Arlington, TX – 7.11.2025

Commentary is provided by Ian Riccaboni & Caprice Coleman.

Zero Hour

Jay Lethal vs. Blake Christian

Lee Johnson is in Christian’s corner. After winning a Fargo strut battle, Lethal goes for a figure four leg lock. Christian avoids that, so Lethal hip tosses him into a dropkick. A distraction from Johnson halts Lethal from attempting the Lethal Combination. Lethal suicide dives onto Johnson, onto to turn around ito a Fosbury Flop from Christian. Christian gets two back into the ring with a headstand into a tornado DDT. Lethal captures Christian mid back handspring and into the Lethal Combination. Lethal attacks Christian’s leg before going back to the figure four leg lock attempt. Christian makes it to the ropes to escape. He also counters a Lethal Injection into a backslide. Lethal knee strikes Christian to the floor, but Christian rolls back in and catches Lethal off guard with a standing Spanish Fly for two. Christian nurses his leg upon landing. He also nurses his leg when he misses a 450 splash and lands on his feet. Lethal reverse suplexes Christian into a facebuster. Christian distracts Lethal on the top turnbuckle, giving Christian time to bring him down with a superplex. Christian rolls Lethal into the Vanilla Choke Zero (Muta Lock), putting his bad leg in the air, and Lethal taps out at 8:09. Christian indicated to Bandido just a few weeks ago he was coming for his World title, and defeating Lethal is a great way to gain momentum towards that match. The action was non-stop and I appreciate that Christian was consistent in reminding us of the damage to his leg. ***

The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno & John Silver) vs. The Frat House (Cole Karter, Griff Garrison & Preston Vance)

Jacked Jameson and five nameless pledges are in the Frat House’s corner. It’s a shame that the best built feud in the entire company is relegated to the Zero Hour. The Dark Order runs roughshod over them all at the beginning, including Reynolds being backdropped by his partners onto all of the Frat House on the floor. Unfortunately, this also leaves Reynolds in the hands of all of the Frat House when they recover, leading them to being able to isolate Reynolds back in the ring. At one point, Silver angrily breaks up Garrison’s pin on Reynolds, and Garrison retaliates with a running forearm shot, knocking Silver off of the apron. Reynolds works hard to tag Uno, finally getting the chance to when he spikes Garrison and Karter at the same time with a tandem DDT. Uno runs back and forth between opposing corners, striking Garrison and Karter. He then busts out a DDT/side Russian leg sweep combo on them for a two count on Karter. Vance saves Karter from Uno. Garrison forearm strikes Uno into a spinebuster from Vance, and Karter then lands a 450 Splash for two. Uno backdrops Karter onto the ring apron and low bridges Vance to the floor before using the referee to assist with a neckbreaker on Garrison. Silver gamengiri’s Garrison to stop a springboard move. He attacks the rest of the Frat House before pump kicking Garrison in the back of the head and giving him a German suplex. The Dark Order put down Garrison with Ragnarok, but Jameson pulls referee Mike Posey out of the ring before he can count to three. Posey ejects Jameson from the match. As they’re arguing, Vance nails Uno with a pledge paddle. Negative One makes a surprise appearance. Vance is jarred by his appearance (Negative One, Brodie Lee’s son, chose Vance to main event his father’s tribute show). Vance unwittingly backs his way into triple team offense from the Dark Order, ending with a rolling lariat from Uno, giving Uno the pin at 10:29. This was awesome. Both units felt like strong, cohesive teams that really didn’t like each other. The crowd was super hot from start to end and the offensive was creative and crisp. The Dark Order getting vengeance on their former member that has been tormenting them was wholly satisfying as well. It genuinely makes me angry that three cold matches made it onto the actual PPV and this did not. ***½

MxM Collection, Johnny TV, and Taya Valkyrie interrupt the show. Taya introduces them as MxM TV. She says they have a life changing announcement. Before that, TV asks for the crowd to give MxM a standing ovation due to their successful tour of Japan. TV is angry that their response isn’t good enough, but Mansoor says that he can’t expect the ignorant gaijin to understand. Mansoor says they catwalked the King’s Road and mastered Strong Style, as well as getting sweet, sweet Ribera jackets. They jacket together. Mason Madden says they also learned that the fans in Japan smell alright, and that it’s the mutants in America that are the problem. That leads them to their big announcement – a new perfume called “Seed”, whose slogan is “let it grow inside you.” That has to be amongst the more bizarre ROH segments, but I didn’t hate it.

