Ring of Honor: "Relentless"
May 18th, 2013
From the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Virginia
Commentators: Joe Dembrowski and Steve Corino

Kyle Matthews vs. Michael Elgin
This wasn't too bad a match. Kyle Matthews had a much better showing than you'd think. This was far from a jobber squash match.
Winner: Michael Elgin
Code of Honor afterwards.

Adam Page vs. Adam Cole
This wasn't too bad a match at all. I can't say much more than that.
Winner: Adam Cole

Roderick Strong vs. Mark Briscoe
Watching this match I can't help but feel like I've seen a few of the shows that followed this one. I remember the two feuding quite a bit but there was a more vehemence behind those matches. I also remember making comments about “my guy” facing “John The Drummer 's guy”. This wasn't a bad match at all but this show hasn't done much to really "pop" me just yet. Pretty good finish though.
Winner: Mark Briscoe
Code of Honor afterwards, and Mark falling off the turnbuckle backwards as only Mark can.

Chris Larusso vs. Tommaso Ciampa
Now this was a jobber squash. I swear I've seen Larusso somewhere before.
Winner: Tommaso Ciampa

Steve Corino takes over for the ring announcer on this one.

S.C.U.M. (Cliff Compton and Rhett Titus) vs. the American Wolves
There was one move about ten minutes into this match where Davey Richards made Cliff Compton DDT Rhett Titus that really interested me. That was something I've never seen. This was no six-star classic but it was a solid match fo' sho'.
Winners: the American Wolves

Steve Corino gets back into the ring an announces that that on June 23rd Matt Hardy will get a World Championship match. He also challenges Nigel McGuinness to get four of Ring of Honors best guys together to face four of S.C.U.M.s best guys for a winner take all match for control of Ring of Honor.

reDRagon & Matt Taven vs. C+C Wrestlefactory & Jay Lethal
This wasn't a bad match at all but for some reason I zoned out and ten minutes into it I realized I was watching it. I don't know what happened there. Caprice Coleman always does something to impress me and he hit a wicked springboard...”thing”…at the end of this one. That guy (Caprice) is becoming one of "my guys".
Winners: C+C Wrestlefactory & Jay Lethal

Steve Corino tells Joe Dembrowski that Jimmy Jacobs is about to "take it" to Kevin Steen

Jimmy Jacobs vs. Kevin Steen
This match doesn't even last a couple minutes until the referee disqualifies Jacobs, which is weird because I thought it was an "anything goes" match.
Winner: Kevin Steen via DQ

Kevin Steen gets on the microphone and calls for the match to be restarted as a No Disqualifications match. Thankfully it is.

No Disqualifications
Jimmy Jacobs vs. Kevin Steen
The show had been gaining steam for the last couple matches but it needed this match to happen to finally give it that "pop" I mentioned earlier. There have been brutaller matches and bloodier brawls but it happened at just the bright time.
Winner: Kevin Steen
Afterwards Steen hits a vicious F-5 on a chair on Jacobs.

A promo where BJ Whitmer says that this match and the title are more than a match and a title to him: it's redemption after years of bad decisions.

Steve Corino has left so Mark Briscoe joins Joe Dembrowski on commentary.

For the Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Championship
BJ Whitmer vs. Jay Briscoe (champion)
The last match was a hard act to follow but this match did the job. BJ took maybe the worst fall through a table outside of the ring that I've ever seen in my life (and I've seen a long of falls through tables outside rings). The guy had never amounted to much but you have to respect him.
Winner: Jay Briscoe
BJ Whitmer gets an ovation from the crowd afterward...he can barely stand on his own though.
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This show started off slow but finally picked up with the Ciampa match, which wasn't a good match at all but gave the show the gas it needed. I was worried at first that I’d be giving this show a negative review but this show reinforced my love for the art of professional wrestling after a week of hearing nothing but venom over an over-pushed boob possibly retiring an icon.

The commentary wasn't too bad. It wasn't just Kevin Kelly who was M.I.A. tonight but ring announcer Bobby Cruise and Nigel McGuiness (who was contacted "by phone" during the Jacobs-Steen match). Joe Dembrowski was fine when he had Corino with him but things dropped off whenever he left. There were times though when I thought Joe Dembrowski was Kevin Kelly.

Bonus content:
Aden Chambers & Brandon Day vs. A-1
...I don't know what was going on here but A-1 got a bigger pop and more streamers than almost anyone on the main card. They must have been locals. Neither team was really bad though and both used some interesting offence.
...this would have been a better opening match to the main card than what was...
Winners: A-1

Some 'Honor Roll' promos I didn't watch.

A 'Best in the World' hype video I didn't watch.