ROH: In Your Face

`I think this is the 4th show i na row that I have seen Green Lantern Fan in the front. God I hate him. Also in the front is Crying Girl, who I always make fun of, but I am not sure if she's a "well known" fan like GLF
`The Briscoes in the opener, working their way up the ladder again vs Blade and Keenan. Jay got HUGE since the show two weeks before... they have the matching tights, they started the Man Up phrase.. this is where they start to kick everyone's ass
`Rematch with Richards vs Jimmy Rave. Way better than their first match.
`Nigel and Cabana pull an awesome match out of Aries/Strong. Not that they don't usually have good matches, but this was just a different style and pace than they usually have.
`Jimmy Jacobs and BJ Whitmer renew their feud in a sweet match with a sweet Jacobs promo. This is the match where they take the Super Powerbomb into the crowd. Insane. I knew it was coming and I still yelled out loud
`Hagadorn and Mitch Franklin in the Top of the Class deal. Hagadorn busted out some interesting new moves.
`Pearce and Claudio is short and all brawling, which leads into..
`Hero and Homicide stars off slow and brawling around the ring. Twice. But it finally gets inside and is very good. Maybe not as good as I recall their IWA-MS stuff being in 2003/2004, but they are different wrestlers now I suppose
`Kenta, Joe and Danielson in a great three way. I think Kenta gets legit knocked out twice in the first five minutes.

Overall, an awesome show. More than makes up for the last one I watched, with not one bad match.

Death Before Dishonor V [Night 2]

-Mark Briscoe vs. Generico (Falls Count Anywhere) -Really good way to start off the show, crowd was really into it.
-Jack Evans vs. Deranged -Nothing special, too flippy even for my tastes, blended together.. meh.
-Nigel McGuinness & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Chris Hero & Jigsaw -Solid tag, Jig seemed like the odd man out, but still good.
-Sara Del Rey vs. Lacey (SHIMMER Title Match) -Didnt watch all of it, but it was pretty much what you would expect.
-Danielson vs. Quack -I heard a number of people saying it wasnt that good, but I really enjoyed it. Maybe they had too high of expectations and I didnt but it was definitely good.
-Jay Briscoe vs. Kevin Steen (Lights Out Match) -Second match of its type of the night. Might even be slightly better than the first.
-Morishima vs. Brent Albright (ROH World Title Match) -Ive said it plenty of times, Im not much of a Morishima fan, and until this match, not much of an Albright fan. But it was a damn good match. Albright really impressed me.
-Aries, Delirious, Erick Stevens, & Matt Cross vs. Roddy, Rocky Romero, Davey & Sydal (Philly Street Fight) -Third of its type of the night. Probably the worst of the three. Not to say it was bad, but because there were so many people involved it kind of felt like you were missing something. At times the crowd would react to something off camera. Sydal misses a big table spot out into the crowd. Some really good spots, but by time for the finish there were only two people left. Just felt odd.

In the end, night 2 really makes up for night 1.

ROH "Caged Rage"

-Hero vs. Hallowicked -Solid match, mostly foolishness from Hero, Hallowicked got in a little offence, but it was pretty much just a match to get Hero over.
-Jimmy Jacobs vs. Rhett Titus -Honestly, I didnt watch it.
-Nigel vs. Delirious vs. Adam Pearce vs. Whitmer -Good match setting up the stable wars with Delirious getting the beatdown after the match.
-Austin Aries, Erick Stevens, & Matt Cross vs. Davey Richards, Jason Blade, & Eddie Edwards -Another stable related match. It ran a little long, but it wasnt wasted time.
-Danielson vs. PAC -Pretty good match, Danielson dominating, Pac got in one flippy spot, still decent.
-Morishima vs. Claudio vs. Albright (ROH Title Elimination) -Death Before Dishonor weekend Morishima faced both guys, now both at the same time. Nothing over the top amazing, but definately worthwhile.
-Jack Evans vs. Roderick Strong (Steel Cage Match) -I was honestly dissapointed with this one. Dont get me wrong, it was good, but no real high spots which really suprised me.
-Briscoes vs. Steen/Generico (Tag Title Cage Match) -Better than the first cage match of the night. I was suprised at how good it was with 4 guys in the ring at the same time. A little brawl outside the ring at the start, but other than that it was, for the most part, all in the ring.

