ROH The Big Bang!
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The Big Bang! was a professional wrestling
pay-per-view
event produced by Ring of Honor
(ROH), which was only available online. It took place on April 3, 2010 from the Grady Cole Center
in Charlotte, North Carolina
. Eight matches were featured on the card.
and storylines
. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains
or heroes
in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match.
On January 18, 2010, Jim Cornette
announced on an episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling that ROH would make its debut in Charlotte, North Carolina with a Internet
-only pay-per-view
called "The Big Bang!", which sported the slogan, "pro wrestling explodes into the 21st century".
The main feud heading into The Big Bang! was between Tyler Black
, Austin Aries
, and Roderick Strong
over Black's ROH World Championship
. At ROH's first online-pay-per-view, Final Battle 2009
in December 2009, then-champion Aries had successfully defended the championship against Black in an hour-long time-limit draw. As a result of Aries trying to run away and take a countout loss, where he would have retained the championship, exectuve producer Jim Cornette announced that Aries and Black would have a rematch at ROH's 8th Anniversary Show in New York City
on February 13. In case of a draw in the rematch, Cornette decreed that three judges would select the winner of the match, and that both Black and Aries would choose a judge. Black elected Roderick Strong, and Aries chose his ally, Kenny King
. Cornette then announced himself as the third judge. Strong agreed to be a judge, on the condition that he receive a match for the championship if Black won. During the match at the 8th Anniversary Show, Black superkicked both Cornette and Strong en route to defeating Aries to win his first ROH World Championship. In early March, Cornette announced that as a result of Strong being promised a championship match and Aries invoking his rematch clause, a three-way elimination match would occur at The Big Bang!.
At Final Battle 2009, the regular tag team
of Kevin Steen and El Generico
disbanded following a loss to The Young Bucks
, when Kevin Steen
turned on El Generico
and hit him with a steel chair
. Colt Cabana came out to the ring
to stop Steen, who then left ringside. Following this, Cabana attempted to reason with Steen, who had allied himself with Steve Corino
. During this time, Generico refused to hurt Steen, despite Cabana encouraging him to extract revenge.
At Final Battle 2009, Claudio Castagnoli
and Chris Hero
, collectively known as The Kings of Wrestling, reunited and attacked the Briscoe Brothers
moments after the Briscoes had won the ROH World Tag Team Championship
. Following this, both members of the Kings of Wrestling went on a tour of Japan
with Pro Wrestling Noah
in January, with it being worked into the storyline between the two teams. The Kings of Wrestling later teamed with The American Wolves
(Eddie Edwards
and Davey Richards
) to defeat the Briscoes and The Young Bucks in an eight-man tag team match in Los Angeles
. It was later announced the Kings of Wrestling would receive a World Tag Team Championship match against the Briscoes at The Big Bang!.
deal with Go Fight Live (GFL) to air live events over the Internet
. The first event to be aired as part of this deal was Final Battle 2009.
The Big Bang! was the first ROH show to be held in Charlotte, and it took place in the Grady Cole Center
. The event featured several Lucha libre
wrestlers as well as ROH competitors, including Blue Demon, Jr.
and Magno
. Prior to the show, an autograph session was held, featuring Jim Cornette, Bobby Eaton
, and Tommy Young
.
The first match that aired was between Phill Shatter
and Zack Salvation. Salvation controlled the first part of the match, but Shatter was able to counter several submission attempts, and eventually won the match with a slam.
The second match was a Pick 6 Series match between Kenny King
, ranked number five, and Davey Richards
. King was accompanied by his occasional tag team partner, Rhett Titus
, who interfered at several points during the match. Richards won the back and forth encounter by submission, by forcing King to tap out to the cloverleaf. After the match, Richards declared his intention to win the ROH World Championship and called himself the best in the world. Christopher Daniels
made his return to ROH for the first time in several years to challenge Richards' statement, and told him that if he wanted to call himself the best in the world, he had to go through Daniels first.
