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#3,448 ·
The best match Shimmer's ever had without a doubt. Sucks that Hamada's not being used in TNA (almost made up for by crazy Ric Flair in a wheelchair), but at least she's set for one night of the tapings. Hamada also had a pretty good match with Mercedes Martinez on the show before this.
 
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Benjo™;8305525 said:
My friend and I were there and were marking out as soon as we realised they were facing each other....that stopped 2 minutes later :(

It was nice to see Regal clap for Dragon after the match though (which won't be shown on TV most likely).
Ouch, that's a real bummer. Vince just trolled you guys (and most of the IWC) hard with that one.

I can't imagine Regal took any pleasure out of beating Bryan since it was only given two minutes and was booked to be a near-squash either. I'm just hoping the payoff is worth the crap that Bryan is being put through because WWE dropping the ball on him would be a complete travesty. However, their recent track record (Shaemus, Miz and possibly Morrison aside) doesn't fill me with confidence.

Also, in regards to the Londrick shoot interview - I believe it's up on Dailymotion and StageVU if Highspots aren't streaming it for free anymore.

Edit: Found it, it's in five parts.

 
#3,641 · (Edited)
Ouch, that's a real bummer. Vince just trolled you guys (and most of the IWC) hard with that one.

I can't imagine Regal took any pleasure out of beating Bryan since it was only given two minutes and was booked to be a near-squash either. I'm just hoping the payoff is worth the crap that Bryan is being put through because WWE dropping the ball on him would be a complete travesty. However, their recent track record (Shaemus, Miz and possibly Morrison aside) doesn't fill me with confidence.

Also, in regards to the Londrick shoot interview - I believe it's up on Dailymotion and StageVU if Highspots aren't streaming it for free anymore.

Edit: Found it, it's in five parts.
He obviously didn't and I think that will become part of the story. Here's something I posted in the NXT section last night:

I just rewatched Bryan vs. Regal and here's what I'm thinking is going to happen.

Regal looked confused and disappointed after the match. He got the three count and had a look on his face, as if to say "I taught him better than that." I think that next week, Regal will talk with Bryan, telling him that he needs to get his head in the game. Thus leading to Danielson actually winning a match, seeing as how he got advice from his former mentor, whom he respects more than Miz. I don't think the look on Regal's face after the match was for no reason.
I'm just waiting for the night on NXT when Danielson finally snaps, stops smiling and looking like a "dork" and wins a match. After that, I don't think he'll lose a single match until after he wins NXT. I hope we eventually see the Danielson in my sig (of course, minus the blood and chain).

Also, in response to the video wire, Davey needs to stop stealing the Kings' catchphrase lol.
 
#4,059 ·
ROH Gold Rush

Rasche Brown vs. Rhett Titus *

Picl 6 Series Match
[5] Kenny King vs. Tyson Dux **1/2

Steve Corino and Kevin Steen vs. Pee Wee and Player Dos **1/2

Petey Williams vs. Austin Aries ***
Aries adds a * to everything he's in based solely on his character. Fucking gold.


Colt Cabana and El Generico vs. The House of Truth ***

Pick 6 Series Match
[1] Roderick Strong vs. Kenny Omega ***1/2-***3/4
I'm still waiting for a classic from these two in ROH.


6 Man Tag Team Match
ROH World Champion Tyler Black and ROH World Tag Team Champions Jay & Mark Briscoe vs.
Chris Hero, Davey Richards amd ROH World TV Champion Eddie Edwards ***3/4-****


ROH Epic Encounter III

The Flatliners vs. The House of Truth ***

Kevin Steen vs. Player Dos ***1/2-***3/4

ROH World Television Title Match
Eddie Edwards vs. Petey Williams ***1/2

8 Man Tag Team Match
Tyler Black, Jay Briscoe, Rasche Brown, & Tyson Dux vs.
Austin Aries, Kenny King, Rhett Titus, & Adam Pearce ***1/4-***1/2
:lmao @ that jackass getting pissed at Rhett. I guess he's not addicted to love. Soon sat down when King came over though eh?


