ROH Final Battle 2011
ROH Final Battle 2011 (12/23/2011)- New York, NY
Okay… Cary is NOT the founder of ROH! I absolutely hate that ROH is doing this. Cary wasn’t involved with ROH until 2004. I can understand not wanting to mention Rob Feinstein, but that doesn’t mean that they should give Cary credit for something that he didn’t do.
TJ PERKINS vs. MICHAEL ELGIN (w/Truth Martini)- 6/10. Really cool spots with a bit of a story.
JIMMY RAVE vs. TOMASSO CIAMPA (w/The Embassy)- 5/10. This just felt really weird. I just can’t bring myself to do it…. I can’t root for Jimmy Rave.
MIKE BENNETT PROMO- Surprisingly good.
THREE WAY DANCE FOR THE ROH WORLD TV TITLE: Jay Lethal(c) vs. El Generico vs. Mike Bennett (w/”Brutal” Bob Evans & Maria Kanellis)- 7.25/10
NO DISQUALIFICATIONS MATCH WITH JIMMY JACOBS AS SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE- IF STEEN WINS, HE IS BACK IN ROH: Kevin Steen vs. Steve Corino (w/Jim Cornette & Cary Silkin)- 9.25/10
AFTERMATH- AWESOME!
TAG TEAM GAUNTLET MATCH FOR A SHOT AT THE ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES: The Bravado Brothers vs. the All Night Express vs. The Young Bucks vs. Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander vs. Future Shock (Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly)- 8/10
RODERICK STRONG (w/Truth Martini) vs. CHRIS HERO- 7.5/10
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin)(c) vs. The Briscoe Brothers- 5/10. An utter disaster of psychology.
I really didn’t like Haas & Benjamin using the belts in the beginning. I can understand them jumping the Briscoes, and even using chairs (because that is what the Briscoes injured them with)… but not the belts. I also felt like the match should have started multiple times before it actually did (as we had all four men in the ring)… and when it actually did start… we didn’t have all four men in the ring.
The crowd then turned on Shelton and Charlie, and Charlie acknowledged it, starting to play the heel… But then it is Shelton who gets taken to the back, then valiantly comes out again, despite being injured. He comes back out right when Charlie has an opening for a tag… but there was a ref bump right before it, so he can’t make the hot tag. This was just terrible storytelling.
ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Davey Richards(c) (w/Tony Kozina & Kyle O’Reilly) vs. Eddie Edwards (w/Dan Severn)- 7.75/10 Kind of disappointing, considering the hype going in to it. It didn’t feel more personal than the last match (which was what we were promised). It also felt a lot less intense than their previous matches. I really felt like this match was supposed to feel awesome simply because it went forty minutes, rather than because there was anything else exceptional going on. It had almost none of the elements that were use to build up to it. Eddie Didn't even lock Beast Choker in once properly.
KEVIN STEEN PROMO- AWESOME!
Overall, a very good show from ROH. Definitely recommended, but there are better shows out there.
Okay… Cary is NOT the founder of ROH! I absolutely hate that ROH is doing this. Cary wasn’t involved with ROH until 2004. I can understand not wanting to mention Rob Feinstein, but that doesn’t mean that they should give Cary credit for something that he didn’t do.
TJ PERKINS vs. MICHAEL ELGIN (w/Truth Martini)- 6/10. Really cool spots with a bit of a story.
JIMMY RAVE vs. TOMASSO CIAMPA (w/The Embassy)- 5/10. This just felt really weird. I just can’t bring myself to do it…. I can’t root for Jimmy Rave.
MIKE BENNETT PROMO- Surprisingly good.
THREE WAY DANCE FOR THE ROH WORLD TV TITLE: Jay Lethal(c) vs. El Generico vs. Mike Bennett (w/”Brutal” Bob Evans & Maria Kanellis)- 7.25/10
NO DISQUALIFICATIONS MATCH WITH JIMMY JACOBS AS SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE- IF STEEN WINS, HE IS BACK IN ROH: Kevin Steen vs. Steve Corino (w/Jim Cornette & Cary Silkin)- 9.25/10
AFTERMATH- AWESOME!
TAG TEAM GAUNTLET MATCH FOR A SHOT AT THE ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES: The Bravado Brothers vs. the All Night Express vs. The Young Bucks vs. Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander vs. Future Shock (Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly)- 8/10
RODERICK STRONG (w/Truth Martini) vs. CHRIS HERO- 7.5/10
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin)(c) vs. The Briscoe Brothers- 5/10. An utter disaster of psychology.
I really didn’t like Haas & Benjamin using the belts in the beginning. I can understand them jumping the Briscoes, and even using chairs (because that is what the Briscoes injured them with)… but not the belts. I also felt like the match should have started multiple times before it actually did (as we had all four men in the ring)… and when it actually did start… we didn’t have all four men in the ring.
The crowd then turned on Shelton and Charlie, and Charlie acknowledged it, starting to play the heel… But then it is Shelton who gets taken to the back, then valiantly comes out again, despite being injured. He comes back out right when Charlie has an opening for a tag… but there was a ref bump right before it, so he can’t make the hot tag. This was just terrible storytelling.
ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Davey Richards(c) (w/Tony Kozina & Kyle O’Reilly) vs. Eddie Edwards (w/Dan Severn)- 7.75/10 Kind of disappointing, considering the hype going in to it. It didn’t feel more personal than the last match (which was what we were promised). It also felt a lot less intense than their previous matches. I really felt like this match was supposed to feel awesome simply because it went forty minutes, rather than because there was anything else exceptional going on. It had almost none of the elements that were use to build up to it. Eddie Didn't even lock Beast Choker in once properly.
KEVIN STEEN PROMO- AWESOME!
Overall, a very good show from ROH. Definitely recommended, but there are better shows out there.