{"id":48117,"date":"2017-09-19T13:01:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T18:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=48117"},"modified":"2017-09-19T13:01:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T18:01:48","slug":"roh-hits-misses-916-codys-ring-honor-whitmer-riccaboni-commentary-briscoes-vs-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/09\/19\/roh-hits-misses-916-codys-ring-honor-whitmer-riccaboni-commentary-briscoes-vs-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"ROH HITS &#038; MISSES 9\/16: Cody&#8217;s Ring of Honor, Whitmer &#038; Riccaboni on commentary, Briscoes vs. Kingdom, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1195439223\" 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><h3><strong>HITS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ian Riccaboni and BJ Whitmer on Commentary:<\/strong> I say it every week and I will say it again this week. I think the versatility of Ian Riccaboni on commentary has become a big asset to Ring of Honor. No matter who you put in the color commentary seat, Riccaboni excels with that person. We\u2019ve seen BJ Whitmer with Riccaboni a few times since Riccaboni took over the commentary duties in ROH. I thought Whitmer did another great job this week filling in and adding valuable commentary throughout. They don\u2019t oversell the moves and Whitmer especially only comes out of his seat on commentary when a big move is made. Just another good job on commentary from these guys this week. This is not a shot at Kevin Kelly. I thought he did a good job with Corino but Riccaboni has done well filling Kelly\u2019s shoes since moving into the lead role.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenny King vs. Hangman Page:<\/strong> Another solid hard hitting ROH match between these two. I thought this was the right move having King get the win on Page going into Death Before Dishonor where King will face Kushida for the ROH TV title. On a side note, Caprice Coleman joined Whitmer and Riccaboni on commentary. Coleman announced that Mark and Jay Briscoe will be making an appearance on Coleman\u2019s Pulpit next week and Whitmer and Coleman put that over well with their excitement of the announcement. I\u2019ll say it again, I\u2019m a fan of Coleman\u2019s Pulpit so far and I look forward to Mark and Jay, who are both solid promo guys, appearing on it next week. Back to the results of the match, again I did think King winning here is the right move and it was a good opening match of the show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marty Scurll vs. Rocky Romero: <\/strong>Very good matchup for this week\u2019s episode with a good number of false finishes but at the same time it\u2019s not overdone. I felt like this was not a hit or a miss. It was just a match to have to fill up TV time. In the same way that King won his match prior to this, it\u2019s good that Scurll picked up a TV win before heading into Death Before Dishonor where he\u2019ll face Chuckie T.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Briscoes vs. The Kingdom (Vinny Marseglia &amp; TK O\u2019Ryan):<\/strong> I like this being the main event. There\u2019s some bad blood here based on O\u2019Ryan attacking The Briscoes with his cast a few weeks back. Additionally, I want to give props to O\u2019Ryan and Marseglia here. I know Marseglia has been around for a while and O\u2019Ryan is young in the business but they\u2019re both relatively new to ROH and they\u2019re wrestling two long-time ROH vets. Marseglia and O\u2019Ryan are bringing it though. When you wrestle The Briscoes, you\u2019re in for a war and I felt O\u2019Ryan and Marseglia gave it right back to Mark and Jay. Bully Ray even mentioned it on commentary how Mark and Jay always lay it in hard. Bully Ray was spot on with that assessment. As we work towards the end of the match, Marseglia hits his finisher on to Jay but Jay kicks out on two. In amazing fashion, the match still goes on for another 2-3 minutes before Jay hits the Jay Driller and Jay gets the pin on O\u2019Ryan. This was a very good main event as we go off air and lead into Death Before Dishonor.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MISSES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cody\u2019s Literal \u201cRing of Honor\u201d:<\/strong> Cody officially presents his new Ring of Honor which last week we got a glimpse of this. Unless I missed something, this segment should\u2019ve aired last week. In any case, I was not a fan of this segment and it did nothing for me as Cody is getting people to kiss his ring. I don\u2019t hate this nor do I hate the majority of what Cody has done in ROH but this \u201ckiss Cody\u2019s Ring of Honor\u201d just isn\u2019t connecting with me.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Good episode that could\u2019ve gone without the Cody \u201cRing of Honor\u201d segment. Other than this segment, I thought everything else fit in well. I thought the main event was exceptional and it was due to the fact of me wanting to see how Marseglia &amp; O\u2019Ryan would do going up against The Briscoes. I thought Marseglia &amp; O\u2019Ryan had a great match with The Briscoes. Good episode overall as we head into Death Before Dishonor Friday September 22, 2017.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Mike Mills is the <a href=\"http:\/\/pwtorch.com\/\">PWTorch.com<\/a> ROH TV Hits and Misses Specialist, providing his point of view on ROH TV weekly. You can follow Mike at @BTT_Podcast and @Mike504Saints on Twitter.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S COLUMN:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/09\/13\/roh-hits-misses-99-bully-ra-speaks-colemans-pulpit-channels-brother-love-cody-young-lethal-feud-escalates\/\">ROH HITS &amp; MISSES 9\/9: Bully Ray speaks, Coleman\u2019s Pulpit channels Brother Love, Cody, Young-Lethal feud escalates<\/a><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-713540620\" 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<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2683418452\"><div id=\"pwtor-2321679459\"><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>HITS Ian Riccaboni and BJ Whitmer on Commentary: I say it every week and I will say it again this week. 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