03/03/19
Lakeland, FL at RP Funding Centre
Commentary – Ian Riccaboni & Colt Cabana
Jeff Cobb cut a backstage promo while footage aired of Silas Young defeating Eli Isom one month ago on TV to become #1 contender to the television title. He congratulated Young but said he wouldn’t become a three-time TV champ off of him. Instead he’d give Young a first-class tour of the islands.
-Opening theme.
-In the arena Young’s music hit for what is apparently not the main event. Young had a full beard in lieu of his usual mustache.
(1) JEFF COBB vs. “THE LAST REAL MAN” SILAS YOUNG – ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Cobb wrestled Young into the corner. Rope break. They locked up again and Cobb wrestled him down to the mat. Rope break again. Cobb with another takedown and Young scrambled to ringside to try to regain his composure. [C]
Young tried for an Irish whip but took a back elbow instead. Cobb with a dropkick and standing moonsault. Young dropped Cobb throat-first across the top rope and ran him into the guardrail. Cobb drive into the ring post. Young with his slingshot stomp. He avoided another dropkick attempt and wrenched in a chinlock. Back rake. Cobb charged but tumbled over the top rope. Springboard clothesline from Young to Cobb on the apron. [C]
Young with a death valley driver and double-stomp. Cobb with some right hands and a jumping back elbow. Young Combination for two. High knee and anarchist suplex for another two-count. Young yelled at him to get his ass up. Cobb obeyed and hit a series of shoulders to the gut and an overhead belly to belly suplex. Spinning side slam. Young grabbed the top rope to block a tour. Four German suplexes from Cobb with him refusing to let go between each one. Tour Of The Islands!
WINNER: Jeff Cobb in 14:55 to retain the TV title.
Just how many more superlatives is there for Jeff Cobb ……..
Next Up
ROH WORLD SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPION VINNY MARSEGLIA vs. RUSH
They charged at each other out of the bell. Marseglia took over with a Russian leg sweep. Rush bailed to ringside. Marseglia hurled him into the guardrail. [C]
Marseglia ran Rush into the guardrail twice more and ripped up the ringside mat to expose the concrete. He looked for a suplex but Rush blocked. Marseglia with a knee. He rolled Rush back into the ring for another suplex. Marseglia did the Ingobernables’ tranquilo pose. Rush ran Marseglia into the guardrail and timekeeper’s table. He grabbed a steel chair but referee Paul Turner convinced him to drop it. Marseglia into the guardrail again. Rush with another chair. Turner again told him to drop it but Rush chased him off. Rush with a boot to Marseglia’s face in the corner and he followed with the tranquilo pose. Rolling German suplex from Rush. Side effect from Marseglia. Jumping pump-kick from Marseglia and double-underhook backbreaker. Rush hit a running basement dropkick on Marseglia seated in the corner.
WINNER: Rush in 9:26. a back and forth contest , which could have been better if given more time , good outing for both men.
Main Event Time
ROH WORLD SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPION MATT TAVEN (w/Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan) vs. “THE OCTOPUS” JONATHAN GRESHAM – MATT TAVEN’S REAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Gresham out-wrestled Taven. He looked for the octopus early. The goons ran back down to ringside and jumped onto the apron for the disqualification.
WINNER: Jonathan Gresham in 1:28. Matt Taven is still your “real” world champion.
-The henchmen pummeled Gresham. O’Ryan clubbed him with his baseball bat. Lethal hit the ring and fended off the cronies. He and Taven threw hands but the trio regrouped to take down Lethal. Taven slid a table into the ring. They lay Lethal across the flat, folded-up table. Juice Robinson hit the ring with the rest of Lifeblood close behind. The Kingdom walked off nonchalantly.
As they reached the top of the ramp Mark Haskins realized that Taven’s purple title had been forgotten about at the timekeeper’s table. Haskins urged them to come back and collect it. Bandido grabbed O’Ryan’s baseball bat and beckoned him forward while Tenille Dashwood grabbed Marseglia’s ax. Dashwood grabbed a mic. She said as long as the fake title belt exists it’s a slap in the face to everyone. She said it was time to destroy it. Lethal laid the purple belt across the folded-up table and Dashwood handed him the baseball bat. The Kingdom lost their minds on the stage but couldn’t get past the wall of Lifeblood members at the foot of the ramp. Lethal spit on the fake belt and unloaded with bat shots. Dashwood handed him the ax. Lethal chopped away at the title belt. The show closed with Taven yelling that Lethal would pay over a close-up of the mangled purple belt, the metal facing hacked to shreds.
Great heel work by Taven and the Kingdom, they are really making Jay Lethal look like the honourable, respectful champion, i felt a bit sorry for Gresham as I believe the contrast in styles would have made for a good match.
A steady show which would have only been made better with more time.
Next week: it’s Dalton Castle vs. Kenny King, WOH World Champion Mayu Iwatani vs Holidead (Non-Title match)
and the ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll & PCO vs Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan
All this makes for an entertaining 60 minutes
ROH TV 03/10/19
Lakeland, FL at RP Funding Centre
Commentary- Ian Riccaboni & Colt Cabana
We opened with a video package recapping Jay Lethal destroying Matt Taven’s fake world title belt last week.
-Opening theme.
-In the arena the other two Kingdom members made their entrance for a tag match without Taven.
