Road To ROH Best In The World 24.06.2016

Kenny Omega last competed in a Ring of Honor ring in 2009. But since that time, “The Cleaner” has established himself as one of the most decorated competitors in the world! A member of Bullet Club’s Elite and the number-one contender to the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, Omega will be put to the test against DALTON CASTLE!

“The Party Peacock” has assembled quite a win/loss record early in 2016 with decisive victories in a Four Corners Survival match against Jay Briscoe, Moose, and Matt Sydal and singles bouts against Joey Daddiego, Will Ferrara, Delirious, and Corey Hollis! But his biggest test of 2016 may come against Bullet Club’s Omega!

The outward contrasts, Castle’s garish, feathery attire compared to Omega’s simplistic, monochrome stylings mask the similarities between these two deceptively strong athletes with impressive mat wrestling skills! To see this FIRST-TIME, one-on-one battle you have to BE THERE LIVE in Philadelphia!

For a world-class athlete like Matt Sydal, very few victories can be classified as upsets. His victory over former ROH World Champion Adam Cole in Nashville was marked as upset by some, but keen observers know that this signature win was the culmination of his rebirth in Ring of Honor! The victory over the former champion who remains a top contender has cemented Sydal’s status as the number one contender to the ROH World Championship!

Twelve years following his debut in Ring of Honor, Sydal seeks to complete his metamorphosis in ROH and capture the ROH World Championship in the City of Brotherly Love! The only problem? The Greatest First Generation Wrestler of All-Time is standing in his way!

Jay Lethal has held a ROH World singles championship uninterrupted for nearly two years! Since forming an alliance with Truth Martini, Lethal has defeated every challenger that he has signed to compete against, including Cole and Kyle O’Reilly at the 14th Anniversary Pay Per View! With huge wins in Japan and England in 2016, Lethal has firmly established himself as the world’s best.

Lethal and his challenger Sydal are no strangers to one another with Sydal nearly dethroning Lethal for the ROH World Television Championship at Final Battle 2014! Lethal is perhaps the greatest streak in Ring of Honor history, closing in on one year with the ROH World Title – will Sydal’s aerial assaults and stick-and-move attacks be enough to help him capture his first ROH singles championship? Will Lethal’s exhausting schedule of defenses catch up to him in the birthplace of Ring of Honor? Or will the House of Truth’s trump card prove that the House Always Wins? Join us in Philadelphia to find out!

Common enemies create an unlikely team when THE CONQUEST TOUR hits Philadelphia!

The last time we were in Philadelphia for FINAL BATTLE, Bobby Fish scored a visual submission on then-current ROH World Television Champion Roderick Strong. The referee missed the tap out, but to Fish that proved that he was the rightful TV Champ. For weeks, he antagonized Strong, who kept coming up with excuses to deny Fish his rematch. Finally, a championship match between Fish and Strong was signed for the 14TH ANNIVERSARY. Then in a shocking turn of events at HONOR RISING, Tomohiro Ishii defeated Roderick Strong and won the ROH World Television Championship!

At the 14TH ANNIVERSARY, neither Fish nor Strong managed to unseat Ishii. And it's clear the hatred between them is far from quelled. They'll square off in Philadelphia once again, but it won't be one-on-one this time. Bobby Fish will have his longtime partner, Kyle O'Reilly, while Roderick Strong teams up with Adam Cole!

Cole and Strong have their own long history, and once battled over the ROH World Television Championship themselves! Neither of these former champions is known as a "team player," but their mutual distain for reDRagon might be enough to unite them in Philadelphia. Adam Cole has spent an entire year trying to destroy Kyle O'Reilly, first by deceiving him and all of Ring of Honor and then by costing him the ROH World Championship. At the 14TH ANNIVERSARY, Cole and O'Reilly were part of an incredible triple threat main event where their hated for each other was never more apparent. And the last time ROH was in Philadelphia, Cole and O'Reilly tried to destroy each other in a brutal grudge match!

