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Simon Watches ROH - 2010; The Conclusion
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ROH Pick Your Poison
April 23rd, 2010
Dayton, OH


Going into the tag street fight tomorrow, the teams get to pick opponents for each other tonight. The heels booked Strong vs. Generico, since Cabana isn't here, and the faces booked Briscoes vs. Steen/Corino. Solid enough.

Match #1: Sami Callihan vs. Metal Master
MM is Chad Collyer under a mask. Sami is good again. Not sure why this is on the DVD since neither has a future in ROH or is even pushed, so this has no point. But it's good enough. Collyer wins with a leverage pin. BOOOOOOOOOOO.
**1/4

Match #2: Necro Butcher/Rasche Brown vs. Erick Stevens/Shawn Daivari w/ Prince Nana

This feud just will not fucking die. God damnit. This is killing Necro even, who has been one of the most constantly entertaining parts of ROH. This is at least short in 6 minutes or so. Rasche beats Daivari with a Spear.
*1/2

They keep fighting, BUT STEVENS POWERBOMBS NECRO ONTO THE TOP OF TWO SET UP CHAIRS! JEEEEEEEEEEEEEESUS!

Match #3: Chris Hero w/ Shane Hagadorn vs. Petey Williams
Hero carries this cocksucker to his best ROH match yet. He guides him through matwork and generally just does a Chris Hero match to cover up Petey's awful nature. When I review TNA from 2003 on, Petey matches are going to kill me. Anyways yeah, awesome Hero control seg. He bumps well for Petey's mediocre comebacks. Still way too much contrived Petey bullshit. Hero gets the Rolling Elbow and puts on a Stretch Plum for the submission win.
**3/4

Match #4: The American Wolves vs. Dark City Fight Club

This is again not good at all. Lots of WULVEZ bullshit overly fake sequences, no-selling, and bland generic stuff going on. They do stuff and it's whatever. Eddie makes one of them tap out to the Achilles Lock.
*3/4

Match #5: Austin Aries/Rhett Titus vs. The House of Truth w/ Truth Martini

Ugh. Aries is the only good one here, and the other three absolutely take the initiative and make this really painful to watch. It's worked heel vs. heel for 18 FUCKING MINUTES. Aries also happens to be in this less than anyone else. Aries accidentally hits Titus, and the HOT win with some manner of a contrived double team for the win. HORRIBLE. FUCKING HORRIBLE. FUCK THE HOUSE OF TRUTH. WORST NON HANGMEN 3 STABLE IN ROH HISTORY.
*1/2

Aries yells at Rhett for losing and walks out on him.

Match #6: Roderick Strong vs. El Generico
A match finally delivers. A little slow to begin, but once Strong started throwing down backbreakers and shit, it was great. Some really insane new backwork from Roddy. Generico makes his usual awesome comeback and they have a great finishing run. Strong is much more aggressive now. He wins with the Sick Kick and Gibson Driver and then another Sick Kick.
***

Generico slowly gets up to a big ovation, but Steen and Corino run out to attack him. Since Cabana isn't there tonight, he has no real help, but The Briscoes run out for the save and that match begins.

Match #7: The Briscoes vs. Kevin Steen/Steve Corino
The first 2/3rds of this were great. The brawl to begin was wild and chaotic and full of hate and what not. Then Steen and Corino took over, and they ruled on offense. Really simple and yet violent stuff from Corino and Steen. They work on Mark's knee, but oh hey, Briscoes are lazy Briscoes tonight and they're not selling shit. Alright hot tag, but then Corino schoolboys Jay with the shorts for the win.
**3/4

Match #8: Tyler Black [c] vs. Kenny King [ROH World Championship]

FUCK YOU. STOP BOOKING THIS. STOP BOOKING KENNY KING AS A TOP GUY. Swear to God, it's like they think if they just keep putting him on the top of the card, he'll magically get better. And oh my god, this gets 26 minutes. Really just everything ROH at this point gets criticized for. Blatant time killing until the finishing run, contrived offense, overuse of kicks, killing finishers on a B-show where nobody thinks King has a shot. He kicks out of God's Last Gift TWICE. AWFUL. Black then just wins with a shitty Superkick. Jesus, this blew.
*3/4

What a depressing show.
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ROH Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies II
April 24th, 2010
Chicago Ridge, IL

Match #1: Sami Callihan vs. Rasche Brown

Rasche's best singles match yet, as a result of being awesome. Sami guides him to this awesome compact stuff slugfest, and he takes some insane bumps to put Rasche over. He throws awesome strikes too, and yeah. Rasche then wins with the shitty Burning Hammer.
**3/4

Match #2: Dark City Fight Club vs. The Bravado Brothers

While they suck at actual normal tag matches, they are good at squashes. This is almost a total squash. The Bravados still kind of suck, but I feel like that's an inexperience thing rather than a skill thing. DCFC win with their move.
*3/4

Match #3: Eddie Edwards w/ Shane Hagadorn vs. Metal Master

Oh my god, why would anyone ever book Eddie Edwards vs. Chad Collyer?! This might be the biggest charisma, both in-ring and more tangible charisma, black hole I've ever seen. Lots of really boring matwork before they did some stuff. It sure as fuck happened, and Eddie won with the Achilles Lock.
**

Match #4: The House of Truth w/ Truth Martini vs. Erick Stevens/Shawn Daivari w/ Prince Nana

OH MY GOD, SO AWFUL. THIS IS THE WORST UNDERCARD EVER. Heel vs. heel matches can work. Jericho vs. Christian in 2003 is one of the best examples ever. I love booking heel vs. heel matches. But here's the thing, it really only works with top level acts, and you know why? IF NEITHER OF THE HEELS ARE OVER, THE CROWD DOES NOT GIVE A SHIT. AT ALL. DOESN'T CARE A GOD DAMN BIT. AND WHY WOULD THEY? IT'S THE FUCKING HOUSE OF TRUTH VS. A POST-2008 STEVENS AND SHAWN FUCKING DAIVARI. This was also sloppy as fuck, and The Embassy wins by DQ.
*

Match #5: Roderick Strong vs. Davey Richards

Man, this was flawed (it's Roddy vs. Davey for 20 minutes in 2010), yeah, but compared to the last two awful matches, it's great. Although it's actually just average. Dragged a little in the first half, but the finishing run was a lot of fun. Gets a little ridiculous when Davey tries to FIGHTING SPIRIT~ his way out of stuff that you really can't do that too. I can buy someone momentarily fighting through pain of a head drop or a strike, but not a backbreaker or a gutbuster. Davey does some shitty Rolling Germans at the end, and the 20:00 time limit expires.
**1/2

Davey wants more time to finish it, but Strong refuses.

In the back, Rhett Titus says he's going to make it up to Austin Aries tonight by beating Petey Williams. NO.

Match #6: Rhett Titus vs. Petey Williams
This blew. Sloppy, not interesting, etc. Rhett wins by holding the ropes. MOVING ON!
*1/2

Match #7: The Briscoes vs. Austin Aries/Kenny King

This was better than I expected. King was again a weak link, but when Aries was in, it was quite good. Good control segment, since it was mostly Aries in the mach. Mark Briscoe had a fun hot tag with the redneck kung fu and the finishing run is good. King is poked in the eye and he accidentally hits Aries with the Royal Flush. They throw King out and then they hit Aries with the Doomsday Device for the win.
**3/4

Aries now yells at King for costing them the match, and he shoves Aries down. Rhett Titus comes out to make peace, and they all hug and leave.

