An Honorable Mention w/ Shane Hagadorn & Jeff Schwartz
211 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsOn An Honorable Mention, former ROH wrestler and manager Shane Hagadorn and his co-host Jeff Schwartz discuss a different event, star, or period from Ring Of Honor history each episode! Shane was there, and shares his ROH expertise, experiences, and secrets with the audience, leaving no stone unturned!
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Episode 208: McXal and His Honorable Reviews (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
November 22, 2022 20:30 - 3 hours - 173 MBPatreon.com/AnHonorablePod presents…. Imagine watching EVERYTHING Ring of Honor has produced in 20 plus years. When you’re done, imagine writing detailed reviews and reports on EVERYTHING. That’s exactly what the Honorable Journey for McXal looks like. McXal joins Jeff to talk shop and the legacy of ROH from 2002-2022. We discuss the message board, tape trading, and writing about wrestling of all types in this MEGASODE! The man himself joins @mrjeffschwartz0 for this episode of An Honorabl...
Episode 207: @NotDrDeath Steve Williams' Honorable Journey
October 05, 2022 23:07 - 3 hours - 191 MBAn Honorable Journey can begin anywhere but for @NotDrDeath Steve Williams it began with the thought of being a pro wrestler and continues on with being a twitter superstar. Steve joins @mrjeffschwartz0 for this episode of An Honorable Mention to discuss training at OVW, doing ROH ring crew and tape trading amongst many other topics that will definitely get you laughing, smiling, and heading to your local twitter to follow both Jeff & Steve. There’s some talk of a certain tennis racket wie...
Episode 206: An Honorable Journey up North with Scott McConnell
September 21, 2022 23:21 - 2 hours - 274 MBImagine being one of possibly 100 people in an entire country to order Ring of Honor’s very first Pay Per View, Respect is Earned in July 2007. That is Scott McConnell’s origin story, in his Honorable Journey to ROH fandom. Scott joined Jeff to discuss his reverse journey in Honor, watching tapes bought from ebay with his friend’s mom’s card. This episode, Jeff is absolutely stunned when he hears about the 3 live events Scott attended and why he stopped. Scott is also the longest running...
Episode 205: Brian Bellinger (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
August 23, 2022 17:31 - 2 hours - 278 MBThe most asked question in professional wrestling is how do I get into the business? Brian Bellinger simply just volunteered and found himself in a dream job. Brian joins Jeff because Hagadorn is still on Paternity leave for another discussion on getting a job in the business. Brian is a jack of all trades, from setting up to tearing down, production and visual help as well. Brian was a fan in 2002 and by the time ROH closed its doors under the SBG umbrella he was producing shows from the...
Episode 204: Chris from IVPVideos.com (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
August 11, 2022 22:11 - 2 hours - 291 MBEvery story has twists and turns and the story of Chris from IVPVideos.com and Jeff is quite similar. This week, Chris joins the show to discuss riding in an RV to shows with strangers, the infamous ROH Message Board’s positives and negatives, oh and tape trading which in directly helped give birth to our beloved Ring of Honor in 2002! Chris also shares why the main event wasn’t his favorite match on most ROH shows he attended, the Rex Plex, and his favorite live show experiences. Oh and al...
Episode 203: Best in the World 2012: Hostage Crisis (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
July 19, 2022 20:14 - 2 hours - 152 MBEpisode 203 Best in the World 2012 It’s been awhile since we’ve recorded a pod, been even longer since we put up this poll on Twitter, but we are finally here with Best In The World 2012: Hostage Crisis! We’re a year into the SBG era of ROH, and we are at the HammerSTEEN Ballroom with Davey Richards making one last bid to unseat Kevin Steen as the ROH World Champion! Plus THE GUARDIANS OF TRUTH HAVE ARRIVED! ANX challenge WGTT for the World Tag Titles, Homicide returns to take on Eddie Edwar...
Episode 202: Night of Champions 2003 (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
June 29, 2022 02:06 - 2 hours - 296 MBJeff has been itching to do this one since the podcast was born and here we finally are covering the night Samoa Joe earned his crown as ROH Champion. Not only is the night historic for that, but it also marks the FIRST TIME Jay and Mark Briscoe operated as a team in Ring of Honor, and what a match came as a result! On top of that, Christopher Daniels and Doug Williams have a banger, the CM Punk and Raven feud switches to another level when history is again made with the birth of The Second C...
