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ROH: A Night of Appreciation (04.2002)

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ROH: A Night of Appreciation
April 27, 2002
Philadelphia, PA
Murphy Rec Center

We see the Carnage Crew (HC Loc and Tony DeVito) getting together. HC Loc is the ref who got abused by the Natural Born Sinners on the first show. All I know about Tony DeVito is the jobber work he did on WWF TV in the 1990s. Anyways, they beat up a couple of ring crew guys and laugh it up.

Elsewhere, Quiet Storm wants to stretch Brian XL because he doesn’t like him. When Brian calls Storm a beeyotch, Chris Divine asks him what his problem is. This is Ring of Honor heat, bro.

Outside the Murphy Rec Center, Christopher Street Connection (wearing Da Hit Squad t-shirts) try to take over Da Hit Squad’s duty to hype the crowd before the show. As soon as Da Hit Squad find out and catch them making out, they chase these gay dudes back to NYC. For some reason, Dan Maff starts quoting Roddy Piper lines at the CSC.

Back to the Quiet Storm situation, he goes and finds American Dragon to teach his partner one of those freaky-looking submissions. While Brian XL is still talking crap, Dragon comes up behind him and stretches him real good.

Over in the Puerto Rican locker room, Tony DeVito enters the room on Da Hit Squad and Boogalou. He threatens Boogalou and walks out.

In other places, the old man from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission appears again to give the guys some details about who will be watching them tonight. How could they possibly care less? Eddie Guerrero gets a round of applause. This will be his last night in ROH and he’s already the WWF IC champ. The old man gives Spanky a hard time for wearing headphones while he’s talking. Anyways, this is a night of appreciation for Eddie Guerrero.

Your hosts are Donnie B and Steve Corino. Read the rest of this entry

ROH World Tag Team Titles History

Champion Won From Date City/Event
Christopher Daniels &
Donovan Morgan
Bryan Danielson
& Michael Modest
9/21/2002 Unscripted[1]
AJ Styles &
Amazing Red
Christopher Daniels
& Xavier
3/15/2003 Expect the Unexpected[2]
Backseat Boyz Dixie & Izzy 9/20/2003 Glory By Honor II[3]
Dixie & Izzy Backseat Boyz 10/16/2003 Tradition Continues
Briscoe Brothers Dixie & Izzy 11/1/2003 Main Event Spectacles
CM Punk &
Colt Cabana
Briscoe Brothers 4/24/2004 Reborn: Stage 2
BJ Whitmer
& Dan Maff
CM Punk &
Colt Cabana
5/15/2004 Round Robin Challenge III
Briscoe Brothers (2) BJ Whitmer
& Dan Maff
5/15/2004 Round Robin Challenge III
CM Punk &
Colt Cabana
Briscoe Brothers 5/15/2004 Round Robin Challenge III
Rocky Romero
& Ricky Reyes
CM Punk &
Colt Cabana
8/7/2004 Testing the Limit
BJ Whitmer &
Dan Maff (2)
Rocky Romero
& Ricky Reyes
2/19/2005 Third Anniversary
Celebration[4]
BJ Whitmer &
Jimmy Jacobs
Samoa Joe
& Jay Lethal
4/2/2005 Best of American Super
Juniors Tournament[5]
The
Carnage Crew
BJ Whitmer &
Jimmy Jacobs
7/9/2005 Escape from New York
BJ Whitmer &
Jimmy Jacobs (2)
The Carnage Crew 7/23/2005 The Homecoming
Tony Mamaluke
& Sal Rinauro
BJ Whitmer &
Jimmy Jacobs
10/1/2005 Joe vs. Kobashi
Austin Aries &
Roderick Strong
Tony Mamaluke
& Sal Rinauro
12/17/2005 Final Battle
Chris Hero &
Claudio Castagnoli
Austin Aries &
Roderick Strong
9/16/2006 Glory By Honor V
Christopher Daniels
& Matt Sydal
Chris Hero &
Claudio Castagnoli
11/25/2006 Dethroned
Briscoe Brothers (3) Christopher Daniels
& Matt Sydal
2/24/2007 Fifth Year Festival
Naruki Doi
& Shingo
Briscoe Brothers 3/3/2007 Fifth Year Festival
Briscoe Brothers
(4)
Naruki Doi & Shingo 3/30/2007 All Star Extravaganza III
Jimmy Jacobs
& Tyler Black
Briscoe Brothers 12/30/2007 Final Battle
Rocky Romero
& Davey Richards
Jimmy Jacobs
& Tyler Black
1/26/2008 Without Remorse[6]
Briscoe Brothers
(5)
Rocky Romero
& Davey Richards
4/12/2008 Injustice[7]
Jimmy Jacobs &
Tyler Black (2)
Kevin Steen &
El Generico
6/6/2008 Up For Grabs[8]
Kevin Steen &
El Generico
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black 9/19/2008 Driven
Davey Richards
& Eddie Edwards
Kevin Steen &
El Generico
4/10/2009 ROH on HDNet

