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WEEKLY OVERVIEW – ROH (thru 10/16): Latest news on Bullet Club’s future, live event results, schedule of live events, next PPV line-up, noteworthy social media posts including Cody, closing commentary on Cheeseburger

By Tyler Sage, PWTorch contributor

October 18, 2018

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The following is the latest in a new series of weekly in-depth articles exclusive to PWTorch which will help put in perspective major wrestling promotions with a weekly overview, looking at news and roster developments, results, future line-ups, social media activity, key interviews, plus a timely commentary at the end. We will be featuring similar features on other promotions each week and each will be updated weekly.

•Top Stories of the Week

-This week’s main attraction was ROH’s Glory by Honor in Baltimore, Md. This event streamed live on Honor Club as well as on the Fite App ($9.99 through Fite). The event had two title bouts as well as many mainstays of the ROH roster.

-As in the previous pay-per-view/Honor Club event, Death Before Dishonor, no titles changed hands. The event itself was more of a transitional show to set up a number of feuds that will help to set up the next few months of ROH programming.

-The next Honor Club event is taking place in Columbus, Ohio on 11/4. Survival of the Fittest was discussed a number of times by the commentary team.

-Spoilers have appeared online about the latest batch of TV tapings that took place on Sunday, Oct. 14. Again, there are obvious spoilers ahead, WrestlingInc.com

-This week’s episode of Being The Elite essentially doubled down on the overall plot of last week’s episode. The main theme was about the contract status of all the members of the Bullet Club. Every member was in a skit making fun of the rumors surrounding all of them. SCU also played a prominent role in the beginning of the episode. Overall, there was not much going on plot wise that was not brought up last week. But, the slapstick humor in the episode was a nice change of pace compared to previous episodes.

•Live Event Results

ROH Glory Before Honor
October 12, 2018
Baltimore, Md.
Aired on PPV

(1) “Hangman” Adam Page Defeated Shane Taylor at 9:03

(2) The Kingdom (Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan) defeated Flip Gordon & Cheeseburger at 5:27

(3) ROH World Television Championship Match: Jeff Cobb (c) defeated Eli Isom (w/Ryan Nova) at 5:13

(4) The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) defeated The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser & Brian Milonas) at 13:36

(5) “The Villain” Marty Scurll vs. Shane “Hurricane” Helms  ended in a double disqualification at 10:32

(6) Sumie Sakai & Dr. Britt Baker Defeated Jenny Rose & Stella Grey at 9:07

(7) Bully Ray Defeated “The Octopus” Jonathan Gresham at 12:19

(8) The Bullet Club (Cody & Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) (c) Defeated S.C.U (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky) at 17:29 to retain the ROH World Six-Man Championship.

(9) Jay Lethal (c) defeated Silas Young at 15:19 to retain the ROH World Championship.

Read our full detailed report on the event HERE.

•Upcoming Major Show Line-up: Survival of the Fittest

ROH: Survival of the Fittest
November 4, 2018 (7 p.m.)
Columbus, Ohio at Express Live!

The Survival of the Fittest Tournament is an annual event put on by Ring of Honor. There are a series of qualifying matches, either singles or tag team matches, that determine the six wrestlers that will compete in the tournament final. The tournament final is a Six-Man Elimination match, the winner of the match is awarded a future ROH World Championship match.

At the time of publication no matches have been announced for this event that is being streamed live on HonorClub. However, the following wrestlers have been announced to compete in the survival of the fittest tournament. Andrew Everett, Colin Delaney, Flip Gordon, Jonathan Gresham, Marty Scurll, and Tracy Williams.

Check for updated card information at ROHWrestling.com

•Upcoming Events

-Chris Jericho’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling Rager 10/27/18 on International Waters. (A Sea of Honor tournament that will give the winner a future ROH World Title shot.)

-Steel City Excellence (TV Taping) 11/3/18 in Pittsburgh, Pa. at Stage AE. (Performers signed to appear. Jay Lethal, Cody, The Young Bucks, The Briscoes, Jeff Cobb, Sumie Sakai, Marty Scurll, Adam Page, S.C.U, Flip Gordon, Silas Young, Chris Saban, and Shane Taylor.

-Survival of the Fittest (Live event streamed on HonorClub) 11/4/18 in Columbus, Ohio at Express Live. (The event will feature a Survival of the Fittest tournament, in which the winner will receive a future ROH World Title shot. Performers signed to appear. Jay Lethal, Cody, The Young Bucks, The Briscoes, Jeff Cobb, Sumie Sakai, Marty Scurll, Adam Page, S.C.U, Flip Gordon, Silas Young, Chris Saban, and Shane Taylor)

-Global Wars: Lewiston (Live event streamed on HonorClub) 11/7/18 in Lewiston, Mass. at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. (This is the now Annual live tour in which ROH and New Japan talent compete in live events. Performers signed to appear ay Lethal, Cody, The Young Bucks, The Briscoes, Jeff Cobb, Sumie Sakai, Marty Scurll, Adam Page, S.C.U, Flip Gordon, Silas Young, Chris Saban, Shane Taylor, and TBA New Japan Talent.)

