ROAD to the Tag Tournament Finals

It has been a crazy road for The Addiction and the “hired guns” of the House of Truth following Global Wars. After they won their semi-final clashes their destinies were locked in a collision course. And they have indeed collided fiercely. Tajiri sabotaged a Christopher Daniels match by spraying Kyle O’Reilly with the green mist. This lead to the two fighting after the match. The House of Truth then, the next week, attacked Addiction in the back in a 4-on-2 assault which prompted Daniels and Kazarian to challenge J. Diesel and Dijak to matches. Kazarian beat J. Diesel in his match and Christopher Daniels decided to preempt revenge versus Tajiri, attacking him after his match with Adam Cole. Tonight, Daniels faces Donovan Dijak. Will there be further brutality in what is emerging as a blood feud? Will these teams make it to Best In The World?

Overall: 69%

Moose vs Cody Hall

Cody Hall, son of wrestling legend Scott Hall, made his ROH debut against the rising star Moose. Hall was not one to back down and brought the fight directly to Moose. Hall could not maintain momentum for long and Moose cracked him with a bicycle kick and stifled Hall’s offensive. A European uppercut rocked Hall and sent him staggering in to the corner where Moose launched himself and splashed in to Hall. Hall wasn’t going down without a fight. He caught Moose with a power slam and rocked him with a leg drop but only got a short two-count. Moose upped the intensity in response, a pop-up clothesline floored Cody Hall and Moose climbed the ropes and came down with a double-axe handle! Hall was dazed and Moose clobbered him with the Hit Stick! Three count, game over. WINNER: MOOSE

Moose seemed impressed after his victory. Cody Hall gave Moose a hell of a fight, and Moose wanted to congratulate him. Hall looked to be debating the gesture for a moment before leaning in and accepting Moose’s hand. Hall said something to Moose and then pulled him forward, rocking him with a clothesline. Hall picked up Moose and hit a crucifix powerbomb! Just like his father used to do. He laid Moose out.

Match Quality: 77% / Crowd Reaction: 45% / Overall Rating: 54%

Jay Briscoe interview

Jay Briscoe is pacing back and forth, he’s got a look of certain intensity on his face “SAMOA JOE??!” he yelled at the camera. “You call yourself the best in the world, but I don’t think that’s true. My Brother Mark, he beat you fair and square. You are a fraud Samoa Joe.” Briscoe looked slightly unhinged, he was ready for a fight now.

“You’re a bully Joe, that’s all it is. You think you’re tough, and well you might be. You’re not tougher than my brother though. He proved that last week. Joe, I’m willing to bet that you’re not tougher than me either. At Best In The World, if you’ve got the stones, you can face me one-on-one. No honor, just a brawl. I’m looking for a fight. I hear you’re in the market too…”

Briscoe paced back and forth for a moment, “I will find you, if you don’t accept this challenge Joe. I will find you, and I’ll settle things how we settle them down in Delaware. Gonna be an old fashioned ‘pier six brawl.’ I don’t want no technicalities, I don’t want no fancy pants hip tosses or what have you, no. I wanna beat you in to a bloody pulp. Give me that opportunity Joe.

Give me that chance!”

Overall: 83%

War Machine vs Young Bucks

The Young Bucks, Matt and Nick Jackson, looked cocky as usual as they stood adjecent from War Machine. The Team of Hanson and Rowe had been carving a path of carnage through ROH and now that was on a collision course with the Bucks. Matt started off with Rowe, and the two were relatively even, with Matt careful not to let Rowe gain an advantage with his brawn. War Machine was first to gain the edge as they worked on Matt Jackson, Rowe tagged in Hanson and Hanson continued to rock Jackson and stop him from tagging in his brother. Hanson crushed Matt with a scoop slam, and then dropped an elbow on to him. Nick broke up the pin attempt to keep his team in it. Matt managed to get a tag to Nick, and the Bucks hit the N’Sync! They just rocked Hanson with one of their trademark team-moves. Nick tried to put Hanson away but he could not get the brute. Nick hit a springboard splash and Matt choreographed it and rocked Hanson with a moonsault. Rowe was livid but the Ref stopped him from intervening. The More Bang for Your Buck rocked Hanson, and Nick went for a pin. The ref turned around to make his count and Nick put his feet on the ropes. Hanson couldn’t kick out from the dirty pin. WINNER: YOUNG BUCKS