All in all it wasnt that great of a show, but it did push the storylines and set up for the show the next night.

ROH: Throwdown -- This show was lackluster in person. Let's see how it comes across now.

`Irish Airborne vs Hagadorn and Keith Walker. Blah
`Nigel defends the Pure title against.... CK3. Cool to see Ck3 getting some ROH love, but this match isn't that spectacular
`Briscoes vs Cabana/Steel is ok, but not the greatest match from 4 of my favorites.
`Rave, Joe, Delirious and Davey Richards in a decent 4 way with the crazy lizard face coming out on top.
`Pearce and the Necro Butcher is just a brawl
`Homicide and Claudio had a good match, although I always get nervous when the first few minutes are all whipping each other into the rails. Maybe not as good as Homicide/Hero from the last show, but still good.
`Danielson vs Whitmer vs Jacobs wasn't as good as I recall live, but it's still very decent. This match shows why I like Dragon as champ, because he makes you believe that Jimmy Jacobs could win the title from him
`Conversely, Kenta vs Roddy Strong was WAY better on dvd than I remember it being. I like Kenta, but I'm starting to not like Strong. I know currently I hate him, but this is about the tirning point where he's not appealing to me anymore. Still an awesome match.

Overall, this probably isn't thebest ROH show ever, but I was there so I had to buy it.



We also watched the Man Up PPV recently, which is goodness. The opener is hot, the double main is good... and even 2/3rd of the NRC vs The Resiliance was good, with Cross vs Romero being the match I could live without ever seeign again.

Keith Walker was on an ROH show?

Ha... yeah, I guess he works NOAH, so he came over with Kenta. Who knows. I wasn't impressed.

I knew he does NOAH because he's boys with Harley. But I dunno ROH, meh.

ROH: Chitown Struggle

it's the night after the Detroit show.... andf yeah, the card looks a little better on paper, but the crowd goes from like 400 to 1200. It's amazing they still run shows here.

`Rematch of sorts with Hagadorn picking up Trik Davis to lose to the Crists. Better than the night before.
`Strong vs Jacobs is good, but god is Roddy a douchebag. It's beginning to bother me.
`The Embassy uses CK3 tonight with Rave vs the jacked up Briscoes. Good match.
`Joe vs Delirious is also pretty good.
`Six man brawl, CZW vs ROH. Whatever.
`Nigel defends the Pure title vs Homcide. Again, good match from Homicide, and the finish furthers his angle.
`Kenta vs Aries is damn good, but I am not sure if it's better than his match last night vs Roddy. I'm a Kenta mark now. Good run into the finish, although all of Kenta's wins end pretty much the exact same.
`Danielson vs Cabana. It starts with good comedy, and quickly I am worried that these two won't mesh, as stupid as that sounds. But they pull it together and I enjoy the finish.

Overall, way better than the night before in Detroit. I recommend it.

Look at me! I get to finally post something because I finally finished watching an entire tape!

Just finished watching the Outsides 2007 Shoot interview...it was entertaining but nothing that great. I think the recent Scott Hall shoot was more informative and entertaining.

I just got:

Heroes of World Class
WWE's WCCW DVDs
&
Royal Rumble Anthology Volume 1

Heroes of World Class is pretty sad & put together really bad. It has a lot of cool information, it's just portrayed very weird. I made the mistake of watching the WWE version first, and it's done insanely well, with good feedback from people you'd want to hear from (Hayes, Garvin, Mercer, Wild Bill, Kevin Von Erich, Flair, etc)...whereas you have random weirdos on the other one who you're really like "OK...so what does Ken Mantell's jobber brother have to do with any of this?!"

