RING OF HONOR LIVE REPORT FROM DANBURY, CT

Live Results from Ring of Honor in Danbury, CT:

-Bobby Fish defeated a guy whose name I didn't catch (it sounded like Pentagon), but he was doing a Greek God gimmick and was billed from Mt Olympus. Bobby Fish wrestled like a million bucks and has gotten himself in amazing shape, and had a better body than the guy who was supposed to be a Greek God. Good opener that Fish won with a leaping Shining Wizard knee.

-Rhett Titus and Kenny King defeated Erick Stevens and Bobby Dempsey. Good old school, Southern style tag match with Titus and King spending the beginning playing cowardly heels who got manhandled until they got a cheap double team shot to take control on Stevens and do some nice double team stuff. Dempsey didn't do too much in the match until Stevens made the hot tag, then he came in and destroyed Titus, but King reversed the Doctorbomb into a rollup with his feet on the ropes for the win.

-Claudio Castagnoli wrestled Brent Albright to a draw. Even match until Claudio got a really nice hotshot to gain control. Claudio had some great heel charisma here. Albright turned the tide with a Roll Of The Dice, but missed a top rope crossbody and Claudio regained control. Albright came back and got Claudio in the Crippler Crossface, Claudio rolled Albright to his back, and Claudio tapped just as the referee counted three on Albright. The referee ruled the match a draw, so Albright challenged Claudio to five more minutes and they had a postmatch brawl, but no overtime.

-Kevin Steen and Jay Briscoe defeated Chris Hero and Eddie Edwards. No Larry Sweeney at ringside. This started off as a wild brawl on the outside before coming back in and settling into a standard tag match. Steen and Briscoe worked pretty well as a team despite spending much of the match mouthing off to one another. Hero and Edwards took control and started going to work on Steen's previously injured knee. Steen made the hot tag and Briscoe came in and cleaned house until Hero turned the tide with some nice strikes, which look better every time I see him. The match came unglued then, with both Edwards and Steen hitting dives to the floor. Mark came to ringside and started arguing with Steen which distracted him, but then Steen and Jay hit a Doomsday Device for the win. Not sure what exactly was going on with Mark and Steen, but it didn't lead to any kind of fight or anything.

Intermission Time

-Bryan Danielson pinned Delirious. Delirious has really tightened up his physique, looking a lot more ripped and tanned than I've seen him look. Mat wrestling to start with Danielson pretty much controlling Delirious until they go to the floor where Jimmy Jacobs distracts Danielson and allows Delirious to nail him from behind and ram him into the guardrail. Back in the ring, Delirious maintained control until Danielson came back with a series of European uppercuts and a cross armbreaker. Delirious hit a pair of panic attacks and Jimmy started yelling at him to go for another one, but the distraction allowed Danielson to recover and get Cattle Mutilation, which Delirious countered into a Cobra Stretch, but Danielson reversed into a small package for the win. Jimmy started berating Delirious and shoving him around, and Delirious responded by shoving Jimmy down, but then they ended up hugging and making up before leaving together.

-Austin Aries and his awful mustache defeated Sami Callahan. Aries cut a great promo before the match about how great he is and how the fans should thank him for making this B-show worth coming to, then started making fun of Callahan and "his brother's auto parts store.". I had no idea Aries had so much personality. They tried mat wrestling early, but Callahan got the advantage and ended up holding his own surprisingly well until Aries sent him to the floor and came off the apron with a double axhandle. Aries works a much more methodical, old school heel style now. Callahan made a very solid comeback until Aries hit the corner dropkick and brainbuster for the win. Callahan got a really good run here, but I didn't buy into him.

-Necro Butcher defeated Brodie Lee in an Anything Goes Streetfight. I love Necro's new music, it's so him. It didn't take long to go to the floor where Necro worked him over with a chair, then tore out part of the guardrail and used that to work Brodie over as well. Necro set up the guardrail in the corner, but Brodie German suplexed Necro onto it then hit a running Yakuza kick in the corner, followed by another slam into the guardrail in the corner and then a big lariat. Necro slammed Brodie off the top and then went to work on him in the corner with literally about 30 punches and chops in the corner before giving Brodie a bulldog on a chair and then a chair bodyslam. Necro missed a senton onto the guardrail and they started going toe to toe when Jimmy and Delirious ran out and attacked Necro. Daizee Haze came out to try and stop Delirious, Delirious shoved her down (popping the crowd), but then Jimmy went for a spear and Necro moved and Jimmy hit Delirious. Necro knocked Jimmy out and then creamed Brodie with a sick chairshot for the win.

-Return date is Friday, July 17.

Four Way for ROH title - ROH champ Nigel McGuinness vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Tyler Black vs. Jimmy Jacobs:

Nigel's arm is heavily taped. After a bunch of tagging in and out with no action, we finally get under way with Tyler and Lynn with a nice little back and forth sequence. Jimmy tagged in and did a sequence with Lynn, but as soon as Jerry tagged out to Tyler, Jimmy ran off and tagged out to Nigel, but then Nigel ran when Tyler tagged out to Lynn. Finally Nigel gained an advantage when he rammed Lynn into the guardrail and went to work on Lynn's arm. Lynn came back, but when he went to suplex Nigel in from the outside, Jimmy grabbed Lynn's ankle from the outside and Nigel pinned Lynn.

Jerry Lynn is eliminated.

After being pinned, Lynn hit an Air Raid Crash on Nigel and Tyler followed it up with a frogsplash and God's Last Gift, but couldn't put Nigel away. After that it turned into a 2-on-1 with Nigel and Jimmy double teaming Tyler. Tyler came back with several big moves on both men until Jimmy took him out with the spear for 2. Jimmy and Nigel tried the suplex leg hook spot again, but the referee caught them and stopped counting. Nigel gave Tyler a Tower of London on the floor and just before he got in, Jimmy dropkicked him through the ropes and Tyler was counted out.

Tyler Black has been eliminated.

Almost immediately, Nigel hit the Jawbreaker Lariat and pinned Jacobs for the win. Nigel McGuinness is still your ROH World Champion.

Jimmy and Tyler brawled after the match, with Delirious running in to attack Tyler and Lynn running out to make the save.

End show.

Really good show, probably one of the best ROH shows I've been to since Gabe Sapolsky left. They finally seem to have figured out the groove of having an entertaining undercard without having to kill themselves.

PWInsider.com's live Ring of Honor coverage will continue tomorrow and Sunday from ROH's first two TV tapings in Philadelphia. Those of you who want to avoid spoilers, beware!