[Spartanlax]

Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black- ****1/2 or ****3/4

First match in a long time to give me a goosebump/tingling sensation. Loved it.

[McQueen]

Originally Posted by T-C

Nigel is the man, still very underrated.

I'd say right now Nigel is a top contender for being Wrestler of the Year as far as what i've seen.

[peep4life]

Originally Posted by McQueen

I'd say right now Nigel is a top contender for being Wrestler of the Year as far as what i've seen.

Nigel's heel turn has been awesome and besides maybe Aries its hard to question him as wrestler of the year so far.

[Benjo™]

Originally Posted by peep4life

Nigel's heel turn has been awesome and besides maybe Aries its hard to question him as wrestler of the year so far.

atm I've got Black, Jacobs and Aries above Nigel in terms of great matches but Nigel has been my personal favourite wrestler this year.

[peep4life]

Originally Posted by Benjo™

atm I've got Black, Jacobs and Aries above Nigel in terms of great matches but Nigel has been my personal favourite wrestler this year.

Black has been great, but I don't think he's had as good as year as Nigel. As for Jimmy, he might be close, considering his matches with BJ are so good as well as his ROH stuff. On another note,

Edge/Undertaker One Night Stand
****

[KingCrash]

I'd probably go with Aries as WOTY right now over Nigel and Jacobs. I can think of only one bad match Aries has been in this year and he's had at least four ****+ matches (Doing this from memory). But I might add Danielson to the list since most everyone we're talking about has had a good match with him this year.

One Night Stand
HBK/Batista Stretcher - ***1/2
Edge/Taker TLC - ****

[Y²]

Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black- ****1/2

The crowd was so good, both wrestlers were great. Even knowing the ending I was still on the Edge of my seat.

[WillTheBloody]

ROH: Take No Prisoners

Nigel McGuinness vs Tyler Black - ****3/4
Absolutely fabulous. This was damn near perfect and it was even better because I got to share it with my dad, who said it best when he said, "This is why I loved wrestling long ago. It's not the moves you see...it's the way what you see moves you." I am officially a Tyler Black fan now.

Bryan Danielson vs Austin Aries - ****
Dragged at times, but it was solid overall, and their matwork together may be the best on Earth right now. I'd love to see another title match between these two.

The Briscoes vs Joey Matthews and The Necro Butcher - **
One star for the snow shovel, one for Mark's dive. That's all I got.

[Instant Classic™]

One Night Stand Ratings

HBK vs Batista - This was pretty good as stretcher matches go. Some decent psychology between the two and they had some decent in-ring action besides the stretcher stuff. It was nice to see them actually fulfill the premise of the match with Batista literally battering Michaels until he could push him up the ramp. HBK put over Batista big time with the 3 power moves at the end. The WrestleMania throwback was cool too. It will probably end up furthering the story, but I don't feel Y2J helped the match. Actually saying that, I preferred his appearance to having HBK randomly fall off twice for false finishes. But with the way Jericho has been pushed as a tweener in this feud, suddenly helping HBK who he still has a grudge with didn't make much sense.
***¾

TLC VII: The Undertaker vs Edge - Great match, I'd say maybe the best between the two. It didn't have the frequency of spots that Edge vs Cena had, but there were a couple of pretty hard bumps. Edge falling onto the ladder outside looked jarring and I was surprised Taker took the big fall through the four tables. There was a decent story with Undertaker not doing quite enough to overcome the combination of Edge and La Familia. It will be interesting to see where the story goes now after the commentators made a big effort of putting over the fact that Taker wouldn't simply go to RAW in the draft. There were two moments which hurt this match - Edge setting up the tables and then climbing the ladder and Undertaker moving the ladder away from the belt to take the final bump - they just made it too obvious what was about to happen. That took it below ****½ for me, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it so with another watch I may decide again.
****¼ - ****½

All the other matches were good I thought (***+) but not MOTYCs. Beth vs Melina "I Quit" deserves credit as the best WWE womens match in forever.

[-Blaskohiro Tenryu-]

I was going to give HBK/Batista **** 1/4, but the Y2J run ins confused the shit our of me.

So, *** 3/4 sounds about right.