Diamante vs. Lady Frost

Diamante hasn’t been seen since March, and her last match before that was against Red Velvet in November of last year. Frost has also been on and off on ROH. So what do you do in a totally cold Zero Hour match? Beat the crap out of each other. Frost’s offense has more finesse, but certainly landed as hard as Diamante’s strikes. She cartwheeled Diamante into an Air Raid Crash after landing a roundhouse kick. Diamante cut off Frost’s Frost Bite attempt and brought her down from the middle rope with a rope-assisted Hero’s Welcome for the pin at 5:58. Kudos to them for getting the crowd into this after the excellent trios match that preceded it. It felt like a successful re-introduction for both women into the company. I think both of them could be unique competitors for the upcoming Women’s Pure title tournament, if that’s still happening. **¾

The Von Erichs (Marshall von Erich & Ross von Erich) vs. The Premier Athletes (Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari

Kevin von Erich is in his son’s corner, and Mark Sterling is in the Premier Varsity Athletes corner. The Athletes quickly get Ross to their corner by pulling on his hair. When he goes for the Iron Claw on Daivari, Nese is quick to make the save. Ross dropkicks Daivari and Slingblades Nese to create the space to get a tag to his brother. However, Sterling distracts referee Rick Knox, who misses the tag when it happens and forces Marshall back to the apron. Just as Nese knocks Marshall off of the apron, Ross turns Nese inside out with a lariat. With Marshall recovering, Ross has no one to tag, and Daivari continues the attack. Daivari misses a crossbody, and finally, Ross makes the tag to Marshall. Marshall gets the height to dropkick Daivari off of the top turnbuckle and to the floor. A distraction from Daivari, though, allows Nese to shotei Marshall and bring him down with a super Frankensteiner. Sterling distracts Rick Knox as Daivari pulls out a carpet and lands the Magic Carpet Ride for two. Ross tosses Daivari to the floor. Nese is popped up by Ross into a spinebuster from Marshall for two. Mark Sterling gets in the ring, and Ross puts him in the Iron Claw. Marshall lands a moonsault onto Nese to get the pin at 8:41. This was your classic tag team formula done well. They made the people wait and wait for Marshall’s tag and the crowd was happy when he finally got it. The Iron Claw on Sterling was a nice cherry on top. They didn’t break the mold or anything, but it was exactly what a Von Erich tag match in Texas should be. They should probably be defending their Six Man tag titles, though. **¾

We see outside a jeep with The Infantry and Trish Adora pulls up to the building. Shane Taylor meets them and says that tonight is the night they have been waiting for. He shows them a briefcase full of cash as incentive, but says they need to take care of business first. As they walk into the building, Taylor says it’s going to be a hell of a night.

Main Show

Michael Oku vs. Hechicero

Amira is in Oku’s corner and Rocky Romero is in Hechicero’s corner. This is Oku’s first ROH match since the “Prelude to SpringBreak” special where he lost to Nick Wayne the same day Wayne won the ROH World Television title. He is the current RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight champion. Hechicero can’t get a clear advantage on the mat, so he decides to throw strikes. Oku pivots fast, picking up the pace and taking down Hechicero with a tijeras. Hechicero uses his legs to position Oku into an armbar. He then snaps Oku’s shoulder back and gets right in Amira’s face, showing no mercy for his action. He also show no mercy by swinging Oku around in a hammerlock on that same arm. Oku halts Hechicero in the corner and takes him down with a shotgun dropkick off of the second turnbuckle. Oku gets two with a flying clothesline and DDT. Hechicero turns Oku inside out with a rolling lariat. Oku fires back with kicks. Hechicero side steps an attack against the ropes, but so does Oku, with both men crashing to the mat after their misses. Oku lands a Fosbury Flop on the floor, and Amira instructs him to stay on task. Oku obliges with a High Fly Flow back inside of the ring for two. When Hechicero tries using his legs to pop Oku into in position, Oku kicks him in the side of the head. However, Hechicero then catches Oku’s lionsault attempt into an armbar. Oku converts into his signature half crab until Hechicero grabs the bottom rope. Romero commiserates with Hechicero. The pep talk seems to work, as Hechicero slingshots into the ring and rolls Oku into a sunset position, trapping his ankle with one leg and applying pressure to his other ankle with his hands. A step up knee and headscissors driver get Hechicero the pin at 11:32. While Oku was able to at times keep one step ahead of Hechicero, and either duck or counter his offense, his offense was also less focused. Hechicero not only had the power advantage, but was more focused in his attack, and that helped him come out on top. While the driver was a satisfying finish, I do wish the finish was more connected to Hechicero’s ankle work on Oku. A really fun match to start the show. ***

