{"id":10570,"date":"2016-02-10T21:43:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T03:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=10570"},"modified":"2016-02-11T16:10:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T22:10:50","slug":"210-roh-tv-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/10\/210-roh-tv-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/10 ROH TV Report &#8211; War Machine defends ROH Tag Titles, Shelley vs. Kaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-829473041\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>ROH TV Report<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Aired February 7, 2016 in syndication<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Aired February 10, 2016 on Comet TV<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Taped 1\/9 in Charlotte, N.C.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Report by Mike Metzger (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/md0uble\" target=\"_blank\">@md0uble<\/a>), PWTorch contributor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ROH TV opening aired.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Kelly and ROH matchmaker Nigel McGuinness welcomed viewers to<br \/>\nthe show, and then threw to clips from a couple weeks ago when<br \/>\nChristopher Daniels attacked a referee. McGuinness noted that Daniels<br \/>\nhad been suspended for violating ROH&#8217;s zero tolerance policy regarding<br \/>\nviolence against referees. Frankie Kazarian and Chris Sabin made their<br \/>\nway to the ring, without Daniels.<\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; FRANKIE KAZARIAN (w\/Chris Sabin) vs. ALEX SHELLEY<\/p>\n<p>Sabin joined the commentary desk. He was dumbfounded as to why Kevin<br \/>\nKelly asked him about his history with Sabin. Cute. Meanwhile,<br \/>\nKazarian nonchalantly slapped Shelley&#8217;s hand to adhere to the Code of<br \/>\nHonor. The bell rang, and Sabin immediately jumped on the apron to<br \/>\ngive Kaz some advice. Sabin then distracted Shelley, which allowed Kaz<br \/>\nto blindside him. Shelley fought back, though, and tossed Kaz out of<br \/>\nthe ring. He went for a dive, but Kaz dodged and then went for a dive<br \/>\nof his own. He jumped through the ropes, but ate a kick from Shelley,<br \/>\ninstead!<\/p>\n<p>Shelley took control in the ring, where he worked Kaz&#8217;s knee. He<br \/>\nfollowed up with a Dragon screw legwhip in the corner. He grabbed<br \/>\nFrankie&#8217;s leg again. Kaz tried to throw a punch, but couldn&#8217;t reach<br \/>\nShelley, who dropped Kaz to the mat again. Kaz raked Shelley in the<br \/>\neyes, and then after distracting referee Todd Sinclair, he yanked<br \/>\nShelley down by the hair. Kazarian hit a springboard DDT, as the show<br \/>\ncut to its first break at the 3:03 point in the match.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>Back at 5:33, Kaz lost a shoving match with referee Todd Sinclair<br \/>\nwhich allowed Shelley to roll him up for a nearfall! Nigel warned Kaz<br \/>\non commentary, while Kaz stood on Shelley&#8217;s back as his neck was<br \/>\ndraped across the middle rope. Both men wrestled on the mat, where<br \/>\nShelley slapped Kaz hard in the face. Steve Corino joined the<br \/>\ncommentators via phone. He said the time for talking was done, and<br \/>\nthen told B.J. Whitmer that &#8220;it&#8217;s on next week.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-909287150\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile in the ring, Kaz was still in control and scored another<br \/>\nnearfall. He went up top, but missed a top-rope legdrop! Shelley got<br \/>\nto his feet and traded blows with Kaz. He hit a chop and then kicked<br \/>\nKaz in the head! Shelley clotheslined Kaz to the outside onto a pile<br \/>\nof streamers, and then followed up with a running knee off the apron!<br \/>\nBack in the ring, Shelley hit a flying cross-body, but Kaz rolled him<br \/>\nover into a pinning combination. Shelley kicked out at two, despite<br \/>\nKaz hooking the tights!<\/p>\n<p>Kaz quickly followed up with a spinning neckbreaker. Both then men<br \/>\ntraded blows. Shelley went for a move off the second rope, but Kaz<br \/>\nreversed into an Ace Crusher in mid-air! Kaz hit a reverse STO and<br \/>\ncovered Shelley, but could only get a two count! Kaz charged at his<br \/>\nopponent, but Shelley reversed into a uranage into the corner! Shelley<br \/>\nthen went up top, but Kazarian cut him off. Kaz went for the Flux<br \/>\nCapacitor, but Shelley headbutted him down to the mat and went for a<br \/>\nfrogsplash, but Kaz got the knees up!