Be afraid! Be VERY afraid!

Abadon has been haunting/hunting Athena for weeks now, and finally, they’ll fight for the ROH Women’s World Championship, in a RING OF HORRORS match! Will the Forever Champion survive the night?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• JD Drake & BEEF VS Preston Vance & “Pretty” Peter Avalon; JD & Beef win.
• Johnny TV VS Deonn Rusman; Johnny TV wins.
• Gates of Agony VS CSJ & Dave Dutra; Gates of Agony win.
• Lady Frost VS Reyna Isis; Isis wins.
• Pure Rules: Matt Taven VS Aaron Solo; Taven wins.
• The Righteous VS Jay Marston & Solomon Tupu; The Righteous win.
• Tomohiro Ishii VS Josh Woods w/ Mark Sterling; Ishii wins.
• Six Man Tag: Top Flight VS JAH-C, Trip Jordy & Dante Leon; Top Flight wins.
• ROH Rewind – Jay Lethal VS Curry Man w/ Allison Danger; Lethal wins.
• Billie Starkz VS Blair Onyx; Billie wins.
• The Infantry VS Spanish Announce Project; The Infantry wins.
• Diamante VS Aminah Belmont; Diamante wins.
• Six Man Tag: The Dark Order VS The Iron Savages; The Dark Order wins.
• Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Ariya Daivari w/ The Premier Athletes; Komander wins.
• ROH Women’s World Championship Ring of Horrors Match: Athena VS Abadon; Athena wins and retains the title.

PLAY BY PLAY

The Righteous speak.

Good Ol’ Dutch says, “Promises. They’re just like stained glass: beautiful, until shattered. And when it comes to The Righteous, we can’t even count the number of scars we have on our bodies from crawling and reaching through, just to break through without getting cut.” Vincent says, “Scars. Let’s talk about scars, man. We all have that one scar that reminds us of the one thing, and the scar that stands out the most to us are the ROH World Tag Team Championships. Because it should’ve happened a long time ago. We know it, and everybody else knows it. But now… Sammy, Dustin… Dustin, what I see is a man enjoying the rest of his career.

“And on the other side, Sammy’s over here, let’s face it, just getting started. He’s got the beautiful family, and what does a man with a beautiful family do? He’s selfish. Selfish for himself and his family. And Dustin, as far as I can tell, you’re not family. There’s a lot of snakes slithering through in this industry. Except here, they don’t pick long enough grass to hide in. So I can see them all slithering through my toes, I can feel them. And Dustin, you, my friend, are holding a venomous snake on your side. The question to you is, what happens when a venomous snake bites you?” Dutch says, “The Righteous become ROH World Tag Team Champions!”

The Righteous laugh, and Vinnie asks if you dig what he’s saying. Are they right? Is Sammy just a snake?

JD Drake & BEEF VS Preston Vance & “Pretty” Peter Avalon!

While Anthony Henry is out, the other Workhorseman made a return to support Henry’s second cousin by marriage. It didn’t work out given La Faccion Ingobernable beat them both down, but surely they’ll rebound from Rampage here tonight. Will Scrap Metal be able to work with Beef? Or will Perro Peligroso & Pretty Peter prove they’re a powerful pair?

The Code of Honor is upheld between Beef and Vance, and the fans rally for “Beef! Beef!” at the bell. Beef and Vance circle, tie up, and they go around. Beef headlocks, but Vance powers up and out. They RAM shoulders, and neither man falls! Vance admits, that’s some beef. Beef fires the fans up, and he gets moving again. Beef RAMS Vance, but Vance doesn’t budge! Beef dares Vance to go, so Vance runs, and RAMS Beef! Beef staggers but he stays up! The fans rally up, Beef talks a bit of smack, then runs. Vance drops, but Beef cartwheels past him, to DROPKICK! The fans fire up, Beef whips, but Vance reverses to reel Beef in!

Vance suplexes, and he holds Beef up! The fans fire up and JD pleads to put Beef down slowly. Vance SLAMS Beef down! The fans fire up and Vance takes a bow. Vance bumps Beef off buckles, then tags Avalon. Avalon sends Vance in at Beef to LARIAT, then Vance feeds Beef to a DROPKICK! Cover, ONE!! Beef is tough but Vance brings him up. Beef pushes Avalon away and tags in JD! Beef says, “Get ’em, cousin!” JD reminds Beef, Henry is his cousin. Avalon is stunned, it is a reunion of former Wingmen! Avalon offers a pinky, JD holds his pinky up, and the fans cheer. Pinky touch for respect! And then JD CHOPS Avalon!

The fans cheer while Avalon is stinging. JD puts Avalon in the corner to CHOP again! Avalon dodges the next one to COHP, CHOP, and CHOP! JD shoves Avalon, Avalon dodges, and Avalon BOOTS JD! Avalon runs to ELBOW! JD staggers, Avalon runs up to DROPKICK! JD stays up, Avalon runs up, and JD FLAPJACK HOTSHOTS! HAYMAKER for Vance! The fans fire up and JD drags Avalon up. JD bumps Avalon off buckles, and tells Beef to pay attention. CHOP! Tag to Beef and Beef gives Avalon a CHOP! The fans “WOO~!” and Beef brings Avalon around. Beef snap suplexes, then runs to SPLASH DOWN! Cover, TWO!

Beef drags Avalon up, whips him in, and runs up to SPLASH! JD tags in, and JD says they gotta coordinate. Beef sends Avalon into JD’s LARIAT! JD then slingshots to SENTON! The fans fire up and JD says thumbs down to the pinkies! Beef fires up but JD tells him to stay in the corner. Beef nods and apologizes, and JD drags Avalon up. Avalon fires body shots, but JD ROCKS Avalon! Tag to Beef, and JD tells Beef to not screw up. JD whips Beef in, but Avalon ELBOWS Beef! JD runs up, but Avalon DUMPS him out! It isn’t the cleanest and JD is furious because now his bad foot is bothering him.

