Csonka’s ROH Bound by Honor Night Two (4.28.18) Review

Csonka’s ROH Bound by Honor Night Two (4.28.18) Review

OFFICIAL RESULTS
– Coast 2 Coast vs. Motor City Machineguns @ 9:25 via pin [***]
– Cheeseburger defeated Serpentico @ 5:02 via DQ [*½]
– Matt Taven defeated Josh Woods, Beer City Bruiser, and Kenny King @ 7:20 via pin [**¾]
– Daniels & Kazarian defeated TK O’Ryan & Vinny Marseglia @ 12:25 via pin [**¾]
– Flip Gordon defeated Scorpion Sky @ 10:10 via pin [***]
– Deonna Purrazzo defeated Ava Storie @ 5:40 via submission [**]
– Jay Lethal defeated Shane Taylor @ 11:25 via pin [***½]
– Elimination Match: Bullet Club defeated The ROH Champions @ 30:01 via pin [***¼]

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Coast 2 Coast vs. Motor City Machineguns: The Guns lost to the Briscoes last night, teasing a possible end of the team, while Coast 2 Coast won a four-way tag match to continue their momentum. Shelley and Ali start things off, working some slick back and forth chain wrestling. They end in a stand off and shake hand. Sabin & LSG tag in, they work into some counter wrestling, Sabin takes control, hitting a knee strike and a dropkick. LSG dropkicks Shelley to the floor, and C2C double team Sabin. They then work over Shelly and Ali then goes back to work on Sabin. Ali gets dumped, and the Guns double team LSG. Superkicks follow on Ali and LSG is dumped. Sabin then hits the suicide dive. The Guns maintain control with double teams on Ali. Shelley follows with chops, and then more double teams follow and a cover gets 2. The dream sequence follows, LSG makes the save and gets dumped. Ali avoids a superkick and Sabin accidentally superkicks Shelly. LSG tags in and runs wild on the Guns. The Guns make the comeback, working double teams, but Ali flies in to make the save. He follows with a tope onto the Guns. LSG follows with payload dive, and back in Ali tags in and they double team Sabin and Shelly cuts off the double coast to coast dropkicks, LSG breaks up skull and bones and Ali scores the win with a roll up. Coast 2 Coast vs. Motor City Machineguns @ 9:25 via pin [***] This was a good opening match as Coast 2 Coast picks up the big win, and the Guns continue to fail, teasing their possible break up/heel turn.

– Shelley walked out on Sabin post match.

Cheeseburger vs. Serpentico: Serpentico was to compete last night, but was laid out by Bully Ray. They work some back and forth, they trade arm drags and end in a stalemate. Burger hits a head scissors but Serpentico cuts him off with a dropkick for 2. The enziguri and cutter follows by Serpentico for 2. A sling blade follows and that also gets 2. Burger cuts him off and lays in forearms. Burger follows with a springboard swanton for 2. Serpentico hits a knee strike, and DVD for 2. Serpentico heads up top, rolls through on the 450 and Burger cuts him off and Bully Ray arrives and low blows Burger. Cheeseburger defeated Serpentico @ 5:02 via DQ [*½] It was going along well until the bully Ray bullshit.

– Flip Gordon arrives, and lays out Bully with a superkick and Bully bails.

– The Dawgs join commentary, and tease interviews on social media.

