BRM Reviews ROH Respect Is Earned II (awesome)

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ROH Respect Is Earned II (6/7/2008)- Philadelphia, PA

KEVIN STEEN & EL GENERICO vs. THE VULTURE SQUAD (Ruckus & Jigsaw)- 5.75/10

DAVEY RICHARDS vs. CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI- 6/10

SWEET N’ SOUR INC. PROMO- very good

BRENT ALBRIGHT PROMO- eh

DELIRIOUS, BRENT ALBRIGHT & PELLE PREIMEAU (w/Daizee Haze) vs. CHRIS HERO, ADAM PEARCE, & EDDIE EDWARDS (w/Sweet N’ Sour Inc.)- 5.5/10
Good story with Albright wanting to get into the match, and very good aftermath, setting up for Nigel vs. Pearce, title vs. title at Battle For Supremacy.

FIGHT WITHOUT HONOR: Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens- 8.5
AWESOME! Very violent, and a great blow-off to this feud.

ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuinness(c) vs. Go Shiozaki- 8/10
AWESOME!

ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Age Of The Fall (Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black)(c) vs. Bryan Danielson & Austin Aries- 8/10
Another awesome match.

SEGMENTS BETWEEN DANIELSON & MCGUINNESS- GREAT
This set up their story for the rest of the year.

Bonus Matches:
JIGSAW vs. EDDIE KINGSTON (w/the BLKOUT)- 5/10
I have to question the booking here, though. It really feels like the wrong guy went over... unless this was it and this whole feud was just one segment and one match long.

PHILADELPHIA STREET FIGHT: Jay Briscoe vs. Necro Butcher- 8/10.
Violent and awesome

Overall, an awesome show from ROH, with half of the matches being worth going out of your way to see.