Vince barely knows who's on the roster half the time, I doubt he cares about and indy's champion. Worst part is if they give the belt to Strong we'll get more Truth Martini. Fuck.
To be fair, WWE signing Black is a very solid move for two reasons. Firstly, he's only 24 so there's a good 10-15 years in him if he takes care of his body and secondly, he has a huge amount of experience for somebody so young in the business and that's a huge advantage over the majority of guys down in FCW.
Personally, I think Black could eventually be a huge draw provided WWE believe in him since he has the same "something" that attracted people to Jeff Hardy in his prime.
As for the ROH title, I wonder how Roddy Strong is going to screwed out of not winning the big one this time.
I'd say go for Davey if he's actually leaving in December (doubt that one) so at least you'll have a little time to figure out where to go from there. Strong seems to be in limbo, Daniels seems like he's ready to go back to TNA at any moment and the with the Kings holding the tag titles the biggest heel left is Steen, and I don't know if anyone would be ready for a Steen title run (besides me).
I'd say go for Davey if he's actually leaving in December (doubt that one) so at least you'll have a little time to figure out where to go from there. Strong seems to be in limbo, Daniels seems like he's ready to go back to TNA at any moment and the with the Kings holding the tag titles the biggest heel left is Steen, and I don't know if anyone would be ready for a Steen title run (besides me).
Well it's appeared on a couple of the sites today after being a rumor on a couple of boards but nothing confirmed from ROH yet. Black's contract does run out around Sept or Oct of this year (he confirmed it in a couple of interviews) so that part's true.
I know I have heard a little about this but man Petey Williams vs Chris Hero from Pick your Poision is great I really havent enjoyed a Petey match forever and Hero is hit or miss if I enjoy him but man it was just great throughout I would give it about ***1/2 to ***3/4 IMO it really had me at the edge of my seat even tho I knew who was gonna win.I understand the hype the DCFC vs Wolves tag got tho first time seeing the DCFC and I was impressed.And I think HOT vs Aries & Titus gets to much hate it was entertaining IMO and almost 3 stars the ending was kind of wierd.Pick your Poision is a pretty good show right now and havent even watched Generico vs Strong,Briscoes vs Steen & Corino,and King vs Black this is a top of the heap ROH this year IMO
Quarter Final - Block B
Brian Kendrick vs. Joey Ryan **
Quarter Final - Block A
Kenny Omega vs. Scott Lost ***¼-***½
Quarter Final - Block C
Brandon Gatson vs. Alex Shelley **½
First Round Match - Block D
Human Tornado vs. Roderick Strong ***
Austin Aries and The Cutler Bros. vs. Colt Cabana, Johnny Goodtime and Jerome “LTP” Robinson **½
Semi Final
Kenny Omega vs. Joey Ryan ***½
Semi Final
Brandon Gatson vs. Roderick Strong **¾
PWG World Tag Team Title Match
The Young Bucks vs. Kevin Steen and El Generico ****¼
BOLA Final/PWG World Title Match
Kenny Omega vs. Roderick Strong ****
Much better then Night One (as expected), but overall I'd say it was the weakest BOLA I've seen (the only other ones I've seen are 2007 and 2008).
Both of the final two matches were brilliant, and Omega/Ryan was a nice surprise. Can't say I was expecting it to be that enjoyable.
It's been fun watching them improve throughout 09 and 10, I think if they were to work with other teams (namely east coasters) it'd help them develop much faster though.
I hate the cutler brothers. So bland and such awful gimmicks/attire.
EDIT
Pro Wrestling Respect - Inaugural
1. Rhett Titus vs Bobby Dempsey
**1/4
Theres actually an ok crowd... looks better then some of the Chikara shows.. Also Derek Dempsey is shown in the crowd.
2. Mr Ernesto Osiris & Marker Dillinger vs The Bravado Brothers
**1/2
3. Special Referee - Grizzly Redwood
Jamilia Craft vs MsChif
**
Good to see Craft brought some friends & family.
4. Celso Rivera vs The Ninja
N/A
5. Celso Rivera vs Ninja Red
N/A
6. Celso Rivera vs Pelle Primeau
*3/4
7. Shane Hagadorn, Rob Wolf & Christian Merino vs Alex Payne, Professor Milo Shizo & Jacob Chamber
**
Shizo = Future Chikara wrestler.. Wears a mask and is small.
8. Orange Cassidy vs Andy Ridge
**1/4
9. Rayna Von Tosh vs Daizee Haze
**
10. Ricky Reyes vs Delirious
**3/4
Jesus christ... The Young girls in the crowd are unbearable. The constant squealing/yelling/screaming is fucking awful.
Ok for what it was and definitely not for everyone.
The latest I saw was late August. Who knows how far that pushed Seven back, but at least with BOLA happening in September this year we might get that before 2011.
Downloaded a massive Trent Acid pack a long time ago (because he died and I'd never seen anything but his ROH stuff, which I liked) and I'm just starting to watch it now. The first match was Acid vs. Ric Blade from a 2000 CZW show in some field in Delaware, and it reminded me of why I hate CZW. All the homophobic chants had me about ready to skip the match, but I stuck it out and it turned out the match sucked. Then Blade fucking missed the table on a swanton off a truck and then I did skip the match. The next match was a ladder match with the same two guys and while it wasn't fantastic I enjoyed it a lot more. The next few were all okay except a six-man deathmatch where I couldn't figure out the booking at all, and then what I assume was the Hate Club ran out within the first few minutes and I gave up.
Random side note: Thinking about it today, I've come to the conclusion that Michaels/Jericho from 08? is one of the best booked feuds of all time, but the brilliance of it was wasted on the majority of WWE fans (myself included at the time).
2. Marker Dillinger & Rob Wolf vs Christian Merino & JRed Pink
*3/4
3. Rhett Titus & The Ninjas vs Bobby Dempsey & The Bravado Brothers
**1/4
4. Shane Hagadorn & Orange Cassidy vs Alex Payne & Mike Sydal
**1/2
5. Celso Rivera vs Professor Milo Shizo
**
6. Daizee Haze & MsChif vs Jamilia Craft & Rayna Von Tosh
**1/4
Well the Craft family/friends returned.. it seems Jamilia is bringing in a majority of the crowd.
Its ok for what it was wrestling wise but they really haven't given any match over 13 minutes. The crowd are super annoying as well though and theres like 12 promos on each show which is a bit of overkill plus the commentary is poor. They really need to use more established guys to help develop the trainees.
Welcome to ROH man, some of the best matches I've ever seen and I only 7 dvds (not the two you request info on though). It's fun catching up too, wish they still had their ppv deal.
All the Commercially released DVDs that ROH has out are really good. Some fantastic matches and a great way to get started with Ring of Honor. Just be advised that Bloodstained Honor has some great matches on it but what you will see isn't typical of the style of wrestling that you will se from most of their shows.
Best in the World is a pretty good indicator of what ROH is all about in the ring though.
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