[EffectRaven]

^ get Tag Wars, Salvation or Big Bang. All three are very good shows in my opinion

I'm proud to say I was able to attend Richards vs. Daniels live and it was one of ROH's best shows of the year in my opinion with a strong undercard and awesome main event. I need to see it again but from memory here are my ratings for the show

All Night Express vs. Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly ***1/2

Andy Ridge vs. Ricky Reyes *3/4

Daizee Haze and Jamilia Craft vs. Lady JoJo and Neveah **1/4

Kevin Steen vs. Homicide ***1/4-***1/2

Mike Mondo vs. Metal Master **1/2-**3/4

Kings of Wrestling vs. The Briscoes ***1/2-***3/4

Colt Cabana vs. Steve Corino ***1/2-***3/4

Davey Richards vs. Christopher Daniels ****1/2-****3/4

[Rated Y2J]

Still waiting on all of these to arrive, as I ordered the following in the last week or so:
Fade To Black
Glory By Honor IX
ROH on HDNet Vol 1
ROH on HDNet Vol 3
ROH on HDNet Vol 4
Best of CM Punk Vol. 3
Best of Samoa Joe - ROH World Champion
SHIMMER Vol. 28
SHIMMER Vol. 32
Kurt Russell Mania
Speed of Sound
The Curse of Guerilla Island
Seven
As The Worm Turns

The first five should hopefully be here tomorrow, as they were shipped around Tuesday/Wednesday last week.

And I have to agree, that's an awful cover for Richards vs Daniels.

[smitlick]

Ring Of Honor on HDNet Volume 4

1. Bonus Match
Tyler Black & Jerry Lynn vs Kenny King & Rhett Titus
***1/4

2. Bonus Match
Sonjay Dutt vs Delirious
**3/4

3. The Briscoe Brothers vs The Young Bucks
***

4. Nigel McGuiness vs Colt Cabana
***

5. The American Wolves vs Roderick Strong & Bryan Danielson
***3/4

6. Roderick Strong vs Bryan Danielson
****

7. ROH World Tag Team Title Match
The American Wolves vs The Young Bucks
***3/4-****

8. The Dark City Fight Club vs The Briscoe Brothers
**1/2

9. Colt Cabana vs Austin Aries
***1/4

10. The Briscoe Brothers vs Steenerico
***1/2

11. ROH World Title Match
Austin Aries vs Davey Richards vs Kenny Omega vs Roderick Strong
***3/4


IPW - Reign of the Insane

1. Clifton Crunk vs Dave Davidson vs James Avery vs Joey Owens vs PT Hustla vs Scotty Vortekz
FA
Something tells me im going to hate this DVD. The camera angles are awful and the crowd just started a This is Awesome Chant 1min20 into the show for some really shit dives. Oh and the FA rating stands for Fucking Awful.

2. IPW Mid-American Title Match
Joseph Schwartz vs Sean Tyler
*
Pretty sure thats what the Announcer called the Title.

3. The H3rd vs The Nobel Bloods
**

4. Mena Libra vs Nevaeh
*1/2

5. Last Man Standing Match
Chrisjen Hayme vs Jesse Emerson
***-***1/4

6. IPW Junior Heavyweight Title Match
Ricochet vs Dustin Rayz vs Camron Sky
**3/4

7. Billy Roc vs Kevin Thorn
*3/4

8. IPW Tag Team Title Match
DNA vs Irish Airborne
**3/4

9. IPW World Heavyweight Title
Jon Moxley vs Jimmy Jacobs
***

10. Drake Younger vs Bryan Danielson
***1/2-***3/4

[SuperDuperSonic]

So am I the only annoyed with continuity in ROH?

I go to watch Black vs. Generico taped in May, two weeks after Supercard of Honor V. It was presented in late June. Because it airs in late June, the commentators discuss results involving the two men at DBD8 just days prior. Okay.

So I decide that I'll just start watching the HDNet matches in order of how they're aired instead of recorded at the tapings. I put in the late May video wire, and I hear Steen talking about the Black vs. Generico match in Philly. Keep in mind this is a video presented in late May, and is building up DBD8. But the Black vs. Generico match has commentary talking about DBD8 in the past tense.

