The Code of Honor - Ring of Honor Wrestling recap for January 23, 2016

Brian Fury beats Shaheem Ali in the first round of the Top Prospect Tournament to advance.

Veda Scott and Cedric Alexander show up. Veda says that Cedric has been a victim to ROH's safety, and that there journey to justice was sweet (which may meant that they may have won their case). She says that Johnathan Gresham's victory was a fluke, and proclaims Cedric to be the best in the world, and challenges the biggest stars on the roster...but, the challenge is accepted by Cheeseburger, who became popular during his recent tour with New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Cedric Alexander beats Cheeseburger...and attacks him after the match until Johnathan Gresham runs in for the save. Veda grabs the mic and taunts Gresham and says that Cedric is gonna destroy him, and calls a rematch between Cedric and Gresham!

Johnathan Gresham beats Cedric Alexander via disqualification when Veda blatantly interferes. Cedric attack Gresham, who momentarily fights back, before referees run down to the ring to break up the brawl.

As Nigel McGuiness is going to make announcements about ROH's 14th Anniversary, Jay Lethal and Truth Martini come to the ring. He commends Lethal for his series of title defenses, and says that being the champion being the best in the world. When it comes to credible contenders, Nigel suggests Kyle O'Reilly, but Lethal says that it'll be like a night off. However, Nigel recalls Adam Cole's win at Final Battle, which makes him number one contender. With this, Cole approaches the ring...and it's Storytime with Adam Cole, and he says that he's ended his battles with O'Reilly, and says that Lethal has never beat him in a title match. Cole declares that a new champion will be crowned. Nigel, in turn, says that Kyle O'Reilly is still a credible contender, and makes it a triple threat match for the ROH World Championship. O'Reilly approaches the ring! O'Reilly says that he wants a piece of both of Lethal and Cole, and says that he wants them right now! Nigel calls it, and sets up a tag team match of Lethal and Cole vs. reDRagon to take place in Charlotte, NC!

We recap Silas Young vs Dalton Castle at Final Battle!

Silas Young says that he spent three months teaching The Boys to be men, but accuses Dalton Castle of manipulating them, and gives The Boys a chance to come back, or they will be sorry...

Before the main event, Stokley Hathaway cones out with Moose and says that his client should be in the ring with the best, so he puts Moose in the main event!

Jay Briscoe beats Michael Elgin and Moose in a triple threat match. Elgin grabs the mic and says that he and Jay are even, but he says it took him and Moose to beat me. He says that Mark Briscoe has helped him as a brother, and says that tonight does not sit so well with him. He challenges The Briscoe to match against himself and New Japan's Hiroshi Tanahashi at ROH's 14th Anniversary!

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Moose beats Dominick Carter with a single Spear. Stokely Hathaway then sends a message to Jay Lethal: if and when he gets the opportunity, he will take the World Television Championship from him. He then says that this message sounds familiar, as "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin said this last week. He has no hard feelings towards Elgin, but tells Elgin he's bigger, stronger and just plain better than him, and that he can't even beat Moose. As soon as he tells Elgin to get to the back of the line, Elgin shows up and tells Hathaway that if Moose wants real competition and wants to speak for himself, he's standing right here. Moose grabs the mic and says he can do it right here, right now. Suddenly, The House of Truth (Truth Martini, Donovan Dijak, J. Diesel, Taeler Hendrix) shows up, and Truth Martini makes fun of everyone in the ring. Elgin says he can take down both J. Diesel and Donovan Dijak right now, and then show Taeler Hendrix a good time. Hathaway is also open to giving them a beatdown, and both Moose and Elgin end up being on the same side in an impromptu match against Dijak and J. Diesel.

Moose and "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin beat The House of Truth (Donovan Dijak and J. Diesel), despite the two of them not getting along.

BJ Whitmer, Adam Page and Colby Corino are in the ring. BJ Whitmer says that Steve Corino is scared of him and tried to quit to get out of a match with him, and calls the audience idiots for buying his speech from last week. He also verbally attacks Nigel McGuinness, saying he did the same thing as Corino. McGuinness gets in the ring and says he's sick of hearing Whitmer talk, and says that if Corino can't be at Final Battle, neither can BJ Whitmer or Adam Page. He then calls for security to get them out of the ring.

