Shiniest Wizard's Ring of Honor 2005 | NEWS UPDATE!

An intro video showing the best highlight clips of ROH's past are presented on screen. Clips of The American Dragon, Austin Aries, Jay Lethal, CM Punk, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, and many other current and former superstars are presented. Nigel McGuinness is seen backstage. He promotes that while he respects The American Dragon, there is no one like Nigel McGuinness. And tonight, he will show the American Dragon what will happen when he steps into the ring with a true Englishman. As the promo ends, it is faded into the image of a loud and excited crowd loudly slapping the barricades and yelling "R-O-H" at the tops of their lungs. Jimmy Bower and Lenny Leonard are your announce team.

Bower welcomes you to what will be the most exciting hour of Professional wrestling that you will see this week. Lenny agrees and asks what matches we have lined up for the viewing public. Tonight we will be seeing The Havana Pitbulls facing off against the Ring of Honor Tag Team Champions, BJ Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs in non-title action. Samoa Joe will be facing Jimmy Rave, CZW's Trent Acid will be facing off against Alex Shelley, Amazing Red and Low Ki in a Fatal 4 Way match. Also The American Dragon will be facing off against Nigel McGuinness in our Main Event!

But up next, Triple Threat action as Ace Steel, Jay Lethal and Matt Sydal all do battle!

1) Jay Lethal def. Ace Steel and Matt Sydal in a Triple Threat Match (8:04)
Looking to make an impact tonight, Ace Steel and Matt Sydal strive to get a victory over the Ring of Honor Pure Champion Jay Lethal. The competitors all shake each other's hands respectively to show respect for one another. All three men go the distance in this battle with the crowd jumping out of their seats for every high flying maneuver nailed by Sydal, thunderous clothesline by Steel or quick superkick connected by Lethal. Steel provides a great deal of power moves to try and slow down the other two agile men in the contest. But in the end Jay Lethal is able to nail the Lethal Injection on Matt Sydal for the victory. He celebrates with his title as all three men once again shake each other's hands.


A hype video is shown following that match that highlights the brute strength of Samoa Joe. He is seen dropping AJ Styles hard onto the mat with Uranage slams and tapping out CM Punk with the Coquina Clutch.

The Havana Pitbulls talk backstage saying how tonight they will not only defeat the current tag team champions, but they will go on to take the titles from them.

2) Havana Pitbulls def. BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs (NON-TITLE) in a Tag Team Match (9:31)
Jimmy and BJ put the boots to the contenders tonight. Commentary makes it a point to remind you that this is a non-title match. The tag team champions take control of a majority of the match, but with their ego getting in the way, Whitmer complains to the ref about a close count. Rocky Romero pulls him down for a roll-up victory. The Pitbulls slide out of the ring with smiles on their faces. Whitmer and Jacobs both argue with the referee saying that he screwed them over.

A hype video discussing the upcoming Fatal 4 Way is shown. The best highlights of all four men are shown.


A scene saying "earlier today" is shown with Jimmy Rave and Samoa Joe. Joe is walking into the building when Jimmy Rave stops him at the door of the arena. Rave tells Joe that he doesn't belong here and that he should just leave. While Joe doesn't say much, he states, "oh yeah?" before running his fist into Jimmy Rave's jaw laying him out. Joe enters the building as Rave is still trying to come to after that strong strike.

3) Low Ki def. Alex Shelley, Amazing Red & Trent Acid in a Fatal Four Way Match (7:41)
All 4 men make their way to the ring as they shake each other's hands at the opening of the contest. Amazing Red immediately shows his athleticism when he nails Shelley with a pelee kick. Acid and Ki go back and forth with Ki landing the majority of his strikes. They do some arm locks that are reversed back and forth, they both try to do a dropkick but have the same idea. As the crowd is cheering for them Shelley makes his way back to the ring as he kicks Ki in the face and tries to do battle with Acid. Amazing Red nails them both with a double hurricanrana. Later on in the end, Ki is able to hit the Warrior's Way for the win on Trent Acid.


