Ring of Honor’s upcoming tour of the United Kingdom won’t be the last time we see Will Ospreay and Marty Scurll wrestle for the company.
ROH officially announced on Friday that Ospreay and Scurll had signed contracts with the promotion that will see them compete inside of ROH rings beyond the upcoming “Reach for the Sky” tour of the UK. ROH previously announced that both Ospreay and Scurll would be competing on the tour.
In their announcement, ROH referred to the contracts as “exclusive.”
The two breakout British stars will be wrestling each other on the tour, as they’re set to meet at ROH’s show in London on November 20th. The night before, they’ll team together in a non-title match against ROH tag champs The Young Bucks in Leicester. And Ospreay will face ROH TV Champion Bobby Fish in a non-title proving ground match in Liverpool on November 18th, with Scurll squaring off against Dalton Castle on the same show.
Ospreay and Scurll have been two of the burgeoning United Kingdom wrestling scene’s brightest stars in recent years. Ospreay’s profile increased as he made his way to New Japan Pro Wrestling and won this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament, and both have had some success internationally in the United States as well.
After wrestling each other all over the world for the last few years, Marty Scurll and Will Ospreay will be bringing their rivalry to Ring of Honor.
ROH announced in a video update on Tuesday that Scurll will face Ospreay on the promotion’s upcoming tour of the United Kingdom. It was recently revealed that both men would soon be making their ROH debuts.
After shining in matchups across Europe for PROGRESS, Revolution Pro Wrestling, and others, Scurll vs. Ospreay has recently become a popular match to book. It made its way to the United States over WrestleMania weekend this year when Scurll defended his PROGRESS title against Ospreay at the WrestleCon SuperShow.
Scurll vs. Ospreay will face off on ROH’s November 20th show in London, England. It was also announced that Kyle O’Reilly and The Briscoes will team against The Bullet Club’s Adam Cole and The Young Bucks in the main event of the tour’s stop in Liverpool on November 18th, and former ROH World Champion Jay Lethal will take on Alex Shelley on November 19th in Leicester.
ROH’s video update announcing the matches is available to watch below:
In addition to Will Ospreay making his Ring of Honor debut on the promotion’s upcoming tour of England in November, it looks like fellow British star Marty Scurll will soon be debuting for ROH as well.
Kevin Kelly’s Monday afternoon video update was “interrupted” by a message from Scurll, who said that ROH would need to make room for the one true villain. The end of the video teased that he would be coming to the promotion soon.
Scurll has emerged as one of the brightest talents from the United Kingdom’s blossoming professional wrestling scene, becoming a top star for both PROGRESS and Revolution Pro Wrestling. And he’s made a name for himself in the United States with appearances for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, EVOLVE, and others.
ROH didn’t specify when or where Scurll would be making his debut for the promotion. The video announcing Scurll’s impending debut is available to watch below:
Great match as both men were appreciated by the crowd. There were superkicks all over the place. Incredible fast-paced action that the people loved. Gargano was able to apply a crossface submission for the win.
Post-match, Drew Galloway attacks Gargano, which leads to Ethan Page making the save to take the attempted chair shots by Galloway. This lead to Drew Gulak making the save as he was scheduled to face Galloway later tonight. Chuck Taylor appears to even the odds for Galloway.
Galloway cuts a promo from outside the ring and is able to convince Catch Point to put the tag titles on the line. Later tonight we will see Catch Point defend their titles against Drew Galloway & Chuck Taylor.
– Tony Nese defeated Darby Allin, Chris Dickinson, & Fred Yehi
Right after the bell rang, Allin was thrown hard to the outside by Dickinson and it was a violent bump. The other three wrestled a bit until Allin rose from the dead and instantly went for high risk moves, including a backwards trust fall type of dive to the outside.
Nese was able to capitalize on a big powerbomb by Dickinson on Allin by hitting a follow-up 450 splash for the pin. The crowd and the other three wrestlers showed Allin respect after the match.
– Ethan Page defeated Wheeler YUTA
Page was still selling the scuffle from earlier. He was angry and took it out on the fresh-faced youngster YUTA. Big power moves by Page and he used an RKEgo, buckle bomb, and package piledriver for the dominant win.
Post-match promo by Page as he continues his attempt at gaining Gargano’s trust.
– Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Jigsaw
This was supposed to be TJ Perkins vs. ZSJ, but Stokely Hathaway had said his client needed the night off to prepare for his title match tomorrow.
Jigsaw, a veteran of the indies, was able to show his own technical ability early on and it only seemed to make Sabre Jr. mad. This resulted in various holds and violent stretches by ZSJ on Jigsaw.
