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Official Chairshot Ratings: Ring of Honor Final Battle 2017

Published

8 years ago

December 16, 2017

ROH Final Battle Cody Rhodes Dalton Castle

Live from the Hammerstein Ballroom, Ring of Honor hosted their last Pay-Per-View of the year, Final Battle. With what appeared to be a stacked card on paper, as well as high profile championship matches, one would hope this wouldn’t disappoint. Well let’s get to the matches and see how it all went down.

Also, for ease of understanding, I rated each match using my system and the equivalent Meltzer Star rating. Just so everyone can start getting used to a rough estimate of how my rating system works.

Will Ospreay vs Matt Taven

Started off with early dives, but their timing was off and made the match a little sloppy early. There really wasn’t much of a story aside from Taven trying establish himself and end the “Kingdom Conspiracy”. The ending sequence saved what would’ve been a rather bland and sloppy match, a couple false finishes, Taven attempted his “Climax” at least twice, but catches Ospreay in mid Os-Cutter and finally hits the Climax for the pinfall.

Rating: **3/4 (Silver I)

The Addiction vs War Machine

Good grudge match storyline. The Addiction screwed War Machine a few weeks ago, they returned the favor, and the opening salvo of this match definitely had a lot of hatred. The referee allowed for a lot of double team moves, so much so it almost looked like a tornado tag match for most of it. Unlike the previous match, the ending sequence was a little sloppy and the point where everyone gets in a signature move didn’t really make sense why Kazarian hits his slingshot cutter, but then is inexplicably too exhausted to pin Rowe. Match ends with a Thor’s Hammer into Fallout for War Machine to get the 1,2,3. Overall the match was solid, just the last few minutes got a little sloppy.

Rating: *** (Gold V)

Marty Scurll vs Jay Lethal

Starts off slow with some nice chain wrestling and psychology. A few dives outside, but not many, and there was only one sloppy spot when Scurll caught Lethal on his Lethal Injection attempt for the Chicken Wing. Nice spot where Todd Sinclair gets bumped, Scurll grabs a chair and does the Eddie Guerrero homage by hitting the mat and throwing it to Lethal. Lethal one ups him though by putting the chair around his head and falling down; so when Sinclair comes to, he’s just confused. Scurll loses to a Lethal Injection, but wins in the long run since Lethal tried to use the umbrella to hit Scurll, Sinclair gets distracted discarding the umbrella and Lethal hits Scurll with the low blow, leading into the finish.

Rating: ***3/4 (Gold I)

ROH Tag Team Match: Best Friends vs Motor City Machine Guns

They tried, that’s all I can say. The Guns did their usual stuff, still looking pretty good but the Best Friends are too gimmicky. A lot of odd comedic moments and The Guns had to play heel basically because Best Friends are just awkward hugging nerds. Sabin wins out of nowhere with a jacknife cover on Trent after taking a piledriver from Chuck…and I guess Chuck took a nap after delivering the move. I don’t know, but this was a lame match and it wasn’t MCMG’s fault.

Rating: *.5 (Bronze II)

ROH TV Title Elimination Match: Kenny King vs Silas Young vs Punishment Martinez vs Shane Taylor

Good match, all of the participants looked good and stayed true to their characters. Shane Taylor got eliminated first, just because he’s the least established name but still looked decent. After double teaming Punishment Martinez, Silas Young cracks Kenny King in the head with Beer City Bruiser’s beer bottle and eliminates the incumbent champion. From this point it was really close until Punishment did a dive on the outside onto Bruiser and injured his ribs. So due to the fact that Martinez’s offense was a little crippled, Young took advantage and hit his finisher, Misery, to become the new ROH TV Champion.

Rating: *** (Gold V)

Street Fight: Tommy Dreamer & Bully Ray vs The Briscoe Brothers

Nostalgia for ECW from the entrance. Dreamer and Bully do the Sandman entrance, come down, relive some great old school spots. These two teams throw everything at each other, INCLUDING the kitchen sink. Hell they even had a kendo sticks vs light sabers stand off. Either way, this was a good street fight, not a lot of actual wrestling, but a good story being told and great brawling through the entire thing. Bully gets some light fluid and looks to be redoing the flaming table spot, but the Briscoes get the upper hand and put away the veterans.

Rating: ***1/4 (Gold IV)

ROH 6 Man Title Match: The Young Bucks & Adam Page vs Flip Gordon, Titan & Dragon Lee

The synchronized dropkick spot is moronic and the fact that they all did it at least twice and then a 6 way drop kick…that is one of the dumbest spots in current Indy style wrestling. There were high spots, dives, more high spots, oh yeah, and super kicks. This was a typical Young Bucks match but the timing with most of the spots was a little off and that made it a little worse even if you like the gymnastics exhibition style of wrestling. Hung Bucks win with a combination Indy Taker in the center of the ring.

Rating: **1/2 (Silver II)

ROH World Title Match: Cody vs Dalton Castle

Dalton started off staying one step ahead of Cody. He countered a ton of moves and it took some heel tactics and Brandi’s interference for Cody to sustain any momentum. But even through a ref bump which saw Cody tap out to Castle’s submission hold, the Julie Newmar, Cody hits his Cross Roads…but Dalton kicks out. Not only is he the first person in ROH to kick out of the Cross Roads, he is now the NEW ROH World Champion after hitting a Bang-a-rang for the pinfall.

Rating: ***3/4 (Gold I)

Synopsis:

So on a whole the show was roughly a 3 out of 5 stars, which is above average. It crowned two new champions, established new alliances (The Addiction joined up with Scorpio Sky after the 6 man match), announced an official Women of Honor championship and was over all entertaining. Sure some of the matches weren’t technically sound, but I’d say most people enjoyed enough of what they saw to not leave dejected.

Makes you wonder if Kota Ibushi vs Cody at Wrestle Kingdom will just be a normal match, or if they’re going to add Dalton Castle to it. I guess we’ll find out soon, right?

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Chairshot Staff Picks: Money In The Bank

Extra, extra read all about it… Chairshot Staff picks are in!!!

Published

2 weeks ago

June 6, 2025

PC Tunney

Sing it with me… money money money money moneeeeeeeeeyeeeeee… everybody’s got a price! MONEY IN THE BANK is here!!! How money will our staff picks be?!?

AJ – Roxanne Perez
Andrew – Stephanie Vaquer – *Bubba Sparxxx Impression* I don’t tell stories, I let them tell theyself.
Dave – Guilia – A stacked field but I just like her here.
DJ – Naomi
DPP – Roxanne Perez
Jason – Alexa Bliss
Patrick – Roxanne Perez
Rey – Naomi – If Naomi loses, we riot!
Rob – Naomi
Greg – Alexa Bliss – Bliss has had huge reactions since returning and is moving a ton of merch. While I can see them wanting to build Roxanne Perez, Giulia, or Stephanie Vaquer, I think Alexa Bliss.

Tunney’s Take: Rhea Ripley – I’ll make my case short and sweet… Mami in the Bank! You can’t leave that money on the table.

Chairshot Pick – Tie – Naomi 3 & Roxanne Perez 3 (Alexa Bliss 2, Giulia 1, Rhea Ripley 1, Stephanie Vaquer 1)

AJ – LA Knight
Andrew – El Grande Americano – Feels correct given his push and the fact he’s over.
Dave – Seth Rollins – Got to push that new faction.
DJ – LA Knight
DPP – El Grande Americano
Jason – LA Knight
Patrick – Solo Sikoa
Rey – LA Knight – Looks like another push, and he does have history with Cena.
Rob – Solo Sikoa
Greg – Seth Rollins – This company is extremely high in the El Grande Americano gimmick, but this match comes down to Seth Rollins or LA Knight. Given the Rollins storyline, it’s his briefcase to win.

Tunney’s Take: El Grande Americano – Picture this: Chad Gable wins the AAA Mega Championship and El Grande Americano wins MITB! WHAT A SATURDAY in LA!!!

Chairshot Pick – LA Knight 4 (El Grande Americano 3, Seth Rollins 2, Solo Sikoa 2)

AJ – Becky Lynch – Sadly
Andrew – Becky Lynch – I still don’t care about Lyra.
Dave – Lyra Valkyria – Starting to warm up to her and Becky has a lot to do with that.
DJ – Lyra Valkyria
DPP – Becky Lynch
Jason – Becky Lynch
Patrick – Lyra Valkyria
Rey – Becky Lynch – Put some fire on the Irish Beef.
Rob – Becky Lynch
Greg – Becky Lynch – I don’t think you do a rematch here just to have Becky lose again. Unless Bayley shows up to help Lyra.

Tunney’s Take: Becky Lynch – A big part of me feels that winning this title checks off a major box for Becks in her HOF career.

Chairshot Pick – Becky Lynch 8-3

AJ – Cena & Paul
Andrew – Rhodes & Uso – Easy way for Cena to lose without eating the pinfall.
Dave – Rhodes & Uso – Get the QB back on the winning track.
DJ – Rhodes & Uso
DPP – Rhodes & Uso
Jason – Cena & Paul
Patrick – Cena & Paul
Rey – Rhodes & Uso – Heels usually lose these kinds of matches. Logan takes the pin.
Rob – Cena & Paul
Greg – Rhodes & Uso – I hope Jey isn’t an afterthought here like Cody was last fall when he was paired up with Roman. I think Cody pins Cena to set up Cody-Cena 2 at SummerSlam.

Tunney’s Take: Cena & Paul – I don’t think Cena is involved in another loss until he loses the WWE Championship. I also think Logan Paul is NOT done trying to capture Jey Uso’s World Heavyweight Championship. …Travis Scott in the house?

Chairshot Pick – 6-5 Rhodes & Uso

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Chairshot Staff Picks: Backlash St. Louis

Chairshot Staff picks!!!

Published

1 month ago

May 9, 2025

PC Tunney

May is upon us and with that, so is Backlash from St. Louis! What does the first PLE after WrestleMania have in store for the WWE Universe? Let’s see if the Chairshot Staff can properly interpret the crystal ball of rasslin’ future.

AJ – Pat MacAfee – Gunther has to start losing control and who better than an announcer.
Andrew – Pat MacAfee – Goldberg getting involved does seem correct here.
Dave – Gunther – He’s not losing to a broadcaster.
DJ – Gunther – Pat is sent to the shadow realm until football season is over.
DPP – Gunther – Post match beat down leads to Pat time off.
Jason – Gunther – One massive spot and or bump from Pat.
Patrick – Gunther
Rey – Gunther – RIP MacAfee, t’was a good life.
Rob – Gunther
Greg – Pat MacAfee – Why? Goooooldbeeerrrrrgggggg!

Tunney’s Take: Gunther – Seems like the right pick here. Pat may be getting some time off and Gunther needs more heat.

Chairshot Pick – GUNTHER 8-3

AJ – Lyra Valkyria – Becky’s hopefully putting her over, still mad about Dakota.
Andrew – Becky Lynch – I have no real interest in Lyra currently.
Dave – Becky Lynch – Lyra is boring AF!
DJ – Lyra Valkyria – Bayley interferes.
DPP – Becky Lynch – Becky cheats and steals the title.
Jason – Lyra Valkyria – Bayley costs Becks.
Patrick – Becky Lynch
Rey – Becky Lynch – Story needs to jump up a bit, Becky Charlotte’s Lyra.
Rob – Lyra Valkyria
Greg – Becky Lynch – It’s been fun, Lyra. (It kinda hasn’t)

Tunney’s Take: Lyra Valkyria – Bayley’s interference should set up some type of program with Becky as we head towards Summer(Slam).

Chairshot Pick – BECKY LYNCH 6-5

AJ – Jacob Fatu – Great way to put him over w/ two former WHCs and LA Knight.
Andrew – Jacob Fatu – He’s Jacob Fatu!
Dave – Jacob Fatu – Too soon to pull the belt off him.
DJ – Jacob Fatu – Priest and LA can’t decide who’s is bigger.
DPP – Jacob Fatu – Your hardcore match, tables and chairs involved.
Jason – Jacob Fatu – The Champ retains due to or in spite of Solo.
Patrick – Jacob Fatu
Rey – Jacob Fatu – All gas. No brakes. Ain’t losing.
Rob – Jacob Fatu
Greg – Jacob Fatu – Someone from The Samoan Dynasty ain’t winning a title just to drop it.

Tunney’s Take: Jacob Fatu – Uncle Mo is on Fatu’s side and other than Knight, I don’t see Drew or Priest holding the US title in the current circumstances of this title’s landscape.

Chairshot Pick – JACOB FATU 11-0

AJ – Dominic Mysterio – Judgement Day shenanigans just leading up to Finn turning on Dom later.
Andrew – Penta – Dom’s fine having a short reign, could also work for pushing AAA.
Dave – Dominic Mysterio – He’s probably more over than Penta.
DJ – Dominic Mysterio – Dirty Dom takes home the gold and the girl.
DPP – Dominic Mysterio – Big Head helps Dom pull out the win.
Jason – Dominic Mysterio – By hook and crook.
Patrick – Dominic Mysterio
Rey – Dominic Mysterio – Latino Heat keeps burning. Finn gets closer to the edge.
Rob – Dominic Mysterio
Greg – Dominic Mysterio – Someone from The Guerrero Dynasty ain’t winning a title just to drop it.

Tunney’s Take: Dominic Mysterio – That belt looks good with the king of chicken tendys. I can see Penta and Rey reforming as a tag team sooner than later.

Chairshot Pick – DOMINIC MYSTERIO 10-1

AJ – John Cena – Why? Cena wins, lol.
Andrew – John Cena – Shenanigans ensue so it’s not a clean win.
Dave – John Cena – The last time is now.
DJ – John Cena – Randy hears voices telling him he needs an Attitude Adjustment.
DPP – John Cena – Cena tries to cheat but the ref doesn’t call for a DQ.
Jason – John Cena – Nefarious means, Randy not ready for Evil John Cena.
Patrick – John Cena
Rey – John Cena – Cena just counting down the dates. Should be fun though.
Rob – John Cena
Greg – John Cena – You know they want Cody to be the hero in the end.

Tunney’s Take: Randy Orton – Once upon a time Randy got himself intentionally disqualified and it cost John. Saturday, history repeats itself with a 180-degree twist. Cena retains via Orton DQ victory. This time, Travis Scott’s appearance takes care of that task.

Chairshot Pick – JOHN CENA 10-1