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ROH TELEVISION REPORT: FINAL SHOW BEFORE BEST IN THE WORLD

By Richard Trionfo on 2017-06-23 13:08:00

We start off with Jay Lethal commemorating the 300th episode of Ring of Honor television.

We are in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and your announcers are Ian Riccaboni and Colt Cabana.

Match Number One:  Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser versus Bobby Fish and Jay Lethal

Fish and Young start things off but Bruiser is tagged in.  Fish wants Young to wrestle.  They lock up and Bruiser with a side head lock.  Bruiser with a shoulder tackle.  Fish with leap frogs and he drops down to the point where Bruiser needs to catch his breath.  Fish tells Bruiser to tag in Young.  Lethal tags himself in and he wants Young too. 

Bruiser has almost caught his breath before locking up.  Bruiser with a side head lock.  Lethal does the same thing to Bruiser that Fish did.  Bruiser wants Young to tag in and Silas has something to do.  He gives Bruiser a beer and he has powered up.  Fish and Lethal both with leap frogs and they drop down to the point where Bruiser has to spit out the beer he drank.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Lethal with a springboard drop kick to Young and he follows with a suicide dive.  Lethal sends Young back into the ring and Fish tags in.  Lethal with a suplex and Fish with a slingshot senton for a near fall.  Lethal tags in and he connects with a forearm to the back.  Bruiser kicks Lethal in the back while Young with an elbow to Fish.  Lethal with a pump kick and round kick to Young.  Lethal tries to hip toss Bruiser, but that is not a good idea.  Bruiser with a clothesline and then Fish with a Samoan drop to Bruiser.

Fish runs Young into the corner and then he connects with knees and hits an exploder into the turnbuckles for a near fall.  Lethal tags in and Fish with a pescado onto Bruiser from the other side of the ring post.  Young blocks Lethal Injection and tries for a Finlay Slam but Fish stops him.  Fish with a punch and Lethal with a kick.  Fish and Lethal with kicks and forearms for a near fall.  Fish with a boot to Bruiser.

Fish kicks Lethal to the floor when Young moves out of the way.  Bruiser with a cannonball off the apron onto Lethal.  Fish with a kick but he mises a round kick.  Fish with a thrust kick but Bruier with a wheelbarrow and Young kicks the ropes as Bruiser hot shots him and Bruiser with a wheelbarrow suplex.  Bruiser and Lethal exchange punches.  Lethal hits Lethal Injection on Bruiser but Young hits Misery for the three count.

Winners:  Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser

We go to commercial.

We are back and we see The Briscoes and Bully Ray talk about what happened in their eight man tag match a few weeks ago.

The Boys make their way to the ring for their match against Vinnie Marseglia and Matt Taven, but they are attacked from behind.  Taven suplexes one of the Boys on the ramp while Marseglia sends the other Boy into the guardrails on the way to the ring.  They send the Boy across the table and then Vinnie punches him.  Ryan whips The Boy in the back and Vinnie chokes him with a belt.  Boy Two is sent into the guardrails while Boy One is about to be given a spike piledriver but Dalton Castle’s music plays and he comes to the ring.

Match Number Two:  The Boys (with Dalton Castle) versus Vinnie Marseglia and Matt Taven (with TK O’Ryan)

The referee calls for the bell and the Boy One drop kicks Taven to the floor and Boy Two with a rollup on Marseglia for a near fall.  The Boys with a double drop kick to Marseglia.  They drop kick Marseglia and Taven to the floor and then they hit planchas onto Taven and Marseglia.

Boy One sends Vinnie back and Taven pushes Boy Two off the turnbuckles.  Vinnie with a running forearm and he sends Boy One into the turnbuckles.  Taven with a reverse superplex and Marseglia with a swanton for the three count.

Winners:  Vinnie Marseglia and Matt Taven

After the match Matt Taven takes the mic and he says they came here to make a statement.  Vinnie with a bicycle kick to the referee.

Jay Briscoe makes his way to the ring and Dalton Castle stops him.  Mark comes to the ring to talk some sense into Jay.  Bully Ray comes out and he stops Jay and talks to him.  Bully tells Dalton to leave. 

We have a video package for Punishment Martinez.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Three:  Punishment Martinez versus Joey Daddiego

Daddiego with punches to the midsection and Martinez with a punch.  Daddiego with an elbow and he runs into a clothesline.  Martinez with an Irish whip and a second one followed by a slam.  Martinez with a springboard senton.  Martinez with jumping elbows into the corner followed by a chop.  Martinez with a forearm and Daddiego goes down. 

