Post by Steveweiser on Jan 8, 2012 6:50:43 GMT -5
By Shajid
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Arena was packed. Looked like they had seating for about 600, but at least 200 more were made to stand on the hard camera side. Looked like they had a shortage of chairs and couldn't spare one of Corino's magic ones.
Dark Match: Devon "Crowbar" Storm submits Antonio (of the Heart Throbs?) with a camel clutch in an unremarkable match. Crowbar looked his age, but he wasn't bad.
1/21:
1. Mike Mondo vs. Eddie Edwards. Great reax for Eddie. Mikey is one fifth blond. Spirit Squad chant. Eddie wins a short but good competitive squash with a cradle piledriver.
- Briscoes out for a promo with Corny. Big pop. Asked who gets the $5000 fine money that WGTT had to pay for the headshots. They want the money. Funny. Pure babyface promo.
2. Ricky Reyes vs. Roderick Strong w/Truth and Elgin. Roddy wins a short competitive match with a handful of tights.Truth was on commentary.
3. Main event: Kenny King w/Rhett Titus on crutches vs. Matt Jackson w/Nick. Jackson wins a really good ten minute match when Nick hits Kenny with Rhett's crutch.
1/28:
4. Tomasso Ciampa w/ Nana & Evans vs. TJ Perkins. Perkins is very good at working the crowd. I'd be surprised if Chimpo didn't make it to WWE by 2015. Really good six minute match. Chimpo wins with Project Ciampa.
5. Michael Elgin vs. Grizzly Redwood. Crowbar out against Grizzly Redwood. But wait, Truth out with Roddy, Elgin and a Willy Wonka chant. Offers Crowbar $500 to give Elgin his spot. Truth tells Grizzly after this match, he's gonna wish he died as a child. Goes to commentary. Nasty running front slam into the barricade from Elgin. Fun match. Grizzly was a bump machine. Elgin is amazingly agile; won with a sitout powerbomb in about 4.
6. Main Event: New Combination vs. Davey Richards & Kyle O'Reilly. Nice ovation for Davey & O'Reilly. Cornette out on commentary. Cameraman on the left side of the ring keeps getting in the way. Cedric Alexander is pretty impressive. Worst spot of the night when Coleman somehow makes KO DDT Davey. Stupid this is awesome chant. Legitimately awesome nearfall on KO after a couple of ranas and a frog splash. KO submits Alexander with a guillotine choke with a Davey double stomp in the middle. Excellent ten minutes. Babyface show of respect.
- O'Reilly chant after the match which was precious. Davey promo. "Guess Ring of Honor has found a new home in Baltimore." Welcome home chant. Puts O'Reilly over as a future world champ. Says he and O'Reilly are a new tag team called Team Ambition. Awful name gets chanted. Puts New Combo over. Coleman thanks the crowd who loves them. Out comes Eddie. He and Davey argue off mic. Ambition doesn't look happy. Heelish from Eddie, gets shooed out by Sinclair.
2/4:
7. No Time Limit Match for the World TV Title: Jay Lethal vs. Mike Bennett (with Brutal Bob & Maria Kanellis). Lethal wins an OK 12 min match after botched interference from Maria. Bennett blames Maria and they do the heel Savage with Miss Elizabeth dynamic.
- Kevin Kelly in the ring. Introduces Steen who comes out to a mostly positive reaction. Lots of heckling from my section. Cornette comes out with Silkin and security. Compares Steen to Owen Hart breaking Austin's neck. Says Owen was remorseful unlike Steen. Bans piledriver. Steen comes back saying he'll win the title. Swears on his sons life. Fun to heckle this fat person because he's also terrible. He actually responded to me telling him to shut up at the beginning of his promo.
- WGTT out to a mixed reaction. Heel promo. Holding show hostage until Briscoes come out for a title match. Corny out. Corny says no time. Rematch chant. Out come the Briscoes after a bit. Brawly brawl. Match!
8. World Tag Team Title Match?: Briscoes vs. Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team. Ends by DQ after a chairshot to the head to Mark. Boo. Five minutes. $5000 fine from Corny. WGTT says it was worth it.