Josh Woods vs. Matt Taven vs. Beer City Bruiser vs. Kenny King: The rest of the Kingdom is out with Taven. Josh Woods is replacing Shane Taylor here; Woods was scheduled to face Jay Lethal tonight. King and Bruiser brawl at the bell and King tosses him and they brawl to the floor. King then wipes him out with a dive off of the apron. Woods suplexes Taven and now King is back in, Bruiser takes out Taven and gets double-teamed by King & Woods. King tosses Woods and Taven attacks King. King quickly cuts him off with a chin checker and wipes out Woods with a dive. Taven follows with a tope. Bruiser then hits an apron cannonball to wipe then all out. Woods then knocks Bruiser to the floor and suplexes Taven on the floor. He takes out King and back in the ring, and he follows with kicks and knees on Bruiser. Bruiser cuts that off, and King wipes him out with a blockbuster. Taven hits a knee strike on Bruiser. The crab follows, but Woods breaks it up and hits a doctor bomb. King cuts him off with a spinebuster for 2. King up top and Taven knocks him to the floor. Taven hits the frog splash on Woods, but Bruiser flies in with a splash to break that up. King &Taven work up top, Bruiser joins in and Woods is over for the tower of doom. Everyone is down. Woods runs wild, and sorta hits a sloppy GTS on Bruiser, and Taven rolls him up with the ropes for the win. Matt Taven defeated Josh Woods, Beer City Bruiser, and Kenny King @ 7:20 via pin [**¾] This was a pretty good, fun, and energetic match, with a sloppy ending.

Daniels & Kazarian vs. TK O’Ryan & Vinny Marseglia: They all brawl on the floor to begin, before spilling into the ring. The Addiction tosses Vinny and works over O’Ryan. They fight back to the floor; Vinny gets his ax and chases Kaz around. Daniels cuts him off, allowing Kaz and O’Ryan to work back into the ring. Daniels makes the save and Kaz hits a slingshot DDT for 2. Daniels and Vinny brawl, O’Ryan gets the bat and Kaz has a chair. Kaz pulls as Eddie Guerrero and O’Ryan does the same, confusing the ref. The ref takes the weapons away and yells at them both. They all brawl, the Kingdom cuts off Daniels and works double teams. They continue with quick tags, isolating Daniels. O’Ryan covers a few times for 2, and then grounds Daniels. The Kingdom works a bland and lifeless heat, biting Daniels and slowing things to a crawl. O’Ryan then hits a suplex for 2. The Kingdom follows with double teams, but Daniels runs them together and hits a flatliner. Kaz gets the hot tag, and he runs wild finally bringing some energy to this. He picks up a few near falls, and leg drops O’Ryan. The cutter to Vinny follows for 2. he dumps Vinny, and hits a RANA to the floor. O’Ryan hits a suicide dive and Daniels follows with an Arabian press. Back in and Daniels gets cut off, and the Kingdom works him over with double teams. Kaz makes the save, but gets knocked to the floor. Daniels hits angel’s wings on Vinny. O’Ryan then low blows him, and Taven arrives and Sky takes him out and they brawl. celerity rehab finishes O’Ryan. Daniels & Kazarian defeated TK O’Ryan & Vinny Marseglia @ 12:25 via pin [**¾] This was an overall pretty good match, the action was solid and had a decent sense of urgency. The middle was slow and the finish came off a bit flat.

Flip Gordon vs. Scorpion Sky: Sky tries to attack at the bell, but Gordon cuts him off and takes him to the floor. Back in and the senton atomico follows. Sky then cuts him off with a dropkick, covering for 2. Sky chokes him out in the corner, lays in strikes and then stomps on the hands of Gordon. Sky follows with more grounded strikes, and then works a body scissors. He then follows with elbow strikes, but Gordon fights to his feet but Sky sets him up top. He follows him up; Gordon fights him off and then hits kinder surprise. He then follows with a double springboard high cross to the floor. Back in and Gordon hits a missile dropkick. He goes John Woooooo and then hits a springboard spear for 2. Gordon follows with a superkick and blockbuster for 2. Sky battles back, hits a double stomp and neck breaker for 2. Sky gets cut off by a Samoan pop, but Sky counters into a dragon sleeper. Gordon counters out, hits a knee strike, and spin kick. The PELE follows and hits the star spangled stunner for the win. Flip Gordon defeated Scorpion Sky @ 10:10 via pin [***] This was a good and fun, back and forth match with both guys looking good. Gordon picked up a much needed win.

