A Josh Woods vs. Silas Young singles match has been added to the lineup for the Thursday, August 17 Ring of Honor TV.
After being aligned with “Smart” MAark Sterling and The Varsity Athletes, Woods seemingly broke away from the group, but not Sterling on this week’s episode.
Woods declared his intention to break away from The Varsity Athletes on last week’s show, and Sterling agreed that it was time for a change for Woods in a backstage segment this week. He then told Woods that he had set up a match for him with Silas Young on next week’s show.
Woods vs. Young joins a lineup for August 17 that also includes a tag team bout with ROH World Television Champion Samoa Joe teaming with board of directors member Stokely Hathaway against The Boys.
Joe’s next title contender was also decided on this week’s Ring of Honor TV, as Shane Taylor won a title eliminator tournament.
The announced lineup for the August 17 Ring of Honor TV:
Last week on Dynamite, Jay White told Page he will not be giving him an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match. During an appearance on Busted Open Radio on Wednesday, Tony Khan stated that White’s opponent at the Forbidden Door will be revealed on Dynamite.
This week’s edition of AEW Dynamite will take place from the UWM Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The lineup for the show is as follows:
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jon Moxley vs. Lance Archer & Chris Jericho
Will Ospreay & Aussie Open vs. Orange Cassidy & Roppongi Vice
Bryan Danielson to speak on Forbidden Door, Blood and Guts events
AEW All-Atlantic Championship qualifying match: Penta Oscuro vs. Malakai Black
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.
A Last Man Standing match between former tag team partners is set for ROH’s Best in the World pay-per-view.
On this week’s edition of ROH Week By Week, it was announced that Josh Woods will face Silas Young in a Last Man Standing match at Best in the World. The PPV is taking place at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on Sunday, July 11.
Woods defeated Young in a Pure Rules match on the latest episode of ROH TV. Young then interrupted a post-show interview with Woods. Woods wanted to get back on the same page with Young and asked if they were good. Young faked like things were fine between them, but he then low blowed Woods and challenged him to the Last Man Standing match at Best in the World.
Young turned against Woods at ROH’s 19th Anniversary PPV this March. They’re 1-1 in matches against each other since then. Young’s win against his former protege came when he used the ropes for leverage while pinning Woods during a match on ROH TV last month.
Best in the World will be the first ROH show with fans in attendance since February 2020. Brody King vs. Jay Lethal has also been announced for the PPV.
Quick note: Best wishes go out to Tracy Williams after his accident last week. Here’s to a speedy recovery for Hot Sauce.
The Big Takeaway —
As the build toward the return of fans at the Best in the World PPV continued, ROH delivered two fantastic matches that furthered two heated rivalries.
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The episode opened with a video package recapping some of the best moments in Survival of the Fittest history. Quinn McKay then welcomed us to the show and ran down the tournament as a whole. Survival of the Fittest features 12 wrestlers competing in a round of singles matches. The six winners to emerge from these matches will go on to a six-man elimination bout with a future shot at the ROH World Championship on the line.
ROH is really making this tournament feel like a big deal. Although some of the competitors are questionable choices, I’m extremely excited.
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Survival of the Fittest first round match: Demonic Flamita defeated Rey Horus (11:02)
With the name change, Flamita also had a new titantron and new gear. He also had dark eyeliner on.
Flamita seemed to be cordial with Horus early on despite their recent tension, but that ended quickly. Horus matched Flamita’s intensity early on, and he hit a beautiful tornado bodyscissors. Flamita responded with a spear to the arena floor.
Flamita kept Horus grounded on the outside for as long as possible until Horus was able to slide back in the ring and hit a wonderful looking dive over the ropes. Flamita stayed outside the ring until a 15 count where he stuck half of his body in the ring to break the count. Horus followed Flamita to the outside and hit a brutal looking Spanish fly on the floor. This led into a commercial break.
Returning from the break, Horus tried to hit a Canadian Destroyer, but it rolled through into a pin attempt. Flamita was able to remain in control after this, hitting a stunning slingshot DDT. Flamita kept in control until Horus made an attempt to get back in a groove, but it didn’t pan out. Flamita ended up hitting a great musclebuster/gutbuster combo for the win.
