Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 1, 2015 21:39:22 GMT -6
The dark match before tonight's Ring of Honor 13th Anniversary pay-per-view in Las Vegas saw Adam Page and Jimmy Jacobs defeat Reno Scum.
There were said to be over 1,000 fans in attendance at tonight's ROH pay-per-view at the Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Former ROH owner Cary Silkin is sitting ringside for tonight's 13th Anniversary pay-per-view. Silkin wasn't sure last week if he would be able to make tonight's show but he's there.
Phil Baroni is in the front row. Jessamyn Duke is also at ringside.
CEDRIC ALEXANDER VS. MATT SYDAL
Sydal won with the shooting star press after Alexander missed a dropkick. Good opener. A lot of creativity, good crowd reactions and a lot of near falls back-and-forth Sydal kicked out of Alexander's lumberjack. The two shook hands when it was over. Alexander wasn't happy about shaking hands.
They are doing a video feature on Moose.
MARK BRISCOE VS. MOOSE
Moose is doing an unbeaten gimmick. Moose is real green but he's a different level of athlete. He did an Okada style dropkick when Briscoe was sitting on the top rope and got higher than Okada. Some good stuff by both guys but Moose loses the intensit in spots Veda Scott refused to let Moose shake hands.
KARL ANDERSON VS. CHRISTOPHER DANIELS & FRANKIE KAZARIAN VS. MATT TAVEN & MICHAEL BENNETT
Maria isn't there because she's preparing for ODB. Taven & Bennett won with a spike piledriver when Taven spiked Anderson and then pinned him. They told the truth regarding travel problems for Doc Gallows not being there. Good match, crowd was chanting this is awesome. A lot of moves for the most part well timed. The crowd didn't have an emotional reaction to this I think this pin was for New Japan to establish Taven & Bennett as potential tag title challengers with the clean pin on Anderson.
BJ WHITMER VS. RODERICK STRONG
Solid match. Whitmer kissed Strong, the kiss of death, but Strong then came back with elbows and knees and then a suplex into a backbreaker for the pin. Jimmy Jacobs interfered a few times but mostly did commentary.
ODB VS. MARIA KANELLIS
This was a smoke and mirrors match with Mark Briscoe and Michael Bennett both interfering. It was definitely entertaining for what it should be. There were some crazy spots led by ODB doing the doomsday device off the apron and Bennett took a flip bump onto the floor. Bennett had speared Maria when ODB moved and then in the ring, ODB used the bam, which is the TKO, for the pin. ODB pressed Maria onto Bennett on the floor and then she did a plancha on Briscoe, Bennett and Maria.
A.J. STYLES VS. ACH IN A NON-TITLE MATCH
Good match, not off he charts or anything but a lot of good wrestling. Styles won a Japanese style match with a Bloody Sunday DDT and Styles clash. ACH did a Fosbury flop dove as the spectacular move. There was something slightly missing out of this, maybe from the crowd. Styles got a near submission with the Calf killer. ACH missed a 450 near the finish
KYLE O'REILLY & BOBBY FISH VS. YOUNG BUCKS FOR ROH TAG TITLES
Shayna Baszler brought out the belts. Rocky Romero is there doing commentary.
Super match ending with Chasing the Dragon on Nick for the pin. Romero said he and Trent Baretta's new name is Roppongi Vice (Roppongi is the party section of Tokyo) and they'll be challenge Fish & O'Reilly for the belts. The first time they did Chasing the Dragon, Matt pulled ref Todd Sinclair out of the ring. Earlier when the Bucks did More Bang For Your Buck, Baszler pulled Sinclair out of the ring. They teased going after Baszler but O'Reilly jumped off the apron. The Bucks did the Indy-taker spike tombstone on O'Reilly on the floor and that left Fish alone. Lots of dives. Crowd loved this, it feels like the crowd isn't mic'd well but they were so loud at the end here that they overcame it.
Jay Lethal said I will not take hand me downs from Danielson and Samoa Joe or C.M. Punk, but said Punk will take his hand me downs.
JAY LETHAL VS. ALBERTO EL PATRON FOR ROH TV TITLE
Good match. The finish saw Alberto use an O'Connor roll, but Lethal kicked out and as he came to the ropes, Truth Martini hit him in the head with the Book of Truth and Lethal used the Lethal injection for the pin. Interesting the AAA world champion came here and lost. Best spot was Martini went to hit him with the book, but Alberto used the armbar. Lethal came off the top with an elbow but Alberto caught him with the armbar. Lethal then hit Alberto with the book for a near fall Alberto used a tope early and Lethal used a three tope sequence. Crowd felt cold for this match
Samoa Joe out. Crowd is super into Joe. Joe said Who said you can't come home. Joe talked said 13 years ago he was one of the guys who started a movement in Philadelphia to bring true pro wrestling back to true pro wrestling fans Said the movement has become a revolution. That was Dusty's 70 stuff. Joe put over the ROH title was the most coveted title he's ever put around his waist, which comes off like a diss of TNA. Joe challenged the winner of the four-way. Said he would be the next ROH world champion. He said "I am pro wrestling."
