AEW Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes has commented on Marty Scurll’s future.

Rhodes recently spoke with Alex McCarthy for the Talk Sport website. When asked about the future of free agent Marty Scurll, Rhodes was coy with his response.

“Marty is going to do what Marty is going to do,” he said. “We all love Marty. Anything he does in the next few weeks or months, I wouldn’t look at as permanent for him. He’s very much testing the waters here and there and that’s pretty much all I can say on Marty.”

Marty Scurll’s Future

Marty Scurll’s future is currently up in the air. He is wrapping up with Ring of Honor and made a surprise appearance at last weekend’s NWA Into the Fire pay-per-view. Scurll had a staredown with NWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis at the end of the show, setting up a possible match between the two.

Scurll’s contract with Ring of Honor recently expired, but he wrestled at their Final Battle PPV event. He also worked the ROH TV tapings on Sunday.

Many fans expect Marty Scurll to wind up in All Elite Wrestling after a short run with the NWA.

Villain Enterprises leader Marty Scurll has teased interest in recruiting the recently released Luke Harper into his stable. Harper, Sin Cara and The Ascension were all recently given their releases from WWE. Following the news that Harper had finally been granted his long-sought release, Scurll uploaded a photo to his Instagram account with a teasing question.

In the post, he shared a photo of himself posing with Harper. He accompanied the picture with a caption, reading: “Villain Enterprises ?! #villain ??”

Despite his interest in bringing in Harper, there is still a question regarding Scurll’s future in Ring of Honor. His current contract with ROH allegedly expired at the end of November, with the expectation currently being that he will join All Elite Wrestling. Regardless, Scurll has agreed to perform at ROH’s next pay-per-view, Final Battle, which takes place this Friday. He will be teaming up with Villain Enterprise’s stablemate “The Mercenary” Flip Gordon in a matchup against Bandido and Flamita.

WWE is said to be interested in “The Villain,” and if they make him a compelling enough offer, it may not be impossible that Scurll ends up on WWE’s roster. He has also previously expressed his interest in returning to New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

ROH’s next pay-per-view, Final Battle, takes place on Friday 13th December in Baltimore, Maryland.

Ring of Honor’s Flip Gordon has finally revealed why he joined Marty Scurll’s Villain Enterprises. Gordon turned heel in siding with Scurll, embracing a new attitude as “The Mercenary.”

In an interview with Ring of Honor, Gordon discussed what Scurll did to convince him to join his stable of resident villains. He also revealed why he decided to decline LifeBlood’s offer, doublecrossing them in the process.

“It simply came down to Villain Enterprises having the better offer, and Marty knew I had multiple offers on the table,” Gordon explained. “However, I had to prove myself to Marty that I could be a villain, and what better way than by putting Lifeblood on life support?”

Gordon then shared how Scurll showed him a merch check from Pro Wrestling Tees. He accompanied it with the promise that he could be making that kind of money, as long as he was willing to become Villain Enterprises’ mercenary.

“He showed me a merch check from Pro Wrestling Tees and said this could be you,” he said. “[Scurll is] a very smart businessman and one of the best wrestlers in the world. So he offered me a position as his understudy.”

Reflecting on what happened in his past that helped him embody “The Mercenary,” Gordon pointed to his time in the Army. He confessed they helped make him who he is today, noting that most of ROH’s roster wouldn’t make it through the Army’s basic training.

Marty Scurll has announced that he will compete at the upcoming Ring of Honor Final Battle pay-per-view on December 13th from Baltimore, MD. Scurll will team up with Flip Gordon in a match against Bandido and Flamita.

You can view Scurll’s announcement below, which was filmed from a Cracker Barrel:

Marty Scurll’s contract with Ring of Honor is set to expire at the end of this month. He is rumored to be joining All Elite Wrestling, but there is still a possibility that WWE makes him a strong offer to join NXT.

He has also expressed interest in wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling, which would help ROH’s chances of re-signing him.

Marty Scurll owns the name of his “Villain Club” faction and could theoretically form a new incarnation of that group wherever he goes next.

‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll recently spoke with the Daily Mirror regarding speculation about his Ring of Honor (ROH) contract and where he might end up once it expires. He also discussed his time with the promotion before stressing that as one of the company’s biggest stars, he should have been World Champion a long time ago.

Regarding where Scurll may call home once his ROH contract ends, ‘The Villain’ said: “As a businessman running a huge enterprise, it wouldn’t be smart for me to discuss my potential business decisions with a journalistic tabloid. That being said, I certainly aim to make waves in the wrestling world, and continue to raise Villain Enterprises stock through the roof.”

He continued, “ROH has been a great home for me. I’ve had some of my greatest wrestling experiences here. To me it has potential to be everything wrestling should be. I’ve been the biggest star here for a long time. But there’s still a lot I need to achieve – I think everyone agrees I should have won the world championship at MSG – now it’s time to right those wrongs.”

Addressing his friends from The Elite, all of whom are now in All Elite Wrestling, Scurll was succinct with his response: “All my friends are dead. What the f*** is AEW?”

Scurll faces off against Colt Cabana tonight during ROH’s pay-per-view, Death Before Dishonor. Their match is a first-round clash in the Final Battle Number One Contender Tournament. The show takes place from Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Current Ring of Honor (ROH) wrestler Marty Scurll will reportedly become a free agent in November according to Sports Illustrated.

