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  • Ring of Honor 9/18 All-Star Extravaganza 7 PPV Live results and coverage – Lethal vs O’Reilly

    by Paul Fontaine, for WrestlingObserver.com

    Welcome to our live coverage of Ring of Honor All-Star Extravaganza 7 from San Antonio, TX and live on PPV. Jay Lethal defends both his World and TV title against both members of ReDRagon in the feature matches. The Addiction defends their tag titles in a 3 way against the Kingdom and The Young Bucks. A 4 way number one contender’s match between Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Michael Elgin and AJ Styles will determine the next World title challenger.
    Also:
    Matt Sydal vs ACH in the third match of their best of 5 series
    Moose vs Cedric Alexander in a no-DQ match
    The Briscoes face a mystery tag team
    And in the real main event of the evening, the greatest stipulation match ever as Dalton Castle puts up his boys in a match against Silas Young. If Castle happens to win, Silas becomes a “Young boy” and if Young wins, he’s promised to turn Castle’s boys into men.

    The action gets underway at 9 pm central/6 pacific so check back here for ongoing coverage.

    TV Title Match:
    Jay Lethal (champion) w/Truth Martini vs Bobby Fish  

    Kevin Kelly gets a shot in at WWE’s booking of Seth Rollins during the intros, saying that no pro wrestling champion has been more dominant than Jay Lethal, going over all the people he’s beat recently.

    Lethal retained the title in a 14 minute match, pulling the tights on a rollup off of a kneebar attempt by Bobby Fish. Fish was going for kneebars and leglocks the whole match. Lethal hit a Lethal Combination early and Fish teased not making it in for the 20 count. Kelly noted that Horsewomen Jessamyn Duke and Shayna Baszler were in attendance but they weren’t shown on camera. He also noted 25 title defence in over a year for Lethal as TV champion. Good opener.

    Boys on the line vs Silas becoming one of the boys:
    Silas Young vs Dalton Castle w/his boys

    Young won possession of the boys in 13 minutes. Young hit a lowblow while the ref was distracted  by the boys and then hit the Misery for the win. Mostly comedy early. The Boys fanned Young and the distraction led to a roll-up by Castle for a nearfall. Match was back and forth with both guys getting long 2 counts. 

    Briscoes vs Mystery Team up next. Briscoes  in the pre-match promo say it’s been a long time since they held the tag belts and this is step 1 to getting them back. 

    The Decade are out. BJ Whitmer on crutches and Adam Page with his arm in a sling. Whitmer says he’s doing commentary and asks Corino to leave but King doesn’t oblige. Fans chanting PLEASE RETIRE at Whitmer. The Romantic Touch out next. Kelly says he’s been stalking the Briscoes for awhile. I must have missed that. Briscoes attack Touch and I guess he’s not the partner.

    The All Night Express are back and they’re the challengers. Rhett Titus had been been playing the Romantic Touch up till now and Kenny King has been in TNA so this is his return to ROH.

    Briscoes (Mark and Jay Briscoe) vs All Night Express (Rhett Titus and Kenny King)

    ANX won when Titus pinned Mark after a double-team. Titus had Mark up for a powerbomb and King came off the top rope after Jay had been knocked outside the ring. Match was competitive with neither team having an advantage.

    Adam Page attacked Jay Briscoe after the match but ANX made the save.

    No DQ Match:
    Moose w/Stokeley Hathaway vs Cedric Alexander w/Veda Scott

    Moose won in 13 minutes. Crazy brawl with Moose taking a ton of punishment. Tables, ladders, chairs and a wrench involved. Finish was Alexander and Hathaway fighting for control of the wrench and Hathaway nailing Alexander with it and then Moose spearing him through a table that had been set up in the corner. 

    Moose took at least three chairshots to the head at various points. He did a summersault dive to the outside, landing flat backed on a ladder that was draped over the ring barrier. Alexander hit a Van Terminator on Moose at one point. Scott and Hathaway both got involved several times and Scott ended up taking a running dropkick in the turnbuckle from Alexander when Moose moved out of the way. Crowd loved this, chanting THIS IS AWESOME several times.

    Match 3 – Best of Five Series tied 1-1
    ACH vs Matt Sydal

    ACH won to go up 2-1 in an excellent match. They went 16 minutes and it was not exactly what you’d expect from these two. For the majority of the match, Sydal worked over ACH’s leg and while it didn’t play into the finish, you get the impression that it could end up affecting ACH in the final two matches. Finish came when ACH hit a brainbuster and then followed up with the Midnight Star for the pin. Just prior, he’d hit a Shooting Star Press from the second rope  that Sydal barely kicked out of. Crowd was way into ACH in his hometown. Sydal played subtle heel for most of the match.

