{"id":53378,"date":"2018-01-02T02:23:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T08:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=53378"},"modified":"2018-01-02T02:24:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T08:24:12","slug":"12-31-roh-tv-report-footage-war-worlds-uk-august-including-bullet-club-vs-los-ingobernables-de-japon-kushida-vs-titan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/01\/02\/12-31-roh-tv-report-footage-war-worlds-uk-august-including-bullet-club-vs-los-ingobernables-de-japon-kushida-vs-titan\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/31 ROH TV Report: Footage from War Of The Worlds UK in August including Bullet Club vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon, Kushida vs. Tit\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1318193359\" 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 8\/18 &amp; 8\/19 IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND AT OLYMPIA<br \/>\nAIRED ON SINCLAIR AFFILIATES &amp; ROHWRESTLING.COM<br \/>\nREPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><i>Announcers: Ian Riccaboni, B.J. Whitmer<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[Q1] Opening theme.\u00a0 Standing backstage Ian Riccaboni welcomed us to the final episode of a record-breaking 2017 featuring footage from the RevPro\/NJPW\/ROH\/CMLL War Of The Worlds UK tour in August.\u00a0 Our opening contest is from a non-televised live event held August 18.<\/p>\n<p><b>(1) KUSHIDA vs. TIT\u00c1N \u2013 ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kushida was defending after defeating Marty Scurll for the title in May.\u00a0 Tit\u00e1n is from CMLL so it was a lot of the expected springboards, arm drags, and hurricanranas in the early part of the match.\u00a0 With Tit\u00e1n seated in a chair at ringside, Kushida hit a running dropkick, then rolled Tit\u00e1n into the ring for a two-count.\u00a0 Kushida wore Tit\u00e1n down some more before going for the hoverboard lock.\u00a0 Tit\u00e1n quickly escaped to the ropes, though.\u00a0 Tit\u00e1n took over with kicks before going for an Asai mooonsault.\u00a0 Tit\u00e1n hit Kushida but also landed stomach-first across the guardrail himself with his feet nearly taking out some fans.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>-Going into commercials a brief teaser ad aired for Honor Club \u2013 the subscriber-based streaming service\/app that ROH will be launching in 2018.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s more than a network\u201d was the tagline.<\/p>\n<p>Tit\u00e1n hit a dragon screw leg whip and locked in a variation of a figure four.\u00a0 Kushida made it to the ropes to break the hold.\u00a0 Kushida caught Tit\u00e1n on the top turnbuckle and hit a flying armbar.\u00a0 Tit\u00e1n made it to the ropes for the break again.\u00a0 The men traded kicks mid-ring.\u00a0 Tit\u00e1n rolled up Kushida for two.\u00a0 Tit\u00e1n with a flying headscissor into a crucifix pin.\u00a0 The fans chanted \u201cfight forever.\u201d\u00a0 Kushida locked in the hoverboard lock in the center of the ring.\u00a0 Tit\u00e1n tried rolling out to escape and countered two Back To The Future attempts but Kushida eventually hit a third successfully for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Kushida in 15:09 to retain the ROH World TV Championship.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis: A decent match but hardly deserving of the \u201cfight forever\u201d chant or heaps of praise the commentators threw on it afterward.\u00a0 Maybe a portion was cut out during the commercial break?\u00a0 ROH fans who don\u2019t follow CMLL weren\u2019t given any information about who Tit\u00e1n is or why he was deserving of a TV title shot considering he\u2019d never wrestled in an ROH ring prior to this.)<\/i><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1612822016\" 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>[Q2]\u00a0 <b>(2) JAY LETHAL vs. JOSH BODOM<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This one was a repeat from the War Of The Worlds pay-per-view on August 19.\u00a0 Bodom is a British wrestler from Revolution Pro Wrestling and was their cruiserweight champion at the time of this match.\u00a0 The men traded wristlocks to begin.\u00a0 Lethal hit a spinning neckbreaker.\u00a0 He attempted his trio of suicide dives a couple times but Bodom prevented it each time.\u00a0 Bodom with a snap suplex and a standing moonsault.\u00a0 Lethal took over with a dropkick to the back of the head and some chops.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>Lethal called for a Lethal Injection but Bodom hit a reverse hurricanrana instead that sent Lethal to ringside.\u00a0 Suicide dive and Asai moonsault from Bodom.\u00a0 Back in the ring it was a double stomp to the back of Lethal\u2019s head and a running moonsault.\u00a0 Lethal kicked out.<\/p>\n<p>[Q3]\u00a0 Lethal got hung up in the corner and Bodom freed him with a dropkick.\u00a0 A Lethal Combination shifts the tide.\u00a0 Hail To The Chief elbow from the top and a figure four from Lethal on Bodom.\u00a0 Bodom made a rope break as Silas Young walked down to ringside to jaw at Lethal.\u00a0 Bodom attempted a roll-up but Lethal hit the Lethal Injection.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Jay Lethal in 11:39.<\/p>\n<p>-Young immediately jumped on Lethal and beat him down before three referees pulled him off.\u00a0 Bodom helped Lethal to his feet and they shook hands.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis:\u00a0 This was also Bodom\u2019s first appearance in front of an ROH audience.\u00a0 He was adequate but didn\u2019t stand out in any particular way.\u00a0 It\u2019s difficult to get too invested in these matches since we\u2019re not privy to any sort of build-up or feud.\u00a0 Like the previous match, I know nothing more about Bodom than I did going in.\u00a0 Two matches in and both have featured Asai moonsaults, a surplus of hurricanranas, and a figure four.