Friday, July 26, 2024

Friday Rasslin

WWE Smackdown

-Commentators:  Corey Graves & Wade Barrett.
-L.A. Knight d. Santos Escobar(w/ "La Madrina" Elektra Lopez) with the Blunt Force Trauma(snapmare driver) despite intererence by U.S. Champion "The Maverick" Logan Paul.
-Tag Team Turmoil:  Baron Corbin & Apollo Crews d. Legado Del Fantasma v2.0(Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo) when Corbin pinned Garza after the End Of Days(mid-air Flatliner).  The Street Profits(Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) d. Corbin & Crews when Ford pinned Crews after he and Dawkins hit the Skyhigh/neckbreaker combo.  The Street Profits d. Pretty Deadly(Kit Wilson & Elton Prince) when Ford pinned Prince after he and Dawkins hit the Doomsday Blockbuster.  The Street Profits d. The Original Club("Machine Gun" Karl Anderson & Luke "Doc" Gallows) when Dawkins rolled up Gallows for the pin.  "The Samoan Werewolf" Jacob Fatu & "The Right Hand Man" Tama Tonga d. The Street Profits when Jacob pinned Ford after a moonsault.
-Queen Nia Jax & Tiffany Stratton d. WWE Women's Champion Bayley Rose & "Michin" Mia Yim when Tiffany hit Bayley with her Money In The Bank briefcase, allowing Nia to pin Bayley with the ANIAlator(Banzai Drop).
-Next week:  The Unholy Union(Alba Fyre & "The Unholy Enchantress" Isla Dawn) vs. "The E.S.T." Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill for the Women's Tag Team Titles, plus Do It Yourself("The Blackheart" Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano) vs. Jacob Fatu & Tama Tonga for the WWE Tag Team Titles.

AEW Rampage

-Commentators:  Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, & "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard.
-Royal Rampage(Royal Rumble-style battle royal with two rings, starting with two participants in each ring):
#1 "Freshly Squeezed" Orange Cassidy
#2 Claudio Castagnoli
#3 Brody King
#4 Komander
#5 "The Stone Pitbull" Tomohiro Ishii
#6 "They Call Him A Machine" Brian Cage
#7 "The Butcher" Andy Williams
#8 "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard
#9 "The Messiah Of The Backbreaker" Roderick Strong
#10 "Superbad" Kip Sabian
#11 Brandon Cutler
Ishii immediately clotheslined Cutler out of the ring for the first elimination.
#12 Trios Champion "The Prodigy" Nick Wayne
Cage eliminated Menard, who returned to the commentary table.
#13 Kyle O'Reilly
#14 "The Last Outlaw" Jeff Jarrett(w/ Karen Jarrett)
Butcher was eliminated by Brody King.
#15 ROH Tag Team Champion "The Trend" Matt Taven
Komander was eliminated by Nick Wayne.
#16 Jay Lethal
Sabian threw out Wayne.
#17 ROH Tag Team Champion "The Miracle" Mike Bennett
#18 The Beast Mortos
Jarrett & Lethal eliminated Sabian.
#19 Darby Allin
#20 "The Man Of The Hour" Lio Rush
Lio eliminated Mortos.  Bennett dumped Ishii and Orange dumped Bennett.  Taven eliminated Orange, O'Reilly took out Taven, and Strong eliminated O'Reilly.  Claudio pulled Lio over the ropes from the apron and giant-swung him to the floor.  Brody King threw out Strong and Claudio headscissored Lethal over the ropes to the floor.  Brody King tried to eliminate Darby the same way as he did two years ago with a sleeper from the apron, but Darby managed to escape and send Brody crashing to the floor with a flying tackle.  "Hangman" Adam Page attacked Jarrett, leaving him easy prey for Cage to eliminate.  Claudio and Cage fought to the apron and Claudio hit the Neutralizer(Gotch-style face-first piledriver) from that position to send him to the floor.  That left Darby and Claudio as the sole survivors of their individual rings.  With Claudio hung up over the top rope, Darby landed a Coffin Drop(blind top-rope senton) to Claudio's back which send him falling to the floor for the final elimination.
-"More Than A Woman" Kris Statlander(w/ Stokely Hathaway) d. Leila Grey via Staturday Night Fever(cradle Tombstone).
-"The Murderhawk Monster" Lance Archer d. Alejandro after the Blackout(reverse Razor's Edge).
-"El Toro Blanco" Rush & "The Aussie Arrow" Kyle Fletcher (w/ Don Callis) won a four-corner match with Private Party(Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy), The Righteous("The Horror King" Vincent Marseglia & Bobby Dutch), and The Outrunners(Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) when Fletcher pinned Floyd after the Tombstone.

WWE/NXT Level Up

-Commentators:  Vic Joseph & Blake Howard.
-Jaida Parker d. Layla Diggs.
-Dion Lennox d. Uriah Connors.
-Dante Chen d. Cutler James.

