Ring of Honor
Date: June 28, 2017
Location: Frontier Fieldhouse, Chicago Ridge, Illinois
Commentators: Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana, Alex Shelley
It’s the first show after Best in the World and that means absolutely nothing as we’re starting the taping cycle before the show. I’d put it at probably four weeks of TV before we’re caught up, which should put us close to getting ready for the next pay per view, which I believe is Death Before Dishonor. Let’s get to it.
One note before we start: some markets got a different episode for an unknown reason so this might be very different than what you saw at home.
Opening sequence.
Flip Gordon vs. Jonathan Gresham
An amateur exchange doesn’t go anywhere so Flip does a series of nipups, earning himself a headscissors on the mat. Gordon handstands out of that so Jonathan dropkicks him down. Back up and Flip backflips away and scores with a dropkick, followed by a handspring elbow in the corner.
We take a break and come back with Gordon fighting up but charging into boots in the corner. That’s fine with Flip as he climbs the ropes for something like a superkick to put Gresham outside. Of course that means a running dive, followed by a top rope spinning splash for two. An enziguri and snap German suplex drop Gordon but he kicks Gresham in the head for two more. Flip misses a 450 and it’s off to the Octopus Hold to make Flip tap at 10:53.
Result: Jonathan Gresham b. Flip Gordon – Octopus Hold (10:53)
Post match Gresham and Shelley praise Gordon’s performance.
We recap Punishment Martinez vs. Jay White.
Video on Josh Woods.
Woods is in the arena and wants to face Jay Briscoe to give himself a real challenge. No matter how tough Jay is, he can be knocked out or tapped out.
Silas Young vs. Bobby Fish
Bobby takes him down into a knee bar less than five seconds in so Young bails to the floor. That’s fine with Fish who sends Young into the barricade to really take over. Back in and Misery doesn’t work but Bobby’s cross armbreaker doesn’t either. Young comes back by dropping Fish and hitting a slingshot double stomp to send us to a break.
Back with Young charging into a boot and Colt not knowing what the word “literally” means. Silas knees him in the corner and adds a running boot, earning himself a belly to back suplex. Fish’s sleeper is broken up by a Stunner over the top rope so Bobby spears him through the ropes for a big crash.
Silas throws him over a table and we take a second break. Back again with both of them on the apron and slugging it out between the ropes in the corner. Fish finally pulls him through the ropes and trapping him over one of the buckles, setting up some hard kicks. Not that it matters as Young pulls him into the corner for a crash, setting up a knee to the ribs and Misery for the pin at 16:25.
Result: Silas Young b. Bobby Fish – Misery (16:25)
Fish shoves him away post match.
Here’s a clip/preview of Adam Cole vs. Marty Scurll in a No DQ match, now available on ROHWrestling.com.
Punishment Martinez vs. Jay White
Punishment tries to shove him into the corner but misses a big boot, allowing Jay to start in on the leg. A running forearm to the floor has Punishment in even more trouble and a missile dropkick gets two. That earns White a big spinning kick to the face and something like a curb stomp from the corner. A right hand to the back of the head gives Martinez two and he smiles at White for trying a desperation forearm. White throws more right hands to annoy Martinez and then takes the knee out again. Some rolling German suplexes give Jay two and we take a break.
Back with Jay slipping out of a powerbomb but getting chokeslammed onto the apron. That and a Falcon Arrow give Martinez two and Jay is in trouble. White is right back with a swinging Rock Bottom for two of his own but walks into a reverse sitout AA. The sitout chokeslam is countered into a rollup to give White the pin at 11:17.
Result: Jay White b. Punishment Martinez – Rollup (11:17)
Martinez isn’t done and gives him a Last Ride through a table to end the show.
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