Scurll has been a part of the ROH roster since signing with the promotion in 2016. He is the leader of Villain Enterprises. The group also consists of ‘The Mercenary’ Flip Gordon, PCO, and Brody King. Scurll, PCO, and Brody King are the promotion’s current Six-Man Champions.

‘The Villain’ frequently featured on The Young Bucks’ YouTube show, Being The Elite. During his time appearing on the show, he developed firm friendships Matt and Nick Jackson, Adam Page, Kenny Omega, and more—all of whom are now a part of All Elite Wrestling (AEW). 

When his contract does expire, there will most likely be interest from both AEW and WWE in signing Scurll. Given the impending Wednesday Night War between AEW and WWE’s NXT brand, securing a talent like Scurll would be a great acquisition for whichever promotion he decides to call home.

It’s speculated that current ROH World Champion Matt Taven won the championship at G1 Supercard in April as his contract was set to expire after Scurll’s. It turns out that this is not the case, with PWInsider reporting that Taven’s contract supposedly expires in September.

Marty Scurll’s Ring of Honor contract is up for expirations, according to new reports. 

His contract is up this November. Both SI’s Justin Barrasso and Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported the news on Tuesday.

As of this writing, there’s no word yet on if he plans to stay with the Baltimore-based promotion or tests out the free-agent market, which is the best that it has been in recent years. 

The reason for that is due to several promotions such as WWE, AEW, NJPW, and ROH paying big money in order to keep or sign wrestlers.  

It should be noted that Scurll is very close to several people in All Elite Wrestling and once the promotion launched back in January, there’s been speculation that he could be bound to the promotion. There have also been reports that WWE is interested in signing him. 

Wherever he ends up in November, it’s safe to say that the 31-year-old will be getting paid nicely. 

He’s been with ROH since August 2016 where he has been a central figure in Villain Enterprises alongside Brody King and PCO.

Scurll has been announced for the number one contender’s tournament that kicks off at the Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view on September 27th and runs through October. 

The winner getting a world title shot at the Final Battle pay-per-view in November.

Ring of Honor wrestling has announced the second and last batch of entrants for the ROH World Title No. 1 Contender tournament.

ROH announced the first four entrants of the tournament on August 29. Jay Lethal, Kenny King, Dalton Castle, and Marty Scurll were the first four entrants named.

The remaining four entrants have also been revealed to be PCO, Colt Cabana, Bandido and Mark Haskins.

The tournament matches are set to take place at Death Before Dishonor and Death Before Dishonor Fallout on September 27 and September 28 respectively in Las Vegas at Sam’s Town Live.

It was noted in the press release that “Death Before Dishonor has been an ROH staple since 2003 and has featured historic title changes and epic confrontations. This will be the fourth year in a row that Las Vegas has hosted the extravaganza.”

The semifinals and finals of the tournament will take place at Glory By Honor in New Orleans on October 12 at UNO Lakefront Arena.

The winner of the tournament will earn an opportunity for the ROH World Championship at Final Battle on December 13 in Baltimore at the UMBC Event Center.

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual tournament to determine the best junior heavyweight single’s wrestler in the world begins next month. The promotion announced all but 1 of the 20 wrestlers who will compete in the tournament this year.

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors

The tournament will run from May 13th to June 5th, 2019. Announced for the 26th edition of the Best of the Super Juniors are:

• Ryusuke Taguchi (16th appearance)
• Tiger Mask (18th appearance) (won in 2005 & 2005)
• Rocky Romero (7th appearance)
• Sho (2nd appearance)
• Yoh (2nd appearance)
• Will Ospreay (4th appearance) (2016 winner)
• Taiji Ishimori (3rd appearance)
• El Desperado (4th appearance)
• Taka Michinoku (7th appearance)
• Yoshinobu Kanemaru (3rd appearance)
• Bushi (7th appearance)
• Flip Gordon (2nd appearance)
• Titan (2nd appearance)
• Marty Scurll (3rd appearance)
• Dragon Lee (3rd appearance)
• Robbie Eagles (1st appearance)
• Jonathan Gresham (1st appearance)
• Bandido (1st appearance)
• Shingo Takagi (1st appearance)
• One competitor to be announced later.

The tournament schedule and blocks will be announced at a later date.

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku

Before the Best of the Super Juniors, however, NJPW has 3 big events to close out April and kick-off May.

• NJPW Releases Wrestling Dontaku Lineups

Wrestling Hi no Kuni 2019 – Kumamoto – April 29th:

1. Ren Narita, Shota Umino, Tomoaki Honma vs Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, Toa Henare
2. Taguchi, Tiger Maski, Jushin Liger, YOSHI-HASHI, Jeff Cobb vs Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Kanemaru, and Minoru Suzuki, Taichi
3. Will Ospreay & Dragon Lee vs Hikuleo & Taiji Ishimori
4. Mikey Nicholls vs Bad Luck Fale
5. Juice Robinson vs Chase Owens
6. Roppongi 3K, Tomohiro Ishii, and Kazuchika Okada vs Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA
7. IWGP Tag Team Championships: Guerillas of Destiny (c) vs Toru Yano & Togi Makabe
8. Hirooki Goto vs Jay White

Wrestling Dontaku – Fukuoka – May 3rd:

1. Ren Narita, Shota Umino, Tomoaki Honma vs Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, Toa Henare
2. Taguchi, Tiger Maski, Jushin Liger, YOSHI-HASHI vs Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Kanemaru, and Minoru Suzuki
3. Will Ospreay, Toru Yano, Togi Makabe vs HKIULEO, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa
4. Roppongi 3K vs Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, and Tetsuya Naito
5. Mikey Nicholls, Juice Robinson, Hirooki Goto vs Jay White, Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale
6. Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada vs EVIL & Sanada
7. NEVER Openweight Championship: Jeff Cobb (c) vs Taichi
8. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Dragon Lee (c) vs Taiji Ishimori

Wrestling Dontaku – Fukuoka – May 4th:

1. Ren Narita, Shota Umino vs Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji
2. Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Toa Henare, Yoshi Hashi, Jeff Cobb vs Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki, Taichi
3. Jushin Liger, Toru Yano, Togi Makabe vs Jado, Tanga Loga, Tama Tonga
4. Tomoaki Honma, Mikey Nicholls, Juice Robinson, Hirooki Goto vs Hikuleo, Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale, Jay White
5. Will Ospreay & Dragon Lee vs Taiji Ishimori & TBD
6. Roppongi 3K vs Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, Shingo Takagi
7. Tomohiro Ishii vs EVIL
8. IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs SANADA

WARNING: Please be aware that the following report consists of SPOILERS from Ring of Honor’s latest TV tapings.

On Friday night at ROH’s 17th Anniversary PPV, Brody King and PCO defeated The Briscoe Brothers in a Las Vegas street fight to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship.

Less than 24 hours after the show, ROH TV tapings were held at the Sam’s Town Hotel And Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the tapings, King and PCO tagged up with Villain Enterprise’s leader Marty Scurll to take on Kingdom’s ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. The trio successfully defeated Kingdom to become the new Six-Man Tag Team Champions.

And NEW ROH Six-Man Tag Team champions!!!! VILLAIN ENTERPRISES!!!!!! ???@ringofhonor #roh #roh17 pic.twitter.com/Hwj1tFUq9S

— Denise 'Hollywood' Salcedo (@_denisesalcedo) March 17, 2019

The World Tag titles are Brody King and PCO’s first ROH gold, and they managed to capture their second gold in the company just a day after. The Six-Man Tag title is Scurll’s overall second championship in the promotion, with the TV Championship being his first, which he won two days after his début at the ROH Reach For The Sky event in November 2016.

PCO and Brody King will be seen defending the ROH World Tag Team Titles at G1 Supercard against current IWGP Tag Team Champions Guerilla Destiny in a winner takes all tag team match.

Marty Scurll, on the other hand, will have a chance to win more gold as he would take on Jay Lethal and Matt Taven in a triple-threat ladder match for the ROH World Championship.

Marty Scurll is set to take part in one of the biggest matches thus far in his pro wrestling career.

On Wednesday during the press conference for Friday’s ROH 17th Anniversary pay-per-view, it was revealed that Scurll is cashing in his title shot to challenge the ROH World Champion at the G1 Supercard event.

Lethal is slated to make his next title defense as ROH World Champion against Matt Taven at the 17th Anniversary pay-per-view. Scurll vs. Kenny King is also on tap for this show.

If you recall, Scurll won ROH’s Survival of the Fittest tournament in November 2018 and as a result, has earned an ROH World Title Match. Lethal has been ROH World Champion since June.

Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) are co-promoting the G1 Supercard event in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on April 6th during WrestleMania 35 weekend.

The G1 Supercard event will air live on pay-per-view via cable and satellite FITE TV for $39.99 as well as on HonorClub and NJPW World. Here’s the updated card:

• IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. the winner of the New Japan Cup
• Marty Scurll challenging for the ROH World Championship
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori vs. Dragon Lee and Bandido – Triple Threat Match
• IWGP Tag Team Champions Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes
• Honor Rumble – Pre-show

Former WWE Champion CM Punk is going to wrestle again but it just won’t be inside of the squared circle while wearing his famous attire.

ROH (Ring of Honor) star Marty Scurll recently announced that he would be taking on Punk at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo that takes place from March 22 – 24th.

However, it turns out that they will be thumb wrestling, according to the former WWE star. You can see their exchange here:

Once he signed with the WWE, his career took off, and he would later hold several championships including the WWE Title. However, after dealing with injuries and not wanting to wrestle anymore, Punk decided to walk out of the company on the Monday following the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in 2014.

Since he departed from the WWE, fans have wanted to see Punk compete in the squared circle again. Instead, he took his talents to the Octagon in the UFC.

The former WWE Champion fought Mike Jackson in a welterweight bout at the UFC 225 pay-per-view event on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. As seen in the fight, Jackson dominated it and Punk showed a ton of heart but was winded after the first round. Jackson was able to pick up the unanimous decision win. He lost in his MMA debut against Mickey Gall at UFC 203 in September of 2016 by first round submission.

Marty Scurll will challenge Nick Aldis for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the Crockett Cup on April 27. The co-promoted event will be held in the Cabarrus Arena in Concord, North Carolina in association with the NWA and Ring of Honor.

ICYMI@RealNickAldis vs @MartyScurll for NWA Worlds Championship at #CrockettCup

April 27, 2019
Concord, NC

Be there live https://t.co/jgkgnr1quF pic.twitter.com/ckjce7GUhM

— NWA (@nwa) February 10, 2019

• NWA Announces The Return Of The Crockett Cup

Crockett Cup 2019

The format for the 2019 version of the tournament is currently unknown. Two teams have been officially confirmed for the event thus far. The War Kings (Crimson and Jax Dane) qualified for the tournament at NWA New Year’s Dash, their pop-up event held on January 5th.

PCO & Brody King became the 2nd team to qualify for the tournament by winning ROH’s Tag Wars 2019. The 3-night tournament took place during a recent ROH tour of Texas.

Both NJPW and CMLL have committed to entering teams in the tournament this year as well.

Scurll vs Aldis is the only other match officially confirmed for the event.

NWA New Year’s Clash Results

The last event promoted by the NWA was their pop-up event in Clarksville, TN on January 5th, 2019 from Wilma Rudolph Event Center. Attendance for the show was listed at just under 1,149.

1. Maxx Stardom (w/ Salina de la Renta) defeated Jeremiah Plunkett
2. The War Kings defeated Caleb Konley & Jay Bradley
3. Crazzy Steve defeated Sam Shaw
4. NWA Women’s Championship
   Allie defeated Jazz via DQ
5. Hair vs Hair
   David Arquette & Tim Storm defeated Jocephus & his Spiritual Advisor
6. NWA National Championship
   Willie Mack (c) defeated Matt Cross
7. NWA World Heavyweight Championship
   Nick Aldis (c) defeated James Storm

Mark Haskins recently signed for Ring of Honor and made his company debut back in January. Haskins teamed with Bandido, David Finlay and Juice Robinson to defeat  Dalton Castle, Flip Gordon, Jay Lethal, Jeff Cobb & Jonathan Gresham.

Haskins has been making several more appearances for the company since then. His latest bout for ROH saw him in a losing effort against fellow Brit Marty Scurll. The ‘Underrated’ Haskins took to Twitter to discuss facing his longtime colleague. The tweet read “Started wrestling the same year, trained together, wrestled all over the UK, Ireland, Germany, BOLA in LA. From on camp sites to o2 Brixton Academy and now ROH. I can honestly tell you kicking Marty Scurll as hard as you can is one of the most enjoyable experiences in life.”

Haskins and Scurll’s careers are very closely intertwined. Scurll lost to Haskins at PROGRESS Wrestling’s Brixton Academy event a few years ago. This gifted Haskins his first ever PROGRESS World Championship. Both are considered future world title contenders for ROH and are on an upward trajectory, Scurll recently debuted his new stable alongside Brody King and PCO.

Started wrestling the same year, trained together, wrestled all over the UK, Ireland, Germany, BOLA in LA, from on camp sites to o2 Brixton Academy and now ROH & I can honestly tell you kicking Marty Scurll as hard as you can is one of the most enjoyable experiences in life pic.twitter.com/IvPrGJ0hjS

— Mark Haskins (@ThisIsHaskins) February 1, 2019

Marty Scurll’s “Villain Enterprises” have begun their journey to the G1 Supercard in Madison Square Garden. The group’s first official match was recently announced. They will take on Silas Young and the Briscoes at Honor Reigns Supreme on January 13th. ROH released footage from their recent set of television tapings where Scurll debut the new faction.

ROH Honor Reigns Supreme – January 13th, 2019 in Concord, NC

• ROH World Championship
  Jay Lethal (c) vs Dalton Castle
• Women of Honor World Championship
  Kelly Klein (c) vs Jenny Rose
• ROH 6-Man Tag Team Championships
  The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O’Ryan, & Vinny Marseglia) Vs. Shane “Hurricane” Helms, Luchasaurus, & Delirious
• Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO, and Brody King) vs Silas Young and Mark & Jay Briscoe

The event will air live on Honor Club for subscribers.

Streaming LIVE for #HonorClub!
Sun Jan 13 – 7e/4p – #ROHHRS – #ROHConcord@MartyScurll @Brodyxking @PCOisNotHuman vs@lastrealmanROH @jaybriscoe84 @SussexCoChicken

Get your tickets now: https://t.co/ATK9E1DRv8
Info: https://t.co/TOrKIDipL7 pic.twitter.com/pzpeiJMP2l

— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) December 31, 2018

Marty Scurll will continue with Ring of Honor until at least the G1 Supercard in Madison Square Garden. ROH COO, Joe Koff, spoke about the promotion’s talent roster on a recent episode of the WINCLY podcast.

“We have no shortage of talent which is why ROH is so exciting to me and we always deliver a product, we wrestle a brand,” Koff said. “We wrestle a style. Regardless of who’s wrestling that brand or style, the fans’ expectations have always been met.”

Ring of Honor presents their final PPV of the year tonight from New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom. In many ways, tonight could be both the end of an era for the promotion, as well as the beginning of a new one.

Final ROH Final Battle Card

• ROH World Champion Jay Lethal vs. Cody – Main Event
• ROH World TV Champion Jeff Cobb vs. Adam Page
• ROH Women Of Honor World Champion Sumie Sakai vs. Madison Rayne vs. Karen Q vs. Kelly Klein
• ROH Tag Team Champions SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) vs. The Young Bucks vs. The Briscoes – Triple Threat Ladder War
• Matt Taven vs. Dalton Castle
• Jonathan Gresham vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• Bully Ray vs. Flip Gordon – I Quit Match
• Christopher Daniels vs Marty Scurll
• Kenny King vs. Eli Isom

Refresh this page for Live Updates of ROH’s Final Battle 2018

1. Kenny King vs Eli Isom

Before the match could even begin, Kenny King cut a promo about how Eli Isom is from the ROH Dojo. King said he doesn’t like “new school”, he likes “old school”. Then King started the match by hitting Isom on the head with a microphone.

