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  • Spoilers: ROH TV Tapings In Las Vegas (10/14/18)

    Spoilers: ROH TV Tapings In Las Vegas (10/14/18)

    ROH held TV tapings on Sunday night (October 14th) in Philadelphia, PA at the 2300 Arena. Here are the spoilers from the tapings:

    ROH TV Tapings Spoilers

    Dark Match: Jenny Rose & Sumie Sakai & Madison Rayne defeated Karen Q. & Brutt Baker & Kelly Klein when Rose pins Klein.

    First Episode

    NWA Champion Cody defeated Kenny King by DQ.

    ROH TV Champion Jeff Cobb pinned Shane Taylor.

    The Bouncers defeated Cheeseburger & Ison.

    Second Episode

    SCU cut a promo but was attacked by The Briscoes.

    Dalton Castle returned as the mystery partner for Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham where they defeated The Kingdom.

    Third Episode

    Bully Ray and Flip Gordon picked Dream Partners. Gordon picked the Sandman, making his ROH debut while Bully picked Silas. The winner gets to pick the punishment for the loser. Silas pinned Flip. Bully picked loser gets fired.

    Adam Page pinned Rhett Titus.

    Dalton Castle cut a promo in the ring until The Kingdom laid out Dalton and the Boys.

    Fourth Episode

    Marty Scurll defeated Hurricane in a No DQ Match.

    SCU defeated The Briscoes and The Young Bucks to win the ROH Tag Team Titles.

    What are your thoughts on these results? Do you plan on watching the shows once available? 

  • Joey Mercury Arrest Update, Court Hearing Today

    Joey Mercury Arrest Update, Court Hearing Today

    Former WWE tag-team champion and current ROH producer, Joey Mercury, was arrested over All In weekend. He had been found sleeping in his car as finding a hotel room was a little difficult. When the police looked him up they found he had an outstanding arrest warrant in the state of Florida.

    They arrested him but released him the next morning (likely just allowing him a place to sleep that night) as the warrant for his arrest in Florida was not on a charge serious enough to warrant extradition.

    Joey Mercury Charged With Credit Card Fraud Under $300

    Mercury is scheduled to be arraigned this morning in Orange County, Florida. He is pleading not guilty to everything he is charged with and claims he’ll be able to prove he was out of the country at the time they took place. Mercury is accused of charges relating to fraudulent credit card use above $100 but below $300. Nothing too serious but he is being charged in criminal court. The official charges can be read here. 

    Should Mercury be able to prove he was out of the country during this time (as passports and wrestling performances are able to prove) then he likely will be found not guilty. That is just speculation, however.

    Mercury appeared on Lucha Underground recently. He was a guest at Taya and Johnny Mundo’s wedding and later a sacrifice to Matanza Cueto.

  • ROH Announces Full Card For Glory By Honor Baltimore

    ROH Announces Full Card For Glory By Honor Baltimore

    Ring of Honor has announced several new matches for their upcoming event on Friday. The promotion will be in their hometown of Baltimore, Maryland for Glory By Honor on October 12th.

    Here is the scheduled lineup for the event:

    ROH Glory By Honor
    Friday, October 12, 2018
    UMBC Event Center
    Baltimore, Maryland

    • ROH World Championship
      Jay Lethal (c) vs Silas Young
    • ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Championships
      Cody and the Young Bucks (c) vs Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Scorpio Sky
    • Kenny King & Flip Gordon vs TK O’Ryan & Vinny Marseglia (the Kingdom)
    • Villain vs Hero III
      “The Villain” Marty Scurll vs Shane “Hurricane” Helms
    • Shane Taylor vs Adam “Hangman” Page
    • Bully Ray vs Jonathan “the Octopus” Gresham
    • Non-Title
      the Briscoes vs the Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas
    • Non-Title
      Jeff Cobb vs Eli Isom

    Ring of Honor is also advertising that Madison Rayne is scheduled to appear. Rayne recently signed a 1-year deal with the company. She’ll be looking to give a boost to the Women Of Honor division which just lost Tenille Dashwood to shoulder surgery.

    2 nights after Glory By Honor in Baltimore, ROH will head to Philadelphia for a set of television tapings from the 2300 Arena. So far, a 6-man tag has been scheduled for that night featuring Jonathan Gresham, Jay Lethal, and a partner TBD will take on all three members of the Kingdom.

  • Update On WWE’s Offer To Hangman Page

    Update On WWE’s Offer To Hangman Page

    Despite having spent most of the year accused of Joey Ryan’s murder, there appears to be significant interest from WWE toward Adam “Hangman” Page.

    On the most recent edition of Being the Elite, Page received a gifted pair of boots and a note that read “Nice Try. If you want to be an assassin, try being more cerebral. – H”.

    It was later reported that WWE has made an offer to Page recently, which BTE was spoofing. In an update to this story, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is noting Page has not turned the offer down.

    “There has been serious WWE interest in Page in real life,” wrote Dave Meltzer. “He didn’t accept the offer but it was apparently more of a ‘needs time to decide answer.’”

    Hangman Page Free Agency

    Members of the Elite have said they will stick together as a group when most of them become free agents at the end of the year. Marty Scurll will not be a free agent and has already been confirmed for the G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden next year, however. It’s not clear how Scurll’s situation will impact the rest of the group.

    Page did an interview with CBS Sports recently and made a point of stating they were not ruling any promotion out of their negotiations.

