Ring of Honor questions

[Guest John Dub]

I impulsively bought a RoH ticket for Wakefield on 9/6 because of the good things I'd heard. Since I bought the ticket, I've tracked down a nmber of matches and have been thoroughly entertained, to say the least. However, I don't know half the guys on the card and have a few questions.

 

1. Who is C.M. Punk? I know he's a straight-edge guy, but is he a good worker? Can he and Raven put on a great match? What's the story behind the feud?

 

2. Christopher Daniels isn't listed on the "More to be announced" section of rohwrestling.com for the card, what are the chances of him appearing?

 

3. What the dickens is a field of honor match?

 

4.Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Homicide vs. Jay Briscoe is a listed match, but I have no idea who any of them are (I've heard Briscoe's name) aside from Styles. Does this match have good potential? I enjoy Styles 'work.

 

5.I'm a Low-Ki fan, but haven't seen any of Mark Briscoe's matches. Is he a good wrestler? Above average?

 

I realize these are kind of stupid questions asking if they're all good wrestlers, it is a matter of opinion, but I'm in the dark so any help would be appreciated.

[bob_barron 0]

1. Who is C.M. Punk? I know he's a straight-edge guy, but is he a good worker? Can he and Raven put on a great match? What's the story behind the feud?

 

CM Punk is a great worker. He's famous for a 90 minute match with Chris Hero in IWA-MS. He wrestled prominently in the midwest before finding ROH.

 

I'll post the backstory in another post.

 

2. Christopher Daniels isn't listed on the "More to be announced" section of rohwrestling.com for the card, what are the chances of him appearing?

 

He won't be there probably.

 

3. What the dickens is a field of honor match?

 

The field of honor is a round robin tournament set up by ROH just to show off some good underused workers. It's a way for them to push mid and uppercarders.

 

I'll let ROH tell you themselves-

 

Ring Of Honor is proud to present the first Field Of Honor starting 9/6 in Boston. It will be an eight man tournament. The eight competitors will be split into two blocks. They will wrestle each athlete in their block. The man with the most wins in his block will wrestle the winner of the other block to determine the first Field Of Honor champion. In the event of a tie there will be a bonus match with the victor taking the block. The Field Of Honor is currently scheduled to take place on 9/6 in Boston, 9/20 in Philadelphia, 10/16 in the Baltimore area and 11/1 in Elizabeth, NJ. More dates might be added.

 

The winner will undoubtedly see his career skyrocket to a higher level. The Field Of Honor is sure to provide competitive, even contests featuring almost every style of wrestling. Here are the two blocks.

 

Block A

Chris Sabin

Matt Stryker

John Walters

Xavier

 

Block B

Colt Cabana

Dan Maff

Jimmy Rave

BJ Whitmer

 

4.Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Homicide vs. Jay Briscoe is a listed match, but I have no idea who any of them are (I've heard Briscoe's name) aside from Styles. Does this match have good potential? I enjoy Styles 'work.

 

This match is going to rock. Homicide primarily wrestles in the east although he did have a great match (heresay) with Hero in IWA MS. At the last ROH show he beat Steve Corino to a bloody pulp. He's awesome.

 

Samoa Joe is the current ROH champ. He works strong style and is a very hard hitting worker.

 

Jay Briscoe is very young (19?) and used to work for CZW. In ROH he's feuded/teamed with Mark Briscoe.

 

5.I'm a Low-Ki fan, but haven't seen any of Mark Briscoe's matches. Is he a good wrestler? Above average?

 

Yea- Mark is good stuff. Should be a good match.

Edited August 26, 2003 by bob_barron

[bob_barron 0]

Raven and Punk have been feuding for quite some time now. When it was announced that Raven would be debuting in Ring of Honor- CM Punk was very unhappy. CM Punk takes his straight edge beliefs very seriously and looked down upon Raven- someone who has battled addiction to drugs and alcohol in the past. Punk seemed personally angered that Raven threw away his career to do his vices.

 

At Expect the Unexpected Punk pulled off a major upset and bloodied Raven up en route to making him tap out to the STF. Raven was the master of mind games so he recruited Colt Cabana to team with him to take on Punk and the trainer of Punk and Cabana- Ace Steel. Raven’s team got the win- but he pinned Steel, not Punk. Punk then one-upped him in the mind games department when Cabana turned on Raven. This marked the official formation of the Second City Saints. At Epic Encounter- Raven was not present but he sent Trinity there to send a message to the Saints. Also at EE- Punk and BJ Whitmer had a brutal match that ended in a draw when Punk gave Whitmer a German from the apron through the table. Punk was very cocky about the match and talked down to Whitmer and acted like he won the match. At Round Robin Challenge II another minion of Raven showed up but he was laid out by the debuting Lucy (a.k.a. Dafney from WCW) At Do or Die- Punk cut a terrific promo where he talked about his straight edge beliefs.

 

 

At Night of Grudges Raven teamed with Whitmer to take on the Second City Saints. It was a wild bloody brawl and the Second City Saints won. After the match Punk kicked Raven's ass and put him through a table.

