[mateuspfc]

NOAH Winter Navigation 07/12/08

Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima ***1/2
They went pretty short in this one, probably to protect Misawa's health. Anyway, the match was still a pretty good one, with Nakajima dominating the most of the match. Had this been some 5 years ago, it would rule. But Nakajima's kicks vs. Misawa's elbows was the shit.

Jun Akiyama vs. Takeshi Morishima ***3/4
Not sure if everybody enjoyed this match like I did. Even shorter than Misawa-Nakajima, I couldn't notice why, but still, Akiyama DESTROYED Shima. The intensity of these two was off the charts, since they justed trowed everything at each other. The only thing that bothered me was that Jun delivered 3 or 4 Exploders and none of them was able to put Shima away, anyway, he busted Shima's nose in a very sick way, and the choke made it bleed tons. Pretty awesome 8 minutes match.

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title
Kotaro Suzuki/Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) vs. KENTA/Taiji Ishimori ****1/4
Well, you knew that was coming. More KENTA/Ishimori awesomeness, added to the champions GREAT heel work, made this a very dramatic match, something I hadn't seen on NOAH in a long time. Of course they went to flashy mode at the end, or this wouldn't be a normal Jr. Tag match in NOAH. Anyway, it was a pretty awesome contest, as you can expect.

GHC Heavyweight Championship
Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs. Akitoshi Saito ***
Good match, the only problem was that the crowd didn't really care about the match, like Saito couldn't stand a chance against Sasaki. Even ehwn he kicked out of the NLB, no way. See, Saito slapped 4 or 5 backdrops on Kensuke, and none of them was able to put the champ away, while a SICK slap from Sasaki knocked Saito out cold. I'm not complaining about the match, but the challengers NOAH have been putting on, because none of them seem to be able to shock or give any interest. Thank God, Akiyama is coming, and now things are going to get good. A good match, nevertheless, although Saito didn't appear to be ready to the main event.

***1/2 to what I watched and reviewed.

[MrPaiMei]

MCMG vs. AOTF

Really crazy tag here. Great Shelley/Jacobs hate, and never feels long despite the runtime. Finishing stretch just kinda carries on, instead of building up, holding this back from MOTY status. ****1/4

[StylinProfilin]

In the ROH dvd menus, in the background, I see an event that takes place outside. What dvd is that?

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by StylinProfilin

In the ROH dvd menus, in the background, I see an event that takes place outside. What dvd is that?

It's a clip of ROH's appearance on some morning news show in either NYC or Buffalo the day of The Future is Now back in 2005. Aries fought some student I think and Low Ki came out and challenged him for the title, which later happened in an unsanctioned match that night, but it was non-title.

[smitlick]

Surprised no one has done this dvd yet. Oh and by the way im likely to do most of the ratings of ROH shows as i have a lot thanks to a tape trader...

Ring of Honor - Crowning A Champion
1. Tony Mamaluke vs Jeremy Lopez (*3/4)
2. Christian York & Joey Matthews vs Prince Nana & Jacob's Ladder (*1/2)
3. Michael Shane & Biozhard vs Paul London & Don Juan (**)
4. Da Hit Squad vs Divine Storm (**)
5. James Maritato vs Jay Briscoe (**1/2)
6. The Natural Born Sinners vs The Carnage Crew (**1/2)
7. AJ Styles vs Adam Jacobs vs David Young (**1/2)
8. Mike Tobin & The Ring Crew Express vs Black Gordman Jr., Brian XL & Dixie (*1/2)
9. Scoot Andrews vs Xavier (**3/4)
10. Low Ki vs Christopher Daniels vs Spanky vs Doug Williams (****)

Really only worth getting for the Main Event.

Ring of Honor - Honor Invades Boston
1. Quiet Storm vs Amazing Red (**)
2. Chris Divine & SAT vs Brian XL, Izzy & Dixie (**1/2)
3. Chris Divine vs Low Ki (*)
4. Dunn & Marcos vs The Christopher Street Connection (*1/2)
5. Scoot Andrews vs Mike Tobin (*)
6. Scoot Andrews vs Xavier (**)
7. Michael Shane vs Paul London (***1/2)
8. Donovan Morgan vs American Dragon (***3/4)
9. Da Hit Squad vs The Carnage Crew (**1/2)
10. Don Juan vs Biohazard (*3/4)
11. Maverick Wild vs Alex Arion (**)
12. Natural Born Sinners vs FBI (***)
13. Jay Briscoe vs Mark Briscoe (****) Really good Match. Really Surprised TBH
14. Low Ki vs AJ Styles (****1/2)

Good DVD probably the best overall show ROH has put on to that point.

[TaylorFitz]

Daniels/Spanky/Williams/Low-Ki ****1/4

I thought it was fantastic. It was an iron-man match but it never seemed to drag on. I just wish that Williams and Spanky had looked stronger in it as neither of them were able to get a fall. I thought the match would have been a lot more exciting if all 4 men still had a reasonable chance of winning the title.

Too bad nothing else on the show was worth watching

It also looks like I need to see the main events from Honor Invades Boston. I watched the first few matches on the tape (yes the only copy I have is on VHS ) but stopped watching before the main events.

[Platt]

new video wire http://www.you-tube.com/watch?v=QeaQlDizs2Y

[peep4life]

^^^^How awesome is that guys mustache in the Ernie Osiris segment. I'm really intrigued to see where this whole Aries/Black/Jacobs thing goes.

[smitlick]

Originally Posted by taylorfitz

Daniels/Spanky/Williams/Low-Ki ****1/4

I thought it was fantastic. It was an iron-man match but it never seemed to drag on. I just wish that Williams and Spanky had looked stronger in it as neither of them were able to get a fall. I thought the match would have been a lot more exciting if all 4 men still had a reasonable chance of winning the title.

Too bad nothing else on the show was worth watching

It also looks like I need to see the main events from Honor Invades Boston. I watched the first few matches on the tape (yes the only copy I have is on VHS ) but stopped watching before the main events.

Yep Definitely worth watching.

[MitsuharuMisawax9]

Tyler Black vs. Joe *** 1/4 good match but just basic joe stuff, nothing to differnt kinda dissapointed these two did not but on a great match that I thought they were capale of.