ROH Aftershock Tour

[Forrest OAKADA]

Ring of Honor Wrestling Presents
The Aftershock Tour
Saturday, July 11th, 2015

Hopkins Eisenhower Community Center
1001 Minnesota 7
Hopkins, MN 55305
Doors open 5:30pm / 7:00 PM belltime

Matches signed
*Main Event*
Triple Threat Match
"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles vs Roderick Strong vs Kyle O'Reilly

Mix Tag Team Match
ROH World & TV Champion Jay Lethal & Truth Martini vs Jay Briscoe & the ODB

Adam Cole vs Bobby Fish

"Unbreakable" Michael Elgin vs the Kingdom's Matt Taven

Signed to appear
- IWGP Heayweight Tag Team Champion The Kingdom's Michael Bennett w/ Maria Kanellis
- Mark Briscoe
- ACH
- Dalton Castle
- ODB
- Silas Young
- War Machine (Ray Rowe & Hanson)
- Moose
- Will Ferrara
- Cheeseburger

Friday, July 7th Card:

SAM'S TOWN HOTEL & GAMBLING HALL
5111 BOULDER HIGHWAY
LAS VEGAS, NV 89122
FRIDAY, JULY 17
DOORS OPEN 6:00PM / 7:30PM Pacific BELL TIME

VEGAS WILD CARD MAIN EVENT
Jay Lethal, ??? and Moose vs. Jay Briscoe, Dalton Castle and Kyle O'Reilly

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NANAE TAKAHASHI VS. ODB

Joshi legend NANAE TAKAHASHI is coming to the United States! This is an incredibly special appearance by a woman who has cemented her legacy through nearly 20 years of competition. Early on, she excelled in tag team competition, but soon established herself as a singles force as well. Nanae Takahashi first made her mark in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. Eventually, Takahashi ventured into her own wrestling company, Pro Wrestling Sun. She is a two-time WWWA World Heavyweight Champion and also held the WWWA Tag Team Championship an incredible 5 times with 4 different partners.

Throughout her career, Nanae Takahashi has also been active on other joshi organizations, including JWP, NEO, and Ice Ribbon. In 2011, Takahashi was integral in the founding of a brand new promotion, World Wonder Ring Stardom. For nearly five years, she competed in STARDOM, sharing her knowledge and guidance with a new generation of exciting young athletes. Now Nanae Takahashi is about to embark on her latest endeavor when she starts her own, brand new professional wrestling company to be called "SEEdLINNNG."

Her opponent on July 17th is an international star in her own right: the incomparable ODB! ROH fans have grown to love her lewd, crude, unique attitude and style. Recently, ODB has found herself preoccupied with the House of Truth. But there is no doubt ODB will be squarely focused on Nanae Takahashi when they battle LIVE in Las Vegas!

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IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, YOUNG BUCKS (Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson) vs. ROPPONGI VICE (Rocky Romero & Berretta)

ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP #1 CONTENDER TOURNAMENT
WINNERS FACE OFF IN 3-WAY ELIMINATION TO DETERMINE #1 CONTENDER FOR THE WORLD TV CHAMPIONSHIP

Although he is now the ROH World Champion, Jay Lethal is still holding on to the World Television Championship as well. In order to determine the next top contender for this title, Nigel McGuinness has decided to give six ROH stars a huge opportunity in Vegas! These six men will face off in a tournament to determine the next challenger for the ROH World Television Championship. The winner of each opening round match will advance to the Three Way Elimination final! The entire tournament takes place in ONE NIGHT so by the end of July 17th we will know the name of our new Number One Contender for the a Television Championship!

The opening round matches for the ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP #1 CONTENDER TOURNAMENT:

- Christopher Daniels vs. Mark Briscoe
- Matt Taven vs. Bobby Fish
- Frankie Kazarian vs. ACH

PLUS...
Maria Kanellis will have a special announcement!

ALSO IN ACTION...
- The Kingdom’s Adam Cole
- The Kingdom’s Michael Bennett
- Silas Young
- WAR MACHINE (HANSON & ROWE)
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The Ring of Honor AFTERSHOCK TOUR is making a stop at the legendary 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA! On August 21th, all your favorite ROH athletes will be there LIVE...and they are joined by stars from NJPW! Every professional wrestling fan appreciates the history tradition that thrives in Philadelphia and inside the walls of the 2300 Arena. The summer of 2015 is huge for the greatest professional wrestling on the planet. You need to be there LIVE on August 21st to see what happens next. For tickets to the Philadelphia stop of the AFTERSHOCK tour, click HERE!

Keep checking ROHWRESTLING.com for the latest updates on matches signed for this huge event. Here's the lineup of Ring of Honor stars scheduled to appear LIVE in Philadelphia:

ROH World & World TV Champion Jay Lethal W/ Truth Martini
ROH World Tag Team Champions The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian)
“King of Strong Style” Shinsuke Nakamura
“Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada
Kushida
reDRagon (Kyle O'reilly & Bobby Fish)
Adam Cole
Mark & Jay Briscoe
War Machine (Ray Rowe & Hanson)
Michael Elgin
ACH
Roderick Strong
The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Michael Bennett) W/ Maria Kanellis
Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Beretta)
Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
Matt Sydal
Moose W/ Stokely Hathaway
Donovan Dijak W/ Truth Martini
Cedric Alexander W/ Veda Scott
Adam Page
Dalton Castle W/ The Boys
Silas Young
Caprice Coleman

RING OF HONOR WRESTLING PRESENTS
THE AFTERSHOCK TOUR '15
2300 ARENA - PHILADELPHIA, PA
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2015
7:30PM BELL TIME

THE AFTERSHOCK TOUR
SATURDAY, JULY 25TH, 2015

WILLIAM J MYERS PAVILION
43OO WEST BAY AVENUE
BALTIMORE, MD 21225

DOORS OPEN 5PM / BELL TIME 6PM

 

[Prince Bálor]

The ME sounds like a lotta fun, as well as the tourney to determine the #1 contender for ROH TV title.

