Post by Cauchi on Aug 9, 2017 9:31:17 GMT -5
Cue the lights, cue the video package, and cue the pyro! We are live for another episode of RoH TV as Shinedown’s Devour blares through the opening video.
Ranallo: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to RoH TV! Mauro Ranallo here, joined as always by my broadcast partner Corey Graves! We are live tonight for the second straight week at the O2 Arena in London, England!
Graves: We’re in London Mauro! Magical things happen in London, and if last week was any inclination, this could be another big show!
Ranallo: Last week at the end of RoH TV we saw brand new tag team champions as the Kings of Wrestling won a Triple Threat tag match against The New Day and The Young Bucks!
Graves: We’ll hear from the new champs tonight! Speaking of champions, after beating him to earn an official Ring of Honor contract, Will Ospreay is going to make his debut as an official roster member as he gets a title shot against Marty Scurll tonight! That’s not the only title match tonight either!
Ranallo: That’s right! Tonight in our main event, RoH World Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura defends his RoH Championship against Mike Bennett!
AAAAAW LONDON!
DON’T YOU DARE BE SOUR!
CLAP FOR YOUR FAVOURITE ROH TAG TEAM!
AND FEEL THE POWWWAAAAAAA!
IT’S A NEW DAY YES IT IS!
Woods: Last night, we went out there in the main event for the tag titles, and we lost. But we ain’t out here to be negative!
Big E: No we are not! No we are not!
Woods: Nigel McGuinness informed us backstage that since we weren’t the ones who lost tag team championships we simply need to move on, and earn ourselves another chance at those titles.
Kofi: So we’re moving on, but to some unfinished business! Young Bucks, we aren’t finished with youuuuu!
Big E: No we are not! No we are not!
Woods: Young Bucks, twice we have faced you and twice you have cheated to beat us!
Big E: First you use illegal maneuvers! And then you use Kenneth Omega?
Kofi: It’s Kenny E, his name is Kenny.
Big E: My mistake KENNY!
Woods: Kenny Omega? More like Kenny Omega BOOTY!
Kofi: Kenny Omega Booty and The Young Booty Bucks! What do they call themselves again? The Booty Club? The Elite Booty?
The Elite have seemingly had enough of New Day’s insults as they make their way down to the ring to confront the trio.
Omega: I don’t think we’ve been formally introduced, my name is Kenny Omega and WE are The Elite! You three want to come out here and make your childish jokes about our names? You want to make references about butts and replace everything with the word booty, well there’s only one thing we have to say about that.
The Elite: YOU’RE BOOTY!
The New Day begin to actually lose it in the ring. Kofi looks completely shocked, Xavier pretends to faint, falling backwards in to the arms of Big E.
Big E: You don’t say that! You don’t say that to us!
Kofi: We are certainly not booty!
Omega: Not only are you booty, but you’re pathetic! Three grown men running around acting like children, pandering to these fans with your breakfast cereals, your ice cream, unicorn horns, you three are a disgrace to wrestling! You’ve become a problem for Ring of Honor, and a problem for my Bullet Club, hence why they called in The Cleaner.
Woods: It appears as if you’re looking for a fight! Well if it’s a fight you want, it’s a fight you’ll get. The Bullet Club vs. The NEEEEEWWW DAY! Right here tonight in London!
The crowd roars, Omega just laughs.
Omega: You must not know much about me, I don’t just fight anyone. If you want the three of us in the ring together you three need to earn it! Last I checked, you guys have lost both matches against The Young Bucks, so I’ll make you a deal. You select two of your guys, and I’ll select 2 of mine for a match tonight. If you win, I consider kicking your ass myself next week!
The Elite hold up their gun hand symbols in the direction of the New Day before leaving the ring and heading to the back.
Woods: Kenny Omega, we accept your challenge! After we beat the Young Bucks tonight, I’ll take you on myself next week and show you how we deal with a problem!
Big E: BEEECAUUUUUUUSE!
New Day: NEW DAY ROCKS! NEW DAY ROCKS! NEW DAY ROCKS!
**COMMERCIAL**
As we return from our first commercial break of the night, Colt Cabana is standing backstage.
Colt Cabana: Ladies and gentlemen of Ring of Honor, it’s time to get the inside scoop with Colt Cabana! My guest at this time, Mike Bennett!
The camera pans over to show a focused Mike Bennett standing beside Colt.
