ROH TV Results – April 27, 2023 – Gringo Loco vs. Blake Christian

Apr 27, 2023

April 27, 2023
Pittsburgh, PA – Petersen Events Center
Commentary – Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman, and Nigel McGuinness
Results via Suit Williams of F4WOnline.com

Quick Match Results

ROH Women’s World Championship Proving Ground match – Athena defeated Lady Frost via Forearm Strike (pinfall)
La Faccion Ingobernable defeated The Infantry via Bull’s Horn (pinfall)
Best Friends defeated Joe Ocasio & Mookie Summers via Doomsday Knee Device (pinfall)
Brian Cage defeated Leon Ruffin via Modified Sharpshooter (submission)
Dark Order defeated The Trustbusters via Double Team Kick & Powerbomb combo (pinfall)
Skye Blue defeated Diamante via Roll-up (pinfall)
Lee Moriarty defeated Rocky Romero via Leg Lariat (pinfall)
Blake Christian defeated Gringo Loco via Springboard 450 Splash (pinfall)

ROH Women’s World Championship Proving Ground Match
Lady Frost vs. Athena

Frost used her acrobatic skills to get the upper hand on Athena, taking her up and over with a headscissors. Athena kicked her in the face on an up-and-over in the corner to take control. Frost laid in some shots after Athena paintbrushed her, but Athena dropped her with a backbreaker. Frost kicked Athena into the corner before cartwheeling into a cannonball.

Frost went to the top rope, but Athena got up and cut her off. Athena talked trash, which allowed Frost to hit a hurricane kick to take her down. Frost went to the top rope and hit a corkscrew moonsault, but Athena rolled to the ropes to avoid a cover. When Frost tried picking her up, Athena popped up into a big forearm for the win. After the match, Athena drove Frost into the title belt on the mat to get the final word in.

Winner: Athena via Pinfall.

Backstage: The Kingdom

“When you’re talking about #RingOfHonor – You’re really talking about something we built” – #TheKingdom.@MariaLKanellis | @RealMikeBennett | @MattTaven

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— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) April 27, 2023

The Kingdom talked about their frustrations in ROH lately in a lengthy video package. Instead of getting a rematch against the Briscoes at Final Battle, they lost to Top Flight. Instead of honoring Jay Briscoe by winning the tag team titles at Supercard of Honor, four other teams got in their way and took that from them. Now, they are not going to stop until they get back at all of the teams that were in that match.

La Faccion Ingobernable (RUSH & Preston Vance) vs. The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Capt. Shawn Dean)

Vance hammered Bravo to start, drilling him with a big boot to send him down. Vance went to finish this match off quickly with the Full Nelson, but Dean cut him off after yanking Rush off of the apron. Vance took both men down with discus lariats before tagging in Rush to finish off Bravo with the Bull’s Horns for the emphatic victory.

Winner: La Faccion Ingobernable via Pinfall.

Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta) vs. Joe Ocasio & Mookie Summers

Ocasio took the fight to Beretta, but Beretta shot out of the corner with a running knee to cut him off. Taylor dropped Summers with a pop-up powerbomb. Both Taylor and Beretta hit Ocasio with piledrivers before hitting Summers with a doomsday knee for the win.

Winner: Best Friends via Pinfall.

Brian Cage vs. Leon Ruffin

A quality squash match here. The crowd got into Ruffin’s comeback before Cage efficiently shut him down.

Cage threw Ruffin around with ease before Ruffin fought out of a suplex with knees. Ruffin went for a top-rope crossbody, but Cage caught him and dropped him with a front slam. Cage went for an F-5, but Ruffin dropped him with a DDT. Ruffin evaded Cage and hit a cutter out of the corner for a close nearfall to a big pop. Cage hit a spinning lariat to shut Ruffin down, then hit a powerbomb over the knee. Cage won with a Sharpshooter-style submission hold.

Winner: Brian Cage via Pinfall.

