2) Dark City Fight Club beat House of Truth
3) Grizzly Redwood beat Jimmy Rave by DQ due to Nana interference. Necro made the save.
Big post match brawl for like 5 mins
4) Davey Richards beat Claudio Castagnoli with code red
5) The Briscoes beat The Young Bucks
Aries, Brown, and Silas Young just arrived due to car trouble
6) Rasche Brown beats Silas Young
7) Petey Williams and Colt Cabana beat Austin Aries and Rhett Titus when Colt pinned Titus. Petey hit the Canadian Destroyer on Aries prior to victory
8) Chris Hero pins Bryan Danielson after rolling elbow to back of the neck

Don’t know what to say about this show. I haven’t heard much about it from the ROHbots that attended. And the sad part, I don’t think I will. From the reports, the attendance was barely 300 people, which is pretty disappointing, even for a Dayton show. Usually the Dayton shows average about 500 to 600 people. I could easily say that people didn’t go because of the bad economy, and entertainment that involves traveling isn’t a priority. But gas prices are down compared to those shows a few years ago when people were selling out venues, and it’s Danielson’s last few ROH shows. Dayton doesn’t like Danielson? I don’t think that’s the case either. Our own Matt Dawgs recently went to the latest set of TV tapings in Philly, and the attendance was about the same as a “B” town like Dayton. That makes me question who’s going to the shows now. Are the die-hard loyalists leaving, and the fly-by-night fans looking for a good time taking over the audience, replacing out those who feel the product they love is gone. I’m hoping Ring of Honor hasn’t alienated the foundation of its fan base, because without it, it’ll never survive.

As for the results, everything looks good. Aries and Petey’s thing is heating up, and Davey and Hero are looking like future faces of the company. The Briscoes vs. The Young Bucks didn’t surpass expectations from the little I’ve heard. I had a bad feeling that this would happen. It should be a good rematch when it happens, but it has to happen when they aren’t on a card where they’re not the showcase. Hopefully ROH can recover in Chicago tonight.

Originally, the main event was supposed to be Aries vs. Petey Williams, but after changing the NYC main event next weekend, ROH decided to not lose the chance to have Aries/Danielson in ROH for, possibly, the final time. And I have no qualms about it. I don’t see Aries dropping the belt anytime soon after the change, so Petey will have his chance sooner than later. Another couple of champions I don’t expect to lose the gold any time soon (or at least not this weekend) is The Wolves. I don’t know why they just didn’t wait until after Glory By Honor to give us The Briscoes vs. The Wolves. If The Wolves are still champions, then we could have an unpredictable title match. Instead, we’re getting a warm up for something in the future, which isn’t the worst thing. I just wish it were happening on a bigger stage, because it’s one of the last tag team dream matches in ROH. Even though they’ve been feuding for a while, I don’t understand why Butcher and Rave are in a Dog Collar match. I mean, I know how they threw it together, but it feels just like that. The last time we saw Rave in a match of that type, it was a good night for him going over a certain WWE World champion. While Necro is nowhere near the star caliber of Punk at the time, a bloody survival by Rave could bring back those memories of him that had everyone chanting, “Die, Jimmy, die,” with a passion. The rest of the card looks solid. It could be just that, but I have a good feeling that Chicago is going to bring the best out of everyone.

Glad they’re not scrapping the whole match to make room for the next night. Nigel and Roderick are two of the best, shining examples of what ROH used to be, and what it has evolved into. I still say their clash on pay-per-view for the ROH World title was one of the best matches of last year. I don’t think they’ll be able to top it in Boston, but I doubt they won’t try.

At the September 26th Glory by Honor event in New York City, Bryan Danielson will face Nigel McGuinness one last time in ROH. September 26th will be the last night in ROH for both men.

When the news came that Danielson was leaving, an uproar came from the Ring of Honor community over the fact that Danielson’s last few matches didn’t involve in any way, shape, or form, his greatest rival in Ring of Honor, Nigel McGuinness. With Nigel’s emanate departure becoming true, ROH did the only thing it could: give the fans a going away match for the history books. Looking back now, it seems everything was made for them to walk out of ROH at the same time after the same match. Bryan Danielson’s reign as ROH World champion was first tested to the max by then Pure champion Nigel McGuinness, someone people didn’t really think had much of a chance dominating Danielson as much as he did. Their wars over the past three years are the stuff of legend, and I hope that when it’s all said and done, ROHbots will hold their classics as high as the Joe/Punk trilogy. While Joe and Punk helped propel Ring of Honor into another level in terms of awareness to the entire wrestling community, Nigel McGuinness and Bryan Danielson cut a pace that showed how ROH had some of the finest wrestling in the world that couldn’t be matched. For those who are going to NYC for this one, please soak in the moment of two of ROH’s greatest ambassadors doing what they do better than a majority of everyone else who laces up a pair of wrestling boots.

My original hope was Bryan Danielson would beat Aries for the title in their scheduled title match, leading to a tournament over the vacant championship, ushering a new era in ROH. Now we have Aries defending the belt against someone, maybe through a lottery drawing (something I’ll talk about later). A hard fought contest against a mystery opponent worthy of a shot at the big time could give us just as much hope as Danielson winning and vacating the title. Or maybe not.

I honestly can’t remember the last time Ring of Honor has sold out an event. I’m a little disappointed that they’re not holding the event in the Hammerstein. While it’s all in the same building, a special air comes from the Hammerstein that produces must see events for any company. I would love to say that one venue is superior to the other, but that would make me argue that the Manhattan Center has a better track record for hosting amazing shows, including my favorite of all time, Glory By Honor V: Night 2 back in 2006. It’s funny that Nigel and Danielson were involved in the two most important matches of that card.

- The following matches have been announced for the October 9th show in St. Louis:
* The American Wolves vs. The Young Bucks
* Tyler Black vs. Chris Hero

I recently watched Black vs. Hero from The Homecoming II, and I must say they delivered in spades, stealing the show in this humble ROHbot’s opinion. I highly doubt they won’t be able to follow up with something just as good in St. Louis. Like The Briscoes vs. The Wolves tomorrow night, I could make an argument that The Bucks vs. The Wolves should happen a little later. But I don’t know if The Wolves will even be the champs when this match happens. With or without the title, The Wolves will be able to give some serious rub on The Bucks if and when they have an incredible match with this generation’s Rock & Roll Express. Is it just me, or did a part of the last sentence just didn’t sound right. Yeah, I’m just seeing things.

The following matches have been announced for the October 10th show in Indianapolis:
* Tyler Black vs. Kenny King
* The Young Bucks vs. The House of Truth

If The House isn’t coming in to be a full-time part of the roster, I can see The Bucks getting a win off of them after taking a loss the night before. I’ve heard a lot of good things about The House of Truth, and I hope they are all that and then some. Enough good to great tag teams in your company is never a bad thing. Isn’t that right, Vince?

Kenny King vs. Tyler Black looks good, and I would love to see something unpredictable like King winning happen. But I think Black will continue to ride the wave of meaningless wins that won’t lead to any title shots, or getting the heat he had last year that had the fans proclaiming him as the next ROH World champion. Maybe they can get Black back on track, but it’s going to take more than just a few wins over guys not on his level to do it.

I like me some KENTA. The guy just doesn’t know how not to deliver. Hopefully he’ll have a nice slew of fresh opponents to kick around. Really, I don’t even need fresh. Just let him and Davey Richards tear into each other every night. And if Petey’s around, throw him into there too.

I don’t know what this means for ROH and Brown’s relationship. Come to think of it, I haven’t heard much of Brown coming to any ROH events since he missed that show to help his wife give birth. Maybe ROH and Brown were over before this even came out.

I don’t know if this had been in the works for a little while or if it was just thrown together to get some good DVD sales during Bryan’s going away tour. Honestly, if it’s not the latter, then I must say this is a very disappointing set. That’s not to say the matches aren’t good. Actually, they’re very good, with two being absolutely marvelous (vs. McGuinness and vs. KENTA). If this isn’t just something for the Final Countdown Tour, then it should’ve been a compilation spanning at least two disc, with six hours of some of Danielson’s best. And two discs are really cutting Danielson short, so to only have one feels like a cheap disappointment. If ROH really wants this thing to fly off the shelves, push it as a limited edition set that will only be available while supplies last. I know this might sound like they’d be losing money by only having a set amount of DVDs to sell, but I guarantee a majority of the ROHbots reading this already have these matches. Making the set a limited edition DVD might make the fly-by-night fans who have been impressed with “Dragon” on TV to order.

Very interesting indeed. I don’t really know how much difference it’ll make for ROH to do their work in Bristol compared to Sal in regards of release speed and production. Production could be greatly affected by Dave Prazak and Lenny Leonard. I don’t know how much traveling they have to do to edit and dub on DVD releases now, but I really don’t think it’ll change that much here. That brings me to ROH’s relationship with FIP. ROH has used FIP as somewhat of a breeding ground, bringing in people like Erick Stevens and Kenny King after they got a good amount of seasoning in FIP. It also became a place for ROH stars to spread their, and the company’s, name to another region of the country. Hopefully this leaving of Hamaoui won’t negatively affect what has been a very fruitful relationship.

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