{"id":54671,"date":"2018-01-29T13:33:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T19:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=54671"},"modified":"2018-01-29T13:38:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T19:38:23","slug":"1-28-roh-tv-report-bully-ray-retires-real-time-war-machine-vs-coast-2-coast-socal-uncensored-vs-bullet-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/01\/29\/1-28-roh-tv-report-bully-ray-retires-real-time-war-machine-vs-coast-2-coast-socal-uncensored-vs-bullet-club\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/28 ROH TV Report: Bully Ray retires (for real this time), War Machine vs. Coast 2 Coast, SoCal Uncensored vs. Bullet Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1296728986\" 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 28, 2018<br \/>\nPHILADELPHIA, PA. AT 2300 ARENA<br \/>\nAIRED ON SINCLAR AFFILIATES &amp; ROHWRESTLING.COM<br \/>\nREPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><i>Commentary: Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[Q1] We opened with a recap of SoCal Uncensored paying off Shane Taylor last week so that he would ensure no Bullet Club members interfered in their in-ring plans.\u00a0 The show of course closed with SoCal attacking The Young Bucks before Hangman Page cleared the ring with a steel chair.\u00a0 There was no sign of Taylor at the time.\u00a0 This time new footage was included of Taylor roughing up Marty Scurll in the locker room, presumably at the same time that SoCal were occupied with The Hung Bucks in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>-Opening theme.<\/p>\n<p><b>(1) PUNISHMENT MARTINEZ vs. DOBBS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dobbs got the \u201chis opponent, already in the ring\u201d treatment.\u00a0 Martinez hit a boot before the bell followed by a few shots in the corner.\u00a0 Dobbs tried fighting back with a big shot that heated up the crowd.\u00a0 He managed a dropkick too before taking Martinez\u2019s spinning jump kick.\u00a0 Ripcord kick.\u00a0 South of Heaven choke slam.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Punishment Martinez in 1:48.<\/p>\n<p>-Dalton Castle and The Boys came out in their wrestling gear.\u00a0 Castle handed the ROH World Championship to one of the Boys and entered the ring to stare down Martinez.\u00a0 Martinez smirked and went for a punch but Castle ducked and gave him a Greek throw.\u00a0 Martinez smirked again from ringside and slowly walked away.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis: Win-loss records actually matter in ROH so enhancement matches like this are just more tallies in the win column.\u00a0 Martinez is one of the many people chasing after Castle and the ROH title but it would appear that he will likely be the first to get that opportunity.)<\/i><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2477704468\" 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    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took over, dropping C2C in opposite corners.\u00a0 Coleman pointed out that he and Cedric Alexander were in a similar position a few years ago to the one that C2C are in now.\u00a0 He and Cedric broke up.\u00a0 Rowe took a cheap shot at LSG on the apron, which got him hot.\u00a0 He led the crowd in clapping to fire up Ali.\u00a0 Ali responded with a shot at Hanson on the apron.\u00a0 Rowe and Ali were both down in the ring.\u00a0 Hot tag to LSG.\u00a0 Springboard clothesline to Rowe.\u00a0 Kip up clothesline on Hanson.\u00a0 Springboard forearm to Rowe.\u00a0 The commentators discussed the potential success of LSG and Ali as singles competitors.\u00a0 LSG landed a 450 splash on Rowe but Hanson broke up the pin.\u00a0 LSG hit a huge spinning back body drop on Hanson that got the crowd pumped.\u00a0 Rowe dropped LSG.\u00a0 Ali took out Rowe with a swing-out slam.\u00a0 Hanson hit the handspring back elbow to take out Ali.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>[Q2]\u00a0 War Machine hit their clothesline\/German suplex combo on LSG but he kicked out.\u00a0 Gut-wrench backbreaker from Rowe.\u00a0 Power bomb.\u00a0 Hanson with a top rope splash but LSG kicked out again!\u00a0 Riccaboni blamed Rowe for leaving the shoulder exposed.\u00a0 War Machine tried for a double chokeslam but LSG rolled out and tagged Ali.\u00a0 Back body drop to Rowe.\u00a0 C2C ended up dazed in opposite corners.\u00a0 Hanson called for his charging splashes but Ali blocked with a boot to the face.\u00a0 A side kick sent Hanson to the floor.\u00a0 C2C with a near fall on Rowe but he kicked out at one and looked furious at these lower-carders daring to try to pin him.\u00a0 Ali unloaded with a flurry of chops and blows on Rowe.\u00a0 War Machine with Thor\u2019s Hammer on Ali.\u00a0 Hanson dove through the ropes and took out LSG at ringside.\u00a0 Rowe covered Ali but he kicked out!\u00a0 The commentators and fans were losing it, pointing out how many teams War Machine has beaten with that move.\u00a0 War Machine called for the end and set up for Fallout.\u00a0 With Hanson on the top rope LSG jumped back into the ring and clubbed him off.\u00a0 Rowe was left alone in the ring with C2C.\u00a0 Rowe was dropped in one corner and Ali and LSG hit a double coast to coast from opposite corners.\u00a0 They both covered but Rowe kicked out at two!<\/p>\n<p>Hanson was back.\u00a0 Spinning heel kick to Ali.\u00a0 LSG was cleared from the ring.\u00a0 Rowe set up Ali for Fallout and it would appear the end was in sight.\u00a0 War Machine hit Fallout and Rowe with the cover.\u00a0 1, 2\u2026 no!\u00a0 War Machine was flabbergasted.\u00a0 They could do nothing but look at the crowd in astonishment.\u00a0 \u201cThis is awesome\u201d from the fans.\u00a0 Coleman said C2C just won his heart.\u00a0 The crowded chant \u201cCoast 2 Coast!\u201d\u00a0 War Machine regrouped and stalked Ali.\u00a0 Rowe with a knee and they set up for Fallout again.\u00a0 As Hanson poised on the top rope LSG reappeared and grabbed hold of his leg.\u00a0 Meanwhile LSG rolled through on Rowe for the three count!<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Coast 2 Coast in 13:55.<\/p>\n<p>-LSG was as shocked as War Machine.\u00a0 The big men stared down the rookies as the music cut out.\u00a0 Hanson and Rowe offered the Code of Honor and raised the winners\u2019 arms.\u00a0 [C]<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3570457580\" 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: This was such a hot match!\u00a0 What a way to build an underdog babyface team.\u00a0 You had a team that has never won a televised match going up against a monster duo that are former ROH tag team champions and two-time NJPW tag team champions but Coast 2 Coast just would not stay down.\u00a0 War Machine and the commentary team sold their disbelief beautifully.\u00a0 At first I was disappointed that C2C\u2019s win came off of a roll-up and not them being able to knock out Rowe for three but upon reflection that makes more sense.\u00a0 C2C didn\u2019t suddenly go from unable to win to being a dominant team in one match.\u00a0 They just proved (to the fans and to themselves) that they want to be a team, they want to win, and that, if they don\u2019t give up and keep fighting, anything can happen.\u00a0 This will be a career-defining moment for the duo and I\u2019m very interested to see where they go from here.\u00a0 As for War Machine, this was probably their final ROH appearance as they have officially signed with NXT and even appeared in the crowd at <\/i>Takeover: Philadelphia<i> the night before this.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[Q3]\u00a0 Video recap on Kenny and Silas Young\u2019s feud along with Brian Milonas joining up with The Beer City Bruiser.\u00a0 Bruiser and Milonas were backstage.\u00a0 Young\u2019s manly TV title reign inspired Bruiser to go after the tag team titles.\u00a0 Bruiser called Milonas \u201ca diamond in a haystack, a needle in the rough.\u201d\u00a0 Milonas couldn\u2019t think of a better way to make a splash in ROH than by joining with Bruiser.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis: No word on a tag team name and no tease of when their first match will be but War Machine\u2019s exit opens the door for a new big man team.\u00a0 Bruiser and Milonas could be a fun one.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Bully Ray made his entrance for the first time since he and Tommy Dreamer lost to The Briscoes at <i>Final Battle<\/i>.\u00a0 He was carrying a pair of wrestling boots.