BRM Reviews ROH Joe vs. Kobashi (awesome)

[Big Red Machine]

ROH Joe vs. Kobashi (10/1/2005)- Manhattan, NY

COLT CABANA vs. CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI- 6/10
I really liked the planted anti-Caban/pro Homicide fans in the crowd. I thought it was a good touch.

THREE-WAY ELIMINATION MATCH: Azrieal vs. Matt Sydal vs. Christopher Daniels (w/Allison Danger)- 7/10
Spotty but good

JAMES GIBSON & JIMMY YANG BACKSTAGE- broke kayfabe.

ROH TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs(c) vs. Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro- 6.25/10
I think this title switch was a mistake. I think it would have been better to just have Jimmy and BJ hold the belts until Final Battle and have Jimmy’s obsession with Lacey cost them the titles.

ROH PURE TITLE MATCH: Nigel McGuinness(c) vs. Jay Lethal- 6.5/10

RODERICK STRONG vs. JIMMY RAVE (w/The Embassy)- 6/10

AFTERMATH- PERFECT! The turn was perfectly executed, felt organic, and the crowd absolutely ate it up.

RICKY REYES vs. PELLE PRIMEAU- good squash, kicking off Ricky’s angle of both beating up students and having an unbreakable Dragon Sleeper

JAMES GIBSON vs. JIMMY YANG- 7/10
Touching post-match speech by Gibson.

JACK EVANS vs. HOMICIDE (w/The Rottweilers)- 6/10.
Jack Evans is the male version of MsChif. His body bends in ways that the human body is not supposed to bend.

SAMOA JOE vs. KENTA KOBASHI- a PERFECT 10/10
This was just amazing. A true dream match with the atmosphere to boot. One of the most intense wrestling matches ever. This match had some of the hardest chops I have ever seen, and when Joe slapped Kobashi… WOW.

Overall, an AWESOME show from ROH. Every match on the card was at least good, it had a title change, a major storyline development, the debut of a wrestler who would become an ROH mainstay for the next six years, and a perfect, dream-match main event.

[cero2k]

ROH TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs(c) vs. Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro- 6.25/10
I think this title switch was a mistake. I think it would have been better to just have Jimmy and BJ hold the belts until Final Battle and have Jimmy’s obsession with Lacey cost them the titles.

agree 100%. I never understood why they would give the titles to Mamaluke and Rinauro. I personally don't even like Mamaluke.

SAMOA JOE vs. KENTA KOBASHI- a PERFECT 10/10
This was just amazing. A true dream match with the atmosphere to boot. One of the most intense wrestling matches ever. This match had some of the hardest chops I have ever seen, and when Joe slapped Kobashi… WOW.

I loved this match, i was really surprised how Joe was all heelish on Kobashi, i just wasn't expecting it.