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ROH Announces Return to Hammerstein & Lowell
ROH returns to Hammerstein for Manhattan Mayhem!
Ring Of Honor announces a huge weekend of events in July including their Hammerstein return for Manhattan Mayhem!
Big news out of ROH today as they return to the Hammerstein Ballroom in July for Manhattan Mayhem, plus head to Lowell for Mass Hysteria. They were last at Hammerstein for Final Battle 2018. The full release is below the ad–buy a shirt!
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Directly from the release:
ROH TO PRESENT BIG SHOWS IN MANHATTAN, LOWELL IN JULY
Still riding a wave of momentum coming off the historic G1 Supercard event, Ring of Honor is headed to Manhattan and Lowell, Mass., for two must-see shows in July.
ROH will present Manhattan Mayhem at Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday, July 20, and Mass Hysteria at the Lowell Auditorium on Sunday, July 21. Both of these big shows will stream live for HonorClub.
Tickets for the Manhattan and Lowell events go on sale next Wednesday, May 1 at 10 a.m. Eastern for HonorClub members, and Friday, May 2 at 10 a.m. Eastern for the general public.
In addition to experiencing all the hard-hitting, in-your-face action that only ROH can deliver, fans in Manhattan and Lowell will have an opportunity to get autographs and photos with the stars of ROH at pre-show meet and greets!
There is no such thing as a “house show” in ROH. Every event matters! So don’t miss your opportunity to see The Best Wrestling on the Planet live!
ROH PRESENTS MANHATTAN MAYHEM
SATURDAY, JULY 20
BELL TIME 7 P.M. ET
MEET AND GREET 5 P.M. ET
THE MANHATTAN CENTER’S HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
311 W 34TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10001
ROH PRESENTS MASS HYSTERIA
SUNDAY, JULY 21
BELL TIME 7 P.M. ET
MEET AND GREET 5 P.M. ET
LOWELL MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM
50 EAST MERRIMACK STREET
LOWELL, MA 01852
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Did your picks win points?
The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!
Here are your Gold League standings!
- Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
- Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
- Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
- Rush: 0-1, 0 points
- Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
- Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points
Here are your Blue League standings!
- Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
- Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
- Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
- Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
- Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
- Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete
My Thoughts:
Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.
Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.
In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.
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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”
Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:
Blue League
- Bryan Danielson
- Andrade El Idolo
- Brody King
- Claudio Castagnoli
- Daniel Garcia
- Eddie Kingston
Gold League
- Jon Moxley
- Swerve Strickland
- Rush
- Mark Briscoe
- Jay Lethal
- Jay White
Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:
- Every match has a 20 minute time limit
- The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
- EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action
Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!
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