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Ring of Honor TV live results: Shibata vs. Christopher Daniels Pure title match

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Two title matches make up tonight’s Supercard of Honor fallout edition of Ring of Honor TV on HonorClub.

New Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata will have his first title defense as he faces former ROH World Champion Christopher Daniels.

After defeating Yuka Sakazaki at the pay-per-view, ROH Women’s Champion Athena will look to continue her run as she defends against Miyu Yamashita.

Thursday’s lineup will feature a slew of matches taped Wednesday that includes new ROH Tag Team Champions The Lucha Brothers & Mark Briscoe defending against The WorkHorsemen & Shane Taylor and former Pure Champion Daniel Garcia in action against Tracy Williams.

Regular AEW roster member Ortiz will be in singles action against ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champion Brian Cage while Darius Martin heads to the singles division against Jay Lethal.

After returning last Friday, The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch) will be in action as will former title challenger Willow Nightingale.

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This week’s ROH was taped after this past Wednesday’s Dynamite from Long Island, New York. Some people call Long Island the most magical place on Earth, a claim that I cannot personally confirm. Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman, & Nigel McGuinness were on the call.

ROH World Tag Team Champions The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) & Mark Briscoe (w/Alex Abrahantes) defeated The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake) & Shane Taylor

Briscoe and Taylor start in the ring, with Briscoe using redneck kung fu to force Taylor to tag out. The Lucha Brothers ran wild on the rudo team until Penta tried to hit Taylor with a package piledriver. Taylor forced Penta into the corner, allowing Henry and Drake to work him over.

Penta eventually fought to get the tag to Briscoe, who ran wild on everyone. The match broke down into a pier-six brawl, ending with Taylor hitting Welcome To The Land on Briscoe. The Work Horsemen hit a series of strikes for a nearfall that was broken up by both Lucha Brothers. Penta hit a Destroyer on Drake to take him out of proceedings. Briscoe booted Henry out of the air and hit the Jay Driller to score the win. In the crowd, Powerhouse Hobbs and QT Marshall looked on as they challenge the Lucha Brothers for the ROH Titles tomorrow at Battle of the Belts VI.

ROH Pure Title Match: Katsuyori Shibata defeated Christopher Daniels to retain

This was fine. The work was professional and solid, but the crowd was almost silent for it. This is where ROH piggybacking off of AEW tapings hurts the product. It’s a crowd generally unfamiliar with the Ring of Honor acts watching them after seeing all the AEW stars on Dynamite. Whether it’s at Universal Studios or at their own dedicated tapings, Ring Of Honor would be better off with a crowd specifically there to see Ring of Honor.

Jerry Lynn, Dean Malenko, & BJ Whitmer were the judges for this one.

After a feeling-out process, Shibata locked Daniels in a Figure Four. After trying to fight out, Daniels relented and used his first rope break. Shibata lined up a Penalty Kick, but Daniels ducked and landed a forearm to the back of the head. Daniels worked on Shibata’s neck, landing a neckbreaker for a nearfall. Daniels caught a Shibata strike and dropped him with a facebuster before transitioning into a Koji Clutch. Shibata fought toward the ropes, but instead rolled Daniels to his shoulders and forcing Daniels to break.

Shibata laid in the forearms in the corner, but Daniels followed him to the opposite corner and cut him off. Shibata absorbed some chops before dropping Daniels with a forearm. Shibata hit the hesitation dropkick in the corner before locking on a rear-naked choke. Daniels fought to the ropes to use his second rope break.

Daniels caught Shibata with an STO, but Shibata popped back up and hit an STO of his own. Shibata hit a set of forearms before locking on another rear-naked choke. He released it and followed it with a Penalty Kick to win the match and retain the title.

– Backstage, Claudio Castagnoli was interviewed by Dasha Gonzales. He celebrated his win over Eddie Kingston at Supercard of Honor, saying that he did exactly what he said he would do. He said that he would defend the title against anyone who stepped up.

ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champion Brian Cage (w/Prince Nana) defeated Ortiz

Ortiz fought off Cage with speed, as the New York crowd rooted on their hometown guy. Ortiz hit a cannonball off the apron to Cage on the floor and sent him into the steps. Back in the ring, Cage cut Ortiz off and hit the outside-in superplex. Cage caught Ortiz on a charge and sent him up and over with a fallaway slam.

Ortiz caught Cage with a small package on a Drillclaw attempt for a nearfall. He followed with a tornado DDT to take Cage down. Ortiz fired up with chops before herking Cage up with a Dog Valley Driver for a nearfall. Cage hit the GMSI pumphandle slam for a nearfall. Ortiz spun Cage into the corner with a frankensteiner, but Cage cut Ortiz off with a superkick. Cage went up for another superplex, but Ortiz got in the ring and powerbombed him for a nearfall. Cage caught Ortiz and dropped him with the Drillclaw to win.

Jay Lethal (w/Satnam Singh & Sonjay Dutt) defeated Darius Martin

The Kingdom joined the commentary booth, with Maria Kanellis-Bennett donning a headset. Maria wondered where Dante Martin was, noting that the Kingdom were the ones that set up the tables that Dante sort of went through at Supercard of Honor.

Martin opened up with a dive, but Lethal cut him off in the ring and hit a dive of his own. Lethal hit the Fargo strut on the floor, with Singh and Dutt joining him. Back in the ring, Martin fought off a Figure Four attempt before sending Lethal to the floor. Lethal and Martin traded strikes on the apron before Martin clotheslined Lethal into the ring and hit a facebuster for a nearfall.

Lethal won a forearm exchange, but Martin cut off a Lethal Injection attempt. Lethal cut off Martin with a superkick. As both men were down and as Singh took the referee, Matt Taven went down to the ring and superkicked Martin, allowing Lethal to hit the Lethal Injection and win. After the match, Bennett and Taven taunted Martin – while wearing Satnam Singh’s overcoat. They looked like Chris Farley in Tommy Boy.

The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) defeated La Faccion Ingobernable (Dralistico & Rush) (w/Jose The Assistant & Preston Vance)

Dean kicked off with Dralistico. You wonder if beating Dralistico here would put Dean in line for a future International Title match, as Dralistico challenges Orange Cassidy tomorrow at Battle of the Belts. After a hurricane kick to Dean, Bravo tagged in. He laid in the shots to Dralistico, but Rush cut him off from outside the ring, allowing Dralistico to hit a knee and take him down. Rush tagged in and set up the Bull’s Horns but chose to taunt Bravo instead. After taking out Dean, Dralistico pinned Bravo with a double underhook codebreaker.

Daniel Garcia defeated Tracy Williams

Williams controlled Garcia on the mat as the crowd chanted Garcia’s job title at him. Garcia hit a throat thrust to try and cut him off, but Williams hit a suplex that sent Garcia into the corner. Williams went to the second rope, but Garcia hit another throat thrust that sent Williams to the floor. The crowd randomly chanted for tables, so Garcia went to the floor and feigned getting one before flipping them off.

Williams fought back and landed a high angle backdrop suplex. He hit a DDT on the top turnbuckle and a lariat before locking on a facelock. Garcia got to the ropes, and after a scramble for position, Garcia hit a lifting Codebreaker-style move to score the win.

Willow Nightingale defeated Notorious Mimi

After some frivolity, Nightingale dropped Mimi with a shoulder block and a senton. Mimi caught a kick and rolled Nightingale into a roll-up but only got a one count. A crossbody got a two count for Mimi, but Nightingale caught her with a Pounce and hit the Babe With The Powerbomb for the quick win.

The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) defeated Even Stevens (Stephen Azure & Steve Somerset)

McGuinness compares Even Stevens to the Mulkey Brothers, which got a chuckle out of me. Their match went a lot like old Mulkey Brothers matches went, with The Righteous completely trucking them. Dutch hit a Bossman Slam, with Vincent following with a top-rope senton and the Autumn Sunshine for the win.

Konosuke Takeshita defeated Tony Nese (w/Ari Daivari, Josh Woods & Mark Sterling)

Nese got an early advantage on Takeshita with a series of quick kicks that floored Takeshita. Takeshita answered with a running clothesline. Nese sent Takeshita over the ropes, but as Takeshita went to skin the cat, Woods cut him off and allowed Nese to dropkick him to the floor. Nese sent Takeshita into the steps and into the apron before rolling him into the ring for a nearfall.

