Tag: The Undisputed Kingdom

AEW Collision live results: Eight-man tag action, Continental title eliminator

Posted on by Suit Williams

An eight-man tag team match headlines this week’s AEW Collision as Darby Allin, Mark Briscoe & FTR will team up to take on The Beast Mortos & The Undisputed Kingdom.

This week’s show starts at a special time of 5 PM EST due to WWE SummerSlam.

Briscoe and other members of The Congolmeration have been feuding with the likes of Roderick Strong, Mike Bennett & Matt Taven for the last several weeks. On AEW Dynamite, Mortos pinned Briscoe in a six-man tag match.

A three-way match will take place between Lee Moriarty, Claudio Castagnoli and Tomohiro Ishii to determine the next challenger for Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada. Kyle Fletcher, who will face MJF on the next Dynamite, will take on Brian Cage.

CMLL’s Mistico will team with Hologram to face The Premier Athletes, and Thunder Rosa will square off against Taya Valkyrie.

AEW Women’s World Toni Storm will be in action with Mariah May on commentary. We’ll also hear from the new AEW Trios Champions Christian Cage, Nick Wayne, and Killswitch.

**********

Collision began with the AEW Trios Champions The Patriarchy coming to the ring. As always, Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call.

Christian Cage, holding all three Trios Titles, said that his road back to the AEW World Championship began with the Trios Titles and disciplined the fans in the difference between a belt and a championship. In a showing of good grace, he awarded Nick Wayne with his title belt. Cage told Killswitch that the Patriarchy does not work without their finisher and gave him a hug to show him how much he meant to him. With that said, Killswitch didn’t give birth to a Prodigy. Cage awarded Shayna Wayne with the third Trios Title to Killswitch’s dismay.

Killswitch put his hand on Cage’s shoulder, but Malakai Black & Brody King made their entrance. Cage called King “Jelly Roll,” and reminded them that Buddy Matthews was on the shelf because of the Patriarchy. Cage ran down the two of them before the lights went out. When the lights came back up, Buddy Matthews was in the ring to run them off. As the Patriarchy bailed, The Bang Bang Gang came out through the ramp.

Cage, Killswitch, and Mother Wayne bailed through the crowd. Nick Wayne bailed out through the other side of the crowd, but Kip Sabian intercepted him and dumped him over the railing. The House of Black pinballed Wayne around and sent him packing. Both Malakai Black and Juice Robinson grabbed Wayne’s Trios title belt before both trios stared each other down.

(A solid opening segment to start the show, with the Patriarchy’s past actions coming back to bite them.)

Lexy Nair was backstage with Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs. Rhodes put over the connection between the two families, and the Von Erichs talked about how proud they were to be champions alongside Rhodes. Sammy Guevara entered the frame and spoke about how he wanted to earn their trust going forward as proud Texans. Rhodes shook Guevara’s hand.

Hologram & Mistico defeated The Premier Athletes (Ari Daivari & Tony Nese) (w/Mark Sterling)

(An energetic tag match here, with Hologram getting to team with a bonafide lucha star in Mistico to continue the great start to his AEW career.)

We got footage of Chris Jericho’s recent attack on Mistico in Arena Mexico, with the two set to compete at CMLL’s 91st Anniversary show in September. Mark Sterling mocked Hologram and Mistico, saying that they should be in Paris with the other gymnasts. He said that they would be losing here instead, “in Texas, in front of fat people.” Now now, I’m sure Paris has its share of tubby folks. Someone’s gotta be eating all those baguettes.

Hologram and Daivari started, with Hologram having the advantage until Daivari used the mask to pull Hologram into his corner. Hologram slipped by Nese to get the tag into Mistico, who vaulted off of Hologram’s back to hit a headscissors on Nese. Mistico caught both Athletes with an armdrag/headscissors combo before the luchadores sent the Athletes to the floor with dual dropkicks.

After a commercial break, the Athletes had the advantage on Mistico until he hit a handspring back elbow to both men. Mistico got both men out of his way before tagging Hologram, who ran wild on both Athletes. Hologram hit a wild hammerlock slam for a nearfall. Nese got a blind tag and caught Hologram with Greetings From Asbury Park for a nearfall broken up by Mistico.

Hologram got cut off by Sterling, and after sending Daivari to the floor, Hologram dove into Sterling for a big pop. Mistico got back in the mix and vaulted off of Hologram to hit a tornillo onto both Athletes. Hologram followed with a ropewalk dive to the floor before scoring the win with a 450 Splash on Daivari.

We got a recap package of the events that led to Jeff Jarrett vs. Bryan Danielson on next week’s Dynamite.

Mariah May made her way to the announce desk, with her Owen Hart Foundation Title and her bloody shoe. Nigel McGuinness lost any semblance of composure as May gave Tony Schiavone grief for his curt comments a few weeks ago. Toni Storm made her entrance before bolting to the announce desk to brawl with May. Vice Principal Christopher Daniels tried to break it up, but Storm dove off of the stage onto both of them. Security broke the two of them up before Storm’s scheduled opponent Rache Chanel jumped Storm from behind.

Toni Storm defeated Rache Chanel

(I loved this segment. Everyone’s actions made sense here. May gave Schiavone grief for his comments a few weeks ago, allowing Storm to get the jump on her. Meanwhile, the local talent saw a chance to get the jump on the World Women’s Champion and took it before Storm handily put her away. An excellent use of time here.)

