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  • Vince Russo Shoots on The Young Bucks, Nick Jackson Fires Back

    Vince Russo Shoots on The Young Bucks, Nick Jackson Fires Back

    You may have noticed a certain sequence from the recent ROH event involving The Young Bucks being the subject of much debate recently, Jim Cornette and UFC star Daniel Cormier had some rather disparaging comments on the Buck’s in ring style and how they felt it was too much like “gymnastics.”

    Former WWE/WCW writer Vince Russo has now offered his thoughts on the controversy and he too decided to give his take on ring psychology and the foundations of wrestling. Check out what he had to say below and how Young Buck Nick Jackson decided to respond…

    https://twitter.com/NickJacksonYB/status/942864847947022337

    If you haven’t seen the spot then here it is, let us know what you think in the comments:

    https://twitter.com/briantheguppie/status/942054673451835392

     

  • Daniel Cormier & Jim Cornette Take Shot at the Young Bucks

    Daniel Cormier & Jim Cornette Take Shot at the Young Bucks

    UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Daniel Cormier, recently reacted to a clip of the Hung Bucks vs. Flip Gordon, Titan, & Dragon Lee from ROH’s Final Battle 2017 on Friday.

    https://twitter.com/briantheguppie/status/942054673451835392

    Flips vs. Old School Wrestling

    Cormier’s comments are similar to those expressed recently by Vader (in response to the Best of the Super Juniors tournament last year), Randy Orton (…dive), and in storyline by Drew Gulak.

    Jim Cornette has made his objection to such wrestling known for some time. He recently responded to a post the UFC’s Chase Sherman made in reference to the flippy dropkick spot from Friday:

    This got the most hated MMA fighter in Brazil, Colby Covington, to take sides with the Young Bucks.

    https://twitter.com/TheFlipGordon/status/942560021665239041

    Cornette versus the Young Bucks

    https://twitter.com/MattJackson13/status/942518890579595268

  • ROH Final Battle 2017 Results & Live Discussion (12/15)

    ROH Final Battle 2017 Results & Live Discussion (12/15)

    Ring Of Honor’s Final Battle 2017 takes place on December 15th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, NY.

    ROH Final Battle 2017 Results

    – Matt Taven def. Will Ospreay:

    – War Machine def. the Addiction: War Machine gets the win via pinfall with a tandem top rope leg lariat/slam.

    – Jay Lethal def. Marty Scurll: Lethal hits a low blow and follows up with the Lethal Injection for the win via pinfall.

    – The Motor City Machine Guns (c) def. the Best Friends: The MCMG’s retain the ROH Tag Team titles after a jackknife pin to Baretta.

    – Silas Young def. Kenny King, Punishment Martinez, & Shane Taylor: Young wins in a Four Corners Elimination match for the ROH Television title. Young gets the pin after he hit Misery on Punishment Martinez for the final elimination.

    – The Briscoes def. Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray: This one was a New York Street Fight. Bully set up a table and was pouring gasoline on it, but Mark kicked him and then the Briscos delivered a 3D to him on the table. The table didn’t break, so Mark also hit a top rope elbow that drove Bully through the table.

    – The Young Bucks & Adam Page def. Flip Gordon, Dragon Lee and Titan: The Bucks retain the ROH Six Man Tag Team championship with a double Indy Taker/Rite of Passage. After the match, Scorpio Sky and the Addiction attack both teams.

    – Dalton Castle def. Cody: Castle wins the ROH World Championship with the Bangarang.

  • ROH’s Final Battle 2017 Lineup for Tonight

    ROH’s Final Battle 2017 Lineup for Tonight

    Ring of Honor’s “Final Battle” runs tonight from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Tomorrow the promotion will hold their final TV tapings for the year from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.

    ROH Final Battle 2017 Lineup

    1. ROH 6-Man Tag Team Championships
      the Hung Bucks (c) (the Young Bucks & Hangman Page) vs. Flip Gordon, Dragon Lee, & Titan
    2. ROH Tag Team Championships
      The Motor City Machine Guns (c) vs. the Best Friends
    3. Matt Taven vs. Will Ospreay
    4. the Addiction vs. War Machine
    5. Jay Lethal vs. Marty Scurll
    6. ROH TV Championship
      4-Way Elimination Match
      Kenny King (c) vs. Punishment Martinez vs. Shane Taylor vs. Silas Young
    7. New York City Street Fight
      Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer vs. the Briscoes
    8. ROH World Championship
      Cody (c) vs. Dalton Castle

  • Cody Unveils New ROH World Championship

    Cody Unveils New ROH World Championship

    Cody will look to defend his ROH World Championship tonight against Dalton Castle at Final Battle 2017. The PPV event will take place in the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

    While doing media for the event, ROH officials surprised Cody with a new and updated version of the ROH World title belt. The championship belt will be displayed publicly to fans for the first time on tonight’s show. Some photos of it have leaked online, however.

