Post by MGH on Nov 23, 2008 20:14:35 GMT -5
Nigel retains the title and heads in to December looking to become the first ROH World Champion to retain for an entire calendar year. The AOTF are in disarray, and The Briscoes are looking a little heelier as of late. What does it all mean? We'll be finding out this month! Two new markets see their first ROH action, and Final Battle comes to the Hammerstein with one of the most anticipated matches all year. Danielson v. Morishima, no honor here.
Ring of Honor
Gateway Center
December 5th, 2008- 8:00 pm belltime
One Gateway Drive
Collinsville, IL 62234
RESULTS
~House is packed.
~Return Date of March 13th
1) Kenny Omega defeats Kenny King with a counter in to a roll up. Really good opener that got the crowd hot.
2) Sal Rinuaro & Rhett Titus defeat Grizzly Redwood & Bushwhacker Luke when Titus rolls up Redwood holding the tights. Better than it had any right to be.
3) Bao Nguyen defeats Tony Kozina with a sloppy German Suplex. Average match going way too long. Got boring chants.
4) Jay & Mark Briscoe defeat Brent Albright & Erick Stevens, Davey Richards & Bobby Dempsey, & Irish Airborne in a Gauntlet Match to move on to Final Battle 2008. Irish Airborne were first eliminated by Stevens & Albright. SNS Inc. sent out Richards and Dempsey to the Briscoe's theme. Dempsey was getting in offense, but was always cut off by his own partner. Stevens got his team DQ'd getting caught using Sweeney's boot as a weapon. Jay & Mark Briscoe disposed of SNS Inc. to win the Gauntlet.
~INTERMISSION~
5) Necro Butcher & Ace Steel defeat Jimmy Jacobs & Delirious when Necro pins Delirious with a Tiger Driver. Delirious was set to spike Necro in the face, but D. Haze came to the ring and convinced him not to.
6) Tyler Black defeats Austin Aries clean in the middle with the God's Last Gift from out of no where. Tyler was out for the match alone.
~After the match Aries had what was an almost delirious look on his face, and just kept laughing out at the fans. Weird.
7) Bryan Danielson & Jerry Lynn defeat World Champion Nigel McGuinness & Claudio Castagnoli when Geritol Lynn pins Claudio with a Cradle Piledriver.
Ring of Honor
Vanderbilt University Memorial Gym
December 6th, 2008- 7:30pm belltime
2601 Jess Neely Drive
Nashville, TN 37212
RESULTS
Preshow
1) Ninja Blue defeats Shawn Shultz with a sunset flip.
2) Boogie Woogie Boy Gary Valient defeats Ernie Osiris with a Cutter out of the corner.
Main Show
1) The Briscoes & Kenny Omega defeat Kenny King, Sal Rinuaro, & Rhett Titus when Sal is pinned following an electric chair german.
~Daizee Haze is out to confront Rhett Titus. Rhett looks to attack, but Necro makes the save. Daizee & Necro force Rhett to tell everyone the truth. That he is in fact, a virgin! Daizee kicks Rhett in the nuts and leaves.
2) Delirious defeats Alex "Sugarfoot" Payne with Shadows Over Hell.
3) Sara Del Rey defeats Ashley Lane, Daizee Haze, & Serena Deeb with the Royal Butterfly on Lane.
4) Brent Albright & Erick Stevens defeat Davey Richards & Larry Sweeney when Sweeney accidentally hits Davey with a chair and Albright gets the pin. It was originally Richards and Dempsey, but Sweeney kicked Bobby out of the match at the last second.
~Crowd estimated at 600 or so.
~INTERMISSION~
5) Grizzley Redwood & Bushwhacker Luke defeat Irish Airborne with the battering ram.
6) The Necro Butcher & Austin Aries vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black ends in a double count out. Really good match until the finish.
7) Bryan Danielson defeats Claudio Castagnoli in a no disqualification match using a belt to execute the Triangle Choke. At one point Dragon attempted a dive to the outside and Claudio nailed him with a chair busting him open.
