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  • Ring of Honor TV results and recap 10-17: Jay Briscoe vs Adam Page No Holds Barred

    The Big Takeaway – A wild brawl and awesome angle headline a fun show as ROH is starting to set the table for their year-end PPV, Final Battle.   

    The Addiction (“Almighty” Christopher Daniels/”The Heavy Metal Rebel” Frankie Kazarian) w/Chris Sabin vs The All Night Express (Kenny King/Rhett Titus)

    A battle of former tag champs kicks off the show and Kevin Kelly points out that neither team was actually beaten for their titles. ANX was stripped when Kenny King left the company and the Addiction lost in a 3 way without losing the fall.

    The teams surprisingly adhere to the Code of Honor. Sabin gets involved early but Kenny King backdrops Kazarian out of the ring on top of him and Sabin ends up getting ejected by the ref coming off of it. ANX gets the early advantage with some double-teaming on Kazarian. Kazarian gets the tag after a couple of minutes but Daniels gets more of the same. Daniels turns it around after some interference from Frankie before we go to break.

    Leading into the break we get a backstage promo from Jay Briscoe building up his main event tonight with Adam Page. He calls him “green boy” and says he has no idea what he’s getting into. At the end of it, he’ll be a better man for the experience but it isn’t going to be fun for him. No doubt.

    Back from break and the Addiction are double-teaming and Daniels hits the BME on Titus and then does the one foot cover with the General pose but Titus kicks out. Fans are chanting ALL NIGHT and LETS GO TITUS. Titus fights back but Daniels uses an eye poke to stop his momentum. Titus is fighting to get to the corner but Daniels uses the old school heel tactic of hitting King with a cheap shot, causing him to try and get into the action. The ref holds him back, allowed double-teaming from the Addiction.

    Titus finally gets the hot tag to King and the place explodes. Eventually all four men in the ring and Titus is still selling the effects of the extended beating. The Addiction take out King with a Total Elimination and then Frankie hits Titus with a flying knee from the top while Daniels holds him and then covers but that only gets a two. King recovers and it able to fight them off but eventually all four men are down.

    The all recover at roughly the same time and Daniels ends up hitting King with a Brainbuster and then Titus with a Uranage. This brings out a masked KRD guy, which distracts Daniels. As Daniels is chasing him, Titus hits Daniels with a dropkick and then picks him up for a powerbomb while King comes off the top rope for a lariat and that gets the fall for ANX.

    WINNERS – THE ALL NIGHT EXPRESS

    After A commercial break, the Kingdom’s music is playing and they are out, dressed to the nines, for an in-ring interview. Maria, in particular, is almost unrecognizable as you rarely see her in a dress. Highlights of the KRD member interfering at the PPV, helping the Kingdom win the belts, are shown.

    Bennett tells some story about a farmer and a snake while the fans chant BORING. The moral of the story is that the snake bit the farmer and the farmer shouldn’t have trusted him. The Kingdom are the snakes in this story. We get more highlights from the PPV when Adam Cole turned on Kyle O’Reilly in the main event.

    Maria gets the mic next and introduces herself as Maria Kanellis-Bennett, the manager of the greatest faction in the world. She may work in a male-dominated industry but she doesn’t play by a man’s rules. She hands off to Taven. They formed a year ago, not out of necessity but out of greatness and you measure greatness by gold and they are the greatest tag team in the world today because they hold the gold. They will not sleep until Adam Cole gets back what is his, the ROH World Championship.

    Cole is next. He turned on Kyle O’Reilly because O’Reilly doesn’t deserve to be anywhere near the ROH World title. He was sick when Kyle O’Reilly was listed as one of the top contenders and not him. He mocked Michael Elgin who he says had such a “great run” in the US that he had to go to Japan to become relevant again. “Way to go, Little Mike”, he says. He gets his “Adam Cole baby” line in and the fans do not chant along as they usually do, so the turn is working.

    ReDRagon are out but being held back by security. The Kingdome taunt them with the belts in the ring. Bobby Fish gets a mic and warns Adam Cole that he has no idea what’s he’s done. He also tells Taven that they will be taking the titles back. Cole says he’s love to see the two of them take on the three of us. This brings out Michael Elgin to even the odds with a new “#BIGMIKE” shirt. Ya, I won’t be buying that. Elgin clears the ring of the Kingdom and gets his hands on Maria but the Kingdom pull her to safety. BIG MIKE chants from the crowd. Elgin challenges the Kingdom to six-man match but they retreat to the back.

