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Post by Tony Soprano on Aug 17, 2022 18:35:00 GMT 1
ROH Blog:
written by Kevin Kelly
What a fantastic start of the 2010s! SoCal Showdown is in the books and folks, if you haven’t had the chance to see the main event that was Tyler Black vs. Jushin Liger, stop reading this now and head to the ROH shop and order the DVD or the VOD right now! Especially because We’ll be talking spoilers here!
The show opened with the All Night Xpress scoring a big victory in triple threat tag team action, the ANX made their wants very clear when they issued the statement that come end of 2010 Kenny King and Rhett Titus will be our tag team champions! Exciting times to see what’s in store for this hot young tag team!
Roderick Strong beat Brandon Gatson with such quick dominance, he seems to clearly have some sort of chip on his shoulder. I look forward to seeing more from this new Roderick Strong though. Skys are the limit for this young veteran of ROH.
Human Tornado made a huge shock when he pinned Delirious and won the 6 way fray at SCS! Eddie Kingston could be seen visibly upset and angered that the victory slipped from his finger tips. Could Eddie Kingston be looking to seek revenge??
Davey Richards and Jay Briscoe blew the roof off the place in singles action! Davey got the win, securing his spot as a contender for the tag team championships with partner Eddie Edwards as they look to get a rematch for the tag titles they lost at final battle … and rumor even has it, world championship opportunities could be headed his way soon.
Kings of Wrestling are also up for a tag championship shot soon after putting on an impressive victory over the returning Paul London and Brian Kendrick! KoW have 2 huge tag team matches scheduled up at the next 2 ROH shows where they will face The Squad at “Open Season” in Louisville on January 23rd and The American Wolves at “What the Hart Desires” on February 13 - with the latter match determining which team between the Wolves/KoW is next in line for the tag titles.
Kevin Steen, I’ve seen this young man grow as a competitor, man and father. To see what Steve Corino has done to his mind, makes me disgusted. Kevin Steen absolutely destroyed Colt Cabana with no mercy. El Generico was nowhere to be seen even after Steen taunted him to confront him after Steen turned his back on Generico at Final Battle and blasted him with a chairshot to the head. I can confirm that El Generico was in the building that night and was nowhere to be seen during the Steen-Cabana incident. We wish Colt Cabana a speedy recovery as it’s unsure if he’s fit to compete in the near future. What defense could Kevin Steen even have for these actions?? Where does he go from here??
The Young Bucks and Motor City Machine Guns put on a classic in SoCal! The Young Bucks looked to prove there’s a reason they’re the #1 contenders for the ROH Tag Team championships and they did exactly that when they beat the Guns. ROH officials were also very impressed with the performance of Shelley and Sabin of the guns as always though. That definitely won’t be the last we see of them in an ROH ring.
Main Event. Tyler Black. ROH World Championship. Jushin Thunder Liger. It was a historic main event, folks. Words cannot do this match justice, you will need to seek it out yourselves.
The aftermath of the match though, wow. Jeff Hardy comes in to return to Ring of Honor to fend of Austin Aries/ANX to save Jerry Lynn and Tyler Black. The crowd was definitely more welcoming than when we last saw Hardy in an ROH ring. I’m beyond excited for our main event coming up in Louisville! It’s going to be Austin Aries, Rhett Titus and Kenny King taking on the team of Tyler Black, Jerry Lynn and Jeff Hardy in 6-Man Tag Team War! Join us on January 23rd in Louisville to witness a show for the ages!
Also coming up, February 13, Live from Calgary, Bret “The Hitman” Hart will be the guest referee in Austin Aries’ rematch for the ROH world heavyweight championship against defending champion Tyler Black. I’ve reached out to Bret Hart and he’s very excited to be apart of this ROH event! He will be signing autographs and taking photos with fans before and after the show.
I want to end this blog with saying that I’m hearing word that soon there will be a new championship introduced in Ring of Honor and we plan to crown a champion in Phoenix, AZ during our 3 shot when we run 3 shows back to back to back! Details below:
- March 26 2010: From The Ashes
- March 27 2010: Phoenix Rising
- March 28 2010: The Big Bang! (Special 12PM Bell Time)
Thank you for reading!