Steve Corino vs. Colt Cabana **

Pick 6 Series Match
El Generico vs. [3] Chris Hero ****+

Davey Richards vs. Kenny Omega ****1/2


ROH From The Ashes

Six Man Mayhem
Colt Cabana vs. Johnny Goodtime vs. Rasche Brown vs. Joey Ryan vs. Human Tornado vs. Shawn Daivari **1/2

The Kings of Wrestling vs. Scott Lost & Scorpio Sky ***

Alex Koslov vs. Rocky Romero ***

Necro Butcher vs. Bison Smith

Kenny Omega vs. Kevin Steen ****
Great match. Steen's character is absolute dynamite at the moment. He adds to any match he's in.

Steve Corino vs. El Generico **1/2

Personal Challenge Gauntlet
Tyler Black vs. Austin Aries ***3/4
Aries has possibly the great ring attire in recent memory.Gotta love pink leg warmers.

Personal Challenge Gauntlet
Tyler Black vs. Roderick Strong ***1/4

No Disqualification Match
Jerry Lynn vs. Kenny King ***3/4
The wrong guy went over, but still a fun hardcore match, despite the lacking the intensity of a feud ender.

ROH World Tag Team Title Match
Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. The American Wolves ****1/2
MUCH better than their FCT: Chicago and Final Battle matches. On par with Briscoes/Kings I'd say. I'm weighing up the two right now. Damn, we need Kings/Wolves and we need it NOW!


Gold Rush is passable, but Epic Encounter is really good and From The Ashes is a really fun show from top to bottom. It is a shame there's no World Title match on there, but they were so preoccupied with The Big Bang. One classic, one must-see, three or four fun rides. Great stuff.
 
#4,077 ·




ROH World Tag Team Title Match
Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. The American Wolves ****1/2
MUCH better than their FCT: Chicago and Final Battle matches. On par with Briscoes/Kings I'd say. I'm weighing up the two right now. Damn, we need Kings/Wolves and we need it NOW!


Gold Rush is passable, but Epic Encounter is really good and From The Ashes is a really fun show from top to bottom. It is a shame there's no World Title match on there, but they were so preoccupied with The Big Bang. One classic, one must-see, three or four fun rides. Great stuff.
Glad to see somebody else agrees about my ****1/2 for the main event of above the ashes. I put it over the tag at Big Bang !!
 
#4,151 ·
Man, all this praise for ATWT makes me hope I had some bigger money right now.

Also. I already posted this on the ROH forums, but why not here as well. So here's a CUSTOM made DVD cover for Supercard Of Honor V I finished a little while ago:



So yeah, not an official cover. Just something I wanted to make to shake off the rust.
 
#4,155 ·
That's impressive. Much better than anything ROH has made in a while.

And it looks like the Evolve 3 DVD will be out in a few weeks. I'm pretty excited to see some of those matches again. Claudio/Chucky T is just a blurry memory of awesomeness right now and I would like to be able to see that match again.
 
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PWG Ninety-Nine

Scorpio Sky & Los Luchas (Phoenix Star & Zokre) vs. Scott Lost & The Cutler Brothers (Brandon & Dustin Cutler) **¾

"American Dragon" Bryan Danielson vs. Chuck Taylor ***

B-Boy vs. Joey Ryan ***¼

Kenny Omega vs. Davey Richards ***¾

(Apparently a 6-person tag match)
Sonjay Dutt vs. Roderick Strong ***½

Tyler Black vs. El Generico ***½

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship Title Match

Chris Hero (Champion, w/ Candice LeRae) vs. Austin Aries ***½

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Tag Team Championship Title Match
The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson, Champions) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) ****

------​

What a great night of wrestling. Not a single bad match, and with four very good matches, this DVD is a must buy for any wrestling fan. Every match is worth a watch, even B-Boy/Ryan, which in my opinion, was an entertaining contest for as long as it lasted. The piledriver to the apron was just sick. A special mention to Danielson and Taylor's match aswell. Danielson playing possum with a big smile on his face was just golden.

Omega/Richards was awesome, and Omega's flasbacks from BOLA were some funny shit. Dutt/Strong was great aswell. A big fuck you to TNA and to any Dutt hater there. The PWG World Title match was pretty good too, but somehow Aries and Hero just don't "go together" so well. I should check out their match from Uncanny X-Mas for comparison.

Main event time, and boy, what an awesome match they put on together. The ending sequence had me jumping around, if I may exaggerate a little. The Guns putting over PWG and the Bucks at the end was a cool move.