Match #8: Tyler Black [c] vs. Chris Hero w/ Shane Hagadorn [ROH World Championship]
Hero's finest carryjob of Black yet. They don't do a section where Hero guides Black through matwork, as Hero tries to jump him, but Black counters it. Some of his stuff is good, and some isn't, but his new aggression is a better fit for him than his generic face stuff. Hero takes some great bumps. Hero then takes over and has one of his best control segments in recent memory. Tons of awesome strikes. Black comes back, and credit to them, they have some really unique exchanges. Hero gradually gets more aggressive and violent and starts talking shit to Tyler about how he's a second class World Champion and he's not Joe, Danielson, or Aries. Really awesome finishing run of counters and big moves. They avoided bullshit kickouts (I'm still amazed that King kicked out of two God's Last Gifts, making him look stronger than everyone on the roster since Black debuted), and yeah. Black retains with God's Last Gift.
***1/2

Match #9: El Generico/Colt Cabana vs. Kevin Steen/Steve Corino [Chicago Street Fight]

Corino works this in a white suit, and god fucking damnit, this is brutal. Probably the most violent ROH match since Jacobs/Aries or Jacobs/Whitmer. TONS OF HATE! Awesome frantic and chaotic crowd brawling. This reminds me a lot of the Steenerico/Briscoes street fight in Boston in 2007, but it has a lot of the kind of violence you'd get out of the Cabana/Homicide and Corino/Homicide feuds too. The best of both kinds of ROH brawls, really. They go in the crowd and shit and Steen climbs the scaffold. Corino tries to go up too, BUT GENERICO DIVES THROUGH THE MIDDLE WITH THE TORNADO DDT! GENERICO POINTS TO STEEN ON THE SCAFFOLD! THEY FIGHT ON THE SCAFFOLD, AND STEEN HITS A MICHINOKU DRIVER ON THE SCAFFOLD! Generico is hurt now, leading to a control seg of sorts on Cabana. CORINO BREAKS A BEER BOTTLE AND STABS CABANA WITH IT!

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CORINO USES A FORK TOO! AWESOME CALLBACK! They keep beating on him, and Steen goes for a Moonsault, BUT GENERICO RUNS BACK IN, AND HE PUSHES HIM OFF THE TOP THROUGH A TABLE ON THE FLOOR! Corino is busted too, and the finishing run is amazing. Lots of big stuff, and yeah. Generico has this awesome insane run at the end and Cabana puts Corino in the Billy Goat's Curse. Generico gets a barbed wire bat, AND HE PUSHES IT UP INTO CORINO'S FACE! He hangs on though, SO GENERICO HITS HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A CHAIR! Corino is out now, and the ref calls it.
****1/4
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April 26th, 2010
Philadelphia, PA


In the back, Shitstain asks Black about his match with strong on May 8th. Black says he promised Strong this, but he should be careful what he wishes for, and he'll have nobody to blame but himself.

TONIGHT: TV Title finals

Match #1: Tyler Black vs. Rhett Titus
Nothing match, once again. Black can't carry anybody. Aries and Kenny King come out at the end to try and help Rhett Titus, but Roderick Strong comes out to fight them off, and Black hits God's Last Gift to win.
*3/4

Strong says nobody's going to hurt Tyler Black until he gets him in a one on one title match, so Tyler Black calls him a little bitch. That was a dick move after he just saved his ass, and Strong feels the same way, so they have a shitty pull apart brawl.

Hype video for Black/Strong.

Match #2: Rasche Brown vs. Jobber
Another lame Rasche squash.
1/2*

Awful Daivari promo.

Match #3: Davey Richards vs. Eddie Edwards [ROH TV Title Tournament Finals]
This went how you would expect. These two facing each other really amplifies the flaws of each man. Some reasonably good matwork, but once they try to do psychology and shit, it falls apart. Eddie works the leg, Davey works the arm. Good limbwork from each man, but then neither man sells the limbs at all unless it's time to remind people that they have injured limbs. But then Davey will run and jump around and Eddie uses his arms just fine. Eddie wins the belt with the Achilles Lock.
**1/4
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ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010


ROH Wrestling
May 3rd, 2010
Philadelphia, PA


Black/Strong hype video again opens the show.

Match #1: Roderick Strong vs. Joey Ryan w/ The Embassy
Good stuff, but not as good as their 2009 match. Strong had his leg taped up and was clearly not at 100%, and this was about 90-95% Joey in control and stalling without much of a purpose, which was more fun and entertaining than actually great. Strong had an average comeback and then wins with the Stronghold.
**1/2

Clips air from after the show last week, with Eddie Edwards being interviewed, and he says the American Wolves are still very much alive. :(

Match #2: Dark City Fight Club vs. Caleb Konley/Pee Wee
Horrible squash, due to the jobbers not being good at all. It also went on way too long before finally ending.
3/4*

In a pretape, Jim Cornette talks to Necro. He says he had to suspend him for that brawl with Bison Smith a few weeks ago, but he'll lift it if he can promise to keep his matches out of the crowd. If he can do that, then from now on, ALL his matches are under Necro Butcher's Rules, and Necro agrees.

In another pretape, Austin Aries is standing by. He says he's the reason this show has been successful. He says currently, he is not interested in challenging Tyler Black again, but he has plans to reinvent himself again, and he will continue to remain the focal point of this fine show.

In a pretape, The Kings of Wrestling say the Briscoes go to the back of the line and they have to earn another title shot.

Match #3: Necro Butcher vs. Unnamed Jobber [Necro Butcher's Rules]
This was a fun squash. Hilariously though, Necro throws him over the railing in the first minute or so, before bringing him back in. Awesome job on that continuity, ROH. Good chair stuff, and Necro wins with the Tiger Driver.
**

In the back, Black is interviewed. He says he always thought he was a great judge of character (hey, what about that AOTF thing? Or fuck, Marek Brave?), and he thought he could trust Strong, but this obsession with the ROH Title has changed him, and he hopes that after he beats him this Saturday, they can go back to being friends again.

Match #4: Austin Aries vs. Delirious
Both Kenny King and Daizee Haze are at ringside. Hey shocker, this wasn't much. Aries goes for the mask. This seems like the start to a feud, which is a real waste of Aries. Aries' kick accidentally hits Delirious in the throat when he moves. He is badly hurt, and the match is stopped.
**

Haze, the referees, and Cornette all get in to check on him, and Aries feigns concern, BUT THEN HE PUNCHES HAZE IN THE FACE! YES! ARIES THROWS DELIRIOUS OUT AND HITS THE RANDY SAVAGE TRACHEA CRUSHER ON THE RAILING! Jerry Lynn comes out for the save, sealing the deal on this new feud probably not producing any great matches.
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ROH Civil Warfare
May 7th, 2010
Manassas, VA


In the back, Bobby Dempsey cuts a promo and says he's accepted Eddie Edwards' 10 minute challenge and when he lasts 10 minutes, he'll get a shot at his TV Title.

Match #1: Eddie Edwards w/ Shane Hagadorn vs. Bobby Dempsey [10 Minute Challenge]
This is another thing that got started on TV that hasn't aired yet. This was pretty good, actually. Dempsey's fat guy offense is a lot of fun, and provides a break from Edwards being generic as fuck. Eddie wins with the Achilles Lock and Dempsey does not last 10 minutes.
**1/4

Eddie gets on the mic and says he's going to make Chris Daniels tap out tomorrow night.

In the back, the Kings of Wrestling cut a promo. They say the Briscoes don't deserve a rematch for the titles, and they'll prove it tonight by beating them both in singles matches, and it will make good target practice for their match vs. the MCMG tomorrow night in New York.

Match #2: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Jay Briscoe
Good shit. Claudio has some awesome matwork and power spots and what not. Just generally being amazing. They didn't really do a ton here, but it was really solid and had a hot crowd. Good finishing run. Jay manages to slip out of the UFO into a schoolboy for the semi-upset.
**3/4

He attacks Jay post-match, and Hero runs out to help. Mark Briscoe also comes out, leading to the second match in the series.

Match #3: Chris Hero vs. Mark Briscoe
A little more action packed than CC/Jay, and thus it edges it out. Still not quite great, but really good. Lots of awesome strikes from Hero, and Mark has a good comeback. Sara Del Rey comes out for a distraction, and Hero slips on the loaded elbow, and he hits the Loaded Rolling Elbow for the win.
**3/4

Match #4: Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens w/ The Embassy

Obviously not on the level of their 2007/8 work, but that is hardly an excuse for how slow and plodding and just painfully boring this was. Strong wins with the Sick Kick. Blegh.
*3/4

In the back, Christopher Daniels cuts a promo. He says he had a reputation around here, due to his history in this company, and he knows that with that reputation, there's a lot of young guys who want to notch their guns and make their names by beating him. He says his destiny is STILL the ROH World Championship, and he'll take his first step tonight against Kevin Steen.