    New ROH World Championship Title Belt

    Cody has defended the ROH World Championship 16x so far, which ranks 9th all-time. He will walk into Final Battle having held the belt for 172 days.

  • Cody Rhodes Reveals 2017 Has Been His First Seven Figure Year

    Cody Rhodes Reveals 2017 Has Been His First Seven Figure Year

    Former WWE Star and current ROH World Champion Cody Rhodes was recently a guest on Busted Open Radio where he talked about a number of wrestling-related topics. Below are some highlights from his interview:

    How it’s a great time to be a professional wrestler:

    “it’s a wild time to be a pro wrestler and it’s a wild time to be a pro wrestling fan. I think everything [has] been elevated and the platform that Ring Of Honor has given myself, Matt and Nick [Jackson] and New Japan, they’ve let us play our music in our own way and right now people like the song. And I’m very… I don’t know. I tend to go back and forth. Sometimes, I’m a total dreamer and then other times I’m quite a realist, so I know in wrestling, one day, you’re up, and the next day, you can be bottom of the barrel down and we’ve been up, up, up, and it continues to trend upward, so I just want to keep it going.

    Hot Topic, that thing that the Bucks set up with Hot Topic, so many people have benefitted from it and that’s going to be something, I hope, when you look back in the history books of wrestling, there [are] going to be these moments where things happen, where watershed incidents, where breakaway moments went down, that’s one of those. That [has] made… hell, that [has] made a lot of people rich already. So yeah, no, I’m just enjoying the ride, but I still want to make sure we’re still going up here.”

    Wrestling getting hotter:

    “Wrestling is absolutely hot and getting hotter. [Bully Ray was] involved, [but] me, Matt, and Nick weren’t involved in wrestling when it was at it’s hottest in the late 90s in The Attitude Era. We want our Attitude Era and I don’t know what it’s called or what it’s going to be, but it’s heading that direction, so we want to be on the right side of history. We want to be a part of it.”

    2017 being his first seven-figure year:

    “Not to sound tacky, but this has been the first seven-figure year I’ve ever had and it blows me away that it happened, so on that end, for my family and well-being, that part has been the best,” Rhodes said. “But also, the part I enjoy the most, the fans and the creative element of what we do, I keep saying it, but to play music how you want to play it, it [has] never been like this before for me. This is superseded…

    I look at a time, my WWE Intercontinental Championship run as my favorite thing I ever did because I got to change the belt and I got to be involved in a couple of WrestleManias with that in the picture, but this time, now, has completely passed it by, blown it away. Being a world champion is all that it was cracked up to be from every world champion that there ever was that told me about it. It [has] certainly been everything that I dreamed and hoped for.”

  • Street Fight Set For ROH Final Battle PPV

    Street Fight Set For ROH Final Battle PPV

    Ring of Honor will hold their Final Battle pay-per-view event on Friday night at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

    The promotion has announced a new match for the upcoming event. Tommy Dreamer will team up with Bully Ray to take on The Briscoes in a Street Fight.

    Here is the updated card:

    — ROH World Title Match: Cody Rhodes © vs. Dalton Castle

    — Singles Match: Jay Lethal vs. Marty Scurll

    — ROH Tag Team Title Match: Motor City Machine Guns © vs. Best Friends

    — Four Corners ROH World TV Title Match: Kenny King © Shane Taylor vs. Silas Young vs. Punishment Martinez

    — ROH Six-Man Tag Team Title Match: The Young Bucks & Hangman Pag vs. Flip Gordon, Dragon Lee & Titan

    — Will Ospreay vs. Matt Taven

    — War Machine vs. The Addiction

    — Street Fight: The Briscoes vs. Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer

  • Brandi Rhodes Opens Up On The Pressure Of Being In The Rhodes Family

    Brandi Rhodes Opens Up On The Pressure Of Being In The Rhodes Family

    Brandi Rhodes, wife of Ring Of Honor (ROH) World Heavyweight Champion Cody Rhodes, recently spoke with Fansided on a number of professional wrestling topics. Rhodes talked about ROH’s Women Of Honor division, the pressure of being a member of the Rhodes family, and if she has spoken to Kelly Kelly about being on E!’s WAGS. Here are the highlights:

    Her thoughts on ROH’s Women Of Honor division:

    “Since I’ve only been a part of Women of Honor for a short time, I’m going to speak to the girls that have been there for a while. Folks like Mandy Leon, Sumie [Sakai], Kelly Klein, those are the girls who really built this division and made it what it is today. And they have worked with nothing, basically, and then got it somewhere, and now are hopefully taking it other places. Then, at this point, here I am coming in and hoping to help. But I think it’s definitely a testament to their talent, to their abilities and just their ‘gung-ho-ness’ — wanting to work with this and make it something that can stand on its own.

