12/7 Notes

12/7 Notes

There are no new episodes of WOW Women of Wrestling until January, so I will not be covering them for a few weeks. 

Reality of Wrestling 12/7/2025 PLATINUM Episode 19

Reality of Wrestling 12/7/2025 PLATINUM Episode 19

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/reality-of-wrestling-11232025-platinum.html

Brad Gillmore, Chris Russo and Carolina Teague are on commentary.

Booker T is in his office and talking to Danny Limelight and Gaspar Hernandez. Danny says he defended his title in Malaysia. Booker says he's the only world champ. Booker says he needs a favor as he has a problem in Cappuccino Jones. He says Edge Stone is trying to take WWE ID Title off of Cap. Booker says he needs Gasper to soften up Cap. Danny says Gas needs double the pay this time to be a hitman. Booker throws out money on the table and says he needs him to soften Cap up. Gas says Booker knows him and what he can do. They shake hands on it. Booker yells, "The World is Mine".

Jordan Oasis is interviewed and someone walks into him. It's Ryan Davidson. Jordan asks if he's alright and Ryan punches him. They then fight and get separated. 

We cut to the commentators. They talk about the Jordan/Ryan fight. They then hype up the show.

Gaspar Hernandez vs Cappuccino Jones

Cap ducks a lock up and side headlocks him. Gas blocks the taker and is hit in the gut. Cap running euros him then hits mounted corner punches. Gas knees him in the gut and clubs his back. Gas chops him down. Cap dropkicks Gas twice. 

Gas blocks Cap's armdrag. Cap 2nd rope diving armdrags him then dropkicks him out. Cap's plancha outside is caught and his back is rammed into the post. Cap is then slammed on the apron.

Cap is pulled against the post. Gas top rope diving lariats him. Gas does a nice suplex on him for 2. Gas clubs Cap's chest. Cap boots him out of the corner and clips him. Cap's springboard is caught with a backdrop for 2. Gas hits mounted forearms. 

Gas chokes Cap on the ropes. Gas is pushed into the buckles. Cap flying corner lariats. Gas catches Cap's crossbody and Gas fallaway slams him. Cap is laid on the top rope but Cap avoids a kick. Cap springboard back elbows him. Cap then topes Gas and hits mounted punches.

Cap goes up top and is thrown down. Gas goes for the powerbomb and Cap sunset flips him into a pin. Cap pins Gas.

Thoughts: It was a solid match with Cap flying around and Gas catching him and throwing him around. They did exactly what they were supposed to here and it worked out well.

Emily Mae is looking to talk to Richard Holliday in the back. Rich comes out and says he was doing his hair. Emily asks if Rich will cash in his contract for a title shot. He teases telling her but says he won't. He says he can cash in whenever he wants and won't let the champion know. He says he's in a giving mood and will give a young, aspiring wrestler the chance to get in the ring with the best. He says the air is rare tonight in Houston.

Monica Monroe does a promo. She says she's back. She says she's gone against NXT stars and olympians. She says she faces Haley J tonight and says she will find out no one scores higher than her.

Haley J says they are facing in a singles title match tonight. She says she won't have her partner with her and won't be winning.

ROW Women's Title - "Ladybird" Monica Monroe (c) vs Haley J

Haley comes out with her dog and holds up the title with him. 

They do a double knuckle lock. J boots her and hits vaious shots. MM ducks a lariat and shoulders her over. MM rolls over her and boots her in the gut. MM finlay rolls her and is tripped on the 2nd rope. MM bridges out of a spinning high kick and gets a 2 count on her. MM running euros her in the corner, cartwheel and pump kicks her in the face for 2.

J knees her in the face and running facewash kicks her in the corner for 2. J back elbows her and poses. MM cradles her for 2. J facekicks her. J snapmares her and chinlocks her. MM rolls up J for 2. J clubs on her.

MM hits forearms and elbows to the gut. J sweeps her then meteora's her from behind. J running knees her for 2. They trade forearms. J slaps and backfists her. They then superkick each other at the same time. MM goes over in the corner then cartwheels and backflips. She hits lariats on her then powerslams her. MM asai moonsaults her. MM hits a top rope moonsault and pins her with J's foot on the ropes.

The ref waives the pin off and the match continues. MM back elbows her. MM backrolls her but J holds onto the ropes on her own backroll and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a good match. Monroe had a good showing and the finish was nice. J got pinned with her feet on the ropes and the ref waived it off. J then pinned her while holding the ropes but the ref didn't see it. These two worked well together here. 

Richard Holliday vs Ajax

Rich side headlocks Ajax then snapmares him. Rich wristlocks him. Ajax kips up and Rich side headlock takeovers him. Ajax headscissors him and they stand off. Rich says Ajax has "got somethin'". He offers a handshake. Ajax shakes his hand then is booted. 

Rich forearms him and hits shots in the corner. Ajax back elbows him then Rich uppercuts him. Rich chops him in the corner. Ajax gets some chops in. Ajax goes up and over then Rich blocks his armdrag. Rich drops him face first on the mat for 2.

Ajax rolls him up for 2. Ajax hits a northern lights suplex for 2. Rich running back elbows him. Rich then twisting suplexes him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was fine. Ajax was the underdog here and got a little in before going down as expected. There was nothing wrong with it and it ended before it overstayed its welcome.

The announcers talk about the main event.

Last Man Standing Match - Ryan Davidson vs Jordan Oasis

They hockey fight as soon as Ryan gets in. They trade forearms. JO running lariats him then hits punches in the corner. JO hits chops in the corner and Ryan chops back. JO challenges Ryan to chop him more and Ryan then eye pokes him.

Ryan slams him and misses a fist drop. JO slams him and elbow drops him. JO hits a big tope and ends up going over Ryan's shoulder with it. JO hits forearms and chops outside.

Ryan is sent into the steps. Ryan hits him in the gut and hits him with a trash can lid. JO is hit in the head with it twice and goes down. Ryan teases another shot but just ddt's him.

JO backdrops him on a chair and sentons him. Ryan forearms him outside. Ryan rakes JO's back but JO back body drops him on the floor. JO hits a trash can shot to the back. Ryan's head is banged off the rails and they go into the crowd. 

JO clears off a table and they go onto the commentary stage. Ryan blocks a move off of there then throws JO onto the table from the commentary stage. JO is sent into the post. Ryan sets up a table in the corner of the ring. JO clubs Ryan's chest on the apron. 

Ryan pulls JO's throat down over the top rope. JO running death valley drivers him through the table in the corner. Ryan lays against the 2nd rope and JO hits a blackout cannonball on him. JO throws a bunch of chairs in. Ryan is seated up top. Ryan rakes JO's eye and low blows him. Ryan 2nd rope powerbombs him onto a stack of chairs. JO can't answer the 10 count and Ryan wins.

Thoughts: It was alright. It lost some of its momentum near the end between some of the spots. Props to JO for taking the bump through the table outside as that could have gone poorly. Both guys looked fine here. I really am surprised WWE cut Jordan. 

Overall thoughts: It was a good episode of ROW. We had 4 matches here and one of them were bad. I thought the women's title match was the best bout on here and the opener and main were fine as well. Holliday/Ajax was a little one-sided, though it was supposed to be. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall.

TNA Final Resolution 2025 12/5/2025

TNA Final Resolution 2025 12/5/2025

We are live in El Paso, TX. 

Mike Santana comes out and talks in Spanish. He says he came out here to throw hands and call his opponent a culero. 

Mike Santana vs. Charlie Dempsey

CD runs in and they hockey fight. CD euros him. Mike superkicks him. CD jumps at him and takes a death valley driver. Mike topes CD. CD hits a euro and is forearmed down. Mike slingshots over him inside. Mike suplexes him and CD pushes him down backwards. 

CD stomps Mike's arm into the mat and knees him in the back. CD kneelifts him in the arm. CD euros the arm. CD armbars him. Mike basement dropkicks him. Mike running euros him in the corner and hits mounted corner punches. 

CD throws him shoulder first into the buckles. CD hits forearms and euros. Mike lariats him. Mike enzugiri's him. CD goes up and over then Mike backrolls into a cutter on him. Mike backrolls and is caught with a german. CD armbars Mike. 

CD chops him in the corner. CD top rope double underhook suplexes him. CD goes for another move but is hit with 3 amigos. Mike hits a top rope frogsplash. Mike spinning lariats him and wins.

Thoughts: Mike got the win which was a rare TNA win over NXT. CD did his usual forearms and euros and worked the arm. Mike did his usual offense. It was pretty average due to Mike's in-ring limitations.

The announcers talk about TNA moving to AMC.

Gia interviews Frankie Kazarian. Kaz says he's a giving man and is giving JDC the oppurtunity of a lifetime. He says JDC won't take the opportunity and is a miserable failure like the people of El Paso. He says he may go to a local cantina and celebrate with himself after he kicks everyone out after.

Ash by Elegance joins commentary.

TNA Knockouts Tag Titles - The Iinspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay) (c) vs. Tessa Blanchard and Victoria Crawford

I have to assume Tessa's team is winning here. Robert Stone is with the heels.

Vic and Cass go at it. Vic throws her down off the lock up and puts her in the corner. Cass rolls Tess. Jess double axe handles Tess' arm. Cass then does the same to tess. Tess is hit with a double kick. Vic and Tess then take stereo kicks from The Iinspiration. Tess and Vic are then double lariated over the top. The faces do plancha's off the apron onto the heels outside.

Stone trips Jess and Tess stomps on Jess' leg. We see The Elegance Brand watching in the back. Jess has her legs split. Vic hits knees to the leg. Tess ddt's the leg. 

Jess' leg is banged off the mat and Vic stomps the leg. Tess stomps the leg. Tess wraps Jess' leg around the ropes and punches the knee. Tess ties up Jess' legs then bites them. Tess single leg crabs her.

Tess is sent out. Jess pulls Tess' throat down over the top. Cass tags in. Cass hits lariats on the heels and hits flying knees in the corners. Cass neckbreakers Vic then jumping high kicks Tess. Cass codebreakers her for 2.

Cass backrolls Tess and tags out. Jess pumping knees Tess on the ropes. Tess avoids an idolizer and tags out. Stone hands Tess a title. The ref sees it and Jess facekicks Tess. Tess misses a belt shot on Jess and is kicked by Cass. The Elegance Brand come out and The Iinspiration stop them. Vic is hit with the idolizer and is pinned.

Thoughts: I was surprised by this one. Why have Tess and Vic lose here when they didn't have to? I suppose The Elegance Brand coming out means they will fight The Iinspiration next. The match wasn't that bad as the heels worked Jess' leg, she tagged out, The Iinspiration made their comeback and pulled out the win.