    “I think as a collective, as a group, we have been able to change wrestling,” Page said. “I think, as a group, we are really on to something, and I think we wanna continue this. It would be a real disservice to everyone who has supported us and got us to this point if we were to abandon what we’ve built.”

    “Which could conceivably happen anywhere. It could happen … You catch my drift. So I don’t want to, at any point, rule anything out. If you kinda catch my drift on that one.”

  • ROH COO Joe Koff On Will Ospreay’s Limited Role, How SBG Viewed All In Event

    ROH COO Joe Koff On Will Ospreay’s Limited Role, How SBG Viewed All In Event

    Ring of Honor COO Joe Koff spoke with Paste Magazine about various topics heading into last week’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view event.

    A few excerpts from this interview were not about the show. One of those topics was about Will Ospreay’s role in ROH and the reason for him being limited in the company. It should be noted that Ospreay lost to ROH World Champion Jay Lethal at this show.

    “He was originally signed with Ring of Honor in conjunction with New Japan,” Koff said of Ospreay. “But the travel got to Will so he asked if he could work specific and selective dates, which we accommodated.”

    All In took place last month and was a big success for Cody and The Young Bucks. Although it wasn’t under the ROH banner, the promotion did offer to help with the show that includes having their talent and production staff work. When asked how it was received by Sinclair Broadcast Group officials, Koff stated that he doesn’t think one show would ever have that kind of impact and that this show, as well as the event at MSG, showed the capability and where they are in the short period of time that they owned.  

    “There’s a lot of validation inside of a company when good things happen. It’d be on different than buying a new syndicated show and all of a sudden it’s the number one show in the market. “Koff continued by stating that they put the same disciplines and the same foundational logic to every event but All In was just special because there was a specialness to it.

    “All In was an unbelievable success not because of Ring of Honor; if there was any success attributable to Ring of Honor, it’s just that these were wrestlers contracted to us, and we saw the potential of this event and how important it is for the industry, for them, for what they were trying to put forth, and we were very supportive of that. That’s very indicative and very much a part of who we are.”

  • ROH Glory By Honor Baltimore Main Event Announced

    ROH Glory By Honor Baltimore Main Event Announced

    Ring of Honor will present the annual Glory By Honor event later this month. The Baltimore-based promotion has not only announced a championship match but also the main event.

    First up is the main event, which will see ROH World Champion Jay Lethal defend his title against Silas Young. This is the first title defense for Lethal since beating Will Ospreay at the Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view event last weekend from the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    The other match is ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Bullet Club (Cody & The Young Bucks) defending their titles against SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Scorpion Sky). For Cody and the Bucks, the trio defeated The Kingdom in Atlanta to win the titles back in July. 

    ROH holds the Glory By Honor: Baltimore event on Friday, October 12th in Baltimore, Maryland at the UMBC Event Center. The promotion will be announcing more matches for this card shortly. Ring of Honor will also hold the Glory By Honor: Philadelphia on October 14th at the 2300 Arena. 

    For those who plan on attending this event, you can buy tickets here. This event will air live for all HonorClub members on their streaming service.

  • Tenille Dashwood To Undergo Shoulder Surgery

    Tenille Dashwood To Undergo Shoulder Surgery

    Ring of Honor’s Tenille Dashwood announced today she’s been wrestling with a bad shoulder and now needs surgery. She broke the news at the ROH tapings today. There is no timetable for her return at this point.

    The legitimate injury was made part of her match with Sumie Sakai on Friday night at Death Before Dishonor. Sakai retained the WOH World Championship when Dashwood passed out while in her armbar. Dashwood came into the match with a heavily taped up shoulder which she favored for most of the bout.

    Tenille Dashwood Offer Contract

    It is also being reported that ROH officials have offered Dashwood a contract. Her injury is not expected to affect the status of the offer either. It is also being said Dashwood is expected to sign.

    Women Of Honor Roster

    With Dashwood out it opens up a spot at the top of the Women of Honor division. Champion, Sumie Sakai, won the inaugural title earlier this year.  Sakai defeated Dashwood in the semi-finals of a tournament to declare the first champion before defeating Kelly Klein in the finals.

    She has now defended her title 6x. Sakai’s defeated Stella Grey, Jenny Rose, Chardonnay, Hazuki, Madison Rayne, and now Tenille Dashwood.

    Ring of Honor has been beefing up their division as of late. The company recently signed Madison Rayne to a one-year contract. Brandi Rhodes, Kelly Klein, Karen Q, and Mandy Leon are all regularly featured as well.

  • ROH Star Departs Company, Headed To WWE

    ROH Star Departs Company, Headed To WWE

    Ring of Honor held a set of television tapings yesterday in Las Vegas. The company also held their Death Before Dishonor Friday night in the same venue. According to a report from PW Insider, Punishment Martinez was saying his goodbyes at the show and is believed to be headed to WWE shortly.

    Martinez lost the ROH TV title to Jeff Cobb at the event as well. Cobb challenged him for a match on Friday night at Death Before Dishonor after Martinez had defeated Chris Sabin.

    Punishment Martinez WWE

    36-year-old Luis Martinez is a former martial arts champion in Puerto Rico who got the itch to try wrestling after seeing Carlos Colon’s World Wrestling Council. He began his training at the Monster Factory in 2014 and debuted with Ring of Honor the following year.

    He competed in the 2015 Top Prospect tournament but was eliminated in the semi-finals by Lio Rush. ROH signed him anyway, however, and he would also compete in New Japan Pro Wrestling at Honor Rising 2017.

