:Rising Above (2008)

{{Infobox Wrestling event

|name = Rising Above (2008)

|image = Rising Above (2008).jpg

|alt =

|caption = Promotional poster featuring Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness

|date = November 22, 2008(taped)
January 16, 2009 (aired)

|attendance = 900{{Cite web|url= http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/roh/ppv.html#0109|title=Ring of Honor|access-date=2009-01-18|publisher=prowrestlinghistory.com}}

|venue = Frontier Fieldhouse

|city = Chicago Ridge, Illinois

|lastevent = Driven

|nextevent = Caged Collision

|event = Rising Above

|nextevent2 = Final

|lastevent2 = 2007

}}

Rising Above (2008) was the second Rising Above professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Ring of Honor. It took place on November 22, 2008, from the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. It aired on January 16, 2009.

Storylines

Rising Above 2008 featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers working for the Ring of Honor promotion. It also involved a match for the Shimmer Championship, the top title in Ring of Honor's then sister promotion Shimmer Women Athletes.

The major feuds leading into the event were those between Austin Aries and Jimmy Jacobs and Nigel McGuinness and Bryan Danielson.{{cite web|title=ROH Video Wire 11/11/2008|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ6b74OOCKM|publisher=Ring of Honor|access-date=3 February 2012|format=Video|date=11 November 2008}}{{cite web|title=ROH Video Wire 11/18/2008|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpinLfBT0Ns|publisher=Ring of Honor|access-date=3 February 2012|format=Video|date=18 November 2008}} Austin Aries and Jimmy Jacobs began feuding when Aries took Jacobs' kayfabe girlfriend Lacey away from him. The feud escalated to the point in which it was decided the pair would face each other in an "I Quit" Match. The Nigel McGuinness and Bryan Danielson feud largely revolved around their very competitive previous matches. The ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness also resented the fact that Danielson was considered the 'best wrestler in the world' by many fans, despite the fact that he was the World Champion.