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ROH Glory by Honor (Show #10)


Pre-Show Match - Rocky Romero vs. Ace Steel The match started off with a collern to elbow tieup, with Romero getting the edge. They lock up again... but Steel pushes more down to the mat. Romero gets up fired up and hits Steel with a big closeline. Romero begins working over the leg for about four minutes. Romero locks in the figure four leglock. Ace Steel is about to tap. But thankfully, he gets to the ropes. Romero picks steel up for a floatover suplex, but Romero counters it. School boy! 1.....2..... kickout by Romero. Ace Steel lands a huge dropkick, right on the mark. 1.......2...... kickout again. Steel goes up top and hits a huge diving elbow drop. Cover again. 1........ 2....... Romero barely gets a shoulder up. Ace Steel sets Romero up for a brainbuster, Romero escapes. Romero hits a spinning heel kick to the jaw. Picks up Steel, La Bamba! 1......2......3.
Your winner, Rocky Romero. ****

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Delirious The match starts off with Shibata and Delirious exchanging arm drags. The crowd applauds. Shibata hits a japanese arm drag. Then he grabs Delirious and hits a belly to belly suplex. Cover. 1.....2..... Delirious kicks out. Shibata hits a chop from ground position. He signals for the end. Penalty Kick! 1.......... 2..........3.
Here is your winner... Katsuyori Shiiiiiiibataaaaaa! **1/2

Jonny Storm and Kevin Steen vs. The Briscoe Bros. The match starts off with Mark Briscoe and Jonny Storm exchanging forearms. Mark gets the best of the exchange and Storm retreats. He tags in Kevin Steen. Steen comes in cocky as he lays in a dropkick into the head of Mark Briscoe. Pin. 1..... just a one count. Mark tags in Jay. Jay is fired up. Throwing rights at Steen, knocking Kevin Steen down. Steen tries to tag Storm, but Storm doesn't want any part of it. Jay Briscoe hits Kevin Steen with a Tigerbomb and a pinning combination. 1........2....... Storm breaks it up, but quickly gets out of the ring. Jay tags Mark back in. They hit a double suplex on Kevin Steen. Cover by Mark. 1......2..... kickout by Steen. Steen crawls over and makes the tag back into Storm. Storm comes in charging at Mark Briscoe, but Briscoe hits a BAAAAAAAACK Bodydrop (Random Vince commentary line, hehe.) Mark climbs to the top. Goes for a moonsault, Storm rolls out of the way, but Mark lands on his feet. WHAT! Kevin Steen came in and blasted Mark in the back of the head with a foreign object! Ref didn't see it! Then he hits Jay off the apron. COVER! Oooooooooooneeeeeeee............. twooooooooooo...... thrrr KICKOUT! Thankfully... Mark kicked out just in time. Mark is in trouble. Storm goes up top, damage still done from that foreign object. Storm goes for a bodysplash.... but Mark rolls out of the way! He's starting to recover. Cutthroat Suplex! 1....... 2....... 3. The Briscoes win a very tough battle over Jonny Storm and Kevin Steen. ***1/2

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Milano Collection AT Castagnoli starts off by showing that he is the more powerful of the two, by basically just throwing him around and being cocky at the opening seconds of the match. Castagnoli throws a huge fist. He took Milano down. Cover, but only a one count. Castagnoli puts him in a headlock. Milano gets support from the crowd. Elbows to the gut. Irish whip from Milano and catches him with a flying forearm. 1.....2..... kickout. Castagnoli kicks out just within time. Milano hits a lionsault. Cover. 1......2...... Castagnoli barely gets a shoulder up. Collection picks him up. Big mistake! Castagnoli catches him right in the breadbasket. Ricola Bomb! 1..... 2..... 3, forget about it. Your winner is Castagnoli. **3/4

Jimmy Yang vs. Jay Lethal It starts off very fast paced. Lots of armdrag counters. Lethal hits a crescent kick. First cover of the match. 1...2... Yang gets a shoulder up. Lethal goes into an armbar. Yang gets out of it. Pin. 1.....2...... Lethal kicks out. And Lethal puts Yang right back into the armbar. Yang is the quicker of the two, so he needs to slow him down. Then Lethal goes into a headlock. Counter and rollup by Yang. 1... Lethal then goes back into the headlock. Yang stands up. Back suplex. 1....2.... Lethal gets a shoulder up. Yang springboards off the ropes and hits a corkscrew. Another cover. 1.....2..... Lethal kicks out. Lethal is down. Yang goes up for a top rope senton, Lethal gets out of the way. Yang was smart enough not to do it. He then climbs off the ropes. Precedes to pick up Lethal. Small package! 1....2..... Yang rolls into his own small package! 1.......2...... Lethal rolls back into his. 1.......2...... Yang rolls back into his small package!! 1.....2.....3! Yang got him! Wow.... what an exchange that was! But Yang came out on top. ****

ROH Pure Title Match
Colt Cabana vs. Nigel McGuinness (c) This match was only around seven minutes, which consisted mostly of amatuer action. But it was a good contest nonetheless. Cabana hit a series of fireman's carries. It ended when Nigel literally tried to kills Cabana with a powerbomb right on his head. What is this? The Powerbomb '91?!! Cabana rolls out of the ring and is counted out. Cabana comes back in after gets 10 seconds really mad. He hits the Colt 45 on Nigel McGuinness. This feud is still far from over. ***1/4

Dream Match
Roderick Strong vs. Ultimo Dragon They start off hesitating to lock up. The fans are already chanting "MOTY! MOTY! MOTY!". This is such a great atmosphere and feeling. Strong and Ultimo finally lock up. Strong gets the better exchange there. The crowd is so excited to see Ultimo Dragon. And Dragon is excited to put on a great match for them. They lock up again. Strong lays in a stiff chop to Ultimo's chest. Ultimo responds with a kick to the head, echoing throughout the arena and knocking Strong down. Cover. 1.....2..... Strong kicks out. Ultimo picks up Strong and hits an enziguri. Cover. 1.....2..... no. Strong kicks out again. Ultimo taunts to the crowd as he as them on their feet. Ultimo goes for a spinning heel kick, Roderick ducks and hits a high angle back breaker. He goes for the pin. 1....2.... Ultimo gets a shoulder up. Strong puts a knee right into the back of Ultimo.
Ultimo Dragon is in severe pain. Strong is working over Ultimo's back , in hopes of him tapping out to the Stronghold. Then he runs to the ropes, comes back, and hits a knee drop onto Dragon's back. Dragon is in more pain. Woah! Strong is going for it, but Ultimo turns the Stronghold attempt into a rollup! 1........ 2........ Strong kicks out and goes straight back into the Stronghold sttemp, but again... fails... as Ultimo gets out of it. Ultimo comes up and hits a stiff kick into Strong ribs. Ultimo has it! Dragon Sleeper! Strong flips over Ultimo backwards. But Ultimo catches Strong with a jawbreaker. Cover. 1......2...... Strong kicks out. Ultimo doesn't waste any time following up, as he is a veteran, and locks the Dragon Sleeper back in, but this time, from a ground position. Will Strong tap? Strong is about to tap. But somehow... Strong gets his foot onto the ropes. Ultimo goes up top. Moonsault connects. Cover and hook of the leg. 1...... 2...... Strong gets his shoulder up. Ultimo picks him up. He's going for the DDT, countered by Strong. Strong goes behind him. Full nelson backbreaker! This could be it. 1........ 2.......... Ultimo barely gets his shoulder off the mat. Strong goes for his 2nd attempt. Stronghold!! This could be it! Ultimo doesn't know where to go. And Ultimo Dragon taps out! The crowd erupts into a respectful chant, "Thank you Strong and Dragon! Thank you Strong and Dragon!" They shake hands and hug. What a match! ***1/4

Rematch from Unbreakable
CM Punk vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri This was actually a very quick match. But they made the best of those minutes. Fast paced action all the way. They exchanged a lot of kicks. But in the end, it was the Step Up Enziguri that got Punk the victory. ****1/4

