Shootkick Man
05-16-2015, 05:29 PM
Silas Young & Watanabe vs. Moose (with Veda Scott & Stokely Hathaway) & Gedo
Gedo refused to shake hands, per the code of honor. They locked up. Watanabe used his power early but Gedo poked him in the eye and used a drop toehold. Watanabe came back with a series of strikes but was kicked down by Gedo. Young tagged in, questioning his partner as to what the hell went wrong.
Moose used his power to thwart Young's attempts to take him down. Young tried to suplex him but it was reversed. Moose drilled him with a HIGH dropkick. Gedo tagged in but was taken down as Young and Watanabe tagged in and out, working him over. Gedo almost made a tag out but Moose was knocked off the apron. Gedo finally got the tag and as Corino said, The Moose was loose.
Moose cleaned house on his opponents and nailed a leaping splash on each before hitting a flying bodypress off the ropes for a two count. He missed a splash in the corner as all four brawled in the ring. Young missed an Arabian Press. Watanabe went for a belly to back suplex but Moose avoided it. He was drilled with a forearm and nailed, then hit with a suplex. He went for a lariat but was caught with one by Moose for a two count.
Young, upset at Watanabe, began berating him, only to turn into a Moose spear for the pin.
Your winners, Gedo & Moose!
Solid opener. Moose's sheer athletic ability continues to impress. Everyone did their role perfectly here. Veda Scott looked great as usual and Hathaway had his awesome facial expressions.
After the match, Young clotheslined Watanabe, angry over losing.
They aired a video feature on the debut of Chris Sabin and The Addiction winning the ROH Tag Team titles.
Chris Sabin vs. Kyle O'Reilly vs. KUSHIDA
They said Bobby Fish's flight was delayed so Kyle was going alone tonight. All three showed aggression to the other. Sabin nailed Kyle from behind but KUSHIDA got immdiately involved. All three exchanged armdrags and tried to dropkick the others at the same time before facing off. They battled back and forth. Sabin set up KUSHIDA and tied him to the tree of woe, then suplexed Kyle into him. O'Reilly went to the floor, leaving Sabin to continuen working over KUSHIDA.
Sabin stomped KUSHIDA's face. The crowd got all over Sabin, catcalling him. He locked in a straightjacket chinlock submission but Kyle returned with a flurry of kicks. He then cinched in a hanging armbar over the ropes but left himself open for Sabin, on the floor, to kick him in the face. Sabin went after KUSHIDA in the ring and scored a two count.
KUSHIDA made a comeback and drilled his opponents with kicks, then nailed a double pumphandle on the ropes. He nailed a Backlund Bridge as he suplexed Sabin, scoring stereo two counts on both. KUSHIDA locked in a keylock on Sabin but Kyle cinched in a guillotine choke. The crowd chanted, "This is wrestling."
O'Reilly caught KUSHIDA with a Regalplex for a two count. He went for a brainbuster as Sabin returned to the ring. Sabin caught him with a kick and a DDT. Sabin contnrolled both. KUSHIDA was nailed with an enziguiri. Sabin was nailed with a b rainbuster for a two and locked in a cross armbreaker. KUSHIDA went to the top and hit a moonsault on Kyle. The crowd chanted for "KUSHIDA."
KUSHIDA went for Sliced Bread #2 but Sabin caught him and used KUSHIDA as a battering ram on Kyle. Sabin went for a Michinoku Driver but KUSHIDA turned it into a keylock submission, cinched it in and scored the submission.
Your winner KUSHIDA!
Very well done athletic match with tons of fast paced wrestling, strikes and submissions. Exactly what it needed to be.
Sabin left disgusted as KUSHIDA and O'Reilly showed respect to each other.
IWGP Tag Team champions The Kingdom (with Maria Kanellis) vs. Matt Sydal & Jushin Liger
Tiger Hatori was the referee.