(1) ROH WORLD SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS THE KINGDOM (TK O’Ryan & Vinny Marseglia) vs. VILLAIN ENTERPRISES (Marty Scurll & PCO)
The Kingdom jumped VE before the bell but the villains quickly cleared them from the ring. Marseglia pulled Scurll to the floor and threw him into the guardrail. The Kingdom double-teamed Scurll. [C]
Scurll stumbled around blindly before hitting PCO for the tag. Scurll backdropped PCO over the top rope onto their opponents at ringside. Superplex from Scurll to Marseglia. PCO followed with a top-rope frog-splash but Marseglia kicked out. O’Ryan hit an enziguiri to block a chicken-wing attempt. Marseglia connected with a suicide dive on PCO. O’Ryan with a spinebuster to Scurll. Marseglia followed with redrum (a top rope senton). [C]
Marseglia lay PCO on a table on the floor and hit another redrum off the top rope through PCO and the table. PCO no-sold it and got right back up. PCO went up top but O’Ryan shoved him off. His back bounced off the apron and a steel chair that had been placed there. Scurll hit a powerbomb on Marseglia. PCO hit a leg drop with Marseglia in a Boston crab. Suicide dive from PCO to O’Ryan. Chicken-wing from Scurll to Marseglia and the horror king tapped.
WINNERS: Villain Enterprises in 13:40.
A good showing from both teams , Scurll’s stock is on the rise evermore so now and `his upcoming match with Nick Aldis for the ’10 pounds of gold’ will sure be a delight in what im calling the ‘Battle of Britain’.
-Rush was in a hallway backstage. He cut a promo in Spanish. Bandido showed up and put his fingers to Rush’s head like a pistol. Bandido said something to him. No English subtitles here.
-Holidead entered alone for a Women Of Honor match. As the champion made her entrance a video recapped Mayu Iwatani defeating Kelly Klein to capture the gold on February 10 at Bound By Honor.
(2) WOH WORLD CHAMPION/ARTIST OF STARDOM CHAMPION MAYU IWATANI vs. HOLIDEAD – NON-TITLE MATCH
Leaping back elbow from Iwatani. Dropkick to Holidead seated against the bottom rope. Holidead hit a stunner with Iwatani draped over the middle rope. [C]
Sumie Sakai had come to ringside to second Iwatani. Spinebuster from Holidead. Crucifix bomb from Iwatani. Clothesline from Holidead. Superkick + rolling German suplex from Iwatani. Moonsault.
WINNER: Mayu Iwatani in 6:56.
Kelly Klein showed up and grabbed the WOH title away from Iwatani. Four members of Camp Klein got between them so Iwatani kicked one of them in the stomach and gave him a hip-toss. Klein and Iwatani went face to face.
This Match was poor, Holidead dominated and looked more like a dominating champion than the champion did , then to be beaten by two moves don’t make a lot of sense to me.
Video recap of Villain Enterprises defeating Lifeblood to win the Tag Wars tournament at Road To G1 Supercard: San Antonio on January 26. Post-match they brawled with The Briscoes so their tag title match this Friday has now officially been changed to “no disqualifications.”
DALTON CASTLE (w/The Boys) vs. KENNY KING
Castle peacocked but King was not impressed.
During the break King used the referee as a shield to avoid a top-rope attack from Castle. DDT from Castle. Castle sold his midsection, which has been taped up for many, many months now. Castle with some throws and a bulldog. Gutwrench powerbomb for two. King rolled to the floor. King shoved one Boy aside and threw the other into the ring. The distraction allowed him to hit a Royal Flush on Castle.
WINNER: Kenny King in 7:23.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear , Dalton Castle’s losing streak continues and you can see it’s getting to him and another former world champion beaten by one move ( a good finisher in any respect) but i see Castle going it alone in the near future as the strain between him and the boys is more evident now than ever.
-King took a mic and addressed Scurll. He said in his hometown of Las Vegas the king is going to woop-woop on his ass.
Matt Taven was in a stairwell with the remnants of his fake world title. He vowed to make Lethal pay. [C]
The commentators ran down the 17th Anniversary PPV card with some pre-taped promos mixed in. The Briscoes said they’re going to sacrifice Villain Enterprises. Kelly Klein said she will take back what’s hers. Marty Scurll said it’s King’s hometown but anywhere he goes is villain country.
Taven interrupted the video package with a microphone in the ring. He called Lethal a coward. He pointed out that O’Ryan and Marseglia weren’t with him and demanded Lethal come out and settle it once and for all. Lethal walked to the ring as he unbuttoned his vest and dress shirt. The goons were right behind him and the three Kingdom members beat him down as Taven ripped Lethal’s dress clothes off him. Riccaboni said Lifeblood aren’t in the arena this week. Lethal got a flurry in but fell to the numbers again. The henchmen hit House Of A Thousand Horses on Lethal. Marseglia grabbed a table from under the ring.
Jonathan Gresham hit the ring and unloaded with right hands. He fell to the numbers too and also took House Of A Thousand Horses. They threw him into the ring post. The Kingdom set up the table in the ring and lay Lethal across it. Taven hit Lethal with Lethal’s own Hail To The King through the table. The six-man champions posed to end the show.
You can feel the momentum build up to the 17th Anniversary Show which no doubt will be a great card and one i’ll be watching with great interest.
Daniel Bieko
@BiekoDaniel
