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Welcome to PWInsider.com’s live, ongoing coverage of Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s G1 Supercard from Madison Square Garden in New York City! We are inside MSG for ongoing coverage!
You can order tonight’s show on traditional PPV platforms, plus FITE.TV and ROH’s Honor Club streaming service.
PRE-SHOW NOTES:
For those of you who are regulars to ROH, the streamer kid tossed out streamers to everyone as he usually does.
They introduced the broadcast team for the show, Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana and Kevin Kelly.
Bobby Cruiser, deservedly, is the ring announcer.
Hazuki & Jenny Rose & Kagetsu vs. Stella Gray & Sumie Sakai & Hana Kimura
Hazuki & Jenny Rose worked over Stella Gray. Sumie tagged in but was worked over. Kagetsu and Hazuki worked her over but Sumie nailed a dropkick, then hit a fisherwoman’s buster on Hazuki for a two count. Stella Gray hit missile dropkick. Kimura hit a dive on everyone. They continued battling back and forth until Team Kagetsu scored the win.
Your winners, Hazuki & Jenny Rose & Kagetsu!
This was good, fun back and forth match and a great way to open the show. MSG gave them all a big round of applause after.
HONOR RUMBLE
Kenny King demanded his entry as number one. Number two is Minoru Suzuki, who got a massive response.
King got right in Suzuki’s face. King chopped him and Suzuki laughed. The crowd chanted, “You f’d up.” King shoulderblocked him down but Suzuki popped up. King tried to work over Suzuki with some aerial offense and kicks but was drilled down with a big uppercut.
Number three is Cheeseburger. CHEESEBURGER IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. I won’t even pretend that I am not smiling like crazy right now. He went after Suzuki. That did not go well for him. He was drilled right down. King tried to team with Suzuki as they worked him over in the corner.
Number four is Beer City Bruiser. He entered the fray and faced off with Suzuki.
Number five is Sho of Roppongi 3K. Sho worked over Cheeseburger and battle Beer City Bruiser.
Number six is Shingo Takagi. He went right after Sho. Shoi fought him off and nailed a clothesline in the corner. Suzuki and Cheeseburger battled in the corner. Sho and Takagi had some really goos exchanges.
Number seven is BUSHI. They have the NJPW ring announcer doing the Japanese star's announcements. BUSHI and Takagi teamed up on Sho.
Number eight Yoh. Yoh nailed a nice flying elbow. Beer City Bruiser was tossed out.
Number nine was Coast to Coast's Shaheem Ali. Everyone battled.
Number ten is Rhett Titus. He entered the ring and blew everyone off to do muscle poses. Ali went to grab him but was struck by Titus, who went back to the poses. King nailed him with a kick.
Number eleven is LSG from Coast 2 Coast. He battled with Roppongi 3K.
Number twelve was Taguchi.
Number thirteen was Will Ferrara.
Number fourteen was Chase Owens, who got a BIG reaction. Lots of "Too Sweet" chants. He nailed an inverted atomic drop on Taguchi.
Number fifteen was Rocky Romero, who got a big reaction as well. He faced off with Taguchi, then began whipping out clotheslines on everyone he could. This set up a spot where everyone in succession killed BUSHI with clotheslines in the corner. BUSHI was then dumped over.
Number sixteen is Brian Milonas. Cheeseburger was tossed but saved by his partners. Fale wiped them out.
Number 17 is Bad Luck Fale. He faced off with Milonas. That's two big boys.
Number 18 is Jonathan Gresham. Titus was tossed.
Number 19 is Tracy Williams.
Number 20 is YOSHI-HASHI. Owens battled Suzuki with headbutts. What was he thinking? Everyone brawled.
Number 21 was PJ Black. Lots of bodies getting tossed left and right.
Number 22 was JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Huge pop. Liger clotheslined Milonas over the top. He began chopping away.
Number 23 was TK O'Ryan. He charged the ring and began battling with PJ Black. He tossed Black over the top but Black saved himself. Liger battled King.
Number 24 was Vinnie Marseglia. Tons of red balloons appeared from under the ring. The Kingdom tossed Williams over the top.
Number 25 was Delirious, who hit the ring and began stomping away.
Number 26 was The Stone Cold Pitbull, Tomohiri Ishii! Yes! The crowd chanted for him. He took out PJ Black.
Number 27 was Toru Yano. He came out and gave his spot to Colt Cabana. OK, that's pretty damn cool. The creowd LOVED this. Yano joined commentary. MSG chanted for Cabana. Everyone battled.
Number 28 was Hirooki Goto. He went right after Fale. Liger and others joined in and they all teamed to toss Fale over the top.
Number 29 HAKU! He returns to MSG. He grabbed Cabana in a nerve hold. Yano hit the ring to make the save.
