ROH Glory By Honor V: Night 2
ROH Glory By Honor V: Night 2 (9/16/2006)- New York, NY
The show starts off with Dragon on the streets of New York, looking at Madison Square Garden. He talks about Bruno Sammartino becoming a legend through his performances at the Garden. Then the camera follows Dragon as he walks the few blocks over to the Manhattan Center, where Dragon tells us that this is where he will make his legacy.
I really like this promo. It wasn’t anything profound, but it did a good job of hyping up the ROH World Title match, reminding us that Bruno will be making an appearance, and did a great job of tying the two together.
JACK EVANS vs. DAVEY RICHARDS- 6.25/10.
A great opener that showcased both guys doing what they do best, and got the crowd into the show.
Backstage, Nigel McGuinness cuts a pretty good promo to hype up his match tonight against Naomichi Marufuji.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO APPEARANCE- This was Bruno’s first appearance on a wrestling show (or having ANYTHING to do with wrestling, aside from a few conventions) in a very long time. Bruno said that he agreed to come back because he believed that ROH is what wrestling should be (as opposed to the WWE, TNA, or post 1994 WCW). Bruno got a MONSTROUS ovation from the crowd, including chants of â€"WELCOME HOME!†The entire lockerroom, including the NOAH guys, and even the referees came out and surrounded the ring to hear Bruno speak. Bruno left the ring to chants of â€"THANK YOU, BRUNO!†and shook the fans hands as he walked to the back. This was a great â€"feel good†moment, and Bruno choosing ROH to end his boycott of wrestling was extremely important to the promotion.
Once Bruno had gone to the back, the wrestlers all started to walk to the back as well. Samoa Joe and Takeshi Morishima bumped into each other as both tried to fit into the aisle, which was only wide enough for one of the behemoths to fit through at once. They get in each other’s face. Morishima shoves Joe! Joe shoves Morishima! Joe gets into the ring and says â€"come on! Let’s go!†Morishima gets into the ring and IT IS ON! The rest of the locker room quickly gets into the ring and separates them, holding them back in opposite corners (much to the crowd’s dismay). Joe breaks free and jumps into the pile of guys holding Morishima back. Both men are once again restrained, and the guys holding Morishima back convince him to leave the ring. He does, yelling at Joe the entire time.
This was a GREAT segment, that eventually lead to Joe calling out Japanese legend Mitsuharu Misawa later in the year. It was also great because it took what would have been random, dull down-time after Bruno’s speech, and turned it into something important.
DELIRIOUS vs. ADAM PEARCE- 5.5/10.
An okay match. Not much else to say about it. Pearce wins when Shane Hagadorn comes out and hits with brass knuckles, then Pearce hits a piledriver for the win. After the match, Pearce announces that Hagadorn is his â€"personal manservant.â€
COLT CABANA vs. CHRISTOPHER DANIELS vs. JIMMY JACOBS (w/Lacey)- 6.75/10
Just plain awesome characterwork and storytelling here, and I absolutely LOVED the finish!
This match is about 9 months into the famous â€"Jimmy Loves Lacey†angle. For those who don’t know, the angle revolved around young, idealistic Jimmy Jacobs trying to win the heart of his manager, Lacey. Unfortunately for Jimmy, Lacey had no such feelings. It grew to the point where Lacey would taunt and manipulate Jacobs, and would occasionally threaten to stop managing him if he didn’t win. Recently, Jimmy had found Lacey, the girl of his dreams, in the shower, having sex with Colt Cabana.
The entire match, Cabana taunted Jimmy, and Lacey, who wanted the two to work as a team, blamed Jacobs for any miscues, no matter who was actually at fault (almost always Cabana’s). The crowd didn’t help Jimmy out much either, with chants like â€"COLT F*CKED LACEY!†*clap!* clap!* clap!* clap!* clap!* At one point, Colt managed to sneak a look up Lacey’s skirt, which got the depressed Jacobs angry enough to charge back into the ring and go after Colt… but Lacey yells at Jimmy, telling him to only attack Daniels, and not Cabana. Cabana, being a gigantic douche, would constantly dare Jimmy to hit him, knowing that Jimmy couldn’t.
