ROH News – Nakajima matches announced, HDNet on DirecTV, more Chicago names, and more

News

The following news items were posted on the November 4th edition of the ROH Newswire:

ROH will be in Philadelphia this Thursday and Friday for six weeks of ROH on HDNet tapings and in Edison, NJ on Saturday. Announced matches and appearances for these shows are as follows:

Philadelphia, November 5th (7 PM EST bell time – tickets still available at the door):
– Austin Aries defends the ROH World Title against an unannounced opponent
– Tyler Black vs. Sonjay Dutt
– Claudio Castagnoli vs. Colt Cabana
– The Briscoes vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico
– Scheduled to appear: The American Wolves, Chris Hero, Roderick Strong, Kenny Omega, Joey Ryan, Steve Corino, Kenny King, Rhett Titus, Delirious (w/Daizee Haze), Necro Butcher, and more

Philadelphia, November 6th (8 PM EST bell time – tickets still available at the door):
– Davey Richards vs. Roderick Strong
– Kenny Omega vs. Chris Hero
– Austin Aries & Kenny King vs. Tyler Black & Colt Cabana
– Same stars announced for the previous night are scheduled to appear as well

Edison, NJ, November 7th (7:30 PM EST bell time – tickets still available at the door):
– Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Davey Richards & Chris Hero
– Tyler Black vs. Kenny King
– Roderick Strong vs. Delirious
– Kenny Omega vs. Sonjay Dutt
– Jay Briscoe vs. Claudio Castagnoli
– Necro Butcher vs. The Embassy’s new “monster”
– Austin Aries & Rhett Titus in tag team action
– Also scheduled to appear: Mark Briscoe, Joey Ryan, Colt Cabana, and more.

Also, Jim Cornette will be in attendance at all three shows (and making an announcement tomorrow in Philly that will “level the playing field” at ROH), including a free meet-and-greet Saturday in Edison from 6:30 to 7:30 EST. Cornette’s Collectibles will have a merchandise table set up in Philadelphia and Edison.

ROH announced Katsuhiko Nakajima’s opponents this morning. Nakajima will wrestle the opponents scheduled to face the man he replaced, the injured KENTA. On November 13th in Detroit, Nakajima will face Kenny Omega. On November 14th in Mississauga, Ontario, Nakajima will face El Generico. Tickets for both shows are available on the “Tickets” section of ROH’s website.

Other matches have been announced for the weekend of November 13th and 14th. In Detroit, Colt Cabana will team with Delirious to take on Kenny King and Rhett Titus. The next night in Mississauga, the Canadian tag team of Asylum and Burns, known as The Flatliners, will take on The Young Bucks.

HDNet is now available on demand to DirecTV subscribers. Click here for more information.

On Tuesday night, ROH President Cary Silkin was on with Bower and Chris Cause at Wheelhouse Radio. To see what Silkin had to say on various topics, inclduing being a part of the movie The Wrestler, and what it’s like when ROH stars move on, click here.

The following wrestlers have been signed for ROH’s return to Chicago on December 5th, at the Frontier Fieldhouse: The Necro Butcher, Joey Ryan, Kevin Steen, El Generico and Roderick Strong. More names and the first matches will be announced next week.