Results from last night's tv taping (Credit
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Before the taping begins, Ric Flair comes to the ring to a huge standing ovation. He puts over the Philadelphia crowd and their enthusiasm, respect, and wildness. He talks about how he came to ROH three months ago to become ROH Ambassador, but he wants to be straight with the crowd and tell the fans that he's decided to go back to WWE, which surprisingly got applause from the crowd. He put over the company and how hard everyone works to bring a good product to the fans, but he realizes that he belongs in WWE and that's where he wants to finish his career. He thanks the fans for accepting him as part of Ring Of Honor and tells everyone to keep supporting ROH.
Episode #13
-The show opens with Austin Aries coming out to the ring to address the crowd. He says with his good looks and youthful exuberance, he's fooled a lot of people into thinking he's a hot young prospect, but the reality is that he's a seasoned, well-traveled veteran. He says that no matter where he travels, the level of competition makes ROH the best stage in professional wrestling, and it's all because of the fickle, demanding, bloodthirsty fans. He's come out here trying to give the fans more and more, but it's never enough and it ends now because Aries is going to stop giving and start taking. He says the first thing he's taken in ROH is the spotlight, the second thing he took was everything Jerry Lynn, Tyler Black, and Bryan Danielson had to throw at him in the four way a few weeks ago and nobody could beat him. He called out Jerry Lynn, demanding that he come out to the ring and hand Aries the ROH World Title. Lynn didn't show, so Aries said that the reality Lynn refuses to face is going to have to come smack him in the head.
-Jay Briscoe defeated D'Lo Brown by countout
D'Lo is a lot bigger in person than he looks on TV. The match started fast with Jay going right after D'Lo. D'Lo tried taking a powder to the floor, but Jay went after him and sent him back in the ring. Briscoe with a cross body for two, but D'Lo got a leapfrog out of the corner and hit a lungblower on Briscoe to take control. Briscoe mounts a comeback, but D'Lo shuts him down with a big clothesline. Dueling D'Lo and Briscoe chants. D'Lo with a big vertical suplex for two before working Briscoe over in the corner with chops. D'Lo gets a small pop with the head bobble, but eats boot on a corner charge and then takes a flatliner into the second turnbuckle. Briscoe started going to work on D'Lo and gets a shoulderblock and a Death Valley Driver for two. D'Lo reverses out of the Jay Driller and goes for a Sky High, but Briscoe reverses to a Frankensteiner to send D'Lo to the floor. D'Lo stalls outside the ring and stays out there until he gets counted out. Briscoe grabs the mic, calls D'Lo a bitch, and demands he come back into the ring. D'Lo teases that he'd come back, but changes his mind and heads to the back instead. This was much better than their New York match from a few months ago until the stupid finish.
-Kevin Steen & El Generico defeated Bobby Fish & Silas Young
Steen takes a side headlock on Fish to start before coming off the ropes with a shoulderblock. Steen goes to work on Fish and Young tries to nail Steen from the outside, but Steen nails Fish with a spinning heel kick before tagging out to Generico, who gets two off a drop toehold/somersault legdrop combo. Young tags in, but Generico gets the corner punches with the crowd chanting in Spanish. Generico with another spinning heel kick for two. A distraction from Fish on the outside allows Young to hit a stiff lariat to take control. Fish with a snap suplex for two and a tag out to Young, who goes to work with shoulderblocks in the corner. Young with a big slam, and a Northern Lights Suplex for two. Tag back out to Fish who starts pounding away on Generico, but Generico counters a piledriver attempt and tries to go for the tornado DDT, but slips and falls off the ropes. Generico tags out to Steen who cleans house, hitting the pop-up powerbomb on Fish and a jawbreaker on Young. Generico with a clothesline sends Young to the outside, allowing Steen to hit the Swanton on Fish for two. Young back in the ring to trade waistlocks with Steen but Young ends up in the corner and eats the big Yakuza Kick from Generico, who then gives one to Fish. Package Piledriver/Brainbuster combo wins it for Steen & Generico.
After the match, Kyle Durden comes out to get a word with Steen & Generico. Steen says that all the Wolves did with the Tables Match was make Steen & Generico hungrier and angrier, and they're coming to get their titles back.
