ROH TV live results: Rascalz vs. Workhorsemen, IInspiration in action
Ring of Honor presents a new episode on Honor Club tonight with a new start time of 8 p.m. Eastern.
Lio Rush and his new Blackheart character will be in singles action against Nathan Cruz.
Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz of The Rascalz will take on The Workhorsemen’s JD Drake and Anthony Henry.
Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay of The IInspiration will be back in Ring of Honor tonight as they wrestle Frankie B and Viva Van in tag team action.
There will be an eight-man tag team match featuring Shane Taylor Promotions against Ace Austin, Juice Robinson, and The Von Erichs.
Also scheduled for the show is Action Andretti versus AR Fox.
Roppongi Vice is back together as Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta wrestle TMDK.
Matches for this week’s episode were taped across multiple ROH TV tapings held at WJCT Studios in Jacksonville, Florida.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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And here we go! New time slot, new studio, same great Ring of Honor taste that you’ve come to know and love.
And it started off with Eddie Kingston and Ortiz being interviewed. Ortiz said they want to mix it up with youn talent, just as the young talent known as Busta and The Brain wandered by. So they all agreed to fight.
RPG VICE (Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta) vs TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste)
Apparently this is the first time TMDK and RPG VICE have crossed paths, which makes sense since neither team uses the others letters.
Haste and Romero started things off with some locking up and trash talking. Haste seemed to really enjoy making fun of Romero’s height, which earned him a knee to the gut. Haste responded with a shoulder tackle and Romero went to escape by tagging in Beretta, but Beretta made him “tag him in proper.”
Nichols tagged in and the two double teamed Beretta with some stereo sentons. Nichols got Beretta up in a staaaaaaaallllling suplex, but Romero broke up the cover after the fact. Romero sent Haste to the outisde and hit a running knee off the aprion while Nichols started chopping Beretta in the ring.
Beretta countered with some chops of his own before tagging in Romero, isolating Nichols in their corner. Nichols bailed from the ring and Beretta sent him into the barricade. The ref tried to get Haste to tag in (I guess he didn’t realize Nichols was legal) while Romero took a turn sending Nichols into the barricade.
Nichols fought back, sending Romero into the barricade before getting back into the ring. Beretta and Romero double teamed him, preventing him from tagging in Haste. Romero threw some one-, two- and three-ever lariats, but Nichols countered the last one and sent him reeling.
Nichols finally got the tag and Haste came into take out Beretta and Romero, stacking them in the corner for a cannonball. Beretta came back with a Mongolian thrust and went for a DDT, but Haste countered it into a tossing Falcon Arrow.
Hast hoisted Beretta up, but Beretta raked his eyes and drove him to the canvas. Romero tagged in and threw hands at Haste, but that got him close enough for a lariat and a two count.
TMDK double teamed Romero and Beretta , but Beretta came back with a superkick. Nichols dropped him with a blue thunder bomb, but of course that didn’t lead to a pin. That would be silly.
Beretta took on both members of TDMK, but Romero broke up the double team slam attempt. Nichols came back with some chops on them both, but RPG landed their finisher on him and got the pin and the victory.
Match Result: RPG VICE defeated TMDK
Lio Rush vs Nathan Cruz
Rush arrived with a new, dark and weird intro that caused my 8-year old to exclaim “why’s he so creepy?” Good question, Lio. What gives?
The Code of Honor was adhered to and Rush immediately dropped to his knees and crawled around the ring like a goth Mr. Iguana.
They locked up and Cruz drove Rush to the mat, but Rush bridged out of a pin attempt. Rush used his speed to run circles around Cruz before slapping on a sleeper hold. Cruz backed him into the corner to break it, but Rush dragged him back down to the mat, presumeably whispering “we all float down here.”
Rush then staked Cruz, backing him into the corner. Cruz turned it around, kicking Rush in the gut until he rolled out of the ring, giggling. Cruz followed and tossed Rush against the barricades before sending him back into the ring. Cruz wrapped Rush in the ropes and punched him in the gut.
Cruz hoisted Rush up, but Rush countered and sent him out of the ring with a modified rolling heel. He then scampered around the ring like an animal before diving through the ropes onto Cruz.
Back in the ring, Rush hit a screaming Thez press for a two count. Cruz came back with a sit out slam and called Rush a “filthy little baby.” Rush responded with a cutter then went up top for a frog splash fro halfway across the ring. He made the pin and that was it.
Match Result: Lio Rush defeated Nathan Cruz
After the match, Rush crawled around the ring like an animal giggling which was in no way unsettling.
-Backstage, ROH Women’s Pure Champion Deonna Purrazzo was interviewed. Purrazzo addressed Diamante, saying if she wanted a shot at the title, all she had to do was ask. Purrazzo intends to walk into Supercard of Honor as champion and said that if she doesn’t get her respect, she will beat it into Diamante. Then the match was made official for Supercard of Honor, Diamante vs Purrazzo for the ROH Women’s Pure Title.
Pure Rules Match: Josh Woods vs Matt Menard
They started off with a tie up, with Menard clearly trying to work a plan. He forced Woods to the ropes then slapped a hold on him while he was touching them, costing him Woods arope break just 0:37 into the match. Menard then did it again, forcing Woods to the ropes and using a break at 1:15.
Menard then put Woods in a Boston Crab right next to the roipes and Woods used his final break at 2:15. That seemed to make him really mad, so he put Menard in an octopus hold, wrenched down and Menard gave up, giving Woods the win.
Match Result: Josh Woods defeated Matt Menard
Komander vs Soleil
Soleil FKA Sidney Akeem FKA Reggie has had some success in this new Lucha persona, but Komander is a former ROH TV Champion, so he’d have his hands full in this match.
Off of a lock up, Komander sent Soleil down with a shoulder block, but he popped back up in a superhero pose. They ran the ropes dodging and weaving until Komander swept the leg for a two count. Soleil rolled out of it and the reset, showing respect.
Soleil hit a pop up kick and then a twisting high crossbody to sent Komander staggering. He charged, but Komander moved and Soleil got him with a kick. He went up top and flew off the turnbuckle with a crossbody for a two count.
Soleil started chopping Komander in the corner, adding in a kick or two for good measure. Soleil hit a skywalker mule kick for a two count, but Komander wasn’t done. Soleil tried to wear Komander down with a chin lock, but Komander got back to his feet and they traded kicks.
Komander hit a shoulder tackle followed by a springboard dropkick. He planted Soleil with a DDT, but could only get a two count. Komander went up top, but Soleil rolled out of the way of the frog splash and countered with a pumphandle shock effect.
Soleil went for another crossbody, but Komander countred with an around the world stretch. Soleil got out of it and came back with a rolling Spicolli driver followed by a meteora. Komander dodged a double stomp and chopped Soleil to his knees.
Soleil got back up and ran the ropes, right into a spinning kick from Komander. Komander landed a poisonrana, but Soleil kicked out at two. Soleil came back with a Mexican destroyer and tried a handspring, but Komander caught him and drove him to the mat for his ropewalk crossbody and then made the pin to get the victory.
Match Result: Komander defeated Soleil
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