I attended the Ring of Honor show in Mississauga, Ontario over the weekend along with Camikazee, Danny Duggan and SPW Heavyweight Champion Marius. All three men were involved in the show and had a chance to meet with RoH officials. I was a guest backstage and watch the entire show from the gorilla position. There was about 1,000 people in attendance and they truly made the atmosphere with their undeniable passion for wrestling.
Marius, Camikazee and Danny Duggan participated in a RoH Try-out Camp this summer in Winnipeg which resulted in this trip. Camikazee won the try-out camp and an opportunity to wrestle for Ring of Honor. He recently completed a week long try out for the WWE in Florida and is on a major role. The same can be said for Danny Duggan who received a WWE try-out in Calgary and Edmonton last week. Duggan also competed for Tajiri’s SMASH promotion in Japan. He’ll be back in Japan for SMASH at the end of the month, I believe.
The show started with Duggan and Camikazee Vs Ashley Sixx and Rip Impact. It was a great match that really showed off Duggan and Camikazee’s talent. RoH Preseident Cary Silken and the RoH match makers were very impressed with the match. Duggan got the “W” with a top rope double knee stomp.
Eddie Edwards announced that he separated his shoulder the night before.
Michael Elgin teamed with Zack Gowan to take on Grizzly Redwood and Bobby Dempsey. Elgin and Gowen had a falling out at the end of the match. Dempsey and Redwood picked up the win.
Marc Briscoe defeated Andy Ridge in a back and forth match.
The All-Night Express defeated Colt Cabana and El Generico after outside interference by Kevin Steen. Steen had to be forced to the back by Camikazee, Danny Duggan and several other wrestlers.
Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly defeated the Bravado Brothers. Both teams are young and seem to have a bright future with tons of talents at their disposal. Very fast paced and hard hitting!
Homicide defeated Jay Briscoe. Homicide made sure to include a few Eddie Guerrero tributes as it was the anniversary of his passing.
The Kings of Wrestling defeated Kevin Steen and Steve Corino to retain the RoH World Tag Team Titles. Outside interference from El Generico caused a major distraction and started a brawl between Steen and Generico that saw Marius, Camikazee, Danny Duggan and several others try to separate them.
In the main event Roderick Strong retained the RoH World Title in a great match against Christopher Daniels. Christopher Daniels is just amazing in that ring and I can’t believe TNA let him go. TNA’s MAJOR loss in RoH’s MAJOR gain but it surprises me that Daniels is not in the WWE at this point in his career.
This was my first RoH event and it was a grand experience. Tatanka was in attendance as was Greg Oliver, Jade Chung, Dave Lagana and several Ontario independent wrestlers.