Built on so much professional and personality animosity, this match is guaranteed to be a war.

The current ROH World Tag Tem Champions are barreling through Philadelphia! After surviving a No DQ war against ANX at the 14TH ANNIVERSARY, War Machine is ready for their next challenge. On March 12, they take on 8 time ROH World Tag Team Champions, THE BRISCOES! The titles aren't on the line this round, however, because this is going to be a huge 6 man tag team match.

"Huge" definitely applies to War Machine's partner: MOOSE! In Las Vegas, Moose took on Okada in an international dream match that had then entire world of wrestling fans talking. While he was not successful in the end, Moose took IWGP Heavyweight Champion to the limit and his own career to new heights. Moose is the most physically dominant athlete on the entire ROH roster...with the possible exception of none other than Hanson and Ray Rowe. They're teaming up in Philadelphia and we might need to reinforce the ring!

#DemBoys have a new ally for the night as well: CHEESEBURGER! Granted, "Burger" doesn't bring the physical dominance of Moose, but night after night he is one of the most popular stars in the entire ROH locker room. The 2300 Arena will be on fire when Cheeseburger joins forces with The Briscoes on March 12th! THE CONQUEST TOUR is only getting bigger and you don't want to miss it!

Fresh off the heels of the 14th Anniversary Pay Per View, Ring of Honor returns to the CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE on Saturday, March 12th at the HISTORIC 2300 ARENA for a night of the BEST WRESTLING ON THE PLANET!

Long-time ROH fans know that in 2002, The Best Wrestling on the Planet hosted its inaugural show in Philadelphia. With deep Philly roots, ROH’s return to Philadelphia as part of the CONQUEST TOUR is guaranteed to be a hot ticket!

ROH Matchmaker Nigel McGuinness has signed a huge TRIPLE THREAT tag team match for Philadelphia!

The Addiction (Daniels and Kazarian) vs The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs The Machine Guns

What is it about the City of Brotherly Love that brings out the best in tag team wrestling? Whether it was the British Bulldogs versus the Hart Foundation in the Spectrum or the Midnight Express versus the Rock n Roll Express at the Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia has a storied history of tag team warfare that extends over 50 years!

The tradition will continue on March 12.

When DANIELS returned to Ring of Honor in 2014 with KAZARIAN to form the ADDICTION, the YOUNG BUCKS were the first team to greet them. The Addiction used veteran cunning to score a victory over the Bucks in the first match on Ring of Honor television.

Fast forward to one year later at the historic 2300 Arena: the Addiction had used every trick in the book including the help of their then-good friend CHRIS SABIN to dethrone reDRagon to become ROH World Tag Team Champions for the very first time. Their challengers in Philly? The Young Bucks.

While Sabin helped the Addiction win and retain the ROH World Tag Team championship, his allegiance was tested when best friend ALEX SHELLEY returned to ROH in November in Nashville! The shocking return reached its climax at the 14th Anniversary when Sabin and Shelley re-united following Shelley’s singles bout with Daniels! THE MACHINE GUNS are back!

For the Young Bucks, two-thirds of the NEVER OPENWEIGHT SIX MEN TAG TEAM Champions, The Machine Guns just represent two more faces to super kick on their way toward their second ROH World Tag Team Championship. For the Addiction, Sabin and Shelley are the faces of the conspiracy that cost them the championships! What will happen when three of the best teams in the world in the deepest tag team division in the world face off for the first time in a triple-threat match?

You’ll have to join us in Philadelphia to find out!

The WOMEN OF HONOR are back in Philadelphia! Ring of Honor's women's wrestling division has been growing with each and every match, and the bout signed for March 12th might be the biggest yet.

Joshi legend KYOKO KIMURA makes a RARE American appearance to compete with the WOMEN OF HONOR! A veteran of both professional wrestling and mixed martial arts, Kimura is world renowned for her brutality and toughness. She is a master of submissions and takedowns, but not at all against mixing in a little rule-breaking to get the job done. Kyoko Kimura has announced her impending retirement from the ring, so this is very possibly your first AND last opportunity to see this incredible athlete compete LIVE!