So yeah. I'm a World Class mark, and always will be, so I really enjoyed both. I was happy to see all the matches included on the WWE version, and was also happily surprised at how long the actual documentary was. Good stuff all around

I'll probably dip into the Rumbles today sometime. I've already seen them all a few dozen times a piece (with the exception off 88, which I personally can't stand aside from Rude/Steamer and the Bravo/Ventura bench press angle) but I looooooooove me some 89-92 Rumbles...those things are fucking GOLD. And I was quite happy to see they were releasing these in smaller sets, as all the Rumbles are sweet, but I'd rather have these 5 from my favorite era as opposed to all of them from the past 18 years

Manhattan Mayhem II

-Matt Cross & Erick Stevens vs. Quack & Jigsaw -The usual showcase style opener, fast to get the crowd going.

-Jimmy Jacobs vs. Mitch Franklin - Didnt watch it.

-BJ Whitmer, Adam Pearce, & Brent Albright vs. Delirious, Nigel McGuinness, & Pelle Primeau - Short, ok match. Pelle gets legit hurt (according to his myspace).

-Davey Richards vs. PAC - I heard it was heavily edited, but I couldnt tell.

-Austin Aries vs. Roderick Strong vs. Jack Evans - Good match, only really meant to introduce Ruckus at the end.

-Ruckus vs. Eddie Edwards - Just debuted, why not give him a match?

-Hero vs. Claudio -You've seen them against them before, and thats what you get, only big show atmosphere.

-Morishima vs. Danielson - Really great match, but knowing Danielson got his eye legit fucked up took away from it for me. I dont know why, but it did.

-Briscoes vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico (Tag Title- 2/3 Falls) - Really good, Briscoes say they'll go 2 straight falls in a promo before the match, and thats what they do.

ROH: Death Before Dishonor 4

I would like to mention that I love being 18 months behind on dvds. I also love that I was supposed to be at this show, and I didn't go. That makes me sad.

`rohvideos.com presents Seth Delay vs Delirious in a surprisingly entertaining match
`Sal Rinaro joins the Embassy to help Jimmy Rave battle Cabvana and Jay Lethal in a totally random match
`The Briscoes and Irish Airborne is pretty decent
`Davey Richards and AJ Styles is alright, but nothing to write home about. I didn't really enjoy the finish.
`Nigel and Roddy Strong isn't bad, and it continues Nigel's awesome winning ways.
`Danielson and Sonjay Dutt isn't nearly as good as I had hoped.
`Cage of Death with ROH vs CZW. I dunno.... somewhere during this show, I realized that the whole CZW angle really wasn't THAT great. It's awesome for the fact that it's how they finally brought Hero into the fold, but otherwise... whatever. This match is also a clusterfuck. It serves its purpose, it gets over a few angles at once... and hell, it gives us Eddie Kingston. But overall, not as "omg" as I thought it was hyped to be.

Overall, it's probably a show you should see/own, but it's not up to what I thought it would be. Although Ace Steel cut a crazy promo, which could be worth price of purchase alone.

Dont put over that Irish airborne match. It was the worst match ever ugggghhhh

I didn't think it was as bad as others I have recently seen. I think that is what I base that on. That is all.

Also, not that I care because clearly I was on the ROH side, it was doomed for CZW from the start.

ROH got... about 10 shows out of the deal, 2 in Philly I think that were packed with CZW fans, they got Hero/Claudio both of whom are awesome right now in ROH, they moved it into their year-long Homicide angle, and they gave some guys like Nate Webb and Super Dragon a little exposure, maybe a good pay day, etc.

