ROH - Honor Takes Center Stage

[Troy]

HONOR TAKES CENTER STAGE NIGHT 1 - April 1, 2011​

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ROH World Title Match
ROH World Champion Eddie Edwards defends vs. World TV Champion Christopher Daniels

World Tag Team Title Match
The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) with Shane Hagadorn defend vs. Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas)

“Final Battle 2010″ Rematch
Roderick Strong with Truth Martini vs. Davey Richards

Tag Team Challenge Match
Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly

Grudge Match
El Generico vs. Michael Elgin
*The House of Truth Is Banned From Ringside

Also scheduled to appear:
- Homicide
- The All Night Express
- Colt Cabana
- Hiroyo Matsumoto, Ayumi Kurihara, Tomoka Nakagawa from S-Ovation in Japan will debut
- The Embassy with Prince Nana

HONOR TAKES CENTER STAGE NIGHT 2 - April 2, 2011​

Dream Tag Team Match
The American Wolves (ROH World Champion Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) vs. Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas)

Tag Team Challenge Match
World Tag Team Champions The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) with Shane Hagadorn vs. Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly

“SoCal Showdown II” Rematch
Roderick Strong with Truth Martini vs. El Generico

Grudge Tag Team Match
Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. The All Night Express

Scheduled to appear:
- World TV Champion Christopher Daniels
- Homicide
- Hiroyo Matsumoto, Ayumi Kurihara, Tomoka Nakagawa from S-Ovation in Japan will debut
- Colt Cabana
- Michael Elgin with Truth Martini
- The Embassy with Prince Nana​

These shows are during the WrestleMania weekend and will be shown live online on PPV.​

What do you think of the card so far and what matches would you like to see?​

 

[Keith]

Bareing mind the show is right around the corner I would have liked to have seen more matches signed by now, but I am really excited about the cards. The fact that Daniels has come back to TNA, and appears to be seeing out the reminding of his ROH contract says to me he won't be getting the World Title here, which is a shame as it is something I thought might happen at some stage.

It is good to see a different chellenger for the tag belts, and it should be a cracking match, but again with it being Haas and Benjamin's first crack at the gold again I see the Kings retaining.

 

[Troy]

They still have two more events to go before these shows and so more matches will be announced once those shows are completed.

Does Daniels still have a contract where he can work for both companies or is he going back to TNA full time? If so I see him dropping his TV title and definitely not winning another title.

The tag team match will be fantastic and I agree with you that WGTT won't win the titles here since it is their first title shot and also because of the rumours around Benjamin and WWE I am not sure how much longer he will be in ROH.

 

[Deezy]

Seeing as Hernandez seems to be teaming up with Homicide at one of their shows, I guess they have a working relationship with TNA, but seeing as TNA is nothing more than an Indy fed, the talent can't make a decent living solely working TNA.

 

[Keith]

For all their flaws I don't think its fair to call TNA an indie promotion, sure they still throw money down the drain and struggle to break even, but they have enough name regonetion at this stage to be considered the second company.

Yeah I reall hope Benjamin and Haas stick around awhile as they could do good things for ROH.

 

[Deezy]

PPV buyrates say otherwise Keith.

Ratings that never get higher than 1's also say they are not well known.

Also, the fact that casual wrestling fans don't have a clue about TNA says otherwise. They are an indy fed, I don't even get why people keep trying to say they are the number two company. There isn't a number two company anymore, nor will there be for a long time. At this rate, TNA will be another defunct wrestling company in a year.

 

[Troy]

With Eddie Edwards winning the ROH World Title at Manhattan Mayhem he now defends his title against Christopher Daniels on the first night of this iPPV.

On the second night Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team vs. The American Wolves has been announced. Another awesome tag team match-up, WGTT get to face the ROH World Champion and TV Champion, a team that are one time ROH tag team champions.

Would like to see some more matches announced soon just so the anticipation can start building.

 

[EffectsofRaven]

PPV buyrates say otherwise Keith.

