ROH Supercard Of Honor Results – March 31, 2023
Jeff Cobb vs. Tracy Williams (Pre Show)
Jeff Cobb & Tracy Williams take each other down on the mat while also pushing each other around, until Jeff Cobb suplexes Tracy Williams then Cobb stays on top of Williams, with a hard Mongolian Thrust sending Williams to the corner. Cobb follows with a vertical suplex after walking around the ring for a two count.
Cobb goes for a standing moonsault, but Williams dodges it and puts Cobb in an arm bar that Cobb powers out of and tosses Williams back. Williams gets on the top rope and gets yanked off by Cobb but Williams hits him with a DDT for a two count.
They go back & forth until Cobb hits a German Suplex followed by a clothesline and Tour Of The Islands for the win.
Winner: Jeff Cobb (5:20)
Rate: 6
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Willie Mack (Pre Show)
Konosuke Takeshita & Willie Mack starts the match by running the ropes each trying to take the other down before Takeshita hits a flying clothesline sending Mack spilling to the outside. Takeshita goes after Mack but Mack takes him out with a clothesline.
Mack jumps off the top rope where Takeshita sends him to the outside with a hurricanrana, before diving onto him right in front of the commentary table. Mack runs in and does the same back. Mack starts working on Takeshita’s back and neck then takes him down with a standing Shining Wizard and a Samoan Drop.
Mack struggles to get up a bit but when he does he hits a standing moonsault for a two count. Mack runs the ropes but Takeshita takes him out with a lariat for a two of his own. Mack comes back with a Pounce and a Stunner but Takeshita hits a stunner of his own as Mack hits him back with another Shining Wizard.
Mack blocks a lariat attempt and hits a T Bone suplex. Takeshita dodges a frog splash and hits a Blue Thunder Bomb followed by a running knee strike for the win.
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita (9:35)
Rate: 7
Willow Nightingale vs. Miranda Alize (Pre Show)
Miranda Alize doesn’t adhere to the Code Of Honor, so Willow Nightingale hits her with a pair of suplexes, a fisherman’s buster and a crossbody for a two count sending Alize to the outside. Nightingale goes to chase her around the ring but Alize hits a cheap shot followed by a basement hurricanrana for a two count.
Alize keeps Nightingale cornered but she turns it around sending her to all the corners with chops. Nightingale stays on top of Alize, hitting her with a spinebuster for a two count.
Alize comes back and hits a DDT for a two count but Nightingale comes right back with a Spicolli Driver for her own two count. Nightingale dodges a Drive By attempt and hits a pounce followed by the Doctor Bomb to get the win.
Winner: Willow Nightingale (7:00)
Rate: 5
Stu Grayson vs. Slim J (Pre Show)
Slim J kicks Stu Grayson’s hand away at the start, so Grayson goes right after Slim J sending him to the outside. Grayson keeps the attack dropping Slim J on the apron before putting him on the top rope but Mark Sterling & Evil Uno distract the referee on the apron as Ari Daivari goes in and attacks Grayson.
Grayson keeps the attack hitting a uranage and a twisting Asai Moonsault for a two count. Grayson pops up Slim and hits him with a powerslam for another two count. Grayson lifts Slim J up but he reverses it into a standing Slice Bread for a two of his own.
Grayson dodges a top rope moonsault and lifts up Slim J but Sterling, Uno & Daivari again cause a distraction on the outside. Grayson follows with a pump knee and the Knight Fall for the win.
Winner: Stu Grayson (7:00)
Rate: 4
After the match The Righteous make their return to Ring Of Honor and have a stare down with Stu Grayson & Evil Uno to end Pre Show.
AAA Mega Title Match
El Hijo Del Vikingo (c) vs. Komander
Komander takes El Hijo Del Vikingo on the mic and traps his legs for a pin attempt getting a two, but Vikingo turns it into a surfboard. Komander slithers his way off but Vikingo takes him right back down to the mat. They get in a head stand and start slapping each other before they both go and grab each other’s ankles on the mat before running the ropes and both landing with the same exact pose.
Vikingo dives onto Komander on the outside as they go back and forth holding each other. Back inside, Komander takes Vikingo right back outside with a dropkick where he hits him with a dive. Komander grabs a table from under the ring but ends up diving from the stage hitting a 450 to Vikingo on the floor. Komander sends Vikingo back inside but misses the Shooting Star off the ropes.
Vikingo follows with his inverted Shooting Star into the rana, as they both go right back to the outside. Vikingo tries another Shooting Star but Komander puts his knees up and sends Vikingo back inside. Komander runs the ropes and tries another Shooting Star, as Vikingo puts his boot up. They go back & forth a bit before Vikingo catches Komander and slams him down.