<\/p>\n<p>Sabin handed Kaz a hammer. Nigel was incensed on commentary, but the<br \/>\nref didn&#8217;t see it. Kaz swung it at Shelley, but missed. Shelley hit a<br \/>\nGerman suplex and then grabbed the hammer. Sabin got on the apron.<br \/>\nShelley thought about using the hammer, but tossed it to Sabin<br \/>\ninstead. Kaz tried to attack from behind, but Shelley nailed him with<br \/>\na superkick and then Sliced Bread for the victory!<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Alex Shelley via pinfall in 11:52.<\/p>\n<p>ANALYSIS: Okay opener. I liked the psychology early on with Kaz only<br \/>\nbeing able to get the upper-hand after cheating. There were a couple of<br \/>\ndecent sequences toward the end, but this never really got to the next<br \/>\ngear for me. The phone call from Steve Corino mid-match didn&#8217;t help<br \/>\nmatters either. At least it looks like ROH is building toward a<br \/>\nSabin-Shelley one-on-one match at the 14th Anniversary PPV. (**1\/4)<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>Joey &#8220;Diesel&#8221; Daddiego and Truth Martini made their entrance, as clips<br \/>\naired of Donovan Dijak breaking from The House of Truth a few weeks<br \/>\nago on ROH TV. Martini grabbed the mic, while &#8220;the boys&#8221; fanned Castle<br \/>\nin the corner. Martini said that Silas Young had been trying to turn<br \/>\n&#8220;the boys&#8221; into men. He thought Silas had gone about it all wrong<br \/>\nbecause &#8220;the boys&#8221; didn&#8217;t need to be men- they needed a daddy. So, who<br \/>\nbetter than Joey &#8220;Diesel&#8221; Daddiego? Get it?<\/p>\n<p>2 &#8211; DALTON CASTLE (w\/&#8221;the boys&#8221;) vs. JOEY &#8220;DIESEL&#8221; DADDIEGO (w\/Truth Martini)<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-807605190\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The bell rang after Daddiego refused to shake Castle&#8217;s hand. They tied<br \/>\nup in the center. Daddiego backed Castle into the corner and there was<br \/>\na clean break. Castle wrestled Daddiego to the mat, before Joey rolled<br \/>\nto the outside. Meanwhile, Castle posed in the ring. Daddiego tried to<br \/>\nattack Castle from behind, but Dalton tossed him right back out.\u00a0However,<br \/>\nTruth Martini provided a distraction that\u00a0allowed Daddiego to take advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Truth did a spinaroonie in the ring. As he confidently moonwalked out,<br \/>\n&#8220;the boys&#8221; held the ropes open, which caused Truth to fall backward<br \/>\nand out of the ring! Truth comedically chased &#8220;the boys&#8221; around the<br \/>\nring, while Daddiego dominated Castle inside. Joey slammed Castle and<br \/>\nscored a nearfall. He went for a leg lock, but Castle kicked his way<br \/>\nout of it and then clotheslined Daddiego in the corner. Castle hit a<br \/>\nrunning knee and then positioned Daddiego on the top rope. Castle hit<br \/>\nDaddiego with a running boot from the apron, followed by the Bangarang<br \/>\nfor the victory!<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Dalton Castle via pinfall in 3:33.<\/p>\n<p>ANALYSIS: Virtual squash for Castle. That was fine, but I was<br \/>\ndisappointed that Dijak did not make an appearance, now several weeks<br \/>\nafter last being seen or heard from on ROH TV. (*1\/2)<\/p>\n<p>After the match, Silas Young came out to the ring and addressed &#8220;the<br \/>\nboys&#8221; as Brent and Brendan. Silas said he spent months trying to teach<br \/>\nthem how to be &#8220;men.&#8221; As he walked to the ring, The Beer City Bruiser<br \/>\ncame out of nowhere and grabbed the boys from behind. Castle tried to<br \/>\nbreak it up, but was blindsided by Young.<\/p>\n<p>Silas hit his Misery finisher on Castle, and then re-directed his<br \/>\nattention to &#8220;the boys,&#8221; who were still being held by Bruiser. He gave<br \/>\nthem the choice of being men or boys. &#8220;The boys&#8221; hesitated for a<br \/>\nmoment, but then attacked Silas! Bruiser quickly got involved, and<br \/>\nthen he and Silas made short work of them. Castle reappeared, but the<br \/>\nnumbers game was too much for him. Bruiser hit a huge corner<br \/>\ncannonball, as the show cut to a break.