12/15/2012 ROH TV Report
Kevin Kelly introduces the show from the Rostraver Ice Garden from
Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania with Caleb Seltzer. They preview tonight’s
main event of Jay Briscoe vs Steve Corino in a streetfight.
Vinny Marseglia comes to the ring for the opening match followed by
his opponent Davey Richards. The “Tale Of The Tape” shows that
Marseglia is 26 and Richards is 28. They shake hands to start and then
circle each other until Richards grabs a wristlock. They trade
wristlock reversals until Richards backdrops Marseglia who follows up
with a dropkick. Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish are shown watching from
the entrance and it is noted that we will learn at Final Battle if Eddie
Edwards will join his former partner Richards to face Fish and
O’Reilly. Marseglia hits a hurracanrana to send Richards to the floor
and follows up with a pescado. Marseglia rolls Richards back in and
hits a back elbow in the corner. Marseglia spins into a Russian Leg
Sweep and then applies a submission hold on Richards who reverses into a
horse-collar. Richards puts Marseglia into an Indian Deathlock but
Marseglia makes the ropes to break the hold. Richards takes Marseglia
to the corner and kicks him but gets distracted by Fish and O’Reilly at
the entrance. Marseglia fights back with a kick and a forearm but
Richards takes him down with kicks and a knee to the head. Richards
ties up Marseglia’s arm and puts a Texas Cloverleaf on his legs.
Marseglia gets out but Richards continues to lay into him with kicks.
Richards follows Marseglia into the corner but Marseglia sunset flips
him for a pin attempt. Richards throws Marseglia in the air and kicks
him in the ribs and then does a running kick to the head to score the
pin and win the match. Richards taunts O’Reilly and Fish after the
match.
After a commercial break Kevin Kelly is in the ring and introduces
his guest “No Fear” Mike Mondo who comes out on crutches with a cast on
his fractured left ankle. Footage was shown of Mondo breaking his
ankle at Glory By Honor XI in Toronto as well as his subsequent dive
from the top of the entranceway onto Mike Bennett. Mondo says that he
was in the back wondering what he would say and that he didn’t really
know how to start. Mondo says he is just going to speak right from the
heart. Mondo says it goes back to the dream from day one and that he is
sure everybody has had a dream since they were a kid. He points out
fans in the audience who must have had a dream and says that ever since
he was a little kid all he ever wanted to do was step in a
professional wrestling ring and perform in front of “you people.”
Mondo says there is nothing like it and that professional wrestling is
the best sport in the world and Ring Of Honor is the best company in
the world. The fans chant “Mondo”. Mondo says a lot of people have
misinterpreted some information and that a few years ago when he went
“elsewhere” that he was living his dream and had made it to the pinnacle
and made it in the wrestling industry. Mondo says that wasn’t the
top of the industry and that they tried to make him be someone he
wasn’t. Mondo says he never wanted to be in a green jumpsuit and wanted
to light it on fire and burn it in the middle of the ring since day
one. Mondo throws one of his crutches. Mondo says he didn’t let it stop
him and he kept going because Mike Mondo is anything but a quitter.
Mondo says that he will never die, he will never quit and he will keep
fighting for what he believes in and that is to be the best in the
sport. Mondo says that everyone in the back are the best professional
wrestlers in the world and that is why he is here, to compete with the
best. Mondo says he is making a promise and that if he didn’t prove it
at Glory By Honor on pay-per-view that when the cast comes off he will
be jacked and tanned, he will have an eight-pack or a ten-pack and it
will be on like Donkey Kong. Mondo says that he will be the best that
ROH has ever seen that ROH will be the Ring Of Mondo. Roderick Strong
comes to the ring and takes the microphone to say that was awesome and
he almost cried (Strong was laughing). Strong says that the problem is
that noone cares about Mondo and that t.v. time should be focused on
someone like Strong, someone who has helped build this company. Strong
says that it shouldn’t be someone like Mondo who comes out and tries to
pump people up, kind of like a cheerleader. Roderick says he is just
playing and that he appreciates what Mondo said but unfortunately for
Mondo he is just a weak little man. Roderick kicks Mondo’s leg out from
under him and pushes him down. Roderick tells Mondo to sit there says
that a lot of things have changed in ROH and the biggest thing that
changed is that he left the House of Truth. Strong says that one thing
that hasn’t changed is that at Final Battle he will break the
unbreakable…Michael Elgin comes to the ring and Roderick says that if
Elgin comes closer he will break Mondo’s leg. Elgin confronts Strong
and Truth and gets between them. Strong says that he will break Elgin’s
leg while Elgin says they don’t have to wait for Final Battle, he’ll
kill him right now. Strong says that Elgin isn’t going to kill him.
Strong says he has carried Elgin for too long, that Elgin had one good
match in his career and thinks he is a superstar but Strong has carried
this company. Strong then attacks Elgin with a crutch and leaves the
ring as the show goes to commercials.