CZW got.... nothing. They do the original double shot show and after that... BJ Whitmer shows up for one show, and a few guys show up for BOTB - not exactly dvds that the average ROH fan would go and pick up because of the appearances, no less go to see live. And eventually, they lose Hero and Kingston all together.

Even the matches the feud brought out weren't that good. Off those first few shows, GenNext vs BlkOut and Hero/Danielson were the best matches, then maybe the Homicide vs Hero and Claudio matches. Past that, how many times can I see a 6 man brawl with Pearce and Steel and Whitmer vs Webb, Necro and Super Dragon?

I am not sure I even want to get sucked into this discussion... but what "good matches" did Hero coming in disturb? I'm sure Zandig and the H8 Club and Lobo and Skinhead Ivan were having some epic 5 star classics in CZW, but I think Hero and crew are a slight improvement

Dont hate on Ivan haha

I'm just saying, I don't want CZW trash running into matches where people actually sit quietly and don't act like retards for. On a side note, F Green Lantern.
On topic, the last thing I bought was October's PWU show.

ROH: War of the Wire II

CZW has been defeated! ROH rules supreme! Oh yeah, but we have one more match booked in Dayton to really finalize the feud.

`Trik Davis and Jimmy Jacobs give us a decent opener. I like Trik in some small capacities.
`Another random match of Rave/Rinaro vs Richards and Jerrelle Clark. I am not liking the new Embassy.
`Nigel and Colt have their "last" Pure title match, and it's comical. The ending also continues Nigel's chickenshit heel tactics, which are awesome.
`Daniels and a returning Matt Sydal is about the same as their other 18 matches in the past 6 months.
`A really short 4 way with Danielson, Delirious, Homicide, and Aries.... but it's actually very good for only being 15 minutes. I highly enjoy when serious, main eventers get sucked into Delirious's comedy routine.
`Another short match with the Briscoes going up against the reformed Strong and Evans. New gear and moves from Jack, since he is also back from Dragon Gate. I like the shorter matches with less bullshit in them.
`Whitmer and Necro, no rope barbed wire match. Pretty much what you would expect. BJ wearing his gear and not jeans or a shirt is ridiculous. There was a brawl to start this match which served no real purpose, and I fast forwarded through.

Overall, not a bad show at all. It's closure for the CZW feud, with a sprinkle of decent matches. I recommend it.

ROH: Generation Now

I think this is the last show they ran in Cleveland. I wish I was there to see them announce "We'll see you.... uh, in Dayton?" Fuck that city anyways. The building is cool, but the parking sucked.

`Delirious and Claudio to start off in the opener. Short, to the point, not too many shennanigans, but enough to keep me interested.
`Another random Rave/Rinaro vs Steel/Cabana. Better than the last few Embassy matches, but still...
`Jay Briscoe vs Jimmy Jacobs is pretty good. Jimmy doing a live Ballad of Lacey is the highlight of my life.
`Mark Briscoe vs Homicide follows, and is also decent. Mark with a flip over the ropes to the floor.... and Homicide just moves out of the way. You don't see that much. Real short, but to the point.
`GenNext vs Clark, Richards, and Irish Airbourn(e) is good... but they are trying WAY too hard to be the best match ever. When people talk shit about ROH trying to be too much like Dragon Gate, or too flippy or too "whatever"... this is the reason. It's fast paced the entire time, which is cool to see, but not a good match to me. The ending sequences are cool though.
`Christian comes back to ROH to wrestle Chris Daniels in what I feel to be a very subpar match. The mic work before the match is just as long as the match itself. I dunno... sometimes I think Christian isn't that good of a worker; we all just think he is because he was compared to what he was working with in the WWF.
`Danielson vs Nigel in a rematch from the last Cleveland show. Very good match; maybe not as good as their first one and I assume they have afew more in the near future that are better.

Overall, I'm not sure I'd go out of my way to get this. I am a mark for Nigel vs Danielson matches, and Jacobs did very well... but the GenNext and Christian deals weren't that great to me.

