with a fallaway slam. The crowd started cheering for Bill as he clubbered on Hook. After the commercial, we came back to the crowd giving Bill a standing ovation. Jericho said that the crowd was cheering Bill to spite him after he told the crowd to shut up. A decent attempt from Jericho to contextualize this.

Bill mocked Hook then told the crowd to shut up as they continued cheering him. Hook dodged a couple of charges from Bill, then hit a big suplex. Bryan Keith charged Hook, but Hook dumped him with a T-Bone suplex. Bill sent Hook into the corner, but Hook caught him with the Redrum and got the submission. Hook stared down Jericho at the desk.

We got a video package of Jack Perry with his TNT Title. He said that no one was worthy of holding his TNT Title, as no one had made the sacrifices that he had made. Perry told Darby Allin that the only way he would close the coffin on him was if he was dead.

We got a recap of the face-off between Swerve Strickland & Bryan Danielson from Dynamite.

Jeff Jarrett (w/Karen Jarrett) defeated Ariya Daivari

If Jeff Jarrett was this over at any point in the last 20 years, TNA would still be on Spike TV. This Wales crowd was fired up for some Double J.

Daivari came to the ring getting some cheap heat, noting that Wales doesn’t have a Premier League team. After both men hit the corners for cheers, with only Jarrett getting them, Daivari jumped Jarrett and mocked the Fargo Strut. Daivari mocked him again before Jarrett socked him in the face and sent him into the turnbuckles. The crowd chanted for Jarrett as we went to a commercial break.

Jarrett pinballed Daivari around the outside as we came back from the break. Daivari caught Jarrett with a baseball slide as he came back into the ring. Jarrett almost caught Daivari with a sleeper hold, but Daivari reversed into one of his own. Jarrett fought out and fired up, getting a nearfall with a Russian Leg Sweep. Jarrett hit an enzuigiri and the squisher before hitting the Fargo Strut. Jarrett ducked a high cross attempt and hit the Stroke for the win.

We got a Hologram highlight reel.

We got a rundown of the All In card, with a ten-man tag match added to the Zero Hour. It will be Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, Katsuyori Shibata, & The Von Erichs vs. The Cage of Agony, Mike Bennett, & Matt Taven.

Winning Team Enters London Ladder Match at All In – Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta & PAC defeated Lio Rush & Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin)

An odd way to get PAC his “Wembley Moment,” but he got there. Credit to Claudio Castagnoli, wrestling 20 minutes on Dynamite, working this match on the same taping, then flying to Mexico to wrestle in the CMLL Grand Prix before flying back to Europe to work All In. A fine main event, but the crowd did feel tired by this point.

Yuta and Darius started, with Dante tagging in and double-teaming Yuta with his brother. PAC tagged in to a hero’s response, matching speed with Dante until he got caught with a headscissors and a dropkick. Castagnoli and Rush tagged in, with Rush trying to catch Castagnoli in the Giant Swing and catching an uppercut for his troubles. Top Flight helped Rush triple-team Castagnoli as we went to a commercial.

Yuta dropped a knee on Darius as we came back from the break. Darius came back with a DDT/Death Drop combination on PAC & Yuta and fought through Castagnoli to get the tag to his brother. Dante ran wild, with Rush assisting with a moonsault off of the apron to Yuta. Rush tagged in and hit a pair of topes to PAC that almost destroyed the announce table. PAC and Rush traded strikes until Rush hit a Falcon Arrow for a nearfall.

We got a move train ending with Dante hitting a dive to Castagnoli. Rush hit a stunner to PAC, but PAC came back with a snap German suplex, but the Martins cut him off. Darius hit a second rope Stunner, with Rush and Dante following with frog splashes for nearfalls. Another dive train ended with Castagnoli drilling Rush with an uppercut. Castagnoli snatched Rush into the Giant Swing before Yuta hit the low dropkick to cut him down. PAC hit the Black Arrow to score the win and punch his ticket to Wembley Stadium.

Christian Cage & Mother Wayne made their entrance. Cage heeled on the crowd before calling himself the godfather of ladder matches. He told them to have eyes in the back of their heads, leading to Killswitch and Nick Wayne hitting them all with chairs. Christian went for the Con-Chair-To on PAC before the Bang Bang Gang came out and pulled tabled from under the ring. The House of Black arrived with a ladder on the stage. All the teams brawled as the show went off the air. I’ll note that my TNT feed went silent after the Bang Bang Gang came out, but I think that was just on my end.