-Jimmy Rave defeated Grizzly Redwood
Before the match, Prince Nana comes out and sings the praises of Jimmy Rave, praising his brains and ability to sell out ROH shows. Jimmy comes out to the usual toilet paper treatment. Jimmy suckerpunches Grizzly to start and pounds away in the corner. Rave misses a cross corner charge and Grizzly tries a comeback, but Rave shuts him down with a big lariat. Rave rams Grizzly into the corner and pounds him down. Grizzly crawls away and htis a flying chop, but Rave with Ghanaria for the quick and easy win. Rave puts on the heel hook after the bell, but Necro Butcher runs out with a chair to make the save.
-ROH World Champion Jerry Lynn defeated Chris Hero
Shane Hagadorn has a nice, new glittery jacket. Lynn and Hero trade wristlocks and headlocks to start, but Lynn with a schoolboy rollup for 2, then starts working over the arm. Hero goes for a slam, but Lynn slips out the back and hits a flying headscissors and goes back to the arm. Hero backs Lynn into the corner and goes for a forearm, but Lynn counters into a monkey flip, Hero cartwheels out, but Lynn with a Frankensteiner to send Hero to the floor. Hero gets back up on the apron, but Lynn with the springboard dropkick sends Hero back to the floor. Lynn rolls Hero back in for 2, but Hero counters a backdrop attempt by ramming Lynn's head into the mat. Hero works Lynn over in the corner and then distracts the referee, allowing Sara Del Rey to choke Lynn from the outside. Lynn blows his corner sunset flip, but Hero covers by hitting a big boot for 2. Hero goes for a cross corner whip, but Lynn reverses and sends Hero into the corner and gets an inverted sunset flip for 2. Hero quickly regains control and they hit the chinlock. Lynn counters a backdrop attempt and ducks a clothesline, then hits a flying clothesline. Hero gets the boot up on a corner charge and goes up top, but Lynn gets a top rope bulldog for 2. Lynn goes for the Cradle Piledriver, but Sara Del Rey gets on the apron to distract the ref, allowing Hagadorn to nail Lynn from the outside. Lynn quickly recovers and hits a somersault dive off the apron onto Hero, but Hero hits the springboard forearm off the guardrail then picks up the mats off the ringside floor, but misses a senton on the floor. Back in the ring, Hero escapes the Cradle Piledriver and TKO attempt and hits a rolling elbow to the back of Lynn's head for 2. Hero goes for another rolling elbow, but Lynn reverses to a windmill crossbody for two. Lynn off the second rope with a Tornado Flatliner for 2, but Hero catches him with an elbow in the corner and dumps Lynn to the floor. Lynn back in the ring and Hero tries for the Cradle Piledriver, but Lynn reverses out and goes for one of his own, but Hero reverses out of that and hits a pair of rolling elbows for 2. Hero with the loaded elbow pad, but Lynn catches him in a small package for the win. This was a great match.
After the match, Austin Aries runs out and nails Lynn with the belt as the crowd chants "Next World Champ".
Episode #14
-Claudio Castagnoli defeated Necro Butcher
Claudio takes Necro down with a waistlock to start and does the "HEY!" thing. Claudio with another waistlock takedown, but Necro sits out and turns in to befuddle Claudio. This fair wrestling match takes a turn for the worse when Claudio turns unsportsmanlike with a boot to the gut, but Necro nails him and hits a monkey flip to take control. Necro with a big backdrop and a clothesline over the top to send Claudio to the floor. Necro goes for the somersault off the apron but Claudio runs, so Necro just follows him and starts ramming him into the guardrail and the timekeeper's table before hitting a Beel Toss on the floor. Claudio runs back in the ring and tries to suplex Necro back in, Necro escapes, but Claudio gets a poke to the eye and a bicycle kick for 2. Big elbowdrop gets another 2 for Claudio. Claudio lays in some European uppercuts and plants Necro in the middle of the ring with a big slam followed by another elbowdrop for 2. Necro starts fighting back, but Claudio shuts him down with a knee to the midsection. Necro gets an inverted sunset flip for 2 and knocks Claudio silly with a punch to the jaw and a big boot to the face. Necro starts working him over in the corner and hits a bulldog for 2. Necro goes for the chokeslam but Claudio elbows out and tries to go up top, but Necro hits the Necrosteiner as Jimmy Rave runs to the ring and spits in Necro's face. Necro starts chasing Rave around ringside, but the distraction allows Claudio to get a low kick and small package Necro for the win. Brent Albright runs out to chase off the heels with a chair after the match.
