BRM Reviews ROH Driven (ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!)

[Big Red Machine]

ROH Driven (6/23/2007)- Chicago, IL

ERICK STEVENS, MATT CROSS, & DELIRIOUS vs. THE NO REMORSE CORPS (Roderick Strong, Davey Richards, & Rocky Romero)- 7/10. Good opener, with great aftermath. Also, props to Gabe for putting this match on first so Aries being at ringside all show didn’t distract from anything.

MATT SYDAL vs. CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI- 6.75/10 GREAT aftermath!

BJ WHITMER vs. NAOMICHI MARUFUJI- 6.5/10. I just couldn’t get into this match. Not sure why.

BRENT ALBRIGHT vs. PELLE PRIMEAU- Good squash

ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Briscoe Brothers(c) vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico- 8/10! Great aftermath.

ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Takeshi Morishima(c) vs. Jimmy Rave- 4/10. Very short, but it served a purpose. Gabe did an amazing job of getting Morishima over as being absolutely unstoppable.

PEARCE & HAGADORN SEGMENT- Pearce gives Hagadorn advice, Hagadorn sucks up like the slimy little scumbag that he is. They did a good job with the Pearce-BJ angle, though.

#1 CONTENDERS MATCH: Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness- 10/10. F*cking amazing. These two men have wrestled nine times in Ring of Honor. This is the third one of their matches that I have given a full 10/10.

BONUS DISC:
DAIZEE HAZE & MSCHIF vs. MINNESOTA HOMEWRECKING CREW (Lacey & Rain) (w/Jimmy Jacobs)- 4.75/10

NIGEL MCGUINNESS vs. CHRIS HERO (w/Larry Sweeney, Tank Toland, & Bobby Dempsey)- 7/10

ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Takeshi Morishima(c) vs. Adam Pearce (w/Shane Hagadorn)- 5/10. Lots of fun.

KENTA vs. BRYAN DANIELSON- 9.25/10. AWESOME! The one thing in this match I didn’t like was KENTA no-selling when Dragon gave him a GTS. It is almost never acceptable to no-sell a finisher. Still, it was an amazing match.

Overall, an AMAZING show from ROH. A must-buy. One of ROH's top 10 shows of all-time.