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We are the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas for the Ring of Honor Zero Hour, the Final Battle You Tube Pre-show. It looks to be a packed card with 12 announced matches between t he pre show and the Pay Per View.
Our Commentary team is Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman.
Máscara Dorada vs. Jeff Cobb
Both of these men work for New Japan in New Japan Strong.
The Code of Honor is adhered to.
They start by running the ropes, neither getting an advantage. They move to the outside where Cobb shows his strength, and hits a stalling vertical suplex where he slams Dorada into the ring post while holding him in the suplex position. Cobb returns him to the ring and starts to work over Dorada’s back. Dorada hits a series of slaps that do nothing, and Cobb hits a single slap that drops Dorada.
Cobb charges into the corner and Dorada gets a drop toe hold. Dorada then gets a series of high flying attacks ending with a twisting and turning flip over the top. He returns Cobb to the ring and hits a senton from the top rope for a two count.
Cobb is able to stop the high flying attacks by grabbing Dorada form the top and slam him for a two count and then a moonsault for a two count. He tries for Tour of the Islands, and Dorada reverses for a two count. Cobb takes a kick to the head and punches Dorada before his next attack. They go to the second rope and Dorada gets a bulldog for a two count.
They run the ropes and Cobb grabs Dorada when he tries for a pop up power bomb. Cobb gets the Aloha Means Goodbye slam for the pin and the win.
Winner: Jeff Cobb
Jericho Appreciation Society (Angelo Parker and Matt Menard) vs. Shinobi Shadow Squad (Cheeseburger and Eli Isom)
Caprice says this is what this PPV is about. The Sports Entertainers against the stars of Ring of Honor who are wrestlers.
Parker and Isom shake hands.
Isom gets a quick headlock takeover for a two count. Parker and Parker trade blows and Cheeseburger tags in. Parker demands a handshake and Cheeseburger pauses before the shake, and when Parker goes for a kick, Burger grabs his foot. They fight a bit and Menard tags in. They double team burger when a back breaker, knee strike combination. Menard pounds on Burger in the corner while jawing with the crowd. Parker tags in for a snap suplex and a two count.
Parker and Menard tag in and out, keeping Burger in their corner. Burger finally crawls between their legs to tag in Isom, who cleans house. Isom and Burger go for the Shote (?), but Parker pulls down the rope so that Burger has to go to the outside. JAS hits a double DDT on Isom and cover for the pin and the win.
Winners: Jericho Appreciation Society.
Willow Nightingale vs. Trish Adora
Nice reaction for Willow.
Code of Honor is adhered to.
They lock up collar and elbow and then go to the mat with Willow in control. Trish is able to head scissor Willow and then does Push ups while hold Willow. Willow reverses it and waves at the crowd in the same position Trish did push ups in. They get to their feet and go down again. They run the ropes and go shoulder to shoulder and neither drop. The second time, Willow drops Trish.
Willow comes off the ropes with a full body press into a two count. Willow then attacks Trish in the corner, and Trish is able to break out and get a Northern Lights suplex for a two count. Willow then is able to get an enziguiri and both women are down. As they get up, Willow blocks the lariat and Willow lays in the chops. She tosses Trish to the middle of the ring and gets a shotgun drop kick from the second rope. Willow gets a two count.
Trish is able to get Willow up, his a shoulder breaker and holds on, turning it into a stretch hold. The strength here is in impressive. Willow escapes, but Trish is able to get a suplex into a bridge for a two count. Trish keeps up the pressure with chops and charges in the corner. As Trish moves for another charge, Willow hits the pounce. Willow hits the power bomb for the pin and the win.
Winner: Willow Nightingale
The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennet) vs. Top Flight (Darius Martin and Dante Martin)
It’s a conspiracy that The Kingdom are on the pre-show and not the main show.
Code of Honor is adhered to.
Dante starts out with Bennett. Taven jumps Dante and Bennett attacks Dairus, and they use quick tags to work over Dante. Darius is able to tag in after Dante gets a drop kick, and he starts working with Taven. It’s time for Dante and Darius to use quick tags. This is a quick paces match with kicks and flips. Darius gets a two count and things slow down.
He tags in Dante and Dante gets a snap mare, a kick and a cover or one. Things speed up again and the Kingdom starts hitting double team moves on Dante. Dante is able to escape the Proton Pack and tag in Darius so they are doing double team work on Bennett. Maria distracts Darius for Kingdom to take him down and Bennett is able to go work in the corner. Taven tags in and he takes over, but misses just the tip of the knee.
Bennett tags in and they set Darius across Taven’s knees for a drop from the top by Bennett for a two count. Bennett is able to catch a wrist lock during a sequence and holds Darius in the middle of the ring. Darius bridges out and Bennett slaps him back down. They then trade slaps in the middle of the ring until Darius is able to slap Bennett down, who evens it up with a poke to the eyes. Darius gets a Spanish Fly and both men are down.
