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ROH: A Night of Appreciation (04.2002)
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: Round Robin Challenge (03.2002)
ROH: Round Robin Challenge
March 30, 2002
Philadelphia, PA
Murphy Rec Center
In the locker room, Christopher Daniels says he considers Ring of Honor as just another independent promotion. He says he should know – he’s been in every independent promotion in America. He also disses the code of honor and tells us he’s here to pin shoulders to the mat, not shake hands. Tonight, Christopher Daniels will prove to Bryan Danielson and Low-Ki that he is the best independent wrestler in the USA today. The only thing you can do about it is say your prayers.
Gotta love all the faggy dance music used here in the promos. That’s SOOO Rob Feinstein. Then everything changes to some crappy hardcore music. Riiiight.
We see Da Hit Squad again ready to hype the fans standing outside the Murphy Rec Center on Shunk Street – a couple blocks away from the ECW Arena. Yeah, the ROH fans are SO HYPE now.
Just so there’s no mistaking, here is the Code of Honor. I feel like Gary Michael Capetta should be reading this like he does the Wargames rules in WCW.
Elsewhere in the back, Quiet Storm wants to show Chris Divine how to do a crossface chickenwing. If he hurts Divine, Divine will have to take him outside and show him what it’s like. Well, Quiet Storm puts the hold nice and loose on Divine when Bryan Danielson comes walking by and REALLY shows Chris Divine how a crossface chickenwing feels. BEST IN THE WORLD~!
Your hosts are Donnie B and Steve Corino.
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ROH: The Era of Honor Begins (02.2002)
ROH: The Era of Honor Begins
February 23, 2002
Philadelphia, PA
Murphy Rec Center
If the name didn’t give it away, this is the first-ever Ring of Honor show. The original idea was that ROH would take the best of the American independent wrestling scene and put them all onto a mega huge super show once a month. But it’s not going to be like all the other sportz entertainment bullcrap promotions that the mainstream companies have jammed down your throats for the past five years. ROH also refuses to give our fans the outdated insulting gimmicks that we saw from a decade ago. In fact, the wrestlers here must abide by a code of honor in order to remain in this promotion. What could go wrong, AMIRITE?
Before anything gets started, we see Da Hit Squad hyping ROH to the tour buses coming in from NYC and Boston.
Your hosts are Donnie B and Steve Corino.
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ROH Era of Honor Begins 2/23/2002
Ring of Honor presents Era of Honor Begins
Date: February 23rd, 2002
From: Philadelphia, PA
This is the first show of Ring of Honor. A video of the wrestlers on the show is shown. 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 World Heavyweight Title History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-Ki | Christopher Daniels | 7/27/2002 | Crowning A Champion[1] |
| Xavier | Low-Ki | 9/21/2002 | Unscripted |
| Samoa Joe | Xavier | 3/22/2003 | Night of Champions |
| Austin Aries | Samoa Joe | 12/26/2004 | Final Battle |
| CM Punk | Austin Aries | 6/18/2005 | Death Before Dishonor III |
| James Gibson | CM Punk | 8/12/2005 | Redemption[2] |
| Bryan Danielson | James Gibson | 9/17/2005 | Glory By Honor IV |
| Homicide | Bryan Danielson | 12/23/2006 | Final Battle |
| Takeshi Morishima | Homicide | 2/17/2007 | Fifth Year Festival |
| Nigel McGuinness | Takeshi Morishima | 10/6/2007 | Undeniable |
| Jerry Lynn | Nigel McGuinness | 4/3/2009 | Supercard of Honor IV |
| Austin Aries (2) | Tyler Black | 6/13/2009 | Manhattan Mayhem III[3] |
Footnotes:
[1]: Once a 16-man tournament reached the quarterfinals, the remaining competitors were Low-Ki, Christopher Daniels, Doug Williams, and Spanky. These four men met in a four-way 60-minute ironman match where the wrestler with the most falls wins the title. Also if you suffered a pinfall, you would lose a point from your score. After 60 minutes, Low-Ki barely beat out Christopher Daniels with a score of 3-2 to become the first-ever Ring of Honor champion.
[2]: This was a fatal four-way match which also included Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels.
[3]: This was a triple-threat match which also included the ROH world champion Jerry Lynn; however, Aries scored the pinfall on Black.
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: Road to the Title
ROH: Road to the Title
Philadelphia, PA
6/22/2002
Your hosts are Donnie B and Steve Corino.
Tonight we have four different tournaments going on with 16 guys to determine the four challengers who will compete in the Four-Way 60-minute Iron Man match on 7/27/02 in Philly so we can crown the first ROH champion. Read the rest of this entry
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