MLP Forged In Excellence Night 2 Review (October 20th, 2024)
On October 20th, 2024 MLP aired the 2nd & final night of Forged In Excellence live in Windsor Ontario Canada inside St Clair College & can watch it on Triller TV.
Note: This review will be shorter then normal as it be the last few mins of the match.
-Kicking off Night 2 with a recap of Night 1.
6 Man Tag Team Match
Champions Grail Champion Rohan Raja, Rocky Romero & Rohit Raju vs. Jett Setters (Kevin Knight & Kushida) & Aiden Prince
Rocky Romero fights off the Jett Setters before tagging in Rohan Raja as Romero, Raja & Rohit Raju starts triple teaming on Kushida.
All 6 men get into next with Aiden Prince hitting a dive on the outside while Jet Setters hits Perfect Timing on Raju
Winners: Jett Setters & Aiden Prince (11:11)
Rate: 7
QPW Qatar Title Match
Classy Ali (c) vs. El Reverso
Classy Ali puts El Reverso in the tree of woe now but he reverses it into a Sliced Bread.
They tussle on the top rope before Reverse knocks Ali down and hits a moonsault to get the win.
Winner & New QPW Qatar Champion: El Reverso (6:33) (NEW CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 6
-Rohan Raja is in the back complaining about his match saying that he didn’t lose but Rocky Romero & Rohit Raju did and he will never lose the PWA Champion’s Grail. Raja continues that on December 21st he will defend it in Oceania Pro Wrestling and he guarantees he will be the winner.
Tag Team Match
Miyu Yamashita & Kylie Rae vs. Harley Cameron & Laynie Luck
Miyu Yamashita starts rallying the crowd behind her as she goes to town on Laynie Luck with kicks and a German suplex before Kylie Rae & Harley Cameron get involved just to get taken out.
As Luck is distracted by them on the outside, she turns around right into a Skull Kick from Yamashita for the win.
Winners: Miyu Yamashita & Kylie Rae (9:26)
Rate: 6
-McKenzie Mitchell is in the back with Josh Alexander & he talks about all the eyes being on him tonight as he goes for the AEW International Title. Alexander talks about Bret Hart inspiring him and tonight they are getting the 10 year old Alexander with a dream and maybe someone will tune in and watch and be inspired by him.
Fatal 6 Way Match
Jake Something vs. Stu Grayson vs. Sheldon Jean vs. Trevor Lee vs. Psycho Mike vs. Alex Zayne
Jake Something stops Sheldon Jean with a chokeslam before he gets taken out himself by Stu Grayson with Nightfall.
Psycho Mike enters and asks the crowd who wants to see some bodyslams and he delivers by bodyslamming all 5 of his opponents over and over until Something breaks up the pin attempt.
Everybody starts getting dumped to the outside until it’s just Zayne as Mike rolls up to get the win.
Winners: Psycho Mike (13:27)
Rate: 6
Mike Bailey vs. El Phantasmo
El Phantasmo stays in control back inside before hitting the CRII for two.
ELP follows with a Thunder Kiss 86 then a cover but gets another two.
Mike Bailey misses the moonsault knees on the apron and gets a moonsault from ELP off the top rope instead. Back inside Bayley hits a Tornado Kick followed by Flamingo Driver to get the win.
Winner: Mike Bailey (16:18)
Rate: 9 (Recommend)
-We go to Bully Ray, QT Marshall & Harley Cameron in the back as Marshall talked about Ray throwing him out of his wrestling school 15 years ago for being an egotistical selfish punk that would step on anyone to get to the top and 15 years later he’s just enough of a selfish punk to be at the top. Ray goes to talk but Cameron cuts him off and does all his lines including Do you know who I am?, the Wassup, and Bully get the tables before saying she’s always wanted to do that. Ray & Marshall are stunned before Ray asks what just happened here.
Tag Team Match
Bhupinder Gujjar & Raj Dhesi vs. QT Marshall & Bully Ray
Darren McCarty appears behind Mrs D’Amore and starts attacking Bully Ray.
McCarty holds Ray in front of her as she connects a smack onto Ray.
Ray gets sent back inside by McCarty but Ray stops Bhupinder Gujjar and tells Harley Cameron to get on the top rope to do the Wassup Headbutt.
Gujjar though reverses it as Raj Dhesi pushes Cameron off to unintentionally connect with the headbutt as Ray & Cameron start screaming about what just happened.
Dhesi enters and sets up Marshall for Gujjar to hit the Gargoyle Spear to get the win
Winner: Bhupinder Gujjar & Raj Dhesi (12:23)
Rate: 5
-Mauro Ranallo throws to an interview earlier today with McKenzie Mitchell & Athena but we cut to Mitchell is with Mike Bailey, and asks him what MLP means to him. Bailey says he wrestled hurt tonight against one of the best in the world tonight and he won because when he’s hurt he becomes even better. Bailey says this is the type of spirit Josh Alexander needs tonight if he wants to make this crowd proud and become the new AEW International Champion.
-We see a highlight package of Athena with footage of her reign in Ring Of Honor before seeing Gisele Shaw’s time in TNA.
ROH Women’s Title Match
Athena (c) vs. Gisele Shaw
Athena falls to avoid the Denouement so Gisele Shaw decides to go to the corner just to get tripped up into it face first.
They fight on the top rope but Athena pushes Shaw off and hits O Face to get the win.
Winner & Still ROH Women’s Champion: Athena (23:52) (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 7
AEW International Title Match
Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Josh Alexander
Konosuke Takeshita & Josh Alexander go back & forth with attempted Tombstones before Alexander hits it followed by C4 Spike then a cover but Takeshita breaks it up with his foot on the rope.
Alexander goes back to the Ankle Lock before sending Takeshita crashing into the corner with a German suplex.
They head to the top rope where Takeshita hits an avalanche lariat followed by Power Drive Knee for two.
Alexander tosses his headgear into Takeshita just for him to hit another knee strike followed by Raging Fire to get the win.
Winner & Still AEW International Champion: Konosuke Takeshita (29:31) (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 10 (Recommend)
-After the match Don Callis joins Takeshita in the ring and says it’s been a great couple of weeks for them as not only did they just beat Josh Alexander and Mike Bailey, but they came to Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling to do it. Callis continues about Takeshita beating both Will Ospreay & Ricochet and that nobody can beat the Alpha and tells anyone to step to the plate. Takeshita & Callis start stomping out Alexander in the corner as Ricochet makes a surprise appearance and runs out taking Takeshita to the outside where he meets him with a Fosbury Flop then Alexander shakes hands with Ricochet
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