{"id":62219,"date":"2018-06-29T19:53:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T00:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=62219"},"modified":"2018-06-29T23:16:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T04:16:24","slug":"6-29-roh-best-in-the-world-report-live-coverage-featuring-castle-vs-cody-vs-scurll-for-the-world-title-briscoes-vs-young-bucks-for-tag-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/06\/29\/6-29-roh-best-in-the-world-report-live-coverage-featuring-castle-vs-cody-vs-scurll-for-the-world-title-briscoes-vs-young-bucks-for-tag-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"6\/29 ROH BEST IN THE WORLD report: Live coverage of Castle vs. Cody vs. Scurll for the world title, Briscoes vs. Young Bucks for tag titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4017491361\" 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 BEST IN THE WORLD<br \/>\nJUNE 29, 2018<br \/>\nBALTIMORE, MD AT UMBC EVENT CENTER<br \/>\nAIRED ON PAY-PER-VIEW &amp; ROH HONOR CLUB<br \/>\nREPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Commentary: Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We opened with close-up shots of various stars while a voice-over spoke about everyone being out to prove they&#8217;re the best in the world.\u00a0 This was mixed in with past video footage and promo clips from competitors.\u00a0 All the matches were highlighted except for the 8-woman tag.\u00a0 The package closed with your ROH World Champion, Dalton Castle.<\/p>\n<p>In the arena Riccaboni and Cabana ran down some of the lineup quickly as well.\u00a0 Evil was the first man to make his entrance for the night, followed by Bushi and then Sanada.\u00a0 Marseglia had a little girl in a yellow raincoat holding his red balloons on the stage before The Kingdom entered.\u00a0 He took his balloons from her and walked to the ring wearing a clown mask and crown.\u00a0 TK O&#8217;Ryan had his baseball bat over his shoulder and Taven had his walking stick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) THE KINGDOM (Matt Taven, TK O\u2019Ryan, &amp; Vinny Marseglia) vs. LOS INGOBERNABLES DE JAP\u00d3N (Evil, Sanada, &amp; Bushi) \u2013 ROH WORLD SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Evil and O&#8217;Ryan started but Taven took a cheap shot from behind.\u00a0 Evil fought off both of them and put O&#8217;Ryan down with a shoulder tackle.\u00a0 Tag to Taven.\u00a0 Sidewalk slam from Evil and tag to Sanada.\u00a0 Standing moonsault got an early two-count on Taven.\u00a0 Bushi tagged in and pointed at Marseglia.\u00a0 Marseglia quickly tried to remove Bushi&#8217;s mask.\u00a0 The crowd booed loudly and Cabana seemed impressed that they were so honorable as to respect the dignity of the mask.\u00a0 O&#8217;Ryan did the tranquilo pose in the ring but Sanada dropkicked him.\u00a0 The Kingdom managed to isolate Evil and took turns tagging in and out to work him over.\u00a0 Hot tag to Sanada.\u00a0 He cleared house and put Taven in the paradise lock.\u00a0 O&#8217;Ryan tried to put Sanada in the same hold but couldn&#8217;t figure it out.\u00a0 Sanada put O&#8217;Ryan in the paradise lock as well and dropkicked him and Taven free.\u00a0 The red balloons suddenly floated up from under the ring and Marseglia burst one in Sanada&#8217;s ear.\u00a0 Bushi and Evil saved Sanada from Rockstar Supernova.\u00a0 Taven headscissored out of Magic Killer.\u00a0 Just The Tip of the knee to Sanada.\u00a0 Tag to Bushi.\u00a0 Double hurricanrana to O&#8217;Ryan and Taven.\u00a0 L.I.J. triple-teamed Taven before getting dumped to the floor.\u00a0 The Kingdom triple-teamed Bushi.\u00a0 Evil broke up a pinfall.\u00a0 The action broke down.\u00a0 Bushi tried to backslide the referee and used the opportunity to spray mist in Marseglia&#8217;s face.\u00a0 Marseglia was blinded but Taven and O&#8217;Ryan were still able to hit Rockstar Supernova on Bushi without him.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: The Kingdom in 11:09 to retain the six-man titles.