Innovator
12-04-2005, 11:43 PM
Ring of Honor debuted at Basketball City in Manhattan's Chelsea Piers, drawing an estimated 950 fans for the promotion's first-ever Steel Cage Warfare match and the first Steve Corino vs. Homicide ROH singles bout since November 2003. Results from the card saw:
*Jason Blade and Kid Mikaze defeated The Ring Crew Express.
*Davey Andrews defeated Pelle Primeau in about a minute to retain the ROH Top of the Class Trophy. Ricky Reyes then hit the ring, taking out Primeau, Andrews, and several other students, then destroying the trophy.
*ROH Tag Team champions Sal Rinauro & Tony Mamaluke defeated Colt Cabana & Milano Collection AT after slamming Milano on his head with their finisher.
*ROH champion Bryan Danielson forced Rocky Romero to tap out with a Single Leg Crab. Lance Storm came to the ring and congratulated Danielson. Storm said that for some time, fans have been asking why he retired and he's never given a clear answer but the truth is he retired because he wasn't allowed to have the type of matches that he wanted to have and he wasn't put into a position to have matches he could be proud of, like the ones Danielson and ROH put on. He noted he was proud to have left at One Night Stand with a match on his terms against Chris Jericho. He offered Danielson his hand. Danielson refused and said that he wouldn't shake it on Storm's terms. Danielson talked about wrestling and putting on the type of matches that he wanted on his terms and would only shake Storm's hand on Danielson's terms. He asked that all the fans stand up and give Storm the respect he deserves for inspiring the wrestlers who came after him, then as the fans gave Storm a standing ovation, they shook hands. The crowd changed, "One More Match" at Storm.
*In a really good match, Jay Lethal pinned Samoa Joe with a Dragon Suplex. Lethal was Zbyszko to Joe's Sammartino, snapping and attacking Joe's leg with a chair as he was outside. This was a really good match. After the win, Lethal attacked Joe again, so he's turned heel.
*Steve Corino pinned Homicide after he was attacked by a masked man (Colt Cabana). The storyline was that ROH Commissioner Jim Cornette had banned Cabana and Homicide from having any interaction with each other at the show. Corino's ring announcer Bryan Riegel did "spoken word" about the match, although it didn't get over with the crowd live. Homicide slapped Corino's ear and went after it with a fork, with the ear bleeding bad. Referee Mike Kehner got nailed with a chair and was busted open as well. They brought a chair wrapped in barbed wire into the equation as well. Homicide appeared to have hurt his arm or shoulder towards the end of the bout. A really brutal match.
*In Steel Cage Warfare, Generation Next (Austin Aries, Jack Evans, Matt Sydal & Roderick Strong) defeated The Embassy (Abyss, Alex Shelley, Jimmy Rave & Prince Nana). The bout featured Wargames style entrances, but with a Survivor Series twist where everyone on a team had to have been defeated for the other team to win.
Jimmy Rave and Austin Aries were the first ones in the cage. The crowd went nuts on Rave throwing toilet paper and pink streamers at him as he had a tantrum. Alex Shelley was next in as naturally the Embassy lose the cointoss. Matt Sydal evened it up. Abyss was next, getting a huge pop and in many ways was the star of the match in terms of crowd reaction. His Black Holt Slam on Sydal got a near standing ovation. Sydal was first eliminated after a Rave Pedigree. Roderick Strong was in doing all his insane backbreaker combinations. Nana was the last person out for the Embassy, dressed in military fatigues. Jack Evans was the last person for Generation Next. Right before Evans' entrance, Jade Chung came out and berated Nana with the mic, which led to the Embassy trying to grab her outside. Evans hit the ring and dove off the cage onto them with an insane double moonsault that popped the place. Evans then moonsaulted into the ring, pinning Abyss. Rave was next eliminated after taking a billion backbreakers Roderick Strong. At the same time, Aries pinned Shelley with a brainbuster, leaving Nana alone to be pummeled by Generation Next. Aries hit a 450 from the top rope for the pin.
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*Jason Blade and Kid Mikaze defeated The Ring Crew Express.
*Davey Andrews defeated Pelle Primeau in about a minute to retain the ROH Top of the Class Trophy. Ricky Reyes then hit the ring, taking out Primeau, Andrews, and several other students, then destroying the trophy.
*ROH Tag Team champions Sal Rinauro & Tony Mamaluke defeated Colt Cabana & Milano Collection AT after slamming Milano on his head with their finisher.
*ROH champion Bryan Danielson forced Rocky Romero to tap out with a Single Leg Crab. Lance Storm came to the ring and congratulated Danielson. Storm said that for some time, fans have been asking why he retired and he's never given a clear answer but the truth is he retired because he wasn't allowed to have the type of matches that he wanted to have and he wasn't put into a position to have matches he could be proud of, like the ones Danielson and ROH put on. He noted he was proud to have left at One Night Stand with a match on his terms against Chris Jericho. He offered Danielson his hand. Danielson refused and said that he wouldn't shake it on Storm's terms. Danielson talked about wrestling and putting on the type of matches that he wanted on his terms and would only shake Storm's hand on Danielson's terms. He asked that all the fans stand up and give Storm the respect he deserves for inspiring the wrestlers who came after him, then as the fans gave Storm a standing ovation, they shook hands. The crowd changed, "One More Match" at Storm.
*In a really good match, Jay Lethal pinned Samoa Joe with a Dragon Suplex. Lethal was Zbyszko to Joe's Sammartino, snapping and attacking Joe's leg with a chair as he was outside. This was a really good match. After the win, Lethal attacked Joe again, so he's turned heel.
*Steve Corino pinned Homicide after he was attacked by a masked man (Colt Cabana). The storyline was that ROH Commissioner Jim Cornette had banned Cabana and Homicide from having any interaction with each other at the show. Corino's ring announcer Bryan Riegel did "spoken word" about the match, although it didn't get over with the crowd live. Homicide slapped Corino's ear and went after it with a fork, with the ear bleeding bad. Referee Mike Kehner got nailed with a chair and was busted open as well. They brought a chair wrapped in barbed wire into the equation as well. Homicide appeared to have hurt his arm or shoulder towards the end of the bout. A really brutal match.
*In Steel Cage Warfare, Generation Next (Austin Aries, Jack Evans, Matt Sydal & Roderick Strong) defeated The Embassy (Abyss, Alex Shelley, Jimmy Rave & Prince Nana). The bout featured Wargames style entrances, but with a Survivor Series twist where everyone on a team had to have been defeated for the other team to win.
Jimmy Rave and Austin Aries were the first ones in the cage. The crowd went nuts on Rave throwing toilet paper and pink streamers at him as he had a tantrum. Alex Shelley was next in as naturally the Embassy lose the cointoss. Matt Sydal evened it up. Abyss was next, getting a huge pop and in many ways was the star of the match in terms of crowd reaction. His Black Holt Slam on Sydal got a near standing ovation. Sydal was first eliminated after a Rave Pedigree. Roderick Strong was in doing all his insane backbreaker combinations. Nana was the last person out for the Embassy, dressed in military fatigues. Jack Evans was the last person for Generation Next. Right before Evans' entrance, Jade Chung came out and berated Nana with the mic, which led to the Embassy trying to grab her outside. Evans hit the ring and dove off the cage onto them with an insane double moonsault that popped the place. Evans then moonsaulted into the ring, pinning Abyss. Rave was next eliminated after taking a billion backbreakers Roderick Strong. At the same time, Aries pinned Shelley with a brainbuster, leaving Nana alone to be pummeled by Generation Next. Aries hit a 450 from the top rope for the pin.
credit: PWInsider.com