It’s a golden Fourth of July!

Wheeler Yuta is back on ROH TV, and he’s stepping onto the Proving Ground against Lee Moriarty, a shot at the Pure Championship on the line!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Unified AEW & ROH World Trios Championships Proving Ground: The Bang Bang Gang VS The Dark Order;  The Bang Bang Gang wins and denies The Dark Order a title match.
• ROH World Tag Team Championships Proving Ground: The Kingdom VS Metalik & Komander; The Kingdom wins and denies Metalik & Komander a title match.
• ROH Pure Championship Proving Ground: Wheeler Yuta VS Lee Moriarty; Time Limit Draw, Lee earns an ROH Pure Championship match.

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The Infantry speaks.

Carlie Bravo makes sure the camera is live, and says looking good. Bad News & Tattoos is here, as is Captain Shawn Dean, and who better to host the Independence Day edition of ROH than The Infantry? It feels so good, they’ll be hosting the entire show, and who better than two-thirds of the most popular team in AEW & ROH? Shoutout to Trish Adora, she is handling solo missions. But they are here, celebrating the day Will Smith saved every single person on Earth! Dean corrects Bravo. That is not what this is about. Oh, sorry, Bravo thought it was the other thing. This is about what happened in 1773: The Boston Tea Party! The moment that started the whole American Revolution!

But tonight, instead of throwing tea into the harbor, we’ve got people throwing each other over the top rope, body slamming in the ring. It’s gonna be a party! A cookout even! And this is a cookout everyone’s invited to! But please, no raisins in potato salad, no one does that here. But hey, they’re bringing the fireworks tonight, in the best place wrestling’s ever been in, ROH! So stay tuned, don’t go anywhere!

Unified AEW & ROH World Trios Championships Proving Ground: The Bang Bang Gang VS The Dark Order!

Juice Robinson & The Gunns roll into Allentown for the Fourth of July to put the Trios Division to the test! Will Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds & John Silver prove #DarkOrderIsGood enough to fight for the gold? Or will it be #GunsUp for Bullet Club Gold?

The trios sort out and and Austin starts against Uno. The two tie up, Austin headlocks but Uno powers out to headlock back. Austin powers out, Uno ducks ‘n’ dodges then whips, but Austin ducks ‘n’ dodges back. Austin trips Uno and then swaggers. Austin brings Uno up, headlocks but Uno powers up and out. Austin RAMS Uno, but Uno rebounds to RAM Austin! Austin rebounds to RAM, Uno rebounds to RAM again! Uno then redirects to run Austin over! Things speed up, Austin shouts “Watch this!” but Uno catches him for an atomic drop! Uno calls to his guys, and then he bumps Austin off their boots!

Tag to Silver, and Silver tags Reynolds. They get Austin up and the fans rally for “JOHNNY HUNGY!” But Juice & Colten run in to attack! They save Austin, then the gang mugs the Dark Order. They whip the Dark Order to corners, then say Guns Up. The Bang Bang Gang all run in, but the Dark Order all dodges! Austin, Colten & Juice get buckles, and then the Dark Order climbs up to rain down fists! Fans count all the way to TEN, so it’s more like thirty! Then Dark Order sends the gang all into each other! Austin staggers about, Uno & Reynolds reset! Silver gets moving, to hop up so they can all flex!

The fans cheer but Juice gets in to doggy pee on them! Reynolds gets mad, chases Juice around the outside, and then back inside! Juice says he’s too smart for Reynolds, only for Reynolds to TOSS him out! Austin CLOBBERS Reynolds, tags Colten, and Colten stomps Reynolds in the corner. The fans boo, the ref counts, but Colten says shut up! Colten mocks the Dark Order claw, then he drags Reynolds up. Colten snap suplexes, covers, TWO! Colten is annoyed but he drags Reynolds up. The fans rally for “Sexy Alex!” but Colten DECKS him! Colten says HE is sexy, swivels his hips, and Juice sucker punches Reynolds while the ref isn’t looking!

