Ring Of Honor TV – March 10, 2021: Now Do It Bigger
Ring of Honor
Date: March 10, 2021
Location: UMBC Events Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Commentators: Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman
We’re rapidly approaching the Anniversary Show, which will be the first major Ring of Honor event since Final Battle. The company is on a bit of a roll as of late after last week’s pretty awesome show. I’m curious to see where they are going with the Anniversary Show, which could use a card. Let’s get to it.
Here are last week’s results if you need a recapRing Of Honor TV – March 3, 2021: Pay Per View Without Paying While Viewing
Opening sequence.
We look at the end of last week’s show, with Kenny King costing Shane Taylor the World Title.
Kenny King says of course he wasn’t about to turn on Rush because they are family. Rush comes in to talk about how awesome La Faccion Ingobernable is.
Here are the Pure Championship rankings:
1. Josh Woods
2. Dak Draper
3. Rhett Titus
4. Wheeler Yuta
5. Fred Yehi
Josh Woods is proud of beating Dalton Castle and can beat anyone from any angle. Sure Castle has a bad back, but why shouldn’t he go after it? You know what you are doing when you get in the ring with a professional wrestler. Woods has beaten a lot of stars and he is ready to beat Castle again on the way to the Pure Title.
Dalton Castle did lose to Josh Woods and that one stings a lot. Woods found a hole in his offense and it is another blemish on his record. What does that mean now? Well Castle’s name is not on any of the leader boards and that is a problem. He can’t fix the past but he can fix the future by not losing to Woods again.
Dalton Castle vs. Josh Woods
Pure Rules. They start slowly with an exchange of shoves up against the ropes. It’s already time to grapple on the mat, which is quite the way to go for both of them. Woods gets the better of things and starts cranking on Castle’s arm before slapping on the Gorilla Lock to send Castle bailing to the ropes. Castle sends him outside though and drives Woods into the barricade as we take a break.
Back with Woods hitting a springboard kick to the face and nailing some running elbows in the corner. A butterfly suplex gets two on Castle and the Gorilla Lock sends him over to the ropes again. Woods wins a slugout but has to slip out of the Bang A Rang. Neither can get anywhere off of a rollup but Castle’s back gives out….but he suckers Woods in for a small package and the pin at 9:45.
Rating: C. It’s nice to see Castle get a win but I’m not sure how much longer he is going to be around here. Unless this is a rather detailed story that is going to take a long time, Castle is pretty clearly on the downswing around here. Woods could go a long way around here and he got caught instead of getting beaten here, so his future still looks pretty bright. Just let him win something.
Post match here is Silas Young, in a suit, to talk about how Josh Woods tried to go out on his own but not he is losing again. Woods couldn’t even win an opportunity at an opportunity at Final Battle, so there is only one solution: the two of them getting back together as a team and taking care of everyone. We may have a deal.
EC3 vs. Jay Lethal vs. Jay Briscoe vs. Matt Taven
The winner gets a World Title shot at the Anniversary Show and Maria Kanellis-Bennett is on commentary. During the entrances, everyone talks about why they want to be champion and what it means to them (EC3 wants to control his narrative, Lethal and the Foundation want to restore honor to the company), Taven wants the title back and Briscoe wants to fight Rush). Everyone but EC3 and Briscoe shake hands to start so the two of them go outside to brawl while Lethal chops away at Taven in the corner.
Back up and Taven knocks Lethal out to the floor and follows him down, only to have Briscoe run both of them over. Back in and EC3 suplexes Briscoe before knocking Taven off the apron. Lethal is back in with a Lethal Combination on Taven, who is right back with a clothesline to the floor. The Flight of the Conqueror works but Briscoe is back in to beat on Taven. Briscoe suplexes Lethal into Taven in the corner but EC3 throws Taven outside. EC3 hammers away at Briscoe and, after knocking Taven outside, keeps hammering away.
Briscoe and EC3 slug it out and everyone is left knocked down. It’s Taven up first but Lethal catches him in the corner. That means the Tower of Doom to put everyone down again but EC3 is up in a hurry. EC3 tells Lethal to kick Briscoe in the face so Lethal takes EC3 down into the Figure Four. That’s broken up and EC3 takes him down again.
EC3 stares at Briscoe and loads up a Jay Driller on Lethal, which draws Briscoe back in to break it up. Briscoe and EC3 brawl to the back….and here’s Vita VonStarr to watch from ringside. Taven hits Just The Tip on Lethal for two but VonStarr’s distraction lets Lethal hit the Lethal Injection for the pin and the title shot at 14:04.
Rating: B-. This was a pretty solid match, though Lethal back in the World Title scene is far from the most thrilling concept. That being said, Taven is taken and EC3 vs. Briscoe has been set up for a long time now, so who else was there? I do like the VonStarr interference here though as it keeps Taven strong and makes his feud with Vincent even more personal, if that is possible. Good but not great match.
Post match Lethal is elated while Taven is crushed.
Overall Rating: B-. The roll continues and I think that is more about the pay per view coming up than anything else. The company has been stuck for a long time now so having something to build towards helps a lot. The last few weeks have gone well and a lot of that is because they have had something to focus on. Keep that up and we could be in for an awesome run from the company. They’re having a rather nice short form run, but maybe a big one is possible too.
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