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One of the founding fathers of Ring of Honor, Bryan Danielson fought to earn his reputation as one of the best wrestlers in the world from day one and helped put ROH on the wrestling map. Crisp technical wrestling, vicious submissions, and fierce strikes are just some of the hallmarks Danielson brings to the table every time he enters the squared circle. It was those attributes that eventually brought him to the ROH World Title and helped establish a reign that will forever stand tall in ROH’s history books.
With battles against AJ Styles, CM Punk, Austin Aries, Jushin Liger & Jay Briscoe, amongst many others, this 2-Disc set is a look at 13 of the best matches from the early years of Bryan Danielson's ROH career. From his “Epic Encounter” with Paul London to the beginning stages of Bryan’s historic ROH World Championship run, these matches are part of what define him as an ROH Legend. This is Bryan Danielson, this is wrestling, this is The American Dragon…
Disc 1
1. vs. Paul London...The Epic Encounter 4/12/03
2. vs. AJ Styles...Main Event Spectacles 11/1/03
3. vs. Jay Briscoe...Final Battle 2003 12/27/03
4. vs. CM Punk...ROH Reborn Stage 1 4/23/04
5. vs. Aries (Final Fall- SOTF 2004)...Survival of the Fittest 2004 6/24/04
6. vs. Austin Aries (2 Out Of 3 Falls)...Testing The Limit 8/7/04
Disc 2
7. vs. Samoa Joe (ROH World Title Match)...Midnight Express Reunion 10/2/04
8. vs. Jushin Liger...Weekend of Thunder Night 1 11/5/04
9. Bryan Danielson & Low Ki vs. Jushin Liger & Samoa Joe...Weekend of Thunder Night 2 11/6/04
10. vs. Homicide (Steel Cage Match)...Final Showdown 5/13/05
11. vs. James Gibson (ROH World Title Match)...Glory By Honor IV 9/17/05
12. vs. Christopher Daniels...A Night of Tribute 11/19/05
13. vs. Naomichi Marufuji...Final Battle 2005 12/17/05
CM Punk has revealed on Twitter that early this morning marked the first day of shooting for his WWE DVD.
The new DVD, which is bound to be produced on Blu-ray format too, is slated for release later this year in September and according to Punk himself he’s the one fully in charge.
One of his tweets today, shown below, might be hinting that he’s managed to get WWE to include Ring of Honor (ROH) footage on the set, whilst referencing other independent wrestling promotions CM Punk was a part of early on in his career.
"Oh hey. Day 1 of filming for this little DVD thing I’m doing. No time like 5:30 AM to capture my true crabby essence.
Man. This DVD is going to be so great. #LWF #MAW #SDW #IWA #IWC #ROH #OVW #WWE"
That’s Lunatic Wrestling Federation, Mid-American Wrestling, Steel Domain Wrestling, Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, International Wrestling Cartel, Ring of Honor, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and World Wrestling Entertainment.
Of course, that doesn’t yet confirm WWE will be using footage from other promotions in the DVD in terms of matches or flashbacks, but it certainly means there will at least be discussion of them in the biography. All except TNA Wrestling that is, which Punk neglected to mention in today’s tweet.
That’s Lunatic Wrestling Federation, Mid-American Wrestling, Steel Domain Wrestling, Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, International Wrestling Cartel, Ring of Honor, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and World Wrestling Entertainment.
apparently, they're thinking of releasing a "Best of the Attitude Era" DVD.
That would sell huge, there's a lot of people out there that are all about the Attitude Era! Half weren't even alive for it or haven't really seen any of it so it's a good market!
Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see if they actually do and what material they're gonna put on it.