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ROH TV 3-23-13




We open with a replay of the end of the 11th Anniversary show and the McGuiness segment from last week.

Silas Young vs. Michael Elgin: Jay Lethal joins the commentators. They stall for a bit before locking up, Elgin sends Young into the corner and gives him a clean break. Brief chain wrestling sequence leads to Young getting the Boston crab, Elgin powers out of it but eats an elbow on a charge and a cris-cross ends with Young getting shoulderblocked to the outside. Elgin follows but gets nailed coming back in, Young tries to knock him off the apron but Elgin slingshots in with another shoulderblock for 2. Young takes out the leg and chokes Elgin on the middle rope, then works him over in the corner. A kick to the chest only gets a 1 count and now Young gets pounded in the corner, a blind charge misses and Young goes back to the leg. He takes a pretty nasty forearm and Elgin German suplexes him into the corner. Seeing as how the ROH turnbuckle pads are about the size of couch cushions I think it would have been more effective to just do a standard German, but I’m not here to tell the guy how to do his job. Elgin hits some more forearms and some chops and clotheslines in the corner. Oklahoma gets 2, but the deadlift German is reversed into a victory roll. Second attempt lands for 2, Young comes back with a Pedigree for 2, he gets a Samoan drop but misses an Arabian bodypress. Bucklebomb and the spinning sitout powerbomb finishes Young at 7:34. **1/2, solid but totally unremarkable match.

Charlie Hass is out next. Kelly: “Why would anyone ever give Charlie Haas a live microphone?” Good question. I guess Chicago Ridge is on the North side of Chicago, because the crowd boos when he mentions the Cubs but pops when he mentions the White Sox. He says that he turned on Shelton Benjamin because he’s been carrying him for 10 years and he’s sick of it. He also tells us that Haas/Benjamin is scheduled for Supercard of Honor, but Benjamin doesn’t have the stones to show up. He challenges anyone in the crowd or the locker room to come out and fight him, Grizzly Redwood answers.

Charlie Haas vs. Grizzly Redwood: Redwood attacks right away, Haas no-sells it and comes back with a big boot. Grizzly gets a rollup, and that’s the extent of his offense. Overhead belly to belly and the Haas of Pain ends it at 1:26. He won’t let go of the hold, so Mike Mondo makes his return to save him. I won’t even bother rating this.

Veda Scott is in the ring with Mondo and Redwood. Veda seems to have a thing for Mondo (lucky bastard), and the crowd picks up on it too with a “She wants Mondo” chant. He talks about how he came back in only 4 months because he’s in Beast Mode 24/7. And now here’s S.C.U.M. out of the crowd Shield style to jump Mondo and Redwood. Cliff Compton grabs Veda, Whitmer, Coleman, Alexander, and Mark Briscoe come out to try and make the save but don’t get in the ring. Corino wants next week’s show to be S.C.U.M. TV, Nigel McGuiness comes out and says he can get his wish if they let Veda go, Compton lets her loose. Hey, an invading faction getting their own TV show, where have I seen that? After the commercial McGuiness hops on the third commentary position to let us know that Veda is OK, he leaves and Corino is back out to introduce Matt Hardy, who also comes in through the crowd.

Matt Hardy vs. Adam Cole: There’s still nearly 20 minutes of show left, and considering that Hardy gets gassed after about 5 minutes I’m not sure it’s a good idea to give them that much time. Winner of this gets Matt Taven for the TV title at Supercard of Honor. A forearm battle starts us off, Cole hits a crossbody and throws punches, the ref pulls him off and Hardy clips his knee. Hardy plays to the crowd and Cole superkicks him to the outside and follows with a dive to the floor. Cole kicks his ass all around ringside and suplexes him on the floor, he heads back in to break the count and Hardy nails him as he heads back out. Cole sends him to the barricade and hits the Austin Thesz press from the apron. He gets the ringpost figure 4 but the ref makes him break the hold, he tries for the Panama Key but Hardy reverses it and sends him into the guardrail. Cole just barely beats the count back in and Hardy (who’s bleeding hardway from his back) punches away, Cole comes back with more forearms and a dropkick and we go to commercial.