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 I spent the last two weeks knowing there was no way The Kingdom would lose the titles here.\u00a0 But when this was introduced as the opening match I began to doubt myself.\u00a0 I thought there might be a chance we got a feel-good opening moment and a short run from L.I.J. before dropping the titles on television in the next month or two.\u00a0 They went with the expected finish, though, with Taven pinning Bushi.\u00a0 The crowd seems very energetic and engaged and the arena looks nice and full.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) BULLY RAY vs. FLIP GORDON<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-573445399\" 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>Gordon came out with an American flag draped over his shoulders, selling his pride in being a veteran ahead of Independence Day next week.\u00a0 Ray tried to jump him during his entrance but ate two superkicks.\u00a0 The bell rang and Gordon mounted him with right hands.\u00a0 The ring was still filled with streamers.\u00a0 &#8220;USA&#8221; chant for Gordon.\u00a0 Gordon flipped over the top rope onto Ray on the floor.\u00a0 He hit the ring and went back for a cannonball over the ropes onto Ray again.\u00a0 Ray tried to back off at ringside while Gordon springboarded off the top rope for a forearm onto Ray on the floor.\u00a0 More right hands from Gordon in front of the fans.\u00a0 Ray begged off.\u00a0 Gordon threw Ray into the ring and hit a Samoan pop and running shooting star press, followed by a moonsault off the second rope.\u00a0 Ray kicked out at two.\u00a0 Ray hit a clothesline at 3:50 for his first offense of the night.\u00a0 Gordon instantly went down like he was shot.\u00a0 Ray went to the second rope for a Vader bomb but Gordon rolled out of the way.\u00a0 He looked for the Star-Spangled Stunner but Ray kicked him between the legs out of the air.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Flip Gordon in 5:24 by disqualification.<\/p>\n<p>-The feed went down.\u00a0 When it came back a garbage can was in the ring and Ray had a steel chair.\u00a0 He hit Gordon&#8217;s knee with the chair over and over while Gordon screamed and begged for mercy.\u00a0 Eli Isom ran out for the save but went down immediately.\u00a0 Cabana respected Isom for the effort but asked where people like Lethal or Castle or the Briscoes are.\u00a0 Cheeseburger ran out and went to work with right hands on Ray.\u00a0 Ray instead power bombed him into unconsciousness.\u00a0 Riccaboni joined in with Cabana on asking for somebody legitimate from the back to come out.\u00a0 Ray threw Isom head-first into the ring post.\u00a0 Ray brought a table into the chair.\u00a0 Referee Todd Sinclair tried to talk him down so Ray shoved him.\u00a0 Cabana had enough.\u00a0 As Ray set up Gordon for a power bomb through the table Cabana ran down to the ring and grabbed a steel chair.\u00a0 He stared down Ray, who tossed Gordon aside in anger, and stormed off in a rage.\u00a0 Cabana looked pissed and disgusted with Ray as he check on Gordon.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 It was a hot start to the match and the crowd was firmly behind Gordon kicking Ray&#8217;s ass.\u00a0 Gordon acting like he was dead after one clothesline was bad, though.\u00a0 The Ray-Gordon feud would presume to continue from here.\u00a0 As to Cabana&#8217;s involvement?\u00a0 I love it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a huge Colt Cabana fan and he&#8217;s had negative things to say about Ray&#8217;s actions over the past few months so it logically built to a head here.\u00a0 If he gets to compete again in ROH as part of an actual storyline I&#8217;m all for it.\u00a0 In the past Steve Corino was suspended for putting his hands on a wrestler when he was working as a commentator.\u00a0 I doubt we&#8217;ll go to that well here as Ray put his hands on an official first and there&#8217;s no real authority figure in the company anymore.