ROH Year in Review: 2002

The Era of Honor Begins- Philadelphia, PA 2/23/02
1. Da Hit Squad (Mafia & Monsta Mack) beat The Christopher Street Connection (Buffy & Mase)
2. The Amazing Red defeated Jay Briscoe
3. Xavier defeated Scoot Andrews
4.
The Natural Born Sinners (Homicide & Boogaloo) defeated The Boogie
Knights (Mike Tobin & DC Drake). After the match, The Sinners
attacked referee HC Loc violently with a spike.
5. Quiet Storm &
Brian XL defeated The SAT (Jose & Joel Maximo) and Amazing Red in an
Ultimate Aerial Elimination Match with Mikey Whipwreck as the guest
referee
6. Prince Nana defeated The Towel Boy
7. Spanky & Ikaika Loa defeated Michael Shane & Oz, with Spanky gaining the pinfall and an ROH contract
8. IWA-PR Intercontinential Title Match: Super Crazy defeated Eddie Guerrero to win the title

9. Low Ki defeated Christopher Daniels and Bryan Danielson in a hard-hitting match of the year candidate

The Round Robin Challenge- Philadelphia, PA 3/30/02
1. Christopher Daniels defeated Bryan Danielson to go up 1-0 in the Round Robin Challenge
2. Da Hit Squad (Mafia & Monsta Mack) defeated The Towel Boy & Prince Nana
3. Joey Matthews & Christian York defeated CW Anderson & Elax
4. Xavier defeated James Maritato
5. The Natural Born Sinners (Homicide & Boogaloo) defeated The Boogie Knights (Mike Tobin & DC Drake)
6. Low Ki defeated Christopher Daniels to go up 1-0 in the Round Robin Challenge and drop Daniels to 1-1
7. Chris Marvel and Paul London fought to a draw when Marvel broke his ankle in a horrible accident
8. Spanky defeated Jay Briscoe in a fast paced matchup
9. The SAT defeated Amazing Red & Brian XL and Divine Storm when Joel rolled up Red
10.
Bryan Danielson defeated Low Ki in the final match of the Round Robin
Challenge, a match of the year candidate. Daniels, Danielson and Low Ki
ended the first Round Robin Challenge tied at one win and one loss
apiece.

Night of Appreciation- Philadelphia, PA 4/27/02
1.
Da Hit Squad (Mafia & Monsta Mack) defeated The Christopher Street
Connection (Buffy & Mase) and Simply Luscious & Prince Nana
2. Jay Briscoe defeated Tony Mamaluke
3. Divine Storm defeated Christian York & Joey Matthews
4. Triple Threat Match: James Maritato defeated Xavier and Scoot Andrews
5. Low Ki defeated AJ Styles in a hard hitting contest
6. The Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito) defeated The Ring Crew Express
7.
Donovan Morgan defeated Christopher Daniels. After the match, Daniels
gave Morgan his respect and they appeared to join forces.
8. Texas
Wrestling Academy Gauntlet Match: Paul London defeated John Hope,
Michael Shane defeated Paul London, Spanky defeated Michael Shane and
Spanky defeated Bryan Danielson to win the TWA Gauntlet. After the
match, Spanky nominated himself to be in next month's ROH World Title
tournament. He was joined by Bryan Danielson, Prince Nana, Xavier,
Christopher Daniels, Scoot Andrews, Low Ki and Jay Briscoe as the first
entrants in the 16-man tournament.
9. Eddie Guerrero & Amazing
Red defeated The SAT. This was Eddie's last match before leaving ROH and
after taking out an interrupting Brian XL, he gave an emotional speech
to the fans that showed his true respect and dedication to wrestling.