Cabana continuously makes Jacobs look like a fool, doing things like telling Jimmy to go to the top rope, so that they can hit a Demolition Decapitation on Daniels, but when Jacobs leaps off the top rope, Cabana moves Daniels out of the way and hits the backbreaker on him a few feet away, making Jacobs crash to the floor…. Then shouting â€"Come on, Jimmy! Stop missing!â€
Jimmy spent a portion of the match crying on the outside. Eventually, when Cabana went the Colt .45 on Daniels, Jimmy kicked Cabana in the nuts and hit him with Contra Code for the win. Jimmy won the match, but rather than praise him, Lacey yelled at him for hurting Cabana. Absolutely perfect finish here.
JIM CORNETTE PROMO- F*CKING AWESOME! Cornette is an absolute master on the mic. He knew how to get EXACTLY the reactions he wanted from the crowd (in Homicide’s home city of New York). Cornette says that, because he is a man of his word, he will give Homicide his title shot. If Cide wins his match tonight, he will get his title shot when ROH returns to New York in December. If Cide loses his match tonight, Cornette will give him his title shot in February… meaning that if Cide wanted to have his title shot, he would have to break a promise that he made, that he would leave ROH forever if he didn’t win the title by the end of the year. Cornette ends the promo by telling the Briscoes â€"I want you to kill Homicide if you get the chance, and if you don’t I want you to hurt him so bad that they have to carry him out of here in a bucket.†BRILLIANT!
THE BRISCOES vs. SAMOA JOE & HOMICIDE (w/Julius Smokes)- 7.75/10. The stipulations of the match made it obvious who was going to win, but they still put on a great match. After the match, Cornette comes out and says that, being a man of his word, he will give Homicide an ROH World Title shot on December 23rd… but in the intervening 3 months, Cornette promises to put Homicide through hell.
JACOBS, LACEY & CABANA BACKSTAGE SEGMENT- great. Jimmy Jacobs tries to tell Lacey about his win, but Lacey berates him for hitting Cabana in the nuts to win and demands that he apologize to Cabana. Your heart just plain aches for Jimmy in this segment.
BRUNO, DRAGON, & MARUFUJI SEGMENT- Bruno puts over both the ROH and GHC Champions.
ROHWORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries & Roderick Strong(c) vs. The Kings of Wrestling- 8.5/10.
Awesome match. KoW worked over Aries’ injured ribs. Aries played a great Ricky Morton, and the hot tag to Roddy was one of the hottest I have ever seen.
BJ WHITMER PROMO- pretty good. BJ Whitmer tells Jimmy Jacobs that once he is back, their war is going to escalate to the next level (which is a scary thought, considering what they have done to each other already).
GHC HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Naomichi Marufuji(c) vs. Nigel McGuinness- 9/10!
This was the first ever time that the GHC Heavyweight Title was defended outside of Japan, and ROH did a great job of emphasizing how important that was.
The match itself was awesome. It started off very scientific, with each man working over a body part, had some great nearfalls, and finished with some really high-impact stuff. The only thing I didn’t like was Marufuji doing the whole â€"fighting spirit†thing, popping up and no-selling Nigel’s Tower of London finisher to hit Nigel with a Shiranui. I like fighting spirit, but I think that it should only extend so far. People shouldn’t be no-selling (or even delayed-selling) finishers.
ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Bryan Danielson(c) vs. KENTA- 10/10! PERFECT! Possibly the best wrestling match ever.
Danielson came into this match with a torn muscle in his arm, and KENTA was right on it, working it over from the beginning. This match was just plain perfect.
