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Subject: Ring of Honor coming to Manhattan Posted by: Tree - [76471215] Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 15:22 ok - so i've been pimping their product for eons. all you New Yorkers, let's make a go of it. it's tentatively scheduled for May 21 (although i think we'll see it moved to May 14), at the 168th Armory (www.trackhall.com)... come on out folks, it'll be a good ol' rasslin' time, and since there's a reasonable chance i'll be involved in helping to promote the event, make me look good. damnit. :o) | |||||||
| 1 | Mattinglyinthehall ID: 2824911 Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 15:27 | When are tix on sale? | ||||||
| 2 | Farn Sustainer ID: 451044109 Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 15:32 |
figures... either of those dates is bad for me. U2 is playing in Philly on the 14th and at MSG on the 21st. | ||||||
| 3 | DMAN ID: 291081815 Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 15:33 | Farn - you got tix already? | ||||||
| 4 | Farn Sustainer ID: 451044109 Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 15:39 | nah, fanclub presale was a joke. general onsale is Saturday for Philly and Monday for MSG. | ||||||
| 5 | DMAN ID: 291081815 Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 15:42 | I hear you. All I kept getting was 'Internal service failure'. Hoping to get GA tix for San Jose on Sunday. Good luck. | ||||||
| 6 | Tree ID: 76471215 Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 16:04 |
show just got moved to May 7. my guess is because Mick Foley was booked elsewhere on May 21, and they wanted him for this show. tickets are on sale NOW: https://www.rohwrestling.com/shoponline.asp?point=products&catid=163 scroll down to the 5/7 NYC date. i've heard that first row is already nearly gone. | ||||||
| 7 | Great One ID: 460122118 Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 20:36 |
as i emailed you... I got two front row tickets. Not sure who I am bringing yet. I am going to the WWE house show at MSG on Feb 25 if anyone is interested in getting tix for that too. Would be a fun group outing. | ||||||
| 8 | blue hen ID: 372102211 Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 22:41 | I could go for Feb 25. Not like that's going to sell out. | ||||||
| 9 | Great One Sustainer ID: 053272014 Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 06:36 |
Tree - I am not likely going to be able to use my two front row tickets because I am getting LASIK surgery two days before... you know anyone who wants them? GO | ||||||
| 10 | Tree ID: 212401018 Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 07:01 |
you dumbass - change the day of your surgery! if you won't do that, then shoot me an email with where the seats are (because people always ask exactly what seats they are) and i'll work 'em for ya...and let me know how much they were again? | ||||||
| 11 | Species Leader ID: 07724916 Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 12:22 |
GO -- I just had LASIK last month, and two days should be enough time for you to heal sufficiently to still attend the show. I was driving the next day. You're not sore....true your vision isn't 100% yet, but if you're in the front row, you don't need 20/20 yet!!! lol Are you getting the 'custom' or 'wavefront' LASIK?? | ||||||
| 12 | blue hen Leader ID: 710321114 Thu, Apr 14, 2005, 14:17 | Great One, I might be able to take em off your hands. There's talk of a Gurupie gathering as well, but that was some fart trying to get people to minor league baseball games. | ||||||
| 13 | Great One ID: 46361920 Mon, May 02, 2005, 19:18 |
I have postponed the surgery for various reasons and can now attend - BUT still don't have a partner... anyone interested? Saturday night in NYC? c'mon!!! Front row and ringside... can't get much better than that :) Species - it will be custom Lasik. | ||||||
| 14 | wiggs Donor ID: 04991311 Mon, May 02, 2005, 19:56 | Dam, I want to get Lasik, but I am scared to have a Laser shot in my eye. | ||||||
| 15 | Great One ID: 46361920 Mon, May 02, 2005, 20:23 | Everyone tells me its a fairly routine procedure... is it any worse than any of those plastic surgery shows where they are cutting and chopping away? that scares me even more. | ||||||
| 16 | Tree ID: 2044220 Mon, May 02, 2005, 21:05 | someone take that ticket off his hand!!! go to the show! | ||||||
| 17 | Tree ID: 9362211 Fri, May 06, 2005, 16:21 |
man, oh man, there's gonna be a riot in NYC tomorrow... ROH got four segments on the WB news this morning - that's major press. but mostly importantly, local bad boy Low Ki, suspended several months ago for choking a referee out of wrestling and delivering a stiff kick to the face of Jay Briscoe that has kept him out of wrestling for seven months now, showed up and threatened some major Manhattan Mayhem at tomorrow's Ring of Honor show. from the ROH website... Ring Of Honor had the best mainstream publicity in company history on Friday morning when several live and taped segments were shown on New York City's WB Network morning show. Low Ki of The Rottweilers took the opportunity of live TV to crash the scene. The first live segment had ROH World Champion Austin Aries and Azrieal sparring. Ki, who was not scheduled nor invited, hit the ring and told Aries that he was on his turf now. Ki slapped the World Champion. Aries then took down Ki and the two brawled until they were pulled apart. The host quickly cut to the studio. Ki's actions are beyond deplorable as he ruined ROH's media blitz of NYC. The station and host were both very upset and almost canceled the rest of the ROH segments on the show. While Ki was being pulled away off camera he yelled to ROH Owner Cary Silkin that this would be nothing compared to what The Rottweilers would do this Saturday (May 7th) at the New Yorker Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Check ROHwrestling.com for info on this event. | ||||||
