ROH 7th Anniversary Show (3/21/09)

Kenny King & Rhett Titus vs. Roderick Strong & Erick Stevens ***1/4

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brent Albright ***3/4
I might be overrating this at first, so I'll watch it a second time. But on my first watch, I really enjoyed it. Probably the best match these two can have together.

Adam Pearce vs. Bobby Dempsey DUD

Mike Quackenbush vs. Jerry Lynn ***1/4
Pretty disappointing, considering the guy that's gonna win the world title on your very next show is wrestling a 10-minute match against a guy that's not even an ROH regular. I love Quack, but this match was VERY lackluster.

Revolution Rules Match
Austin Aries, Jimmy Jacobs & Brodie Lee vs. Tyler Black, Necro Butcher & Delirious ***1/2

Bison Smith & Jimmy Rave vs. Bryan Danielson & Colt Cabana **1/2
This match had two things going for it, the returns of Rave and Cabana, especially Cabana. It wasn't much of a match. I hope this Embassy feud picks up and becomes interesting in June.

D-Lo Brown vs. Jay Briscoe ***

No DQ for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
Kevin Steen & El Generico (c) vs. Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards ****

ROH World Championship
Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. KENTA ****3/4
This match was EPIC, in my opinion.

Really awesome show. I'm interested to see more opinions on this show.

ROH Fifth Year Festival: Finale (3/4/07)

Delirious vs. Colt Cabana **1/2
Very funny match

Sara Del Rey & Allison Danger vs. Jetta & Eden Black **1/4

Falls Count Anywhere
Jimmy Jacobs vs. BJ Whitmer ***1/2

PAC vs. Matt Sydal ***3/4

Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Briscoe ****

ROH World Tag Team Championship
Shingo & Naruki Doi (c) vs. Roderick Strong & Davey Richards ****1/4

Fight Without Honor
Jimmy Rave vs. Nigel McGuinness ***3/4

Homicide vs. Samoa Joe ****1/2

VERY good show. I should be getting FYF: Liverpool in the mail today, along with at least 3 others. I got this one, together with Nowhere to Run, yesterday.

TNA Sacrifice (5/24/09)

Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin & Shiek Abdul Bashir vs. Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed & Eric Young ****

Monster's Ball
Daffney vs. Taylor Wilde 3/4

TNA X-Division Championship
Suicide (c) vs. Christopher Daniels ***1/4

TNA Knockouts Championship
Angelina Love (c) vs. Awesome Kong **1/4

Kevin Nash vs. Samoa Joe **1/4

Robert Roode & James Storm vs. Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams ***

I Quit Match for TNA Legends Championship
AJ Styles (c) vs. Booker T ***1/4

Ultimate Sacrifice Match
Mick Foley vs. Kurt Angle vs. Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett ***1/2

Solid show all around. Though aside from the opener, which was fantastic, the wrestling was sorta slow-paced.

PWG Express Written Consent (2/21/09)

Scorpio Sky vs. Zokre ***1/4

B-Boy vs. TJ Perkins ***1/2

El Generico vs. Kenny Omega ****

Necro Butcher vs. Austin Aries **3/4

PWG World Championship
Chris Hero (c) vs. Human Tornado vs. Colt Cabana ***3/4

Matt & Nick Jackson & Paul London vs. Joey Ryan, Scott Lost & Karl Anderson ****1/4

Really good show with a hot crowd. Definitely worth picking up.

PWG The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (1/10/09)

Phoenix Star & Zokre vs. Dustin & Brandon Cutler ***1/2

Austin Aries vs. TJ Perkins ***1/2

Joey Ryan vs. Bobby Quance ***3/4
Classic WWF spots FTW.

Bryan Danielson vs. Scott Lost ****

Chuck Taylor vs. El Generico ***1/4

PWG World Tag Team Championship
Matt & Nick Jackson (c) vs. Roderick Strong & Davey Richards ****1/2

Awesome show. Not one bad second.

ROH Final Battle 2005 (12/17/05)

Jimmy Rave vs. Milano Collection AT ***1/4

Azrieal vs. Colt Cabana **1/4

ROH Pure Championship
Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli ***1/2

Alex Shelley vs. Steve Corino ***

Jay Lethal vs. BJ Whitmer vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe ***3/4

Davey Andrews vs. Ricky Reyes DUD

ROH Tag Team Championship
Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro (c) vs. Austin Aries & Roderick Strong ***3/4

ROH World Championship
Bryan Danielson (c) vs. Naomichi Maurfuji ****1/4

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship
KENTA (c) vs. Low Ki *****

None of this needs any explanation. Great show. A must-see, IMO.

ROH Bound By Hate (11/8/08)

Davey Richards vs. Jerry Lynn ***

Kenny King & Rhett Titus vs. Delirious & Brodie Lee **3/4

Eddie Edwards & Go Shiozaki vs. Erick Stevens & Roderick Strong ***1/2

Dog Collar Match
Jimmy Jacobs vs. Austin Aries ****1/2

Alex Payne vs. Grizzly Redwood 1/2
Not sure why this match was even on the card.

Tyler Black vs. Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson ***1/2

ROH World Championship
Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. Necro Butcher **3/4

ROH World Tag Team Championship
Kevin Steen & El Generico (c) vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe ***3/4

Damn good show. Worth a looksey.

ROH Insanity Unleashed (3/14/09)

Spyder Nate Webb vs. Flash Flannigan **1/2

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson ***

Chris Hero vs. Jay Briscoe ***1/4

Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Kenny King & Rhett Titus ***1/2

No Disqualifications
Jimmy Jacobs vs. Delirious **3/4

Nigel McGuinness & Austin Aries vs. Tyler Black & Jerry Lynn ***3/4

This was a lot better than Stylin' & Profilin'. Worth checking it out.

ROH Stylin' & Profilin' (3/13/09)

Jay Briscoe vs. Roderick Strong ***1/4

Chris Hero, Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards vs. Kevin Steen, El Generico & Bobby Dempsey ***3/4

Bison Smith vs. Bryan Danielson **1/2
It saddens me to have to give a match involving Danielson less than 3 stars, but this match truly doesn't deserve it. It probably doesn't even deserve more than 2 stars.

Jerry Lynn & Tyler Black vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Delirious **3/4

ROH World Championship
Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. Brent Albright ***

I didn't see every match on this show, but from these five that I saw, I'm guessing it wasn't much of an impressive show.

ROH Ring of Homicide (5/13/06)

Kikutaro vs. Colt Cabana *1/2

Dunn & Marcos vs. Homicide & Ricky Reyes ***1/4

Jimmy Rave vs. Jimmy Yang ***1/4

ROH Pure Championship
Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. Jay Lethal ***3/4
I really enjoyed this match. They did a lot of great wrestling, along with some nice spots. Awesome match.

ROH World Championship
Bryan Danielson (c) vs. Delirious ****
I was really surprised by this match. I thought it was going to be a lot shorter than it was. It went about 20 minutes and it was really a very good match. Delirious did well. Danielson was... well, Danielson.

Matt Sydal vs. Christopher Daniels ***1/2

ROH World Tag Team Championship
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong (c) vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe ****

Necro Butcher vs. Homicide (No Disqualifications)***1/2

Awesome show. Definitely worth seeing.

ROH Steel City Clash (3/20/09)

Pre-Show: Brandon Morino vs. Shiima Xion **1/4
Good, fast paced action. Give these guys 10 minutes and you got a solid *** match. Two talented dudes.

Pre-Show: Tony Kozina & Brandon Day vs. Alex Payne & Grizzly Redwood *
Not much of a match.

Sterling James Keenan vs. Delirious **1/4

Kenny King & Rhett Titus vs. Erick Stevens & Matt Cross **3/4

Mike Quackenbush vs. Bryan Danielson ****
I loved this match. It was pretty awesome, IMO.

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brent Albright vs. Jerry Lynn ***1/4

Jimmy Jacobs & Brodie Lee vs. Tyler Black & Necro Butcher ***1/2

Austin Aries vs. Roderick Strong ***3/4

El Generico & KENTA vs. Davey Richards & Nigel McGuinness ****1/4

Pretty damn good show. Definitely worth getting, IMO.

