{"id":53084,"date":"2017-12-26T01:33:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T07:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=53084"},"modified":"2017-12-26T01:34:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T07:34:55","slug":"12-24-roh-tv-report-christmas-surprise-team-cody-vs-team-dalton-castle-dawgs-vs-flip-gordon-debuting-simon-grimm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/12\/26\/12-24-roh-tv-report-christmas-surprise-team-cody-vs-team-dalton-castle-dawgs-vs-flip-gordon-debuting-simon-grimm\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/24 ROH TV Report: Christmas Surprise with Team Cody vs. Team Dalton Castle, The Dawgs vs. Flip Gordon &#038; a debuting Simon Grimm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1853278542\" 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>ROH TV REPORT<br \/>\nDECEMBER 24, 2017<br \/>\nTAPED 11\/12 IN LAKELAND, FLA. AT RP FUNDING CENTER<br \/>\nAIRED ON SINCLAIR AFFILIATES &amp; ROHWRESTLING.COM<br \/>\nREPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><i>Announcers: Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[Q1] Cody was backstage in his big fur coat standing next to a Christmas tree and a stack of wrapped presents.\u00a0 In this week\u2019s main event it\u2019s a Christmas surprise ten-man tag featuring one team led by Cody and the other led by Dalton Castle.\u00a0 Cody was peeved that he didn\u2019t get to select the four other members of his team.\u00a0 Instead, it\u2019s a random draw.\u00a0 He opened a small box to find out who his first teammate was and sighed.\u00a0 Dalton Castle popped into the frame and asked who he got.\u00a0 Cody said it was none of his business and Castle called him a grinch.\u00a0 Castle looked into a gift bag, saw the name of his first teammate, and grinned.<\/p>\n<p>-Opening theme.<\/p>\n<p>-Rhett Titus made his way out wearing a Santa hat and a Christmas sweater.\u00a0 He was carrying a microphone and a wrapped present.\u00a0 He ho-ho-ho\u2019ed and introduced Little Willy, the red-nosed reindawg.\u00a0 Will Ferrara came out in a full body reindeer costume with his nose painted red.\u00a0 Titus thought it was hilarious but Ferrara was not impressed.<\/p>\n<p><b>(1) THE DAWGS (Rhett Titus &amp; Will Ferrara) vs. SIMON GRIMM &amp; FLIP GORDON<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This was the ROH television debut for former WWE Vaudevillain Simon Gotch.\u00a0 Riccaboni mentioned that the match was supposed to be Gordon teaming with Scorpio Sky but that got changed after Sky turned on Gordon at <i>Final Battle<\/i> and aligned himself with The Addiction.\u00a0 Grimm and Ferrara started things off.\u00a0 Ferrara tried to take off his reindeer costume but Grimm kept zipping it back up.\u00a0 Grimm put Ferrara into a chokehold early on, then hit a back suplex.\u00a0 Tag to Gordon.\u00a0 Ferrara asked Gordon to let him take off the reindeer costume because it was too hot.\u00a0 Gordon let him unzip it, but only so Ferrara\u2019s chest would be exposed and prone to some chops from Gordon.\u00a0 Standing moonsault from Gordon for two.\u00a0 The announcers mentioned Gordon\u2019s ongoing feud with Bullet Club.\u00a0 Gordon went after Titus, who dropped him on the apron and clotheslined him into the barricade.\u00a0 Ferrara used the distraction to finally get out of the reindeer costume.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>Titus and Ferrara, now in their regular wrestling tights, double-teamed Gordon.\u00a0 Double-suplex to Gordon and a catapult dawg splash for a two-count.\u00a0 The announcers mentioned that The Dawgs have their eyes on the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships as they were the last team to defeat the current champions, Roppongi 3K (on ROH television when that team was still known as The Tempura Boyz).\u00a0 Gordon with a springboard slingblade on Titus and an enziguiri.\u00a0 Both men tagged out.\u00a0 Grimm unloaded with forearms on Ferrara and hit an overhead suplex.\u00a0 Titus tagged back in and took a double underhook power bomb.\u00a0 Gordon went for a flip on Ferrara but got shoved to the floor.\u00a0 Grimm with a rollup on Titus, Titus shoved him off, and Ferrara bashed Grimm in the head with their Christmas present behind the referee\u2019s back.\u00a0 Grimm was out cold and Titus and Ferrara hit Who Let The Dawgs Out? for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: The Dawgs in 9:32.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2694361238\" 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><i>(Analysis: So sue me, I\u2019m actually digging the Christmas antics.\u00a0 Not every segment every week has to be super serious.\u00a0 If you\u2019re going to do a goofy lighthearted wrestling episode, the Christmas Eve episode might as well be it.