Colten calls to his corner, and he tags in Juice. Colten stomps Reynolds, Austin gets fans to join in a chant of “Guns Up! Guns Up!” Colten scoops Reynolds to SLAM him, Juice sets up to SENTON! Cover, Uno breaks it! Uno mocks Juice with swiveling hips then backs away. Juice shows off his swivel, but Reynolds rolls him up! TWO, and Juice CLOBBERS Reynolds! Juice drags Reynolds to a cover, TWO! Juice clamps on with a chinlock and he grinds Reynolds down. The fans rally up, Reynolds fights to his feet, and Reynolds pries the hold open to arm-drag Juice away! But Reynolds is still in enemy territory!

Juice runs up, Reynolds BOOTS him! Then Reynolds ELBOWS Colten, ELBOWS Austin, but Juice LEG LARIATS! Cover, TWO! Juice is furious already but he stays between Reynolds and The Dark Order. Juice sucker punches Silver, gets Reynolds up then whips, but Reynolds reverses to wrench and STRAITJACKET NECKBREAKER! Reynolds crawls, Juice anchors a foot! Juice can’t hold Reynolds so he hurries to his corner, hot tags to Austin and Uno! Uno rallies on Austin and Colten! Uno ELBOWS Colten in one corner, runs corner to corner to ELBOW Austin! Uno comes back to LARIAT Colten! Uno UPPERCTS Austin!

Uno SPLASHES Colten, UPPERCUTS Austin, then UPPERCUTS Colten! Austin dodges Uno this time, regroups with his brother, but Silver tags in! Silver climbs up to DOUBLE CROSSBODY! The fans fire up as both Gunns flounder! Juice runs in but Silver trips him! Juice ends up on ropes, Silver runs in again, and so do Uno & Reynolds! BOOT DOUBLE DROPKICK COMBO! The fans fire up and Silver drags Austin up, for a GERMAN SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! Austin survives but Silver hurries to tag Uno. Uno tags Reynolds and they set Austin up again! The fans fire up, Silver gets moving, but Juice trips Silver!

Juice drags Silver out to the floor then gets on the apron. Uno runs in but Juice DUMPS him out! Reynolds runs up to LARIAT Juice back down! The fans fire up but Austin rolls Reynolds, TWO! POP-UP KNEE from Reynolds! Reynolds LARIATS in the corner, whips corner to corner, but Austin goes up and over! Colten slips in, 3:10 TO YUMA!! Cover, Bang Bang Gang wins!

Winners: Bang Bang Gang, by pinfall (denies The Dark Order a title opportunity)

The Bullet Club Gold’s gold is safe for another day! But with Christian Cage & The Patriarchy tailing them from the AEW side, will the Bang Bang Gang still have to face Death Before Dishonor?

The Infantry checks back in.

Bravo says, “Just like the ROH bell rings to signify the beginning and the end of a match, in 1776, the Liberty Bell was ringing. Do you know what it signified to all of Philadelphia, brother?” Capt. Dean asks what did it signify? Bravo says it signified the signing of The Declaration of Independence! “Officially saying all men were created equal.” Dean says that is for sure. And just like a bell ringing at the beginning and end of a match, there are a couple more great matches tonight. Any singles matches? Yes, Wheeler Yuta VS Lee Moriarty in an ROH Pure Championship Proving Ground match.

And what about tag matches? Well, yeah. What’s the huff ‘n’ puff about then? Well, there’s Metalik y Komander. Yeah, those guys are cool, Bravo loves ’em. But they’re against The Kingdom. Oh, those guys… Bravo doesn’t like them. Neither does Dean. Bravo would love to punch those guys. And he reveals he’s wearing armored gauntlets! Where’d he get those? He found them. Do you think John Adams ever knocked someone’s teeth out with these? Bravo would love to do that to The Kingdom! Dean says let’s get back to the action.

CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE!

For those who haven’t heard, it was just last Friday that Kyle Fletcher visited Arena Mexico to take on CMLL’s Atlantis Jr. in a match for the ROH World Television Championship. And perhaps shockingly, Fletcher LOST that title to Atlantis Jr! But Fletcher told Atlantis that next time, they’ll do it on Fletcher’s turf, AKA in an ROH ring. When and where will we see these two go another round?

Backstage interview with Athena & Billie Starkz.

