3/30/2007 - Crowd Estimate Around 1,200
1) Four Corner Survival: Adam Pearce w/Shane Hagadorn deafeated Colt Cabana Matt Sydal, & Chris Hero with Larry Sweeney in a very fun opener. Hero and Cabana did some fantastic comedy bits early on that had the crowd on their feet. Very hot crowd.
2) Erick Stevens defeated "Sugar Foot" Alex Payne in a Do or Die match. Stevens wasn't announced for the shows but was a welcome surprise as it seems most recognized him from his stints in FIP and IWA Mid South. Totaly squash with Payne getting in no offense and Stevens winning in about 21 seconds.
3) ROH vs. Dragon Gate: Masaaki Mochizuki defeated Davey Richards. Very stiff, hard hitting match. Mochizuki went over with the Shin Saikyou High Kick.
- Bruno Sammartino came out to a standing ovation. He started to give roughly the same speech he gave on Glory By Honor V: Night Two, when Larry Sweeny, Tank Tolland, and Chris Hero uninterrupted him. Sweeny challenged Bruno to an arm wrestling contest with Hero. Bruno laughed at him and asked him if this was a joke. Hero said he wasn't joking and that he would break his neck in a cravate.
Nigel McGuinness ran in an cleared house. Bruno nailed Sweeny which got a gigantic pop. Nigel then put over Bruno and ROH.
4) Anything Goes Mixed Tag Team Match: Jimmy Jacobs & Lacey defeated BJ Whitmer & Daizee Haze. Jimmy and BJ brawled throughout the crowd almost the whole time while Lacey and Daizee wrestled in the ring. The girls were really laying in to each other pretty hard. Big moment came with Jimmy giving BJ a hurricarana from the bleachers to the floor. Finish saw Jimmy get back into the ring, and speared Daize Haze so hard that both of her shoes flew off and landed somewhere in fifth or sixth row. Lacey pinned Daizee.
5) World Tag Team Title Match: Jay & Mark Briscoe defeated Naruki Doi & Shingo. Match was really hot to start with. Mark tried to run up the ropes and do a shooting star press on to Doi who was on the floor. Mark under rotated, ended up hitting Doi with his back and landing on his head. Crowd was hushed for for ten minutes while they tried to continue the match while also trying to get Mark on a stretcher. Jay ended up making a come back and hit Doi with a Jay Driller to get the win and the Tag Titles.
** On a side note, Mark is going to be okay. We knew some of the security guy working the show and we were told that he was just knocked out really bad and he was going to be held over night for observation but will be fine.
Before Jay could leave, Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley came in from the crowd to a huge reaction. FIRE RUSSO chants. Shelly responded with "I hear ya". They put over Mark for putting his body on the line and kindly ask Jay for a shot at the tag titles in Chicago. Jay excepts and Shelly and Sabin attack Jay and cut heel promo.
6) YAMATO defeated Pelle Primeau. Built as an ROH Student vs. Dragon Gate Student match. YAMATO quickly with a German Suplex.
7) Brent Albright defeated Nigel McGuinness. Match didn't really have a chance to get off the ground. Chris Hero ran in and distracted McGuinnes. Albright hit Nigel with a killer Half Nelson Suplex to win the match. They set up Nigel vs. Hero for night two.
8) Special Attraction: Homicide defeated Christopher Daniels. Good match. Daniels worked full on as his TNA gimmick, so I guess he's hell again. Homicide kicked out of the Angels Wings, Daniels tried for a second but Homicide double legged him and used a jackknife pin for the win. After the match Homicide was jumped by Adam Pearce, Shane Hagadorn, and a returning Jim Cornette, who sprayed Homicide in the face with something.
9) Former Partners Collide: Roderick Strong defeated Jack Evans. Some awkward moments here and there took away from it a little. Overall a really fun match. Jack did some amazing innovative stuff, and Roderick bent him half about a half dozen times. Strong worked over the back as usual. Big spot saw Strong giving Evans a fall away slam into the ring post. Strong literally bent Evans in half with the Strong Hold to get the win by submission.
10) Eight Man All Star Dragon Gate Rules Match: CIMA, Susumu Yokosuka, Dragon Kid, & Ryo Saito d. Delirious, Austin Aries, Rocky Romero, & Claudio Castagnoli. Dragon Gate had their own announcer there to introduce them. Easily the match of the night. Everyone worked very hard. There were to many moments to name. They did a super hot series of false finishes near the end that hard the place going nuts. Finish saw CIMA pin Delirious after the Crossfire Powerbomb from CIMA.
3/31/2007 - Estimated Attendence around 1,500
Jay Briscoe comes out to talk to the crowd. He is interrupted by Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal. Daniels says they don't if Mark is hurt they want their title shot even if it means Jay has to wrestle by himself. Jay says he can't do that but he has a partner backstage, and if they can beat them then they can have their title shot once Mark gets back. Delirious comes out to be Jay's partner.
1) Delirious & Jay Briscoe defeat Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal. Good opener. Delirious and Jay did some of the Briscoe double teams. Delirious pinned Sydal to win the match.
2) Claudio Castagnoli defeats YAMATO. Pretty solid but nothing to write home about.
3) Do or Die Match: Erick Stevens DESTROYS Mitch Franklin. Even shorter then last night. Steven hit Mitch with the Doctor Bomb for the win.
Larry Sweeny comes out next. He says that lately he and Chris Hero have been hanging with a lot of A-List celebrities, dropping names like Cory Feldman, and Scott Baio. He said that they have even brought one of their A-Lister friends to the show tonight, Johnny Fairplay. VH1 Had a camera at ringside to get footage for whatever show it is that Fairplay is doing.
4) Nigel McGuinness defeated Chris Hero. Really good match. A lot of heel manager antics from Sweeny and Fairplay. Finish saw Fairplay try to help Hero only get mauled by a huge lariat from Nigel at which point the place became unglued. Nigel hit his rebound lariat on Hero to get the pin.
Davey Richards comes out and announced Rocky Romero as the new member of the No Remorse Corps.
5) Jack Evans & Naruki Doi defeat Davey Richards & Rocky Romero. Another really good match. Romero really shined in this one. Finish saw Evans pin Davey after the 630.
6) Homicide defeats Brent Albright via DQ when Pearce interferes 2 minutes in.
Colt Cabana makes the save. He says that it's been one year to the day since they had their feud ending match in Chicago last year, and this year he was here to be Homicides partner.
7) Colt Cabana & Homicide defeat Adam Pearce and Brent Albright. They brawled all over the place in the crowd for a while. Finish came when Cornette sprays Albright by mistake and Colt rolls him up for the win.
8) Jimmy Jacobs defeats BJ Whitmer in a Steel Cage Match. VERY BLOODY MATCH. Some highlights saw Whiter and Jacobs repeatedly stab each other in the over and over and over again with steel spikes. Whitmer giving Jacobs a Brainbuster on an open chair, Whitmer missing a frog splash from the top of the cage, Giving Jimmy and Lacey sit down Tombstone Piledrivers, and Jimmy winning the match with a back senton off the top of the cage on to Whitmer through a table. Jimmy lost two teeth during the match. Excellent cage match!
9) Roderick Strong retains the FIP Championship over Austin Aries. Very good match. Aries took a bad spill to the outside at one point but seemed to be okay. Strong powerbombed him on a guard rail laid out on the floor. Finish saw Aries pass out in the Strong Hold.
10) CIMA, Shingo & Susumu Yokosuka defeat Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Masaaki Mochizuki. Once again Dargon Gate had their announcers do the introductions. This was the match of the weekend and it completely tore the roof off the place. Live it certainly felt better then last years match and I think that will show through on tape as better or at least on par with last years match. The additions of SHINGO, Susumu, and Mochizuki certainly added a different flavor from the match we saw last year. Absolute insane match that was the highlight of the weekend. Finish saw Yokosuka roll through on a Dragon Kid hurricarana to get the pinfall.
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