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ROH TV results: Best Friends vs. Bully Ray & Young, WOH title match

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Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana, and Mandy Leon called the action for the first match.

Women of Honor Champion Sumie Sakai defeated Madison Rayne to retain her title

They exchanged a rolling pin sequence to start it off. Sakai landed seven chops and followed that with some stiff forearms.

After the break, Sakai hit a missile dropkick off the top but missed a moonsault, which allowed Rayne to land a tornado DDT. Sakai kicked out at two and landed a fisherman’s suplex, but Rayne kicked out.

Rayne hit a cutter out of nowhere and almost got the win, but it was not enough to keep Sakai down. Rayne then ran into Sakai’s Smash Mouth finisher and Sakai retained with the win.

A video recap of the feud between Josh Woods and Shane Taylor aired.

Shane Taylor defeated Josh Woods

Woods started it off with a running knee. He declared that Taylor had a loaded glove, as Taylor was suspiciously wearing MMA gloves on this evening. Woods used some jiu-jitsu to attack the ankle of Taylor. A huge forearm sent Woods to the floor and the brawl continued outside the ring.

Back inside, Taylor landed a big splash but only got a one count. Woods fought back, landed a strong kick to the head of Taylor, and both went down. Woods landed a spinning back elbow, a running knee, and an exploder suplex that earned him a two count.

After the break, Woods applied an armbar and took off Taylor’s glove to reveal that, in fact, Taylor had loaded his glove. He pleaded with the referee not to throw out the match, but that allowed Taylor to recover and connect with his Greetings from the 216 piledriver for the finish.

SoCal Uncensored cut a promo on The Briscoes saying that Sandy Fork, Delaware was the worst town they’d ever been to.

They replayed the Jay Lethal vs. Jonathan Gresham video package that has been on the last few episodes hyping the upcoming 30-minute Iron Man match for the ROH World Championship that will air next week.

Caprice Coleman joined the announcers for the next match.

Marcus Kross and Charles Zanders went to a no contest in a Top Prospect Tournament first round match

A nice sequence of counters and kicks ensued, but this match didn’t last too long as Jeff Cobb made his way to the ring and destroyed both with monstrous suplexes.

Eli Isom came out and landed about 10 forearms to Cobb that had zero effect. Cobb manhandled Isom with an insane reverse powerslam as well.

Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) defeated Bully Ray & Silas Young

Ray talked trash to Cabana before the match. Coleman calmed down Cabana. 

Ray slammed Barreta and went after his recently repaired arm. Barreta fought back and tagged in Taylor, but Ray squished him with a Thesz press. Young tagged in, then the Best Friends landed some friendly offense until Ray used a distraction of the referee to rack Barreta around the ring post.

After the break, Young went back to work on the arm of Barreta. Some cheap double team moves by Ray and Young kept Barreta isolated. Finally, Barreta landed a tornado DDT, flipped off Ray, and made the tag to Taylor. He landed the Falcon Arrow, but Young kicked out. The Best Friends landed a lawndart cutter and then gave each other a hug, but that allowed Ray to blindside them.

Ray screamed at Young to tag him. But as he went for the tag, Ray jumped off the apron and bailed on the match to teach him a lesson. The Best Friends landed the Dudebuster on Young for the win.

TV title change at ROH State of the Art

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Heading into their Best in the World pay-per-view, the Ring of Honor Television title changed hands on Saturday night.

ROH’s State of the Art show in Dallas was headlined by an instant reward proving ground match between then-TV Champion Silas Young, Punishment Martinez, Hangman Page, Jonathan Gresham, Scorpio Sky, and Cheeseburger. The stipulation was that, if Young didn’t win, the winner would get an immediate shot at his title.

Page hit the Rite of Passage on Cheeseburger at the end of the match, but Martinez stomped him and hit the South of Heaven chokeslam on Cheeseburger for the win. Martinez then defeated Young with the chokeslam in a short, back-and-forth match to win the TV title for the first time.

Martinez and Page have been in a program together recently, and they have a match scheduled for Best in the World in Baltimore on June 29th. ROH teased whether the title would be on the line for Martinez vs. Page as Saturday night’s show went off the air.

ROH TV results: Austin Aries challenges for TV title

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This week’s episode of Ring of Honor television was number 350 and was taped at the Orpheum in Chicago. It was a two-match show that featured a Women of Honor match, as well as a Television title defense in the main event.