ROH World Title Three-Way Match
Alex Shelley vs. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Bryan Danielson (c) II Jim Cornette is there to see all the action, in the corner of Alex Shelley. EVERYONE in the crowd stands up when they hear the opening bell.
This is truly a sight to see. Kawada and Danielson both go after Shelley and hit him with a double closeline. Shelley runs out of the ring to recover as Kawada and Danielson exchange chops and kicks. The crowd is pleased with the action so far. Cornette helps Shelley some. Shelley gets back into the ring and hits a stiff kick right into the back of Kawada's head. Then Shelley hits neckbreaker on Kawada. Danielson comes from behind and Shelley hits him with a German Suplex with a bridge. 1.....2..... Shelley kicks out. Kawada comes from behind Danielson and gave him a huge elbow to strike to the back of his head. Danielson is out cold. He rolls out of the ring. Kawada has Alex Shelley at his mercy. Yakuza Kick! One of Shelley's teeth flies out! COVER! 1........2....... New champion?..... NO! Shelley kicks out. That was a close one. Kawada locks in a key lock on Alex Shelley. Danielson comes from behind with a dropkick to Kawada's head. Goes for the Cattle Mutilation. But before he gets it on Kawada. Kawada rolls him up! 1.......2....... Danielson BARELY gets a shoulder. Woah! How close was that!!!?? But Danielson keeps the Cattle Mutilation position synched in, but can't get him turned over for it, Kawada fights with elbows to the temple of Danielson. Shelley comes out of nowhere with a diving knee from from the top, breaking up the submission attempt, but crushing Danielson's skull in the process. Cover on Danielson. 1.......2....... Danielson kicks out just in time before he lost the title. Shelley has both of them at his mercy right now. He goes back up top and hits a double stomp to Kawada's back. Cover on Kawada. 1......2...... Kawada kicks out. Shelley locks in the Border City Stretch! Danielson is knocked out cold from the knee drop. He has no clue this is going on. Kawada is about to tap. The crowd is on the edge of their seat! They chant, "Don't tap out! Don't tap out! Don't tap out!"! Kawada is inches away within tapping. But he makes it to the ropes. Phew.... scary moment for the champ, Bryan Danielson. Danielson is still knocked out. Shelley pulls Kawada back into the middle of the ring. Locks in the Border City Stretch! Oh MY!!! This could be the end of Bryan Danielson's title reign! Cornette looks happy. Danielson is STILL out. He cannot break up this submission. He doesn't even know about it. The ref thinks he is seeing Kawada tap out. But Kawada tells him he isn't. The match is still going. He's been in this submission for a while now. He doesn't want to give up. The crowd is scared. But there's a lot of Shelley supporters out there too, who are anxious to see is Kawada will indeed tap. Danielson starts to revive. Thank goodness! Danielson breaks it up. He hits a Tiger Suplex on Alex Shelley. 1....... 2....... Shelley kicks out. From this position... he goes into the Cattle Mutilation. Jim Cornette is there to distract the ref. Alex Shelley taps AGAIN! But the ref is busy with Cornette. Danielson is sick and tired of this. He stops everything he's doing to go outside the ring. He forearms Cornette... and locks him in the Cattle Mutilation!!! Shelley is too hurt to do anything about it. Cornette has to be carried out of the arena. No help for Shelley now. He has to do it all on his own. But before Cornette left... he left Shelley some brassknucks hidden in the turnbuckle. He did make an impact before he left. Shelley picks up the brassknucks and swings at Danielson, Danielson ducks! Cattle Mutilation! The brassknucks went out into the crowd. Now he has zero help and he's about to tap. But Kawada starts to recover and he's on the top rope, double stomp to Danielson's chest! Cover on Danielson. 1.......2......... kickout! Kawada locks in a painful looking Boston Crab. Danielson is inches within tapping. But he gets to the ropes. Shelley comes from behind Kawada and hits him with a reverse DDT. Shelley locks the Border City Stretch BACK IN! There is no doubt that he is about to win the ROH World Title. The crowd is split in half. Half want Shelley to win. The other half don't. This is very interesting. Kawada taps out! But wait... the ref noticed that Kawada's foot was on the bottom rope at the same time he tapped out. The match is still on! Danielson comes from behind Alex Shelley and blasts him with the roaring elbow, Cattle Mutilation time! Alex Shelley is fighting to get out of this or find some way to hang on. Kawada is hurt in the corner. Shelley is about to tap out.... but what Danielson turns it into a rollup. 1......2...... Shelley kicks out. Danielson goes back into the Cattle Mutilation! Shelley taps out!!! He has retained the title. *"The Final Countdown plays."* The crowd erupts in respect to these hard working wrestlers. Respect well earned. ****


Overall Show Rating: 66%


The whole show was typed out by me. 0% copy and pasting.

Don't use ROH covers as graphics. Dude, I told you I'd do the GBH graphic. All you would have had to do was PMed me.

Breaking News: Ring of Honor is proud to announce than we have signed a deal to be on Spike TV. The TV show, "Ring of Honor" is back on television on graveyard time slot. This is great news for all of us.

Also, A Night of Tribute will take place in mid-November in a tribute to the late great, Eddie Guerrero. All wrestlers will be competing at their best to dedicate these matches to Eddie Guerrero, as all of us Ring of Honor miss him. We might even throw in some surprises here and there.

