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RUSH VS. BANDIDO FOR ROH TITLE & MORE: COMPLETE RING OF HONOR BEST IN THE WORLD PPV COVERAGE

They aired a ShopHonor.com commercial.

Kenny King joined the announcers.

With Jay Lethal out, Jonathan Gresham was asked by Rhett Titus to help him defend the ROH Tag Team titles later.

ROH TV Champion Tony Deppen vs. Dragon Lee with Bestia del Ring.

They went right after each other at the bell.  Lot of hard physicality and aggression.  Deppen missed a sliding kick to the outside.  They brawled.  Lee was sent into the barricade but fired back with a big boot.  Deppen nailed him with a big suplex on the floor.  Deppen hit a dive into a sunset flip bomb on the floor and it was SCARY.

He tossed Lee into the ring and wiped him out with a big lariat.  He peppered Lee in the corner with strikes and went across the ring to prepare for a charge but Lee followed and dropkicked him in the face.  Lee then charged across the ring with a big running dropkick to the face.  The crowd chanted for Lee.  Deppen fought him off in the corner but was drilled and left hanging outside the ring.  Lee nailed a double stomp off the top on Deppen, driving him to the apron outside.  Deppen was dumped back in the ring and shocked Lee with a small package for a two count.

Lee nailed a powerbomb for a two count.  The crowd went back and forth with dueling chants.  They continued to kill each other with suplexes and strikes.  Lee nailed a Poisonrana but Deppen returned with a leaping knee strike.  They were out on the mat, exhausted.  The crowd chanted, "This is awesome."  They recovered to their knees and exchanged forearms.  They battled back and forth, making their way to their feet, drilling each other with big shots.

Lee scored a big pump kick but was drilled as he rebounded off the ropes.  Lee came back with the Dragon Driver for a near fall.  Kenny King joined them at ringside.  Lee nailed a ripcord knee strike and nailed a series of knees to the face.  Deppen refused to say die and kept firing back but was caught with a big lariat....then kicked up at one.

Lee nailed a sit-down powerbomb and set up for his Incinerator running knee.  He connected and scored the pin.

Your winner and new ROH TV Champion, Dragon Lee!

Another hard fought bout with an intensity that made you believe they were out to fight and take out the other.

Homicide and Chris Dickinson hit the ring to protect Deppen from La Faccion.

ROH Tag Team Champions The Foundation charged the ring.  It's time for the Fight Without Honor.

ROH Tag Team Champions Jonathan Gresham & Rhett Titus of The Foundation vs. Violence Unlimited's Homicide & Chris Dickinson - Fight Without Honor

They all brawled.  Titus nailed a drop toehold and then a bulldog into a chair on Homicide.  Titus went to the top but Dickinson shoved him off the top and through the chair.  Gresham whipped Dickinson into the ring barrier.  Gresham locked Homicide into an abdominal stretch.  He nailed a dropkick that sent Homicide to the floor.

Homicide and Rhett battled atop the timekeeper's table.  Titus nailed a Falcon's Arrow through the table, which looked great.  Inside the ring, Dickinson attacked Gresham and choked him with ring tape.  Dickinson worked over Gresham's arm and stomped on it.  He continued to ground and pound away on Gresham.   Titus and Homicide fought to regain their composure on the floor.

Dickinson went to rebound off the ropes, but Titus smashed him across the back.  Titus went to the top but Homicide drilled him and nailed an Ace Crusher off the top into the ring.  Gresham kicked Dickinson but Homicide lariated him.  Titus powerslammed Homicide for a two count.  Titus nailed Dickinson with a dropkick with a chair.  He then nailed an overhead suplex on Homicide with a chair.  Gresham locked Homicide in an Octopus and drilled him with elbows to the head but Dickinson slammed Titus into them.

