The Ring of Honor World Championship will be on the line as Rush defends against Brody King at Final Battle.
ROH confirmed today that Rush vs. King for the ROH World Championship will take place at this year’s Final Battle pay-per-view. The event is being held on Friday, December 18 and will air on PPV and HonorClub.
In a matchup of top contenders to the World title, King defeated Shane Taylor in the main event of this week’s episode of ROH TV. King then did a post-show interview where he issued a challenge to Rush for Final Battle.
King, who is now a singles act after leaving Villain Enterprises, has gotten wins against Dalton Castle and Taylor since ROH returned with new TV episodes this summer. After being on hiatus since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ROH returned to television production in August with closed set tapings.
Rush is a two-time ROH World Champion. He lost the title to PCO at last year’s Final Battle but regained it in a triple threat match against PCO and Mark Haskins at Gateway to Honor this February. Rush hasn’t appeared since ROH’s return to TV production.
Rush vs. King is the second match that’s been announced for Final Battle. EC3 vs. Jay Briscoe is also set for the PPV.
The Big Takeaway: Josh Woods defeated Jay Lethal in a Pure Rules contest. Brody King defeated Shane Taylor in a brutal, hard-hitting hoss fight. Matt Taven debuted a new talk show, and Mark Briscoe pondered his tag team future.
We began this week’s show with The Foundation. Jonathan Gresham introduced his illustrious faction, staking their claim on Ring Of Honor. Jay Lethal claimed that they aren’t the bad guys, and that they’re just trying to restore honor to their great company. Lethal revealed that the man under the red octopus mask is former ROH Tag Team Champion, Rhett Titus. Tracy Williams told Titus to not remove his mask just yet, because it would just lead to more lack of appreciation. Williams said that they’re here to rebuild Ring Of Honor brick by brick.
*****
We transitioned to the lovely Quinn McKay. She ran down the card for tonight’s show. Shane Taylor vs. Brody King and Josh Woods vs. Jay Lethal are on the schedule.
Next, a package for Josh Woods aired. Woods said he demanded perfection from himself in the Pure Tournament, but fell short to Jonathan Gresham. Woods said that his overall background is more impressive than Lethals career, touting his MMA and amateur wrestling experience. Woods said that he needs this victory over Lethal for fans to change how they feel about him.
We get another package, this time for Jay Lethal. Lethal said that it warms his heart to see pure professional wrestling back in ROH. Lethal called Josh Woods the most dangerous man in the company under pure rules.
Josh Woods pinned Jay Lethal in a Pure Rules contest. (14:02)
Code Of Honor was adhered to. Woods gained control early with a high wristlock. Woods attempted an armbar early which forced Lethal to use his first rope break. Each competitor gets 3 rope breaks under Pure rules. Woods began ground and pound on Lethal, holding him down for multiple pinning maneuvers. Lethal got back some control by countering an armbar with a cartwheel dropkick.
Back from commercial, Lethal had Woods in a camel clutch. This caused Woods to use his first rope break. Woods tried to lift Lethal up for a brainbuster, but his back gave out mid-maneuver. Lethal and Woods began trading brutal forearms to the skull when out of nowhere Woods hit a bridging German Suplex for a two count. Woods rolled out of the ring, but was immediately hit with a Lethal suicide dive.
Lethal threw Woods back in the ring, went to the top rope and attempted his Macho Man elbow drop, but Woods caught him in an armbar. Lethal escaped quickly and went for the Lethal Injection, but Woods caught him again with a rear naked choke. Lethal motioned out quickly, but Woods locked in a knee bar as Lethal was crawling away. Lethal again found a way out of the kneebar, but Woods trapped his legs again and rolled him up for the 3 count.
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Matt Taven now has a talk show called Trending With Taven. His first guest was the returning Mike Bennett. Bennett said that he has earned his way back to ROH, and that it’s good to be reunited with Taven. Bennett said Taven needed someone to have his back. A message flashed across the screen telling us that the rest of the interview was available on HonorClub.
*****
We got a promo from Mark Briscoe. He said being 12 time ROH Tag Team champions sounds better than being 11 time champions. He also stated his disappointment in Jay Briscoe for being so focused on EC3. Mark said he’s going for the tag titles with or without Jay.
*****
Brody King spoke on his upcoming match with Shane Taylor. King said he has many similarities with Taylor, but also a lot of differences. Brody said what motivates him is championship gold, while Taylor always feels like he’s owed something. He finished the promo saying that both him and Taylor are both rocks, but King is being shot out of a cannon.
