As seen at “Showdown in the Sun – Day 1” and on the April 14th edition of “Ring of Honor Wrestling” TV, “The Prodigy” Mike Bennett scored a huge win over Lance Storm but spit in the face of the Canadian Icon’s show of respect, laying out Lance after he extended his hand.
Following the match, Storm challenged Bennett to a rematch at any time and in any location, refusing to go out in that fashion with “some cheap son of a b**** and his two-bit girlfriend standing over me”. Well that rematch is coming quick as ROH officials have officially signed it for “Border Wars” on May 12th in Toronto!!!
“Once wasn’t enough for you old man?” said Bennett to ROHWrestling.com, “It wasn’t enough for you to be beaten, broken, and embarrassed in Florida? Now you want me to do the exact same thing to you in your home country? Well how can I say no to an opportunity like that Lance? How can I turn down an open invitation to put you back on the shelf, back where you belong, right in front of your fellow Canucks? Time has passed you by, I’m living proof of that, but I guess senility is setting in because it looks like you forgot already. I suppose I will just have to give you another reminder in Toronto…”
ROHWrestling.com has also learned that Maria will not be at her man’s side in Canada but Bennett himself said that it didn’t matter because she’s always with him in spirit and that as soon as he’s done with Storm he will be back on a plane to her side. It’s Storm/Bennett II and it goes down on May 12th in Toronto at The Ted Reeve Arena as part of ROH’s “Border Wars” event! Get your tickets right here in the ROH Store!!!
0Posted by Jeff Peck on April 23, 2012 at 10:25 am
A lot of people ask me, “Why did you decide to become a professional wrestler?” And it’s a great question. Why? Why did I decide to pursue this sport as my career? And that’s a misconception as well. When you decide to become a pro wrestler, it’s not your career, its your life. It takes up every second of your time. You are always training, always traveling, always making every sacrifice necessary to move forward and advance. So a lot of people ask, “Why are you committing your entire life to pro wrestling?”
The answer isn’t as easy as I thought. Is it the adrenaline rush? Yea maybe, because there is no better feeling than going out and giving your all for the Ring of Honor fans, who for over ten years have given their all to us. Is it all the travel that we get to experience? It’s neat to see many places around the world, but I wouldn’t say that travel is why I wrestle. Is it the hope for fame and fortune? Absolutely not, if your willing to put your body through the grind of this sport for the hopes that you end up on a billboard, you’ll get eaten alive. So I sat down and really thought about it. Why? Why do I commit every second of every day, to live this dream day in and day out? The answer, is for moments like April 29.
If you wrestle for Ring of Honor, you have that little extra spark in you that doesn’t accept anything but first place. You don’t like losing at anything you do, and you want to be able to look yourself in the mirror and say that “I am the best.” That’s why we all do this, to show the world that we have what it takes to stand atop the mountain of our chosen profession. Day in and day out, we make the sacrifices necessary to one day hold that title that I speak of. And on April 29 in Dayton, I have that shot at my fingertips.
On March 4 in NYC, at the Ring of Honor Ten Year Anniversary event, I pinned the World Champion, Davey Richards. Ring of Honor officials made the decision to put me in a Proving Ground Match with Davey, because they felt I had earned the right to potentially gain a World Title Match down the line. To Davey’s credit, he felt that I had already proved that. That shows you the kind of champion that he is, and the kind of man that he is. He knew that I beat him that night, whether a tag match or not, and he felt that I deserved my shot. I can’t argue with the Ring of Honor officials for their initial call, as I feel they had every right in their thought process. But just like Davey believes, I believe that I have earned this shot. And on April 29, I will show them why.
When I first came into Ring of Honor, I just wanted to show that I belonged. I wanted to prove to myself that I have what it takes, as well as the fans and Ring of Honor officials. Now I find myself headlining a Ring of Honor event, and challenging for the World Championship. To say this is the biggest match of my career is an understatement. This is my shot, to prove any doubters wrong that March 4 in NYC was not a fluke. Adam Cole is not a fluke. I have what it takes, I will not let this opportunity pass me by, and I will stand atop the Ring of Honor mountain.
