Saturday Rasslin

NWA Powerrr

-Commentators:  Joe Galli, Tim Storm, & Danny Dealz.
-Carson Bartholomew Drake d. Charlie Adams.
-Hayden Backlund d. “The Face” Damian Fenrir to retain the Jr. Heavyweight Title.
-The Slimeballz(Sage Chantz & Tommy Rant) d. Blunt Force Trauma(Damage & Carnage) in a no-DQ match.
-Pretty Empowered(Kenzie Paige & “The Prettiest Prima Donna” Kylie Alexa Paige) d. Liviyah & Mackenzie Morgan in a best-of-three-falls match to retain the Women’s Tag Team Titles.

WWE/NXT Halloween Havoc

-Commentators: Vic Joseph & Booker T.
-Myles Borne d. Tavion Heights in a Weapons Wild Match after the Borne Again(Zigzag) onto a trash can.
-Izzi Dame d. NXT Women’s North American Champion ZARIA Brady(non-title) via flying knee strike.
-“The Main One” Zilla Fatu d. Charlie Dempsey(w/ Lexis King, Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, Uriah Connors, & “Miss NXT” Arianna Grace) in a Very Nice Very Evil Match(falls-count-anywhere) with the top-rope splash.
-“The Standout” Kelani Jordan d. Wren Sinclair to retain the NXT Women’s Title by running Wren into the corner to escape the Final Wrench(Cattle Mutilation), then rolling back into a pin with a foot on the bottom rope for extra leverage (also one of Wren’s legs was under the bottom rope.
-“The Hellraiser” Shiloh Hill d. NARAKU after the belly-to-back neckbreaker.
-Grayson Waller d. Tony D’Angelo to retain the NXT Title after hitting him with a crowbar behind the referee’s back, finishing with the forward-roll Stunner.
-Wednesday on NXT:  Hank Walker & Tank Ledger vs. “Supernova 11” Noam Dar & Romeo Moreno in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament final with “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes presenting the trophy, “The Realest” Cruz Montana vs. Dion Lennox in an unsanctioned match, Grayson Waller vs. C.M. Punk for the NXT Title, and Intercontinental Champion Chad Gable/Rey Fenix/Dragon Lee vs. NXT North American Champion “Doctor Thirst” Jackson Drake & NXT Tag Team Champions Swipe Right(Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes), and Kelani Jordan defends the NXT Title against a mystery opponent, plus John Cena makes an appearance.

AEW Collision (recorded in St. Louis, MO)

-Commentators:  Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, & “No More B.S.” Paul Wight.
-“Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa d. “Rebourne” Matt Sydal(w/ “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels) via pump knee (11:54).
-The Hurt Syndicate(“The Almighty” Bobby Lashley & “The Standard Of Excellence” Shelton Benjamin(w/ Montel Vontavious Porter) d. Soloroto(“Nicky Boy” Nick Comoroto & Aaron Solow)(w/ “The Ivy League M.V.P.” Griff Garrison) when Lashley pinned Solow after the spear (4:21).
-The Triangle Of Madness(“The Toxic Spider” Thekla & The Sisters Of Sin(Julia Hart & Skye Blue)) d. The Trinity(Hazuki, Koguma, & Fuwa-Chan) to retain the Artist Of Stardom Titles; Julia pinned Fuwa-Chan after she and Skye hit an assisted swinging uranagi (14:10).
-Ilja Dragunov d. The Beast Mortos after the D-Bomb(driving forearm drop) (11:21).
-“Speedball” Mike Bailey d. “Air Wolf” Darius Martin(w/ “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels) via straitjacket sunset flip pin (9:53).
--The Divine Dominion(“The Megasus” Megan Bayne & “Colossal” Lena Kross) d. “The Versace Of Violence” Nixi X.S. & “The Divine Drama” Leela Feist; Bayne pinned Leela after she and Kross double-chokeslammed Leela onto Nixi (2:02).
-“The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita d. “Dirty White Boy” Adam Priest with the Raging Fire(spinning Falcon Arrow) (9:07).
-“The Stray Bullet” Juice Robinson & The Gunn Club(Austin & Colten Gunn) d. The Conglomeration(“Freshly Squeezed” Orange Casssidy, Kyle O’Reilly, & “The Messiah Of The Backbreaker” Roderick Strong).  The rest of The Cut(David Finlay, Clark Connors, “The Inevitable” Ace Austin, and “Switchblade” Jay White) got involved and Juice pinned O’Reilly after hitting him with brass knuckles (12:51).
-Wednesday on Dynamite:  Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay/Adam Copeland/TNT Champion Darby Allin/Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks/Steven Borden vs. Kazuchika Okada/Kyle Fletcher/Kevin Knight/Mark Davis/Jake Doyle/Michael Wardlow in a Blood & Guts Match, Willow Nightingale/TBS Champion Queen Aminata/Kris Statlander/Harley Cameron/Women’s Tag Team Champions The Brawling Birds vs. Persephone/Divine Dominion/Triangle Of Madness in a Blood & Guts Match.
-Next week on Collision:  Andrade El Idolo vs. “Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa for the National Title.

