Match-by-match results and television rating of this edition of ROH Television.
Show: ROH Television
Date: August 20, 2017
Location: Concord NC
Commentary: Ian Riccoboni & BJ Whitmer
Reported By: Jacob Gilbert
TV Rating:
1. Best Friends def. Coast to Coast. Trent Baretta pinned Leon St. Giovanni.
2. Jay Briscoe def. Matt Taven-DQ.
3. ROH 6-man tag titles: Dalton Castle & the Boys def. Colt Cabana & the Tempura Boys. Castle pinned Cabana.
Part 2 from Concord. BJ Whitmer fills in for Colt Cabana this week, since Colt is in the main event.
1. Coast to Coast (Leon St. Giovanni & Shaheem Ali) vs. Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent Barreta).
Rev. Caprice Coleman joins BJ & Ian Riccoboni at the desk, but is evasive about post-Rebellion plans, promising something for next week. Decent opener, but Coast-to-Coast is still looking for a signature win. The Best Friends have been tagging for 4 years, and were established before Barreta began teaming with Rocky Romero in Rappongi Vice. Everyone got some hang time in this one, but calling St. Giovanni a "human rocket" is really an insult to rockets. A cannonball would be more appropriate. The finish saw Taylor hit a standard piledriver on St. Giovanni, and then Baretta ended it with a cradle piledriver.
Winners: Best Friends.
Jay Lethal is cutting a promo backstage when he's confronted again by Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser. Another beatdown is broken up by security. After the break, Lethal cuts another promo on Young.
2. Jay Briscoe vs. Matt Taven (w/The Kingdom).
The story of this match, really, was T. K. O'Ryan coming off the disabled list, ready to go again. It was otherwise a fairly even match, but then Vinny Marseglia stupidly got in the ring and was wiped out. O'Ryan then tried to jab Briscoe with the crutch, but Briscoe pulled him in. Behind Briscoe, O'Ryan unstrapped the fiberglas cast, and used it on Briscoe for the DQ. Briscoe gets left lying after a triple conchairto.
Winner: Jay Briscoe via DQ.
They replayed the angle after the break with Mark finally showing up to save his brother.
3. ROH 6-man title: Dalton Castle & the Boys vs. Colt Cabana & the Tempura Boys.
Not sure about the bullseye on Cabana's elbow pad. It's also been added to his entrance video. He's not shilling for Target, that's for certain. This one was not as even as the other bouts, as Cabana had issues with the Tempuras throughout. As it happened, Cabana hit bionic elbows on the Boys, but went to the well one time too many, and Castle caught him for Bang-a-Rang.
Winners: Dalton Castle & the Boys.
Post-match, Dalton cut a promo, asking if he's finally earned Colt's respect. Colt's response is a handshake as we fade to black.
Next week: The Young Bucks renew old hostilities with the Motor City Machine Guns.
