{"id":54027,"date":"2018-01-15T14:25:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T20:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=54027"},"modified":"2018-01-29T13:31:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T19:31:31","slug":"1-14-roh-tv-report-huge-announcement-regarding-addiction-castle-boys-vs-kingdom-lethal-vs-ospreay-new-tag-partner-bruiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/01\/15\/1-14-roh-tv-report-huge-announcement-regarding-addiction-castle-boys-vs-kingdom-lethal-vs-ospreay-new-tag-partner-bruiser\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/14 ROH TV Report: Huge announcement regarding The Addiction, Castle &#038; The Boys vs. The Kingdom, Lethal vs. Ospreay, a new tag partner for Bruiser?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2745800620\" 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 \/>\nJanuary 14, 2018<br \/>\nTaped December 16 in Philadelphia, Pa. at 2300 Arena<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] Opening theme.<\/p>\n<p>-We opened in the arena with Will Ospreay making his entrance.<\/p>\n<p><b>(1) WILL OSPREAY vs. JAY LETHAL<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Riccaboni called this a dream match and the commentators reminded us that last week Lethal asked Dalton Castle for a shot at the ROH World Title.\u00a0 The men exchanged a series of arm holds and headlocks before Ospreay took over with some dropkicks.\u00a0 Lethal drug Ospreay to ringside and threw him into the barricade before hitting his trio of suicide dives.\u00a0 The third sent Ospreay toppling over the barricade into the crowd.\u00a0 \u201cThe Villain\u201d Marty Scurll walked down the ramp and applauded.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>Scurll had joined Riccaboni and Cabana on commentary.\u00a0 He claimed that the Lethal they were watching was the old Jay Lethal and Scurll took credit for bringing it out of him.\u00a0 Like last week, Scurll again questioned why Lethal was able to just walk out and ask for a title shot when people like himself have never had any World Championship opportunities.\u00a0 Ospreay with a strike to Lethal\u2019s face but Lethal hit a spinning backbreaker.\u00a0 Lethal with a European uppercut and a chop.\u00a0 Scurll laughed heartily.\u00a0 Ospreay fired up with a kick and a running European uppercut in the corner.\u00a0 Enziguiri and a 619.\u00a0 Ospreay body-scissored Lethal to the outside and hit a flip over the top rope that took Lethal out.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>[Q2]\u00a0 Lethal ducked an attempt at the OsCutter.\u00a0 Ospreay countered the Lethal Injection.\u00a0 A second attempt at the OsCutter was turned into a torture rack.\u00a0 Scurll openly cheered for Lethal on commentary, proudly proclaiming himself Lethal\u2019s #1 fan.\u00a0 Lethal went up top but was caught.\u00a0 Ospreay landed a hurricanrana that sent Lethal flying into the middle of the ring.\u00a0 Ospreay covered but Lethal kicked out.\u00a0 Lethal Combination on Ospreay.\u00a0 Lethal went for Hail To The Chief, Ospreay got a boot up, Lethal with a figure four attempt, Ospreay with a roll-up.\u00a0 Ospreay tried for the OsCutter again but Lethal caught him with a cutter of his own and followed up with the Lethal Injection.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Jay Lethal in 17:06.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-918887759\" 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>-Scurll continued to claim he was Lethal\u2019s biggest fan but Riccaboni wasn\u2019t buying it.\u00a0 Lethal and Ospreay shook hands.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis: Obviously not as amazing of a match as these two could have considering there were no stakes and it was the opening contest on weekly television but still a fun encounter that left you wanting to see them meet up again down the line.\u00a0 The ending was particularly hot.\u00a0 Scurll on commentary was interesting.\u00a0 He continued to claim that he\u2019s Lethal\u2019s biggest fan and that he has no hard feelings about his loss at <\/i>Final Battle<i> because he got what he wanted: the villainous Jay Lethal of old.\u00a0 At the same time, though, he complained for the second week in a row that he\u2019s never had a World Title match and wondered aloud why other people are allowed to just walk out and ask for one.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Coleman\u2019s Pulpit:\u00a0 today\u2019s guest is Jonathan Gresham.\u00a0 Coleman was seated in his usual chair while Gresham was perched above him on a high chair.\u00a0 Gresham was wearing a purple hoodie and jeans.