On “Inside Ring Of Honor” Kevin Kelly previews Final Battle 2012.
Kelly reviews recent events with Jay Lethal as he was told he had to
get killer instinct. Footage is shown of Lethal attacking Kevin Steen
and Jim Cornette in Lethal’s hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey after
Steen spit on Lethal’s parents. Kelly notes that ROH made an agreement
with Steen including that he would not have to wrestle Lethal again.
Lethal is shown announcing last week that he is wrestling Rhino at
Final Battle while Steen defends against El Generico. Lethal guarantees
that he will fight the world champion at Final Battle.
Kelly previews other matches including ROH TV Champion Adam Cole vs
Matt Hardy. Cole is interviewed and says that Hardy has done so much
talking lately that it seems like he is trying to convince ROH and its
fanbase that he is still indeed a wrestling icon. Cole says that he can
see right through that and can tell that Hardy is trying to convince
himself that he still has what it takes. Cole says Hardy will have to
convince him that he still has what it takes. Cole says that he will
give everything he has in New York City like he does every time and that
at the end of the night Hardy will respect Adam Cole. This interview
is interspersed with an interview with Hardy in which he says that it
doesn’t make a difference how much potential Cole has. Hardy says that
he does not have anything to prove and that he has proven himself over
his glorious wrestling career. Hardy says that Cole has to prove
himself and that Cole is the one with something to lose here. Hardy
says that Cole might think he has a date with destiny but he may very
well end up facing a very unfortunate twist of fate.
Kelly also previews the match between Charlie Haas and Shelton
Benjamin vs Rhett Titus and BJ Whitmer. Footage is show of Titus and
Whitmer attacking Haas and Benjamin recently, allowing Caprice Coleman
and Cedric Alexander to defeat Haas and Benjamin who are then
interviewed. Benjamin says that Whitmer and Titus decided that they
would be comedians in allowing the C and C Wrestling Factory, the
singing idiots, get a win over Haas and Benjamin. Shelton asks how funny
it was later in the night when they put BJ in traction, how was funny
was the doctor’s visit and how funny were the x-rays. Haas that they
beat Titus and Whitmer in Toronto with rules and in New York City they
will be facing them in an anything-goes streetfight which means that
they are going to kick the living (censored) out of them. Benjamin
says that if they beat Titus and Whitmer with rules, what do they think
they will do without any?
Kelly previews Jerry Lynn facing Mike Bennett in his final ROH match
before his retirement early next year. Footage is shown of Lynn
defeating Nigel McGuinness for the ROH title in 2009. Kelly also
previews the scheduled match with Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly vs Davey
Richards and possibly Eddie Edwards. An e-mail from Eddie Edwards to
match-maker Nigel McGuinness is shown with this text: “Received your
request from two weeks ago. Will definitely be at Final Battle…will
talk to you there about match.”
After a commercial break Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander are
interviewed by Veda Scott who says that tonight’s main event of Steve
Corino vs Jay Briscoe is a preview for the three-way match at Final
Battle. Coleman says that they are taking this match very seriously
because both of these teams will be in the three-way at Final Battle.
Coleman says that something might happen in the match that will give
them an advantage at Final Battle and that they hope it happens to
Corino and Jacobs. Coleman says (and sings) to Alexander that if he ever
comes to the ring looking like Steve Corino that he hopes Alexander
will shoot him. Alexander asks Coleman that if he ever goes to the ring
looking like Jimmy Jacobs that he wants Coleman to cut his head off.
Alexander says that there will be new tag team champions at Final
Battle but until then they will keep a really close eye on this match
and that they really hope Steve Corino gets his head ripped off.
Coleman sings “I always feel like somebody’s watching me.”
Steve Corino is shown coming to the ring in a suit wearing his ROH
tag team title belt. Kelly notes that last week Corino said he only had
a suit to wear. Jay Briscoe then comes to the ring to face Corino in
what is announced as a “Steel City Street Fight” with no rules and
anything-goes. Corino rolls up his sleeves and has his fists taped.
Corino take off his tie and they start trading punches. Jay throws
Corino outside and follows him. They brawl with Corino initially
throwing Jay into the ring barricade but then Jay doing the same to
Corino twice. Corino smashes Jay’s head on a chair and throws another
chair into the ring. Briscoe fights back with punches and hits Corino
in the head with a bottle of water. Briscoe chokes Corino with his
bandana. Fans hold up chairs for Briscoe to whip Corino into but Corino
reverses and Briscoe hits the chairs. Corino punches Jay in the heart
and then scratches at his eyes. Corino grabs a table from under the
ring but Jay knocks him down and then sets up the table on his own.
