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Post by comahan on Jul 2, 2009 7:29:08 GMT -5
Well then, stop being lazy
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Post by Brain Of J on Jul 2, 2009 15:52:19 GMT -5
Breaking news from the ROH Newswire!!![/u]
A few weeks ago, CW Network Representative and Honor Guard architect Don Callis used his leverage with his employer to get Throwdown bumped out of prime time. At the time, Callis tried to play it both ways, as a noble gesture to save the show from the brink of cancellation, and a punitive measure against “the outsiders” by limiting their screen time.
But ratings have slowly trending upwards, and sponsors are itching for Throwdown to go back to its regular length. More sponsors mean more money, for both ROH and CW. And while it hasn’t shown itself on television, the unrest behind the scenes is threatening to boil over. Rumors are flying that a number of non-main event wrestlers are thinking of disrupting the broadcast as an act of rebellion.
On Sunday the 22nd, ROH will present Do Or Die on pay-per-view. But on Monday, Ring Of Honor itself will face its own do-or-die proposition, and it’s all thanks to Paul Heyman, who went over Callis’ head for this opportunity. Throwdown will get another run at prime time. If it can deliver ratings the network can live with, Throwdown will stay in prime time. If not, we’ll have to live with our time slot until Don Callis decides to move it back. Tell your friends, tell you family, tell your paperboy, your green grocer, your chiropractor, whoever it takes. Spread the word and get us back in prime time for good, by getting the Throwdown: Do Or Die special in front of as many sets of eyes as possible!
Note: because this came as a surprise to the matchmaking committee, we are unable to provide any insight as to the expanded match line-up for the evening. But if you’re a regular viewer of ROH, you know that won’t stop us from presenting a top-quality show!
Jed Shaffer ~If it can get a rating good enough to get no feedback from the network (which is what Unleashed has been drawing), it stays. I don't see why it shouldn't ... not like it has stiff competition.
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Post by Brain Of J on Jul 6, 2009 22:38:17 GMT -5
Monday, February 16, 2009:[/u] Email:1) CMLL got a 1.13 television rating for 'CMLL Sunday'! The event was attended by 317 people. They made $6340 from ticket sales. 2) IWS's 'Violent Valentine' show was attended by 30 people! They made $300 from ticket sales. 3) NWA-S's 'Superbrawl Saturday' show was attended by 223 people! They made $4460 from ticket sales. 4) IWC's 'Showdown In U-Town' show was attended by 2657 people! They made $106280 from ticket sales. 5) FIP's 'Dangerous Intentions' show was attended by 248 people! They made $4960 from ticket sales. 6) SHI's 'SHI I Wanna Rock' show was attended by 23 people! They made $460 from ticket sales. 7) CWL's 'CWL Betrayed' show was attended by 81 people! They made $1620 from ticket sales. 8) Here is my weekly report on our battle with TNA. We have superior star power on our roster, which is hurting their image. We are seen as having better workers, and this is causing fans to choose us over them. PI -- 2% was lost. Total -- 74% Global. Results for Throwdown: Steven Manning and Taz open the show, pimping the line-up and how the matches will have an impact on the PPV. They also show Bryan Danielson, waiting in the parking lot of the arena, his face a mask of stone. 1st segment: The CHIKArmy vs. Rob Conway & ? [/center] Hole’s “Celebrity Skin” ushers out “The A-Lister” Rob Conway … but instead of the deluded wanna-be movie star, Brent Albright steps out on stage, scans the area without moving his head, then nods and makes a “come on” gesture. Conway steps through, adorned in a robe that would make Ric Flair’s look subtle, and his cell phone glued to his ear. Albright holds open the ropes for Conway to step through. They stand in the middle of the ring, and a boom mike lowers so the audience can hear Conway’s conversation. “Yeah, yeah … Maurice, baby, you don’t gotta worry anymore. Your main moneymaker’s protected! I re-worked my contract … yeah, it’s amazing what a team of lawyers will do to a stump-dumb rasslin’ promoter from Philadelphia … I also got a bodyguard … Big guy, looks like he could stop a tank with a dirty look … No, Maurice, listen to me, this is not a bad idea. Lots of people did tag teams for a while and went onto bigger things, like Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels and Sting ... and those guys sucked like an Electrolux, so imagine how much damage I’ll do when I’m main eventing! … Relax. Winning the tag straps here will be easier than nailing LiLo, and once the studios get wind I’m wearing gold, my fireplace mantel will have so many Oscars on it, I’ll need FEMA to build a support structure! … Listen, I gotta go … gotta wrestle our first tag match … I don’t know, two schmucks in masks. Shouldn’t take more than a minute, two, tops.” Conway closes the phone, looks once at the irritated ref, looks again, and says; “Well, don’t just stand there drawing flies, start the match already!” And right away, Conway and Albright use their size and strength to exert their will over the opposition. Conway and Albright win the match after a beautiful one-two punch, where Albright hits a half-nelson suplex on Jigsaw, and Conway comes off the top rope with an elbow drop to the back of the neck, a sequence Manning calls The Red Carpet Treatment. ** Winners: Conway & Albright (pinfall, Conway on Jigsaw, The Red Carpet Treatment) Quality: 75% Crowd: 67% Overall: 71% 2nd segment: A video package rolls, starting with a flyover of a jungle area with a river running through it. Images of wildlife is shown, from tropical birds to snakes to schools of piranha. The scene switches to shots from a great festival, with fire-eaters, acrobats and colorful performers. The scene switches to a group of people watching two people performing an elaborate routine of a dance that also looks like fighting. “Brazil is a country of deep history, rich in culture and its own unique style,” says the voiceover. “From Carnavale to Capoeria, from the Amazon to indigeous tribes, Brazil is a land like no other.” The voiceover pauses, then says; “It is from this land that an athlete like no other comes from.” The video goes black, then switches to fast cut shots of a wrestler; he is bronzed, with dark, stringy hair and wild eyes. He’s big, but exceedingly well-built. There’s footage of him throwing around wrestlers like a dart, most often with a vicious move that looks like an inverted Razor’s Edge. And just as scary as his look and his raw strength is his speed and agility; he moves with a fluid grace, using the Brazilian dance-fighting style of Capoeria as naturally as one might throw a simple punch. “His name is Victor Ceron,” says the voiceover, narrating over more footage of wrestlers being absolutely dominated. “He is no backwoods savage. He is no simple primitive.” The shot cuts to Ceron, hair hanging in front of his eyes, his face filling up the shot. “But I am a beast,” he growls in a distinct Portuguese accent. “And I’m coming to Ring Of Honor soon.” The screen goes dark and is replaced with a graphic. ”THE BRAZILIAN BEAST” VICTOR CERON COMING SOON TO ROH Quality: Crowd: Overall: 45% 3rd segment: Conrad Kennedy III vs. TJ Wilson [/center] It’s a good if unspectacular undercard match, but the end catches everyone off guard, as JBL comes out and holds Wilson’s ankle as he climbs the turnbuckle. CK3 keeps the ref distracted while JBL cold-cocks Wilson, and CK3 runs over just in time to pull Wilson off, spin him around and hit the Chump Change. JBL slides in the ring and shakes CK3’s hand afterwards and they leave together, CK3 making a “money” gesture with his hands. **1/4 Winner: CK3 (pinfall, Chump Change) Quality: 83% Crowd: 50% Overall: 66% 4th segment: BJ Whitmer w/Paul Heyman vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Michael Quackenbush Spillane w/The Industrial Revolution vs. Jay Lethal w/Don Callis, four-corner survival match [/center] Everybody zeroes in on beating Jay Lethal, much to the chagrin of Callis and Lethal, but the stories of the match are two-fold: MQS keeping a safe distance from former Bold Future Champion Shelton Benjamin, and Callis’ fear of Whitmer as he methodically and patiently wrestles a smart match. In the end, Whitmer scores the win, albeit not on Lethal, but still, Callis and Lethal beat a hasty retreat when the bell sounds, seeing the look in Whitmer’s eyes. *** Winner: Whitmer (pinfall, on MQS, wrist-clutch exploder) Quality: 84% Crowd: 75% Overall: 79% 5th segment: “Okay, I understand we have Arik Cannon standing by with Rebecca Bayless. Rebecca?” The camera cuts to the interview area backstage, but before Rebecca has a chance to say anything, there’s a loud crashing noise off-camera and shouting. The camera swings around to find the source. Around the corner, they find the cause of the noise; Joey Ryan is face down on the ground, unconscious, a small pool of blood forming near his head. Just next to him is a door with a window in the upper half, but the wire mesh glass has a huge spider-web of cracks running through it, where Ryan’s head was driven into it. Road agents look around for the culprit while medics tend to Ryan, but nobody can find anything. Quality: Crowd: Overall: 81% 6th segment: Chris Hero vs. Edge [/center] “Chris Hero has defeated almost everybody he’s ever come across in ROH,” says Manning as they square off, “but Edge has yet to be pinned or submitted since debuting in November. This could be a historic match for both men, whoever wins.” And from the bell, it’s certainly a classic. Shots of Callis and The Honor Guard in the back show them watching the match on a monitor with barely-contained glee, as Hero and Edge – two very similar men in their personalities – put on a tremendous back and forth contest. For the first five minutes or so, it looks like a very solid, very hard-hitting match, but that gets derailed the minute Hero clotheslines Edge over the top rope. Edge slumps over the barricade to catch his breath, and the man in the front row suddenly shatters his beer bottle over Edge’s forehead. Before security can detain him, he rips off the hat and sunglasses to reveal himself as Paul Burchill, but security still gives chase. Hero gets angry when the referee rules for Edge on a disqualification, and as he argues, Adam Pearce slides in and attacks from behind. Hero tries to fight back, but within seconds, Pearce’s Do Or Die team is there to help. Reinforcements finally arrive, but it’s too late, and Hero has to be helped out of the ring. ***** Winner: Edge (disqualification) Quality: 100% Crowd: 89% Overall: 94% 7th segment: “Malibu” Tyler Black & “Champagne” Kory Chavis vs. Murderdeathkill w/Paul Heyman [/center] Black and Chavis come out together, but couldn’t look further apart; Black is wearing his old trunks, while Chavis is in his “Champagne” tights. The distance is even more evident in the ring, with plenty of miscommunication and mistakes. MDK use this mistakes to assert their dominance