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Matt’s Recap & Reviews: Ring of Honor TV (10/28/19)

Ring of Honor Television on FITE TV: Episode #423

Published

5 years ago

October 29, 2019

Matthew Davis

Ring of Honor Television on FITE TV: Episode #423

“Since 2002 we have created excellence together.”– Jay Lethal

Showing the ending of Death Before Dishonor between Angelina Love and Kelly Klein, with Love using the Botox Injection to get the win and the Women of Honor Championship. Ian Riccobani tells us The Allure has captured the championship and will defend it tonight in a triple threat match against Sumie Sakai and Jenny Rose. We are introduced to our first match of the night featuring a “Vegas Wild Card” match with all the participants chosen at random.

1) Jay Briscoe vs Joe Hendry vs Silas Young vs Cheeseburger vs Marty Scurll vs Jeff Cobb vs Josh Woods vs Brian Johnson vs Rhett Titus
Death Before Dishonor Fallout Tour
Las Vegas, Nevada

Starts off with Kenny King and Cheeseburger. King drives Cheeseburger into the corner and asks for a test of strength, but Cheeseburger reverses, King with double arm drags and gets a wristlock maintaining control. Cheeserburger tries to escape with a side headlock and gets dropped hard off the mat with a shoulderblock. Misdirection from Cheeseburger off the ropes, shoulder block gets two! Hard powerslam by Kenny King gets two! King allows Cheeseburger to roll into the corner and tag in Rhett Titus.

The former tag team champions tie up as Johnson tags Kenny King and begins barking at King that he’s the legal man and to get out of the ring. Johnson tags in Josh Woods as Johnson and King argue on the apron. Titus and Woods lock up. Cravate into a head takeover, Woods with a rolling pin gets one. Woods transitions into a full nelson and they exchange standing switches. Silas Young tags Rhett Titus as Silas Young and his protege square off. Fans start to change “Hug it out”, Young refuses as they tie up. Woods with an inside legsweep into a lateral press. He rolls Silas Young inside out and turns it into a banana split roll up as we fade to a commercial..

Back with Joe Hendry in the ring, driving Brian Johnson into the corner and Hendry tags in Rhett Titus. Titus with a power slam and a tag to Cheeseburger. Titus body slams Cheeseburger onto Johnson for a pin and a kickout. Burger tags Silas Young who stomps Johnson in the corner and tags Titus back in. Big splash by Titus gets a two count. Johnson with a back elbow ito a springboard shoulder. Johnson tags in Jeff Cobb who throws Titus over his head! Jeff Cobb lifts both Cheeseburger and Silas Young in his arms before dispatching both. He tosses Cheeseburger like a rag doll. Cobb destroying all four of his opponents. Titus flips onto the top rope, caught by Cobb in a stalling falcon arrow. Standing moonsault gets two by Cobb! Cobb tags in Kenny King who slaps Rhett Titus across the face and trash talks him. King heads outside the ring as Titus takes chase, back in, Johnson with a hard lariat that drops Titus and Johnson demands King tag him in. King fakes him out and back on the attack. Snap suplex! King backs into Woods who tags in. Woods crushes Rhett Titus! Knee in the corner! Pin and One count only. Brian Johnson slaps Woods back and tags in. Brian Johnson tells the crowd to shut up as Johnson attacks Titus as a couple fans chant “Last Place” at Johnson as he works over Rhett Titus.

Shenanigans occur as Johnson refuses to tag any of the men in his corner as Cheeseburger gets a hot tag. Cartwheel into a superkick and a Fuji Special! King attacks Cheeseburger, Hendry drops King with knee facebuster, Woods in and sends Hendry out, Titus drops Woods, Johnson launches off the top rope onto Titus and Silas Young with a backbreaker across the knee into a clothesline! Cobb and Hendry standing face to face. Titus ad Cheeseburger attack Cobb! Cobb with double pumphandles to King and Cheeseburger as Hendry drops two men with a double fallaway slam as they square off again. Running double clotheslines and both men are down. Everyone’s down! On the outside, Cobb and Hendry crash into each other as the crowd explodes. Silas Young and Josh Woods in the ring, Brian Johnson drags Woods outside, Cheeseburger drops Brian Johnson! Kenny King with an Arn Anderson Spinebuster to Burger! Titus with a Caporeia Kick to Burger! King tries a suplex but Titus blocks, Young and Woods drop the All Night Express from behind and Woods school boys Silas Young for the win in 15:00 shown.

* Jay Briscoe and Marty Scurll were shown on the screen as participants in the match, where as Kenny King and Rhett Titus were not, yet the latter were in the match. Odd.

Winner: Josh Woods (and his teammates who I couldn’t keep straight at all? Was this a tag match? Was it a Scramble? No rules were discussed, the pre-match advertisement didn’t have the correct participants shown, action was wild and tags were random)
Grade: *
Thoughts: I was going to give this two stars for having a decent length for an opener, one of the longest matches I’ve reviewed for Ring of Honor TV, but I need to take a whole star off for how confusing this whole thing was. I’m not surprised, this match is the epitome of Ring of Honor Television wrapped up into one highlight.

We are back with highlights of The Kingdom against The Bouncers in a Barroom Brawl at Death Before Dishonor as The Bruiser and Milonas were bleeding. Also shown was Marselgia throwing darts into Beer’s back. Everyone was bleeding as Milonas and Bruiser picked up the win. Backstage, Bruiser and Milonas celebrated with crimson masks, as Beer City Bruiser asked who’s next because they just proved they could fight.

2) The Bouncers (Brian Milonas & Beer City Bruiser) Vs Slice Boogey & Chris Bey

Boogie pie faces Bruiser to start as trash talks him. Bruiser is in great shape from when I’ve seen him before as Bruiser crushes Boogie as the crowd chanting “Beer Beer Beer” as Milonas and Bey get tagged in. Bey on the attack but Milonas sends him into the corner. Milonas tries a charge but Bey with a kick to the face. He tries to jump off the top, but Milonas drops him with a clothesline! Chris Bey gets crushed under Milonas who tags in Bruiser. Bey with forearms, missed a swing, Bruiser dazes Bey with dizzying punches and bites Bey’s forehead! Bruiser argues with the referee that he didn’t bite him, because he ain’t go no teeth.

On the outside, Boogie drops Bruiser with a clothesline. Bruiser rolls back in and Bey with a shining wizard! Tries a pin but Bruiser kicks out before one! Tag to Boogie who drops an elbow on Bruiser but kicks out. Bey tags back in, standing moonsault gets one only! Bey tags in Boogie. Hard spinebuster on Bey! Bruiser sends Boogie down and tags in Milonas who buries Boogie in the corner, runnuing body splash to both his opponents! Crossbody by Milonas onto Bey! Double team as Milonas with the diving guillotine legdrop, reminiscent of The Decapitation Device with a legdrop instead of an elbow, for the win at 4:30.

