October 19, 2023
Toledo, OH โ Huntington Center
Commentary โ Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman
Results via Suit Williams of F4WOnline.com and Matt Black of WrestleZone.com
Quick Match Results
- Angelico defeated Gravity via Half-Crab (submission)
- Capt. Shawn Dean defeated โPrettyโ Peter Avalon via Last Salute Splash (pinfall)
- Mercedes Martinez defeated Marti Belle via The OG Lock (submission)
- Tony Nese defeated “All Ego” Ethan Page via Roll-up (pinfall)
- Billie Starkz defeated Diamante via Roll-up (pinfall)
- Pure Rules match – Josh Woods defeated Pat Buck via Woods Lock (submission)
- Griff Garrison & Cole Karter defeated Myron Reed & Ren Jones via Eye of the Beholder DDT (pinfall)
- Kiera Hogan defeated Allysin Kay via Face The Music (pinfall)
- The Righteous defeated Kevin Matthews & Rodrageous Rod Lee via Autumn Sunshine (pinfall)
- Lady Frost defeated Zoey Lynn via Spinnercycle (pinfall)
- Komander defeated Metalik via Rope Walk Shooting Star Press (pinfall)
- Three-way Tag Team match – The Gates of Agony defeated The WorkHorsemen and Darius Martin & Action Andretti via Double Team Lariat (pinfall)
Gravity vs. Angelico
A quality win here for Angelico ahead of his future title match against Eddie Kingston.
The two men grappled to a stalemate to start. Gravity sent Angelico to the floor with a dropkick before following him outside with a dive. Gravity went for a high crossbody, but Angelico caught him with an anti-air dropkick. Angelico tied up Gravity like a pretzel with a submission before leaning Gravity back onto his shoulders for a nearfall.
Gravity evaded a corner charge before sending Angelico down with an enzuigiri. They traded pinfall attempts before Gravity hit an around-the-world sunset flip. Angelico countered it into a triangle choke, but Gravity powerbombed his way free. Gravity went for a splash off the top rope, but Angelico got his knees up. Angelico locked Gravity into his half-crab submission to score the win.
Winner: Angelico via Submission.
Backstage: The Righteous
“From now on…when we talk…๐๊๐ต ๐๐ ๊๐ต๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐” – Vincent.
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The Righteous were backstage. They talked about leaving MJF all alone at WrestleDream, with him now having four hyenas chasing after him. Vincent says that when they speak, they speak the truth.
Capt. Shawn Dean vs. โPrettyโ Peter Avalon
Dean got the advantage early on with a dropkick, then scored a nearfall with a bodyslam. Nemeth cut off Dean on the outside, with Avalon dropping Dean. Adora chased Nemeth to the back, allowing Dean to get back on the offensive. Dean hit a Sonic Boom lariat, then followed it with a float-over DDT for a nearfall.
Avalon came back with a flurry of offense, scoring nearfalls with a superkick and a Death Valley Driver. Dean ducked an enzuigiri before hitting one of his own. Avalon cut Dean off on the top rope, but Dean knocked Avalon to the mat and hit the Last Salute splash for the win.
Winner: Capt. Shawn Dean via Pinfall.
Mercedes Martinez vs. Marti Belle
Martinez escaped a leg hold by slapping Belle in the face. Martinez clubbered on Belle, drilling her with a knee to the face. Martinez hit the Anarchist Suplex for a nearfall. Belle got some offense in, dropping Martinez to a knee before booting her in the face. Belle hit a Penalty Kick for a nearfall.
Martinez ducked a big boot before hitting a rolling elbow and a Tree Slam. Martinez locked Belle in a guillotine submission to score the win.
Winner: Mercedes Martinez via Submission.
Backstage: Athena, Billie Starkz, Lexy Nair
#ROH Women’s World Champion Athena has called a much-needed “M.E.M” (Minion Empowerment Meeting)
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Lexy Nair was backstage with Athena & Billie Starkz. Athena gave Starkz an aggressive pep talk for her match tonight against Diamante.
Tony Nese vs. “All Ego” Ethan Page
Tony Nese cheats to win as he beats Ethan Page with his feet on the ropes.
Winner: Tony Nese via Pinfall.
Nese mocks Page after the match and demands he shake his hand. Page reluctantly goes to do so, but Nese pulls away. Page punches him and goes to hit Mark Sterling with the Egos Edge, but Nese pulls him out, and the duo runs away from All Ego.
Billie Starkz vs. Diamante
Billie Starkz gets a flash rollup pin on Diamante to score the pinfall victory.
Winner: Billie Starkz via Pinfall.
Diamante and Mercedes Martinez attack Billie Starkz and Athena after the match. Athena and Starkz eventually chase them off with a steel chair.
Backstage: Maria Kanellis, Cole Karter, Griff Garrison
.@griffgarrison1 & @realcolekarter are on the same page going into their tag-team match tonight…However, the focus of Cole Karter seems to drift somewhere else.