Colt Cabana: Mike, tonight you finally get the title shot you’ve been lobbying for against Shinsuke Nakamura. It hasn’t come easy for you as you’ve had to win tough matches against Finn Balor, Moose and last week’s triple threat with both Bobby Roode and Dean Ambrose. Mentally you looked focused, but how do you feel physically only one week removed from that triple threat match?
Bennett: Physically? I feel like I could rip that stupid bandana off your head and beat you within an inch of your pathetic life, then go out there and beat Nakamura for the RoH Championship all in one night, that’s how I feel physically. They call me The Miracle for a reason you idiot, I deft all odds! Every time RoH management stack the cards against me, I come out on top. Tonight, I finally achieve my glory. I finally climb to the top of the mountain, and I finally take the Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Championship from the hands of Shinsuke Nakamura!
Colt Cabana: What about Brock Lesnar? We heard Paul Heyman say last week that Brock has already arrived in London and is not happy Shinsuke Nakamura is being forced to defend his RoH World Heavyweight Championship 2 weeks before their match at War of the Worlds UK. Are you worried he could get involved in this match? If you win tonight, what are your thoughts on having to face Brock Lesnar in only 2 short weeks?
Bennett: Wait a minute Scotty, are you honestly saying what I think you’re saying? You don’t think I could beat Brock Lesnar? You know, if you were a contracted RoH superstar instead of a hack backstage interviewer, I would definitely beat your ass right now as a warm up for tonight you pathetic excuse for a human being! I have busted my ass here since draft day, where the hell has Brock Lesnar been? He sits at home for most of his time and only shows up on PPVs? A guy like that he’s scared, he’s scared of me and he’s scared of losing. After I beat Shinsuke Nakamura tonight, I invite Brock Lesnar to come out to the ring if he really is here. I even let him touch my shiny new championship belt, because after I beat Nakamura tonight, that’s the closest he’ll ever get to holding the RoH World Heavyweight Championship! Now get the hell out of my way!
Bennett shoves Cabana out of his way, sending Colt flying back in to the wall as he walks off towards his locker room with his wife in toe. The camera slowly pans back to an embarrassed and angry Colt Cabana sitting on the floor as we head to ringside for our first match of the night.
Titus O’Neil vs. Moose
Ranallo and Graves inform the audience watching at home that this match is taking place by request of Titus O’Neil who demanded a rematch after being completely embarrassed in his debut match last week. Titus gets slightly more offense in this match than he did in his first encounter with Moose, but is still dealt with relatively quickly as Moose lands the Hitstick less than 2 minutes in to the match to pick up another victory over Titus O’Neil.
Winner: Moose by pinfall
We head backstage again to Colt Cabana standing by, but not looking as happy as he normally does which probably has something to do with his altercation with Mike Bennett a few segments earlier.
Colt Cabana: Ladies and gentlemen of Ring of Honor, once again it’s time to get the inside scoop with Colt Cabana! My guest at this time, Dean Ambrose!
Ambrose: Hey how’s it going?
Colt Cabana: Dean last week you lost in the triple threat match against Bobby Roode and Mike…
Ambrose: Everything okay?
Colt Cabana: Yeah It’s just, I can’t do this right now Dean, I’m sorry.
Cabana hands a confused Ambrose the microphone and walks off in a hurry.
Ambrose: Alright, well I guess I’m going to need to do this one on my own then. Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to a special backstage edition of the Ambrose Asylum. I’m your host Dean Ambrose here with a very special guest, Dean Ambrose!
Ambrose: How’s it going Dean?
Ambrose: I’m great Dean thanks for asking.
Ambrose: Dean, last week you took a hard loss to Bobby Roode and Mike Bennett in a that Triple Threat match, how do you feel?
Ambrose: Sorry who?
Ambrose: Your opponents, Bobby Roode and Mike Bennett.
Ambrose: I’m not following.
Ambrose: You wrestled them last week?
Ambrose: Oh! You mean the guy whose wife wins his matches for him and the love child of Ric Flair anf Rick Rude. You could have just said that from the beginning, honestly I feel like I’m just talking to a mirror here. The fact is, I was so distracted by how ridiculous Bobby Roode looked in that stupid robe that I couldn’t get my head back in the match. All his fault, honestly. The stupidest ring attire I have ever seen in my life hands down.
Roode: You think you’re so funny huh?
