Ordered PWG Sells Out today. Pretty f'n excited to get my hands on it finally. Last one Amazon had in stock it claimed. Anyone else rocking this in their collection?
Last Chance Qualifier For Best of The Best
AR Fox vs. Ryan McBride vs. Alex Colon - **1/4
UltraViolent Hardcore Match
DJ Hyde vs. Greg Excellent - DUD
Drew Gulak, Drake Younger & MASADA vs. Danny Havoc, Scotty Vortekz & Homicide - **3/4
CZW World Heavyweight Title
Robert Anthony vs. Devon Moore - **1/2
Show was a complete disaster. Crowd-killing openers, guys getting pushes that have no business wrestling singles matches, The Passion Of Greg Excellent and Moxley doing a face & heel turn on the same show plus joining the guy who just beat him for the title last show for no reason shows how useless DJ is at everything. Little hope for Best Of The Best even with the great talent coming in.
PWG - Kurt Russellreunion 2: The Reunioning
Peter Avalon, Caleb Konley, Jake Manning, & ODB vs. Cedric Alexander, Brandon Gatson, Candice LeRae, & Willie Mack - **1/2
Mr. Águila vs. Rey Bucanero - **
Shane Helms vs. Joey Ryan - *
Low Ki vs. Davey Richards - ****
Jake Roberts Retirement Match
Sinn Bodhi vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts - N/R
Legends Wrestleroyal Battle Royale - N/R
Chris Hero vs. Kevin Steen - ****
Winner Qualifies for DDT4
The Cutler Brothers vs. Fightin' Taylor Boys (Brian Cage-Taylor & Ryan Taylor) vs. RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma) vs. The Young Bucks - ***1/2
PWG World Title
Claudio Castagnoli vs. El Generico - ****1/4
Can’t really rate the Battle Royale, thought Funk and Piper are fantastic in it. Show overall is what you’d expect, the legends are fine, the PWG regulars more then hold up their end and Shane Helms & Joey Ryan should never meet in a ring ever again.
He and Homicide were helped that it was a six-man tag. Neither can carry a singles match by themselves right now but in multi-man matches they're more tolerable.
I thought Jay Briscoe vs Kyle O'Reilly was better than the 6 man main event actually. Or anything else on the show for that matter.
Dont know how much truth there is to this rumour or if wXw confirmed it but apparently Hero is no longer on the US shows, including the iPPV vs Daisuke. Haven't heard why other than that apparently his replacement for the Sekimoto match is DJ Hyde.
I thought Jay Briscoe vs Kyle O'Reilly was better than the 6 man main event actually. Or anything else on the show for that matter.
Dont know how much truth there is to this rumour or if wXw confirmed it but apparently Hero is no longer on the US shows, including the iPPV vs Daisuke. Haven't heard why other than that apparently his replacement for the Sekimoto match is DJ Hyde.
Already asked but they haven't responded yet. If it's anything like the last COD XII, almost none will be given. Even Hyde can't be that stupid to slot himself in against Daisuke.
As for the Kings and their eventual breakup, we definitely do not need either member of the Kings joining The Embassy. Hell, it took Claudio reforming the Kings to get out of the funk he was in while aligned with Nana. And I haven't seen anything so far to make me believe that this version of The Embassy will do any better then the roster-killing 09/10 one.
If they get rid of Hagadorn they will pretty much become instant faces unless they split. Hagadorn is pretty much the only unlikeable part of that team.
The Kings should stay together but go after singles belts like the Wolves did, and just team together if a dream tag match is needed. It would be awesome if they turned face as well and booted Hagadorn.
Titus, Cruise, Sinclair and Elgin have all signed contracts.
ROH officials are happy to announce that several talents have re-signed contracts and one man has signed on the dotted line for the first time!
Rhett Titus, coming off a bloody brawl at “Honor Takes Center Stage: Chapter 2” against The Briscoes, has officially re-signed with Ring of Honor. A graduate of the ROH Wrestling Academy, Titus has truly broken out in the last year as a singles competitor with impressive outings against Jay Briscoe & Homicide, among others, as well as in the tag team ranks alongside All Night Express partner, Kenny King. They nearly captured the ROH World Tag Titles when The ANX took The Kings of Wrestling to the limit at the “9th Anniversary Show” and have now become embroiled in a heated rivalry with Jay & Mark Briscoe that saw much blood spilt in Atlanta last weekend. ROH is happy to have this talented young athlete officially on board, and we can also announce that both he and Kenny King will be in action when ROH returns to Dearborn & Toronto in May!
