R2OH Wrestling August 22nd 2024 ROH Wrestling Live 8/22/24 August 22nd 2024 part1
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00:00:00the dub.
00:00:02Tell you what, we talked about it when it happened to Dora
00:00:05studying at the New Japan Academy.
00:00:08Yeah.
00:00:08It felt like maybe she took a step back now,
00:00:11taking two, three, four steps forward.
00:00:13Yeah, you need to swing sometime, man.
00:00:15You got Rowe gambit his Cyclops in the ring right here.
00:00:20Willing to tear it down to build it all back up,
00:00:23doing that, picking up wins here on ROH.
00:00:25Trisha Dora, your victor here tonight.
00:00:28Grant's the righteous standing up.
00:00:32It's been a while since I heard my voice on Ring of Honor.
00:00:37For me, I've got history here.
00:00:40I've seen them all come and go.
00:00:43We've been around since we had just a penny in our pocket.
00:00:46And now we're here and everything has changed.
00:00:49You got everybody over here with the mask.
00:00:52You think I don't know what comes with that mask?
00:00:55With your hiding?
00:00:56And you got everybody over here with the egos
00:00:58that's eating away at them
00:01:00until their flesh is off the bone.
00:01:03Now you may think that fear is but a fleeting thought.
00:01:08But in this selfish world,
00:01:10it's the only company that you have.
00:01:13And there ain't nothing like a little fear
00:01:15to make a paper man crumble.
00:01:21Everybody dies.
00:01:24So for everybody that's busting out the chessboard
00:01:28and playing chess, big old race to the end
00:01:32for somebody to go king me.
00:01:36Well, everybody's lives are in the deck of cards.
00:01:38And if you hand me that deck, I'll deal it.
00:01:41I'll deal your life however I see fit.
00:01:45For us, we've already reached Nirvana, man.
00:01:49So I have one question for everybody.
00:01:53How do you start
00:01:56when we already know how it ends?
00:02:00Dig what I'm saying?
00:02:05Yeah, dig what he's saying, Rick and Bonnie.
00:02:10This match is up for one fall
00:02:12with a 20-minute time limit approaching the ring.
00:02:16Queen 161 pounds, Commander.
00:02:22Great star, Commander,
00:02:23had a great showing at Death Before Dishonor
00:02:25right in the thick of things.
00:02:28In the television television division
00:02:30as we go back to the voice of Ring of Honor,
00:02:33Bobby Crews, for the introduction of his opponent.
00:02:35Welcome to the ring.
00:02:36Welcome to the ring.
00:02:37Welcome to the ring.
00:02:38Welcome to the ring.
00:02:39Welcome to the ring.
00:02:40Welcome to the ring.
00:02:41Welcome to the ring.
00:02:42Welcome to the ring.
00:02:43Welcome to the ring.
00:02:44For the introduction of his opponent.
00:02:45His opponent, K.M.
00:02:49K.M., a wildly veteran,
00:02:51just a huge mountain of a man.
00:02:53What does K.M. stand for?
00:02:54Kilometers, everything?
00:02:55That's huge.
00:02:57Look at this.
00:02:59K.M., who fans in the Northeast and Alaska may know.
00:03:02K.M.,
00:03:05this match is brought you by the letters K and M.
00:03:12Look at his handshake man.
00:03:13Code of honor right here, too, here.
00:03:15David versus Goliath in here.
00:03:16Oh, bell is sounded by referee Brandon Martinez.
00:03:20I respect you, Commander.
00:03:23As you should.
00:03:25That handshake had a lot of grip behind it, though, man.
00:03:27Tried to break the hand of Commander
00:03:28on the shake of pawn in here.
00:03:30Commander out of the way.
00:03:33I don't think Commander feels out of place
00:03:37by being the smaller man in the match.
00:03:39No, he certainly, he's been there before, yeah.
00:03:42But if you think back to that amazing survival
00:03:46of the fittest, that final battle
00:03:47where Commander nearly ran the table.
00:03:49Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:03:54Look at this, Commander almost boxed in here
00:03:57through the legs from KM.
00:04:00And now, swing and a miss on the clothesline, popping up.
00:04:03No one home for KM.
00:04:04It's Commander, oh!
00:04:07Swing and a miss on the clothesline.
00:04:09Spring ball!
00:04:09Oh, goodness.
00:04:10Right out of the air.
00:04:12It's Commander by KM.
00:04:14KM bringing it all in.
00:04:16Look at me, look what I've done.
00:04:19Tell you what, man, every time KM hits you,
00:04:21he seems like he'll lose a lot of damage.
00:04:22Very sure of himself, Riccoboni.
00:04:24Look at his build.
00:04:25Oh, out of the corner!
00:04:27Come on, Commander!
00:04:29Go, Rita, Texas!
00:04:30Come on, KM!
00:04:32It's like he's walking to Memphis
00:04:33with that kind of build, jeez.
00:04:36And Commander may not know where he is after that.
00:04:39Tossed square across Arlington
00:04:41into Grand Prairie, pretty much.
00:04:43KM knows how to find him right here.
00:04:44Look at this, stretch muffler.
00:04:46Stretch muffler, how much strength
00:04:47do you have to have to stretch muffling?
00:04:49See, Commander coming off his feet.
00:04:50Commander's a grown man.
00:04:52Yeah, and KM almost has a full extension when you see,
00:04:55oh, and he still has it.
00:04:57Wow, that's impressive, man.
00:05:00The stretch muffler tearing at the knees,
00:05:01tearing at the ligaments, the ACL, the MCL.
00:05:04Stretches your knees out, makes it hard to balance,
00:05:06and they think about Commander,
00:05:07the balance that he needs.
00:05:09Yeah, there's a beautiful hurricane rod up.
00:05:11You see, oh, goodness, sent right back down.
00:05:14Gracious, surprised Commander was able to do that much
00:05:17on his feet, being stretched out with that muffler
00:05:18that much, it makes it hard for you to walk.
00:05:21Certainly does, not only the MCL, the MCL, ACL,
00:05:24the patella tendons as well, everything.
00:05:27He needs that, especially with a man who walks,
00:05:29who literally walks the ropes.
00:05:31It's just bread and butter is being able
00:05:32to be on those ropes.
00:05:34But as he is, crushed in the middle.
00:05:37You need the oxygen to get to those muscles
00:05:39to stabilize the rope walks.
00:05:40I think KM just drove all the oxygen out of Commander.
00:05:45It'd be nice taking too much time off, but yeah.
00:05:47Certainly did, big boot there.
00:05:49You can never underestimate the wrestlers
00:05:52here at Ring of Honor.
00:05:53Everybody has something to prove,
00:05:55especially with the new champions.
00:05:56Oh, absolutely.
00:05:58After death before dishonor, look at that, KM smart.
00:06:00Wait a minute, don't turn your back!
00:06:02Whoa, whoa!
00:06:03Oh, God!
00:06:05That split attack into the basement kick there.
00:06:11Every time we think we've seen it all from Commander,
00:06:13we see something new!
00:06:18Commander Sabrina to the ropes.
00:06:20We can't give up, look it!
00:06:22Commander tested to be here!
00:06:23I know what this is, Riccobardi!
00:06:25Yes, sir, rope walk!
00:06:27Jimmy, stop!
00:06:28That's gonna be enough if he's able
00:06:29to make them cover, stack it up!
00:06:31One, two, three!
00:06:35The winner of this match, Commander!
00:06:38He looked like Shawn Kemp out there with the hang time.
00:06:41Oh, my goodness!
00:06:42Tell you what, man, the balance that Commander has,
00:06:46even with all the adversity that he went through,
00:06:48very impressive, always.
00:06:50I need a hype man, Riccobardi.
00:06:52Gliding through the air!
00:06:54I guess the man almost doubled his size!
00:06:58Shows that size is just a number.
00:07:03Weight is just a number.
00:07:04The speed, the agility, the resilience,
00:07:06the heart of Commander, leading to victory here tonight.
00:07:11Viva la Mexico!
00:07:13Commander victorious here tonight.
00:07:19Please rise for your American heroes!
00:07:22I will restore the international championship!
00:07:26These two titles let you know
00:07:27that I'm the best in AEW.
00:07:30This ends at All In.
00:07:32I ain't prepared to die!
00:07:35I just get to write your eulogy.
00:07:38As if the stakes could get any higher.
00:07:40Your title versus my career.
