ROH TV results: Champions vs. All-Stars
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Ian Riccaboni joined us from the ROH studio and gave a quick rundown on the progress of the ROH Women’s World Championship tournament. Riccaboni also previewed the upcoming matches on tap for tonight, including the final first-round matchup in the tournament that sees Max The Impaler facing Holidead. Also, the big Champions vs. All-Stars 10-man tag is returning on this episode as well.
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ROH Women’s title tournament first-round match: Max The Impaler (w/ Amy Rose) defeated Holidead (9:18)
Holidead showed zero fear going into the first few seconds of the match, standing up to everything Max threw at her. Holidead tried to overpower Max with her own strength, but Max brushed off everything thrown at them as well. Commentary played up the fact that the longer the match went, Holidead would have more of an advantage. Max was in full control heading into a commercial break.
Coming back from the break, Holidead was able to plant Max with a swinging DDT, but it only resulted in a one count. Holidead would continue to try to wear down Max, even hitting a great German suplex. Holidead refused to go for a cover and instead went to the top rope, where she missed a leg drop. Max followed up shortly after with the Wasteland backbreaker for the win.
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All-Stars (EC3, Flip Gordon, Josh Woods & The Briscoes) defeated Champions (ROH World Champion Bandido, ROH Pure Champion Jonathan Gresham, ROH Television Champion Dragon Lee, and ROH Tag Team Champions Chris Dickinson & Homicide) (13:29)
Woods and Gresham started the match off. Commentary played up the fact that this could be a potential matchup for the Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view. They exchanged a few arm drags before Dickinson tagged himself in. Woods and Dickinson had a short exchange that didn’t amount to much. Dickinson tagged out to Dragon Lee and Woods tagged out to Mark Briscoe.
Mark handled Lee with ease, tossing him around like it was nobody’s business. Mark would eventually tag out to EC3, who got some small offense on Lee before Gordon tagged himself in. Gordon hit a standing moonsault on Lee while making direct eye contact with EC3.
The match broke down at this point with bodies flying everywhere. After the smoke cleared, EC3 and Gresham became the legal men. EC3 had Gresham in a facelock when Gordon tagged himself in again. The two tried to do a tag team maneuver, but it resulted in EC3 spearing Gordon.
Bandido got his first opportunity in the match after the miscommunication, having a small exchange with Gordon that included a great twisting moonsault. The match broke down yet again. And after the chaos ended, Homicide and Gordon were the legal men. Homicide caught a running Gordon with a overhead belly-to-belly suplex that only got a two count.
Gordon hit a Flip-5 shortly after, but he only got a near fall yet again. Gordon got frustrated and looked like he was on the verge of tears, which prompted him to piledrive Homicide. While making the successful pin, Gordon never lost eye contact with EC3.
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Final Thoughts —
As we approach Glory By Honor, I thought this was a mediocre go-home episode for the two back-to-back HonorClub specials. While I enjoyed the women’s bout, the 10-man tag seemed to just exist for the purpose of continuing a Flip Gordon-EC3 feud that I’ve not been a fan of thus far.
I appreciate the fact that seeds were planted for other future matches, but other than that, I didn’t really care for the Champions vs. All-Stars match.
In recent weeks I’ve introduced a scale in order to let you know if the current week of ROH TV is worth your while. The scale is as follows:
- Must-Watch TV
- Go Out Of Your Way
- Recommended Viewing
- Watch YouTube Clips
- Avoid At All Costs
This week’s episode of ROH TV is: Watch YouTube Clips