ROH Wrestling

Newswire For The Week of June 21st
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

June 25th: Ring of Honor returns to the Midwest this weekend with two big live events which include an appearance from Ric Flair. The "Nature Boy" will be in Detroit & Chicago for a special meet & greet autograph session with the fans in both cities. On Friday night we return to Detroit, MI at the Michigan State Fairgrounds & Expo Center "Michigan Mart", 1120 W. State Fair Avenue, Detroit, MI 48203. The event starts at 8:00pm. The Ric Flair meet & greet autograph session will take place from 6-8 PM. A double main event will see a Tyler Black vs. Jimmy Jacobs inside a Steel Cage and The American Wolves vs. KENTA & Roderick Strong for the World Tag Team Titles. Other matches include Nigel McGuinness vs. Claudio Castagnoli; ROH World Champion Austin Aries vs. Joey Ryan vs. Delirious vs. Petey Williams vs. Sami Callihan vs. Rasche Brown in a Non Title Six Man Mayhem Match; D-Lo Brown vs. Colt Cabana; plus more. Tickets for the live show and Ric Flair autograph session will be available to purchase at the door on Friday night.

June 25th: On Saturday night we return to the Chicago area with a big event at the Frontier Fieldhouse, 9807 Sayre Avenue, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415. The show starts at 7:30 PM. The Ric Flair meet & greet autograph session will take place between 5:30-7:30 PM. Another double main event headlines this big event in Chicago as Austin Aries defends the ROH World Title against Nigel McGuinness and Tyler Black squares off against KENTA in a first time ever international dream match. Other bouts include The American Wolves vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico; Colt Cabana & Brent Albright vs. Joey Ryan & Claudio Castagnoli in a Chicago Street Fight; Roderick Strong vs. D-Lo Brown; Kenny King vs. Petey Williams; plus more. Tickets for the live show and Ric Flair autograph session will be available to purchase at the door on Friday night.

June 25th: This weekend's episode of "Ring of Honor Wrestling" on HDNet is a can't miss episode. The main event will see The American Wolves defend the World Tag Team Title against Bryan Danielson & Tyler Black. Other matches include Jimmy Jacobs vs. Delirious in a Fight Without Honor, Brent Albright vs. Embassy member Ernie Osiris, and The Young Bucks in action. For more information please visit: http://www.hd.net/ringofhonor.html.

June 25^th: Jimmy Jacobs has called it Tyler’s “Last Stand”. In his personal blog (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=2505822&blogId=496754349), Jacobs makes several comments about tomorrow night’s epic Steel Cage War with Tyler Black. “I live to prove you wrong”, said Jacobs. And the “you” he’s referring to can be applied to seemingly every encounter in his life. He remarks that his “peers, family, and fans” have always doubted him, but that in Detroit tomorrow night, “Nobody will see what’s coming. This is no assumption. This is a guarantee. Nobody will ever forget what they see on Friday night inside a steel cage, because nobody has ever seen anything like it.” Tickets will be available at the door tomorrow night in Detroit! You don’t want to miss this!

June 25^th: Jimmy Jacobs is scheduled to be in Chicago on Saturday night, but has refused available matches for the event. “In wrestling, a man can make a statement within the physical context of a match,” said Jacobs. “And sometimes his statement is made through spoken word. But sometimes that statement truly lives before actions or words are needed, and sometimes it isn’t even heard until the one making it has come to pass. The man that sparks a revolution that lives in history doesn’t always see the fruits of his labor because revolution comes not through a word or an action, but in the experience that is born from them.”

June 25^th: Special thanks go out to That Wrestling Show for making his weekly ROH on HDNet Video recaps. You can view his video review on last week’s episode, featuring KENTA versus Roderick Strong, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkihxXzJ4IE.

June 25^th: Kenny Omega and Kenny King have done recent battle on HDNet. Be it 6 Man tags, Tag Contests, or one-on-one, these two have proven that they are two of the brightest up-and-coming stars in professional wrestling. Now they’ll do it again on night one of “Death Before Dishonor VII”! Signed for July 24^th in Toronto is King versus Omega! Witness the future of ROH live in Toronto!

June 25^th: The Super Smash Brothers have received more than one “please come back” chant after their appearances on ROH events, and have impressed nearly everyone that has seen them. Now they’ll have the toughest test of their young careers on July 24^th in Toronto as they face Mark and Jay – The Briscoe Brothers! “The kids really can go,” said Jay Briscoe speaking of the Super Smash Brothers. “All they need is experience, and in Toronto, it’s gonna be one-of-a-kind. But I know them boys will be ready. Time to ‘man up’.”

