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January 4th, 2007
PREVIEW FOR THURSDAY’S iMPACT! ON SPIKE TV
Behold…Two Hours is Here!
This Thursday night on iMPACT! will be a huge night because iMPACT! goes to a two hour timeslot for good. The night will be packed with action up and down the card showing the return of former Tag Team Champions, AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels, NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Sting and of course much more of the TNA Roster.
BOOBY ROODE TO ANNOUNCE HIS MANAGER
Bobby Roode has been hyping a manager for quite sometime now and was actually supposed to debut with him at Bound For Glory, but Roode couldn’t get the job done finding a manager. Well, now Roode has finally found a manager and will announce him/her tonight as well as being in action.
THE RETURN OF THE TWO TIME NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS
AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels are two huge names in the history of TNA, names that can be said to carry the X Division in the early days. No one thought they would ever tag together and receive gold, but that did happen and as a matter of fact won the belts twice. They haven’t been seen in TNA though since Genesis when the Latin American eXchange really manhandled them in a Dog Collar Match. Now Styles and Daniels return for the debut of iMPACT! for two hours as they face Black EnterTainment of Monty Brown and Ron Killings.
HUGE GRUDGE MATCH MAIN EVENT: CHRISTIAN CAGE VS. RHINO III
A few weeks before No Surrender Christian Cage turned his back on his long time friend Rhino. It ended their 10 year relationship and Rhino definitely wasn’t pleased with it. Christian Cage was able to pick up the victory at No Surrender, but in a rematch at Bound For Glory in an 8 Mile Street Fight, Rhino took the second match. Since then, both men have been battling against each other, but along with Sting and Jarrett. At Final Resolution Rhino will be apart of Team Sting and Christian Cage will be on Team Jarrett as both teams meet in Lethal Lockdown. Just two weeks before Final Resolution though, Christian Cage and Rhino collide for a third time.
In addition, more matches will go on as well as hearings from Sting and the rest of his team as well as Jeff Jarrett. Expect more matches to be announced for Final Resolution too.
Don’t forget – TNA Wrestling makes two hour timeslot for good, starting January 4th!
The iMPACT! Lineup:
Christian Cage vs. Rhino
AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels vs. Monty Brown and Ron Killings
Alex Shelley and Johnny Devine vs. Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt
Bobby Roode in Action
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January 2007 Update
Current Lineup:
Lethal Lockdown
Christian Cage, Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, and ??? vs. Kurt Angle, Rhino, Samoa Joe, and Sting
NWA World Tag Team Title Match
Latin American eXchange © vs. Team 3D
TNA X Division Title Match
Petey Williams vs. Austin Starr
Stipulation to be Announced
Abyss vs. Raven
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TNA From A Different “Angle”
So the year 2007 is here. TNA has gone through a whole lot in just one full year. Christian Cage reigned as Champion for quite sometime, followed up with Jeff Jarrett and capping off with the living legend in Sting. The biggest announcement of the year came at No Surrender though, as Jim Cornette announced that first off, TNA would move to Primetime starting on November 16. Then came the huge announcement of Kurt Angle. Angle has only wrestled once in a TNA ring, but has appeared many times. Now going Primetime of course was big for TNA, but they wanted more, they wanted a two hour timeslot. And what a better way capping off the year with just three days left, it was announced that TNA would move to a two hour timeslot starting on the first Impact of the New Year. UFC just moved to a different night, Tuesday Night, to show Ultimate Fighter and Unleashed to let TNA have Impact by itself for Thursday Nights. It took less than two months to get a two hour timeslot after going Primetime, but with the ratings Impact received, TNA deserved it. Impact has also come a long way here in TNA, but now here is the recap of the last few months.
October 2006October was the start of some new things going on as it started the hype towards the biggest Pay-Per-View of the year, Bound For Glory, as well as the TNA going Primetime starting in November. Also, there was a huge change to the booking team, Vince Russo was back changing and making a few storylines. Kurt Angle also appeared in TNA the first time in October, two weeks before Bound For Glory hyping the match he will enforce. Bound For Glory was built around the huge feud with Jeff Jarrett and Sting with the Title vs. Career stipulation going on, as well as Kurt Angle being the Special Enforcer. Angle said he would be split on the match and he stuck by his word that was until after the match ended. The biggest Pay-Per-View of the year also held much more in store as Monsters Ball returned as well as the huge feud between LAX and Daniels and Styles continued. Anyway, here is the short recap of Bound For Glory.
Bound For Glory Review
Pre Show Match
Bobby Roode defeats Cassidy Riley
Roode is still in look for a manager to take him to the top. He has turned down TNA managers and a few famous ones. He worked fine without one here though, as he totally manhandled Riley and beat him with a huge Northern Lariat.
Six Way X Division Match
Petey Williams defeats Alex Shelley, Frankie Kazarian, Jay Lethal, Matt Bentley and Sonjay Dutt
These six men are battling for a top spot in the rankings for the X Division Title. Lethal and Dutt basically teamed together as well as Kazarian and Bentley leaving Shelley and Petey by themselves. Somehow Petey Williams battled over all five men and won the huge match by pinning Sonjay Dutt after a huge Canadian Destroyer. Right after the victory though, some new music played and out came the debuting Austin Starr. Starr ran down to the ring getting a huge pop and nailing Petey with a huge Brainbuster followed by a 450 Splash leaving the winner down and out.
Chris Harris drew with James Storm
These two men have been arguing and battling for quite some time now, but they wanted to clear everything up here in just a friendly battle. Everyone got to see how even these two men were as no one could get a victory as it ended with a double pin with the two men. Now both Storm and Harris can go back to their greatness at tag team and forget everything what went on in the past few months.
Monsters Ball 3
Samoa Joe defeats Abyss, Brother Runt and Raven
Abyss and Brother Runt have been having trouble ever since Team 3D left TNA, but then Raven joined in with the two men. These two men battled in all different kinds of matches, but never in the Monsters Ball or with the addition of Samoa Joe. Samoa Joe did get the victory by pinning Abyss after nailing a Muscle Buster on him on top of a bunch of thumbtacks. During the match though, Jeff Jarrett came out and took back his World Heavyweight Title that Joe had been holding for the past month.
Loser Gets Fired Match
Eric Young defeats Larry Zbyskzo
Eric Young originally got fired on the first Impact of the month after losing in a Six Man Match because of Larry Z. Jim Cornette did reinstate Young though, and said he would get one more shot to be in the company and so would Zbyskzo. So these two men battled it out here with Eric Young coming up with the enjoyable victory making him keep his job and Larry Zbyskzo finally gets out of TNA.
Team 3D defeats Diamonds in the Rough
Ever since Team 3D returned to TNA about a month back they were guaranteed title shots, but they wanted to earn them. Every team was basically taken up in action tonight except for one team who didn’t do match for the last couple of months. The only way Team 3D would accept though, was if Young and Skipper lost they would have to split up, but the same thing went for Team 3D. Of course Team 3D got the victory and now Simon Diamond was left with no clients.
8 Mile Street Fight
Rhino defeats Christian Cage
These two men have been having some problems for quite sometime as the two former friends seem to want to kill each other. The end of this feud might have came here as these two men went crazy here. They wrestled all around the arena until the finish where Rhino Gore’d Cage through a table. Cage needed help to get up while Rhino celebrated with the crowd thinking he won the feud.
Number One Contenders Match
The Naturals defeats The James Gang
The Naturals earned a shot at the World Tag Team Titles at anytime after winning the shot at Genesis. The James Gang thought that they didn’t deserve them though, so challenged Shane Douglas’s men to put their Number One Contendership on the line. Douglas didn’t turn down the challenge and put his boys up to the test. Douglas and Stevens made Douglas proud by defeating The James Gang and keeping their shot at the Tag Champions.
TNA X Division Title
Senshi defeats Chris Sabin
Ever since Senshi returned to TNA he has been dominating the X Division by winning the belt not so long after he returned. Sabin tried steeping the way of Senshi, but he got shut down at No Surrender. Then came Bound For Glory with a rematch, but once again Sabin got shut down as it just wasn’t his time to become the X Division Champion once again, it was time for Senshi to dominate.
Six Sides of Steel
NWA World Tag Team Titles
AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels defeats Latin American eXchange
LAX has been trying to become the Tag Team Champions ever since they came into TNA. They finally became Champs a few months back defeating Styles and Daniels on Impact. They did wind up losing them back though, at No Surrender in the first ever tag team Ultimate X Match. Now LAX got another chance at revenge in Six Sides of Steel, but they blew it again as the two very talented X Division stars defeated Homicide and Hernandez in a very good Six Sides of Steel Match.
Title vs. Career
Special Enforcer: Kurt Angle
NWA World Heavyweight Title
Sting defeats Jeff Jarrett
Sting and Jeff Jarrett have really never been on the same page. This was suppose to, of some sorts, end the feud between the two once and for all as the winner would get everything they wanted. Sting would get the NWA Title if he won, but on the other hand if Jarrett won, Sting would have to retire. With all of this, throw Kurt Angle in the match as the Special Enforcer, his first in ring role in TNA and you get an amazing main event. Finally Sting got what he deserved after a very fair and even bout with Angle not cheating for anyone. After the match though, Angle really got the crowd going for the first time. After Sting won, Jarrett tried to nail him with the guitar, but Angle stopped him by nailing him with the Angle Slam out of nowhere! Then down came Samoa Joe who lifted up Jarrett and nailed a Muscle Buster. The Pay-Per-View ended with Angle locking in the Ankle Lock with Jarrett screaming in pain while Joe and Sting celebrated.
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The roster looks very solid, but Brock in a brand new company, eh, pretty unrealistic, but I will still keep an eye on this.
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Credit to me for the graphic. lol. A good start though. It looks to be good. If it is similar to ROH and some good names on the roster, I will try and keep up with this one. Good luck and I can't wait until some names get released.
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It sounds good to me, all I need is somewhere where I can download the template of a WWE dvd for photoshop.
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Im up for a one on one battle, no more then that, I hope. Anything wrestling related would be awesome. Any rules?
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ROH Newswire September Week 1
-- What a weekend it was last week. We saw some great matches both nights as well as a huge title change. Next up is Glory By Honor V Weekend and at the previous shows we learned some things about the up and coming weekends, but this newswire will give you more matches as well.
-- The next shows, Glory By Honor V Weekend, are set in two weeks on Friday and Saturday of Week 2. Night 1 will be in East Windsor, Connecticut while Night 2 will be in Manhattan, New York.
-- The current card for East Windsor is: Danielson vs. Aries, KENTA and Marufuji vs. Briscoe Brothers, Pearce and Corino vs. Homicide and Reyes and much more.
-- The current card for Manhattan is: Danielson vs. KENTA, Daniels vs. Marufuji, Homicide and Whitmer vs. Briscoe Brothers and much more.
-- A huge change has been made to the Manhattan show though, as Marufuji will not be facing The Fallen Angel, Christopher Daniels. Daniels and Sydal have decided to concentrate and getting back on top to get a title shot so he pulled out from the match. Instead of Daniels, taking his spot will be Roderick Strong!
-- Now speaking of Daniels and Sydal, on Night 1 they will be making an open challenge to any tag team who think they can beat them. It can be from ROH or any other place in the world.
-- Jimmy Rave is your new ROH Pure Champion after winning cheaply when his new partner, Frankie Kazarian debuted. On Night 1, Rave will make his first defense as Champion against Colt Cabana, a man who deserved a shot at Unstoppable when he pinned the Pure Champion at that time. Then on Night 2, Rave will team up with Kazarian for the first time in ROH to face Colt Cabana and former Embassy member, Sal Rinauro.
-- Austin Aries and Roderick Strong came up big this past weekend. While Austin Aries tries to regain the ROH World Heavyweight Title, Roderick Strong will be in a Three Way One Fall Match against BJ Whitmer and Samoa Joe. This should definitely get Strong ready for Marufuji for the next night.
-- Survival of the Fittest 2006 is getting closer and closer. Currently there are eight men announced. This week there will be one more followed by another next week. Then the other two men will be remained as surprise entrants. This week, the ninth entrant will be, a man needing a victory soon enough, Jimmy Jacobs. Jacobs is an underdog in this, but with Lacey by his side anything can happen.
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For a most realistic scores and stats, how much time should be played and should accelerated clock be on? I just want my season to be realistic as possible.
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Show Review ROH Two Falls To A Finish (08/26/06) Results & Thoughts
By Jacob Baron
-- Ring of Honor made its return to Chicago Ridge, Illinois on August 26, 2006, for “Two Falls To A Finish,” which is stating that in the main event, Bryan Danielson or Colt Cabana will be needing two pinfalls as it is a Two Out Of Three Falls Match. The Frontier Fieldhouse was filled with ROH fans, about up too 1.000 or maybe even more. People wanted to see a classic between Bryan Danielson and Colt Cabana with the Two Out Of Three Falls stipulation.
1. Davey Richards defeats Delirious at 13:27.
This was a very good way to kick off the night as Davey and Delirious fought in a great contest. Both men were coming off an impressive victory from the night before and were looking for another tonight. Both men really battled back and forth with no one really getting a clear advantage until the last few minutes of the match. That happened when Delirious got Davey into the corner and nailed him with repeated Clotheslines.
Finally, when Delirious stopped Davey fell to the mat and tried to get up, but in the meantime, Delirious was going up high and nailed Davey with the Shadows Over Hell at the perfect time. That wasn’t enough for the finish though, so Delirious went for the Chemical Imbalance II, but Davey fought out of it and wound up nailing Delirious with a huge Lariat out of nowhere. That wasn’t enough to put away Delirious though. Davey then tried to go up high looking for maybe the Shooting Star Press, but Delirious got up and went onto the turnbuckle with Davey. They fought back and forth on the top rope, until Davey got the upper hand and nailed a huge Tiger Driver from the top rope to finish Delirious off. Like said a very good match to start off the night and made Davey continue rolling in ROH. ***
-- Down came Lacey and Jimmy Jacobs ready for there match against BJ Whitmer. Lacey got on a microphone and told everyone, including Jacobs that tonight he must win tonight against Whitmer or there will be consequences. Jacobs didn’t understand and took the microphone out of the hands of Lacey though. Jacobs didn’t say anything about what Lacey said as he just said that he will defeat Whitmer and finally win over her heart as Lacey just did a disgusting look
2. BJ Whitmer defeats Jimmy Jacobs at 13:50.
These two men have put on classics in the past with all different kinds of crazy spots. This one was another amazing bout between the two with once again another crazy spot. Jacobs went with everything he had to try and impress Lacey, but nothing was really good enough for you. After these men went back and forth for quite some time, the crazy spot of the match happened. Whitmer had Jacobs up and was looking for a Powerbomb, but didn’t want a regular one. He saw the time keepers table outside and went near the ropes towards that table. But right after he saw the table and went to Powerbomb Jacobs to the outside of the ring, Jacobs was able to sort of get a Head Scissors on Whitmer so both men went to the outside crashing through the table with the crowd going nuts.
Both men were down for quite sometime, but finally both men got up around the same time after the ref finally started counting a 10 count on the outside as first he had to check on them. Both men got in the ring and Whitmer went for an Exploder, but Rave slid through it somehow and grabbed the head of Whitmer and went for the Contra Code. He started running up the turnbuckle, but Whitmer fought out of it quickly and stopped Jacobs on the top rope. It seemed like another spot to the outside was about to happen, but Whitmer then just nailed a huge Half Nelson Suplex on Jacobs making him land right on his head in the middle of the ring. That was all for Jacobs and Lacey wasn’t very happy. A very good match between these two which they usually have. ***1/2
3. Samoa Joe defeats Claudio Castagnoli at 11:52.
Another great match here just is making the night even better. Joe and Claudio faced off before, but it never had the proper ending. Now it had to because if Claudio lost in anyway, he said that he would leave ROH for good. Claudio did have a good start to the match though, as you could tell he didn’t want to leave ROH. He didn’t act like himself with his usual heel tactics and his taunts wasting time. All Claudio did was try and stay on Joe. It didn’t work for long as the powerful Samoa Joe tired down Claudio.
