AEW World's End 2024 12/28/2024

AEW World's End 2024 12/28/2024

Note - AEW Collision was not on tonight due to this show.

Continental Classic 2024 Semifinal - Will Ospreay vs Kyle Fletcher

Kyle misses a charge and gets chopped. Kyle blocks a flying headscissors. They evade attacks and Kyle rolls out. Kyle hits some chops when he gets back in. Will chops back. Will lariats Kyle over the top. Will cannonballs Kyle off the apron.

Kyle facekicks him. Will jumps off the steps onto Kyle but gets caught and takes an apron's edge powerbomb. Kyle lawn darts Will into the rails and Will gets busted open from it. Kyle boots Will. Kyle hits Kawada kicks. Kyle gets blood on his boot from it and Will has blood all over his chest. 

Kyle hits corner punches. Will hits punches. Kyle catches Will's handspring and lawn darts him into the buckles. Kyle foot slaps Will. Will lariats Kyle. Will hits a back body drop and hits snake eyes on Kyle. Will facekicks him then standing corkscrew moonsaults him for 2.  

Kyle superkicks him then Will hits a stunner on him. Kyle half and half suplexes him. Will standing spanish flies him for 2. Will hits Kawada kicks. They trade chops. Will hits an os cutter after they trade move attempts. Will runs at him and gets lariated. Will poisonrana's him. Kyle no sells it and hidden blades him.

They headbutt each other on their knees. Kyle flies at him and takes a superkick. Kyle rolls him up for 2 and gets caught holding onto the ropes. Kyle argues with the ref and takes a hidden blade. Kyle pulls the ref into Will and superkicks him. Kyle brainbusters him for 2.

Kyle hits a sitout last ride for 2. Kyle corner facekicks him. Will hits a hurricanrana then hits a styles clash for the win.

Thoughts: I thought they needed a better ending. It wasn't as wild as expected (since the winner has to wrestle again) but selling was not a priority in this match and that brought things down. Will bled all over the place here hardway and that did help things out. I liked some of it, but it really just turned into an indy match by the end of it.

Will wipes his blood on the entrance way as he leaves.

Continental Classic 2024 Semifinal - Kazuchika Okada vs Ricochet

They lock up. Okada backs him up on the ropes and grabs the ear. Okada shoulders him over. Ric backflips and headscissors him. Ric dropkicks him out. Okada facekicks him.

Okada goofs around and runs the ropes just to slap him in the back of the neck. Ric is knocked down off a springboard attempt. Ric topes Okada. Ric hits knees to the back. Ric does a grounded abdominal stretch. Ric running headbutts Okada in the back.

They stare down face to face. Ric spin kicks him then takes a flapjack. Okada hits forearms and running back elbows him. Okada ddt's him. Ric backdrops Okada then asai moonsaults him for 2. Ric running ssp's him for 2. Ric misses a top rope 450. Okada over the back neckbreakers him on the knee.

Okada slams Ric then top rope elbow drops him. Okada dropkicks Ric. Ric hits a vertigo on Okada for 2. Ric hits a top rope ssp for 2. Ric jumping knees and high kicks him. Okada dropkicks him.  Ric jumping knees him. Okada his a spinning emerald flowsion and rainmakers him for the win.

Thoughts: It was an okay match. They didn't overdo it and they were able to work around their styles clash. It wasn't great and they didn't go too crazy because the winner was going to fight again tonight. It was probably more in line with a TV match than a PPV epic.

Okada leaves. Swerve Strickland comes out on the stage. Swerve says Ric told him he would win The Continental Classic. Swerve said he told him if he blew it, he'd embarass him. Swerve says Ric has run his mouth as he expected since he came here. Swerve says he has to clean up Ric's mess now. Prince Nana brings out rolls of toilet paper in a wagon. Nana handss fans toilet paper. Swerve says they want to give Ric a clean slate going into 2024. Swerve says they will wish Ric a happy new year. Swerve says they will wish Ric a happy new year. Then everyone throws toilet paper at Ric. Swerve then calls him Trevor and says happy new year.

Thoughts: I didn't like this segment at all. I really don't get what they are going for by burying Ric like this. This made Swerve come off as a jerk as well, so this was a double fail.

Will Ospreay is being cleaned up in the back. Renee interviews him. Will says he has wrestled Okada 10 times and lost 8 of them. He tells the fans to carry him through tonight and tell him that he can do this. He then busts his cut open again. He says Okada is his mentor and big brother. He says he's going to Disney World after. He then says "in the immortal words of Tony Khan, let's f*cking go, lads".

AEW Women's Title - Tijuana Street Fight - Mariah May (c) vs Thunder Rosa

May I guess goes up to Rosa's father outside. Rosa jumps on May and chops her. Rosa sliding lariats May then sentons her. May pounds on her and chokes her with a bandana. Rosa euros May in the neck against the ropes. Rosa dropkicks May on the ropes. 

Rosa brings chairs into the ring. Rosa pushes May over on the ramp. May ddt's Rosa on the ramp. May spits tequila at Rosa. Rosa spears May through a board for 2. May kicks a trash can into Rosa's chest. Rosa rolls down and off the ramp. Rosa hits May with a bottle outside for 2.

Rosa foot chokes May in the corner then bangs her head off chairs. Rosa chokes May with a chair. May running knees her for 2. May chairs Rosa. Rosa spinning death valley drivers May for 2.

Rosa pours thumbtacks out of a pinata. May cradle shocks Rosa onto them for 2. Rosa is sent into the steps outside. May knocks the hat off of Rosa's dad's head and mocks him by grabbing his cane. May puts barbed wire around her knee. She running knees the steps when Rosa moves.

May is sent into the rails. Rosa hits May with the cane. Rosa runs up a table and dropkicks May. Rosa chokes May with a chain and puts her foot into May's back. May throws sand or dirt into Rosa's eyes. May does a very dangerous looking storm zero off the apron through a table on Rosa and wins.

Thoughts: The finishing stretch could have been better here. It feels like they ran short on time and just went to the finish. The piledriver through the table looked pretty brutal. It was your normal hardcore match with lots of weapons shots. I was fine with it. 

AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring - MJF (c) vs Adam Cole

MJF has a giant flag out that says "Thank Me Later". Taven and Bennett are at ringside protecting the diamond ring.

MJF immediately goes out to stall. Cole pump kicks him and hits mounted shots. MJF is sent into the rails. Cole is sent into the steps. Cole gets busted open and MJF tells the fans to "shut the f*ck up". MJF sends Cole into the post. MJF pounds on Cole in the ring. Cole jawbreakers MJF and hits forearms. MJF pulls him down backwards. MJF bites Cole's head then chinlocks him. MJF blocks a hurricanrana with a powerbomb on the knee for 2.

Cole pump kicks MJF then enzugiri's him. Cole backcrackers him then hits oblivion for 2. Cole comes off the buckles, lands on his injured leg and MJF chop blocks him. MJF stomps the leg. MJF irish whips Cole and Cole falls over.

MJF bangs Cole's leg off the post. MJF gets busted open after going into the post. Cole hits punches then hits corner punches. Cole bites MJF. Cole hits a panama sunrise and a boom knee to the back of the head. Cole runs the ropes, MJF spears him in the knee and makes him flip.

