ROH "Showdown In The Sun" Results: New Champion Crowned, Bonus Matches
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The ROH music plays and the show begins. We are welcomed by Kevin Kelly & Nigel McGuinness. They hype the card that is still to come. Music plays and out comes Jimmy Jacobs.
Jacobs talks about his road to redemption and the fact that he has realized that being good isn't for him and that sometimes evil wins. El Generico's music hits.
Jimmy Jacobs vs. El Generico
El Generico brings a referee out with him and an impromptu match begins. Generico gets the early upperhand and hits a dive over the top on Jacobs who was thrown to the outside. Standing moonsault by Generico and cover, kick out by Jacobs. Generico attempts to walk the ropes but is pulled down onto them by Jacobs.
Jacobs hits a sliding dropkick to the outside, followed by an elbow drop to the floor. Both men get back inside and they trade punches until Jacobs rakes Generico's injured eye. Jacobs stomps on Generico in the middle of the ring. Jacobs controls Generico and hits a shoulder block in the corner. Cover by Jacobs and a kick out by Generico. "Little Jimmy" chants directed at Jimmy Jacobs.
Generico takes control with clotheslines and follows it up with a crossbody and then a blue thunder into a pin, kickout by Jacobs. Jacobs recovers and hits a tornado DDT on Generico. Jacobs bites Generico's fingers in the corner. Generico down in the ring, gets up as Jacobs is climbing the top rope. Both men on top and Generico gets pushed down. Both men in the ring and Jacobs catches Generico with a choke. Generico reaches the ropes with his foot.
Jacobs pulls the spike out but misses Generico who hits a half nelson suplex. Both men fight over the spike and Generico gets it. El Generico swings and misses with the spike and Jacobs uses the momentum to get a roll up and the win.
Winner: Jimmy Jacobs
"YES" chants are heard as Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness hype another bonus match between Cedric Alexander and Tommaso Ciampa.
Cedric Alexander (w/Caprice Coleman) vs. Tommaso Ciampa (w/The Embassy)
Ciampa who still has not returned Jay Lethal's ROH TV Championship to ROH gets the early upperhand by jumping Alexander as he climbs into the ring. Ciampa grabs a chair and sets it up outside the ring. Ciampa kicks a seated Alexander and sends him back into the ring. Ciampa stomps Alexander in the corner.
Alexander drops Ciampa face first off the ropes. Alexander hits a half nelson brainbuster on Ciampa with a cover, kickout by Ciampa. Alexander hits a running dropkick that knocks Ciampa to the outside. Both men outside and Ciampa gets suplexed into the guard rail. Alexander puts Ciampa back in the ring, went for the cover but a kickout by Ciampa. Ciampa sends Alexander into the bottom turnbuckle, pulls down his knee pad and he hits him with two huge knee strikes. Ciampa with the cover and the win.
Winner: Tommaso Ciampa
Prince Nana kicks Caprice Coleman which makes him angry. He grabs Nana to punch him but Ciampa grabs him and hits Coleman with "Project Ciampa." Alexander helped to the back by referees.
Chikara vs. ROH
Fire Ant vs. TJ Perkins
Both men shake hands and start off with some chain wrestling. Perkins gets control with a hammerlock. Fire Ant lands an armdrag followed by a number of pinning combinations from each man. Perkins controls a side headlock and floats over into a hammerlock. Fire Ant hits a springboard armdrag followed by a top rope springboard armdrag. Fire Ant dropkicks Perkins outside and then gets caught by Perkins who drops Fire Ant with a verticle suplex.
Fire Ant hits a backsplash on Perkins. Perkins gets hit with a dive through the ropes followed right away with another dive, this time over the top rope. Fire Ant to the top rope and gets caught by a dropkick when he dives. Neckbreaker hit by Perkins, but gets caught with a knee to the chest and then a a tornado DDT by Fire Ant. Fire Ant hits an enziguri on a seated Perkins but Perkins gets the upperhand and hits a huge 450 splash for the pin.
Winner: TJ Perkins
After the match the two men shake hands. Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness hype up the next match between Kyle O'Reilly and Adam Cole, followed by a video package for the feud.
O'Reilly comes out to a large amount of heat.
Cole comes out to nice applause.
Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly
Show experiences technical difficulties throughout the whole of this match. The power is out in the building due to a brown out.
