ROH on Sinclair 26/01/13: A Lethal Challenge

[Steveweiser]

This week on ROH...

*TOP PROSPECT TOURNAMENT: Adam Page vs. Silas Young
*Rhett Titus vs. Matt Hardy
*ROH TV TITLE MATCH: Adam Cole (c) vs. BJ Whitmer

Also, Jay Lethal issues a challenge to Kevin Steen for his World Title, and Charlie Haas, let's be fair to say, is peed off.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Only halfway through the show but I can confidently say that Charlie Hass is the best heel in the business.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}"YOUR NAME IS CHESSEBURGER!"

[lovingway]

The cheeseburger thing cracked me up because there was a fat girl at our high school that was nicknamed cheeseburger and Haas bringing it up just made me laugh about it. That kid he beat up shouldn't be allowed in the ring until he gains some sort of mass. He is a walking injury with how small he is.

Amazed at how much Silas has aged with just the moustache

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This episode blew last week's out of the water. Jay Lethal's promo was amazing. The acceptance of Lethal's challenge was a bit anticlimactic considering all the stuff Lethal had to do just to get Steen's attention but there's still an air of mystery to this angle that keeps it compelling. Is Lethal making Steen see the error of his ways? Or was this Steen's way of saying "you're annoying and I have to kill you now"?

I only heard of Silas Young by name only until now and he had me at the mustache. I love what I saw with him and I think he's my current favorite to win the tournament.

Charlie Haas is pretty handily filling the void left behind when TNA decided they didn't want Bully Ray to be cool anymore. Though I echo the sentiment of Haas and as made above, Cheeseburger is sickly and he was really uncomfortable to look at.

Speaking of uncomfortable to look at, though I like what they're doing with Matt Hardy, and I actually really enjoyed his promos lately and his commentary on this show, in the ring he really is looking like the definitive over the hill pro wrestler right now. Between the receding hairline and just looking all around out of shape, and the fact that it looks like he's getting his gear from cheaper stitchers, he's looking really rough. They're smart that they kind of made that his gimmick, but it doesn't look convincing right now that he can remotely hang in ROH.

Solid main event and as a big BJ Whitmer fan I'm glad he stuck around since he returned. I was worried he'd be like El Generico where he just comes and goes in spots but it seems like he's a keeper, so that's cool by me.

[Starshine]

I'm glad some others are stepping on the Charlie Haas bandwagon. It's been lonely here.

Not that I think he should be World Champion or anything. But IMO he's been the most entertaining guy there for a while now.