Tag team match rescheduled from AEW Collision to Rampage

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AEW has announced the rescheduling of a match.

MxM Collection vs. Top Flight was set for this Saturday’s episode of Collision in Arlington, Texas. However, AEW posted a video on Tuesday revealing that the match will now take place on Friday’s edition of Rampage, which will be taped on Wednesday after Dynamite.

The match being rescheduled is likely due to Mansoor having been booked on CMLL shows in Mexico this weekend. However, he says in the video that he and Mace are unable to compete on Saturday as Mercury will be in retrograde.

“You see our spiritual healer informed us that this Saturday Mercury is in retrograde which means we cannot compete but our spiritual advisor told us that we can compete exactly 22 hours earlier Friday night on Rampage,” Mansoor says in the video.

Mansoor is scheduled to team with Robbie X and Rocky Romero on Saturday against Templario, Titan, and Flip Gordon. Then on Saturday, he’ll team with Robbie X and Gordon against Atlantis Jr, Mascara Dorada, and Angel de Oro.

AEW Rampage announced lineup for August 16, 2024 —

  • Nick Wayne vs. Kip Sabian
  • Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor)

Blackpool Combat Club teaming with Katsuyori Shibata on AEW Collision

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Two members of the Blackpool Combat Club will team with Katsuyori Shibata in trios action on this Saturday’s AEW Collision.

Shibata will tag up with Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli to take on The Righteous & Lance Archer as part of the action in London, Ontario, Canada.

This comes after the events of the March 16th Collision when Dutch and Vincent attacked Castagnoli during his match with Archer. Shibata, who had faced Danielson earlier in the night, ran out to make the save with a chair.

In another new addition, former AEW Tag Team Champions Big Bill & Ricky Starks will take on Top Flight in the quarterfinals of the AEW Tag Team title tournament. The winners will face the winners of FTR vs. The Infantry which is also taking place Saturday.

Kyle O’Reilly will look to make it 2-0 in his return to action as he faces an opponent that was not named.

The additions join the previously-announced “Cope Open” challenge from new TNT Champion Adam Copeland.

Here’s the current card:

  • Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli & Katsuyori Shibata vs. The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch) & Lance Archer
  • AEW Tag Team title tournament quarterfinal: Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. Ricky Starks & Big Bill
  • AEW Tag Team title tournament quarterfinal: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. The Infantry (Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo) 
  • TNT Champion Adam Copeland defends the title in a Cope Open challenge
  • Kyle O’Reilly in action

The Young Bucks vs. Top Flight booked for AEW Dynamite

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AEW EVPs Matthew & Nicholas Jackson will be in action on the Wednesday, February 14 edition of Dynamite. 

AEW announced during Friday’s Rampage episode that The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) will face Top Flight (Darius Martin & Dante Martin) on Dynamite. 

The bout for Dynamite was announced after The Young Bucks won a quick squash match on Rampage and then cut a promo declaring their intention to climb AEW’s tag team rankings in order to earn a title shot. 

The Bucks look to be in line to face Sting & Darby Allin at the Revolution pay-per-view set for Sunday, March 3. Sting & Allin defeated Ricky Starks & Big Bill to win the AEW Tag Team titles on this week’s Dynamite, but were then laid out by The Bucks. 

The Bucks wore the same gear stained with Allin’s blood from Wednesday’s angle on Friday’s Rampage. 

Revolution will mark the final match in Sting’s Hall of Fame career. 

The Young Bucks vs. Top Flight is the only match announced for Dynamite to this point. 

AEW Dynamite, Wednesday, February 14 —

  • The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) vs. Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin)

AEW Rampage live results: Top Flight vs. Private Party

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Top Flight vs. Private Party is set for tonight’s AEW Rampage. 

In a rematch from the January 17 Dynamite, Top Flight’s Darius Martin & Dante Martin take on Private Party’s Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen on tonight’s episode. Private Party were victorious in the first match of this series. 

Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill will be in action on tonight’s episode against Dark Order’s Alex Reynolds & John Silver in a non-title affair. Darby Allin will be on commentary for the bout. Starks & Bill defend against Sting & Allin on next week’s Dynamite. 

Willow Nightingale will face Queen Aminata on tonight’s Rampage in a women’s division contest. 

CMLL’s Mistico, Volador Jr., Hechicero, & Mascara Dorada will take on Christopher Daniels, Matt Sydal, Matt Menard, & Angelo Parker in an eight-man tag team bout. 

A promo from AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta of the Best Friends faction has also been advertised for tonight’s episode.

