ROH 2005 Results
Ring of Honor - It All Begins
January 15, 2005 - Boston, Massachusetts
OPENING MATCH: Spanky defeated Alex Shelley..
MATCH: Azrieal (aka Special K's AngelDust) defeated Deranged by Disqualification..
Deranged & Izzy & Lacey hit the ring and attacked Azrieal, but Dunn & Marcos made the save!
HANDICAP MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Alex Law and Ricky Landell (Steve Corino's Students)..
Roderick Strong pulled himself from the Ultimate Endurance match saying he only wanted to team with Jack Evans..
Jack Evans was in the hospital after a botched corkscrew at a show in Santa Ana, California..
After the match, Roderick Strong continued to beat down Law & Landell until Steve Corino made the save..
HANDICAP MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Eric Starsmore and Shane Hagadorn (CM Punk's Students)..
Roderick Strong sent a strong message to CM Punk and Steve Corino through their Students..
TAG MATCH: Jay Lethal & Josh Daniels defeated The Outkast Killaz..
ULTIMATE ENDURANCE MATCH: The Havana Pitbulls vs CM Punk & Steve Corino vs The Carnage Crew..
The Havana Pitbulls successfully defended their ROH Tag Team titles..
MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Nigel McGuiness..
SUBMISSIONS MATCH: Homicide defeated American Dragon
After the match, The Havana Pitbulls tried unsuccessfully to attack American Dragon..
American Dragon announced that the next match in his series with Homicide would be a Taped Fist Match!
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Colt Cabana to retain..
CONFRONTATION: Mick Foley & Samoa Joe..
There was a confrontation between Mick Foley and Samoa Joe hyping a 'mystery opponent' for Joe next month..
A mystery man behind the curtain handed and steel chair to Mick Foley, who then whacked Samoa Joe with it!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - 3rd Anniversary Part 1
February 19, 2005 - Elizabeth New Jersey
DO OR DIE IV (Afternoon Show)
WOMANS MATCH: Lacey defeated Allison Danger..
TAG MATCH: Christopher Street Connection defeated The Heartbreak Express (Sean & Phil Davis)..
MATCH: Vordell Walker defeated Cheech (from Special K)..
TAG MATCH: The Overboyz (Punk students) defeated Mike & Mark Milan ..
TAG MATCH: Ricky Landell & Alex Law (Corino students) defeated Davey Andrews & Matt Turner (Punk students)..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Fast Eddie Vegas w/Dave Prazak defeated El Generico and Josh Daniels and Arik Cannon..
MATCH: B-Boy defeated Kevin Steen..
MATCH: Homicide w/Rocky Romero defeated Antonio Banks to retain the Full Impact Pro title..
3RD ANNIVERSARY SHOW (Night Show)
SPEECH: C.M. Punk gave a speech with the wrestlers coming out into the arena to thank the fans..
NO RULES MATCH: Steve Corino defeated Roderick Strong..
Roderick Strong refused when Steve Corino offered him a handshake after the match..
MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana to become #1 Contender to the Pure Title..
PURE TITLE MATCH: John Walters w/Prince Nana defeated Jay Lethal to retain the Pure Title..
OSAKA PRO MATCH: Billy Ken Kid defeated Ebessan..
MATCH: Alex Shelley defeated Jimmy Jacobs..
There was a handshake before the match, but Jimmy Jacobs turned heel after the match and attacked Shelley!
MATCH: Spanky defeated C.M. Punk..
After the match, Prince Nana appeared and offered Spanky a spot in the Embassy, which Spanky rejected..
Prince Nana then got in CM Punk's face until Punk kicked his ass -- and the Outkast Killas asses..
CM Punk said that the Embassy "ain't shit compared to the Second City Saints"..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer defeated Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero w/Julius Smokes to win the titles!
Allison Danger appeared after the match and reminded everybody that she still owned Maff & Whitmer's contracts..
Allison Danger said that the match was NON TITLE and there was a stipulation that Maff & Whitmer had to break up!
Dan Maff forced her to tear up the contract and then they beat her up..
The result remained unchanged and Maff & Whitmer are NEW Ring of Honor Tag Team champions..
IN THE RING: Mick Foley..
Mick Foley joked that former WWE wrestler Test was Samoa Joe's opponent..
Mick Foley talked before the match and claimed that he was NOT booked in a match with Ric Flair at Wrestlemania..
Mick Foley instead brought out Florida's Vordell Walker to face Samoa Joe in his match..
MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Vordell Walker (Mick Foley's Mystery Opponent)..
Samoa Joe squashed Vordell Walker in less than FIVE minutes..
Mick Foley said he had a backup plan and called out a man he dubbed The NEW Hardcore Legend Esbestus Jack..
Ebessan came out dressed up as Cactus Jack, complete with red flanel shirt, a wig with a fake beard..
MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Esbestus Jack (Ebassan)..
Samoa Joe won again, and then attacked Mick Foley with a stiff lariat and a chair shot to the head!
Austin Aries showed up and attacked Samoa Joe --- and then left side by side with Mick Foley..
TAPED FIST MATCH: Homicide w/Julius Smokes defeated American Dragon..
This was the second match in the best of five series between Homicide and Dragon..
Homicide brought out the Ghetto-fork and ripped a gash in American Dragon's forehead..
Julius Smokes taped a set of brass knuckles to Homicide's fist, leading to the victory..
ROH TITLE CAGE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Colt Cabana to retain..
Colt Cabana climbed over the cage to escape but Austin Aries dove out the door hitting the floor to WIN!
SCRAMBLE CAGE: The Ring Crew Express beat Carnage Crew and Izzy/Deranged and Azrieal/Dixie and Evans/Strong..
Jack Evans (returning from his head injury) did a 630 off the top of the cage to the inside (will he never learn?)..
Marcos did a Senton off of Dunn's shoulders from the top of the cage to put HC Loc through a table!!!
As a result of a pre-match stipulation, Loc & DeVito are banned from ROH for 90 days..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - 3rd Anniversary Part 2
February 25, 2005 - Dayton, Ohio
TAG MATCH: Air Devils (Matt Sydal & Fast Eddie) defeated The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos)..
After the match, Fast Eddie turned on Matt Sydal and joined Prince Nana's Embassy..
Prince Nana & Jimmy Rave then got on the microphone and cut a promo on AJ Styles - calling him white trash..
MATCH: Homicide w/Julius Smokes defeated Puma (one of American Dragon's students)..
Homicide made Puma tap out to with the Cattle Mutilation (Dragon's finisher) and refused to release it..
After the match, Julius Smokes called out American Dragon -- who was held back by ROH security..
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Nigel McGuinness..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer defeated Jimmy Jacobs & Delirious to retain..
Dan Maff hit the Burning Hammer on Delirious for the victory..
MATCH: James Gibson (aka Jamie Noble) defeated Spanky (aka Brian Kendick)..
Chants of "Welcome Back!" and "Smackdown! Sucks!" and a standing ovation after the match..
WOMANS 4-WAY: Daizee Haze defeated Lacey and Tracy Brooks and Allison Danger..
Tracy Brooks and Allison Danger fought to the backstage area leaving Daizee Haze to beat Lacey in the ring..
UPDATE: Allison Danger suffered two black eyes and possibly a broken nose in her 4 Corner Survival..
MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated Alex Shelley..
After the match, Fast Eddie & Jimmy Rave hit the ring and attacked C.M. Punk but Alex Shelly made the save!
Alex Shelley said he should have left Generation Next a long time ago..
Alex Shelley apologized to CM Punk for everything in the past..
Alex Shelley said he should have more listened to the legends (Steamboat, Foley, and CM Punk)..
TAG MATCH: Samoa Joe & American Dragon defeated Austin Aries & Jack Evans..
After the match, Homicide jumped American Dragon as he was walking backstage..
MAIN EVENT: Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana defeated AJ Styles..
A new girl (click here for more) accompanied The Embassy and sprayed the ring with air freshener..
Jimmy Rave sprayed AJ Styles in the eyes with the air freshener and Jimmy Rave rolled him up for the upset pin!
After the match, Fast Eddie showed up to join in a beat-down on AJ Styles by the Embassy..
C.M. Punk ran in to make the big save, taking out Prince Nana and brawling with Jimmy Rave to the back..
AJ Styles recovered and nailed Fast Eddie with a Styles Clash to finish the night!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - 3rd Anniversary Part 3
February 25, 2005 - Chicago Ridge, Illinois
DARK MATCH 4-WAY: Lacey defeated Daizee Haze and Allison Danger and Tracy Brooks..
MATCH: Fast Eddie defeated Matt Sydal with a Tombstone Piledriver..
TAG MATCH: The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) defeated Delirious & The Golden Vampire..
MATCH: Alex Shelley defeated Jack Evans by Submission..
After the match, Austin Aries & Jack Evans beat down Alex Shelley..
GOOD TIMES, GREAT MEMORIES: Colt Cabana & Bobby Heenan + Jim Cornette..
Bobby Heenan talked about the quality of Ring of Honor..
Jim Cornette came out along with ROH Tag Team Champions Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer..
Jim Cornette challenged Bobby Heenan to find a team to face Maff & Whitmer..
Bobby Heenan calls out the team of Colt Cabana & Nigel McGuinness to represent him..
NON (TAG) MATCH: Colt Cabana & Nigel McGuinness defeated Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer (Champions)...
FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Homicide..
The Homicide/Dragon series stands at 2-1 with the advantage to Homicide..
MATCH: Spanky defeated Jimmy Jacobs with the Sliced Bread #2..
MATCH: James Gibson (aka Jamie Noble) defeated Puma by Submission..
MATCH: Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana defeated CM Punk w/Tracy Brooks..
The match initially ended with Jimmy Rave choking out CM Punk with a concealed boot lace..
The referee restarted the match after he discovered the shoe lace after his decision..
Jimmy Rave sprayed air freshener in CM Punk's eyes scored the pinfall to win the match!
After the match, Jimmy Rave hit the Raves Clash on Tracy Brooks -- Colt Cabana made the save..
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Samoa Joe to retain..
After the match, the ROH wrestlers came out and thanked the fans with a standing ovation..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Trios Tournament
March 5, 2005 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
TRIOS ROUND #1: Generation Next defeated The ROH Students..
Generation Next = Austin Aries & Jack Evans & Roderick Strong..
The ROH Students = Davey Andrews & Shane Hagadorn & Anthony Franco..
TRIOS ROUND #1: The Second City Saints defeated The Embassy..
The Second City Saint = CM Punk & Colt Cabana & Steve Corino..
The Embassy = Jimmy Rave & Oman Tortuga & Weapon of Mask Destruction #3..
CM Punk made Weapon of Mask Destruction #3 tap out to the Anaconda Vice finisher..
TRIOS ROUND #1: The Rottweilers defeated The Ring Crew Express..
The Rottweilers = Homicide & Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero..
The Ring Crew Express = Dunn & Marcos & El Generico..
TRIOS ROUND #1: Samoa Joe & American Dragon & Vordell Walker defeated James Gibson & Spanky & Nigel McGuinness..
This was an incredible 25 minute match of the night and got a standing ovation..
IN THE RING: Trent Acid + Rockin' Rebel + Others..
Trent Acid hit the ring and told the fans that they should be cheering for him because he's from Philadelphia..
Trent Acid added that he was so good he can quit..
Rockin' Rebel came out and attacked Trent Acid, and was joined by Joe, Dragon, Walker, Gibson, Spanky & Nigel..
IN THE RING: Allison Danger talked about Christopher Daniels and the Prophecy..
TRIOS ROUND #2: Generation Next defeated The Second City Saints..
Generation Next = Austin Aries & Jack Evans & Roderick Strong..
Second City Saints = CM Punk & Colt Cabana & Steve Corino..
After the match, CM Punk and Steve Corino argued after Corino refused to shake Punk's hand..
During the match, the ring actually broke which lead to an extended intermission as the crew scrambled to fix it..
TAG MATCH: Rockin Rebel' & Greg Matthews defeated ????? & ?????..
TRIOS ROUND #2: The Rottweilers defeated Samoa Joe & American Dragon & Vordell Walker..
The Rottweilers = Homicide & Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero..
Homicide brawled with American Dragon through the crowd after the match..
SIX MAN MAYHEM: Azriel (Angeldust) defeated B-Boy and Izzy and Kevin Steen and Deranged and Dixie..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated John Walters w/Prince Nana to win the Pure title!
The crowd teased John Walters for getting squashed by Chris Masters this past Monday on WWE's RAW program..
TRIOS FINALS: The Rottweilers defeated Generation next to WIN the Trios Tournament!
The Rottweilers = Homicide & Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero..
Generation Next = Austin Aries & Jack Evans & Roderick Strong..
Homicide pinned ROH Champion Austin Aries after a Copkilla!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Back to Basics
March 12, 2005 - Woodbridge, Connecticut - Connecticut Sports Center
OPENING MATCH: "Classic" Colt Cabana defeated Delirious..
TAG MATCH: Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) defeated Ricky Landell & Alex Law..
MATCH: Spanky defeated Jack Evans with the Sliced Bread #2 from the top rope..
Roderick Strong attacked Spanky during a post match interview with Gary Michael Cappetta..
TAG MATCH: Azrieal & Dixie defeated Deranged & Izzy (w/Lacey/Cloudy/Cheech) to win the rights to the Special K name..
MATCH: Homicide defeated Roderick Strong..
WOMANS 4-WAY: Allison Danger defeated Daizee Haze and Lacey and Cindy Rogers..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer defeated Colt Cabana & Nigel McGuinness to retain..
MATCH: James Gibson defeated Rocky Romero w/Julius Smokes & Homicide..
The stipulation was that if James Gibson won he's get a title shot, if he lost, Spanky got the title shot..
After the match, Jack Evans & Roderick Strong attacked James Gibson until Spanky made the save!
Spanky said if James Gibson that if he won the ROH title, that HE wanted the first shot!
MAIN EVENT: Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal defeated CM Punk & Spanky (sub for Steve Corino)..
Steve Corino no-showed, so Spanky stepped up to the plate and joined CM Punk..
CM Punk was about to deliver the Pepsi-plunge onto Jay Lethal when WWE's Stevie Richards appeared!
Samoa Joe and Spanky began fighting on the floor, getting the attention of the referee..
Stevie Richards distracted CM Punk and then delivered a Stevie-kick to Punk's face!
Jay Lethal pinned CM Punk after executing a Dragon Suplex on him.......
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Best of the American Super Juniors
April 2, 2005 - Asbury Park, New Jersey - The Asbury Convention Hall
BOTASJ ROUND #1: American Dragon defeated Spanky to advance..
BOTASJ ROUND #1: Dragon Soldier B (Kendo KaShin) defeated Matt Sydal to advance..
BOTASJ ROUND #1: Black Tiger 4 (Rocky Romero) defeated Alex Shelley to advance..
BOTASJ ROUND #1: James Gibson defeated Roderick Strong to advance (Gibson was selling a back injury)..
NO DQ TAG MATCH: The Embassy (Jimmy Rave & Fast Eddie Vegas w/The Embassy) defeated C.M. Punk & Colt Cabana..
Prince Nana came in and knocked C.M. Punk out with a steel pipe! Jimmy Rave pinned him....
The Embassy held C.M. Punk down as Jimmy Rave used a cheese grater on his "Straight Edge" stomach tatoo..
BOTASJ ROUND #2: Dragon Soldier B (Kendo KaShin) defeated James Gibson to advance to the finals..
James Gibson initially failed to appear and a New Japan official demanded Dragon Soldier B win by forfiet..
James Gibson did, however, make his way out still selling his back injury, with Spanky at his side..
Dragon Soldier B controlled the entire match, until Spanky 'threw in the towel' for the injured James Gibson..
BOTASJ ROUND #2: Black Tiger 4 (Rocky Romero) defeated American Dragon to advance to the finals..
TAG SCRAMBLE: Jack Evans & Roderick Strong beat Dixie/Azrieal and Izzy/Deranged and Dunn/Marcos..
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal to win the vacant Tag Team titles..
This match happened because Dan Maff was fired from ROH so he and Whitmere were stripped of their Tag Team titles..
BOTASJ FINALS: Dragon Soldier B (Kendo KaShin) defeated Black Tiger 4 (Rocky Romero) to win the Tournament!
The finals was a terrible match that the crowd completly crapped on from start to finish..
After the match, Dragon Soldier B received a thunderous "don't come back" chant from the ROH fans..
James Gibson came out during the award ceremony and apologized to the fans for the "bullshit you just saw"..
James Gibson then made a challenge for a New Japan (Liger/Kanemoto/Gedo/Jado) vs Ring of Honor match..
