ROHwrestling.com Newswire (01/08)

[MGH]

Newswire For The Week Of January 7th
Monday, January 08, 2007


January 8th: No one has paid more dues in ROH than BJ Whitmer. He has sacrificed his body in his feuds against Jimmy Jacobs as well as CZW. He always goes above the call of duty for the ROH fans. Now on February 23rd in Dayton, Whitmer will get a chance of a lifetime. BJ Whitmer will challenge for the ROH World Title on that night. This is the same building where Whitmer's flesh was torn in his barbaric win at "War Of the Wire II" vs. Necro Butcher. Now he will be rewarded with a title shot. It will be ROH World Champion Homicide vs. Whitmer, but if Homicide loses the belt the match will be changed so Whitmer faces the current champion. ROH World Tag Team Champions Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal will also put the belts on the line if they are still champions on 2/23. Tickets are now on sale for this event at www.ROHwrestling.com, www.Tickets.com and by calling 215-781-2500.


January 8th: Jay & Mark Briscoe made history on their first night in NOAH. The Briscoes defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura on January 7th in Tokyo to win the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles. This is a significant accomplishment in the careers of Mark and Jay. They now hold two belts as they are the current FIP and GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Will the ROH World Tag Team Titles be next? Will we see a GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Title Match in ROH?

January 8th: NOAH will respond to Samoa Joe's challenge for 2/16 in Manhattan at the end of this current tour in two weeks. Needless to say, NOAH officials are not happy with Joe's challenge. The ROH organization apologizes to Mr. Misawa for Joe's comments last time in Manhattan. Joe has refused to issue an apology himself. This is definitely a situation to keep an eye on. Tickets are selling quickly for ROH's return to the Manhattan Center on 2/16 to kick off the Fifth Year Festival. The New York City fans look to give ROH its third consecutive sellout in the Manhattan Center. Get your tickets now before its too late.

January 8th: New ROH DVDs are in production, but in the meantime make sure to check out all the recent ROH releases at www.ROHwrestling.com including:
-9/15 "Glory By Honor V: Night 1" (Briscoes vs. KENTA & Marufuji, Roderick Strong vs. Samoa Joe)
-9/16 "Glory By Honor V: Night 2" (Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA, Naomichi Marufuji vs. Nigel McGuinness)
-10/6 "Survival Of The Fittest 2006" (entire one night tournament with Bryan Danielson vs. Samoa Joe and a must see finals)
-10/7 "Motor City Madness" (Homicide & Samoa Joe vs. Briscoes in a wild street fight, Bryan Danielson vs. Austin Aries for the ROH World Title)
-10/27 "Suffocation" (Homicide & Samoa Joe vs. Steve Corino & Adam Pearce, Delirious vs. Matt Sydal, Austin Aries vs. Claudio Castagnoli)
-10/28 "Irresistible Forces" (Bryan Danielson vs. Samoa Joe in a No DQ Match, Austin Aries vs. Christopher Daniels, Matt Sydal vs. Jay Briscoe)
-11/3 "Honor Reclaims Boston" (Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. KENTA & Davey Richards in a match of the year candidate, Bryan Danielson vs. Delirious, six man action with Homicide, Samoa Joe & BJ Whitmer vs. Steve Corino & The Briscoes)
-11/4 "The Bitter End" (Homicide vs. Steve Corino in a Fight Without Honor, KENTA vs. Matt Sydal, Bryan Danielson & Jimmy Rave vs. Samoa Joe & Nigel McGuinness)

January 8th: Just in case you missed it, Nigel McGuiness and Jimmy Jacobs were announced for ROH's return to the UK on 3/3 and 3/4. Check out the article on these shows on the main page of ROHwrestling.com for even more info on the ROH crew that is heading to England.

January 8th: The 1/27 Edison, NJ event will be called "Battle Of The Icons" focusing on the main event pitting ROH World Champion Homicide vs. Samoa Joe. There is now an article on the main page of ROHwrestling.com looking in detail at this historic match.

-ROHwrestling.com

[BlackHoleMark]

Imagine if Joe beat Homicide for the belt on 1/27 and then 2/16 was GHC v ROH World Title - Misawa v Joe? That would rock.

[Big DSR Energy]

If BJ Whitmer wins the ROH World Title, I will not be pleased.

[vinniemac]

dsr said:

If BJ Whitmer wins the ROH World Title, I will not be pleased.

But B. J. would.

[MGH]

dsr said:

If BJ Whitmer wins the ROH World Title, I will not be pleased.

Don't worry. I don't think there's a chance in hell of that happening.

[Big DSR Energy]

mygreatesthour said:

dsr said:

If BJ Whitmer wins the ROH World Title, I will not be pleased.

Don't worry. I don't think there's a chance in hell of that happening.

Yeah, and CM Punk's final match in ROH was at Death Before Dishonor 3.

[MGH]

dsr said:

mygreatesthour said:

Don't worry. I don't think there's a chance in hell of that happening.

Yeah, and CM Punk's final match in ROH was at Death Before Dishonor 3.

Shows how much you know. It was at Sign Of Dishonor. So there

["Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat]

dsr said:

mygreatesthour said:

Don't worry. I don't think there's a chance in hell of that happening.

Yeah, and CM Punk's final match in ROH was at Death Before Dishonor 3.

Gotta agree with DSR, I will put nothing past ROH (in a good way, not in a Vince McMahon fudged up way)

[Big DSR Energy]

mygreatesthour said:

dsr said:

Yeah, and CM Punk's final match in ROH was at Death Before Dishonor 3.

Shows how much you know. It was at Sign Of Dishonor. So there

Blah blah blah it was Escape From New York blah blah blah.

[MGH]

imsofookingreat said:

dsr said:

Yeah, and CM Punk's final match in ROH was at Death Before Dishonor 3.

Gotta agree with DSR, I will put nothing past ROH (in a good way, not in a Vince McMahon fudged up way)

It's not that it would be the most terrible thing in company history or anything like that, I just can't ever see it. Not as BJ Whitmer is currently positioned.

To me he's the guy who's a hell of an upper midcard guy, a true enforcer for the company, and in turn earns himself 1 or 2 ROH title matches a year. But when I look at him I can not see him as a World Champion. That could change, he's always getting better, but I can think of a good handful of people who'll take the belt off of Cide before Whitmer would.

[Big DSR Energy]

mygreatesthour said:

imsofookingreat said:

Gotta agree with DSR, I will put nothing past ROH (in a good way, not in a Vince McMahon fudged up way)

It's not that it would be the most terrible thing in company history or anything like that, I just can't ever see it. Not as BJ Whitmer is currently positioned.

To me he's the guy who's a hell of an upper midcard guy, a true enforcer for the company, and in turn earns himself 1 or 2 ROH title matches a year. But when I look at him I can not see him as a World Champion. That could change, he's always getting better, but I can think of a good handful of people who'll take the belt off of Cide before Whitmer would.

Matt Sydal: Next ROH Champ!





I'm serious.

[Chuckie Finster]

Misawa isn't going to be champ by 2/17. He's facing Morishima for it on 1/21 and I have a feeling Morishima is winning as he's been groomed for over a year for it. He would have had it earlier but he was injured. He's ages better than Rikio and is a legit badass.

["Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat]

tdog231 said:

Misawa isn't going to be champ by 2/17. He's facing Morishima for it on 1/21 and I have a feeling Morishima is winning as he's been groomed for over a year for it. He would have had it earlier but he was injured. He's ages better than Rikio and is a legit badass.

I concur