Ring of Honor show results
July 14, 2012
Milwaukee, Wis. at Turner Hall
Report by Blake Reilly, PWTorch reader

Meet & Greet: My father-in-law and I stopped to get pictures with Jay Lethal and Kevin Steen. Michael Elgin and Rhino were also there, but it didn't seem like many people were there to see Rhino, especially at $10 an autograph/picture.

The show opened with Jim Cornette addressing Kenny King and the Tag Title situation. King got major heat from the crowd for how he left. Cornette then announced the tournament that will be on TV and that the new tag team champions will be crowned at the Death Before Dishonor iPPV on September 15 in Chicago Ridge.

(1) Rhett Titus defeated Mike Sydal.

(2) Jay Lethal defeated Mike Mondo. It appeared Mondo hurt his ankle during the match and it looked like he was going to have to leave the match. This brought out Cornette to say that Lethal would win the match if Mondo couldn't continue. This got boos from the crowd. This led to Mondo grabbing the mic from Cornette and saying that he never quits and, to his credit, got back in the ring and finished the match.

(3) Six-Man tag match. Honestly, I don't know who the six men were because the sound system was a bit off and the crowd was extremely loud. I can tell you that the crowd was chanting for Samson and he got the pin.

(4) Kyle O'Reilly defeated Tadarius Thomas via submission. Before the match, O'Reilly addressed the crowd and said he didn't tap out at Best in the World (cue up the "You Tapped Out" chants), but he did bloody up Adam Cole. This got massive heat, which was awesome because he was the first true heel of the show at this point.

(5) Roderick Strong (w/Truth Martini) defeated B.J. Whitmer. Truth and Roderick cut promos before the match to get the crowd going crazy.

[Intermission, during which I picked up a copy of Border Wars.]

(6) Michael Elgin defeated Silas Young. Truth came out with Elgin and tried to cut a promo, but Elgin took the mic, promoted Young big-time (to the delight of the crowd, which was extremely happy to see the hometown boy), and sent Truth to the back. This turned into the Match of the Night, no questions asked.

(7) Rhino (w/Truth Martini) defeated Eddie Edwards. Truth came back out after Elgin's match and stayed ringside to introduce Rhino to major heat.

(8) The Briscoes defeated ROH World champion Kevin Steen & Jimmy Jacobs. The match originally went to a double count-out, but this brought Cornette back out to say that this crowd paid to see a winner and a loser and made the match a anything goes match. (Massive pop.) The match ended after Jay put Steen through a table after jumping from the balcony (over the crowd, the barricade, clearing the ropes in the process) and then Matt pinned Jacobs. This was a sight to be seen to truly be believed.

After the match, Steen and Jacobs attacked the Briscoes and the crowd started throwing beer cans into the ring. This brought out Rhett Titus for the save. He cleared the ring, then cut a promo addressing how pissed he is that he had to be stripped of the tag belts and said that he and the Briscoes were ROH and not going anywhere. From the tone of the promo, it looked like they might start giving Titus a main event push.

Biggest Pops:

(1) Briscoes
(2) Silas Young
(3) Eddie Edwards

Biggest Heat:

(1) Truth Martini (the crowd ate out his hand all night)
(2) Kevin Steen & Jimmy Jacobs
(3a) Kyle O'Reilly
(3b) Kenny King (the crowd was really angry about him leaving)

Overall, fantastic show.



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