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Ring of Honor TV results: Dalton Castle vs. Johnny TV

Posted on by Suit Williams

Ring of Honor presents its weekly show on HonorClub tonight. 

Matches for this week’s episode were taped on Saturday, December 2 in Erie, Pennsylvania at the Erie Insurance Arena. Spoilers from the show are available here. 

Three Survival of the Fittest TV title eliminator matches are scheduled. Other notable matches to air tonight include Billie Starkz vs. Dani Mo and Dalton Castle vs. Johnny TV. 

ROH on HonorClub December 7 advertised lineup:

  • Billie Starkz vs. Dani Mo
  • Johnny TV vs. Dalton Castle
  • The Butcher and The Blade vs. The Boys (Brandon & Brent Tate)
  • Survival of the Fittest TV Title Eliminator: Kyle Fletcher vs. Gravity
  • Survival of the Fittest TV Title Eliminator: Josh Woods vs. Lee Johnson
  • Survival of the Fittest TV Title Eliminator: Tracy Williams vs. Lee Moriarty
  • The Renegades (Charlette & Robyn Renegade) vs. Trish Adora & Lady Frost
  • The Infantry (Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo) vs. The Workhorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake)
  • The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) vs. The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch)
  • Rachael Ellering in action
  • Tony Nese and Ethan Page contract signing for Final Battle

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Billie Starkz defeated Dani Mo

The #1 contender for the ROH Women’s World Title quickly won this match with a Swanton Bomb. After the match, ROH Women’s World Champion Athena jumped Starkz from behind. Starkz came back by sending Athena into the barricade. Security kept trying to pull the two apart, but they brawled through security and kept going after each other. Athena caught Starkz with a pop-up powerbomb on the floor, then rolled Starkz into the ring to hit Star-Ten onto the title belt.

Bryan Danielson & Wheeler Yuta were backstage. Danielson talked about Final Battle 2022 being Jay Briscoe’s final match in ROH before his untimely passing in January. He wanted to pay tribute to Briscoe with a match: The Blackpool Combat Club of Danielson, Yuta, and Jon Moxley vs. FTR & Mark Briscoe.

Dalton Castle (w/The Boys) defeated Johnny TV

There was a lot happening here, all of it surrounding a fairly lifeless match. The Taya/Kiera Hogan interaction could have been done backstage if this was a match they wanted to do.

Johnny scored the first nearfall with a cartwheel clothesline that led to a standing shooting star press. Castle got some momentum from the crowd on the outside before coming back into the ring and getting a nearfall with a DDT. Johnny sent Castle off of the apron before hitting a senton from a sitting position off of the apron.

The Boys got Castle back in the ring after Johnny repeatedly sent Castle to the floor, allowing Castle to sweep Johnny’s hand out from under him on a handstand kick attempt. Castle sent Johnny flying with suplexes, but Johnny sent Castle to the floor. Johnny went for a corkscrew dive, but the Boys pulled Castle out of the way. Castle thanked the Boys before going back into the ring.

He set up Johnny for the Bangarang, but Taya Valkyrie came out and speared the Boys. Johnny escaped the Bangarang, but Castle moved out of the way of Starship Pain. Taya distracted Castle, allowing Johnny to hit the springboard kick. Kiera Hogan involved herself in proceedings, pulling Taya off of the apron. Castle then hit Bangarang for the win.

Rachael Ellering (w/Leyla Hirsch & Maria) defeated Nikki Victory

These people know they don’t HAVE to hang out with each other, right? Does Maria know she can manage other people that she actually likes?

Ellering was friendly with both Hirsch and Maria during her entrance. Ellering was in firm control before Maria hooked her leg from the floor. Victory scored with a superkick, but Ellering came back with the Bosswoman Slam for the win. She argued with Maria on the floor as Hirsch tried to keep the peace.

Athena was backstage with Lexy Nair. She announced that per Tony Khan, the ROH Women’s World Title match between her and Billie Starkz will be the main event of Final Battle. She also informed Lexy that she would be the ring announcer for the match.

The Workhorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake) defeated The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean)

The Workhorsemen isolated Bravo after Drake hit a Magnum-style belly-to-belly suplex. After a few minutes of action, Bravo escaped to get the tag out to Dean. Dean ran wild, hitting Henry with a Butterfly DDT. Bravo hit Drake with a Scissors Kick, leading to a Dean frog splash for a nearfall.

Drake got a tag out to Henry, but Dean drilled him with a rolling elbow. Infantry went for Boot Camp, but Drake cut it off from the floor. Dean avoided a cannonball and sent Drake into his corner where Bravo got a tag. Henry sent Bravo into a Dean superkick, allowing the Workhorsemen to catch Bravo with a kick into a pendulum flatliner.