    “That was the most important thing to Women of Honor, to be able to stand on their own, not to kind of coattail off of Ring of Honor. They’re doing their own thing, they’re not part of the Ring of Honor show. Women of Honor is its own separate sect. So, I think they’ve done a great job. They definitely have contoured an audience, and we’ll see where we can take it from here.”

    The pressure of being a Rhodes:

    “I’ll say one thing, and that is that being married to Cody does not help me in any way as far as confidence goes, because he’s a fantastic wrestler and he comes from a family of fantastic wrestlers. Here I am, a girl — the only girl in the bunch — and there’s all this lineage to try and keep up with and push the name along in a positive way. It’s a lot pressure. Of course, where it does come in handy is that, he’s an amazing wrestler. So, I’m able to get in the ring with him, I’m able to bounce ideas off of him and then things that I, of course, wouldn’t have available to me, I do because of him and because he loves wrestling so much.

    “I’ve never had him say ‘Hey, hon’, I can’t go with you today, I can’t do this, I can’t help you train.’ Or if I want to learn something or I’m probably going to end up popping him in the face or something ridiculous, I’ve never heard him once say ‘Uh, maybe we shouldn’t do this today,’ or ‘Maybe I’m not the person to do this, someone else can show you.’ He’s always there and he will do whatever it takes to make me happy with what I’m learning. It’s great.”

    If she has spoken to Kelly Kelly about being on WAGS:

    “No, actually. Barbie, actually, she was friends more so with Cody than me. I really don’t know Barbie very well. I was on my way in when she was on her way out. I feel like it would’ve been weird for me to reach out to her. I’m sure at some point we’ll run into each other. I think she and Cody even trained together at [Ohio Valley Wrestling], so they’ve known each other for a long time, which is cool. But, I guess if there’s anything I learned from Barbie and watching her on the show is, she, in my opinion, was herself, which is great.

    “There are always going to be people who, I think, miss the mark because they try so hard to be something on a show like this, what they think other people expect them to be or whatever. I feel like the people who resonate the most are the one’s who are themselves, rather than trying to be somebody they’re not. And I think Barbie was herself on the show, which is why she’s had success with it.”

    You can read Rhodes’ interview with Fansided by clicking this link here.

  • Young Bucks On The Elite Possibly Leaving Bullet Club, RAW Invasion, Kevin Owens

    Young Bucks On The Elite Possibly Leaving Bullet Club, RAW Invasion, Kevin Owens

    Ring Of Honor World Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks recently joined Colt Cabana’s podcast, The Art Of Wrestling, to talk about a number of professional wrestling topics. The pair discussed The Elite possibly leaving The Bullet Club, their invasion of Monday Night RAW, advice received from current WWE Superstar Kevin Owens, and so much more. You can check out the highlights here below:

    Nick on The Elite possibly leaving The Bullet Club:

    “Trust us, the three of us have said, ‘let’s split’, but no one will allow it because the merchandise is too big. That’s the reason why it hasn’t split and probably won’t split up.”

    Matt on the current version of The Bullet Club being his favorite:

    “When [Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and AJ Styles] left, that’s why we formed The Elite. We were planning the next phase. And this is easily the biggest The Bullet Club has ever been and it’s my favorite [lineup]. I just tweeted this last night, this is my favorite version of The Bullet Club by far! It’s the most chemistry we’ve ever had, I think.”

    Matt on getting online hate for their invasion of Monday Night RAW:

    “Oh my God, yeah. I’d say probably 50-50. I mean, the hatred was probably from people who don’t follow me on Twitter anyway or don’t even know who I am. They just heard about me from the invasion and all the people who love our show loved it. Do you know what I mean? So it’s either, ‘we love you,’ ‘you’re the greatest,’ ‘you’re changing the [pro wrestling] business’ or ‘I hate you and I want you to die.’ It’s one of the two.”

    Nick on Kevin Owens telling them to expect more hate as they get more famous:

    “Matt and I have had that specifically a lot lately and it’s crazy. I get comments that actually hurt my feelings. We actually talked with Kevin Owens about this and he was like, ‘the more you grow in popularity, [the more hate you get].’”

    Matt on their RAW invasion being more about advancing their Being The Elite storyline:

    “It was more about us blowing that storyline off, so it almost bothers us, like, ‘no, no, you didn’t watch the show for what it was for – you’re just watching the show because we did an invasion’ and it was the first time they’d ever seen it, so watch the whole show. Like, we found the stooge now. Come on! Like, it wasn’t just about, ‘let’s cause a stir and get heat with WWE officials.’ No, it was more about the show.”

    Nick on the effort put into the invasion angle:

    “We had this planned months and months and months ago and we built the story on Being The Elite for months. And we knew that they would be there that day. We planned it all. We have storylines planned for the next six to eight months that [Cabana] already know[s] about. We think of these things ahead of time, more than most major wrestling companies, which is crazy.”

    You can listen to The Young Bucks on The Art Of Wrestling by clicking here.

    H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

  • New Championship Match Announced For ROH Final Battle

    New Championship Match Announced For ROH Final Battle

    Ring of Honor has announced a new match for their upcoming Final Battle PPV (pay-per-view) event. ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks & Hangman Page will defend their titles against Flip Gordon, Dragon Lee & Titan.

    Ring of Honor holds their Final Battle pay-per-view event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Friday, December 15th. Here is the updated card:

    — ROH World Title Match: Cody Rhodes © vs. Dalton Castle

    — Singles Match: Jay Lethal vs. Marty Scurll

    — ROH Tag Team Title Match: Motor City Machine Guns © vs. Best Friends

    — Four Corners ROH World TV Title Match: Kenny King © Shane Taylor vs. Silas Young vs. Punishment Martinez

    — ROH Six-Man Tag Team Title Match: The Young Bucks & Hangman Pag vs. Flip Gordon, Dragon Lee & Titan

  • Jay Lethal On Joining The Bullet Club

    Jay Lethal On Joining The Bullet Club

    ROH Star Jay Lethal recently spoke to Huffington Post UK where he talked about a number of wrestling related topics. Below are some of the highlights from his interview:

    If he is happy with ROH’s progress in 2017:

    I’m extremely happy with the progress but that in no way means we’re ready to slow down or stop. One of the coolest parts to me, that proves we’re doing something right, is when other wrestlers want to come here. It’s one thing to have the fans want to show up because our product is cool and interesting. It’s another to have wrestlers from other companies want to come here. That’s when you know you’re doing something on both sides of the curtain very well. Guys like Cody Rhodes, and Bully Ray, right here? We’re definitely doing something right. That’s pretty cool to me.”

    Joining the Bullet Club:

    “What me? In the Bullet Club? I don’t think so, I don’t think so. No, no, those guys are too cool for me.”

    Who he would like to choose as his tag team partner:

    Who would I tag with? Oddly enough, I’ve feuded this year and gone back and forth with Silas Young, he would make a great partner. I think Silas Young is one of the greatest wrestlers ever, he just doesn’t get what I would call a ‘press’ or recognition for what he does. Because what he does, he does very well. Maybe I could make a few phone calls and get Lethal Consequences back together to do something in the ring and get the tag championships!

    His weirdest fan interaction:

    “I remember somebody wanted me to sign something but didn’t have anything for me to sign, so they took their shoe off, and had me sign their shoe! The weirdest fan interaction is the fact that people come up to me and they like me! It’s a little weird to me. It makes me smile deep down inside. If anybody, anywhere just wants to say hello to me, they don’t necessarily want an autograph or need to want to buy an picture. Just the fact that they want to come up to me to say hello, I couldn’t ask for anything better than that.”

  • The Young Bucks Announce T-Shirt Milestone

    The Young Bucks Announce T-Shirt Milestone

    Matt Jackson of the Young Bucks took to Twitter recently to celebrate a significant accomplishment:

    https://twitter.com/MattJackson13/status/933825182203920384

    https://twitter.com/NickJacksonYB/status/933827046307803136

    The Bucks also announced a Black Friday sale on their official merchandise website:

    Pro Wrestling Tees Black Friday Sale

    FYI – ProWrestlingTees is having a Black Friday sale as well, with 20% off everything.

    https://twitter.com/prowrestlingts/status/933025261011877888

  • ROH Star On Why He Hated Training Under Daniel Bryan

    ROH Star On Why He Hated Training Under Daniel Bryan

    ROH Star Rhett Titus recently had an interview with Interactive Wrestling Radio where he clarified his previous comments about hating to train under Daniel Bryan among other things. Below are some of the highlights from his interview:

    On saying that he hated training under Bryan during an old interview:

    “That was from an interview I did when I was younger. Going from training with (Austin) Aries to Brian Danielson was a bit of a change. Aries was a more laid back trainer. He said, “I’m not here to be your personal trainer. I’m here to be your wrestling trainer.” I thought that was very cool. Aries was a little more laid back, if you were a few minutes late, don’t worry about it. Bryan, on the other hand, everyday before practice we had to do tons of hindu squats, tons of push ups, tons of everything. And then, we’d learn a little bit of wrestling. I respect wrestling, obviously, and having to pay your dues. I would push myself in the gym and then would have to come and do all these extra squats. Especially on leg day, that was killing me! Bryan was also very strict. Practice would start at 5 O’Clock! I was coming from work at that time. It was about an hour and a half from work. If I missed one traffic light, I was going to be late. If I was late, I would always have to do extra squats, extra push ups, extra run the ropes. Extra everything! I remember one day (laughs) I was running a little late. “Ah man, I don’t think I’m gonna make it!” So, I put my boots on in the car. I pulled up to the school at 4:58. I went running upstairs in the school and at 4:59 with about 10 seconds to spare, I hopped into the ring. He was like, “Made it on time?” So, we started. And, Bryan was like, “Who the hell dragged mud into my ring?” Everyone was looking at the bottom of their feet and no one had mud. I look at the bottom of my feet and, of course… I’m the one with mud. So, I had to do extra squats, extra push ups, extra run the ropes… Even though I was on time! (laughs) I came to grips with the idea that I was going to have to do a little bit more than everyone else. In the end, it made me appreciate everything a little bit more. If you ever see me and I’m being hard on a young guy, you know why!”

    Daniel teasing an ROH return:

    “As someone who was a big Bryan Danielson fan and a big Daniel Bryan fan prior to him being my trainer, I would love to see him wrestle again. As someone who works for Ring of Honor, I think we would do great business with him coming back. But, as someone who has known him and as a friend, if he’s not 100% and healthy and is going to put himself at risk, I wouldn’t want him to do that. There is life after wrestling. He’s got a baby now and a wife and other things he’s got to consider. But, if he’s good to go and if he feels he’s good to go… Hey! I’d love to have him back!”

    His thoughts on Women Of Honor:

    “The Women of Honor always go out there and give it their all. I think sometimes there’s not time. But, I think going forward, in 2018, they’re going to be a lot more focussed on because, to be honest, the Women of Honor draw the best YouTube numbers. That’s a big thing you’ve got to look at. If they’re drawing this many people on YouTube, almost triple regular Ring of Honor promos, that is something that should be focussed on in the future. I hope they do get the opportunity because all those girls, they work really hard. They really deserve it!”

    Quotes via 411Mania

  • New Title Match Announced For ROH Final Battle

    New Title Match Announced For ROH Final Battle

    Ring of Honor has announced a new match for their upcoming Final Battle PPV (pay-per-view) event. ROH World Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) will defend their titles against Best Friends (Berretta and Chuckie T).

    Ring of Honor holds their Final Battle pay-per-view event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Friday, December 5th. Here is the updated card:

    — ROH World Title Match: Cody Rhodes © vs. Dalton Castle

    — Singles Match: Jay Lethal vs. Marty Scurll

    — ROH Tag Team Title Match: Motor City Machine Guns © vs. Best Friends

  • Major TV Actor Becomes The Newest Member of Bullet Club?

    Major TV Actor Becomes The Newest Member of Bullet Club?

    The Bullet Club appears to be adding to their ranks once again…

    Stephen Amell, best known for his role in popular television superhero ‘Arrow’ has been unveiled as the newest member of Bullet Club. Amell was signed to host last night’s Ring of Honor ‘Survival of The Fittest’ event and he got involved during the main event, joining the Young Bucks in hitting a top rope IndyTaker (check out the video below).

    https://twitter.com/blowcastle/status/931772731175178240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wrestlinginc.com%2Fwi%2Fnews%2F2017%2F1118%2F634222%2Froh-survival-of-the-fittest-night-one-results%2F

    Amell has gone on record regarding his love for the wrestling industry and you may remember his involvement in WWE alongside ROH Champion Cody Rhodes. It is understood that Cody and Amell have kept in touch since Amell’s Summerslam appearance and this latest chapter in ‘Arrow’s’ wrestling career seems to raise more questions around the Bullet Club and ROH going forward.

  • Cody To Defend ROH Title in Texas Death Match At Survival Of The Fittest

    Cody To Defend ROH Title in Texas Death Match At Survival Of The Fittest

    ROH World Champion, “the American Nightmare” Cody, is set to defend his championship this weekend in Dallas, Texas. His opponent will be the former champion, Christopher Daniels.

    The winner of this match is scheduled to defend the belt against Dalton Castle at ROH’s Final Battle PPV event.

    ROH Press Release on Cody vs. Daniels Texas Death Match

    The Best Wrestling on the Planet returns to Dallas on Saturday, November 18 for Night Two of Survival of the Fittest! Your favorite ROH stars will compete in a three-night tournament to determine the 2017 Survival of the Fittest winner. The winner of this year’s tournament will get the customary ROH World Title shot at a later date and etch their name in the history books! Seven out of ten men that have won have gone on to either win the championship with their title shot or do so at a later date – winning ROH’s preeminent tournament has proved it can launch careers!

    At the Soaring Eagle Cup, former ROH World Champion “Almighty” Christopher Daniels took on the man he lost the championship to – current ROH World Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody. A hard-fought bout went to a time limit draw. It was the third time these men met one-on-one and the fans wanted desperately to see a winner.