Roderick Strong beats Jay Lethal to win the ROH World Television Championship!

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Moose beats Donovan Dijak with the spear.

A newly aggressive Dalton Castle beats Cedric Alexander in his first match since  losing his boys to Silas Young at All-Star Extravaganza. Veda Scott grabs the mic and accuses Nigel McGuiness for "forcing" Cedric in a No Disqualification Match at ASE. She says that he should have not been in that kid of environment and that they are not barbarians. Veda says that they are going to settle this in the most civil way possible: in court. She is now looking to sue Ring of Honor for putting Cedric in the match.

Jay Lethal and Truth Martini shows up. Before Martini could get a sentence in, Roderick Strong immediately interrupts. Roddy congratulates The H.O.T. for making history, and he also congratulates Lethal - and offers his hand to him. Lethal doesn't accept. He congratulates Martini and says that if it weren't for him, Lethal wouldn't even be in Ring of Honor. Lethal grabs the mic and says that he is the best in the world. Roddy wants one more match, but Lethal turns him down, and says that he has beat him a thousand times. Lethal says that he will make the decision on who he will defend his titles against. he calls Nigel out to settle the dispute, who agrees that Roddy has to go back to the back of the line, and that A.J. Styles is the #1 contender for the World title. However, there is no #1 contender for the Television title. Nigel makes Roddy the new #1 contender for the Television title, much to the dismay of Jay Lethal.

"The Exotic Goddess" Mandy Leon breaks down the Best of Five Series matches between Matt Sydal and A.C.H. on this week's "Inside ROH"!

Michael Elgin & reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) beats The Kingdom (Michael Bennett, Adam Cole, Matt Taven). After the match, Nigel McGuiness announces that Adam Cole will face off against A.J. styles in next week's main event!

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Michael Elgin beats Silas Young.

Adam Cole will face off against Shinsuke Nakamura next week!

A.C.H. beats Caprice Coleman with the 450 Splash.

Steve Corino interviews Caprice Coleman about the mysterious letter. He says that after reading the letter over and over again, he realizes what it means after his match with ACH.

"The Exotic Goddess" Mandy Leon breaks down the New Japan Pro Wrestling and Ring of Honor alliance on this week's "Inside ROH"... with an appearance by Delirious (!@#$%^&*()_=_(?!?!)!

Hirooki Goto & The Briscoes (Jay & Mark) beats CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Roppongi Vice [Rocky Romero & Trenta Barreta]) when Jay hits the Jay Driller on Barreta.

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Dalton Castle beats Takaaki Watanabe. After the match, he says that he's the only real man in Ring of Honor after Best in the World. Not surprisingly, this raises the ire of Silas Young, who approaches the entrance ramp while being held back by several officials.

Nigel McGuinness introduces Jay Lethal, who comes down to the ring along with Truth Martini, J Diesel and Donovan Dijak. McGuinness congratulates Lethal, and Martini says that history was made at Best in the World as the world's greatest first-generation wrestler conquered Jay Briscoe. As for Lethal himself, he says what he's been saying the whole time: he is the best in the world. Before Lethal leaves, McGuinness asks Lethal which title he will vacate - the World Television title or the actual World title. Lethal has no plans of vacating either title, and that if he has to defend both titles on the same night in two separate matches, he'll do it. Next week on television, he defends against Mark Briscoe, and Lethal plans to destroy him. As for Death Before Dishonor on July 24th, he plans to retain against Roderick Strong. Roderick Strong shows up and tells Lethal he plans to walk out of the event as the new World champ.

Roderick Strong says that he now has not only the title shot that he wanted, but that he earned. He plans to take the World title from Jay Lethal at Death Before Dishonor.

Next week: Adam Page faces "Reborn" Matt Sydal. Page plans to use him as example of what he'll do to ACH at Death Before Dishonor.

Before the next match, Maria Kanellis knows that Adam Cole is upset after what happened in Best in the World, but says it's not his fault and takes full responsibility, saying that she believes in him, and that this Kingdom will never fall.

