ROH Stars To Get Big Push In NJPW

Ring of Honor stars Michael Bennett and Matt Taven are set to get a big push in New Japan Pro Wrestling. The two have been helped by the partnership between ROH and NJPW. They stayed in Japan from November to December as part of the G1 Tag League. They finished with eight points. There has also been talk of Bennett getting a strong solo push.

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Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis Could Leave ROH Soon

Maria Kanellis and her husband Mike Bennett are reportedly working without contracts in Ring of Honor due to their previous deals expiring. They are expected to continue to work for ROH as they negotiate and are scheduled to work Japan tours this year. There are some who believe that the two will also start negotiating with Lucha Underground and TNA.
Kanellis was released from WWE in February 2010. She signed with ROH in December 2011. Bennett has worked with ROH off and on since 2008 and married Maria in October.

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Update on The ROH TV Tapings on January 24th

According to Pwinsider.com, tickets for the January 24th ROH TV tapings at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA are close to sold out. Tickets for the event are not expected to be available at the door. Announced for the tapings are The Briscoes & ODB vs. Maria Kanellis, Matt Taven & Michael Bennett

Opinionated View- Maria and The Briscoes wrestling in the same match get ready Botchamania you are going to have a gold mine

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3/22 ROH in Dayton Card

The following matches are advertised for the Ring of Honor "Flyin' High" show that takes place tonight in Dayton, Ohio at the Montgomery Fairgrounds.

-The Briscoes vs. Adam Cole and Michael Bennett (w/Maria Kanellis)

-A.J. Styles vs. Chris Hero

-Tommaso Ciampa vs. Matt Taven for the ROH TV Title

-Kevin Steen vs. Bobby Fish

-Michael Elgin vs. Cedric Alexander

-Silas Young vs. Kyle O'Reilly vs. RD Evans vs. The Romantic Touch in a four corner survival match

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ROH News: Stretcher match added to Final Battle

Ring of Honor announced Kevin Steen vs. Michael Bennett in a stretcher match for Final Battle. The bonus stipulation is that the loser of the match must stop using the piledriver. 

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ROH News: First match announced for Glory by Honor

ROH has announced Mike Bennett vs. Kevin Steen for Glory bu Honor on October 26. You can read more athttp://www.rohwrestling.com/news/pile-driver-versus-pile-driver.

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Ruling regarding the outcome of the ROH Title tournament match involving BJ Whitmer and Michael Bennett

Ring of Honor has announced that Michael Bennett is advancing in the ROH Title tournament. His first-round match with B.J. Whitmer came to an unplanned end when Whitmer suffered a neck injury and was taken to the hospital.  The storyline is that matchmaker Nigel McGuinness determined that Bennett advances because he was the last man standing. Bennett will face Tommaso Ciampa on August 17.

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BJ Whitmer Defends Mike Bennett

BJ Whitmer has posted the following to Twitter, coming to Mike Bennett's defense after fans criticized Bennett for the piledriver that left Whitmer injured at the ROH house show on Saturday:

What happened last night was an accident. It was NO ONES FAULT . Keep your head up @RealMikeBennett love ya bro

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ROH TV Report: Tag Titles On the Line

Steel Cage Warfare is two weeks away and the future of the company lays in the balance. Until then, we get to see another title match. This week, it is the tag titles and Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander get their title match in a standard tag match instead of the Triple Threat Match we saw at Best in the World.
We are in Baltimore, Maryland and your announcers are Kevin Kelly and Steve Corino.

We are told that Kevin Steen is now officially on Team ROH at Steel Cage Warfare in two weeks.

Match Number One: QT Marshall (with RD Evans) versus Tommaso Ciampa

Marshall wants to follow the Code of Honor but Ciampa would rather follow the Code of Flipping off your Opponent. Marshall goes for the knee but Ciampa figures he would do that so he moves out of the way and he connects with a knee to Marshall’s head for a near fall. Marshall rolls to the apron and Ciampa follows to the floor and he runs Marshall into the guardrails.

Ciampa chops Marshall and they return to the ring. Ciampa with a punch to the head but Marshall pulls Ciampa down and he wants to pull Ciampa’s leg into the ring post but Ciampa is able to pull Marshall into the ring post instead. Ciampa chops Marshall while he has fans hold him.

