Ring of Honor comes back to New Jersey for the first time in several years THIS Saturday night when we make our debut at The Recreation Center in Rahway! Two titles are on the line as well as a huge first time tag team match, a No Time Limit rematch, and a whole lot more! It's all a part of this our big return to NJ so let's take a look at the line-up and the events that brought us to “Killer Instinct”...
ROH World Championship Match
Kevin Steen defends vs. Jay Lethal
Many weeks ago ROH Executive Producer Jim Cornette put out a call to the entire Ring of Honor locker room to step up and show some killer instinct, for someone who hadn't yet made the attempt to prove they had what it took to be the guy to challenge Kevin Steen for the ROH World Title in Rahway. Being that Rahway is somewhat of a home for him, Lethal offered himself up only to be told he didn't have if in him. Well that night on “Ring of Honor Wrestling” TV Jay stepped up to the challenge and shockingly took out both his opponent for the evening and the referee! Following the assault he looked into the camera and essentially asked JC what he thought about that.
Lethal wasn't done yet though. When ROH hit Charlotte, NC for “Caged Hostility” Jay elected to send another message about his desire for the World Title. First he soundly defeated Adam Page early in the night. Then, after SCUM lost in a Steel Cage Match against Rhett Titus & The Briscoes, Lethal decided to take on all Steen, Corino, & Jacobs all by himself! Cornette immediately decided that Lethal's actions were indicative of the man he wanted to challenge Steen in Rahway and Jay was awarded this title opportunity.
Between those actions and after having dug deep to beat Homicide at “Death Before Dishonor X”, Lethal has more than proven himself capable of claiming the ROH World Title and ending Jim Cornette's nightmare.
To Steen's credit, he has put down 8 different challengers for his World Title since capturing it at “Border Wars” in May. That is more successful defenses in a 5 month time frame than any World Champion since Austin Aries in late 2009, and six of Steen's title defenses have all been against former or current World champions (Strong, Edwards, Richards, Rhino, Kingston, & Homicide)!
Despite the assorted obstacles thrown in his path in that time, despite his awful disposition and actions towards ROH, it is hard to deny Steen's success as the World Champion.
Can Lethal use his home field advantage to be the man to bring that success to a screeching halt?