And don't even get me started on the Wolves winning the tag titles "in May" last year when they're defending them on house shows the month before.

[Les Kellett Lariat]

Originally Posted by Platt

Richards vs Daniels is up aswell

Spoiler for cover:

God damn what an awful cover, looks like someone made it in paint.

My inner proof-reader's screaming that it should be "Jay & Mark Briscoe" and not "Jay and Mark Briscoe". Especially when all of the other teams, on that cover, have ampersands between their names.

I've seen worse covers though. At least the text stands out against the background, unlike SCOHV for example.

[Rated Y2J]

Just recieved ROH on HDNet Vol 1, 3 & 4, GBH IX, Fade To Black, Shimmer Vol 28 & 32 through the post, which has brightened up the day considerably.

[Burkarl]

Just recieved my Black Friday ROH order. I hate my job right now because i really want to watch them.

[Tarfu]

Originally Posted by Shirley Crabtree

My inner proof-reader's screaming that it should be "Jay & Mark Briscoe" and not "Jay and Mark Briscoe". Especially when all of the other teams, on that cover, have ampersands between their names.

I've seen worse covers though. At least the text stands out against the background, unlike SCOHV for example.

Hey, fuck you.

It was, uh, intentional.

[Jack Evans 187]

ROH - The Best Of AJ Styles Vol. 2: The Phenomenon Continues

Revenge On The Prophecy - 1/11/03
No Holds Barred
AJ Styles & Low Ki vs. Christopher Daniels & Xavier - ***3/4

Night Of The Grudges - 6/14/03
#1 Contender's Trophy
AJ Styles vs. Paul London - ****1/2
Huge fan of this match. Great intensity, a nice buildup and backstory to it, and I had no problem with the finish.

Wrath Of The Wracket - 8/9/03
ROH Tag Team Title Match
Homicide & AJ Styles(c) vs. Christopher Daniels & Dan Maff - ***3/4+

Main Event Spectacles - 11/1/03
#1 Contender's Trophy
AJ Styles vs. Bryan Danielson - ****1/2
I've seen many people on this forum rate this significantly lower and I'm really not sure why. Yes it was paced slower with a lot of limb work, but I'm pretty sure that's what you get with a vast majority of Danielson's matches. As the saying goes, the name on the marquee is wrestling, and that's what you got a lot of in this one, and it was excellent. It's a classic imo and the show was named appropriately. Hearing AJ's wrist pop midmatch was pretty sick as well. My only complaint is that I didn't like the commentators leaving to "let the action speak for itself." I feel like that only works with massive streetfights with too much going on to commentate.

War Of The Wire - 11/29/03
ROH World Title Match
Samoa Joe(c) vs. AJ Styles - ***3/4
Never seen a bad match from those two.

Final Battle 2003 - 12/27/03
AJ Styles vs. Kaz Hayashi - ***3/4
Again, another one of those lower rated matches that puzzles me. Great stuff from both guys, a lot of great exchanges and counters to go along with Kaz scouting the Styles Clash very well throughout. They noted on commentary he was the very first person to ever take the Styles Clash, and that added to the scouting that seemed necessary. They never pulled out any crazy spots or close nearfalls, but it was an excellent exhibition match.

2nd Year Anniversary Show - 2/14/04
ROH Pure Wrestling Title Tournament - First Round
AJ Styles vs. Jimmy Rave - **3/4

2nd Year Anniversary Show - 2/14/04
ROH Pure Wrestling Title Tournament - Finals
AJ Styles vs. CM Punk - ***1/4
You could tell this was each guy's 3rd match of the night, as it was really slow and I personally never got into it. Punk worked on the leg somewhat throughout the match but I just thought the whole booking idea with AJ's knee was silly with a guy whose finisher forces him to come down on both knees but that of course had no effect on him when it came down to the end of the match. Cool finish but the match itself I thought was good, not great.

Overall: 9/10
A phenomenal Best Of collection, pun intended. The sheer match quality on the disc is right there with the best ROH has ever put out and this has to be the best early 'Best Of' DVD the company released. If you can find it somehwere, get it.

[jawbreaker]

The only problem I had with AJ/Danielson from MES was that the finish came out of nowhere and didn't have much to do with the limb work. Maybe I'd notice more on a rewatch.