| 18 | Species ID: 38421122 Fri, May 06, 2005, 16:59 |
Re: LASIK It's so easy. The only 'tough' part is when they cut the flap of tissue that covers the cornea. The laser-ing itself is completely painless and you really don't notice it....I just kind of heard some static and 15 seconds later that part is done. It's been the best thing I've ever done. | ||||||
| 19 | blue hen ID: 34342811 Fri, May 06, 2005, 17:29 | I took the ticket off GO's hand. | ||||||
| 20 | Great One ID: 46361920 Fri, May 06, 2005, 18:49 |
Certainly didn't think the first gurupie I would meet would be Blue Hen! for sure lol... this should be fun, absolutely. GO | ||||||
| 21 | Tree ID: 28430321 Fri, May 06, 2005, 22:36 | i'll see you kids there. it's gonna be nuts... | ||||||
| 22 | blue hen ID: 353412123 Sun, May 08, 2005, 02:37 | Wow, that was a lot of fun. | ||||||
| 23 | Tree ID: 28430321 Sun, May 08, 2005, 11:17 |
good to meet Blue Hen and Great One at the show last night. woulda been funny if we ended up sitting together accidently, since we were in the same row... off the charts. i'm pretty sure it was their first ROH show, and i'm pretty sure they'll come back to more. it was just an amazing mix of solid technical wrestling, brutal strikes, and one helluva Crimson Mask on the part of CM Punk in the Dog Collar match. anyone of you that really likes wrestling, if ROH comes to your area, you should try and go... | ||||||
| 24 | Great One ID: 46361920 Sun, May 08, 2005, 12:15 |
Yeah it was a great show, great energy... good to meet some of you. Lets get some of those pictures up Tree when they come out. I think we can get a couple more of these guys to go. Maybe that show in New Haven they mentioned where Matt Hardy debuts too. You also forgot to mention James"Jamie Noble"Gibson was there last night and had a good match and even made a save with his beer cooler. We also saw him standing up in the rafters watching and he was drinking Busch Lite out of a can... (I guess the best characters really are extensions of your real personality). Blue Hen and I walked right by Paul London on the way out too which was kind of neat. | ||||||
| 25 | blue hen ID: 353412123 Sun, May 08, 2005, 12:17 |
They must have rearranged the set up when they changed venues. We'd have been right near each other. Tree is right - this is a great experience for any wrestling fan. Some notes: - The absolute worst thing was how the fans were cheering for both wrestlers in just about every match. Seemed like ROH did a terrible job of defining heels and faces. Especially when the fans would work both names into a chant. - CM Punk's theme music is fantastic. I think that alone would make him survive in WWE. It's a repetitive percussion that the fans were repeating even when it wasn't playing. - There were two fights (right near Tree, actually). I'm not sure how you get into a fight at an event like that. It's like getting into a fight at a wedding. - Jamie Noble was the only guy I knew that wrestled. But I did see Paul London in the hallway afterwards. - Neither Great One or I had Giacomo in the Kentucky Derby. Well, that increases the gurupies I've met by two. Not bad. | ||||||
| 26 | Tree ID: 28430321 Sun, May 08, 2005, 18:56 |
ROH does a fine job of defining heels and faces. the problem is that ROH fans cheer who they want (which annoys me) - and root for someone that is doing a good job, or for other odd reasons. a couple good examples are the Rottweilers and GeNext. The Rottweilers (Homicide, Low Ki, and new member Steve "Monsta" Mack) are all from Brooklyn (Rickey Reyes, who also wrestles as the masked Black Tiger is a member as well, but from Cuba), and hence, even though they were serious heels, they get cheers in NYC. everywhere i've seen ROH, they get booed. GeNext (Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, and Jack Evans), are also heels that are cheered - i call it Stone Cold Syndrome - because they're cocky, arrogant, and they can get the job done in the ring. all three guys are heels through and through in their mannerisms and actions, but they're so damned good, and so smart assey, the people love them. Roderick - who actually gave Kurt Angle a run for his money in the Kurt Angle challenge, and is a friend of mine - is the one who sells the heeldom the best. if you try and pat him on the shoulder, or encourage him as he walk pasts, he smirks or sloughs it off, or gets in your face and yells at you. he doesn't soak in the cheers. Punk's song is by the band AFI, and is the best ring entrance in all of wrestling, in my opinion. ummm..i guess that's it? | ||||||
| 27 | Great One ID: 46361920 Sun, May 08, 2005, 19:37 | now I know where I knew that damn song was from!... Punk definitely has "the look" to be one of the top guys anywhere, what was the reason those clowns behind us were booing him? | ||||||
| 28 | Tree ID: 28430321 Sun, May 08, 2005, 21:55 |
some people don't like Punk for a variety of reasons. they don't like him because they think he's a lazy worker (which boggles my mind, as he had TWO 60-minute draws in ROH last year), or they think he's the "booker's pet" (think Triple H), because he runs ROH's wrestling school... Punk's one of the nicer guys i talk to. his "aura" had me scared to even approach him for nearly a year, but once day we started talking about Joe Strummer and Lars Fredickson and other music, and it was all good from there. this picture, from last night's show, speaks volumes about his dedication, to me. it's one of the greatest "Crimson masks" ever... 
