ROH Rising Above 2007



Rising Above was a professional wrestling event held by Ring of Honor. It took place on December 29, 2007 at the Manhattan Center in New York, New York. The show was ROH’s fifth pay-per-view following Undeniable, and first aired on March 7, 2008.

Pay-per-view card

 * ROH World Championship: Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. Austin Aries
 * Two out of Three Falls match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship: The Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark Briscoe) (c) vs. No Remorse Corps (Roderick Strong & Rocky Romero)
 * Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima
 * Chris Hero vs. Claudio Castagnoli
 * Erick Stevens vs. Davey Richards
 * Daizee Haze vs. Lacey vs. Sara Del Rey
 * Tag Team Scramble match: Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black) vs. The Hangmen 3 (Adam Pearce & BJ Whitmer) vs. The Vulture Squad (Jack Evans & Ruckus)
 * Delirious vs. Brent Albright

Results

 * Daizee Haze defeated Lacey and Sara Del Rey
 * Haze pinned Lacey after a Mind Trip.
 * After the match, Tammy Sytch came out and praised all three wrestlers. However, Lacey said that Sytch, along with all the other "divas", ruined women’s wrestling in the United States and challenged her to a fight.
 * Delirious defeated Brent Albright (w/The Hangmen 3)
 * Delirious pinned Albright with a roll-up.
 * After the match, The Hangmen 3 attacked Delirious until Kevin Steen and El Generico came to his aid.
 * Kevin Steen & El Generico defeated The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black), The Hangmen 3 (Adam Pearce & BJ Whitmer) and The Vulture Squad (Jack Evans & Ruckus) in a Tag Team Scramble Match
 * Davey Richards defeated Erick Stevens
 * During the match, Daniel Puder came out and distracted Stevens. Richards forced Stevens to submit to the Kimura Lock.
 * After the match, Larry Sweeney came out and tried to talk to Puder, but Claudio Castagnoli ran out and attacked them.
 * Claudio Castagnoli defeated Chris Hero
 * Castagnoli pinned Hero after a Ricola Bomb.
 * The stipulation for the match was if Castagnoli lost, he would have to leave Ring of Honor, but if he won, Larry Sweeney would have to wrestle him at Final Battle 2007.
 * Nigel McGuinness defeated Austin Aries to retain the ROH World Championship
 * During the match, McGuinness severely when he slamed his face on the metal guard rail after diving from the ring. The impact gave McGuinness a concussion, a broken nose and a gash about his eye that need 15 stitches. McGuinness pinned Aries after a Jawbreaker Lariat.
 * After the match, Aries refused to shake hands with McGuinness.
 * Necro Butcher defeated Jigsaw, Matt Cross and Mitch Franklin in a Four Way Fray
 * Necro pinned Franklin after punching him in the face.
 * Jigsaw pinned Cross with a roll-up.
 * Necro pinned Jigsaw with a Tiger Driver to win the match.
 * Bryan Danielson defeated Takeshi Morishima by disqualification
 * Morishima was disqualified after repeatedly stomping on Danielson’s testicles, followed by giving the referee a Backdrop Driver when he tried to separate them.
 * After the match, Danielson attacked Morishima with the hammer for the ring bell, trying to gouge his eye out.
 * The Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark Briscoe) defeated the No Remorse Corps (Roderick Strong & Rocky Romero) in a Two out of Three Falls match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
 * Naomichi Marufuji defeated Claudio Castagnoli
 * Marufuji pinned Castagnoli with an Armlock Inside Cradle.
 * After the match, Daniel Puder ran out and attacked Castagnoli, injuring his ankle with the Ankle Lock.