The only minus sides on this DVD, were the shitty guest commentator mic (which - thank God - was fixed eventually), a minor graphical botch before Dutt/Strong (or Omega/Richards, can't remember), and that annoying little kid in front row. Seriously, where were that little douchebag's parents? Doing drugs outside?

EDIT: *cough* And before anyone starts flaming, YES, I need to rewatch the opener.
 
#429 ·
PWG Giant-Sized 4th Annual

Ronin vs. TopGun Talwar - *1/4
The Human Tornado vs. Tony Kozina - **
The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) & TJ Perkins vs. Scott Lost, Bino Gambino & Karl Anderson - ***1/2
Davey Richards vs. Gergal Devitt - ***
Scorpio Sky vs. Joey Ryan - Street Fight - ***
Austin Aries vs. Rocky Romero - ***1/4
Bryan Danielson vs. Necro Butcher - ***3/4
PWG Tag Titles: PAC & Roderick Strong (c) vs. El Generico & Kevin Steen - ****1/4
PWG Title: El Generico (c) vs. Bryan Danielson - ****1/2

I was here live -- it was an incredible show. The final three matches really put this show into overdrive as far as awesomeness goes and IMO, on both an emotional and physical level, this is the definitive PWG show to own.
 
#1,522 ·
One of my favorite matches from ROH this year was Stevens/Strong vs....I want to say King and Titus from 7YA. Just an easy opener that made Strong and Stevens look like ass stomping machines. I bet they would have been a great team if they were given the chance. Seriously, Strong giving someone the gutbuster and then Stevens lariating their face off was gold.
 
#1,726 ·
Don't worry Skittle. You're obviously a part of the other-wrestling family. You're just the redheaded stepchild of it.

Anyway. Davey/Shingo. If they sold more. Man...woulda been herald as an epic. Like beating Taker/HBK epic. As it stand, just an amazing fucking match with a HOT crowd. The lighting was cool 'cause you couldn't see how many people were there, but it sounded like there were 10,000, which was GREAT for their (meaning DGUSA) image if a new fan was watching.
 
#1,860 · (Edited)
ROH's Black Friday sale will be 40-50% off.

EDIT: They took the article down, not surprisingly, but it'll be 40% off for orders under $50, 45% off for orders from $51 to $149 and 50% off for orders of $150 or more.

EDIT #2: Just got this e-mail ...

Starting at 12:01 a.m. 11/27/2009 until 11:59 p.m. 11/29/2009 Highspots.com will be featuring our Black Friday $12.25 Sale.

Featuring items from nearly all departments, many of which have never been previously discounted. DVD's, Masks, Belts, Clocks, Apparel, Books and Novelty items will all be discounted to $12.25.

Avoid the lines at the mall and shop online quickly and securely with Highspots! This special will only be available for 3 days, and is your chance to save BIG this Holiday Season!
 
#1,966 · (Edited)
Just ordered PWG sells out 2. Cant wait when it finally comes out.

I also watched alot of Super Dragon matches over the past few weeks so here are just some ratings for the matches.

1. Super Dragon vs Taro (mask vs mask) - ****1/2
2. Super Dragon vs Taro (Junior Title) - ****
3. Super Dragon vs Samoa Joe (All Nude Revue) - ****
4. Super Dragon vs CM Punk - ***3/4
5. IWA MS 8 man elimination tag team match - ****1/4
6. Super Dragon vs Kevin Steen (Guerilla Warfare match) - ****1/4
7. Super Dragon vs Joey Ryan (Guerialla Warfare match) - ***3/4
8. Super Dragon vs Low Ki - ***3/4
9. Super Dragon vs Excalibur (4-27-01) - ***1/4
10.Super Dragon vs B-Boy - ****
11.Super Dragon/El Generico vs Up in smoke - ***
12.Super Dragon vs TNT - ***1/4
13.Super Dragon vs Cheerleader Melisa - **1/2
14.Super Dragon vs Mr. Excitment - ***1/2
15.Super Dragon vs Rising Son (2 out of 3 falls) - ***1/4

It shows that he really is pretty underrated on these forums.


Also here are some ratings for some other matches not involving Dragon that I watched.

