Ring Of Honor TV Recap (7/25): World Title Match, Jay Lethal Vs. Kyle O’Reilly, Bullet Club

RING OF HONOR TV

TAPED 6/25/16 CONCORD NORTH CAROLINA

EPISODE #253

AIRING IN SYNDICATION & COMET TV

Last week’s show featured Roderick Strong’s final ROH match. This week’s tv show was built around and the entire hour was dedicated to a Ring Of Honor World Title match with current reigning champion, Jay Lethal defending against Kyle O’Reilly.

The show opens with the world title match but before the match can even begin. The challenger, Kyle O’Reilly is attacked by The Bullet Club. Adam Cole and The Young Bucks jump O’Reilly and beat him down with steel chairs. Cole has promised that Kyle would never become ROH world champ and the intent here is to injure him and that’s exactly what they do. Using steel chairs, all 3 members target and injure O’Reilly’s left shoulder. The match is postponed.

Nigel McGuinness, ROH’s match maker and color commentator is livid and is forced to go to stand by matches as a replacement for the originally scheduled world title match. He orders security to ban the Bullet Club from the arena.

WAR MACHINE DEFEATED BRUTAL BOB EVANS AND KEN HUGHES

This is the first stand by match that takes place. Standard squash match here. Hanson and Raymond Rowe dominate this quick match. The back story is that they are frustrated with recent events involving the tag team of Keith Lee and Shane Taylor, who cost them the tag titles and got the upper hand on them last week on TV. Post match sees Lee and Taylor run down but this time, War Machine gets the upper hand and lays them out.

We got an interview backstage with The Briscoes. The IWGP tag champions. The Briscoes hype next week’s tag match with current IWGP junior tag champs, The Young Bucks. Back to the arena. Another stand by match is scheduled in place of the world title bout being suspended.

CHEESEBURGER VS WILL FERRARA

Just as this match gets started. The Cabinet arrives on the scene and they claim that they are on a campaign to rid ROH of wrestlers they feel are not worthy. The cabinet consisting of Caprice Coleman, Kenny King and Rhett Titus cancel the current match and order Cheeseburger and Ferrara from the ring. …

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