ROH News: May 22nd Newswire
Posted by Larry Csonka on 05.23.2009
All of the latest from ROH!
- May 22nd Newswire: This week's edition of "Ring of Honor Wrestling" on HDNet features Jimmy Jacobs & Brodie Lee vs. Necro Butcher & Delirious; Kenny Omega vs. Jay Briscoe vs. Kenny King; Chris Hero vs. Eddie Kingston; Dark City Fight Club vs. Irish Airborne; plus more. Don't miss the action airing at 8 PM on Saturday night. For replay information and additional details visit: http://www.hd.net/ringofhonor.html .
- Ring of Honor is happy to announce that Kenny King, Eddie Edwards, Kevin Steen and El Generico, Claudio Castagnoli, Bison Smith, and former World Champion Nigel McGuinness will be in action on June 26th in Detroit and June 27th in Chicago Ridge when ROH swings through the Midwest once again. Already announced for Detroit is a Steel Cage match between Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black. In addition, KENTA and "Nature Boy" Ric Flair will be on hand in both cities! More match announcements for this great weekend of events will begin next week in the Newswire.
- Austin Aries has been reportedly training like crazy for Jerry Lynn and his shot at becoming the first 2-time ROH World Champion on 6/13 in New York. But before he gets to the Hammerstein, he's signed on as part of a Four Corner Survival match in Manassas. In this match the three men he'll oppose are no slouches. He'll be facing a man who has been on a complete and absolute tear as of late, Roderick Strong. He'll be facing a man who has come into ROH with a reputation, D'Lo Brown. And he'll be facing one half of the World Tag Team Champion, Eddie Edwards. Maybe Aries thought a four-way would be an easy night before perhaps the biggest of his career. He thought wrong.
- Ring of Honor officials are not sure how Jacobs and Black will fare physically or emotionally after their First Blood Match in New York on June 13th. Even more worrisome is the aftermath of what is sure to be a brutal Cage Match between the two in Detroit on 6/26. Both men are scheduled to be in Chicago on 6/27, but no one is sure if either man will even be able to compete. ROH officials are taking a ‘wait-and-see' approach when it comes to finalizing matches for Jacobs and Black in Chicago.
- Last time the American Wolves crossed paths with Kevin Steen and El Generico in New York, they were on the losing end of things. But that didn't stop The Wolves from destroying both Steen and Generico afterward. Since then, they took the titles in a ‘Tables are legal' match, and Generico's knee – suffering from an injury at the hands of Davey Richards – went out. When Generico informed ROH officials that he was deemed medically fit to wrestle, it became only a matter of time until Steen and Generico would face the Wolves again. That time is June 13th in New York. ROH officials are working with both teams to see what, if any, stipulation should be added to this match.
- A nice feature on Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana was recently done by the Chicago Jewish News. The article talks about Cabana's career, including the upcoming ROH Chicago return on June 27th. Visit www.chicagojewishnews.com/stories.htm?sid=1 to read the story.
- Speaking of Cabana, he has signed on to compete in a Four Corner Survival on June 13th at the Hammerstein. He will oppose Claudio Castagnoli, Bryan Danielson, and D'Lo Brown in New York. Everyone is well aware of the past issues between Danielson and Claudio, notably what happened between the two in NYC some months ago, Cabana was defeated by D'Lo under controversial circumstances at ‘Supercard of Honor IV', and even Dragon and D'Lo has some heated interaction in Houston. And now Claudio's association with the Embassy has gotten him on Cabana's bad side. There are underlying stories abound in this match!
- Rumor has it that a major announcement will be made next week in the newswire regarding the World Title Match on June 13th in New York.
- A special Memorial Day Weekend Sale is now ongoing at ROHWrestling.com. For every 3 Ring of Honor DVD's purchased, you will receive 2 free. That's right the Buy 3, Get 2 Free Sale has returned. Ring of Honor's "7th Anniversary Show" is now on the website for preorder and can be included in this offer. For complete details on how to take advantage of the sale click here: http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=2811 .
