ROH Review 02/04/12
Feb 6, 2012 19:56:28 GMT -5
Post by Jack Quinn on Feb 6, 2012 19:56:28 GMT -5
ROH Review 02/04/12
We open with a recap of a pretty good three way TV title feud between Jay Lethal, Mike Bennett and El Generico. I didn’t catch quite all of this feud, but it has been pretty fun. Plus we get to see Maria. Dear sweet god we get to see Maria. That is always a good thing.
In ring open with Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuiness in the ring, we are still LIVE at the Du Burns Arena in Baltimore Maryland. Crowd was HOT last week, hopefully they keep it up this week. Kelly announces a Jay Lethal vs. Mike Bennett with no time limit, then McGuiness completely repeats it. Odd.
Mike Bennett and OH MY GOD MARIA promo package. Still not buying Bennett, though having Maria by his side helps. Maria becomes the First Lady of Ring of Honor…….well, I guess since there are no other ladies that I have seen……
JAY LETHAL vs. MIKE BENNETT – ROH TV Title Match No Time Limit Bennett, Brutal Bob and Oh My God Maria are out. McGuiness with the early line of the night “If I told Maria she had a lovely ass, do you think she would hold it against me?” You could only be so lucky Nigel. ROH TV title matches are generally fifteen minutes, keep that in mind. I may not be a big fan of Bennett, but he is a good wrestler. Not spectacular, but good. There is just nothing to make you interested in him, except for Maria. Did I mention Maria looks insanely hot tonight?
Commercial break: Bennett and Maria pimp the ROH Florida show. So far this has been all Bennett all the time.
During the commercial break, Bennett nearly decapitates Lethal with a clothesline. Also, I think I figured out what it is about Bennett. He does a lot of moves well, but he does nothing great. Bennett is not smart, he lets Lethal stay on the floor for a 17 count instead of rolling him back in (ROH uses a 20 count outside the ring) also, he had Lethal down pounding him, and could have got a stoppage (ROH does that too) but just stopped. Little things like that. Lethal wins the match with a crucifix. No lie, a crucifix. Kind of disappointing. Also, the match went about 11 minutes. Kind of odd that they pump it being a no time limit match, then it doesn’t even go the 15 minutes a normal tv title match would go.
Veda Scott (hey, another woman in ROH!) interviews Eddie Edwards, who basically calls Kyle O’Reilly a bitch. Kyle takes umbrage with this and challenges Edwards to a match next week. I still don’t care about that drama, but it should be a fun match.
KEVIN STEEN HAS THINGS TO SAY This is his in live debut on ROH tv I guess. They recap Kevin Steen killing Jimmy Jacobs, Steve Corino and El Generico, I really never get tired of this. Kevin Kelly sells the hell out of not wanting to interview Steen, then Steen just dismisses Kelly and tells him to leave the ring, but not before asking him to hold his gum. Steen brings the awesome, seriously, this guy seems very natural on the mic, he plays an uncaring douche very, very well. Steen takes a nice shot at TNA and WWE, saying “other” promotions let their top stars get away with far worse. Steen calls out Davey Richards, which should be a whole lot of fun. Steen calls out Cornette, and Corny shows up. Cornette really appears to hate Steen. Cornette bans the piledriver in all forms, and I love Steen’s reaction to it. Most heels would throw a fit, Steen just accepts it. The whole angle is very reminiscent of Punk/Vince though it may be even better, just on a smaller scale. Great promo, Steen is awesome.
INSIDE ROH!
- recap of the 8 man match that went 80 minutes (which was awesome) evidently Michael Elgin and Roderick Strong are not happy with the Briscoes so there will be a match. Yes please. The Briscoes agree to put up $5000 and so did Truth, winner take all.
- The Briscoes counter this accusation by being insane and awesome. Next week, they square off.
- In three weeks, Davey Richards faces Jay Lethal. Davey comments on it, and man, this guys promos are about as exciting as watching paint dry. Should be a good match.
- The All Night Express comments on Rhett’s injury. I haven’t really seen enough ANE to have much of an opinion on them. I give them an incomplete. They are not very happy with the Young Bucks though (Rhett was injured in a match against them).
- The Young Bucks get a title shot at the Briscoes at the 10th anniversary show. That could be a good match I suppose, though I am not really sold on that one.
Commercial break – The Young Bucks talk about their match against the Briscoes. I think they are a little full of themselves. Still, should be a fun match.
Veda Scott talks to the Young Bucks about their match against the Briscoes. I feel like I have seen this before. This is an odd show this week.
WRESTLING’S GREATEST TAG TEAM vs. THE BRAVADOS – We are informed that the show is running late on time. WGTT is not happy about facing the Bravados and refuse to wrestle them. They want the Briscoes and will hold ROH hostage to get it (lots of that going on tonight). Haas and Benjamin seem to be embracing their inner heels really well. They call out those slack jawed yokels the Briscoes, and naturally they get their wish. Cornette is out first, looking frustrated, he has lost control! Finally Dem Boys make it out, and we have an impromptu title match. They brawl for a bit, and it occurs to me, how great would it have been to see the Briscoes vs. the Dudleys back in old ECW? Jesus that would have been great. WGTT take the cheap way out and crack one of the Briscoes with a chair ending the match, but certainly not the feud.