Lexy Nair is with her bestie and fellow Minion, and the ROH Women’s World Champion asks them if they feel this. Do they feel all of this? This is what safety is! Their own locker room, their own security, and even a new standout Minion In Training, a former ROH TV Champion guy! Tony Deppen thanks Athena but she shouts at him, Don’t talk! Billie says yeah, learn the rules, bud. Athena says this is how they should be treated: as royalty! This… is interrupted by Red Velvet & Queen Aminata walking in. And they agree, this really is nice. They came with great news! They spoke with The Board of Directors, and it is now official!

At Death Before Dishonor, it will be Billie Starkz VS Red Velvet for the ROH Women’s Television Championship! Billie says fine, take your shot. And Aminata addresses “Ms. Athena,” that while this is going to hurt, it will still be Athena VS Aminata for THE ROH Women’s World Championship! What? Do they see this? Aminata is so dumb! Athena is not medically cleared, and they still think they’re getting a match! Athena’s group laughs it up, but then Aminata & Velvet mockingly laugh back. Didn’t Lexy get the email from management? Go ahead, read it, let them know. Oh, does bestie have something to day?

Athena pulls Lexy in close, and Lexy nervously laughs. Lexy says at first, it looked like a scam email, but upon reading it… Yes, it was Tony Khan saying it is official. Aminata & Velvet say bye, get well soon. But Athena isn’t cleared…! Athena shouts for Tony Khan and then storms off on her crutches! Is The Fallen Goddess being cheated? Or is this Tony Khan calling her bluff?

The Infantry checks back in.

Bravo wants Dean to look and see, they’re in DC! How’d they get here? But fun fact: the nation’s capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington DC way back in the day. Dean said that was 1800. Yes, and that is also Bravo’s favorite tequila brand. Crazy, huh? But DC is not only the home to the nation’s capital, but to the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the White House, go-go music, mambo sauce, Nike boots, New Balance, and on and on. It’s America’s Honor Club. Guess they run that, too. And fans know that, because they’re watching Honor Club right now! Fans can go back and rewatch countless hours of Infantry kicking ass the American way!

But enough of them, go watch more of ROH action! See you in a second.

ROH World Tag Team Championships Proving Ground: The Kingdom VS Metalik & Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes!

Well just as The Infantry hyped up earlier tonight, we’re going to see Matt Taven & Mike Bennett taking on two great luchadores who are chasing after gold. But there’s also some history here via Taven’s time in Mexico. Taven was once the Welterweight Champion, who could handle heavyweights but could not keep up with the Cruiserweights! Will that get him in trouble again tonight? Or can Taven & Bennett hold it together for ten minutes?

The Code of Honor is upheld, the teams sort out, and Taven starts against the AAA World Cruiserweight Champion. They circle, Taven mouths off to fans but Komander applauds the fans. The two tie up, Taven shoves Komandor away but avoids the dropkick! Taven stomps Komander, and says that’s for the idiot fans! Then Taven CHOPS Komander, taunts the fans again, then whips. Komander handsprings over the dropdown but Taven kicks low. Taven whips Komander to a corner hard, then SPLASHES! Taven whips again, but Komander dodges the splash! Komander clotheslines, UPPERCUTS, ROLLING ELBOWS, then ENZIGIRIS!

The fans fire up with Komander and he goes corner to corner. Taven puts Komander on the apron, but Komander RAMS back into him. Komander springboards to FLYING RANA! The fans fire up again and Kmoander runs up. Wheelbarrow, but Taven RAMS Komander right into the corner! Taven CHOPS, but Komander fires back! Komander hits Bennett, too, but Taven knees low! Tag to Bennett, and Taven sends Komander into the BIG forearm! Bennett hauls Komander up, Taven back suplexes, but Komander lands out! Komander dodges the double lariat to hot tag Metalik! And Metalik springboards to DOUBLE CROSSBODY!

The fans fire up as Metalik fires off kick after kick on The Kingdom. Metalik runs, The Kingdom sets up, but Metalik KICKS their back drop away! Metalik then dodges Bennett, only for Bennett to kick low. Bennett says to slow down, then he whips Metalik to a corner. Bennett runs in but Metalik BOOTS him away, then SLING-DOGS! The fans fire up, Bennett goes up and around the ropes to MISSILE DROPKICK! Cover, Taven breaks it! Komander CLUBS Taven, whips, but Taven reverses to TOSS Komander. Komander lands safe on the apron and Taven runs up, only for Komander to DUMP him out!

