BRM Reviews ROH All-Star Extravaganza II

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ROH All-Star Extravaganza II (12/4/2004)- Elizabeth, NJ

GOOD TIMES, GREAT MEMORIES WITH BOBBY HEENAN- GREAT! Heenan was awesome.

DAVEY ANDREWS MATT TURNEY, ANTHONY FRANCO, & SHANE HAGADORN) vs. SPECIAL K (w/Becky, Lacey, Cheech & Cloudy)- 4.25/10 GREAT aftermath.

SAMOA JOE PROMO- good

JAY LETHAL vs. WEAPON OF MASKED DESTRUCTION #2 (w/The Embassy)- 4.75/10

TAG TEAM SCRAMBLE MATCH: Dunn & Marcos vs. Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer vs. The Carnage Crew vs. The Outcast Killaz (w/Prince Nana)- 5.25/10

ROH PURE TITLE MATCH: John Walters(c) vs. Jimmy Rave- 7.25/10. Great story with Rave getting Walters at an early disadvantage, then Walters valiantly fighting back.

WINNER GETS AN ROH WORLD TITLE SHOT AT FINAL BATTLE 2004: Austin Aries vs. Low Ki- 7.5/10

ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero)(c) (w/Julius Smokes) vs. Nigel McGuinness & Chad Collyer- 7.25/10. I actually got really sucked into this one. A lot more than I thought I would be.

THE GREAT MANAGERIAL DEBATE: Jim Cornette vs. Bobby Heenan- very good segment, but it would have been a lot better if Cornette hadn’t come out and put Heenan over first.

EMBASSY SEGMENT- good

PROMO WITH LACEY’S HALF OF SPECIAL K- good

TRENT ACID vs. JERK JACKSON-3.5/10.

ALLISON DANGER & THE CARNAGE CREW- good

JACK EVANS & RODERICK STRONG (w/Jim Cornette) vs. COLT CABANA & JIMMY JACOBS (w/Bobby Heenan)- 7/10. LOTS OF FUN!

BRYAN DANIELSON vs. HOMICIDE (w/Julius Smokes)- 8/10!

RICKY STEAMBOAT PROMO- Very good.

NO TIME LIMIT MATCH FOR THE ROH WORLD TITLE: Samoa Joe(c) vs. CM Punk- 9.5/10 AMAZING match, that played very well off of their first two title matches
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SAMOA JOE PROMO- very good.

PROMO WITH BECKY’S HALF OF SPECIAL K PROMO- Great

MAFF & WHITMER PROMO- okay

AUSTIN ARIES PROMO-very good

Overall, this was a great show from ROH, but there is a hell of a lot of fluff and padding on this DVD in order to get it to be a two DVD-set. Definitely recommended, and a must-buy for fans of Joe and Punk.