BRM Reviews ROH Gut Check

[Big Red Machine]

ROH Gut Check (8/26/2006)- Chicago, IL

JIMMY JACOBS, COLT CABANA, & LACEY SEGMENT- Great.

BJ WHITMER PROMO- okay

NIGEL MCGUINNESS, JIMMY RAVE, & SAL RINAURO vs. IRISH AIRBORNE & DELIRIOUS- 6.25/10
Great opener

BJ WHITMER vs. JIMMY JACOBS (w/Lacey)- 4/75/10.
The finish here was bad. If BJ is kayfabe injured, let Jimmy pin him with a finisher. Don’t have BJ kick out then give Jimmy a roll-up win against a one-legged man. Great aftermath, though.

SAMOA JOE PROMO- good

JIM CORNETTE PROMO- AWESOME (although I thought it could have been done without coming as close to outright breaking kayfabe as Cornette did). This is basically Cornette’s side of the story of his heel turn on Homicide.

DAVEY RICHARDS & HOMICIDE vs. THE BRISCOE BROTHERS- 7/10
Lots of action.

JIMMY JACOBS PROMO- good character stuff here

SAMOA JOE vs. CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI- 6/10

ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries & Roderick Strong(c) vs. Matt Sydal & Christopher Daniels- 8/10
Awesome stuff. Great action. Daniels and Sydal looked like they belonged in the ring as a team with the tag champs.

2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH FOR THE ROH WORLD TITLE IN WHICH IF DRAGON WINS, CABANA WILL NOT GET ANOTHER TITLE SHOW AS LONG AS DRAGON IS CHAMPION: Bryan Danielson(c) vs. Colt Cabana- 8.25/10
A lot of the nearfalls were good, but there were whole chunks of this match that I just wasn’t into at all. I also didn’t like Cabana using a chairshot (in front of the referee no less) and trying to slow Dragon down by throwing a ring attendant into Dragon’s way. It seemed too heelish. I also really didn’t like Dragon losing the first fall as quickly as he did. They could have told the same story with him getting pinned after twelve or thirteen minutes as they did with him getting pinned after five. AMAZING finish, though.

Overall, a great show from ROH.