Takeshita caught Nese with a small package on a suplex attempt, but Nese quickly answered with a spinning back kick. Takeshita cut off a facewash attempt with a lariat, then followed it with a pair of big boots. Second rope senton from Takeshita scored a nearfall. Nese avoided the running knee but ran right into the Blue Thunder Bomb. Takeshita set up a running knee, but Woods and Daivari yanked Nese out of the ring.

Takeshita hit a dive onto all three Varsity Athletes. Takeshita went for an outside-in superplex, but Nese cut him off and hit a triangle moonsault for a nearfall. Nese went for a pumphandle slam, but Takeshita maneuvered himself into a Bastard Driver for a nearfall. Sterling got a distraction, followed by Woods and Daivari holding onto Nese’s arms on a German suplex attempt. Nese hit a pumphandle driver for a nearfall. Nese went for the Running Nese, but Takeshita countered it into the Chaos Theory for the win. Takeshita has now beaten all three Varsity Athletes in Ring of Honor.

ROH Women’s World Title Match: Athena defeated Miyu Yamashita to retain

This was a solid main event. The match got this tepid Long Island crowd interested in the work, as Yamashita brought the fight to the champion with heavy strikes. Another quality title defense from Athena.

Athena avoided a series of kicks, but Yamashita hit a triangle kick out of the corner to get control. Yamashita lived up to her nickname of the Pink Striker by hammering Athena with kicks that drove her into the corner. Athena held onto the apron as Yamashita dragged her out of the ropes, pulling the apron into the ring. Athena then used the apron to pull the floor out from under Yamashita before dragging her to the floor.

Athena hit a Knee-DT on the floor before sending Yamashita back in the ring. Athena worked on Yamashita’s legs, locking on a variant of an Indian Deathlock that forced Yamashita to forearm her way out. Yamashita low-bridged Athena out of the ring – pulling the wrong rope, but regardless – and kicked her on the apron. Yamashita hit a second kick on the apron, but Athena caught her on the third time. Athena pulled her into a fireman’s carry before sending Yamashita head-first into the ring post. Athena tried to follow with a senton, but Yamashita moved and hit another big kick to the chest.

Back in the ring, Yamashita got thrown off the top rope by Athena, but met her back on the top rope. Yamashita hit a top rope Death Valley Driver for a nearfall. Yamashita went to hit a Penalty Kick, but Athena rolled through into a single-leg crab. Athena transitioned into an ankle lock, but Yamashita rolled Athena into the ropes and hit a running kick. Yamashita went for a spinning heel kick, but Athena ducked and walked up the ramp.

Yamashita charged at Athena and caught her near the stage, hitting a big kick. Yamashita hit a Death Valley Driver on the stage. As Yamashita tried dragging Athena back to the ring, Athena threw Yamashita off the stage to the floor. Athena followed her to the floor with a running cannonball. Back in the ring, Yamashita hit a spinning kick for a nearfall. Yamashita went for a head kick, but Athena caught her in a crossface. Yamashita went for the ropes, but Athena dragged her back to the middle of the ring and made Yamashita pass out to win and retain the title.

MLW Underground results & video: A Court Bauer favorite

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The Big Takeaways:

  • Christopher Daniels picked up the win for his team in a superb six-man tag main event that featured an excellent Dick Togo, Ikuto Hidaka, Los Maximos, and Quiet Storm. 
  • CW Anderson and Crowbar battled in a very solid match with Anderson picking up the win after a spinebuster on a steel chair.

Show Review:

We opened with Daniels cutting a promo backstage, flanked by his partners for the night, Ikuto Hidaka and Dick Togo. He said just when you think MLW can stack the deck against him, he pulls out an ace from the pack: The Far East Connection.

Joey Styles then welcomed us to the Manhattan Center in New York City as he ran down the card for the night. 

