RING OF HONOR NEWSWIRE: BOSTON PREVIEW, JIMMY JACOBS UPDATE & MORE
By
Mike Johnson on 5/29/2007 10:00 AM
May 29th: This is going to be a huge week for the ROHwrestling.com Newswire with major news about all four June shows. Each day this week will feature a different show. We'll start by announcing more matches for June 8th when ROH returns to the Boston area. ROH will debut at the first class facility of the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Ctr on 1350 Tremont St in Roxbury Crossing, MA with a zip code of 02120. This is a great area with plenty of parking and only seconds from public transportation. We have two huge matches to announce right now.
May 29th: A six man grudge match has been signed for June 8th in Boston. The No Remorse Corps of Roderick Strong, Rocky Romero & Davey Richards will collide with The Resilience of Matt Cross & Erick Stevens. The Resilience team will be rounded out by none other than Delirious!!! The NRC won a battle in Hartford earlier this month against Cross & Stevens. Now Delirious joins the war in Boston!!!
May 29th: Also signed for the Boston area is a battle of two athletes known for their athletic style and high-flying. It will be Matt Sydal vs. El Generico on June 8th!!!
May 29th: The latest ROH DVDs at www.ROHwrestling.com are red hot including "Supercard Of Honor II" from 3/31 in Detroit. Dave Meltzer in this week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter states "from a wrestling standpoint, it's a hell of a show." Meltzer has called the six man main event pitting CIMA, Susumu Yokosuka & Shingo vs. Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Masaaki Mochizuki a match of the year candidate. Order the DVD now for immediate delivery at ROHwrestling.com and see this bout plus more including: Roderick Strong vs. Austin Aries in an excellent contest; BJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Jacobs in a bloody and brutal Steel Cage Showdown; Nigel McGuinness vs. Chris Hero with Larry Sweeney & reality TV star Jonny Fairplay; Homicide & Colt Cabana team for the first time ever vs. Brent Albright & Adam Pearce; Rocky Romero & Davey Richards vs. Jack Evans & Naruki Doi in an action packed bout; Claudio Castagnoli vs. YAMATO; Jay Briscoe & Delirious vs. Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal plus more!!! Don't miss this show of the year candidate!!!
May 29th: There are a lot of questions being asked about what is going on with Jimmy Jacobs and Lacey. We have just received a series of videos that will give us the answers. Look for the first one later today or tomorrow at ROHvideos.com. The new ROH Video Wire will also be up this week at ROHvideos.com.
May 29th: We'll be back tomorrow with lots of news about 6/9 in Philly.
May 29th: ROH is ready for the big return to the Boston area in the best building we've ever run in New England. Here is all the updated info:
Ring Of Honor
June 8th, 2007- 8:00 pm belltime
Roxbury Community College
Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Ctr
1350 Tremont St
Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120
Tickets are available at www.rohwrestling.com, by calling (215) 781-2500, or at www.tickets.com.
This event replaces the show scheduled for the National Guard Armory in Braintree, MA. All tickets originally purchased for the event in Braintree will be honored in Roxbury.
ROH World Title Match
Takeshi Morishima defends vs. Jay Briscoe
Six Man Grudge Match
Delirious, Matt Cross & Erick Stevens vs. Roderick Strong, Rocky Romero & Davey Richards
Special Challenge Match
Bryan Danielson vs. Jimmy Rave
Grudge Match
Mark Briscoe vs. Kevin Steen
Four Corner Survival
Nigel McGuinness vs. Chris Hero vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Mike Quackenbush
Special Challenge Match
Matt Sydal vs. El Generico
Plus more with: BJ Whitmer; Jimmy Jacobs & Lacey; Daizee Haze; Brent Albright; Pelle Primeau plus more to be announced!!!
Directions to Roxbury Community College:
Route 93 (Southeast Expressway) - From Route 93 (Southeast Expressway) take Exit 18, Massachusetts Avenue/Roxbury. Follow the off ramp which becomes Melnea Cass Blvd. Be sure to stay in the middle lane. Take a left at Tremont Street which becomes Columbus Avenue. Follow Columbus Avenue for approximately 1/2 mile. Look for the College on your left. Parking is available at the Cedar Street lot (corner of Cedar Street and Columbus
Avenue).
If taking the T - From Downtown Boston take the Orange Line toward Forest Hills. Get off at the Roxbury Crossing station. The College is located across the street on Columbus Avenue.