Homicide and Dickinson double-teamed Gresham.  Dickinson held him for a Homicide kick to the face and locked on a STF.  Gresham fought to make it to the ropes but Homicide slid a table in the ring.  Homicide pulled out a fork and was going to use it but Titus grabbed him for a gutwrench suplex, then attacked Dickinson.  The crowd chanted they wanted blood.    Titus set up a table in the ring and placed Dickinson on the ropes.  They battled on the buckles.  Dickinson low blowed him and nailed a superbomb through the table.

Dickinson was taken out by Gresham but Homicide attacked him and nailed the Gringo Killer for the pin.

Your winners and new ROH Tag Team Champions Homicide and Chris Dickinson!

This was the brawl you expected it to be.  Gresham put in a hell of an effort tonight and everyone else busted their asses.  

Maria Kanellis-Bennett came out and revealed the ROH World Women's title tournament.  She introduced the returning Lenny Leonard.  The tournament will kick off 7/30 on ROH TV and will feature the following first round matches:

*Sumie Sakai vs. Rok-C

*Chelsea Green vs. Mandy Leon.

*Max the Impaler vs. Holidead

*Angelina Love receives a first round bye and will face the winner of:

*Alize vs. Alex Gracia.

*Mazzerati vs. Nicole Savoy.

*Allysin Kay (Sienna) vs. Willow Nightingale.

*Marti Belle vs. Trish Adora.

Kanellis introduced WWE and Impact Wrestling star Chelsea Green as replacing Vita Von Starr in the tournament.   Green cut a promo and said she was coming for every single thing she was told she couldn't have and needed to prove to every fan and to herself that she's good enough to be the best.  She came to ROH to wrestle, broken arm and all but the Maryland Athletic Commission wouldn't let her wrestle tonight.  She said that she's going to sit ringside and study every woman until she's cleared and allowed to wrestle and then prove she should be in the best Women's Division.  Green said her cast is a reminder that she is unstoppable.  She said in one month, when the cast is off, she's going to take the ROH Women's division to the forefront of wrestling.

ROH Champion Rush vs. Bandido.

Rush attacked Bandido and nailed him with the running dropkick in the corner.  He dumped Bandido to the floor and began trouncing him.  Bandido was sent into the guard rail and then smashed with the door of the barrier.  He choked Bandido with a production wire and tossed him back into the ring.  Bandido tried to fight back but Rush just stomped the hell out of him.  Rush continued to beat Bandido and sent him to the floor, where he smashed him with a chair.

Bandido finally came to life and drilled Rush into the baricades.  He nailed a flip dive to the outside, taking the champion down again.  He toss Rush back into the ring and nailed a shooting star press off the top for a close two count.  He went for a Torture Rack into a knee strike but Rush blocked it.  Bandido shocked him with a Crucifix Bomb for a two count.  Rush cut him off and sent him flying over and into the buckles with an overhead throw suplex.

Bandido was sent up and over but landed on his feet and nailed an enziguiri.  He went for a move but was kicked in mid-air and sent to the floor.  Rush nailed a big tope con hilo over the top to the floor.  Rush pulled a table out from under the ring.  He set it up then went after the time keeper's table at well, putting it next to the other table.  He tossed Bandido onto the apron.  Rush went for a superplex but Bandido blocked it and superkicked Rush, stunning him.  Bandido charged but Rush grabbed him for an overhead suplex, sending them both crashing through the tables below.

They were almost counted out but Rush returning and then Bandido made it back in at the last second.  Rush was caught with a series of back suplexes.  Rush was hit with a pop-up cutter but it was a glancing one.  They battled back and forth with forearms.   Rush stomped him on the apron outside.  He pulled Bandido over the top with a suplex.  Rush went to the top but was met by Bandido.  Bandido superplexed him down to the mat.  Bandido went for the 21 Plex and nailed it but Rush kicked out at the last second.

Rush got into it with referee Todd Sinclair, which allowed Bandido to nail a forward roll and score the pin.

Your winner and new ROH Champion, Bandido!

Cary Silkin entered the ring to present the championship but La Faccion attacked Bandido. 

All four of them beat him down and stood above him after throwing the title belt down on him.

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