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Ring of Honor TV live results: Former Oro Mensah debuts, Lee Moriarty in action

Posted on by Jeff Moss

The former Oro Mensah in WWE NXT makes his debut in Ring of Honor tonight as part of this week’s HonorClub show.

The 29-year-old now going by “The Main Man” Oro will have tough competition as he takes on Tomohiro Ishii.

Ring of Honor Pure Champion Lee Moriarty will battle CMLL’s Xelhua in a Proving Ground match where if the challenger beats or draws the champion, they earn a future title shot.

In an eight-man tag team match, Team CMLL (the debuting Difunto, Volador Jr., The Beast Mortos & Hechicero) will take on AR Fox, Serpentico, Angelico, and Alex Zayne.

Leila Grey takes on Taya Valkyrie while Gringo Loco takes on Willie Mack in a rematch from 2023.

The card is rounded out by Lance Archer in action against an opponent(s) to be named.

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Thursday night is here and that means it’s time for more hot, saucy Ring of Honor Action!

Alex Zayne, AR Fox & Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico) vs. Difunto, Hechicero, The Beast Mortos & Volador Jr.

And what better way to kick off a show than with Luchadores and plenty of ’em! Hechicero has a date with Bandido for the ROH world title at the end of the month, Mortos is mor-tastic and SAP are everlasting favorites. This should be fun!

Angelico and Hechicero started things off. Angelico’s agility was a nice offset to Hechicero’s power, which was on display through a flurry of technical chain wrestling. Respect was shown as the two traded dance moves as well.

Difunto tagged in to face Fox and if you haven’t seen Difunto, it’s worth a google. He’s kind of a caveman/skeleton/sasquach and he’s got a really unique luchadore style. It threw Fox off and he tagged in Zayne. To meet him though was Mortos, who you never want to see staring you down.

Zayne stacked Mortos up in the corner for a hurricanrana, followed by some knees to the back and a senton. Mortos actually showed some vulnerability and tagged in Volador to face Serpentico. Volador looked a little sluggish as Serpentico bounced around him, but all he was able to get out of it was a two count.

Serpentico went for a dive through the ropes, but Lance Archer, who had accompanied Hechicero tot he ring, tripped him up, sparking an all hands on deck brawl. Angelico was the only one left standing and Difunto sent him into the corner with a dropkick. Angelico got quadruple teamed, until a dropkick sent him out of the ring.

Zayne jumped in but met the same fate, getting stacked in the corner. Difunto went coast to coast from the top turnbuckle and dropkicked him. Hechicero continued the assault until Zayne rolled out and was replaced by Fox. Clearly one team has seen too many Segal movies as they keep trying to attack one at a time.

Fox found his footing though, delivering elbows to Difunto and Mortos in the corners, followed by a cutter to Mortos. Fox and Zanye hit sentons from the top rope on Hechicero one after the other, but just a two count.

SAP cleared the ring, leaving Zayne and Hechicero in the ring. Hechicero climbed the ladder and hit a big knee on Zayne’s face. The two rolled through a bunch of pinning combinations with Hechicero finally able to nail Zayne’s shoulders to the mat and pick up the win.

Match Result: Difunto, Hechicero, The Beast Mortos & Volador Jr. defeated Alex Zayne, AR Fox & Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico)

A beat down began after the match, but the music of Bandido hit and the Champion came to the ring with back up. Brody King, Tomohiro Ishii and more came down and cleared out the bad guys.

-Next, the Premier Athletes were in the back trying to cut promos in spanish regarding their upcoming CMLL match. Daivari got frustrated until Sterling pointed out that the Athletes are undefeated in Lucha Rules matches. Which, I supposed, technically is true.

Willie Mack vs Gringo Loco

Then, it was time for my favorite part of any wrestling show: the big guys hitting each other bigly match! Mack and Loco almost seem like they could be alternate dimension versions of each other as they are both big men who move with crazy agility.

The crowd was hot as they locked up with Loco putting on a wristlock. Mack flipped it around and seemed to threaten Loco’s junk, causing the luchadore to back off. The two exchanged a really fun chain ending with a slam attempt from Mack that Loco reversed mid air and landed on his feet.

“It’s kind of like that movie, The Parent Trap” interjected Ian Riccaboni as Loco and Mack found themselves at another stalemate. This time, Loco asked Mack to turn this into a dance contest and the two gyrated their hips, with the winner being, I dunno, Loco I guess.

Mack sent Loco to the outside and went for a dive, but Loco moved, stopping Mack short and leading to him casually humping the ring. Buy it dinner first, Mack!

Eventually the wrestling started with Loco going up top and hitting a swichfoot moonsault, but took too much time and Mack rolled out of the way. He hopped to his feet and delivered a shoulder block to Loco. Mack went up top but Loco followed him, dragging him down with a tightrope spanish fly!

Loco leapt off the rope, but Mack grabbed him and hit a stunner followed by shining wizard. Mack then went up top for a frog splash and that put Loco down for good (as it would any human).

Match Result: Willie Mack defeated Gringo Loco

That was a cool match, but man was it ever slow. Both these guys can move fast when they need to so it really stands out when they slow it down. Still great though.

Lance Archer vs Ren Jones

Archer appeared with his music, dragging Jones down the entrance ramp, bouncing his head off of pretty much anything he could find. Jones tried to fight back, but Archer chopped him against the barricade again and again.

Finally, Archer threw Jones in the ring and the bell rang, just in time for Archer to deliver half a dozen big elbows in the corner. Archer lifted Jones from the top rope and hit a blackout in the middle of the ring, ending the match before it began, kind of.

Match Result: Lance Archer defeated Ren Jones

Leila Grey (w/Christopher Daniels) vs. Taya Valkyrie (w/Johnny TV, Mansoor & Mason Madden)

I understand Grey’s instinct to bring Daniels with her as backup, but they are still outnumbered 2-to-1 so maybe bring a few more friends next time? SkyFlight came out on the entrance ramp, but not down to the ring. Which seemed weird.

Grey and Valkyrie kicked things off like you’d expect, with a posedown followed by some hard chops from Grey. Grey sent Valkyrie into the corner and delivered a hard lariat for a two count. TV and Daniels shouted encouragement from ringside.

TV grabbed Grey’s ankle under the ropes, giving Valkyrie an opening to take control. She stopmed Grey’s leg, working it over. Valkyrie sent Grey to the outside, giving her a chance to make out with TV. Valkyrie then threw Grey back into the ring, locking in a wristlock-based abdominal stretch.

Grey fought out of it though, sending Valkyrie to the mat with a clothesline, and then the two hit simultaneous head slams, knocking themselves both down. The two traded punches with Grey hitting a surprise cutter, but only getting a two count.

TV jumped up on the ring apron to cause a distraction, but Daniels ran around and pulled him down. That gave Grey an opening for another cutter into a dragon sleeper. Valkyrie held on as long as she could, but ended up being forced to tap out.

Match result: Leila Grey defeated Taya Valkyrie

-Backstage, Willie Mack mused that since he was back on ROH TV, maybe he should go for that TV title? That summoned Nick Wayne, who dared Mack to try and take it from him. This seemed to confuse Mack, but I assume it means a match at some point. Or maybe not. You never know.

Tomohiro Ishii vs Oro

Oro is making his ROH debut here after a spell in NXT. The bad news is that he clearly drew the short straw and has to face the NJPW Strong Openweight Champion and turtleneck enthusiast, Ishii in said debut.

Ishii refused a code of honor, choosing instead to send Oro into the ropes. Oro was looking to make an impression here, but Ishii was having none of it, absorbing offense and dishing out punishment. Oro went up top for a splash but Ishii caught him on the way down.

Oro picked up the speed, trying to out-pace Ishii with some backflip kicks and a chop that seemed to actually hurt Ishii, which is rare. Oro’s strikes were just as hard as Ishii, causing the NJPW star to stagger as Oro hit a suplex. This is impressive as I feel that Ishii has way more density and atomic weight than the average human.

Ishii delivered a suplex of his own as it was Ishii’s turn to chop in the corner. Ishii planted Oro with a big lariat, but couldn’t land the brainbuster. Oro hit a springboard moonsault and dragon suplex, but only got a two count.

The two traded headbutts and shots in the center of the ring with Oro coming out on top to deliver a springboard thrust kick. Oro tried a hammerlock, but Ishii lariated him into next week and hit that brain buster. Oro was out and Ishii picked up the victory.

Match Result: Tomohiro Ishii defeated Oro

I gotta say, a solid debut for Oro. He kept pace with Ishii and it was in no way a one-sided affair. He flew a little too close to the sun, but looked good doing it.

ROH Pure Title Proving Ground Match: Lee Moriarty [c] vs. Xelhua

Main Event, Pure Rules and Proving Ground time! Moriarty has held that Pure title for well over a year at this point, defeating some pretty impressive challengers. For those that need a reminder, both men get three rope breaks, one closed fist and a 10 minute time limit. If the challenger can win or last the 10 minutes they earn a future title shot.

The match started with Moriarty keeping things slow, looking to work the clock. Xelhua hit a standing frog splash though and the speed picked up. Moriarty lured him in for an ankle takedown and the two became an entanglement of limbs.

Moriarty came out on top as the two tried to overpower each other with roll throughs. Moriarty slapped on a cobra lock and Xelhua had to use a rope break at 6:44. Xelhua tied up Moriarty in a crazy pretzel, but Moriarty was able to get his foot on the rope for a break at 5:25.

Xelhua wrenched Moriarty’s knee, working the leg. Moriarty hit a springbaord forearm, but it was only a two count. Moriarty put a modified facelock figure four on Xelhua, but was too close to the ropes and at 3:54, Xelhua used his second rope break.

