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#3,456 ·
I watched Ballistic Championship Wrestling's "Brink Of Death 2". The card had some good names including Freakshow, Mad Man Pondo and Insane Lane, tough none of them really had a memorable moment.

There's only a couple spots I remember from this show (which shows how much I enjoyed it). Viper trying some sort of Package Piledriver on David Day through a table stacked with lighttubes. This could've been an awesome finish to the match, but it ended up being a poor finish due to it being painfully obvious David Day didn't even touch the table/tubes.

The second thing that I remember is Mad Man Pondo ending a match early (atleast I think it was earlier than planned) because a a barbedwire board slamming against his head and tearing up his lip.

Overal not that good of a show, I expected more from it, the Mad Man Pondo vs John Cena shirt kid/other children was amusing tough lol
 
#3,457 ·
Looking to get rid of the following OOP ROH DVDs, they're master copies with original artwork, they're not available from ROH or Highspots, so make me some good offers. Those interested in retro ROH, this is a great chance to see some of the greatest events the company has ever put together:

Straight Shootin' w/ Jim Mitchell
Best of CM Punk: Better Than Your
Road to the Title
Death Before Dishonor
Final Battle 2003
The Last Stand
Second Anniversary Show
At Our Best
Reborn Stage 2
World Title Classic
Survival of the Fittest 2004
Reborn: Completion
Testing the Limit
All Star Extravaganza II
Final Battle 2004
Third Anniversary Celebration Pt. 1
Third Anniversary Celebration Pt. 2
Third Anniversary Celebration Pt. 3
The Final Showdown
Nowhere to Run
New Frontiers (back artwork torn but in tact)
Death Before Dishonor III
Sign of Dishonor
The Homecoming
Redemption
Punk: The Final Chapter
Joe vs. Kobashi
Vendetta
Final Battle 2005
Best in the World 2006
Dragon Gate Challenge
Supercard of Honor
Better Than Our Best
The 100th Show
Ring of Homicide
In Your Face (freezes during the Tag Title match - I will throw in a top-notch ISO backup copy of this show on a Verbatim DVDR+DL disc PLUS a bonus non-OOP item at no additional charge)
Death Before Dishonor IV
Fight of the Century
Unified
Glory By Honor V Night 1
Glory By Honor V Night 2
Final Battle 2006
Battle of the Icons
Fifth Year Festival: Philly
Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool
Supercard of Honor II
Good Times, Great Memories
A Fight at the Roxbury
Driven 2007 (consolidated 1 disc version)
Man Up (2 disc collector's edition)
Man Up (consolidated 1 disc version)
Chaos at the Cow Palace
Glory By Honor VI Night 2
Proving Ground 2008
Sixth Anniversary Show
Dragon Gate Challenge II
Supercard of Honor III
Southern Navigation
Death Before Dishonor VI
Bound By Hate
Final Battle 2008
7th Anniversary Show
Supercard of Honor IV
Aries vs. Richards
The Epic Encounter III
The Big Bang
Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies II
Supercard of Honor V
Fade to Black (also includes Best of Tyler Black)

I will soon also have the following OOP ROH and be getting rid of it (by soon, I mean within the next 2 weeks):

Straight Shootin' w/ Samoa Joe & CM Punk
Round Robin Challenge
Revenge on the Propechy
One Year Anniversary Show
Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies
Empire State Showdown
Generation Next
Midnight Express Reunion
All Star Extravaganza III
Honor Nation
New Horizons

Here are some other items I'm looking to get rid of:
ROH The Era of Honor Begins (Takedown Masters version)
ROH A Night of Appreciation (Takedown Masters version)
ROH Glory By Honor
ROH Reborn Stage 1
ROH How We Roll
ROH Reborn Again
ROH Live in Osaka
ROH Survival of the Fittest 2007
ROH Glory By Honor VI Night 1
ROH The Final Countdown Tour: Boston
PWG Cyanide: A Loving Tribute to Poison
Brian Kendrick & Paul London's Excellent Adventure (shoot interview)
TNA Destination X 2006
TNA Turning Point 2007
Evolve 3: Rise or Fall
Evolve 4: Danielson vs. Fish
Evolve 5: Danielson vs. Sawa
 
#3,464 ·
PWG - All Star Weekend 8: Night 1

Kevin Steen vs. Willie Mack - ***1/2

The Fightin Taylor Boys vs. Joey Ryan & Scorpio Sky - ***1/4

Chuck Taylor vs. Kenny King - **3/4

PWG World Tag Team Championship
The Young Bucks(c) vs. The RockNes Monsters - ***3/4

Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. The Cutler Brothers - **3/4

Eddie Edwards vs. Alex Shelley - ***1/2

Kevin Steen & Akira Tozawa vs. El Generico & Ricochet - ****3/4

PWG World Championship
Claudio Castagnoli(c) vs. Chris Hero - ***3/4

Overall: 8.5/10

- "It's a real honor because I've always dreamed of being announced by, and wrestling Mark Henry." Gotta love Kevin Steen, and ya gotta love Willie Mack. Great opener there with a brilliant out of nowhere finish.