The third match was a Butcher's Rules match between the Necro Butcher
and Erick Stevens
, who was accompanied by his manager
Prince Nana
and Mr. Ernesto Osiris. Necro won with a roll-up. The fourth match was Rhett Titus versus Cassandro el Exotico in a singles match. Cassandro won the match via a roll-up, despite having appeared to have suffered a leg injury after a suicide dive to the outside.
The next match was a tag team match
between El Generico
and Colt Cabana and the team of Kevin Steen
and Steve Corino
. The match ended in disqualification when Steen hit Cabana with a steel chair
. After the match, Steen kept attacking Cabana, making him bleed, until Generico made the save. Generico went on to attack Corino and Steen. When other wrestlers attempted to restrain Generico, he attacked them, and ended by performing a super brainbuster
on Grizzly Redwood. Cabana then challenged Steen and Corino to a Chicago Street Fight on April 24.
During intermission, Kevin Kelly
hosted an interview with Ring of Honor Wrestling executive producer Jim Cornette
, Bobby Eaton
, and former National Wrestling Alliance
referee
Tommy Young
. Cornette announced that Young would be a special outside referee for the ROH World Championship match that evening, and also confirmed that Daniels would be in attendance at ROH shows on May 7 and 8.
, between the defending champions the Briscoe Brothers
(Mark and Jay) and the Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero
and Claudio Castagnoli
). The Kings of Wrestling defeated the Briscoes to win the championship for the second time.
The second-last match of the night was the triple threat elimination match for the ROH World Championship, between the defending champion Tyler Black
and the challengers Roderick Strong
and Austin Aries
. Strong was the first eliminated after Aries performed two brainbusters and pinned him for the elimination approximately 26 minutes and 42 seconds. Less than five minutes later, after a total of 31 minutes and 32 seconds, Black pinned Aries to win the match and retain the championship after a series of superkicks. After the pin, Kenny King (who had come down to ringside in an attempt to aid Aries) and Aries attacked Black, until Strong made the save. Strong then refused to shake Black's hand before walking backstage.
The event was a tag team match which pitted the team of Blue Demon, Jr.
and Magno
against Super Parka
and Misterioso
. Magno and Blue Demon, Jr. won the match when Magno pinned Misterioso.
During his match with Rhett Titus, it appeared that wrestler Cassandro el Exotico had suffered a leg injury. Later on in the evening, commentator Dave Prazak
announced that Cassandro had suffered a broken leg.
Following their ROH World Tag Team Championship victory, Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero (collectively known as The Kings of Wrestling), continued to feud with the Briscoes. The Briscoes invoked their rematch clause for the next pay-per-view, Death Before Dishonor VIII
. In the weeks prior to Death Before Dishonor VIII, Hero attacked the Briscoes' father, knocking him out with a rolling elbow. As a result, Cornette announced the match between the two teams would be a No Disqualification match.
Christopher Daniels returned to ROH for the first time in almost three years at The Big Bang!, making his first appearance since April 28, 2007 to challenge Davey Richards. Daniels had his first matches back for ROH the following month, on May 7 and 8, when he faced Kevin Steen, and Davey Richards' long-time tag team partner, Eddie Edwards.
On May 6, ROH announced that they were considering the next challenger for Tyler Black's ROH World Championship. It was later announced that Davey Richards had recevied a title match, and would be facing Black at Death Before Dishonor VIII. Following his failed attempt to regain the World Championship at The Big Bang!, Austin Aries announced his intention to become "the greatest manager that ever lived", and dedicated himself to helping his proteges The All Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus) win the World Tag Team Championship. Roderick Strong obtained a new manager in Truth Martini, and was announced as a participant in the "Toronto Gauntlet" at Death Before Dishonor VIII.
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
pay-per-view
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event produced by Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
(ROH), which was only available online. It took place on April 3, 2010 from the Grady Cole Center
Grady Cole Center
Grady Cole Center is a small civic center located near Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina.The 3,000 seat center is located near the city's center, and can host several types of events. It was built in 1954 to replace the Charlotte Armory Arena, which had been destroyed...
in Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
. Eight matches were featured on the card.
