Rising Above (2007)

Rising Above (2007)
Promotional poster featuring Nigel McGuinness
PromotionRing of Honor
DateDecember 29, 2007
(aired March 7, 2008)
CityNew York, New York[1][2]
VenueManhattan Center
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Rising Above (2007) was the inaugural Rising Above professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on December 29, 2007, from the Manhattan Center in New York, New York and first aired on March 7, 2008.

Storylines

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Other on-screen personnel
Role Name
Commentators Dave Prazak
Lenny Leonard

Rising Above featured storylines and professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.[3] Storylines were produced on ROH's weekly television programme Ring of Honor Wrestling.

Results

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No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Daizee Haze defeated Lacey and Sara Del ReyThree-way match6:26
2Delirious defeated Brent Albright (with Adam Pearce)Singles match6:11
3Kevin Steen and El Generico defeated The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) (with Lacey), The Hangmen 3 (Adam Pearce and B. J. Whitmer), and The Vulture Squad (Jack Evans and Ruckus) (with Julius Smokes)Tag team scramble match7:31
4Davey Richards defeated Erick Stevens by submissionSingles match9:52
5Claudio Castagnoli defeated Chris Hero (with Larry Sweeney, Tank Toland and Bobby Dempsey)Singles match9:20
6Nigel McGuinness (c) defeated Austin AriesSingles match for the ROH World Championship23:16
7DNecro Butcher defeated Jigsaw, Matt Cross and Mitch FranklinFour Way Fray—
8Bryan Danielson defeated Takeshi Morishima by disqualificationSingles match8:20
9The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) (c) defeated No Remorse Corps (Roderick Strong and Rocky Romero)Two out of three falls match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship21:45
10DNaomichi Marufuji defeated Claudio CastagnoliSingles match—
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ring of Honor: Rising Above". Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  2. ^ "ROH PPV Rising Above". Prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  3. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
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