{"id":340,"date":"2016-09-18T20:51:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T00:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2016-09-18T20:51:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T00:51:30","slug":"bull-dempsey-makes-roh-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2016\/09\/18\/bull-dempsey-makes-roh-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"ROH Honorable Mention: Bull Dempsey Makes ROH Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>ROH Honorable Mention: ROH Reloaded Tour<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Ring of Honor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s television show this week emanated from Sam\u2019s Town in Las Vegas, Nevada. The episode was the second of the tapings from the night after Death Before Dishonor, transitioning to a new ROH World Heavyweight champion as well as the company\u2019s next PPV, All Star Extravaganza on September 30th.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company also ran two shows this weekend as part of the<\/span><b> ROH Reloaded<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adam Cole Can\u2019t Dodge Kyle O\u2019Reilly<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week\u2019s show saw <\/span><b>Adam Cole<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s championship celebration cut short by <\/span><b>Jay Lethal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coming out to remind Cole that Lethal\u00a0is entitled to a title shot. Cole however, reminded Lethal that aside from being the best wrestler in the company, he is also flanked by the Bullet Club, making him virtually unbeatable. Lethal then brought out his own friends, Los Ingoberables to even the odds. <\/span><b>Nigel McGuinness<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> made a match for the following week pitting Cole,<\/span><b> Adam Page<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Takahashi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against Lethal, <\/span><b>Naito<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Evil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It seemed odd that Lethal would pick two partners who would not always be around to have his back and this week that concern proved to be well founded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the six man showdown, Naito teased Lethal by not allowing him to tag in and get some revenge on Cole, who had been avoiding the confrontation. Lethal forcefully tagged himself in, which prompted Naito and Evil to leave the match all together, leaving Lethal outnumbered. Cue <\/span><b>Michael Elgin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s music, who came down to even the odds. Big Mike was able to use brute strength to dominate the Bullet Club, but as Lethal was incapacitated, the numbers finally overwhelmed him as well. <\/span><b>Kyle O\u2019Reilly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the next man to run down to the ring, officially joining the match and essentially restarting it. Although Cole did his best to avoid O\u2019Reilly, his former partner was able to get the best of him, and with both teams on equal footing, Lethal was able to win the match after hitting Takahashi with the Lethal Injection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Before the main event started, Lethal was pacing behind Kelly and McGuinness, clearly still fuming about what went out during his match. He grabbed a mic and called Naito out for turning his back on him, vowing to gain a measure of revenge in the future. Before he could leave, Nigel made a match between Lethal and Naito for All Star Extravaganza, but reminded Lethal that the last time Jay asked for a match, he lived to regret it. This was a heavy-handed reminder that Lethal lost the title from a seemingly face matchmaker, but the match should be a great one and gives something Lethal a meaningful match on a night that Cole defends against Elgin.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bobby Fish Fends off Shibata<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a great use of <\/span><b>NJPW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> talent, <\/span><b>Bobby Fish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> defend his ROH World Television title against <\/span><b>Shibata<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The match featured stiff strikes and submissions, with the IWGP looking strong, but eventually being outsmarted by Fish. Locked in a triangle choke, Fish used leverage to pin Shibata while still in the maneuver, defending his title successfully. The use of <\/span><b>Prince Nana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on commentary to remind the listening audience of <\/span><b>Donovan Dijak<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s number contender status was an effective use of the commentary position and allowed Nana to be his usual hilarious self. Post match both Shibata and Fish agreed to have another match down the road, all while Dijak stood menacingly at the top of the ramp, reminding us that before Fish can defend against Shibata, he needs to get past Dijak at All Star Extravaganza.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ROH Reloaded Tour- Bull Dempsey Makes ROH Debut<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ring of Honor hit the road this weekend, with shows in Pittsburgh,PA Friday night and Lockport,NY Saturday night as part of the <\/span><b>Reloaded<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tour. The tour featured <\/span><b>Colt Cabana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> returning to wrestle for the company and an appearance by CZW champion <\/span><b>Jonathan Gresham<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as <\/span><b>Dalton Castle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being inserted into the main event picture. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first show in Pittsburgh saw Kelly Klein put matter into her own hands, using the End of the Match guillotine choke to her keep her undefeated streak in tact, as she teamed with Britt Baker and <\/span><b>Veda Scott<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to topple <\/span><b>Mandy Leon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Faye Jackson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>\u201cCrazy\u201d Mary Dobson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to start the festivities off. Hopefully when the video on demand is released, the <\/span><b>Women of Honor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are included on the show proper and not only through the company\u2019s Youtube channel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwinsider.com\/article\/104788\/former-wwe-nxt-star-makes-surprise-roh-debut.html?p=11\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pwinsider reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an Honor Rumble on Saturday night saw former NXT wrestler Bull Dempsey, now known as <\/span><b>Bull James<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not only appear, but make it to the final four against <\/span><b>Silas Young<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Jay Lethal and <\/span><b>B.J. Whitmer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s protege <\/span><b>Punisher Martinez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Having James appear in the final four speaks volumes about how the company values him and he may be positioned on the card in the coming months. With the departure of <\/span><b>Cedric Alexander<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Roderick Strong<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to WWE, as well as <\/span><b>Moose<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s signing with <\/span><b>TNA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ROH needs to \u00a0sign more talent that will consistently appear on their shows. James may not spring to mind as everybody\u2019s first choice at filling the gap left behind by departing talent, but he is a solid worker who can be a believable tough guy in the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silas Young picked up the win and earned a title shot against Adam Cole during the <\/span><b>Road To Final Battle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tour that will take place in Lakeland, Florida. Young has time and again proven himself to be worthy of more than losing mid-card feuds and despite going into the match as having a slim chance to become champion, a strong showing will go a long way to further his spot on the roster. There will be one more show on the Reloaded tour before All Star Extravaganza and all signs point to ROH building to a solid PPV from top to bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROH Honorable Mention: ROH Reloaded Tour Ring of Honor&#8216;s television show this week emanated from Sam\u2019s Town in Las Vegas, Nevada. The episode was the second of the tapings from the night after Death Before Dishonor, transitioning to a new ROH World Heavyweight champion as well as the company\u2019s next PPV, All Star Extravaganza on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1287,"featured_media":341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[84,179,197,196,178,198,199,61,81],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-roh","tag-adam-cole","tag-bobby-fish","tag-bull-dempsey","tag-bull-james","tag-donovan-dijak","tag-jay-lethal","tag-naito","tag-ring-of-honor","tag-roh"],"modified_by":"Rich Iaconi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}