They return to the ring and Ciampa with a running knee to the head. Evans grabs the leg and Ciampa pulls Evans into the ring with a biel and Evans backs into the corner. Ciampa sets for a knee to the head but Marshall with a clothesline. Marshall puts Ciampa on the turnbuckles and he tries to get Ciampa on his shoulders but Ciampa fights him off. Marshall with a drop kick that staggers Ciampa and his knee is caught on the turnbuckles.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Marshall picks up Ciampa on the floor. Marshall rolls Ciampa back into the ring. Ciampa punches Marshall but Marshall backs Ciampa into the corner but Ciampa with an uppercut. Marshall grabs the leg and drops down to add more pressure. Marshall with a dive to the knee.

Marshall grabs a chair and sets it up on the floor and Marshall slams Ciampa’s leg onto the chair. Marshall sends Ciampa back into the ring and he gets a near fall. Marshall with an Indian Death Lock but Ciampa with chops to try to get out of the hold. Marshall with shots to the knee but Ciampa bites Marshall to escape the hold.

Marshall punches Ciampa but Ciampa punches back. Ciampa with forearms but Marshall with a kick to the knee. Ciampa with a clothesline and back elbow followed by a back body drop. Ciampa still favors his knee but he connects with a knee that sends Marshall over the top rope to the apron. Ciampa goes for the Air Raid Crash on the apron but Marshall escapes. Marshall with a forearm to Ciampa and he puts Ciampa on the turnbuckles. Ciampa kicks Marshall off the apron and then Ciampa goes up top and he hits a cross body but Ciampa appears to have done more damage to the knee.

Prince Nana appears at the entrance and Evans hides from his sight as he gives Marshall some advice. Marshall is helped back into the ring by Evans and Ciampa gets back at nineteen to stop the count. Marshall with punches to Ciampa while we watch Nana watching the match. Marshall flips the bird to Ciampa but Ciampa with an Air Raid Crash for a near fall.

Ciampa sets for Project Ciampa but Evans gets into the ring. Ciampa grabs Evans but RD escapes. Evans goes up the ramp, but he sees Nana and he returns to the ring. Ciampa with Project Ciampa to Evans and then Marshall takes advantage of the situation and he gets a near fall on Ciampa.

Marshall applies a Stretch Muffler but Ciampa with an inside cradle for a near fall. Ciampa with a knee to Marshall and then he connects with a second knee for the three count.

Winner: Tommaso Ciampa

After the match, Prince Nana returns to the back.

We go to commercial.

We are back with Inside Ring of Honor. This week we will take a look back at the World Title Match from Best in the World and look ahead to Jay Briscoe’s match against Matt Hardy. Kevin Steen is on Team ROH and we will hear from him. We will also talk about ROH’s return to Toronto and their debut in the former Maple Leaf Gardens.

Jay and Mark Briscoe battled at Best in the World. Mark suffered a concussion so he is out of Steel Cage Warfare while Jay is injured going into his match against Matt Hardy.

Steve Corino says that he could not plan it any better. In an attempt to prove which one is the biggest moron, they beat each other to a pulp. Mark is out with a concussion while Jay reinjured his shoulder and injured his back.

In one week, destiny shines on SCUM. His best friend, Matt Hardy will become the ROH Champion when he defeats Jay Briscoe. Steve says that Nigel cannot blame SCUM because Jay and Mark did this. Next week, Matt Hardy becomes champion. In two weeks, they go into the cage and they destroy Ring of Honor. At the end of the night, Ring of Honor burns.

Steel Cage Warfare is in two weeks and it is Ring of Honor’s most important match. Mark Briscoe is out of the match and Nigel McGuinness had an important message to make.

Kevin Steen says that Nigel had no choice to put him in this match. He says that he has heard that Nigel is worried because he is in the match, but Nigel does not have to worry because he is in the match.

On August 3rd, ROH debuts at the former Maple Leaf Gardens and Michael Elgin talks about the show. He says that he knows the heritage of the building. He says that he should be in the main event and he deserves the gold. When Nigel has to think of who should be in the main event, he has to look no further. Michael says that ‘Unbreakable’ is not a nickname, it is a way of life. When God said that he created all men equal, he was wrong.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Two: Mike Bennett (with Maria Kanellis and Bob Evans) versus Nick Merriman

Bennett gives his jacket to Evans and then we get the Code of Honor but Bennett with a Box Office Smash followed by a TKO for the three count.