$50,000 Dollar Challenge
Adam Priest vs. AR Fox vs. Atlantis Jr. vs. Lee Johnson

Blake Christian is in Johnson’s corner. It was clear that this was Fox and Priest’s showcase when the match began with a plancha suicida from Fox to Priest. It was basically Fox showing out and Priest trying to keep him grounded. Atlantis Jr. and Johnson seemed to have their own issue, with Johnson calling Atlantis “nothing” as he was beating him down in the ring. Priest however was keen to shut them down as well, preventing all high flying in the contest. Priest back dropped Fox on the top turnbuckle and put him in the Hitch. Atlantis superkicked Priest to break the hold. Johnson frog splashed onto Fox. Priest pitched Johnson out, and then when Atlantis landed a frog splash, he did the same thing and went for a cover. When that didn’t work, he pulled Fox up for a piledriver. Fox backdropped his way free and trapped Priest in the ropes for a slingshot rope-assisted Destroyer, getting the pin at 9:14. This was your garden variety four way match. It would’ve been a lot better as a singles between Fox and Priest. Maybe one day. **¾

ROH Pure Championship
Lee Moriarty vs. Blue Panther

Moriarty has been champion since 7.26.2024 and this is his eighth defense. Panther earned this title match by defeating Moriarty at “Global Wars Mexico.” If Moriarty is successful, he will surpass Nigel McGuinness’ Pure Championship record of 350 days. If he loses, their records are tied.

The Pure Rules are as follows:
*The competitors are to obey the “Code of Honor”, shaking one another’s hand before and after the match.
*The title can change hands on a count out and disqualification in addition to a pinfall.
*Each wrestler has 3 rope breaks to stop submission holds and pinfalls. After a wrestler has used all 3 of their rope breaks, submission and pin attempts on or under the ropes by the opponent are considered legal.
*Closed-fist punches to the face are not permitted. Overhanded slaps and chops to the face are permitted. Punches to the rest of the body are permitted, excluding low blows. The first use of a closed fist results in a warning. The second use of a closed fist to the face results in a disqualification.
*The judges for this match are not acknowledged.

Panther defeated Moriarty at Global Wars with a Fujiwara armbar, so when he went for it two minutes into the contest, Moriarty immediately used his first rope break. Moriarty runs Moriarty around the ring in an inverted Gory Special. Moriarty turns that into a grounded full nelson with a bodyscissors, and then a Cobra Twist. Panther fights free, but when he tries a catapult, Moriarty rolls him into a leg vice around the neck as he manipulates Panther’s fingers. Panther uses his first rope break to escape. Panther lands a crossbody to end Moriarty’s stride. He gets Moriarty in a figure four leg lock, and Moriarty uses his second rope break to escape. He takes down Panther with a springboard forearm. He wrenches on Panther’s left arm in a double top wrist lock. He attempts to pull Panther’s feet away from the rope, but Panther does end up getting them on the bottom rope to escape the hold. Moriarty suicide dives onto Panther. He then lets Panther get back in the ring (as opposed to going for a count out) and reapplies the Cobra Twist. He rolls Panther into the Border City Stretch. Once again Moriarty tries to prevent Panther from using the ropes by wrapping his legs around his free arm. Nevertheless, Panther is able to grab the bottom rope, utilizing his third and final rope break. Like in their first match, Panther takes down Moriarty with multiple clotheslines and lands a somersault senton to the floor. Moriarty however is able to stop Panther from climbing the ropes and brings him back into the ring with a superplex. He then puts Panther in an ankle lock. Panther crawls under the ropes, looking to perhaps grab the ring apron. Instead, Moriarty cuts him off, putting him in a Border City Stretch in the bottom rope until Panther taps out at 13:19. This was so much better than their first match, and it was much more about Moriarty and breaking the Pure title record rather than Panther getting a legends pop. To his credit, Panther did very well with the rules, and even strapped up Moriarty after the bout. When they give Moriarty the ball, he always runs with it. I just wish he got that ball more often and on bigger platforms. ***