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| 29 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 041831612 Tue, May 10, 2005, 07:55 |
Partial Sunday Night Heat Results: *Val Venis pinned CM Punk. | ||||||
| 30 | Tree ID: 9362211 Tue, May 10, 2005, 10:57 | i saw that. it's a payday. i've got no problem with any non-champion going on a WWE show and getting paid their 500 bucks to lay down. | ||||||
| 31 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 41831612 Tue, May 10, 2005, 11:30 | I agree and meant it in a positive way. It's also an opportunity to be seen by the fans, the management, and the wrestlers. | ||||||
| 32 | Tree ID: 9362211 Tue, May 10, 2005, 13:25 |
by the way, i may very well die this weekend when i hit Dayton and Chicago for ROH. last time in Dayton, while i was sleeping, Jack Evans (in the white, above) decided to hit me with a leaping 450 senton splash. it hurt, and i had bruised ribs for days, but everyone had a laugh, so it was good. last night he challenged me to a Senton-Off in Dayton, except that we get life points and we have to pretend we're playing Tekken, whatever that is. i'm scared. i can barely do a sommersault. | ||||||
| 33 | Species Leader ID: 07724916 Tue, May 10, 2005, 13:31 | ........just be glad Evans isn't a Christian and reads the Poli board, Tree ;-) | ||||||
| 34 | blue hen ID: 34342811 Tue, May 10, 2005, 14:24 | Jack had a slightly overweight fan sitting behind us. You're a big dude, I'm sure you can take it. | ||||||
| 35 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 41831612 Tue, May 10, 2005, 14:49 | LMAO! Tree doesn't know what Tekken is! Um, good luck! | ||||||
| 36 | Tree ID: 9362211 Tue, May 10, 2005, 15:31 |
well, knowing Jack, it's a japanese video game, but that's the extent of my knowledge. WAIT! when i was kid i think there was a Nofriendo (ninteindo) game called Tekken Fighter! you shot laser beams and sh*t at each other. right? is that it? | ||||||
| 37 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 41831612 Tue, May 10, 2005, 15:38 | Dude it's an arcade/video fighting game. A great series. My son and I play it often. | ||||||
| 38 | wiggs Donor ID: 04991311 Tue, May 10, 2005, 16:10 | Mike D, you must be the best dad ever. I tried to play PS games with my dad and he would get frustrated about 2 minutes in and quit and never play again. | ||||||
| 39 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 41831612 Tue, May 10, 2005, 16:12 | Yeah my Dad never played with me either. He was always working. I'm still just a big kid though, and that explains everything. ;) | ||||||
| 40 | blue hen ID: 34342811 Tue, May 10, 2005, 16:40 | Actually Tekken is great. Especially when you have no talent and hit the buttons real fast. The best part is when you beat your friend because you could hit random buttons faster than he could hit A-A-up-select-A-down-B-left-start. | ||||||
| 41 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 41831612 Tue, May 10, 2005, 16:46 |
Bahaha! Great stuff. There actually ARE moves you can do, and strings of moves. But they are complex. Which is why it was the perfect 1st fighting game for my son to learn on several years back. But all Hens should stay far, far away indeed! Hey, it pales in comparison to DOA: Hardcore, but the Tekken story and characters and I have a strong bond. | ||||||
| 42 | Great One ID: 6452919 Tue, May 10, 2005, 21:50 |
re:34 Blue Hen/Jack Evans... that kid yelled - "Hey Jack - this fat girl behind me thinks your hot!" haha!!!... and it was perfect timing as the music went off so everyone heard it. | ||||||
| 43 | Tree ID: 28430321 Tue, May 10, 2005, 22:28 |
lol. i'm gonna have to give Jack some grief for that one. it oughta be interesting - myself, and my crew (guys named Pusher, D Ball, and Bobo), are hanging out with Jack Evans, Fast Eddie, Bobby Cruise, Fat Pants (the head ref), Homicide, and Nana. when i give Homicide a lift from the airport, i'm gonna be fearing he's gonna choke me out while i drive... | ||||||