Match #5: Colt Cabana vs. Kenny King
Nice to have an intermission from the blood feud to see Cabana work a classic Cabana style match. Awesome comedy bullshit early on. King's control seg was a weak spot, but Cabana took over again and the finishing run was good. Steen runs out and attacks Cabana for the DQ.
**1/2

They have a big pull apart, before Steen rolls in. He waits for his match and tells referee Todd Sinclair that if he lets Cabana come out during his match, he will rape him.

Match #6: Kevin Steen vs. Christopher Daniels
Daniels was 2010 Chris Daniels, so this wasn't as great as Steen's usual stuff at this point. Still good though. Steen had some good work on the arm, but hey, it's Daniels and he's not selling a fucking thing in ROH. Steen tries to use a chair, but Colt Cabana comes out to take it from him. Daniels hits the Uranage and then the BME for the win.
**3/4

Steen is pissed and when the fans chant "OLE!" at him, he loses his shit and wrecks the ringside area.

Match #7: Austin Aries/Rhett Titus vs. Tyler Black/Delirious w/ Daizee Haze
This was the definition of a b-show main event for ROH, but also overly long for who's involved. Nothing really interesting from anyone in this, and they just sort of do stuff for 20 or so minutes, before Delirious beats Rhett with the Bizarro Driver for the win at some 20 minutes.
**
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ROH Supercard of Honor V
May 8th, 2010
New York, NY

Match #1: The Briscoes vs. Kenny King/Rhett Titus

Good stuff. Not amazing, but good. Keeping it to 12 minutes or so did them good. King and Titus still aren't improving in terms of skills or movement in the ring, but they're starting to plan out their tag matches more intelligently, in terms of when to do their spots. ANX miscommunicates and the Briscoes win with the Doomsday Device.
**1/2

King and Titus argue again post-match, but they make up.

Match #2: Erick Stevens w/ The Embassy vs. Grizzly Redwood
There was no reason for this go to 7 minutes. Drags a ton before Stevens finally ends it.
*1/2

They keep it up, but then Balls Mahoney runs out to save. What the fuck?

Match #3: Sara Del Rey w/ The Kings of Wrestling & Shane Hagadorn vs. Awesome Kong
This was a fun 7 minutes. Slight story of size/power vs. power/technique, as SDR neutralized the power by working the arm. Kong never got to make a real big comeback, unfortunately, and it ended before they could really do a finishing run. Hero throws her the loaded elbow pad, and she hits a Loaded Elbow for the win.
**1/4

In the back, Daniels cuts a shockingly great promo. He says he's heard Eddie Edwards saying some things about their match tonight, a match he asked for to try and stick up for his friend Davey. He says Eddie is telling people Daniels has come back to ROH after leaving it in search of stardom, but he clearly needs a history lesson. When ROH was founded, he was there. Hell, he was the main event. When ROH crowned its first champion in a match with Low Ki, Spanky, and Doug Williams, he was the fourth man, and he was the only one who was never pinned. He says he'll go right out and say it, ROH was built upon the reputation of Christopher Daniels. He says he came back for the title, yes, but he also came back to educate some of these kids. Some of these kids like Eddie, who are...you know...fine wrestlers, but they don't know the difference between a wrestler and an icon, which is what he is. And if Eddie can't tell the difference, he has a question and asks why is it that despite all Eddie's done, he was the tag champion for a long time, he's the first TV Champion, and hell, he's won more titles than he has in ROH, and asks after all that, WHY IS HE GOING INTO THEIR MATCH TONIGHT THE DECIDED UNDERDOG?! The answer is because he is NOT an icon, he is not Christopher Daniels, and he is merely one of the first stops back on the road to his destiny. And that is the gospel according to the Fallen Angel. FUCK, if he could only produce shit of that caliber in the ring in 2010, he might have had a much bigger impact.

Match #4: Christopher Daniels vs. Eddie Edwards w/ Shane Hagadorn
This went as you would expect. Boring first half of matwork, then Eddie works the leg. Daniels then completely refuses to sell the leg at all and they have a generic finishing run, in which Daniels uses the leg that is supposed to be hurt a lot. Daniels wins with the BME. Glad the landing didn't hurt that bad knee. Fuck you both.
**

Austin Aries comes out in an all black suit, and says he is out here to conduct a eulogy, and that eulogy is for his singles career, as he is now focusing on becoming the greatest MANAGER that ever lived! He calls out Delirious and Haze for a formal apology that ROH is making him read, but then Delirious hits him with the mic! He starts choking him with his tassles to try for revenge, but King and titus come out. They attack him and try the Spike Piledriver on Haze, but Delirious gets a chair and he runs them all off.

Match #5: Kevin Steen vs. Colt Cabana [Last Man Standing Match]
This was also really really brutal and violent. Use of tables, thumbtacks, etc. All very realistic, and it's good, you know. *** territory, maybe higher, I guess. BUT THEN BOOKING HAPPENS! EL GENERICO'S MUSIC HITS...and someone in ridiculous lucha gear who is clearly not El Generico comes out. Cabana is confused, AND CORINO HOPS THE RAILING AND KICKS HIM IN THE GROIN! THE LUCHADOR UNMASKS AS CORINO'S SON COLBY! He gets his dad a barbed wire bat, AND CORINO PATS HIS BOY ON THE HEAD APPROVINGLY! AMAZING! He gives Steen the bat but Cabana fights back! Steen gets him in the dick with the bat though and hits the PACKAGE PILEDRIVER ON THE THUMBTACKS! CROSSFACE! CORINO PUTS THE BARBED WIRE BAT INTO CABANA'S FACE IN REVENGE! Cabana doesn't get up before 10, and Steen wins.
***1/2

For whatever reason, ROH let MCMG enter to Shelley's old "Six Barrel Shotgun" theme and lets the Kings come out to "We Are The Champions" by Queen. Such a minor thing, but it proves what I've been saying and makes both teams feel like a much huger deal.

Match #6: The Kings of Wrestling [c] w/ Shane Hagadorn & Sara Del Rey vs. MCMG [ROH World Tag Team Championship]
This is worked as the absolute dream match that it is. In May 2010, I have no problems with saying these are the two best tag teams in the world, although I could see a case for Beer Money too. Great matwork from Hero and Shelley and then Claudio and Sabin work an amazing lucha sequence. The Kings are too confident, but MCMG are the one team who can actually do double teams as effectively and quickly, if not moreso, than the KOW, so they get blown away early on. The KOW take over using their power and have some awesome double teams of their own, and are dicks about it to Sabin on the apron. Sabin and Shelley get a little contrived at points, but the Kings mostly reign them in. Great hot tag from Sabin. Fantastic finishing run of huge offense, etc. Hero gets the loaded elbow on, but the Briscoes run out to attack him for the DQ. MASSIVE MASSIVE MASSIVE heat for that, but with politics, it's probably the price of booking this match.
***3/4

Hero and Claudio bail, BUT THE BRISCOES PULL DEL REY IN, AND JAY HITS SDR WITH THE JAY DRILLER!

In the back, Austin Aries finds JULIUS FUCKING SMOKES hanging around and asks for advice on being the best manager in ROH, since he's one of the best in ROH history. Smokes sings a lot and butchers Marvin Gaye and sings about how he represents America and is named Julius Smokes. He anoints him as a manager and says he's gone on up like George and Weezy and says he wants A Double to be as good a manager as he was. Smokes is randomly holding a Weekend of Thunder DVD from 2004. That was all completely nonsensical and amazing.