Storm took quick control with a German suplex and a hip attack before scoring the quick win with the Storm Zero.

We got a video package with Kyle Fletcher speaking about his friendship with Will Ospreay before his match with MJF on Dynamite.

We got footage of MJF’s American Title defense against Templario from Friday night’s CMLL event.

Kyle Fletcher defeated Brian Cage

(A definitive win for Fletcher to set him up for Dynamite. MJF noting that he would give Fletcher a shot at the title on 8/14 if he beat him on Wednesday does put the result in a slight bit of doubt, although MJF is still the heavy favorite.)

Don Callis joined commentary as he watched his charge Fletcher make his way to the ring. Fletcher quickly sent Cage to the floor before hitting a dive to the floor. Cage sent Fletcher into the apron and the stairs, but Fletcher reversed a suplex on the ramp. In a page out of the Great Muta’s playbook, Fletcher charged up the ramp before charging Cage with a cannonball as we went to a commercial.

After a commercial, Cage took Fletcher off the top rope with a scary twisting powerslam for a nearfall. The two traded strikes until Fletcher caught Cage with a Hammerlock Tombstone for the win.

Fletcher took the mic after the match and warned MJF that if he dropped him on his head like he did to Cage, he may not make it to Wembley. Fletcher said that if MJF was the American Hero he believed himself to be, he would put the American Championship on the line on Wednesday.

MJF appeared on the screen, saying that Fletcher was a typical foreigner coming to take from hard-working Americans. He said that he didn’t become famous by riding Ospreay’s coattails, he did it by beating Ospreay without breaking a sweat. MJF offered Fletcher an Eliminator match for the title, saying that if Fletcher won on Wednesday, MJF would defend the title against him the following week.

We got a video package of Bryan Danielson training for his World Title match at All In. Danielson talked about training at 100 percent, where 101 percent is not possible. Wheeler Yuta was training with him and said that people had forgotten about how dangerous Danielson was. Yuta said that Swerve Strickland was just putting his title on the line, while Danielson was putting his life on the line. Danielson warned Strickland that this was the biggest match of his life and that he was training like it.

(Really good video package here, with Yuta giving some great lines that put over the significance of this title match from Danielson’s perspective.)

Jeff Jarrett & his crew were backstage with Renee Paquette. Jay Lethal said that if it wasn’t for Hangman Page, Jarrett would have won the Royal Rampage. Sonjay Dutt said that it wasn’t for Page, Jarrett would have won the Owen Hart Tournament. Karen Jarrett said that those two needed to do something about Page, before Jeff told everyone to calm down. Jeff said that neither he nor Page got what they wanted before moving on to Bryan Danielson.

Jarrett said that Danielson needed to be ready for Swerve Strickland, who was the most dangerous man in wrestling. Jarrett offered Danielson to take their match back to his roots in Memphis, where they did hardcore wrestling before it was called hardcore wrestling. He wanted their match to be Anything Goes and promised to introduce Danielson to the Last Outlaw. The match was made official, with Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat to be a special guest for the match.

(If you had told me six weeks ago that I would be as into babyface veteran avenger Jeff Jarrett as I am right now, well, I probably would have believed you because Jarrett is great. Jarrett as this lifetime heel who’s finally done something honorable and wants to see it through is such an interesting turn for him. He wants to see Danielson succeed as the rightful winner of the Owen Hart Cup and is willing to put his own body at risk to see it happen. I expect to see Hangman Page get involved in Jarrett’s business again on Wednesday.)

Continental Collision Three-Way Match – Claudio Castagnoli defeated Tomohiro Ishii & Lee Moriarty (w/ Shane Taylor)

(Castagnoli vs. Okada sounds like a fun night. Claudio finally scores a big win after coming close on several recent occasions.)

It was announced here that the winner of this match would get a future Continental Championship match against Kazuchika Okada at a future date. The three men traded forearms to start before Moriarty sent both Castagnoli & Ishii flying with a dropkick. Moriarty used his technique to clear both men out of the ring before hitting a low tope to both of them as we went to a commercial.

We came back to bodies flying everywhere as the men traded German suplexes. Castagnoli took both of his opponents down with a double clothesline. Ishii and Castagnoli were left in the ring to trade strikes, with Moriarty shoving Ishii out of the ring to attempt to steal the pin. Castagnoli snatched Moriarty up in the Giant Swing. Castagnoli went for a move, but Ishii yanked him out of the ring. Moriarty caught a sliding lariat into a crucifix pin, but Ishii came back with a running lariat for a nearfall. Ishii and Castagnoli traded more strikes before Ishii scored with an enzuigiri that Moriarty tried to steal the pin for again.

Moriarty caught Ishii in the Border City Stretch before Ishii rolled him onto his shoulders for a nearfall. Moriarty hit a sunset flip on Castagnoli that resulted in Ishii getting suplexed. Castagnoli yanked Moriarty up into a Neutralizer, then yanked Ishii out of the ring and hit a diving uppercut on Moriarty for the win and the future title match against Okada.

Top Flight was backstage with their new flight attendant, Leila Grey. Grey said that with her help, Top Flight was headed straight to the top. MxM Collection interrupted them, figuring out that TSA stood for “Their Style: Ass.” They argued before MxM proclaimed Top Flight’s interview over.

(Top Flight having a flight attendant is a little corny, but I won’t complain about more Leila Grey on TV. MxM was very funny here.)