    Inside ROH with Mandy Leon is up next. This week she looks at the rivalry between Silas Young and Dalton Castle. Highlights from the last PPV when Young beat Castle to get control of the boys are shown. Then we get the angle from last week when Young and the Beer City Bruiser beat on the boys for a few minutes in a “match”, which was their first lesson in becoming men. This will lead into next week, when Dalton Castle is back on ROH TV without his boys for the first time.

    Adam Cole gets a backstage promo hyping up a match in two weeks with #1 contender AJ Styles. He promises to drop AJ on his head in the match. After a teaser for Final Battle, the Briscoes are there. Mark keeps interrupting Jay and all of this was just to tell us that “we’ll be back after this commercial break”. My description doesn’t do this justice but this was awesome.

    Main Event – No Holds Barred

    Adam Page w/BJ Whitmer vs Jay Briscoe

    Whitmer joins Kelly and Corino on commentary. If history is any indication, this won’t last long as Corino always loses his cool when Whitmer is around. Kelly announces that Nigel McGuiness has signed a six-main main event for next week with the Kingdom vs ReDRagon and Michael Elgin.

    Fans serenade Page with “Jay is gonna kill you”. Page extends his hand for the Code of Honor but slaps Briscoe when he goes to shake it. Briscoe all over him after that and they immediately go the outside. Page’s shoulder is all taped up and Briscoe is concentrating his offence on it. Page lays out Briscoe with a hard chair shot to take control. Page sets up a table but this gives Briscoe time to recover and he lays out Page with a chair shot.

    They end up back in the ring and Page sets up a chair in the centre. Whitmer goes to hand Page his crutch but this brings out Mark from the back, who intercepts it. Mark hobbles to the back with the crutch, while Jay is in the ring peppering Page with punches. Briscoes teases a Jay Driller into the chair but Page escapes and ends up hitting a DDT to get control as we go to break.

    Back from break and Page is in control. He’s screaming “SAY MY NAME” at Briscoe, as Briscoe all along has been acting like he had no idea who Page is. Page charges at him in the corner and Briscoe gets out of the way, which causes Page to end up on the outside table. Briscoe puts him through the table with a double foot-stomp from the apron. ROH chants from the crowd after that.

    Back in the ring and Briscoe methodically beating on Page. HE hits a couple of neckbreakers and then grabs the chair. He puts it around the neck and hits another neckbreaker as the fans explode. MAN UP chants. Briscoe goes to the outside and gets another table from under the ring. He sets it up in the corner and sets Page up to be driven through it. The time to set it up allows Page time to recover though and he ends up hitting a pump handle slam on Briscoe to put him through the table. That only gets a two-count though.

    Fans chanting YOU CANT BEAT HIM as we go to break again. Back from break and Briscoe in control as they fight in the apron. There’s another table set up at ringside and Jay teases putting Page through it. Corino and Whitmer are jawing at each other on commentary. Page ends up getting control on Briscoe while the fans chant YOU STILL SUCK at him. Page gets yet another table and sets it outside, while Jay is recovering.

    They end up back in the ring but battling on the apron. Briscoe flattens Page with a slingshot lariat. He teases a Jay Driller off the apron onto the table. Page escapes and teases the Rite of Passage on the apron but Jay escapes and gabs a chair that was laying on the mat. He flattens Page with a chair shot and then lays him out with the Jay Driller through the table. Fans going nuts with ROH chants and YOU JUST KILLED HIM. Back in the ring for the pin but Page kicks out at two.

    Briscoe can’t believe the kickout as Whitmer is celebrating on commentary. Briscoe standing over him, screaming “Come on Boy”. Page gets to his knees and then spits in Briscoe’s face. Briscoe loses it and starts wailing on him after that. Briscoe takes his head off with a clothesline, while Whitmer and Corino are really going at in on commentary after Whitmer was making cracks about Corino’s family. Whitmer hits the Jay Driller for the pin.

    WINNER – JAY BRISCOE by pinfall

    Kelly berates Whitmer after the match saying that he was arguing with Corino when Page needed his help. Corino mocking him as well. Fans chanting THAT WAS AWESOME and Whitmer gets in the ring with his crutch. He beats on Briscoe with it and this brings Corino into the ring. He takes off his suit jacket and grabs a roll of coins from his pocket and lays out Whitmer with one punch after Whitmer taunts him. CORINO chants from the crowd. He leaves the ring, huge Kelly and then goes to the back as he knows he’s going to be suspended from commentary after that.

    Great main event and fun angle to close the show.