Taven's all around charisma and precense in the ring has really improved as a member of The Kingdom. He and Sydal started and went back and forth, exchanging moves on the mat before going into a series of reversals and facing off. Liger tagged in and faced off with Bennett but was quickly overwhelmed and double teamed by the champions.
Sydal tagged in and the Kingdom ended up on the floor. Liger went for a dive but Maria got on the apron and disracted him with her feminine wiles. The Kingdom tried to attack him but he nailed palm thrusts and clotheslines. Liger strutted to Maria and she motorboated him. Liger was thrilled until Kingdom hit a double superkick on him. Sydal cleaned house and went for a shooting star press on Bennett but Taven superkicked him while he was in the rotation. Holy crap, that was awesome. The Kingdom nailed The Hail Mary on Sydal for the pin.
Your winners, The Kingdom!
Good, solid match with some funny comedy involving Liger and Maria.
Standing ovation and big chant for Liger before he left.
Kazuchida Okada vs. Cedric Alexander
They told the story that this match was scheduled for last year but Alexander got injured, so this is his chance to make up for it. The story early on was that Okada used his veteran status to try and work over Alexander who came back showing his fire with a hell of a dropkick before unloaded with chops.
Alexander was in control until Okada dropicked him over the ropes to the floor from the buckles. The lighting truss blew and we were lost in darkness for 45 seconds until they got them up. The place popped huge for the lights. Okada nailed a hanging DDT off the apron to the floor. Alexander kicked out of several two counts and fought back, nailing several chops before being snapmared over and hit with a dropkick. Alexander made a comeback and hit a big flip dive over the top to the floor. The lights blew again. Thank God they blew after he was going for the dive. That could have been real dangerous.
They got the lights up and Alexander nailed a flying clothesline from the top. He nailed a sitdown Michnoku Driver for a two count. Okada drilled him down and worked him over. He slammed Cedric with authority and came off with a flying elbowsmash. He called for Rainmaker but Alexander ducked and nailed a springboard swinging DDT off the ropes. Alexander took too long charging and was caught with the Kryptonite Krunch for a two count.
Okada continued working over Cedric but Alexander kicked up at the last second. Alexander reversed and nailed several big kicks including a trio of running dropkicks in the corner for a CLOSE near fall. This match is awesome. They battled back and forth Alexander nailed a springboard kick. Okada slipped out of a suplex attempt and nailed a dropkick, followed by a tombstone piledriver. He nailed The Rainmaker and scored the pin.
Your winner, Kazuchida Okada!
Just an excellent match where Alexander fought his ass off and scored several near falls to show that he could be competitive before falling to the veteran. The story was that while he lost, Cedric took a step forward in his career, right down to Okada telling the audience to cheer for Cedric, not Okada. Alexander refused a handshake and walked out frustrated, continuing to develop that side of his personality.
ROH Tag Team champions The Addiction vs. RPV vs. The Decade (with Colby Corino)
Steve Corino wasn't happy his son was with BJ Whitmer and Adam Page. Beretta and Kazarian started. The Addiction demanded to be called the ROH World Tag Team champions of the World, so they brought that part of their act back. Some nice near falls early. Romero tagged in and Kazarian talked trash on him, so Romero poked him in the eyes, then kicked him hard across the back. Some good solid action as teams tagged in and out. Corino got frustrated over Whitmer using his son.
They noted Christopher Daniels was wearing a black armband in honor of Joe Francioso, who passed away today and Corino expressed their condolences to his family.
The Addiction cornered Beretta and worked him over. Daniels nailed a quebrada for a two count. He continued woring over Beretta before bringing him over and delivering him to The Decade, who continued the assault. Page hit a running shooting star press off the apron onto Beretta. Page went for the pin but Daniels took umbrage here and they began arguing. They got into it. Daniels said he was the original main eventer here. Page called him and old man and smushed his face. Daniels cleaned house on him but got crushed with a double stomp by Beretta who tagged out.