They hockey fight. Cole superkicks him. MJF figure fours him. MJF tries to go for the ring but Taven and Bennett are there. MJF bangs the steps and pretends that Bennett and Taven hit him. The ref buys it and ejects Taven and Bennett.

MJF grabs the ring. Cole superkicks MJF. Cole puts the ring on. He tries to hit MJF with it. MJF low blows him then hits a heatseeker piledriver for the win.

Thoughts: It was an okaymatch but nothing too great. I didn't like the panama sunrise being meaningless here and the dirty finish wasn't the best. I just hope it's the end of this feud, but it doesn't seem like it will be. I also didn't like all the f-bombs from MJF.

MJF grabs a chair. He says to cut his music so everyone can hear him break Cole's leg. He goes to pillmanize Cole's leg. Roderick Strong comes out and saves Cole.

MJF runs up the ramp and Kyle O'Reilly shows up behind him. MJF tries to make nice with him but Kyle throws him into the ring. MJF is stuck between Strong and Kyle and takes a high/low.

Cole punches MJF with the ring then puts it on his chest. Cole, Kyle and Strong then hug. Taven and Bennett then come down and do a group hug. They then walk to the ramp together.

AEW International Title - Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs Powerhouse Hobbs

They trade forearms to start and collide with shoulders. Hobbs makes him fly with a shoulderblock. Hobbs forearms him outside. Hobbs slams KT on the apron. KT drops Hobbs knees first on the apron. KT bangs Hobbs' leg off the post. KT bangs Hobbs' leg off the mat. KT stands on Hobbs' leg on the bottom rope. KT deadlift suplexes Hobbs in. Hobbs crossbodies KT then corner splashes him. Hobbs hits corner lariats. Hobbs powerslams him for 2.  

KT hits a package tombstone on Hobbs for 2. They trade lariats. KT germans him. Hobbs powerslams him. Hobbs running lariats him. KT chop blocks him then blue thunders him for 1. Hobbs lariats KT over for 2.

They both go up top and slip to the apron. KT superplexes him then hits a top rope senton. Hobbs spinebusters KT for 2. They go back up top and Hobbs powerslams him off the top. The ref helps pull Hobb's knee brace off. KT kicks Hobbs in the knee and guillotine chokes him.  KT hits a spinning falcon arrow and wins.

Thoughts: There was a decent bit of legwork here but it didn't play much into the finish. I didn't like the finish in this one and I didn't like KT throwing Hobbs around so easily at times. I thought they need a better finishing stretch here and I thought they were just heading into the last part of the match when the pin came. There were some good things here though. 

Renee interviews Kazuchika Okada. Okada says Will is like his little brother. He says he's on another level, but not his level, b!tch.

AEW TBS Title - Mercedes Mone (c) vs Kris Statlander

They lock up, swing around and Mone is pushed over. Mone side headlocks her and Kris shoulders her over. Punk headscissors Kris. Kris cartwheels out. Mone dropkicks her, Kris kips up and they stare down. Kris takes an armdrag and goes out. Mone dropkicks her through the ropes. Kris' head is banged off the steps.

Mone armdrags her off the steps. Mone meteora's her against the rail. Mone jumps off the rail, gets caught and Kris walks her up the stairs. Kris then slams her on the apron. Kris is pulled into the buckles and Mone rolls her up for 2. Mone hurricanrana's her for 2. 

Mone cradles her then Kris powerslams her. Kris backbreakers her. Kris hits a fallaway slam. Mone powerbombs her on the apron. Mone hits knees to the back and chinlocks Kris. Mone corner meteora's her.

Kris lariats her out of the corner and back elbows her. Mone backcrackers her. Mone straightjacket backcrackers her. Kris blocks a 2nd rope meteora and powerbombs her. Kris hits short arm lariats. Kris running knees her in the corner and backrolls her into a chaos theory german for 2. 

Kris spinning michinoku drivers her for 2. Mone tornado ddt's her for 2. Mone suplexes her 7 times. Mone top rope splashes Kris for 2. Mone misses a corner meteora. Kris does a package piledriver for 2. Mone hits jawbreakers.

They trade chest forearms and fall out of the ring together. They end up taking the ring skirt with them. Mone hits a money maker on the floor. Kris' feet get stuck in the metal supports under the ring. Mone meteora's her off the apron and pounds on her. 

Mone dives off the apron onto her and takes an F-5 on the apron edge. Kris F-5's her for 2. Mone hits a nasty sitout tombstone on the apron on Kris. Mone beats the count in and thinks she has it won but Kris gets back in. Mone slaps her then crossfaces her. Kris lariats her, goes for a tombstone and Mone ankle locks her. Mone then ends up getting the pin soon after.

Thoughts: It started off well but ended up dragging. I didn't like the sitout tombstone spot on the apron at all and thought that should have ended it. I wish they just would have had a normal match as I think it would have been good. I really thought I was going to like it but ended up not liking it.

AEW Continental Classic Finals - Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay

Jim Ross is on commentary for this one. Okada teases a clean break and forearms him. They trade forearms. Will flying headscissors him then plancha's him. They fight outside and Okada ddt's him on the floor. Okada bridging ddt's him on the floor. 

Okada boots him in the face inside. Will hits forearms and takes a neckbreaker. Will suplexes Okada and Okada does a goofy facial for it. Will handspring kicks Okada off the ropes. Okada flapjacks Will. Will sits up top. Okada dropkicks him and Will's leg is caught under the top rope.

Okada kneebreakers him on his knee. Okada is pushed into the rails and takes a hook kick. Will os cutters him off the rails. Okada slides in and takes a springboard dropkick and an os cutter for 2. Okada hits an over the back neckbreaker on the knee.

Okada hits a top rope elbow drop. Okada shotgun dropkicks him and gets his knees up on Will's standing SSP. Okada hits a big dropkick. Will powerbombs Okada and holds on for a styles clash for 2. Okada hits a rainmaker for 2.

Okada euros him. Will goes down and tries to fight his way back up. Okada hits a german. Will turns a rainmaker into a standing spanish fly. Okada hits a dropkick. Will no sells it and superkicks him. Will springboards and takes a dropkick. Will hits his own rainmaker then hits a stormbreaker for 2.

Okada flips out of a tiger driver and hits a short arm lariat. Okada ducks a hidden blade. Okada armdrags out of a stormbreaker and hits a rainmaker for the win.

Thoughts: I thought it was a good match. The two matched up well together and had some nice sequences and counters. Will surprisingly didn't go all out here either and it was a bit more tame than I expected. It is kind of silly though that they did this whole tournament just for Okada to retain in the end. 

They shake hands after. Christopher Daniels gets on the mic after. He congratulates Okada. He said normally he would present Okada with his title but says he can't do that. He says he's no longer an EVP for AEW. He says this man is though and brings out Kenny Omega.

Kenny gives Okada the Continental Title. They stare down and Okada holds the title up at him. Kenny claps and leaves. Kenny wasn't wrestling here you see, because he's going to wrestle and make money for NJPW instead in a week. I don't get why Kenny was so respectful to Okada when his crew took him out for months.