Charlette & Robyn Renegade defeated Lady Frost & Trish Adora

Frost started with Robyn, landing a neckbreaker for a nearfall. Frost got sent to the apron, where Charlette swept her legs out from under her. The Renegades held control of Frost for a few minutes before Frost landed a set of kicks to both sisters.

Adora tagged in and ran wild, hitting a kneeling German suplex for a nearfall. Robyn locked Adora in an abdominal stretch, but Frost headscissored Robyn to break the hold. Adora hit the Lariat Tubman on Robyn, followed by Frost hitting her corkscrew moonsault for the win.

Leyla Hirsch & Maria were backstage with Lexy Nair. Rachel Ellering came in, still heated about the match. Hirsch said she would give Maria the benefit of the doubt before telling Ellering that she would have her back.

[Either this is a swerve and Hirsch and Maria are working together against Ellering, or this is just a confusing story.]

Survival Of The Fittest 2023 Eliminator Match – Lee Johnson defeated Josh Woods

After an opening exchange that saw Woods control things on the mat, Johnson caught Woods with a dropkick to ground Woods. Woods dumped Johnson to the floor with a hip toss before throwing him into the barricade.

Woods held serve on Johnson before Johnson shot out of the corner with a neckbreaker. Johnson sprung over Woods, catching his head and hitting a Final Cut for a nearfall. Woods cut off a corner charge with a boot, but Johnson booted Woods when he elevated to the second rope. They battled on the ropes before Woods hit a twisting suplex for a nearfall.

Woods went for the Chaos Theory, but Johnson rolled Woods up for a nearfall. Woods hit a pair of running knees before a gutwrench powerbomb scored a nearfall. Woods went for a running knee, but Johnson moved out of the way and hit a superkick. Johnson landed a frog splash to win and earn a spot in the TV Title match at Final Battle.

The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) defeated The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)

The Outrunners landed a double back elbow on Vincent, but Dutch tagged in and dropped Magnum quickly. The Righteous held serve on Magnum for a while, but Magnum slipped away from Dutch and got the tag out to Floyd. Floyd ran wild for a while, dropping Vincent with a twisting suplex. Dutch came back in, dropping Magnum with a lariat and Floyd with a Bossman Slam. Vincent hit Autumn Sunshine on Floyd for the win.

Survival Of The Fittest 2023 Eliminator Match – Lee Moriarty defeated Tracy Williams

A good showing for both men in this solid technical affair. Williams is talented enough to be around more often.

The two technicians grappled to start, with Williams reversing the Border City Stretch into a rollup for a nearfall. They traded grappling for strikes, with Williams sending Moriarty into the corner with forearms. Moriarty came back with a kick to the arm before hitting a bridging half-hatch suplex for a nearfall. Moriarty hit a strike combination, ending with a low dropkick for a nearfall.

Williams reversed a suplex into an inside cradle for a nearfall, but Moriarty quickly came back with a flatliner into the buckles. Moriarty went for a Harlem Side Kick, but Williams countered it into a suplex. Moriarty went after the arm with kicks, but Williams caught one and dropped Moriarty with a crotch-lift Angle Slam. Williams elevated to the second rope and dropped Moriarty with a DDT onto the top turnbuckle before scoring a nearfall with a lariat.

Williams went for a piledriver but his arm gave out. Moriarty went for the Border City Stretch, but Williams countered it into a crossface. Moriarty grabbed Williams’ fingers to escape, snapping the fingers once they stood up. Moriarty hit his lifting flatliner, called The Fang, for the win.

Dalton Castle was backstage with Lexy Nair. He talked about being the most made-for-TV wrestler in Ring of Honor when Johnny TV appeared. They named television shows in an increasingly aggressive manner before Taya Valkyrie came in. She said that the only reason Castle won earlier was because of his friends and that he would never compare to Johnny.

The Butcher And The Blade defeated The Boys (Brandon & Brent)

The Butcher started with Brandon, overpowering him with ease. Brent tagged in and helped hit a double dropkick to stagger Butcher. Butcher quickly got back in control, tagging in Blade. Brent caught Blade with a standing Sliced Bread before dropping Butcher with a double-team. They low-bridged Butcher and Blade to the floor but got caught with forearms on dive attempts.

Butcher and Blade isolated Brent in their corner, holding serve for a few minutes before Brent slipped away for the tag. Things broke down until Butcher and Blade hit Full Death for the win.

Griff Garrison, Cole Karter, and Maria were backstage with Lexy Nair. They talked about needing to change something about the act before Maria suggested new music that she sang herself. Garrison was mesmerized by her voice.

Angelico (w/ Serpentico) defeated Christopher Daniels

After Angelico fought out of a Daniels headlock, Angelico dropped Daniels from behind. Angelico controlled Daniels after a kick to the neck, but Daniels came back with a pair of sunset flips. Angelico dropped Daniels with a punch to the face. Daniels came back with a T-Bone Suplex before firing up on Angelico.

