Results sent in by Brian Streleckis. ROH student Rayna Von Tosh sang the national anthem (”though not well”). Pre-show 1) Ricky Reyes defeated Pelle Primeau 2) Bob Evans and Antonio Thomas defeated Mikey Bennett and a partner. Shawn Daivari cut an in-ring promo. 3) Necro Butcher defeated Robby Wolf. Apparently Necro used weapons, though I’m not sure how this [...]
Friday, March 5, 2010
Results sent in by Brian Streleckis. Pre-show 1) Pelle Primeau & John Kermon defeated the Bravado Brothers 2) Ricky Reyes defeated a jobber 3) Bobby Dempsey defeated one half of The Set Main Show The show opened with an in-ring interview with Jim Cornette and Tyler Black. Davey Richards interrupted and told them that “the hunt is on.”
Saturday, February 20, 2010
We begin Ring of Honor’s 9th year with a re-cap of the 8th Anniversary Show, including the crowning of Tyler Black as ROH’s 11th champion. We also discuss the future endeavors of the aggressive and opinionated Bryan…err, Mister Bryan. [display_podcast]
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow can stop us from bringing you BSWH #70, even if one of them could stop ROH from crowning a TV Champion. We’ve got results from the first round of the tournament as well as other info from Friday’s TV taping, and a preview of this weekend’s 8th Anniversary [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
Results sent in by Brian Streleckis. In pre-show matches, John Kermon and Bobby Dempsey scored singles wins over Rob Wolf and Ernesto Osiris respectively. 1) Claudio Castagnoli defeated Andy Ridge. Claudio wins a squash with the UFO. 2) TV Title Quarterfinals: Kevin Steen defeated Rhett Titus 3) The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero & [...]
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Chikara opened up their 2010 as they closed their 2009: on a Sunday in Philadelphia, on the day of a major WWE PPV. Oh yeah, and awesomely, likely better than the WWE show.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
With six more episodes of TV in the can, Ring of Honor looks to the west as we preview next weekend’s Southern California debut as part of the Wrestle Reunion IV convention, featuring the return of Jushin Liger and the swan song of the Young Bucks. We also discuss the pending debut in Charlotte [...]
Saturday, January 9, 2010
The show started at 4 pm as it was announced earlier this week that it was moved up due to the Eagles playing Saturday night. John Kermon and the Bravado Brothers each won dark matches. There was an in-ring segment with Jim Cornette, Tyler Black, and Roderick Strong to hype Black’s title challenge and the tension between [...]
Friday, January 8, 2010
Pelle Primeau defeated John Kermon (accompanied by Sly Stetson) in a dark match. The main show opened with a promo involving Jim Cornette, Austin Aries, and Tyler Black. Black demanded another title shot after their 60-minute draw at Final Battle, but Aries claimed that as champion, he doesn’t have to beat Black. Cornette set [...]
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The live and streaming perspectives converge as we wrap up the ROH year with a re-cap of the company’s first live Internet pay-per-view, Final Battle 2009. We also discuss Friday’s event and the world title situation in light of Saturday’s surprising result. [display_podcast]
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Ring of Honor made its long-awaited live streaming debut Saturday from the Manhattan Center, and I provided live coverage throughout the show. Brian Streleckis is at the show and sent in a message earlier saying that Mike Hogewood is in the venue. He says that Necro Butcher is off the show and Jack [...]
Saturday, December 12, 2009
We start off show number 64 with a quick re-cap of last weekend’s “Reverse the Curse” from Chicago Ridge and other current events in ROH, as well as a look ahead to this week’s additions to The Final Countdown Meter. [display_podcast]
Sunday, November 29, 2009
DGUSA crowned their first champion in Philadelphia and offered two Match of the Year contenders along the way. Brian Streleckis has all of the (admittedly late) details of this big show and PPV taping.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Great world title matches appear to be back in vogue as we re-cap these and the rest of the happenings from the last set of shows in Michigan and Ontario. We also discuss early impressions of the Pick Six, take a look ahead to Final Battle weekend, and discuss some other news making the [...]
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Brian Streleckis gives his thoughts on Chikara’s final event of 2009 - their Season 8 Finale - in Philadelphia with a couple of standout matches and a wild ending straight out of a Lost finale (imagine Ben Linus as a Swiss wrestler).
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
We’re back with an action-packed show, starting with Brian’s re-caps of last weekend’s television tapings and our discussion of a new ranking system. We also run down the results from Edison and preview this weekend’s shows in Michigan and Ontario, and wrap up with a brief preview of yet another new project from Gabe [...]
Friday, November 6, 2009
Eddie Kingston won a squash match on the pre-show. 1) Joey Ryan defeated Necro Butcher in a No DQ Match Erick Stevens turned heel by helping Ryan and is now part of the Embassy.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Brian will be sending in results tonight and tomorrow night. We’ll have updates after each hour taped. Jim Cornette opened the night with a promo. This set of tapings will feature a Pick Six contenders series. Each hour will have a one-on-one match with the winner receiving $2500 and becoming eligible for a [...]
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Chikara returned to Philadelphia (and Brian returned to Chikara) for their annual massive Torneo Cibernetico tournament, and still finished in time for the Phillies game, so kudos to them! Check out all of the glorious details that took place.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Ring of Honor’s fittest competitor has survived its big (almost) annual tournament and earned a world title shot. In our latest episode, we take a look back at Survival of the Fittest 2009 as well as the previous night’s show in (almost) St. Louis. We also take a look at the company’s main [...]
Saturday, March 6, 2010
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