2/11:
- Kelly says Lethal earned a World Title match. Main event is Briscoes vs. Elgin and Strong tonight with a $5000 side bet.
9. Eddie Edwards vs. Kyle O'Reilly. O'Reilly out to a nice reaction from a tired crowd. Eddie out to a good tired reaction. Dueling chants before a tense handshake. Indie pose of parity and respect! Davey out to coach O'Reilly when he gets caught in an ankle lock. Jawing between Wolves. Rolling underhook suplexes into the armbar, but Eddie gets the ropes. My section starts an O'Reilly chant. Vertical to the outside. Adam Cole out to coach Eddie when HE gets caught in an ankle lock. Eddie wins by reversing a small package. Awesome last few minutes.
- Eddie cuts a very heelish promo asking Cole to be his tag partner. Cole accepts. Offers match any time, anywhere. Right now chant. Awesome match. 15 or so. O'Reilly is due for big things.
10. Mike Mondo vs. Matt Taven. Didn't mention it earlier, but he again had a sign that said "Godzilla Fears Mondo". Facing Matt Taven. He's getting Ryder chants because of his head band and pants. He's got spirit chants and we want Ryder chants. Steen out interrupting with a promo complaining about not getting ring time. Steen beats them both up. Mikey technically wins. Security out to separate Steen and Corino.
- Todd Sinclair out with two envelopes. One says "Briscoes $5000" and one says "House of Truth $5000".
11. Main event: Briscoes vs. Elgin and Strong now. Cornette on commentary. Truth seems to be wearing a vest he made out of a Persian rug. Five thousand dollars becomes a fun chant. Almost whimsical. Good back and forth. Three little girls are chanting man up. Face full of powder from Truth to Jay on the outside sends him to the back. Comes out with a baseball bat and nails Elgin for the DQ. House of Truth wins a good match in 13. Briscoes hold the money hostage in the ring with the bat. Lead $5000 chants.
Really good booking of the last show to keep the crowd alive. Fun show, could have done without the chairshot, but otherwise, a very good start to ROH's new year. Many interesting storylines in motion, and Baltimore seems to be aching to own some wrestling again.
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Arena was packed. Looked like they had seating for about 600, but at least 200 more were made to stand on the hard camera side. Looked like they had a shortage of chairs and couldn't spare one of Corino's magic ones.
Dark Match: Devon "Crowbar" Storm submits Antonio (of the Heart Throbs?) with a camel clutch in an unremarkable match. Crowbar looked his age, but he wasn't bad.
1/21:
1. Mike Mondo vs. Eddie Edwards. Great reax for Eddie. Mikey is one fifth blond. Spirit Squad chant. Eddie wins a short but good competitive squash with a cradle piledriver.
- Briscoes out for a promo with Corny. Big pop. Asked who gets the $5000 fine money that WGTT had to pay for the headshots. They want the money. Funny. Pure babyface promo.
2. Ricky Reyes vs. Roderick Strong w/Truth and Elgin. Roddy wins a short competitive match with a handful of tights.Truth was on commentary.
3. Main event: Kenny King w/Rhett Titus on crutches vs. Matt Jackson w/Nick. Jackson wins a really good ten minute match when Nick hits Kenny with Rhett's crutch.
1/28:
4. Tomasso Ciampa w/ Nana & Evans vs. TJ Perkins. Perkins is very good at working the crowd. I'd be surprised if Chimpo didn't make it to WWE by 2015. Really good six minute match. Chimpo wins with Project Ciampa.
5. Michael Elgin vs. Grizzly Redwood. Crowbar out against Grizzly Redwood. But wait, Truth out with Roddy, Elgin and a Willy Wonka chant. Offers Crowbar $500 to give Elgin his spot. Truth tells Grizzly after this match, he's gonna wish he died as a child. Goes to commentary. Nasty running front slam into the barricade from Elgin. Fun match. Grizzly was a bump machine. Elgin is amazingly agile; won with a sitout powerbomb in about 4.
