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Here’s a preview of this weekend’s episode of “Ring of Honor Wrestling:”
Jonathan Gresham, Tracy Williams and Fred Yehi vs. Jay Lethal, Rhett Titus and Wheeler Yuta
The Foundation (Gresham, Lethal, Williams and Titus) looked on in disgust as the eight-man tag match pitting La Faccion Ingobernable (RUSH, Dragon Lee, Bestia del Ring) and Flip Gordon against Brody King, PCO and the Briscoes degenerated into chaos on last week’s episode of “Ring of Honor Wrestling.”
“This is not Ring of Honor,” Gresham said.
The Foundation members went to the ROH Board of Directors and proposed this six-man tag match, which they believe defines what ROH is all about. They wanted Yehi and Yuta to participate in the match because they share The Foundation’s philosophy on the sport of professional wrestling.
Yehi and Yuta gave a good account of themselves in the Pure Title Tournament last year. Yehi knocked off Silas Young in the first round before falling to Williams, and Yuta nearly upset eventual tournament winner Gresham in their first-round match.
This bout will mark the first time Gresham and Lethal, who are best friends and the current ROH World Tag Team Champions, have faced each other since Gresham defeated Lethal at Death Before Dishonor in September 2019.
Tony Deppen vs. LSG
This match will have a major impact on the ROH World Television Title division, as Deppen is No. 1 in the rankings and LSG is No. 3.
The last time these two were in the ring together was at Final Battle in December, when they competed in a Four Corner Survival Match along with Josh Woods and Dak Draper for a shot at the ROH World Television Championship.
It appeared that LSG was on his way to victory after hitting a splash off the top rope onto Woods, but Woods managed to roll out of the ring to avoid being pinned. The opportunistic Deppen immediately pounced on LSG and rolled him up for the three count.
The result left a bitter taste in the mouth of LSG, who has been grinding in ROH since 2015 only to see Deppen score a huge win in just his third match in ROH.
“This was my first opportunity to wrestle at Final Battle. Tony Deppen, you swooped right in and took what was mine,” LSG said. “If you think that I’m going to let the flavor of the month just walk on in and take what’s mine, you are so, so wrong.”
Deppen, who spent 11 years on the independent circuit before finally making it to ROH, isn’t apologizing for capitalizing on his opportunity at Final Battle.
“I know you’re coming to avenge your loss at Final Battle, but I have the momentum, you don’t,” Deppen said. “My main focus is to cement my spot on the Ring of Honor roster. So there’s nothing you can do to take that away from me. So bring it.”
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— ROH Wrestling (@ringofhonor) December 21, 2020
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