Thursday, March 9, 2023

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for March 9, 2023

Samoa Joe retains the ROH World Television Championship against Tony Deppen. After the match, Joe welcomes everyone to the new Ring of Honor. He says there is a lot of new things here and a lot to be celebrated, but when it comes to Ring of Honor, he always runs things around here. Joe then declares that he needs contenders and issues an open challenge, and the open challenge is answered by Mark Briscoe. Mark says it has been a long time, and Joe tells Mark to man up if he has something to say. Mark says Joe knows he is about to say and that the Television title is his destiny, and challenges him for the title. Joe says any day he gets in a fist fight with a Briscoe is a good day for him, and accepts the challenge.

We hear from Dalton Castle, who says that in pained him when he and The Boys (Brandon and Brent Tate) lost the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships, as he thought that they were prepared for the challenge in The Embassy (Joseph Kaun, Toa Liona, "The Machine" Brian Cage). He then says they have not tasted defeta before and tht they have been beaten before, but when his boys are down, they come back stronger, and The Boys push him around as he says they have been moving heavy, dense furniture all weekend and are ready for a challenge for the six-man title as they have ever been. He tells The Embassy to stay limber, because they are in for the fight of their lives.

Dalton Castle and The Boys (Brandon and Brent Tate) beat Marcus Kross, Cody Chhun and Guillermo Rosas.

Backstage, we hear from Maria Kanellis-Bennett, who brings out Mike Bennett and Matt Taven. Taven says his favorite color is gold and that the trend of him and Bennett winning tag team gold everywhere they go is continuing and is inevitable. Bennett says they are being handed tag team titles at this point and that ROH will not be any different, then says Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin) ruined their moent at Final Battle and that they are not done with them yet. Maria says diamonds are a girl's best friend, but gold solidifies legacy and she wants their legacy to be solidified forever.

La Faccion Ingorbernable (Rush and Dralistico) beating The Spanish Announce Project (Angelico and Serpentico).

Trish Adora beats Billie Starks.

Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. Daniels says there is a new era in ROH, and that he is right in the thick of things. He says one of his proudest moments was becoming tag team champions, but circumstances have made a reunion with Frankie Kazarian impossible and he will not go against his word as a man of honor in ROH. He says that after 30 years, he has had success with many partner, and mentions that Matt Sydal is also looking for opportunities. Sydal shows up and accepts, saying Daniels took him from backyard wrestler to tag team champion and that they have both gotten better, and that they will become tag team champions again as he will "die flyin' or die tryin'."

The Trust Busters (Slim J and Ari Daivari) beat Jake Crist and "Man Scout" Jake Manning with an STF from Slim J to Manning. After the match, "Smart" Mark Sterling announces that Daivari has something to say. Daivari says that last week, he beat Metalik all by himself, then Metalik runs into the ring only for Sterling, Slim J and Daivari to stomp him. Suddenly, Blake Christian runs out with a steel chair and makes the save for Metalik.

Next week: La Faccion Ingobernable is in action!

Wheeler Yuta retains the ROH Pure Championship against Timothy Thatcher after hitting Thatcher in the face with a closed fist out of the referee's view on the outside back and submitting him in the ropes. After the match, Wheeler Yuta says he told everyone that he is a champion and that he rolls with three of the best of all time, then says it grinds his gears that the students of New Japan Pro Wrestling's Los Angeles dojo think they have accomplished something even when their trainer fell short in his finest moment. Clark Conners then shows up and says it has been a while since he has been in ROH, then congratulates Yuta on his win before saying he is putting the fans to sleep on the microphone. He then says everyone in The Blackpool Combat Club wishes they trained under Katsuyori Shibata, then challenges Wheeler Yuta for the Pure Championship next week. Wheeler shoves the microphone in Conners' face and walks halfway up the ramp before telling Conners it is on.

Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) beat "Hot Sauce" Tracy Williams and Rhett Titus.

Eddie Kingston quickly beats Ben Dejo. After the match, Eddie calls out Claudio Castagnoli, and Claudio shows up. Eddie demands Claudio give him a shot at the ROH World Championship, and tells him to do business correctly once in his life and fight him. Claudio says a man without honor will never be ROH World Champion and leaves.

Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Claudio Castagnoli, who says "Did I stutter?" before Eddie Kingston shows up looking for him.

Athena retains the ROH Women's World Championship against Willow Nightingale, then knees Willow's head into the ring steps after the match.

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