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00:00:00Has her footing champion still on top

00:00:08It's calling the referee now on the neck I've seen this before with the body I'm not buying it

00:00:13I'm not buying it. Don't call me Charlie Brown and I ain't falling to Lucy. Hold on. Hold on. This is

00:00:19It's a new match. Nah, man, this is no this is hold on

00:00:23Yeah

00:00:24It's hard and it's like you crying wolf. You don't know whether whether she's faking or whether she's really she's done it before

00:00:30This is hard. You don't know when it's real anymore

00:00:36Red velvet with a golden opportunity. I really hurt. I really hope Billy Starks is not hurt

00:00:41But because I've seen what she's done before she's buying time

00:00:45a

00:00:52Great move red bill was able to execute on the outside the ring could have rolled in

00:00:56We're in the championship

00:00:57You can see even now a heart a heart of red bill waiting waiting on the champion the same way

00:01:02I mean not it was and as soon as the champion got back inside what happened Rick a bonnie

00:01:09Let it dock out there man, it looks

00:01:15I don't know how to take it. I'm conflicted. I'm conflicted. I don't see a young athlete the difference here

00:01:20Billy starts trying to get back into this match this there to me. That is the difference here in the match

00:01:25It's super card of honor Billy

00:01:28Hate what she's done before because I don't know how to feel I'm conflicted right now

00:01:32I hate to be calling to get somebody that's really hurt

00:01:35But that's seen a crowd wolf before but she I think the difference here. She was she was in the ring

00:01:41She's on the outside of the ring she is attempting to continue the fight she's attempting to continue the match

00:01:47Docs gave her the go case. She says she's continue to fight and out now velvet. Could it could have rushed her

00:01:54Yeah, I wasn't making the right call. Yeah, I'm saying what bill could have rushed her

00:01:58It was an additional medical staff in the aisle way there

00:02:00And it's Billy Starks. Wait a minute

00:02:03See see Starks back up swinging the miss there

00:02:10Oh

00:02:30Play possum here

00:02:41Oh

00:03:03History made here tonight

00:03:06Oh

00:03:10There's a momentum

00:03:14Can be stopped anytime soon we still have a championship match team, but right now we have a new

00:03:21ring-of-honor women

00:03:24Champion and her name is red belt

00:03:28Doing everything by the book the right way rewarded for it. Yeah

00:03:36Recognize

00:03:40Truly hurt, maybe it was momentarily. Maybe it was a stinger

00:03:47Whether it was but you know the boys that still the show she gave the champion time to recover but prepared herself

00:03:54Just in case the champion was slaying and right there the possum that the champion tried to play backfire on her

00:04:00I don't even fight tears anymore. I'm not moved by the tears

00:04:05Don't play

00:04:10I'm affected by the champion

00:04:28It comes only the second ever ring of honor women's world television champion

00:04:34Championship

00:04:39Six-man tag team

00:04:43As the winner of the

00:04:46Moves on tomorrow night to face the undisputed Kingman the roads of honor tried again to take on the dark order

00:04:52A lot of history we set you up right now

00:04:55The

00:04:59Dark order has been attempting to regain their edge as of late in our wage and that has seen the bleed into their darker side

00:05:04Bring on your baddest

00:05:07Bring on your biggest look no further than this past week on our which TV but the dark order used to every trick in the

00:05:12book to attempt to defeat the bonheurs

00:05:14Evil, you know providing to be the distraction

00:05:20Going up the wrong one

00:05:25That's it

00:05:28Remaining

00:05:29undefeated hero ring of honor

00:05:31Following the bout the dark order unleashed a violent attack on the victors using the numbers to their advantage until Dustin Rhodes made the same

00:05:37He's here

00:05:41Dustin has been vocal in his desire to realign to his dark family lineages

00:05:47Talk about family history

00:05:49The

00:05:52Roads of honor tried again with an ROH world six-man title shot at Battle of the Belts on the line

00:06:00Join the dark world

00:06:08This is an ROH world six-man tag-team championship

00:06:11In the match

00:06:18A battle of the belts

00:06:21a combined weight of 627 pounds

00:06:25Athletes represented

00:06:27John Silver

00:06:29Evil Uno

00:06:31Dark Order

00:06:34For so long Dark Order

00:06:36Has ruled in the roost here

00:06:38In Ring of Honor

00:06:40In fact

00:06:42Dark Order asserted themselves

00:06:44As one of the most formidable trios

00:06:46Showing they would go to any length

00:06:48To win here in Ring of Honor

00:06:52We're talking about years here in Ring of Honor

00:06:54We're talking about lineages here

00:06:56But there's a lineage that goes back

00:06:58Further than that

00:07:00I mean like 1978

00:07:03The road became friends

00:07:05And that's what this is about

00:07:07And right now we're in the heart of Texas

00:07:09And when we're in the heart of Texas

00:07:11What do we do? We fight

00:07:13We fight for death before dishonor

00:07:32The history, the lineage

00:07:34Two of the greatest wrestling families ever

00:07:36Reunite here tonight

00:07:38The Hulk

00:07:40At a combined weight of 625 pounds

00:07:42The King of the Ranchero

00:07:44The Stag Roos

00:07:46And what a match

00:07:48And what a match

00:07:50And what a match

00:07:52And what a match

00:07:54And what a match

00:07:56And what a match

00:07:58And what a match

00:08:01And Ross and Marshall

00:08:03The Van Eriks

00:08:08Van Eriks undefeated in Ring of Honor

00:08:11Justin Rhodes his Ring of Honor Pick-for-View debut

00:08:16I tell you what you couldn't have handpicked a better team

00:08:19But he has talked about 1978

00:08:21In 1978 under Paul Vosh

00:08:23Kevin Van Erik, the father of

00:08:25Ross and Marshall team

00:08:27with the late, great, American dream, Dusty Rhodes in Houston.

00:08:32And not only that, but the uncle of Ross and Marshall,

00:08:37David Von Erich, teamed with their father, Kevin,

00:08:40and with Dusty Rhodes in Japan.

00:08:43The Rhodes and Von Erichs,

00:08:46the super families of Texas, if you will.

00:08:50And tonight, forming a bond.

00:08:57Claude and Paul, yeah, after what we've seen,

00:09:00the Dark Order trying to pull that away.

00:09:02No, come on, Claude and Von Erich.

00:09:04The slap of honor right here, too.

00:09:07It's silver on the inside with Ross Von Erich.

00:09:09Yvonne Luna on the outside with that extra.

00:09:11They don't put anything past the Dark Order anymore, man.

00:09:14And Dark Order knows where they are.

00:09:15They know to start with the handshake.

00:09:17You got Marshall right there on the outside.

00:09:18There's Dustin.

00:09:20Johnny Hung, you're right there with Ross.

00:09:22Oh, goodness. Forearms delivered.

00:09:24And it is Marshall now double-teaming with you.

00:09:27The natural Dustin Rhodes.

00:09:29We heard just how much the Von Erich family meant

00:09:33to Dustin and the Rhodes family.

00:09:36It's dangerous on the outside of the ring there.

00:09:39Oh, goodness.

00:09:40A lot of things can happen.

00:09:41You see Reynolds taking a face bump already,

00:09:43falling on the face.

00:09:45Through the chest.

00:09:47As Yvonne Luna absorbs a shot from Marshall there.

00:09:50Tell you what, those Von Erichs, man,

00:09:52they're well put together.

00:09:54On the right tool is, man, not only their father,

00:09:57but under Dustin, man.

00:09:58We could be looking at new six-man tag team champions

00:10:00if they win tonight and win the match tomorrow night.

00:10:04It's gonna be a tall test.

00:10:06Any potential combination of the six men

00:10:08that will be wrestling for the titles

00:10:09will have wrestled here tonight.

00:10:11So there's no rest involved.

00:10:13Nice sling blade there from Ross.

00:10:16And, oh, maybe looking for a tag.

00:10:18Smart move, grabbing the wrist and making the tag there.

00:10:20Yeah, line tag there.

00:10:21Very smart move.

00:10:22Big drop kick.

00:10:24That was a drop kick come.

00:10:26Look at this.

00:10:28Marshall with a big-time body slam on Johnny Hung.

00:10:31Quick tag made back to Ross.

00:10:33Those drop kicks, they hand it down

00:10:34from generation to generation.

00:10:36Yes, sir.

00:10:38Even the barefoot of the Von Erichs

00:10:41That's signature.

00:10:42Oh, goodness.

00:10:43Up and over.

00:10:44That's signature Rhodes uppercut.

00:10:47So many years of this sport.

00:10:50A lot of years for Dustin as well.

00:10:52Oh, goodness.

00:10:53Almost bringing him low right there on the stairs.

00:10:56Steel stairs.

00:10:57Dustin's starting his career in the Texas area.

00:11:00Remember when he was a kid?

00:11:02Yeah.

00:11:03He was a kid.

00:11:04He was a kid.

00:11:05He was a kid.

00:11:06He was a kid.

00:11:07He was a kid.

00:11:08He was a kid.

00:11:09Still young in the Texas area.

00:11:10Remember one of the Texas Broncos.

00:11:15Bull Rope right there.

00:11:17So big in matches.

00:11:19And that bull rope, that cowbell.

00:11:23And now Alex Reynolds driving Dustin Rhodes

00:11:27into the barricade there.

00:11:29And this...

00:11:30Over the last 2 to 3 months,

00:11:31we've seen this change.

00:11:33It's been amorphous in the dark water.

00:11:36This was it.

00:11:37I can't put none past him.

00:11:38was brought into the ring by, brought to the ring

00:11:41by Dustin Rose and Dark Order just used it.

00:11:46Caprice, I can't excuse that.

00:11:47That doesn't mean you're right.

00:11:48That doesn't mean, oh, look at this.

00:11:51I mean, you can't bring a gun to the fight

00:11:52and expect to not go off is all I'm saying.

00:11:54Oh, so light cover, two.

00:11:56And this is a shootout at the OK Corral here in Arlington.

00:12:03Delivers the shot to the chest.

00:12:06And it's Ross grasping for air at this point.

00:12:08Johnny Huggins knows what to do here.

00:12:09And that's cutting off the ring.

00:12:11Nobody cuts off the ring like the Dark Order.

00:12:13And there's no more cohesive unit like the Dark Order.

00:12:17Triple sit down, driven down by John Summer.

00:12:27Oh, and it's, oh, come on.

00:12:29The claw?

00:12:30Did he say he invented the claw?

00:12:31Is it?

00:12:32Oh, goodness.

00:12:34Tag made, signed indicative of the Dark Order.

00:12:37Oh, and now the claws to the back.

00:12:40Evil Uno at Dermis opening there.

00:12:48Ross trying to fight out to power out here.

00:12:50But the way that the Dark Order has you in the corner, man,

00:12:53they're very good at it.

00:12:55They know how to block you in.

00:12:56They know how to corner you.

00:12:57They know how to triangle offense.

00:13:00Ross fighting his way out.

00:13:01But you see the way that Johnny hung in on that triangle.

00:13:04Ross trying to get away.

00:13:05Ross hobbled.

00:13:06That's what I mean, that triangle offense right there.

00:13:08Yeah.

00:13:09And into the corner now.

00:13:12And on.

00:13:13Alex Reynolds has been the heat seeker on the outside.

00:13:17Anything that moves out there, Reynolds, he's doing his job

00:13:21in the words of Bill Belichick.

00:13:23Can't get mad at him.

00:13:25Right now, Ross is still in a lot of trouble.

00:13:27Needs to make a tag.

00:13:28He can't.

00:13:29Evil Uno on his way.

00:13:31And a big boot.

00:13:32Ross able to get the back elbow up.

00:13:35Needs to get to the corner to make the tag.

00:13:37It's Uno holding on.

00:13:39Silver holding on.

00:13:40Now Ross up and over.

00:13:42Dr. Clothier making the tag.

00:13:45Here comes Marshall.

00:13:46Wow, that big boot.

00:13:49Big elbow.

00:13:51Right hand sends Silver down.

00:13:54Marshall in to lay down the law right there.

00:13:57Beautiful hip toss.

00:13:58You see the energy.

00:13:59Marshall's feeling it here.

00:14:00Oh, Silver lands on the knee.

00:14:03Loading up that lariat here, Caprice.

00:14:05Yeah, Marshall does so many things well, man.

00:14:08His body functioning, putting together that lariat,

00:14:12trapping, hanging.

00:14:14That inertia, nowhere to go.

00:14:18And it's Marshall.

00:14:20Cannonball.

00:14:22Into the deep end of the pool.

00:14:24One, two.

00:14:25Will it move the battle to the belts?

00:14:27No, not yet.

00:14:29One, two.

00:14:30Will it move the battle to the belts?

00:14:32No, not yet.

00:14:34That's confidence right there, Marshall.

00:14:36There you go.

00:14:37Call for that call.

00:14:39Everybody in Texas knows what that means, except for Uno.

00:14:44Oh!

00:14:45Headlock from Kritz.

00:14:47And if you don't know, now you know.

00:14:49Reynolds picking it up, though.

00:14:52To the outside.

00:14:54From Kritz to Kerry, Kevin to David.

00:14:59Down now to Marshall and Russell.

00:15:02Oh, man, look at this.

00:15:04Oh!

00:15:05Yeah, that's what I mean about the Dark Order.

00:15:08They work so well together.

00:15:10No matter if you're inside the ring, outside the ring,

00:15:13on the corner, the turnbuckles, on the apron,

00:15:15they always have tag-team moves they can put on you.

00:15:18Oh, nice pin here.

00:15:19Two, could it be?

00:15:20Dark Order almost punches their ticket

00:15:22to the battle to the belts.

00:15:25Right here, if I know Hunky, man,

00:15:27he's gonna switch sides.

00:15:28He's gonna put a body in between Marshall and Ross

00:15:31and drag him to the other side.

00:15:33Yep, walking right between them, both of them.

00:15:35Dustin's effectively been neutralized on the outside.

00:15:38Ross, who's taking a beating,

00:15:39is trying to desperately tag in

00:15:41in front of this jam-packed crowd

00:15:43here at the Esports Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

00:15:46What a beautiful night.

00:15:48For a death before a dishonor kick through the chest.

00:15:51And any time you see a man not standing in the corner,

00:15:54you say, I need time to recover.

00:15:55And now you got the captain of the team.

00:15:57Oh!

00:15:59And ripping off that German suplex.

00:16:02Back down.

00:16:03And Dustin continues to be neutralized,

00:16:07a non-factor because of the deliberate

00:16:11and, quite frankly, smart offense of the Dark Order.

00:16:15I think you're right, Ricker Bunny.

00:16:16I think they feel if they can take Dustin out

00:16:18and keep Dustin away,

00:16:19he can't even tutor from the outside.