Things picked up with a series of arm drags into a backbreaker from Xelhua. He hit an inside cloverleaf next, forcing a second rope break from Moriarty at 2:34. Time was definitely ticking away and Moriarty hit a straightjacket into a Border City Strech. Xelhua managed to worm out of it, and locked in a crazy waist surfboard hold.

With barely 90 seconds left, the two started trading shots with Moriarty ending it with a flurry of forearms and a second Border City Stretch. Xelhua had nowhere to go, but wiggled free, locking Moriarty in a hold as the clock ticked down to 15 seconds.

Moriarty was trapped, but held on until the time expired. That means that Xelhua has earned a future shot at the ROH Pure Title.

Match Result: Lee Moriary vs Xelhua went to a time limit draw

You don’t see Moriarty on the losing end of a proving ground match very often! Cool way to end the show!

Ring of Honor TV results: Bandido vs. Adam Priest World title match

Posted on by Arya Witner

Ring of Honor World Champion Bandido will put his title on the line against indie standout Adam Priest on tonight’s ROH on HonorClub from Chicago.

The champion will be looking for his fourth successful title defense while Priest has just one all-time career ROH victory.

The Conglomeration’s Tomohiro Ishii & Hologram will take on MxM Collection.

In a pair of men’s Pure Rules bouts, Blake Christian faces the returning Jimmy Jacobs in his first ROH bout since May 2024 while Virus faces Xelhua in a meeting of CMLL talent.

The show is rounded out by Gringo Loco vs. Jon Cruz.

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-Ian and Caprice start the show by running down what’s on the show, including Bandido vs Adam Priest for the ROH Title, which is your main event. Ian and Caprice are wearing their invisibility cloaks at ringside for this show.

The Conglomeration (NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii & Hologram) vs. MxM Collection (w/ Johnny TV)

This was a very good opener. I would say all four men are criminally underused, but I couldn’t tell you who they should take off Dynamite and Collision every week to put them on. 

We got a picture-in-picture with a MxM, Johnny and Taya commercial selling something called MxM Seed. It looked funny, but Ian and Caprice talked over it.

Ishii and Hologram ran wild on Mansoor early and did a double drop toehold to Mason when he tried to get involved and dropped Mason on top of his partner. MxM got the heat on Ishii when they bullied him into the corner and then TV yanked Hologram off the apron. Hologram got the hot tag and ran wild on MxM. The crowd got into Hologram’s comeback, including backflipping out of the ring and giving TV a headscissors takeover and a Suicide Dive out the other side of the ring to Mason. The expected 4-way broke out and Ishii gave Mason an assisted Brainbuster. Hologram pinned Mansoor with a 450 Splash.

Match Result: The Conglomeration defeated MxM Collection

-We got a video package recapping Athena vs Alex Windsor from Collision last week. 

Gringo Loco vs. Jon Cruz

This was a match won by Gringo Loco. There’s nothing else to say about the actual wrestling.

Seeing Cruz coming out makes me want to see Nyla Rose give Serpentico through a table for some reason.

Cruz was upset that the fans cheered for Gringo and not him. It evolved into them standing on the ropes on opposite sides of the ring and trying to cheerlead the crowd. I mean if nothing else, the crowd got into it. There was nothing wrong with their actual wrestling, but it was a lot less newsworthy than them spending several minutes cheerleading the crowd. Loco won with a Split Legged Moonsault.

Of all the matches I’ve ever seen, this was the most recent one.

Match Result: Gringo Loco defeated Jon Cruz

Blake Christian (w/ Lee Johnson) vs. Jimmy Jacobs

This was a good match and the type of match they should be having on ROH where they bring in veterans who can still go, like Jacobs and work with these young guys. Not sure why Jacobs isn’t signed, I imagine he wouldn’t break the bank to do more than come in once a year, like he currently is.

Jacobs was one of the longest lasting ROH wrestlers, with him leaving ROH after Supercard of Honor IX in 2015, but has since come back to do one match a year the last few years. The last time he had an ROH match he had an insane pyro display. Remember that insane WCW Kevin Nash pyro display? This was the AEW version of that. Anyway, when Jacobs came out here, he looked for his pyro and, sadly, he had none.

Jacobs is the kind of guy TK should sign to be the ROH veteran to work with young talent. He still wrestles pretty frequently, even if we only see him once a year. Christian has the talent to be one of those “next generation” guys and hopefully he gets the chance to do so. Jacobs went for Sliced Bread, but Christian got out of it, hit a pair of superkicks and a rolling Spiccoli Driver for a near fall. Christian tapped him with Vanilla Choke Zero. After the match, Christian looked into the camera and challenged Bandido.

Match Result: Blake Christian submitted Jimmy Jacobs

-Paul Walter Hauser was on something called the No Contest Wrestling Podcast and was upset because at the Revolution Zero Hour show in March, QT Marshall threw something alcoholic on him. Paul was mad because he’s been sober for three years and now he wants a match with QT. Not sure why it took Paul 5 months to get upset about this, but here we are.

Xelhua vs. Virus in a Pure Rules match

I don’t watch a lot of ROH on Honor Club, but this was easily the best “modern day” pure match I’d ever seen. This was an excellent grappling match. Nothing you have to go out of your way to see, just a match I’d love to see a rematch of. 

Virus began his pro wrestling career two weeks after WrestleMania 2 in 1986. I would like to imagine one had nothing to do with the other, however I cannot prove that. Meanwhile Xelhua is at the other extreme, as he is two years into his career. Xelhua used a double underhook submission that he turned into a pinning attempt. Virus used a reverse Figure Four and Xelhua grabbed the ropes five minutes into the match for his first rope break. Xelhua broke out a Cloverleaf Stretch, which was quite impressive, but Virus got the ropes. Virus used the Vertebreaker and Xelhua half kicked out/half got his foot on the rope, so it counted as a rope break. Virus submitted to the Shoelace submission.

Match Result: Xelhua submitted Virus

-They plugged Dustin Rhodes vs Kyle Fletcher for the TNT Title on Collision, which is happening as I type this. I won’t spoil it for you, mostly because I don’t know what happened. So go check out Jeff Moss’ Collision report. 

ROH World Champion Bandido defends against Adam Priest

This was a really good World Title match to cap off a really good episode of Ring of Honor. 

Priest came out with The Workhorsemen, but sent them to the back before the match began. Bandido has double duty tonight, as he teams with Brody King to take on GOA in the Tag Team Title Eliminator Tournament on Collision. I actually know who won that match, but you should still go read Jeff Moss’ Collision report for more.

The Code of Honor was sort of adhered to, as Priest hit a forearm to Bandido to get the match started after the handshake. Bandido held Priest up for a delayed vertical suplex and even though he is tri-lingual (English, Spanish and Japanese), he let the crowd chant in whatever language they preferred. Priest hit a well timed dropkick to Bandido’s back as he came off the middle rope with a springboard move. The crowd chanted loudly for Bandido, proving that if you give these fans good stuff on ROH, they will react even if they’re there for Dynamite or Collision. Bandido rolled through on a Frog Splash attempt and took a backbreaker from Priest. Bandido had done the Eddie Guerrero shimmy, so Priest went for the Three Amigos, but Bandido reversed the third suplex and hit one of his own. Priest clipped the knee and slapped on a Half Crab, but Bandido got the ropes and then the champ retained with a Frog Splash.

Match Result: ROH World Champion Bandido defeated Adam Priest to retain the championship

Final Thoughts: I don’t watch a lot of ROH on HonorClub. I may have seen six or seven total episodes, including shows I saw live, but this was easily the best HonorClub show I’ve seen. There was nothing to go out of your way to see, but this was an easy hour to watch, it didn’t outstay its welcome and unlike a lot of modern-day wrestling, I was left wanting to see more. 

Ring of Honor TV live results: Dustin Rhodes teams with all of his championship partners

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Ring of Honor Tag Team and Six-Man Tag Team Champion Dustin Rhodes will unite with all of his championship friends on tonight’s ROH on HonorClub.

Rhodes will join fellow Tag Team Champion Sammy Guevara and fellow Six-Man Champions Ross & Marshall Von Erich to battle MxM Collection (Mansoor & Madden) and Tony Nese & Ari Daivari of the Premier Athletes.

In singles action, Wheeler Yuta will return to ROH against Matt Mako, the former Matt Makowski, in his first ROH match in four years.

The show is rounded out by Trish Adora against Rachael Ellering, and a tag team match between The Frat House’s Cole Karter & Griff Garrison against Dark Order’s Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds.

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ROH on Honorclub returns to Thursday for Episode 116 and we return with it!

Wheeler Yuta defeated Matt Mako

And so did Wheeler Yuta! It’s been a few months since we’ve seen Yuta in ROH, pre- his Dave Grohl lookalike phase. Yuta’s been busy in AEW being a Death Rider. Speaking of which, do they like, ride the grim reaper? Is that it? Anyways, he’s been doing that, so it’s cool of him to show up here to take on Mako, in what is technically his ROH Debut. Mako had a couple matches in the 2021 version of Ring of Honor, but went by Makowski at the time. He’s hit the reset button here though and so shall we all. 

After a traditional test of strength lockup, waist locks were traded and Mako actually got the drop on Yuta with a cross armbreaker hold. Yuta got out of it bu standing on Mako’s head until he let go. Yuta relied on his Pure Wrestling skills but a lot meaner in order to keep Mako off his feet and on the mat.

Yuta set in with a very casual bridged indian deathlock, before dragging Mako to the corner for some patented chopping of the chest. Mako showed a flurry of offense, but Yuta was able to quickly recover, putting an end to it with a right angle slam.