\u00a0 At least not until they hire a new enforcer.\u00a0 *cough cough* Shane Helms *cough*)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(3) WOH WORLD CHAMPION SUMIE SAKAI, TENILLE DASHWOOD, JENNY ROSE, &amp; MAYU IWATANI vs. \u201cTHE GATEKEEPER\u201d KELLY KLEIN &amp; OEDO TAI (Kagetsu, Hazuki, &amp; Hana Kimura)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oedo Tai did a choreographed dance entrance.\u00a0 Sakai held up the WOH title while Kagetsu held up her World Of Stardom Championship.\u00a0 They both insisted on starting for their teams.\u00a0 Kagetsu hit some hard kicks but Sakai came back with her own that sent Kagetsu scrambling to Kimura for a tag.\u00a0 Kimura asked for Dashwood.\u00a0 Kimura put her down and said it was all about her.\u00a0 Dashwood tackled her and hit a tilt-a-whirl Russian leg sweep.\u00a0 Tag to Rose.\u00a0 Clothesline on Kimura in the corner and fisherwoman&#8217;s suplex.\u00a0 Kimura hit a dropkick and tagged to Klein.\u00a0 Klein put down Rose with a clothesline.\u00a0 Rose got a couple roll-ups that sent Klein tagging in Hazuki.\u00a0 Iwatani and Sakai took down the 20 year-old Hazuki.\u00a0 Everything broke down.\u00a0 Kagetsu and Hazuki double-teamed Sakai.\u00a0 Klein used Dashwood to distract the ref while Oedo Tai triple-teamed Sakai behind his back.\u00a0 Klein isolated Sakai.\u00a0 Hot tag to Dashwood.\u00a0 She cleared house and dropped Klein with a neckbreaker across the middle rope.\u00a0 Dashwood hit The Taste Of Tenille on both Kimura and Kagetsu.\u00a0 Tarantula to Klein and a cameraman went down.\u00a0 High crossbody from Dashwood to Klein for two.\u00a0 The heels came back but Dashwood tagged to Iwatani.\u00a0 Split-leg dropkick on Kagetsu and Kimura.\u00a0 Rose speared Hazuki.\u00a0 Dashwood with a butterfly suplex to Kimura.\u00a0 Iwatani with a top rope frog-splash but the rest of the heels broke up the pin.\u00a0 Bodies went everywhere and Kagetsu nailed Iwatani with a wooden placard to the back.\u00a0 Iwatani with a dragon sleeper to Iwatani but Kimura powered out into an impressive delayed vertical suplex.\u00a0 Iwatani kicked out at two and a half.\u00a0 The first &#8220;this is awesome&#8221; chant of the night.\u00a0 Kagetsu hit Kimura with the placard by accident.\u00a0 Dashwood brawled with Klein on the floor.\u00a0 Sakai with a top rope crossbody on a crowd on the floor.\u00a0 Iwatani caught Kimura with a kick in the ring and followed with her signature bridging dragon suplex.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Sakai, Iwatani, Dashwod, &amp; Rose in 10:27.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 Tremendous match that definitely earned the crowd reaction that it got.\u00a0 The finish is a bit surprising with the Stardom face pinning one of the Stardom heels.\u00a0 Nothing to really answer the question of who Sakai&#8217;s next challenger will be but I was begging for Sakai vs. Iwatani a few weeks ago and Iwatani did pick up the win here.\u00a0 Maybe that&#8217;s enough to put her into consideration.\u00a0 Can we get rid of the six-man titles and introduce Women Of Honor tag titles instead?\u00a0 That seems much more appealing to me.)<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2115876397\" 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><strong>(4) AUSTIN ARIES vs. KENNY KING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aries came out with the Impact World Championship around his waist and carrying the Defy Wrestling Championship and the World Series Wrestling Heavyweight Championship.\u00a0 Collar and elbow tie-up with Aries driving King into the ropes.\u00a0 King returned the favor.\u00a0 Slow to start with both men pausing between offense to stare down and trash talk one another.\u00a0 The crowd chanted &#8220;sweep the legs&#8221;, possibly in reference to King&#8217;s trunks tonight which look a bit like martial arts gear.\u00a0 King took their advice and followed with the\u00a0<em>Karate Kid\u00a0<\/em>pose to applause.