I grabbed One Night Stand 2 from GameStop the other night for $5.99. After the "fan comments" that I'm in the background of, I only got to watch Balls Vs Tanaka and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

FIP "International Impact Phase 1"

-The YRR of Sal Rinauro & Kenny King vs. Jerrelle Clark & Seth Delay - Decent opener, the bottom rope breaks before the match even starts.
-Delirious vs. Jigsaw -Its weird seeing Delirious as a heel, ok match, nothing special at all.
-The Heartbreak Express vs. The YRR of Sal Rinauro & Chasyn Rance -Didnt watch it honestly.
-Nigel McGuinness vs. Shingo -Im a fan of both guys, but it felt like they were holding back.
-Sean Waltman vs. Larry Sweeney -Sounds good on paper comedy wise, but nothing great.
-Erick Stevens vs. Claudio (Florida Heritage Title) -Once again, Im a fan of both guys, but it just felt like something was lacking.
-Roderick Strong vs. Yamato (FIP World Heavyweight Title Match) -Yamato really shined here. Ive got a new favorite Japanese guy to watch, really.
-Mark Briscoe vs. Pondo (Falls Count Anywhere) -Felt really loose, even for a match of its type, nothing too great. Good, but nothing special. It flows into...
-Jay Briscoe vs. Necro (No DQ) -Once again, I had high hopes, but it felt like both were really holding back. Match gets thrown out by the end or something, I dont remember.

My first real FIP show, and it felt like a real letdown in the end. The crowd was really small, mostly kids, which made me realize why they were holding back all night. Yamato really impressed me though. Before this I had never really seen him work, but he was good. Oh, also, Prazak makes a terrible heel commentator.

FIP always scares me.

I'm one disc into WSX.... and it's incredibly awesome. Details soon.

your sig rocks my socks

ROH: Time to Man Up

The audio quality on the last few ROH dvds I have watches is really bad... like, the ring /crowd volume is overpowering the commentary, the fans here for tonight's show

`Danielson and Evans open the show in a very decent contest. I can't put my finger on it, but Jack is much better since his DG run.
`Daniels and Sydal finally team up to take on Irish Airborne, whose tights are spelled correctly tonight. Whatever... not bad, but I am not into it.
`Cabana and Claudio have a very nice match, but it's kinda short.
`Ultimate Endurance as three totally seemingly random teams of Whitmer/Pearce, Homicide/Reyes, and Rave/Rinaro challenge Aries/Strong for the titles. I've been complaining lately that matches are too short... and this is no exception, although I am not sure if I could have sat through it being longer. Rave is hurt from the last show, so they get tossed quickly, then AP gets DQed quickly, so we're down to two teams very rapidly. I'm so not a fan of UE matches....
`Nigel defends against Delirious, which is hilarity. Delirious has no idea about the rules, so he loses all 3 rope breaks quickly. I thought the match made Delirious look very good, but other reviews I read said it made Nigel look weak. Whatevs.
`Kenta/Davey Richards vs the Briscoes... I hate when you name a show after a match that isn't the main event, and when it's not the best match of the night. I dunno... I'm into the Briscoes, and I like Kenta, and I even like Davey.... but this match just does not flow right for me. I would say this is Kenta's worst ROH match that I have seen.
`Joe vs the departing AJ Styles in your main event that is... all of about 11 minutes. I find that weird. I also found the finish weird.

Overall.... not as good as I thought it would be on paper. Again, I read it in other reviews, but it holds true... they are building up Danielson vs Joe and Nigel for upcoming shows, so everything else is kinda just filler. This... is filler.

Next show should be finished tomorrow. I like ROH dvds.

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is that this show? i dont keep up much on ROH dvds but this show looks good.



PS: your sig still rocks my socks

Just from the title, no... "Time to Man Up" is from 8/06.... "Man Up" is their 3rd PPV from like, last month, and it was a pretty good show. The dvd I believe is still in preorder, or it JUST came out...