Back from break Hardy hits a neckbreaker and a suplex for 2. He gets a Razor’s Edge and a foot choke in the corner, Side Effect gets 2. More punching from Hardy, but Cole no sells it and makes the comeback. Jumping enziguri (there it is!) and the Shining Wizard gets 2, missile dropkick for 2, and Cole stomps away in the corner. Fireman’s carry into a neckbreaker gets another near fall, but a crossbody off the top misses. Hardy gets the figure 4, Cole reverses and Hardy makes the ropes. Now Cole gets the figure 4, Hardy makes the ropes again. Cole tries the slingshot DDT on the apron but misses and goes face first to the floor. Hardy heads out and pulls up the mats to expose the “concrete”, but the Twist of Fate is reversed to the Florida Key, and here’s Rhino to Gore Cole for the DQ at 13:14. *1/2, better than the Final Battle match but that ending can go fuck itself. Coleman and Alexander make the save, the rest of S.C.U.M. and various ROH guys make their way out and everyone brawls to end the show.

Not a great show this week, to say the least. Next week: All S.C.U.M., all the time!

Comments

  1. I'm going to the NC live event "WAR" this Saturday. The card is Kevin Steen against Mark Briscoe with Jay in his corner for the ROH title, Michael Elgin vs. Adam Page, The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) vs Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander, reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) vs Alabama Attitude (Corey Hollis & Mike Posey) for the tag titles, ROH World TV Champion Matt Taven w/ Truth Martini vs. ACH vs Roderick Strong vs Jay Lethal with the winner getting a future TV title shot (no idea what happens if Taven wins), Rhett Titus vs BJ Whitmer, and not confirmed but more than likely happening Corino and Jacobs vs. Mondo and Redwood. Charlie Haas is also advertised and will probably wrestle one or two local talents. Sounds pretty good to be honest, really looking forward to my first live ROH event.

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  2. Sounds like a good card, though like most house shows you know who's going over in just about every match before you walk in the door. I wish ROH would give Buffalo another shot.

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  3. I'm curious to see how well the show will draw. So far this is the only ROH card set in the South.

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  4. Just a guess, but the Taven match could be Defy or Deny rules -- if he wins, none of the other three participants gets a title shot so long as he holds the belt.

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  5. Not a bad show. I like Silas Young every time I see him, even if all he did was get broken by Unbreakable this week. Matt Hardy went 13 minutes without looking like he was gonna collapse. (the ending was kinda necessary; can't job the heel in his first match with his new faction, and Cole already lost to him once) As for Haas......if I want to listen to a belligerent drunk talk shit that he can't back up, I got like 5 uncles I can look up. FIRE THIS MAN.

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  6. So ACH is winning.

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  7. According to the ROH website it's a proving ground match.

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  8. They have an upcoming show in San Antonio, which isn't exactly the South but still pretty far from their usual stomping grounds.

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  9. Just go to a 2CW show, they book a lot of ROH guys. I'm hoping to be at their first iPPV next month.

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  10. That ending just didn't make any sense to me. It would be different is there was nothing on the line, but Rhino screwed Hardy out of a shot at the title.

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  11. Where do they run shows?

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  12. If you saw Matt Hardy from a decent distance away standing nexr to Raven, would you honestly be able to tell the difference? I'm not sure most people could.

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  13. All over upstate. They're based out of Syracuse but they run in Watertown, Rome, Ithaca, Binghamton, Rochester, etc. I don't know whether they do shows in Buffalo directly but id imagine they will sometime, because I think they're growing into a top indie.

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  14. Problem is that Buffalo doesn't really have a suitable venue for an indy show outside of the ECC gym, which hasn't been used since ECW was around. TNA does shows at the ballpark and my local indy, ESW, does shows at a fire hall that holds about 150 max.

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  15. Hardy probably smells better. He can't stink any worse than Raven, guy has the hygiene of a homeless guy.

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  16. Yeah that makes NO sense when you think about it.

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  17. I'm debating getting tickets to that show. It's 90 minutes from me

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  18. I'm 3 hours from the NC ROH show but I've never been to one of their live events so I might as well. Plus I'm not going to be able to go to Chikara's debut in Georgia which will only be 40 MINUTES AWAY FROM ME. But I'm not bitter, no no.

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  19. Any idea what ROH tickets go for? I'd imagine they're pretty cheap.

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  20. I had a feeling I might have had that mixed up. Hockey and auto racing are my main sports, I'm not a baseball expert by any means, just a casual fan.

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  21. LOL AN ADAM CURRY REVIEW

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  22. IN OTHER NEWS; NEW JACK IS RETIRING

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  23. STILL WAITING ON THOSE TERRI RUNNEL NUDES, JACKY!