\u00a0 When King looked to springboard into the ring Aries dropkicked him off the top rope to the floor.\u00a0 Aries threw King into the guardrail and raked his back.\u00a0 Aries with kicks to King&#8217;s spine.\u00a0 Snapmare and jumping back elbow from the second rope.\u00a0 Aries continued to methodically work over King.\u00a0 King dropped Aries throat-first over the top rope at 9:40 and followed with a blockbuster.\u00a0 The volume went out but came back 30 seconds later.\u00a0 Aries dropped King with a neckbreaker over the middle rope.\u00a0 King cut off a suicide dive with a roundhouse kick to the head.\u00a0 They fought at ringside.\u00a0 King looked for a Royal Flush onto the apron but Aries begged him not to and cried &#8220;I&#8217;m your friend!&#8221;\u00a0 King rolled Aries into the ring instead.\u00a0 Aries looked for a roll-up, King hit the Royal Flush, but Aries grabbed the bottom rope to break the count.\u00a0 Aries scampered away to the timekeeper&#8217;s table and grabbed his belts to a loud chorus of boos.\u00a0 King with a corkscrew flip over the ropes onto Aries and his various titles.\u00a0 King took the Impact title belt and teased hitting Aries with it.\u00a0 Aries hit a brainbuster on the ringside mats instead.\u00a0 &#8220;You killed Kenny, you bastard&#8221; chant from the crowd.\u00a0 In the ring King grabbed a surprise roll-up but Aries kicked out and hit a second brainbuster for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Austin Aries in 15:34.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 Rather plodding to start but it finally started to get interesting near the end.\u00a0 The commentators sold that King could have won the match a couple times if he was willing to be more vicious and unethical like Aries but King&#8217;s good heart prevented it.\u00a0 King posing with the Impact title was an interesting visual.\u00a0 This all started with Aries coming to ROH in pursuit of the ROH television title.\u00a0 Could King show up in Impact and go after Aries&#8217; championship instead?\u00a0 His presence will be on display when season five of\u00a0<\/em>Bachelor In Paradise\u00a0<em>premieres this August.\u00a0 Why wouldn&#8217;t Impact want some of that mainstream cross-promotion?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(5) JAY LETHAL vs. KUSHIDA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pre-match video package focused on Lethal&#8217;s road to redemption.\u00a0 Kushida was listed as the last name on Lethal&#8217;s list, though Silas Young had victories over Lethal last August and September and those haven&#8217;t been avenged.\u00a0 Kushida turned down the code of honor to boos from the crowd.\u00a0 The commentators were confused why Kushida wouldn&#8217;t honor the tradition.\u00a0 Dueling chants for both men.\u00a0 Kushida took down Lethal with a trio of flips over the top rope (in the same way Lethal usually does his trio of suicide dives).\u00a0 Double ax-handles from the top rope to Lethal along with a Macho Man-esque finger twirl.\u00a0 The crowd didn&#8217;t seem to know what to make of Kushida heelishly mocking Lethal&#8217;s mannerisms.\u00a0 Lethal came back and worked over Kushida&#8217;s left leg, setting him up for the figure four.\u00a0 Lethal looked for the figure four at 9:25 but Kushida kicked him off.\u00a0 Lethal hit his trio of suicide dives but Kushida caught him on the third and turned it into an armbar.\u00a0 In the ring Kushida targeted Lethal&#8217;s arm.\u00a0 Lethal Combination left both men down.\u00a0 At 13:11 Lethal caught Kushida in a torture rack.\u00a0 Kushida caught Lethal on a Hail To The King attempt and put on another armbar.\u00a0 Lethal locked on the figure four instead.\u00a0 Kushida made it to the ropes.\u00a0 &#8220;This is awesome&#8221; from the crowd.\u00a0 They traded kicks.\u00a0 Kushida patronizingly shook Lethal&#8217;s hand.\u00a0 Lethal Injection countered into the hoverboard lock.\u00a0 Lethal escaped.\u00a0 Back and forth on roll-up attempts.\u00a0 Lethal countered Back To The Future into a cutter.