Ring of Honor 11th Anniversary Preview

courtesy ROHWrestling.com

Thank you for taking the time to read my 11th Anniversary Preview. This is Ring of Honor's first iPPV  since Final Battle. There have been many developments since then. This should be a fantastic show. There are a lot of grudges on this card as you will see. There is somewhat of a cloud hanging over the show though, as Steve Corino has promised to turn Ring of Honor into Ring of S.C.U.M. Saturday Mar 2. 2013 8:30 pm.

 ROH World Championship

The main event will be Jay Lethal challenging Kevin Steen for the ROH World Championship  The story to this started back when Jim Cornette told Jay Lethal that he didn't have any "Killer Instinct". Lethal didn't take too kindly to that and it caused him to become more volatile  Jay Lethal won a chance to fight Steen for the ROH Championship, but in a match with Steen before he had a chance to cash his match in, something happened. Steen and Lethal's mom got into it ringside and Steen spits on Lethal's mom. Lethal snaps

After that happened, Steen made ROH agree that he never had to fight Lethal again. After months of frustration, Lethal got Steen to agree to a match. Steen, it appears, has changed. Since his Ladder War with El Generico, he hasn't been too tight with the rest of S.C.U.M. I might be reading into it too much, but I am interested to see how this develops. Will Lethal get his revenge and win the title? Or will Steen continue his reign of Evil?

ROH World Tag Team Championship

At this point the Briscoe Brothers are the face of the ROH tag Division. The 8 time champions will be defending their title against Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly. Team Am Fishin' are a new team without the experience a team like the Briscoes have. Don't let that fool you though. These are two rood fighters and their chemistry is developing well. In order to get this title shot Fish and O'Reilly won a tag team gauntlet under questionable circumstances.Many feel the Wolves should be in this match, but I will have more on them in a bit. Is Team Am Fishin' ready to win the tag titles? Not if Dem Boys from Sandy Fork have anything to say about it.

Dream Tag Match

The American Wolves  appeared to be in good shape in the tag gauntlet match I referenced earlier. But after they eliminated S.C.U.M., they were attacked and left as easy pickings for Fish and O'Reilly. Having missed out on the title shot, ROH set them up with a dream opponent. The Forever Hooligans.

"Romero's resume in Ring of Honor is strong with two World Tag Championship reigns under his belt (the first with Ricky Reyes, the second with Davey Richards), and his international credits are just as stacked. A former IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion as Black Tiger, he also holds three IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship reigns under his belt; two of those actually with Richards, and the most recent one, which ended on November 11^th, was with Koslov at his side.

Koslov's ROH history is short but includes battles with some of the best including Roderick Strong, Bryan Danielson, and Romero himself. Ever since his return to independent wrestling, Koslov has been chomping at the bit to get back into ROH competition and now he will get that opportunity with Romero at his side."

- ROHWrestling.com

2 out of 3 Falls Match- Truth Martini Barred from Ringside

The next match is really a grudge match. Michael Elgin and Roderick Strong were on the same team a little while ago. They were both members of the House of Truth. That is the reason Truth Martini is barred from ringside. He will not be involved in this match. These two couldn't get along on the same team, but they always have good matches when in the ring. This will be no different. It is 2 out of 3 falls, so it appears this will settle this feud once and for all.

ROH World Television Championship

Adam Cole will be defending his TV title and anything can happen as rumors swirl about him and WWE. He is set to defend against Matt Taven. This has a big match and opportunity for Taven who will be with Truth Martini. Can he take advantage? 

No Holds Barred

If two men ever had a grudge these two have it. This all began when BJ Whitmer started teaming with Rhett Titus. It really got personal for Whitmer though when Haas put him through a table head first at Final Battle.

  Then this happened.

Speaking of Haas, he has another feud now also.

This "No Holds Barred" match will be wild.  BJ Is tough and definitely will have motivation to the destructive Charlie Haas.

Grudge Match

That brings us to the grudge match between S.C.U.M. and Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander. Anytime C and C are on the card, you better pay attention. This is where I guess we will see S.C.U.M. try to fulfill their prediction. 

6 Man Mayhem Match

This will be QT Marshall vs ACH vs Tadarius Thomas vs Silas Young vs Mike Sydal vs Adam Page. Basically all of the prospects that didn't win the tournament will have a chance to earn a name live on iPPV. Early favorites have to be Thomas and QT Marshall. I really like ACh though so that who I will be pulling for.

This should be a good show. I like the card from top to bottom. So be sure to check this one out. With ROH you never know when the next match of the year candidate will happen. (Elgin vs Strong?) Not to even mention three great Tag team matches. No other promotion does a tag division like ROH.