    Martinez won his first and only title in Ring of Honor earlier this year. He defeated Silas Young at State of the Art in Dallas on June 16th, 2018. Martinez defended the title 4x total during his reign. He defeated Hangman page, Scorpio Sky, Aaron Solow (hasn’t aired yet), and Chris Sabin at Death Before Dishonor.

  • Spoilers: ROH TV Tapings In Las Vegas (9/29/18), New Champion Crowned

    Spoilers: ROH TV Tapings In Las Vegas (9/29/18), New Champion Crowned

    ROH held TV tapings on Saturday night (September 29th) in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Orleans Arena. This was an important taping as it’s the first since their Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view event that took place on Friday night at the same venue.

    Punishment Martinez finished up with Ring of Honor at tapings as PWinsider.com reports that he saying his goodbyes to the locker room as this was his final scheduled date for the company. It was noted that he opted not to sign a new deal with the promotion as he wanted to be free going forward.

    ROH TV Tapings Spoilers

    Here are the spoilers from the tapings, courtesy of @MrJacobCohen:

    – Luchasaurus defeated Hyperstreak

    – The Kingdom walk out to the ring to force ring announcer Bobby Cruise to list off Matt Taven’s achievements.

    – Kenny King defeated Chase Owens

    – Shane Taylor vs. Flip Gordon doesn’t happen after Bully Ray, Silas Young, and Taylor all beat up on Gordon. After the beatdown, they challenge wrestlers to come out from the back and help Gordon. However, nobody comes out.

    – Nick Aldis defeated Christopher Daniels (HonorClub Exclusive Match)

    – The Briscoes defeated Coast 2 Coast to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship

    – Jeff Cobb defeated Punishment Martinez to become the new ROH World TV Champion

    – Tenille Dashwood walked out to the ring to cut a promo about how she’s not doing well physically as she has an autoimmune disease, skin condition, and needs surgery to repair a shoulder injury.

    – Marty Scurll defeated Chris Sabin

    – Brandi Rhodes defeated Heather Monroe

    – Hangman Page defeated Scorpio Sky

    – Shane Taylor defeated Eli Isom. After the match, Cheeseburger and Flip Gordon ran down to the ring to make the save as Gordon beats up Taylor with a chair then says he’ll get extreme with Bully Ray any match. It was revealed that next week in Philadelphia there will be a match sees Bully and Gordon bring a wrestler. The stipulation was that if Bully’s guy wins (Silas Young), Bully gets to do whatever to Gordon and vice versa.

    – Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham defeated Jushin “Thunder” Liger and KUSHIDA

    – Cody defeated Willie Mack to retain NWA World Heavyweight Championship

    – Young Bucks defeated The Addiction, Best Friends, and SANADA & EVIL

    – The closing segment saw Young Bucks, Cody, Adam Page in the ring to thank the fans. They noted that this was the first time they’ve been together since All In. Cody then teased All In 2 with a hand signal. They added that if ROH returns to Vegas then they don’t want to see any empty seats, it better be sold out.

  • Madison Rayne Almost Retired From Professional Wrestling

    Madison Rayne Almost Retired From Professional Wrestling

    Its been a very successful year for Madison Rayne. Rayne was a participant in the 2018 WWE Mae Young Classic tournament. Rayne, going under the name Ashley Rayne, was eliminated in the first round of the tournament by Mercedes Martinez. Despite the first round exit, the opportunity to appear on WWE TV doesn’t come around every day.

    Rayne was also a part of history earlier this month. She was one of four women to compete at All In on September 1st. Rayne was part of a Fatal Four-Way match, the only women’s match on the card. And finally, to top it all off, Rayne signed a one-year contract with Ring Of Honor (ROH). She made the announcement earlier this month during an appearance on The Taz Show.

    Having been wrestling since 2005, Rayne, 32, has had quite a career. She has worked for promotions such as Ohio Championship Wrestling (OCW), SHIMMER, and TNA. Her tenure with TNA was very decorated. Rayne is a five-time TNA Knockouts Champion and a two-time Knockouts Tag Team Champion.

    Madison Rayne Almost Retired

    With all the success she has had in 2018, it’s hard to think Rayne ever considered retiring. But that’s exactly what she was doing not too long ago. She described the rough period of her career during a recent media call (via The Mirror UK):

    “It was roughly a year ago that I sat down on my couch in my living room with my husband and had a really tough conversation, where we tried to discuss if maybe my career was coming to a close and what that was going to look like, or if I was going to take any frustrations I had and any bit of second-guessing myself that I was doing and I was going to flip that on its head, make it a positive, totally change who I was and make a drastic turn in my career path.

    “I think in moments like that, where you’re questioning what’s next, is where you really dig deep to find yourself and figure out what you want and what you’re still able to provide to the business. I am so glad that I was able to do that, that I got to that point mentally where I thought for a second that maybe I was to look towards retirement, because I very quickly realized that I wanted to do the complete opposite.

    “And I think that’s been probably the most contributing factor in my insanely successful 2018, because then I made that decision to change myself and elevate my game, that’s when opportunities started coming left and right.

    “I’m not just saying this because of the position that I’m in now, but I knew early on when I was being given all of these opportunities, I was going to take them all and be grateful for all of them and do everything I could with them… but for the better part of a year in my heart, I kinda knew where I was going to end up was in Ring of Honor.”

    What do you make of Rayne nearly retiring?

