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Ring of Honor: Driven

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:56:33 +0000

Get Ready for a War! By J. Pletz September 28th, Ring of Honor debuted their second PPV offering, Driven, from Chicago Ridge, Illinois. The show opens in front of a red hot Chicago crowd with "The Voice of Ring of Honor", Dave Prazak welcoming the viewers at home. He goes on to tell us that Ring of Honor is about to show us exactly how "Driven" the locker room is, proving exactly why they are the best professional wrestling company in America. In the middle of his welcoming speech, a faction known as The Resilience (compromised of Matt Cross and Erick Stevens), and Delirious run down to the ring to challenge the No Remorse Corps (Roderick Strong, Rocky Romero, and Davey Richards) to a 6 man tag team match. Delirious gets on the mic and, in his inimitable way, tells the No Remorse Corps to "GET READY FOR A WAR!!!" The NRC/Resilience feud has been brewing since February when former ROH tag team champions Roderick Strong and Austin Aries split when Strong turned on Aries, claiming Aries always kept him in his shadow. It was time he showed he could be a leader. He then formed the No Remorse Corps. His first recruit was Davey Richards, the American protégé of Pro Wrestling NOAH superstar KENTA. Then he added Rocky Romero to the stable after the wrestler finished his commitments in Japan. Aries fired back by forming The Resilience with indy sensation "M-Dogg 20" Matt Cross, a tremendous high-flyer, and Erick Stevens from ROH's sister promotion Full Impact Pro. In June, Stevens won a tournament in FIP to crown the first ever Florida Heritage Title, beating Roderick Strong in the finals. Due to his commitments to TNA at the time, Aries had to leave ROH, leaving Cross and Stevens without a leader. Delirious has had issue with Strong since taking a powerbomb on the guardrail at an ROH show in April, and since then has aligned himself with The Resilience in Aries' absence. The No Remorse Corps comes out to the ring to accept the challenge, and from there, it's one of the hottest openings to a PPV in recent memory. All six men in the match give everything they’ve got, and then some. Cross shows why he is one of the premier high flyers in the business by hitting a beautiful Sasuke Special (cartwheel twisting senton to the outside) on all three members of the NRC at one point, winning over the Chicago crowd. Erick Stevens proves he is one of the best power wrestlers on the ROH roster by tossing around the NRC members like rag-dolls, at one point launching Davey Richards over his head with a gorilla press before catching him on the way back down for a gigantic powerslam. Delirious is great as always, being his goofy self, but tonight he is all business and really takes it to the NRC, hitting his Panic Attack running knee strike in the corner and the Shadows Over Hell back splash on a prone Roderick Strong. In the end though, No Remorse Corps gets the win when Davey Richards catches Matt Cross with his "DR Driver" (a butterfly brain-buster), then they continue to beat on Cross after the bell. Stevens and Delirious are knocked out and can do nothing to help. Only one man can save him now... And that man is Austin Aries!!!! The commentators point out that Aries was in the building tonight as a ticket-buying fan because he did not want to miss the great Ring of Honor PPV, and due to his contractual obligations to TNA, could not appear in the ring. The crowd is chanting for Aries, and he has quite simply had enough of seeing the No Remorse Corps beat on his friend. He runs down to the ring and takes out all three men. The No Remorse Corps retreat to the back, and Aries stands tall in the ring. He goes on to say that for the past couple of months he has stagnated in TNA and they are absolutely clueless as to how to use him to his full potential. His passion is wrestling, yet they have dressed him up as some sort of Jesse "The Body" Ventura/"Superstar" Billy Grahm rip-off they dubbed "Austin Starr" to make him more entertaining. Aries says he has a piece of paper in his pocket that will give him his wrestling freedom, a Ring of Honor contract, and all he needs is a pen to sign it with. At this point, pens bombard the ring, and the fans are all too eager to see one of their favorites come home. He signs it on one of the turnbuckles, and then says, "I am Austin Aries, this is Ring of Honor, and WE ARE WRESTLING!” A subtle shot at his former employers down in Orlando. Aries then hands his contract to ROH owner Cary Silken, shakes his hand and heads to the back with the crowd chanting, "welcome back" the whole time. Next we have a short backstage interview with Tag Team Champions, The Briscoe Brothers, saying they have beaten the best ROH has to offer in both America and Japan, which leads to a video package of