Best in the World 2014[1] was the fifth Best in the World professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on June 22, 2014 at the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. This show marked the company's debut on live pay-per-view across all major cable and satellite providers.[2] The show was also available on the internet where it was streamed live on ROH's official Ustream page for $24.95.
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| Promotion | Ring of Honor | ||
| Date | June 22, 2014 | ||
| City | Nashville, Tennessee | ||
| Venue | Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena | ||
| Attendance | 1,000+ | ||
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Storylines
editSeven professional wrestling matches were featured on the show that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines played out on ROH TV. Wrestlers portrayed faces (heroes) or heels (villains) as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]
Reception
editLarry Csonka, from 411mania.com said ROH held a good show, remarking that "There was a lot of good wrestling, with nothing bad, but at the same time there was nothing to really set ROH apart from the other products out there", calling it "not the homerun that ROH needed."[4]
Dave Meltzer rated the Elgin-Cole with 4 stars as the best match of the event.
Results
edit| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times | ||
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| 1 | A. C. H. defeated TaDarius Thomas, Caprice Coleman, B. J. Whitmer, Takaaki Watanabe and Tommaso Ciampa | Six-man mayhem match for a future ROH World Television Championship match | 12:07 | ||
| 2 | Jay Lethal (c) (with Truth Martini and Seleziya Sparx) defeated Matt Taven | Singles match for the ROH World Television Championship; Truth Martini was handcuffed to the ringpost. | 10:56 | ||
| 3 | Cedric Alexander defeated Roderick Strong (with Adam Page and TaDarius Thomas) | Submission match | 16:17 | ||
| 4 | The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated Matt Hardy and Michael Bennett (with Maria Kanellis and Nick Searcy) | No Disqualification Tag team match | 17:27 | ||
| 5 | Kevin Steen defeated Silas Young | Singles match | 15:02 | ||
| 6 | reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) (c) defeated Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian | Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship | 17:00 | ||
| 7 | Michael Elgin defeated Adam Cole (c) | Singles match for the ROH World Championship | 23:00 | ||
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References
edit- ^ "2014 RING OF HONOR RESULTS | ROH Wrestling". www.rohwrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ "ROH DEBUTS ON LIVE PPV W/ BEST IN THE WORLD 2014 - SUNDAY JUNE 22 | ROH Wrestling". www.rohwrestling.com. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ DiVirgilio, Justin (June 26, 2014). "ROH BEST IN THE WORLD 2014 REVIEW". theindycorner.com. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "Tremendous Tirades: ROH Best in the World 2014 | 411MANIA". www.411mania.com. Retrieved 2018-01-15.