by Josh McCrohon @JoshMcCrohon57Welcome to the first Ring Of Honor of 2018 and this year is going to be brilliant. Why? Because it’s Ring Of Honor! So let’s get it started with the Run Down!
The Run-Down *Intro* The new Ring of Honor Champion, Dalton Castle, comes out but not alone, as he’s joined by The Boys. He says that it just “feels right” with the belt. He talks about proving people wrong and then Jay Lethal interrupts him after his successful win over Marty Scurll at Final Battle. Castle is confused as to why Lethal is out here as they never talk and Lethal hasn’t even sent him a friend request on Facebook. Lethal congratulates him and says he wants a shot. Castle takes a seat on one of the boys and invites Lethal to do the same. Lethal reluctantly does so but quickly and tells Dalton to put him on top of the list. Castle says it’s a deal. Lethal leaves and Castle says the belt is for the boys but then out of nowhere Punishment Martinez attacks Castle and holds up the belt. What a turn of events! *Adverts* Match #1 - Simon Grimm vs. Silas Young [Ring of Honor TV Championship Match] Simon Grimm comes out to make his ROH TV debut and will fight the new TV champion, Silas Young, in a title match. They exchange and show off their skills. Grimm is looking good so far but Young hits a beauty of a knee which Grimm sells perfectly. Quality uppercuts from Grimm and he hits a nice butterfly suplex and applies a bridge but Young kicks out at 2. Silas Young hits Misery for the 3 count in a relatively short title match. Match Rating: 7.3/10 After the match, the former champion Kenny King comes out with mic in one hand and beer bottle in the other. They exchange words and King brings up something which turns the tables: He’s spoken to the Championship Committee! King then proceeds to spit out beer onto Young and the two brawl before getting split up. Match #2 - The Briscoes vs. Eli Isom & Ryan Nova The Briscoes come out for a Tag Team match, Eli Isom & Ryan Nova are already in the ring. The Briscoes attack them both during the recap from Final Battle, they dominate the match. Mark Briscoe hits a top rope elbow to end this squash match. Match Rating: 5.2/10 After the match, the Briscoes brag about ending Bully Ray’s career and put the entire Tag Division on notice. The Hung Bucks are in a backstage segment and they say that they’ll give The Addiction & Scorpio Sky a title shot. Match #3 - Flip Gordon vs. Marty Scurll Flip Gordon is out for the mainevent against Marty Scurll. They lock up and Marty does flips of his own to escape a wrist lock. Gordon teases a dive but a Scurll is already in the crowd. *Adverts* We return to fast action which Scurll slows down with a corner suplex. Scurll hits a sore-looking backstabber and pushes Todd Sinclair. Never piss off Todd. Todd responds with a shove and Scurll lands on his arse! Gordon takes advantage and does his handstand taunt but Scurll superkicks Gordon’s chin for a 2 count, before Scurll once again threatens Todd. Scurll & Gordon exchange stiff forearms and the pair go down. Gordon hits a nice looking springboard clothesline and then hits a springboard springblade. Scurll hits his apron superkick spot. He throws Gordon back into the ring and calls for the chicken wing but doesn’t get it. Scurll hits Gordon with the Ghostbuster for a dramatic near fall which the commentator says “2 and 9 tenths!” but I thought he said “2 and my tits!” but I think what he said made more sense after I rewound it. Gordon hits a suicide dive followed by a swanton over the top ropes. Flip hits the 450 splash which Scurll somehow kicks out of. Gordon attempts a Kinder Suprise but almost gets caught in a Chicken Wing. Flip hits the Kinder Suprise for the 2 count. Scurll hits the 2nd Ghostbuster for the victory. Match Rating: 8.3/10 My Thoughts That was the first episode of 2018 and first episode following a great PPV. I’d also like to point out that I write a lot for the Run-Down and will start writing more for these 2 sections! I like where the direction the ROH Championship picture is heading despite not really knowing where it’s going but I’m definitely intrigued and I think that’s always a positive thing to look for in a wrestling company. So who will get the match against Castle? Lethal or Martinez? I don’t genuinley don’t know. Simon Grimm interested me and I hope he’s gets a proper feud and highlighted more often, I’d like to see him in a short feud with someone like Osperay or Flip Gordon. Tag division time and boy, is it heating up? There’s too many teams who could fight The Motor City Machine Guns; The Addiction, The Briscoes, The Young Bucks, The Best Friends and even War Machine if they aren’t headed to Orlando. I understand that The Young Bucks are occupied and The Best Friends literally just feuded with MCMG and The Addiction is looking for the 6 Man Tag belts but the Briscoes? The Briscoes are looking for those belts and I’d like to see them as the next champs. Flip Gordon & Marty Scurll are just class. I don’t know where these men go and I don’t know if this rivalry is over as of yet. What I’d book for the next PPV is simple: Cody vs. Flip Gordon & Marty Scurll vs. Dalton Castle vs. Jay Lethal and if Martinez wants in, let’s chuck him in aswell! Let’s have a peak at the ratings shall we….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 show was a good follow up to Final Battle and is leading to fresh things to kick off the new year so that’s always a good thing, this week’s episode is: Josh “The Goods” Goods. Considerable This is the Considerable, where I give you something to consider and you consider that considerable and I consider your considerable and it’s as simple as that so next time, consider that! This week’s considerable is: Next Steps. Where does ROH go from here? What new matches will we see next? WHAT IS THE HONOR CLUB I KEEP SEEING IN THE ADVERTS?! Will Osperay vs. Lethal be any good next week? Who will fight Dalton Castle? Will Cody get his title rematch? I'd also like to say that hopefully in the next few days, there will be a Booking of the next ROH PPV, booked by me! How cool is that?! That’s what happened this week In Ring Of Honor, I’ve been Josh and I’ve been honoured. Comments are closed.
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