Romero cleaned house on everyone and nailed a big clothesline on Daniels followed by a dorpkick on Kazarian. He nailed clotheslines on both member of The Addiction. This turned into aa ton of great back and forth sequences. There was a lot of back and forth until The Addiction got the pin. Lots of good stuff here.
Your winners and still ROH Tag Team champions, The Addiction!
Another good match.
ACH vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
They noted ACH had travel issues and his luggage is somewhere in Buffalo so he had to borrow gear from a local wrestler. Huge pop and reaction for Nakamura. They began teasing a dance-off. Corino asked where was Tracy Smothers when they needed him, Nakamura offered a handshake but wen to kick ACH. ACH cut him off him and hit a flurry of offense.
ACH went for a big move but was kicked down to the floor. Nakamura dumped him on the guard rail and nailed him with a running knee. He dropped a knee across the back of his neck and head as ACH was laid out on the apron. The crowd chanted for Nakamura. Back in the ring, Nakamura nailed a series of knees to the ribs and mid-section with the idea that if ACH can't breath, his highflying is grounded.
ACH made a comeback and scored with a series of kicks and a sitdown driver. Nakamura came back with a nice spinkick to the head. ACH fired back and they went back and forth with foreams and right hands. ACH used the entire Stone Cold Stunner routine on Nakamura. They battled over a suplex attempt before Nakamura nailed a big knee to the ribs and drilled him with a face-first suplex. ACH nailed a swinging DDT for a two count.
ACH went to the top and nailed a double stomp as Nakamura got to his feet. The crowd chanted, "This is awesome" as Nakamura rolled to the outside. ACH dropkicked him off the apron to the floor to set up a big dive spot, wiping out Nakamura. ACH missed a 450 splash but Nakamura move and drilled him with a running knee.
Nakamura laid him out and scored the pin.
Your winner, Shinsuke Nakamura!
Another really good match and in some ways, probably ACH's best singles bout to date.
ROH TV champion Jay Lethal (with Donovan Dijak) vs. Tetsuya Naito
Dijak distracted Naito at the bell, allowing Lethal to attack him and put the boots to him. Lethal controlled him early untl Lethal was caught with an elbow charging into the corner. Naito nailed a rana but Lethal regained control briefly. He went for punches in the corner but Naito slipped underneath and scored a dropkick. He teased a dive but Lethal moved out of the way on the floor. Naito followed him to the floor but Dijak shoved him into an open chair.
Lethal brought Naito back into the ring and worked him over with right hands. Naito fought back but was sent to the floor, where Lethal scored a series of tope suicidas. Naito was almost counted out but made it back in time. He rolled into the ring. Lethal went to the top for a flying double axehandle. Lethal cinched in a side chinlock. Lethal sent him into the ropes and scored an elbow for a two count. He cinched in a side chinlock but Naito fired his way out with elbows.
Naito came back with a series of hot moves. Jay went for the Lethal Injection. Naito caught him but was driven into the mat with The Lethal Combination and a flying elbowsmash for a two count. Naito fought back and both men were nailed and out. The referee counted them down but they recovered in time. They battled back and forth. Dijak tried to interfere and was thrown out.
Naito worked over Lethal and nailed his top rope rana for a CLOSE two count. Lethal attempted the Lethal Injection but was caught and nailed with a Dragon suplex for a two count. Naito went to the top and went for a Stardust Press, missing it. Naito began grabbing at his knees. Lethal attacked him and rolled him up, hooking the tights for a two count. Naito scored a two count with a forward roll. Lethal caught him with The Lethal Injection, scoring the pin.
Your winner and still ROH TV champion Jay Lethal!
Another excellent match with tons of great near falls and awesome heel vs. babyface psychology.
Naito showed Lethal respect after, so Lethal, begrudgingly, shook his hands. Lethal claimed his TV title meant he was the best wrestler in the world to build the issues between Lethal and ROH champion Jay Briscoe.