  • ROH announces two day Survival of the Fittest for Milwaukee and Minneapolis

    Ring of Honor will be doing its annual Survival of the Fittest Shows on 11/13 in Milwaukee at the Turner Hall Ballroom and 11/14 in Hopkins, MN, just outside Minneapolis, at the Eisenhower Community Center, with an ROH title shot at stake.

    This year’s event will feature, on the first night, two different four-corners matches, two three-way matches and two singles matches.

    The second night will be headlined by a six-way elimination match featuring the winners of the six matches on the previous night.

    There will be 18 wrestlers in total on the first night. Thus far, the promotion has announced nine of them:  Mark Briscoe, Jay Briscoe, Michael Elgin, ACH, Matt Sydal, Moose, Ray Rowe, Hanson and Dalton Castle.

    Past winners of the tournament have included Delirious, Roderick Strong, Elgin, Adam Cole and current ROH champion Jay Lethal.

  • Bryan & Vinny Show 10/11: Packed show featuring Vinny birthday surprise, Granny, ROH TV, Table for 3 on WWE Network

    The Bryan & Vinny Show returns today with tons to talk about! First, we CELEBRATE VINNY’S 40TH BIRTHDAY with an early Christmas Show drink, then Granny joins us for our usual Q&A, and finally full reviews of ROH on Sinclair with an awesome Roderick Strong vs. Kazuchika Okada match, and two of the wacky TABLE FOR THREE shows on the WWE Network! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • TNA and ROH Wednesday night ratings 10-7

    TNA’s follow-up to Bound for Glory on Wednesday night produced its best ratings numbers since September 9th.

    The beginning of the TNA title tournament did 335,000 viewers for the first-run Destination America episode and 112,000 for the replay. The replay was the second best replay number since the show moved to Wednesday at midnight.

    Ring of Honor did 175,000 viewers for their Field of Honor episode from MCU Field in Brooklyn featuring a Kazuchika Okada vs. Roderick Strong main event. It was the company’s best number ever in the 11 PM EST time slot.

    Here’s a look at last week’s ratings.

  • TNA, ROH & UFC Wednesday night ratings (September 30)

    The news for last night’s ratings weren’t good for pro wrestling.

    Impact last night in the 9 p.m. time slot did 275,000 viewers, slightly up from 272,000 last week, but still the fourth lowest since the move to Wednesday.  The midnight replay did 69,000 viewers.  The show was the go-home show for Bound for Glory, headlined by Drew Galloway & Matt Hardy vs. Ethan Carter III & Tyrus.

    ROH did 127,000 viewers  for a show headlined by Shinsuke Nakamura vs.Adam Cole.  It is the second lowest number for ROH since getting on Destination America.

    Ultimate Fighter last night did 538,000 viewers.

  • ROH 9/26 Lockport, NY, house show results: Jay Lethal vs. Stevie Richards, Michael Elgin vs. Adam Cole vs. ACH vs. Moose

    Submitted by J.C. Gethicker

    Tonight’s ROH show in Lockport,NY could have been a giant mess. The Briscoes pulled out due to a funeral they needed to attend, Nick Jackson cancelled his entire weekend of shows because his wife went into labor early. Unforeseen circumstances show how much character and heart a person OR a company has. Despite the losses of talent, ROH made it work, and delivered a pretty good show tonight.

    Veda Scott vs. Sumie Sukai

    This started off pretty slow and sloppy. It’s obvious that this roster needs more depth in the Women’s division. They picked it up at the end and made it somewhat entertaining.

    ANX vs. House Of Truth

    Decent match but nothing too special. Funny stuff from the crowd calling J Diesel Mini-Tista! ANX gets the win and continues up the tag ranks.

    Caprice Coleman vs. Pepper Parks 

    Great promo by Coleman before this match started. He took the reins as the de facto heel here as Parks is from Buffalo. One of the best promos I’ve ever heard him cut actually. OK match. Coleman gets the win when Parks tries to use a chain to cheat, steals it, and uses it on him. Nice Let’s Go Buffalo chants in the match as well by the crowd.

    Roderick Strong vs Watanabe

    Great, hard-hitting match as you might suspect. They really beat each other up. Roddy gets the win with a Sic Kick. One of Watanabe’s better ROH outings.

