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00:00Still trending internationally, G1 Supercard, but now we begin the double main event, Ring of Honor World Championship, triple threat ladder match, the villain Marty Skrull, the self-proclaimed, professed real world champion, Matt Taven, and the Ring of Honor champion, the man that's held it longer than anyone else over two combined reigns with the most defenses of all time, the Ring of Honor World Champion, Jay Lethal Championship will be hung high above the ring,
00:28and this is our Ring of Honor main event.
00:34Ever since I was six years old, I've wanted this very moment.
00:40That little kid inside of me, who many years ago just dreamed of wrestling, watched on television, on the internet.
00:49I've wrestled all over the world. I've been waiting to win this championship.
00:55Ever since I stepped into a wrestling ring for the first time, I knew that this moment would come.
01:00And I can't think of a better place to be the man who stands in front of all as the Ring of Honor World Champion.
01:07Everything leads to Madison Square Garden.
01:11Madison Square Garden.
01:13Madison Square Taylor.
01:17You know, for over a year and a half, I've been talking about a kingdom conspiracy.
01:24I thought that this company was holding me down, but maybe it was all part of a big master plan.
01:30Maybe this company was waiting for this moment.
01:33Maybe they knew that they needed a star to headline this major event, and no one is a bigger star than Matt Taven.
01:41I feel like the reason why I haven't won the title previously is because I'm destined to win it at MSG.
01:51And I ask myself the question, if not at Madison Square Garden, then when I have to win the championship at Madison Square Garden?
02:06If I don't, if I don't, I don't really know where my career goes from here.
02:13What a heartfelt moment for myself to walk into Madison Square Garden as the Ring of Honor World Champion,
02:20and what obviously I'm about to do.
02:23And the only thing that could top that, that's leaving Madison Square Garden still the Ring of Honor World Champion.
02:31Man, that'd be awesome.
02:40Well, the time is upon us.
02:42Ring of Honor's main event right now at the commentary position.
02:47It is myself, international wrestling star Colt Cabana, and the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Nick Aldis.
02:54Nick, you're joined by Camille with the 10 pounds of gold.
02:57We've seen the ladders.
02:58We know the stakes at hand.
02:59Unbelievable.
03:00Somebody's life will change forever after tonight.
03:03I can't wait.
03:04And I'm just here to see as a business investment.
03:07Nick, we know that you will face Marty Scurll coming up at the Crockett Cup April 27th.
03:11If he should win, we know NWA, we know Ring of Honor.
03:14They've been in discussions for having a title for title match.
03:19But right now, let's bring out your opponent on that date,
03:23the first of our three competitors for this triple threat.
03:27Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Champion.
03:28Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Champion.
03:51Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Champion.
03:55Will tonight be the night that a villain's destiny is fulfilled?
04:23A man on his third night captured the Ring of Honor World Television Championship, a star of the world over, one-third of the Ring of Honor World's six-man champions, Marty Skrull enters tonight, the number one contender by virtue of winning survival of the fittest, and Nick Aldis, this is a man you've grown up with that you know so well.
04:46Absolutely, look, we can put our rivalry to one side for one night, and I can say with my heart and soul that when I picked up a 16-year-old shy kid from Littleport in Cambridgeshire in my beat-up Fiat Punto to drive to Dropkick's Wrestling Academy,
05:01I believed in my heart that one day we would be at Madison Square Garden, and to see him in this match, I'm so full of pride, I'm so happy, but at the same time, the stakes are very high, and it's very important to me what happens in this matchup.
05:17For a man like the villain, you gotta wonder if this match favors him, Colt, you gotta wonder what's in the umbrella, what's in the ladders, what's up his sleeve, what kind of tricks Marty Skrull may use.
05:29Yeah, he's full of trickery, and he loves this kind of match, situation, whatever it might be.
05:38You heard him in that package, he said he has to win this, and if he doesn't, he doesn't know where his career is going after this.
05:45It doesn't get any more important than that.
05:48On the Skrull, the villain's triple threat.
05:50One man will walk out, the winner of the main event, on the Ring of Honor, half of the double main event, and write their name in the history books forever.
06:04Marty Skrull may be that man.
06:10What do we got here?
06:12What do we got here?
06:42What we have here is a man who identifies as the real Ring of Honor World Champion.
06:52One of the great outseats here in Ring of Honor.
06:56Adorning the crown, he's one of only two men to capture championships in Ring of Honor, New Japan, and CMLL.