Background
The Big Bang! featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feudsFeud (professional wrestling)
A professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or alliances of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised...
and storylines
Narrative thread
A narrative thread, or plot thread , refers to particular elements and techniques of writing to center the story in the action or experience of characters rather than to relate a matter in a dry 'All knowing' sort of narration...
. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
or heroes
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match.
On January 18, 2010, Jim Cornette
Jim Cornette
James Mark "Jim" Cornette is an American professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter, and booker. As a manager, he has worked for Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation and from 1991 to 1995, was the owner of Smoky Mountain Wrestling...
announced on an episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling that ROH would make its debut in Charlotte, North Carolina with a Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
-only pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
called "The Big Bang!", which sported the slogan, "pro wrestling explodes into the 21st century".
The main feud heading into The Big Bang! was between Tyler Black
Tyler Black
Colby Lopez is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Tyler Black. He is signed to a contract with WWE, where he competes in their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling as Seth Rollins. He is a former FCW 15 Champion and FCW Florida Tag Team Champion with...
, Austin Aries
Austin Aries
Daniel Healy "Dan" Solwold, Jr. better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is the current X Division Champion...
, and Roderick Strong
Roderick Strong
Chris Lindsey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Roderick Strong. Strong currently competes in several independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor , Full Impact Pro , and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .He initially debuted as The Jester on the Floridian...
over Black's ROH World Championship
ROH World Championship
The Ring of Honor World Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in Ring of Honor. The championship has also been through other companies in cooperation with ROH through the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance , the governing body of many independent wrestling...
. At ROH's first online-pay-per-view, Final Battle 2009
Final Battle 2009
Final Battle 2009 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor , which was only available online. It took place on December 19, 2009 from the Manhattan Center in New York City...
in December 2009, then-champion Aries had successfully defended the championship against Black in an hour-long time-limit draw. As a result of Aries trying to run away and take a countout loss, where he would have retained the championship, exectuve producer Jim Cornette announced that Aries and Black would have a rematch at ROH's 8th Anniversary Show in New York City
New York City
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on February 13. In case of a draw in the rematch, Cornette decreed that three judges would select the winner of the match, and that both Black and Aries would choose a judge. Black elected Roderick Strong, and Aries chose his ally, Kenny King
Kenny Layne
Kenny Layne is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kenny King. King currently wrestles for Ring of Honor. He was a contestant in the second season of WWF Tough Enough.-Early life:...
. Cornette then announced himself as the third judge. Strong agreed to be a judge, on the condition that he receive a match for the championship if Black won. During the match at the 8th Anniversary Show, Black superkicked both Cornette and Strong en route to defeating Aries to win his first ROH World Championship. In early March, Cornette announced that as a result of Strong being promised a championship match and Aries invoking his rematch clause, a three-way elimination match would occur at The Big Bang!.
At Final Battle 2009, the regular tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
of Kevin Steen and El Generico
Kevin Steen and El Generico
Kevin Steen and El Generico are a professional wrestling tag team performing on the independent circuit.-Pro Wrestling Guerrilla:On July 29, 2007, at Giant Size Annual #4, Generico and Steen defeated PAC and Roderick Strong to become the PWG World Tag Team Champions for the first time...
disbanded following a loss to The Young Bucks
The Young Bucks
The Young Bucks is an American professional wrestling tag team, consisting of real life brothers Matt and Nick Massie from Southern California...
, when Kevin Steen
Kevin Steen
Kevin Steen is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently performing for various promotions on the independent circuit, most notably California-based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Ring of Honor.-Professional wrestling career:...
turned on El Generico
El Generico
Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name El Generico. Sebei uses the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico...
and hit him with a steel chair
Folding chair
A folding chair is a light, portable chair that that folds flat, and can be stored in a stack, row, or on a cart.-Uses:Folding chairs are generally used for seating in areas where permanent seating is not possible or practical. This includes outdoor and indoor events such as funerals, college...
