ROH WRESTLING TELEVISION, Episode 337

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OFFICIAL RESULTS

• The Briscoes VS Best Friends; The Briscoes win.
• Christopher Daniels w/ SoCal Uncensored VS Hangman Adam Page; Page wins.
• Jay Lethal & Dalton Castle w/ The Boys VS Marty Scurll & Punishement Martinez; Lethal & Castle win.

PLAY BY PLAY

The Briscoes VS Best Friends!

#DemBoyz have declared it’s Sandy Fork VS Everybody when it comes to the ROH World Tag Team Championships. They went after the Motor City Machine Guns through this pursuit, but ended up running over Trent Baretta & Chuck Taylor on the way. Now Baretta & The Kentucky Gentleman want payback to ruin the Briscoes’ momentum.

However, the Briscoes don’t wait for the bell and handshakes, they blindside Best Friends while they’re on the apron!

The bell rings while Mark goes after Chuckie T and Jay goes after Baretta. They put Chuckie in the ring then mug him in the middle of the ring. The referee breaks things up and it sorts out into Mark going after Chuckie. Chuckie turns things around to chop and punch Mark back, then he brings Mark over to tag in Baretta. Baretta dropkicks Jay down, then double whips with Chuckie T to double elbow Mark down. Mark ends up in a corner, Chuckie starts up a train with a forearm smash. Baretta adds his, then repeat with clotheslines, and a hug!

Jay returns and boots Chuckie out, but Baretta kicks Jay out. Baretta returns to Mark, giving him a sharp chop before a whip. Mark reverses and Jay returns to elbow Baretta down! The Briscoes stomp Baretta, then throw him out. Mark goes to the apron to boot Chuckie down before dragging Baretta back up. He suplexes Baretta to the ground while Jay uppercuts Chuckie. #DemBoyz aer in control while we go to break.

ROH returns to Mark squeezing Baretta in a cobra clutch. He puts Baretta into a cover, TWO, but he drags Baretta up into a fireman’s carry. Baretta slips out but Mark keeps him away from his corner. They go into an open corner instead, Mark ramming Baretta into buckles. Mark chops Baretta, then fireman’s carry again, but Baretta slips out to run the ropes for a tornado DDT! Mark flounders and the fans rally while both men head for their corners. Hot tags to Jay and Chuckie, but it’s the Kentucky Gentleman that rallies on the Briscoes!

Chuckie chops and chops then whips but Jay reverses. Chuckie hurdles over and catches the huricanrana into a powerbomb! TWO, but Chuckie keeps focused. He drags Jay up, but Jay blocks the suplex. Chuckie rocks Jay with rights but Jay rocks Chuckie back with a dropkick. Tag to Mark and the Briscoes double whip Chuckie corner to corner. Mark runs in but Chuckie boots him away. Chuckie dodges Jay, and Baretta runs in to back elbow Jay in the corner. The Best Friends have Mark, and feed him a Sole Food German Suplex! Mark staggers up but then tumbles out of the ring, brother Jay regroups with him. The fans rally for Best Friends, and Baretta builds speed to FLY!

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Baretta takes out #DemBoyz, and then feeds Mark to Chuckie. The fans chant for Chuckie as he scoops, Baretta returns for the long dart cutter! Cover, TWO! Chuckie drags Mark up and tags Baretta back in. Fans duel with “Man up!” “Best Friends!” while Baretta throws Mark into Chuckie’s knee! Baretta picks Mark up while Chuckie climbs up. But Jay returns and shoves Chuckie down! Baretta goes after Jay but ends up in Mark’s exploder! Baretta ends up in a corner but boots Mark back. He runs out but into Mark’s clobbering clothesline! Mark tags Jay, and Jay goes after Baretta, but Baretta turns the neckbreaker into a back slide, TWO! Jay gets the double underhook, but Baretta denies the Driller, only to take another clobbering clothesline!

Mark sees Chuckie returning so he takes Chuckie out with a wrecking ball dropkick. Jay drags Baretta up while Mark climbs up. Jay Driller!

And Froggy-Bow!

Jay covers, The Briscoes win! Mark looks at the camera as he tells Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin that the Briscoes are gonna “kill y’all boys and take back our property.” However, the Motor City Machine Guns appear to take the fight to them!

