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8/21 RING OF HONOR GLORY BY HONOR NIGHT TWO REPORT

 

Welcome to the (once again) delayed coverage of Ring of Honor's Glory by Honor, night 2.  I really wish I could say a huge concert kept me from live coverage.  Dedicating this report to cousin Vic, who wasn't a wrestling fan by any means but loved my enthusiasm.  

Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman are calling all the action at the 23...errr, ECW Arena and we're kicking things off right away

Danhausen vs. Dalton Castle

The Fanhausens love their Danhausen. PCO and Slege, 2/3rds of Danhausen's new trio, were accidentally sent to Philadelphia, MS (maybe they can visit Uncle Elmer's boyhood home).  NOBODY in ROH does an entrance like Castle.  He's accompanied by the V neck t shirt clad boys.  Dak Draper joins the booth as the Mile High Magnum has had his issues with Castle. Danhausen looks really fit for a guy weighing at least 300lbs.  Danhausen compliments Todd Sinclair on his weight loss.  Unfortunately for Todd, it is actually Joe Mandack as the third man in the ring for this one.  

These guys have done a lot in this match without actually touching.  This one is a real personality test and these 2 are passing it with flying colors.  As the action gets underway, it's all Danhausen at the get-go, which brings Draper out to help Castle.  The distraction puts Castle in firm control which leads to a big Raspberry to the belly.  This fires up Danhausen, who scores a trio of German Suplexes.

Draper has since returned to the booth.  Danhausen goes for the teeth, Castle knocks the teeth to the ground and the Boys (aka the Baby Chicks) slide into the ring and stark pecking at the teeth.  I swear to god I didn't make that up.  Danhausen with a spare set of teeth (again, not making that up) pours it into Castle's mouth.  Makes no difference as Castle applies the Bangarang for the pin.

WINNER: Dalton Castle

You can't say that wasn't....different.  As a comedy and personality matchup, this was fun.

Josh Woods has joined the booth for the following match.

Pure Rules: World Famous CB vs. LSG

Code of Honor adhered to.  One fall, 15 minute time limit.  Lockup, we get a clean break, another lockup, standing switch into a front facelock by LSG, CB escapes.  LSG blocks a single leg attempt but CB with an amateur takedown into a side headlock.  LSG blocks the takedown and immediately applies the Muta lock.  CB quickly uses his first rope break.  CB with an arm drag, he wrenches down into an arm twist and stands on LSG's back to apply more pressure.  LSG has to use his mouth to bite the rope and cause his first rope break.  Rollup for 2 by LSG.  Stomps to the head by LSG.  Ken Dixon comes out and takes control of the booth.  Caprice at first gets in his face, as does Woods and Dixon backs off.  Commentary goes mute for a few moments

5 minutes have elapsed.

Big forearm by CB followed by an exchange of elbows.  LSG misses a corner charge and CB with a running knee.  Dragon Suplex for 2 by CB.  LSG actually used rope break #2.  SHOTEI by CB, LSG uses his third break to stop the count. Ace Crusher and Rockabye Baby by LSG and he scores the pin.

WINNER: LSG

CB with an angry post match code of honor.

We go to Quinn McKay backstage, she has bad news for Mark Briscoe.  Jay can't compete and if Mark can't find a partner, his match is off the show.  Oddly in the background, the Mecca Brian Johnson is complaining loudly about not being booked on tonight's show. Briscoe tells him he's booked.  Quinn congratulates him and the Mecca tells her to get bent.

ROH Board of Directors Member and head of the Women's Division, Maria Kannellis Bennett has joined the booth.

Alize and Rok-C vs. Chelsea Green and Willow

I'm glad to see the women getting a spotlight here. I really like how ROH is bringing their women's division back and not afraid to put some up and comers in the spotlight.  Speaking of women's wrestling, don't forget the NWA presents their All Womens' Empowerrr show next week on FITE TV from the famed Chase Ballroom.  Green comes off like a huge star in terms of presence and how she acts.  Willow is having a lot of fun on the intros also.  Alize is a great mix of technichal and Lucha, Rok-C looks like a star and Willow's got a ton of personality and great timing.  Green's wrist is still casted.  Makes me wonder about her situation. A tag match is a great way to have her involved without 100% of the risks.