8) ROH World Championship: Nigel McGuinness defeats Jerry Lynn to retain the Championship. Jerry had Nigel in the Cradle Piledriver, but Nigel kicked him in the head, fell back in to a pin and grabbed the ropes.
Ring Of Honor
December 26th, 2008- 8:00 pm belltime
New Alhambra Arena (former ECW Arena)
7 Ritner Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148
RESULTS
Preshow
~Ernie Osiris picks someone's pocket and runs. They never saw it coming! Funny stuff.
~ROH returns to Philly on February 28th.
1) Ernie Osiris & Bobby Shields defeat "Sugarfoot" Alex Payne & a Ninja.
2) Grizzly Redwood defeats a Ninja.
Main Show
1) Kenny Omega defeats Rhett Titus to kick off ASE IV with a Kotaro Krusher.
2) Chris Hero defeats Erick Stevens with a kick to the face with a loaded kick pad.
3) Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Roderick Strong & Brent Albright in a very stiff match when Sasaki beat Albright with a Northern Lights Bomb. Aside from one botch on Nakajima's part, this match was absolutely fantastic.
4) Takeshi Morishima defeats Go Shiozaki with a Backdrop Driver. Disappointing, below average match.
5) Jay & Mark Briscoe defeat Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards and Nigel McGuinness & Claudio Castagnoli in a Triangle Elimination Match. Nigel & Claudio were eliminated first when Edwards rolled up Claudio, then a Jay Driller on Eddie eliminated the Wolves. Mark limped out.
*Additional reports claim Mark had ANOTHER tooth kicked out of his head, and in to the front row.
~INTERMISSION~
6) Naomichi Marufuji defeats Austin Aries in a "good outing". Aries was pushing the limits of heel and face before the match. Aries was furious that Marufuji got streamers, then tried to steal the "NEXT WORLD CHAMP" chant for Fuji as his own. After the match he scoffed at the ovation he was given.
~After the match NANA appears! ....then is dragged out by security.
7) Jimmy Jacobs, Tyler Black, & Delirious defeat Kevin Steen, El Generico, & Necro Butcher when Jacobs caught Steen in The End Time. After the match The American Wolves attacked the Champions.
8) Bryan Danielson defeats Jerry Lynn with a small package. The finish saw both men with their shoulders down, but Bryan got his up at the last split second to get the W. After the match both men put one another over to the live crowd. Good finish to the show.
Final Battle 2008
December 27th, 2008- 7:30 pm belltime
Manhattan Center (Hammerstein Ballroom)
311 West 34th St.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 279-7740
RESULTS
~ROH returns to the Hammerstein on March 21st.
1) Kenny Omega defeats Claudio Castagnoli when he reversed the Ricola Bomb in to a small package. Omega didn't get much offense throughout the contest. Claudio flipped after the match and destroyed ringside to big heat. Claudio came out for the match in a Boston Red Sox jersey. Decent opener.
2) Jerry Lynn defeats Chris Hero, Rhett Titus, & The Necro Butcher with a Cradle Piledriver on Hero. Slow match early on, picked up late. More or less a tag match.
~After the match Jimmy and Delirious hit the ring and beat down Necro. Steenerico make the save. Tag Championships on the line NOW!
3) ROH World Tag Team Championships: Kevin Steen & El Generico defeat Jimmy Jacobs & Delirious to retain. Daizee Haze came out and Jimmy tried to attack her, but Delirious made the save. The distraction gave Steen and Generico a chance to hit Delirious with the Package Piledriver/Brainbuster combo for the 3.
~After the match Jacobs gets in Delirious' face and Delirious backs down. Jacobs says Age of the Fall is going to hell.
4) Brent Albright, Roderick Strong, & Erick Stevens defeat Davey Richards, Eddie Edwards, & Go Shiozaki in a totally wild street fight. Roddy backdropped Richards through a table to the floor, and Shiozaki took all three men's finishers before tapping to the Crowbar. SNS Inc. walked out on Go. Fans chanted for Go after the match, and he flipped them off. Match was really good.
5) Jay & Mark Briscoe defeat Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima with a Jay Driller on Nakajima. Freaking awesome match.
