ROH Death Before Dishonor XIV PPV Results (8/19): ROH World Title Match, Jay Lethal Vs. Adam Cole

RING OF HONOR DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR XIV

LIVE AT SAM’S TOWN IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA

Tonight’s ROH PPV features the highly anticipated ROH championship match between Jay Lethal and Adam Cole. In what is one of the hottest main event feuds in all of wrestling right now. Producing great episodic wrestling television reminiscent of the golden age of territory wrestling. This event also features cross promotion matches between Ring Of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling. Coming off the heels of their joint participation on the final 3 days of the G1 Climax in Japan. Both ROH and NJPW are regarded and known as being the gold standard for in ring wrestling. Both have produced some of the world’s very best wrestlers and matches over the years. It’s only fitting that the two continue to work together on this type of stage.

The PPV opens up with a video package of highlights of the feud between Jay Lethal and Adam Cole narrated by ROH matchmaker Nigel McGuinness.

Beautiful sky line shot of Las Vegas as Kevin Kelly welcomes everyone to the best wrestling on the planet. Kelly and McGuinness at ringside hype tonight’s big world title match and the rest of the card as well.

ROH WORLD TV TITLE #1 CONTENDER’S 4 CORNER SURVIVAL MATCH LIO RUSH vs JAY WHITE vs DONOVAN DIJAK vs KAMAITACHI

ROH TV highlights are shown of what has transpired between these 4 and the backstory heading into this ppv. Kamaitachi and Dijak start off the match presumably but instead they attack White and Rush on the aprons and start attacking them. White and Rush battle back and hit stereo suicide dives on Dijak and Kamaitachi. Rush and White go at it inside the ring. Frantic pace between these two. Both heels get involved. Dijak manhandles Rush on the outside while Kamaitachi and White are the legal men in the ring. Dijak joins Kamaitachi in the ring and they double team White as McGuinness is criticizing the ref for losing control of this match. A recovered Jay White takes out both Dijak and Kamaitachi with running uppercuts. Lio is back in the ring and goes 100 miles an hour, using his speed and agility to take out all 3 of his opponents with aerial moves. Prompting a Holy chant from the crowd. Rush struggles to get Donovan back in the ring. He ends up going after Kamaitachi. Dijak gets in the rung and hits Rush with a choke slam neck breaker. Fast paced back and forth action. All 4 men are now down. Kamaitachi rises and goes to the top rope and drops a leg on White to put him down on the outside floor. Meanwhile in the ring, Dijak presses Rush and throws him on top of White and Kamaitachi outside the ring. Dijak then planchas on top of all 3 men. Back in the ring, Lio Rush goes on a frantic pace hitting a flurry of moves on all three men but he is eventually caught by Dijak with a big boot. Donovan Dijak follows with the Feast your eyes finish for the victory.

DONOVAN DIJAK DEFEATED JAY WHITE, LIO RUSH & KAMAITACHI TO BECOME THE #1 CONTENDER TO THE ROH TV TITLE

Recap video shown of Silas Young and his challenge to Shibata. Hyping this next match.

“PRO WRESTLING’s LAST REAL MAN” SILAS YOUNG vs NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPION KATSUYORI SHIBATA

Kevin Kelly on commentary talks about the vicious rampage, Shibata went on at the last day of the G1 in Japan. The expressionless Shibata in the ring here vs the animated Young. They start with a simple collar and elbow tie up and some mat wrestling. Basically the calm before the storm. Silas Young decides to get into a striking battle with Shibata as the fans chant you f’d up at Young. Shibata goes for the penalty kick but Young avoids it. He then gets a rear naked choke on Silas but he gets out of it. Young gets the advantage and starts to go to work on Shibata’s heavily taped and injured shoulder. Nigel criticizes Young on commentary for his hesitation and why Young applies a Boston Crab while he should be targeting Shibata’s shoulder. Young starts striking a fallen Shibata and he starts to egg Silas on to hit him some more. Shibata revs up as does the crowd. He rises to his feet and starts striking Young. Young spits in Shibata’s face. An enraged Shibata starts showering Young with elbows, kicks and then a hesitation drop kick in the corner. Shibata then hits a take over suplex for a 2 count. This is followed by an abdominal stretch. Young breaks free but eats a knee. Young starts to stand toe to toe with Shibata and trade shots. Young hits a backbreaker and lariat for a 2 count. Young hits a cutter in the center of the ring and covers Shibata for a near fall. He then hits a rolling firearm carry and a plunge off of the top for what really looked like a 3 count by the ref. Shibata counters a Young suplex, hits a few strikes and then applies a rear naked choke. Shibata releases the choke and hits the penalty kick on Silas Young for the victory. Goodnight Mr. Young.

KATSUYORI SHIBATA DEFEATED SILAS YOUNG

Post match, Silas Young is surprisingly back on his feet. He and Shibata exchange strikes and then shake hands to the applause of the crowd.

CHAOS (ROCKY ROMERO/BERETTA/TORU YANO) vs BULLET CLUB (YUJIRO/TAMA TONGA/TANGA LOA)

The Minister of Information, Caprice Coleman joins Kelly and Nigel on commentary for this match. Rocky Romero starts the match with one of the sons of the legendary Haku, Tanga Loa. Brief exchange between Romero and Loa before Beretta is tagged in. Toru Yano tags in and here’s where the comedy starts. Tama Tonga is in the ring with Yano and begins a cat and mouse chase. Romero is back in and hits a succession of lariats on Tonga. Beretta tags in and fakes out the crowd by pretending to be setting up for a high flying move only to jump off the rope and hit a simple kick. Crowd plays along and does a holy chant. Trent tags in Rocky. The Bullet Club regains control of the match and tag in and out to work on Romero. After a few minutes, Romero battles back and makes the hot tag to Beretta. He knocks Loa and Tonga off of the apron and then hits a tornado ddt on Takahashi. Roppongi Vice hits their tandem finish on Yujiro but the pin attempt is broken up by Tonga. Yano is in the ring with Yujiro now and is up to his old bag of tricks. He loosens the turnbuckle pad. Yano struggles with it. Beretta gets him clippers to finish the job. Yujiro goes right into the exposed turnbuckle. Yano then tries to beat up the Club with the turnbuckle pad but it backfires. Loa and Tonga hit Geurilla Warfare on Yano who surprisingly kicks out. Vice is back in the ring to aid Yano. All 6 men battling in the ring. Vice gets the advantage. Meanwhile, the legal men in the ring are Yujiro and Yano. Yujiro hits the pimp juice on Toru for a 2 count. Yujiro gets catapulted into the exposed turnbuckle and then hits a double low blow on Yujiro followed by an inside cradle for the vitory.

CHAOS DEFEATED THE BULLET CLUB

Post match, The Bullet Club attacks Yano and Roppongi Vice. They lay them out. Arriving on the scene is Hangman Page who tries to hang Yano with his noose. Jay Briscoe comes out to make the save. This prompts the anything goes match between Jay and Page to start.

ANYTHING GOES-GRUDGE MATCH

JAY BRISCOE VS HANGMAN PAGE

ROH had time issues at the last ppv and were forced to cut their main event short so you can see the booking behind this one. Trying to save time by rushing to this. Both Jay Briscoe and Page start this match with dueling chairs. Jay gets the early advantage and sends Page to the outside. He then hits a suicide dive through the barricade on Page. Jay runs into the crowd and celebrates with the audience. He then suplexes Page on the ramp way. Action now back in the ring. Jay is choking out Page. Hangman is eventually …

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