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ROH TV results: MexiSquad vs. Shane Taylor Promotions title match

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

The Big Takeaway —

New number one contenders to the ROH Tag Team titles were crowned in Dragon Lee and Kenny King, EC3 made his return, and Shane Taylor Promotions defeated MexiSquad to win the ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles.

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Quinn McKay welcomed us to the broadcast and hyped this week’s card, including a star-studded main event with MexiSquad defending their ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles against Shane Taylor Promotions. McKay also announced that Shane Taylor will get an ROH World Championship match against Rush on next week’s episode. 

McKay also noted that next week’s show will feature ROH Tag Team Champions Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham defending their titles against the winner of this week’s Briscoes vs. Dragon Lee & Kenny King number one contender’s match.

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Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman were on the call this week, per usual. One of the more underrated commentary booths in all of wrestling.

Number one contender’s match: Dragon Lee & Kenny King (w/ Amy Rose) defeated The Briscoes (12:03)

King and Mark Briscoe started the match. King applied a stiff headlock early on, trying to wear down Mark. Mark fought back and tried to get King in an armbar, but King rolled to his corner and tagged out to Dragon Lee. Mark tagged out to Jay Briscoe as well.

Jay was aggressive with Lee, but Lee retaliated with seemingly triple the aggression, causing Jay to tag back out to his brother. Mark and Lee engaged in a chopping war for a moment before Lee trapped Mark in his corner and tagged out to King. King came in and was double teamed quickly by The Briscoes, with Mark hitting a flying elbow off the apron onto the floor. This took us into a commercial break.

Back from the break, King and Mark hit a double clothesline on each other which caused Lee and Jay to get ready for the hot tag. Both tags were made, Jay and Lee came in, and they exchanged stiff forearms. Jay ended the exchange by catching a running Lee in a rolling fireman’s carry slam. Jay positioned Lee on the top rope and followed him up there, but King came from behind and swept Jay’s legs, allowing Lee to perform a top rope stomp on Jay. Lee followed it up with a diving top rope stomp, but Jay kicked out.

King tagged in and hit a beautiful leg hook suplex and then applied a submission on the leg of Jay, but Mark came off the top rope with a flying elbow drop on King. 

The final sequences of the match saw Jay hold down King as Mark went to the top rope, but Flip Gordon ran in out of nowhere and kicked Mark as he was on the top rope, allowing for King to roll up Jay for the win.

As The Briscoes were heading to leave, EC3’s music hit. EC3 came out and said that he sees more in Jay then what he’s doing now. He also said there’s no honor in the almighty dollar, implying that he paid off Gordon to attack The Briscoes. EC3 told Jay to control his own narrative and chase the ROH World Championship. 

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Mike Bennett defeated Bateman (w/ Vita Von Starr)

Bennett immediately opened the match with a running spear. Bateman tried to recover on the outside, but Bennett followed him and stayed on the attack. Bennett went to spear Bateman through the barricade — but he moved out of the way just in time, sending Bennett shoulder-first into the barricade. Bateman stayed in control, launching Bennett throat-first into a piece of metal underneath the apron mat. This took us into a commercial break. 

Both men were back in the ring as we came back from the commercial.

Bennett and Bateman engaged in a chopping war that turned into a constant exchange of forearms, ending with both down and out. Bateman nailed Bennett with a brainbuster that only got him a two count. Bennett got right back up and speared Bateman. Bennett then followed up the spear with a piledriver for an anticlimactic win. 

After the match, Matt Taven ran into the ring and began nailing Bateman with punches. Taven introduced a wooden block and a chair into the ring while Bennett held Bateman down. Taven grabbed a microphone and told Vincent that he can stop all of this now if he agrees to another match. 

Vincent appeared on the video screen and told Taven something he never gets to hear: No. Taven proceeded to smash the chair into Bateman’s ankle and told the camera that he’ll do this every week until Vincent agrees to a match. 

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Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor & The Soldiers of Savagery) defeated MexiSquad (Bandido, Flamita & Rey Horus) to win the ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles

Maria Kanellis-Bennett joined the commentary booth for this match. 

Taylor and Horus started the bout, but all hell broke loose quickly as Moses and Kaun jumped in to fight off Bandido and Flamita. The whole match spilled outside quickly and Taylor clocked Bandido with a forearm to the skull. Kaun unloaded a few chops on Flamita as referee Todd Sinclair restored control and brought the match back in the ring. 

Kaun and Flamita exchanged a few strikes and reversals before Kaun tagged out to Moses. Bandido tagged in and dropkicked Moses, but it didn’t rattle the big man. Moses leaped over Bandido and then bulldozed him with a clothesline. Taylor tagged in along with Horus. Taylor demolished Horus with a brutal shoulder tackle that took us into a commercial break.

Back from the break, Moses and Horus were the legal men. Horus sprung off the top rope and planted Moses with a spinning DDT. Moses and Horus both got the hot tags to their respective partners Bandido and Taylor. Taylor tried to take down Bandido, but he ducked out of the way multiple times. Flamita tagged in and sprung off the top rope and then off Bandido’s shoulders to complete a hurricanrana on Taylor. MexiSquad took advantage of Shane Taylor Promotions being on the outside and all took turns diving onto the group. 

All three members of MexiSquad took their turns performing signature moves on Kaun in the ring. Taylor made the tag and began using bodies against bodies, catching Bandido’s kick and sending it into Horus instead. Taylor sent both Bandido and Horus out of the ring while Moses flew onto them with a running cannonball from the apron.

Taylor took advantage of Bandido and Horus being out by spiking Flamita with his Welcome to The Land piledriver for the win.

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Final Thoughts —

Another week, another great episode of ROH TV. It’s like clockwork at this point. The first point I’m going to make is that Dragon Lee is a top 10 wrestler in the world, bar none. ROH is very fortunate to have him on the roster and it’s a genuine pleasure to write about him every week. I’m not quite sure that Kenny King fits into the La Faccion Ingobernable stable or vibe, but they’ve only been together a few times so hopefully chemistry will be built.

Bennett vs. Bateman was good, but the focal point was the aftermath where Taven crushed Bateman’s ankle. I suppose this leads to one last match between Taven and Vincent, hopefully with a big stipulation. 

Ever since i began writing these ROH TV recaps, Shane Taylor and The Soldiers of Savagery have stood out like nobody else. Taylor has vastly improved as a wrestler and as a talker, almost weekly it seems. Moses and Kaun are guys who only joined the ROH Dojo system in early 2019, so to see them come full circle and win their first titles in ROH is impressive as hell. I would have preferred the match to get a little bit more time, but the outcome was still correct and doesn’t hurt MexiSquad at all.

ROH TV results: The Foundation six-man tag match

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

The Big Takeaway —

In the opening match, LSG defeated Tony Deppen. The Foundation then took on each other in a great six-man tag team main event. 

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This week’s broadcast began with a Jay Lethal-led promo from The Foundation. Lethal said that tonight’s main event is about honor and showing the rest of the roster that there are rules in professional wrestling. 

Lethal then decided to shake things up, announcing that he, Wheeler Yuta & Rhett Titus will take on the team of Jonathan Gresham, Tracy Williams & Fred Yehi tonight. Lethal also said that it doesn’t matter who is on which side, but rather the unity that The Foundation holds. It seems that Yehi and Yuta are now associated with The Foundation.

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Quinn McKay checked in from the studio following The Foundation’s promo. McKay noted that this week’s six-man main event pitting two sides of The Foundation against each other is a response to the chaos in last week’s eight-man tag match between La Faccion Ingobernable & Flip Gordon and Brody King, PCO & The Briscoes.

McKay also revealed that tonight’s episode will mark the first time we’ve seen Tony Deppen back in Ring of Honor since Final Battle.

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Speaking of Deppen, he had a promo next. Deppen claimed that a lot of fans and even some on the roster doubted his ability to win at Final Battle, but he proved everyone wrong. Deppen went on to say that this is his opportunity to earn a place on the ROH roster.

LSG also had a pre-match promo. He said that despite wrestling for 15 years, 2020 was his first time wrestling on Final Battle. LSG said while he respects Deppen’s time on the independent scene, he doesn’t think Deppen can hang with the big leagues.

LSG defeated Tony Deppen (11:57)

Deppen and LSG exchanged roll-through pin attempts to begin the match before rolling to the outside and exchanging stiff strikes. LSG rolled Deppen back in and attempted an O’Connor Roll, but Deppen launched him into the ropes instead. LSG became significantly more aggressive after this and ended up yanking Deppen’s feat from underneath him on the apron, causing him to fall face-first into the apron. LSG then threw Deppen into the barricade and rolled back in the ring.