~After the match The American Wolves hit the ring and beat down the Briscoes. They injure Mark's knee with a steel chair. Steenerico hit the ring to attack the Wolves. Davey attempts to help but gets cut off by Albright.
Albright cuts a promo saying that SNS Inc. is ruining ROH. He again makes a challenge for a steel cage match of some kind. Cary at ringside agrees. Mark limps out badly after it was over. No date announced for the cage.
~INTERMISSION~
6) Austin Aries defeats Tyler Black to become the new #1 contender with a brainbuster/450. Match of the night by far. Jimmy came down and "accidentally" distracted Tyler when Tyler had the match won.
~After the match Tyler shoves Jimmy and they argue again. Jimmy gets the upper hand and locks Tyler in The End Time. Aries grabs a chair and pulls Jimmy off of Tyler. Black struggles to his feet, then Aries blasts him with the chair! Jimmy and Aries totally destroy Tyler. Heat was insane!
~After all this ends Austin Aries punches a fan right in the face. Paul Turner gets involved and looks to have the guy in a choke hold. Security and who looks to be Adam Pearce helps escort the guy out. No clue what started it. Turner gets a standing O and a "Next World Champ" chant.
From BotMaster's bro at the show:
7) ROH World Championship: Nigel McGuinness defeats Naomichi Marufuji to retain the ROH World Championship with a Rebound Lariat in an amazing match. Nigel was holding his forearm after the match. Not sure if it's legit.
~After the match Jerry Lynn comes out. He gets a mic and puts over Nigel and the company as a whole. Nigel is still furious Lynn is out. Lynn challenges Nigel for a Championship match RIGHT NOW. Nigel blows him off and runs through the crowd. Great Lynn promo, but the crowd didn't care much.
~Nana sneaks his way in begging for a job once again. And again, he's removed.
8) Bryan Danielson defeats Takeshi Morishima in a brutal Fight Without Honor. Dragon finished the job 20 CHAIN WRAPPED elbows to the head followed by Cattle Mutilation. Just unreal.
~Dragon cuts a promo after the match putting over everyone. Says this was the biggest crowd in ROH history. Thanks everyone for coming. Good stuff.
Ring of Honor
Gateway Center
December 5th, 2008- 8:00 pm belltime
One Gateway Drive
Collinsville, IL 62234
RESULTS
~House is packed.
~Return Date of March 13th
1) Kenny Omega defeats Kenny King with a counter in to a roll up. Really good opener that got the crowd hot.
2) Sal Rinuaro & Rhett Titus defeat Grizzly Redwood & Bushwhacker Luke when Titus rolls up Redwood holding the tights. Better than it had any right to be.
3) Bao Nguyen defeats Tony Kozina with a sloppy German Suplex. Average match going way too long. Got boring chants.
4) Jay & Mark Briscoe defeat Brent Albright & Erick Stevens, Davey Richards & Bobby Dempsey, & Irish Airborne in a Gauntlet Match to move on to Final Battle 2008. Irish Airborne were first eliminated by Stevens & Albright. SNS Inc. sent out Richards and Dempsey to the Briscoe's theme. Dempsey was getting in offense, but was always cut off by his own partner. Stevens got his team DQ'd getting caught using Sweeney's boot as a weapon. Jay & Mark Briscoe disposed of SNS Inc. to win the Gauntlet.
~INTERMISSION~
5) Necro Butcher & Ace Steel defeat Jimmy Jacobs & Delirious when Necro pins Delirious with a Tiger Driver. Delirious was set to spike Necro in the face, but D. Haze came to the ring and convinced him not to.
6) Tyler Black defeats Austin Aries clean in the middle with the God's Last Gift from out of no where. Tyler was out for the match alone.
~After the match Aries had what was an almost delirious look on his face, and just kept laughing out at the fans. Weird.
7) Bryan Danielson & Jerry Lynn defeat World Champion Nigel McGuinness & Claudio Castagnoli when Geritol Lynn pins Claudio with a Cradle Piledriver.