- Kevin Kelly
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Post by Moore on Aug 17, 2022 18:54:13 GMT 1
Oh yeah man, Im aware how badly they treated him in that small appearance alone lol but in my opinion the ROH crowd was definitely way more open minded around this era as well as I think Hardy having a killer main event run from 07-09 in WWE, leaving after putting over CM Punk several times would make him look a lot more appealing to an ROH crowd in 2010. Appreciate the support! You're not wrong, even though he was still not a great wrestler for ROH standards. But I think they'd accept him a bit better. They certainly did some years later. |
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Post by Tony Soprano on Aug 17, 2022 20:05:27 GMT 1
Oh yeah man, Im aware how badly they treated him in that small appearance alone lol but in my opinion the ROH crowd was definitely way more open minded around this era as well as I think Hardy having a killer main event run from 07-09 in WWE, leaving after putting over CM Punk several times would make him look a lot more appealing to an ROH crowd in 2010. Appreciate the support! You're not wrong, even though he was still not a great wrestler for ROH standards. But I think they'd accept him a bit better. They certainly did some years later. Man, if you think Jeff Hardy isn’t a good fit for 2010 ROH, you’re gonna be so pissed when Mike Bennett dsbuts and wins the title in 10 seconds  |
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Post by Moore on Aug 17, 2022 21:22:37 GMT 1
Man, if you think Jeff Hardy isn’t a good fit for 2010 ROH, you’re gonna be so pissed when Mike Bennett dsbuts and wins the title in 10 seconds  I'm not saying he isn't... I'm not saying he is too ahah but I dig the idea. Btw, I like Mike Bennett. I know you won't do that, but... I'm okay with him winning the TV title in 10 seconds, if you create the TV title! |
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Post by Tony Soprano on Aug 17, 2022 21:30:13 GMT 1
Man, if you think Jeff Hardy isn’t a good fit for 2010 ROH, you’re gonna be so pissed when Mike Bennett dsbuts and wins the title in 10 seconds I'm not saying he isn't... I'm not saying he is too ahah but I dig the idea. Btw, I like Mike Bennett. I know you won't do that, but... I'm okay with him winning the TV title in 10 seconds, if you create the TV title! hahaha. I like Bennett too!! He’ll be introduced eventually in this world I’m building. I wont be doing ROH TV (for now at least) - Im running this diary like they only do DVD/VOD shows and iPPVs but read the first “ROH Blog” ^ for more details on championships |
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Post by Tony Soprano on Aug 18, 2022 21:31:04 GMT 1
About halfway through “Open Season” and finalizing the cards for “What the Hart Desires” and the “8th Anniversary Shiw” now! I just work so much lol been typing it up on my phone on break and will clean it up on my laptop tonight or tomorrow.
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Post by Tony Soprano on Aug 19, 2022 5:01:28 GMT 1
January 23 2010 - Louisville, KY"Open Season"
We open our show with Kevin Kelly and Dave Prazak on commentary.They hype up tonight’s card and promise a very special announcement will be coming tonight for the future of Ring of Honor.
Match 1:
Tag Team match:
Paul London and Brian Kendrick vs. The Colony (Fire Ant and Soldier Ant)
Fast paced action to open up out show with a hot, sold out Louisville crowd. The Colony are impressive in their ROH debut and actually get some comedy spots out of Brian Kendrick who asks Paul London if he’s “tripping” or are they actually fighting ants?
The match ends after Kendrick gets a pin on Fire Ant with a beautifully slick sliced bread Number 2 at 11:03
Winners: Paul London and Brian Kendrick
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Segment 1:
We get a backstage promo from Austin Aries and the All Night Xpress who hype their main event 6-Man tag against Jerry Lynn, Tyler Black and Jeff Hardy. Aries also shows his disgust for his rematch for the ROH championship taking place at the next show in Calgary and openly mocks Bret Hart for being the special guest referee. He says we don’t need to focus on the past (Bret Hart) or the Future (Tyler Black) - but we need to focus on the present, the now, the inevitable Austin Aries
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Match 2:
Singles Match:
Erick Stevens vs. Johnny Gargano
Johnny Gargano puts on an extremely impressive ROH debut match against Erick Stevens. It’s a pretty back and forth match between the two with Stevens looking to prove there’s a reason he has his spot in ROH the last few years but ultimately is unable to overcome Gargano who gets the pin at 14:34
Winner: Johnny Gargano
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Segment 2:
After the match, Gargano goes for a handshake from Erick Stevens who ignores Gargano and rolls out of the ring and heads to the back as Gargano shrugs his shoulders and celebrates
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Segment 3:
We get a promo from Kevin steen and Steve Corino backstage who hype up Steen and enable his actions as of late. He says that for years Generico has been holding him back and he’s been reborn a new man and he won’t stop … until El Generico dies. Because El Generico is the last piece of proof that the old Kevin Steen exists.
