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I had alot of money saved up in the bank from Christmas and my birthday plus i sold alot of stuff on ebay and bought alot of the dvds cheap of there..Emo said:How much money do you get Platt
I believe the one at All Star Extravaganza II was Flash Flanigan.X-Static said:Ok so I was watching All Star Extravaganza II earlier, and I was just wondering, does anyone know who was The Weapon Of MASK Destruction that Nana "brought in" to face Jay Lethal?
...I'd say that lives up to the hype, a near-perfect match...-Mystery- said:Ok, I skipped over everything on FOTC to watch Joe/Danielson. I thought the match was great but didn't live up the 5 star hype the internet gave it. The crowd was great in the beginning and end but sort of died during the match and the final 10-15 mins were a bit disappointing. However, the psychology was great and the match itself was great and is a definate match of the year candidate. At first glance I'd rate it ****3/4 but I'll more than likely watch the match again to see if my opinion changes.
As for Nowhere To Run, it's one of the best ROH shows of 2005, and is a must-have in my opinion. Rave/Punk and Aries/Danielson are both ****+, and the rest of the card is extremely solid as well. Definitely buy both shows if you're interested.Spartanlax said:This seems to be a show that gets overlooked a lot and not given the credit it deserves. Personally I felt this is one of the most solid ROH shows out there and a show of the year contender in 05 (which is really hard to be). Some nice brawling, a good multi-man match, CLASSIC singles matches, and a Shane Douglas appearance. This show should be in every ROH fan's collection.
1. Colt Cabana vs. Jimmy Rave
This match made sense, coming off the blow-off cage match with Punk, Jimmy wanted to still seem strong by taking on Punk's teammate. The match started off with some hilarious comedy spots from Colt and turned into a basic wrestling match, nothing flashy or anything. The match stayed at a constant pace with only one, maybe two 'big' moves being hit, and never really got into second gear. Luckily it kept a nice length and didn't go overboard. A great ending as well, and the aftermath is hysterical while further getting The Embassy over as heels. A solid opener, funny and some good wrestling going on, but nothing special. **
2. Ring Crew Express vs. Carnage Crew (Street Fight)
Man, this was a pretty cool brawl. The story behind this is that RCE put CC out of work for 90 days by beating them at the Scramble Cage match. CC was pissed because they had to stay home with their nagging wives, not get paid, etc. So basically, CC are drunk and pissed, not a good combo. CC jump RCE right from the start of the match and just lay into them, tossing them into the guardrail, punching them in the head, busting them open and pouring alcohol into the wound. CC literally DOMINATE the first half of this match and just pound on them and hit a Carnage Plex on both Dunn and Marcos, but don't go for the pin. CC then go out of the ring to grab a ladder, but RCE dive out of the ring onto the ladder and wipe everyone out. This marks the comeback by RCE, fighting back with all they got...but CC start fighting back and nail two HUGE spots to secure their victory. It was a basic brawl but it was entertaining, albeit one-sided, and the ending sequence was nothing short of awesome. **
3. Six Man Mayhem (Izzy vs Deranged vs Jack Evans vs BJ Whitmer vs Fast Eddie)
Wow! One of my favorite SMM matches ever, with spots so crazy and innovative I don't know what to call them! This match never has a dull moment and is a COMPLETE spotfest, no wrestling whatsoever, but it's well done and fast paced, certain to excite you throughout the entire match. Crowd was really into this which lots of the chants and cheering which only adds to the already crazy match. To be honest I didn't like the ending only because all the spots during the match already topped it, but it was still pretty cool. A really fun match here. ***
4. James Gibson vs Homicide
Underrated match of the year for 2005 I believe. Now the thing with this match is you'll either love it or hate it. Both men rely on just basic wrestling moves for a little more than twenty minutes, but this match is great. The psychology involved and the selling from both men make this a really believable and hard fought match, you can just feel the emotion radiating from both men during this match. Homicide nails a sick tope conhilo dive onto Gibson in the crowd which has to be seen to believed. Both men work over their neck since their respective finishers focus on that body part, and while some may say this never picked up for their interest, I loved every second of it. Gibson has such a near fall that I wanted to yell at Sinclair (ref) myself, but I held back. The ending was just awesome and I really feel this match deserves the rating I give it. This star rating can easily be argued and some may feel I overrate it, and to be honest I might agree with them on some days, but right now here's my rating: ****
5. Shane Douglas promo
Yeah, Shane is here, in town for the Hardcore Homecoming show the same night. He starts by praising ROH and it's fans and stuff, and then becomes completely inaudible due to the chants. This promo is a mess only because you can barely hear it, and when you can it starts from 'ROH is good' to 'ROH isn't better than the sweat on my balls'. Strange, but sets up for later. Douglas says he chose to come to ROH than work for Vince that night, which started a huge 'LIAR' chant, most knowing he is only in NY for Hardcore Homecoming. No rating.