Match #8: Tyler Black [c] vs. Roderick Strong [ROH World Championship]
NYC turns on Black big time, immediately going nuts with "OVERRATED" chants. Took them about 2 years to catch on, but at least they got it right eventually. This didn't need 27 minutes, but it was WAY better than I expected and so much more good stuff than bad stuff. The first 20 minutes are really well paced to get over Strong's new aggression and not blow through any of their big stuff while keeping a big pace. Then it starts to fall apart. Egregious no-selling, kickouts of finishers that shouldn't be kicked out of, etc. It takes a Super God's Last Gift for Black to win after a number of ref bumps.
**3/4
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ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010


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May 10th, 2010
Philadelphia, PA

Match #1: The Briscoes vs. Dark City Fight Club [#1 Contender's Match]

This blew once again. Time to cut the DCFC loose already. The Briscoes win with some moves.
*3/4

As a result, the Briscoes will challenge the Kings for the titles on the next iPPV, Death Before Dishonor VIII on 6/19.

There's a 6 man battle royal to get into the PICK SIX~ tonight. Don't care. Nobody cares.

In the back, Fuckeyes interviews Austin Aries. He says he's proud of what he did last week, and he's going to win the battle royal because he wins at everything he does.

A pretape airs from The Embassy talking about Necro. Stevens says this is just business and Nana wants Necro out of wrestling, so he'll keep beating him down until that happens.

Match #2: Austin Aries vs. Eddie Kingston vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Joey Ryan vs. Rhett Titus vs. Rasche Brown [Battle Royal]
Them only having six dudes in this allowed them to do more stuff that wasn't meandering in theory, right? Yes. In theory. Sure as fuck didn't stop them from making this ridiculously goddamned boring. Aries' performance was good, but that was about it. Rhett holds Lynn's foot on the apron, allowing Aries to dropkick him down to the floor, and Aries wins.
**




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ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010


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May 17th, 2010
Philadelphia, PA


Clips air from Strong/Black on May 8th.

In an interview in the back from after that, Strong says it took three referees to screw him tonight, and it's obvious that Tyler Black can't beat him one on one and straight up, and he thinks Tyler knows it too.

Match #1: Kenny King/Rhett Titus vs. The House of Truth w/ Truth Martini
No idea what is up with the influx of heel/heel stuff. Cornette is more like Russo than he would like to admit, I think. Anyways, this came out of nowhere to be a fun 6 minute spotfest, BECAUSE JOSH ABERCROMBIE DECIDES TO DO A TON OF INSANE SPOTS! Able is still useless and ANX don't bring a ton to this, so it's a particularly impressive performance. ANX beats Able with the Doomsday Blockbuster.
**1/2

Clips air of the Aries/Delirious incident.

Match #2: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Andy Ridge
Quite the enjoyable CC squash. Lots of insane and amazing power spots, and Ridge did a fine job bumping around for him. Claudio wins with the UFO.
**

They randomly air the last 10 minutes of Davey/Eddie. What the fuck? Why does Jim Cornette hate me?

NEXT WEEK: Edwards vs. Cabana for the TV Title

In the back, Cabana says he's made for TV, and he is the Man vs. Food of pro wrestling, and he's going to be the Champion of TV.

The Black/Strong clip package and post-match video airs again.

In the back, Strong is interviewed. Aries comes over and says he's considering being a manager, and since Strong has had the most success teaming with A Double a few years ago, maybe he'd like to do it again and play second fiddle to the Greatest Man That Ever Lived one more time, instead of being mediocre some more. Cornette comes over and tries to talk Roddy out of it and Roddy slaps the shit out of him. They fight, and they get pulled apart.

Strong comes out for his main event match, but Aries attacks him from behind, and hits a Stroke into the railing! The referees make Aries leave. Steen gets on the mic and tells Strong that with him hurt, it's okay to give up and fight another day, but Strong gets in to a big pop.

Match #3: Kevin Steen vs. Roderick Strong
Truly unfortunate that this only went some 7 minutes, because it was quite enjoyable, but I get it because of the opening. This is mostly a Steen control segment, and he gets pretty brutal at points. Steen keeps getting on the mic and he tells Strong to just give up. Steen gets distracted by the "OLE!" chants and yells at the crowd, but it allows Strong to schoolboy him for the win!
**3/4

Steen attacks post-match, but Tyler Black runs out to save. He fights Steen off and helps Roddy up. He offers a handshake, but Strong refuses it and walks out on him.
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ROH World Champion: Tyler Black, Since 2/13/2010
ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010


ROH Wrestling
June 7th, 2010
Philadelphia, PA


I'm missing the 5/24 episode from the pack, and there is no 5/31 episode, so here we are. Apparently, Black vs. Davey for the ROH Title was announced on 5/24 for the DBD8 main event on 6/19.

But then a video airs to hype the Black/Strong feud. So there's that. Real hard sell for that iPPV main event.

TONIGHT: Black vs. Aries AGAIN. FUCK YOU.

Match #1: El Generico vs. Ricky Reyes
Good 4 minute El Generico showcase. He made Reyes look good, hit all his stuff, and then won with the Helluva Kick and the Brainbuster.
**

A video package airs on the Steen/Generico issue, AND IT IS ANNOUNCED HERE THAT ON 6/19 ON IPPV, IT WILL FINALLY BE STEEN VS. GENERICO! YES!

In the back, Cockbreath interviews Corino and Steen, about Corino vs. Lynn tonight. Corino says history is for people who can't live in the present, like Jerry Lynn. But he's better, because what Lynn doesn't get is that this game is as much mental as physical, and that's why he's a legend and Lynn is just a guy who wrestled here a long time ago. Corino walks off and Cockbreath asks Steen if he wants to say anything. He asks him if he wants some gum, and he says yes, so Steen spits his gum out onto his face. The best.

Match #2: Steve Corino vs. Jerry Lynn
Not as good as their March match, since Lynn doesn't have weapons as a crutch here. They do some stuff and it's acceptable. Colt Cabana runs out to attack Corino, and Kenny King and Kevin Steen both come out separately to attack Lynn, so the referee throws the match out.
**1/2

Lynn and King brawl to the back and Cabana is double teamed. Generico comes running out and he goes head to head with Steen, but Corino cuts Generico off with a low blow, and he throws him out. Steen then hits Cabana with the Package Piledriver. They double team him again, but Generico gets back in with a chair, and they leave.

A video airs with Davey and Black discussing their beginnings and the match and shit. Turned out better than I expected.

Match #3: Tyler Black vs. Austin Aries
This sure as fuck happened. Again, they've run this match up in various matches something like 20+ times in the last two and a half years between the AOTF vs. Aries stuff and then Black/Aries as a singles feud, so there's not really any new stuff they can do. Which is fine, but that means you don't just get to run the match again and again. Black wins with a roll up.
**1/2

King comes out to attack Black, and Aries joins in. Jerry Lynn runs out to save and they all fight. Roderick Strong comes out to go after Aries too, and then Delirious also runs out to return, and he chases Aries away through the crowd.
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ROH World Champion: Tyler Black, Since 2/13/2010
ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010


ROH Wrestling
June 14th, 2010
Philadelphia, PA

Match #1: Christopher Daniels vs. Bobby Shields

Fine enough squash for Daniels. Daniels quickly wins with the BME.
*1/2

In the back, Steve Corino has a list of people he doesn't like and makes Fucknose read it. He asks who Phillip Brooks is, and then reads off "Waffle House waitresses, Homicide, Europeans" and COLT CABANA is in bold at the bottom. He says he took Cabana off the list before, and he was wrong. His mistake. He warned Cabana for months and he went back on the list, and he will finally show Cabana that he should be careful who he sticks up for. Corino asks who else Kyle thinks is on his list, but Steen is sitting against the wall behind them and says El Generico is. He says 6 months ago, everyone saw him turn on him, not to mention every time HDNet replays the footage. He's gotten a lot of criticism for his words and his actions, but 6 months later to the day on June 19th in Toronto, they finally stand face to face. He says he knows Generico knows this, but everyone doesn't, and he stands by every single thing he's done and said in the last six months. And after June 19th, whatever the consequences may be for him, he'll stand by what he does to El Generico. But it's not all bad. In Canada, they get free health care, and El Generico will need it when they try to reattach his spine.

