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ROH 19th Anniversary Show Results (3/26/21)

By Colin Tessier

Backstage, Jay Lethal pleads with referee Todd Sinclair not to let LFI steal the ROH World Championship.

Maria Kanellis-Bennett comes to the ring to make a “big” announcement. She says she’s very excited to share this announcement about the women’s division. She reveals that this summer, Ring of Honor will be holding a tournament to crown a new Ring of Honor Women’s Championship. Angelina Love and Mandy Leon, also known as The Allure, make their return by coming to the ring.

Love says she and Leon had been building the women’s division before Maria came back. Maria says everyone has to earn their opportunities now, no matter what they’ve done in the past. She says if Love can win a match, she’ll get a first-round bye in the tournament. Maria then reveals that Love’s opponent will be none other than broadcaster Quinn McKay.

ROH Pure Championship

Jonathan Gresham (c) vs. Dak Draper (Pure Rules Match)

Draper uses his size to gain an early advantage. Both men feel each other out with technical holds. Draper continues to use his amateur wrestling skills to hold his own with Gresham. The champion kicks Draper’s leg, but “The Mile High Magnum” grounds Gresham with a waist-lock. Draper continued to wrench Gresham’s waist to maintain the advantage. Gresham uses his third rope break to escape a Stretch Muffler.

Gresham drills Draper with stiff strikes, but the challenger uses two rope breaks to stay alive. Draper uses his third rope break to escape an ankle lock. Draper then drops Gresham with an illegal punch, and he gets a warning. Gresham rolls out of the ring to avoid a loss by knock-out. The challenger hits a deadlift suplex and a doctor bomb.

Draper has Gresham on the ropes, and he hits a super powerbomb for a two count. He locks in the Stretch Muffler again, but his knee buckles, forcing him to let go. Gresham hits a springboard moonsault and dives onto Draper outside the ring, locking in a sleeper hold in the process.

Draper gets back into the ring, and the sleeper is still locked in. He passes out, and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner and still ROH Pure Champion: Jonathan Gresham

Delirious whispers in Rocky Romero’s ear at the broadcast table. He interprets it as a challenge of some sort.

ROH World Tag Team Championship

La Faccion Ingobernable’s La Bestia del Ring and Kenny King (c) (with Amy Rose) vs. The Foundation’s Tracy Williams and Rhett Titus

Bestia and King take the fight to the challengers. King and Titus start the match while Bestia beats Williams up on the outside. King talks some trash to his former partner, and the champions isolate Titus. Bestia hits a diving senton onto Titus. Williams and Bestia trade chops, and the patriarch of LFI takes Williams down with a clothesline.

King hits Williams with a spinning kick, and Bestia dropkicks him out of the ring. Williams and Bestia take each other down with a double clothesline. Titus suplexes King, but Bestia blasts him with a dropkick. Titus hits Bestia with a monkey flip. Williams locks a Texas Cloverleaf in on King, and Bestia tries breaks it up, but Titus stops him. Titus rallies, and Williams plants King with a piledriver. Bestia saves King from a full Nelson, and he tags in.

Titus and Bestia exchange blows, and Bestia plants him with a Codebreaker. Rose gives Bestia a chair, but the referee stops it. Titus hits two big boots and he goes for the full Nelson, and Bestia taps out.

Winner and new ROH World Tag Team Champions: Rhett Titus and Tracy Williams

Bestia argues with Rose and King after the match. King turns on Rose and yells at her, but she flips him off. He apologizes, and he shakes her hand, but it’s a trap, as Bestia floors her with a Spear. King says he’s done with her, and he never wants to see her again.

ROH World Championship

RUSH (c) vs. Jay Lethal

RUSH shakes Lethal’s hand, marking the first time he has followed the Code of Honor, according to Ian Riccaboni. Both men exchange technical holds. RUSH gets on all fours and lets Lethal try and take him down. Lethal does the same thing, and RUSH spits on him. The champion chops Lethal, but the challenger fires back with a chop of his own. Lethal sends RUSH to the outside with a dropkick.

“The Franchise” dives onto RUSH outside the ring two times. Lethal grounds RUSH in the ring by targeting his knee. RUSH fires back and takes the fight to the outside. He batters Lethal’s head with the barricade. The champion chokes Lethal with a camera cord. A back body drop gives RUSH all the momentum. He stomps on Lethal’s head several times. RUSH strikes a pose and suplexes Lethal into the turnbuckle.

But the challenger rallies with the Lethal Combination. The two rivals trade blows, and both men eventually go down. They both battle on the top rope, and Lethal wins this exchange. “The Franchise” hits Hail to the King for a two count. He locks in the Figure-Four, but RUSH escapes. The champion suplexes Lethal and drills him with a knee to the face.

RUSH locks in a Calf Killer, but Lethal escapes. The challenger dodges a diving senton, and Lethal locks in the Figure-Four, but Kenny King and La Bestia run to the ring to distract him. Bestia blasts Lethal with a chair, and The Foundation runs to the ring. The two stables brawl at ringside. Lethal drops RUSH with a spinebuster, and he hits a cutter. The Lethal Injection earns Lethal a near fall. A nasty forearm drops Lethal. RUSH hits Bull’s Horns, but Lethal rolls out of the ring.

RUSH hits the Bull’s Horns again to win the match.

Winner and still ROH World Champion: RUSH

King and Bestia celebrate with RUSH after the match. LFI beats down Lethal, and The Foundation runs to the ring. RUSH drops Titus and Gresham with title shots. King chokes out Titus with a chair. Brody King comes to the stage and confronts LFI. He says he brought back-up this time, and Tony Deppen charges to the ring. Brody then reveals that’s not all; Chris Dickinson and Homicide return, and they all beat down LFI in the ring. Dickinson hits Kenny King with a brainbuster.

Brody King and Homicide attack Lethal to close the show.

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Colin Tessier
Colin Tessier

Colin Tessier is a lifelong fan of all things Marvel and DC, and he has used this passion to write about them for several years. Likewise, having been a fan of wrestling since he was a kid, he also covers professional wrestling. You can find him on Twitter at @ct_2110.

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