Deppen finally made it back in the ring and got some momentum on his side, releasing some open hand palm strikes on LSG’s skull. Deppen then charged LSG in the corner with the double knees, but it only warranted a two count.

LSG and Deppen engaged in a war of chops, with LSG getting the upper hand and hitting his finisher Rocka-Bye-Baby, but it still didn’t put Deppen away. LSG continued the dominance of his opponent, following up two pump kicks with his signature spinning Torture Rack slam for the win. 

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McKay sat down with both Briscoe brothers. Mark and Jay exchanged a metaphorical message about how Jay jumped off a metaphorical boat, a boat that Mark named the “S.S. World Tag Team Championships,” Mark claimed that he jumped off to swim after EC3, but Jay denied it. The metaphor ended with Jay and Mark seemingly making up. 

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Jay Lethal, Wheeler Yuta & Rhett Titus defeated Jonathan Gresham, Tracy Williams & Fred Yehi (17:47)

Lethal and Williams began the match. After Williams trapped Lethal on the mat fast with a crab lock, Lethal tagged out quickly to Titus. Titus got an edge on Williams quickly, cinching in a headscissors lock. This startled Williams and caused him to tag in Yehi. Yehi slammed Titus a few times and caused him to tag out to Yuta. 

Yuta and Yehi exchanged a few holds and strikes before Yehi tagged in Gresham. Yuta and Gresham did the same, exchanging some holds and wristlocks before Yuta tagged out to Lethal. Lethal and Gresham picked up the pace significantly here and exchanged multiple strikes and holds. Lethal ended up getting the better of Gresham and began countering anything he threw at him. 

While still in control, Lethal tagged out to Titus and Titus tried to take advantage of a down Gresham. Titus tagged Lethal back in for a double-team move, but Gresham wheelbarrowed out of a suplex attempt by Lethal and sprung up and hit a cutter on Titus. Lethal tagged out to Yuta while Gresham tagged out to Yehi. Yehi went to work fast, hitting a stutter brainbuster on Yuta. Williams and Yehi then hit a nice double-team maneuver where Williams threw Yuta into Yehi’s clothesline. 

After a few more tags, Gresham and Titus became the legal men. They both exchanged very stiff forearms before Gresham got the advantage by sweeping the legs out from Titus and tagging in Yehi. Yehi came in and bulldozed Titus, but he recovered quickly and tagged out to Yuta. Yuta sprung off the top rope and nailed Yehi with a flying DDT.

Yuta tagged out to Lethal and he went for a Lethal Injection on Yehi, but Gresham pushed Yehi out of the way and took it himself. Titus came in and nailed Yehi with a standing dropkick to get the win.

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Final Thoughts —

This week’s episode of ROH TV was a tale of two halves. The opening contest featuring Tony Deppen against LSG just didn’t do it for me. LSG seemed off at times and like he couldn’t keep up with Deppen. And after going toe-to-toe with Dragon Lee, i felt like Deppen deserved the win here. Watching LSG as a part of the Coast2Coast tag team for the past couple of years, he really has never wowed me as a wrestler.

The main event contest pitting two halves of The Foundation against each other was brilliant. There was some obvious tension at times between the two sides which is always nice to see. This was also Fred Yehi’s showcase match to shine, he absolutely killed it and should be an official member of The Foundation. My only complaint about the main event was that Gresham got dominated a bit too much, but I’m sure he was just letting other guys shine.

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Next Week on ROH TV —

  • ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions MexiSquad (Bandido, Flamita & Rey Horus) defend against Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor & The Soldiers of Savagery)
  • The Briscoes vs. Dragon Lee & Kenny King

ROH TV results: Eight-man tag main event

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

The Big Takeaway —

Tracy Williams put down the newly reinvented World Famous CB in a Pure Rules match. In the main event, La Faccion Ingobernable fought to a brutal no contest with Brody King, PCO & The Briscoes.

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Quinn McKay welcomed us to the show, per usual. She revealed the stacked main event, pitting La Faccion Ingobernable & Flip Gordon against Brody King, PCO & The Briscoes. McKay also announced the opening match on the card: Tracy Williams vs. The World Famous CB (formerly known as Cheeseburger). It seems as though Cheeseburger has been repackaged which is a good move on ROH’s part. 

McKay then shifted the focus to last week’s broadcast. We got a recap of the Vincent/Beer City Bruiser incident where Bruiser seemingly turned heel after smashing a bottle over Matt Taven’s head. 

Some post-match comments aired from Beer City Bruiser as well. Bruiser essentially said he was tired of being second and being everybody’s bitch. Brian Milonas approached him and questioned his actions, but Bruiser walked away. 

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Tracy Williams had a pre-match promo. He said that The Foundation’s goal is to take underutilized professional wrestlers and show them the light of being a Pure wrestler. Williams pointed to stablemate Rhett Titus as an example of this. Williams also noted that he realizes the talent of “World Famous CB” and he won’t be taking him lightly.

The World Famous CB also had some pre-match comments. CB said that the Cheeseburger gimmick is in the past — and that it was the best and worst thing to ever happen to him. He also said that joining the Pure division will help him break through the glass ceiling that the Cheeseburger gimmick set for him. 

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Tracy Williams defeated The World Famous CB in a Pure Rules match (13:04)

CB and Williams tangled up early with Williams getting the advantage, locking in multiple headlocks. As commentary noted, Williams had a great reach advantage over CB and it showed.

After a commercial break, CB began to regain some control in the match as he worked on the arm of Williams. CB jumped on Williams’ back and instead of using a sleeper hold, he cinched both arms behind Williams’ back. Williams bit down on the rope, causing him to use his first rope break. 

Williams regained his position quickly after, hitting a series of suplexes and then attempting his crossface. CB got his foot on the rope before Williams could lock it in, costing CB his first rope break. CB tried to submit Williams with an armbar, but he used his second rope break. The match sped up after that, with CB getting in some signature offense including a standing superkick. Williams ended up regaining his composure and spiking CB with a piledriver for the win

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La Faccion Ingobernable (ROH World Champion Rush, ROH Television Champion Dragon Lee & La Bestia Del Ring) & Flip Gordon vs. Brody King, PCO & The Briscoes ended in a no contest (14:23)

Amy Rose joined the commentary team for this match.

An interesting note before the match: Mark and Jay Briscoe came out separately.

Mark Briscoe and Gordon began the match. Gordon had the advantage early on, but Mark turned it around and powerslammed Gordon. LFI jumped off the apron while Gordon was getting beat down and began admiring each other’s hair. Jay Briscoe tagged in and stomped on Gordon in the corner. He threw Gordon out of the ring, but LFI tossed him right back in and laughed. 

King tagged in and chucked Gordon out of the ring, but LFI again tossed him right back in and taunted. Jay Briscoe tagged back in and ran into a flying Gordon. Gordon tried to extend his arm for a tag, but all three members of LFI jumped off the apron instead. Mark Briscoe came in and hit the Redneck Boogie on Gordon and tried to pin him, but LFI came in and all hell broke loose. 

Rush took a chair and drove it into King’s knee and followed that up with taking an extension cord and whipping it into King’s knee as well. LFI positioned King on the apron and draped him while Lee stomped on him and sent him to the floor. Lee and PCO were the legal men after the chaos. But when PCO went to dive on LFI on the outside, they shoved Gordon in harm’s way. 

In the final moments of the match, King and Lee had an exchange in the ring that saw Lee get the best of King with help from LFI. Mark Briscoe set up a chair in the ring and dove onto a pile of practically everybody in the match. King positioned Rush on a table and instructed PCO to go to the top rope, which he did. PCO then crashed into the table by himself after Rush moved out of the way. Finally, referee Todd Sinclair called the match a no contest as all hell continued to break loose. 

After security and multiple ROH officials rushed the ring to put a stop to the chaos, the cameras cut backstage to The Foundation. Jonathan Gresham and company shook their heads as the broadcast went off the air. 

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Final Thoughts —

Another Monday and another great showing for ROH. Seeing Cheeseburger repackaged was something i didn’t expect, but it was for the better. CB put up a great fight against Tracy Williams and i hope he is a future player in the Pure division.

I’m also glad we saw the return of ROH World Champion Rush and his faction. They’re absolutely phenomenal heels and do a lot for the ROH product. They just need to be on TV more. The dynamic of the match with them letting Flip Gordon getting beat up by himself early was brilliant. The match was an absolute war and one of my favorites so far this year. The no contest finish was the right move, as well. All in all, this was my favorite ROH TV episode of 2021 so far.