CW Anderson defeated Devon “Crowbar” Storm (7:52)

The ring announcer called him Devon Storm, his graphic named him Crowbar, and Styles told us he would be known by his given name Chris Ford. Whatever you choose to call him, the former WCW Hardcore, Cruiserweight and Tag Team champion looked the part here against the no-nonsense Anderson.

Crowbar, as I will call him due to another “Storm” appearing later in the night, suplexed Anderson out of a wristlock to end a smooth chain sequence in the early going. He then came off the second rope with a clothesline, hit a springboard middle rope crossbody followed by a “sky high” pop-up powerbomb and a slingshot somersault legdrop that only got a two count. A baseball slide dropkick through the ropes followed as Anderson tried to take a breather from the early onslaught.

Crowbar then sat Anderson on a chair at ringside before flattening both he and the chair with a pescado from the ring. After a short commercial break, Anderson waffled Storm in the top of the head with two unprotected chair shots. The referee grabbed the chair and stopped Anderson from going further which gave Crowbar the opening to get a shot in and fire up. Crowbar hit a belly-to-back suplex and a slingshot splash before a middle rope moonsault that got another close two count.

Anderson hit a desperation superkick out of nowhere to stop Crowbar in his tracks and went to use the chair again, but Crowbar caught him with a low blow before using the chair and hitting a northern lights suplex. Anderson still kicked out at two. Crowbar then lay the chair flat in the middle of the ring, but it was he who felt the full force of an Anderson spinebuster on the chair, taking him out of the game and giving the victory to the Extreme Horseman member.

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– We then caught up with Steve Corino, fresh off a loss to Terry Funk at the previously well-advertised May 9th match from Taboo in Orlando. He said he was overconfident, but is now angry and determined. He challenged Funk to bring Dusty Rhodes, Steve Williams or any legend on June 20th. It doesn’t matter to him, he wants a legend, and he is taking one out.

– Anderson and Simon Diamond told us they had predicted they would win the MLW tag titles many months ago. With only Steve Williams and PJ Friedman in their way, they will become the franchise of the tag division. They named the Rock’n’Roll Express, Midnight Express and the Andersons, but said they were the best tag team in history.

– Another tag team were up next:, the Samoan Island Tribe: Samu and Mana. They were very upbeat and shouted a lot about coming for the tag team titles. 

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Christopher Daniels, Dick Togo and Ikuto Hidaka defeated Los Maximos & Quiet Storm (22:34)

This was a great 20+ minute six-man tag featuring some action that wouldn’t look out of place on AEW Dynamite. The action was quick, heavy, and action packed throughout.

Togo was lightning quick, something I didn’t see in his late 90s WWF run. Daniels was excellent, as he was in 2003, and looked like a star and was treated as such by the New York crowd. For the few times we have seen them in recent weeks, the Maximos looked like a very underrated tag team that didn’t get the exposure they deserved, possibly breaking in just a year or two too late to have a proper mainstream run.

The Maximos locked on Maximo Impact (a pancake submission combination of a camel clutch and Boston crab) on Daniels and Togo while Storm locked in a cross armbreaker on Hidaka. Togo showed his worth for his team with a perfect tornado DDT and senton bomb off the top rope. It was then Daniels’ turn to showcase his athleticism with a springboard middle rope moonsault and an enzuigiri. Hidaka then launched himself in with a springboard somersault senton as the heels were in full control. Styles summed up my thoughts, saying “Dick Togo is just fantastic.”

As the match broke down at the 15-minute mark, Storm took out Daniels at ringside with a huge tope con hilo. This started a train of dives. Next was Togo with a baseball slide tornado DDT, then Jose Maximo assisted by his brother who then was low bridged out by Daniels who followed with an Arabian press. That left Hidaka to take everyone out.

Hidaka hit a German and smoothly transitioned into a cross knee breaker on Storm who quickly recovered to hit a Gory Special moments later. A northern lights suplex followed but Hidaka hit a spinning heel kick. Daniels and Joel Maximo came in next for a 100 mph sequence, culminating in a triple jump moonsault by Daniels but Jose broke up the pinfall for his brother. Jose hit a frog splash on Daniels and it was Togo’s turn to make the save. The former Kaientai member hit a powerslam and a reverse rolling snapmare but ate a german suplex and a sit-out powerbomb for a pair of close two counts.

