After three weeks of title matches, it is time for what many have called the ‘Most Important Night’ in the history of Ring of Honor. The power struggle between Steve Corino and Nigel McGuinness comes to a head with Steel Cage Warfare. Four members of the Ring of Honor roster will face four members of SCUM with the control of the company on the line. At the end of this hour, who will control the destiny of Ring of Honor?
We begin with a look at the attack by SCUM after Jay Briscoe defeated Matt Hardy to retain the Ring of Honor World Title.
We are in Baltimore, Maryland and your announcer is Kevin Kelly.
Match Number One: Mike Sydal and Zizou Middoux versus Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards
Middoux and Richards start things off and they lock up and Richards works on the wrist. Middoux with a reversal but Davey with a reversal of his own and a back drop take down. Middoux has a drop kick blocked but Middoux powers out of a double leg take down. Middoux with a Japanese arm drag and a standard arm drag but Richards with a head scissors and Middoux escapes.
Richards has a kick blocked and then he misses an enzuigiri but Davey hits with a second attempt. Richards knocks Sydal off the apron. Richards misses the running kick to the head when Middoux moves. Middoux with an enzuigiri to Richards and then he pulls the ropes down and Edwards goes over the top rope to the floor.
Sydal goes up top and hits a moonsault that splits the uprights and catches Richards and Edwards on the floor. They send Richards back into the ring and they hit a double hip toss followed by a double drop kick for a near fall. Sydal tags in and he punches Richards. Sydal with a snap mare and then he rolls up Davey to get a near fall.
Richards runs Sydal into the corner and Edwards tags in. Edwards with chops while Davey kicks Sydal. Edwards knocks Middoux off the apron and then he chops Sydal again. Edwards with an Irish whip and he runs into a boot. Sydal with a tornado DDT but Sydal cannot take advantage and make the cover.
Middoux and Richards tag in and Middoux punches Davey in the corner. Richards with an Irish whip but Middoux floats over. Middoux misses a jumping round kick when Richards ducks. Davey goes for an O’Connor Roll into the corner but Middoux holds on to the turnbuckles. Richards tries for an Alarm Clock but Middoux blocks the kick. Middoux with the jumping spin kick for a near fall.
Edwards interferes and Sydal gets in the ring too. Middoux and Sydal hit neck breakers on Richards and Edwards. Middoux sends Sydal into Richards in the corner and then Middoux with a modified Codebreaker to Richards. Sydal goes up top and hits a double knee press for a near fall by Middoux.
Sydal with forearms to Edwards and then Edwards blocks a kick and he pulls Sydal to the mat in a split. Davey with a round kick and Edwards with a chop. They hit Alarm Clock on Middoux and then Edwards hits a double stomp to the back of the head and then Davey with a double stomp to the chest and Davey gets the three count.
Winners: Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards
After the match, Sydal refuses the Code of Honor handshake and he leaves with Middoux.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a video package looking at what set up Steel Cage Warfare for tonight.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Steve Corino has joined Kevin Kelly and Steve says that he didn’t know that Steen had a flat tire and Kevin wonders how Steve knew about the flat tire.
We are told that SCUM has earned the advantage.
Match Number Two: Kevin Steen, Michael Elgin, BJ Whitmer, and Jay Lethal versus Rhett Titus, Cliff Compton, Jimmy Jacobs, and Rhino in Steel Cage Warfare
The first two participants in the match are BJ Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs.
They get face to face while streamers land between them. They start off exchanging punches but Jacobs with a knee and both men try to send the other into the cage. Jacobs with a chop and Whitmer chops back. Whitmer with another chop and forearm to the back. Whitmer with a kick to the head and then he tries to suplex Jacobs but Jimmy lands on his feet.
Jacobs with a spinning head scissors and he sends Whitmer into the cage and he punches Whitmer. Jacobs rubs Whitmer’s head against the steel cage and then Jacobs with a drop kick to the back while Whitmer is against the cage. Jacobs chokes Whitmer and then he connects with an elbow. Jacobs tries for a spear but Whitmer sends him into the cage.
BJ sends Jacobs into the cage a few more times. Whitmer gets a near fall. Whimter with an Exploder and he gets a near fall. Whitmer sends Jacobs into the turnbuckles and then he punches Jimmy. Whitmer and Jacobs exchange chops and Jacobs with a thumb to the eye.
Jacobs with punches to Whitmer. Whitmer with punches and Whitmer with a suplex and he rolls through into a Northern Lights suplex and he gets a near fall. Whitmer rubs Jacobs’ head into the cage and he chops Jacobs.
The second entrant in the match for SCUM is Rhett Titus.
Whitmer with clotheslines and chops to Titus and then he sends Rhett into the cage a few times. Whitmer gets a near fall. Whitmer sends Titus into the turnbuckles and he chops him in the corner while Jacobs is still down.
We go to commercial.
We are back Titus and Jacobs are in control of the match and they work over Whitmer, but we are about to even things up.
Michael Elgin is the second entrant for the ROH team.
Jacobs and Titus wait for Elgin to enter the cage and they double team him. Elgin with a boot to Titus and he clotheslines Jacobs against the ropes. Elgin with a double belly-to-back suplex to Titus and Jacobs. Whitmer recovers and Whitmer sends Elgin into Titus. Jacobs moves and Jacobs with a spear to Whitmer. Jacobs goes for an Ace Cutter off the turnbuckles but Elgin catches Jacobs and hits a German suplex.
Elgin punches Titus and chops him. Elgin gets Titus on his shoulders and then he grabs Jacobs and hits a combination fallaway slam and Samoan drop. Elgin gets a near fall on Titus. Elgin goes after Jacobs while Whitmer deals with Titus. Whitmer chops Titus and Elgin gets Jacobs up for a delayed vertical suplex but since the next entrant for SCUM is about to enter, Elgin sends Jacobs into the cage.
The third entrant for SCUM is Cliff Compton.
Compton has his bag of white substance and part of it falls to the canvas before he can throw it in Elgin’s face. Titus works over Whitmer while Jacobs and Compton try to tie Elgin to the cage with the zip ties. Whitmer chops Titus and Jacobs and Compton focus on Whitmer now that Elgin is tied to the cage.
Compton goes to the turnbuckles for the spike piledriver and Titus pins Whitmer.
BJ Whitmer Eliminated
The third entrant for ROH is Jay Lethal.
Lethal brings a chair into the ring and he hits Titus with it. Compton takes the chair but Lethal with a Van Lethalnator. Lethal sets up the chair and Lethal hits Lethal Combination on Jacobs on the chair but he can only get a near fall.
Before we go to commercial, Lethal gets something out of his boot and he cuts Elgin loose from the cage.
Lethal grabs Titus from the cage as Rhett wants to climb over the top. Titus is crotched. Now we go to commercial.
We are back and Elgin sends Jacobs into the ropes while Titus backs Lethal into the corner. Lethal sends Titus into the cage.
The final entrant for SCUM is Rhino.
Rhino sets for a gore and he hits it on Elgin. Rhino waits to GORE Lethal, but Lethal side steps him and sends Rhino into Titus and then Lethal with the Lethal Injection on Rhino and he pins Rhino.
Rhino Eliminated
Lethal punches Titus and then he goes after Jacobs. Lethal sends Jacobs into the cage. Lethal blocks punches from Compton and Lethal with punches and a kick. Lethal goes up top and hits the double sledge to the head and he gets a near fall.
Jacobs punches Elgin and then Elgin sends Jacobs into the cage but Jacobs holds on to the cage and he comes off with a back elbow to Elgin. Jacobs gets a near fall on Elgin. Compton punches Elgin while Jacobs rakes Lethal’s eyes.
The final entrant for ROH is Kevin Steen.
Matt Hardy attacks Steen from behind and he sends Steen into the cage and the guardrails. Hardy Irish whips Steen into the guradrails again and now everyone is out of the cage.
Steen punches Hardy and he sends Hardy into the guardrails. Elgin slams Titus on the floor. Compton punches Steen and Steen sends Compton into the guardrails. Steen sends Hardy into the cage while Elgin hits Titus in the back with a chair. Steen hits Hardy with a chair and then Steen hits Titus.
Jacobs sends Lethal into the guardrails and Steen hits Compton. Steen punches Hardy while Titus goes after Elgin. Titus with a forearm to Steen while Compton hits Elgin with a chair and he chokes him. Hardy is sent into the guardrails while Elgin hits a belly-to-back suplex on the floor.
Titus with forearms to Lethal and then Jacobs returns to the ring and he sets up the table that he put into the ring. Elgin Irish whips Compton into the guardrails. Titus and Jacobs try to send Lethal into the table propped in the corner but Lethal slides into the corner to avoid it. Titus misses a clothesline and he stops short of the cage. Lethal with a clothesline to Jacobs. Titus with knees and then he sets for Splash Mountain into the table.
Lethal with a super kick and Lethal Injection to Titus and he gets the three count.
Rhett Titus Eliminated
Steen sends Hardy into the cage and then Lethal hits Jacobs with a chair. Lethal sets the chair on the ground while Hardy is Irish whipped into the guardrails. Lethal tries for a piledriver on the chair but Jacobs escapes. Lethal with a super kick and he sets for the Lethal Injection but he takes too long and Jacobs picks up the chair and hits Lethal in the back and then he hits a spear on Lethal through the table and Compton pins him.
Jay Lethal Eliminated
Steen sends Compton into the cage a few times and we go to commercial.
We are back and Jacobs with a springboard cutter followed by the Contra Code on Steen. Elgin counters the spinning head scissors and sends Jacobs into the cage. Elgin sends Compton into the cage and Elgin tries for a power bomb but Compton with a back drop to counter.
Compton climbs the cage but Elgin with a forearm to the back. Elgin climbs the turnbuckles and he hits a super sit out power bomb on Compton to get the three count.
Cliff Compton Eliminated
Steve Corino gets into the cage and Elgin grabs him. Corino with a fireball into Elgin’s face and Jacobs gets the three count.
Michael Elgin Eliminated
We are down to Jimmy Jacobs and Kevin Steen. Steen goes for a package piledriver on Corino but Hardy stops him and Matt hits a Twist of Fate. Corino has brought a briefcase into the cage and Corino opens it. Corino grabs lighter fluid and he pours it on Steen. Hardy holds the referee at bay and Jacobs tries to talk some sense into Corino but Corino with an elbow to Jacobs.
Corino lights a match and Nigel McGuinness enters the cage and he stops Corino. Nigel and Corino remove their ties while Hardy watches. Corino pie faces Nigel and Nigel with a clothesline. Hardy sets for a Twist of Fate but Nigel escapes and Steen hits a package piledriver on Hardy.
Nigel sends Jacobs to Steen for a package piledriver and he gets the three count.
Winner: Ring of Honor
We cut to Adam Cole watching from the entrance while Steen and Nigel stand in the ring.
We go to credits.
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