Road to the Title- Philadelphia, PA 6/22/02
1. Bryan Danielson defeated Biohazard to advance to the finals of his block
2. Spanky defeated Paul London to move on to the tournament semi-finals
3. Doug Williams defeated Jay Briscoe to advance
4. Jody Fleisch defeated Jonny Storm to advance
5. Low Ki defeated Prince Nana to advance
6. Amazing Red defeated Xavier to advance
7.
Christopher Daniels defeated Scoot Andrews to advance; After the match,
he challenged anyone to a match against Simply Luscious, and the
debuting Sumie Sakai accepted the challenge.
8. Sumie Sakai defeated Simply Luscious
9. AJ Styles defeated Jerry Lynn to advance
10. Spanky defeated Jody Fleisch to advance to the Four Way Iron Man Match for the ROH World Title
11. Doug Williams defeated Bryan Danielson to gain a shot at the ROH World Title
12. Low Ki defeated Amazing Red to advance to next month's Iron Man Match
13. Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles to become the final man to challenge for the ROH World Title

Crowning a Champion- Philadelphia, PA 7/27/02
1. Tony Mamaluke defeated Jeremy Lopez
2. Christian York & Joey Matthews defeated Prince Nana & Jacob's Ladder
3. Michael Shane & Biozhard defeated Paul London & Don Juan to win ROH contracts
4. Da Hit Squad (Mafia & Monsta Mack) defeated Divine Storm (Chris Divine & Quiet Storm)
5. James Maritato defeated Jay Briscoe when Mark Briscoe walked out on his brother
6.
Bunkhouse Match: The Natural Born Sinners (Homicide & Boogaloo)
defeated The Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito); This insane brawl saw
bats, barbed wire, chairs and even hubcaps get involved. After the match
the teams continued to fight until it was broken up by Da Hit Squad.
7. NWA X-Division Title Three Way Dance: AJ Styles defeated Adam Jacobs and David Young to retain
8.
Mike Tobin & The Ring Crew Express(Dunn & Marcos) defeated
Black Gordman Jr., Brian XL & Dixie when XL & Dixie walked out
9. Scoot Andrews defeated Xavier
10.
ROH Title/60 Minute Iron Man Match: Low Ki defeated Christopher
Daniels, Doug Williams & Spanky to become the 1st ROH Champion. Ki
won 3-2 over Daniels in a unique style of match. Each pinfall is worth
one point, but if a competitor suffered a pinfall they lost a point from
their score. The 60 minutes in 95 degree heat was all action and must
be seen by any true fan of pro wrestling.

Honor Invades Boston- Wakefield, MA 8/24/02
1.
Amazing Red defeated Quiet Storm. After the match, the new group of
Special K, consisting of Elax, Brian XL, Dixie and Izzy assaulted both
men until Chris Divine & The SAT made the save.
2. The SAT (Jose
& Joel Maximo) & Chris Divine defeated Special K (Brian XL,
Dixie & Izzy) in a Scramble Match. After the match, Divine called
out Low Ki to an honorable challenge.
3. Non-Title Match: ROH Champion Low Ki defeated Chris Divine
4. The Christopher Street Connection (Buffy & Mase) defeated The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos)
5. Scoot Andrews defeated Mike Tobin. After the match, Xavier stormed the ring, demanding a rematch from last month's loss.
6. Xavier defeated Scoot Andrews
7.
Michael Shane defeated Paul London. After the match, Simply Luscious
invited Shane to join the Prophecy, but he refused her request.
8. American Dragon and Donovan Morgan fought to a time limit draw
9. Boston Massacre Match: Da Hit Squad (Mafia & Monsta Mack) defeated The Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito)
10. Biohazard defeated Don Juan
11. Alex Arion defeated Maverick Wild
12. The Natural Born Sinners (Homicide & Boogaloo) defeated Tony Mamaluke & James Maritato
13.
Mark Briscoe defeated Jay Briscoe; This was Mark's first match in ROH,
as at only 17 years of age, he is unable to compete in Philadelphia.
14. ROH Title Match: Low Ki defeated AJ Styles to retain

Unscripted- Philadelphia, PA 9/21/02
1.
The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan) defeated The
SAT (Jose & Joel Maximo) to advance to the semi-finals of the ROH
Tag Title Tournament
2. Dick Togo & Ikuto Hidaka defeated James
Maritato & Tony Mamaluke to advance; After the match, Maritato and
Mamaluke got in an argument about the use of the FBI name, and started
an impromptu match.
3. Tony Mamaluke defeated James Maritato
4. Bryan Danielson & Michael Modest defeated Divine Storm (Chris Divine & Quiet Storm) to advance