Mako locked in a really vicious armbar, but Yuta wiggled free and delivered a high knee to the face. Yuta then put Mako in a Cattle Mutilation and Mako passed the heck out, giving Yuta the victory

Match Result: Wheeler Yuta defeated Matt Mako

-A promo aired showcasing Tom Lawlor and Josh Woods’ history and their match at AEW x ACTION DEAN~!!!2 on May 24th. It was about 17 minutes long. TLDR: They know each other and are going to fight.

Trish Adora (w/Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) defeated Rachael Ellering

Ellering and Adora have only met one other time in ROH, way back on Episode 93 in November of last year. Adora came out on top in that match and is looking to do the same here with Bravo and Dean in tow. Ellering is more than likely looking ahead to the ever-impending Women’s Pure Title Tournament that’s right up her alley. The wild card(s) here would be Shane Taylor protegees Dean and Bravo.

These two were pretty evenly matched in terms of strength and size, as well as attitude. It felt like the match could devolve into a brawl at any second. Both women worked with hard strikes, Ellering a particularly nasty shoulder block and Adora with a huge fisherman bridge suplex.

Adora managed to get the drop on Ellering with a huge lariat that actually put Ellering down for the three. Quick and dirty with no Infantry involvement.

Match Result: Trish Adora (w/Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) defeated Rachael Ellering

-Red Velvet cut a promo in the back, saying that her TV Title is much more important than a Pure Title that no one has even won before. She then tried out a few new catchphrases that didn’t really land and ended it off demonstrating how she stirs it up.

The Frat House (Cole Karter & Griff Garrison) (w/Jacked Jameson & Preston Vance) defeated The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno)

The story here is as old as time: The Frat House are the cool, cocky jocks and the Dark Order are the kids who spend their lunchtime plotting DnD campaigns. They are natural enemies in the wild and even if you raise them as puppies, there is bound to be some conflict. In this case, the conflict is simply two groups of people who (in wrestling parlance) cannot co-exist. 

A couple of NPC pledges accompanied the Frat House to the ring. The best part of the Frat House intro was the much thinner Garrison flexing next to Jameson and Vance. the Dark Order arrived with their usual poses and the fight was on.

Karter and Reynolds kicked things off, with Karter casually addressing Reynolds and Reynolds exploding with anger, causing a flailing Karter to get a quick tag to Garrison. Uno joined the fray and the Order hit a double neckbreaker on Garrison and Karter.

Uno and Garrison carried the match into the next phase where Vance tried to get involved in an attempt to distract Uno. It didn’t work, but Karter managed to trip Uno up and leave him open for a double team. The numbers game (6 against 2) began to catch up to the Order here.

Uno was dragged to the outside where the Pledges, Vance and Jameson worked him over. The ref saw it but couldn’t really do much about it. Back in the ring Uno finally managed to get a a tag to Reynolds who cleared the ring of Garrison and Karter. Uno took out the Pledges and Reynolds went up top for a double stomp on Karter.

The Order hit a Gory Special on Garrison, but Jameson distracted the ref so that they couldn’t get a pin. Karter grabbed a pledge bat, but Uno wrestled it away. The ref caught it and gave it back to Jameson. While he was doing that, Vance hit a lariat on Uno, knocking him silly. Garrison got the pin when the ref’s attention returned.

Match Result: The Frat House (Cole Karter & Griff Garrison) (w/Jacked Jameson & Preston Vance) defeated The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno)

The Sons Of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) & The Von Erichs (Marshall von Erich & Ross Von Erich) defeated MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) & The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese)

At this point, I think that everyone in this match has wrestled each other so often over the last few months, they should know how to do this in their sleep. Rhodes’ worlds collide here as his Tag Team Champion Partner (Guevara) teams up with his Six-Man Championship partners (The Von Erichs). All of them as Sons of Texas, but I’m just going to call the team Dustin’s Pals for simplicity. MxM and the Premier Athletes (or MxMxPA as I’ll be referring to them) have been making the Frat House look like polite gentlemen with their antics over the last few months, but have failed to claim any of the gold on the other side of the ring with resorting to thievery. Also, whatever happened to Danhausen? 

Guevara and the Von Erichs have benefited greatly from Rhodes’ veteran influence and it showed by the pile of gold (well, silver) around their waists. The Crowd was hot as a chili dog for this one too, loud and raucous.

Nese and Marshall kicked things off and immediately, Nese isolated Marshall in the MxMxPA corner. MxM tagged in and double teamed him. He got a little help from Eric who managed to tag himself in and isolate Mansoor. Guevara tagged in and put on a show of dropkicking Mansoor. He played a little too long to the crowd though and Mansoor nearly got the drop on him.

The match progressed and Eric and Daivari locked up. Daivari went up top for a splash, but Eric dodged it and got a tag to Rhodes to a huge ovation. Rhodes played his greatest hits on Nese and Daivari and went for a pin, but MxM broke it up.

Sterling caused a distraction which sent Rhodes into Marshal and left Guevara open to a powerbomb neckbreaker from MxM. Rhodes pulled Sterling into the ring and set him up for a Shattered Dreams that would surely result in a lawsuit. Marshall and Eric locked dueling Iron Claws on Nese and Daivari and both tapped out simultaneously, ending the match.

Match Result: The Sons Of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) & The Von Erichs (Marshall von Erich & Ross Von Erich) defeated MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) & The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese)

After the match, strange music hit and who should come wandering out for reasons unknown? Cru; Action Adretti and Lio Rush. They have a match against Guevara and Rhodes coming up and stared them down as the show came to a close.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Atlantis Jr. defends the TV title

Posted on by Jeff Moss

New Ring of Honor TV Champion Atlantis Jr. will put his newly-won title on the line in the headliner for tonight’s ROH on HonorClub.

The CMLL star recently defeated Kyle Fletcher for the gold in Mexico and now, the reigning CMLL World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion will defend the title for the first time against Serpentico.

Ahead of her title defense against Red Velvet at this month’s Death Before Dishonor, Women’s TV Champion Billie Starkz will face Mackenzie Morgan in a Proving Ground match. Per usual, if the challenger beats Starkz or lasts the time limit, she earns a future title shot.

In a three-way, Taya Valkyrie takes on Robyn Renegade and Marina Shafir.

In trios action, Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver & Evil Uno) will go head-to-head with Lee Johnson & The Infantry (Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean).

Skye Blue will face Laynie Luck in singles action while Diamante will take on an opponent to be named.

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With Death Before Dishonor coming up on July 26th, there was still a lot of room on the card to fill as this week’s ROH TV kicked off with triple threat action.

Taya Valkyrie (w/Johnny TV) defeated Marina Shafir and Robyn Renegade

The irresistible force faced off against the immovable object in this match and also Robyn Renegade was there.  Valkyrie is very good at wrestling and Shafir has been on an aggressive tear through the ROH Women’s division. Their coexistence-ness was in doubt with Renegade caught in the middle.

Shafir had gotten used to punching and choking her way to victory, but had a hard time doing it to two women at once. Valkyrie took the high road and by that I mean she left the ring to hang out with Johnny TV and let Shafir and Renegade fight it out in the ring.

After tossing Shafir out of the ring, Valkyrie pulled Renegade to the outside as well and introduced her to a few barricades. All three women made it back into the ring, with Valkyrie and Shafir facing off against each other, allowing Renegade to try and get a quick pin.

Valkyrie and Shafir then took turns hurting Renegade while TV danced on the outside. Renegade fought back against the shaky alliance, but Shafir was able to lock in a Mother’s Milk submission, leading to Valkyrie knocking her out of the ring and putting Renegade to the mat for the 1,2,3.

-The Undisputed Kingdom joined the show from back stage to discuss their legacy at Death Before Dishonor events. Taven declared them the workhorses of AEW and ROH, so he thinks they should get the day off. Bennett added that there’s no one in ROH that can challenge them and suggested that Tony Khan should throw them a “Mercedes Mone” party. That would get them there.

ROH World Television Championship Match: Atlantis Jr. (c) defeated Serpentico

Atlantis Jr won the ROH World Television Title from Kyle Fletcher on June 28th, 2024 in Mexico. The CMLL stalwart is also the current NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion and one-third of the CMLL World Trios Champions. So there was a lot on his plate, including this first title defence. 

Serpentico has been chasing Maria, Cole Karter and Griff Garrison around trying to retrieve his stolen green mask. With Karter suffering a broken arm recently, this was a good chance for Serpentico to get out from under that story, and into a championship program.

The two Luchadores started things off with speed, lots of ropework and high-flying moves. “These guys wrestle like they are action figures” noted lead commentator, Ian Riccaboni. A big splash from Serpentico led to a near fall, but Atlantis Jr was able to turn the tables quickly with a rolling cutter.

The match was really evenly paced, neither competitor was able to get an upper hand and keep it for long. In the end, a huge splash from the top rope kept Serpentico on the mat, and let Atlantis Jr get the win to retain the title.

Skye Blue defeated Laynie Luck

Always nice to see Blue in ROH, but this match was a squash from the start. Luck had a couple of brief flirtations with offence (including a decent Spiccoli driver), but this was Blue all the way. The crowd was behind her, chanting Blue’s name as she dragged Luck around the ring.

To put a period at the end of the sentence, Blue hit a Code Blue and got the pin.

-A vignette for Mansoor and Mason (the MxM Collection) aired and promised that they would deliver the “biggest reach-around in ROH history.” Seriously. They really said that.

ROH Women’s World Television Champion Billie Starkz (w/ Athena) defeated Mackenzie Morgan in a Proving Ground Match

If Morgan could last 10 minutes or pin the champion, she would get a shot at Starkz’ ROH Women’s World TV Title. However, Queen Aminata and Red Velvet (who will be facing Starkz at Death Before Dishonor) have been spending the last few weeks making life miserable for Starkz and Athena and could be lurking anywhere.

