#workhorsemen

Zero Hour

It's a little sad that Colt isn't repping Dark Order anymore but good to see him back in a ring. Same for Anthony Henry, the Workhorsemen are a good tag team well-suited for ROH (even though I must admit I love the Wingmen too)

Match was good for getting the crowd involved, Henry did a lovely piledriver and Frog Splash for two different nearfalls but Cabana powers through

I've heard news about the Trustbusters from some AEW Dark spoilers, but for first impressions: good music, good talent in Slim J, probably gonna do well as weaselly midcard heels until they get some muscle

Eli Isom impressed me a lot more this match than he did in Supercard against Gates of Agony

I dunno who this Prince Nana is but buying TBE seems weird to me, is Tully not gonna be a part of it anymore? Seems like it with them being called The Embassy, maybe Tully will just be with Gresham?

I said it at Supercard and I'll say it again, Cage is best when he's just hossing

Zayne (fresh off of BOSJ), Christian and Deppen did really well too, they built Christian's hot tag really well, Deppen did a lot of workhorsing and Zayne undoubtedly was great

How can you not love Willow? Her music is great too

Nice little blend of technique and power in that match

4 matches in 1 hour, you see that WWE?

Main Card

Kicking off with the world title!? That is bold

Love Claudio's new theme music btw, I wouldn't have minded if all of BCC had classical remixes but I get why Mox sticks with Wild Thing, plus Yoots still has a good theme tune

Gresham didn't come out with Tully though, so wonder what that's about? Regal joins commentary too to enrich us more

Classic story of ligament damage vs power

Gresham has struggled with AEW crowds getting him but GOD he is so clean

CLAUDIO DID IT! HE FINALLY WON A WORLD TITLE!

I appreciate the BCC elbows helped transition to the Ricola Bomb, we pushing that BCC agenda and I am here for it, I think I liked that match more than the ZSJ match

Claudio's joy is also infectious, that's an opener!

Glad to see more Dalton, dude is charismatic for years

This is the first I've seen of the Righteous, their music is unique, they have kinda cult energy with a dash of Big Lebowski, I'd happily see more of them

I enjoyed the match more than I thought tbf, lots of charisma, lots of fun, commentary made me grin too, I had predicted Castle and Boys to win but it surprised me that they went 2 title changes in a row

Garcia still rocking the kangol XD And using the Regal colours

Could we possibly just get Regal on commentary like every title match? He's so joyous but also technical, you learn so much

Production has gone up with the PURE rules UI, timer and the rope break bars

Yoots has a great German Suplex, not Takeshita level but still great

It's a very interesting but valid strategy to see Garcia and Yoots work the ears, you don't see it a lot

I was also glad to hear that there's intent towards Yoot not going for a rope break, because his last few Pure matches have had him be the first to lose a rope break and I always felt that feeling like weakness

Loved the submission swapping relating to JAS and BCC too

That is the best PURE match I've seen so far in the Khan era, if it weren't for Claudio challenging Gresham I would've picked Garcia for this, but I wanted that BCC agenda and I'm getting it, Bryan needs to come back so he's next

Dragon Lee. Lawn Darted RUSH. Through a Table!?

This is pure Penta vs Fenix energy in the best way, both have the same kind of builds and mentality

Seriously, no build, no title, and yet this still was a banger

I wonder if Lee will join La Faccion Ingobernable down the line, because I know RUSH and Andrade are facing the Lucha Bros but I see it going into trios, maybe Andrade taking the All-Atlantic title from PAC

Every American one time or another will call Worcester 'War-chester' XD to be fair us Brits do too but we learn quickly because of Worcestershire Sauce

No surprise that Serena vs Mercedes is extremely technical

Match got a little slow in the middle but it was good, really thought though that Serena would be given her due, she's showed up against Shida, Rosa and Mercedes and the ROH women's title did feel like a good fit for her

Lethal sent Singh and Dutt away which is interesting

Joe pulling a Suzuki look as they go straight at it!

