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The System (Eddie Edwards, Alisha Edwards, Brian Myers, Moose) show up to start tonight's show with a System Championship Celebration, which also includes cheerleaders from the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League. Brian Myers announces that as of Under Siege, every member of The System is a champion, then says that nobody should be surprised as they have been winning championships their entire careers. He says that The System runs on gold and is an absolute dynasty. Moose says he has played on a lot of great teams and that The System is "the greatest team of all time." He says they are not the 1996 Chicago Bulls, for they are far greater than them, and if no one believes them, they can ask "The Wanted Man" Nic Nemeth and "Broken" Matt Hardy, as they ran them off like the 1992 Dream Team did to Croatia. Eddie says their reputations speak for themselves and that they walked in as champions, and after nearly a decade, Alisha realized her potential, picked her spot and became a world champion. He says that Alisha stands above everyone in the Knockouts Division and is the greatest TNA Knockout of all time, then Alisha thanks Eddie before saying she wants to put a little more flare on the celebration. She then presents a video package of The System that she made herself, but the video package is interrupted by Matt Hardy, who shows up with a metal folding chair. Hardy congratulates The System on winning the battle at Under Siege, but says the war is far from over and that nothing will deter him from procuring the World Championship. Hardy calls Under Siege "a lesson" after pledging to break The System, and that he now understands The System a little better and knows what he has to do to make them obsolete. He tells Moose that this is not over, and that this is merely the beginning before mentioning The System's accolades and asking to see Moose's Super Bowl ring (which does not exist). Alisha says nobody can understand what Matt Hardy is saying, but he calls her "a snow witch" and tells her not to get on Reby Sky's radar. Moose tells Matt Hardy that there is four of The System and only one of him, then Matt Hardy says he does not like their odds and hits eveyrone with the metal folding chair. Alisha tries to hit Matt Hardy with a shinai only for Matt to block it, but that allows Eddie, Myers and Moose to gang up on him and wrap a chair around his neck in the corner. All of a sudden, Ryan Nemeth shows up with a shinai and attacks The System before they can injure Matt Hardy like they did Nic Nemeth, and The System is forced to retreat. The cheerleaders then side with Matt Hardy and perform the "delete" hand signal.

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews ABC ("Inevitable" Ace Austin and Chris Bey). Chris Bey says winning tonight's match, which puts the winning team's members for their match against each other for an X Division Championship, and that they have put their tag team title rematch aside so that Ace Austin can become X Division Champion. Austin says that he would be champion if someone had watched his back and that Mustafa Ali's secret service detail is the deal breaker, and that ABC will earn X Division gold.

Backstage, The System (Eddie Edwards, Alisha Edwards, Brian Myers, Moose) tells Director of Authority Santino Marella to do their jobs, and Santino says that he has something for them and just has one more piece of his plan before he can put it into action.

Fir$t Cla$$ (AJ Francis and Rich Swann) beat The Full-Blooded Italians (Ray Jaz and Zack Clayton).

Backstage, Jake Something meets with Director of Authority Santino Marella regarding Under Siege, as does The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz). Jake Something takes offense to the interruption, and Trey Miguel says that he was attacked backstage, with Zachary Wentz saying that this is why he lost that night. Santino makes a tag team match between the two parties, and Cody Deaner shows up to become Jake Something's tag team partner before giving Santino an idea for the tag team match.

It's time for The Sound Check. Alan Angels interviews Kon and Steph de Lander backstage. Steph de Lander has to make it clear that she and Kon are not dating, then Alan tries to hit on Steph. Both Kon and Steph get annoyed with him, and they leave after Kon takes out Alan's security.

Before the next match, Cody Deaner says he has just talked to Director of Authority Santino Marella, and since Albany, New York is so hot tonight, they can spice the match up a little bit. He gives the fans the choice between a standard tag team match or an "Albany Tornado Tag Match" with no count-outs. The fans pick the tornado tag match.

The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz) beat Jake Something and Cody Deaner in an Albany Tornado Tag Match after Trey Miguel sprays Jake Something in the eyes with spray paint on the outside before he and Wentz double team Cody Deaner for the win. After the match, The Rascalz are attacked from behind and laid out by Steve Maclin. Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Steve Maclin. He says that The Rascalz walked out on him twice, so he took them out twice. When Frankie Kazarian says that this unfinished business was the reason he and Maclin lost their recent tag match, Kazarian and Maclin argue, and they end up going their separate ways.

We see Tom Hennifan's interview with Mike Santana. Santana says he could not have picked a better time to come home, and says that being in The Latin-American Xchange (Santana, Ortiz, Konnan) and winning four tag titles was like a shotgun blast going off and that Konnan's mentorship meant a lot. He says that LAX accomplished a lot of things after they were thrown into the ocean after cutting their teeth on the independents. Santana then talks about his five years away from TNA. He talks about how he lost his father just before the pandemic happened and that a lot of things had to change, and some unsolved problems came up and he had to deal with them. Santana also talks about going sober a year ago, saying he had to save his own life.