Episode 201 Kailah Guffey
June 14, 2022 18:36 - 1 hour - 175 MBOne episode removed from Episode 200, Jeff goes solo this week but with a very special guest, Kailah Guffey. Kailah Guffey is Ring of Honor Royalty as she is not only the first female guest on An Honorable Mention, she also happens to be the first second generation guest on the pod! Kailah Guffey is the daughter of Ring of Honor Legend, the late, great Crown Jewel of the Embassy, Jimmy Rave! Kailah Guffey joins @MrJeffSchwartz0 to discuss her father outside of the ring, stories of her dad’...
Episode 200: The Tokyo Summit (Proudly Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
May 31, 2022 23:23 - 2 hours - 164 MBYOU, yes YOU are alive and hopefully well for the historic & legendary 200th Episode of An Honorable Mention as Jeff & Shane board the Honorable Plane of Honor and head to Tokyo for The Tokyo Summit, which was also Ring of Honor’s 200th Show. DDT, NJPW, Kensuke Office, Pro Wrestling NOAH, & Ring of Honor agreed to a Summit, in Tokyo in September of 2008. We talk show origins, The FABULOUS FORUM, Hagadorn getting no trip to Japan for his birthday, and a lineup with a little something from eve...
199: Conquest Tour 2015: Hopkins (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
May 18, 2022 19:29 - 2 hours - 263 MBWhy Hopkins? Well, Hagadorn wanted to know why…SPOILER ALERT…there’s a fifteen second World Title match in the main event. That’s the only real reason, a curiosity needed to be sated, and in the process, we got to experience a show that was damn entertaining for most of the show! One of the best TV Title bouts that probably ever took place, a tremendous outing from Adam Page and ACH, The Briscoes and War Machine having a tag team banger, and Roddy doing Roddy things with Silas! It’s Conquest...
Episode 198: Supercard of Honor III (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
May 04, 2022 00:36 - 2 hours - 300 MBYou voted on the annual Supercard poll, and this week we take a trip to 2008 for the third installment of the premier Ring of Honor event! It’s the last year for the Dragon Gate trios matches, it’s a rematch of one of 2007’s best World Title bouts, and it’s a reading of a police report on the air! It’s Supercard of Honor III on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!! Supercard Of Ho...
Episode 197: Raising the Bar Night 2 (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
April 19, 2022 10:45 - 2 hours - 260 MBPart two of our random events picked by Lil Old Shane, ones that took place after he got fired! Now it’s time to revisit the Frontier Fieldhouse right up the street from Mama Rosa’s in good old Chick-ago Ridge, revisit the Ringmaster’s Challenge, and revisit some Briscoe on Homicide Violence!! It’s a master class main event, a top shelf Tag Team Title tussle, a wild tag team match of another kind, the announcers at ringside, the ring announcer back inside the ring, and Truth Martini’s Trust F...
Episode 196: Raising the Bar Night 1 (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
March 31, 2022 00:53 - 2 hours - 250 MBHagadorn randomly picked an event that took place after he got fired, and the dart landed on two 2014 events just prior to the New Japan Pro Wrestling incursion into ROH! The first of these two shows took ROH to the Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee, and put two championships on the line! Adam Cole and Matt Taven went toe-to-toe over the ROH World Title, while reDRagon was put into an Instant Reward Match with the potential result being one team getting a World Tag Team Title shot! Plus Tyson...
Episode 195: Fifth Year Festival: Finale (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
March 02, 2022 07:29 - 3 hours - 171 MBY’all love 2007 don’t you? You must since the votes were in your hands, the fate of AHM was in your hands, and you picked another 2007 event! This time though, we cross the pond back to the Liverpool Olympia, to bid Samoa Joe a final farewell to cap off the 5th Year Festival! On top of that, BJ Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs take their violent rivalry to the UK, Cabana and Delirious bring the funny that thankfully Prazak and Lenny are there to explain, The Dangerous Angels are there to kick some a...
