Manhattan Mayhem III
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| Manhattan Mayhem III | |
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| Date: |
June 13, 2009 |
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New York, New York |
| Venue: |
Hammerstein Ballroom |
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| Show no: |
233 |
Manhattan Mayhem III was a professional wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on June 13, 2009 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York.
[edit] Matches
- A ten bell salute was held for Mitsuharu Misawa, with the entire Ring of Honor locker room surrounding the ring.
- Austin Aries came out and talked about how tough people from New York really are, citing "a day in September several years ago" as well as when he punched out a fan at Final Battle 2008 as proof New Yorkers really aren't that tough. He then called out two true tough guys, Rhett Titus and Kenny King, for their match.
- The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) defeated Rhett Titus & Kenny King
- The Young Bucks pinned Titus after More Bang for Your Buck.
- Necro Butcher defeated Jimmy Rave (w/The Embassy)
- Necro pinned Rave with a small package.
- After the match, The Embassy continued to attack Necro, with Rave trying to break his leg with the Heel Hook, until Colt Cabana came to his aid.
- Ric Flair came out and cut a promo putting over Ring of Honor and the New York fans.
- Roderick Strong defeated Sonjay Dutt
- Strong pinned Dutt after a Gibson Driver.
- Jimmy Jacobs defeated Tyler Black in a First Blood match
- Jacobs and Black began brawling before they could get in the ring to start the match. Jacobs busted Black open with a screwdriver before throwing him into the ring to officially start, and end, the match.
- After the match, Black attacked Jacobs, the referee and several ROH officials who came out from the back. He warned Jacobs that at their Steel Cage match in Detroit it won't be who bleeds first who wins, it will be who bleeds last. Black then used his guaranteed shot at the ROH World Championship, which he won at Caged Collision, and demanded to be put in the title match tonight.
- Colt Cabana defeated Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli and D'Lo Brown in a Four Corner Survival match
- Cabana forced Brown to submit to the Billy Goat's Curse.
- The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards w/Shane Hagadorn) defeated Kevin Steen & El Generico in a Submission match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
- Edwards forced Generico to submit with a single-leg Boston Crab.
- Jay Briscoe defeated Guido Maritato
- Jay pinned Maritato after a Jay Driller.
- Austin Aries came out for his ROH World Championship match against Jerry Lynn using Ric Flair's theme music and announced that, due to circumstances beyond Ring of Honor's control, Flair would not be the guest outside ring enforcer as originally planned. Flair had left the arena right after his promo due to seeing several cameras to tape footage for ROH on HDNet, and did not want to appear on ROH television due to planning a return to World Wrestling Entertainment. Nigel McGuinness came out and said he was appointing himself the guest official.
- Austin Aries defeated Jerry Lynn and Tyler Black in a Three-Way Elimination match to win the ROH World Championship
- Black eliminated Lynn by pinfall with Gods Last Gift. Aries eliminated Black by pinfall after a kick to the head followed by a Brainbuster.
- After the match, Rhett Titus and Kenny King came out to celebrate with Aries, hoisting him on their shoulders and parading him around ringside.
