The Kid
10-04-2004, 12:12 AM
1. Rockin Rebel and Greg Tough Enough Matthews beat Scott Cardinal and Jerk Jackson (students?) in 4:11
2. Ricky Landell and Alex Law (Corino's students) beat Anthony Franco and Evan Starsmore(CM Punk students) in 4:28
3. The Carnage Crew (Loc and Devito) beat Shane Hagadorn, Jesse Robinson and Matt Turner (students) in 6:52 of a handicap match.
4. CM Punk defeated the individual chosen as "the best ROH student", Davey Andrews in 5:19
5. Dunn and Marcos beat the Special K team of Deranged and Cloudy (subbing for Dixie) in approx 8:40
6. In the Pure Title Match, champion John Walters successfully retained over Alex Shelley in 14:31 when Shelley tapped out, after using all his ropebreaks.
This was followed by an amazing Q&A Session with Jim Cornette and all 3 members of the Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey, Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane, which lasted nearly 2 hours.
EVENING SHOW, before a crowd of approximately 600
1. ROH Tag Team Titles-- The Havana Pitbulls, (members of the Rottweilers, led to the ring by Julius Smokes)---
Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero successfully defended their titles against the Special K team of Izzy and Angeldust (Azrael) in 11:29
2. In a four corner survival match--- Jimmy Rave defeated Trent Acid, Josh Daniels and BJ Whitmer by pinning Trent Acid with the styles clash in 11:38
3. Lowki defeated Jay Lethal (formerly Hydro) in 14:25. Lowki and Julius taunted Lethal's parents who were at ringside during the match, taking pleasure in beating and humiliating him in front of his family. Lowki also called out Samoa Joe, who has assumed the role of Lethal's mentor, but Joe did not respond.
4. In the upset of the night, Nigel McGuinnes defeated Homicide in 20:03. Nigel worked on Homicide's arm the whole match. This match may have been to determine a top contender to the Pure Title, but I'm not positive about that.
33:00 Intermission
5. Generation Next (Alex Shelley, Roderick Strong, Austin Aries and Jack Evans) defeated Ricky Steamboat's team of CM Punk, Ace Steele, John Walters and Jimmy Jacobs in an elimination match when Aries and Shelley were the sole survivors in 41:11. Shelley pinned Jacobs at 20:57, Ace pinned Jack at 27:15, followed by Walters pinning Ace at 27:50. Punk wound up disqualified for using a chair that Gen Next brought into the ring at approx 31:50, leaving Walters alone with 3 members of Gen Next. John Walters beat Roderick at about 35:20. Finally Aries pinned Walters to win the match with the 450 splash.
As the ring announcer prepared to introduce the main event, JIM CORNETTE and the MIDNIGHT EXPRESS come out to the ring. They talk a bit about their history as a team, spending time in Philly in the past, the first town to cheer on the heels for their work in the ring. All four spoke a bit, including some personal tributes to Big Bossman, Ray Traylor (Big Bubba Rogers). The crowd started a "BUBBA" chant in salute. Then Prince Nana came to the ring with the Embassy (Jimmy Rave and the Outkast Killas). Nana then brought out a real member of an Express team--- RICKY MORTON. Morton as a heel, talked about how the Rock N Roll Express should have been brought in and honored instead. Then Nana and the Embassy attacked the Midnights, but were soundly defeated and run off, hitting all the classic Midnight moves, and Nana getting a helluva beating with a certain tennis racket.
6. In the main event, and the BEST WORLD TITLE MATCH IN RING OF HONOR HISTORY--- SAMOA JOE successfully retained his title, now entering his 19th MONTH as CHAMPION--- over AMERICAN DRAGON BRYAN DANIELSON in 39:16 via chokeout submission. I have been in attendance for many great matches in ROH history but I have not been this emotionally invested in a match since London-Dragon 4/12/03 the 2/3 falls match. The crowd heat was insane, rooting with all their hearts for both men. Simply a fantastic match, I would rate it at 4 1/2 ****. This was Dragon's first ever title match in the existence of Ring of Honor, and he was also the last man to beat Joe on 2/8/03, before Joe won the championship
Well apparently the 1st batch of Grads from ROH's school looked pretty green in their mathces. Apparently they didn't do bad but it shows that they didn't have much experience under their belts. That will most likely come with time. Punk's match with the top student was probably ok simply because Punk is such a great wrestler.