Shane Taylor was next. Taylor said he had a weight lifted off his back after the match with Kenny King. The hypocrisy runs wild in Brody King’s fanbase because if he was running around in a ski mask like King is, everyone would judge him. Taylor said he has nothing against Brody King, but he’s going to beat him.
Brody King pinned Shane Taylor (13:03)
King and Taylor both attempted running shoulder tackles early, but neither man moved an inch. They traded forearms to the jawline before Brody took control and gave Taylor multiple chops and forearms to the chest. Both competitors spilled to the outside and King threw Taylor skull first into the ring post.
Back from commercial, Taylor planted King with a draping DDT off the apron to the floor. Taylor took control, hitting King with hard forearms every time he tried to stand up. Taylor backed up and drove his knee into King, which sent both men through the barricade. Taylor rolled back in the ring, starting a count on King. King rolled in at 19, but Taylor went and began stomping on him immediately. King gained control of the contest by draping Taylor on the ropes and hitting a cannonball on Taylor’s back, giving King a two count. King lifted Taylor’s dead weight and hit a Death Valley driver into the turnbuckle.
Both men are exchanging open palm strikes and forearms following a commercial break. King hit a running swing slam, only getting a two count on Taylor. King tried to follow up with a powerbomb, but Taylor hit a package piledriver with King kicking out at 2.9. King sprung up fast and hit a burning lariat on Taylor, who powered out at a 1 count. King followed up with another burning lariat, which resulted in a pinfall.
*****
Final Thoughts:
I have a hot take: Shane Taylor has been the MVP of ROH since its return. He has put on four high quality matches, and he’s such a great talker. He’s being booked very strongly, even being protected in a loss to Brody King, who also looks phenomenal and seems to be on a collision course with Rush heading into Final Battle.
The Foundation has potential to be an all-time great ROH stable, on the levels of The Age Of The Fall or Generation Next. I’m not sure about the addition of Rhett Titus, but i’ll give it a chance. Lethal vs Woods was a fun watch; Woods has that smug star quality about him that a wrestler needs to succeed.
The returning Brody King defeated Dalton Castle while Dak Draper beat Brian Johnson in a Pure rules match.
Show Recap:
Quinn McKay congratulated Jonathan Gresham on his win over Tracy Williams in the Pure Championship Tournament finals. There was a post match promo from Gresham degrading both the ROH World title and the champion, Rush.
Gresham was joined by his new faction “The Foundation” which includes Jay Lethal, Tracy Williams, and an individual in a red octopus mask. He claimed that the Pure Championship now means more than the World championship.
Dak Draper pinned Brian Johnson in a Pure rules match (10:48)
Johnson immediately used his first and only closed first. He stayed on the attack and sent Draper to the outside, following it up with a suicide dive. Draper made his way back in the ring and used his only closed fist. Draper dumped Johnson out of the ring for a 17 count. Johnson returned to the ring, and Draper began to work on Johnson’s left arm leading into a commercial.
During the break, Draper suplexed Johnson off the top rope. Draper had Johnson on the turnbuckle and powe rbombed him off the middle rope. Johnson used his second rope break to break up the pin. Both men exchanged a series of pinning combinations, all resulting in two counts. Johnson dove through the middle rope and tried to pin Draper with his feet on the rope, costing him his own third and final rope break. Draper recovered and hit the Magnum K.O. for the win.
— Brody King said he has been violent all of his life, but has avoided drugs and alcohol. He has decided to be on his own and stand up as his own man as a singles competitor with his eyes on Rush.
— Dalton Castle claimed he’s more dangerous than given credit for. He said that King’s size does scare him, but he has a game plan. Castle said he needs to focus his rage into his wrestling abilities, rather than other things.
Brody King pinned Dalton Castle (13:43)
King immediately backed Castle in the corner and kicked him in the gut. Castle rolled out of the corner and took King down from the lower ankle. Castle dropped multiple knees into King’s back. Castle then got backed into the corner and was crushed by a running splash.
King worked over Castle’s neck. He dragged Castle to his feet, but Castle hooked his waist. King backed Castle into the corner, but Castle sprung back and hit a match shifting DDT. As King made his way back to his feet, Castle jumped on his back and tried to lock in a sleeper hold. King shook him off, but Castle retaliated and hit a running knee. King came back to his feet and spiked Castle with his signature piledriver that got a two count.
