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04-24-2006, 09:44 AM
http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=16079
Place was packed pretty good...900-1000 in my estimation. Floor seats were
all full, ROH bleachers were filled, there was a little room in the CZW side
but not much.
The CZW fans were very rowdy and not in a good way as they sometimes took
away from the show by yelling the Jim Duggan "Hoooo" and chanting USA. I
think it was the only thing they could chant that the ROH fans didn't have a
counter for. When they'd chant "CZW"...ROH fans would chant "sucks"...when
they'd chant for Hero...they'd chant "Hero tapped out"...eventually it just
became lots of Jim Duggan style yelling..which was somewhat annoying for
most of the undercard.
Pre-show
Apocalypse pinned Rick Titus
Pelle Primeau pinned Shane Hagadorn in a 6 man mayhem match to win a Top of
the Class Trophy match on the main show. The match included Bobby Dempsey,
Smash Bradley, Mitch Franklin, and Matt Turner as well.
Rockin Rebel and Greg Matthews beat Salvation (didn't catch their names)
Main show
Christopher Daniels (w/Alison Danger)pinned Claudio Castagnoli with a roll
up. After the match Daniels put over the 100th show and how Castagnoli was
the future of the company. A solid opener.
Hero cut a promo after the match on Castagnoli for turning his back on CZW
and vowing victory in the main event.
Delirious made Jimmy Jacobs submit with his new submission hold in a 4
corner survival match with Jimmy Yang (w/Bruce Leroy)and Jimmy Rave (w/
Prince Nana and Daizee Haze). Story of the match was Lacey vowing to get
naked if Jacobs got the win. Jacobs had Yang beat with the contra code but
let him up before the 3 count and Delirious caught him for the win. After
the match, Jacobs said that no one deserved to see Lacey naked as to why he
didn't pin Yang when he had the chance. Another fun match....Jacobs new ring
entrance is hysterical.
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong retained the tag belt over Homicide and
Ricky Reyes when Aries pinned Reyes with the 450 while he had Strong in his
dragon sleeper. Not at the level you'd expect from those involved.
Bryan Danielson pinned Colt Cabana with a flash roll up in just 6 minutes.
Looked to be a mistake by Cabana not getting his shoulder up unless it plays
into a storyline. Cabana seemed genuinely pissed. CZW crowd was all over
Dragon, who actually mooned the CZW faithful as they chanted "overrated" at
him. Dragon was gold on the mic tonight.
Intermission
Bobby Dempsey pinned Pelle Primeau to retain the Top of the Class Trophy.
Bryan Danielson came back out and said since he won so quickly, he would put
the belt up against a winner from the first half of the show but since he
already beat Daniels, Aries, and Strong ....he would face Delirious.
Danielson dominated Delirious including throwing him headfirst into the ring
post on the outside. After a few hope spots, Danielson hit him with repeated
elbow strikes until the ref stopped the match. Crowd again here was all over
Danielson who really gave it back to them.
Briscoes beat Matt Sydal and AJ Styles when Sydal was pinned after a spike
J-Driller. A fantastic match with some really cool spots including a
springboard Hart attack by the Briscoes on Sydal. Even a bunch of the CZW
fans were chanting ROH during this one.
John Zandig and Jim Cornette had a debate moderated by Gary Michael Capetta.
Cornette, who was on crutches, laid into Zandig talking about how
Philadelphia was always a smart crowd and they had a choice to decide
whether they were going to support cutting edge wrestling of ROH or the
"freak show" of CZW. Cornette did an amazing promo job and Zandig just said
fuck a lot. Eventually Zandig said he was a man of action and called his men
to the ring to start the main event.
Chris Hero, Super Dragon, and Necro Butcher beat Samoa Joe, Adam Pearce, and
BJ Whitmer in a crazy wild brawl. There were two refs one from each company.
There was so much going on all over the arena, I'm sure I missed some stuff.
Zandig tried to get involved early with a barbed wire bat but Claudio
Castagnoli came out and took the bat and Zandig chased him to the back. Adam
Pearce got busted open hardway on the back of his head, and bled pretty
good. Whitmer also bladed. Necro may have too but he may just have been
covered in Pearce's blood. Some of the highlights include Joe back suplexing
Necro Butcher over two folding chair turned with their backs against each
other. Super Dragon hitting a double stop on Whitmer's head that was on an
open folding chair. Whitmer giving Super Dragon an exploder on an open
chair. Super Dragon giving Whitmer a psycho driver off the apron through a
table. Hero was great as the oppotunistic heel running around and just
getting his shots in. The end came when Zandig got in the ring and he and
Hero double teamed Joe. Zandig threw the ROH ref out. Claudio Castagnoli
came back out and threw Zandig out of the ring. Then he turned on ROH
teaming up with Hero to throw Joe out of the ring and then he and Hero hit a
snapshot type manuver for the pin.
After the match the CZW wrestlers celebrated in the bleachers with their
fans while Joe stood alone in the ring telling them "It's only just begun"
All in all a really heated show and the last two matches were incredible.