1. Samoa Joe vs Kenta Kobashi - *****
2. CM Punk vs Samoa Joe 2 - ******
3. CM Punk vs Samoa Joe 1 - ****1/4
4. Samoa Joe vs Kenta vs Danielson - ***1/2
5. CM Punk vs Samoa Joe 3 - ****1/2
6. CM Punk vs AJ Styles - ****
7. Chris Hero vs Bryan Danielson (PWG 2009) - ****1/2
 
#2,532 ·
Got some old shows on the cheap.

ROH Respect Is Earned (PPV Debut)

ROH World Title Match- Takeshi Morishima vs. BJ Whitmer **1/4
Hot, HOT way to kick of the show with two big guys just beating the crap out of each other for, well, only about 3 minutes, but it did it's job.

Naomichi Marafuji vs. Rocky Romero ***3/4
Does Romero sell at all? No. Was it still a fast paced, exciting match. Yes.

ROH World Tag Team Title Match- Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. Claudio Castagnoli and Matt Sydal ****1/4
Great contest between these four guys. Goes to show what Double C can do when he actually has a direction. Here's hoping the re-uniting of the KOW gives him that. Also, I miss Sydal in ROH.

Delirious vs. Roderick Strong ****
I'm probably way overrating this, but I just loved Roddy here, and at this time in general. Couldn't cut a heel promo for shit, but he could sure beat the fuck out his opponents.

Bryan Danielson and Takeshi Morishima vs. Nigel McGuinness and KENTA ****1/4
Great stuff from these four amazing workers. Lots of stories going into it, with the history between Nigel/Dragon and Dragon/KENTA, as well as the ongoing feuds of Nigel/Shima and Shima/KENTA. The teasing of Shima/Dragon was well played too.

Overall this was one hell of a PPV debut for ROH and well worth the money. I like the fact they kept the card compact, but filled with quality.

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Race To The Top Tournament Night Two

El Generico vs. Chris Hero ***1/4
It's a lot of fun watching back 'goofy' Hero matches.

Davey Richards vs. Pelle Primeau **1/4
Nothing much to say about this one, except the right guy dominated.

Jack Evans vs. Brent Albright ***1/4
Never liked Jack. Was really into Albright at this time when he was just beating people up. They worked quite well though.

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Mike Quackenbush ***1/2
Probably the best match of the 2nd Round.

Six Man Mayhem- BJ Whitmer vs. Erick Stevens vs. Jigsaw vs. Hallowicked vs. Kevin Steen vs. Matt Cross ***
Pretty fun, even though I've seen much better 6MM's. Glad Choo Choo won.

Davey Richards vs. El Generico ***1/2
Great armwork from both guys (Davey's offence and Generico's selling).

Jack Evans vs. Claudio Castagnoli ***1/4
They got Claudio's bracket spot on with this tournament: high-flier after high-flier for him to have fun with.

$10,000 8-Man Tag Team Match- Team Danielson (Bryan Danielson, Matt Sydal, Austin Aries and One Briscoe) vs. Team McGuiness (Nigel McGuinness, Delirious, Roderick Strong and the Other Briscoe) ****
This match was exactly what it was supposed to be ... a LOT of fun. Obviously very silly by ROH standards, but it's just impossible not to enjoy the chaotic events running through it (Roddy/Delirious, The Briscoes etc.)

El Generico vs. Claudio Castagnoli ****1/4
A fitting way to end such a great show. Generico really sold the arm like a trooper, and the chemistry between these two was amazing. Such a shame there had to be a loser, as Generico deserved it too.

Overall this has to be one of my favourite shows from '07. Plenty of matches, but all of a good/great quality, with two cracking ME's.


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Death Before Dishonor V Night One

Davey Richards vs. Jack Evans ***1/4

Winner Receives SHIMMER Title Match- Lacey vs. Daizee Haze **

Pure Wrestling Rules- Nigel McGuinness vs. Chris Hero ***1/2
Though it only gets a ***1/2 for the actual wrestling, this segment as a whole pushes ***** in terms of sheer entertainment. Hero, Sweeney and SnS were just GOLD.

Six Man Mayhem- Delirious vs. Brent Albright vs. Matt Cross vs. Pelle Primeau vs. Eddie Edwards vs. Jigsaw ***

Austin Aries and Erick Stevens vs. Roderick Strong and Rocky Romero ***

Bryan Danielson vs. Matt Sydal ***3/4
Sweeney rules once again.

