Category: ROH

Fan Recalls Strange Incident At ROH Event Involving Bully Ray, ROH Issues Statement

A fan recounted a bizarre experience at an ROH event this past weekend, which has been trending online.

According to the fan, he was booing Allure (Velvet Sky, Angelina Love and Mandy Leon) and exchanging words with the group. At one point the fan said that he was having words with Velvet Sky, and Mandy Leon allegedly spit on him.

“Velvet and I exchange words along with the rest of the Allure. Nothing crazy. Mandy Leon spits on me from the side. Not preferable but I honestly don’t care. Segment ends,” the fan tweeted, who goes by “xIAMHOLLYWOODx” on Twitter. “Side note. I love and respect like 99% of all wrestlers. I honest to god never try to make the show ABOUT me, get myself over, etc. My rule of thumb is to boo the bad guys and cheer the good guys. It’s rare that I’ll flip the script but I always decide to go along with the show”

Allure were involved again later in the show and reportedly got into another exchange with the fan.

“Second match occurs and it’s a local v a local. Allure interferes at the end. I’m mouthing off to all the girls for no reason other than THEY’RE THE BAD GUYS,” @xIAMHOLLYWOODx tweeted. “Boo… you’re trash… get lost… no one wants you here… etc

“At some point Velvet Sky seemingly loses her cool & is challenging me to come in the ring. Tells me to suck it, calls me a p—y, etc. No prob. Get your heat. She calls me a virgin. I remind her she has sex with that fat turd Bully Ray. Call them the tramp stamp trio. End segment.”

Things got strange from there. The fan claims that ROH security approached the fan and escorted him backstage. The fan said Bully Ray eventually appeared and security left the room. He then claimed that Bully Ray told him to respect the women on the show before ending the conversation and telling him to “go be a fan.” The fan was then taken back to his seat.

“Suddenly BULLY RAY comes out from a back room. Full on gear since he was in the opening segment of the show and he looks PISSED. Much bigger than me so I’m kinda taking a step back on this here. Security backs off and it’s just us two,” he wrote. “He said ‘hey. I heard there was incident tonight with you and some of the girls’ ‘Uh… yeah? I guess’ *I’m so lost* ‘So here’s the deal. You’re done talking down to them. You need to treat them with respect. Don’t be saying anything you wouldn’t say to your mom, you got it?!’

“I’m not trying to act tough. I was legit being intimidated with purpose and I wasn’t about to get kicked out during match 3 so I just bit the bullet and said ‘sure… yes sir… yeah, I understand… yup…’ He said ‘End of convo. Go be a fan’

“Security led me back to my seat.”

We reached out to ROH regarding the incident. ROH General Manager Greg Gilleland provided Wrestling Inc. the following statement:

ROH has always taken fan-first approach, with fan experience being at the forefront of all of our live events. We consider this to be very serious and will be conducting an internal review over the next 48 hours to determine the appropriate actions.

You can check out the tweets from the fan below:

Source: Wrestling Inc.

More Lucha Underground Stars Reportedly Seek Legal Help To Obtain Releases

Lucha Underground may have recently settled a class action lawsuit with some of their wrestlers, but it sounds like they could be heading back to court soon with more.

Lucha Central reports Matanza Cueto (ROH star Jeff Cobb), Famous B and XO Lishus (AEW’s Sonny Kiss) have all sought legal representation in order to get their releases from Lucha Underground.

Cobb is the most surprising name on the list, as it was assumed he was released from the company after Season 4 when his character was killed off. Lucha Central claims that despite Jeff signing a contract with ROH, his previous employer has tried to block him from working there because they insist he’s still under contract.

The site also suggests Willie Mack could soon be seeking representation as well due to speculation over his LU contract status being the reason for his NWA National title loss over the weekend.

As we previously reported … El Hijo del Fantasma, Ivelisse, Joey Ryan and Kobra Moon were also recently let out of their LU contracts after banding together in a class-action lawsuit.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

2019 NWA Crockett Cup Results

Joe Galli, Jim Cornette, and Ian Riccaboni were the announce team.

