An Honorable Mention W/ Shane & Jeff

Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod presents….Imagine watching EVERYTHING Ring of Honor has produced in 20 plus years. When you’re done, imagine writing detailed reviews and reports on EVERYTHING. That’s exactly what the Honorable Journey for McXal looks like. McXal joins Jeff to talk shop and the legacy of ROH from 2002-2022. We discuss the message board, tape trading, and writing about wrestling of all types in this MEGASODE!The man himself joins @mrjeffschwartz0 for this episode of An Honorable Mention to discuss finding Ring Honor and the passion to write about it. You can read McXal’s Reviews at https://mcxalsreviews.yolasite.com/ and follow him on twitter @McXalsReviews Jeff is joined by @McXalsReviews, to talk about his Honorable Journey from the UK to ROH on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!Follow our friends from FIGHTT Pro Wrestling on Twitter and Instagram @fighttprow!-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

An Honorable Journey can begin anywhere but for @NotDrDeath Steve Williams it began with the thought of being a pro wrestler and continues on with being a twitter superstar. Steve joins @mrjeffschwartz0 for this episode of An Honorable Mention to discuss training at OVW, doing ROH ring crew and tape trading amongst many other topics that will definitely get you laughing, smiling, and heading to your local twitter to follow both Jeff & Steve. There’s some talk of a certain tennis racket wielding Kentuckian, good ol’ days ROH chats, and most importantly why Shane Hagadorn kicked Steve out of Chicago Ridge the night Age of the Fall debuted in Ring of Honor.Jeff is joined by @NotDrDeath, Steve Williams talk about his Honorable Journey from the River City on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!Follow our friends from FIGHTT Pro Wrestling on Twitter and Instagram @fighttprow!-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Imagine being one of possibly 100 people in an entire country to order Ring of Honor’s very first Pay Per View, Respect is Earned in July 2007. That is Scott McConnell’s origin story, in his Honorable Journey to ROH fandom. Scott joined Jeff to discuss his reverse journey in Honor, watching tapes bought from ebay with his friend’s mom’s card. This episode, Jeff is absolutely stunned when he hears about the 3 live events Scott attended and why he stopped. Scott is also the longest running Patron of Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod. He discusses his favorite parts of being a member and his unique taste in pro wrestling. On the episode this week we sidebar into Canadian hero talk, and why we both love Bret Hart. We also discuss why Fit Finley was a bad fit for Ring of Honor and how much we love his unique flavor of pro wrestling everywhere but in ROH. Jeff is joined by Scott McConnell, loyal Patron of Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod to talk about his Honorable Journey in the Great North on this week’s edition of An

The most asked question in professional wrestling is how do I get into the business? Brian Bellinger simply just volunteered and found himself in a dream job. Brian joins Jeff because Hagadorn is still on Paternity leave for another discussion on getting a job in the business. Brian is a jack of all trades, from setting up to tearing down, production and visual help as well. Brian was a fan in 2002 and by the time ROH closed its doors under the SBG umbrella he was producing shows from the production truck. On this episode Brian and Jeff put over the behind the scenes names you may not know but deserve all the love, amongst other stories.Jeff is joined by Brian Bellinger to talk about his Honorable Journey on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!Follow our friends from FIGHTT Pro Wrestling on Twitter and Instagram @fighttprow!BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW for September 10 at http://www.fighttpro.com/even

Every story has twists and turns and the story of Chris from IVPVideos.com and Jeff is quite similar. This week, Chris joins the show to discuss riding in an RV to shows with strangers, the infamous ROH Message Board’s positives and negatives, oh and tape trading which in directly helped give birth to our beloved Ring of Honor in 2002!Chris also shares why the main event wasn’t his favorite match on most ROH shows he attended, the Rex Plex, and his favorite live show experiences. Oh and also Billy Gunn, who indirectly played an unexpected and important role in a series of fun wrestling experiences. Jeff is joined by Chris from IVPVideos.com to talk about his Honorable Journey on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!Follow our friends from FIGHTT Pro Wrestling on Twitter and Instagram @fighttprow!BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW for September 10 at http://www.fighttpro.com/events.html-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Episode 203 Best in the World 2012It’s been awhile since we’ve recorded a pod, been even longer since we put up this poll on Twitter, but we are finally here with Best In The World 2012: Hostage Crisis!We’re a year into the SBG era of ROH, and we are at the HammerSTEEN Ballroom with Davey Richards making one last bid to unseat Kevin Steen as the ROH World Champion! Plus THE GUARDIANS OF TRUTH HAVE ARRIVED! ANX challenge WGTT for the World Tag Titles, Homicide returns to take on Eddie Edwards, while Kyle O’Reilly and Adam Cole engage in a career-making fight! Plus we end up talking about Regal versus Finlay, our DVD collections, and Gangsta’s Paradise!It’s Best In The World 2012: Hostage Crisis on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you be Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!Follow our friends from FIGHTT Pro Wrestling on Twitter and Instagram @fighttprow!-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=Best In The World 2012: Hostage Crisis06/24/12Hammer

Jeff has been itching to do this one since the podcast was born and here we finally are covering the night Samoa Joe earned his crown as ROH Champion. Not only is the night historic for that, but it also marks the FIRST TIME Jay and Mark Briscoe operated as a team in Ring of Honor, and what a match came as a result!On top of that, Christopher Daniels and Doug Williams have a banger, the CM Punk and Raven feud switches to another level when history is again made with the birth of The Second City Saints, and then other stuff happens. Filler…It’s Night of Champions on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you be Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!For information on how to help support the American Foundation For Suicide Prevention, visit https://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=2389364. #12LargeForeverNight Of Champions03/22/03Philadelphia, PAMurphy Rec CenterFour Corner Survival MatchAlex Arion

One episode removed from Episode 200, Jeff goes solo this week but with a very special guest, Kailah Guffey. Kailah Guffey is Ring of Honor Royalty as she is not only the first female guest on An Honorable Mention, she also happens to be the first second generation guest on the pod! Kailah Guffey is the daughter of Ring of Honor Legend, the late, great Crown Jewel of the Embassy, Jimmy Rave!Kailah Guffey joins @MrJeffSchwartz0 to discuss her father outside of the ring, stories of her dad’s non-wrestling life, her favorite parts of having a wrestler for a father, and much more. You’ll hear stories about Jimmy Rave’s partner in hijinx, Sal Rinauro, some of the influential people in her father’s life, and the heroic decision Jimmy Rave made to adopt Kailah. Jeff & Kailah also discuss the search for Jimmy Rave’s Ribera Jacket, robes, and other important items that belong to the family, yet remain missing. It’s the Daughter of the Crown Jewel, Kailah Guffey on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention

YOU, yes YOU are alive and hopefully well for the historic & legendary 200th Episode of An Honorable Mention as Jeff & Shane board the Honorable Plane of Honor and head to Tokyo for The Tokyo Summit, which was also Ring of Honor’s 200th Show. DDT, NJPW, Kensuke Office, Pro Wrestling NOAH, & Ring of Honor agreed to a Summit, in Tokyo in September of 2008.We talk show origins, The FABULOUS FORUM, Hagadorn getting no trip to Japan for his birthday, and a lineup with a little something from every flavor of the wrestling pallet. This show comes to you from Differ Ariake and features everything from a young Tetsuya Naito to the legendary KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji on opposing teams with Kota Ibushi & Katsuhiko Nakajima as their partners! Kensuke Sasaki battling Roderick Strong, an ROH World Title Match with Jimmy Jacobs challenging Nigel McGuinness and the match that gets lost in the sands of greatness that is Bryan Danielson’s career as Dragon challenges GHC Junior Champ, Pro Wrestling NOAH st

Why Hopkins? Well, Hagadorn wanted to know why…SPOILER ALERT…there’s a fifteen second World Title match in the main event. That’s the only real reason, a curiosity needed to be sated, and in the process, we got to experience a show that was damn entertaining for most of the show! One of the best TV Title bouts that probably ever took place, a tremendous outing from Adam Page and ACH, The Briscoes and War Machine having a tag team banger, and Roddy doing Roddy things with Silas! It’s Conquest Tour 2015: Hopkins on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you be Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!Conquest Tour: Hopkins04/25/15Hopkins, MinnesotaHopkins Eisenhower Community CenterDark Tag Team MatchBrandon Espinosa & Curt Stallion vs. Danny Adams & Paco GonzalezSingles MatchBobby Fish vs. Arya DaivariFour Corner Survival MatchThe Romantic Touch vs. The Beer City Bruiser vs. Cheeseburger vs. Will FerraraSingles MatchCaprice Coleman vs. Mich