Editor's Notes: The Gibson challenge was edited out of the ROH home release....... thus never happened..
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Homicide w/Julius Smokes to retain..
Austin Aries hit three brainbusters in a row and followed up with a 450 splash for the win!
Homicide gave Austin Aries the finger after the match, as Aries offered him a handshake..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor -
April 16, 2005 - Dorchester, Massachusetts
MATCH: Vordell Walker defeated Kevin Steen (Montreal's IWS)..
MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated El Generico (Montreal's IWS)..
IN THE RING: Pete Doherty (click here) + Homicide & Julius Smokes + American Dragon..
Legendary WWF jobber Pete Doherty made an appearance but was attacked by Homicide & Julius Smokes..
American Dragon Bryan Danielson made the save..
TAG MATCH: Deranged & Cheech w/Lacey defeated Azrieal & Dixie..
PURE TITLE: Jay Lethal defeated Spanky to retain..
MATCH: C.M. Punk w/Bobby Heenan defeated Mike Kruel (sub for Jimmy Rave) w/Prince Nana..
Prince Nana claimed that Jimmy Rave was injured when he fell off an elephant in Africa..
After the match, Bobby Heenan cut a promo and put over Ring of Honor as well as C.M. Punk..
After that, Jimmy Rave ran out of the crowd and attacked C.M. Punk..
The Embassy ganged up on CM Punk and hung him over the top rope with a chain..
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL: Samoa Joe vs Colt Cabana vs Alex Shelley vs Nigel McGuinness..
Samoa Joe defeated Colt Cabana to earn a Pure title match (Joe & Cabana eliminated from the match)..
Alex Shelley defeated Nigel McGuiness to earn a ROH title shot in the future..
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries vs James Gibson ended in a DOUBLE PIN draw..
The fans wanted 5 more minutes and so did James Gibson but Austin Aries declined..
Alex Shelley showed up and attacked Austin Aries, which really upset James Gibson..
LUMBERJACK MATCH: American Dragon defeated Homicide w/Julius Smokes..
The lumberjacks were made up of "supposed" local independent wrestlers and ROH trainees..
They did a superplex off the top rope to the outside taking out all of the lumberjacks..
American Dragon did an airplane spin on Homicide, knocking down each lumberjack one-by-one..
One of the lumberjacks, EC Negro, attacked American Dragon and joined the Rottweilers..
Jay Lethal and Samoa Joe ran out to make the save as the Rottweilers attacked American Dragon..
Samoa Joe joined the Lumberjacks and confidentally tossed Homicide back into the ring...
Minutes later, American Dragon forced Homicide to tap out to the cattle mutilation submission..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - The Final Showdown
May 13, 2005 - Dayton, Ohio
OPENING MATCH: Alex Shelley defeated Roderick Strong..
MATCH: Matt Stryker defeated The Masked Chicago Superstar by Strykerlock submission..
Matt Stryker's thing is that he only works ROH shows in the Midwest because East Coast fans don't respect him..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Jack Evans defeated Delirious and Samoa Joe and Ebetaro (aka Ebassan)...
Samoa Joe cut a promo saying it looks like Ring of Honor decided to take it easy on him tonight..
Samoa Joe said if either of his three opponents could pin his shoulder they could have the Pure title..
During the match, Delirious and Ebetaro did a hilarious "slow motion" series of moves that had the crowd unglued..
Jack Evans (legal man) won after hitting a 630 splash on Delirious while Samoa Joe had Ebetaro choked out..
After the match, Ebetaro and Delirious hugged eachother to show respect.....
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated C.M. Punk & Ace Steel to retain..
After the match, The Embassy showed up to taunt CM Punk and Prince Nana gave Punk a chance to walk away..
CM Punk declined and started a big brawl with Jimmy Rave until Matt Sydal and Daizee Haze made the save!
Daizee Haze went after the Embassy's valet Jade Chung while a match between Sydal and Rave was set up..
MATCH: Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana & Jade Chung defeated Matt Sydal w/Daizee Haze with the Raves Clash..
TAG MATCH: Colt Cabana & Doug Williams defeated Nigel McGuiness & Chad Collyer..
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated James Gibson to retain..
STEEL CAGE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Homicide to win the Best of 5 Series!
American Dragon performed "the longest airplane spin ever" and fell on top of Homicide for the WIN!
The crowd wanted a handshake, so Homicide shook Dragon's hand, only to give him a Diamond Cutter!
Homicide demanded the referee raise his "mother f'ing hand" but the referee said he didn't win and ran..
Homicide warned American Dragon that it wasn't over and to watch his "mother f'ing back"........
American Dragon said Homicide started by beating him twice in a row, but he choked just like the Yankees!
American Dragon said he'll gladly continue his feud with Homicide after he wins the ROH title tomorrow!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Nowhere to Run
May 14, 2005 - Chicago Ridge, Illinois
OPENING MATCH: James Gibson defeated B.J. Whitmer..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Matt Sydal defeated Ace Steel and Matt Stryker and Masked Wisconsin Superstar (HC Loc)..
IN THE RING: Prince Nana & Jimmy Rave cut a promo while the ring was being repaired..
MATCH: Chad Collyer defeated Jimmy Jacobs with the Texas Cloverleaf submission..
MATCH: Homicide defeated Doug Williams in a stiff contest..
TAG MATCH: Generation Next (Roderick Strong & Jack Evans) defeated Alex Shelley & Delirious..
#1 CONTENDERS (PURE TITLE) MATCH: Nigel McGuinness defeated Colt Cabana..
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated American Dragon with the 450 splash to retain (30:00)..
CAGE MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana after a suplex off the top of the cage!!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - New Frontiers
June 4, 2005 - Buffalo, New York
TAG MATCH: Jimmy Rave & Fast Eddie w/Prince Nana defeated Sal Rinuero & El Generico..
MATCH: HC Loc defeated Cheech (formerly of Special K)..
MATCH: Homicide defeated Kevin Steen..
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Dunn & Marcos to retain..
MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Alex Shelley..
After the match, Austin Aries & Roderick Strong assaulted Alex Shelley, who had to be stretchered out..
3-WAY ELIMINATION: Davey Andrews defeated Shane Hagadorn and The Masked New York Super Star..
TAG MATCH: Nigel McGuiness & Chad Collyer defeated Second City Saints (CM Punk & Colt Cabana)..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated James Gibson by Submission to retain..
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Spanky to retain...
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - The Future Is Now
June 12, 2005 - New York City, New York
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana & The Outcast Killas & Jade Chung..
NEW YORK STREET FIGHT: The Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito) destroyed Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos)..
SIX MAN MAYHEM: Azrieal defeated BJ Whitmer and Jack Evans and Izzy and Deranged and Fast Eddie..
MATCH: The Masked Boston Superstar vs Derek Dempsey ended in a NO CONTEST when Shane Douglas showed up!
IN THE RING: Shane Douglas..
Shane Douglas put over Ring of Honor, but suddenly changed his tune and said ROH could lick his balls..
MATCH: Homicide w/Julius Smokes defeated James Gibson..
The Rottweillers attacked James Gibson after the match until Jay Lethal made the save..
MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated Roderick Strong..
C.M. Punk, who had signed on with WWE, received a standing ovation after the match as he kissed the ROH logo..
C.M. Punk cut a promo and played with the fans and put over ROH and said his last match in ROH will be next week..
C.M. Punk switched back and forth from face mode to heel mode during this promo, hiting at a chance of attitude..
C.M. Punk also put over Roderick Strong as a future contender and said the fans should be chanting his name..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Nigel McGuiness to retain the ROH Pure title..
Shane Douglas came out after the match and confronted Samoa Joe..
Shane Douglas ended up handing the Pure belt to Joe and said he was wrong and put over Ring of Honor..
NON TITLE MATCH: Low Ki defeated ROH Champion Austin Aries in an "Unsanctioned" match..
The Rottweilers were ejected from ringside before the match, and Julius Smokes was ejected shortly after..
Low Ki nailed Austin Aries with a Ki Crusher off the top rope for the victory..
Homicide & Low Ki set up Aries for the Cop Killa/Double Stomp but Jack Evans & Roderick Strong made the save..
Jay Lethal showed up and gave Low Ki a dragon suplex to set up their match next week..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Death Before Dishonor III
June 18, 2005 - Morristown, New Jersey - Mennan Sports Arena
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Jimmy Rave & Fast Eddie w/Prince Nana's Embassy to retain..
WOMANS MATCH: Lacey defeated Cindy Rogers..
ANYTHING GOES STREET FIGHT: The Carnage Crew defeated The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos)..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Colt Cabana to retain..
IN THE RING: Allison Danger (return to ROH)..
Allison Danger talked about the return of the Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels as well as the Prophecy..
MATCH: AJ Styles defeated Petey Williams w/Prince Nana & The Embassy..
Petey Williams attacked AJ Styles after the match and gave him the Candian Destroyer finisher..
TAG MATCH: Lacey's Angels (Izzy & Deranged w/Lacey) defeated Generation Next (Roderick Strong & Jack Evans)..
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL: Nigel McGuiness defeated James Gibson (pinned) and Homicide and Azrieal..
MATCH: Low Ki vs Jay Lethal ended in a NO CONTEST..
ROH TITLE MATCH: CM Punk defeated Austin Aries to capture the ROH Title!!!!
The crowd was hot for the match chanting "please don't go" and "thank you Punk" and "CM Punk"..
CM Punk took a Pepsi Plunge from Aries, but he kicked out, hit his own Pepsi Plunge and scored the pin!!!!!
CM Punk talked about how the Ring of Honor title was the most important title in North America..
Then CM Punk suddenly turned heel on the crowd and called the fans suckers for believing the rumors..
CM Punk said that the ROH title was now the most important title in the World!
CM Punk dared anyone in the locker room to come out and try to beat him for the title..
Christopher Daniels showed up and the fans went crazy as the brawled and Daniels went for the Best Moonsault Ever..
Christopher Daniels challenged CM Punk to defend the ROH title now, but CM Punk bailed and took the belt..
Chris Daniels cut a promo talking about how CM Punk took him out of ROH back on January 10, 2004..
Chris Daniels said that he was happy to be back in ROH and was setting his sights on the ROH title!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Sign of Dishonor
July 8, 2005 - Long Island, New York
IN THE RING: CM Punk (Moched ROH fans by symbolicially signing a WWE contract in the ROH ring)..
TAG MATCH: Jay Lethal & Dixie defeated The Heartbreak Express (Sean & Phil Davis)..
MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Azrieal by Submission..
After the match, Alex Shelley showed up and attacked Roderick Strong..
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Lacey's Angels (Deranged & Cheech w/Lacey) to retain..
IN THE RING: Matt Striker + The Embassy (Prince Nana & Killer Kruel & The Outcast Killaz)..
Matt Striker came out and thanked the fans for their support after his being fired from teaching..
Prince Nana & "Killer" Mike Kruel and the rest of the Embassy attacked Matt Striker..
The Outcast Killaz quit The Embassy over the treatment of valet Jade Chung..
GRUDGE MATCH: A.J. Styles defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana & Killer Kruel & Jade Chung..
After the match, Jimmy Rave put a plastic bag over AJ Styles head and tried to suffocate him..
MATCH: Nigel McGuiness defeated Vordell Walker..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Austin Aries defeated Homicide and James Gibson and Samoa Joe..
MATCH: Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger defeated Colt Cabana when CM Punk "accidentally" hit Cabana with a chain..
IN THE RING: Christopher Daniels & C.M. Punk..
Christopher Daniels challenged C.M. Punk to step in the ring and put the ROH title on the line..
C.M. Punk said Chris Daniels hasn't beaten anybody "worth a damn" and ordered Daniels out of "his" ring..
C.M. Punk challenged Low-Ki to a match, and his music played, but he was not even in the building tonight..
C.M. Punk challenged American Dragon to a match, and his music played, but he wasn't even in the building either..
C.M. Punk challenged The Briscoe Brothers to a match, but they were not in the building either (duh)..
Mick Foley came out and ordered CM Punk to pick an opponent, so C.M. Punk chose Jay Lethal....
ROH TITLE MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated Jay Lethal to to retain..
After the match, Samoa Joe & James Gibson both confronted C.M. Punk until Mick Foley made an announcement..
Mick Foley relayed a messege from Vince McMahon saying C.M. Punk HAD to defend the ROH title tomorrow!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Escape from New York
July 9, 2005 - New York City, New York
SIX MAN TAG: The Ring Crew Express & Dixie defeated Vordell Walker & Deranged & Cheech w/Lacey & Cloudy..
MATCH: Matt Striker defeated Mike Kruel w/Prince Nana..
TAG TITLE MATCH: The Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito) defeated Jimmy Jacobs & BJ Whitmer to win the titles!
ON THE BALCONY: C.M. Punk..
The four wrestlers from the Four Corner Survival match came down but were interrupted by CM Punk in the balcony..
CM Punk cut a promo and said he would defend the ROH title against Roderick Strong tonight -- in a NON TITLE match..
Mick Foley came out and pushed CM Punk against the balcony rail and forced him to make it a TITLE match..
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL: Jimmy Rave defeated Alex Shelley (sub for Roderick Strong) and Azrieal and James Gibson..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Austin Aries to retain..
EUROPEAN RULES MATCH: Nigel McGuiness defeated Colt Cabana..
MATCH: Homicide w/Julius Smokes defeated Jay Lethal..
ROH TITLE MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated Roderick Strong to retain..
After the match, C.M. Punk said he was leaving and would never been seen in Ring of Honor again..
James Gibson ran down and attacked C.M. Punk until Punk escaped through the audience..
Samoa Joe intercepted Punk, who ran back to the ring, and up the entrance ramp, where he bumped into Mick Foley!
C.M. Punk was thrown back into the ring where James Gibson hit him with a Tiger-bomb and challenged Punk next week!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Fate of an Angel
July 16, 2005 - Woodbridge, Connecticut
MATCH: Nigel McGinness defeated Claudio Castignoli (IWS Montreal)..
MATCH: Austin Aries defeated El Generico (IWS Montreal)..
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL: Homicide w/Julius Smokes defeated Dixie and Azrieal and Kevin Steen (IWS Montreal)..
Dixie took the Copkilla from Homicide and was stretched out...
IN THE RING: C.M. Punk + James Gibson (Punk attacked Gibson with a chain and bloodied him)..
ULTIMATE ENDURANCE: The Carnage Crew (HC Loc & DeVito) retained the Tag Team titles..
The Embassy (Fast Eddie & Excess w/Prince Nana) were eliminated in the Scramble Tag Match..
Lacey's Angels (Deranged & Cheech w/Lacey) were eliminated in the Anything Goes Street Fight..
The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) were eliminated by The Carnage Crew in a Tag Team match..
MATCH: A.J. Styles defeated Roderick Strong (They did a handshake after the match)..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Jimmy Rave (w/Prince Nana & Jade Chung) to retain..
The fans threw toilet paper rolls instead of streamers at Jimmy Rave, who picked them up and threw them back!
After the match, Jade Chung turned on the Embassy & Prince Nana and suddenly the lights went out..
The lights came back on and Matt Hardy was standing inside the Ring of Honor as the fans went crazy..
Matt Hardy cut a great promo praising Ring of Honor and calling Johnny Ace an asshole and thanked the fans..
MATCH: Matt Hardy defeated Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger by Submission..
C.M. Punk came down and punched Allison Danger in the face and then hit Chris Daniels with the chain!
Matt Hardy (who didn't see what C.M. Punk did) hit a Twist of Fate but Chris Daniels kicked out..
Matt Hardy hit a second Twist of Fate and locked in a Butterfly submission and the referee stopped the match!
ROH TITLE MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated James Gibson to retain..
C.M. Punk claimed that there would be no ROH Title match because James Gibson couldn't compete due to injury..
James Gibson came out with a bloody bandage wrapped around his head and the match was started anyway..
C.M. Punk had a good sized cut on his upper back, from being thrown into the sheet-metel roh barriers..
After the match, Christopher Daniels attacked C.M. Punk and stole the Ring of Honor belt..
Christopher Daniels said that if C.M. Punk wanted the belt back, he will have to fight him for it!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - The Homecoming
July 23, 2005 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DARK MATCH: Shane Hagadorn & Matt Turner defeated Derek & Bobby Dempsey..
DARK MATCH: Davey Andrews defeated Antonio Franco by Submission..
MATCH: El Generico defeated Kevin Steen..
IN THE RING: Gary Michael Cappetta..
GMC said that The Embassy would be fired from Ring of Honor unless they started treating Jade Chung better..
The Embassy (Prince Nana, Jade Chung and Mike Kruel) then came out with Jade dressed in a royal outfit..
