ROH News: KENTA’s injury, ROH in talks with AAA, 12/5 Chicago show, & more

News

The following news items were posted on the November 2nd edition of the ROH Newswire:

As was reported last Friday in ROH’s website, KENTA suffered a torn ACL wrestling in Japan and will be out of action for at least six months. ROH wishes KENTA well in his recovery.

This, of course, means that KENTA’s November tour of ROH is off, and ROH is working on making changes to the cards in Philadelphia (11/5 and 11/6), Edison, NJ (11/7), Detroit (11/13) and Mississauga (11/14). At this point, the following changes have been announced:
– This Friday in Philadelphia, Tyler Black’s partner in his match against Austin Aries and Kenny King will now be Colt Cabana.
– In Edison, NJ, Roderick Strong will now take on Delirious, who is now back from his tour of Pro Wrestling NOAH (click here for more on Delirious’ tour).

Also, due to KENTA’s injury, ROH has brought in former GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima as a replacement. Nakajima’s signing was made official this morning. Nakajima will be on hand for the Detroit and Mississauga shows, and his opponents will be announced on Wednesday. Tickets for those shows are still available on ROH’s website.

Tonight’s match with Colt Cabana was the final wrestling appearance on television of Nigel McGuinness.

ROH officials have had increased talks over the last 72 hours with AAA officials. More on this as it becomes available.

ROH World Champion Austin Aries will not defend his title this weekend in Edison, NJ. Instead, he will team up with Rhett Titus in tag team action.

The Necro Butcher has accepted Prince Nana’s challenge and will face off against the Embassy’s new “monster” this weekend in Edison.

ROH Executive Producer Jim Cornette will be on hand for this weekend’s shows, and intends on addressing the fans and the roster on Thursday night.

ROH is now having its own “Black Friday” sale, where you can get 35-40 percent off DVD’s, event tickets, apparel, and more at ROH’s website. This sale will last until Wednesday at noon EST. Click here for more details and for the sale code.

The DVD of ROH’s September 18th show in Dayton, OH, titled “Final Countdown Tour – Dayton”, is now available on ROH’s website. Matches and features in this DVD include the following (click here for more details):
– The Briscoes vs. The Young Bucks
– Davey Richards vs. Claudio Castagnoli
– Colt Cabana & Petey Williams vs. Austin Aries & Rhett Titus
– Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Hero
– Option to watch the DVD with or without commentary
– Other bonus features

The following wrestlers have been signed for ROH’s return to Chicago on December 5th: Austin Aries, the House of Truth, Kenny Omega, Tyler Black, The Dark City Fight Club, Erick Stevens, Colt Cabana, and Kenny King. ROH will begin announcing matches next week.