"Unbreakable" Michael Elgin and reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) beat The Kingdom (Adam Cole, Matt Taven, Michael Bennett). To the surprise of Taven, Bennett and Maria Kanellis, Cole raises O'Reilly arm after they shake hands, and leaves without the rest of The Kingdom.

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ROH Matchmaker Nigel McGuiness guests on commentary for the episode.

"The King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura beats Roderick Strong in an incredible back-and-forth match.

Michael Elgin beats Gedo.

Mandy Leon recaps the best matches and moments from the Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling supershows: Global Wars and War of the Worlds on this week's "Inside ROH".

The Bullet Club (A.J. Styles & The Young Bucks [Matt & Nick Jackson]) beats CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Rappongi Vice [Rocky Romero & Trent Barretta]) in an incredible six man tag team main event.

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Donovan Dijak beats Dalton Castle, thanks to Truth Martini, who holds on to Dijak's leg when Castle goes for a suplex. After the match, Truth Martini taunts Castle only to get his junk grabbed. Dijak tries to attack Castle only to be sent tumbling out of the ring.

War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) absolutely destroy Andy Dalton and Ken Phoenix when Andy Dalton gets fresh with War Machine at the start of the match.

It's Fish Tank time! reDRagon's (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) guest is Jay Lethal, who shows up with Truth Martini. Kyle O'Reilly has a shot at the ROH World Television Championship next week. reDRagon make fun of Lethal's new DVD as well as Lethal calling himself the world champion when that title belongs to Jay Briscoe. When Lethal verbally trashes Briscoe, Briscoe shows up with three referees in case Briscoe decides to get physical....which he does. Briscoe and Lethal brawl all the way to the back, then two members of the Knights of the Rising Dawn almost beat up reDRagon until ACH, Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal make the save.

B.J. Whitmer and Adam Page are tired of ACH having everything handed to him while he and Page have earned their way to the top.

"Unbreakable" Michael Elgin beats Cedric Alexander. After the match, Elgin puts the whole locker room on notice on the mike.

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Michael Elgin beats Will Ferrera. After the match, Elgin powerbombs Ferrera.

Next Week on Ring of Honor Television: Supercard of Honor IX Showcase: Jay Briscoe defends the ROH World Championship against Samoa Joe; Television Champion Jay Lethal faces off against Jushin "Thunder" Liger!

War Machine (Raymond Rowe & Hanson) beats two local wrestlers in their first match since Raymond Rowe's injury. Michael Elgin comes out and challenges his former allies to a  2-on-1 Handicap match, to show how to really "get the job done."

War Machine beats Michael Elgin in a 2-on-1 Handicap match by disqualification when Elgin hits Raymond Rowe with a steel chair, and the two brawl at ringside.

Jay Briscoe reminisces about first facing Samoa Joe in a Ring of Honor ring, and says that if Samoa Joe wants to end his winning streak, he'll have to kill him first.

A.C.H. beats the returning Q.T. Marshall with the 450 Splash, then hugs Steve Corino, showing sympathy  of his son, Colby Corino joining The Decade, who comes out to the ring. B.J. Whitmer taunts ACH, by calling him by his ring name and dismissing his efforts as a competitor. He calls him out for his "fake" confidence, and that he's a failure in the eyes of his mother. Colby Corino is able to get a sneak shot in, before hitting the Adam's Apple on A.C.H.

Mark Briscoe talks about his match against A.J. Styles. To make things simple, he's ready to scrap with A.J.

IWGP Heavyweight Champion A.J. Styles beats Mark Briscoe with the Styles Clash. The two adhere to the Code of Honor afterwards.

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Truth Martini sits for Steve Corino on commentary.

Alberto El Patron defeated ACH with the Cross armbar!

