Ring of Honor TV – May 11, 2016: If They Don’t Care, Then I Don’t Care
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of Honor
Date: May 11, 2016
Hosts: Mandy Leon, Kevin Kelly
Opening sequence.
Mandy and Kevin welcome us to the show and this really is just going to be one big preview.
th Anniversary Show, setting up a 2/3 falls match at Supercard of Honor X where Fish beat Strong 2-1.
Also at Supercard of Honor, Stokely Hathaway set up a tag match between Kazuchika Okada/Moose vs. Michael Elgin/Hiroshi Tanahashi. This means a clip of the ending of Okada vs. Moose from the Anniversary Show. Again: nothing more than that clip to show respect between the two.
CM Punk vs. Colt Cabana
Joined in progress with Cabana grabbing a few headscissor takeovers to keep Punk on the mat and drawing a nice round of applause. Back up and Punk tries a monkey flip, only to get stomped on the face so Colt can strut a bit. Punk wants him to be serious for a change but the distraction lets Cabana grab a headlock.
Ring of Honor TV – May 4, 2016: The Kind Of Thing You Read About WCW Doing
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of Honor
Date: May 4, 2016
Location: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Attendance: 1,367
Commentators: Kevin Kelly, Mr. Wrestling 3
Moose/Hiroshi Tanahashi/Michael Elgin/Tomoaki Honma vs. Bullet Club
The House of Truth tours Tokyo.
Karl Anderson/Luke Gallows vs. Briscoe Brothers
A long video package on the entire February tour wraps us up.
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Ring of Honor TV – April 27, 2016: ROH Doing New Japan The WWE Way
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of Honor
Date: April 27, 2016
Location: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Attendance: 1,367
Commentators: Kevin Kelly, Mr. Wrestling 3
Jay Lethal/Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi
Naito reads the Book of Truth and then uses it to pound on Yoshi. Jay shakes his hand post match to imply a future partnership.
Kazarian vs. Kushida
The Briscoes get into shenanigans on the streets of Tokyo.
Elite vs. ReDRagon/Katsuyori Shibata
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Ring of Honor TV – April 13, 2016: If You Build It, The Fans Will Stay Through The Taping
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of Honor
Date: April 13, 2016
Location: Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Kevin Kelly, Mr. Wrestling 3
Tag Team Titles: War Machine vs. Roppangi Vice
Dalton Castle says his goal is different again tonight because this time he wants to hurt Silas Young.
ACH vs. Kenny Omega
Feeling out process to start with ACH doing all his flips as the announcers explain the latest issues in New Japan. An elbow to the head drops Omega and a dropkick puts him out on the floor. Naturally the numbers become an issue though as Omega distracts the referee, allowing a superkick to put ACH down. In a funny bit, Matt throws out a banana peel to offer an explanation.
We take a break (and get a promo from Adam Cole about how he created the Kingdom, meaning Matt Taven has no right to reform the team) and come back with ACH holding Omega in a headlock, only to be countered into what looked like a one man More Bang For Your Buck. That goes nowhere and ACH gets up a boot in the corner, followed by another kick to the face to put Omega on the floor.
Dalton Castle vs. Silas Young
Back up and Castle chops the post by mistake to give Young his first target. Castle tries another chop but fakes Young out and sends him into the barricade for a smart move. We take a break and come back with Young setting up a table on the floor to go with the ladder already in the ring. Neither of those are good enough for him though as he powerbombs Castle onto two open chairs instead.
Back in and the Bang A Rang is countered so Dalton throws him over the top and down through the table for a YOU JUST KILLED HIM chant. Somehow that only gets two, followed by Silas hitting him low for the same. Not that it matters as the Bang A Rang onto the chairs gives Dalton the pin at 16:42.
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Ring of Honor TV – April 6, 2016: We Get The Concept
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of Honor
Date: April 6, 2015
Location: Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Mr. Wrestling III, Kevin Kelly
Instead of the regular opening sequence, we get a look at Donovan Dijak laying out Jay Lethal and injuring Truth Martini a few weeks back.