Footnotes:
[1]: This was an 8-team tournament final to crown the first-ever ROH tag team champions.
[2]: As a member of Christopher Daniel’s stable called the Prophecy, Xavier was allowed to defend the titles in Donovan Morgan’s place. Styles and Red were forced to vacate the belts due to an injury Red suffered.
[3]: The vacant titles were decided in a gauntlet match which also featured the teams of the Briscoe Brothers, Hydro & Deranged, and the Ring Crew Express. The Backseat Boyz were the team to survive by defeated Dixie and Izzy and were therefore awarded the tag belts.
[4]: In March 2005, Dan Maff quit the wrestling business and the titles were once again made vacant.
[5]: This match was to determine who would take the vacant ROH world tag team titles.
[6]: Rocky Romero & Davey Richards defeated Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black, Bryan Danielson & Austin Aries, and Brent Albright & BJ Whitmer in an Ultimate Endurance match to win the titles.
[7]: In May 2008, a Mark Briscoe injury caused the Briscoes to vacate the tag belts.
[8]: This was an 8-team tournament final to crown new ROH world tag team champions.

Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com

ROH: Final Battle 2003

ROH: Final Battle 2003
12/27/2003
Philadelphia, PA
National Guard Armory

Your hosts are Chris Lovey and CM Punk. He’s FANTASTIC on color commentary.

Gary Michael Capetta is talking some smack about Jim Cornette when the Carnage Crew walk over to him angrily demanding to know where Special K is at. What’s the problem between these two groups? Don’t worry folks – Capetta will get the SCOOP~!

Meanwhile, Samoa Joe has a new segment in ROH called “Samoa Joe’s Ring”. He’s going to show you how to PWN somebody. Today, he Read the rest of this entry

ROH: Night of Champions (03.03)

ROH: Night of Champions
Philadelphia, PA
3/22/2003

From a promo sent by Steve Corino while he was backstage taking a shower after a Zero-One show in Japan dated from back at the last ROH show a week earlier, he says he’s got two words for Christopher Daniels – dare me.

Meanwhile back in Philadelphia, Jody Fleisch decides not to party with Mikey Whipwreck and the Special K tonight because he’s got his big match with Low-Ki. Whipwreck demands some rock n roll from the DJ and the Special K boys cover their ears. It’s harshing their mellow!

Interview with the Prophecy: Christopher Daniels says if Doug Williams can beat him for the FWA title, then he can start shaking hands again in ROH. Xavier tells Joe that he can’t beat him because Joe couldn’t beat Low-Ki, which Xavier could in order to win the ROH title. Tonight, Joe’s just going to be X’ed out like everybody before him. Oh yeah, and they are ready for Steve Corino. Off the mic but not really, Daniels tries to talk Xavier out of defending the belt against Joe, putting him over as the hardest hitting guy he’s ever faced.

Your hosts are Ray Murrow and Chris Lovey.
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ROH: One Year Anniversary (02.03)

ROH: One Year Anniversary
Queens, NY
2/8/2003

Low-Ki is the first face we see as he’s walking up to the building. During the first year of ROH, the company has implemented respect, honor, discipline and dedication back into wrestling. It’s been a monumental year and now a new year is upon us, so you better get ready!

They show a video package with highlights of the first year in ROH.

ROH First Year Flashback: The Era of Honor Begins – Low Ki vs. American Dragon vs. Christopher Daniels – a match that set the standard for ROH.

Paul London gets some promo time and mentions how he plans to take home some gold tonight.

Your hosts are Ray Murrow & Chris Lovey. Read the rest of this entry

ROH: Manhattan Mayhem

ROH: Manhattan Mayhem
New York, NY
5/7/2005

ROH World Champion: Austin Aries (since 12/26/2004)
ROH Pure Champion: Jay Lethal (since 3/5/2005)
ROH Tag Team Champions: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs (since 4/2/2005)

Good Times, Great Memories with Colt Cabana: He’s in downtown New York, DADDY-O! People are asked what they think of Nigel McGuinness and one guy who looks like he was a tad irresponsible with LSD back in the ’60s says, “He sounds like he has a British sounding name.” Classic stuff.

From there, we go to Earlier Today. Samoa Joe meets Jay Lethal in the ring. Lethal starts to thank Joe for all he’s done for him until Joe shoves him back and yells at him because obviously he’s taught Jay nothing if he’s here to thank him right before they get into the ring. Joe is here to take his title, and if Lethal has learned anything from Joe, its that he has to do whatever it takes to keep Joe from taking his belt. To prove Joe wrong, Lethal pie faces Joe into the corner and tells him after tonight, Lethal will tell Joe where to meet HIM from now on. Okay, I am really feeling this title match now.

Your hosts are Jimmy Bower & Dave Prazak. Read the rest of this entry

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