Michael Elgin vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
Power vs. finesse early. They went to the floor where Tanahashi whipped him into the guard rails HARD. Back in the ring, Elgin took control with power and worked over Tanahashi with elbows and slams for several two counts. Tanahashi made a comeback and nailed a big dropkick and flying forearms and elbows. Tanahashi continued the assault with stiff clotheslines but was stopped with a enziguiri.
Elgin powered him up and nailed a deadlift German suplex for a two count. Tanahashi went for a flying bodypress but Elgin rolled through and powered him up. He sent Tanahashi into the ropes and drilled him in the back of the head with a roaring elbow for a two count. Elgin brought him to the outside and went for a piledriver on the apron. Tanahashi broke free and sent Elgin to the floor, but Elgin swept his legs out and Tanahashi came down hard on his face and knees. He tried to suplex Tanahashi on the floor but it was turned into a neckbreaker. Tanahashi went to the top for a frog splash crossbody to the floor. Toronto went nuts for that.
They returned to the ring and battled back and forth on their knees. They rose to their feet and exchanged forearms. Elgin got the better end of it but Tanahashi went for Slingblade but missed. Elgin drilled him across the back. Tanahashi caught him with a big back suplex for a two count. Tanahashi went to the top and scored a top rope frog splash, then returned for another. This time, Elgin pulled his knees up. Tanahashi made the comeback and scored the pin.
Your winner, Hiroshi Tanahashi!
Another good match.
ROH All Stars - The Briscoes, War Machine & Roderick Strong vs. The Bullet Club - Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, The Young Bucks & AJ Styles.
Big brawl to open it up. I expect this will be insane and all over, so don't expect detailed play by play out of me. Bucks superkicked Mark Briscoe as he went for a Cactus Jack elbow. It settled down with Karl Anderson and Roderick Strong going back and forth in the ring. The Bullet Club caught him in the corner and beat Strong down.
There was an awesome sequence between Mark Briscoe and Matt Jackson that had me cracking up as they teased Kung Fu spots and reversals. Just awesome. Jay and Nick Jackson tagged in and Jay killed him with right hands and a big boot. Jackson was caught in Team ROH' corner and worked over. Strong tagged in and nailed a big back suplex.
Hanson tagged in and but Jackson was able to ttag AJ and was drilled with a rapid succession of all the signature moves. Hanson backdropped out of a Styles Clash attempt. Gallows tagged in but was nailed with the cartwheel clothesline. Gallows came back with a big kick. The Bullet Club did stereo moonsaults off the apron onto Team ROH. They then hit five superkicks and three 450 splashes in a tow on Hanson, who kicked out. That made Hanson look like a monster.
Everyone started brawing again. This is batshit insane. They all ended up on the floor where HANSON hit a flip dive off the top and wiped out everyone. The place exploded for that. It was the old Kid Kash in the Hammerstein Ballroom spot on HGH. It was nuts. Just like this main event. Hell, this show.
Strong nailed a superplex and popped back up to nail another. He was a one man wrecking crew, then drilling Karl Anderson with a running knee and another superplex. He cut off Gallows and went for another. He wasn't able to get it but grabbed one of the Bucks and superplexed them off the top onto the pile of eveyone fighting on the floor. This is just an awesome brawl.
Hanson and Gallows battled in the ring. This set off a sequence where everyone caught someone else with a big signature, high impact maneuver. I can't even try to recap it. It ended with The Briscoes wiping out one of the Jacksons and scoring the pin.
Your winners, Team ROH!
F****ING AWESOME. As wild and insane as anything I've ever seen in The UWF, Memphis or ECW. I can't even begin to convey how much I loved this.
Team ROH all celebrated as the audience chanted ROH.
Jay Briscoe and AJ Styles faced off as the ring cleared, representing each company. Jay Lethal, the TV champion, hit the ring and laid both out with the ROH TV champion. I like it. He said the company belongs to him and we went off the air with a cliffhanger going into tomorrow's ROH TV Taping.
