Ring of Honor "Glory By Honor XIV"

[adamclark52]

Ring of Honor “Glory by Honor XIV”
October 24th, 2015
From the Montgomery County Fairgrounds Coliseum in Dayton, Ohio
Commentators: Kevin Kelly and BJ Whitmer

Silas Young and the Beer City Bruiser arrive at the venue. They take the Boys out if their trunk so they (the Boys) can carry their luggage.

Ray Lynn vs. Kelly Klein w/BJ Whitmer
This was a less than a minute squash. That’s honestly how most Kelly Klein matches at this point should have gone. Ray Lynn was terrible but I think that was her job tonight.
Winner: Kelly Klein
BJ Whitmer grabs the mic and introduces the crowd to Kelly Klein (this was her debut match).

[I'm not sure how either of those segments ended up on the main video. I haven't seen a Ring of Honor show start with a segment in the parking lot since the earliest shows]

Tonight: Champions verses All-Stars

Adam Cole vs. Will Ferrara
I just can’t get used to Will Ferrara being booked seriously. The unfortunate thing is once the guy got some steam behind him he played the “David” role well.
Winner: Adam Cole

Silas Young and the Beer City Bruiser come out for their match with the All-Night Express but they decide to give the Boys a chance to prove they’re men and sit out the match so the Boys can wrestle. They join Kevin Kelly and BJ Whitmer.

The Boys/Silas Young & the Beer City Bruiser vs. All-Night Express
The Boys lasted a minute or two into this match before Silas had had enough of them and decided himself and the Bruiser were gonna handle the match themselves.
Winners: the All-Night Express

Samson Walker vs. Caprice Coleman
I say this every time he has a match in Ring of Honor but I really like Samson Walker and wish he’d be around more often. This was one of those matches that half the crowd probably went to the bathroom and the other half that stuck around were really glad they did.
Winner: Caprice Coleman

BJ Whitmer exits the commentary table and Prince Nana takes his place.

Bobby Cruise brings Steve Corino out be guest ring announcer.

Donovan Dijak w/Truth Martini and Taeler Hendrix’s breasts vs. Michael Elgin
This was a really good power match but it I don’t know if it was good enough to go on as long as it did.
Winner: Michael Elgin

Adam Cole t-shirt ad.

Prince Nana exits the commentary booth and Ian Riccaboni takes his place.

Shaheem Ali vs. Joey Daddiego w/Truth Martini and Taeler Hendrix’s breasts
This was okay but I’m not sure it was main card worthy. Joey Daddiego always has this weird look in his eyes. He never looks at the camera and there was a part towards the beginning of this match where he was supposed to be going nose-to-nose with Ali (which was hard because he's at least a foot shorter) and he couldn't look him in the eyes.
Winner: Joey Daddiego

4 Corners Survival Match
Adam Page w/BJ Whitmer and Colby Corino vs. Cliff Compton vs. Cedric Alexander w/Veda Scott vs. “Brutal” Bob Evans w/Tim Hughes
This didn’t last long.
Winner: Cliff Compton

War Machine vs. the Briscoes
This was a good match.
Winners: the Briscoes

AJ Styles takes Ian Riccaboni place at the commentary table.

Champions vs. All-Stars
Champions (Jay Lethal, Roderick Strong and the Kingdom) w/Maria Kanellis, Adam Cole, Truth Martini and Taeler Hendrix’s breasts vs. All-Stars (Moose, Dalton Castle and the Addiction) w/Stokely Hathaway
As expected this was a very long match. Nothing particular stuck out aside from AJ Styles early reactions to Dalton Castle. AJ Styles was supposed to wrestle in this match but he got injured a week or two earlier. Dalton Castle was subbing for someone too but I can’t remember who.
Winners: Champions
Afterwards AJ Styles gets in the ring and raises Roderick Strongs hand but isn’t too happy to raise Jay Lethals (they met at Final Battle that year)
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DVD bonus features:
Kalamazoo recap

Champions verses All-Stars update

Caprice Coleman speaks

Matt Taven vs. Streamer

Dayton post show recap

Dayton airport recap
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There were a lot of guys on this show that have since exited Ring of Honor to bigger and better things (depending on how you look at it) but there were a lot of guys on this show who have also left that people have forgotten that I miss having around. I miss Samson Walker, Cliff Compton, “Brutal” Bob Evans and Tim Hughes. They were never going to be top card guys and none of them are likely to make the jump to NXT like some of the others but I miss undercard guys like them and would love to see any of them back into Ring of Honor.

Good show overall. I liked the DVD bonus feature with Matt Taven. Usually I don’t watch those things but I had to see what that was all about and it was one of those spontaneous things that happen at non-televised events that make them special.

[ianriccaboni]

This was my first "main roster" show!

I had driven about 10 hours straight through to Kalamazoo the day before, overnight with Tim Hughes and Joey Daddiego looking just to get there in time to help set up the ring. I got about an hour's sleep in Cheeseburger's room before getting to the building and helping ring crew.

From there, I called three dark matches and then drove overnight again to Dayton. To save money, I slept in my car in a Wal Mart parking lot. I was not booked for either of these shows but I wound up getting paid because I was used, if that makes sense. I was too nervous to ask for any sort of room or trans because I showed up without anyone asking me, too.

At the building in Dayton, Steve was still "suspended" so they were rotating commentators. Bobby Cruise suggesting giving me a shot and Kevin led me through. If my time in wrestling ended that night, it would have been worth it. I then drove back from Dayton with Hughes, Daddiego, and Colby Corino. It was a heck of a drive! Tim Hughes is a great co-pilot. Keeps the conversation light, fun, and always offers to buy Monster/coffee for the driver.