They show the Generico/Steen hype vid again.

Match #2: The Briscoes vs. Some Jobbers
Papa Briscoe is in the front row. The jobbers here are slow and awful at everything, and they really drag this down. Jay Driller ends it.
3/4*

After the Briscoes leave, the Kings of Wrestling come out and they ask the fans who they think will win on Saturday night. They go over to Papa Briscoe and insult him for raising stupid kids and he's made two huge mistakes in his life with Mark and Jay, AND PAPA BRISCOE HOPS THE RAIL AND ATTACKS THEM! HERO KNOCKS PAPA BRISCOE OUT WITH AN ELBOW! That was actually pretty fair, you shouldn't hop the railing. Everyone fucking knows that. The Briscoes run out after the Kings, and they run off. The Briscoes then help their dad up and curse A LOT.

Clips air of the locker room being asked about Black/Davey. Nothing special here, except for Steen saying he predicts El Generico's death and nobody cares about Black/Davey. Aries refuses to make a prediction and says he will still be the greatest man that ever lived.

Match #3: Colt Cabana vs. Steve Corino
Only about 5-6 minutes, but really good while it lasted. They use tables and chairs at the end and the ref finally just calls it a double DQ.
**3/4

Corino gets busted open with a chair shot, and Colby Corino comes out again. Cabana is distracted and it allows Kevin Steen to run out from the crowd and attack Cabana. They put a table up in the corner, and Generico runs out to save. He fights Corino to the floor, and dives on him. STEEN WITH A CANNONBALL TO CABANA THROUGH THE TABLE! GENERICO GETS BACK IN AND FIGHTS STEEN! FUCK YEAH! THEY FINALLY FIGHT ON TV! Generico gets a chair again, and Corino pulls Steen out to the floor.

In the back, 2010s Lee Marshall asks Roddy about Black/Davey. He predicts someone will get robbed, because it's obvious that ROH is protecting its golden boy, but he doesn't know if that's Davey or Black these days. He says he's getting sick of this, and he wishes someone in this company would just tell him the truth. Oh no.....

Jim Cornette brings out Davey and Black for a contract signing. They don't say much of interest at all, except for Davey saying he wants nobody out at ringside with him. Christopher Daniels then comes out and challenges whoever comes out of DBD8 as the World Champion.

A final hype video airs for DBD8.

Really great go-home show. They focused on the three big main events, and made me really want to see Generico/Steen and the tag title match. If I was still into a million kickouts, no-selling, kicking headdroppy RESPEC~ ROH 2010-12 main event style, I'd probably be hyped for the title situation too.
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ROH World Champion: Tyler Black, Since 2/13/2010
ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010


There is no DVD cover for this show, since it came as a bonus with DBD8, so I'll use the cover of the vastly superior Buffalo Stampede from 2005.

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ROH Buffalo Stampede II
June 18th, 2010
Hamburg, NY

Match #1: Delirious vs. Ernesto Osiris w/ Prince Nana

Delirious showcase, and hey, it's not any good! Shocking! Delirious wins with the Cobra Stretch.
*1/2

Match #2: Eddie Edwards w/ Shane Hagadorn vs. Tyson Dux [10 Minute Challenge]

This is not as good as Eddie/Dempsey. Dux and Dempsey are about even, but I find a fat man beating up a generic guy more interesting on an ROH show than two generic guys having a generic match. Not as well laid out as that match either. They do some stuff, and for about 9 minutes, maybe 2-3 minutes of it is actually engaging at all. Eddie wins with the Achilles Lock.
*3/4

In the back, Steve Corino cuts a promo. He says he has Tyler Black tonight, and it's not for the title, but he still has something to prove. He says he's never really had a fair shake at the top of the card in ROH, when it comes to titles, but he's alright with that, because he's been doing more important things. He says Black is young and energetic and loves pleasing the fans, but he's going to show him what being a real pro wrestler is about. He says tonight, he's going to soften him up for Kevin Steen. He says Davey is close, but he won't get the belt, and he's going to make sure that when Black walks into Chicago next month to fight Steen for that belt, he's good and hurt. He says he's going to make Tyler a man tonight, and it's going to hurt, but one day, he'll thank him.

Match #3: Colt Cabana vs. Shawn Daivari w/ The Embassy
This is probably the best Daivari match in ROH so far. Just because it's Cabana doing comedy for the first half or so. Daivari is absolutely fucking HORRIBLE in his control segment, and drags this way the fuck down. Cabana eventually wins with the Billy Goat's Curse.
**

Match #4: Roderick Strong vs. Pee Wee

Pee Wee is awful. He refuses to sell the back work at all, and Strong gets visibly frustrated with him as a result, making this sort of funny. But 12 minutes is too long for that kind of shit. Strong eventually wins with the Sick Kick.
*3/4

Match #5: The Kings of Wrestling vs. Up in Smoke

FUCK, THIS WAS GREAT! ROH still refuses to actually push them or even book them for TV anymore, but Cheech and Cloudy are fucking awesome and they have a killer match vs. the Kings. Really feels like the KOW going back to their roots, facing smaller guys who do a lot of lucha sequences, instead of bigger and spottier teams like DCFC, the Briscoes, etc. Lots of really crazy power vs. speed spots. Up in Smoke took insane bumps in the middle and that had this awesome hot tag and run of offense in the finishing run before they got shut down completely. KRS-ONE ends it for Cloudy. If ROH was run efficiently at all, Up in Smoke would be full time after this.
****

In one of the finer troll moves in ROH history, Austin Aries comes out to "The Final Countdown", days after Danielson got released for tie choking. Reminds me that somehow, ROH is the only major indy to not book Danielson during the summer of 2010. Idiots.

Match #6: Austin Aries vs. Kenny Omega
Both of these men have clearly stopped giving a shit in ROH rings. Don't blame them, but it produces below average matches. Omega shockingly wins with Croyt's Wrath.
**1/4

Match #7: The Briscoes vs. All Night Express

King and Titus have finally been coined as a team. Slightly better than their match in May, so there's that. Same basic ideas and stuff, and this time, Titus rolls up Jay with the trunks for the upset win.
**1/2

Match #8: Tyler Black vs. Steve Corino

Great performance by Corino. Black was the drizzling shits here, but Corino was awesome. Big bumping, and then great work on Black's knee. He starts getting violent too, and that was fantastic. Black then just does his usual shit with no regard for selling the knee at all. God fucking damnit. Black wins with the Buckle Bomb and the Basement Superkick.
**3/4
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ROH World Champion: Tyler Black, Since 2/13/2010
ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010



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ROH DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR VIII (IPPV)
JUNE 19TH, 2010
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA


Up in Smoke are coming out for a match to open the show, BUT EL GENERICO RUNS DOWN PAST THEM! HE GETS ON THE MIC AND YELLS "STEEN! NOW!" FUCK YEAH! Corino comes out to the entrance and says Steen doesn't work the opening match. Generico yells for it again, and Corino says he's wearing black for Generico's funeral and he should enjoy the time he has left. He yells for it again, AND STEEN RUNS OUT! YES!

Match #1: El Generico vs. Kevin Steen
Really fucking crazy opener. Tons of hate, violence, etc. Generico has an awesome opening offensive before Steen shuts it down. Really awesome and brutal control segment. Totally fucking nuts closing run of big moves and shit. They fight on top and Steen grabs the wrench used to set up the ring and he hits him with it. He then hits him with a Super Fisherman's Buster for the win.
***1/4

Match #2: All Night Express vs. Up in Smoke

Another awesome UIS performance. Great bumping, offense, etc. They've always been pretty good in ROH, but they're really getting a chance to shine this weekend and show what they've shown in CHIKARA since 2006 or so. Lots of great double teams. ANX were fine here, which is an improvement for them, but they got totally outclassed by Up in Smoke. ANX wins with the Doomsday Blockbuster.
**3/4

Post-match, King introduces the greatest MAN-ager that ever lived, Austin Aries.