00:07:43This will be your final countdown.
00:07:46This is All In!
00:07:52All In, this Sunday, Wembley Stadium.
00:07:54The judge.
00:07:55What an athlete we are about to see here in ROH.
00:08:00Here comes the judge.
00:08:04This match is set for Wembley, 20 minute time limit.
00:08:07Introducing first, from Dallas, Texas,
00:08:11weighing 285 pounds,
00:08:13EJ Enduka!
00:08:18You know how big EJ Enduka is, Caprice?
00:08:21Yeah, he's 6'7", 290 pounds, all right?
00:08:24He just had to duck so his head didn't hit Tony Trump.
00:08:28Oh, I thought you was asking about Ashley Simon.
00:08:30Right, I mean, this is one of the most impressive athletes.
00:08:35We saw him on the eve of Death Before Dishonor.
00:08:39And back here once again.
00:08:44If you had to create a wrestler in Alaska,
00:08:47he would look like EJ Enduka.
00:08:49If I created a wrestler in Alaska,
00:08:51you could lose to EJ Enduka.
00:08:55Here's a photo of him going to Bobby Crews.
00:08:57Here's a photo of him, Dion!
00:08:59Whoops!
00:09:02Dion Russman, Alaskan born.
00:09:06And a very formidable individual in his own right.
00:09:10You know, a couple of weeks ago,
00:09:12you really got a sense of just how big EJ is,
00:09:14but if you know how big Dion Russman is,
00:09:18which is about 6'3".
00:09:20Both of these guys, man, if you see them in the airport,
00:09:22they stand over everybody.
00:09:25It gets the attention as well.
00:09:26But I tell you what, Enduka with the pedigree
00:09:29that he's had, he's stand out in college,
00:09:31multiple time bodybuilder champion,
00:09:33pro football player, drafted by Tony Khan.
00:09:37Caprice, EJ looks like an action figure.
00:09:39Look at the size of him!
00:09:40And speaking of action figures,
00:09:42our friends at Jazzware's
00:09:43at the exclusive ROH action figures
00:09:45being released from the vault.
00:09:46The news releases commemorate Jay and Mark Briscoe's
00:09:4813th reigns as Ring of Honor World Tag Champions.
00:09:51He caused a little shoulder tackle,
00:09:53hammers Riccoboni.
00:09:54Call him whatever he wants.
00:09:55Yeah, he does like the sledgehammers,
00:09:56like the big sledgehammers on the cartoons.
00:09:58Yeah!
00:10:02And look at this, just grinding away
00:10:03on the side headlock here.
00:10:05It is Enduka.
00:10:07You know, you can't-
00:10:08It's a big test for Enduka as well,
00:10:10because sometimes you get used to fighting people
00:10:12that are smaller than you,
00:10:12but this is somebody close to the size of Enduka,
00:10:15so it's gonna be a real test to see
00:10:17what he can do against somebody
00:10:19as close to his side like Russo.
00:10:21Oh, man, look at this!
00:10:22Ooh!
00:10:23Just strikes right there, right to the brain basket.
00:10:26Wow, that's one uppercut to the face.
00:10:28Ooh!
00:10:31There's gotta be a lot of pain behind that.
00:10:32All the muscle behind those punches
00:10:34had to leave some damage.
00:10:37And Enduka, look at the strength.
00:10:40That's 200, what, 240 pounds, 50 pounds with ease.
00:10:44Toss and release suplex.
00:10:46Enduka front face lock again.
00:10:49Just get those-
00:10:50Get those locked in with ease.
00:10:53Dropping you.
00:10:54None of those drops are flat, man.
00:10:56You land on your hip.
00:10:57Reset right here, so reset.
00:10:59Charging.
00:11:00Yeah!
00:11:02The height that Enduka was able to get on that
00:11:04is very impressive.
00:11:05And just stalking Russman here.
00:11:08Deion in trouble up and over, though.
00:11:10Saw Russman stalling there,
00:11:11but Enduka's got a lot of power.
00:11:13Deion in trouble up and over, though.
00:11:15Saw Russman staggering.
00:11:19And now Enduka, Russman up and over,
00:11:22playing this game of cat and mouse.
00:11:23Might be a smart move here.
00:11:25Yeah, Russman putting Enduka on the chase.
00:11:26Anything that could beat Enduka
00:11:28would be somebody that knows the game of veteran
00:11:31because Enduka needs to get those reps in.
00:11:34So someone like Russman
00:11:35that has a lot of matches under his belt,
00:11:36that's what he would have to use to try to beat Enduka.
00:11:39And going left to right with that arm,
00:11:41the pressure on the elbow.
00:11:43And that may neutralize some of the power moves.
00:11:45Yeah.
00:11:47For a little while, but you're rushing in on him now.
00:11:49Yeah, out of the way.
00:11:52Oh, Enduka's big close-up.
00:11:55See that double-chase?
00:11:56Look at those eyes of Enduka's,
00:11:58like another level has happened.
00:12:00Another blast in the corner.
00:12:01My God, looks like an eagle with that spread wing.
00:12:04Oh, my goodness.
00:12:07Halfway across the ring.
00:12:09This explosive athleticism,
00:12:11definitely an elite athlete.
00:12:12Going for that Exodus, Exodus drop.
00:12:15That's it.
00:12:16One, two, three.
00:12:18Oh, good.
00:12:21The winner of this match, EJ Enduka.
00:12:25Here come the judge.
00:12:27Look this man up and down.
00:12:29There is not a physical weakness in his arsenal.
00:12:35The professional sports experience
00:12:38as he makes his mark in Ring of Honor.
00:12:41It's gonna be very tough to dethrone the train tracks
00:12:44that this man is rolling down.
00:12:53The four of us will show the world.
00:12:56There are only three letters that matter.
00:12:59B-C-C.
00:13:02For the first time ever,
00:13:03Jazzwares brings all four members
00:13:05of the Blackpool Combat Club to one amazing collection.
00:13:09Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta,
00:13:12Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli.
00:13:15Don't mess with the Blackpool Combat Club.
00:13:19AEW Unmatched Nine, the BCC.
00:13:30Six-man action on the way here in Ring of Honor.
00:13:33All you fat morons and skinny idiots, shut up.
00:13:37Now they say everything's bigger in Texas,
00:13:40except for your manhood.
00:13:45Our opponents tonight are a couple of low-key losers,
00:13:50but at least they're not a bunch of chewed,
00:13:52spittin', cow-lovin' Texans.
00:14:03We are the Iron Savages,
00:14:06sippin' sauce, livin' hot,
00:14:09and takin' everyone to T-C.
00:14:13Well, what if I don't wanna go there?
00:14:15What?
00:14:19Let's go to Bobby Crews.
00:14:21This is a six-man tag team match-up
00:14:22for one following 20-minute time limit.
00:14:24Introducing the opponents,
00:14:26Jay Alexander, Colton Charles, and Rosario Grillo.
00:14:32Well, a great trio we have ahead of us here.
00:14:36Jay Alexander, Colton Charles, Rosario Grillo
00:14:38taking on the Iron Savages.
00:14:40Where is this place they keep talkin' about?
00:14:43Well, it's the hairiest place on Earth, Riccobon,
00:14:45and I think it's closer than you think.
00:14:47Gonna start things off here, Jack Jameson.
00:14:51And the outstretched arm here.
00:14:54Oh, goodness, of Jay Alexander.
00:15:01Whoa.
00:15:03What?
00:15:05Wow.
00:15:07That was quick and fast, man.
00:15:08I thought Jay Alexander might have something
00:15:09that Jack Jameson wasn't expecting,
00:15:11but might have bit off more than he could chew.
00:15:14The Iron Savages going to town here tonight.
00:15:16Of course, fans, you can go to town
00:15:18on your favorite console.
00:15:20Fight Forever season four,
00:15:21Jay White, Adam Copeland, Samoa Joe now available.
00:15:27Big kick.
00:15:28Oh, no, no.
00:15:30Oh, Colton Charles, look at this.
00:15:33Oh!
00:15:37When you're in here with these athletes,
00:15:38you don't have a lot of time to taunt.
00:15:40You wanna get in here and get business done.
00:15:43Colton Charles from the Aces of Space Academy
00:15:46now in.
00:15:47This is Jay Alexander.
00:15:49And Jay Alexander sent into the corner,
00:15:51tag made.
00:15:55Hulk Bronson.
