{"id":82173,"date":"2019-06-28T19:21:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T00:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=82173"},"modified":"2019-06-28T23:14:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T04:14:56","slug":"6-28-roh-best-in-the-world-report-live-ongoing-coverage-of-matt-taven-vs-jeff-cobb-for-the-world-title-shane-taylor-vs-bandido-for-the-tv-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/06\/28\/6-28-roh-best-in-the-world-report-live-ongoing-coverage-of-matt-taven-vs-jeff-cobb-for-the-world-title-shane-taylor-vs-bandido-for-the-tv-title\/","title":{"rendered":"6\/28 ROH BEST IN THE WORLD report: Live ongoing coverage of Matt Taven vs. Jeff Cobb for the world title, Villain Enterprises vs. Lifeblood for the six-man titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3460837538\" 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 28, 2019<br \/>\nBALTIMORE, MD AT UMBC EVENT CENTER<br \/>\nAIRED ON ROH HONOR CLUB<br \/>\nREPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Commentary: Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana, Caprice Coleman<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PRE-SHOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We opened in the arena and Flip Gordon immediately made his entrance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) RUSH vs. FLIP GORDON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rush pie-faced Gordon instead of following the code of honor.\u00a0 Gordon chopped Rush to no effect.\u00a0 Rush dumped him to the floor and ran him around the ring and into three different guardrails.\u00a0 (I felt the effect of that at\u00a0<em>War Of The Worlds: Toronto\u00a0<\/em>when PJ Black hit the barricade so hard that my knees were hurting for days after.)\u00a0 Gordon mounted a bit of a comeback.\u00a0 Rush teased The Bull&#8217;s Horns but instead just kicked him in the face and hit the tranquilo pose.\u00a0 Gordon hit some strikes that left Rush down.\u00a0 A high knee and falcon arrow gave Gordon his first two-count.\u00a0 Springboard spear.\u00a0 They jockeyed back and forth.\u00a0 Gordon tried for a suicide dive but Rush sort of caught him and tossed him into the guardrail and a security guard&#8217;s chair.\u00a0 A fan(?) handed Rush a garbage can and he chucked it at Gordon.\u00a0 Rush connected with The Bull&#8217;s Horns.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Rush in 10:19.<\/p>\n<p>-Quinn McKay tried to interview Rush at ringside but her mic could barely be heard.\u00a0 Rush said he didn&#8217;t come to play.\u00a0 He&#8217;ll kill and destroy.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 Rush is now 10-0 in ROH this year, a record second only to Jeff Cobb.\u00a0 This was a decent pay-per-view match.\u00a0 They could have likely taken it to another level with some more time but this was good for what it was.\u00a0 The clean finish is at least a little encouraging for the night as a whole so far.\u00a0 Place your bets now for how many outside distractions and low blows there will be.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to go with 3 low blows total.)<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2608312985\" 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>-NWA World&#8217;s Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis made his entrance in a suit.\u00a0 He addressed Cabana and acknowledged that he never cancels dates so the fact that he had to bow out of tonight&#8217;s tag match means it must be serious.\u00a0 Aldis said they considered postponing the scheduled match altogether but Baltimore is NWA country so they opted to look for a suitable replacement.\u00a0 Aldis introduced the newest NWA signee and his new tag partner&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>James Storm&#8217;s music hit.\u00a0 Storm strolled down the aisle and mocked Aldis for being pampered, accusing him of being protected by NWA president Billy Corgan.\u00a0 Storm said Aldis didn&#8217;t choose him as his partner.\u00a0 He knew he&#8217;d get the call when Cabana went down because of who he is and the fact that he (almost) beat Cabana and (almost) beat Aldis in the past.\u00a0 Storm got face to face with Aldis and demanded to know who his partner actually was.\u00a0 Aldis said he&#8217;d let him tell Storm himself.<\/p>\n<p>Former Impact World Champion Eli Drake made his entrance.\u00a0 &#8220;Eli Drake&#8221; chant from the crowd.\u00a0 He stood on stage and declared himself the best in the world.