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March 16th: Ring Of Honor tapes its 6th PPV TODAY in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory on 2700 Southampton Rd with a zip code of 19154. Belltime is 5pm and there will be tickets available at the door. Due to the results of the last two nights in Dover, NJ the opening match will be a Four Corner Survival pitting Claudio Castagnoli vs. Go Shiozaki vs. Delirious vs. Tyler Black. The winner of that match will challenge ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness for the belt in the main event. Who will make history on PPV? This is a chance of a lifetime for Castagnoli, Shiozaki, Delirious and Black.

March 16th: ROH "Rising Above" will air TONIGHT in the traditional PPV timeslot of 8pm on iN DEMAND. This is one of your last chances to witness the PPV on iN DEMAND. Don't miss the show everyone is raving about. "....a genuine match of the year candidate in the Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries ROH title match....the most impressive workers were Bryan Danielson and Takeshi Morishima....these two came across in the ring as being the best workers in North America....(McGuinness vs. Aries is) One fantastic match. ****3/4" - Dave Meltzer in the March 17th edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

March 16th: Jay & Mark Briscoe with Daizee Haze will take on The Age Of The Fall of The Necro Butcher & Joey Matthews with Lacey in a No Rules Street Fight today in Philadelphia as part of the pay-per-view taping. The Briscoes promise violence as this is their first opportunity to get their hands on The Age Of The Fall on PPV. They have even gone so far as to say that Joey Matthews infamous facial injury in WWE will be nothing compared to what happens to him today. This one is going to be insane.

March 16th: Julius Smokes and Jigsaw left their comp tickets today for Eddie Kingston and any friends he wants to bring.

March 16th: Director Darren Aronofsky, actor Mickey Rourke and Oscar Winner Marisa Tomei were very impressed with ROH the last two nights in Dover, NJ. They were all very appreciative of the crowd reactions towards the filming of "The Wrestler" and want to thank the ROH fans. Tomei watched several matches. Maybe she will order ROH "Rising Above" TONIGHT at 8pm on iN DEMAND.

March 16th: Check www.ROHwrestling.com now for a big sale. The buy 3, get 1 free sale on ROH DVDs is in effect at both today's live event in Philly and at ROHwrestling.com. Recent ROH releases available today include:

-1/25/08 "Breakout" (Nigel McGuinness vs. Chris Hero in a Steel Cage, Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black)

-1/12/08 "Transform" (Jay & Mark Briscoe, Jack Evans, Jigsaw, Daizee and The Age Of The Fall of Jimmy Jacobs, Tyler Black, The Necro Butcher & Lacey in a wild brawl, Erick Stevens vs. Bryan Danielson)

-1/11/08 "Proving Ground" (The ULTIMATE Ultimate Endurance, Austin Aries vs. Erick Stevens)

-12/27/07 "Final Battle 2007" (Aries vs. Danielson vs. Morishima vs. Hero, Briscoes vs. Jacobs & Black)

March 16th: One of ROH's all-time greatest rivalries is finally going to be on pay-per-view. ROH officials want to showcase the two ROH aces at their best. Today in Philadelphia will be Bryan Danielson vs. Austin Aries as part of the PPV taping. These two always push each other. Now the stakes are increased as they battle on PPV for the first time. This one promises to be a classic as Danielson vs. Aries finally takes place on PPV. Get your tickets at the door and see this classic rivalry get taken to the next level when Aries and Danielson collide on PPV!!! {plug}

 

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