ROH Lowell, MA, TV tapings results: Trios tournament, Naito, Dragon Lee
Submitted by Gregory Valko
– Dark match: Kamaitachi beat Sho Tanaka.(Editor’s note: Kamaitachi may have suffered a dislocated ankle in the match.)
– Nigel McGuiness announces Jay Lethal vs. Adam Cole for an England show on November 20th. Also, Kyle O’Reilly is confirmed to get an ROH world title shot at Final Battle.
– Building is like 30 or 40% full. Fans were moved from balcony to help fill the lower level.
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Show 1:
– Bullet Club (Adam Cole, Adam Page, Young Bucks) out for a promo celebrating ASE8 as the fans mock Page. They promise to win the trios belts and for Page to win the TV title so they have all the gold. The crowd was very skeptical about Page’s chances.
– War Machine beat Keith Lee and Shane Taylor in a long match that popped like crazy. After the match, Taylor beat up War Machine with a chair
– The Cabinet (Kenny King, Rhett Titus, and Caprice Coleman) beat Jason Kincaid, Leon St. Giovanni, and Shaheem Ali to advance to the Trios tournament semifinals
– Jay Lethal pinned Silas Young on a roll up after Kyle O’Reilly distracts Young. Cole came out and Kyle beat him up.
Show ends with O’Reilly circling Cole and selling the shoulder.
Show 2:
– Dalton Castle/Colt Cabana beat the Tempura Boyz (Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu, the former Fujin & Raijin in CMLL)
– Briscoes come out for an interview and declare that they’ll be he #1 tag team title contenders for Final Battle
– Kyle O’Reilly beats Jon Gresham
After the match, Page runs in and attacks KOR. Fish runs in for the save, and then Cole runs in. Heels get the advantage and beat up Fish with a chair until security comes out
– BJ Whitmer/Punisher Martinez beat Will Ferrara/Cheeseburger after Cheeseburger and Will demanded they stop attacking then. This did not end well for them.
– Kevin Sullivan was on commentary for the match. Corino ran in after the match, and got the golden spike from Whitmer. Corino pondered using it on Ferrara and set it aside.
– Naito/EVIL beat Motor City Machine Guns
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Women of Honor:
– Sumie Sakai beat Taeler Hendrix after she schoolgirled her. After the match, Mandy Leon hit Taeler with a nasty unprotected chairshot to the head.
Show 3:
– Donovan Dijak destroyed a local guy after four Feast Your Eyes. Prince Nana cut a promo over the guy’s lifeless body.
– Briscoes come out to fight The Addiction. Addiction and Kamaitachi come out. Kaz cuts a hell of a promo and declines the match because of Ladder War 6 injuries. Briscoes then challenge the Bucks, Bullet Clubs music hits, but Page and Cole come out.
– Briscoes def. Adam Page and ROH Champion Adam Cole by DQ after a world title belt shot. reDragon makes the save with flimsy plastic chairs.
– Jay Lethal out to cut a promo to promote his 11/20 title rematch in London, England.
– ACH/Jay White/Kushida beat the Cabinet to advance to trios title finals.
Show 4:
– Michael Elgin beat Yano. Yano did Yano spots, and Elgin did Yano spots.
– Dragon Lee pinned Bobby Fish to earn a TV title shot. Fish was selling the chair attack.
– The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O’Ryan, Vinny Marseglia) beat the Bullet Club (ROH Champion Adam Cole and ROH Tag Champions Young Bucks)
After the final main event, Bullet Club congratulated the new Kingdom for beating the champs and offered to do a “Too Sweet” spot in the ring. The Kingdom got in the ring, and ate superkicks for falling for the trap.