Seen The Wrestler? Then you will never forget the Necro Butcher, the goateed, staple gun–wielding opponent of Mickey Rourke in the most memorable film scene of 2008. Ring of Honor, the professional wrestling company that orchestrated that scene and others in the film, might as well be dubbed "ring of blood" for the way the arena looks after its stars are through with battle. If the real-life Ring of Honor is anything like The Wrestler, then tonight's event will be a delightfully touching yet horrific display of macho bloodletting. The Necro Butcher, Nigel McGuinness, and other stars will be doing the stapling, banging, smashing, and battling with anything they can get their hands on at the 99-cent store.
Sat., March 21, 7 p.m., 2009
How about you do your job correctly and research your facts before you write an article? You've perverted the events that occurred in The Wrestler by implying that the hardcore match in The Wrestler took place in ROH. Please, if you don't know something, don't write about it.
Bradley Svehla 03/20/2009 3:41:00 AM
ARI! The column of honor is what keeps me alive at night, great job. this article does not keep me alive at night. sadface.
Ari Berenstein 03/20/2009 1:30:00 AM
This is the absolute worst kind of article to see at a time when Ring of Honor is at the nascent stages of breaking through to a larger, more mainstream audience--inaccurate, oversimplified, ignorant of basic facts and one-sided, all within a short 125 word blurb. First of all, while NEcro Butcher currently wrestles for ROH, the scene to which you are referring takes place at CZW, which IS known for its hardcore wrestling. Ring of Honor does contain some hardcore wrestling, but it has not been and is not now the dominant genre of professional wrestling presented as the staple for its "brand". In fact, hardcore matches are usually only one or two at most of the seven to ten matches performed at every show. You choose to use a picture of one such street fight in order to back up your thesis as opposed to showing a picture of say, Bryan Danielson and Austin Aries grappling in the ring, sans blood. Ring of Honor focuses its attention on the basics of professional wrestling (note, not the kind of sports entertainment like you would come to know from WWE)--grudges between a good guy and a bad guy and an excellence of athleticism and technical wrestling. Nigel McGuinness is one such technical wrestler. He has never used a staple gun in any ROH match and probably in any match of his career. ROH has some of the best athletic in-ring action going, but uses street fights and brawls as a side dish to the main course. There is some blood in ROH, of course, but there is some blood in ANY professional wrestling show, WWE included. That you chose to focus on that aspect of the product as opposed to the real draw of the show, which is the great wrestling, is unfortunate and also quite telling.
Edgar 03/19/2009 9:36:00 PM
You know, I understand that the media usually looks down on wrestling and its fans, but that's no excuse for this piss poor "article". How hard can it be to actually get your facts straight before writing something?
Mike 03/19/2009 8:24:00 PM
Wow, this must be one of the most uneducated postings I have ever read. If you actually watched the movie The Wrestler you would see that the fight between Necro Butcher and Randy takes place at CZW and not in a ROH ring. The final scene between the the Ram and the Ayatollah was filmed in a ROH ring. ROH is far from a hardcore wrestling promotion. And I promise you will not see any staple guns at an ROH event.