Ring of Honor Show #11

BJ Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs vs. The Briscoe Bros. This was a very good contest. It went back and forth throughout the whole match. But in the end, it was Jay Briscoe who hit the Jay-Driller on BJ Whitmer for the victory. ****

Nigel McGuinness, Kevin Steen, and Alex Shelley vs. Jay Lethal, Jimmy Yang, and Yoshihiro Tajiri Jimmy Yang and Kevin Steen start off this matchup. Lots of ground based moves from Kevin Steen to keep the high flying based Jimmy Yang grounded. Steen drains all the energy from Yang. Yang has to make the tag out to a very fresh Jay Lethal. Lethal comes fired up with a bunch of closeline, then hits him with a leg lariat. Steen quickly tags out to McGuinness. McGuinness head stands on the turnbuckle only to be dropkicked by Lethal, Shelley quickly tags Nigel's leg. Shelley comes in from nowhere, school boy! 1.....2.... Lethal kicks out. Tag to Yoshihiro Tajiri. Tajiri lays in some vicious kicks to the thigh of Alex Shelley. He quickly tags in Jimmy Yang. Shelley crawls to tag in Steen. But what's this... Steen had some brassknucks hidden in his singlet. Looks like "Mr. Wrestling" isn't doing much wrestling and blasts Yang with them. 1....2.....3. Ref didn't see it. And McGuinness, Steen, and Shelley win it. ***1/2

All of a sudden... "Final Countdown" by Europe hits. "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson makes his way to the ring. He's carrying the ROH World Title with him. When he gets in the ring... he asks for the microphone. Danielson clears his throat.
Danielson: Okay... this title is MINE. I've had this title since August 1st. It's now November 7th. I've made four title defenses. But... that doesn't stop me from defending the title again. It's not about feuds this Sunday. It's about honor. It's about competing for Eddie Guerrero. Bryan Danielson will take on... Yoshihiro Tajiri... this Sunday at A Night of Tribute. It's all about honor. Hey... I might be the heel, but in my mind... we're all good guys on that night. *The crowd cheers.* And it isn't going to stop me from making Yoshihiro Tajiri tap out to the Cattle Mutilation. I have all the respect in the world for him. But if I can beat Kawada... I can beat him. There's no doubt about that.
*Back in character* But... let's get on to next week... after A Night of Tribute. You know? There's a bunch of punks who think they are good down there in Developmental Territory. Well... in my mind... they will never beat me. If they're not good enough to be here right now, they shouldn't step into the ring at all. There's guys down there who couldn't get over if they're life depended on it. There's guys down there thats last names sounds like a freakin' dish detergent, Moxley... are you kidding me? Psssshhh... he'll never be on my level. But next week... I challenge any of you ham and eggers to a non-title match. If you have the guts, you'll show up. After I beat you, I'll send you right back to where you belong. *Danielson throws the microphone down and his music hits.*"

Jimmy Rave vs. Ultimo Dragon Rave starts off the match slow with a few headlocks. Dragon hits a reverse DDT out of nowhere. Cover. 1.....2..... Rave kicks out. Dragon locks in the Dragon Sleeper. There's nowhere for Rave to go. He taps out! But what's this... Alex Shelley comes from behind and attacks Ultimo Dragon! Border City Stretch! Ultimo taps out! But Shelley isn't releasing the hold. Damage has been done to Ultimo Dragon! Looks like these two will meet at A Night of Tribute. But ... it will be all about respect and honor. They can continue their hatred after that show. ***

Colt Cabana vs. Bryan Danielson in a Non-Title Match This match was great throughout the whole thing. It started a series of small packages. "Mr. Small Package" almost got the three on one of the exchanges. Danielson scoop slams Cabana. He then gets him in the surfboard stretch position. He has it, surfboard stretch. Cabana could be moments away from tapping. Danielson lets go. Danielson picks up Cabana. He has him up for a suplex. Cabana falls out of the suplex. Colt 45! 1.........2......... Danielson kicks out. Cabana is locking in a full nelson, he has it half applied. But what's this! What?!!! Danielson flips out of it... and turns it into a Cattle Mutilation! Cabana is trying to hang on. Cabana taps. Danielson his holding up the ROH World Title like he just defended it. ****1/2


Overall Show Rating: 80%

ROH World Championship Match
Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Bryan Danielson (c)-Bryan Danielson

A Guerrero Competes
Mando Guerrero (One night appearance) vs. Jimmy Yang-Mando Guerrero

Dream Match
Alex Shelley vs. Ultimo Dragon-Ultimo

Colt Cabana vs. CM Punk-Punk

ROH Pure Title Match
Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. Roderick Strong-Roddy

Masahiro Chono (One night appearance) vs. Toshiaki Kawada-Chono

Milano Collection AT vs. Katsuyori Shibata-Shibata

Jay Lethal vs. Jonny Storm-Lethal

The Briscoe Brothers vs. Jimmy Rave and Kevin Steen-Rave/Steen

I like the idea of another tribute show, but who is Mando Guererro? Otherwise the show was very good, besides Strong/Nigel going 5 minutes. That's a little too short for my liking.

Yep, that's correct.