07:03He's a man who's held every championship and Ring of Honor, with the exception, Nick Aldis, of the one that will be hoisted high above the ring.
07:12And let's face it, when you're as decorated as Matt Taven, when you've been all over the world, and you've made a name for yourself, but you haven't won the big one, it eats away at you until you do.
07:23And if you don't, it will eat away at you for the rest of your life.
07:26Matt Taven's been ever-confident, Colt. He's believed for quite some time, after that visual pinball in the then-Ring of Honor World Champion, Dalton Castle, back in Fairfax, Virginia, that he would be real.
07:42Oh! Matt Taven!
07:46Real Ring of Honor World Champion.
07:49Well, I know a lot of people are picking Matt Taven to win this out here tonight.
07:53Yeah, but we saw, to bring it back to very early in the show, Dalton Castle.
07:58I mean, he, quote-unquote, beat a man that was pinned in basically 20 seconds.
08:07So, the reality is, is can you beat Jay Lethal?
08:11He's the man with the championship, the most decorated champion in Ring of Honor history, not Dalton Castle.
08:17But it's high time to start talking about Matt Taven, who's held gold everywhere he's been.
08:23Tonight, he takes his grateful spot in the main event, and he does so against the man with the most combined days in history as Ring of Honor World Champion.
08:32The most combined defenses in history, in Ring of Honor history.
08:36And he's got some swagger to him.
08:41And the man who takes the stage, let's get a 15 minute ride from his childhood home in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
08:51A man who's dreamt of one day competing in the Garden.
08:55And he comes in, the Ring of Honor World Champion.
09:10We call him the franchise, Jay Lethal.
09:13Now over 700 days combined.
09:16Ring of Honor Champion across two ranks.
09:20Nick, it was in Fairfax in that very same match where we thought Matt Taven had the title won.
09:26And Jay Lethal ultimately walked out the champion.
09:28There's a reason that Jay Lethal is the conscience of Ring of Honor because he is constantly at the top of his game.
09:35And to him, this night, walking out as the World Champion in Madison Square Garden is the defining moment of his career and his life.
09:44You'd think that he's not focused and not ready.
09:47The thing I love about this is you're witnessing three guys here in their primes with all the preparation,
09:54all the mental preparation they need, all the strategy.
09:57It's all gonna come to a head here tonight in the Garden.
10:00This is the main event.
10:08And this is the sight that brings a tear to my eye.
10:11The man who's carried the course, carried the flag for Ring of Honor.
10:14Hey, you might call him the franchise.
10:17I call him Teacher's Pet.
10:18Wow.
10:19That's what I call him.
10:20Jay Lethal has done everything and more for Ring of Honor.
10:23And now there is no better time to take it to the voice of Ring of Honor, Bobby Cruz, for our main event introduction.
10:36Following contest is the first half of your G1 Supercard double main event.
10:43It is a triple threat ladder match scheduled for one fall.
10:48And it is for the Ring of Honor World Championship.
10:55The only way to obtain victory in this match is for a competitor to climb a ladder and grab the championship belt hanging above the ring.
11:05Introducing challenger number one, wrestling out of Cambridge, England.
11:11Weighing 195 pounds, he's representing Villain Enterprises.
11:22And he's a co-holder of the Ring of Honor World Six Fan Tag Team Championship.
11:29And the villain, Marty Skurl.
11:34Marty Skurl believes he's destined for this moment after coming up short last year.
11:44Challenger number two is wrestling on a Boston, Massachusetts.
11:50Weighing 227 pounds, he's representing the kingdom, Ned Taven.
12:08Taven with all the confidence in the world looking to become the Ring of Honor World Champion.
12:13Weighing 217 pounds, he is the Ring of Honor World Champion.
12:38Jay Lethal!
12:43I have never seen Jay Lethal this amped in my life.
12:49There is something to his step. He looks more than ready.
12:53But as you know, Colt, that can work against you if you have the adrenaline dump too early in a matchup like this.
13:00You gotta have eyes in the back of your head. This is a three-way match and it's a ladder match.
13:05I mean, it's hard enough with a three-way match when it's just regular stipulation because you've got to always have eyes in the back of your head to make sure that someone's not there to make the save.
13:13Now, you've got to have eyes in the back of your head when you're halfway up a ladder.
13:17The stakes are so high and it's so dangerous.
13:20And there we see referee Paul Turner, Todd Sinclair, two of our finest, making sure it is completely strapped on.