Daniels hit the ten punches in the corner before hitting a big back body drop and an STO for a nearfall. Angelico caught Daniels with an up kick for a nearfall, but Daniels cut him off on the top rope. Daniels went for the Iconoclasm, but Serpentico hooked his foot from the floor. Angelico locked on his leg lock submission for the win.

After the match, Daniels went after Serpentico, but Angelico jumped him from behind. The two men beat down Daniels until Orange Cassidy and Danhausen made the save. Angelico came in from behind and chop-blocked Cassidy before leaving with Serpentico.

Tony Khan was in the ring to officiate the contract signing between Tony Nese and Ethan Page for their match at Final Battle. Khan announced that this would be an I Quit match. Mark Sterling showed a picture of Ethan Page in worse shape from years ago. Sterling said that Page was in better shape now but would quit on his fitness like he quit on all of his tag team partners and everything else he’s ever done.

Page talked about how Nese took him away from his goal of winning the TV Title, but after he beat Nese at Final Battle, he would move on and no one would care about Nese ever again. The contract was signed, and Page went to leave before Nese took the mic. He said that he never wanted to help Page despite the kind offer from Sterling. Nese gave Page one last piece of advice: always take your protein. Sterling blinded Page with protein powder before Nese hit him with the Running Knees and put him through a table.

Survival Of The Fittest 2023 Eliminator Match – Kyle Fletcher defeated Gravity

Gravity sent Fletcher to the floor with a handspring armdrag before hitting a tope to the floor. Fletcher caught Gravity on a springboard before hitting a spinning Side Effect. Fletcher clubbered on Gravity for a while before Gravity reversed a powerbomb into a snap hurricanrana for a nearfall. Gravity hit a standing moonsault for a nearfall before Fletcher came back with a Michinoku Driver for a nearfall of his own.

Gravity and Fletcher traded shots before Fletcher hit a running leg lariat. Fletcher went for his Tombstone but Gravity reversed it into a rollup for a nearfall. Fletcher dropped Gravity before hitting his Tombstone for the win.

ROH TV results: Women’s World title match

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Quinn McKay joined the broadcast from the holiday-decorated ROH Studio and wished the viewers Happy Holidays. McKay then ran down the card for the show, which will feature the annual Christmas surprise twelve man tag, as well as an ROH Women’s Championship match between current champion Rok-C and Holidead. 

A special vignette aired showing Josh Woods and Brian Johnson opening special “presents” that featured the names of their respective teammates. Although the names weren’t revealed, Woods was delighted with his team while Johnson was not. 

ROH Women’s World Champion Rok-C defeated Holidead in a title match (13:30)

This was a good title match between two competitors that seemed to match up very well.

Holidead tried to use her size advantage to control the champion throughout the beginning stage of the match, but Rok-C read the room and fended it off well. When Holidead went to the outside, Rok-C attempted a dive but was stopped dead in her tracks when Holidead caught her and slammed her into the turnbuckle.

After a short commercial break, Holidead started to lose her grip on the match. Rok-C hit a knee to the face, and followed it up shortly after with a pair of double knees to the rib area of Holidead. Holidead went on to respond with a swing out flatliner that warranted a near fall, but Rok-C would deliver a running knee shortly after.

In the final stages of the match, both women continued to trade big moves. Holidead hit a backbreaker that resulted in the closest near fall of the match, but Rok-C was able to find that final wind and hit her modified Code Red shortly after for the win. 

Dalton Castle had a backstage vignette celebrating Christmas with Dak Draper and his “boys”. Things went awry quickly and Draper started throwing things around. 

Christmas Wildcard Twelve Man Tag Team Match: Team Woods (Bandido, Jay Briscoe, Josh Woods, Mark Briscoe, Matt Taven & Silas Young) defeated Team Johnson (Brian Johnson, Flip Gordon, Homicide, Kenny King, Rey Horus & Rhett Titus) (20:45)

This was a blast as always.

Homicide and Jay Briscoe locked up as the tags began to roll in. Woods and Titus got a nice sequence in on the mat, with Woods heavily targeting the arm and scoring a few near falls out of it. 

After a commercial break, Flip Gordon and Matt Taven became the legal men. They had a small back and forth before the focus shifted to a face off between Rey Horus and Bandido. 

Everybody else included in the match hopped off the apron and let the two luchadors do their own thing. Bandido was the first to strike, springing off the ropes and jumping over Horus. They traded a few hurricanranas before coming to a stalemate — which was applauded by their respective teammates. 

King and Mark Briscoe began to tee off on one another shortly after, which led to Titus and Jay Briscoe entering the ring. The commentary team sold the “nostalgia” aspect of the showdown, as the history between the two teams dates back to 2009. 