Daddiego with a punch but Martinez with a round kick and choke slam for the three count.

Winner:  Punishment Martinez

After the match, Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara check on Daddiego but Martinez throws Cheeseburger to the floor.  Martinez with a choke slam to Ferrara.  Martinez with a round kick to Cheeseburger.

Jay White comes out and hits Martinez with forearms and chops.  Martinez misses a round kick and White with a forearm in the corner.  Martinez with knees in the corner and he connects with a forearm.  White with a forearm and clothesline that sends Martinez over the top rope. 

We go to commercial.

We are back and Cody Rhodes has joined the commentary team for the next match since his opponent at Best in the World is in the match.

Match Number Four:  Hiroshi Tanahashi, Christopher Daniels, and Frankie Kazarian versus Hirooki Goto, Gedo, and Will Ospreay

Kazarian and Ospreay start things off.  They lock up and Ospreay and Kazarian with a series of standing switches until Kazarian with a waist lock take down and front face lock.  Ospreay with a wrist lock.  Kazarian with a reversal.  Ospreay with a reversal and arm wringer as we go to commercial.

We are back and Daniels sends Gedo to the floor.  Daniels chops Ospreay and he sets for an Arabian Press onto Gedo and Goto but Ospreay holds Daniels’ legs and Gedo with a super kick.  Ospreay knocks Kazarian and Tanahashi off the apron.  Goto works on Daniels while Ospreay sends Tanahashi into the guardrails.  Goto kicks Daniels and he sends him into the ring.  Gedo rakes the eyes and Daniels goes to the wrong corner.

Gedo sends Daniels into Ospreay’s boot.  Ospreay tags in and he slams Daniels and goes to the apron for a slingshot senton and he gets a near fall.  Ospreay with a front face lock and Goto tags in and he kicks Daniels.

Goto with a chop and he sends Daniels into the turnbuckles.  Goto with another chop.  Goto with an Irish whip and a spinning heel kick into the corner.  Daniels with a punch and he sends Goto into the corner with a bulldog snap mare driver.  Tanahashi tags in and he knocks Gedo and Ospreay off the turnbuckles.  Tanahashi with a flying forearm to Goto.  Tanahashi slams Gedo and Ospreay and hits a jumping double elbow drop.  Tanahashi with a dragon screw leg whip to Goto.

Tanahashi slams Goto and he goes to the turnbuckles for a somersault senton and he gets a near fall.  Goto with a clothesline and both men are down.  Ospreay kicks Tanahashi from the apron and then he hits a springboard forearm and a running shooting star press for a near fall.  Daniels and Kazarian break up the cover.

Daniels and Kazarian try to double team Ospreay but he hits a handspring Pele Kick to both men.  Ospreay with a bicycle kick to Tanahashi but Kazarian with a lungblower to Ospreay.  Gedo kicks Kazarian but Daniels with an STO.  Goto with an ushigoroshi but Tanahashi with a swinging neck breaker to Goto.  Tanahashi avoids a springboard move by Ospreay and Tanahashi with a kick.  Ospreay with a kick into a back flip.  Tanahashi with Sling Blade as we go to commercial.

We are back and Tanahashi with a pescado onto Goto.  Ospreay goes up top and he hits a shooting star press off the turnbuckles onto Goto, Tanahashi, and Kazarian.  Gedo with a kick to Daniels followed by a jaw breaker but Daniels with a Blue Thunder Bomb and he calls for Angel’s Wings.  Ospreay with a handspring round kick to stop Daniels.  Goto with a head butt and Gedo with a rollup on Daniels for a near fall.  Ospreay hits the Os Cutter on Gedo when Kazarian moves out of the way.  Daniels runs Ospreay into the corner and Kazarian with a slingshot DDT.  Gedo with jabs to Daniels and Kazarian.  Gedo with a kick to Daniels but Daniels blocks a super kick.

Kazarian with a stunner to Gedo and Daniels with a uranage and Tanahashi goes up top for High Fly Flow.  Daniels with a BME for the three count.

Winners:  Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Hiroshi Tanahashi

After the match, Christopher Daniels spits on Cody from the ring. 

Adam Page hits Kazarian from behind with a strap.  Daniels with forearms but Cody with a clothesline.  Cody kicks Daniels and punches him while Page hits Rite of Passage on Kazarian.  Cody hits Angel’s Wings on Daniels.

We go to credits.

 

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