The following excerpt was part of the Ring of Honor Newswire on October 2nd:
“Davey Richards feels for his brother in the American Wolves. He dreads the thought of Eddie Edwards missing any time in their hunt. But Richards knows that every wolf at one time or another hunts alone, and even though he’s a capable warrior, the prospect of fighting off the Briscoes, Young Bucks, or Steen and Generico by himself is a bleak one. Richards also holds a shot at the ROH World Title in his grasp by virtue of winning the inaugural Toronto Gauntlet during “Death Before Dishonor” weekend. To that end, we have it on good authority that a private meeting between Davey Richards and Austin Aries took place earlier this week. ROH officials hope to have word on what took place at that meeting next week in the wire.”
ROH officials can now confirm that ROH World Champion Austin Aries and ROH World Tag Team Champion Davey Richards met at an undisclosed location in the last 12 hours and have apparently made an agreement to wrestle with, not against, each other this Saturday night in Indianapolis.
Sources indicated to ROHWrestling.com that before the injury suffered by Eddie Edwards in Boston last month, ROH officials were preparing to finalize a Briscoe Brothers/American Wolves tag team bout for Indianapolis on October 10th. Since the injury to Edwards has rendered him unable to compete, our sources then indicated that Richards was instead preparing to force officials into signing the ROH World Championship match he earned by winning the Toronto Gauntlet on July 25th.
Aries, reportedly in no hurry to face the red hot Richards, caught wind of Davey’s imminent move and launched a pre-emptive strike of his own by calling the meeting with Richards. It is believed that Aries intended to talk Richards out of asking for the title contest, citing that Richards “needs more friends now than enemies” with Eddie Edwards sidelined. It is believed that Aries offered to team with Richards in exchange for Davey not calling for his title shot this weekend. It is speculated that Richards took a couple of days to ponder the offer before reconvening with Aries sometime in the last 12 hours, accepting his proposal for Indianapolis. It is believed that the uncertainty of the Wolves World Tag Team title reign, coupled with the list of teams with a personal vendetta against the Wolves, has prompted Richards to strike this deal with Aries.
ROH officials received signed contracts this afternoon, and the match is official. On October 10th in Indianapolis, ROH World Champion Austin Aries will team with ROH World Tag Team Champion Davey Richards to face Mark and Jay – The Briscoe Brothers.
ROH Executive Producer Jim Cornette has confirmed that Davey Richards will still hold an ROH World Championship match at his discretion. Cornette went on to say, “Aries doesn’t want any part of Richards in that ring, and I don’t blame him. But I’ll say this about A Double – he’s an absolute master politician – and I’m an expert at that.” Jay Briscoe, upon hearing the news, stated, “We don’t care what Richards does. Revenge is coming for him, son. And if he’s okay with teaming with Aries, then it proves Davey’s scared. If you’re scared, say you’re scared, boy. We don’t care who his partner is. He’s got to man up either way.”
