Ring of Honor star Bandido underwent knee surgery yesterday, according to PWInsider.
Bandido wasn’t medically cleared to wrestle at Death Before Dishonor Fallout because of a knee injury. He was supposed to be in the ROH Final Battle Number One Contender Tournament but was replaced by PJ Black.
Bandido is expected to be out for 7 to 8 weeks.
(Pre-show) Jeff Cobb vs. Brody King
Winner: Jeff Cobb
#1 Contender Tournament Match: Marty Scurll vs. Colt Cabana
Winner: Marty Scurll
#1 Contender Tournament Match (No DQ): PCO vs. Kenny King
Winner: PCO
WOH World Championship: (C) Kelly Klein vs. Angelina Love
Winner and new WOH World Champion: Angelina Love
Jay Lethal vs. Jonathan Gresham
Winner: Jonathan Gresham by Submission
Anything Goes Barroom Brawl: The Bouncers vs. Silas Young & Vinny Marseglia
Winners: The Bouncers
ROH World TV Championship: (C) Shane Taylor vs. Tracy Williams vs. Flip Gordon
Winner: Shane Taylor
ROH World Tag Team Championship: (C) The Briscoes vs Lifeblood (Bandido & Mark Haskins)
Winners: The Briscoes
ROH World Championship: (C) Matt Taven vs. RUSH
Winner and new ROH World Champion: RUSH
ROH Death Before Dishonor PPV will take place tonight from Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The pre-show at 8:30 ET will stream on ROH’s social media channels, FITE, HonorClub, and TV/Satellite. The main card begins at 9 pm ET on FITE, HonorClub, and traditional PPV.
ROH World Championship: (C) Matt Taven vs. Rush
ROH World TV Championship: (C) Shane Taylor vs. Tracy Williams vs. Flip Gordon
ROH World Tag Team Championship: (C) The Briscoes vs Bandido & Mark Haskins
WOH World Championship: (C) Kelly Klein vs. Angelina Love
#1 Contender Tournament Match: PCO vs. Kenny King
#1 Contender Tournament Match: Marty Scurll vs. Colt Cabana
Anything Goes Barroom Brawl: The Bounces vs. Silas Young & Vinny Marseglia
Jay Lethal vs. Jonathan Gresham
(Pre-show) Jeff Cobb vs. Brody King
Beating WWE to the punch, Ring of Honor has reportedly signed Session Moth Martina.
PWInsider stated that the Irish star has signed a full-time deal with the promotion, and she is set to make appearances soon.
A former ICW Women’s Champion, Martina has wrestled all over since 2011, including Progress, Over The Top and Discovery Wrestling. She is a frequent intergender wrestler, winning the OTT Gender Neutral Champion at one point. Recently joining STARDOM in Japan, the report states that her ROH deal will continue to allow Martina to work events there and other independent dates in Europe.
WWE was interested in signing Martina, at one point offering her a contract for the NXT UK brand. She is the latest star to sign with ROH, joining Maria Manic.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Ring of Honor announced that Mark Briscoe will be out of tonight’s CMLL’s Grand Prix tournament because of a knee injury. The injury happened during an ROH live event last weekend.
Delirious will be replacing Briscoe on Team Resto del Mundo. The other team members include ROH World Champion Matt Taven, Jay Briscoe, Kenny King, Big Daddy, Luke Hawx, Mecha Wolf 450, and Oraculo.
During CMLL’s Grand Prix press conference, Jay Briscoe commented about his brother’s injury, “It sucks that he’s hurt. We do double-team moves like no other tag team in this world, so that was definitely going to be a blow to the Mexican team, but it ain’t going to matter. We still gonna win.”
Mark Briscoe is scheduled to undergo an MRI exam.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
ROH Summer Supercard will take place tonight from the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show will stream on FITE and for ROH HonorClub subscribers.
ROH World Championship: Matt Taven (c) vs. Alex Shelley
ROH World Tag Team Championship: Guerrillas of Destiny (c) vs. The Briscoes
ROH Women of Honor World Championship: Kelly Klein (c) vs. Tasha Steelz
ROH World TV Championship: Shane Taylor (c) vs. Tracy Williams
No DQ Match: RUSH vs. Dalton Castle
Caristico, Soberano Jr., and Stuka Jr. vs. Barbaro Cavernario, Hechicero, and Templario
Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham vs. Bandido and Mark Haskins
TK O’Ryan and Vinny Marseglia vs. Brody King and PCO
PJ Black vs. Silas Young
The partnership between Ring of Honor and the National Wrestling Alliance has come to an end, according to PWInsider. The two sides reportedly had an amicable split, but have left the door open down the road to partner up again.