King got the early offense in after attacking Isom before the bell. The youngster fought back and was able to get in a fair amount of offense in. King looked like he had the 3-count after a springboard blockbuster but picked his opponent’s head up before 3. Isom then got some near falls from pinning combinations but King then hit him with a fireman’s carry driver for the win. King then neglected to shake hands with Isom after.

Winner: Kenny King

2. ROH TV Title
Jeff Cobb (c) vs Adam “Hangman” Page

IMO, this was incredible. Both guys wrestled as babyfaces and the crowd was somewhat divided between them but popped for each guy’s big moves. They both unloaded their extensive offensive arsenals on each other leading to the finish. Page hit a Buckshot Lariat and went for the Right of Passage but Cobb reversed. Cobb then went for a Tour of the Islands but Page countered into a backslide for a nearfall. Page then went for the Buckshot Lariat again but Cobb countered into the Tour of the Islands. Cobb then gave him another one just for good measure and got the pin.

Winner: Jeff Cobb

3. WOH World Championship
4-Corners Elimination Match
Sumie Sakai (c) vs Madison Rayne vs Kelly Klein vs Karen Q

Kelly Klein eliminated Karen Q to start the elimination match. Klein gave her K-Power, a fireman’s carry driver not unlike what Kenny King used to beat Eli Isom earlier.

Sumie Sakai hit Smashmouth on Madison Rayne but Klein kicked the champ out of the way and got the pin on Rayne herself. It’s now down to just Klein and Sakai for the belt.

Sakai looked to have retained when she hit Smashmouth but Klein kicked out at 2. Klein got a near fall with K Power and again with a power-bomb. She would then deliver a super K Power from the turnbuckle and got the pin to win the title.

Winner and new champion: Kelly Klein

4. Jonathan Gresham vs Zack Sabre Jr.

This was the type of technical masterpiece you would expect from these two. After a match’s worth of exchanging submissions and grappling, ZSJ scored a 3 count on the octopus with a pinning-bridge combination.

ZSJ didn’t follow the code of honor after the match and Cabana talked about how arrogant he is.

Winner: Zack Sabre Jr. 

5. Matt Taven vs Dalton Castle

TK O’Ryan forced the ring announcer to announce Taven as the real ROH World’s Champion. He even said the title was on the line in his match against Castle.

Castle came into this match all bandaged up. His 2018 has been about injuries, unfortunately. At one point in this match, Taven absolutely impaled himself on the guardrail from a suicide dive to the outside. TK O’Ryan broke up a pin by throwing one of the boys onto Dalton and subsequently was sent to the back. After that, Taven reversed the Bangarang and moments later hit his impaler DDT for the win.

Winner: Matt Taven

6. Marty Scurll vs Christopher Daniels

The story here is if Daniels wins he gets Scurll’s title shot he earned from winning Survival of the Fittest. Daniels needs to win or he’s gone from ROH. Joe Koff said at Final Battle last year that his contract would not be renewed in 2019, so he had a year left. The story leading up to this match for Daniels has been that he needs to earn the title shot in order to receive a new ROH contract.

The finish of the match came when Daniels hit the Angels Wings but wasn’t able to connect his hands on it because Scurll had done his finger-breaking spot earlier. Scurll was then able to kick out of the weakened finisher. He then got his knees up as Daniels attempted the Best Moonsault Ever. Daniels kicked out of Graduation but then Scurll locked in the Chicken Wing and Daniels tapped.

Daniels got a “Thank you Daniels! SCU!” chant after as his ROH career is supposedly finished.

Winner: Marty Scurll via submission

Bully Ray then hit the ring and gave Daniels a low blow. He did this likely because he is a bully. He then called out Flip Gordon.

7. I Quit Match
Flip Gordon vs Bully Ray

Gordon made his way through the Hammerstein during his entrance through the crowd just like the Sandman used to.

Bully tried to get the victory by picking up Flip’s girlfriend who was sitting in the front row and threatening to powerbomb her through a table. This caused Carey Silkin to hit Bully with a kendo stick to break stop him from doing it.

Flip almost got the submission with a crossface with a kendo stick with an American flag attached but Silas Young interfered. Colt Cabana also made a run in and then the lights went out. When the lights went back on the Sandman was standing with a beer and kendo stick! He took out Young, who had defeated him on ROH television in the build-up to this match. Flip then started repeatedly laying in kendo shots to the back of Bully Ray until he quit.

Winner: Flip Gordon

ROH World Championship
Jay Lethal (c) vs Cody

Cody wasted no time making sure he was the heel in this match. He cut a promo telling the fans if he loved them (the fans) he’d be on the Madison Square Garden show. Then he faked a knee injury.

So many things happened in this match. Lethal kicked out of the Cross Rhodes twice. Cody ducked out of a Lethal Injection by shoving Brandi in front of him. Hangman Page came out and rang the bell when Cody had Lethal in the figure-four. Page then gave the belt to Cody and ran away. The ref waved it off as Lethal had not submitted, however. That was strange.

The finish of the match came when Lethal gave Cody a series of super-kicks and then a Lethal Injection. Instead of going for the pin, however, he looked to go for the move a second time but Cody countered. Lethal then countered Cody into the figure-four leglock and Cody tapped.

Winner: Jay Lethal

After the match, Marty Scurll hit the ring and reminded Lethal he has a title match owed. NWA Champion, Nick Aldis, then came to the ring as well. He just clapped for Lethal and then walked to the back.

ROH World Tag Team Championships
Ladder War VII
SCU (Kazarian & Scorpio Sky) vs the Briscoes vs the Young Bucks

So much to call here. This was a bloody, fast-paced, brutal, and amazing main event. After spring-board cutters through tables, a staple gun, multiple ladder spots and way too much to recap, the Briscoes have won the ROH Tag Team Championships for the tenth time.

The finish of the match came moments after Nick Jackson was thrown off the ladder through a table (and took a nasty spill) and then Kazarian was knocked off the ladder as well, allowing Mark Briscoe to grab both titles and win Ladder War VII

Winners: the Briscoes (new champions)

In a nearly 150 minute episode, Jim Ross covered a wide range of subjects and spoke with two high profile guests on this week’s Jim Ross Report.

JR On Jose Lothario’s Passing

Ross opened his show with some heartfelt words on the life of the late Jose Lothario.

Ross and Lothario went way back, to JR’s time working for Bill Watts in Mid South Wrestling, where Lothario used his pull to get a young Shawn Michaels a job.

“Bill got a call from Jose saying he had trained this kid, Shawn Michaels, and that he wanted Bill to give this kid a shot, give him a break, and hire him.”

Certainly similar requests must have been made of bookers all the time in the territory days, but Ross said that Lothario’s word carried weight with Watts.

“Bill had never seen Shawn. He didn’t have 8x10s, he didn’t have any video tape. Shawn was a rookie. Bill hired him sight unseen, strictly on the word of Jose Lothario. That’s how trusted and respected this man was throughout his career,” Ross said.

“It was a blessing for me to even know him… The consummate pro. My thoughts and prayers go out to Jose’s family and friends.”

“Jose, we will miss you. But it’s been a pleasure knowing you. Until we meet again.”

Marty Scurll

Ross interviews Marty Scurll as well on The Jim Ross Report, and Scurll discusses the reason he got interested in the wrestling business as a kid.

“I think a big thing growing up was that my parents separated at a very early age. It was my mother that brought me up, it was my auntie, it was my grandmother,” Scurll said. “And then when I went to school, it was female teachers, so I didn’t really have many male role models around me.”

“I think when I turned on the TV and I saw your Hogans, and your Bret Harts, it was someone I could look up to and sort of be a male influence in my life.”

Busted Open

Ross also talks to David LaGreca on this episode. LaGreca hosts Busted Open Radio, which can be heard on SiriusXM.

Ross and LaGreca discuss the upcoming ROH and New Japan show at Madison Square Garden, their broadcast careers, and Busted Open celebrating its tenth anniversary.

Ross also discusses Survivor Series, Crown Jewel fallout, a potential finish for Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch, and much more.

The full episode can be heard below.

When referencing this transcript, please credit SEScoops.com. This transcript has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Marty Scurll defeated Will Ospreay today at NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed. The win earns him a spot in the finals of a 4-man tournament to declare a new champion. Former champion, Hiromu Takahashi, was forced to vacate the title due to injury in August.

Kushida defeated Bushi at Destruction in Kobe on September 23rd to advance to the finals as well.

Marty Scurll vs Kushida for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship will take place at King of Pro Wrestling on October 8th, 2018.

Highlights from ‘FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED’ (Sep 30th)
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— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) October 1, 2018

Marty Scurll vs Kushida – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Kushida is a 5x former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. He’s defended the title 8x and held it a combined 586 days, good for 7th all-time.

Marty Scurll won the title for the first and only time at Power Struggle 2017. He would lose it 60 days later at WrestleKingdom 12 to Will Ospreay.

Scurll and Kushida have met 3 times previously, twice in Ring of Honor and once in NJPW. Kushida has won all 3 matches. He defeated Scurll twice in 2017 in ROH, first to win the TV title and then again to defend it. They met for the 3rd time at the Best of the Super Juniors this May.

Marty Scurll vs Will Ospreay Stats

Scurll’s victory over Ospreay avenges the most recent match between the two. Ospreay defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title against Scurll at Sakura Genesis in April. Prior to that, Scurll had defeated Ospreay 5x in a row.

The main event of All In was forced to be cut short. The match between Rey Mysterio Jr., Bandido, and Fenix against the Young Bucks and Kota Ibushi was supposed to run for 28 minutes. When all was said and done, however, the match went only about 12 minutes.

Today, Marty Scurll appeared on Sean Mooney’s podcast. He refuted that his match with Kazcuhika Okada was the reason the main event was cut short.

“People are saying 14 minutes over.  No, no, no, no,” Scurll said.  “The show ran 14 minutes over.  A bunch of the other matches went over.  But I guess our match is crucified because obviously, we were the match on just before last?”

Scurll and Okada’s match was the longest on the card at 26 minutes. Cody vs Nick Aldis was the second longest, going 22 minutes.

Jim Ross Calls Out Performers Going Over Alotted Time At All In

Jim Ross took to his podcast recently and called what led to the main event’s time being cut the result of unprofessional behavior.

“The last match was cut from 28 minutes to 12; that’s because the guys before them were trying to get their own s**t in and they went over,” Ross said. “It’s not funny really, because all they did was rob the main event and matches later on of time, and those matches are in those spots for a reason.”