Beef grabs Avalon for a back suplex, but Avalon lands out! Hot tag to Vance! Vance LARIATS Beef, LARIATS again, then BOOTS JD off the apron! Beef runs up but Vance ELBOWS him away! Vance goes up, FLYING SHOULDER TACKLE! JD is back but Vance dodges him, to hit a BIG back suplex! Beef is up, but Vance hits a SPINEBUSTER! Vance flexes and the fans fire up! Tribute to Mr. Brodie, but Beef ducks the lariat! Vance ELBOWS Beef, resets, DISCUS LARIAT! Cover, JD breaks it! Avalon SUPERKICKS JD! Vance tells Avalon to go tot he corner. Vance tags Avalon in, and Avalon BOOTS Beef!

Vance winds up, but Beef ducks and the DISCUS hits Avalon! Beef TOSSES Vance, JD gives him a rebound HAYMAKER! Beef hits Avalon with the SLOPPY STEAKS! JD hits the ANARCHY! Beef is up top, for the KENTUCKY MEAT SHOWER!! Cover, BEEF & JD WIN!

Winners: JD Drake & BEEF, by pinfall

They may not be cousins, they may not be The Workhorsemen, but they ARE winners! The fans love it, but it seems JD may still need some convincing. Will Beef quite literally win over JD & Henry if this keeps up?

ROH shares The Learning Tree’s message from Fright Night Dynamite.

Chris Jericho smiles while Bryan Keith scowls and “Big Bill” Morrissey speaks. “As The Learning Tree always says, ‘Teamwork makes the dream work. But the dream will not work unless the team works together.’” Jericho waves and says, “Hi, guys~! And welcome to All Hallows’ Eve. That means The Night Before Halloween. Hahaha.” And last week in Ladder War, the match that The Wrestling Observer said would be remembered for a long, long time, a ladder match that THE Dave Meltzer gave four stars to, Jericho became the ROH World Champion a second team. Just like Jay Briscoe!

And that also makes Jericho a nine-time world champion, fulfilling the prophecy of him becoming The Nueve. Now, Jericho could not have done this without The Bad Apple, The Redwood, and all of his Branches watching at home, and here in Cinc- Er, Cleveland. But this is so much more than about winning the title. Jericho thinks big picture. Just like how Terrifier 3, the movie he costarred in and quarterbacked, became the number one movie in America… Just like AEW itself becoming a pro-wrestling powerhouse, with all due respect to Jon Moxley but mostly because of Jericho, Jericho will do the same for ROH.

Jericho will take ROH to the biggest stage and the biggest success it has ever seen. How will he do that? Because he is Chris Jericho and he just can. And if you are underestimating Chris Jericho, then you are overestimating your knowledge and understanding of the TV and pro-wrestling business. Keith says, “NEVER underestimate Chris Jericho, you bunch o’ dumbasses!” Jericho says what he will do is let everyone reach down between their legs, ease their seats back, and enjoy the ride. Jericho is taking ROH and all of us to places you’ve never, ever been before. Thanks, guys~! The fans are torn, but will this new era of “Ring of Jericho” really be the biggest and brightest yet?

MXM Collection speaks.

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Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara speak.

The Spanish God tells The Righteous that they saw the little speech, and The Righteous were both right and wrong about Sammy. He has an absolutely beautiful family, a beautiful baby girl at home, and there is nothing he won’t do to provide for them. He is selfish when it comes to providing for them, and these tag titles mean more money, so The Righteous is trying to take food off Sammy’s plate. So imagine what he’ll do to you! But you are so wrong when you say Dustin is not family. There is nothing Sammy won’t do for Dustin. All In London, Sammy had Dustin’s back. Bunkhouse Brawl, Sammy had Dustin’s back.

And Sammy will have Dustin’s back when it comes to beating the hell outta The Righteous. The Natural tells Vincent & Dutch that Sammy is a lot nicer than Dustin. One: Keep any family’s name out of your mouths, it is no good. And you wanna call yourselves The Righteous? Are you morally righteous? No, absolutely not! And talking about snakes, Dustin is from Austin, Texas! They eat rattlesnakes for a living! And Dustin’s been bit by a snake before. What do you do with a bad snake? You chop the head off! So if The Righteous want a shot at the ROH World Tag Team Championships, they’ve got it.

But listen up. Dustin knows The Righteous also have a match tonight. So Dustin & Sammy will be paying very close attention to it. Because The Righteous are the snakes trying to do something Dustin has done his entire career, and that’s mind games. You ain’t got it! Dustin sees through the crap, so see you tonight. Challenge accepted, but will ol’ Dutch & Vincent show what kind of fight The Sons of Texas are in for?

Pure Rules: Matt Taven VS Aaron Solo!

One of the ONLY Grand Slam Champions in ROH history is looking to add on to his legacy, because he’s never held the Pure Championship. Will we be reminded that HEEEEE’S Matt Taven? Or will The Extra Talented prove himself worthy of his first title opportunity?

The Code of Honor is not upheld by Solo, but Taven says he didn’t want it anyway. The bell rings, we’re on the clock, and the two circle. The two tie up, Taven wrenches an arm, and wristlocks. Solo slips through, wrenches, and headlocks. Solo calls Taven a Melvin, but Taven wrenches out to a hammerlock. Solo goes to the ROPEBREAK, and the ref counts it. But Solo gets a cheap shot in! The fans boo but Solo grins as the worst that happens is Solo is down a ropebreak. Solo stomps Taven in a corner, whips him corner to corner, but Taven goes up and over. Taven keeps moving, he slides under to then DROPKICK!

The fans cheer, and Taven reminds Solo, “IIIII’M Matt Taven!” Solo storms up, Taven and Solo circle again. They feel things out, and Taven waistlocks. Taven powers Solo to ropes but Solo bucks the O’Conner. Solo runs up, but Taven arm-drags! Taven has the armlock, wrangles Solo around, shift to a ghost pin, TWO! Solo escapes but Taven is right back on him. Taven wrenches, wristlocks, but he ducks Solo’s haymaker to RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! We’re at two minutes as the fans rally up. Taven runs, goes up, but Solo CHOP BLOCKS Taven in ropes! The fans boo while Taven flounders, but Solo rains down forearms!