ROH TV results: OGK vs. Bouncers, Gresham Pure title defense

Posted on by Skylar Russell

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

The Big Takeaway —

Jonathan Gresham defeated Joe Keys in a Pure Championship match, while The Bouncers fell to The OGK in tag team action. After being goaded by Vincent, Beer City Bruiser smashed a beer bottle over Matt Taven’s head in the show-closing angle.

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Per usual, Quinn McKay welcomed us to the program and ran down the card. Jonathan Gresham is defending his Pure Championship against Joe Keys and The Bouncers are squaring off with The OGK. 

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Keys had a pre-match video package. Keys revealed that the ROH Dojo participants didn’t have much faith in the system until Gresham took over and went to bat for them. He got emotional at one point, noting that his original trainer RJ Meyer tragically passed away a few months ago. Keys dedicated the match to him and the rest of the ROH Dojo. 

Gresham also had some comments before the match. Gresham touted the success of The Foundation at Final Battle. He shamed Flip Gordon for even trying to become a pure wrestler, saying it takes years and years to master that craft.

Gresham applauded Keys for earning a Pure Championship shot and dared him to come at the throne. Gresham’s promo skills have turned the corner since coming back — he’s showing real confidence and ease with the microphone.

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ROH Pure Champion Jonathan Gresham submitted Joe Keys to retain his title (12:42)

Dak Draper joined the commentary team before the match.

The Code of Honor was adhered to. 

After a few seconds of back and forth, Gresham locked in a leg head lock on Keys. Keys almost immediately used his first rope break. Gresham stood Keys up and shook his hand, separating themselves and locking up again. Gresham started a shoulder tackle battle that Keys ended up winning.

Gresham and Keys exchanged forearms to the skull before Gresham began targeting the shoulder of Keys. Gresham cinched in a head scissors submission, but Keys escaped quickly and turned it into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Keys took advantage of the situation and turned Gresham’s attempt at a small package into a beautiful deadlift suplex. Keys kept on the attack, lifting Gresham into a deadlift German suplex.

Keys attempted a Boston crab that didn’t look very good, but it forced Gresham to use his second rope break. Keys kept the speed on and went to the top rope, then flew onto Gresham with a flying headbutt. Keys attempted a pin, but Gresham used his third and final rope break. This was only the second time Gresham has used three rope breaks in a Pure match. He gave Keys a lot in this match. 

In the final sequence, Keys missed a diving headbutt and Gresham took advantage, twisting the arm of Keys behind his back and making him submit. 

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Mike Bennett was shown backstage getting his ankle taped up. Matt Taven approached him and told him constantly that he didn’t have to go out there tonight and compete. Bennett waived Taven off and told him he’d be out there. 

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Danhausen had a promo introducing himself to the ROH fans. Danhausen said he wanted to become a wrestler because it gets him on television and makes him famous in order to take over the world. Danhausen also said he doesn’t swear because it’ll get him taken off TV. He called Brian Johnson an idiot for challenging him again.

Johnson had some words for Danhausen. Johnson said the problem with ROH is that nobody is talking about him. He called the fans clowns for getting Danhausen a contract and said he sacrificed his life for the business. Johnson claimed that Danhausen’s tombstone will read “Mecca vs. Everybody.”

It was announced that the Danhausen vs. Johnson rematch will be a match streamed on HonorClub and YouTube. This doesn’t really make much sense in my eyes, since the hype for it got 10 minutes of TV time. 

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The Bouncers hyped themselves up before their match with The OGK. Beer City Bruiser said that their quest to the ROH Tag Team titles starts tonight. Brian Milonas said they’re done messing around and they’re serious contenders now.

Taven and Bennett had a pre match promo as well. Taven apologized to Bennett for involving him in the Vincent feud the second he came back. Bennett said it’s always been about The OGK and to not worry about Vincent anymore, as he’s banned from the building for their match.

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The OGK (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser & Brian Milonas) (11:56)

Milonas and Bennett started the match off. Bennett tried to test his ankle out a few times to no avail. He then tried to shoulder tackle Milonas again to no avail. Milonas threw Bennett into the ropes, causing Taven to tag in. The OGK then hit a double dropkick on Milonas.

Milonas drove Taven into his corner and tagged in Beer City Bruiser. The Bouncers were showing more heel tendencies here, which was nice to see. Bennett tagged himself in and tried to start chopping Bruiser, but Milonas tagged himself in. 

After a while of tagging in and out, Bennett superkicked Milonas with his bad ankle. Taven came in to check on him, but Bruiser delivered a strong right hand to him and stomped on the ankle of Bennett. Bruiser continued to destroy Bennett’s ankle while Milonas looked on in confusion. Bennett eventually baited Milonas and Bruiser to run at him. Bennett dodged both men and sent them over the top rope and onto the floor. Bennett finally tagged in Taven, who kicked Bruiser and dove onto Milonas at ringside. 

Milonas eventually regained control of the match, slamming Taven to the mat and almost getting the pinfall victory, but Bennett broke it up. Taven jumped on Milonas’ back and tried to apply a sleeper hold. Bennett then superkicked Milonas, sending him on his back and crushing Taven.

Bruiser tagged himself in and tried to bulldoze Taven, but Bennett came in and speared Bruiser. That prompted Taven to lock in “The Trendsetter” for the win. 

The Bouncers tried to toast with Taven and Bennett after the match, but Vincent and The Righteous interrupted. Vincent insulted Beer City Bruiser, calling him a lost cause in ROH. He also went after Milonas, calling his 18-year career a waste.

Vincent said that Taven’s stock is at a high right now while Bruiser and Milonas are collecting lint in their pockets. Bruiser had heard enough and smashed a bottle across Taven’s head and walked off. Milonas sat there in shock as the show went off the air.

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Final Thoughts —

Another good show for ROH, but it definitely had its flaws. Gresham gave Keys a lot in their Pure Championship contest, but Keys unfortunately messed up a few key moments in the match.

Despite using about seven minutes of TV time to promote a Danhausen vs. Brian Johnson rematch (which I bought into), ROH is deciding to put the match on HonorClub and YouTube. I personally think the match belongs on TV, especially for a guy like Johnson who is trying to build his stock.

The main event was a good match on paper, but it really didn’t deliver. All involved just seemed off in their timing.

The final angle of the show was very good though. Vincent getting so far in the head of Beer City Bruiser to make him turn heel was a good way to complete the turn, as Bruiser was already showing heel tendencies. I don’t really know where Milonas goes from here though.

Though Rush will be back in an eight-man tag match next week, he’s getting to Brock Lesnar territory in terms of his championship run. He hasn’t appeared on ROH TV once since they came back from the pandemic break, only appearing at Final Battle. He should be on TV more, even if it’s just a phone promo.

ROH TV results: Cobb vs. Lethal vs. Rush vs. PCO

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Back at the Odeum in Villa Park, Illinois, Ian Riccaboni and Colt Cabana called the action.

Hirooki Goto defeated Hikuleo

Hikuleo managed to get the control early with his power. However, Goto was not to be outmatched and nailed Hikuleo with a big clothesline, which earned him a two count.

Both men connected with hard strikes. Hikuleo took Goto to the top rope and hit a superplex. Goto then walked into a monster clothesline that turned him inside out. Goto ducked the next clothesline and blasted Hikuleo with a headbutt. Goto picked up Hikuleo, used a fireman’s carry onto his knee, and then hit his GTR finisher for the win.

– Kenny King talked backstage about the upcoming second match of his series with Jay Lethal.

– Kelly Klein and Jenny Rose came to the ring, but during the long video package where each match for the upcoming Best in the World pay-per-view was recapped, Allure jumped them from behind. It was Mandy Leon and Angelina Love that did the deed, setting up Klein & Rose vs. Leon & Love for Best in the World.

PJ Black & LifeBlood (Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams) defeated Shinobi Shadow Squad (Cheeseburger, Ryan Nova & Eli Isom)

Cheeseburger and Williams started off the match for their respective teams. A nice exchange of grappling kicked it off, but it ended in a stalemate. Each man tagged out, and that brought in Black and Isom. Black was knocked down with a big knee from Isom, and that took the show to commercial.

After the break, it was Nova in the ring with Haskins. Nova was mirroring Haskins until Williams got a blind tag and landed a wicked chop. Black tagged in and put Nova in a submission hold and tagged in Williams, who landed a leg drop off the second rope.

