ROH Main Event Spectacles

ROH Main Event SpectaclesROH Main Event Spectacles

By Big Red Machine
From November 01, 2003
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ROH Main Event Spectacles (11/1/2003)- Elizabeth, NJ

CM PUNK & COLT CABANA SEGMENT- eh

FIELD OF HONOR MATCH: Colt Cabana(2-0) vs. Dan Maff(1-1) (w/Allison Danger)- 5.75/10.
Some fun comedy followed by a pretty good match, ending with a SICK Burning Hammer.

AFTERMATH- great. First Samoa Joe and Jim Cornette jump the Prophecy. Then Corny cuts a promo and brings out the Briscoes, then turns on Joe, who gets a beatdown from all three.

SPECIAL K SEGMENT- comes off awkward on this DVD, but, in hindsight it is clear that this is the beginning of the Special K break-up that would pay off a year later.

THE PURISTS (Tony Mamaluke & John Walters) vs. NIGEL MCGUINNESS & XAVIER (w/Lollipop)- 6.25/10
Good storytelling here, and a genius bit of booking by Gabe. Story of this match was Walters trying to get revenge on Xavier and Xavier being a cowardly heel. By booking Nigel as Xavier's tag team partner, Gabe takes advantage of the fact that Xavier's partner will have to carry most of the ringwork for his team by giving that spot to Nigel so Nigel can show his stuff for a crowd that hasn't seen him before.

JUSTIN CREDIBLE vs. MATT STRYKER- 6/10

ROH TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Izzy & Dixie(c) (w/Special K) vs. The Briscoe Brothers (w/Jim Cornette)- 6.5/10
Standard hard hitting and high flying form the Briscoes, standard spittness from Special K. This match had one GREAT nearfall in it.

FIGHTING SPIRIT SHOWDOWN: BJ Whitmer vs. Homicide (w/Julius Smokes)- 8/10
The gimmick in this match as that this match had a 20-count on the floor, so there could be count-outs. What that has to do with the NAME of the match, I haven't the foggiest idea. Either way, this match was awesome.

SAMOA JOE PROMO- eh

SCRAMBLE CAGE MATCH: The Backseat Boyz vs. The Carnage Crew vs. The S.A.T. vs. Teddy Hart & Jack Evans vs. Hydro & Angeldust- 7.25/10
Started off well, but then devolved in to a complete and total spotfest.

FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL MATCH: Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Steve Corino (w/Guillotine Legrande & Simply Luscious)- 7.5/10
A great match, but it felt like nothing major happened, and was really just a way to add a little unimportant something to the Punk-Corino storyline, as is clearly evidenced by the finish. Corino's entrance schtick went WAY too long and got extremely boring. It was intended to be obnoxious and boring to get heat, but it got the wrong type of heat.

STRYKER, XAVIER, & JOHN WALTERS SEGMENT- very good

#1 CONTENDER'S TROPHY MATCH: Bryan Danielson vs. AJ Styles- 9.25/10
AMAZING match. This match had one of the most "real" feelings I have ever seen. AMAZING match!

GOOD TIMES, GREAT MEMORIES WITH THE CARNAGE CREW- okay.

STEVE CORINO PROMO- AWESOME!

GARY MICHAEL CAPETTA INTERVIEWS JIM CORNETTE- AWESOME!

Overall, an awesome from ROH capped off by an amazing main event. Unfortunately, the commentary brings it down a bit.


STUPID ANNOUNCER QUOTES:
1. Gabe and Doug (I really can't bring myself to call them by their commentary aliases) wonder whether Xavier is a member of The Prophecy or not. They bring up several points of evidence on both sides. The argument that he might still be a member of The Prophecy or not is that he won't shake anyone's hand, still cheats, and acts like a jerk. The evidence against him being a member of The Prophecy is that he has Lollipop as his valet instead of Allison Danger, is no longer wearing The Prophecy's colors... and at the last show HE TOLD DANIELS THAT HE DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PROPHECY AND ALMOST GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH THEM BACKSTAGE! Somehow, both Gabe and Doug are still baffled by the question of whether he is still a member of The Prophecy or not.

2. Gabe- "People have been saying that the tag team titles are cursed because the Backseat Boyz; everyone thought they were going to have such a long reign and then Special K cheated to score that upset. Then, once again, Special K with that cheap victory in Spencerpot over the Carnage Crew, despite both of them being busted open."
Cursed? That doesn't sound like a curse. That just sounds like Special K is cheating in title matches. If it was a curse, wouldn't Special K have LOST the belts?

3. Gabe "The Backseat Boyz have to be tired. They've already gone three minutes against Hart and Evans." So they are tired after just THREE MINUTES?

4. During the Four Way semi-main event, the story that the announcers were trying to put over was that Punk and Corino seem to be forming this strange love-hate relationship, and seems like they start working together and then they don't, etc. They would bring this up every time that Punk or Corino would save each other when they were in a submission or being pinned... except that they would be doing that normally because this isn't an elimination match. Gabe even gave his standard schpiel on this ("no waiting on the outside saying, I'll this pin go, and I'll just wait and get the next one. This is one fall to a finish") at least twice during the match!

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