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#10,254 ·
CHIKARA KING OF TRIOS 2012 NIGHT 3

Team ROH vs Team Sendai Girls - ****
~ So, so good, best opener of 2012. Bennett looked like a total douche, Sendai Girls were awesome, this was great all round.

Spectral Envoy vs Team FIST - ***1/2
Very good stuff here although I think they kinda botched the finish with the ref counting the 3, Gargano pulling him out and then carrying on for a few more moves.

Ophidian vs Saturyne - **3/4
~ Nice arm work on Saturyne, shame about her awful botch.

10-team Tag Team Gauntlet - **
~ Some fun moments but it didn't really grab me. Devastation Corporation looked good with their string of wins though.

8-man tag match - N/R
~ ABSOLUTELY MENTAL!!

Joshi tag match - ***3/4
~ Now that was cool. Great work from all four ladies here.

Jigsaw vs Tadasuke - ***1/2
~ :shock OMG THAT PUNCH! Tadasuke almost killed Jigsaw there in the opening minute. This was so much fun purely for how Tadasuke absolutely annihilated Jigsaw.

The Spectral Envoy vs Team ROH - ****1/4
~ This started off strong and built to an epic conclusion. Extended FIP segment on Frightmare was great, building a ton of heat on Team ROH, and the eventual hot tag went over very well. Spike piledriver on the entranceway was sick, and when the locker room poured out we had a really fun brawl (although that superplex into the Chikara roster was rather contrived). Also I don't get why there wasn't a DQ, as the Batiri were clearly fighting with Hallowicked in front of the ref. Meh. Apart from that, this was fantastic. Bennett and the Young Bucks proved awesome foils for the Spectral Envoy and the finishing stretch was engrossing. A great close to the tournament.



Sidenote: I find I can't really take Dasher Hatfield seriously on commentary as he sounds exactly like Mr Garrison from South Park. :eek:
 
#10,255 ·
So Dragon Gate USA just announced new matches for the Bushido show on July 27th and HOLY SHIT that main event looks incredible. Feast your eyes:

2/3 Fall Six Man Match
1st Fall - 2 Referees With Tags Strictly Enforced; 2nd Fall - Dragon Gate Rules; 3rd Fall - Tables, Ladders & Chairs Legal
CIMA, AR Fox & Tomahawk T.T. vs. Ricochet & The Young Bucks

Non-Title Grudge Match​
Johnny Gargano vs. Rich Swann​

Special Attraction Match #1​
Akira Tozawa vs. Anthony Nese​

Special Attraction Match #2​
EITA vs. Trent Baretta​

Bunkhouse Match​
Chuck Taylor vs. Jon Davis​

Show's looking pretty nuts if you ask me.
 
#10,265 ·
AR Fox is going to be dead if that match goes to the third fall. Although I can't stand the guy, there's no denying his overness. As much as it pains me to say it, there is a slight possibility that he could make it to WWE within the next few years. Can't see him making it fat there. Then again, I didn't know he would have made it this far on the indies. Does anyone know his age?
 
#10,268 ·
AR Fox is going to be dead if that match goes to the third fall. Although I can't stand the guy, there's no denying his overness. As much as it pains me to say it, there is a slight possibility that he could make it to WWE within the next few years. Can't see him making it fat there. Then again, I didn't know he would have made it this far on the indies. Does anyone know his age?
I would maybe agree with you if he didn't do a gay porn video. Once he made that video it pretty much shut the door on him ever ending up there.

He's 25 by the way.
 
#10,267 ·
Put a bunch of old ROH shows, all of which I'm fairly certain are out of print, up on ebay if anyone's interested. Some of them I've had for sale before; some are new. Check it out. Recommend them to anyone you know who might be interested. Make me extravagant offers. Etc.


Night of Champions (3/22/2003)
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Death Before Dishonor I (7/19/2003)
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At Our Best (3/13/2004)
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Death Before Dishonor II, Part 1 (7/23/2004)
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Midnight Express Reunion (10/2/2004)
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Manhattan Mayhem I (5/7/2005)
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Nowhere to Run (5/14/2005)
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Fate of an Angel (7/16/2005)
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This Means War (10/29/2005)
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Tag Wars 2006 (1/27/2006)
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Best in the World (3/25/2006)
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The Chicago Spectacular, Night 2 (12/9/2006)
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Final Battle 2006 (12/23/2006)
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Fifth Year Festival: NYC (2/16/2007)
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Respect Is Earned (5/12/2007)
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Death Before Dishonor V, Night 2 (8/11/2007)
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Final Battle 2007 (12/30/2007)
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Take No Prisoners 2009 (4/4/2009)
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Manhattan Mayhem III (6/13/2009)
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#10,269 ·
Kyle Matthews Vs Chance Prophet (PWF 04/05/2013)
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★★★+
This was a pretty decent match, despite it being the weaker of the Matthews matches I've seen this year. The commentators did a good enough job selling this as the first title match (with Kyle as champion) and playing off how diverse the roster is and that such an aspect will be a true test to Kyle's wrestling ability. Perhaps there would no greater first opponent, and play to this concept, than Chance Prophet. While somewhat psychotic in demeanor, Chance is billed as no technical slouch himself. Though, while Kyle edges out Chance in terms of pure mat-based skill, Prophet easily compensates for this in his smash-mouth, brawling prowess. It's here that Kyle would find his first challenge as champion in trying to find a balance in his approach. That is, while he knew he could have Prophet's number if this ended up on the mat, there was a strong chance that Prophet could reverse it into a ground-and-pound in which Kyle's reign would come to a speedy end.