\u00a0 (Of course Ray reunited with his brother D-Von last Monday on <i>WWE Raw<\/i> to deliver a 3D to Heath Slater.)\u00a0 \u201c<i>Final Battle<\/i> was my final battle,\u201d a hoarse Ray began.\u00a0 After the match, sitting in the ring, with his blood pouring down his face, he smiled.\u00a0 His career flashed before his eyes then.\u00a0 \u201cI think I had a pretty damn good career.\u201d\u00a0 At <i>Final Battle<\/i> he left his boots in the ring in his hometown of New York City.\u00a0 NYC was where he was born, but as a wrestler\u2026\u00a0 The Philadelphia crowd cheered and chanted E-C-dub.\u00a0 \u201cIn October 1995 in this very building, Bubba Ray Dudley was born.\u00a0 This is the ring I should leave my boots in.\u00a0 This is the arena I should leave my boots in.\u201d\u00a0 Ray thanked the fans and thanked the Lord.\u00a0 \u201cDo you know who I am?\u00a0 I\u2019m Bully Ray and it has been my honor.\u201d\u00a0 He placed the boots down and started to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Jay Lethal made his way down in silence.\u00a0 The rest of the locker room followed suit including many of the Women of Honor.\u00a0 They surrounded the ring while Lethal entered with a microphone.\u00a0 \u201cI have known you for a long time,\u201d Lethal began.\u00a0 \u201cIf this is the last time I\u2019m going to see you I have to get something off my chest.\u201d\u00a0 When some people heard Ray was coming to ROH they didn\u2019t know what to expect.\u00a0 There were some rumors out there about him, good and bad.\u00a0 The ROH wrestlers had their guards up but then they saw Ray go above and beyond at every show to help every wrestler, from top to bottom, even the guys just starting out at the ROH Dojo.\u00a0 Lethal watched Ray make himself readily available to anyone who had questions or wanted to pick his brain about the wrestling business.\u00a0 Every interview Ray did, he put ROH in front of everything and the coolest part is that nobody forced him to come here.\u00a0 He came because he wanted to and he was inspired by what was going on in ROH.\u00a0 \u201cYou represent what Ring Of Honor is all about.\u201d\u00a0 Lethal said he\u2019d never used this term before but Ray is a legend.\u00a0 On behalf of everyone in ROH Lethal said thank you.\u00a0 He hugged Bully as we faded to black.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis: This wasn\u2019t as teary or emotional as Bully\u2019s other retirement promos that led to the <\/i>Final Battle <i>match but it was open and rewarding.\u00a0 As Lethal pointed out there are many people in the wrestling industry with less than positive things to say about Bully.\u00a0 That said, everything Lethal said about Ray in ROH regarding how he conducted himself and what he brought to the company felt wholly authentic.\u00a0 In his short tenure in the company (I believe only 9 months) you never felt like Ray was there just for a paycheck or as a nostalgia act or that he felt like ROH was beneath him.\u00a0 The Dudley Boyz were officially announced as going into the WWE Hall Of Fame just moments ago, which is the final conclusion to a memorable career.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Video recap of the Women Of Honor championship tournament announcement at <i>Final Battle<\/i>.\u00a0 Clips aired of various WOH matches from through the year.\u00a0 Deonna Purrazzo, Kelly Klein, Karen Q, Jenny Rose, Mandy Leon, Sumie Sakai, Brandi Rhodes, Jessie Brooks, HZK, Hana Kimura, Kagetsu, and Mayu Iwatani were confirmed for the tournament.\u00a0 The voiceover gave a couple bullet points on each person.\u00a0 The tournament officially begins airing in two weeks here on television.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis: It took far too long for a Women\u2019s title to be established in ROH and the fact that they came up with a superfluous six-man championship first was bizarre.\u00a0 I am very hopeful about the championship and the tournament and what it means for the future of WOH.\u00a0 I think NXT has the perfect balance right now between their various divisions so we\u2019ll see in two weeks how this all finally unfolds.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[Q4]\u00a0 Matt Taven joined the commentary team for the main event.