and send a message to The Elite, their opponents at Do Or Die. ***3/4 Winners: MDK (pinfall, Pain on Chavis, Grave Filler) Quality: 90% Crowd: 81% Overall: 85% 8th segment: [/center] Steve Corino hobbles onto the stage, taking in the cheers of the crowd. Corino asks the crowd to quiet down, and when they do, he says; “I’ve come out here tonight to say I’m sorry. I’m sorry for two things, as a matter of fact. First, I wanna say I’m sorry to the ROH World Champion, Eddie Kingston. A month ago, I made Eddie’s first pay-per-view title defense complicated by cashing in my rematch while he already had Nigel McGuinness in front of him. I was doing it to protect this company and the belt from falling into McGuinness’ hands … but I realize now, it shoulda been Kingston’s job to do that. He’s the champ now, not me … I think it was hard for me to accept that. But I do now. Eddie, I’m sorry; I hope you and I can co-exist, and maybe one day fight on the same side. And I wish Eddie the best of luck this Sunday against Jimmy Jacobs. Jimmy, come Hell or high water, once I’m done with Nigel … I’m coming for you. I haven’t forgotten.” Corino takes a breath, allowing the fans to pop, then continues. “I also … I also wanna apologize … to you, the fans. This, this whole mess we’re in, with Don Callis and Adam Pearce and their little insider revolution … it’s my fault.” The crowd boos this down, but Corino shakes his head. “Please, please, hear me out. Nine years ago, I stood in a ring not unlike this one, in another promotion called ECW.” The crowd cheers for that, which Corino allows. “I was a different man back then. I was young and angry, and what I saw in ECW was the same thing Mick Foley tried to tell Tommy Dreamer a few years before that: that ECW was a place where the audience would always demand more blood, more broken bones, more guys carried out on stretchers. I came to ECW, I saw that, and it made me sick, and I pushed, and I pushed, and I pushed. I got people around me who’d help me push … people like Rhino, and Yoshihiro Tajiri, and Scotty Riggs … I pushed, and I pushed, and I made people angry … and I got the attention of someone high up in TNN. Someone who saw the same thing I did. Someone who looked at ECW and saw it as a cancer. That man was Don Callis. And together, we bull-dozed over ECW. We exceeded our goals, and before we knew it, ECW was dead … and that’s where my apology comes in. You see, we were never trying to kill the company. We had it in our heads that ECW needed to be reformed, pulled back from the precipice of Hell it was so close to plunging into. We pushed, and we pushed, and we fought, and before we knew it, before we could grasp the reigns and take ECW into the light … Paul Heyman shut it down. We’d drained the lifeblood from ECW, and Paul did the right thing. But see, that only angered Don. He was furious. He was so close to seizing total control over a promotion, and we pushed so hard, we pushed it right out of our grasp. And that day, when ECW shut its doors, that’s the day Callis passed the point of no return. He tried to conquer TNA, and when that didn’t work, he waited, and he watched … and he saw this promotion, Ring Of Honor, the spiritual son of ECW, rise from the ashes and take wrestling to a new plateau. And he pulled his strings, until he was in position to pull the trigger. The monster he is now was created with my sweat, my blood, my hard work. If I hadn’t set foot in ECW, none of this would’ve happened. I--” Corino’s words are clipped off as a steel chair crashes into his back and he hits the stage. Nigel McGuinness stands behind him, a sneer on his face. He bends over to pick up the microphone and says; “And maybe if you’d stayed in Japan, your career wouldn’t be ending this Sunday!” And with that, McGuinness drops the mic, picks up Corino, drags him to the edge of the stage, and launches him off it. Corino crashes into, and through, a pair of tables on the arena floor. McGuinness looks down with a smile from the stage as paramedics rush to attend to Corino. Eventually, he’s taken away on a stretcher, which only broadens the smile on McGuinness’ face. Quality: Crowd: Overall: 86% 9th segment: Austin Aries vs. Christian Cage [/center] Before the match can begin, Don Callis shows up on the stage. “Ladies and gentlemen, it is in the best interest of this show and this promotion that I put a stop to this match as it is. Though I am reluctant to admit it, Christian Cage is one of the biggest names in the business today, and Austin Aries – a homegrown talent and former ROH World Champion I have the utmost respect for – is also a paragon of talent and a true draw. I cannot simply allow this match to continue as is. I am therefore adding a participant … introducing Aries’ partner, William Hunter Johnston!” Johnston comes down to the ring, arguing with fans all the way down. He tries to shake hands with Aries, but Aries doesn’t even look at him. But before the bell can ring, the music of Alice In Chains hits the PA, and out comes Roderick Strong. There’s a hint of life in Aries’ eyes, as if he’s happy at the sudden incursion of his hated nemesis. Strong walks around the ring, never taking his eyes off Aries, shares a few words with the ref and Cage, and just like that, it’s a tag match. The match is a by-the-boo affair, down to the corner men holding the tag ropes, and filled with solid action from beginning to end. In the end, the decorum does break down, and in the chaos, Johnston tries to grab a steel chair. But as he gets back on the apron, Cage spears him, sending Johnston flying off the apron and through the announce table. Meanwhile, Aries has Strong in position for the cross-legged brainbuster, but Strong twists just enough to grab Aries’ legs and tie him up in a small package for the win. But Aries is right back on his feet, taking a couple stomps at Strong. Cage tries to save Strong, but Aries side-steps Cage and guides him into the ring post shoulder-first. Aries goes back to work on Strong, working him over in brutal fashion, while Johnston pulls himself out of the wreckage and brings a chair with him, going to work on Cage’s shoulder. Aries ends his beatdown with the cross-legged brainbuster, and turns around to see Johnston working over Cage. As calmly as if buying milk, Aries grabs Johnston and hits his finisher. After surveying the damage all around, Aries walks out as if nothing happened, his face as stoic and unemotional as it was when he walked out. ***3/4 Winner: Strong & Cage (pinfall, Strong on Aries, small package) Quality: 90% Crowd: 84% Overall: 87% 10th segment: [/center] “Taz, I have word that Shawn Michaels, is here and entering the parking lot! Switch cameras! Go to the back, now!” Michaels walks into the parking lot, and, surprisingly, Danielson comes up to him like a man. “In six days, I’m gonna expose you for the busted, broken-down has-been you are,” says Danielson. “But tonight, I just wanna beat your ass like a step-child.” Michaels doesn’t even flinch. “You don’t want this, Bryan.” “Why? Am I being manipulated?” Danielson asks condescendingly. “Are Don and Adam in my head, saying this is how it has to be? Is this some violation of my sense of honor?” Again, Michaels’ expression is unchanged. “No, Bryan. You don’t want this because you can’t beat me here. I’ve fought bigger and badder then you and came out the one standing. This isn’t your game. Don’t try to do what you know you can’t.” Danielson pushes Michaels, and like that, it’s on; they slug away, and quickly, the environment comes into play, as they’re thrown into cars, and anything that can be picked up and used, is. In the fight’s final moments, Danielson tries to close Michaels’ head in a car door, but Michaels uses a mule kick to get out of it, and then swings the door back open into Danielson’s face. By the time Michaels is able to get to his feet, Danielson is up, but slumped against a car, his head resting against the passenger window. Michaels considers it a moment, measures it, tunes up the band … and as Danielson’s eyes register the moment, he panics and asks Michaels to stop. Michaels thinks about it a moment … turns to walk away … then, turns and delivers the kick just as Danielson is upright. The kick connects perfectly and Danielson slams back against the car door, slumps down to the concrete and is out cold. Winded and wincing a bit from pain, Michaels hobbles over to Danielson and looks down on him, shaking his head. Then, silently, he walks away. ***3/4 Winner: Michaels (opponent unable to continue) Quality: 83% Crowd: 90% Overall: 87% 11th segment: Eddie Kingston & Ruckus vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Homicide w/Don Callis [/center] There is no semblance of order in this one, as the four go for the jugular from the moment the bell rings. It never even approaches a real wrestling match, since everyone is intent on putting their respective enemies in the hospital. The ref has no choice but to let it go, or else disappoint everyone and call it a double-DQ from the opening bell. In the closing moments, Kingston is alone, with Ruckus out on the floor. Jacobs hangs back and lets Homicide do the dirty work, but Kingston starts to fight back. Jacobs digs into his boot, pulls out a metal spike and tosses it to Homicide … only for Ruckus to come flying out of nowhere to bat it down like a cornerback interrupting a pass. Ruckus kicks Homicide in the head, then pulls him down into the 187, while Kingston runs interference. Homicide has no choice but to tap. But when Ruckus lets him go, Homicide rolls on his back, and the spike is within reach. By the time Ruckus is up, so is Homicide, and he spikes Ruckus in the back of the head. Together, they work over Kingston, and when Jacobs pulls out a second spike, they both open huge gouges on the foreheads of their hated rivals. Throwdown ends with Jacobs and Homicide standing tall, Jacobs holding the bloody spike in his mouth like a tango dancer would a rose, while Homicide puts on a meaningless ankle lock on Ruckus. ****1/4 Winners: Ruckus & Kingston (submission, Ruckus on Homicide, 187) Quality: 95% Crowd: 82% Overall: 88% Overall show rating: 79% Tuesday, February 17, 2009:[/u] Email:1) Road agents -- Brent Albright and Rob Conway work well together as a team, it adds to their matches. 2) Road agents -- Justice Pain and The Messiah work well together as a team, it adds to their matches. 3) Road agents -- Bryan Danielson and Shawn Michaels didn't 'click' in their match, maybe due to their mismatched skills causing their styles not to gel? 4) We got a 4.33 rating for 'Throwdown'! The attendance level was 5606 people. We made $224240 from ticket sales. [Damn.] 5) TNA got a 0.87 television rating for 'TNA Monday'! The event was attended by 4932 people. They made $197280 from ticket sales. 6) IWC got a 1.76 television rating for 'IWC Monday'! The event was attended by 1053 people. They made $31590 from ticket sales. 7) Jason Cross, Sabian, Chris Divine, NOSAWA Rongai, Billy Reil, Shark Boy and B-Boy have agreed to open contracts with CMLL. 8) SHI have released Kana Mizaki and Ariel WXW. PI -- 0% was gained. Total -- 74% Global. Jed Shaffer ~One show to go for Do Or Die!