Bobby Cruise, the Voice of ROH, and Senior Official Todd Sinclair have also re-signed with Ring of Honor for the foreseeable future. For years the distinctive voice of Bobby Cruise has welcomed fans to ROH live events and introduced many a talent to the live audience. Todd Sinclair has officiated for ROH for many years as well, establishing himself as one of the best in the process, and earning the position of Senior Official. ROH would not be the same without either of these men and we are ecstatic that they will remain with Ring of Honor.
And for the first time, the powerhouse of The House Of Truth, Michael Elgin has signed a contract with Ring of Honor. Making his debut with the HoT back in November of last year, Elgin has truly established himself as a force with impressive showings against Christopher Daniels, Eddie Edwards, and El Generico just to name a few. Elgin’s combination of power & speed is sure to make him a force in the years to come here in Ring of Honor and we are excited to see what the future has in store for Michael Elgin. We can also announce that Elgin with join previously announced HoT members Christopher Daniels & Truth Martini in Dearborn & Toronto on May 6th & 7th.
Claudio is too good to be in that mess of a stable. Nothing, not even Claudio, could interest me in the Embassy, he didn't the first time he was involved so i don't want to see him wasted like that again and Hero NEEDS to get into the world title picture at some poine but i'd like to see the Kings turn face and fued with the new HOT.
Cole & O'Reilly really should have won on Saturday to set up a nice little feud with them to transition from having the belts for so long to being without them. If they do split then please no Hero vs Claudio feud, just have them team less often and work more singles matches.
Jon Moxley vs. Arik Cannon - NR The stream joins this match in progress for some reason. What's seen is decent I guess.
Six Way Freestyle
Jimmy Jacobs vs. Brodie Lee vs. AR Fox vs. Jon Davis vs. Silas Young vs. Stalker Ichikawa - *** Ridiculously fuin match. Can't tell how much I laughed at Stalker's antics. Jacobs/Brodie portion was very good as well.
Masato Yoshino vs. Sami Callihan - ***1/4 I don't really have a problem watching Sami Callihan wrestle but please keep him off the mic. Good match btw.
Open The Brave Gate Championship
PAC(c) vs. Akira Tozawa - ***3/4 A little slower than what I would've expected in the first half but the ladder half is really great. Tozawa's becoming a star and his nearfalls were fantastic. I didn't really like the sudden finish though, thought it could've benefited from a longer home stretch, but the match was already past the 20 minute mark anyway.
Open The Freedom Gate Championship
YAMATO(c) vs. Austin Aries - ***3/4 I have some mixed feelings on this. I liked the match but I wonder if people were actually paying attention. The several minutes of leg work that both guys did went absolutely nowhere and there was certainly no selling. The end sequence was nice but I thought the finish felt kinda flat. Seems to getting overrated imo.
Ronin (Chuck Taylor, Johnny Gargano, & Rich Swann) vs. Blood Warriors (CIMA, Naruki Doi, & Ricochet) ***3/4 - **** RONIN BABY! So yeah, I really liked this match from start to finish, but it was tough for me to decide on a rating. It was the best match of the night for me but that Ricochet botch at the end was odd and the match should've gone on just a tad bit longer I felt. Nowhere near the level of past Mania weekend 6 mans though.
Overall: 7.75/10 So yes, it was a good show, but I felt it was lacking that one really great match that it needed and should've had. With only 6 matches almost all of them delivered, so that's a plus. One problem was that the ceiling was so low in the venue so you didn't see guys get a lot of height from the top rope. I'd say this was the 3rd best show from Mania weekend.
I'm okay with the Embassy right now but they need to keep just being the undercard guys for a while, don't start elevating them by adding guys who would be fine on their own.
The tag team division is incredible in depth, makes me wonder whether Cole/O'Reilly would be better served going the Davey/Eddie route and concentrating on solo action for a while, or combining the too.
The two have certainly grown as tag team wrestlers and could become huge babyface opponents in the midcard.
It doesn't have that much depth. Briscoes and ANX seem as they will be occupied for the rest of the year together. Maybe throw WGTT in there for part of it too. I guess they'll throw some defenses against Briscoes and Kings for WGTT but I dont see either becoming a lasting feud. They're the only contenders that they've got built up so it doesn't have that much depth. They need to start to build Cole/O'Reilly, Strong/Daniels and Cabana/Generico as major tag teams and not bit parts teams.
Has there been rumors of King leaving? That sucks if its true. Titus will be lost without King IMO. He's good but not good enough to be a credible singles wrestler.
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