Dalton Castle VS Jushin Thunder Liger
Grudge Match: Brutal Bob Evan VS Cheeseburger
ROH Tag Team Championship: (C) The Addiction VS reDragon
IWGP Tag Team Championship: (C) The Kingdom w/Maria Kanellis VS The Bullet Club (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson)
It was noted before that although Samoa Joe has now signed a full-time deal with WWE he would still be teaming with AJ Styles against Daniels & Kazarian at the June 20th Ring of Honor TV tapings in New York City. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that WWE pushed for that match to not be taped for TV. Last word is that the match would no longer be taped.
Joe is not taking indie dates past August 31st because he will be working WWE full-time beginning in September.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
Tag Team Grudge Match: The Briscoes VS The House of Truth w/Truth Martini
Will Ferrara (ROH) VS KUSHIDA (NJPW)
Takaaki Watanabe (NJPW) VS Silas Young (ROH)
Moose w/Veda Scott & Stokely Hathaway VS BJ Whitmer w/The Decade
PWTorch.com reports that WWE officials were so impressed with Samoa Joe and his merchandise sales that Vince McMahon and Triple H personally pushed for him to sign a full-time WWE contact. PWInsider has confirmed that Joe has signed a full-time deal and that’s why he was at RAW last night, defeating Tyson Kidd in a match before the start of RAW.
The fact that Joe’s appearances for Ring of Honor will now air on national cable TV also played into the decision for WWE to sign him to a full-time deal.
Joe’s current NXT deal reportedly has a clause that would let WWE sign him to a full-time deal. WWE chose to execute that clause this past Thursday after ROH announced their deal with Destination America. Joe and WWE signed an addendum to the original deal, now making Joe a full-time WWE worker.
Even though Joe has now signed a full-time deal with WWE, he will still be fulfilling his indie dates that were booked. ROH has confirmed that Joe will still be working their June 20th TV tapings in New York City, in what appears to be Joe’s final ROH appearance. Absolute Intense Wrestling in Cleveland announced last night that Joe has been added to their July 10th show.
Joe is booked for the big WWE NXT live events in Pittsburgh, PA and Columbus, OH this month. PWInsider reports that Joe is not currently booked for tonight’s SmackDown tapings so unless things change, Joe will not be the one who will answer NXT Champion Kevin Owens open challenge.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
Ring of Honor CCO Joe Koff appeared on Busted Open Radio last week and discussed working with Destination America.and how long the deal has actually been in the works.
Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that WWE officials have reportedly changed their thoughts on signing former TNA World Champion AJ Styles.
Styles is the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion and considers New Japan Pro Wrestling home where he is under contract, but WWE is interested in signing him. Styles also competes on an occasion for Ring of Honor. WWE is looking to have three touring brands in 2016 and want to load up on as much quality talent as they can.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
Destination America announced that Ring of Honor will debut on their network on Wednesday, June 3. They confirmed that ROH will be followed by a new episode of TNA Impact Wrestling.
Breaking NEWS: Ring of Honor and Destination America have announced that ROH will be debuting on Destination America. The first ROH show is scheduled for Wednesday, June 3 at 8PM ET.
Destination America tweeted:
Ring of Honor announced that Samoa Joe will return next month on June 20, the night after ROH’s “Best In The World” pay-per-view. Joe will team up with AJ Styles to take on The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian). ROH describes the tag match as a DREAM MATCH.
KUSHIDA def. Will Ferrara
Silas Young def. Takaaki Watanabe
Moose def. Colby Corino w/Decade
The Briscoes def. The House Of Truth (Donovan Dijak & J. Diesel) w/Truth Martini
ROH World Tag Team Championship – 2 on 1 Handicap Match: Kyle O’Reilly def. (C) The Addiction (Daniels & Kazarian) – DQ
Jushin Thunder Liger def. Dalton Castle w/His Boys
Cheeseburger VS Brutal Bob Evans – No Contest
The Bullet Club ( Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) VS The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) w/Maria Kanellis – Double DQ
War Machine def. Decade (Adam Page & Colby Corino) w/BJ Whitmer
Cedric Alexander def. Moose w/Stokely Hathaway & Veda Scott
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito def. ACH & Matt Sydal
Shinsuke Nakamura def. Roderick Strong
Michael Elgin def. Gedo
The Bullet Club (AJ Styles & The Young Bucks) def. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okado, Trent Baretta & Rocky Romero
ROH next PPV Best In The World is June 19th from New York City. It will be available on traditional PPV, iPPV and video on demand. It will take place from Terminal 5
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