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Post by comahan on Jul 7, 2009 10:59:51 GMT -5
Victor Ceron is a cool name. Also, really enjoyed the Conway stuff at the beginning of the show.
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Post by Brain Of J on Jul 7, 2009 15:47:45 GMT -5
Victor Ceron is a cool name. It's the performer's real name. You might find him in your data as Kafu. I didn't like that name ... it sounded too Umaga/Haku ... you know, stereotypically "mindless savage". It was fun to write that. I'm using a character I was going to e-fed with once and putting Conway into it. It's a hilarious heel character, and Conway's charisma is perfectly suited to it. Jed Shaffer ~Now, hopefully I can get Ceron over quickly ... because I have plans for him.
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Post by Brain Of J on Jul 7, 2009 20:56:34 GMT -5
Preview for Unleashed, February 18, 2009* The pay-per-view card has been updated! Scroll down for details! * - Michael Quackenbush Spillane is only a couple weeks from hitting the three-month mark as Bold Future Champion, which would make him the first man to do so. Lately, he’s been depending on Charles Taylor Esq. to work his title defenses, but tonight, he’s demanded to do it himself. MQS apparently got a bee in his bonnet about losing to BJ Whitmer on Throwdown, so he’s demanded Whitmer tonight! Could Whitmer walk into Do Or Die for his career-threatening match with ROH gold, or is MQS destined to make history? - The Motor City Machine Guns are beloved by fans, and hated by their peers. Nobody respects them for the way they won the ROH World Tag Team Titles, and the challengers are lining up. Four days before they defend the belts against The Burning River Brigade, Alex Shelley will wrestle in a four-corners survival match against Matt Cross, Rey Mysterio and Matt Sydal. Cross has a title shot in the bank, and the other two are looking to get one. Can they stake their claim tonight, or will Shelley prove he isn’t a paper champion? - The feud between Claudio Castagnoli and Arik Cannon has been violent and very personal. Now, Castagnoli and Cannon will end it, once and for all, in a first-of-its-kind match. The winner is the man who can throw his opponent out the doors of the arena into the cold. The loser will be done with ROH. - Homicide is smarting from tapping out yet again to Ruckus, and wants one more chance to prove he can go toe-to-toe with The Ultimate Fighter. Tonight, he’ll take on Shelton Benjamin, a gifted athlete with an impressive amateur wrestling resume. Will Homicide prove his point, or is he walking into no man’s land? - Murderdeathkill step into a steel cage on Sunday for Steel Cage Warfare with three others against a unified Honor Guard. Tonight, they’ll preview this epic encounter when they take on Adam Pearce and William Hunter Johnston. - Edge. Christian Cage. Two names that have been linked in more than one promotion. Cage came to ROH to counter-act the destructive force of Edge, but so far, the two have not crossed paths much. That changes on Unleashed, when they will go one on one … and Paul Burchill will be the referee! - Our main event might be a preview of two months from now, if everything goes right. Nigel McGuinness has a title shot in stone, set for April, against whomever is the champion. If Eddie Kingston can survive the next two months, they will collide in April. But they don’t have to wait until then, because they will collide tonight in a non-title match … but handcuffed to the ringposts will be Jimmy Jacobs and Steve Corino! Plus: Kevin Steen, TJ Wilson, Maxime Boyer, Tyler Black, Austin Aries, Scott Lost, Jigsaw, Roderick Strong, Bryan Danielson, Kory Chavis, Hallowicked, and Shawn Michaels! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Your card for Do Or Die February 22, 2009 Live on pay-per-view
I Quit match for the ROH World Championship: Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Jimmy Jacobs
A Fight Without Honor Austin Aries vs. Roderick Strong
60-minute Iron Man match: Bryan Danielson vs. Shawn Michaels
MMA rules match for the Wrestler's Choice Championship: Ruckus (c) vs. Homicide
Last Man Standing match: Nigel McGuinness vs. Steve Corino
Steel Cage Warfare! Chris Hero, Justice Pain, The Messiah, Joey Ryan & Christian Cage vs. Adam Pearce, Matt Sydal, Jack Evans, Jay Lethal & William Hunter Johnston
First Blood match Paul Burchill vs. Edge
Tables match for the ROH World Tag Team Championships: The Motor City Machine Guns (c) vs. The Burning River Brigade
Whitmer's career is on the line! BJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Rave Jed Shaffer ~Hopefully, I should have the next show up this weekend.
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Post by Brain Of J on Jul 11, 2009 11:27:03 GMT -5
Wednesday, February 18, 2009:[/u] Email:none Results for Unleashed: Jimmy Bauer and Colt Cabana open the show with a rundown of the card, which includes one more face to face confrontation between Shawn Michaels and Bryan Danielson, a Bold Future Championship defense by MQS himself, Edge vs. Christian Cage for the first time in over three years with Paul Burchill as the referee, and ROH World Champion Eddie Kingston against The Honor Guard’s “crown jewel” Nigel McGuinness, with Steve Corino (who is in a wheelchair recuperating from injuries sustained on Throwdown) and Jimmy Jacobs handcuffed to the ringposts. 1st segment: Tyler Black & “Champagne” Kory Chavis vs. The CHIKArmy [/center] Black & Chavis hit the ring once again looking like they’re on different pages, with Black looking very serious and Chavis looking less so. And their teamwork is horrible, as Black wrestles with a fierceness, while Chavis is laconic and easy-going. The end result is Chavis taking a pinfall off Jigsaw. Black and Chavis remain in the ring after The CHIKArmy leave, and Black starts verbally tearing down Chavis for not taking things seriously. Chavis tries to say Black is the one with the problem, taking everything too seriously. Black responds by kicking Chavis in the gut and hitting the small package driver. Black stomps at the head of Chavis to the boos of the crowd, whom he flips off before walking up the ramp. *3/4 Winners: CHIKArmy (pinfall, Jigsaw on Chavis, Jig ‘n’ Tonic) Quality: 72% Crowd: 70% Overall: 71% Notes: Kory Chavis's turn was completed, and he is now a face. Kory Chavis gained overness from this turn. 2nd segment: Kevin Steen vs. Scott Lost Steen comes out very cocky, promising to the camera as he comes down the ramp that tonight will usher in a new era for both himself and ROH. But it looks like the same old Steen when he locks up with Lost: relying less on his unquestionable wrestling skill and more on short-cuts and cheap shots. In the end, despite some excellent wrestling on the part of Lost, Steen’s trickery wins the match for him, and he goes up the ramp, yelling about how he’s the king and acting like he’s won an Academy Award. **1/2 Winner: Steen (pinfall, roll-up with feet on ropes) Quality: 81% Crowd: 65% Overall: 73% 3rd segment, ROH Bold Future Championship match: Michael Quackenbush Spillane (c) w/The Industrial Revolution vs. BJ Whitmer w/Paul Heyman [/center] JBL, Charles Taylor Esq., and Conrad Kennedy III being in the corner of MQS doesn’t seem to intimidate BJ Whitmer in the slightest. In fact, his cool demeanor throws off MQS, and he doesn’t get in much offense. When it looks like Whitmer’s victory is all but in the bag, JBL reaches in and pulls MQS out of the ring. Jimmy Rave comes out and delivers a message from Don Callis: get back in the ring or forfeit the championship. Reluctantly, and after much delaying and talking with The Industrial Revolution, MQS walks back to the ring, but in hopping over the top rope, he lands funny and falls to the mat, holding his ankle. The ref has no choice but to put a stop to the match, much to the frustration of Jimmy Rave. ***3/4 Winner: no contest (injury stoppage) Your ROH Bold Future Champion: Michael Quackenbush Spillane Quality: 84% Crowd: 79% Overall: 81% Notes: The ROH Bold Future title has gained in image. 4th segment: Claudio Castagnoli w/Don Callis vs. Arik Cannon, Arena Ejection match [/center] With no rules and nothing to hold them back, Castagnoli and Cannon go full-tilt, beating each other in every way, with everything, everywhere in the arena. Castagnoli presses his size and strength advantage, which wears down Cannon heavily. But “The Anarchist” uses his cunning and speed to do his damage. The battle ventures out into the parking garage, where they toss each other around into cars and trucks and cement pillars. The deciding moment comes when Castagnoli tries to hit the Alpamere Waterslide on the hood of a car, but Cannon drops out, kicks Castagnoli in the back of the knee, and connects with the Glimmering Warlock, driving his knee into the back of Castagnoli’s head and pushing Castagnoli’s face into the grill of the car. Cannon collects himself, finds a hand-truck nearby, loads Castagnoli onto it and hefts him through the loading bay doors, dumping him out in the cold. The ref makes the all over signal, and with that, Castagnoli’s ROH career is at an end. ***3/4 Winner: Cannon (arena ejection) Quality: 91% Crowd: 83% Overall: 87% Notes: Claudio Castagnoli gained overness from this feud ending. Arik Cannon gained overness from this feud ending. 