A pretty perfect stream with the exception of some slight 1 nano-second pauses, which could have been my own cable. A pretty damn great show from top to bottom. You want to see the replay at www.ROHWrestling.com,
Gedo refused to shake hands, per the code of honor. They locked up. Watanabe used his power early but Gedo poked him in the eye and used a drop toehold. Watanabe came back with a series of strikes but was kicked down by Gedo. Young tagged in, questioning his partner as to what the hell went wrong.
Moose used his power to thwart Young's attempts to take him down. Young tried to suplex him but it was reversed. Moose drilled him with a HIGH dropkick. Gedo tagged in but was taken down as Young and Watanabe tagged in and out, working him over. Gedo almost made a tag out but Moose was knocked off the apron. Gedo finally got the tag and as Corino said, The Moose was loose.
Moose cleaned house on his opponents and nailed a leaping splash on each before hitting a flying bodypress off the ropes for a two count. He missed a splash in the corner as all four brawled in the ring. Young missed an Arabian Press. Watanabe went for a belly to back suplex but Moose avoided it. He was drilled with a forearm and nailed, then hit with a suplex. He went for a lariat but was caught with one by Moose for a two count.
Young, upset at Watanabe, began berating him, only to turn into a Moose spear for the pin.
Your winners, Gedo & Moose!
Solid opener. Moose's sheer athletic ability continues to impress. Everyone did their role perfectly here. Veda Scott looked great as usual and Hathaway had his awesome facial expressions.
After the match, Young clotheslined Watanabe, angry over losing.
They aired a video feature on the debut of Chris Sabin and The Addiction winning the ROH Tag Team titles.
Chris Sabin vs. Kyle O'Reilly vs. KUSHIDA
They said Bobby Fish's flight was delayed so Kyle was going alone tonight. All three showed aggression to the other. Sabin nailed Kyle from behind but KUSHIDA got immdiately involved. All three exchanged armdrags and tried to dropkick the others at the same time before facing off. They battled back and forth. Sabin set up KUSHIDA and tied him to the tree of woe, then suplexed Kyle into him. O'Reilly went to the floor, leaving Sabin to continuen working over KUSHIDA.
Sabin stomped KUSHIDA's face. The crowd got all over Sabin, catcalling him. He locked in a straightjacket chinlock submission but Kyle returned with a flurry of kicks. He then cinched in a hanging armbar over the ropes but left himself open for Sabin, on the floor, to kick him in the face. Sabin went after KUSHIDA in the ring and scored a two count.
KUSHIDA made a comeback and drilled his opponents with kicks, then nailed a double pumphandle on the ropes. He nailed a Backlund Bridge as he suplexed Sabin, scoring stereo two counts on both. KUSHIDA locked in a keylock on Sabin but Kyle cinched in a guillotine choke. The crowd chanted, "This is wrestling."
O'Reilly caught KUSHIDA with a Regalplex for a two count. He went for a brainbuster as Sabin returned to the ring. Sabin caught him with a kick and a DDT. Sabin contnrolled both. KUSHIDA was nailed with an enziguiri. Sabin was nailed with a b rainbuster for a two and locked in a cross armbreaker. KUSHIDA went to the top and hit a moonsault on Kyle. The crowd chanted for "KUSHIDA."
KUSHIDA went for Sliced Bread #2 but Sabin caught him and used KUSHIDA as a battering ram on Kyle. Sabin went for a Michinoku Driver but KUSHIDA turned it into a keylock submission, cinched it in and scored the submission.
Your winner KUSHIDA!
Very well done athletic match with tons of fast paced wrestling, strikes and submissions. Exactly what it needed to be.
Sabin left disgusted as KUSHIDA and O'Reilly showed respect to each other.
IWGP Tag Team champions The Kingdom (with Maria Kanellis) vs. Matt Sydal & Jushin Liger
Tiger Hatori was the referee.
Taven's all around charisma and precense in the ring has really improved as a member of The Kingdom. He and Sydal started and went back and forth, exchanging moves on the mat before going into a series of reversals and facing off. Liger tagged in and faced off with Bennett but was quickly overwhelmed and double teamed by the champions.
