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ROH Anniversary Show

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ROH Anniversary Show
PromotionsRing of Honor
First eventROH One Year Anniversary Show (2003)

The ROH Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor promotion. The event celebrated the anniversary of the promotion's inaugural show The Era of Honor Begins, which was held on February 23, 2002.[1] To coincide with this, the Anniversary Show was normally held in February, though it occasionally fell into March.

Although most years have seen a one-night celebration, the third year saw three events take place over two weekends. The fifth year went further and had five events in ROH's most popular venues, leading up to a sixth and final show in Liverpool, England across three weekends. In recent years, the Anniversary Show had become a two-night event, with a PPV broadcast followed the next day with TV tapings of the flagship Ring of Honor Wrestling program.[2][3] All previous events were recorded and sold later on DVD.

The 18th Anniversary Show, which was scheduled to take place on March 13, 2020, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even the 20th Anniversary Show was not held due to ROH on hiatus before its eventual sale to Tony Khan in 2022.[4][5]

Dates and venues

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Event[6] Date[6] Venue City[6] Main event[6]
ROH One Year Anniversary Show February 8, 2003 Elks Lodge Queens, New York Da Hit Squad (Mafia & Monsta Mack), Divine Storm (Chris Divine & Quiet Storm), The S.A.T. (Jose & Joel Maximo) & Mikey Whipwreck vs. Special K (Angel Dust, Brian XL, Deranged, Dixie, Hydro, Izzy, Jody Fleisch, Slim J, Slugger & Yeyo) in a Handicap Scramble Match[7]
ROH Second Anniversary Show February 14, 2004 National Guard Armory Braintree, Massachusetts AJ Styles vs. CM Punk for the Pure Wrestling Championship
ROH Third Anniversary Celebration February 19, 2005 Rex Plex Elizabeth, New Jersey The Carnage Crew (H. C. Loc & Tony DeVito) vs. Generation Next (Roderick Strong & Jack Evans) vs. The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) vs. Special K (Azrieal & Dixie) vs. Special K (Izzy & Deranged) in a Scramble Cage Match
February 25, 2005 Montgomery County Fairgrounds Dayton, Ohio AJ Styles vs. Jimmy Rave
February 26, 2005 Frontier Fieldhouse Chicago Ridge, Illinois Austin Aries (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the ROH World Championship
ROH Fourth Anniversary Show February 25, 2006 Inman Sports Club Edison, New Jersey Generation Next (Austin Aries & Roderick Strong) (c) vs. AJ Styles & Matt Sydal for the ROH Tag Team Championship[8]
ROH The Fifth Year Festival February 16, 2007 Manhattan Center New York City, New York Homicide (c) vs. Jimmy Rave for the ROH World Championship
February 17, 2007 National Guard Armory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Homicide (c) vs. Takeshi Morishima for the ROH World Championship
February 23, 2007 Montgomery County Fairgrounds Dayton, Ohio Takeshi Morishima (c) vs. B. J. Whitmer for the ROH World Championship
February 24, 2007 Windy City Fieldhouse Chicago, Illinois Samoa Joe & Homicide vs. Takeshi Morishima & Nigel McGuinness
March 3, 2007 Liverpool Olympia Liverpool, Merseyside Samoa Joe vs. Nigel McGuinness[9]
March 4, 2007 Liverpool Olympia Liverpool, Merseyside Samoa Joe vs. Homicide
ROH 6th Anniversary Show February 23, 2008 Manhattan Center New York City, New York Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. Bryan Danielson for the ROH World Championship
ROH 7th Anniversary Show March 21, 2009 Hammerstein Ballroom New York City, New York Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. KENTA for the ROH World Championship
ROH 8th Anniversary Show February 13, 2010 Manhattan Center New York City, New York Austin Aries (c) vs. Tyler Black for the ROH World Championship
ROH 9th Anniversary Show February 26, 2011 Frontier Fieldhouse Chicago Ridge, Illinois The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) vs. Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) for a future match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship[10]
10th Anniversary Show: Young Wolves Rising March 4, 2012 Hammerstein Ballroom New York City, New York Eddie Edwards & Adam Cole vs. Team Ambition (Davey Richards & Kyle O'Reilly)[11]
ROH 11th Anniversary Show March 2, 2013 Frontier Fieldhouse Chicago Ridge, Illinois Kevin Steen (c) vs. Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship
ROH 12th Anniversary Show February 21, 2014 Pennsylvania National Guard Armory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Kevin Steen vs. Cliff Compton in an Unsanctioned Philadelphia Street Fight
ROH 13th Anniversary Show March 1, 2015 The Orleans Paradise, Nevada Jay Briscoe (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Michael Elgin vs. Hanson in a Four corner survival match for the ROH World Championship
ROH 14th Anniversary Show February 26, 2016 Roxy's Lounge at Sam's Town Sunrise Manor, Nevada Jay Lethal (c) vs. Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly in a Three Way match for the ROH World Championship
ROH 15th Anniversary Show March 10, 2017 Roxy's Lounge at Sam's Town Sunrise Manor, Nevada Adam Cole (c) vs. Christopher Daniels for the ROH World Championship
ROH 16th Anniversary Show March 9, 2018 Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall Sunrise Manor, Nevada Dalton Castle (c) vs. Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship
ROH 17th Anniversary Show March 15, 2019 Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall Sunrise Manor, Nevada Villain Enterprises (Brody King and PCO) vs. The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) Las Vegas Street Fight for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
ROH 19th Anniversary Show March 26, 2021 UMBC Event Center Baltimore, Maryland Rush (c) vs. Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ziegler, Jacob (2007-04-10). "ROH - The Era of Honor Begins DVD Review". 411mania. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  2. ^ Caldwell, James (2011-01-03). "ROH announces details on next Internet PPV - three big matches signed including two title matches & headline tag match". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  3. ^ "10th Anniversary results". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  4. ^ Raimondi, Mark (3 March 2022). "AEW CEO Khan buys wrestling promotion ROH". ESPN.com.
  5. ^ Rueter, Sean (2 March 2022). "Tony Khan's HUGE announcement is... he bought ROH!". Cageside Seats.
  6. ^ a b c d "Past ROH Results". Ring of Honor. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  7. ^ "Ring of Honor - Anniversary Show". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  8. ^ "Ring of Honor - 4th Anniversary Show". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  9. ^ Campbell, Mike (2012-02-19). "Rated R Reviews: ROH Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool - 3/5/07". 411mania. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  10. ^ Martin, Adam (2011-02-26). "ROH 9th Anniversary iPPV Results 2/26/11". WrestleView. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  11. ^ Radican, Sean (2012-03-04). "ROH "10th Anniversary Show" iPPV report - live coverage of iPPV from Manhattan". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-05-23.