Josh McCrohon @JoshMcCrohon57Sorry about the delay this week, I am currently moving house and the house hasn’t got wifi so I’m in a café writing this! Priorities. It’s time to kick this week’s episode off with The Run-Down;
The Run-Down: *Intro* Match #1 - Flip Gordon vs. Jay Lethal The two men shake hands before the match begins. Lethal attempts a cutter but Gordon somehow avoids it with his hands? He does a modified kip-up with his hands to dodge the move; he boggles the mind at times! *Adverts* Gordon does a Picture Perfect Dropkick to Lethal who is dazed in the corner, he attempts it again but Lethal swiftly dodges the danger. The match continues to be a flippy one and the two appear to have great chemistry in the ring together. They exchange forearms but quickly move to chops. Gordon does the Samoan Pop followed by a Pele Kick which is weird as he usually does a Running Shooting Star, but you have to mix it up right? He tops it all off by hitting Lethal with the Kinder Suprise. Jay Lethal locks in the Figure Four Leg Lock, but Gordon escapes. They have a good standing sequence and Lethal hits a Dragon Suplex then a Lethal Injection for the win. Match Rating: 7.5/10 After the match, Colt Cabanna announces to Lethal that he will fight Dalton Castle at the 16th Anniversary of ROH Show for the Ring of Honor Championship. Marty Scurll comes out to exclaim that he has never had one title match, Lethal says after he wins the belt, he will give Scurll his title match. Match #2 - Karen Q vs. Brandi Rhodes [Women of Honor Tournament 1st Round Match] Q attacks Brandi before the match begins, but Rhodes quickly gets back in control. Q hits a big kick onto Rhodes who was in the corner. Karen Q heads up to the top ropes and tries a Frog Splash but Brandi rolls out of harms way and follows up with a nice Slingblade. Karen Q locks in a Double Legged Boston crab but Brandi just reaches the ropes and eventually wins with a small package. Match Rating: 6.5/10 Match #3 - SOCAL Uncensored vs. The Hung Bucks (c) [ROH 6-Man Tag Team Championship Match] Adam Page starts the match off with Frankie Kazarian, but it’s not long before Sky & Daniels beat down Page. Kazarian & Page both go down after a double clothesline. Daniels gets tagged in and so does Matt Jackson but Nick comes in aswell and the Young Bucks take down both Daniels & Sky. The match is great and Daniels gets the pin after Nick Jackson gets clobbered with a belt while the referee is occupied. We have new ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions! Match Rating: 8/10 After the match, Bully Ray comes out and says ROH is lacking Honor. Bully says that the COO phoned him to get some order back into the place. He is now the ROH Enforcer and restarts the match. Match #4 - The Hung Bucks vs. SOCAL Uncensored (c) (ROH 6-Man Tag Team Championship Match] The Hung Bucks hit a Triple Superkick to start the match. The match is very quick and The Young Bucks hit a 5* Meltzer Driver onto Daniels and The Hung Bucks regain their titles. My Thoughts: A solid episode of ROH. You know how we ALWAYS look at the ratings from best to worst? Let’s look at it from WORST to BEST: The Ratings System (Worst-Best) Motor Sh***y Machine Guns TK OK Ryan Josh “The Goods” Goods A-Jay-Zing This week’s episode featured a title match and a title change . That being said, this week’s episode gets a “Josh ‘The Goods’ Good. The Bullet Club’s reign restarted? Who knows?! Star Of The Show: To make up for this review being a little bit delayed, I’m introducing a brand new segment called ‘Star Of The Show’! Each week’s star of the show will recieve 3 points, runner-up will get 2 points and the bronze medal winner recieves a single point; #3: Jay Lethal ~ 1 point Lethal was great in his match against Flip Gordon and racked up an impressive victory over Flip Gordon. #2: Adam Page ~2 points Page is one to more underrated members of Bullet Club along with Tama Tonga. Page delivered one hell of a performance out there and look forward to see what he does in 2018. #1: Frankie Kazarian ~3 points Speaking of underrated, eh? Kazarian was the legal man for a good amount of time in this match and really showed off what he was capable of. 1st: Frankie Kazarian (3) 2nd: Adam Page (2) 3rd: Jay Lethal (1) Considerable: This week’s Considerable is: Do You Think SOCAL Uncensored’s reign should count? Personally, I think it should as they technically did win the match despite it being restarted. Maybe it’s just me! What do you think? This week’s ROH was a good one and next week we see Silas Young defend his TV Championship against ex-Champion, Kenny King! Comments are closed.
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