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Match 3:
Singles Match:
Brian Cage vs. Chuck Taylor
Chuck Taylor also putting on his ROH debut with a much less impressive showing than Johnny Gargano as Brian Cage absolutely man handles Chuck Taylor. Brian Cage picks up Chuck Taylor for a power bomb, Chuck Taylor slimes his way from Cage’s grasp, runs and tries to escape the ring, Cage is getting up to stop him, Chuck Taylor leaps at the ropes, landing on the turnbuckle in the corner, Cage rushes him, jumps onto the turnbuckle and quickly grips Chuck Taylor and sets up for a superplex from the rope! Dave Prazak can be heard on commentary yelling “BRIAN CAGE IS A ****ING MACHINE!!” Cage hits the back snapping superplex and hooks the leg for the 3 count at 08:56
Winner: Brian Cage
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Match 4:
Tag Team Match:
Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) vs. The Squad (“Kenny!” Kenn Doane and “Mikey!” Mike Mondo)
The Kings of wrestling show that they may just be the most dominating team in professional wrestling today after the destructive domination they showed The Squad! Claudio got the pin after he and Hero double power bombed Kenn onto Mike Mondo’s laying body and pinned them both while doing a one handed push up with his single hand pressed onto the pile of the downed Squad members ending the match at 05:08
Winners: Kings of Wrestling
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Segment 4:
The Young Bucks cut a backstage promo hyping up their tag team match tonight with the Briscoes for the ROH Tag Team Championships. They promise that they will win the tag titles and finally the world will start to take them seriously. they refer to themselves as the best tag team in the world right now. saying nobody can outwork them in that ring and they plan to prove that tonight.
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Match 5:
Singles Match:
Roderick Strong vs. Human Tornado
Much like his last ROH match against Brandon Gatson, Roderick Strong dominates Tornado a good 90% of the match and hits every move with blazing precision and purpose. Tornado goes for a big boot, Strong ducks, Tornado’s leg lands over the top rope, Strong yanks his leg, sweeps him, takes control and gets Tornado on the ground quick and locks in the StrongHold onto Tornado who taps out at 07:55
Winner: Roderick Strong
Segment 5:
Eddie Kingston rushes the ring and beats down Human Tornado. Kingston is taking his frustrations out on Tornado for costing him the 6 Way Fray match at “SoCal Showdown” back in LA. Roderick Strong stops the assault and gets in Kingston’s face. Kingston and Strong bicker back and forth. Kingston sees Tornado getting back up, Kingston then just escapes the ring in fear he’s about to be outnumbered and just says “This isn’t over between me and you” to Tornado as he makes his way to the back. Strong and Tornado shake hands after the hard fought (albeit, primarily one sided) match to the crowds applause.
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Match 6:
ROH World Tag Team Championships:
Tag Team Match:
The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
Another match where the crowd was on their feet the entire match from the Young Bucks as they continue to claim their status in the Ring of Honor tag team division. The Briscoes do everything in their power to dominate the match and stop the speed from the Bucks. The Briscoes use not only their brawling skills to their advantage but their longer experience as a tag team to their advantage. The Bucks fight through and through and continuously kick out of big power moves from 'Dem Boys from Sandy Fork but at the end of the day, The Briscoes just have the experience advantage and understand each other as a unit better than any other tag team in the world right now as the Bucks grow more and more frustrated as they attempt to communicate with one another to find out what it takes to beat the 6 time ROH Tag Team Champions. The Briscoes hit the dooms day device on Nick Jackson at 24:34 to get the pin.
Winners: and STILL the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions, The Briscoes
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Segment 6:
After the match, the Briscoes and Bucks shake hands and say "Thank You" to one another. The Briscoes get on the mic. and praise the Bucks big time. Jay smirks and laughs and half heartedly mocks The Bucks for calling themselves the best tag team in the world. Jay says after tonight, it's damn clear who the best tag team in the world is but with the path the Briscoes have been on for nearly an entire decade now, there's nothing wrong whatsoever with being in that number 2 spot. The Bucks look ultimately disappointed and dissatisfied with what Jay is saying but bow out respectfully and roll out of the ring to exit.