ROH's first shows in Tokyo and Osaka. The Japanese fans have really taken to ROH and it shows, going crazy for performers like Brian Danielson, Nigel McGuinness, Delirious, Jack Evans, and others. Short clips feature the Briscoe’s tag defenses in Osaka, and ROH world champion Takeshi Morishima's title defense against Nigel McGuinness in Tokyo. The package ends with the Japan fans chanting "R-O-H" proving that the company is indeed world-caliber. Next up on the PPV we have a singles match between the men who were partners at ROH's first PPV Respect is Earned, Claudio Castagnoli and Matt Sydal. Sydal blamed Castagnoli for their loss at the first PPV tag title match against the Briscoe Brothers, so he asked for this singles match to prove he is indeed the better man. Castagnoli is going over immensely well with the Chicago crowd, leading them in multiple "HEEEEYYYYYY" chants, and even gets a wave going. Yes, it's a HEEEYYYYYY wave! Only in ROH! Sydal and Castagnoli have a tremendous match with Sydal landing many of his signature high-spots, including a beautiful standing moonsault. Claudio was just too much though because, in the end, Sydal went for a hurracanrana that he rolled through with a sunset flip, which just HAS to be seen to be believed, and got the win over young Sydal. His mission to beat Castagnoli is seemingly at an end...or is it? "Sweet and Sour" Larry Sweeney, "CEO of Sweet and Sour, Incorporated", comes down to the ring with his premier talent, Chris Hero, in tow along with "Personal Trainer to the Stars" Tank Toland and Toland's personal project, Bobby Dempsey. Sweeney talks about his ability to see raw talent, and how he sees great things in Matt Sydal and offers him a contract to join "Sweet and Sour, Incorporated". He tells Sydal that, with his help, he can turn losses into wins. Sydal thinks this over, and while he does, Castagnoli takes the mic away from Sweeney and tells Sydal that Sweeney is nothing but a scumbag. Castagnoli takes the SnS, Inc. contract away from Sydal, tells him that he won't let Sydal make that kind of mistake, tearing up the contract in Sweeney's face. Sweeney sends Bobby Dempsey after him and Castagnoli nails him with a gigantic European uppercut. Sweeney then tells Chris Hero to get him and Hero eats a GIGANTIC European uppercut, before getting kicked out of the ring. Good seemingly triumphs over evil until Sydal shows his true allegiance and jumps Castagnoli from behind and beats him down. Then his new teammates join him in kicking the hell out of his former partner. Sweet and Sour, Inc. leave the ring with their newest member, Matt Sydal, as the boos rain down upon them. Next is a short video package for the man who is facing Takeshi Morishima for the ROH World Title on the show, Jimmy Rave. Rave is shown taking out many ROH wrestlers with his Heel Hook submission and says that no matter how big Morishima is, he is going to make him submit and he will walk out of Driven as the new ROH World Champion. The next match is between BJ Whitmer and Naomichi Marufuji from Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan. Whitmer is trying to get back on track after losing the first ever ROH PPV match to Takeshi Morishima at Respect is Earned, while Marufuji is trying to keep his streak alive after beating Rocky Romero on that same show. Marufuji carries himself like a superstar here, and Whitmer stands toe-to-toe with him in an awesome match. The Chicago crowd splits evenly for this match and Whitmer seems to be getting the upper hand until Marufuji hits him with the Shiranui (sliced bread # 2 for all you Brian Kendrick fans out there) and picks up the win. Whitmer is now 0-2 on ROH PPV and you can see the frustration in his eyes. We then cut to backstage interviewer Rebecca Bayless who is in the crowd going over all the cities hosting great Ring of Honor action. If anyone is getting tired of seeing a bunch of half-naked dudes fighting at this point, you're in luck, as Ms. Bayless is what I personally like to call "HOT AS FUCK". Trust me on this one...she's utterly bangable, but that's neither here nor there. Next up we have the Top of the Class Trophy holder Pelle Primeau coming out to the ring. The TotC Trophy is a title for the best student out of the ROH wrestling academy and is defended as any other title, only against other students. He is not very lucky tonight though, as his opponent for the night is "The Gun for Hire" Brent Albright, a vicious wrestler who towers over Primeau. Primeau is lucky to get one offensive move in before Albright ABSOLUTELY MURDERS HIM with a forearm shot to the face, and everything past that is overkill. Albright picks him up in a half-nelson suplex and dumps poor Primeau right on the back of his head before going for the pin, yet picks him up at the count of two saying he's not done with him yet. Albright then throws Primeau straight up in the air