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Gates of Agony vs. The Infantry was a good opener. Reyna Isis vs. Viva Van was fun, nice that both of them got entrances. Rocky Romero beat Brandon Cutler pretty quick and a first tag squash for Lee Johnson & EJ Nduka. Great to see Leyla Hirsch coming back with a return promo, one of my favs. in celebration of Athena's record reign, this week's classic replay is the night she won the title vs. Mercedes Martinez at Final Battle 2022. The celebration segment follows but Billie walks out on Athena, then Abadon crashes the party. next week Honor will be on Halloween so I thought maybe they'd announce Abadon/Athena already but nothing was made official yet. Pretty good main event of Brian Cage defending the TV title over Komander after Komander won the #1 contendership last week.

Another great showcase for Shelton. I hope for great things of the Cage/Archer team. I remember loving the brief Cage/Big Bill team last year and Archer is a longtime favorite of mine. thought the Ladder War was pretty fun. Mark took some wild bumps for sure. Had a feeling this could be where he lost it since he wouldn't get pinned. I wondered if he'd just win it back at Final Battle but it'd be the same way things went last time with Jericho/Claudio. I definitely wanna see Jericho at least have a match on honorClub now. nice Jamie Hayter promo, liking the continued announcing of matches a week or two in advance. Dug the big Fletcher promo, RIP to his hair. babyface Adam Cole prior to turning on MJF was my favorite version, so I'm down with the Undisputed Kingdom sticking with him like this. Roderick/Taven/Bennett have all done great work throughout the year. Enjoyable trios main event and post-match angles, good use of Chuck Taylor in that spot. Could see Private Party/Bucks go either way since they did get the win here. Liked the show overall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXzPaCbpAHc Trailer for the continuation, Part 2 of Season 6. Looks like it's gonna be another highly enjoyable ride. Drops in 3 weeks on November 15

Hyped for Cyborg/Pacheco on PFL. Always love Cyborg fights, but also been loving Larissa's epic 10 fight streak since being the one to beat Kayla Harrison. Going decision but could easily see an early KO from either side.

EVENT #79 PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants (10/19/2024) - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Kingdom Arena) Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferreira - Ngannou, TKO, R1 Cristiane Justino vs. Larissa Pacheco - Justino, DEC Johnny Eblen vs. Fabian Edwards - Eblen, DEC Husein Kadimagomaev vs. Zafar Mohsen - Kadimagomev, DEC AJ McKee Jr. vs. Paul Hughes - McKee, DEC EVENT #80 UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 103: Pereira vs. Hernandez (10/19/2024) - Las Vegas, NV (UFC Apex) Michel Pereira vs. Anthony Hernandez - Pereira, TKO, R1 Rob Font vs. Kyler Phillips - Phillips, DEC Su Mudaerji vs. Charles Johnson - Johnson, SUB, R2 Jake Hadley vs. Cameron Smotherman - Hadley, DEC Darren Elkins vs. Daniel Pineda - Elkins, DEC Matheus Nicolau vs. Asu Almabayev - Almabayev, TKO, R3 Brad Katona vs. Jean Matsumoto - Matsumoto, DEC Joselyne Edwards vs. Tamires Vidal - Edwards, DEC Jessica Penne vs. Elise Reed - Reed, DEC Alice Ardelean vs. Melissa Martinez - Martinez, DEC Robelis Despaigne vs. Austen Lane - Despaigne, TKO, R1 BONUS EVENT #1 PBC on Amazon Prime: Murtazaliev vs. Tszyu (10/19/2024) - Orlando, FL (Caribe Royale) IBF Super Welterweight Championship: Bakhram Murtazaliev vs. Tim Tszyu - Murtazaliev, DC Mateo Tapia vs. Endry Saavedra - Tapia, DEC Yoenis Tellez vs. Johan Gonzalez - Tellez, DEC Jocksan Blanco vs. Angel Ilarraza - Blanco, TKO, R3 Dainier Pero vs. Willie Jake Jr. - Pero, TKO, R2 Justin Viloria vs. Diuhl Olguin - Viloria, DEC Carlos Jackson vs. Ryan Lee Allen - Jackson, DEC Gary Antonio Russell vs. Jaden Burnias - Russell, DEC Daniel Blancas vs. Marco Delgado - Blancas, DEC Roberto Gomez vs. Jenn Gonzalez - Gomez, DEC Mikey Garcia vs. Carlos Aguilera Jr. - Garcia, TKO, R4

On the topic of Trent being dropped, he was written out for neck surgery issues when Orange got payback hitting him with the wrench in his last appearance a few months back.

Shelton/Lio was awesome. Perfect debut showcase for Shelton. Thought Aminata/Mercedes was pretty good. Main event ruled. The interference mistiming was unfortunate but I loved Hangman laying on the floor to hide in the same way that Christian did when he interfered in Hangman's match with Jay White months back. Enjoyed the serious sides of Dark Order, Top Flight, Private Party, etc. and the Anna Jay/Mariah May setup. I liked tons of stuff getting announced to look forward to for Rampage, Collision, Battle of the Belts, and even 2 weeks from now for Fright Night Dynamite. Since Abadon is going after Athena for the ROH title, I don't expect them on that night, but I hope we get something on the level of Abadon/Britt Halloween Deathmatch.

PCO/Rhino was a fun weapons brawl to start. Speedball/Slater was awesome, definitely looking forward to Speedball/Vikingo at BFG. Lots of good build up for BFG throughout the show with most of the matches made official. Surprised the Call Your Shot Gauntlet will be on the preshow this year. Solid main event in Cardona vs. Nemeth. full results TNA iMPACT - 10/17/24

Angelico & Serpentico vs. Derek Dillnger & Ren Jones actually got a bit of time to it. Yuka Sakazaki vs. Viva Van was a lot of fun, packed in 5 mins of action. Solid squashes from Nick Wayne, mXm collection, & Atlantis Jr. AR Fox vs Jack Cartwheel was a nice quick match. Liked the backstage bit with Rachael and Harley, and the video promo from TV Champ Brian Cage "too Swole to Control". Komander defeats Willie Mack to become #1 contender to the TV title, short but good. this week's classic replay is Briscoes vs. Bucks vs. SCU - Ladder War from Final Battle 2018 in anticipation of next week's Ladder War on Dynamite. Pretty good main event of Athena defeating Lady Frost.

Fun Zero Hour. Popped for the Rico involvement/interaction with Billy and would love to see him stick around with MxM. Anna Jay looked good against Harley. nice surprise ROH TV title win for Brian Cage. was kinda shocked to see Jay White go over Hangman straight up like that, wasn't expecting that at all. Mariah vs Willow ruled, the pop for Willow pulling Mariah up for the super bomb was epic only to get countered leading to the finish. Enjoyed the MJF/Cole returns and back to the original settings after Cole turned heel, MJF took him out as a face then turned heel, and now Cole seemingly turns back face to take out MJF once again. The way it began was always the best way. Better Than You Bay Bay Full Circle. Highly disappointed by Kyle Fletcher turning. Thought they had something with him breaking out as a babyface the past few months, so this felt like a step back to me. After this happened, I was feeling like surely now they won't turn Yuta so was sad to see that also take place later, felt kind of unnecessary to me taking place after the match was already over. thought Bucks/Private Party was fantastic. Really good job heating up Private Party to quite suddenly feel like a legit threat to the titles and at times feel like they might really pull it off. Briscoe/Jericho was pretty fun, good solid win for Mark. Main event was great overall. Loved the opening brawl to the Final Countdown. Didn't think Bryan's reign would end so quickly and sad to see the full time career come to an end but a solid different overall closing angle with the somber tone sadness. Excalibur sounding on the verge of tears, Tony Khan not showing up for the media scrum for the first time to go to the hospital with Bryan, etc. Looking forward to where things go next.