ROH World Tag Team Championship
The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) vs. The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean)

The Sons of Texas have been champions since 8.16.2024 and this is their fifth defense. To coincide with James Gunn’s “Superman” film that came out the same day as this show, Sammy Guevara is wearing Superman inspired attire, and Dustin Rhodes is wearing Green Lantern inspired attire. The Infantry earned this title match by defeating Top Flight in a #1 Contendership match. Trish Adora is in their corner. She interjects to stop a double Unnatural Kick from happening to her team, slapping Rhodes in the face. The champions recover quickly, laying out the challengers with a top rope splash from Guevara to Dean and a somersault senton to Bravo on the floor. Dean distracts the referee while Bravo pulls Guevara to the floor. He gives Guevara a stunner on the apron, making it so Guevara’s chest slams against the ring frame. Bravo boots Rhodes off the apron before giving Guevara a double axe handle to his back. He also cracks Guevara with a running haymaker when he starts fighting back against Dean. They throw Guevara face first into the ring apron and pummel his chest as Rhodes looks on, not able to do anything. The Infantry get to beat down Guevara for several minutes back in the ring, thanks to them distracting referee Stephon Smith from seeing a tag to Rhodes. Bravo gets too cocky and attempts a slingshot maneuver that worked earlier again, so this time, Guevara sees it coming and catches him with an Ace Crusher mid-move. Rhodes finally tags in and takes out the opposition with slams. He has Dean pinned with the Cross Rhodes but Bravo breaks up the pin, Guevara takes out Bravo with a Cactus clothesline. Rhodes hits the Unnatural Kick on Dean. Shane Taylor nails Dustin with his own tag title while Adora has Stephon Smith distracted. Guevara wipes out Taylor as Dean goes to cover a busted open Rhodes. Guevara jumps in just in the nick of time to save his partner from being pinned. Bravo pummels Rhodes’ open wound, but Rhodes is able to use the momentum from an Irish whip to plant Dean with a running Destroyer. Guevara takes out Taylor with an Asai moonsault before he lays out Bravo with a springboard Ace Crusher. Dean fails to pin Guevara with a schoolboy. Guevara superkicks Dean into the Final Reckoning from Rhodes, and then pins Dean with a Senton Atomico at 15:04. This should have been the Infantry’s time to shine. The Sons have had a nice year-long run, and this would’ve been the chance to give a couple of ROH regulars a big moment during a big weekend and elevate them to the next level. Instead, the Sons had to get another hometown win (more on that in a moment). That said, this match was really good. The Infantry got under the champions skin, got the crowd to hate them, and the nearfalls were believable. It’s just hard to imagine they get a better moment than this to win the titles. ***½

Shane Taylor and the Infantry beat down the Sons of Texas after the bell. Lee Moriarty and Anthony Ogogo join the fray. The Sons are saved by Marshall and Ross von Erich. Dustin then challenges them to an eight man tag team match at tomorrow’s All In Zero Hour, which surprise, the Texas crew also wins and gets yet another big hometown moment. Ridiculous.

ROH World Television Championship
Nick Wayne vs. Titán

Nick Wayne has been champion since 4.17.2025 and this is his fourth defense. Titán earned this title match by surviving the time limit in a Proving Ground match at “Global Wars Mexico.” Shayna Wayne is in Nick’s corner. Wayne wastes no time attacking Titán’s left leg. He also goes after Titán’s mask, just as he did when they were in Arena Mexico. Titán gets his leg up when Wayne charges at him, but Wayne sees it coming, grabs it with his arms, and hyperextends Titán’s leg over his shoulder. When Wayne runs to the opposite corner, Titán follows through with a clothesline through the ropes. He nurses his knee before landing a suicide dive, showing great agony upon landing. When he goes for a springboard move, Wayne shoves Titán off the top rope. Titán lands feet first on the apron, but it’s clear even that safe landing did some damage to the knee. When Wayne grabs his leg, Titán enzuigiri’s him using his free leg. He superkicks Wayne before skinning the cat to the top turnbuckle and double stomping Wayne on the ring apron. When he tries a double stomp in the ring, Wayne moves out of the way. Titán hurts his knee landing on his feet, and Wayne immediately takes him down with a dragonscrew leg whip and applies a figure four leg lock. Titán gets the ropes to escape. Titán cracks Wayne with a jump-up roundhouse kick after ducking a clothesline. Wayne ends Titán’s kick onslaught by kicking out his knee. Titán inside cradles Wayne to block the Prodigy Plex, and also uses a tornado DDT to block Wayne’s World. He superkicks Wayne to the floor and lands a tope con hilo. Titán then successfully pulled off a top rope double stomp. Referee Rick Knox caught Shayna Wayne putting Nick’s foot on the rope and sent her backstage. Titán puts Wayne in Llave Immortal, the move he had Wayne in when the time expired at Global Wars. This time, Wayne crawls to the ropes to escape. As Titán is poised for a 450 splash, Wayne feigns a knee injury. While Rick Knox tends to Wayne, Kip Sabian crotches Titán on the top turnbuckle. Wayne then brings Titán down with a super Wayne’s World. He roundhouse kicks Titán after but only gets two. Titán once again cradles Wayne to block the Prodigy Plex. Wayne escapes just before a three count, roundhouse kicks Titán again, and lands the Prodigy Plex for the pin at 16:11. This was really awesome before the Patriarchy interference. Take that away and this is the best TV title match in a long time. Even with that wrinkle, this is still really good. Titán’s worn down leg/knee was the glue that held all the great action together. They had me believing Titán was going to take the title a couple of times as well, which is quite the feat. Christian Cage celebrates with Nick and the rest of the Patriarchy after the match. ****