. Colt Cabana came out to the ring
Wrestling ring
A wrestling ring is the ring stage on which professional wrestlers wrestle.-Configuration and construction:The configuration and construction of the "traditional" ring is very similar to that of a boxing ring, though the wrestling version has three ring ropes...
to stop Steen, who then left ringside. Following this, Cabana attempted to reason with Steen, who had allied himself with Steve Corino
Steve Corino
Steven Eugene "Steve" Corino is a Canadian professional wrestler, who currently works for Pro Wrestling Zero1, Ring of Honor and numerous other independent promotions. Corino is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and ECW World Heavyweight Champion.-Early years :Corino began wrestling in 1994...
. During this time, Generico refused to hurt Steen, despite Cabana encouraging him to extract revenge.
At Final Battle 2009, Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Antonio Cesaro...
and Chris Hero
Chris Hero
Chris Spradlin is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Hero. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including Ring of Honor, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...
, collectively known as The Kings of Wrestling, reunited and attacked the Briscoe Brothers
Briscoe Brothers
The Briscoe Brothers are the professional wrestling tag team of Jay and Mark Briscoe. They are currently wrestling for the American promotions Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as occasionally for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah.Their wrestling careers have...
moments after the Briscoes had won the ROH World Tag Team Championship
ROH World Tag Team Championship
The Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants usually execute...
. Following this, both members of the Kings of Wrestling went on a tour of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
with Pro Wrestling Noah
Pro Wrestling Noah
is a major Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa. NOAH is broadcast weekly in Japan...
in January, with it being worked into the storyline between the two teams. The Kings of Wrestling later teamed with The American Wolves
The American Wolves
The American Wolves are the professional wrestling tag team of Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards. They are currently wrestling for the American promotions Ring of Honor and Squared Circle Wrestling , where they have won the Tag Team Championships of both companies.The two started out as members of...
(Eddie Edwards
Eddie Edwards (wrestler)
Eddie Edwards is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for wrestling with Ring of Honor , where he is a former ROH World Champion. He also had previous reigns as a former ROH World Tag Team Champion with his partner Davey Richards as The American Wolves and as the inaugural ROH World...
and Davey Richards
Davey Richards
Wesley David Richards is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Davey Richards.Richards is currently under contract with Ring of Honor, where he is the current ROH World Champion, but also wrestles for several companies on the independent circuit, including Pro Wrestling...
) to defeat the Briscoes and The Young Bucks in an eight-man tag team match in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. It was later announced the Kings of Wrestling would receive a World Tag Team Championship match against the Briscoes at The Big Bang!.
Production
On November 23, 2009, ROH announced that they had signed a pay-per-viewPay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
deal with Go Fight Live (GFL) to air live events over the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. The first event to be aired as part of this deal was Final Battle 2009.
The Big Bang! was the first ROH show to be held in Charlotte, and it took place in the Grady Cole Center
Grady Cole Center
Grady Cole Center is a small civic center located near Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina.The 3,000 seat center is located near the city's center, and can host several types of events. It was built in 1954 to replace the Charlotte Armory Arena, which had been destroyed...
. The event featured several Lucha libre
Lucha libre
Lucha libre is a term used in Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries, for a form of professional wrestling that has developed within those countries...
wrestlers as well as ROH competitors, including Blue Demon, Jr.
Blue Demon, Jr.
Blue Demon, Jr. is a Mexican luchador and professional wrestler. He is the allegedly adopted son of the legendary original Blue Demon and is the first Mexican and the second masked wrestler to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Blue Demon, Jr.'s real name is unknown.-Origins and heritage...
and Magno
Magno
Magno is a Mexican professional wrestler best known for his short appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He has also wrestled in the United States independent circuit of Ring of Honor, Chikara, and National Wrestling Alliance.-Professional wrestling career:An independent El Paso/Ciudad...
. Prior to the show, an autograph session was held, featuring Jim Cornette, Bobby Eaton
Bobby Eaton
Robert Lee "Bobby" Eaton is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, who made his debut in 1976. Eaton is most famous for his work in tag teams, especially his days as one-half of the team the Midnight Express. Under the management of Jim Cornette, Eaton originally teamed with Dennis...
