Ring Of Honor Presents Glory By Honor Weekend

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Ring Of Honor Presents Glory By Honor Weekend
News ROH— Ned Lawrence @ 1:40 pm
Tonight In Connecticut And Tomorrow In New York

Ring Of Honor will be presenting its biggest weekend of the year tonight in East Windsor, CT and tomorrow in Manhattan, New York at the Manhattan Center.

East Windsor, CT

Tag Team Dream Match
KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe

First Time Ever In ROH
Austin Aries vs. Davey Richards

One On One
Samoa Joe vs. Roderick Strong

Special Challenge Match
Christopher Daniels vs. Nigel McGuinness

Four Corner Survival
Colt Cabana vs. Jack Evans vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Jimmy Jacobs with Lacey

NOAH’s Takeshi Morishima, Muhammad Yone and Takashi Sugiura will be in attendance and available for autographs

Also acheduled to appear are Delirious, Dunn & Marcos, the ROH Students, plus more.
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Manhattan, NY

ROH World Title Match
Bryan Danielson defends vs. KENTA

GHC Heavyweight Title Match
Naomichi Marufuji defends vs. Nigel McGuinness

The Legendary BRUNO SAMMARTINO will make his return to Midtown Manhattan and he will be available to meet

ROH World Tag Team Title Match
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong defend vs. Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli

Tag Team Grudge Match
Brooklyn’s own Homicide & Samoa Joe vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe

ROH Commissioner Jim Cornette Will Be In Attendance

Special Challenge Match
Jack Evans vs. Davey Richards

One Fall Three Way
Christopher Daniels vs. Colt Cabana vs. Jimmy Jacobs with Lacey

NOAH’s Morishima, Sugiura & Yone will be available for autographs

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Here's the results for anyone that wants to see them

Courtesy of wrestlingobserver.com

ROH Glory By Honor V Night 1 - East Windsor, CT

There was a problem with the building, as the show was moved to a tent outside on a soccer field. No explanation was given, although when they announced a 12/22 return date to the same building, they specified it would be inside. And of course, it poured rain throughout the night, and the roof leaked on fans that were already packed in like sardines. Crowd was about 450-500.

Pre-show:
Alex Payne beat Bobby Dempsey with an inverted DDT
Derrick Dempsey beat Mitch Franklin by submission

Regular show:

Dunn& Marcos beat Rhett Titus & Pelle Primeau when Marcos pinned Titus after a double team senton. Very quick opener.

Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli then came in unannounced through the crowd and challenged Dunn & Marcos to a match to prepare for their title shot on Saturday.

Hero & Castagnoli beat Dunn & Marcos with a double team powerbomb.

Jack Evans won a four way match over Ricky Reyes, Colt Cabana, & Jimmy Jacobs. Basic story of the match was Colt tormenting Jimmy. After Colt accidentally clotheslined Jimmy, Jack hit what amounted to a somersault legdrop on Jimmy for the win (the tent was too low for regular highflying). Very fun match.

Nigel McGuinness beat Christopher Daniels: They tried mat wrestling at first and the crowd was not into it at all. It also started raining very hard so the crowd was distracted. The tent ceiling was so low Daniels couldn’t do the BME. Got pretty good by the end and Nigel got the win with a Tower of London off the ropes.

Austin Aries beat Davey Richards. Crowd was more into this match. Very good, and Aries won with a nasty kick to the head and a brainbuster.

Brief intermission

Delirious beat Shane Hagadorn by submission. Brief but good.

Samoa Joe beat Roderick Strong. Big surprise, these two just mauled each other. Excellent match, maybe the best of the night. Joe hit a top rope Death Valley Driver that looked like it broker Roderick’s neck for the win. Absolutely terrifying.

Marufuji & KENTA bear the Briscoes when KENTA hit the Go 2 Sleep on Marc. Excellent match, and it only went about 21 minutes so it didn’t wear out it’s welcome.

The wrestling was excellent overall, but the live situation made it a tough show at points. Should be a great DVD.

ROH Glory By Honor V Night 2 - New York, Manhattan Center

ROH made its debut at the Grand Ballroom of the Manhattan Center tonight, and the show has to be seen as a huge success. The was a line outside that stretched down the block and around two corners, to the point that pedestrians were coming over and asking what was going on. That alone was good pub for the company.

The place was either sold out or close to it, with at least 1050-1100 in the building.

1. Davey Richards d. Jack Evans via submission. Really hot 8 minute opener with Evans hitting numerous highspots. Richards won with his leg over the neck submission (ala Brock Lesnar in late 03).

2. Several members of the ROH roster, along with Morishima, Sugiura and Yone from NOAH surrounded the ring to welcome Bruno Sammartino. Bruno got a great reaction, including a "welcome home" chant. Bruno said he hadn't been pleased by what he'd seen in wrestling since his retirement, but he was sent some ROH DVDs and was very impressed. He praised the wrestlers and the fans.

After Bruno left, Takeshi Morishima and Samoa Joe got into a shoving match in the aisleway. Joe got into the ring and challenged Morishima to come after him, and the two had a pull-apart brawl in the ring to a huge reaction.

3. Adam Pearce d. Delrious after Shane Hagadorn interfered. This was a pretty basic, but enjoyable match. The highspot was Delirious hitting 60 consecutive clotheslines in the corner. After the match Pearece (the ROH Lt. Commissioner) named Hagadorn his new assistant, or "man servant".

