Evening Daily News Update

Good evening, Doomers! It’s Friday and we’ve got a LOADED night of professional rasslin’. Smackdown is taped from Lyon, France, and we’ve got not one but two big cards, coincidentally, from promotions with a friendly relationship…

ROH Death Before Dishonor is available on Honor Club with this lineup (as of 5:15 pm ET)…

World Title: Bandido vs. Hechicero
Women’s Title: Athena vs. Mina Shirakawa
Pure Title: Lee Moriarty vs. Xelhua
Fight Without Honor: Paul Walter Hauser vs. QT Marshall
Tag Titles: Sammy Guevara & TBD vs. The Outrunners
Trios Titles: Sons of Texas sans Dustin vs. Shane Taylor Promotions

CMLL has their Men’s Grand Prix with the following lineup…

Valiente Jr. & Capitán Suicida vs. Raider & Vegas Depredador
Dragón Rojo Jr. & Esfinge vs. El Valiente & Bárbaro Cavernario
Guerreros del Infierno (Último Guerrero & Rey Bucanero) vs. Averno & El Felino
2025 Men’s International Grand Prix: Team Mexico (Místico, Volador Jr., Atlantis Jr., Máscara Dorada, Neón, Templario, Titán, Ángel de Oro, Zandokan Jr. & Difunto) vs. Team International (Mike Bailey, Rocky Romero, Taiji Ishimori, The Beast Mortos, Lio Rush, Action Andretti, Michael Oku, TJP, Robbie X & Donovan Dijak).

Mike reviews Stinky Mayhem ’99, Saherrin brings us the latest episode of TNA Impact, I’ve suffered through another episode of ROH Honor Club, and Logan has the May 7th, 1994 episode of Superstars, featuring Scott Steiner’s final TV appearance for the WWF until Survivor Series 2002.

Smackdown Spoilers
With international broadcasts available, full results of the show are available here.

Early Estimate on Forbidden Door PPV buys
The AEW and NJPW joint-promoted PPV brought in an early estimate of 122,000-130,000 buys, which puts it towards the bottom of 2025 events, but is a respectable number considering the lineup wasn’t the strongest.

YouTube Spotlight: Randy Savage and Elizabeth Explore Paris
“Macho Man” Randy Savage & Miss Elizabeth go sightseeing in Paris, taking in the Eiffel Tower before Savage defends the WWE Championship against Akeem at Bercy Arena in this footage from 1988.

For the 4 of you interested, the Death Before Dishonor review will come sometime tomorrow. As much as I appreciate TK giving me a special event for my birthday, I have other plans. As always, enjoy yourselves, keep it clean and come out dooming. I’ll be sitting in my rocking chair, feeling my bones slowly decay. – GH