Your announcers for tonight’s show are Nigel McGuinness, Caprice Coleman and Ian Riccaboni.
MATCH #1: Tag Team Match:
Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo vs. Mike Bennett and Matt Taven
The Infantry isolated Taven to start. Bravo got caught in the wrong corner, catching a Kick of the King to get knocked off of the apron. Bennett tagged in and hit a rolling elbow to the back of the head for a near fall. A brainbuster/frog splash combo got the Kingdom a near fall. Bravo ducked Just The Tip and made the tag to Dean.
Dean ran wild on both men until Maria tripped him up. Taven caught Dean with a spin kick, leading to the Kingdom hitting the Proton Pack for the win.
Winners: Mike Bennett and Matt Taven
MATCH #2: Women’s One-On-One Match:
Skye Blue vs. Trish Adora
This was a really good match for its spot on the card. Blue has improved a good bit since the Ring of Honor rollout, and Adora had a quality showing as well.
After some arm work, Adora hit a big boot for a near fall. Blue blocked an O’Connor Roll and caught Adora with a series of kicks. Blue tried evading a charging Adora, but Adora caught her up in the ropes and dropped her with a backbreaker. Adora hit a vertical suplex for a near fall.
The crowd chanted for Blue as she scored a near fall with an inside cradle. Adora booted her in the gut and tied her up in an inverted Cobra Twist. Blue got back to her feet and took Adora down with a headscissors. Blue hit the rising knee and a running boot for a near fall. Adora caught Blue with a wheelbarrow suplex for a near fall.
Blue slipped out of a suplex, catching Adora with two superkicks and a Code Blue for a near fall. Blue caught the Lariat Tubman and hit Skyfall for the win.
Winner: Skye Blue
MATCH #3: Six-Man Tag Team Match:
Evil Uno, John Silver and Alex Reynolds vs. Stu Grayson, Vincent and Dutch
Uno forearmed Vincent into the corner, leading to Grayson tagging in. Grayson fought his former teammates with no issue. Vincent tagged in, but Reynolds and Silver got the better of him with quick offense. Reynolds was on the apron when Grayson ran distraction. That allowed Vincent to chuck Reynolds off the apron into a Black Hole Slam from Dutch on the floor.
The Righteous and Grayson ran offensive combos on Reynolds in their corner. Reynolds fought out of the corner only to run into a big back body drop from Dutch. Grayson tagged in, but Reynolds caught him with a pop-up knee and made the tag to Uno. Uno ran wild, dumping Dutch to the floor and hitting Vincent with a brainbuster. Silver tagged in and hit Dutch with a German suplex. Grayson broke up the fall and tagged in.
The match broke down into a Pier Six brawl, ending with Dutch hitting a dive over the top to Silver and Reynolds. Uno fired up on Grayson, but Vincent ran distraction. Grayson hit Nightfall with some hesitation. Vincent tagged in and sniped the pin for his team to win.
Winners: Stu Grayson, Vincent and Dutch
BACKSTAGE: Dasha Fuentes is with both Zack Sabre Jr. and Samoa Joe. Joe took credit for their tag team win last week. Sabre said that they have more in common than they originally thought, calling themselves the Island Boys. They were both very aggressively clear on who the best TV Champion was in wrestling.
MATCH #4: Women’s One-On-One Match:
Diamante vs. Promise Braxton
Diamante caught Braxton with a knee after a rollup attempt. Diamante hit a shotgun dropkick for another near fall. Braxton transitioned into a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. Diamante poked Braxton in the eyes and clotheslined Braxton down. Diamante clobbered on Braxton in the corner, but Braxton ducked a corner charge and sent Diamante into the post.
Braxton hit a gutbuster and followed it with a Meteora to the back of the head for a near fall. Diamante elbowed out of a Fireman’s Carry and hit a German Suplex. Diamante locked Braxton in a straitjacket submission for the win.
Winner: Diamante
MATCH #5: One-On-One Match:
“The Machine” Brian Cage vs. Willie Mack
Riccaboni brought up the extensive history these two have had with each other on the independent scene. Mack caught Cage with a running kick, but Cage quickly came back with a side suplex. Cage dumped Mack in the corner and clobbered on him, dumping Mack with another suplex for a near fall. Mack came back with chops, but Cage hit a jumping knee before popping off a snap suplex.
