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- “Best In The World 2011” on Sunday afternoon, June 26th is shaping up to the huge card everyone expected with 3 giant championship matches already signed. The Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC will host the main event that everyone has been waiting for, ROH World Champion Eddie Edwards will defend against Davey Richards to determine who is the best wrestler in the world today. ROH World Tag Team Champions Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin will defend in the biggest tag team match in ROH history against The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli), The All Night Express (Rhett Titus & Kenny King), and Jay & Mark Briscoe in a Four Way Elimination Tag to determine who is the best tag team in the world today. In addition, “The Generic Luchador” El Generico will challenge for the ROH World TV Title against Christopher Daniels to see who is the best wrestler to represent ROH as we debut on broadcast television in September. All of this and more will go down live on iPPV courtesy of GoFightLive.TV! Tickets are on sale now in the ROH Online Store starting at $10 each, (http://www.rohstore.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=507), and check out http://www.gfl.tv/Events/Fight/Wrestling/ROH__Best_of_the_World_2011/1052 for details on the iPPV broadcast!
- In other “BITW ‘11” news (http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/who-has-the-best-future-in-roh/), it was announced earlier today that “The Prodigy” Mike Bennett will battle the returning Jay Lethal in New York City! Bennett is coming off a victory in his final battle with Steve Corino, but Lethal is looking to steal the show in his first ROH bout in several years. Which man will come out of this contest with their hand raised?
- The latest edition of the ROH Video Wire is now online with comments from ROH World TV Champion Christopher Daniels & Truth Martini, Mike Bennett regarding the aforementioned match, the Bravado Brothers, ROH World Champion Eddie Edwards as he get closer to his showdown with fellow American Wolf Davey Richards:
- Don’t forget to check out our official “Best In The World 2011” website: http://www.rohwrestling.com/bestintheworld/!
- Davey Richards has turned it up a notch in the New Japan Pro Wrestling Best of the Super Jr. Tournament by defeating Koji Kanemoto on 6/7 and Kenny Omega on 6/8. Davey has reached 12 points which puts him in the semi final match that will take place on 6/10 at Korakuen Hall against Kota Ibushi. It will be a big accolade if Richards can bring home the title “Best of the Super Jrs.” as he goes into “Best in the World” to face his partner for the ultimate prize!
- Former ROH World Champion Roderick Strong leaves today for the upcoming NOAH “Navigation with Breeze 2011” tour on 6/11 through 6/26.
- Also at “Best in the World 2011” it will be Strong’s House of Truth ally, “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin, w/ Truth Martini in his corner versus Steve Corino w/ Jimmy Jacobs in his! ROH officials, despite their reservations, have granted Jacobs permission to accompany Steve to the ring, not only as good faith gesture for the last six months of work Corino has put in, but also to balance out the numbers game the House of Truth love to play. Recent attacks on Corino by the House of Truth will now get a little bit more even in numbers.
- ROH World Champion Eddie Edwards has officially signed to appear on 7/8 in Richmond, VA and 7/9 in Charlotte, NC.
- Make sure you’re following Claudio Castagnoli (http://twitter.com/CCastagnoli) and Chris Hero (http://twitter.com/TheChrisHero) on Twitter because tonight, Chris and Claudio take on your questions. Send your questions in a tweet to Chris or Claudio with the special hash tag #ROHQA. Questions with that hash tag will get top priority during their time and make sure your questions are worthy of Kings. From 9pm to 9:30pm – Chris Hero will be answering questions. From 9:30pm to 10pm, Claudio Castagnoli will be up. Be sure to follow Ring of Honor on Twitter http://twitter.com/RingOfHonor and LIKE US on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/RingOfHonor. Share this story and keep your eye on all of our portals for more great engagement like this.
- As seen in the above Video Wire, Harlem and Lancelot Bravado are doing everything it takes to get booked for “Best in the World 2011.” As of now ROH officials have yet to respond.
- Get your tickets now for Ring of Honor’s first ever SBG television taping on August 13th, 2011 originating from the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, IL. With the announcement of the sale to the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the month of September will see the debut of the new Ring of Honor television program which will be syndicated across the Sinclair network of stations, and with it, ROH will become the only wrestling promotion in the United States with a major, multi-market presence on broadcast TV. We promise to produce a first rate card from top-to-bottom that will make you proud to be an ROH fan. Go out of your way to make it to Chicago Ridge on August 13th to support us and show the world why Ring of Honor is the best wrestling promotion on the planet with the greatest fans. When this event is delivered on television across the USA and on the internet you will want to say that you experienced this historic event LIVE and in person. Tickets are now available in the ROH Online Store (http://www.rohstore.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=201) and once the main events are announced we expect tickets to sell very quickly.
