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COMPLETE RING OF HONOR TELEVISION REPORT: STEEN TALKS ABOUT FINAL BATTLE; THE BRISCOES TALK ABOUT FINAL BATTLE; HOUSE OF TRUTH SHOW A NEW ATTITUDE

By Richard Trionfo on 2012-01-23 23:54:22
We begin this week’s show with footage from Final Battle 2011 and the main event between Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards that saw Davey retain the World Title. We then see Kevin Steen’s comments after the match when he promised that he would win the ROH Title in 2012.

We are live on tape from Baltimore, Maryland and your announcers are Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness.

Kevin and Nigel are in the ring and they welcome the people of Maryland to Ring of Honor. They talk about the new tag team champions and an injury suffered by Rhett Titus at the hands of the Young Bucks.

We go to comments from Mike Mondo.

Mike says that Eddie Edwards is coming off the biggest loss of his career and that is where he wants Eddie. He is vulnerable and doesn’t know what to do. That is where he takes advantage. He is not out to beat Eddie Edwards. He is out to make a reputation for the ROH audience. After he beats Eddie, he is going to embarrass and humiliate Edwards. Mondo says that the fans wouldn’t want ‘Die Hard’ to ‘Cry Hard’ and then Mondo laughs at his pun.

Eddie Edwards says that he is not going to cry about Final Battle and he is going to do what he always does. He is going to pick himself up and work harder to get back into the title picture. The next time, the outcome will be different. It is not about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and move forward. Tonight Mike Mondo is in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Match Number One: Eddie Edwards versus Mike Mondo

They lock up and Mondo with a waist lock but Eddie with a wrist lock. Mondo with a reversal but Edwards with a reversal of his own. Mondo with a leg sweep and side head lock. Mondo with a shoulder tackle but Edwards with a series of arm drags into an arm bar. Mondo with a forearm and Irish whip but he runs into a boot. Edwards puts Mondo into the tree of woe and Edwards with a hesitation drop kick.

Edwards goes into the crowd to high five a fan and then Edwards has to wait for a camera man to stop taking spontaneous crowd shots so he can hit a baseball slide from the floor to Mondo who is still in the tree of woe. Edwards gets a near fall.

Edwards with a chop and then Mondo uses the referee as a distraction for a poke to the eye. Mondo with a shoulder breaker and then he kicks Edwards in the arm. Mondo with an arm wringer and he slams the arm into the mat. Mondo gets a near fall.

Mondo with another arm wringer but Edwards rolls through and he chops Mondo, but Mondo with a knee to the injured arm. Edwards with an Irish whip. Edwards with another Irish whip and he hits a running chop into the corner. Mondo with a knee but Edwards responds with a knee of his own and Edwards gets a near fall.

Edwards with chops to Mondo and then he goes Kobashi before a final chop. Edwards with an Irish whip but Mondo floats over and then Mondo with a kick to the arm followed by a leaping divorce court for a near fall. Mondo puts Edwards on the top turnbuckle and he connects with a forearm before trying to give Edwards a superplex. Edwards fights Mondo off the turnbuckles with a head butt and then he hits a double stomp and then he hits Die Hard for the three count.

Winner: Eddie Edwards

We go to commercial.

We are back and Kevin and Nigel talk about the main event between Kenny King and Matt Jackson.

We go to footage from the match during Final Battle of Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin against The Briscoes for the Tag Titles when the Briscoes became the new Tag Team Champions.

We go to pre-recorded comments from Haas and Benjamin. Charlie says that it is safe to say that they made a rookie mistake. The New York crowd got to them and they fell into the trap that Mark and Jay said. They got out of their game and were not wrestling. That cost them the tag titles.

Shelton says that the Briscoes did everything to paint themselves as underdogs with their videos and tweets. Shelton says that the New York fans are not that smart because they fell for it.

Charlie says that Mark and Jay got what they deserved. Charlie says that they did exactly what they said they would do. He wants to know why there is an outroar. He wants to know where the outroar was when the Briscoes were injuring them. They got fined $5,000 and got chewed out by Cornette after the show.

Shelton says that he takes it as an insult that the fans treated them this way. They were the same fans who cheered for them last year when they faced the Kings of Wrestling, but they were booed against the Briscoes. He says that the fans turned on them like a pack of rabid dogs.

Haas says that if anyone doesn’t recognize that they are the world’s greatest tag team, then they can go straight to hell.

Jim Cornette talks about how the New York fans were behind the Briscoes at Final Battle and he cannot explain it. The fans of Ring of Honor are entitled to boo or cheer who they want.

Jim says that they are not going to tolerate chair shots to the head because of the studies about head trauma. Cornette mentions that he fined the Briscoes when they did it in the past.

From this point forward, it is an automatic $5,000 fine for hitting someone in the head with a chair.

Jim Cornette is in the ring and he brings out the Briscoe Brothers.

Jay says that Haas and Benjamin got fined for hitting them in the head with steel chairs. Jay wants to know who gets that money. Jay says that since they got hit with the chairs, they should get the money. Jay says that if they $5,000 every time they get hit in the head with a steel chair, they can bring down the whole locker room so they can have one hell of a retirement fund.

Jim asks them about the reaction that Haas and Benjamin got from the New York crowd. Jay says that they cannot tell people how to think, but the people love Dem Boys. Jay says that they keep it real with the fans and they are seven time tag champions. Jay mentions that they have wrestled in Baltimore before.

Jim mentions the challengers lining up for the tag title.