\u00a0 He hit Lethal Injection a minute later.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Jay Lethal in 17:36.<\/p>\n<p>-Kushida turned babyface again after the match and followed the code of honor.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 I appreciate the attempt at a face vs. heel dynamic but Kushida&#8217;s heel work in this match came so out of nowhere that it just seemed to confuse people more than anything.\u00a0 Like our opening contest this was another match that was hurt a bit by the fact that there was zero interaction between the competitors in the build to tonight.\u00a0 Good wrestling is good but there&#8217;s no shortage of quality in-ring work in 2018.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the stories and characters that make good matches into great matches these days.\u00a0 At least that&#8217;s how it is for me.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a very good chance you disagree and thought this match was indeed awesome.\u00a0 The live crowd sure did.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Silas Young joined the commentary team for the next match.\u00a0 Beer City Bruiser stood behind them, chewing on a cigar.\u00a0 Young admitted he&#8217;s disappointed not to be defending the TV title on this show but blamed his loss on being put in the six-man mayhem match where the odds were stacked in everyone&#8217;s favor but his.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(6) PUNISHMENT MARTINEZ vs. ADAM PAGE \u2013 STREET FIGHT FOR THE ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Martinez came out of an upright casket on the stage with his face painted blood red.\u00a0 Four men followed him down the ramp and posed around him while he held up the title in the ring.\u00a0 Page had new entrance music and a new video all his own rather than the generic Bullet Club theme.\u00a0 He had his rope hanging around his neck.\u00a0 \u00a0Martinez was in jeans and a tank top.\u00a0 Page wore his usual wrestling gear.\u00a0 Page with a suicide dive out of the gate.\u00a0 He whipped Martinez into the guardrails and went under the ring for a table and steel chair.\u00a0 Page threw the chair at Martinez&#8217;s head and wedged the chair into the corner.\u00a0 Page whipped Martinez back first into the chair.\u00a0 Martinez with an apron bomb to Page and a chokeslam onto the edge of the guardrail.\u00a0 Martinez brought the busted steel chair from earlier back into the ring and cracked Page across the back.\u00a0 Martinez threw Page back-first into the guardrail.\u00a0 Young was annoyed that they were more focused on hurting each other than trying to win the TV title.\u00a0 Martinez set up four chairs in sitting position with a fifth laid flat across the seats.\u00a0 Page superplexed Martinez off the guardrail to the floor.\u00a0 &#8220;Holy shit&#8221; chant from the crowd.\u00a0 Martinez looked for a tombstone piledriver on a steel chair in the ring but Page countered and hit a cradle driver onto the chair instead for a two-count.\u00a0 Curb stomp from Martinez on the apron.\u00a0 He tried for a second one on the chair but Page fought back.\u00a0 Martinez grabbed a zip tie instead and bound Page&#8217;s wrists together.\u00a0 Page came back with a double axhandle and tried for the chair.\u00a0 Martinez stopped him, though, and stomped Page onto the chair.\u00a0 Page kicked out at two.\u00a0 Martinez set up a table in the ring.\u00a0 Page stopped a chokeslam attempt by spitting in Martinez&#8217;s face.\u00a0 The zip tie broke and Page&#8217;s hands were free.\u00a0 He speared Martinez through a vertical table leaning against the ring post.\u00a0 Page with a top rope moonsault onto Martinez on the floor.\u00a0 &#8220;Hangman&#8221; chant from the crowd.\u00a0 Martinez powered back up and pump-kicked Page off the apron.\u00a0 Martinez fetched a bag of thumbtacks from under the ring and sprinkled them everywhere.\u00a0 He tried for a powerbomb but took a back body drop on the tacks instead.