Nova fought back and was getting the better of the action until Haskins rolled through and picked him up into a slam. Haskins tagged in Black, who came in and nailed a huge moonsault. The Shinobi Shadow Squad was decimated by LifeBlood, which set up Black connecting with a huge moonsault double stomp onto Nova to pick up the pinfall victory.

Jeff Cobb defeated Jay Lethal, Rush, and PCO in a four corner survival match

ROH World Champion Matt Taven joined the announcers to call the main event.

Rush went after everyone early, but took himself out, and that left Lethal and PCO in the ring alone. Lethal knocked him to the floor but decided against doing his dive.

Cobb came in and shoulder checked Lethal and also decided not to dive on PCO. Rush knocked down Cobb and did his fake dive. Lethal came in and eventually dove on PCO, who caught him in mid-air into a chokeslam. PCO got in the ring and took out Rush with a rolling slam and a PCO bomb, but just got a two count.

Cobb went after PCO, but Rush inserted himself with a huge forearm on PCO. However, Rush ate a Cobb superkick and a delayed vertical suplex. PCO came in and took a belly-to-belly from Cobb. Lethal came in and got caught in a spinning back suplex. Cobb went for the cover on Lethal but only managed a two count.

Cobb went for the Tour of the Islands, but Lethal countered with a headscissors and a DDT on Cobb and Rush respectively. Lethal ascended the turnbuckle, and PCO followed suit. Cobb cut off both men and went for a double superplex. Then Rush came in and put all three men down with a stacked up powerbomb.

PCO was the first man up, and he landed a pop-up powerbomb on Lethal. Cobb broke up the pin. Cobb used a Samoan drop and a standing moonsault for the pin attempt on PCO, but Rush broke it up. Cobb charged into Rush but got tossed into the turnbuckle.

Lethal took a big Rush dropkick, but PCO broke up the pin. PCO leveled Rush with a clothesline and then did his patented flip dive to the apron and Rush moved.

Back in the ring, Lethal connected with the Lethal Injection on Rush. This brought Kenny King down to ringside. Lethal landed the Lethal Combination on Cobb, but King distracted Lethal, and that allowed Cobb to hit the Tour of the Islands on Lethal for the win.

ROH TV results: EVIL & SANADA vs. Nagata & Kojima

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Ian Riccaboni and NWA National Champion Colt Cabana called the action from the Odeum in Villa Park, Illinois

– Allure (Mandy Leon, Velvet Sky & Angelina Love) came to the ring to speak. Velvet Sky said Allure were the most credible women to enter Ring of Honor. Angelina Love said the fans needed to get familiar with Allure. Mandy Leon called the fans Twitter trolls, and she called Kelly Klein an embarrassment.

This brought out Jenny Rose with Klein. They slid in the ring and went after Allure. A brawl with all five women ensued until security got in the ring to break it up. Love used hairspray in the eyes of Rose. Allure then bailed and Klein got on the microphone. She said that she and Rose would take them on anytime, anywhere.

The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser & Brawler Milonas) defeated The Kingdom (Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan), Coast 2 Coast (LSG & Shaheem Ali), and Alex Coughlin & Clark Connors in a four corner survival match

Milonas and LSG started it off. Milonas bounced LSG off his shoulder and LSG tagged Marseglia. Milonas crushed him with a crossbody and tagged in the Bruiser. Marseglia tagged in O’Ryan, then Coughlin tagged himself in and then quickly tagged in Connors. Chaos ensued as the show went to break.

After the break, The Kingdom were working over Connors. Marseglia hit a suplex and tagged in O’Ryan, but Ali blind tagged himself in off of O’Ryan. Ali tagged his partner LSG in, and they hit a double-team hip toss slam on Connors.

Eventually, Connors fought to the corner and tagged in his partner Coughlin. He beat up Coast 2 Coast until Bruiser tagged himself in to continue the pummeling. O’Ryan tagged himself in off of LSG and came off the top rope, but Milonas caught him and hit a side slam. He landed another spinning side slam on Marseglia.

Coast-to-Coast double-teamed Bruiser, who was tagged out by Connors. The NJPW Young Lions (Coughlin and Connors) came in and took out Coast 2 Coast. This brought in The Kingdom, who used the House of 1000 Horses double team slam on Connors. Ali tagged himself in and went for the cover, but Bruiser broke up the pin at two.

Milonas tagged in — as did Coughlin. Milonas smooshed him in the corner and then nailed the Closing Time leg drop to get the win.

– Backstage, Mark Haskins and Tracy Williams said they were fed up with Bully Ray. PJ Black walked up and said that if they needed some assistance, he was there to help.

– A recap of Colt Cabana’s NWA National Championship victory over Willie Mack aired, including Cowboy James Storm coming out and challenging Cabana. That match will air next week.

– Another recap of Silas Young’s wrestling clinic from last week aired.

– Also from last week, they recapped Kenny King defeating Jay Lethal in the first match of their best-of-three series.

– They showed the first of a two-part video package highlighting Jeff Cobb’s amateur wrestling background, including his representation of Guam at the 2004 Olympics. Cobb will challenge ROH World Champion Matt Taven at the Best in the World pay-per-view on June 28.

Josh Woods defeated Maverick Boone

Woods shoved Boone to the mat and followed it up with a gutwrench powerbomb. Woods got the pin on Boone after a Seismic Toss.

Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA & EVIL) defeated Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata

Nagata and SANADA started it off. Kojima kicked SANADA in the back, which allowed Nagata to start kicking as well. He tagged Kojima in as SANADA kipped up. It didn’t take long for this one to break down into a crazy brawl. In the ring, SANADA applied the Paradise Lock on Kojima and gave him a dropkick to the rear as the show went to commercial.

After the break, Kojima nailed SANADA with a DDT. He tagged in Nagata, who went back to the kicks, a big boot, and an exploder suplex. A forearm exchange ensued. Nagata got the better of it until SANADA caught his leg and went for the Paradise Lock — but Nagata fought free.

Nagata applied a Nagata Lock armbar on SANADA. Kojima prevented EVIL from breaking it up. SANADA fought free and landed a dropkick and tagged in EVIL.

EVIL chopped Nagata hard, but Nagata hit a low dropkick and tagged in Kojima. Kojima chopped EVIL a million times. SANADA came in and took a million chops as well. SANADA hit the mat and Kojima went up top and connected with an elbow, but SANADA kicked out at two.

EVIL tagged in and LIJ beat down Kojima. They went for the Magic Killer on him, but Nagata cut them off and Kojima hit a Koji Cutter on EVIL. SANADA broke the pin up at two. Kojima hit a brainbuster on EVIL, but he kicked out at two. Kojima went for the clothesline, but EVIL ducked.

SANADA came in and hit a dropkick, and that allowed LIJ to hit the Magic Killer on Kojima to pick up the win.

– Dalton Castle entered and got in the ring. He challenged Rush’s brother Dragon Lee to a match at Best in the World. Just then, The Boys came out and looked to attack Castle, but they got caught on the outside of the ring and took a beating from their former master.

Castle put both Boys on a table and then kicked it over as the show went off the air.

ROH TV results: Jay Lethal vs. Kenny King best-of-three series begins

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From the Odeum in Villa Park, Illinois, Ian Riccaboni and Colt Cabana called the action.

Flip Gordon defeated Karl Fredericks

Some chain wrestling started the match until Gordon used a handstand to catch Fredericks in a hurricanrana that sent him to the floor. Gordon followed that up with a suicide dive onto Fredericks.

After the commercial, Gordon nailed a Pele kick — but Fredericks then caught Gordon off of a springboard into a spinebuster. Fredericks earned a few near falls. Gordon fired back, but he ate a big dropkick from Fredericks.

Again Gordon fired back and then nailed a springboard dropkick and a springboard neckbreaker. Fredericks ate a big superkick, which allowed Gordon to complete a wheelbarrow roll through into an STF submission. Fredericks tapped out immediately.

– A recap of Matt Taven defeating PCO to retain the ROH World Championship aired. It featured a sunset flip powerbomb from Taven onto PCO on the outside and a railroad spike to the eye of PCO.

– Another recap aired — this one was of Shane Taylor winning the ROH TV title from Jeff Cobb by stealing the pin on Brody King after Cobb had hit the Tour of the Islands.

– A third recap aired of Kenny King winning the Honor Rumble and talking about his suffering eye site from the Great Muta mist. King said he would make Jay Lethal “bend the knee.”

– Jeff Cobb came out for an in-ring promo. He said he wasn’t there to ask for his rematch with Taylor. He said he wanted Taven instead.

