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Csonka’s ROH TV Review 1.20.16

January 20, 2016 | Posted by Larry Csonka
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Csonka’s ROH TV Review 1.20.16  

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ROH TV 1.20.16

OFFICIAL RESULTS
– The Addiction defeated Alex Shelley & ACH @ 9:45 via pin [**]
– Mark Briscoe defeated Adam Page @ 6:32 via pin [**]
Philly Street Fight: Young Bucks defeated The Kingdom and reDRagon @ 16:45 via pin [****]


The Addiction w/Chris Sabin vs. Alex Shelley & ACH: This is fallout from the return of Alex Shelley, and the six-man match from the Final Battle PPV. I liked commentary putting over Sabin giving advice on how to counter Shelley, and also the fact that Shelley has not said why he is here, leaving a lot of mystery there. Back and forth by Kaz and Shelley to begin, the Addiction had some miscommunication, but a distraction by Sabin halted Shelley’s momentum temporarily. ACH came in all full of piss and vinegar, did well until Sabin again got involved, stopping his flow. Daniels tagged in, but ACH fought back and hit dropkicks to both members of the Addiction. The distraction by Kaz allowed Daniels to take control of things as they also sent Shelley to the floor. They worked through the commercial break, with the Addiction working over ACH with double teams. Post break, ACH got the hot tag pretty much right away and Shelley took control on a Luke warm tag. Shelley worked over Kaz, missed the double stomp and then the Addiction worked him over with double teams, and got a near fall. The crowd is not into any of this, the work is basically fine, but there is not a lot of life to it. ACH gets tagged in, high cross and runs wild to almost no reaction. ACH got a near fall on Daniels; Kaz made the save and then everyone was in. The Addiction with total elimination on Shelley, ACH looked to get control but again was distracted by Sabin celebrity rehab finishes things off. The match has no energy, from the performers or from the crowd. The work was technically fine, but the constant bullshit with Sabin didn’t help it either.

– Post match Daniels, Sabin and Kaz worked over Shelley and hit celebrity rehab. Daniels gets the bell hammer and then punches the ref. Sabin watched on mostly, looking conflicted, and then Nigel arrived and said he had enough of this shit. He then suspended Daniels, and said if he did not leave the ring, he would suspend him for a year. This was fine.

Mark Briscoe vs. Adam Page w/BJ Whitmer and Young Boy Colby Corino: They worked some back and forth, Briscoe stopped and seemed to appreciate the effort of Page, which allowed Page to attack and take control. Corino got involved and choked Briscoe a bit in the ropes during the Page attack. Briscoe battled back, using some wacky redneck kung fu offense. Unfortunately for him, he then ran into a powerslam into the buckles. Briscoe then basically no sold that, and hit a series of moves, including a cannonball to the floor. Back in the ring, Briscoe hit a clothesline and covered for 2. They went back and forth with chops, and then Page hit a sweet looking DDT for a near fall. Briscoe again fired back with elbows, sent Page to the apron and connected with a big boot. Another and then Page blocked the third and flipped over the ropes, into the ring with a clothesline and covered for 2. Whitmer yelled at Page as he countered Briscoe and hit a big boot. But as Whitmer continued to yell at Page, Briscoe hit a shotgun dropkick, fisherman’s buster and the froggy bow for the win. This had more energy and a slightly better crowd than the opener, but it lacked any sort of cohesive flow. They did stuff, they did more stuff, and then Whitmer cost Page the match. This is going to be more about the story, but the match lacked for me. Also the first match had shenanigans, so I didn’t need Whitmer’s stuff here, so the layout of the show failed these guys.

– After the commercial, BJ Whitmer ranted in the ring, and told Mr. Wrestling III that we all know he is Steve Corino. Whitmer told him to show his son Colby that he was a man. Mr. Wrestling III gets into the ring and tells Whitmer that he can ask anything he wants. Whitmer demanded that he unmask to prove that he is Steve Corino. Mr. Wrestling III said he couldn’t tell a lie and said he wasn’t Corino, but he knows Corino and also knew someone that wanted to take out Whitmer. Mr. Wrestling III then told Whitmer to get the hell out of here, and then left. This amazingly had more heat than anything on the show so far, but the angle does little to make me excited. When Whitmer appears on the screen, I want to turn the channel.

– Silas Young came out and was not happy about the Boys leaving him at Final Battle. He took the Boys, took them into his home and allowed them to sleep in his basement. He claims that they appreciated the chance to become men and mow his lawn, to shovel his driveway. But Dalton Castle has some sort of hold on them, but he is giving them one chance; be Boys or learn to be men. Do the right thing, or you’ll be sorry.

reDragon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs. The Kingdom (Michael Bennett & Adam Cole) w/Maria and Taven (On Crutches): The Bucks attacked reDRagon as they entered, and then dished out superkicks to just about everyone, including the ring announcer. Everyone eventually got back in, and it was wild action with dives and chair shots. The action was non-spot, with guys on the floor and in the ring. They worked through the commercial break, and when we came back, reDRagon worked over the Bucks with double teams. The kingdom introduced a ladder, and took out reDRagon with it. Cole then did the Terry Funk ladder spot, but reDRagon fought back and hit the ladder with chairs. More double-teams by reDRagon, including using a chair; they then made a ladder bridge in the ring with chairs and Bennett hit a spinebuster on O’Reilly onto the ladder. The bucks then returned, powerbombed Bennett though the ladder and then Nick hit a senton onto Bennett. They went for more bang for your buck and hit it, but Cole pulled out the ref. Cole hid by the announcers, leading to Kevin Kelly eating a superkick. This thing was insane as they worked through another commercial break. When we returned, Cole hit the destroyer, we got superkicks from the Bucks and Bennett, but then Bennett ate chasing the dragon on the floor. O’Reilly chased after Cole and they brawled to the back. Fish tried to fight off the Bucks, and then speared Bennett through a table that was propped p on the floor. Fish took the safest fall off the apron through a table of all time, everything else looked amazing but that, including Nick hitting a frog splash to the floor onto Fish. The Bucks isolated Bennett, put a party hat on him and sat him in a chair. Maria then low blowed both of them, but AJ Styles arrived and took the chair from Bennett and hit bloody Sunday. The Bucks then hit the Meltzer driver on Maria! Finally, they hit the fatality on Bennett (Indy Taker, superkicks in the clash) and that was all. That was absolutely insane, and I loved it. It was exactly what it needed to be action wise, they continued Cole vs. O’Reilly and basically used that to write out Bennett and Maria.

– End scene.

– Thanks for reading.

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“Byyyyyyyyyyyyyye Felicia.”

7.0
The final score: review Good
The 411
The first two matches and the Whitmer angle was all storyline advancement, with fine, but forgettable wrestling. I appreciate the effort to advance the angles, but I really felt that the in ring lacked, and the crowd was largely not invested. It was a completely average show at best, but thankfully the main event delivered big time. The main event was non-spot action, with some great spots and just felt fun, On top of that they also advanced some things, so that was a big win. This was an overall good show this week, mostly thanks to the main event. If you’re short on time, catch the main event and skip the rest.
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