Sydal tagged in and the Kingdom ended up on the floor. Liger went for a dive but Maria got on the apron and disracted him with her feminine wiles. The Kingdom tried to attack him but he nailed palm thrusts and clotheslines. Liger strutted to Maria and she motorboated him. Liger was thrilled until Kingdom hit a double superkick on him. Sydal cleaned house and went for a shooting star press on Bennett but Taven superkicked him while he was in the rotation. Holy crap, that was awesome. The Kingdom nailed The Hail Mary on Sydal for the pin.
Your winners, The Kingdom!
Good, solid match with some funny comedy involving Liger and Maria.
Standing ovation and big chant for Liger before he left.
Kazuchida Okada vs. Cedric Alexander
They told the story that this match was scheduled for last year but Alexander got injured, so this is his chance to make up for it. The story early on was that Okada used his veteran status to try and work over Alexander who came back showing his fire with a hell of a dropkick before unloaded with chops.
Alexander was in control until Okada dropicked him over the ropes to the floor from the buckles. The lighting truss blew and we were lost in darkness for 45 seconds until they got them up. The place popped huge for the lights. Okada nailed a hanging DDT off the apron to the floor. Alexander kicked out of several two counts and fought back, nailing several chops before being snapmared over and hit with a dropkick. Alexander made a comeback and hit a big flip dive over the top to the floor. The lights blew again. Thank God they blew after he was going for the dive. That could have been real dangerous.
They got the lights up and Alexander nailed a flying clothesline from the top. He nailed a sitdown Michnoku Driver for a two count. Okada drilled him down and worked him over. He slammed Cedric with authority and came off with a flying elbowsmash. He called for Rainmaker but Alexander ducked and nailed a springboard swinging DDT off the ropes. Alexander took too long charging and was caught with the Kryptonite Krunch for a two count.
Okada continued working over Cedric but Alexander kicked up at the last second. Alexander reversed and nailed several big kicks including a trio of running dropkicks in the corner for a CLOSE near fall. This match is awesome. They battled back and forth Alexander nailed a springboard kick. Okada slipped out of a suplex attempt and nailed a dropkick, followed by a tombstone piledriver. He nailed The Rainmaker and scored the pin.
Your winner, Kazuchida Okada!
Just an excellent match where Alexander fought his ass off and scored several near falls to show that he could be competitive before falling to the veteran. The story was that while he lost, Cedric took a step forward in his career, right down to Okada telling the audience to cheer for Cedric, not Okada. Alexander refused a handshake and walked out frustrated, continuing to develop that side of his personality.
ROH Tag Team champions The Addiction vs. RPV vs. The Decade (with Colby Corino)
Steve Corino wasn't happy his son was with BJ Whitmer and Adam Page. Beretta and Kazarian started. The Addiction demanded to be called the ROH World Tag Team champions of the World, so they brought that part of their act back. Some nice near falls early. Romero tagged in and Kazarian talked trash on him, so Romero poked him in the eyes, then kicked him hard across the back. Some good solid action as teams tagged in and out. Corino got frustrated over Whitmer using his son.
They noted Christopher Daniels was wearing a black armband in honor of Joe Francioso, who passed away today and Corino expressed their condolences to his family.
The Addiction cornered Beretta and worked him over. Daniels nailed a quebrada for a two count. He continued woring over Beretta before bringing him over and delivering him to The Decade, who continued the assault. Page hit a running shooting star press off the apron onto Beretta. Page went for the pin but Daniels took umbrage here and they began arguing. They got into it. Daniels said he was the original main eventer here. Page called him and old man and smushed his face. Daniels cleaned house on him but got crushed with a double stomp by Beretta who tagged out.
Romero cleaned house on everyone and nailed a big clothesline on Daniels followed by a dorpkick on Kazarian. He nailed clotheslines on both member of The Addiction. This turned into aa ton of great back and forth sequences. There was a lot of back and forth until The Addiction got the pin. Lots of good stuff here.