Sabin & Shelley are back to 100% as they stomp mudholdes into Jay & Mark, respectively. Then Shelley gets the Briscoes’ chain! Shelley chokes Mark with the chain while Sabin steals the Jay Driller!

Sabin & Shelley show they’re willing to go just as extreme as #DemBoyz. Who will survive when it’s Sandy Fork VS Motor City?

ROH takes a look back at last week’s World Television Championship match.

The K I N G finally got his rematch, but it was more of the same from the Last Real Man and his buddies, the Beer City Bruiser & Brian Milonas. Therefore, the Enforcer of Honor, Bully Ray, appeared! He banished Bruiser & Milonas from ringside, making the match a fair 1v1 affair. Kenny King would then defeat Silas Young to become the new Two-Time ROH WTVC! He reigns atop his throne once more, but will he be leaving Las Vegas with it?

ROH recaps the WOH Championship Tournament so far.

While Deonna Purrazzo made Holidead tap out and Brandi Rhodes surprised Karen Q, we have our first quarterfinal match set after Kelly Klein defeated Bonesaw Brooks to meet Mandy Leon, who dethroned Queen Bee, Madison Rayne.

There are still the four Stardom participants, Kagetsu, HZK, Hana Kimura and Mayu Iwatani, and the other four ROH participants in Jenny Rose, Sumie Sakai, Stacy Shadows and newest edition, Tenille Dashwood. Get caught up on the first four matches via Honor Club, or ROH’s Women of Honor Wednesdays YouTube playlist, all before the WOH Championship Tournament returns to ROH TV next week!

Christopher Daniels w/ SoCal Uncensored VS Hangman Adam Page!

The Fallen Angel and his allies in the Heavy Metal Rebel and The Closer went after the Young Bucks last week after losing, so The Bullet Club’s Problem Solver came out to run them off. Now Daniels and Page go 1v1 to wrap things up before their major rematch for the ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championships at the 16th Anniversary Show. Will the Almighty Ring General or the “Hung Man” give their team one last edge before arriving in Las Vegas for a Street Fight?

But before things begin, the Enforcer appears!

Bully Ray publicly thanks the Bullet Club for earlier, because they are honoring his orders to have no one else ringside. Bully gives the Bullet Club a Too Sweet. Don’t worry, Bully can still do it, even if Bullet Club can’t. However, SoCal Uncensored clearly didn’t listen, so “here’s the deal.” Either Kaz and Scorpio leave by the count of 5, not only will Daniels be disqualified, but he’ll be suspended for 30 days, forcing the trio to miss the 16th Anniversary Show and the Six Man Tag title match. With some help from the fans, the count begins! Kaz and Scorpio realize Bully is serious, and just barely make it to the stage at 5. With that, Bully says, “Ring the bell, start the match, kick his ass, Page!”

The bell rings, and Page unloads on Daniels in a corner! He stomps but then the ref backs him off. Page comes back to stomp a mudhole, and the fans chant “Let’s go, Hangman!” for the Problem Solver. Daniels kicks back and puts Page in a corner, then another, then chops and forearms in return. He whips Page corner to corner but Page blasts out with a lariat. Daniels rolls out, Page builds speed but Daniels dodges. Page slides out and rocks Daniels with a haymaker, then throws Daniels into barriers. He puts Daniels into more barriers, then even more barriers!

Page drags Daniels up but Daniels retreats. Page pursues and sharply chops Daniels. He puts Daniels in the ring as the 20-count reaches 14, then fetches a chair! Page tosses the chair in, but the referee throws it out because this is not the Street Fight. Daniels bails out to the apron but Page drags him up, into a sleeper hold against the ropes! He hangs Daniels up in that hangman’s sleeper, but lets go at 4 to avoid disqualification. Daniels shoulders back in, then hotshots Page back, before clobbering him from behind. Daniels catches his breath while we go to break.

ROH returns to Daniels holding Page down in a chinlock. The fans rally while Page stands up and fights out. Page then runs, but into a Blue Thunder Bomb! TWO, and Daniels is frustrated. Daniels drags Page up to chop him in the back of the head, and again. Page gets fired up from the chops and that elbow to the head. He chops back, Daniels forearms, so Page forearms. Daniels gives another, Page returns it, but Daniels comes back for another. Page gives a heavier right, then spins for the roaring elbow! Down goes Daniels while the fans applaud.