Overall, this is an AMAZING show. One of the best shows in the history of ROH. BUY IT!
The show starts off with Dragon on the streets of New York, looking at Madison Square Garden. He talks about Bruno Sammartino becoming a legend through his performances at the Garden. Then the camera follows Dragon as he walks the few blocks over to the Manhattan Center, where Dragon tells us that this is where he will make his legacy.
I really like this promo. It wasn’t anything profound, but it did a good job of hyping up the ROH World Title match, reminding us that Bruno will be making an appearance, and did a great job of tying the two together.
JACK EVANS vs. DAVEY RICHARDS- 6.25/10.
A great opener that showcased both guys doing what they do best, and got the crowd into the show.
Backstage, Nigel McGuinness cuts a pretty good promo to hype up his match tonight against Naomichi Marufuji.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO APPEARANCE- This was Bruno’s first appearance on a wrestling show (or having ANYTHING to do with wrestling, aside from a few conventions) in a very long time. Bruno said that he agreed to come back because he believed that ROH is what wrestling should be (as opposed to the WWE, TNA, or post 1994 WCW). Bruno got a MONSTROUS ovation from the crowd, including chants of â€"WELCOME HOME!†The entire lockerroom, including the NOAH guys, and even the referees came out and surrounded the ring to hear Bruno speak. Bruno left the ring to chants of â€"THANK YOU, BRUNO!†and shook the fans hands as he walked to the back. This was a great â€"feel good†moment, and Bruno choosing ROH to end his boycott of wrestling was extremely important to the promotion.
Once Bruno had gone to the back, the wrestlers all started to walk to the back as well. Samoa Joe and Takeshi Morishima bumped into each other as both tried to fit into the aisle, which was only wide enough for one of the behemoths to fit through at once. They get in each other’s face. Morishima shoves Joe! Joe shoves Morishima! Joe gets into the ring and says â€"come on! Let’s go!†Morishima gets into the ring and IT IS ON! The rest of the locker room quickly gets into the ring and separates them, holding them back in opposite corners (much to the crowd’s dismay). Joe breaks free and jumps into the pile of guys holding Morishima back. Both men are once again restrained, and the guys holding Morishima back convince him to leave the ring. He does, yelling at Joe the entire time.
This was a GREAT segment, that eventually lead to Joe calling out Japanese legend Mitsuharu Misawa later in the year. It was also great because it took what would have been random, dull down-time after Bruno’s speech, and turned it into something important.
DELIRIOUS vs. ADAM PEARCE- 5.5/10.
An okay match. Not much else to say about it. Pearce wins when Shane Hagadorn comes out and hits with brass knuckles, then Pearce hits a piledriver for the win. After the match, Pearce announces that Hagadorn is his â€"personal manservant.â€
COLT CABANA vs. CHRISTOPHER DANIELS vs. JIMMY JACOBS (w/Lacey)- 6.75/10
Just plain awesome characterwork and storytelling here, and I absolutely LOVED the finish!
This match is about 9 months into the famous â€"Jimmy Loves Lacey†angle. For those who don’t know, the angle revolved around young, idealistic Jimmy Jacobs trying to win the heart of his manager, Lacey. Unfortunately for Jimmy, Lacey had no such feelings. It grew to the point where Lacey would taunt and manipulate Jacobs, and would occasionally threaten to stop managing him if he didn’t win. Recently, Jimmy had found Lacey, the girl of his dreams, in the shower, having sex with Colt Cabana.
The entire match, Cabana taunted Jimmy, and Lacey, who wanted the two to work as a team, blamed Jacobs for any miscues, no matter who was actually at fault (almost always Cabana’s). The crowd didn’t help Jimmy out much either, with chants like â€"COLT F*CKED LACEY!†*clap!* clap!* clap!* clap!* clap!* At one point, Colt managed to sneak a look up Lacey’s skirt, which got the depressed Jacobs angry enough to charge back into the ring and go after Colt… but Lacey yells at Jimmy, telling him to only attack Daniels, and not Cabana. Cabana, being a gigantic douche, would constantly dare Jimmy to hit him, knowing that Jimmy couldn’t.