Thunder Rosa defeated Taya Valkyrie (w/ Johnny TV)

(The Rosa/Purrazzo feud has gone long enough, and hopefully they deliver with this bullrope match next week. As for Taya and Johnny, I preferred them on Ring of Honor. Especially after I stopped covering it.)

Johnny involved himself early to give Valkyrie the early advantage, but Rosa came back with double knees in the corner and a sliding lariat that sent Valkyrie to the floor. After a commercial, Rosa came back strong, rolling through a Road To Valhalla attempt to hit a double stomp. Johnny yanked Valkyrie out of the ring, then got in Rosa’s way to allow Valkyrie to hit a spear.

Rosa caught Johnny with a baseball slide, then slid out of the way of a curb stomp before locking on the seated Cobra Clutch for the win. Rosa immediately called out Deonna Purrazzo, who congratulated her on her winning streak. Purrazzo noted that she has a winning streak as well, having beaten Rosa three times in a row. Rosa challenged Purrazzo to a bullrope match next week, which was quickly confirmed.

Darby Allin, FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) & Mark Briscoe defeated The Beast Mortos & The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Roderick Strong)

(An awesome party match, with eight of the best wrestlers in the promotion just having an excellent main event. The post-match was interesting, with the Acclaimed not allowing FTR to jump the line and get a shot at the Young Bucks before them.)

Harwood and Strong started with some hard grappling before the tecnicos made quick tags to keep control of him. Strong booted Harwood before getting Bennett tagged in. Bennett and Harwood traded hard chops before Briscoe hit the double shoulder block with Harwood. The announcers noted upcoming October dates for Dynamite, including the Dynamite 5th Anniversary show as well as a Title Tuesday Dynamite as well.

Allin and Taven tagged in, with Allin scoring several flash pins before Taven ran to tag Mortos. Mortos laid everybody out, including dumping Allin straight onto his head and shoulder. Darby, the match just started. Wheeler got caught in the wrong corner before Strong hit an Olympic Slam to take control into the commercial break.

After the break, Wheeler fought for the tag before Bennett ripped Allin off of the apron with a Side Russian Leg Sweep. Briscoe got on the apron and made the tag, running wild on the rudos. The match broke down into a Pier Six brawl before Briscoe hit Taven with the Death Valley Driver. FTR hit the Redneck Boogie before Briscoe followed up with the Froggy Bow, with the pin being broken up by Taven’s partners.

The match broke down again before Mortos hit a tornillo onto Briscoe and a cannonball on Harwood. Mortos hit a Tumbleweed on Harwood for a nearfall before tagging Strong in. Harwood fought his way to the corner, where Briscoe was taken out by the Kingdom. Strong took Harwood and hit a gutbuster before Mortos followed with a spear for a nearfall. Harwood traded strikes with Mortos before hitting a main event spinebuster – in the main event, no less.

Allin tagged in and ran wild on Taven and Strong, crushing them with Coffin Splashes. Allin hit a Code Red on Strong for a nearfall. The Kingdom triple-teamed Allin with strikes but couldn’t keep him down. The Kingdom went for Hail Mary on Allin, but Allin got an inside cradle on Taven for a nearfall. Harwood snuck a blind tag in before Allin fought off the Kingdom. We got huge dives from everyone before FTR hit the Powerplex on Taven. Briscoe and Allin followed with a Froggy Bow and a Coffin Drop respectively for the win.

After the match, Harwood took the mic and talked about being the heart and soul of AEW when The Acclaimed came out. Max Caster asked where FTR was when the Acclaimed was in Blood and Guts. Caster said that Harwood’s body couldn’t hold up, while Wheeler wasn’t good enough to get on TV without his partner.

Anthony Bowens took the mic and said that the Acclaimed fought to give FTR the right to complain about their legacies, which the Acclaimed don’t care about. Bowens told FTR that they didn’t get to cut the line and reminded them that they held a win over FTR. Bowens told them to nut up or shut up and shoved the mic into Harwood’s chest, starting a shoving match.

Mark Briscoe said that this is exactly what the EVPs wanted and asked for a show of unity. FTR offered a handshake, but the Acclaimed walked away.

Ring of Honor TV notes: Sammy Guevara debuts, Leyla Hirsch injury, new Tag Team title match

Posted on by Josh Nason

For the first time since February, Sammy Guevara is back in a Tony Khan-owned wrestling company.

The former AEW TNT Champion made his return on Thursday’s weekly ROH TV on HonorClub to aid Dustin Rhodes from a beatdown by members of the Dark Order. Rhodes was delivering some words about becoming an ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champion to close the show when Evil Uno came out to deride him, leading to the aforementioned attack.

That brought out Guevara to aid his former rival, taking out Uno and sending both Alex Reynolds and John Silver packing. Afterward, Rhodes was skeptical to shake Guevara’s hand based on their past battles in AEW but eventually relinquished and embraced him as the show went off the air.

Guevara’s last match was in a no DQ loss to Powerhouse Hobbs on a late-February edition of AEW Collision. He was then suspended by AEW due to his no DQ match against Jeff Hardy that took place a week prior to the Hobbs bout in which Hardy broke his nose and Guevara subsequently ignored instructions to go to the finish per concussion protocol.

In May, it was learned that his suspension was up and last week, Guevara said he and wife Tay Melo were training for their respective in-ring returns.