TNA Injury Report

Mike Santana's UCL status is undetermined. Leon Slater is cleared. Dani Luna is out with a contusion from an Indi chain shot. Matt Cardona is cleared from a contusion.  

Santino Marella talks to Arianna Grace in the back. Santino says everyone is calling him and he's gonna go crazy. AG says she will help him with anything. Santino also says they have an open investigation on how the NXT wrestlers got in to attack Mike Santana. Santino also says he doesn't like Stacks. AG says Stacks' career is his. AG says she loves working with him. Santino tells her to tell him if she sees or feels anything.

Street Fight - Mance Warner vs Matt Cardona

MW has facepaint on. He grabs a chair and Matt has a kendo stick. MW chairs him in the gut and back. MW lariats him. MW is sent head first into a chair between the buckles then takes a boot to the head. MW is thrown over the top. Matt dropkicks him through the ropes.

Matt chokes him with a shirt and bangs MW's head off the steps. Matt hits in the gut and back with a trash can. Steph de Lander hits Matt with a trash can then MW does as well. MW chairs Matt. MW suplexes him on the ramp. Matt is sent in, MW throws a trash can and it lands on Matt. MW then pulls a door out from under the ring.

Matt chairs MW in the gut and back. Matt hits MW in the gut with a chair. Steph gets on the apron and sprays Matt in the eyes with spray. MW jumps off a chair and tornado ddt's Matt through the door.

MW hits him in the gut and back with a kendo stick. MW hits Matt with a trash can lid. MW sits in a chair and they forearm each other. Matt trips him into the open chair then unprettiers him on a chair for 2. Matt hits kendo stick shots then rams it into his crotch. Matt hits him with a trash can. Steph trips Matt then MW hits Matt from behind with a trash can. MW chokeslams Matt on the trash can for 2.

Matt hits MW with a santa toy sack. He swings it at him and Matt Cardona figures come flying out of it. Matt AA's him on the figures for 2. Matt grabs another door. MW kicks him in the crotch and double arm ddt's him for 2. MW misses a screwdriver shot and is hit with radio silence on a door. Matt wins.

Thoughts: It was pretty much all weapons shots here and not much else. It was fine and all but nobody really bled and there was nothing too great about this. We didn't even get a table bump here as they used doors instead.

JDC talks in the mirror in the back. He's crying and says wrestling was the only place where things made sense. He says he got married and promised his wife he wouldn't wrestle anymore. He says he wonders how he will fit in with the outside world. He says he looked up to John Cena and says if Cena can win the title on his way out, it might not be a "what if" tonight. He says he doesn't know what he will do on the outside world. He says if he wins, there's only one man he wants to face at Genesis - Eddie Edwards. He says Eddie has that grit in him. 

TNA International Title - Steve Maclin (c) vs Stacks

Lexis King is with Stacks. SM attacks Stacks before the bell and stomps on him. SM chops him. SM back body drops him. SM throws him out and Stacks takes a big bump to the floor. SM chops him down outside. Stacks' head is banged off the apron. SM forearms Stacks down. Stacks double throat thrusts him and chops him.

SM knees him in the gut and back elbows him. Stacks is put in tree of woe and stomped. King gets on the apron and is hit. SM misses a crosshairs spear and takes a bump to the floor. SM is sent into the post. Stacks boots SM in the corner then corner cannonballs him for 2. Stacks sliding D's him for 1.

Stacks drops him gut first on the top rope and SM flips over onto the mat. King slaps SM outside. Stacks does a cobra twist on SM. King helps Stacks get leverage by SM hiptosses Stacks. SM back body drops Stacks over the top rope. King throws Stacks in and SM uranage backbreakers Stacks.

SM hits lariats on Stacks. He then thesz presses him and hits mounted punches. SM corner lariats him then hits a regular lariat. SM's eye is busted open. SM topes him and King outside. SM then puts King's hat on.

SM olympic slams Stacks for 2. Stacks flying elbows him from behind and does a knee curbstomp for 2. Stacks fireman's carry gutbusters him for 2. SM flying knees him. SM doees a top rope diving headbutt for 2. SM lariats him from behind then hits a crosshairs spear. King pulls Stacks out.

SM chases King. King swings a cane at him. SM lariats King and Stacks rolls up SM for 2. SM nearly runs int othe mat. Stacks hits SM with King's cane and pins him.

Thoughts: The match was fine. Stacks took some nice big bumps for SM. SM doesn't have a lot of challengers so Stacks winning will give something to do for a bit. Stacks isn't gonna set ratings records but he'll freshen up things and give us some new matches. 

The Hardy's are interviewed in the back. Matt says they have been wrestling for 33 years and says they will have eyes in the back of their heads for the NXT wrestlers. Matt says they are the GOAT's and they go to the ring and goat. 

TNA Knockouts Title - Lei Ying Lee (c) vs Xia Brookside

They hug. Xia writlocks her. Lee takes her over and goes for a pin. Xia top wristlocks her. Xia side headlock takeovers her. Xia handstands out of a headscissors and they shake hands. Lee catches her crossbody. They try to armdrag each other at the same time then try to dropkick each other at the same time. They stand off. 

Xia headscissors her out of the corner but Lee cartwheels through. Lee dropkicks her. Xia 2nd rope crossbodies her for 2. Lee exploders her for 2 then suplexes her for 2. Lee facelocks her. Lee spin kicks her in the gut. Xia cradles her for 2. Lee blocks a kick and does a single leg crab on her.

Lee facelocks her and Xia rolls out. Xia rolls her up for 2 then flying headscissors her. Lee sweeps her. Xia trips her into the buckles. Xia corner meteora's her then russian legsweeps her for 2. Xia does a flying octopus on her. Lee flying knees her in the face for 2. 

Xia superplexes her then codebreakers her for 2. Xia diving tornado ddt's her for 2. They forearm each other. Xia rolls her up for 2 and Lee spinning roundhouse kicks her in the head. Lee does a spinning torture rack drop on her and wins.

Thoughts: It was an okay match with them being friendly and getting less friendly as things went on. They got the idea of this friend vs friend match right. 

They shake hands and hug after.

Gia then interviews them outside. Lee says she feels so happy and grateful. She says her dream came true and Xia showed her she's a true warrior. Dani Luna then runs down and nails both of them. Lee is sent into the steps and Dani hits mounted shots on Xia. Indi Hartwell then comes down to fight with Dani. Security then comes to try and break it up. 

Team NXT is in the back. King says they get the job done by any means necessary. Stacks says they were doubted and sat in the back waiting for chances like this. Stacks says they are wining and dining internationally now. High Ryze says they will take the belts from The Hardy's.

The Rascalz (Trey Miguel, Myron Reed, Zachary Wentz, and Dezmond Xavier) vs. Order 4 (Mustafa Ali, John Skyler, Jason Hotch and Special Agent 0) 

Reed armdrags John. John side headlocks him. Jason is hiptossed by Reed and Reed superkicks John out. Jason takes shots from the faces and is armdragged into an armlock. Jason takes a slingshot backdrop + neckbreaker combo. Trey superkicks Jason's head into the buckles then him and Dez double 619 the head. Ali flips over Dez. Dez dropkicks him for 2. Ali takes a corner bronco buster from Zach. Zach then tells him to suck it.

Zero comes in and facekicks Zach down. Zero headbutts Trey and lariats Reed. Zero is held by 3 Rascalz but fights them off. He double lariats Reed and Trey. Zero triple fallaway slams the faces. Zero swinging flatliners Zach. 

Ali tells Zach to suck it and boots him. He then poses on him with a pin attempt. Ali chinlocks Zach. Zach takes a rolling neckbreaker + russian legsweep combo. Jason germans Zach for 2. Tasha Steelz chokes Wentz on the ropes.

Zero gorilla press throws Zach. Zach boots Ali out of the corner and clears off the heels one by one.  Trey top rope dropkicks Ali. He hurricanrana's Ali. Ali slides out and Dez tope con hilos him. Trey slingblade neckbreakers Jason over the back. Tasha distracts Trey. Trey puts lip balm or something on and tries to kiss Tasha. She moves and he kisses Zero. Wentz dropkicks Zero off the apron. Wentz is speared by John on the apron. Dez apron ssp's John. Jason does a tope but is caught then Zero suicide dives 4-5 people outside.

Ali is on the 2nd rope, Reed jumps over the top and diving cutters Ali onto multiple people. Ali leaves through the crowd. Zero takes kicks and a 2 person double stomp from the faces. Dez is flipped and they triple basement dropkick Zero. Zero is lariated over the top but langs on his feet. Zero is sent into the steps and Jason asai moonsaults the faces outside. 

Reed is hit with a flying spear by John. The Great Hands go to double team him. Elijah arrives on a horse and knocks down Ali with a punch. Ali's feet are tied with rope and Elijah drags him away with the horse. Trey slides into a canadian destroyer on the floor on Jason. Trey top rope diving meteora's John, Wentz top rope swantons John, Trey spiral taps John and Reed springboard 450's John to win.

Thoughts: This was a great tag. We had great high flying, fun stuff with Trey accidentally kissing Zero, Zero being put over as a beast and Elijah dragging Ali away with a horse. This had everything and was a huge success. I knew this was gonna be good and they did a nice job with it.

TNA Tag Titles - The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy) (c) vs Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe

The two teams stare down. The lights go out and it says, "The gods walk among mortals" on the tron. The heels hit The Hardy's from behind. TD flying corner splashes Matt then foot chokes him. Matt is snapmared into a chinlock. Igwe back elbows Matt for 2.

Matt is double teamed. TD and Igwe bang Matt's arm off his shoulder. Matt then gives Igwe TD's arm and TD's arm is banged off Igwe's shoulder. Jeff comes in, hits shots on Igwe and basement dropkicks him. Igwe takes a senton and fist drop. Matt hiptosses TD.

TD's throat is catapulted into the ropes and he takes a guillotine legdrop. Jeff's leg is stuck in the ropes and Igwe throws him down backwards. Jeff is then double booted. Igwe twists Jeff's head and asks how his neck is. Igwe back elbows him. TD chinlocks Jeff. 

Jeff jawbreakers TD then spin kicks him. Matt comes in and hits forearms on Igwe. He bangs his head off the buckles. Matt then bangs TD's head off the buckles. Matt hits a side effect on TD then does one on Igwe for 2. 

Igwe is up top and Matt hits punches on him. Matt 2nd rope superplexes him. TD then hits a big splash on Matt. TD hits mounted shots on Matt. Matt takes a backdrop + press down. Matt hits a twist of fate on TD then pulls Igwe over the top. Jeff top rope swantons TD and wins.

Thoughts: It was fine but just didn't get enough time to really mature into anything special. The heels also had to work with The Hardy's limitations and that hurt this as well. 

