ROH Battle of the Best (9/13/2008)- Tokyo, Japan

NIGEL MCGUINNESS PROMO- eh

SWEET N’ SOUR INC. PROMO- Davey was good, Sweeney was Sweeney, and Eddie was in the background.

YAMATO vs. EDDIE EDWARDS- 5.75
The dissension between Eddie and Sweeny is interesting

RYO SAITO vs. AUSTIN ARIES- 6.5/10

RODERICK STRONG vs. DAVEY RICHARDS (w/Larry Sweeney)- 7.5/.10
Davey coming out to Sweeney’s lounge music entrance was unintentionally hilarious. Great pre-match heel antics from Davey and Sweeney.

BRYAN DANIELSON PROMO- good

SHINGO, EL GENERICO, & DRAGON KID vs. BXB HULK, MASATO YOSHINO, & NARUKI DOI- 8/10
The standard fast paced awesome action you would expect form a Dragon Gate six man tag, but I really disliked Yoshino’s lack of selling during the finishing sequence.

BRYAN DANIELSON vs. NIGEL MCGUINNESS- 7.75/10
GREAT scientific match!

ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Age of the Fall(c) vs. The Briscoe Brothers- 7.5/10
Great, crazy brawl that even got a few “holy sh*t!” chants from the Japanese crowd.

BONUS MATCHES:
FIP FLORIDA HERITAGE TITLE MATCH (from FIP Dangerous Intentions 2006): Sal Rinauro(c) vs. Delirious- 5.75/10

AMAZING KONG vs. MSCHIF (from SHIMMER Vol. 9)- 7.25/10
A great match featuring the absolute SICKEST torture rack I have ever seen.

Overall, a very good show from ROH, but skippable if you don’t have the dough.

Big Red Machine wrote:SHINGO, EL GENERICO, & DRAGON KID vs. BXB HULK, MASATO YOSHINO, & NARUKI DOI- 8/10
The standard fast paced awesome action you would expect form a Dragon Gate six man tag, but I really disliked Yoshino’s lack of selling during the finishing sequence.

This could be said for 99% of Dragon Gate matches. Awesome fast paced action and no selling whatsoever, especially in the end. This is why I can't get into Dragon Gate. DGUSA I can't get into because I can't stand Lenny on commentary and it takes itself too seriously, on TOP of the same reason I don't like the Japanese version.

yourcrapsweak wrote:

Big Red Machine wrote:SHINGO, EL GENERICO, & DRAGON KID vs. BXB HULK, MASATO YOSHINO, & NARUKI DOI- 8/10
The standard fast paced awesome action you would expect form a Dragon Gate six man tag, but I really disliked Yoshino’s lack of selling during the finishing sequence.

This could be said for 99% of Dragon Gate matches. Awesome fast paced action and no selling whatsoever, especially in the end. This is why I can't get into Dragon Gate. DGUSA I can't get into because I can't stand Lenny on commentary and it takes itself too seriously, on TOP of the same reason I don't like the Japanese version.

I actually like Lenny Leonard a lot. I definitely agree about Dragon Gate matches, although I think the six man matches are usually better precisely because they have some time to sell. And some guys are worse than others. I find Dragon Kid and Mochizuki to sell pretty well. Yoshino stinks at it.

Big Red Machine wrote:I actually like Lenny Leonard a lot. I definitely agree about Dragon Gate matches, although I think the six man matches are usually better precisely because they have some time to sell. And some guys are worse than others. I find Dragon Kid and Mochizuki to sell pretty well. Yoshino stinks at it.

Lenny is atrocious 99% of the time. Just stoic, boring, and too straightforward. He does a good job at getting over things like angles and psychology, but too often he ends up just stopping his commentary and starts naming moves they're doing, with nothing in between. Just like "Ace Crusher.............Powerbomb."

yourcrapsweak wrote:

Big Red Machine wrote:I actually like Lenny Leonard a lot. I definitely agree about Dragon Gate matches, although I think the six man matches are usually better precisely because they have some time to sell. And some guys are worse than others. I find Dragon Kid and Mochizuki to sell pretty well. Yoshino stinks at it.

Lenny is atrocious 99% of the time. Just stoic, boring, and too straightforward. He does a good job at getting over things like angles and psychology, but too often he ends up just stopping his commentary and starts naming moves they're doing, with nothing in between. Just like "Ace Crusher.............Powerbomb."

I like him a lot. That is what I like, with some humor thrown in.