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  • ROH Warwick, RI, live results: Briscoes vs. reDRagon vs. Motor City Machine Guns

    Submitted by James Brown

    – Taeler Hendrix defeated Sumie Sakai

    – Dalton Castle (with The Boys who weren’t the real Boys) defeated Kongo with a bridging German Suplex. 

    – Donovan Dijak (with Prince Nana) defeated Jay “Diesel” Daddiego (with Taeler Hendrix) with Feast Your Eyes. Solid performance by Dijak. Hendrix got on the apron and tried to get involved at the finish.  With Dijak distracted, Diesel tried to attack him but he accidentally punched Hendrix to the floor. 

    – Lio Rush defeated Christopher Daniels by dq. A fan ringside was jawing with Daniels that got his attention during this bout. Kazarian ran out as Rush climbed to the top rope for the DQ.  The Addiction continued to assault Rush, before Moose made the save. This led to…

    – Moose (with Stokely Hathaway)  & Lio Rush defeated The Addiction.  Moose is a star and the crowd loved chanting “MOOSE” repeatedly, especially during his punch sequence. Moose hit the spear followed by a Rush frog splash for the win. Good tag team match. Post-match, Addiction attacked Rush & Moose and hit their new Meltzer Driver.  This brought out the Young Bucks to make the save as Daniels and Kaz fled. Bucks pop was gigantic.

    – ROH World Champion Jay Lethal (with Taeler Hendrix) defeated Vinny Marseglia with the Lethal Injection. Lethal was good, but no one believed Vinny had a chance.  Rightfully so. Vinny is tattooed with a physique similar to one CM Punk.  Of course, the crowd realized the similarities which caused those annoying Punk chants. Post-match activities again with House of Truth teeing off on Marseglia until Dijak ran down and made a statement. Dijak ended up hitting Feast Your Eyes on Lethal to a massive pop, before standing over his nemesis and posing with the ROH World Title. Great segment!

    Intermission

    – Veda Scott defeated Mandy Leon and Jenny Rose. Veda looked impressive with Mandy coming along quite nicely.

    – Silas Young defeated Delirious with his version of the TKO. Delirious was an unexpected surprise as was his verbal developments.  Silas cut a very good promo before the match, running down the booking, Delirious, and Cheeseburger.  Along the way, Delirious while on the outside went under the ring only to re-appear as Cheeseburger with a mask.  Crowd loved that.

    – The Young Bucks defeated The All Night Express with the Meltzer Driver.  Match of the night. The Bucks looked great as did their broom they brought to ringside. Superkick Party led to the finish. Post-match, The Addiction hit the ring and double teamed The Bucks with ANX.  Moose made the save, joined the Superkick Party, cleaned house, ending with him and The Bucks super kicking Kazarian.  

    – ACH defeated Kamaitachi with the 450 splash.  I may sound greedy, but I expected a little more out of this. Nonetheless, this was a very good match. Kamaitachi hit his top rope senton to the outside on a standing ACH, along with another high risk spot that I could not quite see.  Appeared to be a double foot stomp, but I could be wrong.  

    – The Briscoes defeated Motor City Machine Guns and reDRagon in a three-way. Briscoes with the win set up their chance to regain the Tag Titles vs War Machine (absent from this show as they were overseas). Sabin looked good.  

    ROH returns to New England Friday 9/30 for the All Star Extravaganza PPV and 10/1 for TV tapings featuring New Japan!  These shows will run approximately 90 minutes north of West Warwick, RI at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.  

  • ROH San Antonio, TX, live results: Adam Page vs. BJ Whitmer street fight

    Submitted by John Tovar

    – Dark Match: Jessica James b Lady Luck

    – BJ Whitmer did a promo vowing to destroy Adam Page.

    – Kevin Kelly comes out to welcome crowd and announces that show will be on VOD, and has a special announcement after the main event regarding San Antonio. He then brings out Mr Wrestling 3.

    – Mark Briscoe pins Silas Young with an inside cradle.

