ROH Six-Man Tag Team Championship: (C) The New Kingdom (Matt Taven,TK O’Ryan & Vinnie Marseglia) vs. The Rebellion (Caprice Coleman, Rhett Titus & Kenny King)
Top Prospect Tournament Match: Raphael King vs. Brian Milonas
Adam Cole, Cody Rhodes & The Young Bucks vs. The Briscoes, Jay Lethal & Bobby Fish
Broken Matt Hardy has taken his first legal step to own the name. Pro Wrestling Sheet has confirmed that he filed a trademark to officially lock it down.
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the wrestler filed for a trademark last week on “Broken Matt Hardy” for “Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibits and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer.”
As we previously reported, sources close to Matt says his Impact deal gave them the ability to profit off of anything already filmed having to do with ANY gimmick he used throughout the course of his contract … but, once that’s over, he retains ownership of his name and characters.
Impact Wrestling sources, however, say that’s not the case. They claim the current deal specifically states that their company owns all IP creations.
If that’s the case, Impact’s legal team still has time to oppose.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Despite signing with ROH, Matt Hardy is still teasing returning to WWE. Hardy tweeted the following after Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson defended their RAW tag team titles at Fastlane tonight:
Source: WrestlingINC
As noted, the Hardys appeared at ROH Manhattan Mayhem VI last night and defeated The Young Bucks to win the ROH tag team titles. They cut a promo after the match and said that they have signed with the company.
During their promo they listed several ROH dates which are all before WrestleMania 33, which led many to believe that they signed a short-term deal with ROH until WrestleMania. Dave Meltzer stated on Wrestling Observer Radio that word is that it is a long-term deal and they are signed with ROH for the near future, although the exact length of the deal is not known.
“They’re not going to WWE anytime soon. I do not know the length of the [ROH] deal, but it’s not a two month deal,” Meltzer said. “They’re there [in ROH].”
It was noted that a big part of the Hardys signing with ROH was creative control, and that they can work independent dates. The Hardys are also once again taking independent dates. They had recently stopped taking any indie dates because they felt that they might have not been able to fulfill them if they signed with WWE.
Source: WrestlingINC
Last night, Ring of Honor’s Manhattan Mayhem VI took place and Bubba Ray Dudley showed up to help Bobby Fish fight off Adam Cole and the rest of the Bullet Club. Here’s a video of his appearance, he also took a picture with The Hardys.
Here are the full results from last night’s show:
* Sumi Sakai def. Jenny Rose & Mandy Leone
* Josh Woods def. Brian Milonas (Top Prospect Tournament Match)
* John Skyler def. Curt Stallion (Top Prospect Tournament Match)
* Christopher Daniels def. TK O’Ryan
* Dalton Castle def. Colt Cabana
* Marty Scurll (c) def. Sonjay Dutt (TV Title Match)
* Dragon Lee def. Will Ospreay
* The Young Bucks (c) def. Lio Rush & Jay White (Tag Title Match – Post match, Hardys appeared and challenged The Young Bucks to a match)
* The Hardys defeated The Young Bucks (c) (Tag Title Match)
* ROH Manhattan Battle Royal: Matt Taven won a future ROH title shot
* Hangman Page & Kazarian & Cody Rhodes defeated Jay Lethal & The Briscoes
* Adam Cole (c) defeated Bobby Fish (ROH Title Match – Post match, Bullet Club went after Fish and Bubba Ray Dudley hit the ring to make the save. Bubba talked about “being home,” that he had an offer from Impact Wrestling and from ROH, as well.)
The Hardys appeared at last night’s ROH show and defeated The Young Bucks to win the ROH tag team championship.
After the match the Hardys said that although people are wondering if they signed with Meekmahan, they “exist in the plane known as ROH.” They are with ROH until at least Supercard of Honor
Source: WrestlingINC
The Addiction vs. Adam Cole & Hangman Page
Top Prospect Tournament Match: John Skyler vs. Sean Carr
TV Title Match: Champion Marty Scurll vs. Donovan Dijak
Honor Rising Night 1 – February 26th
* David Finlay, Juice Robinson & KUSHIDA def. Jado, Gedo & Silas Young
* NEVER Openweight Six-Man Championship: (C) BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA def. Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger & Delirious
* Will Ospreay, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada def. Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale
* War Machine def. The Young Bucks
* Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Punisher Martinez def. Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Dalton Castle
* Katsuyori Shibata & Jay Lethal def. Hangman Page & Cody Rhodes
* Adam Cole & Kenny Omega def. The Briscoes
Honor Rising Night 2 – February 27th
* Jado & Silas Young def. David Finlay & KUSHIDA
* Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito def. Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, Dalton Castle & Delirious
* War Machine def. Guerrillas of Destiny
* Hangman Page, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & Jay Lethal
* IWPG NEVER OpenWeight Championship: (C) Hirooki Goto def. Punisher Martinez
* ROH World Championship: (C) Adam Cole def. YOSHI-HASHI
* Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes & The Young Bucks def. Will Ospreay, Kazuchika Okada& The Briscoes
On February 26th and 27th, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Ring of Honor will join together for Honor Rising. Both shows can be watched live on NJPW World (subscription is about $9 a month, please note that you will be charged once you sign up and again on the 1st, as that’s when NJPW charges all of their current subscribers) and both start at 4:30am EST. NJPW confirmed each show will also have English Commentary with Kevin Kelly and Rocky Romero calling the action. Here are the full cards:
Honor Rising Night 1 – February 26th
* Kenny Omega & Adam Cole vs. The Briscoes
* Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Dalton Castle vs. Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & Punisher Martinez
* The Young Bucks vs. War Machine
* Cody Rhodes & Hangman Page vs. Jay Lethal & Katsuyori Shibata
* Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, Yoshi-Hashi & Hirooki Goto vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale
* NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: (C) Sanada, Bushi & Evil
* Kushida, David Finlay & Juice Robinson vs. Silas Young, Jado & Gedo
Honor Rising Night 2 – February 27th
* Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes & The Young Bucks vs. Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay & The Briscoes
* ROH World Championship: (C) Adam Cole vs. Yoshi-Hashi
* NEVER Openweight Championship: (C) Hirooki Goto vs. Punisher Martinez
* Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jay Lethal & Juice Robinson vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Hangman Page & Bad Luck Fale
* War Machine vs. Guerrillas of Destiny
* Jushin Thunder Liger, Dalton Castle, Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Delirious vs. Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, Bushi, Evil & Sanada
* Kushida & David Finlay vs. Jado & Silas Young
ROH is put out a statement that they will hold their first ever Women of Honor Tryout Camp and it will be in partnership with Japanese wrestling promotion, STARDOM. The statement also says “at least” one wrestler will be picked for a tour of Japan with STARDOM later in the year. You can read the full statement by clicking here.
Source: WrestlingINC
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