ROH Third Anniversary Celebration
ROH Third Anniversary Celebration | |||
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Promotion | Ring of Honor | ||
Date | Night One: February 19, 2005 Night Two: February 25, 2005 Night Three: February 26, 2005 | ||
City | Night One: Elizabeth, New Jersey Night Two: Dayton, Ohio Night Three: Chicago Ridge, Illinois | ||
Venue | Night One: Rex Plex Night Two: Montgomery County Fairgrounds Night Three: Frontier Fieldhouse | ||
Attendance | Night One: 1,100 Night Two: 700 Night Three: 1,000 | ||
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Third Anniversary Celebration was the third Anniversary Show professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It was a three-day event which took place on February 19, 25 and 26, 2005 at different venues.
The February 19 show took place at Rex Plex in
The February 25 show took place at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in
The February 26 show emanated from the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. In the main event, Austin Aries retained the ROH World Championship against Samoa Joe. The undercard notably featured the third match in the Best of Five Series between Homicide and Bryan Danielson, a Falls Count Anywhere match which Danielson won. Also at the event, Jimmy Rave defeated CM Punk and the team of Colt Cabana and Nigel McGuinness defeated B. J. Whitmer and Dan Maff in a non-title tag team match.[5][6]
Storylines
Main event matches
At the second night of Death Before Dishonor II on July 24, 2004,
At Final Battle, it was announced that AJ Styles would make his return to ROH at the Third Anniversary Celebration after a nearly one-year hiatus having last appeared at At Our Best on March 13, 2004. His opponent was announced to be Jimmy Rave.[10]
At Final Battle, Austin Aries defeated Samoa Joe to win the ROH World Championship.[10] It was later announced that Joe would receive his rematch for the title against Aries at night three of Third Anniversary Celebration.[3]
Undercard matches
The feud between
At the second night of Weekend of Thunder on November 6,
At It All Begins,
At the night two of Weekend of Thunder,
leading to a match between Lethal and Rave at Third Anniversary Celebration.At Reborn: Stage Two, Alex Shelley walked out on Jimmy Jacobs after the two lost a Scramble match. Shelley would soon form the faction Generation Next.
Event
Night One
Undercard matches
The event kicked off with Jack Evans telling Alex Shelley that he would stay in Generation Next with Austin Aries and Roderick Strong.
The opening match took place between
Next,
Next, Billy Ken Kid took on
Next, Jimmy Jacobs took on Alex Shelley. Jacobs applied Shelley's own submission maneuver Border City Stretch on Shelley but Shelley reversed it and applied the Border City Stretch on Jacobs to make him submit to the hold. Shelley extended a handshake after the match to Jacobs but Jacobs attacked him by delivering a Contra Code to Shelley.
Next,
Next,
After the match, a special
Next, a Taped Fist match took place between Bryan Danielson and Homicide. It was the second match in the best of five match series between the two. Rocky Romero distracted the referee, allowing Julius Smokes to tape Homicide's first with brass knuckles. Homicide then knocked Danielson off with the taped fist for the win, taking the lead in the series with 2-0. Danielson then demanded to fight Homicide in the parking lot after the match.
It was followed by the penultimate match. It was a
Main event match
The main event was a
Once the main event ended, Bryan Danielson and Homicide brawled with each other in the parking lot until the brawl was broken off by the security.
Night Two
Undercard matches
The second night of the event started with a match between Ring Crew Express and The Air Devils (Fast Eddie and
Next,
Next, Nigel McGuinness took on Colt Cabana. McGuinness tried to apply a Thames Barrier on Cabana but Cabana countered with McGuinness' own Artful Dodger for the win.
Next, B.J. Whitmer and Dan Maff defended the Tag Team Championship against Jimmy Jacobs and Delirious. Whitmer and Maff knocked Jacobs out of the ring by ramming him with the guardrail and then Maff returned to the ring to deliver a Burning Hammer to Delirious to retain the titles.
Next, Spanky took on the debuting James Gibson. Gibson countered a clothesline by Spanky into a Paydirt and applied a Trailer Hitch on Spanky to make him submit for the win.
Next, a Four Corner Survival match took place between Allison Danger, Daizee Haze, Lacey and Tracy Brooks. Brooks and Danger brawled with each other to the backstage, leading Haze and Lacey in the ring. Haze delivered a big boot to Lacey for the win.
Next,
Later, the penultimate match of the night took place as Austin Aries and Jack Evans represented Generation Next against Bryan Danielson and Samoa Joe. Joe applied an over-the-shoulder single leg Boston crab on Evans to make him submit for the hold. The Rottweilers attacked Danielson and Joe after the match. Danielson and Homicide brawled with each other through the crowd, while Joe brawled with the attacker to the back.
Main event match
A.J. Styles made his return to ROH after a ten-month absence against Jimmy Rave in the main event. Prince Nana distracted Styles, allowing Rave to blind him with an aerosol spray. Rave then rolled up Styles and pinned him for the win. Embassy attacked Styles after the match until CM Punk made the save. Styles then delivered a Styles Clash to Fast Eddie.
