Ring of Honor Showdown in the Sun Day 2 LIVE Results/Coverage

Ring of Honor Wrestling presents the second of  show of their Wrestlemania weekend double-header headlined by what should turn out to be, Davey Richards defending his world championship against Michael Elgin. This plays into the Blind Destiny Challenge and Davey’s successful title victory last night in a triple threat world championship match against Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong. Some of the key bouts include: Kevin Steen taking on Eddie Edwards, The Briscoe Brothers defending their tag tittles against Wrestling’s Greatest Tag-Team, the second match of the dual duel  between the All Night Express and the Young Bucks as they  meet in a Street Fight, Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly will be singles opponents for the first time ever inside of an ROH ring, and Chikara’s Fire Ant will be in action to take on T.J Perkins.

Stay tuned for live results and coverage of Ring of Honor’s Showdown in the Sun Day 2. Bell time is 1 p.m E.

The iPPV is now on the air…

– Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness are in the ring to kick off the show as usual but is interpreted by a very oldish but yet newish looking Jimmy Jacobs. Jacobs is giving us the reason why he drove the spike into Generico’s head last night…apparently it was orgasmic. Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole, out comes Generico to brawl with Jacobs. Jacobs tries to bail but Generico hits an over the top rope dive on Jacobs and now apparently we have a match.

– El Generico vs. Jacobs: They make it to the outside early and Jacobs hits an elbow dive off the apron to the floor. They do not take long to get back in to the ring and Jacobs begins to slow Generico down by using all of the corners to his advantage. “LITTLE JIMMY, LITTLE JIMMY.” Generico regains momentum with a top rope cross body….2-count. Another near fall….2-count. Jacobs blocks a yakuza kick and goes back on offense. Jacobs bites the hand of Generico in the corner and apparently that warrants a simple  5-count from Sincliar. Half-nelson by Generico to Jacobs in the corner followed up by a Yakuza kick but Jacobs blocks the attempt and initiates the end-time. Sinclair checks on the state of Generico, with Sinclair’s back turned Jacobs pulls the spike out of his boot but his attack is a failed one. Both Generico and Jacobs are battling for possession of the spike and this leads to a simple roll-up win for Jacobs. Winner: Jimmy Jacobs

-Kevin Kelly provides an update on the MIA status of the ROH Television Championship. Not much of an update.

– Cedric Alexander w/Caprice Coleman vs. Tommaso Ciampa: Ciampa attacks Alexander right off the get-go, tosses him to the outside and sets up a folding chair. Ciampa puts Alexander in seating position and drives his knee into Alexander. They make it back into the ring and after some more dominance from the dominant male, Alexander makes an attempt to come back with some chops and a boot. Dropkick by Alexander with Ciampa against the turnbuckle and now they are back on the outside. Huge dive by Alexander to the outside and the control looks be in his Alexander’s favor but Ciampa slides Alexander into the turnbuckle from the side of the apron….AWKWARD and PAINFUL. Ciampa exposes his knee, lines up on the apron and drives his knee, twice, into the skull of Alexander and this thing is over. Coleman gets his nose too close  to Ciampa post-match and as a  result earns what has become Ciampa’s patented sit-down back-breaker power-bomb. Winner: Tommaso Ciampa

– Fire Ant vs. T.J Perkins: One man and one ant circle the ring for little bit and play felers and then all of the sudden let the wild, fast-pace move-set begin! The match slows down with Perkins wrenching the neck of Fire Ant but this transitions into some more creativity; spring-board arm-drag to Perkins. A dive to the outside of some sort is teased as Perkins makes it into the ring before Fire Ant can get the momentum necessary to pull the move off. The match has so many different shifting gears. Super-kick by Fire Ant to Perkins standing woozy on the apron. Perkins drops to the floor. Suicide dive and an over the top rope dive one after the other. Fire Ant gets Perkins back into the ring and the back and forth game continues. Perkins gets Fire Ant to the corner, sunset power-bomb by Perkins…near-fall…Top-rope 450 splash by Perkins, 1…2…3. Winner: T.J Perkins

– Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly: A video package recalling when O’Reilly challenged Cole at a recent television tapping is shown. It is time to see who the “back-bone” of Future Shock really was.

THE iPPV FEED IS DOWN…APPARENTLY THE POWER HAS GONE OUT INSIDE OF THE VENUE?!

After 10-plus minutes, we wait…word from the venue is as follows: The ref stopped the bout for a few minutes but apparently they have continued on with the match at this point in time.

