ROH Supercard of Honor - 1st April, 2022
Ian Riccobani and Caprice Coleman have the call and Bobby Cruise is ring announcer.
Blake Christian vs Colt Cabana
Code of Honor adhered to. Lockup, clean break in the corner. Colt teases a run off the ropes. Colt avoids Christian. Side Headlock by Cabana, into a shoulder tackle, Christian pops right back up. Running dropkick by Christian. Chop in the corner by Christian. Uppercut by Christian, Colt catches him with a bow and arrow into a surf board. Wheelbarrow into a senton by Christian for 2. Colt rolls out and shows Christian the floor after he tries a tope suicida. Colt gives the Dark Order salute. Action spills back in the ring and he sends Blake down with a slam for 2. Colt slams Christian into the buckles, Christian responds in kind. Clothesline by Cabana, Christian with a chop, followed by 2 more. Enziguiri by Christian followed by a springboard kick, Colt rolls out. Blake with a tope con hillo into a Scorpion Death Drop. 450 by Christian for 2. Big elbow by Colt. Colt with the Chicago skyline for the pin.
WINNER: Colt Cabana
We get a video package of tonight's Unification match between Jonathan Gresham and Bandido.
Miranda Alize vs. AQA
Code of Honor adhered to. Lockup, armtwist by AQA into headlock, hammerlock by AQA. Alize into another headlock. Drop toe hold by AQA into a rollup for 2. Armdrag by AQA into a cross body for 2. Clothesline by AQA, she misses the charge. Alize slams AQA to the ground and scores a 1. AQA with a small package for 2 and a dropkick. Low Rana by Alize for 2. DDT by AQA for 2. Small cut on the bottom of the left eye of AQA. They exchange palm strikes. AQA with quick forearms but a driving back elbow by Alize. Dropkick and a pair of Ax Handles by AQA. Sling Blade by AQA for 2. Alize with a hair toss. Cutter by Alize into a crossface. AQA with an enziguiri. AQA to the top, she nails a shooting star for the pin.
WINNER: AQA
We get words from the Foundation, who are defending all three men's titles tonight.
Cheeseburger & Eli Isom vs. Kaun and Toa with Tully Blanchard
This is huge for Kaun and Toa to be associated with Tully Blanchard Enterprises. Code of honor NOT adhered to as Toa hits a huge lariat on Cheeseburger . Isom Tags in and he eats a pop up powerbomb. Cheeseburger tries forearms and tags in Isom. Spike by Toa and Kaun scores the pin.
WINNERS: Toa and Kaun
We get a video package hyping Mercedes Martinez vs Willow for the ROH Interim Women's Title
Joe Hendry vs. Dalton Castle with The Boys (or, the Baby Chickens)
Code of Honor not adhered to by Hendry. Onset grappling into the ropes, we get a clean break. Lockup, sode headlock takeover by Hendry. Hendry with 2 shoulder tackles. Castle rolls to the floor. Single leg by Castle, back elbow by Hendry, DDT by Castle. Splash by Castle for 2. Front face lock by Castle into a Gator Roll. Body slam over the top by Hendry, he slams Castle into the rail and over the the barricade into the crowd. Running clothesline back in the ring by Hendry. Hendry with a suplex for 1. Clotheslines in the corner by Hendry, he whips Castle into the corner. Castle blocks a superplex. Castle with a running knee to the head for 2. Side suplex by Hendry for 2. Hendry with a cobra clutch. Castle escapes and nails a boot but misses a knee strike. Castle with a rana and he sends Hendry into the post. Head and arm suplexes by Castle. Bullseye by Castle into a bulldog for 2. Hendry with a choke slam for 2. Hendry with a foreman carry slam. Back elbow into a bang a rang by Castle for the pin.
WINNER: Dalton Castle
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Welcome one and all to the PPV proper of ROH Supercard of Honor.
Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman remain your announce team.
