ROH News & Notes, Don't Piss Off WWE With Signs, & More
If you go to a WWE show, you probably shouldn't bring a Ric Flair sign. At Monday's Raw taping in Minneapolis, WWE had security confiscate signs featuring Flair's name. WWE had security go up to them after seeing it on the monitor from the back. Also, you shouldn't bring anything controversial, or risk being thrown out. Two people brought signs such as "Urine Sample Please," "Make It Look Real" and "Kick his ass, Sea Bass" (which was visible early on Raw) and were reportedly kicked out of the arena.
Ring of Honor booker Gabe Sapolsky made the following post on the ROH board regarding the Motor City Machine Guns of Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin not being able to appear at two shows later in the month. However, Sapolsky has found a suitable replacement in another TNA tag team. Here is what Sapolsky wrote: The Motor City Machine Guns of Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin will not be able to appear at the 10/24 & 10/25 events due to a scheduling conflict. We apologize for the lineup change. However, we feel we have a suitable replacement. Former ROH World Champion Homicide and his regular partner Hernandez, known as LAX, will now wrestle on the 10/24 Danbury, CT and 10/25 Edison, NJ events. It will be a homecoming weekend for Homicide in Ring Of Honor. Homicide is one of the founding fathers of ROH. His feuds against Samoa Joe, CZW, Steve Corino and Colt Cabana have gone in the history books as some of the greatest feuds in ROH history. Homicide reached the apex of ROH when he won the World Title at "Final Battle 2006" in a sold out Manhattan Center to end Bryan Danielson's 15 month reign. "The Notorious 187" has been involved in some of ROH's greatest moments and matches. He has earned "ROH Legend" status and now for the first time in well over a year he will return to the ROH ring. Homicide has devoted his time since ROH to teaming with the powerhouse Hernandez as LAX. Together, Homicide & Hernandez have gained recognition as one of the top tag teams in the sport. The duo has never tested themselves against ROH's rich tag team roster. Now they will get thrown into the fire of the ROH tag team division. We will have more information on both shows including LAX's matches by the end of the week. We assure you that LAX will be in main event quality matches.
As reported earlier, TNA has booked The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for a live edition of Impact (which will also be shot in High Definition). TNA will be charging fans for the Impact tickets, which are priced from $23 to $63 in the 1,000-seat venue. It's interesting to note that WWE will be running a Smackdown/ECW taping at the Thomas & Mack Center the week before on 10/14.