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ROH TELEVISION REPORT: KING VERSUS LETHAL, FINAL BUILD TO BEST IN THE WORLD, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2019-06-23 17:21:00

We start off with a look at Kenny King winning the Honor Rumble at the G1 Supercard of Honor and what happened after the match. We see Kenny King’s challenge for Jay Lethal as well as the first match in their Best of Three Series that continues tonight.

We are in Kent, Washington and your announcer is Ian Riccaboni.

Match Number One: Mark Briscoe versus Colt Cabana for the NWA National Championship

They lock up and they go into the corner. Mark with a clean break. They lock up and Briscoe with a wrist lock and Cabana with a reversal and wrist lock take down. Mark with a single leg take down into a side head lock. Mark takes the wrist but Cabana escapes and applies a Japanese stranglehold. Cabana with a body scissors. Mark gets to his feet and Mark escapes. Mark goes for an elbow drop and Cabana with a rollup for a near fall. Cabana offers his ankle and Mark goes for it but Cabana escapes. Cabana with a head scissors take down. Mark with a forearm but Colt fires back. Mark pushes Cabana off the turnbuckles to the floor. Mark with a drop kick and we go to commercial.

We are back and Mark with a rake of the eyes. Mark with a chop and Colt chops back. They go back and forth and Cabana with forearms. Mark with a boot to the head that sends Cabana to the floor. Mark with a Cactus Jack elbow off the apron onto Cabana. Mark with a chop and punches to the head. Mark grabs a chair and the referee tells Mark not to use it. Mark with a kick and then Mark with a back drop driver onto the apron. Mark puts Cabana in the chair and Mark charges but Cabana gets up and his an overhead belly-to-belly suplex onto the chair. Cabana sends Briscoe into the guardrails and throws a beverage at Mark.

They return to the ring and Cabana with a cross body. Cabana with a quebrada for a near fall. Mark with chops and palm strikes. Cabana with an apple for a near fall. Cabana with the Flying Apple followed by an Irishi whip. Mark misses a punch and Colt knocks Mark off the apron. Mark with punches to Cabana and then Mark pulls up the mats. Mark tries to suplex Cabana over the top rope to the exposed floor but Cabana blocks it. Mark with a knee to the head and Mark with a slingshot rollup for a near fall.

Cabana with a rollup for a near fall. Cabana with a victory roll for a near fall. Mark with a waist lock and Colt holds on to the ropes. Cabana with an elbow but Mark with a German suplex and we go to commercial.

We are back and both men are down. Mark with a head lock and Cabana with elbows. Cabana with jabs and he misses the Bionic Elbow. Mark with a uranage for a near fall. Mark with forearms and Cabana fires back. Mark with a Death Valley Driver and Mark goes up top but misses the elbow drop when Cabana moves. Cabana with an elbow in the corner but Mark with a forearm. Mark sets for a superplex but Cabana blocks it and Cabana with an elbow to send Mark to the mat. Cabana with a rollup for the three count.

Winner: Colt Cabana (retains Championship)

After the match, Jay Briscoe clips Cabana and both Briscoes attack Cabana. Jay holds Cabana and Mark hits Colt in the head with the title belt.

We go to comments from the Ring of Honor Television Champion Shane Taylor.

Shane says the best part of revenge is the look on the faces of the people who told you that you would not succeed. Having the title is revenge. He says he cannot think of a better way to shove it down the throat of every fan by having the most dominant title reign of all time. Five hundred sixty-seven days, thirty five title defenses. Records held by Jay Lethal, the ultimate ‘company man’. Shane says he will shatter both of those records and by the time he is done, everyone will call him the Baddest Champion You Have Ever Seen.
We go to commercial.

We are back with Allure. Angelina asks how perfect is it that they are making their in ring debut at Best in the World. How fitting is it that the match is against the bitter and petty two time champion Kelly Klein and her follower Jenny Rose. Mandy says they are the best in the world and they will wrestle you on their time.

We take a look at footage from a Four Corner Survival Match won by Flip Gordon, but Dalton Castle attacked him after the match. We see Flip Gordon offer his hand to Rush but Rush with a forearm. At Best in the World, Dalton Castle will face Dragon Lee while Rush faces Flip Gordon.

Silas Young says for the last few weeks, you people have had the privilege, no the honor of seeing the Last Real Man, the Technician of Honor show wrestling in its purest form. He says he has proven why he is the best pure wrestler walking the planet today. Jon Gresham wants to make his challenge from Japan. That challenge is accepted. It will be Jon Gresham versus the Technician of Honor in a Pure Rules Wrestling Match.