Bobby Roode comes rushing in to the backstage area and jumps Ambrose, throwing hard rights as Ambrose tries to fight his way back to his feet. The two superstars continue to throw lefts and rights at each other as RoH officials rush to the scene to pull the two rivals apart.
Roode: You think this is over? This isn’t over Ambrose!
Ambrose: Bring it on!
Officials continue to keep the two superstars separated as we fade out of the scene.
Best of 7-Series, Match #5
Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Pete Dunne
(Dunne Leads the Series 3-1)
The pressure to deliver is all on Sabre as Dunne needs only one more win to guarantee himself a shot at the RoH Television Championship. Dunne takes the advantage early as he’s developed a pretty good system for beating down Zack Sabre, Jr. over the last 4 matches. This time however, it’s Sabre who is able to come out on top, as catches Dunne fairly early on, rolling him up in to a school boy and grabbing the tights for the quick 1,2, 3 victory. Sabre hi-tails it out of the ring and up the ramp as he is now 1 win away from forcing a 7th and final match. Pete Dunne can’t believe what happened. Not expecting Sabre to cheat, Dunne had completely let his guard down and will now need to try and close out the series in match #6.
Winner: Zack Sabre, Jr. by pinfall. (Dunne Leads the Series 3-2)
**COMMERCIAL**
We come back from commercial to see Bobby Roode walking backstage with a scowl on his face. As Roode continues walking, you hear the sound of a yell coming from the distance. The yell gets louder and louder when all of a sudden Dean Ambrose is seen diving in to view of the camera and taking Roode down to the floor where he begins to pummel him with right hands of his own, no doubt trying to get revenge from Roode’s assault earlier on. Ambrose lands plenty of shots on Roode who is having trouble defending himself, before tossing Roode in to one of the large travel cases in the hallway. Ambrose charges at Roode, who moves sending Ambrose hard in to the travel case as Roode begins to throw punches of his own, but Ambrose starts swinging like a Wildman, keeping Roode from taking control of the brawl. Ambrose shoves Roode back, causing him to fall over the travel cases and hit the ground hard. Out of nowhere, Ambrose seems to find a steel chair and charges towards Roode, but a defenseless Roode is saved at the last moment by RoH officials who rush the scene to grab a hold of Ambrose and break up their second backstage brawl of the night.
As more officials rush in to keep Roode from getting any shots in on Ambrose, acting General Manager Nigel McGuinness hits the scene and he is not happy with what he is seeing.
McGuinness: Enough! This is not going to happen here tonight lads! If you two want to tear each other apart so badly, I’ll give you the chance to do so at War of Worlds, but until then this bloody well needs to stop and it needs to stop now!
Roode and Ambrose have somewhat calmed down after Nigel tears a strip in to the two of them, but RoH officials are still standing in the middle of them to make sure they don’t try to get at each other again.
McGuinness: Bobby, there is nothing for you on the card tonight, so I want you to go grab your bags from the locker room and go home, now! You’re done for the night lad, and I don’t want to hear a bloody peep out of you or else you’ll be on the next flight back to Canada to you understand me?
Roode isn’t happy with Nigel’s decision, but walks off with a scowl on his face anyways, flanked by the members of RoH security that had held him back before, just to make sure he didn’t try to turn around. Nigel then turns to Ambrose.
McGuinness: Dean, you’ve done nothing but cause problems since you arrived here, and while I find your fearless attitude incredibly entertaining, I can’t have you acting like a loose cannon every night Dean. I’d send you home as well, but you’ve got a match tonight, so I would suggest you forget about your Bobby Roode problem for the night, and worry about your opponent.
{We cut to a video of a limo driving down the highway. This time, the video seems to be from the new mystery woman’s perspective as the camera looks around the back seat of the lime, before gazing upon the masked man from the previous ones, acting as if it were her own eyes.}
Female Voice: I was on the brink of death when he found me…..
{The limo continues to drive down the deserted highway, going faster and faster. The eyes of the mystery woman look towards the limo driver’s direction. You can’t see the driver’s face as he is wearing an identical mask to the one of the mystery man beside her, but his head is tilted up to give the impression he was looking at his passengers in his rear-view mirror.}
Female Voice: I was abandoned by the one I loved, left alone to die, but he saved my life. He taught me how to trust again. He taught me how to harness my anger…..