Gabby LaSpisa is in the ring. She talks about her podcast and admits that there is a TNA superstar that she knows little about, and has scored an interview with Ash By Elegance. George Iceman shows up to introduce Ash, and Gabby wants to know who George Iceman is. George slyly refuses to identify himself as he introduces Ash By Elegance. Ash By Elegance heads to the ring, and Gabby wants to know why Ash By Elegance by Ash By Elegance and what elegance means. Ash says Elegance is a lifestyle brand and is surprised that Gabby has never heard of the brand. Ash calls the interview "classless" after George Iceman says that Gabby is from New Jersey and threatens to leave, then Gabby brings up Ash's post-match attack on Havok at Under Siege. Gabby also brings up Ash's loss to Xia Brookside from two week ago, and George Iceman says it is all camera trickery. Ash says the referee stole her jewelry, but Gabby says she can get it back if she can beat Xia Brookside. Xia proposes a rematch next week for Ash's rings that she tried to use as knuckles, and Ash reluctantly shakes her hand and accepts.

We see Joe Hendry in a Heart Radio interview, where Hendry talks about his entrance theme hitting the UK pop chart as well as wrestling in TNA.

Director of Authority Santino Marella announces the Champions Challenge, where all eight TNA champions face a team of all-stars. All eight champions (Moose, Mustafa Ali, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, Jordynne Grace, Alisha Edwards, Masha Slamovich, Laredo Kid) will face Matt Hardy, Steph de Lander, Sami Callihan, Spitfire (Jody Threat and Dani Luna), Ryan Nemeth (who replaces "The Wanted Man" Nic Nemeth), Eric Young and Joe Hendry in an 8-on-8 tag match.

Jonathan Gresham beats Will Ferrara after applying black ink to Ferrara's mouth.

We see Gail Kim meet with "The Quintessential Diva" Gisele Shaw at a wellness retreat. Gail tells Gisele that they need to talk as Gisele meditates. Gisele opens her eyes.

Mustafa Ali guests on commentary for the next match.

Speedball Mountain ("Speedball" Mike Bailey and Trent Seven) beats ABC ("Inevitable" Ace Austin and Chris Bey) to face each other for a shot at the TNA X Division Championship after Ace Austin is preoccupied with Mustafa Ali at ringside.

Here are the must-see moments from tonight's show!

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for September 11, 2021

The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) beat Bandido and Rey Horus.

Jonathan Gresham guests on commentary for the next match.

"The Technical Beast" Josh Woods beats Will Ferrara in a Pure Rules Match.

La Faccion Ingobernable (Dragon Lee and Kenny King) beat VLNCE UNLTD (Chris Dickinson and Homicide) to become the ROH World Tag Team Champions!

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor for March 27, 2021

Matt Taven guests on commentary for the next match.

The Beer City Bruiser vs. Mike Bennett ends in a no-contest after The Beer City Bruiser entertains the idea of hitting Bennett with a broken beer bottle, which causes referee Todd Sinclair to pre-emptively call for the bell. After the match, Taven runs to the ring and forces The Beer City Bruiser to retreat.

Fred Yehi beats Dante Caballero, Will Ferrara, Eric Martin, World Famous CB and Wheeler Yuta in a Pure Rules Gauntlet where all competitors are randomly drawn.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for October 6, 2018

Coast To Coast (Shaheem Ali and LSG) beat The Kingdom (TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) in their first match since Shaheem Ali's injury, despite the fact that Shaheem Ali was not the legal man. After the match, The Kingdom shove the referee down to the mat before attacking members of security who come in to stop them.

Shane "Hurricane" Helms beats "The Villain" Marty Scurll after pinning Scurll down during a La Magistral Cradle.

Cheeseburger beats Will Ferrara in a Fight Without Honor with a Shotei palm strike with a chain wrapped around it after Eli Isom and Ryan Nova put a stop to an attempted slam through a table by Rhett Titus.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for May 5, 2018

Caprice Coleman guests on commentary this week.

Coast To Coast (Shaheem Ali and LSG) beat The Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonis.

We hear from Jay Lethal, who says that without ROH gold around his waist, he is lost. He has went to management, and has been told to rack up a few more wins if he wants championship gold. He has decided to do one better and beat the people who have beaten him, and he will wrestle as many matches as he has to in order to stand on top with gold around his waist. He may be lost right now, but that will soon change.

The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jason) want to go at it for the ROH World Tag Team Championships with The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) one more time, since they put on a show and because they want to invite The Briscoes to a superkick party. That match will happen next week.

Before the next match, Rhett Titus says that Will Ferrara will tear Jonathan Gresham into calamari. He then guests on commentary for the next match.

Jonathan Gresham beats Will Ferrara, then Ferrara and Rhett Titus attack Gresham after the match until The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) make the save.

We hear from Cody and Marty Scurll. Cody says that the #1 contender will face Dalton Castle at Best In The World on June 29th, and Scurll says it is him and that he will beat Dalton Castle for the ROH World Championsip. Cody takes Scurll aside and tells him that Bullet Club is fine and that he had his shot, and to go with him on this. Nevertheless, Scurll tells Castle he will beat him for the ROH World Championship again.

