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NJPW Best of the Super Juniors night two results: Takahashi vs. Scurll

Posted on by Ethan Renner

New Japan Pro Wrestling kicked off the B Block of the 25th Best of the Super Juniors tournament Saturday in Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. 

The strong tournament bouts delivered, and the undercard, while short on star power, provided some good action as well, particularly in the opener which featured Young Lions Shota Umino and Yota Tsuji. 

The tournament continues on Sunday in Shizuoka, with IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay set to headline with ACH, capping a night of A Block action. 

Below are the results from Saturday’s show.  

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Shota Umino defeated Yota Tsuji by submission 

Good fundamental work here from both guys. Tsuji’s selling brought the crowd into the match at the end, and Umino’s top rope Shotgun Dropkick is a thing of beauty. Umino submitted Ysuji with the Boston Crab.

Will Ospreay, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH defeated ACH, Tiger Mask & Tomoyuki Oka

I covered the Lions Gate Project show earlier this week and came away more impressed with Oka than any of the current group of Young Lions because of his charisma. That was on display here as well, but the work in the match itself was nothing special. Oka tapped out to a butterfly lock.

Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Toa Henare & Flip Gordon

Suzuki is much better suited to working tags than long singles bouts at this stage of his career, and looked better here than in his main event with Naito earlier this month. Suzuki pinned Henare with the Gotch piledriver.

SANADA & BUSHI defeated Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori

A good action match. The crowd was really into Ishimori. A lot of focus in the ring and in the post-match was on BUSHI and Ishimori, who will face off in a singles bout tomorrow. SANADA submitted Owens with the skull end.

BOSJ B Block Matches:

Dragon Lee defeated SHO

This was great. They got the crowd into it right away with a strong exchange of strikes. SHO went for a cross armbreaker, but Lee made the ropes. SHO continued to focus his attack on the arms of Lee. Lee hit a sweet tope con hilo, which led to another strike exchange. 

They traded belly-to-back suplexes, and Lee hit a standing Spanish Fly for a nearfall. Something tells me we’re going to see that move a lot in this tournament.  SHO went back to working the arms, but Lee countered by striking the right arm and applying a Kimura. SHO was able to reach the ropes, and both men sold exhaustion. 

Lee went for a rana from the apron to the floor, but SHO caught hi and powerbombed him into the ring. SHO hit a Last Ride onto his knees, got a nearfall, then used a cross armbreaker. They teased a top rope German, but Lee turned it into a double footstomp and a nearfall. 

They traded knee strikes, but Lee grabbed an arm, and hit the Desnucadora for the pin. 

El Desperado defeated Ryusuke Taguchi

This was excellent in spots, and a wacky comedy bout in other spots 

Desperado jumped him before the bell. Taguchi came back with hip attacks and a 619. He went for another 619, but Desperado crotched him on the middle rope and threw him outside. Desperado wedged a chair between Taguchi’s legs and hit that with another chair. Ouch. Lots of groin attacks in wrestling, lately. 

They teased a countout, but Taguchi made it back in. Desperado whipped Taguchi into an exposed buckle, and tried to hit him low again with an international object, but the referee cut him off. Desperado worked on the legs. 
Taguchi made a comeback and hit a springboard dropkick, and used an ankle lock. Desperado cut him off with a spinebuster. Both went for double underhooks, but Taguchi was finally able to get them, and hit a slam, and a hip attack for a nearfall. 

The finish saw Desperado kick Taguchi low while the referee’s back was turnned, and he picked up the pinfall. 

Chris Sabin defeated KUSHIDA

This was a solid, fundamentally sound, strike-based match. It was different than I expected. Sabin was never quite the same guy after tearing his knees up a few years ago, but he makes up for that in other ways. KUSHIDA had to slow his usual pace to allow Sabin to keep up, but that is by no means a shot at Sabin. Few guys in the world can work at KUSHIDA’s pace. 

They started slow, working holds. KUSHIDA attacked the left arm, while Sabin went to work on KUSHIDA’s right. Sabin used a headbutt, and followed up with strikes to all of the limbs. They traded strikes, and Sabin used a La Magistral for a nearfall. He went for another, but KUSHIDA turned it into a Kimura. Sabin reached the ropes. 

Sabin went for a springboard Tornado DDT, KUSHIDA coutered, but Sabin was able to hit it on the second try. KUSHIDA hit a handspring into a kick. Sabin hit a top rope German and an All Hail Sabin for a nearfall. He followed up with another All Hail Sabin, and got the pinfall. 

Hiromu Takahashi defeated Marty Scurll

These are two of the best wrestlers on the planet. Scurll has some of the best ring psychology in the business, and Hiromu is so spectacular. All of that was on display in the opening sequence, as they traded moves, counters, and bird taunts. Hiromu went for a Sunset Bomb, but Scurll countered, bent the right arm back, and hit a superkick on the apron. 

Scurll continued to target the right arm on the floor, and sent Hiromu into the first few rows of seats. Back inside, he stomped on Hiromu’s right hand, and hit a backbreaker. Scurll attacked the head and neck with uppercuts and double sledges. He hit a Backstabber, but Hiromu countered with a suplex into the corner pad. 

A lengthy strike exchange ended with Hiromu hitting a flying headscissors and a Shotgun Dropkick off the apron to the floor. He hit a top rope standing senton for a earfall. Scurll teased the finger break spot, but Hiromu hit a pop-up powerbomb, and the momentum shifted to him. 

Scurll countered with a top rope DDT. Hiromu came back and hit the Sunset Bomb. Back inside, Hiromu hit Dynamite Plancha for a nearfall. He wet for a headscissors off the apron, but Scurll turned it into a powerbomb off the apron, and Hiromu landed hard. They traded strikes on the apron, and Scurll hit a Tombstone on the apron, leading to a nearfall. 

Scurll went for the Chicken Wing, Hiromu powered out, but Scurll was finally able to apply the hold. He gave it up, but did the finger break spot and hit a pair of superkicks. He stomped on Hiromu’s head,  but Hiromu countered with a Time Bomb attempt. Scurll countered into a cradle, but Hiromu countered, locking in a triangle choke. 

Scurll tried to break the hold with a powerbomb, but Hiromu held on, and Scurll passed out in the hold. A great main event. 

World title match set for ROH Supercard of Honor XII

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Another match has been confirmed for Ring of Honor’s WrestleMania weekend show.

