ROH Rising Above Review

Delirious defeated Brent Albright (w/Adam Pearce, BJ Whitmer and Shane Hagadorn)
Delirious pinned Albright with a roll-up.
After the match, The Hangmen 3 attacked Delirious until Kevin Steen and El Generico came to his aid.
**1/4

Kevin Steen and El Generico defeated The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black), The Hangmen 3 (Adam Pearce and BJ Whitmer), and The Vulture Squad (Jack Evans and Ruckus) in a Tag Team Scramble Match

Steen pinned Black after a Package piledriver followed by a Brainbuster from Generico.
***1/4

Daizee Haze defeated Lacey and Sara Del Rey in a Triple Threat match
Haze pinned Lacey after a Mind Trip.
After the match, Tammy Sytch attacked Lacey after she began to insult her when she complimented three competitors.
**1/4

Davey Richards defeated Erick Stevens
Richards forced Stevens to submit with the Kimura Lock.
During the match, Stevens was repeatedly distracted by Daniel Puder, who was in the audience.
**1/2

Claudio Castagnoli defeated Chris Hero (w/Larry Sweeney, Tank Toland and Bobby Dempsey)
Castagnoli pinned Hero after a Ricola Bomb.
The stipulation for the match was if Castagnoli lost, he would have to leave Ring of Honor.
***1/4

Bryan Danielson defeated Takeshi Morishima by disqualification
Morishima was disqualified after repeatedly stomping on Danielson’s testicles, followed by shoving the referee to the ground.
***1/2

The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) defeated the No Remorse Corps (Roderick Strong and Rocky Romero) in a Two out of three falls match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
Strong pinned Jay with a Gibson Driver to win the first fall.
Mark pinned Strong win a jackknife pin to win the second fall.
Jay pinned Strong after a Spike J-Driller to win the third fall.
***1/2

Nigel McGuinness defeated Austin Aries to retain the ROH World Championship
McGuinness pinned Aries after a Jawbreaker Lariat.
****1/2

Bonus Matches:

Jigsaw vs. Necro Butcher vs. Mitch Franklin vs. Matt Cross (4 Way Fray) - *3/4

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Naomichi Marufuji - ***1/4