{The man beside her stretches out his hand. The eyes of the mystery woman look down, before grabbing the hand of the man, holding it as the limo driver can be seen looking back again.}
Female Voice: Now that anger will be unleashed on you!
Male Voice: Brace yourself….
Female Voice: Your NIGHTMARES are coming…..
Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll ©
RoH Television Championship Match
Ospreay earned this title match after beating Marty Scurll cleanly last week to earn himself a RoH contract in the process. The match starts off at a slower pace, with Scurll determined not to take Ospreay too lightly this time around. The announce team make sure to mention that this is actually the 3rd meeting between these two superstars as Scurll had beaten Ospreay last month in what was a tryout match of sorts for Ospreay. Scurll takes control of the match after a feeling out process and proceeds to beat down on Ospreay for the majority of the match. Ospreay uses some last minute herorics to fight back, and surprises Scurll with an OsCutter out of nowhere, but the champion is quick to react this time around, and gets out of it, catching Ospreay in his Crossface Chickenwing which forces Ospreay to eventually tap out.
Winner: Marty Scurll by submission.
Marty Scurll retain the Television Championship!
After the match, Scurll demands a microphone from the ring announcer.
Scurll: You see that? That’s twice I’ve made Will Ospreay tap out without the help of anyone but myself! Last week, the only reason young William here even earned himself the bloody contract is because of Roderick Strong! Well Roddy, I spoke to Nigel McGuinness backstage earlier and we both agreed that it’s time for me to move on from you and from your pathetic redemption tour you’re calling a career! At War of the Worlds I’m giving you one final chance to try to take this Championship away from me, but it won’t just be any match Roddy, it’s going to be a ladder match! You’ve got until next week to give me your answer Roddy, 1 week!
**COMMERCIAL**
Bo Dallas vs. Dean Ambrose
We when return from commercial break, Bo Dallas in standing in the ring awaiting an opponent for tonight. After a quick pause, the music of Dean Ambrose begins to play from the arena loud speaker, drawing a loud roar from the crowd.
Ambrose’s music continues to play, but there is no sign of Dean Ambrose as Bo Dallas and the rest of the RoH audience look on confused.
The camera then suddenly cuts to a backstage scene, where Bobby Roode can be seen with his bags packed, heading towards a limousine. Roode is walking very slowly, constantly looking over his shoulder for another potential attack by Dean Ambrose. As Roode gets to the limo door, he stops and peers inside. Seeing a figure in the back seat, Roode quickly opens the door, grabs the person and tosses them out of the limo. Before Roode can attack, he realises that the person he yanked from the limo isn’t Dean Ambrose, it’s a bag boy employed by the limo company, but it’s not just any bag boy, it’s James Ellsworth!
Roode: What the hell are you doing back there?
Ellsworth: I don’t have the money to get home and Eric Bischoff isn’t returning my phone calls. I ummmm… I took this job with the limo company to make a few bucks so that hopefully I can sneak back on the plane with you guys after War of the Worlds! Please don’t tell Eric, or Nigel! Please, please!
Roode takes his bag and tosses it at Ellsworth, almost knocking him over before opening the door to the limo.
Roode: Put it in the trunk! You can ride in there too!
Roode slams the door of the limo shut as Ellsworth drags Roode’s back to the back of the limo. As Ellsworth opens the trunk, Dean Ambrose is revealed to be hiding back there. Ambrose put his finger to his lips, telling Ellsworth to stay quite before closing the trunk. Hearing the trunk slam shut, the limo quickly takes off, leaving James Ellsworth and Bobby Roode’s bag behind in the process as we head to another commercial break.
**COMMERCIAL**
Mark Briscoe vs. Pentagon, Jr.
Mark Briscoe demanded this match as a way to avenge Pentagon, Jr. breaking the arm of his brother Jay Briscoe last week even after Jay had already tapped out. Marks starts the match off by coming in hot, but Pentagon catches him charging in with a Hurricanrana. Briscoe gets up and charges in again, this time he manages to back Pentagon up towards the corner and lands a couple quick strikes before Pentagon reverses it so that Briscoe is in the corner. Pentagon, Jr. lands three lightning fast strikes before catching Mark Briscoe with an open handed thrust right to the throat. Briscoe hits the ground hard, struggling to breathe as Pentagon walks over to him and grabs Briscoe’s arm. Pentagon sets Briscoe up for The Sacrifice as the referee pleads with him not to execute the move.