\u00a0 Vinny Marseglia and TK O\u2019Ryan stood behind him.\u00a0 Taven jokingly referred to the new blond Cody as Draco Malfoy and Eminem.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p><b>(3) SOCAL UNCENSORED (Scorpio Sky, \u201cAlmighty\u201d Christopher Daniels, &amp; \u201cThe Heavy Metal Rebel\u201d Frankie Kazarian) vs. BULLET CLUB (\u201cThe American Nightmare\u201d Cody, Adam Page, &amp; \u201cThe Villain\u201d Marty Scurll)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sky and Scurll started.\u00a0 Scurll dominated until Sky tagged out to Daniels.\u00a0 Daniels requested Cody.\u00a0 The former world champions faced off.\u00a0 Cody went for CrossRhodes early but Cody countered.\u00a0 Cody then countered out of Angel\u2019s Wings.\u00a0 Kaz and Page ended up in the ring, reigniting their fierce rivalry from last year.\u00a0 Page clotheslined them both out of the ring and they brawled at ringside.\u00a0 All six men brawled at ringside near the commentary team.\u00a0 Taven told Marseglia to hit them with his ax.\u00a0 Cody dove over the top rope onto everyone.\u00a0 Bullet Club isolated Daniels in the ring and set up Daniels in the corner for the train.\u00a0 As per usual Cody and Page connected on Daniels with clotheslines but Scurll kept getting hit with a boot.\u00a0 Page and Cody lifted Scurll to hit an assisted dropkick on Daniels.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>Cody was stuck in the heel corner.\u00a0 Kaz kept him from getting free but Cody was able to land a power slam.\u00a0 Page cleared house and whipped Daniels into the barricades.\u00a0 Cody was busted open, according to the commentators, but it wasn\u2019t clear when and we didn\u2019t get a shot of it.\u00a0 Page with a power bomb on Sky.\u00a0 Taven drew a comparison between himself and Page as overlooked guys who have been forced to take a back seat to the Cody\u2019s and Young Bucks\u2019 of the company.\u00a0 SoCal triple-teamed Page.\u00a0 Sky got a two count.\u00a0 People went down one after another.\u00a0 Scurll lifted Sky in an electric chair and Cody hit him with a springboard dropkick Doomsday Device.\u00a0 Scurll called for the chicken wing but Daniels saved Sky.\u00a0 Everybody crashed at ringside in sequence.\u00a0 When Page went for a moonsault off the top rope onto Sky his ankle landed across the barricade.\u00a0 He screamed in agony but it wasn\u2019t clear whether or not he was legitimately hurt like when O\u2019Ryan made a similar mishap last year.\u00a0 Page posed on the apron and seemed fine but he quickly took a lungblower from Kazarian, a right hand from Daniels, and a high knee from Sky.\u00a0 Sky covered for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: SoCal Uncensored in 10:49.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Analysis: The match itself was good.\u00a0 SoCal Uncensored obviously needed a win as a new team and Scorpio Sky held his own with the more-established ROH stars.\u00a0 The Kingdom at ringside continues to reinforce just how competitive every division in ROH is, which I love.\u00a0 There should always be multiple people saying that they want the world title and multiple groups targeting the tag team champions.\u00a0 That gold is the reason you\u2019re there.\u00a0 The Shane Taylor story is clunky, though.\u00a0 We should have seen the footage of him attacking Scurll last week when it happened instead of after the fact.\u00a0 Then to have him not be involved in anything this week was odd.\u00a0 Does Scurll just blame SoCal for paying him off and take no issue with Taylor?\u00a0 Or will we get something with The Villain and Shane in the future?\u00a0 Then again, following the events of <\/i>NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo <i>this weekend and the implosion of Bullet Club, any current BC storyline has got to be considered up in the air.\u00a0 Time will tell.)<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S REPORT:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/01\/21\/1-21-roh-tv-report-bucks-vs-best-friends-vs-team-cmll-machine-guns-vs-dawgs-roh-tag-titles-woods-vs-gresham-first-appearance-cody-since-losing-world-title\/\">1\/21 ROH TV Report: Bucks vs. Best Friends 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