Coming out of last night’s 16th Anniversary pay-per-view, it was announced that Dalton Castle would defend his ROH World Championship against Marty Scurll at Supercard of Honor XII in New Orleans on April 7th. Castle retained his title against Jay Lethal in the main event of the Anniversary PPV, and Scurll was set up as his next challenger when he defeated Punishment Martinez earlier in the night.

Scurll confronted Castle at the end of the PPV. He cut a promo on the post-show, noting that he’s never gotten a shot at the World title and saying Castle’s reign is coming to an end. Bully Ray then came out, congratulated both of them on their wins, and made the match for New Orleans.

Kenny Omega vs. Cody Rhodes is the only other match that’s been confirmed for Supercard of Honor as of now. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, and Tomohiro Ishii have also been announced for the show.

Supercard of Honor will take place at the UNO Lakefront Arena and will go head-to-head with NXT TakeOver: New Orleans.

NJPW-ROH Honor Rising cards: Omega teams with Ibushi

Posted on by Joseph Currier

New Japan Pro Wrestling and Ring of Honor will be following up on the Bullet Club’s ongoing split at Korakuen Hall later this month.

Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi will be teaming up for the first time in a few years as NJPW and ROH present their two-show Honor Rising tour. Omega, Ibushi & Chase Owens teaming against Cody Rhodes, Marty Scurll & Hangman Page is the main event on night one. On night two, Omega & Ibushi take on Cody & Scurll.

Omega and Ibushi reunited in an angle at the New Beginning in Sapporo in January. Omega lost his IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship to Jay White and was laid out by Cody after the match, then Ibushi made the save for Omega and they hugged to close the show.

There will also be three title matches on the Honor Rising tour. Dalton Castle’s ROH World Championship will be on the line as he faces Beretta on night two, with Bad Luck Fale & Guerrillas of Destiny defending their NEVER Six-Man Tag Team titles against Jushin Thunder Liger, Delirious & Cheeseburger on that show as well.

Night one has Beer City Bruiser challenging for Hirooki Goto’s NEVER Openweight Championship.

Here are the cards for the Honor Rising shows. Both nights will air live on New Japan World with English commentary available:

Night one (February 23rd) —

  • Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Chase Owens vs. Cody, Marty Scurll & Hangman Page
  • NEVER Openweight Champion Hirooki Goto defending against Beer City Bruiser
  • Dalton Castle, Jay Lethal & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Jay White, Beretta & Chuck Taylor
  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. KUSHIDA vs. Flip Gordon in a three-way match
  • The Young Bucks vs. Juice Robinson & David Finlay
  • Jushin Thunder Liger, Delirious & Cheeseburger vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Hikuleo
  • Toa Henare & Katsuya Kitamura vs. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi

Night two (February 24th) —

  • Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi vs. Cody & Marty Scurll
  • ROH World Champion Dalton Castle defending against Beretta
  • The Young Bucks & Hangman Page vs. Jay White, Chuck Taylor & YOSHI-HASHI
  • NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa defending against Jushin Thunder Liger, Delirious & Cheeseburger
  • Flip Gordon & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
  • Jay Lethal, Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Hikuleo
  • Toa Henare vs. Beer City Bruiser

ROH Global Wars Pittsburgh live results: Bullet Club vs. Chaos

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Submitted by reader Joe Kazmer

ROH’s Global Wars tour hit its second stop as they came to Pittsburgh last night. Here’s a rundown of the show:

– ​Coast to Coast defeated One Mean Team

This was the pre-show match.

– Hiromu Takahashi defeated Mark Briscoe after the match was stopped due to Briscoe suffering an injury

Unfortunately, this only went for a couple of minutes. Takahashi was in control in the corner throwing some kicks, then Briscoe rolled out of the ring. The referee checked on him and called off the match, declaring Takahashi the winner. It wasn’t clear what happened from my point of view, but Briscoe ended up suffering a dislocated elbow.

– Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) defeated The Dawgs (Rhett Titus & Will Ferrara)

This was supposed to be Best Friends vs. The Addiction, but Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian came out in their street clothes and said they weren’t going to wrestle tonight. Titus and Ferrara replaced them, with Barreta eventually pinning Titus after Best Friends hit their combo finisher.

– Jay Lethal defeated Jay White

This started slow, eventually going fairly long and getting hotter and hotter by the end. Lethal hit the Lethal Injection to get the pin. They both sold heavily after the match and shook each other’s hand.

– ROH World Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns defeated The Kingdom and The Young Bucks to retain their titles

Vinny Marseglia and TK O’Ryan represented The Kingdom here. The crowd went nuts when The Young Bucks made their entrance. The match had a lot of high flying, about a dozen superkicks, and Chris Sabin pinned Matt Jackson with a cradle in a surprise finish to retain.

– Deonna Purrazzo, Mandy Leon & Jenny Rose defeated Faye Jackson, Britt Baker & Sumie Sakai in a Women of Honor match

Purrazzo submitted Jackson with an armbar.

– ROH World Television Champion Kenny King defeated Josh Woods, Punishment Martinez, Hangman Page, Matt Taven, and KUSHIDA in a Proving Ground Instant Reward match

The winner would have gotten a shot at the ROH World Television Championship if it wasn’t King, but King won with two not-so-smooth Royal Flushes on Woods.

– War Machine defeated Killer Elite Squad

Ray Rowe pinned Lance Archer after War Machine hit a double team backbreaker/knee drop from the top rope.

– Bully Ray came out and gave an emotional speech saying he has a head injury and doesn’t know if he’ll ever wrestle again. He said he wanted to see the Pittsburgh crowd one more time if that was the case.

– Minoru Suzuki defeated Silas Young (w/ Beer City Bruiser)

Suzuki got a huge reaction, then had a fun match with Young. Eventually, Davey Boy Smith Jr. came back out. The referee was bumped, Smith Jr. interfered, and Suzuki hit Young with a chair and the Gotch-style piledriver to get the victory.

– Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, ROH World Champion Cody & Marty Scurll) defeated Chaos (Will Ospreay, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI) to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship for Bullet Club

The Bullet Club said they were invoking the Freebird rule, or rather the Bullet Club rule, before the match and that this would be for The Young Bucks & Hangman Page’s six-man tag titles. The match went about 20 minutes, with the crowd going absolutely nuts for it.