We get a girl on a video with a white robe on and flowers in her hair. She says, "Have you heard the good news? The Righteous are coming". The Righteous then come out with their usual theme. They stare down The Hardy's and Dutch flicks his tongue around.

Thoughts: The Righteous had been MIA for a while and it was rumored they were coming to WWE. The Righteous have always been in a weird state. This is their 3rd promotion and they never really quite make it as far as they should. Maybe TNA is the answer. 

Eric Young does a promo in a stairwell. He says TNA to AMC is one of the most important moments in TNA history. He says he's been in the epicenter of TNA's history. He says he understands TNA better than anyone else and says it could all be ruined. He says he's the only person who can see the truth and will be the person who fixes it. He says the disease needs to be cleansed and eliminated. He says he will do that and make things right.

TNA X-Division Title - Leon Slater (c) vs. A. J. Francis

Rich Swann is with AJ. AJ misses a charge and is hit with punches and facekicks. Leon boots him out of the corner and is caught off the 2nd rope. AJ is pulled over the top. Leon basement dropkicks him through the ropes. He flying forearms him off the steps. 

Leon 619's him under the bottom rope outside then slingshot plancha's him. Leon comes off the top and is caught. Leon step up enzugiri's him. AJ pulls his har. Leon spin kicks him in the gut and his handspring is swatted down. AJ chinlocks him over the ropes and clubsh is chest. 

AJ corner splashes him. Leon is thrown into the corner and goes upside down. AJ running knees him in the corner. Leon is gordbustered on the apron. Then his arms are pulled against the post.

Leon jawbreakers him. AJ misses a conrer charge and Leon hits shots on him in the corner. AJ facekicks him for 2. AJ arm and chinlocks him. AJ blocks a backdrop then running knees him. AJ misses a senton.

Leon hits forearms on AJ. Leon flying dropkicks him in the corner and handspring bakc elbows him. Leon hits a nice blue thunder for 2. Leon misses a 450 off the top. Both ahim and AJ nearly run into the ref. AJ low blows Leon then spears him for 2.

AJ grabs a chair and BDE comes down to pull it away. AJ throws BDE in then chokeslams him. Leon flying facekicks AJ over the top an lariats him. AJ catches Leon's dive and throws him into the post.

AJ poses on the 2nd rope with a go pro. Leon dropkicks him out while he's up there. Leon then corkscrew dives over the post with the camera onto AJ. Leon top rope splashes AJ for 2. 

AJ eye rakes and chokeslams Leon. AJ misses a 2nd rope moonsault and is superkicked in mid-air. Rich swann grabs a chair and a title belt. He throws the chair and gives AJ the title. AJ hits Leon with the title for 2. Rich gets in the ring with the belt. AJ grabs him by the throat. AJ wants Rich to hit Leon with the belt. The ref turns around and closes her eyes. Rich hits AJ with the belt. Leon top rope swanton 450's AJ and pins him.

Thoughts: There was a lot of shenanigans here with Rich Swann and AJ. They've been wanting to turn Rich face and finally did here. I'm not really sure what the deal was with Rich and AJ's run as it hasn't last long. The match would have been better without all the shenanigans as I think they had the right idea otherwise. I thought it was just average.

Ryan Nemeth comes out in the turkey suit. He says his big brother can walk in tonight's title match and claim his shot. He says his brother is a generational athlete and the greatest wrestler of all time. He says he got millions of views for being superkicked by the tramp Mara Sade. Mara comes out behind him. Ryan says the superkick was weak and he's not scared of her. Ryan says she kicks like a girl. 

Ryan then sees Mara. Ryan calls her a tramp and is slapped. Mara superkicks him and drops him.

TNA World Title - Frankie Kazarian (c) vs. JDC

Kaz comes out in a green lowrider to mock Eddie Guerrero.

Kaz offers JDC the chance to leave. JDC short arm lariats him. JDC chops him in the corner. JDC back body drops him. Kaz is thrown into the corner and goes over the top to the floor. They fight on the ramp. Kaz eye rakes him and boots him.

JDC atomic drops him then is hiptossed on the stage. Kaz stomps him outside. JDC chops him then is sent into the steps knees first. Kaz slingshot legdrops him in the ring for 2. Kaz elbows him down then stands on his back on the 2nd rope. 

Kaz suplexes JDC. JDC cradles him for 2 then is lariated. Kaz chinlocks him. Kaz backdrops him for 2. JDC hits chops then Kaz slams him. Kaz goes to springboard, gets stuck hanging and takes a springboard legdrop. 

JDC hits shots on Kaz and running corner euros him. JDC russian legsweeps him. JDC powerslams him for 2. Kaz misses a guillotine legdrop on the ropes and JDC tope con hilos him. Kaz slingshot cutters JDC for 2.

Kaz grabs his title outside. The ref and Kaz tug over it and JDC rolls up Kaz for 2. Kaz suplexes JDC into the buckles. Kaz is irish whipped into the ref. JDC runs at them and htis a forearm on the ref. JDC hits an air raid crash on Kaz for 2. Another ref comes down and JDC gets a 2 count.

JDC misses a top rope legdrop. Kaz springboard legdrops him for 2. Kaz misses a shot with the title then does a grounded chickenwing. JDC is out and Kaz wins via ref stop.

Thoughts: Kaz won as expected here. It only got sub-15 minutes so it was only going to be so good. This could have been the opener or the dark match but was the main event in stead. It was totally acceptable and average but not much else.

The System get in the ring after. Team NXT then comes down and attacks The System. King pours lighter fluid on the TNA emblem in the ring and goes to light it on fire. The Hardy's and Steve Maclin come to help stop them. Security and Santino then jump in and we get a big melee in the ring. 

Santino separates the groups and Stacks knocks out Santino. The fight continues and we go off air.

Overall thoughts: The 8-Man Rascalz vs Order 4 tag was the best thing on here and really the only thing worth checking out. Xia's and Maclin's matches were okay but not much more. They continued to push the TNA vs NXT feud here but with NXT only using lowercarders, it limits how how over this program will get. I would give this a low 6 out of 10 as the show was fine enough but nothing great. 

AEW Collision 12/6/2025

AEW Collision 12/6/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/aew-collision-11272025-collision.html

This is going up against NXT Deadline. 

We are in Columbus, Ohio. Tony Schiavone, Ian Riccaboni and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match - Orange Cassidy vs Roderick Strong

RS does some basic holds and takes him down. RS yanks on the arm and OC rope breaks. OC blocks chops and side headlock takeovers him twice. OC side headlock takeovers him two more times. He tries again, gets backbreakered then does it again. RS chops him then chops him outside.

OC side headlock takeovers him on the floor then is dropped back first on the rail. RS uranage backbreakers him. We go to PiP break and return. OC spinning ddt's RS. OC puts his hands in his pockets and reverse money flips him. OC topes him.

RS' head is banged off the buckles. OC is caught off the top with a powerslam. OC crucifixes him for 2. OC slingshot ddt's him. OC top rope diving tornado ddt's him. RS half-nelson backbreakers him then torture rack backbreakers him for 2. OC rolls him up for 2. OC stunners him off a suplex attempt. OC blocks a backbreaker and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. It ran into the same problems every OC match does - he's this wrestling savant that can just outdo everyone and fool around at the same time. The endless side headlock takeovers were a joke.

We are told Darby Allin is out of the Continental Classic and Jack Perry is going to take his place.

Darby Allin does a promo outside. He says The Death Riders are winning the war. He drops down and does a push-up. He says he felt his legs give out against Kevin Knight. He says the doctors took him out of the tournament. He tells Jack to go on and win the whole thing.

Thoughts: I assume this is real because it would be dumb to work out. Darby took some awful looking falls in that match with Kevin and I'm not surprised he got injured. It sucks though as he made the tournament a lot more interesting.

FTR and Stokeley Hathaway come out to talk. Stoke complains about Austin Gunn and Juice touching FTR's titles. Stoke says they want them in the ring now. Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson come out. Cash says they are the least team to beat FTR and say that will be the last time it happens. Cash calls Austin a son of a legend only and says Juice is Mr. Toni Storm. 

Dax says Austin is a nepobaby and Juice is a bag carrier. He says they were only relevant when they stood across from them. Dax says they are 1/1 and no one comes close. Dax dares them to touch his belt. Austin says Cash is the son of his first cousin and Dax is a son of a b!tch. Austin says FTR is avoiding putting their tag titles on the line as they won last time. Austin tell them to make the match official.

Juice says they won $200,000 a few weeks ago and says they could touch hundreds of belts wiht it. Juice says they need those titles. He says they didn't come out to touch the titles. He says the next time they touch them is when the ref hands them the titles.

Yuta, Shafir and Garcia talk in the back. Shafir asks who is pushing Mark Briscoe to be great everyday. Yuta says nobody. Yuta says Mark can't match their drive or violence. Garcia says Mark is one of the stupidest people he has ever met. He says the stupidest thing Mark did is put the title on the line against him. He says he's taking it in Cardiff, Wales.

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match - Claudio Castagnoli vs. Mascara Dorada

CC takes him down. CC flips him over his back and MD armdrags him. CC side headlock takeovers him. MD jumps up and is hit with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. CC stomps MD. CC elbow drops him. CC shoulders him over.

MD cartwheels over him and handsprings. MD walks up the ropes and does flips into an armdrag on him. MD goes for a tope and is hit with a euro. MD is dropped throat first on the rails. We go to PiP break, full break and return.

CC rips at MD's mask. CC giant swings him. CC euros him in the corner. MD goes up and over and superkicks him. MD moonsaults off the top into an armdrag. MD corkscrew headscissors CC. CC throws him in and poses then MD topes him into an armdrag.

MD flips off the 2nd rope into an armdrag on CC outside. MD toyota rolls him for 2. MD is caught off the top and CC tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. MD rolls him up for 2. MD superkicks him and CC lariats him for 2. 

CC hits euros. CC blocks his headscissors. MD corkscrew hurricanrana's him off the 2nd rope. CC no sells it. MD hits a top rope ssp and wins.

Thoughts: Whoa, now that's some odd booking. CC beats Mox only to lose to MD. It was an entertaining bout with MD doing some of his better offense and some stuff we don't see normally. The moonsault into the armdrag was nice and I liked his corkscrew hurricanrana off the top. This was what it looked like it would be and I liked it.

We have a pre-taped interview with Tony Schiavone, Mina, Toni Storm, Harley and Willow and the AEW Tag Titles. Toni wants to toast. Toni says they are a tag team whether they fight in the ring or not. Toni talks about how they met. Willow does the same. She says her and Harley focused on what they love. Toni says she has beaten both of them and they haven't beaten her. Harley says they have history. Mina says let's give them a fight to remember and they all toast.