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A video package promoting Sledge vs. Brian Johnson for the Survival of the Fittest tournament aired. It was also announced that some SOTF matches will take place on ROH’s YouTube show Week By Week. Personally, I’m not a fan of some of these matches airing on YouTube instead of TV.
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Pure Rules match: Josh Woods defeated Silas Young (21:29)
They began trading various submissions and holds back and forth to start off, but neither man really gained any advantage. Around six minutes in, Young struck Woods with a closed fist. Referee Joe Mandak didn’t see it, therefore Young wasn’t caught.
A few moments later, Young used another closed fist while the referee was bending down. Out of anger, Woods struck Young with a closed fist that sent Young tumbling outside the ring. Woods was issued a warning. Woods then took the fight back to the mat, cinching in multiple holds targeting the feet and arms. This led into a commercial break.
Returning from the break, Young had Woods backed into the corner, delivering constant chops and forearms. Young positioned Woods on the top rope for a superplex, but Woods was able to turn it into a swinging neckbreaker. Woods tried to capitalize quickly by applying a rear naked choke, but Young turned it into a pin for a two count.
In the final sequences of the match, Young used both of his remaining rope breaks. Woods would eventually hit a running swinging neckbreaker into the turnbuckle, but Young responded by attempting his Plunge. Nobody was home, allowing Woods to lock in his signature Beast Lock. After some hesitation, Young tapped.
Next Week —
ROH Tag Team Champions Tracy Williams & Rhett Titus defend against Dragon Lee & Kenny King
Survival of the Fittest first round match: Eli Isom vs. Dak Draper
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Final Thoughts —
We were treated with another great episode of ROH TV this week. Flamita vs. Rey Horus was great. I preferred Flamita’s match against Bandido personally, but this match was still good. Flamita’s new presentation is quite demonic, no pun intended. I like it so far — we’ll see where it goes. Horus also had really cool angel-themed gear. I would have been fine with either guy winning, but it does seem like the company is bigger on Flamita right now.
Josh Woods vs. Silas Young was a fantastic Pure Rules match. It was the longest match on ROH TV since the Pure Rules gauntlet match back in March. It’s also the longest singles match on ROH TV since November 2018. Woods going over was the right decision, and I’m hoping they’re building toward Woods facing ROH Pure Champion Jonathan Gresham at next month’s Best in the World PPV.
I’m gonna try out a ranking system for these shows,. It will consist of five options:
The Big Takeaway: A 15 man battle royale took place with a spot in the rankings on the line. Also, Shane Taylor Promotions defended their tag team titles against up and coming trio Primal Fear. And in the main event, Josh Woods looked to settle the score with former tag team partner and mentor Silas Young
Ian Riccaboni checked in from ROH Studio again, subbing in for Quinn McKay. Riccaboni ran down the card for the evening, including a “Rankings Battle Royale”. It was noted that any ROH wrestlers who are not currently ranked in any division may participate in this battle royale. The last two men remaining will face off in a future singles match. The winner of that match is guaranteed to be ranked in either the Pure Championship division or the Television Championship division, whichever they may choose.
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LSG and Joe Keys were the last two men remaining in the Rankings Battle Royale
This seems like a harmless idea to propel someone to a future championship match. I like the idea.
Notable people in this battle royale included Danhausen, Mike Bennett, PCO, Mark Briscoe, LSG, World Famous CB, and O’Shay Edwards.
PCO and Mike Bennett were the only two competitors that got entrances. Bennett was jumped by Bateman while making his entrance. Dutch assisted Bateman shortly after and they dragged Bennett to the back. Ryan Mooney was the first one eliminated, by Mark Briscoe. PCO eliminated Eric Martin. Danhausen tried to double-chokeslam PCO and Briscoe but was thrown out quickly. The camera cut to Danhausen at ringside, who then put on a El Generico mask. Once GenericoHausen got back in the ring, he was immediately dumped out again by Briscoe.
