Honor Takes Center Stage
| Honor Takes Center Stage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Center Stage Theater | |||
| Pay-per-view chronology | |||
| |||
WrestleMania Weekend chronology | |||
| |||
Honor Takes Center Stage was a
Center Stage Theater in Atlanta, with the 1 April show at 8pm ET/5pm PT, and the 2 April show at a special matinee time of 1pm ET/10am PT. It was the seventh ROH event to be shown on live online pay-per-view.[1]
Production
Background
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]
Storylines
| Other on-screen personnel | |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Dave Prazak |
| Kevin Kelly | |
The main match of the first show was
ROH World Television Champion.[4] He held this title for 280 days, making nine title defenses until Daniels won it from him in December on the weekly Ring of Honor Wrestling program 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 saw
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 was involved in two rematches from his World Championship reign, across the weekend. On the first event he wrestled Davey Richards, who he defended his title against at
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 was another rematch but this time a tag team contest between the
Kenny King). 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,
Dave Taylor to face Cabana on the second day of the event.[11]
On 8 March, ROH's website announced the signing of three
Amazing Kong as her partner. On 28 March, ROH announced that the team of Deeb and Del Rey would wrestle Matsumoto and Kurihara on the first day of the event. On the second day, Matsumoto and Kurihara challenged Haze and Nakagawa for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship,[13] having won them six days previously at Volume 40.[14]
Results
- Chapter 1
| No. | Results Claudio Castagnoli) (c) (with Shane Hagadorn) via submission Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship | 23:00 | | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Eddie Edwards (c) defeated Christopher Daniels | Singles match for the ROH World Championship | 30:12 | ||
| |||||
- Chapter 2
| No. | Results The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards)Tag team match | 32:00 | | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||
References
- ^ a b "ROH News: ROH's official press release on "Center Stage" Internet PPVs scheduled for WrestleMania weekend". Pro Wrestling Torch. March 2, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- ^ "Past Results". Ring of Honor. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
- ^ a b "Manhattan Mayhem IV". Ring of Honor. March 16, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
- ^ Caldwell, James (March 22, 2011). "Breaking News – New ROH World champion determined at Saturday's ROH event in New York City". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
- Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
- ^ "The hunt returns in Atlanta". Ring of Honor. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
- ^ "Final Battle 2010″ Rematch Signed". Ring of Honor. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ^ Harris, Jeffrey (January 30, 2011). "The Vile One's Dungeon 01.28.11: ROH – SoCal Showdown II LIVE Report". 411mania. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ^ Druckman, Eric (March 20, 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 March 25, 2011.
- ^ "The Briscoes/All Night Express brawl escalates". Ring of Honor. YouTube. March 23, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ^ "Video Wire 3–24–11". Ring of Honor. YouTube. March 24, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ^ "Joshi Comes To Atlanta!". Ring of Honor. March 8, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
- ^ "Women of Honor Matches Set For Atlanta". Ring of Honor. March 28, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
- ^ Martin, Adam (March 28, 2011). "Indy News #2: SHIMMER Vol. 37, 38, 39, 40 results". WrestleView. Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ^ "Atlanta, GA- "Honor Takes Center Stage" April 1st". Ring of Honor. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ a b "ROH Internet PPV Report 4/1: Caldwell & Radican's "virtual-time" coverage of live ROH PPV from Atlanta". Pro Wrestling Torch. April 1, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
- ^ "Atlanta, GA- "Honor Takes Center Stage" April 2nd". Ring of Honor. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ a b "ROH Internet PPV Report 4/2: Caldwell & Radican's complete "virtual-time" coverage of live ROH PPV from Atlanta". Pro Wrestling Torch. April 1, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2011.