I said earlier that I became a pro wrestler with the intention of being the best. April 29 in Dayton, I become the best…I become the Ring of Honor World Champion.
Sportsvibe is featuring an interview with TNA wrestler Austin Aries. Here are a few of highlights.
On becoming the longest reigning X-Division champion in TNA history: “You’re correct, reading the internet and Wikipedia is serving you well, but what it fails to mention is that I’m also the girthest X-Division champion in the history of TNA, not just the longest.”
On ROH and wrestling CM Punk and Daniel Bryan: “It’s always great when you get to wrestle guys that are on the same level as you. Whenever I got in the ring with either of those guys we would always go out there and put on great matches.
“From a professional stand point it’s nice to see guys that have a real passion for what we do having such great success. It goes to show what a huge success Ring of Honor was, to have CM Punk as the WWE Champion, Daniel Bryan as the former World Champion in WWE and myself as the longest reigning TNA X-Division Champion.”
The current state of ROH: “I’ll be really honest with you, the Ring of Honor today is not anything like the Ring of Honor that the likes of CM Punk, Daniel Bryan and myself came from. Obviously they are still operating under the same name, but the company has changed so much over the years and it’s really a shell of it’s former self in terms of the vision and thought process. The original Ring of Honor and the Ring of Honor today are two completely different things, I like to call it Smokey Mountain of Honor.”
How far behind ROH is from TNA: “A couple of thousand dollars behind, there is no money in Ring of Honor, and that means they will only be able to secure talent for a certain amount of time before they move somewhere else.”
Who he’d like to wrestle: “I would love to get in the ring with Bobby Roode because he is the World Champion and that would be good. World Champion versus X-Division Champion. I would love to add another title to my collection. Some other guys I would love to have matches with include Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy and obviously AJ Styles. Many people say AJ is the best X-Division Champion and I would like to put that to the test.”
Vince Russo leaving TNA: “I don’t really have any thoughts on the situation. There’s lots of chefs in the kitchen, I’m given the recipe from those guys and I just go out there and cook up some greatness. I never really had many major issues with Vince Russo one way or the other and didn’t really react with him a whole lot, but hopefully he is happy in what ever he is doing now and I know TNA will keep doing what we do.”
0Posted by Jeff Peck on April 20, 2012 at 10:37 am
WWE star Curt Hawkins, who was fired on NXT by William Regal earlier this week, continues to play up the storyline on Twitter. Hawkins says he’s going to the independents to work with Kevin Steen and Sami Callihan. He wrote:
“I’m so fired… I’m gonna kill @KILLSTEENKILL & @samicallihan on the indys. #NXT sucks”
0Posted by Jeff Peck on April 20, 2012 at 10:31 am
Seth Rollins (Tyler Black) and Kassius Ohno (Chris Hero) teamed together at Thursday night’s FCW event in Florida. They defeated the team of Antonio Cesaro (Claudio Castagnoli) and Big E. Langston. Kassius wrote on Twitter:
“Finally got my hands (& elbow) on @AntonioCesaro. Teamed w/ @WWERollins v. him & @BigELangston. I think poor Swisso is still KO’d. #future”
Cesaro and Ohno previously teamed together as the Kings of Wrestling before signing with WWE.
In the April 17th Newswire it was stated that ROH officials were working on getting the main event for our Richmond, VA return signed within the next few days. Well late last night everything was finalized and we can now announce that for the first time ever Davey Richards & Kyle O’Reilly will face Kevin Steen & Jimmy Jacobs in a huge tag team affair!
Not only is this battle pitting Steen & Richards against one another, but it will come exactly one week after their scheduled ROH World Title contest at “Border Wars” in Toronto on May 12th!
