1/19/2013 ROH TV Report
The
show has a new opening with highlights from ROH matches. Kevin Kelly
and Caleb Seltzer introduce this week’s show from the Du Burns Arena in
Baltimore, Maryland.
The
team of Corey Hollis and Mike Posey, known as “Alabama Attitude” come
to the ring followed by their opponents of Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly.
Hollis and O’Reilly exchange holds to start and then Fish and Posey tag
in. Fish takes him down and eventually elbows him in the head. O’Reilly
knees Posey in the back and Fish hits him with a dropkick. O’Reilly
tags in and starts with kicks and a kneedrop. Fish tags in and they
double-team with Fish hitting a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker followed by
O’Reilly flying off the ropes with a knee-drop. Fish hits a senton from
the apron followed by a snap suplex from O’Reilly. Posey fights out and
tags in Hollis who comes in with a double missile dropkick on both Fish
and O’Reilly. Hollis hits a twisting neckbreaker and a suplex. Fish and
O’Reilly start to double-team but Posey makes a blind tag. Hollis and
Posey set up Fish and O’Reilly with Fish having O’Reilly in a DDT
position. Posey then gets flipped into a Sliced Bread # 2 on Fish and
O’Reilly gets a DDT in the process. Hollis hits a guillotine legdrop on
O’Reilly. Fish throws Posey outside where O’Reilly hits him with a
German Suplex on the floor. Fish gives Hollis a German Suplex and he and
O’Reilly both hit kicks. O’Reilly picks up Hollis in a brain-buster and
Fish kicks Hollis just as O’Reilly drops him. Fish then pins Hollis for
the win.
After
a commercial break Nigel McGuinness is in the ring and talks about what
happened when he had to kick Jay Lethal out of the building at Final
Battle. He calls Lethal out so he can explain his position. Lethal comes
to the ring. Nigel says that when Lethal spit in his face he tested him
and Nigel had to kick him out. Nigel says he could fine him or suspend
him but he understands so he is going to give him a warning. He says it
will be the last warning and if he steps out of line again he will
regret it. Lethal says the last few weeks have been the most frustrating
of his life and it came to a boiling point at Final Battle. He says he
respects Nigel’s position but that doesn’t help his situation with Kevin
teen. He asked what he has to do to get his ROH World title shot
against Kevin Steen and says he won’t wait until Steen loses the belt.
Nigel says his hands are tied as Steen had it written in stone that
Lethal couldn’t get a title shot against him. Nigel says the only person
who can change that is Steen and that Lethal has to change Steen’s
mind. Lethal says he knows what he has to do. Nigel says he will only
give Lethal one warning and he won’t get a second. Lethal says he was
going to say the same thing to Nigel.
On
“Inside Ring Of Honor” Kevin Kelly reviews the Adam Cole vs Matt Hardy
match from Final Battle with Hardy winning the match after a low blow.
Kelly says that BJ Whitmer will challenge Adam Cole for the ROH TV Title
next week because Nigel was disgusted with the way the way the Hardy vs
Cole match ended. Hardy is interviewed and says he beat Cole at Final
Battle with a small package and says he should be getting the title shot
instead of Whitmer who got carted out at Final Battle. Hardy says he
will not stand this.
Kelly
says that Charlies Haas is upset that Whitmer is getting the title shot
as Haas defeated him in a tag team match at Final Battle. Whitmer is
interviewed and says he has worked with injuries his entire career. He
says he will make the most of this opportunity and that Cole has a
bright future but he taking the TV title.
Kelly
says a source in ROH has said that Kevin Steen not been the same since
Final Battle, that he has not contacted ROH and that he has not asked
who his next opponent is. Steve Corino is interviewed and says Nigel is
probably the one starting rumors. Corino says Steen is fine.
Kelly previews the Top Prospect Tournament as well as the March 2 11th Anniversary IPPV.
Truth
Martini joins commentary for the first match in the “Top Prospect
Tournament”. Mike Sydal comes to the ring followed by his opponent QT
Marshall with RD Evans. Marshall takes Sydal down to start. Sydal hits
armdrags on Marshall. They trade control until Sydal gets thrown outside
and Evans interferes. Marshall brings Sydal in with a back suplex.
Marshall drops elbows. Sydal fights back but get hit with a tilt-a-whirl
backbreaker. Marshall attempts a powerslam but Sydal counters with a
DDT. They get to their feet and Sydal hits a dropkicks and a
neckbreaker. Sydal comes off the turnbuckles with a hurracanrana
throwing Marshall outside. Sydal then climbs to the top rope and hits a
moonsault on Marshall and Evans on the floor. Back inside Sydal attempts
a standing moonsault but Marshall gets his knees up. Marshall picks him
up and hits a running dominator (reverse over-the-shoulder powerslam)
for the pinfall and the win.
Veda
Scott interviews Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander regarding
tonight’s ROH World Tag Team Title match against Jay and Mark Briscoe.
Alexander says the Briscoes are men of their words as they promised them
the first title shot. Coleman sings that they’re moving on up. He says
it’s a new year, they respect the Briscoes, but that ends when they step
in the ring.
After
a commercial break the Briscoes are interviewed. Jay says they respect
Coleman and Alexander and might even call them friends but when the bell
rings they have no friends. Mark says they are eight-time tag team
champions. Mark says that it is a new ball game and that they’ll hold
the belts from now until kingdom come.
Coleman
and Alexander come to the ring followed by the Briscoes. Mark and
Alexander start and Mark applies a headscissors. Alexander hits roll-ups
and then misses a dropkick. Jay and Coleman tag in and they struggle
for control and criss-cross until Coleman hits a dropkick. Alexander
tags in and leg-trips Jay while Coleman hits a legdrop. Mark comes in
but he gets caught in a bearhug allowing Coleman to hit him with a leg
lariat. He and Jay end up outside and Coleman and Alexander stereo
suicide dives. Mark gets tolled back in as the show goes to commercial.
After the break Jay takes control of Alexander and tags in Mark who hits
a vertical suplex followed by a big boot from Jay in the corner. Mark
hits a release back suplex and the Briscoes continue to double-team
until Coleman tags in. Coleman hits two float-over Northern Lights
Suplexes and is stopped from doing a third. Alexander saves Coleman who
then hits a double Northern Lights Suplex on both Briscoes. Coleman
picks up Mark on his shoulders and Alexander hits Mark with a kneedrop
from the top rope followed by a Death Valley Driver from Coleman. Jay
makes the save and hits a spinning forearm on Coleman. The Briscoes go
for the Doomsday Device but Alexander dropkicks Mark on the top
turnbuckle. Coleman then hits his no-hands top-rope hurracanrana on Mark
followed by a top rope splash from Alexander for a two-count. They
attempt another double-team but are stopped. Mark uses his Redneck Kung
Fu and hits a powerbomb combined with a neckbreaker from Jay. Mark hits a
Death Valley Driver on Alexander. Jay delivers a falcon arrow followed
by a frog splash from Mark for a two-count. The Briscoes then hit the
Doomsday Device and score the pinfall and the win. Both teams shake
hands but are attacked by Steve Corino, Jimmy Jacobs and Rhino who is
wearing a SCUM t-shirt. Rhino hits a gore as the show goes off the air.
This
was a great show this week to start off the new footage. The whole show
felt fresh with the new opening and overall presentation. I would
critique saying that Steen hasn’t been in contact with ROH considering
he wrestled twice on house shows this weekend. But otherwise it was a
good combination of matches. Hopefully with the new taping schedule this
type of show will be the norm.
Dave Musgrave
Oshawa, Ontario
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