This match had a much slower pace off the top than the previous matches of the night. Starkz bratted her way around the ring with Morgan in an armbar hold while Athena jawed at fans at ringside. Morgan tried to keep up with Starkz, but found herself stuck in Starkz’ holds over and over again.

Starkz toyed with Morgan, mugging with Athena on the outside. Seemingly getting bored, Starkz picked up the aggression and hung Morgan up in the ropes, where Athena was able to give her a cheap punch to the face thanks to help from Minion Security.

Starkz landed a stiff kick to the neck and locked in a submission hold, causing Morgan to tap out. Athena celebrated at ringside but jumping up and down, which was suspicious because she is supposedly injured…

Diamante defeated Nyxx

Another quick match in the women’s division. Diamante is on a collision course with Leyla Hirsch and a no holds barred match on a yet-to-be-determined date. Diamanted wanted to make an example out of Nyxx and put some fear in Hirsch’s eyes.

As such, this was pretty much just Dimante beating up Nyxx. Nyxx tried to grab quick rollups here and there, but the hard-hitting Diamante would go down. Diamante locked in an armbar, dedicating it to Hirsch. Nyxx quickly tapped out.

-Backstage, Athena, Billie Starkz and the Minion Security were filmed. Athena was shown being highly energetic until she noticed that there was a camera on her. She immediately dropped to the floor and wailed in “pain” as the security hurried the cameraman away.

Lee Johnson and The Infantry (Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean) defeated The Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver, and Alex Reynolds)

The infantry “hosted” the July 4th edition of ROH last week, but they are back from those travels and ready to take on the Dark Order. Johnson has been all over ROH TV the last few months with impressive win streaks, but hasn’t been able to win the big one. This trios match was a good way for him to get back into the hunt for some gold, Trio’s gold that is, currently held by Bullet Club Gold.

The Dark Order are always welcome in an ROH Main Event and this match was no exception. The Crowd was definitely on their side as they made their entrance.

Bravo and Silver kicked things off and did so with speed. Silver took to posing after every move, which led to Bravo changing the momentum towards his team. Dean tagged in and isolated Silver in his team’s corner for some double teaming. Silver was able to break free and Reynolds was tagged in.

Johnson was finally tagged in for a brief rematch from two weeks ago against Reynolds. The Dark Order tried to storm the ring, but the Infantry backed up Johnson and cleaned house. The Order virtually disappeared as Reynolds was left to fend for himself against Johnson. Silver and Reynolds lured him to the outside though and hit a piledriver on the floor mat.

Uno tagged in and brought Johnson to his team’s corner so Silver and Reynolds could get a piece. The Infantry tried to rally the crowd, but Silver kicked Johnson’s sternum into next week and the Dark Order triple posed before triple teaming him.

Johnson hit a very hot tag on Dean and all six men entered the ring. When the dust settled, Dean and Reynolds were legal. Bravo jumped in and hit a stepover on Reynolds for a two-count. The Infantry tried to go for Boot Camp but Uno pulled the ropes, leading to Dean exiting the ring. Once again, all six men were paired off in the ring as the match descended into a pure brawl.

The Dark Order had an advantage in that they have teamed together for a long time. This led to a lot of synchronized moments and spots, but after another brawl, Johnson was able to climb to the top rope and hit a frog splash on Uno to get the pin and the win for his team.

Ring of Honor TV live results: The fallout from Supercard of Honor

Posted on by Jeff Moss

The fallout from last Friday’s Supercard of Honor will be felt on tonight’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub.

After surviving a tough challenge against Lee Johnson Friday, ROH TV Champion Kyle Fletcher will take on former TV Champion Rhett Titus in a Proving Ground match. With a win or draw, Titus will earn a title shot.

Following their big trios win on Dynamite, Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty will be in action against Julian Ward & Kaz Jordan.

ROH legend Christopher Daniels will take on Cole Karter while Action Andretti will take on Isiah Kassidy in a battle of tag team specialists.

Following her loss to Mariah May Wednesday, Anna Jay will look to rebound with a match against LMK.

Ahead of his AEW match with Angelo Parker on Rampage, Zak Knight will look go 4-0 in ROH action.

Tonight’s action was taped both in Worcester, MA, and Charleston, West Virginia.

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Things jumped to an immediate start on ROH TV this week. The show opened with footage of a bandaged and iced up Eddie Kingston and new ROH Champion Mark Briscoe sharing a beer after Supercard of Honor. They cheers’ed had a laugh. It’s unknown what this meant for Kingston’s sobriety threats, but time will tell. They will team with Adam Copeland to take on the House of Black at AEW Dynasty in just over a week’s time.

Action Andretti defeated Isiah Kassidy

Kassidy, one half of Private Party took on Adretti who in recent weeks has been the third member of Top Flight. Kassidy showed his true colors right off the Code of Honor, sucker-kicking Andretti.

Kassidy was in control through most of the match, sending Andretti to the outside and working him against the barricade, as well as landing several high-impact and high-flying moves, including a Side Effect. Andretti didn’t show much offense until about halfway thought when he reversed an irish whip into a hard lariat. Kassidy slunk to the outside, where Andretti landed a suicide dive before tossing him back in.

Kassidy and Andretti traded moves in the ring, including a killer swanton by Kassidy. Andretti hit a poison-rana as the two traded near falls. Andretti countered a moonsault in mid-air, slamming Kassidy to the mat. After a split-legged moonsault of his own, Andretti covered Kassidy for the win.

-The Kingdom had some post-Supercard words for the infantry. Now that they have the “Big Man” (Warldow, who cost the infantry the tag titles at Supercard) there’s no chance they lose the titles. Immediately, the Infantry responded, saying that no matter how much help their opponents have, they will overcome. You can’t kill the Infantry.

Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty defeated Julian Ward & Kaz Jordan

Next to the larger Taylor, both Ward and Jordan looked absolutely tiny. Fortunately for Ward, Moriarty started things off with him, which was a much more even physical match.

Moriarty set the pace in this one, fast and hard hitting. Taylor tagged in with Jordan and it was like Nash/Mysterio in WCW. Some absolutely devastating shots from Taylor practically broke Jordan in half. Taylor literally threw him across the ring, and tagged in Moriarty for a very unnecessary double team attack.

Taylor and Moriarty toyed with their opponents, until a Marcus Garvey Driver from Taylor on Jordan ended the assault.

-After a recap of Billie Starkz bait & switch at Supercard to win the ROH Women’s TV Title, footage was shown of Starkz showing off her new belt to her Mom. Mama Starkz was very disappointed in her daughter winning in a sleazy way. Athena then showed up and was very proud of her for the sleaze, declaring herself Starkz’ “new Mom” and the two ran off.

Nyla Rose defeated Kat Von Heez

Rose was still looking to climb the ladder back up into the ROH Women’s Championship picture, but Von Heez wasn’t really much of a rung to overcome. While having a similar size and power to Rose, Heez was on her Heelz from the start and Rose just dominated.

Rose taunted her opponent and the crowd by interrupting her own pin on Heez at one. Rose aggressively beat up Heez until finally getting bored and putting Heez away with a big splash from the top rope.

Christopher Daniels defeated Cole Karter

Karter came to the ring alone, something new for him as both his partner and his… mom?, Maria were nowhere to be seen. Taking on a veteran like Daniels in a singles match was a big opportunity for Karter and he was focused and ready to go.

Karter was a bit arrogant in the match, often pausing to mug for the crowd after dropkicks and during holds. He also sucker-slapped Daniels who was trying to shake his hand. Daniels turned it up a notch at that point, using his experience to keep the younger Karter on his toes with lariats and an STO.

In the end though, arrogance was no match for experience and Daniels landed an Angel’s Wing to put Karter on his back for the 1-2-3.

-Some highlights from Dalton Castle and Johnny TV’s Fight Without Honor were shown. This led to footage of Castle after the match with Lexi Nair. Castle said that he breathes TV and has surrounded himself with the most talent TV people in the world, including Paul Walter Houser. House said he was a lifelong fan of Castle, and he’s got his back going forward. Castle claimed there was nothing that could stop him, Hauser or his boys! They are the TV that ROH has been craving!

The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch) defeated Bryce Donovan and Chico Adams

Squash matches were aplenty this week and this one was no exception as Dutch laid out both Adams and Donovan with a double lariat before the bell.

Vincent’s psychological warfare was no match for Adams, even though he was trained by Afa, the Wild Samoan. Dutch tagged in and mercilessly pounded on Adams, taunting Donovan in the process. Donovan’s main contribution to the match was to break up a pin attempt by Vincent on Adams, but he did layin a few hard shots on Dutch that seemed to surprise the big man.

An Orange Sunshine on Adams by Vincent was enough to give The Righteous the win.

Anna Jay defeated LMK

Jay was fresh off a loss at Supercard, and looking to bounce back against LMK, who, frankly, looked a little intimidated.

Much smaller than Jay, LMK tried to get the jump on her opponent off the top, but Jay rolled through and the match began in earnest.

Jay found her footing and began raining down strikes and slams on LMK. In the corner, chops were the meal of the day, and Jay served them up hard. Unlike a lot of the matches tonight though, LMK managed to hold her own and it was a pretty even affair.

Eventually Jay hit a Blockbuster into a Gory Bomb and got the pin on LMK.

Zak Knight defeated Alvin Alvarez

Brother of AEW’s Saraya, Knight was looking to extend his Undefeated In ROH streak against the much larger Alvarez.

