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 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
Two matches have been added to the lineup for ROH’s Manhattan Mayhem television tapings.
In an ROH video update, it was announced that Jonathan Gresham will face Dragon Lee at Manhattan Mayhem. An eight-man tag match between Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO, Brody King & Flip Gordon) and LifeBlood (Mark Haskins, Bandido & Tracy Williams) & PJ Black was also confirmed for the show.
Gresham and Lee were both in the A Block of NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors this year, with Lee defeating Gresham in their tournament match. Lee also defeated Gresham in All Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Revolution’s King of Indies tournament this past Friday.
Scurll, PCO & King retained their ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles against Haskins, Williams & Black at Best in the World 2019. It was teased that Gordon was joining LifeBlood, but he was instead revealed as the newest member of Villain Enterprises after that match.
Manhattan Mayhem is taking place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Saturday, July 20. Jay Lethal will challenge for Matt Taven’s ROH World Championship at the tapings. In a match that will air live on HonorClub, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa will defend the ROH Tag Team titles against The Briscoes in an NYC street fight.
Alex Shelley, who returned at ROH’s most recent set of TV tapings, is set for Manhattan Mayhem and ROH’s Mass Hysteria HonorClub show in Lowell, Massachusetts on July 21. In the video update, it was hyped that Shelley wants to challenge the ROH World Champion at Summer Supercard in Toronto on August 9.
Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman called the action from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser & Brawler Milonas) defeated Shinobi Shadow Squad (Cheeseburger & Ryan Nova) and Coast to Coast (Shaheem Ali & LSG) in a three-way tag match
Nova and LSG started it off with some quick exchanges until Nova landed a cutter and tagged in Cheeseburger. LSG evaded and tagged in Ali. Both Bouncers came in and squished all of their foes in the corners and then celebrated.
Coast to Coast knocked the Bouncers to the floor, but Shinobi Shadow Squad cut them off. They each hit a dive on the Bouncers. It was chaos on the floor.
After the commercial, LSG was working over Cheeseburger. He tagged in Ali and continued beating on Cheeseburger. Eventually, Cheeseburger tagged in Milonas and he laid waste to Ali. LSG broke up a pin, Milonas hit a spinning slam on Ali into a pin, and Nova broke it up.
Ali attempted to slam Milonas but couldn’t do it and fell under the weight of the big man. Nova tagged himself in and attacked the Bouncers himself. Cheeseburger then came in to back him up. Cheeseburger landed a dive onto Coast to Coast from the top to the floor. Nova was caught alone in the ring — and the Bouncers were able to hit the Last Call leg drop to get the win.
Kenny King came to the ring pretending to be blind. He had a cane and sunglasses and was selling the mist from Great Muta at G1 Supercard. King said he was the only man in wrestling that backs up what he says. He said he wants to be called by his new nickname, Kenny “Shawn Michaels” King.
King then said that he was proud of Matt Taven, because that’s his homie, and that Kings are often friendly with each other. One day, he and Taven will have to discuss the terms of Taven’s surrender, but Taven isn’t his current target.
King then brought up Jay Lethal and said that he thinks Lethal sucks, and that he is going to make Lethal bend the knee.
A Flip Gordon video package aired with him talking about his knee injury. Gordon said that he pushed himself to recover as fast as possible, and he’s ready to wrestle. He wants a shot at Taven and he’ll be getting that shot next week on TV.
Josh Woods defeated Flex Simmons
Woods came in, speared Simmons, and tossed him around until delivering his Seismic Toss finisher. Woods picked up the easy win.
Bandido defeated Shane Taylor
Bandido avoided Taylor early and landed a big kick. Bandido sent Taylor to the floor and hit a suicide dive, followed by a twisting moonsault onto Taylor. However, Taylor inevitably got a hold of Bandido and used his strength and striking abilities to floor the high flyer.
Taylor took his time working over Bandido and launched him with a huge hip toss. Taylor crushed Bandido with a corner splash and then stepped on the back of his head. Bandido fought to his feet, but a huge knee from Taylor leveled him.