<\/p>\n<p>ANALYSIS: ROH has a hot act in Castle, yet they do nothing meaningful<br \/>\nwith him. The feud with Silas was a great fit at the time, but there&#8217;s<br \/>\nonly so much I can take after six-plus months of this program.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>3 &#8211; LEO ST. GIOVANNI vs. ACTION ORTIZ &#8211; Top Prospect tournament<br \/>\nfirst-round match<\/p>\n<p>The winner of this match will face Brian Fury in the next round. Both<br \/>\nmen shook hands and then the bell rang. Leo got the early advantage.<br \/>\nHe splashed Ortiz on the mat and got a one count. Ortiz rolled to the<br \/>\noutside. St. Giovanni went for a dive, but Ortiz hit him in the face<br \/>\nwith a forearm. Ortiz hit a big clothesline, which was good for a<br \/>\nnearfall. Ortiz went to the top. He went for a frog splash, but St.<br \/>\nGiovanni moved out of the way!<\/p>\n<p>Both men traded blows on their knees in the center. They got to their<br \/>\nfeet and continued to trade strikes. St. Giovanni came out on top with<br \/>\nsome strikes and kicks, but Ortiz slammed him into a corner. St.<br \/>\nGiovanni fought out and then hit a handspring flip into clothesline!<br \/>\nHe went for the cover, but Ortiz kicked out at two. Ortiz rolled to<br \/>\nthe outside again, but this time St. Giovanni was able to a hit a huge<br \/>\ncorkscrew dive onto the big man!<\/p>\n<p>St. Giovanni went up top. Ortiz ran toward him, so Leo simply jumped<br \/>\nover him and back down to the mat. Leo hit a roaring elbow and then<br \/>\nhooked Ortiz for what looked to be a Butterfly Suplex, but Ortiz<br \/>\nkicked his way out of it. Ortiz then hit an inverted suplex, a move he<br \/>\ncalls the Killscreen, for the victory!<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Action Ortiz via pinfall in 3:54.<\/p>\n<p>ANALYSIS: Perfectly acceptable wrestling. Ortiz resembled Bam Bam<br \/>\nBigelow with a lower-quality bodysuit. He looked fine in the ring, but<br \/>\ncame across as indy-riffic. Hasn&#8217;t stopped ROH before, I guess. (**)<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>Ringside: Stokely Hathaway was with Kevin Kelly. Hathaway claimed this<br \/>\nwould be Moose&#8217;s year and then challenged IWGP World Hvt. Champion<br \/>\nKazuchika Okada to a match against Moose at the 14th Anniversary PPV<br \/>\nbefore storming off.<\/p>\n<p>Clips then aired from Final Battle when The All Night Express won the<br \/>\na three-way against The Briscoes and The Young Bucks to earn a shot at<br \/>\nthe ROH World Tag Team Titles.<\/p>\n<p>4 &#8211; ROH World Tag Team champions WAR MACHINE (HANSON &amp; RAYMOND ROWE)\u00a0vs. THE ALL NIGHT EXPRESS (RHETT TITUS &amp; KENNY KING) &#8211; ROH World Tag\u00a0Team Title match<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Kelly reminded viewers that ANX never lost the Tag Titles when<br \/>\nKing defected to TNA a few years ago. Kelly also referenced the<br \/>\nunfavorable crowd reaction ANX received in Philadelphia at Final<br \/>\nBattle. The Code of Honor was adhered to before the bell. Titus and<br \/>\nHanson started the match. Hanson got the early advantage with a<br \/>\nshoulder tackle. Titus came back with a knee to Hanson&#8217;s gut and then<br \/>\ntagged King. ANX hit an inverted atomic drop\/clothesline combo, but<br \/>\nHanson didn&#8217;t leave his feet. They followed up with a double<br \/>\nclothesline that did the trick. Hanson came right back with a double<br \/>\nclothesline of his own, however!<\/p>\n<p>Hanson tagged Rowe, who knocked King to the mat with a big blow. Rowe<br \/>\ncontinued to dominate for several moments. He went for a hip toss, but<br \/>\nKing landed on his feet. He was able to jam Rowe&#8217;s neck across the top<br \/>\nrope and then tag Titus. ANX double-teamed Rowe, before Titus could<br \/>\nscore a one count on Rowe. Titus pummeled Rowe in the corner and then<br \/>\ntagged King. Kenny knocked Hanson off the apron. He went to<br \/>\nclothesline Rowe, but Hanson yanked him off the ring apron!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rowe regained control and slammed King to the mat. Rowe<br \/>\nthen slammed his own partner onto King! War Machine hit a double-back<br \/>\nsuplex and then Hanson powerbombed Rowe onto Titus! War Machine stood\u00a0tall in the ring, as the show cut to its final break at the 4:05 point\u00a0in the match.