\u00a0 Coleman said Gresham\u2019s been wrestling for twelve years.\u00a0 Gresham was trained by Mr. Hughes.\u00a0 They talked about Gresham\u2019s Octopus nickname.\u00a0 Coleman asked how many matches Gresham\u2019s won.\u00a0 One or two?\u00a0 Gresham was annoyed.\u00a0 He said he\u2019s not proud of his win record but it\u2019s about how he picks himself up after.\u00a0 Gresham feels he\u2019s mastered his style of wrestling and thinks special rules should be instated for guys like him who just love professional wrestling in its original form.\u00a0 Coleman asked what he meant but Gresham didn\u2019t really have an answer.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis:\u00a0 Yikes.\u00a0 Gresham is very talented in the ring and I love that ROH acknowledges win\/loss records on television (as they did here and previously when Brandi Rhodes was on the Pulpit).\u00a0 It makes every match seem important and it gives every person on the card a goal of not just winning gold but of winning all their matches in order to move themselves up through the ranks.\u00a0 I also like that they\u2019re willing to give someone like Gresham mic time.\u00a0 Talent is never the problem with ROH wrestlers.\u00a0 It\u2019s characters and clear personalities that are often lacking.\u00a0 Unfortunately this whole segment was just awkward.\u00a0 Gresham was so soft-spoken that you could barely hear him.\u00a0 Coleman\u2019s questions were so dull that they felt like it wasn\u2019t planned out at all and Gresham\u2019s answers were worse.\u00a0 I have no idea what the bit was about Gresham thinking ROH should have special rules for guys like him.\u00a0 He never really clarified what he meant and I truly hope it\u2019s not leading to some new division with new stipulations.\u00a0 We\u2019ve already got five championships on a one-hour show.\u00a0 That\u2019s more than enough.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[Q3]\u00a0 <b>(2) KENNY KING vs. BRIAN MILONAS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 350-pound Milonas competed in last year\u2019s Top Prospect tournament, losing in the semi-finals to eventual winner Josh Woods.\u00a0 Milonas charged King, who pulled down the top rope and sent the big man tumbling to ringside.\u00a0 King followed up with a corkscrew dive, then ran up the ramp and took a selfie with a woman in the crowd.\u00a0 King hit a springboard legdrop back in the ring.\u00a0 Milonas with snake eyes and an avalanche splash in the corner.\u00a0 Milonas mocked King, who fought back with forearms, but Milonas put him down with a clothesline.\u00a0 King hit Milonas with a series of jabs and a spinning heel kick that dropped him.\u00a0 Shotgun knees in the corner and a springboard blockbuster for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Kenny King in 3:51.<\/p>\n<p>-King took a microphone and put over Milonas before calling out Silas Young.\u00a0 The ROH World Television Champion answered.\u00a0 They traded fists in the ring before King dropped him with a spinning heel kick that sent Young scurrying up the ramp and holding his jaw.\u00a0 The Beer City Bruiser showed up to check on his buddy.\u00a0 Milonas suddenly re-entered the ring and attacked King from behind.\u00a0 Milonas stomped away at King until Bruiser and Young joined in.\u00a0 Milonas and Bruiser shook hands while Riccaboni questioned if Milonas was the new mystery tag partner Bruiser had alluded to last week.\u00a0 [C]<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2370015222\" 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><i>(Analysis: Oh my god, I called it!\u00a0 I swear I don\u2019t read the taping spoilers.\u00a0 Milonas just jumped to mind last week as a potential partner for Bruiser based on their size similarities and the tradition that ROH tends to keep a number of Top Prospect entrants around after the tournament each year, not just the winner.\u00a0 With War Machine heading to NXT it would leave an opening for a new tandem of big men.\u00a0 While Bruiser and Milonas are an entirely different type of physique from Hanson and Rowe they should provide a nice variety to the tag division.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, &amp; Scorpio Sky) were in the ring out of the break.\u00a0 Footage aired of the new trio attacking our Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Hung Bucks at <i>Final Battle<\/i>.\u00a0 Daniels didn\u2019t know why Riccaboni asked them out there.\u00a0 ROH COO Joe Koff walked out onto the stage with a microphone.\u00a0 He said he asked them to come out there, not Riccaboni.\u00a0 Koff acknowledged that fans don\u2019t want to see him, they want to see the best wrestlers.