Showdown in Motown was a wrestling event promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on November 4, 2005 at the Michigan State Fairgrounds & Expo Center in Detroit, Michigan. ROH’s debut in Detroit, the main event saw Bryan Danielson being challenged for the ROH World Championship by TNA wrestler and Detroit's native Chris Sabin.
This was the first use of the WarGames: The Match Beyond match conceived by Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes was on the winning side in both events along with the Road Warriors, Nikita Koloff and Paul Ellering.
Terror rules the ring as Sid Vicious challenges Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Lex Luger defends the United States Championship against Stan Hansen.
Nikita Koloff defends the NWA Television Championship against Bobby Eaton. Larry Zbyszko challenges Barry Windham for the UWF Western States Championship.
Ric Flair & Sting join forces against the Great Muta & Terry Funk in the Thunderdome Cage Match with Bruno Sammartino serving as the special guest referee.
Starrcade '89 features round-robin Iron Man and Iron Team Tournaments. Participants include Ric Flair, Sting, The Road Warriors, Lex Luger, The Great Muta, and many more NWA Superstars from around the world.
Ric Flair defends the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Lex Luger. Arn & Ole Anderson compete for the NWA Tag Team Championship when they face The Steiner Brothers.
Popular movie trailers from 2005
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 2005:
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
After terribly gory happenings occur one day in a hidden beach house on the Malibu Shore, it leaves one person crying, one person soaked in blood, and another one dead.
With detailed assistance from a self-help book -- written by a self-described love guru (Jolina Magdangal) -- Denise (Jennylyn Mercado), a hopeless romantic, finally manages to catch the attention of the man she's had her eye on forever (Mike Tan).
Lisa is a middle-class white woman from Toronto, Canada. She's also addicted to crack cocaine. To maintain her habit, she works as a prostitute while living in a hotel room.
Emma (Damasus-Aboderin), Candace (Genevieve Nnaji) and Yvonne (Jalade-Ekeinde) have been friends since High School and have since settled into their respective lifestyles.