ROH The French Connection (11/7/08)

Eddie Edwards vs. Erick Stevens **3/4

Kenny Omega & Kenny King vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe ***1/4

Necro Butcher vs. Brodie Lee *3/4

Jerry Lynn vs. Delirious **

Roderick Strong vs. Davey Richards ****

Tyler Black & Jimmy Jacobs vs. Bryan Danielson & Austin Aries ***3/4

ROH World Championship
Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. El Generico vs. Kevin Steen vs. Go Shiozaki ***1/2

Nothing really special about this show, other than Strong/Davey. Good show though. Four matches above ***, definitely worth seeing.

ROH Undeniable (10/6/07)

Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black vs. Ruckus & Jack Evans **3/4

Sara Del Rey vs. Daizee Haze **
It was very short, but it was good while it lasted. Would have been a higher rating if it had gone at least 4 more minutes.

Chris Hero vs. Bryan Danielson ***1/4
This match had potential that it didn't live up to. Not their fault, though, as they were only given 10 minutes.

Adam Pearce, Brent Albright & BJ Whitmer vs. Kevin Steen, El Generico & Delirious ***

Roderick Strong vs. Austin Aries ****1/2

ROH World Tag Team Championship
Jay & Mark Briscoe (c) vs. Davey Richards & Rocky Romero ****1/4

ROH World Championship
Takeshi Morishima (c) vs. Nigel McGuinness ****1/4

I really liked this show. 3 matches with at least ****1/4. Can't argue with that shit. Excellent show.

ROH Proving Ground 2009 - Night 2 (2/7/09)

Jerry Lynn vs. Shawn Osborne **3/4

Kenny King & Rhett Titus vs. The British Lions (Chris Gray & Tommy Taylor) **1/2
Gray and Taylor aren't impressive at all.

Bison Smith vs. John Kermon DUD
Even more of a squash than the one against Rinauro. Kermon's entrance wasn't even shown on the DVD.

Davey Richards vs. Kevin Steen ***1/4

Necro Butcher & Tyler Black vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Delirious ***1/4

Austin Aries vs. Brad Attitude ***1/4
Aries attempts to steal the show. The match was surprisingly good. Attitude is pretty impressive.

Brent Albright, Erick Stevens & Roderick Strong vs. Jon Davis, Kory Chavis & Francisco Ciatso ***3/4
This was a very good match. All six men looked good. Ciatso surprised me, I didn't expect much out of him, he can go.

Bryan Danielson vs. El Generico ****
A lot of playing to the crowd, but the action picks up and it became it an awesome, awesome contest. The finish was awesome, and very well done.

ROH World Championship
Nigel McGuinness vs. D-Lo Brown ***1/2

This show was a lot better than Night 1.

ROH Proving Ground 2009 - Night 1 (2/6/09)

Brad Attitude vs. Shawn Osborne **1/2

Bison Smith vs. Sal Rinauro DUD
Squash. Served it's purpose.

Kenny King, Rhett Titus & Chasyn Rance vs. Roderick Strong, Erick Stevens & Bobby Dempsey ***1/2
This match was a lot of fun. Dempsey actually held his own and had some nice looking offense. He's a bit sloppy though. Fast paced match, awesome, hard-hitting.

Necro Butcher vs. Austin Aries ***
I don't know how often Necro uses a top rope rana, but it was very scary seeing him do that.

Jimmy Jacobs & Delirious vs. Bryan Danielson & Jerry Lynn ***1/2

Non-Title Match
Nigel McGuinness vs. Brent Albright ***3/4

Non-Title Match
Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis & Kory Chavis) vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico ***1/4
Davis & Chavis are a solid tag team. They do a lot of nice double teams, and they can sure brawl.

Davey Richards vs. Tyler Black ***3/4
I expected this one to be a lot better. It was good, but it could have been great. Sweeney wearing a floral shirt tied in the front and a neck brace was a sight though.