    Tag Title Match:
    Champions The Addiction (Christopher Daniels/Frankie Kazarian) vs The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs The Kingdom (Matt Taven/Michael Bennett) w/Maria Kanellis

    Kingdom won the belts in 16 minutes. This was what you’d expect. I counted 16 superkicks. Finish was Matt Taven making a blind tag and the Bucks hitting a Meltzer driver on Frankie Kazarian and Taven rolling up Matt Jackson, for the win. Big story in this match was someone in a KRD mask coming out and taking out both members of the Addiction, using Chris Sabin’s moves. He never unmasked, but it probably wasn’t Sabin. Could be Adam Cole or a new member of the Kingdom. In one spot, Bucks were about to do a superkick on Maria but Daniels made the save. He then punched Maria right in the face. Bennett went crazy on him and that led to the finishing sequence. 

    #1 Contender’s Match – AJ Styles vs Michael Elgin vs Adam Cole vs Roderick Strong

    Nigel McGuiness joined the commentary team here. Cole was announced as representing the Kingdom but got a huge face reaction from the crowd. 

    AJ won in 15 minutes, pinning Adam Cole after a Bloddy Sunday DDT followed by a Styles Clash clean in the middle. All four guys got chances to shine. Elgin hit a dead-lift vertical suplex from the top rope into a Falcon Arrow and the pin was broken up by Cole. Strong hit a backbreaker after a sick kick on Cole but Elgin broke that pinfall up and Cole hit a Destroyer on Elgin, which was broken up by AJ. Non-stop action the whole time and crowd was into everything. Elgin in particular probably improved his stock the most and the announcers put over his performance in the G1. 

    Main Event 
    ROH World Title Match – Champion Jay Lethal w/Truth Martini vs Kyle O’Reilly

    Nigel remains at commentary and explains that he banned Donovan Dijak and J Diesel from ringside but Truth is allowed out there because he has a manager’s license. 

    Lethal retained in a TNA-style finish. O’Reilly had Lethal about to tap when Truth Martini pulled the ref from the ring. Nigel got  up and hauled Martini to the back. O’Reilly went for a flying knee in the corner on Lethal but Lethal pulled the ref into the path and he was down. Lethal grabbed the title belt but this brought out Bobby Fish. Donovan Dijak followed and got his hands on the belt and laid out Fish. This brought out Adam Cole, who took out Donovan Dijak and then, in a swerve, hit Kyle O’Reilly with a superkick. Lethal hit the Lethal Injection for the win. The Kingdom came out and all four of them posed over O’Reilly, so it was a setup all along. Kingdom should now have title programs with ReDRagon and War Machine. 

    Match was okay up to that point but no better than the fourth best match on the show. Lethal kept missing the Lethal Injection and O’Reilly would go for the arm. Lethal was vulnerable the whole match and really sold the effects of wrestling his second match in a night.

    Show was decent overall. No blow-away matches though and certainly not a show of the year contender but it certainly wasn’t bad by any stretch.

  • ROH 9/12 Chicago house show results: Young Bucks vs. Future Shock, NJPW show announcement

    Submitted by Case Lowe

    Mike Bennett & Matt Taven def. Curt Stallion & Brad Kevins

    The Kingdom took one of them out with a Spike Piledriver to the floor before pinning the other one with another Spike Piledriver, this one in the ring. 

    Dalton Castle def. Beer City Bruiser with a Bridging German Suplex

    Crowd was really invested in Castle. Lots of interference from Silas Young and The Boys on the outside. 

    Michael Elgin def. Watanabe

    This felt like a G1 match. The crowd wasn’t into this until Elgin hit his Top Rope Falcon Arrow towards the finish. They reacted to his power spots much more than his strikes. Crazy match. Both guys kicked out of stuff at one. Watanabe looked good and Elgin looked great. 

    BJ Whitmer, who was out on commentary, told the crowd that Adam Page was hurt and couldn’t wrestle. It took him almost five minutes to get this out. The crowd kept chanting “Shut up BJ” and “BJ Sucks”, much like fans chant “New Day Sucks”. Page came out and brawled with Mark Briscoe before Jay made the save. The Decade bailed and out came Romantic Touch. The Briscoes put him through a table. 

    Bobby Fish def. Roderick Strong

    Excellent match. Lots of smart limb work. 

    – Intermission

    Silas Young def. Cheeseburger, Will Ferrera, and Samson Walker

    The crowd loved Cheeseburger. 

    Jay Briscoe def. Cedric Alexander

    Briscoe hit a Roaring Elbow. Very good. Briscoe has the best punches in wrestling. Alexander attacked Stokely Hathaway after the match, leading to Moose making the save. As Moose was on his way to the back, Jay Lethal attacked him. 