Mack caught Cage with a T-Bone suplex. Mack hit a pair of running boots in the corner before landing a cannonball. Mack hit the Samoan Drop and followed it with the standing moonsault for a near fall. Cage pushed off a Stunner attempt and hit a big boot. Mack fought out of an F-5 attempt and kicked Cage in the head on a discus lariat attempt.
They traded German suplexes before meeting in the middle with a double clothesline. Mack got Cage with a Stunner and hit a frog splash for a near fall. Cage caught Mack with a pumphandle suplex before scoring the win with a discus lariat.
Winner: “The Machine” Brian Cage
MATCH #6: NJPW World Television Championship Match:
Zack Sabre Jr. © vs. Rocky Romero
This is Sabre’s first of three promoted Championship matches in the next four days, with matches against Action Andretti on AEW Rampage and Jeff Cobb at New Japan’s Dominion show.
These two grappled to start, as expected. Romero picked up the pace with a headscissors. Sabre ended up on the apron, where Romero wrung up his arm on the ropes. Romero tied Sabre in the ropes and hit a springboard dropkick. Romero hit two dives to the floor, but on the third dive, Sabre caught Romero in a cravate. He pulled Romero to the apron and hit the neck crank to get control.
Sabre wrenched on Romero’s legs until Romero spun to the ropes. Sabre stuffed a roll-up and hit another neck crank. At the five-minute call, Sabre caught a Romero chop and hit an uppercut to the arm. Romero twisted out of a cravate and hit a suplex. Sabre slipped out of another headscissors and caught Romero in an ankle lock. Romero hit the rewind kick to get out of it.
Romero hit a tornado DDT for a near fall. Romero tried to catch Sabre with an armbar in the ropes, but Sabre transitioned it into a submission of his own in the ropes. Sabre dropkicked Romero in the back of the head for a near fall. Sabre hit a series of European uppercuts, but Romero caught his arm and hit an arm breaker. Romero caught Sabre with a jumping knee, then followed it with a running Sliced Bread for a near fall.
At the ten-minute call, Sabre reversed a Sliced Bread into a submission. They got into a pinning predicament that ended in a close near fall for Romero. Romero caught Sabre in the Diablo Armbar, but Sabre quickly transitioned into a Calf Killer. He transitioned that into a Ground Cobra for the quick tap and the win. Sabre succeeded in his eighth defense of the NJPW World TV Title.
Winner: Zack Sabre Jr.
MATCH #7: Tag Team Match:
Anthony Henry and JD Drake vs. Darius Martin and Action Andretti
The Workhorsemen continue to impress. Andretti and Martin work very well for a makeshift team.
Martin and Henry started, with Henry catching Martin with a big kick. Drake tagged in and stuffed an arm drag before bowling over Martin with a shoulder block. Andretti tagged in and sent Henry flying with a dropkick. He hit a springboard splash on Henry for a one count. Andretti dropkicked Henry into a crucifix pin for a near fall.
Martin fought off the rebound forearm from Drake, but Henry dropkicked Martin into a second forearm to take control. The Workhorsemen clobbered on Martin until he was able to slip out and make a tag to Andretti. Andretti ran wild, but Henry cut off an Andretti springboard with a German suplex. The Workhorsemen hit an End of Days with a kick for a near fall that Martin broke up. Andretti and Martin came back to isolate Henry and hit a Pendulum Slam for the win.
Winners: Darius Martin and Action Andretti
MATCH #8: Six-Man Tag Team Match:
The Butcher, The Blade and Kip Sabian vs. Shogun, Bryce Saturn and Jakob Austin Young
The local talent tried to get a jumpstart to this match, but the AEW trio quickly got control. Sabian hit the Anarchist Suplex, with Butcher and the Blade hitting a tag team powerbomb for the almost instantaneous victory.
Winners: The Butcher, The Blade and Kip Sabian
MATCH #9: Six-Man Tag Team Match:
Jack Cartwheel, Serpentico and Angelico vs. El Hijo del Vikingo, Komander and Bandido
Angelico and Komander started off. Angelico hit a pair of arm drags to start, no doubt signaling the grounded, technical affair about to take place. Bandido and Serpentico tagged in, with Serpentico catching Bandido with a boot. Bandido did a handstand out of a rana before a pinning predicament ended in a standoff. Cartwheel and Vikingo tagged in, with Cartwheel sweeping Vikingo’s feet and hitting a full corkscrew senton for a near fall.
