quote 411wrestling.com

As reported earlier, Samoa Joe has been pulled from the Ring of Honor show this weekend due to a staph infection under his arm. Joe released the following statement regarding that injury today.

"Just to let everyone know what is going on. After my last show in Detroit I noticed a small cut underneath my right arm right near the armpit. It was a little red and irritated so I cleaned it and paid it no mind. Over the next few days it had swollen (to about the size of a large marble) and I decided to head to the doctor right away.

As I suspected the doctor diagnosed it as a pretty severe Staph infection and I am now on antibiotics. Next week I will be looking into getting it drained. If anything my non-participation this weekend is not only for my safety but the safety of my co-workers in ROH. The last thing anyone needs is a epidemic and for something like this to spread.

A note to indy promoters out there.

WASH your CANVASES!!!

I am surprised I have actually gone this long unaffected. It takes nothing more than some diluted bleach and a handtowel wipe down to prevent this type of stuff from afflicting your wrestlers.

I apologize to the fans of the Midwest this weekend and I promise I will do my best to make it up to you all next time ROH swings through the midwest.

My special thanks to Gabe Sapolsky and the Ring of Honor office for being VERY understanding. Regardless Low Ki has been added to the shows so rest assured I should not be missed too much."

Credit: PWInsider.com

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1. Jack Evans, Matt Sydal, & Jimmy Yang d. BJ Whitmer,
Jimmy Jacobs, & Adam Pearce w/Lacy to advance to the
finals of the Trios Tournament.

2. Jimmy Rave, Alex Shelley, & Abyss w/Prince Nana &
Daizee Haze d. Tony Mamaluke, Sal Rinauro, & Jay Fury
to advance to the finals of the Trios Tournament. Fury
looked impressive.

3. Claudio Castagnoli d. Chad Collyer when Ace Steel
distracted Collyer. Chris Hero & Necro Butcher from
CZW showed up in the crowd waving their tickets (kind
of funny seeing them wave full tickets, when they rip
the tickets in half when you come through the door. A
few minutes into it, Butcher ripped his ticket in
half, then waved it again.)

4. Ace Steel & Sterling Keenan wrestled to a no
contest when Steel got on the mike and got into a
verbal confrontation with Hero & Butcher. There was a
pull apart and they were taken to the back. Jim
Cornette came out with a bloody mouth saying calling
CZW garbage wrestling.

5. Nigel McGuinness d. Delirious in a non-title match (Pure Title).

6. Low Ki d. Christopher Daniels w/Allison Danger.
Really good match. Daniels said he's grown up and
offered to shake Low Ki's hand. Low Ki said history
has a funny way of coming full circle and refused to
shake Daniel's hand.

7. Jimmy Rave, Alex Shelley, & Abyss w/Prince Nana &
Daizee Haze d. Jack Evans, Jimmy Yang, & Matt Sydal to
win the 2006 Trios Tournament. Really strong match.
Abyss teased a chokeslam on Shelley at one point.

8. Austin Aries & Roderick Strong d. Bryan Danielson &
Jay Lethal to retain the ROH tag titles. Strong made Danielson tap. He challenged Danielson to a title shot. The
Emabassy came out and attacked Danielson and
Generation Next made the save. Strong said Danielson
really owes him a title shot now.

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Adam Pearce over Jay Fury in a "solid outing". Post-match, Necro Butcher showed up and brawled with Adam Pearce as the locker room emptied as Jim Cornette was talking. Necrobutcher took an ugly looking bump in the brawl..

Jimmy Yang over Jay Lethal (reported as a "great match").

Tony Mamaluke, Sal Rinauro and Delirious over the Embassy (Reported heat between Rave and Shelley).

Low Ki over Jack Evans. Sounds like Evans was used for Ki's personal punching bag. Evans got some offense, but he was Ki's punching (or kicking) bag for the whole night. And he took it well. Ki beat him bad, winning with the double stomp in the corner.

Claudio Castagnoli and Ace Steel over Nigel McGuinness and Chad Collyer

Gen Next over Lacey's Angels to retain the ROH Tag Team titles. Jacobs was preoccupied with Lacey the whole match, including being out of the corner when BJ was looking for a tag. Jacobs botched a spot where Whitmer had Aries, I believe, on his shoulders. Jacobs was to hurricanrana him, but missed it and sorta fell.

This sort of led to a quick finish...2 Strong backbreakers on Jimmy and a 450 by Aries for the win. I guess the missed spot could be "attributed" to Jacobs not being in the game tonight. After the match, he was talking to Lacey, not giving BJ the time of day, and BJ was mad. After a couple of attempts to get his attention, he hit JJ with the Exploder and left. Good match, and another team that's got problems.

Christopher Daniels over Matt Sydal. Sydal looked very good in this match, hitting the moonsault dive to the outside and a nice pumphandle driver sorta move. Daniels' right knee, I believe, was giving him troubles. At 1st I thought he was selling something, but I don't remember any moves on his leg. Sydal did a nice job of keeping Daniels from hitting his big moves, aka grabbing his leg to keep him from doing the BME, getting out of Angel's Wings, etc. Daniels wins with a choke submission, I believe, reversing a Sydal pin attempt.

Bryan Danielson over AJ Styles to retain the ROH World title, The beginning started off slow with a lot of techinical stuff, reversals, etc., and AJ kept up with everything. Then Dragon offers his hand and AJ spits in
it. Danielson then gets AJ in the corner, mounts him, and spits in his face!

AJ goes nuts and throws some real stiff looking kicks and punches. Match goes back and forth with AJ hitting the Pele kick, the diving forearm from the guardrail, and a nice twisting flip from the top rope. Danielson gets Cattle Mutilation on, but AJ gets to the ropes. Lots of near falls, AJ can't hit the Clash. Late in the match, Dragon gets CM locked in again, only to have AJ flip over into a pinning combination. After Dragon kicks out, he attempts the Chickenwing...initially AJ blocks it, but he finally gets caught and grapevined on the ground. He taps, and Dragon is still the Champ.

quote ROHwrestling.com

This one goes out to Chris Hero. You want to keep writing in your live journal, well Jim Cornette has a message for you at ROHvideos.com. Not only that, but ROH management is going to have a message for you next week right here in the ROHwrestling.com Newswire. Consider yourself an endangered species.