ROH Wrestling 9/26/24 – September 26th, 2024 full show
ROH Wrestling 9/26/24 – September 26th, 2024 full show
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00:00:00Welcome everyone to Rigobono Wrestling, it's Ian Ricobono and Caprice Coleman.
00:00:18What a night of action here tonight, including Rigobono's pure championship match, Tiger
00:00:22Style Elite Moriarty defends against Preston Bates.
00:00:25This show is sure to be a thriller as the living dead girl Abadon still lurks Athena
00:00:30like a creature of the night, awaiting their victim in singles action.
00:00:34Wow, and in tag team action we will see Boulder and Jack Jameson of the Iron Savages take
00:00:41on the Dark Order's John Silver and Alex Reynolds.
00:00:44While the rest of the world is still trying to figure out whether Brian Cage is man or
00:00:49machine, we get to witness his freakish athleticism and un-ness aesthetics in action tonight.
00:00:55And for the first time since the Emergency Man, we will see Athena, the longest reigning
00:00:59champion of any kind in ROH, teaming with the former Ring of Honor Women's World Television
00:01:04Champion, Billie Starks.
00:01:05And in a match that will command your attention as a high-flying, innovative spectacle made
00:01:09for TV, commander, nurses, Johnny TV, Ring of Honor starts now.
00:01:18Going to be an incredible night of action, we're going to kick things off hot with the
00:01:21former World Television Champion against one of the fastest rising stars in ROH.
00:01:25The following contest is scheduled for one fall with a 20 minute time limit.
00:01:28Introducing first, not covered into the ring by Leo Rush from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
00:01:35weighing 188 pounds, Action Andretti!
00:01:41What a response for Action Andretti, making his way down to the ring with Leo Rush who
00:01:46is victorious against Rocky Romero in the main event here on ROH.
00:01:51But for fans who follow AEW, Ring of Honor, Caprice, Action Andretti, a little bit of
00:01:55a different attitude as of late.
00:01:57Hey, but check it out, man, you deserve it when you can rock like that, you've got a
00:02:01crew that you're rocking with, getting some wins under your belt, confidence rising.
00:02:05You'll be feeling yourself too, Rigobonny.
00:02:08Certainly want a huge test ahead though, a former Ring of Honor World Television Champion.
00:02:13We go back to our guinea.
00:02:14And his opponent, Tony Jeffins!
00:02:21And this was a match I didn't know I wanted to see until it was signed, Code of Honor
00:02:27adheres to.
00:02:29Tony Jeffins, one of my favorites, Rigobonny, we're going to dive into the deep end.
00:02:34Certainly, speaking of that, last night, side headlock takeover.
00:02:39It was AEW Dynamite from Arthur Ash Grand Slam, nice side headlock there.
00:02:45Next week, AEW comes to the Peterson Event Center to celebrate the 5th anniversary, I
00:02:49can't believe it's been 5 years already.
00:02:52Time moves when you're having fun.
00:02:54Yeah, coming to you October 2nd, too!
00:02:58Tickets are limited, AWTIX.com, looking for the backslide here.
00:03:02A lot of ROH flavor last night, of course, Ryan Danielson, Nigel McGinnis, now off the
00:03:07ropes, shoulder tackle!
00:03:09And it's Andretti, and this crowd, I don't know if they know what to make of Andretti,
00:03:16he's been more aggressive as of late.
00:03:19And stepping the former TV champ cover, two!
00:03:25It's hard when you're a wrestler and you become more aggressive, and you get it, watch
00:03:30his pin!
00:03:31Oh, nice trap, trap, two!
00:03:33It's hard to balance that, because sometimes you can be aggressive and not be a bad person.
00:03:38You're just being more assertive in your actions because you're wanting those wins.
00:03:42Sometimes you can be too nice.
00:03:44Well, we've seen that before.
00:03:46Be a nice cost Aminata television title, Rick Abadi.
00:03:52Well, it certainly did.
00:03:53Billy Starks had her opportunities.
00:03:57Queen Aminata did as well.
00:03:59Those mind games, taking advantage.
00:04:03Oh, knife edge chop there.
00:04:05Deppett is a hard man to game plan for.
00:04:08Those unorthodox, Bob Backlund-style movements, kind of of the new age.
00:04:12Yeah, Deppett can take a lot of punishment, too.
00:04:18What the word!
00:04:20Look at that!
00:04:22Beautiful wristlock takeover into the drop kick.
00:04:25It's actually Andretti on the roll here.
00:04:27I mean, talking about hard to plan.
00:04:29Yeah, that assertiveness is gaining confidence.
00:04:33Watch this!
00:04:35Springboard twist, cover, two!
00:04:37And Deppett, so well conditioned.
00:04:41And a victory over Deppett would go a long way.
00:04:45It's huge, man.
00:04:46And I like the condition of Deppett, man.
00:04:48He can, he has so much resilience.
00:04:50He can take, we've seen him take beating after beating after beating and not die!
00:04:54No, a snapmare.
00:04:56Of course, formerly associated with AEW's Brody King hooks the leg here, one.
00:05:03And he was hanging around those guys, I'll tell you what.
00:05:06You've got to be a bad dude.
00:05:07Most people just check out.
00:05:09Deppett kicks out and creates that space, trying to recover as fast as possible.
00:05:13Looking for an opening, but Andretti with his no-found assertiveness is not letting one happen.
00:05:18Two count there, and I like it because this is showing that Andretti came to play in singles
00:05:24action.
00:05:25We've seen him do very well in tag and six-man, but the jump into the fire to continue to try
00:05:31and level up against even better opponents is telling me a lot about Andretti.
00:05:36A man who's got a victory over Chris Jericho.
00:05:37I was getting ready to say that, but Riccoboni, sometimes when you come in on a high string
00:05:41like that, you get a win over somebody like Chris Jericho, and then your career doesn't
00:05:45go the way you want it to.
00:05:46You have to do something to resurge that, and I believe this is what Andretti's doing.
00:05:51In the corner here, Deppett, springboard.
00:05:54Oh, no one home on the press.
00:05:56Charging in, back elbow.
00:05:58The Nipa native here from Shamokin, up and over.
00:06:00Boom!
00:06:01Look at this.
00:06:02Come on, Riccoboni!
00:06:04Into the corner.
00:06:05Shamokin!
00:06:06Come on!
00:06:06It is Deppett with the forearm.
00:06:09Oh!
00:06:10Big close line there.
00:06:12Wow!
00:06:13And you've got to be a tough dude.
00:06:14I told you to fight your way out of a proud town in the slate belt like Shamokin.
00:06:20Deppett did just that.
00:06:22To take the international stage, looking to get back in the win column here on ROH, all
00:06:25the way up top.
00:06:27It is Deppett!
00:06:28No one home!
00:06:30Deppett able to recover.
00:06:31It's Andretti here.
00:06:33Elbow catches Andretti.
00:06:35Deppett now to the ropes.
00:06:36Smart move by Deppett, holding on to those ropes, making it hard for Andretti to pull
00:06:40him off.
00:06:41Andretti shoots to the outside.
00:06:42Deppett with a nice kick.
00:06:45Great separation.
00:06:45Wow!
00:06:48Andretti to the outside.
00:06:50Watch this, Riccoboni!
00:06:51I remember this!
00:06:53Yeah!
00:06:54It's Deppett off the ropes!
00:06:56Deppett in the deep end!
00:06:57Oh!
00:06:58Splashing down on the outside!
00:07:00He looks like Sonic the Hedgehog!
00:07:02Whoa!
00:07:02Whoa!
00:07:03Wait a minute!
00:07:04Andretti!
00:07:06Andretti staying on top without aggression!
00:07:09As if Andretti was reminding him whose yards you're in now.
00:07:12Springboard 450, lands on his feet, returning.
00:07:16Nice kick.
00:07:16Look at that, downstairs.
00:07:18And at the combination here, front face lock.
00:07:20The Deppett!
00:07:21The Deppett!
00:07:22The Deppett!
00:07:22The Deppett!
00:07:23The Deppett!