The crowd was definitely there to see the Bullet Club, and there to see Omega in particular. The Young Bucks and Page ran in towards the end of the match, resulting in Scurll running Yano into all 10 boots of the Bullet Club in the corner. Scurll submitted Yano with the chicken wing shortly after.

After the match, pretty much everyone stayed in the venue to listen to Cody and Omega’s promos. They taunted WWE and thanked the crowd to close the show.

RevPro Summer Sizzler results: Rey Mysterio vs. Marty Scurll

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Submitted by reader Peter Hitchcock

Revolution Pro Wrestling presented their Summer Sizzler 2017 event at York Hall in London on Thursday night. It was a fun and enjoyable evening despite an odd looking card on the surface for a York Hall show, although there were no classic matches.

– Martin Stone defeated Eddie Dennis

This was two unrelated storylines coming together. Stone has a feud going with Sami Callihan, who was recently injured, while Dennis is looking for his first win in RevPro and has recently gone full-time as a wrestler.

The match was a fun opener. Stone won in a somewhat underhanded manner but cut a promo after putting over Dennis and how that first big win will be worth it.

– Bully Ray defeated Sha Samuels

This was a no DQ, falls count anywhere match, but it ended in the ring after a top rope splash from Bully Ray. There was a nice moment after as RevPro trainee Rob Lias jumped both and ended up being hit with the “Wassup” by both Bully Ray and Samuels (playing D-Von) and put through a table.

Bully Ray then invited a kid into the ring and gave him a big piece of the broken table in a cool moment.

– Zack Gibson defeated Dalton Castle

As usual, Gibson got a lot of heat. He worked the arm in a fun match. After Castle went into the ring post, Gibson locked on the Shankly Gates for the surprisingly clean submission win.

– The Briscoes defeated Ryan Smile & Shane Strickland

This was the final match before intermission. I think the crowd was ready for a break as they were definitely quieter for this.

– Jay White defeated Travis Banks

Banks is a tag champ in RevPro and White has done a number of shows as part of his excursion. They had a good technical match with hard chops, though it suffered by being the first match after intermission. White won with the Liontamer.

– RPW Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion Josh Bodom defeated Jushin Thunder Liger to retain his title

Good match that played off of their earlier bout at the British J-Cup, with Bodom winning this time. Liger was incredibly over and got a standing ovation after the match despite Bodom winning clean.

– RPW Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Chris Brookes to retain his title

They had the best match of the night in my view. It was a good technical bout. Brookes is a tag champ with Travis Banks and this was probably his highest profile singles match to date. He did very well, but Sabre won with a gnarly submission with elbows and kicks thrown into the mix.

– Marty Scurll defeated Rey Mysterio

Mysterio absolutely still has it, though he’s obviously older and works smarter. It was a fun match with Scurll winning clean with a finisher I hadn’t seen before, not the chicken wing.

Scurll has always been too over to be a heel, but since joining the Bullet Club he was on another level at this show. He was more over than Mysterio and was probably the most over guy on the show.

Scurll and Mysterio cut promos after putting each other over as an inspiration and hero (Mysterio) and part of the future (Scurll) for a nice feel good ending to the show.

PWG Man on the Silver Mountain results: reDRagon vs. ZSJ & Scurll

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Image: @TheSamiCallihan. Report submitted by reader Brian Reznick.

This was a weaker PWG show, but it was still good and had one outstanding match (Lio Rush vs. Keith Lee). The show started around 8:05 and ended at 11:15 with the standard intermission. The crowd was not quite as hot as the best PWG shows, though it was still very good. 

– Chuck Taylor defeated Trevor Lee

The crowd loved Taylor and hated Lee, but also weren’t as hot for the match as the wrestlers involved usually merit. They went about 15 minutes and Taylor won.

– Dezmond Xavier defeated Jason Cade and Jake Crist in a triple threat match

Fun match filled with high spots. Cade looked good in his PWG debut.

Early in the match, they set up a ridiculous series of continuous dives where one guy would dive onto the other two and one of the guys who took the dive would immediately get back in the ring and start another dive. They either did a run of three or four dives each and it was capped by Crist going to two corners and doing the Randy Orton pose before hitting a final dive to the outside.

Xavier pinned Cade after a variation of a top rope corkscrew splash. The crowd chanted “please come back” for Cade after the match.

– Keith Lee defeated Lio Rush

This was the match of the night. They set up an early motif where Lee would keep trying to tell Rush to “Bask in his…,” but before Lee could say glory, Rush would attack him. Lee fended off each attack, sometimes catching Rush in mid-air and one time putting his hand to Rush’s forehead and holding him at arm’s length.

Rush eventually landed a few strikes, and ended with a slap to the face. They then continued the pattern of Rush attempting a comeback, landing a little, but Lee slamming him around.

The crowd was very into the whole match with counter chants going, but a truly outstanding spot in the middle got a huge standing ovation. Both guys had ended up outside of the ring and were coming back in. As Lee came in, Rush hit him low, and laboriously picked him up for a Death Valley Driver. The crowd went nuts when Rush hit the driver and then went to the top rope for a great frog splash and cover, but Lee powered out at one, tossing Rush halfway across the ring. 

Lee eventually flattened him, picked him up, flattened him, picked him up, gave him a huge Last Ride-style powerbomb and covered him for the 1-2-3.

– Unbreakable F’n Machines (Michael Elgin & Brian Cage) defeated War Machine 

They had the second best match of the night. It was a great clash of the big guys. A highlight spot was Elgin holding Rowe for an extended vertical suplex, Cage tagging in, and Elgin handing Rowe off to Cage before Cage finished the suplex. The crowd counted this as 23-24 seconds.

Elgin and Cage got the heat on Rowe for a while before he made the hot tag to Hanson. Hanson did a fun hot tag, using a cartwheel and clothesline on both Cage and Elgin setting up the running clotheslines on each of them in the corners.

Rowe then picked Hanson up and scoop slammed him on each guy. War Machine were not able to hit Fallout and Elgin/Cage won after a middle rope powerbomb to Rowe from Elgin followed by Cage hitting the Weapon X. Loud chants for War Machine after the match. 

– Sami Callihan defeated Matt Sydal

Quick, fun match following intermission. Sydal got the advantage early by hitting some hard leg kicks and strikes. Each guy took bumps onto chairs, but there were no chair shots to the head (which is good). Callihan won with his over-the-shoulder single leg crab. Callihan had legit heat with a good portion of the crowd throughout the match.