 

[Forrest OAKADA]

Welp, Strong is out of the Las Vegas main event due to a clash with a commitment to a UK Date. So, Replacement will be announced soon by ROH.

 

[Leo C]

A Double would certainly be a mark out moment for the crowd.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Replace Roddy with Aries, please.

 

[Stopspot]

Replace Roddy with Aries, please.

What purpose would that serve? Would be much better if they did something of worth with Aries rather than just have him replace Strong. Aries doesn't gain anything from this match other than being the sub for the number 1 contender. Which won't give him anything.

 

[Prince Bálor]

SHOW RESULTS - 7/11 ROH in Hopkins, Minn.:

Spoiler

Attendance: roughly 700-800.

Dark Match: The Romantic Outlaws beat Paco & Danny Aaron.

The show opened with a CW rep who was booed out of the ring and drowned out by "We Want Wrestling" chants.

(1) Mark Briscoe beat "Hotshot" Danny Duggan. Duggan, from the CWE promotion in Canada, wore Curt Hennig-like apparel. So, as you guessed, there were related chants.

(2) War Machine (Hanson & Rowe) beat Silas Young & Beer City Bruiser. BCB does The Crusher gimmick with the beer keg and cigar. Surprisingly a lot of movement between all these big men and it turned out to be a good match.

(3) A.C.H. beat Dalton Castle. The crowd was very much into Dalton's character and the high spots from A.C.H.

(4) Michael Elgin beat Matt Taven. A lot of jeers throughout the match as well as a lot of fans demanding that it end. If you had never seen ROH you would never guess Elgin was a former ROH World champion because of the small response he got. He cut a promo after the match and won over the crowd by reminding them of how much they mean to him and hyping his involvement in the G1 Climax tournament.

[Intermission]

(5) Michael Bennett beat Cheeseburger, Will Ferrara, and Moose in a four-way match. All wrestlers received good responses from the audience, especially Moose. Bennett has come a long way since the first time I saw him in person. He's gained a ton of charisma while he's in the ring.

(6) Adam Cole beat Bobby Fish. Really good match between these two. The fans cheered for both men equally throughout the match.

(7) Jay Briscoe & ODB beat ROH World & TV champion Jay Lethal & Truth Martini in a mixed tag match. Definitely the most exciting match of the night. The crowd loves ODB. She's extremely over in her hometown.

(8) Roderick Strong beat A.J. Styles and Kyle O'Reilly in a three-way match. This is why I hate triple threat matches. The crowd really wanted to see A.J. all night, but hardly got to see much of him in this match. A lot of the action was dedicated to O'Reilly and Strong, which still made for a great match, but when the biggest selling point of the show was to see A.J. wrestle and he barely got in much action, the crowd wasn't pleased by that.

- Biggest Pops: (1) ODB & Jay Briscoe. (2) A.J. Styles. (3) Kyle O'Reilly.

- Biggest Heat: (1) Jay Lethal. (2) Silas Young. (3) Michael Bennett.

 

[Stopspot]

Signed for August 21 in Philly:

 

[Prince Bálor]

Cole vs Nakamura

 

[Prince Bálor]

ROH Aftershock Tour Results From Las Vegas (7/17):

* Will Ferrara defeated Romantic Touch

* Bobby Fish defeated Matt Taven in a TV Title #1 Contender Tourney

* Nanae Takahashi defeated ODB

* Christopher Daniels defeated Mark Briscoe in a TV Title #1 Contender Tourney

* ACH defeated Kazarian in a TV Title #1 Contender Tourney

* Roppongi Vice defeated The Young Bucks

* Silas Young defeats Willie Mack

* War Machine defeats Kingdom

* Bobby Fish defeated Christopher Daniels and ACH to become number one contender to the TV title.

* Jay Briscoe, Kyle O'Reilly & Dalton Castle defeated Moose, Jay Lethal and Austin Ariesin a Wild Card match. This was Aries' first match back in ROH

Nice! Looking forward to this.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Just watched the Las Vegas show... It was decent. Nothing bad, but nothing mind-blowing either.

- Enjoyed seeing A Double back and opening this show.

- Bobby Fish vs Taven was a good show opener. ***

- Takahashi vs ODB was decent. **

- Daniels vs Mark Briscoe was solid, leaning towards good. **½

- ACH vs Kazarian was another solid match. **½

- RPG Vice vs The Young Bucks was really good and fun, as always. ***½

- The Last Real Man vs Willie Mack was decent for the time given. **

- War Machine vs The Kingdom was decent. **

- Bobby Fish vs Daniels vs ACH was solid. **½

- Jay Briscoe, Sleazy Kyle & Dalton Castle vs Moose, Jay Lethal & Austin Aries was a good ME, I liked it! ***¼