The Trustbusters (Sonny Kiss & Jeeves Kay) vs. Dark Order (Stu Grayson & Evil Uno)

The Righteous watched from the stage as Kay got a jump-start on Uno. Kiss tagged in and hit a handspring into a slap. The Trustbusters tried to double-team Uno, but Uno hit a suplex on Kay while Kiss hung onto his back. Grayson tagged in and ran wild, leading to a kick-assisted brainbuster on Kay. Dark Order dropped Kiss with an electric chair throw into a powerbomb, then pinned Kay after a Grayson kick led to an Uno powerbomb. Grayson and Uno confronted The Righteous on the stage before walking off.

Winner: Dark Order via Pinfall.

Backstage: Christopher Daniels

.@facdaniels has made his intentions clear and has called out @SamoaJoe for a shot at his #ROH World TV title next week on #ROH #HonorClubTV

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— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) April 27, 2023

Christopher Daniels was in the back with Dasha Fuentes, who asked what was next on his journey to victory. Daniels said this was one of the lowest points of his career. But he was going to earn his keep in ROH, and he wouldn’t start at the bottom. He called out Samoa Joe, noting their long history with each other, and challenged him to a TV Title match next week.

Diamante vs. Skye Blue

An early pinning predicament sent Diamante scurrying to the ropes. Diamante caught Blue in the ropes and hit a neckbreaker before sending her to the floor with a baseball slide. Diamante worked over Blue before Blue fought back, hitting a crossbody off the top rope for a nearfall.

Blue hit a rising knee and a low kick that sent Diamante to the apron. They got into a forearm exchange before Diamante caught Blue with a German suplex on the apron. Diamante hit a corner dropkick, but Blue got the ropes on the cover. Diamante tried rolling through a Skyfall attempt, but Blue stuffed the roll-up and got the win.

Winner: Skye Blue via Pinfall.

After the match, Athena came out with Blue’s custom hat and stomped on it, sending Blue a message.

Lee Moriarty vs. Rocky Romero

Moriarty’s hometown crowd got behind him in the opening moments of this match. Romero tied up Moriarty in the ropes and hit a dropkick. Big Bill menaced Romero on the outside, allowing Moriarty to knock Romero off the apron and drive him into the barricade. Moriarty tore at Romero’s arm, popping his fingers while in an armbar. They traded arm control before kicking at each other’s arms, leading to a Romero tornado DDT.

Romero drilled Moriarty with chops and the Forever Clotheslines, but Moriarty misdirected Romero and hit a clothesline of his own. Moriarty hit the Tiger Driver ’18 for a nearfall. They traded arm submissions before Romero rolled up Moriarty for a nearfall. A strike battle ended with Romero hitting the rewind kick that sent Moriarty to the floor. Romero hit a headscissors off of the steps before hitting a Sliced Bread in the ring for a nearfall.

Romero caught Moriarty with a hurricanrana to the floor, but a dive caught Big Bill instead of Moriarty. Bill responded with a chokeslam to the apron while the referee was distracted, leading to Moriarty hitting a leg lariat for the win.

Winner: Lee Moriarty via Pinfall.

Backstage: Rocky Romero

.@theleemoriarty managed to get the win against @azucarRoc with assistance from @TheCaZXL. However, next week on #ROH #HonorClubTV – Rocky wants a rematch under PURE RULES!

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— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) April 27, 2023

Rocky Romero was in the back, unhappy that Lee Moriarty outsnuck the King of Sneaky Style. He challenged Moriarty to a Pure Rules rematch next week.

Gringo Loco vs. Blake Christian

Loco and Christian worked quickly, with neither man gaining an advantage until Loco avoided a Fosbury Flop and hitting a dive of his own. Christian cut off Loco in the ring and speared him on the apron before hitting the Fosbury Flop. Back in the ring, Loco cut off a Spanish Fly attempt with a head kick. Christian came back with a springboard into a handspring kick for a nearfall. Loco came back with a powerbomb for a nearfall.

Loco went to the top rope, but Christian met him there. Loco got control and hit an inside-out Spanish Fly type move for a nearfall. Loco took Christian up again, this time in Electric Chair position, but Christian tried to powerbomb him out. Loco landed on his feet, so Christian followed him with a Spanish Fly. Christian hit Loco with a springboard 450 to score the win.

Winner: Blake Christian via Pinfall.