Matt Sydal vs Will Ferrara

Sydal starts off the match with a high octane intensity that has come to define him. Ferrara is doing his best to keep up but Sydal’s experience has given him a clear edge. Ferrara catches Sydal with a stiff kick out of nowhere, climbing the ropes he soars and clocks Sydal with a flying elbow drop. Two-count! Ferrera tries to wear down Sydal but he cannot slow him down. Sydal ends the match with a Shooting Star Press!

WINNER: MATT SYDAL

Match Quality: 77% / Crowd Reaction: 40% / Overall: 58%

Tag Team Tournament Quarter-Finals: The Addiction vs War Machine



The ROH Tag Team Tournament begins with The Addiction facing off against War Machine. Hanson and Christopher Daniels in to start the match. War Machine is playing it smart, keeping Daniels in their corner and wearing him down with quick tags and heavy offense. He will not quit however. Daniels gets the hot tag to Kazarian, who comes at both men with furious offense. In the ring with Rowe, Kazarian begins to go to work. Daniels sneaks around and attacks Hanson while Kazarian puts his feet on the ropes during a pin. Rowe can’t kick out! Addiction moves on to the semi-finals!

WINNER: THE ADDICTION

Match Quality: 76% / Crowd Reaction: 55% / Overall: 65%

Brian Cage vs Cedric Alexander

Brian Cage stands in the ring across from Cedric Alexander, such an imposing physical force. Undefeated in ROH thus far. As the match begins, Alexander is not intimidating, giving Cage everything he can with a high offensive tempo. Cage stops it at a hault with a heavy belly-to-belly suplex. Alexander does not know what hit him. Cage takes it to Cedric some more, who attempts to bounce back but Cage surprises Cedric, and the ROH crowd with a surprising display of athleticism, meeting Cedric with a flying shoulder block. Sizing Alexander up, Cage runs through him with the Discus Clothesline. That is the end of this one.

WINNER: BRIAN CAGE

Match Quality: 78% / Crowd Reaction: 54% / Overall: 66%

Tag Team Tournament Quarter-Finals: reDRagon vs All-Night Express

All-Night Express has recently re-united and just in time to be entered in to this tag team tournament but they have a tough challenge in the former champions reDRagon. Kenny King and Bobby Fish start out. King holds nothing back giving it to Bobby Fish. ANE is playing it smart as they try to keep fresh and wear Fish down but Bobby Fish manages to get a tag to his partner Kyle O’Reilly. Red Dragon starts to show why they’re one of the best tag teams in the world with some excellent chemistry and tag-combos. Rhett Titus is in no-man’s land, on the receiving end of blistering offense and lightning tags. He manages to tag in his partner Kenny King for the hot tag but reDRagon shows their savvy, thwarting it with a double-team. They clock King with Chasing The Dragon and advance to the semi-finals!

WINNER: REDRAGON



Match Quality: 80% / Crowd Reaction: 60% / Overall: 70%

Chris Sabin vs Adam Cole

Chris Sabin has been on a bit of a role lately since returning to ROH as part of the Knights of the Rising Dawn with Daniels and Kazarian. Adam Cole, former ROH world Champion not intimidated, the two wrestlers exchange a flurry of fists to start off the match. Adam Cole knows Sabin has explosive potential and starts off wanting to wear him down and limit his offense. Sabin shows Cole why he’s one of the best in the world, locking him in to a surprise arm bar, but Cole gets the rope break. Sabin is getting cocky and Cole surprises him with a superkick! Hail Sabin! out of nowhere but what?! Adam Cole kicks out. Cole tries to mount a counter-attack but Sabin rolls up Cole countering a clothesline and manages to get the three count.

WINNER: CHRIS SABIN



Sabin and Cole share an uneasy stare-down after the match. Sabin has his hand extended and Cole is unsure if he should accept it. The crowd is urging him not to. He does and Sabin floors him with a surprise attack. How did he not see that coming? Sabin smacks Cole with another Hail Sabin! before leaving him floored in the ring.