Cody Rhodes was in the ring with Burnard the Business Bear to discuss his upcoming three-way title match at Best in the World, airing live from Baltimore on Friday, June 29th. The title match on the pay-per-view will be current ROH World Champion Dalton Castle defending against two Bullet Club members, Cody and Marty Scurll.

Cody said that he in fact was the new leader of the Bullet Club and that Scurll was simply one of the members. This analysis brought out Scurll, who entered the ring and appeared to make nice with Cody, offering a friendly, honorable handshake. Cody accepted, but Scurll feigned breaking his fingers and instead gave Cody’s palm a gentle tap. Scurll then pointed out how easily he could have broken the vulnerable fingers of his future foe.

Tenille Dashwood defeated Karen Q

Q cut off Dashwood with a kick to the gut and a neckbreaker. She followed it up with a beatdown, including a nice running triple strike combination in the corner. Dashwood hit the Taste of Tenille but only managed a two count. Q went for her variation of the Boston Crab, but she lowered her head too far and Dashwood shoved it through her legs and was able to hold down Q’s shoulders for the pinfall victory.

A promo aired for Best in the World hyping up Punishment Martinez vs. Hangman Page as well as ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes vs. The Young Bucks.

ROH TV Champion Silas Young defeated Austin Aries by DQ after a referee reversal 

This was Aries’ first match in ROH in three years. He’s now known as the “belt collector,” as he came to the ring wearing two belts and holding a third. The story of this match was that these two were both from Wisconsin and broke into the business together, and so each wrestler knew everything the other was going to attempt.

There were a lot of clever reversals, including a spot where Young went for his Misery finisher, Aries countered and went for the brainbuster, Young countered that, Aries countered again, and neither man was able to land. Eventually, Young hit the Pee Gee Waja Plunge (Arabian moonsault from a headstand in the corner) but was unable to get the three count. 

There was a referee bump, which brought out Beer City Bruiser to aide Young. However, Kenny King was in tow and cut off Bruiser before the interference. King laid out Bruiser and then used one of Aries’ belts to knock out Young. Aries went for the cover just as the referee was coming to, and Aries appeared to get the win to add the TV title to his collection.

But just as Aries was hoisting his newest possession, head referee Todd Sinclair came to the ring, overturned the decision, and awarded the win to Young via disqualification.

This sent Aries into a rage and he kicked Sinclair for a low blow. Ian Riccaboni and Colt Cabana surmised that this was going to levy a huge fine for Aries. King went to comfort Aries, but Aries wanted none of that and also kicked King in the jewels, gave him a brainbuster, and just for good measure, slapped on the Last Chancery, which brought the show to a close.

ROH TV results: The Briscoes & Bully Ray challenge The Kingdom

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Synopsis —

Bully Ray teamed with Mark & Jay Briscoe to challenge The Kingdom for their six-man tag titles. Hanson and Punishment Martinez battled in a singles match with tag team implications. And a semifinal match set the stage for the conclusion of the Top Prospect Tournament.

Also, “Story time with Adam Cole” turned solemn and the Bullet Club retaliated against Frankie Kazarian.

Where to watch —

Airing this past weekend in syndication, the episode is available this week via the FITE TV app before airing on Wednesday at midnight ET on Comet TV, including on that channel’s free online live stream. The episode is also available on the official ROH website to watch for free on Thursday. Check local listings for availability.

Show recap —

The show opened with Mark and Jay Briscoe reflecting on the debut of Bully Ray in ROH where he joined up with “Dem Boys” to form a team. In the main event of this show, they challenge The Kingdom for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.

Damien “Punishment” Martinez defeated Hanson

These two were recently in a short tag team feud that produced some wild brawls. They picked up where they left off here by brawling at the outset of a mean guy match.

Though the match was good enough, annoying noises (and these weren’t just cheers or boos) from a portion of the crowd were so audible it made the first half of the match almost unbearable to watch. The second half of the match after the first commercial break was much more pleasant as the noises stopped.

The brawling gave way to them trading near falls down the stretch. Hanson kept countering Martinez when he attempted a chokeslam. Not necessarily breaking news, but Hanson can fly like a cruiserweight. He did springboards and such. Not to be outdone, Martinez ran and leapt over the ropes into a dive to the outside.

In the closing moments, Hanson climbed the ropes looking to finish off Martinez with a high flying move off the top. Suddenly, Davey Boy Smith Jr. walked onstage to cause a distraction. Hanson turned his attention to Davey Boy, allowing Martinez to capitalize and execute his South of Heaven chokeslam for the pinfall.

Recapping events from the 15th Anniversary Show, footage of TK O’Ryan smashing his leg into a guardrail showed the injury that led to him being sidelined for some time to come. Thusly, the six-man tag later in the show will include a substitute for The Kingdom to defend the titles.

After the recap of the severe injury to O’Ryan, Silas Young cut a promo hyping a house show. That was ironic as he would go on to replace O’Ryan in the main event of this TV show.

In his promo, Silas promoted the “ROH Unauthorized” show in Milwaukee. As the tagline indicates, the show will be more edgy as all the matches are “unsanctioned” so anything goes. Silas vowed to fight a lot and drink lots of beer.

In an angle, Hangman Page attacked Frankie Kazarian in a parking garage. The Bullet Club were retaliating on Kazarian for swerving them. Page jumped Kazarian as an unknown associate filmed the sneak attack.

Grabbing a rope, Page went to presumably put a noose around Kazarian’s neck when a bystander wandered onto the scene off camera. Bullet Club then fled the scene.

John Skyler defeated Curt Stallion and advanced to the finals of the Top Prospect Tournament

Taped during “Manhattan Mayhem” from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, Brutal Bob Evans provided guest commentary for this semifinal match of the tournament.

Both Stallion and Skyler worked hard trying to have as exciting a match as possible. They were doing just that when Stallion wiped out on a dive through the ropes. Skyler sidestepped and Stallion crashed onto the floor just before a commercial break. The match continued and they kept working hard. God only knows how as Stallion took quite a bump on the outside.

They set a quick pace and continued it throughout most of the match. For the finish, Stallion went for a Frankensteiner as they were perched on the top turnbuckle. Skyler blocked it to deliver his finisher, Southern Salvation. Skyler pinned Stallion to advance towards the finals of the Top Prospect Tournament.

Adam Cole somewhat tried to repair ill will in the Superkliq subfaction of the Bullet Club. In a solemn promo, Cole pleaded with The Young Bucks for them all to reconcile their differences. Ever the heel, Cole never totally admitted his own fault nor did he take any blame for their issues.

The Briscoes & Bully Ray defeated The Kingdom & Silas Young to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship

A backstage skit showed Silas Young making his proposal to The Kingdom for himself to sub in exchange for his own team getting a future title shot. Though everyone agreed to him being the replacement, tension clearly existed within the group from the beginning.

That would play into the story of the match. Young even argued with both Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia in the ring before things got started.

As Young argued with The Kingdom, Bully Ray interrupted them to introduce himself and The Briscoes. Then they jumped the heels before the bell and cleaned house.

Marseglia was getting bullied by Bully Ray when he cut him off. The Briscoes pummeled Marseglia for doing such. Taven and Young interfered to crotch Jay Briscoe on a ring post, turning the tide for The Kingdom.

The heels worked over Jay until a hot tag to brother Mark. As Mark began to run wild, The Kingdom cut him off. Young tried to steal a cover from The Kingdom. Taven and Young begin to argue when a babyface tag brought in Bully Ray to clean house.

Both Briscoes lifted Marseglia for Bully Ray to deliver the 3D. Bully Ray then pinned Marseglia to capture the ROH World Six-Man Championship.

ROH Reloaded Lockport, NY live results: Surprise entrant at Honor Rumble; Chris Daniels vs. Chris Sabin vs. Matt Jackson

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Thanks to Chris GST

– The Briscoes defeated Colt Cabana & Dalton Castle

– Christopher Daniels defeated Chris Sabin and Matt Jackson in a three-way

– Alex Shelley defeated Nick Jackson and Frankie Kazarian in a three-way

– The Cabinet (Kenny King, Rhett Titus & Caprice Coleman) defeated ACH, Jay White & Lio Rush

– Jay Lethal defeated Silas Young

– Kamaitachi defeated Jonathan Gresham

– Taeler Hendrix & Jessicka Havok defeated Deona Purrazzo & Mandy Leon

– Silas Young won a 25-man ROH Honor Rumble for a future title shot.

Former WWE NXT talent Bull Dempsey was a surprise entrant. Punisher Martinez had quite a few eliminations including chokeslamming Beer City Bruiser on to the apron to eliminate him.

Young won by last eliminating Jay Lethal. Silas was the first man out, while Lethal was the second. ROH Champion Adam Cole was on commentary and got into it with Corino which caused Corino to go to the back and enter the Rumble.

The Young Bucks eliminated themselves by flying over the top rope to attack the Addiction and MCMG. After the rumble, Cole came out and provoked Lethal. The Bucks came back out and everyone attacked Lethal until the Briscoes, Colt Cabana, and Dalton Castle came out to make the save.