Backstage, Red Velvet is interviewed by Lexy Nair. Velvet is injured and cannot defend her ROH Women’s World Television Title. They will crown an interim champion tonight. Why? She hasn’t defended it in over two months anyways. Why not just crown a number one contender and wait for Velvet to be cleared? The consistency between vacating titles and crowning interim champions drives me crazy.

Interim ROH Women’s World Television Title Match
Mina Shirakawa vs. Miyu Yamashita vs. Persephone vs. Yuka Sakazaki

Red Velvet sits ringside for this match. Persephone and Sakazaki team up on Shirakawa. Yamashita punctuates their attack by kicking Shirakawa to the floor, and then wipes out Persephone and Sakazaki with kicks, including a Sankakugeri to Sakazaki. The crowd is split between cheering for Shirakawa and Yamashita as they fight one another. Persephone wiped them both out with a tope con hilo, and Sakazaki took Persephone with a crossbody to the floor. In the ring, Sakazaki and Yamashita end up knocking each other out with kicks. Shirakawa looks to pin them both, but fails. She gets attacked by both of them, but ends up taking them down with a DDT/knee breaker combo. Persephone surprises Shirakawa with a spear for two. Shirakawa gets her own two count with a flying Sling Blade. Persephone ducks a Backfist and gives Shirakawa a Northern Lights suplex. Yamashita knee strikes Persephone to stop her barrage of strikes on Shirakawa. Persephone rolls through a schoolgirl and dropkicks Yamashita. Shirakawa has Yamashita in a figure four leg lock, which Sakazaki breaks up with a splash. Sakazaki and Persephone fight it out on the apron, ending with them knocking each other out with forearm strikes. In the ring, Shirakawa blocks a kick from Yamashita and puts her back in the figure four leg lock after a dragonscrew leg whip. Yamashita submits at 13:47, making Shirakawa the Interim ROH Women’s World Television Champion. It was abundantly clear who was going to win this match before the bell even rang. This was basically a long showcase match for everyone. It was fun and good, but nobody cares about this title. Shirakawa vs. Velvet should be fun when it happens. ***