- The Cutlers are goofy as hell and looked really sloppy against GenNext. I don't have much interest in seeing them wrestle ever again.

- Edwards/Shelley was a nice exhibition of pure wrestling but you know those two could've had something much better.

- The tag match? Fucking insanity.

- I could talk about Hero/Claudio all day. The first 15 minutes or so features some of the best wrestling you'll ever see anywhere in the world. Incredible that guys their size can pull off that lucha libre shit. It's a shame the top rope had to break because you know that match was headin for great things. At the same time though, it's pretty cool to see two guys wrestling in a ring with two ropes. Because of that they had to resort to a lot of strikes that I don't think they would have if the rope was still in tact. Despite all that I still really enjoyed the match. Hero's promo to end the dvd was awesome and I'm really lookin forward to their rematch. Great show.​
 
#3,466 · (Edited)
ROH - Gut Check

1. Nigel McGuiness & The Embassy vs Delirious & Irish Airborne
**3/4

2. Jimmy Jacobs vs BJ Whitmer
**1/2

3. The Briscoe Brothers vs Homicide & Davey Richards
***3/4

4. Claudio Castagnoli vs Samoa Joe
***

5. ROH World Tag Team Title Match
Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal vs Austin Aries & Roderick Strong
****

6. ROH World Title - 2 out of 3 Falls
Bryan Danielson vs Colt Cabana
****1/4

Quality over Quantity. Very fun show.​
 
#3,471 ·
I feel like I am one of the few that was indifferent on the top rope breaking haha. Mostly because I thought it was a really good match and I don't know what would have happened with it. They were a clearly frusturated with the circumstance but they got creative and put on a what I believe to be the second best match that night on one epic show
 
#3,472 ·
The exclusive videos section for ROH Ringside Members has been updated with all this new shit:

ROH on HDNet (episodes 1-4)
Only the Strong Survive
Classic Joe (9 Samoa Joe matches)
Best of the Second City Saints
New Horizons
Supercard of Honor III

I've clearly already gotten my money's worth.
 
#3,476 · (Edited)
A little help plz. Have some extra money and I'm looking to get some ROH DVDs but I'm not really sure what have been good shows since around mid '08. My favorite ROH guys are Aries, Danielson, Claudio, Nigel and Erick Stevens if that helps. I'm more or less looking for shows from '08 to now.

Forgot about Cide, big fan of him too but I don't think he was around much in that period.
 
#3,481 ·
Based on your preferences, I'm looking to get rid of the following:

New Horizons (Tyler Black vs. Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness vs. Claudio Castagnoli)
Death Before Dishonor VI (Nigel vs. Black vs. Danielson vs. Claudio; Steen & Generico vs. MCMG; Marufuji vs. Shiozaki; Pearce vs. Albright)
Bound By Hate (Danielson vs. Black vs. Omega; Aries vs. Jacobs dog-collar; Steen & Generico vs. Briscoes; Shiozaki & Edwards vs. Strong & Stevens)
Final Battle 2008 (Aries vs. Black; Danielson vs. Morishima feud-ender; Nigel vs. Marufuji)
7th Anniversary Show (Nigel vs. KENTA; Steen & Generico vs. Wolves)
Supercard of Honor IV (Nigel vs. Jerry Lynn; KENTA vs. Davey Richards; Danielson vs. Alex Koslov)
Aries vs. Richards (also includes Young Bucks vs. Steen & Generico; Omega vs. Nakajima; Hero vs. Strong)
Supercard of Honor V (KOW vs. MCMG; Black vs. Strong; Edwards vs. Daniels; Steen vs. Cabana)
Fade to Black (includes Tyler Black's greatest matches BELL TO BELL ONLY against Nigel, Danielson, Omega, Steen, Generico, and the Briscoes) (the main show includes Edwards vs. Stevens; KOW vs. Generico & Cabana, and Black vs. Daniels)
 
#3,477 · (Edited)
Supercard Of Honor III, my favorite ROH show ever. It has 5 matches in the ****+ range. It has:
- Stevens vs Strong in an awesome FIGHT!
- Briscoes/AOTF in an insane match
- Steenerico vs BB Hulk and SHINGO in a ridiculously fun tag match
- Nigel vs Aries in one of Nigel's best title defenses and one of the best matches of 2008
- An awesome 6 man Dragon Gate tag, maybe even my favorite one they did.

Also: Northern Navigation (Claudio vs Danielson/Nigel vs Steen/Stevens vs Shiozaki/Strong vs Marufuji) was a great show, and easily worth watching.

Have you seen Driven? I always recommend that show, it's amazing. It's from 07 so I'm guessing you probably have if you're after 08+ stuff.
 
