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On 12th October 2017, Ring of Honor’s much anticipated Global Wars tour finally kicked off in Buffalo, New York.
The match card on the first night looked really great, with several top NJPW stars featuring on the show, on the night.
#1 Deonna Purrazzo vs Sumie Sakai
The first match of the night was a Women of Honor match between Japanese star Sumie Sakai and current ECWA Women’s champion, Deonna Purrazzo.
The match itself was pretty solid and saw Deonna reign victorious after Sakai tapped out to an armbar applied by the New Jersey native.
#2 The Dawgs vs Coast 2 Coast
The first match of the main card was a tag team bout between the teams of Rhett Titus & Will Ferrera squaring off against the team of LSG & Shaheem Ali.
This match went back and forth in terms of momentum, and both teams got the upper hand at one stage. But in the end, Rhett Titus managed to get the win for his side after he pinned Ali.
Result: The Dawgs def. Coast 2 Coast
#3 Hangman Page vs Kushida
The first singles match of the night was contested between former ROH TV champion, Kushida, and Bullet Club member Adam Page.
Kushida, who recently lost his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title, put on a great show during the match, as did Page. The NJPW junior heavyweight got the win via submission.
Result: Kushida def. Hangman Paf
#4 Jay Lethal vs Frankie Kazarian
Another singles match on the card featured former ROH World Champion Jay Lethal facing off against one half of The Addiction, Frankie Kazarian.
This match was simply brilliant and received the first “This is awesome” chants of the night. Lethal got the three count for the win after hitting the Lethal Injection. After the match, the former Los Ingobernables de Japon member celebrated his win and also uttered the words “next world champion” suggesting that he might be going after the ROH World Title.
Result: Jay Lethal def. Frankie Kazarian
#5 Suzuki Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Hoyt) vs Mark Briscoe & War Machine (Raymond Roye & Hanson)
Before the match started, Silas Young came down to ringside and joined the commentary team to get a closer look at his opponent for the next night, Minoru Suzuki.
This match was hard hitting with some high flying action as well. During the later stages of the match, War Machine hit a double suicide dive on opposite sides to take out the Killer Elite Squad.
Suzuki and Briscoe were left all alone in the ring as they started exchanging chops and kicks, however, Suzuki managed to nail the Gotch Piledriver for the win for Suzuki Gun.
After the match, the fans got a big surprise as Bully Ray came out to a huge pop from the audience. Bully received “Thank You” chants from the Buffalo crowd and addressed the audience by saying “nothing will be ever as cool as that”.
He later added by saying that ROH officials told him to take rest during this Global Wars tour, however, he added that his in-ring career may be in jeopardy after suffering a concussion at ROH: Death Before Dishonor. Bully finally circled around the ring to show his appreciation towards the fans.
Result: Suzuki Gun def. War Machine and Mark Briscoe
#6 Mandy Leon vs Jenny Rose
The first match after intermission was another Women of Honor bout, between former VOW Vixen’s Champion, Mandy Leon who faced off against Jenny Rose.
Leon had the upper hand during most of the match against Rose, who is still in the early days of her career.
Leon managed to get the win but Rose did show a lot of promising signs and still has a long way to go in her career. The two ladies embraced each other after the match.
Result: Mandy Leon def. Jenny Rose
#7 Hiromu Takahashi vs Cristopher Daniels
This was a very exciting bout to witness, as former IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion, Hiromu Takahashi faced off against former ROH World Champion, Christopher Daniels. Both Hiromu and Daniels have an intense history.
However, it was Hiromu who got the win on the 47-year-old veteran via a submission that included Hiromu’s stuffed toy cat, Daryl. After the match, the two men raised each other’s hands, only for Hiromu to hit Daniels on the head with Daryl.
Result: Hiromu Takahashi def. Cristopher Daniels
#8 Bullet Club (Cody & Marty Scurll) vs CHAOS (Yoshi-Hashi & Toru Yano)
A match involving Bullet Club and Toru Yano is always expected to include a lot of action. Yano as usual hit low blows on both men and pulled the pad off the turnbuckle in the later stages of the match.
The CHAOS member then threw Cody into the corner of the exposed turnbuckle and had the ROH World Champion down for a pinfall, only for Marty to pull out the referee. Cody himself then hit a low blow and followed it with a Cross Rhodes on Yano and got the win for the Bullet Club.
Result: Bullet Club def. CHAOS
#9 Punisher Martinez vs Will Ospreay
Newly crowned IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion, Will Ospreay was back in ROH and faced off against the 6'7" giant, Punisher Martinez. This match was full of false finishes and had plenty of fast action as well, thanks to Ospreay.
Ospreay also hit a Red Arrow during the match and shouted "For Neville" but it was Martinez who won the match following a huge chokeslam on Ospreay, after throwing him against the ring apron. Following the match, the crowd chanted “That Was Awesome”.
Result: Punisher Martinez def. Will Ospreay
#10 The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks) vs The Kingdom (TK O’Ryan, Vinny Marseglia & Matt Taven)
Before the bout began, Matt Jackson announced that they are changing the Freebird rules to The Elite rules and said they were going to put the ROH Six Man Tag Team Titles (which was won by the trio of Adam Page and The Young Bucks) because they belong to the Bullet Club.
The Bullet Club began the match with a ‘One Sweet’ as Matt Taven kicked off things against the IWGP US Heavyweight Champion.
After a series of quick moves, Omega offered a handshake to Taven who responded by offering a ‘Too Sweet’ to the Bullet Club leader, the crowd followed up with a "You can't do that" chant.
The rest of the match was fun and the crowd was totally into it, and at one point they also got to witness a spot of 10 boots as the rest of the Bullet Club came by ringside. The Bucks and Omega picked up the win after hitting a Meltzer Driver into a One-Winged Angel on TK O’Ryan for the three count.
Result: The Elite def. The Kingdom