After the break, a striking exchange took place with Bandido firing up until eating a huge headbutt and a flatliner. Bandido barely kicked out at two. Taylor hit an Ace Crusher, but Bandido kicked out at two again.
Taylor made a mistake and Bandido hit a twisting crossbody, followed it up with a huge knee from a fireman’s carry, and then hit the 21 Plex to keep Taylor down and pick up the huge win.
After the match, Bully Ray came in to jump Bandido, but LifeBlood had Bandido’s back. It looked like a three-on-one advantage for LifeBlood, but LifeBlood got attacked from behind by the Soldiers of Savagery. They laid waste to LifeBlood and stood tall to end the show, apparently siding with Taylor and Bully Ray.
Isom put up a tough fight against the savvy veteran in the early going, landing a huge knee, but inevitably, Black’s experience edge earned him control as he caught Isom in a Boston crab.
After the break, Isom was trapped in a rocking horse style submission by Black. Isom fought out and managed to get back in the fight with an arm-trapped German suplex. A striking exchange occurred, but Isom connected with a step-up enzuigiri, which allowed him to hit a modified driver. Black then bailed to the floor and Isom followed with a suicide dive.
Isom threw Black back into the ring and went for some sort of springboard maneuver, but he slipped and nearly landed on his head. Black took control back from the rookie and hit a hurricanrana off the top rope.
Black then used a springboard 450 and went for the pin, but Isom kicked out at two. Black went up top again and landed a moonsault double stomp — and that kept Isom down for the three count.
– Rhett Titus was at the announce table flexing for Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman.
Women of Honor World Champion Kelly Klein defeated Ray Lyn
Before the match, Lyn told Klein that she doesn’t like or respect her, and she will never shake her hand.
Klein disrespected Lyn right back in the early going, but Lyn grabbed a handful of hair to get the advantage. She put the boots to Klein, beat her up, and went up top. Lyn came off with a crossbody but was caught by Klein, who threw Lyn with a fallaway slam.
Klein fired up and nailed some hard strikes, finishing with a big boot. Klein then hit K-Power for the win.
After the match, Klein picked up Lyn and shook her hand. She declared that she was a fighting champion and that she was proud to defend the Women of Honor Championship. She then talked trash on Allure. She said Women of Honor is about wrestling.
This brought out Allure’s Mandy Leon and Velvet Sky. Meanwhile, Angelina Love slid in behind Klein and nailed her with the running boot. Jenny Rose came in to make the save, but she got laid out as well. Allure used lipstick to tag an “A” on the forehead of Rose.
– Dalton Castle came to the ring and called out The Boys, saying that he owed them an explanation for his attack on them. The Boys hesitantly came to the ring. Castle said that what happened at Madison Square Garden was a mistake. He said he was frustrated and took his frustrations out on them. Castle said he wanted to move past this mistake and go forward.
The Boys hugged Castle, and Castle said that the three of them are stronger than ever. He then declared that he would never put his hands on his Boys again. Castle paused and then added that these are no Boys of his. Castle attacked The Boys and left them laying. He took their masks off as well.
The Kingdom jumped LifeBlood at the bell, but bailed almost immediately.
Once the referee had control, it was Marseglia who took over on Haskins. Marseglia tagged in O’Ryan, and he began chopping away. Williams was able to make a sneaky blind tag to get LifeBlood back in the fight. Williams blocked the interference from Marseglia. LifeBlood trapped the feet of O’Ryan and Marseglia and then used a double Camel Clutch on the Kingdom.
After the break, The Kingdom had isolated Williams and were targeting his already injured shoulder. The Kingdom cut the ring off from Williams and stopped him from being able to reach Haskins. O’Ryan cranked a shoulder lock on Williams and followed it up with a double underhook suplex.
O’Ryan tagged in Marseglia, who walloped Williams in the corner. However, Williams landed on his feet off of a back suplex attempt and nailed Marseglia with a leg drop. That allowed him to get to Haskins for the tag. Haskins came in and ran wild until hooking an arm lock on O’Ryan. Marseglia pulled O’Ryan’s foot on the ropes to cause the break.
LifeBlood continued to attack O’Ryan. Williams went up top, but Marseglia distracted him. It didn’t matter though as Williams managed to drop O’Ryan with a DDT on the top turnbuckle.