Corino punches Jay in the face sever times but Briscoe knocks him down
with a punch. Briscoe sets up Corino on the table. Jay gets up on the
apron and then runs and does a double-stomp on Corino, breaking the
table in the process. The show goes to commercials and on return
Briscoe is walking around the ring holding up a shoe that he then hits
Corino in the head with. Briscoe puts the ringbell on Corino’s head and
rings it. Briscoe then sets up a chair in the corner before stomping
on Corino who is on the mat. Briscoe sets up chairs in all four corners
of the ring. Jimmy Jacobs then jumps on the apron and distracts
Briscoe allowing Corino to get up and punch Jay in the face with a roll
of quarters for a two-count. Jacobs comes into the ring and taunts Jay
who is held by Corino. Mark Briscoe comes to the ring and throws
Jacobs. Jay gets out of Corino’s grabs and gives him a big boot to the
head. Jay whips Corino into three corners with chairs in them and then
smashes his head into the remaining chair. Mark knocks down Jacobs and
goes to the back but comes back out with a wheelbarrow full of chairs.
Mark throws a number of chairs into the ring and then dumps chairs onto
Jacobs on the floor. Corino runs Jay’s head into a chair and then
bodyslams him on a stack of chairs. Corino sets up a chair and then
hits Jay with a headbutt, chops and a punch. Corino sits Jay on the
chair and then kicks him in the face, knocking him into the pile of
chairs. Corino gets a table out from under the ring and then comes in
the ring and throws a chair into Jay’s head. Corino sets up the table
in the corner, kicks a chair into Jay’s face and then starts stomping
him in the groin. Corino gives Jay a vertical suplex on top of the
chair but Jay kicks out of a pin attempt. Corino sets up another chair
side-by-side with the other one and hits the ropes but as he charges
Briscoe picks him up on his shoulders and gives him a Death Valley
Driver onto the chairs. Mark Briscoe then comes out from the back with a
steel guardrail and hits Jacobs with it on his way into the ring. As
Mark is throwing the guardrail into the ring he gets attacked by Jacobs
who then gets in the ring and grabs Jay’s leg. This allows Corino to
give Jay a back suplex through the table in the corner. Corino and
Jacobs then set up the guardrail on four chairs while Jacobs fights
Briscoe. Jay knocks Jacobs down and goes after Corino on the top rope.
Jacobs attempts to powerbomb Jay but gets stopped by Mark. Jay then
gives Corino a crazy superplex onto the guardrail. Caprice Coleman
and Cedric Alexander run into the ring and dive from the top
turnbuckles on to Jacobs and Mark on the floor as Jay pins Corino to win
the match. Kevin Steen then comes to the ring with his ROH World Title
belt as the show goes to a final commercial break. Upon return Steen
is sitting on a chair in the ring holding El Generico’s match. Steen
says that on December 18, 2010 at Final Battle he stood in the ring
totally prepared to end El Generico’s career. Steen says that is not
what happened and that night El Generico beat him and he will never
forget the feeling he had when he woke up the next morning and realized
that Generico had ended his career. Steen says that he refused to let
that happen and he took over this company and won the championship.
Steen says you would think that would be enough to make that feeling go
away but the truth is nothing has made him feel better about what
happened two years ago. Steen says that he thought Final Battle 2010
really was the end for he and Generico and their last fight but he has
since realized that they are destined to do this forever. Steen says
that on December 16, 2012 they stand again in the ring at New York City
and the ROH World Title will be hung high in the air and there will be
a ladder between them. Steen says people want to think that that scares
him but he doesn’t scare that easily. Steen says people want to know
what he will do and what he expects from that night. Steen says the
truth is he doesn’t know what he is going to do because he has never
been in the place he is in now and he has never felt the way he feels
now. Steen addresses Kevin Kelly and says that leading up to Final
Battle 2010 Kelly was doing radio interviews and when people would ask
him his thoughts on Steen vs Generico he would say something that stuck
with Steen to this day. Steen yells at him asking what it was and gets
him to stand up and say what he said. Kelly says that he had said that
he was very afraid for what was going to happen to the two of them.
Steen says he appreciates that sentiment and appreciates the worry and
the concern but if Kelly was scared then, then right now he should be
terrified (Steen is screaming at this point) because this is a ladder
war for the ROH World Title. Steen says that a lot of people are
worried that the end of the world is coming on December 21. Steen says
he is not afraid of the end of the world, what he is afraid of is
waking up on December 17 with El Generico as ROH World Champion. Steen
says that cannot happen because Steen will leave New York City one of
two ways: either as ROH World Champion or as a goddamn corpse.
Kevin Kelly did note that next week’s ROH Christmas show will run down great pay-per-view matches from this year.
This show was amazing this week. The first half was nothing special
with the Richards match or the Mondo promo. But the Corino-Briscoe
match was one of my favorite ROH television matches in a very long
time. And this was followed by a tremendous promo from Steen to build
up the match with Generico at Final Battle. His yelling at Kelly was
just awesome. I haven’t yet watched Final Battle as of writing this but
I did order it and after that promo cannot wait to watch it tomorrow.
People should go out of their way to watch this show for the sake of
the main event match and this promo.
Dave Musgrave
Oshawa, Ontario
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