ROH Honor Invades Boston

Honor Invades Boston was a wrestling show held by Ring of Honor. It took place on August 24, 2002 at the Americal Civic Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Honor Invades Boston was the first ROH show to take place outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Results

 * Backstage, Low Ki talks about his victory at Crowning a Champion and his love of professional wrestling, and though he respects AJ Styles, he did not wrestle for one hour just to lose the title easily.
 * The Amazing Red defeated Quiet Storm
 * Red pinned Storm after an Infra-Red followed by a Red Star Press.
 * After the match, Amazing Red was attacked by Special K (Izzy, Dixie, Brian XL & Elax), until The SAT and Chris Divine came to his aid, starting an impromptu match.
 * The SAT (Jose & Joel Maximo) & Chris Divine defeated Special K (Izzy, Dixie & Brian XL w/Elax) in a Tag Team Scramble Match
 * Joel pinned Brian XL after a Spanish Fly.
 * After the match, Chris Divine called out Low Ki to find how good he is.
 * Low Ki defeated Chris Divine
 * Low Ki forced Divine to submit to a Dragon Sleeper.
 * In a taped interview, Christopher Daniels says that even though he is in Japan, members of The Prophecy are in attendance at . Daniels says that he will not forget or forgive Low Ki for screwing him over at Crowning a Champion, and that The Prophecy will get their revenge on September 21, where they will rebuild ROH in their own image.
 * The Christopher Street Connection (Buff E & Mace w/Allison Danger) defeated The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos)
 * Mace pinned Marcos after a Gay Basher.
 * Scoot Andrews defeated Mike Tobin (w/Danny Drake)
 * Andrews pinned Tobin after a Pump-Handled Gutbuster.
 * After the match, Xaiver, originally scheduled to face Prince Nana who was unable to make it to the show, came out and challenged Andrews to a match since he was still fresh.
 * Xavier defeated Scoot Andrews
 * Xavier pinned Andrews after a 450 Splash.
 * A clip is shown of Michael Shane and Bio-Hazard arriving to the building earlier in the day. Shane told Bio-Hazard that once you have a ROH contract there are no more 26 hour drives, instead its plane tickets and nice cars, and if he sticks with him this is the life he can have. He then told Bio-Hazard to park his car and gets his bags.
 * Michael Shane (w/Bio-Hazard) defeated Paul London (w/Rudy Boy Gonzalez)
 * During the match, Shane faked a leg injury after London dove onto him from the ring, causing officials to think he broke his leg like Chris Marvel did at Round Robin Challenge. After London and officials from ROH and the Texas Wrestling Academy checked on him and went for help, Shane pinned London with a small package.
 * After the match, Simply Luscious came out and offered Shane a spot in The Prophecy. Before he could answer, Rudy Boy took the microphone away saying that while Luscious might be a lost cause, Shane doesn’t need to go that route, and that he’ll always be there for him. After thinking about it, Shane gave a Super Kick to Luscious, followed by one to Gonzalez. Shane and Bio-Hazard then began to attack London.
 * American Dragon and Donovan Morgan wrestled to a fifteen minute time-limit draw
 * Morgan appeared to have passed out to Cattle Mutilation when the time limit expired.
 * After the match, the fans and Dragon asked the referee for five more minutes, but the referee said they couldn’t and ran out of the ring. Dragon said that he thinks Morgan is too good for The Prophecy and Christopher Daniels, and offered to give him a chance to redeem himself by shaking his hand. Morgan responded by giving Dragon a Butterflied Facebuster.
 * Da Hit Squad (Mafia & Monsta Mack) defeated The Carnage Crew (HC Loc & Tony DeVito) in a Boston Massacre Match
 * Mafia pinned Loc after a Burning Hammer
 * Bio-Hazard (w/Michael Shane) defeated Don Juan
 * Bio-Hazard pinned Juan after a Side Suplex.
 * Alex Arion defeated Maverick Wild
 * Arion pinned Wild after reversing a Full Nelson into a Victory Roll.
 * The Natural Born Sinners (Homicide & Boogaloo) defeated James Maritato & Tony Mamaluke
 * Homicide pinned Mamaluke after a Cop Killer
 * Mark Briscoe defeated Jay Briscoe
 * Mark pinned Jay after a Cut-Throat Driver.
 * Low Ki defeated AJ Styles to retain the ROH World Championship
 * Low Ki pinned Styles after a Ki Crusher.
 * Backstage after the match, Xavier congratulated Low Ki on his victory and asks if he’s going to be a man of his word and gives him his shot on September 21.
 * In a backstage interview, Michaels Shane says the reason he didn’t side with Rudy Boy Gonzalez is because Rudy Boy is finished and needs to stop riding his coat tails. He then says the reason he didn’t join The Prophecy is because he loves the Code of Honor and how people have to shake his hand after he defeats them. Shane then says that if Spanky keeps saying he is the new “Showstopper”, he’s going to find out just how pissed off he can get. Later, the The Ring Crew Express tried to conduct an interview from the balcony, but are cut off after The Carnage Crew ran out and attacked Da Hit Squad at ringside.

Importance of the show
Besides being Ring of Honor’s Boston debut, Honor Invades Boston is noted for having Mark Briscoe’s debut match, the official debut of Special K and the first Tag Team Scramble Match.