BRM Reviews ROH Take No Prisoners 2009

[Big Red Machine]

ROH Take No Prisoners 2009 (4/4/2009)- Houston, TX

COLT CABANA vs. ACE STEEL- 3.5/10
Some eh comedy followed by some eh wrestling.

JIMMY JACOBS PROMO- fantastic

JAY BRISCOE, KEVIN STEEN, EL GENERICO & MAGNO vs. INCOGNITO & SWEET N’ SOUR INC. (Chris Hero & the American Wolves) (w/Shane Hagadorn)- 6.5/10

NO DISQUALIFICATION MATCH: Necro Butcher vs. Jimmy Jacobs- 7.5/10
Great hardcore brawl

BRYAN DANIELSON PROMO- a great promo, but crappy lighting.

PRE-MATCH SEGMENT- Nigel comes out to say that he can’t wrestle tonight. Claudio perceives this as Nigel bailing on him so he attacks Nigel

THREE WAY MATCH WITH TAGS NEEDED: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brent Albright vs. Blue Demon Jr.- 5.25/10

JERRY LYNN PROMO- awesome!

RODERICK STRONG vs. ALEX KOSLOV- 6.5/10
Good golly! Someone needs to call Joe McCarthy immediately and tell him that the corwd in Houston is chanting about how much they “love commies”!

FATAL FOUR WAY MATCH FOR THE ROH WORLD TITLE: Jerry Lynn vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Erick Stevens vs. D’Lo Brown- 6.25/10

TYLER BLACK PROMO- okay

TYLER BLACK & KENTA vs. AUSTIN ARIES & KATSUHIKO NAKAJIMA- 8.5/10
Pure action

BONUS MATCHES: Bushwhacker Luke vs. Rhett Titus- 2/10
Barely even worth having on the DVD.

Overall, a very good show from ROH, but mostly on the strength of the main event. A lot of the other matches were slightly disappointing, and nothing particularly important to any angles happens, aside from Claudio attacking Nigel. Definitely a good watch (although very short by ROH standards), but entirely skippable, too.