Other notes:

  • During the broadcast, Ian Riccaboni noted that Leyla Hirsch suffered a dislocated elbow in her Texas Death Match against Diamante at last Friday’s Death Before Dishonor. It’s unknown if the injury is storyline or not.
  • After disappearing from AEW and ROH for three months, Leila Grey followed up from last week’s return to AEW Rampage with an appearance on Thursday’s ROH show, aligning with Top Flight as their “flight attendant.” Grey has competed in ROH seven times before with just two wins to her name.
  • Afterward, The Infantry (Shawn Dean, Carlie Bravo & Trish Adora) were backstage and didn’t appear happy with Grey’s decision:

The team did get some good news as they challenged reigning ROH Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Kingdom to a rematch for the titles that was accepted. A date for the match was not announced. The two teams clashed at April’s Supercard of Honor with Mike Bennett and Matt Taven picking up the successful title defense.

AEW Battle of the Belts XI results: ROH Six-Man Tag title match

Posted on by Suit Williams

New champions are guaranteed to be crowned at Battle of the Belts XI.

A match between the Undisputed Kingdom and the team of Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs will determine the new ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions. The latter team defeated The Dark Order at ROH Death Before Dishonor to earn the opportunity. It is unknown which members of The Undisputed Kingdom (Wardlow, Roderick Strong, Mike Bennett, and Matt Taven) will be their opponents.

The titles were declared vacant after The Gunns & Jay White were stripped of both the AEW Trios and ROH Six-Man titles two weeks ago on Collision. Last week, The Gunns & Juice Robinson lost to Christian Cage, Nick Wayne, and Luchasaurus in a match that had been only for the AEW Trios titles. 

Two title eliminator matches will also take place. Willow Nightingale, the new CMLL Women’s Champion, will take on Deonna Purrazzo. AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm will face Taya Valkyrie.

Join us for live coverage starting at 10 pm ET. The show will take place immediately after AEW Collision.

Battle of the Belts XI began with a recap of the big angles from Dynamite. We also saw an angle at Comic-Con, which saw Tony Khan make the TBS Title match between Britt Baker & Mercedes Mone official for All In: Wembley. We then got a recap of Darby Allin winning the Royal Rampage and earning an AEW World Title match at Grand Slam in September.

Toni Storm made her way to the ring for the opening match. Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, & Ian Riccaboni were on the call.

AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator Match – Toni Storm defeated Taya Valkyrie

A fine opener for Battle of the Belts.

A sit-down interview with Mariah May was promoted for Dynamite during the opening moments of this match. After some shenanigans with Taya’s glasses, mirroring her husband Johnny TV’s match on Collision, Storm took control to start with Valkyrie’s glasses on. Valkyrie came back by hitting running knees into the ring steps.

Storm made her comeback after a commercial, hitting a Perfect-Plex for a nearfall. Storm hit the hip attack and hit a DDT for a nearfall. Valkyrie came back by tying Storm in the ropes and hitting a sliding German suplex. Valkyrie hit the Road To Valhalla for a nearfall, then locked on an STF. Valkyrie hit a curb stomp, called the Shania Pain, for a nearfall. Storm snatched Valkyrie up with a Storm Zero to score the win.

After the match, Storm took the mic and said that this tramp was still the champ. Storm said that Mariah May was perfect for her and was a better Toni Storm than the actual Storm was. Storm said that May made one mistake, and that was not cutting Storm’s head off when she had the chance.

Kip Sabian was backstage with Lexy Nair. He talked about losing his father and moving forward to be the best wrestler in the company. Sabian said that while he was willing to let his run-ins with the Patriarchy pass, Nick Wayne seemed to still have an issue with him. He told Wayne that he was back and that he would be easy to find.

CMLL World Women’s Title Eliminator Match – Willow Nightingale (c) defeated Deonna Purrazzo

Purrazzo worked on the mat to start, with Nightingale shutting her down with a bodyslam. There was a scary counter to a tilt-a-whirl armbar attempt, where Nightingale dumped Purrazzo on her shoulder. Purrazzo wrung Nightingale’s arm up on the ropes as we went to a commercial break.

After the break, Nightingale made her comeback and hit a main event spinebuster for a nearfall. Nightingale couldn’t attempt the Babe With The Powerbomb due to her worked-over arm, but she did score with a suplex. Nightingale went to the top rope, but Purrazzo cut her off. Purrazzo pulled Nightingale off the ropes right onto her head, but Willow was okay and hit a Death Valley Driver for a nearfall.

Nightingale brought Purrazzo to the top rope and hit a superplex, but Purrazzo held onto Nightingale and started a strike battle. Nightingale hit a lariat to reset as Taya Valkyrie walked out with a turnbuckle behind her back. Thunder Rosa came out to fight Valkyrie off, allowing Nightingale to hit the Pounce and the Babe With The Powerbomb for the win.

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Match – Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs (Marshall & Ross von Erich) (w/ Kevin von Erich) defeated The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Roderick Strong)

This was a feel-good ending to the show, with the Von Erichs and Dustin standing tall in Texas with the six-man titles. The streamers hitting the ring was a nice callback to ROH history. With the talk from Tony Khan’s post-show presser last night about WBD having “many channels,” and talk of re-branding ROH into AEW ROH in the same vein as WWE NXT, I think this Arlington residency could be a test for Ring of Honor’s future as a TV property. Having the Von Erichs as its centerpieces in Texas would be a good start.

