Ring of Honor Coverage: Less Cash More Rehash

Just like last week, ROH TV was a compilation show, featuring matches from months ago, rather than anything fresh and new. Again, while the actual in-ring action was solid, it’s hard to take ROH seriously, especially considering the cheesy commercials, awful commentary and lame product placement. The fact that they main event of the show was from January only makes you wonder exactly what ROH is thinking.

Matches:

ROH TV Champion Tomohiro Ishii vs. Bobby Fish: This was a far as Ishii nailed Fish with strikes, headbutts and duplexes through, but Fish, ironically was slippery, escaping every time it appeared Ishii had the upper hand. Despite a top rope Brainbuster and a vicious Discus Elbow, Fish continued to go to the Sleeper. Although Ishii didn’t tap out, Fish was able to lock it in with Scissors to get the stoppage and win the title.

Mark and Jay Briscoe vs. Michael Elgin and Yoshihiro Tanahashi: This was a fun match as Elgin was at his Suplex-heavy best and the Briscoes were super wild. From the Criss-Cross Powerbomb from Mark and Jay’s vicious strikes, there was a little bit of everything here. Add in Tanahashi’s swag and it was impossible not to like this encounter. The Briscoes were dominant as they hit the Froggy-Bow and Urinage, but Takahashi kicked out. After they escaped the Doomsday Device, Elgin hit a variation of the Goro Special with Takahashi on Mark, but he kicked out. After the Sling Blade from Tanahashi, Elgin hit the Powerbomb on Mark and Takahashi finished him off with the Frog Splash.

Dalton Castle vs. Silas Young: This was a match where Castle proved he was a lot tougher than anyone expected. Beating Young with Electric Chair Drop, Castle is definitely in his way up the card.

Philly Street Fight: ReDragon: Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly vs. The Young Bucks: Matt and Nick Jackson vs. The Kingdom: Adam Cole and Michael Bennett w/Maria Kanellis: No way to put this other than it was a war. A ton of spots with no storytelling needed, as all three teams destroyed one another. After O’Relly and Cole fought on the ramp and Fish took out Bennett on the outside, The Bucks looked ready to finish things off, but Kanellis got involved and so did AJ Styles, allowing the Bucks to finish off both Kaneliis and Bennett with the assisted Tombstone before Styles hit the Styles Clash on Bennett to give the Bucks the win.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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