5th segment: Bryan Danielson enters the ring, with a bandage on his forehead covering a wound from the parking lot brawl only two days before. He paces, keeping his gaze downward, as he talks. “I wanna say this wasn’t my idea, this little face-to-face stuff,” he begins. “I wrestle for a living. I ain’t a politician, I ain’t a businessman; I’m a wrestler, and I’m the best in the world. Did Shawn Michaels beat me on Monday? Sure did … in a fistfight in a parking lot.” Danielson raises his head, a stern expression on his face. “But when we had a straight-up wrestling match, he couldn’t get the job done. Oh, go ahead and boo, but the facts are as plain as day.” Danielson gestures to the JumboTron, which shows the last millisecond win by Danielson at A New Level. [“Can’t argue with the videotape,” says Cabana, “even if Danielson’s smugness is unbearable.”] “That right there’s everything I need for back-up to say that in four days, I don’t care what Shawn’s track record is in big-time matches, or Iron Man matches or whatever: I have him. I own him. And come Sunday, I’ll beat him, and put an end to this farce of Shawn Michaels in ROH.” Michaels’ music hits and the crowd erupts. Michaels doesn’t preen or dance or play to the crowd; he just walks down the ramp and enters the ring. “Look who decided to join the party!” says Danielson mockingly. “Shawn, I want to apologize in advance for Sunday, to the fans and to you. Because Sunday will be your last day in Ring Of Honor. I know your tricks, I know your tendencies, and I know how to exploit every weakness you have. And what’s saddest of all – sadder than the joke you’ve become, sadder than your pathetic attempt to keep up fit in here – will be that the memory you leave with these fans won’t be the ladder matches, or WrestleMania XII, or Montreal … it’ll be of a broken man, trying in vain to keep up with his former student and being exposed as the broken-down relic you are!” Michaels shrugs. “Bryan, I’m the one who owes you an apology. You’re right, I never should’ve come here.” [As the crowd boos, Bauer says; “Is he nuts?”] “Before I came here, you were a former ROH World Champion. You’re the only man to have won this company’s original Triple Crown. Five-star matches, worldwide acclaim, the works. That’s all down the drain now.” Danielson’s face clouds over with confusion. “The minute I came here, you ditched all that, left it all behind, so you could live in my shadow and complain about how I put you there.” The crowd lets out an ooh at the dig as Danielson’s eyes go wild. “It wasn’t me who goaded you into wrestling, Bryan. It wasn’t me who pushed and nagged and took cheap shots. You’ve spent the past three months blaming me for everything you’ve done to yourself. On Sunday, I’m wrestling for one reason and one reason alone: to show you you’re your own worst enemy. All I have to do is pin you once Bryan … just once … and your presumptions about me, your insults and your proclamations about me being past my prime, unable to keep up, old and washed-up, it all goes down the drain. I don’t need to beat you, Bryan. My legacy, the good and the bad, is set in stone. Beating you is just one more notch on the ol’ belt. But you’ve put yourself in a position where anything less than a shut-out, and your entire career comes into question. And the only reason there’ll be questions is because you insist on asking them. Everything you’ve done will pale in comparison because you’ll insist on comparing it to our rivalry.” Danielson shakes his head. “That’s BS and you know it. Sunday isn’t just about beating a rival, Shawn. It’s about being the man who ended your career. It’s being able to say that I did what Steve Austin couldn’t do … what Triple H couldn’t do … what Undertaker, Bret Hart, Kevin Nash, Chris Jericho, what none of them could do. Doing what those men couldn’t will put me in a class by myself. It will forever prove me the best in the world! I broke the man they couldn’t! Ending your career will finally end your stain on this business and in this company and will make me a legend!” Michaels shakes his head in reply. “You just don’t get it, do you? You say you want nothing to do with me ,but you keep putting yourself in my orbit. Everything you’ve said, everything you’ve done since I set foot in the door, you’ve measured yourself against me. And here you are, measuring your future success against being known as the man who ended my career.” Michaels shakes his head again. “It’s sad, Bryan. Once again, my training has failed you. You can’t even be your own man.” Michaels turns to walk away, and turns back around just in time to catch Danielson ready to throw a punch. Danielson stops in mid-swing, eyes locked with Michaels. Michaels just shakes his head one more time. “I hope the man who shows up in four days is Bryan Danielson, ‘The Best In The World’,” says Michaels before stepping through the ropes, “and not just a guy bent on proving he’s better than me.” Quality: Crowd: Overall: 82% 6th segment: Alex Shelley vs. Matt Sydal w/Don Callis vs. Matt Cross vs. Rey Mysterio, four-corners survival match [/center] The expectations for the collision of four great wrestlers doesn’t disappoint, as Mysterio, Shelley, Sydal and Cross put on a match that has the crowd chanting “ROH” and “holy sh*t” almost non-stop. Nobody shows any sense of teamwork, but Sydal and Shelley seem to be absorb the most punishment. There’s tons of near-falls, with most everyone trying to pin Shelley, but Shelley keeps getting out of trouble through resilience and, when necessary, resourcefulness. In the end, the match breaks down and all four men are in the ring, with one man after another hitting big moves. The finale sees Sydal plant Cross with the Here We Go Driver, only for Shelley to hit the Shellshock … but Shelley stands up, not seeing Mysterio, who comes from outside with a slingshot hurricanrana. Mysterio fails to get a grip on Shelley to convert the pin, but he scrambles over to cover Sydal, and that proves enough to win him the match. ***1/4 Winner: Mysterio (pinfall, on Sydal, Shellshock from Shelley) Quality: 85% Crowd: 81% Overall: 83% 7th segment: Shelton Benjamin vs. Homicide w/Don Callis [/center] It’s a tight back-and-forth battle, with Benjamin stonewalling Homicide’s attempts at MMA with his own amateur background. So Homicide reverts to his roots and pulls out a fork. This draws out Ruckus, but before he can get there, Jay Lethal jumps the rail on the ramp and tackles Ruckus. Homicide jabs Benjamin, then joins Lethal in mugging Homicide. By the time Callis orders Homicide and Lethal to the back, Ruckus and Benjamin both look like they’ve been through the ringer. **** Winner: Benjamin (disqualification) Quality: 93% Crowd: 79% Overall: 86% 8th segment: Murderdeathkill w/Paul Heyman vs. Adam Pearce & William Hunter Johnston w/Don Callis [/center] Don Callis leads his troops to the ring first, and before MDK can be introduced, he grabs the mic. “It’s on record that the men about to come down to the ring are a pair of loutish, brutish thugs who maul people like bullies and get much glee for it. It’s no surprise, considering they come from the wreckage of this country’s most embarrassing excuse for a wrestling promotion, CZW! In four days, Adam and William will be but two of my representatives inside a steel cage, and these two criminal malcontents will be two of their opponents. But that’s in the future. Tonight, there is no cage. There are rules. And I’d like to expose these two lowlifes for what they are, a pair of Neanderthal thugs! So, gentlemen, I am exercising my influence and position by changing the rules of this match to a Pure Wrestling Rules match!” MDK come out to the roar of the crowd, and after exchanging glances, drop their Singapore canes and run for the ring like raging bulls … but instead of coming in fists-a-swinging, Justice Pain steps out, and Messiah patiently awaits for one of the HG to come in and lock up. And, much to the dismay of Callis, Pearce and Johnston, Messiah and Pain adhere to the rules and still manage to be dominant. And in the process, MDK notch another win courtesy of the Grave Filler. But no sooner does the bell ring than The Elite and Jay Lethal run out and turn everything into a WCW Nitro ending, with MDK on the mat under the feet of six opponents, and nobody coming to help them. ***3/4 Winners: MDK (pinfall, Pain on Johnston, Grave Filler) Quality: 88% Crowd: 83% Overall: 85% 9th segment: [/center] “Well, coming up nex—“ Bauer raises an eyebrow and puts a hand to his ear. “Seriously? Well … I’ve just been informed we have Austin Aries of all people, standing by with Rebecca Bayless, believe it or not. Rebecca?” The shot switches to the interview area backstage; Bayless looks very nervous standing next to Aries, whose face is a tableau of non-emotion. He keeps his gaze focused downward, looking at nothing in particular. “Austin Aries … um … I … I’m not sure what to say,” she says, unable to look away from the grim visage of Aries’ shaved head and face, and the scar tissue all about his person. “Is there something you’d like to say?” Aries nods almost imperceptibly. “Rebecca, what is the nemesis that always wins the fight?” Bayless is unable to get out a single syllable; she can only stand, slack-jawed. “Time, Rebecca. Time is a hunter that always catches its prey. Life is an unceasing grinding against the heart and mind, wearing one down until time stills our soul. Time puts us out of the misery of life. It silences all the disquiet voices in our minds, the cries of pain and agony that we collect in our lives. Loves lost, challenges failed, enemies unbeaten, opportunities squandered.” Aries’ voice falls silent, for long enough to unnerve Bayless. “Austin?” “Suffering is the symphony of life, Rebecca. Suffering is the symphony … and I am the conductor. It is the mantle I’ve been given, fair or foul. I don’t relish the role. I take no joy in it, and nor do I feel remorse. The mechanics of suffering are an inexorable machine, and they always need new grist for the mill. It is my lot to feed the machine, and Roderick is the next on the list. He has inflicted suffering on others, and he is due for his own torture.” Aries finally looks up, looking right at Bayless, which makes her back up a step. “But just because he is due a receipt for his atrocities doesn’t mean I need to be expedient. The story of Roderick’s suffering is one of many chapters … this past Monday was but one stanza. A paragraph, nothing more. I pulled back because the whole