This brought Taven out onto the ramp with a microphone. Taven told Cobb to relax. He proclaimed that he is the best ROH World Champion in history and he fears no man. Taven said that he’d be willing to defend the strap anywhere, anytime — but just not tonight. He then chucked his mic at Cobb and walked away.

– Kenny King was backstage singing. He said that his eyes were healed and that he doesn’t care that ROH officials made it a best-of-three series with Jay Lethal. He told Lethal to get out the broom because it was going to be a clean sweep.

– Silas Young came out to the ring with a microphone and Baxter Bellafonte in tow. Young said that he was going to put on a seminar. He asked Bobby Cruise to get in the ring and hold the mic.

Young then applied a wrist lock and an arm lock to Bellafonte while talking about the holds being applied. He then fish hooked and eye gouged him. He showed what it would take to get disqualified using those two moves. Then he said that another move that could get you disqualified would be a low blow. He kicked Bellafonte in the groin. Young left, but not before threatening Cruise.

Kenny King defeated Jay Lethal in the first match of their best-of-three series

This match took a while to get started as King kept stalling. Eventually, King hit a single-leg takedown and a shoulder tackle. King countered a hip toss and cartwheel dropkick into a submission hold. King cut off Lethal and managed to stay one step ahead for the first part of the match.

However, arrogance got the better of King. It allowed Lethal to dropkick King off the apron to the floor. Lethal went for his patented suicide dives, but King caught Lethal on the first attempt, then slammed Lethal’s back into the ring post. From that point, King went to work attacking the back of Lethal.

After the final commercial, King used an eye poke to keep the advantage. Lethal managed to connect with a few chops, but he ate a dropkick and was sent to the floor. King said he was going to do Lethal’s dives but faked out the crowd. Instead, he went out to the floor and Lethal caught him with a DDT.

Both men crawled into the ring. A crazy brawl ensued with Lethal getting the better of the exchange. This time, Lethal managed to use his hip toss dropkick effectively and sent King to the floor. Lethal followed it up with one suicide dive. He tossed King back in and went up top. He then nailed the big elbow from the top turnbuckle, but it only got a two count.

With Lethal in control and looking for the Lethal Injection, King grabbed ahold of Lethal’s tights and connected with his reverse knee and DDT combo. He covered Lethal but only got a two count. He stood Lethal up and hoisted him up for the Royal Flush, but Lethal landed on his feet and hit a pump kick and a spinning wheel kick.

Lethal went for the Lethal Injection again, but King evaded twice. Lethal nearly ran into the referee, which caused the ref to turn his back. This left the opening for King to kick Lethal low and then hit his own version of the Lethal Injection for the victory. King leads the series 1-0.

ROH TV results: Two title matches on episode 400

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From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman called the action.

ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Villain Enterprises (PCO, Marty Scurll & Brody King) defeated Jay Lethal, Jeff Cobb & Rush to retain their titles

Lethal and PCO started it off for their respective teams. Lethal nailed PCO with a lot of kicks, but PCO was barely phased. PCO begged Lethal to dive on him, which distracted Lethal long enough for Scurll to cut off Lethal. PCO tagged in Scurll, and Lethal tagged in Rush.

Kenny King and Amy Rose joined the announce team mid-match and Kenny immediately brought up his “eye surgery.” Throughout the match, he kept asking what was happening because he couldn’t see.

In the ring, Rush and Scurll wrestled to a stalemate. Rush tagged in Cobb, and Scurll tagged in King. A quick exchange led to Cobb nailing a dropkick. However, King fired back and landed a running crossbody and then pulled off a hurricanrana on Cobb.

King was sent to the floor by Rush. Lethal dove on him, but King caught him. With a kick assist by Scurll, King suplexed Lethal onto the floor.

After the break, Lethal was in the ring with King attempting to suplex him but instead used a cutter to drop the big man. King tagged in Scurll, and Lethal tagged in Rush. Rush ran wild and decimated his foes until he got arrogant and Scurll cut him off with a superkick to the knee.

Scurll called for the chicken wing, but Rush nailed him with a headbutt and tagged in Cobb, who came in and gave two stalling suplexes to King and PCO. He then launched Scurll and followed it up with a moonsault.

PCO broke up the pin, but Cobb managed to hoist King and Scurll up at the same time for a double suplex. This brought in PCO, who came in and tossed Cobb to the floor. King hit a flipping dive onto Cobb and Lethal, then PCO hit a Scurll-assisted flip dive of his own and took out all three of their opponents.

Back in the ring, Scurll and King combined forces to hit a sunset German suplex on Cobb. They then hit a 619 and cannonball combo on him. Scurll tagged in PCO and grabbed Cobb, but he ate a Cobb superkick. Lethal then came off the top with an elbow, but PCO stood up. Rush then hit him with an overhead belly-to-belly.

Lethal again hit a top rope elbow, but Scurll broke up the pin. In the chaos, Lethal hit a Lethal Injection on Scurll and went for it again on King, but King caught him on his shoulders and landed a crazy spinning powerbomb. PCO followed it up with a moonsault, which got the win for Villain Enterprises.

During the commercial, as Lethal was leaving, Kenny King jumped Lethal from behind and used his cane to choke him out.

ROH World Champion Matt Taven defeated Flip Gordon to retain his title

After an early exchange sent Taven to the floor, Gordon hit a suicide dive. As Gordon was on the ring apron, TK O’Ryan attempted to get involved. That distracted Gordon enough to allow Taven to knock him to the floor. Taven launched Gordon into the ring post and then threw him back into the ring.

Gordon got the advantage and landed a kick and a one-legged moonsault. Taven kicked out at two and bailed to the floor. Taven baited him to the outside and then drilled Gordon in the knee. Taven went to follow that up with a running dropkick to the floor, but Gordon evaded and landed a superkick. Gordon charged after Taven, but Taven hip tossed him into the guardrail.

After the commercial, Taven was attacking Gordon’s injured knee with punches. Gordon fought to his feet and landed a knee to the head of Taven. However, Taven kept going back to the knee with a dragon screw leg whip, which sent Gordon to the floor. As he was out there, Taven distracted the referee. That allowed O’Ryan to attack Gordon.

Taven locked on a half Boston crab back inside the ring, but Gordon got to the ropes. Finally, Gordon managed to hit a springboard spear to buy himself some recovery time. A striking exchange ended with a huge knee by Gordon. He then hit an inverted driver to get a two count.

After the final break, Taven had Gordon perched atop the turnbuckle and landed a superplex, but it was Gordon who hooked the inside cradle. He only got a two count. Gordon fired up and landed a Russian leg sweep from the second rope and a spinning Falcon Arrow, getting a two count.

Taven spit in the face of Gordon and landed a pop-up powerbomb and a Just the Tip knee. He went for a cover, but Gordon kicked out at two.

Gordon fought back up and hit a swinging TKO. He went up top, but as he was on the top rope, the red balloons floated up from ringside, distracting Gordon long enough to allow Taven to hit the Climax DDT off the top to pick up the victory and retain his title.

ROH TV results: Soldiers of Savagery attack LifeBlood

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Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman called the action from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser & Brawler Milonas) defeated Shinobi Shadow Squad (Cheeseburger & Ryan Nova) and Coast to Coast (Shaheem Ali & LSG) in a three-way tag match

Nova and LSG started it off with some quick exchanges until Nova landed a cutter and tagged in Cheeseburger. LSG evaded and tagged in Ali. Both Bouncers came in and squished all of their foes in the corners and then celebrated.

Coast to Coast knocked the Bouncers to the floor, but Shinobi Shadow Squad cut them off. They each hit a dive on the Bouncers. It was chaos on the floor.

After the commercial, LSG was working over Cheeseburger. He tagged in Ali and continued beating on Cheeseburger. Eventually, Cheeseburger tagged in Milonas and he laid waste to Ali. LSG broke up a pin, Milonas hit a spinning slam on Ali into a pin, and Nova broke it up.

Ali attempted to slam Milonas but couldn’t do it and fell under the weight of the big man. Nova tagged himself in and attacked the Bouncers himself. Cheeseburger then came in to back him up. Cheeseburger landed a dive onto Coast to Coast from the top to the floor. Nova was caught alone in the ring — and the Bouncers were able to hit the Last Call leg drop to get the win.

Kenny King came to the ring pretending to be blind. He had a cane and sunglasses and was selling the mist from Great Muta at G1 Supercard. King said he was the only man in wrestling that backs up what he says. He said he wants to be called by his new nickname, Kenny “Shawn Michaels” King.