13:29We don't want or need any oopsies in this one, Ian.
13:32Absolutely not. As you see, Taven and Lethal, whose story spans the last five years.
13:38That amazing feud for the Ring of Honor World Television Championship in 2014 that accumulated in New York City.
13:45At Field of Honor, that memorable cage match.
13:48And now their stories intertwine once more. And I think that's an opening, Nick. I think it's an opening for Marty Skrull.
13:55It's been such a vitriolous and violent feud between Lethal and Taven.
14:00They had that amazing 60-minute match in Las Vegas. And Skrull suddenly becomes the third man out here.
14:06And there is the belt.
14:07Took the words right out of my mouth, Ian, and see, look right away, where's Marty gone?
14:11Taven and Lethal are so consumed with their hatred of one another that if they keep their, if that's going to be their primary focus.
14:18Whoa!
14:19Well, he's not that consumed because Jay Lethal, well aware that Marty Skrull holding onto that ladder.
14:25May have rolled him into a false sense of security there.
14:27Strikes exchange, knife fence chops, uppercuts. There's a European uppercut from Marty Skrull.
14:32I think the opening few minutes of this matchup are going to be crucial as far as who can gain an upper hand.
14:37And who, because the whole, the ladder match. Oh my God!
14:41There, Taven!
14:42Well, you can see right now Matt Taven clutching at his wrist.
14:46Maybe his forearm, his elbow willing to put it on the line, but you knew that one took a taxing toll on his body.
14:53I'm amazed that he took a risk like that so early in the matchup.
14:57The key to a ladder match is to incapacitate your opponent enough to where you can climb a ladder and get the belt down from hanging above the rafters.
15:05Well, that's your technique. Doesn't seem to be the same for Matt Taven.
15:08You're talking to the real world's champion, so maybe you should listen.
15:11Oh, nice hit, toss! Cartwheel, signature Jay Lethal!
15:15Make a valid point, Nick.
15:16These guys are taking it to each other so early, and these moves are happening on the floor.
15:20That's a thin layer of padding, but it's concrete under there.
15:23Pump kick history being made.
15:25Of course, the last time a non-WWE world championship decided here at Madison Square Garden was the 10 pounds of gold back in 1980, Nick.
15:33Yes, sir. Harley Race.
15:35One of the greatest world champions of all time, and I'm very proud to be the next NWA world's champion to set foot in Madison Square Garden.
15:42Nice snap suplex from Lethal.
15:46Lethal heading under the ring.
15:48And if Marty Scurll wins this match, I'll be very proud to hold the Ring of Honor world championship and the NWA world's championship.
15:53Long way to go for that as Lethal now has chairs and ladders galore now driving the chair into Scurll.
16:02And interesting to note, splitting his attention between both competitors.
16:07You have to. That's why the three-way is so different to a regular ladder match because you're not focusing just on one guy.
16:17You've got to focus on both guys because you're going to set these situations up like the one we're seeing right here.
16:21And if you're not incapacitating both opponents enough, you leave yourself open.
16:26What did I tell you?
16:28Contraptions are being built as we speak.
16:31Nice kick under the hamstring.
16:33It's Marty Scurll.
16:35Tornado DDT delivers on Taven, driving the head right into that thin, thin mat outside on the concrete.
16:44Good opening here for Marty.
16:46Yeah, Marty Scurll with a chance here to take the ladder, bring it right in and climb it, become the Ring of Honor world champion.
16:51And you've got to make a decision.
16:53Do you continue to try to incapacitate or do you go for the title?
16:56That's the crucial decision you have to always make in a ladder match.
17:00He took that ladder that was right under the title, decided to go against it.
17:06Contraptions again being built.
17:08I think he knows it's too early to.
17:10Like mousetrap in there.
17:11Because once you start climbing, you leave yourself very vulnerable.
17:14You see Scurll driving Taven into the ladder.
17:20And it's Scurll sending Taven again.
17:24Having his way with Matt Taven is the villain, Marty Scurll.
17:28That a boy.
17:29This is great momentum for Marty.
17:33Well, she made a lead.
17:34Oh, now it's Marty.
17:35Into the ladder.
17:39Not only did his leg smack the steel ladder, but then when he fell backwards on the back of his head.
17:44I think all three are very aware of what they have gotten themselves into.
17:48Absolutely.
17:49And it is worth it.
17:50Completely worth it.
17:51It's all on the line here tonight.
17:54Only one man will have their name written in the history books as the man that climbed the ladder
17:59and became or retained the Ring of Honor World Championship at Madison Square Garden.
18:04You're talking about three very decorated guys.
18:06But let's face it, as far as their body of work goes, this will be the defining moment of all of their careers at this moment in time.
18:13I love the casual dump of the ladder by Jay Lethal.
18:17Just going to work.
18:18Driving the ladder now into Taven.
18:20Here's another casual dump.
18:22Oh!
18:23Time with a little bit of follow through, Cole.
18:27Lethal liked that one.
18:29Looking up now at the ladder.
18:33Seeing just how high it is above the ring here at Madison Square Garden.
18:38If I had to estimate, perhaps 12 to 15 feet above the ring, the World Championship sits.
18:45I got to give the devil his due.
18:47Yeah, I think Jay Lethal's a bit of a teacher's pet, a bit of a custard foot, if you will.
18:50But I will say this.
18:51He's probably the superior strategist in this match.
18:53He's the most experienced and he has the most main event experience.
18:56He's been the world champion for a long time.
18:59And that's going to serve him well in a match like this.
19:01For nearly a year, Lethal the world champion.
19:04Now Irishman.
19:05It's out of the way.
19:09Legal trying to do damage into that ladder.
19:12And it's Marty who gets it done.
19:14And look at this.
19:16What in God's green earth is going on?
19:21Here's another part of this match that's so important is ingenuity.
19:26And let's face it, when it comes to inflicting punishment, who's more ingenious than the villain?
19:31Yeah, it's like a Saw-type situation from Marty Skrull.
19:35And what could he possibly have in mind with that chair?
19:38My mind can't even wander to the derangement.
19:41It's running through Skrull's head.
19:43Oh!
19:44Oh!
19:45Oh!
19:46Why not one more time?
19:49This is it.
19:50Like Joe DiMaggio!
19:53Oh!
19:54Mickey Mantle!
19:55The sultan of SWAT himself!
20:01And Marty Skrull now grabbing the ladder.
20:06What a physical matchup this has been already.
20:09Jay Lethal still hung upside down.
20:11Basically knocked out if you want to bet on it.
20:14If Marty can neutralize Taven enough here, he's got a huge opportunity here to get the title.
20:19Absolutely.
20:20That's got to be top of mind.
20:21Yeah, you got to set the ladder up first though.
20:23Exactly what Marty's doing.
20:25Stomping on the hand of Taven.
20:27And now it's Marty Skrull trying to climb rung by rung into the history books to become immortal here in Ring of Honor.
20:36What's he looking at there?
20:39Smart!
20:40Smart!
20:41What'd I tell you about ingenuity, boys?
20:43Almost genius!
20:45Reaching up with the ladder!
20:47Super kick from Taven!
20:49Oh, and that connected, Ian!
20:51Now his hands were down and his chin was completely exposed.
20:56That was a heavy connection.
20:57Marty might be out of this one.
21:00Taven needs to capitalize on this.
21:03And look at Taven!
21:04Taven climbing rung by rung!
21:06Lethal back to his feet!
21:08Lethal, his blood swore an enemy!
21:10Matt Taven!
21:11Ooh!
21:12Driving!
21:13The head into the ladder.
21:16It was lethal and destroyed that charlatan of a belt that Taven was carrying around.
21:19But it's Skrull with a big European uppercut.
21:28I don't think there's any denying who this Madison Square Garden crowd wants to see walk out with the Ring of Honor World Championship.
21:35And for once, I actually agree with him.
21:38Knife edge chop delivers whole head of steam.
21:40Marty Skrull ducks the clothesline here.
21:4252 fake out takes out the knee of Jay Lethal.
21:45He's had problems with that knee before, Colt.
21:47You've taken advantage of it in matches with Jay Lethal.
21:49Oh, look at this.
21:52Oh, God.
21:54I don't think the knee is what you go for in matches like this.
21:56Oh, wow.
21:58Taven very smartly getting Marty Skrull out of the picture.
22:00And how ironic that...
22:02Just...
22:03Oh, my God!
22:04Tiff!
22:07That might be the end of Jay Lethal.
22:09Of that knee.
22:11But it wasn't the tip.
22:12It was the whole thing, Ian.
22:15Driving it through the ladder.
22:17Nick, I agree.
22:18Rocking the bells.
22:20Between that knee to the ladder and the punishment with the chair when he was hung upside down the ladder.
22:27I'm convinced we're going to see a new world champion here tonight.
