ROH Stalemate
ROH Stalemate (4/16/2005)- Dorcester, MA
GOOD TIMES GREAT MEMORIES SEGMENT- Great. Set up Heenan managing Punk tonight.
HOMICIDE PROMO- Great
KEVIN STEEN vs. VORDELL WALKER- 5/10
Both guys looked impressive in the ring.
PRINCE NANA PROMO- okay
RODERICK STRONG vs. EL GENERICO- 7/10
Great match!
NIGEL MCGUINNESS PROMO- decent
DIXIE & AZRIEAL vs. DERANGED & CHEECH (w/Lacey & Cloudy)- 4.5/10
ROH PURE TITLE MATCH: Jay Lethal(c) vs. Spanky- 7/10
Nana says that Jimmy Rave can’t wrestle tonight because he injured his arm in an “elephant riding accident.” LOVE IT!
CM PUNK (w/Bobby “The Brain” Heenan) vs. KILLER KRUEL (w/The Embassy)- 2/10
Ridiculously short match that happened just to get Heenan a pop for stopping Nana’s interference.
CM PUNK & JIMMY RAVE BRAWL- well… apparently Nana was lying. Jimmy Rave came away from that elephant riding accident perfectly fine. Anyway, this was a decent segment that build to their Dog Collar match at the next show. Punk cut a great promo at the end.
AUSTIN ARIES PROMO- very good.
DOUBLE STAKES FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL MATCH TO DETERMINE THE #1 CONTENDER TO BOTH THE PURE AND WORLD TITLES: Samoa Joe vs. Alex Shelley vs. Nigel McGuinness vs. Colt Cabana-
I didn’t like the fact that the guys in the fall to decide who got the Pure Title shot left. I think a Wrestlemania 16 style thing with everyone competing in the second fall would have been better.
ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries(c) vs. James Gibson-7.5/10
A great match, but I absolutely hated the finish. A Brainbuster is Aries’ finisher. Gibson sould nlt have the wherewithal to hook Aries’ legs after taking it.
NO DISQUALIFICATION LUMBERJACK MATCH: Bryan Danielson vs. Homicide-7.25/10
A Lumberjack Match with no disqualifications? That sounds like just asking for people to interfere in that match.
JAMES GIBON PROMO- AWESOME!
ALEX SHELLEY PROMO- good
Overall, an okay show from ROH. A few good to great matches, but nothing worth going out of your way to see. The highlight of this show, by far, was Gibson’s promo at the end. Definitely skippable.
GOOD TIMES GREAT MEMORIES SEGMENT- Great. Set up Heenan managing Punk tonight.
HOMICIDE PROMO- Great
KEVIN STEEN vs. VORDELL WALKER- 5/10
Both guys looked impressive in the ring.
PRINCE NANA PROMO- okay
RODERICK STRONG vs. EL GENERICO- 7/10
Great match!
NIGEL MCGUINNESS PROMO- decent
DIXIE & AZRIEAL vs. DERANGED & CHEECH (w/Lacey & Cloudy)- 4.5/10
ROH PURE TITLE MATCH: Jay Lethal(c) vs. Spanky- 7/10
Nana says that Jimmy Rave can’t wrestle tonight because he injured his arm in an “elephant riding accident.” LOVE IT!
CM PUNK (w/Bobby “The Brain” Heenan) vs. KILLER KRUEL (w/The Embassy)- 2/10
Ridiculously short match that happened just to get Heenan a pop for stopping Nana’s interference.
CM PUNK & JIMMY RAVE BRAWL- well… apparently Nana was lying. Jimmy Rave came away from that elephant riding accident perfectly fine. Anyway, this was a decent segment that build to their Dog Collar match at the next show. Punk cut a great promo at the end.
AUSTIN ARIES PROMO- very good.
DOUBLE STAKES FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL MATCH TO DETERMINE THE #1 CONTENDER TO BOTH THE PURE AND WORLD TITLES: Samoa Joe vs. Alex Shelley vs. Nigel McGuinness vs. Colt Cabana-
I didn’t like the fact that the guys in the fall to decide who got the Pure Title shot left. I think a Wrestlemania 16 style thing with everyone competing in the second fall would have been better.
ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Austin Aries(c) vs. James Gibson-7.5/10
A great match, but I absolutely hated the finish. A Brainbuster is Aries’ finisher. Gibson sould nlt have the wherewithal to hook Aries’ legs after taking it.
NO DISQUALIFICATION LUMBERJACK MATCH: Bryan Danielson vs. Homicide-7.25/10
A Lumberjack Match with no disqualifications? That sounds like just asking for people to interfere in that match.
JAMES GIBON PROMO- AWESOME!
ALEX SHELLEY PROMO- good
Overall, an okay show from ROH. A few good to great matches, but nothing worth going out of your way to see. The highlight of this show, by far, was Gibson’s promo at the end. Definitely skippable.