We are back to a video of the feud between the Briscoes and Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin. It appears that we are in an intermission. A video for the Blind Destiny matches for tonight airs.
Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness welcome us back to the street fight between the Young Bucks and the All Night Express.
"Street Fight"
The Young Bucks vs The All Night Express
The All Night Express attack from the crowd, bringing a shopping cart with them. Street signs and other weapons are used to clear the Young Bucks out of the ring. The All Night Express double team Nick Jackson, delivering kicks to him with a trash can over his head. Then they deliver shots with weapons to Matt Jackson who has the trash can over his head.
The All Night Express are throwing the Young Bucks all around the ringside area. Stream shutsdown.
We come back and Mike Bennett is cutting a promo with Maria in the middle of the ring. He talks about leaving the dump that is Fort Lauderdale and going to South Beach to celebrate. They kiss in an over the top fashion.
The "World's Greatest Tag Team" comes out to a large amount of heat.
The Briscoes come out and the crowd gets on their feet for Demboys.
ROH World Tag Team Championship Match
The Briscoes (c) vs. Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas
Haas and Mark Briscoe start out. Haas leaves the ring right away and the fans let him hear it. Haas back in and the two men lock up. Haas controls Mark with his amateur wrestling until Mark scares him out of the ring. The teams both fight on the outside with the Briscoes throwing their opponents into the guard rail.
Jay Briscoe is in the ring with Haas. He hits some uppercuts in the corner. Benjamin pulls Haas out of the way and tags in. Benjamin enters the ring and applies a kneebar to Jay. Jay is stuck in the corner of Haas & Benjamin. Jay is hung upside down in the corner and has his neck pulled back by Benjamin. Benjamin hits a suplex and Haas hits a senton into the ring. Jay escapes and tags in Mark who uses redneck kung-fu to take out Haas & Benjamin.
Mark on the apron gets thrown into the ringpost by Benjamin. Benjamin repeatedly slams Mark's head into the ringside walls. Benjamin puts Mark back in and goes for an arrogant cover. Haas tagged in and hits a shoulder block on Mark in the corner followed by a butterfly suplex. Haas tags in Benjamin who hits a suplex. Benjamin places Mark onto the top rope, but Mark reverses the the suplex attempt and makes the tag to Jay who comes in to take out Haas with a superkick and takes Benjamin out with a dive to the outside. Then he lands a crossbody on Haas for a two count.
Jay with Haas on his back gets caught with a kick from Benjamin. Everyone is down in the ring after everyone trades kicks. "Man Up" chants start, as all four men trade punches. Haas hits a suplex on Jay and Benjamin lands a DDT on Mark to the ring apron. Haas hits the Angle Slam and then puts Jay into the Haas of Pain but he does it right next to the ropes. Mark hits a dropkick on Benjamin, which allows Jay to get the pin on Haas.
Winners & Still ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Briscoes
After the match Haas & Benjamin take out the Briscoes and pull Jay up against the ringpost by his legs. Haas and Benjamin celebrate with the belts in the ring. The Briscoes are helped to the back by referees.
Eddie Edwards vs. Kevin Steen
Crowd is split evenly for this match as the two men lockup. Strikes are traded in the middle of the ring. Both men attempt shoulder blocks with neither man budging. Steen with a drop toehold followed by a summersault legdrop to the back of Edwards head. Steen rakes the eyes. "YES" chants by the crowd. Steen gets hit by a codebreaker and then he is placed in a crossface by Edwards until he reaches the ropes. Steen hits a huge DDT into the ring followed up by a cannonball into Edwards who was in the corner.
Both men brawl on the outside. Edwards reverses a powerbomb into a hurricanrana only to be met with a powerbomb onto the apron. Edwards thrown onto the stage by the ring. Steen sets Edwards on a chair and hits a cannonball through Edwards. Edwards lands a double stomp on the outside to the chest of Steen. "Eddie Edwards" chants heard throughout the building. Both men back inside, Edwards hits the packback chinbreaker on Steen for a nearfall.
Edwards applies the achilles lock only to be small packaged by Steen for the three count.
Winner: Kevin Steen
Roderick Strong comes out to the ring with Truth Martini.
Jay Lethal comes out to nice applause from the crowd. Tommaso Ciampa brings the ROH TV Championship out, grabs a mic and tells Lethal that he should prove he is the champion by beating Strong in a title match.
