Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman & Rhett Titus on commentary
Straight into action with Shinobi Shadow Squad’s Eli Isom taking on ‘The Darewolf’ PJ Black.
A classic tale of youth verses experience here, both men adhering to the code of honor which is a good start.
This was a solid match for both men (maybe more time could have been given) with both men keeping a good quick pace throughout, but it didn’t take long for PJ to get an advantage when he trapped the left arm of Isom and stomped the right arm back (which looked very uncomfortable), and then locked in the Billygoat’s Curse (Hanging Inverted Surfboard).
The young Isom did cause the veteran some problems with his unpredictable offence, rolling through and attempted Flying Crossbody for a near fall before getting the best of a Strike exchange and drilling PJ with White Noise, but that’s as good as it got for Isom after PJ took advantage after a botched springboard attempt by delivering a Top Rope Frankensteiner and a Springboard 450 Splash which he call ‘The Placebo Effect’ for a very near fall.
The Wiley veteran did put a very game Isom away when he delivered a Moonstomp called ‘The Wildness’ for the 3 count.
Winner PJ Black in 07:31
Isom gave a good accounting of himself, should he not have botched the Springboard the outcome may have been different, PJ still keeping to his vow to do things the right way, offering the handshake to Isom which was accepted graciously.
Best In The World event promo
Showing 2 of the matches that will definitely spark the interest.
Jonathan Gresham & Jay Lethal VS Guerrillas Of Destiny for the ROH World Tag Team Championships
PCO VS Matt Taven for the ROH World Heavyweight Championship.
Women of Honor action up next as
Ray Lyn VS WOH World Champion Kelly Klein
This match started with Lyn making it very clear to the champion Klein that she does not like her, respect her and does not see her as her champion.
After the ‘pleasantries’ the crowd were firmly behind Klein with the ‘Kelly’s gonna kill you’ chant and she didn’t waste time doing it , despite a couple of offensive bursts, Klein dispatched Lyn in less than 3 minutes after delivering her K-Power finisher.
The champion then gets on the mic and states that Ray Lyn will have to respect her and both ladies share a reluctant handshake.
She then goes onto another pressing issue in the WOH division………ALLURE Whilst Allure only care about attention, hashtags and retweets, she cares about WRESTLING Mandy Leon and Velvet Skye appear on the stage to serve as a distraction so Angelina Love can sneak attack the champion and deliver the Botox Injection Kick. Jenny Rose tries to help Klein only to be ‘Branded’ by this 3 girl power trip known as ALLURE.
Another flashback video is shown, showing how RUSH destroyed Dalton Castle at G1 Supercard in Madison Square Garden, and how after the shocking defeat castle exploded and attacked The Boys.
Castle makes his way to ring and explains his actions and admits that his actions were wrong (big move to admit a mistake, especially in the wrestling business) and he asks The Boys to come to the ring so he can apologise to their faces.
The Boys are very hesitant to go to the ring (I can’t blame them to be honest), but once in the ring they kept their distance , even backing away from Castle to which he admits he deserved that, he then explained that it was pure emotion and angry and that he didn’t meant to take it out on them, The Boys offered a hug to Castle which he took , he even looked like he was getting emotional about it………………and that’s when the mood changed, Castle said to the crowd that what they see is now stronger than ever but The Boys were no Boys of his and he then unloaded on the boys with a variety of moves such as Lariats and Suplexes, once both Boys were he stripped them of their masks and went back stage, HEEL TURN CONFIRMED #pyschopeacock
Main Event Time
Tag Team Action
LifeBlood (‘Hot Sauce’ Tracy Williams & ‘Overkill’ Mark Haskins) VS The Kingdom (TK O’Ryan & ‘The Horror King’ Vinny Marseglia)
This was a good Tag Team contest with both teams showing their skills and continuity, LifeBlood did more tandem offence such as a cool looking Double Camel Clutch on both O’Ryan and Marseglia.
Whilst The Kingdom took and ‘old school’ approach, cutting the ring in half and isolating one man (this being Williams for a time) and trying to destroy a certain body part (Left Shoulder of Williams).
It was a back and forth contest with no clear advantage for either team, that was until O’Ryan took too much time to deal with Williams who was prone on the Top Turnbuckle and got caught with a vicious Top Turnbuckle DDT followed up with a hard Discus Lariat by Williams which got a near fall, but Williams ever the thinking man’s wrestler kept hold of O’Ryan’s Leg and transitioned into an Ankle Lock, Marseglia broke the hold quickly to prevent a possible tap out.
O’Ryan and Marseglia tried to deliver ‘ House Of A Thousand Horses’ (Double team Rolling Samoan Drop) but it was countered by Williams who then drove O’Ryan down onto his Knees which O’Ryan screamed in pain from , a slick roll through and transition into a Sharpshooter by Haskins got the victory for Lifeblood ( He did put a little extra torque on the hold to ensure the tap out)
Winners LifeBlood in 09:25
Solid main event, crowd fully behind Haskins & Williams, take nothing away from Marseglia & O’Ryan.
Williams then gets on the mic and addresses Bully Ray, calls him a ‘Cancer’ in the company and that he and Haskins are going to cut him out.
Bully shortly arrives on stage and asks ‘are you still mad about Tenille’, and then tells Haskins and Williams to ‘Go to Hell’ and walks off stage.
Show Ends
Next up for me ALL 4 nights of the Best in the World event,4 Days, 4 Location, a whole lot of action.
Take Care everyone
Happy reading
Danny @BiekoDaniel