Opening sequence.
Kazuchika Okada/Gedo vs. ReDRagon
Adam Cole vs. Kushida
We look back at the Motor City Machine Guns reforming at the 14th Anniversary Show.
Addiction vs. The Machine Guns
The double dive sends the Addiction into the barricade, followed by a high cross body from Shelley for two on Kazarian. Daniels gets in a shot to the back though and Addiction finally takes over. Kazarian and Daniels take turns on Shelley, including a double clothesline, allowing Daniels to put his foot on the chest for two. We take another break and come back with Shelley giving Kazarian a Stunner while DDTing Daniels at the same time.
Post match the Addiction beats the Guns down, only to have Kushida and Matt Sydal run in for the save. The Young Bucks come in to superkick the two of them down, triggering another brawl to end the show.
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Ring of Honor – March 30, 2016: The Dead Zone
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of Honor
Date: March 30, 2015
Location: Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Mr. Wrestling III, Kevin Kelly
Roderick Strong vs. Adam Page vs. Moose vs. Matt Sydal
with Page making the save.
Moose and Sydal go to the floor with Matt getting powerbombed onto the apron, followed by Page diving on Strong as we take a break. Back with Page dropkicking Strong into the corner until Sydal drops both Page and Strong at the same time. A standing moonsault gets two on Adam, followed by Moose slugging it out with Strong.
11:53.
they have a bad tendency to turn into borderline trainwrecks like this one. It certainly wasn’t bad but it just came and went with no real impact.
After some production guy says “I hope it’s story time. I really like it.”, it’s story time with Adam Cole. Adam says that despite this perceived downward spiral, he’s still the best wrestler in the world and the future World Champion. There is no one in that locker room who can stand up to him and Kyle O’Reilly shouldn’t even be in the same ring as him. Cole may be without his Kingdom but he’ll be winning that title back soon.
After Cole got hurt, it was Taven who was keeping Cole relevant and he’s tired of carrying Adam. The Kingdom will be rebuilt in Taven’s image and that’s it for Cole.
(like dress codes because he’s a clothing optional man) so he loves the idea of a Fight Without Honor against Silas Young in two weeks.
Cheeseburger vs. Foxx Vinyer
but he pops back up with a knee to the head. The palm strike is loaded up but here’s the All Night Express to pull Foxx out for the DQ at 1:32 for no apparent reason.
even though the fans don’t care about him. Yeah no matter how badly he’s been beaten up, the people aren’t going to care.
War Machine and the Briscoes come out for the save but the Briscoes pick up the belts. The champs aren’t happy with that and it’s a big staredown.
The House of Truth is ready for the main event.
ROH World Title: Hirooki Goto vs. Jay Lethal
graphic still shows him with the TV Title. Jay kicks him in the ribs at the handshake but Goto easily pounds him down into the corner. With the champ in trouble, Taeler Hendrix offers a distraction to break up the top rope hurricanrana. Jay is right on him with a suicide dive and we get a Trutharooni in celebration.
There’s no connection or animosity between these two and with about seven minutes of airtime, there’s only so much they can actually do. It’s a perfectly watchable match but I need something else to care about or a lot higher quality.
This wasn’t a horrible show but it’s completely skippable.
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Ring of Honor TV – March 23, 2016: Can I Sign Up For Old Japan?
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of Honor
Date: March 23, 2015
Location: Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Mr. Wrestling III, Kevin Kelly
Opening sequence.
TV Title: BJ Whitmer vs. Tomohiro Ishii
TV Title: Cedric Alexander vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Jay Lethal is ready to defend against Hirooki Goto next week.
