BRM Reviews ROH Death Before Dishonor VII: Night 1

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ROH Death Before Dishonor VII: Night 1 (7/24/2009)- Toronto, ON

EL GENERICO vs. SONJAY DUTT- 6.75/10
A great match, but neither guy seemed to be moving anywhere near as urgently as they should have been in while time was winding down

THE BRISCOE BROTHERS vs. THE SUPER SMASH BROTHERS- 6.5/10

D’LO BROWN vs. FRANKIE THE MOBSTER- 3/10
Short and boring, but no botches

8 MAN ELIMINATION TAG TEAM MATCH: Colt Cabana, Necro Butcher, Brent Albright, & Grizzly Redwood vs. The Embassy (Jimmy Rave, Joey Ryan, Bison Smith, & Claudio Castagnoli) (w/Prince Nana)- 6.75/10
Very good match, but the last elimination looked extremely week. Nana’s flimsy crown thing does not make for a convincing weapon.

BRET HART APPEARANCE- short and sweet. Bret put the ROH product over very strongly.

KENNY OMEGA vs. KENNY KING (w/Rhett Titus)- 7/10

KENNY OMEGA PROMO- awesome

LANCE STORM & KEVIN STEEN vs. DAVEY RICHARDS & CHRIS HERO (w/Shane Hagadorn)- 8/10
Lance still has it. Awesome match.

AUSTIN ARIES PROMO- okay

FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL MATCH FOR THE ROH WORLD TITLE: Austin Aries(c) vs. Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black vs. Jerry Lynn- 8/10
A bit of awkwardness with the non-finisher on the finish, especially from a place where Aries usually hits a finisher. I guess he just didn’t get enough rotational speed to hit the 450 so he turned it into a somersault leg drop instead. Still an awesome match, though.

Overall, a very good show from ROH. I'd recommend it.