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR
The crowd roars as the music of Braun Strowman hits the arena speakers and out comes the big man, looking angrier than normal. Strowman makes his way down to the ring, as Pentagon has now released the hold of Mark Briscoe and is focused on Strowman. As Strowman gets in to the ring, Pentagon quickly attacks with hard strikes that force Strowman to cover up, until Strowman uses his brute force to push Pentagon backwards, sending him flying. Strowman grabs Pentagon and tosses him in to the corner, charging towards him, but Pentagon moves, sending Strowman crashing in to the corner. As Strowman stumbles back, Pentagon grabs his arm and leaps over the ropes, locking Strowman in and rope hanging armbar as Pentagon is clearly trying to break Strowman’s arm. This time though, it is Strowman who comes out on top, as he kicks Pentagon in the back, sending him crashing down to the floor hard. Strowman goes to leave the ring after Pentagon, but Pentagon decides he’s had enough for tonight and heads up the ramp towards the back instead.
Winner: No Contest
As the commotion at ringside starts to settle down, the camera heads over to Corey Graves at the announce table.
Graves: Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we were scheduled to have Colt Cabana interview the new tag team Champions, but Cabana hasn’t been found since he stormed off during his interview with Ambrose earlier today, so I have been asked by acting GM Nigel McGuinness to conduct the interview from here. So everyone please welcome the new RoH Tag Team Champions, The Kings of Wrestling!
Chris Hero and Cesaro appear on the big screen, displaying their shiny new titles for all to see.
Graves: Gentlemen, first of all congratulations on the big win last week. With The Young Bucks guaranteed a rematch, the big question on everyone’s minds is when do The Kings defend their new titles for the first time?
Cesaro: The Bucks are scared, they have declined their rematch because they don’t want us to embarrass them again.
Hero: The Young Bucks have decided to focus their attention on the New Day and therefore are not going to exercise their rematch clause anytime soon. As far as we know, we are unchallenged champions, which makes a ton of sense since everyone in the back are clearly afraid of us.
Graves: Well you certainly have a right to be feared. You two have worked as a well-oiled tag team machine since coming over to Ring of Honor and that showed in your match at All-Star Extravaganza against Triple H and Seth Rollins. I guess the only other question to ask, would be what is next for the Kings of Wrestling?
Hero: I’m glad you asked Corey, you see next week, Cesaro and I are going to come down to the ring with a very special announcement that is going to change the landscape of of Ring of Honor for good. This announcement is going to shake the very core of your beliefs in this company, and I would like to cordially invite non-other than Seth Rollins to join us in the ring for this next week!
Cesaro: Seth Rollins, you aren’t going to believe your eyes!
New Day vs. Guerillas of Destiny
Fans and the New Day are both disappointed to see The Guerillas of Destiny head down to the ring to be New Day’s opponents as everyone seemed to have believed The Young Bucks would be taking on Big E and Kofi Kingston instead. Typical New Day tag match where Kofi Kingston takes most of the damage from the heels who isolate him in their corner and wear him down with their aggressive tag team tactics. Woods tries to get involved to help Kofi get a tag, but Woods takes the brunt end of a hard right hand from Tama Tanga for his efforts. Big E is eventually tagged in to the match after a hot tag and cleans house on the G.O.D.s. The finish comes after New Day hit the Midnight Hour on Tama Tanga and cover him for the 1,2,3! New Day will get a shot at Kenny Omega and the rest of The Elite!
Winners: The New Day by pinfall.
**COMMERCIAL**
We return from commercial to see Bobby Roode apparently now back at his hotel room. Roode is angry and pacing back and forth in the room while on his cell phone.
Roode: Everything! It had everything in it. Don’t you call references before you hire people? Anyone who knows James Ellsworth could tell you he’s a bumbling idiot and now he’s missing! Why do I hate him so much? He has my bag! Do you know who I am? I could buy this hotel and fire you just for something to do. I want you to call this idiot and find out where the hell he is with my bag!
Just then there’s a knock on the door.
Roode: Great, I think he’s finally here. Thank you so much for all your help with ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! **click**
Roode tosses the phone on the bed and opens the door.
Roode: Where the hell were you? I told you to ride in the trunk you idi…..