Dante comes in and does Taven, and Dante has a flurry of offense ending with a standing back flip. Darius is tagged in and gets a pair of two counts, the second broken up by Bennett driving Dante into the pin. Bennett tags in and they get a series of splashes in the corner and then a Spicoli Driver into a tip of the knee for a two count.
Darius is able to reverse a pile driver by flipping Bennett out of the ring so it’s time for a series of leaps and dives. Dante is the ring and Maria tries to distract, and as the ref yells at her, she grab the ref amnd she. Is. Outta Here.
Kingdom tries for a double team move, but Dante knocks Taven off the top. Dante is able to get a top rope flipping DDT as Darius holds Bennett, and it’s time for Top Flight to get the pin and the win.
Winners: Top Flight
The Pay Per View has started and it’s time for the first match!
Blake Christian and A. R. Fox vs. La Facción Ingobernable (Dralístico and Rush)
Dralístico tosses his clothing at Blake and we have NO code of honor.
Blake and Dralístico start off with arm bars and wrist locks. They move to running the ropes and neither go down with shoulder tackles the first times, but after the second, Blake is dropped. They move to take downs and popping up. Blake calls for a handshake and it’s ignored and he gets a slap instead.
Rush and Fox tag in. They start by slapping and chopping each other. Rush finally drops Fox with a punch. Fox is able to get a kick to the back of Rush’s head and Blake is tagged in. Rush is able to take Blake out of the ring and tosses him repeatedly into barricades. Rush grabs the cords and chokes Blake on the floor. Dralístico slams Fox into the steel stairs on the other side of the ring.
In the ring again, Dralístico beats down Blake in the corner. Taking Blake to his corner, Rush and Dralístico work him over with quick tags. They keep Blake down as the mime kicking a football. After Dralístico pulls him up, Blake is able to get a suplex so that he can make the tag to Fox. Fox gets a series of kicks, but it’s all stopped with Rush coming into the ring and taking him down with chops. Fox is able to get Dralístico out of the ring, and Blake tosses Rush out of the ring so it’s dive time.
Fox sets Dralístico on the top, but when he leaps up, Rush pulls him down. Blake tries to leap into Rush and Rush tosses him into the barricade. Fox is tossed into the ring for Dralístico to cover for a two and Blake comes in late with a 450 from the top. Fox gets a sling blade flatliner, and Blake gets a leaping DDT and Fox follows with a 450 for a cover and a three count.
Winners: Blake Christian and A. R. Fox
Fox thought it was a 2 and was questioning until the ref told him it was three and he won. Rush and Dralístico attack them after the bell with chairs. Rush and Dralístico leave when they feel they have done enough damage.
Mercedes Martinez (ROH Women’s World Champion) vs. Athena
Mercedes starts with a punch to the face and then stomps Athena down in the corner. Athena fights her way out of the corner and then start battling in the middle of the ring with chops and forearms. Athena turns the tide with a poke to the eye and then beats her down into the corner. Athena does a series fo flips and then stops to give Mercedes a backhand. They go to the middle of the ring where Mercedes gets a spine buster and a two count.
Mercedes locks on a read chinlock from a kneeling position to get more leverage. Athena gets out with elbow strikes. Athena trips Mercedes into the second rope. She then drives Mercedes into the mat and goes to the top. Mercedes kicks Athena to stop her. They fight on the top and whenever Mercedes gets an advantage, they crowd boos her loudly.
After they fight back and forth, Athena is able to pull Mercedes off the top and slam her. She then hits a super kick and covers Mercedes for two. Athena keeps waistlock on but Mercedes escapes with a strike in the jaw and then hits a half and half suplex and a t-bone slam next. Then a stalling brain buster and a two count. Mercedes locks in a Texas cloverleaf with Athena on her stomach. Athena is able to get into the ropes.
They go to the top and Athena is able to slam Mercedes into the apron. Athena pulls her to the floor and tosses her into the barricade. Athena charges and no one is home. They keep fighting and Mercedes is first back in the ring and she bows to the boos from the crowd.
Athena gets into the ring and gets a quick rollup for two and Mercedes is able to take Athena down and clotheslines her down. Mercedes starts to set up for the brass city sleeper, but Athena fights her way free. The each dump each other over, and when Athena covers, Mercedes goes into the ropes for the break. Athena loses her cool and pulls off the turnbuckle corner.
Athena goes for a pop up power bomb and Mercedes blocks it and covers for two. Athena is then able to shove Mercedes into the exposed turnbuckle. Athena hits the O face for the pin and the win.
Winner and New Women’s ROH Champion: Athena
Coverage continues on Page 2!
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