  • ROH Death Before Dishonor Results 9/28

    ROH Death Before Dishonor Results 9/28

    Death Before Dishonor
    September 28th
    Orleans Arena
    Las Vegas, Nevada

    1. Kenny King defeated Jushin Liger

    Liger appeared to suffer a back injury and it looked as though he wouldn’t be able to continue. As the ref was checking on Liger, King started to lead the crowd in chants for Liger. He then reached out to shake Liger’s hand but then gave him a spinebuster instead. King then covered him and got the pin.

    As King was leaving he thanked Austin Aries and said he now “gets it.” Basically, he learned he should cheat from his rivalry with Austin Aries.

    2. ROH World Tag Team Championships
    The Briscoes (c) defeated SCU (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) w/Scorpio Sky

    The Briscoes improved to 4-0 against Daniels and Kazarian when Jay pinned Daniels after multiple Jay Drillers.

    The commentary team talked about how with the Addiction’s expiring contracts, they’ll need to win titles or Joe Koff won’t re-sign them.

    3. WOH Championship
    Sumie Sakai (c) defeated Tenille Dashwood

    Dashwood came into the match with her shoulder heavily bandaged. She started favoring it after hitting Sakai with a punch midway through the match. Dashwood kicked out of Smash Mouth but ultimately tapped to an armbar from the champion.

    Later in the show, Dashwood was shown beat up in the back and favoring her arm even further.

    4. ROH TV Title
    Punishment Martinez (c) defeated Chris Sabin

    Sabin got a few near falls but ultimately Martinez retained the title with a South of Heaven Choke-Slam.

    After the match, Martinez kept up the attack on Sabin. This led to Jeff Cobb making the save. Martinez looked like he was going to leave without incident but then attacked Cobb with a chair. Cobb then gave him a suplex and stood tall in the ring to end the segment.

    https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/1045861598705963008

    5. Tables Match (Elimination Rules)
    Bully Ray and Silas Young defeated Flip Gordon and Colt Cabana

    Cabana was eliminated via powerbomb through the announce table for the first elimination.  Bully then eliminated himself when he missed an attack on Flip Gordon. There was a ref bump and then Flip came off the top rope and put Silas through a table. Since the ref didn’t see it though, Bully made it look like it was Flip who went through the table and the ref called for the bell when he came to. Bully then continued to whip Flip with a chain after the match was over.

    6. Cody, Marty Scurll, Adam Page, and the Young Bucks (Bullet Club) defeated Kazuchika Okada, Chuck T, Beretta, Rocky Romero, and Tomohiro Ishii (CHAOS)

    Nick Aldis provided guest commentary for the match. While doing so he announced that his NWA title rematch with Cody will be contested under best 2 out of 3 rules.

    This was a crazy 10-man but eventually, Marty Scurll was able to make Rocky Romero tap to the Chickenwing for the victory.

    After the match, Cody joined the commentary team and said he accepts the best 2 out of 3 falls stipulation.

    7. ROH World Championship
    Jay Lethal (c) defeated Will Ospreay

    Ospreay came into this match after gaining 20lbs. Riccaboni said Ospreay said the weight gain has made him a better wrestler. The commentary team mentioned how serious he looked in comparison to his usual fun-loving demeanor.

    Lethal kicked out of the Oscutter and got the victory with Lethal Injection. The victory is Lethal’s 4th successful title defense since winning the title 91 days ago. It’s his second reign as champion. Lethal is now just over 4 months away from passing Samoa Joe has having spent more combined days as ROH Champion than anyone. He’s at 517 days between his two reigns and is behind Samoa Joe’s 645 days. Joe only held the ROH World Championship once.

    Following the victory, the Kingdom’s Red Balloons floated to the roof and they attacked Lethal. Jonathan Gresham attempted to make the save but he too was taken out.

    A new freshly mohawked Matt Taven then hit Lethal with a purple-strapped ROH World Title replica belt. The show closed with Taven claiming he was the real ROH World Champion.

  • Jay Lethal Discusses Lineage & Importance Of ROH World Title, Potentially Joining Bullet Club

    Jay Lethal Discusses Lineage & Importance Of ROH World Title, Potentially Joining Bullet Club

    ROH World Champion Jay Lethal recently spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated to talk about various topics to promote the ROH Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view event at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada where he is slated to headline the show by defending his title against Will Ospreay.

    Lineage & Importance Of ROH Title

    Lethal takes being the world champion of the Baltimore-based promotion seriously and has a lot of pride in being the champ but also part of the company. He stated that he doesn’t know if he has been doing a better job than the champions before him as he doesn’t think he has topped anyone that has held the title up to this point in his reign but he does know that ROH is much bigger than in the past.

    “The company is much healthier and bigger and better than it was when they were here, but I would never say I am better than they are. I do have a tremendous amount of pride for the company that had so much trust in me to make me the face of the company in and out of the ring—not just once, but twice. I still feel that I’m the face of the company whether or not I don the world title across my shoulder or around my waist.”

    Potentially Joining Bullet Club

    Lethal was also asked about joining the group, which he noted that if it’s up to him then he would say no. However, he did note that who knows what different opportunities will present themselves as he loves the fact that there is always that person to rival and go against them. He wants to be the one standing against them and everytime that he faces one of the members of the group, it’s always something special. “If I have my way, I want to go against them.”

