ROH on HonorClub starts … NOW!
ROH World Tag Team Title Match: La Faccion Ingobernable (Sammy Guevara & The Beast Mortos) (c) vs Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) (w/Christopher Daniels)
Kicking things off is what promised to be a great tag match. Top Flight want the titles and Guevara and Mortos (and Rush and Dustin Rhodes) have held them for 530+ days combined.
Mortos and Dante kicked things off with Mortos blowing snot onto Dante’s hand during the Code of Honor.
Mortos charged Dante, but he leapt over, coming back with a high knee to the jaw that seemed to upset Mortos. Dante hit a spinning kick and threw hands at Mortos who came off the ropes with a shoulder block.
Darius and Guevara tagged in and Guevera immediately started mugging with the crowd and tagged Mortos back in. Then Guevara decided that the crowd wanted him so he tagged back in. They tried for a third time, but Darius had had enough and dropkicked Guevara.
Guevara came back with a headlock takedown and then sent Darious out of the ring with a missile dropkick. Christopher Daniels gave Darius some words of encouragement and he got back in and tagged in Dante. They combined for a series of uppercuts, atomic drops and shoulder tackles on Guevara.
Guevara tried to escape to the outside and Dante hit him in the head every time he tried to get back in. Dante went to leap off the ropes, but Mortos distracted him and Guevara was able to sneak up from behind and lay Dante out.
Mortos tagged in and threw hands at the stunned Dante. He got a wristlock on and then tagged in Guevara for an axehandle off the top turnbuckle. Guevara beat up on Dante, isolating him in the corner so Mortos could lay him out in the center of the ring.
Dante fought back with a DDT and made a tag to Darius. Darious came in at the same time as Guevara and met him feet first. Darious hit a spanish fly on Guevara then took out Mortos on the apron. Mortos stormed back with a sling blade on Darious. Dante came in and Darious used him as leverage to hit a sattellit DDT on Mortos.
While Guevara knocked Dante out on the outside of the ring, Mortos hit a samoan drop on Darius and got the pin to retain the titles.
Match Result: La Faccion Ingobernable defeated Top Flight
Backstage, Jay Lethal addressed ROH World Champion Bandido while holding his stolen mask. He was just getting in to how Bandido’s days are numbered when Tommy Billington teleported into the scene and challenged Lethal to a match.
Six Man Tag Team Match: Michael Oku & The Von Erichs (Marshall von Erich & Ross von Erich) (w/Amira & Kevin von Erich) vs Oday, OXP & Timur The Great
Oku and OXP kicked things off with Oku landing a headscissor takedown. OXP didn’t seem to know what to do so he tagged in Oday and Ross came in with a high kick. Marshall followed and the two hit stereo splashes in the corner. Marshall hit a standing shooting star press and Oday tagged in Timur.
Timur didn’t last long though as the Von Erichs and Oku threw their opponents to the outside so Oku could dive on them. Marshall and Ross locked Iron Claws on OXP and Oday, while Oku put Timur in a boston crab. Somewhere in there, someone gave up or was pinned and the Von Erichs and Oku won.
Match Result: Michael Oku & The Von Erichs defeated Oday, OXP & Timur The Great
Persephone vs Julissa Mexa
The two locked up off the top with Mexa grabbing a waistlock that Persephone reversed. Mexa tried a couple of armdrags before doing an impression of the Bella twins. That opened things up for Persephone to take her down.
Mexa responded with a high crossbody, but when she went for a second, Persephone caught her and slammed her into the turnbuckles. She hit a big dropkick for a two count, with Mesa kicking right out.
Persephone then fishhooked Mexa, before throwing some punches. She gave the ref some great side-eye for not counting to three. Mexa was still dazed, so Persephone set her up for Shattered Dreams for some reason, then hit a dropdown on her in the corner.
Persephone in complete control stepped on Mexa’s neck over the ropes and then put on a headlock. Mexa started powering up, but Persephone put an end to that with a punch. Mexa scoop slammed her then hit a kick in the corner before scrambling up the ringpost for a missile dropkick.
The two started trading forearms and elbows until Persephone hit a bridging suplex for a two count. Mexa got back up and hit a pumphandle dragon suplex, but Persehone would’t go down. She hit a spear on Mexa out of nowhere and then dropped her with a crucifix bomb to get the pin and victory.
Match Result: Persephone defeated Julissa Mexa
Six Man Tag Team Match: Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) vs KM, Nathan Cruz & Rosario Grillo
But this match was a crowd-pleasing six person squash from the start. They played all the greatest hits, quick tags, double elbows and power ups from Magnum and Floyd, killer suplexes and Bangarang from Castle. It was fun to watch, but was over before I could finish typing this sentence.
Match Result: Dalton Castle & The Outrunners defeated KM, Nathan Cruz & Rosario Grillo
Backstage, JD Drake called out Adam Priest. Drake said that he’s the reason people know who Priest is and the next time he see’s him, he’s going to beat the piss out of him. Because Priest pissed him off.
Lance Archer vs Will Allday
So, like he does, Archer came to the ring, threw Allday at the ground a bunch using big chops, chokeslams and the Razor’s Edge/blackout thing, and won the match.
Allday got in a kick to Archer’s knee, but as with all Archer matches, it didn’t really matter.
Match Result: Lance Archer defeated Will Allday
Eight Man Tag Team Match: ROH World Champion Bandido, Komander, Mascara Dorada & Xelhua vs The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson) & The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese) (w/Mark Sterling & Stori Denali)
Last week, Johnson seemed to have a big interest in if Stori Denali would be joining the Athletic Swirl at ringside, so it’ll be interesting to see if something develops there. Sterling ran down Luchardores as “criminals who have to wear masks” and declared this the “last Lucha match ever in Ring of Honor.”
The luchadores chose their starting fighter to be Xelhua and he started things off against Daivari. The two traded wristlocks until Xelhua shot Daivari off the ropes and hit an armdrag followed by a dropkick. Dorada tagged in and Daivari went for his mask right away. That allowed him to shove Dorada into the Athletic Swirl’s corner.
Nese tagged in and couldn’t get ahold of the fast moving Dorada, who took him down with a headscissor and then a spinning kick. Komander tagged in and Nese went for his mask before tagging in Johnson. Johnson had trouble catching Komander and just kinda let him run around the ring for a minute before trying a rollup for two.
Komander shoved Johnson, who shoved him back. Bandido and Christian tagged in and Bandido took Christian down with a headscissor The two started brawling, throwing punches until a dropkick from Bandido sent him staggering.
Komander tagged in and Johnson came in so that he and Christian could try a double team. That got them a double dropkick so the Athletes tried the same thing and got another double dropkick. That unleashed a brawl in which Bandido and Dorada got thrown out of the ring.
Nese tossed Xelhua out, leaving Komander to fend for himself against Christian. Things settled down and Christian tagged in Nese after choking Komander on the ropes. Johnson came in and started punching Komander, wearing down the luchadore.
Daivari tagged in and hit a snapmare with a knee to the back. He put Komander in a sleeper but no joy as Komander fought out of it and punched him in the gut. Daivari and Komander both went off the ropes into a double crossbody.
Komander got the hot tag to Bandido and Christian got one of his own as the two flew around the ring. Dorada tagged in and hit a tornado takedown on Nese. Xelhua tagged in and took out Johnson before Komander tagged back in to take on Daivari with a springboard headscissor takedown.
Team Lucha sent everyone to the outside and hit a combo dive on all four. Back in the ring, Bandido hit a 12-plex on Christian, but Christian landed on his feet. Story Denali came in and chokeslammed Bandido and Christian hit a springboard 450, but Dorada broke up the pin.
The brawl continued with Dorada and Nese fighting until Christian tagged back in to meet up with Xelhua who atomic dropped him. Komander hit a DDT on Johnson, then Daivari hit a lariat on Komander. Bandido came in and tried an X-Knee, but Daivari blocked it.
Bandido then hit a pip up cutter on Daivari while Komander, Xelhua and Dorada took out the Athletic Swirl on the outside. Bandido landed a 21-plex on Daivari and that was it! The luchadores get the win.
Match Result: Bandido, Komander, Mascara Dorada & Xelhua defeat The Swirl & The Premier Athletes
(H/T to Jeff Moss of F4WOnline.com for the above results.)
