ROH NJPW War of the Worlds Night 1: Review, Grades, and Analysis

The Kingdom (TK O’Ryan, Vinnie Marseglia, & Matt Taven) vs. SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky, Frankie Kazarian, & Christopher Daniels) (c) – ROH Six-Man Tag Team Championships

The Kingdom get the heat on Sky in the early portions of this match, as TK O’Ryan flew over the top rope taking out SoCal Uncensored. Back in the ring, O’Ryan and Kazarian brawled, and not liking his chances, Kazarian ran under the ring. We know how that goes though, with Vinnie Marseglia under the ring. Kazarian came out from under the ring with balloons tied around his neck. TK and Taven hit a senton onto the balloons. That was quite funny.

SoCal Uncensored managed to get the advantage over TK O’Ryan with several triple team moves. They cut off the ring repeatedly, and forced The Kingdom to watch as they beat on TK O’Ryan. Taven got the hot tag and he took everyone out. This was followed up with slick double team moves between Taven and Marseglia. Taven almost got a pinfall on Daniels, but it was broken up.

Marseglia hit a swanton bomb on Daniels, but Kazarian broke it up. Kaz hit a huge cutter on Taven. Daniels hit the Best Moonsault Ever on Vinnie, but Taven pulled the ref out. Sky hit a tope con grio on Taven and the ref. Kazarian went for a title belt shot on O’Ryan, but O’Ryan ducked and hit Daniels. Taven hit a frog splash on Daniels and got the pinfall. We have new Six-Man Tag Team Champions.

Result: The Kingdom

Rating: 3.75 stars out 5

That was a really good match. The Kingdom win in Taven’s hometown, and now they are Six-Man Tag Team Champions! It looks like ROH called an audible with Castle being injured, and gave the fans a hometown win. If this was WWE, they would have Taven lose, and then embarrass his family publicly instead of making the crowd happy, because they’re all about getting heat.