ROH Final Battle 2008 (12/27/08)

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Kenny Omega **3/4

Four Corner Survival
Chris Hero vs. Necro Butcher vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Rhett Titus ***1/2

ROH World Tag Team Championship
Kevin Steen & El Generico (c) vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Delirious ***1/4

Street Fight
Davey Richards, Eddie Edwards & Go Shiozaki vs. Roderick Strong, Erick Stevens & Brent Albright ***3/4

Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe ****

Tyler Black vs. Austin Aries ****1/4

ROH World Championship
Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji ****1/2

Fight Without Honor
Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima ****3/4

CHIKARA King of Trios 2009 - Night 3 (3/29/09)

Semi-Final Match #1
Team Uppercut vs. The UnStable ***1/2

Semi-Final Match #2
F.I.S.T. vs. The Future is Now ***3/4

El Generico vs. Arik Cannon ***1/4

Tag Team Gauntlet
Hallowicked & Frightmare vs. Ryan Drago & Tony Kozina vs. Tim Donst & Hydra vs. UltraMantis Black & Crossbones vs. Beef Wellington & Steve “The Turtle” Weiner vs. Player Uno & Create-A-Wrestler vs. Pinkie Sanchez & Mitch Ryder vs. Marshe Rockett & Willie Richardson vs. The Young Bucks vs. Cheech & Cloudy vs. Brodie Lee & Grizzly Redwood vs. Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw *-***1/2
I think I should explain my rating. Since we pretty much had 10 short matches, it had a range of ratings. Some of it was bad, some of it was okay, some of it was good, some of it was awesome. Some embarrassing gimmicks and wrestlers in this one (aka Hydra & Turtle). Hydra's just terrible.

Kudo, Michael Nakazawa & The Osirian Portal vs. The Colony & North Star Express ***1/4
Good match. I really liked Kudo. I continue to enjoy watching Amasis wrestle, he has a lot of charisma and ability. He should be wrestling elsewhere without a mask. NSE is a pretty good team, they have some potential. Absolutely hated Nakazawa, his love affair with baby oil and his lack of wrestling ability.

Austin Aries vs. Eddie Kingston ***1/4

Rey De Voladores Final
Player Dos vs. Kota Ibushi ***3/4

King of Trios Final
Team Uppercut vs. F.I.S.T. ***1/2
11 minutes for a trios tournament final? Odd. Disappointing final in my opinion. Still a good match, still a good show, still a good weekend though.

CHIKARA King of Trios 2009 - Night 2 (3/28/09)

Rey De Voladores Eliminator #1
Austin Aries vs. Player Dos vs. Fire Ant vs. Matt Jackson ***1/2

Quarter Final Match #1
F.I.S.T. vs. The F1RST Family ***3/4

The Submission Squad vs. Davey Vega & Gary The Barnowl **3/4

Quarter Final Match #2
Osirian Portal vs. The Future Is Now ***3/4

Rey De Voladores Eliminator#2
El Generico vs. Nick Jackson vs. Kota Ibushi vs. Jigsaw ****1/2

Quarter Final Match #3
The UnStable vs. Da Soul Touchaz ***

Inter Species Championship
Player Uno (c) vs. Twiggy ***1/4

Quarter Final Match #4
Team Uppercut vs. The Masters of a Thousand Holds ****1/2
I probably liked this a little more than some people, cuz I'm a huge fan of chain wrestling, submissions and mat wrestling, so this match really had me glued to the screen. It was a clinic, to say the least. Johnny Saint is brilliant, I really enjoyed every second of his time in the ring.

P.S. I have "MMMBop" stuck in my head

ROH Age of Insanity (8/15/08)

Kevin Steen vs. Jigsaw ***

Rhett Titus vs. Delirious *1/2
Best part of this match was Jimmy Jacobs. Also Delirious' way of throwing Titus into the barricade to bust him open.

Kenny King vs. Bryan Danielson ***3/4

Sara Del Rey vs. Sassy Steffy DUD
Squash.

Adam Pearce vs. Ruckus **1/4

Tyler Black vs. Austin Aries ***1/4

No Disqualification
Jimmy Jacobs & Delirious vs. Jay & Mark Brisoce **3/4
I don't like the "we're all gonna run in after the match before us, and the fans are just gonna have to assume we're starting our match right now, even though the bell never rings and Bobby C. doesn't introduce us" shit. I also don't like the way the Briscoe's brawl out in the crowd. It's always the same shit. That's one of the few things I don't like about them, really. Yes, I'm a fan of the Briscoe's.

FIP World Heavyweight Championship
Erick Stevens (c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli ***

Chris Hero & Go Shiozaki vs. Brent Albright & Roderick Strong ****

ROH World Championship
Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. El Generico ****1/2

Very good show. Out of 10 matches, there were 8 that were at least decent. Surprised there's not more talk about this show.