    Chants of “five more minutes!” rang through Soaring Eagle but Daniels said he wouldn’t compete unless the ROH World Championship was on the line. When Cody acquiesced, Daniels backed out saying he wouldn’t fight Cody with the title on the line 15 minutes into a match.

    With wounds still open, and Cody maintaining an open challenge, a Pay Per View Main Event Rematch will be Survival of the Fittest – Night Two’s main event..and this time it’s a TEXAS DEATH MATCH!

    MAIN EVENT
    TEXAS DEATH MATCH FOR THE ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
    ROH WORLD CHAMPION “THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE” CODY vs. “ALMIGHTY” CHRISTOPHER DANIELS

    There was a marked change of attitude from “Almighty” Christopher Daniels following his loss of the ROH World Championship to Cody at Best in the World. Revered as he chased the gold and celebrated by fans as he won it, Daniels was surprised by the fans’ reaction in Lowell, MA when Cody defeated him for the title.

    The following night, Daniels and Frankie Kazarian addressed the crowd at the International Television Taping, with over eight minutes of footage deemed unairable by the ROH Board of Directors. The Addiction insulted the fans, wrestlers, commentators, staff, officials and more, racking up fine after fine and being suspended from television.

    The duo felt the fans turned their backs on them to support the new Champion Cody and Bullet Club. It is tough to say they are wrong!

    Meanwhile, since winning the ROH World Championship, Cody became a barnstorming, free agent champion, defending the title at independent events against competitors Ring of Honor cannot legally mention the names of. When Cody signed the most lucrative deal in ROH history after defeating Minoru Suzuki in the biggest win of his career at Death Before Dishonor, Cody began defending the title against anyone and everyone. With another successful defense against Rocky Romero this past weekend at ROH Elite, Cody will now defend his title against Daniels in Dallas!

    While Cody has proved to be a fighting champion, something seems odd about this match. The match is entirely on Christopher Daniels’ terms based on their confrontation at the Soaring Eagle Cup. Additionally, Cody has maintained a more strenuous international travel schedule that puts him behind the eight ball more so than Daniels as the Addiction have an opportunity to isolate Cody in their tag team bout against Kenny Omega and Cody the night before in San Antonio!

    Has Cody played straight into the hands of the Smartest Men in the Room? Or will Cody’s reign continue with Cody making Daniels kiss the ring? Be there in Dallas to find out!

    There is nothing like seeing the hard-hitting, in-your-face action of Ring of Honor LIVE! VERY LIMITED tickets remain. Don’t miss ROH’s return to Dallas – get your tickets now!

    RING OF HONOR PRESENTS SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST 2017 – NIGHT TWO
    Saturday, November 18th, 2017 – 7:30 PM Bell Time
    Gilley’s Dallas
    Dallas, TX

    MAIN EVENT
    TEXAS DEATH MATCH FOR ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
    ROH WORLD CHAMPION “THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE” CODY vs. “ALMIGHTY” CHRISTOPHER DANIELS

    ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
    ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPION KENNY KING (IF CHAMPION) vs. “HEAVY METAL REBEL” FRANKIE KAZARIAN

    ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
    ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS MOTOR CITY MACHINE GUNS (ALEX SHELLEY & CHRIS SABIN) (IF CHAMPIONS) vs. TEAM CMLL (ESFINGE & REY COMETA)

    DALTON CASTLE & JAY LETHAL vs. ROH WORLD SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPION CO-HOLDERS THE YOUNG BUCKS

    SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST ROUND 1
    MATT TAVEN vs. CHEESEBURGER

    SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST ROUND 1
    TK O’RYAN vs. FLIP GORDON

    SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST ROUND 1
    “INKSANITY” VINNY MARSEGLIA vs. “THE OCTOPUS” JONATHAN GRESHAM”

  • ROH’s Joe Koff Talks The Young Bucks Cease And Desist Situation With WWE, New Streaming Service

    ROH’s Joe Koff Talks The Young Bucks Cease And Desist Situation With WWE, New Streaming Service

    Ring of Honor COO Joe Koff recently spoke with Chuck Carroll of CBS Sports to talk about various topics. Here are the highlights:

    The Young Bucks cease and desist situation with WWE:

    “To be really honest with you, that was between them and WWE. I think they handled it perfectly. If they were to ask me my advice, I would probably have advised them to do it the way they did it. This is beyond Ring of Honor. It’s nothing that happened under our watch. We didn’t have anything to do with it. They acted very responsibly. They are very, very good businessmen. Not only are they gifted performers, they are very good businessmen, and they’re smart about how they do business. I think in their minds — I don’t speak for them — it probably wasn’t worth a war.”

