ROH Liverpool, England, live results: Will Ospreay & Marty Scurll debut

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– Lio Rush defeated Kazarian in a good 15 minute opener.

This was a fun match. Rush scored the pinfall win with a top rope frog splash after kicking out of Kazarian’s Flux Capacitor.  

– Nigel McGuinness came out for a promo to a big reaction. He reminisced fondly about the ROH Unified event in the same building 10 years ago and asked everyone whatever happened to that “Bryan” guy, causing everyone to chant “Yes.” He said the match against Danielson at Unified would be the match his career would be remembered for.

McGuinness put over the current ROH roster and the debuts of Will Ospreay and Marty Scurll on this show, and explained how Bobby Fish vs. Will Ospreay was originally going to be a non-title proving ground match, but Ospreay campaigned for a TV title shot and Fish approached Nigel and asked for it to be a title match, so McGuinness agreed.

He mentioned that Scurll and Ospreay were signed to ROH contracts, but Joe Hendry was not, and Hendry would be on tonight’s card attempting to impress the ROH top brass to earn a contract.

– Donovan Dijak defeated Joe Hendry with a GTS.

Hendry was very over and everyone knew who he was with lots of “Local Hero” chants. This was a decent, solid match, if unspectacular.

– Jay White defeated Christopher Daniels with a small package.

The crowd were surprised with the finish. A good match, both guys worked hard. Daniels teased doing Best Moonsault Ever, but never did it. Afterwards, Daniels teased being mad at the loss, but on the mic put over White, saying White was the better man this evening and shook his hand.

The crowd gave this a mixed reaction, some booing. White then put over Daniels as a legend, and mentioned that he started his wrestling career in England and said how much he loves the English fans.

– Jay Lethal defeated Chris Sabin

Lethal got a big reaction. The match built well and was the best match of the first half of the show. The finish saw Sabin dodge a Lethal top rope elbow attempt and small package him for a near fall before Lethal nailed him with an RKO out of nowhere, and then the Lethal Injection which looked spectacular. Very good match.

Intermission then took place. The first half of the show also had some technical difficulties, with the ring ropes coming loose multiple times and one of the lights above the ring going off, so the ring crew fixed all these things during the break. The show really picked up steam in the second half.

– Marty Scurll defeated Dalton Castle in Scurll’s ROH debut.

This was a very good and very entertaining match, and the perfect way to debut Scurll. Both guys were over huge and got major pops coming out. Castle had his Boys with him. The crowd sang a variation of Bayley’s “Hey Bayley” song to Castle, only singing “Hey Baby, oo aww, I wanna know if I can be your boy.” Castle seemed to get a kick out of it. The finish saw Scurll nail Castle with an umbrella shot to the head, then locked on the chicken wing submission for the tap out victory. Scurll winning got a big pop

– Will Ospreay defeated ROH World Television Champion Bobby Fish to win the title.

This was a great match, the best on the show and the perfect way to debut Ospreay and establish him as a major player in ROH. Both guys were over big, with Ospreay over huge. The match told a great story, with Fish injuring Ospreay’s leg early after Ospreay did a backflip while he stood on the ring apron, and Fish threw Ospreay into a ringside barricade really hard. Ospreay made it back into the ring at the count of 19, and had a huge red welt on his back.

The finish saw Fish lock on the Fish Hook on Ospreay’s injured leg, but Ospreay somehow bridged backwards and pinned him for the win. The crowd went nuts for the finish, giving him a standing ovation. Ospreay sold shock at his win. Fish teased leaving with the belt, but then handed it to Ospreay and raised his hand. This was one of those special matches and moments that many fans will see live at a show and will remember years from now.

– The Bricoes & Kyle O’Reilly defeated Adam Cole & The Young Bucks in the main event.

This was another great match. Both teams were heavily cheered, but Cole and the Bucks more so, even though they were heels. Bucks are so charismatic live, it’s unreal. Their athleticism and timing in this match was fantastic. All six guys looked great. The finish saw both Briscoes superkick one of the Bucks and O’Reilly locked on an armbar for the submission victory.