– Jeff Cobb defeated Trent Barreta

Another great “big guy” vs. “little guy” match. The story was Trent trying to get quick flurries of offense and Cobb repeatedly flattening him with every variation of suplex that has ever existed. Both guys looked great here and there were dueling chants throughout the match for each guy. 

They fought around the ring and back into the ring. Cobb again began to take advantage with suplexes. Trent would keep trying to escape only to be grabbed and thrown again. Trent mounted a comeback by exiting the ring, surprising Cobb, and eventually piledriving him on the apron.

He got back in the ring and hit the Dudebuster for a near fall. Cobb came back with a series of suplexes before hitting the Tour of the Islands for the pin.

– The LDRS (Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated reDragon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly)

This match was very good, but it should have been shorter. They went 30-35 minutes, but should have gone 20-25 as there were points where the crowd was somewhat out of it. Scurll was the most over guy in the match, though the crowd was probably 60-40 pro-ZSJ.

The story of the early part of the match was that reDragon outwrestled the LDRS. In every combination between the four guys, they would grapple back and forth (great sequences from everyone), but reDragon would always end with a slight edge. reDragon mounted a comeback toward the end and hit Chasing the Dragon on Sabre, but he kicked out.

The finish came when Scurll hit Fish with the umbrella and Sabre got O’Reilly into his submission that looks like the Rings of Saturn and started kicking O’Reilly in the head. O’Reilly got an arm free and was trying to escape when Scurll walked in and did the finger break spot. Sabre then caught O’Reilly’s free arm and started kicking him more. I couldn’t tell if O’Reilly tapped or if referee Rick Knox decided he was out, but Knox called for the bell.

After the match, Sabre and Scurll started stomping reDragon and Chuck Taylor came in for the save (he’d been on commentary). Sabre and Scurll fled to the back. Taylor got the mic and challenged ZSJ for the title.

Taylor said that if he loses to Sabre, he’ll never get another title shot. Sabre came back out, took the mic, and said that Taylor was bad and other mean things.

ROH TV results: Marty Scurll defends against Frankie Kazarian

Posted on by Chris Aiken

Synopsis —

Marty Scurll defended his ROH World TV title in the main event against Frankie Kazarian, albeit with some outside interference. Matt Sydal then made a surprise return to confront “The Villain” after the title match. In another confrontation involving a championship, ROH World Champion Christopher Daniels and Cody (Rhodes) looked ahead to a match in the future.

Elsewhere on the show, Josh “The Goods” Woods won the 2017 Top Prospect Tournament only to find himself the target of another potential prospect. Also, Lio Rush went airborne in a match against Shane Taylor.

Where to Watch —

The episode began airing this past weekend in syndication. The show is available this week via the FITE TV app before airing Wednesday at midnight ET on Comet TV, including that channel’s free online live stream. In Canada, ROH airs on The Fight Network. The episode is also available via the official ROH website for free starting Thursday. Check local listings for availability in your area.

For our subscribers, Bryan and Vinny reviewed this episode on last Sunday night’s edition of the B&V Show.

Show Recap —

The episode opened with an in-ring promo. Is this Raw?

ROH World Champion Christopher Daniels was in the ring welcoming viewers to the show. He went on to talk about his challengers past and present. Daniels concluded by mentioning that Cody (Rhodes) attacked him at Supercard of Honor.

Daniels wanted ROH officials to book a match with him and Cody. Cue Cody’s theme song as he entered the scene to confront Daniels in person. Cody did a full entrance with pyro. Cody wanted a title match at the War of the Worlds show in the Hammerstein Ballroom.

Cody portrayed himself as an outsider that is not even a full-timer in ROH. According to a note in the Tuesday Daily Update, that might not be the case for much longer as Cody is reportedly inking a deal with ROH. Cody will challenge for the title in a triple threat match at the War of the Worlds pay-per-view in New York.

A video package highlighted ROH World TV Champion Marty Scurll, who defends his title on the main event of this show. Then in a pre-taped promo, Frankie Kazarian threatened violence upon the champion. Kazarian said Scurll will need his umbrella because it will rain blood. He may need more than an umbrella if that were to happen. Nonetheless, the umbrella would still factor into their match later on.

Shane Taylor (w/ Caprice Coleman) defeated Lio Rush

Before the match, Coleman chastised Rush for deceiving The Rebellion. Taylor would make Rush pay his penance in storyline. In reality, Rush is leaving the promotion and putting over a new monster heel on the way out.

The story of the match was David vs. Goliath, except Goliath got the win. Rush flew in and out of the ring during the fast-paced match, but Taylor kept overpowering him. To set up the heat spot, Taylor caught Rush on a springboard and posted him. After a commercial break, Rush flew once again as the pace quickened even more.

Coleman got involved by hopping on the apron. He got knocked off and dispatched upside down on the outside. They went into the finish where Rush was launched in the air taking a sit-out powerbomb. Taylor then pinned him.

The Motor City Machine Guns ran to the ring to assist Rush. They have an ongoing program with The Rebellion, so the heel faction attacked them. Taylor climbed the ropes and splashed Chris Sabin to put an exclamation point on the beatdown.

Josh “The Goods” Woods defeated John Skyler to win the 2017 Top Prospect Tournament

The two finalists in the tournament each got a pre-taped promo to establish their characters, along with a video package highlighting their journey to the finals. The culmination of the tournament then led to an angle establishing a new character not even in the tourney itself.

Woods has an MMA gimmick and worked that into the finish. Skyler got to play to his strengths while also helping lead the way. They continued a theme on this show of doing a lot in a limited amount of time.

Heading into the finish, Skyler got a near fall in the closing moments and looked to put away a reeling Woods. However, Woods countered with an O’Connor roll, then followed up with a German suplex. After a two count, Woods transitioned into a kneebar for the submission.

In the aftermath of the match, David Starr ran in to jump Woods. He sucker-punched him and began to mock Woods. Starr then cut a promo putting himself over, along with mentioning his countless number of nicknames. He ended by saying he is very good at professional wrestling. Okay, cool story bro.

Adam Cole in a pre-taped promo once again pleaded with The Young Bucks for them all to reconcile their differences. In recent weeks, Cole was more solemn, but this promo had more panic in his voice. Desperation mounts as he looks at ways to reunite the Superkliq.