00:15:58Uh-oh, Vulcan bust.
00:15:59Oh!
00:16:01I think we just saw.
00:16:02You know what time it is!
00:16:03It's time
00:16:05for T.D.!
00:16:07Oh, come on!
00:16:10Oh, jeez, can we get the accent?
00:16:12No, we don't need to see this.
00:16:14Can we censor that?
00:16:17Tag made.
00:16:18Jack Jameson.
00:16:20Oh, goodness.
00:16:22Tell you what, the Jack Jameson coming in hard.
00:16:25Laying out Alexander immediately.
00:16:28That's explosive.
00:16:28Tag made.
00:16:31Quick tags.
00:16:32Alexander has no idea who the legal man is.
00:16:36Oh, jeez.
00:16:38Stacking up the boulder high.
00:16:40Oh, goodness, goodnight.
00:16:43Cover, two, that's it.
00:16:45The winner for this match, Iron Man!
00:16:52Bronson, Boulder, Jameson.
00:16:57This trio picks up a big win.
00:16:59What in the, we really need to censor.
00:17:02I don't know what that was.
00:17:02Can we blur that?
00:17:03I don't know what that was.
00:17:05Arm stretched high for your winners here tonight
00:17:09in our six-man tag team division,
00:17:11Iron Savages with the record.
00:17:18The moment you've been waiting for has finally arrived.
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00:17:40Everything that makes me the most dangerous man in the ring
00:17:44is now in your hands.
00:17:46Fight forever.
00:17:47You will breathe with the Swiss Blade,
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00:18:10Hey, Caprice, everything all right?
00:18:12Oh, yeah.
00:18:12Because we got a problem in ROH.
00:18:16This match is a four-on-four,
00:18:18and a 20-minute time limit.
00:18:20Introducing first, let's have a moldover.
00:18:23The problem, Marina Shafir.
00:18:26Shafir!
00:18:27Marina Shafir.
00:18:30Death of Mortis on her zero-hour, one-hour bout
00:18:33in 59 seconds.
00:18:35Yes, less than a minute against top-tier competition.
00:18:39On the run of a lifetime right now.
00:18:42Everything coming together.
00:18:46And this barefoot combat fighter.
00:18:51Someone's going home with a souvenir here tonight.
00:18:53Supernova from Moldova.
00:18:56Test on her hands here tonight.
00:19:00Her opponent, Tiara James.
00:19:04Tiara James, a great competitor.
00:19:07Trained by Damian Adams, who has quite a reputation
00:19:11as a trainer among the women's division.
00:19:14Some prized pupils include former
00:19:16Ring of Honor world champion, Diana Perrazzo.
00:19:18Seen Tiara James in New Japan.
00:19:20I called one of her bouts there.
00:19:22Yes, look at this.
00:19:24Offering the coat of honor.
00:19:28Yeah, and this is a trap.
00:19:29You know, Marina is dangerous on the ground.
00:19:31Very dangerous.
00:19:31Oh, wait a minute!
00:19:32Caught there!
00:19:33Stack?
00:19:34Oh, and Marina didn't even want to pin.
00:19:35All the way for this.
00:19:36Yeah, look at that.
00:19:37She said, bring me some competition.
00:19:38Stay in on it, keep in.
00:19:39Oh, wait a minute.
00:19:40Shoots the half?
00:19:41Yeah.
00:19:42Don't shake it!
00:19:45Tiara James grounded over her roll.
00:19:47And Tiara looks smart.
00:19:49Oh, look at that.
00:19:49Oh, one.
00:19:51It's the balance that Marina has.
00:19:54It's a frustrating balance and striking ability.
00:19:57And the control.
00:19:58Ducks to the right.
00:19:59Oh!
00:20:00Clothesline.
00:20:00Marina just absorbing these big clotheslines.
00:20:03Wants the damage to come.
00:20:06That just fires her up.
00:20:07That just gets her going.
00:20:08Tiara put it on her, though.
00:20:09Yeah, look at that.
00:20:10Good shots here.
00:20:11The knees in the bread basket.
00:20:13Throwing those forearms in tight.
00:20:14I like it.
00:20:15Tell you what, I've seen Tiara in New York City,
00:20:18New Japan.
00:20:19Oh, goodness!
00:20:19Goodness.
00:20:20Plus a kick to the chin.
00:20:23And she is well-prepared.
00:20:25But how do you prepare for this?
00:20:28That's the problem with the body.
00:20:29Yeah.
00:20:30It's hard to do it.
00:20:31And Marina's saying that's what she wants.
00:20:32She wants that kind of fire.
00:20:34Marina, man, that transition that she made
00:20:36from MMA wrestling, being a training partner
00:20:39of Ronda Rousey.
00:20:40Long time.
00:20:41Into professional wrestling.
00:20:44She just brought it with her, man.
00:20:45She's not here to do wrestling moves.
00:20:48She's here to win fights.
00:20:49Those judo throws, those knees to the stomach,
00:20:51these strikes and all is dangerous
00:20:54and it's hard to prepare for,
00:20:55especially if you're just training for wrestling.
00:20:58And James trying to get back to her feet,
00:21:01but it's Shafir.
00:21:02Oh, goodness!
00:21:04Probably as close to a wrestling move
00:21:05as you're gonna get from Shafir right here,
00:21:06that belly-to-back suplex.
00:21:08Well, and let's be perfectly clear.
00:21:10All of these judo throws, these jiu-jitsu moves,
00:21:12they're all perfectly legal.
00:21:14Absolutely.
00:21:15Oh!
00:21:16She's right here, sinking right back down
00:21:17through the back, grabbing the breath.
00:21:21And this confidence.
00:21:21This is something that, when Marina Shafir first came,
00:21:25we saw her, yeah, on Dark Elevation,
00:21:27we saw her on Ring of Honor.
00:21:28Kind of ice cold.
00:21:30Yeah, and this confidence now, just driving her.
00:21:33She's realized.
00:21:34That knee's keeping Tiara in place,
00:21:37getting her from moving.
00:21:37And it's controlled, too.
00:21:39Look at the control Marina has here.
00:21:41Oh, and now a stretch here.
00:21:42Oh!
00:21:43Oh, my goodness.
00:21:45On those pointed shins.
00:21:48Just trapping.
00:21:50Right now.
00:21:51Tiara, oh, oh.
00:21:51The sleeper holding the line.
00:21:52The lights could go out sooner rather than later.
00:21:55Guys, Tiara's fading.
00:21:57It's fading.
00:21:59And Marina, oh, switching the grip.
00:22:00Oh!
00:22:01Oh!
00:22:02She's cutting out of the view of Stefan.
00:22:04Yeah.
00:22:04Goodness.
00:22:05Can't go up the nose.
00:22:06But look at that.
00:22:07Transition to that arm bar.
00:22:08And Tiara trying to lock those fingers to prevent.
00:22:11Oh, and then a shoulder scissors.
00:22:14Tiara's fighting.
00:22:15Oh!
00:22:17But unfazed is Marina.
00:22:19And this is, what's crazy about this is Tiara,
00:22:23yeah, Tiara James, one of the fastest rising
00:22:25independent stars right now.
00:22:27Marina is just very calmly,
00:22:29almost treating this like a sparring.
00:22:33As.
00:22:34Oh!
00:22:35Oh, God.
00:22:35This is beautiful.
00:22:36From Marina, spreads the legs in.
00:22:38Oh, grab the wrist.
00:22:39Turns around.
00:22:40Oh!
00:22:41Mother's milk!
00:22:41Mother's milk is locked in!
00:22:42Daddy's itch, you'll choke and put you to sleep.
00:22:44Mother's milk!
00:22:46Mother's milk!
00:22:47Tiara James is fading!
00:22:48Yeah.
00:22:49Oh, the movement's gone.
00:22:50The legs, everything.
00:22:52Oh, she's.
00:22:53And she is, ow, ow!
00:22:54Stefan!
00:22:55Get the milk!
00:22:56Yeah, that's it!
00:22:57Goodness.
00:22:58Nice.
00:22:58The winner of this match, by record in Sunday,
00:23:01The Proglor, Marina Chepin!
00:23:05Look at this gracious man, just staring at home.
00:23:08Right into the homes of everyone
00:23:10who's watching tonight on Honor Club.
00:23:12And that, to me, was someone who's staring a home
00:23:16at the Ring of Honor Women's World Television Champion,
00:23:19Red Velvet, at the World Champion, Athena.