Footage of The Briscoes (Mark & Jay) training ODB at their farm in Sandy Fork, Delaware is shown. The training activities were exercises such as: (list exercises)

Michael Elgin defeated Mark Briscoe with his brother Jay Briscoe's signature Jay Driller. After the match, Elgin grabs a piece of the turnbuckle to use on Mark. Before any damage could be done, Jay Briscoe hits the ring and Elgin makes a run for it. However, when Jay turns around, Elgin hits Jay with the ROH World title belt. Tommaso Ciampa attacks Elgin behind, laying him out, only for Hanson to attack Ciampa from behind. Seeing Hanson holding the title belt, Jay Briscoe charges back in on the attack, taking the fight outside of the ring. Briscoe, Hanson and Elgin all go at it until Ciampa hits a diving crossbody from the tuop tirnbuckle to the outside of the ring, hitting Jay and Hanson as Elgin moves out of the way.

Jimmy Jacobs guest on commentary for the main event match.

With the attack by B.J. Whitmer on Roderick Strong, the match ends in disqualification. Afterwards, Roddy challenges Jay Lethal to restart the match, because he did not beat him the first go round. In the restart of the match, Jay Lethal retains the ROH World Television Championship. Backstage, Roddy and B.J. Whitmer brawl and other wrestlers and officials keep them off of each other. Meanwhile, in the ring, Lethal is still in, but is met with Alberto El Patron, who attacks him and Lethal and Martini flee the ring.

***No review this week. I will put all of my thoughts into my predictions for the ROH 13th Anniversary event which will take place on March 1st.***

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ROH World Champion Jay Briscoe guests on commentary for the first three matches.


Tommaso Ciampa defeated Jimmy Jacobs via Referee Stoppage due to Ciampa knocking Jacobs' unconscious.

Hanson quickly defeats The Romantic Touch with a spinning heel kick after Romantic Touch offers him some chocolate. Hanson gets in Jay Briscoe's face afterwards.

Moose vs. Michael Elgin ends in no-contest when Elgin sidesweeps Jay Briscoe and Moose spears him. Afterwards, Elgin continues on the attack, until Hanson comes out and attacks Elgin. Ciampa goes after the World Champion, until his brother Mark comes out. Mark then goes after Hanson and Ciampa before being speared by Moose.

The Bullet Club (A.J. Styles & The Young Bucks [Matt & Nick Jackson]) defeated Cedric Alexander, A.C.H., and Matt Sydal in six man tag team action!

REVIEW!!!

Sup, everyone and welcome to the Valentine's Day Edition of the Ring of Honor Wrestling recap! In the combustible episode of Ring of Honor, we see things get more intense between the four mean who will square off in a Four Corner Survival Match for the ROH World title at ROH's 13th Anniversary! Also, we see the return of "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles to ROH Television, but this time, he brings his Bullet Club stablemates with him, Matt and Nick Jackson - The Young Bucks. For this review, I will not be dividing the review into topics as usual, I'm just going to talk about the show in general. Let's get started!

Things are getting even more heated on the road to the Four Corner Survival Match for the ROH World Championship at the 13th Anniversary Show. ROH World Champion Jay Briscoe was on commentary for three separate matches that features his three opponents: Michael Elgin, Tommaso Ciampa and Hanson. Throughout those matches, the three contenders got in the face of the champion, but the final face off between Jay and Elgin is when he had enough. Things broke down in the ring during Elgin's match with Moose (who joined in the brawl, despite not having anything to do with the situation between Elgin and Briscoe), when all four men got into a brawl, which also included Jay's brother Mark and Moose. However, when Moose speared Jay, the previously injured should, along with his ribs, may have been affected by that spear. Of course, this will not stop the two-time World Champion, but he will have a huge disadvantage going into the World title match on March 1st.

Bullet Club members A.J. Styles & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) make an appearance for Ring of Honor to take on Cedric Alexander, Matt Sydal and ACH. This man was a CLASSIC! I guess that's what happens when you get six of the top singles and tag wrestlers in the world in one ring. The Bullet Club members tore the house down, with sick triple team moves, and not to mention, a humongous Superkick Party that ensued throughout the match as well. The match could have went either way, especially with close pins by members of both teams. The match was five-star and PPV quality, and I would give anything to see this six man tag team match again. Seriously. 

Well, that's it for this week. Tune in next week for another ROH Review. HONOR LIVES!