Things quickly broke down. Luther cut off dives from the lucha team, setting up Cartwheel to hit a picture-perfect Sasuke Special. Komander tried to evade a Cartwheel dive, but Cartwheel remained fluid and hit a cartwheeling moonsault for a near fall. Komander cartwheeled into a Code Red and made the tag to Bandido. Serpentico cut off Bandido’s one-armed gorilla press, but Vikingo tagged in and hit a hurricanrana to Angelico to the floor. The lucha trio got to hit their triple dive to their opponents on the floor.
Cartwheel got isolated and popped up into a Vikingo dropkick for a near fall. Bandido press slammed Serpentico into Luther on the floor before diving onto them. Komander hit his ropewalk splash onto Angelico. Vikingo and Cartwheel were left in the ring, where Vikingo hit a second rope poisonrana. Vikingo hit the 630 for the win.
Winners: El Hijo del Vikingo, Komander and Bandido
MATCH #10: ROH Pure Championship Match:
Katsuyori Shibata © vs. Alex Coughlin
This was Shibata’s second Championship defense. The three judges were BJ Whitmer, Jerry Lynn and Madison Rayne.
Shibata grabbed an armbar quickly, forcing Coughlin to use his first rope break. Shibata caught Coughlin in another submission, this time a triangle choke, forcing Coughlin to burn his second rope break. Shibata outclassed Coughlin early on, taking advantage of his knowledge base. Shibata transitioned into a Cobra Twist attempt before locking Coughlin’s arms behind his back. Coughlin used his final rope break to get out, but Shibata remained on offence, hitting the corner dropkick for a near fall.
Shibata locked Coughlin in a leg lace, drilling Coughlin with forearms when he tried to sit up out of it. Shibata tried to catch a double wristlock, but Coughlin stood up with Shibata in a vertical suplex and hit it. Coughlin chopped Shibata repeatedly before hitting a bridging fallaway slam for a near fall. Coughlin hit a gutwrench suplex for a near fall. Coughlin tried transitioning a gutwrench suplex into an armbar, but Shibata transitioned into a triangle choke. Coughlin picked Shibata up and powerbombed him to get out.
Shibata stood up through a clothesline attempt, but a shoulder block from Coughlin knocked him down. Shibata rolled out of a suplex attempt into a sleeper hold, then hit the Penalty Kick for the win.
Winner: Katsuyori Shibata
MAIN EVENT: ROH Women’s World Championship Match:
Athena © vs. Kiera Hogan
This was Athena’s tenth defense of the ROH Women’s Championship. Athena drilled Hogan to start before hitting a big boot. Hogan rolled Athena up before hitting a squisher against the ropes. Hogan hit an enziguri, but Athena avoided the curb stomp-style leg drop. Athena hit an arm wringer, slamming Hogan down by the shoulder. Athena threw Hogan into the barricade shoulder first. Hogan beat the twenty count back into the ring, but Athena kept control with a hammerlock suplex.
Athena drilled Hogan with slaps before cranking on a standing armbar of sorts. Hogan maneuvered out and hit a superkick. Hogan hit the curb stomp leg drop for a near fall. Athena caught a crossbody and hit a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Athena hit an armbreaker before locking on a Fujiwara armbar. Hogan rolled Athena back on her shoulders for a near fall.
Athena lifted Hogan to the top rope, but Hogan caught her with a hurricanrana. Hogan followed with a hip attack. Hogan hit a pair of high kicks and a satellite DDT for a near fall. Hogan couldn’t hit the side suplex, so she tried to O’Connor roll Athena. Athena stuffed the cover and held the tights to win and retain the title.
Winner: Athena
After the match: Hogan jumped Athena from behind, sending her into the stairs. Security tried breaking it up, but Hogan pulled a guard in the way of an Athena dropkick. Athena pulled a guard in the way of a Hogan superkick. Security eventually pulled the women apart in the ring, as the crowd chanted let them fight. Athena brawled with security as the show goes off the air.