It’s not James Ellsworth at the other side of the door, it’s Dean Ambrose! Ambrose attacks Roode with rights and lefts before spearing him over the bed and on to the floor. Ambrose continues to hammer down on the head of Bobby Roode who is unable to defend himself from Ambrose’s attack. Dean grabs a chair and tosses it at Roode, before sending him over the couch and in to the wall, putting a dent in the drywall. Roode tries to retreat to the bathroom, but Ambrose his hot on his tail clotheslining Roode in to the bathtub as Roode collapses through the shower curtain, getting spun around the curtain in the process. With Roode hurt and trapped inside the shower curtain, Ambrose turns the shower on and blasts a defenceless Roode with freezing cold water. On his way out of the hotel room, Ambrose picks up the phone and calls down to the front desk.
Ambrose: Front desk? Yeah I’m going to need a maid up here in room 205. 10 minutes? Okay great thanks, I’m just about to hop in the shower, so please don’t disturb me.
Ambrose hangs up the phone and places a “Do Not Disturb” on the door of Bobby Roode’s room before leaving. Shortly after Ambrose has left, James Ellsworth shows up looking completely exhausted, most likely from walking with Roode’s bag from the arena to the hotel. Ellsworth surveys the damage from the room before opening the bathroom door to see Bobby Roode trapped in the shower curtain and freezing from the cold water pouring down on his head. Ellsworth slowly drops Roode’s bag on the floor beside him and creeps out of the hotel room as the scene comes to a close.
Mike Bennett w/ Maria vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
RoH World Heavyweight Championship Match
The over confidence of Mike Bennett is on full display at the beginning of this match as Nakamura is able to dance out of most of Bennett`s attacks, leaving the challenger to look silly on more than one occasion. Bennett tried to lock up with Nakamura, but Shinsuke ducks under it and catches Bennett with a series for chops and kicks before planting him with an Enziguiri. Not wanting to give Bennett much time to recover, Nakamura grabs an arm, and begins to twist it before dropping a knee on the elbow of Mike Bennett. Nakamura pulls Bennett to his feet, but Bennett charges Shinsuke in to the corner and delivers 3 hard shoulder drives in to the stomach of the champion. The referee steps in to separate the two superstars, but not before Bennett lands a hard right to the jaw of the champion. Angered and disrespected, Nakamura charges out of the corner and catches Bennett with a series of hard shots, before flipping behind Bennett and wrestling him to the ground with a rear waist lock. As Bennett begins to climb to his feet, Nakamura catches him with a dropkick to the face and cover him for a 2 count. That match stays at this pace for quite some time until Maria decides to interject herself for the first of what will likely be many times. This allows Mike Bennett to take control of the match as the challenger now gets an opportunity to showcase why he earned this title match in the first place. Bennett slowly begins to workover the legs and lower back of Shinsuke Nakamura with the intent of eliminating any threat of a Kinshasha which would of course work well in to the Champion`s favour. Bennett begins to punish Nakamura with back drops, suplexes and powerbombs that cause the Champion to scream out in pain as Bennett begins to gain more and more momentum. That momentum comes with overconfidence again though as Bennett tosses Nakamura in to the corner, charging back over after him, Nakamura leaps up, sitting on the top rope, as Bennett drives his own shoulder right in to the turnbuckle. As Bennett stumbles back up, trying to recover from the blow, Nakamura nails a perfectly times Flying Kinshasha to the face of Mike Bennett.
Nakamura is in too much pain to make a quick cover though as Maria screams at her husband to get up as the champion slowly crawls over to a motionless Mike Bennett. Bennett still hasn’t began to stir as Nakamura finally reaches him, draping his arm over the chest of Bennett for the cover.
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2……………………….
Mike Bennett gets a shoulder up at the last second. Shinsuke tries to pull Bennett to his feet, but Bennett rolls him up, only managing a two count himself as Nakamura is able to kick out. Bennett gets to his feet before Shinsuke, and catches the champion square in the chest with a hard kick before stomping on the body of Nakamura in frustration. Bennett continues to beat down on the champion. He then tosses Shinsuke towards the ropes, but Nakamura bounces off and catches Bennett with a slingblade, much to the delight of the crowd. With Bennett down and Shinsuke knowing theres not much time left, Nakamura sets up in the corner for a Kinshasha. As Nakamura charges towards Bennett, Maria slides in to the ring, getting in between the champion and her husband. Luckily for Maria, Nakamura is able to stop his own momentum before he connects on Maria. As the referee charges over to force Maria out of the ring, Mike Bennett takes the opportunity to catch Shinsuke with a low blow and hit the Miracle in Progress while the referee isn’t looking.