00:16:22He can't give advice,

00:16:23and it forces Ross and Marshall to think on their own.

00:16:26Oh, goodness.

00:16:27And nobody of great thinkers like the Dark Order

00:16:30whether they're following rules or not.

00:16:32Nice snap suplex there.

00:16:33Front face lock here.

00:16:34Right there, trapping him with that chance.

00:16:36And one, two.

00:16:38See the way that chance re-brought Marshall

00:16:41right back to the corner of the Dark Order.

00:16:46The Dark Order continues to maintain control here.

00:16:50That's exactly what the game plan is.

00:16:52Keep Dustin hurt.

00:16:54Oh, and a shot on Marshall.

00:16:57And this has been just a brilliant display.

00:17:02Game plan worked to perfection is what it is.

00:17:06Oh, come on.

00:17:07Get that hat off of him.

00:17:12What?

00:17:13Wow.

00:17:15Oh, man.

00:17:16Looking like a rodeo clown out there.

00:17:20What disrespect.

00:17:21I know damn well what that cowboy hat means.

00:17:31Whether it's great Oklahomans like Jim Ross,

00:17:34our dear friend,

00:17:35or whether it's the Vaughn Erics

00:17:38from the Great Lakes,

00:17:39or whether it's a guy like Jim Ross

00:17:42or Vaughn Erics

00:17:45from the great state of Texas.

00:17:46Big forearm.

00:17:47And Marshall.

00:17:49What that display did,

00:17:50that despicable display allowed Marshall

00:17:52to get some sort of breath back, unfortunately.

00:17:54Oh, no.

00:17:55Yeah.

00:17:56Dropped on the top of his head.

00:17:57One stack.

00:17:58Two.

00:17:59Mm.

00:18:00A lot of heart showed right there by Marshall,

00:18:02but the damage is done.

00:18:04And even Marshall trying to get away,

00:18:06puts himself back in harm's danger

00:18:08by being in Dark Order's corner.

00:18:10Ross knows it,

00:18:11and there's nothing Dustin can do about it

00:18:13because of what Reynolds has been able to do

00:18:15during this match,

00:18:16like you said earlier,

00:18:17working that game plan to perfection.

00:18:19Tag made.

00:18:20Reynolds the freshest man in the match

00:18:21despite some of those deliberate targeted attacks.

00:18:26Oh, jeez.

00:18:27You gotta stop with that.

00:18:28That's not time for the Dark Order.

00:18:30Oh!

00:18:31But the trash talk,

00:18:32which comes back to bite them,

00:18:33as Marshall able to get out of the way here.

00:18:36But he's in the wrong corner.

00:18:37He's in the Dark Order's corner.

00:18:39He needs to find his brother Ross

00:18:41on hand and knee crawling out.

00:18:42Reynolds is real that Reynolds' job

00:18:44would be to block the tag,

00:18:45but I don't know if Reynolds...

00:18:46Yep.

00:18:47Grabbing the wrist right there,

00:18:48trying to block the tag.

00:18:49Oh, so close.

00:18:50So close.

00:18:51With this.

00:18:52And oh, no.

00:18:53Oh, he said it.

00:18:54There you go.

00:18:55They've been trying to keep Dustin down.

00:18:57Didn't work that time.

00:18:58Oh!

00:18:59We're gonna miss Reynolds smartly.

00:19:02Yeah.

00:19:03Taking Ross out.

00:19:04And popped up.

00:19:06Caught.

00:19:07The coach is clear.

00:19:08The path is paved.

00:19:09Up in the corner.

00:19:10Waiting for a tag.

00:19:11The crowd is getting ready.

00:19:12Temples is about to explode with the body.

00:19:13We just need a tag from Marshall.

00:19:14Separation.

00:19:15Can't attack.

00:19:16And he's got it.

00:19:17In comes the natural.

00:19:18Big time.

00:19:19Dustin Rolls on fire.

00:19:20Waiting for this opportunity.

00:19:21Watch this.

00:19:22Oh!

00:19:23Oh!

00:19:24Oh!

00:19:25Oh!

00:19:26Oh!

00:19:27Oh!

00:19:28Oh!

00:19:29Oh!

00:19:30Oh!

00:19:31Oh!

00:19:32Oh!

00:19:33Oh!

00:19:34Oh!

00:19:35Oh!

00:19:36Oh!

00:19:37Oh!

00:19:40Big time backback body drop.

00:19:43Irish whip now.

00:19:44Reversed!

00:19:45No!

00:19:46No way!

00:19:50Oh!

00:19:51Oh!

00:19:52Beautiful.

00:19:53Snap.

00:19:54Power slam there.

00:19:55There's no way!

00:19:56There's no way!

00:19:57Yes!

00:20:01They all fall down, and they all stand up for the natural.

00:20:06It's a plan falling apart for the Dark Order.

00:20:13Riddle's on his feet.

00:20:15Big time kick there.

00:20:17This is where the Dark Order's dangerous.

00:20:18Counter roll, stack, two tights held.

00:20:22Riddle's into silver.

00:20:23Wait a minute.

00:20:28It's a drop.

00:20:29A magic at the crossroads.

00:20:33Cover to Hall.

00:20:36Thought he was going to tell everybody.

00:20:40But Riddle's in to break it up.

00:20:42And we pray and we pray.

00:20:46As Dustin now in trouble.

00:20:50I don't know who's legal right here, but everybody's inside.

00:20:53Miscalling that move like I miss my Uncle Charles is a big time kick.

00:20:57From Marshall to Levers.

00:20:59And a big kick from Ross.

00:21:01And we're keeping it in the family with the Bonheurs.

00:21:04As Ross hits silver into the barricade.

00:21:06A big kick there.

00:21:08It's anybody's match now, but I tell you what, you didn't beat the Bonheurs within there.

00:21:13They're definitely in this match now.

00:21:15And now you have Dustin in the ring by himself with Reynolds.

00:21:20Reynolds in the corner.

00:21:21Clothesline.

00:21:22I see a bulldog.

00:21:24If I know Dustin, he's setting up for that bulldog.

00:21:27No one home there, though.

00:21:29Dangerous silver.

00:21:30Anytime you have a dark order, more than one inside.

00:21:32It's a dangerous combination.

00:21:33Yeah, coming up.

00:21:34And a turn in.

00:21:35No one does it like the dark order.

00:21:36Into the stack.

00:21:37It's got to be a one.

00:21:38Two in the dark order.

00:21:40Do not yet move on to Friday.

00:21:43I've seen so many people fall through that combination, Ricker Bonney.

00:21:47And Reynolds knows it.

00:21:48You can see it in his eyes.

00:21:51The look of disbelief affecting the face of Alex Reynolds.

00:21:57A man who cut his teeth in professional wrestling right here in Arlington.

00:22:14What?

00:22:15Oh, no.

00:22:17We don't do that here.

00:22:19Every time you see there was buying time trying to set.

00:22:23No, no, no, no, no.

00:22:24You know what he's setting up for, Ricker Bonney.

00:22:27And Dustin, he knows it too.

00:22:33Trying to add injury with insults.

00:22:35Big boot.

00:22:36Destroyer from Dustin Rhodes.

00:22:44Yeah, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

00:22:48And this will be another destroyer.

00:22:51Look.

00:22:51Everyone is on their feet.

00:23:00And we almost saw some dreams shattered.

00:23:05Marshall up.

00:23:06The Clown.

00:23:07The Clown.

00:23:08They found.

00:23:09They hired a Clown like that.

00:23:10Passed down from generation to generation.

00:23:13Uno's got the cowbell.

00:23:15Uno's got the cowbell.

00:23:16Ross.

00:23:17Not if Ross can help it.

00:23:19Yes, sir.

00:23:21And I see the Clown.

00:23:24Shattered dreams.

00:23:26Some golden globes, indeed, for Alex Reynolds.

00:23:30Oh.

00:23:31That's it, Wicked Body.

00:23:33I promise you that much.

00:23:34Yeah.

00:23:36The winners of this match.

00:23:38It's dancing time.

00:23:39The Battle of the Belts on TNT.

00:23:42The natural footstand rule.

00:23:45And the Von Erichs.

00:23:50Sometimes you find lightning in a bottle, oil in a slick.

00:23:56Whatever metaphor you choose, there's

00:23:58something magical about Dustin Rhodes and the Von Erichs.

00:24:01And tomorrow night, it becomes a pitchel.

00:24:04Matt Damon and Mike Bennett will retain the World Tag Team

00:24:09Championships.

00:24:11And maybe the next Ring of Honor World Champion,

00:24:14Roderick Strong, they could become double champions.

00:24:17The only thing standing in their way.

00:24:19That's a big only.

00:24:20Yeah.

00:24:22Dustin Rhodes and the Von Erichs.

00:24:25And I gotta wonder, will Roderick Strong

00:24:27become the world champion later here tonight

00:24:29in our main event?

00:24:30We've already seen two titles change hands.

00:24:33So you can't say it won't happen.

00:24:36But I tell you, one thing that works in your favor

00:24:38is home court advantage.

00:24:41And the home court advantage goes to the Von Erichs

00:24:45and Dustin Rhodes.

00:24:46Whoa.

00:24:47Whoa.

00:24:50There's no way.

00:24:52Katsuya Shibata, former pure champion,

00:24:56one of the greatest strikers, pounder,

00:24:57pound technicians there's ever been in professional wrestling.

00:25:04Look at this.

00:25:06Shibata.

00:25:07Yeah.

00:25:09Our cameras went off the air last week in Ring of Honor.

00:25:13He was asked, he asked them to teach him the claw.

00:25:17Oh.

00:25:18And last week, as our cameras went off the air,

00:25:20Ross and Marshall taught Shibata the claw.

00:25:25And now the stamp of approval, the endorsement

00:25:28given to the Von Erichs and Dustin Rhodes.

00:25:31And tomorrow night, we could see this trio

00:25:35that dates back 46 years of family lineage and history.

00:25:40They could walk out of Arlington the next Ring of Honor

00:25:44World Six-Man Tag Team Championships.

00:25:46Because all you need is the right mentor.

00:25:49And the mentors don't get any better than Dustin Rhodes

00:25:53and Shibata.

00:25:56Well, we talked about the six-man championships.

00:25:59Now there will be six men competing for a championship.

00:26:03Atlantis Jr. heads into a dangerous environment.

00:26:06Five of the very best top contenders

00:26:08in his survival on the finish.

00:26:10The World Television Title on the line.

00:26:15Ring of Honor history was made in Arena, Mexico.

00:26:17Atlantis Jr. challenged Kyle Fletcher for the Ring of Honor

00:26:20Television Title.

00:26:21Television Title is so important.

00:26:22One of the most prestigious in professional wrestling.

00:26:27New champion here at ROH, Atlantis Jr.

00:26:31I know this championship has a lot of history, a lot of value.

00:26:34In the next pay-per-event, Deadly for Dishonor

00:26:36can defend this championship against five more wrestlers.

00:26:39Survival of the fittest, a single-elimination,

00:26:41six-way bout that instantly elevates its winner.

00:26:43I won't go, brother.

00:26:45Survival of the fittest.

00:26:46Best to leave is gonna be Leo Rush.

00:26:49I am not here to take part.

00:26:52I am here to take titles.

00:26:55They named a title after me.

00:26:56And people don't think I'm gonna win?

00:26:58Who better than Brian Cage?

00:27:01Nobody.

00:27:02Once again at Deadly for Dishonor,

00:27:03I get back on my throne.

00:27:05I get back to making my history.

00:27:08The six-man world television title on the line.

00:27:11Survival of the fittest.

00:27:16Na-na-na-na-na-na.

00:27:18Na-na-na-na-na-na.

00:27:20Yeah.

00:27:22This is Survival of the Fittest.

00:27:26A six-way elimination match for the Ring of Honor

00:27:30World Television Championship.

00:27:32Participant number one,

00:27:34being accompanied by Tyrant Galperin,

00:27:36wrestler out of Los Angeles, California,

00:27:39weighing 214 pounds, Johnny T.V.

00:27:45The power couple offering the hearts of tomorrow night.

00:27:48Johnny T.V. could be valking in the collection

00:27:50with Doyle Hattie's West Caprice.

00:27:53One-on-one against Orange Cassidy,

00:27:55perhaps the greatest AEW international champion

00:27:57of all time.

00:27:59Tell you what, Ring of Honor,

00:28:00if there's any match on this card

00:28:02that I could not pick a winner for,

00:28:04it's this one.

00:28:05Everybody in this match I could see

00:28:07becoming Ring of Honor World Television Champion

00:28:10for different reasons.

00:28:12And yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con,

00:28:15one of the cornerstones of the relationship

00:28:17with TBS and TNT,

00:28:19Don't Swim, all goodness on the Cartoon Network.

00:28:21We didn't see any of that.

00:28:24And with the president of TBS and TNT on it,

00:28:27these two can put the day in the tournament

00:28:31that featured a buff Rick and Morty.

00:28:33What a sight that was.

00:28:36Participant number two,

00:28:38wrestling out of Cleveland, Ohio,

00:28:40he is representing Sheik Telepromotions,

00:28:45Sheik Taylor.

00:28:48He's seen the record in 2024 in Ring of Honor.

00:28:51Cut the running, boy!

00:28:53Get back!

00:28:55The momentum already on the side of STP

00:28:57as we have it through Ring of Honor.

00:28:59Third champion, former television champion,

00:29:01goes in to reclaim the championship

00:29:03that he felt he should have never lost.

00:29:05Caprice, do you remember how Sheik Taylor

00:29:07won the title in the beginning?

00:29:09Oh, yeah.

00:29:10He's in a four-corner survival foul.

00:29:12And he beat a man that we thought was unbeatable.

00:29:15He certainly did.

00:29:17Eliminating Kurokono,

00:29:20which defrocked Jeff Cobb.

00:29:24Sheik Taylor thrives in these environments.

00:29:26He comes from Cleveland, always having to watch his back,

00:29:29look over his shoulder.

00:29:30Sheik Taylor.

00:29:31I'll be honest, if I had to pick somebody,

00:29:33I'd only have a 16.6% chance,

00:29:36but my 16.6% is going on Sheik Taylor.

00:29:38I don't know what kind of man that is,

00:29:40but I can't go against you.

00:29:42Participant number three

00:29:44is wrestling out of Atlanta, Georgia,

00:29:46weighing 189 pounds,

00:29:49Big Shot Lee Johnson!

00:29:53That's going to bring the statistical analysis

00:29:55from Lehigh to the ring of bones.

00:29:57Lee Johnson, though, our third competitor here

00:29:59in the survival of the fittest battle.