ROH: Fight of the Century

`Colt Cabana vs Sal Rinaro is quick, humorous... good times, great memories.
`Shane Hagadorn vs Bobby "Survival of the Fattest" Dempsey is barely a match
`Four courner survival with Nigel, Claudio, Jay Lethal and Chris Daniels... not bad, but I hate when 4 ways turn into tag matches, which this basically did.
`Another Ultimare Endurance match, with Strong/Aries defending against Irish Airborne, Briscoes, and Sydal/Evans. Briscoes out quickly, IA got their asses handed to them, and another successful defense. Better than last nights, but I still hate UEs.
`Homicide and Whitmer vs Pearce and Corino in a total brawl. Whatever.
`Kenta vs Davey Richards was awesome. Better than Kenta's tag matches or solos vs Strong or Aries. Great match.
`Danielson vs Joe goes 60 minutes, and I totally wasn't expecting it. I fell asleep and had to rewind it. Regardless, it didn't feel like a 60 minute match like say... Punk/Daniels did. Joe dominates the beginning with kicks, Danielson works the knee for like 30, and the last 15 or so is high quality back and forth. The first in a line of 60 minute main events that I will be watching.

Overall, two great matches... but the rest I could have done without.

ROH: Unified

`Cabana vs Spud vs Sydal vs Jonny Storm is a good fast paced opener. I can do without Spud but Storm is sweet.
`Yet another Rave vs Davey Richards, but it was top notch.
`Then we get into the IWA-MS time machine for Whitmer vs Claudio and Hero vs Cabana. Not bad matches, but I feel like I have seen better from all four.
`Doug Williams and Jody Fleisch vs Suwa and Go Shiozaki is kinda long and boring until the end. I think it's just the "different style" tag match, but I am not a fan.
`Robbie Brookside makes his ROH debut vs Chad Collyer. I like Robbie, so this is cool.. but I hate Collyer. And so does the announcers, who shit on him. Awesome
`Aries/Strong vs The Briscoes. Awesome. The best match of their series. The last few minutes was insanity.
`Nigel vs Danielson to unify the belts. Again, probably the best of their series to this point. The spot where Nigel gets busted open is ridiculous. Good god. If anything, I kinda hated the ending. The MMA Elbows is an ok move when he parlays it into something else, but I hate when the ref has to stop the match. I am sure that goes to the "I never quit" angle, but still.... I don't like it.

Overall, awesome show. It doesn't seem like it when I broke it down, but it was very enjoyable.

I remember watching Unified. Good god Nigel is retarded, he gets fuckin' killed in that match like with the pole spot.

I forgot that they did the headbutts after that too. One or two shots to the pole, ok.. but he did like 5 and then about a dozen straight on, Kingston/Hero style head butts. I'd be dead

ROH: Anarchy in the UK

`BJ Whitmer vs Go Shiozaki... I'm still not into Go, but he puts on a good match.
`British triple threat with Spud, Storm and Fleisch. Nonstop, short... good times.
`Cabana/Nigel/Robbie Brookside vs Hero/Claudio/Collyer... typical KOW trios match, which isn't a bad thing, it's just what it is. It is the first time ROH has gotten good KOW double teams though. so I look forward to the future dvds
`Danielson vs Suwa, who busts AD open right off the bat. It's mostly a brawl, but Suwa is a decent wrestler as well as a brawler, so it's better than I thought.
`Doug WIlliams and Jimmy Rave goes on for longer than it really has to, but it was still a pretty damn good match. I like Rave.
`Briscoes vs Davey Richards and Matt Sydal. If there have been back to back matches as good as the Bricoes had in England, I haven't seen them. This was just as sweet as the previous night. Good to see the new Briscoes tights as well.
`Danielson vs Strong 4, not as long as the first three, but what could be, esp. with AD still oozing blood from his head. Good match, not their best, but all considering it was decent. Tonight, unlike the last show, the MMA elbows just lead into the finish, which I like.

