by Josh McCrohon @JoshMcCrohon57Welcome to This Week In Ring Of Honor, later in the week there will be a review of Manhattan Mayhem followed by the 16th Anniversay show, but let’s start with episode 337!
The Run-Down: *Intro* Match #1 - The Briscoes vs. The Best Friends Jay & Mark Briscoe are out first. Beretta & Chuky T follow next for this tag team match. The Briscoes unsurprisingly attack the Best Friends before the match even begins. The Best Friends take turn clotheslining Mark in the corner and then end it with a hug. The Briscoes quickly gain advantage before Mark kicks Chucky T and suplexes him on the outside! *Adverts* Mark Briscoe doesn’t let Berreta tag out to Taylor. Trent Tornado DDTs Mark and tags out, before diving onto both brothers. The Best Friends perform a Lawndart Cutter which Mark kicks out of at 2. Jay Briscoe then pushes Taylor off the top rope and Mark takes advantage. Jay Briscoe hits the Jay Driller and Mark hits a Vintage Elbow Drop and The Briscoes pick up a big win! Match Rating: 7.5/10 The Motor City Machine Guns attack The Briscoes after the match and Shelly chokes Mark with a chain. *Adverts* Match #2 - Christopher Daniels vs. Adam Page The In-Ring General is here first to battle it out with Hangman Page, with his buddies- Scorpio Sky & “Star Of The Show” point stealer himself, Frankie Kazarian. Adam Page is out next but he’s alone, which is fascinating. Bully Ray comes out and says he didn’t want the Bullet Club at ringside but he also doesn’t want the rest of SOCAL Uncensored there either. He congratulates Bullet Club for listening and says that if SOCAL UNCENSORED don’t get out of there in the next 5 seconds, Daniels is suspended and DQ’ed. The match finally begins and Page unleashes on former Ring of Honor champ. Daniels chops him and Irish Whips him into the corner, but Page runs back and hits a big clothesline. He tosses Daniels into the barricade, chops him and throws him back into the ring. He then enters the ring at the count of fourteen. Daniels hits a clothesline onto the back of Page’s neck to transition us into the break. *Adverts* We return to a Christopher Daniels’ headlock. He hits a Blue Thunderbomb but Page kicks out of 2. He then hits several elbows but Page comes back and they do the Yeah/Boo spot, which Page ends with a Discus Forearm. The Hangman hits a Powerbomb from out of nowhere, hits a Superkick and Daniels rolls out. Page runs along the apron and hits a big running Shooting Star Press onto a standing Daniels. Daniels smacks Page with a judo throw and goes for a Moonsault but Page has the knees up, winning the match with a lariat. Match Rating: 8/10 After the match, Page is celebrating, Daniels grabs his leg and Shane Taylor runs down and does some severe damage to the Bullet Club member. Daniels the. screams in the face of an unconscious Hangman; “Bullet Club is dead”. Bully Ray is on the stage and Daniels walks toward him, totally oblivious, and finally sees Ray. Daniels tries to explain saying that Shane isn’t apart of SOCAL Uncensored. Match #3 - Punishment Martinez & Marty Scurll vs. Jay Lethal & Dalton Castle Spooky Martin is out first, followed by his partner, Marty Scurll. It is officially Marty & Martin verses Lethal Castle. Lethal is out first and then Castle, a very weird contrast between the teammates! Martinez is starting the match with the Champion, Dalton Castle. Martinez is massive compared to Castle. Martinez points at Lethal and Castle tags Lethal in. Martinez locks in a tight side headlock. Martinez goes for the chokeslam but Lethal escapes and chops Martinez. Marty Scurll is begging for the tag and Punishment tags in. Scurll receives “Marty!” chants, I’m proud of the guy. Dalton Castle says “I want a piece of that” and Lethal tags him in. Scurll pushes Castle, but the champion grapples him into the corner. Scurll requests a handshake but ‘boops’ him on the nose and Castle overhead suplexes him. Dalton Castle gets tagged back in and hits a nice suplex. Jay Lethal gets tagged BACK in and hits a suplex of his own. Scurll gains the advantage and jumps over the top rope and hits his Superkick on the apron thing he does. As we return from the break, Jay Lethal & Martinez are the legal men. Scurll tags himself back in and Castle fights them both off, hitting a nice slam to Scurll before hitting it again. He elbows Martinez and sends him into the corner and hits some knees. Castle executes a PERFECT German suplex - one of the best I’ve seen in a while. Castle of course showing everybody why he is champion. Lethal is the legal man now and sends Scurll into the corner but Dalton is behind Scurll. Lethal hits a drop kick, but Scurll moves out the way and hits Dalton. Marty Scurll hits the Ghostbuster onto the Franchise and calls for the Chicken Wing and begins moving backwards, only for Spooky Martin to tag back in. He hits the Sycho Driver and lands a big stomp but Lethal kicks out at 2. The Villain tags himself back in and Martinez pushes Scurll. Scurll gets into a fight with Castle while Lethal fights Martinez. Lethal hits a Lethal Combination onto Scurll before Punishment Martinez hits a Ripcord Kick onto Lethal and... roars? He hits a Discus Clothsline and throws himself into the Champion who is lying wasted in the corner. However, Castle catches him and German Suplexes him! Marty Scurll Suplexes Castle into the corner. Jay Lethal dives onto The Villain on the outside. Back in the ring, Martinez throws in one of The Boy. Lethal hits an Enziguiri and the referee checks on The Boy. Marty throws powder (aiming for Lethal) but it hits Martinez instead. Lethal hits the Lethal Injection onto Marty for the win! Match Rating: 8.5/10 After the match, Bully Ray DOES NOT come out because he is biased! Lethal stares off with Castle to close the show. My Thoughts: That’s the Ring of Honor I know and love! Last week was a bit weird, but it’s back to normal now, so let’s rate it! Ratings System (Worst-Best) Motor Sh***y Machine Guns TK OK Ryan Josh “The Goods” Goods A-Jay-Zing This week’s episode gets an A-Jay-Zing! Congrats. Star Of The Show: After that episode, let’s see who the Star of This Week is, but first let’s see last week’s leaderboard: 1st: Frankie Kazarian (5) 2nd: Kenny King (3) 3rd: Adam Page (2) 4th: The Young Bucks & Jay Lethal (1) This week’s Number 3, and receiveing 1 point is Jay Lethal. Lethal has a title match on the 16th Anniversary Show, but first took part in an awesome mainevent tonight teaming up with Dalton Castle. Lethal isn’t new to the Star of the Show, and has previously earnt one point, this week he also gains one point which takes him up to a rather unimpressive 2 points, but I’m positive that he will rack himself up some points in weeks to come. Number 2 now and earning 2 points this week is The Villain, Marty Scurll. This is Marty’s first week on the Star of the Show, but I think this is the first week that he’s been on ROH since adding in this new segment. Marty teamed with future opponent, Punishment Martinez. Marty was really impressive in the match so I’m glad there’s room for him in this table. And finally the official star of the show: Dalton Castle! The Champion looked unbelievable tonight, and hit suplexes at all angles in the match, he showed off his amateur background which made him look even stronger and even more title-worthy. 1st: Frankie Kazarian (5) 2nd: Dalton Castle & Kenny King (3) 3rd: Adam Page, Jay Lethal & Marty Scurll (2) 4th: The Young Bucks (1) This is the third and only week so far without Frankie Kazarian entering the leaderboard. However, he does have a match on the 16th Anniversary Show and I’m worried about that. Then again, the match is stacked but Frankie always finds a way. Bullet Club has started to dominate this list with 3 places but hasn’t yet entered the top two positions. I’m surprised that Adam Page didn’t gain a point, but the mainevent did feature 4 fantastic wrestlers with Punishment Martinez just coming short of the top three this week! Considerable: This week’s considerable: The 16th Anniversary Show What’s your favourite moment from the past 16 years? What’s going to happen come Friday? Is there going to be any title changes? If so, what ones? Anyway, that’s been this Week In ROH! Join me on Saturday morning where I review the show and hopefully knock Frankie Kazarian off of the top spot on Star of the Show. Comments are closed.
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