Paul Wight joined commentary, as he is the newest member of the ROH Board of Directors. Dustin and the Von Erichs earned their spot in this match by winning a match last night on the ROH Death Before Dishonor PPV.

Strong and Ross von Erich started, although Marshall quickly caught Strong with a big dropkick for a nearfall. Strong drove Marshall into the corner and triple-teamed him, but Marshall hit several hip tosses before tagging in Dustin. Quick tags led to Taven dropping Marshall with a dropkick, but Marshall came back with dropkicks before all three Texans hit boots to the Kingdom as we went to commercial.

The Kingdom was working over Ross as we came back from the break, with the announcers noting that Rhodes took a piledriver on the ramp that turned the tide. Bennett knocked Marshall off the apron as he was set up for a tag, but Ross hit the legal man Strong with a Sling Blade. Rhodes got on the apron and got the hot tag, running wild with powerslams and the Natural bulldog. Rhodes hit a Canadian Destroyer on Taven, and the Cross Rhodes and a piledriver on Bennett for a nearfall that the Kingdom broke up. Taven cut off the Shattered Dreams, leading to the Kingdom triple teaming Rhodes. Strong hit a Sick Kick for a nearfall broken up by the Von Erichs. The Kingdom brought the title belts into the ring to distract the referee, leading to Bennett hitting Rhodes with his own cowbell for a close nearfall.

Taven and Strong pulled chairs out from under the ring, which led to Katsuyori Shibata coming out to put Taven in the Iron Claw, which Kevin von Erich taught him on the ROH show last night. Kevin put Strong in the claw as well, leading to a triple team on Bennett. Rhodes hit the Final Reckoning on Bennett to win the match and the title. Fans threw streamers into the ring as Paul Wight and the babyface locker room hit the ring to celebrate with the new champions.

Ring of Honor TV live results: Wheeler Yuta vs. Lee Moriarty

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Ring of Honor returns to HonorClub tonight as the brand is building to this month’s Death Before Dishonor. Multiple ROH champions will be on tonight’s episode, possibly to build some title matches for the upcoming streaming special.

As it’s the 4th of July holiday in the U.S., The Infantry (Shawn Dean, Carlie Bravo & Trish Adora) will host tonight’s episode.

ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta will wrestle his first match in the promotion since Final Battle 2023 as he faces Lee Moriarty in a Proving Ground match.

ROH Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) will also be in action as they take on Metalik & Komander in a Proving Ground match.

Additionally, ROH Women’s World Champion Athena and ROH Women’s TV Champion Billie Starkz will be heard from tonight.

Matches for tonight’s show were taped at the PPL Center in Allentown, PA on June 20. Spoilers from the taping are available here.

**********

With three big time Proving Ground Matches driving this week’s holiday ROH card, the show was packed from pillar to post! Kicking things off was The Infantry with a Fourth of July message for everyone! They declared themselves Official Hosts for the Independence Day edition of ROH TV!

Juice Robinson & The Gunn Club (Austin and Colton Gunn) defeated The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds, John Silver)

This Trios Proving Ground match gave the Dark Order a chance to fight for a future shot at the ROH Trios Championships, currently held by Bullet Club Gold. All the Order had to do was last 10 minutes or pin one of their opponents.

Fun Fact: The Unified ROH/AEW Trios Titles are the only ones defended on both AEW and ROH shows, so the Champions must pull double duty.

Using a modified Freebird Rule, Robinson took the place of Jay White, who was “out with injury.” Uno kicked things off against Austin and the crowd was hot. Austin found himself isolated early, but Robinson and Colton broke things up, keeping the match on an even keel.

Robinson at one point climbed into the ring and pretended to be a dog and pee on Uno (no, really), causing an enraged Reynolds to chase him around the ring. That left Reynolds open to an attack by Colton though, to the frustration of Uno and Silver.

Time began getting short as Robinson and Reynolds both leapt for hot tags, pitting Uno against both Gunns. He hit relentless splashes into the corner(s), and when Robinson tried to help, all three Bullet Clubbers were set up for a big triple dropkick.

Eventually, the Gunns hit a 3:10 to Yuma on an unsuspecting Reynolds and managed to put an end to the Proving Ground match and get the win for their team.

-The Infantry joined us for a US History lesson, marking the signing of the Declaration of Independence. They then ran down the card, mentioning that they would like to punch the Kingdom in the face with some Iron Gauntlets that they had for… some reason. They promised to be back, and the show moved into a MEM (Minion Empowerment Meeting)!

-ROH Women’s Champion Athena, ROH Women’s TV Champion Billie Starkz, Lexy Nair and their Minion Security appeared back stage. Before anything could happen though, Red Velvet and Queen Aminata joined the party. Velvet said that she’s been awarded a shot at Starkz’ TV Title at Death Before Dishonor! To make matters worse for the Minions, Aminata will be challenging for the ROH Women’s World Title at the same show, no matter if Athena is cleared to wrestle or not! Athena stomped off to find Tony Khan and find out what is going on!

-The Infantry then came back, but this time under the backdrop of the US Capitol. They ran down some of the monuments and attractions in Washington, declaring it America’s HonorClub!

ROH Tag Team Champions Matt Taven and Mike Bennett defeated Metalik and Komander in a Proving Ground match

Taven and Bennett have been on top of the ROH tag division for quite some time now. Last week, they lamented the lack of competition and literally prayed to “booker-man” Tony Khan for someone to fight on their level. Khan’s response can seconds later in the form of Metalik and Komander. If they could pin or outlast the Champions to a 10-minute Draw, they would get a guaranteed title shot in the future. 