ROH World TV Champion Marty Scurll defeated Frankie Kazarian to retain his title

They began with chain wrestling and Scurll soon started to underestimate Kazarian. Scurll quickly paid for that after taking an implant DDT on the floor. Somehow, Scurll managed to recover and counter Kazarian. It wasn’t for long as Kazarian unleashed a flurry of offense leading to a few near falls.

Scurll was able to regroup and attempt to apply a crossface chicken wing. Kazarian countered into a pinning combination for a two count. Scurll then dropped Kazarian into a brainbuster for another near fall.

Being “The Villain,” Scurll retrieved his umbrella. Kazarian cut him off and got the umbrella. Scurll then got a bag of powder that was hidden under the ring. Scurll threw powder towards Kazarian, only to inadvertently blind the referee instead. Kazarian executed his finisher called the Ace of Spades.

After covering Kazarian for longer than a three count with the referee still down selling, Bullet Club’s Hangman Page stormed to the ring and hit Kazarian with a chair. Scurll covered Kazarian as the referee miraculously regained his sight long enough to count the pinfall.

Afterwards, Daniels rushed to the ring and tended to Kazarian. Scurll then grabbed the house microphone and said he wanted more competition in ROH. Suddenly, Matt Sydal returned to ROH wanting a TV title shot. He confronted the TV champion as the show closed.

PWG Game Over Man results: Marty Scurll vs. Chuck Taylor

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Here are notes from PWG last night in Reseda, California:

– Lio Rush defeated Rey Fenix with a frog splash.

Rush was shaken up late in the match from a double foot stomp to the back of the head. He seemed out of it momentarily but was able to complete the match. Very difficult match to follow.

– Matt Riddle defeated Adam Cole by submission with the Bro-mission.

– Jeff Cobb defeated Keith Lee with the Tour of the Islands, and that’s a huge man to be doing such a move on.

Lee has major star qualities.

– Michael Elgin defeated Kyle O’Reilly with a powerbomb.

They had a hard-hitting match.

– The Young Bucks defeated War Machine when Nick Jackson pinned Ray Rowe with a cradle.

This was ROH tag champs vs. IWGP tag team champions. They had a long, great match, which was slightly better than their recent match in Japan.

– Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Dick Togo with a cradle.

Very good technical match.

– Chuck Taylor defeated Marty Scurll with his own chicken wing submission while both were laying in thumbtacks in a street fight.

There was one ref bump. Great finish as Taylor introduced the thumbtacks and Scurll went to throw powder but Taylor kicked Scurll’s hand and the powder went in his eyes. Scurll couldn’t see and broke the fingers of the ref, thinking it was Taylor.

Taylor hit a piledriver on Scurll while both refs were down, and the second ref’s hand couldn’t count with the broken fingers. But Taylor got the chicken wing on while both were in the thumbtacks for the submission.

OTT ScrapperMania Saturday results: The Elite vs. The Uptown Funkers; Marty Scurll vs. Jay White

Posted on by F4W Staff

Editor’s Note: This is the show Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussed on Wrestling Observer Radio Sunday morning.

Submitted by reader Andy McCarroll

Ireland’s Over The Top Wrestling staged their first show Saturday in the new venue of the National Stadium in Dublin in front of a raucous sellout crowd of 2200. This was also the first OTT show streamed live on FloSlam.

– Grado pinned Charlie Sterling in an entertaining, comedy style opener that got the already lively crowd into even more of a frenzy.

– Jigsaw defeated local favourite Scotty Davis. Crowd was really into Davis.

– Jurn Simmons defeated Lord Paul Tracey in an engaging match that stood out mostly for Jurn’s awesome entrance that took almost as long as the match itself. 

– Justin Shape & Logan Bryce defeated The Gymnasties after interference from their manager in one of the best matches on the card. This had some really cool spots including a Hardy Boys’ Poetry In Motion to the outside. The Gymnasties looked to have split up after the loss.

– Session Moth Martina, Nixon Newell, & Alex Windsor defeated Bea Priestley, Jinny & Katey Harvey in a fun match

Having seen entrances for every form of combat in venues from Dublin to Las Vegas, the electricity the crowd had for the arrival of Team Session Moth was unbelievable. The place went crazy when “Maniac 2000” started playing, and the crowd filled the ring with glow sticks. Martina got the pin after a jumping Codebreaker. After the match, it was announced that Nixon would be heading to NXT. 

– The Kings Of The North bested The Lads From The Flats in a 6 man match that curiously was for the OTT tag titles. This was a rip-roaring match from start to finish that resembled a video game with unlimited finishers turned on. 

– OTT storyline owner Gerry Humperdink announced that Mick Foley would be taking over OTT’s next show — WrestleRama on August 5th. The show will feature Matt Sydal, Joey Ryan, and more.

– Marty Scurll choked out Jay White via chicken wing

This was the best pure wrestling match on the card. It had no comedy and was just straight forward, technical, high-level wrestling. “The Villain” did his spot where he appears to dislocate his opponent’s fingers with a sickening sound that echoed through the arena. Both looked strong with White getting a lot of offense in.

– Zack Gibson defeated Angel Cruz in a silly but entertaining bout. There was a very funny spot with Cruz attempting to do Undertaker’s “Old School” while being helped by his bodyguards who had sat on the shoulder of the other to keep Cruz upright.

– Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks (The Elite) defeated Lio Rush, Ryan Smile & Will Ospreay (The Uptown Funkers)

The match was played mostly for laughs with some unbelievable displays of skill and athleticism peppered throughout. Matt grabbed the mike in the middle of the match while he had Smile locked in a Sharpshooter to tell the crowd that Bret Hart was his favourite wrestler, to subscribe to their YouTube channel, and buy their merch from Pro Wrestling Tees.

Omega got the pin after the Bucks hit a Meltzer Driver and Omega hit a One Winged Angel. After the match, Omega and the Bucks superkicked practically the entire OTT roster. 

ROH TV results: Marty Scurll defends against Donovan Dijak

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The latest episode of Ring of Honor television continued the build to ROH’s 15th Anniversary with the first episode from the most recent TV tapings at Stage AE in Pittsburgh.