    Matt Jackson vs. Matt Taven

    Adam Cole cuts promo saying he has some unfinished business after Matt Jackson interfered in his match the night before. He calls out Jackson, says he has a match later with Matt Taven, and refers to him as One Buck. Of course, the crowd latched onto this and we had the One Buck chant tonight! Matt Jackson came from in from behind and Super Kicked Cole. Taven then hit the ring and attacked Jackson, promptly starting their match. Even as a single, Matt was super over and had good, entertaining match with Taven. Matt had some hilarious spots using the crotch chop. Particularly when he did a crotch-chop and suck-it between a count to 10 in the corner with punches. 1… suck it! 2… suck it! 3… suck it! And so on. Cole being at ringside really added a good dimension to this match. Matt Jackson finally won with a superkick and had a good singles showing. 

    Cheeseburger & Will Ferrara vs Brutal Bob Evans & GN Hughes

    This was good comedy match with Cheeseburger some over as a white-meat babyface in The Nickel City. Looks like Cheeseburger & Ferrara may be a regular team. Nice new double team finisher that won them the match.

    Chris Daniels vs. Hanson

    First off, I just love the evolution of The Addiction gimmick with Kaz becoming The Rock N Roll Rebel and Daniels becoming The Ring General. Great promo before this match with The Addiction saying they never got pinned for The World Tag Titles of The World. So as far as they are concerning they are still the champions. War Machine interrupts and wants a match. Daniels then says Kaz is hurt. Hanson then challenges The Fallen Angel to a singles match. OK match ends in a double DQ. A brawl ensues between the two teams which requires security to come out. Two good points follows with Hanson taking a dive to the outside onto the other three and a slew of security. Also a nasty bump by Daniels, taking a double chokeslam from War Machine through 4 chairs! 

    Proving Ground match: ROH World Champion/TV Champion Lethal vs. Stevie Richards

    Stevie Richards is still in damn good shape and had a pretty good match with the Champ tonight. Lethal pretty over here in Buffalo as the crowd showed Lethal a lot of respect. It was well deserved, as he put in a good match giving as that classic Horsemen ring psychology. Which he does on most nights, which makes him one of the best in the business. Taeler Hendrix and Truth accompanied Lethal tonight and it added a new wrinkle to the House of Truth. After valiant effort, Lethal retains after Lethal Injection.

    Michael Elgin vs. Adam Cole vs. ACH vs. Moose

    Great main event! I like how they didn’t let anything outshine the main event and burn the crowd out beforehand. This was the wild, insane, fun match you come to expect from an ROH main event. Great work from all of them, particularly ACH. Maybe that’s why he went over. ACH with a pinfall win over Moose to win this match. ACH looks to be on the rise and getting in line for an epic program with Jay Lethal once again. ****

  • ROH 9-25 House Show Results California, PA Briscoes vs Addiction

    By Janmie Peklicz

    Taeler Hendrix pinned Mandy Leon. After the match, B.J. Whitmer came out and insulted both women and introduced Kelly Klein as the newest member of Decade.

    The Addiction (Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels) defeated Will Ferrara and Watanabe. After the match, The Addiction continued the attack until The Briscoes ran out for the save. Main Event announced as Briscoes vs. Addiction later in night.

    ACH pinned Caprice Coleman.

    Adam Cole challenged Kyle O’Reilly to a fight. O’Reilly is in Japan so Cheeseburger came out. Cole pinned Cheeseburger and attacked him after the match until Matt Jackson made the save with a Superkick. Nick Jackson is a no-show due to his wife going in to labor.

    Moose & War Machine defeated House Of Truth (Jay Lethal, Jay Diesel &Donovan Dijak w/Truth Martini and Taeler Hendrix) after Hanson pinned Diesel.

    “Brutal” Bob Evans pins Shaheem Ali.

    The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Michael Bennett w/Maria Kanellis) defeated The All Night Express (Kenny King & Rhett Titus) in a Proving Ground Match after Adam Cole interfered and Bennett pinned Titus after the Hail Mary. After the match, Matt Jackson gave Cole two more Superkicks leading to Cole challenging Jackson to a match.

    Adam Cole pinned Matt Jackson. After the match, Jackson gave Cole one final Superkick.

    Michael Elgin pinned Roderick Strong after an Elgin Bomb.

    The Briscoes defeated The Addiction after Mark Briscoe pinned Christopher Daniels after a Froggy ‘Bow.

  • TNA & ROH Wednesday night ratings (September 23)

    There was good and bad news on the ratings for TNA and ROH on DestinationAmerica.

    The audience tuned in later than usual, as the ROH show at 11 p.m. did 168,000 viewers, nearly double the previous week, and the best in that time slot since July 29.

    TNA at 9 p.m. did 272,000 viewers, its second lowest to date.

    The TNA midnight replay did 122,000 viewers, the best replay number to date.

