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[mcmahonfan85]

results from "ROH Unauthorized: Michael Bennett's Bachelor Party" (via PWPonderings):

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}- Adam Cole opens the show, introduces Steve Corino as the commentator and BJ Whitmer as the bodyguard. Matt Taven comes out, followed by Michael Bennett. Taven gives Bennett a bottle of whiskey, a crown and gloves. The Kingdom then does shots.

1. reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) beat The House of Truth (Jay Lethal & Truth Martini) when O'Reilly makes Martini tap out

- Adam Cole introduces an honorary member of The Kingdom...Cheeseburger

2. Veda Scott, Leah von Dutch & Heather Patera beat Scarlett, Taeler Hendrix & Mary Dobson when Scott pinned Scarlett. The Romantic Touch came out to ringside and start sizing up the ladies. Towards the end Matt Taven got on the ring apron and started throwing singles at Scarlett

- The Kingdom all do a shot, except for Cheeseburger, who does four

3. Roderick Strong beat Mark Briscoe with a small package. Strong celebrates the victory with a beer while Mark, who is banned from drinking due to losing the match, starts crying

- The Kingdom and BJ Whitmer start checking everyone's IDs. Adam Cole and Michael Bennett get in the ring, and Cole bring out Bennett's second favorite wrestler...Mad Man Pondo. Cole orders Cheeseburger into the ring and says he's full of himself, so he puts him in a match against Tommaso Ciampa

4. Tommaso Ciampa beat Cheeseburger in a squash match. Cheeseburger started off the match by spitting alcohol in Ciampa's face. Mad Man Pondo tried to help Cheeseburger by hitting Ciampa with a stop sign, but missed and accidentally hit Cheeseburger.

5. Tommaso Ciampa beat Delirious after a knee to the face. During the match Delirious chased The Kingdom off by blowing party favors in their face. Later Ciampa confused Delirious by also putting on a Delirious mask.

- Adam Cole invites Jimmy Jacobs out and asks him who are the biggest buzz kills in the locker room. Jacobs says ACH and Cedric Alexander because ACH likes to play video games and Alexander just got married

6. Cedric Alexander beat ACH. During ACH's entrance he came out playing a hand held video game.

- The Kingdom is back in the ring and Adam Cole tells Michael Bennett to sit in a chair, because its lap dance time. First contestant is a woman who got a lukewarm reaction, second contestant is a guy, and the third contestant is a hot woman. Shortly thereafter Maria Kanellis came out and starts giving contestant three a lap dance. Bennett tells BJ Whitmer to get the third contestant out of there because Maria should be giving him a lap dance. Maria refuses to dance and leave, while Bennett falls over unconscious. Taven gives Bennett some vodka and he immediately hulks up.

7. Jay Briscoe vs. Rhino ends in a no contest. Adam Cole tried to get Rhino to use a chair on Jay, but when he refused The Kingdom jumped him an Jay. Mark Briscoe runs out for the save, and it is now a six-man tag match.

8. The Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark Briscoe) & Rhino beat The Kingdom (Adam Cole, Michael Bennett & Matt Taven). They brawl into the crown, The Kingdom's alcohol consumption isn't working in their favor. Finish saw Rhino give Cole a Gore, while Jay gave Bennett a Jay Driller on the Real World Championship ICONIC Championship Title of Love belt for the pin.

[Dragonfly]

Is the show on Saturday airing live, or is it going to be VOD only? I'm guessing it's the latter, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

[Steveweiser]

VOD. Next live show is Final Battle on PPV.

[mcmahonfan85]

SATURDAY NIGHT ... JIMMY JACOBS COMES HOME
Champions vs All Stars - Kalamazoo, MI



On March 2, 1991, at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a bright eyed 7 year old boy enjoyed his first ever wrestling event with his brother and father. “I was seven years old. I watched Ultimate Warrior beat Sgt. Slaughter in a steel cage in that building. My dad bought me Bret Hart sunglasses that I wore to school that week”. His friends thought he was the coolest when they saw him wearing them. Why you ask? He fibbed a little and told his friends “Bret gave them to me”. What young wrestling fan wouldn’t embellish that type of tale for a couple extra cool points?

