Ring Of Honor makes it to PPV
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All TNA wrestlers are no longer with Ring Of Honor.
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TNA Pulls All Contracted Talent From ROH
By John “Johnny 5” Lynch
It has now been confirmed that TNA has removed all TNA contracted wrestlers from all future events effective immediately. Over the last year, ROH has gradually phased out regular TNA talent such as AJ Styles and Alex Shelley, but now for the first time in since early 2002, ROH finds itself without any wrestlers that regularly work for both promotions. With Samoa Joe ending his ROH run earlier this year and Christopher Daniels doing the same last weekend, the only TNA contracted wrestlers on the regular ROH roster were Homicide and Austin Aries. Jim Cornette will likely also be affected, but he was only used on special occasions.
Both Homicide and Aries were scheduled on several upcoming ROH events, but are no longer. They have both been core members of the roster and top stars of ROH since their debuts, which in Homicide’s case was the very first ROH event. One has to wonder what will happen to Homicide’s longtime manager Julius Smokes, without Homicide or the Rottweiler stable in ROH. Smokes has also been a large part of ROH for the bulk of its existence. Another thing directly affected is Austin Aries’ newly formed stable.
With both Homicide and Aries not given time to have a proper sendoff, ROH finds itself in a lesser version of when TNA pulled all their talent back in early 2003. At that point, ROH lost the bulk of its top stars and had to think fast to produce new ones. This time around, with ROH having gradually distanced itself from TNA, the losses are less, but losing two top stars will hurt any day. Aside from ROH losing out, as far as we know Homicide and Austin Aries are now losing out on several expected paydays. It should be noted that Aries is currently in the midst of another TNA suspension. On top of that, there is sure to be disappointment from fans expecting them to be at upcoming ROH shows.
It is clear that TNA made this decision as a direct retaliation to yesterday’s announcement of ROH heading to PPV. Above all else, TNA made this decision to protect itself and its product. An alternative to the talent being pulled would have been to allow ROH to use their wrestlers in matches not airing on the PPV, but at this point, with the upcoming PPV, it looks like ROH and TNA are closer competitors than in the past. Another alternative would for TNA to have allowed Homicide and Austin Aries to appear on at least one last ROH event so they received a proper send off and were able to wrap up their storylines. TNA most likely decided against those ideas to spite ROH for keeping them in the dark about their PPV plans. With a PPV taping date of May 12th, ROH obviously had this brewing for a while. TNA and ROH have both made money off of each other for a long time, appearing to have a healthy relationship, but apparently things have changed.
It will be interesting to see how these changes affect both companies. Perhaps things can be worked out, but perhaps not. A good portion of the non-WWE/WCW members of the TNA roster had memorable runs in ROH. Many made their names in ROH and for that, both companies will forever be linked together. In the long run, this may actually be a good thing for ROH as a company. Now they can have a roster and identity that is truly their own and not shared with a national company. ROH always had a style and direction that was very different from TNA, but now they will be forced to truly step things up.
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TNA Pulls All Contracted Talent From ROH
By John “Johnny 5” Lynch
It has now been confirmed that TNA has removed all TNA contracted wrestlers from all future events effective immediately. Over the last year, ROH has gradually phased out regular TNA talent such as AJ Styles and Alex Shelley, but now for the first time in since early 2002, ROH finds itself without any wrestlers that regularly work for both promotions. With Samoa Joe ending his ROH run earlier this year and Christopher Daniels doing the same last weekend, the only TNA contracted wrestlers on the regular ROH roster were Homicide and Austin Aries. Jim Cornette will likely also be affected, but he was only used on special occasions.
Both Homicide and Aries were scheduled on several upcoming ROH events, but are no longer. They have both been core members of the roster and top stars of ROH since their debuts, which in Homicide’s case was the very first ROH event. One has to wonder what will happen to Homicide’s longtime manager Julius Smokes, without Homicide or the Rottweiler stable in ROH. Smokes has also been a large part of ROH for the bulk of its existence. Another thing directly affected is Austin Aries’ newly formed stable.
With both Homicide and Aries not given time to have a proper sendoff, ROH finds itself in a lesser version of when TNA pulled all their talent back in early 2003. At that point, ROH lost the bulk of its top stars and had to think fast to produce new ones. This time around, with ROH having gradually distanced itself from TNA, the losses are less, but losing two top stars will hurt any day. Aside from ROH losing out, as far as we know Homicide and Austin Aries are now losing out on several expected paydays. It should be noted that Aries is currently in the midst of another TNA suspension. On top of that, there is sure to be disappointment from fans expecting them to be at upcoming ROH shows.
It is clear that TNA made this decision as a direct retaliation to yesterday’s announcement of ROH heading to PPV. Above all else, TNA made this decision to protect itself and its product. An alternative to the talent being pulled would have been to allow ROH to use their wrestlers in matches not airing on the PPV, but at this point, with the upcoming PPV, it looks like ROH and TNA are closer competitors than in the past. Another alternative would for TNA to have allowed Homicide and Austin Aries to appear on at least one last ROH event so they received a proper send off and were able to wrap up their storylines. TNA most likely decided against those ideas to spite ROH for keeping them in the dark about their PPV plans. With a PPV taping date of May 12th, ROH obviously had this brewing for a while. TNA and ROH have both made money off of each other for a long time, appearing to have a healthy relationship, but apparently things have changed.
It will be interesting to see how these changes affect both companies. Perhaps things can be worked out, but perhaps not. A good portion of the non-WWE/WCW members of the TNA roster had memorable runs in ROH. Many made their names in ROH and for that, both companies will forever be linked together. In the long run, this may actually be a good thing for ROH as a company. Now they can have a roster and identity that is truly their own and not shared with a national company. ROH always had a style and direction that was very different from TNA, but now they will be forced to truly step things up.
Ring of Honor
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Ring of Honor
Details
Acronym ROH
Established 2002
Style Professional wrestling
Location Philadelphia
Founder(s) Rob Feinstein
Owner(s) Cary Silkin
Parent RF Video (former)
Sister Full Impact Pro
SHIMMER
Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion. It was created in 2002 by Rob Feinstein, and is currently owned by Cary Silkin. ROH usually holds several shows each month, sometimes as many as six. Annual shows include the Anniversary Show(s), Death Before Dishonor, Survival of the Fittest, Glory by Honor, and Final Battle (the last show of the calendar year).
ROH records all their shows and sells them on DVD through their mail and online store. As such, Ring of Honor has developed a loyal fanbase in America as well as around the globe. Ring of Honor also broadcasts on The Fight Network to viewers in Canada and on TWC Fight! to viewers in Great Britain and Ireland. ROH is considered by many to be the most well known independent promotion in the world.
Contents
[hide]
* 1 History
* 2 Code of Honor
* 3 Contenders for Championships
* 4 Titles
o 4.1 Previous championships
* 5 Specialty matches
* 6 ROH wrestling school
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 External links
[edit] History
In April 2001, professional wrestling video distribution company RF Video was in need of a new promotion to lead its video sales after Extreme Championship Wrestling, their best seller, went out of business. At the time, RF Video also filmed events held by other less popular regional wrestling promotions and sold them through their catalog and website. RF Video owner Rob Feinstein decided he would fill the void left by ECW by starting his own promotion and distributing the DVD and VHS productions exclusively through RF Video. The first event, title The Era of Honor Begins, was held on February 23, 2002, featured nine matches, including a match between Eddie Guerrero and Super Crazy, and a triple threat match between the early mainstays of ROH, Christopher Daniels, Bryan Danielson and Low Ki.
In its first year of operation, from February 2002 to February 2003, ROH confined itself to a limited amount of venues and cities in the northeast United States. Ten shows were run in Philadelphia, PA, two in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, one in the Pittsburgh, PA area, and one in Queens, NY.
In 2003, ROH expanded to other areas of the United States, including Ohio, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland and began to build its international identity by co-holding an event with Frontier Wrestling Alliance in London, England.
ROH has continually expanded its presence on the United States and international independent wrestling scenes, holding events in more mid-western states, revitalizing its UK connections and routinely importing stars with international appeal.
In 2004, the primary owner of ROH and RF Video, Rob Feinstein, was caught in a sting operation when he tried to solicit sex from a minor, which resulted in Feintstein leaving the company in June 2004. This garnered bad publicity for the company, which resulted in a decline in business for a period of time. As a result, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pulled their contracted wrestlers, most notably AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels, from all Ring of Honor shows. This was also a factor in the decline as both wrestlers were marquee names for the company.
Feinstein's ownership was eventually sold to Doug Gentry, who would then sell it to Cary Silkin. Ring of Honor would start its own mail and online order store which sells DVD's of its live events, as well as shoot interviews with wrestlers and managers. They also sell other wrestling related merchandise not limited to products created by their company. As such, it continues the function RF Video had for the company.
Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer has given full five-star ratings to several ROH matches, including the Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk sixty-minute bout from Joe vs. Punk II on October 16, 2004; Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi from Joe vs. Kobashi on October 1, 2005; and Do FIXER (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito) vs. Blood Generation (CIMA, Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino) from Supercard of Honor on March 31, 2006. At the time of Joe vs. Punk II, Meltzer had not rated any wrestling match in the US the full five-stars since 1997.
The Joe vs. Punk feud brought back interest in the company, but it took a year before the company would become self sufficient in November 2005. Up until this point, since the split from RF Video, the company had not made profit. The strong sales of the DVD of the October 1, 2005 event Joe vs. Kobashi is attributed to this.
On January 23, 2007, Ring of Honor announced in their weekly Newswire that they would be running two shows in Japan in July [1]. The first show they will be working with Pro Wrestling NOAH, and the second with Dragon Gate, both of which they have had a strong working relationship with. ROH has become the 1st US-based promotion to have its titles held entirely by non-American wrestlers with the Japanese Dragon Gate team of Naruki Doi and Shingo Takagi holding the ROH World Tag-Team Championship, whilst their fellow countryman and Pro Wrestling NOAH star Takeshi Morishima holds the ROH World Championship.
On May 2, 2007, Ring of Honor announced that they have signed a PPV and VOD deal with G-Funk Sports & Entertainment to bring ROH into homes with iN DEMAND Networks, TVN, and the DISH Network. The deal calls for ROH to do a PPV at least once every 60 days in both the United States and internationally. Because of the move to Pay-Per-View, TNA Wrestling pulled its contracted stars (Austin Aries and Homicide) from Ring of Honor shows effective immediately [2]. The first show, titled Respect is Earned, was taped on May 12 and will air on PPV on July 1, 2007 [3]. A second pay-per-view has been scheduled for taping on June 23, 2007 from Chicago Ridge, IL. The show is still untitled and will likely air in September.
[edit] Code of Honor
Ring of Honor was initially targeted at smart mark wrestling fans who had grown tired of the "sports entertainment" aspect of larger companies such as World Wrestling Entertainment. The primary way of doing this was the institution of the "Code of Honor", a set of rules that dictated how wrestlers were supposed to act. The Code of Honor was used so that Ring of Honor's matches would have a feel similar to Japanese professional wrestling. Initially, there were five "Laws" in the Code of Honor, which were mentioned at some point during every ROH home video release. It was considered a "moral requirement" to follow these rules. They were (usually in this order):
1. You must shake hands before and after every match.
2. No outside interference - no interfering in others' matches or having others interfere on your behalf.
3. No sneak attacks
4. No harming the officials.
5. No purposefully disqualifying oneself; definitive winners by pinfall or submission were expected.
The Code of Honor, especially the first three rules, was used principally to help heels get over. The first rule was especially applicable to Christopher Daniels, who was pushed as the promotion's first major heel, who did not believe in the Code of Honor and refused to shake hands with anyone. The fourth and fifth rules were to emphasize ROH's finishes, the vast majority of which resulted in clean pins, submissions, or knockouts. On the rare occasion that a match did end with outside interference, a ref bump, or other traditional heel tactics, it was met with a much more visceral reaction from the fans than would be seen elsewhere in the wrestling world. In the early days of the promotion, it was even suggested that getting disqualified in a match may result in that wrestler never appearing in ROH again.
