ROH Anniversary Show

The ROH Anniversary Show is a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor promotion. The event celebrates the anniversary of the promotion's inaugural show The Era of Honor Begins, which was held on February 23, 2002.[1] To coincide with this, the Anniversary Show is normally held in February, though it occasionally falls into March.

Although most years have seen a one-night celebration, the third year saw three events take place over two weekends. The fifth year went further and had five events in ROH's most popular venues, leading up to a sixth and final show in Liverpool, England across three weekends. Since then, the Anniversary Show has been a single night show. Although ROH began airing live internet pay-per-views in 2009, ROH only began airing the Anniversary Show live from the ninth installment in 2011.[2][3] All previous events were recorded and sold later on DVD.


Dates and venues

Event[4] Date[4] Venue City[4] Main event[4]
One Year Anniversary Show February 8, 2003 Elks Lodge Queens, New York Da Hit Squad (Mafia & Monsta Mack), Divine Storm (Chris Divine & Quiet Storm), The S.A.T. (Jose & Joel Maximo) & Mikey Whipwreck vs. Special K (Angel Dust, Brian XL, Deranged, Dixie, Hydro, Izzy, Jody Fleisch, Slim J, Slugger & Yeyo) in a Handicap Scramble Match[5]
Second Anniversary Show February 14, 2004 National Guard Armory Braintree, Massachusetts AJ Styles vs. CM Punk for the Pure Wrestling Championship
Third Anniversary Celebration: Part 1 February 19, 2005 Rex Plex Elizabeth, New Jersey The Carnage Crew (HC Loc & Tony DeVito) vs. Generation Next (Roderick Strong & Jack Evans) vs. The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) vs. Special K (Azrieal & Dixie) vs. Special K (Izzy & Deranged) in a Scramble Cage Match
Third Anniversary Celebration: Part 2 February 25, 2005 Montgomery County Fairgrounds Dayton, Ohio AJ Styles vs. Jimmy Rave
Third Anniversary Celebration: Part 3 February 26, 2005 Frontier Fieldhouse Chicago Ridge, Illinois Austin Aries (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the ROH World Championship
Fourth Anniversary Show February 25, 2006 Inman Sports Club Edison, New Jersey Generation Next (Austin Aries & Roderick Strong) (c) vs. AJ Styles & Matt Sydal for the ROH Tag Team Championship[6]
Fifth Year Festival: NYC February 16, 2007 Manhattan Center New York City, New York Homicide (c) vs. Jimmy Rave for the ROH World Championship
Fifth Year Festival: Philly February 17, 2007 National Guard Armory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Homicide (c) vs. Takeshi Morishima for the ROH World Championship
Fifth Year Festival: Dayton February 23, 2007 Montgomery County Fairgrounds Dayton, Ohio Takeshi Morishima (c) vs. B.J. Whitmer for the ROH World Championship
Fifth Year Festival: Chicago February 24, 2007 Windy City Fieldhouse Chicago, Illinois Samoa Joe & Homicide vs. Takeshi Morishima & Nigel McGuinness
Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool March 03, 2007 Liverpool Olympia Liverpool, Merseyside Samoa Joe vs. Nigel McGuinness[7]
Fifth Year Festival: Finale March 04, 2007 Liverpool Olympia Liverpool, Merseyside Samoa Joe vs. Homicide
Sixth Anniversary Show February 23, 2008 Manhattan Center New York City, New York Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. Bryan Danielson for the ROH World Championship
7th Anniversary Show March 21, 2009 Hammerstein Ballroom New York City, New York Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. KENTA for the ROH World Championship
8th Anniversary Show February 13, 2010 Manhattan Center New York City, New York Austin Aries (c) vs. Tyler Black for the ROH World Championship
9th Anniversary Show February 26, 2011 Frontier Fieldhouse Chicago Ridge, Illinois Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark Briscoe) vs. Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) for a future match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship[8]
10th Anniversary Show: Young Wolves Rising March 4, 2012 Hammerstein Ballroom New York City, New York Eddie Edwards & Adam Cole vs. Team Ambition (Davey Richards & Kyle O'Reilly)[9]
11th Anniversary Show March 2, 2013 Frontier Fieldhouse Chicago Ridge, Illinois Kevin Steen (c) vs. Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship
12th Anniversary Show February 21, 2014 Pennsylvania National Guard Armory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Kevin Steen vs. Cliff Compton in an Unsanctioned Philadelphia Street Fight
13th Anniversary Show March 1, 2015 Orleans Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada Jay Briscoe (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Michael Elgin vs. Hanson in a Four corner survival match for the ROH World Championship

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ziegler, Jacob (2007-04-10). "ROH - The Era of Honor Begins DVD Review". 411mania. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  2. ↑ Caldwell, James (2011-01-03). "ROH announces details on next Internet PPV - three big matches signed including two title matches & headline tag match". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  3. ↑ "10th Anniversary results". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Past ROH Results". Ring of Honor. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Ring of Honor - Anniversary Show". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  6. ↑ "Ring of Honor - 4th Anniversary Show". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  7. ↑ Campbell, Mike (2012-02-19). "Rated R Reviews: ROH Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool - 3/5/07". 411mania. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  8. ↑ Martin, Adam (2011-02-26). "ROH 9th Anniversary iPPV Results 2/26/11". WrestleView. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  9. ↑ Radican, Sean (2012-03-04). "ROH "10th Anniversary Show" iPPV report - live coverage of iPPV from Manhattan". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-05-23.