The Gateway Center in Collinsville, IL may hold some painful memories for Steve Corino. The memories aren’t necessarily his; Steve wasn’t at the scene of the crime on July 23, 2010 after all, but his presence & influence was still felt at “Hate: Chapter II”. Now, for the first time since that night, Ring of Honor returns to Collinsville, IL on November 6th, while Corino enters the building for the very first time with Jimmy Jacobs at his side. Their opponents for the evening: Lancelot & Harlem Bravado.
“This journey that I started at the beginning of 2011 crossed paths with the Bravados in February.” stated Corino, “I reached out to them, with Grizzly Redwood at my side, and they basically spit in our faces. Not only that, but Lance pinned me. For better or worse, they picked their path and I’ll admit, it has given them a measure of success this year. But that’s just one year. Jimmy and I, we’ve seen what happens when you stay on that path, when you live your life that way for months and years at a time. Lance and Harlem don’t see it now, they probably couldn’t if they wanted to, but eventually something will happen to wake them up and make them realize they wasted their lives, their talent, by cutting corners and generally acting like terrible people. Maybe facing me and Jimmy will be the wake-up call they need; maybe we can knock some sense into these kids before it’s too late.”
“I respect everything the former King of Old School did back in his day.” Said Lancelot Bravado, “In fact, it was kind of a special moment in my career to pin him earlier this year. I think that truly gave me and my brother the confidence we needed because it was that night we realized that the Bandwagon was bigger than anything Steve Corino had ever accomplished.”
“And Jimmy Jacobs” added Harlem, “well I’m sorry to say that you’ve never been one of our heroes, but maybe we can be one of yours after we beat you. We respect your whole rehab, 12 step process…me and Lancelot never needed one of those…but we respect anyone who realizes they’re a failure and tries to make themselves better. I just hope we don’t cause a setback when we win in Collinsville. I’m not sure we could live with ourselves if that happened.”
Corino & Jacob vs. The Bravados goes down on November 6th when ROH makes its long-awaited return to Collinsville, IL & the greater St. Louis area. Tickets for this event are available right here at ROHWrestling.com!
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