Wild Card Tag Team Battle Royal (Winner is the 8th entrant into the Crockett Cup) – Winners: Royce Isaacs & Thom Latimer advance to the Crockett Cup tournament

Crockett Cup Tournament:

Flip Gordon & Bandido (ROH) vs. Stuka Jr. & Guerrera Maya Jr (CMLL) – Winners: Flip Gordon & Bandido

Royace Isaacs and Thom Latimer vs. (Crimson and Jax Dane) The War Kings (NWA) – Winners: Royce Isaacs & Thom Latimer

 

The Briscoes talk about the old Crockett Cup tournament and how the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express couldn’t make it past the first round. The Briscoes fully expect history to repeat itself. The Briscoes says they are going to win the tournament and put Rock ‘n’ Roll Express out to pasture.

Jim Cornette introduces The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express, before the match gets started he asks them if they know what they’ve gotten themselves into tonight against The Briscoes. They will feed off the fans support and winning the Crockett Cup is something they want to check off their bucket list. Cornette says it’s good to see The Briscoes, “Good to see you too, Jim, now hand me that microphone!” Cornette hands it over and bounces. They let their opponents decide if they want to head to the back and keep their body in check, or fight and get retired. Morton kicks Jay below the belt before the bell rings.

The Briscoes (ROH) vs. Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (NWA) – Winners: The Briscoes 

Villain Enterprises PCO & Brody King (ROH)  vs. Kojima & Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling) – Winners: PCO & Brody King

 

Madusa headed out to the ring with the NWA Women’s Championship. She will present it to the winner.

NWA Women’s Championship (Vacant): Allysin Kay vs. Santana Garrett – Winner and new NWA Women’s Champion: Allysin Kay

Crockett Cup Semi-Final Match: Flip Gordon and Bandido (RHO) vs. Royce Isaacs & Thom Latimer – Winner: Royce Isaacs & Thom Latimer

Crockett Cup Semi-Final Match: The Briscoes (ROH) vs. PCO & Brody King (ROH) – Winners: PCO & Brody King via DQ

NWA National Championship: (C) Willie Mack vs. Colt Cabana – Winner and new NWA National Champion: Colt Cabana

Post-match, James Storm headed to the ring and gets on the mic. He initially congratulates Cabana for winning the title, but then yells at management for not wanting a guy like him in the main event scene. He says to Cabana that’s why he came out here to challenge Cabana because they can’t stop him from doing that. He tells Cabana to be ready next time they meet.

Members of the Crockett Family, ROH COO Joe Koff, and NWA President Billy Corgan out with the Crockett Cup and NWA World Tag Team Titles. Caprice Coleman talks with Nikita Koloff who says it’s great to be back and he thanks the Crockett Family for giving him his opportunity. Coleman asks about Koloff losing his accent, and he says after 35 years his English is bound to get better. Magnum TA heads out, Koloff welcomes him. Magnum talks about when he was able to be involved in the very first Crockett Cup and how great the experience was. The two sit ringside for the upcoming finals match.

Crockett Cup Finals: PCO & Brody King (ROH) vs. Royce Isaacs & Thom Latimer – Winners of the 2019 Crockett Cup and new NWA World Tag Team Champions: PCO and Brody King

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship: (C) Nick Aldis w/Kamilla vs. Marty Scurll – Winner: Nick Aldis via Submission

Post-match, Scurll and Aldis hug and raise each other’s hands up. Scurll gets on the mic and asks Aldis not to leave just yet. Scurll says 15 years ago he started his dream to be a wrestler and said Aldis was the won who took him under his wing and helped him become the man he is today. He says after the match they just had shows how far they both have come. He was hoping at this point he would be double champion, but the better man won. He says Aldis is the champ and nobody deserves it more than him. Aldis says Scurll is the biggest self-made star in wrestling. He then puts over the NWA’s resurgence and thanks the fans.

Transcript via Wrestling Inc.

