Ring of Honor “Death Before Dishonor XV
Friday September 22nd, 2017
From Sam's Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Ian Riccaboni and Colt Cabana
T-shirt worn: Silas Young “Last Real Man”
For a shot at the Ring of Honor World Six Man Championships later in the show
The Kingdom vs. the Briscoes & Bully Ray
This was a really fun match. Since I don't like the Kingdom I enjoyed seeing them get the tar beaten out of them. Some of those slaps on TK O’Ryan were fvcking stiff. I was really surprised to see the Briscoes and Bully Ray win but not surprised to see the seeds for a Jay Briscoe turn being planted.
Winners: the Briscoes & Bully Ray
Marry Scrull vs. Chucky T
I honestly don’t remember this match. Speaks volumes of how I feel about Marty Scrull. I still don’t get it.
Winner: Marty Scrull
Las Vegas Street Fight
Punishment Martinez vs. Jay White
I feel so bad for Punishment Martinez every time I see him because the poor guy gets zero reaction. He's not that bad either. So my wife and I decided to mark out for the guy this entire match. It wasn't a bad match at all. The middle was a little flat. But I legit jumped out of my seat when the tacks came out because things like that will make both guys a little bit more famous. We marked for Punishment at the end and he looked over at us with a look of thanks.
Winner: Punishment Martinez
For the Ring of Honor World Six Man Tag Team Championships
The Briscoes & Bully Ray vs. the Hung Bucks (champions)
I expected this match to end very early, what with the earlier stuff with Jay Briscoe and with the Young Bucks having a second match later in the card defending the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championships. It was a bit of a downer and waste of time but understandable. I don't watch the Young Bucks YouTube show so I didn't know or care what the deal with Hangman Page missing was about.
Winners: the Hung Bucks
For the Ring of Honor World Television Championship
Kenny King vs. Kushida (champion)
Any angle that has anything to do with a fucking bottom-feeding show like the Bachelorette automatically gets zero interest from me. They played off Kenny Kings being in that show during his entrance and I'm not sure but maybe the commentary team played off it too. It was a good match though.
Winner: Kenny King (new Ring of Honor World Television Champion)
Last Man Standing Match
Silas Young vs. Jay Lethal
This match was fvcking awesome. That's not just me the Silas Young mark marking out. These two beat the piss out of one another. Those whips with the belt were disgusting to hear. Silas' back was covered in welts within minutes. The ladder spot happened right in front of me too. Match ov the night and a likely contender to be on my match ov da year list too.
Last Man Standing: Silas Young
For the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championships
Motor City Machine Guns vs. the Young Bucks (champions)
This was another good, fun match. As with any Young Bucks match I felt bad for their opponents. They may as well be facing the Ding Dongs every time I see them. But the Guns held their own and gave a great performance too. There were some good spots in here and it was fun.
Winners: the Motor City Machine Guns (new Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions)
For the Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Championship
Minoru Suzuki vs. Cody (Champion) w/Brandi Rhodes
I'm not going to mince my words: this match sucked ass. I've never heard of
Minoru Suzuki (and I doubt a lot of people have but y’know: Japan) but all I heard was how this guy is legit and was going to kill Cody. So I was hoping for a nice first impression. Instead, some cat and mouse stalling at the beginning, some funny faces and one decent chop sequence then...it was over. An aire of "what the fuck?" filled the arena. I was pretty disappointed but I hope those marks were even more disappointed for letting themselves get so worked up over this match.
Winner: Cody
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So while the main event of this show was laughably shit the rest of the show was really damn fun. There was one match of the year contender in Silas Young verses Jay Lethal, two really good, fun matches in the Tag Team title match and the opener and a couple other good ones.
I've heard the main event got cut short due to the show running late but then I heard the show went off the air at 11:53pm. So I'm just going to chalk it up to people just getting overly caught up in Japanese wrestling again. Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka had my favourite match of all-time in nine minutes. Those two could've done a hell of a lot more. Maybe Minoru was suffering from jet lag, and I could see it. But that’s a poor excuse.
Sam’s Town is a nice arena with uneven seating structure that doesn't show how many people really were there tonight. A lot of the seats are on the soft camera side. It was a sell out.
After the show I shook Cary Silkins hand as he walked around thanking fans for coming out.
Dark Match
Rhett Titus & Will Ferrerea vs. the Tempura Boys
This was a dark match. I'm not sure the big deal with the Tempura Boys. They are cute, but that’s it.
Winners: the Tempura Boys