Taped in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Excalibur and Tony Schiavone were on commentary. 

Top Flight (w/ Action Andretti) defeated Private Party (9:51)

This is a rematch from a few weeks ago on Dynamite where Private Party maybe cheated to win. In New Orleans, the crowd was behind Private Party, chanting for shots. Or maybe they were all in unison shouting a drink order.

Top Flight tried a flapjack on Quen, but he pushed off of them and hit them both with a dropkick. Zay got the tag and hit a slingshot stunner on Darius while wearing a crown. Zay put Darius in a camel clutch, and Quen leapfrogged over his partner and hit a double stomp on Darius. Quen went for a cradle on Darius while holding the ropes, but Action Andretti broke up the pin attempt. This lead to Dante almost getting a nearfall with a rollup of his own.

After a split-screen break, Dante hit a gamengiri and top rope crossbody for a near fall. Zay hit forearms on both Darius and Dante, while the crowd encouraged him with “Shots!” chants. Dante ducked an enzigiri from Zay then hit a superkick, but Private Party caught Dante with the Silly String. Quen landed a shooting star press on Dante for a near fall.

Darius hit Zay with a Spanish Fly, then took him out with a tope suicidia on the floor. Quen charged into a gamengiri from Darius, then Dante hit Quen with his half-nelson slam for the pinfall.

I’d like to propose a best of a thousand and one match series between these two teams, who are going to keep making each other better.

– Renee Paquette interviewed Sammy Guevara, who called out Will Hobbs for costing him the World Tag Team titles a few weeks ago at Battle of the Belts. 

– Jay Lethal can’t get the Sonjay Dutt crew to workout with him. Jarrett doesn’t need to workout because he’s a two-time hall of famer? Jarrett screwed at Lethal for being too nice. This segment was pointless. 

Ricky Starks & Big Bill defeated Alex Reynolds & John Silver (w/ Evil Uno) in an Eliminator Match. (5:45)

I’d like someone to explain why the #2 contenders (who don’t even get an entrance) are in an eliminator match. Darby Allin was at ringside for commentary.

The Dark Order jumped Starks before the bell. Starks was a total babyface in New Orleans. Silver powerbombed Starks onto Reynolds knees for a near fall. Silver then hit a german suplex for a near fall (and Darby on commentary called back to how Starks injured his neck in the pandemic era against Adam Page).

Big Bill got the hot tag and dumped Silver to the floor. Uno jumped up on the apron and Bill booted him to the mat. Bill got knocked to the floor, where Reynolds hit him with a running boot. Silver and Reynolds sent Bill into the ringpost.

Back in the ring, Bill caught Reynolds with a spinning Boss Man Slam. Starks and Silver got the tags, and Starks dominated Silver. Starks did his version of the old school ropewalk on Reynolds. Uno tripped up Starks, and Starks speared him on the floor. Back in the ring, Starks hit the roshambeaux on Silver and got the pinfall.

The #2 ranked tag team looked like jobbers here. If I didn’t know better, I’d say they’re trying to kill the ranking gimmick out of the gate. 

– Renee Paquette interviewed Don Callis and Powerhouse Hobbs. Callis made it clear that its he and Hobbs that are after Sammy Guevara. 

Willow Nightingale (w/ Stokley Hathaway & Kris Statlander) defeated Queen Aminata

The commentators talked up Aminata, who needs to start winning matches. Willow hit Aminata with a pair of short-arm clotheslines, then came off the middle ropes with a shotgun dropkick. Aminata tripped up Nightingale on the apron and took control of the match heading into the split-screen break.

After the break, Nightingale missed a cannonball in the corner. Aminata hit a kick in the corner for a near fall. Aminata dropped Nightingale with a german suplex, but missed the hip attack in the corner. Nightingale hit the cannonball in the corner, then a death valley driver for a near fall. Nightingale finished off Aminata with the Doctor Bomb for the pinfall. After the match, Hathaway reluctantly celebrated with Statlander and Hathaway.

– Renee Paquette interviewed Orange Cassidy and the Best Friends. Orange asked for this time because he knew Roderick Strong and his crew would interrupt the interview. Which they did. Cassidy and his friends want to fight Strong and his friends. Adam Cole wanted to suggest a four-on-four, but – from his wheel chair– said that can’t happen because Chuck Taylor is injured. So instead Cassidy, Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero will take on Strong, Matt Taven and Mike Bennett, next week on Rampage. Orange Cassidy: “Why is he in a wheelchair?” 