We hear from SoCal Uncensored ("Almighty" Christopher Daniels, "The Heavy Metal Rebel" Frankie Kazarian, Scorpio Sky), who say that The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia, TK O'Ryan) proved they are as dumb as they look when they stole the six-man tag titles, pissed off Bullet Club and infuriated them. Scorptio Sky says they should pay attention to tonight's main event, as there is nothing stopping them from taking back what is theirs. Daniel says the difference between them and The Kingdom is that they do not play by the rules and that they will end The Kingdom any way they see fit.

Before the next match, Shane Taylor says that for eight years, he ran the streets of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the same way he rules ROH right now, and that is being paid to beat people down and knock them out. No matter how much money he makes, however, there is only so much money to go around, and that leads to guys like Ryan Nova who do not even have a spot on the roster, as the money they make could just as easily be in his pocket, and he might as well knock people out until he is the only one left.

Shane Taylor quickly beats Ryan Nova by referee stoppage after he knocks Ryan Nova out. After the match, Shane Taylor stays at ringside and takes a payment from The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia, TK O'Ryan).

The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia, TK O'Ryan) beat Dalton Castle and The Boys. During the match, "Almighty" Christopher Daniels tries to take the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships away from Shane Taylor, but Shane Taylor does not let him. In the midst of this, which distracts the referee, The Boys switch positions. Later in the match, Matt Taven hits Dalton Castle from behind with a championship belt, and is able to hit the Climax on one of The Boys to lead The Kingdom to a win. After the match, The Kingdom continue to attack Dalton Castle and The Boys, and put a steel chair around Castle's right wrist before Taven stomps on it from the top rope in an attempt to injure Castle.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for September 9, 2017

"The Villain" Marty Scurll guests on commentary this week. Scurll will be taking on Chuckie T at Death Before Dishonor in two weeks.

Bully Ray shows up. He says he has accomplished a lot in his career, but this is the first time he is in Atlanta, Georgia with Ring of Honor. He says ROH has been around for 15 years, and he is proud to say that he has been a fan - like so many others - since day one. When he came to ROH, he knew that The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Brisco) was the best team here, and he wanted to be part of the team. But as of late, Jay has been a little crazy and a little off-the-wall as they have won and lost the Six-Man Tag Team titles, but they have one more goal in mind. At Death Before Dishonor, he and The Briscoes will be on the same team, beat The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan, Vinny Marseglia) and reclaim the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships.

It is announced that The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan, Vinny Marseglia) have won the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships after beating Dalton Castle and The Boys for the titles at War of the Worlds UK in Edinburgh, UK on August 17th.

Will Ferrara comes out of the crowd and attacks Cheeseburger from behind before the start of the next match.

Will Ferrara beats Cheeseburger after Cheeseburger passes out from . After the match, Ferrara puts Cheeseburger in the move again, then Rhett Titus shows up. He confronts Ferrara for his actions, then after Ferrara takes the boots to Cheeseburger, he joins him in them.

Caprice Coleman hosts another edition of Coleman's Pulpit, complete with jazzy, upbeat music, church-related props and an actual pulpit. He asks people to send in questions via Twitter with #ColemansPulpit, and says that "jive turkeys" will not be allowed on his show.

Jay Lethal vs. "The Last Real Man" Silas Young in a Last Man Standing Match is official for Death Before Dishonor after both men fought until they were completely spent at War of the Worlds UK in Edinburgh, UK.

"The Last Real Man" Silas Young beats "Cauliflower" Chase Brown. After the match, Silas continues to attack Chase Brown. Jay Letha rushes into the ring to break this attack up, and security rushes in as immediately as Lethal does to keep both Lethal and Silas separated. As Silas leaves, Lethal asks him what he thinks he is doing taking his anger out on others, and says he will make sure he never puts anyone in the hospital like he did him ever again. He proposes that they not wait until Death Before Dishonor, and dares him to get in the ring right now. Silas says Lethal may be used to getting everything on a silver platter, but he has beaten Lethal on every kind of match he can, and says he is waiting until everybody can see it live on pay-per-view just so ROH can see that he deserves all the opportunities that have been given to Lethal. As he speaks, Lethal says that "The Last Real Man" is more like "The Last Real Little Boy." At Death Before Dishonor, it will be Last Man Standing, or in his case, "The Last Real Man Standing."

Matt Sells interviews "The American Nightmare" Cody. Cody says he should be thanking him, as he will tell him his thoughts instead of making him kiss his Ring of Honor. Cody says he has trained in every way possible to prepare for Minoru Suzuki. Sells asks if he regrets making his open challenge to anyone like Suzuki. Cody says he does not regret it, as these challenges go along with his name and lineage. He then makes Sells kiss the ring, which he does.

We see backstage footage from War of the Worlds UK in Edinburgh, UK, where The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) and "The Villain" Marty Scurll mock Dalton Castle before "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes attacks him from behind. After Cody lays Castle out, he calls Castle "a novelty act" before saying he himself is a world champion.

It is announced that Jay White and Punishment Martinez will square off in a Las Vegas Street Fight at Death Before Dishonor.

The card for Death Before Dishonor is run down.

Search And Destroy (Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, Jay White, Jonathan Gresham) beat Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tonga Roa, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson). After the match, it is announced that The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) will face The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) for the ROH World Tag Team Championships at Death Before Dishonor.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for September 2, 2017

The show begins with a no-disqualification street fight between Jay Lethal and The Beer City Bruiser already in progress.