Reno Scum vs. Briscoes
Young Bucks vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Michael Elgin
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Ring of Honor TV – March 16, 2016: I Could Get Used To This
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of Honor
Date: March 16, 2016
Location: Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 675
Commentators: Mr. Wrestling III, Kevin Kelly
Tag Team Gauntlet
Brutal Bob Evans and Tim Hughes come in fifth, charge into a double superkick, and are knocked to the floor for the opening bell. Hughes and Evans stall on the outside until we get another double superkick. Some might say this is a one move team. Hughes gets inside for a slow motion side slam, only to have Nick superkick him in the jaw. Evans comes in for some sweet shin music, setting up ANOTHER double superkick. A corner powerbomb into an enziguri sets up the hanging swanton for the pin on Bob at 39:57.
Vice celebrates a lot.
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Ring of Honor TV – March 9, 2016: Just No
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of Honor
Date: March 9, 2016
Location: Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 675
Commentators: Kevin Kelly, Mr. Wrestling III
Opening sequence.
Top Prospect Tournament Finals: Brian Fury vs. Lio Rush
Back with Rush doing the same kind of strike sequence that almost every indy wrestler does. Fury nails a headbutt to set up the Pop Up Powerbomb, only to be countered with a hurricanrana. A DDT gets two for Rush but Fury grabs a Gory Special into a faceplant for two of his own. Fury reverses a sunset flip and puts his hand on the rope for two but gets caught by an actually competent referee. The Pop Up Powerbomb gets two on Lio so he comes back with the C4 for the pin and the tournament at 9:02.
ReDRagon is ready for a tag team gauntlet match next week.
Moose vs. Kongo
Kongo is overweight and his singlet looks torn. No Stokely Hathaway for Moose here. They slug it out to start with Moose getting the better of it off a dropkick. Kongo is sent hard into the barricade but he sidesteps Moose to send him in as well. Back in and Kongo crushes him with a pair of splashes as this is WAY more competitive than it should be.
Moose headbutts him a few times before no selling a suplex. A discus lariat gets two on Kongo but he comes back with a Pounce of all things (minus the actual pouncing) for his own near fall. Moose bicycle kicks him in the face and runs the ropes for a cross body which was more like a standing splash to the face. The spear puts Kongo away at 5:04.
Rating: D-. Horrible stuff here as Kongo was a horrible option here. This should have been Kongo hitting a few fat man forearms to the back and then getting speared down for the pin in thirty seconds. Not every match needs to be some drawn out affair that wastes this much of our time on a boring match. Bad booking here and it showed horribly.
The Young Bucks are ready for the gauntlet match.
Earlier today, Mike Posey and the Get A Long Gang (seriously) rapped a lot until Cheeseburger came out to beat them down with a bunch of palm strikes.
Ad for War of the Worlds and all the New Japan stars who are coming in again.
Cedric Alexander vs. Adam Page
Scott is in her wrestling gear here which is rather fetching. Never mind as BJ Whitmer comes in and beats Page down. Alexander joins in until Gresham runs out for the save, possibly setting up a tag match next week.
We recap Silas Young/Beer City Bruiser beating the Boys last week which lead to Dalton Castle being beaten down.
Dalton Castle vs. Christopher Daniels
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Ring of Honor TV – March 2, 2016: How To Clone An ACH
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of Honor
Date: March 2, 2016
Location: Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 675
Commentators: Kevin Kelly, Mr. Wrestling III
Opening sequence.
Silas Young/Beer City Bruiser vs. The Boys
Dalton tries to run in post match but gets taken out as well.
Adam Cole is ready for Matt Sydal tonight.
Top Prospect Tournament Semi-Finals: Brian Fury vs. Action Ortiz
Top Prospect Tournament Semi-Finals: Lio Rush vs. Punisher Martinez
Martinez has impressed me more than anyone else in this tournament and definitely has a presence about him. Lio slugs away to start and has to escape from the sitout chokeslam. Punisher misses a running big boot and they head outside with Lio getting in a running kick to the chest to drop Martinez for the first time. A springboard is quickly countered as Lio gets caught in a jawbreaker and the beating is on.
Rush (who sounds like a Briscoe) is ready for the finals.
Matt Sydal vs. Adam Cole
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