RESULTS ROH TV TAPINGS 8-14-09
1. Brent Albright d. Claudio Castagnoli in a Steel Cage Match: Albright wins after stomping Claudio in the head with a chair. Awesome match.
2. Bobby Dempsey and an unknown partner d. Two unknown opponents: Dempsey with the DVD to win.
3. Tony Dees d. Bruno Marciano: Tony wins with a cross body block.
4. Delirious d.
5. Tyler Black & Jerry Lynn d. Rhett Titus & Kenny King:
6. Sara Del Ray d. Nikki Roxx: Death Ray wins with the Royal Butterfly
7. Sonjay Dutt d. Alex Payne: Sonjay wins by tapout
8. Young Bucks d. Dark City Fight Club: Bucks with a roll up, said to be awesome
9. Bison Smith d. Sal Rinauro: Squash match
10. Colt Cabana d. Joey Ryan: Cabana wins w/ Billy Goat’s Curse
According to PWInsider, Nigel cut a promo and promised that the next time he gets hurt, someone is getting hurt worse.
11. Steen & Generico vs Briscoes ends in s double DQ: American Wolves interfere to end the match. Steen and Generico then announce that they will face the Wolves in Ladder War 2 in NYC!
Austin Aries is out. Pulls Kenny Omega’s name out of the hat…but Omega is not there, so he pulls Grizzly Redwood’s name…
12. Austin Aries d. Grizzly Redwood to retain the ROH World Title: Aries wins with the brainbuster
13. Erick Stevens d. Brandon Day
14. Necro Butcher d. Jimmy Rave by DQ: Bison interfered causing the DQ.
15. KENTA, Bryan Danielson, & Roderick Strong d. Chris Hero & The American Wolves: Strong hits the Gibson driver on Edwards for the win.
Dave Meltzer at WrestlingObserver.com reports:
"Tons of cost cutting going on. Pay for some of the wrestlers has been cut. Some people were pulled from the next TV tapings. Others were asked to drive long distances into
I am aware of several bounced checks and that some talent was asked to drive that normally had be flown to TV tapings, plus rates for most talent are lower for TV tapings than ROH “house shows”, as much as 2/3’s less for some.