Prince Nana said nobody was allowed to see Chung's body anymore, then attached a dog collar around her neck!
Prince Nana made it clear that he was following the rules that ROH had set (more like found loopholes)..
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL: Spanky defeated Azrieal and Deranged and Nigel McGuiness..
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated The Carnage Crew (Loc & DeVito) to win the titles!
6-MAN TAG: The Rottweilers (Homicide & Low Ki & Ricky Reyes) defeated Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal & James Gibson..
MATCH: Davey Andrews & Shane Hagadorn vs The Ring Crew Express ended in a No Contest..
An angry Carnage Crew hit the ring and destroyed The Ring Crew Express......
TAG MATCH: Alex Shelley & Fast Eddie Vegas w/Prince Nana defeated Generation Next (Austin Aries & Roderick Strong)..
Alex Shelley officially became a member of The Embassy, thus turning Generation Next into babyfaces!
Jimmy Rave interfered in the match, nailing Austin Aries with a steel chair behind the referees back..
REVENGE STREET FIGHT: Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana defeated AJ Styles with help from The Embassy..
The enitre Embassy attacked AJ Styles, allowing Jimmy Rave to hit the "Raves Clash" on Styles..
After the match, Austin Aries & Roderick Strong tried to make the save but were unsucessful..
ROH TITLE MATCH: C.M. Punk (Champion) vs Christopher Daniels ended in a 60-Minute Time Limit DRAW!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Redemption
August 12, 2005 - Dayton, Ohio
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Ace Steel defeated Matt Stryker and Delirious and Sterling James Keenan..
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Spanky..
IN THE RING: C.M. Punk cut an arrogan heel promo taking credit for ROH's success..
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Nigel McGuinness & Chad Collyer to retain..
6-MAN WAR: Austin Aries & Roderick Strong & Matt Sydal w/Daizee Haze beat Jimmy Rave & Alex Shelley & Abyss..
This was Prince Nana's Embassy vs Generation Next..
MATCH: Low Ki vs Jay Lethal ended in a NO CONTEST..
Homicide showed up and joined Low Ki in double-teaming Jay Lethal until Matt Hardy made the save!
MATCH: Matt Hardy defeated Homicide..
Low Ki showed up with a chain but Jay Lethal came out to and grabbed the chain and had a tug-of-war with Homicide..
Matt Hardy snuck up behind Homicide and schoolboyed him for the 1-2-3 to win the match!
ROH TITLE ELIMINATION MATCH: James Gibson beat C.M. Punk (c) and Samoa Joe and Chris Daniels to win the ROH title!
James Gibson to a bump outside the ring and was helped backstage by a crew of ROH officials..
Chris Daniels was eliminated by Submission from Samoa Joe, when CM Punk pushed Daniels leg of the ropes!
During all this confusion, C.M. Punk snuck up behind Samoa Joe and rolled him up for Joe's elimination!
C.M. Punk began celebrating until a bloody James Gibson returned to the ring to continue the match..
James Gibson reversed the Pepsi Plunge into a Super Tiger Bomb and scored the pin to win the ROH TITLE!!!!!!
James Gibson gave a victory speech and said it was the greatest moment of his career, even better than Wrestlemania..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Punk: The Final Chapter
August 13, 2005 - Chicago Ridge, Illinois
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Nigel McGuiness defeated Matt Sydal w/Daizee Haze and Delirious and Alex Shelley..
MATCH: Chad Collyer defeated Ace Steel in a bloody match by Texas Cloverleaf Submission..
MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana..
After the match, Alex Shelley attacked Austin Aries until Matt Sydal & Roderick Strong made the save!
TAG MATCH: Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal defeated Homicide & Low Ki by Disqualification..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Jimmy Jacobs & BJ Whitmer defeated Spanky & James Gibson to retain..
Spanky turned heel by double-crossing James Gibson with a superkick to the head!
MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Matt Hardy with a roll-up..
2/3 FALLS MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated C.M. Punk..
C.M. Punk pinned Colt Cabana after hitting the Colt 45 to pick up the first fall..
Colt Cabana whacked C.M. Punk with a lariat and pinned him to get the second fall..
Colt Cabana won the third and final fall over C.M. Punk to win the match!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Night of the Grudges II
August 20, 2005 - Morristown, New Jersey - Mennan Sports Arena
DO OR DIE 5 AFTERNOON SHOW
MATCH: Sal Rinauro defeated Antonio Blanco..
MATCH: Steve Madison defeated Davey Andrews..
MATCH: Claudio Castagnoli defeated Rainman..
MATCH: Jerrelle Clark defeated Jay Fury..
6-MAN TAG: Smash Bradley & The Dempsey Brothers defeated The Heartbreak Express & Shane Hagadorn..
WOMANS MATCH: Lacey defeated Sumie Sakai..
TAG MATCH: The Outcast Killas (Oman Tortuga & Diablo Santiago) defeated EC Negro & Pele Primo..
IWC SHOWCASE MATCH: Sterling James Keenan defeated John McChesney..
ROH CONTRACT 4-WAY: Sal Rinauro defeated Steve Madison and Claudio Castagnoli and Jerelle Clark..
EVENING SHOW
WEAPONS MATCH: The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) defeated The Carnage Crew (Loc & DeVito)..
MATCH: Azrieal defeated Jerrelle Clark..
MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated Ricky Reyes (w/Julius Smokes & Grim Reefer)..
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Nigel McGuinness..
ROH TITLE MATCH: James Gibson vs Spanky vs Homicide ended in a No Contest..
Homicide was the first to be eliminated by Disqualification for using the chain supplied by the Rottweillers..
Spanky was apparently injured at this point and the match was cancelled -- to the displeasure of the fans!
TAG MATCH: The Heartbreak Express (Phil & Sean Davis) vs Lacey's Angels (Cheech & Cloudy) was a No Contest..
James Gibson reappeared and beat the hell out of all four men and said he and Spanky would finish his match later..
TAG MATCH: Generation Next (Austin Aries & Roderick Strong) defeated The Embassy (Jimmy Rave & Puma w/Prince Nana)..
Prince Nana gave Alex Shelley the night off and replaced him in this tag match with California-based wrestler Puma..
Prince Nana also had his valet Jade Chung wrapped up in a blanket and had a dog collar on her..
After the match, Prince Nana was yelling at Jade Chung when Mick Foley hit the ring to make the save!
Mick Foley told Jade Chung that she had the choice to leave The Embassy if she wanted to..
Alex Shelley attacked Mick Foley from behind and was joined by The Embassy in a beat-down..
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong returned to the ring to save Mick Foley from the assault..
Mick Foley recovered and gave Prince Nana a DDT onto his new book - Scooter!
ROH TITLE MATCH: James Gibson defeated Spanky (with a leg injury) to retain..
IN THE RING: Homicide..
Homicide tried to make it clear that he was a bad guy (as the fans had been cheering for him)..
Homicide finally gave up trying to convince the fans and laughed and proclaimed "oh fuck it!" and walked off..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Christopher Daniels to retain..
Both competitors lost all three rope breaks when Samoa Joe won with a Submission in the ropes..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Dragon's Gate Invasion
August 27, 2005 - Buffalo, New York
OPENING MATCH: Ricky Reyes defeated Puma..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Chad Collyer defeated Kevin Steen and Jimmy Jacobs and Davey Andrews..
MATCH: Homicide defeated El Generico..
MATCH: Curry Man (aka Christopher Daniels) defeated Shingo Takagi (Japan's Dragon Gate promotion)..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuinness defeated Samoa Joe to win the Pure title!
TAG MATCH: The Ring Crew Express defeated Matt Turner & Shane Hagadorn..
TAG MATCH: Spanky & Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana defeated Generation Next (Roderick Strong & Austin Aries)..
INTER-PROMOTIONAL MATCH: CIMA (Japan's Dragon Gate promotion) defeated AJ Styles..
ROH TITLE MATCH: James Gibson defeated Colt Cabana to retain..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Glory By Honor IV
September 17, 2005 - Lake Grove, New York
FIGHT WITHOUT HONOR: Low Ki w/Julius Smokes defeated Jay Lethal to lift his suspension..
MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Azrieal..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuiness defeated Roderick Strong to retain the Pure title..
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Homicide w/Julius Smokes by Disqualification..
Homicide whacked Colt Cabana with a steel chair resulting in a disqualification..
Low Ki, Grim Reefer & Ricky Reyes hit the ring and beat on Cabana until Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal made the save!
MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated Low Ki with an amazing top rope Dragon Suplex..
MATCH: Davey Andrews defeated Eric Matlock..
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL: Samoa Joe defeated Adam Pearce and BJ Whitmer and Ricky Reyes..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated James Gibson to win the ROH World title!!
American Dragon FINALLY shaved off his beard and grew back the hair on his head --- thank you, Dragon!
American Dragon made James Gibson tap out to the Chicken Wing submission to capture the ROH championship!
After the match, they shook hands and Gibson received a standing ovation as he was returning to WWE now..
American Dragon told the fans that he would NOT be going to TNA or WWE as long as he is ROH Champion..
MAIN EVENT: AJ Styles w/Mick Foley defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana..
The stipulation of the match was that the loser would never be allowed to use the Styles/Rave Clash again..
This was a simple fight between two men with no referee -- whoever hits their version of the Clash first..
Three weapons of masked destruction (ROH Students) interfered but Mick Foley took them out with chairshots!
AJ Styles won after hitting the Styles Clash off the second rope through a table..
Mick Foley (last ROH appearance) got his revenge on Prince Nana by DDTing him onto a folded chair!
After the match, Mick Foley put over ROH and said he enjoyed being on ROH shows and will speak highly of it..
Mick Foley also did a flying elbow drop off the apron onto Prince Nana to the floor..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Survival of the Fittest
September 24, 2005 - Boston, Massachusetts
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST QUALIFIER: Jay Lethal defeated Sal Rinauro to advance..
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST QUALIFIER: Colt Cabana defeated Ricky Reyes to advance..
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST QUALIFIER: Austin Aries defeated Jimmy Rave by DQ to advance..
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST QUALIFIER: Samoa Joe defeated Milano Collection AT to advance..
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST QUALIFIER: Roderick Strong defeated Jerelle Clark by Submission to advance..
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST QUALIFIER: Christopher Daniels defeated James Gibson to advance..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuiness defeated BJ Whitmer to retain..
TAG MATCH: Tony DeVito & ?????? defeated ?????? & ??????..
SOTF FINALS: Roderick Strong defeated Austin Aries and Colt Cabana and Jay Lethal and Chris Daniels and Samoa Joe!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Joe vs. Kobashi
October 1, 2005 - Manhattan, New York
MATCH: Claudio Castagnoli defeated Colt Cabana..
TRIPLE THREAT: Christopher Daniels defeated Azriel and Matt Sydal..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro defeated Jimmy Jacobs & BJ Whitmer to win the titles!..
PURE WRESTLING TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuinnesss defeated Jay Lethal to retain..
GRUDGE MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Jimmy Rave (w/Prince Nana & Jade Chung)..
After the match, Jade Chung finally turned on the Embassy and left with Roderich Strong!
Roderick Strong, representing Generation Next, challenged the Embassy to a War Games match in December..
IN THE RING: Lacey announced that she would introduce a NEW Lacey's Angels team tomorrow night..
MATCH: Ricky Reyes defeated ROH Student Billy Primo ..
MATCH: James Gibson (2nd last ROH match) defeated Jimmy Yang (ROH debut)..
MATCH: Jack Evans defeated Homicide..
MAIN EVENT: Kenta Kobashi defeated Samoa Joe..
Many people were calling this the best match in the history of Ring of Honor..
***** had to be seen to be believed!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Unforgettable
October 2, 2005 - Philadelphia, Pennsylavania
TAG TITLE MATCH: Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro defeated The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) to retain..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Jay Lethal defeated Nigel McGuinness and Davey Andrews and Claudio Castagnoli..
Nigel & Claudio used their European connection to form an alliance but they eventually turned on eachother..
Jay Lethal hit Davey Andrews with a sick Dragon suplex and Andrews landed hard on the back of his neck!
MATCH: Matt Sydal defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana..
Jimmy Rave was about to use a weapon when Jade Chung ran out and grabbed the forign object from Jimmy Rave..
Jimmy Rave was distracted and pinned as Prince Nana hopelessly chased Jade Chung backstage.........
MATCH: Ricky Reyes w/Julius Smokes defeated Eric Dempsey..
IN THE RING: Paul Bearer (aka Percy Pringle III) + Jim Cornette..
Paul Bearer came out to a huge surprise that noticably caught the ROH fans off guard as they popped big!
Paul Bearer said he was happy to be their and announced that he was now the Commissioner of Ring of Honor..
Suddenly Jim Crockett showed up in the entrance way, once again catching the surprised ROH fans of guard..
Jim Cornette said he wanted to stand in the ring with another great manager, but his name wasn't "Paul"..
Jim Cornette said deep down inside of Paul Bearer there is a respected manager named Percy Pringle III!
Jim Cornette cut an awesome promo putting over ROH saying it puts on shows with stuff the fans want to see..
Jim Cornette made a series of controversial insider shots at the backstage actions going on in the WWE..
Jim Cornette said Ring of Honor was about the oldschool style and Percy Pringle III stands for old-school..
Jim Cornette then announced that HE was the NEW Authority Figure and promises to uphold ROH traditions..
Jim Cornette then brought out the Rottweilers and said banned everyone from ringside for the main event..
MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated James Gibson w/BJ Whitmer..
TAG MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Izzy & Deranged..
After the match, Lacey fired Izzy & Deranged and hired BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs as the NEW "Lacey's Angels"..
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Jack Evans..
MATCH: Christopher Daniels defeated Jimmy Yang..
MAIN EVENT: Kenta Kobashi & Homicide defeated Low Ki & Samoa Joe..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Enter The Dragon
October 14, 2005 - Cleveland, Ohio
NON (PURE) TITLE MATCH: Claudio Castagnoli defeated Nigel McGuinness (Champion)..
MATCH: Ricky Reyes defeated Matt Stryker..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Tony Mamaluke & Salvatore Rinauro defeated Lacey's Angels (BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs) to retain..
MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Jimmy Yang..
TAG MATCH: Steve Corino & Colt Cabana defeated The Rottweilers (Homicide & Low Ki)..
Steve Corino had "I Love Beer" written on his stomach, moching C.M. Punk's "Straight Edge" tatoo..
They did a "5-bell salute" to C.M. Punk because WWE claimed they own the rights to the "10-bell Salute"..
Corino was wearing Punk's shorts and took them off after the match and laid them in the ring as a tribute..
TAG MATCH: Davey Andrews & Shane Hagadorn vs Gary Dempsey & Pelle Primeau ended in a No Contest..
Prince Nana showed up with Abyss, who destroyed all four participants of the tag team match..
Davey Andrews speared Prince Nana, leading to Abyss nailing him with the Black Hole Slam to punish him!
MATCH: Abyss w/Prince Nana defeated Jack Evans w/Jade Chung..
After the match, Prince Nana ordered Abyss to "kill" Jade Chung but Roderick Strong made the save..
Roderick Strong gave Prince Nana one of his patened Back-breakers, taking him out for the rest of the night..
TAG MATCH: Jay Lethal & Samoa Joe defeated The Embassy (Alex Shelley & Jimmy Rave)..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Austin Aries by Submission to retain..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Buffalo Stampede
October 15, 2005 - Amherst, New York
MATCH: B.J. Whitmer w/Lacey defeated Davey Andrews..
MATCH: Claudio Castignoli defeated Sterling James Keenan..
MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated Jimmy Jacobs..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuiness defeated Samoa Joe to retain..
Nigel McGuinness pissed Samoa Joe off before the match and Samoa Joe wasted his 3 rope breaks within the 1st minute!
Samoa Joe fought back over the next 10 minutes and forced Nigel McGuinness to use his 3 rope breaks as well......
Samoa Joe missed the Ole Ole kick and got his let stuck in the guard rail and almost got himself counted out..
Samoa Joe applied the choke sleeper but Nigel rolled back and pressed against the ropes with his feet for the pin!
Editor's Notes: Pure title rules state after a wrestler uses three rope breaks the ropes are legally in play..
NO DQ 6-MAN WAR: The Embassy defeated Generation Next..
The Embassy = (Jimmy Rave & Alex Shelley & Abyss w/Prince Nana)..
Generation Next = (Austin Aries & Roderick Strong & Jack Evans w/Jade Chung)..
Generation Next laid out Abyss on a Table and Jack Evans did a 460 senton off the batting cage through the Table!
