Last week: The Foundation and VLNCE UNLTD went to war across the entire episode with VU winning their matches with Lethal, Gresham, Williams & Titus 2-1.
ROH TV Episode 528
October 31, 2021
Philadelphia, PA
Quinn McKay welcomed us to the show before picking out names for the Halloween Wildcard Four Corner Survival spectacular tag team match where the winning team will get $10,000. Fast forwarding to avoid spoilers was Quinn to move the show into the hands of this week’s host, Delirious. The masked man spoke in his patented tongue, running down the card. At the commentators’ table was Teletubby Ian Riccaboni, Soul Train Caprice Coleman, and apparent princess Maria Kanellis.
ROH World Women’s champion Rok-C & Quinn McKay vs. Max the Impaler & Miranda Alize w/ Amy Rose
Rok-C cut a promo to note how Miranda Alize is so talented, yet can’t overcome someone she thinks lesser of in the Women’s champion. Quinn McKay entered the scene, warning her partner that they need to focus on taking out Max the Impaler instead of Alize’s dishonorable ways.
Rok-C slapped Miranda’s hand away during the Code of Honor, only for Alize to use the ropes to sneak attack the champion. Quinn tagged herself in as Rok-C and Alize were slugging it out, turning this into a wrestling match when she got the tag. Using a hair pull allowed Alize to turn the tides prior to the commercial break.
During the break, “The Prodigy” entered as the legal woman, actually hitting that moonsault double knee drop on Alize. McKay tagged back in, landing clotheslines and dropkicks until she ran into a back elbow. Alize used the ropes to arm snap Rok. Alize refocused on Quinn, taking a belly-to-belly suplex after a failed sunset flip by “The Lucha Baddie”. When Quinn attempted to follow up, Alize bit her opponent’s hand. Alize tagged Max in with the Impaler slowly entering. Blocking Quinn’s sleeper while choke slamming an incoming Rok ended with Max slamming McKay atop the downed World champ. Alize became the legal woman again, hitting Go 2 Sleep on Quinn … for a near fall thanks to Rok breaking up the pin!
Max grabbed both of her opponents, double slamming them. Max unleashed The Fall on Quinn, leaving her prone Alize’s pin.
Demonic Flamita & O’Shay Edwards vs. Silas Young & Rey Horus vs. World Famous CB & EC3 vs. Flip Gordon & Matt Taven
“The Esoteric Shaman” PJ Black noted Flip Gordon has time traveled back to 2018. And just like all those years ago, Matt Taven wasn’t happy about the picks. Silas Young and CB started this one off with World Famous’ submission-based offense being cut off by a big knife edge chop. CB changed his plan, failing to flash pin Young. Both Rey Horus and Demonic Flamita took their chance to re-ignite their feud with Flamita almost getting tossed out of his mask with the satellite head scissors.
Gordon paid Horus back with a head scissors of his own. EC3 entered, shockingly being introduced to to Flip who is suffering from a concussion-induced amnesia. EC3 simply popped Gordon on the jaw to force a tag from Gordon’s partner. Big shoulder block from EC3 had Taven reeling. It wasn’t until EC3 came off the ropes that he ran into a dropkick that pretty much reset the match heading into the commercial.
During the commercial it was O’Shay Edwards utilizing a delayed vertical suplex on Taven that put the former World champion in prime position for double teams by, surprisingly, Flamita and Horus until Flamita turned on Rey. Taven used the Kick of the King to tag out to Gordon so Flip could power bomb Horus. EC3 ran in, getting jaw jacked by Gordon that ended with EC3 feeling Kinder Surprise.
Frog splash from Taven ended with him getting kicked in the face by Edwards. Taven was the last man standing after a miscommunication between Flamita and Edwards put them at ringside. Flamita reentered, only for EC3 to clothesline him over the top. On the side was Edwards catching a flying CB before Taven dove on both men. Bodies were diving everywhere until everyone was at ringside for Gordon’s somersault plancha off the top.
Horus and CB were the first back in with Rey executing a 450 splash. Silas Young ran in, shoving Horus out of the ring to pin CB to win the match and the money.
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship: Shane Taylor Promotions (c) vs. Danhausen, PCO & Sledge
Mario Mark Briscoe joined the commentators for this one. Danhausen, during the pre-match promo, was excited about the evilness of his team. PCO saw this as an opportunity to gain power, while all Sledge cared about was getting a ROH title. When Danhausen left after threatening his team to not lose, Sledge reminded PCO he hasn’t forgotten about his bad blood with PCO.
Shane Taylor admitted that he wasn’t overlooking any competition, but tonight the champs are pissed off and looking to take out the anger they have for La Faccion Ingobernable on someone.
Kaun easily muscled Danhausen around before tagging in Moses. Danhausen wisely went after his larger opponent’s legs, only to get shoulder tackled when he came off the ropes. Danhausen requested Shane Taylor instead of fighting Moses. Danhausen was punching & kicking for his life, but made some big mistakes by trying to lift Taylor. Taylor simply knocked Danhausen into a tag from Sledge. The big man came at Taylor throwing hands, but got laid out by a big right just like Danhausen before the commercial.
When the show returned, Sledge dove through the ropes from the apron as Taylor came after him. PCO tagged himself in much the chagrin of Sledge. Sledge pie-faced PCO, causing an electrical malfunction that saw PCO attacking everyone including the referee. Pulling off the turnbuckle pad, PCO whipped all the champions into the exposed turnbuckle as the referee tried to recover from an unintentional back hand from PCO. PCO hit the ropes, diving through the ropes to the floor where no one was! Somehow, PCO recovered and actually clotheslined an incoming Moses in the ring before Moses tagged himself in.
T-bone suplex by Sledge on Moses prior to him face washing Kaun. Danhausen suddenly blind tagged Sledge before Taylor knocked Sledge out of the ring with Billy Knee Williams. Danhausen came off the ropes with a hurricarana topped by the pump kick on Taylor. Kaun took out Danhausen with the double knee gut-buster. PCO ran into Kaun, causing another malfunction that saw him tope atop Sledge. Danhausen was left alone to feel that double team DDT death drop from S.O.S. Taylor reentered to finish off Danhausen with his Marcus Garvey Driver for the pin fall.
Sledge attacked PCO after the champs left with Danhausen in shock over this turn of events.
Overall: After last week’s intense episode, this one still had wrestling’s stereotypical competitiveness mixed with some Halloween inspired wackiness. That insanity was in full effect during the main event where PCO’s malfunction and Danhausen’s need to show off cost his team just as, if not more so than STP’s united front. On the opposite end of the spectrum was the opening bout where Alize used the force that is the Impaler to destroy her two least favorite people in ROH right now. As per the norm with Wildcard tag bouts, partners didn’t get along, alliances quickly broke apart, and an unexpected tandem attained victory with Young hiding out and stealing the pin from his own partner.
There was some nice character and story developments, as well as a story that could make it from this episode. Of course there was Max obliterating the Women’s champion, potentially earning a future shot at the gold while Alize is making sure Rok-C doesn’t forget “The Lucha Baddie” is her greatest nemesis. PCO and Danhausen definitely have another match coming down the line. And there could be a future match between Young and Horus over the possession of that $10,000 because it’s hard to believe Silas would share. After a pretty stressful week for ROH and its fans, this was the type of episode needed to keep everyone excited to see what will happen come “Final Battle” and before.