Your winners and still ROH Tag Team champions, The Addiction!
Another good match.
ACH vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
They noted ACH had travel issues and his luggage is somewhere in Buffalo so he had to borrow gear from a local wrestler. Huge pop and reaction for Nakamura. They began teasing a dance-off. Corino asked where was Tracy Smothers when they needed him, Nakamura offered a handshake but wen to kick ACH. ACH cut him off him and hit a flurry of offense.
ACH went for a big move but was kicked down to the floor. Nakamura dumped him on the guard rail and nailed him with a running knee. He dropped a knee across the back of his neck and head as ACH was laid out on the apron. The crowd chanted for Nakamura. Back in the ring, Nakamura nailed a series of knees to the ribs and mid-section with the idea that if ACH can't breath, his highflying is grounded.
ACH made a comeback and scored with a series of kicks and a sitdown driver. Nakamura came back with a nice spinkick to the head. ACH fired back and they went back and forth with foreams and right hands. ACH used the entire Stone Cold Stunner routine on Nakamura. They battled over a suplex attempt before Nakamura nailed a big knee to the ribs and drilled him with a face-first suplex. ACH nailed a swinging DDT for a two count.
ACH went to the top and nailed a double stomp as Nakamura got to his feet. The crowd chanted, "This is awesome" as Nakamura rolled to the outside. ACH dropkicked him off the apron to the floor to set up a big dive spot, wiping out Nakamura. ACH missed a 450 splash but Nakamura move and drilled him with a running knee.
Nakamura laid him out and scored the pin.
Your winner, Shinsuke Nakamura!
Another really good match and in some ways, probably ACH's best singles bout to date.
ROH TV champion Jay Lethal (with Donovan Dijak) vs. Tetsuya Naito
Dijak distracted Naito at the bell, allowing Lethal to attack him and put the boots to him. Lethal controlled him early untl Lethal was caught with an elbow charging into the corner. Naito nailed a rana but Lethal regained control briefly. He went for punches in the corner but Naito slipped underneath and scored a dropkick. He teased a dive but Lethal moved out of the way on the floor. Naito followed him to the floor but Dijak shoved him into an open chair.
Lethal brought Naito back into the ring and worked him over with right hands. Naito fought back but was sent to the floor, where Lethal scored a series of tope suicidas. Naito was almost counted out but made it back in time. He rolled into the ring. Lethal went to the top for a flying double axehandle. Lethal cinched in a side chinlock. Lethal sent him into the ropes and scored an elbow for a two count. He cinched in a side chinlock but Naito fired his way out with elbows.
Naito came back with a series of hot moves. Jay went for the Lethal Injection. Naito caught him but was driven into the mat with The Lethal Combination and a flying elbowsmash for a two count. Naito fought back and both men were nailed and out. The referee counted them down but they recovered in time. They battled back and forth. Dijak tried to interfere and was thrown out.
Naito worked over Lethal and nailed his top rope rana for a CLOSE two count. Lethal attempted the Lethal Injection but was caught and nailed with a Dragon suplex for a two count. Naito went to the top and went for a Stardust Press, missing it. Naito began grabbing at his knees. Lethal attacked him and rolled him up, hooking the tights for a two count. Naito scored a two count with a forward roll. Lethal caught him with The Lethal Injection, scoring the pin.
Your winner and still ROH TV champion Jay Lethal!
Another excellent match with tons of great near falls and awesome heel vs. babyface psychology.
Naito showed Lethal respect after, so Lethal, begrudgingly, shook his hands. Lethal claimed his TV title meant he was the best wrestler in the world to build the issues between Lethal and ROH champion Jay Briscoe.
Michael Elgin vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
Power vs. finesse early. They went to the floor where Tanahashi whipped him into the guard rails HARD. Back in the ring, Elgin took control with power and worked over Tanahashi with elbows and slams for several two counts. Tanahashi made a comeback and nailed a big dropkick and flying forearms and elbows. Tanahashi continued the assault with stiff clotheslines but was stopped with a enziguiri.
