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ROH ON COMET REPORT: TELEVISION TITLE MATCH, THE MEN IN THE WORLD TITLE MATCH AT 14TH ANNIVERSARY IN ACTION, TOP PROSPECT TOURNAMENT, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2016-02-04 00:25:30
We are in Concord, North Carolina and your announcers are Kevin Kelly and Mr. Wrestling 3.

Match Number One: Masada versus Roderick Strong for the ROH Television Title

They start off with a test of strength and Masada gets the early advantage and he takes Strong to his knees but Strong gets up and connects with a knee and goes for a waist lock. Masada tries to escape and he takes Strong down with a single leg hold and Masada with a knee bar. Strong gets to the ropes and Masada releases the hold. They lock up again and Masada blocks a leg take down and Masada gets a series of near falls.

Strong pushes Masada and Masada pushes back. Strong pushes him again and Masada with a forearm. They go back and forth with forearms. Then they exchange chops. Strong with a knee to the midsection and he sends Masada to the floor. Masada pulls Strong to the floor and slams him on the floor. Masada sends Strong back into the ring and Strong with a knee and jumping knee. Strong with a back drop driver onto the apron and both men fall to the floor as we go to commercial.

We are back and Masada with a knee and chops. Masada with a short arm clothesline and then he hits a belly-to-back suplex and Masada gets a near fall. Masada sets for a power bomb but Strong escapes and lands awkwardly. Masada with a Death Valley Driver for a near fall. Masada with a chop and he tries for a suplex but Strong lands on his feet and Strong hits an Olympic Slam.

Strong with a running knee and forearm in the corner. Strong with a belly-to-back set up into a take down and Strong gets a near fall. Masada kicks Strong. Strong with a take down but Masada counters with a cross arm breaker and Strong gets to the ropes. Masada pulls out the bamboo sticks and Strong kicks Masada and then he tries to hit Masada with them but he misses. Masada with a power bomb for a near fall.

Strong blocks Masada's attempt to use the sticks and Strong sends Masada to the floor. Strong with a jumping knee to the head and he gets the three count.

Winner: Roderick Strong

After the match, Bobby Fish appears in the crowd and he asks if we are going with Roddy versus the World. Bobby says that Strong better hope that he takes up residence on another planet because Final Battle changed your life.

Fish goes over the guardrail and he wants a moment to give everyone his loose interpretation of Roddy versus the World. To him. Roddy versus the World says you are going to come to this ring each and every week to defend the TV Title against each and everyone who is not named Bobby Fish.

Bobby says he does not blame Roddy.

Roddy asks Bobby what he does not blame him for. Does Bobby not blame him for Roddy beating him at Final Battle? He says that Bobby is a fantastic wrestler and he cannot handle defeat. You are an older gentleman and you see him and Bobby wants to be him.

Bobby says it takes a real man to lace up those boots when you know you are staring defeat in the face. Anyone who saw Final Battle knows that if you stand across the ring from him, that is what you will face.

Strong says that Bobby is delusional. Bobby is a sore loser and he hates his guts. Strong tells Fish to get out of his ring.

Bobby says there are two choices. You can say his name with respect. When you stop running, they can go to war. Fish says he expected this. For you, Mr. ROH, Bobby says he is a patient man. He has no place better to be than up in your face.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a recap of what happened last week when Michael Elgin challenged The Briscoes to a tag match in Las Vegas against him and Tanahashi.

Match Number Two: Colby Corino (with BJ Whitmer) versus Punisher Martinez in a Top Prospect Tournament First Round Match

Martinez misses a punch and Corino with a chop but it has no effect. Corino with kicks but they have no effect either. Martinez with a jumping round kick. Martinez tosses Corino into the turnbuckles and connects with knees. Martinez with a hard Irish whip and a few splashes. Martinez with a short arm clothesline in the corner followed by a slap and a back breaker out of an Air Raid Crash position and Martinez gets a near fall.

Martinez with a running forearm followed by a slam and then he goes for a punch off the turnbuckles but Corino with a drop kick and a Liger kick. Corino with a running drop kick into the corner and he hits a cutter off the turnbuckles followed by a back senton for a near fall. Corino with a double jump senton onto Martinez and then he goes for a head scissors off the apron but Martinez counters with a power bomb. Martinez power bombs Corino onto the apron and then he rolls Corino back in and Martinez hits a choke slam for the three count.

Winner: Punisher Martinez (Advances to Second Round)

After the match, Whitmer goes into the ring and he has something to say. He tells Colby that he did good. He wants Colby to tell his old man to take off that mask. BJ asks if Colby expected anything else from the man who abandoned him and his mother while starting a new family. This is a man who spent this past Christmas with his new wife and new son while you spent Christmas with his family in his home. He has shown Colby love, something his old man never did.

BJ says he will give Steve one more chance to redeem himself. He tells him to take off that mask or he will be forced to have fate determine his actions.

Mr. Wrestling 3 says that he is not Steve Corino and BJ does not know what he is talking about.

BJ grabs Colby by the throat and tells him that he let him down. He embarrassed him tonight in the ring and why did Colby think that he would not know that Colby called his father on Christmas. BJ says that is betrayal. BJ says he forgives Colby for that. BJ says he cannot forgive is the sins of your father.