story has yet to be told. To simply break him in one shot would be to do both him and the machine a disservice. We have a lifetime to investigate the dimensions of the suffering he is due.” “W-w-why did you attack William Hunter Johnston?” Aries once again looks down. “The machine does not discriminate.” Suddenly, Aries turns around and is met with a chair in the face. Aries crumples like paper in the rain, falling face down on the concrete. Bayless tries to put the mic in front of Strong, but he glares at her and sends her screaming. A couple road agents approach, but none are bold enough to approach Strong. Then, Strong sees small movement from Aries, and in a flash, starts raining down blows across Aries’ back, screaming “DIE!” over and over and over again. It takes a small group of wrestlers to take the chair and pull Strong away. Medics rush to attend to Aries … and the last scene before Unleashed goes to commercial is a smile breaking out on Aries’ face. Quality: Crowd: Overall: 79% 10th segment: Edge vs. Christian Cage w/Paul Burchill as special referee [/center] It’s apparent from the first second that Burchill is uninterested in calling a fair fight, as Edge’s pinfall attempts are met with slow counts (if he even counts at all), and Burchill bordered on oppressive when it comes to Edge’s offense. And although Cage doesn’t take advantage of it, it’s obvious Burchill would let him get away with murder if it meant Edge taking a beating. But Cage stays true to the rules, and Edge works with his limitations to fight a terrific back-and-forth match. In the closing moments, Edge pushes out of an Unprettier, sending Cage into the turnbuckle; he turns around into the spear, but this time, Burchill just refuses to count. Edge gets up and starts yelling at Burchill, who crosses his arms. Edge cocks his fist to swing, but relents, not wanting to give Burchill the satisfaction. Behind Edge, Cage gets to his feet, grabs Edge’s arms and hits the Unprettier, and goes for the cover. Burchill drops and makes the count, but it’s a blindingly fast count, and when Cage notices it, he pulls up at two. Burchill is apoplectic and tells Cage to cover Edge again. Cage refuses to by standing up, prompting Burchill to get in Cage’s face. Cage tells Burchill he won’t take an obviously tainted victory, while Burchill argues Edge deserves to be screwed. The argument comes an abrupt end when Edge pulls himself up and hits Cage from behind, sending Cage into Burchill. Right away, Burchill signals the timekeeper and disqualifies Edge. Both Cage and Edge are incredulous at the announcement, while Burchill walks away, flipping a pair of birds. ***** Winner: Cage (disqualification) Quality: 100% Crowd: 92% Overall: 96% 11th segment: Eddie Kingston vs. Nigel McGuinness w/Don Callis, non-title [/center] Steve Corino and Jimmy Jacobs are brought out and handcuffed to the ringposts; Jacobs looks anxious, almost ready to jump out of his skin, while Corino sits calmly in a wheelchair, almost serene as he watches the match unfold. Kingston doesn’t give Jacobs a second glance, but McGuinness stops to taunt Corino over and over, which Corino sells by yawning and making the “blah blah blah” hand gesture. Kingston and McGuinness have a solid match, alternating between decent ground work and a striking battle. All the while, Jacobs twitters nervously, and Corino watches on, content to text on his cell phone. In the closing moments, as Jacobs starts to tug and pull at his handcuffs, Kingston and McGuinness get into a very stiff striking battle, which Kingston ends by ducking a lariat, going behind McGuinness and hitting the backdrop driver. McGuinness does a New Japan/fighting spirit no-sell, rolling through backwards, stumbling into the ropes and going for the Jawbreaker Lariat. But Kingston sees it coming and knocks one of McGuinness’ teeth out with a spinning backfist. McGuinness is out cold, but Kingston is also exhausted and back to the corner where Jacobs is. Suddenly, Jacobs’ wrangling pays free, and he pulls one of his hands out of the handcuffs, climbs the apron and uses the cuff to strangle Kingston from behind. The ref calls for the disqualification, as Corino gets up and yells for help. But Jacobs drops Kingston, pulls a spike out of his boot and climbs in the ring, and the guards stay back a safe distance. Corino demands he be set free, and the guard with the key moves toward him … only for Callis to stall him long enough for McGuiness to wake up and approach Corino. McGuinness taunts Corino and Corino responds by spitting in McGuinness’ face; McGuinness sees red and immediately throws a lariat, but Corino ducks, and McGuinness’ arm wraps around the steel post. McGuinness drops to the mat, howling in pain. As this happens, Paul Heyman runs out, grabs the keys from the guard and goes to unlock Corino. Callis tries to stop him, but Heyman pushes him down on his ass and frees his client, who pops up seemingly much less injured then assumed. Jacobs, seeing Corino coming, runs off, but the damage is done: Kingston is bleeding from a huge gash in his forehead and he’s holding his throat. Still, Jacobs retreats with a very pleased smile on his face. ****1/4 Winner: Kingston (disqualification) Quality: 94% Crowd: 86% Overall: 90% Overall show rating: 83% Thursday, February 19, 2009:[/u] Email:1) Arik Cannon -- That last feud rocked, it has helped my career a lot! 2) Josh Prohibition -- How about booking me against Homicide? I'm sure we could do some pretty entertaining stuff that the fans would like. 3) Chris Sabin -- How about booking me against Michael Q. Spillane? I'm sure we could do some pretty entertaining stuff that the fans would like. 4) We won the head-to-head with WWE Wednesday in the ratings! 5) We got a 4.54 rating for 'Unleashed'! The attendance level was 5630 people. We made $225200 from ticket sales. 6) WWE got a 1.70 television rating for 'WWE Wednesday'! The event was attended by 334 people. They made $6680 from ticket sales. PI -- 1% was gained. Total -- 75% Global. Friday, February 20, 2009:[/u] Email:1) TNA got a 3.88 television rating for 'TNA iMPACT!'! The event was attended by 5262 people. They made $210480 from ticket sales. Saturday, February 21, 2009:[/u] Email:1) TNA got a 0.93 television rating for 'TNA Friday'! The event was attended by 5267 people. They made $210680 from ticket sales. 2) CMLL got a 1.56 television rating for 'CMLL Friday'! The event was attended by 317 people. They made $6340 from ticket sales. 3) IWA-PR got a 1.15 television rating for 'High Impact'! The event was attended by 420 people. They made $12600 from ticket sales. 4) Jonny Storm, Zumbido and Vincent Bruce have agreed to open contracts with CMLL. Jed Shaffer ~TNA's fallen to 61% image in the past couple weeks. Once my stars started really gaining popularity and I was beating them on that and workrate, they were toast. Too bad they don't have anybody I want available to steal.
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Post by Brain Of J on Jul 11, 2009 11:31:22 GMT -5
Do Or Die preview:
If Whitmer loses, he leaves ROH forever BJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Rave After seeing his career stalled out by being blinded by vengeance, BJ Whitmer has re-emerged a new man. He has vowed to be Ring Of Honor’s protector and, one by one, cleanse ROH of The Honor Guard. This is not a mission of vengeance, he says; like when he stood against CZW in 2006, it’s simply the right thing to do. If he can make it through everyone the Honor Guard has in its roster, he will get Adam Pearce. But to get this, he has had to put up his very career. If he loses against Jimmy Rave, BJ Whitmer is out of ROH forever.
ROH Wrestler’s Choice Championship match--MMA rules “The Ultimate Fighter” Ruckus (c) vs. “The Notorious 187” Homicide Ruckus and Homicide have been at one another’s throats since Final Battle, when Ruckus won the Wrestler’s Choice Championship by forfeit and lost it fifteen minutes later in a glorified 3-on-1 handicap match. Ruckus won the title back at A New Level in a street-style match, reverting back to the Ruckus that once wore CZW gold, a gritty, street-fighting thug. But Homicide won’t walk away, and he’s put in for a rematch. But now it’s on Ruckus’ turf: MMA rules: there will be no weapons. Closed fists are legal. There will be five three-minute rounds, and in the event of a tie, it will go to a decision of the judges. There are no pinfalls; only a submission, a knock-out or a ref’s discretion will stop the match. Ruckus showed he hadn’t forgotten his roots and could adapt with ease. Can Homicide do the same and take back the belt?
First blood match “The Ripper” Paul Burchill vs. “The Rated-R Superstar” Edge Edge’s invasion of ROH was a crime of opportunity, and most everything he’s done since then has followed the same pattern; he won the Wrestler’s Choice Championship – and an ROH contract – because of an open challenge. He’s gone undefeated since debuting thanks to his opportunistic nature, including winning a #1 contender’s match at Do Or Die. But in the process, he tried to use Paul Burchill as a stepping stone, something “The Ripper” did not take lightly. Edge defeated Burchill by pure chance the night before A New Level. But now, there will be no flukes. But there will be blood.
Tables match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship The Motor City Machine Guns (c) vs. The Burning River Brigade By winning the ROH World Tag Team Championships with a bit of trickery, the Machine Guns lost the respect of virtually every tag team in ROH that had been chasing The Elite, waiting for the opportunity to beat them into the ground. It has made them marked men, as not only do they carry the champion’s target, they are thought of as paper champions. The Burning River Brigade, a team many have said should’ve had a shot last autumn, are finally getting their shot. Are the Guns really paper champions? Or are the Brigade overrated?
