Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH) continues its “Road to Best in the World” summer trek with a stop in the Metro-East this weekend, featuring familiar faces that began their respective professional wrestling careers in St. Louis as well as a former St. Louis Ram.
The nationally-touring, professional wrestling organization presents a seven-match showcase Friday night at Gateway Center (One Gateway Drive, Collinsville, IL). Bell time is at 7:30 pm.
The evening’s semi-main event, a non-title, tag-team match between ROH World Tag Team Champions The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) versus #Reborn Matt Sydal & Delirious, contains local flavor.
Both Sydal and Delirious launched their respective careers with St. Louis’ Gateway Championship Wrestling in the early 2000s.
Making his mat debut in October 2000, Sydal’s 14-year international resume contains tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), whereas Evan Bourne, he won the Tag Team title in 2011 alongside partner Kofi Kingston. His personal history also includes matches in Total Nonstop Action (TNA), Dragon Gate and Wrestling Society X.
Delirious, whose career launched locally in June 2001, is in his eleventh year with Ring of Honor. The mysteriously-masked grappler also had multi-year stints in Pro Wrestling Noah and Chikara.
The featured attraction is a tag team match pairing ROH World Champion Jay Briscoe and “Mr. ROH” Roderick Strong against “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin & Moose.
Moose, the “nom de ring” of Quinn Ojinnaka, is a former St. Louis Rams’ offensive lineman. The six-season NFL pro started five games at left guard during the Rams’ 2006 campaign, where he finished his career. He began his professional wrestling training in 2012 and became a member of the ROH roster two years later.
His tag-team partner, Elgin, held the ROH World Championship in 2014 and has conducted wrestling seminars in the St. Louis area.
Also appearing on the card are ROH World Television Champion Jay Lethal, Mark Briscoe, Roderick Strong and Maria Kanellis.
Tickets are $20 for general admission seating and higher for areas around ringside. Reserved ringside seating is available by going to THIS LINK online.
ROH Wrestling is seen locally on KDNL-TV (Channel 30) Saturday nights at 11:30 pm. and Sundays at Noon. Its weekly one-hour program is also seen on cable channel Destination America Wednesdays at 7 pm.
For more information on Ring of Honor Wrestling, go to www.rohwrestling.com.
ROH WRESTLING – FRIDAY, JUNE 5 – 7:30 PM
COLLINSVILLE, IL – GATEWAY CENTER
ROH World Champion Jay Briscoe & “Mr. ROH” Roderick Strong vs. Moose & “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin
NON TITLE: ROH World Tag Team Champions The Addiction vs. #Reborn Matt Sydal & Delirious
NON TITLE: ROH World Television Champion Jay Lethal (w/ Truth Martini) vs. Raymond Rowe
The Kingdom’s Matt Taven (w/ Maria Kanellis) vs. Hanson
The Kingdom’s Michael Bennet (w/ Maria Kanellis) vs. Dalton Castle
The Decade’s Adam Page (w/ BJ Whitmer) vs. Mark Briscoe
Silas Young vs. Cheeseburger
