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Dirty Dango Exposed As Santino's Attacker, Andretti And Martin Earn Respect | IMPACT x ROH Recap

Wrestling
Robert DeFelice May 18, 2023 11:10PM

Here is your fight size update following IMPACT and ROH Wrestling on Thursday, May 18, 2023.

Below are highlights from both Thursday night wrestling shows.

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IMPACT Wrestling

- After weeks of pretending to play detective, Dirty Dango was exposed by Joe Hendry as the man who actually attacked Santino Marella. Dango would go on to lay out Joe Hendry as well.

- Trinity was successful in her debut match on May 18 against KiLynn King. She must now turn back the challenge of Gisele Shaw at IMPACT Under Siege.

- In the main event on May 18, Alex Shelley scored the win for himself, Yuya Uemura, and Jonathan Gresham when he pinned Eddie Edwards after hitting him with Shell Shock. Edwards was teaming up with Frankie Kazarian & Moose

- Steve Maclin, Champagne Singh, and Shera assaulted PCO backstage. Maclin even used a sledgehammer to smash concrete blocks on the back of the French-Canadian Frankenstein.

- Alisha claimed in a backstage segment that Jordynne Grace purposely knocked Deonna Purrazzo off the apron during their Knockouts World Tag Team Title opportunity on May 11.

- The Good Hands' Jason Hotch scored to victory over one-half of the IMPACT Tag Team Titles, Ace Austin.

- Jessicka was confronted by The Coven as she continues waiting for Rosemary to return from the Undead Realm.

- Jody Threat picked up yet another victory. This time, she defeated Sierra.

- Check out the card for next week's episode of IMPACT here.

Ring of Honor

- In the headliner of Ring of Honor Wrestling on May 18, Action Andretti tagged with Darius Martin to take on Matt Taven and Mike Bennett, The Kingdom, in a Fight Without Honor. The match certainly lived up to its name and featured tables, ladders, chairs, pile drivers, blood, and more. By the end of the night, Andretti and Martin had earned the respect of the Kingdom following their successful outing as a team.

- Mercedes Martinez returned to action with a victory over Ashley D'Amboise.

- Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal were successful in their bout against Zack Clayton and Cole Karter. Later in the show, they would confront both Samoa Joe and Zack Sabre Jr. A tag team match would be agreed upon, but no official date would be set.

- Zack Sabre Jr. succesfully retained his NJPW World TV Title over AR Fox.

- Shane Taylor tagged up with Anthony Henry and JD Drake on ROH TV.

- Willow Nightingale, Rey Fenix, and the Iron Savages all added respectable wins to their records on the most recent Ring of Honor TV episode.

- Stu Grayson is giving The Righteous a single chance to prove themselves.

- The Gates of Agony ran through The Boy & Dalton Castle. Castle felt melancholy as a man with only one boy.

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