Though not part of any storyline, the show featured the departure of Donovan Dijak as he finishes up with ROH by putting over World TV Champion Marty Scurll in the main event. Also on this episode, dissension emerged between The Addiction. In addition, the annual Top Prospect Tournament began with a first round match.

The show began airing in syndication this past weekend before becoming available this week via streaming platforms like the FITE TV app and the official ROH website. The episode also airs this Wednesday at midnight ET on Comet TV, including on their free internet live stream.

Bryan and Vinny also review the episode on the latest edition of the B&V Show available to our subscribers.

Ian Riccaboni took over the duty of lead announcer on this show after the recent departure of Kevin Kelly. Continuing the theme of a rotating cast of guest announcers, Bobby Fish joined Riccaboni on commentary for the first segment.

Fish did guest commentary for one match, then he cut a promo hyping his match this weekend where he challenges Adam Cole for the ROH World Championship on a show dubbed “Manhattan Mayhem VI” at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.

Manhattan Mayhem was heavily plugged throughout the episode, continuing a trend this year of ROH using their TV show to promote their house shows more so than ever before.

The show itself opened with a video package devoted to Christopher Daniels. Now the top contender after winning the Decade of Excellence tournament, he challenges for the ROH World title in the main event of the next pay-per-view.

The story is the aging veteran, still as talented as ever, on a quest for an elusive World title that culminates at 15th Anniversary in Las Vegas on PPV with Daniels vowing to finally realize his destiny.

Daniels would also start the show with a promo in the ring clearly playing a babyface role. He pondered who would be champion when he challenges for the title.

Adam Cole interrupted to say he would be the champion forever. Daniels took off his jacket, signaling that he wanted to fight. Cole assured him there would be a match.

Hangman Page hit the the ring for a sneak attack. Frankie Kazarian made the save for Daniels and a tag match would soon begin as Kazarian challenged the Bullet Club. Fish on commentary was critical of Kazarian and questioned his motives, foreshadowing the seeds of dissension planted within The Addiction as their story unfolds.

Adam Cole & Hangman Page defeated Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian

Daniels shined early on, then sold during much of the match for the heat. After a hot tag, Kazarian cleaned house and ran wild leading to a slingshot cutter on Cole for a near fall. Daniels tagged back in as The Addiction did a double-team powerbomb for another near fall. Daniels and Cole had a slugfest before Cole signaled for a superkick.

Daniels blocked the kick and set up Cole for the Best Moonsault Ever. Daniels springboarded into a moonsault only for Cole to counter by getting a boot up. Cole rolled up Daniels for the pinfall.

Kazarian yelled at Daniels afterwards, angry over them losing. In a backstage skit, Kazarian yelled at Daniels again and stormed off.

John Skyler defeated Sean Carr to advance in the Top Prospect Tournament

Brutal Bob Evans provided guest commentary for this match, which was the first in the tournament. Both participants introduced themselves in pre-taped promos.

Carr got to shine at the outset before Skyler cut him off with a lariat and a Tiger Driver for a near fall. Carr made a comeback, leading to a dive through the ropes to the outside.

They fought on the apron and Skyler speared Carr. Skyler dove through the ropes for another spear and a near fall. Carr got a hope spot in the closing moments. He leapt off the middle rope to deliver a codebreaker, and also a moonsault.

Perched on the top turnbuckle, Skyler jumped off the ropes into a rolling fireman’s carry slam to finish off Carr and cover him for the pin. Skyler advances past the first round.

In an odd segment, The Tempura Boyz were supposed to wrestle the Motor City Machine Guns, but MCMG were apparently attacked backstage. Everybody seemed confused and the show quickly cut to commercial.

Before the main event, a rundown plugged the card for Manhattan Mayhem this weekend. The lineup for the March 4th show is here.

ROH World TV Champion Marty Scurll defeated Donovan Dijak to retain his title

Dijak offered to shake hands with Scurll for the traditional pre-match Code of Honor. Scurll kicked away Dijak’s hand. At the bell, Scurll charged in and ate a kick from Dijak.

Scurll bailed out of the ring and Dijak flew over the ropes with a wild flip dive to the floor. Dijak followed by springboarding back into the ring with a flying elbow drop. Dijak did a somersault senton and sprung off the middle rope into a splash.

They had a series of counters leading to Scurll posting Dijak. Scurll then delivered a tornado DDT on the floor. Scurll seemingly had the advantage. Suddenly, Dijak did a backflip off the apron and demanded a hand shake. Scurll cut him down with a kick.

Dijak eventually made a comeback when he reversed a suplex. He ragdolled Scurll and went on the attack. Scurll countered only to end up hoisted by Dijak for a sit-out powerbomb.

Before going to commercial, Lio Rush appeared on the stage to scout Scurll for their upcoming title match at 15th Anniversary.

After the break, Scurll and Dijak were exchanging strikes and countering each other. Scurll delivered a brainbuster for a near fall. Scurll signaled for his finishing hold, but Dijak countered. Scurll then also countered into a victory roll for a two count. After hitting several superkicks, Scurll used a piledriver and Dijak kicked out.

Scurll went for his finishing hold again, but Dijak escaped to pick up Scurll and deliver Feast Your Eyes. On the subsequent pin attempt, Scurll kicked out of Dijak’s finisher. Dijak again demanded Scurll shake his hand. Scurll grabbed Dijak’s fingers and snapped them instead. Scurll started landing strikes, only to fall victim to a Choke Breaker from Dijak.

Dijak leapt to the top rope and springboarded into a corkscrew moonsault. Scurll moved out of the way and soon applied the crossface chicken wing. Dijak tapped out and Scurll retained via submission.

Afterwards, Lio Rush got in the ring to have a face-to-face staredown with Scurll, who hit Rush with a belt shot. Still trying to recruit Rush into their stable, The Rebellion ran in to save Rush from a beatdown. Scurll bailed and scattered. MCMG also appeared out of nowhere to glare at The Rebellion. Did they attack them earlier? Only time will tell.

On the next episode of ROH TV, the Briscoes team with Bobby Fish & Jay Lethal for an eight-man tag match against Bullet Club members The Young Bucks, Adam Cole & Cody (Rhodes).

ROH Columbus, OH, live results: Young Bucks vs. War Machine

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Ian Riccaboni and Silas Young were on commentary.

– Coast to Coast defeated The Carnies with stereo coast to coast dropkicks.

