Match-by-match results and television rating of this edition of ROH Television.
Show: ROH Television
Date: June 21, 2015
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Commentary: Kevin Kelly, Steve Corino, & Nigel McGuinness
Reported By: Jacob Gilbert
TV Rating:
1. Shinsuke Nakamura def. Roderick Strong.
2. Michael Elgin def. Gedo.
3. Bullet Club def. Kazuchika Okada & Rappongi Vice when AJ Styles pinned Trent Barreta.
Conclusion from Toronto:
1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Roderick Strong.
Plenty of New Japan emphasis on this week's show. Nigel McGuinness joins Kevin Kelly & Steve Corino at the desk. Nakamura got the streamers as well as Roddy. Very hot opener. Strong hit the sick kick for a near fall. Applied the Stronghold (Boston Crab), but Nakamura made the ropes. After the sick kick, Nakamura recovered and landed a savate kick that looked like his version of the sick kick, and this one was a winner.
Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura.
2. Gedo vs. Michael Elgin.
Gedo's been around for 16 years, which is an eternity in this business. Because this episode was recorded last month, there was no room for a tribute to Dusty Rhodes. Just in case anyone asked. Protracted squash, as Gedo was given some offense. Elgin did the delayed vertical suplex, and encouraged fans to count the seconds. Seems like he's either a tweener or turning back face. The finish was typical Elgin. Buckle bomb into the spinning Elginbomb.
Winner: Michael Elgin.
Inside ROH takes a look a highlights from last month's War of the Worlds and Global Wars events. The Bullet Club's triple superkick on Maria Kanellis-Bennett was sick all by itself.
3. Bullet Club (AJ Styles & the Young Bucks w/Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) vs. Kazuchika Okada & Rappongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent Barreta).
Nice to see Barreta again after a brief cup of coffee with TNA a couple of years back. Romero didn't let the grass grow under his feet after Alex Kozlov retired. I wonder if Rocky also wrote Rappongi Vice's theme music, as he did for the Forever Hooligans? Anderson & Gallows did nothing of note. It was the usual superkick party, and referee Red Shoes simply let everything go. Poor Barreta suffered the consequences. Triple superkick. A series of stuff piledrivers led to the Styles Clash. Ballgame over.
Winners: Bullet Club.