6. CM Punk vs Roderick Strong
I feel the same way about this as I do Homicide/Gibson. Mostly basic wrestling throughout the entire match but the psychology involved and the emotion from both men kept me glued to the screen. Punk and Strong have some of the best chop exchanges I've ever seen in this match, going back and forth a few times during it. Punk works over the arm of Strong and Strong works over the back of Punk, and the selling is so good you can almost feel the pain yourself (not exaggerating, it seemed legit at times). Leading up to the ending sequence was just phenomenal with everything, but they seemed to slightly botch the end which was semi-disappointing. Punk cuts a great (but sadly semi-short) promo afterwards. On different days I may give different responses, and some may feel I overrated this as the last one, but here it is. ****
7. Samoa Joe vs Nigel McGuinness (Pure-title)
One of the better pure title defenses beyond the shadow of a doubt. It starts off slow with a feeling out proccess as many matches do, but once Nigel pisses Joe off, Joe lands a sick ole kick that sends Nigel flying into a security guard, taking both men over the barricade. Yes, Joe is awesome. Things really start to pick up as it becomes more of a hard hitting contest before Nigel starts to work over the arm (as always) and hits some cool hammerlock moves. If you're a fan of pure matches, this is right up your alley. The ending is great as it is in most ROH matches, and the pacing in this match is near perfection. Props to both men for proving why the Pure Title should still be around today. ***1/2
8. Joe/Douglas confrontation
Yup, Douglas comes back out and Joe is right there to meet him. Blabber blabber blabber, maybe it's my disc/TV but the sound kinda went up and down during this event and right here especially. More crowd cheers and chants made this overall hard to hear, but Douglas ends up putting over ROH and praising it. No idea what made him change his mind, but meh, not one to question Douglas. No rating.
9. Austin Aries vs Low Ki (Non-title)
Damn this was a STIFF, hard hitting matchup and never had a dull moment in it. These two just seemed to go all out with their strikes and comebacks. I really can't say much else, you just have to see this match to believe everything going on during it, this was definitely MOTN (despite it's rating). The ending was REALLY awesome and just makes Punk even more happy (since Punk was scheduled to face Aries for the belt a week after this). ****
Overall- ****
Maybe it's just my TV or my disc, but the sound kind of lowered and hightened during entrances and promos, but that's my only real complaint. With three matches that are debateably ****, and other solid, entertaining matches on this show...how can you afford NOT to add this to your DVD collection? Everything on this show kept me watching, and instead of taking a break about halfway through watching a wrestling show, I didn't budge, I didn't pause the show...I just kept watching as I witness some of the best wrestling happening before my eyes. A worthy title for the show itself because this proved why ROH has the best wrestling and the best wrestlers today.
I think it has to do with being there live. Matches always seem better live and I'm sure this match is no different. I'm sure that had I seen it live I probably would've given it 5 stars at the time.Spartanlax said:...I'd say that lives up to the hype, a near-perfect match...
I'll probably change my rating on the match once I see it on DVD.
ok thats good to hear, i only really asked about TFIS because of the main event and the CC vs RCE match(i saw that INSANE ladder spot), NTR is one that i am interested in, that is going on my list for sure now, thanks dude.Spartanlax said:As for Nowhere To Run, it's one of the best ROH shows of 2005, and is a must-have in my opinion. Rave/Punk and Aries/Danielson are both ****+, and the rest of the card is extremely solid as well. Definitely buy both shows if you're interested.
Let me just tell you that that tournament was bull s**t. Especially the winner. It had some good matches but the winner just pissed me off. That Aries/Homicide match was awesome though.hailsabin1990 said:ok thats good to hear, i only really asked about TFIS because of the main event and the CC vs RCE match(i saw that INSANE ladder spot), NTR is one that i am interested in, that is going on my list for sure now, thanks dude.
