We open with Steve Corino, Jimmy Jacobs, Rhett Titus, and
Cliff Compton in the ring, and Corino issues an open challenge. BJ Whitmer and
Coleman & Alexander answer.
Jimmy Jacobs, Rhett
Titus, & Cliff Compton vs. BJ Whitmer, Caprice Coleman, & Cedric
Alexander: Big brawl to start with the faces doing the majority of the
damage. That gets sorted out and the heels take over on Alexander in their
corner. That goes on for a while with nothing notable really happening. Alexander
flips out of a backdrop suplex attempt by Titus and finally makes the lukewarm
tag to Whitmer, who hits a powerslam but Jacobs makes the save. Whitmer dumps
him and hits an exploder on Titus, Compton makes the save this time and he gets
dumped as well, Coleman and Alexander dive over the top to take out the guys on
the floor. Titus somehow ends up with a hunk of chain and he cracks Whitmer in
the head with it to finish at 6:51. *1/2, total nothing match with no heat
whatsoever. S.C.U.M. tries a beatdown but Jay Lethal and Michael Elgin are out
to make the save.
Rhett Titus vs. Jay
Lethal: JIP with both guys slugging it out. Lethal hits a hiptoss and
cartwheels into a dropkick, then tosses Titus to the apron and a springboard
dropkick sends him to the floor. Lethal follows with the dive through the
ropes, then adds 2 more. They brawl on the floor for a bit, Titus throws Lethal
back in and grabs a chinlock. Lethal powers out, but Titus pulls his hair to
send him back down. Double kneedrop gets 2 and Titus goes back to the punching.
Lethal fights back and hits a missile dropkick and a DVD for 2. He goes up top,
but Titus is ready for him so Lethal just jumps over him and lands a kick to
the gut. He tries for the Lethal Injection but Titus dropkicks him in the back
of the head and hits a big clothesline for 2. Lethal blocks a suplex but misses
and enziguri, Titus walks right into the Lethal Combination anyway. A superkick
and the Injection finish it at 6:42 shown. *, match was mostly punching and was
pretty shitty. This is the first win for one of the ROH guys against S.C.U.M.
Inside ROH: Mostly
PPV hype. Michael Elgin cuts a quick promo talking up his match with “Machine
Gun” Karl Anderson on next week’s show, reDRagon cut their usual terrible promo
running down Davey Richards.
After some clips of Kevin Steen winning the ROH title at
Border Wars 2012 Nigel McGuiness brings out Adam Cole and Jay Briscoe for a
contract signing. That goes off without any issues, but Corino is back out,
this time with Rhino and Matt Hardy.
Jay Briscoe &
Adam Cole vs. Rhino & Matt Hardy: Hardy throws his shirt into the crowd
and they throw it right back at him. After a long stalling period Cole and
Hardy finally start us off, Cole gets too close to Rhino and gets distracted
and Hardy attacks him from behind. They punch away for a while before Cole hits
a neckbreaker for 2. Hardy tags out and Cole goes after Rhino’s arm, he hits a
dropkick to the knee and a shining wizard gets 2. Jay in now and he pounds on
Rhino in the corner, but he misses a blind charge and Rhino takes him down with
a shoulderblock. Jay fights back and tags in Cole, who fights off both heels
before getting caught going upstairs. Hardy is back in as we go to commercial.
We return with Cole and Hardy punching away, Cole tries a
crossbody but Hardy catches him and slams him down. Another slam gets 2, a sort
of powerbomb out of the corner gets 2. Rhino in now and he chokes Cole in the
corner. Cole fights back and flips out of a suplex attempt to make the hot tag
(didn’t we see that exact same spot in the opener?), Jay takes down Rhino with
a big boot and kicks Hardy off the apron. DDT for 2, Hardy tries to make the
save but Jay is ready for him and kicks his ass. Rhino hits a belly-to-belly,
but runs into a boot while trying for the Gore. Another big boot, but Cole tags
himself in. The faces argue about it before Hardy interrupts, Cole tries to
superkick him but hits Jay instead. Cole dumps Hardy, Rhino Gores Jay, and Cole
rolls up Rhino to finish at 8:07 aired. **, Cole and Briscoe have words after
the match but don’t come to blows.
Pretty shitty episode this week. Next week: Michael Elgin
vs. Karl Anderson.