AEW World Title - Jon Moxley (c) vs Orange Cassidy vs Adam Page vs Jay White

Jay and Page argue with each other. Mox goes out then OC topes him. Mox takes a 3v1. Mox takes a triple foot choke. Claudio and Yuta come out and pull Mox away. Jay and Page go fight with Claudio and Yuta. OC fights Mox on the steps and Shafir boots OC.

Moxs boot OC in the aisle then throws him over the rail back into ringside. Claudio and Yuta are pulled away by security. OC mocks OC's weak kicks and boots him. OC rolls out. Mox is held for an OC orange punch. Mox takes a triple powerbomb through the commentary table.

Page then nails Jay and OC. Page lariats Jay. Page fallaway slams OC into the buckles. Page facekicks OC. We see The Patriarchy in the stands. We then see Hook in the stands. Page running facekicks Jay. OC is sent into the rails and steps.

OC top rope diving lariats Page then OC hits a stunner on Page. Jay does a sleeper suplex on OC. Jay hurricanrana's Page then lariats him over the top. Mox then knocks Jay out of the ring. OC PK's Mox. Mox cutters him. Mox has a cut on the back of his head. 

Mox and Page trade forearms. Mox hits a corner lariat. Mox lariats Jay then takes a ddt from OC. Page spinning lariats Jay then hits dead eye on Mox. OC hits an oranage punch on Page and one on Jay. OC hits an orange punch on Mox for 2 when the ref is pulled out. Page hits a buckshot lariat on OC then one on Jay. Page hits deadeye on Mox.

Page hits a buckshot lariat on Mox. Oc rolls up Page for 2. Page low blows OC. Jay blade runners Page and Mox. Wheeler Yuta comes in and breaks up the pin attempt. Shafir grabs Jay and takes a blade runner. Yuta flying knees Jay. Mox hits a death rider ddt on Jay and pins him.

Thoughts: This was a rushed main event. I feel like they ran short on time and cut it out early because of it. It really wasn't that much of a main. There was a bunch of brawling outside. Mox was out for a bit. They all hit their moves and went to the finishing stretch. This was easily the weakest main event AEW has ever done on a PPV and a total waste of time.

The Death Riders get in after. FTR come down to the ring. The lights go out then Adam Copeland comes out. They fight The Death Riders. Cash topes Claudio outside. Yuta takes a shatter machine. Copeland and Mox stare down. Copeland spears Mox. We see The Patriarchy move. Copeland crossfaces Mox with part of the chair's bar in Mox's mouth. Claudio saves Mox and FTR lets him.

Copeland goes to talk on the mic but the mic is out. Copeland calls for Mox. He calls him kid and says Mox is all his. Edge says Mox is all his and Rated FTR is taking it all. They then announce a Copeland/FTR vs Death Riders match for Dynamite.

Thoughts: I'm not sure why Copeland really wants Mox outside of being mad at him for beating up FTR.

Overall thoughts: It was a long one as usual especially with the pre-show. A lot of the matches had good and bad parts to them but as a whole, I thought it was better than the usual AEW PPV. I liked the Okada/Will match best and Okada/Ricochet was better than I expected. The women's street fight was okay. The Mone/Kris match started off strong but went too long and fizzled out some. Cole/MJF was okay but I hope we are done with it. I liked some things about Hobbs/Takeshita and wasn't that high on Will vs Kyle. The main was rushed and was easily the worst PPV main event AEW has ever done and they likely just ran out of time for it. Kenny Omega returning and being respectful to one of the guys who took him out was dumb and Ricochet getting crapped on by Swerve was also dumb. Copeland returning doesn't do a lot for me. The show was also missing a lot of names like usual including The Hurt Business, Darby, The Bucks and Christian. I'd give this one a 6 out of 10 overall. I wouldn't recommend it but it was one of the better PPV's AEW has done.

WWE Superstars 11/8/2013

WWE Superstars 11/8/2013

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/wwe-superstars-1112013.html

Tom Phillips and Alex Riley (in glasses) are on commentary.

Alicia Fox vs Naomi

 

Naomi wristlocks her. Fox cartwheels out and reverses it. Naomi does the same, splits her legs and kicks her. Fox rolls her up for 2. Naomi armdrags her for 2 then leg lariats her. They shove each other. Fox bangs Naomi's head off the buckles then facebusters her. Fox bangs Naomi's head off the mat and chinlocks her.

Fox hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker on her. Fox northern lights suplexes her for 2 then chinlocks her. Naomi hits back elbows and flying headscissors her. Naomi does like a flying flipping lariat. Naomi high kicks her from the apron and botches a slingshot in. Naomi thorws her over the shoulder and legdrops her for 2. Fox drives Naomi's head in the mat with her leg while holding the arm for 2.

Naomi monkey flips her then hits a hip attack. Naomi then pins her.

Thoughts: This was a weird one. Fox was super athletic in all of her bumps to the point that she was almost flipping out of various moves. They had a lot of sloppy moments here and maybe even invented a move or two out of some of the sloppy moments. I think these two were too athletic for their own good in this one.

Zack Ryder vs Jinder Mahal

Jin wristlocks him and Zack reverses it. Jin stomps on him. Zack facebusters him then dropkicks him. Zack hits corner punches. Jin shoulders him over. Zack flapjacks him and lariats him over. Zack suplexes him then lariats him over the top. Zack dropkicks him between the ropes.

We go to break and return. Zack armlocks him. Zack is put between the ropes and Jin boots him out. Zack takes a hard fall. Jin rams him into the apron edge. Jin hits mounted punches. Jin hits knee drops on him. Jin neckbreakers him for 2.

Jin emerald flowsions/side michinoki drivers him then misses a knee drop. Zack flips out of a suplex and hits a neckbreaker. Zack hits a thesz press then 2nd rope dropkicks him. Heath Slater distracts Zack and Jin flying knees Zack for 2. Zack hits a rough ryder and gets the pin.

Thoughts: It was an okay midcard match here. It wasn't great but they had an athletic match and both looked decent here. They put more effort into this one than I expected and did about as good as you could with this. Zack's bump to the outside looked rough.

Overall thoughts: There were only 2 new matches as usual amongst recaps. The women's match walked the line between being super athletic and sloppy and ended up being sloppy. They did some like they could maybe do a better one down the line. The men's match was fine with both guys trying hard and having an athletic match. You don't really need to see this one but it was an easy watch.

WWE Main Event 12/26/2024

WWE Main Event 12/26/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/wwe-main-event-12182024.html

Dragon Lee vs Pete Dunne

Lee wristlocks him. Pete rolls out and reverses it. Lee cartwheels and side headlocks him. Lee rolls him up for 2. They try to dropkick each other at the same time. Pete forearms him over.

Pete boots him on the mat. Pete hits chops in the corner. Lee double boots him out of the corner then flying headscissors him. Lee hits a top rope crossbody for 2. Lee hits a tope con hilo on Pete. We go to break and return. Pete superkicks him. Pete twists Lee's fingers then stomps the arm into the mat. Lee germans him out of the corner. Lee hits combinacion cabron in the corner. Lee corner dropkicks Pete for 2. Pete sitout powerbombs him. Lee flips out of a suplex and hits a sitout powerbomb. Pete flips out of a german then pop-up forearms Lee.

