ROH TV Results – September 7, 2023
Women’s Title Match
Athena (c) vs. Allysin Kay
Athena baits Allysin Kay to the outside where she sends Kay into the barricade. Athena distracted the referee, but Starkz refused to physically intervene. Athena kept the advantage by clobbering on Kay and mocking her.
Kay fired up with a lariat and a Sky High for a near fall. Kay hits a spinout facebuster before locking on an ankle lock & after asking Billie Starkz to push the rope closer to no avail Athena forces her way up and drops Kay with a forearm. Kay cuts off an O Face attempt but Athena shoved Kay down and hit the O-Face to win.
Winner & Still Women’s Champion: Athena (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
After the match Athena wanted Starkz to throw Kay into the Women’s Title but Starkz refused so Athena did it herself.
We got a recap of the confrontation from Dynamite with ROH World Tag Team Champion MJF & Television Champion Samoa Joe.
Tony Nese vs. Silas Young
Tony Nese took the early advantage by sending him into the turnbuckles before Silas Young came back with chops before sending him off the apron with a step up lariat. Nese sends Young into the post before sending hi arm into the apron.
Sterling helped Nese with the attack on the arm before Nese hit a dropkick to the arm & after Nese tore at the arm Young fired back with a lariat. Young necks Nese on the rope before hitting an over the top stomp and a senton for a near fall.
Young rolled Nese up, but Nese kicks out by sending Young into the ring post hits Running Knese for the win.
Winner: Tony Nese
Backstage Lexy Nair is with Dalton Castle & he complains about his problems with Samoa Joe & Stokely Hathaway by chugging a bottle of water before leaving.
Tag Team Match
Spanish Announce Project (Serpentico & Angelico) vs. Adam Priest & Schaff
Spanish Announce Project took care of Adam Priest but Schaff was able to use his size to get control of Serpentico. Angelico tags in and makes Schaff tap out with a knee bar.
Winners By Submission: Spanish Announce Project
Backstage Lexy Nair is with Kiera Hogan & she said that she thought she didn’t have any lingering issues with former partner Leila Grey but she would give her the work anyway.
Tag Team Match
The Renegades (Robyn & Charlette) vs. Willow Nightingale & Skye Blue
Skye Blue & Willow Nightingale had control early but Robyn Renegade blind tags in and cuts off Blue. Charlette Renegade hits a fisherman’s suplex on Blue for a near fall.
The Renegades clobbers on Blue until she was able to get a tag to Nightingale & she ran wild by hitting Robyn with a Pounce before hitting a spinebuster on Charlette for a near fall.
The Renegades came back with dual rolling elbows then goes for the cover but Blue breaks it up. Blue quickly tags in & hits Code Blue for the win.
Winners: Willow Nightingale & Skye Blue
Proving Ground Match
6 Man Tag Team Champions Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Kaun) vs. Gravity, Metalik & Griff Garrison
Mogul Embassy clobbers on Griff Garrison to start this match by sending him down with a double flapjack. Garrison fought out for a tag to Gravity & he got a pair of roll ups on Brian Cage before getting shut down.
Metalik tags in by hitting a reverse Slingblade and a rope walk dropkick on Cage. Metalik hits a rope walk senton for a near fall before the match broke down into a brawl before Toa Liona hits Metalik with a splash off the top rope for the win.
Winners: 6 Man Tag Team Champions Mogul Embassy (4:45)
Kiera Hogan vs. Leila Grey
Kiera Hogan hits a step up leg drop for a near fall then Leila Grey came back with a dropkick in the corner before choking Hogan on the ropes. Grey hits a back elbow and a Death Valley Driver for a near fall.
Hogan came back with a shotgun dropkick and a hip attack before a basement dropkick scores her a near fall.
Grey came back with a spear & it gets a near fall so Grey went to hit Hogan with her money fan. Hogan superkicks the fan out of Grey’s hand and into the referee’s hands before hitting with a twisting neckbreaker for the win.
Winner: Kiera Hogan
We go backstage where Lexy Nair is with Maria Kanellis-Bennett & she spoke of an opportunity for Griff Garrison before Cole Karter brought Garrison into the frame. Maria told Garrison that she saw potential in him and that he needed to surround himself with the right people to reach that potential.
6 Man Tag Team Match
The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) & Willie Mack vs. August Matthews, Davey Bang & Jah-C
Match ends when Shawn Dean hits a boot into a Russian legsweep from Carlie Bravo for the win.
Winners: The Infantry & Willie Mack
Backstage Lexy Nair is with Lee Johnson & he said he was going to win because all he needed was 1 shot.
Leyla Hirsch vs. Lady Frost
Leyla Hirsch focused on Lady Frost’s arm then Hirsch hits a pendulum dropkick in the corner for a near fall. Frost made a comeback by hitting a handspring cannonball for a near fall.
Hirsch avoids a hurricane kick before hitting a suplex into the corner then locks in an armbar to get the submission win.
Winner By Submission: Leyla Hirsch
After the match Maria offers Hirsch a handshake. Hirsch blew her off and left on her own.
Tag Team Match
Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata & Eddie Kingston vs. Blake Christian & Gringo Loco
Eddie Kingston & Katsuyori Shibata hammers Blake Christian before Christian hit an enzuigiri on Kingston. Gringo Loco tags in and hit Kingston with chops and a moonsault before landing a senton for a near fall.
Loco hits a moonsault before Christian hit a springboard 450 for a near fall before Christian went for a frog splash but Kingston put his knees up.
Shibata tags in and hit his hesitation dropkick on Christian before Loco sent him to the floor with a chop. Kingston drops Loco with a backfist.
Christian sent Kingston to the floor before hitting a Fosbury Flop before Shibata moves out of the way on a 450 before slapping on a choke then hits Penalty Kick to score the win.
Winners: Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata & Eddie Kingston
Lexy Nair was backstage with Josh Woods & Smart Mark Sterling. Sterling said that Woods should be getting a Pure Title match soon.
Proving Ground Match
ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli vs. Lee Johnson
Claudio Castagnoli forces Lee Johnson into the corner before pummeling him with uppercuts. Johnson fought to his feet but Castagnoli caught him on a moonsault attempt.
Johnson spun him around into a satellite DDT for a near fall then Johnson hits a superkick for a near fall before Castagnoli drops Johnson with an uppercut for a near fall.
Castagnoli went for another uppercut but Johnson turned it into a rollup for a near fall then Castagnoli hits a lariat for a near fall.
Castagnoli hits Hammer & Anvil Elbows then stops the referee from stopping the match before hitting Swiss Death uppercut for the win.
Winner: ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli (3:36)
Tag Team Match
Iron Savages (Boulder & Bronson) vs. Caleb Konley & Ren Jones
Iron Savages hits an elevator drop splash for the quick win.
Winners: Iron Savages
Backstage Lexy Nair is with Women’s Champion Athena & Billie Starkz. Athena wasn’t happy with Starkz noting that she gave Starkz more grace than she gave her own mother. Athena decided that Starkz needed some training to get up to speed.
8 Man Tag Team Match
The Workhorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry) & The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Mangum) vs. Best Friends (Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor), Action Andretti & Darius Martin
The Outrunners & The Workhorsemen kicks the match off by attacking Best Friends, Action Andretti & Darius Martin before they brawl. They isolated Trent Beretta with Anthony Henry hitting a double stomp at the end of a flurry of offense for a near fall.
Beretta made the tag into Darius Martin & he ran wild before getting cut off by JD Drake then the match broke down into a flurry before Best Friends hits Strong Zero for the win.
Winners: Best Friends, Action Andretti & Darius Martin