Page fires himself up and the fans rally for him. He runs corner to corner to chop Daniels, then whips corner to corner for another. Another whip but Daniels reverses, Page goes up and over to speed things up, tilt-o-whirl into a powerbomb! Then, mule kick! Daniels rolls out, the fans fire up, and Page builds speed to Shooting Star from the apron!

Page topples Daniels down again, then drags Daniels up and into the ring. He takes aim from the apron, slingshot for the Buck- No, Daniels ducks and rolls Page, TWO, but jackknife cover off the rebound! TWO but Page bridges out into a backslide. Daniels reverses to double underhook but Page reverses out of that with a back body drop. Daniels counters again with a sunset flip, which Page rolls out of, but Page swings into a yurinagi throw. He hurries to the corner for the Best Moonsault Ever, but lands on his feet when Page rolls away. Page gets to a corner, and boots Daniels away, but Daniels throws him to an apron. Daniels runs, but into the Buck Shot!

Cover, Page wins! The Problem Solver brings a clean sweep over SoCal Uncensored, but Daniels has a Plan B! He anchors Page’s leg while the Notorious Hitman, Shane Taylor, ambushes him!

Taylor is not part of SoCal Uncensored so he’s not banned from ringside. He rams knees into Page, then whips Page corner to corner for a big clothesline. Taylor then takes aim, and takes Page out with the One Hitter Quitter right hand! Daniels gets in Page’s face, shouting  “That’s what you get! Bullet Club is dead!” Then Daniels confirms, “This was the best money I ever spent!” He raises his Hitman’s hand victoriously, will this be foreshadowing of a Sin City success for SoCal Uncensored?

But wait, The Enforcer returns.

Bully Ray warns Daniels, but Daniels brings up his loophole. Shane bumps Bully on the way to the back, and things are tense while we go to break. What will be the consequences of working around the Code of Honor?

Jay Lethal & Dalton Castle w/ The Boys VS Marty Scurll & Punishement Martinez!

Before The Franchise challenges The Peacock, before the Monster and Villain fight for a chance of their own, these enemies must work as allies against the others. Can Lethal put his ROH World Heavyweight Championship aspirations aside long enough to win with Castle? Or will Martinez and Scurll prove they’re better than both even before going for gold?

The match starts with Martinez and Castle, a revisit from their recent ROH WHC match. Castle tells Scurll to stay by his corner, Scurll shows he’s holding the tag rope. Castle then talks to Martinez, but Martinez calls out Lethal. Lethal wants at Martinez, too, so Castle tags. Martinez and Lethal tie up, Martinez getting the headlock. Lethal pushes Martinez to ropes and powers out, but Martinez runs Lethal over with a shoulder. Martinez stands over Lethal as he sits up, then runs, but Lethal speeds things up as he jumps up and over a couple times. Martinez grabs Lethal around the throat but Lethal slips out of the choke slam. He shoves Martinez but Martinez blocks the hip toss. Martinez swings but Lethal ducks to chop back.

Martinez doesn’t budge, and swings kicks back, but Lethal dodges those to chop again. Still nothing, and Lethal dodges but Martinez counters, both men are at a stand still, and fans applaud. It’s here that Scurll wants in, calling for the tag. Fans want to see it, they chant “Too Sweet! Woop Woop!” Martinez reluctantly walks over, and tags Scurll in! The Villain slips in, the fans chanting for him, but Castle shouts, “Jay! I wanna piece of that!” Lethal obliges, he tags in Castle. The Peacock climbs into the ring and circles with Scurll. The fans duel while they tie up, Scurll gets the waistlock then pushes Castle to ropes. Scurll honors the ropebreak but gives a stiff shove. He taunts Castle, Castle comes out to pick up and throw Scurll to a corner.