Whitmer with four exploder suplexes to Colby and then he pulls Colby over towards Kevin and Mr. Wrestling 3. Whitmer leaves the ring and he gets in Mr. Wrestling 3's face. He says that Steve is willing to sacrifice his son for his selfishness.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we see the announcement of the main event for the 14th Anniversary Show.

Nigel McGuinness has taken the spot of Mr. Wrestling 3 on the announce team. We see footage of Mr. Wrestling 3 helping Colby to the back.

Match Number Three: Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly versus Adam Cole and Jay Lethal (with Truth Martini and Taeler Hendrix)

Lethal and Kyle start things off. Kyle says that he wants Cole and Cole tags in to the shock of many. Cole tags Lethal back in to the shock of no one. They lock up and Kyle with a European uppercut and side head lock. Kyle with a shoulder tackle and he holds on to the ropes. They lock up and Lethal with a side head lock. Lethal goes for a sunset flip but Kyle counters into a cross arm breaker. Lethal gets his foot on the rope to force Kyle to release the hold.

Fish tags in and they alternate knees on Lethal and then work on the arms and connects with kicks to Lethal for a near fall. Fish with a back elbow for a near fall. Fish with a knee to the midsection and Kyle tags in. Kyle works on the arm and he takes Lethal to the mat with a hammer lock and knees and forearms to the hammer lock. Kyle with a sliding knee into the arm. Fish tags in and drops a knee on the arm. Lethal with a knee and he tags in Cole.

Fish sends Lethal over the top rope to the floor and Fish with a back heel kick to Cole and Fish tries to tag in Kyle, but Cole grabs Fish's leg and Lethal pulls Kyle off the apron. Fish kicks Cole and Lethal tries to punch Fish but Fish with a forearm. Cole with a neck breaker out of a death valley driver set up for a near fall. Lethal sends Fish to the floor and Irish whips Fish into the guardrails while the referee is distracted by Cole.

Cole picks up Fish on the floor and sends him back into the ring. Cole sends Fish into the turnbuckles and he kicks Fish in the corner. Cole throws out his catchphrase in the face of Lethal and we go to commercial.

We are back and Cole tags back in and he punches Fish in the midsection. Cole with a snap mare and knees to the back. Kyle with a forearm to Cole after Cole misses a punch. Kyle comes in after Cole spits in his face but since the tag was not made, the referee keeps Kyle in his corner and that allows Cole and Lethal to double team Fish.

Cole fakes a tag and Lethal comes in and gets a near fall. Lethal with an Irish whip and a clothesline in the corner. Lethal with a snap mare and drop kick to the back of the head. Cole tags in and kicks Fish. Fish with punches to Cole and Lethal. Cole with an Irish whip and he runs into a boot. Fish with a Samoan drop and both men are down.

Kyle and Lethal tag in and Kyle with a clothesline to Lethal. Kyle focuses on Cole and that allows Lethal to set for a belly-to-back suplex. Kyle lands on his feet and he connects with kicks and knees to Lethal followed by a leg sweep. Lethal sends Kyle to the apron and Kyle with a running knee off the apron to Cole. Kyle with a boot and a satellite DDT and he gets a near fall. Kyle sets for the cross arm breaker and Cole attacks Kyle to break it up. Cole with a kick and forearm.

Kyle with an elbow to Lethal and he drops down as Cole goes over the top rope to the floor. Fish runs Cole into the guardrails. Lethal and Kyle exchange punches and forearms. Kyle gains the advantage. Lethal with an Irish whip and Lethal misses a splash in the corner. Kyle with a running forearm followed by a knee from Fish and a knee from Kyle. Fish with a back breaker followed by a knee from Kyle for a near fall.

Fish tags in and they set for Chasing the Dragon but Lethal escapes the suplex and Lethal pushes Kyle into Fish. Cole with a bicycle kick to Kyle. Lethal with a back breaker and then Cole with a super kick and Lethal hits the Lethal Combination. Cole with a Shining Wizard but Lethal can only get a near fall.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Lethal goes up top and hits the elbow drop on Fish but Kyle breaks up the cover. Lethal and Fish exchange forearms. Fish with punches and forearms to Lethal. Lethal with a forearm but Fish with kicks to the leg and a dragon screw leg whip to Lethal. Kyle and Cole tag in and they exchange forearms and then they pause to set up the double rapid fire forearm exchange.

Kyle with a round kick to Lethal and then Cole blocks a kick and hits a German suplex. Kyle with a forearm. Cole with a super kick and then Kyle rebounds in the ropes and goes after Cole but Cole moves and Kyle clotheslines Lethal instead. Cole with another super kick and Cole has a super kick blocked by Fish and Fish with an exploder into the turnbuckles. Lethal with a super kick to Fish. Kyle with a forearm to Lethal and Lethal hits an enzuigiri but Kyle stays on his feet. Lethal with a super kick and he sets for the Lethal Injection but Fish sends Cole into Kyle and Cole takes the move instead.

Kyle and Fish clothesline Lethal over the top rope and then they hit Chasing the Dragon on Cole for the three count.

Winners: Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish

We go to credits.

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