  • Chris Sabin Talks Future Of The Motor City Machine Guns, Pursuing ROH TV Title

    Chris Sabin Talks Future Of The Motor City Machine Guns, Pursuing ROH TV Title

    Chris Sabin has a goal in mind heading into the ROH Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view event at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada that takes place this Friday (September 28th) as he is slated to challenge Punishment Martinez for the Ring of Honor TV Championship.

    The former TNA World Champion spoke with Chris Featherstone of SportsDaily.com to discuss his opportunity at winning some ROH gold. He stated that if he wins the title then he can say that he’s at least the second best wrestler in Ring of Honor as the World Champion is obviously number one, but he can confidently say that he’s second best.

    He hopes to win the title and if so then he is hopeful that it comes with some control over television, at least some influence. “You know, I’d bring back shows like The Office, make sure Michael Scott is in it, and you know, maybe have one more Saved by the Bell reunion or something. Who knows? Hopefully, I attain those powers.”

    The Future Of The Motor City Machine Guns

    Sabin stated that just for the foreseeable future, the tag team that he created with Alex Shelley is pretty much done. He made it clear that they are still friends outside of pro wrestling and thinks he’s going to be on his own and has been for quite a while now. He added, “I don’t see the Motor City Machine Guns reunited anytime soon.”

  • Final Card For Tonight’s ROH Death Before Dishonor PPV

    Final Card For Tonight’s ROH Death Before Dishonor PPV

    The card for tonight’s (Friday, September 28, 2018) Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view event has been finalized.

    The Baltimore-based promotion has announced that Jay Lethal defending the ROH World Title against Will Ospreay will serve as the main event of this event that takes place from the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event can be purchased via traditional pay-per-view and the FITE app.

    ROH Death Before Dishonor Card

    • ROH World Champion Jay Lethal vs. Will Ospreay
    • Bullet Club (Cody, Adam Page, The Young Bucks, and Marty Scurll) vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Chuckie T, Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii, and Rocky Romero)
    • ROH Women of Honor World Champion Sumie Sakai vs. Tenille Dashwood
    • ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes vs. Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian
    • ROH TV Champion Punishment Martinez vs. Chris Sabin
    • Jushin ”Thunder” Liger vs. Kenny King
    • Bully Ray & Silas Young vs. Colt Cabana & Flip Gordon – Tables Match

    ROH will be holding television tapings in the same venue the following night. Already announced for that show is Cody Rhodes’ first NWA World Championship defense against Willie Mack.

    What are your thoughts on this card? Do you plan on watching it? Sound off in the comment section.

  • Adam Page Discusses Possibly Signing With WWE, Bullet Club Pact

    Adam Page Discusses Possibly Signing With WWE, Bullet Club Pact

    Adam “Hangman” Page recently did an interview to talk about various topics as well as promote the ROH Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view event at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada that takes place this Friday.

    He spoke with Chuck Carroll of CBS Sports to discuss the pact made by some members of the Bullet Club (Cody, Page, and The Young Bucks). When asked how they came up with the decision that when their contracts expire in a few months, they will take the next step together as a unit.

    “I think as a collective, as a group, we have been able to change wrestling… I think, as a group, we are really on to something, and I think we wanna continue this. It would be a real disservice to everyone who has supported us and got us to this point if we were to abandon what we’ve built.”

    Page continued by stating that it doesn’t mean it can’t evolve and change but he thinks that they have too much of a good thing going to try to abandon it. He also stated that they know that they have more leverage than they ever had and have more than anyone else has had in a very long time.

    WWE Next Stop

    The belief is that the group with either stay with NJPW and ROH or sign with the WWE. Paige thinks that they are not necessarily bound to where they work and he feels that the most feedback comes from fans who watch Being The Elite.

    “Which could conceivably happen anywhere. It could happen … You catch my drift. So I don’t want to, at any point, rule anything out. If you kinda catch my drift on that one.” Paige continued by stating that right now, they have some time and weighing options together as there are some things that sound more or less intriguing than other options. He added, “those options have changed and will continue to change and evolve in the coming months.”

  • Frankie Kazarian Talks Growth Of ROH, Wrestling John Cena, X-Division

    Frankie Kazarian Talks Growth Of ROH, Wrestling John Cena, X-Division

    Frankie Kazarian recently conducted an interview to talk about various topics as well as promote the ROH Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view event at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada that takes place this Friday.

    He recently sat down with Sporting News and during the interview, spoke about working with former WWE Champion John Cena early in their careers. He stated that fans can say what they want about John as a performer, but knows that he’s always been the most hardworking man in the room and has a work ethic like something he has never seen before. He added that Cena always wanted to be the best and it wouldn’t matter what was in his way.

    The X-Division

    Kaz was a big part of the X-Division in Impact Wrestling and stated when asked about it that it was a group of guys at the top of their game having unbelievable matches every single time they went out there. He name-dropped AJ Styles, Amazing Red, Chris Daniels, Petey Williams, Alex Shane, Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt, Low-Ki as being on the roster. He added that those days were really some of the happiest of his career and an absolute pleasure to be out there with those guys trying to be different and making a name for themselves.

    Growth Of Ring Of Honor

    “Even if I wasn’t wrestling for them, I could still admit that they had the best wrestlers having the best matches and it’s simply amazing to be a part of their team at the moment because they are hitting it out of the park. Everything seems to be falling into place for us and the guys we have working here are some of the hungriest wrestlers in the world. We want something really big to happen to Ring of Honor and you can see that is almost upon us with what’s happening at The Garden next year.”

