RING OF HONOR NEWSWIRE: PREVIEW OF FIFTH YEAR FESTIVAL EVENTS IN NYC AND PHILADELPHIA
By ROH Wrestling on 2/15/2007 2:00 PM
February 15th: The birthday party starts tomorrow (Friday) night in the Grand Ballroom of the Manhattan Center on 311 West 34th St. in New York, NY with a zip code of 10001. Be there and witness the start of the Fifth Year Festival. There will be tickets available at the door and belltime is 8pm. ROH World Champion Homicide wants to keep the party going in NYC. This Friday will be a special night for Homicide as he walks into his hometown as ROH World Champion. Homicide was on the very first ROH show and now five years later he is walking into his city on top of the company. Jimmy Rave, who is red hot since developing the heel hook, wants to ruin the party and win the World Title in front of all Homicide's friends, family and fans. Rave insists the heel hook will make Homicide tap and give him the World Title. Rave's newfound confidence and aggressiveness could bring him the belt. Rave will also have to contend with NYC's Julius Smokes in the corner of the champion. You can expect these two athletes to pull out all the stops with the World Title on the line. Get your tickets at the door and experience the atmosphere for yourself. The party after Homicide won the World Title last time in Manhattan was the place to be, now Homicide wants to keep it going tomorrow night.
February 15th: This Saturday (February 17th) is the return to the place where it all started- Philadelphia!!! The Fifth Year Festival comes to the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory on 2700 Southampton Rd in Philadelphia, PA with a zip code of 19154. Belltime is 7:30pm and both bleachers will be open so there will be plenty of seats available at the door. This will be an emotional night for Samoa Joe. After 4 1/2 years, Samoa Joe will have his final match in Philly for ROH. Philadelphia is where Samoa Joe made his debut and became a star in one night. Philadelphia is where Samoa Joe won and lost the World Title in two of the most memorable moments in company history. Philadelphia has seen Joe battle Bryan Danielson, Christopher Daniels, Homicide and so many others. Joe has built ROH in Philadelphia and seen the company grow out of the Murphy Rec Center. Now Joe will wrestle in a ROH ring in Philadelphia for one final time. He will be faced with Davey Richards, who is coming into this match with a purpose. The last Philly event saw Joe send a message to NOAH by slapping Richards' mentor KENTA. Now Richards is coming for revenge for his mentor. Be there and thank Joe for over four great years and let Joe thank you for all your support with one final classic in Philadelphia.
February 15th: The buy 3, get 1 free sale on all ROH show, Straight Shootin' & Secrets Of The Ring DVDs will be in effect at the live events in Manhattan, Philadelphia, Dayton and Chicago. The timing couldn't be better because there will be two big releases this weekend at the live shows and on ROHwrestling.com. Check back later today for 12/22 "International Challenge" from Hartford and 12/23 "Final Battle 2006" from Manhattan. "International Challenge" is headlined by a great tag title match as Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal defend against CIMA & Shingo plus Roderick Strong vs. Davey Richards for the FIP Heavyweight Title, Bryan Danielson vs. Homicide vs. Nigel McGuinness vs. Jimmy Rave and more. "Final Battle 2006" features the historic Bryan Danielson vs. Homicide World Title Match, Briscoes vs. Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli and Dragon Gate Rules action with CIMA, Shingo & Matt Sydal vs. Austin Aries, Roderick Strong & Delirious plus many other matches. A big sale will be announced later today on the main page of ROHwrestling.com.
February 15th: Takeshi Morishima is set to arrive in New York today in preparation for his first weekend in ROH. The mammoth Morishima is looking to use his agility, size and power to defend NOAH's honor against Samoa Joe in Manhattan and then win the World Title in Philadelphia on Saturday. If Morishima fails he will return to Japan a shamed man. For more details read the article on Morishima on the main page of ROHwrestling.com. Will we witness the birth of the next force in ROH this weekend? There will be tickets available at the door on both nights so be there live and see for yourself.
February 15th: There will be lots of huge matches announced for Fifth Year Festival shows on 2/23 in Dayton, 2/24 in Chicago and 3/4 in Liverpool next week right here in the ROHwrestling.com Newswire.
February 15th: Five years ago an unknown company with some internet hype named Ring Of Honor ran its first show. 425 fans sold out the Murphy Rec Center in South Philadelphia. They saw the birth of the style, attitude and passion that you see today. The years have seen struggle, perseverance and strength as the ROH name grew in stature all over the world. Most importantly, the years have seen countless classic matches, memorable moments and historic shows. Be there this weekend in Manhattan and Philadelphia to celebrate this landmark. You have made five years possible. You have made ROH what it is today. Now be there and share this milestone. Tickets will be available at the door on the night of the show for both Manhattan and Philadelphia. We hope to see you there.