In early 2004, ROH's booker, Gabe Sapolsky, began to feel that the Code of Honor had run its course[1]. Wrestlers were no longer required to follow the Code of Honor, allowing for more explosive and over-the-top match finishes, which were accepted at that point due to the stars the promotion had established and the fans it had won. The Code of Honor eventually re-appeared, diminished, as three rules:
1. Shake hands before and after the match, if you have respect for your opponent.
2. Keep the playing field level.
3. Respect the officials.
[edit] Contenders for Championships
Originally, Ring of Honor had no formal way to determine challengers for the World Championship. When Xavier, a heel champion, began to avoid challengers, Ring of Honor instated a Top Five Ranking system to establish contenders to the title. Wrestlers were ranked based on their general win-loss record and the win-loss record against other ranked competitors. The World Champion was automatically placed at the top of the rankings. Wrestlers ranked two through five would face each other in the ring to determine the number one contender. The top contender held the Number One Contender Trophy, which was viewed as a second title at the time and defended as such.
The ranking system was abolished at the same time as the creation of the new Code of Honor. The ranking system was replaced by the Contenders Ring, a more complex polling system where ROH officials would submit rankings after each show. Wrestlers who appeared on more than 75% of the ballots were considered to be in the Contenders Ring, which earned them title shots for both the World Championship and the Pure Championship.
In January 2005, Ring of Honor did away with the Contenders Ring. Instead, wrestlers who wanted a title shot had to submit a petition to ROH officials. After a petition was filed, ROH officials kept track of the petitioner's record, quality of opposition, respect shown towards the Code of Honor and inherent skill. These factors determined who would receive a title shot. Despite the petition system, ROH officials retained the ability to determine #1 contenders.
Upon the naming of Jim Cornette as ROH Commissioner in October 2005, Ring of Honor Management confirmed the return of the Top Five Ranking system. The "Top 5" was voted on by Cornette and other ROH officials during the first week of every month only. Voting was based on won/lost record and quality of opposition with a heavy emphasis on the previous month.
In July of 2006, Ring of Honor again put the Top 5 Ranking system on hiatus as the system had not been used to determine challengers to the ROH World Title on a consistent basis. The champion, Bryan Danielson, had instead been sending open contracts to wrestlers in other promotions around the world, with ROH officials also choosing contenders from within the company. This was also done when Homicide won the championship from him, ironically losing it to one of those challengers, Takeshi Morishima. After Morishima won the belt it appeared to be the case that he could choose challengers, as he defended it (with ROH and NOAH approval) at NOAH's March 4th, 2007 Budoukan Hall show against KENTA [4].
[edit] Titles
Championship Champion(s) Defeated Date Won Location Event
ROH World Championship Takeshi Morishima Homicide February 17, 2007 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fifth Year Festival: Philly
ROH World Tag Team Championship The Briscoe Brothers Naruki Doi & Shingo March 30, 2007 Detroit, Michigan All–Star Extravaganza III
Top of the Class Trophy Pelle Primeau Shane Hagadorn April 14, 2007 Edison, New Jersey Fighting Spirit
[edit] Previous championships
Championship Final Champion(s) Defeated Date Won Location Event
ROH Pure Championship Bryan Danielson Nigel McGuinness August 12, 2006 Liverpool, England Unified
[edit] Specialty matches
* Round Robin Challenge
3 wrestlers/tag teams compete with each other in a round robin tournament. They each wrestle two different matches (making a total of three matches), with the one(s) with the most victories winning the challenge. Christopher Daniels is the only person to win a Round Robin Challenge, as all others have ended in a draw with each participant(s) winning one match and losing the other. Round-robin tournament is a common league system employed in many sports, such as Football (soccer) and ice hockey. It was popularized in wrestling by All Japan Pro Wrestling with their Champion Carnival tournament.
* Scramble Cage Match, Scramble Cage Melee and Steel Cage Warfare
* Scramble Tag Match
A multi-team match in which there is no tags made. Two wrestlers start in the ring and when one wrestler leaves any wrestler from any team may enter the ring to replace him/her. The match is sudden death therefore the first person to score a pinfall or a submission wins the match for his/her team
* Four Corner Survival Match and Six Man Mayhem
* Fight Without Honor
This match does not require participants to adhere to the Code of Honor, and usually involves no disqualifications and the use of weapons. The match is typically used to end the more violent feuds in ROH.
* Pure Wrestling Match
Each wrestler has three rope breaks that he can use to break a pin or submission. Submission maneuvers that involve use of the ropes are legal once all three rope breaks have been used. Closed fists are illegal. The first time a wrestler uses a closed fist he is given a warning. If he uses a closed fist again he loses one of his rope breaks. If the wrestler has already used all his rope breaks and uses a closed fist, he is disqualified. There is a 20 second countout.
* Ultimate Endurance Match
This is an elimination that typically includes three or four tag teams. It starts off with a particular set of special stipulations (for instance, falls count anywhere). Everytime one team is eliminated, the stipulations change. The stipulations are predetermined and are not limited to any specific type.
[edit] ROH wrestling school
The ROH promotion also runs a professional wrestling school called ROH Wrestling School in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Its current head trainer is Bryan Danielson, who moved to Philadelphia from Washington. Previous head trainers of the academy include Steve Corino and former ROH World Champions CM Punk and Austin Aries. The first three classes of students have already graduated and currently wrestle on the US independent circuit, including preliminary and exhibition matches at Ring of Honor events.
[edit] See also
* Ring of Honor roster
* List of ROH Shows
[edit] References
1. ^ Newswire for the week of January 21st (January 23). “Ring of Honor will be headed to Japan in July for two shows”
2. ^ Wrestling Observer (May 3). “TNA has pulled all talent from both ROH and PWG”
3. ^ International Wrestling Phenomenon Ring of Honor Inks Stateside Television Deals (May 2).
4. ^ noah-usa.cc (5 March). Pro Wrestling NOAH News Archive. “Takeshi MORISHIMA successfully defended his ROH World Title by defeating KENTA at Budokan Show in Tokyo Japan”
* Pro Wrestling Insider’s “ROH Year One Archive: A Look Back at Ring of Honor’s Infancy in 2002[citation needed]
* Pro Wrestling Insider’s “ROH Year Two Archive: An In-Depth Look at Ring of Honor’s Sophomore Effort[citation needed]
* Pro Wrestling Insider’s “ROH Year Three Archive: Looking Back at Ring of Honor’s Most Controversial Year”[citation needed]
* Pro Wrestling Insider’s “As Their Fifth Anniversary Approaches, a Look Back at Ring of Honor’s First Year”[citation needed]
[edit] External links
* Official Website
* Official Video Website
* Official Photo Site
* Official Live Journal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Ring Of Honor)
Jump to: navigation, search
For other uses, see Ring of Honor (disambiguation).
Ring of Honor
Details
Acronym ROH
Established 2002
Style Professional wrestling
Location Philadelphia
Founder(s) Rob Feinstein
Owner(s) Cary Silkin
Parent RF Video (former)
Sister Full Impact Pro
SHIMMER
Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion. It was created in 2002 by Rob Feinstein, and is currently owned by Cary Silkin. ROH usually holds several shows each month, sometimes as many as six. Annual shows include the Anniversary Show(s), Death Before Dishonor, Survival of the Fittest, Glory by Honor, and Final Battle (the last show of the calendar year).
ROH records all their shows and sells them on DVD through their mail and online store. As such, Ring of Honor has developed a loyal fanbase in America as well as around the globe. Ring of Honor also broadcasts on The Fight Network to viewers in Canada and on TWC Fight! to viewers in Great Britain and Ireland. ROH is considered by many to be the most well known independent promotion in the world.
Contents
[hide]
* 1 History
* 2 Code of Honor
* 3 Contenders for Championships
* 4 Titles
o 4.1 Previous championships
* 5 Specialty matches
* 6 ROH wrestling school
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 External links
[edit] History
In April 2001, professional wrestling video distribution company RF Video was in need of a new promotion to lead its video sales after Extreme Championship Wrestling, their best seller, went out of business. At the time, RF Video also filmed events held by other less popular regional wrestling promotions and sold them through their catalog and website. RF Video owner Rob Feinstein decided he would fill the void left by ECW by starting his own promotion and distributing the DVD and VHS productions exclusively through RF Video. The first event, title The Era of Honor Begins, was held on February 23, 2002, featured nine matches, including a match between Eddie Guerrero and Super Crazy, and a triple threat match between the early mainstays of ROH, Christopher Daniels, Bryan Danielson and Low Ki.
In its first year of operation, from February 2002 to February 2003, ROH confined itself to a limited amount of venues and cities in the northeast United States. Ten shows were run in Philadelphia, PA, two in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, one in the Pittsburgh, PA area, and one in Queens, NY.
In 2003, ROH expanded to other areas of the United States, including Ohio, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland and began to build its international identity by co-holding an event with Frontier Wrestling Alliance in London, England.
ROH has continually expanded its presence on the United States and international independent wrestling scenes, holding events in more mid-western states, revitalizing its UK connections and routinely importing stars with international appeal.
In 2004, the primary owner of ROH and RF Video, Rob Feinstein, was caught in a sting operation when he tried to solicit sex from a minor, which resulted in Feintstein leaving the company in June 2004. This garnered bad publicity for the company, which resulted in a decline in business for a period of time. As a result, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pulled their contracted wrestlers, most notably AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels, from all Ring of Honor shows. This was also a factor in the decline as both wrestlers were marquee names for the company.
Feinstein's ownership was eventually sold to Doug Gentry, who would then sell it to Cary Silkin. Ring of Honor would start its own mail and online order store which sells DVD's of its live events, as well as shoot interviews with wrestlers and managers. They also sell other wrestling related merchandise not limited to products created by their company. As such, it continues the function RF Video had for the company.
Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer has given full five-star ratings to several ROH matches, including the Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk sixty-minute bout from Joe vs. Punk II on October 16, 2004; Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi from Joe vs. Kobashi on October 1, 2005; and Do FIXER (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito) vs. Blood Generation (CIMA, Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino) from Supercard of Honor on March 31, 2006. At the time of Joe vs. Punk II, Meltzer had not rated any wrestling match in the US the full five-stars since 1997.
The Joe vs. Punk feud brought back interest in the company, but it took a year before the company would become self sufficient in November 2005. Up until this point, since the split from RF Video, the company had not made profit. The strong sales of the DVD of the October 1, 2005 event Joe vs. Kobashi is attributed to this.
On January 23, 2007, Ring of Honor announced in their weekly Newswire that they would be running two shows in Japan in July [1]. The first show they will be working with Pro Wrestling NOAH, and the second with Dragon Gate, both of which they have had a strong working relationship with. ROH has become the 1st US-based promotion to have its titles held entirely by non-American wrestlers with the Japanese Dragon Gate team of Naruki Doi and Shingo Takagi holding the ROH World Tag-Team Championship, whilst their fellow countryman and Pro Wrestling NOAH star Takeshi Morishima holds the ROH World Championship.
