ROH in Philadelphia, Pa. at The Arena
Report courtesy of Brian Streleckis and Steve Kriske of PWChronicle.com.

Dark Matches

1. Brandon Day and The Set defeated Andy Ridge, John Kermon, and Robby Wolf.

2. Sara Del Rey defeated Allison Danger. Yes, that Allison Danger. Hopefully she got out of there before the next match’s competitors entered the ringside area.

3. Bobby Dempsey and Tony Neece won a tag team match.

HDNet Taping (intermissions break up the taping for each week)

1. Sonjay Dutt defeated Delirious. Dutt used Delirious’ tassles for extra leverage on the Camel Clutch.

2. Eddie Kingston defeated Kyle Matthews.

3. Joey Ryan defeated Roderick Strong. Ryan evened his record on the week nd by beating Strong with a superkick and small package.

4. The Briscoes won the Tag Team Honor Rumble. Other teams scheduled to compete were the American Wolves, Kevin Steen & El Generico, the Dark City Fight Club, the Young Bucks, Brent Albright & Erick Stevens, and Jimmy Rave & Joey Ryan.

Intermission

They announced that D-Lo Brown would miss the show due to a family issue.

Alex “Sugarfoot” Payne won Austin Aries’ Lucky Lottery for a title shot. Bryan Danielson came out and challenged Aries to a title match later in the night.

5. Austin Aries defeated Alex “Sugarfoot” Payne to retain the ROH World Championship. Bryan Danielson came out and challenged Aries to a title match later in the night. Aries initially refused Danielson’s challenge, but the match was eventually made.

6. Bison Smith vs. Necro Butcher ended in a double disqualification.

7. Tyler Black defeated Rhett Titus.

8. KENTA defeated Chris Hero. Kingston distracted Hero and KENTA won with Go To Sleep. Very good match.
Intermission

9. Kenny King defeated Jerry Lynn. King won by holding the ropes after reversing a sunset flip, but the real story came after the match. Titus ran in and he and King hit a spike piledriver on Lynn which appeared to legitimately injure him. Adam Pearce and others came out from back stage to check on Lynn, and Pearce angrily told the ringside camera men to stop shooting. Lynn was eventually talking and moving before being helped out.

10. Nigel McGuinness defeated Sal Rinauro. Curiously, given Pearce’s behavior, Nigel cut a promo relating to Lynn’s injury and vowing to wrestle a technical match to avoid such an injury. He dominated and won with the London Dungeon.

11. Colt Cabana defeated Claudio Castagnoli. Before the match, Claudio slapped Cabana with a glove as if to challenge him to a duel. Good match which was somewhat marred by an incident between the head of security and an unruly fan.

12. Austin Aries defeated Bryan Danielson to retain the ROH World Championship. Danielson went hard into the corner and hit the ring post, allowing Aries to hit his corner dropkick and roll him up for the pin. Very good match.

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