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Segment 7:
The team of Jerry Lynn, ROH World Heavyweight Champion Tyler Black and Jeff Hardy are backstage and cut a promo on tonight's 6-Man Tag Team Match. Jeff Hardy takes the time at the beginning to express his gratitude from the more accepting Ring of Honor fans. He acknowledges his shortcomings in the past and especially in the eyes of the ROH fans but he looks to prove to them that the Hardy name is one that can hang with the best of the best here in Ring of Honor. He talks a bit of dirt on Austin Aries and mocks him for wanting to talk about the "present" - the "Now" - Hardy says that he is the present. Hardy "big times" Aries a bit and says he's stepped in the ring with some of the biggest names in all of professional wrestling, and with that, some of the douchiest people he's ever encountered but they don't compare to the "pompous ass" that Aries makes himself out to be. Jerry Lynn smiles and pats Jeff on the back.
Tyler takes control of the rest of the segment and cuts a passionate promo about being the face of Ring of Honor. He talks about how hyped and how proud he is to finally be at the top of the mountain and acknowledges how difficult that mountain was to climb. He says that tonight, is this 6-man tag, he's going to throw Rhett Titus and Kenny King of that mountain and out of his view because when he and Aries go head to head again in Calgary at the next ROH show for their big rematch, he wants to make sure that he personally and he alone can throw Aries off the top of that mountain and away from the most prestigious world championship title picture.
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Match 7:
Singles Match:
Kevin Steen (w/ Steve Corino) vs. Eddie Edwards (w/ Davey Richards)
This is definitely a much tougher fight against Steen than Cabana was able to put up as the one half of the American Wolves attempted to use Steen's blind rage to his advantage, trying to play it smart and dodge his big power strikes and grapples. Edwards was able to lock Steen in with a cloverleaf. Corino starts to argue with referee, Richards comes to try and stop it and get Corino out of the way, as the ref is focused on them arguing on the outside, Steen is able to crawl over to the ropes to help assist and elevate himself up, he scrapes Edwards in the eye, as Edwards backs up, Steen kicks him in between the legs with a low blow, scoops Edwards up and hits a package piledriver! the ref turns around, Steen gets the pin at 16:10
Winner: Kevin Steen
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Segment 8:
After the match, Steen and Corino escape with smug looks on both of their faces as Richards is checking in on a still downed Eddie Edwards trying to help him back to his feet as Steen and Corino are booed out of the building.
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Match 8:
MAIN EVENT:
6-Man Tag:
Austin Aries, Rhett Titus and Kenny King vs. Jerry Lynn, Jeff Hardy and ROH World Heavyweight Champion Tyler Black
The entire match, Aries played as cowardly as possible trying to avoid any offense from Black, Lynn or Hardy and kept forcing Titus and King to do his dirty work for him. Hardy was able to have a great showing several points in the match, showing great synergy with Tyler Black. Aries started to dominate the match as King/Titus were both laid out after 2 dives from Hardy and Black to the outside and all 4 men were laid out. Aries hit Lynn with the brainbuster and attempted to go for the 3-count, but was broken up by Hardy. Hardy and Aries are scuffling inside the ring for a few minutes, Hardy sets up Aries for the Twist of Fate but Rhett Titus reluctantly gets into the ring in an attempt to stop it and attacks Hardy, Aries looks to try and join the battle but an exhausted Lynn runs, throws himself at Aries and clotheslines him into the ropes, both Aries and Lynn are on the outside now. Hardy overpowers Titus, hits the Twist of Fate! Hardy climbs to the top rope, here comes Kenny King leaping up onto the ring apron to try and stop Hardy but Tyler Black leaps up onto the ring apron as well, grabs Kenny King, throws him back for a quick german suplex onto the hard ring apron, King is absolutely knocked out on the outside, Black looks up at Hardy from the floor and gives Hardy the nod, Hardy hits the swanton bomb onto Titus and gets the pin at 29:10
Winners: Jerry Lynn, Jeff Hardy and ROH World Heavyweight Champion Tyler Black
Segment 9:
Aries is pissed outside of the ring and throws a small tantrum. He rushes and grabs a mic. and cuts a promo as he, King and Titus make their way back up the ramp to exit, Aries begins to bash the 3 winners. He says come he and Black's match at Calgary, no matter who tries to get in his way he's going to come out on top and it doesn't matter if that has been Bret Hart tries to stop him, he'll hit his old ass with a brainbuster the same way he did Jerry Lynn's old ass tonight.