00:07:23The Deppett!
00:07:24The Deppett!
00:07:24The Deppett!
00:07:25The Deppett!
00:07:25The Deppett!
00:07:26Front face lock.
00:07:27The deadlift!
00:07:28Somewhere!
00:07:28Hacks into the balcony!
00:07:30Leg hook!
00:07:31Two!
00:07:32No!
00:07:33Nothing wrong with the cover.
00:07:35Nothing wrong with the weight distribution.
00:07:37Deppett is just showing that he's not ready to go home.
00:07:41A lot of fight between these two men.
00:07:42Couldn't think of a better way to kick things off this week here on ROH.
00:07:46Do you believe this is the first match?
00:07:47Oh, I can't.
00:07:50Shotgun dropkick!
00:07:52And if we're getting this first, imagine what we'll see in a minute.
00:07:55As Andretti!
00:07:57Springboard!
00:07:59Two!
00:08:00Got him!
00:08:03Here is your winner, Action Andretti!
00:08:08And count that as the signature win for Action Andretti.
00:08:12Tony Deppett returns the former world tv champ.
00:08:15But as Andretti, who was tested, who comes through the other side with the victory.
00:08:21If you're ever looking for confidence,
00:08:23no more confidence builder than getting a win over a former ring of honor television champion.
00:08:28Great win for Action Andretti.
00:08:31Deppett looking fantastic in his return,
00:08:33but that speaks volumes to the win that Andretti picked up here tonight in our opening contest.
00:08:39Fans, we caught up with the Iron Sandwiches and Jack Jamison earlier today.
00:08:48Outrunners!
00:08:49The youngest men alive!
00:08:51First of all, how can y'all be the youngest men alive
00:08:53when one of you has a bald spot bigger than the highway between Fort Worth and Dallas?
00:08:58And second of all, you want to make a name for yourselves, that's fine.
00:09:01You want to rise to the top, that's fine.
00:09:04But when you want to do that off the big meaty backs of the Iron Sandwiches,
00:09:09that's not fine, you two!
00:09:11You're wannabes!
00:09:13You're carbon copies!
00:09:14You're meat riders!
00:09:16Couple of meat riders!
00:09:18You two came in this company riding off of our meat wave just as we were starting to cook,
00:09:24and you know we cook!
00:09:26Look at the size of those boys!
00:09:29You two are nothing but a couple of meat riders!
00:09:35All of the buzz that you two have accumulated over the last month
00:09:40should belong to us!
00:09:42Should belong to the Iron Sandwiches!
00:09:44Oh, what, you don't like that, huh?
00:09:45You don't like...
00:09:47You don't like what we have to say?
00:09:48You don't like what we've done?
00:09:49Why don't you do something about it?
00:09:51Because if you don't, we'll be around every corner!
00:09:54We'll be on every Florida beach!
00:09:56We'll be in every gym sauna waiting to embarrass you!
00:10:01More than you embarrass yourselves on a daily freaking basis!
00:10:04Now that's saucy!
00:10:06Sip on that!
00:10:07Sip on that!
00:10:08Well, and enraged Iron Sandwiches stated their motivation for this attack.
00:10:16It was two weeks ago that we saw three on two of the...
00:10:20You don't want to be the Iron Sandwiches!
00:10:22Nobody's the Iron Sandwiches!
00:10:25The Iron Sandwiches just decimating, in my opinion, out of jealousy, the Outrunners.
00:10:31And here tonight, we will see them in tag team action.
00:10:34This tag team match is set for one fall with a 20-minute time limit.
00:10:38Team number one with a combined weight of 497 pounds.
00:10:43The team of Jack Jenison and BK Boulder.
00:10:50Are these low-T meat riders?
00:10:55Low-T meat riders.
00:10:56I've launched an investigation into T Caprice.
00:11:00And we have T-tested the Iron Sandwiches.
00:11:05One day, we will reveal those results.
00:11:07But I'll tell you what, the meat riders?
00:11:09Can we even say that on Honor Club?
00:11:11I wasn't going to say it, but you said it, so I guess it's going to be okay.
00:11:15Iron Sandwiches, we ride the meat!
00:11:18I'll tell you what, the most vulgar team.
00:11:21I can't let my kids watch this.
00:11:23Okay, this is their...
00:11:25But the physicality, just the brutal sneak attacks.
00:11:29And they're going against the table.
00:11:31It's no shame.
00:11:32And it's done a little bit of that themselves.
00:11:34Third place, accompanied by Evil Uno, John Silver, Alex Reynolds, Dirk Hooter.
00:11:44Reynolds on the left, Silver on the right, Evil Uno down the middle.
00:11:49For no strangers to sneak attacks of their own, Caprice.
00:11:52Yeah, you never know what kind of energy the Dark Order is bringing into the house when they walk in.
00:11:57And sometimes the fans don't even catch it until later.
00:12:01Because the Dark Order is just that crafty.
00:12:05You don't know they're evil until they do it.
00:12:08And of course, the last week, the sneak attack laying out with the cage of agony.
00:12:17Yeah, just decimating the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions.
00:12:21Who've had quite the schedule on their own right.
00:12:24We'll have some highlights of Collision coming up.
00:12:27That match against the Undisputed Kingdom.
00:12:29But it's amazing though.
00:12:31The fans, you're right, Caprice.
00:12:33The fans are never wrong.
00:12:35They've taken to this day one tag team who feels they've been overlooked.
00:12:38It feels like they need to do things like that sneak attack to get the attention back on them.
00:12:42Yeah, sometimes when you like somebody, Rick Cabana, you'll go past so many things.
00:12:47I watched half a training day before I realized Denzel Washington was the bad guy.
00:12:52Yeah, there you go.
00:12:53Nice waist lock here.
00:12:54Two teams not adored by the fans at this moment.
00:12:57Of course, the fans at Tacoma love AEW.
00:13:01And they will be joining us live Saturday, October 12th.
00:13:04Tickets on sale now for AEW Wrestle Dream.
00:13:07Pay-per-view coming your way.
00:13:07Nice ducks to the clothesline there.
00:13:09It is Reynolds.
00:13:12Look at that.
00:13:13The power of Boulder.
00:13:15Goodness, yeah.
00:13:18Oh, mocking.
00:13:19Yeah, that's a little bit dangerous.
00:13:25That attack last week looked grand, Rick Cabana.
00:13:29Yeah, there was an uncanniness to the engagement,
00:13:32the unity between the Dark Order and the Cage of Agony as we went off the air.
00:13:37Kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
00:13:38There's a lot of cohesiveness that was just unexplained to me.
00:13:41And a tag made.
00:13:43Jack Jameson, and he is jacked, I'll give him that.
00:13:45Johnny Hardy, Jameson, saucy, baby.
00:13:51A lot of vascularity, a lot of muscles in this match.
00:13:54You're going to have a pose-off?
00:13:55Oh, yeah, I'd love that.
00:13:57I bet you would.
00:13:59Yeah, I sure would.
00:14:00Nice side headlock there.
00:14:04Don't normally get to see Jameson in these matches.
00:14:07John Silver coming off a win last week over KM.
00:14:11Great victory with that Sid Vicious-like spinning.
00:14:15John Silver with that surprising strength out of nowhere.
00:14:18That ground game that he has, that little center of gravity.
00:14:21He is freaking jacked.
00:14:23Strong power game.
00:14:24Reminds me of the British Bulldog.
00:14:26Wow, there you go.
00:14:32They talk a lot about meat and beating meat and doing this to their meat.
00:14:37Hey, Rick Cabana said, I didn't say that.
00:14:42Oh, wait a minute.
00:14:44They're talking about meat, but Johnny's hungry,
00:14:45and he's inviting Jack Jameson to the dinner table.
00:14:49He just put him in his hairiest place on earth.
00:14:53And why is he so offended that Jack Jameson got a trip to his favorite city?
00:15:01You got boobs in your face.
00:15:04Oh, big clothesline.
00:15:06That right there was that attention being grabbed.
00:15:09Sometimes you do what you want, but you forget why you're there.
00:15:11You're wrestling.
00:15:12You're fighting.
00:15:13You're trying to survive.
00:15:14And that attention right there, that verdict, John Silver is costing him right now.
00:15:20Well, and I'll tell you what they used to say.
00:15:23Of course, we talked about Tacoma earlier.
00:15:25Tag made one of the great players in the state of Washington.
00:15:27Gary Payton was one of the great defenders because he could talk trash
00:15:32and then defend you and pick your pocket.
00:15:34And I think the wrestling equivalent of that are the Iron Savages.
00:15:38That trash talk, it's got to, they don't stop talking, Caprice.
00:15:43Yeah, it's a hard thing to be getting your tail whooped by somebody that's talking to
00:15:48you about it while they're doing it, man.
00:15:49It's demoralizing.
00:15:52Oh, look at that.
00:15:53The skull squeeze, reminiscent of Crush, but three times as big from Beefcake Boulder.
00:16:06Oh, wait a minute.
00:16:07Just sizing up John Silver.
00:16:09Silver with the big boot.
00:16:10Spent too much time.
00:16:11Telegraphed it.
00:16:13And another second rope on the inside.
00:16:17Silver caught.
00:16:20And Jamison continues to bark orders to the big man, but it's Silver up and over makes the tag.
00:16:28Reynolds in, cleaning the house.
00:16:29Knows which direction to go into.
00:16:31Misdirection.
00:16:32Nice.
00:16:34And look at Reynolds go downstairs to the knee.
00:16:37Off the ropes.
00:16:43And there is that equity they have with the fans, Caprice, even though they've administered
00:16:50these sneak attacks against fan favorites like Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, the Von
00:16:53Erics.
00:16:54They still love them.
00:16:55I think sometimes people just love good wrestling, Ricker Bonnie, and the cohesiveness that the
00:17:00Dark Hoarder has.
00:17:01It's undeniable.
00:17:02Reynolds on his feet.
00:17:03Ducks the clothesline.
00:17:04And look at that back fist.
00:17:05The double ax misses.
00:17:06It's Reynolds around the world.
00:17:08Whoa.
00:17:09Catches.
00:17:09Beep kick.
00:17:10Look at this Cobra stretch.
00:17:14Cobra twist.
00:17:15Double ax from Jack Jamison.
00:17:19I'll tell you what.
00:17:20Back out as if he didn't do anything.
00:17:21Look for the tag.
00:17:22Oh, tag made.
00:17:23Wow.
00:17:24And he has been the MVP of this match so far for the Iron Savages.
00:17:28Well, you know, sometimes the manager on the outside is able to see things.
00:17:31And when you see the manager form inside the ring, that is still in great shape.
00:17:35They're able to do the things they're coaching.
00:17:37And that's Jack Jamison right now.
00:17:39And look at that uppercut.
00:17:40The forearms connect.
00:17:42Getting Beefcake down to size.
00:17:43Beefcake's not the legal man.
00:17:45And Beefcake is on the second.
00:17:47Wow.
00:17:48That was one arm, Ricker Bonnie.
00:17:50Elevator slam.
00:17:51And here comes Beefcake.
00:17:53My goodness.
00:17:54Smashing Reynolds.
00:17:55Leg hook.
00:17:55Great cover too.
00:17:57Wow.
00:17:59That was a lot of beef.
00:18:00And there's meat all over the place here.
00:18:06As Beefcake, Irish whip into the corner.
00:18:10Jack Jamison and they're great communicators.
00:18:13They know where...
00:18:13Oh, wait a minute.
00:18:14Wait.
00:18:16I've never seen...
00:18:19A near 500-pound man go up and over like that in Sigiriya.
00:18:22There you go.
00:18:23Great combination.
00:18:25The Dark Corner.
00:18:25They got it.
00:18:28The winners of this match, Dark Corner.
00:18:32That's what the fans cheer, Ricker Bonnie.
00:18:34You can't beat that cohesiveness.
00:18:38I'll tell you what.
00:18:39That match changed in the blink of an eye.
00:18:41It was the unforced error.
00:18:42There was great communication.
00:18:44But Beefcake went over the top.
00:18:49And now, the match is over.
00:18:51And the winner of this match is...
00:18:52Beefcake went over the top.
00:18:56Victorious here tonight.
00:18:57The Dark Corner.
00:18:58There you see Evil Uno.
00:18:59The paper's in hand, much like Brodie Lee.
00:19:01I wonder if they're digging back into that old playbook.
00:19:10After moments of both great triumphs...
00:19:12The American Dragon is the AEW World Champion!
00:19:17An unimaginable defeat.
00:19:19Just turned on Denison.
00:19:21How far do you take something?
00:19:22There is one question to answer.
00:19:25Was it all a dream?
00:19:27Or is this your reality?
00:19:30On this night, you create the answer.
00:19:34AEW Wrestle Dream.
00:19:41Wrestle Dream coming to Tacoma!
00:19:47This match is set for one fall with a 20 minute time limit.
00:19:50Introducing first...
00:19:51Wrestling out of the Black Hills...
00:19:53The Living Dead Girl...
00:19:56ABADON!
00:19:58The Living Dead Girl here on ROH with their eyes set on the Ring of Honor Women's World Title.
00:20:03Oh, here they come.
00:20:08Their opponent, Livia!
00:20:12Well, Livia making their ROH debut as Abadon...
00:20:17Trying to make their way up the ladder.
00:20:20Caprice Athena, congratulations!
00:20:21Longest title reign of any champion in ROH history.
00:20:25Surpassing Samoa Joe.
00:20:29Abadon, though, looking to put an emphatic end to that World Championship reign.
00:20:35Longest days in most defenses.
00:20:37That means she's the greatest Ring of Honor Champion of all time.
00:20:42As the Code of Honor adhered to here...
00:20:47Oh, the Code of Honor.
00:20:48Oh, wait a minute.
00:20:48Oh, look at that!
00:20:50That can't be legal.
00:20:52You know, in the last match, Caprice, we wondered what was in the hands of Evil Uno.
00:20:58Of course, Brodie Lee used to carry around those papers like that.
00:21:01And Brodie Lee's...
00:21:02Oh, action figure is the latest to be released to the ROH Vault.
00:21:07You can order that now from jazzwearsvault.com.
00:21:10You can have the late great Brodie Lee to your collection.
00:21:12That figure looks beautiful.
00:21:13Comes with removable soft goods.
00:21:15Oh, goodness.
00:21:17Olivia with a great forearm there.
00:21:18Olivia from...
00:21:20Oh, my goodness.
00:21:21Trained by the kingdom herself.
00:21:23You think you're so good because you're weird.
00:21:26Whoa!
00:21:27Well, that's one way to put it.
00:21:28You don't call Abadon weird.
00:21:30Not why they're there.
00:21:35Weird is cool, though.
00:21:37Look at this.
00:21:38Number one movie in the country is about a guy who shows up from a model in a dead person's house.
00:21:45Oh!
00:21:47Wow!
00:21:48Goodness!
00:21:51Backbreaker.
00:21:52Unrelenting.
00:21:53Clubbing forearms.
00:22:00I'll tell you what, you're right.
00:22:01Olivia...
00:22:01Oh, goodness!
00:22:02The knee!
00:22:04Knee was flushed, Rick Abadon.
00:22:06Flushed into the face of Olivia.
00:22:08I believe Abadon is going to try to put this away now.
00:22:12Like Dahlia.
00:22:13Coming at you.
00:22:14Wow!
00:22:15Plants the skull of Olivia to...
00:22:18That's it.
00:22:20The winner of this match, Abadon!
00:22:29Wow!
00:22:30Whoa!
00:22:31Goodness!
00:22:32And nasty.
00:22:35Easy!
00:22:36I'm coming for you, Athena!
00:22:37You hear that?
00:22:39I know you're looking!
00:22:40I know you're watching!
00:22:41Woo!
00:22:44Abadon is a daymare.
00:22:45Oh, the challenge called out.
00:22:47And speaking of challenges, the hotly contested ROH Women's World Television Title Challenge is in the air.
00:22:54Guys, I am here with Diamante and the Ring of Honor Women's World Television Champion, Red Velvet.
00:23:00Now, you've both asked for this time, but the ROH Board of Directors has stated that there can be
00:23:05no physicality in this interview.
00:23:07Otherwise, the match is canceled.
00:23:09So, Red Velvet, as our champion, the floor is yours.
00:23:11Thank you, Archity.
00:23:14You know, Diamante, we've been in the ring more times than I can count.
00:23:19And every time I think I see the best Diamante, you prove me wrong.
00:23:28I've been watching you close.
00:23:30I saw what you did in the Lights Out match.
00:23:32I saw what you did at the Texas Death Match.
00:23:36And I'm not going to lie.
00:23:38You're at your prime.
00:23:40You've really hit your prime.
00:23:44But how many years have you been doing this?
00:23:46Fifteen?
00:23:47Sixteen?
00:23:49I did it in eight.
00:23:51And I became your Ring of Honor Women's TV Champion.
00:23:56And you might not want to say it, but I can see it.
00:24:00It eats you up inside.
00:24:03I know it keeps you up at night.
00:24:08Ladies, ladies, remember, there can be no physicality.
00:24:11Otherwise, the match is canceled.
00:24:13Please.
00:24:13You know what?
00:24:15You're right.
00:24:16You're right about the matches.
00:24:18Those matches have been the best that Diamante has been.
00:24:21But sabes que?
00:24:23They're not the best that Diamante will be.
00:24:26You're talking like that because you have no idea
00:24:29what I'm willing to do to be a champion in this company.
00:24:31You hear me?
00:24:32Yeah.
00:24:33You stand in there with that pretty custom red belt.
00:24:37Well, guess what?
00:24:39What?
00:24:39Red looks a hell of a lot better on me.
00:24:43Yeah.
00:24:45All right.
00:24:53Well, thank you, Arkady.
00:24:54The restraint needed.
00:24:55I can't even imagine to separate two as heated as they
00:24:59with that ROH Women's World Title in the balance.
00:25:03This match is set for one fall day.
00:25:0520 minutes time limit.
00:25:06Introducing first.
00:25:07Let's go to Chico, California.
00:25:10Weighing 274 pounds.
00:25:13The Machine.
00:25:15Brian Kane.
00:25:25A lot of question marks swirling about this man's involvement
00:25:29in last week's main event.
00:25:29We go back to Bobby Crews.
00:25:32His opponent, Alec Price.
00:25:37Alec Price with a big opportunity here tonight,
00:25:39but Brian Cage to me didn't quite fit into the equation
00:25:44of what we saw last week,
00:25:45which meant his involvement was a bit more surprising to me
00:25:49than maybe even the Gates of Agony.
00:25:52Yeah, but I mean, I think Brian Cage, look at him.
00:25:55He can do what he wants to do, Ricky Bonnie.
00:25:57If I looked like that, I'd be on it.
00:25:58I'd be just walking down the ringside
00:26:01just showing my muscles off.
00:26:04But Cage got physical lift.
00:26:06Everybody laying coat of honor here too.
00:26:09Of course, brand new gear from the Gates of Agony,
00:26:12from Brian Cage, from Red Velvet,
00:26:15from all your favorite ROH stars.
00:26:17You can go to shophonor.com, shopaew.com.
00:26:22Some really great new designs.
00:26:24Oh, big shoulder tackle.
00:26:26Oh my goodness.
00:26:29That freakish athleticism.
00:26:31He interrupted his entrance.
00:26:33He interrupted his entrance?
00:26:34He didn't interrupt his entrance.
00:26:35Bobby Crews.
00:26:38You going to tell him he lied?
00:26:39No, no, no, sir.
00:26:42Irish whip.
00:26:43Alec Price, man, a lot of promise.
00:26:45I've seen this guy.
00:26:46Northeast, that's what I'm saying.
00:26:52And just, oh, just 25 years old.
00:26:55Look at that, the agility.
00:26:57They call him the Price City OG.
00:26:59Look at that.
00:27:00Yeah.
00:27:01And look at that.
00:27:02Hurricanrana caught though.
00:27:04Goodness.
00:27:06These are moves that work on momentum.
00:27:08It doesn't work with Brian Cage.
00:27:11And Price has picked up some-
00:27:12What?
00:27:15Picked up some big wins.
00:27:18In some big organizations.
00:27:21But trying to level up doing so
00:27:23with one of the biggest and baddest,
00:27:26one of the greatest world six-man champs.
00:27:28We've ever had in ROH.
00:27:31The Northeast Beast is meeting the machine right now.
00:27:40Look at this.
00:27:41Just Cage, who's got his breath, his composure.
00:27:45Tell you what, Price looks sacrificed right there.
00:27:48Yeah.
00:27:48Look at the heel toss.
00:27:52How many times do you see
00:27:54an involuntary twist of the hips on a heel toss?
00:27:57Well, anytime you get tossed by a machine.
00:27:59I've seen machines do crazy things to humans.
00:28:03What is that?
00:28:03Wow.
00:28:06Looking tasty.
00:28:07Well.
00:28:08I wasn't gonna repeat that.
00:28:10Yeah.
00:28:11Wow, again.
00:28:13I mean, he looks great.
00:28:14I don't-
00:28:16He's already impressed us.
00:28:20They're calling for it again.
00:28:24I don't think Price wants this to happen.
00:28:26No.
00:28:27It's just a guess, though.
00:28:28Yeah, this is against Price's will here.
00:28:31Oh, God!
00:28:34That's a 10-foot drop to the floor, at least.
00:28:39And just taking his time.
00:28:44We gotta check out.
00:28:45There's a 20 count on the outside.
00:28:47You might be able to count to 100.
00:28:48Yeah, you might need some white chalk, too.
00:28:53We're gonna save some Clorox wipes, too.
00:28:56Clean up any bodily fluid that may have been expelled.
00:29:02That's Price now, back to his-
00:29:03No, Cave, come on.
00:29:05Wait, this poor-
00:29:06No way.
00:29:07This is a top prospect.
00:29:11That was nice.
00:29:12He could have went a whole lot of places.
00:29:14Yeah, I was afraid he was gonna go to those other deeper, darker places, Caprice.
00:29:17I'm not gonna lie.
00:29:19I'm agreeing with you.
00:29:20Oh, it's so big to be able to spot that thing.
00:29:23That's gotta be 26 inches.
00:29:25Jeez.
00:29:26If not 26 and a half.
00:29:28He's got peaks on peaks.
00:29:32Cage is stalking his opponent here.
00:29:37And Alex-
00:29:38Yeah, Price has been victorious in over 90% of his independent matches.
00:29:43Swing and a miss there.
00:29:44Price back to his feet.
00:29:46What?
00:29:46Yeah, and this is why.
00:29:48Stick and move.
00:29:50Yeah, you never can count Price out.
00:29:52I tell you what, you get an opportunity to show the world who you are.
00:29:55And this is how Price is showing he's worth the price.
00:29:59Yeah.
00:30:01Up the ladder with a knee.
00:30:02Look at Price go.
00:30:04Crates the distance to close the gap to get the adrenaline.
00:30:08Yeah, but you came better for the crowd, Riccoboni.
00:30:12Oh, I agree.
00:30:15Yeah, he let the machine's claw grab a hold.
00:30:22And we might be seeing a claw of a different kind.
00:30:25Yeah.
00:30:27It is Price.
00:30:28Uh-oh.
00:30:30Huge powerbomb.
00:30:31What?
00:30:32And again.
00:30:35Wow, that's three.
00:30:36No, what?
00:30:39And Cage.
00:30:43Oh, is that an F10?
00:30:46Cover, two.
00:30:48That's it.
00:30:51The winner of this match, The Machine, Brian Cage.
00:30:57Alec Price is one of the fastest rising prospects in the Northeast.
00:31:01He gave a heck of an effort.
00:31:03Yeah, but I think that shows you the level at which Brian Cage is currently operating
00:31:09at top of the top right now.
00:31:12Operating at this level, you only see it's a matter of time before
00:31:17singles championship gold is in his way.
00:31:19There's the code of honor, Riccoboni.
00:31:21Well, credit where credit's due.
00:31:23Brian Cage, victorious.
00:31:26Last Saturday was wild.
00:31:27A bunkhouse brawl and collision.
00:31:32It's not any match.
00:31:33It's a bunkhouse brawl.
00:31:35Kendo sticks, ladders, tables.
00:31:37We got it all.
00:31:38I just get amazed, man.
00:31:40You say this is the one last ride, but I feel like you're going to be doing this
00:31:43longer than me.
00:31:44If you talk about a bunkhouse match, you really got to focus on the natural natural roads.
00:31:49My family has kind of been born and bred into bunkhouse matches.
00:31:54We knew we were in store for unmitigated violence.
00:31:59Since my father's death, my mom, she gave me something that my father wore every day.
00:32:06The belt on his hand now.
00:32:08So it was a very special night for me to bring this out.
00:32:15I'm 55 and you're so young and spry.
00:32:18Thank God you can do all the crazy stuff.
00:32:21What have we just witnessed?
00:32:23Everybody in Springfield on their feet.
00:32:27We are the favorite sons of Texas, right?
00:32:29That's right.
00:32:29Right?
00:32:30Hell yeah.
00:32:32Hey, I'm going to go get some stitches.
00:32:39It was certainly wild last Saturday and things might be getting even wilder here.
00:32:44Some dissension between the world champ and her minions.
00:32:50This tag team match is set for one fall of a 20 minute time limit.
00:32:53Team number one, the team of Billy Starks and the Ring of Honor women's world champion,
00:33:03the fallen goddess Athena.
00:33:08Well, it seemed to me at the emergency men that Billy Starks Caprice gained some confidence
00:33:15to speak up about her standing, her relationship with the women's world champion, but that
00:33:21Athena really wasn't ready to hear it.
00:33:23Yeah, sometimes you see what you want to see, but I see they got matching outfits.
00:33:27I like that.
00:33:29Perhaps on the same page as we go back to Bobby Goose for their opponents.
00:33:33Third opponent, the team of Christina Marie and LMK.
00:33:39LMK, kind of a cult favorite here on the left in ROH.
00:33:43Yeah, I heard she's got a lot of eyes on him.
00:33:46Christina Marie.
00:33:49By my research, making her Ring of Honor debut.
00:33:52Great to see continual new faces, always looking for the best talent.
00:33:56This is not a debut of Lumine Catelyn, though.
00:33:58No, LMK in the house.
00:34:00And even Billy Starks, the body language, I don't want to read too much into it.
00:34:05Yeah, I mean, we all see that Billy Starks is at a point where she's having to stand
00:34:11up for herself.
00:34:11Sometimes you have to do that.
00:34:12You stand up for yourself to still be friends with somebody.
00:34:16That's true.
00:34:17Bell rings and we are off.
00:34:21Big forearm here.
00:34:22Billy Starks has been kicking it in the gym in her downtime, though.
00:34:26She's been playing AEW bigger players.
00:34:27The new mobile game, where you control the action.
00:34:29Collect 3D animated versions of your favorite AEW wrestlers.
00:34:33Oh, no offense, but maybe she shouldn't be playing as much of that game right now.
00:34:39Christina Marie taking advantage of Billy Starks.
00:34:43Oh, that's the short cut.
00:34:46Billy Starks is not shy of.
00:34:48Nice German suplex release there.
00:34:50You can see the attention change and the attitude change right there.
00:34:56And I'm almost used to it.
00:34:57I'm not surprised anymore as she tags in the most days, most defenses ring of honor champions
00:35:05ever.
00:35:05Athena.
00:35:06Well, dump to the outside.
00:35:08Christina Marie.
00:35:11For the world champion.
00:35:13Shots to the midsection.
00:35:14Look at Christina Marie stepping up to the plate.
00:35:19Oh, my goodness.
00:35:20Gee.
00:35:21Marie hit her head and back on those guardrails with Gabani.
00:35:26It reminds me of the match that many people point back to.
00:35:30Daddy Magic and I called it in Toronto, where it seemed like something in Athena snapped
00:35:35and put her on this trajectory to begin with.
00:35:39That trajectory has allowed her to be champion longer than any other person in the history
00:35:46of ring of honor.
00:35:48Oh, the taunt.
00:35:50Look at that.
00:35:51And who is like Athena?
00:35:55Yeah, coming within an inch of tagging the mental and physical game on point as the tag
00:36:01is made.
00:36:02Billy Starks now.
00:36:03And you mentioned earlier, you're not surprised about the actions of Billy Starks, but it's
00:36:08amazing.
00:36:10It's amazing just how much of the Athena playbook Billy Starks has adapted and made it her own.
00:36:16Yeah.
00:36:18But what's this?
00:36:19One, two.
00:36:21It seems to be who Billy Starks is.
00:36:23Now, you can see with the disrespect she had on her mother when winning the television
00:36:26title, cheating and all.
00:36:28It's just who she is now.
00:36:30We just have to accept it.
00:36:31We have to get past that.
00:36:32She's one of the youngest women on the roster.
00:36:34This is who Billy Starks is.
00:36:37And a chin lock, the knee into the spine.
00:36:40LMK trying to get Christina Marie back in this, trying to get some noise going, get
00:36:45the crowd going, the adrenaline pumping, shots to the midsection.
00:36:48Christina Marie, oh, sent back down.
00:36:51The Irish whip gets it into the corner, charging in.
00:36:53No one home.
00:36:54Rolls through.
00:36:55Oh, I thought she was going to go to the corner.
00:36:58Went to the middle instead.
00:37:00Very close.
00:37:02Just to give her space.
00:37:03Christina needs to make the tag to go to mean Kathleen.
00:37:06And she does.
00:37:07Tag me.
00:37:08But Athena in two.
00:37:09LMK, clothesline on the champion.
00:37:14LMK, a crowd favorite.
00:37:15We talked about it.
00:37:16Makes the most of her opportunities.
00:37:20Very memorable.
00:37:21Oh, yeah, and put it to the champ.
00:37:27I didn't see that coming.
00:37:30Look at LMK.
00:37:33Tell you what, man, Athena out of nowhere with that power kick.
00:37:36But look at the shape Athena has gotten herself into as well.
00:37:41Absolutely.
00:37:43Athena with LMK.
00:37:46Just has LMK at will.
00:37:48What?
00:37:51That's what I was talking about.
00:37:55Dino Bravo side slam with the Hungarian torture rack combo.
00:38:04Nobody has to tell you you're good when you know it, Rick Abad.
00:38:07And Athena knows it.
00:38:08Watch this from Billy Starks.
00:38:12Inside out, satellite DDT.
00:38:14No matter whether you like her or not,
00:38:16Billy Starks is always impressive.
00:38:21And they are thriving in this chaos on the same page rolls through.
00:38:26That's the Hussie Clutch.
00:38:28That's the Hussie Clutch.
00:38:29The Hussie.
00:38:31The Hussie Clutch.
00:38:32Yeah, and that's it.
00:38:36The winners of this match by submission,
00:38:38the team of Billy Starks and the Ring of Honor Women's World Champion,
00:38:44Athena.
00:38:47Athena says she could break all the boards for the Hussies with the Hussie Clutch.
00:38:51Wow.
00:38:53Athena.
00:38:54Billy Starks, when things got chaotic,
00:38:57they went back into the groove they found before.
00:39:00And now again.
00:39:03And here I thought Billy was maybe going to snap out of things.
00:39:08Or at least maybe on the same page, if you ask me.
00:39:10Yeah.
00:39:12Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:39:14Oh, here they come.
00:39:19Are they here?
00:39:20They are.
00:39:22It's Abadon.
00:39:24They're back.
00:39:26Victorious earlier tonight.
00:39:31And you heard Athena.
00:39:33She's almost using Billy like a safety blanket.
00:39:35Athena not retreating, knowing the two on one odds are in her favor.
00:39:42No, she's abandoning Billy.
00:39:46The world champion has abandoned Billy Starks.
00:39:50And Athena says, I have your back.
00:39:53Two against one.
00:39:54I don't think that math is.
00:39:56And Billy discovering the champion has left.
00:40:00Billy wrestled the majority of that match.
00:40:07Billy's the less special of the two.
00:40:10I got to shine my belt.
00:40:11Oh, shiny.
00:40:14Athena prioritizing shining the belt over saving a woman that has stood by her side
00:40:22for almost two years now.
00:40:24With friends like this, who needs enemies, Riccoboni?
00:40:28For me, all for me.
00:40:33I don't blame Billy for retreating after that.
00:40:36The cowardly actions of Athena.
00:40:39Oh, my little tree.
00:40:41Starks needs new friends.
00:40:43The dichotomy is Stark.
00:40:47No, I'm not scared.
00:40:49I need to shine my championship.
00:40:52Athena.
00:40:53I can shine it with your blood.
00:40:56Wow, shining with your blood.
00:40:57Athena is willing to defend that title against anyone.
00:41:00Run away.
00:41:02And yet runs away.
00:41:04I told you I was going to get her.
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00:41:40We head to the voice of Ring of Honor, Bobby Crews.
00:41:52This match is set for one fall day, 20-minute time limit.
00:41:55Introducing first, wrestling of Los Angeles, California.
00:42:00Weighing 214 pounds, Johnny T.B.
00:42:06Is that a new jacket, Caprice?
00:42:08We haven't seen that yet on ROH.
00:42:11Johnny T.B. has wardrobe rip-bodies.
00:42:14Look at who this man is.
00:42:15Baby T.B., he could have had that jacket made right before this.
00:42:20Well, Johnny T.B., top contender for the Ring of Honor World Championship.
00:42:24We've seen a lot of Mark Briscoe.
00:42:27Dynamite collision, the conglomeration running strong.
00:42:30Johnny T.B., his eyes on that championship to this day.
00:42:35A little bit conspicuous by your absence.
00:42:37Taya Valkyrie, part of that made-for-TV couple, but I tried to interview her earlier.
00:42:42I sometimes feel like kissing myself.
00:42:44What?
00:42:45Kissing himself?
00:42:46He said, sometimes I feel like kissing myself.
00:42:48Well, Taya was with former Ring of Honor World Champion, Deanna Purrazzo.
00:42:53His opponent, being accompanied by the hype man, Alex Abrejate.
00:42:59Retroverde Nosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
00:43:03Weighing 162 pounds, Commander.
00:43:10Commander.
00:43:11I'll never forget, Caprice, when I was flying the Supercard of Honor,
00:43:17and I got a text, somehow it came through on the plane.
00:43:19They said, Commander versus Eliel Del Viquengo was added to the pay-per-view.
00:43:25It was the first time we ever got to call a Commander match.
00:43:28From that moment on, this man has been lightning in a bottle.
00:43:32He is a special athlete, and tonight,
00:43:35facing a man who can probably keep up with his speed and agility,
00:43:39and maybe even as sure-footed as Commander is.
00:43:43Yeah.
00:43:44And also admitted that Riccoboni, when the flight attendant says,
00:43:47turn off the phones, Riccoboni says, nope.
00:43:51I bought that extra plan that trip, just in case I knew there was going to be matches added.
00:43:55That's the amazing thing about ROH, the amazing thing about AEW,
00:43:58that's why you need to be there live.
00:44:01Because we know-
00:44:02Johnny TV, is his gear lighting up?
00:44:05Is it?
00:44:07Or is that reflection?
00:44:08Wow, it wouldn't surprise me either way.
00:44:11He's like wearing a Christmas tree.
00:44:15I'll tell you what, I saw, as the bells called for those Halloween decorations,
00:44:19oh, already being moved out of the way for Christmas stuff already.
00:44:23Maybe Johnny TV added some of those accents.
00:44:25Off the ropes, Commander looking through the legs.
00:44:28Wow, shoulder tackle there.
00:44:31Johnny TV in ultimate control of his body at all times.
00:44:35Watching this guy work out, man, he's a master of calisthenics.
00:44:41Off the ropes, now great exchange.
00:44:43Oh my goodness, the timing of Johnny TV.
00:44:46I bet you his pants got batteries in them.
00:44:50I never had battery pants, do I?
00:44:52Do I need to get some of those?
00:44:54No, I don't think so, Mr. Body.
00:44:55You find a way to get it executed, I know you.
00:44:58Well, you're probably not wrong.
00:45:00I just talked to Trash, John Morrison.
00:45:04The only man that had blood, that got color, so to speak, at ROH.
00:45:10Look at this, around the world.
00:45:11Oh, it's a wristlock takeover.
00:45:16Though much Commander has to offer with his athleticism in the ring,
00:45:20and the balance that he has.
00:45:21But the balance of Johnny TV, undeniable.
00:45:26Around the world, look at that, look at how fast Commander is.
00:45:29Commander went around the world twice.
00:45:33Johnny TV, having a good guy work stays in the zone.
00:45:37Look at this, around the world.
00:45:45Wow, nice sunset flip, up and around.
00:45:48Looking for the shining wizard.
00:45:49Commander pops back up, wow, big knee.
00:45:52And everything Commander has tried to do from an offensive perspective has been shot down.
00:45:56Number two.
00:45:57That's what happens when you're wrestling a veteran that has seen it before.
00:46:03Seen it before, been there, done that, and can do it himself.
00:46:07You spot it, look at the body.
00:46:09And this is almost a single arm straight jacket here from Johnny TV.
00:46:15Still around the carotid arteries.
00:46:17It's a self-sleeper-like maneuver where the bicep
00:46:21and the wrist of Commander is choking himself like an air choke.
00:46:27And Commander trying to get the hips up, trying to get some movement going.
00:46:30You hear the crowd, Alex Abrahante is rallying Commander.
00:46:36And now the shots to the midsection, oh, sent back down.
00:46:40And Johnny TV, oh, on that neck again, he's found a weak point here.
00:46:45Johnny TV, a student of the game, watches a lot of tape.
00:46:48He must have seen something in one of Commander's recent matches.
00:46:52Maybe even last night at Arthur Ashe to indicate that neck is an issue.
00:46:57Sometimes you just find what works and when you see it, you continue with that target.
00:47:01You see right now, Johnny TV stalking Commander.
00:47:04Commander is trying to get the hips up.
00:47:06You see right now, Johnny TV stalking Commander.
00:47:09Commander losing the focus, not knowing where the attack is coming from.
00:47:12As Johnny TV changes angles.
00:47:17Oh, what is he saying now?
00:47:20That was a quick angle change right there, man.
00:47:23It's beautiful to watch athletes change angles.
00:47:26And it's so quick on his feet, holding onto the ropes.
00:47:29And Brandon Martinez counting, giving him five.
00:47:33I mean, that's within the rules.
00:47:36And just wearing down the windpipe, the oxygen of Johnny TV here.
00:47:44It's got to be the most expensive gear anybody has ever worn in the ring.
00:47:48You are really impressed by this gear.
00:47:50I'm fast. I can't be the only one blinded by all this shadow.
00:47:54He got that drip with the body.
00:47:57But Commander has the skills to get out of that, off the ropes.
00:48:00Commander now looking to rally back.
00:48:02Holds onto the ropes.
00:48:03To the hamstring.
00:48:06Bringing that involuntary reaction.
00:48:08And the forearm connects.
00:48:09And Commander rallying back here.
00:48:12You can see Johnny TV staggering.
00:48:13That attack might have been what's needed.
00:48:16Leg caught.
00:48:17Commander on his feet.
00:48:19Still shaking, though.
00:48:20Yeah, that left leg.
00:48:21He's, TV's hobbling to the outside.
00:48:25Sweeps the legs.
00:48:27My goodness.
00:48:29Commander swept the leg of Johnny TV.
00:48:31Johnny TV flipped on the outside, landed on his feet.
00:48:35And now Johnny TV hooks the inside leg, too.
00:48:41Johnny TV is so smooth.
00:48:45Commander's got a two-match winning streak here in ROH.
00:48:50We've seen some team with A.R. Fox two weeks ago.
00:48:55Before that, took on the Mountain of a Man, KM.
00:48:59Much different opponent here tonight.
00:49:01So he will block it.
00:49:02All the defense that Commander has.
00:49:04And laying right in, like you said, on the neck of Commander.
00:49:08Those forearms straight to the neck.
00:49:10The target may be the neck, like you said, Riccobono.
00:49:14Yeah, for TV, it's just been read, react, get the neck.
00:49:19And it's been working thus far.
00:49:21He's trusting himself to play defense.
00:49:24Turn that defense into offense.
00:49:27Yeah, Commander needs to listen to his back to deck.
00:49:31That's right.
00:49:33Wu-Tang is for the children.
00:49:36But he might need something out of their catalog to get him motivated.
00:49:40To get him moving here.
00:49:41Shots to the solar plexus, the obliques.
00:49:44Yeah, Johnny TV ain't nothing to mess with.
00:49:46No, he's not.
00:49:46Look at that.
00:49:47Oh, almost pulled a Lisa Stansfield one around the world.
00:49:51And look at this.
00:49:52It is Commander's springboard.
00:49:55Whoa, whoa, wow.
00:49:57Wow.
00:50:00And look at that.
00:50:00The twisting.
00:50:02Hurricanrana.
00:50:03Commander climbs it up.
00:50:05Knew he got a lot of it, but not all of it.
00:50:08Smart move to keep on Johnny TV.
00:50:11Commander is dazed.
00:50:14Commander equilibrium is off and is able to see it.
00:50:18Johnny TV is catching on to it as well.
00:50:20That's why he's changing directions.
00:50:23Wow.
00:50:24Risking life and limb in our main event.
00:50:26Commander diving to the outside.
00:50:33Unbelievable.
00:50:36That was what Commander needed to get back in control.
00:50:38But you could definitely see Commander.
00:50:40This could populate it.
00:50:41Hooks the leg.
00:50:42Cover.
00:50:43Two.
00:50:44Commander likes to hook that inside leg.
00:50:47Look at the eyes of Commander.
00:50:50Trying to figure out what's going on.
00:50:53Trying to figure out where he is.
00:50:57You can tell Commander.
00:51:00His body is there, Caprice.
00:51:01I think you're absolutely right.
00:51:03The mind, the balance a little bit off from the beating he absorbed.
00:51:07If he can get his legs underneath him, he could win this match.
00:51:13Not as surefooted as normal.
00:51:16Johnny TV picking up on that.
00:51:18Goodness.
00:51:19360 neck breaker twice.
00:51:23The cover.
00:51:24Inside leg.
00:51:25Two.
00:51:26720.
00:51:27Not enough for Commander.
00:51:30Alex Everante is on the outside trying to get the crowd charged up.
00:51:35Trying to get some energy going.
00:51:38Johnny TV on the doorstep.
00:51:40The precipice of victory here.
00:51:44Oh, geez.
00:51:45That knee.
00:51:46He looked for it earlier.
00:51:47Couldn't get it that time.
00:51:48He does.
00:51:48Torsion pain.
00:51:50Ground control to Major Tom.
00:51:54Look at that.
00:51:54No one home.
00:51:56No one home.
00:51:57Yeah, he's been too much time paying to the crowd.
00:51:59Commander going home.
00:52:01Feels at home in the air.
00:52:03Let's see if he's able to pull it off.
00:52:05Oh, no.
00:52:06TV.
00:52:07TV right with him.
00:52:09Spanish fly.
00:52:10Spanish fly.
00:52:11Two.
00:52:12Wow.
00:52:14The balance, the strength, the precision needed to pull that off.
00:52:20And the heart.
00:52:20Johnny TV capitalizing on the imbalance of Commander.
00:52:27And it's TV.
00:52:28TV, torture rack position.
00:52:30Torture rack around.
00:52:33What?
00:52:34Mexican destroyer from the torture rack position.
00:52:38TV's out on his feet.
00:52:40Springboard.
00:52:42Poison rata.
00:52:46TV is down.
00:52:49And Commander.
00:52:52Looking to finish things off.
00:52:55The guy walking in the balance.
00:52:59That'll do it, Rick Abani.
00:53:01I promise you that much.
00:53:04The winner of this match, Commander.
00:53:09Sensational victory for Commander in our main event here tonight.
00:53:15Standing tall, victorious.
00:53:17Hard fought, well earned.
00:53:21And what a night of action we've seen here tonight.
00:53:25Commander.
00:53:36A tradition of unforgettable moments arrives on an all-new stage next year.
00:53:41The biggest night of the year, AEW Dynamite.
00:53:44AEW Grand Slam comes to Brisbane, Australia.
00:53:47The next leg of AEW's Grand Slam goes down under.
00:53:51Allow me to reintroduce myself.
00:53:54I'm the best in AEW.
00:53:57Top Gods out.
00:53:58All Elite Wrestling presents Grand Slam Australia
00:54:01from Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia.
00:54:04Saturday, February 13th, 2025.
00:54:15It's main event time.
00:54:16Ring of Honor pure title at stake.
00:54:21This match is set for one fall of a 60-minute time limit.
00:54:24And it's for the Ring of Honor pure wrestling championship.
00:54:31Introducing first, the challenger.
00:54:33Wrestling at Detroit, Michigan.
00:54:35Weighing 240 pounds, Preston Vance.
00:54:41Preston Vance, who is undefeated in ROH.
00:54:45Making an interesting decision.
00:54:46Jumping headfirst into the pure division, Caprice.
00:54:50Yeah, come in hot.
00:54:52Taking that heat.
00:54:54Challenging for the pure title.
00:54:55He gets that challenge.
00:54:58Against a man who's ready to defend against anyone.
00:55:02His opponent, accompanied by Shane Taylor.
00:55:05Wrestling out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
00:55:08Weighing 199 pounds.
00:55:10He is representing Shane.
00:55:12Taylor Promotions.
00:55:13And he is the Ring of Honor pure wrestling champion.
00:55:19Tagasty Lee Moriarty.
00:55:24Lee Moriarty, the 15th Ring of Honor pure champion by number.
00:55:28The 13th individual to hold that championship.
00:55:34And Lee can start getting into rarefied air.
00:55:38The longer he holds that title, been willing to defend it.
00:55:41Been willing to have proven ground bouts.
00:55:45I'll tell you what, this is an interesting matchup.
00:55:47Yeah, the title, Caprice.
00:55:50Let's briefly review the rules.
00:55:52You get three rope bricks.
00:55:53After you exhaust the rope bricks,
00:55:55you can be pinned, submitted on between underneath the ropes.
00:55:59You get one closed fist to the face.
00:56:00The second results in an automatic disqualification.
00:56:0220 count on the outside.
00:56:04A count out results in a change of a title.
00:56:07Should the challenger be victorious in the count out situation.
00:56:11No outside interference.
00:56:12That results in an immediate disqualification,
00:56:15suspension, and a title changing hands.
00:56:18Code of Honor adhered to.
00:56:19And if we go the 60 minutes, if we go the time limit,
00:56:22we head to the judges.
00:56:23You see Jerry Lin, Christopher Daniels,
00:56:25Jimmy Jacobs, two former world champs.
00:56:26And Jimmy, five times over former Ring of Honor tag champ.
00:56:32And the strength of Preston Vance immediately
00:56:37could showing itself as a factor here.
00:56:39Yeah, I don't know anybody as strong in the period of vision
00:56:42as Preston Vance, other than Josh Woods.
00:56:44And Josh Woods, a born wrestler.
00:56:46This is going to be a different game here
00:56:49to see what Moriarty does against this power wrestler here
00:56:52in Preston Vance.
00:56:53And I like to see all wrestlers in the period of vision.