Coming down to the finish Claudio fought back and started to hit repeating Swiss Uppercuts finally knocking Joe down to the mat after hitting about five. Joe then got up and Claudio came charging back with a huge Lariat which didn’t fully knock Joe down. Claudio had to hit two more until Joe could finally hit the mat. That wasn’t enough to finish Joe off so Claudio went up high. Joe got to his feet, but was slightly bending over. Claudio went to jump and hit a Flying Swiss Uppercut, but out of nowhere, while Claudio was in midair, Joe jumped up and nailed Claudio with a huge Leg Lariat. Joe couldn’t recover though, and cover Claudio so both men got to their feet around the same time. Claudio charged with a Running Swiss Uppercut, but Joe ducked and ran against the ropes and came back taking Claudio’s head off with a huge Lariat surprisingly putting Claudio away. A very good match between these two, but Claudio seems to be gone from ROH now. ***1/4
-- After the match and Claudio recovered and after Joe left the ring, Claudio got a microphone. Claudio said that he is done and he is listening to Christopher Daniels who he refereed to as a “b*tch” though. Claudio did add at the end that he promises Daniels and the rest of the ROH Roster he feels that he will be seeing most of them sometime, somewhere in the near future which left a confused face on the faces of the crowd.
4. Homicide and Steve Corino went to a No Contest in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at 14:36.
Every time these two hook up in a ROH ring it really is always exciting. This time these hooked up in a Falls Count Anywhere, but it wasn’t as real as their matches use to be. With Pearce and The Briscoes Brothers on Steve Corino’s side, it wasn’t as fair. Homicide did give it his all as he really took it to Corino and all the guys he had at his side.
The match didn’t really stay in the ring for to long as after just a few minutes in they headed to the outside. They brawled all the around the ring until they finally headed out into the crowd. This is where Homicide did everything he could as the crowd was with him handing him chairs and such. It got shut down soon enough though, as Adam Pearce came out of nowhere and nailed with a huge Lariat. The Briscoe Brothers then came out and no the numbers game was just unfair.
They soon made there way back towards the ring and once again brawled on the outside. Ricky Reyes and Julius Smokes then came out and fought off The Briscoes with steel chairs running them off as they followed them. Homicide then nailed Pearce with a huge Belly to Belly Suplex on the outside! It was once again down to Corino and Homicide and then Homicide just nailed Corino with a huge Lariat on the outside, but Corino just kicked out. So Homicide then went for some artillery and headed backstage. He came back out with a chainsaw, something he carried around with him in his early ROH days! Pearce was able to recover and help Corino up to his feet and they ran away from Homicide up the ramp and backstage as Homicide followed them as the match really just came to an end after that which kind of disappointed the crowd. Still a pretty entertaining match, but just not the best ending to this match, maybe we will see another one happen between Corino and Homicide down the line. ***
-- It was now time for Intermission and Bobby Cruise announced that ROH would be back in Chicago Ridge on October 28 with the Homicide and Steve Corino feud continuing. The Intermission tonight was about 20 minutes, shorter then usual.
5. Ace Steel defeats Trik Davis at 7:08.
This was some sort of the basic matches after Intermission, but this wasn’t the basic squash match as Steel had a tough battle with Trik Davis. Both Chicago natives battled back and forth for a short amount of time which seemed to be Davis’ night, but when he went for the Double Stomp, Steel got his feet up into his feet. Steel then quickly got up and Davis walked right into the Twist of Cain for the victory. This was a pretty good show by these two for such a short match. *
-- Nigel McGuinness came down to the ring looking a bit pissed off. He grabbed a microphone and put his Pure Title over his shoulder. He told everyone that he came to Chicago not to be some sort of wanker, but to be in competition and even compete with his Pure Title on the line. No one came out right away, but then The Embassy music hit and out walked Nana, Rave, Haizee, and Rinauro. Nana grabbed a microphone and all of The Embassy stayed on the outside. Nana started off by telling Rinauro to get on his knees and help Rave into the ring. Rave went up to Rinauro, but then stomped hard on Rinauro’s back and then laid the boots into him and then kicked him under the ring. Nana said that Rinauro screwed over Rave enough in the past month and they have had enough. So Nana finally said that Rave deserves a shot from last night and will win the ROH Pure Title without the loser of Sal Rinauro. Nigel just laughed at Nana and The Embassy which pissed them off. Rave turned his back on Nigel on the outside to go talk to Nana, but then Nigel attacked by diving threw the ropes nailing Rave with a huge Forearm Suicide Dive to the back of the head. Down ran Todd Sinclair and the Pure Title Match was on.
6. Jimmy Rave defeats Nigel McGuinness to win the ROH Pure Title at 15:51.
This was a really amazing match, match of the night or not, it was awesome. This might have been Rave’s best match in ROH, probably even better then his shot at Bryan Danielson and his World Heavyweight Title. Nigel tried his hardest to hold on his title as after making his challenge, he felt like an idiot.
Early on Nigel was on fire getting the huge jump start with the Suicide Dive Forearm, but Rave soon battled back by only having to use one of his rope breaks. Once Rave took control, he made Nigel use two quick rope breaks. Rave then called for the finish early on with the Greetings From Ghana, but it wasn’t smart as Nigel was beaten down enough and was able to fight out of it and take the control back.
Soon enough Rave lost all three of his ropes breaks and was in trouble when Nigel was calling for some sort of submission. Rave fought it though, and went and threw Nigel into the corner, but he did the headstand. Rave fell for it and got nailed with a kick to the face. That wasn’t enough though, and soon enough Rave battled back and nailed a huge Spear to take control back.
Late on in the match with both men having no rope breaks left, Rave called for a finish. He locked in a Butterfly Lock and Nigel was able to get his foot on the ropes, but it didn’t matter. Nigel soon enough got back to his feet with Rave still having it locked in, but Nigel just flipped Rave over right on his head. Nigel then left Rave up and went to throw him in the ropes, but Rave reversed it. Nigel though, came back with a huge Pendulum Lariat. Nigel thought he had it won, but Rave somehow kicked out. Nigel then called for the finish and took Rave into the corner and was looking for the Towers of London. Before he could hit it though, The Embassy music played for some odd reason. Down came a man with some sort of cape/blanket on covering everything just like how Sal Rinauro debuted. Nigel was confused, but distracted and this leads to Rave getting onto his feet and taking Nigel out with the Greetings From Ghana. Rave rolled on top of Nigel and won the match. Nigel’s just about year long reign ended with Jimmy Rave defeating him with distraction from a new member. An amazing match between these two and there better be a rematch. ***3/4
-- After the match, Nana got in the ring and started going crazy jumping up and down with the Pure Title in his hands. He then grabbed a microphone and told everyone that Sal Rinauro didn’t help them at all, but the newest member will do everything The Embassy needs, as you can tell by just before. The mystery man took off the cape/blanket and in slid in the ring, Frankie Kazarian! Nana announced Kazarian the newest member of The Embassy while him and the rest of The Embassy got TP’d as the crowd couldn’t do it to Rave before the match.
7. Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeats Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal at 17:08 to retain their ROH World Tag Team Titles.
This followed up perfectly on the pervious match as it was just another amazing match. This marks the second of two tough matches this weekend for Aries and Strong. They already witnessed a title loss the previous match, the first in 2006, and they hope they weren’t next so they tried to fight off the inexperienced team of Sydal and Daniels, who put up one hell of a fight.
The match got started up right away with neither team wasting time trying to get a quick victory. Things eventually slowed down though, because they figured there wouldn’t be a quick victory so there was no reason to waste too much energy. Finally, about halfway through the match, Aries and Strong took advantage like they do in most of their matches. The ROH World Tag Team Champions stayed in control for quite sometime until Daniels and Sydal got one big last burst of energy.
Sydal made a huge hot tag to Daniels and him starting clearing house taking down both Aries and Strong with different maneuvers over and over again. Daniels then tagged Sydal back in after Daniels hit the Fall From Grace on Aries which Sydal followed up with a Shooting Star Press, but Strong was able to break it up. This lead to a four man brawl with Daniels and Sydal coming out the two men standing. Daniels called for the finish and picked Aries up for a Death Valley Driver and Sydal went up high. Sydal came flying nailing Aries with a Dropkick and then Daniels dropped him with the Death Valley Driver, but somehow Aries kicked out.
A little bit later, Strong got the hot tag and took down Daniels and Sydal quickly. Once Aries recovered fully, it was basically over because that is where the double team moves came into play. Aries and Strong nailed the Hart Attack on Daniels followed up with the Brainbuster/Chop combo on Sydal. Aries then went up high while Strong went and locked in the Strong Hold on Daniels. Aries flew and nailed the 450 Splash on Sydal and covered. At the same time, Aries had Sydal pinned for the three while Daniels tapped out. A very good tag team match and I see two single rematches in the future. ***3/4
-- Colt Cabana came out before his Two Out Of Three Falls Match with Danielson and had a few words to say. Cabana said that this will be his last shot at Dragon and the ROH World Heavyweight Title while he is Champion so he said that he will do it for his fans in his hometown, Chicago and win the ROH Title. The crowd gave him a huge pop. Cabana said that he wouldn’t let his fans down and would show who the Best Wrestling in the World tonight is.
8. Bryan Danielson defeats Colt Cabana in a Two Out Of Three Falls Match 2 Falls To 1 at 32:58 to retain his ROH World Heavyweight Title.
A great match to finish off the night and no doubt the match of the night. This finished up three great matches to end the night as Danielson and Cabana gave it their all. Cabana would not go down without a fight as he knew this was his last chance at Dragon. Danielson though, wouldn’t make it easy for Cabana as Dragon seemed ready and prepared for Cabana one last time back in Chicago.
The match started off slow and it seemed it would be a real long one, something Cabana isn’t really use to doing, but something Dragon can do as he did it previously this month against Joe. The match didn’t actually go as far as everyone expected, but the crowd didn’t care as they put on a great match. Action got heated up when Cabana went for the Ass Bump in the corner, but Dragon moved out of the way and ground Cabana and did his usual move set on the ground.
A little later, Dragon was still in control with the crowd trying to get Cabana back into it as he was the one more over tonight. Dragon went and locked in the Surfboard though, while the crowd chanted “Same old shit.” Dragon didn’t like it though, so when he let Cabana back down, he went to lock it in again, but instead didn’t lock his arms and just reached his head back and had a sick hold in. Dragon just kept mocking Cabana, staying in control.
The first fall finally came at around the ten minute mark when Dragon was still in control and went for a Dragon Suplex, but Cabana back kicked Dragon and turned around and amazing nailed the Colt 45 out of nowhere. That was enough to put Dragon down somehow which the crowd or Cabana couldn’t believe. I guess Dragon wanted Cabana to back off him so he could get some rest.
The next fall didn’t come too much later though, at about the fifteen minute mark when Cabana called for the finish, another Colt 45. Dragon fought out of it though, and rolled up Cabana quickly with a Small Package and somehow got the three count to make the falls tied at one to one.
Both men continued battling back and forth trying to tire each other down, but they just couldn’t put either one away. Finally, the finish started shaping up though, at around the thirty minute mark. Cabana was in total control and just nailed a huge Ass Bump on Dragon. Dragon backed into Cabana who wound up hitting the Colt 45 which made every think that we had a new Champion, but somehow Dragon got his foot on the bottom rope! Colt couldn’t believe it so called for it all. He took Dragon into the corner as Colt sat on the top turnbuckle. He was looking for a Top Rope Colt 45, but Dragon fought it and wound up nailing a huge Superplex on Cabana. Both men got up, but Dragon hit a huge Regal-Plex, but Cabana just barley kicked out! Danielson then right away got Cabana where he wanted and started nailing him with huge elbows to the side of the head! Everyone though Kehner was going to call for the bell, but he let Dragon keep on going. Finally, Danielson stopped and locked in the Cattle Mutilation though, and Cabana was fading quickly. The crowd got loud for one last time, but Cabana couldn’t reach the ropes and had to tap out giving Dragon the victory, two falls to one. An amazing match here as Cabana gave it all, also, with an amazing ending. ****
Overall Thoughts:
Like always, another great show by Ring of Honor to end an awesome weekend. The last three matches after the Steel vs. Davis match after Intermission were the best three by far. Maybe the best three consecutive matches in ROH history, but no matter what, the card was amazing top to bottom. Number one goes to, the main event, the Two Out Of Three Falls Match between ROH World Heavyweight Champion, Bryan Danielson and Colt Cabana. Cabana gave it his all as you can tell here, but Dragon really showed what a great champion he was tonight winning back to back falls to pull out a victory.
My runner-up and third place is very close, but I have to give the silver to the ROH Pure Title Match because this really ended Nigel’s reign in a good way with a great match. This must have been Rave’s best performance ever in ROH. Even with the cheap ending, both of these men put on a definite remembered Pure Title bout.
My bronze of course goes to the ROH World Tag Team Title Match as Daniels and Sydal really showed something as it doesn’t matter if it is an inexperienced team or not, if both men have talent they can compete for the gold. Along with this, basically any other match could have gotten the bronze on this show.
Next up, Glory By Honor V weekend. Can’t get any bigger. Dragon defends against both Aries and KENTA. Can’t wait until more of the matches are announced and just can’t wait until both shows.
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Two Falls To A Finish: August 26, 2006 – Chicago Ridge, Illinois
ROH World Heavyweight Title Match-2 Out Of 3 Falls
ROH World Heavyweight Champion Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana
ROH World Tag Team Title Match
ROH World Tag Team Champions Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal
Falls Count Anywhere
Homicide vs. Steve Corino
Grudge Match
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Samoa Joe
Grudge Match
BJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Jacobs
Special Attraction
Davey Richards vs. Delirious
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Show Review ROH Unstoppable (08/25/06) Results & Thoughts
By Jacob Baron
-- Ring of Honor made its return to St. Paul, only its second appearance ever as the first was Reborn Stage 1 in April of 2004. We were in St. Paul on August 25, 2006, for “Unstoppable,” which is stating which man is unstoppable heading into the Title Match with Bryan Danielson. The St. Paul Armory was filled with ROH fans, about up too 500 or more. People wanted to see a special Four Man Elimination followed by a Title Shot or to see if Joe can become the first ever Triple Crown.
1. Davey Richards defeats Jimmy Jacobs at 11:50.
This was a good contest to start things off here tonight really getting the St. Paul crowd into things early. Davey Richards seems to be the curtain jerker as a single’s wrestler, but the way he impresses everyone, he should be moving up pretty soon. Jimmy Jacobs was looking to shut down Richards as he thinks Richards is moving just a bit to fast.
Jacobs had a great start taking it right to Richards before Bobby Cruise could even announce his name. Jacobs stayed in control for quite sometime and went for an early Contra Code, but Davey reversed it by just tossing Jacobs off of him. Davey took a distinct advantage after that and now there was no looking back. Soon enough Davey hit the DR Driver, but he said that he wasn’t finished as you can tell he wasn’t happy with Jacobs on what he said. So Davey went up high and connected with a Shooting Star Press finishing Jacobs off as Lacey looked on with a pissed off look on her face. A good way to get things going again in St. Paul. **1/2
-- Christopher Daniels came out to the ring with Allison Danger. Danger got Daniels a microphone and The Fallen Angel didn’t look happy. Daniels said that he is sick and tired of hearing Claudio Castagnoli running his mouth about how CZW is better than ROH. Daniels simply just said that ROH beat CZW and now it’s over. Daniels said that after this Double Shot, he wants Claudio gone! Claudio came out and responded to saying that he understands that ROH defeated CZW, but what he is looking at is something different. Claudio said that he got Chad Collyer for a reason. He said that he has another surprise for a reason. Finally, he said that the reason was to make an impact and show something to Ring of Honor that ROH hasn’t seen in a very long time.
2. Christopher Daniels defeats Claudio Castagnoli at 14:27.
Claudio was without Collyer tonight so he was just on his own and it was a good idea. Daniels really wanted to hand Claudio a beating and that is exactly what he did. Daniels stood up for Ring of Honor. Claudio tried his best in defending CZW, but it just wasn’t his night. The St. Paul crowd was all over Claudio and they just wouldn’t stop chanting, “Fallen Angel!”
