ROHwrestling.com Newswire (11/29)

[MGH]

November 29th: ROH "Man Up" debuts on pay-per-view tomorrow on iN DEMAND, The DISH Network and TVN cable systems. It will feature the Ladder War so dangerous, so death-defying and so insane that ROH has BANNED this match from ever happening again. Some esteemed critics have already seen an advanced screening and here is what they had to say about ROH "Man Up" on PPV:

"I'd go out of my way to see the ROH PPV on Friday. I got a tape of it and it's a strong candidate for best major show of the year." - Dave Meltzer, www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=21438

"ROH put its best foot forward here. It was easily the strongest of their PPV efforts thus far." - Mike Johnson, www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=27853&p=1

"Recommendation: (10.0) This is the best PPV I’ve seen this year. I thought “Driven,” ROH’s last PPV, deserved a 10.0 rating, but this PPV is even better, as ROH found a way to top themselves once again." - Sean Radican, PWtorch.com

November 29th: Tomorrow will be a big night for ROH with the PPV debut of "Man Up" and the live event at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds 1043 S. Main St, in Dayton, Ohio with a zip code of 45409. There will be tickets available at the door and belltime is 8pm. The card will feature a relaxed rules fight as Bryan Danielson takes on The Necro Butcher of The Age Of The Fall. Danielson wanted this match so he could be in a brawl to prepare himself for Takeshi Morishima. The Necro Butcher never backs down from a fight and this will be his kind of match. Dayton will witness this unique contest live this Friday. Get your tickets at the door!

November 29th: This Saturday is the huge return to the Frontier Fieldhouse on 9807 Sayre Ave.
in Chicago Ridge, IL with a zip code of 60415 for "Trios Tournament 2007" plus two big single bouts. One match will be one year in the making. Last December at the "Chicago Spectacular: Night 2" saw one of the greatest moments in ROH Chicago history when Delirious made Bryan Danielson tap to win the eight man elimination match. The two have not locked up since. Now one year later Danielson wants to get his win back. Delirious is looking to add another great moment to ROH Chicago history. Both athletes are one year better. Don't miss this match one year in the making!!! Tickets will be available at the door and belltime is 7:30pm.

November 29th: The other big singles match this Saturday in Chicago will be a battle of former Resilience members Austin Aries and Erick Stevens. Aries decided to disband The Resilience. Stevens felt he made a mistake and didn't have the right to end the group. Now Stevens will try to show Aries that he shouldn't have split up The Resilience. Aries is looking forward to the test.

November 29th: Check out the main page of ROHwrestling.com to find out why this is a special time for Jay & Mark Briscoe.

November 29th: The buy 3, get 1 sale on ROH DVDs will be in effect at the live shows this weekend in Dayton and Chicago. Check the main page of www.ROHwrestling.com later today for new releases and a new sale. In the meantime, don't miss out on the latest from FIP with a new attitude, hungry talent and recent shows on DVD. 5/25/07 "Stronger Than Ever" has Roderick Strong vs. The Necro Butcher in a No DQ FIP World Heavyweight Title Match, Jay Briscoe vs. Tyler Black, Mark Briscoe vs. Marek Brave, Erick Stevens vs. Delirious plus more. 5/26/07 "Melbourne Meltdown" features Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Tyler Black & Marek Brave in a state-of-the-art FIP Tag Team Title Match, Necro Butcher vs. Delirious in a brawl, Roderick Strong vs. Jimmy Rave, Jerrelle Clark vs. Damien Wayne, Erick Stevens vs. Danny Daniels, Sean Waltman vs. Kenny King and more!!! Order now at www.ROHwrestling.com for immediate delivery.

November 29th: Adam Pearce is a man that knows opportunity. He has stated that the "Trios Tournament 2007" this Saturday in Chicago is the perfect opportunity for The Hangmen Three. Pearce has already thought about cashing in the tournament's prize. Each member of the winning team will get to book themselves in any match they want. Pearce has stated that he has a match idea that will give The Hangmen Three all the power in one night. He will not reveal what it is until "The Hangmen Three win this tournament in that stinkin' city of Chicago."

November 29th: Look for a big business announcement from ROH soon.

November 29th: The Four Man Elimination World Title Match set for "Final Battle 2007" in Manhattan is taking shape. Larry Sweeney already got his lawyers involved and has been able to put Chris Hero into this bout. We know the winner of the Nigel McGuinness/Austin Aries World Title bout on 12/29 in Manhattan will be in the match. Now former World Champion Bryan Danielson has been added. We will have the fourth name next week for this epic World Title clash.

November 29th: Faction Warfare will explode this weekend, but not just in Chicago for "Trios Tournament" 2007. Dayton will see the most loaded Tag Team Scramble ever pitting Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Jack Evans & Ruckus vs. Brent Albright & BJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black. No tags are needed and the first fall wins it. The pace will be frantic as everyone pulls out all the stops. ROH officials expect this match to be so action packed that they have decided to put it on last so nothing has to follow it. The winners of this bout will have bragging rights to being the best team. Even more important is the fact that if one of these teams is able to pin The Briscoes they will get a future ROH World Tag Team Title shot. We will find out who the best faction is in Dayton and Chicago this weekend.

[YouStayClassy]

HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMm..... what oh what could the big announcement be? DirecTV finally not being the lamest most suckiest thing ever and finally carrying the PPVs?

[The Line]

maybe TV? If NWA can get it, ROH could. And I wouldn't mind if it was up on one of those random ass channels(like the one NWA is gonna be on). I hope thats it!

[MGH]

My guess is DVD distribution in stores.

[KEJB]

VS. Network tv deal please!

[YouStayClassy]

mygreatesthour said:

My guess is DVD distribution in stores.

Do you think that would mean the end of licensed music intros? That would make me very sad panda.

Watching PWG DVDs that way just kills me on the inside sometimes.

[The Lodger]

If it's TV, I would just like to see a weekly update show, using it to sell PPVs and DVDs. Kind of like ROH Saturday Nights, one ore two matches, then re cap story lines and programs, and hype the next events.

I agree with most, I'd rather buy the DVD if it meant keeping the music.

[morishimahungry]

i think it's gonna be selling the DVD's in stores, but the PPV's only so the licensing issue won't be a big deal

[YouStayClassy]

thelodger said:

If it's TV, I would just like to see a weekly update show, using it to sell PPVs and DVDs. Kind of like ROH Saturday Nights, one ore two matches, then re cap story lines and programs, and hype the next events.

I agree with most, I'd rather buy the DVD if it meant keeping the music.

If ROH did do a TV show, that's exactly how I'd want it to be like. I'm afraid a weekly show would really dilute ROH's quality.

[nerdinitupagain]

youstayclassy said:

mygreatesthour said:

My guess is DVD distribution in stores.

Do you think that would mean the end of licensed music intros? That would make me very sad panda.

Watching PWG DVDs that way just kills me on the inside sometimes.

All you have to do to get around licesning is pay a SMALL amount to the licensing companies for each product the song appears on. I have a feeling ROH doesn't want to change anything bout their product and isn't 100% dedicated to maximizing their profit.

It's only a handful of bands that require you to license directly from them/their label ie. Metallica, Limp Bizkit.

[mysterydriver]

ROH's big announcement?

Daniel Puder of course.

[imnotbooked]

I bet it's gonna be a distribution deal for the DVD's. Didn't Cary already elude to this in an intervew a month or two back?

[Ass Dan]

So they're banning ladder matches? I highly doubt this ban will stand.

[HMARK Center]

phenom said:

So they're banning ladder matches? I highly doubt this ban will stand.

Well, they went years without ever having one, so I guess they could do it again, and stick to just having ladders used as weapons.

Then again, any time a wrestling company kayfabe stresses something, well...


And let's be careful on the business announcement, as we know Gabe is notorious for making one line items in the Newswires that get us ROHbots all in a frenzy, and it ends up being something minor.

Granted, he did say "big", though, so I guess it's fair to speculate in this case.

That said, I'm guessing it's some business opportunities they couldn't really embrace while they still had an agreement with TNA, such as national DVD distribution. TV would obviously be the biggest possible one, I'd say, but I think we might have heard some things about that by now, wouldn't we?

[Johnny]

hitmanmark said:

phenom said:

So they're banning ladder matches? I highly doubt this ban will stand.

Well, they went years without ever having one, so I guess they could do it again, and stick to just having ladders used as weapons.

Then again, any time a wrestling company kayfabe stresses something, well...


And let's be careful on the business announcement, as we know Gabe is notorious for making one line items in the Newswires that get us ROHbots all in a frenzy, and it ends up being something minor.

Granted, he did say "big", though, so I guess it's fair to speculate in this case.

That said, I'm guessing it's some business opportunities they couldn't really embrace while they still had an agreement with TNA, such as national DVD distribution. TV would obviously be the biggest possible one, I'd say, but I think we might have heard some things about that by now, wouldn't we?

They managed to keep the PPV deal pretty hush hush until they wanted to announce it.

[heyguesswhatidid]

I'm guess it's the PPV deal being renewed, or DVD's in stores.

I'm hoping it's RVD and Sabu coming in.

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hitmanmark said:

TV would obviously be the biggest possible one, I'd say, but I think we might have heard some things about that by now, wouldn't we?

Well, there was that think about voting for ROH to get a special on Current in one of the Newswires a few weeks ago. I hope its the DVDs being stories though.