Pete tries to do an up and over and is superkicked. Lee flying forearms him. Pete hits a bitter end and wins.

Thoughts: It was an action packed match as you would expect. Pete did his usual finger work before hitting the bitter end. Lee flew around. It wasn't great or memorable but it kept my attention.

Josh Briggs vs Dante Chen

JB running facekicks him to start then forearms him over. JB clubs on Chen. Chen flying headscissors him. Chen hits a bunch of wild shots on JB in a flurry. Chen front facelocks him. Chen hits a step up enzugiri. Chen mounts him in the corner and hits forearms. JB elbows him.

JB hits elbow drops. JB chinlocks him then hits a sidewalk slam for 2. Chen hits a bunch of shots. Chen hits a backfist then a jumping ddt for 2. JB side slams him and splashes him. JB hits a big lariat and pins Chen.

Thoughts: They had a tough task here as both are unknowns to most of the fans and nobody had any reason to care. They did what they could with it and Chen showed some good fire. JB's lariat looked good as usual. It was average.

Overall thoughts: There were only 2 new matches as usual and lots of recaps. Neither match was particularly great or must see, but both were watchable. I wouldn't recommend this one but it was only 15 minutes total or so and there's worse ways to spend 15 minutes.

AEW Rampage 12/27/2024

AEW Rampage 12/27/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/aew-rampage-12202024.html

This is the final edition of Rampage for the time being.

We are in NYC at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

Chris Jericho vs Anthony Bowens

CJ waves to the crowd and offers to scissor Bowens. Bowens hits chops, forearms and punches. Bowens pounds on CJ. Max gets in Bowens way when he goes to do his line and Bowens kind of pushes him away. CJ eye pokes Bowens then corner lariats him. CJ backdrops him and hits chops in the corner. CJ goes to bulldog him but is thrown crotch first into the buckles.

They trade chops. Bowens running knees him for 2. CJ takes a reverse magic screw on the ropes. CJ puts him in a crab. We go to PiP break and return. Bowens hits a fameasser from behind for 2. Bowens goes up top and gets hit. CJ falls outside. Bowens tries to dive on him but mostly nails Big Bill.

Bryan Keith distracts the ref then Max Caster slams CJ. Max helps Bowens hit the legdrop to the crotch off the buckles for 2. Keith grabs the ROH Title outside. Bowens superkicks CJ for 2. Keith gets in the ring with the title. Max grabs the title and ends up nailing Bowens when they tug of war over the title. CJ then gets the win.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good and had a lot of shenanigans. At least there was a reason for it though as they are pushing that The Acclaimed are having issues. CJ winning wasn't much of a surprise.

We get a Private Party vignette of them in the NYC subway with paparazzi following them. Zay says, "NYC, your champs are home".

Private Party vs Leo Sparrow and Alec Price

Price boots Zay. Zay dropkicks him. Price is held for a step up enzugiri. Zay jumps off Quen's back to attack Price in the corner. Quen tope con hilos out. Quen walks up the buckles and they hit gin n juice on Price to win.

Thoughts: It was a quick squash as expected. I thought they should have given Priven Party more time and a better opponent since this is their hometown.

Lio Rush and Action Andretti come out after. They fight with Private Party. Dante and Darius come out and ram AA and Lio into Private Party. Security then comes to break it up.

Powerhouse Hobbs does a promo. He says it's him vs Takeshita for the title at World's End. He says he thinks about all the times Don Callis never texted him. He says Don tried to replace him and failed. He says he will bust Takeshita's head until the white meat shows. He says it'll be a world's end for The Don Callis Family.

Thunder Rosa vs Leila Grey

Grey takes her down and goes for a pin. Grey snapmares her then chinlocks her. Rosa chinlocks her back. Rosa goes up and over her then hits armdrags. Rosa snapmares her then sliding lariats her for 2. Grey escapes a slam and rolls her up. Grey hits shots then basement dropkicks her.

Rosa dropkicks her. We go to PiP break then full break and return. Grey suplexes Rosa and gordbusters her. Rosa hits chops and bangs her head off the buckles. Rosa corner lariats her and pendulum double knees her in the corner. Rosa dropkicks Grey against the bottom rope for 2.

They trade forearms and Grey hits a side effect for 2. Rosa double stomps her back. Rosa gets on her back and does a cobra clutch. She submits Grey.

Thoughts: Grey had a decent showing here. She wasn't great or anything but she hit her stuff clean and was moving well. She has definitely improved. It was an extended squash.

Hook vs Nick Wayne

Hook has a cast on his arm. Nick rushes him and hits boots. Hook throws him in the corner and hits a bunch of shots to the gut. Nick boots him then Hook hits an exploder. Nick boots him out of the corner then suplexes him. Nick legdrops him for 2. Nick is back body dropped over the top.

Hook is sent into the rail. Kip Sabian bangs Hook's arm into the rail. The ref ejects The Patriarchy for doing it. We go to PiP break and return. Nick stomps on Hook's arm with the cast. Hook exploders him. Hook does a hip throw then corner lariats him. Hook does an overhead suplex. Hook fisherman suplexes him for 2.

Nick stands on Hook's arm on the 2nd rope connector. They fight on the apron. Nick armrbeakers hook over the shoulder. Nick tries to springboard but is caught with a suplex on the apron.

Nick bites Hook's hand and pulls his neck down over the top rope. Nick hits a top rope splash for 2. Nick exploders him. Hook no sells it and lariats him. Christian Cage and Kip Sabian come back out. Shibata chases them around with a giant 2x4 in an unintentionally funny spot. Nick rolls up Hook for 2 and hits a high kick. Nick goes for an os cutter. Hook puts him in redrum and submits him to win.

Thoughts: It got a ton of time. It was okay with Nick mostly working the arm before being put down. I didn't like Christian and Kip coming back down after being ejected. It just makes the ejection rule seem meaningless for little gain. 

We go to the back. The Death Riders have a 4v1 going on Darby. Mox says Darby left him no choice and hits him. Darby's neck gets pillmanized. Darby is then pushed down the stairs.

We go to break and return. Mox and The Death Riders are in the ring. Mox says he forgives you if you are showering him with hate. He says he had to make some difficult and unpopular decisions. He says they do things that have to get done. He says if anyone in this building ha a problem with him or his people, then come out and tell him.

Komander comes out. Claudio forearms him over. Dante and Darius Martin come out and get beaten up too. Orange Cassidy comes out. Willow Nightingale then comes out. Adam Page and Jay White then come out. Everyone fights. Lio Rush, Takeshita, Lance Archer, Toni Storm, Rosa, Daniel Garcia, Private Party and others come out. Christian Cage is in the stands with his contract watching. Pac grabs a stick and knocks out the lighting system, putting everyone in the dark. 

Marina Shafir grabs a camera man. The Death Riders go to the TV control room. Mox shoves someone. He asks who is responsible for the TV feeds. He says everyone is fighting for scraps. He says he will put an end to the chaos and bring peace to his people. He says he will put an end to Rampage and says to cut it. The show then goes off.