Jay Lethal beats The Beer City Bruiser in a no-disqualification street fight after smashing the Bruiser's beer keg into his leg with a steel chair before locking in the Figure Four Leg Lock. During the match, "The Last Real Man" Silas Young tries to get into the ring, but he is stopped by security who are in place at the aisle to keep anyone from interfering. He briefly guests on commentary after he fails to find a way to ringside. After the match, Jay Lethal puts The Bruiser in the Figure Four a little while longer, then tries to get past security to get his hands on Silas Young.

We see the video package of Minoru Suzuki answering "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes' challenge for the ROH World Championship at Death Before Dishonor. We then see Cody Rhodes, who says that if one was like him or a wrestling fan, a debate arises: mixed martial artists vs. wrestling. He says that two things are real: Minoru Suzuki has 29 MMA victories, 21 by submission, and that he will stretch him out, blacken both of his eyes and have him on his knees looking up at him saying he is the better man. He says "The American Nightmare" is not one you can wake up from, and that it is real.

We see footage from earlier today where Will Ferrara, dressed as a fan in a Jushin "Thunder" Liger mask, attacks Cheseburger in an autograph signing.

We see footage from earlier tonight where Caprice Coleman says he will earn his "Coleman's Pulpit" segment and get better props for it, then introduces his first two guests: The Addiction ("The Almighty" Christopher Daniels and "The Heavy Metal Rebel" Frankie Kazarian). Coleman apologizes for the appearance of the set, and appreciate that they called him saying they would get on the segment. Kazarian says there is a reason he called Coleman and only Coleman: he does not want to talk to Ian Riccaboni or Mandy Leon, saying they are part of the problem, and that Coleman is part of the solution. He and Daniels are declaring war on respect, and that Coleman himself knows a little bit about respect. Coleman says the proof is in the pudding with The Addiction as guests on a shabby set. Kazarian has a bone to pick concerning the treatment given by the ROH staff, wrestlers and fans, and says the fans are there only to throw streamers and start stupid chants, and if they went away tomorrow, the fans would move along, and that does not sit well with him. Daniels says they aren't setting out to be tag team champions again or rivalries with both teams from last week's main event. He says he was betrayed by the fans, and he and Kazarian bled, sweated and cried for this company. He hoped to lead this company into the future, but the fans did not want that. Now he and Kazarian are going to set out to see what the fans want, and make sure they never get it again, even if what they want is the best of professional wrestling.

Will Ferrara beats Howie Timberche with a low blow out of the vision of referee Mike Posey followed by a Tornado DDT. After the match, Cheeseburger shows up. He says he will not attack Ferrara from behind like some sort of coward, and challenges him man-to-man. Next week, they will go one-on-one. Ferrara accepts the challenge without hesitation.

Jay Briscoe says that he has been deemed a liability, and that Ring of Honor doctors have said that the concussion he has suffered at the hands of The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia, TK O'Ryan) have made him unfit to compete this week. The problem is that Ring of Honor did not cancel his plane ticket and he is still here, and that is Ring of Honor's liability.

Bullet Club ("Hangman" Adam Page and "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes) beat Mark Briscoe and Bully Ray. During the match, "The Villain" Marty Scurll shows up and opens his Bullet Club umbrella, but Jay Briscoe shows up and fights him before pulling out a table. As the referee is preoccupied with everything going on outside the ring, Bully Ray hits Adam Page with Scurll's umbrella before promptly disposing of it. Jay tries to put Scurll through the table, but Scurll escapes and runs away through the crowd, with Jay quickly following. Bully and Mark Briscoe then hit the Doomsday device while Jay Briscoe and Scurll continue to brawl outside (with a young boy getting a close view of the action and a fan giving Jay Briscoe an umbrella to use as a weapon), and the match continues. Mark Briscoe goes up top, but TK O'Ryan - carrying a baseball bat - shows up from out of the crowd and pushes Mark off the top turnbuckle, allowing Cody to get the win for Bullet Club. After the match, The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan, Vinny Marseglia) rush into the ring (with Marseglia carrying an ax) and attack Bully Ray until Jay Briscoe gets in the ring and fights off The Kingdom until Taven hits Jay in the back with his walking stick. The Kingdom then hits Jay Briscoe with the Rockstar Supernova, and the show ends.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for June 3, 2017

War Machine (Hanson and Rowe) beat Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara. After the match, Rowe says it is no secret that Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a very important town, both for them and for wrestling. The first time they became a team was right here, and a year-and-a-half ago, they became the ROH World Tag Team Champions here. They say that something is missing, and they are done waiting for it. They tell The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) to go home, kiss their children, say their prayers and kill their YouTube channel, because they are next.

"The Almighty" Christopher Daniels tells "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes he's got what he wanted in a one-on-one match with him. At Best in the World, he continues his dream by ending "The Nightmare."

Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL, BUSHI, Sanada, Tetsuya Naito) beat The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe), Bully Ray and Dalton Castle after BUSHI spits blinding mist into Jay Briscoe's eyes and Naito rolls Jay up as Jay Briscoe and Dalton Castle argue over who pulls out a table. Dalton Castle is blamed for the loss when The Boys push Dalton out of the way, and The Boys hide under the ring.