Match #3: Austin Aries vs. Delirious
Better than I expected. Still not great or anything, but Delirious' best showing since the Jacobs feud ended about a year ago. He blinds Aries with the MIST~ to open and dominates. Aries takes over, but is clearly thrown off by the mist. It pisses him off too, and he goes for the throat and neck. Delirious gets mad at this, and also comes back. Pretty good finishing run. Delirious tries for the Randy Savage Spot on the guardrail to Aries in revenge, but ANX runs back out and attacks for the DQ.
**3/4

Delirious attacks them, but it allows Aries to bail out.

Match #4: Eddie Edwards vs. Tyson Dux vs. Shawn Daivari vs. Colt Cabana vs. Steve Corino vs. Roderick Strong [Gauntlet Match - Winner Gets Title Shot][
This is again typed in order of entrance. Dux/Eddie is the starting pair, and they do some stuff. It's whatever. Dux wins...which...wow. I mean, yeah, Eddie Edwards blows. Generic as fuck. But he IS the TV Champion and shouldn't be losing to a local guy who never makes TV or non-Canadian shows on the biggest show ROH has put on in a while. Daivari is next and Dux vs. Daivari SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS. Daivari wins. Cabana is in next and quickly gets rid of Daivari to try and save this shit. Corino is next and Corino vs. Cabana is awesome..........for 4 minutes. They get the shortest time of all the pairings, except Cabana/Daivari, which was like a minute. Horrible. Cabana gets a roll up to win, but Corino attacks post-match. Strong is in last and he goes nuts on Cabana to win.
*1/2

COMING TO ROH ON THE NEXT IPPV: WGTT! Shame they stayed past that one show, since they're absolutely dreadful as full time guys.

BUT NEVERMIND THAT SHIT, GENERICO AND STEEN BRAWL OUT FROM THE BACK INTO THE RING! YES! Generico gets a chair and has Steen on his knees in a reverse of Final Battle, but Steve Corino comes out to save. Colt Cabana also runs out and all of them fight. It is awesome and they get pulled apart. Generico takes off Bobby Cruise's tie AND GENERICO CHOKES STEEN WITH THE TIE! Prazak says he should be fired. LAME. They finally get pulled apart.

Match #5: Christopher Daniels vs. Kenny Omega
Good for what they're capable of. Not amazing, but average spotfest X-Division style stuff. Average matwork, etc. Daniels had some solid neck work. Omega can't sell worth a fuck, but then neither can Daniels, so that was going to be a thing no matter how this went. Then they had a good finishing run. Daniels wins with the BME.
**1/2

Match #6: The Kings of Wrestling [c] w/ Shane Hagadorn vs. The Briscoes [ROH World Tag Team Championship - No DQ]

The Briscoes come from the crowd to get the jump on the Kings. Pretty awesome brawl. Everyone but Claudio bled, it was under 20 minutes, had a white hot crowd, some really awesome spots, etc. And there was only ONE ridiculous kickout, which for a Briscoes match (apart from their peaks in 03-04 and 06) is really amazing. That kickout was Jay kicking out of the Loaded Elbow. Really cool way to isolate a man in a No DQ match as Hero used a spare bootlace to tie Mark Briscoe against the ringpost by the throat. He got cut loose after a few minutes, but was obviously hurt from being choked out. Anyways, awesome finishing run. Hero puts the loaded elbow pad on his boot and as Claudio does a Giant Swing to Mark, Hero comes in with a Loaded Sliding Dropkick for the win.
****

Match #7: Tyler Black [c] vs. Davey Richards [ROH World Championship]

Swear to God, this was better than when I watched it in 2010. Cornette on commentary might be the worst part of this, as he's just constantly taking shots at WWE and Triple H, and okay yeah, a lot of that stuff is bullshit, but when he's not being funny at all and it's clearly forced, it's lame as fuck. They begin with a nice story with Davey trying to keep it on the mat, where he's better, but Black frustrating him by hanging with him hold for hold. Davey gets mad and uses a lot of strikes. Good control segment, but it ended too soon with how long this went. The "finishing run" went about 15-20 minutes. It had a ton of really cool stuff. And I mean really really cool stuff. Reminds me a lot of Davey/Omega, in that they paced themselves really well so that, while there wasn't a ton of substance, they never lost steam and it felt like it peaked when it ended. They had a small story of Black having more success going to the air and Davey having more with strikes. There was no real egregious no-selling, so there wasn't a ton to hate here apart from a few kickouts. I could see someone hating this, but they put in a ton of effort and I felt more about this was good than bad. Smart finish as Davey keeps avoiding God's Last Gift using his free arm, so Black invents a Wrist Clutch-God's Last Gift for the win.
***

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ROH World Champion: Tyler Black, Since 2/13/2010
ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010


ROH Wrestling
June 21st, 2010
Philadelphia, PA


TONIGHT: ANX vs. Lynn/Delirious. Joy.

Match #1: Eddie Edwards w/ Shane Hagadorn vs. Mike Westgate [10 Minute Challenge]
Good 2 minute squash. Eddie wins with the Achilles Lock with some nice stomps to the head during the hold.
*3/4

In the back, Aries hypes up ANX's debut with his managerial services tonight. He says he succeeds at everything, so they will be successful tonight, and he brings in some whores for them after they win tonight.

Match #2: Sara Del Rey vs. Reggie
Reggie is horrible and this went 5 minutes. Way too long for a match with this much offense from a woman who isn't SDR. SDR has like 1-2 minutes of offense total. :( The Kings and Hagadorn have to come out for a distraction and Del Rey wins with a Piledriver. Odd way to get over a dominating woman.
3/4*

Match #3: Rasche Brown vs. Jobber

Another horrible Rasche squash.
1/2*

Erick Stevens come out and then he and Rasche have a boring pull apart brawl.

Delirious and Lynn come out for the main event. Aries gets on the mic after his team comes out. He says Delirious will not be fighting him any time soon, Death Before Dishonor not withstanding. He says Jim Cornette finally got the ROH Title off of him, but he is now retired and focusing on managing, so it looks like he's beat Cornette once again. This is an awesome twist, kudos to ROH and/or Aries, whoever came up with this.

Match #4: Jerry Lynn/Delirious vs. All Night Express w/ Austin Aries
Of course, that doesn't mean this match is good. Bland stuff, with ANX not really doing anything interesting like they had been starting to do in recent matches. Delirious dives after Aries and runs him off, but that allows Lynn to be all alone. They are now doing a shitty looking Cuban Missile Crisis, which ends it before Delirious can come back in.
*3/4

ANX tries to Spike Piledrive Delirious now, but Lynn gets a chair and runs them off. Booking is good, but none of the matches it will lead to are appealing.
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ROH World Champion: Tyler Black, Since 2/13/2010
ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010


ROH Wrestling
June 28th, 2010
Philadelphia, PA

Match #1: Kevin Steen w/ Steve Corino vs. Bobby Shields

Corino has a mic on the floor and does running commentary. Steen also joins in a little bit, and it is wonderful. Really just an amazing squash. Corino claims he invented the Powerbomb in 1984 and says the divorce rate just skyrocketed when Steen takes his shirt off. Steen wins with the Crossface.
**1/4

Stevens vs. Necro is set to happen, but they announce in the back that Necro is hurt after the Powerbomb on the chairs in Dayton on 4/23. Shithands says he talked to Necro and Necro has said people will see a new side of Necro tonight.

Necro comes out when Stevens is in the ring and says he can't afford to feed his family if he keeps wrestling The Embassy in Necro Butcher's Rules matches, so he has to save his strength until he's fully recovered, and he brings out Grizzly Redwood as his replacement.

