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RING OF HONOR IN CHICAGO RIDGE, IL LIVE REPORT: NEW TAG CHAMPIONS CROWNED AND MORE

By Mike Lee-Thompson on 2008-01-28 09:30:42
1. Bryan Danielson and Austin Aries defeated Jay Briscoe and Erick Stevens
to advance to Ultimate Endurance.

This was a fun match. At one point, Danielson and Aries weren't doing too well:

Danielson: Can we work as a team here?
Aries: Well, what do you want to do?
Danielson: Double hiptoss!

The crowd ate this up and started chanting "teamwork, teamwork" and then did so every subsequent time Danielson and Aries worked together. The finish came when Danielson did his MMA elbows and Aries did his repeated knees to the head on Jay Briscoe simultaneously and then Danielson rolled him up in a small package for the win. Good tag action here. Aries refuses to shake hands after, going with his current persona.

2. Shane Hagadorn defeated Pelle Primeau.
This was pretty short. Hagadorn knocked Pelle in the face with some brass knucks behind the referee's back for the pin. He then cut a promo about how the Hangmen Three were going to win their other matches tonight. The crowd chanted "What" and "Boring" during it.

Sweet N' Sour Inc. came out and Larry Sweeney talked about his outrage at the fact that ROH officials weren't recognizing the Intergender World Tag Team Titles. He said that he arranged to bring in the top intergender tag team in the world, from Thailand, but they didn't make the flight, so he found the next best thing, which was "Sugartits" (as he put it) Alex Payne and Tyler Durden.

3. Chris Hero and Sara Del Rey defeated Alex Payne and Tyler Durden to
retain the Intergender World Tag Team Titles.

The students got in a bit of offense, but the finish came when Sara Del Rey hit an axe kick-like maneuver on Payne for the 3 count.

Afterwards, Sweeney raved about how the Intergender World Tag Team Titles were more prestigious than the ROH World Tag Team Titles and the ROH World Title. Daizee Haze came out and said the only champion worth anything in the ring was Sara Del Rey, the SHIMMER Champion. She called Sweeney a joke, which led to Hero clocking her. Jigsaw came out for the save, leading to an intergender tag match. Sweeney said that Jigsaw and Haze weren't ranked in the World Intergender Tag Team rankings, so this wouldn't be for the titles.

4. Chris Hero and Sara Del Rey defeated Jigsaw and Daizee Haze.
There were some interesting spots in this one, and more male vs. female fighting than I expected. Hero got the pin on Jigsaw after a sitout cravate driver.

5. Claudio Castagnoli and El Generico wrestled to a 20 minute time-limit
draw in a rematch from the Race To The Top Tournament finals.

If you've seen the RTTT finals, you know that there's no way they could possibly top that match. This match was much slower and more scientific, which to some people in my section meant "boring". Claudio worked the leg for most of the match. There were some cool spots at the end, such as Generico flipping over a Ricola Bomb attempt into a powerbomb of his own and reversing a top rope Ricola Bomb attempt into a huracanrana. After the time limit expired, the fans and Claudio and Generico wanted 5 more minutes, but
Todd Sinclair said they couldn't due to time constraints. The crowd was not happy.

6. Mark Briscoe defeated Joey Matthews.
Jimmy Jacobs cut a promo inviting Austin Aries to join the Age of the Fall.  The beginning of this match was very slow, as Joey went to the outside several times and just stood there. This one was ok. Matthews didn't do a whole lot of wrestling, but rather did clotheslines and punches and things of that nature. Mark got the pin after the Shooting Star Press.

- Intermission: Bobby Cruise announced the return as being April 19th, and DDT's Kota Ibushi would be at the show. Not many people seemed to know who he was, as I was one of the only in my section who applauded this news.

7. Delirious defeated Adam Pearce in a dog collar match.
This was OK. Not a whole lot of heat for it. Despite the red, Delirious didn't seem much different. There was some brawling in the crowd. Hagadorn brought a table in the ring but Delirious spit green mist in his face then splashed Pearce through the table for the three. Pearce teased hitting Hagadorn after the match, but hugged him instead.

8. Ultimate Endurance: Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black vs. Brent Albright and
BJ Whitmer vs. Davey Richards and Rocky Romero vs. Austin Aries and Bryan
Danielson.

During the Hangmen 3 entrance, someone threw Cheetos in the ring (not sure why). The crowd thought it was hilarious. BJ ate a couple and threw them back into the crowd.

Fall 1: Scramble
As you might expect, this was all over the place. Aries didn't seem too keen on helping Danielson when he was in trouble. The end of the fall came when Davey Richards rolled Tyler Black up off the ropes for the pin, and the tag champs were eliminated first. This quite surprised the crowd.

Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black are eliminated.

Fall 2: I Quit
Some good wrestling in this fall, which was mostly Whitmer and Albright working over Danielson's leg and Aries not really trying to help. Danielson eventually got Whitmer in a triangle choke for the win.

Brent Albright and BJ Whitmer are eliminated.

Fall 3: For the Tag Titles
There was a lot of really good action here. Everyone got in their signature submission at some point. The finish came when Davey reversed a brainbuster attempt and rolled up Aries for the win and the tag titles. Davey shook Danielson's hand then kicked him in the leg. Aries left without shaking Danielson's hand.

9. Nigel McGuinness defeated Roderick Strong to retain the ROH World Title.

A good match. The crowd was about 50/50 in this one. This was a hard-hitting match that saw Strong get many chops in. It wasn't as heat-filled as it could have been, and some people around me wondered why Strong was even getting a shot. Nigel ended up getting the pin after a jawbreaker lariat.

All in all, an average show. There was nothing outstanding, but most of the matches were solid. I was really surprised AotF lost the tag titles at all, and especially in the first fall of Ultimate Endurance. I was assuming that the final two would be AotF and Aries/Danielson and something would happen angle-wise there. Davey and Rocky deserve it, though. I'm excited to see Ibushi next time, and I hope Go Shiozaki is there as well.

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