Silas Young on #BITW, WWE developmental deal, Beer City Bruiser friendship

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Before Ring of Honor’s annual Best in the World PPV takes place tonight in Concord, North Carolina, I talked with ROH’s “Last Real Man” Silas Young about his career, what makes him a man’s man in the wrestling world, and why he doesn’t think ACH measures up to that standard.

Here are a few transcripted highlights:

On how he almost wound up in WWE in the late 2000’s:

I started in 2002 up in the Wisconsin area, and then in 2007, I got offered a developmental deal. I did like a week long training thing at OVW and did a handful of house shows with them. About a month later, I got offered a job in WWE. In the hiring process I was just finishing up getting all of my paperwork and stuff done. I had done all of the drug and cardiovascular testing that they do and all of that stuff had come back fine.

I was just waiting for my passport to come in so I could send that because you have to have a passport when you work for WWE. I was waiting for that to come in and I saw online that OVW’s developmental deal had ended with WWE. I thought ‘Oh boy, that’s not good news. That’s where I’m supposed to be going.’ The next day I got a call that said, ‘We’re not going to be forward with your contract.’ So I kind of got a job there but never really worked there.

On how that didn’t crush his pro wrestling aspirations:

Maybe not so much then, but nowadays, wrestling is so hot right now. There’s so many good places to work. It used to be the big two you know, WWE and WCW (and) maybe ECW. Now you got WWE, TNA, Ring of Honor, you have Lucha Underground, that’s just in the states. You also have places over in Europe – WXW is on par to have 80 shows this year. Rev Pro UK, Preston City Wrestling, tons of really good talent and a lot of work over in Europe, then along with New Japan Pro Wrestling there’s a lot of places to work so it’s awesome right now.

On his time away from Ring of Honor from 2009-2012:

(I was) just doing smaller indie stuff, just trying to wrestle, make a name for myself – that’s about it. You know in wrestling, there’s so many guys trying to get a spot and there’s (only) so many spots. I was just wrestling mainly around the Midwest area and I had occasionally done a few things here and there for EVOLVE at the time but it was mostly just Midwest stuff.

On his friendship with the Beer City Bruiser:

Ring of Honor is built a lot on athletic prowess, the athletic ability of the guys in the ring. You look at Bruiser, and Bruiser is about 6’2″ and probably about 300 pounds. He’s not 300 pounds of muscle, but for being a guy his size, he can really move. People are always really impressed, but he’s not a guy that’s out there trying to impress people. He’s a guy that’s gonna grind someone into the mat and pound them. Plain and simple he’s just going to beat you like a man. You look at the Ring of Honor locker room and he’s the only guy that makes sense to be my tag partner.

On how well received his feud with Dalton Castle was:

I thought that whole thing me and Dalton did together was done really well. I thought everybody came out of it looking really good and the fans enjoyed it. I think Dave Meltzer or Bryan Alvarez was talking about how it was the most entertaining storyline that was going on in wrestling at the time. With all the wrestling in the world to have guys like that say that about what you’re doing is pretty cool.

On why he trying to bring back “real manhood” in wrestling:

I talk a lot about how men aren’t real men nowadays. Right now, the whole superhero movie (thing), I don’t know whether it’s DC or Marvel or maybe both of them are putting out movies, it’s a real hot subject right now. People love it. You can’t go anywhere without seeing some dude wearing a Spider-Man or a Batman t-shirt. That’s been my gripe – men don’t wear superhero t-shirts. Men don’t sit and argue about what superhero would beat what superhero in a fight.

On how he plans to teach that lesson to ACH at ROH Best in the World:

Basically, what’s going to happen with ACH is he’s just going to learn it’s not all fun and games. Life isn’t all about video games and action hero movies, and we’re going to see how far his video games get him when he steps in the ring with me at Best in the World.

On what’s next if he defeats ACH on Friday in Concord:

“For the rest of the year, I’m looking to just get out and wrestle as many places as possible. In the last few months, I’ve been fortunate enough to get to go over and wrestle in Germany, England and Canada, so just keep traveling, keep having good matches, get to wrestle as many new places as possible. I’m getting to go to Newfoundland in a month and a half, I’ve never been there before, so that should be cool. That’s about it. Get out, work, grind, meet different people work different guys, that’s the goal for me.”

See what happens with Silas Friday night at ROH’s Best In The World ppv. Our live coverage begins at 8 PM EST.