ROH Death Before Dishonor

-The MxM Collection(Mason Madden & Mansoor El-Shehail) d. The Spanish Announce Project(Angélico & Serpentico); Mansoor pinned Serpentico after he and Mason hit the Centerfold(assisted elevated DDT).
-"The Problem" Marina Shafir d. Angelica Risk via Mother's Milk(Ezekiel Choke/standing side sleeper).
-The Infantry("Captain" Shawn Dean & "Bad News & Tattoos" Carlie Bravo)(w/ "The Afro Punk" Trish Adora) d. "The 5* King" Anthony Henry & "The Ivy League M.V.P." Griff Garrison(w/ Maria Kanellis-Bennett); Dean pinned Henry after he and Bravo hit the Boot Camp(Russian legsweep/big boot combo).
-Top Flight("The Inhuman" Dante Martin & "Air Wolf" Darius Martin) d. The Outrunners(Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)(w/ Erica Lee) when Darius pinned Magnum after an F-5.
-The Beast Mortos d. Komander(w/ Alex Abrahantes) with the Destination Hellhole(over-the-shoulder piledriver).
-The Undisputed Kingdom("The Trend" Matt Taven & "The Miracle" Mike Bennett) d. "The Stone Pitbull" Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O'Reilly to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles after interference by "The Aussie Arrow" Kyle Fletcher & Don Callis, leading to Bennett delivering a low blow to O'Reilly behind the referee's back and pinning him with a small package.
-"Legit" Leyla Hirsch d. "The Cuban Diamond" Diamante Zuniga in a Texas Death Match; Diamante was unable to answer the ten-count after Hirsch hit a moonsault off a ladder to smash Diamante through a table.
-"Taigastyle" Lee Moriarty d. "The Decoder" Wheeler Yuta in a Pure Rules Match to win the ROH Pure Title by countering a Fujiwara armbar with a forward-roll cradle for the pin with his foot on the bottom rope for additional leverage (both men had used up their rope breaks so it was legal).  The ringside judges were Jerry Lynn, "No More B.S." Paul Wight, & "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels.
-Red Velvet d. "Space Jesus" Billie Starkz via Mama's Recipe(standing somersault headlock driver) to win the ROH Women's T.V. Title .
-"The Natural" Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erich Bros.(Marshall & Ross)(w/ Kevin Von Erich) d. The Dark Order(Evil Uno, John Silver, & Alex Reynolds) when Dustin pinned Reynolds after the Final Reckoning(elevated neckbreaker).  "The Wrestler" Katsuyori Shibata congratulated Dustin and the Von Erichs afterwards.
-Atlantis Jr. won a six-way dance with "They Call Him A Machine" Brian Cage, Johnny T.V.(w/ "La Wera Loca" Taya Valkyrie), "Big Shotty" Lee Johnson, "The Man Of The Hour" Lio Rush, and Shane Taylor to retain the ROH T.V. Title.  Eliminations:  Lio pinned Taylor with the Final Hour(frog splash), Johnson pinned Lio after the Big Shot Drop(elevated inverted DDT), Cage pinned Johnson after he and T.V. hit a powerbomb/Flying Chuck(middle-rope springboard roundhouse kick) combo, Cage pinned Johnny after the Drill Claw(vertical suplex into sitout Tombstone), and Atlantis pinned Cage to win by countering the Drill Claw with a victory roll for the three-count.
-"The Fallen Goddess" Athena Palmer d. Queen Aminata to retain the ROH Women's Title.  Billie Starkz attempted to interfere but was cut off by Red Velvet; however, interviewer Lexy Nair passed her microphone in to Athena and Athena hit Aminata with it before finishing with the O-Face(flying Stunner off the top rope).
-"The Sussex County Chicken" Mark Briscoe d. "The Messiah Of The Backbreaker" Roderick Strong with the Froggy Bow to retain the ROH Heavyweight Title; Matt Taven interfered before being run off by Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O'Reilly.

Tomorrow night on Collision:  Orange Cassidy vs. Johnny T.V., Fear The Revelation(Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. The MxM Collection(Mason Madden & Mansoor El-Shehail), Hologram vs. The Beast Mortos, Pac vs. Lio Rush, Thunder Rosa vs. Maya World, and Orange Cassidy/Tomohiro Ishii/Kyle O'Reilly vs. The Premier Athletes(Tony Nese, Ariya Daivari, & Josh Woods).

Tomorrow night on Battle Of The Belts:  Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erich Bros. vs. The Undisputed Kingdom(three of Roderick Strong/Matt Taven/Mike Bennett/Michael Wardlow) for the vacant ROH Trios Titles, Women's Champion Toni Storm vs. Taya Valkyrie(non-title), and CMLL Women's Champion Willow Nightingale vs. Deonna Purrazzo(non-title).

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