"Rising Above 2009" Play-Per-View - RESULTS AVAILABLE!

[Texas Kelly]

Here is the card for the taping of ROH Rising Above 2009 in Chicago on Saturday, November 22nd, 2008:

1. ROH World Championship
Nigel McGuinness (c) v. "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson

2. I Quit Match
Austin Aries (w/TBA) v. Jimmy Jacobs (w/Tyler Black)

3. BONUS - 10 points
Who will Austin Aries choose as his second for the preceding match?

Choices:
Bryan Danielson
Daizee Haze
Jay Briscoe
Mark Briscoe
Lacey
The Necro Butcher
Roderick Strong
Someone Else

4. *Dark Match*
Samoa Joe v. Tyler Black

5. *Unannounced Match* - ROH Tag Team Championship
Kevin Steen & El Generico (c) v. The Briscoe Brothers [Jay & Mark]

6. SHIMMER Championship
MsChif (c) v. Sara del Rey

7. Sweet & Sour Inc. [Chris Hero, Davey Richards & Go Shiozaki] v. Roderick Strong, Brent Albright & A Mystery Partner
If Sweet & Sour Inc. loses, they must face Strong, Albright & Erick Stevens in Steel Cage Warfare at Final Battle 2008.

8. BONUS - 10 points
Who will be pinned or made to submit in the preceding match?

9. Delirious v. Rhett Titus

10. Four Corner Survival
Claudio Castagnoli v. Sami Callahan v. Silas Young v. "Sugarfoot" Alex Payne

11. TIEBREAKER
What will be the bell-to-bell time of the ROH World Championship match?

I expect that an announcement is forthcoming either tomorrow or Friday as to the identity of Strong & Albright's tag team partner in the six-man tag match. (It was originally scheduled to be Erick Stevens but Stevens is injured and not medically cleared to wrestle on the show.) Picks will be updated to reflect the identity of the partner if he or she is involved in your choices for the questions relating to the match.

I do not anticipate a similar announcement as to the identity of Aries's second for the I Quit match; however, should this information be revealed in an official ROH news update prior to the PPV taping, the relevant question will not be scored.

As always, all matches listed will be scored regardless of whether they air on PPV or not. Matches that air on PPV will be doubled in value; as always, this does not apply to bonuses associated with PPV matches.

Make your picks here:

http://www.stablewars.com/ppv/registration.php?fed=ROH

Picks are due Saturday, November 22nd @ 7:30 PM EDT. Good luck!

[Texas Kelly]

48 entrants for the Play-Per-View. Here's a breakdown of the odds on each match:

- Nigel & Dragon are pretty much evenly bet to win the ROH World title (the split is 24-23-1 in favor of Nigel).
- Aries is a heavy 5-to-1 favorite against Jacobs in the I Quit match. A plurality have chosen the field for Aries's second, with Necro Butcher getting the most votes among the other listed options.
- Joe is also a 5-to-1 favorite in his dark match against Black.
- Steen & Generico are less than 2-to-1 favorites over the Briscoes to retain the tag titles, should that match happen.
- MsChif is a strong 3-to-1 favorite over del Rey to retain her SHIMMER title.
- Strong, Albright and their partner are slight favorites (27-21) over Sweet 'n Sour. The pro-Strong/Albright/Partner vote gives Richards the slightest lead (11-10) over Shiozaki as the fall guy, while the pro-SNS crowd went with Albright.
- Delirious is a 3-to-1 favorite in his match with Titus.
- Castagnoli is a very heavy favorite in the Four Corner Survival, getting nearly twice as many picks as the rest of the field combined.

[Texas Kelly]

Two bits of non-result-related spoiler information from the tapings:

Spoiler!!! :

Kevin Steen/El Generico vs. The Briscoes did in fact take place tonight, for the ROH Tag Titles. No word on whether it will air on PPV or not, but the match will be scored for the Play-Per-View one way or the other.

Roderick Strong & Brent Albright's mystery tag partner was Ace Steel.

[Texas Kelly]

Full results for the Play-Per-View can now be viewed at:

http://www.stablewars.com/ppv/standings ... ove%202009

westryde9 of Team Discovery Channel takes the PPV and is the top finisher among forum and faction members. His selection of Roderick Strong to suffer the loss in the six-man match separated him out from what would have been a five-way tie for first, but it wouldn't have mattered since he would have had the best tiebreaker time of the five and thus would have won the PPV anyway.

[KoolMoeDee]

Woot! Solid job westryde and a good way to get us started for the new Faction Supremacy!