Defy or Deny Results
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– ROH is using red ropes tonight!
– Crowd is down from the previous Dec. show.
P1. Andy Ridge & ? over ? & ?
– Mike Bennett and Brutal Bob open the show, but are interrupted by Steve Corino. They get in a scuffle and Corino said he might fall out of his recovery tomorrow in NYC.
1. Mark Briscoe over Kyle O’Reilly in a “fantastic opening match.” Briscoe wins with a frogsplash elbow drop.
2. The All Night Express over Steve Corino and Grizzly Redwood with a backbreaker knee drop combo on Redwood after Corino accidentally clotheslined him. “Solid.” Redwood bails on Corino after the match.
3. Tommaso Ciampa over Adam Cole. Cole had the pin after a backbreaker, but Nana distracted the ref. Ciampa hit a lowblow and what I presume was the double knee powerbomb for the win. “Really fun match.”
– Return date announced for September 16, 2011.
– Crowd in the 500-550 area.
4. Chris Hero over TJ Perkins after a stiff kick and elbow. “This was fantastic.” TJP got a standing ovation afterwards.
INTERMISSION
5. The Bravado Brothers over Matt Taven and Sid Reeves(?) when Lance pinned Taven after rolling through a splash off the top.
6. Eddie Edwards over Michael Elgin in an “awesome match.” Edwards got the win with a cross-legged powerbomb and shouted out “Strong.” At one point, Edwards had the achilles lock on both Elgin and Martini at the same time!
7. Christopher Daniels over “The Prodigy” Mike Bennett to retain the World Television Championship after a BME. Brutal Bob and Steve Corino got involved near the end. Crowd didn’t like Bennett. “Not very good.” Daniels was upset with Corino post match.
8. Davey Richards over Claudio Castangoli after a shooting star press. “Just an incredible match. Entire place on their feet at the end.”
9. Defy Or Deny- Elimination Match – Roderick Strong def. El Generico, Homicide, and Jay Briscoe
— If Strong wins than neither El Generico, Jay Briscoe, nor Homicide can ever challenge for the ROH World Title again while Strong is champion.
— If El Generico, Jay Briscoe, or Homicide win than the winner will face the champion on 4/2 in Atlanta with the title on the line.
– Strong got on the mic and said he had beaten all of the men in the ring. He asked Homicide to work with him and Homicide agreed.
– Homicide and Strong worked over Jay for a long time until Homicide turned on Strong.
– Homicide is eliminated after a Jay Driller.
– Crowd going nuts for three way action between Strong, Generico, and Jay. Strong just suplexed both men!
– Strong eliminates Jay Briscoe after a falcon arrow.
– Elgin ran out and interfered and nailed Generico with a powerbomb. Strong hit a running kick and pinned Generico for the win.
– HOT continued to beat down on Generico before Daniels and the Wolves made the save. “Really good match with a flat ending.”
Manhattan Mayhem IV results
1. Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reily defeated Michael Elgin and Mike Mondo after Cole hits a super kick and german on Mike Mondo. Real fun. Elgin destroys mike after.
2. Tomassio Ciampa Defeats Grizzly Redwood. Embassy beats down Grizzly after. Corino makes the save. Nothing great. Lots of offense from Grizzly. Corino says ” I told you I would be there for you Grizz”.
Bennett comes out for his match.
3. Mike Bennett defeats Steve Corino after Brutal Bob punches Steve leading to finish. Steve used the thumb in the bum move on bennett. Bennett beats down Corino after and Piledrives him. No one out to save Corino.
Cornette comes out. Hypes up Atl Ippvs. Takes a shot at the TNA PPV. He says a bigger arena was needed for return. The Theme for the Hammerstein show is proving ROH is best in the world.
4. All-Night Express Defeat the The Briscoes. Said to be real good. Double turn after the after the match. Briscoes beat down after. Huge Brawl with all four men . ANX are over big. Briscoes take ANX out with chairs and leave. Big ANX chant. Heel heat for the Briscoes.
INTERMISSION
5. El Generico over TJ Perkins. Generico catches TJ on suicide dive attempt to floor and hits the brain buster on outside ring apron. Great match. Please come back chants for TJ.
6. Kings of Wrestling over LAX. Awesome match. Claudio hits huge running forearm on Homicide for the win. Hernandez was over huge.
7. Davey Richards over Christopher Daniels. Davey went for a Shooting Star Press and basically goes super high and gets no distance and lands belly first on top rope. Scary. They improvise a roll up from Angels Wins. Great Match.
8. Eddie Edwards over Roderick Strong! Roll up out of achilles lock. Place going nuts. Davey hugs him and puts belt on him.
By chris gst
Long time indie wrestling fan. Started with ROH and just kept going.
YES. EDDIE WINS! I was wondering if they’d really do it, and they did. Great news!