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Originally Posted by Andy3000
ROH World Title Match: Nigel McGuinness v Bryan Danielson (6th Anniversary Show)
I loved this big time! Nigel is fuckign awesome as a heel and the way he makes Danielson promise not to go for the head (liked the spot where Dragon could've elbowed the shit out of Nigel, but opted against it), only to use his head as a weapon to fuck up Dragon's eye was pretty great. I also liked how Danielson would try and put Nigel away with various submissions so he didn't need to go after the head. I still prefer HBK/Flair, but this is easily one of the best matches I've seen this year. I thought after seeing Aries/Go and loving it so much that this one wouldn't top it, but after one watch I think it might have. I'll watch it again anyway, but either way, this was fantastic. ****1/2
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100% agree with this, Andy. I absolutely LOVED this match on a first viewing, and I've watched it a couple of times too. Nigel completely owned this show, starting him and Dragon having that great promo to the moment in the match when he just socked the ref. "You wankers wanted your title match ... well you got your title match" = BEST. LINE. EVER. Ha ha, I loved it. Nigel as a heel is THE MAN, but I loved Danielson's 'Code of Honor' routine too, and the way Nigel just completely bitchslapped it. The crowd was insane, especially when Nigel just ripped and beat the shit out of Bryan's eye. Just awesome. I give it **** 1/2 too. Brilliant, brilliant match.