Winner: Mike Bennett

After the match, Mike gets on the mic and he asks ‘should I stay or should I go’. That seems to be the six million dollar question. Should he stay? Maybe he will go to Connecticut and earn a paycheck. Maybe he will stay.

Mike tells Bob to come into the center of the ring. Mike shows everyone a Ring of Honor contract. He says that everyone has been begging him to stay. Mike says that the fans need him to stay. Mike says that he does not need the people, but they need him. He says that it is a lucrative and long contract so everyone will see him for a long time.

Mike says that the fans are so smart because they chant ‘Yes’. Mike says that they wouldn’t know what a real star was if they bit him in the ass. People boo him, but they cheer for Cheeseburger. The crowd chants for him and he makes his way to ringside.

Mike tells him that they have had their problems but these fans are so stupid they would rather see him. Mike says that he has a very lucrative deal so why not offer it to him. He tells him to sign the contract.

Mike says that he has proven himself and he is tough. Mike respects that in him. Mike says that he could be the next Ring of Honor star. Bennett with a super kick to Cheeseburger and he punches him. Bennett pushes Evans away and Evans pulls Bennett off Cheeseburger.

The people cheer for Bob and Bennett with a Box Office Smash to Evans.

He says that for far too long, the Prodigy has been promoted as one thing. The Prodigy is dead.

Jay Briscoe makes his way to the ring and his shoulder is taped and wrapped. Jay has a mic and he says that there has been a lot of speculation after Best in the World about his health. He did reinjure his shoulder, but he is still breathing. He tells Matt Hardy if he thinks that he is forfeiting the title, he is wrong. He will have to pry the title out of his cold dead hands. He tells Matt he will see him next week.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Three: Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander versus Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly for the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Titles

Fish has something to say to Coleman before the match starts. Alexander and O’Reilly start things off and they lock up and Kyle with a waist lock but Alexander with a standing switch but Kyle with a side head lock take down. Alexander with a head scissors and Kyle escapes and he works on the leg and goes for the side head lock. Kyle with a wrist lock but Cedric with a side head lock.

Alexander with a drop kick and then he blocks a drop kick from Kyle and he catapults Kyle into the turnbuckles. Alexander with a reverse atomic drop and Coleman with a punch. Coleman tags in and Kyle with a jawbreaker and Fish is tagged in.

Coleman with a hip toss and elbows to the head. Caprice with a slam and he misses a leg drop. Fish misses a kick and Coleman with an O’Connor Roll and he gets a near fall. Coleman with a leg lariat and he gets a near fall. Alexander tags in and Coleman with a suplex and Alexander with a slingshot senton for a near fall but Fish gets to the ropes.

Fish with a knee but Alexander with a European uppercut. Kyle with a kick to the back and Fish tries for a slam but Alexander escapes and he slams Fish. Kyle comes off the turnbuckles despite not making the tag and Alexander punches Kyle in the midsection. Fish with a knee and they go for a double suplex but Caprice catches Alexander.

Coleman and Alexander with a double drop kick. Coleman with a splash into the corner and the momentum sends him over the top rope onto Kyle on the floor. Alexander runs into a boot and Fish misses Alexander and goes over the top rope to the floor. Coleman uses the ring post for momentum for a kick to Fish. Alexander with a suicide dive onto Fish and O’Reilly.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Alexander and Fish are in the ring and Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards watch from the ramp. Coleman tags in and he punches Fish. Coleman with chops and forearms. Fish with a knee and he tags in O’Reilly. Coleman with a back body drop followed by a slam and he hits a leaping leg drop and gets a near fall.

Coleman with a leg lariat and he gets a near fall. Alexander tags in and Coleman with an elbow to Kyle in the corner followed by a clothesline to Fish that knocks him off the apron. Alexander runs into a boot from Kyle and then Kyle sends a charging Coleman over the top rope to the floor. Alexander with a running boot into the corner but Kyle blocks it and Fish with a leg sweep to take Alexander down. Fish runs Coleman into the guardrails while Kyle hits the hesitation drop kick off the apron.