NWA Crockett Cup Final Card 4/27/19

NWA Crockett Cup will take place tomorrow from the Cabarrus Arena in Concord, North Carolina. Join us for full live beginning at 7 pm ET!

The event will stream live on FITE for $19.99, ROH HonorClub, and traditional PPV.

 

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship: (C) Nick Aldis vs. Marty Scurll

NWA National Championship: (C) Willie Mack vs. Colt Cabana

NWA Women’s Championship (Vacant): Allysin Kay vs. Santana Garrett

Crockett Cup Tournament: Winners of Block A face Winners of Block B in Finals

Block A

The Briscoes (ROH) vs. Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (NWA)

Villain Enterprises PCO & Brody King (ROH)  vs. Kojima & Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling)

Block B

Flip Gordon & Bandido (ROH) vs. Stuka Jr. & Guerrera Maya Jr (CMLL)

Crimson & Jax Dane (NWA) vs. Winner of Wild Card Battle Royal

Wild Card Tag Team Battle Royal (Winner is the 8th entrant into the Crockett Cup)

Also appearing the Legends of Jim Crockett Promotions including all three members of Jim Cornette’s Midnight Express, legendary NWA Ref Tommy Young, Nikita Koloff and Magnum TA.

NWA Women’s Championship Vacated, New Champion To Be Decided At Crockett Cup

NWA announced earlier today the Women’s Championship has been vacated by Jazz and a new champion will be decided at this weekend’s Crockett Cup event in Concord, North Carolina. Allysin Kay (fka Impact Wrestling’s Sienna) was originally scheduled to face Jazz, but will now go against an opponent to be named later this week for the vacant title.

Jazz won the championship back in September of 2016, holding it for 946 days, which is the third longest behind Debbie Combs and The Fabulous Moolah.

Below is the updated card this Saturday’s Crockett Cup.

* Nick Aldis (c) vs. Marty Scurll (NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship)
* Willie Mack (c) vs. Colt Cabana (NWA National Championship)
* Allysin Kay vs. Santana Garrett (For the vacant NWA Women’s Championship)
* The Briscoes vs. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Crockett Cup First Round)
* Villain Enterprises (PCO & Brody King) vs. Satoshi Kojima and Yugi Nagata (Crockett Cup First Round)
* Flip Gordon and Bandido vs. Guerrero Maya Jr. and Stuka Jr. (Crockett Cup First Round)
* The War Kings (Crimson and Jax Dane) vs. Winner of the Wild Card Tag Team Battle Royal (Crockett Cup First Round)
* Wild Card Tag Team Battle Royal (Winner is the 8th entrant into the Crockett Cup)

The event will stream live on FITE for $19.99, ROH HonorClub, and traditional PPV.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

UPDATE:

Jazz revealed on Twitter that she had to vacate the NWA World Women’s Championship due to medical and personal issues.

Enzo Amore And Big Cass Already Done With ROH?

Enzo Amore and Big Cass created headlines when they crashed the Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 Supercard event earlier this month.

At the show, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa retained the IWGP Tag Team Championship and won the ROH World Tag Team Championship against PCO & Brody King, The Briscoes, and EVIL & SANADA. Following the match, Enzo & Cass were at ringside and brawled with The Briscoes and Bully Ray. While it was a creative decision to bring them in, they have not appeared for the promotion since.

The former WWE tag team were not at any of the ROH shows this past weekend in Pittsburgh or Columbus. According to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, as of this moment, they are not booked for any future appearances and are not a part of any of ROH’s current plans.

The appearance at the G1 Supercard did not go over well with many people backstage. According to Dave Meltzer, the original plans for their ROH debut was for Enzo to grab Mark Briscoe causing Mark to shove him and that would be it. The segment was set to end with Enzo being escorted away by security to play off of Enzo crashing the WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view last year. The thought was that it would have been so quick that people would have felt like it was real. It ended up becoming a brawl that involved Bully Ray.

On an episode of Wrestling Inc.’s WINCLY podcast this week, PCO admitted that he was as confused as anyone despite being a part of the match.

