Reported by Bob Magee of WrestleView.com
On Sunday, October 30, 2005 at 6:52 AM EST

(Courtesy: ROHwrestling.com)

Ring of Honor returned to Connecticut before a crowd of 450-500 last night featuring Christopher Daniels doing a Halloween appearance as Curry Man and "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson successfully defending his ROH title against Roderick Strong.

Showcase:

Kelly Primo over Bobby Dempsey

Shane Hagadorn over Smash Bradley

Main Show:

"Double C" Claudio Castagnoli vs. "The Next" Alex Shelley - Went to a 20 minute draw, said to be a very good wrestling match.

Davey Andrews/Azrieal defeated. Jason Blade/Kid Mikaze in a decent match with Azrieal getting the pinfall.

Ricky Reyes squashed Frank Mitchell in 22 seconds

FOUR CORNER SURVIAL MATCH:
Nigel McGuinness (Pure Champion) vs. Kikutaro vs. BJ Whitmer vs. Nosawa - BJ pinned Kikutaro after 2 exploders while Nigel and Nosawa fought on the outside of the ring. Lots of comedy and good wrestling.

BATTLE FOR THE #1 RANKING IN ROH'S TOP 5 RANKINGS MATCH:
"The Wrestling Machine" Austin Aries defeated "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles with a Styles Clash off 2nd rope. Shelley attacked Aries after the match. Chung with Tornado DDT on Nana. Aries did brainbuster on Nana afterwards. Great match, Aries and Styles shake hands in the ring, Aries motions he wants AJ's X-title he has with him.

GRUDGE MATCH: "Classic" Colt Cabana defeated B-Boy - Someone attacked Colt after the match. Homicide's music playing right now. And he's here! They're brawling throughout the crowd, at ringside, in the bleachers...Reyes, Smokes and others are attacking. Homicide puts Colt out with an ace crusher off the ring apron! Crowd is going crazy for this. Major chants for Homicide as Rottweilers go to leave. Chants for Colt when he tries to get up and leave.

"The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels vs. Jay Lethal - Christopher Daniels is not at the show, being at home with his new born son. ROH has found a suitable replacement, perhaps the biggest star to EVER come out of Japan...CURRY MAN!!!

Jay Lethal defeated Curry Man - First 10 minutes of match was Curry Man dancing, then cheering for Lethal to dance. Lethal gets the victory via Dragon Suplex after 10 minutes of wrestling. Curry Man dances after the match, then proceeds to cut a promo, "Excuse my broken English." Then more dancing from Curry Man. Crowd super into it and chanting "Curry Man." Allison is wearing a leather nun outlet, she looks great.

RING OF HONOR WORLD TITLE MATCH: "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson successfully defeated "The Messiah of the Backbreaker" Roderick Strong - Danielson is full blown heel. Came out ranting on the crowd, telling them to F@$# off. 20 minutes in the match is full of chops and submission moves. Dragon wins via tapout from a random armbar with immediate tapout. They were rolling around when Danielson got him into it and Roderick was tap-tap-tap. Dragon kept with the heel antics, spitting on Roderick as well. Seems like this will continue to play out. Match was about 37 minutes in length.

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