Seeing her husband hit his finisher on Nakamura, Maria quickly stops arguing with the referee and turning his attention to the pin. Sliding in the place quickly, the referee quickly begins the count.
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2……………………………..
NAKAMURA KICKS OUT!
Shinsuke Nakamura gets a shoulder up at the absolute last second and Mike Bennett can’t believe it. Frustrated and discouraged, Bennett shouts at his wife to get him a chair as the referee informs Bennett that would end up with him getting disqualified. Maria slides a chair in to the ring and Bennett begins to line up Nakamura. Before Bennett can hit Nakamura, the referee pulls the chair out of his hands! Bennett and the referee begin to argue with each other as the referee tries to remove the chair from the ring, this causes Maria to get involved again as well. As Maria and the referee are now arguing over the chair, a man in jeans and a grey hoodie comes sliding in the ring and catches a distracted Mike Bennett with a DDT. The man takes off his sweatshirt to reveal himself as Colt Cabana!
Cabana pulls Bennett to his feet and begins to absolutely unload on him with hard forearms to the neck and chest of Mike Bennett. Seeing her husband in danger, Maria tries to get the referee to turn his attention over to the action, but the referee isn’t buying it and tosses Maria from ringside. At the point, the referee turns to bring his attention back over to the match. While this is happening, Cabana has tossed Bennett towards the referee, who just manages to get out of the way, as Bennett crashes in to his wife, knocking her off the apron. By the time this has all happened, Cabana has retreated through the crowd before the referee could see he has gotten himself involved in the match. Bennett is absolutely distraught that he has hurt his wife and turns to tell the referee that this is his fault. Unfortunately for him though, Bennett doesn’t turn in to the referee, he turns in to Nakamura instead who connects with the Kinshasha.
1…………………………
2………………………..
3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura by pinfall
Shinsuke Nakamura retains the RoH World Heavyweight Championship!
Shinsuke Nakamura stands tall as the Ring of Honor Champion again as this week’s episode of RoH TV comes to a close.
Heyman: Ladies and gentlemen!
Or maybe not, as Paul Heyman comes strutting out from behind the curtain much to the surprise of the crowd.
Heyman: My name is Paul Heyman, and I am the advocate for man who in two weeks will be known as the REIGNING, DEFENDING, UNDISPUTED, RoH World Heavyweight Champion, BROCK LESNAR! First things first, Nakamura I would like to sincerely congratulate you for victory tonight. Time and time again you prove that you are a fighting champion, and that good sir has earned my respect and the respect of my client. Next up I’d like to humble apologize. I’d like to apologize for what my client is going to do to you and your career in two weeks at War of the Worlds! You see Nakamura, it’s nothing personal. As I have previously stated, my client respects you, but my client wants something that you have, and he is prepared to take it from you with extreme force. You see Nakamura, after my “pleasant” conversation with Nigel McGuinness, my client has had a change of heart regarding his mindset going in to War of the Worlds. At first, my client was very angry that you were going to have to defend your Championship before the PPV as he wanted you in tip-top shape at nothing less than 100%. Now however, I regret to inform you that my client no longer cares what condition you are in at War of the Worlds, all he cares about is becoming the next Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Champion! That brings me to my conclusion, you see my client wanted me to deliver a message to you Shinsuke Nakamura, and he wanted me to deliver that message personally.
Heyman begins to walk down the ramp, as Shinsuke stands back from the ropes. Heyman is no threat to Nakamura, so he feels he doesn’t need to be on his guard with him. He does however need to be prepared for what happens next as Brock Lesnar slides in to the ring seemingly coming from the crowd and plants the unsuspecting Nakamura with an F-5!
Ranallo: An F-5 by Brock Lesnar!
Graves: He really is here! Brock Lesnar is in London!
Lesnar picks up the RoH World Heavyweight Championship and holds it high over his head to a mixed reaction from the crowd. The fans seemingly love Lesnar, but they love Nakamura much more.
Heyman: At War of the Worlds, there will be a new Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Champion, and his name is BROOOOOOCK LESNAAAAAAAR!
Graves: Brock Lesnar has just delivered an emphatic message to Shinsuke Nakamura! Will this be the sight in the 2 weeks at War of the Worlds: UK?
Ranallo: We’ll have to find out in two weeks Corey!
**END OF THE SHOW**