  • Updated Card For Saturday’s ROH TV Taping (9/29)

    Updated Card For Saturday’s ROH TV Taping (9/29)

    Several matches have been announced for the next set of ROH TV tapings. Ring of Honor will hold these tapings on Saturday night at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. For those who are planning to attend this event, you can buy tickets here.

    Some of the more high profile matches taking place will include NWA World Heavyweight Champion Cody vs. Willie Mack that will likely serve as the main event, Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham vs. Jushin “Thunder” Liger and KUSHIDA, and Chris Sabin vs. Marty Scurll.

    This taping will continue the storylines and matches from their latest big event, which is the Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view event that takes place at the same venue on Friday night. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app.

    The Card

    NWA World Heavyweight Champion Cody vs. Willie Mack

    The Young Bucks vs. Best Friends vs. SANADA and EVIL vs. The Addiction or The Briscoes (whoever loses at the Death Before Dishonor PPV)

    The Briscoes or The Addiction (whoever wins at Death Before Dishonor PPV) vs. Coast 2 Coast ROH World Tag Team Championship

    Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham vs. Jushin “Thunder” Liger and KUSHIDA

    Chris Sabin vs. Marty Scurll

    Kenny King vs. Chase Owens

    What are your thoughts on this card? Sound off in the comment section.

  • Ring Of Honor Television Results 9/24

    Ring Of Honor Television Results 9/24

    Ring of Honor was back on television last night. The main event for last night’s episode featured Jonathan Gresham teaming up with Jay Lethal to take on Silas Young and Bully Ray.

    ROH Results 9/24

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkyXc6AhpPA

    The Best Friends defeated the Boys

    It was a big week for the Best Friends. They went 1-1 against the Killer Elite Squad on the Destruction tour for NJPW and they defeated the Boys to start things off on ROH TV this week.

    The Boys got some offense in but this was generally a showcase match for Chuckie T and Beretta. They finished it off with simultaneous Dudebuster and Awful Waffle.

    The Best Friends will be part of Team CHAOS as they take on Bullet Club in a 10-man tag at Death Before Dishonor.

    Kenny King defeated Adam “Hangman” Page

    Kenny King is now 2-0 in recent matches against Bullet Club. He also defeated Marty Scurll recently. King won when he reversed a pinning combination and grabbed ahold of Page’s trunks in the process.

    King will take on Jushin Liger Friday night at Death Before Dishonor.

    Jeff Cobb is the Top Prospect

    Jeff Cobb prevented any matches in the Top Prospect tournament from happening again. He took out both competitors this week and then cut a promo saying he was the top prospect.

    Cobb was recently booked for the NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed show Sunday for NJPW.

    Bully Ray & Silas Young defeated Jonathan Gresham & Jay Lethal

    Bully Ray and Silas Young spent the whole match refusing to tag each other and generally being terrible to one another. The commentary team speculated the more the two bully each other, the more respect they earn from one another.

    A low blow by Bully with the referee out of position allowed Young to hit Gresham with his finisher and pick up the win.

    Death Before Dishonor Lineup
    Friday, September 28th, 2018

    • Cody, Marty Scurll, Adam Page, and the Young Bucks vs Kazuchika Okada, Chuck T, Beretta, Rocky Romero, and Tomohiro Ishii
    • ROH World Tag Team Championships
      The Briscoes (c) vs Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian
    • ROH TV Championship
      Punishment Martinez (c) vs Chris Sabin
    • Kenny King vs Jushin Liger
    • WOH Championship
      Sumie Saka (c) vs Tenille Dashwood
    • ROH World Championship
      Jay Lethal (c) vs Will Ospreay
    • Tables Match 
      Flip Gordon and Colt Cabana vs Bully Ray and Silas Young
  • Jay Lethal Discusses Pressure Of Being Face Of ROH

    Jay Lethal Discusses Pressure Of Being Face Of ROH

    Ring Of Honor (ROH) World Champion Jay Lethal was interviewed by Newseek to discuss his career with the promotion. Lethal initially worked for ROH from 2003 to 2006. After a run with TNA, he returned to ROH in 2011 and remains there today. Lethal is a two-time ROH World Champion and is in the middle of his second reign.

    As the ROH World Champion, Lethal essentially serves as the face of the company. The 33-year-old confirms there’s “one-hundred percent added pressure” with the ROH Title:

    “One-hundred percent added pressure. Not only from all the new eyes of people who have never heard of Ring of Honor, but now you are working and you have to hook and wow them so they can want to keep watching.

    “Especially since we sold out MSG, people are talking like, ‘Hey, what is this all about? Let’s check this place out.’ But more than that, you have a roster of the best wrestlers in the world and the world champion has to follow all of that. The pressure is unreal, but I welcome it.

    “It makes me feel alive. It’s something that makes me feel like I can keep pushing myself to stay at that top level. To keep pushing to be the best or one of the best. It’s that ultimate motivation and I love it.”

    Having been in the professional wrestling industry for nearly 20 years, Lethal has accomplished so much. He has won several titles for promotions such as IMPACT Wrestling and ROH. When asked if he thinks he’s at the peak of his career, Lethal offered a very interesting answer:

    “I thought I was at my peak when I first had my first world championship run. And I thought I was at my peak when I was in the ring with Shinsuke Nakamura, I said to myself, ‘Man, I must be doing something right that they gave me a dream match.’

    “And I thought I was at my peak when I wrestled Roderick Strong and we had a match that went for one hour and went to a time-limit draw – and I think I’m at my peak now. So what I’m trying to say is that I have no idea [Laughs]. Part of me hopes that I am and the other part of me hopes that I’m not there yet.”