4. Jimmy Jacobs d. Colt Cabana and Christopher Daniels by pinning Cabana after the Contra Code. The story here is that Jacobs is in love with his manager, Lacey, but she's in a relationship with Cabana, so he's heartbroken and desponded. Lacey instructed Jacobs to work together with Cabana and not attack him, so he kept attempting to do double team moves on Daniels. Cabana would always do something to cause the doubleteams to backfire on Jacobs. This definitely wasn't the action-packed match that the 3 could have, but it was a fun angle-based match. The end came was Jacobs finally had enough, kicked Cabana low, and hit the contra code. Lacey scolded Jacobs after the match.

5. Jim Cornette and the Briscoes came out for a promo. Cornette started the promo diplomatically, saying that he loved ROH and the fans, and his only problem was with Homicide. Then, when the majority of the crowd sided with Homicide, Cornette went off on a tirade about New York City, and started making derogatory comments (borderline racist) towards immigrants and NYC dwellers, and said that he only liked people who were born in the Southern US (as the Briscoes held up their confederate flag bandanas). Cornette then announced that he had promised Homicide a title shot, so he'll get one in December when ROH returns to NYC. The only condition is that Homicide has to win his tag match against the Briscoes tonight. At this point, Joe and Homicide's music interrupted Cornette.

6. Homicide and Samoa Joe d. Jay and Mark Briscoe when Homicide hit Jay with the Cop Killa. They started out the match hot as Cide and Joe both hit dives on the Briscoes. They exchanged big spots and hot tags, with neither team getting the advantage for too long. After a big finishing sequence, Cide finally hit the cop killa on Jay and won, to a huge reaction. Very good match.

Intermission

7. The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) d. Austin Aries and Roderick Strong to win the ROH Tag Team Titles, ending Aries and Strong's 9 month reign. Hero and Claudio spent much of the match playing to the crowd and heeling it up, but there was a large section of the crowd that were in their corner. Hero and Claudio dominated the match a lot more than I would've expected, working over Aries' injured ribs. The end came when Claudio hit Aries in the ribs with his briefcase. They then hit a doubleteam Hero's welcome onto Strong, knocking him out of the ring, and pinned Aries after a double team slam. This got a big reaction, as Aries and Strong have been champs for a long time. Another very good match.

8. Naomichi Marufuji d. Nigel McGuinness after a top rope shiranui to retain the GHC World Championship. This was the first ever defense of the GHC title in the United States, and Marufuji's first-ever defense, and he made it count. This match was out of this world. They started out exchanging mat holds, with Marufuji working over McGuinness' leg. About halfway through, they really picked up the intensity, hitting one big move after another. Marufuji at one point hit a Shiranui from the apron to the floor. McGuinness draped Marufuji on the top rope and hit a huge lariat for a big nearfall. McGuinness hit a Tower of London for another big nearfall. Marufuji hit Nigel with a Shiranui. Nigel then hit his pendulum lariat for a nearfall. Nigel hit a Tower of London from the top rope onto the ring apron, and the two were out of the ring for the count. Nigel made it in first, and Marufuji made it in right before the 20 count. Marufuji hit Nigel with his corner to corner dropkick, and then the top rope Shiranui for the pin. Both guys got a huge ovation. This was one of the best GHC title matches of the year. Honestly, it was one of the best matches of the year period.

9. Bryan Danielson d. KENTA to retain the ROH World Title. This was another phenomenal match. Danielson came into the match with a shoulder injury, and they played into that throughout the match. It was a really a remarkable performance by the injured Danielson. Both guys went completely all out, hitting pretty much everything. KENTA used his stiff kicks to Danielsons shoulders, and should submissions early to counter Danielson's mat wrestling. Danielson did a huge dive from the top rope into the crowd onto KENTA. Danielson got the crossface chickenwing on KENTA but KENTA made the ropes. Danielson went for his top rope headbutt, but KENTA got his feet up. KENTA then went for his springboard dropkick, but Danielson counted with a dropkick of his own. Danielson got on the cattle mutilation but KENTA made the ropes. They had a huge exchange midring where KENTA hit big boots and Danielson countered with headbutts. KENTA got on another cross armbreaker to a big pop, but Danielson made the ropes. Danielson went up for another headbutt, but KENTA leaped to the top rope. Danielson blocked KENTA's top rope falcon arrow and knocked him off the ropes. Danielson then dove off, but KENTA actually caught him on his shoulders and hit the Go 2 Sleep. Danielson actually kicked out. KENTA then hit busaiku knee on Danielson, and then hit it again to the back of Danielson's head. KENTA charged again, but Danielson moved and rolled up KENTA for a big nearfall. Danielson got the cattle mutilation on KENTA, but KENTA rolled over him for a cover, which got another big nearfall. Danielson then went for his elbows to the head which had one him several matches. KENTA escaped, and got Danielson up for another Go 2 Sleep, but Danielson fought out. Danielson hit a tiger suplex for a nearfall. He got on the cattle mutilation again, and KENTA kept fighting out. Finally, Danielson got the hold on mid ring and KENTA tapped. Both guys got another huge ovation, as this may have been Danielson's best title defense and another Match of the Year contended. "Best in the World", "Thank You Kenta" "Match of the Year" and "ROH" were among the chants after the match. Danielson has now hit the 1 year mark in his title reign, as he defeated James Gibson on September 17, 2005.

The first night sounds ok but the second second night sounds awesome especially the last three matches

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Thanks for the pre show results.