    – Rhett Titus (w/ Kenny King) b Will Ferrara. King runs down San Antonio, and the female fans by saying they have “fishy smelling crotches”. King then demands that Bobby Fish come out to wrestle him now!

    – Bobby Fish def. Kenny King by submission. Fans were into Fish.

    – The Motor City Machine Guns b The Addiction when Chris Sabin pinned Kazarian. Post match, the Addiction laid out the Guns.

    > Intermission

    – Keith Lee & Shane Taylor b Andy Dalton & Ken Phoenix

    – Young Bucks b Delirious & Cheeseburger when Matt Jackson pinned Burger after a Meltzer Driver on top of a prone Delirious. Bucks way over as was Burger.

    – ACH vs Roderick Strong vs Moose vs Kyle O’Reilly vs. Jay Briscoe vs. ROH Champion Jay Lethal

    Great match. Everyone got in their moves. After a ref bump by Paul Turner, Briscoe gets a visual pin on Roddy. Todd Sinclair runs to ring to make the count, but the count was broken up, ending with Lethal pinning ACH with Lethal Injection. Lethal cuts a promo saying no one can beat him which Briscoe responds by saying he never got his rematch for title. Lethal quickly leaves the ringside area.

    – Adam Page b BJ Whitmer in a San Antonio Street Fight

    Fans led Page to use posterboard, a cane, and even a sash on BJ   Whitmer may have been hurt as he was attended to while announcement was made for a return date of 11/4. Show ended and while fans were filing out, Whitmer was still laid out.

  • Jimmy Jacobs’ eulogy for wrestler & best friend Christian Able

    The following was written by Jimmy Jacobs:

    Joshua Michael Burgess, known to the wrestling world as Christian Able passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016.

    Christian Able was known for his charismatic presence, emotional promos, and in-ring strength. Josh was born January 11, 1985 in Berrien Center, Michigan. A life-long entertainer after graduating Coloma High School in 2004, Burgess attended Disney University in Orlando, FL, where he went on to perform as Pluto at various Disney parks.

    Josh began professional wrestling training in 2006 at Dan Severn’s Price of Glory Wrestling School in Coldwater, MI under Jimmy Jacobs and Josh Raymond. Burgess started his career working for various Midwest independent companies in a tag team with childhood friend Caden Ames under the team name Absolute Answer. Burgess later branched out to become a solo act for Ian Rotten’s IWA Mid-South and Detroit’s XICW. In 2008, Burgess continued training at the House of Truth Wrestling School under Truth Martini and the Can-Am Wrestling School under Scott D’Amore. Burgess’ most notable success was as a tag team with Josh Raymond managed by Truth Martini, under the team name the House of Truth.

    The team first stood out in Chicago independent company AAW and Scott D’Amore’s Can-Am Wrestling before debuting at Ring of Honor in 2009. The team was featured on Ring of Honor’s ROH on HDNet television show. The House of Truth had notable matches against the Briscoes, the Young Bucks, and Kevin Steen and El Generico. Roderick Strong was later added to the House of Truth in 2010. Burgess and Raymond would go on to assist Roderick Strong in winning the ROH World Title from Tyler Black on September 11, 2010 in the duo’s last appearance for ROH.

    Later that month, Burgess teamed with Josh Raymond to face Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black in Chicago in what would be Tyler Black’s final independent wrestling match before going to WWE to become Seth Rollins. Burgess continued to perform on and off for his remaining years, having his final match on April 2, 2016 in a dog collar match against his former tag team partner Caden Ames.

    Josh passed away unexpectedly in Michigan on April 13, 2016. He is survived by his parents Lynda (nne Burgess) and Kevin Smith, his brother Kyle Smith, as well family, friends, and brothers in professional wrestling. A tribute and ten bell salute was dedicated to Burgess on April 17 in Detroit, MI at XICW.

  • ROH signs TV deal with Canada’s Fight Network

    On Monday, Ring of Honor and The Fight Network announced a new deal that would give ROH weekly exposure throughout Canada.

