Prince Bálor's HOH Journey
Destination: HOUSE OF HARDCORE 9 - Toronto
Date: 7/18/15
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Chris Hero vs Tommy Dreamer was a fun little opener. ***
There were some comedy moments early on, but afterwards things have really picked up and it was fun.
Ultimately, Hero won after delivering the Knockout Elbow.
The boss does the job in the opening match. Gotta love Dreamer and HOH's motto 'No Politics, No BS, Just Wrestling.'
Post-match, Tommy got on the mic to address the fans, but Pepper Parks and Cherry Bomb interrupted.
Cherry insulted Dreamer, as well as the whole country and told Dreamer to get the hell out of her ring.
Dreamer would do just that, but then he came back and told her 'Normally, I would pick you up, show everyone your disgusting vagina and Piledrive you into this mat.'
He then set up the next match, between Parks and his friend, a surprise appearance, Bobby Roode.
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Bobby Roode vs Pepper Parks was solid. **½
There were shenanigans, but Roode overcame the odds and won the match with a Fisherman Suplex.
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Team Tremendous, Hacker Scotty & Matt Striker vs Ethan Page, RJ City, Vik Dalishus & Ben Ortiz was totally fun. ***
It was mostly random carnage, with lots of flips/dives and other daredevil moves.
At one point, the ref was about to jump off the tope rope himself, but he came to his senses.
Striker's team got the win after a nice double-team move by TT followed by a Canadian Destroyer by Bill Carr.
Post-match, Kaitlyn was berating the ref, but Jessicka Havok came out and laid her out with a Chokeslam.
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John Hennigan vs Tony Nese was very good. ***½
I like both guys and I liked this match.
Hennigan won with the End of the World, after Nese crashed and burned while attempting the 450 Splash.
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The Addiction vs The Kingdom was good. ***¼
After a ref bump, Maria tried to help The Kingdom win by giving them ROH tag titles to KO the Addiction, but Traci Brooks put a little wrench in that plan when she came to the ring and Speared Maria.
That allowed Daniels and Kaz to recover and hit the Celebrity Rehab for the win.
Post-match, they held a tribute to Traci Brooks' career.
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Tommaso Ciampa vs Eddie Kingston was a good, physical bout. ***¼
At one point, Kingston hit Ciampa with an Enzuigiri and Ciampa took a hard bump on the bottom rope and caused it to snap.
Ultimately, The Psycho Killer managed to recover and defeat Kingston with a Running Knee to the head.
- Rhyno was out next and issued an open challenge. Thea Trinidad came out and introduced her man,
'The Greatest Man That Ever Lived', Austin Aries! And we have our next match.
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Austin Aries vs Rhyno was very good. ***½
I enjoyed this. Man, was the homestretch fun!
Rhyno was gonna use a chair, but Thea got in the ring to prevent that from happening to her man.
She started arguing with Rhyno, so he put down the chair and hit her with a Gore! Gore! Gore! Thea sold it pefectly.
A Double would capitalize on that, by hitting the man beast with a Rolling Elbow, a Corner Dropkick and a 450 Splash for the win.
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Team 3D vs The Young Bucks was a super entertaining main event, enjoyed it! ***¾
Team 3D won by Powerbombing Nick through a table.
HOH 9 was a very entertaining show with nothing bad on it.