    Ring of Honor’s new streaming service:

    “Yeah, we have an app coming out in the first quarter. It really became developmentally the right time to do it. We saw an opportunity. We had a long discussion about it. We looked at the business model and how it impacts our business. We just felt that this was the time to create our own Ring of Honor stream. … Well we might continue [PPVs on] both. I would like to migrate personally to stream model, because a lot of people are watching on those devices anyway. And the quality is so good. And you know a lot of those boxes are hooked up to big sets and smart TVs and stuff like that. I’m not ruling out traditional pay-per-views, but the world is going that way.”

     

  • Former WWE Star Debuting For ROH This Weekend, UK Talent Injured

    Former WWE Star Debuting For ROH This Weekend, UK Talent Injured

    WWE UK Talent Wolfgang has apparently suffered an injury while working against UK Champion Pete Dunne on a WWE Live Event from Aberdeen, Scotland on November 3rd, according to WrestlingInc.

    He was scheduled to appear on Progress Wrestling’s Chapter 57 event but has been pulled from the show due to the injury. No further details are known about his condition at this point but we’ll keep you posted if any details come to light.

    – Former WWE Star Simon Gotch, who now uses the ring name Simon Grimm, will be making his ROH debut at their Live Event from Florida this weekend. Below is a video posted by ROH hyping the arrival the Grimm:

    https://www.facebook.com/ringofhonor/videos/simon-grimm-preview/10155618394731328/

  • Cody vs. Dalton Castle To Headline ROH Final Battle (12/15)

    Cody vs. Dalton Castle To Headline ROH Final Battle (12/15)

    Ring of Honor announced on Thursday that Dalton Castle will challenge ROH World Champion Cody (Rhodes) in the main event of next month’s Final Battle pay-per-view.

    Cody has been ROH World Champion since defeating Christopher Daniels at Best In The World back on June 23rd. Since then, he’s fended off all challengers, including KUSHIDA and Minoru Suzuki. This match has ben building for months and Dalton Castle will finally get his shot at the ROH World title in just over four weeks.

    ROH’s website writes, “For Castle, this match is not only an opportunity to reach the pinnacle of professional wrestling but also to shove every word back down the champion’s throat. Cody, just over one year after his ROH debut, has an opportunity to walk into ROH’s premier event as World Champion defeating a man who he looks down on, a man he calls only a gimmick, a man who he doesn’t truly believe is a championship-caliber wrestler.”

    For more information on this storied rivalry, visit ROHWrestling.com.

    ROH Final Battle 2017 takes place Friday night, December 15th from New York City at the Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom. The show will broadcast live on pay-per-view and the FITE.tv app.

  • ROH Touts The Success of Marty Scurll and More at NJPW Power Struggle

    ROH Touts The Success of Marty Scurll and More at NJPW Power Struggle

    This past Sunday’s NJPW Power Struggle event saw ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll defeat Will Ospreay to be become the second ever British holder of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.

    Scurll proclaimed before the bout that there are three guarantees in life: “death, taxes and Marty Scrull beats Will Ospreay.”

    The Villain’s American home Ring of Honor touted his success at the event by issuing the following statement:

    “Early Sunday morning in the United States, ROH star and Bullet Club member ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll captured the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship from ‘The Aerial Assassin’ Will Ospreay at Power Struggle! This was the latest victory for Scurll in a feud that has spanned at least three continents!
    Just as he did for the ROH World Television Championship, Scurll defeated Ospreay, surprising the ‘Aerial Assassin’ with a quick pin.”
    Several other ROH stars were present at Power Struggle and you can read the full write up on rohwrestlng.com using the tweet below.

  • Bully Ray Reveals The Biggest Piece Of Advice He Can Give Young Talent

    Bully Ray Reveals The Biggest Piece Of Advice He Can Give Young Talent

    Earlier this month former WWE, Impact Wrestling, and Ring Of Honor (ROH) star Bully Ray (a.k.a. Bubba Ray Dudley) announced his retirement from in-ring competition after 26 years in the business. He recently joined First Thing to discuss his life outside of the squared circle and revealed that his new passion will be helping young talent in the industry. You can check out the highlights here:

    Working with young talent at ROH:

    “I’m gonna be able to work behind the scenes with Ring Of Honor, help a lot of the younger guys develop their characters and help them out there,” he said. “I totally enjoy seeing other guys succeed based on some of the advice I’ve given them.”

    Wanting talent to approach him versus offering advise to talent randomly:

    “I don’t go up to guys and say, ‘Hey, you should do this,’ or, ‘I think you should do that.’ If they come to me I’m more than happy to help them out, because if they’re coming to me they obviously have thought about it and they’ve [sought] out the help on their own,” he said. “‘Hey, can you help me with this aspect of my character,’ or, ‘What do you think I should do for a move over here?’ Anything that they want to do to help tell their story in the ring better, I’ll be there for.”