22:29It could be.
22:30The two challengers now wrestling for the ladder.
22:34Clothesline caught.
22:35Back elbows.
22:36Marty Skrull sending Taven into the ropes.
22:37Big open hand.
22:39This is what I want.
22:40Get down and dirty.
22:41Get physical.
22:42It looks like Marty's trying to hit the ropes, but...
22:45Big clothesline.
22:46That's Taven.
22:47That's it.
22:48Send him outside.
22:49Now you've got time.
22:50Oh, but he's got a wide open.
22:51He's got an opening.
22:52But instead taking the time to make sure Taven's completely down.
22:55That was a little receipt ski for that super kick earlier on.
23:02Looking up.
23:03Skins the cat.
23:04Come on, buddy.
23:05Don't talk about it.
23:06Be about it.
23:07Get up there.
23:08Climbing the ladder now.
23:09It's lethal.
23:10Back in.
23:12What's Jay doing?
23:13He's got some kind of...
23:14There it is.
23:15Oh, trapping the leg.
23:17Are we going to see possibly a figure four situation here?
23:20Oh, boy.
23:21It's grapevine.
23:22This is dangerous.
23:23Oh!
23:24Oh, God!
23:26And Jay Lethal even knows to put his other hand to balance the ladder out for a post.
23:31Look at the opportunity!
23:32Look at the opportunity!
23:33Oh, Lethal better let go!
23:34It's Taven!
23:35It's Taven!
23:36Make your choice, Jay.
23:37Come on.
23:38Yeah, he better let go, and he did.
23:40So sly, so cunning.
23:42Matt Taven had a great plan right there.
23:45Like a vulture just swooping in.
23:47That's the beauty of a matchup like this.
23:48You know, a lot of people might see this and think it's just car crash.
23:50It's just, you know, danger.
23:52But the reality is, it's very cerebral.
23:55A lot of strategy involved, and sometimes the game plan out of the gate must be turned on its head.
24:02We're seeing that right now from Jay Lethal, who went from one opponent to the other, now focusing on the villain.
24:07I'll tell you what, I think for Jay Lethal to be successful in this matchup, he's going to have to find a mean streak.
24:12We know that Taven has one.
24:14We know that Marty has one.
24:15Old, old, by the book, teacher's pet Jay Lethal may have to throw that rule book out tonight and get a little bit nasty.
24:21Cutter!
24:22Cutter!
24:23Like that.
24:24Cutter on the apron.
24:25I swear he doesn't have an earpiece and he's not listening to me.
24:28Marty Skrull going for moves that I don't think he should be going for.
24:34Marty's knee might be pretty badly injured there.
24:37Not might be, definitely is.
24:39Lethal with the ladder.
24:41Taven inside the ring.
24:45Big knife head chop.
24:46These two went 60 minutes in Las Vegas.
24:48There was not a winner in that huge match.
24:50Lethal down to the apron, catches himself.
24:53Seguri by Taven.
24:54Taven full head of steam.
24:56Goes through the legs.
24:57Oh.
25:00Oh, God!
25:09And lethal is the one that created that contraption.
25:16It comebacks to bite him.
25:18Nick Aldis, we take another look at the replay.
25:20Look at this.
25:21Everyone was expecting a baseball slide and instead he went through the legs.
25:25Boom.
25:26Huge powerbomb right into the ladder.
25:27The small of the back, the kidneys all across that solid steel.
25:31Yeah, almost like Matt Taven knew he had that one in his back pocket if it came true.
25:36Both men are down.
25:38But look who's in the ring.
25:40What does Marty Scurll have in store?
25:42Does he have enough in that knee to push up, to push through, to reach for the sky?
25:47He has to.
25:48Grab his destiny.
25:50What he believes he was meant to have.
25:53If there's any night in your life that you're going to play through the pain,
25:57it's a sold out Madison Square Garden.
26:00Night Fetch chop delivers on Taven.
26:02And again, just cinching the skin of Matt Taven.
26:06Taven's chest is beat red.
26:08Yeah, but that is not going to be enough, obviously.
26:10Marty's smart enough now.
26:11Moved the ladder out of play.
26:13Have the middle of the ring wide open for anything he wants to get done.
26:17He's going to punish Taven.
26:18I think we know that Jay is punished enough.
26:20Front face lock here.
26:21Maybe that knee giving out.
26:22Can't quite get the suplex.
26:23Up and over for Scurll.
26:25Taven follows through.
26:26Nice trap toe hold.