Thoughts: Komander coming out to be the first one to stand up to The Death Riders was a great example of why this angle has largely failed. He's a jobber who never wins, is no threat in any way and it was unintentional comedy. Others jobbers coming out furthered that. At least some of the bigger names eventually came out and gave this more credibility. Mox's rants were unhelpful here as usual. At first, we were willing to excuse them because we thought Shane McMahon was coming but that never happened.

The ending was a creative way to end the show. This is the last episode of Rampage and I suppose Mox cutting the show off air was a way to signify that. Credit to AEW for coming up with something creative on that front.

Overall thoughts: This was Rampage's final show. They didn't do anything special for it and I thought it was a great example of why the show failed. The show was filled with squashes matches and matches no one was going to care about. None of it was must see or that great. The ending was the only thing of note here. I'd give it the usual 5 out of 10 rating.

Overall thoughts on Rampage:  The timeslot was this show's biggest issue from the start. 10pm on a Friday was just not a good time. It not only had to follow Smackdown, but often had to compete against 205 Live and Level Up. The show often got pre-empted or had to change nights as well. During the first year or two, they did try to put some names on it and did put some effort into the cards. When Collision and ROH came around, Rampage quickly became the "C" show as expected. The show was also hurt by AEW losing a lot of popularity in 2024. The show was never must see with squashes, random people from other companies and people who just couldn't make the main show. Sometimes we got some hidden gems out of it which was nice and the show's 45 minute length (without commercials) was also night. While I didn't love it and did skip a lot of episodes when I wasn't doing as much blogging, I'll miss it. More wrestling is a good thing even if I don't always the company or the wrestlers involved. It's a shame it didn't work out.

WWE Smackdown 12/27/2024

WWE Smackdown 12/27/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/wwe-smackdown-12202024.html

This is the last 2 hour edition of Smackdown for the time being as Smackdown moves to 3 hours next week. As a fan, more content is good. As a reviewer, it means more work and a later night than I'd like. It'll get new people on the show and develop the midcard more which is good.

We are in Tampa, Florida. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.

Nick Aldis says Kevin Owens is in control of the Winged Eagle Title. He says KO has no right or claim to it and has until the end of the night to give up the belt. He says he will face severe consequences if he does not. 

Bianca Belair and Naomi are interviewed. Naomi says she's been wanting to win gold since she returned and it means a lot to her to do with BB. BB says Naomi showed up and says they won't forget about what happened to Jade. She says she knows either Nia, Tiffany or LaRae did it. Bayley then comes in. She says asks her if her and BB are okay and they head out.

Nia Jax gets on the mic before her match. She says none of her group touched Jade. She said Tiffany couldn't even help them win the tag titles and asks if they think Tiff could help orchestrate an attack. Nia says they are doing just fine without Jade. She says BB took zero time in replacing Jade and is trying to avoid suspicion on herself. She says BB didn't want to share the spotlight with her and just snapped. Nia says she will make her own up to it if she doesn't want to.

Naomi, Bianca Belair and Bayley vs Nia Jax, Tiffany Stratton and Candice Larae

BB side headlock takeovers Tiff. Tiff headscissors her. they switch girls and repeat the spot. BB waistlock takedowns Tiff. BB slams Tiff. They heels are outside. Bay hits a tope and BB plancha's outside.

We go to break and return. BB dropkicks Nia. BB hits corner punches on Nia. Naomi stinkfaces Nia. Nia pop-up headbutts Naomi for 2. CL beats up Naomi in the corner. Naomi bulldogs her into the 2nd buckle. CL takes a double suplex. Naomi split-legged drops CL and BB handspring moonsaults CL. BB is tripped on the buckles and Nia legdrops BB. BB takes a top rope dropkick + spinebuster combo. Tiff top rope splashes BB and almost nails CL. CL and Tiff argue about it. Tiff pulls on BB's hair and BB forearms her. Bay hits forearms on CL.

Bay knees CL in the face and backdrops her. Bay tries to dropkick CL under the bottom rope but is swung head first into the post. CL pounds on Bay. CL facebusters Bay on the apron. We go to PiP break and return. Tiff and Naomi get in. Naomi flying back elbows her then kicks her off the 2nd rope. Naomi slides out of a lariat and upkicks Tiff. Naomi tiger feint bulldogs Tiff for 2. Tiff spinebusters Naomi then takes a belly to belly from Bay. CL odebreakers Bay. BB hits a gutbuster then Nia slams BB.

Naomi handstand headscissors Nia off the top then hits a split-legged moonsault for 2. Tiff plancha's Naomi outside. Tiff teases cashing in her MITB briefcase. CL stops her. Tiff says she wants to be champ and CL says no. Naomi bubba bombs CL and wins.

Thoughts: It was a decent tag. There was nothing wrong with this and they tied Tiff trying to cash in to excuse the heels losing here. It wasn't great but I was fine with it. 

Nick Aldis talks to A-Town Down Under. Waller says Aldis owes him money for Braun destroying his set. Aldis says they should take their issues up with Braun. Sami Zayn comes in and Waller calls him a homeless bum. Sami says they should talk. We go to break and return. They are still talking. Sami says he should get his crack at Bloodline. Carmelo Hayes comes in and gives Nick a card he made with him on it. Sami basically says Melo shouldn't interrupt when they talk. Sami says he should wait his turn and hits him with the card. Melo asks what he's doing here and says he is only here when he gets beaten up by Bloodline. Melo says he should stay off his show. Sami asks for a match with Melo tonight. Aldis agrees.

Thoughts: Ah the simple-mindedness of Sami. He waits all week to come to SD to ask for a match with Bloodline and gets distracted by Melo. He then sets up a match with him instead.

Braun Strowman vs Austin Theory

Austin runs into some shots from Braun. Austin is thrown shoulder first into the corner. Austin lifts up Braun but gets thrown by the neck across the ring. Austin goes out and we go to break. We return and Austin short ddt's him. Braun chops him. Theory clips him and forearms him.

Austin rolls into a dropkick then takes a dropkick from Braun which sends Austin out. Braun pulls Austin up to the apron by the hair. Braun stomps on Waller hand then back body drops Austin out onto him. Austin runs around the ring and lariats Austin when Waller ducks.

Waller distracts Braun on the ropes. Theory picks up Braun and drops him then Braun powerslams him to win.

Thoughts: I think they botched the finish here but it's hard to say. I swear they rib Braun on purpose by making him run around the ring and dropkick people, knowing full well it won't look good. It wasn't the cleanest thing ever but they had some creative spots and had the right idea in this one.

Kevin Owens talks in his car. He said he heard what Nick Aldis said. He said Aldis said he's not the champ but KO says he is and shows the title belt. KO says him and Aldis need to have a discussion. He says he wants to talk to Aldis alone in the ring.

Chelsea Green has a championship celebration. The ring has red, white and blue all over it and her face is in the presidential logo. Green is dressed up as The Statue of Liberty. Piper puts her over as the first and longest reigning Women's US champ.

