Ring Of Honor: Final Battle 2015 #ROH #FinalBattle

By @B_Rock1978

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE, brings you a very special Ring Of Honor pay per view recap. Ring Of Honor: Final Battle took place live at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All three major ROH titles were on the line and we'd also find out the next #1 Contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship and the ROH World Championship. Let's get to the recap.

*** ROH Final Battle Pre-Show ***

- House of Truth Promo: Truth Martini, Donovan Dijack and J. Diesel are in the ring to kick off the show. Truth says he doesn't want to wait for Final Battle to start, he wants a team in the ring right now to face Dijack and Diesel. Two local wrestlers enter the ring. Truth tells A.J. Styles to watch closely and learn what happens when you face the House of Truth.

- Donavon Dijack and J. Diesel defeated the two local wrestlers. After the match, Truth Martini calls A.J. Styles out, but Styles no-shows.

- Cheeseburger defeated Bob Evans.

*** ROH Final Battle 2015 ***

- "#1 Contenders, Triple Threat Match": The Young Bucks vs. The All Night Xpress vs. The Briscoes: The match closes out with The Briscoes hitting a double neck breaker on Kenny King and get a near fall, after Titus breaks up the pinfall. The Briscoes go for the Doomsday Device, but The Young Bucks unload superkicks on everyone. The Bucks hit a super spike Tombstone on Jay Briscoe for a near fall, as Mark Briscoe broke up the pinfall. The Bucks set Mark up for More Bang For Your Buck, but Titus tags himself in and he and King unload on The Briscoes and The Bucks. Titus and King clear the ring and then hit a Super One Night Stand for the pinfall and become the new #1 Contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship.

Winners: The All Night Xpress, by pinfall, to become #1 Contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship

- Dalton Castle vs. Silas Young (w/The Boys): At the last ROH pay per view, The Boys were forced to be in Young's corner after Young defeated Castle. The match closes out with The Boys getting involved, Castle accidentally hits one of The Boys and Young hits Castle, after the distraction. Young hits Misery on Castle, covers and scores the pinfall. After the match, Young grabs a microphone and orders Castle to tell everyone that Young is the real man. Castle refuses, so Young unloads stomps on Castle. Young grabs a couple steel chairs and hands them to The Boys. Young tells Castle to call him a man or he'll order The Boys to attack him. Castle grabs the microphone and calls Young a man......but he's a foolish man because The Boys will always be Castle's. The Boys attack Young, beat Young down with steel chair shots and join back with Castle.

Winner: Silas Young, by pinfall

- "#1 Contenders Match": Moose (w/Stokely Hathaway) vs. Michael Elgin: The match closes out with Elgin hitting the Elgin Bomb, but Moose kicks out. Elgin looking frustrated, hits a Buckle Bomb on Moose, but Moose charges out of the corner and hits a spear on Elgin for a near fall. Both men lay on the mat, recouping, until Moose is up and climbs to the top rope. Elgin is up and shoves Moose off the top rope. Elgin lifts Moose and hits the Burning Hammer, covers and scores the pinfall, becoming the new #1 Contender to the ROH World Championship. After the match, Moose goes for a handshake, but Elgin pushes past Moose refusing. Elgin comes to his senses, grabs Moose's arm, raises it and then shakes Moose's hand.

Winner: Michael Elgin, by pinfall, to become #1 Contender to the ROH World Championship

- "Grudge Match": Kyle O’Reilly vs. Adam Cole: The match closes out with O'Reilly working on Cole's shoulder and unloading a series of kicks. O'Reilly locks on a shoulder submission on Cole, but Cole reaches the ropes to break the submission. Cole sends O'Reilly into the corner and then to the mat. Cole has O'Reilly covered and uses the ropes for leverage to score the pinfall. After the match, O'Reilly is furious that the referee missed Cole cheating. O'Reilly attacks Cole and locks him in a shoulder wrench submission. Cole is in serious pain and starts tapping out, but O'Reilly cinches the submission in tighter. ROH officials hit the ring and try to help Cole, but O'Reilly cinches the submission in even tighter. ROH officials finally pull O'Reilly off Cole and force him out of the ring.

