Crowd booed, chanted for refunds and hurled bottles into the ring. Alleged fukk THIS COMPANY chants broke-out.
ROH World Title Match: Kevin Steen © vs. Jay lethal went to a no contest at about 35-minutes.
For as many Steen shirts I saw throughout the night, Jay Lethal had the crowd 85-15 in favor of him. This match was incredible and got a ton of time. Crowd was alive for the whole match which is expected. Lethal hit the Lethal Injection on Steen, but Steen kicked out and then would later hit the Lethal Injection, but Steen rolled out of the ring. This is where it all went wrong. After Steen rolls out of the ring, he goes into one of the corner barricades where Jay Lethals parents are sitting. He starts talking a bit of trash and then Lethals mom throws her soda in his face. Steen spits on her and thats when Lethal went chaotic. Jay starts pounding on Steen as Cornette (who was at ringside for this match), Corino & Jacobs, ring crew, and others start to break things up. Of course there were pull-away, someone escapes and attacks the other moments. Steen goes up the ramp and starts tearing down the curtain and then exits with the rest of Scum. Lethal throws one of the ring crew guys and referees, chairs; he just goes ballistic. He yells at Cornette (couldnt make out what he was saying) and then escorts his parents out of the building. He comes back to ringside and nothings happening. EXTREMELY loud Bulls*** chants as Lethal proceeds up the ramp. No one knows whats going on until Bobby Cruise goes on the microphone and announces that the match is ruled a No Contest, apologizes for the language exchanged by Steen and Lethal, and reminds the fans that tickets are on sale for Final Battle in New York City.
Thats when the crowd starts rebelling. More Bulls*** chants and a ton of bottles and trash start getting thrown into the ring. People start chanting REFUND! REFUND! as Cornette and company exit. I saw a few people trying to throw chairs into the ringside area as well. I overheard fans saying F this company, Im done as well as other expletive filled rants. NO ONE was happy with this ending and honestly, I was too. How does Ring of Honor think that having a No Contest result with the hometown boy in the World Title match will be good business? Everyone left with a negative attitude and ROHs build to a possible Steen/Lethal rematch at Final Battle has completely backfired.
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