RING OF HONOR NEWSWIRE: LAS VEGAS & CALIFORNIA DEBUTS THIS WEEKEND, PHILADELPHIA LINEUP UPDATES AND MORE
By ROH Wrestling on 10/17/2007 10:09 AM
October 17th: The ring crew is already on the road and headed for ROH's first trip to the West Coast. It all begins this Friday at the Empire Ballroom on 3765 Las Vegas Blvd. in Las Vegas, NV with a zip code of 89109. Belltime is 7pm and there will be tickets available at the door. ROH is coming right to the heart of the Vegas Strip for "Survival Of The Fittest 2007" featuring six qualifying matches with the winners advancing to an Elimination Match main event. Will this be Austin Aries' year? He has made it to the Elimination Match all three years including being the runner up during the first two years. Aries is determined to add "Survival Of The Fittest" Champion to his already impressive resume. He will have a very unique and tough qualifying match as he is set to face last year's Champion Delirious. This one could go either way and is sure to be very competitive. Please note that you must be 21 to attend this event.
October 17th: This Sunday will be the California ROH debut as part of the Wrestle Fan Fest at the historic Cow Palace on 2600 Geneva Ave. in San Francisco, CA with a zip code of 94134. Belltime is 4pm and there will be tickets available at the door. ROH will also have a booth as part of the convention (check www.WrestleFanFest.com for info including the ridiculously loaded lineup) on Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday. Ringside tickets for the big ROH event will be available at the ROH booth on Saturday. Check it out on Saturday afternoon starting around 3pm and get autographs with new ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness, Claudio Castagnoli, Chris Hero and Larry Sweeney. There will also be ROH stars available for autographs on Sunday at the booth. ROH will pull out all the stops when history is made and ROH hits the West Coast!!!
October 17th: One more match has been signed for "Glory By Honor VI: Night 1" in Philadelphia on November 2nd. It will be a tag team battle of the immovable object vs. the irresistible force when Brent Albright & BJ Whitmer take on Kevin Steen & El Generico. We have a look at the updated lineup for this huge night in Philly below.
October 17th: The FIP DVDs keep coming out faster and faster at ROHwrestling.com. Out now is 5/25/07 "Stronger Than Ever" with a wild main event as Roderick Strong defends the FIP World Heavyweight Title against The Necro Butcher in a hard-hitting No DQ Match. The FIP shows keep getting better and better with fresh talent and matches. Just check out this lineup: Erick Stevens vs. Delirious; Mark Briscoe vs. Marek Brave; Sean Waltman & The Heartbreak Express vs. The YRR; Jay Briscoe vs. Tyler Black; Damien Wayne vs. Rex Sterling vs. Danny Daniels; Jimmy Rave vs. Trik Davis and more. Not only that, but FIP is putting two unreleased classic shows on one DVD. This means you get two incredible shows for the price of one. It starts with "Evening The Odds 2006" & "Attack Of The Masked Fippers" with Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong, Colt Cabana vs. Milano Collection AT and an epic almost one hour elimination match with Samoa Joe, Austin Aries, Jimmy Rave, Bryan Danielson & Adam Pearce vs. Roderick Strong, Sean Waltman, Jerrelle Clark, Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro. Get these FIP events now on DVD at ROHwrestling.com.
October 17th: You can't go to Las Vegas without setting some odds. Here are the odds for each competitor to win "Survival Of The Fittest 2007" this Friday: Nigel McGuinness 2-1, Bryan Danielson 2-1, Delirious 3-1, Austin Aries 4-1, Roderick Strong 4-1, Claudio Castagnoli 4-1, Davey Richards 6-1, Brent Albright 6-1, Rocky Romero 6-1, Chris Hero 8-1, TJ Perkins 100-1, Karl Anderson 100-1. Check the casinos in Las Vegas to place your bets on this annual tournament.
October 17th: Check the main page of www.ROHwrestling.com for new articles on why Mitsuharu Misawa wants to come to ROH and how Julius Smokes leads The Vulture Squad.
October 17th: It is not too late to see ROH "Driven" on iN DEMAND. In fact, if you feel like watching a great PPV this Saturday you can catch "Driven" at 2pm & 9pm. Don't miss the PPV that received 97% thumbs up from the readers of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter with the match of the year candidate everyone is talking about between Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness. Here is a complete list of iN DEMAND replay times: Oct. 20th at 2pm & 9pm; Oct. 21st at 7am; Oct. 22nd at 6pm; Oct. 24th at 12pm; Oct. 27th at 10am.
October 17th: The buy 3, get 1 free sale on all ROH DVDs will be in effect at the live events in Las Vegas and San Francisco including all the newest releases.
October 17th: Bryan Danielson will be on the 11/30 Dayton and 12/1 Chicago events.
October 17th: The Briscoes promise to bring the fight to Jimmy Jacobs & The Necro Butcher this Friday in Las Vegas. Mark Briscoe is far from 100%, but nothing will stop him from getting his hands on Jacobs & Necro. Make sure you watch the new ROH Video Wire for FREE at www.ROHvideos.com to see the barbed wire wrapped follow up to the bloody Chicago hanging as well as the first official match of The Age Of The Fall in ROH.
October 17th: It doesn't get much bigger than November 2nd in Philly. The World Title Match will be announced in the first ROHwrestling.com Newswire next week. Just look at this lineup:
Ring Of Honor
"Glory By Honor VI: Night 1"
November 2nd, 2007- 8:00pm belltime
Pennsylvania National Guard Armory
2700 Southampton Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19154
Main Event
GHC Heavyweight Champion Mitsuharu Misawa & KENTA vs. Takeshi Morishima & Naomichi Marufuji
ROH World Title Match
Nigel McGuinness/Jay Briscoe 10/21 winner will defend vs. a top challenger to be announced
Third Match In Best Of Three Series
Bryan Danielson vs. Austin Aries
Tag Team Scramble
Jack Evans, Ruckus & Jigsaw with Julius Smokes vs. Jimmy Jacobs, Tyler Black & The Necro Butcher with Lacey
Special Attraction Match
Roderick Strong vs. Mike Quackenbush
Grudge Tag Team Match
Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Brent Albright & BJ Whitmer with Shane Hagadorn
Plus more to be announced with: Mark Briscoe; Claudio Castagnoli; Chris Hero with Larry Sweeney; Davey Richards & Rocky Romero of No Remorse Corps; Delirious; Daizee Haze plus more!!!
