Honor Reigns Supreme will take place from a packed Cabarrus Arena in North Carolina, USA. As Ring of Honor transitions to the new ROHWrestling.com and debuts the ROH App and the much anticipated HonorClub service, ROH wants to thank all fans from around the world with a LIVE and FREE stream of Honor Reigns Supreme!
Cody, Hangman Page, & Marty Scurll (Bullet Club) vs. The Kingdom
Dalton Castle & the Boys vs. SoCal Uncensored
Jay Lethal vs. “the Octopus” Jonathan Gresham
The Best Friends vs. the Young Bucks
Kenny King vs. Shane Taylor
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Honor Reigns Supreme opens up with Bully Ray, who is now the Authority figure for the promotion, coming to the ring. The crowd chanted "Hall of Fame." Ray said that he appreciated that but tonight is about ROH. Ray said more people than ever before are going to watch ROH with all the platforms they are and he said that North Carolina isn't going to let them down. He said that tonight, they were going to show why ROH is the best professional wrestling company on the planet. He said that Honor will reign supreme tonight and led a ROH chant.
The announce team tonight is Ian Riccaboni and Colt Cabana, who recapped the announced matches.
Punishment Martinez vs. Flip Gordon
They were wary locking up. Martinez controlled Gordon's arm but he used the ropes to well, flip out of it, to escape. They locked up again and Martinez backed Gordon into the corner, showing his power. Gordon nailed a strike but Martinez just smiled at it. Gordon nailed an enziguiri. Martinez went to the floor and was hit with a diving kick through the ropes.
Back in the ring, Gordon nailed a dropkick and used his agility to escape a kick. Gordon tried to use the ropes for leverage into a kick but was caught and knocked off the apron into the barricade below. That looked evil. Martinez hiptossed Gordon into the barricade on the floor. He sent Gordon into the corner again. Martinez trapped him in the corner once they returned to the corner and drilled him with a big right.
Martinez went for a senton off the ropes but Gordon rolled out of the way. Martinez still recovered first but was met with a forearm. Gordon nailed a series of rights but was taken down with a big shot. Gordon nailed a boot to the face as Martinez advanced in the corner. Gordon used his unique athleticism to twist Martinez into the corner with a forward roll. Gordon came off the ropes with a springboard into a Slingblade.
Gordon ascended to the top but Martinez avoided it dive. Gordon still caught him with the Samoan Pop and a running shooting star press for a two count. Gordon grabbed a front facelock but was overpowered into a tossed Falcon Arrow for a two count. Martinez locked him in a Torture Race but Gordon slipped out and nailed a superkick.
Gordon worked him over but was caught with a clothesline that sent him upside down. Cabana quipped, "That's the wrong type of flip that he doesn't want to be doing." No kidding. Gordon went a springboard move but was caught for a chokeslam off the ropes. He evaded it and hit a springboard into a rana off the top.
Gordon hit a top rope 450 splash for a close two count. Martinez grabbed him by the throat and went for another chokeslam. Gordon flipped out of it and drilled him with a kick and a knee strike. He went for the star spangled stunner but Martinez caught him and slammed him down, then curb stomped him. Martinez nailed his chokeslam and scored the three count.
Winner: Punishment Martinez
Caprice Coleman joined the announcers.
Kenny King vs. Shane Taylor
They locked up and Taylor backed the former TV champion into the corner before breaking clean. King started showboating to try and get inside Taylor's head. Taylor didn't take kindly to that. He took control and worked over King. King went up and over with a sunset flip out of the corner. Taylor went to the floor to clear his head. King went for a twisting pescado but Taylor moved. Amazingly, King landed on his feet. Taylor met him with a punch but King nailed several strikes and stunned Taylor. King returned to the ring and this time, hit a twisting senton to the floor, then posed for a selfie with a front row fan.
Back in the ring, Kenny hit a big flying bodypress into the ring. He tried to whip Taylor into the ropes but Taylor cut him off on the rebound and nailed a BIG chokeslam for a near fall. Taylor rained down with big shots across the chest and face before using his boot to choke him against the buckles. Taylor ruled the ring with hard chops across the chest. King avoided a charge in the corner and leapt into a back elbow. He was quickly stunned and nailed with a big splash for a two count. Lots of back and forth action. Solid stuff so far.
Taylor locked in a rear chinlock. King fought his way out but was caught with a spinning heel kick for a one count. They battled to the ring apron outside. King used a cartwheel into a kick, sending Taylor to the floor. King finally hit the spinning pescado to the floor, which the crowd loved the hell out of. King nailed a springboard blockbuster for a two count. King tried to muscle up Taylor on his shoulders but it was too much mass for him. Taylor laid him out with a lariat for a two count. They continued to battle until Taylor caught a two count with a sit-down powerbomb.