    That seems to mean that a lot of the people who tuned into ROH than usually don’t also stay with TNA.

    It would appear “Empire” on FOX may tell the story, since nothing else on television in the 9-11 p.m. time slot did numbers out of the ordinary enough to change regular viewing patterns.

  • ROH TV tapings report 9-19 San Antonio Next month of TV (updated)

    ROH TV taping spoilers from San Antonio (taped 9-19)

    By Chris Aiken

    There was a dark match beforehand with two local indie teams.

    Show #1

    Matt Sydal beat ACH. This was good of course. It took a little time to warm the crowd but once they did the crowd was popping for the highspots, and there were a lot of them. This was a great way to kick off the tapings.

    The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) came out to cut a promo about being upset they were “robbed” of the tag team titles the previous night. As they ranted and raved, All Night Express (Rhett Titus & Kenny King) came out to a great reaction to confront Addiction. This set up a match for later on in the show, which will be framed as “next week” when it airs.

    Silas Young & Beer City Bruiser beat The Boys. Silas got on the mic beforehand and insulted The Boys manner of dress before saying one of their first lessons would be to get beaten up by real men. Silas and the Bruiser then squashed The Boys. Bruiser may have a regular role in ROH as he appeared on two different episodes teaming with Silas.

    Jay Lethal (with Truth Martini) beat Takaaki Watanabe to retain the TV title. The crowd knew Lethal was the heel as they chanted his name during his entrance but still treated him like the heel in the match. Watanabe was more over than one would think, but judging by all the New Japan shirts in the crowd and the big pop when the lion mark logo popped up on the video screen, they really wanted to see someone from New Japan that wasn’t American.

    Show #2

    All Night Express beat The Addiction. Daniels & Kazarian were the most jeered act of the night as the crowd really took to booing and taunting them. Early on in the match, Chris Sabin was at ringside and caught Kazarian when he was thrown over the top rope to the floor. The referee ejected Sabin. For the finish, someone in a red mask ran in and caused a distraction that allowed the Addiction to lose. Was it Sabin or someone else? Time will tell.

    The Kingdom (Adam Cole, Matt Taven, Michael Bennett & Maria Kanellis) came out to the ring all dressed up. The men wore suits while Maria wore a dress and heels. They all cut a promo bragging about their recent accomplishments like winning the tag team titles and Cole playing a role in the finish of the ROH title match the night before on the PPV. Out comes reDragon to confront them as security holds them back from entering the ring. Michael Elgin also enters the scene to even the odds. A six-man tag match is made for later on in the show.

    Jay Briscoe beat Adam Page (with BJ Whitmer) in a no holds barred match. With his shoulder in a sling the night before on the PPV, Page had his shoulder taped up here. The match was a wild brawl with chair shots and a table was broken amongst all kinds of other crazy spots. BJ Whitmer provided guest commentary and he gave Page his crutch at one point to use on Jay. Mark Briscoe ran in to grab the crutch and take it to the back. Whitmer began arguing with Steve Corino as Page tried to get his attention. Distracted by trying to yell at Whitmer, Page fell prey to a Jay and was pinned.

    Following the match was arguably the best and most notable angle on the show. Whitmer got in the ring afterwards and he started beating Briscoe with his other crutch. Corino jumped in the ring to make the save. He took off his sport jacket and began a staredown with Whitmer. Then, Corino clocked Whitmer with a roll of quarters in his hand. Down goes Whitmer. Coins went flying everywhere and the crowd popped big. Corino got out of the ring and hugged Kevin Kelly. Corino left the scene with the story likely  being he can no longer be an announcer due to becoming physically involved in an angle after knocking out Whitmer. He would not be seen again in front of the live crowd as Nigel McGuinness replaced him on commentary for the rest of the night.

    Show #3

    Moose (with Stokely Hathaway) beat Donovan Dijack (with Truth Martini). Moose looked almost even better in the ring than he did the previous night and this was a straight match without all of the gimmicks used in his PPV match.

    Dalton Castle beat Cedric Alexander (with Veda Scott). Castle was without The Boys of course and he was also without his jumpsuit or winged cape. He loses a lot of his aura without the full gimmick but they may be trying to distance him from the comedy aspect of it in favor of a more serious tone. He strolled to the ring in a t-shirt and showed more fire and aggression than usual playing off the story of being upset about losing The Boys. Alexander had various parts of his body taped up selling the brutality of his PPV match with Moose. After the match, Veda Scott cut a promo threatening ROH with a lawsuit over being subjected to an unsafe work environment. That’ll show ‘em, Veda.