Episode 194: Battle of the Icons (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorable Pod) Inbox
February 09, 2022 23:56 - 3 hours - 165 MBPatreon.com/AnHonorablePod Presents.... We just keep rolling into 2007 so now it is on to Edison, NJ and the awful Inman Sports Club! It’s another cold one, January in the Northeast after all, and we’ve got chairs to carry from the parking lot into the building, a truck to possibly get stuck in the mud, and plenty of wrestling action! Rockstar Energy Drinks have may have been traded for wrist tape, Julius Smokes may have been schooled by an old lady, and Samoa Joe might have said he was lea...
Episode 193: Dedicated (Proudly Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
January 25, 2022 08:59 - 2 hours - 155 MBPatreon.com/AnHonorablePod Presents... We are back with our first show of 2022, and we are doing so with the first show of 2007! It was a frigid, bitter, miserable cold night in Braintree and also a sad evening as January 26th of 2007 was also when one of ROH’s founding fathers, and former President of the company, Doug Gentry, passed away at only 34 years of age. It was a sad beginning to the new year, especially given how beloved Gentry was by so many wrestlers in the locker room, but the s...
Episode 192: 2021 An Honorable Mention Hall of Fame of Honor (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
December 28, 2021 20:54 - 3 hours - 187 MBIt’s that time once again! Time to induct the third class of the annual HONORABLE MENTION HALL OF FAME OF HONOR! A select group of listeners, wrestlers, and assorted wrestling personalities were given the chance to vote and these are the results! The previous inductees are listed below, and this week will induct another 5 members into the illustrious group! CLASS OF 2019: SAMOA JOE CM PUNK THE BRISCOES CARY SILKIN BRYAN DANIELSON CLASS OF 2020: LOW KI CHRISTOPHER DANIELS GABE SAPOLO...
Episode 191: Final Battle 2006 (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
December 15, 2021 05:41 - 3 hours - 198 MBThis episode is dedicated to the life, memory, & legacy of Ring of Honor legend, The Crown Jewel Jimmy Rave. Love & Mercy. As per tradition, for our Final Battle episode, you voted and selected one of the most historic editions of the event for this edition of AN HONORABLE MENTION! We travel back to 2006 for the final event of Ring of Honor’s calendar (as an event called Final Battle should be) to witness Homicide try to claim the ROH World Title one last time or walk away if he fails! We ...
Episode 190: ThROH the Years with Matt & Trevor (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
December 07, 2021 18:00 - 3 hours - 185 MBPatreon.com/AnHonorable Pod Presents.... Who knew 19 years ago that Ring of Honor would be deemed so important to the wrestling landscape that there would be not one, but two podcasts dedicated to honoring the history of ROH? This week, Hagadorn is off on assignment so @MrJeffSchwartz0 sat down with the other ROH Podcast tag team, the fellas from ThROH The Years, Trevor Dame & Matt Feuerstein! We discuss the history of ROH, the origins of ThROH The Years, and even the state of affairs for ...
Episode 189: The French Connection (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
November 23, 2021 23:00 - 2 hours - 163 MBOctober 2008 marked the end of ROH’s first era when Gabe Sapolsky was terminated from his position as Booker, and November 2008 officially began the next era with Adam Pearce’s first events! It just seems appropriate that Scrap Daddy’s first event would also be the first-time for an ROH event in Montreal, QC, Canada! The most intriguing part of this shifting landscape may be everything that went on between the last of Gabe and the first of Adam, how it would shape the face of ROH moving forw...
Episode 188: Charm City Challenge (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
October 26, 2021 18:12 - 2 hours - 274 MBOctober 2013, nearly the end of the line for our illustrious co-host Shane Hagadorn after ten years with ROH, and this would be one of the events which he never saw because it was released after the fact! So that is what brings us to Baltimore for CHARM CITY CHALLENGE this week, and a rather interesting look at the state of things just before the last of the OG office was shown the door. To be honest, originally Jeff and Hagadorn didn’t think they’d have a lot to say about the show but once ...
Episode 187: Glory By Honor III (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
October 19, 2021 10:41 - 2 hours - 278 MBYou voted and the election, like all other important ones was not rigged. This time instead of voting for party, we voted for a party. Glory By Honor III was the choice and what a night it was at the Rex Plex (RIP)! A show on the 3 year anniversary of the horrible tragedies of 9/11/01 near New York City, it was a somber yet patriotic filled night for fans in attendance. Samoa Joe defends his ROH World Title against Anarchist Doug Williams on a quest to reclaim ROH gold. The same can be s...
Episode 184: Redemption (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
September 21, 2021 14:44 - 2 hours - 155 MBThe Summer of Punk had reached the mountain top, flame in hand CM Punk and the Ring of Honor World Title were on the line in a Four Corner Elimination bout with rightful contenders James Gibson, The Fallen Angel Chistopher Daniels, & the greatest ROH Champion of ALL TIME, Samoa Joe. This was the headliner on a show in which many moments mattered. Colt Cabana one night away from facing CM Punk potentially on the road to an ROH World Title Shot faces Spanky, and BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs de...
Episode 183: The Scientist of Sound Zach Johnson (Presented by DRAFT KINGS USE PROMO CODE HONORABLE for 15% OFF)
September 14, 2021 09:55 - 2 hours - 229 MBBrought to you this week by Draft Kings and the PROMO CODE HONORABLE for 15% off a $5 entry and new account! As we take another trip down memory lane in our Honorable Journey Series, we are joined by 1/3rd of the trio that brings this show to you every week, Mr. Zach Johnson. Zach and @MrJeffSchwartz0 go back all the way to a message board friendship pre-dating the ROH Message Board. They discuss the impact of CM Punk on Zach's lifestyle, as well as how important it was for Zach to stay tu...
Episode 182: Gentleman Jon Sahir (Presented by Draft Kings, Promo Code HONORABLE)
September 07, 2021 20:33 - 2 hours - 264 MBPresented by Draft Kings! Promo Code: Honorable Ring of Honor began in a small gymnasium in Philadelphia, PA but its reach was far and wide. Wide enough to jump across the pond and into the heart of Gentleman Jon Sahir of Manchester, England. Jon Sahir, known for being one of the biggest British diehard ROH fans and most enjoyable folks to take in a show with joins the show this week. Jon Sahir traveled from the United Kingdom for many shows beginning with Dragon Gate Challenge II and Su...
Episode 181: Fueling the Fire (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
August 31, 2021 19:39 - 3 hours - 166 MBThe flame was lit in Chicago, literally as ROH headed into Manassas, Virginia for this week's show Fueling the Fire featuring the return of Shane Hagadorn to the show! We build on this show with two big tag team matches towards Death Before Dishonor VI(IN THE ARCHIVES). It's AOTF of Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black defending their ROH Tag Titles vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Go Shiozaki and The Motor City Machines Guns on loan from TNA to face the fans named Team Work, Austin Aries & American Dragon ...
Episode 180: Honored SCOOPS with Mr. Jacob Cohen(Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
August 24, 2021 14:27 - 2 hours - 227 MBThe term generation to generation is the ultimate compliment when it comes to wrestling. Being able to pass along a tradition as powerful as Ring of Honor to the next generation is an incredible pun intended, Honor. This week, friend of show, twitter influencer, Proud Jewish Wrestling Fan, and one of the most dedicated fans of professional wrestling Mr. Jacob Cohen joins @mrjeffschwartz0 to discuss his Honorable Journey Jacob discusses how different things were growing up in Toronto when it...
Episode 179: Tree (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
August 17, 2021 07:00 - 3 hours - 215 MBThe early days in Ring of Honor saw a lot of common trends. Great wrestling, new moves, innovative production, both good & bad, and most importantly a unified fan base consisting of friends from around the world. So how does a guy from Texas who lives in New York working in the music business end up as one of Ring of Honor's most important fans? This week Josh "Tree" Neimand joins the show to share his Honorable journey from fan to employee. For 17 years @mrjeffschwartz and Tree attend...
Episode 178: Thomas Bobo Travels The Roads of Honor (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
August 10, 2021 10:21 - 2 hours - 275 MBVery few fans of professional wrestling will ever be as committed to one company as Thomas Bobo of Grand Rapids, Michigan was to Ring of Honor. From day 1, at the Era of Honor Begins Tom Bobo and ROH were united on a journey of Honor that would see travel all over the United States. The head of the Midwest Horsemen was part of a social circle in the ROH fanbase that went everywhere for everything in the first few years of Ring of Honor. This week @mrjeffschwartz sits down to talk to Tom Bo...
