ROH: 5 Year Festival/Samoa Joe Farewell Tour Night One (NYC)

[Hawk 34 0]

ROH is kicking off it's huge 5 Year Anniversary Festival (NYC, Philly, Dayton, Chicago, Liverpool) tomorrow night in NYC at the Grand Ballroom of the Manhattan Center with a pair of huge main events. It's also the start of the Samoa Joe Farewell Tour and it starts off with the long awaited showdown between Joe and NOAH's Takeshi Morishima.

 

Here's the card

 

ROH World Title Match

Homicide Vs Jimmy Rave

 

Takeshi Morishima Vs Samoa Joe

 

ROH World Tag Team Title Match

Austin Aries and Roderick Strong Vs Matt Sydal and Christopher Daniels

 

Tables Are Legal

Brent Albright Vs BJ Whitmer

 

Delirious Vs Adam Pearce

 

Four Way Fray

Shingo Vs Davey Richards Vs Jimmy Jacobs Vs Jack Evans

 

Nigel McGuinness and Colt Cabana Vs Jay and Mark Briscoe

[The Flamboyance 0]

I'll be there tomorrow. I can't wait. The last show in Edison was dissapointing for a bunch of reasons. I'm sure this will be a lot better. I'm hyped the most for Joe vs Morishima, Cide vs Rave and Albright vs Whitmer. The whole card looks very appealing though. Also, I'm looking forward to pick up Final Battle, International Challenge and the last 2 FIP shows.

[Hawk 34 0]

What amazes me is that show with Morishima and Joe as well as Homicide in his home crowd against a top heel like Rave is possibly the softest card of the entire festival tour.

 

It is understandable given that the two main events should be enough to carry the show and NYC is always a great crowd.

[bob_barron 0]

I'm going to tomorrow's show. The card looks kind of weak, but I hope it's a good show. Really looking forward to Briscoes v. Nigel/Cabana

[King Cucaracha 0]

Did I miss something as to why Cabana and Nigel are tagging together again? Arbitary choice, or are they a regular team again?

[DangerousDamon 0]

Did I miss something as to why Cabana and Nigel are tagging together again? Arbitary choice, or are they a regular team again?

 

A newswire said that they decided to team together regularly. I guess they make a good team? I've never remembered them winning.

[King Cucaracha 0]

I assume they won some matches in the run-up to getting a tag team title shot(s). And they must have won at All Star Extravaganza 2 when they were managed by Heenan now that I think of it, unless my memory's playing tricks on me.

 

I guess the singles feud is long enough ago now to be written off.

 

 

EDIT: No, ASE was Cabana and Jacobs. Third Anniversary Night 3 was Cabana/McGuiness.

[Hawk 34 0]

Davey Richards has been pulled from the weekend thanks to a minor injury but will be on for the rest of the tour.

 

His replacement for NYC will be named during the show (likely a local talent like Jay Lethal or Jason Blade).

 

As for Saturday, Joe was booked against Richards. Now, Joe will face the loser of the Rave/Homicide match or the unbooked Nigel McGuinness.

 

Most likely they will simply switch the Rave and Richards matches around.

[bob_barron 0]

No Davey Richards? Fine with me.

[Hawk 34 0]

1) Takeshi Morishima defeats Pelle Primaeu. Pelle came out to begin the show, issuing an open challenge. Samoa Joe's music hit, but Morishima came out. Morishima destroyed Pelle in seconds, getting the victory. Nigel McGuinness then comes out to calm Morishima down.

 

2) Delirious defeats Adam Pearce. Pearce had a foreign object, went to hit Delirious with it, but hit Shane instead. In the confusion, Delirious picked up the object, and put it in his mask. He then hit a headbutt on Pearce, knocking Pearce out.

 

3) Sara Del Ray & Allison Danger defeat Alexa Fisher & Daizee Haze. Del Ray pinned Fisher after a double underhook suplex.

 

4) Four Way Fray: Xavier vs Jack Evans vs Jimmy Jacobs vs SHINGO

- Jack Evans eliminated Xavier after reverse hurricanrana.

- SHINGO eliminates Jimmy Jacobs

- Jack Evans pins SHINGO after a 630 splash from the top turnbuckle.

 

- Samoa Joe came to the ring to thank the New York ROH fans. He called out Morishima, but Nigel came out instead. Nigel and Joe exchange words, then brawl. Refs and students break it up.

 

5) Tables Match: B.J. Whitmer defeats Brent Albright. BJ Whitmer took a Razor's Edge through two doublestacked tables...and kicked out! Match is still going, said to be brutal and intense. BJ Whitmer wins the match after an exploder from the top turnbuckle through two tables.

 

- So far, ROHPhilly has said "great match" after both the Four Way and the Tables match.

 

6) ROH World Tag Team Championship Match: Matt Sydal & Christopher Daniels defeat Austin Aries & Roderick Strong. Roderick has a widely visable black eye, stemming from his PWG action last weekend. Midway through the match, Austin Aries suffers an ankle injury. Aries apparently went for a top rope springboard, missed the rope and landed badly. He can barely stand. Sydal hits the Shooting Star Press on Aries, following by Daniels hitting the Best Moonsault Ever.

 

- After the match, Roderick Strong attacks Austin Aries, hitting a backbreaker. Davey Richards comes to the ring. Davey and Roderick are now a team known as the No Remorse Core. Jack Evans made the save for Aries, who was hurting badly.

 

Intermission

 

7) Nigel McGuinness & Colt Cabana defeat Jay & Mark Briscoe. Nigel pinned Jay after a lariat.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

8) Samoa Joe defeats Takeshi Morishima. Joe choked Takeshi out. Morishima was locked in the choke, and his arm dropped three times for the defeat.

 

I think the fans at Green Destiny just exploded.

[World's Worst Man 0]

Joe won. Which is alright, I guess, as long as Morishima doesn't job to Homicide or Rave. Him losing to Joe is an interesting booking choice, but losing to Rave or Homicide would be downright business exposing and insane. I guess they'll have Morishima win the title, and then have him defend against Joe in a rematch. Where it goes from there is anyone's guess.

[DangerousDamon 0]

The No Remorse Core? Seriously?

[Hawk 34 0]

The No Remorse Core? Seriously?

 

Seems as if it might actually be No Remorse Corps.

 

It's just gonna be called the NRC anyways which sounds like an old school terrorist group.

 

Really good booking here tonight especially regarding Morishima after all the build about Morishima being a shamed man in Japan if he loses. Now he lost the man that slapped NOAH in the face.

 

So many ways to go now. Morishima taking a loss doesn't hurt anything and him taking the title isn't even neccesary but it's likely just because it'd be huge not just for Morishima but for each company.

[bob_barron 0]

Pretty good show. Joe v. Morishma was fun, and the world title match didn't suck