Didn't last long, Singh came back to help Pillmanize Joe's shoulder, match hadn't started yet so fair game. But the ref ejects Singh before ringing the bell, which is clever, didn't eject Dutt though when he brought in a pipe (to feint so Lethal could use the belt)

Crowd have been rabid for this match, I was okay about it, the build and the interferences made me less invested

Woof, Fight for the Fallen ain't messing around; Mox vs RUSH, Swerve vs Sterling & Nese, Danielson returning vs Garcia, good stuff

Surprised Dax didn't wear his 'Fight like an 8 year old' shirt, AEW made them to donate to children's heart charity

The pop for the bell ringing wasn't as loud as last time which was a shame

Jay and Dax went 200 miles an hour there, but it looks like it hurt him a bit since they had him checked by medical, post-show reports say it's precautionary which is fortunate

Doesn't stop his capacity for the hot tag though

After the first fall we got some clever psychology from the Briscoes

Cash has a great hot tag too

The camera is looking for something but it's not quite finding it

Is 2 out of 3 no rules? Because I feel like being hit with a bell is a DQ

Everyone's showing some colour now

It's been a good night for clean looking piledrivers

Ref bump seems to be to give the Briscoes a visual win with the Jay Driller, though FTR also had a visual win with the Big Rig after, maybe a part 3 is in waiting? Iron Man maybe?

They did the Revival vs DIY/American Alpha spot with holding hands during a submission

JESUS! Chekov's table from Lethal/Joe comes back for Cash super back body dropping Mark!

Jay Driller just for 2!

SUPER PILEDRIVER

The finish was great, I think I slightly preferred the Supercard match but gosh that was a great match

Oh sure give me FTR vs BCC, I've got a vein to inject it into

Conclusion

This was a great PPV.

I think I preferred Forbidden Door by an inch, but it has to be on a similar level because ROH didn't suffer so much from abrupt endings and injury, but the match quality for Forbidden Door was slightly higher, but it was better than Supercard overall which is a plus.

The matches were all really good, very happy to see Claudio win a world title finally. Khan booked the PPV strongly and hopefully it pays off for him, I don't see how tv companies wouldn't be considering ROH right now.

Hopefully a new chapter will begin.

Results (and Predictions)

Zero Hour: Colt Cabana def. Anthony Henry (w/JD Drake) - Pinfall via Moonsault Trustbusters (Ari Daivari & Slim J) def. Cheeseburger & Eli Isom - Pinfall on Isom by Daivari via Frog Splash The Embassy (Brian Cage, Kaun & Toa Liona w/ Prince Nana) def Alex Zayne, Blake Christian & Tony Deppen - Pinfall on Deppen by Cage via Dominator/Big Boot combo Willow Nightingale def Allisyn Kay - Pinfall via Gutwrench Powerbomb

Main Card: Claudio Castagnoli (w/William Regal) def. Jonathon Gresham (w/Prince Nana) (c) - Pinfall via Ricola Bomb - TITLE CHANGE!!! Dalton Castle & The Boys def. The Righteous (Vincent, Bateman & Dutch w/ Vita VonStarr) (c) - Pinfall on Bateman by Castle via Bangarang - TITLE CHANGE!! Wheeler Yuta (w/William Regal) (c) def. Daniel Garcia - Pinfall via Seatbelt RUSH (w/José the Assistant) def. Dragon Lee - Pinfall via Bull's Horns Mercedes Martinez (c) def. Serena Deeb - Submission via Dragon Sleeper Stretch Samoa Joe (c) def. Jay Lethal (w/Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh) - Submission via Kirifuda Clutch FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c) def. The Briscoes (Jay and Mark) [2-1 Falls]

Fall 1: Briscoes (1) def. FTR (0) - Pinfall on Dax by Mark via Doomsday Device

Fall 2: FTR (1) def. Briscoes (1) - Pinfall on Jay by Dax via Big Rig