Winner: Adam Cole, by pinfall

- "Six Man Tag Team Match": ACH, Matt Sydal and Alex Shelley vs. The Addiction and Chris Sabin: The match closes out with Shelley getting the hot tag and unloads on Kaz and Daniels. ACH is back in, but gets hit with the Kaz Cutter and Au Revoir for a near fall. Matt Sydal goes to the top rope and goes for the Shooting Star Press, but catches knees on the landing. Sydal is back up and planted with a slingshot DDT. Shelley hits a reverse STO on Kaz, but Daniels is back in and hits Shelley with his own STO. ACH tosses Daniels to the floor and then hits suicide Air Jordan out to the floor onto Daniels and Sabin. ACH is back in the ring and hits Midnight Star. Sydal goes to the top rope, hits the Shooting Star Press and scores the pinfall.

Winners: ACH, Matt Sydal and Alex Shelley, by pinfall

- "ROH Television Championship Match": Roderick Strong (c) vs. Bobby Fish: The match closes out with Fish hitting Strong with a spinning wheel kick. Both men go to the top rope and trade blows. Fish hooks Strong and lands a Super Falcon Arrow off the top rope for a near fall. Strong is up and lands blows to Fish. Fish catches Strong in a knee bar and then locks in the Fish Lock submission. Strong can't fight the pain any longer and taps out, however, the referee somehow misses the tap out and doesn't call for the bell. Fish releases the submission, thinking he's won cause he seen and heard Strong tap out. The referee tries to tell Fish he never seen the tap out and the match is still in play. Strong is back up, charges, hits the running knee on Fish, covers and scores the pinfall. Strong retains the ROH Television Championship.

Winner: Roderick Strong, by pinfall, to retain the ROH Television Champion

- Veda Scott and Cedric Alexander Promo: Veda says they weren't invited to Final Battle, but didn't want to miss the show. Veda talked about litigation and working conditions, claimed to have negotiation skills and promises a lot of Cedric and Veda in 2016.

- "ROH World Tag Team Championship Match": The Kingdom (c) (w/Maria Kanellis) vs. War Machine: The announcers let it be known that Michael Bennett is wrestling with a cracked rib. The Kingdom try to get the upper hand quick and attack War Machine with the tag titles. The match closes out with, the fight going out to the floor. Rowe knocks Taven down and then power bombs Bennett into the barricade, aiming for the cracked rib. Bennett laid helpless with his rib injury as Rowe tossed Taven back into the ring. War Machine hits Fallout on Taven and score the pinfall, becoming the new ROH World Tag Team Champions.

Winners: War Machine, by pinfall, to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship

- "ROH World Heavyweight Championship Match": Jay Lethal (c) (w/Truth Martini and Taeler Hendrix) vs. A.J. Styles: Martini gets involved early by distracting Styles and allowing Lethal to take control of the match. The match closes out with, Lethal applying the Koji Clutch submission, but Styles escapes with a Calf Killer. Lethal hits the Lethal Injection, but Styles comes back with the Pele Kick. Styles hits Bloody Sunday on Lethal, but Lethal rebounds back and tosses Styles to the outside, where Styles goes through a table. Styles just beats the countout and gets back in the ring where Lethal hits the Lethal Injection. Lethal covers, but Styles kicks out. Lethal and Styles are up and Styles goes for the Styles Clash. Lethal counters out and hits a cradle piledriver on Styles. Lethal measures up Styles and hits one last Lethal Injection, covers and scores the pinfall, to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Championship, to close out the show.

Winner: Jay Lethal, by pinfall, to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Championship

Ring Of Honor All Star Extravaganza 2015 #ASE7

By @B_Rock1978

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE, gives you this month's Ring Of Honor pay per view recap. This past Friday night, ROH invaded the San Antonio Shrine Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas, for the seventh edition of the ROH All Star Extravaganza. All major ROH titles were on the line in the event, including ROH World and Television Champion Jay Lethal, pulling double duty and defending both championships. Let's get to the shows recap.

- Jay Lethal defeated Bobby Fish, by pinfall, to retain the ROH Television Championship: Jay Lethal kicks off the pay per view defending the first of his two titles tonight. Lethal hit the Lethal Injection on Fish at one point in the match, but Fish rolled to the floor to avoid the pinfall. The match closes out with Lethal and Fish going back and forth. Lethal goes for another Lethal Injection, but Fish countered and locked Lethal in a leglock submission. Fish cinches in the leglock and Lethal is about to tap out. Lethal holds on, counters Fish's leglock into a rollup, hooks Fish's tights and scores the pinfall. Jay Lethal retains the ROH Television Championship.

- Silas Young defeated Dalton Castle, by pinfall: This match had a few stipulations. If Castle won, Young became one of Castle's "Boys". If Young won, Castle's "Boys" are no more. The match closes out with Young taking off his knee brace and threatens to use it. The referee takes the knee brace away and Castle gets a near fall on Young with the inverted WhirlyBird. Young tries to grab the knee brace again, but Castle's Boys grab it. The Boys and the referee fight over the knee brace as Young sneaks in and hits a low blow on Castle. Young hits Misery on Castle, covers and scores the pinfall. After the match, Young grabs Castle's Boys, drags them to the back and says it's time to turn them into men.

- The All Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus) defeated The Briscoe Brothers, by pinfall: The match closes out with Jay Briscoe diving onto King on the floor. The Briscoe's double team Titus and place him on the top rope. Titus counters a hurricanrana by Mark Briscoe and hits an elevated Snake Eyes off the turn buckle. Titus and King hit their double team Buff Buster/Power Bomb combo on Mark Briscoe, cover and score the pinfall. After the match, Adam Page arrives and hits a low blow on Jay Briscoe. King and Titus chase Page from the ring.

- Moose defeated Cedric Alexander, by pinfall, in a No DQ Match: The match closes out with Moose getting a near fall, after slamming Cedric on a ladder. Moose stacks a pile of steel chairs in the ring, but Cedric comes back. Cedric hits a series of drop kicks and lariats and goes for a wrench to use. Stokely Hathaway stops it and attacks Cedric. Veda Scott gets involved and she jumps on Hathaway's back. Hathaway backs Scott into the corner and Cedric charges in for a drop kick. Hathaway smacks Cedric with the wrench as he charges in, dropping Cedric in front of a table proped in the corner. Moose charges in and spears Cedric right through the proped table. Moose covers and scores the pinfall.

- ACH defeated Matt Sydal, by pinfall, to take a 2-1 lead in a Best Of Five Series: The match closes out with ACH unloading with several kicks on Sydal and then dives off the top rope with a stomp. Sydal fires back and nails two solid leaping knees to the face of ACH. ACH dodges a Sydal leap from the top rope and gets a near fall with a bodypress off the ropes. ACH hits a brainbuster on Sydal and follows up with the 450 Splash. ACH covers and scores the pinfall, now leading the Best of Five Series 2-1.

- The Kingdom defeated The Addiction and The Young Bucks, by pinfall, to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship, in a Triple Threat Match: The match closes out with Daniels going for Angel's Wings on Nick Jackson, but Jackson rolls through and hits a hurricanrana. Jackson goes on a super kick spree and hits everyone moving. Maria tries to get involved, but Daniels punches her. Maria's husband, Michael Bennett, is pissed, charges at Daniels and takes the referee out in the process. KRD hits the ring and lays out The Addiction. The Young Bucks hit More Bang For Your Buck on Daniels, but Matt Tavern blind tags in. The Young Bucks hit the Meltzer Driver on Kazarian, but Tavern rolls up Matt Jackson from behind and scores the pinfall to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship.

- AJ Styles defeated Adam Cole, Michael Elgin and Roderick Strong, by pinfall, to become the #1 Contender to the ROH World Heavyweight Championship, in a Fatal Four Way Match: The match closes out with all hell breaking loose. All four men trade punches with each other. Elgin hits a Falcon Arrow on Cole and lands a spinning back fist on Strong. Strong lands a double knee gutbuster on Elgrin, a kick to Styles and a Strong Breaker on Cole. Elgrin grabs Styles and hits the turn buckle power bomb. Elgrin takes everyone out until Styles lands a Frankensteiner. Cole hits a Destroyer, but Styles breaks up the pinfall. Cole and Styles go face to face and trade blows. Styles hits Bloody Sunday and follows with the Styles Clash. Styles covers Cole and scores the pinfall to become #1 Contender to the ROH World Heavyweight Championship.