King then said that he was proud of Matt Taven, because that’s his homie, and that Kings are often friendly with each other. One day, he and Taven will have to discuss the terms of Taven’s surrender, but Taven isn’t his current target.

King then brought up Jay Lethal and said that he thinks Lethal sucks, and that he is going to make Lethal bend the knee.

A Flip Gordon video package aired with him talking about his knee injury. Gordon said that he pushed himself to recover as fast as possible, and he’s ready to wrestle. He wants a shot at Taven and he’ll be getting that shot next week on TV.

Josh Woods defeated Flex Simmons

Woods came in, speared Simmons, and tossed him around until delivering his Seismic Toss finisher. Woods picked up the easy win.

Bandido defeated Shane Taylor

Bandido avoided Taylor early and landed a big kick. Bandido sent Taylor to the floor and hit a suicide dive, followed by a twisting moonsault onto Taylor. However, Taylor inevitably got a hold of Bandido and used his strength and striking abilities to floor the high flyer.

Taylor took his time working over Bandido and launched him with a huge hip toss. Taylor crushed Bandido with a corner splash and then stepped on the back of his head. Bandido fought to his feet, but a huge knee from Taylor leveled him.

After the break, a striking exchange took place with Bandido firing up until eating a huge headbutt and a flatliner. Bandido barely kicked out at two. Taylor hit an Ace Crusher, but Bandido kicked out at two again.

Taylor made a mistake and Bandido hit a twisting crossbody, followed it up with a huge knee from a fireman’s carry, and then hit the 21 Plex to keep Taylor down and pick up the huge win.

After the match, Bully Ray came in to jump Bandido, but LifeBlood had Bandido’s back. It looked like a three-on-one advantage for LifeBlood, but LifeBlood got attacked from behind by the Soldiers of Savagery. They laid waste to LifeBlood and stood tall to end the show, apparently siding with Taylor and Bully Ray.

ROH TV results: LifeBlood vs. The Kingdom

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PJ Black defeated Eli Isom

Isom put up a tough fight against the savvy veteran in the early going, landing a huge knee, but inevitably, Black’s experience edge earned him control as he caught Isom in a Boston crab.

After the break, Isom was trapped in a rocking horse style submission by Black. Isom fought out and managed to get back in the fight with an arm-trapped German suplex. A striking exchange occurred, but Isom connected with a step-up enzuigiri, which allowed him to hit a modified driver. Black then bailed to the floor and Isom followed with a suicide dive.

Isom threw Black back into the ring and went for some sort of springboard maneuver, but he slipped and nearly landed on his head. Black took control back from the rookie and hit a hurricanrana off the top rope.

Black then used a springboard 450 and went for the pin, but Isom kicked out at two. Black went up top again and landed a moonsault double stomp — and that kept Isom down for the three count.

– Rhett Titus was at the announce table flexing for Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman.

Women of Honor World Champion Kelly Klein defeated Ray Lyn

Before the match, Lyn told Klein that she doesn’t like or respect her, and she will never shake her hand.

Klein disrespected Lyn right back in the early going, but Lyn grabbed a handful of hair to get the advantage. She put the boots to Klein, beat her up, and went up top. Lyn came off with a crossbody but was caught by Klein, who threw Lyn with a fallaway slam.

Klein fired up and nailed some hard strikes, finishing with a big boot. Klein then hit K-Power for the win.

After the match, Klein picked up Lyn and shook her hand. She declared that she was a fighting champion and that she was proud to defend the Women of Honor Championship. She then talked trash on Allure. She said Women of Honor is about wrestling.

This brought out Allure’s Mandy Leon and Velvet Sky. Meanwhile, Angelina Love slid in behind Klein and nailed her with the running boot. Jenny Rose came in to make the save, but she got laid out as well. Allure used lipstick to tag an “A” on the forehead of Rose.

– Dalton Castle came to the ring and called out The Boys, saying that he owed them an explanation for his attack on them. The Boys hesitantly came to the ring. Castle said that what happened at Madison Square Garden was a mistake. He said he was frustrated and took his frustrations out on them. Castle said he wanted to move past this mistake and go forward.

The Boys hugged Castle, and Castle said that the three of them are stronger than ever. He then declared that he would never put his hands on his Boys again. Castle paused and then added that these are no Boys of his. Castle attacked The Boys and left them laying. He took their masks off as well.

LifeBlood (Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams) defeated The Kingdom (TK O’Ryan & Vinny Marseglia)

The Kingdom jumped LifeBlood at the bell, but bailed almost immediately.

Once the referee had control, it was Marseglia who took over on Haskins. Marseglia tagged in O’Ryan, and he began chopping away. Williams was able to make a sneaky blind tag to get LifeBlood back in the fight. Williams blocked the interference from Marseglia. LifeBlood trapped the feet of O’Ryan and Marseglia and then used a double Camel Clutch on the Kingdom.

After the break, The Kingdom had isolated Williams and were targeting his already injured shoulder. The Kingdom cut the ring off from Williams and stopped him from being able to reach Haskins. O’Ryan cranked a shoulder lock on Williams and followed it up with a double underhook suplex.

O’Ryan tagged in Marseglia, who walloped Williams in the corner. However, Williams landed on his feet off of a back suplex attempt and nailed Marseglia with a leg drop. That allowed him to get to Haskins for the tag. Haskins came in and ran wild until hooking an arm lock on O’Ryan. Marseglia pulled O’Ryan’s foot on the ropes to cause the break.

LifeBlood continued to attack O’Ryan. Williams went up top, but Marseglia distracted him. It didn’t matter though as Williams managed to drop O’Ryan with a DDT on the top turnbuckle.

Marseglia came in for the save. The Kingdom went for the House of 1000 Horses, but O’Ryan took too long and Williams escaped. Williams hoisted up O’Ryan and dropped him on his knee. Haskins came in and put O’Ryan into a Sharpshooter submission. O’Ryan had nowhere to go and had to tap.

Williams grabbed the microphone after their win and said that Ring of Honor was all about taking care of business. He called out Bully Ray and called him a company cancer. He invited Bully Ray to the ring. Bully Ray came out onto the ramp, said “go to hell,” and walked away.

ROH TV results: Tag team main event, Matt Taven appears

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A recap of Matt Taven winning the ROH World Championship at Madison Square Garden opened the show.

Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman called the action from ringside in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Matt Taven came to the ring alone. The crowd littered the ring with streamers. Taven said, “I earned this…and I deserve this.” He ran down his own accolades. The crowd was actually supporting him respectfully.

As Taven was ranting about someone needing to earn an opportunity, the lights went out and Flip Gordon’s music hit. Gordon walked out on the ramp wearing a suit and said that he already earned his shot by winning the Sea of Honor tournament last year.

Gordon said that his knee is 100 percent and that ROH officials have declared him the number one contender. Gordon said he’s ready to challenge Taven.

A recap of the Jonathan Gresham and Silas Young feud aired.

Silas Young defeated Jonathan Gresham

An intense Code of Honor handshake started it off as Gresham was not going to be intimidated by the larger Young. A double hip toss sent both men to the floor. Outside of the ring, they exchanged some chain wrestling, which included a series of headlock takeovers.

Back in the ring, Young grounded Gresham as he showboated. Gresham finally fought free and landed a monster chop that got Young’s attention. This started a chop exchange that Gresham got the better of by using a closed fist. Young had gotten to him.

Next, Young used some nice chain wrestling to get the upper hand. Each man threatened a closed fist. Gresham attempted to counter out, but Young kept reversing into a wristlock. Gresham eventually got out of the hold with a dropkick that sent Young flying.

Young bailed to the floor and grabbed both a chair and the ring bell hammer. As referee Todd Sinclair took away the chair, Young blasted Gresham with the hammer. He then hooked on an abdominal stretch on Gresham. The referee had no choice but to stop the match as Gresham was out.  

A replay of the finish of Kelly Klein defeating Mayu Iwatani at Madison Square Garden aired. This was to set up the angle that happened after that match with the Allure group debuting, featuring Mandy Leon, Angelina Love, and Velvet Sky.

Klein cut a promo saying that the Women of Honor World Championship was about wrestling, and that she’s going to give Allure the attention they desire. Klein said she’s there to clean up the hot mess they created.

ROH replayed the entire Rush vs. Dalton Castle match from Madison Square Garden, which Rush won in 16 seconds. This set up the heel turn by Castle as he destroyed the Boys post-match.

