BRM Reviews ROH Phoenix Rising

[Big Red Machine]

ROH Phoenix Rising (3/27/2010)- Phoenix, AZ

KENNY OMEGA vs. ROCKY ROMERO- 7/10. Great opener.

EMBASSY PROMO- not very good. The only good thing about this was that it established Daivari’s open challenge…

HUMAN TORNADO vs. SHAWN DAIVARI (w/Prince Nana)- 4.75/10

SCOTT LOST vs. KEVIN STEEN- 6.5/10

THE BRISCOE BROTHERS, “SKULL KRUSHER” RASCHE BROWN, &THE NECRO BUTCHER vs. CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI & THE EMBASSY (Bison Smith, Joey Ryan, & Prince Nana) (w/Shane Hagadorn)- 6/10

PICK 6 CONTENDERS SERIES MATCH: Kenny King(5) vs. Scorpio Sky- 6.5/10

HARDCORE MATCH: Jerry Lynn vs. Steve Corino- 7.75/10. They really put the F-U-N in “Furniture.”

COLT CABANA & EL GENERICO vs. THE AMERICAN WOLVES (w/Shane Hagadorn)- 8/10

STEEN & GENERICO SEGMENT- AWESOME!

RODERICK STRONG vs. AUSTIN ARIES- no rating. Great segment. Good action and a perfect set up for what came next…

ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Tyler Black(c) vs. Austin Aries- no rating. A few minutes in, Roderick Strong came out, and the match became a three-way

ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Tyler Black(c) vs. Austin Aries vs. Roderick Strong- 7.25/10. The point of this match was to be a preview to sell the main event for next week’s iPPV (The Big Bang!). And it did a perfect job of that, as after watching this, I immediately wanted to go and pop the DVD in.

Overall, a great show from ROH!