“I get to beat Davey’s two weeks in a row?” remarked Kevin Steen to ROHWrestling.com, “Does Ring of Honor actually like me now or something? Is Jimmy on my team this week? The month of May is like Christmas, a trip to the zoo, and Disney all rolled into one. I get to beat Davey in my home country, then me and Jimmy get to humiliate him AND his little puppy dog a week later? If I could dance I’d actually be doing a happy dance right now. Seriously though, Davey and Kyle, I strongly suggest you pay attention in Chicago to what Jimmy and me do to Generico and BJ. Record it with your cell phones, go home and study it in your free time, and then take whatever you think you got out of that and shove it up each other’s *****. You can’t predict this, you can’t plan for it, you just…you just suffer through it. Exactly like a nightmare I guess, which is appropriate since that’s the little nickname Jimmy has tried to convince the world applies to me. I’m not the nightmare of ROH much less wrestling, that’s you Jimmy boy. See I’m the dream that everyone hopes for when they fall asleep. Actually…well that’s actually kind of creepy…I think I’d rather be the reality you wake up to every day of your lives. The one that reminds Jimmy and Davey how they failed to stop me from becoming champion, and the one that reminds ROH fans of the way things should be.”
As the picture is painted right now, either Richards or Steen will enter into this tag team war as the ROH World Champion but things could go into upheaval with the Richards/Adam Cole match in Dayton on April 29th now being for the World Title. How would a Cole victory change this scenario? That’s a question to be answered another time.
For now it’s all about Team Richards vs. Steen & Jacobs on Saturday May 19th in Richmond, VA!!!! It all goes down at the Greater Richmond Convention Center and you can get your tickets here!
- ROH – CHIKARA “Synergy” on April 28th at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, IL will certainly be a day pro wrestling fans will never forget! Eddie Kingston vs. Kevin Steen will headline CHIKARA’s “Hot off the Griddle” event in the afternoon at 2PM and Ring of Honor presents “Unity” in the evening at 7:30PM. Be sure to join us for this Professional Wrestling Holiday on April 28th! If you don’t have your tickets yet order them here and check out the line-up here!
- TJ Perkins vs. “No Fear” Mike Mondo has been signed for our April 29th return to Dayton, Ohio at the Hara Arena! Click here to see the stacked lineup that is in store for Dayton on the 29th and you can also expect the All Night Express to be in tag team action and “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin will be in one-on-one competition. Click here to see the 8 big matches that will take place starting at 5PM and you don’t want to miss a minute of it! Get your tickets right here and support the greatest pro wrestling on the planet earth!
- This week’s “Tuesday Rollout” saw the release of the “El Generico: Ole! Ole!” 2-Disc DVD set that features 19 of The Generic Luchador’s greatest matches! You can pick up your copy of this exciting set here and pick up the recent Nigel McGuinness, Bryan Danielson, and CM Punk releases in the ROH Store as well!
- On Saturday May 19th, Ring of Honor Wrestling returns to Richmond, VA at the Greater Richmond Convention Center and ROH officials have signed a HUGE tag team main event! It will be ROH World Champion Davey Richards and Kyle O’Reilly facing “Wrestling’s Worst Nightmare” Kevin Steen and “Zombie Princess” Jimmy Jacobs in what is sure to be a heated war! Click here to order tickets and be apart of the ROH experience live and up close.
- Expect more bouts to be signed next week for “Border Wars” to go along with the Richards/Steen ROH World Title Match, Finlay/Strong, and the Briscoes/WGTT “Fight Without Honor”! Also tune into “Ring of Honor Wrestling” TV for the latest info on the biggest event to hit Toronto in a long time. Be sure to get your tickets NOW for our return to Toronto on May 12th at the Ted Reeve Arena before it is too late! Click here to purchase the hottest ticket around!
- Ring of Honor makes its debut at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, WV on Friday, June 15th and all of the lucky people who purchase tickets in the first 3 rows will be considered VIP for the evening and as a result will get early entry at 6PM for a special Meet & Greet with all of the ROH Wrestlers! Click here to see the first list of wrestlers signed to appear in Charleston and don’t forget that we plan to have our TV cameras on hand on June 15th! Get your tickets here and be a part of the electrifying atmosphere up close & personal. Until then, fans in the Charleston area can watch ROH every week on ABC: WCHS at 1:30AM Sunday and on FOX: WVAH at 1AM on Sunday night.
- “Best In The World 2012” is approaching in a little over 2 months and ROH officials are planning a huge event for New York City on Sunday, June 24th. Final negotiations are taking place to sign some big names for the event and fans will not be disappointed. Last year’s “Best In The World” broke records and this year is expected to go beyond. Get tickets now for the biggest ROH event of the summer!
-ROH Triple Crown Winner and current Television Champion Roderick Strong has had a great 2012 and he has big plans for the rest of the year. “I continue to make ROH history daily,” explained Strong. “Triple Crown Winner, Survival of the Fittest, current TV champ, I’ve done it all… expect hold all of the titles at once! The fact is that I have enough beef, booze and broads… but not enough belts. I will see to it that Truth gets me the matches I deserve.”
- The latest episode of “Ring of Honor Wrestling” is now available for all GA Members and it’s absolutely FREE! It’s “Road Rage” as we bring you highlights from “Showdown In The Sun – Day 1” which went down on March 30th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL! Witness “La Revancha” as Kevin Steen & El Generico battle it out in a Last Man Standing Match! It’s “Icon vs. Prodigy” as Mike Bennett, with Maria Kanellis in his corner, faces off with Lance Storm and much more!
- This week “Road Rage” continues on “Ring of Honor Wrestling” as we bring you highlights from “Showdown In The Sun – Day 2” from March 31st in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. You will see Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong battle for the ROH Television title, CHIKARA’s Fire Ant faces TJ Perkins, and the ROH World Tag Team Champions Mark & Jay Briscoe defend against Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin. Check here to see if the best wrestling on the planet airs on TV in your area!
- Be sure to catch TJ Perkins vs. Fire Ant from “Showdown in the Sun – Day 2” for free on YouTube!
- On Friday, May 18th, Ring of Honor Wrestling returns to Baltimore, MD at The Du Burns Arena where we will tape 4 more exciting episodes of “Ring of Honor Wrestling” TV for our SBG affiliates nationwide! Come out to Baltimore and be apart of the TV show that the wrestling world is talking about! Bring the streamers and bring the noise…order tickets here.
This week’s episode of “Ring of Honor Wrestling” TV is available to Ringside Members now, click here to view. It’s “Road Rage” as we bring to you highlights from “Showdown In The Sun – Day 1” which went down on March 30th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL!
It’s “La Revancha” as Kevin Steen & El Generico battle it out in a Last Man Standing Match! It’s “Icon vs. Prodigy” as Mike Bennett, with Maria in his corner, takes on Lance Storm!
In celebration of “Synergy” on April 28th, Ring of Honor will be holding a special Fan Fest prior to the start of “UNITY” at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, IL. This is your chance to meet the wrestlers of Ring of Honor and CHIKARA all at once! Taking part in this Meet & Greet are:
- Current ROH World Champion Davey Richards
- Current ROH World Television Champion Roderick Strong
- Current ROH World Tag Team Champions Jay & Mark Briscoe
- “The First Lady of ROH” Maria Kanellis
- Jay Lethal
- The All Night Express (Kenny King & Rhett Titus)
- The Colony (Fire Ant, Soldier Ant, Green Ant)
The Meet & Greet will begin prior to the ROH event when doors open and 8 x 10 photos will be available to purchase. Be sure to join us for this Professional Wrestling Holiday on April 28th!
- As of this time, there is no word on which iPPV provider will be working with ROH for their May 12th event.
– With his heel turn, Jimmy Jacobs’ nickname is now “The Zombie Princess.”
– ROH champion Davey Richards will be working this year’s New Japan Pro Wrestling Top of Super Juniors tournament.
– The April 28th card in Chicago, Unity, which is part of a double header with CHIKARA at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, will feature tag team bouts to play off of the name. Here is the updated card for the show…
* ROH Tag Team champions The Briscoes vs. Jigsaw & Hallowicked
* Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin vs. ROH champion Davey Richards & Kyle O’Reilly
* The All Night Express vs. Roderick Strong & Michael Elgin
* Kevin Steen & Jimmy Jacobs vs. El Generico & BJ Whitmer
* Jay Lethal & Adam Cole & TJ Perkins vs. The Colony – Lucha Rules.
* The Young Bucks vs. The Bravados
– Here is the updated card for Sunday’s matinee event in Dayton, Ohio…
* ROH champion Davey Richards vs. Adam Cole.
* ROH Tag Team champions Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin
* ROH TV champion Roderick Strong vs. Jay Lethal – Best of Three Falls.
* El Generico vs. Kyle O’Reilly
* Kevin Steen vs. BJ Whitmer
0Posted by Jeff Peck on April 18, 2012 at 11:32 am
Ring of Honor makes its debut at the Charleston Civic Center located at 200 Civic Center Drive in Charleston, WV on Friday, June 15th and we have a special surprise for our fans!
All of the lucky people who purchase tickets in the first 3 rows will be considered VIP for the evening and as a result will get early entry at 6PM for a special Meet & Greet with all of the ROH Wrestlers!
Also, don’t forget that we plan to have our TV cameras on hand in Charleston! Order your tickets now and be a part of the electrifying atmosphere up close & personal. Until then, fans in the Charleston area can watch ROH every week on ABC: WCHS at 1:30AM Sunday and on FOX: WVAH at 1AM on Sunday night.
We also have the first list of wrestlers signed to appear in Charleston that night:
- Current ROH World Champion Davey Richards
- Current ROH World Television Champion Roderick Strong with Truth Martini
- Current ROH World Tag Team Champions Jay & Mark Briscoe
- “Wrestling’s Worst Nightmare” Kevin Steen
- “Zombie Princess” Jimmy Jacobs
- Jay Lethal
- “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin with Truth Martini
- Kyle O’Reilly
- Adam Cole
Keep an eye on ROHWrestling.com in the coming weeks, as well as all our official social media outlets, as matches for our WV debut are finalized and more competitors are set!
0Posted by Jeff Peck on April 18, 2012 at 11:31 am
FCW star Antonio Cesaro, formerly known as Claudio Castagnoli, will make his WWE TV debut this Friday night on SmackDown, taped on Tuesday in London.
Cesaro appears in a backstage segment with Aksana. She introduces him to Teddy Long as her new friend, a European Rugby player. Cesaro had a meeting set up with John Laurinaitis and was welcomed into his office by SmackDown’s new General Manager.
- There is no doubt that “Border Wars” is the biggest thing to hit Toronto in a long time. On the latest edition of “Ring of Honor Wrestling” TV, three major matches for “Border Wars” in Toronto on May 12th were announced and the wrestling world is buzzing! “The Belfast Bruiser” Fit Finlay faces ROH World TV Champion Roderick Strong with Truth Martini, “Die Hard” Eddie Edwards battles Rhino with Truth Martini, and ROH World Tag Team Champions Jay & Mark Briscoe go to war with Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin in a Fight Without Honor! Plus Lance Storm has issued a challenge to “The Prodigy” Mike Bennett for a rematch! “Border Wars” is shaping up to be one of the biggest Ring of Honor events of all time so be sure to get your tickets NOW for our return to Toronto on at the Ted Reeve Arena before it is too late! Click here to purchase the hottest ticket around!