-SHIMMER Champion MsChif defeated Neveah
Neveah with a side headlock takedown to start, MsChif tries to counter out with a hiptoss, but Neveah counters that back inthe toe headlock. Neveah with a flying mare and the Mr Perfect necksnap for two. MsChif ducks a clothesline and hits a backfist to take control. MsChif puts Neveah down in the corner and starts stomping on the back of her head. MsChif with a big clothesline, but Neveah badly blows a small package for 2. MsChif with a weird stretch into a gutbuster, and then she was supposed to miss a Lionsault, but Neveah didn't move in time and took the move anyway, but didn't sell it and started her comeback. Neveah with a badly botched neckbreaker for 2, and counters the Desecrator into a German Suplex for 2. Jimmy Jacobs tries to get in the ring and distracts the referee as MsChif gets the green mist and the Desecrator for the win. This was what JR would call bowling shoe ugly.
-Kenny Omega defeated Kenny King
King has Rhett Titus and a couple of local strippers in his corner. Omega with a hammerlock to start, but King reverses into a series of armdrags. Omega with a headscissors, King escapes, and they trade legscissors. Austin Aries comes out to take the girls to the back in a subtle spot I'm not sure everyone noticed. Omega sends King to the floor with a spinkick, but misses a baseball slide. Titus and King try to double team Omega on the floor, but King accidentally nails Titus and Omega hits a big dive from the ring to the floor. He needs to be careful with those dives, he sometimes gets a little too much air on them like in Montreal. Back in the ring, Omega hits a big running elbow in the corner and a dropkick to the back of the head for 2. King goes to the eyes and tries his somersault kick, but Omega blocks and hits a spinkick of his own. Titus distracts Omega from the floor and allows King to nail Omega to take control. Titus blatantly nailed Omega in front of the referee, who acted like he didn't see anything. This episode is going to need some editing. Omega gets backdropped onto the top rope and King nails a big spinkick to draw a big pop. Omega gets a great flying bodypress off the top rope, then ducks a clothesline and starts going to work on King. Omega with a dropkick to the knee and a nice bulldog for 2. These guys are amazing. Omega with a martial arts kick and a Rude Awakening for 2. Omega tries the STOP spot but King no sells it, hits the handstand kick, and runs over him with a big clothesline for 2. Omega goes up top, but Titus grabs his ankle and allows King to hit a big spinkick and an F5 for 2. The crowd is really hot for this match. King with a torture rack but Omega reverses to a sunset flip, and King reverses that to a sunset flip of his own with the tights for 2. Omega ducks another spinkick, does the STOP spot again, and this time it pays off with another spinkick for 2. Titus interference backfires and Omega gets an inverted Frankensteiner and an electric chair into a German Suplex for the win. Match of the night so far. Titus attacks Omega after the bell and Erick Stevens makes the save.
-KENTA defeated Roderick Strong
Each man avoids some stiff chops and kicks from each other to start, but that doesn't last long before they start tearing into each other. This is going to be fun. KENTA starts pounding away with forearms, Roderick goes for a sunset flip, but KENTA gets a stiff slap to Roderick's face and then one of the stiffest kicks I've ever seen to the chest before going to a chinlock. KENTA takes him to the corner and starts whaling away with kicks. This is turning into criminal assault before my eyes. Roderick counters a monkey flip by simply tossing KENTA across the ring and starts chopping awway like he's trying to chop someone behind KENTA. Roderick with a side backbreaker and a fallaway slam for 2. Roderick with a waistlock, KENTA elbows out, but Roderick with a picture perfect dropkick to the face for 2. Roderick with a mega stiff cross-corner whip and starts stomping away on KENTA in the corner. KENTA eats boot on a pair of corner charges, but gets a powerslam and both men are down as the referee starts counting. KENTA with a series of clotheslines off the ropes and a vertical suplex, followed up by a top rope clothesline for 2. KENTA with an STF, but Roderick makes the ropes. Roderick with a slingshot into a Falcon Arrow suplex for 2. Roderick with a pair of corner clotheslines and a cradle backbreaker for 2. KENTA comes back with more kicks and a springboard dropkick, followed up by a Yakuza Kick in the corner and then a leaping dropkick to Roderick, followed up by a sitout powerbomb, but all that only gets 2. KENTA with a series of strikes followed by the running knee kick for 2, and he pulls down the knee guard. KENTA goes for the Go To Sleep, Roderick escapes, KENTA goes for it again, Roderick escapes again and this time hits an enziguiri and puts KENTA up top, then hits a big superplex. These guys are not going to be able to walk tomorrow. Strong goes for the Stronghold, but KENTA makes the ropes. Out on the apron, Roderick goes for the backbreaker on the apron, but KENTA escapes and a pair of stiff kicks sends Strong to the floor. Strong with a really nasty backbreaker on the apron and the gutbuster followed by a running kick gets 2. Strong goes for the Tiger Driver, but KENTA reverses to Go To Sleep for the win. This was an amazing match and the new match of the night. Both men got a standing ovation after the match.