ROH World Title Match- Takeshi Morishima vs. Claudio Castagnoli ****1/4
This weekend had two of my favourite 'Shima defences. What happens when he comes up against the two most powerful men in ROH? Great matches apparently.

Boston Street Fight- Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. Kevin Steen and El Generico ****1/4
A crazy, crazy match that showcased a blood feud wonderfully. Even the usually repetitive crowd brawl was fun to watch.

With two excellent main events and a good undercard, this show kick starts a great weekend from ROH.

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Death Before Dishonor Night Two

Falls Count Anywhere- Mark Briscoe vs. El Generico ***1/2

Jack Evans vs. Deranged **

Nigel McGuinness and Claudio Castagnoli vs. Chris Hero and Jigsaw ***

Shimmer Title Match- Sara Del Rey vs. Lacey **1/2

Bryan Danielson vs. Mike Quackenbush ***3/4

Lights Out Match- Kevin Steen vs. Jay Briscoe ****
Although I've already seen a lot of brawling from these two, I still really enjoyed this. The LMS theme gave it a more methodical, calculating feel.

ROH World Title Match- Takeshi Morishima vs. Brent Albright ****1/4
About half-way through this match the crowd reached (pardon the cliche) fever pitch and remained at that volume for the rest of the night. Albright beat the crap out of 'Shima here. A brutal weekend for the champ.

Philadelphia Street Fight- No Remorse Corps and Matt Sydal vs. The Resilience and Delirious ****1/2
When ROH get their brawls right, they REALLY get them right. Running two on same weekend shows is very risky, but they pulled it off here. Erick Stevens was made to look like a beast here as he kept kicking out. Also, :lmao @ Sydal's street fight gear.

Great DBD weekend from ROH. An unputdownable (word invention FTW) set of shows.
 
#3,035 ·
PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2009 - Night Two:

1. Brian Kendrick vs. Joey Ryan - ***

2. Kenny Omega vs. Scott Lost - ***3/4

3. Brandon Gatson vs. Alex Shelley - ***1/2

4. Human Tornado vs. Roderick Strong - ***1/4+

5. Austin Aries & The Cutler Brothers vs. Colt Cabana & Johnny Goodtime & Jerome "LTP" Robinson - ***1/4

6. Kenny Omega vs. Joey Ryan - ***1/2+

7. Brandon Gatson vs. Roderick Strong - ***

8. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen & El Generico - ****1/2

9. Kenny Omega vs. Roderick Strong - ****1/4

I'm gonna hand this one over to Edge for the recommendation. "Spear Watch Watch Watch Watch Watch Watch Watch Watch Watch Watch"
 
#3,124 ·

At this rate, we might need separate threads for stoned and sober reviews. Otherwise, we'll start getting conversations like this:


BILLY: Is Stylin' & Profilin' worth a watch?
PERSON: Sober or stoned?
BILLY: Does it matter?
PERSON: Do you wanna watch the whole thing?
BILLY: I guess...
PERSON: Then it's paramount, Billy.


BILLY: How is Final Battle 2009?
PERSON: Are you high?
BILLY: Yep!
PERSON: That's unfortunate. You won't be by the end, Billy.
BILLY: What?! Why?!
PERSON: That show lasted fourteen hours. It's what Dr. Drew recently prescribed Andy Dick to keep him sober.
BILLY: Really?
PERSON: Of course. Why do you think it's the only show they've allowed Larry Sweeney to work?
BILLY: Wowzers.
PERSON: Yeah. It's too bad no one told Corey Haim about it in time.


BILLY: I just got a copy of Injustice II for free!
PERSON: Are you sober or are you...you know what? It's irrelevant. You paid too much.


And just so I'm not completely off topic, I too really enjoyed A Touch of Class.

 
#3,365 ·
I should mention that after that awful main event, Joey goes out and totally redeems himself in a **** tag match the next month at Speed of Sound. Fucking amamzing. THAT's the Joey Ryan that will get me to buy DVDs, not 40 minute indy garbage wrestling matches that try to re-enact Cactus Jack.
 
#3,865 · (Edited)
MP's DVD Bonanza 2010

I was going to wait to start this until As the Worm Turns at least shipped, but FUCK IT, we're doing it live! I'm going in chronological order of all the promotions I follow, which are: ROH, PWG, DGUSA, Chikara, and Evolve.