So far my list for next ROH shows to get:
1. Unified
2. Nowhere To Run(connects with the ones i have)
3. Joe vs Punk II
4. Steel Cage Warfare(If that is the one with Gen Next vs Embassy Cage Match?)
5. Fight Of The Century
6. Reborn-Stage I(I belive, with SCS winning the tag belts)
7. Supercard Of Honor
8. Tournament of The Super Juinors 05
9. Survival Of The Fittest 06 (when it comes out)
10. Death Before Dishonor IV
well that sucks to hear, is it just because you don't like who won or was it really a bad event? Also i wanted it too because Black Tiger(Rocky Romero) does well and Whitmer & Jacobs win the tag belts there too. But can you answer my question.jack evans 187 said:Let me just tell you that that tournament was bull s**t. Especially the winner. It had some good matches but the winner just pissed me off. That Aries/Homicide match was awesome though.
thanks for that, it seems like an average show with a few really good ones thrown in there, at least Homicide vs Aries was good, just made who won though! well i have a thought in my head as i know who won the tournament. but i won't say it here to spoil it for some people, i think it still looks good though.jack evans 187 said:It wasn't a bad event. I just didn't like the winner of the tourney. Here's some ratings.
Danielson vs. Spanky - ***3/4
Sydal vs. Dragon Soldier B - **1/2
Shelley vs. Black Tiger - ** IMO - Good if you like a lot of submissions.
Gibson vs. Strong - ***3/4
Punk/Cabana vs. Embassy - ** That match was pothetic. Really bad.
Tag Title match - ***1/2 Wasn't too bad. Nothing special though.
Winner of Danielson/Spanky vs. Shelley/Black Tiger - ***1/2 Another solid match
Winner of Gibson/Strong vs. Sydal/Dragon Soldier B - *3/4 Nothing else to say.
Finals - *** Once again, didn't like the winner.
Aries vs. Homicide - ****1/2 Loved it. Easily MOTN.
Really! Wow i never thought an ROH show could be that bad. Well ok i will take your word for it, i will just get the ROH show with Briscoes vs SCS 2 Out Of 3 Falls instead and put it on my list.Spartanlax said:Hailsabin, do not, I repeat do NOT buy Reborn: Stage One...the only good match on their is SCS vs Briscoes, and you could find that match in the multimedia section to save yourself $10-20.
Well i will still hold off on it then, like i said i only really wanted it for Punk winning the tag titles, so i don't mind.Spartanlax said:It's not that bad of a show to be honest, but again, there's SO much better shows out there. This is at the bottom of the list for shows you want to own...near the very bottom. Again, has good matches on it, but not good enough to warrant a purchase over other shows, such as Ring Of Homicide.
Yeah, he faces Necro Butcher. Another chair throwing massacre.hailsabin1990 said:Well i will still hold off on it then, like i said i only really wanted it for Punk winning the tag titles, so i don't mind.
With Ring Of Homicide, is that one of the top best like next to Manhatten Mayhem or something?, i always hear about that one too, doesn't Homicide like fight in another Impromtu match up there?
Ring Of Homicide isn't quite Manhattan Mayhem...but it's still freakin' awesome. Danielson/Delirious is quite possibly the best underdog matches I have ever seen, and it holds a special place in my heart (huge Delirious mark + I was there live). The main event is a great brawl, combining like three matches into one, insane stuff including a chair riot. The rest of the card is great as well, and definitely has the comedy match of the year as Cabana faces Kikitaro.hailsabin1990 said:Well i will still hold off on it then, like i said i only really wanted it for Punk winning the tag titles, so i don't mind.
With Ring Of Homicide, is that one of the top best like next to Manhatten Mayhem or something?, i always hear about that one too, doesn't Homicide like fight in another Impromtu match up there?
oh shit really, i love Kikitaro! Gotta see that, that is going on my list now.Spartanlax said:Ring Of Homicide isn't quite Manhattan Mayhem...but it's still freakin' awesome. Danielson/Delirious is quite possibly the best underdog matches I have ever seen, and it holds a special place in my heart (huge Delirious mark + I was there live). The main event is a great brawl, combining like three matches into one, insane stuff including a chair riot. The rest of the card is great as well, and definitely has the comedy match of the year as Cabana faces Kikitaro.
For anyone interested in my opinionhailsabin1990 said:ok thats good to hear, i only really asked about TFIS because of the main event and the CC vs RCE match(i saw that INSANE ladder spot), NTR is one that i am interested in, that is going on my list for sure now, thanks dude.
So far my list for next ROH shows to get:
1. Unified
2. Nowhere To Run(connects with the ones i have)
3. Joe vs Punk II
4. Steel Cage Warfare(If that is the one with Gen Next vs Embassy Cage Match?)
5. Fight Of The Century
6. Reborn-Stage I(I belive, with SCS winning the tag belts)
7. Supercard Of Honor
8. Tournament of The Super Juinors 05
9. Survival Of The Fittest 06 (when it comes out)
10. Death Before Dishonor IV