Next week, Briscoes vs. House of Truth and Kyle O’Reily vs. Eddie Edwards. Sounds good!
We open with a recap of a pretty good three way TV title feud between Jay Lethal, Mike Bennett and El Generico. I didn’t catch quite all of this feud, but it has been pretty fun. Plus we get to see Maria. Dear sweet god we get to see Maria. That is always a good thing.
In ring open with Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuiness in the ring, we are still LIVE at the Du Burns Arena in Baltimore Maryland. Crowd was HOT last week, hopefully they keep it up this week. Kelly announces a Jay Lethal vs. Mike Bennett with no time limit, then McGuiness completely repeats it. Odd.
Mike Bennett and OH MY GOD MARIA promo package. Still not buying Bennett, though having Maria by his side helps. Maria becomes the First Lady of Ring of Honor…….well, I guess since there are no other ladies that I have seen……
JAY LETHAL vs. MIKE BENNETT – ROH TV Title Match No Time Limit Bennett, Brutal Bob and Oh My God Maria are out. McGuiness with the early line of the night “If I told Maria she had a lovely ass, do you think she would hold it against me?” You could only be so lucky Nigel. ROH TV title matches are generally fifteen minutes, keep that in mind. I may not be a big fan of Bennett, but he is a good wrestler. Not spectacular, but good. There is just nothing to make you interested in him, except for Maria. Did I mention Maria looks insanely hot tonight?
Commercial break: Bennett and Maria pimp the ROH Florida show. So far this has been all Bennett all the time.
During the commercial break, Bennett nearly decapitates Lethal with a clothesline. Also, I think I figured out what it is about Bennett. He does a lot of moves well, but he does nothing great. Bennett is not smart, he lets Lethal stay on the floor for a 17 count instead of rolling him back in (ROH uses a 20 count outside the ring) also, he had Lethal down pounding him, and could have got a stoppage (ROH does that too) but just stopped. Little things like that. Lethal wins the match with a crucifix. No lie, a crucifix. Kind of disappointing. Also, the match went about 11 minutes. Kind of odd that they pump it being a no time limit match, then it doesn’t even go the 15 minutes a normal tv title match would go.
Veda Scott (hey, another woman in ROH!) interviews Eddie Edwards, who basically calls Kyle O’Reilly a bitch. Kyle takes umbrage with this and challenges Edwards to a match next week. I still don’t care about that drama, but it should be a fun match.
KEVIN STEEN HAS THINGS TO SAY This is his in live debut on ROH tv I guess. They recap Kevin Steen killing Jimmy Jacobs, Steve Corino and El Generico, I really never get tired of this. Kevin Kelly sells the hell out of not wanting to interview Steen, then Steen just dismisses Kelly and tells him to leave the ring, but not before asking him to hold his gum. Steen brings the awesome, seriously, this guy seems very natural on the mic, he plays an uncaring douche very, very well. Steen takes a nice shot at TNA and WWE, saying “other” promotions let their top stars get away with far worse. Steen calls out Davey Richards, which should be a whole lot of fun. Steen calls out Cornette, and Corny shows up. Cornette really appears to hate Steen. Cornette bans the piledriver in all forms, and I love Steen’s reaction to it. Most heels would throw a fit, Steen just accepts it. The whole angle is very reminiscent of Punk/Vince though it may be even better, just on a smaller scale. Great promo, Steen is awesome.
INSIDE ROH!
- recap of the 8 man match that went 80 minutes (which was awesome) evidently Michael Elgin and Roderick Strong are not happy with the Briscoes so there will be a match. Yes please. The Briscoes agree to put up $5000 and so did Truth, winner take all.
- The Briscoes counter this accusation by being insane and awesome. Next week, they square off.
- In three weeks, Davey Richards faces Jay Lethal. Davey comments on it, and man, this guys promos are about as exciting as watching paint dry. Should be a good match.
- The All Night Express comments on Rhett’s injury. I haven’t really seen enough ANE to have much of an opinion on them. I give them an incomplete. They are not very happy with the Young Bucks though (Rhett was injured in a match against them).
- The Young Bucks get a title shot at the Briscoes at the 10th anniversary show. That could be a good match I suppose, though I am not really sold on that one.
Commercial break – The Young Bucks talk about their match against the Briscoes. I think they are a little full of themselves. Still, should be a fun match.
Veda Scott talks to the Young Bucks about their match against the Briscoes. I feel like I have seen this before. This is an odd show this week.
WRESTLING’S GREATEST TAG TEAM vs. THE BRAVADOS – We are informed that the show is running late on time. WGTT is not happy about facing the Bravados and refuse to wrestle them. They want the Briscoes and will hold ROH hostage to get it (lots of that going on tonight). Haas and Benjamin seem to be embracing their inner heels really well. They call out those slack jawed yokels the Briscoes, and naturally they get their wish. Cornette is out first, looking frustrated, he has lost control! Finally Dem Boys make it out, and we have an impromptu title match. They brawl for a bit, and it occurs to me, how great would it have been to see the Briscoes vs. the Dudleys back in old ECW? Jesus that would have been great. WGTT take the cheap way out and crack one of the Briscoes with a chair ending the match, but certainly not the feud.
Next week, Briscoes vs. House of Truth and Kyle O’Reily vs. Eddie Edwards. Sounds good!