Early on they traded off move for move, but soon enough Claudio took control with a bunch of Swiss Uppercuts. Daniels was in trouble and looking to by dying down as Claudio was looking for the UBS Neckbreaker, but Daniels reversed it by landing onto his feet and then dropkicking Claudio. A little bit later in the match, Daniels entertained the crowd by hitting back to back BME’s, but different types. One was on the actual ropes and the other in the turnbuckle. That wasn’t enough to put Claudio away, but the Last Rites was a little later on. Claudio comes up with another loss, but still performs to his best. ***
-- After the match ended, Claudio Castagnoli, with a pissed off face took a microphone. He told everyone and Daniels that Daniels is right. Claudio said that this will be his last appearances in ROH if he cannot defeat Samoa Joe tomorrow night. The crowd went wild and chanted, “Joe’s gonna kill you” while he left the ring as Daniels just nodded his head with a smile on his face.
3. Steve Corino defeats Jimmy Rave, Nigel McGuinness and Colt Cabana at 22:41.
This was a fantastic match as all four men put on a classic. They all wanted a title shot equally, especially Corino and Rave since they didn’t have any coming up in the future. So, both men gave it their all and wanted a piece of Dragon later on tonight. Unfortunately, only one man can get a shot at Dragon.
The first man to be eliminated from the Four Man Elimination Match was the Crown Jewel of The Embassy, Jimmy Rave. Prince Nana ordered Sal Rinauro to get in the ring and help Jimmy Rave out. So in went Rinauro and went to Spear Nigel, but Rinauro missed and connected with his partner, Jimmy Rave! Referee, Mike Kehner let it go as Rinauro attacked his own partner. This led into Nigel almost taking Rave’s head off with a huge Lariat and letting Nigel McGuinness eliminate Jimmy Rave because of Sal Rinauro.
The next man out was the ROH Pure Champion, Nigel McGuinness. It was down to the two men earned Title Shots and Steve Corino, but Corino played it smart and just watched Cabana and Nigel go at it themselves. It soon lead to a ducked Lariat by Cabana and then lead to Cabana nailing Nigel with the Colt 45 for the elimination. So now Cabana gets a shot at the ROH World Heavyweight Title tomorrow night and the ROH Pure Title in the future.
It was just down to Steve Corino and Colt Cabana. They went back and forth for the last few minutes until Cabana hoisted Corino up for the Colt 45, but Corino just slid out of it. Corino then went Old School Bomb, but Cabana slid out of that. Both men didn’t know what to do and how to finish each other off. Finally, Cabana came charging at Corino for a Lariat, but Corino ducked and Cabana turned right into an Old School Kick and that was it. Steve Corino was going to be facing Bryan Danielson later tonight. A great match as all four men performed their best I believe. ***1/2
-- Steve Corino would get a shot at the ROH World Heavyweight Title, if he could get there. Right after the match ended Homicide’s music hit, but a second in, Homicide was in the ring. Corino was on his ass in shock as Homicide took out his ghetto fork. He was going right after Corino, but all of a sudden down came Adam Pearce and the Anything Goes Match was on right now.
4. Adam Pearce defeats Homicide in an Anything Goes Match at 13:43.
This was a very entertaining brawl which got out of control very quickly. Pearce just wanted to beat the living hell out of Homicide while Homicide just wanted to get his hands on Steve Corino.
Pearce and Homicide went punch for punch early on, though, until Steve Corino entered the action by nailing Homicide in the back with a steel chair. This was all allowed as Anything Goes. Pearce and Corino were just beating the living hell out of Homicide and no one was coming down for any help. Corino then hit the Old School Bomb and Adam Pearce hit the Piledriver. Every time Pearce would go for a cover, though, he would come up at two. Finally, someone came down, but it was The Briscoe Brothers, just more armory for Pearce’s army.
Amazingly, though, Homicide started fighting back and took his ghetto fork and was stabbing everyone. By the end of everything, everyone was busted open that was in the ring except for the referee. Homicide finally got shut down, though, when Mark Briscoe nailed him with a Chop Block from behind. The Briscoe Brothers finished Homicide off for Pearce as they together hit a Spike Jay Driller onto a seated chair breaking the chair and basically Homicide as well. Pearce then did a little cocky cover and Homicide was beaten down and defeated. **3/4
-- After the match, though, the four men weren’t done. They continued a beat down until finally, Ricky Reyes came down with a chair in hand scaring the four men out of the ring. Reyes checked on Homicide and he saw he was hurting and he needed some help.
-- It was now time for Intermission and Bobby Cruise announced that ROH would be back in St. Paul on April 20, 2007. The Intermission tonight was about 30 minutes, a long one.
5. Shane Hagadorn defeats Mitch Franklin at 5:46 to retain his ROH Top of the Class Trophy.
This was again one of the basic squash matches after intermission. Instead of a big name squashing a nobody, it was the ROH Top of the Class Trophy holder squashing Mitch Franklin. Franklin really had no chance here. Shane Hagadorn basically bored the crowd for the whole time and quickly won with a huge Lariat. A very boring match, ROH needs new guys to go after this Trophy. 1/2*
6. Delirious defeats Matt Sydal at 15:50.
These two men came into ROH facing each other in St. Paul a little bit more than two years ago. They battled back and forth for about 7 minutes with Matt Sydal coming out on top, but the rematch from that match was much different.
Sydal took the early advantage picking up from where he left off from the last time they faced in St. Paul. Sydal was totally dominating early on, but Delirious soon turned it around with a huge Enziguri. Delirious held the advantage for quite some time, but Sydal wound up fighting back and soon enough after Sydal nailed a huge Enziguri Headscissors out of nowhere.
Sydal went to finish off Delirious and hit the Here It Is Driver at the finish of the match, but that wasn’t enough to finish Delirious off. Sydal then took Delirious up high and Sydal was looking for the Moonsault Belly to Belly Suplex, but Delirious fought Sydal off and pushed him down to the mat. Delirious then flew off the top rope and nailed Sydal with the Shadows Over Hell, but Delirious thought it wasn’t enough. So he picked Sydal up and then hit the Chemical Imbalance II for the finish. A very good match between these two, much better then their first and Delirious tied up the series between them in ROH. ***1/4
-- After the match, Delirious got up and helped up Matt Sydal. He pointed at Sydal and put up one finger, mentioning one more match. Sydal shook his head yes followed by Delirious offering a handshake to Sydal. Sydal accepted the handshake and the two men shook hands in the middle of the ring seeming as there might be one more between the two as both men took a win between the two not counting their match at Do or Die.
7. Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeats BJ Whitmer and Samoa Joe at 20:54 to retain their ROH World Tag Team Titles.
This was a very good match between the World Tag Team Champions against Joe and Whitmer. Joe was looking to become the first ever ROH Triple Crown Winner, but as well as trying that, he put on the match of the night with his partner with Whitmer against the Tag Team Champions.
Early on Joe, who the crowd was of course behind, dominated the action with his partner BJ Whitmer. It seemed that Whitmer and Joe have been working for quite a while at the start of this match as they were trading moves off back and forth with quite a few tags. Things turned around though, when Whitmer took a little bit to long when he went for an Exploder Suplex and it allowed Aries to reverse it.
The Tag Champions were now in control and they didn’t give anything up as they just stayed right on top of Whitmer. Finally, Whitmer reversed a Brainbuster and was able to flip over onto his feet. Whitmer then dove towards Joe and made the hot tag to get him and Whitmer back into this bout. Joe wound up tossing Strong out of the ring and then nailing Aries with a huge kick to the face knocking him out of the ring. Joe then flew out of the ring with a Suicide Dive, but with knocking down Aries and Strong, Joe also accidentally landed on his head on the outside.
Joe was down for quite some time leaving everything up to Whitmer and he did good for a little bit, but it was to much for him with a two on one attack. The crowd started getting louder and louder for Joe to get up and finally he did and rolled into the ring. Joe, who was a bit dizzy, tried fighting of Aries and Strong, but Strong nailed Joe with a huge Half Nelson Suplex making Joe roll back out of the ring. Aries then nailed Whitmer with a Brainbuster followed by Strong locking in the Strong Hold making Whitmer tap out. Joe had another chance to become Triple Crown Winner, but Whitmer wasn’t the right partner either, but either way they teamed pretty well in a good match, but they just came up short. ***3/4
8. Bryan Danielson defeats Steve Corino at 23:46 to retain his ROH World Heavyweight Title.
Steve Corino, who already fought for 23 minutes early tonight against three other men earned this shot and didn’t want to waste it. Corino already faced Danielson once for the title and that came up short and once again he did not want to waste this shot.
Early on Corino was fired up and had good control early on. Corino tried to make the match a quick one and tried to work a fast paced match and get Danielson off of his game, but that didn’t work out to well in the long run. Corino worked on the upper body of Danielson basically all match as he really didn’t lock in any submissions and just hit high impact moves.
Everything turned for the worst on Corino as he went for an Old School Kick, but it was ducked and Danielson lifted Corino up and started up his airplane spin. After a good amount of spinning, Danielson let Corino down, but couldn’t really cover as he was a bit dizzy himself. Danielson was the first to his feet still and went for a Diving Headbutt, but Corino rolled out of the way gaining advantage once again.
Coming down to the finish, Corino was calling for the finish and went for the Old School Bomb, but Danielson dropped back to his feet and went for a school boy, but Corino just kicked out. Then down came The Briscoe Brothers trying to distract Danielson by getting onto the apron, but Danielson nailed a Lariat on Jay and then a huge Roaring Elbow on Mark knocking both men off the apron. Danielson though, then turned around towards Corino who went for another Old School Kick, but Danielson ducked it again and this time went for a crucifix pin, but Corino kicked out. Dragon followed right up with at least 15 elbows to the side of the head making Mike Kehner call for the bell giving Danielson the victory. Corino and Danielson put on a great match, but Corino couldn’t come up with the victory after fighting early tonight. ***1/2
-- After the match ended, Colt Cabana came out and held a staredown with his opponent for tomorrow night. Finally, Cabana got a microphone and congratulated Danielson on his impressive victory and said he will be ready for him tomorrow night. Cabana extended his hand for a handshake and Danielson reached in, but then took it back and just swiped his hand through his hair and rolled out of the ring making a smirk at Colt Cabana.
Overall Thoughts:
Like always, another great show by Ring of Honor to start of an amazing weekend. The last three matches after the squash match after Intermission were the best three along with the Four Man Elimination Match. Number one goes to, the ROH World Tag Team Title Match between Austin Aries and Roderick Strong against BJ Whitmer and Samoa Joe. Both of these teams put on an amazing match just showing how prestige’s the Tag Belts in ROH are. Samoa Joe is still looking to become Triple Crown Winner, but I believe it will come soon after a great match here.
My runner-up goes to the Four Man Elimination Match to see who would face Bryan Danielson in the main event. Each man really wanted this match bad, but along with that it set up a lot of things in the future. I believe one of these four guys will be getting gold in the near future.
My bronze was a toss up between the Main Event and the rematch from the last St. Paul Show, Delirious vs. Matt Sydal. I will give it to the Main Event as I feel as it meant something a little bit more than the match between Sydal and Delirious.
Now I just can’t wait until tomorrow night as it will be Bryan Danielson against Colt Cabana in a 2 out of 3 Falls Match which should be amazing after what happened tonight after the Title Match between Dragon and Cabana.
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Unstoppable: August 25, 2006 – St. Paul, Minnesota
Number One Contender's Match-Four Man Elimination Match
Colt Cabana vs. Jimmy Rave vs. Nigel McGuinness vs. Steve Corino
ROH World Heavyweight Title Match
ROH World Heavyweight Champion Bryan Danielson vs. Winner of Four Man Elimination Match
ROH World Tag Team Title Match
ROH World Tag Team Champions Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. BJ Whitmer and Samoa Joe
Special Challenge Match
Christopher Daniels vs. Claudio Castagnoli
Rematch From Reborn Stage One
Delirious vs. Matt Sydal
Anything Goes
Adam Pearce vs. Homicide
Challenge Match
Davey Richards vs. Jimmy Jacobs
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ROH Newswire August Week 3
-- What a weekend it was last week. We saw some great title defenses by the Champions as well as great matches. We also learned a few more matches that will be happening in the future, one in a final battle between Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness.
-- The next shows are set in two weeks on Friday and Saturday of Week 4. Night 1 will be in St. Paul, Minnesota while Night 2 will be in Chicago Ridge, Illinois.
-- The current card for St. Paul is: Aries and Strong defend against Joe and Whitmer, Daniels vs. Claudio, Sydal vs. Delirious, Pearce vs. Homicide and much more.
-- The current card for Chicago Ridge is: Danielson vs. Cabana, Aries and Strong vs. Daniels and Sydal, Joe vs. Claudio, Whitmer vs. Jacobs, Corino vs. Homicide and much more.
-- Adding to the St. Paul card is a huge Four Corner Survival Match. It will be Colt Cabana facing Nigel McGuinness, Jimmy Rave and Steve Corino. A win for any of these men can earn themselves another title shot.
-- Bryan Danielson still doesn’t have a match for St. Paul, but make sure to check back next week on who Danielson will be facing. One thing for sure is that his ROH World Heavyweight Title will be on the line.
-- Survival of the Fittest, as you know, returns October 6 in Cleveland, Ohio. Currently there are five men scheduled for Survival of the Fittest, Samoa Joe, Bryan Danielson, Austin Aries, Roderick Strong and BJ Whitmer. One more has been announced and that is the young and rising star in ROH, Davey Richards.
-- Speaking of Davey Richards, he will be in action in St. Paul. He got challenged by Jimmy Jacobs as he thinks Davey is trying to rise to the top to fast and take everyone’s spotlight so Jacobs will be trying to slow him down.
-- Also coming up is Glory By Honor V Weekend. It will be occurring in the middle of September, but not so much is planned so far. Like we said, The Briscoe Brothers would be in action. Well, Night 1 they are facing off against KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji in what seems to be a Dream Match. Night 2 they will start to go after Homicide once again as it will be The Briscoes facing Homicide and BJ Whitmer, the same man who might walk out Tag Champion in St. Paul.
-- Going back to Naomichi Marufuji, he will also be in action on Night 2 at Glory By Honor V Weekend. One Night 2 he will be in some sort of Dream Match as he will be facing The Fallen Angel, Christopher Daniels. KENTA and Marufuji seem to be in a Dream Match Night 1 and now both of them seem to be in one Night 2 with their opponents being Bryan Danielson and Christopher Daniels.
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Show Review ROH Broxbourne Blitz (08/13/06) Results & Thoughts
By Jacob Baron
-- This review will be a bit different as I wasn’t at the show. I am basically just compiling all the reviews on rohwrestling.com and making it into one big, not really as it will probably be shorter, review. So I give credit to everyone on rohwrestling.com who did a review.
-- Ring of Honor made its first ever appearance in Broxbourne, England, on August 13, 2006, for “Broxbourne Blitz,” which is basically saying ROH is roaring into Broxbourne. The Broxbourne Civic Hall was packed and sold out, around 600 or more people in attendance. A lot of people wanted to see the debut of ROH in Broxbourne.
1. SUWA defeats Go Shiosaki at 14:45.
A pretty good match to start of the night, but not what everyone expected from these two. A hard hitting contest it was, but it just wasn’t good enough. SUWA and Go went back and forth chopping at each other early on to only let Go take the advantage. He stayed in control for a good part of the match, but it all turned around when SUWA reversed the Fisherman’s Suplex.
SUWA dominated the last few minutes of the match, but down at the finish, Go just wouldn’t give up. SUWA just about brought everything out on the table, except for the FFF or the Pedigree. Once he finally hit the FFF everyone thought it was over except for Go. He just got the shoulder up only to last a few more seconds as he fell victim to a top rope Jumping Lariat. Not the best on the card by a long shot, but did its job as an opener. **
-- After the match ended, SUWA helped Go Shiosaki up and wouldn’t let him leave the ring without the two men shaking hands and celebrating together. After everyone saw the two go crazy on each other last night, they made up fine tonight.
2. Shingo Takagi defeats Mark Sloan and Spud at 12:44.
Worst match of the night, but that didn’t stop Shingo Takagi to get back from what happened last night. Shingo absolutely dominated this match with Mark Sloan just getting buried. Spud had some nice spots here and there, but Shingo Takagi was the big name in this match.
Spud wound up trying to fly around the ring to much, though, as soon enough Takagi saw a few aerial attacks coming and wouldn’t let them happen. Spud a little later walked right into the Last Falcony I believe it is called to take him out. Takagi then went over to Sloan and locked in the Anaconda Vice making him tap out this time without letting him get to the ropes. *1/2
-- Claudio Castagnoli came out getting major heat once again from this time a different UK crowd. Claudio said that bringing in Chad Collyer wasn’t the only surprise, but he has more. Claudio said that everyone will find out that ROH will be going down soon enough.