5.
Da Hit Squad (Monsta Mack & Mafia) and The Natural Born Sinners
(Homicide & Boogaloo) went to a no contest when The Carnage Crew
(Loc & Devito) attacked both teams before the match even started
6.
The Prophecy defeated Dick Togo & Ikuto Hidaka to advance to the
finals; After the match, Togo challenged Daniels to a match next month,
but Daniels said that he had to face off with Doug Williams first, with
the winner facing Daniels later in the night. If Daniels defeats either
man, they can never shake hands again, but if Daniels loses, he's forced
to follow the Code of Honor.
7. Alex Arion defeated Dunn of The Ring Crew Express
8.
ROH Title Match: Xavier defeated Low Ki to become the 2nd Champion;
After the match, Xavier joined The Prophecy, and they draped Low Ki in
the ROH banner.
9. Takao Omori defeated Sonny Siaki
10. CM Punk
made his ROH debut, putting over the company, but was interrupted by
Colt Cabana, and both men were signed to debut in ROH in the near
future.
11. Jay Briscoe defeated Amazing Red. After the match, Elax & Dixie of Special K jumped Red, but he was saved by The SAT.
12.
Street Fight: Paul London defeated Michael Shane in a a match of the
year candidate; After the match, the two men went to congratulate each
other, but Shane turned on London, and then challenged him and Spanky to
a match next month to determine who deserves the real title of
'Showstopper'.
13. ROH Tag Title Match: The Prophecy defeated Bryan Danielson & Michael Modest to become the 1st ROH Tag Team Champions

Glory By Honor- Philadelphia, PA 10/5/02
1.
Scramble Match: Homicide defeated The SAT, Divine Storm and Special K
(Izzy & Dixie); After the match, The Backseat Boyz challenged
Homicide to a tag match, and Steve Corino came down to be his partner.
2.
The Backseat Boyz defeated Homicide & Steve Corino. During the
match, Homicide accidentally hit Corino with an elbow, leading him to
cost Homicide the match.
3. The Christopher Street Connection & Allison Danger defeated Joey Matthews, Christian York & Alexis Laree
4. Tony Mamaluke defeated James Maritato for the right to use the FBI name
5. Amazing Read beat Ikuto Hidaka
6.
Fast Eddie defeated Don Juan to retain the ETW Television Title. After
the match, Michael Shane & Biohazard jumped them both as Steve
Corino came down and challenged Rudy Boy Gonzalez to a Texas Death Match
7.
Texas Deathmatch: Steve Corino defeated Rudy Boy Gonzalez; After the
match, Michael Shane & Biohazard assaulted Rudy Boy, but Paul London
came down for the save.
8. Fight Without Honor: Low Ki defeated
Samoa Joe in Joe's debut. Joe was hired by Christopher Daniels to take
out Ki, but couldn't quite get the job done.
9. Prince Nana defeated Elax
10.
Non-Title Match: Jay Briscoe defeated ROH Champion Xavier; After the
match, Christopher Daniels & Samoa Joe attacked Briscoe, but Low Ki
& Doug Williams made the save.
11. The Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito) defeated Da Hit Squad in a Falls Count Anywhere Match
12. Michael Shane defeated Paul London and Spanky in a Triple Threat Match
13. Christopher Daniels defeated Doug Williams. As a result, Doug Williams was banned from shaking hands in ROH.

