Ring Of Honor TV Recap (8/28): ROH Tag Title Match, The Addiction Vs. The Young Bucks And More

RING OF HONOR TV

EPISODE #258

TAPED AT THE 2300 ARENA IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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* This is the final set of ROH TV tapings that took place in Philly prior to The Death Before Dishonor PPV 9 days ago. This episode features a World Tag Team Title defense by The Addiction against The Young Bucks, a 6 man tag with members of The Cabinet facing Dalton Castle and his boys, A 4 corners survival match and a tag team battle between War Machine and Shane Taylor & Keith Lee.

– Kevin Kelly welcomes the audience to the show. On the voiceover, He briefly mentions the aftermath of the Death Before Dishonor PPV and plugs that there will be exclusive comments by Adam Cole later in the show. At ringside, Kelly also hypes this week’s TV lineup. Matt Taven joins Kevin Kelly on commentary.

War Machine Vs. Shane Taylor and Keith Lee

– Prior to the match. Kevin Kelly tries to give the background of the reason for this feud between these two teams. Adam Taven claims that this all started in prison with Ray Rowe. Kelly quickly shoots down Taven’s bogus prison tale. Kelly explains that Shane Taylor was a protégé of Ray Rowe’s and was trained by him. When Rowe got signed by ROH, He neglected Taylor and stopped training him. So Taylor’s entry into ROH and attacks on War Machine are all a part of Taylor’s revenge against Rowe for abandoning his career.

– For those who are not familiar with Taylor & Lee. Think Authors of Pain in NXT, just more athletic and bigger. This was definitely not your standard tag team match. Very few moments where there was actually just 2 wrestlers in the ring with their partners staying in their corners waiting for tags. This match was all about high impact moves. All 4 big men going against type. By executing monkey flips, suicide dives, flying knees, spin kicks and various other moves that show off these two teams agility. Prompting The Philly crowd to chant, “This is Awesome” on several occasions.

– The final sequence saw Hanson and Rowe attempt their fallout finish on Lee. Taylor saves his partner. Lee hits a power bomb on Rowe followed by a top rope splash by the nearly 400 pound Taylor. They turn their attention to Hanson. This leads to a top rope assisted sit out powerbomb that ends up with Keith Lee pinning Hanson for the victory.

Shane Taylor and Keith Lee defeated War Machine

4 Corners Survival Match

Cheesburger vs Tim Hughes vs David Starr vs Joey “Diesel” Daddiego

– As the match gets started, BJ Whitmer comes down the aisle and joins the broadcast team on commentary. Whitmer spends the majority of the match playing up his new “Purple Haze” character. Speaking in cryptic tones and trying to channel Kevin Sullivan circa 1982.

– As the action continues in the ring. The lights go out in the arena. A video airs of Kevin Sullivan speaking of having two sons and having to sacrifice one. How a new Purple Haze will emerge. In the video package, a hooded Kevin Sullivan is laughing while flashing images of Whitmer and “The Punisher” are shown laughing along with him.

– The lights go back on in the arena and Whitmer is on the apron and Punisher Martinez enters the ring. Martinez has red blood painted under his eyes as tears. He does a curb stomp on Hughes in the ring. Then power bombs Starr. He then grabs Cheeseburger and hits him with a variation of a chokeslam, He calls “South of Heaven”. BJ Whitmer and Punisher pose mid ring as the match is ruled a no contest.

* Just some quick background on Punisher Martinez. Being billed as 6’6 253, He is a graduate of The famous Monster Factory and has been training in the ROH dojo for over a year. He was involved in the 2016 Top Prospect tournament where he defeated Colby Corino. Steve Corino’s son. He is an impressive looking athlete with a martial arts background who has been playing a darkside type character for a …

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