Kevin Steen vs. Davey Richards Official For May 12th

It is the most demanded match from the ROH faithful since Kevin Steen was officially reinstated following “Final Battle 2011” and it will go down at The Ted Reeve Arena. It must be noted that this match was essentially demanded by Richards after Steen crashed the press conference and that, despite the extreme protestations from Jim Cornette, was made official when Davey held a metaphorical gun to Cornette’s head, threatening to forfeit the title and go to Japan if the match wasn’t made.

“I looked in your eyes Jimmy,” said Kevin to ROHWrestling.com, “and you know what I saw? I saw fear. Real fear, the kind of fear little kids have when the shadows get too dark at bedtime or the kind of fear you have when you see the drive-thru at Wendy’s closed early. You know the truth, you know Davey can’t stop me, and you know I will be the returning hero walking into Canada that night. It’s going to kill you to hear my name get chanted, but just remember, it’s only going to get worse when I’m your World Champion. I know Davey and I will tear the house down, and I know we will have a fight that everyone will remember because he isn’t scared to face me and he isn’t scared of what I represent. He’s a machine, I’m a monster, together we will make this show a piece of history.”