Rising Above (2008)

Rising Above (2008) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor. It took place on November 22, 2008 from the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. It aired on January 16, 2009.

Background

Rising Above 2008 featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers working for the Ring of Honor promotion. It also involved a match for the Shimmer Championship, the top title in Ring of Honor's then sister promotion Shimmer Women Athletes.

The major feuds leading into the event were those between Austin Aries and Jimmy Jacobs and Nigel McGuinness and Bryan Danielson.^[2]^[3] Austin Aries and Jimmy Jacobs began feuding when Aries took Jacobs' kayfabe girlfriend Lacey away from him. The feud escalated to the point in which it was decided the pair would face each other in an "I Quit" Match. The Nigel McGuinness and Bryan Danielson feud largely revolved around their very competitive previous matches. The ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness also resented the fact that Danielson was considered the 'best wrestler in the world' by many fans, despite the fact that he was the World Champion.^[2]

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[1]
1^D	The Phoenix Twins (Tweak and Dash) defeated Grizzly Redwood and Aaron Scott	Tag team match
2	Kevin Steen and El Generico (c) defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe)	Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship	06:39
3	MsChif (c) defeated Sara Del Rey (with Larry Sweeney)	Singles match for the Shimmer Championship	09:11
4^D	Delirious defeated Rhett Titus	Singles match	06:43
5	Claudio Castagnoli defeated Sami Callihan, Silas Young, and Alex Payne	Four-corner survival match	08:54
6	Sweet n' Sour, Inc.(Chris Hero, Go Shiozaki and Davey Richards) (with Larry Sweeney and Bobby Dempsey) defeated Roderick Strong, Brent Albright and Ace Steel	Six-man tag team match	16:15
7	Austin Aries (with Lacey) defeated Jimmy Jacobs (with Tyler Black)	"I Quit" match	22:08
8	Nigel McGuinness (c) defeated Bryan Danielson	Singles match for the ROH World Championship	28:16
9^D	Samoa Joe defeated Tyler Black	Singles match	18:56
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match D – indicates the match was a dark match

References

1 2 "Ring of Honor". prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
1 2 "ROH Video Wire 11/11/2008" (Video). Ring of Honor. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
↑ "ROH Video Wire 11/18/2008" (Video). Ring of Honor. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

External links

Ring of Honor events

Rising Above	2007 2008

All events	Supercard of Honor (2004-2015) Respect is Earned (2007–2008) Driven (2007–2008) Man Up (2007) Undeniable (2007) Rising Above (2007–2008) Take No Prisoners (2008–2009) New Horizons (2008) Caged Collision (2009) Final Battle (2009–2014) The Big Bang! (2010) Death Before Dishonor (2010–2015) Glory By Honor (2010-2015) Anniversary Show (2011–2015) Best in the World (2011-2015) Border/Global Wars (2012–2015) War of the Worlds (2014–2015) Honor Rising: Japan 2016

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