Steel Cage Warfare Chris Hero, Justice Pain, The Messiah, Christian Cage & Joey Ryan vs. Adam Pearce, Matt Sydal, Jack Evans, Jay Lethal & William Hunter Johnson Network Representative Don Callis wants progress in the war with the “outsiders”, and a wholesale elimination of five of the biggest nuisances is what inspired the return of Steel Cage Warfare. Teamwork is on The Honor Guard’s side; Team ROH is full of rivalries and tensions, while The Honor Guard is a solid unit. But Team ROH has something on the line: title shots. If Team ROH wins, the surviving members of the team get title shots. Will Team ROH come together over their goals, or will The Honor Guard divide and conquer?
Fight Without Honor “The Mechanical Animal” Austin Aries vs. Roderick Strong They have stood as partners and as adversaries. But never have the emotions run so deep. This time, they will face each other with no rules to hold them back. Both men have been irrevocably changed, scarred, by the events over the past few months; both feel a tremendous loss and a nurse a potentially unquenchable thirst for blood. After their clash, they may be forever be changed again … possibly never to be seen again.
60-minute Iron Man match “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson vs. “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels For Shawn Michaels, it was about respect and honor. For Bryan Danielson, it was about taking the torch and putting the past to rest. Now, it has become personal. Neither man wants to admit he’s the lesser of the two. Michaels tried to take the high road, tried to get Danielson to see he was being brainwashed, by Danielson has been resolute in his stance. Their near-draw at A New Level was a modern classic. This time, it won’t be a question of if they can make it to the time limit; they must, and the winner will be the one with the most decisions. In recent weeks, the feud has escalated, as Michaels has taken an uncharacteristic stance in pursuing the former ROH World Champion. Can Danielson pull it out again and put his teacher in his place, or will Michaels send his student back to school?
Last Man Standing match Nigel McGuinness vs. “The King of Old School” Steve Corino Steve Corino could’ve chased the new ROH World Champion after the Final Battle Screwjob. He could’ve gone after Jimmy Jacobs, even after he lost the belt, for revenge. But he put personal aspirations aside and made it his mission to keep Nigel McGuinness from capturing the coveted belt for the good of Ring Of Honor. He succeeded in stopping McGuinness at A New Level, despite an injury to his ankle, but screwing McGuinness only enraged the Brit. They’ve done after one another over and over in the past month. Both men have suffered injuries to their ankles. Now, the two will clash one more time, in a Last Man Standing match.
I Quit match for the ROH World Championship “The Last Of A Dying Breed” Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Jimmy Jacobs The ROH World Champion and Jimmy Jacobs have a tangled history. Kingston beat Jacobs for the Wrestler’s Choice Championship, and in the process, injured his then-love interest Lisa Marie, sending her packing from ROH. On Jacobs’ first night on ROH TV as the new champ, Kingston cashed in his shot and won the belt. Jacobs has been hell-bent on revenge ever since. Kingston shrinks from no challenge, and neither does Jacobs, which makes the stipulation all the more interesting; neither man has it in them to say “I quit” … and yet, one will have to. Jacobs’ mean-streak is the stuff of legend; his Machiavellian manipulations turned Austin Aries into an unfeeling monster, drove Lacey out of ROH and destroyed Aries’ friendship with Roderick Strong. He is no stranger to violence, having participated in last year’s epic Hell On Earth match. But Kingston is a veteran of one of the most brutal promotions in this country’s history, CZW. He knows how to turn up the violence. And Kingston is fighting for more than personal pride; his belt is missing, and he believes Jacobs has it. One of these men will do the unthinkable and utter those two words for the first time ever. And one of these men will walk out of Do Or Die as ROH World Champion.
Jed Shaffer ~Get in them predictions!
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Post by comahan on Jul 11, 2009 13:57:59 GMT -5
If Whitmer loses, he leaves ROH forever BJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Rave ~ Whitmer.
ROH Wrestler’s Choice Championship match--MMA rules “The Ultimate Fighter” Ruckus (c) vs. “The Notorious 187” Homicide ~ Ruckus.
First blood match “The Ripper” Paul Burchill vs. “The Rated-R Superstar” Edge ~ Ill go Edge here.
Tables match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship The Motor City Machine Guns (c) vs. The Burning River Brigade ~ Brigade is overrated! I love what you have going with the Guns, and want it to continue, with the belts around their waist.
Steel Cage Warfare Chris Hero, Justice Pain, The Messiah, Christian Cage & Joey Ryan vs. Adam Pearce, Matt Sydal, Jack Evans, Jay Lethal & William Hunter Johnson ~ I'll go with Team ROH here, for no other reason than i like them a lot more.
Fight Without Honor “The Mechanical Animal” Austin Aries vs. Roderick Strong ~ Aries.
60-minute Iron Man match “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson vs. “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels ~ The real Danielson shows up and out-wrestles Shawn for the win.
Last Man Standing match Nigel McGuinness vs. “The King of Old School” Steve Corino ~ I want Corino to win, but Ill pick Nigel.
I Quit match for the ROH World Championship “The Last Of A Dying Breed” Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Jimmy Jacobs ~ Kingston, but Ill say neither person actually ends up saying I quit, somehow.
It should be noted that we've both made WCW Nitro references recently. Awesome.
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Post by Brain Of J on Jul 18, 2009 15:56:58 GMT -5
Sunday, February 22, 2009:[/u] Email:1) HWA got a 0.61 television rating for 'Main Event TV'! The event was attended by 137 people. They made $2055 from ticket sales. 2) CMLL got a 1.61 television rating for 'CMLL Saturday'! The event was attended by 320 people. They made $6400 from ticket sales. 3) IWC got a 0.22 television rating for 'IWC Ignition'! The event was attended by 1054 people. They made $31620 from ticket sales. Results for Do Or Die: After the intro video and fireworks, Steven Manning and Colt Cabana kick off the PPV hyping the card: three title matches, several high-profile grudge matches, Steel Cage Warfare, and a career-threatening match for BJ Whitmer. Manning then delivers the news that earlier this morning, Joey Ryan was found unconscious in his hotel room, the victim of an apparent assault, and is being treated at a local medical facility. As a result, he has been pulled from Steel Cage Warfare, and will be replaced with Shelton Benjamin. 1st segment: BJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Rave [/center] Jimmy Rave is schooled from one side of the ring to the other in a match that never really resembles a fair fight. As soon as Rave is pinned (and it only takes a couple minutes), Whitmer stands up and asks for a mic. He looks up at the stage, holds up one finger and says; “That’s one, Don. Who’s next?” Whitmer drops the microphone and leaves the ring. **3/4 Winner: Whitmer (pinfall, Adrenaline Spike) Quality: 80% Crowd: 73% Overall: 76% 2nd segment, ROH Wrestler’s Choice Championship: Ruckus (c) vs. Homicide, MMA rules The first round of the contest is mostly a learning process, as Ruckus gauges Homicide’s MMA skills and vice versa, and by the end of the round, one thing is obvious: Homicide is a good fighter, but Ruckus is a fully-rounded martial artist. When the second round starts, Ruckus uses what he’s learned in the first round to school Homicide, cutting through Homicide’s one-dimensional offense and, after a minute and a half, locking in the 187. With no rope breaks, Homicide has no choice but to tap. But as Ruckus celebrates, Homicide comes up behind, nails Ruckus and hits the Cop Killa. Homicide gets in Ruckus’ face, slaps him a couple times and tells him their feud isn’t over. ***3/4 Winner: Ruckus (submission, 187) Your ROH Wrestler’s Choice Champion: Ruckus Quality: 88% Crowd: 90% Overall: 89% Notes: The ROH Wrestler's Choice title has gained in image. 3rd segment: Paul Burchill vs. Edge, First Blood match [/center] Christian Cage joins the commentary crew, which immediately prompts questions about where he stands with Edge and Paul Burchill. Cage deflects questions, reiterating that “the people know why” he’s in ROH. Meanwhile, he focuses on the gruesome display of aggression, one which Burchill dominates. He ignores the glares of Burchill, telling “The Ripper” to focus on the match; Edge, meanwhile, never even spares a glance in Cage’s direction, mostly because he’s busy trying to stay alive and get a step ahead of Burchill. For a while, Edge manages to press an advantage, but Burchill smartly protects his head, frustrating Edge’s attempts at drawing blood. When Burchill gets the advantage again in the closing minutes, he seems more intent on punishing Edge than making him bleed. After a few minutes of being abused, including three consecutive curb stomps, Edge is a rag doll, but Burchill doesn’t look like he’s going for the kill … until he goes fishing under the apron for something, and comes up with a small paper bag, which he brings into the ring with him. The crowd actually gasps in unison when he pulls out the contents of the bag, and prompts Steven Manning to pull off his headset to yell for security: it is a box cutter. But Cage is up first, sliding into the ring, holding out his hands and begging Burchill not to go through with it. As Colt Cabana apologizes to the home viewers and actually suggests turning the channel just in case, Cage tries to reason with Burchill. It works in the sense of getting Burchill away from Edge, but he approaches Cage, box cutter still in hand, angry about Cage’s intrusion. As Cage tries to get it through to Burchill that his actions could lead to being fired or even imprisoned, Edge slowly comes to. Cage notices it and points at Edge rising; Burchill dodges, and Cage gets speared. Burchill tries to move in for the kill, but Edge manages to get Burchill and hit a DDT on a chair. Edge pulls Burchill and the chair outside to the steel grating of the ramp up the stage, places Burchill face down, then brings the chair down hard, crushing Burchill’s face into the grating once, twice, three times. The ref checks and calls for the bell, seeing