00:56:56And now let's see what the power wrestler does
00:56:58if Vance is able to hold on to the rules
00:57:00of the period of vision.
00:57:01And does it work in his favor?
00:57:03Oh, nice shoulder tackle there.
00:57:04We've seen some surprises, Cover.
00:57:06Like on Helico.
00:57:09You know, we assumed could do it
00:57:11and then turned out to be amazing in the period.
00:57:13But sometimes the period of vision is made
00:57:15for the lighter wrestlers
00:57:17because you take away the fish,
00:57:18you take away the brutality of wrestling
00:57:21and it favors you.
00:57:22But a big power wrestler,
00:57:24I'm not sure how much it would favor.
00:57:26And almost looking at Moriarty
00:57:28to see what he would have to do against somebody like Vance.
00:57:30I want to see what Moriarty has to pull out of himself.
00:57:33Oh, wait a minute.
00:57:34And the ropes here and the ropes.
00:57:36Vance not letting go.
00:57:37Yeah, but it's going to count against.
00:57:40What? Oh, okay.
00:57:44Wait a minute.
00:57:48Preston Vance has been issued a warning
00:57:50for the use of a closed fist strike to the face.
00:57:52Okay, so great discretion there.
00:57:53Let's explain what happened there, Caprice.
00:57:57It was a defensive maneuver.
00:57:59It was in play in motion.
00:58:01Stephon Smith saying that the O'Connor roll
00:58:03was blocked using the ropes.
00:58:05It does not count, but the closed fist certainly does.
00:58:07So Vance could cost himself a title
00:58:10if he used another closed fist.
00:58:13Tell you what,
00:58:14Stephon is one of the greatest referees in the world.
00:58:16That was a great call.
00:58:17Absolutely.
00:58:18We see that brace on the left knee,
00:58:20camera right of Preston Vance.
00:58:23It does not seem to be slowing him down
00:58:24on these chargers into the corner,
00:58:26but the clothesline misses there.
00:58:28Sometimes those braces is just for confidence, Riccoboni.
00:58:31Cassadora.
00:58:33It's like the one I had on
00:58:34when I won my triathlon this weekend.
00:58:37Nice wheelbarrow tournament suplex there.
00:58:39And we know you had a huge injury on your knee
00:58:41that definitely needed protection.
00:58:43That's right.
00:58:44So grateful that you're recovering well, Riccoboni.
00:58:46I appreciate that, Caprice.
00:58:48It was very scary as Preston Vance on the outside.
00:58:52Oh, goodness.
00:58:54Just driving the champ into the barricade.
00:58:56I'll tell you what, this is legal.
00:58:58100% legal.
00:59:01Oh my goodness.
00:59:02I assure you that Moriarty is not used to this
00:59:05in the peer division.
00:59:06But like you said, Riccoboni, it is legal.
00:59:09We just don't have athletes that are able to pull this off
00:59:12in the division like Vance is.
00:59:14You're absolutely right.
00:59:15Shades of his former confidant,
00:59:17Roosh, former Ring of Honor world champion.
00:59:19Oh my goodness.
00:59:21And we haven't seen it much.
00:59:24It's the powerhouses.
00:59:25You're right, because normally
00:59:27when you get into these matches,
00:59:30I think everybody tries to wrestle
00:59:31maybe a style that's not theirs.
00:59:34If you stay true to yourself
00:59:36and you wrestle as a power wrestler,
00:59:37you might be successful like Vance has been.
00:59:40That may be the definition of peer.
00:59:42Peer is who you are.
00:59:43Being a peer, who you are,
00:59:45and showing the world that you're a wrestler.
00:59:49Beautiful flatliner into the second turnbuckle there.
00:59:52Yeah, I think if Moriarty's saying
00:59:53you can use the outside as a weapon,
00:59:55I can use the inside as a weapon.
00:59:56Very smart move by Moriarty.
00:59:58Regaining control as the champion.
01:00:01Crushing the head.
01:00:04Oh!
01:00:05Vance.
01:00:07And Stephon, I like Stephon giving the leeway on the ropes.
01:00:12Front face lock there.
01:00:15As the float over to the front chanter.
01:00:19He had a lot of weight behind it.
01:00:20Ricobano calls him.
01:00:21Vance to land on his head.
01:00:23Look how much trouble Moriarty's having
01:00:25trying to close this lock here.
01:00:29And yeah, Vance has to go to the ropes.
01:00:31That is rope break number one used by Preston Vance.
01:00:34So Moriarty trying to close that wrist lock,
01:00:36but the power of Vance was not allowing it.
01:00:38And as a student of the game as Moriarty is,
01:00:41Preston Vance, who when he was freaking into wrestling,
01:00:45tore his bicep off the bone.
01:00:47It was a long-term injury, and he could know that.
01:00:50Wait a minute, Vance.
01:00:51Vance just powers himself out of submission moves.
01:00:55Oh, but has to go to the ropes.
01:00:56That is rope break number two used by Preston Vance.
01:01:01Now, this is where the rules may be working
01:01:03in the favor of the champion,
01:01:05who knows the rules very well
01:01:07and have used them in his favor.
01:01:09Oh, but Vance, knife edge chop.
01:01:11He's got to be careful of using those forearms.
01:01:13Great job there by Vance, off the ropes.
01:01:15He's got one more rope break.
01:01:17He has no more closed fists.
01:01:18Roll up, two, stack, roll over.
01:01:22Oh, looking for the border of city.
01:01:26Every time Moriarty tries to lock in a submission move,
01:01:29Vance is outpowering Moriarty.
01:01:32Moriarty's going to have to change his game plan.
01:01:35Up and over.
01:01:36I love the way Vance got to that table position.
01:01:39Big close line, sends Moriarty down.
01:01:42Yeah, Moriarty's going to have to dig deep.
01:01:44He's going to have to change something up.
01:01:46Big back elbow.
01:01:46And this is where period of vision comes to the best,
01:01:48where you can change game plan.
01:01:50Mid-action, what a beautiful shoulder block
01:01:52off the second rope.
01:01:53Yes, indeed.
01:01:55It's Vance now, from the clutch position into the corner.
01:02:00Big boot.
01:02:03And Vance.
01:02:06The power of Vance is undeniable.
01:02:10And may be the kryptonite of the period of vision.
01:02:15And it is Vance.
01:02:17Looking for the lariat, no one home.
01:02:21And again, Moriarty around the world.
01:02:24Oh, he's got the fingers locked.
01:02:25Octopus.
01:02:26Vance has got the fingers locked, though.
01:02:28That pulldown's in.
01:02:30Moriarty's trying to break it.
01:02:33That is rope break number one, used by Lee Moriarty.
01:02:36Back elbow, though.
01:02:38Avoids the clean break.
01:02:40Separation now.
01:02:42Discus lariat, plants Moriarty down.
01:02:48Definitely discombobulating Moriarty,
01:02:50but Moriarty knowing where he is,
01:02:51choosing the road to the outside of the ring.
01:02:53That shows Moriarty's in a lot of trouble.
01:02:59And look at Vance trying to bring Moriarty in.
01:03:04Over the top.
01:03:06That was a setup.
01:03:09This is a game change right here.
01:03:11Yep, going around the world.
01:03:12Oh, Moriarty!
01:03:13Nice face buster.
01:03:14Stepping through.
01:03:17Lamai Shrill 2.
01:03:18Got him.
01:03:21The winner of this match and still Ring of Honor pure wrestling champion,
01:03:26Pakistan Lee Moriarty.
01:03:31You never want to turn down a title match, a title opportunity.
01:03:35But it's Moriarty who has mastered the rules and the skill set of the pure division
01:03:41that led him to victory here tonight, Caprice.
01:03:43That was some beautiful wrestling, whether you like it or not, by Lee Moriarty.
01:03:46Moriarty doing what he needs to do to retain that title.
01:03:50Got ambushed on the outside of the ring.
01:03:53Had to do what he needed to do.
01:03:54It retains the pure championship.
01:03:57For Caprice Coleman, I'm Enric Abadi.
01:03:59Happy wrestling, everybody.