Taven and Komander started things off and it was apparent that Taven was little confused by the luchadore style. He tried to utilize his height advantage though but the speed of Komander was hard to contain. A missed double team led to a hot tag to Metalik and he managed to put Taven down and take Bennett on one-on-one.

Metalik and Komander held control through the first half of the match, landing big splashes and dives through the ropes, keeping the champions on their heels, both in and out of the ring. A miscommunication though left Metalik on his own against a double team from The Kingdom at the halfway mark of the match.

Bennett picked up the urgency, looking to put away Metalik as fast as he could to avoid time running out. The luchadore wasn’t going down easily though, hitting a sunset bomb off the top rope. Komander followed it up with a spinning DDT on Taven.

As the time limit crept closer to expiration, Bennett and Taven resorted to a little bit of good ol’ fashioned heeling and hit a bit double team on Metalik after taking out Komander. This got them the pin and the win.

-Continuing their tour of American historical locations, The Infantry joined us from Mount Rushmore. They talked about the Presidents on the Mount and suggested that they add themselves to Rushmore, Twice. They reminded us all that Death Before Dishonor is on it’s way and signed off to go “watch some Will Smith movies.”

ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta vs. Lee Moriarty went to a Time Limit Draw in a Proving Ground match

As with all Proving Ground matches, if the challenger (Moriarty) can pin or wrestle the Champion (Yuta) to a 10-minute draw, then Moriarty would get a shot at the ROH Pure Title at a later date. 

Yuta, a member of the Blackpool Combat Club, matched up with Moriarty in size and speed really well. Unlike the previous two Proving Ground matches, a countdown clock was shown for this match which greatly added to the tension. Being able to see how little time was left really added an exciting aspect to the match.

At 7:43 Moriarty literally kicked Yuta out of mid-air, taking a bit of an upper hand in the match. Borrowing from his BCC teammate, Yuta tried a series of European uppercuts, but Moriarty was able to defend against them and lock in an arm-based submission move. Yuta reversed it though and the two took a breath.

Yuta, with about 5 minutes left managed to reverse a straightjacket hold, forcing Moriarty to use a rope break. As time ticked down, Yuta tossed Moriarty to the outside and dove through the ropes after him. Tossing him back in the ring, Yuta executed a series of suplexes on Moriarty.

With 90 seconds remaining, the match stayed pretty even. Yuta tried to pick up the pace, and caught Moriarty in an attempted pile driver. The two exchanged pinning attempts as the clock ticked down to less than a minute.

Fifteen Seconds were left as the two resorted to simple brawling, exchanging shots as time ran out relegating the match to a draw. However, Moriarty lasted the 10 minutes, so he gets a guaranteed shot at Yuta’s ROH Pure championship!

Ring of Honor TV live results: Undisputed Kingdom vs. Gringo Loco & Gravity

Posted on by Suit Williams

Ring of Honor Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Kingdom will take on Gringo Loco & Gravity in a Proving Ground match on tonight’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub.

With a win or draw over Matt Taven & Mike Bennett, the two luchadores will earn a future title shot.

Ethan Page will continue his quest toward a shot at Continental Crown champion Eddie Kingston as he will be in action while Nyla Rose, also in search of an ROH Women’s title shot, will compete.

Willie Mack & Blake Christian face The Outrunners while Angelico & Serpentico battle Cole Karter & Griff Garrison.

In a pair of trios matches, The Iron Savages & Jacked Jameson take on The Infantry & Lee Johnson while Taya Valkyrie, Leila Grey & Diamante face Lady Frost, Kiera Hogan & Trish Adora.

The extended card will also feature a four-way Survival of the Fittest bout between Slim J, JD Drake, Josh Woods, and Rocky Romero.

**********

The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) defeated Anaya & Camaro Jackson

Dutch started with a running crossbody to Jackson. Vincent tagged in and clubbered on Jackson until Jackson hit a deadlift vertical suplex for a nearfall. Vincent came back with a back elbow to take control. The Righteous clubbered on Jackson until he got the knees up on a Vincent elbow. Anaya tagged in and shortly ran wild before Vincent sent Anaya into Jackson in the corner. The Righteous then hit Autumn Sunshine to score the win.

Nyla Rose defeated Laynie Luck

Rose got the quick win with the Beast Bomb. Rose talked trash to Athena to the camera as she was leaving.

Zak Knight defeated Aaron Solo

Solo got a jump start on this match, jumping Knight at the bell. Solo hit a dropkick that sent Knight to the apron, but Knight rebounded in and hit Solo with a lariat. Knight hit a stalling vertical suplex before hyping up the crowd. Knight went for a springboard before Solo knocked him down and laid in some strikes.

Solo clubbered on Knight, hitting a dropkick to cut off a potential comeback. Knight cut off Solo on the top rope and hit a stalling superplex. Knight won a forearm battle before hitting a falcon arrow for a nearfall. Solo moved out of the way of a swanton bomb and hit a hurricane kick. Solo hit a Lightning Spiral and a double stomp for a nearfall.

Solo slapped Knight around, firing Knight up. Knight hit a springboard Superman Punch and a Razor’s Edge into the corner before hitting the running forearm for the win.

We got a recap of the issues between Spanish Announce Project and Cole Karter & Griff Garrison.