Ratings that never get higher than 1's also say they are not well known.

Also, the fact that casual wrestling fans don't have a clue about TNA says otherwise. They are an indy fed, I don't even get why people keep trying to say they are the number two company. There isn't a number two company anymore, nor will there be for a long time. At this rate, TNA will be another defunct wrestling company in a year.

It was considered number two because it had PPVs and a National TV Deal; Such as RoH was considered Number Three for the exact same reasons, however RoH is clearly better of the two "indy" feds due to the amount of wrestling and also the decent feuds and storylines the company does as well XD!!

 

[Seak]

Seeing as both events are going to cost $20 total, the few matches already announced make these cards more than worth the price. Each show will probably end up being close to three hours, so we'll get about 6 hours of wrestling for $20, which is unheard of these days.
Edwards winning the title adds a lot to his match with Daniels. Eddie hasn't been able to beat The Fallen Angel since he made his ROH PPV, so I think they're going to give Eddie the big win here to really put him over.
The American Wolves vs WGTT should be a complete show stealer. Haas and Benjamin have both been rejuvenated during their current ROH run, and American Wolves are two of the best in the business today, so this will be a masterpiece imo.

 

[Troy]

It is definitely value for money, $20 for six hours of actual wrestling is a great deal.

ROH have announced more matches and I have updated the first post with the updated card. What do you think about the added matches and what other matches do you think will be added?

 

[Keith]

1. I think it is too soon for Edwards to have the World Title, the change for TV Champion to world has happened too quickly, someone like Richards is much more suited for that role right now.

2. Really looking forward to the Strong VS. Richards match, for me theirs was actually the best match at Final Battle, and it will be intertesting to see if they can top it or even match it here.

3. The Wolves VS. WGTT is a tough one to call, but I will go with Benjamin and Haas, as they are very much in the thick of the tag title race right now, where as I think the Wolves getting back together is just a one night deal.

 

[Troy]

Night 1 Results
Michael Elgin defeated El Generico
Homicide defeated Colt Cabana, Caleb Konley, and Tommaso Ciampa
Ayumi Kurihara and Hiroyo Matsumoto defeated Sara Del Rey and Serena Deeb
The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) defeated Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly
Davey Richards defeated Roderick Strong
Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) defeated Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) (c) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship
Eddie Edwards (c) defeated Christopher Daniels Singles match for the ROH World Championship

Night 2 Results
Kings of Wrestling defeated Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly
Colt Cabana defeated Dave Taylor
Tommaso Ciampa defeated Homicide
Christopher Daniels defeated Michael Elgin
Daizee Haze and Tomoko Nakagawa (c) defeated Ayumi Kurihara and Hiroyo Matsumoto for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship
The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) defeated The All Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus)
El Generico defeated Roderick Strong
Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) defeated The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards)

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Sorry for taking so long to post these results, I kept forgetting to do it when I was online.

The big news coming out of the shows for me is WGTT winning the ROH tag team championship. Very promising signs since it should mean that they will stick around in ROH for the near future. There are so many good teams that could challenge them for the title I can't wait to see who they are booked against. I have read that Edwards vs Daniels on the first night was an excellent match.

I also read that it did around 1,725 PPV buys which is close to the record for ROH.

Did anyone see the show(s)?​

 

[Keith]

I need to catch up with Night 2 [or day 2:smokin:] as I was out then, but did see the first event and thought it was a very strong card, played in front of a very lively crowd.

Have to say the Richards and Strong return bout was even better than their match at Final Battle for me. It was a different kind of match, with more mat based moves, and good counter wrestling, slowly building to some big highspots, and wicked nearfalls. The match had everything and has to be an early contender for match of the year.

Benjamin and Haas winning the titles was a nice suprise, I didn't see it coming, but I think I can see why ROH did it.

I did just see from the Day Two results that Daniels beat Elgin after a low blow, that is strange in ROH, now surely this has nothing to do with making him look bad because of him returning to TNA:frog: