#HonorLives: ROH 2013- 5.11.13 ROH on SBG up

Roster:


ACH

Adam Cole

BJ Whitmer

Bobby Fish

"Brutal" Bob Evans

Caprice Coleman

Cedric Alexander

Davey Richards

Eddie Edwards

Jay Briscoe

Jay Lethal

Kevin Steen

Kyle O'Reilly

Maria Kanellis

Mark Briscoe

Matt Taven

Mia Yim

Michael Elgin

Mike Bennett

Mike Mondo

MsChif

Nigel McGuinness

Prince Nana

Q.T. Marshall

R.D. Evans

Roderick Strong

S.C.U.M (Steve Corino, Kevin Steen, Matt Hardy, Rhett Titus, Cliff Compton, Jimmy Jacobs, Rhino & Jimmy Rave)

Silas Young

TaDarius Thomas

Tomasso Ciampa

Truth Martini

Champions:


ROH World Champion: Jay Briscoe (4.5.13- Present)
Defenses:
-Jay Briscoe defeated Adam Cole in Toronto on May 4th, 2013


ROH World Television Champion: Matt Taven (3.2.13- Present)
Defenses:
- Matt Taven defeated Adam Cole & Matt Hardy in NYC on April 5th, 2013
-Matt Taven defeated ACH in Toronto on May 4th, 2013


ROH World Tag Team Champions: reDRagon (3.2.13- Present)
Defenses:
-reDRagon defated the Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov) in Chicago Ridge, IL on March 3rd, 2013
-reDRagon defeated Alabama Attitude in Asheville, NC on March 30th, 2013
-reDRagon defeated the American Wolves in NYC on April 5th, 2013
-reDRagon defeated the American Wolves in Toronto on May 4th, 2013

ROH on SBG 04.13.13 Recap-

The show starts off with Kevin Kelly & Caleb Seltzer welcoming us to the Manhattan Center, fresh off of Supercard of Honor VII. They remind the viewing audience that at Supercard we saw Jay Briscoe end his 11 year wait to become the ROH World Champion.

The music of the Briscoes plays and Mark comes out with a mic in hand. He pumps the crowd up briefly before introducing his brother, Jay. Jay comes out and soaks up the adulation of the vocal crowd. Mark then hugs his brother before making his way to the back to give the champ the spotlight. 

Jay begins to speak about how all he's heard since the end of Supercard of Honor is that Jay Briscoe will be a transitional champion in ROH, as he isn't good enough to cut it in singles competition. Briscoe mentions that there was a point in time that he would have believed that too, but he proved everyone including himself wrong by finally winning the "Big One." Jay begins to address the situation regarding his first challenger, Adam Cole, when Cole makes his way out.

Cole gets into the ring and says he wishes he could apologise for interrupting the champ and say he meant no disrespect by it, but he can't. He mentions how it took Briscoe numerous attempts to win his first singles championship in ROH whereas Cole managed to win a big match in only his first attempt. He goes on to say that at Border Wars, he will win the big one again and prove that Jay Briscoe is nothing in ROH and should have left long ago. 

Briscoe makes a run for Cole, who ducks out of the ring and makes his way up the ramp laughing.

We cut to a recap of Kevin Steen rejecting Matt Hardy's help at Supercard of Honor. Kevin Kelly mentions that next week Kevin Steen will address Steve Corino and the future of SCUM will be determined.

ROH Television Championship #1 Contenders Match: ACH vs. Mike Mondo vs. Q.T Marshall

ACH and Mondo work together to take Marshall out and Mondo throws him to the outside, as he turns around ACH dropkicks him out of the ring. ACH takes to the air with an impressive senton over the ropes onto Marshall and Mondo. ACH gets back into the ring and plays to the crowd. Mondo and Marshall make their way back in and Mondo takes control. He hits a face buster on Marshall and goes for the pin. The pin is broken up just before 3 by ACH hitting a 450 Splash onto both men. ACH quickly pins Marshall for a 2 count, before dragging Mondo to his feet and hitting him with the Big Bang Attack to pick up the win.

Winner & #1 Contender to the ROH Television Championship: ACH

We get a recap of SCUM's win in the Ten Man War at Supercard Of Honor, the package shows SCUM celebrating in the ring before finishing with "Honor Dies" being displayed on screen.

Eddie Edwards vs. Kyle O'Reilly

Edwards gets off to a quick start pounding O'Reilly with kicks and chops in the corner. Edwards takes his eye off the ball momentarily and O'Reilly takes advantage replying with a stiff right hand that rocks Edwards. O'Reilly takes control and nearly puts Edwards away with Belly to back suplex. O'Reilly reels of a nice combination of Germans, once again Edwards kicks out at two and O'Reilly starts to get frustrated. He hurries into a brainbuster but Edwards reverses it and hits a brainbuster of his own. O'Reilly kicks out of the pin attempt at two. Edwards picks up O'Reilly and connects with a picture perfect Super Kick. He ascends to the top turnbuckle and prepares for the double foot stomp. O'Reilly rolls out of the way just before impact and springs to his feet, Edwards turns round into a brainbuster from O'Reilly who covers him and picks up the win.

Winner: Kyle O'Reilly.

An ad promoting Border Wars is shown, Veda Scott tells us that tickets are still available but are selling fast. She promotes that NOAH stars Naomichi Marafuji & GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori will be on the card in "Dream Matches" as well as promoting the already announced main event of Jay Briscoe vs. Adam Cole. 

Jay Lethal makes his way out to the ring. He grabs a mic and talks about how he couldn't get the job done at Supercard of Honor but that doesn't matter right now, because as much as he would have loved to be the one to beat Steen for the belt, all that matters is that the World Title is out of SCUM's hands.  He calls out Kevin Steen, but instead Steve Corino comes through the crowd and says Lethal doesn't even deserve to say Steen's name and couldn't lace up his boots. Lethal challenges Corino to come into the ring and say that. Corino says he would but he's got a better idea. Rhino walks out of the crowd and gets into the ring and quickly a referee comes down for what will be the main event.

Jay Lethal vs. Rhino

The two men brawl around the ring and ringside area throwing very stiff punches at each other. Rhino takes control by throwing Lethal into the ring post and Corino starts to trash talk to Lethal while he's on the ground. Rhino picks up Lethal and throws him back into the ring. He covers him quickly and gets a two count. Rhino gets a series of near falls and begins to set Rhino up for the Gore. Lethal manages to avoid the Gore and catches Rhino with an Enziguri. He follows it up with a snap suplex and ascends the top turnbuckle. Lethal connects with Hail to the King. Rhino kicks out of the pin after 2 but is quickly met with the Lethal Injection. Lethal goes for the pin but Corino distracts the referee. This allows Jimmy Jacobs and Matt Hardy to run to the ring, Jacobs hits Lethal with a dropkick which knocks him into a Twist of Fate from Hardy. Rhino covers Lethal for the win. 

Winner: Rhino

After the match the rest of S.C.U.M come out to join the attack and S.C.U.M stand tall to end the show.

ROH on SBG 4.20.13 Recap-

The show kicks off with a video recap of Jay Briscoe's confrontation with Adam Cole along with S.C.U.M standing tall to end the last show. We head to the ring, Kevin Kelly & Caleb Seltzer welcome us to the show and thank us for tuning in. They throw to the ring for the opening bout.

Roderick Strong vs. Silas Young

Strong dominates the early going with a variety of strikes, destroying Young from the early going. Strong plants Young with a Gibson Driver for a near fall. Young tries to battle his way back into the match, but is cut off by a Sick Kick by Strong. Strong locks in the Strong Hold and Silas taps out to give Strong the win.

Winner: Roderick Strong

After the match Roderick Strong gets on the mic and announces the NOAH have granted him an opportunity at the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship and he's chosen to take his opportunity against Taiji Ishimori at Border Wars.

Veda Scott advertises Border Wars, promoting the already announced matches of Roderick Strong vs. Taiji Ishimori for the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship and Adam Cole vs. Jay Briscoe for the the ROH World Championship. Scott says she is pleased to announce that Naomichi Marafuji will go up against Michael Elgin and Matt Taven will defend his World Television Championship against ACH.

Kevin Steen makes his way out to the ring and asks Steve Corino to join him. Steen says that their objective since they returned has been to destroy Ring Of Honor once and for all, and all of S.C.U.M agree but the one thing they will never agree on is Matt Hardy. Steen says he wants Hardy gone from S.C.U.M & gone from Ring Of Honor. Corino looks offended and can't believe Steen would say that. Steen tells Corino it's Hardy or him and the two briefly argue before Corino calls the rest of S.C.U.M, with the exception of Matt Hardy, into the ring. Corino mulls it over for a few seconds before saying if that's what he wants then fine, he's out. Steen thanks Corino and shakes his hand. Matt Hardy slides into the ring and plants Steen with a Twist of Fate. This prompts Corino to tell Steen that nobody disrespects the "Icon of Professional Wrestling" Matt Hardy and S.C.U.M beat Steen down.

The Briscoes run to the ring and S.C.U.M bail out. They help Steen to his feet and Jay offers him a handshake. Steen looks at Jay and then walks out. Jay looks on confused before Mark grabs a mic and challenges any two of S.C.U.M to face them in a match next week.

We come back from a break to see a recap of what just went down with Kevin Steen & S.C.U.M. Kevin Kelly questions what S.C.U.M's response to the challenge of The Briscoes will be and why Kevin Steen ignored the offer of a handshake from Jay Briscoe.

Truth Martini and Matt Taven are shown they promote Border Wars and Martini says there is no way Taven will lose his Television Championship to some loser like ACH.

Nigel McGuinness comes out for commentary for our main event, he mentions that the American Wolves and reDRagon have been one upping each other for months and Richards needs a win here to convince him to make another Title match between the two teams for Border Wars.

Davey Richards vs. Bobby Fish

The match starts and Fish quickly goes for the Fish Hook, looking to put Richards away, but Richards is expecting it and counters. The two men quickly get back to their feet and Richards slaps the taste out of Fish's mouth which leads to the two standing up exchanging strikes, Fish grabs Richards leg while he attempts a kick and uses a Dragon Screw to throw him to the mat. He follows this up with a series of quick offensive manoeuvres and takes control of the match. He gets a series of near falls and the crowd thought he had won the match after a frankensteiner but Richards kicked out. Richards manages to get back into the match and gets some near falls of his own. The crowd starts to get into the match when Fish gets a near fall with a Roundhouse Kick which he follows up with the Heel Hook, Richards somehow makes it to the ropes and came close to putting Fish away with a Diving headbutt. The two men make their way to the top rope and fight in this precarious position until Richards hits a Dragon Superplex. Fish somehow manages to kick out of the pin attempt, Richards looks really frustrated now and tries to lock in a Cloverleaf but Fish kicks him off. Another Roundhouse Kick from Fish brings the closest fall of the match so far but Richards manages to somehow kick out just before the 3. Fish drags Richards to his feet and sets him up for a third Roundhouse Kick. Richards ducks out of the way and grabs Fish. He kicks the legs from underneath Fish and locks in a Cloverleaf. Fish fights valiantly to get to the ropes but eventually taps out.

Winner: Davey Richards

Kyle O'Reilly runs down after the bell and he starts to attack Davey, reDRagon look like they've struck a blow but Eddie Edwards comes out to even the score and sends reDRagon from the ring.

Steve Corino is shown, he says he accepts The Briscoes challenge for next week and says he will also be live in the ring to propose a potential game changer to Nigel McGuinness.

Jay Briscoe closes the show by promoting his title defence against Adam Cole at Border Wars. He say he doesn't agree with what his brother is doing by challenging S.C.U.M when he has the first challenge at his Championship right around the corner, but that he will help him defeat S.C.U.M and then he will go on and beat the snot out of that little punk Adam Cole at Border Wars.

ROH on SBG 4.27.13 Recap

The show opens with S.C.U.M leader Steve Corino in the ring with Jimmy Jacobs & Cliff Compton. He reminds the audience that The Briscoes challenged them last week and let's everyone know what they are looking at the men who will put an end to “Ring of Honor's greatest tag team.”

He turns his attention to Nigel McGuinness and calls the match maker out. McGuinness comes to the ring, looking pissed off. Corino tells McGuinness that he has a proposition, at Border Wars they have a match, 2 of S.C.U.M vs. 2 of ROH's finest. If S.C.U.M win Matt Hardy gets a Ring of Honor World Championship match. McGuinness laughs it off and tells Corino it's never going to happen.

He turns to leave before Corino calls him back and says that if S.C.U.M lose, he will leave ROH forever. McGuinness turns around and tells Corino he's on.

At that point Jay Lethal and BJ Whitmer run to the ring to show Nigel that they are willing to be that team. S.C.U.M bail out of the ring and begin to head through the crowd. Nigel grins at Corino and tells him he's found his team and they'll see him at Border Wars.

Veda Scott informs us that tickets for Border Wars have now sold out and plugs the iPPV stream being available.

The American Wolves are shown and tell reDRagon's time has come and they are going to win the titles at Border Wars and take back their rightful place as the Tag Team Champions of ROH.

We come back from break to see Adam Page in the ring, he's set to take on Adam Cole

Adam Cole vs. Adam Page

Cole starts off strong, showing that he is ready for his ROH World Championship match. He nearly puts Page away early with a huge enziguri that gets a near fall. Page tries to come back in to the match but can't get any momentum on his side. Cole puts Page away quickly after an impressive sequence that involves a Crossbody, before being finished off with the Florida Key.

Winner: Adam Cole

Michael Elgin promotes his match with Marafuji at Border Wars, stating this this will be the last time we see him in Ring Of Honor without the World Championship.

Nigel McGuinness is shown in an ad for Border Wars, he announces that along with all of the previously promoted matches we will see Mark Briscoe take on S.C.U.M's Rhino & Mike Mondo will take on S.C.U.M's Rhett Titus. The video package ends with #HonorLives displayed on screen.

Michael Elgin vs. Karl Anderson

Elgin & Anderson exchange stiff punches to start us off, Elgin gets the upper hand and starts brutalising Anderson with kicks and chops that the crowd are eating up. He goes for the Elgin Bomb but Anderson slips out and rallies against Elgin with a powerslam. Elgin kicks out just before 3 and Anderson sets up for the Ace Crusher. Elgin blocks the attempt and catches Anderson with the rolling German suplex, which gets him a near fall. Anderson manages to get to his feet and the two men begin to exchange strikes again, Elgin takes control with a backfist and gives Anderson the Buckle Bomb. Anderson again manages to escape from the Elgin Bomb and gives Elgin a spinebuster, which he then turns into a Boston Crab. Elgin just manages to make the ropes and catches an unsuspecting Anderson with a Super Kick. This only earns him a 2 count and Elgin looks visibly frustrated he picks Anderson up and lifts him up for a count of 20 with a delayed vertical suplex. Before Elgin can land it, Anderson gets out and hits him with an Ace Crusher from out of nowhere. Elgin somehow manages to kick out just before 3 and Anderson looks stunned, Anderson picks Elgin up and tries to sling him into the ropes. Elgin won't budge and grabs Anderson, connecting with the Elgin Bomb. He pins Anderson for the victory.

Winner: Michael Elgin

A video is shown hyping the Border Wars Main event, showing Adam Cole's personal attack on Jay Briscoe, the video plays up that this is Cole's first shot at the ROH title and says he could make history in Toronto.

ACH hypes his match with Matt Taven, he mentions that this is what he's been waiting for, a shot to show everyone in ROH that he means business and will become the World TV Champ.

The Briscoes vs. S.C.U.M (Jimmy Jacobs & Cliff Compton)

Mark Briscoe & Cliff Compton start us off, Compton dominates Mark and makes quick tags in and out with Jacobs, while isolating Mark from getting to the corner to tag in Jay. Mark makes his way back in to the match and looks like he's going to get over to make the tag when Adam Cole runs down and attacks Jay from behind. Cole nails Jay with the World Title and throws him shoulder first into the turnbuckle. The referee calls for the bell, giving the match to the Briscoes

Winners: The Briscoes

Jacobs and Compton continue to beat down on Mark, not allowing him to help his brother. Jay Lethal, BJ Whitmer & Mike Mondo run down to help out the cause, as they gain the upper hand, the rest of S.C.U.M come out to help fight them off. As it looks like S.C.U.M are going to be standing tall to end the show again, the entire locker room (minus Adam Cole) pour into the ring and throw S.C.U.M out, sending the message that ROH will not lay down to S.C.U.M.

Adam Cole is shown, he says that tonight, he took out Jay Briscoe, and he doubts Briscoe will make it to Border Wars. He then says that if by some miracle he does manage to make it, he will become the most accurate definition of paper champion in ROH history, as it is time for the Future to arrive, and the Panama City Playboy, Adam Cole, is the future of Ring of Honor.

ROH on SBG 5.4.13 Quick Results-
BJ Whitmer def. Mike Bennett.
Rhett Titus & Jimmy Rave def Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander after interference from S.C.U.M
Matt Hardy def Mike Sydal.


ROH Border Wars 2013 Recap:

The show opened with a recap of the road to Border Wars. We saw Jay Briscoe winning the ROH World Championship only to be disrespected by Adam Cole, S.C.U.M & ROH battling in the build up to what could be the last time we see Steve Corino in ROH and the return of Naomichi Marafuji as well as the debut of Taiji Ishimori.

Mark Briscoe vs. Rhino
A good opening match, both men looked like they were on top of their game and worked the crowd to get them warmed up. Rhino played the role of the aggressor and Briscoe was the valiant underdog who was up against the odds. Rhino looked to have the match won around the 8 minute mark but Briscoe avoided the Gore and picked up the win with a Super Kick followed by the Froggy Bow.
Winner: Mark Briscoe

A graphic is shown on screen announcing that we will see Marafuji take on Davey Richards and Ishimori take on Eddie Edwards at tomorrow night's TV tapings.

Mike Mondo vs. Rhett Titus
This was a bit of a let down after the last match, Titus didn't really seem to click with Mondo. Mondo is really struggling to adapt to the ROH style. There's not much to say about it as nothing impressive or of any importance happened until the finish. Titus was thrown brass knuckles by Corino with the Ref's back turned. He punched Mondo in the face and picked up the win.
Winner: Rhett Titus

A quick video recap of ACH's win in the #1 Contendership Triple Threat was shown, along with a quick interview with ACH in which he said tonight was the beginning of his rise to the top of ROH.

ROH Television Championship: Matt Taven defends vs. ACH
Nice spot filled match that worked wonders to get both men over huge with the crowd. ACH hit a beautiful dive to the outside, which got the crowd chanting his name. Truth Martini's antics at ringside were a big hit and he got involved in the match, which drew the crowd in more. ACH looked like he was set to win the title at one point after he connected with the Big Bang Attack, but Taven managed to kick out, making him look extremely strong. Taven got the clean win with his Modified DDT. Perhaps the first time he's won clean since he won the TV title, made him look like an extremely credible champion.
Winner and still ROH Television Champion: Matt Taven

There was a graphic show at this point promoting Marafuji vs. Richards & Ishimori vs. Edwards at the TV tapings tomorrow night.

Michael Elgin vs. Naomichi Marafuji
Elgin continues his amazing run of brilliant matches with this, a potential match of the year contender. It's possibly better than the match with Lethal from Supercard of Honor. The crowd were pulling for Elgin to win but it seemed highly unlikely after Marafuij kicked out of an Elgin Bomb. Marafuji came close to putting Elgin away after 2 Shiranui's but Elgin kicked out and looked to have Marafuji with a rolling German. Elgin quickly followed up with a Buckle Bomb and an Elgin Bomb to pick up the win. Great match, will hold up against any of Elgin or Marafuji's matches.
Winner: Michael Elgin

Intermission

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Taiji Ishimori defends vs. Roderick Strong
Another great match here, both men put on a stiff, hard hitting contest that will make it on to many fans list for match of the year. They strayed away from the big spots that Elgin & Marafuji served up and worked a slowly built up match that ended in a frenzy with many finisher reversals. Ishimori picked up the win and retained his championship with a 450 Splash.
Winner and still GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion: Taiji Ishimori

A video was shown recapping the S.C.U.M vs ROH feud, with high emphasis on the stipulation that if S.C.U.M win tonight Matt Hardy will get an ROH Championship match at Best in the World.

S.C.U.M (Jimmy Jacobs & Cliff Compton) vs. BJ Whitmer & Jay Lethal
This match was used as a way to not wear out the crowd after 2 awesome matches. There were no real big spots aside from run ins from nearly all of S.C.U.M and some ROH roster members looking to counter the numbers advantage. Matt Hardy was conspicious by his absence until, much like Supercard of Honor, he snuck in to the ring while the ROH wrestlers were dealing with the other S.C.U.M members. Hardy planted Lethal with a Twist of Fate and ran away through the crowd. It wasn't enough and Lethal kicked out. Which left Corino furious at ringside, Corino eventually distracted Lethal, which led to a roll up by Jacobs, giving S.C.U.M the win and Matt Hardy a title shot at Best in the World.
Winners: S.C.U.M

After the match Corino got to the announce table and screamed at Kevin Kelly, he said that Ring of Honor will die in Baltimore when Matt Hardy, the living legend, Jesus himself, capture the ROH World Championship.

The American Wolves were shown, they talked about how tonight they would recapture the ROH Tag Team Championships.

ROH Tag Team Championships: reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) defend vs. The American Wolves (Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards)
Another great match, it didn't quite live up to the encounter they had last month in New York, but it got the crowd back in to the event after the disgust at Matt Hardy receiving a title shot. Richards & O'Reilly have insane chemistry and they worked brilliantly together in this, as did Edwards & Fish. Richards & Fish genuinely make you believe they hate each other immensely and it comes off brilliantly with their stiff kicks and chops. There was a nice spot where Edwards & Fish had O'Reilly and Richards in Heel Hooks respectively and for a brief moment they forgot that they weren't teaming together. Both men broke off those submission simultaneously and had a straight up striking contest. O'Reilly & Fish picked up their first clean win over the Wolves, with their Brainbuster/Superkick combination.
Winners and still ROH Tag Team Champions: reDRagon

A final video package was shown, this was a replay of the final 2 minutes of the Jay Briscoe/Kevin Steen match from Supercard of Honor, ending with Jay Briscoe finally winning the ROH World Championship.

ROH World Championship: Jay Briscoe defends vs. Adam Cole
Briscoe & Cole clicked well in this match, with Cole really taking to his role as the heel. He made use of some dirty tactics that the crowd ate up, with the reaction going from boo's to eventual cheers as they appreciated how well he was doing. Cole looked to become the next ROH Champ with a win and came close on several occasions throughout the match. He looked to have Briscoe down with a crossbody closely followed by a Superkick, but Jay kicked out at 2.99. Briscoe looked really impressive in this match and looks like he may just become a great champ. The two men went all out and both kicked out of the other's finisher as well as reversing further attempts. Jay managed to hit a second Jay Driller, but still Cole wouldn't go down. The crowd thought Jay's title reign was over when he was planted with a second Florida Key, but he somehow kicked out and made his way to his feet. Jay picked up the win and made his first successful defense of the ROH World Championship after a third Jay Driller.
Winner and still ROH World Champion: Jay Briscoe

After the match, Briscoe helped Cole back to his feet and hugged him, he left the ring to leave Cole with the spotlight, as even in defeat he shone tonight. The crowd chanted “Thank You Adam” to close the show.