  • Tables Match Announced For ROH Death Before Dishonor PPV

    Tables Match Announced For ROH Death Before Dishonor PPV

    A new match of Ring of Honor’s upcoming Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view has been revealed. On Thursday, September 20th, the Baltimore-based promotion revealed that Bully Ray would team up with Silas Young to take on Colt Cabana and Flip Gordon in a tables match.

    ROH Death Before Dishonor Card

    • ROH World Champion Jay Lethal vs. Will Ospreay
    • Bullet Club (Cody, Adam Page, The Young Bucks, and Marty Scurll) vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Chuckie T, Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii, and Rocky Romero)
    • ROH Women of Honor World Champion Sumie Sakai vs. Tenille Dashwood
    • ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes vs. Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian
    • ROH TV Champion Punishment Martinez vs. Chris Sabin
    • Jushin ”Thunder” Liger vs. Kenny King
    • Bully Ray & Silas Young vs. Colt Cabana & Flip Gordon – Tables Match

    ROH Death Before Dishonor takes place on Friday, September 28th from the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event can be purchased via traditional pay-per-view and the FITE app.

    ROH will be holding television tapings in the same venue the following night. Already announced for that show is Cody Rhodes’ first NWA World Championship defense against Willie Mack.

    What are your thoughts on the lineup for this show? Sound off in the comment section.

  • Tenille Dashwood (Emma) On Possibly Winning ROH Women Of Honor Championship

    Tenille Dashwood (Emma) On Possibly Winning ROH Women Of Honor Championship

    Tenille Dashwood (formerly known as Emma) has made a name for herself since leaving WWE. Dashwood was released from her WWE contract back in 2016, which took some by surprise. She was a regular feature on Monday Night RAW and was coming off a pair of entertaining matches with Asuka.

    Nonetheless, following a 90-day non-compete clause, Dashwood began working the indies. She’s currently a member of Ring Of Honor (ROH) and is chasing the Women Of Honor Championship. She recently participated in a “10 Questions With Tenille Dashwood” interview for ROH.

    During the interview, Dashwood talked about what winning the Women Of Honor Title would mean to her. Here’s what she had to say:

    “Although I’ve achieved a lot in my career so far, there’s also so much more I want to do. I’ve never held a championship at a professional level. I came to ROH to do what I love and that is to wrestle.

    “I think my passion for wrestling and this business is clear to any fan out there – I don’t feel I need to prove myself to them, but I do need to prove to myself that I can do this.

    “In my head, that Women of Honor championship has been mine ever since the tournament was first announced. The last time we went face to face during the tournament I was left empty-handed and disappointed.

    “I couldn’t bring myself to step in the ring and congratulate Sumie that night because I felt I like I should have won. I felt like I let myself down and I let my fans down, I respect Sumie, but I don’t plan on letting that happen again.”

    Do you think Dashwood will get her hands on the Women Of Honor Championship?

  • Ring Of Honor Television Results 9/17

    Ring Of Honor Television Results 9/17

    Last night’s episode of Ring of Honor was the first to air from the promotion’s August 25th tapings in Philadelphia. ROH TV begins airing over the weekend on various networks and is posted to Honor Club on Mondays.

    ROH TV Results 9/17

    Jay Lethal Promo

    ROH World Champion Jay Lethal started the show off with an in-ring promo. He talked about how much he loved his match with Jonathan Gresham last week. Lethal defeated Gresham in a 30-minute Ironman match 2:1 in a 5-minute overtime period.

    Lethal said he wants to have more matches like that. He then issued a “Lethal Challenge” to not only the ROH locker room but any wrestler around the world to face him.

    His challenge was immediately accepted by Will Osprey via video on the big screen. Lethal accepted and the match has now been made official for September 28th, 2018 at Death Before Dishonor.

    Sumai Sakai defeated Tasha Steelz
    (Proving Ground Match)

    Brandi Rhodes joined the commentary team for this match. In any proving ground match if the non-champion can defeat the champion they earn a title shot.

    Sakai took the victory with Smash Mouth, however, meaning Steelz doesn’t earn a title shot. Rhodes brought up how Sakai’s Smash Mouth is similar to the Cross Rhodes.

    After the match, Sumai Sakai cut a promo which was interrupted by Tenille Dashwood. She told Sakai she respected her and what she’s done for Women of Honor. Dashwood also said, however, that she wants to take the WOH title from around her waist. It was then made official that Dashwood will challenge Sumai Sakai for the WOH Championship at Death Before Dishonor.

    Jonathan Gresham Promo

    Ian Riccaboni was interviewing Jonathan Gresham when Bully Ray interrupted. Bully ordered Ian out of the ring but Gresham confronted him. Gresham and Bully went back and forth with Gresham saying D-Von carried Bully for years. Bully then said Gresham was a nobody. Gresham then said if he can beat him, Bully needs to shake his hand. An impromptu match was then scheduled.

    Jonathan Gresham defeated Bully Ray via DQ

    As soon as the bell rang, Bully kicked Gresham in the groin to cause the DQ. Bully then shook Gresham’s hand and continued to beat him up with his chain. Flip Gordon then made the save but Bully was able to get the better of him. That brought out ROH World Champion Jay Lethal who was able to get the better of Bully only for Silas Young to make the save for Bully.

    The commentary team wondered why Silas would make the save for Bully after Bully abandoned Young in a tag match recently. Young then left the ring without celebrating with Bully.