Episode 177: An Honorable Journey with Matty B (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
August 03, 2021 22:56 - 2 hours - 278 MBWhen life throws you lemons you begin your journey into the wrestling world with the most positive man in ROH history, Matty B. Shane Hagadorn is out of the office the next few weeks and Jeff reached out to his long time, close, personal friend, and sometimes travel tag team partner to join the show. Matty B AKA Pusher talks about his first ROH show and the transformative effect it had on him during a life changing time period for him. As Matt shares stories of the gluttony of great matche...
Episode 176: Death Before Dishonor 8 (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
July 27, 2021 18:44 - 3 hours - 190 MBYou voted, and by a margin unseen since our last poll a decisive winner was chosen. This winner hails from North of the Border, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2010's Death Before Dishonor 8 from June 19, 2010! As Ring of Honor sits in the summer of 2010, their tentpole Summer event Death Before Dishonor is stacked with the ROH World Title on top with controversial champion Tyler Black facing challenger and fan favorite, for now Davey Richards in an all time classic. The ROH World Title is not ...
Episode 175: Race to the Top Night 2 (Proudly Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
July 20, 2021 16:52 - 2 hours - 154 MBStill in 2007 for ROH’s return to Edison, NJ and night two of our little tournament to be THE TOP! 8 wrestlers are left competing for that vague notion of being THE TOP even though, reminder, two of the guys in the tournament already have title matches on the books for shows in August, but everyone remaining has a believable shot at this bad boy. Plus there’s a wild and wacky multi-man tag, and no FIP title to be concerned with this time! It’s RACE TO THE TOP TOURNAMENT NIGHT 2 on this week...
Episode 174: Race to the Top Tournament Night 1 (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
July 13, 2021 15:49 - 3 hours - 173 MBLet’s journey back to 2007 and ROH’s debut in a new Long Island area venue! Sports Plus has closed, off to Deer Park and a small Community Center too small for ROH’s usual set-up, and a tournament for…...a trophy! 16 wrestlers are competing for some nebulous idea of being THE TOP, two of the guys in the tournament already have title matches on the books for future shows, and some are clearly no chance in hell entrants. Still, wrestling fans love a tournament so here...we...go! It’s RACE TO ...
Episode 173: 10th Anniversary Show "Young Wolves Rising" (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
July 06, 2021 04:05 - 3 hours - 183 MBThis week’s event comes to you courtesy of Patreon patron, friend of show, and one-half of THE MARVELISTS podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marvelists/id1334479206) Peter Melnick! We return to 2012 and NYC where Ring of Honor is celebrating its 10th birthday with a terrible subtitle, two championship matches, returns for a couple ROH originals of which one is sadly never seen in ROH again, and a main event that is certainly polarizing. Jeff and Shane discuss going 40 minute...
Episode 172: Jigsaw: Chapter Two
June 29, 2021 08:44 - 1 hour - 202 MBHe is a riddle wrapped in an enigma. He is a man who has competed for CHIKARA, Dragon Gate USA, EVOLVE, CZW, WXW, FIP, IWA:MS, TNA, HOG, as well as countless other wrestling promotions during his near 20 year career. For our purposes here, he was a member of the ROH roster from 2007-2008 and a member of The Vulture Squad alongside Jack Evans, Ruckus, Julius Smokes, and even Mercedes Martinez! He is Jigsaw, and he is our special guest once more on this week’s edition of AN HONORABLE MENTION! ...
Episode 171: Jigsaw Chapter 1 (Proudly Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
June 23, 2021 01:48 - 2 hours - 238 MBHe is a riddle wrapped in an enigma. He is a man who has competed for CHIKARA, Dragon Gate USA, EVOLVE, CZW, WXW, FIP, IWA:MS, TNA, HOG, as well as countless other wrestling promotions during his near 20 year career. For our purposes here, he was a member of the ROH roster from 2007-2008 and a member of The Vulture Squad alongside Jack Evans, Ruckus, Julius Smokes, and even Mercedes Martinez! He is Jigsaw, and he is our special guest on this week’s edition of AN HONORABLE MENTION! We talk ab...