Alex Shelley hit the Shell-shock on Roderick Strong through a Table at ringside, taking them out of the match..
Prince Nana began interfering, helping Jimmy Rave against Austin Aries, until Jade Chung gave him a low blow!
Austin Aries missed a 450 splash and landed on the ladder, and Rave & Nana pinned Aries with the Ladder 1-2-3..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Salvatore Rinauro & Tony Mamaluke defeated The Rottweilers (Homicide & Ricky Reyes) to retain..
MATCH: Low Ki defeated Colt Cabana..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragan defeated Steve Corino to retain..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - This Means War
October 29, 2005 - Woodbridge, Connecticut
SHOWCASE MATCH: Kelly Primo defeated Bobby Dempsey..
SHOWCASE MATCH: Shane Hagadorn defeated Smash Bradley..
MATCH: Alex Shelley w/Prince Nana vs Claudio Castagnoli ended in a 20-Minute Draw..
Nigel McGuinness confronted Claudio Castagnoli before the match saying his victory on 10/14 was a fluke..
Nigel McGuinness said he would give Claudio Castagnoli a Pure title shot "only if he doesn't lose"..
Since he did not "lose", then Claudio Castagnoli will get a Pure title shot against Nigel McGuinness..
A very cute-looking Jade Chung snuck in after the match and slapped Prince Nana and ran backstage..
Nigel McGuinness attacked Claudio Castagnoli with the Iron and cut his forehead open!
TAG MATCH: Azrieal & Davey Andrews defeated Jason Blade & Kid Mikaze..
MATCH: Ricky Reyes w/Julius Smokes defeated Mitch Franklin in 22 seconds..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: BJ Whitmer w/Lacey defeated Nigel McGuinness and Nosawa and Kikutaro (Ebessan)..
MATCH: A.J. Styles defeated Austin Aries with a Styles Clash from the second rope ..
After the match, Prince Nana & Alex Shelley ran down and attacked Alex Shelley..
Jade Chung showed up and gave Prince Nana the sexiest tilt-a-whirl DDT I've ever seen..
Austin Aries disposed of Alex Shelley and gave Prince Nana a brain buster!
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated B-Boy w/Julius Smokes..
After the match, Homicide showed up and attacked Colt Cabana and they had an intense brawl.
The fight included some wild chairshots, some stuff punches and travelled through the crowd..
Colt Cabana was quadruple-teamed by Homicide & Julius Smokes & Grim Reefer & Ricky Reyes..
Coly Cabana fought back with chairshots but Homicide gave him an Ace-Crusher through a Table!
MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated Curry Man (aka Christopher Daniels) w/Allison Danger..
The ROH predicably booed when Chris Daniels no-showed but popped big for Curry Man's entrance and dancing..
The crowd turned this into a total comedy match as they wanted Jay Lethal to dance, but Lethal refused..
Finally Jay Lethal gave into the fans and started dancing with Curry Man to finally satisfy the fans..
Curry Man then wanted referee Mike Kehner to dance, and he did a dorky version of the "raise the roof" dance..
Just when they were about to get back to business, the crowd decided they wanted to see Allison Danger dance..
Allison Danger (who was wearing a leather nun costume) reluctantly climbed in the ring and did a little dance..
The crowd wanted random people at ringside to dance, so Curry Man got on the mic and said he wanted to wrestle..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Roderick Strong to retain..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Showdown in Motown
November 4, 2005 - Detroit, Michigan
IN THE RING: Jim Cornette + Adam Pearce..
Jim Cornette welcomed fans to ROH and recognized an older fan in the crowd who was dressed like Hulk Hogan..
Jim Cornette talked about the history of wrestling in the city of Detroit including mentioning The Sheik!
Jim Cornette remembered a match between The Sheik and Dick the Bruiser and the Sheik brought out a live snake..
Jim Cornette then jumped forward to 1988 when he had a chance to meet The Sheik and he shouted "Oh Shit!"..
Jim Cornette praised the wrestling fans in Detroit and promised that tonight was the start of a new tradition..
Adam Pearce came out and demanded high profile matches, main events and championship matches in Ring if Honor..
Jim Cornette said ROH was founded on the premise that championships will be fought for by people who earn it..
Jim Cornette said that the fans get what they paid for in ROH -- the only promotion in the world to do that!
Jim Cornette said if Adam Pearce wants title shots then they will have to win some matches and earn their shots..
Adam Pearce said he will do exactly what Jim Cornette said and earn his shots in Ring of Honor..
OPENING MATCH: B.J. Whitmer w/Lacey defeated Delirious with the wrist clutch exploder..
TOP OF CLASS TROPHY MATCH: Davey Andrews defeated Shane Hagadorn and Derrick Dempsey to win the trophy!
PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuinness defeated Claudio Castagnoli to retain..
Nigel McGuinness "pulled an Eddie" when he tossed Castagnoli the iron and played dead for the DQ..
TAG MATCH: Generation Next (Roderick Strong & Jack Evans) defeated Sal Rinauro & Chad Collyer..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Christopher Daniels defeated Samoa Joe and Adam Pearce and Jimmy Jacobs..
Colt Cabana and Homicide were originally scheduled but they started fighting at ringside before the match..
Jim Cornette came out and took Cabana and Homicide out of the match and replaced them with Pearce & Jacobs..
WOMANS MATCH: Daizee Haze defeated Allison Danger with a Diazee-cutter..
GRUDGE MATCH: Austin Aries w/Jade Chung defeated Alex Shelley w/Prince Nana..
The Embassy (Alex Shelley, Jimmy Rave & Abyss) attacked Aries until AJ Styles & Matt Sydal made the save!
TAG MATCH: AJ Styles & Matt Sydal defeated The Embassy (Jimmy Rave & Abyss w/Prince Nana)..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Chris Sabin to retain..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Vendetta
November 5, 2005 - Chicago, Illinois
DARK MATCH: Bobby & Derek Dempsey defeated Darren Wade & Brad Bradley..
DARK SHIMMER MATCH: Lacey defeated Sara Delrey..
TAG MATCH: Ace Steel & Delirious defeated Chad Collyer & Nigel McGuiness..
Chad Collyer brought a chair in the right, but Ace Steel intercepted while the referee was distracted by Delirious..
Ace Steel pulled the chair back and knocked out Nigel McGuinness with it as Chad Collyer retreated to the backstage..
Ace Steel covered Nigel McGuinness for the 1-2-3 victory and got a big hug from the Lizard-man Delirious....
MATCH: Jimmy Jacobs w/Lacey defeated Salvatore Rinauro with the Contracode..
IN THE RING: Jim Cornette & "Cowboy" Bill Watts + Adam Pearce..
Jim Cornette came out and cut a promo about Ring of Honor rejuvinating his love for professional wrestling..
Jim Cornette ran down a number of accomplishments for his guest tonight and then introduced "Cowboy" Bill Watts..
Bill Watts came out and started to give a speech but he was interrupted by the appearance of Adam Pearce..
Adam Pearce demanded a match tonight and Cornette deffered to Bill Watts, who granted Pearce a match..
Jim Cornette praised Ring of Honor and compared it to Bill Watts' Mid-South territory and then left..
MATCH: B.J. Whitmer w/Lacey defeated Claudio Castagnoli..
MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger..
IN THE RING: Colt Cabana + Homicide & Julius Smokes..
Colt Cabana came out to sign autographs at intermission and was attacked by Homicide & Julius Smokes..
They brawled inside the ring and threw chairs at eachother until Homicide duct taped Cabana to the ropes..
Homicide pulled out a fork and raked away at Colt Cabana's forehead, cutting his forehead omyp a bloody gash..
Homicide then got a paid of scissors and threatened to cut out Colt Cabana's tongue until Ace Steel made the save!
MATCH: Adam Pearce deafeated Davey Andrews (sub for Colt Cabana)..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Roderick Strong in almost a full hour!
American Dragon played the heel, stemming from his last appearance in Chicago when he walked out on ROH..
The referee stopped the match after a flury of vicious elbow strikes to Strong's head by American Dragon..
American Dragon proclaimed himself the "Best Wrestler in the World" and shook Strong's unconscious hand..
8-MAN WAR: The Embassy defeated Generation Next..
The Embassy = Jimmy Rave & Alex Shelley & Abyss & Prince Nana..
Generation Next = Austin Aries & Jack Evans & Matt Sydel & AJ Styles w/Daizee Haze & Jade Chung..
Pre-match activities included the Embassy receiving the biggest toilet paper shower in the history of ROH..
Daizee Haze turned on her team by hitting Austin Aries and costing them the match..
Jimmy Rave, who is restricted from using the "Styles Clash" is now using the Pedigree as a finisher..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - A Night of Tribute
November 19, 2005 - Long Island, New York
DARK MATCH: Lacey defeated Allison Danger..
DARK MATCH: Shane Hagadorn & ??????? defeated The Dempsey Brothers..
OPENING: Show began with a 10-bell salut to Eddie Guerrero with the ROH roster present..
TAG MATCH: The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) defeated Kid Mikaze & Jason Blade..
MATCH: Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana defeated Davey Andrews with the Greetings from Ghana (Pedigree)..
#1 CONTENDERS 3-WAY: Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger defeated Matt Sydal and AJ Styles..
DARK MATCH: Ricky Reyes defeated Eric Matlock (California)..
WARM-UP MATCH: American Dragon (ROH World Champion) defeated Azriel..
NO DQ MATCH: Homicide (w/Julius Smokes & Grim Reefer) defeated Colt Cabana by Chokeout with a coathanger!
Colt Cabana pulled a fork out of his book in the opening moments, but eventually he was the one sliced open with it!
The bloodied Colt Cabana executed a picture perfect Super-plex off the top rope onto a steel chair inside the ring..
Colt Cabana set up a Table on the floor but Homicide ended up giving Cabana a Super-Ace-crusher through the Table!
Homicide wrapped a coat hanger around Colt Cabana's neck and choked him until Cabana passed out in the ring..
Homicide continued to choke out Colt Cabana as Julius Smokes & Grim Reefer fought off referees and officials..
Finally, Colt Cabana's lifeless body was dragged from the ring by ROH students and he was carried backstage..
After the match, Homicide placed his Eddie Guerrero shirt on a chair as a tribute to Latino Heat (Not on DVD)..
MATCH: Milano Collection AT defeated Claudio Castagnoli..
#1 CONTENDERS MATCH: Austin Aries & Roderick Strong defeated Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal..
After the match, Jimmy Rave attacked Aries & Strong and hit Roderick Strong with a Pedigree on the entrance ramp!
Austin Aries helped Roderick Strong backstage where they found Jack Evans hanging up-side-down from a ladder..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger to retain the ROH World title!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Steel Cage Warfare
December 3, 2005 - New York City, New York
TAG MATCH: Kid Mizake & Jason Blade defeated The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos)..
ROH TOP OF CLASS MATCH: Davey Andrews defeated Pelle Primeau..
After the match, Ricky Reyes came out and destroyed ALL the ROH school graduates..
Ricky Reyes then knocked out Davey Andrews with the base of the Top of Class trophy...
TAG TITLE MATCH: Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro defeated Colt Cabana & Milano Collection AT to retain..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Rocky Romero (w/Julius Smokes & Ricky Reyes) to retain..
Post match celebration included the surprise appearance of Canada's own Lance Storm..
Lance Storm gave a speech about his retirement and wrestling Chris Jericho at ECW One Night Stand..'
Lance Storm shook American Dragon's hand as the fans gave him a standing ovation and chanted "One More Match!"
MENTOR VS PROTEGE MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated Samoa Joe..
Jay Lethal turned heel during this match and viciously attacked his mentor's knee with a steel chair..
Samoa Joe was still laid out after the match when Lethal shook his hand and then stomped away at his knee!
MATCH: Steve Corino defeated Homicide in a sick brutal bloody insane fight..
Jim Cornette had banned all of Homicide's thugs as well as Colt Cabana (Homicide's nemesis) from ringside..
A mystery masked man (Colt Cabana) showed up and took out Julius Smokes with a strike to the knee with a lead pipe..
Homicide & Corino used a barbed-wire chair, a pair of handcuffs with a chain, and most brutal of all - a bloody fork!
Homicide repeatedly stabbed Steve Corino on the ear that he injured in their Ring of Honor match back in 2003..
Homicide destroyed Steve Corino with an Ace Crusher through the table on the floor but Homicide hurt his own arm..
Steve Corino set up four chairs in the ring and set up a ROH sign made of sheet metel about 1.5 feet off the ground..
Homicide recovered and launched Steve Corino off the top rope through the plateform (didn't look like it hurt at all)
Homicide accidentally took out the referee with a steel chair, and a second referee ran down to take over the duties..
The mystery man appeared once again and low-blowed the second referee and knocked out Homicide and put Corino on top..
The original referee Mike Kehner woke up and counted the 1-2-3 to give Steve Corino the victory........................
STEEL CAGE WARFARE (ELIMINATION RULES): Generation Next w/Jade Chung defeated The Embassy..
The Embassy: Jimmy Rave (1), Alex Shelley (3), Abyss (5), Prince Nana (7)..
Generation Next: Austin Aries (2), Matt Sydal (4), Roderick Strong (6), Jack Evans (8)..
Matt Sydal was the first person eliminated -- after being Pedigreed by Jimmy Rave..
When Prince Nana entered, that gave the Embassy a 4-on-2 advantage and they dismantled Aries & Strong..
Jade Chung showed up to torment Prince Nana and distracted the Embassy so Gen-Next could recouperate..
Jack Evans came out an immediately climbed the Cage and did a double moonsault onto The Embassy on the floor!
Jack Evans (top of Cage) springboarded off of Jimmy Rave stomach and moonsaulted onto Abyss to eliminate him!
Jack Evans was eliminated after Alex Shelley nailed an Air Raid Crash off the second rope............................
Jimmy Rave was eliminated after a series of stuff backbreakers from Rodrick Strong (to get revenge for Jade Chung)..
Ales Shelley was eliminated after Austin Aries after sick brain buster into a folding chair!.......................
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong were the final participants and destroyed Prince Nana settle the feud once and for all!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Final Battle 2005
December 17, 2005 - Edison, New Jersey
MATCH: Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana defeated Milano Collection AT..
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Azrieal..
After the match, Homicide came out and said he was injured legit on 12/3 and wasn't there to fight Cabana..
Homicide said he was there to kill Steve Corino, but if Cabana got in the way, he would get hurt too!
PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuinness defeated Claudio Castagnoli to retain..
A second referee was assigned to the outside to make sure Nigel McGuinness did not cheat to win..
The outside referee was knocked out and Nigel McGuinness tried to use the iron as a weapon..
Claudio Castagnoli reversed it and whacked Nigel McGuiness with the iron and pinned him to win the title!
The outside referee had recovered and saw this, and reversed the decision, and Disqualified Castagnoli!
Nigel McGuinness retained the Ring of Honor Pure Wrestling title!
MATCH: Alex Shelley w/Prince Nana defeated Steve Corino..
After the match, Homicide attacked Steve Corino (as promised)..
Colt Cabana hit the ring to make the save, but Homicide & Julius Smokes kicked his ass!
Homicide proceeded to pour a bottle of drano down Colt Cabana's throat (That's hardcore!)
Colt Cabana immediately began to throw up all over the place and gag as officials helped him..
IN THE RING: Gary Michael Cappetta & Jay Lethal (Lethal explained that he saw Samoa Joe's paycheck)..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Jay Lethal defeated Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger and BJ Whitmer w/Lacey..
Samoa Joe hit the Muscle-buster on Christopher Daniels, but BJ Whitmer whacked Joe with a chair trying to steal the pin..
Jay Lethal knocked BJ Whitmer out of the ring with a drop kick and hit the flying headbutt on Daniels and stole the pin!
DVD EXLUSIVE: Steve Corino said Ring of Honor was an unsafe work environment and was going home to his family..
MATCH: Ricky Reyes defeated Davey Andrews..
After the match, Ricky Reyes destroyed the Student-trophy that Davey Andrews was in posession of..
ROH Trainer Austin Aries ran down to make the save -- Aries cut a promo saying Reyes was a drunk..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries & Roderick Strong defeated Sal Rinauro & Tony Mamaluke to win the titles!
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Naomichi Marufuji to retain!
MAIN EVENT: KENTA defeated Low Ki to retain the GHC Junior title..
This match lasted roughly 25 minutes and was a sure-fire match of the year Candidate!
They shook hands after the match while they got a standing ovation from the appreciative ROH fans..
And that's a wrap..
January 15, 2005 - Boston, Massachusetts
OPENING MATCH: Spanky defeated Alex Shelley..
