ROHbot Report
ROH TV Episode 45 Featuring Tyler Black vs. Roderick Strong, Colt Cabana vs. Sonjay Dutt, And More
By James Bullock
Feb 3, 2010 - 7:01 PM

2/1/10: Last week, the main event for the 8th Anniversary Show was announced-Austin Aries defending the ROH World title against Tyler Black in a match that’ll have a winner because if it goes to a draw, it’ll go to the judges’’ decision-Roderick Strong, Kenny King, and Jim Cornette.

Jim Cornette informed us that tonight, it’ll be Tyler Black vs. Roderick Strong as requested by both men.

Rhett Titus vs. Delirious w/Daizee Haze
These three have a lot of history, revolving around Titus’ claims of taking a puff of The Haze, so to speak. Delirious had Titus flopping and flipping around the ring until Titus ran to the floor. Haze used Titus’ lust for her to lure Titus into Delirious’ scare tactics. Multiple senton splashes to Titus’ back when the action returned to the ring. Titus was able to turn a waist lock into modified hot shot that dropped Delirious’ throat across the middle rope. Titus followed up with a real hot shot before working Delirious’ abdomen. Why go from the throat to the abdomen? The abdomen work by Titus proved ineffective as Delirious avoided a dropkick, firing off clotheslines. Titus stopped the suplex, but not a missile dropkick to his back. Titus avoided the Panic Attack, but not the German suplex. Wait, didn’t I just use a sentence like that? Muff Driver by Titus only gets him a near fall. Titus wanted to bronco Delirious, but the masked man wasn’t having it. Delirious unleashed the Panic Attack, setting up Shadows Over Hell. Titus countered with the Super Sex Factor. Delirious recovered, using Chemical Imbalance 2 to pin “Addicted To Love”.

Mike Hogewood and Dave Prazak pimped the 8th Anniversary Show main event before moving to a taped promo by Roderick Strong. Strong said that when he beats Tyler tonight, he’ll prove he deserves to be next in line to face the ROH World champion after NYC.

At Final Battle 2009, Kevin Steen turned on El Generico. Why talk about it again this week? Because we want to know what Steve Corino has to say about it. Corino loved Steen turning on Generico because Steen got rid of the leech holding him back-according to Steve. Corino was getting a little frustrated with Kyle Durden stating that people in the locker room were putting the blame on Corino for Steen’s actions. Corino called over Alex “Sugarfoot” Payne to see if the rumors were true. Payne felt Steen and Corino should be ashamed of what happened. Poor Alex didn’t know that Steen was right behind him as he ran down the good name of “Mr. Wrestling”. Steen showed Payne his presence with a humiliating slap-down.

Colt Cabana vs. Sonjay Dutt
You can follow Cabana on Twitter @DrColtCabana. He has a PhD in pro-wrestling. Man, I wish that were real. To the action-Cabana outwrestled Dutt with ease, even using the referee to trip Dutt up a couple of times. Shoulder block by Cabana sent Dutt to the floor. Dutt gained the advantage on the floor with a sneak attack, but couldn’t retain it. The referee tried to stop Cabana’s punches while Dutt was stuck against the ropes, allowing Dutt to catch Cabana off guard with an enzuguri. Dutt leveled Cabana, looking for a senton splash/caperana combo. Cabana got his knees up, driving them in the abdomen of Dutt as he fell from the sky. Cabana followed up with some elbows to the top of Dutt’s balding head. Gut-buster by Cabana after the failure of a Colt 45. Dutt felt the flying @$$hole. Dutt used the turnbuckles to his advantage, kicking Colt in the face when Cabana rushed him. Dutt executed a slingshot leg drop to the back of Cabana’s head, leaving Colt in prime position for the big splash. Cabana kicked out, using his butt to his advantage again by knocking down the running Dutt. One Colt 45 later and Cabana gets his hand raised in victory.

Tyler Black wanted to speak on the main event tonight. Black promised to turn down no challenger when he becomes with ROH World champion. Black also knows he can beat Strong, and he’ll prove it tonight.

The Kings of Wrestling reunited to beat down The Briscoes at Final Battle 2009. What do the Kings have to say? Chris Hero put over the dominance of the KOW before their breakup over three years ago. But now, they are more mature, and understand that they can dominate tag team wrestling once again.

Kyle Durden stood in the ring with Shane Hagadorn and Prince Nana to ask how they worked together to bring the Kings of Wrestling. Hagadorn and Nana put over their respective men until Eddie Kingston hit the ring. Kingston was here to find out who attacked him. Eddie naturally assumed it was the KOW. When they refused to give Eddie the answer he wanted, Kingston yoked both men. Nana calmed Eddie by telling him the truth: Erick Stevens and Joey Ryan did it. Ryan and Stevens ran to the ring, beating down Eddie until Necro Butcher made the save with a traffic cone. No, that’s not a typo.

On 11/23/09, The Young Bucks and The American Wolves had an incredible match. Next week, we get the rematch.

Tyler Black vs. Roderick Strong

Neither man could get a solid advantage in the early moments, with both stopping holds with counter holds or quick escapes. All of a sudden, Austin Aries walked out with a box of popcorn and a bottle of champagne to watch the festivities. Black and Strong turned it up with some chops, ending with Strong dropkicking Black. As Black fought back, Aries threw popcorn in the ring in disgust. Dude, there’s a fat kid right behind you that would love that popcorn. Strong back dropped the running Black to the floor. Black landed in front of the champ, causing Aries to throw his bucket of popcorn on his future challenger. Black paid Aries back with a super kick. Strong capitalized on the situation by forearming Black when he stepped onto the apron before using a rope assisted, double underhook backbreaker. Another backbreaker by Strong got him a two count. Black ended up being twisted and tied in the ropes. The referee argued with Strong, allowing Black to recover. Strong turned Black’s sunset flip into another backbreaker. Tyler fought back after the jawbreaker, but ended up running into a power slam. Both men wanted to strike on their feet, causing a forearm/chop exchange. Black ended the exchange with the Pele kick. Hurricarana by Black sent Strong to the floor. Black tried to dive on Strong, but Roderick moved. Black reversed the Irish whip, elbowing Strong off his feet. Black used Strong’s position on the floor against him by moonsaulting on strong from the barricades. Back in the ring, Strong avoided the springboard clothesline, but not Paroxysm. Strong valiantly kicked out, using a modified sidewalk slam when Black came off the ropes. Strong chopped Black in position for a running forearm/kick to the face combination. Black tried to stop the superplex, but Strong ended Black’s fighting with an enzuguri. Superplex by Strong go the fans cheering hard.
When Roderick attempted the Stronghold, Black countered with a small package. Strong kicked out, only to get kicked in the face. Black wanted that running forearm in the corner, but Strong prevented it from happening by forearming Tyler instead. Strong tried to follow up, but ended up getting F5’ed. Tyler slipped on the ropes when attempting the caperana, busting the back of his head on the mat. Black stopped whatever Strong had in mind, putting him on the top rope. Double stomp by Black on Strong while Roderick was in the tree of woe. Black used the turnbuckle bomb in preparation for the super kick, but Roderick stopped that by sweeping behind Tyler. As this was going on, Austin Aries ran out, fighting through a few referees. Aries made it to the apron, only to get knocked off by Strong when Black pushed Roderick into the champ. Strong walked into the super kick, allowing the #1 Contender to get a victory before NYC.
Aries jumped Black after knocking out all the referees. A bloody Strong saved Black from the beat down with a dropkick. Kenny King saved Aries from the two on one situation. For some reason, Strong started arguing with Tyler as we fade to black.