Vikingo heads to the top of post, jumps to the rope and bounces onto Komander who hits a power bomb for a two count. Komander goes to the top rope, but gets pushed off followed by Vikingo with another inverted dive from the post to smash against Komander against the barricade. Back inside, Vikingo hits an inside out corkscrew 450 splash for a two count.
They start fighting on the apron where Komander hits a Destroyer. Komander goes to the other side of the ring, runs the ropes and dives onto Vikingo. Komander goes back to the top, runs the ropes and hits a springboard Shooting Star Press for a two count.
They battle on the ropes, where Vikingo hits another Destroyer, quickly sets Komander on the table, runs the ropes and hits a 630 splash, not breaking the table unfortunately. Back inside, Vikingo misses a 630 splash so Komander goes back to the top rope where he hits the Hidden Ace but Vikingo is able to grab the rope to break the count.
They head to the top where Vikingo hits a swingout slam. Vikingo follows with double knees to the face and another 630 splash to get the win.
Winner & Still AAA Mega Champion: El Hijo Del Vikingo (16:00) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 9 (Recommend)
6 Man Tag Team Titles Match
The Embassy (Brian Cage,Kaun & Toa Liona) (c) vs. AR Fox,Blake Christian & Metalik
Both teams start fighting before the bell rings, before AR Fox,Blake Christian & Metalik sends The Embassy to the outside where they hit them with dives. Toa Liona & Metalik are the first two in the ring but Liona tags out to Kaun, then quickly tags in to Brian Cage. AR Fox comes in and hits a pair of cutters before they take it to the outside and brawl a bit, followed by a senton on the inside for a two count on Cage.
Liona & Blake Christian come in, as Christian goes right after The Embassy and hits a Fosbury Flop to Liona on the outside. The Embassy takes control over Christian, including a senton to Christian by Liona on the apron.
Cage tries to suplex Christian back in but Fox stops him, as Christian hits a 450 followed by an elbow drop off the ropes by Metalik for a two count.
Metalik runs the ropes, but Cage catches him for a powerbomb. Christian hits a Death Valley Driver on Cage followed by a springboard moonsault. Everybody comes in and hits offense, ending with Metalik hitting a DDT on Liona as all 6 men are laid out.
Gates Of Agony take control of the match, before Metalik rolls up Cage for a very close two count. Cage stops him with a clothesline followed by the Drill Claw to score the victory.
Winners & Still 6 Man Tag Team Champions: The Embassy (8:00)
Rate: 6
Women’s Title Match
Athena (c) vs. Yuka Sakazaki
Yuka Sakazaki takes Athena to the outside and hits a cannonball. Athena tries to escape into the crowd but Sakazaki stops her as they brawl around the ring. Sakazaki tries a missile dropkick back inside but Athena gets out of the way and mounts her with punches. Athena stays in control and starts dancing as well.
Sakazaki comes right back with a lariat for a two count before kicking Athena in the corner. Sakazaki runs the ropes and tries a hurricanrana, but Athena catches her and hits her with three back to back powerbombs with the 3rd being a sit out for a two count. They head to the outside, where Athena starts ramming Sakazaki against the steps before hitting her with a wheel barrel into a German Suplex on the floor.
Athena goes to dropkick Yuka, but Yuka moves as Athena goes crashing into the barricade. Yuka follows this with a slam, sends Athena into the steps and runs off the stage to hit a crossbody. Sakazaki springboards off the ropes for a splash but Athena kicks out at two count.
They go back & forth until Athena knocks Yuka out with a hard right but Sakazaki grabs the rope to break the count. Athena heads to the top rope but Sakazaki stops her and hits a superplex followed by a spinning front face slam for a two count.
Sakazaki goes for the Magical Splash but Athena sends the referee into the ropes followed by a springboard O Face for the win.
Winner & Still Women’s Champion: Athena (11:40) (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 7
Television Title Match
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Mark Briscoe
Samoa Joe heads to the outside of the ring and slowly walks around, taking his time to get back in. Back inside the ring they go at it with punches until Mark Briscoe hits a pair of big boots. Briscoe tries to springboard in but Joe stops him as they get into a chop exchange, with each one getting louder and louder. They head to the outside where Joe catches Briscoe and flips him over with a suplex.
Joe keeps at it with headbutts and kicks before hitting a suplex for a two count. Joe keeps Briscoe in the corner and hits an Enziguri, sending Briscoe to the outside. Joe sends Briscoe to the outside where he hits him with a dive right in front of his family. Joe grabs a chair, but as he starts talking trash to the crowd, he gets taken out with a dropkick.