Winners: The Bouncers
Grade: *
Thoughts: Athletic squash as Boogie and Bey looked decent in a couple minutes of action. The Bouncers deserve more recognition for their explosive team work. I think they will be ROH Tag Team Champions before long. They are one of, if not the top contending team in the company right now. (I need to say this, and it might not be popular, but Brian Milonas needs to lose some weight. That’s not healthy to be carrying around that much weight. As I mentioned in the beginning of the match, Bruiser looks to be in the best condition I’ve ever seen him in this company in years, he’s still heavy, but he’s lost a ton of weight. He looks healthy and bulky, not balloon huge. Milonas looks really big. I hope he decides to give his body the benefit of the doubt before his heart gives out on him and we lose another wrestler young. Please Brian, please do yourself a favor.)

After a commercial, we are back with Rhett Titus, Silas Young, Cheeseburger, and Joe Hendry backstage. Titus says “We learned some things here in Las Vegas, 1) Cheeseburger is the greatest 2) I Believe in Joe Hendry (#IBelieveInJoeHendry), 3) Kenny King is going to get his ass whooped, and 4) I guess the student is better than the teacher, as he turns his attention to Silas who says his teammates didn’t have his back! Hendry breaks them up and tries to cheer them up by handing out autographs as Silas storms away.

Backstage after Death Before Dishonor, Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham are discussing their electric match. Lethal has an ice pack on his elbow, telling Gresham he also broke his elbow, and asks Gresham if they’ve hashed things out. Lethal apologizes if he upset him and apologizes for his constructive criticism. He says Gresham is the best technical wrestler in the world, and if they’re going to team he needs to start listening to his partner. Lethal asks what next, Gresham says he thinks the tag division needs a team like them. (Insert Simon Miller’s “Nobody Talks Like That!”)

Back with Ian Riccobani and Quinn McKay who plugs Rush vs Jeff Cobb at Honor United which can be found on Honor Club! Riccobani tells us that Gresham is a former Top Prospect Tournament competitor, but right now we will see highlights of the 2019 Finals match between Austin Gunn and Dak Draper. Literal highlight package of the entire match. Dak Draper picked up the win as Gunn stares into the lights as Draper celebrates.

Backstage, Dak Draper said at the beginning if the tournament he said he didn’t have to work hard to win the tournament and then remarked that was a lie. He’s been waking up every morning five days a week to train and says he pushes himself harder than anyone does. He’s big, he’s strong, he’s tall, but he’s strongest asset is his mind. He says his mind is the general and his body is the army. He says it doesn’t matter who the TV Champion is, he’s got him in his sights.

After a break, highlights of Rush winning the ROH World Championship, as Riccobani tells us about Rush against Jeff Cobb! He tells us about ROH The Experience, ROH Unauthorized, ROH Survival of the Fittest, and Final Battle all coming up for whoever the champion is. Quinn McKay says Rush is one of the hardest hitting and toughest champions of all time, as she wants Brian Zane to tell us his Top 5 Toughest ROH Champions Of All Time.

Brian Zane introduces him and says success is defined by win and losses, but also tenacity. 5) Austin Aries, the greatest man who ever lived, snapped Samoa Joe’s undefeated streak and won the title in 2004, then five years later became the first ever two time ROH World Champion in 2009, 4) Mr.Wrestling Kevin Steen, he says Steen has always flew in the face of authority but always backed it up. He defeated El Generico in one of the greatest ladder matches of all time, and also caused a riot when he spat in the face of Jay Lethals parents, 3) Samoa Joe, The Samoan Submission Machine, when you think of dominance you think of Samoa Joe. Joe was the first to defend the championship internationally, making it the ROH World Championship, and reigned for 21 months, the longest of all time, 2) Brian Danielson, the man once called The American Dragon was a founding father of the company, winning the championship in 2005, and holds the record for most successful defenses over 400 days, he wrestled the end of his reign with a major shoulder injury, and 1) Nigel McGuiness. No one felt for so long, in so much pain as much as Nigel, he held the belt longer than anyone else for a 545 day reign, withstanding a torn bicep (which ultimately ended his career), a concussion, a broken nose, and more while holding his own against the best wrestlers in the world. Dalton Castle walks up to Brian Zane and complains he’s not on the list even though he broke his back and then won the championship and defended the championship for six months, asking if that’s not tough?! He says he swims in the ocean and he’s not afraid to swim with sharks. Castle says he’s the top 5 toughest champion of all time!

3) ROH Women Of Honor Champion Angelina Love (w/ Mandy Leon) vs Sumie Sakai vs Jenny Rose
ROH Women of Honor Championship
Triple Threat

This is a television exclusive match. Jenny Rose out first, Sakai next, followed by the champion, Angelina Love. We are told Sakai was the first ever Women of Honor champion, and she trained Jenny Rose. Cabana says Love will do anything to retain the championship.
Bell sounds as we have under 10 minutes left in the show.

All three women stand across from each other. The challengers attack Love early. Double team attacks on the champion in the corner, double suplex! Double clothesline and the champion rolls to the outside. Jenny Rose turns it against Sakai inside and tries to suplex her but Sakai blocks. Rose reverses into a spinning side suplex for two. Off the ropes, Rose crushes Sakai, and Sakai tries again but Love trips her and gets in the ring. Running crossbody by Love on Rose. Sakai trips Love ad drags her outside, dropping her with a forearm! Inside, Jenny Rose with a Fishermans Suplex for two! Fade to a break…

Jenny Rose has a half crab locked in tight on Sakai, as Love drops Rose with a bulldog, Love locks in the Koji Clutch on Sumie Sakai in the middle of the ring! Nowhere to go! Sakai refuses to give up and swings her legs to the ropes. Sakai looks unconscious and Love breaks after four count. Love with a Lou Thesz Press to Rose on the outside, Rose trips Love into the apron, inside, Rose chops Love in the corner, and Love throws Rose outside and targets Sakai again. Sakai with a Fishermans Buister! Hooks the leg! Two count only! Love reverses Smash Mouth into a bridge pin for two! Love sends Sakai outside into Jenny Rose! Jenny Rose rolls inside with a jawbreaker to the champion! Rose with a boot to the throat! Rose targets on Sakai who is rolling in the ring. Both women brawling as they both take down Love. Rose with a short Spear for two and a half! Victory roll by Sumie Sakai for two! Rose with a lariat, hooks the legs, two and a half! Uranagi by Rose! Love dives in to break the count! Love with the Botox Injection! Sukai breaks the pin! Sukai hooks Love in the Smash Mouth again as Mandy Rose distracts Sakai on the apron and she chases Rose. Turns around into a Botox Injection for the win at 8:45 shown.

