-This week's TV is again matches and highlights from Supercard of Honor VIII.
-From New Orleans, LA
-Hosts are Kevin Kelly & Steve Corino
-Match 1: Cedric Alexander VS Roderick Strong (w/Jimmy Jacobs & BJ Whitmer, & Adam Page)
-They exchange arm holds to start, and it's a standoff. Another sequence ends with Cedric hitting a nice dropkick, followed by some chops. Strong's hand is somehow busted open, and he wins a chop exchange. Cedric goes up top, but gets yanked down and his head hits the top turnbuckle. Strong gets two off that, and he goes to work. Adam Page runs to the back and quickly emerges with something that he hands to Whitmer. Strong hits a chop as we go to break.
Back from break, both guys are down. Strong scores with a kitchen sink (knee to the gut) followed by an Olympic Slam for two. Strong hits a running knee followed by a running forearm, but a backbreaker is countered into a crucifix for two. Strong comes back with a backbreaker, and they exchange chops again. Strong hits a jumping knee, followed by Death From Above for two, which draws a "This is Awesome" chant. Cedric hits a Disaster Kick, followed by a dropkick in the corner. Cedric hits a modified Go 2 Sleep, then goes after Jacobs before hitting a dive on Whitmer. Strong catches Cedric flying from the top with a dropkick, then finishes with a suplex toss into a backbreaker.
What was shown is worth **. The full match might have been a lot better judging by the crowd reaction.
-Jimmy Jacobs gets on the mic and tells the young wrestlers to look to Adam Page as an example, not Cedric.
-Match 2: Jimmy Jacobs, BJ Whitmer, & Adam Page VS Andrew Everett & Adrenaline RUSH [6 Man Scramble]
-Scramble = lucha rules = no tag needed if a team member goes to the floor. After a break, the match is JIP with ACH hitting a couple dropkicks which are no-sold by Whitmer. ACH goes low, and Whitmer rolls outside, allowing Jacobs to attack ACH from behind. ACH leaves and Thomas gets in, hitting a nice kick combo and a hangman's clothesline for two. ACH goes out, so Everett gets in and takes care of Jacobs before hitting a nice rana on Page.
Whitmer prevents a dive from Everett, leading to Thomas hitting a dive. ACH goes after Jacobs, but gets caught in Doomsday position by Whitmer, and Jacobs dives through the ropes with a spear, prompting another "This is Awesome" chant. ACH plays FIP for a bit, taking punishment from all three opponents. Whitmer slaps ACH around, before ACH sends him outside and walks the ropes to hit a dive. Thomas gets in and catches Jacobs with another kick combo for two. Thomas hits a release German suplex on Jacobs who rolls outside, allowing Page to sneak in and hit a nice backbreaker on Thomas. Everett gets in and slips on the turnbuckles, but comes back with a nice moonsault.
Everett hits springboard shooting stars to the outside, then on Whitmer in the ring for two. Whitmer tosses Everett out over the top, taking out a camera man in the process, then he & Jacobs finish Thomas with the All Seeing Eye.
***1/2 Pretty good action that was a throwback to the cruiserweight multi-man tags that used to open WCW pay-per-views.
-Jacobs threatens to stab Thomas with a spike, but doesn't do it.
-A video recaps Jay Briscoe winning the RoH title, then getting injured and having it stripped. Adam Cole wins the title then turns heel, so Briscoe has his own title belt made and declares himself the real champion. Clips from their Ladder War are shown, as Kevin Kelly explains that the match is too violent to be shown on TV, but you can go see it at rohwrestling.com. Well that's pretty good promotion right there.
-Match 3 for a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Michael Elgin VS Kevin Steen
-Steen goes for the package piledriver right away, but Elgin blocks. Steen reverses a whip, hits a clothesline, and follows with a canonball for two. They go outside and exchange strikes, before Steen sends Elgin into the barricade, which breaks on impact and we go to break.
Back from break, they're still on the floor, and Elgin hits a delayed vertical suplex out there, then gets two after rolling Steen back in. Elgin hits a dropkick for two, but Steen fires back, hitting a DDT for two. Steen hits a slam and a senton for one, then goes to work in the corner. Elgin scores with an enziguiri, followed by a deadlift German suplex. They fight out of each others submission holds, and Elgin hits a Black Hole Slam for two.
Elgin goes up, but whiffs on a twisting senton. Elgin slides out of an F5, but gets caught with a fisherman's neckbreaker for two. Steen tries another canonball, but Elgin counters into a powerbomb. Elgin goes for another powerbomb, but Steen counters into an F5 for two, and we go to break again.
Back from break, Steen avoids another powerbomb, hits a pop-up powerbomb, followed by the package piledriver...for two. Steen goes up, but a Swanton Bomb hits knees. Steen charges into a urinage, and Elgin follows up with a backfist, buckle bomb, and spiral bomb for two. Elgin sets Steen up top, but takes too long going up himself, allowing Steen to hit a twisting superplex for two. Elgin counters a package piledriver, and hits a triple bomb.
Elgin hits a buckle bomb, but Steen suddenly comes to life and hits a sleeper suplex. Elgin fires right back with a massive clothesline, followed by another buckle bomb and a package piledriver for the pin.
*** This was going great until that final stretch. I didn't like Steen being dead, only to essentially no-sell a buckle bomb to hit his move, then go back to being dead after the clothesline. Also, Elgin using the package piledriver seems like a needlessly personal finish for the story they were telling.
-FINAL THOUGHTS: This was a pretty worthwhile show to check out. I'm disappointed that the ladder war won't be shown on TV, but I already know who won, so it's not that disappointing. This show did get me to take a look at what they're offering on demand and see that it was enough for me to justify a 3 month membership for $20, so there's that.
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