Solo says, “IIIII’M Aaron Solo!” Fans boo but Solo stomps Taven around. Solo sits Taven up to KNEE him in the back. Solo flexes, stalks Taven to a corner, and KICKS! And stomps, stomps, stomps! Solo digs his boot in, but lets off as the ref counts. The fans boo Solo but he soaks it up. But Taven kicks low! And CHOPS! But Solo KICKS the bad leg! Solo continues to taunt Taven and mock his catchphrase. Solo drops a knee on the knee, then brings Taven up. Solo whips Taven into a corner, but Taven ELBOWS back! Solo comes back, but Taven BOOTS him! Taven runs up, Solo dodges, and mule kicks!

Solo whips, Taven LARIATS! And ELBOWS! And HEEL KICKS! The fans fire up but Taven hobbles. Solo swings, Taven ducks to kick, KICK and DDT! The fans fire up more and Taven springboards, KICK O’ THE KING! Cover, TWO! Taven clamps on JUST FACELOCK! Solo flails, reaches out, ROPEBREAK! That’s the second and the fans boo. Taven argues, but he drags Solo up. CLI- NO, Solo powers out! But Taven avoids the Dreamcast to step over, THE CLIMAX! Cover, ROPEBREAK!! Solo survives using his third and final, and we’re at five minutes! Taven is frustrated, but that was just a miscalculation.

Taven storms up, but Solo YANKS him into ropes! DREAMCAST KICK! Cover, TWO!! Taven doesn’t even use the ropes, despite how close they were. Solo is frustrated but he climbs a corner. Solo aims, leaps, but Taven catches him! Taven wrangles Solo into the FLATLINER, and JUST FACELOCK! Solo TAPS, Taven wins!

Winner: Matt Taven, by submission

In just under six minutes, and with no ropebreaks used, Taven gets his first Pure Division win! And then the Pure Champion, Lee Moriarty, appears on stage. He tells Taven if this is what he’s after, that’s a mistake. Taven tells Moriarty he has one belt left before ROH Bingo. Moriarty doesn’t take that seriously, will #TAIGASTYLE humble the ROH Grand Slam Champion?

Backstage interview with JD Drake & BEEF.

Lexy Nair is with The Workhorseman and his teammate’s second cousin by marriage, and Lexy loves the instant chemistry! They may have only just met, but it was like they’ve been teaming for years. JD wants to refute that but Beef says the chemistry is real because they’re family! JD shouts at Beef, and is very frazzled as he asks Beef what he’s even doing. Has Beef lost his mind? Lexy is holding an interview, and Beef’s all on JD, grabbing him. And Beef is the wettest, sweatiest human on earth, Henry was right about that. JD wants Beef to realize, they’re not family. What? But JD, you’re the tag partner to Beef’s second cousin. Seems that’s enough for Beef.

And speaking of, Beef tells Henry that they’re thinking of him, that they love him, and that they want him to get back here, so they hope he gets well soon. JD says it is second cousin by marriage, Henry has said that much. But while JD doesn’t even know where Beef is from, but that’s not how cousins work anyway! That’s not how family works! That’s not how relations work! JD is not on Beef’s family tree or vice versa! But they could be… JD says it’s fine, he still likes Beef, he is okay. A little rambunctious, but otherwise okay. So listen, Beef. Beef will be alright, but please, tone it down just a little bit.

Beef already revs up as he says he can’t tone it down. He just can’t, JD! Cuz he’s BEEF! There’s nobody like him! Except maybe Cousin JD. JD is NOT Beef’s cousin! JD asks what Anthony got him into. JD heads out, Beef hurries after his “cousin,” will the Workhorsemen ever get used to Beef?

The Righteous VS Jay Marston & Solomon Tupu!

The challenge was issued and the challenge was accepted, so this match goes from Dutch & Vincent proving themselves worthy to them tuning up. Will these wolves in sheep’s clothing make quick work of these appetizers before going for the main course?

The teams sort out, and Vinnie snaps his fingers while pacing around. Vinnie then spins around to LARIAT Marston! So much for the Code of Honor… Vincent then puts Marston in the corner, tags Dutch, and Dutch sends Marston into a KNEE! Short arm LARIAT! Dutch holds on to sit Marston up, and Vinnie BASEMENT FLATLINERS! Dutch tells Cedar Rapids that death walks tonight. Tag to Vinnie, The Righteous surround Marston, but here comes Tupu! Tupu LARIATS Dutch, but Dutch doesn’t budge! Tupu can’t quite understand, so he runs again. Dutch hits a BIG BOSS MAN SLAM! Then Vinnie hoists Marston up.

Vinnie fireman’s carries Marston, Dutch fireman’s carries Vinnie, DOUBLE DEATH VALLEY! Cover, The Righteous win!

Winners: The Righteous, by pinfall

Sammy & Dustin said they would be watching this very closely, so hopefully they learned something. Wait, The Righteous aren’t done! Vinnie grabs a chair, and Dutch brings the railroad block! Dutch puts the block between Tupu’s legs and holds them all together! Vinnie CHAIR SHOTS Tupu’s legs! Tupu writhes in misery, but here come Dustin & Sammy! The Sons of Texas run out but The Righteous run away! Will Dutch & Vinnie put Dustin & Sammy on the chopping block next? Or will The Righteous pay for their own sins?

Dustin & Sammy regroup backstage.

The Natural is furious as he says, “There is nothing righteous about the SH*T you just pulled! That man out there, that kid, had an opportunity of a lifetime, and you tried to put him out of the business for good by hobbling him., Well now you have my attention!” But then The Righteous attacks from behind! They CLOBBER Dustin, and they put the block between Sammy’s legs! But Dustin CLOBBERS Dutch! Vincent SMACKS Dustin with the chair! Vinnie tells Dustin that no one can hurt us more than we hurt ourselves. This should’ve happened a long time ago. The Righteous should’ve been champions a long time ago! Dig what he’s saying?