If just for the tag match, this dvd is a winner. Not many matches on this card, but they all delivered.

I bought XPW TV Season 2...for some unknown reason

...and yeah, it's pretty terrible. It supposedly gets a lot better, but yowza is it borderline terrible at the moment. One can only see so many Pogo the Clown & Supreme matches before your eyes begin to burn a little

bahahah Pogo the Clown hahaha

ROH: Epic Encounter 2

Really quiet crowd here tonight. Some hate on that... I kinda like it. It is weird though

`Briscoes vs Irish Airborne... one of the Crists has a broken hand, but he's a trooper. Not bad, but not as good as their other encounters
`Jacobs vs Homicide... meh. Not as good as I would have expected.
`Claudio continues to get his ass handed to him, this time via Daniels.
`Cabana/Richards vs Rinaro/Rave in another random Embassy match. I'm getting over this feud quick.
`Sydal and Delirious have an excellent match
`Aries/Strong vs Whitmer/Joe... I don't really enjoy the pace of the match, but the end is epic, with Strong pinning Joe clean.
`Danielson vs Nigel, 2 out of 3 falls... hour long draw. I don't think it seemed to drag, which is always a plus, but I have read bad reviews. Maybe not their best to date, but I still enjoyed it.



ROH: Gut Check

`Nigel/Rave/Rinaro vs Delirious/Irish Airborne... I think this is setting up Nigel vs Rave. Whatever, it's actually a decent match, when I gave it little hope
`Whitmer vs Jacobs is good. I like this feud, and both guys.
`Briscoes vs Homicide/Richards... I can do without this match, even though I like all 4 guys. I can also do without Cornette's horrible 15 minute promo before the match.
`Joe vs Claudio... time to destroy the CZW renegade, part 7. Same deal... maybe better than their last match, but I still don't see these two meshing well.
`Strong/Aries vs Sydal/Daniels... like all tag matched I see lately, it started off real bad, but it picked up towards the end. I dunno, I like Sydal, but how many partners can I see him with, going after the titles?
`Cabana vs Danielson, 2 out of 3 falls... and yeah, 60 minute draw. I like how this one played out, with Cabana winning a quick first fall and AD fighting back to get his in the last 30 seconds. Problem with this match... Danielson legit hurts his shoulder about 10 minutes in, so the match is very slow. It's still not bad, but it could have been a lot more had he been healthy

Not a bad two shows... I felt I needed them for the two mains, but in reality, you can probably miss a majority of these matches and be ok.

I took a little break from ROH to watch some MCMG comps, I Like To Hurt People, OVW and other various things. I suspect I will have another break after these two upcoming dvds.

ROH: Glory By Honor 5 Night One

We are outside, under a tent... makes me want to watch Generation Next from Philly.

`Dunn and Marcos vs some students... turns into Dunn and Marcos getting beat on by the KOW.
`4 way with Evans, Cabana, Jacobs and Reyes.... god is Reyes just brutally bad. He really sucks the life out of every match. This match is pretty bad, but it does advance the best angle in ROH.
`Daniels and Nigel is technically good, I'm just not into it
`Aries and Richards is good, I guess I never thought about how similar these two are.
`Delirious vs Hagadorn is quick but fun... Shane gets some offense in, which is always nice to see.
`Joe vs Strong is very good and very hard hitting. I want to go back and watch their match from TPI04
`Briscoes vs Marufuji/Kenta is good, but not as "omg" good as I had expected.

Overall, good show... cannot wait until the next show.