All-Star Extravaganza- Philadelphia, PA 11/9/02
1. The SAT defeated Special K (Dixie & Joey Matthews), Divine Storm and Da Hit Squad in a Scramble Match
2.
Number One Contender's Trophy Gauntlet Series: Michael Shane defeated
CM Punk, Paul London defeated Michael Shane, Paul London defeated
Amazing Red, and Bryan Danielson defeated Paul London to face AJ Styles
later in the evening for the Number One Contender's Trophy. After the
London/Shane matchup, Shane refused to shake hands, but Tommy Dreamer
came down and forced him to before telling the crowd how ROH reminds him
of ECW.
3. ROH Tag Title Match: The Prophecy (Samoa Joe, Christopher
Daniels & Donovan Morgan) defeated Homicide, Doug Williams &
Low Ki to retain
4. Alexis Laree defeated Allison Danger
5. The Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito) defeated The Ring Crew Express
6. ROH Title Match: Xavier defeated Jay Briscoe to retain
7. #1 Contenders Trophy Match: AJ Styles defeated Bryan Danielson
8. Shinjiro Ohtani & Masato Tanaka defeated Low Ki & Steve Corino

Scramble Madness- Wakefield, MA 11/16/02
1.
Mark Briscoe & Christopher Daniels defeated Jay Briscoe &
Amazing Red in a Dream Partner Match. Each brother was allowed to select
a partner of their own choosing. Jay chose Red, and to much surprise,
Mark chose Daniels.
2. Alexis Laree defeated Mase
3. Non-Title Match: ROH Champion Xavier defeated Jeremy Lopez
4. Da Hit Squad defeated Tony Mamaluke & Matt Thompson
5.
Scramble Match: The SAT, Amazing Red & Divine Storm defeated
Special K (Joey Matthews, Deranged, Sim J, Izzy & Angeldust)
6. Samoa Joe defeated The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos)
7. Paul London & Rudy Boy Gonzalez defeated Biohazard & Michael Shane in a Street Fight
8. The Carnage Crew (Masada, Loc & Devito) defeated Alex Arion, Don Juan & Fast Eddie
9. Homicide defeated Samoa Joe
10. #1 Contender's Trophy Match: AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels to retain
11. 30 Minute Iron Man Match: Bryan Danielson defeated Doug Williams 1-0

Night of the Butcher- Philadelphia, PA 12/7/02
1. Michael Shane defeated Jeremy Lopez
2.
Colt Cabana defeated CM Punk. After the match, Gary Michael Capetta
came to the ring and announced that the winner of their match at Final
Battle 2002 would receive an ROH contract.
3. Paul London defeated EZ Money to advance to the finals of the Number One Contender's Trophy Tournament
4. Bryan Danielson defeated Chad Collyer to move on to face Paul London for the Number One Contender's Trophy
5. Scramble Match: The SAT defeated Da Hit Squad, Jay Briscoe & Amazing Red and Special K (Joey Matthews & Deranged)
6.
Divine Storm (Quite Storm & Chris Divine) defeated Jeff Starr &
Shockwave. After the match, CW Anderson made his return to ROH, beating
down Starr & Shockwave and calling out ROH officials.
7. #1
Contender's Trophy Match: Paul London defeated Bryan Danielson to
capture the trophy. After the match, he and Dragon embraced.
8. ROH Title Match: Xavier defeated AJ Styles to retain
9. Bunkhouse Brawl: Homicide & Abdullah the Butcher defeated The Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito)

Final Battle 2002- Philadelphia, PA 12/28/02
1. CM Punk defeated Colt Cabana to win an ROH Contract
2.
Simply Luscious defeated Alexis Laree. After the match, Steve Corino
dumped Luscious as he began to form his faction opposing The Prophecy,
of which she still remained a member. He then called out Homicide and
they brawled, ending only when Homicide pulled out a fork.
3. Scramble Match: Special K (Angeldust & Deranged) defeated The Backseat Boyz & Da Hit Squad
4. ROH Tag Title Match: The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan) defeated The SAT in a 2/3 Falls Match
5.
The New Christopher Street Connection (Japanese Pool Boy & Mase)
defeated The Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito) by DQ when The Crew cleared
the ring with hubcaps, even hitting the referee.
6. Jody Fleisch defeated Amazing Red
7. ROH Title Match: Xavier defeated Paul London to retain
8.
Four Corner Survival: Steve Corino, Low Ki, Samoa Joe & Bryan
Danielson fought to a time limit draw. Corino replaced Homicide in the
match, jumping him before the opening bell and stopping him from being
able to compete.