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Show Results:

1. Roderick Strong defeated Mark Briscoe
2. Jay Briscoe knows that he has a non-title match against a member of The Kingdom, but he wants the title ON THE LINE. He also says that The Kingdom has something that belongs to him... and he wants it back (his custom championship belt).
3. ROH matchmaker Nigel McGuiness is in he ring he has several pieces of business tonight including tonight;s main event: Michael Elgin vs. Hanson. Another piece of business Nigel has on his plate... Tommaso Ciampa. He calls Ciampa out to the ring. He says that there is a "No Tolerance Rule", and if it wasn't for the heated discussion that he had with the higher-ups in ROH, Ciampa would have been fined. With this... Nigel says Ciampa owes him one. Ciampa feels that the ROH World Champion, Jay Briscoe owes him a title shot. Nigel points out that Michael Elgin beat him a Final Battle, but Ciampa states otherwise, claiming that "Tommaso Ciampa beat Tommaso Ciampa". Michael Elgin comes out, who looks to confront Ciampa. Nigel then sets up a #1 contender's triple threat match for the ROH World Championship: Ciampa vs. Hanson vs. Elgin!
4. "The First Lady of ROH" Maria Kanellis says that Jay Briscoe's property is her "Title of Love" and that if dare thinks off doing anything to her, is has a Kingdom to protect the Queen.
5. First Round of 2015 Top Prospect Tournament: Will Ferrera defeated J. Diesel to advance. After the match, J. Diesel attacks Will Ferrera
6. Three Way/ #1 Contenders Match for the ROH World Championship: Michael Elgin vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Hanson ended in a no contest awhen referee Todd Sinclair is knocked out after a dive executed by Hanson.

Review:

First episode of 2015 kicking off with a bang! Tonight, the annual Top Prospect Tournament showcasing professional wrestling's brightest young stars was introduced, with the competitors in hopes of winning the tournament and earning a shot at the ROH World Television Championship at ROH's 13th Anniversary in Las Vegas, Nevada! Here we go, lets get started:

Mark Briscoe vs. Roderick Strong:

What happens when you get two ROH legends in the squared circle? Amazing stuff! The match was all I expected to see from these two, being that they have competed against each other so many times. Roddy, who broke away from The Decade not too long ago, looks to have a great 2015 with plans of being in the title picture in mind. To be honest, if there's any guy in ROH right now that I would like to see have another reign with the ROH World title, it's Roddy. It's been much too long since he's held the World title, and a second reign has been long overdue. It would be great to see "Mr. ROH" with some ROH gold around his waist again.

First Round of the 2015 Top Prospect Tournament - Will Ferrera vs. J. Diesel (w/ Truth Martini):

The two men in this match both trained in the ROH Dojo and now are becoming regulars in Ring of Honor. J. Diesel is no stranger to ROH audiences, as he has been the security guard or insurance policy, of you will of The House of Truth. Will Ferrera, who is truly an underdog has been really getting things his momentum going in ROH, and you have Caprice Coleman to thank for that.

This match was not over the top, but it did get the point across --- never underestimate your opponent, no matter the size. Ferrera would score the victory and advance to the second round of the tournament. Which makes sense, because if J. Diesel were to win the tournament, he would have to face his H.O.T. partner, Jay Lethal!

Triple Threat/#1 Contenders Match - Michael Elgin vs. Hanson vs. Tommaso Ciampa:

In the first main event of 2015, this match was nothing short of hard-hitting! Originally, the main event was a rematch between Michael Elgin vs. Hanson (who fought to a no-contest two weeks prior to this match), but Elgin and Tommaso Ciampa butted heads earlier in night during a segment with ROH matchmaker Nigel McGuinness, who added Ciampa to the main event.

Nonetheless, this match was incredible. Constant sequences throughout the match and I was pretty sure that there was going to be a clear winner. Close to the end of the match, however, Elgin and Ciampa got into outside of the ring - with referee Todd Sinclair caught in the middle! Out of nowhere, Hanson hits dive to the outside of the ring landing on his opponents and knocking out the referee. With that, the match was deemed a no-contest. Now what? What will be the future of the World title match at ROH's 13th Anniversary? Will Jay Briscoe even have an opponent by then?