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ROH Rising Above 2008
| Date: Sat, Nov 22nd 2008 | Pay Per View: yes |
| Venue: Frontier Fieldhouse, Chicago Ridge, Illinois | Promotion: ROH |
| Attendance: 1,500 |
Matches for Rising Above 2008
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dash Phoenix & Tweek Phoenix | def. | Aaron Scott & Grizzly Redwood | dark | |||
| 2 | El Generico (c) & Kevin Steen (c) | def. (pin) | Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe | 06:38 | ROH World Tag Team Titles | **½ | |
| 3 | MsChif (c) | def. | Sara Del Rey | 09:13 | SHIMMER Title | ** | |
| 4 | Delirious | def. (pin) | Rhett Titus | 06:43 | |||
| 5 | Claudio Castagnoli | def. (pin) | Alex Payne, Sami Callihan, Silas Young | 08:54 | four corners survival | **¾ | |
| 6 | Chris Hero & Davey Richards & Go Shiozaki | def. (pin) | Ace Steel & Brent Albright & Roderick Strong | 16:15 | six man war | ***¼ | |
| 7 | Austin Aries | def. (sub) | Jimmy Jacobs | 22:08 | "I Quit" | ****¼ | |
| 8 | Nigel McGuinness (c) | def. (pin) | Bryan Danielson | 28:16 | ROH World Heavyweight Title | ****½ | |
| 9 | Samoa Joe | def. (sub) | Tyler Black | 18:56 | |||