00:23:22This is a woman who is confident in her ability,
00:23:24who has control of everything that moves around her brain
00:23:28at Javier Victoria's.
00:23:29Yeah.
00:23:30Wow.
00:23:32Fans, following his huge victory in pure action
00:23:34earlier this evening,
00:23:36the cameras have caught up with Angelico,
00:23:39who's with Serpentico.
00:23:42♪ This is what we're gonna do ♪
00:23:44Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:23:46Hey, Angelico, what a tremendous fight
00:23:49and a tremendous victory tonight.
00:23:51More or less.
00:23:53Hey, but I have an idea.
00:23:54Look, you should challenge for the pure championship
00:23:57of Ring of Honor.
00:23:58Wait, are you suggesting I challenge
00:24:01for the pure wrestling championship
00:24:03after my very first pure rules match?
00:24:06Mm, yes.
00:24:08Ha, ha, ha.
00:24:09You're crazy, Snakeman.
00:24:11Well, well, well, I don't know,
00:24:12but if you do it, you'd make your master very proud.
00:24:17Think about it.
00:24:21He's right.
00:24:23It would make Navarro proud.
00:24:26Okay, I'll do it.
00:24:30Lee Moriarty, I've seen your progression,
00:24:33your technical evolution, and I believe you.
00:24:38You are, without a shadow of a doubt,
00:24:41the best young technical wrestler in the world today.
00:24:47But you are not the protege of Negro Navarro.
00:24:52You are not a master of Javeo.
00:24:56I am.
00:24:58Lee, this is me challenging you
00:25:02to a pure rules championship match,
00:25:06a technical spectacle for the whole world to enjoy.
00:25:11And all you have to do is accept.
00:25:21And a huge challenge issued by Helico,
00:25:25challenging Tiger-style Lee Moriarty
00:25:27for the pure championship.
00:25:30This tag team match is set for one fall
00:25:32with a 20-minute time limit.
00:25:34Team number one and a combined weight of 515 pounds,
00:25:39the team of Nick Cammarato and Jacobi Watts.
00:25:45You know, I wish I could share in their joy,
00:25:47their exuberance.
00:25:58But to me, it feels ingenuous.
00:26:00They put on that book, gives me,
00:26:02makes my skin crawl, the he, the me, everything about it.
00:26:05We celebrate all things here in Ring of Honor.
00:26:09But we do not worship at the throne of Jacobi Watts.
00:26:12You ain't put your hand on that screen,
00:26:13you're gonna steal your money.
00:26:15And buy more blue blocks.
00:26:17And with him, one of the strongest men
00:26:19in professional wrestling, Nick Cammarato,
00:26:21very well-educated, accounting degree,
00:26:25state champion wrestler, weightlifter, you name it.
00:26:28Continued that from college, a big cast-out here tonight.
00:26:32Their equivalent to the combined weight of 397 pounds,
00:26:37Cool Hand and Joe Parker and Derrick Magic,
00:26:42Matt Mignogne!
00:26:44Yeah, Mikey, baby!
00:26:46Love seeing Derrick Magic pop a machine.
00:26:49How about it, Cool Hand, man?
00:26:50You're a little slow, you're a little slow!
00:26:54Here at ROH, a great effort a couple of weeks ago,
00:26:58knocking down on the doorstep.
00:27:01On the Undisputed Kingdom now.
00:27:04Some say, you know, Cool Hand is returning
00:27:07from his honeymoon, congratulations.
00:27:10Sometimes you gotta work those bearings out.
00:27:18However, I see it differently.
00:27:21The Undisputed Kingdom using every underhanded tactic
00:27:25in the book, as they always do,
00:27:27to persevere and pull out the win.
00:27:28Well, you know what, if the Undisputed Kingdom
00:27:30is known for doing that, you can't be surprised.
00:27:32Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, boys, boys, boys.
00:27:35I gave him some more acronyms.
00:27:36Boys, please meet me in the center of the ring,
00:27:39if you would.
00:27:45Now, you boys, we got Matt Menard, Daddy Magic,
00:27:51and Cool Hand Ang, we got you two,
00:27:54plus we got Jacoby Watts and Nick Camerotto.
00:27:58That's 4.0, that's 4.0.
00:28:01That's an A in any school I've ever been to.
00:28:05All you gotta do is live by one little creed.
00:28:08Praise be to he, and he is me.
00:28:13Whoa, yeah!
00:28:16Cool Hand there, it's that book,
00:28:17and look at that, up and over goes Camerotto.
00:28:21Camerotto to the outside, on the inside,
00:28:24Jacoby Watts, set down.
00:28:32And here comes Camerotto, double close-eyed,
00:28:33ducked, kick to the midsection here.
00:28:37Oh!
00:28:38My face is big.
00:28:39Oh, ho, ho, ho.
00:28:40Yeah, it's in the hands of Camerotto, it's a big deal.
00:28:42That's a big man, he's very strong.
00:28:45Wow!
00:28:47Man, Cool Hand's finding that out.
00:28:50Tell you what, man, Jacoby's got a big hand
00:28:53when he was able to get Camerotto.
00:28:56Absolutely, we talked about it,
00:28:58this man, a well-college-educated,
00:29:02state-records weightlifting,
00:29:06a state champion wrestler.
00:29:07He's intelligent, too.
00:29:09And he took it into the college ranks
00:29:11with weightlifting, wrestling, football.
00:29:14All-around athlete, man,
00:29:15not just somebody that's made it around in scholarships.
00:29:19All right, so, for Jacoby to be in his mind,
00:29:22it's got to have something going for him.
00:29:25I wish I knew, I wish I could find out.
00:29:27Maybe I don't want to know.
00:29:28Right.
00:29:29Yeah, it's Camerotto here, the powerhouse.
00:29:32Send it!
00:29:32Parker down.
00:29:33Move!
00:29:34Move!
00:29:35Big elbow drop.
00:29:38Lateral press, two!
00:29:39And a perfect execution on that elbow,
00:29:41able to put all the body inside.
00:29:42It's a lot of body on Camerotto, as well.
00:29:46And it's Parker now, draped over the ropes,
00:29:48Look at this.
00:29:49Look at this.
00:29:50Oh, good for you!
00:29:52That was the best way I've seen Kuhan use his hands.
00:29:56Big back elbow.
00:29:58Looking for the tag.
00:30:00Separation, crea-oh, not quite.
00:30:02Oh, Camerotto!
00:30:04Man, that short clothesline, just that distance,
00:30:06wrist controls everything, and Camerotto shows that.
00:30:11I wish we could get through to this guy, Caprice.
00:30:13He's so, he's got all the potential in the world.
00:30:16Oh my goodness.
00:30:17See, this is what I'm talking about.
00:30:18It feels like he's doing the bidding of a man
00:30:20who does not care for him.
00:30:21Oh!
00:30:22Camerotto to one!
00:30:23Tell me!
00:30:24And it's Daddy Magic, Papa Magie!
00:30:29Daddy Magic gotta find another way to hit Camerotto,
00:30:32to take him down.
00:30:33Daddy Magic can find it, though.
00:30:34There you go, lay out the way, hit him high, there you go.
00:30:38Nice forearm there.
00:30:39See if you can hit!
00:30:41Oh!
00:30:42Oh!
00:30:42Oh!
00:30:43Oh!
00:30:44He's gonna hit!
00:30:46Look at this.
00:30:48Gracious.
00:30:51Right, those fists are coming down hard with the body.
00:30:54Oh!
00:30:54Cool hand!
00:30:57Takes out!
00:30:58Lost, nice drop to a hole!
00:31:00And there you go, cool hand with a big elbow!
00:31:03Woo!
00:31:06Uh-oh!
00:31:08Double DDT on Camerotto!
00:31:11Lateral press to, got him!
00:31:13Wow!
00:31:16Who is this in this match?
00:31:17The team of cool hand, Angelo Parker.
00:31:19Daddy Magic, that's where you hang out!
00:31:23Smart game plan, working well together,
00:31:24making the best of their time, that double DDT,
00:31:27but anytime you get somebody that big,
00:31:28laying on their head, all that neck,
00:31:30all that weight going to the neck,
00:31:31that'll turn your right arm.
00:31:33Look at this, look at this.
00:31:39That's it, not even one out of place.
00:31:44And what a great win here tonight!