NWA Worlds Champion Nick Aldis was originally advertised for ROH Summer Supercard on August 9 in Toronto, but he will no longer be working the event.
NWA Vice President Dave Lagana—who had produced numerous videos for ROH over the last several months—also finished up with ROH this past weekend. NWA President Billy Corgan is looking to put together a weekly stand-alone NWA series later this year.
The two promotions worked together for last April’s NWA Crockett Cup where PCO and Brody King won the tournament and are the current NWA World Tag Team Champions.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Ring of Honor will be moving this December’s Final Battle PPV out of New York City and to Baltimore, the promotion’s home market, according to PWInsider. This will be the first time the show has been in Baltimore.
Going all the way back to 2006, this PPV has taken place each year in Manhattan, except for in 2015 when Philadelphia was the host city. The first Final Battle PPV went down in 2002 in Philadelphia.
Over the weekend, ROH put on its Best in the World PPV, if you missed it, results here.
Next up for the promotion is Manhattan Mayhem (TV taping) at the Hammerstein Ballroom on July 20.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Flip Gordon vs. RUSH – Winner: RUSH
NWA Heavyweight champion Nick Aldis comes out to announce his replacement tag partner with his bout against the Briscoes after scheduled teammate, Colt Cabana, went down with injury. Cabana shows off his cane at the booth to indicate that he’s definitely not competing. Aldis gets on the mic and calls Cabana a professional, and that he knows he wouldn’t have missed a booking unless his injury was very serious. Aldis tells the Baltimore crowd that he almost considered canceling the match, but he didn’t want to dot that because this is NWA territory. He then goes to introduce his partner…and NWA’s newest roster member…lights go out…James Storm is here.
James Storm walks out with his own mic. He says that he’s not Aldis’ partner, and demands to know who it is. Aldis responds…”why don’t I just let him tell you.”
IT’S ELI DRAKE. Crowd erupts. Storm can’t believe it! Drake claims that there are a lot of superstars backstage that thinks they are the best…until he arrived. He talks about all the company prospects he had since leaving his former employer, and reveals that he joined ROH because it is the past, present, and future of professional wrestling. “You are looking at the newest acquisition of the NWA.” Drake promises that NWA, ROH, and the Briscoes are going to understand exactly what he is capable of tonight. Drake drops the mic to end the segment.
Dalton Castle vs. Dragon Lee – Winner: Dalton Castle
The Allure (Mandy Leon & Angelina Love/with Velvet Sky) vs. Kelly Klein & Jenny Rose – Winners:
The Allure
As soon as the bell rings the lights go out. Strange video plays on the titantron. Lights up…it’s Maria Manic! The Allure can’t believe it! They escape before things get physical. Security tries to restrain Manic…she handles them with ease. Torture rack to one guard…she picks up the other in a razor’s edge and tosses him onto the lot at ringside! Manic rips off her shirt revealing the a new tattoo that says “MANEATER.” She poses to end the segment.
Best of Three Series – Match 3 (seires tied 1-1): Jay Lethal vs. Kenny King – Winner: Kenny King
Pure Rules Match: Jonathan Gresham vs. Silas Young – Winner: Jonathan Gresham
The Briscoes vs. Nick Aldis & Eli Drake – Match is ruled a no-contest
James Storm jumps in and starts brawling with Eli Drake. The Briscoes team-up and attack Aldis. Cabana tries to jump in but Riccaboni stops him for health reasons. The Briscoes go to put Aldis through a table…Camille comes out and spears Mark. A bunch of security guards come out but the Briscoes battle them off. Instead of escaping…Aldis tries to fight Mark and Jay off…they put him through a table. Cabana is irate that he couldn’t help. Segment ends with the Briscoes celebrating with the fans.
As Aldis recovers…Marty Scurll runs out to help him up.
ROH World TV Championship: (C) Shane Taylor vs. Bandido – Winner: Shane Taylor
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team championship: (C) Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, Brody King & PCO) vs. Lifeblood (Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams) & PJ Black – Winners: Villain Enterprises
After Villain Enterprises leaves…the Solider of Savagery attack Lifeblood. Bandido runs out to help his stable mates…Bully Ray comes out of nowhere and nails Bandido. He goes to hit Bandido with a chair but Flip Gordon comes out to run Bully Ray off. Lifeblood hands Gordon a t-shirt, inviting him to the group. Scurll comes onto the titantron and says that Villain Enterprises also has a new member…and he’s going to introduce him now. It’s revealed to be Gordon, who superkicks Bandido then flees the ring. The rest of Villain Enterprises runs out…they beat Lifeblood down. Williams gets placed on a table…Gordon with a 450 crashes through the table!
ROH World Championship: (C) Matt Taven vs. Jeff Cobb – Winner: Matt Taven
Source: Wrestling Inc.
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