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Cole Karter, Griff Garrison, and Maria Kanellis are backstage. Karter continues to hit on Maria and Garrison isnโt amused by any of this.
Pure Rules Match
Pat Buck vs. Josh Woods
I liked how Buck wrestled this match, using his veteran smarts to get the advantage on Woods while he had it.
The judges for this match were Jimmy Jacobs, Madison Rayne, & Christopher Daniels.
Ian Riccaboni ran down Buckโs training credentials, with Buck having trained TBS Champion Kris Statlander and AEW World Champion MJF. Woods quickly caught Buck by the legs, forcing Buck to use his first rope break one minute into the match. Buck came back, forcing Woods into the ropes to burn one of his rope breaks.
Buck went for an OโConnor Roll, but Woods held onto the ropes, thus burning his second rope break. Sterling complained to the referee, allowing Buck to punch Woods in the face. Woods got his shot back, but the referee saw it and administered Woods an official warning. Woods caught Buck by the knee and stuffed it. Woods went after the knee, but Buck kept catching Woods in pinning positions for nearfalls.
Woods went back after the knee before hitting a gut-wrench powerbomb. Woods locked on the Woods Lock for the submission win.
Winner: Josh Woods via Submission.
Griff Garrison & Cole Karter vs. Myron Reed & Ren Jones
Reed used his agility to duck a Garrison clothesline. Karter caught Reed with a knee to the back, allowing Garrison to drop him with a big boot. Karter hit a dropkick on Reed, but couldnโt stop the tag to Jones, who took him down with a running forearm. Jones hit a brainbuster for a nearfall. Garrison got a blind tag, hitting a ripcord elbow on Jones before Karter hit a Dominator for the win.
Winner: Griff Garrison & Cole Karter via Pinfall.
Backstage: Dalton Castle
“It’s about time this peacock does everything he can to make it extraordinary” – @theDALTONcastle.
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Dalton Castle was backstage. He knows that the people love when heโs on television and that he wonโt let anyone stop the people from getting what they want. Heโs gonna make ROH television extraordinary.
Allysin Kay vs. Kiera Hogan
Hogan avoided a Kay boot to start, catching Kay with a dropkick and a hip attack. Hogan had control until Kay caught her on a crossbody and dumped her on the knee. Kay cut off a wheelbarrow attempt, sending Hogan up and over with a German suplex. Hogan avoided a corner charge, hitting a shotgun dropkick off of the second rope. Hogan hit a hip attack and a running boot in the corner for a nearfall.
Kay dropped Hogan with a lariat for a nearfall. Kay brought Hogan to the top rope, but Hogan knocked her down and hit another dropkick. Hogan followed with Face The Music for the win.
Winner: Kiera Hogan via Pinfall.
The Righteous vs. Kevin Matthews & Rodrageous Rod Lee
The Righteous made quick work of their opponents here, with Dutch hitting Gordon with the Bossman Slam and Vincent following with the Autumn Sunshine.
Winner: The Righteous via Pinfall.
Lady Frost vs. Zoey Lynn
Lynn caught Frost with a crucifix pin early on, but Frost came back with a kitchen sink knee. Frost clubbered Lynn, hitting a hurricane kick and a cartwheel Air Raid Crash. Frost hit her corkscrew moonsault for the quick win.
Winner: Lady Frost via Pinfall.
Metalik vs. Komander
This was a fun lucha sprint.
Metalik caught Komander with the Slingblade bulldog before hitting the ropewalk dropkick. Metalik hit a plancha to Komander on the floor, before hitting a springboard splash in the ring for a nearfall. Komander ducked a corner charge and sent Metalik over with a rana. Komander walked the ropes and hit another rana before following Metalik to the floor with a dive.
Komander hit an elevator Code Red on Metalik for a nearfall. Komander brought Metalik to the top rope, where he hit a top rope rana for a nearfall. Metalik cut off Komander on the top rope, then hit a rana off of the ropes. Metalik hit a Cradleshock for a nearfall, then followed up with a moonsault. Komander got his feet up on the moonsault and hit a gutbuster, before following with the ropewalk Shooting Star Press for the win.
Winner: Komander via Pinfall.
Three-Way Tag Team Match
The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake) vs. The Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) vs. Darius Martin & Action Andretti
The Workhorsemen, Andretti & Martin worked together to take out the Gates of Agony early. Andretti & Martin worked together to cross-up Drake, with Andretti hitting a reverse crossbody for a nearfall. Drake cut off Martin with a chop, allowing Henry to get in and hit a double-team on Martin for a nearfall. Liona flew in, taking both Henry and Martin out.
The Gates worked on Martin before Martin hit a combo move on both Liona and Kaun. Andretti got the tag but ran into both Workhorsemen. The match broke down into a Pier Six brawl before Andretti hit a springboard 450 onto Drake. Liona broke up the pin, allowing the Gates to hit Open the Gates on Henry to score the win in the main event.
Winner: The Gates of Agony via Pinfall.
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