The match fell apart at this point, with everybody in sight hitting a big dive to the outside onto various opponents. Flip Gordon rushed to the commentary booth and began to chat up a storm, before realizing he was still in the match and making a massive dive off the stage. 

The final moments of the match saw Brian Johnson try to roll up Mark Briscoe with a handful of tights. After the fall was unsuccessful, Briscoe scolded Johnson and told him to “be a man”. This led to both men teeing off on each other with forearms, but Jay Briscoe eventually came in and helped his brother. The duo scored the win for their team after a Doomsday Device on Johnson.

Everybody in the match celebrated in the ring as the show went off the air.

Final Thoughts: This was a great sendoff show for this era of Ring Of Honor. 

Thanks to all that have kept up with my weekly ROH recaps for the past 16 months. Although I’m not sure what the future holds for both me and the supposed return of ROH in April, I appreciate anybody that has stuck around along the way.

ROH TV results: EC3 vs. Eli Isom

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Quinn McKay joined the show from the ROH studio and quickly ran down the card for tonight’s show, which includes two regular singles bouts — with one bout pitting Chelsea Green against Miranda Alize, and the other seeing EC3 take on Eli Isom. The opening contest, however, is a falls count anywhere match between Sledge and PCO. 

Sledge defeated PCO in a Falls Count Anywhere match (14:59)

This was a fun, grueling way for PCO to end his ROH run.

Holidead joined commentary for this match. 

Sledge jumped PCO from behind as the bell rang. PCO fell in the corner, which prompted Sledge to place a trash can on his head and perform a running kick to the head. The bout then spilled to the outside with the two giants slugging each other back and forth. Sledge slanted a ladder off the ring apron and back body dropped PCO onto it shortly before the first commercial break.

When the break returned, PCO positioned himself on the top rope and hit a frog splash for a two count. PCO, seemingly frustrated, returned to the top rope and attempted a PCO-sault, but was met with a pair of knees from Sledge. 

Both guys rolled to the outside afterwards, with PCO taking control. PCO set up a table and clocked Sledge with a right forearm, which caused the “Metalhead Maniac” to fall right on the table. PCO took advantage of the situation and climbed to the top rope and performed an insane top rope senton onto Sledge. 

After a short recovery period, both guys kept slugging it out around the barricaded areas. Sledge clocked PCO with a few chair shots before adjusting PCO into a sitting position on the barricade. Sledge then set up a chair, backed up, and ran full speed at his opponent — resulting in a float-over clothesline over the barricade. 

The ending of the match came quickly when the two ended up on the stage. After a few moves here and there, Sledge hit an elevated DDT on PCO off the stage onto two tables and a barricade. Sledge then made the cover and scored the three count. 

Miranda Alize defeated Chelsea Green (9:54)

Fun match, but Green came out of the match not looking good. The finish was rather baffling.

The Allure (Angelina Love & Mandy Leon) joined the commentary booth for this bout.

The match started out with some rhythmic sequence between both women, with neither woman getting the upper hand. Alize went to the outside and made Green chase her around the ring for a good sixty seconds, before baiting her back to the ring apron in order to hit a dropkick. 

After a commercial break, Chelsea Green nailed Alize with a middle dropkick in the center of the ring. Green attempted a pin shortly after, but Alize kicked out at two. Green was firmly in the driver’s seat of the match, but the Allure ran down to ringside and distracted her as she had a single leg crab cinched in. 

Green was easily distracted, which allowed Alize to attack her from behind. Alize called her shot and hit the drive-by knee strike shortly after — which scored her the win. 

EC3 defeated Eli Isom (16:15)

A great main event showing here for both guys, especially Isom — who is one of my favorite babyfaces in wrestling.

Isom took EC3 to the mat immediately and locked in a head scissors, but was met with hard resistance, which broke the hold quickly. Both guys had their fair share of offense in the beginning stages, trading various types of submissions and working down certain body parts. The match turned to EC3 favor when Isom attempted a springboard clothesline, but was sent crashing to the mat after EC3 clipped the ropes.

EC3 continued his dominance on the outside after nailing Isom with a suplex on the arena floor. EC3 took way too much time in between moves as the two transitioned back in the ring, as Isom caught a second wind and began delivering a flurry of strikes. Isom delivered a sidewinder suplex shortly after, followed by a northern lights suplex. 

Isom went to the top rope with all of the momentum in the world, allowing him to deliver a stunning crossbody to EC3 for another close near fall. Isom seemed like he was going to score a victory here, but EC3 snatched the control right back from Isom and delivered a double underhook facebuster out of nowhere. Shortly after, Isom submitted to EC3’s “The Promise” cross face submission.

Final Thoughts: From ROH’s standpoint, I’m not sure what the point of doing TV is at this point — but the wrestling was still very good.