Hangman Page say they are lined up outside of the arena for Adam Cole, so they can see his swan song and say goodbye. Tonight, he kicks Adam Cole out of Ring of Honor just like "The Villain" Marty Scurll kicked Cole out of Bullet Club.

We see a video package of Punishment Martinez.

Jay Lethal says his story with "The Last Real Man" Silas Young is far from over. He and Bobby Fish - who was not hard to find and is really pissed off - are in a tag team title match with Silas and The Beer City Bruiser. He respects Silas as a wrestler, but tells Bobby Fish to stay away from Silas...because Silas belongs to him.

We hear from Roppongi Vice (Trent Barretta and Rocky Romero) are not happy with The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) attacking them, and challenge them and Kenny Omega to a match. Trent Barretta tells Rocky they have a third guy, but when they are about to reveal who that third man is, they are super kicked by the Bucks, who are accompanied by Hangman Page.

Hangman Page beats Adam Cole in a fierce battle after two Rites of Passage. After the match, Adam Cole thanks the fans when he is attacked from behind by Page, who has shoved Todd Sinclair to the mat and removed his belt. He then proceeds to whip Cole with the belt from behind. "The Heavy Metal Rebel" Frankie Kazarian then goes after Page, and forces him to retreat. He then takes the belt and runs to the back after Page.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for May 13, 2017

Before the next match, Alex Shelley announces he cannot wrestle tonight, thanks to The Rebellion (Kenny King, Rhett Titus, Caprice Coleman, Shane Taylor) giving him a concussion. He then asks the crowd to give Jonathan Gresham, the newest member of the Ring of Honor, a round of applause, as he has worked tirelessly throughout the globe to get here and knows that he can give his best in the ring.

Jonathan Gresham and Chris Sabin beat Will Ferrara and Cheeseburger after Gresham applies a submission to Cheeseburger. Once again, Ferrara is irritated with Cheeseburger after the match.

We see footage where "The Last Real Man" Silas Young confronts Jay Lethal for getting all sorts of sponsorships and commercial deals, and says that Lethal tried to break his leg on purpose. Young responds by attacking lethal and tries to break his left leg on a set of lockers in response.

Before the next match, "The Last Real Man" Silas Young tells Bobby Fish that he has been looking forward to this match for the past month, then says he has no excuses. He then says that when he wins tonight, he will get nothing but excuses from Fish.

"The Last Real Man" Silas Young beats Bobby Fish by hitting him in the face with his leg brace while The Beer City Bruiser distracts the referee.

Dalton Castle says he may look like a man who has hit rock bottom, but he is no ordinary man and has been through worse.

The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) and Bully Ray retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships against The Rebellion (Rhett Titus, Caprice Coleman, Shane Taylor). After the match, Caprice Coleman gets put through a table.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for April 15, 2017

Chris Sabin beats Caprice Coleman. Lio Rush shows up during the match and confronts Kenny King at ringside before the first commercial break, and he kicks Coleman's arms away from Kenny King's hands on the apron so that Sabin can roll Coleman up.

Roppongi Vice (Trent Barretta and Rocky Romero) beat Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara. After the match, a frustrated Will Ferrara refuses to take part in the post-match handshake and angrily walks out on Cheeseburger after shoving him a few times.

The finals of the 2017 Top Prospect Tournament - Josh "The Goods Woods" vs. John Skyler - is next week.

"The Last Real Man" Silas Young, Hangman Page, Jay White and Jay Lethal beat Colt Cabana, Lio Rush, Hanson and Bobby Fish in a 8-Man Wild Card Tag Team Match to take part in a Four Corners Survival Match in a future episode of Ring of Honor television. This happens despite the winning team brawling with each other and after Hangman page turns on the rest of partners after being disgusted with them.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for March 18, 2017

Chris Sabin guests on commentary this week.

Before the next match, "The Last Real Man" Silas Young says that at Supercard of Honor, the ROH World Six-Man Championships are coming to him, The Beer City Bruiser, and an unnamed third person whose identity is kept secret.

"The Last Real Man" Silas Young and The Beer City Bruiser beat Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara.

"The Last Real Man" Silas Young and "Brutal" Bob Evans guest on commentary for the next match.

Josh "The Goods" Woods beats "The Heir Apparent" Chris LeRusso by referee stoppage due to technical knockout to continue to the semi-finals of the 2017 Top Prospect Tournament.

Kenny King beats Lio Rush. After the match, Caprice Coleman is about to attack Lio Rush after Rush pushes him away when Shane Taylor shows up. Taylor appears to stand beside Lio Rush against King and Coleman, but he turns on Lio Rush and hits him with a sit-out powerbomb to join The Rebellion (King, Rhett Titus, Caprice Coleman). Chris Sabin checks on Lio Rush afterwards.

Mark Brsicoe guests on commentary for the main event.

Jay Briscoe beats Jay White, ending Jay White's nine-month undefeated streak.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for January 28, 2017

Special thanks to PWPonderings.com for helping me catch up with the main event.

The show begins with Adam Cole bragging about how he took the ROH World Championship back from Kyle O'Reilly at Wrestle Kingdom 11 and became the first-ever three-time ROH World Champion.

The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) guest on commentary during the first match.