\u00a0 The Dawgs picked up a rare victory, which should help keep them from being viewed as enhancement talent.\u00a0 Grimm didn\u2019t get a chance to show off too much in this match and he took the pinfall but it was due to nefarious means.\u00a0 It\u2019s always refreshing that ex-WWE wrestlers are treated like anyone else when they come in the door of ROH instead of being rocketed straight to the top like in some other companies.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[Q2]\u00a0 Backstage to Cody again, who was muttering about people claiming he has no holiday spirit.\u00a0 He opened another present to find out the identity of his second tag partner.\u00a0 This one he was pleased with.\u00a0 When he opened a box to uncover his third teammate, he looked confused.\u00a0 \u201cDoes this guy even work here?\u201d\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>-Cody had one tag partner left to select.\u00a0 He almost opened the huge box, assuming it must be the best, but stopped.\u00a0 \u201cNo, the last time it was Cheeseburger and I\u2019m not falling for that again.\u201d\u00a0 He went with the small gift bag instead and was disappointed.\u00a0 \u201cI didn\u2019t get any of my friends.\u00a0 Christmas sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-Elsewhere backstage Castle had one last gift to open.\u00a0 He ripped into a box, saw the name of his final teammate, and said \u201cThis certainly makes things interesting.\u201d\u00a0 He laughed hysterically.<\/p>\n<p>-Riccaboni threw to a video package on Women Of Honor in 2017.\u00a0 They mentioned Mandy Leon and Kelly Klein competing in Japan for Stardom, \u201cthe premiere women\u2019s wrestling organization in the world,\u201d and plugged Women Of Honor Wednesdays on ROH\u2019s YouTube channel.\u00a0 Klein\u2019s feud with Deonna Purrazzo was highlighted as well as Purrazzo bringing Karen Q into ROH, only for Karen to turn on her.\u00a0 The first ROH Women\u2019s Champion will be crowned in early 2018.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis: My biggest wish for ROH in 2018 was a women\u2019s championship so I was very happy with the announcement of the new title at Final Battle.\u00a0 Purrazzo was presented as the top babyface in the division based on that video package with Klein and Karen Q as the biggest hurdles to her capturing the gold.\u00a0 I just hope that this also means the women will appear regularly on television mixed in among the men\u2019s matches instead of being segregated away to their own episodes and YouTube.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Cody was in the ring with a wrapped Christmas present and said he would give it to the fan who cheered the loudest.\u00a0 He listened to the crowd, then said nobody gets it, and stomped on the present.\u00a0 \u201cI hate Christmas!\u201d he yelled.\u00a0 He complained again about not getting to select his own team and not getting to be with his friends on Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>[Q3]\u00a0 <b>(2) \u201cTHE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE\u201d CODY,\u00a0 SCORPIO SKY, JOSH \u201cTHE GOODS\u201d WOODS, CHRIS SABIN, &amp; PUNISHMENT MARTINEZ vs. DALTON CASTLE, \u201cTHE LAST REAL MAN\u201d SILAS YOUNG, HANSON, JONATHAN GRESHAM, &amp; \u201cTHE VILLAIN\u201d MARTY SCURLL \u2013 CHRISTMAS SURPRISE TEN-MAN TAG<\/b><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3554419189\" 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>Well, we can infer that Scurll teaming against Cody was what caused Castle to laugh so hard earlier.\u00a0 Riccaboni and Cabana also brought up the awkwardness of Castle and Young teaming together.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>Search &amp; Destroy teammates Sabin and Gresham started things off with some quick mat wrestling, neither man able to gain an advantage.\u00a0 Young and Sky tagged in.\u00a0 Riccaboni made a vague allusion to Castle and Young both winning gold at <i>Final Battle<\/i> but didn\u2019t state it explicitly.\u00a0 When Young took over, Sky tagged out to Cody.\u00a0 Young tagged in Castle, bringing the two archenemies face to face \u201cfor the first time since <i>Final Battle<\/i>.\u201d\u00a0 Cody immediately tagged out to Woods.\u00a0 Castle\u2019s teammate Scurll cheered the decision.\u00a0 Castle and Woods locked up.\u00a0 Cody and Scurll blew kisses to each other from across the ring.\u00a0 Castle and Woods tussled into the break.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>[Q4]\u00a0 Hanson and Martinez faced off with clotheslines and a series of big moves that had no effect on each other.\u00a0 When Cody tried to tell Martinez what to do, Punishment responded by chopping Cody across the chest for a tag.\u00a0 Hanson did the same to Scurll.