The only thing that confuses me here is that there's no issue, so it makes it a little confusing in figuring out whether Rok-C and Alize are supposed to be heels in this.  It's a little thing, but it makes a difference.  Willow with a big pounce to Alize. Rok-C gets the blind tag and tries an armdrag.  Willow blocks it and nails a suplex. Rok slips out and nails a Mexican armdrag from the top.  Alize kicks Green to the floor and she and Rok-C nail a pair of tope suicidas. Green is able to get the tag and nails a top rope dropkick on Rok-C.  Chelsea quickly gives up the ring to Willow.  Willow with an avalanche. She tags Green in and slams her on to Rok-C for 2. Rok-C eats a German suplex but rebounds to nail a running knee.  Both women get tags off.  Alize and Willow exchange forearms but Alize is able to hit a running elbow and a bulldog for 2.  Rok-C gets the blind tag and nails Willow with a high cross body for 2.  Willow eliminates ALize and hits a cannonball and misses a moonsault to Rok-C.  Rok-C with a destroyer and scores the pin on Willow.

WINNERS: Rok-C and Alize

Code of Honor adhered to.  Nice showcase for the women, very solid and entertaining match.

ROH World Six Man Championship: Shane Taylor Promotions (Champions), Shane Taylor, Moses & Kaun w/O'Shay Edwards and Ron Hunt vs. Incoherence (Delirious, Hollowicked & Frightmare) w/Ultra Mantis Black

This has the potential to be really weird.  Black has joined the commentary booth (seems to be a recurring theme tonight).  I'll always credit ROH's six man division since its inception in 2016.  It'd be easy for them to put a tag team and single together and just push the belts that way (and there've been champions like that to be sure, The Briscoes and Bully Ray come to mind). Instead, they've really made these 3 man teams like Shane T Promotions, Bullet Club, Mexisquad and Villain Enterprises really mean something.

Moses and Taylor are deceptively fast. Taylor with the realest looking punch you'll ever see to Frightmare.  Match actually has a much more serious tone than I honestly thought it would, given the Incoherence gimmick.  STP, no matter the situation, is always going to lend a huge air of credibility.  I'm curious to see if Kenny King gets involved, continuing the Taylor v King storyline.  BTW huge props to the guy in Vegas last night with the huge KENNY KING banner.  Man, when Moses, Kaun or Taylor connect, they look like they do it bad intentions.  Delirious with a misdirection criss cross, nails Kaun with a big lariat.  Delirious with frog slapsh gets a 2.9999 on Taylor.  Taylor finally puts away the game Frightmare with Greetings From the 216/Marcus Garvey Driver away

WINNERS AND STILL ROH WORLD SIX MAN CHAMPIONS: Shane Taylor Promotions

Champions and challengers with the Code of Honor

It's official!  Shane Taylor Promotions vs. La Faccion Ingobernoble for the Six Man Titles at Death Before Dishonor

ECIII greets Taylor at the top of the stage and they share a staredown.  ECIII joins the booth.

Demonic Flamita & Flip Gordon vs. Mark Briscoe & Brian Johnson

Gordon is, of course, coming off of a great match against Bandido last night.  Briscoe comes out solo, hopefully this'll give the Mecca some quality mic time.  He's got the mic and still wants ECIII in the ring.  He's loving this homecoming.  Johnson is as fired up as I've ever seen a wrestler.  We've got a really interesting matchup here.  It's Johnson's hometown and the crowd is solidly behind him.  Flamita and Bandido look to be on a collision course after last night.  Flip has lost his last 2 matches and need a win.  Briscoe is a made man in ROH.

Great moment as Briscoe goes to clothesline Gordon on the outside. Gordon ducks Briscoe swings at nothing, screams "OH SH**" and eats a Flamita corkscrew.  Gordon seems to have no love for Flamita (he IS a Mercenary) but he is enjoying the heck out of verbally tormenting Briscoe.  Johnson gets the hot tag, he's clearly the crowd favorite here as he nails a big fistdrop to Gordon.  As all 4 brawl in the ring, Briscoe and Johnson nail a double clothesline but then collide.  Briscoe and Johnson argue and the Mecca storms off. I was worried that Johnson was turning babyface this weekend.  

Gordon slides a chair to Flamita and he refuses to use it.  Flamita and Gordon brawl and as the referee tries to seperate them, Mark hits the Jay Driller on the chair to Gordon for the pin.