, and Tommy Young
Tommy Young
Tommy Young is a professional wrestling referee famous for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance and Jim Crockett Promotions.-Career:...
.
Preliminary matches
Prior to the live broadcast, a dark match was shown the audience, in which Grizzly Redwood and The Bravado Brothers (Lance and Harlem) defeated Ernie Osiris, Zack Sabre, Jr., and KC McKnight.The first match that aired was between Phill Shatter
Phill Shatter
Chad Lail is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion, where he performs under the ring name Gunner. In TNA, Lail is a member of the Immortal stable and a former one-time TNA Television Champion...
and Zack Salvation. Salvation controlled the first part of the match, but Shatter was able to counter several submission attempts, and eventually won the match with a slam.
The second match was a Pick 6 Series match between Kenny King
Kenny Layne
Kenny Layne is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kenny King. King currently wrestles for Ring of Honor. He was a contestant in the second season of WWF Tough Enough.-Early life:...
, ranked number five, and Davey Richards
Davey Richards
Wesley David Richards is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Davey Richards.Richards is currently under contract with Ring of Honor, where he is the current ROH World Champion, but also wrestles for several companies on the independent circuit, including Pro Wrestling...
. King was accompanied by his occasional tag team partner, Rhett Titus
Rhett Titus
Everett Lawrence Titus is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Rhett Titus. A student of the ROH Wrestling Academy, Titus has been competing for Ring of Honor , as well as various independent promotions, since 2006.-Career:Titus began training at the ROH Wrestling...
, who interfered at several points during the match. Richards won the back and forth encounter by submission, by forcing King to tap out to the cloverleaf. After the match, Richards declared his intention to win the ROH World Championship and called himself the best in the world. Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniels
Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is also known for performing under the ring name Curry Man. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , while also...
made his return to ROH for the first time in several years to challenge Richards' statement, and told him that if he wanted to call himself the best in the world, he had to go through Daniels first.
The third match was a Butcher's Rules match between the Necro Butcher
Necro Butcher
Dylan Keith Summers is an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Necro Butcher. Throughout the years he has worked for various promotions, including Beyond Wrestling, Firestormpro, Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, IWA-Mid South, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Big Japan Pro Wrestling,...
and Erick Stevens
Erick Stevens
Erick Stevens is an American professional wrestler. Stevens wrestles for many independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro where he is a former 2 time World Heavyweight Champion.-NWA Florida:...
, who was accompanied by his manager
Manager (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
Prince Nana
Prince Nana
Prince Nana Osei Bandoh is an American professional wrestler of Ghanaian extraction, better known by his ring name, Prince Nana. He has stated that he is an Ashanti prince.-Professional wrestling career:...
and Mr. Ernesto Osiris. Necro won with a roll-up. The fourth match was Rhett Titus versus Cassandro el Exotico in a singles match. Cassandro won the match via a roll-up, despite having appeared to have suffered a leg injury after a suicide dive to the outside.
The next match was a tag team match
Professional wrestling tag team match types
Much like singles matches, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace...
between El Generico
El Generico
Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name El Generico. Sebei uses the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico...
and Colt Cabana and the team of Kevin Steen
Kevin Steen
Kevin Steen is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently performing for various promotions on the independent circuit, most notably California-based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Ring of Honor.-Professional wrestling career:...
and Steve Corino
Steve Corino
Steven Eugene "Steve" Corino is a Canadian professional wrestler, who currently works for Pro Wrestling Zero1, Ring of Honor and numerous other independent promotions. Corino is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and ECW World Heavyweight Champion.-Early years :Corino began wrestling in 1994...
. The match ended in disqualification when Steen hit Cabana with a steel chair
Folding chair
A folding chair is a light, portable chair that that folds flat, and can be stored in a stack, row, or on a cart.-Uses:Folding chairs are generally used for seating in areas where permanent seating is not possible or practical. This includes outdoor and indoor events such as funerals, college...