ROH Women’s World Championship
Athena vs. Thunder Rosa

Athena has been the champion since 12.10.2022 and this is her twenty-ninth defense. Billie Starkz is in Athena’s corner. Rosa maintains control of the bout by working over Athena’s shoulder. Rosa had Athena in a hammerlock on the ring apron when Athena ducked her head so she could run Rosa shoulder first into the ring post. Athena then suplexed Rosa back first onto the ring frame and then gives Rosa a one-armed slam onto the top of the barricade. Athena does more damage to Rosa’s back in the ring until Rosa cuts her off with a divorce court DDT. Rosa delayed dropkicks Athena in the corner and pins her in a bridge out of a suplex for two. Athena gives Rosa a backbreaker and then a legsweep slam to take back over. It doesn’t last long, as Rosa sends Athena to the floor with a super Frankensteiner. Rosa gives Athena a shoulder breaker over her knee. Rosa’s lower back locks up when she delivers a double stomp, but goes for a pin moments later for two. Athena rolls to the floor. Rosa takes the bait, following her out, where Billie Starkz attacks. Rosa fights her off and pursues Athena up the entrance ramp. When she does, Athena ends up powerbombing her off of the apron and through a table. Rosa makes it back in the ring before the twenty count and even kicks out after a fireman’s carry slam. Athena climbs to the top turnbuckle, signaling for the O-Face after blasting Rosa with a forearm smash. Rosa crotches her and puts her in a tree of woe armbar, hyperextending Athena’s shoulder. Athena blocks a second super Frankensteiner with a super sit-out powerbomb for two. Athena puts Rosa in a double leg capture chinlock until Rosa submits at 18:50. A really stout brawl, a bit different from Athena’s usual matches. I like that they both had their objectives and stuck with them throughout the match, and that Athena’s objective led to her using a new submission hold to secure the win. That said, it did make the end of the match feel abrupt. It would’ve been neat for Rosa to win here, especially with Athena winning the Casino Gauntlet the next night. Alas, Athena’s reign continues with no end in sight. ***½

ROH World Championship
Bandido vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Bandido has been champion since 4.6.2025 and this is his third defense. Since Takeshita is a member of the Don Callis Family, Don himself joins commentary for this bout. Bandido uses his speed to take advantage of the competitor, and in the process, does significant damage to his mid-section. Takeshita’s power gets him back in control. When Bandido blocks the Power Drive Knee and attempts the 21 Plex, Takeshita rolls Bandido to the apron and blasts him with a forearm. He rips open a hole in his mask, and Callis makes his way ringside to get a closer look of the action. Rocky Romero hands Takeshita a chair as Callis is busy with the referee, and while Takeshita misses hitting Bandido with it, he successfully uses it to hit Bandido in the head when Bandido goes for a suicide dive. With the exposed part of his head now bloodied, Takeshita brings Bandido to the top of the entrance ramp where he gives him a brainbuster. A bloody Bandido makes his way back to the ring just before the count. This seemed questionable given that Takeshita couldn’t win the title if Bandido was counted, but Ian Riccaboni comments illuminated the story between these two. Bandido has the heart of a champion, one that won’t quit. Takeshita (and Callis) were counting on Bandido would make his way back to the ring. Between making Bandido expend his energy and Takeshita’s hard strikes and slams, they were looking to wear down the champion until he could not continue. Takeshita would also inflict damage upon his shoulder to make it more difficult to pull off the 21 Plex. Bandido’s spirit was such though that he fought through the pain to pull off a deadlift suplex, as well as invoking ROH World Champion’s past to fight through the agony. He utilized Christopher Daniels’ Angel’s Wings, Bryan Danielson’s Cattle Mutilation, and an unbelievable Backfist that would make Eddie Kingston proud. Bandido used Takeshita’s own offense to hit him with X-Knee and then the 21 Plex, which Takeshita kicks out of to the crowds disbelief. Back and forth they went from there, Bandido getting his knees up to block Bandido’s moonsault, and Bandido, who countered Takeshita’s pop up into a Dragonrana, then had to quickly kick out when Takeshita rolled through that for his own pin. Bandido found the strength to deliver an X-Knee with his knee exposed, but as he goes for the 21 Plex again, Takeshita countered mid-move into the Hitodenashi Driver and then a wheelbarrow suplex. The Power Drive Knee followed, and when Bandido kicked out at one, the Arlington crowd exploded. Takeshita removed his elbow pad before clobbering Bandido in the side of the head. Takeshita then tried for Raging Fire, but Bandido countered into a small package to finally get the pin at 29:25. This was incredible. The best ROH World Title match in years, besting Bandido’s match from just a few weeks prior against Mascara Dorada. The only thing I hold against it is that both this match and the Women’s title match preceded it had the exact same spot where the heel left the babyface at the top of the ramp and the babyface had to make it back into the ring on their own. That’s sloppy shopkeeping by ROH. You won’t have that problem watching this match in a vacuum, though. If you were to tell me this was better than anything on All In, I wouldn’t argue. It’s the best ROH match since the Briscoes/FTR Dog Collar match. ****½

Don Callis Family member Hechicero appears on the apron after the match, indicating interest in challenging Bandido for the World title next. That’s a hell yeah from me, pal. I love that Don Callis isn’t giving up on taking down Bandido that easily.

This is a really strong PPV, a huge improvement over Final Battle. YOU MUST WATCH THE MAIN EVENT.