Ring of Honor Newswire Thread

[Y2R-KO]

ROH "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV Taping
07.01.2012
Baltimore, Maryland
Du Burns Arena

Non-Title Grudge Tag Team Match
The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe) vs. The House of Truth (Michael Elgin & Roderick Strong


ROH "Homecoming 2012"
20.01.2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
National Guard Armory

ROH World Championship - Champion vs. Champion
Davey Richards © vs. Jay Lethal (ROH World TV Champion)

[Y2R-KO]

"My name is Steve Corino and I am a magician.

Not in your normal David Copperfield-way, but in the pro-wrestling way.
If you are reading this on WorldOfCORINO.com, there is a 99.9999999% chance you know that professional wrestling is simulated violence. A fighting illusion. A live action play filled with drama, comedy, characters, danger, and athleticism.

In April of 2012, I will celebrate my 18th year in this industry that I have loved since I first started watching in 1981. In 18 years I have had 7 documented concussions and probably at least 7 more undocumented concussions.

I am NOT proud of any of them.

I have scars on my face, arms, and chest that will remain there forever. Battle scars. I've suffered a broken jaw, three broken teeth, my hearing in my left ear taking away, compressed vertebrate in my neck, separated shoulder, separated AC joint in the other shoulder, a fractured elbow, fractured vertebrate in my lower back, and I think my right hip is degenerating.
Damn, I wish this wrestling was 100% fake.
Unprotected chairshots have become taboo in the wacky world of pro-wrestling. And for good reason. The advances in concussion education has shown what combat sports, including pro-wrestling, can do to the brain. Its scary.
But chair shots can't take all the blame. There are kicks, bumps, clotheslines, etc that can jolt the skull.
The Balls Mahoney chair shots that I took in ECW were stupid. I was a kid trying to make a name for myself. I tried to be tough. It was so dumb and naive. I urge you to listen to this weeks Extreme Odd Couple Podcast
and I go into this subject more in depth.

Fast forward to last Friday. Ring Of Honor's Final Battle 2011. I'm in the fight of my career vs. Kevin Steen. Each of us took a shot each to the head with a chair. But neither of us got a concussion. Why? How? Magic?

Kind of.

As much as I, along with Steen and I'm sure the Briscoes, wanted to put on a great match and show our toughness, there was no way we were going to put ourselves in danger. Without exposing the whole process, adjustments were made to make things safer.
Could things have gone wrong? Of course. But they would have been accidents, not irresponsibility that myself and others displayed in ECW (and other companies).
My match was brutal. There were chairs, tables, trash cans, and a rail. Looked dangerous. It could have been. But we are professionals. I think what we did more then anything was build drama. The story was so good going in. The suspension of disbelief was higher Friday then I have felt since the Chicago Street Fight in 2010.

The most painful thing that I took at Final Battle was when I hit the post with my shoulder in the first minute of the match. It was a miscalculation on my part. I thought I had one step left and I ended up eating the post. My fault.

Pro-Wrestling and Sports Entertainment can be dangerous. It is dangerous. People get hurt everyday. But you also need to know that most of us, with what we know now about head injuries, can modify the dangerous elements.
Pro-Wrestling is Magic and when done right you should believe what you are seeing is real.

In NO way am I going to justify unprotected chair shots. If you are a wrestler and are not taking precautions before that shot, then you need to. Anything that causes damage to your brain needs to be modified. You owe to yourself, your family, and your fans.

LOOK dangerous. Don't BE dangerous. Be a magician.

To the fans that were upset and are upset, thank you. Thank you for caring enough to express your concern. As a guy that has always felt unappreciated, it is nice to know people care. There are times when wrestlers feel like the fans could give two craps about their health.

I don't want to see any more premature deaths in this industry and I also think the fans are sick of it.

Most of us hate to admit it but Pro-Wrestling IS Sports Entertainment. We are athletes, actors, stunt men, travel secretaries, and more. Being a Pro-Wrestler is a hard, but freaking awesome job. Its time we take care of ourselves.

If you see me do anything like I did at Final Battle, know that I know what I am doing and took every precaution to help the risk of injury minimize.

I am the proud father of a 15 year old son that I love with all my heart. He doesn't want to grow up without a dad or with a dad that is "bump drunk". No one does and I won't allow it.

Magic."