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>Back at 5:05, Kenny King was throwing fists at both Hanson and Rowe.<br \/>\nHanson picked him up, though. War Machine went for their Path of<br \/>\nResistance double-team, but Titus broke it up with a dropkick. Titus<br \/>\nlow bridged Hanson to the outside. He went for a dive on Rowe, but got<br \/>\ncaught. Rowe hit an Exploder suplex on Titus, while Hanson threw King<br \/>\ninto the hockey boards at ringside. The referee counted while all four<br \/>\nmen brawled at ringside. Kevin Kelly kept alluding to a possible<br \/>\ndouble count-out, as War Machine dominated on the outside. Hanson and<br \/>\nTitus were able to get back in the ring at a count of 19, however!<\/p>\n<p>Titus rolled back to the outside, but Hanson was right behind him.<br \/>\nHanson went for a huge dive, but barely caught Titus. Meanwhile, Rowe<br \/>\ncontinued to dominate King on the outside. He threw him in the ring<br \/>\nand set him up for Fallout, but King got free and hit Hanson with an<br \/>\nenziguri that knocked him to the floor! Rowe charged at King in the<br \/>\ncorner, but Kenny pulled referee Paul Turner into Rowe&#8217;s path!<\/p>\n<p>King nailed Rowe with Shotgun Knees. Titus grabbed a table from<br \/>\nunderneath the ring. ANX stacked the table against the corner. They<br \/>\nwent for a spike piledriver on Rowe, but he escaped and nailed King<br \/>\nwith a uranage through the table! Referee Paul Turner came to just at<br \/>\nthat moment and called for the bell.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: All Night Express via disqualification in 9:33; War Machine retained the ROH Tag Titles.<\/p>\n<p>ANALYSIS: Good match. War Machine did their usual spots, while ANX<br \/>\nwere able to create some extra movement. I thought they were going for<br \/>\nthe cop-out double count-out, so Hanson and Titus rolling into the ring<br \/>\nat the count of 19 was a nice touch. It was all for naught, as they<br \/>\nstill did a DQ finish anyway. While I understand why ROH would want to<br \/>\nprolong this feud, it&#8217;s not setting the world on fire by any means.<br \/>\n(**1\/2)<\/p>\n<p>All four men brawled in the ring before security ran in to break it<br \/>\nup. &#8220;This is awesome&#8221; chant from the crowd, as Kevin Kelly hyped next<br \/>\nweek&#8217;s main event of The Young Bucks vs.\u00a0A.C.H &amp; Matt Sydal!<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL REAX:<\/strong> Another week of ROH sliding further into oblivion. While<br \/>\nthere were a few developments, I wouldn&#8217;t recommend going out of your<br \/>\nway to watch this. ROH used to be able to overcome lackluster<br \/>\nstorytelling with solid in-ring action, but even that was missing<br \/>\ntonight.<\/p>\n<p>There continues to be a lack of buzz surrounding this product, yet<br \/>\nRing of Honor continues to do nothing about it. Take Dalton Castle,<br \/>\nfor example. He is perhaps the fastest-rising star in the company, yet<br \/>\nhe is dragged down by this never-ending feud with Silas Young. Why<br \/>\nisn&#8217;t Castle challenging for the TV Title at this point? He could even<br \/>\nbe pitted against Jay Lethal in an ultimate underdog story, but<br \/>\ninstead we have the same water treading that ROH fans have become<br \/>\naccustomed to. There&#8217;s also another rising star in Donovan Dijak, yet<br \/>\nhe has been off TV for almost a month after a huge babyface turn.<\/p>\n<p>ROH has found a nice groove the last couple of years with the NJPW<br \/>\npartnership and the traditional PPV clearance. Unfortunately for ROH,<br \/>\nthe law of diminishing returns is setting in and unless the course is<br \/>\nchanged soon, the company will be losing ground to the countless other<br \/>\npro wrestling alternatives in 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-307109214\"><div id=\"pwtor-3744556659\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>ROH TV Report Aired February 7, 2016 in syndication Aired February 10, 2016 on Comet TV Taped 1\/9 in Charlotte, N.C. Report by Mike Metzger (@md0uble), PWTorch contributor The ROH TV opening aired. 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