Return date was announced for July 15th
Place was packed pretty good...900-1000 in my estimation. Floor seats were
all full, ROH bleachers were filled, there was a little room in the CZW side
but not much.
The CZW fans were very rowdy and not in a good way as they sometimes took
away from the show by yelling the Jim Duggan "Hoooo" and chanting USA. I
think it was the only thing they could chant that the ROH fans didn't have a
counter for. When they'd chant "CZW"...ROH fans would chant "sucks"...when
they'd chant for Hero...they'd chant "Hero tapped out"...eventually it just
became lots of Jim Duggan style yelling..which was somewhat annoying for
most of the undercard.
Pre-show
Apocalypse pinned Rick Titus
Pelle Primeau pinned Shane Hagadorn in a 6 man mayhem match to win a Top of
the Class Trophy match on the main show. The match included Bobby Dempsey,
Smash Bradley, Mitch Franklin, and Matt Turner as well.
Rockin Rebel and Greg Matthews beat Salvation (didn't catch their names)
Main show
Christopher Daniels (w/Alison Danger)pinned Claudio Castagnoli with a roll
up. After the match Daniels put over the 100th show and how Castagnoli was
the future of the company. A solid opener.
Hero cut a promo after the match on Castagnoli for turning his back on CZW
and vowing victory in the main event.
Delirious made Jimmy Jacobs submit with his new submission hold in a 4
corner survival match with Jimmy Yang (w/Bruce Leroy)and Jimmy Rave (w/
Prince Nana and Daizee Haze). Story of the match was Lacey vowing to get
naked if Jacobs got the win. Jacobs had Yang beat with the contra code but
let him up before the 3 count and Delirious caught him for the win. After
the match, Jacobs said that no one deserved to see Lacey naked as to why he
didn't pin Yang when he had the chance. Another fun match....Jacobs new ring
entrance is hysterical.
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong retained the tag belt over Homicide and
Ricky Reyes when Aries pinned Reyes with the 450 while he had Strong in his
dragon sleeper. Not at the level you'd expect from those involved.
Bryan Danielson pinned Colt Cabana with a flash roll up in just 6 minutes.
Looked to be a mistake by Cabana not getting his shoulder up unless it plays
into a storyline. Cabana seemed genuinely pissed. CZW crowd was all over
Dragon, who actually mooned the CZW faithful as they chanted "overrated" at
him. Dragon was gold on the mic tonight.
Intermission
Bobby Dempsey pinned Pelle Primeau to retain the Top of the Class Trophy.
Bryan Danielson came back out and said since he won so quickly, he would put
the belt up against a winner from the first half of the show but since he
already beat Daniels, Aries, and Strong ....he would face Delirious.
Danielson dominated Delirious including throwing him headfirst into the ring
post on the outside. After a few hope spots, Danielson hit him with repeated
elbow strikes until the ref stopped the match. Crowd again here was all over
Danielson who really gave it back to them.
Briscoes beat Matt Sydal and AJ Styles when Sydal was pinned after a spike
J-Driller. A fantastic match with some really cool spots including a
springboard Hart attack by the Briscoes on Sydal. Even a bunch of the CZW
fans were chanting ROH during this one.
John Zandig and Jim Cornette had a debate moderated by Gary Michael Capetta.
Cornette, who was on crutches, laid into Zandig talking about how
Philadelphia was always a smart crowd and they had a choice to decide
whether they were going to support cutting edge wrestling of ROH or the
"freak show" of CZW. Cornette did an amazing promo job and Zandig just said
fuck a lot. Eventually Zandig said he was a man of action and called his men
to the ring to start the main event.
Chris Hero, Super Dragon, and Necro Butcher beat Samoa Joe, Adam Pearce, and
BJ Whitmer in a crazy wild brawl. There were two refs one from each company.
There was so much going on all over the arena, I'm sure I missed some stuff.
Zandig tried to get involved early with a barbed wire bat but Claudio
Castagnoli came out and took the bat and Zandig chased him to the back. Adam
Pearce got busted open hardway on the back of his head, and bled pretty
good. Whitmer also bladed. Necro may have too but he may just have been
covered in Pearce's blood. Some of the highlights include Joe back suplexing
Necro Butcher over two folding chair turned with their backs against each
other. Super Dragon hitting a double stop on Whitmer's head that was on an
open folding chair. Whitmer giving Super Dragon an exploder on an open
chair. Super Dragon giving Whitmer a psycho driver off the apron through a
table. Hero was great as the oppotunistic heel running around and just
getting his shots in. The end came when Zandig got in the ring and he and
Hero double teamed Joe. Zandig threw the ROH ref out. Claudio Castagnoli
came back out and threw Zandig out of the ring. Then he turned on ROH
teaming up with Hero to throw Joe out of the ring and then he and Hero hit a
snapshot type manuver for the pin.
After the match the CZW wrestlers celebrated in the bleachers with their
fans while Joe stood alone in the ring telling them "It's only just begun"
All in all a really heated show and the last two matches were incredible.
Return date was announced for July 15th