Taylor climbed the buckles for a splash off the ropes but King caught him with a big European uppercut in the corner. King attempted a superplex off the top but was shoved off. King landed on his feet and immediately rebounded with a kick to the head. King pulled him off the ropes onto his shoulders and nailed the Royal Flush for the pin.
Winner: Kenny King
They showed each other respect and embraced after the match as Taylor recovered on the apron.
The announcers discussed the forthcoming Honorclub streaming service and they aired a commercial for the service. Full details can be found at www.ROHWrestling.com.
Ian Riccaboni, on the entrance stage, announced that the 16th competitor for the Women of Honor championship tournament was Tenilla Dashwood, the former WWE star known as Emma. Dashwood came out and got a massive response. She said that response felt good. She said she was here at ROH to enter the tournament and become the first-ever Women of Honor champion.
Ian Riccaboni bought up the international talents involved in the tournament. Out came Bully Ray who said that all those names are great and the tournament is going to be great, but everyone wants to see her compete tonight. He said that if you are going to make your mark in ROH, you won't have a better place to do it then doing it tonight.
ROH TV champion Silas Young vs. Josh Woods (non-title)
They announced Cheeseburger, who was supposed to compete here, is out with the flu.
Some really nice back and forth wrestling. Woods used an amateur takedown and said he earned two points. Silas popped him in the eyes with two fingers. Young worked him over for a long time. Woods made a comeback but Beer City Bruiser cracked him with a beer bottle while he was against the ropes. Silas had control but was caught in a heel hook submission. Bruiser pulled Silas to the ropes, forcing a break because the referee magically missed it.
Woods caught Young with the Chaos Theory out of the corner and went for an armbar. He transitioned back into an anklelock but Young used his body weight to score a two count. Young kneed him and nailed Misery for a three count.
Winner: Silas Young
Kenny King came out applauding that Young won, reminding everyone he has a TV title rematch upcoming.
ROH champion The Dalton Castle & The Boys vs. Socal Uncensored
The DAWGS joined commentary.
Dalton Castle had control on Christopher Daniels but was caught with a right hand. The Boys acted as if they didn't want to tag in. Daniels told Castle he had no support. Castle snapped his fingers and The Boys then hopped into the ring and nailed Kazarian and Scorpio Sky, It was a RUSE! This left Daniels to be worked over until he escaped. Daniels acted shocked. Castle sat on the Boys. Daniels tried to get Sky to do the same for him, but Sky wanted nothing to do with it and Daniels crashed down on his rear when he attempted to sit.
So Cal Uncensored channeled the Midnight Express and Jim Cornette, hugging each other. Kazarian and one of the Boys but was quickly overwhelmed by the speed and finesse of the Boys as they tagged in and out. Kazarian finally nailed Castle and one of the Boys off the apron. SoCal Uncensored cut off one of the Boys and began methodically beating him down. Sky nailed a nasty over the knee backbreaker. Daniels tagged in. He and Kazarian teamed up, working over the Boy. They trapped him in the corner and stomped away at him.
They continued triple teaming him. Daniels slammed The Boy and nailed an Arabian Press. Castle got in Daniels' face, which led to the referee stopping him. That allows the Boys to pull off the old Killer Bees' Masked Confusion (minus the masks!) and the fresh Boy tagged out to Castle.
Castle cleaned house on Uncensored. He caught Daniels coming off the ropes for an over head suplex. Castle set him up on the top and came running down the apron with a big kick that sent Daniels back into the ring. Castle deadlifted him into a back suplex but Kazarian broke up the pinfall. Castle began tossing the Boys out of the ring, using them as offensive weapons to take down Uncensored's members on the floor. The Boys tossed Daniels back into the ring, Castle was pulled out, leaving one of the Boys to be overwhelmed by Daniels and Kazarian.
Castle returned and nailed a clothesline that sent Kazarian over the top to the floor. Uncensored finally scored the pin on one of the Boys.
Winners: SoCal Uncensored
SoCal began beating everyone down but Castle made a comeback and nailed the Bangarang on Sky.
We now go to intermission.
We return from intermission with Mark and Jay Briscoe coming out. They held up a flag that reads "Sandy Fork vs. Everyone."
Jay Briscoe said there was going to be a lot of bloodletting soon and it's going to be the fans' fault. He promised they were going to destroy their heroes. Mark told the fans to shut up and told a fan to "sit your toothless a** down in your chair, boy." They challenged a ringside fan to get into the ring.