June 25th: The Buy 3, Get 1 Free Sale on all Ring of Honor DVD's is now back at ROHWrestling.com and also at both live events this weekend. New DVD releases include "A Cut Above" from 4/24 in Dayton, OH featuring Jerry Lynn vs. Roderick Strong for the ROH World Title; Davey Richards vs. Tyler Black; Bryan Danielson vs. Eddie Edwards; Chris Hero vs. Colt Cabana; plus more. Also available is "The Homecoming II" from 4/25 in Chicago Ridge, IL featuring Jerry Lynn vs. Colt Cabana for the ROH World Title; The American Wolves vs. Kevin Steen & Jay Briscoe in a 2/3 Falls Match for the World Tag Team Titles; Bryan Danielson vs. Jimmy Rave; Chris Hero vs. Tyler Black; and more. For details on this week's New Releases and this great sale click here: http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=2643.

June 23^rd: We want to thank the incredible fans of Philadelphia for making the last set of tapings for ROH on HDNet a hit! With all of the incredible footage we’ve got on file, both ROH and HDNet officials realized that we’ve now got shows ready to air through the first week of September. As a result, we’re going to give the fans of South Philly a break in July and shoot six more episodes on August 28^th and 29^th as scheduled, back at The Arena! Tickets are available for the August tapings at www.rohwrestling.com! Any tickets purchased this past weekend for the July shows will be honored at the August events.

June 23^rd: As announced last Saturday in Philadelphia, Bryan Danielson is suffering from a highly contagious staph infection, which he presumes was contracted during his intense training at Extreme Couture in Las Vegas. The infection took hold very quickly, and as a result, he spent Saturday morning in a Philadelphia hospital. Bryan missed the TV tapings, but addressed the crowd to update his situation. As was recommended by medical personnel, Bryan will not be able to take part in the events this weekend in Detroit and Chicago as he recuperates. Everyone at ROH wishes Bryan a speedy recovery, and looks forward to his in-ring return to ROH!

June 23^rd: Take a sneak peak at this Saturday’s broadcast of “Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBd_iolVbxM.

June 23^rd: Not to worry, Detroit and Chicago, as was announced yesterday on the main page (http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=2874), Roderick Strong has stepped up and will now be on hand in both the Motor and Windy cities! Roddy has stepped into Bryan’s matches, and will now team with KENTA in Detroit against the American Wolves with the Tag Team Championship on the line. In Chicago, he gets a one-on-one encounter with D-Lo Brown, whom he just defeated in Philadelphia! Tickets for both great events are still available now at www.rohwrestling.com! And don’t forget, the “Nature Boy” himself, Ric Flair, will be on hand for both events!

June 23^rd: Check out the newest edition of the ROH Videowire, now available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sLVby6UJ4A. Check out the hype for next weekend as you’ll hear from Prince Nana, Colt “Boom Boom” Cabana, and another “trailer” from Joey Ryan. In addition, an anatomy lesson from Kevin Steen and El Generico, Claudio Castagnoli’s reasons for attacking Nigel McGuinness at Take No Prisoners, and thoughts on luck from Nigel McGuinness.

June 23^rd: Thanks to everyone that has hooked up with ROH using Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace! Not yet a friend, follower, or fan? Get on the ball! Visit www.myspace.com/ringofhonor, www.facebook.com/ringofhonor, and www.twitter.com/rohonhdnet , and get your ROH fix through social networking!

June 23^rd: Austin Aries has an interesting weekend ahead of him as he’s coming into matches that have been booked for some time, but with a new twist, as he now comes in as ROH World Champion. On Friday in Detroit, he’s taking part in a Six Man Mayhem encounter, where he knows that if he doesn’t win, he’ll have to put the title on the line against whoever does. In Chicago, he’ll face Nigel McGuinness in a match for the title. Nigel, off of injury, fell to Tyler Black in Philadelphia and some are saying he appears rusty. Nigel thinks otherwise, “Fate is a funny thing,” said the former champ. “I knew I was going to face Aries in Chicago, but here we are, in a match for the title. Fate. Perhaps the fates knew that Aries would beat Geritol Lynn and Tylenol Black. Perhaps the fates knew I would face Aries. And just perhaps, this whole thing is figured out for us before we even begin. Fate comes to Chicago with Nigel McGuinness, and I won’t take my eye off the ball.”

June 23rd: You can now save 20-25% Off Your Next Order at ROHWrestling.com until Thursday morning. This is a great way to save on tickets for both events this coming weekend in Detroit & Chicago. For complete details along with the discount codes click here: http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=2689.

June 23^rd: ROH’s return to Toronto for “Death Before Dishonor VII” is taking shape, and things will come even more into focus after this weekend’s events. We will have the first match announcements on Thursday, right here in the ROH Newswire!