Evolve 1: Ibushi vs. Richards

Bobby Fish vs. Kyle O'Reilly--***
-Good opener. I'm more and more impressed by O'Reilly every time I see him. He's got connections with Richards and has been on the HDNet show so I can imagine ROH picking him up long term for something soon.

Chuck Taylor vs. Cheech--***
-Solid. I love Chucky T. His promo at the end was a little goofed up by a screwy microphone, which would be a running theme throughout the night.

Arik Cannon vs. Ricochet--***
-More of the same solid action. It's all fairly realistic-looking and hard-hitting to this point. I'm not seeing all the MMA comparisons yet though, it's all very pro wrestling. Ricochet brings the flippy stuff and really needs to put the fucking mask back on, but Cannon keeps it grounded. I think ROH should give him a shot as well.

Dark City Fight Club vs. Aeroform--*1/2
-Extended beat down. I've seen it a million times before. Not a big DCFC fan.

Mercedes Martinez vs. Niya--N/R
-30 second squash. Indy (i.e. awkward) promo afterwards, don't even remember what Martinez said.

Silas Young vs. Brad Allen--**1/2
-Not bad, a little goofy in parts. Allen took a NASTY bump to the floor on a moonsault off the top rope. I'm sorry but they should just rename him Brad "Dead Mother" Allen because that's all he talked about every time he appeared on camera (which was half a dozen times throughout) and it started to make me really uncomfortable.

Jimmy Jacobs vs. Kenn Doane--**
-It was fine I guess. I understand psychology and all but I don't think anyone bought this show to see 3 minute headlocks. Jacobs cut a good promo on Dreamer after it was over (I'll let you see how he got involved for yourself) and it's clear to me that Jacobs is head and shoulders above the rest of the roster in the charisma department. Unfortunately I'm not sure if that's what this promotion is going to emphasize.

Johnny Gargano vs. Chris Dickinson--***
-Surprisingly good. I'm familiar with Gargano but didn't know he had a serious match in him. Dickinson was impressive, particularly with his striking and uneven temper.

Munenori Sawa vs. TJP--***3/4
-Oh yeah, this was awesome. Definitely had the "real fight" feel that some people have been talking about. I wussed out on four stars because while the work was excellent, you could drive a Mack truck through some of the logic holes and awkward moments, but otherwise this is exactly what I'm looking for in a match. Just good, believable competition.

Team Frightning vs. Akuma's Army--***1/4
-A little disappointing since I'm a big fan of Chikara's multiman showcases. This was really sloppy in the beginning, then picked it up pretty well by the end. Icarus seemed a bit shackled from doing personality-based stuff, Brodie Lee probably looked better than anyone here.

Davey Richards vs. Kota Ibushi--****
-And this was awesome. No big surprise there. I still remain unimpressed with Ibushi's striking, but he did rattle off a couple good shots on Richards. It's amazing to see how far these two have come since their ROH meeting in 2008.

Final Thoughts: I paid $12.50 for this and felt I got my money's worth by the time TJP's match was over. Everything after that was just icing on the cake. It's also definitely interesting to see a new promotion start from the ground up like this, and you have to admit that they're trying to do something that's unique to the North American wrestling scene. However, between the constant microphone fuck-ups, Lenny Leonard playing an incredibly uncomfortable Mean Gene, the bad writing in the backstage skits, or the sparse (and apparently getting much sparser) crowd, this show is incredibly indy feeling. So if that's a turn off, be warned. If it's not, and you just want to watch some good action, check out Evolve's inaugural show.

Before they go out of business.

EDIT: Coming up next is DGUSA Fearless.
 
#4,305 ·
Oh yeah. They contacted me shortly after I posted it, we worked it out through email for a while and now they're using it. I had to slightly modify the cover because the original file was in a resolution they couldn't print, but it's 90% the same. Just some font changes and stuff, plus a different picture of KOW.