AAA On Fox

-Commentators:  Corey Graves & John Bradshaw Layfield.
-El Hijo De Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal d. Los Vipers(Histeria & Taurus) to retain the AAA Tag Team Titles.
-Pagano & El Carnicero d. The Psycho Circus(Murder Clown & Dave The Clown).  Psycho Clown attacked Pagano afterwards until Carnicero cut him off.
-Rey Fenix won a four-corner match with Laredo Kid, Jack Cartwheel, and Takuma Fujiwara to retain the AAA Cruiserweight Title.

Friday Zero-One USA Results From Edgewood, IL

-Ring announcer: “Big Money” Rob Leach.  Referees:  Manbun, Glasses, and Kid Ref.
-“The Dragonfly” Chris Exodus d. “The LImbripper” Tommy Davis via crossed-leg jackknife cradle (11:22).
-The Light(“The Luminary” Valerie Kennedy, Tag Team Champion “The Midwest Succubus” Gwen Neodnna, & Lauren Lockett)(w/ “The Worst Person You Know” Chase Holliday) d. “Roughneck” Joey O’Riley, Quest Parker, & “Rock Star Made In The STL” Cordel Cain(w/ “Big Money” Rob Leach).  (Leach named his St. Louis Anarchy protégé Cain as the replacement for the injured “Texas Outlaw” Jeremy Henderson.)  Quest was isolated by the Light trios and pinned by Lockett after the moonsault (15:59).
-“The Master Of Misfortune” Rahne Victoria d. Sam Hunter with the Last Chancery (4:34).
-“Your Local Surfer” Trent Wrigley d. “The Problem Child” Logan Cavazos via 450 Splash to win the vacant Prospect Title trophy (8:27).  (Five successful defenses of the trophy allow the holder to cash it in for a show at the Thursday Night Throwdown Title.)
-“The Jet” Benjamin Trust won a six-way match with “Captain Bad Attitude” James Brady, “Menace To Society” B.A. Malkin, “Electric Death” Victor Analog, Tag Team Champion “The Worst Person You Know” Chase Holliday, and Hippie Johnny to retain the Heavyweight Title when he pinned Johnny after the rebound lariat (10:45).
-“Cutthroat” Kenny Kalix d. “Whitney Houston’s Favorite Wrester” Jalon Strong to retain the Thursday Night Throwdown Title, scoring the pin with a victory roll while holding the ropes for illegal leverage (8:50).
-Halloween Rumble:
#1 Bart Ender
#2 “Roughneck” Joey O’Riley
#3 “Godspeed” Noah Clover
#4 “Captain Bad Attitude” James Brady
#5 Quest Parker
Quest double-clotheslined Brady and Noah over the top rope, but the momentum carried Quest out to the floor as well.
#6 “The Luminary” Valerie Kennedy
#7 “The Dragonfly” Chris Exodus
#8 Lauren Locket
#9 Sam Hunter
#10 “The Arkane Assassin” Killian Kayne
#11 Tag Team Champion “The Midwest Succubus” Gwen Neodonna
#12 Tag Team Champion “The Worst Person You Know” Chase Holliday
#13 Deadpool (Prospect Champion “Your Local Surfer” Trent Wrigley was revealed to be under the mask)
#14 Big Man Chan
Chan was quickly eliminated by several wrestlers.
#15 “The Great Khali”(unknown wrestler in a costume and mask)
Luminary was eliminated.
#16 “The Glitch” Harley Miller
#17 “Vic Foley” (“Electric Death” Victor Analog dressed as Mick Foley)
#18 Hippie Johnny
“Khali” was eliminated, followed by Lockett.
#19 “The Man On Fire” Kai Phoenix
#20 “The Top Of The Universe” Evonias
Hippie Johnny and “Vic Foley” were eliminated.
#21 “The Ladies’ Man” Johnny Evans(w/ Big Man Chan)
Eliminations:  Glitch, Evonias, Exodus, Phoenix.
#22 “The Sensational” Eagle Eye
#23 “Whitney Houston’s Favorite Wrestler” Jalon Strong
“Big Money” Rob Leach entered the ring to chokebomb Evans, leading to Evans’ elimination.  Next several eliminations:  Sam Hunter, Eagle Eye, Gwen, Jalon, Killian, and Joey O’Riley.  That left Bart Ender and Chase Holliday as the final two, which brought out the rest of The Light to back up Holiday.  Ender fought off the whole stable before finally eliminating Holliday for the win (41:01)!
-NOTES:  I hadn’t made it out to Edgewood in a while; despite the long drive and my achy-breaky knee, I made the drive after work yesterday afternoon.  Rest stop pickups on the way there:  Snickers bar, Wild Cherry Pepsi, and a refill of my water bottle.  The house was packed more than I’d seen previously for this Friday night special event, putting me back in a dark corner for most of the show.  Official Ben Simon Concession Count™ for the show itself:  One bottle of Mountain Dew.  Pickups on the way home:  Cheddar and sour cream Ruffles, Ritz Bits cheese sandwiches, and Advil for the knee (which didn’t help too much).  No one else was running shows this Halloween weekend so I’m cool with taking it easy for a few days.  As always:  Good night, good luck, and #yaywrestling.

