ROH Enter The Dragon
ROH Enter The Dragon (10/14/2005)- Cleveland, OH
OPENING SEGMENT- Great
STUFF WITH CORINO BACKSTAGE- are they trying to do an angle where Corino is going senile?
CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI vs. NIGEL MCGUINNESS- 6.5/10
Great opener
COLT CABABA & STEVE CORINO BACKSTAGE- AWESOME! And it also clears my confusion from earlier up. Corino is definitely not senile.
RICKY REYES vs. MATT STRYKER- no rating, great segment.
Basically squashing a guy like Stryker really put Reyes and his new finisher over.
JADE CHUNG PROMO- was good, but it dragged on too long.
ROH TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro(c) Lacey’s Angels (BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs) (w/Lacey)- 7/10
Good tag team wrestling and tons of fun all in one match.
TAPED MESSAGE FROM JIM CORNETTE- felt entirely unnecessary. Corny just promises that ROH will renew its focus on tag team wrestling.
JIMMY YANG vs. RODERICK STRONG- 6.5/10
Corino comes out as hilarious CM Punk parody (for example, in place of Punk’s â€"Straight Edge†tattoo, Corino has â€"I LOVE BEER†written across his abs). They did an amusing â€"memorial ceremony†for everyone whose career WWE has supposedly ruined… ending with CM Punk (who had recently signed with WWE)… as I am watching this in 2012… it is just hilarious.
COLT CABANA & STEVE CORINO vs. HOMICIDE & LOW KI- 7.5/10
These guys did an awesome job of telling the story of a match that felt like it would break down at any time.
NIGEL MCGUINNESS PROMO- great
DAVEY ANDREWS & SHANE HAGADORN vs. PELLE PRIMEAU & DEREK DEMPSEY- no rating. Outstanding segment. Nana interrupts the match and brings in Abyss, who destroys everyone.
ABYSS (w/Prince Nana) vs. Jack Evans (w/Jade Chung)- 4.5/10
Disappointingly short, but that was the most awesome Black Hole Slam EVER! The aftermath was good, but I really didn’t like Roddy getting his hands on Nana.
JIMMY RAVE & ALEX SHELLEY vs. SAMOA JOE & JAY LETHAL- 6.75/10
ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Bryan Danielson(c) vs. Austin Aries- 8/10
Awesome.
STEVE CORINO PROMO- Corino breaks kayfabe. Grrr.
Overall, a good show from ROH, but completely skipppable if you don’t have the money. The only truly important thing that happens on this show is Claudio debuting and beating Nigel to kick off their feud.
OPENING SEGMENT- Great
STUFF WITH CORINO BACKSTAGE- are they trying to do an angle where Corino is going senile?
CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI vs. NIGEL MCGUINNESS- 6.5/10
Great opener
COLT CABABA & STEVE CORINO BACKSTAGE- AWESOME! And it also clears my confusion from earlier up. Corino is definitely not senile.
RICKY REYES vs. MATT STRYKER- no rating, great segment.
Basically squashing a guy like Stryker really put Reyes and his new finisher over.
JADE CHUNG PROMO- was good, but it dragged on too long.
ROH TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro(c) Lacey’s Angels (BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs) (w/Lacey)- 7/10
Good tag team wrestling and tons of fun all in one match.
TAPED MESSAGE FROM JIM CORNETTE- felt entirely unnecessary. Corny just promises that ROH will renew its focus on tag team wrestling.
JIMMY YANG vs. RODERICK STRONG- 6.5/10
Corino comes out as hilarious CM Punk parody (for example, in place of Punk’s â€"Straight Edge†tattoo, Corino has â€"I LOVE BEER†written across his abs). They did an amusing â€"memorial ceremony†for everyone whose career WWE has supposedly ruined… ending with CM Punk (who had recently signed with WWE)… as I am watching this in 2012… it is just hilarious.
COLT CABANA & STEVE CORINO vs. HOMICIDE & LOW KI- 7.5/10
These guys did an awesome job of telling the story of a match that felt like it would break down at any time.
NIGEL MCGUINNESS PROMO- great
DAVEY ANDREWS & SHANE HAGADORN vs. PELLE PRIMEAU & DEREK DEMPSEY- no rating. Outstanding segment. Nana interrupts the match and brings in Abyss, who destroys everyone.
ABYSS (w/Prince Nana) vs. Jack Evans (w/Jade Chung)- 4.5/10
Disappointingly short, but that was the most awesome Black Hole Slam EVER! The aftermath was good, but I really didn’t like Roddy getting his hands on Nana.
JIMMY RAVE & ALEX SHELLEY vs. SAMOA JOE & JAY LETHAL- 6.75/10
ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Bryan Danielson(c) vs. Austin Aries- 8/10
Awesome.
STEVE CORINO PROMO- Corino breaks kayfabe. Grrr.
Overall, a good show from ROH, but completely skipppable if you don’t have the money. The only truly important thing that happens on this show is Claudio debuting and beating Nigel to kick off their feud.