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* [[Bryan Danielson]] is has been a living CMOA since day one ("The Era of Honor Begins") and shows no sign of stopping six years later (although he's been in the business for longer) or even when he got socked in the left eye so hard it detached his retina and fractured the eye socket ''early on'' in a big match. That's right, early on...

** He later got his revenge in the Fight Without Honor that main-evented the last show of 2008, ''Final Battle 2008''. Not a hardcore match per se, but even with the lack of a formal Code of Honor unlike the early days, it's ''still'' the feud-ending match in Ring of Honor... he won with ''twenty'' consecutive elbows wrapped in chain to the head followed by his signature Cattle Mutilation hold, but its own CMOA was how the match started... the lights went dark as usual for his entrance, but the lights came on as he charged into the ring from the opposite side, threw his opponent into the crowd, dove off the top rope onto his opponent in the crowd, all while his music was ''still'' playing... and then got up in time to point to the sky as the crowd sang, "IT'S THE FI-NAL COUNT-DOOOOOOWN!!"

** The greatest testament to Danielson's talent is probably the fact that many, many ROH wrestlers have had ''their'' [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] while wrestling him. Nigel McGuinness engaging Danielson in a headbutt war while bleeding from a massive bulge on his face as his hometown London fans roared, Jimmy Rave countering and stealing Danielson's moveset, Austin Aries lasting 75 minutes against him in a 2 out of 3 falls match, Homicide overcoming a cheap DQ to finally win the ROH championship, Roderick Strong making Danielson's chest bleed from chops...Danielson is an expert at making other wrestlers look every bit as awesome as he is.

* After ''Final Battle 2008'', Paul Turner owns the Referee CMOA. A fan shoved wrestler Austin Aries almost off the entrance stage, so Aries socks him right back; the guy next to the fan either freaks out, flips out, or is about to jump the rail...at which point Turner goes from the ring to ''right there'' to restrain the guy, either calming him down or choking the guy out (depending on which version you hear) and controlling the situation until ''finally'' the senior referee, Jimmy Jacobs (whom Aries had just helped in delivering a beat down to Tyler Black), and venue security got there. When Turner got back in the ring, [[This Troper]] was amongst those who gave ''him'' a standing ovation and a "Next World Champ!" chant. Pity he looked so embarrassed about getting ''the'' biggest reaction of the whole night other than the aforementioned main event...which he had inadvertently fired up the crowd for by having his CMOA, breaking a tradition of New York City crowds being exhausted by main event time. "NEXT WORLD CHAMP" indeed!

* June 14th, 2009: Austin Aries defeats defending ROH World Champion Jerry Lynn and fellow challenger Tyler Black to become the promotion's very first two-time world champion.

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** Christopher Daniels vs. Kenny Omega, which stole the show - until...

** Tyler Black defending the ROH World Title against Davey Richards, the show's main event and easily the best match on a show with a lot of good matches. It's also easily a Match of the Year contender, for both ROH and the entire industry.

* For this troper just the fact that ROH and CZW managed to have a succesful inter-company feud is CMOA considering how many other promotions have tried and failed.

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* In July 2000, Bam Bam Bigelow received second degree burns over nearly half his body, requiring him to spend over two months in a hospital to recover. How did he get these burns? He got them rescuing three young children from a house fire near his own home.

* Back when [[Kayfabe]] was still the rule, a young John Stossel - well on his way to being the obnoxious [[Jerkass]] he later turned out to be - confronted "Dr. D" David Schultz backstage [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ demanding to know if wrestling was fake]. Dr. D's response? He cuffed Stossel on the side of the head with the same power that wrestlers would normally be smacking each other, sending Stossel to the ground, and asked him "Did that feel fake?".

** Similarly, when promoting the inaugural [[Wrestlemania]], [[Hulk Hogan]] and [[Mr. T]] appeared on a talk show hosted by [[John Munch|Richard Belzer]] (yes, THAT [[Homicide: Life On the Street|Richard]] [[Law and Order|Belzer]]), who spent the entire time teasing them over the "allegedly" fake nature of wrestling. The entire time, you could see [[Mr. T]] struggling to restrain himself. Finally, Belzer goaded Hogan into trying a submission move on him. Hogan reluctantly applied a headlock, which caused Belzer to spasm, and drop unconscious (literally, he went limp and Hogan dropped him on the floor) before the show quickly cut to commercial. When they returned, Belzer was gone, but Hogan was still there, shakily trying to explain to the director that he applied the simplest hold he could think of, one that any healthy adult should have been able to handle. This either says a lot about Hogan's [[Sarcasm Mode|technical prowess]], or that Richard Belzer has never exercised a day in his life.

** Similarly, when promoting the inaugural [[Wrestlemania]], [[Hulk Hogan]] and [[Mr. T]] appeared on a talk show hosted by [[John Munch|Richard Belzer]] (yes, THAT [[Homicide: Life on the Street|Richard]] [[Law and Order|Belzer]]), who spent the entire time teasing them over the "allegedly" fake nature of wrestling. The entire time, you could see [[Mr. T]] struggling to restrain himself. Finally, Belzer goaded Hogan into trying a submission move on him. Hogan reluctantly applied a headlock, which caused Belzer to spasm, and drop unconscious (literally, he went limp and Hogan dropped him on the floor) before the show quickly cut to commercial. When they returned, Belzer was gone, but Hogan was still there, shakily trying to explain to the director that he applied the simplest hold he could think of, one that any healthy adult should have been able to handle. This either says a lot about Hogan's [[Sarcasm Mode|technical prowess]], or that Richard Belzer has never exercised a day in his life.

* In 1975, a group of wrestlers were involved in a plane crash. Johnny Valentine and Bob Bruggers had their careers ended by the crash (and the pilot of the plane died), while [[Ric Flair]], David Crockett and "Mr. Wrestling" Tim Woods eventually recovered (Flair's recovery the most astonishing of them all; doctors told him he would never be able to wrestle again, and he was back in the ring in six months). The problem with the situation was that kayfabe was still in effect at this time, and Woods was the only babyface on a plane full of heels; to make matters worse, he was even feuding with Flair and Valentine at the time. Woods used his real name in the hospital and the others tried to hide that he was there, but eventually, the rumor started to spread that he was on the plane. Two weeks later, Woods entered the ring to compete while in excruciating pain, all to "prove" that he wasn't on the plane, saving kayfabe for the time being. Flair later stated that on that day he was the man who saved professional wrestling.

* [[The Undertaker]] gets a personal off-screen CMoA for his actions after the [[Montreal Screwjob]]; after the shit had hit the fan, he pulled Shawn Michaels aside and asked him if he had anything to do with it. After getting several denials, Taker went looking for Vince, hammering on his office door until he answered. Taker then basically threatened Vince by (allegedly) telling him that "if you still want to have a company tomorrow, you'd better apologise to [[Bret Hart|Bret (Hart)]]". Given how a number of wrestlers (including Bret's brother [[Owen Hart|Owen]]) were furious at what had happened and were prepared to walk out, possibly to WCW - which might very well have completely destroyed the WWF - not only did Vince try to apologize to Bret, but Taker kept his spot on the card (instead of being buried completely) simply because he was ''that'' important to the company.

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