ROH: Glory By Honor Night 2

`Hello Manhattan Center.
`Evans vs Richards, a very decent way to start a big show. Again, Evans got very good somewhere, and it's weird that I can stand him
`Pearce vs Delirious, a preview of a feud that's still going on right now. Meh...
`Jacobs vs Cabana vs Daniels... again, it's not the match itself that is good, but the entire angle is obscenely awesome. Jacobs finally gets a win to make Lacey happy... but it's over Colt with a lowblow and she's upset. The following promo all all mic work by Cabana is gold.
`Briscoes vs Joe/Homicide is good, although the 10 minutes of listening to Cornette is killing me. I like Jimmy, but christ...

Here we go

`Aries/Strong vs Hero/Claudio... I determined no matter what fed, or how many people are on each side, KOW matches are all kinda the same... which isn't bad, it's just how it is. Very good match, with the Kings reigning supreme.
`Nigel vs Marufuji - good, but not the great match I heard it was. I may have to rewatch that. Sliced Bread to the floor and the Tower of London on the apron were very interesting
`Kenta vs Danielson w/ one arm... again, not AS great as I was led to believe, but it's still very very good. It's ridiculous to see Daneislon working these matches with a shoulder that needs surgery. I can't imagine this match if he was 100%.

Overall, of of the better shows out of ROH this year, if not in their history. Highly recommended.

FIP "International Impact Phase 2"

Ill be honest, I watched the first part of the show a while ago, right after I made my last FIP review and I dont remember the begining of the card too well. So up until Shingo vs. Yamato, it might not be right on.

-Larry Sweeney vs. Seth Delay -Quiet opener, little comedy, nothing stands out much.
-Claudio Castagnoli vs. Jerrelle Clark -Better than I expected, which I know isnt saying much, but it was good. Havnt seen Clark since somewhere in ROH's Milestone Series.
-The Heartbreak Express vs. The YRR of Kenny King & Chasyn Rance -Second Heartbreak Express match, and it was enjoyable, not much else.
-Delirious vs. Jigsaw -Good match, but nothing special. I really expected more from these two. Theres also some comedy from this Milo Beasley guy.
-Erick Stevens vs. Nigel McGuinness (Heritage Title Match) -Nice match, nothing really special.
-Shingo vs. Yamato (Dragon Gate Challenge) -I like Shingo, I like Yamato, I liked this match. Much better than most of the rest of the night so far. Yamato is going to be great one day.
-Roderick Strong vs. Sal Rinauro (FIP Title Match) -It was ok, but not that good for a title match. It felt like it dragged on too long even with me fast forwarding through part of it.
-Briscoes vs. Necro & Pondo (Tag Match/Bar Room Brawl) - This is the match that made Gabe say he never wanted to use light tubes again. Basically a brawl highlighted by some really good spots. Speaking of light tubes, the crowd chants "FIP" for the two most tame light tube spots Ive ever seen. Necro take a perfect, yet sick looking suplex on the guardrail. Later on Necro powerbombs the ref over the ropes to a table on the outside. Ref barely catches his head and neck on the table. Necro takes a great dvd through a table, then to finish the match Mark puts Pondo through two tables off a rent a truck. It wont go down as the best match, but it was plenty good, some really good looking spots. Also, theres a little girl in the crowd at the begining of the match, maybe 10 or so with an attitude. She tells Necro not to touch her and does a little mini white head bobbing excuse you thing that made me laugh.

In the end, Im dissapointed with my two FIP dvds that I bought. I have yet to watch the two that I got in the grab bag before I bought these, and because of these two shows, Im not really eager to. I heard from someone that DP Associates is no more and they are going more with ROH storylines and such so many in the future I might get some more, but not any time soon.

Yeah, it's weird... they kinda "cleaned the slate" at the last show and turned every angle to fit ROH angles. I hope they don't do it so much that you need to start getting those shows to fill in the blanks of ROH.

I really hope its just to build on the feuds instead of start or finish them there.

Anyway, I dont know why it took me so long, but I finished the 2nd disc of my Larry Sweeney comp. It was really good. The whole thing was actually. Very much recommended.

I need a dvd burner.