– The Briscoes defeated The Tempura Boyz when Mark hit the froggy bow on Yo.

– The Rebellion (Kenny King & Caprice Coleman) defeated Jay White & Chris Sabin (w/ Alex Shelley) after interference by Shane Taylor.

Rhett Titus was out in a wheelchair here with his right knee in a brace and wrapped up. Shane Taylor has joined the Rebellion.

– The Young Bucks defeated War Machine in an incredible ROH World Tag Team Championship match.

This was easily the best match on the show with both teams giving it their all. The Bucks won after hitting multiple superkicks like they did to the Briscoes at Final Battle.

– Cody Rhodes defeated Dalton Castle with the Cross Rhodes.

Cody came out dressed as one of Castle’s Boys, which later led to that Boy coming out dressed as Cody. Adam Cole and Hangman Page distracted Castle by holding the other Boy hostage and them attacking Castle after the match. Jay Lethal and Bobby Fish came out to make the save which led to the next match.

– Jay Lethal & Bobby Fish defeated Adam Cole & Hangman Page in a falls count anywhere match

This went all over the building, which has an upstairs balcony, and was complete insanity at times. Lethal and Fish won with Lethal hitting Lethal Injections on both Cole and Page.

– Kelly Klein defeated Scarlett Bordeaux in a Women of Honor match

Both worked hard in this match and Klein has gotten much better over the last couple of years.

– Punishment Martinez defeated David Starr, Jonathan Gresham, Will Ferrara, Shane Taylor, and Beer City Bruiser in a six-man mayhem match

– Lio Rush defeated ROH World Television Champion Marty Scurll in a non-title two-out-of-three falls proving ground match

The win gives Rush a shot at the TV title at ROH’s 15th Anniversary pay-per-view on March 10th. This was easily the second best match of the night.

– ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Kingdom defeated Jay Briscoe, Cheeseburger & Chris Sabin to retain their titles

The fans voted on who would challenge for the titles. Fun match to end the show with everyone in the new Kingdom showing some ability.

ROH TV results: Will Ospreay and Marty Scurll Reach for the Sky

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Ring of Honor television from this past week featured highlights from the company’s tour of the United Kingdom. Showcasing matches from the Reach for the Sky tour, establishing Will Ospreay and Marty Scurll as new characters to the ROH TV audience was the main focus of the show.

Ospreay appeared in all three matches on the show while Scurll was in two. The show opened with a video package highlighting the ROH roster being a part of the UK tour. The first match shown from the tour was Ospreay in his ROH debut challenging for the World TV title in Liverpool.

Will Ospreay defeated ROH World Television Champion Bobby Fish to win the title

Since Ospreay would most likely be a favorite to fans in his home country, Fish went heel during the introductions by teasing he would raise the Union Jack flag. Instead, Fish swerved the crowd by raising the TV title overhead and stepping on the flag before trying to play it off as an accident.

They grappled early on before Ospreay began to fly. When he did proceed to take flight, it was impressive as usual. Ospreay did a roll through and leapt into a swinging neckbreaker for a cool high spot. Ospreay was also selling his knee.

Fish went for a superplex, but Ospreay blocked the attempt. Fish still came back with a kick that knocked Ospreay off the top rope, sending him crashing hard down to the mat. Fish followed up with an exploder suplex in a corner for a near fall. Fish then went for a vertical suplex only for Ospreay to counter into a stunner. From there, they really picked up the pace.

Ospreay hit a standing moonsault, then went for a corkscrew moonsault off the top. Fish got his knees up to block it. Moments later, Ospreay kicked Fish with him perched on the top and followed with a schoolboy for a near fall.

Still selling his knee, Ospreay went for a springboard into a backflip. Fish caught him in a kneebar on the way down. Ospreay struggled to break free, then did a back bridge into a pinning attempt for the three count to win the title.

Afterwards, Fish went back to being a babyface by showing good sportsmanship when he presented Ospreay with the title and raised the new champion’s hand.

ROH World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks defeated Will Ospreay & Marty Scurll to retain their titles

Taped in Leicester and joined in progress, this was billed as a dream match. There was some comedy in the match. Like most Young Bucks matches, there was so much flying and so many high spots that describing it in words is difficult.

Ospreay was doing his signature flying arsenal. Young Bucks of course did double team moves. So did Ospreay and Scurll. They mocked the Bucks with “suck it” gestures. The Bucks did the Rise of the Terminator spot with the crowd clapping along to the beat.

Nick and Matt Jackson looked to dispatch Ospreay with a superkick version of the Doomsday Device on the floor. Matt also did a springboard tornado DDT, sending Scurll off the apron to the floor. Nick hit a 450 splash off the top for a near fall.

The Bucks went for a Meltzer Driver, but Ospreay leapt off the top out of nowhere to block it. Scurll delivered a tombstone to set up Ospreay hitting a series of moonsaults and springboards. Nick then broke up a subsequent pin attempt with a senton bomb.

Referee Todd Sinclair went down after taking a superkick. Scurll gave Nick and Matt a low blow. Scurll grabbed his umbrella and was about to use it as a weapon when Ospreay stopped him. Scurll then grabbed the Jacksons and encouraged Ospreay to hit them with the umbrella. The crowd chanted for him to use it.

Ospreay went to hit them with the umbrella, but he struck Scurll instead. The Bucks then both superkicked Ospreay. They executed More Bang for Your Buck on Scurll. Ospreay dove in to break up the pin attempt at the last second.

For the finish, The Bucks went for the Meltzer Driver on Scurll. Ospreay did a springboard as Nick was also springboarding into the ring with Ospreay giving Nick a Frankensteiner. In taking the move, Nick flipped over and still delivered the assisted tombstone to complete the Meltzer Driver. Nick then covered Scurll for the pin.

Scurll would challenge Ospreay afterwards, leading to their TV title match.

Marty Scurll defeated ROH World Television Champion Will Ospreay to win the title

Taped in London, this was part of the final stop of the UK tour. The entire entrances and introductions of both were shown, then the match was joined in progress after a commercial break.

They were chain wrestling when the show returned from the break. That led into Ospreay beginning to fly as they exchanged moves until a stalemate. The crowd was eating it up. They began exchanging strikes and chops. Ospreay applied an octopus stretch, yet Scurll escaped as they again began exchanging strikes.