Dante Caballero was eliminated by LSG a few moments later. Briscoe and O’Shay Edwards had a good standoff. While Briscoe was on the ropes, Joe Keys came in and eliminated him. Keys also eliminated World Famous CB prior in the match, a good showing for him. Sledge eliminated O’Shay Edwards, who he’s been feuding with on ROH Week By Week.
The final four competitors in the match were Sledge, Joe Keys, PCO, and Joe Keys. Sledge and PCO traded a few forearms and chops, which led to PCO tossing out Sledge with one hand. LSG and Keys were plotting to toss out PCO immediately after, to which they did. LSG and Joe Keys will compete on a future episode of ROH TV.
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Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Moses, and Kaun) defeated Primal Fear (Matthew Omen, Adrien Soriano, and Gabriel Hodder) to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team titles
Moses and Omen began the match. Omen was cocky after landing a leg kick but Moses bulldozed him quickly. Omen tagged out to Hodder while Moses tagged out to Kaun. Kaun bulldozed Hodder immediately which caused Hodder to tag out to Soriano. Soriano demanded that he wanted to fight Shane Taylor. Kaun tagged out to allow that.
Taylor and Soriano locked up, but Taylor pushed him to the mat. Soriano popped right back up and slapped Taylor and taunted his catchphrase. Taylor responded by clocking Soriano with a forearm, making him crumble in the corner. This sent us into a commercial break.
Back from the break and Soriano is back on his feet. Taylor folded him with a forearm again and tried to hit a cannonball in the corner, but Soriano dodged the move at the last second. Soriano made a tag to Hodder, who came in with Omen and double-teamed Taylor in the corner for a minute. Soriano eventually tagged back in and was clotheslined by Taylor.
Both Taylor and Soriano used this opportunity to get the hot tag to each respective partner: Moses and Omen. Moses took down Omen a few times before getting on the apron. Moses attempted to cannonball onto Primal Fear at ringside, but they all moved in separate directions causing Moses to hit the floor.
In the ring meanwhile, Kaun hit a brainbuster on Soriano from the top rope. Moses had recovered at ringside and dumped Omen over the barricade. Moses joined Kaun in the ring and they hit their tag finisher “Victory Lap” for the win.
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Silas Young defeated Josh Woods
Young attacked Woods before the bell. Young threw him into the barricade and then grabbed a chair. Woods sprung up quickly and kicked the chair into Young’s face.
After some more outside brawling, the match finally began on the inside. Woods had an early advantage when he rushed Young in the corner, but Young turned the momentum in his favor rather quickly. Young kept Woods grounded for a good portion of the match early, locking in various holds. Young had his foot on Woods’ throat as a commercial break ensued.
Back from the break and Woods powered Young across the ring with a hip toss. Woods wasted no time and followed it up with a beautiful butterfly suplex. Young recovered quickly and hit a final cut that took both men out of it for a good bit.
Later in the match, Woods almost hit an O’Connor roll German suplex, but Young reversed it into a pin for a two count. Young is insanely athletic for being 41 years old. Woods and Young eventually both made their way out on the apron, where they traded strikes. Woods eventually clotheslined Young back in the ring and followed it up with a modified armbar. Young rolled it over into a pinning maneuver with his feet on the ropes and scored the victory.
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Next Week:
OGK vs The Foundation (Tracy Williams and Rhett Titus) for the ROH Tag Team Championship
Fred Yehi vs Rocky Romero in a Pure Rules match
Final Thoughts: Another very eventful episode of ROH TV. I always love a good battle royale, and despite not being a giant fan of either LSG or Joe Keys, the match was entertaining enough. The Danhausen/El Generico thing might be my favorite thing in wrestling history, definitely not an overreaction.
Shane Taylor Promotions continue to be my favorite promotion in wrestling, let alone the company. Their presentation is phenomenal and they are all really great wrestlers. Silas Young and Josh Woods put on a match similar to last week’s Quinn McKay vs. Angelina Love, where they didn’t give away too much offense and had the heel win in a heel way to set up an eventual rematch, potentially in front of fans.
