Csonka’s ROH TV Review 10.02.18

Csonka’s ROH TV Review 10.02.18

OFFICIAL RESULTS
– Eli Isom defeated Shane Taylor, Flip Gordon, and Chris Sabin @ 11:35 via pin [***]
– ROH TV Title Match: Champion Punishment Martinez defeated Aaron Solow @ 8:50 via pin [**½]
– ROH Trios Title Match: Champions Cody & The Young Bucks vs. Silas Young, Bruiser, & Milonas @ 15:30 via pin [***¼]

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Eli Isom vs. Shane Taylor vs. Flip Gordon vs. Chris Sabin: Flip and Sabin work into some fun back and forth, trade strikes, and then work into a double down. Isom and Taylor tag in and Taylor immediately runs him over and knocks Flip to the floor. The leg drop on Isom gets 2 as Sabin makes the save. Flip in and they attack Taylor together, working double teams and knocking him to the floor. Isom tries a plancha, Taylor catches him, but Sabin and Flip attack and take him down as Flip hits the tope. Taylor fights back and hits the apron cannonball onto all three of his opponents. Post break, and Flip hits an enziguri and missile dropkick on Taylor. The corner dropkick follows. Flip hits the springboard spear for 2. Flip up top and Taylor catches the high cross and then decapitates Flip with a lariat. Sabin tags in and he hits the high cross and missile dropkick on Taylor. The enziguri and tornado DDT follows for 2. Isom tags himself in, lays in strikes, and Taylor misses a charge. Isom hits a Samoan drop and Flip makes the save. Sabin in and takes out Flip & Isom, but Isom cuts him off and follows with a suicide dive. Back in and Taylor cuts him off with a knee strike, but Flip PELEs Taylor before eating a knee strike; Isom rolls up Taylor for the win. Eli Isom defeated Shane Taylor, Flip Gordon, and Chris Sabin @ 11:35 via pin [***] This was a good and fun opening match, with Isom picking up another surprising win as they look to build up a new young talent.

– Taylor beats down Isom post match. Flip makes the save, superkicks Taylor, and runs him off.

TV Champion Punishment Martinez vs. Aaron Solow: Solow won the Dojo Pro series to earn a title shot here. Solow slaps Martinez and attacks with strikes. Martinez is not amused and cuts him off. Solow hits a dropkick, dumps Martinez but Martinez blocks the plancha. Back in and Solow hits a dropkick and then runs into a big stomp. Back to the floor and Martinez tosses him into the barricade. Post break, and Solow hits a desperation jawbreaker and follows with forearms. The enziguri connects and then hits a superkick and dumps Martinez. Solow follows with a tope. Back in and Martinez catches Solow, but Solow counters the chokeslam into a double stomp. The belly to belly connects, and then a suplex gets 2. Martinez now cuts him off with kicks and strikes, the psycho driver and silencer follows. The chokeslam finishes it. Champion Punishment Martinez defeated Aaron Solow @ 8:50 via pin [**½] This was an overall solid back and forth match, with Solow looking competitive. I wouldn’t mind him getting another look.

– Bully Ray runs down young for teaming with losers like Bruiser & Milonas.

Champions Cody & The Young Bucks vs. Silas Young, Bruiser, & Milonas: Brandi & Burnard are out with Cody. Matt and Milonas to begin. Milonas easily overpowers him to begin, but misses an elbow drop and Milonas hits a shoulder tackle. Nick tags in and so does Bruiser. Bruiser yells a lot and wants Nick to fight him as he has no interest in grappling. Matt joins in for double teams, Cody takes out Young and then the champions triple team Young and clear the ring. The heels argue on the floor, and Bruiser is back in. Nick picks up the pace, but Young cuts him off allowing Bruiser to hit a powerslam. Milonas tags in and Nick tags in Cody, Cody slams bruiser, but Young chop blocks him. They trade strikes as Young ignores the knee he attacked. Cody cuts him off with a suplex, but Young tags in Bruiser. Bruiser stalls and talks a lot before taking Cody to the corner but Cody dumps him and Bruiser takes out Burnard. The heels attack and take control as Bruiser covers for 2. Post break, and Milonas has the heat on Cody. Young tags in, but Cody avoids attacks and hits a snap slam. HOT TAG NICK TIME and he runs wild with a flurry of kicks, and he’s fired up. Milonas back in and Nick works him over, Matt in and they work double teams on Milonas. Bruiser makes the save, he’s cut off but Young makes the save, but he eats superkicks. Backstabber on Bruiser from Nick and more double teams follow for 2. Cody hits a step up high cross to the floor and the Bucks follow him out and lay in superkicks. Bruiser up top and hits a high cross onto the pile of bodies. Back in and Milonas tags in, and they hit the veg-o-matic on Cody for 2 as the Bucks make the save. They get cleared to the floor, and set up for the old powerplex, the superplex connects but Bruiser flies off into superkicks. Disaster kick from Cody and Young bails on his team. Superkicks and cross Rhodes on Milonas finishes it. Champions Cody & The Young Bucks vs. Silas Young, Bruiser, & Milonas @ 15:30 via pin [***¼] This was an overall good, fun and crowd-pleasing main event that continued the change inaptitude from Young.

– Next Week: Marty Scurll vs. Hurricane Helms, Fight Without Honor: Cheeseburger vs. Will Ferrara, The Kingdom vs. Coast to Coast.

– End Scene.

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6.8

The final score: review Average

The 411

So we enter into the 3-5 week post PPV void where ROH TV means largely nothing as there is no immediate PPV follow up. I still feel that it hurts the overall product since it takes them so long to address the PPV and what happened, but I will say that as a stand-alone episode, this was a pretty good show, with two good matches, matches set for next week, and an interested crowd.