and catches him on the way down in his Crowbar (Fujiwara arm bar) finisher, making him submit almost before he lands on the mat. The "match", if you want to call it that, is a very short squash that seems designed to broadcast Albright for what he is: a brutal wrestler who simply enjoys hurting opponents. Mission Accomplished. The semi-main event is up next, The Briscoe Brothers versus the men who challenged them at the last PPV, Kevin Steen and El Generico. Steen and Generico are one of the quickest rising tag teams in ROH, only debuting this past February, and now one of the top pairs in the company. Steen and Generico have a very interesting dichotomy to them. Steen is a straight-up heel (bad guy) who elicits nothing but boos from the fans, while Generico is one of the fans favorites with his goofy gimmick of being a Canadian Luchador with a rallying cry of "OLE'!!!” The Briscoes accepted the match at Respect is Earned but were then beaten up all through the back of the venue by Steen and Generico, so this match has been percolating since then. The match itself is insane, with Generico and Jay Briscoe both taking massive falls into the audience, knocking fan’s chairs all over the place. It looks like we might have new tag team champions, but when the Briscoe Brothers hit the double-team "Spike Jay Driller" on El Generico, it's all over, and the champs stay the champs. Kevin Steen, on the other hand, takes exception to their win and grabs a ladder from under the ring and attacks the Briscoes AGAIN and lays them both out, presumably setting up a rematch at the next PPV. From there we go to the back, with Sweet and Sour Incorporated celebrating their newest client, Matt Sydal. Larry Sweeney brags to Sydal he got Sara Del Rey an endorsement deal, and with him by Sydal's side, he can make the same deals for the recruit. Sydal considers this and Sweeney offers the services of Tank Toland for a quick workout. Toland is in front of a crunch machine that Bobby Dempsey is working out on, trying to lose his gut, but can't quite get motivated. Toland holds out a cookie in front of Dempsey, who licks his lips at the site of it and finally gets a single crunch going. Toland is encouraging him, "Who's a cookie monster? Is it you? Are you a cookie monster, Bobby?” Bobby ALMOST makes it to the cookie when the machine snaps him back and Toland calls him pathetic and gives cookies to Sydal and Chris Hero before they all walk off laughing. The world title match is next with reigning champion Takeshi Morishima defending his title against Jimmy Rave. The commentators note that the first time Morishima defended his title on ROH PPV, the match lasted a little under four minutes because he is just that dominating. Rave is already in the ring when Morishima comes out and he does not waste a single second. He immediately starts hammering Rave with stiff punches and lariats. Rave mounts somewhat of an offense, but the sheer brutality of Morishima is too much to overcome. Rave manages to get Morishima off his feet, and even locks in the Heel Hook that has made so many ROH stars submit in the past, but Morishima makes it to the ropes to save his title. Rave tries to go for his "Greetings from Ghana" finisher (Pedigree) but Morishima just gives him a back body drop for his trouble. Morishima then decides he is through playing and drills rave with the Backdrop Driver and it is over, yet again, in less than four minutes. The commentators wonder if anyone can stop Morishima... After the title match they have Adam Pearce cutting a promo that he taped after the show ended about peoples needs. He says that people in the ROH locker room have different needs, be it a need for money, respect, or fame. He says he knows what he needs, and soon we'll all find out exactly what that is. He looks to the bleachers, sees BJ Whitmer sitting with his head in his hands, and says Whitmer’s need for acceptance from the fans has driven him to do things no other man could. Whitmer has had his flesh shredded in barbwire and his blood spilled more times than he cares to remember. Pearce says he knows what Whitmer really needs, and goes over to Whitmer and whispers something to him. Whitmer gives Pearce a look and seemingly accepts what he has to say. Pearce offers Whitmer a hug, and Whitmer accepts, then Pearce punches Whitmer right in the face, knocking him to the floor. Brent Albright then comes walking up to the both of them, laughs at Whitmer and walks off with Pearce. We then cut to Philadelphia for a number one contenders match between Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness. The Philly crowd is absolutely insane, as they did not know in advance that this match was going to be taped for PPV, so they really went nuts when it was announced. Danielson and McGuinness have had matches before that ROH fans have hailed as match of the year candidates, most notably their title unification match in Liverpool, England when Danielson held the world title and McGuinness was the Pure Wrestling Champion. Danielson came out on top that night, and McGuinness has been out to get that elusive win over him ever since. In a perfect world, this match would have been seen in front of 50,000 people in an outdoor arena and broadcast worldwide. These two put on arguably one of, if not THE BEST, professional wrestling matches of the entire year. Their rivalry really was kicked up a notch here, as they laid everything on the line. Matches like this make you actually believe that it is worth risking your life fighting for the ROH World Title. This match needs to be seen to be believed, and it is easily this writer’s favorite match of all time. The intensity is unbelievable, and makes me realize why I love professional wrestling in the first place. This was an absolutely amazing athletic contest and anyone who has ever considered themselves a wrestling fan at any point in their life owes it to themselves to see it. The finish is perfect, and really puts over the importance of the match: it's for a world title shot at the next PPV, which both men want more than anything. The Philly fans chant "Thank You BOTH!" as the two men shake hands after a fantastic match, and the title bout at the next PPV is going to be a hard fought classic. If you have 10-15 dollars that you can part with, you should DEFINITELY watch ROH Driven, it’s money well spent. One of the best PPV's of the year from one of the best wrestling companies in the world. You are doing yourself a disservice if you ignore this show in favor for any WWE or TNA PPV. It really is that good. ROH is back in November with Man Up on PPV. Go to ROHWrestling.com for more information on Ring of Honor. J

Ring of Honor: Respect is Earned

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:14:22 +0000

Ring of Honor: Respect is Earned By J. Pletz Since its inception, Ring of Honor has been widely regarded as one of the best, pure wrestling companies in the world. Alumni include ex-Smackdown tag champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick, CM Punk, Jamie Noble, Jimmy Yang, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, "The Notorious 187" Homicide, Alex Shelley, and Senshi (formerly Low-Ki). Some of the bigger name guest appearances include Mick Foley, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Lance Storm, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, and Jim Cornette (who acted as ROH commissioner for a while). Japanese wrestling legends Kenta Kobashi and Jyushin "Thunder" Lyger have come to ROH for shows as well. Due to their membership in the GPWA (Global Pro Wrestling Alliance), ROH has frequent guest appearances by talent from Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling NOAH and Dragon Gate. These two companies have recently helped Ring of Honor put on their first shows in Japan. Ring of Honor's first pay-per-view, "Respect is Earned", is a HUGE step forward for a promotion still seen as "independent". The PPV's are pre-taped (RIE occurred May 12th in NYC), but the cost rental cost more than makes up for that fact. Ring of Honor's PPV cost is between 10 and 15 dollars, a fraction of the cost of a WWE or TNA PPV. The cheap price should make up for the fact that you can go to ROHWrestling.com and see the results before the show airs. The ROH PPV's are 2 hours long; but believe me when I say that you will see more wrestling action in those 2 hours than a handful of WWE PPV's combined. As I was taking notes on the show I realized something, doing play-by-play notes on a yellow legal pad was going to be impossible. This also led to my decision NOT to print spoilers. Why, you ask? Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, down in Florida, has an Incredible Hulk rollercoaster that starts slow, right out of the gate. Halfway up it shoots you the rest of the way at 60 MPH and simply does not let up until the finish...imagine THAT, only as a wrestling company. ROH's matches are so incredibly fast-paced that, when I watch a DVD, I have to rewind a couple times during a match just to see exactly what is happening. If you are used to the WWE style of wrestling, where most matches progress at a glacier’s pace, then watching ROH is like melting the polar icecaps with a volcano strapped to a giant A-bomb! ROH is the closest thing to an American puroresu (Japanese pro wrestling) company as you are likely to see in the west. Ring of Honor presents pro wrestling as a sport, as opposed to sports entertainment. Even the most jaded wrestling fans have come forth to say that Ring of Honor has reinvigorated their passion for professional wrestling. “Respect is Earned” opens in NYC before a hot crowd chanting “R-O-H”. One of the company mainstays, BJ Whitmer, is in the ring welcoming us to Ring of Honor's first pay-per-view event. He goes on to lay out an open challenge to anyone in the back, and ROH World Champion Takeshi Morishima (from the Pro Wrestling NOAH promotion in Japan) answers the call. The two go back and forth, for about four minutes, with Morishima brutalizing Whitmer and finishing him off with his devastating Backdrop Driver finisher. Afterwards, Nigel McGuinness comes to the ring to demand a title shot. This brings out former world champ "American Dragon" Brian Danielson who runs down a list of wrestlers he's defeated while he was champ. He says that if anyone gets a shot at the belt, it's him. McGuinness and Danielson start brawling in the ring, and Morishima beats down McGuinness. Danielson grabs the belt saying it's his, but Morishima grabs it back from him. Morishima and Danielson head back to the locker room leaving McGuinness in the ring by himself. Next up is a short hype video for "The Gun for Hire" Brent Albright. Albright was formerly known as Gunner Scott in the WWE, but since coming to ROH, he has shown more passion than he ever did during his short stay in prime time. It's safe to say that Albright is brutality personified, and when he makes his PPV debut on a later show, he will blow people away. The first official match on Respect is Earned is between Naomichi Marufuji and Rocky Romero, a member of the No Remorse Corps, a heel faction. Marufuji is a former GHC Heavyweight Champ and hails from Pro Wresting NOAH. Romero and Marufuji have a similar style, with lots of hard strikes, kicks, and submissions. The twenty-plus minute match has people on their feet going crazy at the end of it; and that is only the first match of the show. Next up is a vignette with "Sweet and Sour" Larry Sweeney and "Personal Trainer to the Stars", Tank Toland. Sweeney talks about how he has no problem keeping his talent, mainly his main client Chris Hero, away from the ring until "the money is just right". He then goes on to introduce his newest client, Sara Del Rey (who, in early June, was crowned the first Shimmer Women Athletes champion in Berwyn, IL). Sweeney offers the services of Toland to Del Rey, and Toland tells her all he can do for her. Toland makes note of his personal project Bobby Dempsey, who is off to the side, and says he plans to take Dempsey "from flab to fab". Toland tells Dempsey to start doing squats and Del Rey joins in. Toland tells her that squats are a "man exercise" and not to bother, which perturbs her to the point of challenging Toland to a squat challenge. The two start off strong. Dempsey is the background getting more and more winded and eventually passing out. Meanwhile Toland and Del Rey are face to face still squatting---CUT TO THE RING!!! Nigel McGuinness is back in the ring to say something, but doesn't quite get it out in time. Takeshi Morishima and Brian Danielson once again jump him from behind, which brings out KENTA from Pro Wrestling NOAH to make the save. The main event is now a "dream tag-team match" between Morishima and Danielson versus McGuinness and KENTA. Next match is for the ROH world tag-team titles. The champions, Mark and Jay Briscoe (The Briscoe Brothers) are one of the most decorated tag teams in recent history. Earlier this year, The Briscoes held the Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, and GHC Jr. Heavyweight tag titles all at the same time. Their style is a mixture of high-flying, technical, and double-teams maneuvers. From a personal standpoint, I have to say that they are in fact one of the best tag teams in the world today. Their opponents for tonight are Claudio Castagnoli and Matt Sydal. They are a makeshift tag team, but seeing as Sydal is a former tag champ with Christopher Daniels, they have as good a shot at winning the titles again on the show as any. Claudio has a powerful style, with lots of arm drags and European uppercuts. He was signed to the WWE last winter in the middle of his tag title reign with Chris Hero as the Kings of Wresting. For some reason, WWE let him go before he was even assigned to a developmental territory. He is a fan favorite in ROH with his trademark "HEEEEYYYYYYY!!!" and one of the most charismatic in the company today. Sydal is one of the top high-flyers in the business today. He is in high demand the world over, having recently competed in the King of Europe cup tournament and held Dragon Gate's Open the Brave Gate championship, this past February. The title match itself can only be described as 25 minutes of bat shit insanity. I was seriously trying to take notes, but as soon as I wrote down one move, three more passed by. It's been hailed by most people as one of the greatest tag title matches ever seen, and I would be hard pressed to disagree. ROH knows how to do tag matches the right way. They give the wrestlers plenty of ring time to tell the story they want, and make every near fall seem like it should be the end. It builds and builds to an absolute boiling point and, yet again, everyone in attendance was on their feet going crazy. Sense a pattern forming? I think you do. We then cut to Lenny Leonard and Dave Prazak, the commentary team on ROH DVD's. They are running over all the markets that Ring of Honor runs. They say that there is nothing like the live ROH experience, and I for one have to agree. Kevin Steen and El Generico, newcomers to ROH, then interrupt them and demand a shot at the tag titles. Steen and Generico rush the Briscoes in the ring and a massive brawl breaks out between the teams. It takes the entire locker room to break it up. The Briscoes are pulled out of the ring and are on their way to the back. Meanwhile a couple of the ROH students are still trying to detain Steen and Generico, but to no avail. Steen hits his Package Piledriver on one and then sends the poor guy over to Generico, who gives him a vicious brain-buster. Generico climbs to the top rope and dives on the Briscoes, and everyone trying to stop them, knocking them all down. The Briscoes finally make their way to the back where Steen lays them out with a chair. Steen then demands a shot at the tag titles for him and El Generico at the next PPV. The next match is a grudge match between the leader of the No Remorse Corps, Roderick Strong, and Delirious. Strong is known as "The Messiah of the Backbreaker" as he has almost endless variations of the move and is able to hit from almost any position. Strong is also a former tag title champion with ex-partner Austin Aries, who he turned on earlier this year. Strong, sick of playing second fiddle, wanted to be a leader. Delirious is an interesting character to say the least. The simplest way to describe him is "a human Tasmanian Devil". What else would you expect from someone whose hometown is "The Edge of Sanity"? His antics and incoherent promos have made him one of the biggest fan favorites in ROH. He is looked at as something of an unofficial mascot of the company by the fans. His style is difficult to describe; chaotic isn't the right word, but it's the first one that comes to mind. He’s flying high one second, and down on the mat the next. He can have serious matches, like his series with then-champ Brian Danielson, or he can have straight-up comedy matches with the likes of Colt Cabana (another recent WWE signee). This grudge match came about from when Strong knocked out Delirious, legitimately, in a match. However, he then went on to try to take Delirious out permanently by power-bombing him on the guardrail, after the match was ended due to the injury. Unfortunately, Delirious came up on the losing end again against Strong. The rest of the No Remorse Corps (Rocky Romero and Davey Richards, who has yet to debut on PPV) then attack him. This brings out Erick Stevens of The Resilience faction to make the save. I will talk more about the Resilience at a later date, as they are not featured on this show. Next, we have a promo by "Scrap Iron" Adam Pearce, which opens with him telling his manservant, Shane Hagadorn, to "go find him". He follows up with a very creepy, intense promo reminiscent of Mick Foley or Raven back in the early days of ECW. It’s the kind where emotion takes precedence over volume of voice. His point is that he knows exactly what he's capable of and soon, so shall we. Hagadorn comes back and tells Pearce that he found whoever he was supposed to be looking for; Pearce goes over to that person, who turns out to be BJ Whitmer. Now it's time for the main event, the "dream tag team match" between ROH World Champion Takeshi Morishima and Brian Danielson versus Nigel McGuinness and KENTA. This match is not for any sort of title, nor is it for a number one contender position; it's simply for respect, pride, and honor. What follows is one of the most brutal tag matches in ROH history. Everyone involved was figuratively beating the living shit out of each other. Late in the match, McGuinness receives an elbow injury that almost takes him out, but he simply has the trainers at ringside tape it up so he can keep going. It's apparent that he's not going to let Morishima and Danielson get away with what they did to him earlier in the show. All four men show that they are some of the top talent in the professional wresting industry by having an absolutely classic match that ends with the entire NYC crowd chanting "R-O-H". It was reminiscent of the heyday of ECW. At the end of the match, Nigel tries to show respect to Morishima by handing him his title belt, but Morishima lays him out with a vicious lariat and the champ celebrates in the ring by himself! If you are a fan of professional wresting, or one of the aforementioned jaded fans that have lost the passion for it, you owe it to yourself to check out this pay per view. When you do, Ring of Honor will definitely prove that respect is earned!!!