Recap from last show of Corino announcing Simply Luscious as first member of his faction.
Corino promo from ROH Impact announcing second member of his stable, Samoa Joe.
Corino and Daniels backstage at ROH Impact taping. Daniels announces Allison Danger — Steve Cornio’s sister — has replaced Luscious.
Special K comes to the ring. Deranged cuts a pretty funny promo. Da Hit Squad and SAT jump them. Mafia cuts a promo. Idiot Pittsburgh fans are dead.
Simply Luscious and Allison Danger fight before the show.
Paul London cuts a promo. Average.
Match No. 1: Matt Stryker vs. Chad Collyer. Chris Lovey and Ray Murrow on commentary. Mat work early. Collyer working on Stryker’s leg. Collyer hits texas cloverleaf. Stryker makes the ropes. Stryker hits two lariats, followed by an elbow. He then hits a neckbreaker, but misses a quebrada. Collyer does nice gedo clutch. Stryker hits ankle lock, but Collyer reverses it. Colyer goes for texas cloverleaf but Stryker reverses it. Collyer goes back to colverleaf and he gets the tap. These guys started out a bit slow, but crowd got into what turned into a really good technical match. Rating: ****
Punk cuts a promo backstage.
Match No. 2: C.M. Punk vs. Michael Shane. Nothing notable early. Punk goes for a shining wizard, but Shane ducks. Punk catches him with a dropkick from behind. Shane throws Punk over the top rope and beats on Punk outside the ring. Punk blows a kiss to a couple of hotties in the crowd. Punk hits jawbreaker. Punk goes to top rope and goes for a cross body press, but Shane gets his knee up. Action goes outside briefly. Huge back body drop by Punk. He follows with a shining wizard. Punk calls out to crowd, who is dead. Shane flips off the crowd. Punk does split leg moonsault for a two count. Punk goes back to the top rope. Shane nails a superkick but Punk barely kicks out. Punk hits rollup for the pin. Decent match but a bit sloppy in spots. Rating: ***
Match No. 3: Spanish Announce Team (Joel & Jose Maximo) & Ghost Shadow vs. Divine Storm (Chris Divine & Quiet Storm) & Konnan. Divine and Ghost Shadow open things. Decent work by these two. Joel and Storm are next. Storm is a stocky, half-pint but he can wrestle. Konnan and Jose enter. Another nice sequence. Divine back in with Shadow. Ghost Shadow hits huricanrana. But they blow a spot. Everyone hits missile dropkick. Jose hits a nice suplex. Jose hits moonsault onto the floor. Ghost Shadow does somersault plancha. Trinity does moonsault off the top rope. Nice doubleteam by the SAT. Shadow hits climbing shining wizard. Followed by a muscle buster type move where he drops the guy onto the mat. Divine does tope to the floor. Storm with nice drago suplex. Joel responds with release german suplex. Joel hits top rope brainbuster but Storm kicks out. Shadow with tornado ddt and then a flipping elbow. Shadow with sitdown powerbomb. Konnan with splash mountain on Konan. Konan uses tequila sunrise on Ghost Shadow for the pin. These match had a lot of innovative move but was a bit sloppy. Good to see Konnan in ROH. Rating: ***
Match No. 4: Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito) vs. Da Hit Squad (Mafia and Monsta Mack). The fight on the floor as the match starts. Devito into the post. Mafia gets the railing in his head. He’s busted open. He then gets suplexed onto the barricade. Devito nails Mafia with a baking pan. Devito is busted open. Mack takes a hubcap to the head. Mafia uses cowboy boots on both Loc and Devito. Loc is busted open. Mack gives Devito a frog splash. DHS uses ladder on both Loc and Devito. Ladder buckles as Mack tries to jump from it. Loc nails Mack in the abdomen with the ladder. Loc cuts Mafia with the cowbell. Mafia with huge clothesline on Loc. With ladder on Loc and Devito, DHS hits them with chairs. Mafia brings table into the ring. Loc sets up the table. They place Mack on the table. Mafia gives Loc huge chairshot to the head. Devito put on the table. Mafia powerbombs Loc onto Devito and through table for the pin. Good old school brawl. Rating: ***1/2
Special K skit. They are fucked up in the locker room.
Match No. 5: Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) & Outcast Killaz (Oman Tortuga & Diablo Santiago) vs. Special K (Deranged, Angel Dust, Yeyo & Hydro) in scramble match. Triple tope by Special K. Deranged hits springboard senton to the floor. Hydro with huge clothesline on Marcos. Deranged hits crazy spinning drop. Slugga chokeslams Oman and Diablo and Dunn. And finally Marcos. Angel Dust and Hydro hits some nice new moves. Deranged hits sunset flip power bomb. Slugga gives Marcos the body bag. They all pin him. Decent moves in this one. Rating: ***1/2
Match No. 6: B.J. Whitmer vs. Colt Cabana vs. Paul London vs. Homicide in a four-way match. Whitmer opens with London. Nice work early by these guys. London hits overhead belly to belly suplex. Homicide and Cabana in now. Homicide hits knee to the head of Cabana. Whitmer working on Homicide’s arm. Homicide gives Cabana a superplex. Huge clothesline by Cabana on London after they miss a similar spot. London hits cross body block, but Cabana nails him with an elbow. Nice suplex by Whitmer on London. He follows with a camel clutch. London hits signature drop kick on Cabana. Cabana fakes a tag to Homicide, which pisses him off. London tags Homicide. Whitmer hits german suplex on Homicide. Cabana goes for suplex on Homicide but London does cross body block from top rope. Whitmer hits exploder 98 on Homicide. Homicide does tope on Whitmer on the floor. Cabana tries to follow but London hits nice dropkick. Cabana flips London over top rope on to Whitmer and Homicide on the floor. Great action by these guys. Cabana does springboard somersault senton to the floor. He takes a hard bump. Whitmer misses knee, Homicide gives him three-quarter facelock bulldog (Ace Crusher) from top rope. Homicide hits vertebbreaker (Cop Killa) on London. Cabana makes the save. Cabana hits double underhook overhead backbreaker drop (Colt .45) on Homicide. Whitmer makes the save. Whitmer hits three dragon suplexes on Cabana. As he bridges for the pin, London hits shooting star press on Whitmer for the pin. Incredible moves in this one. Rating: ****1/2