ROH on HDNet

Feud Summary

The current holder of the prestigious ROH World Championship is “A Double” Austin Aries, he is the only man ever to win the ROH World title twice. Aries has recently started the “A Double L Double” a lottery in which Aries picks his next opponent from a hat. Aided by “Addicted to Love” Rhett Titus and “The Pretty Boy Pitbull” Aries looks to stay on top of ROH for a very long time.

In some of the biggest news in ROH history Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness both signed contracts with World Wrestling Entertainment. Although both men have now finished with ROH they still have a few matches yet to be shown on HDNet.

ROH’s rising star Tyler Black took a bump recently in his rise to the World Title after a loss to wrestling legend Jerry Lynn (after some interference from McGuinness) After this Lynn showed respect to the young lion by winning a tag match with him, is it only a matter of time before Black gets his hands on the World Title?

ROH boasts the best tag team division in the whole of wrestling and little can argue with such teams as they Young Bucks, Kevin Steen and El Generico and the Briscoe Brothers. On top of the hill are the current ROH Tag Team Champions the American Wolves recently coming off a sick ladder war in which Edwards competed with a broken elbow. How will the champs continue with such an injury?

Other feuds in ROH include the heated rivalry between “That Young Knockout Kid” Chris Hero and Eddie Kingston. These two will settle the score once and for all next time on HDNet in a Fight Without Honour. Other stars looking to prove themselves in ROH include the agile Kenny Omega, the Japanese sensation KENTA and the Prince Nana led stable of The Embassy.

Episode 31
19.10.09

The show started straight away with the music of the high-flying Young Bucks, Matt and Nick Jackson. As they entered the ring our commentators Mike Hogewood and Dave Prazak welcome us and show a video package of the history between these teams. A few weeks back the Bucks defeated the Dark City Fight Club and even more recently eliminated them from the honour rumble.

Young Bucks versus Dark City Fight Club
A real good opening contest the contrast in styles made for a very good bout. Cory Chavis and John Davis controlled the majority of the match with little sprints of offence from the Jackson brothers. After being isolated from his brother, Nick made the tag to Nick who took their opponents out with a double missile dropkick. From there the Bucks went on a roll even trying the More Bang For Your Buck but was unable to lift their opponents. The Dark City capitalised with the Project Mayhem.
Winners Dark City Fight Club

The camera cuts to backstage where Claudio Castagnoli is with Prince Nana and “Dirty” Ernie Osiris. Claudio and Nana are talking about their hate for America when they spot Bobby Dempsey. Upon inspection of his locker room he is eating from a big bag of nachos, Claudio and Nana waste little time in mocking him before knocking his nachos on the floor. Dempsey jumps to his feet and comes head to head with Claudio.

Claudio Castagnoli versus Bobby Dempsey
Just a quick squash match involving Claudio European Uppercutting the hell out of much heavier Dempsey. Dempsey had little offence but Claudio cut him off quickly. Claudio went for a Ricola Bomb much to the surprise of the plans but couldn’t hit it on the big man. Just when Dempsey was getting into the swing of things after a big splash in the corner Claudio body slammed him and went to the middle rope. Claudio then leaped off hitting a Diving European Uppercut knocking out Dempsey and getting the Pinfall.
Winner Claudio Castagnoli

Backstage interviewer Kyle Durden was backstage with ROH World Champion Austin Aries. “Double A” went through his usual cockiness and disrespects of Durden before stating that the “A Double, L Double” will return for the third time on HDNet, next week. The commentators then showed a graphic hyping the match before returning to ringside.

Jerry Lynn versus Sonjay Dutt
Fast pace is the best words to describe this match as both Dutt and Lynn flew about the ring throughout the match. The crowd were mostly pro-Lynn however there were a small section of fans booing the former ROH World Champion. Sonjay hit the Bomay Blast for a close count then locked in the Camel Clutch. Lynn eventually got to the ropes and made a comeback following with a Cradle Piledriver for the victory.
Winner Jerry Lynn

Kyle Durden was backstage standing between rivals Nigel McGuinness and Roderick Strong who will be meeting in a match next week. Like recent weeks Nigel talked about his hate for Strong’s morals. Strong defended himself then Nigel mocked him back. The two looked like they were going to come to blows before Durden sent us back to ringside. A graphic then popped up advertising that the two will be facing off in next weeks main event.

Next up was the main event and the ring announcer called the match a Fight Without Honour and as usual it will have television time remaining. "That Young Knockout Kid" Chris Hero was welcomed out first with Shane Hagadorn and Sara Del Rey but before he couldl enter the ring Eddie Kingston leaped over the barricade and attacked him starting the match.

Fight Without Honour
Chris Hero versus Eddie Kingston
A great brawling match with both men going blow to blow with each other, soon after the match started Kingston threw Hero in the crowd. After dealing with Hagadorn with a sharp punch to the face he went after his nemesis who took advantage with a chair shot. After brawling in the crowd for roughly ten minutes they went back to ringside with Hero now bleeding from the forehead. Kingston got a 2 count on the entrance ramp after a sick backdrop driver so they went back into the ring. Hero was able to fight back in the ring until both men hit the mat after Hero hit the Roaring Elbow and Kingston hit the Backfist. After taking over a minute to recuperate both men got up and Kington hit an overhead Suplex. However Sara Del Rey jumped on the apron and distracted Eddie but he didn’t so no mercy smacking her with a punch to the face. This allowed Hagadorn to pass the loaded elbow pad to Hero which he then used to hit Eddie with to pull out the win.
Winner Chris Hero

The bloodied Hero rolled to the outside into the arms of Shane Hagadorn, Shane and Hero then slowly made their way up the entrance ramp as this edition of ROH on HDNet comes to a close.

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Episode 32
26.10.09

The show kicked off with ROH World Champion strutting down to the ring with the title on his shoulder. Kenny King and Rhett Titus followed modelling the final two hats in the running to be used for this edition of the “A Double L Double.” Aries did his usual hype before going to ask the crowd about which hat to use before the music of Colt Cabana played. “Classic” Colt Cabana came out and talked about how many of the people backstage feel that the “A Double L Double” is fixed. Colt suggested they use his hat, a Philadelphia baseball hat which drew a huge amount of applause from the fans. After pausing Aries accepted and King poured in all 17 names then Aries pulled out the name and announced the winner of the “A Double L Double” Colt Cabana! Before Aries could react Cabana left with the lucky ticket.

D’Lo Brown versus Necro Butcher
Both men got a good applause from the crowd, although D’Lo is heel he still gets face pops. Necro as ever was over and came out with a steel chair, much to the dismay of the fans the referee took it away from him before the match. Necro is limited to what he can do but this was a good opener to the show. The fans loved the punch versus chop battle that raged on during the match and D’Lo’s frog splash, which earned him a two-count. After a hard fought battle it was Necro Butcher who ended up leaving with the win after a sick Tiger Driver in the centre of the ring.
Winner Necro Butcher

Backstage Kyle Durden was standing by with Prince Nana, Ernie Osiris and Jimmy Rave of the Embassy. Nana promoted the stable calling it “The most dominant force in ROH today” even comparing it to President Obama. The Prince said that next week they will invite a member of the ROH roster to join their elite team.

The Briscoe Brothers versus The Embassy
The Embassy consisted of “The Crown Jewel of the Embassy” Jimmy Rave and “Dirty” Ernie Osiris, they were accompanied by Prince Nana. As usual the fans littered the ring with toilet paper and sang “Die Jimmy die” throughout the match much to the annoyance of Nana and Rave. The Briscoe’s looked better than the Embassy thanks to years of teaming and the support from the crowd that came in “Man Up” chants. Rave was able to hold his own against the brothers while Osiris couldn’t and fell victim to the Spike Jay-Driller.
Winners The Briscoe Brothers

Kyle Durden was backstage with Roderick Strong. Strong talked about his main event match against Nigel McGuinness later tonight. He said he’s going to make Nigel regret ever mocking him or the ROH crowd. As tonight he’s going to leave a “broken man.”

ROH World Championship Match
Austin Aries versus Colt Cabana
After Aries entrance Cabana walked out happy to be receiving a ROH World Title shot. His happiness was cut short but Rhett Titus and Kenny King who attacked him before getting into the ring. Aries went on the mic and said that Cabana fixed the Lucky Lottery held earlier tonight and as a result he is disqualified. Instead he told Titus to get a new competitor and he brought out Sal Rinauro. Like the last two “A Double, L Double” this was just a squash match with a tiny amount of offence from Rinauro. After connecting with the head kick Aries drilled Rinauro with a Brainbuster to retain the title.
Winner Austin Aries

Nigel McGuinness was now backstage with Kyle Durden and seemed very confident about his match-up next. He said he’s been in many challenging matches and tonight will not be one of them. Nigel seemed confident that Strong would lose tonight.

The commentators hyped up next week’s main event with help from a graphic. It was announced as Bryan Danielson continuing his Final Countdown Tour facing one half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions Davey Richards.

Nigel McGuinness versus Roderick Strong
A great main event with so much back and forth action, since coming back from injury Nigel has kept his matches much more mat based which was a great thing to see live. Strong kept up his trademark chops and within a few minutes Nigel’s chest was beating red with Strong’s handprint. After sending Nigel to the outside Strong took a suicide dive to the outside wiping out both himself and his opponent. After a head decapitating lariat on the outside the fans thought Nigel wouldn’t be able to get back into the ring but at the 18 count he was able to. After more back and forth action Strong tried for the Strong Hold but Nigel countered into the London Dungeon. Strong finally made it to the ropes and reversed a Jawbreaker Lariat into a Death by Roderick followed by the Sick Kick and finished with a Strong Hold which Nigel gave into.
Winner Roderick Strong

Strong celebrated his victory then went to follow the code of honor by shaking Nigel’s hand but Nigel refused and exited. This didn’t damage Strong’s happiness as he continued celebrating as the fans clapped in applause.

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