00:30:02If anybody has crawled himself

00:30:04from the bottom of the rankings to the top

00:30:06to get a shot over and over again,

00:30:08it's this man right here,

00:30:10proving that he can take a loss and improve every time.

00:30:13And again, he finds himself in title contention

00:30:16and could beat Lee tonight,

00:30:18the ring of honor world TV champion.

00:30:20Lee Johnson's been his long-time rival.

00:30:23He's been his long-extended winning streak

00:30:25and a hallmark in ring of honor.

00:30:27He's pinned the world television champion.

00:30:29At the time, it was Kyle Fletcher.

00:30:31It was two out of three falls.

00:30:33It was an incredible bout.

00:30:35He knows what it's like to pin a champion.

00:30:37Tonight, entering an environment he's familiar with.

00:30:39He was the survival of the fittest finalist

00:30:41back in final battle in December.

00:30:43We'll see what the calendar holds for 2024.

00:30:45That's what I mean.

00:30:47Ring of honor is so hard to call a winner in this one,

00:30:49especially when you're fighting

00:30:51Especially when there's a beast involved.

00:30:53Participant number four is wrestling

00:30:55out of Chico, California.

00:30:57Weighing 274 pounds,

00:30:59The Machine, Brian Cage!

00:31:05This man...

00:31:07Look at the weight he's taking.

00:31:09There you go!

00:31:11You got Charles Jasper ready for that cage

00:31:13to get this man out of the ring.

00:31:15He looks like a walking Jasper's action figure.

00:31:17The only man who's an action figure from Jasper's

00:31:20With all due respect,

00:31:22maybe wasn't buff enough, right?

00:31:24This man has muscles on top of muscles.

00:31:26Muscles I've never heard of.

00:31:28But you know what?

00:31:30We've seen him against Will Ospreay.

00:31:32We've seen him compete at the very top level.

00:31:34That cardio is there.

00:31:36The mind is there.

00:31:38Trained, mentored, tutored

00:31:40by the great Chris King

00:31:42and the innovator of offense,

00:31:44Riccoboni.

00:31:46Size only matters when you know how to use it

00:31:49He knows how to use every bit of his size.

00:31:51But this man right here,

00:31:53very deceptive,

00:31:55and could be the sneaky link

00:31:57to win the television title.

00:31:59Participant number 5,

00:32:01from Washington, D.C.

00:32:03Weighing 174 pounds,

00:32:05Leo Rush!

00:32:09Leo Rush, welcome back!

00:32:11In my eyes, Leo Rush

00:32:13is the sleeper in this match.

00:32:15He's not one that'll put a game plan together

00:32:18and try to beat you.

00:32:20He will capitalize on punishment.

00:32:22He will capitalize on situations.

00:32:24He will sneak in and get a big win.

00:32:26Very elusive, very fast, very successful,

00:32:28very quick, very deceiving

00:32:30is Leo Rush.

00:32:32Let's not forget Leo Rush's history

00:32:34in Ring of Honor.

00:32:36Former Top Prospect Tournament winner,

00:32:38perennial contender for the World Television Championship.

00:32:40We spoke yesterday

00:32:42about the history of Dean Shane Taylor.

00:32:44But we now welcome the World Television Champion.

00:32:48Participant number 6 is from Mexico,

00:32:50City, Mexico.

00:32:52He is the Ring of Honor

00:32:54World Television Champion,

00:32:56Atlantis Junior!

00:33:02Atlantis Junior has the opportunity

00:33:04of a lifetime.

00:33:06Kyle Fletcher coming to Mexico

00:33:08to answer the challenge.

00:33:10A fighting champion, Atlantis Junior

00:33:12got the match on his terms

00:33:14in his home territory.

00:33:16Winning the title.

00:33:18But I'll tell you what,

00:33:20it's a little bit different

00:33:22when there are five other men.

00:33:24Atlantis Junior, great second generation star.

00:33:26His father Atlantis, one of the greatest stars

00:33:28in Lucha Libre history.

00:33:30Transcended Wrestling.

00:33:32Mike El Santo was in film,

00:33:34was in television, even music.

00:33:36But Atlantis Junior

00:33:38has to not only

00:33:40follow in the footsteps,

00:33:42but to do that, tonight has to

00:33:45fight five other men.

00:33:47Yeah, he is not the favorite in this matchup.

00:33:49The second time in Ring of Honor history

00:33:51has a title been decided.

00:33:53It's a battle of the fittest television title.

00:33:55And right now, Atlantis is not a favorite at all.

00:33:57I mean, like the matchup was going

00:33:59to one-six chance of retaining the title.

00:34:01And everybody that is wrestling

00:34:03is worried of being Ring of Honor Television Champion.

00:34:07There you see it, that's what it's all about.

00:34:09I do not envy referee Brandon Martinez

00:34:11calling for the

00:34:14sextuple code of honor here.

00:34:16But I don't know that any man is interested

00:34:18with the title.

00:34:20Rush will.

00:34:24Johnny TV, never a man of honor.

00:34:26Is this the kiss of honor?

00:34:28But Johnny TV, man,

00:34:30he's probably

00:34:32in the ring. Yeah, that's what I mean.

00:34:34You never can predict what Lio Rush is going to do.

00:34:36Lio Rush is dangerous

00:34:38in any situation.

00:34:40The way he can move his body

00:34:43right to the champion.

00:34:45And on the inside, it was Shane Taylor

00:34:47with that quick left jab.

00:34:49Oh, look at Johnny TV.

00:34:51And TV and Taylor.

00:34:53They worked together yesterday,

00:34:55but I don't think that it's going to work.

00:35:09And Johnny TV

00:35:11who held that right fist up yesterday

00:35:13indicative of black excellence.

00:35:15You know, Johnny TV has a lot of control over his body.

00:35:17I'm just going to say that.

00:35:19That's all I'm going to say.

00:35:21I hear what you're saying.

00:35:25Oh, my God!

00:35:29Johnny TV!

00:35:31Not even the next week

00:35:33that TV was going home.

00:35:35He was going to the next episode.

00:35:37Oh, look at this.

00:35:40He's going to mix it up.

00:35:42Nobody moves.

00:35:44And again, nobody moves.

00:35:46It's Taylor Cage.

00:35:48Oh, yeah.

00:35:50Two men getting it on like two men should here.

00:35:56Oh, and that head spun.

00:35:58That head spun on a swivel.

00:36:00Those fists are trained

00:36:02by Shane Taylor.

00:36:04Wow!

00:36:06Flying head scissors there from Brian Cage.

00:36:09That's what I mean by Brian Cage's body.

00:36:11He knows what to do with his muscles.

00:36:13Definitely in control.

00:36:15I've seen Brian Cage do some ferocious stuff

00:36:17with that body.

00:36:19Look at that.

00:36:21But it's Atlantis.

00:36:23Oh, just a two count there.

00:36:25Smart move from the champ.

00:36:27That's what he's going to have to do

00:36:29if he's going to have to get a win.

00:36:31If he wants to get a win.

00:36:33Wrist lock there.

00:36:35Big European uppercut.

00:36:38I'm going to miss.

00:36:40Throw-ups again.

00:36:42Wow!

00:36:44Beautiful hurricanrana from Atlantis Jr.

00:36:46Kick sends Cage down.

00:36:48The champ, the last man standing

00:36:50until Lio Rush enters the fray here.

00:36:52See how Lio Rush got inside the ring

00:36:54lower than eyes level.

00:36:56You can look right over him,

00:36:58sliding right there.

00:37:00Nobody moves like Lio Rush.

00:37:02Everything he does is original.

00:37:04Look at that.

00:37:06Wow, inverted Corey special here.

00:37:08Inverted Corey special where?

00:37:10Will Atlantis take Lio Rush?

00:37:12Rush is trapped now.

00:37:14He's caught.

00:37:16Freed himself.

00:37:18Wait a minute.

00:37:20That's what I mean.

00:37:22Like a cat.

00:37:24Back up.

00:37:26Back on his feet.

00:37:28It's Rush.

00:37:30Stunner plants Atlantis.

00:37:32Nobody moves like Lio Rush.

00:37:35Lio Rush now back on his feet.

00:37:37That dream from many years ago

00:37:39when he was ROH's top prospect

00:37:41tournament winner.

00:37:43Living on, charging in.

00:37:45A bent over.

00:37:47Look at this.

00:37:49Big shotty.

00:37:51This is a match I would love to see right here.

00:37:53Kipping back up.

00:37:55Oh, goodness.

00:37:57Staying there.

00:37:59Beautiful moonsault.

00:38:01Make the cover.

00:38:04Back in.

00:38:06Both of these men were involved

00:38:08in the survival of the fittest

00:38:10final in 2023.

00:38:12That final battle.

00:38:14Look at this.

00:38:16The footwork here.

00:38:18Oh, come on.

00:38:20Right to the eyes.

00:38:22Nice drop down.

00:38:24That's what's frustrating.

00:38:26The amateur wrestling ability

00:38:28of Johnny TV.

00:38:30Johnny TV, no matter what you say,

00:38:33body control, capoeira,

00:38:35can kick you any place he wants to.

00:38:37Moving like that.

00:38:39Oh, goodness.

00:38:41The parkour.

00:38:43He has a rookie body and a veteran mind.

00:38:45There's nothing you can do about it.

00:38:47And Taylor and Johnny TV once again.

00:38:53He doesn't want that again.

00:38:55Look at this great change here.

00:38:57Big thrust kick from Johnny TV.

00:38:59That's impressive to win a strike war

00:39:01with Taylor.

00:39:03Taylor into the corner now.

00:39:05Giving too much time to breathe.

00:39:07And Johnny TV popped up and caught.

00:39:09You can't give Taylor that much time to breathe.

00:39:11Oh, got it down sky high.

00:39:13Cover. Two.

00:39:15Thought we had that first elimination there.

00:39:17I'll tell you what.

00:39:19Not a bad idea from Taylor, even if he couldn't get

00:39:21as much leverage as he would have liked.

00:39:23As the form connects from

00:39:25Brian Cage here.

00:39:27Interesting strategy by the competitors

00:39:29to really

00:39:31Oh.

00:39:33Shows you how strong Shane Taylor is.

00:39:35Instinctly Brian Cage right back to his feet.

00:39:37Collapsing Cage in the corner.

00:39:39And Taylor now.

00:39:41Irish whip.

00:39:43And Cage looking for no one home.

00:39:45Caught though.

00:39:47Great recovery there from Cage.

00:39:49To press out.

00:39:51Swing and a miss there.

00:39:53You know you see somebody that big.

00:39:55And you expect them to use muscle all the time.

00:39:57But it shows you how athletic

00:39:59Brian Cage is as well.

00:40:03And it's Lio Rush though.

00:40:05Sensing an opportunity here.

00:40:07Separation created. It's Rush back to his feet.

00:40:09Oh, misdirection. Great idea here from Lio Rush.

00:40:11That's a great Lio Rush move, man.

00:40:13Looks like Cat versus Lion though.

00:40:15Oh!

00:40:17Cat wins this one.

00:40:19And now it's Rush.

00:40:21Oh, Liger style heels.

00:40:23Oh, it's so quick.

00:40:25Oh, it's so quick.

00:40:27But a kick to the midsection. Focusing on the hips.

00:40:29Johnny TV able to stun and stop Lio Rush.

00:40:31Oh! Back flip Samoan drop.

00:40:37And running shooting star press.

00:40:39Cover here. Two. First elimination.

00:40:41No.

00:40:43Two most agile men in this match.

00:40:45The fleet footed two

00:40:47against each other.

00:40:49And now Lee Johnson trying to capitalize.

00:40:51Oh, no love lost from that.

00:40:53This is the fittest final in 2023.

00:40:55A final battle between these two.

00:40:57Nice little frog there. Drop down.

00:40:59Oh, drop kick catches Johnny TV.

00:41:01Oh!

00:41:03Lee Johnson.

00:41:05Swing and a miss there. Waist lock.

00:41:07The champ, Atlantis Jr. now

00:41:09off the ropes.

00:41:11And wrist lock.

00:41:13Big kick to the temple.

00:41:15The champ in control.

00:41:17The last man standing now.

00:41:19The champion

00:41:21has to survive this match, man.

00:41:23Means it has to be four

00:41:25other people pinned.

00:41:27Five to win.

00:41:29It's a tall order for the champion.

00:41:31Atlantis seems to be up for it though.

00:41:33Oh! Head first

00:41:35into a brick wall named Shane Taylor.

00:41:39Lio Rush has both men

00:41:41in his eyesight locked in.

00:41:43The tractor beam secured.

00:41:45Oh, beautiful moonsault.

00:41:47Rush on Atlantis.

00:41:49Low bottom rope moonsault.

00:41:51I'll tell you what, Lio Rush pulling out

00:41:53things people rarely do.

00:41:55So does my God!

00:41:57Big shot for Big Shotty!

00:41:59On his feet!

00:42:01Go, Daddy!

00:42:03Will not be denied

00:42:05is Big Shotty!

00:42:07Uh-oh.

00:42:09Here comes Johnny TV.

00:42:11And TV!

00:42:13With a tornillo!

00:42:15Oh!

00:42:17Johnny TV!

00:42:23Oh!

00:42:25No way!

00:42:27No way!

00:42:29Whoa!

00:42:31747 over the top rope

00:42:33on his feet is Brian K.

00:42:35And now the people

00:42:37in the EA

00:42:39stadium are standing.

00:42:41Who better

00:42:43than Brian Cage

00:42:45here in Arlington?

00:42:49There's no way.

00:42:51Shane Taylor

00:42:53is 300.

00:42:57Oh, swing and a miss.

00:42:59Big Lariat! Lariat plants Cage.

00:43:03I believe Kane, I believe

00:43:05Shane Taylor would have tried

00:43:07changing direction. He's gonna try again.

00:43:09What?

00:43:11Lio Rush on smart move!

00:43:13If all six

00:43:15can be in the ring, why not

00:43:17go for the biggest?

00:43:19That's what I was thinking when you were saying

00:43:21Shane Taylor wins. I said, unless everybody

00:43:23gains up on him. And Shane Taylor's

00:43:25been gained up on before and is always

00:43:27willing to fight. Big clothesline

00:43:29says Shotty down!

00:43:31Oh!

00:43:33Skull to chest!

00:43:35Lio Rush now.

00:43:37Certainly do!

00:43:39Lariat ducked.

00:43:41Tell you what, Shane Taylor's

00:43:43clean house. Brian Cage.

00:43:45Oh, big knee! Catches Cage.

00:43:47And it's

00:43:49Teal over the Aranagi!

00:43:53That judo throw planting Cage down.

00:43:57You can see that it took so much out of

00:43:59Shane Taylor. But there has

00:44:01to be a winner, and no one has been eliminated yet.