It should be noted that Cody was running gorilla position for the second half of the show and has already taken responsibility for the error.

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Marty Scurll will take on Kazuchika Okada tonight at All In. Many have commented that Scurll is simply too small to take on a heavyweight such as Okada. Even Okada himself has joked that once he defeats Scurll he will send the Villian to 205 Live.

At yesterday’s Starrcast, however, a fan presented Scurll with a replica of the title belt those on 205 Live chase after. Scurll had the fan toss it in the trash.

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Marty Scurll All In

Marty Scurll is one of the only members of the Ring of Honor roster signed on passed next year’s G1 Supercard from Madison Square Garden. Others on the roster have their contracts up at the end of the calendar year after Final Battle.

NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Nick Aldis, recently told media he tried to get Dixie Carter to sign his friend as well as the Young Bucks but was unsuccessful to this end. Aldis had the following to say on his efforts to get TNA to sign Scurll:

“Marty had several non-started gimmicks, but they are all him and are manifesting every part of his personality, but as soon as The Villain thing hit, I’ve been with him every step of the way towards the fun and I am not taking any credit whatsoever, he is one of my best friends, but he is someone that I told TNA multiple times to sign him.”

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The ALL IN weigh-ins from Starrcast took place on Friday, although only one match ended up on the scales.

Following a brief introduction, The Young Bucks made their way to the stage to talk about ALL In and celebrate with the crowd after selling out 10,000 seats for what is being hailed as the biggest independent pro wrestling show of all time.

While everybody involved put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into building the card, the Young Bucks were obviously excited by the reaction from the crowd and the wrestling community as a whole.

“The way I feel right now, I wanna do 50 more of these damn things!” the Young Bucks shouted to the crowd.

From there it was time for the only actual weigh-in that took place at the hour plus long event as Cody Rhodes and NWA heavyweight champion Nick Aldis made their way to the stage. Cody officially weighed 206 pounds while Aldis was at 238 pounds.

Afterwards, Aldis refused to shake hands with Cody before leaving the stage to a loud chorus of boos from the audience.

Cody then made a special announcement regarding his match as famed referee Earl Hepner will be the third man in the ring during the NWA heavyweight championship match on Saturday night.

Bill Apter also made an appearance during the weigh-ins where he presented three custom made ALL IN championship belts to Cody and The Young Bucks, who spearheaded the entire idea behind this massive show.

The show was then turned over to “The Hangman” Adam Page, who came out without wearing any boots — and then he allowed the fans to ask him a few questions.

Unfortunately for Page, all anybody wanted to talk about was Joey Ryan, which finally led to him erupting on the microphone.

“The truth is I murdered Joey Ryan. I murdered him!,” Page shouted before his “attorney” came onto the stage to take away the microphone to protect his client.

Following a brief appearance from the SoCal Underground, the crowd then came to its feet when Marty Scrull came to the stage. He definitely received one of the loudest ovations during the entire weigh-ins before addressing his upcoming match against former IWGP heavyweight champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada.

“I will stop the rain!” Scurll shouted to the crowd in anticipation of his match at ALL IN.

Joey Janela also popped up out of the crowd before making his way to the stage to stir up the audience while smoking a cigarette and chugging a beer while promising to beat “Hangman” Page at ALL IN.

Finally at the close of the weigh-ins, one final guess was introduced as reigning IWGP champion Kenny Omega came to the stage to the loudest reaction of the night.

Omega answered a few questions from the crowd — and even anticipated an inquiry about his interest in going to WWE, although that never actually came.

Perhaps the biggest piece of news to come out of Omega’s appearance was a question about him appearing at the upcoming G-1 Supercard co-promoted by Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling taking place in Madison Square Garden in New York.

While Omega wasn’t ready to commit to anything just yet, a giant smile crept across his face after the question was asked. He joked about getting a ticket before adding more intrigue to the card coming up on April 6, 2019.

“I will probably be there,” Omega said. “Whether I’m needed or not, I don’t know.”

Before leaving, Omega was asked what it felt like being the greatest wrestler in the world right now on the heels of reaching No. 1 in the 2018 PWI 500.

Omega said that as much as awards and accolades are nice to receive, what means even more to him is the reaction he gets from the fans who watch his matches and they are the ones he’s representing each time he steps into the ring.

“That’s what fuels me to continue to fight,” Omega said. “To represent every one of you guys as the alternative for ALL IN.”

ALL IN goes down on Saturday night from Chicago and don’t miss a minute of the coverage all weekend long on SEScoops.com.

Marty Scurll is preparing for one of the biggest matches of his career.

Ring of Honor holds their Best in the World PPV event tonight from Maryland, Baltimore at the UMBC Event Center. Scurll is involved in the show’s main event, a triple threat match involving Ring of Honor World Champion Dalton Castle and fellow Bullet Club member Cody Rhodes.

Scurll spoke with SI.com this week to promote the event and spoke about what it would mean for him to capture the ROH World Championship. He also addressed critics who have said he’s being ‘overlooked’ and lost in the shuffle of the title match. 

“I wouldn’t see myself as the “third man”. I’m the man that the fans want to see as Ring of Honor champion. It’s time. You can’t beat my popularity at Ring of Honor. It’s time for a change. The fans want a champion who can give them those matches and memories that last forever. One that can take them on a ride. Both Cody and Dalton are great wrestlers, but if we’re all brutally honest with ourselves, they can’t lace my boots.”

