Been a while since I posted here not gonna lie, but if you love the hip hops then your sure to love this cop story. I present to you Zan Danger in: DOUBLE DOSE OF DANGER.

From start to finish it was a card that catered to the IWC. The build on the way in was simply fantastic and has been covered here on Emiliosparks.com in great detail. CM Punk spoke for us all, and we were hooked. Little did we know, or believe that the entire night would be hit after hit after hit (minus maybe the divas match, and Mark Henry but hey I enjoyed Mark Henry).

The crowd was simply fantastic, hot from the start. The PPV freaking OPENED to “CM PUNK” chants for crying out loud, ’cause after all they were in Chicago. The opening match was a fantastic Money In the Bank bout that saw 8 of Smackdown’s finest going for a future shot at the World Championship (Any time, any place, if you know the gimmick you know the match.)

Immediately the internet freaking exploded when Daniel Bryan (former ROH alumni and world champion: Bryan Danielson) captured the briefcase and won the contract. Bryan’s been pushed on and off since his debut, but I don’t think anyone saw his win coming. The crowd freaking exploded.

The women’s match, was a women’s match so who freaking cares. Mark Henry Vs. Big Show was fun for what it was, short.. sweet and the right guy went over in “If I charge for air, you Better Pay Your Bills” Henry. Christian challenged Randy Orton for the Smackdown World title, in a match that saw Christian cheered heavy throughout DESPITE playing bad guy, he came out the winner via DQ (stip said if Orton was DQ he’d lose the belt) and you’d expect the crowd to boo over a screwy finish but they didn’t, in fact they rejoiced heavy.

After the match I learn something, they’ve put a lot of freaking work into the Spanish Announce Table these days! Seriously Orton laid Christian out with an RKO and that thing just wouldn’t break!

The crowd remained hot here as they began to cheer Orton (who they were against all match) as he made his way up the ramp, screaming “One More Time”. So Orton went back out there, did the move again AND IT STILL failed to break the freaking table!

The Raw Money In The Bank, that saw a rabid crowd boo Rey Mysterio out of the freaking building! Seriously when they thought he would win, the boo birds were in full effect, man Chicago is a hell of a town, eh? Alberto Del Rio came out on top, making him both the number one contender AND “Senior Money in the Bank”.

Should be interesting to see where that goes. Finish was pretty cool, although a bit messed up. Del Rio unmasked Mysterio as they both battled up top opposing ladders, Rey choose to cover up his face in stead of going for the case and thus fell to his doom. Del Rio was clearly supposed to just grab the case at this point, but Rey had fallen in such a way that it sent his ladder back into Del Rio’s sending Del Rio crashing to the canvas. The Finish was messed up, but Del Rio just set up his ladder and grabbed the belt to a nice ovation so it worked.

And then came the main event, the crowd was in a frenzy as Punk was introduced first with his custom one night only t-shirt. The boo birds were in full effect for John Cena, although you can here a FEW scattered cheers.

They went out there and through caution to the wind going for 33 minutes, in a truly epic encounter that has to be the WWE’s match of the year! Everything clicked, in spite of a few botches. They toyed with the viewers emotions at points. Near the end Vince and his Executive Vice President Johnny Ace hit the entrance way as Cena had Punk in the STF.

He demanded the bell be rung, as if this was Montreal in ’97. BUT PUNK was no Bret Hart, as the officials back was turned and Vince was too far away from the ring. SOO he sent Johnny Ace down there to put a stop to the match, and as Ace made it to ringside Cena released the hold and PUNCHED HIM OUT!

He was not about to win like that, if he was going to win he was going to do it on his own. AND IF HE WAS GOING TO WIN THE CROWD WOULD’VE RIOTED! Seriously multiple signs said such, and I truly believe it to be the case (well maybe not, shh I’m marking out). Cena then re-entered the ring, and WALKED RIGHT INTO THE GO 2 SLEEP FROM PUNK! One 3 count later and Punk had done it! He had won the world title on his LAST NIGHT IN THE COMPANY!

After the bell rang an irate Vince McMahon commandeered commentator Jerry Lawler’s headset and DEMANDED that Del Rio come out and cash in his World Title shot. This was it, I knew this would be it, there’s no freaking way Punk was leaving with the gold if his contract had really expired. Del Rio quickly hit ringside with tremendous hustle, the second he rolled into the ring WHAMO! PUNK KO’D HIM WITH A HUGE FREAKING KICK! Punk looked around, huge almost joker like smile on his face, AND MADE A QUICK EXIT WITH THE BELT! Stopping in front of Vince to blow a kiss in his direction and wave goodbye, BEFORE TAKING OFF INTO THE CROWD! The show ended with Punk exiting through the crowd! HE HAD DONE IT! AND WITH THAT THE INTERNET EXPLODED! No one saw it coming, but it happened! What happens next? Will it be worthy enough to write about? One can only hope!

In closing, it’s moments and events like this past Sunday that remind us just why we’re fans in the first place! Enjoy it and let’s hope it last for a long, long time.

And now onto the Gospel According to the Ice Jesus.

On Sunday June the 26th, Emillio Sparks and myself were fortunate to attend Ring Of Honor (ROH)’s Best in the World I Pay Per View as guest of the one and only: Chris Hero. Emillio asked me to do a little review, but I’d rather talk more about the experience as opposed doing a match by match recap of the whole affair.

For those of you who don’t know what exactly an iPPV, it’s all the rage these days in indy wrestling. Basically companies all over the tri state area are putting their shows out there on the internet for a small price (10-15 bucks), thus giving those who can’t make it to the shows or wait for the DVD to come out a chance to see the show as it happens. This is pretty darn awesome, but for the most part doesn’t always end up feeling “special”. Mainly because most of these companies simply take their standard run of the mill monthly card and toss it out there on the net live. There’s nothing wrong with that. Heck diehards eat that stuff up. ROH however is a very different beast.

Best in the World truly felt like a big deal, from start to finish. The show itself was extremely important as ROH has just recently signed a new TV deal, and found new owners thus show was really all about CHANGE. The new blood of the indy scene stepped up, from the dark match on and continued to step up throughout the show. The overall atmosphere was just spectacular.

We arrived early, VIP style walking past a line of 1,000 plus fans gathered in front of the Manhattan Center, to be let into the main ball room by Chris Hero himself, this was just so surreal to me, getting in for free at perhaps the biggest indy show of the year!

For the first time possibly ever, the show started on TIME! (this means a lot really, you don’t understand how many indy shows I’ve been to keep you waiting outside). Each match told a different story, but as stated earlier it was really all about “change”. Colt Cabana had an off night, but the Embassy’s newest “Crown Jewel” Tommaso Ciampa picked up a win. Cole & O’Reily were kept strong when matched up with TNA’s Young Bloods. Michael Eilgen picked up a major win over former ECW World Champion: Steve Corino. El Generico defeated TNA’s Christopher Daniels for his first ROH singles title. A CHANGE was in the air…

Three things really stood out, three major MAJOR happenings. The first was the ROH return of “Mr. Wrestling” Kevin Steen. Steen had lost a loser leaves town match to El Generico 6 months prior. His running buddy Steve Corino had turned baby face and was pushing to bring Kevin back into the fold. ROH officials sent out press releases stating Steen was banned. So he bought a ticket, ahh I love rasslin’! Corino intro’d him on the microphone, and a super happy Steen attempted to hope the rail only to be held back by ROH security lead by ROH Commissioner: Jim Cornette (famed 80′s manager).

After Michael Eilgin won his match, he along with his manger Truth Martini laid out Corino and his “sponsor” Jimmy Jacobs. And wouldn’t you know it KEVIN STEEN re-appeared to make the save! After laying out the heels, Cornette was back with security to restrain Kevin.. that is until Corino pleaded for Jim to give Kevin a chance to speak. Steen proceeded to set up an apology, to Corino, to the fans, to Cornette, only to turn around and shout “FUCK RING OF HONOR!” ripped off his jacket, spit at Cornette, and DESTROY Corino with an awesome fucking package piledriver! The place EXPLODED, sure they were supposed to boo, but they were swerved and they fucking LOVED IT!

The next big thing, was our good buddy Cody B. Ware rapping Kings Of Wrestling (Chris Hero & his partner Claudio Castagnoli, and the ultra hot Sara Del Rey) to ringside as they set forth to do battle with the Briscoes, the All Night Express & ROH Tag Team Champions Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas. The match itself was a ton of fun, a bit long (about 45 mins, or in Naylor time and hour and a half), and even though the Kings lost we went ape shit for Cody, Claudio, Sarah & Chris doing there thing!

And lastly.. the freaking main event. I’m not going to explain the story… there’s a video about it..

Man did it ever live up to the hype! For nearly 36 minutes, the American Wolves: Davey Richards & ROH World Champion: Eddie Edwards tore the freaking roof down! Easily the best match I’ve ever scene in person, surpassing even KENTA Vs. Danielson from the same building years early. It was stiff, it had a ton of innovative MMA spots, a table was broken, the works!

The story telling was simply fantastic, with Davey shouting ” YOU MADE ME DO THIS! ” during a hot streak. And when it was all said and done, Davey Richards had finally achieved his dream and walked out the world champion! The place exploded, after the match Davey gave an awesome from the heart speech, putting the belt over strong.

After the show we got to hang out with Chris a bit, who is a freaking awesome dude! Seriously, possibly the nicest guy you could ever meet. I got to meet some of the guys, marking out a bit as I shook Steve Corino’s hand. An awesome night of wrestling, that if you haven’t already ordered YOU CAN STILL at Gofightlive.com. Seriously check it out!

EDITORS NOTE: All photos provided by Adam Ross