Bennett runs up but Komander TOSSES him! The fans fire up as Komander holds the way open, Metalik DIVES! Down goes both Taven & Bennett, and then Metalik sets The Kingdom up for Komander’s TOP ROPE TORNILLO! The fans are all fired up and Komander salutes! The luchadores get Bennett up and into the ring. Metalik goes up a corner, but Taven lurks! Metalik leaps, Bennett moves! Taven is in, POP-UP BOSTON BAYONET! Bennett then basement dropkicks! The fans rally but Bennett brings Metalik over. Tag to Taven, they stomp away, throw some knees, and then Taven CHOPS!

Taven fires hands, tags Bennett, and Bennett digs his boots in! The ref counts, Bennett drags Metalik up and DECKS him! Bennett drags Metalik back up, tags Taven in, but Metalik fights back! Metalik goes up and leaps, but no Code Breaker! Bennett CATAPULTS Metalik into Taven’s GAMANGIRI! Metalik falls back onto Bennett’s knees, and Taven adds an ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO!! Metalik survives and we hit the five minute mark! Bennett tags in, he and Taven double whip. Bennett runs in to ROCK Metalik, Taven runs up but Metalik TOSSES him out! Metalik goes up but Bennett ROCKS him!

Metalik and Bennett brawl, forearms and CHOPS back and forth! Bennett ROCKS Metalik again, climbs up, but Metalik fights the superplex! Metalik fires body shots, then goes up and over to FLYING SUNSET BOMB! The fans fire up while both men are down! Both men crawl for their corners, hot tags to Taven and Komander! Komander slingshots in but Taven kicks low. Taven whips, Metalik slides under, and Bennett gets in. Taven pops Komander up but he MISSILE DROPKICKS Bennett! Taven is mad but Komander drop toeholds him onto ropes! Komander YANKS Taven back, Tiger Feint and somersault, but Taven turns wheelbarrow into gut wrench!

But then Komander turns gut wrench into TORNADO DDT! Komander kips up and the fans fire up! Komander scrapes Bennett off the apron then goes up the corner. Komander takes aim and tightrope walks, CIELITO LINDO!! Cover, BENNETT BREAKS IT! Bennett hauls Komander up and in, but Komander TOSSES him out! Hot tag to Metalik! The King of Ropes CLUBS Taven, he and Komander double whip. Double HIP TOSS, then the assisted MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO!! Taven survives, and Bennett drags Komander out! Bennett RAMS Komander hard into railing! Metalik whips Taven but Taven reverses.

Metalik ducks ‘n’ dodges to SUPERKICK! Metalik keeps moving, but Bennett catches him! ROCKSTAR SUPERNOVA!! Cover, Kingdom wins!

Winners: The Kingdom, by pinfall (denies Metalik & Komander a title opportunity)

Taven overcomes cruiserweights with the help of his heavyweight tag partner! But then they add insult to injury by mugging Metalik! Bennett goes out to RAM Komander back into railing! The fans boo but Bennett tells them to shove it! Taven scrapes Metalik out of the ring, and the self-professed best team in the industry certainly has the worst attitude. But will nothing stop them from dominating ROH as in days of old?

A new team is on the scene!

“This is Mason Madden. This is Mansoor.” Mason is the Mahogany Hunk, the Height of Fashion, and “Mother.” Mansoor is the Sultan of Suave, the Iron Chic, and The Man Who Makes You Soar. Yes, ROH, you can shine, with the MXM Collection.

The Infantry checks in again.

They’ve made it. They arrived at Mount Rushmore! That is a sixty foot sculpture of American presidential greatness right there. The top one percent, and very impressive. There’s Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and of course, “Uncle” Abe Lincoln. He did that! Emancipation! Bravo likes this, glad they’re here, but it feels like it is missing something, right? A little something something. Oh, hey, check it! They add themselves to it! Rushmore? If they were really up there, Bravo would rush less! But just like those great men, there are a lot of great men and women competing on Friday, July 26th, Death Before Dishonor in Arlington, Texas!

Make sure you tune into that! It’ll be free on Honor Club, but you can get tickets right now at ROHTIX.com, the ESports Stadium! Whatever you need! And thank you for joining this Independence Day edition of ROH, time to go watch Independence Day with Will Smith. See you right back here, next week on ROH, and the week after that, and the week after that. And hopefully at some point, big championship straps. Now, how to send them home? Like this. Have no fear, The Infantry is here! Copy that! But stay tuned for the main event! Time to go climb the mountain!

ROH Pure Championship Proving Ground: Wheeler Yuta VS Lee Moriarty!

The Decoder has finally returned to ROH after getting back in action with the Blackpool Combat Club in AEW. But will he be ready to get right back into the swing of things in the Pure Division? Or will #TAIGASTYLE sink his Fang right into the champ?

The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and we’re on the clock. Pure Rules are still part of this, so each man is only allowed three ropebreaks, and no closed fists to the face. The two circle, tie up, and go around. Lee wrenches, hammerlocks, but Yuta trips Lee to a toehold. Lee fights around, the fans duel, and Lee reels Yuta in for a headlock. Lee hits the takeover, Yuta headscissors but Lee kips free. Roles reverse as Yuta headlocks for the takeover and Lee headscissors. Yuta kips free, Lee headlocks again, but Yuta brings Lee to his knees and rolls up and over Lee to get free! Yuta then basement dropkicks Lee and the fans cheer!

Yuta keeps close to Lee, covers, ONE! Yuta stays on Lee with a cravat and the fans duel more. Lee endures, fights up, and he tries to bring Yuta down. Yuta stays up, Lee tries a swim move. Yuta holds on tight, but Lee powers Yuta to ropes and snapmares. But Yuta holds on! Lee tries again, but Yuta still holds on! Lee tries a third time, swim moves free, but Yuta KNEES Lee to DDT! Cover, TWO! Lee stays in this but Yuta stalks him to ropes. Yuta brings Lee around to CHOP! The fans “WOO~!” but Lee pushes Yuta. Yuta stomps Lee to a corner, then CHOPS again! Lee headlocks, Yuta powers out but Lee handsprings over.

Lee taunts Yuta, dodges him, then BOOTS him down! And basement dropkicks in return! Fans are torn as Lee stalks Yuta. Lee stomps Yuta, but Yuta gets up to CHOP! Lee UPPERCUTS Yuta down! Lee covers, TWO! Lee stays after Yuta with a hammerlock, and he traps that arm. Lee pulls on the other, the fans rally as Yuta fights, but Lee pushes the elbow! Lee mockingly claps with Yuta’s hand, then bends the fingers! Yuta endures as Lee pulls and twists and then uses the arm to recline! Yuta suffers, ends up in a cover, TWO!! Lee is annoyed, but he stomps Yuta down. The fans rally, and Yuta RAMS into Lee!

Lee Mongolian Chops Yuta down, then he clamps on with a straitjacket stretch! Lee taunts Yuta, and we’re already four minutes in. Yuta fights up, the fans rally again, and Yuta powers free, only for Lee to put him right back in! Yuta fights up again and the fans rally. Yuta bridges, then spins the jacket onto Lee! But Lee spins it right back onto Yuta! Lee HEADBUTTS Yuta again and again and again! Yuta sputters, but Lee pulls him back! Yuta rolls through and pops free, to then HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOW away on Lee! The fans fire up and Lee scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! That’s his first, and we’re at five minutes!

Yuta runs up but Lee ELBOWS him away! And then UPPERCUTS him down! Lee pushes to a cover, TWO! Yuta gets out of that but Lee waits on him. Time is also on Lee’s side, but the fans are on Yuta’s. Lee waistlocks, but Yuta switches. Lee arm-drags free, Yuta rewinds then dodges Lee! Yuta hurries and DIVES! Direct hit and Lee tumbles to the ramp! The fans fire up and Yuta hurries after Lee. Time is ticking away but Yuta puts Lee in. Yuta runs up, gets around, and GERMAN SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO! Yuta huffs ‘n’ puffs, seeing the clock is already under four minutes remaining! Yuta hurries to wrench, but Lee fights the lift!