Episode 170: Best in the World 2011 (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
June 15, 2021 16:57 - 3 hours - 194 MBAn absolute landslide winner in the poll this week, we travel to the first major event under the SBG banner, and an iPPV event no less! It marked the first year of BEST IN THE WORLD as an ROH tentpole event, and was quite a memorable way to launch into this new era! A World Title bout between two friends as hard-hitting as any match in ROH’s history, a truly memorable segment that marked this venue as the HammerSTEEN Ballroom, a 40 minute tag team clash between the four top duos, a musical e...
Episode 169: Live And Let Die (Presented By Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
June 08, 2021 16:23 - 3 hours - 167 MB8 years ago, ROH made its debut at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus at the height of the SCUM angle. To be frank, the heights were not very high and that is just part of what is discussed on this week’s episode. Shane wasn’t on the road anymore by this point, and just a few months removed from the unemployment line, but still has plenty of thoughts on this one here. It’s got Jay Briscoe and Eddie Edwards, Jeff finding a new love for QT Marshall, Cedric Alexander having what SHOULD have been ...
Episode 168: Destiny (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorable Pod)
June 01, 2021 04:09 - 3 hours - 187 MBIt’s the most anticipated show in AHM history: the night Shane Hagadorn won the Top Of The Class Trophy! Actually, it’s not the most anticipated, but it’s close, and it does feature the ROH debut of Davey Richards, the main show debut of Sara Del Rey, and the beginning of SHINGO’s excursion! Pretty historic we think. It’s also another chapter in the Homicide saga of 2006, the further adventures of Bryan Danielson ROH World Champion, and the Briscoes facing off with Generation Next! It’s DE...
Episode 167: Lenny Leonard (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
May 25, 2021 12:33 - 2 hours - 146 MBHe has no doubt called more pay-per-view events by himself than any announcer in pro wrestling history. He has the distinction of being the only man in WWE history to do the same for an event broadcast under their banner. He was one of the definitive voices of Ring of Honor, alongside Dave Prazak, during crucial years from 2005-2009 and got to experience so much history as a result. He is the one and only Lenny Leonard, and he is our guest this week on AN HONORABLE MENTION! From the most ran...
Episode 166: How We Roll (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
May 18, 2021 10:53 - 3 hours - 184 MBThe NWA(TNA) World Champion and the Ring of Honor World Champion in the same ring at the same time, no titles on the line, just opposite sides of a tag team match. Not an expected scenario, especially given the tenuous relationship between the 2 companies, but certainly an intriguing one in 2006! Christian Cage and Bryan Danielson, same ring at the same time, and in front of one of the ROH’s habitually worst crowds ever in the history of ever! Plus the CZW war rages on, Jeff & Shane discuss ...
Episode 165: Samoa Joe: Don't Call it a Comeback (Sponsored by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
May 11, 2021 13:31 - 3 hours - 175 MBSamoa Joe is a bona fide legend within the lore of Ring of Honor, if not the modern wrestling landscape as a whole. To this day, over fifteen years since his lone World Championship run ended, Joe still stands as the longest reigning champion in ROH’s history at 645 days. Nigel McGuinness is the only man remotely close with a single run, and even that falls 100 days shy of Joe’s tenure at the top. To this day, Samoa Joe (officially) holds the number two spot on the amount of championship def...
Episode 164: Manhattan Mayhem 5 (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
May 04, 2021 20:29 - 3 hours - 186 MBYou let us hear your voice in another poll, this time via Twitter, and now we present the winner of said poll: MANHATTAN MAYHEM V!!! In the aftermath of a Jay Briscoe injury forcing him to relinquish the title, ROH held a tournament to crown the next champion. Spread out over four events, three of the Quarter-Final matches took place inside the Hammerstein Ballroom on this August night! Karl Anderson, Michael Elgin, Roderick Strong, Kevin Steen, Tomasso Ciampa, and Michael Bennett all compe...