Mark said they were out here to get their property back, the ROH Tag Team championship. Jay said they dropped Chris Sabin on a chair on his head last week, so he's incapacitated. They said that they knew, however that Alex Shelley was here tonight. However, he didn't have the balls to face them alone. They told him to walk out and hand them the Tag Team belts. The lights went out and The Machineguns' music hit but Shelley attacked them from behind while the lights were out.
The Briscoes quickly overwhelmed Shelley and beat him down as the announcers wondered why he would face them two on one. Security hit the ring but were beaten and dispatched by the Briscoes. Shelley was hit with the Jay-Driller by Jay Briscoe. The Briscos left and menaced fans on the way out.
Shelley was walked out by referees and security.
The announcers are joined by Brandi Rhodes.
Stacy Shadows & Kelly Klein vs. Mandy Leon & Tenille Dashwood
Shadows and Leon start off. Leon avoided a lockup and nailed several forearms and chops. Shadows shoulder-blocked her down and drove her face into her knee. Shadows demanded Dashwood tag in. Tenilla obliged and nailed a series of kicks and elbows, scoring a one count. Dashwood charged her in the corner but was kicked off. Klein tagged in and used a cravate and several knee strikes. Dashwood escaped and used a head scissors into a Russian leg sweep for a two count.
Leon tags in, but Klein broke free from Dashwood. Klein caught her with a splash to the mid-section in the corner. Klein nailed several knees to the face. She snapmared Leon down and drilled her across the back. Shadows tagged in and did the same. Leon was worked over for a long time. Shadows locked her in a bearhug but Leon transitioned it into a DDT. She crawled over to the hot tag. Dashwood cleaned house on everyone. She dropkicked Shadows rough int the corner. Dashwood went for a double underhook DDT but was powered up into a Fireman's Carry. She turned it into an inverted DDT. Dashwood nailed a kick to the head and scored the pin.
Winners: Tenille Dashwood and Mandy Leon
Jay Lethal vs. Jonthan Gresham
They locked up and went into the corner. Lethal broke clean. They locked up again and went through a feeling out process. They had some back and forth action. Gresham began using a hammerlock to work on Lethal's arm and shoulder. Lethal tried to escape but Gresham kept right on it, maneuvering him back into the hold. Lethal finally caught him in the corner with a series of chops. Gresham fired back. Lethal snapped him over with a suplex for a count of one.
Gresham nailed a chop. Lethal slapped him and fired away with another chop. Lethal took him down and nailed a suplex. He nailed a shoulderblock to Lethal and nailed a headbutt. Gresham nailed a big kick to Lethal's elbow. He tried to go for the elbow but Lethal drilled him. Gresham took him back down, now having a weak link to focus on. Gresham began twisting Lethal's arm and working over the weakened extremity.
Gresham controlled Lethal on the mat for a long time and then began focusing on the shoulder with a kneedrop. He continued to work over Lethal's arm. Jay tried to fight back but was armdragged down and dropkicked out of the ring to the floor. Gresham teased a dive. Lethal scrambled away but Gresham stopped himself and charged across the apron outside with a kick. Gresham went for a dive off the apron but Lethal caught him with a cutter to the floor.
The referee started counting both men out but Lethal rolled himself in. Gresham rolled in just before the twenty count. Gresham ducked a right hand and went for a back suplex, only to be elbowed. They began exchanging punches and kicks, each getting more and more aggravated with the other. Lethal began working on Gresham's knee, playing off the idea that he hurt the knee when he came crashing down in the cutter.
Gresham rebounded off the ropes but was caught with a bicycle kick. Lethal went for the Lethal Injection but his shoulder gave out as he rebounded off the ropes. Gresham was on him trying to lock in a crossface. Gresham locked in the move but Lethal made it to the ropes. Gresham continued the assault, but Lethal caught him in a small package for a two. Gresham got to his feet but Lethal grabbed him and snapped him over with a Dragon Screw Legwhip, continuing the attack on the knee. Now, it was Lethal in control.
Lethal went to the top but was cut off. Gresham grabbed his shoulder and worked it over. Lethal flipped over him and went for a sunset flip but Gresham escaped. He came off the ropes with a tornado DDT for a two count. Lethal made a comeback and nailed his flying elbow for a two count, then locked in the figure four leglock, going right back after the injured knee. Gresham was trapped and finally tapped out.
Winner: Jay Lethal
The crowd gave them a big reaction after the match. They faced off in the ring. The crowd chanted "Both these guys!" They faced off and finally shook hands.