The Tempura Boyz (Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu) beat Coast to Coast (LSG and Shaheem Ali) and the team of Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara. After the match, The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) admit they made a challenge for the tag team titles to get The Broken Hardys ("Broken" Matt Hardy and Brother Nero) to show, but then they decided while they were on commentary to give the winner of the three-way tag match that took place a shot at the ROH World Tag Team Championships. They then superkick Sho and Yo, then introduce Adam Cole. Cole says that he is a god, a living legend and a history maker as he is Ring of Honor's first-ever three time World champion. He says that this makes him different from everyone, including the challengeers he has coming up such as Dalton Castle (whom he calls a gimmick) and Bobby Fish (who he says he might as well get rid of now that he's gotten rid of Kyle o'Reilly), and Jay Lethal and Jay Briscoe (saying he's beaten them before and that he can beat them again). He says that 2017 will be a great year as Bullet Club will continue to run the show and Adam Cole will continue to run Ring of Honor. The Young Bucks then "too sweet" Adam Cole.

"The Villain" Marty Scurll retains the ROH World Television Championship against Juice Robinson (perhaps best known as CJ Parker from NXT). After the match, Scurll says he came to Ring of Honor to compete, but hasn't seen any competition.

Chris Sabin says that six men will prove there is competition for "The Villain" Marty Scurll in Ring of Honor. He goes on to say that since iron sharpens iron, those six men will battle to earn the right to challenge for the ROH World Television Championship.

Jay Briscoe beats Jay Lethal to continue on in the Decade of Excellence Tournament.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for December 3, 2016

Special thanks to PWPonderings.com for helping me get caught up.

Joey Daddiego guests on commentary for the next match.

The Tempura Boyz (Sho Tankaa nad Yohei Komatsu) beat Will Ferrara and Cheeseburger. After the match, Prince Nana sics Donovan Dijak on Will Ferrara for failing him. Joey Daddiego confronts Donovan Dijak for attacking two men he considers his family, and dares Dijak to knock him down. This starts an inpromptu match between Dijak and Daddiego, which Dijak wins after Prince Nana knocks Daddiego off the top rope behind the ref's back.

Damien "Punishment" Martinez and BJ Whitmer vs. War Machine (Hanson and Rowe) ends in a no contest after the referee is shoved down by both Whitmer and Rowe after two tables are set up. Rowe is eventually put through them. Kevin Sullivan grabs the microphone and brings up Steve Corino, saying that two individuals cannot inhabit the same body. He then calls Booker Bozan to ringside. Corino enters the ring, and Sullivan whispers something into his ear. Corino then stares down with Hanson.

Jay White, Lio Rush and The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) beat The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe), Jay Lethal and "The Last Real Man" Silas Young. During the match, The Cabinet (Kenny King, Rhett Titus, Caprice Coleman) - now known as The Rebellion and with a new look and attitude - watch from the aisle.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for August 6, 2016

Jay White beats Will Ferrara.

Shibata is coming to ROH at Death Before Dishonor on August 19th...

Mark Briscoe is in the ring. He says he was supposed to be the special guest for The Fish Tank, but says he has delved into the inner workings of the segment and says it's nothing but communist propaganda and divisive rhetoric. He says that it is a front for Bobby Fish to perform mind control, and asks the producers to play his music when Bobby Fish shows up. He then says he will not guest on The Fish Tank and instead host his own show, The Chicken Shack, with Bobby Fish as the segment's very first special guest. Mark Briscoe then introduces Bobby Fish. Fish says he looks like a million dollars while Briscoe looks like an unmade bed. After some odd questions ("Which came first: the chicken or the fish" and "The last time you were in Las Vegas, did you really marry an Ethiopian pigeon?"), Mark Briscoe makes it clear he plans to take the ROH World Television Championship from Fish. Fish then asks Mark Briscoe who he would be if he did, and says that he would be Jay Lethal's secondary title, because as soon as he wins it, it goes back to number two as Fish brought it to the forefront after making Tomohiro Ishii tap out. This gets Mark Briscoe fired up, and security holds him back as Bobby Fish tells him that Vegas is coming and the clock is ticking.

The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) say that the conspiracy continues and the deck is stacked against them, as they've beaten The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) and War Machine (Hanson and Rowe) before and now they have to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championships again.

Jay Lethal retains the ROH World Championship against Colt Cabana. Colt Cabana shakes Jay Lethal's hand after the match, then Jay Lethal asks ROH Commissioner Nigel McGuinness to come to the ring. He does, and tells Nigel McGuinness that there is somebody left to defend the title against: Adam Cole. He asks Nigel to lift the ban on Adam Cole so he can get revenge against him at Death Before Dishonor. McGuinness refuses, saying that if he gives Adam Cole a title shot, he will come across as a hypocrite. Adam Cole shows up and says "You've got to be kidding me," before asking if anybody believes what's happening, thinking that Lethal and McGuinness are in cahoots. He says that unless Jay Lethal defends the title against him, his title reign means nothing. He says that the locker room refers to Lethal as a little bitch instead of the greatest first-generation wrestler, and Lethal tells McGuinness that the only way to set him straight is to beat him on pay-per-view in front of the entire world, and begs McGuinness to reconsider. McGuinness lifts the ban on World title shots for Adam Cole, and Lethal will officially defend the ROH World Championship against Cole at Death Before Dishonor.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for July 23, 2016

After Kyle O'Reilly appears for tonight's match - which had been allotted the entire hour - Adam Cole shows up and says that as long as he is in Ring of Honor, Kyle O'Reilly will never be ROH World Champion, that he'll never stand a chance and that he won't even be wrestling in tonight's match. O'Reilly is then suddenly superkicked by The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) before Cole and the Bucks hit O'Reilly with a steel chair. Bobby Fish rushes in and clars the ring, and Adam Cole and The Bucks smile about what they've done as they retreat.