[Y2R-KO]

- ROHwrestling.com hat nun den Main Event für die am 21. Januar 2012 in Norfolk, Virginia stattfindende Live Show verkündet. So wird das Team Richards, bestehend aus ROH World Champion Davey Richards und seinem Protege Kyle O'Reilly auf das House of Truth (Michael Elgin & Roderick Strong) treffen.
Strong kam während des Main Events bei "Final Battle" zwischen Davey Richards und "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards zum Ring, verhindert wurde ein Eingriff jedoch von Kyle O'Reilly, welcher zum Ring gerannt kam und Strong in einen Brawl verwickelte. Daraufhin mischte sich das gesamte House of Truth ein und auch Edwards Trainer Dan Severn war mit von der Partie. Letztendlich verlagerte der Brawl sich in den Backstage Bereich und der Main Event konnte ohne Unterbrechung fortgeführt werden.
Interessant ist ebenfalls, dass Michael Elgin sich seinen Shot auf den ROH World Championship beim "Survival of the Fittest" geholt hat in dem er Kyle O'Reilly besiegte. So werden auch diese beiden ein weiteres Mal aufeinandertreffen.

ROH
21.01.2012
Norfolk, Virginia
Scope Arena

Tag Team Match
Team Richards (ROH World Champion Davey Richards & Kyle O'Reilly) vs. The House of Truth (Michael Elgin & Roderick Strong /w. Truth Martini)

[Y2R-KO]

ROH "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV Taping
07.01.2012
Baltimore, Maryland
Du Burns Arena

Tag Team Match
Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander vs. Team Richards (ROH World Champion Davey Richards & Kyle O'Reilly)

Singles Match
"Die Hard" Eddie Edwards vs. Mike Mondo

Singles Match
TJ Perkins vs. "The Dominant Male" Tommasso Ciampa (w. The Embassy)

[Y2R-KO]

Nun wurde ein weiteres Match für das "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV Taping angekündigt. So wird Kenny King, mit Rhett Titus in seiner Ecke, auf Matt Jackson, der von seinem Bruder Nick zum Ring begleitet wird, treffen. Es ist nur ein weiteres Kapitel, welches den Krieg zwischen dem All Night Express und den Young Bucks anheizen wird.
Die Bucks sind mit ihren Attacken bei "Northern Agression" und "Final Battle" für die Verletzung von Rhett Titus verantwortlich und so lange dieser nicht als Team mit Kenny King antreten wird, hat sich King vorgenommen die Bucks selbst auseinanderzunehmen.

ROH "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV Taping
07.01.2012
Baltimore, Maryland
Du Burns Arena

Singles Match
Kenny King (w. Rhett Titus) vs. Matt Jackson (w. Nick Jackson)

[Y2R-KO]

- Mike Bennett wird am 7. Januar 2012 bei den "Ring of Honor" TV Tapings ein letztes Mal um den ROH World TV Championship auf Jay Lethal treffen, wobei es kein Time Limit gibt. Sollte Lethal ein weiteres Mal gegen Bennett gewinnen, wird dies vorerst Bennetts letzte Chance auf den ROH World TV Championship sein.

ROH "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV Taping
07.01.2012
Baltimore, Maryland
Du Burns Arena

ROH World TV Championship - No Time Limit
Jay Lethal © vs. Mike Bennett (w. "Brutal" Bob Evans)

[Havoc]

BJ Whitmer wird bei den Tapings am 17. Februar sein Comeback geben. Whitmer trug mehrfach Gold in ROH, war der erste World Championship Challenger bei einer PPV Show, und tragende Rolle der ROH vs. CZW Fehde. Die offizielle Nachricht kann man hier nachlesen.

[Silk]

Wichtig aber zu bedenken ist, dass es sich NICHT um TV Tapings handelt sondern um eine DVD Show.

Im Allgemeinen kann ich zumindest sagen, dass mich interessiert wie Whitmer mittlerweile drauf ist und in welcher Form er sich gegen Jay Lethal zeigt.

[Havoc]

Oh, dann hab ich wohl verlesen... Danke für den Hinweis! :winke:

Whitmer hat 2011 einige Matches für CZW bestritten und hat sich gut behauptet. Wenn er noch in der Form ist, dann kann er mit Lethal ein gutes Match hinlegen!

[Silk]

Hatte doch auch mit Drogenproblemen zu kämpfen, oder?

[JarcV]

Leute, lt. Bildzeitung von heute findet am Samstag in Hannover ein interessanter Wrestlingabend statt.

So soll u.a. niemand geringeres als ROH World Champion Davey Richards antreten.

Hier noch ein älterer Wortlaut zu dem Event :

Am 14.4.2012 findet um 20 Uhr im Hangar No. 5 in Hannover die SPECIAL EDITION 2012 statt. Wie immer bietet die EUROPEAN WRESTLING PROMOTION den Fans ein volles Programm mit tollen Wrestlern und toller Wrestling-Action!