Briscoe sets up the chair and flips over to Joe on the outside before going to kiss one of his daughters. Briscoe tries to set up a table, but Joe stops him as the referee tries to stop Joe from setting the table up, Briscoe flies off the apron with a blockbuster going through the semi setup table.
They start trading more chops until Briscoe sends Joe down with a forearm. Briscoe slowly gets up and acts like he’s going for a tag to his brother, which amps him up as he tries to go for a Jay Driller but Joe stops him with a powerslam for a two. Joe hits a powerbomb and puts Briscoe into the STF, as Joe is bleeding down from his mouth.
Briscoe is able to reach the bottom rope to break this up. Joe hits a suplex and a clothesline as Briscoe kicks out at two. Joe sets up for the Muscle Buster but Briscoe escapes and hits a bit off the apron. Briscoe heads to the top rope and hits the Froggy Bow, but Joe kicks out at two.
Briscoe calls for the Jay Driller but Joe counters it. Joe puts a choke on Briscoe until he hits a Sleeper Suplex then puts the sleeper back on & gets the win via Referee Stoppage.
Winner & Still Television Champion: Samoa Joe (16:30) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 7
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Daniel Garcia
Hiroshi Tanahashi starts the match off by pressing Daniel Garcia against the ropes, as Garcia claps at that. Garcia starts pulling Tanahashi by the hair and they take it to the outside, but Garcia hits a drop toe hold to Tanahashi onto the steps. Garcia keeps working on Tanahashi’s left leg before teasing the air guitar and dances a little.
Back inside, he continues working on it then Tanahashi mounts a comeback, hitting a cannonball for a two, but Garcia comes back with a scissor kick for a two. They go back & forth with kicks to the knee until Garcia trips Takahashi down.
Tanahashi comes back with a dragon screw before putting on a Lion Tamer style Cloverleaf. Garcia tries a piledriver but Tanahashi reverses it into a neckbreaker followed by a sling blade for a two count. Tanahashi heads to the top for High Fly Flow for the win.
Winner: Hiroshi Tanahashi (12:00)
Rate: 7
ROH World Tag Team Titles Reach For The Sky Ladder Match
Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr & Rey Fenix) vs. Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) vs. La Faccion Ingobnrable (Rush & Dralistico)
Match starts off with all 5 teams fighting on the outside as The Kingdom & La Faccion Ingobernable are holding fort in the ring before The Kingdom take them out. LFI starts going after Top Flight setting them in the corner where Rush hits them with the Bull’s Horns with a ladder in between them.
Aussie Open comes in and faces off against LFI taken them both off. Lucha Brothers join and take out Mark Davis with a superkick before putting a ladder and Kyle Fletcher on top of them as they hit an inverted Code Red. Rey Fenix hits a Pele kick to Davis off the ropes, as Pentagon Jr takes out Fletcher on the other side.
LFI follows with dives to the outside. The Kingdom lifts up Darius Martin and hit him with a Doomsday Device to the outside. The Kingdom start setting up a whole bunch of tables as LFI takes out Pentagon. The Kingdom go for double Jay Drillers on the top of the stage but Aussie Opens reverse it to hit a piledriver and a tombstone instead.
Aussie Open runs with very large ladders and sandwich Dante Martin in between them. A whole bunch of craziness ensues until a blood Mike Bennett & Rush decide not to climb the ladder and instead start brawling back & forth with chops.
Everybody gets laid out except Dralistico who starts climbing the ladder where Darius runs up to meet him at the top. Darius gets knocked down where he slingshots Dante up there who almost grabs the ROH World Tag Team Titles before Dralistico takes him down.
Rush tries to bring a chair inside but Dante kick his face as he’s holding it. Aussie Open stop Top Flight from climbing next followed by tossing Pentagon onto a ladder in the corner.
Fletcher starts climbing but Dante dropkicks him off as Darius starts climbing next. Taven follows him but Darius takes him off the ladder with a Spanish Fly. Bennett starts climbing, but Dante meets him at the top and hits him with a sunset bomb off the ladder. Aussie Open catch Dante with the Coriolis before flipping Darius from inside to the outside on a ladder.
Dralistico takes Davis out with a DDT, heads to the top rope and sends Davis into the commentary table with a hurricanrana. Bennett powerbombs Dralistico onto a ladder where Taven hits him with a frog splash breaking the ladder. Rush & Davis fight on the apron, where Rush tosses Davis to the floor. Jose & Alex Abrahantes start fighting before Fenix & Dante are on the top of the ladder, knocking Fenix off.