. After the match, Steen kept attacking Cabana, making him bleed, until Generico made the save. Generico went on to attack Corino and Steen. When other wrestlers attempted to restrain Generico, he attacked them, and ended by performing a super brainbuster
Brainbuster
A brainbuster is a professional wrestling throw in which a wrestler puts his/her opponent in a front facelock, hooks his/her pants, and lifts him/her up as if he/she was executing a vertical suplex. The wrestler then falls onto his/her back so that the opponent lands on his/her head while remaining...
on Grizzly Redwood. Cabana then challenged Steen and Corino to a Chicago Street Fight on April 24.
During intermission, Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, and a former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Catalog. He has also been a writer, photographer, conservationist, and student of Asian and digital culture.-Biography:...
hosted an interview with Ring of Honor Wrestling executive producer Jim Cornette
Jim Cornette
James Mark "Jim" Cornette is an American professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter, and booker. As a manager, he has worked for Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation and from 1991 to 1995, was the owner of Smoky Mountain Wrestling...
, Bobby Eaton
Bobby Eaton
Robert Lee "Bobby" Eaton is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, who made his debut in 1976. Eaton is most famous for his work in tag teams, especially his days as one-half of the team the Midnight Express. Under the management of Jim Cornette, Eaton originally teamed with Dennis...
, and former National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
referee
Referee (professional wrestling)
A professional wrestling referee is the official figure that makes sure that wrestling matches move smoothly in an attempt to maintain kayfabe. The referee also has the ultimate power in the ring...
Tommy Young
Tommy Young
Tommy Young is a professional wrestling referee famous for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance and Jim Crockett Promotions.-Career:...
. Cornette announced that Young would be a special outside referee for the ROH World Championship match that evening, and also confirmed that Daniels would be in attendance at ROH shows on May 7 and 8.
Main event matches
The match immediately following the intermission was for the ROH World Tag Team ChampionshipROH World Tag Team Championship
The Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants usually execute...
, between the defending champions the Briscoe Brothers
Briscoe Brothers
The Briscoe Brothers are the professional wrestling tag team of Jay and Mark Briscoe. They are currently wrestling for the American promotions Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as occasionally for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah.Their wrestling careers have...
(Mark and Jay) and the Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero
Chris Hero
Chris Spradlin is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Hero. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including Ring of Honor, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...
and Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Antonio Cesaro...
). The Kings of Wrestling defeated the Briscoes to win the championship for the second time.
The second-last match of the night was the triple threat elimination match for the ROH World Championship, between the defending champion Tyler Black
Tyler Black
Colby Lopez is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Tyler Black. He is signed to a contract with WWE, where he competes in their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling as Seth Rollins. He is a former FCW 15 Champion and FCW Florida Tag Team Champion with...
and the challengers Roderick Strong
Roderick Strong
Chris Lindsey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Roderick Strong. Strong currently competes in several independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor , Full Impact Pro , and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .He initially debuted as The Jester on the Floridian...
and Austin Aries
Austin Aries
Daniel Healy "Dan" Solwold, Jr. better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is the current X Division Champion...
. Strong was the first eliminated after Aries performed two brainbusters and pinned him for the elimination approximately 26 minutes and 42 seconds. Less than five minutes later, after a total of 31 minutes and 32 seconds, Black pinned Aries to win the match and retain the championship after a series of superkicks. After the pin, Kenny King (who had come down to ringside in an attempt to aid Aries) and Aries attacked Black, until Strong made the save. Strong then refused to shake Black's hand before walking backstage.
The event was a tag team match which pitted the team of Blue Demon, Jr.
Blue Demon, Jr.
Blue Demon, Jr. is a Mexican luchador and professional wrestler. He is the allegedly adopted son of the legendary original Blue Demon and is the first Mexican and the second masked wrestler to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Blue Demon, Jr.'s real name is unknown.-Origins and heritage...
and Magno
Magno
Magno is a Mexican professional wrestler best known for his short appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He has also wrestled in the United States independent circuit of Ring of Honor, Chikara, and National Wrestling Alliance.-Professional wrestling career:An independent El Paso/Ciudad...
against Super Parka
Super Parka
Ramón Ibarra Banda is a Mexican Luchador, or Professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Super Parka. Ibarra previously worked as Volador from 1990 until 1997 and as Super Parka ever since. Ibarra is the father of Luchador Volador, Jr. and the uncle of L.A. Park, who was the...
and Misterioso
Misterioso (wrestler)
Roberto Castillo is a Mexican-American Luchador or professional wrestler currently working on the independent circuit in Mexico and Southern California under the ring name Misterioso...
. Magno and Blue Demon, Jr. won the match when Magno pinned Misterioso.
Aftermath
On April 28, 2010 ROH announced that they would be returning to Charlotte, for a show at the Metrolina Tradeshow Expo on August 28, 2010.During his match with Rhett Titus, it appeared that wrestler Cassandro el Exotico had suffered a leg injury. Later on in the evening, commentator Dave Prazak
Dave Prazak
Dave Prazak is a professional wrestling manager and commentator. He works for many independent wrestling promotions in America. He is the founder of the all female wrestling promotion Shimmer Women Athletes.-Managing:...
announced that Cassandro had suffered a broken leg.
Following their ROH World Tag Team Championship victory, Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero (collectively known as The Kings of Wrestling), continued to feud with the Briscoes. The Briscoes invoked their rematch clause for the next pay-per-view, Death Before Dishonor VIII
Death Before Dishonor VIII
Death Before Dishonor VIII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor , which was only available online. There had been seven events entitled Death Before Dishonor in the past with this being the event's first time on pay per view...
. In the weeks prior to Death Before Dishonor VIII, Hero attacked the Briscoes' father, knocking him out with a rolling elbow. As a result, Cornette announced the match between the two teams would be a No Disqualification match.
Christopher Daniels returned to ROH for the first time in almost three years at The Big Bang!, making his first appearance since April 28, 2007 to challenge Davey Richards. Daniels had his first matches back for ROH the following month, on May 7 and 8, when he faced Kevin Steen, and Davey Richards' long-time tag team partner, Eddie Edwards.
On May 6, ROH announced that they were considering the next challenger for Tyler Black's ROH World Championship. It was later announced that Davey Richards had recevied a title match, and would be facing Black at Death Before Dishonor VIII. Following his failed attempt to regain the World Championship at The Big Bang!, Austin Aries announced his intention to become "the greatest manager that ever lived", and dedicated himself to helping his proteges The All Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus) win the World Tag Team Championship. Roderick Strong obtained a new manager in Truth Martini, and was announced as a participant in the "Toronto Gauntlet" at Death Before Dishonor VIII.
Results
| # | Matches | Stipulations | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark | Grizzly Redwood, Lance and Harlem Bravado defeated Ernie Osiris, Zack Sabre, Jr., and KC McKnight | Six-man tag team match | Unknown |
| 1 | Phill Shatter Phill Shatter Chad Lail is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion, where he performs under the ring name Gunner. In TNA, Lail is a member of the Immortal stable and a former one-time TNA Television Champion... defeated Zack Salvation |
Singles match | 07:25 |
| 2 | Davey Richards Davey Richards Wesley David Richards is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Davey Richards.Richards is currently under contract with Ring of Honor, where he is the current ROH World Champion, but also wrestles for several companies on the independent circuit, including Pro Wrestling... defeated Kenny King Kenny Layne Kenny Layne is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kenny King. King currently wrestles for Ring of Honor. He was a contestant in the second season of WWF Tough Enough.-Early life:... (with Rhett Titus Rhett Titus Everett Lawrence Titus is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Rhett Titus. A student of the ROH Wrestling Academy, Titus has been competing for Ring of Honor , as well as various independent promotions, since 2006.-Career:Titus began training at the ROH Wrestling... ) (5) |
Singles match for the Pick 6 series | 16:56 |