Tony Schiavone is in the ring and brings out Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana.

Swerve said he returned 2 weeks ago after being put on the shelf for 3 months. He says he was turning himself into the biggest, baddest version of Swerve while he was injured. He says it was all for the purpose of the AEW Title. He says the title raises the bar but makes you public enemy #1. He says Samoa Joe has the title now.

He says Joe is running from him as he beat him for the title last time. He says Joe will fall to him again. He says him and Adam Page don't see eye to eye but there's never been a better rivalry than theirs. He says Page is looking for a partner against The Opps and he offers to back him up. 

Josh Alexander interrupts. Josh says this is Don Callis' house now. He says they put a chokehold on AEW and won't loosen the grip anytime soon. The crowd chants for Don and Josh says Don wouldn't be caught dead here. Josh asks who put Swerve out and injured his knee. He says it was Don Callis Family member Okada. 

Josh complains about Swerve coming back and wanting a title shot. Josh says he beat Ospreay and injured Kota Ibushi while Swerve was gone. He says he also went toe to toe with Omega and helped The Family get $1 million richer. He says if anyone deserves a title shot, it's him. Josh says they should have a match. Josh says this crowd isn't a wrestling crowd (they are at a convention). Swerve challenges him to a match in Cardiff and Josh accepts. Katsuyori Shibata then comes in and hits Swerve in the back of his previous injured leg. Josh says he will see Swerve next week.

Mercedes Mone is interviewed. She is asked about her match with Red Velvet and says she doesn't want to answer it. She is asked if her losses are weighing on her. Mone says she's a global wrestling icon. She says only her 12 titles are weighing on her. She says she's sick of being disrespected around here. She says she will show Leila Grey that there's a price to pay for messing with Mercedes Mone (Grey went up to her last night after she lost to Red on ROH).

AEW TBS Title Match - Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Leila Grey

Mone is now down to 12 belts.

Mone hits LG from behind and basement dropkicks her. Mone baseball slides her. Daniels it out there with LG and gets meteora'd by Mone. LG pulls Mone's throat down over the top. LG basement dropkicks her for 2. LG flipping neckbreakers her. LG step up enzugiri's her. 

Mone pulls LG head first into the buckles. LG step up knees her in the corner and bulldogs her. Mone meteora's her for 2. We go to PiP break and return.

Mone misses a corner meteora and is hit with lariats. LG sling blades her. LG step up knees her in the corner and seems to hurt herself. LG bulldogs her. Mone doe a crossface and submits her.

Thoughts: I feel like LG got injured here and they just cut to the finish. It was short and not too much of note.

Mone keeps the hold on after. Daniels breaks it then Mone kicks Daniels in the crotch.

Mone grabs Tony Schiavone's headset after and says she's still the greatest TBS champ of all time.

Eddie Kingston does a promo. He says he's dreamt of doing this since he was a kid. He says he has a chance to be the champ. He says Joe can't be in his head as he's in his head everyday. Eddie says he yells and screams as he cares about wrestling. He says he cares too much for AEW. He doesn't like the way younger guys are going and says it's not right. He says AEW is supposed to be something different. He says you are supposed to be rewarded for hard work and wins in the ring. He says he was out for  18 months and comes back to this. He says Joe is the best wrestler in the world today. Eddie says he wants things to change and wants the culture to be better. He says he wants the younger guys to do it the right way.

We return from break and Thekla's crew is beating up a bunch of random women in the back. I think Maya World and someone else joins in and they take them out. Hart and Blue says they come for the win and Thekla says see ya in Cardiff, b!tches.

AEW National Title Match - Ricochet (c) vs Ace Austin

Ace side headlock takeovers him. Ric rolls over his back then backflips into a headscissors on Ace but Ace flips out of it. Ace side headlock takeovers him and is put in a headscissors. Ace takes him over again and crucifixes him for 2. Ace is distracted by Kaun and Toa.

Ace rolls and trips Ric. He kicks him in the back of the head and la magistral's him for 2. Ace dropkicks him outside. Ric gets upset and grabs a hammer. Kaun trips Ace and Ric hits Ace from behind. Ric topes him. 

We go to PiP break and return. Ric misses a leg lariat in the corner. Ace short arm lariats him then russian legsweeps him. Ace legdrops him. Ace hits corner lariats. Toa trips Ace on his handstand on the apron. Apron springboard crossbodies Ric. Ace doctor bomb's Ric for 2.

Ric backrolls him for 2. Ric hits a stiff dropkick then standing ssp's him for 2. Ace cradles Ric for 2. Ric is put up top. Ace superplexes him down. Ace rams Ric's head into the mat for 2. 

Ric hides behind the ref and Ace blocks his low blow attempt. Ric spirit gun's him. Ric hits his sitout reverse ddt on him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was what you would expect - a fast paced and high flying battle. I liked what we got and they didn't overdo it too much before the finish. Ace lost as expected here.

FTR then come in and jump Ace Austin. Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson come out and help. FTR try to hit them with titles and miss. Juice and Austin punch them down. They grab the titles but throw them back at FTR.

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match - Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Mox wristlocks him then takes him down by the wrist. They shove each other. Mox side headlock takeovers him. KT headscissors him. KT side headlocks him then Mox reverses it. They shoulder battle. 

KT flying lariats him. Mox hits chops and KT kicks him in the leg. Mox holds his leg. Mox's leg is banged off the steps and rails. KT dragon screws him.

We go to PiP break and return. Mox dropkicks KT in the ankle then curbstomps him on the apron. Mox backdrops him in the ring. KT no sells it and germans him. They double clothesline each other down. They trade forearms. They lean on each other and Mox lariats him. 

KT goes for a blue thunder but Mox side headlock takeovers him. Mox armbars him. Mox stomps him. KT back body drops him on the apron. KT sells his ankle and forearms Mox out. KT tope con hilos Mox. KT tries to take the top off of a table and the table just collapses. KT blue thunders Mox on the collapsed table. KT top rope splashes him inside for 2.

Mox cradles KT for 2 then cutters him. KT drops down on the ankle. Mox slaps him then hits a double underhook ddt. Mox corner lariats him then hits a lariat and a facekick. Mox forearms him and hits punches. Mox's leg gives out and Kt pumping knees him for 2. KT pumping knees him then falcon arrows him for the win.

Thoughts: The selling was a little suspect here. Mox sold his leg injury better than KT sold his ankle injury. I wish they had just stuck more to strikes as they were doing well with that. It's a shame the table collapsed on them when it wasn't supposed to but they did make the best of it. I would give this a thumbs up as I think they did enough here but regardless, it wasn't boring.

Overall thoughts: It was a little better of a show than usual. I liked Claudio/Dorada, Ace/Ricochet and the main. I felt like they gave us enough non-wrestling stuff here and pushed some storylines as well. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 as the show was fine.

WWE NXT Deadline 2025 12/6/2025

WWE NXT Deadline 2025 12/6/2025

We are in San Antonio, Texas. Booker T and Vic Joseph are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

NXT Title - Ricky Saints (c) vs Oba Femi

This being the opener is definitely curious especially when one of the ISC matches would be better to open the show with.

Oba blocks a takedown and throws him. Oba corners him and RS armlocks him. Oba backbreakers him. Oba yanks on the arm. OBa its snake eyes on him. RS blocks an F-5 and hits a codebreaker on the arm. RS walks the top rope and he clubs Oba's arm. 

RS trips him and stomps him. RS 2nd rope dropkicks him for 2. Oba catches RS' crossbody and backbreakers him. Oba gorilla press drops him. Oba chokes him on the 2nd rope then suplex throws him. Oba kicks him in the chest.

Oba hits punches in the corner and drops RS. Oba armlocks him and clubs his back for 2. Oba hits some mounted punches and RS fires up. RS dropkicks him in the knee then flying back elbows him. RS walks the top rope and diving headscisosrs him. RS hits a nice spear for 2.

RS does a rebound lariat. RS hits a cutter off of Oba's spinning lariat attempt. RS does a grounded guillotine. Oba drops him gut first on the top rope. Oba is pulled over the top rope. RS topes him into the commentary table.

Oba gets in and is hit with a fameasser for 2. They trade shots. Oba hits lariats and lariats him from behind. Oba running euros him in the corner. Oba hits a big ending on him for 2. Oba misses a corner charge and goes into the post. Oba chops RS down on the apron. Oba is sent into the steps.

RS tornado ddt's him on the steps. RS tornado ddt's him inside for 2. Oba pop-up powerbombs RS for 2. Oba hits a pop-up sit out last ride and pins him.

Thoughts: I figured Oba was winning here since the winner faces Cody and he's a much better match for him. I guess RS' title reign was just to give him something to do and up his credibility a little. I can't say it leaves a good impression of RS though as they got the title off of him quick. It was an okay match but not much more. It wasn't super exciting, it went a little longer than it needed to and had a slower pace.

RS stares down Oba after and offers a handshake. Oba shakes hands with him. 

We see a taped sitdown interview with Wren Sinclair and Kendal Grey. Grey says she's excited and says it doesn't feel right now. She says she used to watch Cena. She talks about her childhood and says she always told herself, "never give up and never back down". She says she has to prove she belongs in the ISC. Wren says she's a bad@ss and says she will know what to do. Grey says she wants to be locked in to become the iron survivor.

Wren says she can't wait to see Grey hold up the WrenQCC sign when she wins the iron survivor. Grey says she saw Wren in it last year. Grey says she will show she is built for big moments. She says everyone will talk about her by the end of the night.

Sol Ruca is talking to Zaria on video call. She says she's sorry about what went on the last few weeks and says she'd love for her to be here.

We get a video of Hank and Tank going to Japan. We see clips of them and then see clips of them wrestling there. We see them with the GHC Tag Titles, which they lost already.

Women's Iron Survivor Challenge - Jordynne Grace vs Kendal Grey vs Sol Ruca vs Lola Vice vs Kelani Jordan

KJ and KG are first in. KJ boots and forearms her. KJ misses a corner spear. KG sweeps her and misses a basement dropkick. KJ sweeps her then KG spears her. They bridge up together. KJ flips out of a sweep and forearms her. KG waistlock takedowns her. KG rolls her for 2. KJ basement dropkicks her. KG sweeps her then slingshot double stomps her for 2. 

They cradle each other. KJ double stomps her back on the apron. KJ rams her into the apron edge. KJ northern lights suplexes her for 2. KG is booted and takes a backbreaker. KG swinging facebusters her. KG's head is banged into the 2nd buckle. KJ then legdrops her over the 2nd rope for 2. KG gutwrench powerslams her and pins her. KG is in the lead with 1 point.

