ROH Results 5/12 (NY); WWE / Ozzy Osbourne Interview; Andy Douglas On His TNA Release
RING OF HONOR RESULTS
5/12/2007
The Manhattan Center (NY, NY)
Non-PPV match
Brent Albright vs. Tank Toland with Sweeney and Bobby Dempsey. Albright receives a monster pop and wins with a half nelson suplex.
PPV taping
Out to kick off the PPV is BJ Whitmer and Dave Prazak. BJ lays down an open challenge which is accepted by Morishima, and the belt will be on the line.
Morishima defeats BJ with a backdrop driver and now NIGEL is out and so is DANIELSON who wants a title shot TONIGHT. Dragon and Mori attack Nigel. Dragon holds the belt before Mori takes it back and leaves.
Naomichi Marifuji defeated Rocky Romero with the Shiranui. Really good, tons of nearfalls.
Nigel McGuiness back out and he calls out Mori and Dragon. They come out and beat down Nigel until KENTA makes the save. Nigel and Kenta vs. Mori and AmDrag later tonight.
Davey Richards defeated Erick Stevens via keylock submission.
The Briscoes defeated Claudio Castagnoli and Matt Sydal (partner of CC's choosing) to successfully defend their ROH TAg Team Titles. Briscoes retain with a springboard domsday device on Sydal. DP and Lenny Leonard do a hard sell for the live events and are interrupted by Steen and Generico who ask when they're getting their title shot. Briscoes say come get it and a crazy brawl breaks out. Officials and students break it up and Steen and Generico beat up the students and they all brawl to the back.
Homicide came out in a (presumably) non-taped moment, to LOUD #@%k TNA and "Please don't go"chants to give a farewell speech and puts over the locker room, the office and the fans.
Sara Del Rey defeated Daizee Haze
Tag Team Sramble Match - Pelle Primeau/Mitch Franklin vs. Irish Airborne vs. Kevin Steen/El Generico vs. Jimmy Rave/Adam Pearce. Kevin Steen and Generico win after Steen hits a package piledrive on Dave Crist.
Announced as a PPV match Roderick Strong defeated Delirious. Roderick Strong won after numerous backbreakers, and a Gibson driver. After the match the No Remorse Corps come out and beat down Delirious. Strong hits another driver on Delirious on a guardrail set up between the ring and the barrier. Stevens comes out, runs off No Remorse Corps and carries Delirious to the back.
Main Event
Takeshi Morishima and Bryan Danielson defeated KENTA and Nigel McGuiness after KENTA taps to the Cattle Mutilation. Looks like Nigel may have hurt his arm. After the match, Mori layed out both Nigel AND Dragon with the belt then left. Nigel is helped out of the ring and the Final Countdown plays to end the show.
Andy Douglas, 1/2 of the Tag Team 'The Naturals', issued the following comments on his myspace page regarding his release from TNA:
Free at last....Free at last!!!!!!!!!
Well by now I'm sure that most of you have heard the news. And, for those who haven't.........yes it's true, Chase and I have been released from TNA. Now before you go worrying about us, and I do appreciate all of the comments and messages wishing us well. However, this is a good thing for the Naturals. This is a very good thing! Nothing has been stated or reported on any reasons for our release and that's because there wan't one. What I mean is that nobody messed up and/or got in trouble. We were both just at an agreement that there wasn't anything for us to do with the company. We hadn't been on tv in several monthes and TNA wasn't doing anything with us. Chase and I have been extremely unhappy over the past several monthes and this is what we both wanted. So again, thank you for all of your concern regarding the release of the Naturals, but don't worry, I'm sure you all will be seeing us again.......very soon!!!!
WWE has posted the following article hyping Ozzy Osbourne performing next week on Smackdown:
Ozzy Osbourne is ready to rock WWE. The rock legend will perform “I Don’t Wanna Stop,” the first single off his new album, Black Rain, live in Baltimore on SmackDown next week. “I Don’t Wanna Stop” is the official theme song for Judgment Day, and Osbourne is no stranger to WWE.
“Working with WWE, it’s fun, you know. I’m not new to wrestling. I started doing some stuff with the British Bulldogs many, many years ago,” Osbourne told WWE.com, referring to his WrestleMania 2 appearance.
“I became a very good friend of Andre the Giant when he was alive. I used to go drinking with him, and he was such a lovely man,” he said.
Epic Records’ Black Rain will hit store shelves on May 22. It’s Osbourne’s first album of new studio material in six years.
“To be perfectly truthful with you, I was not aware it was six years. I thought it was a few years, but not six,” Osbourne said. “I built a studio at the back of my house. I always wanted to have my own studio, and make my own record, in my own studio, and my dream came true.”
Osbourne will embark on a world tour in Moscow on May 27 in support of Black Rain. Then he’ll head back to the United States for this summer’s 12th annual Ozzfest. Beginning July 12 in Seattle, this year’s festival is being dubbed “FreeFest” because admission to the 24-city tour costs nothing.
“Why’s it free? You better ask my wife about that, I don’t know. That’s her job!” Osbourne laughed. “I’m glad she’s doing it that way though. Ultimately it comes back to the kids. Normally they have to pay a couple hundred bucks a ticket, I’m guessing. I hope we can give them a good show. I’m doing the biggest tour of my life.”
This year’s Ozzfest will be headlined by its two-time Grammy Award winning namesake. Bands on the tour include Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Lordi and more. Fans are limited to two tickets each, and ticket codes will be distributed in select Black Rain CDs and through sponsor Web sites starting May 12. (For more details, see ozzfest.com.)
Osbourne addressed the state of the world and its effect on his life in Black Rain, but he insisted he hasn’t gotten political.
“People are saying to me that I’ve gotten very political. I haven’t got very political, but I watch a lot of documentaries, like on the History Channel, Discovery, A&E and so on. What I get interested in, in the news is this f****** war that’s going on. If it gets in my head and has an effect, it’s going to come out in my music I suppose,” Osbourne said.
“There’s quite a bit of anti-war and questionary lyrics there, which is not a new thing for me. People just think that when I was singing with Black Sabbath, all we ever sang about was the devil and the dark forces or whatever, but it’s not true. There were a lot of political things, a lot of anti-war things there,” he explained.
Osbourne’s first single and the Judgment Day theme, “I Don’t Wanna Stop,” holds special meaning to the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.
“I’m 59 this year. People keep saying to me, ‘You’ll be quitting soon, retiring.’ I don’t wanna stop! You’ll know when I want to stop because I won’t be doing it anymore,” he insisted. “I’ve tried not doing it, but it’s not like I’ve got a job. I’d miss the fans. I’d miss the buzz, seeing the crowd going crazy.”
Osbourne admitted our fans pleasantly surprised a rock veteran like himself.
“I’ve been doing arenas and gigs and festivals for the best part of 30, 40 years. The f******* fans of wrestling go absolutely crazy,” Osbourne said. “I thought nobody could get louder than a rock concert, but was I ever wrong!”
The Prince of Darkness watches WWE on TV, and is looking forward to performing at Baltimore’s 1st Mariner Arena next week on SmackDown.
“I don’t wanna stop. I ain’t gonna stop. And you better stop thinking I’m gonna stop because I’m coming down next week in Baltimore. Come and rock out with us.”
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