Riccaboni and Coleman talked about the disgusting actions of Bully Ray laying out Tenille Dashwood. This led to a promo by Mark Haskins and Tracy Williams. They said they are going to handle Bully Ray, but before they do, they’re going to take out The Kingdom.

The Briscoes defeated Soberano Jr. & Caristico

Mark Briscoe started it off with Soberano. Some kicks by Soberano set up a springboard hurricanrana onto Mark, who then tagged in Jay Briscoe. Caristico got Jay’s attention by hitting a back handspring flip and a hurricanrana of his own. Caristico used a springboard flipping arm drag to send Jay to the floor, where The Briscoes then regrouped.

After the break, Jay was beating up Caristico in the ring. He tagged in his brother Mark, who unloaded with punches. The Briscoes cut the ring in half, isolating Caristico in the corner. Finally, a double back handspring caught both Briscoes and gave Caristico the space he needed to tag in Soberano.

The two luchadores used some tandem flying maneuvers to send the Briscoes to the floor. Soberano did a running backflip dive on the brothers and Caristico followed that up with a high crossbody off the top turnbuckle.

Caristico was in the ring with Mark, who got hit with a kick and a flying crossbody — but Caristico only got a two count. Soberano hit a Doomsday-style crossbody off of Caristico’s shoulders, but Jay broke up the pin.

Jay landed a Spicolli driver for a two count. The Briscoes hit Redneck Boogey, but Soberano kicked out at two. Jay then hit a Jay Driller and Mark followed that up with the Froggy Bow to get the win.

ROH TV results: Bandido vs. PJ Black, Dashwood gets attacked

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Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman, and Nick Aldis called the action this week.

Kenny King defeated Tracy Williams

Williams was still sporting a shoulder brace as he began the match with some nice counters and a takedown of King. Williams, the technician, gained the advantage early by attacking the knee of King.

Williams went for a show of sportsmanship handshake mid-match, which allowed King to cheap shot him with a punch. Williams then went to work on the arm of King. He went up top after a couple of throws, but King cut him off and sent Williams to the outside. However, Williams wiped out King with a trip on the apron. King came back with some fancy footwork and a flip dive to put down Williams.

Next, King rained down some hard shots on Williams and used a backbreaker to set up a submission hold. Williams fought to his feet, but King used a spinebuster to remain in control.

Both ended up perched on the top turnbuckle. Williams shoved King off and landed a dropkick. He followed that up with a couple of knees, but King nailed a jumping enzuigiri. Nonetheless, Williams managed to hook on a front face lock while standing on the second rope and planted King with a DDT onto the top turnbuckle. He then hit a Spicolli driver but only got a two count.

After the commercial, King had Williams in a submission hold, but Williams fought out. King swept the leg and nailed a kick to the back of the head of Williams. King went for a cover and used the ropes for leverage, but Williams kicked out at two.

Williams went up top and hit a crossbody, but King rolled through and hoisted him up for the Royal Flush, which he hit, to earn the win. 

The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser & Brawler Milonas) defeated Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe & Luster the Legend)

Milonas battled both Reno Scum members early before handing things over to Bruiser, who came in and landed a big crossbody on Luster. 

Reno Scum cut off Bruiser and kept him in the corner. It took both Scum members to suplex Bruiser. Luster put on a bear hug.

Bruiser evaded a Scum collision in the corner, and that allowed him to make the tag. Milonas came in and cleared house before tagging Bruiser back in to set up for the Closing Time leg drop off the second rope onto Thornstowe. Bruiser picked up the pin for his team.

Bandido defeated PJ Black

A fast-paced exchange of holds led to a standoff. Both wrestlers used some innovative offense out of a headstand to counter each other.

Bandido earned the early advantage. He loaded up for a dive, but Black countered into a crazy slam. That sent Bandido to the outside as Black took to the skies to nail a twisting dive.

Black got greedy and took the bait from Bandido and ran into a kick. Bandido suplexed Black on the outside of the ring and then went up to the top turnbuckle and came off with an incredible moonsault. However, Bandido then got greedy himself and went for a running flip dive. Black dodged and Bandido slammed into the guardrail.

Back in the ring, Bandido went for a jumping hurricanrana off the top rope, but Black countered and hit the Styles Clash. Black then nailed a pop-up cutter called the Wellness Policy but was only able to get a two count.

Bandido rolled through, trapped the arm of Black, and dropped him on his head with a cradle brainbuster. That led to the final commercial break.

Upon return, Black had control of Bandido on the top turnbuckle, launched him with a super hurricanrana, and followed that up with a moonsault. But it wasn’t enough to keep Bandido down. Black hit a running forearm and went for a second, but Bandido caught him with a Spanish Fly.

Black hit a running double stomp, but Bandido kicked out at two. Black put Bandido up top, but Bandido used that to his advantage and hit a top rope Spanish Fly. This time, Black kicked out at two. Bandido attempted a moonsault, but Black got his feet up. Black went for a moonsault, landed on his feet, and ran into an X knee, which set up the 21-Plex. Bandido hurled Black into the pinning bridging suplex and got the win.

The show ended with Bully Ray standing over an unconscious Tenille Dashwood, who had just been put through a table. Ray asked if we knew who he was and indicated that he was Dashwood’s attacker from September. Bully said he’d tell LifeBlood that Dashwood said goodbye. 

ROH TV results: Crockett Cup qualifying match

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The Briscoes started off the episode with a promo about Jeff Cobb & Willie Mack. They’re facing off in a Crockett Cup qualifying match in this week’s main event.

Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman called the action on this week’s episode.

Shane Taylor defeated Luchasaurus

A pie-face contest started it off. Luchasaurus then used a vast display of kicks to knock Taylor off balance, but Taylor caught the monster with a draping cutter. That sent the show to its first commercial break.

After the commercial, Taylor was in control of the dinosaur-man until Luchasaurus used a snakebite and Shining Lizard to get the edge. Taylor fought back to his feet and a striking exchange ensued. Taylor ended that exchange with a big clothesline that earned him a two count.

Taylor wasted time jawing with his downed foe, who then managed to sit up and grab Taylor for a chokeslam. Luchasaurus followed that up with a standing moonsault, but Taylor got his knees up. Taylor used a side slam and a big knee to set him up for the Greetings from the 216. It connected and got Taylor the victory.

Silas Young was backstage talking trash about Jonathan Gresham until Gresham walked up. There was about to be a scuffle until security broke them up.

Tenille Dashwood joined Riccaboni and Coleman at the announce table for the next match.

Sumie Sakai & Mayu Iwatani defeated Mazzerati & Katie Forbes

Iwatani and Sakai went for the Code of Honor handshake before the match, but Mazzerati and Forbes weren’t having any of that. Mazzerati instead slapped Iwatani in the face. That only served to fire up Iwatani, who tossed Mazzerati around by the hair. Each woman then tagged in their partner.

Upon locking up, Forbes launched Sakai, but Sakai fought back until Forbes used a stink face to Sakai in the corner.

After the break, Mazzerati and Sakai were in the ring. Mazzerati missed a leg drop and Sakai went for the tag, but Forbes pulled Iwatani off the apron. Mazzerati used a DDT and went for a cover, but Iwatani broke it up at two.

Mazzerati missed a kick and Sakai hit a swinging neckbreaker. She then managed to get the tag to Iwatani, who came in and used a double flipping arm drag on her opponents and followed that up with a running dropkick on each.

Sakai and Iwatani ran into each other, and that allowed Forbes to pick up both on her shoulders. She delivered a double Samoan drop. There was a bit of miscommunication on the part of Mazzerati and Forbes as all four women were in the ring. Iwatani then superkicked Mazzerati right into Sakai’s Smash Mouth finisher to pick up the pinfall victory.

PJ Black talked about his loss to Bandido and how he’s since changed his mindset. Those two will have another singles match next week.

Nick Aldis joined Riccaboni and Coleman to call the main event.

The Briscoes defeated NWA National Champion Willie Mack & ROH TV Champion Jeff Cobb in a Crockett Cup qualifying match

At the start, Cobb held Mark Briscoe up for a delayed vertical suplex. The Briscoes seemed rattled by that. Mark tagged in Jay Briscoe, who went for a waistlock on Cobb. Jay used some nice ground work to put down Cobb, but Cobb just used his strength to stand back up. Cobb went for a test of strength, but Jay booted him in the gut and tagged in Mark.

After a break, Cobb was in trouble as the Briscoes went to work with a double shoulder tackle. The Briscoes illustrated why they are 10-time ROH Tag Team Champions with some impressive double-team moves. Mark landed a twisting moonsault on both of his foes on the outside. Jay put the boots to Cobb in the corner and then tagged Mark back in.