We returned from break and King launched Castle over the barricade. They got back in the ring at 12 and Castle hit a running knee, only picking up a two count. King hit a nasty running clothesline and followed it up with another spike piledriver, this time getting the three count.
Next week:
Shane Taylor vs. Kenny King and Soldiers of Savagery (SOS) vs. The Briscoes.
Final Thoughts:
While this week’s episode didn’t have the big fight feel that accompanied the Pure Championship tournament, it was still a solid episode. Dak Draper is someone to keep your eye on. It’s also nice to see Brody King venture away from Villian Enterprises and try his own thing. At the same time, I wonder where that leaves Flip Gordon and PCO.
The first teams for the Crockett Cup have been announced, while a couple of new matches have been added to the card.
NWA announced today on their Circle Squared program that The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express, Flip Gordon & Brody King, Rey Horus & Flamita, and Thom Latimer & Royce Issacs are the first four teams to enter the tournament. There will be three more teams announced.
Like last year, there will be a match that will determine the final spot in the tournament. The rules, however, will be different. It will instead be a gauntlet-style match where both tag teams and singles wrestlers will be eligible to enter. Two wrestlers will start, and every 90 seconds a new participant will enter the match. The last two participants remaining will be the last team to enter the tournament.
Tim Storm, Ricky Starks, and Zicky Dice have been announced for the gauntlet match.
It was also announced that Trevor Murdoch will get a chance at the NWA National championship, as he will face champion Aron Stevens.
The show will be headlined by Nick Aldis defending the NWA World’s Heavyweight title against Marty Scurll, who is putting $500,000 on the line.
This year’s Crockett Cup will take place on April 19 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia.
ROH has confirmed two more matches for this Friday’s 18th Anniversary pay-per-view.
Villain Enterprises stablemates PCO & Brody King will team against Rey Horus & Alex Zayne at the PPV. Eli Isom is also set to face Bully Ray in a singles match.
Bully Ray interrupted Isom vs. LSG at Bound By Honor on February 28. Isom then challenged Bully Ray to a match. Bully Ray won and went to attack Isom with a steel chair after, but Cheeseburger and Caprice Coleman came out to make the save.
At Gateway to Honor the next night, Isom made a save for Coleman and Cheeseburger after Bully Ray defeated Coleman. Isom went to put Bully Ray through a table, but Bully Ray low blowed him and powerbombed him through it.
ROH hyped that Bully Ray “has said that he’ll leave ROH for good if anyone can defeat him” and Isom is determined to rid the company of him.
Zayne made his ROH debut by defeating Bandido at Honor Reigns Supreme in January. The night before that, Bandido, Flamita & Horus won the ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles from Villain Enterprises.
Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada will host ROH’s 18th Anniversary PPV this Friday and ROH Past vs. Present on Saturday.
Here’s the updated card for the Anniversary PPV:
ROH World Champion Rush defending against Mark Haskins
ROH Television Champion Dragon Lee defending against Bandido
ROH Tag Team Champions Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham defending against Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll & Flip Gordon)
The Briscoes vs. Dalton Castle & Joe Hendry
Villain Enterprises (PCO & Brody King) vs. Rey Horus & Alex Zayne
Dealer’s Choice match: Dan Maff vs. Kenny King vs. Shane Taylor vs. Bateman (winner gets a future title shot of his choosing)
Villain Enterprises member Brody King has signed a new contract with Ring of Honor.
The news was announced via ROH this morning: “@Brodyxking has officially signed a new contract with ROH! Brody is more than just a wildly intense brawler… he is incredibly agile, can perform high flying moves, and has a strong amateur wrestling background. We are very proud to have Brody King on our roster!”
Further details about the contract weren’t revealed.
King debuted for ROH in December 2018. Marty Scurll, PCO, and King formed Villain Enterprises, with Flip Gordon later being added to the stable.
King is a former ROH Tag Team Champion and a former ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champion. King & PCO also previously held the NWA Tag Team titles.
King will face Rey Horus at ROH’s Free Enterprise show on February 9. At Bound By Honor on February 28, King will team with Gordon against Rush & Kenny King. Scurll, King & Gordon vs. Slex & The Briscoes is set for Gateway to Honor on February 29.
It was also announced yesterday that Homicide vs. King will take place at ROH Past vs. Present on March 14.
ROH has made a pair of match announcements for their Past vs. Present event.
Members of Generation Next and Villain Enterprises are set to face off at Past vs. Present, with Alex Shelley & Matt Sydal teaming against Marty Scurll & Flip Gordon.
Shelley and Sydal weren’t in Generation Next at the same time. Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, and Jack Evans were the other members of the group.
Doug Williams, Allison Danger, Necro Butcher, Delirious, and Grizzly Redwood are other names advertised for Past vs. Present. ROH posted a video on Sunday where Jay Lethal issued a challenge to Xavier for the show. Xavier was the second-ever World Champion in ROH history.
Past vs. Present is taking place at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, March 14. It’s part of ROH’s 18th Anniversary weekend. Sam’s Town Live is also hosting the promotion’s 18th Anniversary pay-per-view on March 13, and tickets for both shows went on sale to the general public today.
The night after he challenges for the ROH World Championship, Rush will be teaming up with his brother against Villain Enterprises.
ROH has announced Rush & Dragon Lee vs. Villain Enterprises (PCO & Brody King) for their post-Death Before Dishonor television tapings. They’re taking place at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, September 28.
Sam’s Town Live is also hosting Death Before Dishonor on Friday, September 27. ROH World Champion Matt Taven will defend his title against Rush in the main event of the pay-per-view.
Death Before Dishonor is the same night as CMLL’s 86th Aniversario, where Lee is set to team with Gran Guerrero & Euforia against Mephisto, Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja.
Brody King is facing Jeff Cobb on the Death Before Dishonor PPV pre-show.
The first round of ROH’s number one contender’s tournament will take place at Death Before Dishonor and the post-PPV tapings. PCO vs. Kenny King and Marty Scurll vs. Colt Cabana are the first-round matches for the PPV. Bandido vs. Jay Lethal and Mark Haskins vs. Dalton Castle are the tournament matches for the tapings.
The winner of the tournament will challenge for the ROH World title at Final Battle in December.
A change to ROH’s TV tapings began in July, with the top matches from the tapings also streaming live on HonorClub.
Jeff Cobb vs. Brody King will take place on the Death Before Dishonor pre-show later this month. The pre-show will air for free starting at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, September 27. That’s a half hour before the Death Before Dishonor main card begins.
In addition to the outlets where the PPV is available, the Death Before Dishonor pre-show will stream live on Facebook and YouTube.
ROH’s announcement of Cobb vs. King claimed that they’re “presenting this main event-caliber match as a special treat for fans and to once again show everyone in the wrestling world why it is the absolute best wrestling on the planet.”
Cobb defeated Matt Taven, Kenny King, and Jay Lethal in a Defy or Deny match at Honor for All last month. The win set up that Cobb will challenge for the ROH World Championship at ROH’s Honor United show in Bolton, England on October 27.
Taven is defending his ROH World title against Rush in the main event of Death Before Dishonor.
Brody King holds the ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles with his Villain Enterprises stablemates Marty Scurll & PCO. Scurll vs. Colt Cabana and PCO vs. Kenny King are set for Death Before Dishonor. Both are first-round matches in the tournament to decide a World title challenger for Final Battle.
Death Before Dishonor is taking place at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles will be on the line at Honor for All later this month.
ROH has announced that Six-Man Tag Team Champions Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO & Brody King) will defend their titles against LifeBlood (Bandido, Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams) at Honor for All. The show is taking place at the Nashville Fairgrounds Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday, August 25 and will air live on HonorClub.
Villain Enterprises were supposed to defend their titles against LifeBlood at Mass Hysteria last month, but Brody King couldn’t wrestle at the show due to an ankle injury. The night before Mass Hysteria, LifeBlood & PJ Black defeated Villain Enterprises (Scurll, PCO, King & Flip Gordon) at Manhattan Mayhem.
Villain Enterprises retained against Haskins, Williams & Black at June’s Best in the World pay-per-view. LifeBlood then defeated Villain Enterprises in a non-title street fight at the post-PPV television tapings.
Scurll vs. Bandido has been confirmed for ROH’s tapings at Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, August 24. ROH announced last month that the top matches from their TV tapings will be live streamed on HonorClub going forward.
ROH has announced a tag match for Summer Supercard.
Villain Enterprises (PCO & Brody King) will face The Kingdom (Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan) at the event. It’s taking place at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada this Friday (August 9) and will air live on HonorClub.
PCO & King currently hold the ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles with Marty Scurll. Flip Gordon was revealed as the newest member of their Villain Enterprises group in June.
The Kingdom’s Matt Taven is defending his ROH World Championship against Alex Shelley at Summer Supercard.
Here’s the updated card for the show:
ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes defending against Guerrillas of Destiny in a Ladder War
ROH World Champion Matt Taven defending against Alex Shelley
ROH Television Champion Shane Taylor defending against Tracy Williams
Rush vs. Dalton Castle in a no DQ match
Women of Honor World Champion Kelly Klein defending against Tasha Steelz
Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham vs. LifeBlood (Bandido & Mark Haskins)
Villain Enterprises (PCO & Brody King) vs. The Kingdom (Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan)
Caristico, Soberano Jr. & Stuka Jr. vs. Barbaro Cavernario, Hechicero & Templario
ROH has announced that Six-Man Tag Team Champions Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO & Brody King) will defend their titles against LifeBlood (Bandido, Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams) at Mass Hysteria. The show is taking place at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts on Sunday, July 21 and will air live on HonorClub.
Villain Enterprises retained their titles against Haskins, Williams & PJ Black at Best in the World in June. After the match, Flip Gordon was revealed as the newest member of Villain Enterprises. A brawl between Villain Enterprises and LifeBlood ended with Gordon hitting a 450 splash through a table on Williams.
Scurll, PCO, King & Gordon will face Bandido, Haskins, Williams & Black at ROH’s Manhattan Mayhem TV tapings on Saturday, July 20.
Here’s the current lineup for Mass Hysteria:
ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO & Brody King) defending against LifeBlood (Bandido, Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams)
Rush vs. Dalton Castle
The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser & Brawler Milonas) challenging for the ROH Tag Team titles (The Bouncers will challenge the team that wins the Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. The Briscoes NYC street fight from Manhattan Mayhem)
The Kingdom (ROH World Champion Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan) vs. Jay Lethal, Alex Shelley & Jonathan Gresham
ROH Television Champion Shane Taylor defending against Eli Isom
From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman called the action.
ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Villain Enterprises (PCO, Marty Scurll & Brody King) defeated Jay Lethal, Jeff Cobb & Rush to retain their titles
Lethal and PCO started it off for their respective teams. Lethal nailed PCO with a lot of kicks, but PCO was barely phased. PCO begged Lethal to dive on him, which distracted Lethal long enough for Scurll to cut off Lethal. PCO tagged in Scurll, and Lethal tagged in Rush.
Kenny King and Amy Rose joined the announce team mid-match and Kenny immediately brought up his “eye surgery.” Throughout the match, he kept asking what was happening because he couldn’t see.
In the ring, Rush and Scurll wrestled to a stalemate. Rush tagged in Cobb, and Scurll tagged in King. A quick exchange led to Cobb nailing a dropkick. However, King fired back and landed a running crossbody and then pulled off a hurricanrana on Cobb.
King was sent to the floor by Rush. Lethal dove on him, but King caught him. With a kick assist by Scurll, King suplexed Lethal onto the floor.
After the break, Lethal was in the ring with King attempting to suplex him but instead used a cutter to drop the big man. King tagged in Scurll, and Lethal tagged in Rush. Rush ran wild and decimated his foes until he got arrogant and Scurll cut him off with a superkick to the knee.
Scurll called for the chicken wing, but Rush nailed him with a headbutt and tagged in Cobb, who came in and gave two stalling suplexes to King and PCO. He then launched Scurll and followed it up with a moonsault.
PCO broke up the pin, but Cobb managed to hoist King and Scurll up at the same time for a double suplex. This brought in PCO, who came in and tossed Cobb to the floor. King hit a flipping dive onto Cobb and Lethal, then PCO hit a Scurll-assisted flip dive of his own and took out all three of their opponents.
Back in the ring, Scurll and King combined forces to hit a sunset German suplex on Cobb. They then hit a 619 and cannonball combo on him. Scurll tagged in PCO and grabbed Cobb, but he ate a Cobb superkick. Lethal then came off the top with an elbow, but PCO stood up. Rush then hit him with an overhead belly-to-belly.
Lethal again hit a top rope elbow, but Scurll broke up the pin. In the chaos, Lethal hit a Lethal Injection on Scurll and went for it again on King, but King caught him on his shoulders and landed a crazy spinning powerbomb. PCO followed it up with a moonsault, which got the win for Villain Enterprises.
During the commercial, as Lethal was leaving, Kenny King jumped Lethal from behind and used his cane to choke him out.
ROH World Champion Matt Taven defeated Flip Gordon to retain his title
After an early exchange sent Taven to the floor, Gordon hit a suicide dive. As Gordon was on the ring apron, TK O’Ryan attempted to get involved. That distracted Gordon enough to allow Taven to knock him to the floor. Taven launched Gordon into the ring post and then threw him back into the ring.
Gordon got the advantage and landed a kick and a one-legged moonsault. Taven kicked out at two and bailed to the floor. Taven baited him to the outside and then drilled Gordon in the knee. Taven went to follow that up with a running dropkick to the floor, but Gordon evaded and landed a superkick. Gordon charged after Taven, but Taven hip tossed him into the guardrail.
After the commercial, Taven was attacking Gordon’s injured knee with punches. Gordon fought to his feet and landed a knee to the head of Taven. However, Taven kept going back to the knee with a dragon screw leg whip, which sent Gordon to the floor. As he was out there, Taven distracted the referee. That allowed O’Ryan to attack Gordon.
Taven locked on a half Boston crab back inside the ring, but Gordon got to the ropes. Finally, Gordon managed to hit a springboard spear to buy himself some recovery time. A striking exchange ended with a huge knee by Gordon. He then hit an inverted driver to get a two count.
After the final break, Taven had Gordon perched atop the turnbuckle and landed a superplex, but it was Gordon who hooked the inside cradle. He only got a two count. Gordon fired up and landed a Russian leg sweep from the second rope and a spinning Falcon Arrow, getting a two count.
Taven spit in the face of Gordon and landed a pop-up powerbomb and a Just the Tip knee. He went for a cover, but Gordon kicked out at two.
Gordon fought back up and hit a swinging TKO. He went up top, but as he was on the top rope, the red balloons floated up from ringside, distracting Gordon long enough to allow Taven to hit the Climax DDT off the top to pick up the victory and retain his title.
Three new NWA champions were crowned tonight at the Crockett Cup tournament in Concord, North Carolina.
The ROH team of Brody King and PCO defeated Royce Isaacs and Thomas Latimer (formerly Bram from Impact) to win not only the Crockett Cup tournament, but the NWA Tag Team titles, which have been vacant since 2017. Isaacs and Latimer won the wildcard battle royal and earned a spot in the tournament in the first match of the show, but lost in the finals after PCO hit a moonsault on Latimer following a fireman’s carry Michinoku driver from King.
Earlier in the card, Allysin Kay defeated Santana Garrett to win the vacant NWA Women’s championship. Garrett went to the top rope for a shining star press, but Kay moved out of the way and pinned Garrett with a spear to win the championship for the first time. The match originally was supposed to be Jazz defending the title against Kay, but on 4/22 it was announced that she would be vacating the title after 948 days due to personal and medical reasons.
Colt Cabana later defeated Willie Mack to win the NWA National title after scoring the win with the Superman pin, ending Mack’s 184 day run as champion. James Storm made an appearance after the match, challenging Cabana to a future title match.
ROH has announced several matches for War of the Worlds: Buffalo, including a Six-Man Tag Team title defense by Villain Enterprises.
Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO & Brody King) will defend their titles against Jeff Cobb, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima in Buffalo. The show is the first stop on the War of the Worlds tour.
Cobb is the ROH Television Champion and NEVER Openweight Champion. He defeated Will Ospreay in a title vs. title match at G1 Supercard to win the NEVER Openweight title.
War of the Worlds: Buffalo is taking place at Buffalo Riverworks on Wednesday, May 8. There are three other shows on the tour, with stops in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on May 9, Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 11, and Villa Park, Illinois on May 12. The Villa Park show is a television taping, while the rest of the tour will stream on HonorClub.
Guerrillas of Destiny defending their ROH Tag Team titles against Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham is the main event of the Buffalo show. Here’s the updated card:
ROH Tag Team Champions Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) defending against Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham
ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO & Brody King) defending against Jeff Cobb, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima
Flip Gordon vs. Bandido
Rush vs. Silas Young
Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA & EVIL) vs. LifeBlood (Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams)
Hikuleo vs. Shane Taylor
PJ Black vs. Alex Coughlin
The Kingdom (Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan) vs. Clark Connors & Karl Fredericks