Ring of Honor
Vanderbilt University Memorial Gym
December 6th, 2008- 7:30pm belltime
2601 Jess Neely Drive
Nashville, TN 37212
RESULTS
Preshow
1) Ninja Blue defeats Shawn Shultz with a sunset flip.
2) Boogie Woogie Boy Gary Valient defeats Ernie Osiris with a Cutter out of the corner.
Main Show
1) The Briscoes & Kenny Omega defeat Kenny King, Sal Rinuaro, & Rhett Titus when Sal is pinned following an electric chair german.
~Daizee Haze is out to confront Rhett Titus. Rhett looks to attack, but Necro makes the save. Daizee & Necro force Rhett to tell everyone the truth. That he is in fact, a virgin! Daizee kicks Rhett in the nuts and leaves.
2) Delirious defeats Alex "Sugarfoot" Payne with Shadows Over Hell.
3) Sara Del Rey defeats Ashley Lane, Daizee Haze, & Serena Deeb with the Royal Butterfly on Lane.
4) Brent Albright & Erick Stevens defeat Davey Richards & Larry Sweeney when Sweeney accidentally hits Davey with a chair and Albright gets the pin. It was originally Richards and Dempsey, but Sweeney kicked Bobby out of the match at the last second.
~Crowd estimated at 600 or so.
~INTERMISSION~
5) Grizzley Redwood & Bushwhacker Luke defeat Irish Airborne with the battering ram.
6) The Necro Butcher & Austin Aries vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black ends in a double count out. Really good match until the finish.
7) Bryan Danielson defeats Claudio Castagnoli in a no disqualification match using a belt to execute the Triangle Choke. At one point Dragon attempted a dive to the outside and Claudio nailed him with a chair busting him open.
8) ROH World Championship: Nigel McGuinness defeats Jerry Lynn to retain the Championship. Jerry had Nigel in the Cradle Piledriver, but Nigel kicked him in the head, fell back in to a pin and grabbed the ropes.
Ring Of Honor
December 26th, 2008- 8:00 pm belltime
New Alhambra Arena (former ECW Arena)
7 Ritner Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148
RESULTS
Preshow
~Ernie Osiris picks someone's pocket and runs. They never saw it coming! Funny stuff.
~ROH returns to Philly on February 28th.
1) Ernie Osiris & Bobby Shields defeat "Sugarfoot" Alex Payne & a Ninja.
2) Grizzly Redwood defeats a Ninja.
Main Show
1) Kenny Omega defeats Rhett Titus to kick off ASE IV with a Kotaro Krusher.
2) Chris Hero defeats Erick Stevens with a kick to the face with a loaded kick pad.
3) Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Roderick Strong & Brent Albright in a very stiff match when Sasaki beat Albright with a Northern Lights Bomb. Aside from one botch on Nakajima's part, this match was absolutely fantastic.
4) Takeshi Morishima defeats Go Shiozaki with a Backdrop Driver. Disappointing, below average match.
5) Jay & Mark Briscoe defeat Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards and Nigel McGuinness & Claudio Castagnoli in a Triangle Elimination Match. Nigel & Claudio were eliminated first when Edwards rolled up Claudio, then a Jay Driller on Eddie eliminated the Wolves. Mark limped out.
*Additional reports claim Mark had ANOTHER tooth kicked out of his head, and in to the front row.
~INTERMISSION~
6) Naomichi Marufuji defeats Austin Aries in a "good outing". Aries was pushing the limits of heel and face before the match. Aries was furious that Marufuji got streamers, then tried to steal the "NEXT WORLD CHAMP" chant for Fuji as his own. After the match he scoffed at the ovation he was given.
~After the match NANA appears! ....then is dragged out by security.
7) Jimmy Jacobs, Tyler Black, & Delirious defeat Kevin Steen, El Generico, & Necro Butcher when Jacobs caught Steen in The End Time. After the match The American Wolves attacked the Champions.
8) Bryan Danielson defeats Jerry Lynn with a small package. The finish saw both men with their shoulders down, but Bryan got his up at the last split second to get the W. After the match both men put one another over to the live crowd. Good finish to the show.