3. Chad Collyer and Claudio Castagnoli defeats BJ Whitmer and Robbie Brookside at 13:53.
This was Collyer’s first official match as apart of CZW and he did work pretty well, but locked in a few boring submissions just to piss the UK crowd off. Collyer and Claudio didn’t work to bad at all as to Whitmer and Brookside not working that well together since Whitmer was doing most of the work. At one point in the match, Whitmer had to push Brookside just to wake him up and get him focused.
Whitmer and Brookside did fight back at the end, though, and basically had the match won. Brookside was the legal man with Claudio. Brookside was looking to put Claudio away and sat him up on the turnbuckle. He went for the Iconoclasm, but Claudio did a total front flip and landed on his feet only to take Brookside to the mat and lock in some sort of modified Camel Clutch. Whitmer tried to get in the ring and break it up, but Collyer stopped Whitmer with a Butterfly Suplex following up by locking in the Texas Cloverleaf. Basically at the same time, Brookside and Whitmer tapped giving CZW the victory. Wasn’t the best match of the night, but it is building some good storyline. **1/2
-- Prince Nana and Jimmy Rave of The Embassy come down to the ring and just like the night before, Rave got TP’d hardcore. These people in UK sure can use the toiler paper well. Nana got a microphone and told everyone that last night, the reason Rave lost to Richards was because he had food poisoning from the stupid country of England. Nana got a lot of heat, but went on by saying that Rave is feeling better and will beat Cabana right now and show why he deserves another shot at the World Title, not Cabana.
4. Colt Cabana defeats Jimmy Rave at 16:48.
This was one of the better matches of the night as Cabana had to look strong going into the next set of shows since he was getting a title shot and Rave just wanted to get a title shot. These two men battled back and forth non-stop until they couldn’t go any more as they really wanted this victory.
Early on, Rave was getting major heat as he was trying to avoid getting in the ring and facing Cabana as he was complaining he still was feeling sick. While this was going on, Cabana was dancing around and making fun of Rave in the ring. Rave finally got in the ring and the action was on and it wasn’t stopping for any reason.
The finish was finally getting closer and Rave was looking dominant. Nana just distracted Cabana and Rave was calling for the finish. Rave went for the Greetings from Ghana, but that got blocked. Then he went for the Ghanarhea, but Cabana blocked that only to nail Rave with a Colt 45 out of nowhere. Cabana couldn’t recover in time to pin Rave, though, so both men were able to get up around the same time. Rave charged for a Spear, but missed and Cabana then charged and almost took Rave’s head off with a huge Lariat for the victory. Amazing match by these two just to show how much they want gold. ***1/2
5. Nigel McGuinness defeats James Tighe at 14:57 to retain his ROH Pure Title.
Another solid title defense by Nigel and a good way to get back on track after he was unsuccessful at the try for the ROH World Heavyweight Title again. James Tighe continued to impress again, though, and wouldn’t give up as he wanted to take the Pure Title back to FWA, but you can tell Nigel wouldn’t let it happen.
All of Nigel’s tricks wouldn’t work in this match, like the headstand in the corner or the ropes slid through bounce back. Tighe was well scouted for a lot of Nigel’s moves, so Nigel came down to old school wrestling, just like Tighe. They battled back and forth until Tighe finally grounded Nigel and went to lock in the Texas Cloverleaf, but right when he did Nigel used his last rope break just like Tighe. Tighe then went to try and ground Nigel again, but he dodged the attack then rolled up Tighe with a Small Package getting the victory just like Bryan Danielson once again. A good technical match here, it seems every match Tighe has in ROH he impresses everyone. ***
-- It was now time for Intermission and Bobby Cruise announced that ROH would be back in England once announcing the dates again, March 10 and 11. The Intermission tonight was about 25 minutes, a bit shorter then the night before.
6. Jay and Mark Briscoe (The Briscoe Brothers) defeats Davey Richards and Matt Sydal at 20:13.
This was another amazing tag team match for The Briscoe Brothers, two in two nights. This was most likely the match of the night as these two teams performed amazingly in front of the UK crowd. Davey and Sydal were pretty over with the UK crowd as was The Briscoes even if they were acting on the heel side for a while now.
The match started out fast paced and basically stayed like that for the whole match. Sydal really impressed the crowd in this match as he was hitting all different kinds of amazing moves on The Briscoes with Davey just following up with more. Mark slowed the duo down though, when he took both men out with the Shooting Star Press to the outside. Unlike last night, Mark recovered quickly from it.
Jay and Mark stayed in control for a long period of time after the SSP and they were looking like they were heading towards victory. It didn’t come so early, though, as when Mark went for the Cut Throat Suplex on Davey, but Sydal made the save by Dropkicking the legs of Mark. Both teams stayed pretty even until the finish.
Matt Sydal was still looking impressive and was looking to put The Briscoes away. Sydal just hit Mark with a Dragonrana which he just kicked out. Sydal then took Jay up high and was looking for the Moonsault Belly to Belly Suplex. Jay fought out of it, though, and amazingly nailed a top rope Ace Crusher just flatting Sydal. Mark then got up and hit the Cut Throat Suplex on Sydal while Jay nailed a Yakuza Kick on Davey knocking him out of the ring. Sydal was finished after the Cut Throat. A very good match between these two teams who seemed to work very well. ****
-- After the match, Jay Briscoe called for a microphone and he told everyone that he and Mark talked to Adam Pearce last night. Pearce understood what happened in the past with The Briscoes and Homicide and he was wondering if The Briscoes would join Pearce and Corino take Homicide out of ROH. Jay and Mark said that they didn’t need to think about, just on one condition, they get all the Tag Title Shots they can possibly have until they win the belts. Jay told everyone that Pearce agreed and that soon enough Homicide will be out of ROH once and for all.
-- Bryan Danielson came down to the ring wondering who his opponent was, as I guess he didn’t read the card from earlier on. Down came Jonny Storm with the crowd going nuts as Dragon still looked confident. Storm got in Danielson’s face saying he is the Out of Promotion Talent and ready to kick his ass.
7. Bryan Danielson defeats Jonny Storm at 18:41 to retain his ROH World Heavyweight Title.
Jonny Storm fought his heart out in front of all ok the UK fans trying to take the ROH World Heavyweight Title home with him. Danielson had a tough night last night just barley keeping the gold so made sure tonight he would keep it again returning to America still Champion.
Storm took Dragon to the end of the line, but it wasn’t enough as Dragon was just able to overcome defeating Storm. Early on Storm was on fire as well as the crowd. Dragon couldn’t do anything as he was just getting dominated by Storm. Soon enough, though, things turned around when Storm missed the Wonder Kick and Dragon jumped on Storm from there.
Danielson really controlled the rest of the match slowing down the pace a bit. Dragon was calling for the finish and went for a Dragon Suplex, but Storm fought out of it and this time hit the Wonder Kick out of nowhere. Storm was tired, though, so he couldn’t take full advantage. Soon enough, Dragon locked in the Crossface Chickenwing and Storm was dying down. Referee, Todd Sinclair lifted Storm’s arm three times, but they fell three times giving Danielson the victory. A very well contested match by the two, Storm just couldn’t get the edge. ***1/2
8. Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeats Doug Williams and Jody Fleisch (Team England) at 24:33 to retain their ROH World Tag Team Titles.
Not quite the match of the night, but these two teams definitely gave it their all as it was the last match the UK was going to see of ROH in a while. Williams and Fleisch really wanted this one so they could be the only one taking ROH Gold, but Aries and Strong didn’t want their long title reign to end in England.
The match started out a bit slow, but pace got a bit faster when Aries and Strong to an early advantage. The Tag Team Champions were working perfectly together, just like they always do. Team England started to fight back, though, and soon enough they were in control. Williams and Fleisch had the crowd on their side so they just would give up so easily.
Halfway through the match, Team England took a big bump. Jody Fleisch flew to the outside taking down the Champs with a Phoenix Splash. Aries and Fleisch went rolling away, while Strong was just lying prone on the outside. Doug Williams then took a huge risk by jumping over the ropes to the outside looking for a Diving Knee Drop, but Strong rolled out of the way and Doug Williams was in total pain. Soon enough, he had to be helped backstage.
Now it was two on one with Fleisch all by himself against the Tag Team Champions. He fought his heart out, but there was no way he could win the belts by himself. Just when Aries went and finished Fleisch off, Team England got some help. Aries just hit the Brainbuster and was heading up high for the 450. Down came running, Jonny Storm, Fleisch’s actual tag partner and the man who just had a match against Bryan Danielson. Storm pushed Aries off the top and referee, Mike Kehner let it go as a replacement.
Team England still didn’t last to long as Storm was still tired from the previous match and he fell victim to a Brainbuster/Chop Combo. Right after that, Aries and Strong hit the Hart Attack on Fleisch which lead to him getting hit with the Tiger Driver to end the match. A very good match and a surprise with Jonny Storm coming in just to make things better. ***3/4
-- After the match ended, Aries and Strong helped up Fleisch and Storm and started celebrating together. Then down limped Doug Williams and he joined the four. Each man embraced in a hug as ROH said their goodbyes to England.
Overall Thoughts:
Once again, it sounded like a pretty good show. Finally I will be back with the ROH Shows starting in two weeks at St. Paul.
I say the best performers of the weekend go to The Briscoe Brothers as they have performed two **** matches. Even though they are after Homicide now, I still have to give them credit with two great performances.
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Broxbourne Blitz: August 13, 2006 – Broxbourne, England
ROH World Heavyweight Title Match
ROH World Heavyweight Champion Bryan Danielson vs. Jonny Storm
ROH World Tag Team Title Match
ROH World Tag Team Champions Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Doug Williams and Jody Fleisch (Team England)
ROH Pure Title Match
ROH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness vs. James Tighe
Davey Richards and Matt Sydal vs. Jay and Mark Briscoe (The Briscoe Brothers)
Challenge Match
Colt Cabana vs. Jimmy Rave
Grudge Match
BJ Whitmer and Robbie Brookside vs. Claudio Castagnoli and Chad Collyer
International Triple Threat Match
Mark Sloan vs. Shingo Takagi vs. Spud
Grudge Match
Go Shiozaki vs. SUWA
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Maybe you should read the whole show.
-- This review will be a bit different as I wasn’t at the show. I am basically just compiling all the reviews on rohwrestling.com and making it into one big, not really as it will probably be shorter, review. So I give credit to everyone on rohwrestling.com who did a review. -
Show Review ROH Title Clash (08/12/06) Results & Thoughts
By Jacob Baron
-- This review will be a bit different as I wasn’t at the show. I am basically just compiling all the reviews on rohwrestling.com and making it into one big, not really as it will probably be shorter, review. So I give credit to everyone on rohwrestling.com who did a review.
-- Ring of Honor made its first ever appearance in Liverpool, England, on August 12, 2006, for “Title,” which states what exactly happened; it was ROH World Heavyweight Champion against ROH Pure Champion with both titles clashing. Liverpool Olympia was packed, one of the biggest ROH crowds ever, probably around 1,500 people in attendance. A lot of people wanted to see the ROH Champions Clash.
1. Davey Richards defeats Jimmy Rave at 20:47.
It was a great match to start off the night with the UK crowd going crazy on Jimmy Rave and Prince Nana. Rave really got TP’d hardcore as the whole ring was basically covered. Crowd was really behind Davey as most of the fans in attendance weren’t too familiar with his work. They did fall in love with Davey soon enough.
These men already knew each other very well as this was their fourth encounter in the past few months. Davey got out to the early advantage, but with Nana in Rave’s corner, he was able to distract Davey giving Nana control. During the middle of the match the pace slowed down, but the finish got the crowd going.
Rave went for the Greetings From Ghana, but Davey reversed it with some sort of facebuster. Rave was rocking back and forth while Davey climbed up high. Davey flew through the air and took down a standing Rave with a Shooting Star Press. The UK crowd erupted as Davey Richards defeated Jimmy Rave once again. One of the best encounters between these two men. ***1/2
2. Colt Cabana defeats Matt Sydal, Jonny Storm and Spud at 13:32.
This was a very fast pace match with a lot of high flying and exciting action. Of course Jonny Storm and Spud were over with the UK crowd, but Sydal and Cabana got some very respectful pops as well. The match started out comedy like a lot of Four Corner Survival Matches in ROH do, but it got serious real quick.
Storm and Spud decided to team up early on, but that didn’t really work out at all. After Storm turned away from Spud, Spud attacked actually getting a bit of heat. When the finish came near, everyone was going crazy. Cabana and Spud were the legal men at the time of the finish. Spud went was looking for a Tornado DDT while sitting on the top rope. Cabana reversed it with some sort of Belly to Belly Suplex from the top. Storm tried to fly into the ring, but he was met with a Dropkick from Cabana. Sydal tried to do the same, but Cabana caught Sydal with a huge Clothesline when he came down. Then Spud got up and he walked right into Cabana who hit the Colt 45 for the victory. A very fun and entertaining match here. ***
-- Claudio Castagnoli came out getting major heat from the UK crowd. He went to talk on a microphone, but could barley be heard from the crowd as just about every person was chanting, “ROH!” Claudio was heard to be saying that Whitmer will go down as will ROH because he has a surprise for everyone. Everyone was wondering what Claudio was talking about, maybe some sort of a full roster invasion or something?
3. BJ Whitmer defeats Claudio Castagnoli at 12:57.
This was an interesting match which started out very technical, but once it went to the outside it was more like both men just wanted to be the crap out of each other. Whitmer was super over in this match since Claudio was from CZW and Claudio was just getting major heat.
Once they got on the outside both men were throwing each other into the barricades and just wouldn’t stop beating the hell out of each other. When the finally made their way back in the ring, Claudio hit a cheap low blow on Whitmer without the referee seeing. Everyone thought Claudio was going to take the cheap victory as he went for the Ricola Bomb, but Whitmer reversed it with an amazing Exploder Suplex. Whitmer then lifted Claudio up and put him on the top and finished him with an amazing Top Rope Exploder Suplex. The start was okay, but once they two started to brawl on the outside, the match got much more intense. ***
-- Right after the match finished, though, down came Chad Collyer for some reason. Collyer got in the ring and shook Whitmer’s hand. But he then turned around and helped up Claudio when Whitmer turned away. Collyer then held a two on one beat down on Whitmer. It seems as if Collyer has join sides with CZW! Then all of a sudden down came running FWA Champion, Robbie Brookside. He helped out Whitmer and cleared out the ring.
-- Brookside said that he wanted Collyer right here and now with his title on the line. Before the match could start, though, James Tighe came down to the ring. He got a decent reaction from the UK crowd as he is pretty well known in FWA. He got on a microphone and told everyone that Brookside won’t only be facing Collyer, but he as well as he will be taking the FWA Title tonight then the ROH Pure Title tomorrow night.
4. James Tighe defeats Chad Collyer and Robbie Brookside by Disqualification at 12:27 to let Robbie Brookside retain his FWA Heavyweight Title.
This wasn’t the best match on the card at all, but it still wasn’t the worst. It was basically an all technical bout which kind of got the crowd out of a good mood as each man went back and forth locking in submissions. Collyer got major heat from his recent actions and both Tighe and Brookside weren’t that so over.
Things heated up a bit when Claudio Castagnoli came back down. He was going to interfere in the match as he got on the apron, but BJ Whitmer came back down and pulled Claudio off the ropes. Whitmer and Claudio went at it on the outside while Brookside and Collyer started to brawl in the ring as Tighe just looked on. Collyer wound up tossing Brookside out of the ring and Claudio was able to take down Whitmer. Claudio then slid a chair in the ring for Collyer and he bashed it over the head of James Tighe. So Tighe won the match and gets the Pure Title Shot tomorrow night, but Brookside is still Champion and the only two men standing were ROH turncoats. Overall it was a pretty boring match that didn’t really involve the crowd at all. **
5. Doug Williams and Jody Fleisch (Team England) defeats Go Shiosaki and SUWA (Team Japan) at 19:35.
There was some very good fast pace action going on here trying to get the fans back on their feet from last match. Both teams were battling for a shot at gold tomorrow night so they wouldn’t just lay down for the three count. Williams and Flesich were working perfectly as if they were actual partners all the time while Go and SUWA were having trouble from the beginning, but they did fight through it.