After his loss, Trent Acid is seen backstage with an ice pack on his neck as he is passed by Chris Hero. Hero stops and looks at Acid. He says, "Damn bud, couldn't get the job done tonight?" Acid quickly gets up and throws his ice pack. Hero continues on his bickering stating, "Hey hey relax, relax. All I'm saying is that if it was me in that match...the result would have been very different tonight." Acid smirks and says, "How about this, next week, put your money where your mouth is so we can see how good you really are." Acid walks away still holding his neck as Hero tries to stop him, he obviously does not want to have this match.

4) Samoa Joe def. Jimmy Rave (6:52)
After what happened earlier today, Samoa Joe and Jimmy Rave do battle. Jimmy comes out to the ring holding his jaw as he is seen to be very angry. To start the match he is able to take out some of his frustration on Joe by connecting with some good kicks and clubs to the back of the head. He is able to back Joe into the rope until the ref pulls Rave off. Joe is visibly furious as he comes back with flying dropkicks, yakuza kicks and uranages that leaves Rave looking like a rag doll. In the end, Joe lifts Rave up in the corner for the Muscle Buster. He follows it up immediately with a Coquina Clutch for the victory when Rave passes out.

Samoa Joe celebrates in the ring as commentary shows a graphic for our upcoming main event. American Dragon vs Nigel McGuinness in one on one action!

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Austin Aries is standing with the ROH World Title draped over his shoulder. He says that he is the epitome of Ring of Honor seeing as he brings HONOR to the World Title. He says that he will open the doors of ROH to anyone who wants to accept his open challenge in 2 weeks.

5) American Dragon def. Nigel McGuinness (19:52)
Before Dragon can even make it to the ring. Austin Aries comes out and pulls up a chair on the outside. He is dressed in a full piece suit with his sunglasses on. The crowd loudly sings Final Countdown for the American Dragon as he stares down Aries on the outside. Him and Nigel hesitantly shake each other's hand. They start the match off slow with technical wrestling. As the match progresses they pick up the pace a bit with the crowd split right down the middle for who they want to win. Aries is seen outside multiple times watching these two potential contenders with great interest. Dragon and Nigel both work on each other's limbs trying to break the other man down, it is almost like a contest for who has the best submission holds. At about the 15 minute mark when they are at their peak of the match, Nigel is sent to the outside of the ring. Aries stands and puts his hands up so the ref knows that he isn't touching him. Dragon goes for a dive onto Nigel on the outside but he moves Aries into the line of fire as he gets wiped out. Nigel and Dragon have beat red chests and bruises on their body. As this 20 minute time limit match almost reaches its end, Dragon hits Nigel with a thunderous headbutt that rocks Nigel, leading to a cattle mutilation for the win for Dragon.

Following the match, Aries hits the ring and attacks Dragon as he is about to shake the hand of Nigel McGuinness. He beats down on Dragon as Nigel surprisingly lets it happen. But during the beating Samoa Joe comes out for the save for Dragon chasing off Austin Aries. He helps pick Dragon up as they have a stare down. Joe sticks his hand out for a sign of loyalty as Dragon hesitantly accepts as the crowd cheers for both men loudly.

Jimmy Bower and Lenny Leonard sign us off saying next week we will be seeing Trent Acid vs Chris Hero, Jay Lethal will be in action once again, and what will come of the situation that just happened before us?

1) Battle of the Top Dogs.
After last week's big main event, Samoa Joe and Nigel McGuinness do battle! Which of these two men can come out on top? And what will this match mean for both men's futures in Ring of Honor?
2) Motor City Mayhem.
Ring of Honor will be LIVE in Detroit. And after last week's big win over the Pure Champion Jay Lethal in a non-title match. Chris Sabin teams up with his friend and Detroit native Alex Shelley to take on the Champion and Sonjay Dutt. Can Chris Sabin get some momentum leading to his Pure Title match next week? Or can Jay Lethal get the advantage and put a stop to Chris Sabin a week early?


3) Title Match Has Been Signed!
It's official! After a shocking debut to Ring of Honor last week, Mick Foley has been officially signed to a ROH World Championship match with Austin Aries in the main event! Austin Aries has been adamant that he is the top wrestler in the world. Will the living hardcore legend Mick Foley finally shut the confident youngster up and win the ROH World Championship?