NJPW Super Junior Tag League Day 6 (10/31)

-Unbound Inc.(“Bone Soldier’ Taiji Ishimori & “The Xcellence Of Xecution” Robbie X) d. “Master Wato” Hirai Kawato & Kuukai when X pinned Kuukai after the X Express(Spiral Tap).
-Sumi 55(Ryusuke Taguchi & Kazuma Sumi) d. The Timesplitters v2.0(“The Timespliter” Yujiro Kushida & “The Prodigy” Nick Wayne) when Taguchi pinned Kushida via rollup.
-The House Of Torture(Douki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) d. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Mistico & Masatora Yasuda when Douki pinned Yasuda with the Suplex De La Luna(wheelbarrow dragon suplex).

Block A:
-Ishimori/X, Douki/Kanemaru:  6
-Taguchi/Sumi, Kushida/Wayne:  4
-Mistico/Yasuda, Wato/Kuukai:  2

NJPW Super Junior Tag League Day 5 (10/30)

-The Swirl(“Vanilla Baby” Blake Christian & “Big Shotty” Lee Johnson) d. The House Of Torture(Sho Tanaka & Dick Togo); Christian pinned Togo after he and Johnson hit the Brainrot(Death Valley Driver/top-rope double-stomp combo).
-IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Yohei Komatsu & “Black Panther” Hyo Watanabe d. Unbound Inc.(Titán & Daiki Nagai); Yohei pinned Nagai after he and Hyo hit the Yoh-Hyo 3K(Flapjack/Paydirt combo).
-The Ichiban Sweet Boys(“The Sniper Of The Skies” Robbie Eagles & “Japanese Young Punk” Kosei Fujita) d. The United Empire(Francesco Akira & “Dangerous J.A.Y.” Jakob Austin Young) when Fujita pinned Young after the Thrill Ride(torture rack dropped into DDT).

Block B:

-Eagles/Fujita, Yohei/Hyo, iSwirl:  6
-Akira/Young:  4
-Sho/Togo:  2
-Titán/Nagai:  0

Thursday Rasslin

ROH TV

-Commentators:  Ian Riccaboni & “The Ageless One” Caprice Coleman.
-Soliel d. Brandon Cutler.
-“The Face Of The Revolution” Scorpio Sky(w/ “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels) d. “Main Man” Oro Mensah.
-Lacey Lane d. Cassie Lee(w/ Jessie McKay).
-Los Colóns(Eddie & Orlando) & Serpentico d. “El Jaguar” Dante Casanova, “The Super Ego” Chad Skywalker, & The Child Of The 8^th Day” Saieve Al Sabah.
-“Blackheart” Lio Rush d. “The Spectacular” Charles Crowley.
-Top Flight(“The Inhuman” Dante Martin & “Air Wolf” Darius Martin) & Bustah & The Brain(“The Northeast Beast” Alec Price & “The East Coast Ace” Jordan Oliver d. The Kingdom(“The Trend” Matt Taven & “The Miracle” Mike Bennett) & The Grizzled Young Veterans(“Liverpool’s #1” Zack Gibson & “Mr. Mayhem” James Drake).

TNA Impact

-Commentators:  Tom Hannifan & “The Drama King” Matthew Rehwoldt.
-Maggie By Elegance(w/ Heather By Elegance & “Mr. Elegance” Andreas John Ziegler) d. “The Spark” Jada Stone to retain the Women’s T.V. Title.
-Special Agent Zero d. B.D.E.  Rich Swann attempted to save B.D.E. from further damage only to get laid out as well.
-Amazing Red d. “Prime” Cedric Alexander to retain the X-Division Title.
-“Top Dolla” A.J. Francis d. “The Southern Savior” John Skyler(w/ Mila Moore).
-“The Drifter” Elijah Samson d. Tag Team Champion “The Hollywood Hunk” Ryan Nemeth.  Heavyweight/ Tag Team Champion “The Wanted Man” Nic Nemeth attacked Elijah afterwards only for Elijah to fight him off, then bash Ryan with a guitar.
-The SYX(Joseph Sawyer & Samuel Shaw) d. The Hardy Boys(“Brother Nero” Jeff & “Broken” Matt) in a “Slaughterhouse SYX” Match.

WWE Main Event

-Commentators:  Vic Joseph & Blake Howard.
-“The Miz” Mike Mizanin & Kit Wilson d. Axiom & Nathan Frazer.
-“The Punishment” Damian Priest d. Ivar Hanson.
-Judgment Day(“Dirty” Dominik MIsterio & “The Irish Ace” J.D. McDonagh) d. Los Americanos(Bravo & Rayo)(w/ EL Grande Americano).
-Big Bronson Reed(w/ “The Maverick” Logan Paul) d. “The Prestigious” Joe Hendry.

Wednesday Rasslin (Including AEW In St. Louis, MO)

DARK MATCH
-“The Ivy League M.V.P.” Griff Garrison(w/ Soloroto(“Nicky Boy” Nick Comoroto & Aaron Solow)) d. “Warhorse” Jake Parnell after a trip by Solow allowed Garrison to finish with the rolling elbow (5:02).

DYNAMITE
-Commentators:  Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, & “The Human Suplex Machine” Taz Maniac.
-The Cut(“Switchblade” Jay White & “The Rebel” David Finlay d. Continental Champion Jon Moxley & “Red Death” Daniel Garcia; “The Decoder” Wheeler Yuta and “100 Proof” Clark Connors got involved, leading to White pinning Garcia after the Blade Runner(swinging Flatliner) (14:03).  A brawl broke out between The Cut and the Death Riders, leading to Moxley challenging them to Anarchy In The Arena at Full Gear.
-“The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher d. “Jungle” Jack Perry via turnbuckle brainbuster (16:16); Don Callis did commentary.  “Dunkzilla” Mark Davis & Jake Doyle came out to join in the post-match abuse to Perry.
=Renee Paquette interviewed The New Level(Kofi Kingston & “Awesome” Austin Creed), who weren’t sure what they were potentially getting into with regards to a Texas Death Match.  Brody King and “Hangman” Adam Page confronted them over the whereabouts of ROH Heavyweight Champion Bandido, but Prince Nana came out and the Khantron showed that Shane “Swerve” Strickland had abducted Bandido.
-Match 3 Of Best-Of-5 Series:  The Motor City Machineguns(Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) d. Fear The Revelation(Dax “The Axe” Harwood & Dash Wheeler)(w/ “Big Stoke” Stokely Hathaway) when Shelley rolled through Dax’s jackknife cradle attempt into his own pin (12:55).  (Machineguns 2, F.T.R. 1)
-“Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa vowed to win the National Title from Andrade El Idolo and talked about making an example out of “Rebourne” Matt Sydal on Collision, but he was confronted by Ilja Dragunov who challenged him to a match.  Ciampa said “not tonight”.
-“The Problem” Marina Shafir d. “Your Wish On A Shooting Star” Rachel Armstrong with the Mother’s Milk(reverse sleeper); Continental Champion Jon Moxley did commentary.  Shafir called out Women’s Champion “The C.E.O.” Mercedes Moné for a confrontation, but members of The Cut ambushed Moxley at ringside which brought out multiple members of both factions to join the fight.
-Darby Allin d. “The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander to retain the TNT Title by countering the anklelock into the Last Supper(crossed-leg jackknife cradle) for the three-count (15:09); Don Callis did commentary.  Roppongi Vice(Trent Berretta & “Azucar” Rocky Romero attempted to get involved but were run off by Steven Borden.
-Queen Aminata d. Persephone(w/ Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D.) with the Off With Her Head(sliding kick against the ropes) to win the TNT Title (11:27).  Several fan favorite women joined her in the ring to celebrate her title win.
-Owner/promoter Tony Khan came out to hype the fans for the upcoming Collision taping.