SUWA got stiff early on and started slapping, punching and kicking everyone that got in his way. SUWA then rolled to the outside and got his signature kendo stick, but referee Mike Kehner took it away. SUWA got pissed and threatened to hit the ref, but with SUWA distracted gave Team England the advantage. They stayed in control for quite some time until SUWA could finally tag in Go for the hot tag.
Go started clearing house and nailed Doug with a German Suplex and then Jody with a Fisherman’s Suplex. Go went to finish both men off to connect with a Moonsault, but both men rolled out of the way and Go came up with nothing. SUWA saw what happened and couldn’t believe it. This gave Team England an advantage to take control. After a few more minutes, Doug hit a huge Tornado DDT and was able to cover Go without SUWA caring to break it up. This was a pretty exciting match, but nothing to impressive. **1/2
-- Right after the match ended, SUWA grabbed his kendo stick and got in the ring. He waited for Go to get up and when he did, he whacked the kendo stick over the head of Go. Team England just left as they didn’t want to get involved. While Go was down, SUWA repeatedly nailed him with shots until the kendo stick broke. SUWA made a point and we can see a big grudge match tomorrow night.
-It was now time for Intermission and Bobby Cruise announced that ROH would be back in England after all! On March 10, ROH would return to Liverpool and then on March 11, ROH would return to Broxbourne. Looks like ROH found a second home, in England. It was about a 30 minute Intermission.
6. Mark Sloan defeats Shingo Takagi at 9:33.
In probably the worst match of the night, we saw the hugest upset. Even though ROH was in England and Mark Sloan was the fan favorite, Shingo Takagi was expected to easily take a victory. But with the crowd behind Sloan, he just wouldn’t give up.
Takagi basically dominated all match as he was named Rookie of the Year for 2005 on the Wrestling Observer for a reason. Nearing the end Takagi nailed Sloan with a Wrist Clutch Suplex and then locked in an Anaconda Vice. Sloan looked to be dying down, but he was able to reach the ropes. Takagi then got Sloan up and threw up him towards the ropes, but Sloan came back with a huge Yakuza Kick! Sloan then locked in a Texas Cloverleaf and amazingly Takagi tapped. Nothing really special here, as it wasn’t to exciting until the finish. *1/2
7. Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeats Jay and Mark Briscoe (The Briscoe Brothers) at 21:48 to retain their ROH World Tag Team Titles.
This was an amazing tag team match, the best the two had. This was the last chance for The Briscoe Brothers to get a shot at the ROH World Tag Team Titles while Aries and Strong were Champions so they didn’t want to blow this one as they did in the past.
The match started out slow like most of their matches, but the intensity picked up quick when Mark Briscoe flew to the outside early on taking out the other three guys in the match with a Shooting Star Press. This took a big toll on Mark as he did this and took a lot out of him early on when it was still about 20 more minutes until the match finished.
While Mark was trying to recuperate for so long, Jay had to try and fight of the Tag Champs himself. It did work for a bit, but he could only hold of both men for so long. The crowd kept getting louder and louder for the tides to turn and they finally did. Jay went for the Jay Driller on Strong, but Aries saved his partner by jumping onto Strong’s back and then nailing Jay with a huge Dropkick. This got the crowd fired up because it was such an athletic move.
The ROH World Tag Team Champions were rolling from then on until Mark was finally ready to get back in for some action and so Jay made the hot tag. Mark was sending down the Champs to the canvas over and over again, but soon enough Strong ducked an attack and came back with a huge Backbreaker.
Strong was basically controlling the match from there and went and finished off Mark with a Half Nelson Backbreaker followed by the Crucifix hold into the Cutter which I believe is the CX ’02. Basically at the same time, though, Jay Briscoe hit Aries with a Jay Driller. The ref never saw that happen, though, and even though Jay covered Aries first, referee, Todd Sinclair counted Strong’s pinfall over Mark. Kind of an odd way to really end this feud as they won’t have any more matches with the titles, but it can be said that these two teams put on a show. ****
8. Bryan Danielson drew with Nigel McGuinness at One Fall Each at 28:38 to let Bryan Danielson retain his ROH World Heavyweight Title and Nigel McGuinness retain his ROH Pure Title.
Nigel McGuinness faced Bryan Danielson twice before and got one victory over him and lost once to him. But he never had a match against Dragon like this. The title that Nigel held for a little bit less than a year and the title that Danielson held for a little less than 11 months were both on the line. It was just title vs. title, though, it was a two fall match where both men gave it their all.
The match started out slowly and seemed to be another long one, just like Dragon’s previous match, but it was nothing compared to it. The first fall was for the ROH Pure Title and Nigel McGuinness wanted to make sure that he would do whatever he had to, to keep his title. The only thing was any disqualification or countout he would lose the belt.
As the first fall moved on, the action got a bit more fast. Dragon nailed Nigel with a huge Roaring Elbow out of nowhere at one point and then was able to lock in the Cattle Mutilation. A little more than half the crowd was chanting, “Please don’t tap”, but the rest wanted Dragon to take the fall. Nigel was able to get his feet on the rope and continue to try and retain his title with Nigel using his third rope break, with Dragon only using two. The thing was Dragon just stayed on top and wouldn’t give in on anything. Finally, Nigel caught Dragon which he is known for. Danielson went for a Dragon Suplex it seemed, but Nigel fought out of it and wrapped around Dragon and rolled him up. Amazingly, Kehner counted three and Nigel won the first fall with a Small Package, something that Dragon is really use to doing to other people. Danielson couldn’t believe it, but he had to continue on.
The first fall took 13:53 with such a surprising ending. With Dragon losing the first fall, that means that Nigel deserves another World Title Shot if he doesn’t win the belt. The second fall started out slow like the first, but remained like it for some time as both men were a bit tired from the previous fall. The crowd continued getting more behind Nigel and soon enough basically everyone was chanting his name. Dragon was able to shut the crowd up around the 20 minute mark, though, when Dragon started nailing Nigel with repeated elbow shots. Danielson won like that before, but Nigel was smart enough to grab the ropes to make Danielson stop.
Nearing the finish Danielson tried to take a cheap victory like Nigel did with a Small Package, but Nigel was able to kick out. They then went back and forth trading pinfalls until they both stood up and had a staredown. The crowd got louder and louder as Danielson threw Nigel towards the ropes. Nigel slid threw the ropes, though, but his feet saved him and Nigel came charging back with a huge Lariat. With Dragon down Nigel called for the finish and went and picked the ROH World Champion up. Danielson fought, though, and won the battle by tossing Nigel towards the ropes again. Nigel slid threw the ropes again and came back charging with another Lariat, but this time Danielson ducked. Dragon then turned back and nailed Nigel with a Dragon Suplex. And just like that, Nigel was down for the count. The crowd couldn’t believe it, but once again, Bryan Danielson walked out, still ROH World Heavyweight Champion. An outstanding match this one was, with the sounds of it we seeing one more between these two. ****
-- After the match ended Danielson and Nigel held another staredown, but then Dragon grabbed a microphone. He announced to everyone, “And I, Bryan Danielson, am still your ROH World Heavyweight Champion AND…Best Wrestler in the World Today!” The crowd was half and half there, but then Nigel grabbed the microphone and said back to Dragon, “And I, Nigel McGuinness, am still your ROH Pure Champion AND…Best Pure Wrestler in the World Today!” That got a little bit bigger pop from the crowd, though. Danielson took the microphone back, though, and proposed a challenge to Nigel. Danielson said on October 7 in Detroit, Michigan, No Disqualifications, No Rules, Title vs. Title, one last time! Nigel leaned and just gave Dragon, “See you there……Champ!”
Overall Thoughts:
Sounded like a pretty good show, but can’t really call that as I wasn’t able to attend. Once again I won’t be able to attend tomorrow night, but after that I am looking good.
Seems the last two matches of the night were the two best from what I heard. Now I just want to know, when will Aries and Strong’s reign end and who will be the first ever Double Champion in ROH? Bryan Danielson or Nigel McGuinness?
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Title Clash: August 12, 2006 – Liverpool, England
ROH World Heavyweight Title vs. ROH Pure Title Match
Fall 1: ROH Pure Title
Fall 2: ROH World Heavyweight Title
ROH World Heavyweight Champion Bryan Danielson vs. ROH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness
ROH World Tag Team Title Match
ROH World Heavyweight Champions Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe (The Briscoe Brothers)
FWA Title Match
Robbie Brookside vs. Chad Collyer
Winning Team Gets Tag Title Match On 8/13
Doug Williams & Jody Fleisch (Team England) vs. Go Shiosaki & SUWA (Team Japan)
FWA vs. DG
Mark Sloan vs. Shingo Takagi
ROH vs. CZW
BJ Whitmer vs. Claudio Castagnoli
Four Corner Survival Match
Colt Cabana vs. Matt Sydal vs. Jonny Storm vs. Spud
Challenge Match
Davey Richards vs. Jimmy Rave
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ROH Newswire August Week 2
-- This coming Saturday and Sunday there is a Double Shot in England, Saturday in Liverpool and Sunday in Broxbourne. In Liverpool the Main Event will be a Double Fall Match as it will be ROH World Heavyweight Champion, Bryan Danielson facing ROH Pure Champion, Nigel McGuinness. The first fall will be for the ROH Pure Title and the second fall for the ROH World Heavyweight Title. In Broxbourne the Main Event will be the ROH World Tag Team Champions facing either Team Noah or Team England.
-- The current card for Liverpool is: Danielson vs. Nigel; Aries and Strong vs. Briscoes; Whitmer vs. Claudio; Team NOAH vs. Team England; Four Corner Survival; Davey vs. Rave; and also more.
-- The current card for Broxbourne is: ROH World Tag Team Champions vs. Team England or Team NOAH; ROH World Heavyweight Champion vs. Out of Promotion Talent; ROH Pure Champion vs. Out of Promotion Talent; Cabana vs. Rave; and also more.
-- Two more matches have been announced for Liverpool. It will be FWA Heavyweight Champion, Robbie Brookside defending his title against Chad Collyer. Also, the winner of the match will face the ROH Pure Champion in Broxbourne the next night. And, Dragon Gate talent, Shingo Takagi returns to ROH as it will be a DG vs. FWA Match as Takagi faces Mark Sloan.
-- On Glory By Honor V weekend The Briscoe Brothers will be in action. On Night 1, The Briscoe Brothers will face KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji in a dream tag team match. More to come soon for The Briscoe Brothers for Night 2.
-- Survival of the Fittest will return for ROH on October 6 in Cleveland, Ohio. Three competitors have already been announced with two more coming now. Already announced were Bryan Danielson, Samoa Joe and Roderick Strong. Now in are Austin Aries and BJ Whitmer just to make this years even better.
-- That is it for this short newswire. England is getting closer and closer and things only get better and better.
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Show Review ROH Fight Of The Century (08/05/06) Results & Thoughts
By Jacob Baron
-- Ring of Honor returned to Edison, New Jersey, on August 5, 2006, for “Fight Of The Century,” which it just might be as the ROH World Heavyweight Champion faced off against Samoa Joe. The Inman Sports Club was packed, more than I have ever seen, probably up to 1,000 people in attendance. A lot of people wanted to see this Fight Of The Century.
1. Colt Cabana defeats Sal Rinauro at 8:52.
This match was basically all comedy. Cabana got a huge pop and Sal Rinauro came down with everyone from The Embassy. So right when Rave got in the ring, the TP’s flew. But Rave quickly pussied out and left. The match got underway with a dance off, but Nana got Rinauro to snap out of it and start wrestling.
Cabana basically just played around with Sal all match. Cabana kept on doing comedy lockups which pissed off Nana and Haze. The two members of The Embassy at ringside decided to try and distract Cabana, but instead they distracted their own man somehow. This lead to Sal turning right into a huge Lariat. Cabana backed away Nana and Haze and covered Sal for the easy victory. Was some comedy, but even though Sal didn’t really do much, Cabana entertained the crowd. *
2. Shane Hagadorn defeats Bobby Dempsey at 7:54 to retain the ROH Top of the Class Trophy.
Another Shane Hagadorn match, two in two nights is rough. Again was a boring encounter, but this time his opponent got in some offense. The crowd was all for Bobby as the haircut chants once again started up at Hagadorn.
Dempsey had early control, but things turned around when he went and charged at Hagadorn in the corner and the Top of the Class Trophy holder moved out of the way. Hagadorn hit a Clothesline on Bobby nearing the end, but he wouldn’t go down. He tried two more times, but Bobby just wouldn’t go down. So Hagadorn came running once again and just nailed Bobby with a Dropkick to the knee. Hagadorn then locked in a boring arm bar submission hold to make Bobby Dempsey tap out. A very boring match here, just like his one last night. 1/2*
3. Nigel McGuinness defeats Christopher Daniels, Claudio Castagnoli and Sterling James Kennan at 15:48.
Jay Lethal was suppose to return to ROH tonight since it was back near his hometown of Elizabeth, but Lethal cancelled late and instead of him we got Sterling James Kennan. I knew it wasn’t going to be him, but the other three all had a chance.
Sterling James Kennan came out impressing everyone early while Claudio acted like a pussy every time getting tagged in tagging back out or when someone looks for a tag he jumps off the apron. Nigel was over in this match, but not as much as the Fallen Angel. Claudio of course had major heat with Kennan not really getting a response. Daniels got the crowd even more into it, though, when he took Claudio, who wasn’t a legal man, and nailed his head into the turnbuckle. He was dangling on the apron when Nigel tagged him in.
This lead to having Claudio to almost stay in for the rest of the match to basically embarrass himself. Claudio was finally able to tag in Nigel coming down to the finish. It was Nigel and Kennan in the ring with Daniels on the apron and Claudio taking a rest on the outside. Nigel cleared Daniels off the apron, though, with a comedy poke to the eyes. Kennan tried to get a sneaky victory then over Nigel with a rollup, but Nigel kicked out and locked Kennan right into some sort of submission. I believe it was some modification of the Anaconda Vice, but anyway, Kennan tapped out to give Nigel the victory. This was an exciting match with a victor who makes sense to give him more momentum going into Liverpool. ***
-- After the match was over Nigel rolled to the outside and grabbed his Pure Title as well as a microphone. He then rolled back in the ring and lifted up his Pure Title saying that the title is a symbol. And the symbol means that he is the best Pure Wrestler in the World. He then said at Liverpool, he will show everyone that he isn’t just the best Pure Wrestler in the World, but the Best Wrestling in the World, even better then Danielson. Nigel finished up saying, “I am the best there is, the best there was, and the………well, well you know the rest” giving the crowd a chuckle.
4. Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeats Dave and Jake Crist (Irish Airborne), Jack Evans and Matt Sydal and Jay and Mark Briscoe (The Briscoe Brothers) at 19:17 in an Ultimate Endurance Match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Titles.
This was just nonstop action here. The first fall was Tag Team Scramble Rules to make everything just a little bit crazier. Next was Tap Out Rules which slowed things down, but not to much and finally was normal tag action which was still exciting.
Each team was out of control and it is hard to remember what went on during the first fall. Each team had a quick pace at this point to tire everyone down early. So the first elimination came a bit early which was at the 6:02 mark when Mark Briscoe just took out everyone in the match, except for Jay Briscoe and Jake Crist who were still fighting in another spot on the outside, with a Shooting Star Press to the outside. Jay and Jake made it back into the ring where Jay connected with the Jay Driller on Jake Crist elimination him and Dave Crist of the Irish Airborne.
It was now three teams left and the next fall was Tap Out Rules only. Things calmed down a bit as teams started working on others bodies a bit more rather then flying around. After a bit of time, at 14:49 the next elimination came. Jack Evans just nailed Mark Briscoe with a Falcon Arrow and Austin Aries nailed Jay Briscoe with a Sidewalk Slam. Aries and Evans then got involved with each other while Sydal locked in a Reverse Chinlock on Mark Briscoe while Strong locked in the Strong Hold on Jay Briscoe. Mark was the first to tap and it was now down to two teams.