Episode #15
-Delirious defeated Jimmy Jacobs in a Fight Without Honor
Delirious came out in the red, which you longtime fans know means that Delirious means business. Delirious went right after Jacobs and hit a nasty dive to the floor. Jacobs comes back and rams Delirious into the guardrail a couple of times and tries to follow up with a charge, but Delirious hits a drop toehold into the guardrail and hits a panic attack, again, against the guardrail. Delirious pops the crowd by dragging a table out from under the ring and placing it against the guardrail in perfect position to not be used until someone gets tossed on it from the ring later in the match. Jacobs is bleeding and sure enough, they forgo the table spot when Jacobs rams Delirious into the ringpost. Jacobs tosses a couple of chairs in the ring and then hits a clothesline on Delirious on the floor before rolling him back in the ring. Jacobs rams Delirious face first into the chair, then picks the chair up and whacks Delirious across the back. Jacobs sets up the chair in the ring and gives Delirious a seat and hits a crossbody off the top rope onto the chair. Jacobs starts going to work with the non-destroyed chair and tosses Delirious to the floor where he again sits Delirious in the chair, but this time Delirious moves and Jacobs lands ribs-first on the chair. Delirious comes off the top rope to the floor with the chair in Jacobs and then tosses a random fan's hat across the building. Back in the ring, Delirious gouges away at Jacobs' forehead and then pitches the chair at Jimmy's face with an audible thwack, but Jimmy counters a Delirious charge with a spear and lock in the End Time, but Delirious manages to get to the ropes to break. Jacobs pulls out his old friend the steel spike and takes a run, but Delirious moves and they do the "burying the spike in the top turnbuckle" spot, and Delirious gets the Cobra Suplex for 2. Delirious goes for Shadows Over Hell, but Jacobs throws the chair at him and Delirious happens to fall onto the apron right in front of that table. Delirious tries for a suplex, but Jacobs goes to the eyes and goes for the spear off the apron, but Delirious moves and instead of breaking the table, Jacobs just bounces off it, so Delirious hits Shadows OVer Hell to the floor and puts Jacobs through the table, then rolls him back in the ring and gets the three count. Great brawl. Jacobs teases cutting his wrists with the spike after the match, but the referees come out and talk him out of it.
-The Young Bucks defeated Sal Rinauro and A Partner
The only guy I knew by name in this match was Sal Rinauro, but the Young Bucks go right after the heels and hit a double dive to the floor to start. Double team hiptoss on Rinauro followed by a double dropkick for two. Rinauro with a jawbreaker on Young Buck #1 and tags out to Evil Partner. Partner with a series of kicks and shoulderblock in the corner then tags back out to Rinauro who hits a corner clothesline for 2 and chokes Young Buck #1. Tag out to Evil Partner and the two of them completely miss a double clothesline, but Young Buck #1 sells it anyway. Young Buck ducks another double clothesline and makes the tag to Young Buck #2 who comes in and cleans house, hitting a springboard facebuster on Evil Partner before getting a nice superkick in the corner and the Bucks finish with a 450 splash/moonsault combo on Evil Partner for the win. Strangely, neither Young Buck looked anything like the current Buck Woodward.
-Brent Albright defeated "Dirty" Ernie Osiris
The crowd with an "Albright's gonna kill you" chant to start. Albright kills Osiris with a clothesline and a backdrop suplex before opening up with chops in the corner. Albright continues pounding away but Osiris goes to the eyes and does the Pit Stop. Osiris tries a neckbreaker, but Albright escapes and gets the Air Raid Crash, dropped Osiris headfirst on the top turnbuckle about five or six times, and hit the half nelson suplex for the win. Total squash. After the match, Kyle Durden gets in the ring and tells Albright that Claudio Castagnoli has challenged him to a Flag Match, and Albright accepts the challenge.
