The Biggest Test Of Steve Corino’s Sobriety
Posted: Aug 30th, '11, 11:48
Steve Corino has traveled a long hard road throughout 2011 in this fight to maintain his version of sobriety. He has been tempted and come up short, particularly in his dealings with Mike Bennett, but throughout it all this “evil person” has strove to travel the straight-and-narrow path. In Steve’s corner for the past several months has been Jimmy Jacobs, arguably the most evil man in ROH’s history given his track record with the Age of The Fall and his brutal wars with BJ Whitmer. Jacobs had, until Steve introduced him as his sponsor at “Supercard of Honor XI”, been exiled from ROH since 2009 but in the interim took an introspective look into the mirror, and began to make a change within his own life. Now Jacobs, sober in more ways than one, looks to help Steve Corino make the same lasting changes within his own life. Both men know that sobriety, that desire to do good…to be good…is something that will be tested throughout their lives. For Steve Corino, the biggest test may be the one ROH officials have placed in front of him at “Death Before Dishonor IX”, a match with the man whose life Steve spent the whole of 2010 trying to ruin: El Generico.
“Wow, I would have never expected this.” stated Corino, “I know that this is a test and I know that ROH officials are watching every move that I make. In my heart I think that I can do this. I now have the chance to look El Generico in the eyes and ask for forgiveness. It’s within my power to do that. I can show him how much I regret what….I….did to him last year, and hopefully he can accept that from me. I will do my best to wrestle Generico with honor and dignity. I am nervous about this and I have a lot of thinking to do.”
This is the ultimate test for Corino as he must face the man he spent one year trying to end. Steve & Jimmy are on thin ice in ROH from management to the locker room after the events of “Best in the World 2011” and officials believe this test is absolutely necessary. If there is any chance of Corino slipping off the wagon it would be against El Generico.
Corino and Generico have only been face-to-face one time since “Final Battle 2010” at “Revolution: Canada” when Steve went after the House of Truth and in turn helped El Generico defeat Christopher Daniels. Generico, upon seeing Corino face-to-face, immediately left Corino to get laid out by Elgin & Truth.
Since then many people in both the office & within the locker room look at Jimmy & Steve as the catalyst for the incident that took place in June at “BITW ‘11” and something like that can never happen again. ROH officials do believe that Corino & Jacobs were unaware of what was going to happen but in this bout on 9/17, if Corino shows any signs of evil behavior, it is certain ROH officials will take note and know that Corino is a hazard to the promotion.
As for El Generico, one can only guess what it is going through his head at the announcement of this bout….
Steve Corino vs. El Generico, “Death Before Dishonor IX” on September 17th at the Grand Ballroom of the Manhattan Center. Get your tickets right here in the ROH Store (http://www.rohstore.com/index.php?dispa ... uct_id=546), and if you can’t be there live, then order it on GoFightLive iPPV for only $14.99: http://www.gfl.tv/Events/Fight/Wrestlin ... or_IX/1146!
“Wow, I would have never expected this.” stated Corino, “I know that this is a test and I know that ROH officials are watching every move that I make. In my heart I think that I can do this. I now have the chance to look El Generico in the eyes and ask for forgiveness. It’s within my power to do that. I can show him how much I regret what….I….did to him last year, and hopefully he can accept that from me. I will do my best to wrestle Generico with honor and dignity. I am nervous about this and I have a lot of thinking to do.”
This is the ultimate test for Corino as he must face the man he spent one year trying to end. Steve & Jimmy are on thin ice in ROH from management to the locker room after the events of “Best in the World 2011” and officials believe this test is absolutely necessary. If there is any chance of Corino slipping off the wagon it would be against El Generico.
Corino and Generico have only been face-to-face one time since “Final Battle 2010” at “Revolution: Canada” when Steve went after the House of Truth and in turn helped El Generico defeat Christopher Daniels. Generico, upon seeing Corino face-to-face, immediately left Corino to get laid out by Elgin & Truth.
Since then many people in both the office & within the locker room look at Jimmy & Steve as the catalyst for the incident that took place in June at “BITW ‘11” and something like that can never happen again. ROH officials do believe that Corino & Jacobs were unaware of what was going to happen but in this bout on 9/17, if Corino shows any signs of evil behavior, it is certain ROH officials will take note and know that Corino is a hazard to the promotion.
As for El Generico, one can only guess what it is going through his head at the announcement of this bout….
Steve Corino vs. El Generico, “Death Before Dishonor IX” on September 17th at the Grand Ballroom of the Manhattan Center. Get your tickets right here in the ROH Store (http://www.rohstore.com/index.php?dispa ... uct_id=546), and if you can’t be there live, then order it on GoFightLive iPPV for only $14.99: http://www.gfl.tv/Events/Fight/Wrestlin ... or_IX/1146!