    The biggest piece of advise he can offer young talent:

    “Character development and storytelling, because a lot of young wrestlers today think it’s all about the moves,” he said. “They just go out there and flip all around the place, and listen, there is a section of the fan base and the audience that likes that. But for the most part, for 100 years, what has professional wrestling been built on? The art of storytelling and characters. Good vs. evil. Darth Vader vs. Luke Skywalker. Black hat vs. white hat.”

    You can listen to Ray’s interview on First Thing by clicking this link here.

    H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

  • Marty Scurll Wants Steve Austin To Appear With Him At Wrestle Kingdom 12

    Marty Scurll Wants Steve Austin To Appear With Him At Wrestle Kingdom 12

    Former Ring of Honor World Television Champion Marty Scurll recently spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated to talk about various topics. Here are the highlights:

    Wanting Steve Austin to appear with him at Wrestle Kingdom 12 next year:

    “I actually have a different wrestling legend in mind for my Wrestle Kingdom entrance,” said Scurll. “One that I have met on a podcast. One who likes to drink a little beer, raise a little hell. Put up the middle finger. But I don’t want to ruin any surprises. My lips are sealed.”

    His next major goal:

    “More important than headlining the show is shocking the world,” said Scurll. “Giving the people something they would never forget. There’s always talk about Conor McGregor getting involved in wrestling, so why not ROH? Put him in the ring against ‘The Villain’ at Final Battle. Maybe have my pal ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin in my corner. These are the kind of things I want to do for this business. The possibilities for the future captivate me. There’s so much good stuff to come.”

    You can read the entire interview here.

  • Bullet Club Invites McMahon Family To Upcoming ROH Show (Video)

    Bullet Club Invites McMahon Family To Upcoming ROH Show (Video)

    The Bullet Club has extended a formal invitation to the McMahon family to attend Ring of Honor’s upcoming live event from San Antonio, Texas on Friday, November 17th.

    Cody Rhodes, Marty Scurll and The Young Bucks mocked WWE for booking a show in the same city as their ‘Survival of the Fittest’ San Antonio event, accusing them of piggybacking off the success of the Bullet Club.

    WWE announced last week that the San Antonio show will feature NXT Champion Drew McIntyre defending against Adam Cole in the main event, with Shawn Michaels serving as special guest referee.

    They noted that WWE rarely acknowledges other companies, but ROH appears to have caught their attention. Cody says WWE has stolen his father’s ideas, with Scurll noting that they even ripped off his signature umbrella (for 205 Live star Jack Gallagher).

    After first proposing that the McMahons could get free tickets, the rescinded that offer and said any McMahon family member is welcome to a 10% discount off an ROH ticket that night – upon showing photo ID.

    Tickets are now available for ROH’s Survival of the Fittest event from San Antonio at ROHWrestling.com.

    You can watch the video here:

  • Bullet Club Member Says He’ll Never Watch WWE Again

    Bullet Club Member Says He’ll Never Watch WWE Again

    Bullet Club member Adam Page recently did an interview with The Roman Show to talk about several professional wrestling topics. Page discussed former Bullet Club member’s treatment in WWE today, WWE releasing Jimmy Jacobs, and when he started training to be a professional wrestler. You can check out the highlights here below:

    His thoughts on the treatment of former Bullet Club members such as Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and Finn Balor in WWE:

    “I really don’t know. I don’t watch it (WWE). They kidnapped me and forced me to watch their stuff. I didn’t watch it before and when I sat and watched that stuff, I’ll never watch it again. To be honest, I really don’t know.”

    WWE releasing Jimmy Jacobs after taking a picture with The Bullet Club:

    “I don’t care too much about what they do or say. Jimmy is a good friend of mine. He has been for a long time. He had a lot of impact in my career. If I were to see him I’d welcome him with open arms.”

    When he started training to be a professional wrestler:

    “I started training when I was 15 with a couple of guys. I wrestled at 16 and about 18 I went to jimmy Valiant’s camp in Virginia that’s been my full education, but all these years of wrestling has been the education.”

    You can read Page’s full interview with The Roman Show at this link here.

  • Cody Rhodes Opens Up On Backlash He’s Received For Interracial Relationship

    Cody Rhodes Opens Up On Backlash He’s Received For Interracial Relationship

    Ring Of Honor (ROH) World Heavyweight Champion Cody Rhodes recently did a Q&A on Twitter to answer questions from fans. Rhodes talked about the money he makes in ROH compared to what he did in WWE, the challenges of being in an interracial relationship, and WXW’s production. Here are the highlights:

    Money he makes in ROH compared to in WWE:

    Challenges of being in an interracial relationship:

    WXW: