Top Flight def. MxM CollectionIt was the battle of directionless Ring of Honor tag teams. Top Flight are higher up on the totem pole than MxM Collection, but not by much. They had an acceptable outing, but this would've been better if we knew Top Flight were actually gunning for the ROH World Tag Team Championship, or the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship with Scorpio Sky. Otherwise, their matches are meaningless. Rush def. Dante LeonI believe Rush will be in action on Saturday's Collision against Anthony Bowens to determine the second entrant in the Casino Gauntlet match for the AEW TNT Championship at Dynasty, so this felt like a quick warm-up for him before then. I love watching him decimate dudes. I'd hate to be his opponent for that very reason. He hits hard and that helps him stand out. Now let's give him something more significant to do, please. Maya World and Hyan def. The IInspirationThe IInspiration just made their ROH debut on Thursday night where they beat a pair of jobbers. We heard from them before this bout in a backstage segment, so I figured they'd rack up another win and regain some momentum, but evidently not. The match was fine, but I was stunned by the result. I'm not complaining, as World and Hyan have a higher ceiling at this point, but Tony Khan's use of The IInspiration so far has been questionable, to say the least. GOA def. Daisuke Sasaki and Paul VirkI'm glad GOA are getting consistent television time alongside Ricochet in The Demand these days. That means they're above doing ROH TV matches, but this was quick and painless with them dominating these "local athletes." I wouldn't be surprised to see them in the TNT title Casino Gauntlet at Dynasty, if not in the corner of Ricochet for his match against Chris Jericho. Sisters of Sin def. Niki XS and Aminah BelmontSisters of Sin had their opportunity at the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship a month or two and lost, so now they're back to not doing a whole ton until a pair of babyfaces capture the titles. They're basically background players for Thekla for the time being, but giving them the occasional win on ROH TV won't hurt. This followed the same formula that GOA's squash did right before it. Dalton Castle and The Outrunners def. Deonn Rusman, Devo Knight and Alex FindleyIt's been a bit since we last got one of these matches, so I guess we were overdue. I enjoy Castle and The Outrunners together, but man, they've been having these enhancement matchups for months and they haven't amounted to anything. And I have no idea what they're waiting for. Why not just fight for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, win the belts and get it over with? Maybe at Supercard of Honor, but there's no indication that's where we're headed. Komander def. DralisticoWhat a weird main event to do on a random edition of ROH TV. Both of these guys are great wrestlers, so it was better than doing a one-sided squash or something like that, but it'd be wonderful if it had some stakes, like a shot at the ROH World Television Championship or something like that. If nothing else, they had a fun sprint and ended the episode on a high note. Overall ShowYes, I'm sure the only thing people were clamoring for coming off a two-plus-hour edition of ROH TV on Thursday night was more ROH. Jeez. On the bright side, this was less than an hour long, and I assume it was taped on Wednesday because it had an actual crowd and didn't emanate from that studio ROH TV has been as of late. There's no need to seek out this episode, but at least it was tolerable.
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