A little clunky in its movements, and it never quite got out of the starting block with the crowd, but Kyle Matthews did a good enough job in maintaining his control via his work on the knee. Prophet's selling wasn't spectacular but it was, at least, there and he did a good enough job in working with Matthews here. Neither guy's best performance by any means yet nothing terrible in the slightest, either.
 
#10,274 ·
Why are you trying to get me to watch a Chance Prophet match?! Honestly I haven't seen him a ton but from what I've seen it hasn't been a pleasant experience with the man. Last match I saw from him was against Damien Wayne and Erikson(might be Eckerson or possibly neither I really don't remember now) and he looked drizzling shits bad in there. If you say this match is decent I might give it a go.

Know any good Prophet matches that may make me change my mind a little on the guy?
 
#10,271 ·
Still, hopefully AIW forgets the rematch clause and I can go back to expecting decent to good matches from the tag champs instead of "Well, it wasn't the drizzling shits, so it's a plus I guess" reign they had.


ROH - Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation


7/16/05
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Nigel McGuiness - **1/2

10/1/05
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Colt Cabana - **1/4

10/29/05
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Alex Shelley - ***1/4

3/25/06 - ROH Pure Title
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Nigel McGuiness - ***

4/22/06
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Christopher Daniels - **1/2

4/28/06 - Anything Goes
Claudio Castagnoli, Super Dragon, Necro Butcher, & Nate Webb vs. Adam Pearce, Ace Steel, Colt Cabana, & BJ Whitmer - **

12/22/06 - ROH World Tag Team Titles
The Kings Of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. The Briscoes (Jay & Mark) - ***1/4

6/8/07 - #1 Contender’s Match - Four Corner Survival
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Chris Hero vs. Nigel McGuinness vs. Mike Quackenbush - ***1/2

6/23/07
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Matt Sydal - ***1/2

7/27/07 - Race To The Top Tournament - First Round
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Hallowicked - **3/4

7/28/07 - Race To The Top Tournament - Quarter-Finals
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Mike Quackenbush - ***1/2

7/28/07 - Race To The Top Tournament - Semi-Finals
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Jack Evans - **

7/28/07 - Race To The Top Tournament - Finals
Claudio Castagnoli vs. El Generico - ****

8/10/07 - ROH World Title
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Takeshi Morishima - ****

8/24/07 - ROH World Title - Elimination
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brent Albright vs. Takeshi Morishima - ***1/4

11/3/07
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Naomichi Marufuji - ***1/4

1/12/08
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Austin Aries - ***1/2

1/26/08
Claudio Castagnoli vs. El Generico - ***3/4

4/12/08
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Kota Ibushi - ****

6/28/08
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Bryan Danielson. - ***1/2

7/25/08
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Bryan Danielson - ****1/4 - ****1/2

7/26/08 - ROH World Title
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Nigel McGuiness - ****


ROH - Honor In The Heart Of Texas


Kyle O’Reilly vs. Mike Sydal - **1/2

Steve Corino vs. Mark Briscoe - N/A

Athena vs. Barbi Hayden - *

Proving Ground
Matt Taven vs. Eddie Edwards - ***1/2

Jay Lethal vs. ACH - ***1/2

Bobby Fish vs. Raymond Rowe - **1/2

Adam Cole vs. Roderick Strong - ***1/2

Texas Tornado Tag
BJ Whitmer & Michael Elgin vs. SCUM (Rhett Titus & Jimmy Jacobs) - **1/2

ROH World Title
Jay Briscoe vs. Davey Richards - ***

A good Matt Taven match without HOT being there and better then their TV match, ACH maybe having his best singles match in ROH and Strong and Cole having a very good match while saving something for down the road highlight the show.

 
#10,272 ·
DGUSA Bushido: Code of the Warrior 2011 Review (11/12/2011):
-The tried and true definition of a consistent card with nothing particularly great but nothing bad other than Sabu/Sanchez. MOTN goes to Gargano/Hulk, Gargano just got the best of out of everyone he worked with that year. The last 1/3rd of YAMATO/Chucky knocked it down and the main event was good as well, but both teams were heel and that just doesn't work for crowd dynamic.


Masato Yoshino vs. AR Fox-***
PAC vs. Brodie Lee-***
Akira Tozawa vs. Rich Swann-**-***
BxB Hulk vs. Johnny Gargano-***+
Sabu vs. Pinkie Sanchez-*
YAMATO vs. Chuck Taylor-***
Spiked Mohicans vs. DUF-***
 
#10,277 ·
Ugh. Nothing irritates me more than when wrestlers wear masks that other wrestlers wore/have worn. (FYI, the masks they're wearing appear to be Chimaera's old mask. I'm probably the only one who'll notice/point that out but yeah. One of my wrestling pet peeves)

On a side note: That show looks pretty good. May have to pick that up in the future if the reviews are good.
 
#10,275 ·
Strong vs Cole from the Texas show this year was a very pleasant sight. Far too many times do you have some say "this match felt like classic ROH" and it never does. Ends up being modern day crap. Strong vs Cole, however, did hit that benchmark. It did feel like the standard form of competition once seen among many ROH shows. Seeing that almost made watching that event worth while. Almost; Texas show was the worst ROH show I've seen all year.

Edwards vs Taven was so bad. I remember my frustration during about six different parts where I was left wondering why the match was worked the way it was. Also had a good laugh at the near no-name in Mike Sydal outperforming Kyle O'Reilly in the opener.

The string of recent house shows were all so tame & poor that it's put me off of wanting to watch Best in the World. Still. Tomorrow is another day, but boy ROH can sure suck the life out of you these days.
 
#10,276 ·
I watched Edwards/Taven from that show a week or so ago and actually really liked it. It was my first time seeing Taven and he didn't look too bad. Tall guy, got a nice long reach to use to his advantage. I don't think it ever reached a point where I wasn't satisfied with it like most matches from the company this year and they didn't go into any overkill mode. Comfortable *** 1/2 for me. Haven't watched anything else, might catch Lethal/ACH for the hell of it and maybe Roddy/Cole.
 
#10,299 · (Edited)
I've noticed that about Highspots. It's generally slightly more expensive per DVD (a $20 DVD on the site shows around $23 and change on eBay, although I use the Canadian eBay) but if they combine shipping, it's got to be cheaper to go through eBay with them.

Even worse thing is I've emailed them before about it an they've admitted to having the wrong prices up. And yeah I'll PM you once it comes.
The reason they gave me when I contacted them was the wrong weight on the products. In the end, after a lot of screwing around and emailing back and forth, I saved about $20 because they fixed the weight on the stuff.


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Finished King Of Flight last night. Decent little show. Only complaint is the seeming lack of knowledge from the commentators, and the ring announcer; despite being easy on the eyes, sounded like she couldn't give a fuck less about being there. Del Sol/AR Fox probably had the best match on the card. The springboard reverse rana that Del Sol did in one of his matches was amazing.

On a side note: Was this the same building that they used to film WSX in? Looked to be a similar size. Really random thought, but I'm just curious.


What are the chances that Gabe absolutely buries the Young Bucks at the next DGUSA weekend because they're returning to ROH?
 
#10,295 ·

CHIKARA ANIVERSARIO: NEVER COMPROMISE

The Colony: Xtreme Force vs The Spectral Envoy - **3/4
~ Fast paced and fun but a bit sloppy.

Delirious vs Dasher Hatfield - **1/2

The Devastation Corporation vs The Colony - ***3/4
~ Heated and non-stop, with a feel-good ending. Couple of crazy dives too.

Sarcophagus Match:
Ophidian vs Amasis - ***
~ Parts of this I really enjoyed but the pacing was all over the place and it slowed down to a pedestrian level at one point which made it a bit of a chore. But early on it was pretty intense and felt like a proper blowoff. And the Canadian Destroyer on the stage was awesome.

Tim Donst vs Gavin Loudspeaker - **3/4
~ Don't let the rating detract from the fact that this was pretty entertaining despite not being a 'workrate' match.

Pieces of Hate vs 3.0 - ****
~ Great tag match here, PoH did a good job targeting the leg/ankle of Scott Parker, and Parker himself had a nice moment of selling near the end where an attempted fireman's lift failed due to the bad ankle.

Eddie Kingston vs Icarus - ***1/2
~ Hard one to rate because of the non-finish. What we saw was good though, and Icarus showed heart and the crowd got pretty firmly behind him. His pedigree looks like crap though. Backfist to the Future against the ropes was pretty sick. Icarus sure took a beating!

Very watchable show; Pieces of Hate vs 3.0 was MOTN, and the Colony/Dev Corp trios match was great too. Couple of 'average' matches though too, so I wouldn't say it's 'outstanding' by any stretch, and perhaps not the grand sendoff the promotion deserved if it truly is the end of Chikara.
 
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