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#1 ·
Unlike HDNet, the weekly broadcasts will air at different times and for those of us abroad, we'll be seeing it at all different times online too, so I guess we can discuss events/happenings here.

Here's the preview for this week.



SBG have brought some great technical leaps since HDNet. The Haas/Benjamin segment with them holding the belts looks real clear, for instance.

Can't wait.
 
#2,870 · (Edited)
ROH TV EPISODE #172 2015 JANUARY 3 REVIEW

YEAR IN REVIEW

Roderick Strong vs AJ Styles
1.4.14
***1/2
Cool match. Technical, yet brutal. Lots of mark out moments towards the end like Strong's boot to face and Styles' spinning clothesline. And of course the botched Styles Clash very devasting.


Kevin Steen vs Steve Corino
7.19.14
***1/4
Steen's final match in ROH. Student vs Mentor. This was a feel good match, nothing more, nothing less. It was a great moment when Steen put on Generico's mask. Corino performed some nice spots. He may be aging but his passion has not deter. Great end sequence.

redDragon vs The Young Bucks (c)
5.7.14 War of the Worlds
*****
Tag team championship. Match of the year. HOLY FUCK. This match changed me. I feel cleansed lol. Both teams were remarkable. Bouncing off the walls, off the roof, crazy spots. I enjoyed every second of this match. Highly recommended. Why are Young Bucks so amazing tho?
 
#2,871 · (Edited)
ROH TV EPISODE #173 2015 JANUARY 10 REVIEW

Mark Briscoe vs Roderick Strong
****
Interesting match-up. Surprisingly entertaining. Damn good match. I was gonna give 3 and a half stars but after that match ended I just had to give it 4 stars. Both guys' experiences were really showcased in this match. Roddy has been on a roll lately with great matches in the last 4 weeks.

Ciampa/Elgin segment was pretty awesome. :mark:

J. Diesel vs Will Ferrera
Top Prospect Tournament
***1/2
Again, I wasnt expecting much but these guys put on one hell of a match. Not a clinic, but still decent. Diesel was a little clunky but still had power. Ferrera moved like lightning and that Sonic Boom was nice.

Hanson vs Tommaso Ciampa vs Michael Elgin
3-WAY #1 CONTENDERS MATCH
****
Great match. Everyone was amazing here. Great bumps. Great story. So many crazy moments. Elgin's hurricarana, referee being pulled out, Hanson diving on everybody, referee getting knocked out, this is how you put on a rasslin match. Highly recommended. If the match had a proper finish, I would have given 1/4 star more.


This was the first show of the year and it was a damn good show. 2 four-star matches. Cant complain about that. The Ciampa/Elgin/Hanson feud is developing nicely. At least it is keeping me interested in the product. I am also looking forward to the continuation of Jay Briscoe vs The Kingdom. And of course El Patron. Leggo 2015!
 
#2,873 ·
Great show this weekend but I was most intrigued by things outside of the ring. First was the fact that CHIKARA ran a commercial during the show. First time I have seen one for them. The wrestling "wars" continue lol. The second was the video of some mysterious guy and how "they" have been watching and "they" are comming. I wonder if the two are connected. For a split second I wondered if it was a TNA invasion since they showed The Addiction and a clip of Jay Lethal winning the TV title but they showed clips of other guys as well so that nixed that idea.
 
#2,881 ·
Gosh this Dijak fella was amazing. I always mark out whenever a colossal wrestler pulls high-flying moves.

Speaking of marking out it was wonderful seeing El Patron again. Everything during his moment resonated so well, everything from the crowd chanting 'Si! Si! Si' to Patron handling the mic in a non-WWE fashion. I mean they actually censored the guy. xD

Cannot wait for the Briscoe/Chiampa/Hanson/Elgin 4-corners survival match to take place.
 
#2,882 ·
What matches would you like to see on this year's ROH/NJPW supershow?