Alexander sends Fish over the top rope to the floor and Alexander tries for a pescado but Fish moves and Alexander lands on his feet. Alexander goes after Fish but Bobby moves and Kyle with a shoulder tackle. Kyle sends Alexander back into the ring and he gets a near fall.

Davey and Eddie confront Steve Corino at the announce table and from out of nowhere, members of SCUM make their way to ringside and they brawl while a wrestling match continues in the ring. Kyle with a leg sweep to Alexander while Tadarius Thomas and ACH make their way to ringside.

While the focus is on the brawl at ringside, we get to see a near fall for O’Reilly. Fish enters the ring because he is not the legal man in the match and we cut to a fan’s sign. When we return to the action in the ring, Kyle has a cross arm breaker on Alexander. Coleman with a splash onto Kyle and Fish picks up Coleman and he hits a Falcon Arrow on Coleman.

Alexander with forearms while Fish with punches and kicks. Kyle with a punch to the head and then Fish hits a Saito suplex and Kyle gets a near fall. Fish tags in and he goes after Coleman on the apron. Alexander is able to make the tag to Coleman and he knocks Kyle off the apron. Coleman with a boot to Fish followed by an enzuigiri from Alexander.

Coleman gets Fish on his shoulders and Alexander with a double stomp to the back. Meanwhile, security makes their way to ringside so there are a lot of people surrounding the ring who are not involved in this match. Coleman with a Death Valley Driver onto Cedric’s knees. Coleman gets a near fall.

Alexander throws Kyle to the floor and Fish goes to the apron. Fish with a shoulder to Coleman and then Alexander knocks Fish off the apron, into the crowd o’people who shouldn’t be at ringside. Alexander ducks Kyle and he hits a plancha onto the people on the floor.

Kyle tries for a suplex on Coleman but Coleman with a knee. Coleman with a knee in the corner and he goes for the leaping rana but Fish holds Kyle. Kyle with a tornado DDT and then he gets Coleman up and Fish with a kick before Kyle hits the brainbuster and Fish gets the three count.

Winners: Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish

After the match, everyone enters the ring to brawl while we are reminded that the World Title is on the line next week. We go to credits.

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ROH Reclamation Night 2 Results 7.13.13

Dark Match: Zizou Middoux, Mike Sydal and Hakim Zane def Painkillers and Paul Murray Jr

Tadarius Thomas def ROH Tag Champ Kyle O'Reilly via countering a kick into a roll up

- said to be a good match with lots of energy and kicks.

4 Way Women of Honor: Leah Von Dutch vs. MsChif vs. Athena vs. Jenny Rose: MsChif won by pinning Von Dutch with the desecrator

- MsChif came out looking like Freddy Krueger

- Said to not be very good

Silas Young def Tommaso Ciampa after hitting him with a hammer. The match is restarted by Nigel

Tommaso Ciampa def Silas Young with project Ciampa

- said to be really good and stiff

Adam Cole def BJ Whitmer with a small package after faking a knee injury

- for those who care this was described as a small package and a roll up (so that would make 2 at this point if you're counting that kinda thing)

Mike Bennett def Andy Muscant with a pile driver

- Rhino saved Muscant from a second pile driver from Bennett

- Rhino would dump Bennett on a security barrier and once they got back in the ring, Rhino took a fall off the top rope for what was said to be a nasty bump

Mike Bennett def Rhino with 3 superkicks and the Box Office Slam

- Rhino gored Bennett after the match after Maria told Bennett to hit him with a chair

Bobby Fish def ACH with a head kick

- said to be a really good match

- Some concern that ACH maybe hurt. He was helped to the back after Nigel checked on him.

Non-title: ROH TV Champion Matt Taven def Kevin Steen with the roll up by putting his feet on the ropes after a distraction by Truth.

Kevin Steen def Truth Martini after a ref bump, powder in the eyes thanks to Taven and hitting the senton/package piledriver

Cheeseburger came out and threw shirts to the crowd. Crowd was said to be dead for this.

American Wolves def Jay Lethal/Michael Elgin when Edwards with the single leg Boston crab taps Jay Lethal

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Opinionated View- Doesn't sound like the worst show ROH has ever done but it sure as hell doesn't sound like a good one either. 

