Ring of Honor issued the following:
THE BEST WRESTLING ON THE PLANET returns to The Crossroads of America for a night of INCREDIBLE professional wrestling! The stars of ROH, as seen on your SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP affiliates and the COMET NETWORK, are coming to the INDIANA STATE FAIRGROUNDS’ HARVEST PAVILION on Friday January 15, 7:30 PM bell time, as the 2016 WINTER WARRIORS TOUR rages on!
MOOSE versus SILAS YOUNG
In a FIRST-TIME MATCH-UP, MOOSE will meet “THE LAST REAL MAN” SILAS YOUNG in one-on-one competition in Indy!
For Moose, 2015 was a career year! With wins over ACH, MARK BRISCOE, CEDERIC ALEXANDER, and DONOVAN DIJAK, Moose, under the tutelage of STOKELY HATHAWAY, asserted himself as a championship contender. The same could be said for “The Last Real Man”! After returning from major injury, Young started his winning ways with a victory in a Four Corners Survival match in Chicago Ridge and never looked back!
Both competitors are looking to keep the momentum going through 2016 but may have other things on their minds! For Moose, his quest of ROH World Championship and his mutual respect and unspoken game of one-upsmanship with #BIGMIKE weighs heavily on his mind! For Young, it’s been just under a month since he lost THE BOYS back to the orbit of DALTON CASTLE following a huge victory at FINAL BATTLE! With both men now in the title picture fighting at their best, the mental game may be the key in determining a winner in Indy!
KAZARIAN & SABIN versus reDRagon
In another GIGANTIC FIRST-TIME ENCOUNTER, KAZARIAN and SABIN team up to challenge the former ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS reDRagon!
Kaz and Sabin have been on a mission to prove an elaborate conspiracy cost the ADDICTION the ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS at ALL STAR EXTRAVAGANZA VII and have begun to team up in the absence of CHRISTOPHER DANIELS!
BOBBY FISH and KYLE O’REILLY have recently set their sights on singles gold but are looking to maintain their status among the top contenders for WAR MACHINE’s championships! There will be no love lost between these teams in this BATTLE in Indianapolis! Sabin was the difference and cost reDRagon the titles in San Antonio in April 2015 and The Two Man Smash Machine certainly haven’t forgotten!
#BIGMIKE in Action!
After a very impressive showing at New Japan’s seminal event WRESTLE KINGDOM 10, MICHAEL ELGIN looks to regroup and reassert himself as the ROH World Championship’s number one contender! Elgin has issued an open challenge to anyone who has the guts to stand across the ring from a man hell bent on redemption in Indianapolis!
Are there cracks forming in the DECADE?
Does BJ Whitmer have eggs in too many baskets? After securing a 2016 Top Prospect Tournament bid for DECADE Young Boy COLBY CORINO, training dominant WOMEN OF HONOR competitor KELLY KLEIN, and acting as the color commentator for WOMEN OF HONOR, some have questioned just how much time Whitmer has left for Decade member ADAM PAGE.
Page, who had a huge win against ACH at DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR in Baltimore one night prior to getting one of the fastest wins in ROH history over Tim Huges, has seen his momentum stall as Whitmer’s focus spreads thinner after coming within milliseconds of a career-defining victory of two-time ROH World Champion JAY BRISCOE. Page will look to right the course in Indianapolis but one has to wonder if any tension is beginning to build between Page and his mentor Whitmer!
You can purchase tickets your tickets for ROH’s 2016 WINTER WARRIROS TOUR FOR FRIDAY JANUARY 15 at the INDIANAPOLIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS by clicking here. Don’t miss THE BEST WRESTLING ON THE PLANET when it returns to Railroad City!
Ring of Honor Wrestling Presents
The Winter Warriors Tour ’16
Friday, January 15 – 7:30 pm
Indiana State Fairgrounds – Harvest Pavilion
1202 E 38th Street – Indianapolis, IN 46205
Matches signed
8-MAN TAG TEAM SHOWDOWN
Mark & Jay Briscoe/War Machine (Ray Rowe & Hanson) vs. Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson/All Night Express (Rhett Titus & Kenny King)
ROH TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP – RODDY VS. THE WORLD
Roderick Strong vs. ???
Alex Shelley vs. Adam Cole
Frankie Kazarian & Chris Sabin vs. reDRagon (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish)
Moose vs. Silas Young
Will Ferrara vs. Dalton Castle w/ The Boys
