{"id":54979,"date":"2018-02-05T11:39:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T17:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=54979"},"modified":"2018-02-05T11:39:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T17:39:58","slug":"2-4-roh-tv-report-cody-vs-matt-taven-best-friends-vs-motor-city-machine-guns-tag-team-titles-marty-scurll-vs-shane-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/05\/2-4-roh-tv-report-cody-vs-matt-taven-best-friends-vs-motor-city-machine-guns-tag-team-titles-marty-scurll-vs-shane-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/4 ROH TV Report: Cody vs. Matt Taven, Best Friends vs. Motor City Machine Guns for the tag team titles, Marty Scurll vs. Shane Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-411087597\" 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 \/>\nFEBRUARY 4, 2018<br \/>\nNASHVILLE, TENN. AT MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM<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 Matt Taven confronting Cody two weeks ago and kicking the former world champion between the legs.<\/p>\n<p>-Opening theme.<\/p>\n<p><b>(1) BEST FRIENDS (Beretta &amp; Chuckie T) vs. MOTOR CITY MACHINE GUNS (Chris Sabin &amp; Alex Shelley) \u2013 ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sabin and Chuck Taylor started things off.\u00a0 Dueling arm drags.\u00a0 Sabin hugged Taylor, who was greatly offended.\u00a0 Tags to Shelley and Beretta.\u00a0 Dueling chops.\u00a0 Beretta with an eye poke and a tag back to Taylor.\u00a0 Best Friends teased a hug but Sabin broke it up.\u00a0 After some back and forth the challengers caught the Machine Guns with clotheslines in the opposite corners before Beretta and Taylor finally hugged for the first time.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>The Machine Guns were working over Beretta before he made the hot tag to Taylor.\u00a0 Power bomb on Sabin for two.\u00a0 Taylor went to the top for a moonsault but Sabin rolled out of the way.\u00a0 Sabin with a tornado DDT on Taylor, pushing off of Beretta\u2019s shoulder.\u00a0 Beretta fought back against both champions while Taylor recovered at ringside.\u00a0 The Machine Guns hit their Dream Sequence, though.\u00a0 Best Friends with a lawn-dart cutter on Shelley on the floor.\u00a0 Taylor with a cannonball over the top rope onto both champions.\u00a0 He was hugging Beretta at the top of the ramp when The Briscoes flew out of the back and went nuts.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: No contest in 9:16.<\/p>\n<p>-Mark stomped away at Best Friends on the ramp while Jay threw the Machine Guns into the ring.\u00a0 The Briscoes pummeled away at the champions to loud boos.\u00a0 Jay pulled some zip ties out of his pocket and Mark bound both of Shelley\u2019s wrists to the middle rope.\u00a0 Jay stomped away at Sabin some more while Mark grabbed a chair.\u00a0 Riccaboni pleaded on commentary for some intervention from security.\u00a0 Mark held Shelley and made him watch while Jay hit a Jay Driller on Sabin on the steel chair.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-624139498\" 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>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: Best Friends haven\u2019t won a match in ROH since early November so nobody expected them to win the championship here.\u00a0 That said, the crowd didn\u2019t seem to expect The Briscoes\u2019 interference either.\u00a0 Run-ins are rare in ROH so The Briscoes storming the ring and destroying both teams was surprising and really continued the streak of their vicious new characters.\u00a0 For a team as popular and with such longevity as The Briscoes to be able to generate as much heat as they\u2019ve been getting is a real testament to their abilities.\u00a0 There is nothing about these new Briscoes that makes you want to cheer them.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[Q2]\u00a0 ROH World TV Champion Silas Young, The Beer City Bruiser, and Brian Milonas were backstage.\u00a0 Next week Bruiser and Milonas have their debut match as a tag team.\u00a0 Young can\u2019t wait to see it and will be there live alongside them.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>-Video package on Punishment Martinez.\u00a0 His entire life has been about violence.\u00a0 He earned the name Punishment on the streets by breaking bones and cracking skulls.\u00a0 He spoke about his martial arts background and smiled sadistically.\u00a0 Clips aired of him flipping over the top rope, his hardcore brawl with Jay White, and his victories over Frankie Kazarian, Will Ospreay, and Jay Lethal.