Match Quality: 73% / Crowd Reaction: 69% / Overall: 71%

House of Truth Promo:

The House of Truth: Truth Martini, Jay Lethal, Donovan Dijak, Taka Michinoku and Tajiri are all backstage, Martini starts out speaking to the camera. “You’re looking at the future tag-team champion’s right here. My hired guns, Taka Michinoku and Tajiri are going to win the tag-team tournament and then we will have all of the championship gold where it belongs. Right here, in the HOUSE OF TRUTH.

Jay Lethal steps up to the camera, ROH World Title on one shoulder, ROH Television Title on the other. He looks smug as a dual-champion for nearly one calendar year would. “Samoa Joe, you return to Ring of Honor, and our commissioner felt compassionate enough to give you a match with me. I want you to remember one thing Joe. I AM the Ring of Honor World Champion. I AM the Ring of Honor World Television Champion. I am THE BEST MAN in Ring of Honor. You are old news Joe. Even when you were the dominant force in Ring of Honor, you never dominated like I am right now. You are the past. I am the present and the future. You’ll see why soon enough.”

Lethal walked off camera, followed by Taka, Tajiri and Dijak, Truth Martini takes a moment to snark at the camera before it cuts back to ring-side.

Overall: 70%

Jay Lethal vs Samoa Joe



The crowd is absolutely electric as Samoa Joe and Jay Lethal standoff in the ring. Joe is glaring right at Lethal and Lethal is unfazed. Joe starts out with high-impact offense, flooring Lethal with a clothesline that’s followed by a vicious German suplex. Lethal counters with a vicious DDT that manages to get a two-count, maybe Joe was caught off guard. There’s some excellent back and forth in this match, neither man is backing down. Joe starts to assert himself with his textbook offense, dissecting the World Champion. Jay Lethal is reeling… but he still manages to catch Joe with a surprise Lethal Injection! WHAT Samoa Joe kicks out of the Lethal Injection. He absolutely cannot believe it. Joe is on the receiving end of some offense but manages to slow Lethal down with a belly-to-belly. He locks in the Kokina Clutch! Will Jay Lethal tap out? Donovan Dijak comes to ring-side, he attacks Joe while Truth Martini has the referee distracted. Feast Your Eyes. Joe is laid out, and Dijak exits the ring. Jay Lethal picks up Joe and cracks him with another Lethal Injection. There is no way, what a farce! Jay Lethal with the three count.

WINNER: JAY LETHAL

Donovan Dijak hits the ring again and now it’s two-on-one with Lethal and Dijak kicking the crap out of Samoa Joe. Music hits, who is this running to the ring? The crowd is buzzing, they seem to recognize him. He’s got a chair and he clears the ring, standing over Joe with a protective stance, ready to clock someone with that that thing.



Match Quality: 79% / Crowd Reaction: 74% / Overall: 76%

Mystery Promo

Taking the mic, he looks to the crowd who now has a clear view of the man who saved Joe, he is a very familiar face. “My name… is Benjamin Knight.” The crowd erupts.

“You may recognize me, I have accomplished a lot in my time before I decided to make this appearance at Ring of Honor. I made my name forging a nexus of young wrestlers who took professional wrestling by storm. I have been a bearer of bad news for my opponents. I was a crowned sovereign of the squared circle and I formed a league of multi-national peers who conquered the highest of heights. However, now my sights are set even higher, here, at Ring of Honor. This is a NEW AGE of Ring of Honor Wrestling and I will bring an end to the tyranny that is the House of Truth!” The crowd roars louder with each successive proclamation.

“Do not think I will be doing this alone, I’m not stupid, I know your tricks because I’ve done them all before. I will be bringing backup, just you wait and see. Until then, keep counting the days Jay Lethal because your time as World Champion is numbered!”

Dropping the mic, Benjamin Knight helps Samoa Joe to his feet before engaging in a stare down with Jay Lethal, Donovan Dijak and Truth Martini as the show fades to black.

Rating: 80%

Overall Show Rating: 70% / TV Rating: 2.13 / Attendance: 404 / Ticket Sales: $8080