-From Baltimore, MD. Our hosts are Kevin Kelly and Caleb Seltzer.
-ROH World Champion Kevin Steen comes to the ring. Steen says that ROH has gone through quite a bit of change over the past few years. When he won the title last year, he wasn’t proud to be champion and wanted to kill ROH (due to Jim Cornette’s leadership). Now that Cornette is gone, Steen feels the company is exactly what it should be: pro wrestling. Steen finds himself caring about ROH again and is proud to be champion. Jay Lethal got rid of Cornette, so that’s why he’s getting a title shot. Steen proclaims that Lethal simply cannot beat him.
-We hear from Matt Taven and Tadarius Thomas, who will be facing one another in the finals of the Top Prospect tournament. Both men are in similar positions and it looks as though they’re attempting to make their names against each other.
-Taven doesn’t seem to want anything to do with Martini, but Truth whispers something in his ear. Taven has a change of heart and shakes hands with Martini. This pairing has a lot of potential. If they were going to align either Taven or Thomas with Truth, I’m glad they went with Taven, as Thomas is just such a natural baby face.
-No Inside Ring of Honor this week, just a bunch of hard-sell promos!
-Charlie Haas doesn’t think BJ Whitmer is going to make it to the 11th Anniversary Show after what he did to him in the parking lot. -Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander are ready for SCUM. Coleman is an awesome talker, he’ll make a great manager someday.
-The American Wolves proclaim to be the best tag team in America. They have the team of Rocky Romero and Alex Koslov at the I-PPV and will show no remorse.
-Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish aren’t impressed that the Briscoes are the most decorated team in ROH history. 2013 will be their year and plan on making the Briscoes’ 8th reign disappointingly short. Fish warns Mark not to bring any Redneck Kung Fu crap to Chicago.
-Michael Elgin says Roderick Strong has picked a fight he cannot win.
-Jay Lethal says he has Kevin Steen’s number. The 11th Anniversary Show will be their defining moment. These rapid fire promos have really elevated my interest in the I-PPV.
-Jay Lethal comes to the ring for a promo. Lethal thinks it’s great that Steen has had an apparent change of heart, but he’s not buying it. Jay knows that Steen is a master of mind games and vows to not suffer the same fate that Davey Richards did. Whatever happens at the I-PPV, one of them will be added to the list of great ROH champions. Lethal knows he can win because Steen is convinced he can’t. Good promo here.
-Veda Scott interviews Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly, and Bobby Fish. Strong plans on exposing Michael Elgin as breakable. O’Reilly and Fish are tired of the American Wolves running their mouths.
-The Briscoes join commentary for the main event. Mark Briscoes has the world’s greatest beard.
Final Thoughts: Fantastic show this week. There was no filler, a lot of very well delivered mic work, and some great in-ring action. Big thumbs up.