Cole Karter & Griff Garrison (w/Maria) defeated Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico)

Garrison and Angelico started, with Angelico handling Garrison on the mat. Karter pulled Garrison out of the ring and allowed him to reset and take Angelico down with a hip toss. Karter tagged in and clubbered on Angelico, but Angelico held onto the ropes on Karter’s dropkick attempt.

Serpentico tagged in and ran wild, sending Karter and Garrison to the floor before hitting a dive. Maria ran distraction, allowing Garrison to send Serpentico into the stairs. Karter and Garrison held the advantage on Serpentico until Serpentico got to his corner and tagged in Angelico.

Angelico ran wild on both men, hitting a misdirection head kick on Garrison for a nearfall. Angelico locked on a leg lock on Garrison, but Garrison kicked him off into a cheap shot from Karter. We got a move train that ended with all four men down. Serpentico tagged in, and as Karter sent Angelico into the barricade, Serpentico hit a cutter on Garrison for a nearfall.

Maria tried to run distraction, but Serpentico avoided a charge from Garrison to score a nearfall. Maria distracted Serpentico again, allowing Garrison to take Serpentico down. Maria wanted them to hurt Serpentico more, but a miscommunication allowed Serpentico to score a roll-up for a nearfall. Eventually, Karter snatched the mask off of Serpentico, allowing Garrison to hit a discus elbow for the win. They stomped on both Serpentico and Angelico before leaving and celebrating.

Blake Christian & Willie Mack defeated The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)

The Outrunners shook each other’s hands instead of Christian and Mack’s. Christian outpaced Floyd to start before mocking the Outrunners pose. Christian took Floyd to the floor before hitting a Fosbury Flop. Magnum ran interference, allowing Floyd to hit a baseball slide to take him down.

Christian fought his way out of the corner and tagged in Mack. Mack hit a double-noggin knocker before hitting a standing moonsault for a nearfall. Christian cleared the ring, allowing Mack to hit a frog splash to score the win.

Diamante, Leila Grey & Taya Valkyrie (w/Johnny TV) defeated Kiera Hogan, Lady Frost & Trish Adora

Hogan started with Valkyrie, hitting a hip attack against the ropes. Hogan hit a step-up legdrop on Valkyrie for a nearfall, but Valkyrie eventually got a tag out to Grey. Adora locked Grey in an arm wringer until Frost came in with a lariat. Diamante tagged in and caught Frost with a forearm and a neckbreaker in the ropes for a nearfall.

Grey tagged in and hit a Slingblade before Valkyrie tagged in and hit a low dropkick. Adora and Grey tagged in, with Adora running wild. Adora hit a big boot and a senton for a nearfall that Diamante broke up. Diamante dragged Grey over to the corner and tagged herself in, landing kicks until Adora hit a kneeling German suplex for a nearfall. Valkyrie and Hogan went after each other, ending with Hogan hitting a dive to Valkyrie on the floor.

Diamante hit an Asai DDT on Adora for a nearfall as Frost knocked Grey to the floor. Frost hit a moonsault to Valkyrie and Johnny TV on the floor. Diamante reversed a powerslam into a Cross Rhodes on Adora to score the win.

Leyla Hirsch & Rachel Ellering were backstage with Lexy Nair. They put over how well they’ve gotten along, and believed the other would do well in the ROH Women’s TV Title tournament.

Lee Johnson & The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) defeated Iron Savages (Boulder, Bronson & Jacked Jameson)

Bronson took down Johnson early, but Jameson took a dropkick when he tagged in. The Infantry made quick tags working on Jameson. Boulder tagged in and took out both of the Infantry before they sent Dean to the inappropriately named city for a nearfall. The Savages isolated Dean, but Dean eventually fought his way to the corner and got the tag out to Bravo.

Bravo ran wild on the Savages, hitting the Carlie Cutter on Bronson for a nearfall. Johnson and Jameson tagged in, with Johnson hitting a lifting reverse DDT for the win.

Red Velvet defeated Heather Reckless

Velvet got the quick win with a hurricane kick.

Nyla Rose was in the locker room throwing away Athena’s gear when Lexy Nair stopped her. Rose put over her accomplishments and the fact that she took out Athena a few weeks ago. Rose asserted herself as the new Minion Overlord and told both Nair and Billie Starkz to follow her lead. She told Nair to grab the camera while telling the cameraman to take her phone. She baited the cameraman onto a table before putting him through another table, then told Starkz to fall in line.

Billie Starkz defeated Tootie Lynn

Lynn got some chants from her hometown crowd. Starkz got the quick win with a Swanton Bomb.

Ethan Page defeated Kody Lane

Page sent Lane high into the sky with a back body drop, then caught Lane with a forearm. Lane caught Page with a dropkick, but Page caught a senton over the ropes with knees to the back. Page hit a big shoulder block, but Lane fought out of the Ego’s Edge to hit a dropkick. Page moved out of the way of a Lionsault, then hit the Ego’s Edge for the win.

ROH Board of Directors member Jerry Lynn was with Lexy Nair. Dalton Castle came in, banging on Johnny TV’s locker room door. Lynn held Castle back as Johnny TV came out of his locker room. He did a split, then got pulled out of the frame by Taya Valkyrie. We know this because Valkyrie poked her head out and called Castle a loser. This was all quite wacky.