On the outside, Ospreay jumped off the apron into a shooting star press on the floor. Scurll crawled under the ring, snuck around the opposite side, and dropped Ospreay with a clothesline.

Back in the ring, Ospreay went for a Rainmaker when Scurll grabbed Ospreay by the fingers and hyperextended them in a signature spot from “The Villain.” Moments later as Scurll hoisted Ospreay for a suplex, Ospreay countered into a stunner.

Ospreay started a series of moonsaults and springboards. When Ospreay went to springboard off the middle rope, Scurll caught him in a crossface chickenwing. Ospreay escaped only to get cut off once again when Scurll delivered a pop-up powerbomb followed by a lariat for a near fall. Ospreay also kicked out after a DDT.

For the finish, Scurll retrieved his umbrella and threatened to use it. He threw it down when Ospreay dared Scurll to hit him. Scurll instead again snapped the fingers of Ospreay. After a knee strike, Scurll began repeatedly stomping Ospreay in the head. Scurll then applied a chickenwing and Ospreay tapped out.

ROH London, England, live results: Ospreay vs. Scurll; Cole vs. Lethal

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– Dalton Castle defeated Lio Rush in a good little match.

– Motor City Machine Guns defeated The Addiction

The Addiction were hugely over with the crowd.

– Jay White defeated Donovan Dijak

The crowd was quiet during this until Dijak did a moonsault from the apron to the floor, getting the crowd into it with a “This is awesome” chant.

– The Briscoes defeated ROH World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks in a non-title match

Originally scheduled to be one-on-one matches between the two teams, Jay got on the mic and pretty much said what the crowd was thinking and made it a tag match. There were lots of high spots, including a Razors Edge off the top rope. The Briscoes ended up with the win and were celebrating with the tag titles, until Nigel McGuinness came out and said it was a non-title match. The crowd booed, but the Bucks were over huge. There was a tremendous reaction to the whole match.

– McGuinness came out for a promo. There were lots of “Thank you Nigel” chants. He said his match with Bryan Danielson 10 years ago in Liverpool was legendary, and the title match tonight had potential to match it. Nobody bought that.

– Kyle O’Reilly defeated Travis Banks by making him tap out to the armbar.

Banks is a New Zealand wrestler based in the UK with a lot of potential.

– Marty Scurll defeated ROH World Television Champion Will Ospreay to win the title

Both guys were hugely over, with Scurll the crowd favorite. Lots of heat for this match. It wasn’t as good as their RevPro match from January but still a hell of a match. The finish saw Will Ospreay flash two fingers at Scurll, but Scurll snapped his fingers on both hands, got him in the chicken wing, and Ospreay tapped. There was a huge ovation for Scurll winning the title.

– ROH World Champion Adam Cole defeated Jay Lethal to retain his title

Cole was over huge, but the crowd was largely dead for much of the match being burnt out from the previous one. They got into it near the end, with Lethal kicking out of the Panama Sunrise after a one count. Cole hit the Last Shot and pinned him.

Marty Scurll defeats Will Ospreay to win the ROH TV title

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Will Ospreay’s reign as Ring of Honor World Television Champion didn’t last very long.

Ospreay dropped the title to Marty Scurll in London on Sunday at the final stop of ROH’s three-show tour of the United Kingdom. Ospreay originally defeated Bobby Fish for the title in Liverpool on Friday on the first show of the tour.

With Scurll winning the title, Dave Meltzer reports that it now sets up a four-way TV title match at Final Battle in New York on December 2nd with Scurll facing off against Ospreay, Fish, and CMLL star Dragon Lee.

After signing exclusive deals with ROH, both Scurll and Ospreay made their debuts for the company in their home country on ROH’s tour of the UK. Ospreay defeated Fish for the title in his debut and Scurll picked up a win over Dalton Castle. The two then teamed together against The Young Bucks in Leicester before they faced off for the title on Sunday.

ROH Leicester, England, live results: The Young Bucks vs. Ospreay & Scurll

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– Jay White defeated Joe Hendry

Nothing too flashy, Hendry’s “Local Hero” chant got quite over. There were a few high crossbody spots from White and Hendry caught him one one of them showing great strength. Jay White got the win.

– Donovan Dijak defeated Lio Rush

An incredible match, both guys showed tremendous athleticism, and Donovan Dijak looked like an absolute star. He took some crazy bumps over and into the barricade and sold really well. Dijak picked up the win with his backbreaker into a knee lift.

– Jay Lethal defeated Alex Shelley

Nothing special but Lethal was pretty over, he teased a Macho Man style elbow drop but jumped off the turnbuckle and went for a figure four instead which Shelley reversed. Lethal picked up
the win with the Lethal Injection

– reDRagon defeated The Briscoes

Solid match but nothing special. Kyle O’Reilly didn’t get a lot of action in the ring. The Young Bucks interfered near the end, resulting in reDRagon picking up the win.

– The Addiction defeated Delirious & Dalton Castle

The Addiction and Castle were very over, Delirious didn’t get much of a reaction at least at the start. There was a funny little exchange before the match where Daniels and Kazarian tried to recruit Delirious, enticing him with a pair of shoes before Castle stepped in.

The match itself was great, Castle did a few high power spots, but Addiction got the win with a BME/tombstone combination. Castle carried Delirious out like a child.

– ROH World Champion Adam Cole defeated Chris Sabin

Adam Cole’s trash talk is second to none, he was constantly trashing Sabin and the crowd. He teased throwing his shirt to the crowd but didn’t, then Sabin did and a kid caught it. Later on in the match, Sabin brought Cole up to the barricade and got the same kid to chop him. Cole ended up getting the win.

Cole called out Jay Lethal after the match, saying that even though they had a title match scheduled for the next night he wanted to do it now, but as soon as Lethal got in the ring Cole slid out.

– ROH World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks defeated ROH World Television Champion Will Ospreay & Marty Scurll

What can I say except that you have to watch this match. The Bucks cut a promo on Ospreay and Scurll before the match started, congratulating them on their new contracts and on Ospreay’s new title, then asked for the match to be made for the tag titles.

There was plenty of back and forth action, Scurll and Ospreay did the suck it motion and parodied the Terminator dive. The finish was insane, Bucks went for the Meltzer Driver and Ospreay
tried to counter mid-air with a hurricanrana, which just succeeded in helping the Meltzer Driver land and gave the Bucks the win.