Swerve Strickland vs. Alex Zayne
Code of Honor adhered to. Lockup, Swerve with a headscissors, Zayne lands on his feet. Zayne with a headscissors takeover, Swerve lands on his feet. Drop toe hold bu Swerve, Zayne responds in kinds. Senton for 1 by Zayne. Sweve with a 1/2 nelson, Zayne rolls out and tries a rana but Sweve catches him and administers a TKO on the top rope. Action spills to the outside. Swerve with a kick and he rolls Zayne back in for 2. Swerve with forearms to the back. Swerve with aa sleeper. Zayne escapes and they exchange rights. Zayne with a clothesline and chops. Zayne with a top rope rana into a spin kick for 2. Swerve with an ax handle into a 1/2 crab. Swerve misses a slide but catches him with a clothesline. They battle on the apton and it's Zayne with a reverse rana to the floor.
Action comes back in and it's Zayne with the Crunchwrap for 2 Enziguiri by Zayne. Swerve with defensive headbutts into an iside takedown. Snap German by Swerve. Rolling Flatliner into a double stomp for 2 by Swerve. Knee to the jaw by Zayne but it's Swerve with a running kick and a JML Driver for the pin.
WINNER: Swerve Strickland
Ninja Mack vs Brian Cage w/Tully Blanchard
Cage is Blanchard's newest client. Mack goes for a surprise Saske Special but gets powerbombed into the apron. Big shoulder tackle by Cage. Clothesline and punches by Cage. Cage enjoys this. Eye rake by Mack but a fallway German by Cage. Another fallaway German by Cage. Mack with 2 wheel kicks but Cage with a plant suplex. Cage with a Drill Claw and that's all she wrote.
WINNER BRIAN CAGE
Here comes Toa and Kaun to pose with Cage.
Jay Lethal vs. Lee Moriarty
Code of Honor adhered to. Go behind by Lee but Lethal with an armtwist. Lee reverses it. JAy with a takedown into a toe hold but Lee with a rollup for 2. Sonjay Dutt is in the crowd. Lockup, headlock by Moriarty. Hip toss by Lethal but Moriarty with a crucifix for 2. Lockup, side headlock takeover by Lethal. He teases the Lethal Injection but Moriarty counters it for a 2 count. Forearm exchange. Matt Sydal is at ringside for Moriarty. Back elbow by Lethal, into a dropkick. Chop by Lethal for 1. Lethal with forearms. Springboard armdrag and a pump kick for 1 by Moriarty. Cravate by Lee, he kicks Lethal in the chest. Forearm by Lee into a back kick. Lethal avoids a clothesline and hits a back breaker into a dragon screw. Moriarty to the floor and he gets nailed by a dropkick. Lethal with a pair of tope suicidas. Moriarty avoids the third. He tries one of his own but Lethal avoids it. Leg kicks by Lethal, Moriarty fights back. Lee rolls out of a suplex and hits a lariat for 2. Lee fights off a superplex and avoids a single leg. Lethal combination for 2 by Lethal. Superkick and enziguiri into another superkick and cutter by Lethal. Lethal goes for the Savage elbow but gets rolled up. They exchange a sick amount of 2 counts. Low blow by Lethal while the ref was fixing the apron. He's desperate. Lethal Injection and Lethal scores the pin
WINNER: jay Lethal
Lethal attacks Sydal until Sonjay Dutt pulls him off.
ROH Women's Interim Championship
Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Mercedes Martinez
Code of Honor adhered to. Mercedes with a wristlock takedown. Happy birthday Mrs. Riccaboni. Punches by Mercedes. Shouldertacle by Willow. Rollup by Mercedes for 1. Scoop slam and splash for 2 by Willow. Mercedes with a duo of butterfly suplexes, she smashes Willow's chest with forearms. Body scissors by Mercedes. Codebreaker by Mercedes for 2. MErcedes with chops, kick by Willow into a superkick. They exchange kicks on the mat. They each connect with clotheslines . Willow gets the edge with forearms.
Lariats and a back elbow by Mercedes. Saito suplex by Mercedes. Air Raid Crash for 2 by Mercedes. Maercedes rains elbows but an Angle slam by Willow for 2. Pounce by Willow, she's ready to finish it. Cannonball by Willow for 2. Mercedes made the ropes. Mercedes with forearms to the lower back and she his the OG drop for 2. She sets up another OG Drop. Instread it's Willow with elbows to the midsection and she nails a hip attack in the corner. Moonsault by Willow for 2. Back elbow by Mercedes and she nails a Dragon Sleeper for the quick tap.