Joining her are two of the preeminent WOMEN OF HONOR, Veda Scott and Taeler Hendrix. Both Scott and Hendrix are well known in ROH for both their in-ring skills and their sly techniques at ringside. They will no doubt have Kimura very well prepared for any situation they might encounter...no matter how "honorable" their strategy might be!

The last time ROH hit Philadelphia, Sumie Sakai and Mandy Leon found success as a tag team! They join forces once again on March 12th. Rounding out their team is a familiar face who has been absent from North American competition in recent years, but she's back and better than ever: JENNY ROSE! ROH Dojo Graduate Jenny Rose has been training and competing in Japan herself, adding even more of an experience edge to this already formidable team.

ACH gets the opportunity of a lifetime in Philadelphia! At the 14TH ANNIVERSARY live on pay-per-view, ACH teamed up with KUSHIDA and Matt Sydal to take on the Bullet Club in a show-stealing, non-stop spectacle that more than lived up to its hype! KUSHIDA has been one of the most popular NJPW stars to compete in Ring of Honor, and his cache has increased even more now that he's reclaimed the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. And he's been added to THE CONQUEST TOUR on March 12th!

Rather than teaming up once again, ACH and KUSHIDA will be on opposite sides of the ring in Philadelphia. While this match up would be worth the price of admission under any circumstances, the stakes have just gotten higher. After learning that Kenny Omega would be unable to appear,Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling felt it was important to reward the great fans in the “Birthplace of Honor”. They are proud to announce that KUSHIDA will defend his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on Saturday March 12th!

Every professional wrestler hold aspirations of competing in Japan, and NJPW represents the ultimate goal in that arena. A win over KUSHIDA would make ACH a champion and rocket him into New Japan competition. You can bet that international eyes will be focused on this match-up! But ACH has been in high pressure situations before and he never loses his motivation. This is a massive match signed for THE CONQUEST TOUR but we aren't done yet!

This weekend on Ring of Honor television, wrestling fans across the country tuned into their Sinclair Broadcasting Affiliates and saw the finals of the 2016 Top Prospect Tournament, Moose and Kongo lock horns, Cheeseburger in action, and a knockdown, drag out singles bout between “The Party Peacock” Dalton Castle and “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels! Fans also saw a match derailed before it could begin.

Before the highly-anticipated contest between CEDRIC ALEXANDER, accompanied by VEDA SCOTT, and ADAM PAGE, BJ WHITMER interjected and attacked his former disciple before the match could begin! With rage and jealousy still simmering from Page’s unceremonious dumping of Whitmer as a mentor, Whitmer and Alexander attacked the Decade’s former young boy until JONATHAN GRESHAM made the save! There is no love lost between the technical artisan Gresham and Alexander, dating back to Gresham’s shocking win in Philadelphia!

Now, in the City of Brotherly Love, the opportunity exists for two scores to be settled! It is Alexander and Whitmer with Scott in their corner against Gresham and Page in a huge tag team bout! Alexander has been hell bent on revenge and he and Gresham will finally cross paths once again in Philly while Page will finally get Whitmer face to face after Whitmer attacked Page in Collinsville and Nashville!

The stars of Ring of Honor head deep into the heart of Texas for Supercard of Honor X, emanating from the sold-out Hyatt Regency Dallas! Thank you to our fans who have already sold out both nights of Supercard of Honor X weekend!

Everything is BIGGER in Texas and ROH Matchmaker Nigel McGuinness has pledged to make the tenth Supercard of Honor the biggest one yet!

McGuinness has been working around the clock with ROH officials to craft matches with championship implications, to settle feuds, and to provide The Best Fans on the Planet matches previously only dreamt of! Just under a month away from SCOH Night 1 on Friday, April1, McGuinness has surveyed the fallout from the 14th Anniversary and put together this BLOCKBUSTER tag team main event!

