Home / Results / ROH Television / August 31, 2014

From Philadelphia:

Prince Nana is at the desk with Kevin Kelly & Steve Corino to start the show.

1. War Machine vs. The Briscoe Brothers.

Corino refers to the Briscoes as the gold standard of the tag team division, with 8 titles, although the current, 3-time champs, reDRagon, may have something to say about that, considering the clash of styles of the two teams. If you were expecting any sort of passing-the-torch match between the Briscoes and the up-&-coming War Machine, fuhgeddaboutit. The two teams have started a program, it seems, and nothing gets settled. The broadcast table gets wrecked as Hanson goes through. A brawl breaks out and ref Paul Turner loses all control. The fracas ends with Ray Rowe hitting a running sideslam off the apron and through a 2nd table on Mark Briscoe. Fans were loving this.

Winner: None. Match ruled a no contest.

2. RD Evans & Moose (w/Veda Scott) vs. Tadarius Thomas & Adam Page (w/BJ Whitmer).

The heat between Evans and Nana is brought up, and we're shown a clip of Moose finally accepting Scott's offer last week, rather than fight Evans. How long this will last? Not too long, if Nana has anything to say about it, and I think he will. Evans' parody of Bill Goldberg's initial streak continues, but I don't think they realize the novelty of this act wore out a long time ago. Evans took the heat from the Decade's plebes, but then Moose got the hot tag and cleaned house. Like a true weasel, Evans tagged himself in as Moose speared Thomas halfway to Pittsburgh, and picked up the scraps.

Winners: RD Evans & Moose.

Post-match, Whitmer berated and physically abused Page & Thomas, but rebuffed any attempt at rebellion again. They cannot stall on the payoff to this angle, either.

Earlier, we saw another parody, and what might be a direct shot at WWE and the Be a Star program, with Silas Young boasting that being a bully put him through college. Not funny.

3. Ring of Honor title: Michael Elgin vs. Cedric Alexander.

For some reason, the Philly fans favored the challenger. Like, do they hate Canada or something? Elgin responded by playing subtle heel, although he & Alexander were fairly even for much of the fight. Alexander appeared to tweak his knee, landing wrong on a high risk move that had to be aborted, and Elgin took advantage, using a submission known as the Horseshoe. A couple of boots to the head of Alexander convinced ref Todd Sinclair to call for the bell, as Alexander was already KO'd.

Winner: Michael Elgin.

Alexander recovered enough to accept a handshake after the match to send us home.