“There was a lot of controversy about what happened. For me, I was just worrying about my back because I took a double powerbomb from 12-14 feet in the air straight to the concrete floor,” PCO said before adding that hell broke loose when Enzo and Cass appeared. “I didn’t know what was going on because nobody knew nothing about this. I just came back from TV tapings in Pittsburgh and Columbus… and I got back yesterday and there was no Enzo and no Cass at those events. I haven’t heard anything from the office so I don’t know what’s going on with that. Are they signed? Are they not signed?

“It’s all question marks for me as it is for you so I guess it’s a corporate decision. I have no power over it and I can’t say if I’m not in favor of it or if I am in favor of it. I don’t know nothing about it and I’m gonna let the ROH executives deal with it… I know GoD weren’t happy about it. It seems like they weren’t pleased with the fact that somebody could jump over the fence like that and take their moment so to speak.”

The G1 Supercard was the pairing’s first pro wrestling appearance together since they were let go by WWE.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Rush On Bringing Los Ingobernables To ROH

SoloWrestling.com recently spoke to Ring of Honor star Rush. He commented about remaining in ROH for a long time and eventually wanting to bring Los Ingobernables to the promotion.

“Sure, I’m gonna stay [for a long time] time in ROH, “Rush said. “Big plans are coming for the ‘big ingobernable.’ In Mexico, Los Ingobernables were born. We are in Mexico, in Japan, and in others parts of the world. It would be great to have them in ROH with wrestlers from ROH’s roster. I’d love to do it during my time here. I’m studying English. I need and I want to form Los Ingobernables here in ROH, too.”

Source: Wrestling Inc.

ROH Announces Next PPV, ROH Star Throws Out First Pitch

Ring of Honor announced its next PPV, Best in the World, will take place in Baltimore, Maryland on June 28 at the UMBC Event Center at 8 pm ET. There will be a TV taping the next night at the 2300 Arena. Tickets for both shows go on sale on April 17 at 10 am ET for HonorClub members, and on April 19 at 10 am ET for the general public.

ROH Women of Honor World Champion Kelly Klein threw out the first pitch for yesterday’s Cincinnati Reds game. Klein defeated Mayu Iwatani at ROH / NJPW G1 Supercard to win the women’s title for a second time.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

NWA Reveals 2019 Crockett Cup Bracket

NWA Crockett Cup will take place on April 27 at the Cabarrus Arena in Concord, North Carolina. In NWA’s latest video the full bracket has been announced for the tournament with the following first-round matches.

* The Briscoes vs. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express
* Villain Enterprises (PCO & Brody King) vs. Satoshi Kojima and Yugi Nagata
* Flip Gordon and Bandido vs. Guerrero Maya Jr. and Stuka Jr.
* The War Kings (Crimson and Jax Dane) vs. Winner of the Wild Card Tag Team Battle Royal

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Below is what the rest of the card looks like.

* Nick Aldis (c) vs. Marty Scurll (NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship)
* Willie Mack (c) vs. Colt Cabana (NWA National Championship)
* Jazz (c) vs. Sienna (NWA Women’s Championship)
* Wild Card Tag Team Battle Royal (Winner is the 8th entrant into the Crockett Cup)

The event will stream live on FITE for $19.99, ROH HonorClub, and traditional PPV.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Enzo Amore And Big Cass Brawl With ROH Wrestlers At G1 Supercard (VIDEO)

Former WWE stars Enzo Amore and Big Cass got into a brawl with ROH wrestlers in Madison Square Garden at G1 Supercard.

It all went down after the four-way tag team match when Enzo and Cass hopped the barricade and began fighting talent. Bully Ray then ran over to get some shots in.

Things began to escalate, but security didn’t jump in. This would seem to signal that this was planned beforehand and not like Enzo’s stunt at Staples, but the fight wasn’t show on the broadcast. We’ve been unable to verify with 100% certainty at this time if this was a work, but all signs point in that direction.

Once the wrestlers were all split apart, Enzo and Cass were escorted through the crowd.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Watch a brief portion of the brawl at the link below.