| 3 | Necro Butcher Necro Butcher Dylan Keith Summers is an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Necro Butcher. Throughout the years he has worked for various promotions, including Beyond Wrestling, Firestormpro, Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, IWA-Mid South, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Big Japan Pro Wrestling,... defeated Erick Stevens Erick Stevens Erick Stevens is an American professional wrestler. Stevens wrestles for many independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro where he is a former 2 time World Heavyweight Champion.-NWA Florida:... (with Prince Nana Prince Nana Prince Nana Osei Bandoh is an American professional wrestler of Ghanaian extraction, better known by his ring name, Prince Nana. He has stated that he is an Ashanti prince.-Professional wrestling career:... and Mr. Ernesto Osiris) |
Butcher's Rules match | 08:41 |
| 4 | Cassandro el Exotico defeated Rhett Titus Rhett Titus Everett Lawrence Titus is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Rhett Titus. A student of the ROH Wrestling Academy, Titus has been competing for Ring of Honor , as well as various independent promotions, since 2006.-Career:Titus began training at the ROH Wrestling... |
Singles match | 09:03 |
| 5 | Colt Cabana and El Generico El Generico Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name El Generico. Sebei uses the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico... defeated Kevin Steen Kevin Steen Kevin Steen is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently performing for various promotions on the independent circuit, most notably California-based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Ring of Honor.-Professional wrestling career:... and Steve Corino Steve Corino Steven Eugene "Steve" Corino is a Canadian professional wrestler, who currently works for Pro Wrestling Zero1, Ring of Honor and numerous other independent promotions. Corino is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and ECW World Heavyweight Champion.-Early years :Corino began wrestling in 1994... by disqualification |
Tag team match Professional wrestling tag team match types Much like singles matches, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace... |
09:57 |
| 6 | The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero Chris Hero Chris Spradlin is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Hero. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including Ring of Honor, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan... and Claudio Castagnoli Claudio Castagnoli Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Antonio Cesaro... ) (with Shane Hagadorn) defeated the Briscoe Brothers Briscoe Brothers The Briscoe Brothers are the professional wrestling tag team of Jay and Mark Briscoe. They are currently wrestling for the American promotions Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as occasionally for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah.Their wrestling careers have... (Jay and Mark) (c) |
Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship ROH World Tag Team Championship The Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants usually execute... |
30:19 |
| 7 | Tyler Black Tyler Black Colby Lopez is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Tyler Black. He is signed to a contract with WWE, where he competes in their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling as Seth Rollins. He is a former FCW 15 Champion and FCW Florida Tag Team Champion with... (c) defeated Roderick Strong Roderick Strong Chris Lindsey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Roderick Strong. Strong currently competes in several independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor , Full Impact Pro , and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .He initially debuted as The Jester on the Floridian... and Austin Aries Austin Aries Daniel Healy "Dan" Solwold, Jr. better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is the current X Division Champion... |
Triple Threat Elimination Match for the ROH World Championship ROH World Championship The Ring of Honor World Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in Ring of Honor. The championship has also been through other companies in cooperation with ROH through the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance , the governing body of many independent wrestling... |
31:37 |
| 8 | Blue Demon, Jr. Blue Demon, Jr. Blue Demon, Jr. is a Mexican luchador and professional wrestler. He is the allegedly adopted son of the legendary original Blue Demon and is the first Mexican and the second masked wrestler to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Blue Demon, Jr.'s real name is unknown.-Origins and heritage... and Magno Magno Magno is a Mexican professional wrestler best known for his short appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He has also wrestled in the United States independent circuit of Ring of Honor, Chikara, and National Wrestling Alliance.-Professional wrestling career:An independent El Paso/Ciudad... defeated Super Parka Super Parka Ramón Ibarra Banda is a Mexican Luchador, or Professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Super Parka. Ibarra previously worked as Volador from 1990 until 1997 and as Super Parka ever since. Ibarra is the father of Luchador Volador, Jr. and the uncle of L.A. Park, who was the... and Misterioso Misterioso (wrestler) Roberto Castillo is a Mexican-American Luchador or professional wrestler currently working on the independent circuit in Mexico and Southern California under the ring name Misterioso... |
Tag team match | 15:36 |