On May 2, 2007, Ring of Honor announced that they have signed a PPV and VOD deal with G-Funk Sports & Entertainment to bring ROH into homes with iN DEMAND Networks, TVN, and the DISH Network. The deal calls for ROH to do a PPV at least once every 60 days in both the United States and internationally. Because of the move to Pay-Per-View, TNA Wrestling pulled its contracted stars (Austin Aries and Homicide) from Ring of Honor shows effective immediately [2]. The first show, titled Respect is Earned, was taped on May 12 and will air on PPV on July 1, 2007 [3]. A second pay-per-view has been scheduled for taping on June 23, 2007 from Chicago Ridge, IL. The show is still untitled and will likely air in September.
[edit] Code of Honor
Ring of Honor was initially targeted at smart mark wrestling fans who had grown tired of the "sports entertainment" aspect of larger companies such as World Wrestling Entertainment. The primary way of doing this was the institution of the "Code of Honor", a set of rules that dictated how wrestlers were supposed to act. The Code of Honor was used so that Ring of Honor's matches would have a feel similar to Japanese professional wrestling. Initially, there were five "Laws" in the Code of Honor, which were mentioned at some point during every ROH home video release. It was considered a "moral requirement" to follow these rules. They were (usually in this order):
1. You must shake hands before and after every match.
2. No outside interference - no interfering in others' matches or having others interfere on your behalf.
3. No sneak attacks
4. No harming the officials.
5. No purposefully disqualifying oneself; definitive winners by pinfall or submission were expected.
The Code of Honor, especially the first three rules, was used principally to help heels get over. The first rule was especially applicable to Christopher Daniels, who was pushed as the promotion's first major heel, who did not believe in the Code of Honor and refused to shake hands with anyone. The fourth and fifth rules were to emphasize ROH's finishes, the vast majority of which resulted in clean pins, submissions, or knockouts. On the rare occasion that a match did end with outside interference, a ref bump, or other traditional heel tactics, it was met with a much more visceral reaction from the fans than would be seen elsewhere in the wrestling world. In the early days of the promotion, it was even suggested that getting disqualified in a match may result in that wrestler never appearing in ROH again.
In early 2004, ROH's booker, Gabe Sapolsky, began to feel that the Code of Honor had run its course[1]. Wrestlers were no longer required to follow the Code of Honor, allowing for more explosive and over-the-top match finishes, which were accepted at that point due to the stars the promotion had established and the fans it had won. The Code of Honor eventually re-appeared, diminished, as three rules:
1. Shake hands before and after the match, if you have respect for your opponent.
2. Keep the playing field level.
3. Respect the officials.
[edit] Contenders for Championships
Originally, Ring of Honor had no formal way to determine challengers for the World Championship. When Xavier, a heel champion, began to avoid challengers, Ring of Honor instated a Top Five Ranking system to establish contenders to the title. Wrestlers were ranked based on their general win-loss record and the win-loss record against other ranked competitors. The World Champion was automatically placed at the top of the rankings. Wrestlers ranked two through five would face each other in the ring to determine the number one contender. The top contender held the Number One Contender Trophy, which was viewed as a second title at the time and defended as such.
The ranking system was abolished at the same time as the creation of the new Code of Honor. The ranking system was replaced by the Contenders Ring, a more complex polling system where ROH officials would submit rankings after each show. Wrestlers who appeared on more than 75% of the ballots were considered to be in the Contenders Ring, which earned them title shots for both the World Championship and the Pure Championship.
In January 2005, Ring of Honor did away with the Contenders Ring. Instead, wrestlers who wanted a title shot had to submit a petition to ROH officials. After a petition was filed, ROH officials kept track of the petitioner's record, quality of opposition, respect shown towards the Code of Honor and inherent skill. These factors determined who would receive a title shot. Despite the petition system, ROH officials retained the ability to determine #1 contenders.
Upon the naming of Jim Cornette as ROH Commissioner in October 2005, Ring of Honor Management confirmed the return of the Top Five Ranking system. The "Top 5" was voted on by Cornette and other ROH officials during the first week of every month only. Voting was based on won/lost record and quality of opposition with a heavy emphasis on the previous month.
In July of 2006, Ring of Honor again put the Top 5 Ranking system on hiatus as the system had not been used to determine challengers to the ROH World Title on a consistent basis. The champion, Bryan Danielson, had instead been sending open contracts to wrestlers in other promotions around the world, with ROH officials also choosing contenders from within the company. This was also done when Homicide won the championship from him, ironically losing it to one of those challengers, Takeshi Morishima. After Morishima won the belt it appeared to be the case that he could choose challengers, as he defended it (with ROH and NOAH approval) at NOAH's March 4th, 2007 Budoukan Hall show against KENTA [4].
[edit] Titles
Championship Champion(s) Defeated Date Won Location Event
ROH World Championship Takeshi Morishima Homicide February 17, 2007 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fifth Year Festival: Philly
ROH World Tag Team Championship The Briscoe Brothers Naruki Doi & Shingo March 30, 2007 Detroit, Michigan All–Star Extravaganza III
Top of the Class Trophy Pelle Primeau Shane Hagadorn April 14, 2007 Edison, New Jersey Fighting Spirit
[edit] Previous championships
Championship Final Champion(s) Defeated Date Won Location Event
ROH Pure Championship Bryan Danielson Nigel McGuinness August 12, 2006 Liverpool, England Unified
[edit] Specialty matches
* Round Robin Challenge
3 wrestlers/tag teams compete with each other in a round robin tournament. They each wrestle two different matches (making a total of three matches), with the one(s) with the most victories winning the challenge. Christopher Daniels is the only person to win a Round Robin Challenge, as all others have ended in a draw with each participant(s) winning one match and losing the other. Round-robin tournament is a common league system employed in many sports, such as Football (soccer) and ice hockey. It was popularized in wrestling by All Japan Pro Wrestling with their Champion Carnival tournament.
* Scramble Cage Match, Scramble Cage Melee and Steel Cage Warfare
* Scramble Tag Match
A multi-team match in which there is no tags made. Two wrestlers start in the ring and when one wrestler leaves any wrestler from any team may enter the ring to replace him/her. The match is sudden death therefore the first person to score a pinfall or a submission wins the match for his/her team
* Four Corner Survival Match and Six Man Mayhem
* Fight Without Honor
This match does not require participants to adhere to the Code of Honor, and usually involves no disqualifications and the use of weapons. The match is typically used to end the more violent feuds in ROH.
* Pure Wrestling Match
Each wrestler has three rope breaks that he can use to break a pin or submission. Submission maneuvers that involve use of the ropes are legal once all three rope breaks have been used. Closed fists are illegal. The first time a wrestler uses a closed fist he is given a warning. If he uses a closed fist again he loses one of his rope breaks. If the wrestler has already used all his rope breaks and uses a closed fist, he is disqualified. There is a 20 second countout.
* Ultimate Endurance Match
This is an elimination that typically includes three or four tag teams. It starts off with a particular set of special stipulations (for instance, falls count anywhere). Everytime one team is eliminated, the stipulations change. The stipulations are predetermined and are not limited to any specific type.
[edit] ROH wrestling school
The ROH promotion also runs a professional wrestling school called ROH Wrestling School in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Its current head trainer is Bryan Danielson, who moved to Philadelphia from Washington. Previous head trainers of the academy include Steve Corino and former ROH World Champions CM Punk and Austin Aries. The first three classes of students have already graduated and currently wrestle on the US independent circuit, including preliminary and exhibition matches at Ring of Honor events.
[edit] See also
* Ring of Honor roster
* List of ROH Shows
[edit] References
1. ^ Newswire for the week of January 21st (January 23). “Ring of Honor will be headed to Japan in July for two shows”
2. ^ Wrestling Observer (May 3). “TNA has pulled all talent from both ROH and PWG”
3. ^ International Wrestling Phenomenon Ring of Honor Inks Stateside Television Deals (May 2).
4. ^ noah-usa.cc (5 March). Pro Wrestling NOAH News Archive. “Takeshi MORISHIMA successfully defended his ROH World Title by defeating KENTA at Budokan Show in Tokyo Japan”
* Pro Wrestling Insider’s “ROH Year One Archive: A Look Back at Ring of Honor’s Infancy in 2002[citation needed]
* Pro Wrestling Insider’s “ROH Year Two Archive: An In-Depth Look at Ring of Honor’s Sophomore Effort[citation needed]
* Pro Wrestling Insider’s “ROH Year Three Archive: Looking Back at Ring of Honor’s Most Controversial Year”[citation needed]
* Pro Wrestling Insider’s “As Their Fifth Anniversary Approaches, a Look Back at Ring of Honor’s First Year”[citation needed]
[edit] External links
* Official Website
* Official Video Website
* Official Photo Site
* Official Live Journal
ROH Promotors: Rob Fienstein & Gabe Sapolsky & Cary Silkin
ROH World Champion ROH Pure Champion ROH Tag Team Champs
Takeshi Morishima Unified The Briscoe Brothers
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American Dragon
Matt Sydal
Delirious
El Generico
Kevin Steen
David Crist
Jake Crist
Pelle Primeau
B.J. Whitmer
Erick Stevens
Matt Cross
Jack Evans
Rhett Titus
Bobby Dempsey
Derrick Dempsey
Alex Payne
Takeshi Morishima
Nigel McGuinness
Eddie Edwards
Jason Blade
Mike Quackenbush
Jigsaw
Hallowicked
Gran Akuma
Roderick Strong
Davey Richards
Rocky Romero
Brent Albright
Jimmy Jacobs
Trik Davis
Ernie Osiris
Mitch Franklin
Chris Hero
Larry Sweeney
Shingo Takagi
Jimmy Rave
Mark Briscoe
Jay Briscoe
Adam Pearce
Shane Hagadorn
Tank Toland
Babyface Tag Teams/Factions
The Resilence (led by Austin Aries)
Irish Airborn (David & Jake Crist)
Jason Blade & Eddie Edwards
Babyface Female Wrestlers
Daizee Haze
Allison Danger
Sara Del Rey
Other:
Jim Cornette.
Dave Prazak.
Gary Cappetta.
Julius Smokes.
