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It's going to be a quiet few weeks for ROH as they are off live shows until the Japan tour on 9/13 and 9/14. The top matches on 9/13 will be a non-title bout between ROH champ Nigel McGuinness and Bryan Danielson and ROH Tag Team champs The Age of the Fall vs. The Briscoes. 9/14 will feature McGuinness defending against Jimmy Jacobs and Danielson challenging NOAH GHC Junior champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru. The promotion will then tape a PPV 9/19 in Boston, MA and run Glory by Honor on 9/20 in Philadelphia at the former ECW Arena.
ROH's debut in the St. Louis market on 12/6 goes on sale today at the ROH website.
As I noted in my WWE Madison Square Garden live report over the weekend, ROH owner Cary Silkin and Larry Sweeney were sitting ringside at the event. WWE World champ CM Punk, obviously a former ROH champ and main eventer, hugged both of them as he came to the ring. After defeating JBL, Punk climbed to the top of the Steel Cage and pointed down to Silkin. He later laid in the ring making snow angels, something Punk did in his final DVD appearance for Ring of Honor, running into a blizzard in Long Island, NY and making snow angels outside the building. It was a pretty cool moment in that "not forgetting your roots" sort of way.
As noted elsewhere on the site, former ROH personality Becky Bayless was arrested for DUI over the weekend
Expect Naomichi Marufuji to challenge Nigel McGuinness for the ROH title shortly. That should be nothing short of awesome.
Since ROH is running the former ECW Arena in Philadelphia on 9/20, I am officially calling for Don E. Allen to be booked on the undercard against Bobby Dempsey in what would obviously win match of the year. Make it happen ROH!
The most recent ROH DVD releases are Vendetta II, Battle for Supremacy and the Respect is Earned II PPV. The company is running a $10 sale on older titles at www.rohwrestling.com.
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