ROH 5.12.06

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On-Going results

 

Pre-Show Matches:

 

1) Bobby Dempsey & Alex Payne defeat Ernie Osiris & Rhett Titus. Osiris pinned by Bobby Dempsey after a Death Valley Driver.

 

2) Pelle Primeau wins the #1 Kikitaruship Four Corner Survival. Pelle Primeu pins Derek Dempsey with a rollup in about 7-8 minutes. Other two in the match were Shane Hagadorn and Mitch Franklin. Top of The Class trophy was not on the line. Pelle vs Kikitaru later tonight!

 

Ring Of Honor - Long Island, New York

 

1) Matt Sydal defeats Jimmy Yang after a Shooting Star Press in about 9 minutes. After the match, Yang is on the mic and told the fans to check him out on WWE.com.

 

2) Four Corner Survival - McGuinness vs Cabana vs Delirious vs Daniels Interrupted during intros by Christian Cage. Christian asked Colt Cabana to be his tag team partner tonight...Colt Cabana accepted. Cabana & Christian vs Danielson & ??? as of now. This brings out the "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson. Danielson is asking Christopher Daniels to be his partner. The match is set- Bryan Danielson & Christopher Daniels vs Christian Cage & Colt Cabana. Danielson also promised Daniels a future title shot. Match changed leading to...

 

2) Three Way Dance: Delirious defeats Nigel McGuinness & Kikitaru Lots of comedy, including slow motion spots. Delirious makes Kikitaru tap with his relatively new submission finisher around the 10 minute mark.

 

3) Alex Shelley & Jimmy Rave defeat The Rottweilers by DISQUALIFICATION. Match lasted around 19 minutes. Lots of interplay between Prince Nana and J-Train. Rotts were DQ'd when Julius Smokes interfered and attacked Jimmy Rave. After the match, Homicide responded to Jim Cornette with "F*ck you people, and f*ck this company" and the Rottweilers left.

 

Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli have stormed the ring. BJ Whitmer and Adam Pearce enter.

 

4) KOW Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli defeat Adam Pearce & BJ Whitmer. ROH Official Todd Sinclair was going at it with CZW "ref" Bryce Remsburg during the fight. The Necro Butcher aided Hero in pinning Adam Pearce. Samoa Joe hit the ring, but CZW retreated.

 

Return- August 4 w/ KENTA & AJ Styles

INTERMISSION

 

**Attendance "about the same as Glory By Honor". Big pop for Christian, but during his promo the crowd seemed 50/50 split between Danielson and Christian.**

 

5)ROHvideos.com Match: Samoa Joe defeats Apocolypse in 5 minutes. Joe wins after the Musclebuster.

 

6) Mark Briscoe defeats Roderick Strong in 15 minutes. Briscoe wins after the Wrist Clutch Burning Hammer type move.

 

7) Jay Briscoe defeats Austin Aries in 18 minutes. Briscoe made Austin submit to the Cobra Clutch. Briscoe worked over the shoulder of Aries throughout the match.

 

8) Christian & Colt Cabana vs Bryan Danielson & Christopher Daniels. If Daniels & Danielson win, Bryan Danielson owes Christopher Daniels an ROH World Title Match.

 

9) Christian & Colt Cabana defeat Chris Daniels & Bryan Danielson in 28 minutes. Christian pins Daniels after an Unprettier. Daniels & Danielson didn't get along during the match. At one point, the crowd chanted "F*ck TNA" but Christopher Daniels got on the mic and shut it down saying "this is about pro wrestling, not about TNA". No title shot for Daniels for now.

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2) Three Way Dance: Delirious defeats Nigel McGuinness & Kikitaru Lots of comedy, including slow motion spots. Delirious makes Kikitaru tap with his relatively new submission finisher around the 10 minute mark.

 

Kikutaro, right?

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2) Three Way Dance: Delirious defeats Nigel McGuinness & Kikitaru Lots of comedy, including slow motion spots. Delirious makes Kikitaru tap with his relatively new submission finisher around the 10 minute mark.

 

Kikutaro, right?

 

Yes, aka Ebessan (btw, what's the story behind the name change there?)

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I think it had something to do with a copyright issue after he stopped wrestling for Osaka Pro.

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Sounds like another decent offering from ROH. It's too bad that the crowd was apparently so rubbish for the event.

 

Tonights show has an awe inspiring line up IMO. I'm hoping for Shelley to take the Pure title from McGuninness' grasp tonight, that is if he can wrestle. Apparently Shelley aggitated a knee injury last night and might not be able to go at it tonight.

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2) Three Way Dance: Delirious defeats Nigel McGuinness & Kikitaru Lots of comedy, including slow motion spots. Delirious makes Kikitaru tap with his relatively new submission finisher around the 10 minute mark.

 

I don't know if I like the idea of a promotion built around "wrestling as a sport" having slow-motion spots in a wrestling match. Ring of Honor seems to want to cater more to "smart marks" these days instead of hardcore fans of professional wrestling.

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2) Three Way Dance: Delirious defeats Nigel McGuinness & Kikitaru Lots of comedy, including slow motion spots. Delirious makes Kikitaru tap with his relatively new submission finisher around the 10 minute mark.

 

I don't know if I like the idea of a promotion built around "wrestling as a sport" having slow-motion spots in a wrestling match. Ring of Honor seems to want to cater more to "smart marks" these days instead of hardcore fans of professional wrestling.

 

Comedy matches have always been in the business.

 

ROH hasn't done the "wrestling=sport" since the early inception in 2002. It's been storyline drive since late 2002, with a stronger emphasis on fuller cards rather then the indy dream match shows of 2002/2003. The difference between ROH and TNA/WWE, the stories are creative, simple and effective and it's still about the quality inside the ring.

 

Kikitaru is a comedy worker as Delirious can be from time to time (he's now pushed as a more credible wrestler, rather then a comedy act). It's hardly a negative to have a lower-card comedy match that actually delivers.

 

Of course they want to cater to the smark mark crowd, that's their niche market they design the promotion around and they have been succesful at it.