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#1,399 ·
Why would I be a loser just because I can make some cash back on buying something? Investing much? Unintended investing of course but it's money well made none the less. The money I make back can be used to buy even more shows i haven't seen yet (or Deadpool #900!) so why not take up the opportunity? Like PaiMei said, why get in a hussy fit if all you're going to loose is some horrid looking box art?
 
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ROH - Death Before Dishonor VII: Night 1


Sonjay Dutt vs El Generico - ***1/4

Super Smash Bros. vs The Briscoes - ***

Kenny King vs Kenny Omega - ***1/4

Eight-Man Elimination Tag Match
The Embassy vs Colt Cabana, Brent Albright, Necro Butcher & Jimmy Rave - ***1/4



Chris Hero & Davey Richards vs Lance Storm & Kevin Steen

Enjoyed this match a lot, everything just seemed to work well. Everyone was over, the crowd was very into it, and I thought it was a well-structured, well-worked match. Every man was fun to watch in this, especially Storm and Hero. Lance Storm, for what he lacked a lot in personality here (although, who really cares at this stage in his career?) I thought had an impressive showing. He took some good bumps and I'm sure I saw him do a couple flips during this. Not bad for a man his age. Hero was just as good as he's been lately, which is great. Prazak noted how he's in the best shape of his life, which could be true, Hero looks like a star right now. Very good, enjoyable, worth-seeing exhibition-style match. It didn't do much to further Steen and Davey's rivalry, but it did a good job of setting up for Hero vs Storm.

***3/4


ROH World Championship
Four Corner Survival
Austin Aries vs Nigel McGuinness vs Tyler Black vs Jerry Lynn


Fourways for the world title normally aren't anything special, unless it's the one from DBD last year or the HDNet one, but I'm hopeful this will at least be solid. Unfortunately, Nigel is hardly back to full health, I'm bored of Tyler and Lynn in the ring, so it looks like it's up to Aries to make this match something interesting. Looks like Nigel's back to being a heel. Shame. There was great potential for a feud with Claudio. That really should've been one of his final matches. Roderick was already going over Dragon, so they could've replaced the match with Roderick with one against Claudio. This was good enough. It wasn't a dissapointment, but it wasn't anything special. I think they tried to make it seem important with all the finishers and big spots, but the fact pretty much everyone expected Aries to retain was against it. Also, how excited can you be for Tyler getting a title shot in a fourway anymore? I think this is the third world title fourway he's failed to win. I liked this match, but at times it just seemed like a bit of a mess and that they were doing their finishers and submissions early in order to make it more exciting than it really was. It's a good thing to make a match more exciting, naturally, but some of it seemed unnecessary. Good match, some enjoyable stuff. They put in so much effort, but to be honest, I just didn't think it was anything special.

***1/2
 
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I, too, received Threemendous II today. Unfortunately, I checked the mail a couple minutes ago. I'll have to wait til tomorrow to pick up the package from the office at my apartments. :(
 
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PWG – Threemendous II


Brandon Gatson, Johnny Goodtime, & Jerome "LTP" Robinson vs. The Cutler Brothers & Charles Mercury - ***1/4

Scott Lost vs. Alex Shelley - ***1/2

Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Sabin - ***1/4

Colt Cabana vs. Chuck Taylor – N/A
Pure comedy match, enjoyable but not much actual wrestling involved.

Davey Richards vs. Roderick Strong - ****
What you’d expect from these two beating the crap out of each other; chops, kicks & intensity.

Non-Title
The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. 2 Skinny Black Guys (El Generico & Human Tornado) - **** - ****1/4
The Bucks fully embracing the hate from the crowd was great, and the crowd lost their minds at the end of the match.

PWG World Title - Guerrilla Warfare Match
Chris Hero vs. Joey Ryan - ***1/2
Just think it went a little too long but besides that a very good match. For some reason Ryan seems to excel in guerrilla warfare/hardcore matches.


Another great show that you can add to the list this year by PWG. I’d love if PWG moved out of Reseda for at least their biggest shows, but with the way the crowd was hot throughout the show and most of the year so far it’s not a problem.
 
#1,411 ·
3+ stars aren't good? What the hell did you expect in the first place?
Never said 3+ stars isn't good. I said I thought they'd be a little better. I didn't say I thought they'd be good. That would mean the matches weren't good.



About 15 minutes.

Here are my ratings. Just finished watching and my ratings are very different from KC's.

PWG Threemendous II (7/31/09)

Brandon Gatson, Johnny Goodtime, & Jerome "LTP" Robinson vs. Charles Mercury & Brandon & Dustin Cutler ***3/4

Scott Lost vs. Alex Shelley ****
Thought this was way too good to get ***1/2. Great fucking match.

Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Sabin ***3/4

Colt Cabana vs. Chuck Taylor N/A

Davey Richards vs. Roderick Strong ****1/4
Awesome match that could main event any show.

The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) vs. 2 Skinny Black Guys (El Generico & Human Tornado) ****1/2

Guerrilla Warfare Match for the PWG World Championship
Chris Hero (c) vs. Joey Ryan ***1/2
This went way too long. 43 minutes was my count. I was getting pissed, to be honest, about how long it was going. Also, there were way too many nearfalls near the end of the match.

Amazing show. Don't know what else to say about it.
 
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I made it to the end of Threemendous II live(I had to work), and caught the last two matches. I don't remember thinking that Hero/Ryan was too long, I guess it just played better to the crowd. I'm gonna have to pick up the DVD for sure to catch the matches I missed, stupid work.
 
#1,417 ·
I was getting tired of waiting for some fresh news on both guys situations with WWE, so I'm actually pleasantly surprised that Nigel and TNA actually got some shit done. I'd rather him sign with TNA right now and be on TV soon, than him be in limbo for who the hell knows how long.

At first, I thought it was a bad decision for Nigel, but when I think about it, I might have done the same thing. Maybe some of his buds in the back at the Impact tapings are changing their minds about TNA's future and they convinced him to sign.
 
#1,419 ·
I'd rather him sign with TNA right now and be on TV soon, than him be in limbo for who the hell knows how long.
That was my biggest fear about Nigel and Danielson signing with WWE. I wanted to see them on TV asap and not get the Low Ki treatment. Nigel is just the fresh talent that TNA needs instead of the usual ex WWE stars they bring in. To be honest though, I could have really pictured Nigel rise to the top in WWE. Danielson on the other hand needs to go to WWE. They need a great technical wrestler like him and many people in the company are very high on him so I'm sure he'll do just fine.
 
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Personally, I'm thanking God he's not going to end up on Raw. Impact may not be much better, but at least he won't make it to the upper midcard, have DX make fun of him, then lose to Hornswoggle.

Oh, and there's a TNA section on here? I suppose next you're going to tell me that there's forums besides "Other Wrestling" and "Indy Media".
 
#1,420 · (Edited)
So apparently, Nigel will be debuting at tonight's Impact tapings, according to Bryan Alvarez.

Minor Spoiler: EDIT: Wow, Nigel was a part of a backstage segment at the tapings already. No spoilers here, but you'll like what you see, I promise.
 
#1,423 ·
Oh fuck yes I may need to get with some work buddies to get Turning Point. SERIOUSLY.
 
#1,424 ·
Haven't read much about it, but did his injuries play a part in WWE dragging their feet with Nigel? If so, it looks like he may not have had much of a choice but to sign with TNA. I'm glad they're using him right out of the gate but god only know what he'll be doing six months from now.
 
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I actually got a bit pissed about the whole deal tbh.
Don't have anywhere near the info (or future-telling powers) to know if it's the best for Nigel or not, but i'm just being selfish about it.

I don't watch TNA, not because i hate it or anything (i'm hearing the last PPV was pretty good) but because i just don't care.
Stopped watching them ages ago and i don't need any more wrestling in my life to start again. I don't watch RAW or ECW either, but at least i keep up with them and grab the PPVs.

In other words, i'm f'n pissed that Nigel probably won't be wrestling a match i'll watch (hell, even hear about) for a LONG time...


Here's hoping Dragon doesn't do the same.
 
#1,428 ·
Nigel vs. Angle. How awesome is that? I used to be down on TNA, but after the lead up to Bound for Glory and the PPV delivering, and this first impact after looks awesome and they are stacking turning point already, you should definitly consider watching, it's actually been really good lately.
 
#1,430 · (Edited)
Noticed there was no rating for Testing the Limit up yet, so I'll do a quick one right now:

John Walters vs. Nigel McGuinness: **1/4
Roderick Strong vs. Izzy: **1/2
The Carnage Crew vs. Dan Maff and B.J. Whitmer: **3/4
2 Cold Scorpio vs. Ace Steel vs. Alex Shelley vs. Jay Lethal: ***1/4
Homicide and Low Ki vs. the Briscoes: ****
CM Punk and Colt Cabana vs. Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero: ***3/4
Samoa Joe vs. Trent Acid: N/A
Austin Aries vs. Bryan Danielson: ****3/4

I watched this not knowing who was going to win the main event. Good god that was epic.
 
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Heard the same, his body is said to be in a bad shape. There're rumours that WWE were "deterred" of the amount of concussions and other injuries Nigel had ... Chris Benoit and stuff ... ya know.
 
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