After creating separation, Jigsaw was able to use his speed and flying ability to take control of the match for a while before Sabre Jr. locked in even more vicious holds. The finish was ZSJ nailing a Penalty Kick for the pin. Crowd showed Jigsaw respect after the match.
– Matthew Riddle defeated Roderick Strong
Great match with a fighting pace, both men were going for strikes and holds. Strong hit one of his famed backbreakers, which had Riddle shaking on the mat. Huge superplex by Strong and then a big boot.
This was an intense battle that could have gone either way until Riddle was able to catch Strong in the Bromission and wrenched back forcing a tap.
Strong shook Riddle’s hand and they embraced to show respect for the match they just had. As Strong left the ring, Riddle took the mic to call out “Trashy Tim” as he still has possession of the EVOLVE championship.
Timothy Thatcher made his way out and then Stokely Hathaway made his way to stir the pot. Thatcher then broke Hathaway’s thumb for touching the championship. Riddle laughed it off, took the title, and left as Marty Scurll made his way to the ring for our title match.
– EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher defeated Marty Scurll to retain his title
A well-paced match with strikes, uppercuts, and holds. The Villain tried to manipulate Thatcher’s left arm throughout for the chickenwing. Thatcher is a throwback worker who takes such punishment yet continues fighting.
Scurll actually locks in the chickenwing, but Thatcher bites his hand and escapes. Violent elbows by Scurll until Thatcher reverses and chokes Scurll out with a sleeper. The crowd was disappointed as they were hoping for a title change.
Post-match, TJP is out to lay in to Thatcher. Catch Point follows, and while Gulak and Thatcher have a stare down, TJP takes Thatcher out with a kick. Riddle was chilling on the turnbuckles during the entire altercation laughing and instigating.
Galloway and Taylor (now known as Dustin) make their way out and tell Riddle that he is better than Catch Point and that he should be with them. This leads us to our main event.
– Drew Galloway & Dustin (Chuck Taylor) defeated EVOLVE Tag Team Champions Drew Gulak & “Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams to win the titles
There was instant brawling from the moment the bell ring. It was an intense battle with Galloway and Taylor systematically destroying Catch Point. Gulak took the hot tag and ran wild on Dustin, throwing hands and going for his submission. Galloway breaks it up and is able to tag in and destroy Williams with a tombstone piledriver.
Dustin catches Gulak in a leglock choke and arm wrenching submission, yet Gulak is able to get the ropes. After some exchanges, Dustin was able to hit a piledriver for the win. Galloway and Dustin are the new EVOLVE tag team champions.
Galloway and Dustin take the mic and talk down EVOLVE for their hypocrisy. They say EVOLVE wants to be independent yet join on with “The Machine.”
On Wednesday, EVOLVE announced their talent lineups for their summer shows. While all of the matches aren’t officially set, there are a few put in place.
EVOLVE 64 Saturday, July 16th | Queens, NY | 4 PM EST (show will be over by time WWE at MSG begins)
– EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher vs. Marty Scurll
– EVOLVE Tag Team Champions Drew Gulak & Tracy Williams
– Johnny Gargano
– Drew Galloway
– Zack Sabre Jr.
– TJP with Stokely Hathaway
– Matt Riddle
– Ethan Page
– Fred Yehi
– Cedric Alexander
– Tony Nese…and more.
EVOLVE 65 Sunday, July 17th | Melrose, MA | 7 PM EST
– EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher vs. TJP with Stokely Hathaway
– EVOLVE Tag Team Champions Drew Gulak & Tracy Williams
– Johnny Gargano
– Drew Galloway
– Zack Sabre Jr.
– Marty Scurll
– Matt Riddle
– Ethan Page
– Fred Yehi
– Cedric Alexander
– Tony Nese…and more.
EVOLVE 66 Saturday, August 19th | Joppa, MD | 8 PM EST
– EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher vs. Matt Riddle — no holds barred
– Cody Rhodes vs. Johnny Gargano
– EVOLVE Tag Team Champions Drew Gulak & Tracy Williams
– Zack Sabre Jr.
– Marty Scurll
– TJP with Stokely Hathaway
– Tony Nese
– Cedric Alexander
– Ethan Page
– Fred Yehi
– Peter Kaasa…and more.
EVOLVE 67 Saturday, August 20th | Brooklyn, NY | 3pm EDT (show will be over by the time NXT starts)
– EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher vs. Drew Gulak
– Tommy End vs. Matt Riddle
– Cody Rhodes
– Drew Galloway
– Chris Hero
– Tracy Williams
– Zack Sabre Jr.
– Marty Scurll
– TJP with Stokely Hathaway
– Cedric Alexander
– Ethan Page
– Fred Yehi
– Peter Kaasa…and more.
Here’s a video recap of their last two events if you’re not familiar with the product:
