Weekend Update

ROH "Supercard of Honor III" Results

~Ring of Honor closed out their weekend with the second of two shows in Orlando yesterday featuring wrestlers from the Dragon Gate promotion in Japan. Here's what went down:

-Go Shiozaki beats Delirious.

-Kenny King, Sal Rinauro & Chasyn Rance (The Young, Rich & Ready) beat Dingo, Luke Williams & Alex "Sugarfoot" Payne.

-ROH Tag Team Champions Rocky Romero & Davey Richards (The No Remorse Corps.) defend their titles against Jigsaw & Ruckus (The Vulture Squad).

-Tyler Black & Jimmy Jacobs (The Age of the Fall) beat The Briscoes.

-BxB Hulk & Shingo (from Dragon Gate) defeat El Generico & Kevin Steen

-Nigel McGuinness beats Austin Aries to successfully retain the ROH World Title.

-After the match both the AOTF and Tammy Sytch try, once again, to get Aries to join them. He ends up joining the Age of the Fall. AOTF are about to attack Sytch but The Briscoes come out to make the save.

-Genki Horoguchi, Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino defeat CIMA, Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito in an all-Dragon Gate six man tag match.

I really didn't expect Aries to join the Age of the Fall, but he would definetely fit in with their whole "death to society" look. I'm interested if ROH is going to do anything with The Briscoes and Tammy Sytch, hopefully she becomes their manager and speaks for them because the Briscoes, although talented in the ring, are god-awful on the mic.

I'm glad to see Richards & Romero get a run with the tag belts. When they won them a few months ago, I was sure they would drop the belts to the Briscoes or the AOTF by the next week. I dig Davey Richards and Rocky Romero as singles wrestlers and from the few matches I've seen of them as a team, I like the pair just as much.

-There goes Kevin Steen's winning streak.

2008 WWE Hall of Fame

WWE held their 2008 Hall of Fame ceremony last night. The inductees included Ric Flair, Rocky Johnson, "High Chief" Peter Maivia, Jack & Gerald Briscoe, Eddie Graham, Gordon Solie and Mae Young.

I wasn't even alive when any of these people were in their prime, despite that, I still found the show enjoyable. Seeing The Rock aka Dwayne Johnson, a former wrestler who I witnessed in his prime, induct his father, Rocky Johnson, was pretty cool.


Also, Flair's speech was really heartfelt.


I wish I could have seen all the speeches but I guess there goes one bonus feature on the Wrestlemania 24 DVD.

Speaking of Wrestlemania 24, it's going on right NOW. I'll be sure to have results up tomorrow. So far, the show is extremely good.

Weekend Update

~The upcoming week is going to be huge in the world of pro wrestling. Besides WWE's Wrestlemania 24 taking place next Sunday, Total Non-Stop Action and Ring of Honor are also gearing up for a big week.

Wrestlemania 24

~The biggest pro wrestling event of the year takes place next sunday from the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. A bunch of celebrities have been confirmed for the event like Floyd Mayweather, who will be having a match with the Big Show, Snoop Dogg, John Legend, Kim Kardashian and more.

Here's the announced card for the show:

-Triple Threat Match for the WWE Title:
Randy Orton [Champion] vs. Triple H vs. John Cena


-World Heavyweight Title Match:
Edge [Champion] vs. The Undertaker


-Big Show vs. Floyd Mayweather


-Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels with Flair’s career on the line

-Bunnymania
Maria and Candice Michelle vs. Beth Phoenix and Melina

-Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Chris Jericho vs. vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Mr. Kennedy vs. Carlito vs. MVP vs. C.M. Punk vs. John Morrison.

-Smackdown vs. Raw Challenge Match
Batista [Smackdown] vs. Umaga [Raw]

-Belfast Brawl
Finlay vs. JBL

-Chavo Guerrero will defend the ECW Title.

-A 24-man battle royal featuring wrestlers from all three brands will determine which wrestler will challenge Guerrero for the ECW Title.

The Orton/HHH/Cena, MITB ladder match and Flair/Michaels all look like they could end up as match of the night to me. Bunnymania? There's still no word on what kind of match Mayweather and Big Show are gonna have. I'm going to be watching to see if Show tosses him over the top rope again.

TNA Impact Live TV Taping

~TNA is taping their TV show, Impact, live this Thursday from Orlando. According to an article from TNAwrestling.com, already confirmed for the show includes:

-Sting's return to TNA

-TNA World Champion, Kurt Angle vs. TNA Tag Team Champions, AJ Styles & Tomko

-Alex Shelley vs. Johnny Devine

-TNA Women's Champion, Awesome Kong vs. ???

-An interview with Samoa Joe and more.

After seeing Angle drop the comedy gimmick on the last episode of Impact, I really want to see where TNA goes with it. I'm also looking forward to seeing Awesome Kong destroying more members of the TNA Women's roster. Also, live tv means live screw-ups, so I'm looking forward to that too.


ROH Wrestlemania Weekend Doubleshot

~Ring of Honor are running two shows also in Orlando on Friday (3/28) and Saturday (3/29). Both shows will consist of wrestlers from ROH and Dragon Gate, a japanese wrestling promotion.

Here's the card for both shows:

"Dragon Gate Challenge II"
Orlando Downtown Recreation Complex
March 28th, 2008

Main Event Six Man Tag
CIMA, Go Shiozaki & Erick Stevens vs. FIP World Heavyweight Champion Roderick Strong & ROH World Tag Team Champions Davey Richards & Rocky Romero

ROH vs. Dragon Gate
Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito

ROH vs. Dragon Gate
Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino

ROH vs. Dragon Gate
Austin Aries vs. Genki Horiguchi

ROH vs. Dragon Gate
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black vs. BxB Hulk & Shingo

"Supercard Of Honor III"
Orlando Downtown Recreation Complex
March 29th, 2008

Main Event #1 -
ROH World Title Match - Rematch From "Rising Above" PPV
Nigel McGuinness (if still champion) defends vs. Austin Aries

Main Event #2 - Dragon Gate Six Man Tag
CIMA, Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino & Genki Horiguchi

World Tag Team Title Match
Davey Richards & Rocky Romero defend vs. Ruckus & Jigsaw

Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens

Grudge Tag Team Match
Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black with Lacey

ROH vs. Dragon Gate
Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Shingo & BxB Hulk

Delirious vs. Go Shiozaki

I think both shows have pretty solid cards but I'm not sure why Austin Aries is getting another shot at the ROH Title on 3/29, I think the opportunity should have gone to one of the Dragon Gate guys, probably CIMA. I'm a little disappointed BJ Whitmer is not on either card...oh that's right, he left. Oh well.