– Post match, Bully Ray arrives and low blows Gordon. He promises to make Gordon regret being a part of ROH. Cabana calls Bully a “carny vet.”

– During intermission, they aired Will Ospreay & Volador Jr vs. Dragon Lee & Jay White [****] from ROH Supercard of Honor 2017.

– Kelly Klein is on commentary.

Deonna Purrazzo vs. Ava Storie: they shake hands and Storie attacks right away. They work to the floor and back in, Deonna hits a bicycle kick. Storie cuts her off with a jawbreaker and then lays the boots to Deonna. The neck breaker follows for 2. Storie slams Deonna’s head to the mat, and then grounds the action. Deonna now fights back with a head butt, strikes and chops. Storie hits a big boot and chokes her out in the ropes. She then works her over in the corner, but posts herself, missing a charge. Deonna takes control, hitting a knee strike and covering for 2. Storie battles back with a cutter, which gets 2. Deonna hits a German and get a cradle for 2. The arm bar finishes it. Deonna Purrazzo defeated Ava Storie @ 5:40 via submission [**] This was ok, but Storie took way too much of the match, which made no sense since Deonna was the star here.

– Post match, Klein lays out Deonna.

– Martinez attacks Page before the match and chokeslams him through a table. No match.

– Jay Lethal arrives, he was supposed to face Josh Woods, but that got changed. He gets a great reaction from the crowd. He says today is a special day for him. The crowd chants Rusev day, and Lethal says tomorrow is his birthday. He has a birthday present and has a friend stopping by tonight. His guest is Lanny Poffo. Lanny says Lethal has kept his brother’s memory alive and has a gift for him, a special pair of Randy Savage glasses. Lethal then breaks into his Randy Savage impersonation, and asks Poffo to recite a poem. Poffo does the poem from the coronation of the Macho King. Shane Taylor arrives. Lethal says “no one invited Kamala” as he enters the ring. Taylor talks some shit to Lethal and then says Poffo’s poems sucked when he was a kid and they suck now. He calls Lethal a jabronie for honoring Poffo and says Poffo rode his brother’s coattails.

Jay Lethal vs. Shane Taylor: So we get a match, with Jay running wild with Randy Savage spots. They work to the floor with Jay laying in strikes. Back in and more chops from Jay follow. Taylor counters the lethal injection and follows with a spinebuster. He works over Jay in the corner, and then pummels Jay with grounded strikes. Jay to his feet, and fires away with jabs, but Taylor runs him over with a shoulder tackle. He dumps Jay to the floor. And follows with knee strikes and an apron leg drop. Back in and Taylor covers for 2. Taylor lays in some body shots, but Jay again fires away with jabs, lighting up Taylor. Taylor cuts him off with a head butt, covering for 2. Jay keeps fighting back, but gets planted with a uranage and big splash but Taylor pulls him up before 3. He says he wants to make Jay suffer. Jay hits an enziguri, looks for a suplex, and hits it after a good fight from Taylor. The trio of suicide dives follows, and the crowd loves it, rallying behind Jay. The figure four follows back in the ring, but Taylor makes the ropes. Jay follows with leg kicks, but Taylor cuts him off with a knee strike and sky high powerbomb for 2. Taylor to the ropes, and misses the splash. And the lethal injection connects. The top rope elbow drop finishes it. Jay Lethal defeated Shane Taylor @ 11:25 via pin [***½] This was a very good match, they played the size difference very well, and not only was the action good, but this had the most crowd heat of anything the entire weekend. The pre-match and match was just a ton of fun and great use of a legend

– Lethal & Poffo do the mega powers style handshake post match, Cabana is making out hard for this.