Cabana continuously makes Jacobs look like a fool, doing things like telling Jimmy to go to the top rope, so that they can hit a Demolition Decapitation on Daniels, but when Jacobs leaps off the top rope, Cabana moves Daniels out of the way and hits the backbreaker on him a few feet away, making Jacobs crash to the floor…. Then shouting â€"Come on, Jimmy! Stop missing!â€
Jimmy spent a portion of the match crying on the outside. Eventually, when Cabana went the Colt .45 on Daniels, Jimmy kicked Cabana in the nuts and hit him with Contra Code for the win. Jimmy won the match, but rather than praise him, Lacey yelled at him for hurting Cabana. Absolutely perfect finish here.
JIM CORNETTE PROMO- F*CKING AWESOME! Cornette is an absolute master on the mic. He knew how to get EXACTLY the reactions he wanted from the crowd (in Homicide’s home city of New York). Cornette says that, because he is a man of his word, he will give Homicide his title shot. If Cide wins his match tonight, he will get his title shot when ROH returns to New York in December. If Cide loses his match tonight, Cornette will give him his title shot in February… meaning that if Cide wanted to have his title shot, he would have to break a promise that he made, that he would leave ROH forever if he didn’t win the title by the end of the year. Cornette ends the promo by telling the Briscoes â€"I want you to kill Homicide if you get the chance, and if you don’t I want you to hurt him so bad that they have to carry him out of here in a bucket.†BRILLIANT!
THE BRISCOES vs. SAMOA JOE & HOMICIDE (w/Julius Smokes)- 7.75/10. The stipulations of the match made it obvious who was going to win, but they still put on a great match. After the match, Cornette comes out and says that, being a man of his word, he will give Homicide an ROH World Title shot on December 23rd… but in the intervening 3 months, Cornette promises to put Homicide through hell.
JACOBS, LACEY & CABANA BACKSTAGE SEGMENT- great. Jimmy Jacobs tries to tell Lacey about his win, but Lacey berates him for hitting Cabana in the nuts to win and demands that he apologize to Cabana. Your heart just plain aches for Jimmy in this segment.
BRUNO, DRAGON, & MARUFUJI SEGMENT- Bruno puts over both the ROH and GHC Champions.
ROHWORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries & Roderick Strong(c) vs. The Kings of Wrestling- 8.5/10.
Awesome match. KoW worked over Aries’ injured ribs. Aries played a great Ricky Morton, and the hot tag to Roddy was one of the hottest I have ever seen.
BJ WHITMER PROMO- pretty good. BJ Whitmer tells Jimmy Jacobs that once he is back, their war is going to escalate to the next level (which is a scary thought, considering what they have done to each other already).
GHC HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Naomichi Marufuji(c) vs. Nigel McGuinness- 9/10!
This was the first ever time that the GHC Heavyweight Title was defended outside of Japan, and ROH did a great job of emphasizing how important that was.
The match itself was awesome. It started off very scientific, with each man working over a body part, had some great nearfalls, and finished with some really high-impact stuff. The only thing I didn’t like was Marufuji doing the whole â€"fighting spirit†thing, popping up and no-selling Nigel’s Tower of London finisher to hit Nigel with a Shiranui. I like fighting spirit, but I think that it should only extend so far. People shouldn’t be no-selling (or even delayed-selling) finishers.
ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Bryan Danielson(c) vs. KENTA- 10/10! PERFECT! Possibly the best wrestling match ever.
Danielson came into this match with a torn muscle in his arm, and KENTA was right on it, working it over from the beginning. This match was just plain perfect.
Overall, this is an AMAZING show. One of the best shows in the history of ROH. BUY IT!