Episode 163: Fate of An Angel (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
April 27, 2021 09:39 - 3 hours - 193 MBThis one is for Kevin Ford (@kford13) and marks a return to the legendary SUMMER OF PUNK back in 2005! Not only is it that historic time frame for ROH, it is also a rather infamous period in the larger wrestling history as Matt Hardy was briefly terminated from WWE, made a blueprint for wrestling’s future with viral marketing via the social media of the day, and was back to TV before ever making his first independent appearance! This was a night that WWE versus TNA happened in an ROH ring, W...
Episode 162: Fighting Spirit (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
April 20, 2021 15:17 - 3 hours - 176 MBThe swamplands of Edison, NJ and the Inman Sports Club played host to quite a few historic ROH events over the years featuring international debuts, title changes, epic rivalries, and classic matches. April 2007 was no exception as ROH returned to New Jersey for the second time in 2007 with one enormous title match, no hyperbole whatsoever, with Nigel versus Morishima for the ROH World Title! Plus tremendous story telling action around the Steen/Generico & Briscoes, a bit of a hidden gem with...
Episode 161: Larry Sweeney (Presented by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod)
April 13, 2021 05:22 - 2 hours - 163 MBhttps://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=2389364 On April 11th of 2011, the wrestling world lost one of its brightest stars, and most beloved individuals: Alex Whybrow aka the legendary ”Sweet n Sour” Larry Sweeney. It was a loss that extended far beyond the confines of a wrestling ring as Alex touched the lives of fans, friends, and co-workers in ways that surpassed a match or a promo. The joy of his laughter, the care he demonstrated for the peo...
Episode 160 Supercard of Honor
April 06, 2021 20:13 - 3 hours - 208 MBMARCH MADNESS has ended, and it is now POLL TIME! As has been our tradition since the birth of the show, we run a Mania Weekend poll this time of year to look at one of ROH’s many events piggy-packed off the event. This year the winner of the poll showcases the Wrestling Observer 2006 Match Of The Year, a World Title fight that should have been in that conversation, one of the best AJ Styles performances of his 05/06 ROH run, and plenty of CZW feud progression! It’s probably the largest crow...
Episode 159: Summer Supercard 2019 (Presented by GetBellway.com & GoFundme.com/FightPelleFight)
March 30, 2021 14:19 - 3 hours - 172 MBThe Finals of MARCH MADNESS HAVE ARRIVED and we are up to 2019 with this one! If you’re not sure what March Madness has been, it was a month where Jeff chose shows following Shane’s departure from Ring of Honor that Hagadorn has never seen before! This final show for MARCH MADNESS takes us to the Summer of 2019 and the face of ROH post-ELITE, post-MSG, post-NJPW. Suffice to say the effect on crowd size is quite noticeable from the event covered last week as a 3,500+ capacity building has per...
Episode 158: Global Wars 2017: Columbus, OH (Presented by GoFundMe.com/FightPelleFight & GetBellway.com)
March 23, 2021 05:05 - 3 hours - 182 MBThe Semi-Finals of MARCH MADNESS are upon us! March Madness is the month where Jeff is picking shows following Shane’s departure from Ring of Honor, events that he has never seen before! With our fourth week of these shenanigans, Jeff jumped to later in 2017 and of course picked another show in Ohio! We’ve got Bullet Club to discuss, and the impact of the BTE YouTube Show! Plus it’s early Jay White, Jonathan Gresham, Josh Woods, Shane Taylor, as well as the MCMG, Kenny King, Colt Cabana, and...
Episode 157: Road to Best in the World 2016: Collinsville, IL (Presented by GetBellway.com & GoFundme.com/FightPelleFight)
March 16, 2021 07:00 - 3 hours - 173 MBhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/exclusive-video-48669090 It’s time for MARCH MADNESS: ROUND THREE! What is our March Madness you ask? It means that all month long, Jeff is picking shows that took place AFTER Shane’s departure from Ring of Honor, events that he has never seen before! With week three of these festivities, Jeff took us to 2016 and ROH’s old stomping grounds of Collinsville, IL! We’ve got MAKE WRESTLING GREAT AGAIN, Year One Lio Rush, proto-Hiromu Takahashi, 2016 Stevie Richards,...