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ROH announced two big matches recently for their return to Connecticut on June 3. ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson will defend his title against Homicide. Danielson and Homicide haven't wrestled since Danielson defeated Homicide in a Steel Cage match to win their best of five series last year. Homicide is going into this match with momentum, as he joined ROH in the fight against CZW at ROH's most recent event on May 13 in Edison, N.J. when he defeated Necro Butcher. Austin Aries & Roderick Strong will defend the ROH Tag Team Titles against Jay & Marc Briscoe in a rematch from May 13, which was said to be an excellent match.
-ROH announced that they have decided to put the Top Five Rankings, which haven't been utilized to name challengers to the ROH World Title consistently for a long period of time, on hiatus. ROH hasn't been consistent in the ways they determine contenders for the ROH World Title, as they've largely ignored the Top Five Rankings and named challengers for Danielson through the open contracts he sends out to other promotions. ROH has also put wrestlers who were not in the Top Five Rankings such as A.J. Styles, Colt Cabana, and Delirious in matches with Danielson with little or no storyline build.
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June 3 in East Windsor, Conn.: Matches already announced include ROH Tag Team Champions Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe, Sara Del Rey vs. Daizee Haze, Ricky Reyes vs. Shingo Takagi, B.J. Whitmer vs. Christopher Daniels, Adam Pearce vs. Colt Cabana vs. Delirious vs. Jason Blade in a Four Corner Survival match (winner will be the #1 contender to the ROH World Title), Davey Richards vs. Jimmy Rave (w/Prince Nana & Daizee Haze), and Homicide vs. ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson. Already signed to appear are Samoa Joe and Jimmy Yang.
June 17 in Manhattan N.Y.: Match already announced is KENTA vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Samoa Joe in a One Fall Three-Way match. Already signed to appear are ROH Tag Team Champions Austin Aries & Roderick Strong, ROH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness, Jimmy Rave (w/ Prince Nana), Colt Cabana, Davey Richards, Jay & Mark Briscoe, Homicide (w/Ricky Reyes), and B.J. Whitmer.
June 23 in Detroit, Mich.: Match already announced is KENTA vs. Roderick Strong. Already signed to appear are KENTA, Jay & Mark Briscoe, ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson, ROH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness, Samoa Joe, Homicide, The Embassy featuring Jimmy Rave(w/Prince Nana), Jimmy Jacobs, Delirious, Jimmy Yang, Conrad Kennedy 3, Adam Pearce, BJ Whitmer, Irish Airborne, and Colt Cabana.
June 24 in Chicago Ridge, Ill.: Match already announced is KENTA vs. Austin Aries. Already signed to appear are Jay & Mark Briscoe, ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson, ROH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness, Samoa Joe, Homicide, Conrad Kennedy 3, The Embassy featuring Jimmy Rave & Alex Shelley (w/Prince Nana), Jimmy Jacobs, Delirious, Jimmy Yang, Adam Pearce, B.J. Whitmer, Irish Airborne, and Colt Cabana.
July 15 in Philadelphia, Pa.: Already signed to appear are ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson, ROH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness, Roderick Strong, Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, Delirious, Jimmy Rave (w/Prince Nana & Daizee Haze), Adam Pearce, B.J. Whitmer, Irish Airborne, Homicide & Ricky Reyes (w/Julius Smokes), Jay & Marc Briscoe, Davey Richards, and Jay Fury.
July 28 in Dayton, Ohio: Already signed to appear are ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson, ROH Tag Team Champions Austin Aries & Roderick Strong, Jimmy Rave, Homicide, Jay & Mark Briscoe, Christopher Daniels, Delirious, Matt Sydal, and B.J. Whitmer.
July 29 in Cleveland, Ohio: Already signed to appear are ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson, ROH Tag Team Champions Austin Aries & Roderick Strong, Jimmy Rave, Homicide, Jay & Mark Briscoe, Christopher Daniels, Delirious, Matt Sydal, and B.J. Whitmer.
August 4 in Long Island, N.Y.: Already signed to appear are ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson, ROH Tag Team Champions Austin Aries & Roderick Strong, GHC Jr. Champion KENTA, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, Jimmy Rave, Matt Sydal, Homicide, Jay & Mark Briscoe, Delirious and A.J. Styles.
August 5 in Edison, N.J.: Already signed to appear are ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson, ROH Tag Team Champions Austin Aries & Roderick Strong, GHC Jr. Champion KENTA, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, Jimmy Rave, Matt Sydal, Homicide, Jay & Mark Briscoe, and Delirious.
Other upcoming dates include Aug 12 & 13 in England and Aug. 25 in St. Paul, Minn.
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Nigel McGuiness will receive and ROH Tag Team title shot with a partner of his choice on June 17 in Manhattan, N.Y...C hris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli will return to ROH on June 23 in Detroit, MI and June 24 in Chicago Ridge, IL. In the meantime, they will be fulfilling commitments to wrestle in Mexico... Matt Sydal will return to ROH from his tour with the Dragon Gate promotion in Japan on July 28 in Dayton, OH...ROH has listed Samoa Joe as questionable for the June 3 event in East Windsor, CT, due to his recent knee injury. He is likely to return to ROH action on June 17 in Manhattan, N.Y... Shingo Takagi from the Dragon Gate promotion based out of Japan will wrestle Ricky Reyes at the June 3 event in East Windsor, Conn... Austin Aries and Roderick Strong have sent out open contracts as part of a storyline involving them wanting to raise the prestige of the ROH Tag Team Titles...