The full lineup of entrants for Ring of Honor’s Pure Championship tournament has now been revealed.
The final three participants for the tournament were announced on today’s episode of ROH Week By Week. They are: Fred Yehi, Delirious, and Silas Young.
Yehi, who formerly wrestled for EVOLVE, is making his ROH debut in the tournament. He was supposed to debut for ROH in the tournament when it was originally scheduled to begin in April. The tournament was delayed when ROH paused running events in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jay Lethal, Jonathan Gresham, Matt Sydal, David Finlay, Tracy Williams, Josh Woods, Wheeler Yuta, Rocky Romero, PJ Black, Tony Deppen, Kenny King, Dalton Castle, Rust Taylor, Yehi, Delirious, and Young are the full list of entrants for the tournament. ROH has noted that “”there will be alternate competitors in each of the tournament’s two blocks in case any of the participants are unable to compete.”
The full bracket for the tournament will be revealed on ROH Week By Week next Monday. It was announced today that Sydal vs. Delirious will be one of the first round matches.
The tournament will begin airing on ROH television the weekend of September 12 and will play out over eight weeks of TV. ROH returned to TV production this month with the Pure title tournament as the focus of the tapings. The tapings were done with only essential personnel in attendance.
The following rules have been announced for the tournament and Pure matches:
Every match begins and ends with the Code of Honor handshake.
Each wrestler has three rope breaks to stop submission holds and pinfalls. After a wrestler exhausts his rope breaks, submission and pin attempts on or under the ropes by his opponent are legal.
Closed-fist punches to the face are not permitted; only open-handed slaps or chops to the face are allowed. Punches to other parts of the body are permitted, excluding low blows. The first use of a closed fist will get a warning; the second will be a disqualification.
As in standard ROH matches, there will be a 20-count when a wrestler is on the floor.
Outside interference will result in automatic termination from the roster for the wrestler that interferes.
There will be two blocks, single-elimination format.
Round 1 matches have a 15-minute time limit.
Block semifinals have a 20-minute time limit.
Block finals have a 30-minute time limit.
The tournament final has a one-hour time limit.
There will be three judges for each match, and time-limit draws will go to a judges’ decision.
The Pure title was originally introduced in 2004 but was unified with the ROH World Championship in 2006
The lineup for ROH’s Summer Supercard event is now up to nine matches.
ROH has announced that PJ Black will face Silas Young at Summer Supercard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada this Friday (August 9). The show is taking place at the Mattamy Athletic Centre and will air live on HonorClub.
Young defeated Black in their match at ROH’s Mass Hysteria show last month.
The updated lineup for Summer Supercard is listed below:
ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes defending against Guerrillas of Destiny in a Ladder War
ROH World Champion Matt Taven defending against Alex Shelley
ROH Television Champion Shane Taylor defending against Tracy Williams
Rush vs. Dalton Castle in a no DQ match
Women of Honor World Champion Kelly Klein defending against Tasha Steelz
Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham vs. LifeBlood (Bandido & Mark Haskins)
Villain Enterprises (PCO & Brody King) vs. The Kingdom (Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan)
Caristico, Soberano Jr. & Stuka Jr. vs. Barbaro Cavernario, Hechicero & Templario
ROH wrote about the stipulation: “the emphasis is on technical wrestling, and any bending of the rules will not be tolerated by the referee.”
During their feud, Young has been mocking Gresham and technical wrestling. On this week’s episode of ROH TV, Young claimed that he’s turned over a new leaf, said the days of taking shortcuts are over, and called himself the best pure wrestler in the business. He then used an abdominal stretch to submit a wrestler he brought out who was named “The Squid.”
Young used a hammer in his last match against Gresham and then won with an abdominal stretch while Gresham was passed out. In their match before that, Young pinned Gresham after giving him a low blow.
