ROH TV live results: Lio Rush defends TV title against Oro
Ring of Honor is back on HonorClub tonight.
Scheduled for this week’s show, Shane Taylor Promotions will face SkyFlight in an eight-man tag team match as Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean go up against Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin, Darius Martin and Matt Sydal.
In singles competition, Komander will face “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington, while Nathan Cruz takes on Adam Brooks. Mance Warner will also be in action.
Hyan will face Lacey Layne, while Jacked Jameson takes on Satnam Singh. Caprice Coleman will “chop it up” with Deonna Purrazzo, who is currently out of action with an injury.
Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta will be in tag team action. Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese will face Dark Order’s Evil Uno and Alex Reynolds.
Billie Starkz will take on B3CCA, while Alan Angels faces “The Bounty Hunter” Bryan Keith.
In the main event, Lio Rush will defend the ROH World Television Championship against “Main Man” Oro.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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We began tonight’s action from Jacksonville, FL with a recap of how “Main Man” Oro earned his shot at Lio Rush’s RoH World Television Title, which will open tonight’s show.
RoH World Television Championship: “Blackheart” Lio Rush vs. “Main Man” Oro
Rush hesistated to hand over his all-black World TV Title to referee Mike Posey, but eventually did so as thisnopening bout got underway.
Rush slithered over and overextended the Code of Honor handshake and got a slap from Oro as a result. This prompted Rush to respond by choking Oro. Waistlock by Oro led to a kick from Rush, followed by the clothesline. Oro rolled out of the ring with a suitably freaked out expression on his face due to Rush’s eccentricness. Oro took Rush’s customized RoH TV Title and used it as a distraction to nail him with a pair of thrust kicks. Oro tried to kick from the corner, but Rush struck him with a chop to the chest. Oro responded as he put Rush on the top rope and looked for a superplex. Rush bit at Oro’s hand, but he got hit with the wallwalker moonsault Pele kick from Oro.
Oro blasted the spine of Rush with a kick to the back, as he followed that with a very hard Irish whip to the corner. Oro mocked Rush for a bit as he lifted him up for a modified Razor’s Edge. Rush escaped as he and Oro engaged in a battle of chops. Rush’s momentum was stalled by a capoeira kick from Oro as both men were left down on the mat.
Both Rush and Oro got to their feet as the Television Champ nailed his signature basement springboard Stunner for a near-fall. Rush hit an incredible leaping kick afterwards as he avoided Oro’s thrust kick. He couldn’t avoid Oro’s pop-up Pele kick for a close two-count. Rush once more bit at Oro’s hand, which left him open for the Stunner. Double heel kick by Rush sent Oro down to the outside. Beast hope by Rush led to the suicide dive. Back in the ring, Rush put Oro away with Black Thunder to end this.
After the match, Action Andretti attacked Rush as he choked his former friend out.
Lio Rush def. Oro via pinfall to retain the RoH World Television Championship
Terrific opening match here. Oro looked great going up against Lio Rush, and the post-match stuff with Andretti was a good way to build towards their match, which likely happens at Death Before Dishonor in August.
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Bryan Keith vs. Alan Angels
Keith took off his poncho and threw it at Angels to get an early blindside attack in as the bell rang. Keith continued the attack with chops to the chest, followed by the exploder suplex. As Angels struggled to his feet, Keith maintained the relentless onslaught with a pair of chops. However, Angels blocked Keith’s suplex attempt and fought back with some strikes of his own. He landed on his feet on an attempted Keith back suplex, as he bounced off the ropes and rolled up Keith for a near-fall. Angels leapt off the top roe for a crossbody for another two-count.
In the corner, Angels attacked Keith with a chop to the chest and tried to go up top. Keith tripped him up, which left Angels open for a Tiger Driver backbreaker for a two-count. Keith pummeled Angels in the corner with a kick as he then choked him with his foot. Angels was still on the backfoot as Keith took a methodical approach to his offense. Another exploder suplex by Keith, but Angels manged to kick out once more.
Turnabout was fairplay as Angels used the poncho to his advantage to catch Keith offguard with a dropkick. Angels was on fire with a nice single-leg dropkick that flattened Keith. Angels avoided a Keith clothesline with an acrobatic dodge as he caught his foe in a modified RIngs of Saturn. Keith used his foot to break the agonizing hold. On the apron, Keith had Angels in a compromising position, but the latter escaped with an enzuigiri. The attempted cannonball dive by Angels was a big swing and a miss as Keith got out of the way. With Angels all the worse for wear, Keith called his shot. A defiant slap from Angels was met with a hard knee to the face from Keith. The Emerald Tiger Driver by Keith put this one in the books.
Bryan Keith def. Alan Angels
I loved this match. Keith continues to do great flying solo and it was nice to see Alan Angels in action here. A lot ot like about this one.
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Billie Starkz vs. B3CCA
Starkz pushed B3CCA into the ropes and gave her a slap to the face. B3CCA escaped Starkz’s waistlock and fought back with a shotgun dropkick to the corner. Starkz aggressively hit back with a dropkick, followed by a backbreaker-into-a-faceslam to the corner. Starkz punched away at B3CCA in the corner and taunted the Jacksonville crowd. With B3CCA down on the mat, she was choked on the bottom rope by the boot of Starkz.
Starkz trashtalked one too many times and got hit with some strikes from B3CCA. That did very little as Starkz held the advantage again. B3CCA’s attempts at blocking a Starkz suplex was met with some punches. B3CCA tried agian with the strikes as she now had the advantage in the corner. A barrage of running attacks by B3CCA appeared to turn the tide, but Starkz intercepted her foe at the top rope. Starkz lifted her up for a modified Ushigoroshi for a near-fall. Starkz yelled at the referee, but it opened her up to B3CCA’s Pele kick. B3CCA slowly got up to the top rope, but Starkz again caught her. Starkz’ high risk attempt was turned into a throw to the mat by B3CCA.
On the top rope, B3CCA missed with the 450 Splash. This left her at the mercy at Starkz’ face-first slam for the three.
Billie Starkz def. B3CCA via pinfall
I enjoyed this match, but I do wonder how and when they’ll move Starkz’s character forward especially as it comes to this story with Athena. For her part, B3CCA did really great in this match. The beauty of these weekly RoH shows is the amount of talent I’m introduced to every week and how I much I end up enjoying them in action.
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– We got remarks from Adam Brooks, who promised to dominate Ring of Honor after showing his stuff on Collision recently against Will Ospreay.
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