Kyle O'Reilly's shoulder is tended to as O'Reilly is told not to go on with the match as he risks injuring his shoulder further, but O'Reilly wants to do the match right now. Also, as a result of the attack from Adam Cole and The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), the ROH World Title match between O'Reilly and Jay Lethal is postponed.

War Machine (Hanson and Rowe) quickly beat Tough Guy Inc. ("Brutal" Bob Evans and "Tough" Tim Hughes). Shane Taylor and Keith Lee show up and attack War Machine after the match, but War Machine come out on top in the ensuing brawl.

The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) take on The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) for the first time in history next week...and The Briscoes want the Bucks to take them seriously.

Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara are doing another stand-by match when The Cabinet (Caprice Coleman, Kenny King, Rhett Titus) shows up and disrupts the match, saying that Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara "do not fit the criteria of a professional wrestler," and that this match is hereby cancelled. They make fun of Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara for their physiques, and tell them to get out of the ring and buy a ticket to watch the show, or they will violently remove them from the sport of professional wrestling, as they would need an elephant to surive. Ferrara says he and Cheeseburger may not have an elephant or a bear, but they do have a Moose. Moose shows up to even the numbers game.

The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) make fun of The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) along with Adam Cole.

The Cabinet (Kenny King, Rhett Titus, Caprice Coleman) beat Moose, Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara. At the beginning of the match, ROH Commissioner Nigel McGuinness heads to the back regarding an update on the condition of Kyle O'Reilly. After the match, it is confirmed by McGuinness that in spite of doctor's orders, O'Reilly will take the match and face Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship after the commercial break.

Before the ROH World Championship, Jay Lethal commends Kyle O'Reilly for coming out here and risking his body to face him for the title, and tells them they can do this some other time. Kyle O'Reilly tells him that as long as there is breath in his body, he will go forward with this match.

Jay Lethal retains the ROH World Championship against Kyle O'Reilly, much to the disgust, disappointment and reluctance of Jay Lethal. Adam Cole and The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), who have been booted out of the building by security, return and further injure O'Reilly with a top rope Meltzer Driver onto a steel chair. Kyle O'Reilly and Jay Lethal rush in to clear the ring again. Nigel McGuinness gets in the ring, takes advantage of Adam Cole's statement that O'Reilly will never be world champ while he is in ROH by telling Cole that as long as he is matchmaker, McGuinness will never get another shot at the ROH World Championship.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for June 18, 2016

Dalton Castle beats Gedo.

Adam Cole says that it's only one week before the ROH World title match. He says he won't get involved as he will be picking up the scraps afterwards, and that's a promise that's just too sweet.

We look back at Jay Lethal's World title win from Best In The World last year, as well as Jay Briscoe's near-win against Lethal back in April.

Tomohiro Ishii beats Will Ferrara.

The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) tells Bullet Club (Matt Jackson, "The Cleaner" Kenny Omega, Tama Tonga, Tonga Roa) that they're not taking over Ring of Honor tonight, especially when they're tag teaming with Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong tonight.

Steve Corino shows up. He tells us that calling himself an evil man isn't just a slogan, and that he tried to shed his "evil man" image a few years ago to no avail. He calls BJ Whitmer the biggest piece of trash he's ever seen climb into the ring, and says that Whitmer will pay for pushing him to his limits. He also tells Whimer that he's got the wrong mask, as he's not Mr. Wrestling III and the real mask is his glasses and three-piece suit. He tells Whitmer he's already in a special place in Hell and that he will take Whitmer with him. At Best In The World, Whitmer will never be in ROH again as he will be taking out the trash.

Jay Lethal says that Bullet Club (Matt Jackson, "The Cleaner" Kenny Omega, Tama Tonga, Tonga Roa) has strength in numbers, but he wants to see what happens when those numbers are taken out. As for Roderick Strong, he has nothing against Bullet Club, but he has a problem with them attacking Ring of Honor, and that it'll be too sweet when Ring of Honor's hands are raised.

The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe), Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong beat Bullet Club (Matt Jackson, "The Cleaner" Kenny Omega, Tama Tonga, Tonga Roa). Jay Briscoe and Jay Lethal stare down after the match.

