Friday, October 28, 2022

Friday Rasslin

AEW Rampage

-Commentators:  Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, & Excalibur.
-Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley d. "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard(w/ "Cool Hand" Angelo Parker)(non-title) with the sleeper and bodyscissors (8:07).  After the match, Stokey Hathaway challenged Moxley on behalf of "Taigastyle" Lee Moriarty.
-"Limitless" Keith Lee d. Serpentico via Spirit Bomb(elevated sitout powerbomb) (0:17).  After the match, Tag Team Champions The Acclaimed("Platinum" Max Caster & "The Five-Tool Player" Anthony Bowens) confronted Lee about the whereabouts of "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn.  Shane "Swerve" Strickland revealed that he had abducted Gunn and had him tied up to a chair in an unknown backstage area.
-"The Brazilian Goddess" Taynara Melo-Guevara(w/ "The Spanish God" Sammy Guevara) d. "The Queen Bee" Madison Rayne with the Tay-KO(Gory Special into knee strike) (9:25).
-"Mr. Mayhem" Michael Wardlow d. "The Trend" Matt Taven(w/ Mike Bennett & Maria Kanellis-Bennett) after four powerbombs to retain the TNT Title (9:03).  Afterwards, ROH T.V. Champion Samoa Joe ran in to help Wardlow fight off the O.G. Kingdom; "Powerhouse" Will Hobbs hit the ring and focused his attack on Wardlow while The Embassy("They Call Him A Machine" Brian Cage, The Gates Of Agony(Bishop Kaun & "The Samoan Lion" Toa Liona), & Prince Nana) ganged up on Joe.
-Added to Wednesday's Dynamite:  Jade Cargill vs. "The Problem" Marina Shafir for the TBS Title and Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley vs. Lee Moriarty(non-title).

WWE Smackdown (St. Louis, MO; unaired matches credit to Ben Simon)

-Dark Match:  Raquel Rodriguez & "The Ballsy Badass" Shotzi Blackheart d. Lacey Evans & Xia Li; Shotzi pinned Lacey after being Rocket-Launched off the top rope by Raquel into a splash.
-Commentators:  Michael Cole & Wade Barrett.
-Ridge Holland & "The Bruiserweight" Butch Dunne d. Sami Zayn & "The Street Champion" Solo Sikoa(w/ Tag Team Champions Jimmy & Jey Uso) when Butch small-packaged Zayn (8:29 aired).
-The New Day(Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) d. The Maximum Male Models(Dio "ma.çé" Maddin & mån.sôör El-Shehail)(w/ Maxxine Dupri); Xavier pinned mån.sôör after he and Kofi hit the Up Up Down Down(side backbreaker/top-rope double-stomp combo) (3:45).
-"Rowdy" Ronda Rousey d. Emma Dashwood via cross-armbar to retain the Smackdown Women's Title (6:51).
-Shinsuke Nakamura & Hit Row("Top Dolla" A.J. Francis & Ashante "Thee" Adonis)(w/ "B-Fab" Briana Brandy) d. Santos Escobar & Legado Del Fantasma(Joaquin Wilde & "Cruz Del Toro" Raul Mendoza)(w/ Zelina Vega) when Nakamura pinned Del Toro after the Kinshasa(flying knee strike) (joined in progress; 4:25 aired).
-Karrion Kross(w/ Scarlett Bordeaux) d. "Madcap" Riddick Moss with the Kross Hammer(forearm smash to the back of the head) (7:02 aired).
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Recorded for next week's Smackdown:
-Liv Morgan d. Sonya Deville in a no-DQ match after the ObLIVion(rebound Flatliner).
-L.A. Knight d. Ricochet via rollup while holding the ropes for illegal leverage.
-"The Queen Of Spades" Shayna Baszler(w/ Smackdown Women's Champion "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey) d. Natalya Neidhart with the Kirifuda Clutch(sleeper with bodyscissors).
-A handicap match between Braun Strowman and five opponents(Moses "The Deliverer" Powell, Rahim De La Suede, The Iceman, Luke Kurtis, & Dustin Jackson) never officially started as Strowman attacked the opponents before the bell and beat up Montel Vontavious Porter(who had chosen the competitors).
-"The Ring General" GUNTHER Hahn d. Rey Misterio Jr. after a lariat to retain the Intercontinental Title.
-Post-show dark match:  Johnny Gargano d. "All Day" Austin Theory with the One Final Beat(slingshot DDT).

WWE/NXT Level Up

-Commentators:  Sudu Shah & Byron Saxton.
-Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo d. Tank Ledger after a sliding lariat (5:43); "The Don" Tony D'Angelo did commentary.
-Thea Hail(w/ Andre Chase & Duke Hudson) d. Jakara Jackson via snapmare driver (4:26).
-Brooks Jensen(w/ Josh Briggs) d. Trick Williams with a Fameasser (6:11).

NJPW Rumble On 44th Street

-Kylie Rae & Tiara James d. Mina Shirakawa & Waka Tsukiyama when Kylie pinned Tsukiyama after a TKO.
-NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Co-Champions Sho Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi d. Yohei Komatsu & Rocky Romero when Sho pinned Romero after hitting him with a wrench.  Lio Rush saved Yohei from a post-match attack by Sho.
-The Motor City Machineguns(Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) won a triple threat match with Aussie Open(Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis)(C) and Kevin Knight & "The D.K.C." Dylan Kyle Cox to win the Strong Openweight Tag Team Titles; Sabin pinned Knight after he and Shelley hit a double electric chair Michinoku Driver.
-Fred Rosser d. Jonathan Gresham with the Sidewinder Slam to retain the Strong Openweight Title.
-Wheeler Yuta, Homicide, & Shota Umino d. Tom Lawler & The West Coast Wrecking Crew(Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson) when Umino pinned Nelson after the Death Rider(elevated double-underhook DDT).
-Minoru Suzuki d. Clark Connors via Gotch-style piledriver.
-Mayu Iwatani d. KiLynn King with the moonsault to retain the Stardom SWA Title.
-Shingo Takagi d. El Phantasmo after the Canadian Revolution III(crossed-arm piledriver) in a street fight to retain the King Of Pro Wrestling Title.
-IWGP Heavyweight Champion "Switchblade" Jay White & Juice Robinson d. Kazuchika Okada & Eddie Kingston when White pinned Kingston after the Blade Runner(swinging Flatliner).

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