Burchill is busted wide open from being pressed into the grating. Weakened, Edge leaves, a sick smile on his face, as Cage watches from ringside, holding his gut and muttering a few choice curses. ****1/4 Winner: Edge (first blood) Quality: 93% Crowd: 92% Overall: 92% 4th segment, ROH World Tag Team Championship match: The Motor City Machine Guns (c) vs. The Burning River Brigade, Tables match [/center] The referee gestures for the teams to meet in the center of the ring for the traditional handshake, but from their corner, the Brigade offer stereo middle fingers. And they follow that up with a rush before the ref can signal for the bell, looking to score the early advantage. The match is a classic tornado tag match, and with the participants, high spots and crazy, innovative wrestling is happening at such a fast pace, it’s hard to keep track of everything going on. All four wrestlers go through tables in the course of the match, but because all are defensive or mistakes, none of them count, including a spectacular and reckless attempt by Josh Prohibition to hit an asai moonsault on Chris Sabin as he lay on a table on arena floor where Shelley pulls Sabin out before Prohibition hits. By the time the match is in the final minutes, the ringside area looks like a lumber company’s garbage bin, and everybody is exhausted and hurting, and every move is a struggle. By this time, Murderdeathkill, La Raza, The CHIKArmy, and Kory Chavis are all on the stage, watching intently, and flashes to the back show The Honor Guard teams and Entourage also watching on monitors. In the end, as Sabin fights with Cross and Prohibition fights with Shelley over separate tables, Sabin hits a top-rope Cradle Shock on Cross to end it. The crowd gives the match a “that was awesome” chant. The Guns try to shake hands, but the Brigade walk off, and are consoled by the teams at the top of the stage. MDK, The CHIKArmy and La Raza all give cursory glances back to the ring, their hatred for the Guns almost palpable. Likewise, in their respective locker rooms, The Elite, The Last Hard Men and Entourage all look disappointed at the results, a stark contrast to the ovation the Guns receive. ***3/4 Winners: MCMG’s Your ROH World Tag Team Champions: Motor City Machine Guns Quality: 89% Crowd: 88% Overall: 88% 5th segment: Chris Hero, Justice Pain, The Messiah, Christian Cage & Shelton Benjamin vs. Adam Pearce, William Hunter Johnston, Matt Sydal, Jack Evans & Jay Lethal, Steel Cage Warfare Johnston and Benjamin start off the match, with The Honor Guard winning the coin flip. There isn’t a single elimination until the teams are 3-3 (with Lethal, Messiah, Evans and Hero being the next four in the ring), when Benjamin catches Johnston with the Paydirt when his attention is focused on Messiah. But it gets right back to parity when Sydal comes in and hits the Here We Go Driver on Benjamin, bringing it back to 3-3. And quickly after that, Messiah is taken out, courtesy of Jack Evans, bringing it down to 3-2. The rest of the eliminations all happen after all members are in the cage. Jay Lethal is the next to go, after getting nailed with a Hero’s Welcome. Jack Evans is then done in by Christian Cage, putting Team ROH a man up. But just like that, the winds change, as Nigel McGuinness comes down and throws a pair of brass knuckles in the ring; Pearce catches them and waffles Hero, putting out his lights and putting him out of the match. The crowd is shocked at the idea of Team ROH’s captain gone, even if it is still a fair fight, 2-2. Pearce tries to use the knucks again, but Pain ducks it, grabs Pearce and launches him into the steel cage wall with a vicious powerbomb. As this happens, Sydal puts Cage on his back and climbs the cage for a super-shooting star, but Cage snags the knucks and when Sydal makes his dive, Cage puts out the knucks for Sydal to fall on. Cage rolls over Sydal and pins him, leaving Pearce alone with Cage and Pain. Naturally, they drag out the misery before hitting him with multiple finishers and pinning him together. ***1/4 Winners: Team ROH Survivor(s): Christian Cage and Justin Pain Quality: 84% Crowd: 80% Overall: 82% 6th segment: Austin Aries vs. Roderick Strong, Fight Without Honor [/center] Surprisingly, the rules-free environment of a Fight Without Honor is barely used, as both men are more inclined to out-wrestle and otherwise beat the ever-loving hell out of each other with their own skills. Still, sometimes, they do spill outside, and the ringside barricade and the steel steps are used, but not as weapons. And chairs and tables and the like never come into play. The fight is just a very intense, very physical match, with neither leaving anything on the table. They seem perfectly matched, and the feeling becomes the match could go all night, without a time limit … but while fighting for control of a waist-lock, Aries German’s Strong into the turnbuckles, jarring his neck. The ref tries to get Aries to step back to see if there was a legit injury, but Aries muscles past, picks up Strong and hits the cross-legged brainbuster. Aries glares at the ref and there’s nothing he can do but make the count to bring to an end the match. ***1/2 Winner: Aries (pinfall, The Inevitable Pain) Quality: 84% Crowd: 87% Overall: 86% Notes: Roderick Strong debuted his new gimmick (Ice Man), it got a positive response. Roderick Strong gained overness from this feud ending. 7th segment: Bryan Danielson vs. Shawn Michaels, Iron Man match [/center] Michaels and Danielson meet in the middle of the ring, standing nose to nose, glaring, ignoring the ref’s instructions to shake hands. Even when the bell rings, for the first fifteen seconds, neither man moves. The stillness is broken by a collar-and-elbow tie-up, and from there, the two go through a phenomenal series of counters and reversals, for a solid three minutes, ending when Michaels kips up into an elbow from Danielson … but Danielson lets Michaels sit and absorb the hit, while Danielson taps his forehead and grins. They go right back to more mat work, which leads to another chain wrestling bit, ending with Danielson kipping up … and getting put on his back again with Sweet Chin Music out of nowhere. But Michaels backs off and lets Danielson collect himself. As soon as Danielson is up, Michaels looks him dead in the eye and counts off 1-2-3 on his fingers, then snaps his fingers and says “just like that”. Like a light switch being flipped, Danielson moves in, starting a striking war, and the match kicks into high gear. From there, it’s an exciting back-and-forth contest of youthful determination versus seasoned experience, and the advantage goes back and forth. Danielson avoids several super-kicks, while Michaels manages to squirm out of several submission attempts, and after thirty minutes and no decisions are rendered, the feeling seems to be it could go the distance stalled out at 0. But that feeling is broken around 35 minutes, when Michaels, having been hammered with elbows to the face, comes back with Sweet Chin Music. This time, he doesn’t pass up the pin, and finally, the zero-all is broken. Michaels continues to press his advantage, and once even locks in the Cattle Mutilation, but Danielson wrestles with a ferocity like never before, and in time overtakes Michaels in setting the pace. The crowd splits a chant of “Let’s go Michaels”/”Let’s go Dragon”, out of respect for the performance and will to win. Michaels almost makes it 2-0 when he pulls the teardrop suplex out of mothballs, but as Danielson works the back, Michaels seems to slow down more and more. At the one-minute mark, Michaels goes for Sweet Chin Music again, only for Danielson to duck, kick out Michaels’ legs, and muscle him down for Cattle Mutilation. With three seconds left, the pain becomes too much to bear, and Danielson ties it up at 1-1. As soon as the bell rings seconds later, Don Callis marches out. “No way is this match ending in a tie!” yells Callis. “Referee, ring the bell. Five minute overtime!” “Sudden death overtime!” exclaims Steven Manning. “Echoes of WrestleMania XII!” And like that historic event, a few minutes in, Michaels hits Sweet Chin Music and scores the pinfall. Michaels gets to his feet, raising a hand … but the celebratory mood is clipped off by Callis. “What are you cheering for, Shawn?” snipes Callis. “I didn’t say sudden death overtime. I said overtime. You’ve still got two minutes to go!” Michaels shoots Callis a glare of pure fury, and wastes enough time jaw-jacking for Danielson to recover. He comes up behind Michaels, hits a perfect German, rolls through and locks Michaels in place for the triangle-lock trapped elbows. Michaels never even gets a chance to tap, as the flurry of elbows renders him unconscious, and the ref has to put a stop to Danielson’s onslaught, tying the score once again. The clock ticks by as the ref checks on Michaels, who finally comes to with only seconds left, not enough for any further wrestling to take place. But Callis pops up and, to the horror of everyone, orders another overtime. Michaels, however, is barely cognizant of what’s going on, and no sooner has the bell rung then Danielson nails a roaring elbow that dims Michaels’ lights again. Three seconds later, Danielson makes it 3-2. And this time, Michaels is out cold. Callis orders the match to continue till the overtime elapses, but Danielson jumps out, grabs the timekeeper’s hammer and rings the bell himself, telling Callis the match is over. “You get in there and finish him!” Callis yells. “He is finished! If you want more blood, go get it yourself! I proved my point!” Danielson walks off, and when it becomes obvious he isn’t coming back, Callis tells the announcer to proclaim Danielson the winner and chases after his soldier. **3/4 Winner: Danielson (3-2) Quality: 79% Crowd: 81% Overall: 80% Notes: Shawn Michaels lost overness from this feud ending. Bryan Danielson lost overness from this feud ending. [Huh?!?] 8th segment: Steve Corino vs. Nigel McGuinness, Last Man Standing match [/center] Corino and McGuinness meet in the middle of the ring, forehead to forehead, trading insults, hatred pouring from their pores. Finally, McGuinness has enough and headbutts Corino, only for Corino to headbutt back. Thus, the match kicks off with a headbutt war, going back and forth, until Corino takes the advantage when he ducks an attempted lariat and responds with a superkick. From there, the two put on an incredible dance of science and sadism, as they try to protect their weak legs, while going after the other’s weak spot with psychotic glee. Chairs are brought in, as is a sledgehammer, a cinder block (which is broken on McGuinness’ ankle using the sledge), and