FROM THE VAULT: RING OF DISHONOR

KEVIN STEEN’S SICK PLAN TO RUIN ROH ... FOREVER!

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE WRESTLER/INSIDE WRESTLING, VOLUME 49, 2012. TEXT IS REPRINTED IN FULL.

After Kyle O’Reilly’s behavior at Best in the World 2012, it would seem being the ROH champion isn’t enough for Kevin Steen. Now it appears he’s looking to ensure the company a tumultuous future by turning its younger wrestlers against it

TEXT BY AL CASTLE | PHOTOS BY SCOTT FINKELSTEIN

WHEN DAVEY RICHARDS stepped into the ring in New York City’s Manhattan Center o challenge for the ROH title at the Best In the World pay-per-view, he knew cham-pion Kevin Steen had brought backup with him in the form of his sadistic lackeys, Jimmy Jacobs and Steve Corino.

But what Richards didn’t know was that Steen may have recruited another hench-man that would prove most valuable in defeating him—Kyle O’Reilly.

Although neither Steen nor O’Reilly would confirm an alliance, all evidence points to the Machiavellian titleholder getting inside the head of Richards’ protégé. If true, it would mark another coup in Steen’s ongoing war to destroy Ring of Honor from the top down.