You voted on the annual Supercard poll, and this week we take a trip to 2008 for the third installment of the premier Ring of Honor event! It’s the last year for the Dragon Gate trios matches, it’s a rematch of one of 2007’s best World Title bouts, and it’s a reading of a police report on the air!It’s Supercard of Honor III on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you by Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!Supercard Of Honor III03/29/08Orlando, FloridaOrlando Downtown Recreation ComplexSingles MatchDelirious vs. Go ShiozakiSix Man Tag Team MatchAlex Payne, Bushwhacker Luke & Dingo vs. The YRR (Chasyn Rance, Kenny King & Sal Rinauro)ROH World Tag Team Title MatchNo Remorse Corps (Davey Richards & Rocky Romero) (c) vs. The Vulture Squad (Jigsaw & Ruckus) (RECORDED FOR PPV)FIP World Heavyweight Title MatchRoderick Strong (c) vs. Erick StevensRelaxed Rules Tag Team MatchThe Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) vs. The Age Of

Part two of our random events picked by Lil Old Shane, ones that took place after he got fired! Now it’s time to revisit the Frontier Fieldhouse right up the street from Mama Rosa’s in good old Chick-ago Ridge, revisit the Ringmaster’s Challenge, and revisit some Briscoe on Homicide Violence!!It’s a master class main event, a top shelf Tag Team Title tussle, a wild tag team match of another kind, the announcers at ringside, the ring announcer back inside the ring, and Truth Martini’s Trust Fall Challenge!It’s Raising The Bar: Night 2 on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you be Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!Raising The Bar - Night 203/87/14Chicago Ridge, ILFrontier FieldhouseDark MatchJake Dirden vs. Will FerraraSingles MatchTyson Dux vs. Michael ElginTag Team MatchAdrenaline RUSH (ACH & Tadarius Thomas) vs. The Decade (BJ Whitmer & Roderick Strong) (w/Adam Page & Jimmy Jacobs)Singles MatchJay Lethal vs. Michael Bennett

Hagadorn randomly picked an event that took place after he got fired, and the dart landed on two 2014 events just prior to the New Japan Pro Wrestling incursion into ROH! The first of these two shows took ROH to the Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee, and put two championships on the line!Adam Cole and Matt Taven went toe-to-toe over the ROH World Title, while reDRagon was put into an Instant Reward Match with the potential result being one team getting a World Tag Team Title shot! Plus Tyson Dux comes back for a cup of coffee, The Decade storyline continues to unfold with Adam Page, Mt. Rushmore unites in ROH for the only time, and Chris Hero is back in ROH action!It’s Raising The Bar: Night 1 on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you be Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!Raising The Bar - Night 103/07/14Milwaukee, WIThe Turner Hall BallroomSingles MatchJay Lethal vs. Silas YoungSingles MatchTyson Dux vs. Michael Bennett (w/Maria Kanelli

Y’all love 2007 don’t you? You must since the votes were in your hands, the fate of AHM was in your hands, and you picked another 2007 event! This time though, we cross the pond back to the Liverpool Olympia, to bid Samoa Joe a final farewell to cap off the 5th Year Festival! On top of that, BJ Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs take their violent rivalry to the UK, Cabana and Delirious bring the funny that thankfully Prazak and Lenny are there to explain, The Dangerous Angels are there to kick some arse, and PAC impresses with Matt Sydal!It’s 5th Year Festival: Finale on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you be Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!Fifth Year Festival: Finale03/04/2007Liverpool, England, UKThe Liverpool OlympiaCommentary by:Dave Prazak & Lenny LeonardSingles MatchDelirious vs. Colt CabanaTag Team MatchEden Black & Jetta vs. Dangerous Angels (Allison Danger & Sara Del Rey)Falls Count Anywhere MatchBJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Ja

Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod Presents....We just keep rolling into 2007 so now it is on to Edison, NJ and the awful Inman Sports Club! It’s another cold one, January in the Northeast after all, and we’ve got chairs to carry from the parking lot into the building, a truck to possibly get stuck in the mud, and plenty of wrestling action!Rockstar Energy Drinks have may have been traded for wrist tape, Julius Smokes may have been schooled by an old lady, and Samoa Joe might have said he was leaving without saying he was leaving; it’s Battle Of The Icons on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you be Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!Battle Of The Icons01/27/07Edison, NJInman Sports ClubDark MatchShane Hagadorn vs. Michael ElginDark Three Way DanceRoderick Strong vs. Mitch Franklin vs. Alex PayneI Quit MatchNigel McGuinness vs. Jimmy RaveSingles MatchAdam Pearce (w/Shane Hagadorn) vs. Pelle PrimeauThree Way DanceClaudio Castagnoli vs. Christophe

Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod Presents...We are back with our first show of 2022, and we are doing so with the first show of 2007! It was a frigid, bitter, miserable cold night in Braintree and also a sad evening as January 26th of 2007 was also when one of ROH’s founding fathers, and former President of the company, Doug Gentry, passed away at only 34 years of age.It was a sad beginning to the new year, especially given how beloved Gentry was by so many wrestlers in the locker room, but the show proceeded with Homicide beginning his World Title reign, the Briscoes aiming to be kings of the 2 /3 falls match, Rocky Romero returning to the fold, and maybe a broken window…It’s Dedicated on this week’s edition of An Honorable Mention, brought to you be Patreon.com/AnHonorablePod, and presented on The Creative Control Network of podcasts!!Dedicated01/26/07Braintree, MANational Guard ArmorySingles MatchRocky Romero vs. Davey RichardsSingles MatchJack Evans vs. Eddie EdwardsTag Team MatchDelirious & Pelle Primeau v

It’s that time once again! Time to induct the third class of the annual HONORABLE MENTION HALL OF FAME OF HONOR! A select group of listeners, wrestlers, and assorted wrestling personalities were given the chance to vote and these are the results! The previous inductees are listed below, and this week will induct another 5 members into the illustrious group!CLASS OF 2019:SAMOA JOECM PUNKTHE BRISCOESCARY SILKINBRYAN DANIELSONCLASS OF 2020:LOW KICHRISTOPHER DANIELSGABE SAPOLOSKYHOMICIDENIGEL MCGUINNESSIt’s the AN HONORABLE MENTION HALL OF FAME OF HONOR Class of 2021 on this week’s AN HONORABLE MENTION, brought to you by PATREON.COM/ANHONORABLEPOD, and presented on the CREATIVE CONTROL NETWORK family of podcasts!For information on how to help support the American Foundation For Suicide Prevention, visit https://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=2389364.#12LargeForever-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-For information on how to help support the Jon Huber (Brodie Lee/Luke

This episode is dedicated to the life, memory, & legacy of Ring of Honor legend, The Crown Jewel Jimmy Rave. Love & Mercy.As per tradition, for our Final Battle episode, you voted and selected one of the most historic editions of the event for this edition of AN HONORABLE MENTION!We travel back to 2006 for the final event of Ring of Honor’s calendar (as an event called Final Battle should be) to witness Homicide try to claim the ROH World Title one last time or walk away if he fails! We are in NYC to bid farewell to Claudio Castagnoli, or at least we thought that was the case earlier in the week! We are here to see CIMA and SHINGO make the trip from Dragon Gate to unite with Matt Sydal to battle Aries, Strong, and Delirious! We are NOT here to see a World Tag Team Title Match! And anyone who came for the Pearce/Hagadorn versus Briscoes tag that was advertised is also going to be sorely disappointed because CRAZINESS HAPPENS AND SANTA CLAUS PAYS THE PRICE!It’s FINAL BATTLE 2006 on this week’s AN HONOR

Patreon.com/AnHonorable Pod Presents....Who knew 19 years ago that Ring of Honor would be deemed so important to the wrestling landscape that there would be not one, but two podcasts dedicated to honoring the history of ROH?This week, Hagadorn is off on assignment so @MrJeffSchwartz0 sat down with the other ROH Podcast tag team, the fellas from ThROH The Years, Trevor Dame & Matt Feuerstein!We discuss the history of ROH, the origins of ThROH The Years, and even the state of affairs for the present day Ring of Honor. The boys from ThROH the Years @TrevorDame & @MayorMGF also share stories from their podcast tapings, their favorite shows and the upcoming 2022 An Honorable Mention Hall of Fame of Honor candidates.There’s a lot to take in and examine, in fact 19 years, of history and honor on this week’s episode!It’s ThROH the Years with Trevor & Matt on this week’s AN HONORABLE MENTION, brought to you by PATREON.COM/ANHONORABLEPOD, and presented on the CREATIVE CONTROL NETWORK family of podcasts!For

October 2008 marked the end of ROH’s first era when Gabe Sapolsky was terminated from his position as Booker, and November 2008 officially began the next era with Adam Pearce’s first events! It just seems appropriate that Scrap Daddy’s first event would also be the first-time for an ROH event in Montreal, QC, Canada!The most intriguing part of this shifting landscape may be everything that went on between the last of Gabe and the first of Adam, how it would shape the face of ROH moving forward, and just how perpetually on the cusp of closing Ring of Honor truly was to necessitate these changes.Though fairly maligned 13 years ago, how does history treat an event that featured FOUR champions dueling in the main event over the ROH World Title as well as Strong/Richards and Edwards/Stevens bouts? Plus we’ve got Kenny Omega in the house as part of a rather unique team with Kenny King, The Age of The Fall, TeamWork (as they were affectionately dubbed by the Message Board), and more!It’s THE FRENCH CONNECTION on thi