VIA @AssaultAndBattery777 at the venue in FLA: “They (Cole and O’Reilly) picked up the pace. A lot of it seems like a normal match now. Match is over, O’Reilly wins via roll-up grabbing the tights. Truth Martini has made his way to the ring, presumably to kill time. Truth pisses Nigel McGuinness off during a rant. Before Nigel can kick Truth’s ass, the Ref’s make the save.”

Word from the venue says that the show will conduct its intermission at this time.

The stream has appeared to come back on…and it does in fact look like intermission.

– During intermission, a video package from the Briscoes/WGTT feud and the most recent events that have led up to their match scheduled for this afternoon. A review highlight video package featuring the Blind Destiny Qualifying Matches is also featured during the intermission.

The stream is back on, the intermission is over.

– The Young Bucks vs. The All Night Express in a Street Fight will begin the second half. However as an iPPV viewer I feel generously awkward saying that…

– STREET FIGHT: The Young Bucks vs. The All Night Express: ANX make their way to the ring through the crowd and are accompanied by various weapons, a grocery cart, a street sign, a trash can, a broom. This could be what we deserve for the last half-hour. Matt Jackson has the trashcan on top of his head and both Titus and King take baseball style swings with a couple of brooms to the trashcan. They work the outside and ANX are completely in control….LOST FEED 🙁  (It turns out the match will not provide us with what we deserve. Unfortunately, I can say nothing more about this match.)

Via @BryanAlverex – The Young Bucks earn the victory via a stacked-up superplex through a table.

THE FEED COMES BACK…to a randomly placed  Mike Bennett and Maria cutting a promo inside of the ring and then giving eachother a little  mouth to mouth action. Slightly awkward as this is what the dead-stream came back to. Nevertheless I don’t know what the hell he said and to be honest, this has nothing to do with Bennett, should I really care?

– ROH World Tag-Team Championship: The Briscoe Brothers vs. Wrestling’s Greatest Tag-Team: Mark Briscoe and Charile Haas kick off the bout. Haas plays chicken right away and takes his time at ringside before anything can get going. Haas and Mark get the action started and Haas earns early control. It breaks down out of nowhere and all four men brawl at ringside. A fan in the front row holds up the street sign from the street fight and Jay sends Haas head first into the sign being held up by the fan. The action makes its way back into the ring and now we have Jay tagged in working against Haas. Jay cannot get very far with his offense and this enables Haas to tag in Benjamin. A little bit of double-team dirty work by WGTT and now the pace has changed, as did the team in control. Benjamin is completely in control of Jay now, makes the tag on Haas, a pointless one at that, 20 seconds later Benjamin is tagged back in and the transition allows Jay to get the hot-tag to Mark. Mark is sent to the floor via Benjamin and then tossed into the barricade. Control is one issue, but is pace not another? Now back in the ring, Mark does everything he can to get rid of the pressure put on him by Haas but he has no luck. Haas has Mark up against his turnbuckle and the WGTT continue the one-sided affair. Jay is finally tagged back in after Mark reverses a top-rope back-suplex attempt? by Benjamin. Some quick action between all four men and everyone is down. Both teams strike each other back and forth simultaneously and some more chaos ensues. With Mark taken out by Benjamin Haas is now in control of Jay as he locks in the Haas of Pain. Benjamin blocks Mark’s save attempt but Jay makes it to the ropes. “Same old shit,” chants and seconds later the match is over…Jay gets the pin fall victory but it literally happened OUT OF NOWHERE. What does that chant tell you. Post Match Haas and Benjamin sack Jay between the ring posts, a few times…Better than a chair shot to that region though. Winner: The Briscoe Brothers

– Eddie Edwards vs. Kevin Steen: A basic grappling confrontation starts the contest. Back and fourth shoulder blocks and Steen comes out on top and now is clearly in typical Steen mode. The two spend some time going back and fourth with nothing but the basics but I nearly spoke to fast as Steen hits a wicked DDT on Edwards transitioning into Steener’s famed running, rolling turnbuckle cannon ball. Steen is in control and brings the match to the outside. A power-bomb is reversed by Steen as Edwards catches him with a hurruncunronna….Edwards attacks, reverse… vicious push-up  power-bomb on the apron by Steen! The two are up on the stage. Steen sets up a folding chair but decides to bite Edwards before sitting him down. RUNNING CANNONBALL with Edwards sitting lifeless on the chair. Edwards fights back with kicks to the face. Steen goes down, laid out on the mat at ringside. Edwards nails a double stomp from the stage to the floor! After a great deal of time spent outside of the ring, the fight makes its way back inside the ring….after all of this chaos, the finish comes with a small package roll-up victory for Steen following two failed submission attempts. Great match, ronchy ending. Winner: Kevin Steen