Match Quality: 91% / Crowd Reaction: 60% / Overall Rating: 67%

Christopher Daniels vs Donovan Dijak

Aggression was on Daniels face as he started off the match hot against Dijak. Dijak, former top prospect tournament winner, was not phased by Daniels and mounted a counter attack. He floored Daniels with a clothesline, then picked him up and dropped him back-first over his knee. Daniels did his best to stay in the match, working Dijak’s legs to prevent him from using his power advantage effectively. Daniels hit a reverse STO and managed to get a two-count for it. Dijak was relentless, he continued to come at Daniels, fighting for the House of Truth. He floored Daniels with a nasty side slam backbreaker. Just when it seemed Dijak was going to take control of the match, Daniels reversed a neckbreaker and hit a enzuigiri. He clocked the Angels Wings and then snuck out a victory vs Dijak. WINNER: CHRISTOPHER DANIELS

As Daniels started to revel in victory, Taka Michinoku came from back stage and it was no time at all before Daniels was bringing the fight to him. The Addiction’s hatred for House of Truth showing through but TAKA was the fresh man and began to beat Daniels down. He helped Dijak get out of the ring as Kazarian came for backup.

Match Quality: 79% / Crowd Reaction: 42% / Overall Rating: 54%

Silas Young Interview

The Last Real Man of ROH looked in to the camera, Silas Young wore his typical confidence, “Roderick Strong, Mister Ring of Honor Wrestling. You think you represent Ring of Honor? You don’t represent anything. You’re not a champion, you’re not even the toughest guy in our upcoming matchup. I am a REAL man. I am the example this company should be following, I will set the example tonight.”

Overall: 65%

Roderick Strong vs Silas Young

Silas Young wanted to make an example of Roderick Strong, and started the match out with a blazing attack. He rocked Roddy with a forearm smash and then mocked “Mr. ROH” after hitting him with a Killer Combo, a backbreaker followed by a vicious lariat. It appeared Silas Young was in control of the match. Roddy came at Silas with a stiff backhand chop. He chopped Young in to the corner where he rocked him with another heavy chop. Silas tried to mount a counter-offensive but was met with a argentine backbreaker. Young kicked out after a two-count and came at Roddy with a belly-to-belly suplex. He rocked Strong with a forearm smash. Silas Young threw Strong to the mat. Zero Gravity, what a hooting star press! Silas Young pulled all the stops but could only get a two count. Roddy hit the Strong Breaker, but he only got a two count. Both men beat the crap out of each other by this point and Strong locked Young in to an Inverted cloverleaf, Silas tapped! WINNER: RODERICK STRONG

Match Quality: 80% / Crowd Reaction: 59% / Overall Rating: 62%

Benjamin Knight vs Michael Elgin

The crowd was buzzing as Knight and Elgin circled each other in the ring. The whole arena came alive as they began to fight. Elgin clocked Knight with a snap suplex. Knight bounced to his feet and brought it right back to Elgin with a forearm to the face. Knight rocked Elgin with a pumphandle falling powerslam, and then hit a big boot but only got a two count on Elgin. Elgin isn’t called unbreakable for nothing however, he kept coming back for more. A release german suplex knocked the wind out of Knight, and Elgin followed that up with a vertical side suplex slam. Elgin could only get a two count. It was apparent neither man was giving in easily. Knight smacked Elgin with a spinebuster, two count. Elgin replied in kind with a timely spinning backfist, that staggered Knight. Elgin hit a Burning Hammer. Only a two count! Knight kicked out. Elgin looked shocked. Knight began to get more momentum and hit a desperation Bull Hammer. Both men were very slow to get up. Why is Truth Martini out here? He has the attention of the referee. Meanwhile Jay Lethal struck Benjamin Knight with a Lethal Injection! Not like this. No way! Elgin has a pin on Knight, the referee is oblivious. Three count WINNER: MICHAEL ELGIN

After the match, Lethal was back in the ring attacking Knight, Elgin joined in! Both men were stomping on Knight, he was absolutely taken apart after Elgin hit a frogsplash for good measure. Is Michael Elgin the surprise partner that Jay Lethal was talking about? Has Elgin alligned himself with the House of Truth? I am certain we will get answers next week at HONOR COMBAT!

Match Quality: 89% / Crowd Reaction: 73% / Overall Rating: 72%

Overall:

Rating: 66% / Match of the Night: Benjamin Knight vs Michael Elgin / Rating: 2.07 / Attendance: 437 / Ticket Sales: $8740