    Jay Lethal and Truth Martini cut a promo in the ring. They were bragging when Roderick Strong interrupts them. He wanted another title shot. Lethal said he already beat him in ROH title matches. Lethal tells Nigel to tell Strong the same thing. Nigel says it’s true. However, instead of a ROH title match, Nigel gives Roderick a match for Lethal’s TV title. No announcement was made as to when or where the match takes place.

    reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) & Michael Elgin beat The Kingdom (Cole & Taven & Bennett with Maria). The match was good and it culminated in an angle where an angry O’Reilly demanded a match with Cole on this very night in San Antonio. Nigel said Cole already had a match booked for later on (“next week”) with AJ Styles and, while he couldn’t cancel that match in favor of another, he could add O’Reilly to it making it a three-way match. Admittedly, I was barely paying attention to the angle itself as I was transfixed on Maria’s assets like I was a New Japan cameraman.

    In a match taped after intermission but before the open of the fourth episode, Chesseburger teamed with a masked man in patriotic red, white and blue gear (which was likely indie wrestler Andrew Lockhart who also worked as a ring attendant at the PPV the night before) calling themselves American Fighters as they beat a local team called The Dirty Outlaws. Mark Briscoe provided guest commentary on this match and the next episode being taped as well.

    Show #4

    The Young Bucks vs. Silas Young & Beer City Bruiser (with The Boys) ended in a no contest. The Bucks were super over. They were probably more over with the crowd than anyone else. After admonishing The Boys earlier in the night about their choice of gear, The Boys came out wearing blue jeans and wifebeaters. The Boys would cower down from Silas and the Bruiser. When Bruiser and Silas weren’t looking they would fan The Bucks. After the Bucks began to run wild, Silas grabbed the house mic and said the match was originally scheduled as The Boys vs. The Bucks so he ordered The Boys to finish the match in the place of himself and the Bruiser.

    The Young Bucks beat The Boys. The crowd as still super hot for this like they were for the previous match. Lots of superkicks as it was a superkick party after all. After The Boys were beaten, Silas and Bruiser went to beat them up some more. The Bucks made the save then helped The Boys to their feet and raised their hands. Despite the show of sportsmanship, the crowd wanted more superkicks and The Bucks obliged by giving The Boys a dual superkicks to leave them laying.

    Roderick Strong beat Will Ferrara. While the crowd was into Strong during his angle with Lethal earlier on, they were mixed on Strong during this match (at least that’s the perspective from my section). He got cheered some, but not as much as in other markets. Nevertheless, it was a strong (pun intended) performance as Roddy showcased his great in-ring skills before making Ferrara tap out to the Stronghold.

    Adam Cole beat Kyle O’Reilly & AJ Styles in a three-way match when Cole pinned O’Reilly. They had a barnburner of a match. Beforehand, Nigel ejected everybody that was in the three corners, which was the other Kingdom members, the Young Bucks, Bobby Fish and Michael Elgin. After the match, they all ran back in for a big brawl that saw the Bullet Club members dispatch the Kingdom. Styles and Lethal had a staredown building to their future title match.

    It should be noted that besides the Young Bucks, the person most over with the crowd at times seemed to be referee Todd Sinclair. Yep, you read that right. On both nights in San Antonio, some fans passed out “Sinclair Section” signs and many people chanted for Sinclair throughout the night. It sounds odd but Todd Sinclair is hugely popular in the market for some reason. It’s like an inside joke though some people seem rather genuinely passionate about their support of ROH’s senior referee.