Main Event
THE YOUNG BUCKS (MATT & NICK JACKSON) v. MOTOR CITY MACHINE GUNS (ALEX SHELLEY & CHRIS SABIN)

You have heard it come from the mouth of Kevin Kelly. JAY BRISOCE has said it is the reason he and brother Mark are seeking their ninth ROH World Tag Team title reign. And the YOUNG BUCKS have said it is the reason they signed an exclusive contract with of Ring of Honor: ROH has the best, deepest, and most talented tag team division in professional wrestling!

The best tag team wrestling on the planet added another world class team at the 14th Anniversary when ALEX SHELLEY and CHRIS SABIN shocked the world by re-forming THE MOTOR CITY MACHINE GUNS. The Young Bucks will put their money where their mouths are when they will face the Machine Guns in a match-up of international super teams for the VERY FIRST TIME in a ROH ring!

These four world-class athletes have crossed paths all over the world but have yet to engage in a two-on-two tag team match in front of The Best Fans on the Planet! Now, in Dallas, the Bucks and the Guns are hitting their peak in athleticism and tag team continuity and they will have the eyes of the wrestling world upon them with championship positioning and contendership implications hanging heavily in the balance!

L'ultima puntata l'hai vista?

The rich history of professional wrestling in Dallas, Texas stretches back for decades...and now it continues with Ring of Honor! Long ago, every Saturday, the brutal battles between legends such as the Von Erichs and the Fabulous Freebirds captivated fans in the Sportatorium. Now the Dallas-Fort Worth area is set to get an even bigger dose of Ring of Honor...and this time we are going LIVE! All of your favorite ROH stars will be there LIVE for SUPERCARD OF HONOR as part of the biggest professional wrestling weekend in 2016!

Another chapter in the history of great wrestling in Dallas will be written on April 1st and April 2rd, 2016. The Hyatt Regency Dallas will be THE place to be on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Professional wrestling fans from all over the world will descend on Dallas, and ROH is going to give you an experience you will never, ever forget!

Just signed for NIGHT 2 of SUPERCARD OF HONOR X:

**MAIN EVENT**
NO HOLDS BARRED
KYLE O'REILLY vs ADAM COLE

The most heated rivalry in professional wrestling continues on April 2nd in Dallas! The personal animosity between Kyle O'Reilly and Adam Cole stretches back for years, as these former partners have grown as athletes and as bitter enemies. It was all the way back in 2012 at BEST IN THE WORLD when the former Future Shock collided in a HYBRID RULES MATCH that resulted in one of the most visceral, emotional moments in the history of ROH!

Over the past year, both O'Reilly and Cole have been entrenched in the ROH World Championship scene. Both have been trying to unseat Jay Lethal, whose incredible reign as champion might have been cut short by now if not for the rivalry between Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly. Some have speculated that Cole and O'Reilly are now too locked on each other to give the World Championship the focus it needs to be claimed.

The ultimate aspiration of any athlete who competes in Ring of Honor is to become World Champion. Cole has already accomplished this once, but has made abundantly clear that he WILL be a two time champion! Kyle O'Reilly has come so close to claiming gold, but Adam Cole has been a constant roadblock. Until the score is settled between Cole and O'Reilly, neither of these elite athletes can move on to other goals.

At FINAL BATTLE, we saw Cole and O'Reilly battle in a brutal grudge match filled with hard-hitting strikes and ligament-twisting submissions. Adam Cole managed a victory, but the conclusion of that match was not without controversy. But these two former best friends will battle one-on-one again in Dallas as part of SUPERCARD OF HONOR X!

On NIGHT 2, Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly square off with NO HOLDS BARRED! Each man can pull out any fighting technique in his arsenal to beat his opponent. Will we finally see a definitive end to this most personal of rivalries? SUPERCARD OF HONOR X is shaping up to be TWO unforgettable nights of Ring of Honor action!