MATCH: Azrieal (aka Special K's AngelDust) defeated Deranged by Disqualification..
Deranged & Izzy & Lacey hit the ring and attacked Azrieal, but Dunn & Marcos made the save!
HANDICAP MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Alex Law and Ricky Landell (Steve Corino's Students)..
Roderick Strong pulled himself from the Ultimate Endurance match saying he only wanted to team with Jack Evans..
Jack Evans was in the hospital after a botched corkscrew at a show in Santa Ana, California..
After the match, Roderick Strong continued to beat down Law & Landell until Steve Corino made the save..
HANDICAP MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Eric Starsmore and Shane Hagadorn (CM Punk's Students)..
Roderick Strong sent a strong message to CM Punk and Steve Corino through their Students..
TAG MATCH: Jay Lethal & Josh Daniels defeated The Outkast Killaz..
ULTIMATE ENDURANCE MATCH: The Havana Pitbulls vs CM Punk & Steve Corino vs The Carnage Crew..
The Havana Pitbulls successfully defended their ROH Tag Team titles..
MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Nigel McGuiness..
SUBMISSIONS MATCH: Homicide defeated American Dragon
After the match, The Havana Pitbulls tried unsuccessfully to attack American Dragon..
American Dragon announced that the next match in his series with Homicide would be a Taped Fist Match!
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Colt Cabana to retain..
CONFRONTATION: Mick Foley & Samoa Joe..
There was a confrontation between Mick Foley and Samoa Joe hyping a 'mystery opponent' for Joe next month..
A mystery man behind the curtain handed and steel chair to Mick Foley, who then whacked Samoa Joe with it!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - 3rd Anniversary Part 1
February 19, 2005 - Elizabeth New Jersey
DO OR DIE IV (Afternoon Show)
WOMANS MATCH: Lacey defeated Allison Danger..
TAG MATCH: Christopher Street Connection defeated The Heartbreak Express (Sean & Phil Davis)..
MATCH: Vordell Walker defeated Cheech (from Special K)..
TAG MATCH: The Overboyz (Punk students) defeated Mike & Mark Milan ..
TAG MATCH: Ricky Landell & Alex Law (Corino students) defeated Davey Andrews & Matt Turner (Punk students)..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Fast Eddie Vegas w/Dave Prazak defeated El Generico and Josh Daniels and Arik Cannon..
MATCH: B-Boy defeated Kevin Steen..
MATCH: Homicide w/Rocky Romero defeated Antonio Banks to retain the Full Impact Pro title..
3RD ANNIVERSARY SHOW (Night Show)
SPEECH: C.M. Punk gave a speech with the wrestlers coming out into the arena to thank the fans..
NO RULES MATCH: Steve Corino defeated Roderick Strong..
Roderick Strong refused when Steve Corino offered him a handshake after the match..
MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana to become #1 Contender to the Pure Title..
PURE TITLE MATCH: John Walters w/Prince Nana defeated Jay Lethal to retain the Pure Title..
OSAKA PRO MATCH: Billy Ken Kid defeated Ebessan..
MATCH: Alex Shelley defeated Jimmy Jacobs..
There was a handshake before the match, but Jimmy Jacobs turned heel after the match and attacked Shelley!
MATCH: Spanky defeated C.M. Punk..
After the match, Prince Nana appeared and offered Spanky a spot in the Embassy, which Spanky rejected..
Prince Nana then got in CM Punk's face until Punk kicked his ass -- and the Outkast Killas asses..
CM Punk said that the Embassy "ain't shit compared to the Second City Saints"..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer defeated Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero w/Julius Smokes to win the titles!
Allison Danger appeared after the match and reminded everybody that she still owned Maff & Whitmer's contracts..
Allison Danger said that the match was NON TITLE and there was a stipulation that Maff & Whitmer had to break up!
Dan Maff forced her to tear up the contract and then they beat her up..
The result remained unchanged and Maff & Whitmer are NEW Ring of Honor Tag Team champions..
IN THE RING: Mick Foley..
Mick Foley joked that former WWE wrestler Test was Samoa Joe's opponent..
Mick Foley talked before the match and claimed that he was NOT booked in a match with Ric Flair at Wrestlemania..
Mick Foley instead brought out Florida's Vordell Walker to face Samoa Joe in his match..
MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Vordell Walker (Mick Foley's Mystery Opponent)..
Samoa Joe squashed Vordell Walker in less than FIVE minutes..
Mick Foley said he had a backup plan and called out a man he dubbed The NEW Hardcore Legend Esbestus Jack..
Ebessan came out dressed up as Cactus Jack, complete with red flanel shirt, a wig with a fake beard..
MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Esbestus Jack (Ebassan)..
Samoa Joe won again, and then attacked Mick Foley with a stiff lariat and a chair shot to the head!
Austin Aries showed up and attacked Samoa Joe --- and then left side by side with Mick Foley..
TAPED FIST MATCH: Homicide w/Julius Smokes defeated American Dragon..
This was the second match in the best of five series between Homicide and Dragon..
Homicide brought out the Ghetto-fork and ripped a gash in American Dragon's forehead..
Julius Smokes taped a set of brass knuckles to Homicide's fist, leading to the victory..
ROH TITLE CAGE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Colt Cabana to retain..
Colt Cabana climbed over the cage to escape but Austin Aries dove out the door hitting the floor to WIN!
SCRAMBLE CAGE: The Ring Crew Express beat Carnage Crew and Izzy/Deranged and Azrieal/Dixie and Evans/Strong..
Jack Evans (returning from his head injury) did a 630 off the top of the cage to the inside (will he never learn?)..
Marcos did a Senton off of Dunn's shoulders from the top of the cage to put HC Loc through a table!!!
As a result of a pre-match stipulation, Loc & DeVito are banned from ROH for 90 days..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - 3rd Anniversary Part 2
February 25, 2005 - Dayton, Ohio
TAG MATCH: Air Devils (Matt Sydal & Fast Eddie) defeated The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos)..
After the match, Fast Eddie turned on Matt Sydal and joined Prince Nana's Embassy..
Prince Nana & Jimmy Rave then got on the microphone and cut a promo on AJ Styles - calling him white trash..
MATCH: Homicide w/Julius Smokes defeated Puma (one of American Dragon's students)..
Homicide made Puma tap out to with the Cattle Mutilation (Dragon's finisher) and refused to release it..
After the match, Julius Smokes called out American Dragon -- who was held back by ROH security..
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Nigel McGuinness..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer defeated Jimmy Jacobs & Delirious to retain..
Dan Maff hit the Burning Hammer on Delirious for the victory..
MATCH: James Gibson (aka Jamie Noble) defeated Spanky (aka Brian Kendick)..
Chants of "Welcome Back!" and "Smackdown! Sucks!" and a standing ovation after the match..
WOMANS 4-WAY: Daizee Haze defeated Lacey and Tracy Brooks and Allison Danger..
Tracy Brooks and Allison Danger fought to the backstage area leaving Daizee Haze to beat Lacey in the ring..
UPDATE: Allison Danger suffered two black eyes and possibly a broken nose in her 4 Corner Survival..
MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated Alex Shelley..
After the match, Fast Eddie & Jimmy Rave hit the ring and attacked C.M. Punk but Alex Shelly made the save!
Alex Shelley said he should have left Generation Next a long time ago..
Alex Shelley apologized to CM Punk for everything in the past..
Alex Shelley said he should have more listened to the legends (Steamboat, Foley, and CM Punk)..
TAG MATCH: Samoa Joe & American Dragon defeated Austin Aries & Jack Evans..
After the match, Homicide jumped American Dragon as he was walking backstage..
MAIN EVENT: Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana defeated AJ Styles..
A new girl (click here for more) accompanied The Embassy and sprayed the ring with air freshener..
Jimmy Rave sprayed AJ Styles in the eyes with the air freshener and Jimmy Rave rolled him up for the upset pin!
After the match, Fast Eddie showed up to join in a beat-down on AJ Styles by the Embassy..
C.M. Punk ran in to make the big save, taking out Prince Nana and brawling with Jimmy Rave to the back..
AJ Styles recovered and nailed Fast Eddie with a Styles Clash to finish the night!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - 3rd Anniversary Part 3
February 25, 2005 - Chicago Ridge, Illinois
DARK MATCH 4-WAY: Lacey defeated Daizee Haze and Allison Danger and Tracy Brooks..
MATCH: Fast Eddie defeated Matt Sydal with a Tombstone Piledriver..
TAG MATCH: The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) defeated Delirious & The Golden Vampire..
MATCH: Alex Shelley defeated Jack Evans by Submission..
After the match, Austin Aries & Jack Evans beat down Alex Shelley..
GOOD TIMES, GREAT MEMORIES: Colt Cabana & Bobby Heenan + Jim Cornette..
Bobby Heenan talked about the quality of Ring of Honor..
Jim Cornette came out along with ROH Tag Team Champions Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer..
Jim Cornette challenged Bobby Heenan to find a team to face Maff & Whitmer..
Bobby Heenan calls out the team of Colt Cabana & Nigel McGuinness to represent him..
NON (TAG) MATCH: Colt Cabana & Nigel McGuinness defeated Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer (Champions)...
FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Homicide..
The Homicide/Dragon series stands at 2-1 with the advantage to Homicide..
MATCH: Spanky defeated Jimmy Jacobs with the Sliced Bread #2..
MATCH: James Gibson (aka Jamie Noble) defeated Puma by Submission..
MATCH: Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana defeated CM Punk w/Tracy Brooks..
The match initially ended with Jimmy Rave choking out CM Punk with a concealed boot lace..
The referee restarted the match after he discovered the shoe lace after his decision..
Jimmy Rave sprayed air freshener in CM Punk's eyes scored the pinfall to win the match!
After the match, Jimmy Rave hit the Raves Clash on Tracy Brooks -- Colt Cabana made the save..
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Samoa Joe to retain..
After the match, the ROH wrestlers came out and thanked the fans with a standing ovation..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Trios Tournament
March 5, 2005 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
TRIOS ROUND #1: Generation Next defeated The ROH Students..
Generation Next = Austin Aries & Jack Evans & Roderick Strong..
The ROH Students = Davey Andrews & Shane Hagadorn & Anthony Franco..
TRIOS ROUND #1: The Second City Saints defeated The Embassy..
The Second City Saint = CM Punk & Colt Cabana & Steve Corino..
The Embassy = Jimmy Rave & Oman Tortuga & Weapon of Mask Destruction #3..
CM Punk made Weapon of Mask Destruction #3 tap out to the Anaconda Vice finisher..
TRIOS ROUND #1: The Rottweilers defeated The Ring Crew Express..
The Rottweilers = Homicide & Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero..
The Ring Crew Express = Dunn & Marcos & El Generico..
TRIOS ROUND #1: Samoa Joe & American Dragon & Vordell Walker defeated James Gibson & Spanky & Nigel McGuinness..
This was an incredible 25 minute match of the night and got a standing ovation..
IN THE RING: Trent Acid + Rockin' Rebel + Others..
Trent Acid hit the ring and told the fans that they should be cheering for him because he's from Philadelphia..
Trent Acid added that he was so good he can quit..
Rockin' Rebel came out and attacked Trent Acid, and was joined by Joe, Dragon, Walker, Gibson, Spanky & Nigel..
IN THE RING: Allison Danger talked about Christopher Daniels and the Prophecy..
TRIOS ROUND #2: Generation Next defeated The Second City Saints..
Generation Next = Austin Aries & Jack Evans & Roderick Strong..
Second City Saints = CM Punk & Colt Cabana & Steve Corino..
After the match, CM Punk and Steve Corino argued after Corino refused to shake Punk's hand..
During the match, the ring actually broke which lead to an extended intermission as the crew scrambled to fix it..
TAG MATCH: Rockin Rebel' & Greg Matthews defeated ????? & ?????..
TRIOS ROUND #2: The Rottweilers defeated Samoa Joe & American Dragon & Vordell Walker..
The Rottweilers = Homicide & Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero..
Homicide brawled with American Dragon through the crowd after the match..
SIX MAN MAYHEM: Azriel (Angeldust) defeated B-Boy and Izzy and Kevin Steen and Deranged and Dixie..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated John Walters w/Prince Nana to win the Pure title!
The crowd teased John Walters for getting squashed by Chris Masters this past Monday on WWE's RAW program..
TRIOS FINALS: The Rottweilers defeated Generation next to WIN the Trios Tournament!
The Rottweilers = Homicide & Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero..
Generation Next = Austin Aries & Jack Evans & Roderick Strong..
Homicide pinned ROH Champion Austin Aries after a Copkilla!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Back to Basics
March 12, 2005 - Woodbridge, Connecticut - Connecticut Sports Center
OPENING MATCH: "Classic" Colt Cabana defeated Delirious..
TAG MATCH: Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) defeated Ricky Landell & Alex Law..
MATCH: Spanky defeated Jack Evans with the Sliced Bread #2 from the top rope..
Roderick Strong attacked Spanky during a post match interview with Gary Michael Cappetta..
TAG MATCH: Azrieal & Dixie defeated Deranged & Izzy (w/Lacey/Cloudy/Cheech) to win the rights to the Special K name..
MATCH: Homicide defeated Roderick Strong..
WOMANS 4-WAY: Allison Danger defeated Daizee Haze and Lacey and Cindy Rogers..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer defeated Colt Cabana & Nigel McGuinness to retain..
MATCH: James Gibson defeated Rocky Romero w/Julius Smokes & Homicide..
The stipulation was that if James Gibson won he's get a title shot, if he lost, Spanky got the title shot..
After the match, Jack Evans & Roderick Strong attacked James Gibson until Spanky made the save!
Spanky said if James Gibson that if he won the ROH title, that HE wanted the first shot!
MAIN EVENT: Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal defeated CM Punk & Spanky (sub for Steve Corino)..
Steve Corino no-showed, so Spanky stepped up to the plate and joined CM Punk..
CM Punk was about to deliver the Pepsi-plunge onto Jay Lethal when WWE's Stevie Richards appeared!
Samoa Joe and Spanky began fighting on the floor, getting the attention of the referee..
Stevie Richards distracted CM Punk and then delivered a Stevie-kick to Punk's face!
Jay Lethal pinned CM Punk after executing a Dragon Suplex on him.......
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Best of the American Super Juniors
April 2, 2005 - Asbury Park, New Jersey - The Asbury Convention Hall
BOTASJ ROUND #1: American Dragon defeated Spanky to advance..
BOTASJ ROUND #1: Dragon Soldier B (Kendo KaShin) defeated Matt Sydal to advance..
BOTASJ ROUND #1: Black Tiger 4 (Rocky Romero) defeated Alex Shelley to advance..
BOTASJ ROUND #1: James Gibson defeated Roderick Strong to advance (Gibson was selling a back injury)..
NO DQ TAG MATCH: The Embassy (Jimmy Rave & Fast Eddie Vegas w/The Embassy) defeated C.M. Punk & Colt Cabana..
Prince Nana came in and knocked C.M. Punk out with a steel pipe! Jimmy Rave pinned him....
The Embassy held C.M. Punk down as Jimmy Rave used a cheese grater on his "Straight Edge" stomach tatoo..
BOTASJ ROUND #2: Dragon Soldier B (Kendo KaShin) defeated James Gibson to advance to the finals..
James Gibson initially failed to appear and a New Japan official demanded Dragon Soldier B win by forfiet..
James Gibson did, however, make his way out still selling his back injury, with Spanky at his side..
Dragon Soldier B controlled the entire match, until Spanky 'threw in the towel' for the injured James Gibson..
BOTASJ ROUND #2: Black Tiger 4 (Rocky Romero) defeated American Dragon to advance to the finals..
TAG SCRAMBLE: Jack Evans & Roderick Strong beat Dixie/Azrieal and Izzy/Deranged and Dunn/Marcos..
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal to win the vacant Tag Team titles..
This match happened because Dan Maff was fired from ROH so he and Whitmere were stripped of their Tag Team titles..
BOTASJ FINALS: Dragon Soldier B (Kendo KaShin) defeated Black Tiger 4 (Rocky Romero) to win the Tournament!
The finals was a terrible match that the crowd completly crapped on from start to finish..
After the match, Dragon Soldier B received a thunderous "don't come back" chant from the ROH fans..
James Gibson came out during the award ceremony and apologized to the fans for the "bullshit you just saw"..
James Gibson then made a challenge for a New Japan (Liger/Kanemoto/Gedo/Jado) vs Ring of Honor match..
Editor's Notes: The Gibson challenge was edited out of the ROH home release....... thus never happened..
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Homicide w/Julius Smokes to retain..
Austin Aries hit three brainbusters in a row and followed up with a 450 splash for the win!
