ROH 2nd Anniversary Show

ROH 2nd Anniversary Show
Promotion Ring of Honor
Date February 14, 2004
City Braintree, Massachusetts
Venue National Guard Armory
Attendance 600
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ROH 2nd Anniversary Show was the second ROH Anniversary Show professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on February 14, 2004 at the National Guard Armory in Braintree, Massachusetts.

The show featured a tournament to crown the inaugural Pure Wrestling Champion, with A.J. Styles defeating CM Punk in the tournament final to become the first Pure Wrestling Champion.[1][2]

Event

Quarterfinals

The event kicked off with the quarterfinals of a tournament for the new Pure Wrestling Championship. John Walters faced CM Punk in the first match. Walters delivered a Hurricane DDT to Punk and covered him for the pinfall but Punk put his foot on the rope. Walter then rolled up Punk, who reversed it to pin Walter for the win.

Next, Chris Sabin faced Doug Williams in the second quarter-final match. Sabin managed to hit a Cradle Shock on Williams but got a near-fall and then Williams delivered a Chaos Theory to Sabin's injured neck for the win.

Next, Matt Stryker defeated Josh Daniels by making him submit to the Stryker Lock for the win.

The last quarter-final match featured A.J. Styles competing against Jimmy Rave. Styles injured his knee while executing a Stylin' DDT. Rave dropkicked Styles in the knee and hit a dragon screw legwhip. Rave then ran to attack Styles but Styles hit a discus clothesline for the win.

Next, Special K (Dixie, Hydro and Izzy) took on The Carnage Crew (DeVito, Justin Credible and Loc) in a Country Whipping match. Credible delivered a That's Incredible to Izzy and then Angel Dust brought out DeVito's daughter to distract him, which led to DeVito and Credible rushing to the backstage to save her leaving Loc alone against Special K. Loc was then hit with a spike piledriver on a table outside the ring and Izzy pinned him for the win.

Semifinals

The semi-final round of the Pure Wrestling Championship tournament started as Doug Williams took on CM Punk. Williams was tied into the corner in a tree of woe by Punk, who hit a shoulder block in Williams' knee and proceeded to hit another but Williams reversed it into Chaos Theory but his shoulder were also down on the mat and Punk put his shoulder up on the two-count for the win.

In the next semi-final match, A.J. Styles took on Matt Stryker. Styles delivered a Superman to Stryker to advance to the final round.

Next, The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defended the ROH Tag Team Championship against The Backseat Boyz (Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid). Mark knocked out Acid with a tornado DDT from the top rope onto a table outside the ring. Briscoes hit a Spike Jay-Driller to Kashmere to retain the titles.

In the penultimate match, Samoa Joe defended the ROH World Championship against BJ Whitmer, Dan Maff and Low Ki. Maff and Ki fell out of the ring when Maff hit a spear to Ki and Joe applied a Coquina Clutch on Whitmer to retain the title.

Final

A.J. Styles faced CM Punk in the Pure Wrestling Championship tournament final. Punk attempted to execute a Pepsi Plunge on Styles but Styles countered with a backflip kick and delivered a Styles Clash to Punk from the top rope to win the tournament and become the inaugural Pure Wrestling Champion.

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times
1 CM Punk defeated John Walters Quarter-final tournament match 13:01
2 Doug Williams defeated Chris Sabin Quarter-final tournament match 8:18
3 Matt Stryker defeated Josh Daniels Quarter-final tournament match 8:29
4 A.J. Styles defeated Jimmy Rave Quarter-final tournament match 7:35
5 Special K (Dixie, Hydro and Izzy) defeated The Carnage Crew (DeVito, Justin Credible and Loc) Country Whipping match 8:46
6 CM Punk defeated Doug Williams Semi-final tournament match 10:44
7 A.J. Styles defeated Matt Stryker Semi-final tournament match 20:46
8 The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) defeated The Backseat Boyz (Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid) Tag team match for the ROH Tag Team Championship 8:00
9 Samoa Joe (c) defeated BJ Whitmer, Dan Maff and Low Ki Four Corner Survival match for the ROH World Championship 23:01
10 A.J. Styles defeated CM Punk Tournament final for the inaugural Pure Wrestling Championship 16:37
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Tournament bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A.J. Styles 7:35
Jimmy Rave Pin
A.J. Styles Pin
Matt Stryker 20:46
Matt Stryker Sub
Josh Daniels 8:29
A.J. Styles 16:37
CM Punk Pin
CM Punk Pin
John Walters 13:01
CM Punk Sub
Doug Williams 10:44
Chris Sabin 8:18
Doug Williams Pin

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jacob Ziegler (August 6, 2004). "ROH: Second Anniversary Show 2/14/04". 411Mania. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. ↑ J.D. Dunn (July 8, 2006). "Dark Pegasus Video Review: Ring of Honor – 2nd Anniversary Show". 411Mania. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
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