Green says we did it. She said we turned the blue brand into the green house. Green puts over herself for standing by her side and Piper thinks Green is going to talk about her instead. Green says without her, the fans would be stuck with a she-troll in the back. She says good riddance to Michin. She says she's shocked Michin made it that far in the tournament. She tells the fan to ask not what Green can do for her, but what they can do for Green. Green says it's the year of red, white and green.

Michin comes out with a kendo stick. She says she'd be champ if it wasn't for Piper. She says she will introduce Green to her little friend to give her the whooping she deserves. Michin hits Piper with the kendo stick in the aisle. She swings at Green and Piper saves Green.

Thoughts: Green's promo was good here and hearing a good promo is a breath of fresh air in 2024.

DIY see Nick Aldis, B-Fab and The Street Profits in the back. Nick asks if there's anything they want to tell them about how attacked The Profits 3 weeks ago. Nick says there were 2 eye-witnesses to what happened and brings in Pretty Deadly. They say they don't remember but may if there was funding for a musical. Nick says they'd have lots of time if they were unemployed. PD blame Los Garza. The Profits and B-Fab question it but then call for Los Garza. They then fight with them in the back. Nick breaks it up and tells them to take it to the ring.

The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) vs Los Garza (Berto and Angel)

We join this in progress though they say it was only a few seconds. Dawkins hits Angel on the apron. The two are then knocked off the apron together and take plancha's. Berto clubs on Ford. Ford lariats Berto.

Berto takes a double flapjack for 2. Berto pulls Dawkins into the middle buckle. Angel forearms Dawkins over for 2 then hits mounted forearms. Angel hits crossface shots on Dawkins. Dawkins hits shots on both opponents. Ford shoulders over Berto then is flipped onto him. Ford is dropkicked into the post on the apron by Angel. We go to PiP break and return. Angel spinebusters Ford. Ford takes a dropkick to the back of the head.

Angel facewash kicks Ford. Ford jumping ddt's Angel. both tag out. Dawkins flapjacks Angel then flying back elbows Berto. Ford is crotched up top. Angel superkicks Dawkins. Ford takes a double gorilla press off the 2nd rope. Angel asai moonsaults on Dawkins outside. Berto top rope moonsaults Ford for 2.

Ford enzugiri's Angel. Elektra Lopez pulls Angel out. B-Fab flying kicks Lopez. Ford tope con hilos on Los Garza outside. Angel takes an electric chair blockbuster and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was okay but it wasn't their best work. They did a decent bit of flying here and Dawkins had a nice hot tag but I didn't think it was great. Los Garza lost as expected.

Andrade does a video on Shinsuke Nakamura. Andrade is hard to understand as usual. He says SN is a man of no respect and says he is coming for him. He says he will expose him.

DIY talk to Pretty Deadly in the back. PD ask for them to scratch their backs if they scratch their backs. Ciampa says if they look out for them, they will look out for Pretty Deadly. B-Fab and The Profits go up to PD. They say they appreciate them and offer respect. The Motor City Machine Guns run into The Profits. They say they want the next match for the tag titles and go to the back. Apollo Crews comes in and says DIY attacked The Profits and says they got played. Crews says he saw it. I hope we aren't going back to Crews' seeing the future gimmick in NXT.

Sami Zayn vs Carmelo Hayes

Melo hands out his Christmas cards to fans. They lock up and is Sami is shoved. Sami hits chops on Melo then wristlocks him. Melo rolls over Sami's back and dropkicks him. Sami throws Melo over the top. Melo pulls Sami out. Sami jumps on the rail and moonsaults onto him.

We go to break and return. Sami's head is banged off the buckle then Melo's head is banged off of it. Melo pulls Sami's neck down over the top. Melo springboard twisting lariats him. Melo hits mounted punches on Sami. Melo hits some punches. Sami punches him back then blind sprinboards over him and lariats him.

Sami 2nd rope double axe handles him. Melo is caught with a blue thunder off a blind springboard. Melo hits a jumping codebreaker for 2. Melo does a bling springboard diving ddt on Sami. Melo comes off the top and runs into Sami's lariat. Sami hits mounted punches. Sami exploders Melo into the buckles.

Melo goes out to avoid a helluva kick nd walks up the aisle. Braun Strowman shows up behind Melo. Melo then runs to the back as Braun chases him. Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu then attack Sami.

Thoughts: I'm not sure of the official result here though it seemed like Sami won by DQ. It was a solid match. I liked the blue thunder counter spot and Sami lariating Melo as he came off the top. I'd like to see this one again and thought they worked well together. I wouldn't have had Melo leave though as it made him look like a punk.

Sami gets beaten up on by Bloodline. Fatu spears the post when Sami moves. Solo knocks down Sami but we don't see it due to a camera miss. Braun see Sami getting beaten up and goes to help him. Braun throws Tama into the rails. He and Solo then fight and Braun shoulders him over. Solo goes out. Fatu gets in the ring again. Him and Braun stare down. Braun is clipped from behind and takes 2 samoan spikes. Sami then spears Solo and gets hit by Tama.

Officials and refs come down. Fatu hits a double jump moonsault on Sami. Solo hits a samoan spike on Sami. 

Thoughts: It was nice to see Braun be featured like a player here. I'm up for Braun vs Bloodline.

Kevin Owens comes out and Bloodline leaves.

Nick Aldis and Kevin Owens talk in the ring. Nick tells him to do the right thing and hand the title over. KO says that's the worst thing he could do. He says it's the only bargaining chip he has. He says he wants his rematch. He says Nick can have it back but Cody Rhodes has to come out and take it back.

KO says he had Cody beat. Nick says this is not a negotiation. He says hand the belt over or KO never steps foot in a WWE ring again. Cody Rhodes comes out. Nick tells him to walk away for the sake of his health and the company's health. Cody says he's not gonna walk away. He says he doesn't want KO to hand over the title. He says he doesn't want to make a martyr of someone who is begging to be one.

Cody says KO has made this what he thinks it's about. Cody says he used to do things for him but now does it for his family, the announcer, his cousin who is the timekeeper, Orton and the fans.

Cody says it's not Nick's responsibility, it's his to take it back from KO. Cody tells KO to shut up. He asks if they were friends before he's champ. He says they aren't friends now though. Cody says KO wants a match where the ref can't screw him and says Cody wants a match where the ref can't stop what he does to him. Cody challenges KO to a ladder match. Nick agrees and says they will face each other in a ladder match at the Royal Rumble. KO says he'll see Cody there. He offers a handshake. KO then pushes Nick into Cody and stomps on Cody's neck. KO says, "I'll see you at The Rumble, b!tch".

Overall thoughts: It felt like a longer show than usual. I'm not sure why but it did. All the matches were fine here and storyline wise everything is fine, so I thought this was a good show. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 but I don't really think you need to see it.

WWE NXT Level Up 12/27/2024

WWE NXT Level Up 12/27/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/wwe-nxt-level-up-12202024.html

Byron Saxton and Vic Joseph are on commentary. 

This is the final edition of NXT Level Up. It's going to be replaced by WWE LFG, which is a new version of Tough Enough. We haven't seen it yet though so we don't really know what it's going to look like. Oddly, this show will also be airing at the same time as AEW Rampage, which is also having its last show tonight. It reminds me of GAEA/AJW and WCW/ECW closing in the same weeks as each other. It's going to effect Friday's on this site as there will be 2 shows less left to do each week.