Lethal accepts and says that he will take the built back if Ciampa doesn't give it back.
ROH TV Championship Match
Jay Lethal vs. Roderick Strong
Early chain wrestling from both men. Strong controls Lethal with a headlock. Lethal into a submission followed by a pin attempt. Suplex by Lethal followed by a senton from the apron. Lethal trades chops with Strong, eventually getting the upperhand hitting a delayed vertical suplex. Lethal dropkicks Strong off the apron and into the railing, followed by a dive through the ropes to Strong. Lethal stares down Ciampa as he puts Strong back in the ring.
Strong takes advantage and hits Lethal with a belly to back suplex on the ring apron. Strong with control of Lethal with a rear chinlock. Lethal fires up and starts hitting chops on Strong until he is stopped with a kick. Strong with a waistlock on Lethal until Lethal breaks free with elbow strikes. Strong reverses a dropkick into the Stronghold but Lethal is near the ropes and grabs them. Strong hits a delayed vertical suplex and goes for the pin, Lethal kicks out. Lethal with a armbar followed by a cartwheel dropkick, both men are down and barely beat a ten count.
Lethal gets the upperhand with strikes. Lethal hits a handspring elbow with a cover, kickout by Strong who then hits a gutbuster for a nearfall. Three minutes are left in the match. Lethal hits a superkick. Lethal hits the Lethal Combination and then the "Hail to the King" elbow drop for a two count. Lethal gets caught with a dropkick which takes him to the outside. Ciampa sends him into the ringpost and then back into the ring where Strong hits a backbuster over the knees for the win.
Winner & New ROH TV Champion: Roderick Strong
Michael Elgin comes out with Truth Martini for his ROH World title match.
Davey Richards wearing his ROH World title comes out to face Elgin.
ROH World Title Match
Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin (w/Truth Martini)
The crowd is split for the main event. Davey gets the first shots in with a dropkick and a dive to the outside of the ring. Davey kicks Elgin on the outside but then gets clotheslined back into the ring by Elgin from the top turnbuckle. Elgin and Richards trade strikes in the ring leading to Elgin hitting a delayed suplex that lasted around thirty seconds, pin by Elgin and a kickout by Richards.
Elgin hits a legdrop on the apron to Richards. Elgin hits a knee to the gut of Richards and lands a huge toture rack backbreaker for a two count. Elgin in control and hits a northern lights suplex with a bridge for another nearfall. Davey regains control but Elgin fights back and both men trade forearms in the middle of the ring. Richards hits an exploder suplex for a nearfall.
Richards gets Elgin in the corner to attempt a superplex. Richards headbutts Elgin and then lands the superplex. Elgin is fired up and hits Richards with an enziguri. Richards hits a belly to back suplex and a clothesline for a nearfall. Richards gets hit with a fisherman's suplex on the outside and a powerbomb into the railing. Elgin puts Richards into the ring for a nearfall. Elgin goes to the top rope and hits a corkscrew senton for another two count.
The fans start to chant "Elgin." Elgin and Richards both on the top rope. Richards hits a belly to back suplex off the top but Elgin kicks out. Richards straight into the ankle lock, but Elgin reaches the ropes. Richards with stiff kicks that cause Elgin to get up and the men trade knee shots. Elgin hit the chaos theory suplex followed by a superkick and another suplex for a pin attempt which he then moved into a crossface. Richards with his face turning blue reaches the ropes. Both men are down near the ropes.
Richards lands a double stomp to Elgin on the ring apron followed up by another inside the ring. Elgin kicks out of the cover attempt. "ROH" chants for the main event. Richards hits an enziguri but Elgin lands a huge forearm and lands a brainbuster for a nearfall. Bucklebomb by Elgin into an attempted spinning powerbomb reversed into an ankle lock by Richards, which in turn is reversed into a Lebell lock by Elgin. Elgin hits the spinning powerbomb for a nearfall. Elgin puts the Lebell Lock back on. Davey eventually escapes it and applies another ankle lock. Elgin rolls through but gets caught with multiple shining wizards to finally be put away.
Winner & Still ROH Champion: Davey Richards
The show ends with Richards on the mic thanking the fans. Richards calls Elgin the real champion and says that Elgin will one day be the ROH champion, but that he needs to get rid of Truth Martini and listen to the people.
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