The rich history of professional wrestling in Dallas, Texas stretches back for decades...and now it continues with Ring of Honor! Long ago, every Saturday, the brutal battles between legends such as the Von Erichs and the Fabulous Freebirds captivated fans in the Sportatorium. Now the Dallas-Fort Worth area is set to get an even bigger dose of Ring of Honor...and this time we are going LIVE! All of your favorite ROH stars will be there LIVE for SUPERCARD OF HONOR as part of the biggest professional wrestling weekend in 2016!

SUPERCARD OF HONOR X is already SOLD OUT, but these events will be made available for later viewing on ROHWRESTLING.com as VOD releases.

Another chapter in the history of great wrestling in Dallas will be written on April 1st and April 2rd, 2016. The Hyatt Regency Dallas will be THE place to be on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Professional wrestling fans from all over the world will descend on Dallas, and ROH is going to give you an experience you will never, ever forget!

Just signed for NIGHT 2 of SUPERCARD OF HONOR X:

2/3 FALLS MATCH
RODERICK STRONG VS. BOBBY FISH

If you thought the score between these two rivals would be settled at the 14TH ANNIVERSARY pay-per-view, you couldn't be more wrong! When Roderick Strong won the ROH World Television Championship, his arrogance rose to a whole new level. At FINAL BATTLE, he defended his title against Bobby Fish, who forced Strong to tap out right in the middle of the ring. The ROH fans saw it, but unfortunately for Fish, the referee did not.

Strong then refused to give Fish a rematch, even as crowds around the country chanted "You tapped out!" to the champion. It looked like Fish would finally get his rematch in Vegas, when Roderick Strong ran right into a Stone Pitbull! At HONOR RISING, Tomohiro Ishii shocked the entire professional wrestling world and WON the ROH World Television Championship!

The ROH World TV Championship match at the 14TH ANNIVERSARY became a Triple Threat with BOTH Strong and Fish challenging! In the end, Fish was knocked out of the ring while Strong fell to Ishii's brutal brain buster. The champion retained, and Bobby Fish was left without any final redemption over Roderick Strong.

But in Dallas on April 2, we will finally see Roderick Strong and Bobby Fish battle one-on-one. No championships are on the line here. Pride is up for grabs in one of the ultimate tests of strategy and endurance: a two out of three falls match! Two of the absolute best professional wrestlers on the planet battle it out on April 2nd on NIGHT TWO of SUPERCARD OF HONOR X!

The stars of Ring of Honor head deep into the heart of Texas for Supercard of Honor X, emanating from the sold-out Hyatt Regency Dallas! Thank you to our fans who have already sold out both nights of Supercard of Honor X weekend!

Everything is BIGGER in Texas and ROH Matchmaker Nigel McGuinness has pledged to make the tenth Supercard of Honor X the biggest one yet!

McGuinness has been working around the clock with ROH officials to craft matches with championship implications, to settle feuds, and to provide The Best Fans on the Planet matches previously only dreamt of! Just under a month away from SCOH Night 1 on Friday, April1, McGuinness has surveyed the fallout from the 14th Anniversary and put together this tremendous one-on-one bout!

ADAM COLE vs. ACH

The last time ACH and Adam Cole were in the same ring in a one-on-one contest, Cole emerged victorious in what was a successful ROH World Championship defense. But that particular singles encounter helped establish ACH as a star in Ring of Honor; ACH had defeated five other competitors earlier that evening to earn his championship opportunity against Cole and came within an eyelash of leaving Carbondale ROH World Champion.

Two years later, both men are better than ever and remain top contenders to the ROH World Championship. And this time, ACH gets Adam Cole at full strength.

In Dallas, Austin’s ACH will have the home-state advantage and the sold-out crowd firmly behind him as he battles the former ROH World Champion Cole in a match that will play a pivotal role in determining the next ROH World Championship number one contender!