Heel Tag Teams/Factions
The Briscoe Brothers (Mark & Jay)
No Remorse Corpse (Led by R.Strong)
Kevin Steen & El Generico
Heel Female Wrestlers
Lacey
R - I - N - G __ O - F __ H - O - N - O - R __ A - L - U - M - N - I
Honored Alumni:
Michael Shane
Spanky
Xavier
Boogaloo
Monsta Mack
Joey Matthews
Christian York
Paul E. Normous
Chance Beckett
Andy Anderson
Alex Arion
Jerry Lynn
Frankie Kazarian
Grim Reefer
Luis Ortiz
Jose Perez
Mike Mondo
Seth Skyfire
Shawn Daivari
Sonjay Dutt
John Walters
Matt Hardy
Killer Kruel
Jimmy Yang
Chris Banks
Jay Lethal
Zach Gowan
Chad Collyer
AJ Styles
Ace Steel
Kid Mikaze
Samoa Joe
Homicide
Chris Daniels
Honored Alumni:
Jason Cross
Jody Fleisch
Super Dragon
Excalibur
Puma/TJ Perkins
Eddy Guerrero
Super Crazy
Jimmy Cash
Danny Doring
Caprice Coleman
Rainman
Todd Sexton
Jared Steele
Mace Mendoza
Buff E
Ricky Landell
Alex Law
Matt Striker
C.M. Punk
Milano Collection AT
Sterling James Keenan
Oman Tortuga
Diablo Santiago
Fast Eddie
Kenta Kobashi
KENTA
Naomichi Marufuji
Tony Mamaluke
Salvatore Rinauro
Necro Butcher
Super Dragon
Claudio Castagnoli
Colt Cabana
Austin Aries
Honored Alumni:
Paul London
James Maritato
Jeremy Lopez
Chris Devine
Quiet Storm
Ghost Shadow
Qenaan Creed
Brian XL
Towel Boy
Teddy Hart
TJ Wilson
Nick Gage
Don Juan
Derek Wylde
Johnny Kashmere
Trent Acid
Matt Stryker
Ebessan
Petey Williams
Mafia/Dan Maff
James Gibson
Vordell Walker
Jerrelle Clark
Tony DeVito
HC Loc
CIMA
Masato Yoshino
The Dragon Kid
Genki Horiguchi
Ryo Saito
Naruki Doi
Susumu Yokosuka
Masaaki Mochizuki
Kikutaro
Honored Alumni:
Doug Williams
CW Anderson
Jack Victory
Mikey Whipwreck
Reckless Youth
Rudy Boy Gonzalez
Hotstuff Hernandez
Japanese Pool Boy
Sonny Siaki
Adam Jacobs
EZ Money
Iceberg
David Young
Louie Ramos
Biohazard
Ruckus
Cody Hawk
Brad Bradley
Slyk Wagner Brown
Dixie
Cheech
Deranged
Izzy
B-Boy
Abyss
Spanky
Christian Cage
Necro Butcher
Prince Nana
Davey Andrews
Conrad Kennedy III
Dunn & Marcos
Steve Corino
Honored Alumni:
Scoot Andrews
Donovan Morgan
Mike Modest
Takao Omori
Dick Togo
Ikuto Hidaka
Maverick Wild
Masato Tanaka
Shinjiro Ohtani
Tomaoki Honma
Kazushi Miyamoto
Kaz Hayashi
Satoshi Kojima
The Great Muta
Arashi
Konnan
Raven
Justin Credible
Amazing Red
Masada
Arik Cannon
Danny Daniels
Josh Daniels
El Generico
Kevin Steen
Low Ki
Seth Delay
Azriael
Eric Priest
Chandler McClure
Ricky Reyes
Alex Shelley
Chris Sabin
ROH Women:
Simply Luscious
April Hunter
Angel Williams
Vanessa Harding
Jade Chung
ROH Women:
Lucy
Tracy Brooks
Shantelle Taylor
Tiana Ringer
Nikki Roxx
ROH Women:
Alexis Laree
Ariel
Cindy Rogers
Mercedes Martinez
ROH Women:
Trinity
Becky Bayless
Dana Dameson
Cheerleader Melissa
MsChif
ROH Women:
Persephone
Sumie Sakai
Rain
Josie
Special K:
Angel Dust
Brian XL
Becky Bayless
Mellow
Slugger
Special K:
Elax
Cheech
Cloudy
Abyss
Slim J
Special K:
Izzy
Fred the Elephant Boy
Hijinx
Krazy K
Lacey
Special K:
Hydro
Jody Fleisch
Joey Matthews
Mikey Whipwreck
Special K:
Deranged
Dixie
Lit
Dana Dameson
Yeyo
Face Team Alumni:
Da Hit Squad (Mafia/Monsta Mack)
The Boogie Knights (Drake/Tobin)
Joey Matthews & Christian York
Devine Storm (Chris Devine/Quiet Storm)
Insane Clown Posse (Shaggy/ViolentJ)
East Coast Connection (Togo & Hidaka)
Tony Mamaluke & John Walters
Teddy Hart & Jack Evans
The SAT (Jose & Joel Maximo)
April Hunter & Slyk Wagner Brown
Dan Maff & B.J. Whitmer
Colt Cabana & Nigel McGuinness
Azriael & Dixie
Second City Saints (Punk/Cabana/Steel)
Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal
Generation Next (Aries/Strong/Evans)
Salvatore Rinauro & Tony Mamaluke
The Ring Crew Express (Marcos & Dunn)
Matt Sydal & Christopher Daniels
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong
Kid Mikaze & Jason Blade
Naruki Doi & Shingo Takagi
Guests:
Les Thatcher.
John Zandig
Tommy Dreamer
Abdullah
Dusty Rhodes
Terry Funk
Shane Douglas
Balls Mahoney
J.T. Smith.
Ox Baker.
Baron von Raschke .
Ricky Steamboat.
Midnight Express.
Jushin Liger.
Mick Foley.
Bobby Heenan.
Bill Watts.
Lance Storm.
Bruno Sammartino.
Heel Team Alumni:
The Prophecy (Led by Chris Daniels)
Natural Born Sinners (Homicide/Boogalou)
Full Blooded Italians (Maritato/Mamaluke)
The Group (Corino/Anderson/Samoa Joe)
All Money Is Legal (Kay Pusha/K-Murda)
Don Jaun & Fast Eddie & H.Hernandez
The Solution (Papadon & Havok)
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Backseat Boyz (Acid & Kashmere)
Christopher St Connection (Buff E/Mace)
NEW Carnage Crew (Masada/Daniels)
Special K (Various Members)
Air Devils (Matt Sydal & Fast Eddie)
The Outkast Killas (Santiago & Tortuga)
The Havana Pitbulls (Reyes & Romero)
The Carnage Crew (DeVito & HC Loc)
Lacey's Angels (Deranged & Izzy)
Lacey's Angels (Cheech & Cloudy)
Lacey's Angels (Whitmer & Jacobs)
The Embassy (led by Prince Nana)
The Rottwielers (Led by Homicide)
Chad Collyer & Nigel McGuinness
Lacey's Angels (Cabana & Jacobs)
The Kings of Wrestling (Hero/Claudio)
Jimmy Jacobs & Brent Albright w/Lacey
Team Underground (McClure & Priest)
The Motor City Machine Guns
Ring of Honor Results
ROH DVD Review
ROHWrestling.com
# Ring of Honor is a company based on work rate and has a roster full of loyal amazing workers who often go above and beyond the normal independant call of duty.. Ring of Honor has a cult following and has no problem whatsoever selling out their Arena for shows that are garanteed to be packed with action from start to finish..
ROH World Champion ROH Pure Champion ROH Tag Team Champs
Takeshi Morishima Unified The Briscoe Brothers
[View History] [View History] [View History]
American Dragon
Matt Sydal
Delirious
El Generico
Kevin Steen
David Crist
Jake Crist
Pelle Primeau
B.J. Whitmer
Erick Stevens
Matt Cross
Jack Evans
Rhett Titus
Bobby Dempsey
Derrick Dempsey
Alex Payne
Takeshi Morishima
Nigel McGuinness
Eddie Edwards
Jason Blade
Mike Quackenbush
Jigsaw
Hallowicked
Gran Akuma
Roderick Strong
Davey Richards
Rocky Romero
Brent Albright
Jimmy Jacobs
Trik Davis
Ernie Osiris
Mitch Franklin
Chris Hero
Larry Sweeney
Shingo Takagi
Jimmy Rave
Mark Briscoe
Jay Briscoe
Adam Pearce
Shane Hagadorn
Tank Toland
Babyface Tag Teams/Factions
The Resilence (led by Austin Aries)
Irish Airborn (David & Jake Crist)
Jason Blade & Eddie Edwards
Babyface Female Wrestlers
Daizee Haze
Allison Danger
Sara Del Rey
Other:
Jim Cornette.
Dave Prazak.
Gary Cappetta.
Julius Smokes.
Heel Tag Teams/Factions
The Briscoe Brothers (Mark & Jay)
No Remorse Corpse (Led by R.Strong)
Kevin Steen & El Generico
Heel Female Wrestlers
Lacey
R - I - N - G __ O - F __ H - O - N - O - R __ A - L - U - M - N - I
Honored Alumni:
Michael Shane
Spanky
Xavier
Boogaloo
Monsta Mack
Joey Matthews
Christian York
Paul E. Normous
Chance Beckett
Andy Anderson
Alex Arion
Jerry Lynn
Frankie Kazarian
Grim Reefer
Luis Ortiz
Jose Perez
Mike Mondo
Seth Skyfire
Shawn Daivari
Sonjay Dutt
John Walters
Matt Hardy
Killer Kruel
Jimmy Yang
Chris Banks
Jay Lethal
Zach Gowan
Chad Collyer
AJ Styles
Ace Steel
Kid Mikaze
Samoa Joe
Homicide
Chris Daniels
Honored Alumni:
Jason Cross
Jody Fleisch
Super Dragon
Excalibur
Puma/TJ Perkins
Eddy Guerrero
Super Crazy
Jimmy Cash
Danny Doring
Caprice Coleman
Rainman
Todd Sexton
Jared Steele
Mace Mendoza
Buff E
Ricky Landell
Alex Law
Matt Striker
C.M. Punk
Milano Collection AT
Sterling James Keenan
Oman Tortuga
Diablo Santiago
Fast Eddie
Kenta Kobashi
KENTA
Naomichi Marufuji
Tony Mamaluke
Salvatore Rinauro
Necro Butcher
Super Dragon
Claudio Castagnoli
Colt Cabana
Austin Aries
Honored Alumni:
Paul London
James Maritato
Jeremy Lopez
Chris Devine
Quiet Storm
Ghost Shadow
Qenaan Creed
Brian XL
Towel Boy
Teddy Hart
TJ Wilson
Nick Gage
Don Juan
Derek Wylde
Johnny Kashmere
Trent Acid
Matt Stryker
Ebessan
Petey Williams
Mafia/Dan Maff
James Gibson
Vordell Walker
Jerrelle Clark
Tony DeVito
HC Loc
CIMA
Masato Yoshino
The Dragon Kid
Genki Horiguchi
Ryo Saito
Naruki Doi
Susumu Yokosuka
Masaaki Mochizuki
Kikutaro
Honored Alumni:
Doug Williams
CW Anderson
Jack Victory
Mikey Whipwreck
Reckless Youth
Rudy Boy Gonzalez
Hotstuff Hernandez
Japanese Pool Boy
Sonny Siaki
Adam Jacobs
EZ Money
Iceberg
David Young
Louie Ramos
Biohazard
Ruckus
Cody Hawk
Brad Bradley
Slyk Wagner Brown
Dixie
Cheech
Deranged
Izzy
B-Boy
Abyss
Spanky
Christian Cage
Necro Butcher
Prince Nana
Davey Andrews
Conrad Kennedy III
Dunn & Marcos
Steve Corino
Honored Alumni:
Scoot Andrews
Donovan Morgan
Mike Modest
Takao Omori
Dick Togo
Ikuto Hidaka
Maverick Wild
Masato Tanaka
Shinjiro Ohtani
Tomaoki Honma
Kazushi Miyamoto
Kaz Hayashi
Satoshi Kojima
The Great Muta
Arashi
Konnan
Raven
Justin Credible
Amazing Red
Masada
Arik Cannon
Danny Daniels
Josh Daniels
El Generico
Kevin Steen
Low Ki
Seth Delay
Azriael
Eric Priest
Chandler McClure
Ricky Reyes
Alex Shelley
Chris Sabin
ROH Women:
Simply Luscious
April Hunter
Angel Williams
Vanessa Harding
Jade Chung
ROH Women:
Lucy
Tracy Brooks
Shantelle Taylor
Tiana Ringer
Nikki Roxx
ROH Women:
Alexis Laree
Ariel
Cindy Rogers
Mercedes Martinez
ROH Women:
Trinity
Becky Bayless
Dana Dameson
Cheerleader Melissa
MsChif
ROH Women:
Persephone
Sumie Sakai
Rain
Josie
Special K:
Angel Dust
Brian XL
Becky Bayless
Mellow
Slugger
Special K:
Elax
Cheech
Cloudy
Abyss
Slim J
Special K:
Izzy
Fred the Elephant Boy
Hijinx
Krazy K
Lacey
Special K:
Hydro
Jody Fleisch
Joey Matthews
Mikey Whipwreck
Special K:
Deranged
Dixie
Lit
Dana Dameson
Yeyo
Face Team Alumni:
Da Hit Squad (Mafia/Monsta Mack)
The Boogie Knights (Drake/Tobin)
Joey Matthews & Christian York
Devine Storm (Chris Devine/Quiet Storm)
Insane Clown Posse (Shaggy/ViolentJ)
East Coast Connection (Togo & Hidaka)
Tony Mamaluke & John Walters
Teddy Hart & Jack Evans
The SAT (Jose & Joel Maximo)
April Hunter & Slyk Wagner Brown
Dan Maff & B.J. Whitmer
Colt Cabana & Nigel McGuinness
Azriael & Dixie
Second City Saints (Punk/Cabana/Steel)
Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal
Generation Next (Aries/Strong/Evans)
Salvatore Rinauro & Tony Mamaluke
The Ring Crew Express (Marcos & Dunn)
Matt Sydal & Christopher Daniels
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong
Kid Mikaze & Jason Blade
Naruki Doi & Shingo Takagi
Guests:
Les Thatcher.
John Zandig
Tommy Dreamer
Abdullah
Dusty Rhodes
Terry Funk
Shane Douglas
Balls Mahoney
J.T. Smith.
Ox Baker.
Baron von Raschke .
Ricky Steamboat.
Midnight Express.
Jushin Liger.
Mick Foley.
Bobby Heenan.
Bill Watts.
Lance Storm.
Bruno Sammartino.
Heel Team Alumni:
The Prophecy (Led by Chris Daniels)
Natural Born Sinners (Homicide/Boogalou)
Full Blooded Italians (Maritato/Mamaluke)
The Group (Corino/Anderson/Samoa Joe)
All Money Is Legal (Kay Pusha/K-Murda)
Don Jaun & Fast Eddie & H.Hernandez
The Solution (Papadon & Havok)
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Backseat Boyz (Acid & Kashmere)
Christopher St Connection (Buff E/Mace)
NEW Carnage Crew (Masada/Daniels)
Special K (Various Members)
Air Devils (Matt Sydal & Fast Eddie)
The Outkast Killas (Santiago & Tortuga)
The Havana Pitbulls (Reyes & Romero)
The Carnage Crew (DeVito & HC Loc)
Lacey's Angels (Deranged & Izzy)
Lacey's Angels (Cheech & Cloudy)
Lacey's Angels (Whitmer & Jacobs)
The Embassy (led by Prince Nana)
The Rottwielers (Led by Homicide)
Chad Collyer & Nigel McGuinness
Lacey's Angels (Cabana & Jacobs)
The Kings of Wrestling (Hero/Claudio)
Jimmy Jacobs & Brent Albright w/Lacey
Team Underground (McClure & Priest)
The Motor City Machine Guns
Ring of Honor Results
ROH DVD Review
ROHWrestling.com
# Ring of Honor is a company based on work rate and has a roster full of loyal amazing workers who often go above and beyond the normal independant call of duty.. Ring of Honor has a cult following and has no problem whatsoever selling out their Arena for shows that are garanteed to be packed with action from start to finish..
Ring of Honor World Title
Won By-Low Ki
Defeated- Spanky/Chris Daniels/Doug Williams
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 7/27/02
Title Defenses:
--Low Ki defeated AJ Styles in Wakefield, MA on 8/24/02
Won By- Xavier
Defeated- Low Ki
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 9/21/02
Title Defenses:
--Xavier defeated Jay Briscoe in Philadelphia, PA on 11/9/02
--Xavier defeated AJ Styles in Philadelphia, PA on 12/7/02
--Xavier defeated Paul London in Philadelphia, PA on 12/28/02
--Xavier defeated Paul London in Queens, NY on 2/8/03
Won By- Samoa Joe
Defeated- Xavier
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 3/22/03
Title Defenses:
--Samoa Joe defeated Doug Williams in West Mifflin, PA on 4/26/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Zebra Kid in London, England on 5/17/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Homicide in Philadelphia, PA on 5/31/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Danny Maff in Philadelphia, PA on 6/28/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Paul London in Elizabeth, NJ on 7/19/03
--Samoa Joe defeated BJ Whitmer in Dayton, OH on 8/9/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Christopher Daniels in Philadelphia, PA on 9/20/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Ares in Bad Schwalbach, Germany on 10/3/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Jay Briscoe in Glen Burnie, MD on 10/16/03
--Samoa Joe defeated AJ Styles in Framingham, MA on 11/29/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Mark Briscoe in Philadelphia, PA on 12/27/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Balls Mahoney in Woodbridge, NJ on 1/9/04
--Samoa Joe defeated BJ Whitmer, Low Ki & Dan Maff in Braintree, MA on 2/14/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Ahmed Chaer in Lennestadt, Germany on 3/5/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Jay Briscoe in Elizabeth, NJ on 3/13/04
--Samoa Joe vs. Homicide went to a no-contest in St. Paul, MN on 4/23/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Matt Stryker in Chicago Ridge, IL on 4/24/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Homicide in Philadelphia, PA on 5/22/04--Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk ended in a 60 minute draw in Dayton, OH on 6/12/04--Samoa Joe defeated Shinya Makable in Los Angeles, CA on 6/26/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Homicide in Wauwatosa, WI on 7/23/04--Samoa Joe defeated Colt Cabana in Chicago Ridge, IL on 7/24/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Trent Acid in Philadelphia, PA on 8/7/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Doug Williams in Elizabeth, NJ on 9/11/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Bryan Danielson in Philadelphia, PA on 10/2/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Rocky Romero in Dayton, OH on 10/15/04
--Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk ended in a 60 minute draw in Chicago Ridge, IL on 10/16/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Chris Hero in Wilmerding, PA on 11/13/04
--Samoa Joe defeated CM Punk in Elizabeth, NJ on 12/4/04
Won By- Austin Aries
Defeated- Samoa Joe
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 12/26/04
Title Defenses:
--Austin Aries defeated Colt Cabana in Cambridge, MA on 1/15/05
--Austin Aries defeated Kevin Steen in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 1/22/05
--Austin Aries defeated Vordell Walker in Sebring, FL on 2/12/05
--Austin Aries defeated Colt Cabana in a steel cage match in Elizabeth, NJ on 2/19/05
--Austin Aries defeated Samoa Joe in Chicago Ridge, IL on 2/26/05
--Austin Aries defeated Marc Roudin in Weesen, Switzerland on 3/12/05
--Austin Aries defeated Ares & Steve Douglas in Krems, Austria on 3/13/05
--Austin Aries defeated Insane Dragon in Lakeland, FL on 3/25/05
--Austin Aries defeated Roderick Strong in Sebring, FL on 3/26/05
--Austin Aries defeated Homicide in Asbury Park, NJ on 4/2/05
--Austin Aries vs. James Gibson ended in a draw when both men shoulders were pinned to the mat at the same time in Dorchester, MA on 4/16/05
--Austin Aries defeated Alex Shelley in New York, NY on 5/7/05
--Austin Aries defeated James Gibson in Dayton, OH on 5/13/05
--Austin Aries defeated Bryan Danielson in Chicago Ridge, IL on 5/14/05
--Austin Aries defeated Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin in Tulancingo, Mexico on 5/15/05
--Austin Aries defeated Spanky in Buffalo, NY on 6/4/05
Won By- CM Punk
Defeated- Austin Aries
Location- Morristown, NJ
Date- 6/18/05
Title Defenses:
--CM Punk defeated Jay Lethal in Long Island, NY on 7/8/05
--CM Punk defeated Roderick Strong in New York, NY on 7/9/05
--CM Punk defeated James Gibson in Woodbridge, CT on 7/16/05
--CM Punk vs. Christopher Daniels ended in a 60 minute time limit draw in Philadelphia, PA on 7/23/05
Won By- James Gibson
Defeated- CM Punk, Samoa Joe, & Christopher Daniels
Location- Dayton, OH
Date- 8/12/05
Title Defenses:
--James Gibson vs. Spanky vs. Homicide ended with no winner in Morristown, NJ on 8/20/05
--James Gibson defeated Spanky in Morristown, NJ on 8/20/05
--James Gibson defeated Colt Cabana in Buffalo, NY on 8/27/05
--James Gibson defeated Roderick Strong in Arcadia, FL on 9/2/05
Won By- Bryan Danielson
Defeated- James Gibson
Location- Long Island, NY
Date- 9/17/05
Title Defenses:
--Bryan Danielson defeated Austin Aries in Cleveland, OH on 10/14/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Steve Corino in Buffalo, NY on 10/15/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Roderick Strong in Woodbridge, CT on 10/29/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Chris Sabin in Detroit, MI on 11/4/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Roderick Strong in Chicago Ridge, IL on 11/5/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Christopher Daniels in Long Island, NY on 11/19/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Rocky Romero in New York, NY on 12/3/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Naomichi Marufuji in Edison, NJ on 12/17/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Chris Hero in Philadelphia, PA on 1/14/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated AJ Styles in Cleveland, OH on 1/28/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Xavier in Long Island, NY on 2/11/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Jimmy Rave in Edison, NJ on 2/25/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Alex Shelley in Philadelphia, PA on 3/11/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Roderick Strong in Chicago Ridge, IL on 3/31/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Lance Storm in Chicago Ridge, IL on 4/1/06
--Bryan Danielson defeaed Colt Cabana in Philadelphia, PA on 4/22/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Delirious in Philadelphia, PA on 4/22/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Jimmy Yang in Dayton, OH on 4/28/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Bryan Danielson by countout in Cleveland, OH on 4/29/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Delirious in Edison, NJ on 5/13/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Homicide in East Windsor, CT on 6/3/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Colt Cabana in Orlando, FL on 6/10/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Christopher Daniels in San Antonio, TX on 6/11/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs in Detroit, MI on 6/23/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Colt Cabana in Chicago Ridge, IL on 6/24/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Sonjay Dutt in Philadelphia, PA on 7/15/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness in Cleveland, OH on 7/29/06
--Bryan Danielson vs. Samoa Joe went to a 60 minute time limit draw on 8/5/06 in Edison, NJ
--Bryan Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness to unify the ROH World Title & Pure Title in Liverpool, UK on 8/12/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated SUWA in Broxbourne, UK on 8/13/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Roderick Strong in Broxbourne, UK on 8/13/06
--Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness went to a 60 minute time limit draw in a two out of three falls match in St. Paul, MN on 8/25/06
--Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana went to a 60 minute time limit draw in a two out of three falls match in Chicago Ridge, IL on 8/26/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated KENTA in New York, NY on 9/16/06
--Bryan Danielson vs. Kamala ended in a double DQ in Bridgeport, CT on 9/30/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Austin Aries in Detroit, MI on 10/6/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Delirious in Braintree, MA on 11/3/04
--Bryan Danielson defeated Samoa Joe in a steel cage match in Chicago Ridge, IL on 12/8/06
Won By- Homicide
Defeated- Bryan Danielson
Location- New York, NY
Date- 12/23/06
Title Defenses:
--Homicide defeated Chris Hero in Braintree, MA on 1/26/07
--Homicide defeated Samoa Joe in Edison, NJ on 1/27/07
--Homicide defeated Jimmy Rave in New York, NY on 2/16/07
Won By- Takeshi Morishima
Defeated- Homicide
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 2/17/07
Title Defenses:
--Morishima defeated BJ Whitmer in Dayton, OH on 2/23/07
--Morishima defeated KENTA in Tokyo, Japan on 3/4/07
--Morishima defeated Nigel McGuinness in Edison, NJ on 4/14/07
--Morishima defeated Austin Aries in St. Paul, MN on 4/27/07
--Morishima defeated Shingo in Chicago Ridge, IL on 4/28/07
--Morishima defeated KAZMA in Tokyo, Japan on 5/6/07
--Morishima defeated BJ Whitmer in New York, NY on 5/12/07
Ring Of Honor Tag Team Championship
Won By- Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan
Defeated- American Dragon & Michael Modest
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 9/21/02
Title Defenses:
--Daniels/Morgan/Samoa Joe defeated Low Ki/Homicide/Doug Williams in Philadelphia, PA on 11/9/02
--Daniels/Morgan defeated SAT in Philadelphia, PA on 12/28/02
Won By- Aj Styles & The Amazing Red
Defeated- Christopher Daniels & Xavier
Location- Cambridge, MA
Date- 3/15/03
Title Defenses:
--AJ Styles/Amazing Red defeated The Briscoe Brothers in Philadelphia, PA on 3/22/03
--AJ Styles/Amazing Red defeated The Briscoe Brothers in Philadelphia, PA on 4/12/03
--AJ Styles/Amazing Red defeated The Briscoe Brothers in Elizabeth, NJ on 7/19/03
--AJ Styles/Homicide (Sub. for Red) defeated Chris Daniels & Dan Maff in Dayton, OH on 8/9/03
Won By- Backseat Boyz
Defeated- Izzy & Dixie
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 9/20/03
* won vacant titles in an elimination match after Styles & Red had to forfeit the titles due to Red's injury
Won By- Izzy & Dixie
Defeated- Backseat Boyz
Location- Glen Burnie, MD
Date- 10/16/03
Title Defenses:
--Izzy & Dixie defeated The Carnage Crew in Spencerport, NY on 10/25/03
Won By- Mark & Jay Briscoe
Defeated- Izzy & Dixie
Location- Elizabeth, NJ
Date- 11/1/03
Title Defenses:
--Briscoe Brothers defeated AJ Styles & Samoa Joe in Fairfield, CT on 11/28/03
--Briscoe Brothers defeated Christopher Daniels & Dan Maff in Framingham, MA on 11/29/03
--Briscoe Brothers defeated SAT in Philadelphia, PA on 12/27/03
--Briscoe Brothers defeated Samoa Joe & Bryan Danielson in Wilmington, OH on 1/10/04
--Briscoe Brothers defeated Samoa Joe & Jerry Lynn in Glen Burnie, MD on 1/29/04
--Briscoe Brothers defeated Backseat Boyz in Braintree, MA on 2/14/04
Won By- CM Punk & Colt Cabana
Defeated- Mark & Jay Briscoe
Location- Chicago Ridge, IL
Date- 4/24/04
Won By- Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer
Defeated- CM Punk & Colt Cabana
Location- Lexington, MA
Date- 5/15/04
Won By- Mark & Jay Briscoe
Defeated- Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer
Location- Lexington, MA
Date- 5/15/04
Won By- CM Punk & Colt Cabana
Defeated- Mark & Jay Briscoe
Location- Lexington, MA
Date- 5/15/04
Title Defenses:
--CM Punk & Colt Cabana defeated Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer in Philadelphia, PA on 5/22/04
--CM Punk & Colt Cabana defeated Special K, Dunn & Marcos, & Outcast Killaz in Philadelphia, PA on 6/24/04
--CM Punk & Colt Cabana defeated The Briscoe Brothers in a 2 out of 3 Falls match in Wauwatosa, WI on 7/23/04
Won By- Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero
Defeated- CM Punk & Colt Cabana
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 8/7/04
Title Defenses:
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Izzy & Dixie in Braintree, MA on 8/28/04
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer, Roderick Strong & Jack Evans, and The Carnage Crew to win Ultimate Endurance in Elizabeth, NJ on 9/11/04
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Izzy & Angeldust in Philadelphia, PA on 10/2/04
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Roderick Strong & Jack Evans in Revere, MA on 11/5/04
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer in Elizabeth, NJ on 11/6/04
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Nigel McGuinness & Chad Collyer in Elizabeth, NJ on 12/4/04
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Steve Corino & CM Punk and The Carnage Crew in Cambridge, MA 1/15/05
Won By- Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer
Defeated- Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero
Location- Elizabeth, NJ
Date- 2/19/05
Title Defenses:
--Maff & Whitmer defeated Delirious & Jimmy Jacobs in Dayton, OH on 2/25/05
--Maff & Whitmer defeated Colt Cabana & Nigel McGuinness in Woodbridge, CT on 3/12/05
*Note: Maff & Whitmer vacated the titles when Maff quit the wrestling business.
Won By- BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs
Defeated- Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal
Location- Asbury Park, NJ
Date- 4/2/05
*titles were vacant prior to this match
Title Defenses:
--Whitmer & Jacobs defeated Roderick Strong & Jack Evans in New York, NY on 5/7/05
--Whitmer & Jacobs defeated CM Punk & Ace Steel in Dayton, OH on 5/13/05
--Whitmer & Jacobs defeated Dunn & Marcos in Buffalo, NY on 6/4/05
--Whitmer & Jacobs defeated Jimmy Rave & Fast Eddie in Morristown, NJ on 6/18/05
--Whitmer & Jacobs defeated Lacey's Angel's in Long Island, NY on 7/8/05
Won By- The Carnage Crew
Defeated- BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs
Location- New York, NY
Date- 7/9/05
Title Defenses:
--The Carnage Crew defeated Dunn & Marcos, Lacey's Angels, & The Embassy in Woodbridge, CT on 7/16/05
Won By- BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs
Defeated- The Carnage Crew
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 7/23/05
Title Defenses:
--BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Chad Collyer & Nigel McGuinness in Dayton, OH on 8/12/05
--BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated James Gibson & Spanky in Chicago Ridge, IL on 8/13/05
Won By- Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinuaro
Defeated- BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs
Location- New York, NY
Date- 10/1/05
Title Defenses:
--Mamaluke & Rinuaro defeated Dunn & Marcos in Philadelphia, PA on 10/2/05
--Mamaluke & Rinuaro defeated BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs in Cleveland, OH on 10/14/05
--Mamaluke & Rinuaro defeated Homicide & Ricky Reyes in Buffalo, NY on 10/15/05
--Mamaluke & Rinuaro defeated Colt Cabana & Milano Collection in New York, NY on 12/3/05
Won By- Austin Aries & Roderick Strong
Defeated- Tomy Mamaluke & Sal Rinuaro
Location- Edison, NJ
Date- 12/17/05
Title Defenses:
--Aries & Strong defeated Bryan Danielson & Jay Lethal in Dayton, OH on 1/27/06 --Aries & Strong defeated BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs in Cleveland, OH on 1/28/06
--Aries & Strong defeated AJ Styles & Matt Sydal in Edison, NJ on 2/25/06
--Aries & Strong defeated CIMA & Naruki Doi in Chicago Ridge, IL on 4/1/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Homicide & Ricky Reyes in Philadelphia, PA on 4/22/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Samoa Joe & Matt Sydal in Dayton, OH on 4/28/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Jimmy Rave & Alex Shelley in Cleveland, OH on 4/29/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe in Edison, NJ on 5/13/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe in East Windsor, CT on 6/3/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Colt Cabana & Nigel McGuinness in New York, NY on 6/3/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Jerrelle Clark & Jay Fury in Orlando, FL on 6/10/06
--Aries & Strong defeated BJ Whitmer & Adam Pearce, Jimmy Rave & Sal Rinauro and Homicide & Ricky Reyes in an Ultimate Endurance Match in Long Island, NY on 8/4/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi in Japan on 7/9/06 to make the ROH Tag Titles into World Tag Team Titles
--Aries & Strong defeated Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi in Japan on 7/11/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe, Matt Sydal & Jack Evans and Irish Airborne in an Ultimate Endurance Match in Edison, NJ on 8/5/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe in Liverpool, UK on 8/12/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Samoa Joe & BJ Whitmer in St. Paul, MN on 8/25/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal in Chicago Ridge, IL on 8/26/06
Won By- Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli (The Kings of Wrestling)
Defeated- Austin Aries & Roderick Strong
Location- New York, NY
Date- 9/16/06
Title Defenses:
-Kings of Wrestling defeated Colt Cabana & Jimmy Jacobs in Cleveland, OH on 10/6/06
-Kings of Wrestling defeated Austin Aries & Roderick Strong by DQ in Philadelphia, PA on 11/4/06
-Kings of Wrestling defeated Austin Aries & Roderick Strong in Long Island, NY on 11/24/06
Won By- Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal
Defeated- Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli
Location- Edison, NJ
Date- 11/25/06
Title Defenses:
-Daniels & Sydal defeated CIMA & Shingo Takagi in Hartford, CT on 12/22/06
-Daniels & Sydal defeated Austin Aries & Roderick Strong in New York, NY on 2/16/07
-Daniels & Sydal defeated Jack Evans & Shingo in Philadelphia, PA on 2/17/07
Won By- Jay & Mark Briscoe
Defeated- Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal
Location- Chicago, IL
Date- 2/24/07
Won By- Naruke Doi & Shingo
Defeated- Jay & Mark Briscoe
Location- Liverpool, UK
Date- 3/3/07
Title Defenses:
--Doi & Shingo defeated Davey Richards & Roderick Strong in Liverpool, UK on 3/4/07
Won By- Jay & Mark Briscoe
Defeated- Naruki Doi & Shingo
Location- Detroit, MI
Date- 3/30/07
Title Defenses
--Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw, Hallowicked & Gran Akuma, and Pelle Primeau & Mitch Franklin in an Ultimate Endurance Match in St. Paul, MN on 4/27/07
--Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin in Chicago Ridge, IL on 4/28/07
--Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated Takeshi Morishima & BJ Whitmer in Hartford, CT on 5/11/07
--Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated Claudio Castagnoli & Matt Sydal in New York, NY on 5/12/07
Ring of Honor Pure Title
Won By-Doug Williams
Defeated- Alex Shelley
Location- Elizabeth, NJ
Date- 7/17/04
Title Defenses:
--Doug Williams defeated Alex Shelley in the tournament finals in Elizabeth, NJ on 7/17/04
--Doug Williams defeated Alex Shelley in a rematch in Wauwatosa, WI on 7/23/04
--Doug Williams defeated Austin Aries in Chicago Ridge, IL on 7/24/04
--Doug Williams defeated Claudio Castagnoli in Manchester, England on 8/14/04
Won By- John Walters
Defeated- Doug Williams
Location- Braintree, MA
Date- 8/28/04
Title Defenses:
--John Walters defeated Nigel McGuiness in Elizabeth, NJ on 9/11/04
--John Walters defeated Alex Shelley in Philadelphia, PA on 10/2/04
--John Walters defeated Homicide in Elizabeth, NJ on 11/6/04
--John Walters defeated Jimmy Rave in Elizabeth, NJ on 12/4/04
--John Walters defeated Jimmy Rave in Philadelphia, PA on 12/26/04
--John Walters defeated Jay Lethal in Elizabeth, NJ on 2/19/05
Won By- Jay Lethal
Defeated- John Walters
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 3/5/05
Title Defenses:
--Jay Lethal defeated Kevin Dunn in Webster, NY on 4/9/05
--Jay Lethal defeated Spanky in Dorchester, MA on 4/16/05
Won By- Samoa Joe
Defeated- Jay Lethal
Location- New York, NY
Date- 5/7/05
Title Defenses:
--Samoa Joe defeated James Gibson in Buffalo, NY on 6/4/05
--Samoa Joe defeated Nigel McGuiness in New York, NY on 6/12/05
--Samoa Joe defeated Colt Cabana in Morristown, NJ on 6/18/05
--Samoa Joe defeated Austin Aries in New York, NY on 7/9/05
--Samoa Joe defeated Jimmy Rave in Woodbridge, CT on 7/16/05
--Samoa Joe defeated Christopher Daniels in Morristown, NJ on 8/20/05
Won By- Nigel McGuinness
Defeated- Samoa Joe
Location- Buffalo, NY
Date- 8/27/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Roderick Strong in Long Island, NY on 9/17/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated BJ Whitmer in Dorchester, MA on 9/24/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Jay Lethal in New York, NY on 10/1/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Samoa Joe in Buffalo, NY on 10/15/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Claudio Castagnoli by DQ in Detroit, MI on 11/4/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Claudio Castagnoli by DQ in Edison, NJ on 12/17/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Tony Mamaluke in Philadelphia, PA on 1/14/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Austin Aries in Long Island, NY on 2/11/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Claudio Castagnoli in New York, NY on 3/25/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Christopher Daniels by countout in Dayton, OH on 4/28/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Bryan Danielson by countout in Cleveland, OH on 4/29/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Jay Lethal in Edison, NJ on 5/13/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Conrad Kennedy III in Detroit, MI on 6/23/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Homicide by countout in Chicago Ridge, IL on 6/24/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Roderick Strong by countout in Philadelphia, PA on 7/15/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Colt Cabana by countout in Dayton, OH on 7/28/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Delirious in Long Island, NY on 8/4/06
Won By- Bryan Danielson
Defeated- Nigel McGuinness
Location- Liverpool, United Kingdom
Date- 8/12/06
Pure Title & World Title are now Unified.
Won By-Low Ki
Defeated- Spanky/Chris Daniels/Doug Williams
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 7/27/02
Title Defenses:
--Low Ki defeated AJ Styles in Wakefield, MA on 8/24/02
Won By- Xavier
Defeated- Low Ki
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 9/21/02
Title Defenses:
--Xavier defeated Jay Briscoe in Philadelphia, PA on 11/9/02
--Xavier defeated AJ Styles in Philadelphia, PA on 12/7/02
--Xavier defeated Paul London in Philadelphia, PA on 12/28/02
--Xavier defeated Paul London in Queens, NY on 2/8/03
Won By- Samoa Joe
Defeated- Xavier
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 3/22/03
Title Defenses:
--Samoa Joe defeated Doug Williams in West Mifflin, PA on 4/26/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Zebra Kid in London, England on 5/17/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Homicide in Philadelphia, PA on 5/31/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Danny Maff in Philadelphia, PA on 6/28/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Paul London in Elizabeth, NJ on 7/19/03
--Samoa Joe defeated BJ Whitmer in Dayton, OH on 8/9/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Christopher Daniels in Philadelphia, PA on 9/20/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Ares in Bad Schwalbach, Germany on 10/3/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Jay Briscoe in Glen Burnie, MD on 10/16/03
--Samoa Joe defeated AJ Styles in Framingham, MA on 11/29/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Mark Briscoe in Philadelphia, PA on 12/27/03
--Samoa Joe defeated Balls Mahoney in Woodbridge, NJ on 1/9/04
--Samoa Joe defeated BJ Whitmer, Low Ki & Dan Maff in Braintree, MA on 2/14/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Ahmed Chaer in Lennestadt, Germany on 3/5/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Jay Briscoe in Elizabeth, NJ on 3/13/04
--Samoa Joe vs. Homicide went to a no-contest in St. Paul, MN on 4/23/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Matt Stryker in Chicago Ridge, IL on 4/24/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Homicide in Philadelphia, PA on 5/22/04--Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk ended in a 60 minute draw in Dayton, OH on 6/12/04--Samoa Joe defeated Shinya Makable in Los Angeles, CA on 6/26/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Homicide in Wauwatosa, WI on 7/23/04--Samoa Joe defeated Colt Cabana in Chicago Ridge, IL on 7/24/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Trent Acid in Philadelphia, PA on 8/7/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Doug Williams in Elizabeth, NJ on 9/11/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Bryan Danielson in Philadelphia, PA on 10/2/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Rocky Romero in Dayton, OH on 10/15/04
--Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk ended in a 60 minute draw in Chicago Ridge, IL on 10/16/04
--Samoa Joe defeated Chris Hero in Wilmerding, PA on 11/13/04
--Samoa Joe defeated CM Punk in Elizabeth, NJ on 12/4/04
Won By- Austin Aries
Defeated- Samoa Joe
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 12/26/04
Title Defenses:
--Austin Aries defeated Colt Cabana in Cambridge, MA on 1/15/05
--Austin Aries defeated Kevin Steen in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 1/22/05
--Austin Aries defeated Vordell Walker in Sebring, FL on 2/12/05
--Austin Aries defeated Colt Cabana in a steel cage match in Elizabeth, NJ on 2/19/05
--Austin Aries defeated Samoa Joe in Chicago Ridge, IL on 2/26/05
--Austin Aries defeated Marc Roudin in Weesen, Switzerland on 3/12/05
--Austin Aries defeated Ares & Steve Douglas in Krems, Austria on 3/13/05
--Austin Aries defeated Insane Dragon in Lakeland, FL on 3/25/05
--Austin Aries defeated Roderick Strong in Sebring, FL on 3/26/05
--Austin Aries defeated Homicide in Asbury Park, NJ on 4/2/05
--Austin Aries vs. James Gibson ended in a draw when both men shoulders were pinned to the mat at the same time in Dorchester, MA on 4/16/05
--Austin Aries defeated Alex Shelley in New York, NY on 5/7/05
--Austin Aries defeated James Gibson in Dayton, OH on 5/13/05
--Austin Aries defeated Bryan Danielson in Chicago Ridge, IL on 5/14/05
--Austin Aries defeated Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin in Tulancingo, Mexico on 5/15/05
--Austin Aries defeated Spanky in Buffalo, NY on 6/4/05
Won By- CM Punk
Defeated- Austin Aries
Location- Morristown, NJ
Date- 6/18/05
Title Defenses:
--CM Punk defeated Jay Lethal in Long Island, NY on 7/8/05
--CM Punk defeated Roderick Strong in New York, NY on 7/9/05
--CM Punk defeated James Gibson in Woodbridge, CT on 7/16/05
--CM Punk vs. Christopher Daniels ended in a 60 minute time limit draw in Philadelphia, PA on 7/23/05
Won By- James Gibson
Defeated- CM Punk, Samoa Joe, & Christopher Daniels
Location- Dayton, OH
Date- 8/12/05
Title Defenses:
--James Gibson vs. Spanky vs. Homicide ended with no winner in Morristown, NJ on 8/20/05
--James Gibson defeated Spanky in Morristown, NJ on 8/20/05
--James Gibson defeated Colt Cabana in Buffalo, NY on 8/27/05
--James Gibson defeated Roderick Strong in Arcadia, FL on 9/2/05
Won By- Bryan Danielson
Defeated- James Gibson
Location- Long Island, NY
Date- 9/17/05
Title Defenses:
--Bryan Danielson defeated Austin Aries in Cleveland, OH on 10/14/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Steve Corino in Buffalo, NY on 10/15/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Roderick Strong in Woodbridge, CT on 10/29/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Chris Sabin in Detroit, MI on 11/4/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Roderick Strong in Chicago Ridge, IL on 11/5/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Christopher Daniels in Long Island, NY on 11/19/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Rocky Romero in New York, NY on 12/3/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Naomichi Marufuji in Edison, NJ on 12/17/05
--Bryan Danielson defeated Chris Hero in Philadelphia, PA on 1/14/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated AJ Styles in Cleveland, OH on 1/28/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Xavier in Long Island, NY on 2/11/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Jimmy Rave in Edison, NJ on 2/25/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Alex Shelley in Philadelphia, PA on 3/11/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Roderick Strong in Chicago Ridge, IL on 3/31/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Lance Storm in Chicago Ridge, IL on 4/1/06
--Bryan Danielson defeaed Colt Cabana in Philadelphia, PA on 4/22/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Delirious in Philadelphia, PA on 4/22/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Jimmy Yang in Dayton, OH on 4/28/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Bryan Danielson by countout in Cleveland, OH on 4/29/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Delirious in Edison, NJ on 5/13/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Homicide in East Windsor, CT on 6/3/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Colt Cabana in Orlando, FL on 6/10/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Christopher Daniels in San Antonio, TX on 6/11/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs in Detroit, MI on 6/23/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Colt Cabana in Chicago Ridge, IL on 6/24/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Sonjay Dutt in Philadelphia, PA on 7/15/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness in Cleveland, OH on 7/29/06
--Bryan Danielson vs. Samoa Joe went to a 60 minute time limit draw on 8/5/06 in Edison, NJ
--Bryan Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness to unify the ROH World Title & Pure Title in Liverpool, UK on 8/12/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated SUWA in Broxbourne, UK on 8/13/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Roderick Strong in Broxbourne, UK on 8/13/06
--Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness went to a 60 minute time limit draw in a two out of three falls match in St. Paul, MN on 8/25/06
--Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana went to a 60 minute time limit draw in a two out of three falls match in Chicago Ridge, IL on 8/26/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated KENTA in New York, NY on 9/16/06
--Bryan Danielson vs. Kamala ended in a double DQ in Bridgeport, CT on 9/30/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Austin Aries in Detroit, MI on 10/6/06
--Bryan Danielson defeated Delirious in Braintree, MA on 11/3/04
--Bryan Danielson defeated Samoa Joe in a steel cage match in Chicago Ridge, IL on 12/8/06
Won By- Homicide
Defeated- Bryan Danielson
Location- New York, NY
Date- 12/23/06
Title Defenses:
--Homicide defeated Chris Hero in Braintree, MA on 1/26/07
--Homicide defeated Samoa Joe in Edison, NJ on 1/27/07
--Homicide defeated Jimmy Rave in New York, NY on 2/16/07
Won By- Takeshi Morishima
Defeated- Homicide
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 2/17/07
Title Defenses:
--Morishima defeated BJ Whitmer in Dayton, OH on 2/23/07
--Morishima defeated KENTA in Tokyo, Japan on 3/4/07
--Morishima defeated Nigel McGuinness in Edison, NJ on 4/14/07
--Morishima defeated Austin Aries in St. Paul, MN on 4/27/07
--Morishima defeated Shingo in Chicago Ridge, IL on 4/28/07
--Morishima defeated KAZMA in Tokyo, Japan on 5/6/07
--Morishima defeated BJ Whitmer in New York, NY on 5/12/07
Ring Of Honor Tag Team Championship
Won By- Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan
Defeated- American Dragon & Michael Modest
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 9/21/02
Title Defenses:
--Daniels/Morgan/Samoa Joe defeated Low Ki/Homicide/Doug Williams in Philadelphia, PA on 11/9/02
--Daniels/Morgan defeated SAT in Philadelphia, PA on 12/28/02
Won By- Aj Styles & The Amazing Red
Defeated- Christopher Daniels & Xavier
Location- Cambridge, MA
Date- 3/15/03
Title Defenses:
--AJ Styles/Amazing Red defeated The Briscoe Brothers in Philadelphia, PA on 3/22/03
--AJ Styles/Amazing Red defeated The Briscoe Brothers in Philadelphia, PA on 4/12/03
--AJ Styles/Amazing Red defeated The Briscoe Brothers in Elizabeth, NJ on 7/19/03
--AJ Styles/Homicide (Sub. for Red) defeated Chris Daniels & Dan Maff in Dayton, OH on 8/9/03
Won By- Backseat Boyz
Defeated- Izzy & Dixie
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 9/20/03
* won vacant titles in an elimination match after Styles & Red had to forfeit the titles due to Red's injury
Won By- Izzy & Dixie
Defeated- Backseat Boyz
Location- Glen Burnie, MD
Date- 10/16/03
Title Defenses:
--Izzy & Dixie defeated The Carnage Crew in Spencerport, NY on 10/25/03
Won By- Mark & Jay Briscoe
Defeated- Izzy & Dixie
Location- Elizabeth, NJ
Date- 11/1/03
Title Defenses:
--Briscoe Brothers defeated AJ Styles & Samoa Joe in Fairfield, CT on 11/28/03
--Briscoe Brothers defeated Christopher Daniels & Dan Maff in Framingham, MA on 11/29/03
--Briscoe Brothers defeated SAT in Philadelphia, PA on 12/27/03
--Briscoe Brothers defeated Samoa Joe & Bryan Danielson in Wilmington, OH on 1/10/04
--Briscoe Brothers defeated Samoa Joe & Jerry Lynn in Glen Burnie, MD on 1/29/04
--Briscoe Brothers defeated Backseat Boyz in Braintree, MA on 2/14/04
Won By- CM Punk & Colt Cabana
Defeated- Mark & Jay Briscoe
Location- Chicago Ridge, IL
Date- 4/24/04
Won By- Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer
Defeated- CM Punk & Colt Cabana
Location- Lexington, MA
Date- 5/15/04
Won By- Mark & Jay Briscoe
Defeated- Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer
Location- Lexington, MA
Date- 5/15/04
Won By- CM Punk & Colt Cabana
Defeated- Mark & Jay Briscoe
Location- Lexington, MA
Date- 5/15/04
Title Defenses:
--CM Punk & Colt Cabana defeated Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer in Philadelphia, PA on 5/22/04
--CM Punk & Colt Cabana defeated Special K, Dunn & Marcos, & Outcast Killaz in Philadelphia, PA on 6/24/04
--CM Punk & Colt Cabana defeated The Briscoe Brothers in a 2 out of 3 Falls match in Wauwatosa, WI on 7/23/04
Won By- Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero
Defeated- CM Punk & Colt Cabana
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 8/7/04
Title Defenses:
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Izzy & Dixie in Braintree, MA on 8/28/04
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer, Roderick Strong & Jack Evans, and The Carnage Crew to win Ultimate Endurance in Elizabeth, NJ on 9/11/04
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Izzy & Angeldust in Philadelphia, PA on 10/2/04
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Roderick Strong & Jack Evans in Revere, MA on 11/5/04
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer in Elizabeth, NJ on 11/6/04
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Nigel McGuinness & Chad Collyer in Elizabeth, NJ on 12/4/04
--Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero defeated Steve Corino & CM Punk and The Carnage Crew in Cambridge, MA 1/15/05
Won By- Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer
Defeated- Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero
Location- Elizabeth, NJ
Date- 2/19/05
Title Defenses:
--Maff & Whitmer defeated Delirious & Jimmy Jacobs in Dayton, OH on 2/25/05
--Maff & Whitmer defeated Colt Cabana & Nigel McGuinness in Woodbridge, CT on 3/12/05
*Note: Maff & Whitmer vacated the titles when Maff quit the wrestling business.
Won By- BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs
Defeated- Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal
Location- Asbury Park, NJ
Date- 4/2/05
*titles were vacant prior to this match
Title Defenses:
--Whitmer & Jacobs defeated Roderick Strong & Jack Evans in New York, NY on 5/7/05
--Whitmer & Jacobs defeated CM Punk & Ace Steel in Dayton, OH on 5/13/05
--Whitmer & Jacobs defeated Dunn & Marcos in Buffalo, NY on 6/4/05
--Whitmer & Jacobs defeated Jimmy Rave & Fast Eddie in Morristown, NJ on 6/18/05
--Whitmer & Jacobs defeated Lacey's Angel's in Long Island, NY on 7/8/05
Won By- The Carnage Crew
Defeated- BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs
Location- New York, NY
Date- 7/9/05
Title Defenses:
--The Carnage Crew defeated Dunn & Marcos, Lacey's Angels, & The Embassy in Woodbridge, CT on 7/16/05
Won By- BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs
Defeated- The Carnage Crew
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 7/23/05
Title Defenses:
--BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Chad Collyer & Nigel McGuinness in Dayton, OH on 8/12/05
--BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated James Gibson & Spanky in Chicago Ridge, IL on 8/13/05
Won By- Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinuaro
Defeated- BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs
Location- New York, NY
Date- 10/1/05
Title Defenses:
--Mamaluke & Rinuaro defeated Dunn & Marcos in Philadelphia, PA on 10/2/05
--Mamaluke & Rinuaro defeated BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs in Cleveland, OH on 10/14/05
--Mamaluke & Rinuaro defeated Homicide & Ricky Reyes in Buffalo, NY on 10/15/05
--Mamaluke & Rinuaro defeated Colt Cabana & Milano Collection in New York, NY on 12/3/05
Won By- Austin Aries & Roderick Strong
Defeated- Tomy Mamaluke & Sal Rinuaro
Location- Edison, NJ
Date- 12/17/05
Title Defenses:
--Aries & Strong defeated Bryan Danielson & Jay Lethal in Dayton, OH on 1/27/06 --Aries & Strong defeated BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs in Cleveland, OH on 1/28/06
--Aries & Strong defeated AJ Styles & Matt Sydal in Edison, NJ on 2/25/06
--Aries & Strong defeated CIMA & Naruki Doi in Chicago Ridge, IL on 4/1/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Homicide & Ricky Reyes in Philadelphia, PA on 4/22/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Samoa Joe & Matt Sydal in Dayton, OH on 4/28/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Jimmy Rave & Alex Shelley in Cleveland, OH on 4/29/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe in Edison, NJ on 5/13/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe in East Windsor, CT on 6/3/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Colt Cabana & Nigel McGuinness in New York, NY on 6/3/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Jerrelle Clark & Jay Fury in Orlando, FL on 6/10/06
--Aries & Strong defeated BJ Whitmer & Adam Pearce, Jimmy Rave & Sal Rinauro and Homicide & Ricky Reyes in an Ultimate Endurance Match in Long Island, NY on 8/4/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi in Japan on 7/9/06 to make the ROH Tag Titles into World Tag Team Titles
--Aries & Strong defeated Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi in Japan on 7/11/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe, Matt Sydal & Jack Evans and Irish Airborne in an Ultimate Endurance Match in Edison, NJ on 8/5/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe in Liverpool, UK on 8/12/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Samoa Joe & BJ Whitmer in St. Paul, MN on 8/25/06
--Aries & Strong defeated Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal in Chicago Ridge, IL on 8/26/06
Won By- Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli (The Kings of Wrestling)
Defeated- Austin Aries & Roderick Strong
Location- New York, NY
Date- 9/16/06
Title Defenses:
-Kings of Wrestling defeated Colt Cabana & Jimmy Jacobs in Cleveland, OH on 10/6/06
-Kings of Wrestling defeated Austin Aries & Roderick Strong by DQ in Philadelphia, PA on 11/4/06
-Kings of Wrestling defeated Austin Aries & Roderick Strong in Long Island, NY on 11/24/06
Won By- Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal
Defeated- Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli
Location- Edison, NJ
Date- 11/25/06
Title Defenses:
-Daniels & Sydal defeated CIMA & Shingo Takagi in Hartford, CT on 12/22/06
-Daniels & Sydal defeated Austin Aries & Roderick Strong in New York, NY on 2/16/07
-Daniels & Sydal defeated Jack Evans & Shingo in Philadelphia, PA on 2/17/07
Won By- Jay & Mark Briscoe
Defeated- Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal
Location- Chicago, IL
Date- 2/24/07
Won By- Naruke Doi & Shingo
Defeated- Jay & Mark Briscoe
Location- Liverpool, UK
Date- 3/3/07
Title Defenses:
--Doi & Shingo defeated Davey Richards & Roderick Strong in Liverpool, UK on 3/4/07
Won By- Jay & Mark Briscoe
Defeated- Naruki Doi & Shingo
Location- Detroit, MI
Date- 3/30/07
Title Defenses
--Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw, Hallowicked & Gran Akuma, and Pelle Primeau & Mitch Franklin in an Ultimate Endurance Match in St. Paul, MN on 4/27/07
--Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin in Chicago Ridge, IL on 4/28/07
--Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated Takeshi Morishima & BJ Whitmer in Hartford, CT on 5/11/07
--Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated Claudio Castagnoli & Matt Sydal in New York, NY on 5/12/07
Ring of Honor Pure Title
Won By-Doug Williams
Defeated- Alex Shelley
Location- Elizabeth, NJ
Date- 7/17/04
Title Defenses:
--Doug Williams defeated Alex Shelley in the tournament finals in Elizabeth, NJ on 7/17/04
--Doug Williams defeated Alex Shelley in a rematch in Wauwatosa, WI on 7/23/04
--Doug Williams defeated Austin Aries in Chicago Ridge, IL on 7/24/04
--Doug Williams defeated Claudio Castagnoli in Manchester, England on 8/14/04
Won By- John Walters
Defeated- Doug Williams
Location- Braintree, MA
Date- 8/28/04
Title Defenses:
--John Walters defeated Nigel McGuiness in Elizabeth, NJ on 9/11/04
--John Walters defeated Alex Shelley in Philadelphia, PA on 10/2/04
--John Walters defeated Homicide in Elizabeth, NJ on 11/6/04
--John Walters defeated Jimmy Rave in Elizabeth, NJ on 12/4/04
--John Walters defeated Jimmy Rave in Philadelphia, PA on 12/26/04
--John Walters defeated Jay Lethal in Elizabeth, NJ on 2/19/05
Won By- Jay Lethal
Defeated- John Walters
Location- Philadelphia, PA
Date- 3/5/05
Title Defenses:
--Jay Lethal defeated Kevin Dunn in Webster, NY on 4/9/05
--Jay Lethal defeated Spanky in Dorchester, MA on 4/16/05
Won By- Samoa Joe
Defeated- Jay Lethal
Location- New York, NY
Date- 5/7/05
Title Defenses:
--Samoa Joe defeated James Gibson in Buffalo, NY on 6/4/05
--Samoa Joe defeated Nigel McGuiness in New York, NY on 6/12/05
--Samoa Joe defeated Colt Cabana in Morristown, NJ on 6/18/05
--Samoa Joe defeated Austin Aries in New York, NY on 7/9/05
--Samoa Joe defeated Jimmy Rave in Woodbridge, CT on 7/16/05
--Samoa Joe defeated Christopher Daniels in Morristown, NJ on 8/20/05
Won By- Nigel McGuinness
Defeated- Samoa Joe
Location- Buffalo, NY
Date- 8/27/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Roderick Strong in Long Island, NY on 9/17/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated BJ Whitmer in Dorchester, MA on 9/24/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Jay Lethal in New York, NY on 10/1/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Samoa Joe in Buffalo, NY on 10/15/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Claudio Castagnoli by DQ in Detroit, MI on 11/4/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Claudio Castagnoli by DQ in Edison, NJ on 12/17/05
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Tony Mamaluke in Philadelphia, PA on 1/14/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Austin Aries in Long Island, NY on 2/11/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Claudio Castagnoli in New York, NY on 3/25/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Christopher Daniels by countout in Dayton, OH on 4/28/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Bryan Danielson by countout in Cleveland, OH on 4/29/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Jay Lethal in Edison, NJ on 5/13/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Conrad Kennedy III in Detroit, MI on 6/23/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Homicide by countout in Chicago Ridge, IL on 6/24/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Roderick Strong by countout in Philadelphia, PA on 7/15/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Colt Cabana by countout in Dayton, OH on 7/28/06
--Nigel McGuinness defeated Delirious in Long Island, NY on 8/4/06
Won By- Bryan Danielson
Defeated- Nigel McGuinness
Location- Liverpool, United Kingdom
Date- 8/12/06
Pure Title & World Title are now Unified.