Knight sped in off the top, moving so fast he was able to spear Alvarez and send him to the corner. Knight didn’t seem to stop moving in the ring, his speed giving him a clear edge over Alvarez. Once Alvarez was able to slow things down, he showed some powerful offense, until Knight reversed a suplex on him and regained control.

The crowd got behind Alvarez to the disbelief of Knight. Alvarez rode that momentum to get some shots in on Knight, but a devastating lariat from Knight laid out the big man for a pin. Knight’s undefeated streak continues.

ROH TV Champion Kyle Fletcher defeated Rhett Titus in a Proving Ground match.

-Earlier in the evening Lexy Nair talked to Lee Johnson about his match with Fletcher at Supercard of Honor. Johnson was uncharacteristically calm, but claimed that even though he didn’t win, just earning the opportunity at the TV title was a win. A quick cut to Fletcher, and the Champion responded. Fletcher said the he proved to Johnson why he is the Protostar and he hopes he never forgets it.

This was a Proving Ground match. If Titus could last 10 minutes or get a pin or submission on Fletcher, he’d earn an ROH TV Title match at a later date.

Eager to get things going, Fletcher waived off a Code of Honor and the match began. Titus knew he was the underdog here and threw a variety of strikes and holds at Fletcher. None of them were effective though. Fletcher actually laid back a bit in this match, letting Titus do the work at take the fight to him. When the fight arrived though, Fletcher was clearly in control.

Titus wrestled a more technical style, which made his attempt at a falcon arrow surprising to everyone, including Fletcher. At this point Fletcher began to see Titus as a bit of a threat and turned up the heat on him. Titus managed catch Fletcher in a half-crab though, which was about as close as he got to winning the match.

In the end, two dragon suplexes, a ripcord knee and a piledriver ended Titus’ hopes for a title shot, and gave Fletcher the win.

Next Week: Wrestling, we presume!

Ring of Honor TV live results: Women’s TV title tournament quarterfinal match

Posted on by Jeff Moss

ROH’s road to crowning an inaugural Women’s World Television Champion continues tonight.

A quarterfinal match between Queen Aminata and Taya Valkyrie headlines tonight’s edition of Ring of Honor television. The episode airs on Honor Club starting at 7 p.m. Eastern time.

Aminata advanced past the opening round of the tournament with a victory over J-Rod two weeks ago. Valkyrie defeated Sussy Love in the first round last Thursday.

Also tonight, Dalton Castle and Johnny TV face off with custody of The Boys on the line. NJPW star Taiji Ishimori will also be in action against Jacoby Watts.

Tonight’s matches were taped before AEW Collision in Springfield, Missouri last Saturday.

Here’s the announced lineup for the episode:

  • ROH Women’s World TV Championship tournament quarterfinal match: Taya Valkyrie vs. Queen Aminata
  • Dalton Castle vs. Johnny TV for custody of The Boys
  • Lee Johnson vs. Mike Sydal
  • Komander vs. Blake Christian
  • Taiji Ishimori vs. Jacoby Watts
  • We’ll hear from Athena, Billie Starkz & Lexy Nair

After a rundown of the card, the show kicked things right off with a ROH Women’s World TV Title Tournament Quarterfinal match.

Queen Aminata defeated Taya Valkyrie – ROH Women’s World TV Title Tournament Quarterfinal match

Valkyrie and TV were definitely TV ready as they headed to the ring. Aminata followed suit and after a Code of Honor these two got things moving. After trading headlocks, Aminata used her height advantage to send Valkyrie to the corner for some hard chops. Aminata controlled things early on, but Valkyrie’s experience was a definite advantage as she slid to the outside to recover.

Valkyrie knocked Aminata into the arms of TV outside the ring, causing enough of a distraction for Valkyrie to swing the momentum in her favor. Valkyrie sent her into the barricade and hit a suplex on the outside. Valkyrie engaged in some light mocking, a move that hurt Aminata’s feelings more than her body.

Back in the ring, a cocky Valkyrie locked in a modified STF. Aminata managed to grab the ropes to break the hold. Aminata landed a German suplex to stun Valkyrie, slowing the momentum of the match. Aminata tried for a pin but only got a two-count. Valkyrie answered back, using her size advantage to attempt pin, but Aminata would not let it go further than two. Finally after a series of hard strikes, Aminata got a surprise pin on Valkyrie and advances to the “Round of Four” in the tournament!

-Later Aminata cut a promo talking about her tough victory. She promises to be the one woman left standing at the end of the tournament.

Lee Johnson defeated Mike Sydal

Sydal (brother of Matt) came to the ring and showed off his yoga skills. This was of no consequence to Johnson who was looking for his 6th singles victory in ROH. Both competitors were equal sized, so each man was looking to find an edge. After a long series of holds exchanged back and forth, Sydal tried a pin, but barely got a one-count. The match slowed to a crawl and the crowd was absolutely silent. Sydal hit a side split slam and nearly got a three-count, but Johnson wasn’t done. Sydal made the first mistake of the match, and Johnson capitalized with a series of lariats. Johnson tried a blue thunder bomb, but Sydal wasn’t giving up. Johnson planted Sydal with a side slam and managed to pull out the win.

Komander defeated Blake Christian

Komander got a nice cheer from the crowd who up to this point had been sitting on their hands. Christian looked for an early advantage by sucker-punching Komander during the Code of Honor. That fired things up, and Komander and Christian exchanged a series of speedy moves. Komander slowed things down by working over Christian in the corner. Christina’s quasi-luchadore style was a good match for Komander who laid him out with a springboard moonsault.

Komander tried to lay out Christian in the corner, but Christian dodged and Komander caught his shoulder on the ring post. This gave Christian an opening and he landed a dropkick on a dazed Komander. Komander slid out of the ring, and Christian followed him with a swan dive over the top rope. Christian DDT’d Komander onto the floor from the top step and seemed to do as much damage to himself as he did his opponent.

Back in the ring, Christian landed a huge elbow from the top rope on a prone Komander, but it only resulted in a two-count. Komander’s back gave out as a result of the elbow and Christian took the opportunity to do more damage with a back breaker. Komander powered up though and hit a hurricanrana from the ring apron, sending Christian to the outside. Komander quickly threw him back in the ring and hit a 450 splash from the top rope. “This is awesome” chants broke out from the crowd as these two writhed in the ring.

Komander climbed to the top rope as Christian moved to the outside. Komander hit a moonsault on the outside. He throw a dazed Christian back in the ring and climbed to the top rope for a Roadblock Shooting Star Press to win the hard-fought match.

-Lexy Nair appeared at the top of the ramp to introduce Athena and Billie Starkz. Athena addressed her minions, and told them that she’s been reading what people are saying online and it’s time to address the problem: Lexy Nair. Athena chastised her for chasing Dalton Castle around and told her to cut it out. Nair was sad.

Athena changed gears to address her match last week with Nyla Rose. She respects Rose, but it was great “yeeting her into next week” in their match. Starkz grabbed the mic and wanted to talk about her wins in the ROH Women’s TV Title Tournament. Athena was unimpressed. She asked the Minion Mafia if they think Starkz can win. They did, and Athena told Starkz that she better win, or else.

Athena declared this the Year of The Fallen Goddess, Minion Overlord and inspiration for every women’s division. She was talking about herself if that wasn’t apparent. She warned everyone to step up or step out and the trio exited.

Taiji Ishimori defeated Jacoby Watts

Ishimori arrived for his first ROH match in five years while Watts waited in the ring. The former TNA X-Division and three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion was all over Watts from the bell. After several high-flying moves, Watts was able to grab Ishimori out of the air to slow his momentum. A hard lariat almost led to an upset for Watts, but Ishimori kicked out at two.

Ishimori delivered a handspring superkick that stunned Watts and gave Ishimori an opening to land an around the world armbar lock, causing the much-larger Watts to tap out.

A fast match, but the crowd loved seeing Ishimori get the win.

Johnny TV defeated Dalton Castle

Castle had been looking for this match for weeks, with TV only agreeing under the stipulation that if he won, he and Taya Valkyrie would take custody of The Boys.

Castle was joined by the Iron Savages on the entrance ramp who gave him some of The Sauce. Castle immediately perked up and sauntered to the ring. Ref Aubrey Edwards raised the hands of The Boys, as if they were a championship to be won.

Castle went right for TV, chasing him all over the ring while TV dodged and weaved. Castle eventually got a single-leg take down. TV kicked it off and slid out of the ring to regroup with Valkyrie. Back in the ring, TV managed to get a few shots in on Castle before he also slid out. The Boys fanned him and Valkyrie called him a loser. This infuriated Castle and he hammered TV with some chops in the centre of the ring. TV caught Castle looking though, and pulled down the top rope, sending him out.

Outside the ring, TV and Valkyrie tried to take a selfie with The Boys, which infuriated Castle. They brought the action back into the ring with Castle in control. The crowd chanted “For the boys” while Castle laid in some hard chops, sending TV back outside.

Back in the ring, Castle landed five straight suplexes, wearing down TV. It only resulted in a two-count though as Valkyrie got the crowd behind TV. Castle still had the advantage though and TV reversed a Bangarang attempt into a two-count of his own. Castle tried to dump TV out, but only got halfway, causing TV to get his boys crushed on the top rope.

TV struggled to pull himself to his feet but managed to catch Castle with a big kick. Castle aught TV in mid air and drove him headfirst into the mat in a terrifying move. TV was dazed and confused as Castle moved in for the kill. TV dodged a big knee and Valkyrie grabbed Castle’s leg, giving TV a chance to put Castle into a sleeper. As he shook it off, she slipped in the ring and nailed Castle, giving TV an opening to hit Starship Pain and win the match and custody of The Boys.