Castle gets in Scurll’s face while Scurll calls for the break. The break is clean, Castle boops Scurll’s nose. Scurll comes back out and tie sup, to get the wristlock and arm wrench. Castle reverses while fans chant “Both These Guys!” Scurll spins and rolls to reverse back. He puts Castle into hammerlock to headlock to takeover, but Castle headscissors back. Scurll pops out and flaps his wings. He then offers a hand to Castle, and Castle goes to take it, but Scurll boops him back. Castle grins while Scurll celebrates, Scurll turns around into chops! Castle throws Scurll then tags in Lethal, Lethal keeps on Scurll. He whips then runs Scurll over with a back elbow, cover, TWO.

Lethal keeps on Scurll, then tags back to Castle. Lethal suplexes Scurll and Castle drags Scurll up into a suplex of his own. The Peacock then eyes his challenger and shows off his lean. Castle drags Scurll back over, Lethal tags back in, and Lethal shows off another suplex. Lethal even dares to try the Peacock lean! It’s a bit tricky so he just goes back to Scurll, only for Scurll to arm wring Lethal down. Lethal rolls out, Scurll gets to the apron, and apron superkicks Lethal! Scurll flaps his wings now that he’s back in control, and we go to break.

ROH returns to Martinez in, holding Lethal down with a chinlock and knee in the back. The fans rally, and Lethal gets to his feet. He fights out of the hold with elbows to the stomach, but Martinez throws in a knee. Martinez lifts Lethal into a torture rack, Psycho Driver but Lethal lands on his feet. Lethal ducks and hot tags to Castle and Scurll. The Peacock rallies on Villain and Monster, then catches Scurll’s kick into a single leg suplex! Scurll flounders into another suplex, then Castle grabs Scurll in a waistlock. Martinez rushes in but Castle counters with the back elbow. Martinez staggers back, and Castle hits his Peacock Pose! The Peacock gives a running knee to Martinez in the corner, then another, and another! Castle hits a fourth knee, but Scurll returns to waistlock Castle. Castle slips around to his own, for a big German Suplex!

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The bridge is a bit unstable but Castle adjusts for a different cover, TWO! Castle drags Scurll up and to his corner, Lethal tags in. Castle rocks Scurll with a right then scoops while Lethal climbs up. Scurll slips out and shoves Castle at the corner, but Lethal leaps over. Scurll baits Lethal, into booting Castle! Lethal brushes it off to go after Scurll, but Scurll counters with Ghostbuster!

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The fans fire up with Scurll as he calls for the hold. He gets them hooping and hollering, does his dance, and– Martinez tags in! Martinez goes after Lethal with the torture rack, Psycho Driver to curb stomp! Cover, TWO!! That shocks the Monster, but he doesn’t slow down. He stands up and waits for Lethal to stand up, but Scurll tags back in! Turn about is fair play, Martinez shoves Scurll right as Lethal flies in for a forearm smash. Martinez brawls with Lethal while Castle brawls with Scurll! The referee tries to regain order but no one listens. Lethal and Martinez tire out, but Scurll throws in a forearm, only to end up in Castle’s full nelson. Scurll fights out, then rocks Castle with a forearm. Scurll mule kicks Lethal, runs, but into the Lethal Combination!

Martinez comes over, Lethal lifts him in the fireman’s carry, but Martinez slips out for a ripcord roundhouse! Lethal is staggered, Martinez roars, then drags Lethal up for the discus lariat. Scurll returns and Martinez runs at Castle, but Castle catches him in the waistlock. Castle hits Martinez with a big German Suplex! Everyone is down, but the fans are fired up and chanting for “Dalton Castle!” Castle runs at Scurll but Scurll elbows him back. Scurll then suplexes Castle into buckles! Martinez gets back up and hits the big back elbow. Scurll runs at Lethal but Lethal throws him out. Lethal dodges Martinez to then DIVE on Scurll!

The Boys fan Castle, but Martinez grabs Boy 1 and throws him! Lethal climbs up and jumps in, but Martinez catches him by the throat. Lethal fights out of the choke grip while the referee is busy checking on Boy 1, then enziguris Martinez. SUPERKICK from Lethal, but Scurll runs in with a hand full of chalk powder! Lethal ducks, all that powder goes into Martinez’s face!

Lethal shoves Scurll into Martinez, and Martinez grabs Scurll by the throat! Scurll fights the blinded Martinez off, Castle clotheslines Martinez out of the ring, going with him! Scurll swings on Lethal, but Lethal ducks to handspring, LETHAL INJECTION!