Jordynne Grace is next in. Grace knees KG in the gut then shoulders and back elbows her over. Grace suplexes her. Grace meteora's her from behind against the buckles then running back elbows her. Grace 2nd rope vader bombs her for 2. Grace unset flips her. Grace pulls her arms back and KJ breaks it up.

KG and KJ trade pin attempts. KG rolls her into an ankle lock. KJ rolls her up for 2. KJ blocks a roll up and pins KG. KG and KJ are in the lead with 1 point each.

Grace facekicks KJ. Grace rams KJ backwards into the buckles. Grace short arm clotheslines her. KJ high kicks her then facebusters her for 2. KG exits the penalty box and is lariated by Grace. KJ tornillo plancha's Grace outside. KJ gets a 2 count on KG. Grace is pulled down off the 2nd rope. We get a tower of doom spot with Grace sending the two down. Lola Vice is next in.

Vice hits spin kicks on the girls and picks up a pin on KG. Lola, KG and KJ are tied for the lead with 1 point each.

Lola kick combos KJ. She hits corner hip attacks on KJ and Grace then germans both. Lola does a double hip attack in the corner on KJ and Grace. Lola backdrops KJ for 2. Lola hits chest kicks on KJ in the corner then hits knees on Grace. KG exits the penalty box. She overhead belly to belly suplexes KJ then rolling armbars Grace. KG then gets a surprise pin on Grace. KG has 2 points, Lola and KJ each have 1 point.

KG top rope germans KJ. Lola gets a 2 count on KJ. KG superkicks KJ on the apron. KG tries to armbar Lola. Grace kicks the penalty box door open and nails KJ with it. Grace spinebusters KG then package sitout powerbombs her for 2. Grace does a suplex on Lola.

KJ top rope crossbodies Grace but Grace rolls and pins her. KG leads with 2 points, Grace/KJ/Lola each have 1 point.

Sol Ruca comes out. KJ pulls Sol's springboard down and sends her knee into the steps. Grace hits a double northern lights suplex and tries a double pin but is put in a double armbar. Sol is taken to the back by the doctors. 

Grace takes a double superkick. KG and Lola trade pin attempts. Grace flying shoulders KG twice. She then backdrops her. Grace tries a five knuckle shuffle but KJ superkicks her. KJ rolls up Lola for 2. KJ is swung by her arms and legs and she hits a double pele kick. KJ spanish flies Grace off the apron to the floor. Sol comes back out and running knees KJ.

Sol hits a double sol snatcher and pins KJ. She then pins Lola. KG and Sol are in the lead with 2 points, everyone else has 1 point.

Sol back elbows KG. She then germans her. Sol backcrackers Grace. Lola and KJ fight in the penalty box. KJ tries to escape. Sol hits a top rope double dropick. Sol running knees Grace for 2. Sol rolls KG into a grounded dragon sleeper. JG rolls both and does a double single leg crab on them.

Lola and KJ leave the penalty box. Lola hits kicks inside Sol slingshot facebusters Lola. Grace finlay rolls Sol. KG casadora flatliners Grace for 2. KJ top rope splashes Grace and pins her. KJ, Sol and KG are tied with 2 points, Grace and Vice have 1 point.

Sol takes sown KJ and pounds on her. KG pounds on Lola. Sol dropkicks KJ off the apron. Sol asai moonsaults 2 opponents outside. KJ asai moonsaults Sol outside. KJ olympic slams Lola. KJ misses a 450 off the top. 

Grace germans Lola, forcing her to suplex KJ. Grace spinning torture rack sitout bombs KJ and pins her. There's a 4-way tie for the lead with Lola at 1 point. 

Lola then pins KG. We have a 5-way tie at 2 points.

Sol backdrops Grace on the apron. Lola climbs Sol's back with a choke. KJ and KG fight in the penalty box. Sol drops Lola on the floor. Sol does a sol snatcher off the steps onto Lola on the floor which looked like it hurt her most. KJ exits the penalty box. she 450's Lola inside for 2. KG top rope diving flatliners Lola and pins her. KG is in the lead with 3 points and everyone else is at 2 points. We hit 25 minutes and Grey wins! Grey is now the #1 Contender and gets a title shot at New Year's Evil.

Thoughts: Whoa, big upset here. Grey's been getting good reactions, WWE's high on her and they pulled the trigger here. It was a really good match full of fast paced action. It was competitive all the way through and everyone had a shot at winning this. This was so much fun and they did a good job with it. 

Fatal Influence come out and Jacy holds her title up at Grey. 

We get some clips from Evolve. We get a Drake Morreaux video. It's Gal then does Stud-O-Meter rankings. 

Ava and Blake Monroe talk in the back. Blake wants to do an open challenge for her title. Ava says she's only champ as Zaria threw in the towel. Ava reminds her that anyone gets an opportunity in an open challenge. She says she's no Ilja Dragunov. Blake says she's more intense. Ava says she's no Sami Zayn and she says she's more loved. Ava then agrees to the open challenge.

Myles Born is interviewed. He says he wanted a title shot at Ricky but if winning the ISC means he gets another shot at Oba, he's down. He says he has thought about whether he want to be first or last in the ISC. He says he chooses to come out 3rd.

We then see Kelani and Jordynne Grace fighting in the back. Security breaks it up.  

WWE NXT North American Title - Ethan Page (c) vs Mr. Iguana

Ig waistlocks him and Page throws him off the side headlock. Page shoulders him over and Ig does his pose on the mat. Page is confused and spins him around. Page rolls him over and says, "he's dead". Ig then armdrags him. Ig headflips and taunts him. Booker says he doesn't like Iguana.

Page wristlocks him. Ig rolls out and trips him. Ig rolls him up for 2. Page knees him in the gut. Ig goes up and over. He grabs Yesca and Page ddt's him. Ig's head is banged off the buckles. Page goes for a superplex and Ig hits him with the toy. Ig top rope crossbodies him for 2.

Ig satellite headscissors him out. Ig misses a plancha outside. Page slaps Ig and sends him into the steps. Page back elbows him and slaps him in the back of the head. Ig does his dead pose. Ig boots him out of the corner and flying headscissors him. Ig springboard flying headbutts him. Ig grabs his toy and grabs Page's finger. Ig walks the top rope and is pulled down into a powerslam. 

Page stomos him then slams him. Page boots him in the face. Page grabs Ig's toy. Page spits on it and throws it on the ramp. Ig gets mad. Ig hits chops. Ig backrolls into a ddt. Ig is crotched up top. Page goes for a 2nd rope razor's edge and is hit with a 2nd rope hurricanrana. Ig tope con hilos him into a headscissors outside.

Ig top rope diving headbutts him in the chest for 2. Ig is thrown off the top and Page hits a twist of fate to win.

Thoughts: It was an entertaining bout. Ig didn't really botch here which was good as that has been bringing him down. Ig did his usual shenanigans with the toy and flew around here before being put down. This did what it was supposed to do and ended before it overstayed its welcome.

Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair are interviewed. Ken says her adrenaline is pumping. She says no one expected her to win. Sol Ruca walks in. She says she was the better performer but if her knee was better, she'd be where she is. Wren calls it an excuse and brings up Zaria. Sol says Zaria is her best friend. She says Zar fought for her and she will do the same for her.

Dark State talk in the back. Oba Femi goes up to them. He tells Dion he did his part. Dion says he won't be the only one. He says his 4 opponents won't be safe and Oba won't be at New Year's Evil either. Oba says we will see.

Tatum Paxley vs Izzi Dame

TP is wearing pink and has facepaint smeared all over her face. Izzi has The Culling with her. Spears and Niko stare down TP in the ring. Izzi then slides in and almost gets TP from behind.

Izzi and TP stare down. Izzi grabs her like she will hug her. TP gives her evil eyes  and hits chest forearms. Izzi lariats her. Izzi euros her. TP flipping leg drops her while she is bent over. Izzi begs off outside. Izzi says she didn't mean to do it and hugs her. Izzi then throws her into the steps. 

Izzi kicks her in the ribs then knees her in the gut. Izzi double knees TP's crossbody in the corner. Izzi throws her off her shoulders. Izzi hits a corner spear then hits chops and punches in the corner. Izzi corner spears her.

Izzi backbreakers her for 2. Izzi knees her in the gut. TP gets on her back with a sleeper. Izzi rams TP into the buckles. Izzi knees her in the gut. TP is laid on the top rope then is pulled into the middle rope connector. Izzi boots her in the head. Izzi backbreakers her.

Izzi crabs TP then does a lion tamer. TP cradles her for 2 then is lariated. Izzi slaps her. TP hits chops and germans her. TP elbow drops her for 2. TP comes off the top and runs into a dropkick. Izzi twisting fisherman's neckbreakers her for 2.

TP superkicks her. TP crucifix bombs her. TP crossbodies her through the ropes and almost lands head first. She step up enzugiri's her off the commentary table. TP germans Izzi on the floor. They get on the commentary table. Izzi begs TP. TP hits a tequila shot on her on the table.

Shawn Spears gives TP two dolls. Shawn pulls the head off one of them and is slapped by TP. Izzi facekicks TP then sky highs her for the win.

Thoughts: I was surprised to see Izzi win. I assume they are extending the program but I don't know if that's the right call with TP's current status. The match was just okay. TP did a good job and they had a lot of drama with the heels trying to manipulate her. Izzi is still pretty generic in the ring and isn't quite becoming the taller wrestler I expected her to be. Tatum almost broke her neck on a crossbody through the ropes outside.

Spears drops the doll's head on TP after.

We see a taped sit down interview with Dion Lennox. He said he got pushed around and made fun of when he came here. He says they don't know him and he found 3 guys like him. He says Darkstate was 4 guys with the same goal. He says the fact that Cena sees him is a dominant force means they are doing something right. He says he came here to be Dion Lennox though.

Dion says he wants Darkstate to control all of NXT, not the tag division only. Dion says why not bring singles gold to the family? He says when one eats, they all eat. He says his success is their success. He says he will show everyone that his time is now. He says he carries his anger with him everyday and if you push him hard enough, you will find out. He says he's been grinding for recognition, opportunities and gold. He says he's where he has to be and one step away from being champ. He says if he gets it done, he has no one to thank but himself. Dion is asked if he wants to fight Oba for the title. Dion says he's been waiting a long time to say what he said to Oba. He says he wants Oba to win as nothing will be more satisfying than taking down the guy who started all this. He says he will find out that when he strikes, not a d@mn thing is safe.

Shiloh Hill does another video. He talks about how he started playing football. He said he saw squirrels talking and wondered how it would be if he could communicate with them. He says he chased down a squirrel and grabbed its tail. He says the squirrel bit him and a high school football coach asked if he thought about playing football. He says the squirrel disappeared after. He says he has a tooth in his head. He said he got into a fight at 9 years old. He says they started laughing at each other and he headbutted him. He says he felt his tooth and says it's still lodged in his skull. He say we are at a good point to see where this cranks out. We then see a computer program running and it says it's time for everyone to wake up and not to sleep on him. The program says he's ready for his first match on NXT this Tuesday. 