The best match on the afternoon card looks to be the Walters vs. Shelley matchup. These are two really good wrestlers who probably worked together to produce an awesome match. Walters sure is getting a big push. Shelley is being set up to fued with Aries it seems which is a high quality fued. Giving Walters the win in this one shows Gabe's confidence in him.
Now onto the main card. Apparently The Pitbulls vs. Special K match was a very good one with Special K putting in alot of effort with their selling and they really have shown all of the improvement that they've made in the past little while. I'm glad to see Havana Pitbulls retaining the titles as we'll now be able to see more great Pitbulls vs. Briscoes match when Mark and Jay come back.
The Low Ki vs. Lethal match sounds intresting. Low Ki only used one kick during the entire match from what I have heard. Very odd for him. None the less probably a good matchup between these two. It sounds cool about Lethal's mom slapping Ki after the match.
The McGuinnes vs. Homicide match was a gigantic shock to say the least. I really don't think that anyone expected this one. Homicide came into this match the heavy favorite and he ended up losing. Upset of the year without a question. Probably a great match and it's pretty cool to see Nigel go over Cide ( I love Cide though).
The Generation Next vs. Steamboat's Boys looks to be yet another high quality matchup. I'm glad to see thatthis match was given the proper amount of time to develop and it probably helped add to the quality of the match. I'm a big fan of Punk and Gen Next so I think that this match was probably really good. Walters really is getting a big push. Left as the last got against 3 Gen Next people and lasting between 5-10 minutes should be really good for his career.
On to the main event, The dominant Samoa Joe vs. the "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson. I have really high hopes about this match. Danielson is probably the best pure wrestler in the Indies today and quite possibly the best wrestler in the world regardless of what promotion that they're in. This match is supposed to be an absolute classic. I can't wait til the DVD comes out, it should be a pretty good purchase.
2. Ricky Landell and Alex Law (Corino's students) beat Anthony Franco and Evan Starsmore(CM Punk students) in 4:28
3. The Carnage Crew (Loc and Devito) beat Shane Hagadorn, Jesse Robinson and Matt Turner (students) in 6:52 of a handicap match.
4. CM Punk defeated the individual chosen as "the best ROH student", Davey Andrews in 5:19
5. Dunn and Marcos beat the Special K team of Deranged and Cloudy (subbing for Dixie) in approx 8:40
6. In the Pure Title Match, champion John Walters successfully retained over Alex Shelley in 14:31 when Shelley tapped out, after using all his ropebreaks.
This was followed by an amazing Q&A Session with Jim Cornette and all 3 members of the Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey, Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane, which lasted nearly 2 hours.
EVENING SHOW, before a crowd of approximately 600
1. ROH Tag Team Titles-- The Havana Pitbulls, (members of the Rottweilers, led to the ring by Julius Smokes)---
Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero successfully defended their titles against the Special K team of Izzy and Angeldust (Azrael) in 11:29
2. In a four corner survival match--- Jimmy Rave defeated Trent Acid, Josh Daniels and BJ Whitmer by pinning Trent Acid with the styles clash in 11:38
3. Lowki defeated Jay Lethal (formerly Hydro) in 14:25. Lowki and Julius taunted Lethal's parents who were at ringside during the match, taking pleasure in beating and humiliating him in front of his family. Lowki also called out Samoa Joe, who has assumed the role of Lethal's mentor, but Joe did not respond.
4. In the upset of the night, Nigel McGuinnes defeated Homicide in 20:03. Nigel worked on Homicide's arm the whole match. This match may have been to determine a top contender to the Pure Title, but I'm not positive about that.
