Claudio Castagnoli takes on The Goods!

The ROH World Championship is defended on AEW Dark: Elevation! Will Josh Woods find the Swiss Superman’s Kryptonite?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Brian Cage w/ Prince Nana VS Schaff; Cage wins.
• The Kingdom w/ Maria Kanellis VS The Bollywood Boyz; The Kingdom wins.
• Six Man Tag: The House of Black w/ Julia Hart VS Ari Daivari & The Wingmen; The House of Black wins.
• “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs VS Vinny Pacifico; Hobbs wins.
• Marina Shafir & Nyla Rose w/ Vickie Guerrero VS Amira & Danika Della Rouge; Shafir & Nyla win.
• ROH World Championship: Claudio Castagnoli VS Josh Woods w/ Mark Sterling; Claudio wins and retains the title.
• Six Man Tag: Ethan Page, Matt Hardy & Isiah Kassidy VS Guillermo Rosas, Cody Chhun & Sonico; win.
• Athena VS Viva Van; Athena wins.
• Eddie Kingston & Ortiz VS Ricky Gibson & Eddie Pearl; Kington & Ortiz win.
• Bandido VS Christopher Daniels; Bandido wins.
• Best Friends w/ Danhausen VS Spanish Announce Project w/ Angelico; Best Friends win.

QUICK NOTES

A good line-up, and I really like the practically dream match level match-up of Bandido VS Christopher Daniels. Good to see a lot of other names in action, such as Brian Cage and Will Hobbs. I’ve also probably been missing out on some story they’re building for the Vicious Vixens. Sometimes, Vickie is out there with Shafir & Nyla, sometimes it’s just Shafir & Nyla. If AEW could actually get their booking of the women’s division the way they claim they want it, we’d be seeing a women’s tag division and we’d be seeing the Vicious Vixens dominating it. And of course, good to see the House of Black in action while also seeing Kingston & Ortiz in action amidst their distrust character arc.

I almost thought Athena was going to be defending her title but maybe two ROH titles would be too much for one Elevation. She’ll still win, and I hope we see someone step up to be her next challenger. And Claudio really should be getting on that workhorse and defending this title. Woods is a great athlete, he’ll give Claudio a great match, but Claudio is definitely retaining. Woods isn’t world title tier yet, and Elevation is not where to put an ROH title change when Honor Club is starting back up.