The announcers mention that this is the last episode of Level Up. Byron says it's been an honor and says let's level up for one last time.

Wendy Choo, Kali Armstrong and Lainey Reid vs Kendal Grey, Carlee Bright and Layla Diggs

This may be the first women's trios match on Level Up. LR and KG go at it. KG hits a nice spear and LR hits mounted shots. KG lariats her. KG waistlocks Choo. Choo backrolls and stares at her. KG hits a northern lights suplex then armlocks her. Choo has both arms yanked at once. Choo forearms Diggs. Diggs hiptosses Kali then slams her.

CB is flipped onto Kali by Diggs. CB flying headscissors Kali out of the corner. CB armlocks Kali and Kali grabs the hair. Kali powerslams CB. Choo bangs CB's head off the mat. Choo neck twists CB then cartwheel forearms her in the corner. Choo running facekicks CB.

LR snapmares CB then pounds on her. LR running euros CB in the corner. CB's head is banged off the buckles then LR twisting suplexes CB for 2. Kali runs the ropes fast and shoulders CB over hard. Diggs comes in and running lariats Lr. She spin kicks and side kicks her. Diggs does a forward cartwheel splash on LR and Choo. Diggs suplexes LR for 2. KG hits a hard running euro on Kali and throws her out. CB cannonballs Choo off th apron. LR cradles Diggs and Diggs pump kicks her. Diggs hits a nice scissors kick on LR and wins.

Thoughts: It was a fun tag match here. It's sad we didn't get more of it and probably will never see it again. Diggs had a good hot tag segment and hit some nice looking kicks here. Kali had another good showing as a powerhouse. KG didn't get much in but her spear was nice.  

Dante Chen is interviewed in the back by someone with a British accent. He says he has mixed emotions. He says it's an honor to be on the final match of Level Up. He says he's nervous and has a lot to live up to. He says he's proud of what he achieved on this show. He says he has to win tonight. He says he doesn't know which 3 men will challenge him but he will end the show with his hand raised as the gatekeeper of NXT.

We see some graphics of people who were on the show like Lola, Kelani, Oba, Je'Von Evans, Myles Borne, Tavion Heights, Thea Hail and Dante Chen. They thank the fans and said one person became synonymous with the show it's fitting that he is in the last match.

Dante Chen's Open Challenge Gauntlet Match

Leg 1 - Dante Chen vs Keanu Carver

They lock up. Chen front facelocks him. KC throws him off. Chen armlocks him then KC slams him. KC misses an elbow drop and Chen armdrags him. KC blocks an armdrag then hits a nice powerslam. KC rams Chen into the corner and hits corner spears.  KC is pushed into the buckles and Chen rolls him up to win.

KC spinebusters Chen after.

Leg 2 - Dante Chen vs Harlem Lewis

HL slides in and goes for the pin. Chen backrolls then takes a knee to the gut. HL suplexes him for 2. HL splashes Chen's back in the corner. HL foot chokes him. HL boots him in the corner. Chen rolls up HL then hits a big double chop. Chen pins HL.

Leg 3 - Dante Chen vs Kale Dixon

Kale shoves Chen with his foot. Chen jawbreakers him. Kale clubs on Chen's back then chops him hard in the back. Kale kind of does an sto and 2nd rope twisting splashes him. Kale hits punches. Chen back body drops him. Chen hits some shots then backfists him. Kale avoids a pump kick and goes out.

Kale drops Chen chest first on the mat. Kale mocks Chen's pose then Chen superkicks him. Chen pump kicks Kale and flips him with a double chop. Chen then gets the win.

Thoughts: They didn't have a lot of time for the 3 matches here but it was fine. The younger guys had decent showings and Chen got the heroic win in the end as expected. It was fine for what it was and got the younger guys on the show while rewarding Chen for his years of hard work.

Chen does his pose after as the crowd cheers.

Overall thoughts: There were two matches here but both were rarities for Level Up. I don't think we ever had a 6-woman tag before or a gauntlet match so those were nice surprises. Both were fine for what they were and the women's match was fun with Diggs and Kali having a good showing. Having Chen be featured on the final show and having him get the big win at the end was a nice way to close things and a nice thank you to Chen. They referenced some of the show's history here as well and it was a good final episode of NXT Level Up.

Overall thoughts on NXT Level Up: It was my favorite show of the week and I'm going to miss it. It was a real treat to see some of the younger talent and we would have not seen most of these people otherwise due to roster bloat. We saw dozens of TV debuts on this show and we got some rare hidden gem matches that we wouldn't have gotten otherwise. I wish the show would have been more of a wrestling show at times with more angles, storylines and gimmick matches but that was never going to happen. I also wished the show would have been a bit longer so we could have seen more of NXT's rookies.

I kind of knew the show's existence was at risk. They never advertised it and rarely even mentioned it, so only super hardcore fans knew about it. The show was also a pain in the butt as it only aired live on Peacock and if you didn't see it or didn't know how to pirate, it wouldn't be uploaded to Peacock until 2 weeks later. The show started airing at 10:40pm instead of at 10pm for Smackdown Lowdown, which is now going to have to change times or be cancelled. It was announced that Smackdown was going to go to three hours and WWE LFG debuting also made it more likely that this would end. I'd be more hyped for WWE LFG, but we don't know what WWE LFG looks like yet. It will likely not have as many matches, it seems like it'll have people who can't really even do matches yet and it will surely not be on 52 weeks a year.  I'm also concerned that we are going back to the 2000's where WWE had people down in OVW and DSW that nobody outside the area got to see because the shows didn't air.

Marigold 12/21/2024 Winter Wonderful Fight Day 8

Marigold 12/21/2024 Winter Wonderful Fight Day 8

Day 7 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/marigold-12202024-winter-wonderful.html

Hummingbird vs. Komomo Minami

KM = Komomo Minami

KM wristlocks her and Hum reverses it. KM puts it back on and Hum uses the ropes to flip out of it. Hum side headlock takeovers her. KM headscissors her. Hum headflips out of the headscissors. Hum dropkicks her twice and KM slams her twice.

Hum cradles her for 2 then slams her. They trade chest forearms. KM does a choke while holding the arm. KM dropkicks her then spinning neckbreakers her. KM flatliners her off the 2nd rope then ddt's Hum. KM rolls over the back and ddt's her for 2. They each try pin attempts. Hum spin kicks her. Hum ties up her legs, grabs both arms and puts KM's legs up in the air. She then taps out KM.

Thoughts: It was basically a rookie match. No one embarrassed themselves today at least but it was basic and not that good.

Nao Ishikawa & Rea Seto vs. Bozilla & Myla Grace

Boz refuses to shake hands but everyone else does. Myla side headlocks her. Rea misses a dropkick. Myla does a border city stretch. Myla dropkicks her on the bototm rope. Rea hits a nice corner dropkick on Myla, facebusters her and running dropkicks her. Nao shoulders Myla over.

Nao flying neckbreakers Myla then double underhook suplexes her. Myla spin kicks her and double underhook twisting drops her. Myla fisherman suplexes her for 2. Myla and Nao hit chest forearms. Myla backdrops Nao.

Boz gets in and back elbows Nao. Boz alabama slams Nao for 2. Nao codebreakers Boz. Rea hits dropkicks on Boz. Rea goes for the armbar and is slammed down. Boz sentons Rea.

Boz tries to do a curbstomp on Rea but Rea doesn't go down much for it. Boz then curbstomps Nao and Rea together. Rea cradles Boz. Boz tries to pounce Rea but Rea jumps before she really even gets hit. Boz cradle shocks her for 2.

Nao facebusters Boz and Rea double stomps Boz's back. Rea lays on Boz's back with a reverse triangle. Boz hits a double lariat on her opponents. Boz chokeslams Rea for 2. Boz hits a sitout powerbomb on Rea and pins her.

Thoughts: Even if everything had gone well, it would have been an average match at best. However, Rea had a bad night here and didn't want none of Bozilla. She had a couple moments with her that looked totally fake and hurt the match.

Boz beats up on her opponents after.

Naho Yamada & Natsumi Showzuki vs. Selene Flora (Kizuna Tanaka & Victoria Yuzuki)

Kiz = Kizuna Tanaka, Yuz = Victoria Yuzuki, Nat = Natsumi Showzuki

Nat takes Kiz down with an armbar. Nat hammerlocks Kiz and wristlocks her. Nat takes her down with an armbar again and Kiz ropebreaks. Naho top rope double axe handles Kiz's arm then wraps her up around the ropes. Naho hits dropkicks on Kiz and figure fours her.

Nat and Naho work on Kiz's leg. Nat pulls on it then Kiz grabs the hair. Yuz breaks things up and Nat gets double teamed. Nat takes a double basement dropkick and running knee from Kiz. Yuz basement dropkicks Nat. Nat backrolls Yuz then meteora's her on the bottom rope. Nat fisherman suplexes her for 2.

Nat and Yuz trade chest forearms. Nat chest forearm flurries her. Nat knees Yuz in the gut then Yuz running euros her. Yuz hits a lightning spiral on Nat then northern lights suplexes her for 2. Yuz superkicks Nat then Nat high kicks her. 

Naho comes in and pedigrees Yuz multiple times. Naho hits a double cutter on her opponents and headhunters Yuz for 2. Naho bodyscissors rolls Yuz for 2. Naho takes a double AA then a doble kick. Yuz hip throws Naho. Naho gets pin attempts in on Yuz. Yuz superkicks Naho. Yuz spin kicks Naho in the face for 2. Yuz fisherman suplexes Naho for the win.

Thoughts: It wasn't any good. There was a lot of sloppy execution and there wasn't a lot of logic in it. This also went longer than it needed to.

CHIAKI & Nagisa Nozaki vs. Minami Yuuki & Utami Hayashishita

NN = Nagisa Nozaki

Chi and Yuuki start us off. Chi side headlocks Yuuki. Yuuki rolls up Chi then is tripped by NN. The girls fight outside. Utami is sent into the seats and NN hits her with a chair. NN side headlocks Utami. Yuuki is sent into the seats.

They get back in. Chi camel clutches Yuuki then pulls on her nose. NN curb stomps Yuuki then crabs her. NN stands on and knee drops Yuuki's gut. NN crabs Yuuki. NN pendulum kicks Yuuki over the middle rope. Chi spears Yuuki's back. NN takes a double suplex. Utami pulls Yuuki over to the corner for a tag.

Utami hits a double dropkick on her opponents. NN facekicks Utami. Chi dropkicks then cartwheel double knee drops Utami. Chi facewash kicks Utami on the ropes.  Chi codebreakers Utami. Utami chest forearms her and torture rack drops her.

Yuuki comes in and hits dropkicks on Chi. Chi does a claw on Yuuki then hits a powerslam for 2. Chi takes a flapjack from Utami then a boot from Yuuki. Yuuki does a hammerlock guillotine on Chi. 

Yuuki wristclutch backdrops Chi for 2. Chi hits a spear while NN hits a dropkick. Chi torture rack drops Yuuki on her chest and picks up the win.

Thoughts: It was a basic and average match. It's hard to say a lot else about it. They had bad brawling early. We didn't see any of Utami in this one. Yuuki didn't botch anything at least.

Kouki Amarei, Miku Aono & Misa Matsui vs. Chika Goto, Mai Sakurai & MIRAI

Kouki and Chika go at it. They do a double knuckle lock and try to push the other down. Chika hits hip attacks and gets some facekicks. Kouki slams her. Miku slams Chika then kicks her in the back. Chika PK's her for 2.

Chika is put in tree of woe and takes stomps from all 3 opponents. Misa dropkicks Chika as she hangs. Misa tries a double crossbody on Chika and Mirai but is slammed down. Chika giant swings Misa.

Kouki running facekicks Chika. Chika throws her over then Kouki facekicks Chika. They trade forearms for facekicks. Chika corner hip attacks Kouki. Mai gets in and facekicks Kouki. She spin kicks and axe kicks her then follows it up with a dropkick. Mirai dragon screws Kouki and Kouki takes a double basement dropkick. 

Kouki powerslams Mai. Miku comes in and corner dropkicks Mai. Miku shin kicks her. Mai blocks a styles clash. Miku ties up one of Mai's legs and crabs the other. Mai ropebreaks.

Miku is tripped into facekicks on the ropes. Mai then shining enzugiri's Miku. Miku and Mai trade chest forearms. Mai slaps her then hits a chest forearm flurry. Miku slaps Mai then Mai facekicks her. Miku takes a double backdrop. Mai then STF's Miku.

Miku double underhook suplexes Mai. Mai no sells it and flying knees her. Misa get in and flying headscissors Mirai. She running knees her in the gut and crossbodies her against the bottom rope. Mirai double stomps Misa off the buckles for 2.

Mirai up kicks Misa then Misa takes corner attacks. Mai 2nd rope twisting elbow drops Misa for 2. Misa rolls Mirai into a double stomp. Miku sliding lariats Mirai then Misa basement dropkicks Mirai.

Misa stretch mufflers Mirai. Mirai ropebreaks. Misa gets stuck up top and is pulled down by Mirai. Mirai dropkicks her. Miku and Misa take stereo backdrops. Mirai half-nelson suplexes Misa for 2.

Misa rolls up Mirai for 2 then la magistral's her for 2. Misa takes a double STO. Mirai running lariats Misa for the win.

Thoughts: Like the last show, this was the best thing on it but also far from a classic. It was a decent and acceptable house show main but nothing you would remember. The Miku vs Mai portion of this was the best part and Misa did fine here.

Chika talks to Kouki on the mic after and is shoved.  Miku and Mai get into it and Miku is thrown out. Mirai talks on the mic after and brings kids in to close the show.

Overall thoughts: As usual, Marigold house shows with Sareee and Nanae on them usually aren't good. This wasn't good. Only the main had any value and while it was an acceptable main, it wasn't that good. The lower card matches continue to be bad and the midcard matches aren't that much better. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 and would not recommend it.