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ROH Man Up
Man Up was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on September 15, 2007 at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, Illinois, the site of the second PPV taping Driven, and first aired on November 30. The show takes its name from the popular catchphrase "Time To Man Up" of the Briscoe Brothers who are featured in the main event of the show. This PPV also marked the first appearance of Jimmy Jacob's new stable The Age of the Fall. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter named this the best overall show of 2007. Results See also *2007 in professional wrestling 2007 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling championship. List of notable promotions These promotions held notable shows in 2007. Calendar of notable shows January February March ... * List of Ring of Honor pay-per-view events References External linksOfficial site for the PPV {{DEFAULTSORT:Roh Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Briscoe Brothers
The Briscoe Brothers are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers Jay Briscoe (Jamin "Jay" Pugh) and Mark Briscoe (Mark Pugh). They are known for their 19-year tenure with the American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). and they are the current and record 13-time ROH World Tag Team Champions The duo were featured on its first-ever event on February 23, 2002, and other than an 18-month hiatus from August 2004 to February 2006, the brothers had been focal points of the company throughout its history, feuding with some of their biggest stars. The Briscoes are 15-time World Tag Team Champions overall with their record 13 ROH World Tag Team Championships, one IWGP Tag Team Championship in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and one Impact World Tag Team Championship. They have also held Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship once, the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship once with Bully Ray and NJPW's NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tank Toland
John Michael Toland (born August 31, 1973) is a former American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Tank Toland. Toland is best known for his appearances on the independent circuit with promotions such as Ring of Honor, as well as his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment on its '' SmackDown!'' brand in 2005 to 2006 as James Dick. Professional wrestling career Toland was trained at The Monster Factory and made his debut in 2000. World Wrestling Entertainment (2003–2006) Toland wrestled in World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling starting in May 2003, teaming with Chris Cage. The babyface duo won the Tag title three times. During 2005 Toland turned heel and began to team with Chad Wicks, who posed as his cousin, Chad Toland they wrestled as the Blond Bombers and on April 12, 2005 the team won the OVW Tag Team Title from the Thrillseekers (Matt Cappotelli and Johnny Jeter). Toland also went on to hold the OVW Heavy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Briscoe
Mark Pugh (born January 18, 1985) is an American professional wrestler best known as Mark Briscoe. He is currently signed with Ring of Honor, where he is the current one-half of ROH World Tag Team Champions with Jay Briscoe in their thirteenth reign. He is also former ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. He and Jay have also wrestled in Japan, working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) - where they held the IWGP Tag Team Championship once, and the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice (along with Toru Yano) - and Pro Wrestling Noah, where they are former GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Professional wrestling career Combat Zone Wrestling (2001–2003, 2010–2012) Jay and Mark Briscoe made their debuts for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) at ''Delaware Invasion'' on January 20, 2001, being brought in to job as part of a three-on-one handicap match against Trent Acid. At the inaugural ''Best of the Best'' event, a show somewhat atypical of CZW in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Briscoe
Jamin "Jay" Pugh (born January 25, 1984) is an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Jay Briscoe. He is currently signed with Ring of Honor, where he is the current one-half of ROH World Tag Team Champions with Mark Briscoe in their thirteenth reign. He is also former two-time ROH World Champion and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. Professional wrestling career Combat Zone Wrestling (2001–2003, 2010–2012) Jay and Mark Briscoe made their debuts for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) at ''Delaware Invasion'' on January 20, 2001, being brought in to job as part of a three-on-one handicap match against Trent Acid. At the inaugural ''Best of the Best'' event, a show somewhat atypical of CZW in that it is a tournament spotlighting athletic junior heavyweight wrestling as opposed to violent hardcore matches, the two advanced past the first round in a three-way match with Nick Mondo where the stipulation was whoever took the fall would be eliminated. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ROH World Championship
The ROH World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by Ring of Honor (ROH). It is considered the most prestigious title in the promotion. The current champion is Claudio Castagnoli, who is in his second reign. The title is currently defended on All Elite Wrestling's television programs (AEW being co-owned by ROH owner Tony Khan), as well as ROH pay-per-view events. History Low Ki defeated Spanky, Christopher Daniels, and Doug Williams in a 60-minute Iron Man match to become the inaugural ROH Champion at Crowning a Champion on July 27, 2002 after holding its first tournament to crown the inaugural champion on June 22, 2002. Samoa Joe had the longest title reign to date when he held the belt for 21 months and four days. During his reign, ROH held a cross-promotional show with Frontier Wrestling Alliance in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2003, called Frontiers of Honor. At that show, Joe turned the title into the ROH World Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Danielson
Bryan Lloyd Danielson (born May 22, 1981) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Blackpool Combat Club. He is also known for his time in WWE, where he worked from 2009 to 2021 under the ring name Daniel Bryan. Danielson began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, and signed an 18-month contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2000; he later went on to make uncontracted appearances in WWE until 2003. He joined Ring of Honor (ROH) in 2002, wrestling in the main event of the promotion's first event, The Era of Honor Begins. Considered a mainstay of ROH, he stayed with the company until 2009 and, during his career, won the ROH World Championship and ROH Pure Championship once each, unifying them at one point, and was the inaugural winner of the annual Survival of the Fittest tournament. Due to his contributions to ROH, he was part of the inaugura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeshi Morishima
(born October 15, 1978) is a Japanese former professional wrestler. Morishima is best known for his work with Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former three-time GHC Heavyweight Champion. He has also performed for Ring of Honor (ROH) in the United States in the past where he was a one-time ROH World Champion. Professional wrestling career All Japan Pro Wrestling (1998–2000) Morishima attended Urayasu High School where he took part in judo. His instructor, Shoji Abe, was friends with Mitsuharu Misawa, and managed to get Morishima a tryout with All Japan Pro Wrestling, which he passed and shortly after began training with the promotion for a career in professional wrestling. Initially, Morishima was a protégé of Misawa, but after Naomichi Marufuji joined the promotion and Misawa decided instead to focus solely on training Marufuji, Akira Taue took Morishima under his wing and trained him. Morishima debuted for All Japan in 1998, but left in 2000 to join the newly forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Aries
Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler currently signed to the Control Your Narrative wrestling promotion. He is best known for his time with Impact Wrestling, where he is a three-time Impact World Championship, Impact World Champion and a six-time Impact X Division Championship, Impact X Division Champion, and Ring of Honor (ROH) where he was the first multi-time ROH World Championship, ROH World Champion. He is also known for his time with WWE, where he competed in the 205 Live (WWE brand), cruiserweight division as well as doing color commentary. Between TNA/Impact and ROH, Aries has held 14 total championships and has also held numerous international and U.S. independent championships. Aries began to work with ROH in 2004, joining the Generation Next (professional wrestling), Generation Next faction. He won the ROH World Tag Team Championship with his teammate Rode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erick Stevens
Eric Koenreich (born March 12, 1982) is an American professional wrestler. He is known by his ring name Erick Stevens and for his time in Ring of Honor. Career NWA Florida (2003–2004) Stevens debuted in May 2003 after completing his training with Roderick Strong. He began working for the now defunct NWA Florida promotion and eventually won the 2005 Rage in the Cage, an annual cage match battle royal that rewarded the winner with a heavyweight championship shot. Before Stevens could capitalize and challenge then champion Bruce Santee for the belt, however, the promotion folded. Shortly after Stevens was involved in rivalries with both Sedrick Strong and Vordell Walker. Full Impact Pro (2005–2009) In 2005 Stevens debuted for Full Impact Pro as Steve Madison's tag partner as The Miracle Violence Connection 2005/2006. After feuding with The Fast and The Furious (Jerrelle Clark and Jay Fury), the Miracle Violence Connection 2006 took on Sal Rinauro and Colt Cabana in a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Cross (wrestler)
Matthew Capiccioni (born December 31, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names M-Dogg 20, Matt Cross and Son of Havoc. He currently competes on the independent circuit and Major League Wrestling. Cross has also worked for prominent promotions such as Ring of Honor, Lucha Underground, Chikara and the short-lived Wrestling Society X. His main gimmick is that of an adherent of the straight edge lifestyle, a culture which he follows in real life. In 2011, Capiccioni joined the cast of the fifth season of ''WWE Tough Enough''. Early life Capiccioni, of descent from the country of San Marino, participated in competitive gymnastics for ten years. In 1999, he won gold medals in both the rings and the vault at the AAU Junior Olympic Games. Professional wrestling career Debut (1999–2001) A fan of Extreme Championship Wrestling, Capiccioni was involved in backyard wrestling before enrolling at the Cleveland Pro Wrestling training school unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick Strong
Christopher Lindsey (born July 26, 1983), better known by his name Roderick Strong, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand, as the leader of Diamond Mine, but is currently inactive due to an ankle injury. He is also known for his 13-year tenure with Ring of Honor, where he is a former one-time ROH World Champion, a two-time ROH World Television Champion, and a one-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with Austin Aries, which made him the second-ever ROH Triple Crown Champion. He debuted as The Jester on the Floridian independent circuit before quickly changing to his current name. He worked for IPW Hardcore and NWA Florida, before debuting for ROH in September 2003. In mid-2004, Strong joined forces with Alex Shelley, Austin Aries, and Jack Evans, collectively known as Generation Next. As part of Generation Next, Strong won the ROH World Tag Team Championship with Aries. Strong later turned on Aries, forming a new fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davey Richards
Wesley David Richards (born March 1, 1983) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), under the ring name Davey Richards, and is the current MLW National Openweight Champion in his first reign. He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling and Ring of Honor (ROH), and for several independent promotions, including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and Full Impact Pro (FIP). Richards has also worked internationally in Pro Wrestling Noah through ROH's involvement in the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance, a global organization of cooperative promotions that allow their competitors to travel abroad to other companies, and in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Richards was a former one-time ROH World Champion. He is also an eight-time world tag team champion, having won the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times (once with Rocky Romero and twice with Eddie Edwards), as well as a two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
