{"id":84263,"date":"2019-08-05T19:28:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T00:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=84263"},"modified":"2019-08-05T19:28:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T00:28:49","slug":"8-4-roh-tv-results-the-clip-show-era-begins-with-manhattan-mayhem-footage-matt-taven-vs-jay-lethal-vs-kenny-king-for-the-world-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/08\/05\/8-4-roh-tv-results-the-clip-show-era-begins-with-manhattan-mayhem-footage-matt-taven-vs-jay-lethal-vs-kenny-king-for-the-world-title\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/4 ROH TV RESULTS: The clip show era begins with Manhattan Mayhem footage, Matt Taven vs. Jay Lethal vs. Kenny King for the world title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2666287168\" 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 \/>\nAUGUST 4, 2019<br \/>\nNEW YORK, NY AT HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM<br \/>\nAIRED ON ROHWRESTLING.COM<br \/>\nREPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Hosts: Ian Riccaboni, Quinn McKay<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Opening theme.<\/p>\n<p>-ROH World Champion Matt Taven made his entrance wearing a Boston Red Sox jersey to loud boos. Taven said the last time he was in New York City was the greatest time of his life because all the melvins got to see him to take home the world title. He bragged about throwing out the first pitch at Fenway Park earlier this week. Taven said his long feud with Lethal comes to an end tonight. Tonight he\u2019ll prove to all the haters that he\u2019s the ROH world champion and he\u2019s better than Lethal.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny King interrupted. He said he wanted to say what everybody was thinking. \u201cThat\u2019s a lame ass jersey on a lame ass person.\u201d He told the fans to shut up because the Yankees suck too. King didn\u2019t care that Taven beat Lethal and Scurll because last time they were in NYC he beat Jushin Thunder Liger and The Great Muta (in a battle royal). He said this is the new ROH and they want to do some live and unpredictable shit. He told Taven to add him to tonight\u2019s title match. (King is owed a world title match due to winning the Honor Rumble at <em>G1 Supercard<\/em>.) He threatened to send Taven to a hospital bed next to David Ortiz. Taven ran down the list of challengers he\u2019s already beaten and said he\u2019d be happy to add King to the match. King was pleased and peaced out.<\/p>\n<p>Lethal stormed the ring. He got in Taven\u2019s face about accepting the stipulation without conferring with him first. They came to blows until security and referees separated them. Taven left and Lethal paced around, frustrated at losing his singles match and being thrown into a new situation that he didn\u2019t have time to plan for.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: This is the first episode of television in the new era where ROH will be streaming (most of) their TV tapings live on Honor Club, then delivering that footage in a more clipped form again later as a sort of \u201cbest of\u201d compilation on weekly TV. This segment cut out the wrestlers\u2019 full entrances and some local New York barbs from Taven. For repeat segments like this one and the main event I\u2019ll simply be copying and pasting my coverage from my original <\/em>Manhattan Mayhem<em> live report.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Riccaboni was joined by backstage interviewer Quinn McKay. They acknowledged the new approach to weekly TV.<\/p>\n<p>-The same Jay Lethal promo from <em>Manhattan Mayhem<\/em> and last week\u2019s TV played again. He spoke about wrestling in Madison Square Garden at <em>G1 Supercard<\/em>. He said he doesn\u2019t care what the ROH title means to other people, he knows what it means to him, and he could not leave New York City without the world title.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2395881595\" 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>-Taven was backstage, ranting to the camera as he tends to do. People want to dump on him being champion but the list of people he\u2019s defended successfully against is already a long one and tonight he\u2019d add two more names. [C]<\/p>\n<p>-Video package on the tag title feud between The Briscoes and Guerrillas Of Destiny.<\/p>\n<p>-The finish to their street fight at <em>Manhattan Mayhem<\/em> aired. Mark pinned Tama Tonga after hitting a froggy-bow off the top of a ladder to Tonga, who was perched on Jay\u2019s shoulders, and through a table. The Briscoes became 11-time ROH tag team champions in the process.<\/p>\n<p>-Footage aired from <em>Mass Hysteria<\/em> of The Briscoes and The Bouncers sharing the toast of honor (after the Briscoes retained the tag titles over the Bouncers). The Briscoes were then jumped by Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa and busted open. Jay\u2019s bloody forehead was blurred out. G.O.D. were incensed that the Briscoes had used a ladder to win their street fight.<\/p>\n<p>-In first-run footage cameras caught up with G.O.D. in a locker room. Loa said they write the story. Tonga said God giveth and God taketh. He swore a bunch and told them to man up.<\/p>\n<p>-McKay and Riccaboni acknowledged that the two teams will meet in the tenth Ladder War this Friday at <em>Summer Supercard<\/em>. [C]<\/p>\n<p>-Video package on the Rush-Dalton Castle feud. At <em>Manhattan Mayhem<\/em> Rush fist-bumped fans in the front row, including one in a Rush mask. The \u201cfan\u201d jumped the guardrail and pummeled away at him, throwing him into the guardrail and ring post before hitting The Bull\u2019s Horns on Rush in the ring. Dalton Castle unmasked.<\/p>\n<p>-In first-run footage McKay was backstage with Castle. She asked if deceit is the best way to go about revenge. He doesn\u2019t believe in karma and he\u2019s not afraid of Rush. Castle was giddy and shimmying.