Scurll referenced the legendary title reigns of guys like Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness, two men who stole the show every time they defended the gold. He doesn’t believe the ROH World Championship has had the prestige it once was and sees Best In The World as his chance to be the fighting champion fans crave. 

Scurll is a main character in the Being The Elite series. In this interview, he was asked what he has gained from his time on the show and the creativity of the Young Bucks.

“Wrestling is about connecting with the audience. Giving them a reason to care. Same reason I binge watch series on Netflix, because the stories and characters get me invested. It’s hard to get fans invested in just wrestling. Good wrestling will do that, but there’s lots of good wrestling these days. You have to be prepared to do more. To go the extra mile. Being The Elite is our platform. It’s our Monday Night Raw. You’re seeing our creativity and passion firsthand. There are no writers here, we’re not doing something we’re told to do. We’re the artists and we’re holding the paintbrushes.”

Do you think Marty Scurll will win the ROH World Championship Tonight ?

Ring of Honor wrestling has announced on their website that the main event in War of the Worlds: Chicago will feature a match between the teams of Los Ingobernables de Japon’s Tetsuya Naito, Seiya SANADA, EVIL, BUSHI, and Hiromu Takahashi going against Bullet Club’s Cody Rhodes, Marty Scurll, Adam Page and The Young Bucks.

The announcement issued states:

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that two of the best exports from the British Isles will be clashing once again as part of the Sakura Genesis event on Sunday 1st from the fabled Ry?goku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. This is certainly not the first time that the two have faced, and hopefully this will not be the last in a storied rivalry spanning not just companies, but continents.

If you have never had the opportunity to see these two former PROGRESS World Champions collide then here are the best 3 matches to get you started on the Aerial Assassin/Villain journey:

Will Ospreay (c) vs Marty Scurll – PROGRESS Chat Sh*t Get Banged

Will Ospreay (Photo credit: Forbes)

The first match on our list comes from PROGRESS Wrestling’s 25th Chapter event ‘Chat Sh*t Get Banged,’ this was to be the end of Ospreay’s great run as Champion after defeating Jimmy Havoc at Chapter 20 and the beginning and quite frankly the making of Marty Scurll. This match had a No Disqualification stipulation and took place 2 weeks after an incredible bout between the two at Rev Pro’s High Stakes event in 2016. An excellent main event match between two of the most dynamic performers on arguably wrestling’s hottest independent ticket saw these two rise above the stellar Rev Pro effort and the No DQ stip certainly leant a gravity to proceedings, one to check out on Demand PROGRESS for sure.

Will Ospreay (c) vs Marty Scurll – NJPW Power Struggle

There are two matches that could easily fill this slot, the first bout between the two at NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament was extremely eye opening…the now established member of the Bullet Club stable Scurll arrived in New Japan and the crowd treated him like a veteran, his mannerisms and character resonated perfectly with the audience and the duo put on a Juniors styled match that captivated NJPW fans.

However the match that followed between the two for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title sees an even more entrenched Scurll facing a now tenured Ospreay and far more of their individual styles can be seen on display here. A great match that leads on to their eventual Wrestle Kingdom four way bout for the IWGP title and a good refresher before the two face at Sakura Genesis.

AJ Styles vs Will Ospreay vs Marty Scurll – Rev Pro Uprising 2015

AJ Styles celebrating after winning the United States Championship at WWE Live Event

What better way to make this feud even more epic than to throw in one of the best wrestlers in the world currently (if not in history)? Ospreay himself has stated that AJ is one of the reasons that he entered the squared circle and this bout for the British Heavyweight Title is one of the best matches in Revolution Pro history.

This match certainly helped cement Ospreay and Scurll as legitimate contenders on the World stage and proved many fans of the UK scene right; we have some of the best performers in the world rising the ranks in our homeland. You can watch this match as part of Rev Pro’s On Demand service right now.

Make sure that you catch this and all of the other incredible bouts happening this Sunday at New Japan’s Sakura Genesis on NJPWWorld.com

I gotta break the curse.
PROGRESS title. ROH TV title. IWGP Jr title.
Marty has always been my kryptonite.
One on one. Ive got to beat him. pic.twitter.com/SGP9IoH5Pb

— Will Ospreay • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) March 27, 2018

Mick Foley is offering a heap of praise on Bullet Club members.

On episode 95 of “Being The Elite,” Foley appeared. Marty Scurll tried recruiting the hardcore icon to help make the Villain Club more than just a t-shirt. Instead, Foley suggested that Mr. Socko becomes a member and things fell apart.

Trail Blazers

Just before the video was released, Foley posted a new entry of his Facebook blog praising Scurll, The Young Bucks, and Kenny Omega. You can read part of it below:

“Sure, on a certain level, I understood The Young Bucks were getting over strong. I understood, to some extent how well the whole Bullet Club thing was working. Not only were the Bucks blazing their own trail in tag-team wrestling; passing on a rumored WWE offer, because they were perfectly content with their New Japan and Ring Of Honor deals, but Kenny Omega had earned the right to call himself a human (match of the year) factory, with near superhuman performances on New Japan’s biggest shows in consecutive years. And to my surprise, the Marty Scurll Villain Club T’s were beating my WANTED T’s like a government mule at OTT shows in Dublin and Belfast. It’s not that the venerable Cactus shirts weren’t selling; they were – just at a pace about 1/4 the pace of Marty’s.”