We see clips of last week's fantastic main event. That leads to Austin Aries coming out to claim he's going to steal the spotlight and the title from Jerry Lynn. Hmm. Something tells me he'd eventually be successful. For now, though, he wants Jerry Lynn to simply hand the title over to him. Who is he – Chad Collyer? Lynn is nowhere to be found, though.
Shane Hagadorn lets us know that it's our privilege to see Chris Hero tonight. Hero doesn't think Lynn wants it as bad as he does.
Jay Briscoe (w/Mark Briscoe) vs. D-Lo Brown.
Jay is still pissed because D-Lo won with a low blow last time they met, so he hits a big boot to the mush during the pre-match patdown. D-Lo comes back with a flying lariat. Chops in the corner, and D-Lo gets in the ref's face. Big boot by Jay to come back. D-Lo survives the Death Valley Driver, but he bails and refuses to get in unless the ref backs Jay to a neutral corner. Hey, that's his right. The ref continues his count, though, and D-Lo takes the countout instead at 4:56. I know everyone will hate that result, but the idea is to get the fans to hate D-Lo, and there are only a handful of ways to make that happen for an ROH heel. *1/2
We get clips from the Tables Are Legal Match, which is labeled as a week ago but was actually two weeks ago in TV time.
Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Bobby Fish & Silas Young.
The former champs take out their frustrations on the Fish 'n' Chips until Generico gets distracted and nailed from behind. Silas talks trash to Steen and catches Generico with a Northern Lights as he's sunset flipping in. Generico plays your face-in-peril until backflipping out of a suplex and tagging in Steen. Swanton on Fish. Cradle Piledriver into the Brainbuster, and Steenerico wins at 5:44. **
Kevin Steen threatens to "goddamn kill" the American Wolves.
Prazak admits he changed his hair color because Hogewood compared him to Bobby Dempsey.
In the back, Jerry Lynn puts over his opponents last week until Nigel McGuinness (w/o hair!) interrupts and makes fun of him for losing fan support. Nigel reminds him that it's only a matter of time before he's back in the ring.
Jimmy Rave (w/Prince Nana) vs. Grizzley Redwood.
Nana's intro makes Rave sound like Hulk Hogan, John Cena, Steve Austin, the Rock, Ric Flair and Lou Thesz put together… times 1,000. Grizzley had his boots stolen by Ernie Osiris, and apparently he can't afford a second pair. Can't wait for that epic blowoff. Boot on a Pole? Rave catches Grizzley with Ghanarhea at 1:35. Hopefully, Nana and Rave can recapture the magic they had in 2005-06. 1/4*
After the match, Rave puts Grizzley in the heel hook to make a point, so Necro Butcher runs down and makes the save.
Non-Title: Jerry Lynn vs. Chris Hero (w/Shane Hagadorn & Sara Del Rey).
Lynn uses his quickness and skill to stay one step ahead of Hero until Sara Del Rey sticks her beak in there and chokes Lynn against the ropes. Hero takes over, but he can't put Lynn away no matter how many "knock out blows" he tries. Lynn hulks up and hits a bulldog. Hero blocks the Cradle Piledriver, allowing Del Rey to distract the ref long enough for Hagadorn to pull Lynn to the floor. Lynn dives out on Hero. Back in, Hero takes over with an elbow. Lynn avoids a second one, though, and tilt-o-whirls into a reverse DDT. Lynn goes for a huracanrana off the top, but Hero blocks and dumps him all the way to the floor. Hagadorn shoves him back in. Hero blocks the Cradle Piledriver… KNOCK OUT ELBOW! ONE, TWO, THRE-NO! Hero can't believe it. He sets up for another, but Lynn avoids it and takes him down into the small package at 14:35. Reminded me a little of Bret Hart vs. Razor Ramon in that Hero kept physically dominating, but Lynn was plucky and resourceful. ***
After the match, Austin Aries returns to the ring and blindsides Jerry Lynn with the belt shot.
The 411: Kind of a reset week for ROH TV after they built to the big main event last week. Everything here was a squash to introduce new people or transition to new feuds. Nothing blowaway like the last few weeks, but the main event was pretty good. Oh, and we got JIMMY RAVE! THE CROWN JOO-ELL!