Homicide gave Austin Aries the finger after the match, as Aries offered him a handshake..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor -
April 16, 2005 - Dorchester, Massachusetts
MATCH: Vordell Walker defeated Kevin Steen (Montreal's IWS)..
MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated El Generico (Montreal's IWS)..
IN THE RING: Pete Doherty (click here) + Homicide & Julius Smokes + American Dragon..
Legendary WWF jobber Pete Doherty made an appearance but was attacked by Homicide & Julius Smokes..
American Dragon Bryan Danielson made the save..
TAG MATCH: Deranged & Cheech w/Lacey defeated Azrieal & Dixie..
PURE TITLE: Jay Lethal defeated Spanky to retain..
MATCH: C.M. Punk w/Bobby Heenan defeated Mike Kruel (sub for Jimmy Rave) w/Prince Nana..
Prince Nana claimed that Jimmy Rave was injured when he fell off an elephant in Africa..
After the match, Bobby Heenan cut a promo and put over Ring of Honor as well as C.M. Punk..
After that, Jimmy Rave ran out of the crowd and attacked C.M. Punk..
The Embassy ganged up on CM Punk and hung him over the top rope with a chain..
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL: Samoa Joe vs Colt Cabana vs Alex Shelley vs Nigel McGuinness..
Samoa Joe defeated Colt Cabana to earn a Pure title match (Joe & Cabana eliminated from the match)..
Alex Shelley defeated Nigel McGuiness to earn a ROH title shot in the future..
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries vs James Gibson ended in a DOUBLE PIN draw..
The fans wanted 5 more minutes and so did James Gibson but Austin Aries declined..
Alex Shelley showed up and attacked Austin Aries, which really upset James Gibson..
LUMBERJACK MATCH: American Dragon defeated Homicide w/Julius Smokes..
The lumberjacks were made up of "supposed" local independent wrestlers and ROH trainees..
They did a superplex off the top rope to the outside taking out all of the lumberjacks..
American Dragon did an airplane spin on Homicide, knocking down each lumberjack one-by-one..
One of the lumberjacks, EC Negro, attacked American Dragon and joined the Rottweilers..
Jay Lethal and Samoa Joe ran out to make the save as the Rottweilers attacked American Dragon..
Samoa Joe joined the Lumberjacks and confidentally tossed Homicide back into the ring...
Minutes later, American Dragon forced Homicide to tap out to the cattle mutilation submission..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - The Final Showdown
May 13, 2005 - Dayton, Ohio
OPENING MATCH: Alex Shelley defeated Roderick Strong..
MATCH: Matt Stryker defeated The Masked Chicago Superstar by Strykerlock submission..
Matt Stryker's thing is that he only works ROH shows in the Midwest because East Coast fans don't respect him..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Jack Evans defeated Delirious and Samoa Joe and Ebetaro (aka Ebassan)...
Samoa Joe cut a promo saying it looks like Ring of Honor decided to take it easy on him tonight..
Samoa Joe said if either of his three opponents could pin his shoulder they could have the Pure title..
During the match, Delirious and Ebetaro did a hilarious "slow motion" series of moves that had the crowd unglued..
Jack Evans (legal man) won after hitting a 630 splash on Delirious while Samoa Joe had Ebetaro choked out..
After the match, Ebetaro and Delirious hugged eachother to show respect.....
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated C.M. Punk & Ace Steel to retain..
After the match, The Embassy showed up to taunt CM Punk and Prince Nana gave Punk a chance to walk away..
CM Punk declined and started a big brawl with Jimmy Rave until Matt Sydal and Daizee Haze made the save!
Daizee Haze went after the Embassy's valet Jade Chung while a match between Sydal and Rave was set up..
MATCH: Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana & Jade Chung defeated Matt Sydal w/Daizee Haze with the Raves Clash..
TAG MATCH: Colt Cabana & Doug Williams defeated Nigel McGuiness & Chad Collyer..
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated James Gibson to retain..
STEEL CAGE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Homicide to win the Best of 5 Series!
American Dragon performed "the longest airplane spin ever" and fell on top of Homicide for the WIN!
The crowd wanted a handshake, so Homicide shook Dragon's hand, only to give him a Diamond Cutter!
Homicide demanded the referee raise his "mother f'ing hand" but the referee said he didn't win and ran..
Homicide warned American Dragon that it wasn't over and to watch his "mother f'ing back"........
American Dragon said Homicide started by beating him twice in a row, but he choked just like the Yankees!
American Dragon said he'll gladly continue his feud with Homicide after he wins the ROH title tomorrow!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Nowhere to Run
May 14, 2005 - Chicago Ridge, Illinois
OPENING MATCH: James Gibson defeated B.J. Whitmer..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Matt Sydal defeated Ace Steel and Matt Stryker and Masked Wisconsin Superstar (HC Loc)..
IN THE RING: Prince Nana & Jimmy Rave cut a promo while the ring was being repaired..
MATCH: Chad Collyer defeated Jimmy Jacobs with the Texas Cloverleaf submission..
MATCH: Homicide defeated Doug Williams in a stiff contest..
TAG MATCH: Generation Next (Roderick Strong & Jack Evans) defeated Alex Shelley & Delirious..
#1 CONTENDERS (PURE TITLE) MATCH: Nigel McGuinness defeated Colt Cabana..
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated American Dragon with the 450 splash to retain (30:00)..
CAGE MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana after a suplex off the top of the cage!!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - New Frontiers
June 4, 2005 - Buffalo, New York
TAG MATCH: Jimmy Rave & Fast Eddie w/Prince Nana defeated Sal Rinuero & El Generico..
MATCH: HC Loc defeated Cheech (formerly of Special K)..
MATCH: Homicide defeated Kevin Steen..
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Dunn & Marcos to retain..
MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Alex Shelley..
After the match, Austin Aries & Roderick Strong assaulted Alex Shelley, who had to be stretchered out..
3-WAY ELIMINATION: Davey Andrews defeated Shane Hagadorn and The Masked New York Super Star..
TAG MATCH: Nigel McGuiness & Chad Collyer defeated Second City Saints (CM Punk & Colt Cabana)..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated James Gibson by Submission to retain..
ROH TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Spanky to retain...
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - The Future Is Now
June 12, 2005 - New York City, New York
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana & The Outcast Killas & Jade Chung..
NEW YORK STREET FIGHT: The Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito) destroyed Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos)..
SIX MAN MAYHEM: Azrieal defeated BJ Whitmer and Jack Evans and Izzy and Deranged and Fast Eddie..
MATCH: The Masked Boston Superstar vs Derek Dempsey ended in a NO CONTEST when Shane Douglas showed up!
IN THE RING: Shane Douglas..
Shane Douglas put over Ring of Honor, but suddenly changed his tune and said ROH could lick his balls..
MATCH: Homicide w/Julius Smokes defeated James Gibson..
The Rottweillers attacked James Gibson after the match until Jay Lethal made the save..
MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated Roderick Strong..
C.M. Punk, who had signed on with WWE, received a standing ovation after the match as he kissed the ROH logo..
C.M. Punk cut a promo and played with the fans and put over ROH and said his last match in ROH will be next week..
C.M. Punk switched back and forth from face mode to heel mode during this promo, hiting at a chance of attitude..
C.M. Punk also put over Roderick Strong as a future contender and said the fans should be chanting his name..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Nigel McGuiness to retain the ROH Pure title..
Shane Douglas came out after the match and confronted Samoa Joe..
Shane Douglas ended up handing the Pure belt to Joe and said he was wrong and put over Ring of Honor..
NON TITLE MATCH: Low Ki defeated ROH Champion Austin Aries in an "Unsanctioned" match..
The Rottweilers were ejected from ringside before the match, and Julius Smokes was ejected shortly after..
Low Ki nailed Austin Aries with a Ki Crusher off the top rope for the victory..
Homicide & Low Ki set up Aries for the Cop Killa/Double Stomp but Jack Evans & Roderick Strong made the save..
Jay Lethal showed up and gave Low Ki a dragon suplex to set up their match next week..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Death Before Dishonor III
June 18, 2005 - Morristown, New Jersey - Mennan Sports Arena
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Jimmy Rave & Fast Eddie w/Prince Nana's Embassy to retain..
WOMANS MATCH: Lacey defeated Cindy Rogers..
ANYTHING GOES STREET FIGHT: The Carnage Crew defeated The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos)..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Colt Cabana to retain..
IN THE RING: Allison Danger (return to ROH)..
Allison Danger talked about the return of the Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels as well as the Prophecy..
MATCH: AJ Styles defeated Petey Williams w/Prince Nana & The Embassy..
Petey Williams attacked AJ Styles after the match and gave him the Candian Destroyer finisher..
TAG MATCH: Lacey's Angels (Izzy & Deranged w/Lacey) defeated Generation Next (Roderick Strong & Jack Evans)..
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL: Nigel McGuiness defeated James Gibson (pinned) and Homicide and Azrieal..
MATCH: Low Ki vs Jay Lethal ended in a NO CONTEST..
ROH TITLE MATCH: CM Punk defeated Austin Aries to capture the ROH Title!!!!
The crowd was hot for the match chanting "please don't go" and "thank you Punk" and "CM Punk"..
CM Punk took a Pepsi Plunge from Aries, but he kicked out, hit his own Pepsi Plunge and scored the pin!!!!!
CM Punk talked about how the Ring of Honor title was the most important title in North America..
Then CM Punk suddenly turned heel on the crowd and called the fans suckers for believing the rumors..
CM Punk said that the ROH title was now the most important title in the World!
CM Punk dared anyone in the locker room to come out and try to beat him for the title..
Christopher Daniels showed up and the fans went crazy as the brawled and Daniels went for the Best Moonsault Ever..
Christopher Daniels challenged CM Punk to defend the ROH title now, but CM Punk bailed and took the belt..
Chris Daniels cut a promo talking about how CM Punk took him out of ROH back on January 10, 2004..
Chris Daniels said that he was happy to be back in ROH and was setting his sights on the ROH title!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Sign of Dishonor
July 8, 2005 - Long Island, New York
IN THE RING: CM Punk (Moched ROH fans by symbolicially signing a WWE contract in the ROH ring)..
TAG MATCH: Jay Lethal & Dixie defeated The Heartbreak Express (Sean & Phil Davis)..
MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Azrieal by Submission..
After the match, Alex Shelley showed up and attacked Roderick Strong..
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Lacey's Angels (Deranged & Cheech w/Lacey) to retain..
IN THE RING: Matt Striker + The Embassy (Prince Nana & Killer Kruel & The Outcast Killaz)..
Matt Striker came out and thanked the fans for their support after his being fired from teaching..
Prince Nana & "Killer" Mike Kruel and the rest of the Embassy attacked Matt Striker..
The Outcast Killaz quit The Embassy over the treatment of valet Jade Chung..
GRUDGE MATCH: A.J. Styles defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana & Killer Kruel & Jade Chung..
After the match, Jimmy Rave put a plastic bag over AJ Styles head and tried to suffocate him..
MATCH: Nigel McGuiness defeated Vordell Walker..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Austin Aries defeated Homicide and James Gibson and Samoa Joe..
MATCH: Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger defeated Colt Cabana when CM Punk "accidentally" hit Cabana with a chain..
IN THE RING: Christopher Daniels & C.M. Punk..
Christopher Daniels challenged C.M. Punk to step in the ring and put the ROH title on the line..
C.M. Punk said Chris Daniels hasn't beaten anybody "worth a damn" and ordered Daniels out of "his" ring..
C.M. Punk challenged Low-Ki to a match, and his music played, but he was not even in the building tonight..
C.M. Punk challenged American Dragon to a match, and his music played, but he wasn't even in the building either..
C.M. Punk challenged The Briscoe Brothers to a match, but they were not in the building either (duh)..
Mick Foley came out and ordered CM Punk to pick an opponent, so C.M. Punk chose Jay Lethal....
ROH TITLE MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated Jay Lethal to to retain..
After the match, Samoa Joe & James Gibson both confronted C.M. Punk until Mick Foley made an announcement..
Mick Foley relayed a messege from Vince McMahon saying C.M. Punk HAD to defend the ROH title tomorrow!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Escape from New York
July 9, 2005 - New York City, New York
SIX MAN TAG: The Ring Crew Express & Dixie defeated Vordell Walker & Deranged & Cheech w/Lacey & Cloudy..
MATCH: Matt Striker defeated Mike Kruel w/Prince Nana..
TAG TITLE MATCH: The Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito) defeated Jimmy Jacobs & BJ Whitmer to win the titles!
ON THE BALCONY: C.M. Punk..
The four wrestlers from the Four Corner Survival match came down but were interrupted by CM Punk in the balcony..
CM Punk cut a promo and said he would defend the ROH title against Roderick Strong tonight -- in a NON TITLE match..
Mick Foley came out and pushed CM Punk against the balcony rail and forced him to make it a TITLE match..
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL: Jimmy Rave defeated Alex Shelley (sub for Roderick Strong) and Azrieal and James Gibson..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Austin Aries to retain..
EUROPEAN RULES MATCH: Nigel McGuiness defeated Colt Cabana..
MATCH: Homicide w/Julius Smokes defeated Jay Lethal..
ROH TITLE MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated Roderick Strong to retain..
After the match, C.M. Punk said he was leaving and would never been seen in Ring of Honor again..
James Gibson ran down and attacked C.M. Punk until Punk escaped through the audience..
Samoa Joe intercepted Punk, who ran back to the ring, and up the entrance ramp, where he bumped into Mick Foley!
C.M. Punk was thrown back into the ring where James Gibson hit him with a Tiger-bomb and challenged Punk next week!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Fate of an Angel
July 16, 2005 - Woodbridge, Connecticut
MATCH: Nigel McGinness defeated Claudio Castignoli (IWS Montreal)..
MATCH: Austin Aries defeated El Generico (IWS Montreal)..
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL: Homicide w/Julius Smokes defeated Dixie and Azrieal and Kevin Steen (IWS Montreal)..
Dixie took the Copkilla from Homicide and was stretched out...
IN THE RING: C.M. Punk + James Gibson (Punk attacked Gibson with a chain and bloodied him)..
ULTIMATE ENDURANCE: The Carnage Crew (HC Loc & DeVito) retained the Tag Team titles..
The Embassy (Fast Eddie & Excess w/Prince Nana) were eliminated in the Scramble Tag Match..
Lacey's Angels (Deranged & Cheech w/Lacey) were eliminated in the Anything Goes Street Fight..
The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) were eliminated by The Carnage Crew in a Tag Team match..
MATCH: A.J. Styles defeated Roderick Strong (They did a handshake after the match)..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Jimmy Rave (w/Prince Nana & Jade Chung) to retain..
The fans threw toilet paper rolls instead of streamers at Jimmy Rave, who picked them up and threw them back!
After the match, Jade Chung turned on the Embassy & Prince Nana and suddenly the lights went out..
The lights came back on and Matt Hardy was standing inside the Ring of Honor as the fans went crazy..
Matt Hardy cut a great promo praising Ring of Honor and calling Johnny Ace an asshole and thanked the fans..
MATCH: Matt Hardy defeated Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger by Submission..
C.M. Punk came down and punched Allison Danger in the face and then hit Chris Daniels with the chain!
Matt Hardy (who didn't see what C.M. Punk did) hit a Twist of Fate but Chris Daniels kicked out..
Matt Hardy hit a second Twist of Fate and locked in a Butterfly submission and the referee stopped the match!
ROH TITLE MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated James Gibson to retain..
C.M. Punk claimed that there would be no ROH Title match because James Gibson couldn't compete due to injury..
James Gibson came out with a bloody bandage wrapped around his head and the match was started anyway..
C.M. Punk had a good sized cut on his upper back, from being thrown into the sheet-metel roh barriers..
After the match, Christopher Daniels attacked C.M. Punk and stole the Ring of Honor belt..
Christopher Daniels said that if C.M. Punk wanted the belt back, he will have to fight him for it!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - The Homecoming
July 23, 2005 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DARK MATCH: Shane Hagadorn & Matt Turner defeated Derek & Bobby Dempsey..
DARK MATCH: Davey Andrews defeated Antonio Franco by Submission..
MATCH: El Generico defeated Kevin Steen..
IN THE RING: Gary Michael Cappetta..
GMC said that The Embassy would be fired from Ring of Honor unless they started treating Jade Chung better..
The Embassy (Prince Nana, Jade Chung and Mike Kruel) then came out with Jade dressed in a royal outfit..
Prince Nana said nobody was allowed to see Chung's body anymore, then attached a dog collar around her neck!
Prince Nana made it clear that he was following the rules that ROH had set (more like found loopholes)..