Final Battle 2008
December 27th, 2008- 7:30 pm belltime
Manhattan Center (Hammerstein Ballroom)
311 West 34th St.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 279-7740
RESULTS
~ROH returns to the Hammerstein on March 21st.
1) Kenny Omega defeats Claudio Castagnoli when he reversed the Ricola Bomb in to a small package. Omega didn't get much offense throughout the contest. Claudio flipped after the match and destroyed ringside to big heat. Claudio came out for the match in a Boston Red Sox jersey. Decent opener.
2) Jerry Lynn defeats Chris Hero, Rhett Titus, & The Necro Butcher with a Cradle Piledriver on Hero. Slow match early on, picked up late. More or less a tag match.
~After the match Jimmy and Delirious hit the ring and beat down Necro. Steenerico make the save. Tag Championships on the line NOW!
3) ROH World Tag Team Championships: Kevin Steen & El Generico defeat Jimmy Jacobs & Delirious to retain. Daizee Haze came out and Jimmy tried to attack her, but Delirious made the save. The distraction gave Steen and Generico a chance to hit Delirious with the Package Piledriver/Brainbuster combo for the 3.
~After the match Jacobs gets in Delirious' face and Delirious backs down. Jacobs says Age of the Fall is going to hell.
4) Brent Albright, Roderick Strong, & Erick Stevens defeat Davey Richards, Eddie Edwards, & Go Shiozaki in a totally wild street fight. Roddy backdropped Richards through a table to the floor, and Shiozaki took all three men's finishers before tapping to the Crowbar. SNS Inc. walked out on Go. Fans chanted for Go after the match, and he flipped them off. Match was really good.
5) Jay & Mark Briscoe defeat Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima with a Jay Driller on Nakajima. Freaking awesome match.
~After the match The American Wolves hit the ring and beat down the Briscoes. They injure Mark's knee with a steel chair. Steenerico hit the ring to attack the Wolves. Davey attempts to help but gets cut off by Albright.
Albright cuts a promo saying that SNS Inc. is ruining ROH. He again makes a challenge for a steel cage match of some kind. Cary at ringside agrees. Mark limps out badly after it was over. No date announced for the cage.
~INTERMISSION~
6) Austin Aries defeats Tyler Black to become the new #1 contender with a brainbuster/450. Match of the night by far. Jimmy came down and "accidentally" distracted Tyler when Tyler had the match won.
~After the match Tyler shoves Jimmy and they argue again. Jimmy gets the upper hand and locks Tyler in The End Time. Aries grabs a chair and pulls Jimmy off of Tyler. Black struggles to his feet, then Aries blasts him with the chair! Jimmy and Aries totally destroy Tyler. Heat was insane!
~After all this ends Austin Aries punches a fan right in the face. Paul Turner gets involved and looks to have the guy in a choke hold. Security and who looks to be Adam Pearce helps escort the guy out. No clue what started it. Turner gets a standing O and a "Next World Champ" chant.
From BotMaster's bro at the show:
As Aries is walking up the ramp, heeling it up, the fan gave him a chop. Aries got right in the fan's face and yelled at him, at which point the fan shoved Aries. Aries responded with a few punches. The fan's friend began to freak out, and was also grabbed by security. The rest is basically what it says in the main post.
7) ROH World Championship: Nigel McGuinness defeats Naomichi Marufuji to retain the ROH World Championship with a Rebound Lariat in an amazing match. Nigel was holding his forearm after the match. Not sure if it's legit.
~After the match Jerry Lynn comes out. He gets a mic and puts over Nigel and the company as a whole. Nigel is still furious Lynn is out. Lynn challenges Nigel for a Championship match RIGHT NOW. Nigel blows him off and runs through the crowd. Great Lynn promo, but the crowd didn't care much.
~Nana sneaks his way in begging for a job once again. And again, he's removed.
8) Bryan Danielson defeats Takeshi Morishima in a brutal Fight Without Honor. Dragon finished the job 20 CHAIN WRAPPED elbows to the head followed by Cattle Mutilation. Just unreal.
~Dragon cuts a promo after the match putting over everyone. Says this was the biggest crowd in ROH history. Thanks everyone for coming. Good stuff.