Beterbiev TKO r10 wardley dec opetaia dec eubank jr TKO r5 Nicolson DEC Whittaker DEC alakel dec maric dec Taira DEC, park DEC, gooden TKO r2, Dawson dec, morono dec, temirov DEC, sabatini sub r2, gorimbo tkor1, sharaf tko R1, mckenna DEC, haddon sub r1 Carpenter dec Editing to put in proper format = EVENT #77 Beterbiev vs. Bivol: IV Crown Showdown (10/12/22024) - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Kingdom Arena) WBA Super World/WBC/IBF/WBO/Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight Championship: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol - Beterbiev, TKO, R10 IBF Cruiserweight Championship: Jai Opetaia vs. Jack Massey - Opetaia, DEC Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Kamil Szeremeta - Eubank Jr., TKO, R5 WBC Female Featherweight Championship: Skye Nicolson vs. Raven Chapman - Nicolson, DEC Ben Whittaker vs. Liam Cameron - Whittaker, DEC Mohammed Alakel vs. Jesus Gonzalez - Alakel, DEC Marco Maric vs. Christian Lopez Flores - Maric, DEC EVENT #78 UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 102: Royval vs. Taira (10/12/2024) - Las Vegas, NV (UFC Apex) Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira - Taira, DEC Brad Tavares vs. Jun Yong Park - Park, DEC Chidi Njokuani vs. Jared Gooden - Gooden, TKO, R2 Grant Dawson vs. Rafa García - Dawson, DEC Daniel Rodriguez vs. Alex Morono - Morono, DEC C.J. Vergara vs. Ramazan Temirov - Temirov, DEC Jonathan Pearce vs. Pat Sabatini - Pearce, SUB, R2 Niko Price vs. Themba Gorimbo - Gorimbo, TKO, R1 Junior Tafa vs. Sean Sharaf - Sharaf, TKO, R1 Cory McKenna vs. Julia Polastri - McKenna, DEC Dan Argueta vs. Cody Haddon - Haddon, SUB, R1 Clayton Carpenter vs. Lucas Rocha - Carpenter, DEC

They did eventually headline Victory Road 2023. I'm down for a rematch with the roles reversed.

Pretty fun show setting up BFG quick. Good mix of matches and segments. Didn't expect this run of Jordynne's open challenges to end up coming back around to Jordynne vs Masha but I'm down with that. Can only assume Masha finally overcomes Jordynne this time for the first time. Their last feud was definitely epic. Fun main event, looking forward to how Nemeth/Hendry turns out. TNA iMPACT - 10/10/24 full results

Gabe Kidd vs Anthony Henry was super solid opener. This is where Henry tore his bicep, sad that he'll be out again for some time. Shibata kills Brandon Cutler, a billie Starkz squash, & an Archer squash were all fun. STP vs The Infantry was a solid quick match with an interesting post-match seg. Red Velvet vs Diamante for the women's TV title ruled. Very good, hard hitting match, though an odd finish with Diamante in control but deciding to get DQed. Like last week airing Joe/Kobashi, this week we get KENTA vs Danielson from 2006 but no new commentary this time. Incredible match, love it. Another solid TV main event as Mark Briscoe defeats Josh Woods in proving grounds.

https://twitter.com/nwa/status/1843774622874959958 NWA on X week 2 Blunt Force Trauma vs Odinson & Kratos in the Liberty Bell Brawl was fun with an awkward finish. Mims is the new national champ in a 4 way that was solid though another odd finish. Kenzie Paige is always a highlight, pretty good main event vs. Max the Impaler.

Good solid trios opener, I dig the Top Tier tag finisher. Glad to see Gambino again too, can dig the formation of The Alliance. they mention Pep Riley has the last remaining member of Team Spirit so I guess the others are just gone. Chainsaw seeming to take an interest in Pep afterwards was intriguing. Liked Fury/Island Girl while it lasted, finish came out of nowhere. Awesome tag title main event. Miami Sweet Heat are always my favs and always impress. Crowd was hot for the finishing stretch.

I liked a lot of the more promo heavy opening portion. Sad to see the official ending of the Jake/Archer pairing but I want to love the potential Jake with Rush/Dralistico/Beast Mortos pairing, even though they never did anything with Jake pairing Archer with the Righteous previously. Can only hope Archer in the Callis Family can finally lead to something more for him. Good to see Garcia is officially sticking around. Enjoyed the Ospreay/Callis promo leading to Takeshita brawl, Fletcher involvement, and ultimately Ricochet's save. Nice build for the three way. Komander/Hologram had a couple great spots. Women's 4 way was fun and good to see Penelope back in the mix. Mercedes/Emi was solid. Great tag main event and the more frequent Final Countdown is the best.

Britt Baker has been ruled out due to illness, match changed to Willow vs. Hayter vs. Saraya vs. Nyla - anything goes 4 way

"it's the ultimate F YOU!.........the PLASTIC BEADS!!"

Thought that too at first, but the Blue Meanie recently pointed out that this was actually from the Brood's "bloodbath" earlier that night on the Sunday Night Heat before the PPV following the Hardyz vs. Meanie & Goldust match

Little quick catching up on all things last week. I enjoyed Ospreay/Ricochet, actually dug the initial finish reminding me of the classic HHH/HBK finish from Dec 03 RAW. Bryan/Okada ruled of course. Hoping Yuta doesn't turn. as Peck mentioned, I also love seeing Zoey (Skye) Lynn for the mere seconds both matches lasted, one of my indy favs. Agreed with others on the awful abruptness of turning Born Again Kristen so soon after the Willow feud for little reason. Digging the Johnny/Darby praise and we could always use more Trish Adora, she's great.

Sad to see Carla lose her last fight when seemed everyone thought she won, a good one though and Tecia's always been a tough fight. Loved the video tribute. Even more disappointed though to see Raquel lose as I thought she had it, really wanted to see her go on a run as underdog champ and keep her win streak going instead of going back to Pena wanting to go back to Nunes. Raquel's killer shot in the 4th had me ready to jump out of my seat. Another epic performance from Pereira, absolute mauling in the 4th just kept getting more and more brutal.

Seems wild to me that Carla Esparza's final fight is down in the early prelims, but looking forward to it gonna be catching it a little late. One of my all time favs.

EVENT #76 UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. (10/05/2024) - Salt Lake City, UT (Delta Center) Alex Pereira vs. Khalil Rountree Jr. - Pereira, TKO, R1 Raquel Pennington vs. Julianna Peña - Pennington, DEC José Aldo vs. Mario Bautista - Aldo, DEC Roman Dolidze vs. Kevin Holland - Dolidze, DEC Kayla Harrison vs. Ketlen Vieira - Harrison, SUB, R1 Stephen Thompson vs. Joaquin Buckley - Thompson, DEC Marina Rodriguez vs. Iasmin Lucindo - Rodriguez, DEC Alexander Hernandez vs. Austin Hubbard - Hernandez, DEC Ihor Potieria vs. César Almeida - Almeida, TKO, R2 Ovince Saint Preux vs. Ryan Spann - Saint Preux, DEC Carla Esparza vs. Tecia Pennington - Esparza, DEC Tim Means vs. Court McGee - Means, TKO, R3

With the hurricane canceling the original tapings, tonight's Impact is a Best of Bound for Glory with all recent years stuff. Matches aired: Speedball vs Kazarian (BFG 2022) Call Your Shot Gauntlet (BFG 2021) Jordynne Grace vs. Masha Slamovich (BFG 2022) PCO vs. Moose vs. Rhino vs. Steve Maclin - Monster's Ball (BFG 2023) Josh Alexander vs Eddie Edwards (BFG 2022) Still love that Jordynne/Masha match