#3,478 ·
Supercard Of Honor III, my favorite ROH show ever. It has 5 matches in the ****+ range. It has:
- Stevens vs Strong in an awesome FIGHT!
- Briscoes/AOTF in an insane match
- Steenerico vs BB Hulk and SHINGO in a ridiculously fun tag match
- Nigel vs Aries in one of Nigel's best title defenses and one of the best matches of 2008
- An awesome 6 man Dragon Gate tag, maybe even my favorite one they did.

Have you seen Driven? I always recommend that show, it's amazing. It's from 07 so I'm guessing you probably have if you're after 08+ stuff.
Sounds like a damn good show, thanks. (Y)

Yup, I got the Driven PPV and then ended up buying the DVD too. :eek:
 
#3,479 ·
Yeah it really is great, just naming the matches doesn't really do it justice lol.

The Driven DVD is great, It's a shame that Dragon/KENTA never made it to PPV, IMO it's better than the Dragon/Nigel match, but honestly if the rest of the show wasn't up to much (which it was lol), it would still be worth paying for just for those two matches.
 
#3,480 ·
Just finished watching PWG's BOLA from this year and I have to concur with what had already been said about it being an awesome show and easily the best indy offering of the year.

Mack/Hero was a great opener that made Willie look like a beast despite the backslide finish.

Finlay/Steen was all kinds of cool but had a weird pacing to it. I'd love to see a rematch between those two one day when they really can just beat the shit out of each other.

Generico/Claudio was sen-FUCKING-sational. Just ridiculous amounts of athleticism on display here and both of these guys are on top of their game right down. They are probably my favourite novelty act in wrestling. When it comes to Claudio and Generico, they don't need an angle, they don't need a feud, they will just blow your mind with what they're capable of. Brilliant.

Eddie/Roddy was another great addition to what has been a tremendous series so far this year. I don't care what anyone else says because it's just so blatant that people are hating on Eddie because it's the cool thing to do right now. No other reason at all. Saying he's a bad wrestler is just fucking foolish. A step down from MM and SoH, but still good.

RockNES/Dynasty was a fun little sprint, and the two semi final matches were obviously about saving energy for the final, so they were kind of throwaway comedy-fests. A bit disappointing, but I understand.

Bucks/Kings was good too. These teams could do MUCH better, but it was a Young Bucks match, so it was obviously fun as hell. Watching them bump for Hero and Claudio was brilliant. It reminded me of the good old days when great heel teams like Tully & Arn, the Freebirds and the Midnight Express would bump like fucking lunatics for Hawk & Animal. You just can't beat that shit.

And the final. It was great. The crowd was sensational in this one, and both guys are experts at selling their cross-brand feud. Nowhere near their Final Battle encounter, but that still means it's an epic, epic match. Personally I think it's the best BOLA final ever, beating out Hero/Ki and Omega/Strong.

There's no way Steen Wolf will be better than this. Just ... no way....
 
#3,492 · (Edited)
That Hero/Claudio took the life out of me. They started ok, but man, forty fucking minutes?, that's completely unnecesary.

I don't care what anyone else says because it's just so blatant that people are hating on Eddie because it's the cool thing to do right now. No other reason at all. Saying he's a bad wrestler is just fucking foolish.
Why?
 
#3,484 · (Edited)
PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2011

BOLA Quarter-Final
Chris Hero vs Willie Mack
Awesome opener with a surprising ending.
****

BOLA Quarter-Final
Kevin Steen vs Dave Finlay
The limbwork in this match was great, but I do wish the match went on for a bit longer.
***½

BOLA Quarter-Final
El Generico vs Claudio Castagnoli
Not as great as their Kurt Russellreunion match, but still one of the best matches of this year.
****¼

BOLA Quarter-Final
Eddie Edwards vs Roderick Strong
While it may of lacked psychology and story, this match had a lot of cool moves.
***½

RockNES Monsters vs The Dynasty
Enjoyable filler match.
***

BOLA Semi-Final
El Generico vs Willie Mack
Mack was hurt from his first match, so they kept this short and most of the match was a dance off. Still entertaining though.
***¼

BOLA Semi-Final
Eddie Edwards vs Kevin Steen
This has more of a story than your typical Edward's match.
***½

PWG World Tag Team Championships
The Young Bucks (c) vs The Kings of Wrestling
Brilliant tag team match with some breath-taking double team moves.
****

BOLA Final
El Generico vs Kevin Steen
A serious MOTYC. This was even better than their Final Battle 2010 classic.
****½

Overall:
Easily the best show of 2011. With 4 ****+ matches and everything else in the ***-**** region, this is a no brainer. See this show.​
 
#3,485 ·
Dammit, I don't know if I should catch up on PWG DVDs next month or wait till Miami.
 
#3,487 ·
Last DVD I got was Card Subject to Change III with that horrendous Ki vs. Tozawa match.
 
#3,496 ·
but i'd love to know how Legend knows that people are jumping on some supposed bandwagon.
people want to be liked and therefore are naturally followers. one person says something dumb turns into one person repeating it and so on. just like mcqueen and his davey hating :p. daveytensity or something idk
 
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