Brandon Garver

2005 may have been the most memorable year in Ring of Honor history. In year 4 of it's existence, ROH reached new heights, and was home to the best wrestling on the planet. Spanning this compilation are some of ROH's biggest matches, moments, and the crowning of three new ROH World Champions.

2002 marked the birth of something special in professional wrestling, something that took the best wrestlers from across the country ,brought them all into one place, and allowed them to compete to the absolute best of their abilities. That something was Ring of Honor and this is a look at the bouts that started it all!

Escape from New York was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on July 9, 2005 at the New Yorker Hotel in New York, New York.

1. Supa Badd & Human Tornado vs. Charles Mercury & Top Gun Talwar 2. Apollo Kahn vs. Ricky Reyes 3. Disco Machine vs. Scorpio Sky 4. The Iron Saints (Sal, Vito, & Brandon Thomaselli) vs. The X-Foundation ("Funky" Billy Kim, Scott Lost, & Joey Ryan) 5. B-Boy vs. "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels Handicap Match 6. Hardkore Kidd vs. Deranged & Lit (w/ Teddy Hart) Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Tag Team Championship Title Match "Photogenic" Chris Bosh & Quicksilver (c) vs. Excalibur & Super Dragon 7. "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson vs. Samoa Joe

There are many faces to Ring of Honor: the pure wrestling, the high flying exhibitions, and state of the art tag team wrestling. Yet there is one face that, while infrequently seen, looms just as tall. It is a bloody face, one scarred by chairs, tables, and ladders, one born in the fires of what the legendary mick Foley dubbed "The Ring of Hardcore"!

Death before Dishonor III was a professional wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on June 18, 2005 in Morristown, New Jersey. The main event saw CM Punk, in what was to be his final match for Ring of Honor, challenge Austin Aries for the ROH World Championship. Throughout the DVD release, several clips are shown highlighting Punk's career in ROH.

Manhattan Mayhem was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on May 7, 2005 at the New Yorker Hotel in New York, New York.

Fate of an Angel was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on July 16, 2005 at the Connecticut Sports Center in Woodbridge, Connecticut. The show featured the first appearance of Matt Hardy, recenty fired from World Wrestling Entertainment, taking on "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels in a "dream match".

20th Anniversary Show

CZW Tournament of Death VIII, held on June 6, 2009, in Townsend, Delaware, USA, was an electrifying instalment in the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) calendar. This hardcore wrestling extravaganza featured intense bouts, including a memorable final match where Thumbtack Jack emerged victorious in a 200 Light tubes And Panes Of Glass Death Match against Nick Gage. The event showcased the raw brutality and adrenaline-pumping action that CZW fans crave.

Sign of Dishonor was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on July 8, 2005 at the Sports Plus Entertainment Center in Long Island, New York. Following the events at ROH Death before Dishonor III, ROH convinced CM Punk to come back and make one defense of the ROH World Championship on the condition he got to pick the opponent.