{"id":57572,"date":"2018-04-01T19:57:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T00:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=57572"},"modified":"2018-04-02T12:06:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T17:06:45","slug":"4-1-roh-tv-report-cody-and-kenny-omega-go-face-to-face-deonna-purrazzo-vs-mayu-iwatani-in-woh-tournament-world-champ-tv-champ-vs-tag-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/04\/01\/4-1-roh-tv-report-cody-and-kenny-omega-go-face-to-face-deonna-purrazzo-vs-mayu-iwatani-in-woh-tournament-world-champ-tv-champ-vs-tag-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/1 ROH TV Report: Cody and Kenny Omega go face to face, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Mayu Iwatani in WOH tournament, World Champ &amp; TV Champ vs. Tag Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2284566035\" 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 \/>\nAPRIL 1, 2018<br \/>\nLAS VEGAS, NV AT SAM\u2019S TOWN<br \/>\nAIRED ON SINCLAIR AFFILIATES &amp; ROHWRESTLING.COM<br \/>\nREPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Commentary: Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[Q1] A short video hyped tonight\u2019s Champions Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>-Opening theme.<\/p>\n<p>-Marty Scurll was sitting in on commentary for the opening contest. He was still wearing an eyepatch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS THE BRISCOES (Jay Briscoe &amp; Mark Briscoe) vs. ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPION KENNY KING &amp; ROH WORLD CHAMPION DALTON CASTLE (w\/The Boys) \u2013 NON-TITLE MATCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Castle and Mark Briscoe started off with some amateur wrestling. Jay and King tagged in. King hit a shoulder block and played to the crowd. King hit an overhead hip toss on Jay. [C]<\/p>\n<p>Castle worked over Jay but Jay hit a back elbow and tagged out. Castle and Mark went back and forth until Jay hit a knee to the back of Castle as he ran the ropes. Castle fought back but fell to a double team. The Briscoes went after King too. Mark bodyslammed Castle on the floor while Scurll cheered them on. He tried to start a \u201cman up\u201d chant. Mark ran Castle\u2019s head into the turnbuckle but Castle blocked a chop and knocked Jay off the apron. Jay shoved King off the apron to prevent a tag. Mark with a Russian leg sweep and a jumping elbow on Castle. Double shoulder tackle to Castle. Jay held Castle for Mark to hit a dropkick off the apron. [C]<\/p>\n<p>[Q2] Castle continued to try to fight out for a hot tag. He finally made it. King unloaded with right hands on Mark and hit a spinning heel kick. Spinebuster to Mark for the first two count of the match. Jay caught King with a clothesline and Mark landed a ura nage. Mark dropkicked Castle off the apron and Jay hit a superplex on King. Froggy-bow from Mark but Castle broke up the pin. Mark and Castle exchanged chest slaps. Castle hit a big back drop. King hit an exploder suplex on Jay. Shotgun knees in the corner and Silas Young walked out. King and Young jawed and Jay caught King with a hurricanrana and a Jay Driller. Mark tackled Castle to prevent him making the save.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2317284367\" 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>WINNERS: The Briscoes in 16:18.<\/p>\n<p>-Young entered the ring and held the TV title over the fallen King. Castle chased him off. Scurll entered the ring with the world title and looked like he was going to clock Castle with the belt from behind but Castle spun around. Scurll handed him the title and acted like that was his intention all along. [C]<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: Quite unexpected that this was the opening contest and not the main event. I think because of that it felt a little less epic than you would expect it to with four of your seven champions in one match. It\u2019s quite rare for champions to lose in ROH and even rarer for it to be a clean finish so Young distracting King was logical. The Briscoes remain undefeated in ROH tag action since March of last year. Scurll vs. Castle continues to feel like it\u2019s missing a certain something going into <\/em>Supercard Of Honor<em>. It\u2019s certain to be a good match but there\u2019s just no real animosity between the two beyond Scurll feeling like he should have already been world champion by now.