Mark says that they are like ducks on the pond and that they will knock them down.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Two: Ricky Reyes versus Roderick Strong with Michael Elgin and Truth Martini

They lock up and Strong with a knee and side head lock and shoulder tackle. Reyes with a hip toss and arm drag into an arm bar. Strong backs Reyes into the corner and Strong with ann elbow. Reyes with a kick and a pump handle fallaway slam for a near fall. Reyes with a kick and chop but Strong with a chop of his own.

Reyes with forearms but Strong with chops. Reyes with a forearm and he hits a running forearm into the corner. Reyes with an Irish whip and then Strong sends Reyes into the turnbuckles and hits a lungblower and gets a near fall. Strong with a waist lock but Reyes with elbows. Strong with a knee and a gutwrench suplex for a near fall.

Strong with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Strong returns to the waist lock but Reyes with elbows to escape the hold. Reyes with a rollup for a near fall. Reyes with a flying back elbow followed by a swinging neck breaker for a near fall.

Strong with a knee and chop but Reyes with a forearm. Reyes with an enzuigiri and then he hits a DDT for a near fall. Reyes runs into a boot and then Strong with an enzuigiri. Reyes with an O’Connor Roll but Strong rolls through and gets the three count with a handful of tights.

Winner: Roderick Strong

We go to commercial.

We are back with Inside ROH and it is time to talk about Kevin Steen, the Embassy, and a new pay per view.

We are told that Kevin Steen injured Steve Corino, Jimmy Jacobs, and El Generico at Final Battle with the package piledriver.

Steen says that he hates to have to give Jim Cornette any credit but he was right that people got injured. Steve Corino, Jimmy Jacobs, and El Generico all got hurt. Steen says that he is wearing the old Steen and Generico t-shirt to show support for his former tag team partner. Generico’s injury could have been avoided if Cornette had been a man the whole time. What is done is done. Generico, Steve, and Jimmy are out. The worst part is that was just one night from him and it is going to get worse. In two weeks, he will be on television and he will show the world what to expect from Kevin Steen. He will show why he is pro wrestling’s worst nightmare and why he belongs in Ring of Honor. Steen says that he will take ROH hostage in 2012 until he gets exactly what he wants.

We go to Prince Nana with Tomasso Ciampa and R.D. Evans. Nana says that the Embassy is one of the greatest factions in Ring of Honor because of him. R.D. Evans says that the focus has shifted to Tomasso Ciampa. He says that he has made connections throughout the world and a business associate of his saw Ciampa and he wanted to be part of this. He says that a multi-national corporation is involved with the Embassy now.

The Tenth Anniversary show on March 4th will now be an internet Pay Per View.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we are in the locker room with Veda Scott and she is interviewing Kyle O’Reilly and Davey Richards. She asks Davey about teaming with Kyle against Cedric Alexander and Caprice Coleman next week. Davey says that is looking forward to a fight. Davey says that he doesn’t do too many tag team matches any more because he is preoccupied with the World Title. Tag Team Wrestling is where he made his name and he has had issues with his former partner so he is moving on with Kyle and Team Ambition is looking for a fight.

Kyle is asked about his Future Shock tag team partner Adam Cole and Kyle says that Adam is cool with this. Kyle says that we might have the new American Wolves next week.

Davey tells Kyle to take it one step at a time.

Before our next match, we see footage of why Rhett Titus is on crutches thanks to the Young Bucks.

Match Number Three: Matt Jackson with Nick Jackson versus Kenny King with Rhett Titus

Matt mocks Titus’ injury and then they lock up. King with a clean break and Matt continues to mock Titus. They lock up again and King backs Jackson into the corner. They lock up again and Matt with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. King with a drop toe hold into a side head lock and front face lock. King with a suplex and he floats over and punches Matt.

King charges into the corner but Nick pulls Matt to the floor so King stops short. Matt returns to the ring and King with a waist lock but Matt with a hammer lock. King with a Japanese arm drag and an American arm drag into an arm bar. King slams Jackson and then he goes to the apron for a slingshot move onto Matt, but he sees Nick trying to interfere so Kenny hits a slingshot corkscrew pescado onto Nick on the floor. Matt with a baseball slide through the ropes onto King and we go to commercial.

We are back and Matt with a facebuster and then he kicks King in the head. We see footage of King getting a near fall with a sunset flip and backslide during the commercial break. Matt sends King into the turnbuckles followed by a snap mare followed by knees to the back. Matt with a rear chin lock. King with elbows but Matt blocks a kick. King tries for the spinning wheel kick but Matt counters with a super kick.

Matt misses a kick and King hits a t-bone suplex and both men are down. Matt charges into the corner and misses a splash. King with clotheslines to Matt followed by an STO, an elbow drop, and a standing moonsault for a near fall.

King tries for a uranage slam but Matt escapes. King is able to hit the spinning wheel kick followed by a spinebuster for a near fall. King gets Matt up on his shoulders but Matt with elbows to get loose. King goes into the corner and Matt avoids him. Matt with a super kick followed by a moonsault into a DDT. King goes to the apron and Matt with a double jump DDT onto the apron and both men go to the floor.

Matt rolls Kenny back in and he gets a near fall. Matt yells at Kenny and then he goes to the turnbuckles but he misses a 450 splash. King sets for the uranage side slam and he may have hit the move, but the cameramen focus on Nick attacking Titus on the floor. King gets a near fall and we have a crutch battle between Nick and Titus. King goes over the top rope and drops Matt on the top rope. King goes for a springboard move onto Matt but since the referee is involved in a detailed conversation with Titus, he does not see Nick hit King in the back and Matt gets the three count.

Winner: Matt Jackson

We go to credits.

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