26:27Nice trap toe hold.
26:29This is a very important exchange here.
26:33Scurll coming around.
26:37The 6-1-9.
26:39But he ends with a bad knee.
26:41He's done a damage to himself with that maneuver.
26:44But he needed to incapacitate Taven.
26:48You said play through the pain.
26:50Absolutely.
26:52Marty calling for the chicken wing.
26:54We see that championship.
26:5512, perhaps 15 feet high above the ring here at Madison Square Garden.
27:00Here we go.
27:01The crowd coming alive.
27:02But the only way you can win is by grabbing the title.
27:05Listen to this crowd.
27:14Oh!
27:15Taven DDT!
27:18Taven spoils the party.
27:20And I don't know if there's anybody in this building that wants to see Matt Taven walk away the ring of honor world champion.
27:34They're telling you what they think.
27:39A little fallout word here resonating with these thousands and thousands of New York's finest.
27:47Nearly 20,000 have descended upon us here tonight.
27:52Unbelievable.
27:53The greatest wrestling happening.
27:55Taven going for that ladder.
27:57Stomps his fingers inside the ladder.
28:00Huge mistake.
28:01Oh no.
28:02Kick to the midsection.
28:03Blocks the finger break.
28:04Taven!
28:05Oh!
28:06Rolling neck breaker rolling through the ladder.
28:07Colt!
28:08If he can get the ladder he's going to be the new champion.
28:09Well right now Matt Taven has taken away everything that this crowd wants to see Marty Skrull do.
28:22And the next thing to take away is Marty Skrull's opportunity to climb that ladder and grab that championship.
28:26What is he doing?
28:27He can't reach the title belt from there.
28:31Well you keep on talking about incapacitating.
28:36Yes.
28:37And that's the strategy we saw the Briscoes use at ladder war.
28:41They incapacitated their opponents and then climbed the ladder and won the title.
28:45With ease.
28:46This is what I was talking about though.
28:48As soon as you start ascending the ladder you make yourself incredibly vulnerable to a counter attack.
28:54Oh God.
28:55And they're both vulnerable right now.
28:57Oh!
28:58Oh!
28:59Oh!
29:00Oh!
29:09Oh!
29:10Superplex delivered!
29:12Long distance.
29:13High atop the ladder.
29:15Oh!
29:16Oh!
29:17Oh!
29:18I don't want to see this.
29:19Well I'll call it out suplex, there it is.
29:22Both men driven down obviously Marty with the best of it.
29:25Get up Marty!
29:27Lethal crawling, I can't believe lethal is even standing
29:32Oh, that umbrella in play
29:36Cracked across the back. Come on. Don't get cute finish him off finish the job
29:41And this is why I thought the villain had the advantage I can only imagine what madness in danger lethal
29:47Oh look out
29:49the fingers are locked. Oh
29:51And Bob Backlund for many years held on to a world championship with that very move
29:59Yeah, but Bob Backlund was never in a match where ladders stacked up in the corner
30:06And it's lethal I wouldn't mind seeing that it was back to the ladder
30:12And we're seeing a great one here. It's a classic in the world's most famous arena to be a champion
30:20The most important thing is you have to find a way to win and again credit where it's due
30:26I may not like it personally
30:27But jay lethal finds a way to win and we might be seeing that right here right now
30:32centering the ladder
30:35You can see the blood pulsing
30:39As lethal climbing wrong with your eye on the wrong
30:43Yeah, we see Matt teeth David right from behind jay lethal
30:47I don't see him getting any progress on this lethal the first man to touch the championship in this match
30:53That's not the name of the game Ian
30:55You have to unhook and grab the championship as it's David and lethal exchanging blows
31:03I'll tell you that David with his height advantage has quite a distinct advantage because I think he might be able to reach the title belt
31:10From like the third rung up instead of having to go away to the tippy top like Marty and yeah, well right now look at his height advantage
31:16he is
31:18Horizontal on the ground and if lethal can shift his body weight. He's got to get higher though
31:24He's gonna take another step. Oh look out. Oh my god. Oh
31:30My god
31:32Sophie's choice
31:34I
31:36Fight off the submission or fall from the ladder your choice lethal high altitude chicken wing
31:45Lethal fighting out of it
31:47It's hard to ground that chicken wing when you're standing on a ladder for Marty down what I tell you
31:53Lethal getting out of the way, but that leaves the space for Taven
31:56Skrulls got to go all the way to the tippy top of that ladder
31:59You're right Nick the height advantage gonna come into play this this Tava kid David gets to that wrong. I