\u00a0 Page was fired up.\u00a0 South Of Heaven chokeslam through the table and Martinez fell back-first over Page.\u00a0 Martinez&#8217;s shoulders were flat on the mat while Page&#8217;s were slumped at an angle across a piece of table but Martinez was declared the victor.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Punishment Martinez in 15:04 to retain the TV title.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 Something about Martinez was looking Roman Reigns-esque tonight.\u00a0 Maybe it was his hair being pulled back.\u00a0 And then we even got a Reigns ending!\u00a0 This was the Reigns-Lesnar\u00a0<\/em>Greatest Royal Rumble\u00a0<em>finish.\u00a0 Martinez was declared the victor here but it was clear that his shoulders were touching the mat whereas Page&#8217;s were off-kilter across the broken table.\u00a0 The feud must continue.\u00a0 Maybe toward a triple threat with Silas?\u00a0 The match itself was enjoyable.\u00a0 They hit enough big spots that you got what you were looking for but nothing so precarious that you were genuinely fearful for their well-being.\u00a0 I still think Martinez would be better with a full stable of his own, maybe a woman and a tag team, instead of unnamed goons who only stick around for the entrance.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(7) THE BRISCOES (Jay Briscoe &amp; Mark Briscoe) vs. THE YOUNG BUCKS (Matt Jackson &amp; Nick Jackson) \u2013 ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mark and Nick started things off.\u00a0 Jay cut Nick off with a back elbow that brought Matt into the ring too.\u00a0 The brothers went head to head and threw hands.\u00a0 Double superkicks to the Briscoes.\u00a0 Split-leg dropkick from Nick to the Briscoes.\u00a0 Redneck Boogie got a two-count on Matt.\u00a0 Dueling &#8220;man up \/ Young Bucks&#8221; chants.\u00a0 The commentators explained it as the Briscoes living less than an hour away.\u00a0 Matt tried to make a tag to Nick.\u00a0 Jay held Matt on the floor but he escaped, leaving Mark crashing into his brother with a dropkick through the ropes.\u00a0 Tag to Nick.\u00a0 Corkscrew flip off the top rope onto both Briscoes on the floor.\u00a0 Nick went to town on both Briscoes.\u00a0 Stereo suicide dives from the Bucks.\u00a0 &#8220;The Elite&#8221; chant from the crowd.\u00a0 High knee from Nick to Jay in the corner.\u00a0 Mark grabbed him into a rear naked choke but the referee made him break the hold as Jay was still the legal man.\u00a0 Mark with a blockbuster off the apron to Matt at ringside.\u00a0 Froggy-bow from Mark to Nick for two.\u00a0 The Briscoes looked for Redneck Boogie from the second rope but Matt pulled away from Jay and Nick hit a hurricanrana on Mark.\u00a0 Tag to Matt.\u00a0 Clotheslines on Mark.\u00a0 Jay with a death valley driver.\u00a0 Jay stomped away at Matt and channeled his inner Bayley, yelling &#8220;You boys ain&#8217;t shit!&#8221; at Nick on the apron.\u00a0 The teams traded stereo superkicks.\u00a0 Jay Driller to Matt but Nick broke up the pin at two and three-quarters.\u00a0 The Bucks with a springboard Doomsday Device to Jay at 13:25 but Jay kicked out.\u00a0 More Bang For Your Buck on Jay but Mark hit a top rope elbow drop on referee Paul Turner.\u00a0 It was questionable whether he was aiming for Matt and missed or whether he hit Turner on purpose.\u00a0 Mark swung a steel chair at the Bucks but they avoided and superkicked Mark.\u00a0 Meltzer Driver to Jay but it was a slow count due to Turner being hurt and Mark broke up the pin.\u00a0 Mark threw a chair at Nick&#8217;s head on the apron.\u00a0 Jay Driller to Matt on the steel chair.\u00a0 Another slow count from Turner and Matt kicked out!\u00a0 Cabana said it was essentially a four-count due to Turner&#8217;s slow pace.\u00a0 The Briscoes looked for Redneck Boogie from the second rope again and landed it.\u00a0 Mark pinned Matt as Jay prevented Nick from getting back into the ring.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: The Briscoes in 17:02 to retain the tag titles.