ROH It All Begins
ROH It All Begins (1/15/2005)- Cambridge, MA
OPENING SEGMENT- AWESOME! Great promo by Aries, good promo by Shelley, and a nice little brawl to start things off and shine Colt, and it also set Alex Shelley’s angle in motion.
ALEX SHELLEY vs. SPANKY- 7/10. Great opener
SECOND CITY SAINTS SEGMENT- good stuff
ALLISON DANGER PROMO- okay. See seems a lot less psycho than before.
AZRIEAL vs. DERANGED (w/Special K)- 4.75/10 Good aftermath, though.
HOMICIDE, JULIUS SMOKES & ALLISON DANGER BACKSTAGE- good promo by Homicide. The stuff with Danger was okay
RODERICK SQUASHES SOME STUDENTS- GREAT segment
BRYAN DANIELSON & ALLISON DANGER BACKSTAGE- I take back what I said about Danger sounding sane.
SPECIAL K BACKSTAGE SEGMENT- AWESOME promo by Lacey!
ULTIMATE ENDURANCE MATCH FOR THE ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES: The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero)(c) (w/Julius Smokes) vs. The Carnage Crew vs. CM Punk & Steve Corino (w/Team Corino)- 7/10
SAMOA JOE vs. NIGEL MCGUINNESS- 7.5/10. Great showing for Nigel
JIM CORNETTE PROMO- good
SUBMISSION MATCH: Bryan Danielson vs. Homicide (w/Julius Smokes)- 7.5/10
ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries(c) vs. Colt Cabana- 7/10, but Colt looks tough in defeat setting up for his next shot at Aries.
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN SAMOA JOE & MICK FOLEY- Bad. A random and often kayfabe-breaking excuse to take shots at WWE (and for Foley to do some funny dissing of Joe). After a lot of wasting time, Foley runs down ROH and sucker-punches Joe, leading to a brawl.
COLT CABANA PROMO- good
Overall, a good show from ROH, but nothing great. A good watch, but there are much better shows out there.
OPENING SEGMENT- AWESOME! Great promo by Aries, good promo by Shelley, and a nice little brawl to start things off and shine Colt, and it also set Alex Shelley’s angle in motion.
ALEX SHELLEY vs. SPANKY- 7/10. Great opener
SECOND CITY SAINTS SEGMENT- good stuff
ALLISON DANGER PROMO- okay. See seems a lot less psycho than before.
AZRIEAL vs. DERANGED (w/Special K)- 4.75/10 Good aftermath, though.
HOMICIDE, JULIUS SMOKES & ALLISON DANGER BACKSTAGE- good promo by Homicide. The stuff with Danger was okay
RODERICK SQUASHES SOME STUDENTS- GREAT segment
BRYAN DANIELSON & ALLISON DANGER BACKSTAGE- I take back what I said about Danger sounding sane.
SPECIAL K BACKSTAGE SEGMENT- AWESOME promo by Lacey!
ULTIMATE ENDURANCE MATCH FOR THE ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES: The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero)(c) (w/Julius Smokes) vs. The Carnage Crew vs. CM Punk & Steve Corino (w/Team Corino)- 7/10
SAMOA JOE vs. NIGEL MCGUINNESS- 7.5/10. Great showing for Nigel
JIM CORNETTE PROMO- good
SUBMISSION MATCH: Bryan Danielson vs. Homicide (w/Julius Smokes)- 7.5/10
ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries(c) vs. Colt Cabana- 7/10, but Colt looks tough in defeat setting up for his next shot at Aries.
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN SAMOA JOE & MICK FOLEY- Bad. A random and often kayfabe-breaking excuse to take shots at WWE (and for Foley to do some funny dissing of Joe). After a lot of wasting time, Foley runs down ROH and sucker-punches Joe, leading to a brawl.
COLT CABANA PROMO- good
Overall, a good show from ROH, but nothing great. A good watch, but there are much better shows out there.