ROH 07.12.13 Reclamation Night 1 Results

Dark match: Benjamin Boone and Cheeseburger def Beer City Bruisers with the Rocket Launcher a la Midnight Express

Adrenaline RUSH (ACH & TD Thomas) def Mike Sydal & Zizou Middoux when ACH hit Sydal with a 450 Splash

Athena def MsChif
-After the match Athena got the mist.

Mike Bennett def BJ Whitmer after a piledriver. Whitmer had a visual pinfall with a small package but Maria distracted Todd Sinclair

Eddie Edwards def ROH Tag Champ Kyle O’Reilly when Edwards stomped on O’Reilly while in the half crab

Tommaso Ciampa def Rhino when Rhino went for a spear and got hit by a knee
-No R.D. Evans

Kevin Steen def Silas Young with the Package Piledriver

Four Way:
Michael Elgin def Adam Cole via pin with the spinning powerbomb, Cole refused to shake hands with Elgin post-match. ROH TV Champ Matt Taven & Jay Lethal were also part of the match

Bobby Fish def Davey Richards
- Kyle O’Reilly distraction allowed Fish to hit a knee strike
- Davey hit a dive INTO THE 3RD ROW

Adrenaline RUSH and Eddie Edwards out to help Davey and Nigel is out now on the mic. Nigel puts over Davey & claims that the knee knockout was legit. Says Honor has be restored to ROH and then put over the crowd.

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Updated Card For Tonight’s ROH Show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

~ ROH TV Champion Matt Taven vs. Jay Lethal vs. Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin
~ Davey Richards vs. ROH Tag Team champ Bobby Fish
~ Eddie Edwards vs. ROH Tag Team Champion Kyle O'Reilly
~ Kevin Steen vs. Silas Young
~ Mike Bennett vs. BJ Whitmer
~ Athena vs. MsChif
~ Also appearing are Adrenaline RUSH (ACH & Tadarius Thomas), Tommaso Ciampa and more.
~ There will be a pre-show Q&A with Nigel McGuinness

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The 12th entrant in the ROH Title tournament

Ring of Honor announced that Mike Bennett is the twelfth entrant in the 16-man ROH Title tournament. Read the official announcement at ROHwrestling.com.

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More on WWE Looking to Sign Independent Talent

- While there were rumors that WWE was interested in ROH wrestler Adam Cole, they ultimately decided not to sign him.

- There has been interest in signing ROH wrestler Mike Bennett, but that appears not to be happening at this time.

Opinionated View- Honestly both guys are very talented so I don't know WWE would pass on them. Cole could even debut right on the main roster why I feel Bennett is more of a project he wouldn't need to be a long term one. 

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Card For Tonight's ROH Best in the World IPPV

Ring of Honor will return to iPPV tomorrow with "Best in the World 2013" from The Du Burns Arena, featuring:
*ROH champion Jay Briscoe vs Mark Briscoe

*ROH Tag Team Champions reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) vs SCUM's Rhett Titus & Cliff Compton vs. Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander

*ROH TV Champion Matt Taven vs. Jimmy Jacobs vs. Jay Lethal

*Kevin Steen vs. Matt Hardy

*Roderick Strong vs. Adam Cole

*Michael Elgin vs. Tommaso Ciampa

*The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) vs. Adrenalin RUSH (ACH & Tadarius Thomas)

*BJ Whitmer vs. Mike Bennett.

To order the iPPV, visit www.rohwrestling.com.

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Update on Mike Bennett in ROH and WWE

- Ring of Honor's Mike Bennett has been told to wait as he has yet to receive a developmental start date with WWE. He will continue to work for ROH until that time. He is currently scheduled to compete at Saturday's Best in the World iPPV event.

- Mike Bennett recently spoke about his relationship with Maria, rumors that he is about to go toWWEad more. Here are the highlights…

"Me and Mariaare not a package deal. For some reason, I get people asking if I would only go to the WWE with Maria, and that is not the case at all. She was offered a deal to go back to the WWE back in January. Everything was all set to go, but they told her that they weren't moving along with thestoryline.

I don't know where the rumors came from, but I didn't do any medical tests. I am not signed to a contract for the WWE, and I'm not heading down to Tampa. It is kind of 'up in the air' right now, and I consider myself a 'free agent' at this moment. I know there is interest from WWE, and I know there is interest from Ring of Honor. Now, it's just a matter of seeing where the ball is going to land."

Credit:Monday Night Mayhem


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