Refs tell them to get out of here, Vinnie snaps his fingers as he and Dutch leave. The title match is still to come, but will Dustin & Sammy put The Righteous down for good?

ROH Rewind – Jay Lethal VS Curry Man w/ Allison Danger!

It was October 29th, 2005, ROH This Means War, when Black Machismo took on Christopher Daniels’ good friend. He’s hot, he’s spicy, and he tastes great, but was he more dangerous than Lethal?

The fans chant, “HOT AND SPICY!” which annoys Lethal. The Code of Honor is upheld, the fans cheer, and the bell rings. The fans rally up more, and Lethal circles with Curry. They stare down, the fans chant, “HOT! SPICY! HOT! SPICY!” Curry dances to the chant, then ask they stop. He gets one side to chant “HOT!” The other side is “SPICY!” And they all say, “TASTES GREAT!” The fans cheer but Lethal is annoyed. They’re on the clock, you know. Lethal gets on a corner and the fans do cheer. But then Curry climbs and the fans cheer louder! Lethal tries again, and the fans cheer. But Curry climbs, and the fans cheer harder!

A fan teases Lethal, “Where’s the Afro? Where’s the Afro?” Lethal asks why they gotta do him like that. Lethal and Curry circle, tie up, and go around. Lethal headlocks, Curry powers up and wrenches through to top wristlock. Curry arm-drags Lethal down, has the armlock, but Lethal fights up. Lethal slips through to cording hold, then he wrangles Curry to the mat. Curry moves around, goes side to side, then headscissors! Curry squeezes tight, the fans chant “Nun’s a Hottie!” in reference to Miss Allison, and Lethal bridges. Lethal pops free, floats to a headlock, and Curry is down. It’s a cover, TWO as Curry gets an arm up.

Curry rolls Lethal to a cover, TWO! Lethal grinds the hold, but Curry rolls him again, TWO! Curry has an arm, Lethal has the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Curry lets off, and the fans applaud. Lethal and Curry circle, the fans rally up, and the two tie up. Curry trips Lethal, then rolls him to a facelock. Allison cheers, but Lethal rolls to wrench an arm. Lethal has the hammerlock but Curry moves around. Curry rolls, hammerlocks in return, but Lethal reaches back to snapmare. Curry holds onto the arm! The fans duel, but Lethal hits a flying mare! The two stare down and the fans cheer. Lethal and Curry reset and they circle again.

The two tie up, Lethal wrenches the arm to cording hold. Curry drops to a knee but rises up again. Curry uses ropes to springboard and arm-drag! And then hip toss! Lethal avoids the arm-drag but Curry makes it his spicy dance! Lethal is annoyed, but the fans chant, “Dance, Lethal, Dance! Dance, Lethal, Dance!” Curry is curious, but Lethal refuses. The fans boo, so Lethal says hold on, hold on. The two tie up, Lethal wrenches and WRINGS Curry, then swivels the hips! Curry storms up, but Lethal wrenches, and he swivels again. Curry grabs Lethal again, Lethal wrenches and arm-drags! Arm-drag! DROPKICK! Lethal does the running man!

The fans fire up and Curry isn’t sure what to make of that! The fans cheer Lethal on, and Curry encourages it. The fans want to see more dancing, but the two tie up instead. They wrench back and forth, then Lethal KICKS a leg! Curry KICKS back! They KICK each other! And again! So they make it Kid ‘n’ Play! The fans are thunderous as these two nod respect. Curry and Lethal even secret handshake, ending with a finger point, but then they both point to the ref! The fans are thunderous, and the ref raises the roof! Curry can’t even, and he Flair flops! Curry kips back up, the fans cheer for Allison now!

Curry lounges in a corner, Lethal opens the ropes, as does the ref, and Allison Danger steps in. She may be dressed as a nun tonight, but she also raises the roof! A little extra shimmy, then a kiss on the cheek for Curry Man. She offers a kiss on the other cheek, but Curry Man says that’s too spicy. The fans are thunderous as Curry and Lethal circle. Wait, the fans want to see Bobby Cruise join in on the fun? Curry Man takes the mic real quick, and says that if there’s any more dancing, there won’t be time for wrestling. A fan shouts, “I LOVE YOU~!” and Curry says, “I love you, too, ma’am.” Curry then asks, if the fans don’t mind, Lethal and Curry would like to wrestle.

The fans applaud and Curry says, “Arigato gozaimasu.” The fans rally up for “ROH! ROH!” and Curry circles with Lethal. They tie up, Lethal headlocks, and Curry powers up but can’t power out as Lethal holds tight. Curry fires body shots, powers up and out this time, but Lethal runs him over! Things keep moving, Lethal goes up the ropes to springboard and CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Lethal bails out, then RAMS into Curry. Slingshot and RANA! Curry tumbles out and the fans fire up! Lethal DIVES, and direct hit at the ramp! The fans are fired up and Lethal brings Curry back into the ring. Cover, TWO!

Lethal stays cool as he drags Curry up. Lethal snap suplexes, floats to a cover, TWO! Curry stays in this but Lethal stays on Curry. Lethal ROCKS Curry, has him in a corner, then ROCKS him again. Lethal whips corner to corner, Curry reverses, but Lethal goes up and over, then handsprings to hip toss BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Curry is still in this, but Lethal is back on him. Lethal has the seated straitjacket stretch! Curry endures but the fans rally up. Lethal pulls back again and again, but Curry refuses to give in. Curry fights up, but Lethal HIP DROPS him down! Lethal drags Curry up, scoops him, and SLAMS him!

Lethal climbs a corner and the fans rally. But Curry rises, and he ROCKS Lethal! And ROCKS him again! And again! Curry then ROCKET LAUNCHES Lethal! Lethal goes to a corner, Curry runs in, CURRY SPLASH! Curry fires up, runs, but Lethal dodges. Curry springboards to BACK ELBOW! Lethal bails out, Curry takes aim, and Curry builds speed! Curry WRECKS Lethal with a dropkick, then skins the cat! PLANCHA! Down goes Lethal again and the fans fire up! A fan says curry is better with pepper! Curry gets mad, but then he shrugs, because he does agree. Curry then drags Lethal up and puts him in the ring.

Curry climbs a corner, leaps, FLYING SHOULDER TACKLE! Cover, TWO! Lethal is still in this but Allison says they’re so close, they can taste it. The fans continue to duel as Curry drags Lethal up. Curry whips, scoops, and hits a BACKBREAKER! Lethal writhes, Curry covers, TWO! Lethal still writhes, but Curry drags him up. Curry suplexes up and over! Curry then goes to the apron, and slingshot ELBOW DROPS on Lethal’s back! Cover, TWO! The fans rally as Curry clamps on a chinlock. Lethal endures, the fans rally up again, and Lethal rises up. Lethal fires body shots again and again until he’s free, only to run into a CALF KICK! Cover, TWO!

Curry grows frustrated but Allison coaches him. The fans continue to duel, and Curry drags Lethal up. Curry reels Lethal in, suplexes, but Lethal fights the lift! Curry fires body shots, then suplexes, but Lethal lands out! Lethal keeps moving, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then SPINEBUSTER! Both men are down and the fans fire up! A standing count starts, and the fans rally again. Curry sits up at 4 of 10, then stands at 6. Curry drags Lethal up, but Lethal LARIATS! And LARIATS again! Lethal whips Curry to a corner, then BACKDROPS him away! The fans fire up and Lethal runs to CLOBBER Curry! Cover, TWO!

Lethal grows frustrated but he hauls Curry up. Lethal turns Curry, NECKBREAKER, and then Lethal goes up to FLYING CALF KICK! Cover, TWO! Curry survives and the fans rally up. Lethal drags Curry up, whips him to ropes, but Curry slides under! Atomic drop, then clinch for a FLATLINER! Cover, TWO! Lethal is tougher than that but Curry drags him up. Curry clinches for the URENAGE! Curry then goes to a corner and he shouts out his good friend with the BEST MOONSAULT- NO, Lethal moves! Curry lands out, runs in, but Lethal dodges! Lethal is on the apron, and he springboards, DEEP IMPACT! Cover, ROPEBREAK!!

The fans cheer as Curry survives by fingertips! Lethal drags Curry to the drop zone and calls his shot. Lethal climbs, the fans fire up, but Allison warns Curry Man! DIVING HEADBUTT FLOPS as Curry dodges! The fans rally, Curry and Lethal rise, and Curry lines up a shot. Curry CHOPS, but Lethal CHOPS back! They CHOP again, and again, and again! Lethal CHOPS, but Curry KNEES low! curry whips, Lethal reverses, but Curry turns hip toss into a fireman’s carry, roll into cover, TWO! Curry hurries but Lethal trips him! Jackknife bridge, TWO! Sunset flip, TWO! Prawn hold, TWO! Sunset flip again, TWO!

Curry kicks and whips, but Lethal BOOTS back! Lethal full nelsons, but Curry drops down! Lethal stuffs that to a cover, ONE and Lethal wheelbarrow lifts Curry back up! Full nelson, but Curry breaks it to arm-drag! Mule kick! The fans fire up again, and Curry vows to end this! Curry drags Lethal up, but Lethal fights the lift. Curry CLUBS away on Lethal’s back, then tries again. Lethal slips free, waistlocks, but Curry fights the nelson. Curry runs, but into the nelson! DRAGON SUPLEX!! Cover, LETHAL WINS!!

Winner: Jay Lethal, by pinfall

Not quite the Lethal Injection, but the Dragon Suplex just as effective for Lethal back in those days! Will we ever see Curry Man in ROH again?

The Infantry talks backstage.

Carlie Bravo asks Trish Adora & Shawn Dean if they like his bike. Captain Dean says it’s fine and all but where’d he even get it? Bravo says he ran down on the homies with some 40s. Dean & Adora sigh, but in step Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty. Bravo says they’re everywhere, but then asks STP what’s up. Shane says another week, another loss. Or two, really. But he is just asking them, when are they gonna be ready to reach their potential? Bravo says, “We’re already us, so we already them.” But more than that, what’re STP really after? Lee says they already know what. Shane says if you look around, you see that the battlelines have already been drawn.

And all Shane is saying, if they’re going to war, then he’d rather have some soldiers standing with him. Bravo asks for a second, and Infantry huddles up. Bravo says that is a good point. Lee tries to eavesdrop, but The Infantry looks at him. Lee backs off, and the discussion continues. Bravo quickly asks STP if they’ve got dental. No? Okay, hold on. The discussion wraps, and Bravo says yes, STP has a good point. War means soldiers, and who better than them? Bravo double checks with Dean & Adora, and Bravo says it is decided. Everyone better run ‘n’ hide, because STP’s outside. Shane shakes hands with Bravo and says rumble, bad man, rumble. Dean adds, “Copy that.”

Bravo checks real quick: They get to beat people up now? Yes, they do. Alright! Shane Taylor Promotions has recruited The Infantry, are they all going to be running ROH from here on?

The Infantry w/ Shane Taylor Promotions VS Spanish Announce Project!

The Code of Honor is upheld, the teams sort out, and The Captain starts against Angelico. They circle as fans rally, and the two tie up. Dean headlocks, Angelico fires body shots, and he powers out. Dena runs Angelico over, covers, ONE! Dean arm-drags and he grinds the armlock. Angelico endures, Dean shifts his grip to a cording hold, then he wrenches. Tag to Bravo and he goes up to AX HANDLE the arm. Bravo wrenches, YANKS, and wristlocks the arm. Angelico spins, drop toehold and float to the headlock. Bravo fights up, but Angelico wrenches to a wristlock. Serpentico tags in and he goes up, to DIVING STOMP the arm!

Serpentico & Angelico double whip, then they both drop down. Bravo hops over each of them, but runs into a hip toss! Serpentico runs, Angelico HIP TOSS SENTONS Serpentico onto Bravo! The fans cheer, and Serpentico PLANKING SPLASHES! Cover, Dean breaks it! Angelico storms up, Dean kicks him and whips. Angelico holds ropes to stop himself, then he TOSSES Dean up and out! Bravo runs up but Angelico puts him on the apron. Angelico DECKS Bravo, and the fans fire up. Serpentico builds speed, Angelico gives him a boost to DROPKICK Dean! The Infantry regroup but Serpentico builds speed again.

Angelico holds the way open, but Adora stands in the way! The fans boo as The AfroPunk is a shield for her team, but now Shane is upset. This is not what they talked about! Shane storms up, he argues with the ref, and Infantry also realizes they need to get this right. Angelico storms out but Adora steps up again! Angelico says this is 2v2, why’s she in the way? Adora tells Dean & Bravo this is how to get it right. LOW BLOW to Angelico!! The ref was too busy with Shane to see it! The fans boo as Adora sends Angelico to steps! Bravo gets it, and he rains down fists on Angelico! Serpentico runs out, but Dean CLOBBERS Serpentico!

The fans boo but The Infantry mug SAP! Shane says that’s what he was talking about! Infantry stomps Serpentico, puts him in the ring, and then they whip Angelico into railing! Bravo covers Serpentico, TWO! Bravo is annoyed but he says this is how it is now. Bravo stomps Serpentico, drags him up, and whips him into the corner. Bravo storms up to JAB, JAB, and rain down forearms! The ref backs Bravo off, but Dean CHOKES Serpentico! The fans boo but Dean drops Serpentico. Bravo “apologizes” to the ref, then he snap suplexes Serpentico. Cover, TWO! Serpentico stays in this, but Bravo taunts him. No one is there for him!

Bravo drags Serpentico to the corner, tags Dean, and Bravo RAMS Serpentico! Dean runs to FLYING ELBOW! Dean says if this is what Shaney T wants, here it is! Dean paces around Serpentico, KICKS him in the side, and he says playtime is over now! STP & Infantry run this! But Serpentico fires body shots! Dean DECKS Serpentico! Dean whips Serpentico hard to the corner! Dean tags Bravo, and Bravo goes up. Dean scoops Serpentico to a BACKBREAKER, and Bravo adds the KNEE DROP! Bravo dusts himself off, then covers, TWO! Serpentico toughs it out but Bravo pie faces him around. Bravo clamps on a SLEEPER!

Bravo squeezes tight and grinds Serpentico down. “He’s not going nowhere!” Serpentico flails but Bravo thrashes him around! The fans rally and Serpentico fights up! Serpentico fires body shots, then a forearm! Then a SUPERKICK! Serpentico wobbles, but Bravo anchors a foot! Bravo reels Serpentico in, KNEES low, then whips him into the corner again. Bravo tags Dean, and they taunt SNAKEMAN. Bravo sends Dean in, but Serpentico BOOTS him! Serpentico goes up an dover Bravo, KICKS Dean away, but Bravo is back! Serpentico BOOTS The Infantry away, hot tag to Angelico!

The fans fire up as the South African Stud rallies on The Infantry! Dean nelsons Angelico and Bravo runs up, but Angelico BOOTS him away! Angelico RAMS Dean into buckles, arm-drags free, and runs up to use Dean as a step, LEAPING LARIAT on Bravo! The fans fire up as Angelico goes back to Dean. Dean ROCKS Angelico, Angelico ROCKS Dean, repeat! Angelico ducks to fire a strike fest! JUMP KNEE, and a whip! Dean reverses, Angelico rolls over, Dean avoids the sweep but not the EDDY GORDO KICK! Jackknife bridge, TWO! The fans rally up again and Angelico brings Dean up.

Angelico calls to Serpentico, before the FLATLINER! Serpentico is up top, FROG SPLASH! Angelico covers, but Bravo YANKS Angelico away! Angelico DECKS Bravo for it! Angelico hurries back in, drags Dean up, but Adora distracts! The fans boo and the ref reprimands, but Moriarty BELT SHOTS Angelico!! The fans boo more, and Infantry sets Angelico up! BOOT CAMP!! Cover, Infantry wins!

Winners: The Infantry, by pinfall

Dean & Bravo grin, because the change in tactics has worked out! But did they just sell their souls in order to finally have success?

Backstage interview with Billie Starkz.

Lexy is with Minion 400,237 & 3/4ths to congratulate her on her win tonight. But now, they have more important things to focus on: Athena’s Ring of Horrors match with Abadon. All eyes are on the Minion Overlord, so that crap Billie pulled, no, this is a family. They have to be by Athena’s side as MIT. Billie says, “Lemme tell you about Athena. I hope she has fun tonight with Abadon.” What? No, Billie, you have to be out there. They are family, they must band together, they are sisters, and… And… Does Billie not understand how dangerous Abadon is? Abadon tried to kill Lexy! Billie chuckles, but apologizes. Lexy can have fun, too.

Billie is taking her one MIT day off tonight, see you next week. Billie leaves and Lexy says no, she can’t do that! Lexy is a fragile flower! Will the fate of the Fallen Angel be in danger now that she only has her Minion Bestie by her side?

Chris Jericho speaks.

“Hi, guys~! And I hope everyone’s having a Happy Halloween, and I’m wishing all the boys and ghouls the best this evening. I hope you got a lot of tricks and a lot of treats, and I’ve got a treat for you. From one great ROH champion in Chris Jericho, The Nueve, talking about another great ROH champion, Athena, the ROH Women’s Champion. She has a huge task ahead of her tonight, but all the people in her fang club are gonna be cheering her on as she takes on Abadon in a Ring of Horror match. You’ve got the great women’s champion against the mistress of the dark, Abadon, she thrives on a night like this! It’s gonna be a bloody good time!

And I can’t wait to watch! I’m gonna be biting my fingernails, I’m gonna screaming and cheering for both, cuz all I wanna see is a great match between a great champion and… A zombie woman? A Living Dead Girl? Either way, just know that The Learning Tree is here with you. Happy Halloween, hope you get a lot of treats, and here’s the biggest treat: Me. Thanks, guys~!” The Nueve makes sure to get his TV time wherever he can, but is he right about tonight’s main event? Is it about to be a thriller?

ROH Women’s World Championship Ring of Horrors Match: Athena VS Abadon!

The introductions are made, the (spinner) belt is raised, as are the stakes, and we see who really has a reign of terror!

This match is Anything Goes, Falls Count Anywhere, and because Athena has a habit of running away from Abadon, they will be chained together! This only makes Athena even more squirrely, and the fans chant, “This is Creepy!” The bell rings, the fans fire up, and Abadon already starts reeling Athena in. Athena taunts Abadon, “You think you’re bad? You think you’re big and bad, Abadon?!” Abadon shrieks and scares Athena, so that’s a yes! Abadon reels Athena in but Athena ROCKS Abadon! Abadon just stares at Athena. Then Abadon fires forearms again and again! Abadon puts Athena in the corner, ROCKS her, then LARIATS!

Abadon fires more LARIATS, then shrieks again! The fans cheer, Abadon runs up, but Athena sends her into buckles! Athena snarls and runs to DROPKICK Abadon to the floor. Athena goes out, looks under the ring, and Athena brings out a chair! Athena sits that chair up, then brings out another. Athena JAMS Abadon with that chair, then sits that chair next to the other. Athena keeps bringing out chairs, but Abadon has a kendo stick! Abadon winds up, and SMACK on the back! Athena grabs a trash can lid, she blocks the kendo stick! Athena cowers but Abadon pursues and fires more shots with the kendo stick!

Athena raises the lid to guard, but Abadon hits so hard, Athena gets bopped in the head by the lid! Athena scrambles away, and she brings out BARBIE! The barbed wire wrapped bat is here, but Abadon dares her to use it. Athena swings, strike one! Athena pursues, strike two as she hits a pumpkin! Strike three as she hits the trash can and the guard rail! But Athena keeps swinging, and she finally hits Abadon low! Athena drops the bat while she watches Abadon writhing. Athena uses the chain to drag Abadon along, and Athena has the trash can lid again. Athena SMACKS Abadon on the back, then she chucks pumpkins aside!

Athena finishes smashing pumpkins so she can use the table. Wait, the chain broke off the cuff! The ref sees that but Athena says no, it’s fine! Athena brings the table around, and props it up against railing. The ref insists, so the chain is reattached to Athena’s cuff. But then Abadon TACKLES Athena onto the table! The table does not break, so Abadon goes up the steps! Abadon SPLASHES Athena on the table, but it still doesn’t break! Instead, the table, Athena and Abadon all tip over! The fans are disappointed, and Abadon says, “I hate this table!” Abadon runs up, and she TACKLES Athena back onto the table!

The table legs may have broken off but the wood is in one piece. Abadon still covers Athena, TWO! Abadon drags Athena up, CLUBS her, and then THROWS her through the table! The fans cheer and Abadon says, “Bye bye, table!” Abadon then drags Athena from the wreckage using the chain. Abadon throws the kendo stick into the ring, followed by the trash can. Abadon puts Athena in the ring, and the fans rally as Abadon slithers up. Abadon SMACKS Athena off the mat, SMACKS her off the mat again, and mockingly asks how Athena is feeling. Abadon CLUBS Athena, CLUBS her again, but Atehna hits back!

The fans rally and duel as the forearms go back and forth! Athena stomps Abadon’s foot, then whips Abadon to ropes. Athena ROCKS Abadon, runs, but Abadon follows! Abadon ROCKS Athena, runs, but Athena steps on the chain to cut Abadon short! Then Athena KNEES Abadon down! The fans rally and duel, and Athena goes out to look under the ring. Athena brings out a ladder! Athena pushes that into the ring, but Abadon DROPKICKS the ladder back into Athena! Abadon puts the ladder in a corner across the ropes. Abadon then stalks Athena, but Athena mule kicks! Athena SMASHES Abadon with the trash can!

The fans rally up while Athena stalks Abadon. Athena puts Abadon in, then brings the trash can with her. Abadon FULL METAL STUNNERS! Cover, TWO!! Athena survives and Abadon is upset with the ref’s count! Abadon drags Athena over to SMACK her off the ladder. Abadon puts Athena on the ladder, then climbs up over her to go up the corner! The fans fire up for Abadon, and Abadon SUPER SENTONS!! The fans are fired up while both women writhe! The fans hope they “FIGHT FOREVER!” but Halloween only lasts one night! Athena crawls to ropes, but Abadon pursues. Athena goes to a corner, and Abadon stands.

Abadon runs up but Athena ELBOWS back! Abadon runs in again, but into a BOOT! Athena goes up, but Abadon SHOVES her over! Athena lands on the apron, but Abadon climbs up, to APRON DOUBLE STOMP! Abadon roars and the fans fire up again. Abadon drags Athena off the apron, then goes looking under the ring. Abadon brings out a chair, slides that into the ring, and then looks under the ring again. Abadon brings out a BLACK BAG! The fans fire up because those are always fun. Abadon pours out thumbtacks! They’re all over the floor, and now Abadon storms upon Athena. But Athena JAMS Abadon with the chair!