 

Two weeks later at Wrestlerave Raven had an even bigger partner- Chris Daniels. It was another wild bloody brawl and Punk bled all over the place. Once again the Second City Saints were able to get the win when Punk pinned Raven. After the match Punk choked out Raven with a chain and left him coughing up bile. Raven wanted another shot at Punk and challenged him to a DOG COLLAR match at Death Before Dishonour.

 

In a promo cut after Wrestlerave- Punk revealed that his father threw away his life because of alcohol- just like Raven did. He saw his father in Raven and it made him angry and made him want to kick Raven's ass for reminding him of the life he had to grow up wth.

 

Death Before Dishonor came around and Raven and Punk had another sick brawl as both men bled and both men beat the shit out of each other. The ref was knocked out because of an errant chairshot and Cabana ran in and beat up Raven. Danny Doring tried to save but was unsuccessful. Punk got the win. Again.

 

Afterwards Punk tied Raven to the ropes and produced a beer. Punk proceeded to pour beer down Raven's mouth as a way to knock him off the wagon. But who should make the save- TOMMY DREAMER! Dreamer showed up and chaired Punk down and then tied him to the ropes where Raven did the unthinkable.

 

CM Punk, Mr. Straight Edge, Mr. Drug Free and Alcohol Free, had beer poured all over him. It was the ultimate insult that Raven could do and this only esclated the feud further.

 

 

There ya go- At September 6th these two will face off once again. Enjoy it.

[Guest John Dub]

Thanks man, I really appreciate it.

[Guest Stevie Franchise]

Christopher Daniels will not be there, because he's wrestling for the PCW promotion in California.

[JustJoe2k5 0]

1. C.M. Punk is a very good worker, and has already had some good matches with Raven. Add a cage and you have one very good hardcore brawl.

 

2. If they aren't listed, they most likely won't be there.

 

3. Field Of Honor is covered in a previous post.

 

4. Samoa Joe and Homicide work an American Strong-Style, and A.J. Styles and Jay Briscoe are both very crisp with their mat-work. Should be a very good wrestling match.

 

5. Mark Briscoe is alot like his brother, very crisp, but he is a little more of a high-flier. If Low Ki is his usual greatness, this match could be MOTN.

 

Hope you take some extra money, RFVideo always have a booth setup where you can buy Ring Of Honor videos, Best of videos, or various other promotion's videos. If you could post a detailed review of the show here when you get back.

[Guest bort]

how much cheaper are the ROH videos at the events than on the RF site.....

 

as for the homicide vs hero match, i just watched it last night and its very good, i cant remeber what the site was...think i got it off something like clubkayfabe

[bob_barron 0]

They're about $5 cheaper as you don't have to pay for shipping

[PsychoDriver 0]

Christopher Daniels will not be there, because he's wrestling for the PCW promotion in California.

I wish he still was, But I'm pretty sure he's off the Sept. 6th PCW show.

[LucharesuFan619 0]

I impulsively bought a RoH ticket for Wakefield on 9/6 because of the good things I'd heard. Since I bought the ticket, I've tracked down a nmber of matches and have been thoroughly entertained, to say the least. However, I don't know half the guys on the card and have a few questions.

 

1. Who is C.M. Punk? I know he's a straight-edge guy, but is he a good worker? Can he and Raven put on a great match? What's the story behind the feud?

 

2. Christopher Daniels isn't listed on the "More to be announced" section of rohwrestling.com for the card, what are the chances of him appearing?

 

3. What the dickens is a field of honor match?

 

4.Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Homicide vs. Jay Briscoe is a listed match, but I have no idea who any of them are (I've heard Briscoe's name) aside from Styles. Does this match have good potential? I enjoy Styles 'work.

 

5.I'm a Low-Ki fan, but haven't seen any of Mark Briscoe's matches. Is he a good wrestler? Above average?

 

I realize these are kind of stupid questions asking if they're all good wrestlers, it is a matter of opinion, but I'm in the dark so any help would be appreciated.

If you want the FULL history of the Raven/Punk feud, including exclusive comments from Punk himself, check out my upcoming article on NoHoldsBarredWrestling.com about the feud. It will be posted shortly after the 9/6 show.

 

AJ Styles is - along with Low Ki and Chris Daniels - the unofficial king of the indies. He worked for WCW before it died. He has worked in Japan's ZERO-ONE. Some of his most famous opponents include D'Lo Brown, Jeff Jarrett, Chris Daniels, CM Punk, and others. His style can be compared to that of Chris Jericho and Edge.

 

Homicide is similar to New Jack in that he's from the hood and likes cutting people open with forks, but unlike New Jack, he can wrestle VERY WELL. His past rivals include Steve Corino and Trent Acid. His style can be compared to Chris Benoit.

 

Samoa Joe is fat, but he can wrestle quite well. He's similar to Chris Benoit in style. He uses lots of suplexes and submission holds.

 

Mark Briscoe is a great wrestler, and so is Jay. Their styles are similar to Brian "Spanky" Kendrick.