Cover, Lethal & Castle win! It was a chaotic mess by the end, but challenger and champion come out on top. But instead of celebrating, Lethal makes sure to remind Castle that he’s coming for that ROH World Heavyweight Championship. Can The Franchise win big in Las Vegas to once again become the top wrestler in the company? Or will Castle’s reign continue on to make 2018 the Year of the Peacock?

ROH reviews the card for the 16th Anniversary Show!

Cody believes “Arrogance is a Kingdom without a crown.” Matt Taven has had a throne, a harem, the walking stick, and even stole Cody’s one true Ring of Honor. However, Taven is still king of NOTHING.

Taven responds by saying “The American Melvin” and “the epicenter of the cancer that infests Ring of Honor” better thank God that their match gets to be on PPV because now the whole world gets to watch Cody pucker up and #KissTheRing.

The Briscoes go after the MCMG for the ROH World Tag Team titles.

It’s nothing personal against Sabin & Shelley, because #DemBoyz have a vendetta against everybody. The MCMG are the tag team champions, but those titles are the Briscoes’ property, and they’re coming for what’s theirs.

If Jay & Mark wanted title shots, all they had to do was ask. But instead, #DemBoyz made it personal, so now they will just have to wait and see what the MCMG does in return. Jay & Mark have been in ROH for 16 years, but there won’t be a 17th after this.

SoCal Uncensored speak to the ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions.

According to the SCU, The Young Bucks & Hangman Page are “out of your element”. This is going to be a Street Fight Party, and there will be a changing of the guard. At the 16th Anniversary, the SUPERKICK Party ends forever!

But the “Hung Bucks” respond, Las Vegas Street Fight will mean SoCal Uncensored, “you about to get your ASSES whooped!”

The Villain & The Monster compete to be the next ROH WHC #1 contender!

“Anniversaries are supposed to be about celebration.” The Villain knows that all this will be for the Purple Mist is #ASpotofBother. But Martinez responds, letting Scurll know that in Sin City, “the world finds out that the so-called Villain is just my next victim.”

And of course, the ROH World Championship match!

Live on PPV, Jay Lethal will show everyone why it’s his chance to get back “what is rightfully mine!” But The Peacock responds by saying he’s very excited. His belly is all shook up, but “don’t be confused.” Castle will still hit Lethal with everything he’s got to make sure he is still ROH WHC. When ROH hits Sin City, who will hit the jackpot? And who will completely bust?

My Thoughts:

This was the go-home to ROH’s 16th Anniversary Show, their Wrestlemania as it were, and they did quite a bit better than most other companies would with one of these. Except for all the same go-home promos they ran last week to end the show. Even if that was for those who missed last week, those promos didn’t need to be doubled up. If they left them out last week and then showed them all this week, fine, but not after seeing them last week, too. Then we also got only another update on the WOH instead of an actual match, but again, at least ROH gives several outlets for those who want to watch everything. We still get the tournament airing next week, Tenille Dashwood VS Stacy Shadows, we can already guess Tenille wins to keep her strong after her debut.

The matches that were on tonight were also all great, as usual for ROH. Briscoes VS Best Friends makes sense given the attack on them and MCMG a month ago, and Briscoes go over to stay strong going into the Anniversary Show. The MCMG getting even with them for the attacks was also great, and helps muddy the math so that no one can be sure where the result is going. Hangman beating Daniels 1v1 is a great thing for him, as Daniels has been every other kind of champion in ROH.

However, Daniels using Taylor as his ace might come into play in the Vegas Street Fight. Taylor may come in again to help SoCal Uncensored win, making Daniels an ROH Gran Slam Champion, and then starting something for Hangman in singles in the aftermath. Given the overall “Bullet Club is (not) Fine” story, Hangman going up against Taylor to then make his way up to the ROH WTVC would be great for this younger star going forward. Then there was a lot of great action and story in the main event tag. Thankfully there was no dysfunction on Team ROH WHC Match, just one-upmanship and only for a second. As for Team #1 Contender Match, there was a touch more dysfunction, and that ended up costing them. Either man could still come out to win that and challenge either Lethal or Castle, and either of them could be champion.

My Score: 8.5/10