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL: Spanky defeated Azrieal and Deranged and Nigel McGuiness..
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated The Carnage Crew (Loc & DeVito) to win the titles!
6-MAN TAG: The Rottweilers (Homicide & Low Ki & Ricky Reyes) defeated Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal & James Gibson..
MATCH: Davey Andrews & Shane Hagadorn vs The Ring Crew Express ended in a No Contest..
An angry Carnage Crew hit the ring and destroyed The Ring Crew Express......
TAG MATCH: Alex Shelley & Fast Eddie Vegas w/Prince Nana defeated Generation Next (Austin Aries & Roderick Strong)..
Alex Shelley officially became a member of The Embassy, thus turning Generation Next into babyfaces!
Jimmy Rave interfered in the match, nailing Austin Aries with a steel chair behind the referees back..
REVENGE STREET FIGHT: Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana defeated AJ Styles with help from The Embassy..
The enitre Embassy attacked AJ Styles, allowing Jimmy Rave to hit the "Raves Clash" on Styles..
After the match, Austin Aries & Roderick Strong tried to make the save but were unsucessful..
ROH TITLE MATCH: C.M. Punk (Champion) vs Christopher Daniels ended in a 60-Minute Time Limit DRAW!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Redemption
August 12, 2005 - Dayton, Ohio
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Ace Steel defeated Matt Stryker and Delirious and Sterling James Keenan..
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Spanky..
IN THE RING: C.M. Punk cut an arrogan heel promo taking credit for ROH's success..
TAG TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Nigel McGuinness & Chad Collyer to retain..
6-MAN WAR: Austin Aries & Roderick Strong & Matt Sydal w/Daizee Haze beat Jimmy Rave & Alex Shelley & Abyss..
This was Prince Nana's Embassy vs Generation Next..
MATCH: Low Ki vs Jay Lethal ended in a NO CONTEST..
Homicide showed up and joined Low Ki in double-teaming Jay Lethal until Matt Hardy made the save!
MATCH: Matt Hardy defeated Homicide..
Low Ki showed up with a chain but Jay Lethal came out to and grabbed the chain and had a tug-of-war with Homicide..
Matt Hardy snuck up behind Homicide and schoolboyed him for the 1-2-3 to win the match!
ROH TITLE ELIMINATION MATCH: James Gibson beat C.M. Punk (c) and Samoa Joe and Chris Daniels to win the ROH title!
James Gibson to a bump outside the ring and was helped backstage by a crew of ROH officials..
Chris Daniels was eliminated by Submission from Samoa Joe, when CM Punk pushed Daniels leg of the ropes!
During all this confusion, C.M. Punk snuck up behind Samoa Joe and rolled him up for Joe's elimination!
C.M. Punk began celebrating until a bloody James Gibson returned to the ring to continue the match..
James Gibson reversed the Pepsi Plunge into a Super Tiger Bomb and scored the pin to win the ROH TITLE!!!!!!
James Gibson gave a victory speech and said it was the greatest moment of his career, even better than Wrestlemania..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Punk: The Final Chapter
August 13, 2005 - Chicago Ridge, Illinois
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Nigel McGuiness defeated Matt Sydal w/Daizee Haze and Delirious and Alex Shelley..
MATCH: Chad Collyer defeated Ace Steel in a bloody match by Texas Cloverleaf Submission..
MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana..
After the match, Alex Shelley attacked Austin Aries until Matt Sydal & Roderick Strong made the save!
TAG MATCH: Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal defeated Homicide & Low Ki by Disqualification..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Jimmy Jacobs & BJ Whitmer defeated Spanky & James Gibson to retain..
Spanky turned heel by double-crossing James Gibson with a superkick to the head!
MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Matt Hardy with a roll-up..
2/3 FALLS MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated C.M. Punk..
C.M. Punk pinned Colt Cabana after hitting the Colt 45 to pick up the first fall..
Colt Cabana whacked C.M. Punk with a lariat and pinned him to get the second fall..
Colt Cabana won the third and final fall over C.M. Punk to win the match!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Night of the Grudges II
August 20, 2005 - Morristown, New Jersey - Mennan Sports Arena
DO OR DIE 5 AFTERNOON SHOW
MATCH: Sal Rinauro defeated Antonio Blanco..
MATCH: Steve Madison defeated Davey Andrews..
MATCH: Claudio Castagnoli defeated Rainman..
MATCH: Jerrelle Clark defeated Jay Fury..
6-MAN TAG: Smash Bradley & The Dempsey Brothers defeated The Heartbreak Express & Shane Hagadorn..
WOMANS MATCH: Lacey defeated Sumie Sakai..
TAG MATCH: The Outcast Killas (Oman Tortuga & Diablo Santiago) defeated EC Negro & Pele Primo..
IWC SHOWCASE MATCH: Sterling James Keenan defeated John McChesney..
ROH CONTRACT 4-WAY: Sal Rinauro defeated Steve Madison and Claudio Castagnoli and Jerelle Clark..
EVENING SHOW
WEAPONS MATCH: The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) defeated The Carnage Crew (Loc & DeVito)..
MATCH: Azrieal defeated Jerrelle Clark..
MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated Ricky Reyes (w/Julius Smokes & Grim Reefer)..
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Nigel McGuinness..
ROH TITLE MATCH: James Gibson vs Spanky vs Homicide ended in a No Contest..
Homicide was the first to be eliminated by Disqualification for using the chain supplied by the Rottweillers..
Spanky was apparently injured at this point and the match was cancelled -- to the displeasure of the fans!
TAG MATCH: The Heartbreak Express (Phil & Sean Davis) vs Lacey's Angels (Cheech & Cloudy) was a No Contest..
James Gibson reappeared and beat the hell out of all four men and said he and Spanky would finish his match later..
TAG MATCH: Generation Next (Austin Aries & Roderick Strong) defeated The Embassy (Jimmy Rave & Puma w/Prince Nana)..
Prince Nana gave Alex Shelley the night off and replaced him in this tag match with California-based wrestler Puma..
Prince Nana also had his valet Jade Chung wrapped up in a blanket and had a dog collar on her..
After the match, Prince Nana was yelling at Jade Chung when Mick Foley hit the ring to make the save!
Mick Foley told Jade Chung that she had the choice to leave The Embassy if she wanted to..
Alex Shelley attacked Mick Foley from behind and was joined by The Embassy in a beat-down..
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong returned to the ring to save Mick Foley from the assault..
Mick Foley recovered and gave Prince Nana a DDT onto his new book - Scooter!
ROH TITLE MATCH: James Gibson defeated Spanky (with a leg injury) to retain..
IN THE RING: Homicide..
Homicide tried to make it clear that he was a bad guy (as the fans had been cheering for him)..
Homicide finally gave up trying to convince the fans and laughed and proclaimed "oh fuck it!" and walked off..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Christopher Daniels to retain..
Both competitors lost all three rope breaks when Samoa Joe won with a Submission in the ropes..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Dragon's Gate Invasion
August 27, 2005 - Buffalo, New York
OPENING MATCH: Ricky Reyes defeated Puma..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Chad Collyer defeated Kevin Steen and Jimmy Jacobs and Davey Andrews..
MATCH: Homicide defeated El Generico..
MATCH: Curry Man (aka Christopher Daniels) defeated Shingo Takagi (Japan's Dragon Gate promotion)..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuinness defeated Samoa Joe to win the Pure title!
TAG MATCH: The Ring Crew Express defeated Matt Turner & Shane Hagadorn..
TAG MATCH: Spanky & Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana defeated Generation Next (Roderick Strong & Austin Aries)..
INTER-PROMOTIONAL MATCH: CIMA (Japan's Dragon Gate promotion) defeated AJ Styles..
ROH TITLE MATCH: James Gibson defeated Colt Cabana to retain..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Glory By Honor IV
September 17, 2005 - Lake Grove, New York
FIGHT WITHOUT HONOR: Low Ki w/Julius Smokes defeated Jay Lethal to lift his suspension..
MATCH: Austin Aries defeated Azrieal..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuiness defeated Roderick Strong to retain the Pure title..
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Homicide w/Julius Smokes by Disqualification..
Homicide whacked Colt Cabana with a steel chair resulting in a disqualification..
Low Ki, Grim Reefer & Ricky Reyes hit the ring and beat on Cabana until Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal made the save!
MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated Low Ki with an amazing top rope Dragon Suplex..
MATCH: Davey Andrews defeated Eric Matlock..
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL: Samoa Joe defeated Adam Pearce and BJ Whitmer and Ricky Reyes..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated James Gibson to win the ROH World title!!
American Dragon FINALLY shaved off his beard and grew back the hair on his head --- thank you, Dragon!
American Dragon made James Gibson tap out to the Chicken Wing submission to capture the ROH championship!
After the match, they shook hands and Gibson received a standing ovation as he was returning to WWE now..
American Dragon told the fans that he would NOT be going to TNA or WWE as long as he is ROH Champion..
MAIN EVENT: AJ Styles w/Mick Foley defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana..
The stipulation of the match was that the loser would never be allowed to use the Styles/Rave Clash again..
This was a simple fight between two men with no referee -- whoever hits their version of the Clash first..
Three weapons of masked destruction (ROH Students) interfered but Mick Foley took them out with chairshots!
AJ Styles won after hitting the Styles Clash off the second rope through a table..
Mick Foley (last ROH appearance) got his revenge on Prince Nana by DDTing him onto a folded chair!
After the match, Mick Foley put over ROH and said he enjoyed being on ROH shows and will speak highly of it..
Mick Foley also did a flying elbow drop off the apron onto Prince Nana to the floor..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Survival of the Fittest
September 24, 2005 - Boston, Massachusetts
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST QUALIFIER: Jay Lethal defeated Sal Rinauro to advance..
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST QUALIFIER: Colt Cabana defeated Ricky Reyes to advance..
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST QUALIFIER: Austin Aries defeated Jimmy Rave by DQ to advance..
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST QUALIFIER: Samoa Joe defeated Milano Collection AT to advance..
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST QUALIFIER: Roderick Strong defeated Jerelle Clark by Submission to advance..
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST QUALIFIER: Christopher Daniels defeated James Gibson to advance..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuiness defeated BJ Whitmer to retain..
TAG MATCH: Tony DeVito & ?????? defeated ?????? & ??????..
SOTF FINALS: Roderick Strong defeated Austin Aries and Colt Cabana and Jay Lethal and Chris Daniels and Samoa Joe!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Joe vs. Kobashi
October 1, 2005 - Manhattan, New York
MATCH: Claudio Castagnoli defeated Colt Cabana..
TRIPLE THREAT: Christopher Daniels defeated Azriel and Matt Sydal..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro defeated Jimmy Jacobs & BJ Whitmer to win the titles!..
PURE WRESTLING TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuinnesss defeated Jay Lethal to retain..
GRUDGE MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Jimmy Rave (w/Prince Nana & Jade Chung)..
After the match, Jade Chung finally turned on the Embassy and left with Roderich Strong!
Roderick Strong, representing Generation Next, challenged the Embassy to a War Games match in December..
IN THE RING: Lacey announced that she would introduce a NEW Lacey's Angels team tomorrow night..
MATCH: Ricky Reyes defeated ROH Student Billy Primo ..
MATCH: James Gibson (2nd last ROH match) defeated Jimmy Yang (ROH debut)..
MATCH: Jack Evans defeated Homicide..
MAIN EVENT: Kenta Kobashi defeated Samoa Joe..
Many people were calling this the best match in the history of Ring of Honor..
***** had to be seen to be believed!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Unforgettable
October 2, 2005 - Philadelphia, Pennsylavania
TAG TITLE MATCH: Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro defeated The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) to retain..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Jay Lethal defeated Nigel McGuinness and Davey Andrews and Claudio Castagnoli..
Nigel & Claudio used their European connection to form an alliance but they eventually turned on eachother..
Jay Lethal hit Davey Andrews with a sick Dragon suplex and Andrews landed hard on the back of his neck!
MATCH: Matt Sydal defeated Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana..
Jimmy Rave was about to use a weapon when Jade Chung ran out and grabbed the forign object from Jimmy Rave..
Jimmy Rave was distracted and pinned as Prince Nana hopelessly chased Jade Chung backstage.........
MATCH: Ricky Reyes w/Julius Smokes defeated Eric Dempsey..
IN THE RING: Paul Bearer (aka Percy Pringle III) + Jim Cornette..
Paul Bearer came out to a huge surprise that noticably caught the ROH fans off guard as they popped big!
Paul Bearer said he was happy to be their and announced that he was now the Commissioner of Ring of Honor..
Suddenly Jim Crockett showed up in the entrance way, once again catching the surprised ROH fans of guard..
Jim Cornette said he wanted to stand in the ring with another great manager, but his name wasn't "Paul"..
Jim Cornette said deep down inside of Paul Bearer there is a respected manager named Percy Pringle III!
Jim Cornette cut an awesome promo putting over ROH saying it puts on shows with stuff the fans want to see..
Jim Cornette made a series of controversial insider shots at the backstage actions going on in the WWE..
Jim Cornette said Ring of Honor was about the oldschool style and Percy Pringle III stands for old-school..
Jim Cornette then announced that HE was the NEW Authority Figure and promises to uphold ROH traditions..
Jim Cornette then brought out the Rottweilers and said banned everyone from ringside for the main event..
MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated James Gibson w/BJ Whitmer..
TAG MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Izzy & Deranged..
After the match, Lacey fired Izzy & Deranged and hired BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs as the NEW "Lacey's Angels"..
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Jack Evans..
MATCH: Christopher Daniels defeated Jimmy Yang..
MAIN EVENT: Kenta Kobashi & Homicide defeated Low Ki & Samoa Joe..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Enter The Dragon
October 14, 2005 - Cleveland, Ohio
NON (PURE) TITLE MATCH: Claudio Castagnoli defeated Nigel McGuinness (Champion)..
MATCH: Ricky Reyes defeated Matt Stryker..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Tony Mamaluke & Salvatore Rinauro defeated Lacey's Angels (BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs) to retain..
MATCH: Roderick Strong defeated Jimmy Yang..
TAG MATCH: Steve Corino & Colt Cabana defeated The Rottweilers (Homicide & Low Ki)..
Steve Corino had "I Love Beer" written on his stomach, moching C.M. Punk's "Straight Edge" tatoo..
They did a "5-bell salute" to C.M. Punk because WWE claimed they own the rights to the "10-bell Salute"..
Corino was wearing Punk's shorts and took them off after the match and laid them in the ring as a tribute..
TAG MATCH: Davey Andrews & Shane Hagadorn vs Gary Dempsey & Pelle Primeau ended in a No Contest..
Prince Nana showed up with Abyss, who destroyed all four participants of the tag team match..
Davey Andrews speared Prince Nana, leading to Abyss nailing him with the Black Hole Slam to punish him!
MATCH: Abyss w/Prince Nana defeated Jack Evans w/Jade Chung..
After the match, Prince Nana ordered Abyss to "kill" Jade Chung but Roderick Strong made the save..
Roderick Strong gave Prince Nana one of his patened Back-breakers, taking him out for the rest of the night..
TAG MATCH: Jay Lethal & Samoa Joe defeated The Embassy (Alex Shelley & Jimmy Rave)..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Austin Aries by Submission to retain..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Buffalo Stampede
October 15, 2005 - Amherst, New York
MATCH: B.J. Whitmer w/Lacey defeated Davey Andrews..
MATCH: Claudio Castignoli defeated Sterling James Keenan..
MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated Jimmy Jacobs..
PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuiness defeated Samoa Joe to retain..
Nigel McGuinness pissed Samoa Joe off before the match and Samoa Joe wasted his 3 rope breaks within the 1st minute!
Samoa Joe fought back over the next 10 minutes and forced Nigel McGuinness to use his 3 rope breaks as well......
Samoa Joe missed the Ole Ole kick and got his let stuck in the guard rail and almost got himself counted out..
Samoa Joe applied the choke sleeper but Nigel rolled back and pressed against the ropes with his feet for the pin!
Editor's Notes: Pure title rules state after a wrestler uses three rope breaks the ropes are legally in play..
NO DQ 6-MAN WAR: The Embassy defeated Generation Next..
The Embassy = (Jimmy Rave & Alex Shelley & Abyss w/Prince Nana)..
Generation Next = (Austin Aries & Roderick Strong & Jack Evans w/Jade Chung)..
Generation Next laid out Abyss on a Table and Jack Evans did a 460 senton off the batting cage through the Table!
Alex Shelley hit the Shell-shock on Roderick Strong through a Table at ringside, taking them out of the match..
