Tag: ROH

Samoa Joe Signs Full-Time WWE Contract

PWTorch.com reports that WWE officials were so impressed with Samoa Joe  and his merchandise sales that Vince McMahon and Triple H personally pushed for him to sign a full-time WWE contact. PWInsider has confirmed that Joe has signed a full-time deal and that’s why he was at RAW last night, defeating Tyson Kidd in a match before the start of RAW.

The fact that Joe’s appearances for Ring of Honor will now air on national cable TV also played into the decision for WWE to sign him to a full-time deal.

Joe’s current NXT deal reportedly has a clause that would let WWE sign him to a full-time deal. WWE chose to execute that clause this past Thursday after ROH announced their deal with Destination America. Joe and WWE signed an addendum to the original deal, now making Joe a full-time WWE worker.

Even though Joe has now signed a full-time deal with WWE, he will still be fulfilling his indie dates that were booked. ROH has confirmed that Joe will still be working their June 20th TV tapings in New York City, in what appears to be Joe’s final ROH appearance. Absolute Intense Wrestling in Cleveland announced last night that Joe has been added to their July 10th show.

Joe is booked for the big WWE NXT live events in Pittsburgh, PA and Columbus, OH this month. PWInsider reports that Joe is not currently booked for tonight’s SmackDown tapings so unless things change, Joe will not be the one who will answer NXT Champion Kevin Owens open challenge.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Destination America Still Airing TNA After ROH

Destination America announced that Ring of Honor will debut on their network on Wednesday, June 3. They confirmed that ROH will be followed by a new episode of TNA Impact Wrestling.

Breaking News: ROH Debuting On Destination America

Breaking NEWS: Ring of Honor and Destination America have announced that ROH will be debuting on Destination America. The first ROH show is scheduled for Wednesday, June 3 at 8PM ET.

Destination America tweeted:

 

Samoa Joe Returning To ROH Next Month

Ring of Honor announced that Samoa Joe will return next month on June 20, the night after ROH’s “Best In The World” pay-per-view. Joe will team up with AJ Styles to take on The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian). ROH describes the tag match as a DREAM MATCH.

ROH/NJPW Global Wars Night 2 Results

KUSHIDA def. Will Ferrara

Silas Young def. Takaaki Watanabe

Moose def. Colby Corino w/Decade

The Briscoes def. The House Of Truth (Donovan Dijak & J. Diesel) w/Truth Martini

ROH World Tag Team Championship – 2 on 1 Handicap Match: Kyle O’Reilly def. (C) The Addiction (Daniels & Kazarian) – DQ

Jushin Thunder Liger def. Dalton Castle w/His Boys

Cheeseburger VS Brutal Bob Evans – No Contest

The Bullet Club ( Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) VS The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) w/Maria Kanellis – Double DQ

War Machine def. Decade (Adam Page & Colby Corino) w/BJ Whitmer

Cedric Alexander def. Moose w/Stokely Hathaway & Veda Scott

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito def. ACH & Matt Sydal

Shinsuke Nakamura def. Roderick Strong

Michael Elgin def. Gedo

The Bullet Club (AJ Styles & The Young Bucks) def. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okado, Trent Baretta & Rocky Romero

 

ROH next PPV Best In The World is June 19th from New York City. It will be available on traditional PPV, iPPV and video on demand. It will take place from Terminal 5

ROH/NJPW Global Wars Night 1 Results

Gedo & Moose w/Veda Scott & Stokely Hathaway def. Silas Young & Takaaki Watanabe

3-way: KUSHIDA def. Chris Sabin and Kyle O’Reilly

The Kingdom w/Maria Kanellis def. Jushin Thunder Liger & Matt Sydal

Kazuchika Okada w/Gedo def. Cedric Alexander

3-Way Tag Team: The Addiction def. The Decade w/Colby Corino and Roppongi Vice

ROH World TV Championship: (C) Jay Lethal w/Donovan Dijak def. Tetsuya Naito

Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Michael Elgin

ROH All Stars (The Briscoes, War Machine & Roderick Strong) def. The Bullet Club (AJ Styles, The Young Bucks, Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows)

 

ROH/NJPW War Of The Worlds Results Night 2

Romantic Touch def. J Diesel

Adam Page def. Takaaki Watanabe

Michael Elgin def. KUSHIDA

Tetsuya Naito def. Kyle O’Reilly

4 Corner Survival Match: Shinsuke Nakamura def. Jushin Thunder Liger, Mark Briscoe and Jay Lethal

Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Roderick Strong

The Addiction (Daniels & Kazarian) def. Kazuchika Okada & Gedo

ROH World Championship: (C) Jay Briscoe def. Bobby Fish

The Kingdom (Adam Cole, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett w/Maria Kanellis def. The Bullet Club (AJ Styles & The Young Bucks) via pinfall after Matt Jackson was nailed with a title belt. After the match, Maria was triple superkicked by The Bullet Club

ROH/NJPW War Of The Worlds Night 1 Results

Gedo def. Delirious

Roderick Strong def. KUSHIDA

Jay Lethal def. Takaaki Watanabe

Young Bucks def. The Addiction and The Kingdom

Tetsuya Naito def. Michael Elgin

reDRagon def. Jushin Thunder Liger & Hiroshi Tanahashi

AJ Styles def. Adam Cole

Kazuchika Okada & Shinsuke Nakamura def. The Briscoes

ROH On New England Sports Network

According to PWInsider, Ring of Honor will air tonight on the New England Sports Network. While it may not be picked up by all NESN’s affiliates, this week’s episode of ROH TV will air at midnight ET. The episode featured the ROH in-ring return of Chris Sabin, as well as Alberto El Patron in action.

ROH has yet to make an official announcement about the airing, so tonight’s episode may not be considered the “official debut” by the company. NESN is available on DirecTV and Dish Network.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Matches Announced For ROH & NJPW ‘Global Wars’ May 15 & 16

Ring of Honor announced the matches for ROH and New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s ‘Global Wars’ that will take place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on May 15 & 16. Night 1 on May 15 will be iPPV and Night 2 will be a ROH TV taping.

Global Wars Night 1 on May 15:

ACH VS Shinsuke Nakamura

Moose & Gedo VS Silas Young & Takaaki Watanabe

Chris Sabin VS KUSHIDA

The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) w/ Maria Kanellis VS Jushin Thunder Liger & Matt Sydal

4 Corners Survival Tag Team Match: RPG Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta) VS The Addiction (Daniels & Kazarian) VS The Decade (Jimmy Jacobs & BJ Whitmer) VS reDRagon (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish)

Cedric Alexander VS Kazuchika Okada

Michael Elgin VS Hiroshi Tanahashi

ROH World TV Title: (C) Jay Lethal w/Truth Martini VS Tetsuya Naito

ROH All Stars (The Briscoes, Roderick Strong, Hanson & Raymond Rowe) VS The Bullet Club (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & The Young Bucks)

 

Global Wars Night 2 on May 16

KUSHIDA VS Will Ferrara

Michael Elgin VS Gedo

Jushin Thunder Liger VS Dalton Castle

The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) w/Maria Kanellis VS The Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows)

Tetsuya Naito & Hiroshi Tanahashi VS ACH & Matt Sydal

Shinsuke Nakamura VS Roderick Strong

The Bullet Club (AJ Styles & The Young Bucks) VS RPG Vive (Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta) & Kazuchika Okada