It was down to former stable mates, but now they had to compete against each other. It was now a normal tag team match, but these two teams were getting tired and couldn’t last for so much longer. Sydal tried to end it on Aries by again hitting that Belly to Belly Moonsault Slam, but Strong was there to break it up and then Strong tried to break the back of Sydal. Evans came and broke it up, but he would get met with a couple of huge slaps. Strong then held Jack up and Aries got up and they hit the Hart Attack! Then Aries got up Sydal and went for a Brainbuster, but instead Strong came and slapped Sydal in midair for a Double Team Move. Aries and Strong called for the finish as Aries went up high while Strong picked up Jack. Strong hit a Tiger Driver on Jack while Aries hit the 450 Splash on Sydal. The ROH World Tag Team Champions pinned their former stable mates at the same time to pick up another victory in the Ultimate Endurance. What a match this was just to make Aries and Strong even better as tag champs. ***
-It was now time for Intermission and Bobby Cruise announced that ROH would be back in Long Island, New York on November 25 and tickets were now on sale near the door. It was about a 23 minute Intermission, shorter than usual, but I wasn’t complaining one bit.
5. Delirious defeats Mitch Franklin at 3:44.
Nothing better to see Delirious in action unless it is Delirious is in action getting a victory. This was a basic squash match following Intermission which ROH tends to do nowadays. Mitch Franklin got fed to the Lizard Man and this got the crowd back into things after Intermission. Delirious finished off the young Mitch Franklin quickly with the amazing Chemical Imbalance #2 which the crowd went crazy for. This match was way to short to rate, but it did get the crowd into it.
-- Down came Adam Pearce to the ring getting a chorus of boos. He grabbed a microphone and said that last night he told everyone he has a surprise for Homicide as for Whitmer. Pearce said that as Lt. Commissioner he has booked a match tonight. He said it would be Homicide and BJ Whitmer facing two men in tag team action. Pearce called down Homicide and Whitmer and down came both men with the crowd chanting Homicide’s name. They got in the ring and Homicide snatched the microphone out of Pearce’s hand getting a pop. He asked Pearce what it would be. 3 on 2? 4 on 2? 5 on 2? Thinking it would be a Handicap Match. Pearce politely took the microphone back and said that he said it before; it would be a regular tag team match. Pearce announced that it would be Homicide and BJ Whitmer against himself and……all of a sudden the music of Steve Corino hit! The crowd got on their feet with quite a few chanting Corino’s name. Homicide had a weird smile on his face as he was happy to see Corino. So right now, one wish has been granted for Homicide.
6. BJ Whitmer and Homicide defeats Adam Pearce and Steve Corino by Disqualification at 11:04.
This was just an all out brawl which all four men basically disobeyed the referee. Homicide and Whitmer were really over and Corino was a bit too as it was his return. This match wouldn’t end until someone had to put a stop to it and that is exactly what happened.
It started off as a Tornado Tag Match even though those weren’t the rules, but referee, Paul Turner couldn’t control the four men so it remained like that the rest of the match. Homicide and Corino were basically going at it at all the time unless Pearce would try and jump in and jump Homicide from behind. Steve Corino tried to make the match hardcore by bringing a chair into the ring and went after Homicide. Paul Turner tried to make Corino drop it, but he wouldn’t listen. This winded up to Homicide ducking the chair shot and Corino nailing Turner leaving the match with no referee.
While Turner was down the match was absolute chaos. The match suddenly turned hardcore and it was like Steve Corino and Homicide from past ROH encounters, but with Pearce and Whitmer involved. The match got real dangerous late with Turner still down when Corino got a 2X4 wrapped in barbwire. He brought it into the ring, but the tides turned when Homicide was able to capture the 2X4 barbwire. He did drop it, though, and instead nailed Corino with an Ace Crusher then picked the 2X4 back up waiting for Corino to get to his feet. While Corino was recovering so was Turner without anyone noticing. After Pearce shook Whitmer off outside of the ring, he came in with a chair. Right when Corino got to his feet Homicide was about to whack the 2X4 wrapped in barbwire over the head of Corino, but Pearce out of nowhere nailed Homicide with a steel chair! The crowd couldn’t believe it, but referee, Paul Turner saw it and called for disqualification giving Homicide and Whitmer the victory. A very exciting brawl here which really got the crowd pumped up. ***1/2
-- After the match ended, Pearce and Corino couldn’t believe it and threatened to attack Turner. They didn’t, though, but instead Pearce got on the microphone once again. Pearce told Homicide that he wasn’t done with him and that on August 25 in St. Paul it would be Pearce against Homicide in an Anything Goes Match! Pearce wasn’t done and said on August 26 in Chicago Ridge, it would be Corino against Homicide in a Falls Count Anywhere Match! Pearce and Corino wished Homicide with luck and then left the ring to a chorus of boos.
7. KENTA defeats Davey Richards at 14:40.
One of the disappointing matches of the night, but it still showed how good these guys are to still make it good. Everyone was expecting a little bit more, but the two performed very well. It actually seemed the two didn’t work well together as they both seemed a bit off of their game. With all of that mentioned, it still was one of the better matches, though.
The match kicked off with Davey Richards impressing everyone grounding KENTA with some big kicks, but it didn’t take long until KENTA got some control and got his huge stiff kicks in. The crowd was on fire when KENTA started going crazy with some kicks and chops. After KENTA stiffed up Davey for so long, referee, Todd Sinclair had to stop KENTA to make sure Davey was okay.
Davey continued on and took it like a man. Davey was able to fight back, though, and soon took control when he nailed KENTA with a huge Lariat out of nowhere to make another spark in the match. Davey tried ending it after the Lariat as it seemed he was going for the Shooting Star Press, but KENTA was able to get up in time. KENTA tried to toss Davey off the top, but Davey impressively nailed KENTA with a Hurricanrana.
Coming down towards the finish it seemed Davey might pick up the upset victory as he just connected with a huge Enziguri. Davey then got KENTA up and nailed a Lungblower. It seemed Davey was in full control, but he wasn’t. Davey went for the finish with the Shooting Star Press, but KENTA got his knees up. KENTA took back the advantage with a couple of stiff kicks. He then nailed his huge Running Knee Strike. KENTA went for the Go 2 Sleep, but Davey avoided it, but Davey still walked into a huge Fisherman’s Buster. Amazingly, KENTA kept the leg hook and rolled back to his feet still holding Davey over his head. KENTA then dropped to the mat with a Fisherman’s Suplex and kept the bridge picking up the victory of Davey Richards. Like I said, it wasn’t as good as expected, but it still was a good match. ***
8. Bryan Danielson drew with Samoa Joe in a Time Limit Draw at 60:00 to let Bryan Danielson retain his ROH World Heavyweight Title.
A really amazing match here between the current ROH World Heavyweight Champion and the longest reigning ROH World Heavyweight Champion. These two men gave it their all and they made it a Match of the Year Candidate. Danielson made sure Joe wouldn’t become the first two time World Heavyweight Champion in ROH history as he made sure he made no mistakes, but Joe did the same as he wanted to be the one to end Dragon’s reign.
The chants started up the match with the crowd chanting back and forth, “Let’s go Joe! Let’s go Dragon!” Early on, Dragon gets a rollup for a nearfall and Danielson mocks Joe, telling him how close he came to winning it. There are lots of armbars, headlocks and reversals in the first 15 minutes, and it’s obvious this one is going to be long. About 10 minutes in, Joe suddenly gets free from a headlock and lays in some hard chops that jolts the crowd. Dragon fought back, though, and immediately got back a headlock in.
A little later on Dragon trying to get Joe down onto the mat with some Shoulder Blocks, but it doesn’t affect Joe at all. Joe then comes back with a Shoulder Block of his own knocking down Danielson. There was then a few more quick nearfalls by each man, before the Champion rolled out of the ring to the floor. Joe followed Dragon, though, and now they started battling on the floor. Joe got the upper hand with many slaps to the face and set up for the huge Ole Kick. The crowd got into it and Joe smashed Dragon’s face into a ROH sign in front of the barriers. Joe then rolled Dragon back in the ring, but that wasn’t enough for Joe to take the victory.
About halfway through the match both men are showing some signs of tiredness, but they continue to go back and forth. Dragon tried to slow the pace down a bit and that is what he did as he locked in many different holds on the upper body of Joe. Danielson tried to get Joe into the Cattle Mutilation, but every time Joe would break away from it. Once Joe got back onto his feet for good, he took back the advantage after a few Kawada Kicks and then a huge Enziguri. Joe then locked in a Boston Crab in the middle of the ring, but Dragon was able to slide his way across the ring to the ropes.
Around the 40 minute mark, Joe called for the finish and pointed to the corner. Joe lifted Dragon up and set him up on the turnbuckle. Joe tried to set Danielson up for the Muscle Buster, but the Champion fought out of it and pushed Joe away. Joe came charging back, though, and jumped up nailing Dragon with a kick to the side of the head. Joe then lifted Danielson up and dropped him with the Muscle Buster! Everyone thought it was over, but Dragon was close enough to the ropes to get his foot on the bottom rope! Joe couldn’t believe it and took his eye of Dragon. This allowed the Champion to recover and get up and nail Joe with a Dragon Suplex out of nowhere. He held Joe down, but forgot to bridge so it almost was a Double Pin, but at the last second Danielson let go.
The last 10 minutes was the most exciting, of course, with the crowd not quieting down. Dragon was able to lift Joe up and spun him around and around with an Airplane Spin which lasted for about 15 spins, which isn’t bad with the factor of Joe’s weight and they have been going at it for 50 minutes already. When they both shook the dizziness off, Dragon came charging at Joe and nailed him with a Roaring Elbow Smash, but Joe stayed on his feet. Danielson then grabbed Joe and started to nail him with repeated Elbow’s to the head. He was able to hit at least 20 in a row until Joe fought out of it hitting Dragon with a Back Body Drop. With about 5 minutes left, Danielson was able to lock in the Cattle Mutilation. It seemed Joe was about to give up, but he was able to fight out of the hold, without getting to the ropes. Both men got to their feet and they started slapping each other back and forth. Joe then exploded with a large number of slaps on Dragon. Joe then came charging and nailed Danielson with a huge Yakuza Kick making him fly back into the corner. Joe then lifted Dragon up and nailed another Muscle Buster on Dragon, this time in the middle of the ring. There was about a minute left and Joe rolled on top of Danielson. At the last tenth of a second possible, Dragon kicked out. For the final few second each man struggled to get to their feet and once they did get up straight it was all over at the 60 minutes has elapsed. Like I said before, it was an amazing match, but I just wish it had a finish. I guess it makes sense with no real finish to set up another match, but either way, it still is a Match of the Year Candidate. ****1/2
Overall Thoughts:
Another great show by Ring of Honor to end a great weekend. I say this night was a little better then the first as do the 1000 fans in attendance, I believe. The last three matches after the squash match after Intermission were the best three. Number one goes to of course, the main event between Danielson and Joe. Both of these put on a fantastic classic and no wonder why it was called the fight of the century. It is up there near Joe vs. Punk II, but I don’t think it was as good as they had a little bit more something then tonight. But I am excited that we can be expecting another classic between these two men.
My runner-up goes the huge brawl between Homicide and Whitmer against Pearce and Corino. I know for those of you who don’t like hardcore won’t like it as a runner-up, but it is also great when we see Corino and Homicide in the same ring again. I can’t wait until the Falls Count Anywhere between the two in Chicago Ridge, but the match between Homicide and Pearce the night before should be a good one as well.
My bronze goes to KENTA and Davey Richards. I don’t think this was Davey’s best showing in ROH as I believe he has done better things with Jimmy Rave. I hope Davey can get another dream match like this soon, against someone like Joe or Daniels.
Now I just can’t wait until England, but the only thing is I won’t be going…it’s in England! I don’t have that much money. But hearing about Nigel vs. Danielson III should be awesome. I can’t wait.
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Fight Of The Century: August 5, 2006 – Edison, New Jersey
ROH World Heavyweight Title Match
ROH World Heavyweight Champion Bryan Danielson vs. Samoa Joe
Challenge Match
KENTA vs. Davey Richards
ROH World Tag Team Title Ultimate Endurance Match
Fall 1: Tag Team Scramble Rules
Fall 2: Tap Out Rules
Fall 3: Regular Tag Team Rules
ROH Tag Team Champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong vs. Dave Crist and Jake Crist (Irish Airborne) vs. Jack Evans and Matt Sydal vs. Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe (The Briscoe Brothers)
Four Corner Survival
Nigel McGuinness vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Sterling James Kennan vs. Claudio Castagnoli
ROH Top Of The Class Trophy Match
Shane Hagadorn vs. Bobby Dempsey
Challenge Match
Colt Cabana vs. Sal Rinauro
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Show Review ROH Going Out in Style (08/04/06) Results & Thoughts
By Jacob Baron
-- Ring of Honor returned to Long Island, New York, on August 4, 2006, for “Going Out in Style,” featuring AJ Styles last ROH Match for the next four months.
-- The countdown was going and I was ready right in my front row seat right near the entrance area. Right when it hit zero and the music started the crowd erupted like usual. Once everyone came down to the ring, Bobby Cruise did his usual talking welcoming everyone back to Long Island, New York in Sports Plus Entertainment Center. Finally after everything was settled the action was ready to begin.
1. Shane Hagadorn defeats Rhett Titus at 7:41 to retain the ROH Top of the Class Trophy.
Shane Hagadorn was back and finally making more defenses with his trophy as this is only his third after holding the trophy for over two months already. This was your basic student match, nothing too exciting at all. The crowd was all over Hagadorn telling him he sucks and such weird comments as he has bad hair. The match continued, though, as Hagadorn continued to try and be boring only to annoy the fans.
Finally, Titus got moving and nailed the trophy holder with a huge Dropkick, but to only piss Hagadorn off even more. After a few more boring minutes, Hagadorn, who worked on Titus’ arm the whole match got him to tap out after locking in a messily Arm Bar. After Titus worked his way to this match by winning a Six Man Mayhem at DBD, it was worthless as he barley got any offense in against Hagadorn and just couldn’t pull off a victory. 1/2*
2. Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal defeats Dave and Jake Crist (Irish Airborne) at 10:55.
This was a good entertaining match, much better then the curtain jerker. Irish Airborne seemed like they had a tough time getting over here even though I still think they are impressive. They didn’t impress me enough as Daniels and Sydal are just a genius booking by Gabe for putting them together. They worked perfectly together and seemed like they have been working together for a few years now.
Irish Airborne was trying to fly around and win the match, but that wouldn’t work as they just hurt themselves more because their aerial attacks backfired. After Daniels got rid of Jake Crist after he hit a Splash Mountain, I believe, Daniels and Sydal went crazy on Dave Crist. The ending was amazing and very exciting. Sydal got the crowd exploding from their chairs after he hit Dave with a back flip Belly to Belly Suplex. I couldn’t believe what I just saw and I thought it was over, but it wasn’t. Daniels did his thing and nailed Dave with the Best Moonsault Ever and then Sydal jumped on Dave and gave them the victory. A very exciting victory it was for Daniels and Sydal. **
-- After the match was over, Chris Daniels just wanted to give his partner a little praise. So he got on the microphone and told everyone that him and Sydal connected perfectly together and told everyone that the team of Daniels and Sydal will make it far. Daniels said maybe as far as the ROH Tag Team Titles. I would love to see that happen, especially a match between Aries and Strong against Daniels and Sydal. That would be godlike.
-- It was time for some more ROH vs. CZW battle, but before Colt could kick Claudio’s ass, Claudio had to say his two cents. Claudio of course put down ROH and said that he doesn’t want to work here, but has to because of his contract. Claudio then compared Colt Cabana, his opponent, with ROH, they are both crap which got the crowd rallied up. They were booing at Claudio like crazy, but he didn’t care because he was here to do one thing win, which isn’t going to happen!
3. Colt Cabana defeats Claudio Castagnoli at 12:54.
Man was this exciting or what. This was amazing interaction between the fans and Claudio and the fans and Colt. Right when the bell rang the crowd chanted for a dance off which got Claudio laughing. Colt started doing his thing, but stupid Claudio had to ruin the fun.
Double C somehow controlled this whole match which really pissed me and the rest of the crowd off. Thank god things turned around late in the match when Cabana fought back with European Uppercuts of his own while Claudio was hitting them on Colt. The crowd then started chanting “Colt Cabana” followed by “Claudio Sucks” making Colt the ultra face. The end looked like it was near for Claudio as Colt was looking for the Colt 45, but somehow Claudio fought out of it!