6. Main Event: New Combination vs. Davey Richards & Kyle O'Reilly. Nice ovation for Davey & O'Reilly. Cornette out on commentary. Cameraman on the left side of the ring keeps getting in the way. Cedric Alexander is pretty impressive. Worst spot of the night when Coleman somehow makes KO DDT Davey. Stupid this is awesome chant. Legitimately awesome nearfall on KO after a couple of ranas and a frog splash. KO submits Alexander with a guillotine choke with a Davey double stomp in the middle. Excellent ten minutes. Babyface show of respect.
- O'Reilly chant after the match which was precious. Davey promo. "Guess Ring of Honor has found a new home in Baltimore." Welcome home chant. Puts O'Reilly over as a future world champ. Says he and O'Reilly are a new tag team called Team Ambition. Awful name gets chanted. Puts New Combo over. Coleman thanks the crowd who loves them. Out comes Eddie. He and Davey argue off mic. Ambition doesn't look happy. Heelish from Eddie, gets shooed out by Sinclair.
2/4:
7. No Time Limit Match for the World TV Title: Jay Lethal vs. Mike Bennett (with Brutal Bob & Maria Kanellis). Lethal wins an OK 12 min match after botched interference from Maria. Bennett blames Maria and they do the heel Savage with Miss Elizabeth dynamic.
- Kevin Kelly in the ring. Introduces Steen who comes out to a mostly positive reaction. Lots of heckling from my section. Cornette comes out with Silkin and security. Compares Steen to Owen Hart breaking Austin's neck. Says Owen was remorseful unlike Steen. Bans piledriver. Steen comes back saying he'll win the title. Swears on his sons life. Fun to heckle this fat person because he's also terrible. He actually responded to me telling him to shut up at the beginning of his promo.
- WGTT out to a mixed reaction. Heel promo. Holding show hostage until Briscoes come out for a title match. Corny out. Corny says no time. Rematch chant. Out come the Briscoes after a bit. Brawly brawl. Match!
8. World Tag Team Title Match?: Briscoes vs. Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team. Ends by DQ after a chairshot to the head to Mark. Boo. Five minutes. $5000 fine from Corny. WGTT says it was worth it.
2/11:
- Kelly says Lethal earned a World Title match. Main event is Briscoes vs. Elgin and Strong tonight with a $5000 side bet.
9. Eddie Edwards vs. Kyle O'Reilly. O'Reilly out to a nice reaction from a tired crowd. Eddie out to a good tired reaction. Dueling chants before a tense handshake. Indie pose of parity and respect! Davey out to coach O'Reilly when he gets caught in an ankle lock. Jawing between Wolves. Rolling underhook suplexes into the armbar, but Eddie gets the ropes. My section starts an O'Reilly chant. Vertical to the outside. Adam Cole out to coach Eddie when HE gets caught in an ankle lock. Eddie wins by reversing a small package. Awesome last few minutes.
- Eddie cuts a very heelish promo asking Cole to be his tag partner. Cole accepts. Offers match any time, anywhere. Right now chant. Awesome match. 15 or so. O'Reilly is due for big things.
10. Mike Mondo vs. Matt Taven. Didn't mention it earlier, but he again had a sign that said "Godzilla Fears Mondo". Facing Matt Taven. He's getting Ryder chants because of his head band and pants. He's got spirit chants and we want Ryder chants. Steen out interrupting with a promo complaining about not getting ring time. Steen beats them both up. Mikey technically wins. Security out to separate Steen and Corino.
- Todd Sinclair out with two envelopes. One says "Briscoes $5000" and one says "House of Truth $5000".
11. Main event: Briscoes vs. Elgin and Strong now. Cornette on commentary. Truth seems to be wearing a vest he made out of a Persian rug. Five thousand dollars becomes a fun chant. Almost whimsical. Good back and forth. Three little girls are chanting man up. Face full of powder from Truth to Jay on the outside sends him to the back. Comes out with a baseball bat and nails Elgin for the DQ. House of Truth wins a good match in 13. Briscoes hold the money hostage in the ring with the bat. Lead $5000 chants.
Really good booking of the last show to keep the crowd alive. Fun show, could have done without the chairshot, but otherwise, a very good start to ROH's new year. Many interesting storylines in motion, and Baltimore seems to be aching to own some wrestling again.