We see a compilation of all the backstage promos leading up to Best In The World one last time to advertise Best In The World.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for March 12, 2016

Roppongi Vice (Trent Barretta and Rocky Romero) beats the team of Caprice Coleman and Will Ferrara (by submission via ReDRagon), The House of Truth (Joey "Daddy" Daddiego and Chris LeRusso) (by submission via ReDRagon), ReDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) (by pinfall via The Young Bucks), Tough Guy Inc. (Tim Hughes and "Brutal" Bob Evans) (by pinfall via The Young Bucks), The Addiction ("Almighty" Christopher Daniels and "The Heavy Metal Rebel" Frankie Kazarian) (by pinfall via The Young Bucks) and The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) (via pinfall) to become #1 contenders for the ROH World Tag Team Championships. Before the second match, Truth Martini introduces Chris La Russo, who just so happens to be also be a lawyer, much to Martini's delight. Unfortunately for him, he gets the thumbs down from Truth Martini as Martini and Daddiego leave him high and dry. Before the fifth match, The Addiction attack The Young Bucks from behind, and after the match, they attack The Young Bucks again in revenge of being beaten fairly quickly, and land Celebrity Rehab on one of the Bucks. When Roppongi Vice show up for the next match, they fight with The Addiction first and toss them out of the ring. Officials keep The Addiction from re-entering the ring.

In anticipation of War of the Worlds happening next week, we look back at the match between the team of "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada and Shinsuke Nakamura and The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) from last year.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for February 13, 2016

Lio Rush beats Jason Kincaid to continue to the semi-finals of the 2016 Top Prospect Tournament. Kincaid raises Rush's arm in victory after the match.

Prince Nana guests on commentary for the next match.

Caprice Coleman and Will Ferrara beats "The Last Real Man" Silas Young and The Beer City Bruiser after the distraction by Dalton Castle and his boys.

BJ Whitmer and Adam Page show up. Whitmer has heard that Steve Corino has gotten a hold of someone who will take him out, and says it can't be any of his friends. He calls out whom Steve Corino has sent out. Steve Corino shows up, and Whitmer tells him to get in the ring so he can break his neck. Corino tells Whitmer that he and everyone else in the crowd is sick and tired of him, and tells him that eventually, he will get in the ring and beat BJ Whitmer. When Corino tells Whitmer who he's contacted to take down Whitmer, it turns out to be none other than Adam Page, who turns on Whitmer and starts a brawl. Officials have to break this fracas up, and Page mows through a few of them to go at it with Whitmer some more.

Mark Briscoe beats Tim Hughes, then shakes Hughes' hand while he is down after the match.

"Reborn" Matt Sydal and ACH beat The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson).

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for January 2, 2016

Thanks to Voices of Wrestling for the recap.

Roderick Strong takes the microphone and issues another open challenge for the ROH World Television Championship. The open challenge is answered by none other than the ECW great Stevie Richards.

Roderick Strong retains the ROH World Television Championship against Stevie Richards. After the match, Bobby Fish shows up and hosts an impromptu Fish Tank, and declares that Roddy tapped out at Final Battle. When Fish asks him if he tapped out, Roddy says no and calls Fish a sore loser before walking away.

Caprice Coleman shows up. He says there's no better place for a no-disqualification match, and calls Will Ferrara a "jive turkey" despite getting a note from Prince Nana just like he did.

Caprice Coleman beats Will Ferrara in a no-disqualification match. After the match, Prince Nana heads to ringside and claps for the winner.

Jonathan Gresham gets an upset win over Cedric Alexander when Alexander wastes too much time showboating before going for a pinfall and Gresham reverses the pin attempt.

"Unbreakable" Michael Elgin beats Donovan Dijak. During the match, Truth Martini gets in the ring and does a spin-a-rooni, much to the delight of the crowd. After the match, Jay Lethal shows up and he and Elgin stare down.

Honor Roll - Ring of Honor recap for December 19, 2015

Prince Nana guests on commentary this week.

Caprice Coleman makes fun of the fact that Prince Nana gave him an envelope just like Nana did for him before their match.

Will Ferrara vs. Caprice Coleman ends when both men have a steel chair duel. As the match is thrown out and ruled a no contest, officials scramble to the ring in mere seconds.

Jay Lethal, Truth Martini and Taeler Hendrix open a present to see who their first teammates is in the match between Lethal's team and Roderick Strong's team in the main event tonight. Instead of getting Moose like they wanted, they get...Cheeseburger.

Truth Martini, Donovan Dijak and "The Outlaw" Ken Phoenix are in the ring. Martini announces that Phoenix has a chance to join The House of Truth tonight, but he can only join if he impresses Martini in the right way.

The All Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus) beats Donovan Dijak and "The Outlaw" Ken Phoenix. Truth Martini lets the fans decide if he joins The House of Truth...and Phoenix gets the thumbs down. Donovan Dijak takes out Martini's trash and finishes off Phoenix, then hands Prince Nana hands Donovan Dijak an envelope as he leaves. Dijak discreetly places it in the back of his trunks.

Kevin Kelly interviews Steve Corino, who has successfully undergone neck surgery. Corino says that the neck surgery was the most intense pain he has ever had, but he refuses to let it get to him after spending over 20 years in the wrestling business. He tells BJ Whitmer that he will make him pay for his sins one day.

Roderick Strong, Cedric Alexander, Mark Briscoe, Moose, and Matt Jackson beat Jay Lethal, Cheeseburger, Adam Page, Cliff Compton, and Jay Bricoe in a 10-man tag team match. Cheeseburger shakes hands with everyone else after the match, having earned everyone's respect.