    The Canadian based combat sports network will begin airing ROH starting on Tuesday, April 26 at 11 PM EST with repeat showings throughout the week. ROH will be part of a Tuesday night wrestling block with TNA Impact at 9 PM EST, ROH at 11 PM EST, and AAA at midnight EST. 

    The Fight Network is carried nationally on all major cable, satellite and telecom systems in Canada.

    The shows will air before they go up on the ROH website on Thursdays, but after they debut during the weekend on U.S.-based Sinclair affiliates, some of which
    are picked up in Canada, most notably the Buffalo station that is carried in Ontario.

    The deal gives ROH television penetration in other key Canadian markets that they previously didn’t have broadcast access in.

    “Ring of Honor has long been touted as a worldwide leader in professional wrestling and we’re thrilled with the opportunity to finally bring a weekly series to Canadian fans,” said Chad Midgley, VP of The Fight Network.  “Over the past decade, ROH has staged plenty of five-star matches that will go down in history as some of the best. Its focus on in-ring quality, attention to detail and talent development is outstanding, making it the perfect fit for our stacked professional wrestling block on Tuesday nights.”

  • DR. KEITH PRESENTS: Indy funtime in Dallas!

    One of the most exciting things about WrestleMania weekend (particularly this year!) is the buffet of non-WWE offerings taking place all weekend long. Here on the Dr. Keith Presents show, we certainly love our indy wrestling and Alan is joined this week by two indy wrestling experts in Mike Falcone and a returning guest from our early years: Travis McNeill (T-MACK to some!!!).

    In a show that flies by, the lads run the gamete of everything going down in Dallas during Wrestlemania week from Lio Rush’s big title match opportunity in ROH to the Ryder Cup-esque goings on in EVOLVE at EDDIE DEEN’S RANCH, and of course, the amazing hodge podge card at WrestleCon.

    The collection of talent on display over the three days is off the charts, the best in the world are converging on Dallas! All the big matches, all the storyline possibilities, it’s all covered this week on a MASSIVE 2-hour DKP!!! CHECK IT!!!!

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  • New Japan Road to Invasion Attack results: ROH TV Champion Ishii vs. Evil

    Here is a full report for the 3/20 New Japan Road to Invasion Attack show from Hyogo, Japan. This show wasn’t aired live, but can be seen in full on New Japan World via individual matches.

    Roppongi Vice vs. Jay White and David Finlay

    Solid match. Finlay and White are really good as a team and do all the young lion stuff really well at this point. Both of them show great fire when doing their comeback.Romero hit a suicide dive on Finlay on the outside while Beretta pinned White with the Dudebuster.

    Kushida vs. Gedo

    This was really good. Gedo is excellent at what he does and Kushida is one of the best in the planet. They worked a good while with Gedo getting in control for most of the match. Kushida cut him off and and had some good back and forth from there, with some really good near falls. The crowd was into it as well. Kushida had Gedo in the kimura lock at one point but Gedo escaped. Kushida rolled around, got it back on and Gedo tapped.

    Yoshi-Hashi, Kazushi Sakuraba and Toru Yano vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata

    Your typical New Japan six man, though I’ve seen better. Nothing too wrong, but a lot of comedy and a lot of these guys don’t mix well together. Yano got the win for his team after a low blow on both Taguchi and Nakanishi, rolling up the latter for the win.

    Katsuyori Shibata and Captain New Japan vs. Tencozy

    Gee, I wonder who is taking the fall here. The problem with CNJ is that he almost never wins, so you already know who is losing before the match even starts. It’s not even like Honma where he’s so great people will buy into anything; there’s just not much you can do with CNJ beyond the opening bout. This was all an angle to continue towards a Tenzan/Shibata match for the NEVER title, as Tenzan challenged after Kojima lost his title match. Match was fine but tough to get into considering. Tenzan locked in the anaconda vise on CNJ and he tapped out quickly.