Men's Iron Survivor Challenge - Dion Lennox vs Myles Borne vs Joe Hendry vs Je'Von Evans vs Leon Slater

Leon and Evans are first in. Leon blocks an os cutter. Leon enzugiri's him from the apron. Evans moves away from a high flying move attempt. Leon trips him. Leon flying headscissors him, Evans flying headscissors him. They catch each other's kick at the same time. Leon rewind kicks him.

Leon handspring back elbows him for 2. Leon hits him in the gut. Evans punches him and Leon spin kicks him in the gut. Evans seated springboard headscissors him then dropkicks him for 2. 

Evans chops him and Leon chops back. Leon rolls him up for 2 and they trade pin attempts. Leon rolls him up off a springboard. Evans kips down out of a lariat, kips up and stunners him. Evans tries a seated springboard and is kicked in the back of the head. Evans hurricanrana's him and pins him. Evans is in the lead with 1 point and no one else has a point. 

Myles Borne is next in. MB lariats Evans and euros him. MB final cuts him for 2. Evans superkicks him out of the corner. MB olympic slams him for 2. Leon exits the box and springboard crossbodies Evans for 2. Leon dropkicks MB in the knee. Leon suplexes Evans over the top but both land on their feet outside. MB tope con hilos both.

MB punches down Evans in the ring for 2. MB lariats Leon for 2. MB hits shots on the ropes on his opponents. Evans chops him and flying forearms Leon. Leon's handspring is caught. He swings Evan's boot into MB's face. Evans suplex kip up's Leon then splashes him for 2. Booker is asked how many times he sees it but he sees Terell Tempo do it all the time in ROW.

Dion Lennox is next in. Dion flying lariats Evans and boots MB over. Dion pop up drops Leon. Dion corner spears MB. Dion northern lights suplexes MB. Leon hits chest kicks on Dion. Leon guillotine legdrops Dion over the 2nd rope.

Evans hits punches on Dion. Evans pounds on him then Leon pulls him away to pound on Dion. Evans then pulls him away to stomp Dion. They then stomp Dion together. Dion sits up top and Leon high kicks him. Leon is hit with a doomsday device and Dion emerald flowsion's Evans. Dion pins him. Dion and Evans are tied at 1 point and no one else has a point.

Dion hits corner lariats on MB and Leon. MB is thrown over by Dion. Leon leg lariats Dion. MB backdrops Leon for 2. MB corner splashes Dion. Leon sperkicks MB. Evans exits the box and pushes Leon off the top. Evans topes Leon. Evans frogsplashes MB. 

Joe Hendry is next in as MB hits a superplex. Joe lariats Dion and MB. Joe neckbreakers Leon. Joe fallaway slams Evans. Joe hits a double fallaway slam on Evans and Leon. Dion pounds on Joe. Joe hits punches on Dion and lariats him over the top. Joe sends his other opponents over the top. 

Joe jumps over the top and plancha's his opponents. Joe blocks MB's zigzag. Joe hits a reverse AA on MB and pins him. Joe, Evans and Lennox all have 1 point, Leon and MB have 0 points.

Evans rolls up Joe for 2. Leon backrolls Evans. Joe cradles Leon for 2. Joe is hit with a double superkick then Dion is as well. Evans and Leon then high kick each other at the same time. Leon holds his eye after. MB tries to leave the box and Dion kicks the door into him. Evans corkscrew kicks Joe off the ropes. Evans coast to coast flipping dropkicks Joe. Leon coast to coast dropkicks either Joe or Evans. Leon swanton 450's Joe and pins him. Everyone but MB now has 1 point as MB is at 0 points.

MB zigzag's Leon for 2 then zigzag's Dion. He pins him. All 5 wrestlers are tied at 1 point.

Dion beats up Joe in the box. Joe should be out of the box but he's down. MB, Evans and Leon trade shots in the ring. Joe makes a comeback on Dion and escapes the box. Evans superkicks Joe. MB powerslams Evans. Evans cutters Leon. Joe lariats Evans.

Dion leaves the box. He catches Evans' tope and throws him into the box and locks it along with a ref. Dion lariats Leon and slams MB for 2. Joe hits a standing ovation onto Dion. Evans climbs the box and plancha's Dion off of it. 

Leon corkscrew dives Evans over the top. Leon leg lariats Joe. Evans cutters Leon. Evans double jump os cutters Leon for 2. MB 2nd rope russian legsweeps Evans for 2. Leon top rope swanton 450's Evans. Joe is hurricanrana'd over the top by Leon. Someone gets thrown over the table and knocks over Booker. Evans cradles and pins MB to go up to 2 points. Evans is the winner as we hit 25 inutes. He finishes with 2 points with Leon/Joe/Dion/Borne at 1 point.

Thoughts: Everyone but Leon was in the mix here so that made things interesting. It wasn't as good as the women's match which shocked me. It was still a good match but not the classic I hoped for. Evans and Leon are highlight machines but they didn't get to go too crazy until the end and Evans didn't even do his big suicide dive. Joe has really lost momentum and him losing here was another sign of that. They really pushed hard that Dion could win here.

Evans celebrates after and Oba Femi comes out. The lights go out and we see someone walking on a bridge. Tony D'Angelo then appears in the ring with a new winter leather jacket. Evans offers a handshake and Tony spinebusters Evans.

Overall thoughts: It was a good show from start to finish. Nothing was bad and the Women's ISC match was the highlight of the night. This show was all about the ISC matches and both were a lot of fun in their lone yearly appearance. I'd give this a 7 out of 10 overall and would recommend checking out the ISC matches as they were a lot of fun. 

Ring of Honor Final Battle 2025 12/5/2025

Ring of Honor Final Battle 2025 12/5/2025

We are in Columbus, Ohio. Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman and Jon Moxley are on commentary.

ROH Women's Pure Title Tournament Finals - Deonna Purrazzo vs. Billie Starkz

They shake hands and DP goes for the armbar. BS uses her first rope break. They shove each other and BS spits on her. DP side headlock takeovers her. DP shoulders her over then armdrags her into an armlock. DP rolls her into another armbar. BS is thrown out. BS then pushes DP into the steps. DP is curbstomped into the steps. 

BS armlocks her then suplexes her. BS hits forearms. BS corner lariats her and ddt's her for 2. BS arm and chinlocks her. DP short arm lariats her then baseball slides her. DP is sent into the post. 

BS misses a running lariat and hits the post. GP throws her over by the arm outside. DP russian legsweeps her into the commentary table edge. The announcers make a big deal of it then BS gets in and superkicks her seconds later. DP flatliners her into a koji clutch. BS knees her in the face then spinning high kicks her. DP lariats her.

They trade forearms. DP knee lifts her and russian legsweeps her into an armbar. BS uses another rope break. BS kicks her off the buckles then hits a suplex backbreaker. They fight on the apron and DP is alabama slammed on the apron. BS rolling sentons her off the apron on the floor. BS top rope swantons her for 2. 

BS grabs a sleeper and DP uses her first rope break. DP germans her then hits a gotch style piledriver for 2. DP pulls back on both arms and BS rope breaks. BS is out of rope breaks. DP pulls her arms around the 2nd rope. BS pulls her into the ropes to break it.

BS is picked up for a german and flatlineers her out of it. BS top rope swantons her and DP no sells it with a pin attempt. DP pulls both arms back and BS taps out.

Thoughts: Tony really has a thing for making Billie lose in big matches. Look, this title is meaningless and it really doesn't matter who wins, but you'd expect Billie to win since she is actually used. They went almost 14 minutes here. DP did various arm submissions but didn't really work the arms much in between it. BS similarly didn't have a lot of logic in what she did here. I thought it was funny how they hyped up BS taking a russian legsweep into the table as being so painful then two seconds later, she was back to normal and doing superkicks. This was a flawed match and I would say it was only average. 

Queen Aminata comes out after and shake hands with DP. Queen was supposed to fight her in the tournament but she got injured. 

30-Minute Iron Man Match - Lee Moriarty vs. Nigel McGuinness

They escape holds to start and Lee throws him over by the leg. Nigel throws him over by the arm. Nigel goes for the rebound lariat and Lee moves. Nigel takes him down by the wrist a few times. Lee cravates him. 

Nigel full nelson's him. Nigel side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Lee dropkicks him and backrolls him. Nigel rolls him up for 2. Lee does a border city stretch and Nigel immediately taps out. Lee is up 1-0.

Lee wristlocks him then Nigel takes him down by the arm. Nigel grabs the ear then hooks hin by the jaw. Lee armdrags him with an armlock. Nigel takes him down and bangs the arm off the mat. Nigel euros him down. 

Nigel wristlocks him and Lee does a cobra twist. Nigel does an abdominal stretch and Lee rope breaks. Lee 619's him. Lee is stuck up top and avoid a tower of london. Lee isn't paying attention and Nigel chops him down. Nigel hits euros outside then running euros him against the rails. Lee is thrown in and he cradles Nigel for the pin. Lee is up 2-0.

Lee pounds and boots him in the corner. Nigel does a hammerlock ddt. Nigel blocks a sunset flip and bangs Lee's arm off the mat. Lee ties up one leg and twists his other ankle. Nigel gets on back with an armlock. Lee rope breaks. Nigel throws him down by the arm.

Nigel pulls back on both arms. Lee seems trapped but escapes. Nigel hits double throat thrusts. Lee top rope crossbodies him. Lee misses an elbow drop and Nigel does a london dungeon. Lee's arm is sent into the buckles and Nigel euros the arm. Lee hits corner spears. Nigel euros the arm. Lee misses a springboard. Nigel hits corner spears.

They trade chops in the corner. Nigel eyepokes him. Nigel misses a corner charge then Lee misses a flying corner spear. Nigel takes him over by the arm and puts him in the london dungeon. Nigel makes him submit. It's now 2-1 in favor of Lee.

Nigel pins the arm and stomps the shoulder. Nigel does another london dungeon but Lee rolls him out and pins him. It's now 3-1 in favor of Lee. Nigel throws him down by the arm. Nigel trips him. Nigel armlocks him and pulls his arm down. They trade euros. Lee misses a boot in the corner and Nigel lariats him down for 2. Nigel does another london dungeon and then surfboards him with the armlock. Lee escapes and Nigel triangle's him. Nigel switches to a crossface variation and Lee rope breaks. 