00:44:03Oh, that is absolutely

00:44:05wild, considering the punishment

00:44:07these six men have put each other through.

00:44:09Big running superkick, Chris Adams

00:44:11style down here in Texas.

00:44:13Ooh!

00:44:17And it's Lio Rush with a frog splash!

00:44:19He's gonna try to eliminate Taylor, too!

00:44:21He got him! That's a big

00:44:23elimination, man. That was personal.

00:44:25Shane Taylor has been eliminated!

00:44:27Wow! I did not see

00:44:29that coming.

00:44:31Wow, and the crowd is stunned, too!

00:44:33Yeah!

00:44:35And that Dragon's Call

00:44:37final hour frog splash!

00:44:41Wow!

00:44:43And my pick, the odds-on

00:44:45favorite, in my opinion. It would

00:44:47happen when everybody ganging up on Taylor's

00:44:49the way they got him out of there. Now, Johnny TV,

00:44:51Lio Rush, the side of the

00:44:53air, the elusive, too.

00:44:57And it's now looking for the Irish whip. It's Lio Rush,

00:44:59Johnny TV into the corner.

00:45:01And Lio Rush following in, no one home.

00:45:03And look at that,

00:45:05the elusiveness of Johnny TV.

00:45:07Those quick movements from both men,

00:45:09to the leg.

00:45:11And, oh! TV is trapped!

00:45:13Yeah, TV's hung out to dry.

00:45:15Oh!

00:45:19Johnny!

00:45:21Stop! Wait a minute!

00:45:23Where did Lio Rush come from?

00:45:25You can never turn your eyes off on Lio Rush,

00:45:27man. He's always moving,

00:45:29always thinking, and when you don't

00:45:31see him, it's because he doesn't want to be seen.

00:45:33Jeez.

00:45:35And now, it is Big

00:45:37Shotty Lee Johnson in the ring.

00:45:39Look how fast

00:45:41Lio was able to ascend to the top.

00:45:43And again, no one home

00:45:45on the final hour. Big

00:45:47super kick! Every bit of that

00:45:49was eaten. Shotty's gonna end this

00:45:51one. Big shot! Big shot drop!

00:45:53Drop! Yes, sir!

00:45:55To Lee Johnson!

00:45:57Lio Rush

00:45:59has been eliminated!

00:46:01Lio Rush,

00:46:03another one of the favorites.

00:46:05Absolutely.

00:46:07Eliminated! It was hard for me to

00:46:09call a winner in this one, Ricker Bonney.

00:46:11Let's see why. Look at Johnny TV

00:46:13assessing the damage.

00:46:15And Cage and Johnny TV now

00:46:17double teaming.

00:46:19The champion is still in the match, though.

00:46:21So it is possible

00:46:23for the champion to retain.

00:46:25And the champion's best move right now

00:46:27might be to just stay where he's at.

00:46:29To assess where he's at.

00:46:31Johnny TV trying to get a

00:46:33teamwork going here.

00:46:35Maybe a short alliance.

00:46:37It works against Shane Taylor.

00:46:39We know that Lee Johnson's tank does not quit.

00:46:41He's gone over 20 minutes

00:46:43in singles bouts.

00:46:45What is this? It's like a brother's truce.

00:46:49Went 20 minutes with Kyle Fletcher back at Supercard of Honor.

00:46:51Was in

00:46:53the survival of the fittest for over

00:46:5520 minutes. That two-out-of-three falls match

00:46:57approached 30 minutes.

00:46:59I think they said, let's work together, eliminate these two,

00:47:01and then we'll finish the end

00:47:03ourselves. Devil's bargain

00:47:05between Johnny TV

00:47:07and Brian Cage

00:47:09from Facelock here. It's not a bad idea.

00:47:11It's not.

00:47:13It's a means to an end

00:47:15for both men to be

00:47:17the finalists. Beautiful!

00:47:19Working together, that may be enough.

00:47:21One, two, three!

00:47:23What was that? It was two.

00:47:25I'm so glad.

00:47:27That was two! I'm so glad.

00:47:29That was a split second away.

00:47:31That shoulder, and sometimes that

00:47:33happens.

00:47:37Sometimes you cannot stop the three

00:47:39count, that third beat on the mat.

00:47:41That is fully understandable. We've seen it happen

00:47:43before. I think Brandon

00:47:45is being honest with himself.

00:47:47That is a big man to make sure

00:47:49that call was correct and he got it right.

00:47:51As Brian Cage

00:47:53now has Atlantis Jr.

00:47:55As you can see, Brian Cage. Oh, that neckbreaker!

00:47:57Johnny TV. Oh, God!

00:47:59Working well together. Shining Wizard

00:48:01two!

00:48:03Tell you what, if Atlantis is pinned,

00:48:05then we know we're getting a new TV champion.

00:48:07Yeah. That would be our third

00:48:09title change here tonight.

00:48:13I tell you what, out of the four that's in

00:48:15this match now, Johnny TV would be the wittiest.

00:48:17And with Thakur on the

00:48:19outside, I don't put anything

00:48:21past the two. Well, there's no championship

00:48:23advantage here. I gotta think

00:48:25that Cage and Johnny TV

00:48:27are doing the right thing by targeting and isolating

00:48:29Lee Johnson. You and I are both in agreement, Caprice.

00:48:31We've seen Lee Johnson, the resolve, the

00:48:33fight, the fire, the endurance

00:48:35as this capacity

00:48:37crowd, this jam-packed

00:48:39esports stadium here at Arlington.

00:48:43I think they're thinking what we're thinking right now.

00:48:45What is it gonna take for this next elimination?

00:48:47Big back elbow.

00:48:49Another one. Staggers Cage.

00:48:51Johnny TV back in. Up

00:48:53and to the outside of the apron. Oh, goodness.

00:48:55Kick to the hip. Lee Johnson

00:48:57never stops fighting.

00:48:59And Cage. Separation

00:49:01up the ladder inziguri.

00:49:05Ooh!

00:49:09Now, separation created

00:49:11to get momentum to drive that through.

00:49:13Ducks the clothesline.

00:49:15Superkick connects again.

00:49:17That resolve.

00:49:19Oh, powerbomb

00:49:21blocks the hurricane rana.

00:49:23Immediately.

00:49:25I think

00:49:27Johnson's out cold. Cover.

00:49:29That's it.

00:49:31Lee Johnson has been eliminated.

00:49:33He hit the back of his head on the way down.

00:49:35Yep.

00:49:39All they gotta

00:49:41do is continue this game plan.

00:49:43If they continue, I mean,

00:49:45that's a good truce, man.

00:49:47Let's eliminate the two, and then we figure it out.

00:49:49There's no better deal

00:49:51made. Well, Johnny TV

00:49:53certainly an apt name after the great performance

00:49:55he and Taya had yesterday in front of some of the

00:49:57top executives in television yesterday

00:49:59at the AW Adult Swim Mixed Tag

00:50:01Tournament. Will

00:50:03he go on to win the World TV title?

00:50:05Ride that momentum into collision on TNT

00:50:07versus Orange Cassidy tomorrow night, Caprice.

00:50:09The way he was walking the arm,

00:50:11the tightrope walk arm

00:50:13of Atlantis, able to

00:50:15get Atlantis inside the ring.

00:50:17And right now, the champion looks like

00:50:19an underdog, Riccoboni. And he would be a

00:50:21great TV champion. I know TBS and TBS

00:50:23and TNT executives are impressed, too!

00:50:25Lord, I would have been impressed with that.

00:50:27It didn't work, and now you are going to

00:50:29make the machine mad.

00:50:31Well, these quick kicks, firing away.

00:50:33Oh, the fakeout, the 52 fakeout

00:50:35upstairs. And we know those

00:50:37executives are watching on here tonight.

00:50:39Rolling through with the neckbreaker.

00:50:41Brian Cage rolling to the outside

00:50:43of the ring, smart man.

00:50:45Smart man. Certainly is.

00:50:49Wait a minute, Atlantis, knife head shot.

00:50:51And another!

00:50:53The World TV champ.

00:50:55Johnny TV tried to capitalize

00:50:57at the wrong time. Oh,

00:50:59look at the monkey flip.

00:51:01Signature move throughout the Atlantis family.

00:51:03Yeah. Oh,

00:51:05TV almost was able to catch his

00:51:07footing. That's what I was ready to call.

00:51:09Atlantis ready to put it on him.

00:51:11Oh, big boot.

00:51:13Staggers, Atlantis Jr.

00:51:17And now into the corner.

00:51:19Look at that. A game of chess.

00:51:21Both men anticipating the other's counter.

00:51:23It's Atlantis. Oh, Mexican

00:51:25destroyer! That sunset bomb!

00:51:27Make the cover,

00:51:29champ. Hooks the leg. Cover!

00:51:31Two! No!

00:51:33I am

00:51:35so impressed with Atlantis right now.

00:51:37Half of the men have been eliminated

00:51:39and the champion is still in the

00:51:41ring. If he defends his title

00:51:43against this sixth man, that's going to catapult him

00:51:45so much. Starr

00:51:47already on the rise with this prestigious

00:51:49championship. Looking to get the momentum going here.

00:51:51Oh, goodness.

00:51:53Cage,

00:51:55second rope on the inside. We've seen this

00:51:57before, Caprice. This deadlift

00:51:59superplex

00:52:01that only this man is capable

00:52:03of doing. Oh, goodness!

00:52:07It's a grown man that he

00:52:09just ripped off his feet.

00:52:11Oh, wait a minute.

00:52:13Tyler.

00:52:19Oh, wow.

00:52:21Grabbing attention.

00:52:23Trying to help her man

00:52:25become champion.

00:52:27Oh, no!

00:52:31It's Brandon Martinez!

00:52:33Oh, goodness gracious.

00:52:35Don't be hating, Rick.

00:52:37Did they even show that tomorrow night on TNT?

00:52:39What?

00:52:41That's borderline X-rated.

00:52:43They married, Rick.

00:52:45And look at this.

00:52:47Johnny TV.

00:52:49Knee to the face. Oh, look at this!

00:52:51Oh!

00:52:53Up on the head

00:52:55of Johnny TV!

00:52:57Brian Cage!

00:52:59That's going to be enough.

00:53:01Cover!

00:53:03Two, three!

00:53:05Johnny TV has been

00:53:07eliminated! Wow.

00:53:09And our final two!

00:53:11Cage

00:53:13and the champion, Atlantis Jr.

00:53:19The crowd coming alive.

00:53:21Champion back to his feet.

00:53:23Oh!

00:53:25Discus Lariat!

00:53:27Maybe looking for that drill claw again.

00:53:29Trying to...

00:53:31I think Atlantis saw it, though.

00:53:33He did! He did counter!

00:53:35Two, three!

00:53:37Got him. Wow.

00:53:39Brian Cage

00:53:41has been eliminated.

00:53:43The winner of Survival of the Finest

00:53:45and still Rigobondo World

00:53:47Television Champion,

00:53:49Atlantis Jr.

00:53:51That's the survival, Ricobondo.

00:53:53History made here tonight.

00:53:55Only the second time

00:53:57a championship has been decided

00:53:59in Survival of the Finest.

00:54:01And the first time a champion

00:54:03has run the Golden Caprice.

00:54:05What a feat from Atlantis Jr.

00:54:07I tell you what, man.

00:54:09The odds were definitely stacked up

00:54:11against the champion, and Atlantis

00:54:13was able to outlast

00:54:15everybody. The only pin

00:54:17that he got in the match was

00:54:19the retainer's title. And there it is.

00:54:21That's what it's all about. The pride of Mexico.

00:54:23Atlantis Jr.

00:54:25is the best wrestler.

00:54:27CML, Ricobondo.

00:54:29This is my night. This is my time.

00:54:31Wow. What a tremendous

00:54:33win, and of course, representing

00:54:35CMLL. Don't forget,

00:54:37PAC competing at CMLL.

00:54:39We've seen the Blackpool Combat Club as well.

00:54:41What a relationship. CMLL,

00:54:43ROH, AEW.

00:54:45Wow.

00:54:47What a win. Congratulations,

00:54:49Atlantis.

00:54:51Just two bouts left here tonight,

00:54:53Caprice.

00:54:55And in my opinion, tonight

00:54:57is a double main event.

00:54:59The near 600-day

00:55:01reign of Athena.

00:55:03The most dominant champion we've ever seen in Ring of Honor.

00:55:05The ankle, the foot, the ligaments

00:55:07of question mark. The title on the line here

00:55:09tonight ends the balance against

00:55:11Queen Amanda.

00:55:15Athena enters

00:55:17Death Before Dishonor with 594 days

00:55:19as women's world champion.

00:55:21She's made history as the first female

00:55:23to main event a Ring of Honor pay-per-view.

00:55:25She trails only Samojo among either gender

00:55:27for longest world title reign.

00:55:29But as the train rolls into Arlington, it is missing a wheel.

00:55:31Amanada, Red.

00:55:33They tried to take everything from us.

00:55:35Mrs. Ashi and

00:55:37Trashy. Are you really hurt?

00:55:39Because if you're not, Queen Amanda

00:55:41is going to hurt you, for real.

00:55:43It's hard to know what to believe.

00:55:45I have decided

00:55:47that it is best for the division.

00:55:49It is best for Ring of Honor

00:55:51if I

00:55:53keep the Ring of Honor

00:55:55women's world championship

00:55:57around my waist.

00:56:01It's going to be you

00:56:03and Queen Amanda

00:56:05at Death Before Dishonor.

00:56:07These hussies need to learn who really

00:56:09runs ROH. Yeah. Yeah.

00:56:11MIT. Yeah.

00:56:13The bitch got what she

00:56:15deserves.

00:56:17And Lexi Nair's taking the boot off.

00:56:19You are not ready for the opportunity

00:56:21that you've served.

00:56:23It's going to be a war on Tina, Queen Amanda.

00:56:29I've been waiting for this.

00:56:31The world

00:56:33joins you, Caprice.

00:56:35One of the most highly

00:56:37anticipated Ring of Honor

00:56:39women's world championship

00:56:41bouts

00:56:43comes our way now.

00:56:45From West Africa,

00:56:49a rising super

00:56:51Nova.

00:56:53She's your queen to be.

00:56:55No one,

00:56:57and I mean

00:56:59no one, has seen the

00:57:01ascent in Ring of Honor

00:57:03like Queen Amanda

00:57:05has.

00:57:08Tonight,

00:57:10Amanda

00:57:12can make history

00:57:14as the first African-born

00:57:16competitor to

00:57:18capture a Ring of Honor

00:57:20championship, but not only that, Caprice.

00:57:22She can end

00:57:24a ring that

00:57:26is only topped in days

00:57:28by one other star

00:57:30and is not topped

00:57:32in defenses,

00:57:34in proving ground bouts.

00:57:36Tonight, Amanda

00:57:38has a tall task.

00:57:40Yeah, a tall task you cannot take away

00:57:42what the champion has done.

00:57:44Athena, like you said, 600 days,

00:57:46multiple defenses, but the champion

00:57:48has her hands

00:57:50full with Amanda

00:57:52and the games are over.

00:57:54One day when the sun, the moon,

00:57:56and the north star aligned,

00:57:58a great lightning bolt scorched

00:58:00the earth. It was on this day

00:58:02a beast was born.

00:58:06With her first breath, she let out a mighty

00:58:08roar.

00:58:10It was a sound

00:58:12unlike anyone on earth had ever

00:58:14heard before. It was

00:58:16a battle cry, and from this

00:58:18day forward, she was destined

00:58:20to be a fierce warrior.

00:58:22She grew quicker than the

00:58:24others. She was smarter,

00:58:26faster, stronger than them all.

00:58:28And soon,

00:58:30this great warrior's destiny became clear

00:58:32that she was supposed to cleanse

00:58:34the earth of all porcelain

00:58:36hussies. She was

00:58:38tested time and time again in fierce

00:58:40battles with the likes of

00:58:42Mercedes Martinez, Emi Sakura,

00:58:44Hikaru Shida,

00:58:46Willow Nightingale, and even

00:58:48Billy Starks.

00:58:50But she defeated

00:58:52them all, and now she will

00:58:54go to war with a false queen.

00:58:56This tyrannical

00:58:58threat would bring most to their knees,

00:59:00but she...

00:59:02She will not bend the knee.

00:59:04She will not

00:59:06succumb. She will not give up.

00:59:08And she will not lose because

00:59:10she is unbreakable and unbeatable.

00:59:12She is the

00:59:14falling goddess, our minion

00:59:16overlord. She is

00:59:18Athena, and

00:59:20she is destined to be your ring of

00:59:22honor, women's world champion

00:59:24forever.

00:59:26Forever.

00:59:28Forever.

00:59:30Forever.

00:59:46Forever is

00:59:48a construct

00:59:52that exists in our minds

00:59:54like the great

00:59:56philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre

00:59:58once noted.

01:00:00But we may be

01:00:02seeing the physical manifestation

01:00:04of forever here tonight.

01:00:08The first woman that I would put

01:00:10on the ring of honor at

01:00:12Mount Rushmore, establishing her name

01:00:14among Mark and Jay Briscoe,

01:00:16Samala Joe, Brian Danielson,

01:00:18Nigel McGinnis.

01:00:20It's my rep, Mount Rushmore.

01:00:22Yeah, mine too.

01:00:24But I don't

01:00:26think anybody would argue. I don't think there

01:00:28would be a single person

01:00:30that would argue against the inclusion

01:00:32of a woman

01:00:34who has more

01:00:36title defenses, more proven

01:00:38ground balance, more days

01:00:40than anyone to ever hold

01:00:42that championship or any previous

01:00:44incarnation of it.

01:00:46Whether you like her or you don't,

01:00:48the attitude and all

01:00:50inside of that lady

01:00:52is a champion.

01:00:56To make it official, let's kick it

01:00:58to our special guest ring announcer,

01:01:00Lexi New.

01:01:06The following contest is set for

01:01:08one fall with a 60-minute

01:01:10time limit. It is for

01:01:12the ring of honor, Women's

01:01:14World

01:01:16Championship!

01:01:22Introducing first, from Guinea, West Africa,

01:01:24Queen Aminata!

01:01:38And her

01:01:40opponent, she is

01:01:42the falling goddess,

01:01:44the Minion

01:01:46Overlord!

01:01:48Your forever

01:01:50ROH

01:01:52Champion,

01:01:54Astina!

01:02:00And a homecoming

01:02:02deep in the heart of Texas.

01:02:04Astina! Astina!

01:02:06Astina! Astina!

01:02:08Astina! Astina!

01:02:10Astina! Astina!

01:02:12Astina! Astina!

01:02:14Both women in exceptional physical

01:02:16condition, and they're going to need

01:02:18to be here tonight, this match.

01:02:20Forever!

01:02:22Could go as long as either

01:02:24woman

01:02:26professes the chance of

01:02:28forever. Let's be honest with

01:02:30the body, anybody that steps in the ring

01:02:32with Athena is the underdog.

01:02:36Anticipation, tension building here tonight

01:02:38for this highly anticipated

01:02:40Ring of Honor Women's World Championship, found in my

01:02:42opinion, the first half of a double

01:02:44main event here tonight. Code

01:02:46of Honor, and here too.

01:02:48So much tension

01:02:50built this match, man.

01:02:52It's more than just an overnight match,

01:02:54man. It's been building since

01:02:56for almost a year.

01:02:58And then the championship

01:03:00opportunity that

01:03:02Alaminata got.

01:03:04Oh, look at that! Yeah, headbutt!

01:03:06Now a side headlock takeover there from

01:03:08Athena, into the headscissors.

01:03:10Athena!

01:03:12Looking at it, trying to slow Alaminata down.

01:03:14Alaminata almost into a dragon sleeper, exchanged it

01:03:16into a more controllable chinlock, smart move there.

01:03:18Athena came to work.

01:03:20Face lock now, and you're right, Caprice.

01:03:22Is that super card of honor?

01:03:24Whoa! That compassion

01:03:26and empathy in this great submission here

01:03:28cost

01:03:30Queen Alaminata the Ring of Honor Women's

01:03:32World Television Championship. But she won.

01:03:34She wanted the head

01:03:36of the beast. She wanted the one that

01:03:38taught Billy Starks that strategy.

01:03:40Two! The ultimate

01:03:42revenge would be

01:03:44to capture Athena's Ring of Honor

01:03:46World Championship cover.

01:03:48You're absolutely right, Rick Abadie.

01:03:50You go in for one championship, and you end up

01:03:52getting the one that's higher,

01:03:54and that's the world championship.

01:03:56Somebody's holding their country on their back,

01:03:58their continent on their back

01:04:00is what Alaminata is doing.

01:04:04The only African

01:04:06female wrestler.

01:04:08And a great snap there from Athena.

01:04:10Athena picking up the pace here. The chinlock,

01:04:12breaking out, great leverage there.

01:04:14Out of it is Queen Alaminata.

01:04:16Look at this, the high armbar.

01:04:18Trying to settle in, able to get up

01:04:20the vertical base, steps out,

01:04:22and is Athena here. Cover one.

01:04:24Just a one count now.

01:04:26Just showing you right there

01:04:28that Athena is a phenomenal wrestler.

01:04:30That's what I mean. There's a reason why she's been

01:04:32champion for so long.

01:04:34Won that title at Final Battle

01:04:362022. That is not a typo.

01:04:38Approaching two years.

01:04:40And has been a fighting

01:04:42champion. The only thing bad

01:04:44you can say about Athena is her attitude

01:04:46and the things that she does, but she shows

01:04:48up. She's been on almost every episode

01:04:50of Raw.

01:04:52And listen, that injury

01:04:54may be a little exaggerated, but it's real.

01:04:56That walking boot was her thing.

01:04:58Look for the move that hurt Billy Stark's

01:05:00neck. That big time knee

01:05:02draped across the bottom rope. Now it's Athena

01:05:04looking to go to the outside to

01:05:06apprehend the challenge.

01:05:08That right there showed me

01:05:10that Athena respects

01:05:12Aminata enough to do her

01:05:14homework at thwarting

01:05:16that off-putter head kick that

01:05:18Aminata throws. And that is patented.

01:05:20We saw that yesterday

01:05:22night.

01:05:24Now on the outside of the ring

01:05:26is Athena's world.

01:05:28Athena could turn anything into a weapon.

01:05:30Athena now

01:05:32in firm control

01:05:34with Aminata.

01:05:36Now going off-barricade

01:05:38to barricade.

01:05:40And this is where you

01:05:42need to see that adrenaline kick in.

01:05:44Aminata needs to fight back and do it

01:05:46right now, Caprice, or else she's gonna be in big trouble.

01:05:48Well, I believe she wants to rip the body, but

01:05:50you can't do it when you've been thrown up against steel.

01:05:52And you got a champion

01:05:54on top of you. You gotta remember, man,

01:05:56Athena is a champion, and she'll find

01:05:58things in the ring to use against you. She'll

01:06:00put you in situations and crush

01:06:02you. Right here, she might try to crush the skull

01:06:04of Aminata.

01:06:06Oh!

01:06:08Aminata knew that that's what

01:06:10Athena was going for and was ready for.

01:06:12And that high collarbone into

01:06:14that steel barricade, the face as well.

01:06:16It is now Aminata, the challenger,

01:06:18sizing up the champion. Oh,

01:06:20goodness!

01:06:22Wanted to return volley of what she's seen the champion

01:06:24do so many times and might have put

01:06:26herself in danger, did Aminata.

01:06:28Those glutes, they are the largest

01:06:30muscle in the body.

01:06:32But you get them tricking on you, get them

01:06:34catching up on you, knotting up on you.

01:06:36They can work against you and keep you from moving.

01:06:38Oh!

01:06:40Corpuscle-style suplex there.

01:06:42And just

01:06:44writhing in pain now.

01:06:46Aminata,

01:06:48the champion, standing tall

01:06:50here in Texas.

01:06:52What is

01:06:54she...

01:06:56As we take another look,

01:06:58it is Athena

01:07:00just tossing

01:07:02the extremely

01:07:04athletic, the tall

01:07:06Aminata.

01:07:08The sharp point of the

01:07:10steers.

01:07:12Against Kira Hogan.

01:07:14Hope in hands.

01:07:16Aminata fighting, trying to

01:07:18survive. See the eyes of Aminata.

01:07:20Some levels you go to

01:07:22that you don't realize you're in until

01:07:24the champion hits you. And that's what just

01:07:26happened, that register right there of

01:07:28Aminata. She realizes she's in a fight

01:07:30against a worthy champion.

01:07:32It is Athena now

01:07:34following the challenger back in.

01:07:36The challenger holding

01:07:38that throat. We know the lower

01:07:40back is affected.

01:07:42Trying to fight back to her feet. Instead it's Aminata

01:07:44driving down those huge forearms.

01:07:46You see the music tape right there

01:07:48on the back of the challenger.

01:07:50And right there the champion finds that as a target.

01:07:52Goes right to it.

01:07:54Yeah, great strategy here from the world champion.

01:07:56As Athena wrenching the neck.

01:07:58And trying to fight

01:08:00out of it is Aminata trying to slip those hands

01:08:02in to create some separation.

01:08:04Jam-packed crowd here at the Esports Stadium in

01:08:06Arlington, Texas. We thank you so much for

01:08:08joining us. Death before dishonor.

01:08:10First half of our double main event here

01:08:12tonight.

01:08:14Women's World Championship on the line.

01:08:16Shot to the midsection. It's Aminata.

01:08:18She's got him in

01:08:20lace. He's got him forward.

01:08:22Great counter there.

01:08:24The arm bar. No.

01:08:26Champion right out of there. Right back to the leg.

01:08:28Kicked up by the challenger.

01:08:30Single leg.

01:08:32Great shot from Aminata.

01:08:34Double X-handle. Drives down

01:08:36Athena. The world champion now.

01:08:38Tables are turning quickly. It's Aminata.

01:08:40Big backbreaker.

01:08:42Backbreaker continues to onslaught on.

01:08:44Challenger taking it.

01:08:46There he is. There he puts the champion.

01:08:48Turn

01:08:50Athena inside out.

01:08:52Match back on

01:08:54both women. Oh!

01:08:56Beautiful roll of the dice

01:08:58there from Aminata.

01:09:00Lateral press cover. Two!

01:09:02And this

01:09:04crowd is split. Yeah. This crowd is

01:09:06split. Well they're split because they're in

01:09:08Athena's hometown. This is

01:09:10where Athena's from. Athena's from Texas.

01:09:12She's made herself known here. She's

01:09:14made Texas proud. She's made

01:09:16wrestling proud. And so Aminata

01:09:18is coming in. May not be the favorite

01:09:20but people that watch Ring of Honor, people that

01:09:22follow Ring of Honor, they know why

01:09:24Aminata is here. And she deserves

01:09:26to be in this place. Look at this. Looking for the powerbomb

01:09:28Aminata. And I think maybe anywhere else

01:09:30in the country it might be Aminata.

01:09:32Beautiful here at the Rana. Who'll be getting

01:09:34the lion's share of the cheers.

01:09:36Sweeping the leg.

01:09:38Very smart move by the champion.

01:09:40It is Aminata. Who gets

01:09:42stunned there with a kick. Neckbreaker.

01:09:44Spins through.

01:09:46It's Athena now. Maybe looking for a

01:09:48powerbomb.

01:09:50Great move. Shins to

01:09:52the skull. Cover.

01:09:54There are no two

01:09:56Athena matches that are the same.

01:09:58She does so much. She's

01:10:00different every time. Different ways

01:10:02of attacks. Different plans. Different

01:10:04strategies. Different

01:10:06mindsets according to her opponent.

01:10:08What a great shot there

01:10:10of the Esports Stadium.

01:10:12Ring of Honor women's world

01:10:14title on the line here tonight.

01:10:16Athena

01:10:18has found her zone. She's found her lane.

01:10:20Aminata

01:10:22needs to change the pace here.

01:10:24And

01:10:26just staring at those stares that are

01:10:28already dead. Look at the deck.

01:10:30Well you know Athena. Athena tries to find

01:10:32a way to use these things.

01:10:34Everything is a weapon to Aminata.

01:10:36Oh snap. Suplex.

01:10:38There's the pace. She needed to turn up the gear

01:10:40she did there. Can she capitalize?

01:10:42Can she keep the forward momentum going here

01:10:44in this title bout? The thing about that

01:10:46suplex that Aminata threw is that

01:10:48it headed Athena towards the outside of the ring.

01:10:50Athena went the rest of the way.

01:10:52And it is

01:10:54Aminata.

01:10:58And that was the kill shot

01:11:00in her bout with Billy Starks.

01:11:02Throw away your heart.

01:11:04Ignore your feelings, your empathy

01:11:06and capitalize right here Aminata.

01:11:08And the champion hung out to dry.

01:11:10Oh!

01:11:12And the challenger

01:11:14is taking the clothes off the line.

01:11:16Throw it back in and make the pin.

01:11:18It's not just the weight of the crown

01:11:20on the head of Athena that made that head

01:11:22go back and forth so fast.

01:11:24That high impact drop kick has spun

01:11:26the skull of Athena. And now Aminata

01:11:28has a chance to become our women's

01:11:30world champion right here.

01:11:32Aminata believes in herself more

01:11:34than anything.

01:11:36Stop!

01:11:38Aminata hooks the leg.

01:11:40Could it be cover?

01:11:42No!

01:11:44Can't blame it on the cover.

01:11:46Blame that on a champion that is not ready

01:11:48to go down. See the ear,

01:11:50the back of the ear bleeding.

01:11:52Of Athena.

01:11:54And it's now Aminata.

01:11:56Lose of Aminata.

01:11:58Picking up the pace right now.

01:12:02If she can maintain

01:12:04this pace Caprice, I think it's her match

01:12:06to lose. I think the challenger,

01:12:08she can keep this dial turned up.

01:12:14Anticipation is

01:12:16a must. And that's what

01:12:18Aminata has done.

01:12:20Very smart.

01:12:24Wait a minute.

01:12:28Wow!

01:12:30It's a knockout blow.

01:12:32Cover!

01:12:34No!

01:12:36Aminata has maintained this match

01:12:38under 30 seconds with that

01:12:40forearm shot Riccoboni.

01:12:42Certainly has. And the longer

01:12:44these bouts go,

01:12:46if Aminata can

01:12:48survive, which is a big if.

01:12:50If's doing a lot of work there.

01:12:52The question marks will

01:12:54begin to build around Athena because

01:12:56you're right. Athena

01:12:58continually finishes

01:13:00off opponents in a quick manner.

01:13:02Even if they don't get the pin,

01:13:04the damage is done.

01:13:06You rock their heads. You get somebody

01:13:08losing. You get them head thinking.

01:13:10They're seeing stars. They don't know where they are.

01:13:12And the champion knows what

01:13:14she's doing and continues on

01:13:16lashing on the punishment.

01:13:18Putting together a game plan to retain the championship.

01:13:22She might have made a mistake by putting the challenger

01:13:24on her feet though. You can't stand

01:13:26Aminata up and walk away from her.

01:13:28Athena.

01:13:30Oh, look at that. Yeah.

01:13:32Spring going home. Waist lock here.

01:13:38Aminata the challenger.

01:13:40Back on her feet.

01:13:42Drive again. Yeah.

01:13:44The knee. The boot right through

01:13:46the skull of Athena. She should not

01:13:48have stood Aminata up.

01:13:52Oh, wait a minute.

01:13:54Right crash. Pinned the champion.

01:13:56Cover here. Wrist lock too.

01:13:58I'll tell you what.

01:14:00All the body weight dispersed right there

01:14:02of the challenger

01:14:04on top of the champion.

01:14:06And the champion is still kicked out.

01:14:08Now Aminata is realizing

01:14:10the champion inside of Athena.

01:14:12And this is the person

01:14:14Aminata has to beat.

01:14:18It's a bit of a rude awakening,

01:14:20a wake up call for Aminata.

01:14:22But to be fair, I don't think

01:14:24she anticipated anything less.

01:14:26She just has to get that doubt

01:14:28out of her mind, clear it out,

01:14:30and realize that she can beat

01:14:32the champion.

01:14:34She's digging in deep, Rick Abadie.

01:14:36And I don't believe either one of these

01:14:38competitors are shy to that.

01:14:40We've seen Athena dig in deep

01:14:42plenty of times, and now

01:14:44we want to see if the queen

01:14:46has the same ability.

01:14:48And that heel of the boot

01:14:50driven into Athena.

01:14:52Aminata now.

01:14:54First rope, second rope, springboard up top.

01:14:56No one home at the stop.

01:14:58Rolling through.

01:15:00It's Aminata, the challenger. Big boot caught.

01:15:02Caught by Athena.

01:15:04Athena trapping the challenger.

01:15:06I was going to say, not caught, it's trapped.

01:15:10Driven into the first turnbuckle.

01:15:12See right there,

01:15:14I call that eyes wide shut.

01:15:16Your eyes are open, but nobody's home, Rick Abadie.

01:15:18Athena is hurt.

01:15:20Aminata is hurt.

01:15:22Both women worse for the wear after that.

01:15:26Certainly a high impact maneuver.

01:15:28The crowd trying to rally both athletes here.

01:15:34What a war this has been

01:15:36for the Ring of Honor Women's World Championship.

01:15:40Athena, perhaps her biggest test yet.

01:15:42Testing that ankle, testing herself

01:15:44against a one-of-a-kind

01:15:46athlete in Aminata.

01:15:48Aminata jumping into the deep end.

01:15:50Challenging the most dominant champion

01:15:52we've ever seen here in the

01:15:54Ring of Honor Women's Division.

01:15:56Look at this heart.

01:15:58Both women now, open hands.

01:16:00Exchange in the center of the ring.

01:16:02Athena back to a vertical base.

01:16:04Both women in survival mode,

01:16:06still coming at one another.

01:16:08That million-dollar smile shining through

01:16:10from Aminata, who's leaning into this.

01:16:12Who's getting comfortable being uncomfortable.

01:16:14Yeah, you can see another level

01:16:16that Aminata has struck in Aminata.

01:16:18And Athena sees it and is welcoming it in.

01:16:20Athena wants this type of competition

01:16:22and she's gonna get it.

01:16:24And just a touch of madness

01:16:26in the eyes of both women

01:16:28as they exchange forearm,

01:16:30open hands.

01:16:32There's a level of stance

01:16:34that Aminata has.

01:16:36And I believe it's that second win

01:16:38that Aminata knew she had,

01:16:40but had to be turned on.

01:16:42The punishment maybe had to be

01:16:44dished out for her to take it.

01:16:46Snapmare sends Aminata over.

01:16:48Kick to the spine.

01:16:50Yes, sir!

01:16:52Snapmare from Aminata.

01:16:54Oh!

01:16:56Aminata!

01:16:58In the world!

01:17:00That's the acid trashy kick.

01:17:02Off the ropes.

01:17:04Aminata caught.

01:17:06Aminata caught!

01:17:08Athena with a single-leg crowd.

01:17:10Single-leg crowd here.

01:17:12Locked in.

01:17:14I don't know if Aminata knows how close that is.

01:17:16She is to the rope.

01:17:18Aminata can't swing that hip out.

01:17:20She can't swing the hip out.

01:17:22Aminata has to realize her position.

01:17:24Oh, wait a minute.

01:17:26Aminata rolling through as Athena.

01:17:28The champion, too.

01:17:30It's the challenger, too.

01:17:32Back up to their feet.

01:17:34It's Aminata now.

01:17:36Traps the arms.

01:17:38Wait a minute.

01:17:40Aminata putting pressure.

01:17:42This double hammerlock stretch here.

01:17:46Arms locked.

01:17:48Arms trapped.

01:17:50The body is...

01:17:52Head is on the mat for Athena.

01:17:54How long can she hang on?

01:17:56Think about stretching.

01:17:58If your body doesn't stretch that way,

01:18:00the deltoids don't move that way.

01:18:02The challenger continues to move up,

01:18:04adding pressure to the hamstrings,

01:18:06to the shoulders, to the delts.

01:18:08Adjusting here. Maybe looking for a pin.

01:18:10The trap around. Wait a minute.

01:18:12It's Athena now.

01:18:14Crossface applied.

01:18:16Crossface locked in for the champion.

01:18:18My God.

01:18:20Athena is a champion,

01:18:22but we have a challenger here today

01:18:24that could very well walk away

01:18:26as a new champion.

01:18:28Oh, look at this. Back to the crossface.

01:18:30Oh, trapping the arm.

01:18:32There's that trap.

01:18:34That arm is now trapped.

01:18:36She's frustratingly close to that bottom rope.

01:18:38Yes, so close, but so far away.

01:18:40Got it. Oh, those long legs.

01:18:44Of Aminata able to get to the ropes.

01:18:46Athena using every bit

01:18:48of that 5 count

01:18:50to put on as much

01:18:52damage as she can.

01:18:54She was not releasing that investment,

01:18:56and the damage is done to

01:18:58Aminata,

01:19:00the world champion now.

01:19:02Back in control.

01:19:04Oh. Yep, these head shots.

01:19:06Wow. Just lucky that

01:19:08there's no belt on the bottom of those head shots.

01:19:10Look at this, driving

01:19:12the skull of the challenger.

01:19:14May look for a referee

01:19:16stoppage. Yeah.

01:19:18Athena's trying to break the head of what

01:19:20she calls a porcelain hussy.

01:19:22Break the spirit here

01:19:24in front of this capacity crowd

01:19:26at Esports Stadium here in Arlington.

01:19:28Anytime I see

01:19:30Aminata moving,

01:19:32I see hope. I see

01:19:34opportunity. And I see an O-face

01:19:36coming here from the world champion, Caprice.

01:19:38She's lining up the challenger.

01:19:40Athena. Oh.

01:19:42No.

01:19:44That's a oh no. Waist lock here.

01:19:46The challenger blocked the O-face

01:19:48off and over. Champion on her feet.

01:19:50I don't think the challenger knows it yet.

01:19:52Athena. Oh.

01:19:54Insecurity misses.

01:19:56Sends the champion down. My God.

01:19:58Oh, and that challenger,

01:20:00Aminata, trouble

01:20:02with the hip. You see that. Wait a second.

01:20:04That slightly

01:20:06off-centered movement. That gait.

01:20:08The stairs, Riccoboni. Oh, you're right.

01:20:10Aminata.

01:20:16Quick in the eyes.

01:20:18Oh, no. Wow.

01:20:20Referee did not see it.

01:20:22And Athena sees where she is.

01:20:24What in the world?

01:20:26Athena

01:20:28with the challenger.

01:20:30No way. About to drive the skull out.

01:20:32Oh.

01:20:34I knew it.

01:20:36Athena knew where she was.

01:20:38Been looking

01:20:40for the opportunity.

01:20:42And the lifeless body of Aminata

01:20:44comes crashing

01:20:46to the mat. In the eyes

01:20:48of the fallen angel.

01:20:50Are happy

01:20:52with what they've

01:20:54just done.

01:20:56As we take

01:20:58another look, it's

01:21:00Athena. Oh, God.

01:21:02That was worse than I thought. Yeah.

01:21:04Skull to

01:21:06steel.

01:21:08Yeah, there is no movement. Yeah, the fallen

01:21:10goddess trying to put

01:21:12Athena, trying to put Aminata inside

01:21:14the ring to make the cover. The faster she

01:21:16makes the cover, the faster she can

01:21:18get the win.

01:21:20Going back to the legs

01:21:22of the champion. Stacking dice.

01:21:24What?

01:21:26I don't think anybody expected

01:21:28Aminata to come out of

01:21:30that. And Aminata's eyes

01:21:32are wide open.

01:21:34Queen Aminata. There's

01:21:36anger in the eyes of Aminata.

01:21:38The fire is burning.

01:21:40The shock in the eyes of Athena.

01:21:42There's fear in the eyes of Athena.

01:21:48You see these women lock eyes.

01:21:50Big shot from Aminata.

01:21:52She's won with that headbutt before.

01:21:56Aminata now.

01:21:58Has those arms butterflied.

01:22:00Wait a minute.

01:22:02Drop the champion

01:22:04on the head.

01:22:06Wait a minute.

01:22:08No.

01:22:10The champion right behind her.

01:22:12Posey, turn around.

01:22:14And look at this.

01:22:16The former champion.

01:22:18The new champion.

01:22:20Oh, come on.

01:22:22She starts trying to stay faithful

01:22:24to the minion overlord.

01:22:26I knew it.

01:22:28I knew it.

01:22:30This was a bad idea.

01:22:32And in the ring.

01:22:34Headbutt.

01:22:36Aminata gives up her head to take out

01:22:38Billy Stokes. Aminata not aware

01:22:40of what the champion has in her hands

01:22:42though.

01:22:44Oh, no.

01:22:46Now the old face

01:22:48is what

01:22:50the champion wants to lock in.

01:22:52Athena.

01:22:54And the challenger

01:22:56falls to the

01:22:581, 2, 3.

01:23:04And still

01:23:06your Ring of Honor

01:23:08Women's World

01:23:10Champion

01:23:12Athena.

01:23:14Athena.

01:23:16No longer

01:23:18surprised, man.

01:23:20The Greece empires have

01:23:22fallen.

01:23:24Greece, Rome.

01:23:26But the minion

01:23:28overlord has orchestrated

01:23:30a plan to keep the tower

01:23:32protected.

01:23:34Its leader remains

01:23:36high atop the food chain.

01:23:40An unbelievable effort.

01:23:42A career-making

01:23:44bout from Queen Aminata.

01:23:46Yeah, I believe

01:23:48it was a set up from the get-go, man.

01:23:50Legendary was the announcement for Billy Stokes match

01:23:52and for Athena's match.

01:23:54Waiting for the right opportunity

01:23:56to protect the minion

01:23:58overlord. Still your champion.

01:24:00The fallen goddess

01:24:02Athena.

01:24:04Unbelievable.

01:24:06Do they...

01:24:08Do they know what's going on?

01:24:12Athena, all but...

01:24:14All but guaranteed

01:24:16to reach 600 days.

01:24:18A milestone

01:24:20that only Samoa Joe

01:24:22has matched in the men's championships.

01:24:24If she beats that now,

01:24:26she will be the greatest champion

01:24:28in Ring of Honor history

01:24:30in days and in games.

01:24:32And like the sandlot,

01:24:34Athena's reign will go on

01:24:36forever.

01:24:38Minions.

01:24:40Minion overlords standing tall.

01:24:44And as we regroup

01:24:46ahead of our main event,

01:24:48we turn our attention to tomorrow.

01:24:50Just announced

01:24:52by Tony Khan himself.

01:24:54Just signed Lio Rush.

01:24:56Tomorrow night on Collegiate Caprice

01:24:58on TNT.

01:25:00But that's not all.

01:25:02Right now we also have another match.

01:25:04That's right. The Beast

01:25:06Mortis will go

01:25:08against Hologram.

01:25:10That's tomorrow night on Collegiate.

01:25:12And after a tremendous

01:25:14showing on Ring of Honor,

01:25:16Maya World getting her shot.

01:25:18Oh, he's dangerous.

01:25:20I tell you what, man.

01:25:22They are stacking Collegiate

01:25:24because the conglomeration

01:25:26is in six-man tag action

01:25:28against the premier athletes.

01:25:30And their partner in the conglomeration,

01:25:32Orange Cassidy, goes one-on-one

01:25:34against Johnny TV.

01:25:36A TV favorite versus TV ready.

01:25:38Fresh off a comic-con

01:25:40for the CBS and TNT executives.

01:25:42Oh, but this tag team match,

01:25:44I think everybody wants to see

01:25:46FTR would take on

01:25:48the MXM Collection.

01:25:50A lot of initials, but easy to understand.

01:25:52Right after Collegiate, though,

01:25:54the Ring of Honor World Six-Man Tag Team Championships

01:25:56will be decided. Will the Undisputed Kingdom

01:25:58become double champs across the world tonight

01:26:00and following tomorrow?

01:26:02The Ring of Honor World Championship

01:26:04will be decided.

01:26:06The Ring of Honor World Championship

01:26:08will be decided.

01:26:10The Ring of Honor World Championship

01:26:12will be decided.

01:26:14The Ring of Honor World Championship

01:26:16will be decided.

01:26:18The Ring of Honor World Championship

01:26:20will be decided.

01:26:22The Ring of Honor World Championship

01:26:24will be decided.

01:26:26The Ring of Honor World Championship

01:26:28will be decided.

01:26:30The Ring of Honor World Championship

01:26:32on the line. Men who've

01:26:34stepped across the ring 50 times from one

01:26:36another, but never for a singles championship.

01:26:38Mark Briscoe,

01:26:40Roderick Strong, and here's what

01:26:42led us to this moment.

01:26:46The Briscoe brothers and Roderick Strong,

01:26:48the three of us were,

01:26:50we were like brothers.

01:26:52We were the flying briskeys.

01:26:54I used to spend a lot of time

01:26:56in Sandy Fork. Man, we were close.

01:26:58You looked at me like a little

01:27:00brother as well, but

01:27:02not necessarily saying that in a good

01:27:04way, kind of like I would never be

01:27:06on you and Jay's level.

01:27:08Jay

01:27:10Triller! With Jay in the world

01:27:12watching, Mark Briscoe becomes

01:27:14the Ring of Honor World Champion.

01:27:16Mark Briscoe, you deserve

01:27:18to be Ring of Honor World Champion.

01:27:20Mark, I know you needed it, so you could

01:27:22feel that feeling, like you've stepped

01:27:24out of the shadow of your

01:27:26brother. I'm going to show

01:27:28you that you will always

01:27:30be the little brother.

01:27:32To all these years

01:27:34that have passed, I've grown up.

01:27:36I'm the man now.

01:27:38You want to be the champ, you gotta

01:27:40come through me.

01:27:42Mark! I will

01:27:44always be better

01:27:46because I am Mr.

01:27:48R-O-H.

01:27:52You may be Ring of Honor

01:27:54World Champion for now,

01:27:56but you will never

01:27:58be Mr. R-O-H.

01:28:00Hey, I got a

01:28:02birthday present for you, buddy.

01:28:04I'm gonna gift wrap it real nicely.

01:28:06It's my foot, and I'm gonna

01:28:08deliver it right up your ass.

01:28:10Time to man up. I am going to

01:28:12take you into deep waters, Mark.

01:28:14I'm gonna drown you.

01:28:18And there's no better

01:28:20way to introduce tonight's main event

01:28:22than the voice of Ring of Honor,

01:28:24Bobby Crews.

01:28:26This is your Death Before

01:28:28Dishonor main

01:28:30event!

01:28:32It is number one ball with a

01:28:3460-minute time limit, and

01:28:36it is for the

01:28:38Ring of Honor World

01:28:40Championship!

01:28:42Yeah!

01:28:50One of the first men to complete

01:28:52the Ring of Honor Triple

01:28:54Crown. A man whose

01:28:56legacy was

01:28:58formed in

01:29:00Ring of Honor.

01:29:02A man so synonymous with Ring of Honor,

01:29:04he was in a group called The Decade.

01:29:06He was called Mr.

01:29:08R-O-H. Former

01:29:10Ring of Honor World Tag Team,

01:29:12World Television, and World

01:29:14Champion, Roderick Strong,

01:29:16entered tonight's main event with

01:29:18a history against

01:29:20his opponent spanning 20 years.

01:29:22And by the way, that

01:29:24legacy we talked about, Caprice,

01:29:26he took what Roderick Strong

01:29:28generated next. They did

01:29:30something that very few could do

01:29:32in 2005. Defeat Jay

01:29:34and Mark Frisco, and not only

01:29:36defeat them, but continue to

01:29:38If there's anybody that knows

01:29:40the Friscos, not just

01:29:42Mark, but Mark and Jay Frisco

01:29:44is the messiah of

01:29:46the Fat Breaker, Roderick

01:29:48Strong. Nobody changes

01:29:50gears like this man,

01:29:52and there's nobody in the world

01:29:54conditioned like

01:29:56Roderick Strong.

01:29:58A great champion in AEW

01:30:00as well.

01:30:02Coming back to his roots, he could

01:30:04leave tonight the World Champion,

01:30:06he could leave Coalition tomorrow night

01:30:08a double champion.

01:30:10And really reassert his

01:30:12legacy. Among

01:30:14the greatest in Ring of Honor history.

01:30:16Tell you what man, this is Ring of Honor right here.

01:30:18Reach for the sky, boy!

01:30:20Yes sir! But when you say the letters

01:30:22R-O-H,

01:30:24when you talk about the history of

01:30:26Ring of Honor, 13 times

01:30:28over, Ring of Honor

01:30:30World Tag Team Champion.

01:30:32And he's just doing it

01:30:34for the fans.

01:30:36The boy, baby!

01:30:38Yeah!

01:30:40That's right.

01:30:42Dorian Jr. and Terry Buck

01:30:44and brothers to hold

01:30:46the World Championships.

01:30:48Mark Frisco

01:30:50making his way to the ring, and you can

01:30:52celebrate the history of that boy

01:30:54at the Ring of Honor, Frisco and brothers

01:30:56two-pick. It features Mark and Jay Frisco

01:30:58from their epic dollar match at Final Battle.

01:31:00Now available for pre-sale.

01:31:02Jazz Bear

01:31:04is an amazing host.

01:31:06A great sponsor here tonight.

01:31:08Capturing everything

01:31:10that makes Mark and Jay

01:31:12special. Mark

01:31:14carrying a legacy

01:31:16of the Frisco's with pride

01:31:18here tonight. Facing a man

01:31:20he feels has looked down upon

01:31:22and who's disrespected him.

01:31:24Being the same back

01:31:26that you change here tonight to make things official.

01:31:28We head back to the voice of Ring of Honor

01:31:30Bobby Crews for our

01:31:32Championship In-N-Out.

01:31:36Introducing to my right

01:31:38the challenger

01:31:40wrestling out of Tampa, Florida

01:31:42weighing 203 pounds

01:31:44he is

01:31:46representing

01:31:48Undisputed Kingdom

01:31:50Roderick

01:31:52Strong!

01:31:54Messiah

01:31:56the Backbreaker looking to become

01:31:58a two-time world champion here tonight.

01:32:00His opponent to my left

01:32:02is wrestling out of

01:32:04Sandy, Fort Delaware

01:32:06weighing

01:32:08229 pounds

01:32:10he is

01:32:12the Ring of Honor

01:32:14World Champion

01:32:16Mark

01:32:18Frisco!

01:32:22Defeated Eddie Kingston

01:32:24back at Supercard of Honor

01:32:26to fulfill a promise

01:32:28that he made to his family to become Ring of Honor

01:32:30World Champion.

01:32:36Stefan Smith drawing the assignment

01:32:38here tonight

01:32:40at Ring of Honor World Championship in the balance

01:32:42some things to keep in mind as we head to this

01:32:44historic main event. Caprice

01:32:46blood and guts was just two days ago

01:32:4848 hours ago

01:32:50following that brutal match

01:32:52Roderick Strong, the Undisputed Kingdom

01:32:54that vicious attack on Mark Frisco

01:32:56Here's the thing about the Briscoes

01:32:58Rick and Barney, they take a beat

01:33:00and they keep on going, man. We've seen

01:33:02this happen before, but like I said

01:33:04man, nobody knows the Briscoes

01:33:06like Roderick Strong

01:33:08and nobody wrestles the way Strong

01:33:10does. The thing about

01:33:12it is that this is not

01:33:14the same Briscoe, this is not the same Mark

01:33:16Briscoe that Roderick Strong is

01:33:18used to. Look at this

01:33:20Roderick Strong

01:33:22one of the great

01:33:24international champions of that time

01:33:26There was a time, Rick and Barney

01:33:28in Ring of Honor where they

01:33:30would pick at Mark Briscoe and say he was

01:33:32the lesser brother. They would pick

01:33:34at him and say he's the one to beat. If you're gonna beat

01:33:36the Briscoes, you beat Mark

01:33:38Now Mark is the Ring of Honor World

01:33:40Champion

01:33:44Mark Briscoe

01:33:46of course to get here Roderick Strong to be the

01:33:48former fellow world champion. Oh look at this

01:33:50submission here, that elbow in pain

01:33:52rolling through Mark Briscoe

01:33:54to get here. Roderick Strong defeated fellow former world

01:33:56champion Dalton Castle

01:33:58who was his last opponent in Ring of Honor

01:34:00in 2016. This is the first time Roderick

01:34:02Strong has been in a Ring of Honor ring

01:34:04proper in

01:34:06over 8 years. The second

01:34:08to last opponent he had as we get to the

01:34:10ropes here was none other than

01:34:12Mark Briscoe. What symmetry it would be

01:34:14to avenge those two losses

01:34:16en route to the Ring of Honor World Championship

01:34:18I tell you anytime Roderick Strong is in the

01:34:20Ring of Honor

01:34:22he is at home. He is respected by all

01:34:24definitely respected by me. I've had my matches

01:34:26with him. I've had my matches with the Briscoes

01:34:28and I tell you what, these are two of the best

01:34:30in the ring right now

01:34:34Huge contrast in styles. You've got the

01:34:36brawler, the fighter, the technician that

01:34:38Mark Briscoe is and you have the

01:34:40technician and the outlandish

01:34:42cardiovascular ability

01:34:44of Roderick Strong and the one that

01:34:46thinks outside the box and comes in with the same

01:34:48game plan. It's to break your

01:34:50back. That's nice

01:34:52downstairs side headlock there

01:34:54off the ropes it is Mark Briscoe

01:34:56swinging a miss there with the leg lariat for

01:34:58Roderick Strong. Some Sussex County

01:35:00chicken right in that kung fu there waist lock here

01:35:02Roderick St. saw it coming

01:35:04there you go. You see the

01:35:06puffle of Roderick Strong's feet

01:35:08but that took Roderick out of

01:35:10his game plan. Now the

01:35:12Sussex County chicken

01:35:14is on the prowl. Wait a minute, it's Roderick Strong

01:35:16now off the ropes, through the ropes.

01:35:18Big uppercut from

01:35:20Mark Briscoe. Those huge hands

01:35:22of Mark Briscoe.

01:35:24The hands of

01:35:26Mark Briscoe are so hard

01:35:28You see him on the farm just grabbing chickens

01:35:30before they fly.

01:35:32Blocked that. Forearm to the face

01:35:34It's Mark Briscoe now

01:35:36with Roderick Strong

01:35:38the challenger reeling. Oh!

01:35:40Great diversionary tactic there

01:35:42Oh!

01:35:44To the knee

01:35:46I don't know who I would give

01:35:48the advantage to on the outside of the ring

01:35:50whether it be Briscoe or whether

01:35:52it be Roderick

01:35:54but right now it's Roderick

01:35:56and Roddy

01:35:58up and over to the

01:36:00outside

01:36:02and Mark Briscoe

01:36:04and folks if you catch him

01:36:06you can't take him home

01:36:08he's got to stay here

01:36:10and everything

01:36:12is on the line

01:36:14over the river and through the woods

01:36:16I mean over the fairway

01:36:18and through the crowd

01:36:20goes our champion

01:36:22and this capacity crowd is electrified

01:36:24in Arlington

01:36:26Oh my god

01:36:28that's the hard way back in

01:36:30Briscoe now

01:36:32hot on the trail of Roderick

01:36:34Strong. We mentioned these two men have been in the same

01:36:36ring over 50 times

01:36:38never for a singles championship

01:36:40despite Roderick

01:36:42Strong's success, despite

01:36:44Mark Briscoe

01:36:46their tag wars

01:36:48between, oh look at this

01:36:50watching out for that knee

01:36:52and it's Mark Briscoe

01:36:54Spicoli driver, pops up, pops through

01:36:56he lets it go up top, maybe looking to end things

01:36:58early here. It could be a froggy bow

01:37:00but it might be too early for the froggy bow

01:37:02Rick and Bonnie. I know Roderick

01:37:04Strong

01:37:06Froggy bow under the knees. It was a trap

01:37:08Froggy no. That right there

01:37:10is hurting the elbow, hurting the arm

01:37:12of Mark Briscoe

01:37:14A little bit of the shins too for Roderick Strong

01:37:16is now a little bit hobbled but worth it

01:37:18to maybe dislodge that

01:37:20arm. Look at this

01:37:22Setting it up

01:37:24Setting it up. The game plan that

01:37:26never changes for Roderick Strong

01:37:28Certainly doesn't

01:37:30And you can go in knowing

01:37:32that's what he's going to target and there's nothing

01:37:34you can do about it. He's still going to do it. Oh goodness

01:37:36Find ways

01:37:38to get to it and once he gets to it

01:37:40it's like snark, smelling blood

01:37:42You've mentioned your experiences

01:37:44with both men Caprice. Right now you gotta think

01:37:46the pace of this match

01:37:48is starting to favor Roderick Strong

01:37:50as it picks up here. The longer the match

01:37:52goes, I have to say man, Mark and I

01:37:54are like best friends man, but the longer this

01:37:56match goes, it does favor the

01:37:58conditioning of Roderick Strong

01:38:00It's in Mark's favor to try to end

01:38:02and try to knock out Roderick and knocking

01:38:04out Roderick is really the only way that you're going to

01:38:06beat him. If he's moving

01:38:08he's wrestling

01:38:10Look at that

01:38:12double bicep there

01:38:14Roderick Strong looking

01:38:16to add his name to a very short list

01:38:18that includes Mark's brother Jay

01:38:20in multiple time Ring of Honor

01:38:22World Champions

01:38:26Oh goodness

01:38:28It looks like he's on that

01:38:30path right now after that knife head shot

01:38:32Yeah, you can see the thinking ability of Roderick

01:38:34man, the way he moves

01:38:36in this match, there's no

01:38:38wasted movements from

01:38:40Roderick, no wasted movements at all

01:38:42Mark Frisco

01:38:44firing back there

01:38:46Those huge hands

01:38:48Those calloused firm hands

01:38:50of Frisco

01:38:52Just first

01:38:54Here comes the

01:38:56Rat-neck Kung Fu

01:38:58Beautiful Laurel, Delaware

01:39:00Irish whip into the corner

01:39:06Yes sir

01:39:08Pinpoint precision there for Frisco

01:39:10Big running boot

01:39:12Catches Roderick Strong

01:39:14Nothing like the Rat-neck Kung Fu

01:39:16Put a nose out and go to the challenger

01:39:18Roderick Strong is now

01:39:20reeling in the champions on the inside

01:39:22making sure that he's going to retain

01:39:24his title

01:39:26That's a smart move

01:39:28Wait a minute now

01:39:34Frisco's got the crown

01:39:36That's Bicey drunk

01:39:38He does normally follow best up

01:39:40the Ricker body

01:39:42Taking a trip to truth or consequences

01:39:44Bang!

01:39:52That's getting crazy

01:39:54The world champion

01:39:56Takes the advantage

01:39:58That's a souvenir

01:40:00That young man will never forget that

01:40:04Mark getting a breather

01:40:06As he brings the challenger back into the ring

01:40:08The adrenaline pumping

01:40:10Going back up for that froggy bow

01:40:12Roderick sees it though

01:40:14Retreating

01:40:16Don't blame Roddy here

01:40:18Sit out

01:40:20Missile drop kick

01:40:22I haven't seen that for years

01:40:24But that's because Mark thinking on his feet

01:40:26Great adjustment

01:40:28You're absolutely right

01:40:30Fisherman

01:40:32Planet right in the middle of the ring

01:40:34Hooks the leg

01:40:36Two

01:40:40Roderick when he's in trouble

01:40:42He goes towards the rope

01:40:44And when you pull him he'll hold on to the ropes

01:40:46To try to recover even more

01:40:48Roderick knows where he's going at all times

01:40:50Roderick in danger

01:40:52This is Roderick in trouble

01:40:54At the same time

01:40:56As the Demboys chants ring down in Arlington

01:40:58It forces Briscoe to make a move

01:41:00Look at the chain chewer on the apron

01:41:02Oh my goodness

01:41:04Look at Roddy

01:41:06Blocking it with his foot right there

01:41:08Nice camera angle

01:41:10That could be a part of the long game for Strong

01:41:12Still in a dangerous part of the ring

01:41:14Ricker body

01:41:16Dangerous territory

01:41:18Big time right for Briscoe

01:41:20And it's back and forth

01:41:22It's the challenger now with a kick

01:41:24Champion

01:41:28Redneck come through that thrust

01:41:30Right under the jaw

01:41:32The ladder

01:41:34And Roddy

01:41:36Strong

01:41:38I'll tell you what man

01:41:40Right back on the back

01:41:42The messiah of the backbreaker

01:41:44Living up to his name

01:41:48Voluntary movement on the way down

01:41:50May have turned to stiffness

01:41:52In that spinal column of Mark Briscoe here

01:41:54Look at this

01:41:56Oh my god

01:41:58To the shoulder

01:42:00Well if you loosen that shoulder Caprice

01:42:02That end of heartache

01:42:04Is infinitely easier to execute

01:42:06Look at this

01:42:08That's a level change

01:42:10This is one thing that Roddy does man

01:42:12He does that level change

01:42:14He comes at you one way

01:42:16This is what we talked about

01:42:18That fast pace favoring the challenger

01:42:20Oh god

01:42:22Nothing like steel to the head

01:42:28Champion's in trouble

01:42:30The referee smartly checking on the champion

01:42:32They're at a 10 count ring of honor

01:42:34It is a 20 count on the outside

01:42:36Oh no

01:42:38Oh god

01:42:40But I know Mark Briscoe

01:42:42And I know when Mark Briscoe feels blood

01:42:44He's pulled another level tool

01:42:46But Caprice I mean this is blood

01:42:48Those are clearly wounds that happened

01:42:50Blood and guts

01:42:52Those are clearly wounds that are not yet healed

01:42:54Sometimes Briscoes have to see blood

01:42:56To realize they're in a real fight

01:42:58Roderick strong

01:43:00And Mark is staggered right now

01:43:02Yeah putting on the damage

01:43:04My goodness

01:43:06He's got sea legs

01:43:08Oh goodness

01:43:10Finger to the crowd

01:43:12I mean he's got the advantage now

01:43:14But tomorrow night he could walk out a double champion

01:43:16Winning the world title here tonight

01:43:18The six man title tomorrow

01:43:20He could have all that

01:43:22He could realistically have all the gold

01:43:24Pretty much in ring of honor

01:43:26They would be standing at the end of a rainbow

01:43:34Oh my god

01:43:36They could do it in front of a worldwide audience

01:43:38But it starts tonight here on Roderick Strong's birthday

01:43:40And what a gift this would be

01:43:42That is a lot of blood

01:43:44It's a crimson mask now

01:43:46Oh god

01:43:48And he's going for the backbreaker

01:43:50And this is where it begins

01:43:52This is where it starts

01:43:54The damage already piling up too

01:43:56Here's the thing Riccoboni

01:43:58When you're wrestling a competitor

01:44:00Sometimes both of you are worn out

01:44:02You're not both worn out when Roderick Strong is in the ring

01:44:04And the 20 year plus relationship

01:44:06Between these two stars

01:44:08These cornerstones

01:44:10These linchpins

01:44:12Hinchpins

01:44:14Of ring of honor

01:44:16It has come to this

01:44:18Some feelings are compressed

01:44:20They're put in the corner

01:44:22They're moved on

01:44:24We've heard Mark start to talk about

01:44:26How he's felt Roderick Strong over the years

01:44:28Has looked down upon him

01:44:30He's felt he is the younger Briscoe

01:44:32But also perhaps the one with a smaller legacy

01:44:34Maybe with the less potential

01:44:36And here tonight

01:44:38Mark has to change that perception

01:44:40With a victory

01:44:42He's got to make a comeback

01:44:44About to come back now

01:44:46Another backbreaker

01:44:48About his time to back the season up

01:44:50And a Boston Crab

01:44:52The fingers are locked

01:44:54The only thing Mark has now

01:44:56Is those forearms

01:44:58Trying to keep him from getting his chest

01:45:00He has the forearms playing

01:45:02He has the ropes in his eye view

01:45:04Mark needs to fight to get to the ropes

01:45:06He's pouring out of the skull

01:45:08Of Briscoe

01:45:10It is impossible

01:45:12Mark's fading

01:45:14He's got to make a choice

01:45:16Briscoe's not going to give up

01:45:18Briscoe will never give up

01:45:20But to end this defile

01:45:22Not even the one

01:45:24Blood stained canvas

01:45:26Blood dripping

01:45:28Briscoe

01:45:30Serves as the reminder

01:45:32Of the toll

01:45:34Each man is putting themselves through

01:45:38I'll tell you what man

01:45:40It doesn't matter what kind of human you are

01:45:42You lose enough amount of blood

01:45:44You start seeing stars

01:45:46You start being dizzy

01:45:48You lose your equilibrium

01:45:50Former international champion in control

01:45:52Looking to cement his own legacy

01:45:54He's going for the jade drill

01:45:56Oh goodness

01:45:58I remember the last time he tried that

01:46:00He hit Jay Briscoe himself in Columbus, Ohio

01:46:02In 2016

01:46:04That's a different outcome

01:46:06A different outcome

01:46:08He hit it this time

01:46:10What kind of sick one

01:46:12What kind of sick one

01:46:14One count only

01:46:16Come on Mark

01:46:18Come on Mark

01:46:20Awaken the fight

01:46:22Inside of Mark Briscoe

01:46:24And what you're not gonna do

01:46:26Is disrespect

01:46:28The Briscoes like that

01:46:30Oh look at that the forearm

01:46:32But the fire

01:46:34The passion in the eyes

01:46:36A new level of disrespect

01:46:38Has been achieved by

01:46:40Robert Strong

01:46:42And a new level of Mark Briscoe

01:46:44Has arisen

01:46:46Mark Briscoe, the world champion

01:46:48Firing back here

01:46:50Robert Strong down

01:46:52With a back elbow

01:46:54Will not support champion

01:46:56Oh just like Jay

01:46:58Big neck breaker

01:47:00Of Paige

01:47:02One of his big brother's playboys

01:47:04Charlie looking down with a smile here tonight

01:47:06And Mark

01:47:08Briscoe

01:47:10Oh goodness

01:47:12Someone's a fisherman driver right there

01:47:14Cover

01:47:16Two

01:47:18Holds on to the wrist

01:47:20Mark Briscoe

01:47:22With all the know to bring

01:47:24That right shoulder up

01:47:26Mark Briscoe now trying to fire back

01:47:28He's trying to get

01:47:30The crowd pumping

01:47:32He's trying to feel what they're feeling

01:47:34The magic of a world title bout here tonight

01:47:36Roderick Strong though

01:47:38Trying to etch his name in the Orweight's history books

01:47:40Achieve something only a handful of men

01:47:42Have achieved

01:47:44I know what Roderick Strong is thinking

01:47:46He's gonna try to hit that back breaker from the top

01:47:48Yep setting him up

01:47:50Bit of a Chicago skyline there

01:47:52And here you are

01:47:54Oh he's looking for that right angle slam

01:47:56And he got all of it

01:48:00Who is like Roderick Strong

01:48:02Hooks the leg

01:48:04Two could it be

01:48:08Roderick Strong is one of a kind

01:48:10But so is the heart of Mark Briscoe

01:48:12I think Roderick is realizing

01:48:14This is not the same Mark Briscoe

01:48:16Of days of old

01:48:18And this

01:48:20Jam packed

01:48:22Crowd here

01:48:24Esports stadium Arlington Texas

01:48:26Up and over Mark Briscoe

01:48:28Roddy up the rope

01:48:30Mark Briscoe

01:48:32Wow

01:48:34Sometimes all you need Rick Abani

01:48:36Is a why

01:48:38And you have a big enough why

01:48:40It turns you into who you need to be

01:48:42The why of Mark Briscoe

01:48:44He's big right now

01:48:50The rhythm

01:48:52The feeling

01:48:54If he cannot see it

01:48:56He can feel it

01:48:58Mark Briscoe

01:49:00Is rising back to his feet as the challenger is as well

01:49:04Still anybody's match

01:49:06But I've never seen Roderick Strong

01:49:08So beat for breath

01:49:10Wow

01:49:12And he connects

01:49:14Roderick Strong delivers

01:49:18A blood stained case of the champion

01:49:20I tell you that's involuntary right there

01:49:22Anytime those knees give out

01:49:24That is not by choice

01:49:26That's your body turning itself off

01:49:28Wow

01:49:30And at this late in the match

01:49:32That level of delivery

01:49:34That high impact

01:49:36Every blow is dangerous here Rick Abani

01:49:38When you have this much damage done to you

01:49:40And you're playing with the chin

01:49:42Every punch is dangerous

01:49:44Any punch can knock you out

01:49:46Especially when you're touching the chin

01:49:48Both men clearly have prepared for this match

01:49:50Firing even heavier blows

01:49:52This deep

01:49:54This late

01:49:56But more to give

01:49:58Spinning forearm here

01:50:00Oh he's coming for it

01:50:02Looking for the danger of his own

01:50:04Arms are butterflied

01:50:06Oh caught

01:50:08Geronaghi

01:50:10Right in place

01:50:12I tell you what man Mark Briscoe

01:50:14Has moves set up after moves

01:50:16Great game plan

01:50:18Going for the J-drill again

01:50:20What is this?

01:50:22Thrust out of the jaw

01:50:24Mark Briscoe hits

01:50:26No

01:50:28No

01:50:30Got it delivered

01:50:32Jeff Fiennes doesn't see it

01:50:34Trying to get

01:50:36Cover

01:50:38No

01:50:40No

01:50:44It is not Mark Briscoe's

01:50:46Time

01:50:48But Rod is going to try to put him away

01:50:50Rick Abani

01:50:52Oh didn't get all of it

01:50:54That time he did

01:50:56Back and here it comes

01:50:58Man this onslaught

01:51:00Sick kick

01:51:02Has won him so many titles

01:51:04No

01:51:06Briscoe still in the game

01:51:08Give Roderick Strong credit

01:51:10He did get all of it

01:51:12He came back

01:51:14He fired back

01:51:18Here comes O'Reilly

01:51:20Tumbling over Ishii

01:51:22Things change when the score is even

01:51:24We're going to get a fair match tonight

01:51:26And Sam will be a winner

01:51:28Ishii with Bennett

01:51:30Teaming with O'Reilly

01:51:32Mark Briscoe with the roll up

01:51:34Come on down

01:51:36To count only

01:51:38Mark Briscoe is strong now

01:51:40The challenger delivering the forearms here

01:51:42Off the ropes

01:51:44Getting this kind of energy

01:51:46That's letting them out

01:51:48Turns the challenger inside out

01:51:50The champion going up

01:51:52But I can only think it's a froggy bow

01:51:54As the blood still pours

01:51:56From the head

01:51:58Roderick Strong though the challenger

01:52:00Sensing blood in the water

01:52:02With a front face lock here

01:52:04Mark's holding on

01:52:06He's not going to go up

01:52:08He's not going to go up

01:52:10Shot in the midsection

01:52:12Strong's in trouble

01:52:14Yes sir

01:52:16Strong now to the mat

01:52:18Strong is down

01:52:20It's still on his feet up top

01:52:22Froggy

01:52:24Neck to cover

01:52:26Keep the bow

01:52:28Reach for the sky

01:52:30Boy

01:52:34The winner of this match

01:52:36And still

01:52:38Ring of Honor

01:52:40World Champion

01:52:42Mark

01:52:44Briscoe

01:52:46For anybody

01:52:48That has ever dared

01:52:50Count Mark Briscoe

01:52:52He is towered

01:52:54By something bigger than he

01:52:56The love

01:52:58The fan support

01:53:00The adulation

01:53:02Standing tall

01:53:04Alongside the Ring of Honor

01:53:06World Champion

01:53:08It is Mark Briscoe

01:53:10Who retains the Ring of Honor

01:53:12World Championship

01:53:14After an easy classic credit

01:53:16Where it's due to Roderick Strong

01:53:18Can't take anything away from Roderick

01:53:20But right there pointing to the sky

01:53:22Where his brother is

01:53:24Here's our Ring of Honor

01:53:26Champion Mark Briscoe

01:53:28I tell you what man

01:53:30Fighting from under

01:53:32Bleeding the whole town

01:53:34I don't know how many pints of blood Mark Briscoe lost

01:53:36But right there giving his glory

01:53:38To God

01:53:40This is awesome

01:53:42Asserting his legacy here tonight

01:53:44Mark Briscoe joins the greats

01:53:46With a successful title defense here at Death Before It's Honor

01:53:48It's been Caprice and I's pleasure

01:53:50To be with you on this journey

01:53:52Here tonight

01:53:54But the fun continues

01:53:56The ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Titles

01:53:58Will be decided tomorrow night

01:54:00I'm Ian Ricombati

01:54:02Thanks so much for joining us

01:54:04Happy wrestling from Arlington everybody

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