| 44 | Great One ID: 6452919 Tue, May 10, 2005, 22:48 |
this is interesting... tonights dark match. interesting for both guys actually. CM Punk vs. Amazing Red. During the match, Punk messed up a lot of moves. He didn't look like he was on his game. Red did some high flying moves. Punk wins a DDT. wonder if he still worn out from Saturday's brutal match. and the SAT's were on velocity again which is cool. | ||||||
| 45 | Tree ID: 28430321 Tue, May 10, 2005, 23:02 |
the SATS blow...lol.. as for Smackdown, well, i don't wanna spoil things, but an ROH champ beat a former WWE champ... | ||||||
| 46 | Great One ID: 6452919 Tue, May 10, 2005, 23:09 |
I just downloaded that Mick Foley - Desire video. It's amazing. Even that Staind song (a band I HATE) just resonates over it so well... That thing is powerful. | ||||||
| 47 | Great One ID: 6452919 Tue, May 10, 2005, 23:15 |
as far as Punk goes... certainly don't think he signed on or will actually show up anytime soon, but he is as good as Juvy right now so why not haha.. Juvy at best will just be in that already too damn crowded cruiserweight mix and probably get stuck on Velocity. I can't figure out which ROH guy you are talking about spoiler wise. | ||||||
| 48 | Great One ID: 6452919 Tue, May 10, 2005, 23:31 |
Wish someone would use Atreyu for entrance music. It would be perfect. Hell they already have a song called The Crimson about ripping someone's heart out and bleeding all over the place :) Mention to that someone on the trip Tree - I want credit when they show up at a show using it! | ||||||
| 49 | Great One ID: 6452919 Wed, May 11, 2005, 00:20 | NOW I see who you are talking about Tree... | ||||||
| 50 | blue hen ID: 353412123 Wed, May 11, 2005, 00:53 | Tree - you gotta know the answer to this. Are the two blonde guys - security or whatever that sat in the corners, one right in front of me and GO - are they brothers? | ||||||
| 51 | Tree ID: 28430321 Wed, May 11, 2005, 07:00 |
Great One - Great spoiler, eh? lol BH - yea, they are. i think their names are Derrick and Darren, and they're twins. they're in the current crop of students at the ROH school (taught by Punk). i haven't seen them work out, but obviously one is in much better shape than the other, but from what i've heard, they're both pretty damned good in the ring. that kid you saw wrestling in the first match back from intermission - Davey Andrews - is the top graduate from the first class. he's got some good skills, and a great look, and has a lot of potentional. | ||||||
| 52 | Great One ID: 6452919 Wed, May 11, 2005, 07:26 | Lets go STUDENT! That was hilarious.... lol... | ||||||
| 53 | blue hen ID: 34342811 Wed, May 11, 2005, 11:03 | Yeah - those idiots didn't know that he's no longer a student; he's a graduate. He was good but the guy I liked was the guy that looked like Orton (except much shorter). | ||||||
| 54 | Tree ID: 9362211 Wed, May 11, 2005, 16:24 | the guy that looked like Orton...except much shorter....i'm stumped... | ||||||
| 55 | blue hen ID: 34342811 Wed, May 11, 2005, 18:01 | He had a cocky look on his face the whole time. I even made a comment to GO. But I forget the name. | ||||||
| 56 | Tree ID: 28430321 Wed, May 11, 2005, 20:35 | Fast Eddie Vegas? not exactly tall, but very muscular. kept kissing his muscles. hispanic looking? | ||||||
| 57 | blue hen ID: 353412123 Wed, May 11, 2005, 22:46 | Yeah that's the guy. | ||||||
| 58 | Tree ID: 164231121 Wed, May 11, 2005, 23:44 | i know i said this in email, but he's a good guy. and legally blind too. legit. doesn't wear corrective lenses. | ||||||
| 59 | blue hen ID: 353412123 Wed, May 11, 2005, 23:47 | Amazing. So he and I have something in common. | ||||||
| 60 | Tree ID: 242126 Thu, May 12, 2005, 07:08 |
lol. no wonder you keep walking into walls. he has some degenerative eye disease that began pretty young for him. | ||||||
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