\u00a0 Martinez won the 2017 Survival Of The Fittest and earned a world title shot as a result.\u00a0 Clips of Martinez attacking Dalton Castle on the first TV show of the year.\u00a0 Castle\u2019s time as world champion is dead.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: Solid video package on the #1 contender to the world title.\u00a0 With WWE\u2019s check book it\u2019s often hard for video packages and featurettes from any other company to compare to theirs but this stood out in a good way, incorporating clips from past matches, Martinez speaking to the camera, and his dark imagery and motifs layered over top.\u00a0 Evidently Martinez is getting his title shot in the main event of next week\u2019s TV show.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>(2) SHANE TAYLOR vs. \u201cTHE VILLAIN\u201d MARTY SCURLL<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Taylor took bribe money from SoCal Uncensored two weeks ago to attack Scurll in the locker room so Scurll\u2019s playing the babyface in this one.\u00a0 Scurll went right at him with shots to the face but Taylor used his strength to throw him off.\u00a0 Scurll tried for a suplex but he couldn\u2019t lift Taylor and just ended up straining his back.\u00a0 Taylor charged Scurll and tumbled to the floor.\u00a0 Scurll hit a superkick to the face but Taylor held onto his foot.\u00a0 Scurll tried for a hurricanrana off the apron but Taylor powered out and shoved Scurll into the barricade.\u00a0 Taylor chokeslammed Scurll onto the apron going into the break.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>[Q3]\u00a0 Scurll tried for a sunset flip, Taylor tried to sit out on him, but Scurll moved.\u00a0 Uppercut from Scurll, clothesline from off the ropes, and a missile dropkick finally took down the big man.\u00a0 Taylor rolled out of the ring.\u00a0 Scurll tried for a suicide dive but Taylor caught him.\u00a0 Scurll turned it into a tornado DDT on the floor.\u00a0 Scurll tried for the Ghostbuster in the ring but couldn\u2019t lift Taylor.\u00a0 Taylor hit a knee to the chin and a splash for two.\u00a0 Cabana blamed Taylor for not putting leverage on the shoulders.\u00a0 Taylor with a baldo bomb for another two count.\u00a0 Taylor mocked Scurll, calling for the chickenwing.\u00a0 Scurll with a big slap and Taylor responded with a headbutt.\u00a0 Scurll finally managed to get Taylor up for the Ghostbuster but he wasn\u2019t able to hit the knee and ended up with a brainbuster instead.\u00a0 The crowd thought that was it but Taylor kicked out.\u00a0 Scurll called for the chickenwing but Taylor heard him yell for it and hit a punch instead.\u00a0 Scurll went for the umbrella but Taylor stepped on it and took it himself.\u00a0 As the referee and Taylor fought over the umbrella Scurll grabbed a grocery bag from under the ring.\u00a0 He pulled out a handful of flour and blasted Taylor in the face behind the referee\u2019s back.\u00a0 Scurll with a roll-up on the blinded Taylor for three.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Marty Scurll in 10:57.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1182985530\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" 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furthering the past month of TV where it appeared that all of Bullet Club might be turning babyface.\u00a0 When Jay Lethal told Castle that he wanted a title shot at the top of the first episode of the year Scurll was very vocal about questioning whether you\u2019re allowed to just walk out and ask for a match, hence his decision to do the same here.\u00a0 Of course Scurll is kind of a buffoon sometimes so he made the fatal mistake of calling out Martinez, rather than Castle.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Video recap of Bully Ray\u2019s retirement speech from last week.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>-Short video package on the Women Of Honor Championship tournament that begins next week.<\/p>\n<p>-Video recap of Coast To Coast\u2019s big victory over War Machine last week.<\/p>\n<p>[Q4]\u00a0 <b>(3) MATT TAVEN (w\/Vinny Marseglia &amp; TK O\u2019Ryan) vs. \u201cTHE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE\u201d CODY<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A fan was happy to kiss Cody\u2019s ring of honor in the aisle and Cody was showered with streamers, the clear fan favorite.\u00a0 Loud \u201cCody\u201d chant as the two men went face to face.\u00a0 Taven bailed to ringside early.\u00a0 Both men went for their signature moves but both men avoided.