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9/25 ROH Live Event Update: Look ahead to the conclusion of this weekend's Bryan Danielson Final Countdown Tour Sep 25, 2009 - 3:43:59 PM
One of Ring of Honor's biggest weekends of the year is this weekend with the conclusion of the Bryan Danielson Final Countdown Tour. Former ROH champions Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness are wrapping up their respective ROH careers after being signed by WWE with singles matches on Friday night, then a one-on-one encounter Saturday night in New York City.
ROH is also bringing back the Ladder War tag match on Saturday night. The ROH tag champions Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards will defend against Kevin Steen & El Generico. Steen & Generico were in the first installment at the "Man Up" ROH PPV in November 2007, but lost to the Briscoes. Caldwell's ROH PPV review of Man Up and Radican's PPV review of Man Up.
This Weekend - ROH House Shows
9/25 ROH in Boston, Mass. at Boston University. Scheduled Matches: Bryan Danielson vs. ROH tag champion Davey Richards, Nigel McGuinness vs. Roderick Strong, ROH champion Austin Aries & Rhett Titus vs. Colt Cabana & Kenny Omega, Kevin Steen vs. ROH tag champion Eddie Edwards. Show & Ticket info.
9/26 ROH in New York City at the Manhattan Center. Scheduled matches: Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness, ROH champion Austin Aries vs. TBA, ROH tag champions American Wolves vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico -- Ladder War II, Young Bucks vs. Briscoes. Show & Ticket info.
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Recent Listings - ROH House Shows
9/19 ROH in Chicago, Ill.: (1) Petey Williams beat Rhett Titus. (2) "Skullkrusher Rasche Brown beat Grizzly Redwood, Sal Rinauro, "Sugarfoot" Alex Payne, Silas Young, and Alex O'Reilly in a six-way match. (3) Brent Albright & Bobby Dempsey beat House of Truth (Christin Able & Josh Raymond). (4) The Necro Butcher beat Jimmy Rave. (5) The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) beat Dark City Fight Club (Kory Chavis & Jon Davis). (6) Colt Cabana beat Claudio Castagnoli. (7) Briscoes (Jay & Mark) beat ROH tag team champions the American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) via DQ; Wolves retained ROH tag titles. (8) ROH World champion Austin Aries beat Bryan Danielson to retain the ROH Title.
9/18 ROH in Dayton, Ohio: (1) ROH tag team champion Eddie Edwards beat Brent Albright. (2) Dark City Fight Club (Kory Chavis & Jon Davis) beat House of Truth (Christin Able & Josh Raymond). (3) Mitch Franklin beat Jimmy Rave via DQ. (4) ROH tag team champion Davey Richards beat Claudio Castagnoli. (5) Briscoes (Jay & Mark) beat The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson). (6) "Skullkrusher" Rasche Brown beat Silas Young. (7) ROH World champion Austin Aries & Rhett Titus beat Petey Williams & Colt Cabana. (8) Chris Hero beat Bryan Danielson.
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