\u00a0 This doesn\u2019t include Daniels and Kaz.\u00a0 All they are is a disruption.\u00a0 Koff said he should probably fire them.\u00a0 Kaz threatened to kick his ass.\u00a0 Daniels claimed that when he was World Champion he and Koff would chat about all of the plans for ROH\u2019s brand expansions.\u00a0 If Koff fired him, what would stop Daniels from going and spilling all those secrets to Don Callis or his best friend, AJ?\u00a0 Koff wasn\u2019t intimidated.\u00a0 He already consulted with his attorney and The Addiction\u2019s contract expires in one year.\u00a0 After <i>Final Battle 2018<\/i>, they\u2019re done.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis:\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0 They can always take this in a couple different directions as we get near to the end of this year but at this point it would really seem like we\u2019ve just begun The Addiction\u2019s retirement storyline.\u00a0 This April marks 25 years as a wrestler for Daniels so if this is the beginning of the end for the 46 year-old we\u2019ve got a hell of a journey to look forward to this year.\u00a0 Kaz hasn\u2019t been active for as long as Daniels but he\u2019s north of 40 himself so if the two decide to bow out together after this year it would be quite the conclusion to their careers.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait to see what 2018 has in store for them now.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[Q4]\u00a0 -The Briscoes were in a parking lot.\u00a0 It\u2019s nothing personal with the Motor City Machine Guns but they\u2019re coming for the tag titles because nobody can do what the Briscoes can do.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p><b>(3) THE KINGDOM (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia, &amp; TK O\u2019Ryan) vs. ROH WORLD CHAMPION DALTON CASTLE &amp; THE BOYS (Brandon &amp; Brent)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Castle and O\u2019Ryan started us off.\u00a0 Back and forth and a tag out to Marseglia.\u00a0 Boy #2 tagged in.\u00a0 They worked over Marseglia with double-team kicks before Marseglia scrambled to Taven for the tag.\u00a0 Taven asked for Castle.\u00a0 The commentators said we can add his name to the list of people gunning for Castle\u2019s title right behind Lethal, Punishment Martinez, and Scurll.\u00a0 Castle and Taven jockeyed back and forth.\u00a0 Taven took over with chops.\u00a0 Taven whipped Castle into the far corner but the Boys dropped down Matt Hardy style to allow Castle to run up their backs to the top rope.\u00a0 Castle with a crossbody on Taven.\u00a0 The champion cleared the ring and Castle and the Boys peacocked for the crowd.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>Taven dropped a Boy throat-first over the top rope.\u00a0 Marseglia and O\u2019Ryan took turns throwing him into the barricade.\u00a0 Marseglia and O\u2019Ryan with a double flapjack and double legdrop.\u00a0 Taven tried for a back bodydrop but the Boy escaped and tagged out to his brother.\u00a0 The Kingdom immediately took over again.\u00a0 Castle eventually came in with fists and forearms on Marseglia.\u00a0 Taven and Castle did a series of rotating tombstone piledriver attempts before Castle finally hit it.\u00a0 Bangarang to O\u2019Ryan.\u00a0 Julie Newmar (cobra clutch with bodyscissors) locked in on Marseglia.\u00a0 Taven slid his ax into the ring but Marseglia couldn\u2019t reach it so he tapped out while the Boys hit stereo dives over the top rope onto Taven and O\u2019Ryan at ringside.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Dalton Castle &amp; The Boys in 11:26.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis:\u00a0 Not much to the match itself but I always appreciate how ROH keeps their champions looking strong and consistently winning non-title television matches.\u00a0 Castle officially has two believable finishing moves now, which is always a good thing for drama.\u00a0 Maybe the most surprising aspect here was the fact that The Kingdom lost clean.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been talking for a while about going after the Six-Man titles again so this tells me that either they\u2019re not going in that direction or this will simply play into their conspiracy complaints.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Next week:\u00a0 it\u2019s the Motor City Machine Guns vs. The Dawgs for the ROH World Tag Team Championships and a triple threat match featuring The Young Bucks vs. Best Friends vs. Tit\u00e1n &amp; Dragon Lee.<\/p>\n<hr 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