5 major takeaways from Ring of Honor's 'Honor United' tour in the UK 

Ring of Honor, Honor United, Newport
Ring of Honor, Honor United, Newport

#3. They use storylines to book their whole tour and the shows themselves

ROH uses the Honor United tour to build the Briscoes Vs Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham
ROH uses the Honor United tour to build the Briscoes Vs Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham

The first thing we saw in the show was Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham revealing that they don't care what they do anymore in Ring of Honor, because no-one else does so they'll do what they want. The Briscoes then came out and confronted them and this led to a Triple Threat match for the title later on that evening.

The match itself continued the storyline between Lethal and Gresham and The Briscoes leading to a post-match angle. The company would later go on to announce that Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham Vs The Briscoes would take place at Final Battle on December 13th (although news of Lethal suffering a broken arm in Bolton might scupper that)

Joe Hendry stopped Hikuleo putting Dalton Castle through a table and then Dalton Castle helped Joe Hendry defeat Matt Taven later on in the evening.

During the main event both Jeff Cobb and Rush wanted to be the guy to win the match leading to the two men falling out, having a pull-apart brawl and a title match being announced for the next show in Bolton (the day after)

Brody King was declared unable to compete before the show began so instead of just replacing him they worked an angle where ROH announcer Colt Cabana interviewed Scurll and Gordon after a win and Scurll asked Cabana to replace King and team with PCO against Rush and Cobb.

It's rare for what is essentially a 'house show' to inform storylines going forward for the company in general, but to also make storyline reasons for the matches it books for that show itself. I appreciated this greatly!

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