- Jay Lethal defeated Kyle O'Reilly, by pinfall, to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Championship: Lethal entered into his second title defense of the evening. The match closes out with O'Reilly countering the Lethal Injection with an armbar submission. Lethal counters and tries to steal a rollup with a handful of tights. O'Reilly hits a brainbuster on Lethal for a near fall and kicks Truth Martini off the apron. O’Reilly locks on a triangle submission, but Martini pulls the referee out of the ring. Nigel McGuinness comes out and ejects Truth Martini from ringside. O’Reilly accidentally kicks the referee, knocking him out. Lethal hits the Lethal Injection, then grabs the title belt. Bobby Fish hits the ring and saves O'Reilly. Donavon Dijak hits the ring and attacks Fish. Adam Cole hits the ring and takes out Dijak. Cole then turns on O'Reilly and hits a super kick on him. Lethal hits the Lethal Injection on O'Reilly, covers and scores the pinfall to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, The Kingdom come out to the ring and beat down O'Reilly to close out the show.

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, 6.4.15: Ring Of Honor Debut #ROH

By @B_Rock1978

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE.  It's this week's Ring Of Honor recap for the week.

- The first ever Ring Of Honor on Destination America was taped in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

- The debut of Ring Of Honor on Destination America kicks off with The Briscoe Brothers. The Briscoes say their facing House of Truth tonight, call Truth Martini a scallywag, the H.O.T will be broken in tonight real good and Jay Lethal can't duck the Briscoes any longer.

- KUSHIDA vs. Will Ferrara: The match closes out with KUSHIDA getting a near fall on a moonsault. Ferrara strikes back and gets a few near falls of his own. KUSHIDA locks Ferrara in the "Hoverboard Lock" submission and forces Ferrara to tap out.

- Christopher Daniels and Kazarian arrive at the announcers table and officially announce they will give team ReDRagon a ROH World Tag Team Championship Match next week.

- Silas Young vs. Watanabe: The match closes out with the two battling on the floor. Watanabe delivers a german suplex on Young right on the floor. Back in the ring, we get backslide pins traded back and forth. Young plants a punt kick on Watanabe, knocking him dizzy. Young hits the "TKO" on Watanabe and scores the pin. 

- BJ Whitmer (w/Adam Page and Colby Corino) vs. Moose (w/Stokely Hathaway and Veda Scott): Whitmer grabs a microphone before the match starts. Whitmer says he could easily end Moose's winning streak, but chooses not too. Instead he hands the match off to Colby Corino, gives him an opportunity to step out of his shadow and prove he's more of a man than his dad, ROH announcer and ECW Icon Steve Corino.

- Moose (w/Stokely Hathaway and Veda Scott) vs. Colby Corino (w/BJ Whitmer and Adam Page): The match closes out with Corino getting destroyed by Moose. Moose tosses Corino into the barricade, swings Corino around ringside, hits a few apron power bombs on Corino and finishes with a huge power bomb on the floor. Corino is tossed back into the ring and pinned easily by Moose, as Steve Corino looked on and did nothing to help his son.

- The Briscoe Brothers vs. House of Truth (w/Truth Martini): Jay Lethal backs out of the match and makes J. Diesel take his spot with Donovan Dijak. The match closes out with Diesel doing a number on Mark Briscoe with a powerslam and a fallaway slam. Mark fights his way out and tags in his brother, Jay Briscoe. Jay unloads on all the members of the House of Truth.

Jay Lethal tries to distract Jay from the apron, but it doesn't work out. The Briscoe's hit the "Doomsday Device" and pick up the pinfall victory. After the match, Dijak hits Mark Briscoe with "Feast Your Eyes". Jay Briscoe takes out Dijak and then hits the "Jay Driller" on Lethal to close out ROH's first show on Destination America.