JAY BRISCOE VS. HANSON VS. MICHAEL ELGIN VS. TOMMASO CIAMPA FOR THE ROH TITLE
Everyone goes after Jay, but he fights back, and it's quickly just he and Ciampa. A big neckbreaker to Ciampa brings Hanson in, who gets clotheslined right back outside. Briscoe goes for a table, which is buried in streamers underneath the ring.
Back inside the ring Elgin kicks Ciampa and hits his somersault legdrop. He has Ciampa up for a vertical suplex and gets kicked by Jay, but he just hoists Ciampa back up, then slams both men. Elgin takes out everyone with big knee attacks, but only gets two when he tries to pin Hanson.
Jay tries to hit a sunset flip powerbomb to the outside on Elgin, but can't do it. Instead, Ciampa knees him in the face. Hanson comes back and clubs Ciampa and Jay repeatedly in the corner before smashing everyone.
Hanson misses a Spin Kick of Doom and Jay plants him with a DVD into the corner where Ciampa sits. He has another DVD for Elgin but only gets a two count.
Ciampa re-enters the fray with White Noise to Briscoe off the top rope, who kicks out at two. Elgin hoists up Ciampa for a reverse splash mountain bomb onto Hanson, but can't get the pin. Elgin then hits Ciampa with a sick Razor's Edge into the barricade. Then Hanson flies out with a flip to the outside! Wow!
A ref bump leaves anarchy, and Hanson hits a Steiner Screwdriver. There's no ref, and the masked men come in, landing Kingdom's finishers. Ray Rowe comes back and chases off the KRD.
Elgin grabs Briscoe and hits a Jay Driller from the apron through a table. Briscoe looked like he landed terribly. Elgin grabs a steel chair, chokes Hanson with it and goes to hit a conchairto on Briscoe, but Nigel McGuinness stops it. Elgin goes to attack Nigel, but Ciampa saves him. Ciampa blasts Elgin with a chair, but there's no ref to count.
Hanson is tossed from the top rope to the outside, and Elgin and Briscoe remain as a new ref shows up. Ciampa almost gets a three count on Elgin with a powerbomb lungblower, but Briscoe breaks it up. Briscoe eats the same move for two.
Hanson pops back in, hits a Spin Kick of Doom on Briscoe and is pulled out by Elgin. Briscoe falls right on Ciampa and wins!
Winner: Jay Briscoe via pinfall to retain the ROH World Championship
Samoa Joe comes out and looks at Elgin in the entrance way. He hands Briscoe the title and shakes his hand as they get face to face.
There were said to be over 1,000 fans in attendance at tonight's ROH pay-per-view at the Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Former ROH owner Cary Silkin is sitting ringside for tonight's 13th Anniversary pay-per-view. Silkin wasn't sure last week if he would be able to make tonight's show but he's there.
Phil Baroni is in the front row. Jessamyn Duke is also at ringside.
CEDRIC ALEXANDER VS. MATT SYDAL
Sydal won with the shooting star press after Alexander missed a dropkick. Good opener. A lot of creativity, good crowd reactions and a lot of near falls back-and-forth Sydal kicked out of Alexander's lumberjack. The two shook hands when it was over. Alexander wasn't happy about shaking hands.
They are doing a video feature on Moose.
MARK BRISCOE VS. MOOSE
Moose is doing an unbeaten gimmick. Moose is real green but he's a different level of athlete. He did an Okada style dropkick when Briscoe was sitting on the top rope and got higher than Okada. Some good stuff by both guys but Moose loses the intensit in spots Veda Scott refused to let Moose shake hands.
KARL ANDERSON VS. CHRISTOPHER DANIELS & FRANKIE KAZARIAN VS. MATT TAVEN & MICHAEL BENNETT
Maria isn't there because she's preparing for ODB. Taven & Bennett won with a spike piledriver when Taven spiked Anderson and then pinned him. They told the truth regarding travel problems for Doc Gallows not being there. Good match, crowd was chanting this is awesome. A lot of moves for the most part well timed. The crowd didn't have an emotional reaction to this I think this pin was for New Japan to establish Taven & Bennett as potential tag title challengers with the clean pin on Anderson.
BJ WHITMER VS. RODERICK STRONG
Solid match. Whitmer kissed Strong, the kiss of death, but Strong then came back with elbows and knees and then a suplex into a backbreaker for the pin. Jimmy Jacobs interfered a few times but mostly did commentary.
ODB VS. MARIA KANELLIS
This was a smoke and mirrors match with Mark Briscoe and Michael Bennett both interfering. It was definitely entertaining for what it should be. There were some crazy spots led by ODB doing the doomsday device off the apron and Bennett took a flip bump onto the floor. Bennett had speared Maria when ODB moved and then in the ring, ODB used the bam, which is the TKO, for the pin. ODB pressed Maria onto Bennett on the floor and then she did a plancha on Briscoe, Bennett and Maria.
A.J. STYLES VS. ACH IN A NON-TITLE MATCH
Good match, not off he charts or anything but a lot of good wrestling. Styles won a Japanese style match with a Bloody Sunday DDT and Styles clash. ACH did a Fosbury flop dove as the spectacular move. There was something slightly missing out of this, maybe from the crowd. Styles got a near submission with the Calf killer. ACH missed a 450 near the finish
KYLE O'REILLY & BOBBY FISH VS. YOUNG BUCKS FOR ROH TAG TITLES
Shayna Baszler brought out the belts. Rocky Romero is there doing commentary.
Super match ending with Chasing the Dragon on Nick for the pin. Romero said he and Trent Baretta's new name is Roppongi Vice (Roppongi is the party section of Tokyo) and they'll be challenge Fish & O'Reilly for the belts. The first time they did Chasing the Dragon, Matt pulled ref Todd Sinclair out of the ring. Earlier when the Bucks did More Bang For Your Buck, Baszler pulled Sinclair out of the ring. They teased going after Baszler but O'Reilly jumped off the apron. The Bucks did the Indy-taker spike tombstone on O'Reilly on the floor and that left Fish alone. Lots of dives. Crowd loved this, it feels like the crowd isn't mic'd well but they were so loud at the end here that they overcame it.
Jay Lethal said I will not take hand me downs from Danielson and Samoa Joe or C.M. Punk, but said Punk will take his hand me downs.
JAY LETHAL VS. ALBERTO EL PATRON FOR ROH TV TITLE
Good match. The finish saw Alberto use an O'Connor roll, but Lethal kicked out and as he came to the ropes, Truth Martini hit him in the head with the Book of Truth and Lethal used the Lethal injection for the pin. Interesting the AAA world champion came here and lost. Best spot was Martini went to hit him with the book, but Alberto used the armbar. Lethal came off the top with an elbow but Alberto caught him with the armbar. Lethal then hit Alberto with the book for a near fall Alberto used a tope early and Lethal used a three tope sequence. Crowd felt cold for this match
Samoa Joe out. Crowd is super into Joe. Joe said Who said you can't come home. Joe talked said 13 years ago he was one of the guys who started a movement in Philadelphia to bring true pro wrestling back to true pro wrestling fans Said the movement has become a revolution. That was Dusty's 70 stuff. Joe put over the ROH title was the most coveted title he's ever put around his waist, which comes off like a diss of TNA. Joe challenged the winner of the four-way. Said he would be the next ROH world champion. He said "I am pro wrestling."
JAY BRISCOE VS. HANSON VS. MICHAEL ELGIN VS. TOMMASO CIAMPA FOR THE ROH TITLE
Everyone goes after Jay, but he fights back, and it's quickly just he and Ciampa. A big neckbreaker to Ciampa brings Hanson in, who gets clotheslined right back outside. Briscoe goes for a table, which is buried in streamers underneath the ring.
Back inside the ring Elgin kicks Ciampa and hits his somersault legdrop. He has Ciampa up for a vertical suplex and gets kicked by Jay, but he just hoists Ciampa back up, then slams both men. Elgin takes out everyone with big knee attacks, but only gets two when he tries to pin Hanson.
Jay tries to hit a sunset flip powerbomb to the outside on Elgin, but can't do it. Instead, Ciampa knees him in the face. Hanson comes back and clubs Ciampa and Jay repeatedly in the corner before smashing everyone.
Hanson misses a Spin Kick of Doom and Jay plants him with a DVD into the corner where Ciampa sits. He has another DVD for Elgin but only gets a two count.
Ciampa re-enters the fray with White Noise to Briscoe off the top rope, who kicks out at two. Elgin hoists up Ciampa for a reverse splash mountain bomb onto Hanson, but can't get the pin. Elgin then hits Ciampa with a sick Razor's Edge into the barricade. Then Hanson flies out with a flip to the outside! Wow!
A ref bump leaves anarchy, and Hanson hits a Steiner Screwdriver. There's no ref, and the masked men come in, landing Kingdom's finishers. Ray Rowe comes back and chases off the KRD.
Elgin grabs Briscoe and hits a Jay Driller from the apron through a table. Briscoe looked like he landed terribly. Elgin grabs a steel chair, chokes Hanson with it and goes to hit a conchairto on Briscoe, but Nigel McGuinness stops it. Elgin goes to attack Nigel, but Ciampa saves him. Ciampa blasts Elgin with a chair, but there's no ref to count.
Hanson is tossed from the top rope to the outside, and Elgin and Briscoe remain as a new ref shows up. Ciampa almost gets a three count on Elgin with a powerbomb lungblower, but Briscoe breaks it up. Briscoe eats the same move for two.
Hanson pops back in, hits a Spin Kick of Doom on Briscoe and is pulled out by Elgin. Briscoe falls right on Ciampa and wins!
Winner: Jay Briscoe via pinfall to retain the ROH World Championship
Samoa Joe comes out and looks at Elgin in the entrance way. He hands Briscoe the title and shakes his hand as they get face to face.