-Global Wars: Lowell (Live event streamed on HonorClub) 11/8/18 in Lowell, Mass. at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. (This is the now Annual live tour in which ROH and New Japan talent compete in live events. Performers signed to appear ay Lethal, Cody, The Young Bucks, The Briscoes, Jeff Cobb, Sumie Sakai, Marty Scurll, Adam Page, S.C.U, Flip Gordon, Silas Young, Chris Saban, Shane Taylor, and TBA New Japan Talent.)

-Global Wars: Buffalo (Live event streamed on HonorClub) 11/9/18 in Buffalo, N.Y. at the Buffalo Riverworks. (This is the now Annual live tour in which ROH and New Japan talent compete in live events. Performers signed to appear ay Lethal, Cody, The Young Bucks, The Briscoes, Jeff Cobb, Sumie Sakai, Marty Scurll, Adam Page, S.C.U, Flip Gordon, Silas Young, Chris Saban, Shane Taylor, and TBA New Japan Talent.)

-Global Wars: Toronto (Live event streamed on HonorClub) 11/11/18 in Toronto, Ont. at the Mattamy Athletic Centre. (This is the now Annual live tour in which ROH and New Japan talent compete in live events. Performers signed to appear ay Lethal, Cody, The Young Bucks, The Briscoes, Jeff Cobb, Sumie Sakai, Marty Scurll, Adam Page, S.C.U, Flip Gordon, Silas Young, Chris Saban, Shane Taylor, and TBA New Japan Talent.)

-Final Battle (pay-per-view Event) 12/14/18 in New York, N.Y. at the Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom.

-Saturday Night At Center Stage (TV Tapping) 1/12/19 in Atlanta, Ga. at Center Stage.

-Honor Reigns Supreme (Live event streamed on HonorClub) 1/13/19 in Concord, N.C> at Cabarrus Arena.

-G1 Supercard (Pay-Per-View Event) 4/6/19 in New York, NY at Madison Square Garden.

All current live events are located on ROHWrestling.com

•Latest TV Highlights: 10/14 ROH Wrestling

ROH TV Results
Oct. 14, 2018
Taped in Las Vegas, Nev.
Airing on Sinclair Networks and ROHWrestling.com

You can our detailed report at HERE.

  • The Kingdom kicked off the show. Matt Taven was stoic in the ring as TK and Vinny used heel tactics on Todd Sinclair and Bobby Cruise. The Kingdom then held a championship coronation for Taven.

  • Kenny King Defeated “The Crown Jewel” Chase Owens at 9:33

  • Bully Ray, along with Shane Taylor and Silas Young teamed up to leave Flip Gordon laying. Gordon was scheduled to have a singles match with Taylor.

  • A video package with Jay Lethal was shown, it had to do with selling out Madison Square Garden. As well as his desire to defend the ROH World Championship there.

  • ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) Defeated Los Ingobernables De Japón (Evil & Sanada) and Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T) and Socal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) in a Four-Corner Survival Match at 7:23

•ROH In The Media

-Colt Cabana’s “Art of Wrestling” podcast featured guest Frankie The Mobster. The episode does a deep dive into Frankie the person and the wrestler. As someone who did not know much about Frankie this was an interesting show. For a full written rundown on the episode and a link, please visit PWPodcasts.com or search “Art of Wrestling” in Apple Podcasts to subscribe.

-Shane Taylor made an appearance on “The Heel Turn Podcast: with Kyle King and Bryan Mcdonald.” Shane talked about his love of Cleveland sports, as well as giving advice to all new fathers. If you would like to listen to the episode, visit omny.fm

•Social Media Scene

Below are this week’s funny, weird, and controversial social media posts from ROH personalities.

-With the Global Wars tour kicking off in a few weeks, this absolute Gem from EVIL had to make the list. You are living the gimmick when you get your working name on your starbucks cup.

-Watch Mojo did a countdown of the top 10 matches in ROH History. What do you think of the list?

-SCU made the Urban Dictionary

-Cody makes his feelings known about those who control the wrestling industry

•Closing Commentary

We are a number of weeks away before we have another Honor Club event, and before the influx of New Japan talent helps to give us new and exciting matches come November. I want to talk about someone who I believe is being criminally underutilized on screen. That wrestler is none other than Cheeseburger.

I saw Cheeseburger perform for the first time at an ROH live event. When I first saw him walk out to the ring I remember thinking “who is this guy?” But, after only a few minutes I was so enamored with his character. This was a true underdog, someone who loves pro wrestling and didn’t let his physical size stop him from chasing his dream. I thought to myself If I would have seen someone like Cheeseburger when I was a teenager, that he would have inspired me to try my hand at wrestling also.

Every match I watch with Cheeseburger reminds me why I love professional wrestling. I’m not saying that he should be elevated to ROH World Champion tomorrow. I am only suggesting that at an event like Survival of the Fittest, why not have Cheeseburger in the six-man elimination match? Cheeseburger losing to someone like Matt Taven would only help to get both over in the process. I believe that if booked properly, Cheeseburger could be more much more valuable to ROH.

Tyler has been a wrestling fan for 20 years (a handful of years he was a lapsed fan – 2003-’08, mainly), He’s from Columbus, Ohio. Check him out on Twitter @ringoftyler and check out his podcast @tandbwrestling.

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