Prince Nana began interfering, helping Jimmy Rave against Austin Aries, until Jade Chung gave him a low blow!
Austin Aries missed a 450 splash and landed on the ladder, and Rave & Nana pinned Aries with the Ladder 1-2-3..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Salvatore Rinauro & Tony Mamaluke defeated The Rottweilers (Homicide & Ricky Reyes) to retain..
MATCH: Low Ki defeated Colt Cabana..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragan defeated Steve Corino to retain..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - This Means War
October 29, 2005 - Woodbridge, Connecticut
SHOWCASE MATCH: Kelly Primo defeated Bobby Dempsey..
SHOWCASE MATCH: Shane Hagadorn defeated Smash Bradley..
MATCH: Alex Shelley w/Prince Nana vs Claudio Castagnoli ended in a 20-Minute Draw..
Nigel McGuinness confronted Claudio Castagnoli before the match saying his victory on 10/14 was a fluke..
Nigel McGuinness said he would give Claudio Castagnoli a Pure title shot "only if he doesn't lose"..
Since he did not "lose", then Claudio Castagnoli will get a Pure title shot against Nigel McGuinness..
A very cute-looking Jade Chung snuck in after the match and slapped Prince Nana and ran backstage..
Nigel McGuinness attacked Claudio Castagnoli with the Iron and cut his forehead open!
TAG MATCH: Azrieal & Davey Andrews defeated Jason Blade & Kid Mikaze..
MATCH: Ricky Reyes w/Julius Smokes defeated Mitch Franklin in 22 seconds..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: BJ Whitmer w/Lacey defeated Nigel McGuinness and Nosawa and Kikutaro (Ebessan)..
MATCH: A.J. Styles defeated Austin Aries with a Styles Clash from the second rope ..
After the match, Prince Nana & Alex Shelley ran down and attacked Alex Shelley..
Jade Chung showed up and gave Prince Nana the sexiest tilt-a-whirl DDT I've ever seen..
Austin Aries disposed of Alex Shelley and gave Prince Nana a brain buster!
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated B-Boy w/Julius Smokes..
After the match, Homicide showed up and attacked Colt Cabana and they had an intense brawl.
The fight included some wild chairshots, some stuff punches and travelled through the crowd..
Colt Cabana was quadruple-teamed by Homicide & Julius Smokes & Grim Reefer & Ricky Reyes..
Coly Cabana fought back with chairshots but Homicide gave him an Ace-Crusher through a Table!
MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated Curry Man (aka Christopher Daniels) w/Allison Danger..
The ROH predicably booed when Chris Daniels no-showed but popped big for Curry Man's entrance and dancing..
The crowd turned this into a total comedy match as they wanted Jay Lethal to dance, but Lethal refused..
Finally Jay Lethal gave into the fans and started dancing with Curry Man to finally satisfy the fans..
Curry Man then wanted referee Mike Kehner to dance, and he did a dorky version of the "raise the roof" dance..
Just when they were about to get back to business, the crowd decided they wanted to see Allison Danger dance..
Allison Danger (who was wearing a leather nun costume) reluctantly climbed in the ring and did a little dance..
The crowd wanted random people at ringside to dance, so Curry Man got on the mic and said he wanted to wrestle..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Roderick Strong to retain..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Showdown in Motown
November 4, 2005 - Detroit, Michigan
IN THE RING: Jim Cornette + Adam Pearce..
Jim Cornette welcomed fans to ROH and recognized an older fan in the crowd who was dressed like Hulk Hogan..
Jim Cornette talked about the history of wrestling in the city of Detroit including mentioning The Sheik!
Jim Cornette remembered a match between The Sheik and Dick the Bruiser and the Sheik brought out a live snake..
Jim Cornette then jumped forward to 1988 when he had a chance to meet The Sheik and he shouted "Oh Shit!"..
Jim Cornette praised the wrestling fans in Detroit and promised that tonight was the start of a new tradition..
Adam Pearce came out and demanded high profile matches, main events and championship matches in Ring if Honor..
Jim Cornette said ROH was founded on the premise that championships will be fought for by people who earn it..
Jim Cornette said that the fans get what they paid for in ROH -- the only promotion in the world to do that!
Jim Cornette said if Adam Pearce wants title shots then they will have to win some matches and earn their shots..
Adam Pearce said he will do exactly what Jim Cornette said and earn his shots in Ring of Honor..
OPENING MATCH: B.J. Whitmer w/Lacey defeated Delirious with the wrist clutch exploder..
TOP OF CLASS TROPHY MATCH: Davey Andrews defeated Shane Hagadorn and Derrick Dempsey to win the trophy!
PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuinness defeated Claudio Castagnoli to retain..
Nigel McGuinness "pulled an Eddie" when he tossed Castagnoli the iron and played dead for the DQ..
TAG MATCH: Generation Next (Roderick Strong & Jack Evans) defeated Sal Rinauro & Chad Collyer..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Christopher Daniels defeated Samoa Joe and Adam Pearce and Jimmy Jacobs..
Colt Cabana and Homicide were originally scheduled but they started fighting at ringside before the match..
Jim Cornette came out and took Cabana and Homicide out of the match and replaced them with Pearce & Jacobs..
WOMANS MATCH: Daizee Haze defeated Allison Danger with a Diazee-cutter..
GRUDGE MATCH: Austin Aries w/Jade Chung defeated Alex Shelley w/Prince Nana..
The Embassy (Alex Shelley, Jimmy Rave & Abyss) attacked Aries until AJ Styles & Matt Sydal made the save!
TAG MATCH: AJ Styles & Matt Sydal defeated The Embassy (Jimmy Rave & Abyss w/Prince Nana)..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Chris Sabin to retain..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Vendetta
November 5, 2005 - Chicago, Illinois
DARK MATCH: Bobby & Derek Dempsey defeated Darren Wade & Brad Bradley..
DARK SHIMMER MATCH: Lacey defeated Sara Delrey..
TAG MATCH: Ace Steel & Delirious defeated Chad Collyer & Nigel McGuiness..
Chad Collyer brought a chair in the right, but Ace Steel intercepted while the referee was distracted by Delirious..
Ace Steel pulled the chair back and knocked out Nigel McGuinness with it as Chad Collyer retreated to the backstage..
Ace Steel covered Nigel McGuinness for the 1-2-3 victory and got a big hug from the Lizard-man Delirious....
MATCH: Jimmy Jacobs w/Lacey defeated Salvatore Rinauro with the Contracode..
IN THE RING: Jim Cornette & "Cowboy" Bill Watts + Adam Pearce..
Jim Cornette came out and cut a promo about Ring of Honor rejuvinating his love for professional wrestling..
Jim Cornette ran down a number of accomplishments for his guest tonight and then introduced "Cowboy" Bill Watts..
Bill Watts came out and started to give a speech but he was interrupted by the appearance of Adam Pearce..
Adam Pearce demanded a match tonight and Cornette deffered to Bill Watts, who granted Pearce a match..
Jim Cornette praised Ring of Honor and compared it to Bill Watts' Mid-South territory and then left..
MATCH: B.J. Whitmer w/Lacey defeated Claudio Castagnoli..
MATCH: Samoa Joe defeated Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger..
IN THE RING: Colt Cabana + Homicide & Julius Smokes..
Colt Cabana came out to sign autographs at intermission and was attacked by Homicide & Julius Smokes..
They brawled inside the ring and threw chairs at eachother until Homicide duct taped Cabana to the ropes..
Homicide pulled out a fork and raked away at Colt Cabana's forehead, cutting his forehead omyp a bloody gash..
Homicide then got a paid of scissors and threatened to cut out Colt Cabana's tongue until Ace Steel made the save!
MATCH: Adam Pearce deafeated Davey Andrews (sub for Colt Cabana)..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Roderick Strong in almost a full hour!
American Dragon played the heel, stemming from his last appearance in Chicago when he walked out on ROH..
The referee stopped the match after a flury of vicious elbow strikes to Strong's head by American Dragon..
American Dragon proclaimed himself the "Best Wrestler in the World" and shook Strong's unconscious hand..
8-MAN WAR: The Embassy defeated Generation Next..
The Embassy = Jimmy Rave & Alex Shelley & Abyss & Prince Nana..
Generation Next = Austin Aries & Jack Evans & Matt Sydel & AJ Styles w/Daizee Haze & Jade Chung..
Pre-match activities included the Embassy receiving the biggest toilet paper shower in the history of ROH..
Daizee Haze turned on her team by hitting Austin Aries and costing them the match..
Jimmy Rave, who is restricted from using the "Styles Clash" is now using the Pedigree as a finisher..
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - A Night of Tribute
November 19, 2005 - Long Island, New York
DARK MATCH: Lacey defeated Allison Danger..
DARK MATCH: Shane Hagadorn & ??????? defeated The Dempsey Brothers..
OPENING: Show began with a 10-bell salut to Eddie Guerrero with the ROH roster present..
TAG MATCH: The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) defeated Kid Mikaze & Jason Blade..
MATCH: Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana defeated Davey Andrews with the Greetings from Ghana (Pedigree)..
#1 CONTENDERS 3-WAY: Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger defeated Matt Sydal and AJ Styles..
DARK MATCH: Ricky Reyes defeated Eric Matlock (California)..
WARM-UP MATCH: American Dragon (ROH World Champion) defeated Azriel..
NO DQ MATCH: Homicide (w/Julius Smokes & Grim Reefer) defeated Colt Cabana by Chokeout with a coathanger!
Colt Cabana pulled a fork out of his book in the opening moments, but eventually he was the one sliced open with it!
The bloodied Colt Cabana executed a picture perfect Super-plex off the top rope onto a steel chair inside the ring..
Colt Cabana set up a Table on the floor but Homicide ended up giving Cabana a Super-Ace-crusher through the Table!
Homicide wrapped a coat hanger around Colt Cabana's neck and choked him until Cabana passed out in the ring..
Homicide continued to choke out Colt Cabana as Julius Smokes & Grim Reefer fought off referees and officials..
Finally, Colt Cabana's lifeless body was dragged from the ring by ROH students and he was carried backstage..
After the match, Homicide placed his Eddie Guerrero shirt on a chair as a tribute to Latino Heat (Not on DVD)..
MATCH: Milano Collection AT defeated Claudio Castagnoli..
#1 CONTENDERS MATCH: Austin Aries & Roderick Strong defeated Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal..
After the match, Jimmy Rave attacked Aries & Strong and hit Roderick Strong with a Pedigree on the entrance ramp!
Austin Aries helped Roderick Strong backstage where they found Jack Evans hanging up-side-down from a ladder..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger to retain the ROH World title!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Steel Cage Warfare
December 3, 2005 - New York City, New York
TAG MATCH: Kid Mizake & Jason Blade defeated The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos)..
ROH TOP OF CLASS MATCH: Davey Andrews defeated Pelle Primeau..
After the match, Ricky Reyes came out and destroyed ALL the ROH school graduates..
Ricky Reyes then knocked out Davey Andrews with the base of the Top of Class trophy...
TAG TITLE MATCH: Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro defeated Colt Cabana & Milano Collection AT to retain..
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Rocky Romero (w/Julius Smokes & Ricky Reyes) to retain..
Post match celebration included the surprise appearance of Canada's own Lance Storm..
Lance Storm gave a speech about his retirement and wrestling Chris Jericho at ECW One Night Stand..'
Lance Storm shook American Dragon's hand as the fans gave him a standing ovation and chanted "One More Match!"
MENTOR VS PROTEGE MATCH: Jay Lethal defeated Samoa Joe..
Jay Lethal turned heel during this match and viciously attacked his mentor's knee with a steel chair..
Samoa Joe was still laid out after the match when Lethal shook his hand and then stomped away at his knee!
MATCH: Steve Corino defeated Homicide in a sick brutal bloody insane fight..
Jim Cornette had banned all of Homicide's thugs as well as Colt Cabana (Homicide's nemesis) from ringside..
A mystery masked man (Colt Cabana) showed up and took out Julius Smokes with a strike to the knee with a lead pipe..
Homicide & Corino used a barbed-wire chair, a pair of handcuffs with a chain, and most brutal of all - a bloody fork!
Homicide repeatedly stabbed Steve Corino on the ear that he injured in their Ring of Honor match back in 2003..
Homicide destroyed Steve Corino with an Ace Crusher through the table on the floor but Homicide hurt his own arm..
Steve Corino set up four chairs in the ring and set up a ROH sign made of sheet metel about 1.5 feet off the ground..
Homicide recovered and launched Steve Corino off the top rope through the plateform (didn't look like it hurt at all)
Homicide accidentally took out the referee with a steel chair, and a second referee ran down to take over the duties..
The mystery man appeared once again and low-blowed the second referee and knocked out Homicide and put Corino on top..
The original referee Mike Kehner woke up and counted the 1-2-3 to give Steve Corino the victory........................
STEEL CAGE WARFARE (ELIMINATION RULES): Generation Next w/Jade Chung defeated The Embassy..
The Embassy: Jimmy Rave (1), Alex Shelley (3), Abyss (5), Prince Nana (7)..
Generation Next: Austin Aries (2), Matt Sydal (4), Roderick Strong (6), Jack Evans (8)..
Matt Sydal was the first person eliminated -- after being Pedigreed by Jimmy Rave..
When Prince Nana entered, that gave the Embassy a 4-on-2 advantage and they dismantled Aries & Strong..
Jade Chung showed up to torment Prince Nana and distracted the Embassy so Gen-Next could recouperate..
Jack Evans came out an immediately climbed the Cage and did a double moonsault onto The Embassy on the floor!
Jack Evans (top of Cage) springboarded off of Jimmy Rave stomach and moonsaulted onto Abyss to eliminate him!
Jack Evans was eliminated after Alex Shelley nailed an Air Raid Crash off the second rope............................
Jimmy Rave was eliminated after a series of stuff backbreakers from Rodrick Strong (to get revenge for Jade Chung)..
Ales Shelley was eliminated after Austin Aries after sick brain buster into a folding chair!.......................
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong were the final participants and destroyed Prince Nana settle the feud once and for all!
And that's a wrap..
Ring of Honor - Final Battle 2005
December 17, 2005 - Edison, New Jersey
MATCH: Jimmy Rave w/Prince Nana defeated Milano Collection AT..
MATCH: Colt Cabana defeated Azrieal..
After the match, Homicide came out and said he was injured legit on 12/3 and wasn't there to fight Cabana..
Homicide said he was there to kill Steve Corino, but if Cabana got in the way, he would get hurt too!
PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuinness defeated Claudio Castagnoli to retain..
A second referee was assigned to the outside to make sure Nigel McGuinness did not cheat to win..
The outside referee was knocked out and Nigel McGuinness tried to use the iron as a weapon..
Claudio Castagnoli reversed it and whacked Nigel McGuiness with the iron and pinned him to win the title!
The outside referee had recovered and saw this, and reversed the decision, and Disqualified Castagnoli!
Nigel McGuinness retained the Ring of Honor Pure Wrestling title!
MATCH: Alex Shelley w/Prince Nana defeated Steve Corino..
After the match, Homicide attacked Steve Corino (as promised)..
Colt Cabana hit the ring to make the save, but Homicide & Julius Smokes kicked his ass!
Homicide proceeded to pour a bottle of drano down Colt Cabana's throat (That's hardcore!)
Colt Cabana immediately began to throw up all over the place and gag as officials helped him..
IN THE RING: Gary Michael Cappetta & Jay Lethal (Lethal explained that he saw Samoa Joe's paycheck)..
4-CORNER SURVIVAL: Jay Lethal defeated Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger and BJ Whitmer w/Lacey..
Samoa Joe hit the Muscle-buster on Christopher Daniels, but BJ Whitmer whacked Joe with a chair trying to steal the pin..
Jay Lethal knocked BJ Whitmer out of the ring with a drop kick and hit the flying headbutt on Daniels and stole the pin!
DVD EXLUSIVE: Steve Corino said Ring of Honor was an unsafe work environment and was going home to his family..
MATCH: Ricky Reyes defeated Davey Andrews..
After the match, Ricky Reyes destroyed the Student-trophy that Davey Andrews was in posession of..
ROH Trainer Austin Aries ran down to make the save -- Aries cut a promo saying Reyes was a drunk..
TAG TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries & Roderick Strong defeated Sal Rinauro & Tony Mamaluke to win the titles!
ROH TITLE MATCH: American Dragon defeated Naomichi Marufuji to retain!
MAIN EVENT: KENTA defeated Low Ki to retain the GHC Junior title..
This match lasted roughly 25 minutes and was a sure-fire match of the year Candidate!
They shook hands after the match while they got a standing ovation from the appreciative ROH fans..
And that's a wrap..