Winner AND STILL ROH Women of Honor Champion: Angelina Love
Grade: **1/2
Thoughts: For a match that ran under 10 minutes there was some fun stuff in here between three talented women. I wasn’t expecting much, but they delivered. Jenny Rose looked like a future star, and Sukai can just go, and at her age that’s truly amazing. Sukai being “distracted” by Mandy Rose on the apron was stupid, why not hit your move and THEN attack Rose? It’s as old as time in wrestling and it doesn’t get any less illogical. Another complaint I have is, Sakai didn’t sell either submission hold AT ALL. The announcers kept playing it like she was exhausted. Not believable, at all.

Overall Show Grade: 5/10

Maybe one of these days we will get a show worth watching. Few major complaints this week, but overall, the planning and production of these shows are mindbogglingly bad. Who makes these episodes for television? They surely can’t all go through the same person or team. There’s so much confusing direction that it can’t be possible; it’s embarrassingly unprofessional. Does this company know they are satire wrestling right now? Even in TNA’s worst moments, they weren’t this bad. I will replace whoever is in charge of producing these shows, and I’ll do it for half the salary and I promise you, I’ll make a relevant program that makes sense.

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Mitchell’s ROH Death Before Dishonor Results & Report! (7/26/24)

YEEHAW!

Published

47 mins ago

July 26, 2024

Steven Mitchell

The word of the day is, “Gold!”

ROH brings Death Before Dishonor to Texas, and makes it bigger than ever! SIX championship matches, how drastically will the landscape change?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Zero Hour – MXM Collection VS Spanish Announce Project; wins.
Komander VS The Beast Mortos; wins.
Texas Deathmatch: Leyla Hirsch VS Diamante; wins.
ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship Qualifier: Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs VS The Dark Order; wins and advances to Battle of the Belts 11.
ROH World Tag Team Championships: The Kingdom VS Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O’Reilly; win(s) and
ROH World Television Championship Survival of the Fittest: Atlantis Jr. VS Lio Rush VS Shane Taylor VS Johnny TV VS Lee Johnson VS Brian Cage; wins and
ROH Pure Championship: Wheeler Yuta VS Lee Moriarty; wins and
ROH Women’s World Television Championship: Billie Starkz VS Red Velvet; wins and
ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena VS Queen Aminata; wins and
ROH World Championship: Mark Briscoe VS Roderick Strong; wins and

PLAY BY PLAY

[Due to scheduling conflicts, coverage will be on delay]

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Mitchell’s ROH Results & Report! (7/25/24)

ROH is bigger in Texas!

Published

1 day ago

July 25, 2024

Steven Mitchell

ROH arrives in Arlington!

On the night before Death Before Dishonor, ROH is packed with stars fighting to shine! And a TEN MAN TAG is perhaps the biggest spotlight of all!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli VS Lee Moriarty & Anthony Ogogo w/ Shane Taylor; Yuta & Claudio win.
The Gates of Agony VS Spanish Announce Project; The Gates of Agony win.
EJ Nduka VS Jon Cruz; EJ wins.
Atlantis Jr. & Lio Rush VS Shane Taylor & Johnny TV w/ Taya Valkyrie; Shane & Johnny win.
Abadon VS Dulce Tormenta; Abadon wins.
10 Man Tag: Anthony Henry, Nick Comoroto & The Iron Savages VS Komander, Fuego Del Sol & Top Flight; Komander, Fuego & Top Flight win.
The Von Erichs VS The Dark Order; The Von Erichs win.

PLAY BY PLAY

Mark Briscoe speaks.

It was just last night, after Blood & Guts was said and done, that the ROH World Champion returned backstage. AEW Media asked how he was feeling after that match, and he says, “Hey, man, we Dem Boys. Another day at the office, this what we do. Understand what I’m saying?” But then Mike Bennett of the Undisputed Kingdom steps in. Mike has Mark calm down. He is here as a friend, as well as a fellow husband and father. Mark needs to chill out. Look at his face! Yes, it was Blood & Guts, and yes, he has Death Before Dishonor, but there are more important things than the title. There are more important things than wrestling. Mark has to get his head on straight.

Mark says this is how they feed their families, though. Mike says sure, but Mark can’t feed his family if he ain’t walking. Mike knows the Briscoe family, he’s been to Sandy Fork. Mike’s met Papa & Mama Briscoe, he’s met Mark’s kids. They’ve eaten together and- TAVEN ATTACKS FROM BEHIND! Taven tells Mark he’s a “Stupid Melvin,” because NOTHING matters more than this title! Roderick Strong steps in and sits Mark up. Mark may be ROH World Champion for now, but he will NEVER be Mr. ROH. The Kingdom leaves Mark down on the ground, will the Sussex County Chicken be able to fight back at Death Before Dishonor?

Backstage interview with The Kingdom.

Lexy Nair introduces the ROH World Tag Team Champions, Mike congratulates her on that and he high-fives with Taven. Lexy says they do not have opponents for Death Before Dishonor at this moment, do they have any updates on that? Taven rolls his eyes and Mike says he has an update. Mike reached out to “TK,” but Tony hasn’t responded to any of the texts, phone calls, emails, or even his instant messages, so Mike can only assume one thing: they get the night off! Taven says it sounds that way to him. Taven tells “Not Renee” that they already told “the little one with the stupid name” (Arkady) that they’ll be taking the night off.

The Kingdom has been to every single show for the last nine MONTHS, from Dynamite to Rampage to Collision to ROH. And what a day it will be that TK will finally give them the night off because he is the best boss ever, because Roderick Strong is going to win the ROH World Champ- Oh, goodness gracious. Well~… It’s Paul Wight! And he says, “Good evening, gentlemen. I’ve got some good news, and I’ve got some bad news.” Good news: Tony Khan has appointed Paul Wight as a member of the Board of Directors! The bad news: TK & Wight have seen the shenanigans The Kingdom has been up to.

So unfortunately, The Kingdom WILL be defending those ROH World Tag Team Championships for Death Before Dishonor. And it’ll be against Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O’Reilly! The Kingdom asks that please, not Kyle. He’s still their friend, they don’t wanna fight him. Wight thanks them for their time and takes his leave. The Kingdom is very worried now. Ishii barely has a neck, the piledrivers won’t work! And Kyle is… Kyle! But will The Kingdom soon lose it all when facing The Conglomeration? Or can they all keep ROH undisputed?

Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli VS Lee Moriarty & Anthony Ogogo w/ Shane Taylor!

The Decoder & The Swiss Superman jump back into tag action, but this is also an appetizer for the ROH Pure Championship match for Death Before Dishonor! Can Claudio help Yuta roll into his first title defense in months? Or will #TAIGASTYLE and the Gov’nah send Yuta in there battered and bruised?

The teams sort out and Lee steps up to Yuta. The fans rally as the two circle, they tie up, and Yuta wrenches. Lee spins Yuta to cravat, but Yuta slips free and trips Lee. Yuta has a toehold, but Lee slips around to get an ANKLE LOCK! The fans rally, Yuta reels Lee back in and headlocks, but Lee waistlocks. Yuta standing switches, headlocks after all, and he grinds the hold. Lee slips out the back, steps over to wristlock, but Yuta spins and cording holds. The fans applaud, Lee endures the hold, but Yuta cranks the arm. Lee tries to facelock but Yuta cranks the cording hold to fight it. So Lee knees low, and trips Yuta up.

Lee pushes Yuta, runs, but Yuta drops. Lee cartwheels and dances to taunt Yuta. Yuta runs up, Lee hurdles but then Yuta slips around to arm-drag! Lee stands, fans cheer, and Yuta runs up, but Lee catches the dropkick! Lee flips Yuta over but Yuta throws Lee down! Yuta sits on the cover, TWO! Lee sunset flips, TWO! Yuta has the legs, but Lee spins to throw Yuta away. Yuta trips and covers, ONE! Lee trips and covers, ONE! Yuta tries again, but Lee avoids the cover, BORDER CITY STRETCH! Yuta rolls free, then drags Lee down and flips him over, SEAT- NO, Lee slips free of the Seatbelt but Yuta arm-drags him back down!

The fans cheer the exchange as Yuta grinds Lee’s arm. Lee fights up, throws hands, then pulls hair! Yuta CLUBS Lee, Lee CLUBS Yuta! Tag to Ogogo and he runs up, but into an arm-drag! The fans rally, Yuta brings Ogogo up but Ogogo powers out. Ogogo runs Yuta over, then talks trash. Ogogo calls out Claudio, so Claudio reaches out. Yuta tags Claudio and the fans cheer! Claudio steps in and smirks while Ogogo fires up. The two tie up, Claudio powers Ogogo to a corner, and the ref counts. Claudio lets off slowly, Ogogo tells him to back off. Claudio puts Ogogo’s hands by his sides, but Ogogo pushes him.

Claudio steps back and the fans cheer. The two reset, tie up, and Ogogo powers Claudio back, but Claudio turns it around. Ogogo turns it back around, and he lets off slowly, to body shot! The fans boo but Ogogo talks trash. Ogogo headlocks, Claudio powers up and out, and he runs Ogogo over! The fans cheer, Claudio drags Ogogo up, and he tags in Yuta. BCC double whip and then DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE! The fans cheer, Claudio and Yuta high five, and then Yuta clamps onto Ogogo. Yuta rains down HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS, but Lee runs up! Yuta lets off Ogogo to back Lee up, but then Ogogo BOOTS Yuta down!

Ogogo drags Yuta up to bump him off buckles. Ogogo stomps away, then UPPERCUTS! Ogogo talks smack on Claudio because those are European Uppercuts! Ogogo whips corner to corner, runs in to SMASH, then he snapmares Yuta to UPPERCUT on the run! Cover, TWO! Ogogo wants a better count but the ref says his was fair. Ogogo drags Yuta up while fans rally, and Yuta DROPKICKS! Lee tags in, slips around, and he CLUBS Yuta! Lee drags Yuta back up, but Yuta turns facelock into a takedown, and he has a DOUBLE WRISTLOCK! Lee endures, kicks around, and has the ROPEBREAK!

Yuta lets off quickly, but then he has to duck a sucker punch from Ogogo! Yuta ROCKS Ogogo, but Lee trips Yuta and PENALTY KICKS an arm! The fans rally and Lee stomps Yuta down. Lee drags Yuta up, bumps him off buckles, then stomps away. Tag to Ogogo, and Shane Taylor Promotions mugs Yuta. Ogogo grabs a leg, Yuta rises up and ENZIGIRIS! Lee tags in and he hurries to bring Yuta back. Lee back suplexes, but Yuta lands out! Yuta leaps over Lee, rolls and hot tag to Claudio! The fans fire up as Claudio rallies on STP! Claudio then UPPERCUTS Lee in a corner! Claudio bumps Lee off buckles and fires off UPPERCUTS!

The ref counts, Claudio lets off, and then he jukes to UPPERCUT! Claudio runs side to side and he BOOTS Yuta down! The fans fire up and Claudio stalks Lee. Lee rises, Claudio trips him, but Lee scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! The fans boo because they wanted a swing. Claudio storms up but Lee ELBOWS him away! Claudio just comes back to LARIAT Lee up and out! The fans fire up and Claudio goes out to run in around the way. Claudio UPPERCUTS Lee against railing, and Claudio himself stumbles through the gap and into the crowd! The fans cheer and high-five Claudio as he makes his way back to ringside.

Claudio puts Lee in, runs up and DOUBLE STOMPS! Cover, TWO! Claudio drags Lee up, suplexes, but Lee slips around into a SLEEPER! Claudio RAMS Lee into the corner, but Ogogo tags in! Lee BOOTS Claudio then goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK! Ogogo LARIATS in a corner, feeds to Lee’s ROUNDHOUSE, then he FLAPJACKS Claudio! Cover, TWO! Claudio stays in this but Ogogo fires up! Ogogo waits on Claudio, winds up, but Claudio ducks the spinning right hand! POP-UP UPPERCUT! Cover, Lee breaks it! Yuta returns and ROCKS Lee! Lee hits back, they go back and forth! Lee KNEES Yuta, runs and BOOTS him!

Yuta stumbles but rewinds, shoots around and shoves Lee out! Yuta then DIVES and Lee hits railing! The fans fire up, but Ogogo RAMS Claudio! Ogogo suplexes, Claudio sunset flips and rolls through, to SWING Ogogo! The fans fire up and count along! Claudio goes to TEN before he throws Ogogo away! Ogogo staggers up, Claudio runs and builds speed to LARIAT!! Cover, BCC wins!