\u00a0 He said every offer from every company came in.\u00a0 Each one had people claiming their company was the company of the future.\u00a0 If he was going to join one, though, it would be a company that represented the past, present, and future.\u00a0 He grew up just down the road and used to watch men walk around with the ten pounds of gold.\u00a0 He is the newest acquisition of the NWA and nobody can stop him.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 More solid , solid work from the NWA.\u00a0 Eli Drake is a big acquisition and was received as a star, the Aldis-Storm feud is furthered, and everybody is playing such shades of gray that there&#8217;s no telling where things will go from here.\u00a0 Conflict between Aldis and Drake?\u00a0 Storm going after Drake due to him trying to step over him to the NWA title?\u00a0 Drake going after Cabana&#8217;s national title?\u00a0 I love that it&#8217;s not obvious.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAIN CARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-A video package highlighted many of the top feuds going into tonight with a voice-over narrating the back stories.<\/p>\n<p>-The commentators checked in (Cabana holding a cane) and ran down tonight&#8217;s card.<\/p>\n<p>-Rush&#8217;s brother, CMLL and NJPW star Dragon Lee, was out first.\u00a0 Dalton Castle wore a sparkly zip-up jacket and carried his new riding crop.\u00a0 No peacock apparel.\u00a0 He also had new high-waisted trunks to help hide his consistent back wrapping.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1414947640\" 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>(2) DALTON CASTLE vs. DRAGON LEE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lee dropkicked Castle into the corner and hit The Bull&#8217;s Horns.\u00a0 And again.\u00a0 Cover!\u00a0 Castle kicked out.\u00a0 Lee kicked him to the floor.\u00a0 Castle dodged and was able to run Lee back-first into the ring post.\u00a0 Castle tossed him into the ring and tried to regain his composure.\u00a0 Lee leaped over the top rope and onto Castle&#8217;s shoulders for a hurricanrana attempt to the floor.\u00a0 Unfortunately Castle caught him and powerbombed him onto the apron.\u00a0 Castle threw Lee so hard into the guardrail that the luchador flipped over and landed in the laps of the men in the front row.\u00a0 Ditto into the laps of the Honor Club Girls&#x2122;.\u00a0 A running hip-toss along the length of the ring threw Lee into the second or third row.\u00a0 An ecstatic Castle returned to the ring to loud &#8220;Dalton Castle&#8221; chants.\u00a0 Lee tried to crawl back but Castle went after him again.\u00a0 This time Lee was able to reverse an Irish whip and sent Castle into the guardrail.\u00a0 Castle caught Lee with a DDT in the ring for a two-count.\u00a0 Castle locked in the Julie Newmar and pounded Lee with elbows while tearing at his mask.\u00a0 He continued to pummel Lee and rip at the mask when able.\u00a0 Lee managed a hurricanrana and caught Castle with a suicide dive.\u00a0 Lee tossed Castle into the guardrail.\u00a0 Double underhook backbreaker in the ring.\u00a0 Saito suplex from Castle.\u00a0 Another.\u00a0 Snap German suplex from Lee.\u00a0 High knee and a poisonrana.\u00a0 Lee nearly rolled into a Bang-a-rang but escaped.\u00a0 Castle put him back down with a clothesline.\u00a0 Lee with a knee to the head and a one-count.\u00a0 Lee showed signs of his brother by grabbing the ref and demanding &#8220;One?!&#8221;\u00a0 Castle with a Bang-a-rang moments later.\u00a0 Cabana declared it was over but Castle paused before making a pin.\u00a0 Instead he dragged Lee into the corner.\u00a0 Castle hit The Bull&#8217;s Horns.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Dalton Castle in 14:22.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 Just a hell of a match.\u00a0 And another clean win??\u00a0 It&#8217;s almost like they realized you can get someone over as a heel through other means than simply cheating.\u00a0 This PPV is off to a very promising start.\u00a0 Castle wrestled significantly different than we&#8217;re used to seeing.\u00a0 He is fully embracing this heel turn while still staying completely true to his character.\u00a0 The fans will continue to support him in the same way that guys like Adam Cole are never able to turn a crowd fully against them but maybe that&#8217;s okay.\u00a0 If you position him against strong enough babyfaces I do believe the fans will root for the traditional hero and rally against Castle, while also being very engaged in the match due to their love of both individuals.\u00a0 I was admittedly skeptical of the initial turn but he made me into a believer here.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-A video package recapped The Allure debuting at\u00a0<em>G1 Supercard\u00a0<\/em>and attacking various women over the past few months while refusing to wrestle.\u00a0 (Yes, they included the footage of our champion being laid out after being hit with a shoe.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>(3) WOH WORLD CHAMPION KELLY KLEIN &amp; JENNY ROSE vs. THE ALLURE (Angelina Love &amp; Mandy Leon w\/Velvet Sky)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rose and Klein didn&#8217;t wait for introductions or to slap the hands of fans.\u00a0 They hit the ring and tackled the heels, stomping them to the mat.\u00a0 The Allure whipped into one another.\u00a0 Klein took a corner while Rose splashed both opponents in opposing corners.\u00a0 Love got a shot in and Leon headed t the apron.\u00a0 Love trash-talked Klein, who asked for the tag.\u00a0 Love with a shoulder tackle.\u00a0 Neckbreaker.\u00a0 Spinning heel kick.\u00a0 Klein with a sidewalk slam.\u00a0 Tag to Rose.\u00a0 They hit a double-team suplex on Love.\u00a0 She bailed to the floor and asked for a time out.\u00a0 Rose was suckered into a clothesline from Sky.\u00a0 Leon tagged in to hit two moves and tagged back out.\u00a0 Love worked over Rose.\u00a0 Sky teased getting involved again so Klein backed her down.\u00a0 Leon clotheslined her from behind.\u00a0 Love stole Sumie Sakai&#8217;s patented high crossbody onto the crowd on the floor.\u00a0 Rose with a spear to Leon in the ring.\u00a0 Tags to Klein and Love.\u00a0 Klein took out both opponents with two fallaway slams.\u00a0 Leon hit a weak DDT.\u00a0 She tried to climb the ropes in her high heels so Rose pulled her onto the apron and speared her again.\u00a0 Rose with a hair-toss to Leon off the apron to the floor.\u00a0 Love went up top but Klein cut her off.\u00a0 Fallaway slam from the second rope.\u00a0 Love kicked out.\u00a0 Sky climbed onto the apron to distract the ref.\u00a0 Leon with a shoe!\u00a0 High heel to the spine!\u00a0 Love with the Botox Injection on Klein for the pin.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: The Allure in 9:28.<\/p>\n<p>-The lights went out and toy box music played.\u00a0 The &#8220;maneater&#8221; Barbie doll vignette played on the big screen.\u00a0 When the lights came up Maria Manic was in the ring, staring down The Allure.\u00a0 Two male security guards got in the ring for some reason.\u00a0 She licked her lips and roughed them up as The Allure bailed.\u00a0 Torture rack to the one guard.\u00a0 Jackknife powerbomb sent the second over the ropes and onto a crowd of guards on the floor.\u00a0 She tore off her shirt to reveal a maneater tattoo across her stomach.\u00a0 Manic fired up to a big reaction from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 The post-match felt like it happened too quickly, taking away from the finish, but with a finish as lousy as that one it&#8217;s probably for the best.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a goddamn shoe and she&#8217;s the WOH champion.\u00a0 Why do the weapons even have to be gendered?\u00a0 That aside, this wasn&#8217;t the train wreck it could have been.\u00a0 The opening was well done, telling the story of the faces being fed up and not wanting to wait any longer while also ensuring that the match would actually happen this time and the heels couldn&#8217;t back off or run away again.\u00a0 Leon is still bad and her gear doesn&#8217;t help.\u00a0 She always looks like she&#8217;s going to trip or burst a seam.\u00a0 Love held her own, though, and this did appear to set up two feuds going forward as the commentators focused a lot on the history between Rose and Leon.\u00a0 How Manic fits in will be interesting to see.\u00a0 She&#8217;s obviously opposed to the Heathers but it can&#8217;t be long until she looks in Klein&#8217;s direction too.\u00a0 If ROH can make regulars out of people like Tasha Steelz, Kris Stadtlander, and Stella Grey we might actually have a women&#8217;s division again.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Video package recapped the Lethal-King feud and King&#8217;s blind charade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(4) KENNY KING vs. JAY LETHAL \u2013 BEST OF 3 SERIES: MATCH 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>King offered the code of honor.\u00a0 Lethal was in disbelief and pointed at the wrapped elbow that King destroyed with a chair on TV last weekend.\u00a0 Dueling chants to start.\u00a0 King went after Lethal&#8217;s elbow as expected.\u00a0 He grabbed Lethal&#8217;s arm and jumped over the ropes, yanking Lethal&#8217;s arm down.\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;m the real Macho Man!&#8221; King proclaimed.\u00a0 Lethal set up a chair at ringside but wound up sat in it by King.\u00a0 King charged and took a drop toehold into the seat.\u00a0 Lethal wrapped the chair around King&#8217;s right arm.\u00a0 The referee warned him.\u00a0 Lethal paused and King crawled away.\u00a0 Lethal beat him up the aisle.\u00a0 King sprung off the apron into a kick to the gut but reversed a suplex that sent Lethal back-first into the edge of the apron.\u00a0 King gouged the eyes.\u00a0 Boston crab to Lethal in the ring.\u00a0 Back body drop to King.\u00a0 Dropkick.\u00a0 Royal Flush to King!\u00a0 Kick kicked out of his own finishing move.\u00a0 More dueling chants but the Lethal fans were louder.<\/p>\n<p>King sent to the floor at 10:00.\u00a0 Suicide dive from Lethal.\u00a0 King caught him on dive #2 and spun Lethal into a spinebuster on the floor.\u00a0 A huge shooting star press from King in the ring!\u00a0 Lethal kicked out.\u00a0 King called for timekeeper Amy Rose to bring him his blind man&#8217;s cane.\u00a0 Lethal used the distraction to lock on the figure four.\u00a0 When he saw the cane he let go of the submission, though.\u00a0 Lethal and King both looked to the cane.\u00a0 King lunged.\u00a0 Lethal Injection!\u00a0 King kicked out to the astonishment of Lethal and the commentators.\u00a0 Lethal glared at Rose for putting the cane in the ring. She apologized for being easily persuaded by King.\u00a0 King to the second rope.\u00a0 Lethal looked for a cutter.\u00a0 King fought him off and dove over Lethal into a blockbuster.\u00a0 Lethal Injection to Lethal!\u00a0 Royal Flush!!<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Kenny King in 14:38.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 Hot damn!\u00a0 This was not the match I expected.\u00a0 I thought it was going to be more of both men reversing and countering each other&#8217;s moves but instead it quickly turned into a heated brawl with Lethal almost betraying his code of honor out of exasperation with King&#8217;s antics.\u00a0 The action was fast-paced and hard-hitting and the crowd was riveted for the whole ride.\u00a0 This honestly might be my favorite ROH match this year.\u00a0 Lethal&#8217;s always terrific but King rose to the occasion here.\u00a0 You could tell that he was working hard and pushing himself to new heights.\u00a0 I&#8217;m very excited to see where both men go from here.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Video package on the Young-Gresham feud.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(5) \u201cTHE OCTOPUS\u201d JONATHAN GRESHAM vs. \u201cTHE TECHNICIAN OF HONOR\u201d SILAS YOUNG \u2013 PURE RULES MATCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each wrestler had three rope breaks to prevent submissions and pinfalls. After those three were used up, any submissions or pinfalls in the ropes would be considered legal. Closed fists to the body were also allowed, save for the face and the groin.\u00a0 Riccaboni said this was the first pure rules match in nearly ten years.\u00a0 (The Pure title existed from 2004 to 2006 and was held by Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Nigel McGuinness, and others before Bryan merged it with the ROH world title while holding both.)<\/p>\n<p>Lock-up.\u00a0 Into the ropes.\u00a0 Headlock from Gresham.\u00a0 Hammerlock from Young.\u00a0 Mat wrestling.\u00a0 A standing switch ran Gresham into the ropes and forced him to give up his first rope break.\u00a0 (My Chromecast crashed and I lost a minute or two.)\u00a0 Young clocked Gresham in the face with a closed right hand.\u00a0 He received a formal warning.\u00a0 If he did it again he&#8217;d be disqualified.\u00a0 Young worked over Gresham.\u00a0 Boston crab forced Gresham to use his second rope break.\u00a0 Young apparently used up two of his own while my feed was down.\u00a0 More submissions and reversals.\u00a0 Gresham was forced to use his last rope break.\u00a0 Young shoved him off the top rope and Gresham bounced off the apron and to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Anarchist suplex from Young.\u00a0 Full nelson.\u00a0 A rope break was useless for Gresham but he managed to slide out.