Match #2: Erick Stevens w/ The Embassy vs. Grizzly Redwood
7 minutes was too long, but was slightly better than in May. Redwood wins with a roll up.
**

The Embassy attacks Redwood now but Rasche Brown runs out to save. He attacks them, but falls victim to the numbers game when Stevens gets a low blow. They lay him out and Nana introduces the new Crown Jewel of The Embassy! Jimmy Rave's old amazing music hits, AND NECRO BUTCHER COMES OUT IN A SUIT AND THE JIMMY RAVE ROBE! HOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT AMAZING! He hits Rasche with the Backbreaker on the chairs and hugs Nana. This is insane and awesome.

Highlights air from DBD8 to encourage one to buy the replay. Strikes me as potentially the last great ROH show. Although Final Battle 2010 could be that show.

Match #3: Up in Smoke vs. The House of Truth
Another good Cheech and Cloudy carryjob. This being ROH, they lose again. :(
**1/4

NEXT WEEK: KOW vs. DCFC, Wolves vs. Strong/Daniels

Match #4: Tyler Black vs. El Generico
Once again, Generico manages to channel a generic highspot guy into a great match. Good lucha stuff, highspots, etc. Generico is about to win, but Steen comes out and attacks Generico for a DQ.
***

He beats on Generico, but Black Superkicks him!
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Top 25 Matches of the Half-Year:

1. El Generico/Colt Cabana vs. Kevin Steen/Steve Corino, Bitter Friends Stiffer Enemies 2 (April 24th)
2. The Kings of Wrestling [c] vs. The Briscoes, Death Before Dishonor VIII (June 19th)
3. The Kings of Wrestling vs. Up in Smoke, Buffalo Stampede II (June 18th)
4. The Kings of Wrestling [c] vs. MCMG, Supercard of Honor V (May 8th)
5. Tyler Black [c] vs. Chris Hero, Bitter Friends Stiffer Enemies 2 (April 24th)
6. Chris Hero vs. El Generico, Epic Encounter III (March 20th)
7. Kevin Steen vs. Colt Cabana, Supercard of Honor V (May 8th)
8. Austin Aries vs. Jushin Liger, SoCal Showdown (January 29th)
9. El Generico vs. Kevin Steen, Death Before Dishonor VIII (June 19th)
10. Kevin Steen vs. Human Tornado, SoCal Showdown (January 29th)
11. Davey Richards vs. Kenny Omega, Epic Encounter III (March 20th)
12. El Generico/Colt Cabana vs. Kevin Steen/Steve Corino, The Big Bang (April 3rd)
13. The Briscoes [c] vs. The Kings of Wrestling, The Big Bang (April 3rd)
14. Chris Hero vs. Kenny Omega, ROH Wrestling (January 11th)
15. Steve Corino vs. Jerry Lynn, Phoenix Rising (March 27th)
16. Tyler Black [c] vs. Davey Richards, Death Before Dishonor VIII (June 19th)
17. El Generico/Colt Cabana vs. The American Wolves, Phoenix Rising (March 27th)
18. Kevin Steen vs. Player Dos, Epic Encounter III (March 20th)
19. Kenny Omega vs. Rocky Romero, Phoenix Rising (March 27th)
20. Colt Cabana/El Generico vs. Scott Lost/Scorpio Sky, SoCal Showdown (January 29th)
21. Necro Butcher/Eddie Kingston vs. Joey Ryan/Erick Stevens, 8YA (February 13th)
22. The Kings of Wrestling vs. Scott Lost/Scorpio Sky, From The Ashes (March 26th)
23. Kevin Steen vs. Scott Lost, Phoenix Rising (March 27th)
24. Tyler Black vs. El Generico, ROH Wrestling (June 28th)
25. Roderick Strong vs. El Generico, Pick Your Poison (April 23rd)


Wrestler of the Half-Year: Chris Hero/Kevin Steen (TIE)

Tag Team of the Half-Year: The Briscoes :(

Show of the Half-Year: Death Before Dishonor VIII
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ROH World Champion: Tyler Black, Since 2/13/2010
ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010


ROH Wrestling
July 5th, 2010
Philadelphia, PA

Match #1: The Kings of Wrestling w/ SDR & Hagadorn vs. Dark City Fight Club

DCFC again are not much but the Kings manage to make this at least average. They do stuff and the Briscoes run out to attack the Kings for a DQ.
**1/2

The Briscoes and KOW have an awesome pullapart.

A recap airs of Necro joining The Embassy.

Match #2: Daizee Haze vs. Jamillia Craft
This happened. It was a match. Haze won.
*

Recap of the Aries/Delirious stuff.

Match #3: Roderick Strong/Christopher Daniels vs. The American Wolves w/ Shane Hagadorn
Some of this was good, but it got into Wolves-y overkill bullshit territory by the end. Opening matwork had some bright spots, and then it degenerated into bullshit no-selling/fighting spirit/contrived shit. Davey wins with a German Superplex on Daniels.
**1/2
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ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010


ROH Wrestling
July 12th, 2010
Philadelphia, PA

Match #1: Necro Butcher w/ The Embassy vs. Bobby Beverly [No DQ]

This is not the 3rd Beverly brother. :( But it is an awesome Necro squash. Necro wins with a Tiger Driver on a chair.
**

Aries/Delirious recap.

Match #2: Eddie Edwards vs. Andy Ridge [10 Minute Challenge]
Edwards does alright again in a 3 minute squash. Achilles Lock ends it.
*1/2

TONIGHT: Black/Delirious/Lynn vs. Aries/ANX

Jim Cornette brings out Roderick Strong for an interview. He cuts an absolutely horrible awkward promo about how he finally got someone to show him the truth, and he brings out his new manager and spiritual guide, Truth Martini. Strong joins the House of Truth, and fully turns heel. Absolutely awful, and this really marks the end of Strong as a top level wrestler in ROH, despite him still being good in PWG.

Recap of the Steen/Corino vs. Generico/Cabana stuff recently.

NEXT WEEK: GENERICO/CABANA VS. STEEN/CORINO - ANYTHING GOES

Match #3: Tyler Black/Jerry Lynn/Delirious vs. Austin Aries/All Night Express
Good not great, which to be fair, is more than I expected. ANX again look improved, but aren't quite great. Aries is solid, but is lacking that spark he had for most of the last year and a half. The faces are generally alright too. Black has a good hot tag, and it breaks down at the end with a dive train from the faces. They keep brawling on the floor, and it goes to a double count out.
**3/4

Black gets back in for a final dive, BUT KEVIN STEEN SLIDES IN AND HITS HIM WITH THE PACKAGE PILEDRIVER! FUCK YEAH! They hype up their title match in Chicago on 7/24 big time
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ROH World Champion: Tyler Black, Since 2/13/2010
ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010

ROH Wrestling
July 19th, 2010
Philadelphia, PA

Match #1: Up in Smoke vs. The Set

Awesome UIS showcase match. The Set are good jobbers. Up in Smoke hits the Tidal Wave, which is the old LE CANNONBALL, to get the win.
**1/2

A horrible video airs on the Rasche Brown/Embassy feud.

THIS SATURDAY IN CHICAGO: BLACK VS. STEEN FOR THE WORLD TITLE

Match #2: Sara Del Rey vs. Jamilla Craft
Enjoyable 2 minute SDR squash. She wins with the Piledriver.
*3/4

In the back, Strong and Truth cut a horrible promo.

In the back, the Kings of Wrestling cut a promo. Hero says they beat the Briscoes TWICE, and that combined with the Briscoes laying their hands on the Queen, Sara Del Rey, last May, the Briscoes are not getting a title shot again. They are sore losers and they are unprofessional. He says he never intended to beat up their dad, but he hit him first, and they are officially declaring ROH to be a hazardous working environment.

Match #3: Rasche Brown vs. Erick Stevens w/ The Embassy
This is pretty alright for the 3 minutes it lasts, and then Necro attacks Rasche for the DQ.
*3/4

They beat on Rasche, but then horribly, DCFC runs out to save.

Hype for the tag main event.