\u00a0 Scurll refused to get into the ring against Cody but Castle yelled \u201cRules is rules!\u201d which led to a \u201crules is rules\u201d chant from the crowd.\u00a0 The Bullet Club members met mid-ring and too sweet\u2019ed each other.\u00a0 When Cody turned his back, Castle shoved Scurll into him.\u00a0 A livid Cody spun around and got in Scurll\u2019s face.\u00a0 They both started shouting and looked ready to tear each other apart, only to hug instead.\u00a0 The other eight men jumped in the ring, Castle\u2019s team beating on Cody and Cody\u2019s team beating on Scurll.\u00a0 All ten men lined up against each other, ready to brawl.\u00a0 Castle jumped into the middle, waving his arms.\u00a0 \u201cThis is not in the spirit!\u00a0 Everybody\u2019s hitting each other!\u00a0 It\u2019s Christmas, for God\u2019s sake!\u201d\u00a0 Nobody listened to him and everything broke down.\u00a0 People brawled in and around the ring while the fans chanted \u201cMerry Christmas!\u201d\u00a0 Sky hit a big flip onto everyone at ringside.\u00a0 Woods powerbombed Gresham over the top rope onto everyone.\u00a0 Cody with a springboard splash onto everyone.\u00a0 Martinez with a flip over the top rope onto everyone.\u00a0 Hanson to the top rope as the others got back to their feet.\u00a0 Cannonball from the big man, knocking them down again like bowling pins.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>Castle\u2019s team hit a clothesline train on Sky in the corner.\u00a0 Everyone connected except Scurll, who kept taking Sky\u2019s boots to the face.\u00a0 Scurll was knocked for a loop and took a Flair flop.\u00a0 Scurll wound up in the opposite corner and took running offense from Sky, Sabin, Woods, and Martinez.\u00a0 When it was Cody\u2019s turn he couldn\u2019t bring himself to do it.\u00a0 Riccaboni mentioned that the winning team gets a big Christmas bonus (thus explaining why Cody and Scurll wouldn\u2019t just walk out and refuse to compete).\u00a0 Since Cody wouldn\u2019t attack Scurll, Martinez grabbed Cody by the neck and threw him at Scurll, only for The Villain to move and Cody to fly shoulder-first into the ring post.\u00a0 Cody and Castle wound up as the legal men.\u00a0 Castle took out Cody, then Sabin, then Sky.\u00a0 Bangarang attempt but Sky escaped.\u00a0 Gresham took out Sky before going at it with Sabin.\u00a0 Young with a Misery attempt on Sabin but Sabin escaped.\u00a0 Woods into the ring and he also escaped a Misery attempt.\u00a0 Hanson with a spinning heel kick on Woods.\u00a0 Hanson took out Martinez and traded cartwheels with Cody.\u00a0 Cody with Cross Rhodes on Hanson and a Beautiful Disaster kick on Castle.\u00a0 Castle with Bangarang on Cody.\u00a0 Sky into the match and a Bangarang on Sky seals it.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Team Castle in 19:38.<\/p>\n<p>-Castle, Hanson, and Gresham celebrated in the ring while Young stood nearby.\u00a0 Scurll was at ringside looking upset and said he was very angry that Cody didn\u2019t win.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis: Neither Cody nor Castle were introduced as ROH World Champion and there was no sign of the title belt, though the announcers alluded to the two of them \u201cfighting tooth and nail\u201d at Final Battle.\u00a0 This is the first time the taping schedule has been awkward in that respect.\u00a0 The main event was more holiday goofiness and fun, which I have no problem with.\u00a0 I always love the attention to detail with ROH so the announcers mentioning that the winning team gets a Christmas bonus gives a real gravitas to an otherwise (literally) random match.\u00a0 Wins and losses matter and there are clear reasons why you should want to win, even when you\u2019re paired up with people you don\u2019t like in a ten-man tag.\u00a0 Our new ROH World Champion stands tall at the end of the last show of the year, which is only fitting.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Next week:\u00a0 it\u2019s a best of show featuring footage from the UK.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re giving our wrestlers a break on Christmas and the holidays.\u00a0 Let them be with their families,\u201d Cabana said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S REPORT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/12\/18\/12-17-roh-tv-report-elite-vs-best-friends-rocky-romero-addiction-vs-coast-coast-colemans-pulpit-brandi-rhodes\/\">12\/17 ROH TV Report: The Elite vs. Best Friends &amp; Rocky Romero, Addiction vs. Coast To Coast, Coleman\u2019s Pulpit with Brandi Rhodes<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1638416344\"><div id=\"pwtor-787570035\"><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 DECEMBER 24, 2017 TAPED 11\/12 IN LAKELAND, FLA. 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