Csonka’s ROH TV Review 11.29.17

Csonka’s ROH TV Review 11.29.17

OFFICIAL RESULTS
– TV Title Qualifier: Silas Young defeated Jonathan Gresham @ 11:30 via pin [**½]
– Bullet Club defeated The Flip Army @ 20:05 via pin [***¾]

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My apologies for the delay, but I took Wednesday night off to decorate the Christmas tree and watch White Christmas with my daughters.

– Bullet Club cuts a promo about their match against Flip Gordon, Coast to Coast & Scorpio Sky in tonight’s main event.

TV Title Qualifier: Silas Young vs. Jonathan Gresham: The winner gets into a four-way at Final battle for the ROH TV Title (TV champion Kenny King, Punishment Martinez and Shane Taylor are official for the match). TV Champion Kenny king is out on commentary; the Bruiser is out with Young. Bruiser distracts Gresham to begin, allowing young to take control of things. Gresham quickly fights back, looking to work the arm but Young fires back with a back elbow. Gresham escapes and sends Young to the floor. The Bruiser distracts Gresham again, Young takes him down, but Gresham kicks him to the floor. Young back in and wants a handshake now. Young has his fingers crossed, like a good heel, and they shake hands and he tries to attack but Gresham rolls him up for 2. We get an old fashioned criss cross, Young gets a sunset flip but Gresham ties up Young’s arms and does the Johnny Saint ball, frustrating Young. Gresham trips up Young and hits the dropkick. Post break, Young is back in control, thanks to help from the Bruiser during the break. Gresham fights back, hitting a tornado suplex and heads up top. The high cross follows for 2. Gresham hits a PK to he arm, looks for the octopus, but Young hits the side back breaker/lariat combo. Gresham now gets the octopus hold center ring and even poses. The Bruiser distracts the ref and rushes in to break the hold. Gresham fights back, hits a RANA and Bruiser trips him up. Gresham manages a moonsault press and dive onto the Bruiser. Gresham up top, Bruiser distracts him and he then misses a high cross. Young hits misery for the win. Silas Young defeated Jonathan Gresham @ 11:30 via pin [**½] This was a match with a lot of good wrestling, but the constant interference by the Bruiser really hurt things. I have said it before and will say it again here, Young needs to ditch him ASAP, because he really brings him down. After the Lethal feud, Young should be poised to be a top guy, but the Bruiser makes him feel like a mid-card act at best. King was solid on commentary, putting both guys over and trying to build the upcoming match at Final Battle.

– The Kingdom face the Motor City Machineguns next week. We get a promo from the Kingdom, talking about the conspiracy against them.

– We get highlights of the Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer vs. The Briscoes feud.

– War Machine are out for a match, but are attacked by the Addiction. They brawl around ringside, with Kaz being tossed into some fans, “bloodying” the female fan (Monster Factory Pro Wrestler Riley Shepard) up. This continues the build toothier Final Battle match.

– Time for Coleman’s Pulpit, with Kenny King. Coleman told King that ROH was using him for his Bachelorette fame. He then called King a pimp for using his daughter to make money and King then challenged him to a ROH World TV title match in Florida. The former stabelmates will collide, likely next week.

– We see footage from last week, where Cody and Page laid out Dalton Castle.

– Jay Lethal is out on commentary, to hype his Final Battle match with Marty Scurll.

– Cody is out and runs down Bullet Club’s opponents as well as Dalton Castle. Cody joins commentary.

Flip Gordon, Coast to Coast (LSG & Ali) & Scorpio Sky vs. Bullet Club (Adam Page, Marty Scurll & The Young Bucks): This is part of the Flip Gordon vs. Bullet Club feud, which has been better booked on Being the Elite than on ROH TV. It’s leading to a six-man title match at Final battle, with the Bucks and Page facing Flip, Dragon Lee, and Titan. LSG and Scurll to begin, they work some good back and forth, and then Cody gets tossed for getting on the apron. Cody is not pleased. Matt wants the handshake with Flip, but Sky tags in. Matt hits a shoulder tackle, but Sky hits a RANA and dropkick. Nick now tags in, as does Flip. Nick wants a handshake, Flip refuses and they work into some fun back and forth until Nick cuts Flip off with a dropkick. Nick hits a lucha arm drag and dropkick. Flip battles back, they work into a series of counters and back in, Flip avoids several superkicks with kip ups. Post break, Matt tags in and does the handshake gimmick with Flip as Scurll comes in and does the finger break gimmick as Nick hits a superkick, It breaks down, Ali and LSG double team the Bucks and take control. Page in and he hits the dropsault as the Bucks take Sky to the floor. Page now hits a Moonsault to the floor onto C2C. The Bucks and Scurll set up and deliver rise of the Terminator dives. Flip cuts off Scurll with a superkick and hits a great run up dive to the floor. Nick cuts him off with an eye poke. Flip fights off Bullet Club, tags in Sky who hits a high cross. Scurll cuts him off, and they work him over with corner attacks, but Sky keeps cutting Scurll off. Quadruple superkicks on Sky follow. Post break, Flip makes the comeback and runs wild on the Bucks. The standing shooting star press connects for 2. Flip heads up top, misses the 450 and things break down with everyone in hitting shit. Flip hits the Samoan pop, but Scurll locks on the chicken wing. Sky saves Flip, locks on a dragon sleeper but eats superkicks. Ali and Nick battle on the apron, Ali and LSG accidentally take each other out as Nick hits Ali with an apron German. Page hits the shooting star to the floor, but Matt takes out Sky with an apron DDT. Flip is back and suicide dives into superkicks. Back in and Flip counters out of more bang for your buck, hits the kinder surprise and follows with a 450 to the floor on Scurll. Ali and LSG hit coast-to-coast dropkicks on the Bucks, Flip hits a 450 but Scurll and Page make the save. Scurll in abut Flip hits the PELE to cut off the chicken wing. The Bucks take him out with superkicks, and Bullet Club now isolates Sky and finishes things with an Indie Taker/Last Rites/Meltzer driver combo on Sky for the murder death kill win. Bullet Club defeated The Flip Army @ 20:05 via pin [***¾] This was a very good main event, giving some fresh faces a lot in tremendously fun match that was filled with just some crazy stuff, and a hot crowd that was into everything.

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– End scene.

“Byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye Felicia!”

7.1

The final score: review Good

The 411

This week’s episode of ROH TV was another good show, with a wildly fun main event, and more work towards building the Final Battle card.