WINNERS: Mark Briscoe & Brian Johnson

SO Johnson gets the W despite walking off.  PJ Black comes out to check on Gordon, who seems to be selling the neck.  Gordon rolls out on his own so he seems legitimately OK.  Not sure if that was a planned spot but there seemed to be some genuine concern for Gordon.

Kenny King has joined the booth.  This may be the only show in history to have had a different guest commentator for each match.

VLNCE UNLTD (Brody King, Chris Dickinson, Tony Deppen and Homicide) vs. The Foundation (Jonathan Gresham, Jay Lethal, Tracey Williams and Rhett Titus)

Great to see Hot Sauce back in action after getting hit by a car. I'm guessing The Foundation won't this permit this to one denigrate into a Philadelphia Street Fight.  I'd actually love to see them frustrate VLNCE UNLTD by forcing this to be technichal.  The Code of Honor is adhered to.  Tony Deppen is super popular

• Titus and Deppen kick things off with some chain wrestling, Titus with a headlock
• Deppen reverses and they exchange shoulder tackles.  Titus with a headlock takedown
• Foundation is definitely giving VLNCE UNLTD a different look than LFI gave them last night.
• Single leg takedown by Deppen, he misses a splash and Titus goes back to the headlock
• Brody King tags and demands Gresham.  Titus obliges and the Pure Champion comes in
• Lethal isn't having any of it and tags himself in, presumably to get revenge for the PPV bout.
• Homicide tags in as both teams are playing a little mental chess.  The two former ROH World Champions exchange. Lethal gets the better of it until Dickinson tags in, as does Tracey Williams.  Kenny King on commentary wants air quotes around the word accident when Ian referenced the recent accident Williams had.  
• Dickinson dominates the power game with shoulder blocks and a big boot to the face
• Dickinson climbs the ropes but gets armdragged off.  Lethal tags in.
• Deppen tag in and lays the chops and forearms in.  Lethal snatches a headlock and tags in Gresham, who nails a German Suplex on Deppen.
• Titus tags in and grabs a leg of Deppen.  He tags in Williams, who nails a running knee.
• Gresham is back in and locks in an armbar with his leg and slams Deppens leg into the mat
• Foundation tags in and out, continuously working over Deppen's leg.
• This is the EXACT opposite of the Philly Street fight, yet great in it's own way
• Lethal and Gresham with the most smooth Combo Cutter you'll ever see to Deppen.  Homicide tries to intervene but gets tossed out.   Deppen and Gresham exchange hard forearms
• Cutter by Lethal allows Gresham to hit a 450 for 2 on Deppen
• Figure 4 by Gresham, Brody King with the save. He drags Deppen to his corner and tags himself in.
• It's Brody Kind annihilating the Foundation with cannonballs, elbows and a huge lariat
• Brody and Gresham are finaly face to face and exchange palm strikes. This is custom made for King, who dazes Gresham.  Brody throws Gresham to the apron and Dickinson DVD's him through a table.
• Deppen tags in and King and Homicide hit an assisted Cutter.  Deppen scores a 2 count.
• Now it's broken down into a brawl, 8 way style.
• Back in the ring, Lethal nails the Lethal Injection on Deppen for the pin.

WINNERS: The Foundation

Fantastic Match.

VLNCE UNLTD attack Lethal.  King hits the Gonzo Bomb, Homicide hits the 187.  Dickinson hits Titus with a running powerslam to Titus.  The Foundation may have won the match, but the battle clearly goes to VLNCE UNLTD.

Dickinson challenges anyone, especially someone with a Pure background to a match.

Silas Young has joined the booth.  He is not happy with the Luchador invasion of ROH, especially Rey Horus.

Rey Horus and Bandido vs. Dragon Lee & Rush

I'm thinking this match may go a long way in determining Bandido's challenger at Death Before Dishonor.  Like I said before, it seems like Demonic Flamita is staking his claim to a title shot but Rush has that genuine air of badass legitimacy.  It actually seems odd to see him without the ROH World Title.  Bandido and Horus HAVE to know not to turn their backs on LFI.  LFI attacks and maybe Rush takes things too far as Lee pulls him off Bandido. The brothers argue but come to an understanding.  I really do appreciate the effort LFI makes to coordinate their outfits.  Makes them seem more legit and cohesive as a unit.  Horus is just taking a hell of a beating here.

Ian Riccaboni mentions that ROH sold out both nights of the allotted tickets at the 2300 Arena.  If that's accurate, that's great for ROH.  It's been one heck of a wrestling weekend with more to come later Sunday with Takeover.