33:00 Intermission
5. Generation Next (Alex Shelley, Roderick Strong, Austin Aries and Jack Evans) defeated Ricky Steamboat's team of CM Punk, Ace Steele, John Walters and Jimmy Jacobs in an elimination match when Aries and Shelley were the sole survivors in 41:11. Shelley pinned Jacobs at 20:57, Ace pinned Jack at 27:15, followed by Walters pinning Ace at 27:50. Punk wound up disqualified for using a chair that Gen Next brought into the ring at approx 31:50, leaving Walters alone with 3 members of Gen Next. John Walters beat Roderick at about 35:20. Finally Aries pinned Walters to win the match with the 450 splash.
As the ring announcer prepared to introduce the main event, JIM CORNETTE and the MIDNIGHT EXPRESS come out to the ring. They talk a bit about their history as a team, spending time in Philly in the past, the first town to cheer on the heels for their work in the ring. All four spoke a bit, including some personal tributes to Big Bossman, Ray Traylor (Big Bubba Rogers). The crowd started a "BUBBA" chant in salute. Then Prince Nana came to the ring with the Embassy (Jimmy Rave and the Outkast Killas). Nana then brought out a real member of an Express team--- RICKY MORTON. Morton as a heel, talked about how the Rock N Roll Express should have been brought in and honored instead. Then Nana and the Embassy attacked the Midnights, but were soundly defeated and run off, hitting all the classic Midnight moves, and Nana getting a helluva beating with a certain tennis racket.
6. In the main event, and the BEST WORLD TITLE MATCH IN RING OF HONOR HISTORY--- SAMOA JOE successfully retained his title, now entering his 19th MONTH as CHAMPION--- over AMERICAN DRAGON BRYAN DANIELSON in 39:16 via chokeout submission. I have been in attendance for many great matches in ROH history but I have not been this emotionally invested in a match since London-Dragon 4/12/03 the 2/3 falls match. The crowd heat was insane, rooting with all their hearts for both men. Simply a fantastic match, I would rate it at 4 1/2 ****. This was Dragon's first ever title match in the existence of Ring of Honor, and he was also the last man to beat Joe on 2/8/03, before Joe won the championship
Well apparently the 1st batch of Grads from ROH's school looked pretty green in their mathces. Apparently they didn't do bad but it shows that they didn't have much experience under their belts. That will most likely come with time. Punk's match with the top student was probably ok simply because Punk is such a great wrestler.
The best match on the afternoon card looks to be the Walters vs. Shelley matchup. These are two really good wrestlers who probably worked together to produce an awesome match. Walters sure is getting a big push. Shelley is being set up to fued with Aries it seems which is a high quality fued. Giving Walters the win in this one shows Gabe's confidence in him.
Now onto the main card. Apparently The Pitbulls vs. Special K match was a very good one with Special K putting in alot of effort with their selling and they really have shown all of the improvement that they've made in the past little while. I'm glad to see Havana Pitbulls retaining the titles as we'll now be able to see more great Pitbulls vs. Briscoes match when Mark and Jay come back.
The Low Ki vs. Lethal match sounds intresting. Low Ki only used one kick during the entire match from what I have heard. Very odd for him. None the less probably a good matchup between these two. It sounds cool about Lethal's mom slapping Ki after the match.
The McGuinnes vs. Homicide match was a gigantic shock to say the least. I really don't think that anyone expected this one. Homicide came into this match the heavy favorite and he ended up losing. Upset of the year without a question. Probably a great match and it's pretty cool to see Nigel go over Cide ( I love Cide though).
The Generation Next vs. Steamboat's Boys looks to be yet another high quality matchup. I'm glad to see thatthis match was given the proper amount of time to develop and it probably helped add to the quality of the match. I'm a big fan of Punk and Gen Next so I think that this match was probably really good. Walters really is getting a big push. Left as the last got against 3 Gen Next people and lasting between 5-10 minutes should be really good for his career.
On to the main event, The dominant Samoa Joe vs. the "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson. I have really high hopes about this match. Danielson is probably the best pure wrestler in the Indies today and quite possibly the best wrestler in the world regardless of what promotion that they're in. This match is supposed to be an absolute classic. I can't wait til the DVD comes out, it should be a pretty good purchase.