    Shibata and Tenzan had a staredown after the match.

    Cody Hall, Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga and Bad Luck Fale vs. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask

    Standard eight man tag. Not much to talk about. Tiger Mask didn’t have the NWA Jr. title with him as he lost it on 3/19 back to Steve Anthony, so even though they teased another Liger/Tiger match, it probably is out of the books now. Tama Tonga got the win, pinning Tiger Mask with the waistlock DDT.

    Never Six Man Tag Team Champions Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin and Juice Robinson

    Good, crazy six man as you’d expect from a Bucks match. Omega had a bunch of weapons and used them freely during the match, using his trash can and the new spraycan they bring to the ring (maybe it’s Febreze? Who knows). Tanahashi and Omega had some good back and forth towards the end. Maybe they’re keeping that title situation alive? Faces mounted a good comeback, but Robinson got isolated after his team mates were laid out with superkicks and Omega pinned him with the One Winged Angel to retain the titles.

    Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada vs. Bushi and Tetsuya Naito

    This was fine, but never really felt it. I think it was just the way it was positioned on the card. Goto has debuted new red gear during this tour as he’s officially in Chaos. Goto and Bushi worked each other, as did Naito and Okada since they’re headlining Invasion Attack. Goto hit his knee neckbreaker on Bushi (does he really need to do that to someone who’s been out months due to a bad neck?) then hit a new finisher, sort of like a reverse slam into a knee neckbreaker, for the win.

    Okada and Naito had a staredown after the match, but Naito simply walked away before anything went down.

    ROH TV Champion Tomohiro Ishii vs. Evil

    Very good match. Ishii was his stiff self as usual and Evil is coming into his own as a worker. Not at the same level as Ishii, obviously, but he held his own here. Lots of lariats and back and forth action in general. This was stiff, but not to the level you’d see from normal Ishii matches where he destroys himself. Lots of back and forth towards the end. Evil kicked out of the sliding D. They both went for double headbutts and they fell to the floor. Evil clonked Ishii with a lariat and went for the STO but Ishii fought back. Ishii hit a running knee to the face and hit the brainbuster for the win.

    Overall a pretty solid card. The main event was good, the Young Bucks six man was good and Kushida/Gedo was good as well. Those three matches are priorities.

  • Kenny Omega pulled from ROH Saturday in Philly

    Ring of Honor announced that Kenny Omega has been pulled from Saturday’s show in Philadelphia, but that to make up for it, Kushida would be defending the IWGP jr. heavyweight title on the show.

    “Due to circumstances out of his or Ring of Honor’s control, `The Cleaner,’ Kenny Omega, will not be in Philadelphia on Saturday, March 12 to compete at The Conquest Tour event,” the company announced ths morning.

    Later an announcement was made that Kushida would defend his title against ACH.

    The lineup for the show is:

    Jay Lethal vs. Matt Sydal for the ROH title
    Kushida vs. ACH for the IWGP jr. title
    Adam Cole & Roderick Strong vs. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly
    Briscoes & Cheeseburger vs. War Machine & Moose
    Young Bucks vs. Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian vs. Alex Shelley &
    Chris Sabin
    Mandy Leon & Sumie Sakai & Jenny Rose vs. Kyoko Kimura & Veda Scott &
    Taeler Hendrix
    B.J. Whitmer & Cedric Alexander vs. Adam Page & Jonathan Gresham
    Will Ferrara vs. Joey Daddiego

  • Adam & Mike BAN: NHL Trade Deadline, New Japan Cup and more!

    Back after a short hiatus due to Adam’s immune system going viral, the original alternate returns by taking it old school. How old school? The first half of the show is all about the NHL’s trade deadline kind of sold school. What can we say? We had to ease back into things. And what better way than speaking upon the Imperial Blackhawks leaving everyone else in their dust? We also get into some other things too, like New Japan’s Cup looking to be filled, Stardom’s new streaming service, Kota Ibushi’s visions, the new unofficial official band of the BAN, and much more. It’s the radio show that knows all of the stuff that Chrisley doesn’t; it’s the Adam and Mike BIG AUDIO NIGHTMARE~! Proudly here at WrestlingObserver.com.