Before we get to Best in the World, it appears that someone else has a problem with the Last Real Man who thinks he can make a name at the expense of Silas Young. It is a man who is trying to avenge a loss of his father against Silas.

Match Number Two: Silas Young versus El Hijo de Squid Jr

Squid wants a test of strength and Silas with a wrist lock but Squid with a reversal. Silas with a waist lock and Squid with a standing switch. Silas with an O’Connor Roll and Backlund bridge for a near fall. Squid with a side head lock and a reverse atomic drop. Young with a clothesline followed by an abdominal stretch and Squid taps out.

Winner: Silas Young

We see Kenny King and Jay Lethal in split screen preparing for their match. We go to commercial.

We are back and Lifeblood is in the back. Mark Haskins says Lifeblood is a group of some of the most innovative wrestlers in the world. They have lost some people due to injury but things are looking up. Tracy Williams says they have been looking for some of the most dynamic wrestlers in the world and they think they have someone with PJ Black. PJ says together, they are going to win the Six Man Tag Team Championships.

Match Number Three: Kenny King versus Jay Lethal in Match Two of the Best of Three Series

They lock up and Lethal with a wrist lock and hammer lock. King with a drop toe hold into a front face lock. Lethal with a hammer lock and side head lock take down for a near fall. King with a head scissors and Lethal escapes and applies a side head lock. Lethal with a wrist lock and King gets to his feet and we go to commercial.

We are back and Kenny King is on the floor while the referee continues his count. King gets back into the ring and goes back to the floor. The referee holds Lethal back, but Lethal is able to go to the floor and that brings King back into the ring. King kicks Lethal and connects with a forearm to the back. King with a kick to the midsection followed by a knee to the head. King with a chop but Lethal with a chop. They go back and forth in the corner. King adds rapid fire chops and forearms. Lethal goes for a figure four leg lock but King kicks Lethal away. Lethal goes for the figure four leg lock again and King with an inside cradle for a near fall.

King sends Lethal to the apron and it crotches Lethal. King with a springboard drop kick to send Lethal to the floor. King with a twisting plancha onto Lethal. King punches Lethal and sends him back into the ring. King kicks Lethal and slams Lethal. King with a springboard leg drop for a near fall. King with a seated abdominal stretch. Lethal with chops but King with an Irish whip that sends Lethal sternum first into the turnbuckles. King gets a near fall. King returns to the seated abdominal stretch. Lethal escapes and punches King. King sends Lethal to the floor.

Lethal gets back into the ring and King kicks him as we go to commercial.

We are back and Lethal with a punch to the midsection. King with a punch and Lethal punches back. King with a forearm and Lethal misses a punch and Lethal with a neck breaker and King calls for a Lethal Injection. Lethal comes back with a Lethal Combination and both men are down. Lethal with punches and chops to King. Lethal with forearms and an elbow followed by a chop. Lethal with a sunset flip and then he applies a figure four leg lock but King gets to the ropes. Lethal with a springboard drop kick to send King to the floor. Lethal with a suicide dive. Lethal with a second suicide dive on King. Lethal goes for a third suicide dive and hits it.

Lethal gets back in the ring and the referee continues the count for King and King feels that he has had enough but Lethal follows and the count stops. King hits Lethal with a microphone and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner: Jay Lethal (by disqualification)

After the match, King punches Lethal and sends him into the guardrails. They return to the ring and King with more punches. Lethal punches King but King with a kick to the ding ding followed by a King Sized Lethal Injection.

King gets a chair and puts it on Lethal’s arm and King with a leg drop onto the chair as we are told that Match Three in this series will take place at Best in the World.

Kenny stands over Lethal and congratulates him on his victory. Kenny asks Jay if he feels like a winner right now. Kenny says he could beat have beaten Jay tonight, but you do not kill a God in the shadows, you do it in front of everyone. Kenny says he will see Jay at Best in the World.

We go to comments from the Ring of Honor World Champion Matt Taven.

Matt says finally, after two weeks of hearing about Jeff Slobb’s accomplishments, you finally put a real star on camera. Best in the World is a week away and it is named after him, but you have not heard from the champ? We have had to hear about all of Jeff’s accomplishments, but who has accomplished more in Ring of Honor than Matt Taven? Top Prosect Tournament winner, television champion, tag team champion, six man tag champion. He went to CMLL and won gold there. He was one of the few to main event in Mexico. He went to New Japan and main evented there. He completed the grand slam at Madison Square Garden. Why do we have to waste time on Jeff Cobb. This title is going absolutely nowhere and he deserves to hold this gold forever because he has earned the right to be called Ring of Honor World Champion.

There will be one man who rules Ring of Honor and he is I and I am him. I am Matt Taven.

We go to credits.

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