Victoria Retirement **SPOILER** Update, ROH News & Notes, More
I apologize for the live feed for WZR Radio not going up this week. There was an error with the stream but we DID do a show. You can listen to it now at https://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-30273/TS-181221.mp3
SMACKDOWN! SPOILER:Michelle McCool just defeated Victoria at the SmackDown! taping set to air this Friday. After the match, Victoria announced her retirement. We're not sure if this is an angle just yet but there had been rumors that Victoria had been considering calling it a career. She denied these rumors later in a blog post but we have still been hearing the same thing.
ROH returns to Collinsville, IL, which is outside of St. Louis, on Friday March 13th.
ROH debuts in Indianapolis, IN on Saturday March 14th at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Tickets for both events go on sale this Thursday at ROHWrestling.com.
The following is the lineup for the ROH Rising Above 2009 PPV, which debuts this Friday, January 16th:
* Chris Hero, Davey Richards and Go Shiozaki vs. Brent Albright, Roderick Strong and Ace Steele
* Claudio Castagnoli vs. Silas Young vs. Alex Payne vs. Sami Calihan
* I QUIT Match: Austin Aries vs. Jimmy Jacobs
* SHIMMER Title Match: MsChif ? vs. Sara Del Rey
* ROH Tag Team Title Match: Kevin Steen and El Generico ? vs. The Briscoes
* ROH World Title Match: Nigel McGuinness ? vs. Bryan Danielson
Here is the card for the January 16th ROH Show in Manassas, Virginia:
* Non-Title Match: Nigel McGuinness ? vs. Tyler Black
* Bryan Danielson vs. Jimmy Jacobs
* The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) vs. Jay Briscoe & Roderick Strong
* Austin Aries vs. Jerry Lynn
* Necro Butcher vs. Delirious
* Brent Albright and Erick Stevens vs. Damien Wayne and Chris Escobar
* Rhett Titus vs. Sean Denny
- Here is the card for the January 17th ROH Show in Edison, New Jersey:
* Rematch: Bryan Danielson vs. Jerry Lynn
* Tyler Black vs. Jimmy Jacobs
* Lumberjack Strap Match: Roderick Strong and Erick Stevens vs. The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) w/Larry Sweeney
* The Necro Butcher vs. Delirious vs. Damien Wayne vs. Sean Denny
* Rhett Titus vs. Brent Albright
* Jay Briscoe vs. Chris Escobar