Daniels and Togo hit a flapjack into an X-Factor, but the Maximos fought back and hit Togo with a top rope double Spanish fly with one of the Maximos crushing and probably breaking Togo’s ankle as he landed right on top of it on impact with the ring.

Joel then took out Togo while Hidaka took out Jose with dives to the outside, which left Daniels and Storm in the ring together. It was a look at the current day SCU veteran version as he caught Storm with a dragon sleeper into a rolling DDT to pick up the win. 

– We closed with Raven backstage saying that Vampiro has felt the Raven Effect for the first time, but probably not the last time. Vampiro will feel Raven’s pain and he will stop irritating him, aggravating him, tormenting him, and bothering him. If he has to, he will hit the Raven Effect again and again, and again, and again. “Quote the Raven nevermore.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnAiCbjVarU

ROH TV taping results: Bullet Club, Jay Lethal, Top Prospect tourney kickoff

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Thanks to reader Andy Stowell and Internet reports for the notes | Image: Rolling Stone

From Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA

The announcing was done by Ian Riccoboni and a revolving cast including Alex Shelley, Dalton Castle, Bob Evans, Bobby Fish, Chris Sabin, and Mark Briscoe.

Dark Matches —

– Cheeseburger, Will Ferrara, and Joey Daddiego def. three ROH dojo wrestlers.

– Taeler Hendrix def. Jenny Rose

Show 1 — 

– Chris Daniels does a promo hyping his match with ROH Champion Adam Cole. That brought out the champion and Hangman Page which brought out Kazarian, setting up an impromptu tag match.

– Bullet Club (Cole/Page) def. The Addiction when Cole pinned Daniels

– Top Prospect Tournament quarterfinals: John Skyler def. Sean Carr

– Tempura Boyz vs. Motor City Machine Guns was a no-contest as it was announced the Guns and Jay White were attacked backstage.

– ROH TV Champion Marty Scurll submitted Donavan Dijak in an outstanding match. Lio Rush was out on the stage watching and later walked down to challenge Scurll, prompting the Rebellion to come out. That led to MCMG and White coming out to even the odds and run off the heels.

Show 2 — 

– ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Kingdom def. The Rebellion. Rush was out again and appeared to turn heel as he attacked the Kingdom members, but then turned on Kenny King and went to the back. Rhett Titus may have suffered a knee injury during the match.

– Top Prospect Tournament quarterfinals Brian Milonas def. Raphael King

– Jay Briscoe def. Jay White to snap the unbeaten streak in a great match. Briscoe refused to adhere to the Code of Honor. Briscoe put White through a table on the outside and hit a clothesline for the win.

— Show 3

– ROH Tag Champions The Young Bucks def. Coast 2 Coast

– Lio Rush did an interview which set up a match with Kenny King.

– Top Prospect Tournament quarterfinals: Curt Stallion def. Preston Quinn (w/Andy Vinesburg)

– Cody Rhodes was out and cut a great promo on Jay Lethal, bringing out Hangman Page who gave him one of his hangman’s ropes. Cody said he was going to get a cowbell that has been in the Rhodes family for 40 years — the same bell that Dusty used to beat Superstar Graham all over MSG — and challenged Lethal to a Texas bullrope match “on April 1st”. They pushed Supercard of Honor more than the PPV.

– Dalton Castle (w/The Boys) def. Jonathan Gresham

– BJ Whitmer and Punisher Martinez def. War Machine in a wild no DQ match after Martinez put Hanson through a table. This went everywhere. After the win, Martinez laid out Whitmer with a chokeslam and walked away.

— Show 4

– Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser def. Cheeseburger and Will Ferrera

– Top Prospect Tournament quarterfinals: Josh Woods def. Chris Le Russo by ref stoppage

– Kenny King (w/Caprice Coleman) def. Lio Rush. Shane Taylor came out and initially sided with Rush before turning on him.

– Bullet Club (Cody, ROH Champion Adam Cole, ROH Tag Champions The Young Bucks) def. Jay Lethal, Bobby Fish, and The Briscoes in a great brawl. Fish and Lethal couldn’t get along and brawled through the crowd, leaving the Briscoes to fend for themselves and for Jay to take the fall.

After the match, Cole was in the ring and Daniels left the commentary table to confront him. He threatens to shave Cole’s head which brings down Kazarian to help. However, Kazarian revealed a Bullet Club t-shirt and turned on his longtime partner to close the show.

ROH TV tapings results: The Decade of Excellence tournament kicks off

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Submitted by reader Richard Kelly

ROH did their post-Final Battle television tapings, taping four weeks of television from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA. It was pretty full, but it wasn’t standing room only like I’ve seen it for previous tapings and last year’s Final Battle PPV. Steve Corino was not on commentary.

Pre-show match

– The Tempura Boys (Yohei & Sho) def. Coast to Coast (Leon St. Giovanni & Shaheem Ali)

Tempura Boys won with a combination package piledriver superkick move. Giovanni doing a springboard corkscrew moonsault to the outside was the big highlight.

Episode 1

– Kyle O’Reilly opened the tapings coming to the ring as the new ROH World Champion.

He cut a promo saying holding the title means he’s the best wrestler in the world. Fans chanted “You deserve it.” Adam Cole interrupts, complaining that he was preparing for a regular match, but at the last minute it became No DQ, and he wants his title back.

He’s interrupted by Dalton Castle, saying that he pinned Cole when Cole was the champion, so he deserves a title shot. He’s interrupted by Bobby Fish saying that he won Survival of the Fittest and he has a title shot too. Kyle says good luck to anyone trying to take it from him. 

– Christopher Daniels def. Mark Briscoe in a Decade of Excellence Tournament first round match

Daniels beat Briscoe in about 10 minutes with the Angel’s Wings. Good match. 

– Lio Rush def. Caprice Coleman

The Rebellion (formerly the Cabinet) comes out and offers Rush a spot in the team. He refuses, and Coleman cuts a ranting and raving promo, and then is cradled and pinned in about 15 seconds. Rush is beat down post match and Jay White and Donovan Dijak make the save. 

– ReDRagon & Dalton Castle def. ROH Tag Champions The Young Bucks & Adam Cole

This was nonstop action and craziness from the Bullet Club almost the entire match. Tons of superkicks, dives, triple team spots, comedy. The Boys were at ringside and both ate superkicks near the finish. Nick came off the ropes with a 450, and O’Reilly caught him with a triangle, transitioned to an armbar and got the win. Fantastic match.

Episode 2

– Women of Honor: Deonna Purazzo def. Sumie Sakai

Purazzo won in about 5 minutes with a Fujiwara armbar.

– Jay Briscoe def. BJ Whitmer in a Decade of Excellence Tournament first round match

Whitmer came out with Punisher Martinez and Kevin Sullivan. Near the end, Sullivan told Whitmer to make a sacrifice and gave him the golden spike, but Mark ran down for the save. Jay takes advantage and hits the Jay Driller for the win. Whitmer after the match says that there must be a sacrifice next week. 

– Silas Young & Beer City Bruiser def. Jon Silver & Alex Reynolds 

Silas and the Bruiser win in about eight minutes with a banzai drop from the BCB. After the match, Silas tells the Bruiser that he found a 3rd man so they can go after the trios titles, and brings out Bull James. James got a really good reaction. However, Silas turns on Bull, and they lay him out, and the Bruiser hits a top rope frog splash. 

– The Kingdom def. Will Ferrara, Joey Daddiego & Cheeseburger

The Kingdom wins in about 10 minutes with a combo emerald fusion, swanton and frog splash on Cheeseburger. 

– The Young Bucks come out to cut a promo. They say they signed the most lucrative contract in ROH history, and after they beat the Briscoes at Final Battle, they’re the best tag team in ROH history. They talk about the Hardys’ challenge when the lights go out and a drone appears in the arena (meant to be like Vanguard One). It flies around, lands in the ring, and then is superkicked by the Bucks, and then superkicked again out of the ring. 

– Chris Sabin def. Colt Cabana in a Decade of Excellence Tournament first round match

Sabin won in about 10 minutes when the Boys ran down and distracted Cabana, and Sabin cradled him and won. Cabana did a lot of comedy and had a great time playing with the crowd.

Episode 3

– Lio Rush, Jay White & Donovan Dijak def. The Rebellion

Dijak was one of the most popular guys on the show. The babyfaces get the win in about 10 minutes when White does a uranage, Rush stands on Dijaks shoulders and hits a splash, and then Dijak hits a moonsault. Post-match, the Rebellion attacks again, but spares Rush.

– Cody then comes out to one of the biggest reactions of the night, a lot of boos but some cheers.

He cuts a heel promo on the crowd and on ROH. No Brandi with him as he says the fans aren’t worthy of seeing her. He called ROH “Ring of Mediocrity” and that he’s the real star. Out comes Steve Corino in full white ring gear, flanked by Kevin Sullivan and BJ Whitmer. Cody cuts a promo on him, saying he has no respect for Corino. Corino says if it wasn’t for Dusty Rhodes, he wouldn’t be here.

He said something about Genghis Khan needing to sacrifice one of his two sons, and if it wasn’t Cody, it would be his brother. I’m assuming a lot of the stuff leading to this, and explaining this sudden Whitmer/Corino/Sullivan alliance will be vignettes on the shows, unless I’ve missed something.

– Cody def. Steve Corino

Corino goes for the Golden Spike, but Cody low blows him, hits a disaster kick, and then a Dusty Rhodes elbow and pins him after about 5 minutes. Sinclair did a slow count and was hesitant to ring the bell. Cody gets chased off after the match by Jay Lethal. Corino then gets a big farewell, standing ovation from the crowd, hugs everyone at ringside, and then you could hear everyone applauding him backstage when he went through the curtain. Nice moment for Corino on his way out. 

– Lethal does a big promo on Cody, defending ROH and calling him smoke and mirrors. 

– Jay Lethal vs. Jushin Thunder Liger in a Decade of Excellence Tournament first round match

Lethal won in about 10 minutes with the Lethal Injection. Wasn’t much of a match. 

Episode 4

– Women of Honor: Taeler Hendrix def. Mandy Leon in a No DQ match

This was absolutely nuts. There was barely any wrestling in this one, but a lot of brawling all over. They did a double table spot when Mandy had a rear naked choke on the apron and they both went through a table on the floor. Taeler did a hangmans spot with a steel chain, and officials and Deonna Purazzo came down to help Mandy.

Deonna accidentally whacked Mandy with a chair, and then got DDTd on the floor by Hendrix. Mandy and Taeler did the spot where they sit in chairs across from each other and smack each other in the face. They got a ladder involved. Hendrix wins with a tombstone on a pile of chairs. Taeler came across as a monster and arguably the biggest star of this WOH division. 

– Marty Scurll def. Jon Gresham

A lot of comedy and chain wrestling early. Once it picked up, it got pretty good. Scurll did the finger break spot which got over huge, and then locked in the chickenwing for the win. 

– Christopher Daniels vs. Chris Sabin in a Decade of Excellence Tournament second round match

For two guys pulling double duty, this was a pretty damn good match. They started slow, but it got good by the end. Daniels won with the BME, so he’s going to the tournament finals against the winner of Lethal vs. Briscoe. 

– Kushida def. Will Ospreay and Dragon Lee in a triple threat

This was pretty much what you’d expect, and even after a 4+ hour taping, the crowd was going nuts this whole match. This was better than the triple threat from Final Battle, Kushida added a whole different dynamic to the match. Ospreay did tons of flips and dives and counters and big moves. Kushida won with a big tornado DDT and then a small package driver on Ospreay. 

No serious injuries suffered in ROH Ladder War 6 match

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There were no serious injuries suffered in Friday’s Ladder War tag team title match between The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian), Young Bucks and Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) at ROH All-Star Extravaganza 8.

The match has to be considered one of the best ladder matches in history.

In winning the ROH tag team titles, the Young Bucks simultaneously hold the ROH belts, the PWG belts and the IWGP jr. tag titles and after the match, declared themselves the greatest tag team of all-time.

The crowd gave Daniels & Kazarian a big ovation when it was over, particularly Daniels for doing what he did at 46 years old. That turned into part of the match’s storyline after Daniels did one of the best interviews of the year on ROH TV building the bout.

Daniels & Kazarian did go to the emergency room after the show due to their hardway cuts. Kazarian needed both stitches and staples, while Daniels also needed stitches, but there were no other significant injuries.

ROH Aftershock Baltimore, MD, live results: Moose vs. Chris Daniels; Bullet Club: Women of Honor

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Submitted by Aaron Keeler from the William J. Myers Pavilion. Thanks to Lex for additional details.

Crowd estimated around 500 or so | Kevin Kelly & Matt Taven on commentary

Women Of Honor Pre-Show —

– Taeler Hendrix def. “Crazy” Mary Dobson

Good match to start off the WOH show. Good brawling at ringside during the match as well.

– Veda Scott def. Jenny Rose

Rose was introduced as being fresh from the ROH dojo. Definitely looked good in defeat. Later saw her up in the stands filming her surroundings. Have to think this was an emotional moment for her.

– Deonna Purrazo, Amber Gallows, & Kennadi Brink beat Sumie Sakai, Faye Jackson & Solo Darling after Brink pinned Jackson

Good main event. Both Sakai and Darling took extended turns being beat on by the heels.

– Mandy Leon def. Hania the Huntress in a 2 out of 3 falls match. Mandy won 1st and final falls.

Flat start after the main event, but the ladies built up as the match went on. Hendrix was out on commentary. Hanna won the first fall. Mandy won the 2nd and 3rd falls.

After the match, both women were respectful to each other. Hendrix came into the ring with a chair and said there was no place in the industry for friends. Appears to be setting up a program between her and Leon.

– Kelly Klein def. Candice LeRae via submission

This was LeRae’s WOH debut. Whitmer was incensed after the match that the ring announcer called Klein the victor from the floor and ordered her into the ring.

After having her repeat after him verbatim (and further dressing her down), the ring announcer slapped Whitmer. Klein tore into the ring announcer but Sakai ran in to make the save.

Main Card —

– War Machine defeated Ali and St. Giovanni

Surprising amount of offense from Giovanni and Ali.

– Jay White defeated Lio Rush

Rush got a great crowd reaction. White got the clean pin and put Lio over after the match. White told Rush that he wasn’t sure what all the hubbub was about him before tonight, but he understands now.

– The Cabinet (ANX w/Caprice Coleman) defeated Will Ferrara and Cheesburger

Kenny King was hilarious on the mic. He said Baltimore was full of redemption stories as we thought of a murderer, Ray Lewis, as our hero.

Also, when the crowd started to chant for Cheeseburger during his entrance, he turned to the crowd and said he could tell they love cheeseburgers.

– Bobby Fish defeated Kamatachi (with Christopher Daniels)

Kamaitachi used some heel tactics (and Daniels’ help) to gain the upper hand, but Fish was able to make him tap in the end.

– Joey Diesel defeated “Cauliflower” Chase Brown 

Cauliflowers entrance music is so great and the Tiny ‘Tista chants aimed at Diesel are hilarious. As Cauliflower was laid out after the match, one of the ringside workers brought his cauliflower to him.

– Mark Briscoe def. Chris Sabin, Donovan Dijak and Kazarian in a four-way

Sabin suffered a severe cut during the match. ROH tweeted the somewhat graphic photo.

– Christoper Daniels defeated Moose

Daniels used the ropes to get a leverage pin. Good match. Kazarian helped Daniels win and helped beat down Moose until White and Alex Shelley came out to help Moose. Crowd chanted “Please don’t leave” and “Thank you Moose”. Moose tweeted farewell to ROH after the show.

– Silas Young defeated ACH in a falls count anywhere match

ACH gives a nice superplex onto a table, but Silas rolls into the ring on his feet at the count of ten for the win.

– Colt Cabana, ROH Champion Jay Lethal & Jay Briscoe defeated Bullet Club (Adam Cole/Adam Page/Nick Jackson) when Cabana pinned Jackson

Match actually felt a little rushed. Still, the faces were showcased and we had our share of superkicks to send the crowd home happy.