New ROH Tag Team Champions Crowned

Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian defeated Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly to win the ROH Tag Titles at Saturday's television taping in San Antonio. Daniels, Kazarian, and Chris Sabin also revealed themselves to be the masked KRD trio.

Opinionated View- Out of no where title change. You would think if they were going to win the belts they would win be booked better in the weeks before the change. Now as for making them the KRD this could be interesting its a much needed move to breath life back into Kaz and Daniels as team.

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Tag Title Match Announced For ROH All Star Extravaganza iPPV

Ring of Honor has announced that reDragon (Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) will defend the ROH Tag Titles against the Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) in a 2 of 3 Falls match at the All Star Extravaganza iPPV. The show airs on September 6th in Toronto. 

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3/8 ROH in Chicago Ridge results (TV spoilers)

-Jake Dirden defeated Will Ferrara in the pre-show match.

1. Michael Elgin defeated Tyson Dux with Elgin Bomb. Elgin put over Dux as mentor and friend after the match.

2. Roderick Strong and BJ Whitmer defeated Adrenaline Rush. Strong pinned Thomas with the Sick Kick. Adam Page wore a Decade shirt with Strong and Whitmer

3. Michael Bennett (w/Maria Kanellis) defeated Jay Lethal. Bennett won with a roll up holding onto the tights

4. The Briscoes defeated Homicide & Eddie Kingston in a No DQ match. The match started out regular until a brawl started and was turned into a NO DQ match

Romantic Touch came out to cut a promo. He called himself a great wrestler and lover. He hit on Scarlett. Touch called the fans virgins and then forcibly kissed Scarlett. Scarlett was apparently okay with this.

5. Silas Young defeated Matt Taven who was distracted by Truth being at the entrance way. Taven beat up Young afterward and hit the frog splash to boos (Young is the hometown hero).

6. "Mr Wrestling" Kevin Steen defeated Cedric Alexander with a package piledriver. Outlaw Inc. appeared and applauded.

7. The Young Bucks defeated Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly to win the ROH Tag Titles. Nick Jackson rolled O'Reilly up to counter the triangle choke and got the three count.

8. Adam Cole defeated Chris Hero in a Ringmaster's Challenge to retain the ROH Title. Cole won fall one with the Florida Key. Hero won by submission with the stretch plum in the second fall. The third fall was a 15-minute Iron Man. Hero booted Cole and covered for three to go up 1-0. Cole was disqualified after hitting Hero with the belt, giving Hero a 2-0 advantage. Cole covered and got the three count, leaving him trailing 1-2. Cole hit a neckbreaker across the knee and pinned Hero to even it up 2-2. After a trio of superkicks, Cole went up 3-2. Hero nailed Cole with an elbow on the outside of the ring. Back inside the ring he got the pin to even it up 3-3. The Iron Man match time limit ended. Nigel McGuinness declares sudden death, which Cole won with a backslide.

Opinionated View- Congrats to the Young Bucks on wining the belts. Briscoes vs Outlaw Inc that had to suck big time. The booking for main event makes zero sense. 

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ROH News and Notes

- The event in Pittsburgh last weekend drew a little over 1,200 fans.

- With Chris Hero pinning Adam Cole at the Pittsburgh event, Hero will now challenge Cole for the ROH Title at the February 21st ROH Anniversary show in Philadelphia, PA at the National Guard Armory.

- ROH runs on February 8th in San Antonio, Texas with ROH Tag Team Champions reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) vs. Adrenaline RUSH (ACH & Tadarius Thomas) set for the show.

Opinionated View- Well it's clear ROH still has a fan base in the North Eastern area. But for some reason they want to run any where but the North East most of the time.  The two tile matches sound really good 

Tag Title match set for Final Battle

Ring of Honor has announced that Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly will defend the ROH Tag Titles against Homicide and Eddie Kingston at Final Battle. The show takes place on December 14 in New York at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Read the official announcement at ROHwrestling.com.

Opinionated View- Well that sucks. I love reDragon and think they are an awesome team but I'm very unimpressed with Kingston and Homicide. Kingston has his moments but Cide is well past his prime and been phoning it in. 

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9/21 ROH TV taping in Philadelphia

-Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish vs. Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander vs. Rocky Romero and Alex Koslov in a three-way tag for the ROH Tag Titles.

-Matt Taven vs. Jay Lethal for the ROH TV Title.

-Ricky Marvin vs. Davey Richards.

-Michael Bennett and Maria Kanellis vs. Cheesburger and Brutal Bob Evans.

-Tadarius Thomas vs. Mark Briscoe.

-Adam Page vs. ACH.

ROH is also advertising new ROH Champion Adam Cole, Tommaso Ciampa, Kevin Steen, Michael Elgin, Eddie Edwards, Roderick Strong, Homicide, Eddie Kingston, Silas Young, QT Marshall, RD Evans, and Veda Scott

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ROH News and Notes

- Here is the updated card for the ROH Death Before Dishonor XI…

ROH World Heavyweight Championship Match: ??? vs. ???
Semi-Final Tournament Match: Adam Cole vs. Tommaso Ciampa
Semi-Final Tournament Match: Michael Elgin vs. Kevin Steen
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match: The Forever Hooligans (c) vs. The American Wolves
ROH World Television Title Match: Matt Taven (c) vs. Jay Lethal
Ricky Marvin vs. Roderick Strong
Jay Lethal vs. Silas Young
World Tag Team Champions reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish), World TV Champion Matt Taven, and Michael Bennett w/ Truth Martini, the Hotties, & Maria Kanellis vs. Adrenaline RUSH (ACH & Tadarius Thomas) and C&C Wrestle Factory (Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander)

- ROH announced the following for the September 21st TV tapings today…

ROH Tag Team Title Match: World Tag Team Champions reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) defend vs. C&C Wrestle Factory (Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander) vs. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov)
ROH TV Title Match: World TV Champion Matt Taven defends vs. Jay Lethal
Davey Richards vs. Ricky Marvin
Also scheduled to appear: Outlaw Inc (Homicide & Eddie Kingston), Silas Young, Adam Page, and Marshall Law (QT Marshall & RD Evans)

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8/3 ROH All Star Extravaganza results

1. Yujiro Kushida defeated Adam Page. A fun match that saw both guys work hard to get the crowd involved. There were some stiff spots, but the finish saw the NJPW star hit the Midnight Express (a corkscrew moonsault) for the win. The crowd liked it.

2. "The Sicilian Psychopath" Tommaso Ciampa defeated Silas Young in an ROH Title Tournament opening round match.Big pop for Ciampa. The crowd was all over Young for the mustache with a variety of chants involving both Thomas Magnum and Ned Flanders (there were some clever chants) and Ciampa played into them, including trying to rip off Young's mustache on a couple of occasions. Ciampa hit Project Ciampa for the win, but Young was great here, heeling it up like crazy.

3. Michael Bennett (w/Maria Kanellis) vs. "Buzzsaw" BJ Whitmer went to a no-contest due to Whitmer suffering a neck injury. As you've probably heard by now, Whitmer was hurt in this match, potentially seriously. The spot in question happened when Bennett hit BJ with a piledriver on the apron. Obviously, that's a dangerous spot to begin with, so it took a couple of minutes to register with the fans that this wasn't a work. Eventually, wrestlers, including Davey Richards and Jay Lethal, came out to check on BJ and he eventually was stretchered out. 

Mike Bennett looked extremely uncomfortable and on the verge of tears, if he weren't actually crying. All told, it was probably 20 minutes before the stretcher left and there was a palpable sense of concern across the arena throughout. There was a huge "BJ" chant as he left. It was genuinely scary to watch.

4. Roderick Strong defeated ROH TV Champion Matt Taven (w/Truth Martini, Scarlett Bordeaux, Sylezia Sparks) in an ROH Title Tournament opening round match. A huge reaction for Roddy. This was a very good match that saw Nigel McGuinness (working commentary for TV tapings) threaten to send Scarlett to the back, unless she sat next to him at commentary. The Hoopla Hottie complied, but it didn't stop Truth from interfering on the outside in a sequence that saw Nigel get involved and Taven accidentally superkicking Martini. The finish happened with Strong hitting the Sick Kick followed by a giant backbreaker for the pin.

5. "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin over "The Intrepid Traveler" Paul London in an ROH Title Tournament opening round match. A nice pop for London, but the place went nuts for Toronto's Elgin. A very fun match that looked stiff in parts saw Elgin pick up the win with a huge flurry of offense that began with two Buckle Bombs, a backfist and, finally, the Elgin Bomb for the win. Another fine match.

Bobby Cruise announced the intermission and promised an update on BJ Whitmer, but just afterwards, Jimmy Jacobs hopped into the ring and expressed dismay that he wasn't in the title tournament. He said that he had pictures and t-shirts to sell and he'd be doing so during the break. Jacobs did end up selling shirts and posing for pictures and, by the looks of it, was having a great time. He wasn't far from where I was sitting and he was super personable and taking time to talk to everybody.

6. Adrenaline Rush (Tadarius Thomas & ACH) defeated C+C Wrestle Factory (Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander) and the Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) in a three-way dance.A great match that the audience loved. The crowd was into all three teams. The Jacksons were absolutely hilarious with their 3MB-esque mannerisms that had the crowd laughing hard. The finish saw ACH hit a 450 on Alexander for the pin. Everybody worked hard and the crowd was certainly appreciative. One of the matches of the night.

7. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen defeated Brian "Spanky" Kendrick by submission with the Sharpshooter in an ROH Title Tournament opening round match. The crowd was respectful for Kendrick, but Steen got a superstar reaction and probably the biggest pop of the night. It seemed that Spanky wanted to work heel as the match got underway, but he backed away from that quickly when the crowd didn't want that and didn't go back. A fun match that saw Kendrick hit Sliced Bread #2 on the apron (a manageable spot, for sure, but one that I wonder could have been passed over considering the Whitmer situation,) but eventually succumb to an F-Cinq and the Sharpshooter. Steen was ridiculously over.

8. "The Panama City Playboy" Adam Cole defeated Jay Lethal in an ROH Title Tournament quarterfinal match. Big pop for Lethal. Efficient, if unspectacular, match that saw Cole get the win with the Florida Key. Cole didn't heel it up at all and didn't even hint at a turn here. Nice work from both guys, but it never went into the next gear.

9. The American Wolves (Davey Richards & "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards) defeated Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship. A fantastic match that saw both teams working stiff. Richards is horribly underrated in his ability to work a crowd. The crowd was pro-Wolves until Richards decided to work heel for no good reason. Eddie played it off like he didn't know what Davey was doing, but this turned the crowd onto the Hooligans and the crowd got behind them. Koslov's Russian dancing/knee-drop spot got a great reaction and the crowd was popping for near falls. 

The finish saw the Wolves hit a super powerbomb/Lungblower combo on Romero for the win. As the new champs celebrated, the Hooligans got a massive "Please come back" chant from the crowd. After the match, Davey put over the crowd (apologizing for heeling up) and the Hooligans and led everybody in an "ROH" chant.

ROH Announces Tag Title Match For Manhattan Mayhem V (SPOILERS)

ROH sent out the following today…
Last Saturday night in Providence, as part of the "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV Tapings, World Tag Team Champions reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) were set for a Proving Ground contest against the reigning IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champions The Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov).

Well due to circumstances of reDRagon's own making (as you will see in this weekend's edition of ROH TV), that Proving Ground match became a World Title match and ultimately led to the crowning of brand new champions in Romero & Koslov! In addition, it also shuffled up the scheduled World Tag Title Team bout for "All Star Extravaganza V" this Saturday night in Toronto where Fish & O'Reilly were set to defend their championships against rivals The American Wolves (Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards)!

Now, as a result of their victory, on Saturday The Hooligans will make their first title defense against Eddie & Davey while reDRagon, in protest, has refused to even make the trip across the border to compete at "ASE V"! Still, as the former champions, there is a rematch in their future and ROHWrestling.com has learned that Kyle & Bobby will have their opportunity to reclaim the gold very soon...

"Despite their poor attitudes..." said Match Maker Nigel McGuinness, "Despite the undeniable fact that they requested the title match that ultimately changed their fates, reDRagon is in line for a rematch against whomever leaves Toronto as champion. That title opportunity will go down on August 17th in New York City as part of the 'Manhattan Mayhem V' event and be it The Hooligans or The Wolves, you know that the two teams fighting it out over the championships will show everyone why ROH has the best tag team wrestling on the planet!"

There you have it! reDRagon, will get their rematch in New York City in just two weeks! Not only does "Manhattan Mayhem V" feature the continuation of the World Title tournament but now a World Tag Team Title match WILL take place!