TV and Valkyrie literally dragged The Boys up the entrance ramp as a Castle wailed in the ring. Edwards gave him one of the Boys’ fans, and a disbelieving Castle began to cry, devastated by the loss of his Boys.

Next Week: More Quarterfinal action in the ROH Women’s World TV Title Tournament

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: Josh Woods vs. Dak Draper Pure title match

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Location: Baltimore, Maryland 

Quinn McKay welcomed the audience to the show from her usual spot in the ROH studio. McKay revealed that this week’s episode is a “Top Prospect” special. Some of the rising stars in the company will be in action, and the two most recent winners of the Top Prospect tournament will face off in singles action as ROH Pure Champion Josh Woods takes on Dak Draper in the main event.

Rayo defeated Joe Keys, Adrian Soriano, and Eric Martin in a four-way match (7:57)

Adrian Soriano was on a different level early on in the match, hitting a combination of moves on all of his opponents. After downing Rayo with a great standing dropkick, Soriano was stopped dead in his tracks by Joe Keys, who executed a few German suplexes.

Eric Martin ran in and tried to stop the momentum of Keys, but he was met with another German suplex. Keys was in control of the match headed into a commercial break. 

Rayo nailed Soriano with a butterfly backbreaker as the bout returned from commercial. Rayo tried to capitalize by going to the top rope, but Soriano met him up there and was able to hit a superplex. Keys found his way back in the match — but before he could do anything of substance, he was shoved into the corner post by Soriano. 

Soriano and Keys kept focusing strictly on each other, while Rayo and Martin were more focused on winning the match. Martin tried for a spinebuster, but Rayo reversed the move and hit a standing kick to Martin’s face. Rayo followed it up with a springboard DDT, then a springboard elbow drop that was able to secure him the victory.

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Matt Makowski (w/ Rocco) defeated Dante Caballero (12:06)

Matt Makowski took Dante Caballero to the mat with a headlock early on, focusing on that area heavily. Caballero virtually got no offense in on Makowski into a commercial break. 

Makowski was still in full control of the match when the break returned. He nailed Caballero with a few forearm strikes. But after Makowski celebrated for a split second, Caballero was able to pick him up and hit a very quick Falcon’s Arrow for a near fall. 

Caballero used the momentum to his advantage, hitting a spinebuster on Makowski shortly after. After kicking out of Caballero’s pin attempt, Makowski took back control of the match and delivered a kick to the face of Caballero before locking in an armbar. Caballero submitted to the maneuver almost immediately. 

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ROH Pure Champion Josh Woods defeated Dak Draper to retain his title (13:45)

Although this was supposed to be a non-title match, Dalton Castle and Dak Draper convinced Josh Woods to put his Pure Championship on the line shortly before the bell rang.

Woods hoisted up Draper in a clutch, but Draper caught the top rope with his feet, therefore costing him his first rope break. Draper was frustrated, but he would turn his frustration into an ankle pick that took Woods off the mat. Woods escaped the hold rather quickly and began unloading on Draper in the corner with open hand strikes.

Draper responded to the offensive onslaught with a closed fist, which he was issued a warning for. A commercial break ensued shortly after. 

Draper had control of the match when the break ended, but Woods changed course with a springboard knee strike that landed right between the eyes of Draper. Woods kept it going with a few running strikes in the corner. But when he attempted a pin, Draper got his foot on the rope.

Draper escaped an armbar and turned it into a powerbomb, but it wasn’t enough to score the victory. Draper attempted another move, but Woods reversed it and positioned Draper in the tombstone before launching him over his head with a suplex. Woods picked up the victory via pinfall shortly after.

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Next Week —

  • ROH Women’s World Champion Rok-C defends against Holidead
  • Christmas tag team match

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Final Thoughts —

Although these matches still fail to bring much of a purpose to the table, they were all still solid bouts that entertained me thoroughly. Woods vs. Draper was especially very good, and I’m excited to see what the two can do if they are brought back to ROH in the future.

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.

ROH TV results: Jay Lethal vs. EC3

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Quinn McKay welcomed us to the show from the ROH studio and ran down the three match card for tonight’s show: Danhausen & PCO vs. The Briscoes, Jay Lethal vs. EC3, and a ROH World Women’s Championship match between Rok-C and Gia Scott. 

The Briscoes defeated Danhausen and PCO (8:54)

Mark Briscoe distracted Danhausen as soon as the bell rang by grabbing Danhausen’s jar of teeth. Danhausen tried to argue with Mark, but was met with a right hand. Danhausen tagged out and instructed PCO to come in, which tempted Jay Briscoe to come in and exchange strikes with the big man.

When the break returned, Danhausen was being isolated by frequent tags from the Briscoe brothers. When Danhausen was able to make the hot tag, PCO malfunctioned and allowed the Briscoes to keep on the attack.

As the match went on, Danhausen came back in and poured the jar of teeth into Mark’s mouth before delivering a running kick — sending the teeth flying everywhere. When Danhausen tried to chokeslam Mark, PCO came in and helped complete the move. After the move, PCO malfunctioned again and the two partners got into a shoving match. 

PCO was going to walk off to the back when Sledge appeared out of nowhere and the two began to fight into the ringside area. Danhausen was left without a partner, which resulted in a Jay-Driller on the pile of the teeth — allowing the Briscoes to pick up the win. 

ROH Women’s World Champion Rok-C defeated Gia Scott in a title match (9:06)

Scott taunted Rok-C with the size difference early on as the two women exchanged shoulder tackles. Rok-C was dominated until she was able to string a series of moves that turned into a rolling pin that almost got her the three count. Rok-C tried to do a springboard arm-drag but lost her balance mid-move. 

Scott continued her dominance, but began to lose control. Rok-C tried to apply a guillotine lock but Scott drove her right into the middle turnbuckle. Rok-C was unphased and tried to continue her onslaught of offense, but was bulldozed out of mid-air when attempting a standing moonsault. 

In the final stages of the bout, Scott taunted Rok-C in the corner and was looking for a running maneuver. When she attempted it, Rok-C caught her with a knee to the face and followed it up with a cross face — which made Scott submit. 

EC3 defeated Jay Lethal (15:11)

Lethal was overwhelmed by EC3 early on and rolled to the outside into the first commercial break. 

Lethal looked like he had lost his confidence as he climbed back in the ring, but instead immediately turned on the jets and nailed EC3 with a dropkick. Although Lethal hit a few moves afterwards, he wasn’t able to sustain his momentum and EC3 took control shortly after. 

After another short break, EC3 was still dominating Lethal after delivering a few chops in the corner. EC3 bent down on one knee and began “preaching” to Lethal — which lit a fire underneath “The Franchise” and gave him a second wind.

Both men went to the top rope and brawled before spilling the arena floor separately. After almost being counted out, both Lethal and EC3 rolled back in the ring and began to exchange strikes. Lethal hit a Lethal Combination, followed by a top-rope elbow drop. Lethal didn’t stop there and decided to attempt a Lethal Injection, but was ultimately stopped because his “I don’t like the Foundation” video was played on the video screen. EC3 used this as a distraction and locked in his signature “The Purpose” submission, causing Lethal to tap. 

Next Week:

  • Taylor Rust vs. Chris Dickinson
  • Mandy Leon vs. Willow – ROH Women’s Title Number One Contender’s match
  • PJ Black vs. Bandido

Final Thoughts: This week’s episode of ROH TV was largely fine, but didn’t feature any standout matches or key storyline developments heading into the Final Battle pay-per-view that is only two weeks away.

ROH TV results: Dragon Lee vs. Dalton Castle TV title match

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Host Quinn McKay joined us from the ROH studio and ran down the three match card for tonight’s show that includes a Pure Rules match between Brian Johnson and John Walters, a contenders three way bout between Allysin Kay, Mandy Leon and Trish Adora, and a ROH Television Championship match between current champ Dragon Lee and Dalton Castle.

Brian Johnson defeated John Walters in a Pure Rules match (11:30)

This match never really clicked or reached that second level that I was hoping it would reach.

The match started with a Walters takedown before abruptly going to commercial break only a few seconds in. 

When the bout returned, Walters had Johnson trying to avoid the onslaught of strikes he was delivering. Walters molded his strategy to take down Johnson to the mat and continue with a heavy emphasis on the arm. Johnson eventually found a way out of the ring and took a moment to recover.

Walters climbed to the top turnbuckle, but was knocked out by the “Mecca”. Johnson saw an opportunity and planted Walters with a draping neckbreaker for a two count. A cobra clutch was applied shortly afterwards by Johnson as the match went into another break. 

As the match returned, Johnson used a closed fist and received a warning. This gave Walters an opportunity to will his way back into the match, hitting a series of clotheslines and focusing on the arm of Johnson again. As the match approached the 10 minute mark, Walters applied a few different submissions that would force Johnson to use all three of his allowed rope breaks. 

As the match reached the final stages, Johnson was able to sneak in a poke to the eyes of Walters. After that, Walters tripped onto Johnson’s knee and was effectively knocked out. Johnson lifted him up and hit his signature neckbreaker before pinning him afterwards. 

Mandy Leon (with Angelina Love) defeated Allysin Kay (with Marti Belle) and Trish Adora in a Contender’s Match (6:58) 

Chelsea Green joined commentary for this match. 

This was fine, but way too short. The result was also frustrating. 

Leon retreated from the ring as soon as the bell rang, leaving Kay and Adora to fight it out. Kay applied a headlock to Adora and worked her to the mat. When Adora began to fight back, Leon came in and tried to take out both women, but failed. 