    ACH def. Matt Sydal with a 450 Splash to tie up the Best of 5 series at 1-1

    Both guys worked super hard and delivered a really solid match. 

    ROH Champion/TV Champion Jay Lethal def. Moose

    Moose, coming in less than 100%, lost after getting hit with Lethal Injection. The whole match was worked around Moose’s head and him not being able to compete at full strength. Lethal has become an excellent heel. 

    – Kevin Kelly announced that ROH and New Japan will host a show in Chicago Ridge in May 2016. 

    Young Bucks def. Future Shock (Adam Cole/Kyle O’Reilly)

    Bucks won after a Meltzer Driver. Crazy match. Lots of Superkicks, obviously. Young Bucks were the most over act on the show. 

    Young Bucks, Futureshock, and Bobby Fish sent the fans home happy after superkicking The Kingdom. It appears Cole has officially turned. Tremendous show from ROH,

  • ROH 9/11 Dearborn, MI, Reloaded house show results: Young Bucks vs. Fish & O’Reilly

    Submitted by Chris GST

    Pre show match: Father Time (legally blind and like 65 years old) def Owens Travers with the Master Lock. He keeps on rocking him back and forth saying ‘tic toc’. Travers passed out.

    – Bobby Fish def Will Ferra

    – Moose defeats Samson Walker after the spear

    – Kyle O’Reilly def Silas Young with the armbar

    – Roderick Strong def Adam Cole with the End Of Heartache

    – Jay Briscoe def Watanabe with the jay driller

    – Matt Sydal def ACH with the shooting star press

    – Four way Elimination match: ROH World & TV Champion Jay Lethal def Cedric Alexander/ Dalton Castle/ Mark Briscoe. Order of elimination was Cedric Alexander, Mark Briscoe, Dalton Castle pinned last

    No Rules Match: Young Bucks def reDRagon after the Kingdom initially was announced as not being at the show. Post-match, the Kingdom came out and attacked ReDRagon, but the YB superkicked the Kingdom to end the show.

  • Wednesday Night Wars (9/9): TNA has big night on Destination America

    Ratings for Wednesday on Destination America:

    – Impact at 9 p.m. drew 353,000 viewers, its best number in two months, which is a positive sign for the GFW turn angle

    – Despite two title matches, ROH at 11 p.m. did 138,000 viewers, its lowest number since switching to the new time slot.

    – Impact at midnight did 96,000 viewers, also its best total in two months.

  • ROH News: Jay Lethal vs. Stevie Richards set for NY show

    On Tuesday, ROH announced that the ROH World Champion/TV Champion Jay Lethal vs. Stevie Richards match that was set up at this past Saturday’s Atlanta, GA, house show will happen on 9/26 in Lockport, NY at the Kenan Center.

    At this point, it has not been announced if either of Lethal’s titles are on the line as he defends both the TV and ROH titles on the 9/18 PPV show in San Antonio, facing Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly, respectively, in the same angle predating what WWE is doing for its show two nights later at WWE Night Of Champions.

  • ROH Field Of Honor 2015 results: Okada vs. Roderick Strong, Nakamura & Jay Lethal vs. ReDRagon

    Submitted by Gregory Vassiles

    From MCU Park in Brooklyn, NY 

    Dark Match:

    Will Ferrara wins a prelim.

    – Taelor Hendrix gets a Women of Honor intro.

    Main Card:

    – Adam Cole b. Christopher Daniels

    Cole and Daniels had a professional opener. Spot on, but nothing to overshadow the later matches. Daniels is great at this.

    – War Machine (Hanson/Ray Rowe) b. Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr./Lance Archer)

    War Machine and KES a good mean guy match. Harry was the standout.

    – Number One Contender Elimination Gauntlet Match for TV Title Shot: Tomo Watanabe earned the next TV title shot.

    Order was as follows: Dalton Castle beats Adam Page, Castle beats Frankie Kazarian, Silas Young beats Castle, Bushwhacker Luke gets counted out, Moose beats Young, Moose beats Donovan Dijak. Cedric Alexander beats Moose, Tomo Watanabe beats Cedric Alexander.

    The Elimination match was long, but never boring. Luke did his Rumble Spot, except this time he walked around the bases, of course not in 10 seconds. Dijak did a nice Fosbury Flop.

    – Cheeseburger beats Steve Corino in one of those silly baseball park match races.

    – The Young Bucks, ACH and Matt Sydal beat Rappongi Vice (Beretta/Rocky Romero) and the Kingdom (Taven & Bennett)

    The Bucks match was ok, more comedy than anything else. Maria is a great heel valet; only distracts when it’s right for the match. WWE should have done more with Sydal.