– World Television Championship: Jay Lethal vs. Roderick Strong: Ciampa makes his way to the ring with the television title in hand prior to the bell. Ciampa requests that this match become a television title match. This match is now being named as the match that Strong earned back at Glory by Honor X against Lethal in a proving ground match. A methodical start to the bout with neither man really getting a definitive head-start. A hard hitting sequence by both men that has McGuinness marking out. Lethal now has the majority of the control and goes for a suicide dive through the ropes to the outside. Ciampa and Truth have Lethal distracted and this works to Strongs advantage. The tide has turned and Strong is now in the position Lethal was in just minutes ago. Strong slows things down with a headlock and this wakes Lethal up, chops to Strong, a hard kick to Lethal…2-count. Strong slows things down again. Lethal makes an attempt to crack open the pace but Strong is there to stop him and place the strong-hold on Lethal…rope-break. Stalled-verticle suplex by Strong. A nice sequence that follows and both men are down for the count. Lethal gains control with forearm strikes and dropkicks…hand-spring elbow and a 2-count….roll-up…near fall…2-7/8 count says McGuinness. 3 minutes left in the 15 minute time limit. Lethal Combination attack on Strong. Macho-Man Elbow. Lethal goes for the Lethal injection waiting for Strong to get up but Strong dodges the attempt via dropkick. Lethal is forced to the outside and Ciampa costs Lethal the victory after he tosses him into the ring-post and then slides him back into the ring…Strong quickly nails an Orange Crush Back-Breaker and wins the bout. Winner: Roderick Strong (New World Television Champion and the second ever Triple Crown Winner in Ring of Honor History)

– ROH World Championship: Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin: Richards takes down Elgin early. He sends Elgin to the outside and nails a suicide dive. The battle continues on the outside. Both men climb the apron and then tease something ont he top-rope but nothing develops. Very delayed, stalled-verticle suplex from Elgin on Richards and the control leans towards Elgin for the first time in the contest. Elgin continues to overpower Richards with every move he makes. It should be noted that Richards is doing the right things to allow us to beleive just exactly how physically dominant Elgin really is. Richards goes to over-power Elgin but fails and escapes with a quick boot to the face and a missile drop kick. The tides are beginning to turn and emotion is becoming an integral factor for both men. Richards gets Elgin up on the top-rope….headbutts from Richards…Top-rope Superplex but Elgin doesn’t budge. Elgin is back up, two boots to the head, palm strikes, a few other things and a running clothesline. Elgin escapes to the outside…Davey goes for a running kick on the apron…Elgin catches his leg…fisherman suplex on the floor…Elgin gets him back up and power-bombs Richards into the barricade…ouch! Elgin quickly moves Richards back into the ring and nails a power move (missed it)…near fall for Elgin. THIS MATCH IS REALLY HEATING UP. They set up for something on the turnbuckle but Richards can’t seem to make any moves without being shoved aside. Finally a MASSIVE top-rope belly-to-back superplex works for Richards. They are going back and forth with kicks to the chest and knees to the chest. Elgin begins to dominate and gets two very near falls. Amazing action here. They are really teasing an elgin victory. Elgin has Richards in a cross-face and Richards is fading….rope-break…damn! Let the “THIS IS AWESOME CHANTS,” flow. Some more work around the turnbuckle leads to Richards delivering a ridiculous double stop with Elgin on the apron. Elgin rolls in the ring quickly but Richards follows up with another double-stomp from the top-rope. They are up. Strikes back and forth…Elgin hits a spinning power-bomb to Richards and a 2-count it is. “THIS IS WRESTLING.” Turnbuckle power-bomb by Elgin but of course Richards fights out of two more strike attacks and puts Elgin in the labell-lock but Elgin crawls out…Spinning back fist by Elgin another spinning-power-bomb by Elgin….cross face and Richards is fading again! Richards comes back from the dead and applies the ankle lock. Elgin is kept in the lock for an extended period of time. He gets out of it! Kick to the head….1-count…kick to the head…ITS OVER!  THAT WAS AWESOME! Winner: Davey Richards

MAJOR CHANTS FOR ELGIN.

– Richards has a mic in hand post-match and some of the material he spoke about is as follows: “While I give my body to mixed martial arts, my heart will always be with Ring of Honor. We are all family and we are all apart of something very special and I thank you for letting me be a part of it. Now I am not going to name any names but those cats out there in Orlando and Connecticut, you get in the ring with one of these boys and you will be sent packing. I will tell you what Michael, you and me just put on a match of the year because you are one hell of a wrestler. Without you we are nothing. Each one of you are a part of this and a part of me.” – Davey Richards.

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