Match #4: El Generico/Colt Cabana vs. Kevin Steen/Steve Corino [Anything Goes]
Not quite as great as the 4/24 Chicago match due to being less insane and bloody and with an inferior Arena crowd, but it managed to be completely different and still great. Corino responding to a "WE WANT TABLES" chant by yelling that he doesn't need tables and he never has was fantastic. Instead of crazy spot after crazy spot, they build to one or two totally insane spots. Corino takes Cabana off a table platform on the top with a Northern Lights Bomb down through another table for the win.
***1/4
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ROH World Champion: Tyler Black, Since 2/13/2010
ROH World Tag Team Champions: The Kings of Wrestling, Since 4/3/2010
ROH Television Champion: Eddie Edwards. Since 4/26/2010


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ROH Bluegrass Brawl
July 22nd, 2010
Louisville, KY


Cornette comes out and hypes up the fans by putting over OVW and their talent on the first half tonight. So this is where the awful OVW-ization of ROH by Cornette began. Shame the OVW guys had to come with the building, because while they suck, the building is great.

Match #1: Beef Wellington vs. Paredyse
This sucked. It's not the entertaining Beef Wellington. Generic bullshit that has no place on an actual card from a semi-big time wrestling company. Beef wins with a terrible cradle.
1/2*

Match #2: The Elite vs. Sucio/Fang

This on the other hand, was a fun match from the local guys. They have some fun spots and one of the Elite guys gets a pin in the ropes to win.
**1/2

Match #3: Sara Del Rey vs. Daizee Haze

This is a SDR/Haze match. It's good stuff, but at this point, this is the most played out match in womens' wrestling. Del Rey controls and it is mostly very awesome. Haze does some stuff and then gets a surprisise Victory Roll for the win.
**1/2

Match #4: Delirious vs. Mike Mondo

Average stuff. Mondo really isn't impressive at all, but Cornette clearly fucking loves him for whatever reason, as he is put over strong in defeat and has since become a permanent roster member. Delirious wins with the Shadows Over Hell on MIKEY!
**

Match #5: Chris Hero vs. Colt Cabana

Clearly MOTN to this point. Basic story of matwork vs. strikes, but it's two of the best in the company, so they run with it and make it work. Really fun goofy Cabana matwork before Hero starts throwing some awesome strikes. Everything looks really awesome and brutal and Cabana's selling is good. He makes the big comeback and they have quite the finishing run. Cabana turns while Hero tries the Death Blow, and he gets a Jackknife Pin for the win.
***

Match #6: Austin Aries/All Night Express vs. Roderick Strong/The House of Truth w/ Truth Martini

Once more, an unnecessary heel vs. heel match is not good. Both teams heel it up and the only really good pairing in this is Strong/Aries. Stuff happens, and after interference from Truth, Strong beats Rhett with the Sick Kick.
**

Match #7: Tyler Black vs. Claudio Castagnoli

This was awesome. Great Claudio carryjob. Guides him through matwork, and then controls with some really awesome power stuff. To his credit, Black bumps and sells well. He's actually a good seller as long as he doesn't have to sell an arm or a leg or anything. It's a lesser level of selling, but whatever. Awesome finishing run. Black didn't need to kick out of the Ricola Bomb since this is only really non-title, but that's my only real gripe. Black Superkicks Claudio out of the air, and then hits a Basement Superkick to win.
***

Match #8: The Briscoes vs. The American Wolves

This happened again. 25 minutes. They tried to work a normal tag format with a control segment on the leg, like all the awesome Wolves tags in 2009. Which is a great idea in theory, BUT IT'S THE FUCKING BRISCOES AND THEY'RE NOT SELLING A FUCKING THING! Finishing run had some cool stuff, but was overlong. Spike Jay Driller is the end for Eddie Edwards.
**1/2


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ROH HATE: Chapter II
July 23rd, 2010
Collinsville, IL

Match #1: The House of Truth w/ Truth Martini vs. The Bravado Brothers

HOT squash. Which means they controlled most of it, so it was horrible. Also, it went like 9 minutes, which was just ridiculously long. The H.O.T. wins with some manner of a contrived double team.
*1/4

Match #2: Erick Stevens w/ Prince Nana vs. Grizzly Redwood

This was about as good as all their other matches. Grizzly took some fun bumps, etc. Stevens accidentally runs into the post when Grizzly moves, so Necro Butcher comes out and he attacks Redwood with a chair on the floor for a DQ.
**

They keep up the attack and then Rasche Brown runs out to save. He and Necro have a really awesome brawl and then a pull apart. Grizzly is involved too AND RASCHE PRESS SLAMS NECRO OFF THE APRON TO THE FLOOR! JESUS CHRIST! The Embassy tries to bail after this, so Brown hurls Grizzly at them like a lawndart. That made Rasche look actually awesome for once.

Match #3: Colt Cabana vs. Roderick Strong w/ Truth Martini
Strong is really boring and mediocre as a heel now, despite Cabana's best efforts. Cabana entertains early on, but this gets incredibly dull when Strong takes over. Cabana has a good comeback though and the finishing run has some really good stuff. Truth interferes, allowing Roddy to hit the Death by Roderick and Sick Kick for the win.
**1/2

Match #4: The American Wolves vs. The Young Bucks

I'm not calling them Generation Me. That's a horrible name. Anyways, this was different from their previous matches, as the Bucks are working heel here. They have a good cheap shotting heel routine usually, but they sort of just stopped being heelish after the first half. Opening dragged a little too long and then they never really had any kind of focus or control seg before they began throwing out moves. I appreciate the clarity into what all four really care about, but it took away from it, since when all you have is moves, you can't afford to do a lot of the same stuff you've done in previous matches. They did have some really cool new stuff though, and it wasn't totally contrived. Eddie wins with the Achilles Lock.
**3/4

Davey gets on the mic and says next time ROH comes back, he wants the hardest match ROH can find.

Match #5: Tyler Black/Jerry Lynn/Delirious w/ Daizee Haze vs. Austin Aries/All Night Express
While their HDNet match was better than expected due to them keeping it short and simple, this got 16 minutes and was very very mediocre. They all kind of just do stuff, and the crowd is sort of dead after the last match. Haze distracts Aries at the end, and Delirious gets a roll up for the win.
**

Aries is mad, AND ARIES GRABS HAZE AND RUNS TO THE BACK WITH HER! Delirious and Lynn fight to the back with ANX, leaving Tyler Black alone. He gets up AND KEVIN STEEN RUNS OUT AND ATTACKS! He puts on the Crossface, AND EL GENERICO RUNS OUT TO SAVE! IT'S ON!

Match #6: El Generico vs. Kevin Steen
This ruled, obviously. Not as hot of a crowd as Toronto and not as much of a big epic war, but it's almost as good. Stronger heel performance by Steen. Constant shit talking, showing Generico off to the crowd and grabbing Generico masks off kids in the front row. Generico has a fantastic fiery comeback and then they do some awesome insane stuff on the floor. They go back in and it sort of drags for a few moments near the end. Steen then hits Generico with a chair on the floor and it is a DQ.
***

Steen gets a chain now, and he attacks Generico and the ref. Cabana comes out, but he also gets it. Steen starts to choke Cabana with it, but Generico is up now, and he fights him off. He gets the chain and chokes Steen with it, and they go to the floor. Generico finds the merch tabe and drags it over near the hardcam scaffold. He hits Steen with several chair shots to knock him silly, and then he climbs the scaffold. FLYING SPLASH OFF THE SCAFFOLD TO STEEN THROUGH THE TABLE! AWESOME! OLE! Generico appears to have won tonight, although not with an actual pinfall.

Match #7: The Kings of Wrestling/Sara Del Rey vs. The Briscoes/Amazing Kong
This was good, but for whatever reason, not quite great. Sort of just plodded along in the first half, and then the second half ruled. KOW's control seg was good, but just sort of missing that little extra something that they've had lately. Felt almost restrained. Finishing run was really fun though. The Kings are going for the KRS-ONE, but Mark tackles Claudio, allowing Jay to turn it into a Victory Roll on Hero to win.
**3/4
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