PWInsider - WWE News, Wrestling News, WWE

CORNETTE IN HOT PURSUIT OF WWE, MARK BRISCOE DOES THE WEATHER AND MORE

Ring of Honor will return to Internet PPV this Friday evening 3/30 and Saturday afternoon 3/31 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the War Memorial with "Showdown in Sun."

You can order both shows for one price by clicking the poster below:

Before we get there, for those of you who love a good, silly video, well, we have two from ROH personalities for you today:

First, ROH Tag Team champion Mark Briscoe does the weather in a video that was filmed last week at a Wellness Expo in Baltimore:

Secondly, Jim Cornette's wife posted the following video of Jim driving en route to Florida for the ROH PPVs and coming across, of all things a Wrestlemania 27 bus. Note - Strong language. Move over Roscoe P. Coltrane, because Cornette is in hot pursuit:

ROH issued the following press release for their Showdown in the Sun Internet PPV double header this weekend:

GET CLOSER TO THE ACTION WITH RING OF HONOR WRESTLING’S

“SHOWDOWN IN THE SUN”

2 DAYS, 2 EVENTS, 16 MATCHES & OVER 30 STARS!!

FRIDAY MARCH 30^TH, 2012 AT 8PM & SATURDAY, MARCH 31^ST, 2012 AT 1PM

War Memorial Auditorium

800 NE 8th Street - Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304

 Tickets start at only $20! Join Davey Richards, Charlie Haas, Shelton Benjamin, Kevin Steen, The Briscoes, Lance Storm & more at RING OF HONOR WRESTLING’S SHOWDOWN IN THE SUN!!

BALTIMORE, MD (March 26, 2012) – RING OF HONOR WRESTLING (ROH) is coming to Fort Lauderdale. The Superstars of ROH, as seen locally on WTCN (MyTV - Saturdays 8PM) & WTVX (CW -  Saturdays 11PM) are invading the War Memorial Auditorium, Friday March 30^th at 8pm & Saturday, March 31^st, 2012, at 1pm for 2 days of hard hitting action featuring the Ring of Honor Superstars. 

TICKETS: On sale at www.TICKETMASTER.COM or by calling 800-653-8000

Matches signed for SHOWDOWN IN THE SUN NIGHT #1 - Friday, March 30^th, 2012, 8PM @ War Memorial Auditorium include:

TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR THE ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

ROH World Champion, DAVEY RICHARDS defends his championship against former champions “DIE HARD” EDDIE EDWARDS & RODERICK STRONG w/ manager Truth Martini

THE ICON vs THE PRODIGY

“CANADIAN ICON” LANCE STORM makes his ROH return to take on “THE PRODIGY” MIKE BENNETT w/ MARIA KANELLIS

LA REVANCHA!!

“wrestling’ worst nightmare” kevin steen vs el Generico

PROVING GROUND MATCH

ROH World Tag Team Champions, MARK & JAY BRISCOE take on TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls)

**If TMDK wins or go the time limit, they will receive a future ROH World Tag Team Championship shot**

ROH WORLD TV CHAMPIONSHIP

ROH World TV Champion JAY LETHAL defends against KYLE O’REILLY

DUEL – DUAL – 2 MATCHES – 2 STIPULATIONS

THE ALL NIGHT EXPRESS (KENNY KING & RHETT TITUS) take on the YOUNG BUCKS (NICK & MATT JACKSON)

 TICKETS: On sale at www.TICKETMASTER.COM or by calling 800-653-8000

 Matches signed for SHOWDOWN IN THE SUN DAY #2 - Saturday, March 31^st, 2012, 1PM @ War Memorial Auditorium include:

BLIND DESTINY MATCH

**One of these matches will be for the ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP**

DAVEY RICHARDS vs “UNBREAKABLE” MICHAEL ELGIN

JAY LETHAL vs RODERICK STRONGO:P>

““DIE HARD” EDDIE EDWARDS vs “WRESTLING’S WORST NIGHTMARE” KEVIN STEEN

ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

JAY & MARK BRISCOE defend against former champions CHARLIE HAAS & SHELTON BENJAMIN, “WRESTLING’S GREATEST TAG TEAM”

DUEL – DUAL – 2 MATCHES – 2 STIPULATIONSO:P>

TTHE ALL NIGHT EXPRESS (KENNY KING & RHETT TITUS) take on the YOUNG BUCKS (NICK & MATT JACKSON)

FORMER PARTNERS COLLIDEO:P>

AADAM COLE vs KYLE O’REILLY

SPECIAL CHIKARA VS RING OF HONOR ATTRACTIONO:P>

““technical lightning” tj perkins vs chikara pro’s fire ant

 About Ring of Honor Wrestling

RING OF HONOR WRESTLING is the absolute best pound-for-pound professional wrestling in the world today! Airing across the country on the Sinclair Broadcast Group family of television stations, ROH has been delivering the cutting edge of pro wrestling for ten years. ROH prides itself on cultivating innovative stars, such as Davey Richards, Jay & Mark Briscoe, Eddie Edwards, Kevin Steen, Charlie Haas, Shelton Benjamin, and Jay Lethal that are unlike any wrestlers you have experienced anywhere else! Watch as RING OF HONOR WRESTLING redefines your expectations of what professional wrestling could be starting Saturday nights on Sinclair Broadcast affiliates across the country, and every Monday at ROHWrestling.com!

For more information on RING OF HONOR WRESTLING, visit www.ROHWrestling.com.

About Sinclair
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., the largest and one of the most diversified television broadcasting companies, owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 73 television stations in 45 markets. Sinclair’s  television portfolio consists of 20 FOX, 18 MNT, 13 CW, 11 ABC, 9 CBS, 1 NBC, and 1 Azteca station, in  addition to 82 sub-channels. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 26.3% of U.S. television  households and is affiliated with all major networks. Sinclair owns equity interests in various non-broadcast related companies. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information and can be accessed at www.sbgi.net.

If you enjoy PWInsider.com you can check out the AD-FREE PWInsider Elite section, which features exclusive audio updates, news, our critically acclaimed podcasts, interviews and more by clicking here!

• Tweet