<\/p>\n<p>-The Briscoes posed with their belts before stomping away at the Bucks some more.\u00a0 SoCal Uncensored hit the ring.\u00a0 Frankie Kazarian held up Matt and Scorpio Sky held up Nick while Christopher Daniels carried a steel chair.\u00a0 They milked the moment and then Daniels nailed Jay Briscoe in the back.\u00a0 SCU tossed the Briscoes and Daniels yelled at them that they want the tag titles.\u00a0 The Bucks looked on in confusion.\u00a0 Jay spit back that they &#8220;don&#8217;t have time for y&#8217;all.&#8221;\u00a0 The Briscoes left and SCU and the Bucks faced off tensely.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 Great match.\u00a0 I hadn&#8217;t banked on the Briscoes getting &#8220;hometown&#8221; cheers.\u00a0 I forgot how close Baltimore is to Sandy Fork, Delaware and the Briscoes have been such good heels on TV that I didn&#8217;t think anyone would want to cheer for them.\u00a0 The calamity with the chairs and the ref getting injured obviously protects the Bucks.\u00a0 Does the feud continue, possibly to Ladder War VII at\u00a0<\/em>Death Before Dishonor <em>in<\/em> <em>September?\u00a0 Do the Briscoes move into a feud with The Addiction?\u00a0 If so, where does that leave the Bucks?\u00a0 Or could we get a triple threat ladder war like the last installment two years ago with the Bucks, Addiction, and Motor City Machine Guns?\u00a0 Lots of possibilities here and uncertainty is always nice in wrestling.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(8) DALTON CASTLE (w\/The Boys) vs. \u201cTHE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE\u201d CODY (w\/Brandi Rhodes &amp; Burnard The Business Bear) vs. \u201cTHE VILLAIN\u201d MARTY SCURLL \u2013 ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scurll had some goth eye makeup on.\u00a0 Castle&#8217;s left thigh and right hand were still bandaged up.\u00a0 Cody&#8217;s right hand was also taped.\u00a0 He sent Burnard to the back before the bell.\u00a0 Castle threw Cody into the guardrail and hit a hurricanrana on Scurll on the floor.\u00a0 NWA World Heavyweight Champion was shown sitting at the timekeeper&#8217;s table with his title belt.\u00a0 That seemed to scream that Cody was winning here.\u00a0 Scurll and Cody ended up alone in the ring at 3:20.\u00a0 They traded chops.\u00a0 Castle returned and hit a twisting throw on Cody from off the top rope.\u00a0 Scurll grabbed Castle in the chicken-wing from behind.\u00a0 Cody put Castle in the figure four while Scurll still had him in the chicken-wing.\u00a0 Cody grabbed Scurll&#8217;s hair to break his hold, which broke both.\u00a0 DDT from Cody to Scurll for two.\u00a0 Cody grabbed the ROH title belt and brought it into the ring.\u00a0 As referee Todd Sinclair removed the belt Cody tried for a low blow on Scurll but Scurll blocked.\u00a0 Scurll set up Cody for his brother&#8217;s Shattered Dreams.\u00a0 Brandi jumped on the apron and flipped out.\u00a0 As Sinclair dealt with her, Cody kicked Scurll between the legs and got a two-count.\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0 Brandi gave Cody the ring of honor and he slipped it onto his finger.\u00a0 He told Scurll to kiss the ring.\u00a0 He did, then grabbed Cody&#8217;s hand and snapped his fingers.\u00a0 Scurll stole the ring of honor and put it on.\u00a0 He looked for a loaded punch on Castle but Castle hit Bang-a-rang instead.\u00a0 Aldis pulled Sinclair from the ring to break the three-count.\u00a0 Presumably because he wants Cody to win so that he can face Cody for the title at <em>All In<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0The Boys got hot so Aldis beat them up and security tried to separate them.\u00a0 Cody with a springboard splash onto Aldis and security.\u00a0 Scurll clocked Castle with the ROH belt during the melee.\u00a0 Sinclair returned to count the pin but Cody and Brandi pulled him from the ring.\u00a0 Sinclair had enough and sent Brandi and Aldis to the back.<\/p>\n<p>Roll-up trades from the actual men in the match.