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Ring of Honor Wrestling made their grand return to Las Vegas, Nevada as part of one of their annual big four pay-per-views, Death Before Dishonor XVI, featuring some of ROH and NJPW's top talents.
As noted, ROH Champion Jay Lethal was scheduled to defend his title belt on the night against the returning Will Ospreay, whereas, new NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Cody Rhodes teamed up with his fellow Bullet Club stablemates in a 10-man tag team match against Kazuchika Okada's CHAOS.
Elsewhere, Women of Honor Champion Sumie Sakai also put her title on the line against Tenille Dashwood, whereas, The Briscoes went toe-to-toe with The Addiction in a World Tag Title match.
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Here are the full results from ROH: Death Before Dishonor XVI
#1 Jushin Thunder Liger vs Kenny King
Japanese legend Jushin Thunder Liger made his spectacular return to ROH, as he shared the ring with one of ROH's fastest rising stars in the form of Kenny King. Good back-and-forth action between the two men with King especially showing a lot of heart throughout the match. And it eventually paid off for the former ROH TV Champion, who went on to pin Liger with a spinebuster for the three-count.
Result: Kenny King def. Jushin Thunder Liger
#2 The Briscoes vs The Addiction - ROH World Tag Team Championship
The first title match of the evening, as SCU's Scorpio Sky started off by cutting a classic "this is the worst town I've ever been in" promo, in response to which, The Briscoes cut a promo claiming that The Addiction's time is truly up.
The Addiction started off the match in a strong manner, with Christopher Daniels at the center of most of the action. Good fast paced action throughout the bout, with The Briscoes showcasing their ruthlessness as well.
Jay eventually hit a few brutal Jay Drillers in the closing stages to pin Kazarian as The Briscoes successfully retained their tag titles.
Result: The Briscoes def. The Addiction
#3. Sumie Sakai vs Tenille Dashwood- Women of Honor Championship
Sumie Sakai worked a pretty aggressive style throughout the match and worked on Dashwood's shoulder, as the champ looked to brutalize the Aussie challenger. Sakai kept on working on Dashwood's shoulder, as the challenger finally started to show signs of a comeback when she finally hit a powerbomb out on the floor, only for Sakai to kick out at two back in the ring.
Dashwood, however, found a big opening and hit a German suplex for another close two-count, as the two ladies started striking each other in the middle of the ring. Dashwood then attempts another powerbomb, only for Sakai to catch her with a Cross Armbreaker as Dashwood passed out in pain, in what was really weird finish to the match.
Result: Sumie Sakai def. Tenille Dashwood
#4. Punishment Martinez vs Chris Sabin - ROH TV Championship
Loads of action on this one, as two of ROH's brightest performers, went head-to-head in an outstanding singles match. Martinez started off the bout in brutal fashion, dominating Sabin in the early stages by hitting with a Chokeslam and launching him outside to the barricades.
Sabin, however, ignites a comeback by connecting with a suicide dive and connecting with a crossbody on the floor and shortly after a ref bump, Martinez managed to pick Sabin up and send him into a turnbuckle, followed by a psycho driver, curb stomp, chokeslam, and eventually pinned Sabin for the win.
Result: Punishment Martinez def. Chris Sabin
Post-match, Martinez had an exchange with new ROH signee Jeff Cobb who took out the champion and indicated that he was coming for the title belt.
#5. Flip Gordon and Colt Cabana vs Bully Ray and Silas Young - Tables Match
As expected, Flip Gordon was by far the star of this match, as he and Colt Cabana started off things by taking out Young. Bully and Young decided to target commentator Ian Riccaboni and intimidated him throughout the match, by calling him a piece of trash and whatnot! Bully eventually powerbombed Cabana through a table and that too right in front of Riccaboni for the first elimination of the match.
Bully and Young then shift their focus towards Flip, who fights off both men for a while, as Young and Bully get into a heated argument after a miscue, however, after a while Flip tries to take advantage of the situation, as another ref bump leads to Gordon connecting with a 450 splash on Young through a table but the ref wasn't there to witness the fall.
Bully then knocks Gordon down and places him over the broken table as the ref finally gets up and calls for the match.
Result: Bully Ray and Silas Young def. Flip Gordon and Colt Cabana
#5 Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Nick Jackson, and Matt Jackson) vs CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii, Trent, and Chuckie T)
Cody walks out with the NWA World Heavyweight Title around his waist, with Brandi Rhodes carrying the six-man ROH Tag Team Titles, as former NWA World Champion Nick Aldis joins us for commentary.
Back in the ring, Page and Ishii start off things in spectacular fashion and after solid back-and-forth action, former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada tags in and calls for Marty Scurll, the man who beat at All In. Instead, we then get a showdown between Scurll and Rocky Romero instead.
After solid back-and-forth between every single competitor, Chuckie T pulls off a huge flip off the stage and takes out a bunch of people up on the entrance way. Lots of action in the closing stages of the bout, as Okada attempts to hit The Rainmaker on Nick, but fails, as The Young Bucks try to hit the Meltzer Driver, but end up failing as well. Adam Page then goes for the Buckshot Lariat but hits Matt Jackson instead, as we witness a lot of BC miscues. Cody then connects with the Cross Rhodes but isn't able to capitalize as Okada hits the Rainmaker on the NWA World Champion. Meanwhile, Nick Aldis on commentary announces that his title rematch against Cody will be a 2 out of 3 falls match.
After a quick exchange between Ishii and Page, Scurll and Romero are the legal men, as The Villain locks in the chicken wing and picking up the massive victory for The Bullet Club in tremendous fashion.
Result: Bullet Club def. CHAOS
#6 Jay Lethal vs Will Ospreay - ROH World Championship
The returning Will Ospreay worked a very different style in this match, as he has already gained a lot of weight and isn't working his usual high-flying Jr. Heavyweight style. Lethal starts off the bout strong, not allowing Ospreay to counter any of his big moves as The Aerial Assassin barely had any offense for himself in the early stages.
Ospreay quickly starts firing up things as we witness him come close to a two-count after connecting with a 619, followed by a Springboard Clothesline. At one point of the match, Lethal even superkicked the ring announcer as the title belt went up in the air, only for Ospreay to catch for a really cool spot.
Back in the ring, Ospreay attempts the Oscutter, but Lethal connects with a cutter of his own. Ospreay, however, does manage to connect the Oscutter as he gets close for a two-count and at that point, it definitely did seem like Ospreay had the match in his bag. After a quick back-and-forth, Lethal eventually manages to hit the Lethal Injection and retains his title belt in an awesome match.
Result: Jay Lethal def. Will Ospreay
Following the match, TK O'Ryan, and Vinny Marseglia attack Jay Lethal and also beatdown Jonathan Gresham, who tried to make the save, as Lethal started to fight back, only for Kingdom leader Matt Taven to make his return and take out the ROH World Champion, as Taven reveals his customized purple ROH World Title belt.