32:05Think he can reach it from there. David's got about three or four inches and longer arms and legs. That's good. Oh
32:18He still can grab with the right
32:20Oh
32:28And it's lethal
32:31Desperation move, but smart
32:33Went right for the knee. Oh my god, Matt David love it. He can't even he can't even apply
32:39Yeah
32:42Between that wrist earlier and the fingers now
32:45What won't these men do to walk out of Madison Square Garden as the ring of honor world champion Matt Taven with the opportunity to grab it
32:56It was right there in his grass
33:03Lethal and Taven we know the cardiovascular conditioning is there
33:08Every decision that is made from here on out is absolutely imperative
33:15One false move and you could be out of this match for good talk about condition the nj leaf will drop 25 pounds for this match
33:24Now the photos better to be quicker than bigger climb up that ladder
33:30Taven off the ropes caught lethal combination into the ladder
33:35Taven hit hard and I think that while that may be true
33:39I think the most important factor in winning this is going to be brains
33:42I think it's going to be an intelligent situation
33:46And that could favor Skrull but Skrull sent into the ladder
33:52Lethal now fighting a war on two fronts. I don't know how smart that is, but I don't know if he has a choice
33:59Well when you're the world champion you have a target on you and clearly we've seen for most of this matchup
34:04That they've been going for lethal more than anybody else
34:07Lethal might impale him here. What does he have in his head? Oh gets out of the way
34:14Oh now look at how those ladders arrange themselves
34:19The ladders forming an X in the corner Skrull dumping lethal to the outside
34:25It's now Marty Skrull with the axe
34:28Maybe grab that umbrella this could be a possibility
34:30Kick to the midsection
34:44And the last man standing is Skrull, but he's hobbled. He's hobbled. That's the clothesline
34:48Jay lethal
34:50Injection
34:52This is the time he's got to get a ladder. This is the time
34:57He's got to get those ladders
35:01Do what you got to do jay
35:03Taven completely knocked out
35:08Taven might have a broken wrist broken fingers broken ribs j lethal is the man of the best shape in this match right now
35:18That's what he decided feeling that was gonna happen whoa getting up close and personal with the front row
35:23Decides to get rid of the X ladder
35:30J lethal now looking
35:33Well, that's only the third craziest thing that's happened tonight right wrestling expect the unexpected
35:38You see the collection of ladders
35:45J lethal bringing a ladder to the right oh great we've got we've got we've got a we got 20 000 lawyers in here apparently
35:56That's lethal reaching under the ring
35:59Holding and clutching the back
36:04Oh bringing the table out is lethal
36:09But it's skrull
36:12Oh brain buster
36:15Brain buster on the concrete floor
36:17And lethal may once again fall victim to his own chicanery
36:23He set up that ladder contraption before now introducing this table to the outside
36:28It looks like the bill is going to take full advantage of it by his own petard
36:35Setting the table
36:38Bringing it up
36:40It's marty skrull
36:42Of course, it's debatable how effective a brain buster is on j lethal because he doesn't have any brains
36:46But that's another story for another day and he's had enough to capture the title twice hold it for over 700 days
36:52One of the most cerebral wrestlers in ring of honor
36:54I think I don't know what kind of statement that is
36:57I take great offense to that statement of course you do because you're president of the j lethal fan club
37:02A president of everybody
37:04Broadcast journalists want everybody to walk out alive skrull might end the career of lethal right here. This is dangerous
37:13And I don't think that table is close enough to the
37:16Apron if he wanted a pile driver of through
37:19Pump kicking out a jumping in security
37:31Let's get another look at that one
37:33Matt tavan this could be your night
37:40There are four points on the crown we take another look david spear
37:45driving skrull through the table
37:51That may have taken may have taken himself out with that
37:53I couldn't get a good enough view of it
37:55But it looked like his head may have smashed into the table as he took down marty with the spear
37:58That's the danger of a spear wouldn't have been the first time he's done that tonight
38:02He's willing to do it. We have seen it
38:05Willing to put it all on the line is matt tavan
38:10Lethal introducing another table look at that
38:13Everything at this point is a risk to reward ratio
38:17How much risk are you willing to take and how much reward can you get if it pays off in full?
