Ring of Honor TV Taping
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Report by Dot Net reader Darren Persicke
Episode One
Kevin and Nigel McGuinness were on commentary.
1. ACH beat Cedrick Alexander (w/Veda Scott). ACH won with a 450 splash.
2. Caprice Coleman beat Will Ferrara with a camel clutch submission.
3. The Briscoes beat All Night Express with a Jay Driller Froggy Bow on Rhett Titus.
Episode Two
1. War Machine over Silas Young and The Beer City Bruiser (w/The Boys). War Machine won with a top rope leg drop suplex on Bruiser.
Nigel said her couldn’t reinstate Steve Corino as a announcer but reinstated him as a wrestler. He’ll face BJ Whitmer at Final Battle in a Battle Without Honor Match. Steve said he needs neck fusion surgery and thanked the crowd for a great career and left the ring.
2. Michael Elgin beat KLD. Elgin won in a squash match with a close line. After the match he challenged Jay Lethal to a world title match.
3. Matt Taven and Michael Bennett (w/Maria) beat Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian (w/Chris Sabin) to retain the ROH Tag Team Championship. The Kingdom won with the ref down and the masked man superkicked Frankie.
Episode Three
1. Laya Von Dutch beat Tracy Aries. Laya won an ugly match. Enough said.
2. Moose (w/Stokely Hathaway) beat Carter. One spear squash match. Stokely put out a challenge to Lethal for the ROH Title. He said Elgin can’t beat Moose. Elgin confronted Moose in the ring. Truth came out with J Diesel and Donvan Dijak and Eva. Truth said neither one could beat Lethal.
3. Moose and Michael Elgin beat Donovan Dijak and J Diesel. Moose and Elgin won with a buckle bomb spear combo on Diesel.
BJ Whitmer Adam Page and Colby Carino came out. BJ said he can’t believe what Steve Carino said. Nigel said if Steve Carino can’t be at Final Battle then they can’t be at Final Battle.
4. Roderick Strong beat Jay Lethal to win the ROH TV Title. Truth did not come out with Lethal. Match of the night so far. Roderick Strong wins the TV Title via submission with the Strong Hold.
Episode Four
1. Will Ferrara beat Adam Page (w/BJ Whitmer, Colby Corino). Ferrara won with a crutch shot to the head after BJ threw the crutch to him by mistake.
2. Cheeseburger beat GN Hughes (w/Brutal Bob). Cheeseburger won via palm strike. Bob and GN beat down Cheeseburger after the match. They put his arm in a chair and stomped on it, then threatened to cut his arm off with a saw from under the ring. STUPID.
Jay Lethal confronted AJ Styles in the ring. Cut a promo for their ROH Title Match at Final Title.
The Addiction told Kevin Kelly they going to New Japan and when they come back they will get their tag team championships of the world back.
3. Dalton Castle beat Adam Cole (w/Matt Taven, Michael Bennett, Maria) by DQ. Castle won by DQ following a Kingdom beat down. War Machine made the save. Nigel made it a six-man tag match. Quote of the Night…Taven told the guy in the front row his balls were fat. HAHA! Now that was funny. The Kingdom won via double super kick brain buster on the knee. Cole pinned Castle for the win. Castle and War Machine sent the crowd home happy after putting the beat down on The Kingdom after the match.