Kay and Adora began working together to take down Leon, but seemed to struggle. There was a cool sequence where Kay cinched in a kimura lock on Leon while Adora worked on the ankle, but the hold broke down quickly after Kay and Adora traded strikes in the submission. 

Kay positioned Adora on the top turnbuckle and was looking for a superplex, but Leon came to pick the bones again and turned it into a powerbomb combination. Adora rolled to the outside and looked to be in pain, causing the referee to get distracted and check on her. While this was happening, Love came in and clocked Kay with a forearm strike, allowing Leon to hit her signature pumphandle driver for the win. 

Leon will face Willow in the coming weeks to determine Rok-C’s championship challenger at Final Battle.

Dalton Castle defeated Dragon Lee to capture the ROH Television Championship (11:34)

Dak Draper joined commentary for this bout.

This was a great championship main event bout and even seemed to re-ignite the “old” Dalton Castle.

Castle tried to take Lee off his feet but would be met with hard resilience and speed. Castle wrestled back with a speed that he normally doesn’t perform at anymore, controlling the waist of Lee. 

When the match returned, Castle planted Lee with a German suplex before following it up with a kick to the face. The bout spilled to the outside and went awry quickly when Lee clotheslined Castle over the barricade but when Lee went to attempt a dive, Castle’s “boys” got in the way and took the dive. 

Both competitors made their way back to the ring and Lee looked for the Incinerator knee strike, but Castle turned him inside out with a clothesline. Lee popped up quickly and looked for another knee strike when Kenny King came down to the ring. King almost got involved but was stopped by Shane Taylor Promotions. When the referee was distracted, Draper ran in from commentary and pushed Lee into Castle, who hit the Bang-A-Rang for the cover and the three count. 

Next week: 

  • Rok C vs. Gia Scott – ROH Women’s Championship match 
  • Jay Lethal vs. EC3

Final Thoughts: This week’s episode of ROH TV featured some good in-ring action, but also a few questionable finishes. There’s not much benefit to Mandy Leon winning the contender’s match as Adora or Kay deserved that spot much more. Castle winning the TV title is a-ok in my book, but I’m unsure of where Lee and LFI (minus Kenny King) fit in on the Final Battle card.

This week’s episode of ROH TV is: Recommended Viewing

ROH TV results: The Foundation vs. The Righteous

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Quinn McKay joined us from the ROH studio and welcomed the fans to the show. McKay ran down tonight’s three-match card that features a six-man tag between The Righteous and The Foundation, a singles bout between Caprice Coleman and Beer City Bruiser, and a tag match pitting PJ Black & Flip Gordon against The OGK. 

Caprice Coleman defeated Ken Dixon (w/ Brawler Milonas and Beer City Bruiser) by DQ 

Although Caprice Coleman’s opponent was supposed to be Beer City Bruiser, he pulled out of the match at the last second and gave the opportunity to Dixon. Bruiser stated that if Coleman beat Dixon, he could have a shot at him. 

Coleman and Dixon went right to a collar-and-elbow tie-up that nobody got the advantage from. Coleman was in control of the bout until Brawler Milonas distracted the ref, allowing Bruiser to interfere. Dixon hit a fallaway slam that took us into a commercial break. 

When the show returned, Coleman started to fire up and took Dixon down with a few running clotheslines. Bruiser got involved again and slowed down the momentum of Coleman for a moment, but a second wind was found by Coleman as he hit a Cobra Clutch leg sweep takedown. When Coleman went for the pin, Bruiser interfered again and punched him in the mouth, bringing the match to an end by disqualification.

The OGK (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated PJ Black & Flip Gordon 

There was a pre-match segment where Flip Gordon’s memory loss issues with PJ Black continued. 

Gordon and Matt Taven started the match. Taven tried to talk some sense into Gordon, but Gordon continued to act nonsensical and wrestled his old style. Tags between both teams were frequent, with Black and Mike Bennett being the legal men before the break. 

Gordon and Bennett were legal when the match returned. Bennett and Taven attempted their spike piledriver combination, but Black knocked Taven off the top rope just in time. Black and Bennett started going back at it, with Bennett delivering a boot to The Darewolf. Bennett then hit a brainbuster and went for a pin, but it wasn’t successful. 

The closing sequence of the match saw all four men get involved at the same time. Black hit a Canadian Destroyer on Taven, who was positioned on Gordon’s shoulders. Bennett broke up that pin and as they stood up, Gordon accidentally superkicked Black. This led to Bennett and Taven hitting their spike piledriver for the win. 

The Righteous (Vincent, Bateman & Dutch) (w/ Vita VonStarr) defeated The Foundation (Jonathan Gresham, Tracy Williams & Rhett Titus) (w/ Jay Lethal) 

Vincent grabbed a microphone as the bell rang and played a video of Jay Lethal saying that he didn’t like The Foundation. This started an argument between Lethal and his stablemates, leading to The Righteous jumping them from behind. 

This led to Bateman taking control of Jonathan Gresham, both of whom were the legal men. Bateman beat down Gresham with a flurry of strikes and had frequent tag outs with Vincent and Dutch. Once Gresham rolled to the outside, Dutch sent him crashing into a barricade. The Foundation had full control of the match into a break. 

Gresham fought back valiantly and eventually was able to make the tag to Rhett Titus. Titus hit a hydraulic dropkick on both Vincent and Dutch on the apron before suplexing Bateman. Tracy Williams came in and helped Titus with a few double-team moves in an attempt to put Bateman away, but nothing earned the three count. 

Dutch eventually got a chance to go toe-to-toe with Titus. After a jackhammer and a clothesline, Dutch hit a swinging side slam and picked up the three count over Titus.

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Next Week —

  • ROH Television Champion Dragon Lee defends against Dalton Castle
  • Trish Adora vs. Allysin Kay vs. Mandy Leon (winner advances to face Willow Nightingale in an ROH Women’s Championship number one contender’s match next month)
  • Pure Rules match: Brian Johnson vs. John Walters

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Final Thoughts —

This week’s episode of ROH TV featured three good matches, but it had some puzzling results. I don’t really see the benefit of extending the Caprice Coleman/Beer City Bruiser feud out because quite frankly, it should have been a one-and-done type deal. I’m also not sure why The Righteous defeated The Foundation because, in my opinion, The Foundation lose way too many matches.

This week’s ROH TV gets a grade of: Recommended Viewing.

ROH TV results: Bandido vs. Alex Zayne World title match

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Quinn McKay started off the show and hyped up the card for this Championship Edition of ROH TV. McKay went through the history between Bandido and Alex Zayne to preview their ROH World Championship match, as well as talking about the Pure Championship match between Josh Woods and LSG.

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ROH Pure Champion Josh Woods defeated LSG to retain his title (10:37)

This was a fantastic showcase of both wrestlers’ skills and a great way to start off Woods’ title reign. 

The match started quickly, with both guys exchanging arm drags and pinning counters before they transitioned to a mat submission style. Woods applied a kimura, but LSG was able to maneuver his way out of it in a fast manner. 

Woods continued to target the arm in a multitude of ways as the match went on. LSG used his first rope break to break an arm-based hold, but Woods went right back on the attack. LSG was eventually able to lock in a Muta Lock, but Woods used his first rope break and escaped. 

The fight spilled to the outside as the two exchanged forearms. Woods got fed up with LSG and just launched him over his head with a belly-to-belly suplex as the match went to break.

The momentum turned in LSG’s favor when the bout returned, as he hit a tough clothesline that resulted in a near fall. LSG would follow it up with a few of his signature maneuvers, including a Rocket-By-Baby slam. But none of these were enough to put away Woods. Woods fired back with a Beast Slam and a leg lock that made LSG submit.

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As commentary was talking about the Bandido vs. Zayne match, Beer City Bruiser, Ken Dixon, and Brawler Milonas approached. Bruiser took issue and ripped off Ian Riccaboni’s headset before pushing Caprice Coleman. Bruiser challenged Coleman to a match before the group walked off.

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ROH World Champion Bandido defeated Alex Zayne to retain his title (10:15)

This was absurd and even crazier than their first encounter back in 2020.

Bandido worked the arm of Zayne early, which prompted a few kip-up spots. Bandido clocked Zayne with a forearm that made him weary, allowing Bandido to hit a standup Code Red for a very close near fall. 

This didn’t slow down Zayne though, as he charged at Bandido once both men got to their feet. Bandido lifted up Zayne with both hands and hit a wild combination of a Falcon Arrow and a gorilla press slam. Bandido hit a standing Shooting Star Press shortly after, but it only warranted a two count. 

After Bandido positioned himself on the top rope, Zayne jumped and took him right off with a headscissors. Bandido recovered quickly and hit a reverse Alabama slam for another near fall. 

As the bout winded down, the competitors began exchanging open-handed chops. Zayne baited Bandido to the second rope, where he hit a reverse side slam that nearly put away the champion. Bandido was able to pull his signature X-Knee strike out of nowhere, then followed it up with the 21-Plex for the three count.

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Next Week —

  • The Righteous (Vincent, Bateman & Dutch) vs. The Foundation (Jonathan Gresham, Tracy Williams & Rhett Titus)
  • The OGK (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) vs. Flip Gordon & PJ Black
  • Caprice Coleman vs. Beer City Bruiser

Final Thoughts —

The second Championship Edition of ROH TV was a great watch. Both matches were great, there weren’t any weird swerve booking choices, and everything made sense. Bandido vs. Zayne II lived up to the acclaim of the first one, while Woods vs. LSG exceeded expectations for me personally.

This week’s episode of ROH TV is: Go Out Of Your Way to watch.