The UMBC Event Center in Baltimore, Maryland is hosting Best in the World on Friday, June 28. Here’s the updated card for the show:
ROH World Champion Matt Taven defending against Jeff Cobb
ROH Television Champion Shane Taylor defending against Bandido
The Briscoes vs. Nick Aldis & Colt Cabana
Rush vs. Flip Gordon
Dragon Lee vs. Dalton Castle
Jonathan Gresham vs. Silas Young in a Pure Rules match
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.
Eight matches have now been made official for Ring of Honor’s 17th Anniversary pay-per-view.
ROH announced on Wednesday that Jonathan Gresham will face Silas Young at the PPV. This will be the second singles match they’ve had in ROH, with Young having won their first matchup in 2017.
Jeff Cobb retained his Television title against Young in a match that aired on this week’s episode of ROH television. Young challenging for the title was set up by him winning a number one contender’s mini-tournament.
Gresham vs. Matt Taven on this week’s ROH TV episode ended in a disqualification when The Kingdom attacked Gresham. Jay Lethal tried to make the save but was beaten down. LifeBlood (Juice Robinson, Tenille Dashwood, Bandido, David Finlay, and Mark Haskins) then made the save for Gresham and Lethal. The angle ended with Lethal destroying the fake World title belt that Taven has been carrying around.
Lethal will defend his ROH World Championship against Taven in the main event of the Anniversary PPV. The event is taking place at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday, March 15. There will also be a set of television tapings at the venue the next night.
Here’s the updated card for the PPV:
ROH World Champion Jay Lethal defending against Matt Taven
ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes defending against PCO & Brody King
Women of Honor World Champion Mayu Iwatani defending against Kelly Klein
ROH TV Champion Jeff Cobb defending against Shane Taylor
Rush vs. Bandido
Marty Scurll vs. Kenny King
Jonathan Gresham vs. Silas Young
Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams vs. Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan
As part of their Bound by Honor weekend in Florida, ROH held television tapings in Lakeland on Saturday night.
– Vinny Pacifico defeated Beach Body Ryan in a Future of Honor match
– ROH Television Champion Jeff Cobb defeated Silas Young to retain his title
Young got this title shot through winning a four-man tournament on ROH TV where he won matches against Eli Isom and Beer City Bruiser.
– Rush defeated Vinny Marseglia
– The Kingdom came out. Matt Taven said there’s a man who thinks he’s the ROH World Champion, but Taven is the true champion. He issued a challenge to defend his “real” title belt against anyone other than Jay Lethal.
– Jonathan Gresham defeated Matt Taven by DQ
The Kingdom caused the disqualification. Lethal came out to the ring but was beaten down. The Kingdom tried to use a table, but the LifeBlood stable made the save. Lethal destroyed Taven’s title belt.
– Mayu Iwatani defeated Holidead
Iwatani and Women of Honor World Champion Kelly Klein had a confrontation ahead of their title match at tonight’s Bound By Honor show in Miami.
– Kenny King defeated Dalton Castle
King insulted Lethal and challenged Marty Scurll to a match at ROH’s 17th Anniversary pay-per-view in Las Vegas on March 15.
– Taven called Lethal a coward and challenged him to a match, but The Kingdom attacked Lethal as he came out. Taven hit an elbow drop on Lethal through a table.
– ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes & Silas Young defeated Cheeseburger, Eli Isom & Ryan Nova
– The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser & Brian Milonas) defeated Joe Keys & Brian Johnson
– Madison Rayne defeated Thunder Rosa
– Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Rocky Romero
– Women of Honor World Champion Kelly Klein defeated Stella Grey to retain her title
Klein is involved in a storyline where she’s vowed to defend her title in all of her singles matches.
– NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis wanted Marty Scurll to be his partner in April’s Crockett Cup tournament, but Scurll instead challenged him to an NWA title match. Aldis accepted the challenge.
– Bandido, Juice Robinson & Tracy Williams defeated Dalton Castle & The Boys
– NWA National Champion Willie Mack defeated Rhett Titus to retain his title
– ROH World Champion Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham defeated Coast 2 Coast (LSG & Shaheem Ali)
This was originally advertised as The Kingdom defending their Six-Man Tag Team titles against Villain Enterprises, but Brody King couldn’t be at the show due to the birth of his child.
