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| Honor Takes Center Stage | |||
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| Promotion | Ring of Honor | ||
| Date | 1 & 2 April, 2011 | ||
| City | Atlanta, GA | ||
| Venue | Center Stage Theater | ||
| Pay-per-view chronology | |||
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Honor Takes Center Stage is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It will take place over two consecutive days, on 1 and 2 April, 2011 at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta as an evening and matinee show, respectively. It is the seventh ROH event to be shown on live online pay-per-view.[1]
Production
[edit]In February 2011, ROH announced during 9th Anniversary Show that their next pay-per-view would be taking place in April and would be live on Internet pay-per-view through GoFightLive.[1]
Background
[edit]The main match of the first show is Eddie Edwards' first ROH World Championship defence, against Christopher Daniels. After becoming World Champion in September 2010, Roderick Strong first defended his title in November against Daniels who lost, but won an impromptu non-title rematch in January.[2] He was therefore granted another match for the championship at this event, with Strong as his original opponent, however at Manhattan Mayhem IV, Edwards used his Survival of The Fittest tournament win to challenge Strong and become the new ROH World Champion.[3] Edwards and Daniels have a long history as, in March 2010, Edwards became the first ROH World Television Champion[4]. He held this title for 280 days, making nine title defences until Daniels won it from him in December on the weekly Ring of Honor Wrestling programme in a match that almost went to the standard 15 minute time limit of TV Title matches.[5] Their rematch was given an extended 10 minutes and made a Two Out of Three Falls match at 9th Anniversary Show in February which ended in a 1-1 time limit draw.[3]
The second featured championship match sees Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) finally have a match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship having entered Ring of Honor the previous September. Their Glory By Honor IX debut against reigning champions Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) and lose in a non-title match. They returned to ROH as regulars from December onwards and defeated the Kings of Wrestling in another non-title match at SoCal Showdown II, then went on to win a contendership match against the Briscoe Brothers at 9th Anniversary Show earning them a rubber match with the Kings, this time for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. On 7 March, Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team issued a video challenge to the only major tag team in ROH they had not yet faced, the American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards), for a match on the second day of the event, which they soon accepted.[6]
Roderick Strong is involved in two rematches of his World Championship reign, across the weekend. On the first event he will be wrestling Davey Richards, who he defended his title against at Final Battle 2010. Their match came to an abrupt end when Richards passed out after suffering a concussion and broken ear drum.[7] Meanwhile, at SoCal Showdown II on 28 January, Strong defended his title against El Generico but had to hit Generico with the title belt to do so after Generico showed resilience against Strong.[8]
On the second day, there is another rematch but this time a tag team contest between the Briscoe Brothers and the All Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus). Going into Manhattan Mayhem IV, the Express were a villainous pair but the New York crowd did not welcome the southern Briscoes leading to a rare double-turn. Spurred on by a rowdy crowd, the match became violent with Titus becoming bloodied.[9] After the All Night Express won the match, the two teams continued to brawl even into the locker room, where a rematch was offered and eventually accepted.[10]
As part of an ongoing feud, Prince Nana's group The Embassy has been targeting Colt Cabana who disagrees with Nana using his money to exploit people. On the 24 March Videowire, Nana's barrister RD Evans announced they had procured the services of English wrestling veteran Dave Taylor to face Cabana on the second day of the event.[11]
Matches
[edit]| # | Matches: Chapter 1[1] | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Edwards (c) vs Christopher Daniels | Singles match for the ROH World Championship | |
| 2 | Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) (c) (with Shane Hagadorn) vs Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) | Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship | |
| # | Matches: Chapter 2 | Stipulations | |
| 1 | Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) vs. The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) | Tag team match | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "ROH News: ROH's official press release on "Center Stage" Internet PPVs scheduled for WrestleMania weekend". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ "Past Results". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Manhattan Mayhem IV". Ring of Honor. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
mm4was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Mackinder, Matt (1 February 2011). "ROH: New TV champion crowned". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ "The hunt returns in Atlanta". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ ""Final Battle 2010″ Rematch Signed". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ Harris, Jeffrey (30 January 2011). "The Vile One's Dungeon 01.28.11: ROH - SoCal Showdown II LIVE Report". 411mania. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ Druckman, Eric (20 March 2011). "3/19 ROH results in New York City: Report on Eddie Edwards's ROH Title win, Richards vs. Daniels Pure Wrestling, LAX reunion vs. Kings of Wrestling". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "The Briscoes/All Night Express brawl escalates". Ring of Honor. YouTube. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "Video Wire 3-24-11". Ring of Honor. YouTube. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.