    – Hirooki Goto beats Michael Elgin

    Goto and Elgin another brutal hard hitting match. Both looked fine.

    – The Briscoes beat the reunited Time Splitters (Alex Shelley/Kushida)

    Great to see the Time Splitters back, even if just for one match. Shelley looked like he hadn’t missed a beat. There was a great false finish before Jay hit the driller.

    – IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada beats Roddy Strong

    Okada and Strong had an excellent match. It took 2 pile drivers, a back suplex and the rainmaker for Okada to win. Hopefully they rematch in Japan.

    – Shinsuke Nakamura & ROH Champion/TV Champion Jay Lethal beat ReDRagon

    The main event was fun; built up tension with Nakamura and Lethal. Apparently that match will happen somewhere. Nakamura is not a big fan of Books of Truth.

    Notes:

    – Nakamura and Okada did autographs preshow

    – Overall a really good show; VOD recommended.

  • Ring Of Honor 8-21 TV tapings results: Nakamura vs. Adam Cole, Sydal vs. Kushida, Jay Lethal vs. Roderick Strong

    Submitted by Pat Laprade

    Taping #1

    -Jonathan Gresham b Shaheem Ali

    – ReDRagon b Donovan Dijak & J. Diesel

    – Cedric Alexander w/ Veda Scott b Dalton Castle after Silas Young interfered. After the match, Moose came to attack Alexander. 

    – War Machine b Matt Taven & Michael Bennett after the Young Bucks came to ringside. After the match, the Bucks were attacked by Christopher Daniels, Chris Sabin and Frankie Kazarian. 

    – Cheeseburger came to the ring but was attacked by Brutal Bob Evans. Bushwhacker Luke came to do the save. Not for TV. 

    Taping #2

    – The Addiction b The Young Bucks to keep their ROH World tag team titles after Taven, Bennett and Maria interfered. 

    – Nigel announced that at All Star Extravaganza in San Antonio, The Addiction would defend the titles against both The Kingdom and the Bucks. 

    – ROH World champion Jay Lethal b Roderick Strong. (Incredible match)

    Taping #3

    – Michael Elgin b Silas Young

    – ACH b Caprice Coleman

    – After that match, Kevin Kelly interviewed Prince Nana ringside for TV.

    – The Briscoes & Hirooki Goto b Kazuchida Okada & Rappongi Vice

    Taping #4

    – Matt Sydal b Kushida. After the match Sydal asked for a title shot at the IWGP Jr Heavyweight championship. 

    – Takaaki Watanabe b Adam Page, Will Ferrara & Moose

    – Shinsuke Nakamura b Adam Cole

    Notes:

    – The crowd was hot all night. A real great Philly crowd. Sold out crowd. 

    – The show lasted a little more than 4 hours including an intermission. 

    – Besides the New Japan guys, the ones with the most reaction were Dalton Castle, The Young Bucks and Moose. 

    – The match of the night was definitely Jay Lethal vs Roderick Strong. Nakamura had the best match out of the New Japan guys. 

  • ROH, New Japan to extend relationship in 2016 with more shows, more talent

    Submitted by Pat Laprade

    As tonight’s Ring of Honor show in Philadelphia, PA, ROH and New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that their relationship is stronger than ever. Kevin Kelly hosted the segment attended by Nigel McGuinness, Joe Koff, Cary Silkin, Tiger Hattori and Naoki Sugabayasi.

    – In February, there will be two ROH shows in Tokyo. While there, the ROH World title will be defended for the very first time in a New Japan ring. The belt has been defended four times prior in Japan, all by Takeshi Morishima. 

    – NJPW wrestlers will appear at ROH’s 14th anniversary show in Las Vegas, NV.

    – in May, NJPW talent will again come back to North America to do their usual dates in Philly and Toronto, but they will add more towns, and will bring more & different wrestlers from NJPW in 2016 than in past years.

    It is also expected that both sides will send more talent back and forth and not just those that have gone in the past.

  • Note on upcoming ROH title match in Japan

    While the claim was made tonight at the ROH show in Philadelphia and reported that the ROH title would be defended for the first time in Japan in 2016, that is correct only related to New Japan Pro Wrestling.

    Takeshi Morishima actually defended the ROH title twice in Japan on Pro Wrestling NOAH events.

    –Thanks to Chris Arias

  • TV ratings for TNA and Ring of Honor: Wednesday, August 19

    TNA showed increases their first-run show and replay on Wednesday doing 323,000 viewers for the 9 p.m. show and 73,000 for the midnight replay.  The 396,000 total viewers is the best since 7/29 with the first episode performing the best since 8/5.

    Ring of Honor at 11 p.m. did 145,000 viewers, slightly down from the prior week.