baseball bats, all to take the wheels out from one another. In the end, though, the winner isn’t even decided by the punishment inflicted on the legs; it’s one last burst of strength and resolve by Steve Corino, hitting a superkick as Nigel McGuinness tries a Jawbreaker Lariat, sending McGuinness falling through the ropes, hitting his head on the announce table, knocking him out. The ref counts with both men down, and Corino tries standing, but his leg won’t support the weight. Callis, meanwhile, tries to pull McGuinness up himself, but Paul Heyman comes around and scares Callis away. Finally, at 9, Corino gets to his feet ever so gingerly, while McGuinness is out cold. ***1/2 Winner: Corino (10-count) Quality: 82% Crowd: 98% Overall: 93% Notes: Nigel McGuinness lost overness from this feud ending. Steve Corino gained overness from this feud ending. [HUH?!?] 9th segment, ROH World Championship match: Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Jimmy Jacobs, I Quit match [/center] Kingston and Jacobs get started before the bell even rings, as Kingston rushes Jacobs in the aisle during his entrance. As a wrestling match, it’s a horrendous insult, but as a bloody fight, it surpasses all expectations, as the champ and Jacobs use increasingly dangerous tactics to get the other to quit. Highlights include Jacobs trying to crush Kingston’s throat with a guard rail, Kingston using the timekeeper’s hammer to smash the fingers on Jacobs’ left hand, Kingston doing an imitation of Magnum TA by using a spike in Jacobs’ eye, and Jacobs hammering Kingston with a steel chair wrapped in barbed wire. But none of it works, and after almost twenty minutes, both men are bleeding from multiple wounds and look like animated corpses from a battlefield, and neither betrays a hint of being ready to quit. Jacobs disappears under the ring ropes for a while, and when he comes back up, Kingston tries to catch him coming in, only for Jacobs to handcuff him to the top rope. Jacobs toys with Kingston for a bit, cherry-picking shots before laying into him with solid strikes, but still Kingston holds on. Jacobs makes his mistake when he goes for a running spike stab, and Kingston drops, pulling down the rope, sending Jacobs sprawling out. The ref calls out ring techs, who get use a pair of bolt cutters to free the champ. The final sequence, which happens right after that, is possibly the most blood-curdling: Jacobs gets back in and tries another stab, but Kingston counters with a spinning backfist; Jacobs staggers and spins like a drunk, allowing Kingston to grab Jacobs and hit a backdrop driver into thumbtacks. The ref checks Jacobs and after repeated attempts to revive him, cannot, and is about to signal for the bell when Don Callis comes out. “No, no, no, no, no!” Callis yells, shaking a finger. “This is an I Quit match, and it won’t end until someone says it! Medics, get out here with smelling salts and wake up that man!” As the announcers express their shock, Kingston slides out and assaults the medic, then grabs the salts himself. He then approaches a security guard and says something; when the guard doesn’t respond out of confusion, Kingston yells, and that gets the guard moving, handing him two zip ties. Kingston stops off at the apron, pulls out a brown paper grocery bag, rolls in and uses the zip ties to bind Jacobs to the ropes in a crucifix pose. He then uses the smelling salts to wake up Jacobs. “Don’t worry, you ain’t lost … yet,” says Kingston, smiling. “See, you got a choice, Jimmy.” “F*ck you!” snarls Jacobs. “No, that ain’t an option. See, the choice is simple. You can quit, and maybe down the line, you can get another shot. Or, you can deal with what’s in the bag.” “Kiss my ass!” says Jacobs. Kingston shrugs as he makes a big play of revealing what’s in the bag. The announcers speculate on what could possibly be in it that might work when nothing else has so far, while the audience is at a fever pitch to see the contents … and as soon as Kingston pulls it out, the room goes cold. “Colt … Colt … that’s … bleach!” Kingston unscrews the cap with a big smile. “How much you think I’ll need to blind you, Jimmy? A spoon’s worth? A cap? The whole bottle?” The smile disappears and Kingston comes closer. “Quit, and you get to wrestle again. Don’t quit, and maybe you and Lacey’ll end up learning Braille together.” Kingston leans down, getting on Jacobs’ level. “And if you think I’m bluffin’, look in my eyes, boy, and tell me how much bullsh*t you see.” Jacobs does so, and the color drains from his face. “Stop, man! Stop! Don’t do it!” “Say it, then!” Jacobs delays a little longer, long enough for Kingston to decide to rear back the bottle to throw it forward in a splash. “Alright! Alright … I quit!” Kingston smiles again as the ref signals for the bell … and then splashes Jacobs anyway. Jacobs screams and the crowd is in stunned silence … until they realize Jacobs has opened his eyes and can see. Kingston takes a drink of the “bleach” and uses what’s left to pour on his head to wash away the blood. Before Kingston leaves the ring, he looks at Jacobs and says; “I expect my belt back tomorrow, boy.” ****1/2 Winner: Kingston (“I Quit”) Your ROH World Champion: Eddie Kingston Quality: 95% Crowd: 90% Overall: 92% Overall show rating: 88% [My highest ever!!!] Jed Shaffer ~And Comahan wins the pick'ems by default!
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Post by Zane on Jul 18, 2009 19:03:54 GMT -5
Your right up puts mine to shame. I might just have to rip off a certain something from you.
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Post by Brain Of J on Jul 21, 2009 20:48:01 GMT -5
Preview for Throwdown, February 23, 2009:
- Michael Quackenbush Spillane is only 7 days away from completing three months as Bold Future Champion. He has deferred his mandatory title defense until Wednesday, but he’s asked for a match on Throwdown, where he’ll partner with The Industrial Revolution’s junior associate, Charles Taylor Esq., and their Primary Investor, Conrad Kennedy III. Their opponents will be three men who’ve chased MQS since he’s won the belt: Shelton Benjmain, TJ Wilson and Scott Lost. And MQS has even offered that, if one of these men score the pinfall, they’ll get the final title shot next Monday! Will this inspire them to work together, or cause dissension?
- Ruckus was successful in his defense of the Wrestler’s Choice Championship against Homicide at Do Or Die, but Homicide made him pay after. Ruckus demanded another match, but Don Callis has said Ruckus will have to make do with another member of The Honor Guard. Who will Ruckus be facing?
- At Do Or Die, Nigel McGuinness’ timely interference helped his team eliminate Chris Hero from Steel Cage Warfare. Tonight, Hero has demanded McGuinness in the ring. There’s been no word from the Honor Guard camp, but Hero will definitely be there.
- Our main event will be a four-corners survival match, each one coming to the ring with issues. In one corner will be Christian Cage, who not only has inserted himself into the crosshairs of The Honor Guard, but has now become embroiled in the Paul Burchill/Edge war. The second man will be Steve Corino, who is coming off of a horrendous but hard-fought victory over Nigel McGuinness in a Last Man Standing match last night; he’s made it clear that after McGuinness, he’d be coming for Jimmy Jacobs. In the third corner is Joey Ryan, who was taken out of Do Or Die at the hands of an unknown assailant in his hotel room on Saturday night. Ryan has been climbing the ladder with exceptional performances and challenging established names, and winning here could be a huge feather in his cap, if his mystery assailant doesn’t come calling first. And finally, there’s Bryan Danielson, who squeaked out a 3-2 victory over Shawn Michaels in an Iron Man match with two overtimes. Danielson refused orders to cripple Michaels after the match, as he’s made it clear even though he’s aligned with The Honor Guard, he marches to his own beat. Danielson wants desperately to secure another title shot and become the first two-time ROH World Champion. One of these men will win, and surely state a case for a title shot in the near future.
- Last night, ROH World Champion Eddie Kingston used cunning, not brutality, to get Jimmy Jacobs to say the two magic words, “I quit” … only to humiliate Jacobs by exposing his threat as an bluff afterwards. Kingston demanded Jacobs show up to Throwdown with his purloined championship belt. Will Jacobs show? Will he bring the belt?
All this, plus Austin Aries in action, and more!
Jed Shaffer ~Yup, back to six segments. Throwdown will go prime-time the week before PPV's, until the ratings stablize.
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Post by Zane on Jul 21, 2009 23:25:03 GMT -5
I like what you're doing with Dragon as I wanted that to happen with The Embassy back in ROH. I guess that storyline kind of happened on a night night scale at Death Before Dishonor IV. Really liking the Kingston/Jacobs thing especially the thing on the last show. Pure brilliance my friend.
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Post by comahan on Jul 22, 2009 6:11:35 GMT -5
I graciously accept the hard fought, and dare i say, well earned pick ems victory.
When Kingston brought out the bag im like, well, there was already a holy shit bag weapon earlier in the show, whats he gonna do now, pull out a pistol? So I think that kind of took away from from the 'WHATS IN THE BAG?' part of the main event. Still, I marked when it ended up not being bleach at all, that sneaky prick.
I dont get the deal between you and lost overness. Its like a curse. I just know that I'm never allowing you near my wrestlers.
El Congratso on the 88%, you should give Edge a medal for making every segment hes in a 90+.
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Post by Zane on Jul 22, 2009 15:53:54 GMT -5
I graciously accept the hard fought, and dare i say, well earned pick ems victory. When Kingston brought out the bag im like, well, there was already a holy shit bag weapon earlier in the show, whats he gonna do now, pull out a pistol? So I think that kind of took away from from the 'WHATS IN THE BAG?' part of the main event. Still, I marked when it ended up not being bleach at all, that sneaky prick. I dont get the deal between you and lost overness. Its like a curse. I just know that I'm never allowing you near my wrestlers. El Congratso on the 88%, you should give Edge a medal for making every segment hes in a 90+. It's Eddie Kingston, he'll pull out a RPG if he has to (rocket propelled grenade, not role playing game).
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