BRET HART'S MUSIC HITS!
Bret Hart comes out as the crowd in Louisville absolutely explodes with cheers. Bret Hart comes out with his sunglasses and leather jacket on. He has a clipboard and mic. in hand. He smiles and waves to the crowd as the music dies down. He looks at a furious, shocked and confusingly scared Austin Aries as he claims he finds it ironic that Aries would attempt to threaten him, considering he's the official for their upcoming ROH World Heavyweight Championship match... and ESPECIALLY because the reason he's here in Louisville tonight is because right here in his very hand on the clipboard is what he's been working on all day with the Ring of Honor officials and it's Ring of Honor contract as he is now the official Ring of Honor Commissioner. He says that he remembers how angry he was when he was Aries' days and forgives him. But warns him, when he, Black and Aries are all in the ring together at Calgary, he wants nothing but absolute HONOR in that ring between the 2 competitors.
He thanks the crowd for coming out tonight and his music plays again as the show fades to black
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Post by Tony Soprano on Aug 19, 2022 5:13:23 GMT 1
UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW:
- February 13 2010: What the Hart Desires LIVE From Calgary, Alberta, Canada
MAIN EVENT: ROH WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Special Guest Referee: *NEW* Ring of Honor GM Bret Hart Singles Match: Tyler Black (c) vs. Austin Aries (w/ Rhett Titus and Kenny King)
BATTLE OF THE CHALLENGERS: Team who wins gets their Tag Team Championship match at "8th Anniversary Show" on February 20th, Losing team gets their championship match at "Phoenix Rising" on March 27: Tag Team Match: Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) vs. The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards)
Singles Match:
#1 Contender for the ROH World Heavyweight Championship at the 8th Anniversary Show:
Jeff Hardy vs. Jerry Lynn
Singles Match: Kenny Omega vs. Kevin Steen (w/ Steve Corino)
Tag Team Match:
The ROH World Tag Team Champions The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. The Super Smash Brothers (Stu Grayson and Player Uno)
Singles Match: Roderick Strong vs. Petey Williams
Tag Team Match:
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. 3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews)
Singles Match:
Brian Cage vs. Eddie Kingston
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Post by Asaemon on Aug 19, 2022 16:21:15 GMT 1
MAIN EVENT:
ROH WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:
Special Guest Referee: *NEW* Ring of Honor GM Bret Hart
Singles Match:
Tyler Black (c) vs. Austin Aries (w/ Rhett Titus and Kenny King)
BATTLE OF THE CHALLENGERS:
Team who wins gets their Tag Team Championship match at "8th Anniversary Show" on February 20th, Losing team gets their championship match at "Phoenix Rising" on March 27:
Tag Team Match:
Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) vs. The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards)
Singles Match:
#1 Contender for the ROH World Heavyweight Championship at the 8th Anniversary Show:
Jeff Hardy vs. Jerry Lynn
Singles Match:
Kenny Omega vs. Kevin Steen (w/ Steve Corino)
Tag Team Match:
The ROH World Tag Team Champions The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. The Super Smash Brothers (Stu Grayson and Player Uno)
Singles Match:
Roderick Strong vs. Petey Williams
Tag Team Match:
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. 3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews)
Singles Match:
Brian Cage vs. Eddie Kingston
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Post by Tony Soprano on Aug 19, 2022 17:52:35 GMT 1
BREAKING NEWS: Recently announced General Manager Bret Hart has been spending all of today aligning the stars for a dream match and we at ROH Wrestling can now confirm that it’s official. February 20 2010 - Live on internet Pay Per View from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania it will be the “ROH 8th Anniversary Show” - We will be seeing Jushin Thunder Liger taking on the returning Christopher Daniels! Christopher Daniels, who was apart of the main event match from the first ever ROH show will be making his first appearance in Ring of Honor since 2007. This being a one off deal or a first of many more matches for the Fallen Angel is yet to be seen.
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I'm not saying he isn't... I'm not saying he is too ahah but I dig the idea. Btw, I like Mike Bennett. I know you won't do that, but... I'm okay with him winning the TV title in 10 seconds, if you create the TV title!