– Renee Paquette interviewed Willow Nightingale, Kris Statlander and Stokely Hathaway. They were soon interrupted by Saraya, Harley Cameron and Ruby Soho all screaming at each other. Everyone started bickering, Cameron bit Hathaway, and a tag match was made for next week. 

Mistico, Volador Jr., Hechicero, & Mascara Dorada defeated Christopher Daniels, Matt Sydal, Matt Menard, & Angelo Parker (11:32)

Volador took Menard down with a step up huricanrana and a dropkick. Misticio and Daniels got the tags, and Misticio hit a handspring elbow and a springboard cross body. Hechicero got the tag and hit a springboard dropkick. Volador hit a lung blower, and Dorada hit a standing shooting star press for a near fall.

Daniels took Dorado down with a back heel trip, and got the tag. Menard, Parker and Sydal triple teamed Dorada. Sydal hit a mariposa for a near fall. Sydal tied up Dorado in a bow and arrow.

The babyfaces worked over Dorado through the split-screen break. Once back to full screen, Dorado made his comeback and got the tag to Hechicero. Hechicero choked out Daniels with a sleeper in the ropes, then came off the top rope with a clothesline. Sydal caught Hechicero with an enziguri. Daniels caught Hechicero with a flatliner into a submission, but it was broken up.

Menard and Parker had a messy exchange with Mistico and Volador. Mistico, Volador and Dorado all hit dives on the floor. Back in the ring, Hechicero backdropped Daniels to counter the Angels Wings. Hechicero hit Daniels with a running knee in the corner, then tied him up in a cradle to get the pinfall. Nice showcase for Hechicero, who takes on Bryan Danielson tomorrow night on Collision.

At the end of the show, Excalibur ran down a bunch of matches for Collision and next week’s Dynamite. Two new matches and a change were announced:

  • Queen Aminada will face Serena Deeb on Collision.
  • Ricky Starks & Big Bill v. Sting & Darby Allin for Dynamite is now a Torando Tag Team match.
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm will face Red Velvet on Dynamite in an eliminator match. 

CMLL wrestlers, Private Party vs. Top Flight confirmed for AEW Rampage

Posted on by Josh Nason

The debut of several CMLL stars in addition to a tag team rematch are official for this Friday’s edition of AEW Rampage.

Initially announced on Friday’s Rampage and expanded upon during Saturday’s Collision via a video package, Volador Jr, Mistico, Mascara Dorada and Hechicero will be involved but the actual match was not announced.

The bout(s) are a further extension of the CMLL/AEW partnership that began last October when Mistico made his AEW debut in a match against Rocky Romero.

A rematch between Private Party and Top Flight was also confirmed after a backstage confrontation on Friday’s Rampage.

The two teams did battle earlier this month in Private Party’s first match since Marq Quen returned from injury. The manner in which he and Isiah Kassidy won the match didn’t sit right with Dante & Darius Martin, setting up their second meeting.

Here’s the current Rampage lineup that will be taped after Dynamite this Wednesday in New Orleans:

  • Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) vs. Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin)
  • Volador Jr, Mistico, Mascara Dorada and Hechicero in action

Trios Championship match announced for next week’s AEW Collision Holiday Bash

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A Trios Championship match is set for next week’s Collision.

The Acclaimed made their return on this week’s show after being laid out by the masked devil’s group on the November 8 edition of Dynamite. All three members of the group said they would go after those responsible. Top Flight & Action Andretti then came out and brought up that The Acclaimed had also issued an open challenge. They agreed to a match for next week’s Collision.

Thunder Rosa will return to action for the first time in over a year when she teams with Abadon to take on Julia Hart and Skye Blue. After Abadon won a match on Saturday’s show, Hart appeared with the TBS Championship. Abadon attacked Hart and took her title, but then Blue came out to attack Abadon. Rosa, who was doing Spanish commentary, came out for the save.

The last Continental Classic Blue League matches will also take place before the League Finals on the December 27 edition of Dynamite. Claudio Castagnoli will face Bryan Danielson, Brody King will take on Daniel Garcia, and Andrade El Idolo will face Eddie Kingston.

Here is the lineup for next Saturday’s Collision:

  • AEW Trios titles: The Acclaimed defend against Top Flight & Action Andretti
  • Thunder Rosa & Abadon vs. Julia Hart & Skye Blue
  • AEW Continental Classic Blue League: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Bryan Danielson
  • AEW Continental Classic Blue League: Brody King vs. Daniel Garcia
  • AEW Continental Classic Blue League: Andrade El Idolo vs. Eddie Kingson