ROH Weekend Of Thunder, Night 2
ROH Weekend Of Thunder, Night 2 (11/6/2004)- Elizabeth, NJ
EMBASSY SEGMENT- funny. Angelia Love is less hot with her hair in dreads (Punk would refer to it as a “Play-Doh fun-house head.”
NIGEL MCGUINNESS vs. CHAD COLLYER- 5.75/10
GENERATION NEXT PROMO- good
THE CARNAGE CREW vs. DAVEY ANDREWS & ANTHONY FRANCO- 3.75/10 Good post-match segment, too. Danger is psycho!
BRYAN DANIELSON PROMO- Good
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL MATCH: Jack Evans vs. Trent Acid vs. Fast Eddie vs. Izzy (w/Special K)- 6/10, and a key storyline moment for Special K.
JAY LETHAL vs. JIMMY RAVE w/The Embassy)-6.5/10 Awesome opening sequence to this match, then they started chopping each other… then Jimmy Rave had to go ruin it with a thumb to the eye. HATE JIMMY RAVE SO MUCH!!!!!
NO DISQUALIFICATION MATCH: CM Punk & Ace Steel vs. Austin Aries & Roderick Strong- 8.5/10. Holy balls was this awesome! If you like weapons matches, you will like this match!
CM PUNK PROMO & SEGMENT WITH MICK FOLEY- good
NIGEL MCGUINNESS & CHAD COLLYER SEGMENT- good.
JOE-PUNK SEGMENT- Good
DUNN & MARCOS vs. ANGELDUST & DIXIE (w/Special K)- 4/10
ROH PURE TITLE MATCH: John Walters(c) vs. Homicide (w/Julius Smokes)- 5.5/10. I didn’t like the whole thing with Cide’s injury. We know he is a tough dude. Furthermore, with Cide in particular, getting the fans to boo him, especially against midcard babyfaces like Walters has been hard. If they were going to do the finish the way they did (with Smokes causing a DQ so Cide wouldn’t have to tap)… why do the whole thing to make Cid look tough. Just let him be a heel.
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Ryes & Rocky Romero)(c) (w/Julius Smokes) vs. Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer- 7.5/10 I get why the ref didn’t call for the DQ (Gabe explained it well on commentary), but I don’t see why he didn’t eject Smokes from ringside.
JUSHIN “THUNDER” LIGER & SAMOA JOE vs. BRYAN DANIELSON & LOW KI (w/Julius Smokes)- 8.25/10. Awesome match, with a good storyline finish, and great aftermath.
NANA PROMO BACKSTAGE- Great!
BRYAN DANIELSON PROMO- Very good.
Overall, a GREAT show from ROH with a strong undercard, a few great matches on it including an awesome hardcore match and JUSHIN LIGER! A must-buy, angle-wise, for any Special K fans that somehow may exist. One thing going against it (and I don’t usually comment on this sort of thing) is that the DVD cover is very ugly. I like the goody-throwback design and font, but the clearly photo-shopped in pictures look extremely amateur. Still definitely worth getting, though.
EMBASSY SEGMENT- funny. Angelia Love is less hot with her hair in dreads (Punk would refer to it as a “Play-Doh fun-house head.”
NIGEL MCGUINNESS vs. CHAD COLLYER- 5.75/10
GENERATION NEXT PROMO- good
THE CARNAGE CREW vs. DAVEY ANDREWS & ANTHONY FRANCO- 3.75/10 Good post-match segment, too. Danger is psycho!
BRYAN DANIELSON PROMO- Good
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL MATCH: Jack Evans vs. Trent Acid vs. Fast Eddie vs. Izzy (w/Special K)- 6/10, and a key storyline moment for Special K.
JAY LETHAL vs. JIMMY RAVE w/The Embassy)-6.5/10 Awesome opening sequence to this match, then they started chopping each other… then Jimmy Rave had to go ruin it with a thumb to the eye. HATE JIMMY RAVE SO MUCH!!!!!
NO DISQUALIFICATION MATCH: CM Punk & Ace Steel vs. Austin Aries & Roderick Strong- 8.5/10. Holy balls was this awesome! If you like weapons matches, you will like this match!
CM PUNK PROMO & SEGMENT WITH MICK FOLEY- good
NIGEL MCGUINNESS & CHAD COLLYER SEGMENT- good.
JOE-PUNK SEGMENT- Good
DUNN & MARCOS vs. ANGELDUST & DIXIE (w/Special K)- 4/10
ROH PURE TITLE MATCH: John Walters(c) vs. Homicide (w/Julius Smokes)- 5.5/10. I didn’t like the whole thing with Cide’s injury. We know he is a tough dude. Furthermore, with Cide in particular, getting the fans to boo him, especially against midcard babyfaces like Walters has been hard. If they were going to do the finish the way they did (with Smokes causing a DQ so Cide wouldn’t have to tap)… why do the whole thing to make Cid look tough. Just let him be a heel.
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Ryes & Rocky Romero)(c) (w/Julius Smokes) vs. Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer- 7.5/10 I get why the ref didn’t call for the DQ (Gabe explained it well on commentary), but I don’t see why he didn’t eject Smokes from ringside.
JUSHIN “THUNDER” LIGER & SAMOA JOE vs. BRYAN DANIELSON & LOW KI (w/Julius Smokes)- 8.25/10. Awesome match, with a good storyline finish, and great aftermath.
NANA PROMO BACKSTAGE- Great!
BRYAN DANIELSON PROMO- Very good.
Overall, a GREAT show from ROH with a strong undercard, a few great matches on it including an awesome hardcore match and JUSHIN LIGER! A must-buy, angle-wise, for any Special K fans that somehow may exist. One thing going against it (and I don’t usually comment on this sort of thing) is that the DVD cover is very ugly. I like the goody-throwback design and font, but the clearly photo-shopped in pictures look extremely amateur. Still definitely worth getting, though.