Marseglia came in for the save. The Kingdom went for the House of 1000 Horses, but O’Ryan took too long and Williams escaped. Williams hoisted up O’Ryan and dropped him on his knee. Haskins came in and put O’Ryan into a Sharpshooter submission. O’Ryan had nowhere to go and had to tap.
Williams grabbed the microphone after their win and said that Ring of Honor was all about taking care of business. He called out Bully Ray and called him a company cancer. He invited Bully Ray to the ring. Bully Ray came out onto the ramp, said “go to hell,” and walked away.
Back at Center Stage in Atlanta, Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana, and Caprice Coleman called the action.
Madison Rayne defeated Sumie Sakai and Jenny Rose in a triple threat match
Rayne got an early pin attempt on Sakai. Rose then put down Rayne and Sakai with a double clothesline. She used a fisherman’s suplex on Sakai, but Rayne broke it up. Rose hit a spinning sidewalk slam on Rayne and got a two count. Rayne fought back and landed a step-up enzuigiri.
Sakai inserted herself back into the match with a jumping kick. She then used a Boston crab on Rose, but that allowed Rayne to put a sleeper hold on Sakai until Sakai used a head-and-arm throw and then sunk in an armbar on Rayne. Rose broke up the submission and launched Sakai with a German suplex.
After the commercial, Sakai used a fisherman’s buster on Rose that earned a two count. Sakai went up top and missed with a moonsault. That allowed Rose to hit a codebreaker and spear on Sakai, but Rayne broke up the pin.
Rayne then used a Northern Lights bridging suplex and a ripcord cutter on Rose. She gave another cutter to Sakai and nearly won the match, but Sakai kicked out at two. Sakai caught Rayne with her TJ neckbreaker, but she couldn’t follow it up with a pin.
On the outside, Sakai hit a running dropkick onto both opponents from the apron to the floor. She tossed Rayne back in for a pin, but Rayne kicked out at two. Sakai went for her Smash Mouth finisher on Rayne, but Rayne escaped. Rayne caught Sakai and used an inverted DDT for the win.
LifeBlood (Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Tracy Williams, Mark Haskins & Bandido defeated Team Lethal (ROH World Champion Jay Lethal, Jonathan Gresham, Flip Gordon, Dalton Castle & ROH Television Champion Jeff Cobb)
LifeBlood’s Tenille Dashwood joined the commentary team.
The captains, Lethal and Robinson, started it off for their respective teams. Robinson scored first with a knockdown off a shoulder tackle. Castle demanded to be tagged in and Lethal obliged. Castle began jaw-jacking with Bandido, then Robinson tried to roll him up from behind.
There was a bizarre exchange where Robinson and Castle each swung and missed at each other over a dozen times. Finally, Robinson began connecting with jabs and Castle bailed to the floor. Castle tagged in Gresham and Robinson tagged in Williams. Some excellent technical wrestling exchanges ended with Gresham catching Williams in a headscissors, but Williams escaped and offered a hand to Gresham to pick him up off the mat.
After commercial, Lethal and Finlay were in the ring and Finlay landed a big dropkick that got Lethal’s attention. Finlay tagged in Haskins. Lethal tagged in Cobb. They locked up and Cobb shoved the smaller man down twice and knocked him down with a shoulder tackle.
Haskins finally got a few kicks to the chest and a slap to the face. Cobb caught Haskins and launched him with a German, but Haskins landed on his feet. Cobb then kipped up to his feet and the two stared each other down. Haskins tagged in Bandido and Cobb tagged in Gordon. The crowd was going wild.
Bandido and Gordon exchanged an incredible array of moves where each landed on their feet multiple times, then both missed a dropkick and kipped up to their feet. The crowd chanted “ROH” as the show went to commercial.
After the break, Lethal was in the ring with Bandido and tagged in Castle, who rolled Bandido around and powered him up for a slam. Castle landed a nice suplex and tagged Gordon back in. Bandido cut off Gordon with shoulders to the gut and a big kick. Bandido then tagged in Williams, who took over on Gordon with a couple of suplexes.