    By Travis Banks

     Local indie wrestlers working as ROH staff included Thomas Munoz, VG Allin, Bolt Brady, Barrett Brown, and Gregory James. – Dark Match: Keith Lee and Shane Taylor def. The Washington Bullets. Finish was botched as Lee tried to throw one of the bullets up for a powerbomb but couldn’t catch him. Taylor got the pin with a splash. Bobby Cruise comes out with a hot girl, followed by Kevin Kelly, then Steve Corino. Cruise goes through the usual opening spiel and introduces Nigel McGuinness, who recaps All Star Extravaganza and announces the main event of the evening: AJ Styles vs. Adam Cole. Taping 1:- Matt Sydal def. ACH in a Best of 5 Series match to tie the series at 2-2. Sydal won with the Shooting Star Press.- After the match, the KRD attacked both men and complained about being screwed out of the tag titles by some guy stealing their red mask shtick. The All Night Express comes out and says they never lost the tag titles, and declare their intention to get the titles back.- Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser def. The Boys. Before the match, Silas yells at The Boys for still wearing their usual outfits, and has Bruiser squash the two. The Boys actually hold their own until Silas puts them away. A sad Dalton Castle watches from a balcony.- ROH TV Title: Jay Lethal (w/ Truth Martini) def. Watanabe with a low blow and Lethal Injection. Taping 2:- All Night Express def. The Addiction after a distraction from the Mystery Man.- The Kingdom cuts a promo about how they fooled us. reDRagon comes out and wants a 3 on 2 match but Michael Elgin comes out to back them up. A brawl occurs with reDRagon and Elgin getting the upper hand.- No Holds Barred: Jay Briscoe def. Adam Page with a Jay Driller through a table. BJ Whitmer does commentary at ringside. After the match starts, Mark Briscoe comes out and steals one of BJ’s crutches. After the match, BJ beats Jay down with another crutch, but Steve Corino comes in for the save. BJ demands Corino hit him, so Corino knocks BJ out with a roll of quarters. Corino hugs Kevin Kelly and leaves up the ramp. Taping 3:- Nigel McGuinness has replaced Steve Corino on commentary.- Moose (w/ Stokely Hathaway) def. Donovan Dijak (w/ Truth Martini)- Dalton Castle def. Cedric Alexander (w/ Veda Scott). Castle came out in just his gear and a t-shirt. After the match, Veda complains about ROH’s lack of care for their employees, and says she and Cedric are filing a lawsuit.- Jay Lethal and Truth Martini are out for a promo but are interrupted by Roderick Strong, who wants a title shot. Nigel says AJ is the #1 contender for the World title, but there is no #1 contender for the TV title since Lethal beat Watanabe. No date is given for this match.- reDRagon and Michael Elgin def. The Kingdom (w/ Maria) when O’Reily pinned Bennett following Chasing the Dragon. A brawl erupts after the match, and O’Reily demands a match against Cole. Nigel says he has AJ Styles vs. Adam Cole booked for “next week” but adds Kyle, making the main event a triple threat. Intermission – Dark Match: Cheeseburger and Americos def. Andy Dalton and ??? Taping 4:- Mark Briscoe is on commentary.- The Young Bucks def. The Boys. The Boys are now dressed in wifebeater tank tops and baggy jeans. Originally supposed to be the Bucks vs. Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser, but after a few minutes of getting their butts kicked, Silas announces that The Boys will take their place. Chants of “Fan Up” and “Boys to Men” for The Boys, who hold their own against the Bucks in a fine comedy match.-  BJ Whitmer comes out and gets into an argument with Mark Briscoe- Roderick Strong def. Will Ferrara- Adam Cole def. Kyle O’Reily and AJ Styles. Jay Lethal is on commentary. Before the match, Nigel bans The Kingdom, Bobby Fish, Michael Elgin, and The Young Bucks from ringside. After the match, all three stables get into a brawl with The Kingdom being beat down. It eventually leads to Bullet Club hosting a Superkick Party on The Kingdom. As Bullet Club poses, Jay Lethal comes up behind Styles and taunts him with the World title. AJ grabs the mic and thanks San Antonio, and has two words for us if we aren’t down with Bullet Club. Overall a long but fun show. Only negative part was a small group of fans acting like jerks and trying to bring attention to themselves with stupid chants. 

  • Ring of Honor TV 9/19 results and recap: Briscoes/Goto vs CHAOS (Roppongi Vice/Okada)

    The Big Takeaway – Nothing spectacular but an entertaining hour of canned matches that mean next to nothing in the overall direction for ROH. The US debut of IWGP IC Champion Hirooki Goto was probably the most notable thing on the show.

    It’s New Japan vs ROH tonight with a show taped from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia just after the G1 tournament ended but obviously before the All-Star Extravaganza PPV.

    “The Last Real Man” Silas Young vs “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin

    Kevin Kelly claims that Elgin may have been the MVP of the G1 tournament. That’s a big of a stretch but he did very well and really turned a corner with me. Kelly now calling Elgin “Big Mike” as well.

    They do adhere to the Code of Honor before the match. Elgin did the stalling vertical suplex that the fans counted along with. They got to 30 and Elgin was motioning to continue. Fans chanting BIG MIKE as well so I guess that’s a thing. I can’t help but think of Big Johnny when I hear that but I guess he was big in Japan as well.

    Young hit the headstand moonsault but only got a 2. Elgin hit a couple Enziguris and then a lariat clothesline that he’d been teasing the whole match. He then did the dealift vertical suplex from the top turnbuckle into a Falcon Arrow that he did on the PPV but only got a two. Kelly called it a Super Falcon Arrow,so that’s what I’ll go with.