Winners: Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli, by pinfall

The Blackpool Combat Club is back on top, but Lee storms up to Yuta! They want to keep fighting but Shane has Lee back off. They just have to wait until tomorrow night, who proves they are Pure ROH? But then Shane SUCKER PUNCHES Yuta!! Shane laughs as he and his crew leave, but will that headache he just gave Yuta only piss the Decoder off?

Lexy Nair is in the ring.

“Ladies and gentlemen, with ROH’s Death Before Dishonor coming up tomorrow night, I’d like to introduce the two women who are vying for the ROH Women’s World Championship and the ROH Women’s World Television Championship, Queen Aminata and Red Velvet.” The fans cheer as Aminata & Velvet make their way out together, even in matching outfits. The two contenders step into the ring with Lexy, and Lexy says Velvet is facing Billie Starkz for the Women’s TV Championship. Velvet has “ruthlessly bullied” Billie, is that treatment is fair heading into such a match? Velvet says, “Um,” and Lexy cuts her off, saying thanks, that’s enough.

Lexy then turns to Aminata, and brings us back to a few weeks ago, where Aminata “intentionally attacked poor Athena,” who is injured with one good leg. How does she sleep at night? Lexy doesn’t even let Aminata answer before turning back to Velvet! So Aminata turns Lexy around and snatches the mic from her! Aminata tells Lexy that, “The b*tch got what she deserved.” Lexy says that is a step too far, but then surprise! Here comes Athena, and a member of MIT Security. Athena has him carry her piggyback style to the ring rather than using her crutches to hobble down the ramp. Aminata & Velvet can’t believe this, but Athena still makes it into the ring.

Athena has Lexy help her stand, and Athena gets the mic to tell her, “You tried your best. But these two… These two hussies are just too uncultured to do an interview segment with you, so I’m sorry for that.” Athena then says ever since she beat the living tar out of these two, they have nothing but tyrants and bullies. They jumped Billie from behind, hurt Athena even more than she already was, and hell! They’ve called them names, and said Athena was ashy! And they said Billie is trashy! And it seems the bad words continue as Aminatatatata just used the B word! But hey, Athena has some harsh words for them!

Tomorrow night, these two are not ready for the opportunities they usurped! As far as Athena is concerned, looking at these two, they’re nothing more than “two raggedy ass lot lizards!” Aminata and Velvet are taken aback. But here comes Billie! She runs up to DOUBLE LARIAT from behind! And she cheers herself on! Billie high-fives Athena, then she drags Velvet up. The MIT security guy helps sit Aminata up, and Lexy helps take Athena’s brace off! Athena CAN walk just fine! Well, okay, this isn’t that surprising. But Athena says this is her show! Aminata & Velvet are not gonna- Aminata shoves Athena down!

Aminata and Velvet break free of the security guard and Billie, and then Aminata DECKS Athena! Velvet RAMS Billie into a corner again and again, and Aminata glares at Lexy. Lexy wants Aminata to hold on. Aminata says okay, go ahead and leave. NOT! Aminata reels Lexy in by her hair! Athena CLOBBERS Aminata with the boot! And then Billie turns things around, and feeds Velvet to a BOOT SHOT, too! Arlington cheers their home state hero, and Athena says tomorrow will be an all out war, and she can’t wait to snatch both of these hussies bald! Athena holds up the world title and the fans cheer, but will she and Billie still be golden? Or is MIT about to lose it all in one night?

MXM Collection speaks.

“The time has come.” “And so have we.” “You’ve waited for so very long.” “You’ve been so very patient.” “Tomorrow, Death Before Dishonor…” “The MXM Collection make their grand entre.” “Dinner is finally served.” Who will feast their eyes on the MXM Collection?

Atlantis Jr. & Lio Rush VS Shane Taylor & Johnny TV w/ Taya Valkyrie!

As the Death Before Dishonor card continues to grow bigger, an ROH World Television Championship Survival of the Fittest match has been signed! The champion and three of his challengers are in this match tonight, can Atlantis coexist with The Bad Child? Or will Big Bad Shaney T show Johnny how to rumble, bad man, rumble?

The teams sort out and Lio starts against Johnny. The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and Johnny then steps outside? Johnny gets a kiss good luck from Taya, and Lio asks what that’s about. Lio says no more PDA, let’s go. Taya gets on the apron to tell Lio to go back to being a sidekick. Lio smirks, then runs up on Taya! Taya jumps into Johnny’s arms and Lio laughs. Lio then builds speed, DIVES, and down goes Johnny into railing! Taya plays hurt, but then Shane BOOTS Lio down! Shane tells Johnny that they’re not playing around! Handle business! Taya pretends like she can’t just get up on her own.

Johnny helps his wife, and Taya says she doesn’t like “that guy.” Does she mean Shane or Lio? Shane pushes Lio into the ring, and then Johnny hurries in. Cover, ONE! Johnny drags Lio up, Shane tags in, and Johnny shoves Lio down. Shane drags Lio up and whips, but Lio redirects! Lio dodges, ROCKS Shane, but then Shane grabs Lio by the neck! Shane THROWS Lio to the corner, and Johnny says see that? What power! But Lio BOOTS Shane away, DECKS Johnny, then goes up to CROSSBODY, only for Shane to catch him! Shane pops Lio up, but Lio DROPKICKS Shane! Lio hurries away, hot tags to Atlantis and Johnny!

The fans fire up as Atlantis kicks low, whips, and scoops Johnny to a BACKBREAKER! Johnny gets mad, gets up, but Atlantis scoops again, only for Johnny to slip free! Johnny kicks low, whips Atlantis to ropes, but Atlantis tilt-o-whirl RANAS! The fans fire up and Atlantis runs corner to corner for a jump and MONKEY FLIP! Johnny tires to land on his feet but the momentum sends him onto his face! Johnny stumbles up, falls over, and hot tags Shane. Shane runs up, Atlantis dodges to CHOP, CHOP and CHOP! Atlantis whips but Shane blocks! Atlantis swings but Shane gets under to back suplex. Atlantis lands out but Shane ROCKS him!

Shane whips, Atlantis KICKS back! Atlantis hurries to his corner, Shane runs in, and Atlantis dodges! Lio tags in as Shane hits buckles, and Atlantis fires forearms! Atlantis whips so Lio can reverse, but Shane throws Atlantis up and out! Lio runs in, Shane shoves him away, but Atlantis ENZIGIRIS! Lio kicks, Shane blocks, and Shane spins Lio around. Lio fires off fast hands and an UPPERCUT! The fans fire up, Lio runs, but Johnny distracts the ref so Taya can trip Lio up! The fans boo, but Lio runs up, and Shane SPINEBUSTERS him! Shane drags Lio over, tags Johnny and Johnny floats to ground ‘n’ pound.

Johnny goes for the arm but Lio resists. Johnny shifts to a facelock, drags Lio up, and he RAMS Lio into a corner! Johnny ROCKS Lio, ELBOWS him, then KICKS him down! Johnny grins and Taya cheers, and the fans rally up. Johnny brings Lio up, but Lio CHOPS! And ROCKS! Lio fires hands, then kicks legs out! Johnny ducks the heel kick to poke Lio in the eye! The ref reprimands but Johnny spins, CAPOERIA CLOTHESLINE! Lio tumbles out of the ring and Johnny grins again. Johnny slides out, drags Lio up, and pushes Lio into the ring. Cover, TWO! Lio survives and the fans rally, but Johnny stands over Lio.

Johnny drags Lio over, tags Shane, and they mug Lio. Shane talks trash, but Lio fires body shots. Shane TOSSES Lio to the corner, then CHOPS! Lio sputters, Shane says he hits too hard, huh? Lio had to be a hero, huh? Shane drags Lio up, but Lio SNAPS Shane’s straps! Shane snarls and HEADBUTTS Lio down! Shane talks smack on Lio, and says where’s all that potential Lio had? Shane taunts Lio to crawl to his partner, and he tells fans to keep on clapping. The fans rally for Lio, he crawls, but then Shane stomps Lio’s hand! Shane stands on the hand, the ref counts, and Shane steps off. Shane brings Lio up but Lio reaches for Atlantis.

Shane reels Lio in to KNEE, whip, but Lio BOOTS back! Lio ROCKS Johnny, dodges Shane, and scrambles! Johnny tags in first and drags Lio back! But Lio rolls Johnny, kip up and spin for the BUZZSAW! Both men are down and the fans rally up more! Lio and Johnny stir, they crawl, and Johnny feeds off the chants! Hot tag to Atlantis! Atlantis GAMANGIRIS Johnny! Atlantis goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK! Johnny tumbles all the way back, and Shane tags in! But Atlantis dropkicks a leg out! Then he DROPKICKS Shane! Atlantis whips corner to corner, Shane reverses, then runs in. Atlantis goes up and over and SUPERKICKS!

Shane staggers, Atlantis runs in, but Shane puts him on the apron. Atlantis ROCKS Shane first, goes up the corner, and he CROSSBODIES, but Shane catches him! Lio goes up to CROSSBODY! Shane falls, Atlantis covers, but Johnny breaks it! Johnny drags Atlantis up, MOONLIGHT DRIVE! Johnny then winds up, but Lio spins him for a whip! Johnny reverses, but Lio hits him with RUSH HOUR! Johnny tumbles out, Lio brings Shane up. Atlantis runs up, but Shane sends Lio into the SUPERKICK! Shane ROCKS Atlantis, tuck shim in, MARCUS GARVEY DRIVER!! Cover, Shane’s team wins!

Winners: Shane Taylor & Johnny TV, by pinfall

As wild as this was, just wait until you add The Machine, Brian Cage, and Big Shotty Lee Johnson! Johnny celebrates now, but Shane lets him know, it will be every man for themselves, and SHANE will be the man to win the title. Will the baddest man in ROH once again be the baddest champ? Or will the ROH World TV Championship finally be TV Ready?

10 Man Tag: Anthony Henry, Nick Comoroto & The Iron Savages VS Komander, Fuego Del Sol & Top Flight!

Now this is a Texas sized tag match! A Workhorseman and a Freak Beast join Jacked Jameson, Bulky Bronson & Beefcake Boulder against five high-fliers, but can they get the job done? Or will the fact Komander, Action, Dante & Darius have the returning Fire of the Sun by their side be reason enough for them to turn up the heat?

Jameson has a mic to say, “All you fat morons and skinny idiots, shut up! We’re here at the Esports Stadium, home to some of the greatest athletes in the world! SHUT UP. Some of the greatest athletes in the world here in Esports Stadium, and by that I mean a bunch of Low T Losers playing video games! Our opponents tonight are a bunch of anorexic athletes who we’re gonna tear in half! And to do so, we enlisted the help tonight of two muscly men like Anthony Henry and Nick Comoroto. And of course, we are the Iron Savages! Sippin’ hoss, livin’ hoss, and takin’ everyone to TIDDY CITY!”

After Jameson drops the mic, Komander makes his entrance, accompanied by Alex Abrahantes. They lead the way for Angel Dorado, Air Wolf and The Sight to See before all of Texas gets to cheer the return of their luchador from Dallas! A sight for sore eyes, is Fuego about to light it up?

The teams sort out and Jameson starts against Action. They circle, tie up, and Jameson shoves Action away. Jameson flexes then does push-ups to show off. The fans boo and Action shoots in to waistlock. Jameson pries free, wrenches back, and he keeps Action from the corner. Action rolls, handsprings, cartwheels and wrenches to drop toehold. Action does jump-clap push-ups! Jameson runs up but Action avoids the elbow drop! Action taunts Jameson, bobs ‘n’ weaves then ENZIGIRIS! Henry tags in but Action hip tosses him! Action brings Henry over, tags Darius, and they double snapmare to run, KICK and basement DROPKICK! Darius covers, ONE!!

Darius brings Henry up, wrenches, and tags in Komander. Komander KICKS Henry, but Henry SOBATS back! Henry tags Boulder and he tags Bronson. The Savages bring Komander around to double whip him hard to a corner. Boulder sends Bronson in but Komander slips outside. Bronson hits buckles, Komander GAMANGIRIS, then he goes up and up to use Bronson as a step! RAN- NO, Boulder stops Komander, brings him up, but Komander fights free! Komander KICKS and KICKS and KICKS, goes up and under, but Bronson is there! The Savages have surrounded Komander, and Bronson scoops to TOSS to Boulder!

Boulder TOSSES Komander to Bronson! Bronson back suplexes but Komander lands out, and he shoves Bronson into Boulder! The fans cheer, Boulder staggers but then runs at Komander. Komander DUMPS Boulder out, then springboards in to MISSILE DROPKICK Bronson! The fans fire up, Komander whips but Bronson reverses. Komander tilt-o-whirl RANAS! Komander finds his corner, hot tag to Fuego! Fuego DROPKICKS Bronson! The fans fire up and Fuego goes corner to corner to SMASH Bronson! Fuego whips. Bronson reverses but Fuego mule kicks! Fuego goes up and up and FLYING RANAS!