That boy grew to become the evil genius behind the Age of The Fall. He was the despicable catalyst for SCUM. That little boy’s devious mind currently assists “The Decade” with BJ Whitmer and “Mr ROH” Roderick Strong. That young boy developed into one of the most intelligent twisted minds that Ring of Honor and professional wrestling has ever seen. That young boy is now “The Zombie Princess” Jimmy Jacobs.

Fast forward nearly 24 years and “The Zombie Princess” returns to Wings Stadium as part Ring of Honor’s annual Champions v All Stars event this Saturday night! “It's where I saw my first ever live wrestling show with my brother and my dad. It's where it all began for me. On Saturday, I'm coming home. That's real.“

When asked if Kalamazoo had any other meaning to him, he responded “I lived in Kalamazoo for over ten years. I graduated college at Western Michigan there. I made lifelong friends there, got my heart broken there. From 19 to 29 years old, Kalamazoo... I grew up there”. His excitement for this Saturday night is very obvious.

“I don't celebrate birthdays. I didn't walk at my graduation. This is my party. My parents are coming to see me wrestle for the first time in years. My friends I broke into the business with that have long since quit, one of my trainers that broke me in, students that I broke in- they're all coming. The girl I have a crush is moving to Florida on Sunday, but she's making one last stop to see me perform before she goes. Everybody's coming. This is my homecoming.”

“I've main evented from Japan to Mexico to Germany. I've wrestled in the US from New York to LA. I've been so far north, the sun doesn't go down. I've wrestled on national television for every company on TV. Wrestling at the very venue I first watched wrestling in over 23 years ago, that beats it all. F the Garden. I'm going to Wings Stadium!”

It is very tough to put any specific label on Jimmy Jacobs. He is unique, he is determined, he is smart, but this coming Saturday Jimmy is going to likely give everyone a few more potential labels. His energy for Saturday night’s event is very visible in his eyes and his words. The passion that he is bringing is immeasurable. The pressure he is putting on himself to be the very best in front of his friends and family is pressure most mortals can’t handle.

This Saturday night in Wings Stadium the grown version of that little awe struck 7 year old boy isn’t sitting in the stands. He will walk down the aisle, in the very same building; his idols walked some 23 plus years ago. “The Zombie Princess” Jimmy Jacobs will realize a dream and this dream will be shared with his family, friends and fans of Ring of Honor. “Life is poetic. It's beautiful and magic. Saturday is one of those beautiful, poetic nights. I went to Wings Stadium as a young boy and Saturday I come back a man, in front of the people I love the most in my life, who have been the most influential in my life, maybe in front of a 7 year old kid who I will inspire to become a professional wrestler some day. I'm going there Saturday to steal the show. It's over 23 years in the making. The kid's coming home, and Warrior and Slaughter in a steel cage ain't got nothing on me come Saturday!”

[The Scuba Guy]

Oct 10, 2014 2:14:15 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

VOD. Next live show is Final Battle on PPV.

Just want to note that this isn't official yet, but it's pretty much going to be seen live one way or another.

[dudebusterfan91]

i thought Taven was donw with Roh ?

[mcmahonfan85]

he's back...in Pog Kingdom form

[mcmahonfan85]

results from "Champions vs. All-Stars 2014" (via ROH World):

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}Pre show:

A) J. Diesel beat ??

Main show:

- It is announced that Mark Briscoe is out of the Champions vs. All-Star match. Conflicting reports as to why, one says its due to poison ivy, the other says its because of food poisoning. Tommaso Ciampa demands to be Mark's replacement. Nigel McGuinness reminds Ciampa he'll be banned from ROH if he puts his hands on a non-wrestler.

1. BJ Whitmer beat Will Ferrara

2. Tadarius Thomas beat Owen Travers

3. Christopher Daniels beat Cedric Alexander

4. Jimmy Jacobs beat Frankie Kazarian after a Contra Code

5. Matt Taven beat The Romantic Touch

6. Team Champions (Jay Briscoe, Jay Lethal, Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) beat Team All-Stars (Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Mark Briscoe Tommaso Ciampa & ACH) in an Eight-Man Elimination Tag Team match

- Lethal eliminated by ACH
- Ciampa eliminated via disqualification after O'Reilly pulled an Eddie Guerrero with the tag belt
- O'Reilly eliminated by Strong
- Strong eliminated by Fish
- Fish eliminated by ACH
- Cole eliminated by Jay Briscoe
- ACH eliminated by Jay Briscoe

[The Spelunker!]