Cody Rhodes & Adam Page & Marty Scurll vs. The Kingdom.
The two sides faced off on the floor with chairs as they jawjacked with each other. Scurll and Vinnie Marseglia went back and forth. Scurll got shoulder blocked down and Vinnie mocked his arms flapping. Scurll grabbed his umbrella and hit the ring but Vinnie brandished his axe. The other referee took the axe to the back. O'Ryan and Page tagged in and locked up. Page shoved him down to the mat and tossed him into the corner, chopping away. Taven tagged in, as did Cody. Taven immediately powdered to the floor to break any momentum.
The match broke down into chaos with a series of dives, culminating with Rhodes hitting a springboard dive and Page nailing a moonsault off the top to the floor. Back in the ring, The Kingdom took control. Marseglia nailed a side effect on Page. They worked him over but Scurll broke up a pinfall attempt. Taven rolled through a sunset flip attempt by Scurll and drilled him with a nasty looking knee. The Kingdom tried to triple-team Scurll but he pulled his knees up when Marseglia came off the ropes.
Rhodes tried to make the hot tag and finally got it, cleaning house on Taven. Rhodes snapped him with a powerslam. Rhodes nailed a Dragon suplex for a two count. Page nailed the running shooting star press for a two count. Rhodes tossed Marseglia over the railing into the crowd. O'Ryan caught him with a big right hand. Scurll laid him out but was caught with a bicycle kick by Vinnie. Page lariated him, but was nailed by Taven. Cody nailed Taven and cinched in the American Deathlock. Taven made it to the ropes.
Brandi Rhodes got involved, arguing with O'Ryan and ended up tossed out of ringside. Everyone began hitting big moves on each other. Cody set Taven up for Shattered Dreams but was distracted by what was going on outside of the ring. Taven got the ROH ring and went back to playing possum. Rhodes charged Taven who drilled him with a right hand while wearing the stolen ROH ring and KO'd Rhodes, pinning him.
Winners: The Kingdom
The Young Bucks vs. The Best Friends
Lots of shenanigans early. The Bucks worked over The Best Friends and cleared the ring. The Bucks nailed stereo tope suicides to the outside. Chucky whipped Nick Jackson into the guard rail. Matt Jackson attacked him but Trent got involved. Nick was whipped again into the guard rail. The Best Friends began working over Matt Jackson. Beretta came off the ropes with a double stomp to the back as Taylor held him in place. They slowed the match down and continued working over Jackson's back.
Matt tried to fire back but was caught with a running knee to the mid-section. The beating continued until Nick finally made the hot tag and began whipping out superkicks and hot moves for all. Jackson nailed a bulldog on one while clothes-lining the other Best Friend. The Bucks went to do the powerbomb/kick combination but Matt Jackson's back gave way. Nick tagged back in and hit a high cross body-block on Beretta for a two count. Nick nailed a springboard off the buckles and dropkicked Taylor off the apron, then nailed Beretta. Nick nailed a moonsault to the floor on Taylor.
Matt Jackson returned to the ring and went for a move but Beretta reversed. Beretta nailed a backcracker on Jackson. He nailed a superplex on Nick, setting up a Taylor double-stomp. The Bucks took control. Matt Jackson tagged in and gingerly got into the ring. The Best Friends acted as if they had control but Matt tricked them into butting heads. Matt went for a springboard but his back gave way again. Beretta went to the ropes but Jackson snapped and grabbed his legs, snapping him backwards into the buckle. Nick superkicked him on the floor and tossed him back into the ring.
Matt draped him across the ropes and Nick hit a swanton across the back for a two count. Matt continued working over Beretta. He went to the ropes but Beretta nailed a rana. Matt rolled through for a sunset flip attempt but was nailed and turned over into a Sharpshooter. Jackson nailed a superkick for a two count. Nick locked one at the same time on Taylor and we had dueling Sharpshooters. They were broken up and the referee restored order.
Nick and Taylor battled in the center of the right with punches and strikes. Nick nailed a big knee strike in the corner but Beretta caught him with a rana. Beretta attacked Matt Jackson's lower back. Beretta nailed a piledriver on the apron outside. Beretta went for the Dudebuster on the floor on Matt but Nick charged with a kick. Matt turned it into a Code Red on the floor. Nick Jackson drilled Taylor for a two count. The battle continued until Jackson nailed a spear and superkicked Taylor. Beretta tagged in and rolled up Matt for a two count. Beretta got involved but ate a superkick. The Bucks capitalized and hit the Meltzer Driver for the pin.
