ROH TV Recap: Field Of Honor Tapings, Two Title Defenses, Bullet Club 8 Man Tag

RING OF HONOR TV

EPISODE #263 “FIELD OF HONOR”

TAPED AT MCU PARK IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK

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This week’s show was taped before last Friday’s All Star Extravaganza pay-per-view. In case, you missed it. That was a heck of a ppv. Ladder War 6 was amazing.

“Field of Honor” opens with singer, Keith Hardy singing the national anthem to kick off the show. Always a unique atmosphere and presentation with a wrestling ring situated in a minor league ball park. Nothing quite like Coney Island or Ring of Honor for that matter. The show opens with a TV Title match.

RING OF HONOR WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

The “Infamous” Bobby Fish vs. The ‘King of Darkness’ EVIL

A year ago, Evil then known as Watanabe won a golden gauntlet match to earn a TV title shot at Field of Honor. A year later, Watanabe is now known as “EVIL” and a member of Los Ingobernables De Japon. Both Fish and Evil have changed a lot in the last year.

A slugfest between the two to start off. Bobby Fish hits an impressive looking dropkick and starts to target EVIL’s legs to set up for a submission. The action spills to the outside. Looks like they are near home plate on the baseball field. Evil gets a hold of a chair by the broadcast table near the ring. He strikes Fish with it. The referee, Paul Turner very liberal here in his officiating. The commentary team of Kelly and Corino call him out on it. Evil wraps the folding chair around Fish’s neck and rams him into the ring post. This is not a no dq match but the ref doesn’t call for the bell. He only admonishes EVIL. Corino suggests that the ref is going by Brooklyn rules as the show goes to it’s first break.

Back from the break. Both men are in the ring now. Fish has regained control. Takes down EVIL with leg kicks and an exploder suplex that results in a close fall. Evil battles back with some stiff shots. Fish reciprocates with some of his own. Both men trade suplexes. Bobby Fish hits a dragon screw leg whip on Evil to slow down the action… Fish tries to go in for the kill. Evil counters with a fishermen’s buster but is unable to cover Fish for the pin fall. Both men are down on the mat and the ref starts the 10 count. Both rise at the last second and meet each other in the center of the ring. They start trading blows. Evil wins the exchange and hits a really nice double armed suplex on Fish. Evil follows it up with a wicked lariat that leads to a near fall. He then connects with a firemen’s carry into a sit out out power bomb for another near fall. Evil then signals for his finisher, The STO and does a throat slash gesture on Fish. As he goes for it, Fish counters and then hits a spinning wheel kick. Bobby Fish then hits Evil with a Falcon Arrow and transitions that into a knee bar submission. Unable to get to the ropes, Evil is forced to tap out.

Bobby Fish defeats Evil by submission to retain The ROH Television Championship

Up next on the show after the break is a match billed as an IWGP Intercontinental Championship match. Billed as a rare IWGP title defense on U.S. soil. When this was taped in Brooklyn. Michael Elgin was the IWGP IC Champ but he lost that title to Tetsuya Naito in Japan prior to The All Star Extravaganza PPV.

During the break, The best advertisement in wrestling airs. The KFC WWE ad being a distant 42nd….. Jay Lethal with hair hyping up The Health Alert Hotline. I am sold and I don’t even need a knee brace.

IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

The “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin vs. Donovan Dijak w/Prince Nana

It’s worth noting how impressive, Donovan Dijak was in his match with Bobby Fish at the pay per view. Dijak has a bright future ahead of him. Obviously, He has great physical tools. Only …

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