Nigel hammerlock ddt's him. Lee rolls him up for 2 out of an arm submission. Lee does the old MMA lay and pray as he scoots away on his back. Nigel yanks the leg and hits a rebound lariat for 2. Nigel and Lee go out. Shane Taylor blocks Nigel from grabbing Lee. Lee guillotines him outside and drops him as the ref counts. Nigel gets in before the countout. Lee does another border city stretch. Nigel rolls him out of it and pins him. Lee is still in the lead 3-2.

Lee misses a corner charge and they run into each other. Both go down. Nigel trips him and does another pin. Nigel pins him. It's now tied 3-3 with 25 seconds left.

Lee talks to Shane and Nigel rolls up Lee. Nigel pins him and is up 4-3 with 11 seconds left.

Nigel goes out and celebrates and Shane Taylor punches him in the face. Shane throws him back in and Lee pins Nigel. It's now tied 4-4 and the time limit has expired. This is a draw.

Lee gets on the mic after. He says he doesn't know where Nigel is going. He says they are 1-1 and they need to figure out who the best wrestler is between the two of them. He tells him to get back in here.

We now go to Sudden Death. They butt heads. Nigel slaps him and rolls him up for 2. Nigel backslides him for 2. Nigel rolls up Lee for 2. Nigel blocks a roll up and they each trade pin attempts. Lee does a sleeper and Nigel tries to pin him off of it. Lee then does a bridge pin and wins.

Thoughts: I liked the ending to the original time limit here with Shane punching out Nigel to cost him a fall. That creative and clever. They had a good match here and kept this entertaining throughout the 30 minutes. They also told a nice story with Nigel making comeback against big odds and seemingly pulling it out, only to get screwed. I would have just stuck with Shane costing Nigel the match and having Lee win that way since he was winning anyway and since he's the heel.

Lee offers a handshake after. Nigel yells at a fan in the crowd and gives Lee his old ROH Pure Rules title.   

The commentators talk and Mox grabs the mic. Mox says he was thinking about The Don Callis Family. He says Don feels like he is owed something. He says he's entitled. Mox says he was raised on Ohio tap water. He tells Konosuke Takeshita that he has to take the win by force (they fight tomorrow on Collision) to gain ground in the Continental Classic.

ROH Women's World Television Title - Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Red Velvet

Red hits Mone before intros are over. They mount each other and hit shots. Mone grabs the title to hit her with it. The ref takes it and Red cradles her but the ref doesn't see it. They roll around with pin attempts for 2 counts. Mone slaps her and Red knees her in the face. Red superkicks her. Red misses a standing moonsault and Mone hits a pendulum codebreaker on her. 

Mone backdrops her and suplexes her for 2. Mone chokes her on the ropes. Mone foot chokes her then pulls her arms back. Mone knees her in the gut then suplexes her three times. Red gets her knees up on Mone's top rope splash. Mone bangs Red's face off the mat.

Red hits some punches and ddt's her. Red meteora's her from behind on the ropes. Red casadora bulldogs her for 2. Red foot chokes her in the corner. Red misses a corner meteora and Mone backcrackers her. Red blocks Mone's baseball slide with the ring skirt and chest forearm flurries her. 

Mone meteora's her off the steps. Red rolls her up for 2 then Mone backcrackers her. Mone meteora's her on the bottom rope for 2. Red's head is banged off the buckles. They fight on the buckles and rolls her off the 2nd rope for 2. Red suplexes her then bangs Mone's foot off the mat. Red corkscrew kicks her for 2.

Mone backcrackers her. She drops Red chest first onto the knees. Mone goes for a 2nd rope tombstone and Red flips her off the 2nd rope. Red rolls her, driving her face first into the mat from ehr knees. Red rolls Mone into the mat off the casadora for 2. Mone rolls her up for 2. They trade pin attempts and Red spin kicks her in the face for 2. Mone crossfaces her. Red rolls out and pins Mone in a shok.

Thoughts: Wow, I'm surprised they had Red here. That was a big shock. I can't say they built this up well from what I saw, and they should since this was one of Mone's 13 titles and theoretically a big deal. I feel like they did this to prove that Mone will lose titles if asked. The match was fine but didn't have a great story to it. Red did a bunch of rolling moves here that drove Mone face first into the mat.

ROH World Tag Title - La Facción Ingobernable (Sammy Guevara and The Beast Mortos) vs. "Dynamite Kid" Tommy Billington and Adam Priest

SG gives Tom the middle finger and does a waistlock takedown. Tom hits chops on SG. Tom shoulders him over for 1 then armdrags him. SG eye rakes him. Tom reverse monkey flips him and rolls him forward. Mort and AP get in. AP shoulders him then stomps his foot. Mort misses a corner charge. AP hits mounted corner punches. Mort then throws him down by the throat. SG gets on commentary and says the tag titles are staying with them.

Mort is dropkicked into a pin attempt for 2. Tom dropkicks Mort for 2. Mort is hit with a double back body drop. Tom drops AP onto Mort for 2. SG knees AP from the apron and Mort headbutts AP over. Mort twists AP's neck with his feet. 

SG hits corner spears on AP then suplexes him for 1. SG jumping stomps AP then slams him. Mort and AP chop each other outside and come back in. SG high kicks AP from the apron. Mort backcrackers AP and holds him. SG top rope double stomps AP for 2. Mort hits mounted corner shots on AP.

AP 2nd rope diving tornado ddt's Mort. Tom gets in and hits armdrags on Mort. He then does a headscissors + headlock takeover. Tom top rope dropkicks Mort for 2. Tom goes to run the ropes and SG flying knees him from the side. Mort pop-up samoan drops Tom for 2. Tom rolls up Mort off a doomsday device attempt. 

AP top rope dropkicks Mort. Mort misses a flying knee in the corner. AP and Tom then do stereo plancha's off the top outside. Mort takes a lariat + german combo for 2. AP hurricanrana's Mort down off the 2nd rope. Hechicero comes out and pushes AP off the top. SG low blows Tom off the top. Mort spinning lariats Tom. Mort top rope corksrew moonsaults Tom and pins him.

Thoughts: I had big expectations for this but it wasn't that great. Mort and SG are faster workers and they never did the slower heel heat section where they work a hold or something and give the faces time to sell. And that's a problem considering Tom and AP are both underdog faces who need that time to sell. They just didn't do a good job of capturing the momentum here and never got close to making this one great.

Eddie Kingston vs Josh Woods

I have no idea why this is on here. Eddie hasn't been on ROH since April and Josh hasn't been around for 3 months.

They lock up. Eddie takes him down and they trade waistlocks. Eddie bangs the back of Josh's head off his forehead. Eddie chops him in the corner. Josh springboard knees Eddie and goes for a keylock. Eddie hits punches on him. They trade chops. Josh does a codebreaker from the side.

Josh forearms him and corner backsplashes him. Josh pumping knees him and overhead suplexes him for 2. Eddie germans him then hits a corner lariat. Eddie hits machine gun chops. Josh throws him. Eddie hits a corner lariat then headbutts him. 

Eddie superplexes Josh for 2. Josh kicks him in the knee then pumping knees him. Josh hits a chaos theory german for 2. Josh is caught on a springboard and hit with an exploder. Eddie half-nelson suplexes him. Eddie calls out Samoa Joe and ddt's Josh for the win.

Thoughts: I didn't like this one that much. The work was fine but it was a random match on an already long PPV with a predictable outcome. It was just a way to get Eddie a win on this card for some reason. It should have just been a squash. Eddie looked a little better than usual here as his stuff connected a bit more.

ROH World Six-Man Tag Titles - Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo, and Capt. Shawn Dean) (c) vs. SkyFlight (Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin, and Darius Martin)

All six fight to start. Sky hits mounted corner punches on Dean. Darius flying back elbows Dean then armdrags him. Dante butt drops Dean's arm and Darius basement dropkicks Dean's arm for 2. Sky is triple teamed in the corner. Dean misses a corner bronco buster. Darius hits The Infantry and lariats Bravo over the top. Darius standing moonsaults Dean then topes Shane outside. Bravo dives under the middle buckle and tornado ddt's Darius on the floor.

Shane chops Darius in the corner. Darius chops back and is punched in the gut. Darius chops Shane. Shane headbutts him and uranage's him. Shane splashes Darius for 2. Dean slingshot spears Darius for 2. Darius takes a superkick into a deadfall ddt. Bravo ties up Darius' arms and clubs his chest.

Darius takes corner attacks. Dean tope con hilos Dante outside. darius dropkicks Dean. Dante and Bravo get in. Dante hits punches, enzugiri's him from the apron then springboard flip dives him. He then tope con hilos Shane in the same motion outside. He then springboard crossbodies Bravo.

Trish Adora trips Dante. Leila Grey trips Bravo. Trish and Grey then get in the ring and fight. Grey hits mounted shots on her. Anthony Ogogo gets in then Christopher Daniels gets in and hits an angel's wings on him. Bravo slingshots and is caught with a slingshot.

Shane knees Darius in the face. Dante springboard tornado ddt's Shane. Bravo slingshot cutters Dante. Bravo crossover punches Sky. Darius enzugiri's Bravo and kicks Dean as he comes in. Shane punches Darius over the middle rope. Dean then pins Darius, totally pulling his pants down to win.

Thoughts: It was a wild one here with the seconds getting involved, lots of high flying and no lack of action. I enjoyed this and thought it was fun. 

AEW National Title - Ricochet (c) Dalton Castle

They shake hands. DC backs him up in the corner. Ric crucifixes him for 2. DC stalls outside and runs around the ring with The Boys. DC trips him and rolls him around by the waist. DC splashes his back and rolls him around with a gutwrench. DC spinning back elbows him. Ric throws a fit outside. Ric then pump kicks one of The Boys.

Ric knows DC off the apron then fosbury fops him outside. Ric elbow drops DC's neck and face. Ric kicks him in the back and forearms the spine. DC chops and punches him. DC then pounds on him and knees him in the corner. Ric does combinacion cabron on him in the corner for 2.

Ric tries to throw him in for a springboard move but DC rolls around. DC then waistlock rolls him around. DC catches his handspring and germans him. DC exploders him then backdrops him. DC flying knees him in the corner and slingblade bulldogs him for 2.  

Ric corkscrew kicks him in the face and asai moonsaults him for 2. Ric running ssp's him for 2. Ric spinning headscissors him off a bangarang, pumping knees him and shiranui's him for 2. Ric buzzsaw kicks him. Ric misses a phoenix splash off the top. They both try to do suplexes off the apron. DC exploders him on the apron. DC then overhead suplexes him on the floor.

Ric rolls him up for 2 in the ring and DC hits a bangarang for 2. Ric goes out and throws a Boy into Ric. Ric hits a spirit gun on DC and pins him to win.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. They messed around too much early on and spent endless amounts of time outside here. Even the finish was silly with Ric pushing a Boy into DC then hitting a spirit gun in the ring and pinning him. 

