Welcome back to another edition of "Honorable Mention," the once-weekly Ring of Honor report exclusively available at Cheap-Heat.com. My name is Mark Adam Haggerty and in addition to my production credits at the "B+ Players Podcast," I'm the resident ROH reviewer at Cheap-Heat, so I couldn't be happier now that Ring of Honor is more easily accessible across a litany of different channels. I used to have to wait until the show was available on the official ROH website, but now I can keep up in a timely manner! Let's get things started with WEEK TWO of Ring of Honor TV on Destination America.
This week's episode of Ring of Honor opens on the ROH World Tag Team Champion Addiction, telling reDRagon that their "bitching, and moaning, and complaining" has finally earned them a championship opportunity. The action this week comes to us from the Tedreeve Arena in Toronto, Ontario and was originally part of ROH's Canadian cross over with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Tonight's scheduled main event is the Addiction defending their newly won tag titles against the former champions, Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish. But the Addiction makes a surprise appearance early in the night, deciding to instead cut a promo to open the show. Because now that Ring of Honor is on cable television, they should probably abide by the same tropes that WWE and TNA do, right? Christopher Daniels alerts the audience that Bobby Fish isn't currently cleared to compete—which according to Kevin Kelly, is the result of an assault by the Addiction. Daniels says that this is bad news for Fish and O'Reilly, because their rematch was scheduled for tonight, and the Addiction is ready to compete with reDRagon or a comparable team.
The challenge is answered by Kyle O'Reilly who is prepared to fight both members of the Addiction on his own. He charges to the ring and this match is underway! O'Reilly fires away on the Addiction and creates enough fast-paced confusion to lock in his "Arm-ageddon" arm bar within moments of the bell. The submission gives Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels a chance to regroup and the champions begin to double team the man who came in second this year in the "Best of the Super Juniors" tournament. Kazarian is wrestling with a shirt on—strange, for a toned performer that isn't Alberto El Patron, but I'll let it go because it definitely gives him a unique look. This is a pretty darn good handicap match. This week has been awesome as far as handicap competition; Monday Night Raw featured Seth Rollins versus J and J Security in the main event, and now Kyle O'Reilly is challenging for the tag titles on his own! O'Reilly gets a second wind and flies from the apron, taking out both members of the Addiction in one shot. O'Reilly is well on his way to victory when the "Fallen Angel" introduces one of the title belts to O'Reilly's skull. This causes an immediate disqualification, and the Addiction continues putting the boots to O'Reilly, but high-tail it for the back when ACH and Matt Sydal make the save. Your winner by disqualification is Kyle O'Reilly of reDRagon!
After a quick promo by the "Sussex County Chicken" AKA Mark Briscoe, we are privy to my absolute favorite performer in all of Ring of Honor—DALTON CASTLE! I love his voice—he puts on this overly effeminate Rip Taylor/Paul Lynd act while hollering, "I'm Dalton Castle!" I'd also like to note that Dalton Castle is billed from Catalina Island, which just so happens to be a quaint little spot just across the water from me here in Long Beach. I can literally see it from where I'm sitting as I type this. Dalton climbs his burly manservants to the squared circle and finishes his entrance, as he prepares to go one-on-one with the one and only Jushin Thunder Liger! The fans in attendance can't seem to pick their favorite, as they opt to chant: "Dalton Liger" and "Jushin Castle." Liger wastes little time stretching the seven-year pro, employing a litany of moves such as his signature surfboard. Liger is a 31-year pro, and works wonders alongside some of the younger talent such as Dalton. Liger worked Chase Owens earlier this year, and then once more in the "Best of the Super Juniors." We head into a commercial as Dalton is firing on all cylinders, and after a quick "Health Alert Hotline" commercial starring Jay Lethal, we're back in the Tedreeve Arena where both competitors are exchanging blows in the center of the ring. Liger sends Castle to the outside and calls Dalton Castle's "boys" into the ring, where he proceeds to pose like Castle, complete with all of the necessary accruement. Dalton heads back into the action and gains the advantage through what Kevin Kelly refers to as "Greco Roman Wrestling"—"He's very strong," Kelly says! Jushin Thunder Liger pulls out a victory over the uncanny Castle following a "Liger Bomb" and a Brainbuster. After the match, Castle and Liger embraced, and posed together for the audience alongside Castle's "boys."
Up next is a grudge match between former tag team partners Brutal Bob Evans and Cheeseburger. Bob is the first to strike, but Cheeseburger makes no bones about defending himself and keeping Brutal Bob at a safe distance. Bob inevitably resorts to a number of dirty tactics so as to hurt his former ally. Cheeseburger is able to reverse Bob on multiple occasions, but it's no use after Brutal Bob sidewalk slams Cheeseburger off the apron and through a ringside table. The referee immediately calls for the bell as Kevin Kelly screams: "I think he just killed Cheeseburger!"
There's this awesome advertisement for catheters. I should clarify that I'm watching on Ring of Honor's website. It's a commercial for "nearly painless catheters" and there's a cowboy, swearing that they're the best catheters he's ever used. Awesome. Couldn't get Jay Lethal for this one? Speaking of Lethal, Mandy Leone is on hand, for a special look back at the world TV champion's rivalry with the world heavyweight champion Jay Briscoe. Back inside the arena it's time for the main event tag team match between "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows of the Bullet Club versus Matt Taven and Mike Bennett of the Kingdom. The Kingdom are the current IWGP tag team champions, after capturing the titles from the Bullet Club earlier in the year. Both teams are impressive throughout the bout, including some huge power moves by Guns and Gallows, and a litany of high flying offense by the Kingdom. The match degenerated into a street fight that will lead to their championship rematch on pay per view; Karl Anderson tosses the referee down, and Taven does the same. Both teams are disqualified, but the Bullet Club has the last laugh by sending Matt Taven spiraling through a set of steel chair. Not an awesome main event.
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