COLLISION TAPING
-Commentators:  Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, & “No More B.S.” Paul Wight.
-The Hurt Syndicate(“The Almighty” Bobby Lashley & “The Standard Of Excellence” Shelton Benjamin(w/ Montel Vontavious Porter) d. Soloroto(“Nicky Boy” Nick Comoroto & Aaron Solow)(w/ “The Ivy League M.V.P.” Griff Garrison) when Lashley pinned Solow after the spear (4:21).
-The Triangle Of Madness(“The Toxic Spider” Thekla & The Sisters Of Sin(Julia Hart & Skye Blue)) d. The Trinity(Hazuki, Koguma, & Fuwa-Chan) to retain the Artist Of Stardom Titles; Julia pinned Fuwa-Chan after she and Skye hit an assisted swinging uranagi (14:10).
-The Divine Dominion(“The Megasus” Megan Bayne & “Colossal” Lena Kross) d. “The Versace Of Violence” Nixi X.S. & “The Divine Drama” Leela Feist; Bayne pinned Leela after she and Kross double-chokeslammed Leela onto Nixi (2:02).
-Coach T.K. came out to hype up the fans again.
-“Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa d. “Rebourne” Matt Sydal(w/ “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels) via pump knee (11:54).
-“The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita d. “Dirty White Boy” Adam Priest with the Raging Fire(spinning Falcon Arrow) (9:07).
-“Speedball” Mike Bailey d. “Air Wolf” Darius Martin(w/ “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels) via straitjacket sunset flip pin (9:53).
-“The Stray Bullet” Juice Robinson & The Gunn Club(Austin & Colten Gunn) d. The Conglomeration(“Freshly Squeezed” Orange Casssidy, Kyle O’Reilly, & “The Messiah Of The Backbreaker” Roderick Strong).  The rest of The Cut(David Finlay, Clark Connors, “The Inevitable” Ace Austin, and “Switchblade” Jay White) got involved and Juice pinned O’Reilly after hitting him with brass knuckles (12:51).
-Ilja Dragunov d. The Beast Mortos after the D-Bomb(driving forearm drop) (11:21).

-NOTES:  Forgot my Wayne’s World cap at home when I left for work, but I saw two people in the audience with Wayne’s World hats themselves…nice!  Several fans were in attendance in Halloween costumes, usually wrestling-related.  Attendance looked solid and the crowd had a lot of energy, even toward the end of the night.  T.K. seemed motivated to bring another PPV to St. Louis in the future…sweet.  I managed to aggravated my achy-breaky knee by missing a step as I walked down to my seat…my smartphone went flying, thankfully someone located it for me.  Didn’t help my knee, or my dignity…har har. 

WWE EVOLVE

-Commentators:  Blake Howard & Mr. Robert Stone.
-Harley Riggins d. Milosh Jovic.
-Jax Presley d. “The Reaper” Jasper Troy.
-“The Holyfield Warrior” Elijah Holyfield won a triple threat match with “Philly’s Finest” Marcus Mathers and Braxton Cole.
-Next week:  “Big Cat Kita” Nikkita Lyons vs. Thea Hail vs. “The Shooting Star’ Skylar Raye vs. Wendy Choo for the EVOLVE Women’s Title,
-In two weeks:  “Your Hero” Anya Rune vs. “Notorious” Sloane Jacobs.

NJPW Super Junior Tag League Day 4

-Unbound Co.(“Bone Soldier” Taiji Ishmori & “The Xcellence Of Xecution” Robbie X) d. “Master Wato” Hirai Kawato & Daiki Nagai when X pinned Kuukai after the X Express(Spiral Tap).
-Sumi 55(Ryusuke Taguchi & Kazuma Sumi) d. The TImesplitters v2.0(“The Timesplitter” Yujiro Kushida & “The Prodigy” Nick Wayne) when Taguchi rolled up Kushida for the pin.
-The House Of Torture(Douki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) d. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Mistico & Masatora Yasuda when Douki pinned Yasuda with the Suplex De La Luna(wheelbarrow dragon suplex).

Block A:
-Ishimori/X, Douki/Kanemaru:  6
-Taguchi/Sumi, Kushida/Wayne:  4
-Mistico/Yasuda, Wato/Kuukai:  2

Block B:
-Eagles/Fujita, Yohei/Hyo, Akira/Young, Swirl:  4
-Sho/Togo:  2
-Titán/Nagai:  0