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  • ROH Las Vegas TV taping results: Title matches, Fight Without Honor, returns

    Here are the results from Saturday’s ROH TV tapings in Las Vegas. In case you missed it, here’s what happened at their 14th anniversary PPV Friday night.

    Internet exclusive match: Brian Kendrick pinned Will Ferrara

    TV Taping (week of March 14th)

    – Cedric Alexander vs. ROH TV Champion Tomohiro Ishii

    Veda Scott paid original opponent BJ Whitmer to leave and get the match for Cedric Alexander. Ishii won with a brainbuster.

    – Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian demanded that Chris Sabin apologize to them for what he did.  Sabin & Alex Shelley came out and they went at it with Sabin & Shelley demanding a match, but Daniels refused.

    – Mark & Jay Briscoe beat Reno Scum

    Scum is a local tag team of Adam Thornstowe & Luster the Legend.

    – Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin beat Young Bucks

    Post-match saw The Addiction attack the Bucks and the Motor City Machine Guns made the save.

    TV Taping (week of March 21st)

    – Roderick Strong won four-way over Adam Page, Moose and Matt Sydal when Strong pinned Page

    – Adam Cole did an interview saying he would be the next world champion. Matt Taven returned, and said that Cole is no longer part of the Kingdom and that he would be forming a new Kingdom.

    – Cheeseburger vs. an unknown ended when Kenny King & Rhett Titus attacked both guys and laid them out

    War Machine and the Briscoes made the save. The segment ended with the Briscoes grabbing the tag team title belts so they are in the immediate tag title picture.

    – ROH Champion Jay Lethal beat Hirooki Goto in a good match to retain

    Lethal won thanks to interference from Truth Martini and Taelor Hendrix. Donovan Dijak returned with Prince Nana and kicked Martini. Martini laid motionless and they did an injury angle that was played up big in the building. A lot of people thought he had broken his neck, but he was taken out on a ringside table.

    TV Taping (week of March 28th)

    – Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly beat Kazuchika Okada & Gedo

    Fish and O’Reilly won when they pinned Gedo after Chasing the Dragon

    – Adam Cole beat Kushida with a brainbuster in a super match

    – Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley beat Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian

    After the match, Daniels & Kazarian jumped them until Kushida & Matt Sydal ran in. The Young Bucks ran in after.

    TV Taping 4 (week of April 4th)

    – ROH Tag Champions War Machine retained beating Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta

    – Donovan Dijak & Prince Nana did an interview. Dijak said he had been protecting the House of Truth, but now it’s time to go after the world title. Jay Lethal and Dijak ended up brawling so that’s a new title direction.

    – Kenny Omega beat ACH with the One Winged Angel

    – Dalton Castle beat Silas Young in a Fight Without Honor

    They brawled all over the place.

  • Tomohiro Ishii vs Roderick Strong vs Bobby Fish for the ROH TV Title

    Ring of Honor announced today that the way they are handling Friday’s TV title situation is doing a three-way match with new champion Tomohiro Ishii facing the original two wrestlers who were scheduled to battle, former champion Roderick Strong and Bobby Fish.

    Ishii won the title on Friday at Korakuen Hall.

    There was question as to whether Ishii vs. Hirooki Goto, originally scheduled on the card, would become the title mach, or if Ishii would face Strong, since an angle on the Saturday night show at Korakuen Hall indicated the match with Strong.  Instead they announced a three-way match for the title with Roderick Strong and Bobby Fish.

    Goto will still be on the show against an opponent as not yet named.

    The companies 14th anniversary show will be from a sold out Sam’s Town Casino Arena in Las Vegas on Friday February 26th, headlined by Jay Lethal defending the ROH title in a three-way against Kyle O’Reilly and  Adam Cole.