Ring of Honor TV – November 23, 2016: Two Unknowns Are Better Than Three
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of Honor
Date: November 23, 2016
Location: William J. Myers Pavilion, Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 600
Commentators: Kevin Kelly, Steve Corino
Opening sequence.
Dalton Castle is still missing the Boys (Where did they go anyway?) so Colt Cabana offers him some replacements.
Colt Cabana/Dalton Castle vs. Preston Quinn/Ken Dixon
Six Man Tag Team Title Tournament Semifinals: The Kingdom vs. Team CMLL
Ring of Honor TV – November 16, 2016: It’s a Problem Until ROH Fixes It
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of Honor
Date: November 16, 2016
Location: William J. Myers Pavilion, Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 600
Commentators: Steve Corino, Kevin Kelly
We open with a video of Adam Page attacking Bobby Fish and dueling speeches from both guys.
Opening sequence.
Six Man Tag Team Titles Tournament First Round: Addiction/Kamaitachi vs. Team CMLL
That would be Ultimo Guerrero, Hechiero and Okimura because there was nowhere near enough trios to fill in a tournament so here are a bunch of imports. Okimura and Kazarian start things off as Corino does everything he does to explain who the CMLL guys are. They hit the mat to start with neither guy getting an advantage, save for Kazarian grabbing an arm trap rollup for two.
Addiction and Kamaitachi break up post match.
Colt Cabana/Dalton Castle vs. Keith Taylor/Shane Lee
Adam Cole is ready for all challengers.
TV Title: Adam Page vs. Bobby Fish
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Ring of Honor TV – November 9, 2016: Almost Everything I Can’t Stand About ROH
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of Honor
Date: November 9, 2016
Location: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, Massachusetts
Commentators: Steve Corino, Kevin Kelly
Toru Yano vs. Michael Elgin
Yano is a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, which is the Tag Team Title of Pro Wrestling Noah, which is invading New Japan. So yes, we now have TWO Japanese promotions represented here in Ring of Honor and arguably in this one match. Yano, the comedy guy, bounces off Elgin a few times until Elgin shoulders him down with ease.
Video on Dragon Lee, a visiting wrestler from CMLL.
Bobby Fish vs. Dragon Lee
Matt Taven says the countdown is on for the end of the Bullet Club.
Recap of the Six Man Tag Team Title tournament.
Six Man Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: Kingdom vs. Bullet Club
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Ring of Honor TV – November 2, 2016: It’s All The Rage In Japan
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of Honor
Date: November 2, 2016
Location: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, Massachusetts
Commentators: Steve Corino, Kevin Kelly
Opening sequence.
Donovan Dijak vs. Danny Miles
The fans know this is going to hurt. Dijak kicks the handshake away and mauls Miles into the corner with forearms. The chokebreaker and back to back to back Feast Your Eyes wrap this up at 2:17.
Prince Nana says Dijak will never quit.
The Briscoes are ready for the Addiction.
Briscoe Brothers vs. Addiction
Adam Page/Adam Cole vs. Briscoe Brothers
We come back from a break with Mark having to fight off the double teaming with an enziguri to Cole. The hot tag brings in Jay (who is oddly booed) for a hard clot and neckbreaker on Page. Jay loads up the Jay Driller on the champ but takes a World Title shot to the head for the DQ at 7:30.
ReDRagon makes the save despite Fish barely being able to move due to bad ribs.
Matt Taven says the Kingdom debuts next week.
We recap the Six Man Tag Team Title tournament so far.
Caprice Coleman says the Cabinet is ready to win the belts.
Six Man Tag Team Title Tournament Semifinals: The Cabinet vs. ACH/Jay White/Kushida
ACH sends Coleman and Titus together and brings in Kushida to clean house. Everything breaks down and Titus gets triple teamed until Coleman and King have to save a pin. The Sky Splitter gets two on White and Kushida kicks King and Titus to the floor. A Rock Bottom plants Coleman and the Midnight Star gives ACH the pin at 21:07.
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Ring of Honor TV – October 26, 2016: That One Thing
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of Honor
Date: October 26, 2016
Location: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, Massachusetts
Commentators: Steve Corino, Kevin Kelly
Opening sequence.
Tempura Boys vs. Colt Cabana/Dalton Castle
We get back and forth promos from Adam Cole and Jay Lethal to hype up their title match in London.
Video on BJ Whitmer/Steve Corino/Kevin Sullivan/Punisher Martinez.
Punishment Martinez/BJ Whitmer vs. Will Ferrara/Cheeseburger
Video on Ladder War.
Motor City Machine Guns vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon
The Guns are heavily banged up from Ladder War. Evil/Tetsuya Naito here with Evil starting against Sabin. The Japanese contingent tries some double teaming but is quickly taken outside for a double dive from the Guns. Back in and Shelley kicks Evil in the chest (keeping it simple is often a good idea) but Naito is right back in and sends Alex into the barricade. Things settle down with Naito taking over on Alex as Kevin Kelly compares Naito to Kevin Steen (Owens). Corino: “Is that a bad thing?”
We take a break and come back with Shelley DDTing Naito, setting up the hot tag off to Sabin. Both Guns hit double high crossbodies as things speed way up. Evil gets in a clotheslines so Naito can roll Sabin up for two, followed by an STO to drop Shelley. The announcers ignore this match to talk about Kevin Sullivan as Naito destroys Sabin with Destino for the pin at 11:24.
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New Column: In Other News – BOO Edition
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It’s another version looking at some smaller stories because I’d be wasting your time looking at Charlotte vs. Sasha again or complaining about Stephanie being annoying.
Ring of Honor TV – October 19, 2016: Refresh My Memory
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of Honor
Date: October 19, 2016
Location: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, Massachusetts
Commentators: Steve Corino, Kevin Kelly
Opening sequence.
We see a clip of Silas Young winning the Honor Rumble.
Jay Lethal is ready for Young tonight and promises to get the World Title back.
Shane Taylor/Keith Lee vs. War Machine
Taylor and Lee wipe War Machine out post match.
Caprice Coleman says the Cabinet is ready to win the election for the Six Man Titles.
We finally get a bracket for the tournament.
ACH/Kushida/Jay White
Jason Kincaid/Leon St. Giovanni/Shaheem Ali
The Cabinet
Addiction/Kamaitachi
Team CMLL
The Kingdom
Bullet Club
Six Man Tag Team Titles Tournament First Round: Jason Kincaid/Leon St. Giovanni/Shaheem Ali vs. The Cabinet
Jay Lethal vs. Silas Young
Feeling out process to start with Young flipping out of a wristlock and grabbing a rollup for two. A quick springboard dropkick knocks Young out to the floor and hits the back to back suicide dives because WE HAVE TO HAVE A SUICIDE DIVE. Lethal even hits a third because we need to kill a few more minutes. Adam Cole comes out to commentary and we take a break.
Kyle brainbusts Cole to end the show.
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Ring of Honor TV – October 15, 2016: Not My Cup of Good Wrestling
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of Honor
Date: October 12, 2016
Location: MCU Park, Brooklyn, New York
Attendance: 1,500
Commentators: Kevin Kelly, Bobby Fish, Steve Corino
Opening sequence.
Shibata goes for the arm again but settles for another triangle choke as we take a second break. Back with Shibata grabbing a guillotine which is countered into something like a reverse sleeper. Shibata puts both guys down with an STO, followed by rolling German suplexes from Kyle to put both guys down again. Back up and Kyle hits two straight brainbusters. An Omoplata has Shibata in trouble and the referee stops it to give Kyle the win at 17:30.
Video on the rest of Field of Honor.
ROH World Title: Adam Cole vs. Jay Lethal vs. Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
Back from a break with Lethal putting Tanahashi in the Figure Four. Cole tags himself back in and Naito does the same so we can have a heel battle. Naito sends Tanahashi outside and does his signature pose as this is really, really going through the motions so far. Jay comes back in and takes a slingshot dropkick in the corner from Naito, who tags Cole back in to stay in control. The announcers start talking about the January 4 Tokyo Dome show as Cole almost superkicks Naito.
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News and Notes – October 14, 2016
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1. TJ Perkins Replaces Hideo Itami in Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
2. Mickie James to Face Asuka at Takeover: Toronto.
3. Roderick Strong Debuts in NXT.
Ring of Honor TV – September 28, 2016: The All-Star Break
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of Honor
Date: September 28, 2016
Location: Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Steve Corino, Kevin Kelly
Opening sequence.
Silas Young vs. Toru Yano
Cheeseburger vs. Punisher Martinez
The beating continues with Will Ferrara coming in and taking a beating of his own as Kevin tells Corino to embrace what he is.
Post break, Corino is looking at the golden spike that was driven into his head at Best in the World. Now Whitmer wants Corino to meet him in the desert and of course Steve will do it.
We go to the break where Whitmer called Corino Mizar and told him to accept the guidance of the father (Sullivan) and they can be each others salvation. This is still stupid.
We run down the All-Star Extravaganza card and get some promos from some people on the card.
Bobby Fish is ready for Donovan Dijak and promises that Dijak will wake up a much wiser man after All-Star Extravaganza.
Jay Lethal wants to beat Tetsuya Naito to make a statement. That statement will be LOSS because Naito is now the IWGP Intercontinental Champion so the result is almost guaranteed.
Hiroshi Tanahashi/Michael Elgin vs. Adam Page/Adam Cole
Cole and Elgin stare each other down to end the show.
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