Roll ups back and forth then went on and there were so many near falls. That finally stopped and Claudio went for the Ricola Bomb, but Colt slipped out of it and rolled Claudio back up to get a pinfall. Cheap? It may be, but CZW got shut down again, just like they did the last three out of the four shows! This was a very good match even if it had the traitor of Double C. A lot of technical action going on, but it was exciting. **3/4
4. Bryan Danielson defeats Jack Evans at 13:16.
Can’t get any better then having the ROH World Heavyweight Champion, Bryan Danielson in action. It can get worse, though, as Danielson wasn’t defending the title so the match wasn’t as meaningful for Dragon. It still was a good match, though, as Evans wanted to pin Dragon so he could actually get the title shot.
Both men were really over with the crowd chanting for both men. One huge spot happened early on when Evans nailed Dragon with a huge Hurricanrana, followed up with a Corkscrew 450 Splash. Jack wasn’t done, though, but Dragon thought he was. The World Champ rolled out of the ring to regain his breath only to hear the crowd chanting “Please Don’t Die” as Jack is up high flying right towards Dragon nailing him with a Corkscrew 630 Splash, I believe it was. The crowd was going nuts for what they just saw.
Everyone figured Jack would pin the Champion after that, but that didn’t happen as I was a little upset because I would have loved to see another one of these matches. Anyway, Dragon battled his way back into this and was able to connect with a Dragon Suplex, but he couldn’t bridge it well and it was almost a Double Pinfall. Dragon then flipped over, though, and locked in the Cattle Mutilation. It was obviously over after that as I don’t think I remember seeing anyone really breaking out of it unless they got to the ropes. Jack didn’t get to the ropes, but instead tapped out. It was a very good match, though, even though I was for Dragon, I believe Evans deserves another shot at Dragon some other time down the line. ***
5. Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeats Adam Pearce and BJ Whitmer, Homicide and Ricky Reyes (The Rottweilers) and Jimmy Rave and Sal Rinauro (The Embassy) at 18:34 in an Ultimate Endurance Match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Titles.
This was a real exciting one just like the others. The ROH World Tag Team Champions had two of these going into tonight and tomorrow night. I was thinking they would lose them in one of these Ultimate Endurance Matches, but the way they performed tonight, they showed everyone how good they really are.
The first fall of the match was for a team to tap out and I was thinking to myself who can make someone tap out. The only person I had in my mind was Roderick Strong with the Strong Hold. Ricky Reyes was then another thought as well, but my first though was correct. Aries and Strong dominated the field early by knocking most of the teams out of the ring. The first elimination finally happened at the 9:02 when Roderick Strong flipped Rave to the mat and locked in the Strong Hold. Rave’s new partner had a chance to help out Rave, but he totally fucked up as he went to break up the submission, but slipped on the mat and fell short to break it up.
The comedy came in after The Embassy was eliminated as the way up the ramp, Rave, Nana and Haze started screaming at Rinauro. I guess it hasn’t been a good start for Sal. Back with the match, though, the next elimination came a few minutes later at 12:46. The second fall was settled by Scramble Tag Rules. This part was chaos as Homicide really wanted Pearce. Both men really battled rough back and forth. Homicide chants were getting louder and louder, but then out of nowhere, BJ Whitmer attacked Adam Pearce! Whitmer, I guess, had enough of Pearce’s shit and he wants to help Homicide battle against Pearce and Cornette. Pearce wound up nailing Ricky Reyes with a chair getting him and Whitmer disqualified. Whitmer wasn’t so much worried and Pearce was just happy he got away from Homicide.
It was now down to the ROH World Tag Team Champions and The Rottweilers, but Ricky Reyes was knocked out with a huge steel chair shot. Homicide was on his own for a good three minutes until Reyes got up. It was back to a two on one, though, when Pearce tripped up Reyes and brought him out of the ring. Homicide was sick of Pearce’s actions and went for him on the outside. Whitmer went to help as well and now it was a two on one on the outside. Meanwhile, Reyes got back in the ring and got nailed with a huge Backbreaker from Strong and then the 450 Splash by Aries to let the Tag Champions to retain in a great match. This wasn’t an amazing Ultimate Endurance Match, but it still was very exciting. ***
-- I was thinking it was time for Intermission, but not exactly as Adam Pearce was able to escape from Whitmer and Homicide and get a microphone somewhere in the crowd. He stood on a chair and told Homicide that tomorrow night he has a big surprise for him as he will enjoy what the surprise will be. Pearce added that Whitmer won’t get off easy, though, as he will also be involved tomorrow night.
-- It was now time for Intermission and Bobby Cruise announced that ROH would be back in Long Island, New York on November 24 and tickets were now on sale near the door. So during the 25 minute Intermission, I first went towards the door and bought a front row ticket for the show on November 24. I saw Cary and shook his hand and said a few friendly words. I was a bit hungry so I grabbed a freaking five dollar sub that was like the size of my hand. After that I went to the Merchandise Table. I got my next DVD’s for my collection which was How We Roll and Ring of Homicide. After I did everything I needed, I had about a minute to spare out my seat. The music then started up and the crowd started getting loud again. The action was about to start back up.
6. Chad Collyer defeats Pelle Primeau at 2:55.
A simple squash match starting the action back up. The thing surprised me, though, was Chad Collyer wrestling back on the East Coast. No one really cared as people still took this as Intermission. Not entertaining at all as I really think Collyer is boring. Collyer won with his usual Texas Cloverleaf on Pelle. To short of a match to be rated, though, nothing exciting.
-- Out came one of my ROH favorites, Nigel McGuinness. He had his regular McGuinness Shirt on with the Pure Title around his waist. He cut a promo first on Delirious saying that in England it is a rule that the competitor must be able to speak English, which Delirious can’t do, to be able to wrestle. The crowd got a kick out of that, but Delirious just stayed squatting down in the corner. Nigel then went onto talking about Bryan Danielson and told him that the first time they faced he won. Then last week they faced and Danielson cheaply won. Nigel said that next week in Liverpool it will be Nigel vs. Danielson III. He also noted that the match will be a two fall match with the first fall being for the ROH Pure Title and the next fall for the ROH World Heavyweight Title. Nigel said this time he will keep his Pure Title and also take the ROH World Heavyweight Title proving Danielson why he is the Best Wrestler in the World. I really loved this promo, as I do with all of Nigel’s. I really can’t wait until Nigel vs. Dragon III.
7. Nigel McGuinness defeats Delirious at 13:54.
Another exciting match here, basically like the rest on the card. Delirious was into this match just like the way he faced Bryan Danielson. Delirious wanted to finally get a title in ROH, but I knew in my head he had no chance because I knew we were seeing Champion vs. Champion against in Liverpool.
Delirious had a quick start taking control pretty early. He really impressed most of the crowd and had them behind him. Delirious blew the chance basically when he fell for the head stand in the corner by Nigel. After Nigel did that, he was cruising the rest of the way. I thought it was over after Nigel nailed Delirious with a huge Lariat, but somehow the lizard man kicked out. The crowd was back behind Delirious and he fought back. He went and threw Nigel in the ropes this time, but Nigel went in-between the ropes and bounced back with another Lariat.
Nobody could believe it. Just when Delirious seemed to get the control once again, Nigel came back out of nowhere. I knew the finish was coming as Nigel put Delirious onto the turnbuckle. He then locked his head and nailed a sick Towers of London. It was all over after that and Nigel made another title defense. This means Nigel will be for sure Champion going into Liverpool. I enjoyed this match. Not the best match, but I really like Nigel and Delirious. ***
8. Davey Richards and KENTA defeated Jay and Mark Briscoe (The Briscoe Brothers) at 14:50.
One of my favorite overall tag teams against a great rising star and the ever so popular, KENTA. What a match this was. This really got the crowd pumped up the match before the main event. KENTA was really over like always and Davey kept on getting into the crowds head.
Early on the advantage was towards the team who has been tagging for a much longer time, The Briscoes. They took advantage of the inexperienced team of Davey and KENTA. However, Davey and KENTA wouldn’t give up as these two men were fighters who wouldn’t quit. KENTA got a hot tag from Davey towards the midway point of the match. He was striking both Briscoes back and forth really entertaining the crowd. KENTA nailed his Running Knee Strike on Jay as well as a few huge kicks to the chest on Mark.
The ending, though, saw Davey Richards getting double teamed by The Briscoes. With KENTA down on the outside everyone thought it was ending with The Briscoes winning. KENTA stopped that, though, when Mark went up high when they looked for a Spike Jay Driller. KENTA pushed Mark off the top and tripped up Jay. Davey once again made another hot tag to KENTA and it was done from there. Everyone was on their feet screaming KENTA’s name as he nailed Jay with the Running Knee Strike. KENTA then nailed the Go 2 Sleep which I saw perfectly, which was amazing. KENTA covered and that was all. So far the match of the night, but with Joe vs. Styles coming up next, I think this could be topped. ***1/2
9. Samoa Joe defeats AJ Styles at 23:50.
Just like I thought, this match topped the previous. Joe and Styles put on a classic which no one will probably forget. This was Styles last match before leaving ROH for four whole months. He left on a high note even though he came up with the loss.
Dueling chants started off the match with the crowd going back and forth chanting, “Let’s go Styles, Let’s go Joe!” I, of course, was chanting for Joe, who is my favorite ROH wrestler. Joe took the early advantage with some stiff strikes and then grounding Styles. Joe got some stiff kicks to the back of Styles, but AJ came back grounding Joe and doing the same to him. After about five minutes of action, both men stood face to face in the middle of the ring.
The action then started back up again and this time AJ took control. AJ stayed with it for a while, but he did not bore down the crowd. He was trying to weaken Joe while also running around nailing Joe from all different angles. Styles seemed to be losing control, but then he was able to connect with one of my favorite moves, the Pele Kick. Styles thought it was over then, but I knew it wasn’t.
It was now time for Joe to take control a little later, though, and this got me out of my seat. Joe started smacking the leaving hell out of Styles, but Styles started slapping back. The crowd was on their feet and started the chant again. Joe took down Styles, though, and Joe was looking to lock in the Rear Naked Choke. I knew if Joe got it locked in it was over, but AJ didn’t allow it.
Finally the match was nearing its end when AJ just nailed Joe with a Roaring Elbow from the top rope. Joe was down and AJ went up high. He flew with the Spiral Tap which got the crowd back on their feet to stay for good. Joe got his knees up, though, and Styles had a rocky landing. Both men got up about the same time, though, and AJ went for another Pele Kick. I thought I would see it again, but Joe instead nailed Styles with a huge kick in the gut! Joe then lifted AJ up onto the turnbuckle and then picked him up from the corner and planted AJ with the Muscle Buster. Joe covered Styles, but he got his foot on the rope! I couldn’t believe, neither did anyone else. Joe lifted Styles up, but Styles out of nowhere lifted Joe and got him in position for the Styles Clash! It looked as if he was going to hit it, but Joe slid through it and then ground AJ and this time locked in the Rear Naked Choke. AJ was down for and wound up tapping out. What a classic this put on like I said and deserves and very high rating. ****
-- After the match ended, Samoa Joe helped up AJ Styles and grabbed a microphone. Joe thanked all the fans for coming and then thanked AJ for the wonderful match they just put on. Joe called down the roster with most of the faces coming down. I think they played this off a bit to much as it wasn’t Styles last match ever in ROH only for the next four months. Anyway, Styles was able to talk and just thanked the fans and said that he appreciates them. He also said that when he comes back in four months he will be going after something he really wants, the ROH World Heavyweight Title. Now I can’t wait until he comes back so I can see a classic match between AJ and Dragon for the Title if Danielson is still Champion.
Overall Thoughts:
My thoughts overall is that this was a really good show. Not one of the best of this year, but it was up there. I really enjoyed most of the card except for the Top of the Class Trophy Match and the boring, Chad Collyer match. Besides those, it was a fun night. Now I can’t wait until tonight, as it 3:30 over here. As we got Joe vs. Danielson, KENTA vs. Davey, Ultimate Endurance, Four Corner Survival, and much more. I can’t wait. Once again this was a great night. For about the 300 fans in attendance at the Sports Plus Entertainment Center in Long Island, New York, I believe most of them enjoyed this ROH Event.
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Going Out In Style: August 4, 2006 – Long Island, New York
Main Event
Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles
KENTA and Davey Richards vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe
Non-Title
Bryan Danielson vs. Jack Evans
ROH World Tag Team Title Ultimate Endurance Match
Fall 1: Tap Out Rules
Fall 2: Tag Team Scramble Rules
Fall 3: Regular Tag Team Rules
ROH World Tag Team Champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong vs. Adam Pearce and BJ Whitmer vs. Homicide and Ricky Reyes (The Rottweilers) Jimmy Rave and Sal Rinauro (The Embassy)
Pure Title Match
ROH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness vs. Delirious
Challenge Match
Colt Cabana vs. Claudio Castagnoli
Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal vs. Dave and Jake Crist (Irish Airborne)
TNA From A Different “Angle”
in The Dome Retro Room
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iMPACT!
January 4, 2007
Who is the Mystery Man?
The NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Sting walked down the entrance tunnel as iMPACT! began. It was a great way to start off the two hour timeslot. Sting got in the ring and asked for a microphone while his championship shined in the light.
Sting: Owwwww! Stizz-inger in the house! Woooo, baby! Man does it feel good to be the World Champion.
Sting paused as he just listened the crowd chant his name “Stinger” and the Champion was really enjoying it.
Sting: You know guys, I was World Champion before, but I don’t remember it like this. I don’t remember the Stinger whooping Jeff Jarrett’s ass at every single Pay-Per-View! And you know, I am loving it. Jeff, Final Resolution, my team…your team…Lethal Lockdown! It happened before Jeff, but nothing like this. Stinger has the War Machine, Rhino! Stinger has the undefeated Samoan Submission Machine, Samoa Joe! Oww! Oh yea, and the Stinger has the Olympic Gold Medalist, who is waiting for his chance to break you god damn ankle, Kurt Angle! Wooo, baby!
All of a sudden Sting is cut off though, as Jeff Jarrett’s music hits and down walks the King of the Mountain with his backup, Scott Steiner. Jarrett gets in the ring and demands for a microphone.
Jeff Jarrett: Listen here Stinger. I have been in this company from the start and have walked through competition like walking threw grass in an open land. I have beat you before and at Final Resolution I will beat not only you again, but as well as your other boys.
The crowd starts booing at Jarrett as Sting quickly cuts in.
Sting: Hey Jeff, listen here……slapnutz!
Slapnutz got a huge reaction from the crowd and they started chanting “Jarrett Sucks” which Steiner and Jarrett just shook their head to.
Sting: Now Jeff, we have all heard you run your mouth on every single show, but right now we just want one thing…who is your final man! Who is it?!
Jeff Jarrett: You want to know? Sting, do you really want to know? How about all of you, do you want to know?
The crowd starts getting on their feet clapping, but it comes to a quick finish.
Jeff Jarrett: Well…you will know like me and Steiner come next week after he is on iMPACT! kicking your ass Stinger!
Jarrett and Steiner then leave the ring to a chorus of boos as Sting just looks on in shock as if he was actually going to get an answer. Right before Jarrett left threw the tunnel though; he has one last thing to say.
Jeff Jarrett: Oh yeah, Stinger, I have a good feeling, you know this man very…very…well. Now choke on that……slapnutz!
The crowd continues back with the booing as Sting still looks on in shock until he finally leaves the ring looking pretty upset.
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AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels vs. Black EnterTainment (Monty Brown and Ron Killings) w/Elix Skipper
Ron Killings rap was heard and down came BET ready to take on the returning team of Styles and Daniels. The beginning of Daniels music hit and then followed up with the rest of Styles as the team walked down to the ring to a huge pop. Before they could even get in the ring though, they were met on the outside by all three members of BET for a pre-match beat down. As the brawling went on, Skipper rolled onto the apron and jumped up onto the second rope then to the third and flew to the outside taking down Styles with a Double Springboard Moonsault. Killings then rolled into the ring and flew to the outside taking down Daniels with a Corkscrew Splash. All of BET then headed into the ring as Daniels and Styles recovered. Brown then called for something and made it like he was flying to the outside, but only faked it.