38:24Setting up the table it's lethal
38:27Big shot delivers another
38:32Now a club to the back
38:33Lethal introduced that first table recognized he didn't he didn't go through it didn't affect him didn't hurt him
38:41Hoping for the same same outcome the next time
38:46That ladder looks a good two three feet longer than the other yeah where that ladder come from
38:51And that might be the one that they need because that when the higher up you go the harder is to balance
38:59What does j lethal have in mind
39:03Setting up the ladder
39:06Oh
39:08Wait a minute and he'd do anything to keep that title and he'd do anything to end matt tavan
39:14He could accomplish both this isn't about the tile this is about tavan
39:24Oh good lord
39:33Oh
39:36God all of it
39:44We're gonna take a look at the replay here j lethal jumping into immortality 15 feet at least coming down point of the elbow right in the chest and through the table
40:00And j lethal knows
40:02marty scroll put through a table this is it boys matt tavan put through a table this is the rest of your life right here
40:10And somehow enough time for marty
40:15To get some kind of witch you said play through the pain exactly what marty scrolls doing can he sees the moment can he sees the day
40:25And marty's got the 12th man in the form of this madison square garden crowd
40:31The knee hobble does he have enough he's got to keep his eye he's got to keep his eye on tavan and lethal though it comes lethal
40:40But it's girl you gotta climb quick marty you gotta climb click if you want to do it there's no way not with that knee
40:50Matt tavan out two men of the ring
40:56Rung by rung they mirror one another it's lethal it's scurril
41:02What is what the hell is that it's a purple ladder always be prepared boys how is matt tavan even crawling
41:13How did he sneak a purple ladder here into here with all the union guys everywhere
41:16Is that up to code and that ladder is the full height it's taller
41:23The full height of the distance to the ring of honor world championship
41:28Look at this
41:30While jay and marty are fighting on the other ladder tavan's got a free ride all the way to the top
41:34Lethal connects with a shot to the midsection enough to drag himself down
41:46That's the really tavan must have had this plan for all along
41:51Connected with a big uppercut for lethal you're absolutely right nick oh
41:55But i'll tell you he must he wanted to wait until he thought that the time was right because he knows that with the ladder in there
42:01It's up for grabs for any of them to use and that's his ladder
42:05i don't know if it's extra sturdy i don't know what he's done to it
42:08It's extra tall so you won't have to be as high up on it so your your balance point will be better
42:13Morty scurl picking up his own ladder
42:20Setting it up draping it on the ropes and decides not to hit tavan
42:27But it's lethal bringing in his ladder i think he's using that as a platform
42:37But for what
42:40Using it for leverage to help himself up
42:45Delivers a chair to the back of j lethal completely exposed and marty scurl set down
42:56Taking a glimpse up into the sky seeing the gold all the way up these long limbs the long limbs of tavan
43:05None of these men can have much left
43:09And that could spell the end
43:11Decided to climb instead of getting rid of jay i don't know if it was the right move
43:16Because now we see he's a finger tip away he's there we could have a new world champion
43:20Matt tavan could complete the grand slam here on mountains and square garden
43:25But it's lethal fighting oh with everything he's got oh wait a minute look
43:30Hands on the championship and it's tavan look at this oh
43:34Oh
43:36Oh my god
43:37No
43:37Oh my god
43:38I mean yes
43:39Oh my god
43:41Matt tavan has done it
43:46Unbelievable
43:47The winner of the ladder match and new ring of honor world champion
44:03Matt tavan is the winner of the world's most famous arena
44:0825 years ago in the world's most famous arena the ladder match was put on the map
44:16But tonight tonight in the mortal enemy in the heart of enemy territory
44:23Matt tavan's name etched in stone
44:26Becoming a grand slam champion he said he was capable all along that's been his mantra since day one
44:38He is the real world champion and there he is on top of the ladder in the biggest
44:44Match of his career holding that championship it is his and he is the true real world champion
44:51You are witnessing the dawn of a new era in ring of honor with matt tavan as your world champion
44:56For everyone that told tavan no he went to japan proved them wrong went to mexico proved them wrong and tonight
45:04We know mikey maria vinnie and tk
45:09And he made carrie silken deliver him that championship
45:13What an effort for marty scurl
45:15What an effort by jay lethal over 700 days and the man that we want to thank
45:22For for without him we would have no ring of honor carrie silken correct
45:25There would be no madison square guard without carrie silken hands the championship off
45:31thy kingdom come
45:33And the crown has been placed atop the head of the king
45:38When opportunity knocks you have to answer and tavan answered in the biggest way
45:44It is a new era gentlemen