WINNER AND NEW ROH WOMEN'S INTERIM CHAMPION: Mercedes Martinez
ROH World Tag Team Championship
Jay and Mark Briscoe (c's) vs FTR- Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood
I wish I could tag out and just watch this one. The Briscoes are on a roll, as ROH & GCW Champions AND 2022 Crockett Cup Winners. Does FTR stake their claim as the greatest tag team of their era with a win here? This is a dream match. They're immediately in each others faces. Dem Boys v Top Guys! It's time and Dallas is ready. It's Wheeler and Mark starting us off. The crowd is alive for this. Lockup, nothing doing. Lockup, go behind by Mark, arm twsit by By Cash and a side headlock by Mark. Shoulder tackle by Cash into a foreman carry. Armbar by Cash. Ax handles by Mark and a drop toe hold/facelock combo. Jay tags in, as does Harwood. They go nose to nose. Lockup, nothing doing. Lockup, side headlock takeover by Dax. Jay with a headscissors. Dax spits in Jay's face and bails.
Match resets and it's Jay with a pair of shoulder tackles. Dax with a trio of uppercuts. He bounds off the ropes and nails a rana. Dax to the floor. Jay doesn;t allow him back in. Cash tags in and nails a dropkick and a pair of uppercuts. Cash send sJay into the buckle. Kick and a back elbow by Jay. Mark tags in. He nails Cash with chops. Suplex by Mark. They exchange blows and it'sCash with a big uppercut. Dax tags in and they work over Mark in the corner. Kneedrop by Dax.
Chop battle. Right hand by Dax. Cash tags in. Blind tag by Jay and he hits a big boot. The Briscoes double team in the corner. Mark tags in and nails HUGE chops. Jay tags in and nails abig pump kick. Jay with a tope suicida and Mark with a Cactus Jack elbow to Wheeler on the floor. All four are battling on the floor. To his credit the referee is not counting. Jay gets smashed into a table. Not on a table, but into it. Jay Briscoe is busted wide open as he re enters the ring. Dax fishhooks the mouth. Snap mare by Dax into a rear chinlock. Dax sets up a superplex and he nails it. Wheeler tags in and he dropkicks Jay followed by a face plant. Jay fights hard and makes the tag.
Mark is a house of fire as the Sussex County Chicken takes out FTR. Uranage by Mark to Dax. Clothesline in the corner. Mark with a chop but a blind tag drings in wheeler. Redneck Boogie for a 2 count by the Briscoes. Dallas thinks this is awesome...they're right!
Powerbomb by Wheeler. Dax hits the slingshot powerbomb while Cash hits a splash for 2. Mark blocks a big rig but the Briscoes hit it for a 2. Wheeler DDTs Mark on the floor. Jay saves him and nails a Spicoli Driver. Jay SUPLEXES DAX OVER THE TOP TO THE FLOOR! Doc Sampson is checking on all 4 men. Mark Briscoe is busted open as well. All 4 are down in the ring and they square off. They trade forearms. Mark corkscrews Wheeler on the floor. Jay and Dax exchange forearms. Neckbreaker by Jay. Froggy Bow by Mark for 2. Mark tags in. FTR knocks Mark off the top and nail the Big Rig for the pin.
WINNERS AND NEW ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: FTR
After the match:
The Young Buck attack the Briscoes. FTR makes the save and challenge the Bucks right then and there. The Bucks will face them Wednesday.
ROH World TV Title
Rhett Titus (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki
If you thought the King was adhering to the Code of Honor, then you arent paying attention. Armdrag by Rhett, headscissors by Suzuki. Suzuki with an armbar on the ropes. Titus tries a single leg but Suzuki snags a Fujiwara into a rear chinlock, Titus makes the ropes. Titus with a forearm and shots to the lower back. Belly to belly by Titus. Pump kick by the champion. Back suplex by Titus for 2. Suzuki tries a kneebar but titus makes the ropes. Kick by Suzuki, Titus counter the piledriver and hits a dropkick for 2. Out of nowhere, Suzuki hits the Gotch Piledriver for the pin.
WINNER AND NEW ROH TV CHAMPION: Minoru Suzuki