Pentagon meets Dante on the top, where they walk on the ladder that’s in between the other ladder and the ropes and hits a Fear Factor crashing on the row of tables on the outside & Taven gets kicked off the ladder by Fenix who then grabs the ROH World Tag Team Titles for the win.
Winners & ROH World Tag Team Champions: Lucha Bros (20:20) (NEW CHAMPIONS!!!)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
After the match Mark Briscoe comes to the stage and brings out FTR as they embrace the Lucha Brothers and congratulate them on becoming ROH World Tag Team Champions. Briscoe then embraces The Kingdom.
Pure Title Match
Wheeler Yuta (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Katsuyori Shibata takes Yuta down and puts on a head scissors. Shibata puts on a Figure 4, as Yuta tries to fight his way out then reaches for the ropes but Shibata pulls him to the middle of the ring. Eventually Yuta grabs the rope to use his 1st rope break.
Yuta starts driving his knee down and going for pin attempts, before he starts working on Shibata’s left arm. Shibata powers out and lands a kick to the throat. Yuta tries to come back with chops, but they don’t phase Shibata at all. Yuta hits a low blow and a closed fist, but the referee only sees the fist and gives Yuta 1 warning.
Yuta continues with more chops, but Shibata eats them and knocks Yuta into the corner with a hard shot before stomping away at Yuta followed by a dropkick in the corner. Shibata follows with a suplex for a two count and quickly puts on a chin lock. Yuta uses his 2nd rope break as he’s now down to 1 left.
Shibata hits a flurry of kicks to Yuta’s chest, but he reactions back with a spit in the face. They go back & forth before Shibata hits a slap and puts on the sleeper followed by the PK for the win.
Winner & New Pure Champion: Katsuyori Shibata (13:10) (NEW CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 7
After the match Shibata reaches for a handshake after but Yuta flips him off and leaves.
ROH World Title Match
Claudio Castagnoli (c) vs. Eddie Kingston
Eddie Kingston goes right after Claudio Castagnoli, but Castagnoli sends Kingston spilling to the outside. Kingston goes to grab a chair but it’s taken away so instead he hits a back suplex and a chop to Castagnoli before working on his neck with a headlock. Kingston starts working on Castagnoli left knee as he goes to the outside to regroup.
Kingston teases diving onto Castagnoli but he stops him with an uppercut as they start fighting on the apron where Claudio hits a bunch of slaps before pulling to the outside with a suplex. Castagnoli comes back with a flying headbutt but shows a bit of a limp. They start trading slaps but Castagnoli takes Kingston down and tries the Giant Swing but can’t hold on for too long because of his ankle.
Castagnoli sets Kingston on the top rope and hits a bunch of uppercuts and a dropkick, knocking Kingston down. They head back to the top, where Castagnoli hits a superplex for a two count. Castagnoli follows with a double stomp, but Kingston goes for Castangoli’s face to stop the pin attempt. Castagnoli heads to the outside where Kingston hits him with a suicide dive. Kingston follows that with a bulldog off the 2nd rope for a two count.
They start trading blows until Kingston puts on the Stretch Plum but Castagnoli falls and grabs the rope. Kingston hits a Back Drop Driver for a two count. Castagnoli comes back with a hard German Suplex. Kingston counters a Riccola Bomb and hits the Uraken but Castagnoli kicks out. They fight on the apron, where Castagnoli hits a gutwrench suplex, crashing Kingston to the floor.
Castagnoli starts attacking Kingston with the barricade before sending him back inside where he hits him with a running uppercut that Kingston kicks out of. Castagnoli starts smacking Kingston saying he will never get his respect. Kingston hits a pair of Uraken but Castagnoli does a choke swing followed by the Neutralizer.
Kingston gets right back up, so Castagnoli hits a European uppercut that Kingston kicks out of. Claudio hits a flurry of strikes and uppercuts, followed by a Riccola Bomb attempt. Kingston tries to reverse it, but Castagnoli reverses back for the win.
Winner Still & ROH World Champion: Claudio Castagnoli (20:15) (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
Castagnoli & Yuta start cornering Kingston, until Katsuyori Shibata makes his way out as he raises Kingston’s hand as Claudio raises his with the title. Once Yuta & Claudio leave, Kingston grabs a mic that doesn’t work at first. He asks if he’s on PPV and is told he has one minute left, so he says f*ck, shit, motherf*cker, I don’t care’. He tells HR they can fine him before asking everybody to give it up for living legends Shibata & Tanahashi. They tell him he’s got 25 seconds but he says he doesn’t give a shit a sh*t and they can go off the air. He says they usually give MJF 30 minutes on TV, so he asks for 5. Kingston ends it by saying he’s not going anywhere and tells Castagnoli he’s going to beat his ass.