Bandido finally takes the ring after Horus is ejected by LFI (these are Lucha rules).  Rush and Lee hit stereo topes on Horus and Bandido.  Silas and Ian put over the bar at 2300 Arena.  Bandido with a Spanish Fly off the top on Lee but Rush slams Bandido on his head. he co main event here is giving us one heck of fast paced action.  Bandido and Lee with a big exchange that leads to an X-Knee by Bandido.  Lee immediately responds with a knee of his own.

Lee flips over the 21 Plex and nails a running knee for 2.  Horus has to make the save. Horus DDTs Rush and Lee successively.  Horus misses a dive to Rush on the outside and Rush nails him with a big forearm for 2.  Rush is selling the knee or ankle.  Rush gets thrown into Lee, who is able to nail a double stomp to Horus anyway.  Lee takes out Bandido.  Rush nails Horus with the Bulls Horns for the pin.

WINNERS: Rush and Dragon Lee

Lee and Bandido show some respect to each other.

Rush is limping pretty badly.

Mike Bennett has joined the booth.  We are a perfect 8 for 8 in guest commentators tonight.

Steel Cage: Vincent vs Matt Taven 

Special stipulation: If Vincent wins, he wins Taven's ROH World Title shot.  Victory can be obtained here by pinfall, submission or escape with both feet touching the floor. The cage door doesn't look very sturdy.  Vincent attacks as Taven approaches the ring.  Taven slams the door on a diving Vincent.  Taven sends Vincent into the post while the ring crew works on the door.  Vincent reverses a whip and sends Taven into the rail.  Taven backdrops him into the crowd.  Taven dives at him but Vincent has a chair handy.  The brawl heads into the bleachers.  I think I see a bench with a "Mike Johnson sat here" tag (I kid).  Action spills to the stage, where Vincent hits a belly to back.  We're easily 5-7 minutes in and we haven't got into the cage yet.  Taven introduces a table or 2 to the festivities. Vincent with a Russian Leg sweep into the cage and he starts slamming Taven's head into the structure.  Vincent drives Taven into the rail and throws him into the ring.  Vincent slams the door on Taven's head and enters the cage and secures it with a chain.  We are now underway.  Vincent tosses the key into the crowd. 

They trade DDT attempts and Taven with a dropkick to Vincent's knee.  Neckbreaker off the top by Taven.  Vincent rolls away from a running knee but it backfires as Vincent can't back up and further and just eats a series on knees.  Vincent blocks the climax but gets backdropped into the cage.  Vincent applies a desperation guillotine.  Taven tries to back Vincent into the cage but is fading.  Low blow by Taven, totally legal here.  Taven looks to escape but Vincent with a side effect off the second rope for 2. They're trading throws into the cage.  Kick of the King by Taven for 2.  Bateman comes to ringsid and slips some barbed wire into the ring.  This brings out Bennett from the booth and now they're brawling on the outside.  Vincent sets the barb wire against the wall of th ecage.  Bennett and Bateman continue their brawl as Bennett nails a T Bone into the rail.

Vincent draws first blood by raking him against the barb wire.  Philly is not happy with Vincent as Taven wears the warm crimson mask.  Vincent goes for side effect but Taven sends him into the cage.  Taven wraps some barb wire on Vincents head.  He gets about 6 rotations above his head and now it's Vincent busted open above the eye.  Taven rips the wire off of Vincent's head.  Taven, earlier in the night, hid an axe in the ring skirt and rips the axe across Vincent's head.  This is gruesome.

Vita Von Starr tosses a bag into the ring.  Taven intercepts it and we all know what it is.  Vita climbs to the top and accidentally cross bodys Vincent.  And here come the thumbtacks.  Von Starr charges but gets backdropped right on to the tack pile.  She eats an accidental boot from Vincent.  Taven with the Climax on to the tacks for 2.  A huge "ROH" chant breaks out.  Taven to the top of the cage and he channels in inner Jimmy Snuka and completely misses.  Side Effect for 2 by Vincent.  Here comes Dutch.  Taven blocks a Redrum dive.  Dutch climbs the cage but Taven kicks him off and Dutch crashes through the table.  Vincent hits a cutter off the top and scores the pin.

WINNER: Vincent

This was one hell of a brawl. Great way to end a weekend of ROH Wrestling.  Go out of your way to watch this one.

 

 

 

 

 

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