What about this dream card:

1. Young Bucks vs Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi
2. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Alberto El Patron
3. Jay Briscoe vs Minoru Suzuki
4. AJ Styles vs Jay Lethal
5. ACH and Matt Sydal vs Kushida and Shelley
6. Okada vs Roderick Strong
7. Red Dragon vs Goto and Shibata

I would pay a decent chunk of change to watch this on PPV. I realize I left Elgin off the card. Hope he doesn't mind.
 
#2,885 ·
Excellent episode of ROHTV. The Alberto/Lethal segment was particularly awesome. Liked Alberto's promo as well as Lethal's retort.

Main event was alright and I will continue to contend that Jay Briscoe is my favorite worker in all of professional wrestling. Amazing brawler that is also very agile and does lots of other cool shit. Fun to see him beating guys senseless.

Maria lookin' fine as fuck. :draper2

And the ROH Title Four Way should be fun.
 
#2,886 ·
ROH TV EPISODE #174 2015 JANUARY 17 REVIEW

Cedric Alexander vs Kazarian
***3/4
Good opener, but pretty basic match. However, it did start to pick up towards the end. It just felt like a roller coaster with all those wicked bumps. Alexander's selling was grade A stuff. Just a little shy of 4 stars. I marked out at this spot.


Donovan Dijak vs Jake Dirdin
TOP PROSPECT TOURNAMENT
***
These guys seemed like a bunch of jobbers at first, but as the match went on, I began to see them telling their own stories. Interestingly enough, their characters were being showcased in a flawless way. The match itself was pretty average, but I see potential in both Dijak and Dirdin here. The Decade coming out was a nice touch. Perhaps they like what they see in Dijak.

Alberto El Patron debuts SI SI SI SI and Jay Lethal interrupts. El Patron was alright, but Lethal was on fire. Lethal is on his way to stardom aka the world title scene. Some notable quotes from the segment:

"I'm not a fuckin' sports entertainer. I'm a wrestler!" -Alberto El Patron

"First of all, do your homework before you come to class!" -Jay Lethal

Matt Taven vs Jay Briscoe (c)
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
***1/2
Pretty good match. Not really feeling Taven. He seems bland. No substance. Maybe I just need to see more of his matches. Briscoe was on point, like always, with those hard strikes and kicks. The end sequence was cool and the Jay Driller was awesome. And bonus points for Maria.
:trips5

Pretty good show. I cant wait for next week!
 
#2,888 · (Edited)
ROH has been killing it recently. So impressed. There's genuine stories, characters, gimmicks on the show. It's also more promo heavy than ever. They've seemed to work more on psychology in the ring than spots/no-selling.

Best pro-wrestling show on TV. My dream is that a bigger station than Sinclair will buy them and pump money into it.

It needs to go to 2 hours. 1 hour is too short in 2015. Too many guys left off.
 
#2,889 ·
I like the 1 hour program. 2 hours is too long for casuals, and increasing casual viewers is the only way to develop a broader fanbase (and money).

I like how each episode has 1 awesome promo segment, and 2-3 matches. That is the perfect amount of indy rasslin without it becoming too saturated. I also like how storylines continue on a biweekly basis. This keeps things fresh in terms of talent, feuds, and match styles.
 
#2,890 ·
So I've just watched the ROH 2014 In Review show and I must say that I really enjoyed it. It's the first time I've watched any ROH and being a long time WWE fan (watched TNA sporadically but gonna start watching every week) it was very easy to get into and enjoy. A lot easier than I thought it would be.
I liked AJ Styles in TNA and I had heard of Roderick Strong before, the match I watched was amazing. I watched Steen's last match and thought the El Generico/Zayn mask part was pretty awesome. The tag team match between The Young Bucks & Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly was amazing. A lot of stuff that was very innovative and that I hadn't seen before! I'm definitely gonna go back a few months and watch some actual episodes as it's definitely got my interest.
 
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