00:31:47Earth-topping machine!
00:31:49And cool hand, and victorious!
00:31:53And a dejected Nick Camerotto gets to the mat.
00:32:14I ain't prepared to die!
00:32:17I just get to write your eulogy.
00:32:19As if the stakes could get any higher.
00:32:22Your title versus my career.
00:32:24This will be your final countdown.
00:32:27This is all in!
00:32:37Fans, this is on the history.
00:32:38All right, hold on, Bobby!
00:32:40Why does he always do this?
00:32:42Everybody knows that we are the Premier Athletes,
00:32:46and this is Tony Nese!
00:32:51Everybody's wondering maybe why the Premier Athletes
00:32:55are on every show, every day, every week,
00:32:59and that's because the Premier Athletes equal ratings.
00:33:06I've been told that every Honor Club episode
00:33:10that Tony Nese is on
00:33:13is the highest rated episode of all time.
00:33:17Is that true?
00:33:18And that's because he walks like a star,
00:33:21talks like a star, wrestles like a star,
00:33:25and he wins like a star!
00:33:29And tonight, he shows his opponent what winning is,
00:33:35which is something you people know nothing about.
00:33:39I rest my case.
00:33:43Well, a mixed bag of honesty there from Smart Mark Sterling.
00:33:47Nah, that was flatulent.
00:33:48As Nese has his hands full here tonight!
00:33:56This match is set for one fall of a 20-minute time limit.
00:33:58Introducing the opponent,
00:34:00wrestling at the DMV,
00:34:02weighing 171 pounds,
00:34:05Leo Rush!
00:34:09Welcome home, Leo Rush!
00:34:11Yes!
00:34:12Here in ROH, it was so great to see Leo Rush return
00:34:16right before Death reported his honor.
00:34:20And here in Arlington in Eastport Stadium,
00:34:24I would argue, Leo's been one of the MVPs.
00:34:26Yep.
00:34:27The athleticism, the victory, that million-dollar smile.
00:34:31Leo Rush.
00:34:33I'll tell you what, it feels like enlightenment
00:34:36is right in the world with Leo being here in ROH.
00:34:38Yeah, and the experience that he's had around the world,
00:34:41man, I remember it.
00:34:43I remember when Leo Rush started at Ring of Honor,
00:34:45we tried to recruit him into Rebellion,
00:34:47but he wanted to do things on his own,
00:34:48and he's done a great job, I have to admit it.
00:34:57Certainly did.
00:34:59And he's been a great star in Ring of Honor
00:35:01and New Japan AEW.
00:35:03As the co-ed of honor here too,
00:35:05referee Brandon Martinez.
00:35:06Oh, look at this, it's Nese though,
00:35:09coming hot out of the gate with these big left hands,
00:35:12some forearms mixed in,
00:35:13now just driving down a close fist.
00:35:15This is showing, a lot of times you don't see
00:35:17Nese start off like this,
00:35:18but this is Nese knowing that he's in the ring
00:35:20with a wrestler, somebody very evasive like Leo Rush,
00:35:23and Nese is trying to take it to him fast
00:35:26to get the advantage.
00:35:26Look at Mark Hunter, look at him, not even in the match.
00:35:30This is despicable.
00:35:32You know, at least the lies don't physically hurt anybody.
00:35:39Sometimes they may create a mental advantage,
00:35:42but I draw the line at the physicality.
00:35:44Yeah.
00:35:47There's fans around the country, around the world,
00:35:48making their plans to watch y'all in this weekend.
00:35:50The only way you can watch y'all in is on pay-per-view.
00:35:53You can purchase the event on Bleacher Report,
00:35:55cable and satellite operators, Triller TV,
00:35:57YouTube, ppb.com, and DAZN.
00:36:00Make your plans now to watch y'all in this Sunday.
00:36:09Up and over Leo Rush.
00:36:11Swings around through the legs.
00:36:12Look at how quick Rush is, look at this.
00:36:14It's cat and mouse with Leo Rush.
00:36:15The evasive, the fleetness that I was talking about
00:36:18with Leo Rush, and that's why Nese the type of person
00:36:21is trying to keep him, catch him at cat and mouse.
00:36:24Oh, look at this.
00:36:25It's Rush, it's misdirection, oh!
00:36:28It's a swift man, swiftness out here.
00:36:31My goodness, look at this, the close eye.
00:36:38And it is Rush.
00:36:40Corner to corner, up and over, Rush goes.
00:36:44Big right forearm, delivers on Nese.
00:36:47Nese back in, shoulder to the midsection.
00:36:51And you cannot anticipate the movement of Rush, man.
00:36:56Thinks outside the box.
00:36:59And it's Rush, springboard, look at the way he just floats.
00:37:03Yeah, Rush is a tight person, man.
00:37:04He thinks of a maneuver, he can do it.
00:37:07He thinks about doing something to do it,
00:37:09avoiding Nese right there.
00:37:11Nice combination, my goodness, avoided that one.
00:37:15Swing and a miss there.
00:37:16Wow, look at this exchange, Rush just a little bit quicker,
00:37:19just a little bit faster.
00:37:20It's Leo Rush now, off the ropes, ducks down Nese,
00:37:22beautiful sunset flip, rolls through,
00:37:24Nese back, Nese takes the head off of Leo Rush.
00:37:27Saw Nese gain his balance on that sunset flip,
00:37:30knew exactly where Rush's head was supposed to be,
00:37:33and threw that kick and definitely landed.
00:37:35See right there, Rush is in a lot of trouble
00:37:37grabbing that ear, hit that ear drum.
00:37:40Well, you make a great point, Caprice.
00:37:41Both these men move so fast
00:37:43that oftentimes they're anticipating
00:37:45where they think their opponents will be.
00:37:46Anticipation is 90% of the game, Riccoboni.
00:37:50They do such a great job with the fast movement,
00:37:54the sweeps of Nese, so critical against high flyers
00:37:58like Leo Rush to take their legs out of the game.
00:38:00And Nese is such an essential dad here.
00:38:02Riccoboni does everything well,
00:38:04well put together, great condition.
00:38:07Knows how to wrestle,
00:38:08knows how to put a game plan together.
00:38:12And I think he's found what he needed to find,
00:38:13and Rush is gonna continue to work
00:38:15on that lower back of Leo Rush.
00:38:19And now leading Rush back to a vertical base,
00:38:21but Rush connects across the chest there.
00:38:24Whatever Nese had in mind has to go on the back burner
00:38:26as Rush takes control of the offense.
00:38:29Ooh.
00:38:30Off that foot.
00:38:31Look at Nese.
00:38:32Pump handle style.
00:38:33Yeah, Nese has Rush.
00:38:37Great separation to close the gap off the ropes.
00:38:39Oh, come on!
00:38:40Wow!
00:38:41Again!
00:38:42Oh man, just only takes a second, Riccoboni.
00:38:44It only takes a second to get your mind off your opponent.
00:38:47One second.
00:38:48Two!
00:38:50Nice tight cover there.
00:38:51That's the thing about Nese, man.
00:38:53Everything he does, he does so well.
00:38:55You have somebody outside the ring like Mark Sterling.
00:38:59Would've been an absolute shame
00:39:00if the match was decided on that,
00:39:01but I'll tell you that.
00:39:03Any time I see Rush still moving, man,
00:39:05it's still an opportunity for him to win.
00:39:06He comes out of nowhere with his movements.
00:39:10Nese sending Leo Rush to the outside now.
00:39:12Oh, come on!
00:39:13Again!
00:39:14It's the ambulance chaser!
00:39:15Giving the awkward stomp to Leo Rush.
00:39:19Yeah, Brandon Martinez.
00:39:22Eyes diverted.
00:39:24Sterling, and the cover here.
00:39:27One.
00:39:28One count there.
00:39:30Great presses and everything, man.
00:39:34Well, Nese-
00:39:35Leveled across the chest.
00:39:36Yeah, Nese has to know, though,
00:39:37that his own foot was under the ropes.
00:39:40That's no man's land.
00:39:41You know what?
00:39:42I wouldn't have seen that.
00:39:43That's something that only Brandon can point out.
00:39:44Yeah, we have great officials here,
00:39:45the best in the world.
00:39:46So glad you're not a referee.
00:39:47You're right.
00:39:49As Nese-
00:39:50Oh, wow!
00:39:51Definitely in control now.
