Ring of Honor – 5/10/10
Tonight on Ring of Honor on HDNet, there was a Battle Royal for a spot in the Pick Six Contender Series. What lucky superstar would be able to outlast all others in order to grab the vacant spot? Find out right here:
Show starts with Mike Hogwood & Dave Prazak talking about the incident last week between Delirious & Austin Aries when Aries kicked Delirious in the throat. Aries then knocked down Daizee Haze to attack Delirious some more along with Kenny King. (Video package of incident shown)
Backstage: Jim Cornette announces that there will be a #1 contender’s match for the ROH Tag Team Titles. Tonight, the Briscoe Bros. will take on the Dark City Fight Club and the winners will get a shot at the champions, the Kings of Wrestling on June 19th at the next ROH Internet PPV.
#1 Contender’s Match
Briscoe Bros. (Jay & Mark Briscoe) vs. Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis & Kory Chavis)
WINNERS: Briscoes via pin fall after countering a double team move into a small package.
Backstage: Kyle Durden is with Austin Aries who’s proud of what he did to Delirious last week. Aries takes control of the segment talking about how he’s ready for the Battle Royal tonight and watched some footage of the greats to gain an advantage in the match.
Video Package: Issues over the past few months between The Embassy and Necro Butcher.
Prince Nana & Ernesto Osiris come out to the ring. Nana introduces us to the newest member of the Embassy, Shawn Daivari.
- Daivari comes to the ring and says that he’s “sent Erick Stevens on a paid vacation so that he can take care of the Necro Butcher… and when I do, we will have beaten, bludgeoned, and broken the spirits of each and every one of you (crowd)!”
Backstage: Kyle Durden with Eddie Kingston who’s participating in the Battle Royal tonight. Kingston warns, “Everyone wants to be champion… Boys, stay out of my way because I’m going to eliminate you one by one!”
Video Package: Art of Wrestling with Colt Cabana. Tonight is The Art of Talking with the voice of ROH, Bobby Cruz. The whole segment goes by and Cabana doesn’t let him say one word.
Video Package: Eddie Edwards‘ path to becoming the first ever ROH World TV Champion.
Pick Six Battle Royal – Winner gets a spot in the Pick Six Contender Series
Order of elimination:
- Joey Ryan
- Eddie Kingston
- Rasche Brown
- Rhett Titus
- Jerry Lynn
WINNER: Austin Aries
Video Package: Another look at the Aries/Delirious throat kick incident.
QUICK THOUGHTS:
There were way too many video packages this week. The Art of Wrestling doesn’t need to be shown on TV. Please stick to plugging those on Youtube.
As for the matches, the tag team contest was pretty good. I didn’t expect the ending to be sort of crappy though. It was a lackluster finish to a decent match. I’m guessing that they may use that finish to have Dark City Fight Club complain about how they were beaten on a fluke pin fall when they had the match well in hand.
I like battle royal matches. It’s something different from the norm and they’re usually pretty well booked. Aries winning the way he did… scratch that… Aries surviving the way he did, just adds to the hatred the fans have for him because he weaseled his way to acquiring the vacant Pick Six spot. Rasche Brown dominated most of the match. I’m glad to see that they might take him seriously here in the coming months.