I was supposed to keep this a surprise til the very end, but goddamnit, I couldn't hold it in any longer. :D
 
#4,320 ·
Fucking awesome stuff mate. :D
So why aren't every other company treated the same? PWG often have the commentary turned to low down, make spelling mistakes or just change the name of a worker in a match to a completely different one on both their covers & in the pre match matchup bit. If your all gonna bash ROH for doing shit, then you need to be consistent..
Largely imo because ROH have been going backwards in the past year or so which makes fans even more frustrated with them. PWG do have problems with shipping and production levels sometimes but the quality of their shows being as strong as they are makes up for it. If ROH were still putting out the quality of shows that they did in 05-08 then I'm sure most of the users would be willing to look past the poor covers and sound quality issues.
 
#4,308 ·
Not that many actually, and most aren't even that good. But here's one I made around late 2008:



Most of it differs alot from the actual covers back then (logos, etc), and the text placement on the back is pretty horrible (not to mention the main text, ugh), but I still think it's kinda good. It was my first try at DVD covers, so yeah. I'm planning to make another one for DBD VIII.
 
#4,873 ·
ROH Aries vs Richards

I was pumped to get this, it's been a year since I last bought an ROH DVD (Final Battle 08). First thing to say, and it's a problem: the commentary is far too loud. You can barely hear the crowd unless Hero and Prazak are silent. The crowd really helps me engage with the match and this harms some of the matches.

Briscoes vs House of Truth: ***
HOT really impressed me here, first time I've seen them. Good opener, full of action. And what is up with the weird fishnet stocking things Able wears?

Tyler Black vs Claudio Castagnoli: ***1/4
For a first time match, I would have expected it higher on the card and longer, but still a good match. Nice contrast of styles, and some very nice spots throughout. The Quakenbush backflip of Claudio's shoulders into the Pele was awesome, and the finish was nice too. The lack of crowd noise on the DVD was a problem here.

Joey Ryan/Erick Stevens vs Super Smash Bros: **3/4
Good little tag match here, SSB are a fun team to watch, and the Embassy gelled with them well. Nothing of major note, just a good undercard tag match.

Kenny Omega vs Katsuhiko Nakajima: ****
Now, we get interesting. Weird start, as they do about one chain sequence, and then start slapping each other, and then a german suplex from Nakajima, one of his biggest moves. Something different to start, a good idea but kinda odd too. Great action the whole way through, no complete thread to hold it together, Omega's leg selling was on/off, but the action throughout the match gets it to 4 stars. Very enjoyable match, hopefully Nakajima keeps coming back. The lack of crowd noise on the DVD hindered this match, and may have made it seem less impressive.

All Night Express vs Colt Cabana & Delirious AKA Cabanalirious: **3/4
Another fun tag, some great comedy early on, with some amusing Prazak commentary. ANX are a tremendous unit, very much in the mold of some 80's teams (obviously) but with a modern flavour. This match is another inoffensive, enjoyable midcard tag match, and it splits up the big matches on top of the card.

Roderick Strong vs Chris Hero: ***1/2
Again, the crowd noise factor is a problem here. A hell of a match, lots of stiff strikes and backbreakers of course, just what we wanted. Not much else to say, really, just a really great collection of strikes and a good pace set throughout. Very good uppercard match between two great wrestlers.

Young Bucks vs Steenerico: ****1/4
Absolutely phenomenal match here. I expected a good match, but not this good. Almost 20 minutes of flawless tag team wrestling, at a fast pace and with innovative and creative sequences. It's close to these two teams' awesome match at BOLA 09 Night 2 (4 and 1/2 stars plus). The final 5 minutes got me really excited, just nonstop action, with an awesome BRAINBUSTAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH~~~!!! to finish.

Austin Aries vs Davey Richards - ROH World Championship: *****
Now here's why we're all here. Aries. Versus. Richards. I won't say much about it, other than if you haven't seen this yet, you must see it ASAP. Incredible, flawless match. I was going to give it 4 and 3/4 stars, but then I felt bad about it, so I thought about it, and it deserves 5, because there's only one other match over 45 minutes long that I can remember that in which I never lost interest for a moment: Joe vs Punk 2, which I gave 5 to as well. This was captivating in every way, and is what wrestling was meant to be. Better than Davey vs Danielson (4 and 1/2), better than Davey vs Kenta (4 and 3/4), this is ROH's 2009 Match of the Year, in my opinion.

OVERALL: Great, balanced show. 4 singles, 4 tags, lots of different styles, and my ROH MOTY for 2009 on top. Get this show.
 
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