Fuego fires up with the fans, and he reels Bronson in. Fuego calls his shot but Bronson stops the tornado! Fuego is on the apron, he dodges Bronson but Henry tags in. Fuego ROCKS Bronson, avoids Henry’s sweep and mule kicks! But Bronson BLASTS Fuego into Henry’s KNEE! Henry then drags Fuego up to scoop FACEBUSTER! Henry puts Fuego in, covers, TWO! The fans rally but Henry snapmares Fuego to KICK him in the back! Tag to Comoroto, he and Henry mug Fuego. The fans rally for Fuego but Comoroto puts Fuego in the corner. Comoroto smothers Fuego but the ref counts. Comoroto lets off, and Jameson CHOKES Fuego!

Henry traps Fuego’s legs, Boulder traps Fuego’s arm, and the fans boo. Comoroto storms back up, brings Fuego out to scoop and SLAM! Comoroto runs to ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Comoroto drags Fuego up but the fans rally. Comoroto tags Bronson, they mug Fuego, and Bronson drags Fuego up by his mask. The fans boo but Bronson scoops Fuego to SLAM him. Bronson calls his shot, and he STANDING… HIP DROPS! Cover, TWO! Bronson smirks and drags Fuego over to tag in Boulder. Boulder puts Fuego in the corner, then he goes up to HIP DROP! Tag to Comoroto, and he goes up to HIP DROP!

Jameson says they don’t skip leg day, and he tags in. Jameson goes up to HIP DROP! Tag to Henry, and he kicks Fuego around. The fans rally for Fuego, but Henry stomps Fuego more. Then he tags Boulder, and Boulder scoops Fuego to SLAM him into a drop zone. Boulder swivels the hips, goes up the corner, and he bounces into the VADER- FLOP as Fuego moves! The fans fire up and Fuego rises, to step up and DOUBLE STOMP! Fuego crawls, but Bronson tags in to anchor the legs! Bronson brings Fuego up but Fuego ENZIGIRIS! Hot tag to Dante Martin! Comoroto tags in, Dante dodges him to GAMANGIRI Henry!

Dante ELBOWS Jameson down, then he BOOTS Comoroto! Dante runs, Darius tags in! Dante dodges Comoroto to DIVE onto Jameson & Bronson! Darius BULLDOG HOTSHOTS Comoroto, GAMANGIRIS him, then steps in for the COMPLETE SHOT! Cover, Bronson breaks it! Action and Komander run in to DOUBLE DROPKICK Bronson! Jameson gets in, he takes DOUBLE DROPKICKS! Boulder storms in but Komander and Action DOUBLE DROPKICK him back out! Komander and Action both kip up and the fans fire up. Action and Komander build speed, but Comoroto DOUBLE LARIATS them down!

Comoroto roars, he drags Darius up and gorilla presses! But Darius slips free, goes to a corner, and baits Comoroto in. Darius dodges and Comoroto hits buckles! Both men are down, but The Iron Savages have Komander! They’re gonna take him to TIDDY- SUPERKICK from Action! Then Fuego jumps in! Fuego y Komander build speed, Action springboards, DOUBLE TOPE ASAI MOONSAULT SUPER COMBO! The fans are thunderous as all the Savages fall down! Darius whips, Comoroto reverses and runs in, but Darius BOOTS! Dante tags, Darius WALL WALK KICKS! Fuego hits a TORNADO DDT! Action STANDING SHOOTING STARS!

“This is Awesome!” as Komander goes up to SWANTON BOMB! Dante goes up, and he tops it off with a MAMBA SPLASH!! Cover, the high-fliers win!!

Winners: Komander, Fuego Del Sol & Top Flight, by pinfall

The stars at night are big and bright whenever they fly high here in Texas! Fuego’s return is a victorious one, will he and all his teammates find their way up the rankings towards title opportunities?

Aminata & Velvet regroup backstage.

The Queen tells Athena, “At Death Before Dishonor, what will these five fingers say to your ashy face?” The Chef answers that: SMACK! As for Billie, if she wants to continue with these cowardly games, guess what? Velvet is done! Billie says she’s seeing red? Well at DBD, she is walking into her own funeral! And while they’re at it, yeah, quit the matching outfit stuff. That isn’t working for MIT. Velvet & Aminata storm out, but they’ll be right back here tomorrow night. Will they be leaving here with gold next time?

BREAKING NEWS for Death Before Dishonor!

While there will be title match after title match on the card, there’s gonna be one LEGIT grudge match as Leyla Hirsch and Diamante run it back. They already went hardcore with a Lights Out match, but now it’s time for TEXAS DEATH! Will Leyla survive going to the extreme once again? Or will she be broken once and for all by the Cuban Diamond? Plus, Komander will face The Beast Mortos, and there will be an ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship qualifier match! Those titles were restored after The Patriarchy won the AEW World Trios Championships, so now we need contenders to fight for the gold!

The Undisputed Kingdom is already in given they’ve got tag title gold and could potentially have THE ROH World Championship after tomorrow. But the other half will be decided between The Dark Order and the trio of Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs! Speaking of which…

The Von Erichs VS The Dark Order!

Marshall & Ross Von Erich are back in ROH, and are looking to ride high into Death Before Dishonor. Will they be more than ready to stand alongside The Natural? Or will John Silver & Alex Reynolds prove #DarkOrderisGood enough to be champions?

The Code of Honor is upheld, and the teams sort out. Ross starts against Silver and the fans rally up. The two tie up but Silver kicks low. Silver flexes, says he’s freakin’ jacked, then he headlocks. Ross powers out and DROPKICKS Silver down! Ross hurries to bring Silver around, knees low then tags Marshall. The Von Erichs whip and DROPKICK! Reynolds runs in but he gets DOUBLE DROPKICKS! Ross & Marshall then DOUBLE LARIAT Reynolds up and out! The fans cheer while Uno coaches Reynolds. Marshall runs but Silver dodges to ENZIGIRI, KICK and CHOP! Silver snapmares then runs to basement DROPKICK!

Silver drags Marshall up, brings him over, and tags Reynolds. Reynolds CLUBS Marshall, stomps him, then soaks up heat from the fans. Reynolds drags Marshall around, puts him on ropes and CHOKES him! The ref counts, Reynolds lets off, and Silver gives a thumbs up while Uno CHOKES Marshall! The fans boo but Uno gets away with that one. Reynolds CHOKES Marshall, then runs, but the straddle attack misses! Marshall hurries and hot tags Ross! Ross BOOTS Reynolds, BOOTS him again, then hip tosses! Silver runs in but Ross back drops him! Ross kicks Reynolds, reels him in and suplexes, stalls, and SLAMS! Cover, TWO!