\u00a0 They threw hands in the middle of the ring at 12:12.\u00a0 Cody grabbed Scurll&#8217;s patented bag of flour from ringside and poured it into his hand.\u00a0 Sinclair saw the entire thing.\u00a0 Scurll kicked Cody&#8217;s own hand of flour into his face.\u00a0 A blinded Cody hit CrossRhodes on Scurll anyway.\u00a0 Castle dumped Cody and pinned Scurll for two.\u00a0 Bang-a-rang again countered into a roll-up from Scurll for two.\u00a0 Chicken-wing again on Castle.\u00a0 Cody was wandering around blindly at ringside, unaware of what was happening.\u00a0 He finally returned and looked for CrossRhodes on Scurll but Scurll hit CrossRhodes on him instead.\u00a0 Castle then grabbed Scurll and hit Bang-a-rang again to end it.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Dalton Castle in 14:25 to retain the world title.<\/p>\n<p>-Riccaboni quickly thanked us for watching and hurriedly signed off at 11:59 E.S.T.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 That was a car wreck.\u00a0 Fascinating because of how disappointing it ended up being.\u00a0 They were clearly rushing to be off the air by midnight but it&#8217;s unclear why.\u00a0 For that matter, it&#8217;s unclear why the show started at 9 PM instead of 8 PM in the first place.\u00a0 I&#8217;d have to imagine the match was cut short as a result of this midnight deadline because the four that preceded it were all longer and this entire match just felt rushed.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><em>Aldis appearing suddenly at the timekeeper&#8217;s table with the match already in progress instead of getting a proper entrance has to be another consequence of the time.\u00a0 Burnard coming out for the entrance and then leaving might be a consequence too?\u00a0 You&#8217;d have to imagine they originally had something planned with him and The Boys.\u00a0 But let&#8217;s try to forget about everything we didn&#8217;t get or might have gotten had we not been rushing off the air for some reason and look at what we did get instead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>There was no big build to the Bullet Club members fighting each other for the first time as you would have expected.\u00a0 Rather than have them double-team Castle for a while before turning on each other they merely started slapping each other the second they were alone together.\u00a0 There was no hesitation, no reluctance that they&#8217;re friends and stablemates and hated that it was coming to this.\u00a0 There was also next to no actual wrestling.\u00a0 These were attitude era shenanigans.\u00a0 Four people getting involved outside the ring, a low blow, a title belt, flour, security, a foreign object, the referee getting accosted&#8230;\u00a0 The only thing missing was the lights going out and then coming back on with someone else in the ring.\u00a0 It&#8217;s great that Castle retained and has a chance to try to right the ship and ensure that his title reign doesn&#8217;t go down in the history books as a flop but the execution of all of this was a mess.\u00a0 Usually Bullet Club&#8217;s biggest strength in situations like this is character work but Cody kicking Marty between the legs just doesn&#8217;t feel at all in line with the Cody we&#8217;ve been seeing on\u00a0<\/em>Being The Elite\u00a0<em>who&#8217;s distraught about what his feud with Kenny Omega did to his friendships and wants to mend things among the Club.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know where we go from here but #BulletClubfatigue is a real thing and we need a total reset on the world title picture in ROH after this one.)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Find Harley on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/talkinghonor\">@talkinghonor<\/a> and listen to he and Emily Fear talk all things ROH every Tuesday on the PWTorch Livecast \u201cTalking Honor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-896129939\"><div id=\"pwtor-1793622771\"><div 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