    Young connected with his Misery finisher but Elgin rolled out of the ring. Young followed him out and pulled back the mats but Elgin powerbombed him into a barricade. Back in the ring and Elgin hit an Elgin bomb for the win

    WINNER – MICHAEL ELGIN by pinfall

    Young refused Elgin’s offer of a handshake after the match. Cole did a backstage taped promo hyping up his main event next week with Nakamura. In nice continuity, he was wearing a Kingdom shirt, given the events at the PPV.

    Caprice Coleman vs ACH

    They replayed the angle from a couple of weeks ago where Prince Nana handed Coleman an envelope during a match. That never went anywhere and wasn’t elaborated on here. Crowd was really behind ACH during the intros but died right out once the match started.

    Lots of flips and jumps and dives but neither guy having any kind of sustained advantage. Coleman hit the Trinity to no reaction but ACH kicked out of the pin attempt. Coleman hit the one inch punch, which of course ACH waited about 30 second to sell, when he was about to hit a dive. Coleman hit the Sky Splitter but only got two.

    Coleman nailed a top rope Rana but ACH rolled through the pin attempt. He then hit a brainbuster followed by the Midnight Star for the pin.

    WINNER – ACH by pinfall

    ACH was still selling the punch after the match and Corino called him his third favorite Hardy brother. They shook hands after the match and Corino interviewed Coleman about the note he got from Nana. Coleman said there was money and a letter in the envelope. He took the money and then read the letter several times. He says he gets it now and that Nana is right and then walked away.

    “The Exotic Goddess” Mandy Leon was next with Inside ROH. She talked about the new working relationship with ROH and New Japan, showing clips of ROH and New Japan officials announcing the show in Japan in February. A 2 day show in Japan and then New Japan stars coming back stateside for the Anniversary show in Vegas and more shows for the New Japan tour in May. Leon was wearing a New Japan shirt and wearing it very well. Delirious interrupted her at the end and said a bunch of stuff that only he could understand and then hid in a locker behind her.

    Roppongi Vice (Barretta/Romero) and IWGP Heavyweight Champion Okada vs The Briscoes (Mark and Jay Briscoe) and IWGP Intercontinental Champion Hirooki Goto

    Crowd reacted the second Okada’s much started, chanting OKADA and he got the mega-streamer treatment. Goto got a nice reaction as well for his first US appearance. Goto refused to adhere to the code of Honor.

    Somewhat of a dream matchup to start as long-time ROH World champion Jay Briscoe opened against multi-time and current IWGP champ Okada. Fans firmly behind Okada when they squared off. Goto was tagged in quickly and held his own against both members of the Roppongi Vice. Corino talked about how Goto wants to unify the World and IC belts in Japan.

    Mark did some comedy involving Baretta’s headband. Eventually that led to some double and triple teaming from the Chaos members and Mark was trapped in their corner for several minutes. Corino also mentioned the Okada/Tenryu New Japan match coming in November.

    All three Chaos members did the Rainmaker pose, after Okada did the fake dive and then facewash spot with the foot, looking to the Vice for approval. Goto eventually got the hot tag and cleaned house, eventually ending up against Okada, getting a nearfall off a Saito suplex.

    Okada recovered and got a two count off a running uppercut  and then hit a flying elbow and did the Rainmaker pose. Goto blocked the Rainmaker and hit a backbreaker as we went to a break.

    Some stuff was cut out as Jay Briscoe is getting double-teamed by the Vice when we come back. He gets the hot tag to Mark. Romero goes for his three running clotheslines but Mark ducks out and hits some redneck kung fu. Jay and Goto are in and they took turns taking runs at Romero. Mark got a nearfall off an assisted backbreaker but Baretta broke it up.

    Eventually all six guys were in and took turns hitting moves on each other. Mark Briscoe blocked a rainmaker attempt but got hit from behind by Barretta. All six guys down in the ring and the fans chanting THIS IS AWESOME.

    The Briscoes nailed Baretta with a Doomsday outside the ring and then Mark hit the Froggie-Bo inside the ring on Barretta but he kicked out at two. Mark hit a Fisherman’s buster on Romero but Okada grabbed him and hit a Tombstone. Goto in to help  but Okada hit a perfect dropkick and then had a rainmaker blocked by a headbutt from Goto. Jay and Barretta ended up in the ring isolated and Jay hit the Jay Driller for the pin.

    WINNERS – THE BRISCOES AND HIROOKI GOTO by pinfall