\u00a0 He almost got the octopus in but Gresham was too banged up to complete it.\u00a0 Instead he guided Young&#8217;s hand into grabbing the rope, using up his final rope break.\u00a0 They went face to face at 14:00.\u00a0 Gresham dared him to punch him and get disqualified.\u00a0 They traded forearms and elbows instead.\u00a0 Suplex attempted, reversed, and both men tumbled over the top rope while still holding on.\u00a0 Young into the ring first.\u00a0 Gresham followed, pulling the apron with him.\u00a0 As referee Todd Sinclair fixed the apron Gresham hit a low blow to loud boos.\u00a0 Octopus locked in.\u00a0 Young grabbed the ropes but it didn&#8217;t matter.\u00a0 He was forced to tap.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Jonathan Gresham in 15:55.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 Unfortunately tech issues broke up the flow of this one early for me but I was pulled back in by the end.\u00a0 There was definitely some good psychology throughout, though, with both men trying out-wrestle and outsmart each other as Gresham also utilized his speed and Young his strength.\u00a0 The fans loudly booing Gresham giving Young a low blow was fascinating.\u00a0 They were so into the pure rules stipulation and the characterization of a traditional babyface that they didn&#8217;t even view it as the heel getting a taste of his own medicine.\u00a0 They were just disappointed that Gresham would cheat to win.\u00a0 Lethal &amp; Gresham as a new, honor-no-more tag team going forward?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Video recap of The Briscoes-NWA feud.<\/p>\n<p>-Cabana spoke about his health issues and why he had to pull out of the next match.\u00a0 James Storm replaced Coleman on commentary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(6) NWA WORLD\u2019S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION NICK ALDIS &amp; ELI DRAKE vs. THE BRISCOES (Jay Briscoe &amp; Mark Briscoe)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Drake and Mark started.\u00a0 Jay and Aldis tagged in after a couple minutes.\u00a0 The Briscoes ended up isolating Drake and tagged in and out on him.\u00a0 Burning hammer to Jay at 8:30.\u00a0 Redneck boogie to Drake but Aldis broke up the pin.\u00a0 Aldis avoided a Jay Driller and locked in the King&#8217;s Lynn Cross.\u00a0 Mark saved his brother and hit the Cactus Jack elbow off the apron to Aldis.\u00a0 Drake and Jay fought among the fans.\u00a0 Aldis suplexed Mark on the ringside mats.\u00a0 The bell rang for some reason.<\/p>\n<p>DECISION: Double count-out(?) in 10:52.<\/p>\n<p>-Drake and Storm got into a scuffle near the commentator&#8217;s booth.\u00a0 Jay clubbed Aldis with a full can of beer.\u00a0 They slid a table into the ring.\u00a0 Cabana insisted on going to the ring for the save.\u00a0 Riccaboni pleaded with him not to risk his health.\u00a0 The Briscoes lay Aldis across a table in the ring.\u00a0 Aldis&#8217; valet Kamille hit the ring and speared Mark.\u00a0 Security and referees swarmed and got between her and Jay.\u00a0 She backed off and let them walk her out.\u00a0 The Briscoes beat up every guard in the ring and Jay low blowed Aldis (that&#8217;s 2 on the night).\u00a0 A froggy-bow from Mark put Aldis through the table.\u00a0 The Briscoes left.\u00a0 Aldis eventually staggered to his feet, bleeding from the forehead.\u00a0 Marty Scurll ran down to the ring.\u00a0 He helped Aldis to his feet and to the back as Cabana questioned where he was five minutes ago.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 We are nearly at the two and a half hour mark and, full confession, after two hours is when my attention starts to wander a little.\u00a0 This match was about as good as expected so it&#8217;s no shade at them, just a downfall of the length of the average wrestling pay-per-view these days.\u00a0 The non-finish was disappointing but the Briscoes are #1 contenders to both the ROH and NWA tag titles so you couldn&#8217;t really have them lose and you don&#8217;t want the NWA champ or new NWA signee to lose either.\u00a0 The post-match with Kamille was intriguing.\u00a0 It was her first appearance since being scolded by Aldis at\u00a0<\/em>Crockett Cup\u00a0<em>and told he didn&#8217;t need her help.\u00a0 I&#8217;d love to believe ROH is finally embracing intergender wrestling and we&#8217;ll get Kamille vs. Mark at tomorrow&#8217;s TV tapings but I doubt it.\u00a0 At the very least maybe it marks her starting to wrestle more regularly and entering the NWA women&#8217;s division.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Video package on the Taylor-Bandido feud.<\/p>\n<p>-Coleman rejoined commentary, replacing Storm again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(7) SHANE TAYLOR vs. BANDIDO \u2013 ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taylor side-stepped and dodged as Bandido bounced around the ring.\u00a0 Hurricanrana countered into an apronbomb to Bandido.\u00a0 Open-handed slaps to Bandido&#8217;s chest.\u00a0 Taylor roughed up the luchador and knocked him around.\u00a0 Headbutt.\u00a0 Bandido avoided a knee lift.\u00a0 Corkscrew crossbody off the top rope took down Taylor.\u00a0 He followed with a running Fosbury flop and landed on Taylor at ringside.\u00a0 Springboard hurricanrana for two.\u00a0 Clothesline from Taylor turned Bandido inside-out.\u00a0 Side slam.\u00a0 Second rope splash but Bandido kicked out.\u00a0 Superkick to Taylor.\u00a0 21plex blocked by Taylor holding onto the middle rope.\u00a0 Powerbomb.\u00a0 Knee lift.\u00a0 Package piledriver.\u00a0 Bandido kicked out at 2.9.\u00a0 Taylor with a crossbody from the second rope but Bandido caught him and powered the big man into a powerslam for two.\u00a0 Shooting star press but Taylor kicked out to the gasp of the crowd.\u00a0 Greetings From 216 for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Shane Taylor in 12:41 to retain the TV title.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: Another clean finish?\u00a0 Very surprising, especially putting Taylor over a star of the magnitude of Bandido.\u00a0 The match was pretty good but a<\/em><em> little disjointed.\u00a0 The clash of styles is usually fun but there didn&#8217;t feel like a ton of rhythm, more like connect the dots.\u00a0 Taylor&#8217;s improved greatly but he can still benefit from being in the ring with veterans to call the action.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-The challengers entered first for the trios match.\u00a0 Black was expressly introduced as not being a member of Lifeblood (yet?).\u00a0 Villain Enterprises came out in silver Road Warriors gear.\u00a0 They&#8217;ve redesigned the six-man titles to their own tastes.\u00a0 The belts are huge gold circles now with Scurll&#8217;s plague doctor silhouette on the frontispiece.\u00a0 Riccaboni said that the old version of the titles are in storage to be awarded to the challengers, should they win here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(8) VILLAIN ENTERPRISES (Marty Scurll &amp; NWA World Tag Team Champions PCO &amp; Brody King) vs. PJ BLACK &amp; LIFEBLOOD (Mark Haskins &amp; Tracy Williams) \u2013 ROH WORLD SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Brits started with Scurll facing off against his friend Haskins.\u00a0 The veterans were next with PCO and Black locking up.\u00a0 Last was the pair of Williams and King.\u00a0 Things broke down.\u00a0 King and PCO took turns flipping onto Haskins and Williams while Scurll held them in place.\u00a0 Williams found himself isolated by the champs.\u00a0 Tag to Haskins at 7:17.\u00a0 Scurll got worked over for two minutes before King tagged in and cleared house.\u00a0 He body slammed Black onto Williams and hit a senton onto both of them.\u00a0 Boston crab + legdrop combo to Haskins.\u00a0 Cannonball from PCO bowled over Williams and Black.\u00a0 More double-teams to Haskins.\u00a0 Haskins had a window to tag but there was no one left in his corner.\u00a0 The faces returned and triple-teamed PCO.\u00a0 Scurll broke up the pin.\u00a0 Scurll and King disposed of on the floor.\u00a0 Triple-team piledriver to PCO.\u00a0 The referee said he got his shoulder up before three, which Lifeblood disputed.\u00a0 Kryptonite Crunch from PCO to Haskins.<\/p>\n<p>Tags to Black and Scurll at 13:40.\u00a0 Superkicks to Scurll and PCO.\u00a0 A second to PCO.\u00a0 PCO clotheslined both himself and Black over the top rope.\u00a0 He went up top for the moonsault but Williams cut him off.\u00a0 Williams powerbombed PCO off the top rope and onto the apron with an assist via a kick from Haskins.\u00a0 Black with a springboard moonsault to Scurll but King broke up the pin.\u00a0 King with the Mayu Iwatani double-springboard armdrag to Haskins and Williams.\u00a0 Scurll countered Black&#8217;s Placebo Effect with two boots to the face.\u00a0 Gonzo Bomb from King to Black.\u00a0 Top rope moonsault from PCO for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Villain Enterprises in 17:07 to retain the six-man titles.<\/p>\n<p>-VE left and Soldiers Of Savagery showed up to attack Haskins and Williams.\u00a0 Bandido ran out for the save.\u00a0 He dumped both men to the floor but took a clothesline from Bully Ray.\u00a0 Ray grabbed a chair.\u00a0 Gordon ran out with a kendo stick and Ray left.\u00a0 Gordon helped Bandido to his feet.\u00a0 He and the three official Lifeblood members talked.\u00a0 They offered him a Lifeblood t-shirt.\u00a0 Gordon hugged Bandido, put it on, and the lights went out.<\/p>\n<p>Scurll appeared on the big screen in a pre-tape.\u00a0 He said he was going to reveal the newest employee of Villain Enterprises.\u00a0 He searched the whole world and found their newest member was under their noses the entire time.\u00a0 The new member is the intern, the understudy, the mercenary&#8230;\u00a0 The camera panned to Gordon making a mean face.<\/p>\n<p>Back live in the ring Gordon superkicked Bandido and ducked under Haskins and Williams.\u00a0 VE returned to back him up at ringside.\u00a0 &#8220;Flip&#8221; chant from the crowd.\u00a0 VE took out the three Lifeblood members with chairs.\u00a0 PJ Black was nowhere to be found.\u00a0 Gordon hit a top rope 450 through Williams laying on a table on the floor.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 Hahahahah.\u00a0 I pitched Evil Flip Gordon joining VE on last week&#8217;s episode of the PWTorch Dailycast\u00a0<\/em>Talking Honor\u00a0<em>as a joke, saying that&#8217;s how Vince McMahon would book things.\u00a0 This entire segment was a car crash.\u00a0 The match was fine.\u00a0 A classic ROH multi-man match in that bodies went everywhere, the idea of &#8220;legal men&#8221; got abandoned the majority of the time, and there were tons of high spots.\u00a0 Not much of a story to it and Black disappeared right after the end so I guess he&#8217;s not joining Lifeblood?\u00a0 Or will the Lifers apologize and offer him a handshake on TV for putting all their faith in Gordon instead of him?\u00a0 If this entire segment had been about Gordon joining VE and the villains turning full-heel to feud with Lifeblood it would have fit together better but inserting Ray and S.O.S. into the middle of the post-match and inserting this title match into the middle of the Ray-Lifeblood feud convoluted a lot of the pieces.\u00a0 Mean-mugging Flip should be a meme, though.\u00a0 Seriously.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(9) MATT TAVEN vs. \u201cTHE HAWAIIAN JUGGERNAUT\u201d JEFF COBB \u2013 ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taven chopped Cobb to no effect.\u00a0 Taven hit a suicide dive early that drove Cobb head-first into the guardrail.\u00a0 Rolling neckbreaker.\u00a0 Armbar.\u00a0 Taven missed a frog-splash.\u00a0 Cobb with snake eyes and a pumphandle release suplex.\u00a0 Standing moonsault.\u00a0 Northern lights suplex for two.\u00a0 Spinning side suplex.\u00a0 Taven with a hurricanrana and Just The Tip (of the knee).\u00a0 Two more knees but just a one-count as Cobb hulked up.\u00a0 Taven sort of hit a Climax.\u00a0 Cobb kicked\u00a0 out.\u00a0 Wheelbarrow German.\u00a0 Taven avoided a Tour Of The Islands and hit a second Climax for the clean pin.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Matt Taven in 9:57 to retain the world title.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective:\u00a0 Okay, who ran long?\u00a0 This was very disappointing.\u00a0 It was way too short for Taven&#8217;s first main event defense and the end of Cobb&#8217;s 10-month undefeated streak.\u00a0 They had to squeeze in what little they could but it didn&#8217;t give us any real story beyond Taven trying to hurt Cobb&#8217;s arm, which didn&#8217;t factor into the finish anyway.\u00a0 I&#8217;m actually relieved at all of the clean finishes on the show tonight but it&#8217;s quite surreal that Taven had to cheat to beat Haskins and Gordon in singles matches but Cobb he put away with no help and no shenanigans.\u00a0 For a show that started out very strong it really went off the rails at the end there.\u00a0 I guess it&#8217;s to be expected, though.\u00a0 Nine matches is far too many for a pay-per-view.)<\/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 Wednesday on the PWTorch Dailycast \u201cTalking Honor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2698087785\"><div id=\"pwtor-87261888\"><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 BEST IN THE WORLD JUNE 28, 2019 BALTIMORE, MD AT UMBC EVENT CENTER AIRED ON ROH HONOR CLUB REPORT BY HARLEY R. 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