ROH World Title - Survival of the Fittest - Bandido (c) vs. Blake Christian vs. The Beast Mortos vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Komander vs. Hechicero

SG/Mort/Hech are working together here. Sammy and Hech compete for cheers early. 3 of the wrestlers go up the ramp then the heels attack them from behind. SG chops Kom then sends him into the rails. Band is put in a chair and Hech boots him out. SG rips on Kom's mask. Kom is stomped by SG/Mort/Hech. Blake gets on the apron and spears Hech on it. Blake headflips over SG, rolls under him and is hit with a corkscrew dropkick. SG then struts and poses. Blake standing spanish flies him for 2.

Mort slingblade bulldogs Blake. Jay Lethal is watching in the back. Mort gutbusters Blake. SG superkicks Hech. Mort then spears Hech. SG hits punches on Hech. Mort slaps Hech down. Hech is double booted by them.

Hech step up knees Mort in the corner and tilt-a-whirl backbreakers SG. Band and Kom do stereo springboard armdrags him. Blake fosbury flops Hech through the ropes. Blake takes corner attacks. Band top rope tornillos Blake and Hech. Kom springboards, jumps off of Band's shoulders and hits a double ddt on Blake and Hech. Kom gets on Band's shoulders. Band walks him to the side of the ring and Kom slips on the moonsault and backsplashes 3 people outside. Band then fosbury flops Mort outside.

Blake is double team flipped onto his chest. Blake is then thrown into a backbreaker on Band's knee. Band spins Kom around, he boots Blake then headscissors Hech. SG flying knees Band and superkicks Kom down. SG takes a 619 to the legs on the 2nd rope. Band hits a reverse GTS on SG. Kom rope walk ssp's SG and pins him. Sammy Guevara is eliminated.

Band lifts Kom then Mort spears Band. Mort pop-up samoan drops Kom then backbreakers Blake. Mort spears Hech. Kom springboard diving poisonrana's Mort. Band germans Mort. Blake walks off opponents shoulders from the top and canadian destroyers Mort. Hech double lariats Hech and Kom over the top. Hech headscissors drivers Mort and pins him. The Beast Mortos is eliminated.

Hech step up knees Blake in the corner. Hech blocks a code red and powerbombs Kom off of it. Hech flips Band into an armbar. Hech slaps Kom. Kom 619's Hech's feet. Kom and Band go on the buckles. Blake poisonrana's Kom down, forcing him to spanish fly Band. Blake springboard cutters Hech then handspring cutters Kom. Komander is eliminated.

Blake stomps and foot chokes Band. Hech pushes Band's leg down over the 2nd rope. Blake superkicks Hech on the apron. Band flying headscissors Hech (who is on the apron) over the top rope to the floor. Band pop up drops Blake onto Hech from the apron. Band frogsplashes Blake off the top for 2. Blake poisonrana's him off a 21plex attempt. Blake handspring cutters Band for 2.

Band reverse GTS' Blake. Hech spinning hammerlock backbreakers Blake. Hech picks up Band from the 2nd rope and Band sunset flips Blake. Band pins Blake. Blake Christian is eliminated.

Blake pounds on Band. Blake cranks back on Band's arm. Hech twists Band's arm outside. The doctor checks on Band. Band and Hech trade chops. Hech dropkicks him. Hech step up knees Band in the corner. Hech suplexes Band on the apron. 

Hech step up knees Band and knocks him on the steps, which are sideways and near the apron. Hech tries a slingshot elbow drop but lands on the steps. Band topes Hech. Band top rope ssp's Hech for 2. 

Band chops Hech in the ring. Hech flapjacks him. Hech rolls Band around for 2. Band poisonrana's Hech. Band tilt-a-whirl's into a cradle on Hech and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a longer bout here. I liked that they tried to tell a story with the heels working together and Band getting his injured shoulder worked on. It was mostly all flying and crazy moves until people started getting eliminated then Hech and Band did a 1v1 at the end. That changed the pace and the flow some and felt a little boring after everything we had just seen. I can't say I loved this one as it went too long, was mostly based around spots and really slowed down by the end.

Mercedes Mone is hugging her TBS Title in the back. Leila Grey comes up to her and says she's still the baddest b!tch. Mone says get the f*ck out of my face and asks who she thinks she is. She says she's the baddie Leila Grey and says she may be the next TBS champ. She asks if she's doing anything tommorrow (hinting at a title show at Collision) Mone says no to the match and walks off but we are told it is signed anyway.

ROH Women's World Title - Athena (c) vs. Persephone

Diamante is with Athena. They lock up twice. Pers is backed into the corner. Ath trips her and slaps her in the back of the head. They do a double knuckle lock and Pers is tripped down. Ath casadora rolls her and Ath kind of just trips on the flying headscissors. Ath then goes out. 

Pers forearms and chops her. Pers goes up and over then dropkicks her. Pers misses a superkick and Ath rolls out to stall. Ath forearms her outside. Pers pushes Ath into the rails then throws her into them. Pers argues with Diamante and Ath codebreakers her off the steps. 

Ath lays on her on the bottom rope and kicks her in the back. ath running forearms her and backdrops her. Ath sentons her for 2. Ath and Dia choke Pers over the ropes. Ath then chinlocks her over the 2nd rope. Pers' head is banged off the apron.

Ath misses a senton. Pers tilt-a-whirl backbreakers her. Pers misses a springboard. Ath does a bad springboard and is caught on it. Pers swinging backbreakers her for 2. Pers hits mounted shots on Ath. She then curbstomps her. Pers bangs Ath's head off the 2nd buckle. Ath boots her out of the corner and rolls her up for 2. Pers forearms her from behind. Pers is sent into the rails. Pers slams Ath down on the commentary table.

Pers PK's her in the ring. Ath and Pers double clothesline each other. They trade forearms. Ath hits kicks and boots her in the face. Pers then facekicks her. Pers boots her in the corner. Pers chops and pounds on her in the corner. Pers handstands in the corner and is kicked down. Ath topes her through the ropes.

Ath tries another tope but is caught and takes a fallaway slam on the floor. Pers goes for a powerbomb on the floor. Diamante saves Ath then is knocked over by Pers. Pers then tope con hilos Ath and Dia outside. Pers top rope dropkicks Ath inside for 2. 

Pers texas cloverleafs her. Ath rope breaks. Pers is hit with a stun gun then Ath running knees her in the side of the head. Ath 2nd rope moonsaults her for 2. Pers escapes ataxia. Ath escapes a razor's edge, flatliners and puts her in the koji clutch. Ath slaps her around and piefaces her. Pers does 2 suplexes on her then fallaway slams her. Pers spears her. Pers hits a razor's edge for 2.  

Pers flurries her. Pers goes up top and Ath top rope german's her. Ath hits an o-face off the top and wins.

Thoughts: It went way too long and wasn't that good. It was mostly all brawling here and them roughing each other up without a good story or logic to it. Pers had 0 chance of winning this one going into it and it was hard to buy that she was winning here. I feel like I write the same thing about Athena every time but there's no real clear end in sight to her reign and just like it was 2 years ago, the only person who seems like they ever might have a chance of beating her is Billie, who lost to her already.

Overall thoughts: It was a very long PPV at 4 hours. The main and semi-main went close to 30 minutes a piece and we had a 30 minute iron man as well. Reviewing this show was an iron man match on its own. Dalton and Eddie's matches both could have been cut here easy and both the main and semi-main could have had time cut off of them without losing much. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as it was just too long. The 6-man title match and the iron man match were the only matches I really liked her. 

WWE Main Event 12/4/2025

WWE Main Event 12/4/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/wwe-main-event-11272025.html

Vic Joseph and Byron Saxton are on commentary.

Ivy Nile vs Thea Hail

Thea gets a rare main roster match here.

they lock up and Ivy drags her down. Thea armdrags her twice and dances. Thea armdrags her then Ivy headscissors her from the mat. Thea side headlock takeovers her. Thea armdrags her off the casadora. Ivy side headlocks her. Thea shoulders her over then rolls over her. Thea flips and Ivy hits a hard lariat on her.

Thea boots her in the corner. Thea is sent face first into the buckles and Ivy flying kicks her in the corner. Ivy suplexes her for 2. Ivy chokes her on the ropes. Thea sunset flips her for 2 and Ivy spinning high kicks her for 2.

Ivy pulls Thea's arms back. Thea flips and upkicks her to break it. Thea hits forearms on her. Thea codebreakers the arm and hits polish hammers. Thea superkicks her from behind and flipping neckbreakers her from the side. Thea running back elbows her and exploders her. Thea hits a low single leg dropkick for 2.

Thea cradles her for 2 then michinoku drivers her for 2. Thea crossbodies her off the top but Ivy kind of rolls her off of it. Ivy in theory hits a pendulum side slam and wins but it looked like she got ddt'd.

Thoughts: Thea definitely rushed here. The finish was done safely but not quite right as it looked like Ivy won by taking a pendulum ddt. This was average but I expected worse than what we got.

Otis vs Rusev

Otis has Akira Tozawa with him only. Rusev is on here again which is a bit surprising for a guy at his level. Otis has a plain black tanktop on here.

Otis shoves Rusev over off the lock up twice. Rusev boots and punches him. Rusev gets some nice shots in and Otis lariats him twice. Otis spinning back elbows her. Otis hits a corner splash. Rusev slides out and picks up Akira. Otis then lariats Rusev down outside.

We go to break and return. Otis hits punches in the corner. Rusev hits corner spears on Otis. Otis misses a corner charge and goes into the post. They stall and Otis asks a doc for help. Akira also wipes off Otis' nose with a towel as it is bleeding. Rusev then poses on the 2nd rope. Rusev boots him down and kicks him in the back.

Rusev drops him with a hard chest kick. Rusev hits more kicks to the chest. Rusev rakes Otis' nose with his forearm. Rusev facelocks him. Otis headbutts Rusev. Rusev boots him out of the corner and is caught off the 2nd rope. Otis slams him down. Otis lariats him then does a caterpillar elbow. Rusev gets his knees up on Oits' vader bomb. Akira gets on the apron and Rusev kicks him. Rusev matchka kicks Otis then camel clutches him. Otis submits.

Thoughts: It was an unusual match. Rusev took a bit more offense than I expected and Otis unexpectedly got his nose busted open here. They had to stall to cover it but they did a good job of it. The ref oddly didn't put any gloves on when Otis was bleeding. The match was fine as expected with the two hitting hard shots on each other.

Overall thoughts: There were only 2 new matches as usual along with various recaps and video packages. The men's match was much better than the women's match as usual. It was also notable as Otis got busted open and they had to work around it. The show was nothing you really needed to see but it was an acceptable 15 minutes of new content.