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  24. HONESTLY SHE WAS MY FAVORITE DIVA BACK IN THE DAY

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  25. HER HORNY NIPPLES, MAN

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  26. PLUS SHE ALWAYS HAD THAT ONE AWESOME BIKINI THAT SHE WOULD FLAUNT AROUND

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  27. I MASTURBATED SO MUCH TO THAT WOMAN

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  28. MANY PEOPLE SHAT ON DUSTIN WHEN HE WAS DRUNK OFF HIS ASS SINGING SONGS TO TERRI IN THE FLIGHT FROM HELL

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  29. DEM TITTTTTTTTTIES 8D

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  30. Also, seeing as you have mod status you want to to do me a favor and delete the 10 comments at the top of the page from that trolling fucking idiot? I would appreciate it.

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  31. LMAO.... Who are these jobbers?

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  32. I'll just say that I REALLY don't like the direction this company is going right now and leave it at that.

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  33. Oh, Matt, what happened to you?

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  34. Silas Young is actually a pretty decent worker and actually has a neat gimmick. The Last Real Man in Wrestling.

    But yeah, most of RoH is full of goons, hell, not even goons, mooks.

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  35. really, I'm looking foreword to RoH tv way more then I used to now, this is how an evil stable built.on destruction should be booked, they don't Have to win every battle (I'd suspect ROH wins at least one next week) but they appear strong. they also needed no talent, between Taven, ACH, the school boys, Young, the renewed partnership with Noah and others they should be set for awhile

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  36. Eh its just his gimmick, he wasn't being insulting or anything, gotta let it slide. Sorry yo.

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  37. Yeah I think ROH is in much better shape than last year. However I think WWE still has the best booked "invading" stable now even if the Shield technically don't want to destroy the company. A&8's just started getting good but we had to waid through 10 MONTHS OF CRAP to get there.

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  38. I think scum is what TNA wanted A&8's to be

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  39. hockey is your chief sport and no mention of Hass calling them "the redhawkes" just for the audience to correct him. Loved that

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  40. I took it that hardy had already lost when he got Florida key'd on the floor, so scum made it a draw to save face (and set up a triple threat?)

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  41. I was sold on that I-ppv as soon as I saw Edwards vs Morrison was on it. two of my favourites wrestling, it's awesome

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  42. Steen is 2CW world champ as well correct?

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  43. 70 dollars for ringside tickets and then 10 dollars less per row until you hit 20 dollar general admission tickets in what's left

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  44. and I take that back, but I swear that was a match that was booked--now it's Steen vs Morrison

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  45. Yeah that had been booked at one point. Matt hardy, spike dudley, masada and a few locals are all on it, plus maybe terry funk

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  46. That's more than I thought, but still pretty reasonable. That's in Canadian dollars, right?

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  47. Yep, and PWS champ.

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  48. Was it a draw? I didn't hear any official decision announced, so I just assumed Cole won by DQ.

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  49. It's a hell of a lot more interesting than what's going on in the WWE, I'll say that much. S.C.U.M. just reminds me of the nWo at every turn, only without the star power.

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  50. Must've been a draw; ROH.com sez the 3 way for the TV title is on.

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  51. Either way I think Taven still goes over.

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  52. ...probably not--those are the numbers on the site, and I charge to credit card. I've been front row. 100% worth what I paid--awesome experience

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  53. Oh, ok. Your money is worth as much as ours now anyway, give or take a nickel, I was just wondering if you Canadians had to pay and extra $5 or for so for the conversion fee. I've sat in the front row before at shows, and I don't really care for it. It's pretty cool that the wrestlers sort of interact with you (especially at small shows where there's 100 people and only 2 rows anyway, you can almost become as much a part of the show as the workers), but you can't see what's going on a lot of the time and when you're that close you really notice the sort of stuff that lets you know it's a work. Do they have bleachers there? Because I would probably sit up there, I like to be a bit elevated from the ring and at least 30 feet (or about 10 meters as you guys would call it) away. When I go see WWE where the Sabres play I like to sit in club seats in the 200 level, it's almost like you're right above the ring, plus there's this touchscreen thing in the armrest where you can order food and have brought right to you (though it's expensive as fuck). Cheap seats too, which is kind of weird when they're $190 for Sabres games.

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  54. Yeah, if it's all floor seats than the front row is your best bet.

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  55. What happened with the Chikara show?

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  56. He did just get the belt. In ROH, losing a belt 8 months after winning it would be considered a "hotshot title reign".

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