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Footage played from last week of Bully Ray canceling The Kingdom\u2019s <em>Supercard<\/em> match and banning them from the building that night. We then cut to The Kingdom (TK O\u2019Ryan, Matt Taven, &amp; Vinny Marseglia) backstage. O\u2019Ryan said that they\u2019ve been denied their six-man title rematch for over a year now. They never even lost the titles. (O\u2019Ryan was injured at the time so it was the team of Taven, Marseglia, and Silas Young that dropped the titles to Bully &amp; The Briscoes last March.) Taven said they thought Bully was going to see past the politics but he\u2019s just another melvin. They promised that his attempt to ban them from <em>Supercard<\/em> won\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p>-The Dawgs (Rhett Titus &amp; Will Ferrara) joined commentary for our next match.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) CHEESEBURGER vs. KIKUTARO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cabana said that Kikutaro is a legendary comedic wrestler from Japan. He wears a rubber Halloween mask like you might find at a dollar store and he\u2019s apparently competed for promotions including Osaka Pro Wrestling, Dragon Gate, and Chikara. The announcers said this was Cheeseburger\u2019s dream opponent. They exchanged wrist locks, which turned into them dancing and posing together. Kikutaro hit a shoulder tackle and did some classic Hulk Hogan poses. He kicked Cheeseburger in the head and followed with a strut and a chop in the corner. He charged Cheeseburger in the corner twice but took a boot each time. Kikutaro whipped referee Paul Turner into the corner but Cheeseburger moved. Kikutaro charged and Cheeseburger lifted Turner\u2019s leg to catch Kikutaro with another boot. Cheeseburger hit a forearm for a two count.<\/p>\n<p>[Q3] Kikutaro caught Cheeseburger with a power slam for two. The Dawgs were disgusted by all of this on commentary. Kikutaro put Cheeseburger in a headlock and made Turner hold a microphone for him. Kikutaro thanked the fans for coming and encouraged them to enjoy the show. The Dawgs hit the ring and attacked both men.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-953678189\" 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>WINNER: No contest in 2:43.<\/p>\n<p>-They cleared Kikutaro from the ring and hit Who Let The Dawgs Out? on Cheeseburger. Bully Ray hit the ring and The Dawgs bailed. Ray helped Cheeseburger to his feet. [C]<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: Bizarre. Maybe this was a special April Fool\u2019s Day match? I\u2019d never heard of Kikutaro before so I had no idea what was happening here at first. This was only Cheeseburger\u2019s second TV appearance of the year so him being booked for a singles match against anyone would have felt a bit out of nowhere let alone against a guy in a rubber mask. The Dawgs got a small amount of heat for interrupting the match but was anyone actually disappointed that we didn\u2019t get to see it continue? Then Bully showed up, helped Cheeseburger to his feet, and we cut abruptly to commercial. None of these people are booked for Supercard in six days so I\u2019m even further confused as to why this segment happened.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-A video package highlighted clips of Tenille Dashwood defeating Brandi Rhodes in the Women Of Honor tournament quarter-finals on the <em>16th Anniversary<\/em> pre-show. We then got previously unaired footage of Sumie Sakai defeating Kagetsu in the quarter-finals. Her semi-final opponent Dashwood shook her hand after the match. No indication of where or when that match took place.<\/p>\n<p>-Mayu Iwatani wore a cat luchador mask to the ring for the next match but took it off before the bell. She\u2019s held every championship available in Stardom. Deonna Purrazzo got a picture-in-picture promo during her entrance. Iwatani might be the icon of Stardom but she\u2019s The Virtuosa and the Fujiwara armbar specialist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(3) MAYU IWATANI vs. DEONNA PURRAZZO \u2013 WOMEN OF HONOR CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT QUARTER-FINAL MATCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They mat wrestled to start with neither getting the advantage. Iwatani finally caught Purrazzo with a dropkick and ran the ropes into an arm drag. She hit another dropkick on a seated Purrazzo that sent her through the ropes. Purrazzo caught her with an uppercut, intercepting a suicide dive attempt. [C]<\/p>\n<p>The women exchanged loud chops. Iwatani caught Purrazzo with a northern lights suplex for two. Iwatani attempted a double stomp but Purrazzo moved. Purrazzo went to the floor for a breather. Iwatani went for a move off the top rope but Purrazzo caught her with the Fujiwara armbar on the way down. She had to break the hold to break the count out, though. Purrazzo with a brainbuster for two. Purrazzo countered a wheelbarrow into a German suplex and held on, hitting two more. Iwatani nailed a dragon suplex of her own. Both women sold exhaustion. Iwatani hit a slingblade and went back up top, landing a missile dropkick for two.<\/p>\n<p>[Q4] Purrazzo locked in the Fujiwara armbar out of nowhere but Iwatani made it to the ropes. Iwatani hit two kicks to the head and landed her bridging dragon suplex for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Mayu Iwatani in 9:28.<\/p>\n<p>-They obeyed the Code of Honor after the match. [C]<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: I\u2019ll admit I did not expect Purrazzo to lose here. She was voted the 2017 Women Of Honor Wrestler Of The Year and has been arguably the top name in the division for a while. When the tournament was first announced I assumed she would win the whole thing. Don\u2019t get me wrong, Iwatani has looked great in her two tournament matches thus far but this was literally the first time she\u2019s ever set foot in an ROH ring and we still don\u2019t know anything about her other than the fact that she\u2019s won a lot of titles in Stardom. Iwatani advances to the semi-finals to face Kelly Klein on the <\/em>Supercard Of Honor <em>pre-show.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-A video package ran through all the <em>Supercard Of Honor<\/em> matches with dueling promos from the American competitors.<\/p>\n<p>-Cody made his entrance in a gray suit, chewing gum, and letting fans kiss the ring of honor on his way down. Bullet Club is fine. He asked if fans could name a great Kenny Omega match that didn\u2019t include Kazuchika Okada or bonafide superstar Chris Jericho. You can\u2019t. Because Omega is that underground band you swear you love, but you can\u2019t name any of his songs. The perception is that Omega is the greatest wrestler in the world today but Cody dominates the news feed, monopolizes the ROH budget, and leads the Bullet Club. Omega and Ibushi are just a publicity stunt. Omega called Cody a WWE reject but Omega is just a WWE developmental reject. He started to address Omega putting his hands on Brandi when the lights went out and Omega\u2019s music hit.<\/p>\n<p>Omega walked out on stage, carrying Bury The Drug-Free Bear\u2019s head under his arm. Pyro went off and Omega left the head on the stage. Omega wore a Bullet Club t-shirt and jeans. Omega restated that he\u2019s the leader of Bullet Club. \u201cAnd as for your wife\u2026\u201d When she forced herself upon him and kissed him, he was confused. He\u2019s confused by Cody\u2019s reaction. Omega claimed that wasn\u2019t the first time that had happened. Cody took off his suit jacket and threw it down. Omega wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Brandi wanted to do it again.<\/p>\n<p>Cody went after Omega. They traded blows. Hangman Page hit the ring and tried to hold back Cody. Security and Marty Scurll also intervened to separate the men. The Young Bucks and Flip Gordon followed. Security left and the show closed with Cody, Hangman, and Marty on one side, Kenny and Flip on the other, and Matt and Nick in between.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 A solid final sell for Saturday\u2019s show.\u00a0 Omega rarely appears in ROH, let alone on TV, so his presence here came across as a big deal.\u00a0 I can\u2019t help feeling that Cody\u2019s feud with Matt Taven hurt him a little over the past two months as it kept him in a gray area where he was mostly getting cheered on ROH TV while simultaneously being a huge heel on <\/em>Being The Elite <em>and in New Japan.\u00a0 The fans are undeniably behind Omega, though, and there is a lot of intrigue around where everything stands with Bullet Club coming out of this weekend.\u00a0 It\u2019s no longer as simple as being Team Cody or Team Kenny.\u00a0 Loyalties and friendships have been tested all over the place lately and I doubt anyone can say with certainty that they know how this is going to turn out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ll have a full preview column for <\/em>Supercard Of Honor <em>up later this week and live coverage Saturday night.\u00a0 Thanks for reading.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-968019854\"><div id=\"pwtor-1815335423\"><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 APRIL 1, 2018 LAS VEGAS, NV AT SAM\u2019S TOWN AIRED ON SINCLAIR AFFILIATES &amp; ROHWRESTLING.COM REPORT BY HARLEY R. 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