Cobb finally got the tag to Mack, who came in and cleaned house. He isolated Mark, but the numbers game caught up with him as the Briscoes used a sneak attack to get Mack to the ground. The Briscoes stomped Mack down in the corner and kept control with big punches and kicks. However, Mark got caught with a pop-up flatliner and Mack tagged in Cobb.

Cobb came in and overhead belly-to-belly suplexed each Briscoe in opposite corners. Cobb picked up both Briscoes and launched them overhead. He followed that up with a standing moonsault but only got a two count.

Mark tagged Jay. Jay leveled Cobb with a lariat. Cobb finally got to his feet and tagged in Mack, who also used a standing moonsault. Mack went after Jay on the outside, but Mark cut him off with a dropkick. The Briscoes used a blockbuster on the floor to take out Cobb.

Mack and Jay were the legal men in the ring. Jay caught Mack on his shoulders, allowing Mark to hit the Doomsday Device on Mack. Jay made the cover, but Cobb broke it up at two.

Jay tagged Mark in and they went for a combo move, but Cobb broke it up before it happened. Cobb went for the Tour of the Islands, but he was taken out by Jay on the outside.

Mack and Mark got into a heavy chop exchange. Mack caught him with a big boot, but Jay slid in and landed a hurricanrana before Mack could follow up. Jay then hit the Jay Driller on Mack and Mark hit the Froggy Elbow for the win.

ROH TV results: Jonathan Gresham vs. Silas Young

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Nick Aldis joined Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman at the announce booth.

Dalton Castle & The Boys defeated Karl Fredericks, Clark Connors & Alex Coughlin

Connors started it off with some amateur wrestling against Castle. Connors survived and tagged in Coughlin. Both Boys tagged in and Boy 1 landed a nice dropkick to Coughlin.

After the break, it was a melee until Boy 2 tagged in Castle. He dispensed the trio with slams and throws. Castle used an overhead throw on Fredericks, then tossed the Boys at each man repeatedly.

Castle eventually isolated Connors, but a double flapjack put Castle down. This allowed the trio to take advantage of the numbers game as Fredericks put Boy 1 into a Boston crab until Castle made the save. Fredericks and Castle traded chops, but Connors dumped Castle to the outside.

The Boys used the switcheroo as Castle had the referee’s back turned. Fredericks wasn’t aware of the switch and Boy 2 rolled him up with a cradle for the win.

A recap of Bandido defeating PJ Black from Honor Reigns Supreme aired, along with a video of Black discussing his time in wrestling and his change of attitude recently since the loss to Bandido. Black called it an “eye-opener.”

The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser & Brian Milonas) defeated The Voros Twins (Chris & Patrick)

Beer City Bruiser started it off with Chris Voros. Patrick Voros interfered on the outside, allowing Chris to chop block Bruiser. The brothers kept Bruiser contained with chops until Bruiser escaped and managed to tag in Milonas, who made quick work of the twins.

Milonas put each brother down with slams and then tagged Bruiser back in. Bruiser set up Patrick for the Last Call leg drop, which got Bruiser the pinfall victory.

A video package aired showing The Kingdom laying waste to Jonathan Gresham. While Gresham was being carried to the back afterward, Silas Young confronted Gresham and got in his face. He booted him and ashed a cigarette on Gresham’s back for good measure.

Silas Young defeated Johnathan Gresham

Young used some shortcuts to get the advantage on Gresham, but Gresham made referee Todd Sinclair aware of the situation. Gresham called for a test of strength with the much larger Young. Eventually, a series of reversals led to Young hip tossing Gresham over the top rope.

A big chop exchange took place on the floor. Riccaboni explained that because Young is taller, his chops hurt more because they are coming from a downward angle — also, he’s much stronger than Gresham. Multiple waist lock reversals led to Young hitting a big knee, but Gresham threw Young outside to the floor and followed that up with a big dive onto Young.

Back in the ring, Gresham went for a splash but Young moved. Young stomped Gresham in the corner and snapped him over with a suplex. He put Gresham down again with a hard whip into the turnbuckle.

Young taunted Gresham more and beat him down with strikes. Young squished him in the corner, but got greedy and went for it again. This allowed Gresham to evade and land a running double stomp to Young.

Gresham scored a two count with a roll-up, but Young escaped and caught Gresham with a roll-up of his own. Young turned Gresham inside out with a huge clothesline. That took everything out of both men. Young managed to get a hold of Gresham and used the Anarchist suplex to get a two count.

Gresham fired up and went after the knee of Young with strikes, but Young kept up the pressure. Gresham wouldn’t give up and kept getting up. Young obliged with more striking. Each wrestler connected with hard forearms.

Young would knock him down and Gresham would get up until Gresham hit a step-up enzuigiri, then followed it up with a German suplex. Gresham nailed him with three knockout blow forearms and another German, but Young kicked out. 

The frustration showed on Gresham’s face. He called for the Octopus stretch but Young countered. This separation allowed Gresham to hit a running second rope springboard moonsault, which sent Young to the floor. Gresham then hit a running flip dive onto Young on the outside.

Gresham went to the top turnbuckle with Young laying prone and nailed a beautiful Shooting Star Press, but Young kicked out again! Gresham secured an ankle and it looked like Young, who had been busted open, was going to tap, but Young rolled through and Gresham was launched into the referee. With the referee not looking, Young hit a low blow and rolled up Gresham for the win.

ROH TV results: Villain Enterprises win Six-Man Tag Team titles

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A recap aired highlighting the feud between The Kingdom and Villain Enterprises.

Dalton Castle joined Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman on commentary for the first match to scout his upcoming opponent, Rush.

Rush defeated Mark Haskins

Some fast switches led to a standoff. Rush bated Haskins to chop him repeatedly. Rush followed up with a monster chop and the brawl spilled to the floor.

Back in the ring, Rush hit Haskins with kicks to the chest. Haskins fired back with kicks of his own and finally knocked Rush down with a leg lariat. He followed that up with a suicide dive to the floor. He tossed Rush back in and went for a pumphandle driver, but it didn’t land flush. That allowed Rush to connect with a big German suplex.  

Rush faked his running stomp in the corner — which was a mistake as his arrogance allowed Haskins to lock on a triangle submission attempt. Rush powerbombed him to escape. Haskins got to his feet and landed a roll-through slam. Haskins hit a tornado DDT, but each man got to their feet and hit a simultaneous big boot to put each other down.

Each wrestler looked worse for wear, but Haskins ran at Rush. He launched Haskins into the corner and followed that up with his running double stomp to pick up the win.

In the ring, Matt Taven and Marty Scurll argued over who should get the World title shot at G1 Supercard. Jay Lethal offered a triple threat — but each man said no, citing that they didn’t want to be in a match where the other man could lose it for them.

Lethal then offered a triple threat ladder match and they all agreed.

Jeff Cobb offered to put his ROH Television title on the line if Will Ospreay would put up his NEVER Openweight Championship in their match at Madison Square Garden.

A recap showing Mayu Iwatani defeating Kelly Klein played. Klein then spoke about how the loss made her question who she really is. Klein said that she needs to change her approach to Iwatani. Klein and Iwatani are tied at two wins each going into the MSG show.

Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO & Brody King) defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan) to retain their titles

A brawl ensued, but Brody King broke it up with a huge flip dive to give the Villains the advantage. In the ring, Scurll was about to attack the fingers of Taven, but The Kingdom broke it up.

The Kingdom cut off Scurll and went to work. Marseglia started it off with a double underhook backbreaker. Next, Taven came in with some big punches. Finally, Scurll landed an enzuigiri, allowing him to tag in PCO.

PCO came in and cleared house. He landed a pop-up powerbomb on O’Ryan and a package piledriver on Taven. Marseglia hit a tornado cutter but missed with a flipping senton. The Kingdom were forced to retreat to the floor.

Scurll launched PCO over the top rope onto Taven and Marseglia. Chaos reigned on the floor. Eventually, The Kingdom got back in control by swarming King. They used the Rock Star Supernova slam on King, but he wasn’t the legal man. All three members of The Kingdom did dives on PCO, but they didn’t stop him. PCO then hit a flip dive on Taven. That sent us to the final commercial break.

Marseglia powerbombed PCO off the apron onto the steel ramp. That finally neutralized the big man. This left Scurll alone in the ring with O’Ryan, and Scurll managed to catch him in the chicken wing to get the submission win. Villain Enterprises are the new ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions.