Rising Above (2007)

Rising Above (2007)
Promotional poster featuring Nigel McGuinness
Promotion	Ring of Honor
Date	December 29, 2007(taped) March 7, 2008(aired)
City	New York, New York
Venue	Manhattan Center
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Rising Above (2007) was the inaugural Rising Above professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on December 29, 2007, from the Manhattan Center in New York, New York and first aired on March 7, 2008.

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Daizee Haze defeated Lacey and Sara Del Rey	Three-way match	06:26
2	Delirious defeated Brent Albright (with Adam Pearce)	Singles match	06:11
3	Kevin Steen and El Generico defeated The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) (with Lacey), The Hangmen 3 (Adam Pearce and B. J. Whitmer), and The Vulture Squad (Jack Evans and Ruckus) (with Julius Smokes)	Tag team scramble match	07:31
4	Davey Richards defeated Erick Stevens by submission	Singles match	09:52
5	Claudio Castagnoli defeated Chris Hero (with Larry Sweeney, Tank Toland and Bobby Dempsey)	Singles match	09:20
6	Nigel McGuinness (c) defeated Austin Aries	Singles match for the ROH World Championship	23:16
7D	Necro Butcher defeated Jigsaw, Matt Cross and Mitch Franklin	Four Way Fray	—
8	Bryan Danielson defeated Takeshi Morishima by disqualification	Singles match	08:20
9	The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) (c) defeated No Remorse Corps (Roderick Strong and Rocky Romero)	Two out of three falls match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship	21:45
10D	Naomichi Marufuji defeated Claudio Castagnoli	Singles match	—
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match D  – this was a dark match

See also

• 2007 in professional wrestling
• List of Ring of Honor pay-per-view events

External links

• ROHwrestling.com