Ross clamps onto Reynolds, drags him up, and whips him to ropes. Reynolds reverses, Uno trips Ross up, and the fans boo. But Reynolds runs up, only for Ross to ROCK him first! Ross slips around, waistlocks, but Silver tags in before the O’Conner! Silver deadlifts Ross to BOMB him onto Reynolds’ knees! Cover, TWO! Marshall and dad Kevin coach Ross and rally the fans, but Silver KICKS Ross first! And KICKS! And KICKS again! Ross flounders but Silver covers, TWO! The fans continue to rally for Ross but Silver clamps on with a chinlock. Silver squeezes tight, but Marshall gets the fans hotter.

Ross fights up, fires body shots, but Silver knees low! Silver throws Ross down by his hair, then drags him over. Tag to Reynolds, he stomps Ross, and he drags Ross for an ELBOW DROP! And another ELBOW DROP! And another ELBOW DROP! The fans rally, Reynolds taunts Ross, then he sucker punches Marshall! The fans boo, the ref has to hold Marshall back, and Reynolds CHOKES Ross the whole time! Marshall is furious but he stands down. Reynolds whips Ross into the corner, runs up, but Ross BOOTS him! Ross BOOTS again, ROCKS Silver, then fires off on Reynolds! Reynolds drop toeholds to a facelock!

Reynolds keeps Ross from Marshall, but the fans rally up harder. Ross fires body shots, then back drops Reynolds! Reynolds sunset flips, TWO! Ross springs up, dodges Reynolds, and hot tags Marshall! Marshall fires big haymakers on Reynolds and Silver! ROLLING ELBOW for Reynolds! Marshall fires up, runs in and LARIATS Silver in a corner! Then he LARIATS Reynolds in the other! Marshall keeps going but Silver BOOTS him! Silver goes up but Marshall DROPKICKS Silver to the floor! The fans fire up, Marshall calls his shot, and he runs to CANNONBALL Reynolds! Marshall then drags Reynolds to a cover, TWO!

The fans rally and Marshall prepares the claw! The fans fire up, but Uno gets on the apron! The ref says stop that, but then Marshall clamps on the IRON CLAWS! Uno flails and the fans cheer, but Reynolds CLUBS Marshall on the back! Reynolds backs off, but Silver GAMANGIRIS! Cover, TWO! Marshall is tougher than that but Reynolds throws off his elbow pad! Reynolds even throws it at Marshall! Reynolds blows a kiss to Kevin, but Marshall dodges to CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL!! Cover, Von Erichs win!

Winners: The Von Erichs, by pinfall

Kevin cheers his boys, how ’bout them Von Erichs? But then Uno & Silver attack! The fans boo Dark Order being sore losers, and Kevin wants to get in there, but he knows he’s too old to take a 3v1. He storms around the outside, but here comes Dustin Rhodes! The fans fire up as The Natural slides into the ring! Dustin dodges Reynolds & Silver to UPPERCUT Uno! Then SNAP POWERSLAM for Silver! Reynolds wants to run but Dustin reels him back in! Reynolds sees he is surrounded, and he apologizes for all the things he was saying. Reynolds taunts them all for being tough guys when it’s 3v1.

But then Kevin steps in, taps Reynolds on the shoulder, but Reynolds shrugs it off. But then Kevin taps his shoulder again and Reynolds turns around. IRON CLAW from Kevin!! The fans cheer as Kevin grinds Reynolds into the mat! Uno drags Reynolds outta there and the Dark Order retreats! Will the Numbers not be enough when Dustin, Marshall & Ross are coming after them?

My Thoughts:

A very good episode for a go-home, but of course they pushed it to 95 minutes just because. Good opening promos with The Kingdom suckering Mark Briscoe into an ambush only for Paul Wight to lay down the law. And for one, how great for Paul Wight to get something to do. He can definitely be a strong authority figure compared to Stokely Hathaway, who has moved on to be Kris Statlander’s personal manager. And while I would’ve made it Orange Cassidy and Kyle O’Reilly, I suppose Ishii is a good choice. Makes me think The Kingdom retains the tag titles, but hard to say about Roddy taking the top title from Mark.

The matches I skipped were fairly obvious filler, but still good stuff. EJ Nduka is quite literally big at 6’8″, and he of course beat Jon Cruz. One negative is that he could’ve been a bit sharper with his Stinger Splashes. He was focusing more on height than distance and that made for some odd landings. But a positive is that he knows how to play to the crowd already, giving them what they want and all that. Give it time and I’m sure EJ will be a big name in ROH, and maybe even in AEW.

Very good promo segments for the ROH Women’s title stories. I should’ve known Lexy would be unfair to Aminata & Velvet, and it was done entertainingly so. And then of course Athena & Billie show up to get the jump on the contenders. Athena finally drops the act since the match is happening no matter what, and the champions standing tall makes me think this is finally the time Athena drops the belt. As I’ve been saying, this has to be the time because who else out there has been built to be good enough to stop Athena? And then Athena can move on to AEW so that after All In, The Fallen Goddess can go after whatever title she wants, with plenty of fans behind her.

A lot of stuff was made “last minute” for Death Before Dishonor, though. I just felt it last week that the Pure Championship would happen for DBD, Yuta VS Lee will be great stuff, and I feel like Yuta should go ahead and drop the belt. TK let him have it the whole time he was recovering from injury, the reign still counts, let him move on to something else. Very good tag match of Atlantis & Lio VS Johnny & Shane. A Survival of the Fittest, aka six person elimination match, for the ROH World TV Championship but no Kyle Fletcher… A little torn on that, but hey, such a match type allows Atlantis to retain without anyone looking weak, but also lets him lose without him looking weak (provided he doesn’t get eliminated in the first half).

And while The Von Erichs are Texas wrestling legends, that’s really the only reason their match was main event. As matches go, the 10 Man Tag was a lot more fun for how wild it got. It is so great to see Fuego back after over a year away, I wonder if he gets something big to do heading towards All Out or something. All In would be too soon for him to do something outside of a Zero Hour filler match. Meanwhile, TK isn’t doing a good job explaining the trios title situation he mucked up. The Patriarchy only have the AEW World Trios titles, and now we’re just throwing teams at the ROH World Six Man titles.

Undisputed Kingdom is just automatically in, and you can bet Dustin & The Von Erichs will be the other team, being that they’re Faces and The Kingdom are Heels. Honestly, as good as Dustin is and as good as Marshall & Ross are getting, I’d just let The Kingdom be ROH World Trios Champs, too. Make them THE team that represents ROH on all brands, but focus on them facing ROH teams here on ROH TV so people have reasons to care a bout ROH TV.