- Ring of Honor Wrestling and CHIKARA “Synergy” at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, IL on April 28th is approaching fast and anticipation is high. The Professional Wrestling Holiday starts off with CHIKARA presenting “Hot Off the Griddle” in the afternoon at 2PM and ends with Ring of Honor presenting “Unity” in the evening at 7:30PM. The name “Unity” will not only represent our partnership with CHIKARA but more specifically, it symbolizes the entire card for the ROH event. Every match will have wrestlers forming a partnership with one another resulting in tag team contests from top to bottom. Just announced for our event, The Young Bucks will face the returning Bravado Brothers AND BJ Whitmer will team with El Generico to battle “Wrestling’s Worst Nightmare” Kevin Steen & “Zombie Princess” Jimmy Jacobs in a tag team war that is sure to be heated! It all goes down at The Frontier Fieldhouse on April 28th and you can get your tickets here.
- And it’s “Tuesday Rollout” time once again!!! This week it’s “El Generico: Ole!Ole!”, a special 2-Disc DVD set featuring 19 of his greatest ROH matches including bouts against Nigel McGuinness, Bryan Danielson, Roderick Strong, and a whole lot more! Get your copy right here right now!!!
- “The Prodigy” Mike Bennett and “The First Lady of ROH” Maria Kanellis will be in Chicago Ridge on April 28th!
- Our April 29th return to Dayton, Ohio is also shaping up to be a card that you cannot afford to miss! We debut at the Hara Arena at 5PM and fans will see TWO huge championship bouts as ROH World Champion Davey Richards defends against Adam Cole and Mark & Jay Briscoe put the ROH World Tag Team Titles on the line against Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin just weeks before their Fight Without Honor in Toronto. And just announced today, BJ Whitmer will go one-on-one with “Wrestling’s Worst Nightmare” Kevin Steen! Get your tickets right here and support the greatest pro wrestling on the planet earth!
- ROH officials have been in contact with multiple wrestlers who would be great competition for ROH’s top athletes.
- On Saturday May 19th, Ring of Honor Wrestling returns to Richmond, VA at the Greater Richmond Convention Center and ROH officials are finalizing the main event which should be announced within days! Click here to order tickets and be apart of the ROH spectacle live and in person.
- Ring of Honor debuts at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia on Friday, June 15th and you can expect the first list of wrestlers signed to appear to be announced very soon. Also, don’t forget that we plan to have our TV cameras on hand! Get your tickets right here and be a part of the electrifying atmosphere up close and personal. Until then, fans in the Charleston area can watch ROH every week on ABC: WCHS at 1:30AM on Sunday afternoon and on FOX: WVAH at 11PM on Sunday night.
- On June 30th, we make our return to the Pittsburgh area for the first time in over 3 years when he hit The Rostraver Ice Garden located at 101 Gallatin Road, Belle Vernon, PA 15102! It will be a huge night for everyone as the living legend of professional wrestling Bruno Sammartino will be on hand! We will hold a special private Meet & Greet autograph session with former World Champion Bruno Sammartino prior to the live event. Tickets for Pittsburgh and the Bruno Meet & Greet are available right here.
- We are pleased to report that ROH World Champion Davey Richards will participate in New Japan Pro Wrestling’s “Best of the Super Junior XIX” during the time period of May 27th through June 10th.
- The latest episode of “Ring of Honor Wrestling” is now available for all Ringside Members here! It’s “Road Rage” as we bring you highlights from “Showdown In The Sun – Day 1” which went down on March 30th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL! Witness “La Revancha” as Kevin Steen & El Generico battle it out in a Last Man Standing Match! It’s “Icon vs. Prodigy” as Mike Bennett, with Maria Kanellis in his corner, faces off with Lance Storm and much more!
- This week “Road Rage” continues on “Ring of Honor Wrestling” as we bring you highlights from “Showdown In The Sun – Day 2” from March 31st in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. You will see Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong battle for the ROH Television title, CHIKARA’s Fire Ant faces TJ Perkins, and the ROH World Tag Team Champions Mark & Jay Briscoe defend against Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin. Check here to see if the best wrestling on the planet airs on TV in your area!
