BRM Reviews ROH Final Battle 2004

[Big Red Machine]

ROH Final Battle 2004 (12/26/2004)- Philadelphia, PA

BRYAN DANIELSON PROMO- awesome!

JIMMY JACOBS vs. TRENT ACID- 5.5/10

DERANGED & LACEY vs. ANGELDUST & BECKY BAYLESS- 4.75/10

JOSH DANIELS vs. HOMICIDE (w/Julius Smokes)- 5.5/10

ROH PURE TITLE MATCH: John Walters(c) vs. Jimmy Rave (w/The Embassy)- 6.25/10. Creative finish

FIGHT WITHOUT HONOR: The Carnage Crew vs. Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer- 7.75/10. Foley coming down to the ring and introducing thumbtacks really killed the flow of the match. Still, it was very good and very violent. A fitting end to this feud.

FOLEY-STEAMBOAT CONFRONTATION- waste of time.

FOLEY-JOE CONFRONTATION- Now THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!

JAY LETHAL vs. WEAPON OF MASKED DESTRUCTION #2 (Flash Flanagan) (w/The Embassy)- 6/10

HOMICIDE PROMO- good stuff

STEVE CORINO & CM PUNK vs. RODERICK STRONG & ALEX SHELLEY- 7/10

GENERATION NEXT SEGMENT- Great.

BRYAN DANIELSON vs. LOW KI- 7/10. Disappointing finish, but it built very well to Dragon and Cide’s upcoming best of 5 series.

LOW KI ASSAULTS THE REFEREE- PERFECT SEGMENT!

ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Samoa Joe(c) (w/Jay Lethal) vs. Austin Aries (w/Roderick Strong)- 8/10

Overall, this show is great, but not amazing by any stretch.