Oct 12, 2014 0:20:18 GMT -5 mcmahonfan85 said:

results from "Champions vs. All-Stars 2014" (via ROH World):

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Pre show:

A) J. Diesel beat ??

Main show:

- It is announced that Mark Briscoe is out of the Champions vs. All-Star match. Conflicting reports as to why, one says its due to poison ivy, the other says its because of food poisoning. Tommaso Ciampa demands to be Mark's replacement. Nigel McGuinness reminds Ciampa he'll be banned from ROH if he puts his hands on a non-wrestler.

1. BJ Whitmer beat Will Ferrara

2. Tadarius Thomas beat Owen Travers

3. Christopher Daniels beat Cedric Alexander

4. Jimmy Jacobs beat Frankie Kazarian after a Contra Code

5. Matt Taven beat The Romantic Touch

6. Team Champions (Jay Briscoe, Jay Lethal, Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) beat Team All-Stars (Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Mark Briscoe Tommaso Ciampa & ACH) in an Eight-Man Elimination Tag Team match

- Lethal eliminated by ACH
- Ciampa eliminated via disqualification after O'Reilly pulled an Eddie Guerrero with the tag belt
- O'Reilly eliminated by Strong
- Strong eliminated by Fish
- Fish eliminated by ACH
- Cole eliminated by Jay Briscoe
- ACH eliminated by Jay Briscoe

Show was really fun. Crowd was into everything but the 5th match.

[Johnny B. Decent]

Oct 12, 2014 0:23:36 GMT -5 The Spelunker! said:

Show was really fun. Crowd was into everything but the 5th match.

Can you blame them, though?

[mcmahonfan85]

Oct 12, 2014 0:24:55 GMT -5 Johnny B. Decent said:

Oct 12, 2014 0:23:36 GMT -5 The Spelunker! said:

Show was really fun. Crowd was into everything but the 5th match.

Can you blame them, though?

i can, because there is a lot of intrigue in that match. everyone knows that at "Road to Best in the World: Night 2", The Romantic Touch was finally unmasked and revealed to be Matt Taven. so since Taven was obviously not The Romantic Touch tonight, who is this handsome rogue that now dawns the heart-shaped mask?

[The Spelunker!]

Oct 12, 2014 0:24:55 GMT -5 Johnny B. Decent said:

Oct 12, 2014 0:23:36 GMT -5 The Spelunker! said:

Show was really fun. Crowd was into everything but the 5th match.

Can you blame them, though?

Nope. Not at all. Show looked like about all the seats were used, but it was the Annex of the stadium. Main place was Roller Derby tonight.

Tadarius Thomas is super friendly by the way. He and Travers hung out in front of the bathrooms meeting people during intermission.

[The Spelunker!]

Oct 12, 2014 0:31:41 GMT -5 mcmahonfan85 said:

Oct 12, 2014 0:24:55 GMT -5 Johnny B. Decent said:

Can you blame them, though?

i can, because there is a lot of intrigue in that match. everyone knows that at "Road to Best in the World: Night 2", The Romantic Touch was finally unmasked and revealed to be Matt Taven. so since Taven was obviously not The Romantic Touch tonight, who is this handsome rogue that now dawns the heart-shaped mask?

A LOT of people there were new to ROH, probably around 50/50.

[lildude8218]

Oct 12, 2014 0:31:41 GMT -5 mcmahonfan85 said:

Oct 12, 2014 0:24:55 GMT -5 Johnny B. Decent said:

Can you blame them, though?

i can, because there is a lot of intrigue in that match. everyone knows that at "Road to Best in the World: Night 2", The Romantic Touch was finally unmasked and revealed to be Matt Taven. so since Taven was obviously not The Romantic Touch tonight, who is this handsome rogue that now dawns the heart-shaped mask?

so tonight Matt Taven beat himself?

[mcmahonfan85]

Oct 12, 2014 0:37:11 GMT -5 lildude8218 said:

Oct 12, 2014 0:31:41 GMT -5 mcmahonfan85 said:

i can, because there is a lot of intrigue in that match. everyone knows that at "Road to Best in the World: Night 2", The Romantic Touch was finally unmasked and revealed to be Matt Taven. so since Taven was obviously not The Romantic Touch tonight, who is this handsome rogue that now dawns the heart-shaped mask?

so tonight Matt Taven beat himself?

what Matt Taven does in the privacy of his hotel room is not for us to discuss here

[The Spelunker!]

Oct 12, 2014 0:38:12 GMT -5 mcmahonfan85 said:

Oct 12, 2014 0:37:11 GMT -5 lildude8218 said:

so tonight Matt Taven beat himself?

what Matt Taven does in the privacy of his hotel room is not for us to discuss here

He definitely went into the crowd looking for love.

[BlackoutCreature]

Oct 12, 2014 0:38:12 GMT -5 mcmahonfan85 said:

Oct 12, 2014 0:37:11 GMT -5 lildude8218 said:

so tonight Matt Taven beat himself?

what Matt Taven does in the privacy of his hotel room is not for us to discuss here

Dude, this is an internet message board. Of course it's for us to discuss.

[543Y2J]

Want ACH vs Sydal to happen in the near future badly. Think it would be such a great match

[mcmahonfan85]

TRUTH MARTINI & THE ROH WORLD TV TITLE...



Death grip and strangle hold are two nouns that you could easily use when discussing Truth Martini and the Ring of Honor World Television Championship.

Truth Martini and The House of Truth’s strangle hold on the Ring of Honor World Television Championship began on April 2, 2011. On that day the then reigning World Television Champion “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels shocked the world by taking Martini on as his manager. Inheriting Daniels as champion, Truth got a taste of managing the World Television Champion for 85 days before Daniels lost it.

Nearly a year later on March 31, 2012 Martini directly led “Mr ROH” Roderick Strong to the ROH World Television championship with a victory over Jay Lethal. Like the butterfly effect, Strong and Martini created history that still resonates today.

The self proclaimed Life Intervention Expert, can lay claims to many things, Martini has managed an ROH World Champion and molded future world champions, but his legacy right now is tied into the ROH World Television championship.

He has managed 4 men in total to the championship. Out of the last 5 ROH World Television Champions, 3 of them where managed by Martini. In that time span the championship has spent 357 days held by someone not in the HOT. Between the 4 champions Truth’s leadership has lead to a very impressive 640+ days reign over title and the days keep adding up.

Martini's third ROH World Television Champion was Matt Taven. Under his guidance, Taven set the record for longest single reign at 287 days as ROH World Television Champion. When Taven’s reign ended in December of 2013, Truth appeared to already be setting the plan in motion to welcome Jay Lethal to the House of Truth.

With Lethal now under the tutelage of Martini, He was lead to the HOT’s 4th World Television championship since 2011. What is more impressive is Lethal’s current individual records. He is the only 2 time ROH World Television Champion. He has held the championship the longest, when you include combined reigns at 416+ days. He holds the record for most total championship defenses at 22. What’s even more shocking is that he has defended his championship a record setting 16 times in his current reign, which only began on April 4, 2014. The previous record holder for number of championship defenses was Matt Taven, who defended it 12 times over his 287 day reign. These numbers speak very highly of 2 things, the talent of the athletes and the preparation set forth by Truth Martini.

All respect must be given to Jay Lethal, his quality of opposition during this reign may be the toughest in ROH history. He has turned back challenges of Tommaso Ciampa, Silas Young, ACH, New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Kushida, Cedric Alexander as well as defeating Matt Taven in a high profile steel cage match.

While it’s not Martini in the ring night after night, defense after defense, he is on the front line with his charges. Truth has never been one to just sit back. He is always scheming prior, during and even after matches. He is a master strategist and is not afraid to get physical. Combining Truth with the awesome talents of Jay Lethal appears to be one that is destined for greatness in the history books.

Is that fact that Martini has guided 4 different ROH World Television Champions a coincidence? Not likely. Martini has always been labeled an opportunist. Martini knows being with a champion not only means higher visibility, but it also comes with prestige! The Television Championship means your face will constantly be seen and that appears to drive the narcissist inside him.

Could Jay Lethal set records that will never be broken? Is Truth the guy to assist in making this happen? All signs point to yes. Unfortunately for the challengers to the ROH World Television Championship, you may be facing more than just a champion and his manager. You are likely facing a champion and the greatest manager in the history of Ring of Honor. If that’s not true, you are definitely facing the greatest champion as well as the greatest manager in the history of the Ring of Honor World Television Championship!

[Steveweiser]

Unless he gets an overnight flight, Tommaso Ciampa won't be at Final Battle - he's booked for wXw in Germany on December 6th.