\u00a0 Variety night this is not.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>(3) BULLET CLUB (Cody &amp; Marty Scurll &amp; Hangman Page &amp; Matt Jackson, &amp; Nick Jackson) vs. LOS INGOBERNABLES DE JAPON (Tetsuya Naito &amp; Bushi &amp; Evil, Sanada &amp; Hiromu Takahashi)<\/b><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1826031695\" 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>Back to August 18 and the non-televised live event.\u00a0 The homegrown Scurll started things off.\u00a0 Takahashi stole his umbrella and threatened to lick it, which enraged Scurll.\u00a0 Cody and Sanada tagged in, facing off one night before Cody would defend the ROH World Title against Sanada at the pay-per-view.\u00a0 The fans sang a \u201cCody Rhodes\u201d chant.\u00a0 When Cody took a cheap slap at someone on the apron, all ten men jumped in the ring and lined up.\u00a0 The fans sang \u201cwe want some superkicks.\u201d\u00a0 Cody tagged out to Page.\u00a0 He told Sanada he wanted Naito, who accepted the tag.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>Evil tagged in.\u00a0 Page drooled into his own hand, acted like he was going to slap Evil, then lunged at Naito on the apron instead, pie-facing him.\u00a0 Evil held Page while Naito spit in his face.\u00a0 Ugh.\u00a0 The fans chanted \u201cthis is awesome\u201d for some reason.\u00a0 As Naito posed in the ring, Scurll jumped him from behind with boots.\u00a0 Bullet Club were cleared from the apron and Naito isolated Scurll in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>[Q4]\u00a0 Bushi entered the match for the first time and choked Scurll with a t-shirt.\u00a0 Both Jacksons came in and hit double-team moves on Bushi and Takahashi while referee Todd Sinclair just watched and the commentators questioned the legality.\u00a0 The Bullet Club members took turns flipping onto people at ringside.\u00a0 Page and Bushi were supposedly the legal men as we went to break.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>Page missed a top rope moonsault as did Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson with Bushi rolling out of the way each time.\u00a0 The entire Bullet Club hit in the ring and surrounded Bushi while Sinclair just let them.\u00a0 The others encouraged Scurll to attempt his first moonsault ever.\u00a0 He mostly missed, kind of landing with his arms on Bushi\u2019s legs.\u00a0 Sanda tagged in and took out everyone.\u00a0 He put Page in the paradise lock.\u00a0 It was LIJ\u2019s turn to quintuple-team in front of the useless referee.\u00a0 Next was the sequence where wrestlers come in one after another and trade off taking their opponent\u2019s big move.\u00a0 This ended with The Young Bucks superkicking everyone.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks attempted a double superkick on Takahashi\u2019s cat Daryl but were pulled out of the ring at the last second.\u00a0 Scurll and Daryl were left alone in the ring.\u00a0 Scurll called for the chickenwing but took a superkick from Takahashi.\u00a0 Takahashi was then dropped by the Bucks, who hit a Meltzer Driver on Daryl.\u00a0 Takahashi sobbed.\u00a0 The fans chanted \u201csay you\u2019re sorry.\u201d\u00a0 Takahashi erupted with fists on all five Bullet Club members but ate a five-man superkick.\u00a0 Bushi sprayed mist into Page\u2019s face behind the referee\u2019s back (not like it matters) and Naito hit him with Destino.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Los Ingobernables de Japon in 21:51.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis: Your typical ROH multi-man tag and hopefully the last one for a while.\u00a0 I know there are many people who love these kinds of matches but they do nothing for me.\u00a0 No individual move means anything, the concept of \u201clegal men\u201d is thrown completely out the window, and it never once feels like anybody is actually competing against anyone else or cares about winning.\u00a0 This match had all that plus people spitting on each other and a stuffed animal getting beat up.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Backstage Riccaboni again thanked the fans for making 2017 a history-making year and thanked the other promotions with which ROH has been working.\u00a0 Extended credits played listing all of the ROH production and front office staff.\u00a0 No mention of any matches or segments for next week\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis: Last week they said this would be a Best Of 2017 episode, which I would have greatly preferred.\u00a0 The choice of matches in particular was strange.\u00a0 The first two were decent affairs but not outstanding and I don\u2019t understand the decision to showcase Tit\u00e1n and Bodom over actual ROH wrestlers.\u00a0 The first and third matches were at least new viewing but ROH pay-per-view customers already saw the Lethal match.\u00a0 Why not drop that one and include some video packages or interviews with your current champions instead?\u00a0 Or the Women of Honor are always in need of more airtime.\u00a0 The only positive I can spin from this week is that the show closed with Naito getting a pinfall victory going into his Wrestle Kingdom 12 main event on Thursday.\u00a0 If this were a NJPW show, that would be solid booking.\u00a0 Unfortunately this is an ROH show and we were left with nary a single mention of what we can expect from television next week or in 2018 in general.\u00a0 Bizarre.)<\/i><\/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\/26\/12-24-roh-tv-report-christmas-surprise-team-cody-vs-team-dalton-castle-dawgs-vs-flip-gordon-debuting-simon-grimm\/\">12\/24 ROH TV Report: Christmas Surprise with Team Cody vs. Team Dalton Castle, The Dawgs vs. Flip Gordon &amp; a debuting Simon Grimm<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1652203403\"><div id=\"pwtor-2121842700\"><div align=\"center\" 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