The ROH Champions (Young, Castle, & The Briscoes) vs. Bullet Club (Cody, Marty, & The Young Bucks): This is elimination rules, and Burnard the Business Bear is out with Bullet Club. Marty and Castle to begin. Nope, Cody tags himself in and he’ll start. The crowd chants, “you’re not Kenny” at Cody. Castle looks for a go behind, but Cody fights him off. Castle then gets a takedown and hits a hip toss. The gut wrench suplex follows and Young tags in. He mocks Cody and lays in chops. The suplex follows for 2. Cody hits a delayed suplex, and Marty tags in. Young cuts him off and lays in chops, and then stomps away at Marty. Marty works a slick escape and does his bird dance. He attacks the arm of Young, working an octopus hold but Jay breaks it up. He and Matt tag in. The Briscoes and Bucks have a stand off, they brawl and the Bucks take control with double teams. They then double team Young and work over Castle next. Cody is in and they hit dropkicks and the crowd loves it. Jay low blows Matt, and chokes him out with his shirt. Matt looks to fight back, Mark in and Nick makes the save until Young cuts them off. We end up with an eight man suplex spot with Bullet Club getting the better of things. Cody follows with a dive and Nick follows with one as well onto the pile. Matt is on the stage and he wipes out the pile with a dive. Back in and he works over Mark, and they do the two boots spot. They go for three boots and hit it. Four boots is next. They work for six boots, and while silly, the crowd loves this. Jay cuts it off with a chair shot and he’s DQ’d (13:35). He lays out Burnard with a chair shot, and Mark rolls up Matt for an elimination (14:40). Cody works over Mark, clearly upset with Burnard being taken out. Castle tags in and works over Cody. He grounds the action, and tags in Young. He lays in strikes on Cody, and the suplex gets 2. Cody is dumped to the floor, Mark beats him down and Castle rolls him back in. Cody dumps Young and castle, but Mark tags in and cuts him off. The slam follows, Mark up top and Coy counters the elbow with knees. Nick gets the hot tag, he runs wild and hits superkicks and rolls up Mark and then hits a dive. The 450 eliminates Mark (20:05). Young attacks, Nick takes out Castle but Young hits a Saito suplex. Nick takes out Castle on the floor but backing Young hits a knee strike and misery for the elimination (21:20). Marty in and he trades strikes with Young. Young cuts him off but Marty hits a superkick. Young cuts him off with a lariat, but Marty counters misery, and gets the chicken wing and Young taps (23:10). Castle is left alone with Marty & Cody. Cody tags in and hugs Marty. They then attack Castle, and they work a crab on Castle. Marty continues to attack, hits a dropkick and follows with knee strikes. He dumps Castle and Cody attacks, and slams castle to the barricade. Back in and Cody tags in, Castle tries to fight both off, but gets double-teamed and Cody covers for 2. Marty and Cody keep working quick tags, Castle fights them off and starts attacking both with corner attacks. Castle suplexes Marty, Mary attacks the injured hand, and Cody then comes in and hits cross Rhodes. He and Mary argue, as Cody yells that he’s the leader. Marty eventually covers for 2. Cody accidentally hits Marty with a disaster kick, and castle hits bangarang for the elimination (29:55). Cody rushes in and gets a crucifix on Castle for the elimination and win. Bullet Club defeated The ROH Champions @ 30:01 via pin [***¼] This was an overall good main event, with a really hot crowd and action early on. That faded down the stretch, but they did a nice job of advancing the Bucks vs. Briscoes, as they have a match coming up, as well as the issues between Cody and Marty. Cody plays the kind and giving leader, but at the end of the day, it’s all about him. Cody pinned the ROH champion, and also has his mandatory rematch in his pocket, making the ROH World Title scene interesting with Taven, Scurll, and Cody all ready to challenge.

– Cody & Marty argue post match.

“Byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye Felicia!”

6.7

The final score: review Average

The 411

While far from a great show, tonight’s show was a solid event and came off much better than last night’s poor event. The wrestling was better, the crowd was invested, and it was a largely fun show with some solid storyline advancements.