Styles and Daniels finally got into the ring to let the match begin making Skipper having to leave the ring. After Skipper was forced to leave the ring, Styles and Daniels got in some offense getting the crowd a little loud as they haven’t seen them in the ring for a while now. Everything went down hill for Styles and Daniels though after Skipper got on the apron and distracted the referee. While this went on, Killings dropped to the mat and went to nail Styles with a low blow. Daniels tried to make the save before Killings hit it, but Monty Brown came charging out of nowhere nailing Daniels with a huge Pounce. Skipper then got of the apron and took Daniels to the outside. In the meantime, while Styles got up, Brown charged at him and nailed Styles with the Pounce! Styles went flying into the corner and was being held up by the turnbuckle. Ron Killings finished things off with the Truth or Consequences giving BET the victory.
After the match was over, Christopher Daniels rolled back in the ring and helped up a fallen AJ Styles. They both sat on their knees just shaking their heads not knowing what is next for the two.
Winner: Black EnterTainment (Monty Brown and Ron Killings)
A Hint on the Mystery Man?
Backstage Jeremy Borash is shown running up towards Scott Steiner. It seems he has something important to ask him.
Jeremy Borash: Sting, Samoa Joe, Rhino, and Kurt Angle on one team, Jeff Jarrett, Christian Cage, you Scott Steiner and WHO on the other team? Do you know anything about the mystery man?
Scott Steiner: You know, I have been hearing everywhere I go, who is the mystery man? Well you heard Jarrett. Find out next week before the Big Bad Booty Daddy goes crazy on you. Because, I am about to SNAP! And you don’t want your head stuck in-between these arms of the genetic freak!
Borash is trembling in fear as Steiner walks away and Borash is just lost for words.
House of Fun
Outside in the dark, Raven is shown just looking into the sky. He then looks straight at the camera and has something to say.
Raven: Sometimes…you want to escape your fears, you want to run away and hide, you don’t want to be seen by no one. This is what Abyss should be doing because he doesn’t know who he is messing with. I have been with the best in the ring and they have feared me. They have feared me for many reasons…maybe because I am blood thirsty or maybe just because I am a scary guy. Now Abyss, you might think I fear you, but the Raven doesn’t fear anyone. When someone is coming after you, you will know who it is, that is Raven. Now, at Final Resolution, stipulation to be announced…well, I have something for you Abyss. I am the way to the city of misery. I am the way to forsaken people. I am the way to everlasting distress. How about if you walk with me Abyss, walk with me to a place I love and soon you will fear. Walk with me, to Raven’s House of Fun! Quoth the Raven…Never…
All of a sudden Raven abruptly goes flying off scream as it has been seemed as he has been hit by a train. As a matter of fact it was Abyss with James Mitchell right behind him. The camera zoomed in as Raven was on the ground with Abyss choking him out with a metal chain.
James Mitchell: Raven, you just don’t understand. Nothing can stop my Weapon of Mass Destruction in The Monster, Abyss! For your offering this match, you will pay dearly! Because once I say what is needed, it will be the end of the line for you Raven. Click! DOOMSDAY!
Abyss applies the choke harder with the chain eventually stopping and making his usual pose as the camera faded away.
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Bobby Roode vs. Eric Young
First out was Bobby Roode getting chants of “Boring” on his way down to the ring. Eric Young was out next looking really nervous coming down the ring as the crowd chanted “Don’t Fire Eric” which got Eric into the match a little bit. Right when Young got into the ring though, the beat down began as Roode attacked him right away. Bobby Roode got Eric Young in the corner and just started pounding away at the midsection. Soon enough Young kicked away though, and got some offense in on his own.
Young wasn’t paying to much attention to the match though, as after he ground Roode with the Lou Thesz Press and pounded away, Young got up and did his little dance as the crowd chanted “Don’t Fire Eric”. With Young’s mind off the match though, Roode got back up and just wrecked Young with a Northern Lariat. Roode made the cocky cover and won the match against his former teammate who he won two Tag Titles with him.
Winner: Bobby Roode
The Manager is…
After the match was over Bobby Roode grabbed a microphone and got right to the point.
Bobby Roode: For the past few months I have been in search for the manager to bring me to the top. And now I have finally got the person to bring me to the main event. My manager is……
All of a sudden down walks a man with a fur coat and sunglasses on.
Bobby Roode: JOEL GERTNER!
Gertner slowly walked down to the ring getting a few claps from the crowd, but most of the crowd was giving Gertner heat. When he got in the ring he shook Roode’s hand and took the microphone.
Joel Gertner: Well, well, well……look who is back in TNA…it’s the Quintessential Studmuffin, Joel Gertner……ME! Now I am back for one reason and one reason only, to take Bobby Roode to the top!
The crowd starts booing and chanting “Boring”.
Joel Gertner: Heh, funny, I was getting the exact opposite words from all of your mothers last night! Now…before I was rudely interrupted, I said I will be taking Bobby Roode back to the top and win the World Heavyweight Championship. And his first victim with me will be……hey you, you piece shit!
Gertner points at Young who is recovering on the outside. Young looks all excited and points at himself.
Joel Gertner: You want a rematch against my Bobby Roode? Huh? Well to bad…because I am Joel, do whatever the hell want and mom banging, Gertner!
Gertner and Roode then leave the ring as Young looks on with a sad looking face.
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The Paparazzi vs. Team Jackass (Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt)
First down to the ring was a bit of the fan favorite, Team Jackass in Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt. The two have been having troubles lately along with Sabin, but they seemed fine as they carted down the ring in a shopping cart. Next down was The Paparazzi and Johnny Devine went and set up the camera while both men got major heat. Right as the bell rang, Jay Lethal got fired up and started things off with Johnny Devine. As the match started they showed Kevin Nash watching the match from the rafters, but a few minutes later he was gone.
During the match while Shelley and Dutt were going at it in the ring, down came Kevin Nash. Nash was just watching the action from the top of the ramp watching Team Jackass take total control. Nash didn’t like he was seeing from his boys so came down near ringside. This helped The Paparazzi dearly as Lethal and Dutt were distracted by Nash. Lethal and Dutt’s problems continued as they argued on who would fly to the outside to try and take down Nash. They argued a bit too long though, and took their minds of Shelley and Devine. Soon enough, The Paparazzi snuck behind Lethal and Dutt and rolled them up getting the Double Pinfall victory.
After the match ended Dutt and Lethal continued arguing in the ring as The Paparazzi rolled to the outside and started talking to Kevin Nash. Nash wasn’t done yet though, and entered the ring. Lethal and Dutt then turned their attention to Nash. Lethal charged, but went flying into the turnbuckle with the Snake Eyes. Dutt then charged, but got hit with a Big Boot. Nash then picked up Dutt and hit a huge Sidewalk Slam. Nash followed up on Lethal and hit the Jackknife Powerbomb and then thought it was enough and left the ring with the rest of The Paparazzi Productions.
Winners: The Paparazzi
The Shazarian Return
Backstage are Matt Bentley and Frankie Kazarian sitting down talking to each other.
Matt Bentley: You know Frankie, ever since I left the name Shane I have been a loser. With you, when we were Shazarian, we were ruling the X Division. I think it is time again for us to be Shane…and…Kazarian. No Matt Bentley, no Frankie, just Shane and Kazarian!
Kazarian: I like what I am hearing……Shane.
Shane: Yeah, now Shazarian will be back on top soon enough.
All of a sudden though, a voice is heard from a dark area.
Mystery Man: Hey, you guys want to be back on top? Let me manage you starting at Final Resolution and I will show you how to be real winners.
Shane/Kazarian: Tell us more…
Shazarian walks off with some mystery man in the dark area talking more about his managerial services.
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Who Will Lead Team Sting?
As we come back from break Samoa Joe’s theme hits as the crowd gives Joe a huge pop coming through the entrance tunnel. Joe gets in the ring and grabs a microphone.
Samoa Joe: Final Resolution, Samoa Joe shows everyone how hungry he is. Samoa Joe will be the last man left earning anything he wants. And that anything is a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. After Final Resolution, Sting, I am coming for you!
The crowd makes Joe pause as they begin to chant his name.
Samoa Joe: Now everyone knows that Joe is gonna kill all of Team Jarrett including that little scumbag Jarrett himself!
Joe is then cut off though, as the music of Kurt Angle plays as the crowd pops as the Olympic Gold Medalist comes down to the ring. Angle grabs a microphone and gets right into the face of Joe.
Kurt Angle: Final Resolution, I will be the only man left and get my shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Title!
Joe then cuts Angle off as things start to get heated.
Samoa Joe: I don’t think you know who I am. I am Samoa Joe and I am pro wrestling and I am the baddest mfer on this planet!
Kurt Angle: Well whoop-idi-dan-do! I am Kurt, freakin’, Angle, I won an Olympic Gold medal with a freakin’ broken neck and I am the only Angle in this six sided ring!
Angle and Joe then get up in each other faces, but they are broken up as Sting comes out once again and is standing on the entrance ramp.
Sting: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Calm down guys. After Final Resolution I am up for any challengers and you two can be the first two on my list! Just get past tonight, next week and Final Resolution and then you can whoop each others asses all you want. Now just listen to Stinger and break this up.
Kurt Angle: Joe! You damn lucky I didn’t break your damn ankle because if it wasn’t for Sting your ankle would have been in more than one piece!
Joe leaves the ring and walks up the opposite ramp then Sting and Angle as everyone can feel the tension between Angle and Joe heading towards Final Resolution.
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Austin Starr and Senshi vs. Chris Sabin and Petey Williams
Out first was former TNA X Division Champion Senshi getting some pops, but as well as some heat. Right behind him is the Number One Contender for the X Division Title, Austin Starr. Once both men got in the ring, “Hail Sabin” was heard and down came Chris Sabin. Shortly after, down came the X Division Champion, Petey Williams. Petey and Sabin slid in the ring and Starr and Senshi attacked right away. Senshi started off on Sabin while Starr took on Petey. The action was very hot and fast pace. Things turned for the worst for Sabin and Petey though, when Kevin Nash headed back down to the ring. Sabin saw him coming down and tried to take him out with a dive, but Nash caught him and threw him into the steel barrier. Nash then nailed the Jackknife Powerbomb on Sabin onto the steel steps leaving him down and out.
For the rest off the match it was just a two on one as Sabin had to be helped to the back. Petey tried to show his toughness and fight off both men, but the X Division Champion couldn’t do it himself. He went for the Canadian Destroyer on Starr, but Senshi out of nowhere nailed Petey with a huge kick to the back of the head. Starr then lifted Petey up and hit a Brainbuster. This lead to both Senshi and Starr going up high. First to fly was Senshi connecting with the Warrior’s Way on Petey. Starr then flew and landed right on Petey with the 450 Splash. Starr hooked the Champion’s legs and won the match by pinning the Champion, a little over a week before they collide with the title on the line.
Winners: Austin Starr and Senshi
More Like Bore Machine
Backstage was Christian Cage standing with Jeremy Borash.
Jeremy Borash: A little bit later tonight you will be facing the War Machine, Rhino for a third time in TNA, what are your thoughts on this match?
Christian Cage: War Machine? More like Bore Machine. Rhino, we have been friends for ten years and you haven’t contributed anything in my life. I was the one always helping you out. Always on your side when you needed a friend. When you were in the hospital, or when you were having trouble with relationships. Christian Cage was the man on your side! I never had a Rhino on my side; it was always me, by myself and with my peeps. Rhino, tonight I am going to show you that it isn’t about the Gore, no, you see I am Captain Charisma damn it! After I finish you off all my peeps and all the fools, like you, will be saying this with me, Christian Cage rules! Now Rhino, like I said it won’t be about the Gore because that move is just so dull. Christian Cage will be walking out tonight on top…BECAUSE…that’s how I ROLL!
Christian Cage walks off the screen with a confident look on his face.
Jeremy Borash: Christian Cage…Rhino…meet for a third time…coming up later tonight!
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Team 3D is just a Bunch of Gringos
As we get back from break down come the Latin American eXchange from their own entrance ramp. They get in the ring and Konnan grabs a microphone.
Konnan: Orale! Arriba la raza! Man shut the hell up all of you idiots. I told you from the beginning LAX isn’t something you can stop. AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels got denied and the same will happen to the bunch of gringos in Team 3D! I told you all before you can stop a revolutionary, but you can’t stop a revolution and that is exactly what LAX is! We are a revolution and LAX is goin’ 5150 on the gringos asses such as Team 3D. Si usted tiene algunas pelotas en sus pantalones then getcha gringo asses down here now and get ready for an LAX style ass kicking!
Down came running Team 3D of Brother Ray and Devon. Both teams started brawling all over the ring with Team 3D getting the upper hand. Once all of LAX was down, Brother Ray called for the tables. Brother Devon went out and set the table up back in the ring. Konnan got up and walked right into a 3D through the table! The crowd was going crazy until Homicide and Hernandez got back up. Hernandez was able to nail Brother Ray with amazing strength with the Border Cross and then Homicide nailed Brother Devon with Da Gringo Killa! Team 3D was left laid out as they rolled to the outside. The Tag Champions helped up Konnan and he picked up the microphone still in pain.
Konnan: You son on bitches. You wanna mess me, put me threw a table. Well gringos next week, if you have the pelotas, why don’t you step into the ring with LAX in a Border Brawl, the same way we won these belts the first time. Now what do you say to that! Orale! Arriba la raza! LAX goin’ 5150 on Team 3D’s ass next week!
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Christian Cage vs. Rhino
The rumbling noise played and down ran Rhino from the tunnel getting a huge pop. He had a serious look on his face as he was ready for Christian Cage. The countdown then began and out walked Captain Charisma getting major heat with a cocky smile on his face. He pointed at his peeps as if he was a face even though he was getting booed. He got in the ring very cocky and was ready for Rhino. The match started off very slow with both men going back and forth. Rhino took the early advantage though by throwing Christian Cage into the corner and pounding his shoulder into the midsection of Cage. Rhino then backed up and was looking for an early Gore in the corner, but Cage moved out of the way and Rhino went crashing into the steel.
Cage took advantage of this and ground Rhino with a Spike DDT. Christian then kept Rhino grounded for a bit until the crowd got behind The War Machine and Rhino was able to get back to his feet and fight back. Rhino started slapping and punching Cage around and then threw him into the ropes. Cage came back as Rhino charged at him looking for another Gore, but again Cage dodged it and Rhino went flying out of the ring. Cage then went to look as if he was going to fly out of the ring, but just faked it and then ran up and nailed Rhino with a Baseball Slide. Cage then rolled to the outside himself and continued things on the outside. Soon enough, Cage rolled Rhino back in the ring, but before he went in himself he took two chairs and headed in.
Cage continued playing around with Rhino on the mat. Before he went for the One Man Con-chair-to, he went up high and flew, nailing Rhino with a Frog Splash, but it wasn’t enough for the victory. So then Cage set up for the One Man Con-chair-to, but as Cage swung the chair down, Rhino rolled out of the way. Rhino then got up and lifted up Cage and slammed him down on the chair with a Spinebuster! Rhino didn’t go for the cover though, but instead grabbed a chair and stuck it into the corner. Rhino then picked Christian Cage up and threw him into the corner with the chair. He charged looking for a third Gore, but again Cage dodged it and Rhino went head first into the chair. The referee was checking on Rhino as he was leaned up against the chair in the corner when Christian Cage used some cheap tactics to nail Rhino with a low blow.
The ref didn’t see it and didn’t know what happened as Cage quickly backed away. Christian Cage then called for the Gore, mocking Rhino. Once Rhino got up, Cage charged looking for a Gore of his own, but Rhino tripped Cage up as he charged and took him to the mat and rolled him up. The ref counted and somehow Cage was pinned to the mat for a three count. Christian Cage couldn’t believe it as he was in rage. Rhino got up and looked down at Cage and then left the ring letting Christian Cage throw his temper tantrum.
Winner: Rhino
The Better Man Won
After the match ended, Rhino grabbed a microphone as he headed up the entrance ramp.
Rhino: Bore Machine?! Huh Christian?! Everyone knows me as The War Machine and I think everyone knows you now as Christian Rage!
Christian got on the ropes and started screaming as he was pissed by losing to Rhino.
Rhino: I guess tonight we found out who the better man was Christian, but let me tell you this……this isn’t over Christian…and it won’t be until I do what I want. That is to make you feel the……GORE! GORE! GORE!
The camera slowly faded away as Christian Cage was still shown very pissed off about his loss and Rhino leaving through the tunnel.