Scurll closed the night by cutting a promo where he put over PCO.
Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman called the action from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Eli Isom defeated Shane Taylor, Chris Sabin, and Flip Gordon in a four-way match
This match was one fall, not elimination. Gordon and Sabin started it off. They went right to a forearm exchange and double clothesline. Both tagged out. Taylor went right to work destroying Isom. Sabin and Gordon worked together briefly to take out Taylor. Gordon hit a big dive on all three men. Taylor recovered and did a wrecking ball dive of his own on everyone, which led to commercial.
Taylor was firmly in control after the break until Gordon landed a huge dropkick and running flip kick. A springboard spear earned Gordon a two count. He went up top, but Taylor caught him and landed a clothesline that turned Gordon inside out.
Sabin tagged in and hit a tornado DDT on the big man for a near fall, but Taylor hit an STO out of the corner and followed up with a knee. Isom tagged himself in to have a go at the monster. Isom managed to lift Taylor up and hit a Samoan drop. Next, Sabin came in and landed a DDT/flatliner combo on Isom and Gordon, but then Isom got to his feet and hit a dive on Sabin and took him out.
Back in the ring, Gordon looked for the Star Spangled Stunner but ate a huge knee. That allowed Isom to roll up Taylor for the pin and the upset win!
The celebration ended soon as Taylor got up and gave Isom and Sabin the sit-down piledriver. He went for it on Gordon, but Gordon countered and landed a superkick.
An Aaron Solow highlight package aired to show how he earned his TV title shot tonight.
Marty Scurll called out Hurricane Helms in a promo.
ROH Television Champion Punishment Martinez defeated Aaron Solow to retain his title
Solow’s offense did him no good as Martinez brushed it off. Solow landed a few counters and kicks, but Martinez simply stomped him to the mat — and smashed him into the barricade.
After the break, Solow landed a superkick and sent Martinez outside of the ring. Solow hit a big flip dive and then went to the top turnbuckle. Martinez caught him with a chokeslam, but Solow rolled through and landed a belly-to-belly on the big man — only earning a two count.
It didn’t last long for Solow. A Psycho driver, Silencer stomp, and a huge chokeslam ended Solow’s night as Martinez retained.
A highlight package for Coast 2 Coast played. They’ll be back next week.
Backstage, Bully Ray and Silas Young discussed the six-man main event. Ray was not happy about Young deciding to team with “these two schmucks,” referring to The Bouncers.
ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks & Cody defeated Silas Young & The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser & Brian Milonas) to retain their titles
The Bucks’ early attempts on offense didn’t go well as the enormous Milonas and Beer City Bruiser shrugged off their attacks. It took all three men dropkicking Milonas to get him out of the ring. The Bucks and Cody took over on Young and cleared the ring. The big men took a minute to regroup.
The plan must have worked as Beer City Bruiser caught Nick Jackson, slammed him, and then bit him in the head. Jackson fought out and tagged in Cody — who was actually able to slam Bruiser. A Last Call attempt by Bruiser went awry, and he ended up crashing onto Burnard the Business Bear. That led us to the commercial.
After the break, Young was in with Cody — who landed a powerslam on Young. Both men tagged out. Young tagged Bruiser, and Cody tagged in Nick. Nick ran wild, hitting a bulldog and clothesline combo that left him alone with Milonas. Young, Bruiser, and Milonas were hit with superkicks, leading to a splash/standing moonsault by the Bucks on Bruiser. That earned a two count.
A huge melee ensued, and all six wrestlers gathered near the entrance ramp. That allowed Bruiser to go to the top rope and smush everyone with a crossbody. Back inside, Milonas hit a massive leg drop on Cody, but the Bucks broke up the pin.
Young had a chance to get back in and help Milonas, but Young bailed. The Bucks connected with superkicks and Cody hit the Cross Rhodes for the win.
Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman called the action on this week’s episode, which was the go-home show for Friday’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view.
Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) defeated The Boys
The Boys each used lungblowers on Barreta for a near fall. Barreta and Taylor each went for package piledrivers. The Boys countered into pins, which didn’t get it done and allowed for Barreta to hit the Dudebuster as Taylor nailed the Awful Waffle for the win.
A video package of the feud between The Briscoes and SoCal Uncensored aired. The Briscoes are set to defend their ROH Tag Team titles against Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian at Death Before Dishonor.
Kenny King defeated Hangman Page
King came to the ring wearing a sun hat, sunglasses, and with a huge blow-up inner tube that resembled a sprinkles donut and another huge blow-up raft shaped like a bottle of champagne. No explanation was given.
The two exchanged grappling maneuvers until a clean break. King took over with a high dropkick and then posed for a selfie with a fan. That lapse allowed Page to hit a Shooting Star Press off the apron, then he also posed for a selfie with the same fan. Page brought the bottle of champagne into the ring and suplexed King onto the raft for a hilariously large pop, which led to commercial.
After the break, King connected with a nice knee and wheel kick combination that set up a spinebuster. A string of reversals led to Page landing on his feet after a German suplex and landing one of his own. Page connected with the Buckshot Lariat but only got a two count.
Page was set up to hit the Rite of Passage, but King countered and used the ropes to get extra leverage on the pin. The referee saw it and didn’t count the fall. That led to a series of rolling pins that ended with King grabbing the tights and getting the three count. That makes two matches in a row that King has cheated to get wins over the Bullet Club.
Dante Caballero vs. Brian Johnson ended in a no contest
These two young guns started off quickly, but that didn’t matter as Jeff Cobb came out and mauled them with throws and slams. Cobb took the microphone and said that the Top Prospect Tournament was over because he was the top prospect. No debate.
A recap aired of Sumie Sakai calling out Tenille Dashwood. That match for the Women of Honor World Championship will happen at Friday’s PPV.
Silas Young & Bully Ray defeated Jonathan Gresham & Jay Lethal
Ray and Young were seemingly not thrilled to be teaming together as Ray tagged in Young and turned his back on him. Young mocked Gresham, but Gresham landed a hurricanrana and then slapped Ray in the face — forcing Young to tag him in. Ray then appeared to walk out of the match but instead threw a tantrum at ringside before entering the ring.
Ray launched Gresham with a backdrop and then pie-faced Lethal — causing Gresham to make the tag. Ray and Lethal had a quick exchange and both missed dropkicks. That led to the commercial.
After the break, Ray was chopping Lethal. Lethal fired back with slaps and chops of his own but then ran into a huge shoulder tackle. Lethal nailed an enzuigiri, tagged in Gresham. and both did suicide dives in tandem. Gresham got the Octopus lock on Ray, but it wasn’t for long. Ray dished out some monster chops to Gresham, who just kept getting back up.
Ray missed a back senton, allowing Lethal and Young to tag in. A Lethal Combination on Young brought in Ray. Lethal couldn’t suplex Ray over on his own — so Gresham came in for the assist. Gresham and Lethal did the “wazzup” headbutt to the groin.
Lethal took over on Young and landed the Macho Elbow and Gresham landed a Shooting Star Press, but Ray broke up the pin. Ray tossed out Lethal and Young hit Misery on Gresham for the win.
Bully Ray walked out on Young during a tag match against Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor at ROH’s television tapings in July. In a post-show angle, Bully Ray said he did it to motivate Young and bring out the old version of him. Bully & Young then faced Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham at last month’s tapings.
The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada will host Death Before Dishonor on September 28 and a set of TV tapings on September 29. Here’s the updated card for the PPV:
ROH World Champion Jay Lethal defending against Will Ospreay
Bullet Club (Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks, Marty Scurll & Hangman Page) vs. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Rocky Romero, Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor)
Women of Honor Champion Sumie Sakai defending against Tenille Dashwood
ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes defending against Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian
ROH Television Champion Punishment Martinez defending against Chris Sabin
Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Kenny King
Flip Gordon & Colt Cabana vs. Bully Ray & Silas Young in a tables match