00:39:53Anytime you see an opponent drop like that,
00:39:55that's involuntary.
00:39:57That's your legs giving out from under you.
00:39:59Got a great crowd here once again.
00:40:00Oh, for goodness!
00:40:04Jeez!
00:40:05The velocity that Leo hit that did not allow him
00:40:09to land all the way in the turnbuckle.
00:40:11Oh, come on!
00:40:11He hit the top turnbuckle
00:40:13and fell to the outside through the ropes.
00:40:16Probably hit the apron on the way down in the floor.
00:40:18He hit three times.
00:40:20His body went stiff.
00:40:21Thankfully, his arms are moving here,
00:40:22but his whole body went stiff.
00:40:25His neck went stiff.
00:40:30Oh, come on.
00:40:31I hope you're happy, Sterling.
00:40:33I really do.
00:40:35As Nese sending Rush using his head to-
00:40:42Two count only there.
00:40:43Might've been enough out the cocky cover, though.
00:40:46It made it give Rush at least a breath of air,
00:40:47but right here with that vice grip right there
00:40:50with this sizzle lock,
00:40:51definitely trying to squeeze the breath out of Leo Rush
00:40:53and grabbing, working on that rib cage,
00:40:56working on the back area
00:40:57that Nese has put so much work in.
00:41:00Crowd rally coming alive around Leo Rush.
00:41:06The support here in Arlington palpable for Ring of Honor,
00:41:09for Leo Rush.
00:41:10Esports Stadium is Nese.
00:41:14Yeah, look at Rush's agony, man.
00:41:16It's a lot of pain.
00:41:18Big forearm shots, delivering it out,
00:41:20breaking free of that waist lock, scissor lock.
00:41:26Leo, a Washington, D.C., amateur champion.
00:41:30Yes, yes.
00:41:31A great wrestling background, collegiate style.
00:41:38Went pro at age 18, though.
00:41:40Ooh, wow.
00:41:43And that's dirty wrestling right there by Nese.
00:41:46Macho man style.
00:41:47Goodness.
00:41:48The thing about Nese, man, he puts them together, man.
00:41:50He hits you in the throat
00:41:51and then brings your throat across the steel.
00:41:54And it's Nese.
00:41:55Look at that outside.
00:41:56And no one home on the triangle moonsault.
00:42:02And Leo Rush fighting through everything, man.
00:42:05You gotta know that he's so much pain right now,
00:42:08but giving everything Rush has got.
00:42:10Driving that forearm to the chin of Nese,
00:42:12and Nese is still standing,
00:42:14but Rush continues to throw it at him.
00:42:17And it's a change here.
00:42:18Turns into a one-sided affair.
00:42:19Rush with a continuous forearm.
00:42:21Irish whip reverse.
00:42:22Put the legs back in the back of that pump handle.
00:42:24Nese is gonna get him!
00:42:26Oh my God!
00:42:27Dropped Rush on his head!
00:42:28Cover!
00:42:29Two!
00:42:30Oh!
00:42:31And a piledriver!
00:42:32How?
00:42:33Two and three-fourths.
00:42:37Wow!
00:42:39That's the type of throw,
00:42:40that's the type of thing, man,
00:42:41it sends twinges going down your back, man.
00:42:45It sent vibrations down my spine
00:42:48just watching Rush endure that.
00:42:52It's Nese now.
00:42:53Nese almost looks lifeless here.
00:42:57Dragging a prone Leo Rush into the corner.
00:43:02He likes to drive those boots.
00:43:04Yeah.
00:43:05Oh goodness.
00:43:06Maybe take too long setting this stuff up,
00:43:08taking too much time.
00:43:09He wants to drive those knees into the face of Rush.
00:43:12Too much time.
00:43:13Yeah!
00:43:14Oh!
00:43:14Back to his feet with a clothesline, Leo Rush.
00:43:16Everything Leo Rush had went into that wrist right there
00:43:20and it paid off.
00:43:23Rush trying to keep the energy alive.
00:43:24Keep it going, keep it moving.
00:43:26You see the jubilation during the fear in the eyes
00:43:29of Mark Sterling on the outside.
00:43:31It's Rush now.
00:43:32Irish whip counter by Nese.
00:43:34It's Rush!
00:43:36Revenge!
00:43:38I don't even want to replay that.
00:43:39Just see Mark Sterling do what he deserves.
00:43:42Oh, wait a minute, Leo!
00:43:43Oh, to the outside.
00:43:45Nese now.
00:43:46It's Rush!
00:43:47There you go!
00:43:48Killing it!
00:43:52That's how you clean a house, Rick Obani.
00:43:54Action!
00:43:55Fast and Furious here!
00:43:59And I want that replay on Sterling
00:44:00for my personal collection.
00:44:02It is!
00:44:03Oh!
00:44:04It's Rush!
00:44:06Downstairs, upstairs with the cover!
00:44:09Rush getting ready to put it away, Rick Obani.
00:44:12Looking for the final hour!
00:44:16Make the cover, make the cover!
00:44:19One, two, Nese!
00:44:21Who will win this match?
00:44:25Leo Rush!
00:44:30Leo Rush's role continues here in Ring of Honor.
00:44:34And in my opinion, winning that bout two on one.
00:44:37Yeah, heard an impressive victory here by Leo Rush,
00:44:40showing everybody that he is here to stay.
00:44:45The determination in Leo Rush's eyes,
00:44:47he has not been denied yet, Rick Obani.
00:44:50Welcome back, for sure.
00:44:53One of the great athletes,
00:44:55and now becoming one of the great winners
00:44:57here in Ring of Honor.
00:44:58Dispatching of Tony Nese and Smart Mark Sterling,
00:45:01Leo Rush!
00:45:03Finding himself in the driver's seat here in our own.
00:45:13The time has come,
00:45:15All-In Weekend is upon us this Sunday.
00:45:17Casino gauntlet match,
00:45:19the winner gets a guaranteed AEW World Title shot.
00:45:22So many titles on the line in London.
00:45:25The AEW World Trio Championship is on the line,
00:45:29and this Saturday on Collision,
00:45:30we find out what the fourth team will be.
00:45:33And the FTW title will be on the line.
00:45:36Chris Jericho, the champion,
00:45:38defends against Hook.
00:45:39Retribution, revenge in the air.
00:45:43Another title match,
00:45:44the TNT Championship will be defended in a coffin match,
00:45:48as Jack Perry takes on Darby Allin.
00:45:51And that's not all, Caprice.
00:45:52Ten years of history between FTR and The Young Bucks
00:45:55come to a head,
00:45:56but the acclaimed in that third position,
00:45:58looking to walk out of All-In
00:46:00as the AEW World Tag Team Champs.
00:46:02The AEW Women's World Championship is on the line
00:46:05as champion, timeless Toni Thorne takes on Mariah May
00:46:09to prove that it's not all about Mariah.
00:46:12And the big one,
00:46:13the AEW American Championship on the line.
00:46:16MJF adorning the title in stars and stripes,
00:46:18the aerial assassin,
00:46:20looking to make it international once more.
00:46:23The TBS Championship on the line,
00:46:25as Mercedes Bonet has a dentist appointment
00:46:29with Dr. Britt Baker, DMD.
00:46:32And history will be made.
00:46:34The Hall of Fame career of Bryan Danielson is on the line
00:46:37when he challenges Swerve Strickland
00:46:38for the AEW World Championship.
00:46:40He looks to slay Danielson's dragon.
00:46:44Following contest is scheduled for one fall
00:46:46with a 60 minute time limit.
00:46:48And it is for the Ring of Honor World Championship.
00:46:56Ring of Honor World Championship on the line here tonight.
00:47:03Introducing first,
00:47:04the challenger,
00:47:06wrestling on Torreon, Mexico,
00:47:09weighing 202 pounds,
00:47:11The Beast Mortos.
00:47:16The Beast Mortos, Caprice,
00:47:17shocked the world on Dynamite a couple of weeks ago.
00:47:21It was six man tag team action.
00:47:24Beast Mortos able to secure the victory
00:47:27over the Ring of Honor World Champion.
00:47:30That has led us to tonight's world title battle.
00:47:33That's right, it's not a proven ground.
00:47:34It's a match anytime you get a win over the champion,
00:47:36champion has to defend.
00:47:38Reach for the sky, boy.
00:47:45It's a verdict.
00:47:46Rustic out of Sandy, Fort Delaware,
00:47:50weighing 229 pounds.
00:47:52He is the Ring of Honor World Champion,
00:47:58Mark Briscoe.
00:48:02If there's one man that does not mind defending his title,
00:48:06defending Ring of Honor,
00:48:07defending his family,
00:48:09it's this man right here.
00:48:10Our Ring of Honor Champion, Mark Briscoe.
00:48:12Mark Briscoe though, enters tonight, Caprice,
00:48:15with a bit of a question mark surrounding him
00:48:17against a man who has a victory over him.
00:48:22And he's undefeated in Ring of Honor.
00:48:23Absolutely, and Mark Briscoe,
00:48:26who nearly has completed that same statement
00:48:29with very few exceptions in single competition
00:48:33since the Ring of Honor relaunch.
00:48:35Mark Briscoe has been absolutely on fire.
00:48:39Captured the Ring of Honor World Title in Philadelphia,
00:48:42back at Supercard of Honor.
00:48:44Tremendous defense on Honor Club
00:48:46against longtime rival Roderick Strong
00:48:49in Death Before Dishonor.
00:48:51Tonight, the world title on the line there.
00:48:53You see it?
00:48:54That camo befitting, yes, of the Briscoe family.
00:49:01And here tonight, it is Mark Beast Mortos.
00:49:06Something has to give in the House of Honor.
00:49:11I'll tell you what, Mortos is one that has it all.
00:49:13I call him like a ultimate hybrid.
00:49:15He's fast, he's strong.
00:49:18He's savvy, puts game plans together.
00:49:21He's explosive.
00:49:24Two beast-locking horns.
00:49:25Yeah, Mark has his hands full.
00:49:28Mark Briscoe, the one man not afraid
00:49:29to stare down in the eyes of the beast,
00:49:31but it's Mortos!
00:49:33The shotgun dropkick, Mark Briscoe into the corner.
00:49:35Things are starting off hot.
00:49:36Mortos up and over to the outside.
00:49:39Mortos trying to cast it all in
00:49:40and caught a spicy dropkick.
00:49:42Certainly did.
00:49:43Mortos down.
00:49:44Mark Briscoe looking to take a trip to truth
00:49:46or consequences here.
00:49:47Bang, bang!
00:49:49And down, delivers the elbow.
00:49:54And it is Mark Briscoe now,
00:49:56grabbing the horns of Beast Mortos.
00:49:59Sending him to the inside now.
00:50:03Mark Briscoe, looking for the kick
00:50:06to the midsection, gets it.
00:50:07Briscoe trying to put away.
00:50:08Yeah, looking for the chain trailer already perhaps.
00:50:12Swing and a miss there.
00:50:14And now into the corner, Mark Briscoe, the champion.
00:50:17This has been so quick.
00:50:18We're not even 30 seconds in.
00:50:20The pendulum has swung in six different directions.
00:50:22Already.
00:50:24Two.
00:50:25Oh!
00:50:26That's what I mean by fast and powerful.
00:50:27Mortos pulled the champion in for a whiplash power slam.
00:50:35Mortos, so quick already.
00:50:37And now, into the neck.
00:50:40Bouncing that neck up and down.
00:50:41Mark Briscoe has been no stranger to competition.
00:50:44Competing with the conglomeration,
00:50:46whether it's Dynamite,
00:50:47whether it's collision.
00:50:48Oh my goodness.
00:50:49Tearing at the shoulders here.
00:50:50And I think that, to me,
00:50:53is going to be the advantage Mortos has Caprice.
00:50:55I think Mortos is just a little bit fractured.
00:50:58I think Mark Briscoe has been fighting too many,
00:51:00maybe a two-front, three-front war,
00:51:02whether it's...
00:51:04Oh, come on.
00:51:06Whether it's the members of the Don Calis family,
00:51:08the premier athletes, you name it.
00:51:10Briscoe has been fending off challengers in all directions.
00:51:14I don't know if Mark's trying to keep
00:51:15a tube in his mouth or gum.
00:51:17Something's falling out.
00:51:18And look at this.
00:51:19Mortos.
00:51:22And Briscoe able to counter there, up and over.
00:51:24Briscoe, up and over.
00:51:25Mortos again.
00:51:26Mortos is so strong, but it's the...
00:51:28Uh-oh.
00:51:29Going around that kung fu.
00:51:31Yeah.
00:51:32Veteran savvy right there, Mark Briscoe.
00:51:34Getting attention of Mortos.
00:51:36Taking him off.
00:51:37He's getting him planned.
00:51:38Staying with those chops.
00:51:39Those chops hurt Ricker Bonney.
00:51:40The knife-ass chops.
00:51:41Can't even imagine.
00:51:43Off the ropes.
00:51:44Big time forearm there.
00:51:48Tell you what, man.
00:51:49I've never seen Mortos in so much trouble in a match.
00:51:54And trying to kind of grind away on Mortos.
00:51:58This chin lock going.
00:51:59Oh!
00:52:00The snout of Mortos.
00:52:02Tell you, Mark is not scared, man.
00:52:03Mark is taking it to Mortos.
00:52:07But I tell you, think about Mortos, man.
00:52:09He comes out of nowhere with these moves
00:52:10that take a lot from you at one time.
00:52:13These explosive moves.
00:52:15But the champion's staying on his beast.
00:52:18And Mark Briscoe, the 33rd individual
00:52:21to win the Ring of Honor World Championship.
00:52:2340th reign overall.
00:52:25And I tell you what, man.
00:52:25You can't talk about Ring of Honor
00:52:27without talking about the Briscoes.
00:52:29What great champion we have.
00:52:31Absolutely.
00:52:32Jeez!
00:52:33Jeez!
00:52:33My God.
00:52:34Open hands.
00:52:35And Mark Briscoe notorious for those frying pan-sized hands.
00:52:39Ricker Bonney, I felt those chops
00:52:40more than I want to allude to.
00:52:42And they sound, they feel just like they sound.
00:52:45Nice side Russian leg sweep there.
00:52:47Cover here.
00:52:48Two.
00:52:50That's a heat check cover to see where Mortos is
00:52:52at this stage in the match.
00:52:54And maybe to slow things down,
00:52:55Mark's not afraid to turn the temperature up,
00:52:57but Mortos had it on a runaway train pace early on.
00:53:00Well, Mark definitely dictating the pace here.
00:53:03That's what a champion does.
00:53:04Mortos trying to stay alive,
00:53:05and Mortos really moves good in fast-paced action.
00:53:09The ropes now.
00:53:10Yeah, look at that.
00:53:11Wow, nice spin around.
00:53:12Whoa!
00:53:13Kick to the midsection.
00:53:14Back elbow rattles Mark.
00:53:15Nice snap mirror there.
00:53:16It is.
00:53:17Oh my goodness.
00:53:19And Mortos has found the bullseye
00:53:20on the neck of Mark Briscoe.
00:53:21Boom and hit, but could have knocked out the champion.
00:53:26I think Mark's gonna realize
00:53:27that you give this guy momentum.
00:53:28If you let him get speed going, he will continue.
00:53:31So Mark needs another opportunity.
00:53:34Cover, stays in here.
00:53:35That could have been it.
00:53:36Right there with the lace man,
00:53:37keeping Mark's arm down.
00:53:39Mortos inside of there as a smart wrestler.
00:53:41Well, think about the damage done in blood and guts
00:53:45in the match with Roderick Strong.
00:53:47You name it, Mark Briscoe has had just these deposits
00:53:50on his body, piling up week after week
00:53:53as he's trying to fight back.
00:53:54He's not only a fighting champion,
00:53:56but he's a man who will stand up for his friends,
00:53:59who will stand up for Ring of Honor, for AEW.
00:54:02But you see their battles with Cabana.
00:54:04We call it seizing on a veteran.
00:54:08And it's Briscoe now in trouble here.
00:54:10Mortos looking to take full-fledged advantage.
00:54:14Wow.
00:54:15That's a plant slam, Ricker Bonney.
00:54:17Mortos has more in mind.
00:54:22Mark Briscoe's down and the world champion
00:54:24in trouble here is the challenger.
00:54:25It's a short window.
00:54:26Mark has to get out the way.
00:54:27There you go, up to his feet.
00:54:30Delivers the knife edge.
00:54:31Now second rope on the inside.
00:54:33Separation created again, that throat, that neck.
00:54:35Briscoe powers back up, shot of his own.
