ROH: Shane McMahon Takes Control!

ROH: Shane McMahon Takes Control.


In 2007, wrestling began down a road which would change the entire world forever, however it was a change for the good. WWE was still the biggest but there was now strong competition from TNA and the small ROH company was on the up but needed just that extra spark to make an impact.

And that impact was to come from a very unlikely source.

Shane McMahon approached Gabe Sapolsky and Cary Silkin about buying ROH and surprisingly they accepted and a deal was done. Shane McMahon had become the new owner of ROH and was already looking to make changes.

Almost instantly Shane looked at what he had and began to change ROH into his own federation. Gone were some of the lower card wrestlers and with the power Shane had, he took some of the talent that were being over looked in WWE.

Matt Hardy, Gregory Helms, CM Punk, Claudio Castagnoli, Paul London and Brian Kendrick all took Shane up on his offer and all switched from WWE to ROH.

Also, now with a recognised face in ownership of ROH, a deal was struck with ESPN and ROH finally had a TV deal which would air on a Friday night at 11pm and would also air in the UK on The Wrestling Channel at the same time.

Shane McMahon is eager to get started and unleash his ideas on ROH and with him still being partially connected with WWE, he has guaranteed there will be surprises in the coming months.



ROH Roster:

Austin Aries
Roderick Strong
Jack Evans
Homicide
Low Ki
AJ Styles
Christopher Daniels
Samoa Joe
CM Punk
Colt Cabana
Jimmy Jacobs
BJ Whitmer
Claudio Castagnoli
Brian Kendrick
Paul London
Matt Hardy
Gregory Helms
Steve Corino
Matt Sydal
Bryan Danielson
Nigel McGuiness
Jimmy Rave
Chris Hero
Petey Williams
Chris Sabin
Doug Williams
Mark Briscoe
Jay Briscoe
El Generico


Champions:

ROH Champion: Bryan Danielson
ROH Tag Champions: The Kings Of Wrestling {Hero & Castagnoli}
FIP Champion: Roderick Strong

Other:

Commentators: Shane McMahon & ???
Ring Announcer: Bobby Cruise
ROH Commissioner: Jim Cornette



ROH TV January 12th 2007 from Edison New Jersey

2 Hour Special

Main Event:
ROH Championship
Bryan Danielson {c} vs. Roderick Strong

Austin Aries vs. Matt Hardy

ROH Tag Championship:
Kings Of Wrestling {c} vs. The Briscoe Brothers

AJ Styles vs. ???

Christopher Daniels vs. El Generico vs. Samoa Joe vs. Jimmy Rave

Homicide vs. Paul London

Upcoming Concerts/Nights Out I'm Attending:

Signature @ BluBamboo Sunderland - August 2nd
Status Quo @ Newcastle City Hall - September 27th
DragonForce @ Newcastle Carling Academy - October 8th
Motorhead @ Newcastle Carling Academy - November 7th
Apocalyptica @ Newcastle Carling Academy - December 7th

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Upcoming Concerts/Nights Out I'm Attending:

Signature @ BluBamboo Sunderland - August 2nd
Status Quo @ Newcastle City Hall - September 27th
DragonForce @ Newcastle Carling Academy - October 8th
Motorhead @ Newcastle Carling Academy - November 7th
Apocalyptica @ Newcastle Carling Academy - December 7th