Night Three
Pre-show matches
Before the third night started, pre-show matches took place that would be included in the Do or Die IV disc. The first pre-show match was a Four Corner Survival rematch from night two between Allison Danger, Daizee Haze, Lacey and Traci Brooks. Lacey countered a lifting reverse STO by Danger and delivered an implant DDT to Danger for the win.
The next pre-show match was actually the third match on the card, in which The Ring Crew Express (Dunn and Marcos) took on Delirious and Golden Vampire XII. Marcos delivered an electric chair drop to Vampire for the win.
Undercard matches
The actual show opened with a match between Matt Sydal and Fast Eddie. Eddie was injured while delivering a fallaway slam to Sydal, allowing Sydal to capitalize. However, Prince Nana distracted Sydal, allowing Eddie to deliver a kneeling reverse piledriver to Sydal for the win.
Next, Alex Shelley took on Jack Evans. Shelley blocked a 630° senton by Evans with his knees and applied a single leg Boston crab on Evans to make him submit for the win. Austin Aries attacked Shelley after the match and hit a brainbuster. Aries then trapped Shelley's arm in chairs and Evans delivered a 630° senton to Shelley onto the chairs.
After the match, Colt Cabana hosted an edition of his talk show segment Good Times, Great Memories in which he interviewed Bobby Heenan. However, the interview was interrupted by Jim Cornette, who wanted to take revenge from Heenan for hitting him with the tennis racket at All Star Extravaganza 2. Cornette then brought out the Tag Team Champions B.J. Whitmer and Dan Maff to wrestle and challenged Heenan to bring out to wrestlers of his own. Heenan then announced that Cabana and Nigel McGuinness would wrestle for him and the match between the two teams began immediately. Cornette interfered in the match and accidentally hit Maff with the tennis racket. Heenan then knocked Cornette out with a pair of brass knuckles. Cabana then grabbed the tennis racket and hit Maff with it and pinned him with a roll-up for the win.
It was followed by a
After the match, a backstage confrontation took place between Jimmy Jacobs and Spanky, in which Jacobs tried to explain to Spanky that his Contra Code was different than Spanky's Sliced Bread #2. Spanky told Jacobs to show him respect and not to use the move again, leading to a match between the two. Spanky blocked a Contra Code by Jacobs by hitting him with a
Next, James Gibson took on Puma. Gibson blocked a knee strike by Puma and delivered a Paydirt to Puma. Gibson followed it up by applying a Trailer Hitch on Puma to make him submit to the hold.
It was followed by the penultimate match, in which CM Punk took on Jimmy Rave. Fast Eddie distracted the referee while Punk had applied an anaconda vice on Rave. Prince Nana slid the aerosol spray into the ring and Rave sprayed Punk in the eyes with it and pinned him with a roll-up for the win. Tracy Brooks slapped Rave after the match, leading to Nana attacking her from behind and Rave hitting a Rave Clash on Brooks. Colt Cabana then made the save for Punk and Brooks with a chair forcing Embassy to retreat.
Main event match
In the main event, Austin Aries defended the World Championship against Samoa Joe. Joe avoided a 450° splash by Aries and hit him with knee strikes before applying a Coquina Clutch on Aries. However, Joe fell down on his shoulders while trying to ground Aries on the mat but Aries got his shoulders up and pinned Joe to retain the title. After the match, Colt Cabana led the ROH locker room to the ring to thank the fans for their participation in the event. The Embassy leader Prince Nana then revealed that he had sprayed CM Punk in the eyes with a bug spray during Punk's match against Jimmy Rave, due to which Punk was unable to see.
Aftermath
Jay Lethal continued his pursuit of the Pure Championship, as he defeated John Walters in a rematch to win the title, marking his first championship win in ROH at Trios Tournament.[17][18]
Colt Cabana and Nigel McGuinness' non-title win over B.J. Whitmer and Dan Maff at Third Anniversary Celebration earned them a Tag Team Championship match against Whitmer and Maff at Back To Basics, which they failed to win.[19]
The Best of Five Series continued between Bryan Danielson and Homicide, as Danielson defeated Homicide in a
CM Punk continued his feud with Embassy, facing Jimmy Rave in a rematch under the
Alex Shelley earned a World Championship match against Austin Aries by winning the second fall of a
Results
No. | Results | ||||
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No. | Results A.J. Styles Singles match | 22:07 | | ||
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No. | Results Julius Smokes) Falls Count Anywhere match | Match 3 of the Best of Five Series 19:36 | | ||||
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7 | Spanky defeated Jimmy Jacobs | Singles match | 10:48 | ||||
8 | James Gibson defeated Puma | Singles match | 12:58 | ||||
9 | Jimmy Rave (with Fast Eddie and Prince Nana) defeated CM Punk (with Davey Andrews and Tracy Brooks) | Singles match | 19:43 | ||||
10 | Austin Aries (c) defeated Samoa Joe | Singles match for the ROH World Championship | 17:13 | ||||
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See also
- 2005 in professional wrestling
- List of Ring of Honor pay-per-view events
References
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