Williams tagged in Haskins, with Haskins attacking the arm of Gordon with a few submission holds until Gresham got in and broke it up. Haskins tagged in Robinson, who connected with a standing senton. Robinson tagged in Finlay, with him continuing the beating on Gordon.
Bandido then tagged in and landed a senton. He tagged Finlay back in, but Finlay was cut off by a springboard slingblade by Gordon. That allowed Gordon to tag in Lethal and Finlay to tag in Haskins. Lethal ran wild on Haskins, which led to the final commercial break.
After the break, Lethal was cut off by Robinson (who was not the legal man). Robinson used a running cannonball and a full nelson slam on Lethal. This led to a parade of moves and cut offs.
Robinson was cut off by Gordon with a springboard dropkick, Gordon was cut off by a spear from Finlay, Finlay was cut off by a bulldog from Castle, Castle was cut off by a Bandido Doctor Bomb, Bandido was cut off by an enzuigiri from Gresham, Gresham was cut off by a clothesline from Williams, Williams was cut off by a moonsault from Cobb, and Cobb was cut off by a Haskins boot and a running suicide dive to the floor onto everyone.
Gordon got back in and came off the top rope with a flip dive. That left Bandido alone to do a corkscrew flip dive to everyone off the top turnbuckle to the floor.
Haskins and Lethal were left in the ring. Gresham slid in — and Lethal launched him for a crazy rolling cutter on Haskins. Lethal went for the pin on Haskins, but everyone broke it up.
Castle then took the tag from Lethal — and Castle and Haskins went back and forth with forearms. Castle went for the Bang-A-Rang, but Haskins got out and put Castle in a sharpshooter submission hold and Castle was forced to tap out.
In a show of honor after the match, everyone except Castle stood across from each other and exchanged handshakes.
Here are tonight’s ROH television taping spoilers from Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia.
– Sons of Savagery and Joe King defeated Odinson, Parrow and Jackson in a dark match.
– The Briscoes defeated Chuckie T and Colt Cabana to retain the ROH tag team titles
Jay defeated Chuckie with the Jay Driller. Cabana filled in for Beretta, who couldn’t make it due to a family emergency. After the match, Mark put Chuckie through a table with an elbow.
– Tracy Williams defeated David Finlay
– Bandido defeated Mark Haskins
Bandido won with the top rope assisted German suplex. Was said to be a good match.
– Silas Young defeated Eli Isom
Young defeated Isom with misery, earning a TV title shot in the process. He, Jeff Cobb and Shane Taylor brawl after the match.
– Marty Scurll, Brody King and PCO defeated Corey Hollis, John Skyler and an unknown competitor
Scurll submitted Hollis with the chickenwing.
– Kelly Klein defeated Rockelle Vaughn to retain the Women of Honor title.
– Nick Aldis defeated PJ Black to retain the NWA World’s Heavyweight title.
Juice Robinson came out and said he would be appearing a lot in the promotion this year. He formed a stable with Mark Haskins, David Finlay, Bandido, Tracy Williams and Tenille Dashwood. The new group is called Lifeblood, with the goal of bringing honor back to ROH.
– Shane Taylor defeated Luchasaurus, Rhett Titus, Chris Sabin, Kenny King and Flip Gordon in a six way match
Taylor defeated Titus with a tombstone. Kenny King was ejected from the match at one point due to bringing in a chair. Chris Sabin may have also been injured during this match, as he was favoring his knee as he was helped to the back.
– Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas defeated Marcus Kross and Griff Garrison
Bruiser and Milonas won following a power plex.
Lifeblood confronted Jay Lethal, setting up a tag team match for later in the tapings with Lifeblood taking on Lethal and four men of his choosing.
– Cheeseburger, Eli Ison and Ryan Nova defeated Griff Garrison, Marcus Kross and Slim J.
– Madison Rayne defeated Sumi Sakai and Jenny Rose in a triple threat match.
– Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Tracy Williams, Mark Haskins and Bandido defeated Jonathan Gresham, Flip Gordon, Dalton Castle, Jeff Cobb and Jay Lethal in a ten man tag team match
Haskins tapped Castle to score the win for his team. All ten shook hands after the match.