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1622776153\" 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>-Footage aired of Rush vs. Castle in singles action at <em>Mass Hysteria<\/em> the next night in Lowell, Massachussetts. We got their full entrances and then immediately cut to the last 20 seconds of the match. Rush slid a steel chair into the ring. Castle grabbed it and swung but Rush ducked. The ref allowed things to continue. Castle low blowed Rush and the ref called for the disqualification. Castle threw the chair at Rush\u2019s head, then hit his left shoulder over and over.<\/p>\n<p>-In first-run footage Rush flipped over a table backstage. Rush acknowledged that they\u2019ll be facing off again in a No DQ match at <em>Summer Supercard<\/em>. He said nothing happens unless he lets it happen. [C]<\/p>\n<p>-Highlights aired from a YouTube-exclusive four-corner survival proving ground match between Silas Young, Josh Woods, Tracy Williams, and ROH World Television Champion Shane Taylor. Woods low blowed Young (in response to developments on last week\u2019s TV) and Williams hit a piledriver, pinning Young to earn a TV title match against Taylor at <em>Summer Supercard<\/em>. Post-match he offered a handshake but Taylor spit in his hand instead.<\/p>\n<p>-In first-run footage it was McKay\u2019s turn to be backstage with Williams now. He came to ROH to prove he\u2019s the best technical wrestler in the world. Holding up the TV title felt empty because he hadn\u2019t actually won it yet. In Toronto he will, in front of his family.<\/p>\n<p>-Cut to: first-run footage of McKay backstage with Taylor. He called Lifeblood a crock. ROH is his company and Williams will let down his family when Taylor knocks him out.<\/p>\n<p>-In first-run footage Silas Young was outside a venue, waiting for Josh Woods. He said Woods isn\u2019t so stupid after all. He congratulated him on learning one lesson but said he would have actually won the match after the low blow, unlike Williams. [C]<\/p>\n<p>-Alex Shelley joined Riccaboni and Colt Cabana on commentary for the world title match. Cabana complimented him on his new look. Shelley looked and talked with a shade of Keanu Reeves to him. He will challenge the winner for the world title at <em>Summer Supercard<\/em> on August 9 in Toronto. [C]<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) MATT TAVEN vs. JAY LETHAL vs. KENNY KING \u2013 ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taven powdered to ringside to let Lethal and King go at it. Taven pulled Lethal out and they went at each other until a corkscrew tornado from King took out both of them. King went to work on Lethal in the ring. Taven returned and took over control on Lethal. Taven and King wrestled for a bit while Lethal sold at ringside. [C]<\/p>\n<p>All three men threw hands. All three were down on the mat at 10:00. Taven with a suicide dive to both men at once. He jumped and dove over the ropes onto King but turned around into a suicide dive from Lethal. A second to King. A third to King. Hail To The King elbow drop blocked by King\u2019s boot. Lethal with the figure four instead. Taven with a frog-splash to break it up. Taven with the figure four to King. Lethal with the elbow drop. Taven rolled over to avoid it but reversed the pressure, putting himself in figure four peril instead. Lethal locked on a crossface. King broke it up. Chinchecker from King to Lethal and a springboard kick from Taven. Springboard double blockbuster from King to both men. Taven countered the Royal Flush into a small package. Just The Tip (of the knee) to King. Lethal Injection to Taven at 15:00! The fans came to their feet but Taven kicked out. Dueling \u201cLet\u2019s go Lethal! \/ Let\u2019s go Taven!\u201d chants. Lethal Injection from King to Lethal! Royal Flush! Climax from Taven to King. Taven steals the pin on Lethal.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Matt Taven in 16:04 to retain the world title.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: Taven\u2019s title reign is starting to gain some real steam, especially with the shenanigan-free victories. Taven-Shelley main eventing in Toronto might seem a bit weak on paper but maybe they\u2019ll surprise us. This match was a blast from the ten-minute mark on. Lethal is officially out of the title picture now. Time for him and Gresham to make a serious foray toward the tag belts? I suspect King\u2019s not far from the title picture, though. He can once again argue about having the match won before Taven stole the pin and you know he won\u2019t rest until he gets another shot at the belt.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-A slideshow of graphics ran down the <em>Summer Supercard<\/em> lineup to close the episode.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: Oof. If you thought ROH television was bad before they found a way to make it even worse. If you\u2019re an Honor Club subscriber who watched <\/em>Manhattan Mayhem<em> live there was no reason to watch this. The only new footage was McKay hosting some paint by number backstage promos and they alley interaction between Young and Woods. If you\u2019re not an Honor Club subscriber there\u2019s also no reason to watch this. You got one match with about eight minutes from the beginning cut out and everything else shown in such a short, cut-up manner that it accomplished nothing. Just video package after video package, entrances and finishes. Four matches were supposedly recorded in Manhattan but did not air as part of the live <\/em>Mayhem<em> stream. One was presumably the YouTube TV title four-way. The other three will hopefully be airing on TV over the next few weeks, otherwise I don\u2019t know if there will even be any reason for me to do these weekly reports anymore.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Next week: it\u2019s Lifeblood vs. Villain Enterprises in an eight-man tag.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1720867096\"><div id=\"pwtor-2373466382\"><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 AUGUST 4, 2019 NEW YORK, NY AT HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM AIRED ON ROHWRESTLING.COM REPORT BY HARLEY R. 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