Abadon defeated Robyn Renegade

Renegade talked trash to start, allowing Abadon to headbutt her. Abadon hit a kneeling Codebreaker for a nearfall. Renegade got to the apron and hit a boot to take Abadon down for a nearfall. Renegade avoided a corner charge and hit a facebuster into the turnbuckles for a nearfall. Abadon came back with a bite before firing up on Renegade.

Abadon hit a cutter for a nearfall. Renegade came back with Darkness Falls for a nearfall. Abadon rolled out of a chokeslam before hitting Black Dahlia for the win in their ROH debut.

Jack Cartwheel defeated Jon Cruz

Cartwheel did several cartwheels, leading to a cartwheel kick that sent Cruz from the apron to the floor. Cartwheel did a Space Flying Tiger Drop to the floor, but Cruz avoided a tumbleweed from the top rope and laid Cartwheel out with a lariat. Cruz proclaimed that there would be no more cartwheels, but Cartwheel took him down with a flagpole kick and a stalling elbow drop.

Cartwheel hit a Death Valley Driver and a corkscrew splash for a nearfall. Cruz ripped Cartwheel off the top rope and did a cartwheel of his own. Unfortunately, I missed the move that won the match due to the feed buffering, but Cartwheel won with some type of top rope splash.

Action Andretti defeated Anthony Henry

I don’t know who told Andretti about that water bottle spot, but they aren’t doing him favors. I sound like a broken record when it comes to both Workhorsemen, but Henry looked great here.

Henry took down Andretti with a boot, but Andretti came back with a headscissors. Andretti sent Henry to the floor, but Henry avoided a moonsault and hit an armbreaker off of the stairs. Henry worked on the arm and shoulder, benefiting as Andretti couldn’t complete an Irish Whip. Andretti hit a handspring that sent Henry to the floor before following him with a dive.

Andretti did his silly water bottle spot before firing up. Henry tried to lock on a sleeper, but Andretti fought out of it. Andretti went for a handspring elbow, but Henry caught him with a cross arm breaker. Henry hit a knee and an X-Plex for a nearfall. Andretti avoided a double stomp and hit a Spanish Fly for a nearfall.

Andretti went for a springboard, but Henry cut him off with a forearm. Henry locked on a shoulder-and-arm submission, but Andretti got to the ropes to break it. Andretti and Henry traded forearms and boots before Andretti hit a shotgun dropkick and a split-legged moonsault for the win.

Four Corner Survival Match – Rocky Romero defeated Slim J, Josh Woods (w/Mark Sterling), JD Drake

The big men Woods and Drake cleared the ring before trading forearms. They traded suplexes before they fought to the floor. Slim J and Romero hit dives to both men before trading chops of their own. Romero baited Slim J to the floor before going for a dive, where Woods caught Romero and hit an overhead throw onto the floor.

Slim J and Woods worked on Romero in the ring before Romero sent Woods into Slim J and got a rollup for a nearfall. Romero fought back on both men before Drake came in and hammered Woods and Slim J as well. Drake and Romero were left in the ring, where Romero hit a headscissors that sent Drake to the floor. Romero hit a dive to all three men to the floor.

Woods cut off Romero, hitting the GYT on him. Drake hit a cannonball to Woods and actually hit a moonsault for once, but Slim J cut him off with a splash. Slim J hit a step-up hurricane kick on Drake, but Romero caught Slim J with a Shiranui for the win.

ROH World Tag Team Title Proving Ground Match – The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated Gravity & Gringo Loco

Taven started with Loco, as Ian Riccaboni talked about Taven’s history with CMLL. Loco hit a standing moonsault on Taven before tagging in Gravity, who took Taven down with a handspring armdrag. The challengers sent both Taven and Bennett to the floor before both men hit dives to the champions.

Bennett came back, hitting Loco with a Death Valley Driver on the ramp. Taven followed with Just The Tip before rolling him into the ring. Taven tried to pin him with his feet on the ropes, but referee Aubrey Edwards didn’t even count due to how blatant it was. Taven hit a rolling neckbreaker before Bennett clubbered on Loco. Taven went for a Lionsault, but Loco got his knees up and got a tag out to Gravity.

Gravity ran wild, taking both men down with armdrags and powerslams. Gravity hit a powerbomb out of a rollup on Bennett before Loco hit a step-up moonsault for a nearfall. Taven sent Gravity to the floor as Bennett caught Loco with a superkick. The Kingdom hit the Hail Mary for the win.

Trios match announced for AEW Rampage

Posted on by Josh Nason

A trios match has been added to tonight’s AEW Rampage lineup as Best Friends & Danhausen will take on Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh.

The two teams have been at odds for several weeks.

This will be the first time Jarrett, Lethal and Singh have been in a trios match together as different pairings have been in traditional tag team matches. Similarly, this is the first trios action for the unit of Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta and Danhausen.

It will be a homecoming for Taylor, who is known as the “Kentucky Gentleman.

The new match joins a lineup that already features Hangman Page vs. Wheeler Yuta in addition to both AEW Women’s Champion Jamie Hayter and Powerhouse Hobbs in action.

Here’s the current lineup, taped this past Wednesday in Lexington, Kentucky:

  • Hangman Page vs. Wheeler Yuta
  • AEW Women’s Champion Jamie Hayter vs. Emi Sakura in a title eliminator match
  • Best Friends & Danhausen vs. Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh & Jay Lethal
  • Powerhouse Hobbs vs. TBA