Elgin powered him up and nailed a deadlift German suplex for a two count. Tanahashi went for a flying bodypress but Elgin rolled through and powered him up. He sent Tanahashi into the ropes and drilled him in the back of the head with a roaring elbow for a two count. Elgin brought him to the outside and went for a piledriver on the apron. Tanahashi broke free and sent Elgin to the floor, but Elgin swept his legs out and Tanahashi came down hard on his face and knees. He tried to suplex Tanahashi on the floor but it was turned into a neckbreaker. Tanahashi went to the top for a frog splash crossbody to the floor. Toronto went nuts for that.
They returned to the ring and battled back and forth on their knees. They rose to their feet and exchanged forearms. Elgin got the better end of it but Tanahashi went for Slingblade but missed. Elgin drilled him across the back. Tanahashi caught him with a big back suplex for a two count. Tanahashi went to the top and scored a top rope frog splash, then returned for another. This time, Elgin pulled his knees up. Tanahashi made the comeback and scored the pin.
Your winner, Hiroshi Tanahashi!
Another good match.
ROH All Stars - The Briscoes, War Machine & Roderick Strong vs. The Bullet Club - Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, The Young Bucks & AJ Styles.
Big brawl to open it up. I expect this will be insane and all over, so don't expect detailed play by play out of me. Bucks superkicked Mark Briscoe as he went for a Cactus Jack elbow. It settled down with Karl Anderson and Roderick Strong going back and forth in the ring. The Bullet Club caught him in the corner and beat Strong down.
There was an awesome sequence between Mark Briscoe and Matt Jackson that had me cracking up as they teased Kung Fu spots and reversals. Just awesome. Jay and Nick Jackson tagged in and Jay killed him with right hands and a big boot. Jackson was caught in Team ROH' corner and worked over. Strong tagged in and nailed a big back suplex.
Hanson tagged in and but Jackson was able to ttag AJ and was drilled with a rapid succession of all the signature moves. Hanson backdropped out of a Styles Clash attempt. Gallows tagged in but was nailed with the cartwheel clothesline. Gallows came back with a big kick. The Bullet Club did stereo moonsaults off the apron onto Team ROH. They then hit five superkicks and three 450 splashes in a tow on Hanson, who kicked out. That made Hanson look like a monster.
Everyone started brawing again. This is batshit insane. They all ended up on the floor where HANSON hit a flip dive off the top and wiped out everyone. The place exploded for that. It was the old Kid Kash in the Hammerstein Ballroom spot on HGH. It was nuts. Just like this main event. Hell, this show.
Strong nailed a superplex and popped back up to nail another. He was a one man wrecking crew, then drilling Karl Anderson with a running knee and another superplex. He cut off Gallows and went for another. He wasn't able to get it but grabbed one of the Bucks and superplexed them off the top onto the pile of eveyone fighting on the floor. This is just an awesome brawl.
Hanson and Gallows battled in the ring. This set off a sequence where everyone caught someone else with a big signature, high impact maneuver. I can't even try to recap it. It ended with The Briscoes wiping out one of the Jacksons and scoring the pin.
Your winners, Team ROH!
F****ING AWESOME. As wild and insane as anything I've ever seen in The UWF, Memphis or ECW. I can't even begin to convey how much I loved this.
Team ROH all celebrated as the audience chanted ROH.
Jay Briscoe and AJ Styles faced off as the ring cleared, representing each company. Jay Lethal, the TV champion, hit the ring and laid both out with the ROH TV champion. I like it. He said the company belongs to him and we went off the air with a cliffhanger going into tomorrow's ROH TV Taping.
A pretty perfect stream with the exception of some slight 1 nano-second pauses, which could have been my own cable. A pretty damn great show from top to bottom. You want to see the replay at www.ROHWrestling.com,