Athena then CHUCKS the chair into Abadon! Abadon stumbles to steps, and Athena runs up to KNEE Abadon against steps!! Cover, TWO!?! Athena is furious and she throws more pumpkins. Athena drags Abadon up, SMACKS her off the steps, then puts Abadon in the ring. Athena positions the steps around the way, and tips them over! The fans fire up, and Athena goes in to CLUB Abadon. Athena drags Abadon up, goes up a corner, and then drags Abadon up to join her. But Abadon fires body shots! Athena CLUBS Abadon, facelocks, but Abadon fights! Abadon fires body shots, then she licks Athena’s face!

Athena freaks out, scrambles underneath Abadon, and tries to bring Abadon off the corner but Abadon holds on. Athena uses the chain to YANK Abadon into buckles, then Athena KICKS Abadon in the face! Athena climbs up behind Abadon, chain wrapped around wrist, and she CLUBS Abadon with a metal fist! Athena hooks Abadon up, SUPER URENAGE! Cover, TWO!! Abadon survives and the fans cheer. Athena is losing her cool, and she goes to the kendo stick. Athena hides that the chain is off her cuff, and she SMACKS Abadon! And SMACKS Abadon again! And again! The ref is suspicious, but Athena hides the chain.

Abadon rises, Athena runs up, but Abadon ducks! Kendo stick hits rope and rebounds to SMACK Athena in the head! The fans fire up as Abadon crawls to a cover, TWO!! Athena survives and Abadon is frustrated. Abadon grabs the trash can lid to SMACK Athena with it! Athena goes to the apron, Abadon slides out after her, and CLUBS her on the back. Abadon HEADBUTTS away on Athena, and Athena flops onto the steel steps! Abadon grins and climbs up the corner! The fans fire up as Abadon takes aim, but Athena uses the chain against Abadon! Athena CLUBS Abdaon, then LASHES Abadon’s legs with the chain!

Athena gets under Abadon, POWERBOMB onto the steel steps! High stack, TWO!!! Athena cannot believe it, and she gets up in the ref’s face! Athena is pacing in frustration, and sees all the thumbtacks. Abadon is in a daze, so Athena drags Abadon into the ring. “This is Awesome!” and Athena shouts, “I KNOW IT IS!” Athena hauls Abadon back up, wraps the chain all around Abadon, and tells Lexy to get “them!” Lexi brings over BAMBOO SKEWERS?!? Athena STICKS the skewers into Abadon’s forehead!! Abadon is busted open by only a few and yet the crowd goes quiet. Athena is more horrified that Abadon is still moving!

Abadon rises, and turns to look at Athena! Athena says they should talk about this. Abadon reels Athena in, Athena begs for mercy, but Abadon says no more talking,. Athena kicks low, whips Abadon, but Abadon slides out to YANK Athena into a chair! Abadon drags Athena out to THROW her into railing! And we return to the tacks! The fans fire up as Abadon reels Athena in, SWINGING SLAM onto the floor and tacks!! Cover, TWO!!! Athena survives and Abadon shrieks in rage! Athena writhes from the tacks stuck in her back, but Abadon drags her up. Abadon puts Athena in the ring, stalks her, and Athena tries to apologize.

Abadon isn’t hearing anything Athena is saying, and stomps at her! Athena falls out of the ring but Abadon pursues. Wait, Athena SMASHES a glass bottle on Abadon’s face!! Athena brings Abadon to the chairs, then goes up the apron, FULL METAL O-FACE!!!! Cover, ATHENA WINS!!

Winner: Athena, by pinfall (still ROH Women’s World Champion)

Cedar Rapids ends up looking more like Crystal Lake, but Athena makes it past her Jason Vorhees! Will nothing and no one ever end the Forever Champion’s reign?

My Thoughts:

Why was this almost three hours long? And for the most part, it was filler. I did my best to cover what really mattered, and honestly I could’ve skipped the ROH Rewind. I might just have to start doing that. Seeing very young Jay Lethal and Christopher Daniels- Er, his very good friend, Curry Man… That was some fun stuff because I did not know ROH was even a thing in 2005. But unless they’re super relevant to the episode, or is something I’ve already covered, I should skip them to save time.

I do appreciate a major development in the Infantry’s story. Their joining Shane Taylor Promotions had been slowly built up, and now the faction has members for every division. The only problem would be that the singles titles Shane could go after are held by Heels. Brian Cage is in Don Callis Family, so Heel. And Jericho is of course Heel. In fact, Jericho had to go and be in this episode twice, once with the complete replay of his promo from last night, and then a new promo just to hype up the main event.

In fact, the crowd here was really supportive of Taven in his Pure Division match, which he did pretty well in. They’re most certainly pushing Taven right to the Pure Championship, and we might even get a feud of The Kingdom VS STP on the side as each faction looks to grab up belts again. Good stuff in the story of the man named Beef. Very good match from Beef & JD VS Vance & Avalon, and good promo to follow. I do appreciate JD isn’t completely annoyed with Beef, but Beef’s unlimited enthusiasm might change that. But at the same time, I really hope that we have that moment where JD (and Henry, too) turn around and accept Beef.

While I didn’t bother with their matches, I did see Premier Athletes mug Tomohiro Ishii to bring out Kyle O’Reilly. Not sure why Conglomeration has to continue their story with Premier Athletes here on ROH. Or at all. Premier Athletes should move on, maybe to feud with Dark Order or Top Flight. Granted, those teams are feuding with Blackpool Combat Club on AEW programming, but either Face faction could get some good wins off The Premier Athletes. Especially Top Flight, as The Premier Athletes could have good promos over how they’re all very athletic, and we’ll see who are the more athletic.

Good promo from Billie after her obvious win over Onyx tonight. Billie leaving Athena to her fate was good stuff, and Athena VS Abadon was great stuff. The “Ring of Horrors” is a very fun combination of a chain match and Halloween themed Street Fight. A shame that the table was not cooperating at first, but it also has some unintentional humor with how they flopped over that one time. But of course Athena found a way to win, with only a mild assist from Lexy. Again, we are surely getting Athena VS Billie Round 2 at Final Battle 2024, and that will be awesome.

My Score: 8.6/10