Lee wrenches and bends fingers, but then Yuta returns the favor! Lee CLUBS free, but Yuta ROCKS Lee! Lee BOOTS back, runs up, tilt-o-whirl, LA MYSTICA! Into the BORDER CITY STRETCH!! Yuta flails, reaches out, and there’s three minutes left! Yuta fights his way over to a ROPEBREAK! That is Yuta’s first, and the fans rally up while both men are down. Lee scuffs Yuta with kicks and Yuta goes to the apron. Yuta shakes his head and rises up. Lee storms up and HIP- NO, Yuta arm-drags to counter, then reels Lee into the SEAT- NO, Lee slips free to the BORDER CITY STRETCH!! But Yuta makes it a cradle, TWO!!

Lee gets up, Yuta steps over, but then Lee steps over! They RAM heads, then they both DECK each other with forearms! The fans fire up as we hit the two minute warning! Lee stirs, the fans rally up again, and Yuta huffs ‘n’ puffs as he rises up. Lee shakes out the stars, runs in to LA MYSTIC- NO! Yuta blocks, has a gut wrench, HANGING CLOVERLEAF! Lee slips down to victory roll! TWO and Yuta has it! TWO, and Lee has a wristlock clutch! TWO but Lee just reels Yuta in for a EURO CLUTCH! TWO!!! Yuta escapes and we’re at the final minute! Lee sunset flips, Yuta stays standing and powers through to a sunset flip! TWO and Lee has it! TWO!

Yuta has it, TWO! Lee has it back, TWO! Yuta! ONE! LEE! ONE! YUTA! ONE! They go back and forth, ONE, ONE, ONE again and again! The fans fire up as they just keep going back and forth, ONE! ONE! ONE! THIRTY SECONDS LEFT!! Yuta has Lee down again, TWO!! Both men stand and throw hands at TWENTY seconds! The fans fire up as neither man backs down! The final TEN seconds!! The fans are counting down as the forearms keep going! TIME IS UP!!

Time Limit Draw; Lee Moriarty earns a title opportunity

Yuta wanted to cross Lee off the list, but now he and Lee will have to go one more round! Yuta holds up the Pure Championship belt now, but Lee has Shane Taylor & Anthony Ogogo backing him up. The Decoder says discretion is the better part of valor, because he’ll definitely see #TAIGASTYLE again. Will Yuta take Death Before Dishonor? Or will Lee just take that belt for his own?

My Thoughts:

A very good ROH this week, mostly because it was shorter at 47 minutes, but also because it was a nice, patriotic lesson of American history with The Infantry. There was apparently a match of Diamante VS Vanessa Kraven advertised for tonight but they apparently swapped that out for the Unified World Trios Championship Proving Ground. Maybe Diamante VS Kraven will be on next week’s episode. And we got a good promo segment to give us the ROH Women’s World and ROH Women’s TV Championship matches we knew were happening. Athena is of course upset that she’ll have to wrestle “hurt,” but pretty sure that means her “injury” is fished out as fake.

Great Proving Ground matches for the show. Dark Order looked really good but even with Juice tagging in for White, Bang Bang Gang still came out on top. Obviously, Patriarchy will get the title shot, just not sure if it’ll be on Death Before Dishonor. It should be, it’d get eyes on ROH and maybe even get some people to sign up for Honor Club. The Kingdom VS Komander & Metalik was great, came close to the time limit, but I figured The Kingdom was gonna win. As great as Komander & Metalik are, it feels like ROH is still slowly building up other teams. Also, what a great surprise that the former Maximum Male Models are coming to ROH, they’ll be a lot of fun in this tag division.

And of course, a great Pure Championship style Proving Grounds. In just those ten minutes, Yuta and Lee reminded everyone why they’re some of the best young wrestlers out there and they were even holding back. A proper Pure Championship match between these two is going to be great, might even be a show stealer, and I could see Lee winning that belt. Yuta had it the whole time he was out hurt, I feel like he can easily move on to something else while Lee freshens up the Pure Division.

My Score: 8.7/10