Ring Of Honor- Raising the Bar (night 1)

This past Friday Ring of Honor came to Milwaukee, WI for night one of Raising the Bar.  I was lucky enough to shoot both of these events, and neither disappointed.

In addition to ROH's already stacked roster, the most internationally over tag team in the world, The Young Bucks, brought their superkick party to the midwest in really great exciting matches both nights.  In addition to the Bucks, stars like Kevin Steen, Roderick Strong, Chris Hero, Adam Cole, The Briscoes, Outlaw Inc, Michael Elgin, ACH, reDRagon, and so many more piled onto these cards to make these two shows really great.  Anyway, here's a glimpse of what went down in Milwaukee on night one:

Full set of photos can be found here

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Samuray Del Sol VS Silas Young

Based off recent rumors Samuray Del Sol has signed a developmental contract with the E.  I was fortunate enough to shoot what may end up being one of his last indie wrestling matches.  The contrast of styles between wrestlers in this match was really interesting.  "The Last Real Man" Silas Young is a power house and wastes little movement or effort on anything that doesn't brutally punish his opponent.  Meanwhile, the high flying nature of Del Sol quickens the pace making it difficult for the opposition to get a good handle on him.  This was a really great match that came down to the wire, with a lot of great action.  After many taunting "LUCHA!" taunts while wrenching different body part, Young was able to force Del Sol to tap.

To check out the rest of the photos from this match, and AAW Day of Defiance as a whole, check out the set on FLICKR:

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