    SCU defeated The Briscoes & Punishment Martinez

    Chris Sabin was on commentary as he will take on Martinez for the ROH TV title at Death Before Dishonor. The commentary team also mentioned how SCU’s contracts are up after Final Battle in December and they will need to hold championships come that time or Joe Koff will simply let them leave.

    The match came unglued when Jay Briscoe hit the referee with a chair. The Briscoes and Martinez then took it to their opponents, taking out all 3 members with chairs. Sabin then came out to make the save and he and Punishment Martinez battled to the back. With Martinez gone, SCU hit the “Best Meltzer Ever” on Mark Briscoe for the win.

    Next week:

    • Silas Young and Bully Ray vs Jonathan Gresham and Jay Lethal
    • Adam Page vs Kenny King
    • The Briscoes vs the Addiction
    • Update on the Top Prospects Tournament
  • ROH Death Before Dishonor Main Event Announced

    ROH Death Before Dishonor Main Event Announced

    The main event of Ring of Honor’s upcoming Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view has been revealed. ROH World Champion Jay Lethal has accepted a challenge from British high-flyer Will Ospreay. The match is now confirmed as the headline attraction for the show, which takes place on Friday, September 28th from Las Vegas, Nevada. 

    ROH Death Before Dishonor Card

    • ROH World Champion Jay Lethal vs. Will Ospreay
    • Bullet Club (Cody, Adam Page, The Young Bucks, and Marty Scurll) vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Chuckie T, Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii, and Rocky Romero)
    • ROH Women of Honor World Champion Sumie Sakai vs. Tenille Dashwood
    • ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes vs. Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian
    • ROH TV Champion Punishment Martinez vs. Chris Sabin
    • Jushin ”Thunder” Liger vs. Kenny King

    ROH Death Before Dishonor takes place on Friday, November 28th from the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event can be purchased via traditional pay-per-view and the FITE app. 

    ROH will holding television tapings in the same venue the following night. Already announced for that show is Cody Rhodes’ first NWA World Championship defense against Willie Mack. 

  • ROH COO Joe Koff On WWE Potentially Retaliating For Booking MSG Event

    ROH COO Joe Koff On WWE Potentially Retaliating For Booking MSG Event

    ROH COO Joe Koff continues to discuss the upcoming G1 Supercard event is being co-promoted by Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling at Madison Square Garden in New York City next year during WrestleMania 35 weekend.

    Koff spoke to Newsday.com to promote the event, which he noted was a big decision to book it as they had to take a look at the risks and the reward of making it happen. It all came down to if they going to run that weekend and would they want it to be in NYC because it’s hard to find a building that can hold  6,000 to 10,000 fans.

    “WWE wasn’t even thinking of using (the Garden on that night). I can’t speak for other organizations and why they do or they don’t use it. It was the right venue for us on that day.” He continued to state that the people who bought tickets to MSG would have bought tickets to ROH no matter where they hold the show.

    Koff also discussed if the promotion is concerned about WWE potentially WWE retaliating against ROH.

    This is where he stated, “If I’m in their crosshairs, I don’t feel that I’ve ever not been in their crosshairs, but not for anything more than the talent that I have and the opportunity that they see in taking our talent. But I don’t feel any strain on our relationship.”

    Discussion: What are your thoughts on Koff’s comments and how WWE will handle this situation? Sound off in the comment section.

  • Ring Of Honor TV Results 9/10: Jay Lethal (c) vs Jonathan Gresham

    Ring Of Honor TV Results 9/10: Jay Lethal (c) vs Jonathan Gresham

    Ring of Honor television this week featured a 30-minute Ironman match for the ROH World Championship. Jay Lethal would defend his title against “the Octopus” Jonathan Gresham.

    The show was filmed from Center Stage in Atlanta.

    ROH TV Results 9/10

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfkYo8bKcJk&frags=pl%2Cwn

    Kazarian defeated Mark Briscoe

    This match was filmed before SCU and the Briscoe Brothers would face off on the All In preshow. The feud between these two teams doesn’t seem as though it is close to being over.

    Mark Briscoe missed a Froggy-bow and Kazarian countered into a crucifix-pin for the win. This brought out Jay Briscoe to start a 2-on-1 beatdown but SCU made the save. SCU then had a 3-on-2 advantage but Punishment Martinez hit the ring and aligned with the Briscoes.

    The Briscoes and Punishment Martinez stood tall to end the segment.

    • Highlights of the Dawks beating up Cheeseburger and LSG (the Bouncers) were shown. The Bouncers had just defeated the Dawgs in tag action.
    • Video recap of Bully Ray walking out on Silas Young last week was shown.

    ROH World Championship Match
    30-Minute Ironman Match
    Jay Lethal (c) defeated Jonathan Gresham (2-1)

    The vast majority of the match went without a pin. Then, with only minutes to spare, Lethal tapped out to an Octopus stretch.

    Lethal went after Gresham as soon as the next fall started. He locked in a figure-four leglock in the middle of the ring with 2minutes and 24 seconds to go. Gresham tried to turn it over but was forced to tap out with just under 90 seconds remaining.

    Gresham went for several pinning combinations with under 30 seconds left but none were successful. The 30 minutes ended with each wrestler having earned one fall. Gresham challenged Lethal to a 5-minute sudden death overtime period and the champion accepted.

    With under 2 minutes remaining in overtime, Lethal countered a sleeper into a cutter and then hit Lethal Injection for the pin and the victory.