Inzwischen stehen alle Ringer fest, die an diesem Abend antreten werden. Zum ersten Mal in Hannover mit dabei: der Sohn von Catch- und Schützenplatz-Legende Axel Dieter, Axel Dieter Junior!

Axel Dieter war einer der bekanntesten deutschen Berufsringer und gewann den Catch-Welt-Cup 5 Mal neben unzähligen weiteren Erfolgen. Gerade viele Hannoveraner Fans verbinden mit seinem Namen spannende Fights. Sein Sohn will es ihm gleich tun und trainiert seit Jahren verbissen und ehrgeizig.

Die ersten Griffe brachte ihm sein Vater bei, bevor er ihn in die WRESTLING SCHOOL zu Trainer Ecki Eckstein schickte und schließlich weiter nach Hamburg zu Karsten Kretschmer. Nun hat Axel Dieter jr. schon einige Matches absolviert, ist allerdings noch nie in Hannover angetreten. Für ihn ist es die Chance seines Lebens, dem fachkundigen Hannoveraner Publikum zu beweisen, dass er in die Fußstapfen seines Vaters treten kann. Mit dem Österreicher Michael Kovac bekommt Axel Dieter jr. dann auch gleich einen Vollblutringer als Gegner, der den Nachwuchs-Star in die Schranken weisen möchte.


Ich kann leider nicht dabei sein, da ich gerade an dem Tag in Hamburg live Hamburger SV vs. Hannover 96 schauen werde, dennoch wollte ich das Euch nicht vorenthalten.

[DE_Kimura]

ROH - Kenny King Update

[Bild: http://www.rohwrestling.com/sites/defaul...iyking.jpg]

The appearance of ROH wrestler Kenny King on another television wrestling program tonight has raised speculation on his future as well as how this appearance could occur.

The contract Kenny King signed in June 2011 expired 11 days ago. Before that expiration, an agreement was reached between Kenny and ROH management for an extension of that contract, with a provision to allow him to negotiate with any other promotions so that he could evaluate his options and any potential interest in him elsewhere. When that short extension concluded he would then be free to accept an offer elsewhere, or sign another long term contract with ROH. Under this agreement, Kenny was free to negotiate but not to wrestle for another organization without ROH's permission.

When Kenny was presented with the written extension reflecting this verbal and handshake agreement, he informed ROH he was unsure if other promotions would accept the negotiation clause. He was told he could take the document to be examined by his attorney or other interested parties before executing it to be reassured any other offers would not be viewed as contract tampering. He also informed ROH that he would keep us apprised of any developments.

He contacted ROH on Tuesday July 3 to inform us that he had a meeting in Orlando on Thursday, July 5, which was within the scope of the agreement he had made. Then, early morning on July 5, he contacted an ROH official to say he would be wrestling on the Orlando event that night. He was told he did not have permission to appear live on television as it violated the agreement that had been made. His response was that the deal he had shaken hands on and agreed to in principle "seemed fair at the time", but "others" had told him it was not, so he did not intend to honor it.

Ring of Honor is disappointed that Kenny has chosen to make this decision, after the company had agreed to and followed through on everything he had asked for at the time of our negotiation. However, we consider this breach of his verbal agreement unacceptable, and regardless of his future employment status with any other wrestling company, ROH will not be doing business with Kenny King going forward.

A statement from ROH will be forthcoming regarding the future of the ROH World Tag Team Championship. Co-holder Rhett Titus remains on the active ROH roster.

ROH - Kenny King Update

[DE_Kimura]

ROH WORLD TAG TITLES VACATED!

How will new champions be crowned?
[Bild: http://www.rohwrestling.com/sites/defaul...-rotor.jpg]
Due to the unfortunate departure of Kenny King, one half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions, The All Night Express has been officially stripped of the ROH World Tag Team Titles, thus rendering the championship titles officially VACANT.

As a result ROH officials have determined that there will be an 8 Team Tag Tournament beginning on August 3rd in Baltimore at The Du Burns Arena with the entire opening round of matches being featured at the “Ring of Honor Wrestling” TV Tapings.

ROH officials have also determined that the tournaments semi-finals and finals will take place at a later date. With that being said, ROHWrestling.com was also informed that the first team entered into the field will be:

The 7-Time Former ROH World Tag Team Champions Jay & Mark Briscoe!!
[Bild: http://www.rohwrestling.com/sites/defaul...iscoes.jpg]
Keep checking back to ROHwrestling.com as we will be announcing teams throughout the weeks leading up to the big ROH World Tag Team Championship Tournament!

rohwrestling.com