-Before the main event started, Nigel McGuinness came out in a suit and sporting a new shaved head to wish Tyler Black and Bryan Danielson good luck. He went on to say that you have to trust one another to be good tag team partners, and they don't trust each other so they'll need all the luck they can get.
-The American Wolves defeated Bryan Danielson & Tyler Black to retain the ROH World Tag Team Title
Black and Edwards start, they lock up and go to the corner and Edwards breaks clean. Edwards with a waistlock and Black reverses to a wristlock. Tag out to Danielson and Edwards backs off and tags out to Richards. Danielson with a wristlock but Richards does his bridging kick to escape. Richards goes to a wristlock of his own, but Danielson does his handspring dropkick to escape that and Richards bails to the floor in frustration. Hagadorn has another nice new jacket at ringside. I guess with Sweeney gone, somebody has to be a fashion plate at ringside. Black tags back in and Richards goes to a side headlock, then bowls over Black with a shoulderblock. Black comes back with a pair of hiptosses and a side headlock takeover, but Richards backs him into the Wolves corner and tags out to Edwards, who goes to work in the corner with stiff chops. Black with a backdrop and tags out to Danielson, who lays into Edwards with European Uppercuts. Danielson catches Edwards' boot and lands a kick to the inner thigh. Crowd is big time into Danielson. Edwards goes back to the headlock, Edwards escapes but Danielson with a pair of stiff kicks and a tag out to Black, who immediately gets caught in the Wolves' corner. Black with a pair of leapfrogs and a snapmare, a kick to the chest, and a stomp, and then it's back to the headlock. Whatever neck injury he had, it looks like he's over it. Danielson back in with a stiff kick to Richards for 2, and they hit the chinlock. Danielson tries to get Richards in the surfboard, but Richards makes the ropes. Black tags in and gets caught in the Wolves' corner again and starts exchanging chops with Edwards. Black manages to escape and tag Danielson in and this time Danielson gets the surfboard on Edwards. Edwards tags out to Richards, but Danielson with a big elbow puts Richards down and Danielson goes to a stepover toehold. Danielson converts that into an Indian Deathlock, but Edwards in to break it. Danielson dropkicks Richards to the floor, but Edwards stops him from making the dive. Black pulls Edwards out to the floor and holds both Wolves so Danielson can hit the dive. Danielson comes off the top, but Richards catches him with a dropkick and sends him to the floor to get worked over by Edwards. Richards goes to the chinlock and then tags in Edwards to stomp away at Danielson some more. The Wolves double team Danielson in the corner and follow up with a knee to the midsection and a stiff kick to the back. Wolves go for a double back suplex, but Danielson rolls through and hits both men with a double dropkick and makes the hot tag to Black. Black comes in and sends both Wolves to the floor and hits a somersault dive. Black and Richards back in the ring and Black hits the springboard clothesline for 2. Black with a standing shooting star press for 2 and goes for God's Last Gift, but Richards escapes. Edwards catches Black from behind with a nasty suplex and Richards gets a top rope dropkick for 2. Danielson comes in to even the odds and he and Black double team Richards, but Danielson ends up on the floor with Edwards and gets rammed into the guardrail. Black misses the Phoenix Splash and Richards gets a rollup for 2, but Edwards is back in and the two of them hit some nice double team moves for 2. Danielson goes after both men, Richards lays Danielson out with some stiff kicks and Black hits the Pelle kick on Richards and all four men are down. Now all four are back up and brawling in the ring. Danielson catches Edwards in a triangle choke as Black hits the corner powerbomb and superkick on Richards for 2. Danielson sends Black up top for the Phoenix Splash, but accidentally knocks Edwards into the ropes and causes Black to fall and get rolled up by Richards for the win. Danielson and Black got in each other's faces after the match and had a shoving match, but when Black went to calm things down and shake hands, Danielson took his hand and smacked him in the face, then walked out.
Tyler Black got on the mic and thanked the fans for coming, but told the fans to bring everyone they know tomorrow night to watch him beat Danielson.
