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Welcome to this week’s Ring Of Honor review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and I missed a few weeks already, due to forgetting and being pulled in a few different directions otherwise. I’m back and ready to pretend I didn’t miss a few weeks. Last week’s review was great. I’m the best. F–k Chris Hyatt! Chris Hyatt is dead! Triple H was a p—y anyway! I say it’s time that the greatest ever continues the good work. Long live me! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m pregnant. Ring Of Honor starts now.

Match #1: Quinn McKay b. Mandy Leon – Roh Women’s Championship Tournament First Round Match The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:

McKay speared Leon at the opening bell. McKay locked on Tangerine Dream, but Leon escaped and rolled out of the ring. Leon grabbed McKay’s foot and pulled her from the ring,...

Welcome to this week’s column of The Last Week In Wrestling, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Mr. Rogers here with us. Mr. Rogers: Hello my television neighbor. I wanted to talk to you about violence. When people watch violence, that doesn’t make them violent. Violence is wanting to be violent and then choosing to be violent. When you watch wrestling, you are watching it because you want to watch wrestling. Watching wrestling doesn’t always have a meaning besides wanting to watch wrestling. Wrestling can be fun, but we should always remember that wrestling can hurt the people that do it, because it is violent. When wrestlers get hurt, that’s not your fault. However, you should always try to empathize with them when they are in pain. Mr. Robinson: Hello boys and girls! I’m in pain listening to this old-ass...

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor’s Saturday Night At Center Stage, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Wendy Williams has bigger jugs than I do. Hiya! We’ve got some good wrestling in here, so break out the bottle of hoop’de-juice, ‘cuz we gon git dat nouuuuuuuuuuuw!

Match #1: Dragon Lee defeated Andrew Everett – Ring Of Honor World TV Title Match The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:

Everett nearly pulled off the upset, but Lee ultimately prevailed after removing his knee pad and hitting the Incinerator knee strike. After the match, Lee — who is becoming more like older brother Rush all the time — stood on Everett and taunted him.

My Opinion: 3.5 out of 5 – We started off the night with some easy viewing. That’s the way I like it. I don’t have to say that there is a lot of aerial moves,...

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor: Unauthorized – Hanukkah Comes Early: Eight Crazy Matches, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and I didn’t name the f—–g thing. Oy! Arbor Day is for losers. Who needs a planet when you can have a super-model for breakfast? My political leanings aside, this is a show that is (supposedly) run by Colt Cabana, so expect Jimmy Dean kissing a donkey.

Match #1: Ultimo Guerrero defeated Jonathan Gresham The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:

Joe Hendry joined Ian Riccaboni on commentary and proceeded to sing all of his comments. Guerrero pinned Gresham after the Cmll legend hit Guerrero Especial from the top rope.

My Opinion: 3.5 out of 5 – This was a fabulous match that had to endure Joe Hendry on commentary…singing! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Jesus f—k. Why would you have Hendry sing while Ian is doing commentary? Would you...

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor: Honor United 2019 – Bolton, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the final of three shows, with this one hailing from Bolton. Army of Darkness had a more depressing ending before the “S-Mart” ending. I slept too long! Okay, let’s see if this show can balance out a tour that had one great and one decent show to its record.

Match #1: Joe Hendry defeated Silas Young (Disqualification)

My Opinion: 1.7 out of 5 – What a waste of two talented people. I get that this was just a set-up for another match, but wasting a booking is some-thing that shouldn’t be done lightly.

Match #2: Joe Hendry and Dalton Castle defeated Silas Young and Rampage Brown

My Opinion: 2.4 out of 5 – Why not just have this be the only match to start the show and have a twelve or thirteen...

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor: Honor United 2019 – Newport, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and…this show sucked. Yeah. The London show rocked and this one sucked. You’ll get it in a minute.

Match #1: Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll and Flip Gordon) defeated Tracy Williams and Flamita

My Opinion: 3.5 out of 5 – Fortunately, this show did start off with a lovely match. I used lovely. I can do that. Suck it, Donald Trump. This was a fantastic way to start the show, as it was a longer match with plenty of action that was properly paced and fought with heart and passion. The sucking hasn’t quite started, yet.

Match #2: Shane Taylor defeated Danny Jones – Ring Of Honor World Television Title Match The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:

Roh World Television Champion Shane Taylor successfully defended his title against UK competitor Danny Jones.

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor: Honor United 2019 – London, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we’ve got the first show of three to get to, which better be good or The Great Pumpkin won’t come to my pumpkin patch! This pumpkin patch is the most sincere! Screw the other ones! Hey, we’re in London for this show. Do you think Mary Poppins will be there…to strip? Juuuuuuust a spoon full of sugar makes the pantaloons fall doooooooown…in the most delightful waaaaaaaaay! Okay, you crazy kids, let’s enjoy Evil Dead 2.

Match #1: LifeBlood (Mark Haskins and Tracy Williams) defeated Brat Pack (Mitch Waterman and Nick Bury)

My Opinion: 3.3 out of 5 – It’s a shame that Roh didn’t have a write-up about this match in their recap, because it turned out well enough. Haskins and Williams have been the...

Welcome to this week’s Ring Of Honor review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we’ve got a some wrestling here, so don’t fall asleep…or Freddy Kruger will get ya’! Then again, maybe not.

Match #1: Jeff Cobb, Kenny King, Josh Woods & Brian Johnson defeated Joe Hendry, Rhett Titus, Cheeseburger & Silas Young – Vegas Wild-Card Eight-Man Tag Team Match The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:

Both teams were selected by a random draw. After a flurry of high-impact moves from everyone, Cobb and Hendry faced off. They double-clotheslined each other in the ring, and then did the same outside the ring. In the end, Woods rolled up his tag partner Young to secure the victory for his team.