ROH TV results: Six-Man Tag Team Championship match

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Quinn McKay revealed she was out of her usual hosting duties due to her match that is scheduled tonight, meaning Delirious is the guest host. Before Delirious came in, McKay drew names out of a pumpkin to decide wildcard tag teams to compete in a special Halloween four-corner tag team bout later on in the night. 

Delirious came in and spat out a bunch of inaudible words as the match cards ran across the screen, including a ROH Six Man Tag Team Championship bout between the current champions Shane Taylor Promotions (Taylor, Moses, and Kaun) and the trio of PCO, Danhausen, and Sledge. Also, ROH Women’s World Champion Rok-C teams up with Quinn McKay to face Miranda Alize and Max The Impaler. 

Max The Impaler & Miranda Alize (w/ Amy Rose) defeated Quinn McKay & Rok-C (6:37)

This match was ok, but suffered from a lack of a real rhythm and never felt like it hit its full stride. 

Rok-C and Alize started off the match, but went to blows immediately. Both women showed fierce striking abilities as they spilled into the corner, prompting McKay to tag in. McKay tried to separate the women and let cooler heads prevail, but would go blow for blow with Alize as the first commercial break ensued. 

When the break returned, Alize began to get weary due to the amount of time she’d been in the match. Although weary, she was constantly distracted by Rok-C and took her off the apron at one point. After McKay had missed a few moves, Alize was able to tag in Max. 

Max came in and lifted McKay on their shoulders, while also picking up Rok-C with their hands. Both were slammed on top of each other, but Alize tagged herself in and went to pick the bones. After nailing McKay with a go to sleep and only warranting a two count, Alize tagged out to Max. Max lifted both McKay and Rok-C on their shoulders, dumping them on the mat. Max would lift McKay back up and hit her signature backbreaker, as Alize tagged in one last time and made the pinfall herself. 

Rey Horus & Silas Young defeated Demonic Flamita & O’Shay Edwards, Flip Gordon & Matt Taven, and EC3 & World Famous CB in a Wildcard Trick Or Treat Halloween Tag Team Four-Corner Survival Match (11:29)

Despite being a very gimmicky-type match, I enjoyed this match for what it was. Maybe a bit too long, but it was still largely fine. 

CB and Young started off the bout. After exchanging a few pinfall attempts, Young seemed impressed with CB and tagged out to Horus. Flamita stormed the ring and threw CB out, meaning Flamita and Horus were the legal men. Horus sent Flamita packing after a sweet head scissors takedown, meaning Gordon would springboard off his turnbuckle and take down Horus. Gordon hit a series of moves from his 2018 persona, including a dropkick that sent Flamita to the hills. 

EC3 got in the ring, prompting Gordon to introduce himself like it was 2018. Gordon dodged a few clotheslines from EC3 before tagging out to his partner, Matt Taven. Taven got the advantage over EC3 and drop kicked him as a commercial ensued. 

When the break returned, Edwards was beating down Taven. Edwards tagged out to Flamita, who asked Horus to come help him double-team Taven.  After the duo hit a few moves together, Flamita superkicked Horus. 

The match broke down at this point, with nearly everyone in the match getting in the ring. Taven dove onto Edwards at ringside, who had CB in his hands. Horus would then dive onto Taven and CB, followed by Flamita diving onto all three of them. 

The finish of the match saw Horus and CB have a small exchange, but Horus was able to nail a 450 splash. Horus’ partner, Young, came in the ring and disposed of Horus, before making the successful pinfall himself. 

ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Moses, Kaun) defeated PCO, Danhausen and Sledge in a title match (8:33)

Although this was extremely entertaining, I would have preferred the match to be extended by a few minutes to give it more meaning and purpose. 

Danhausen and Moses started out. Danhausen tried to take the big man off his feet, but was met with a shoulder block. Before Moses could inflict any more pain, Danhausen requested him to tag out to Taylor. Taylor came in, wrenched the arm of Danhausen, and delivered a flush strike to the jaw that sent him rolling out of the ring. Sledge and Taylor went face to face and traded strikes into a commercial break. 

PCO did his shtick as the match returned from break, hitting everybody in sight. He removed the turnbuckle cover and threw all three members of STP into it head first, before diving head-first onto the hard floor at ringside. After PCO regained his composure, he tagged out to Sledge who was met with a right knee from Taylor. Danhausen came in and had some success against Taylor, hitting a standing pump. 

The finish of the match saw PCO dive onto Sledge, while Danhausen was attacked 3-on-1. Moses and Kaun hit a double team move on Danhausen that was followed up by a piledriver from Taylor, which secured the pinfall victory.

Final Thoughts:

With the ROH hiatus news, it’s hard to be super invested in the product given that it’s all coming to an end very soon. It’ll be interesting to see if the company pivots to a non-storyline focused show in the coming weeks and just puts on really good matches. Overall though, this was a fine edition of TV that had three fun matches heading  into Final Battle. This wasn’t a can’t miss show by any means, but if you’re looking for just an easy to watch one hour show. this should be on your list.

This week’s episode of ROH TV gets a grade of: Recommended Viewing

ROH TV results: Violence vs. Pure episode

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Before Quinn McKay appeared, cameras caught Vincent backstage. Vincent was standing in the mirror and asking himself and his fellow The Righteous stablemates if he looked good enough for a certain somebody.

Then, McKay appeared and gave her usual spiel. She then ran down the card of this week’s episode, which features a special Violence vs. Pure theme pitting members of Violence Unlimited against members of The Foundation. The matches scheduled are: Homicide vs. Jay Lethal, Brody King & Chris Dickinson vs. Jonathan Gresham & Tracy Williams, and Tony Deppen vs. Rhett Titus.

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Tony Deppen defeated Rhett Titus (12:23)

This match was a great display of the strengths of both wrestlers and gave Deppen a much-needed win in ROH.

Deppen tried to get cocky with Titus very early on, but Titus took him to the mat with a front facelock. Titus shifted the submission around and tried to keep Deppen’s head on a swivel. As the first commercial break ensued, Titus still had full control of Deppen after administering a few pin attempts.

When the bout returned, Titus picked the ankle of Deppen, sending both guys right back to the mat. After delivering a boot to the jaw, Deppen applied his own front facelock on the mat.

The match picked up steam at this point, with Deppen and Titus hitting their signature moves. Deppen ducked a few clotheslines from Titus but was met with Titus’ belly-to-belly suplex. Homicide came down to the ring to support Deppen, which lit a fire underneath the former ROH Television Champion. 

After a second break, Titus attempted a running corner kick but got hung up. This prompted Deppen to springboard dropkick Titus to the arena floor, where he was met with a diving senton. Deppen would capitalize on this after throwing Titus back in the ring, where he delivered a chair shot to the mid-section of Titus while referee Todd Sinclair was busy with Homicide. Deppen followed it up with a running knee strike to get the win.

In a backstage promo after the match, Titus showed frustration with the fact that The Foundation didn’t help out when he was getting attacked.

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Violence Unlimited (Brody King & Chris Dickinson) defeated The Foundation (Jonathan Gresham & Tracy Williams) (12:52)

This was a really fun tag match that didn’t feature the usual tag match formula of the heels dominating everything.

Before the match, Violence Unlimited cut a promo. Chris Dickinson basically challenged ROH to bring Karl Gotch back from the dead to stop the faction’s current run. 

Shortly before the bell rang, The Foundation jumped Violence Unlimited from behind. The chaos didn’t last for long as Brody King and Jonathan Gresham became the legal men. Gresham was isolated by both King and Dickinson as they exchanged a multitude of tags. Tracy Williams eventually snuck his way in the match and immediately planted Dickinson with a superplex before the commercial break. 

Williams had a cool sequence where he practically square danced on both of Dickinson’s ankles. This was a turning point in the bout, as Gresham came in and applied a few ankle-based submissions. After a few more tags, the match went to a second break.

As the break returned, King hit an inverted atomic drop on Williams before turning it into a Boston Crab. King tagged out to Dickinson and took Gresham off the apron, making it a two-on-one affair yet again. Dickinson would go on to put Williams in a sleeper hold, prompting Williams to pass out.

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Jay Lethal defeated Homicide (5:37)

This was fine for what it was — but given the history, I would have had the match go longer.

The two competitors stayed out after the previous tag match and immediately went to war with each other. 

Jay Lethal took out Homicide with a springboard dropkick and a trio of dives to the outside. Homicide responded with his own diving senton before both men crawled back in the ring. 

The two traded big strikes to the midsection before climbing to the top rope. Lethal used the positioning to toss Homicide off the middle rope and hit a dropkick. Lethal went to attempt a Figure Four leglock and found a fork taped to the inside of Homicide’s boot. Homicide jumped up and tried to stab Lethal with the fork, but instead planted it inside of the turnbuckle.

As the match progressed, Lethal became more targeted with his strikes. After nailing Homicide with a superkick, Deppen made his presence known at ringside. Deppen went to hand Homicide a chair, but he was bulldozed by The Righteous’ Dutch who came out of nowhere. Shortly after, Lethal hit a Lethal Injection for the win.

As the show went off the air, The Righteous stood on the stage and applauded Lethal to much confusion.

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Next Week —

  • ROH Six Man Tag Team Champions Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Moses & Kaun) defend against Danhausen, PCO & Sledge
  • Quinn McKay & Rok-C vs. Miranda Alize & Max The Impaler
  • Wildcard Trick or Treat Halloween four corner survival tag team match (all of the teams will be drawn at random out of a jack-o’-lantern)

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Final Thoughts —

Aside from a main event that I wasn’t crazy about, this week’s episode of ROH TV was one of the better ones in recent memory. The show followed a consistent theme and wasn’t just packed with nonsensical tag team bouts. Every match was good or better, meaning:

This week’s ROH TV gets a grade of: Go Out Of Your Way to watch.