Generation Next (wrestling stable)
| Generation Next | |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Members |
Alex Shelley Austin Aries Jack Evans Matt Sydal Roderick Strong |
| Name(s) | Generation Next GenNext |
| Debut | May 22, 2004 |
| Disbanded | June 3, 2006 |
| Promotions |
ROH CZW NXT PWG TNA |
Generation Next and also (simply stylized as GenNext) was a professional wrestling stable in the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. Formed in Philadelphia, PA at the event Generation Next, on May 22, 2004, by Alex Shelley, the original Generation Next consisted of Shelley, Austin Aries, Sabin, Roderick Strong and Jack Evans. Shelley and Sabin was eventually kicked out of the group and replaced by Aries as the leader, who would later added Matt Sydal to the faction in the summer of 2005. On June 3, 2006 at Destiny, Aries officially disbanded Generation Next, with the four wrestling as a faction for one last time on July 29, 2006 at Generation Now.
Generation Next made its debut on May 22, 2004 during Ring of Honor (ROH)'s Generation Next show as a villainous faction. The event was originally going to partly consist of matches between up-and-comers in the ROH roster, and the wrestlers in these matches were to be voted on by those in attendance. The first match on the card was originally going to be a triple threat tag team match between the Christopher Street Connection, The Ring Crew Express and Special K when Alex Shelley, Roderick Strong, Austin Aries, and Jack Evans ran-in and broke the match up, declaring themselves "The Best that Ring of Honor has to offer" and trashing the ballots. Aries, Evans, and Strong then went on to challenge and defeat the aforementioned Special K in a six man tag team match while Shelley defeated another Special K member, Hydro, in a singles match afterwords. Later in the night, all four defeated The Briscoe Brothers, Jimmy Rave, and John Walters in an eight man tag team match.
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