My Opinion: 3 out of 5 – This went for a nice length of time and gave Brian a good showcase of his talents. Other than that, look for...

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor/Cmll Espectacular 3, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and I wish I could meet Spongebob Squarepants. I wonder what his Spongebob Squarecrotch looks like. Yeah, I think this might be the only place where you’ll get a review of wrestling that has the attention span of a chicken at a tennis match. Okay, let’s jump right into the final show of the Espectacular trilogy.

Match #1: Villain Enterprises (Pco and Body King) beat The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser and Brawler Milonas) The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:

Four of the biggest men in Roh were in this match, and they were flying around the ring like men half their size. Bruiser hit a crossbody off the top rope onto all three guys on the floor. He also hit a cannonball off the apron onto Pco. The Bouncers set up for Last Call,...

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor/Cmll Espectacular 2, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Matt Taven is defending his World Title against Volador Jr., which is Spanish for “wakka, wakka, wakka”. I gotta get a life. Okay, we’ve got a long one here, which is something I can’t normally say with my pants off.

Match #1: Austin Gunn beat Dante Caballero – Top Prospect Tournament Semi-Finals Match The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:

Caballero hit a German Suplex from the floor onto the edge of the apron. Gunn rallied and went for a running clothesline in the corner, but Caballero moved and Gunn inadvertently hit the referee. Caballero took a drink from his flask and tried to spit it in Gunn’s face, but Gunn ducked and Caballero sprayed the referee. Caballero chop-blocked Gunn, but Gunn came back with the Famouser for the win.

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor’s Honor For All, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a bunch of big matches to get to. Let’s roll up our sleeves and get right to it.

Match #1: The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser and Brawler Milonas) defeated Coast 2 Coast (Lsg and Shaheem Ali) and Okumura and Felino The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:

Felino hit a sunset flip powerbomb on Ali but The Bouncers broke up the pin. Felino went for a crossbody off the top rope to the floor, but The Bouncers caught him and Milonas slammed him. Coast 2 Coast gained the upper hand for a stretch, but The Bouncers rallied and hit Closing Time on Ali for the win. After the match, The Bouncers did the Toast of Honor with Okumura and Felino.

My Opinion: 2.2 out of 5 – This wasn’t the...

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor’s Saturday Night at Center Stage, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a slew of good matches to get to, so let’s get right to it.

Match #1: Villain Enterprises (Pco and Brody King) defeated LifeBlood (Mark Haskins and Tracy Williams) The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:

Less than two minutes into the match, Pco suffered a malfunction that caused him to deliver a suicide dive on the opposite side of where his intended targets were. He landed face first on the floor and came up dazed and bleeding profusely from a deep gash above his right eye. The “not human” Pco refused medical attention and continued the match. The two teams battled back and forth, exchanging one hard-hitting move after another. Williams hit an assisted piledriver on King, but Pco made the save. Haskins...

Welcome to this week’s Ring Of Honor review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a big four way match for the main event. Let’s get right to it and John Wick the hell out…I forgot the joke.

Match #1: Hirooki Goto defeated Hikuleo The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:

This match between Njpw competitors pitted the veteran Goto against the up-and-coming Hikuleo, the 6-foot-8 younger brother of The Guerillas of Destiny’s Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa. Goto hit a big clothesline for a near fall, but Hikuleo answered with a superplex for a near fall. Hikuleo then turned Goto inside out with a clothesline, but Goto kicked out at two. Goto eventually finished off the youngster after hitting Ushigoroshi and Gtr.

My Opinion: 2.5 out of 5 – This was a fun bout that gave Hikuleo a chance to fight an established professional in Goto,...

Welcome to this week’s Ring Of Honor review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Yuji Nagata in the main event. Yeah, this is a pretty cool chance to see something rare with Yuji in America. Okay, let’s see if this all turns out well enough.

Match #1: The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser and Brawler Milonas) defeated The Kingdom (Tk O’Ryan and Vinny Marseglia), Coast 2 Coast (Lsg and Shaheem Ali) and Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors – Four Corners Survival Match The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:

The Kingdom hit House of 1,000 Horses on Connors, but Lsg pump-kicked O’Ryan before he could make the cover. Ali tried to steal the pin, but Beer City Bruiser broke it up. Shortly thereafter, The Bouncers hit Closing Time on Coughlin for the victory.

My Opinion: 2.5 out of 5 - This was a fun melee that was...

I had the chance to sit down with Taya, one of the stars of the El Rey Network show Lucha Underground. We discussed her career, the state of women's wrestling, plus what fans can expect from the Mid Season premiere of Lucha Underground on May 31st.

Lrm: Thank you for taking the time to speak with me today. For those unfamiliar, what is Lucha Underground and why should fans watch?

Taya: Lucha Underground is a show and original series that is on the El Rey Network. We are now in the midst of the Season 3 hiatus. We come back from break on May 31st. It's a show that combines lucha libre, combined with action and gritty actions sequences. Really like a graphic novel come to life. It's not a wrestling show. It is a tv series and it is unlike anything you have seen in your entire life, I can tell you that.

The WWE has officially announced a 32 competitor Women’s Tournament that will appear on the WWE Network this summer. The tournament was announced at a business presentation the WWE gave to business partners called “WWE Reimagined”. Raw Women’s Champion Bayley, Smackdown Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss, and Nxt Women’s Champion Asuka were a part of the presentation.

This is a big moment in women’s wrestling history. For the first time, the WWE is getting behind their female superstars in a way that puts them on the same level with the male superstars. With performers like Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks, Bayley, and others, the level of talent on the women’s roster is unparalleled. The only issue I have with the women’s division is that, with the brand split, they have had few match ups they could offer, giving the audience a lot of repetition.