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>Taven and Cody traded punches.\u00a0 Cody was tossed to the outside but avoided a baseball slide.\u00a0 Cody drove Taven into the apron.\u00a0 O\u2019Ryan and Marseglia asked the ref for a time out but they ate a bit splash from Cody.\u00a0 Taven took advantage, driving Cody\u2019s arm into the barricade.\u00a0 Taven worked over Cody\u2019s left arm in the ring.\u00a0 Taven distracted the ref, allowing The Kingdom to work over Cody at ringside.\u00a0 Riccaboni acknowledged that there\u2019s been \u201ctension\u201d between Cody and Kenny Omega.\u00a0 Cabana pointed out that Cody has no Bullet Club members in his corner.\u00a0 Cody managed to hit a Beautiful Disaster kick that left both men down on the mat.\u00a0 [C]<\/p>\n<p>Taven with a spinning heel kick and a springboard moonsault for two.\u00a0 Taven off the top, Cody ducked, and Cody hit an Alabama slam (a call-back to his former tag partner Hardcore Holly?).\u00a0 Taven with a swinging neckbreaker.\u00a0 Taven attempted a top rope frog splash but Cody got the knees up.\u00a0 Cody with a sunset flip but Taven caught him with a knee to the face.\u00a0 Marseglia and O\u2019Ryan circled the ring until Todd Sinclair had enough and threw them both out.\u00a0 While this was going on, Taven grabbed his walking stick but Cody kicked him between the legs as a receipt for last time and rolled up Taven for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Cody in 11:23.<\/p>\n<p>-O\u2019Ryan attacked Cody after the match.\u00a0 Marseglia with a chair shot to Cody\u2019s arm.\u00a0 The Kingdom triple-teamed Cody while the fans chanted for The Young Bucks.\u00a0 Marseglia and O\u2019Ryan held Cody in the air while Taven kicked him between the legs again.\u00a0 Taven with the Climax and Taven stole Cody\u2019s ring of honor.\u00a0 Taven put it on and made an unconscious Cody kiss the ring.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: This was one of those instances where ROH\u2019s advance taping schedule leaves things disjointed.\u00a0 The segment makes total sense based on what we\u2019ve seen on ROH television this year.\u00a0 Cody was gracious in acknowledging his title loss to Castle and Taven\u2019s been a scumbag who takes cheap shots and low blows and is essentially throwing a temper tantrum every time he shows up because he hasn\u2019t been given a world title match yet.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Unfortunately in the two weeks between this being recorded and this being aired Cody attacked Kenny Omega at NJPW\u2019s <\/i>New Beginning In Sapporo<i>, which triggered the implosion of Bullet Club, which has left everyone wondering where Scurll, the Bucks, and Page stand, which has made Cody one of the most hated men in wrestling at the moment, which led to the announcement of Cody vs. Omega at ROH\u2019s <\/i>Supercard Of Honor XII<i> on April 7.\u00a0 Sure, you can have a guy be a clear villain in one story and more of a shades of gray villain in a different story at the same time (it\u2019s a complicated world) but having Cody be so unanimously cheered and sympathetic here just felt awkward considering how Cody\u2019s currently being treated so vehemently in New Japan, on social media, and on <\/i>Being The Elite<i>.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Next week:\u00a0 it\u2019s Dalton Castle vs. Punishment Martinez for the ROH World Championship, Coast To Coast vs. Beer City Bruiser &amp; Brian Milonas, and Mandy Leon vs. Madison Rayne in the first Women Of Honor championship tournament match.<\/p>\n<p>-And in other news I\u2019m happy to announce the launch of a new weekly ROH podcast for PW Torch VIP members entitled <i>Talking Honor<\/i>!\u00a0 Every week myself and Lola Bradbury will discuss the week in Ring Of Honor including all of the above TV happenings, pay-per-view news, Women Of Honor, <i>Being The Elite<\/i>, and other developments.\u00a0 Our premiere episode will be launching later today so keep an eye out for that.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not already a PW Torch VIP member this is obviously a terrific time to sign up.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK THE PREVIOUS REPORT:<\/strong> <a href=\"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\/\">1\/28 ROH TV Report: Bully Ray retires (for real this time), War Machine vs. Coast 2 Coast, SoCal Uncensored vs. Bullet Club<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2774919781\"><div id=\"pwtor-1030051615\"><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  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