Number 30 is THE GREAT MUTA! They showed tons of shots of fans SHOCKED and I mean SHOCKED in the crowd. There was a huge Holy sh** chant. Muta came out in this awesome monstrous outfit. Yano ripped off a buckle pad but accidentally hit Cabana. Cabana was tossed over. Yano was then tossed out, even though he wasn't in the match. Suzuki kicked Goto off. Ishii and Suzuki battled in the middle of the ring. It was awesome. Suzuki caught him with the hanging cross armbreaker over the ropes but was nailed and eliminated.
The Kingsdom worked over and tossed Cheeseburger. He got a big round of applause as he left. Haku was worked over by The Kingdom. They dumped Haku rudely over. Ishii double clotheslined them and worked over with headbutts but he too was tossed to the floor.
It's down to Liger and Muta vs. Kingdom. They were dispatched. It's down to Liger vs. Muta! This great. They battled back and forth but Kenny King, who had never been eliminated, hit the ring and tossed them each out. The crowd didn't like that! Lots of heel heat for that one.
Your winner, Kenny King!
King didn't have long to celebrate as Muta spewed him with the dreaded red mist.
Muta and Liger faced off. Muta left, leaving Liger in the ring. HUGE Thank you Liger chants. It was glorious.
Very fun Rumble with everyone having a moment to shine and be focused on. They built to the Liger entrance, which was absolutely amazing to see live. The Muta surprise was amazing! The Kingdom, Toru Yano, Colt Cabana, Tomohiri Ishii, Minoru Suzuki, Cheeseburger and more all had cool moments and of course King got the win and got to get the heat. Fun!
The merchandise stands are said to be absolutely insane with long lines by the way.
SUPERCARD OF HONOR
They blew up some pyro to open the show.
The announce team ran down the top matches for the show.
Ospreay was sent to the floor but ducked a clothesline. Cobb sent him into the rail but Ospreay went over into the crowd and dove off the barricade with a flying forearm smash. He hit a space flying tiger drop to the floor and nailed Cobb, who caught him and slammed him on the floor.
They returned to the ring, where they exchanged forearms. Cobb backdropped him onto the apron; Ospreay fought him off and springboarded into the ring. He was caught. They battled into the corner. Cobb picked him up for a superplex but held him in a delayed vertical suplex for ten seconds. He covered Ospreay for a two count.
Cobb hit a big Beel throw across the ring. The crowd chanted for Ospreay. Cobb worked over him but Ospreay made a comeback. He went for a rana but was caught and pulled into a bearhug. Ospreay nailed Cobb with forearms and punches.
Ospreay battled back, fighting off Cobb when he charged with kicks. He nailed a diving clothesline off the ropes for a two count. Ospreay went for a move. Cobb countered but Ospreay nailed several kicks. Cobb stopped that and tossed him with a rude exploder suplex. Cobb nailed a Fall Away Slam and followed up with a standing moonsault for a two count.
The crowd chanted for Ospreay. Other fans chanted for Cobb. They went face to face and battled back and forth. Cobb charged him but was kicked away. Ospreay nailed a great clothesline and a
combination of kicks. Cobb fired back with one of his own. Ospreay nailed a lariat, held on and nailed a Spanish Fly. That was impressive. He followed up with a glancing missile dropkick.
Ospreay missed a clothesline. Cobb went for Tour of the Islands but Ospreay countered into a sit down powerbomb for a two count. The fans chanted back and forth. Ospreay nailed a big kick to the head. He went for a move off the ropes but was tossed off. He nailed a big kick and landed on his feet, only to be lariated harshly to the mat.
Cobb went to the top but missed a big splash. Ospreay nailed a spinning kick to the head. He came off the ropes for the Ozcutter but was tossed into the corner. He bounced off and nailed the Ozcutter but Cobb kicked up at the LAST second. The crowd chanted, “That was three.”
Ospreay nailed a kick to the head and Cobb crumbled to the mat. Ospreay pulled Cobb over his shoulders and set him up in the corner, trapping his head in the turnbuckle and kicked him in the face. They continued battling until Cobb nailed the Tour of the Islands off the ropes for the pin.
Your winner and NEW NEVER Openweight Champion AND STILL ROH TV Champion, Jeff Cobb!
This was just a fantastic, hard-hitting, fast paced bout. Really impressive showing by each competitor.
They showed WAL Champion Michael Todd at ringside.
#G1Supercard is the trending #2 worldwide. Kenny King is #9 worldwide.
Dalton Castle vs. Rush.
Rush started out fast and KILLED Castle with a series of dropkicks in the corner and nailed a big clothesline and pinned Castle.
Your winner, Rush!
I don’t think anyone expected that squash!
Castle was upset after and blew off the Boys when they tried to console him. They tried to set up for him to sit on them but instead he attacked them and nailed one with the Bangarang.
Mandy Leon joined the announcing team.
They showed footage of Juice Robinson having been laid out in the back.
Coverage continues on Page 2!
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