00:54:40And it's Briscoe trying to fight back in.
00:54:42Whoa.
00:54:43And it's four-armed Briscoe.
00:54:45Goodness.
00:54:47It's the base that Mortos has, man.
00:54:49He has that great base sitting on that turnbuckle there.
00:54:52As long as he has that base,
00:54:54it's gonna be hard to deal with.
00:54:55Mark has to get past that to be able to execute a move.
00:54:59And Mortos is making it very hard.
00:55:01Yep.
00:55:02Every time Mark stands on that second turnbuckle,
00:55:04that's all he has.
00:55:05Mortos has a lot to stand on.
00:55:07Now he's moved to the front.
00:55:09Yo, the thrust.
00:55:11And Briscoe that time, able to take advantage.
00:55:13Great analysis there, Caprice.
00:55:16Outlining the leverage play from Briscoe.
00:55:18And it's Mark, the world champion with the Cannonball.
00:55:24Bringing out all stock, just a champion.
00:55:26Delivering what he most.
00:55:27Now he's rear-ended the first,
00:55:29like Briscoe through Rick's body.
00:55:32And we're getting ready for a little chair hold down.
00:55:36As Mark Briscoe normally gets the beat going.
00:55:40This time, he knows the stakes are higher.
00:55:42No wasted time.
00:55:43No wasted energy.
00:55:45Cannonball over the top.
00:55:47Landing on his feet is the champion,
00:55:49just in case he was running, if his knees was healed up.
00:55:54And Briscoe feeling it here in Arlington,
00:55:57the world title on the line.
00:55:59Tell you what, man, you can almost see the champion
00:56:01on every station that AEW is on.
00:56:04And now we're seeing him here,
00:56:06the schedule of the champion.
00:56:08Whoa!
00:56:09It's not keeping him from defending the title
00:56:11and defending it well.
00:56:12Laying on his feet again,
00:56:13that corkscrew moonsault to the outside.
00:56:17Got absolutely all of it.
00:56:19He is sticking and moving right now on Beast Mortos,
00:56:22and he has the advantage in this world title bout.
00:56:24Has Mortos standing to his feet?
00:56:27Does it matter?
00:56:27Oh, big clothesline!
00:56:30And we saw those, he and Eddie Kingston,
00:56:32go back and forth with those at Supercard.
00:56:34Leg hook, two!
00:56:36Two count only.
00:56:37Definitely has Mortos off his game,
00:56:39and Mark realizes the fight that's inside Mortos.
00:56:43But Mark, like Mr. T in Rocket 3,
00:56:44is like, you want more?
00:56:45I got a whole lot of more.
00:56:47Mortos trying to get to a table,
00:56:50to a vertical base, he does.
00:56:51Kicked in the midsection.
00:56:52The champion to the challenger.
00:56:53Look at the butterfly of those arms again
00:56:54for the J-Driller.
00:56:56Mortos, though, too smart,
00:56:57too energized at this point, perhaps.
00:57:00Mortos avoiding the J-Driller.
00:57:01Oh, because that would have been it.
00:57:03Off the ropes.
00:57:04Hop, hop.
00:57:05That's what I mean!
00:57:05Oh, goodness!
00:57:07Out of nowhere, Mortos hits these high-impact,
00:57:09what the?
00:57:11Out of anywhere, Mortos hits these high-impact moves
00:57:14that take so much from you.
00:57:15We almost had a new champion, Rick Obani.
00:57:17And think about that.
00:57:19All of the momentum, the energy here
00:57:21in Esports Stadium in Arlington
00:57:23that Mark Briscoe had built up,
00:57:25it was wiped away with one move.
00:57:26There's a confidence that you have
00:57:28when you pin a champion,
00:57:30and you get a championship opportunity.
00:57:32You know you can beat him.
00:57:33You just have to beat him again.
00:57:35Look at this.
00:57:36Mark Briscoe shot to the midsection here.
00:57:38Trying for that J-Driller one more time.
00:57:40The third time, third time is blocked by Mortos.
00:57:43Yeah, he does not have Mortos beaten down enough,
00:57:46or wore down enough to lock in that J-Driller.
00:57:49May have to change his game plan.
00:57:52And look at Mark sizing Mortos up.
00:57:55Around the world, tilt the world.
00:57:57There's no way this ends well.
00:57:59Oh!
00:58:00Into the backbreaker!
00:58:02Caught the champion, cover now!
00:58:03Two, could it be?
00:58:04Mm!
00:58:05Tell you what, man,
00:58:06if Mortos had a full press cover on that,
00:58:09that might have been enough.
00:58:10All Mark had was the ability to throw up that left shoulder.
00:58:16And Mark Briscoe in danger here.
00:58:20As the challengers,
00:58:21we take a look at this great crowd here
00:58:23at Esports Stadium in Arlington.
00:58:25He's calling for the in, he's gonna try to throw!
00:58:27Mark on his head!
00:58:28Certainly was.
00:58:29And Mark, separation off the ropes.
00:58:32Mortos up!
00:58:35McCauley driver plants the challenger.
00:58:38Look at him go up top!
00:58:39Look at him hit the froggy ball!
00:58:40Yeah!
00:58:41Looking to cross the finish line here,
00:58:42retain the Riccobono World Title!
00:58:45He's up!
00:58:47Briscoe!
00:58:48No!
00:58:49Froggy, no, Riccoboni!
00:58:51Mortos!
00:58:52Mortos works out the champ!
00:58:54My goodness.
00:58:55He may have knocked the wind out of him!
00:58:57Cover!
00:58:57Two new champions!
00:58:59Tell you, Briscoe had those eyes wide shut, Riccoboni.
00:59:03His eyes were wide open, nobody was home.
00:59:05And it's Mortos, the challenger,
00:59:07who continues the movement,
00:59:08continues to look for ways to put away the champion.
00:59:12Front face lock!
00:59:14Big body slam!
00:59:15And it's Mortos with the champion in trouble now!
00:59:19Yeah, but you can't walk when the champion's down.
00:59:22As you see Mark crawling closer,
00:59:23he's setting up Mortos.
00:59:25Mortos going all the way!
00:59:26Mortos has no idea.
00:59:28It's a smart champion, Riccoboni.
00:59:30He's gonna let him do it.
00:59:31Yeah, let him do it.
00:59:33Now Mark's gonna capitalize.
00:59:34You will see no more mistakes from Mark Briscoe.
00:59:37Watch me on this.
00:59:38Champion, big running kick there!
00:59:42And he grabs the challenger.
00:59:44Situates the challenger, center of the ring.
00:59:46Yep, look at that, the agility of Briscoe.
00:59:48He's deep in the bout!
00:59:50Briscoe up top, Froggy!
00:59:52Oh, gotta make the cover!
00:59:54Plants the challenger!
00:59:56Two, one!
00:59:58Only a one count!
00:59:59Only a one count!
01:00:01Briscoe has put away people with that Froggy bow,
01:00:05and now the challenger's getting back on his feet!
01:00:09Mortos back up!
01:00:10Separation created!
01:00:12Oh!
01:00:14Drives the skull through Briscoe!
01:00:17Lariat plants the challenger,
01:00:18but both men so staggered on spaghetti legs!
01:00:21He's trying that J-Drill again!
01:00:22This might be his last shot!
01:00:24Got him!
01:00:25He's got him!
01:00:26That's gonna be enough, Riccoboni!
01:00:28I promise you that much!
01:00:29Two!
01:00:30That's it!
01:00:31Reach for the sky, boy!
01:00:35The winner of this match, and still
01:00:38Ring of Honor World Champion,
01:00:41Mark Briscoe!
01:00:44What a battle for the Ring of Honor World Title!
01:00:49Mark Briscoe!
01:00:53A vengeance!
01:00:54What we saw on Dynamite,
01:00:57and one-on-one right now on Ring of Honor.
01:01:01I don't know if anyone can stop Mark Briscoe,
01:01:07who has the power of the fans,
01:01:10who has the power of something greater
01:01:11behind him right now.
01:01:12Absolutely, the power of something greater.
01:01:15Lord Satan Jesus Christ's brother
01:01:17looking down on him as well.
01:01:19That's a champion right there, Riccoboni.
01:01:22Fighting through adversity for the win.
01:01:25What an amazing episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling
01:01:27this week from Briscoe and I'm Ian Riccoboni.
01:01:30Happy wrestling, everybody!