Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuiness are
talking to start the show. Lethal
retained last week, he gets a shot against Davey Richards next week. Dem Boys face the House of Truth, each team
has put up five grand.
Kyle O’Reily is talking about Eddie
Edwards. He doesn’t appreciate what
Eddie has been saying. Kyle has
something to prove! TONIGHT!
Eddie counters by calling Kyle a douche
(well not in so many words) and claiming he is going to kick his ass.
KYLE O’REILY vs. EDDIE EDWARDS
Kyle has a stupid side tattoo, I have no
idea what it says but it looks dumb. One
thing I generally dislike about ROH is their music, it’s like they bought stock
in the Generic Metal Label and borrow heavily from that. We start the match with the intense handshake
of mutual dislike. Test of strength
leads to dueling headbutts, Kevin Kelly mentions the Nigel/Daniel Bryan title
match. I dig that, glad they make
mention of their past and don’t bury it like SOME other companies. Some great chain wrestling, Edwards traps
O’Reily in the ankle lock, and who comes out?
Davey Richards. I am sure this
won’t factor into things at all.
Commercial: Showdown in the Sun from
Florida. Kevin Steen has an opinion on
it. He is insane, and maybe a little
high. He makes sure the sun will be
there so he can get a tan before he destroys people’s lives. I love Kevin Steen.
We are back! Davey is rooting for Kyle,
certainly hurting Eddie’s feelings even more.
Holy shit. They do a spot where
Eddie tries a suplex and they both fall over the top rope. I thought someone was going to die. Luckily, they didn’t. Eddie kicks the ringpost, silly Eddie, the
ringpost is not your enemy. Kyle works
the leg, which is a refreshing change in the world of wrestling. Someone hurts something and you work it,
interesting. Kyle reverses a roll up
into an ankle lock (seriously, there has been some GREAT wrestling in this
match) and Adam Cole comes down. Who the
fuck is Adam Cole? And more importantly,
how is he related to WCW’s Cole twins?
Adam Cole is openly rooting for Eddie Edwards. Well THIS is certainly a turn of events! Evidently there is some locker room secret
about Adam Cole, but Kevin Kelly is a tease and doesn’t explain it. Eddie goes all Kenta Kobashi (thanks Nigel)
on Kyle and chops the holy shit out of him.
Eddie gets the win with a somewhat anti-climactic roll up. Still, what a great match.
After the match, Eddie challenges Davey
and Kyle to a tag match with his NEW partner Adam Cole. Well ok then.
The New American Wolves vs. the New Wolves or something I guess. It’s Wolfmania either way.
Steve Corino joins the announce team at
ringside, evidently he will do commentary on DVD releases. Ok then.
We recap last week’s Steen promo, still great stuff.
MIKE MONDO vs. MATT TAVEN
Well this seems a little out of
place. I saw Mondo a few weeks ago,
meh. Never seen this Taven guy before,
he looks like something straight out of 1990.
Decent enough little match, Taven gets a “PAULEY SHORE” chant. No one deserves that. Ahhhh THIS explains this match. Here comes Kevin Steen. Steen wonders why these guys are wrestling
while he is not. Can’t argue with that
logic. Steen continues to be
awesome. He recognizes Mondo and says
hello. He doesn’t know Taven (who
does). He calls him a cutie pie, which
Cornette loves. Again, Steen is
awesome. Steen wants to shake hands with
Taven, this is probably not going to lead to anything good. No, it doesn’t. Steen KILLS Taven with an F5. Mondo celebrates with a hug to Steen. Bad move.
Steen bites his ear, awesome, then F5’s Mondo. While Mondo was up in the F5, he was yelling
HE BIT MY EAR! Awesome. Steen and Corino have an old fashioned stare
down we get security out there, then go to commercial. Gotta say I was hoping Steen would come up
with something better than the F5 to replace the package piledriver. Maybe there is still hope.
INSIDE ROH
-WGTT are still pissed that the fans
booed them. We recap last week’s brawl
with the Briscoes. Cornette is fining
them ANOTHER five grand, which WGTT
refuses to pay. WGTT appears to be
embracing this heel turn. Though, they
say they want another title rematch, they just had one last week. Who do they think they are, Batista?
-Cornette tells us that if Shelton
doesn’t pay, he is suspended. The plot
thickens!
-Dem Boys talk about WGTT and The
Bucks. One of them doesn’t know whether
to whip the Bucks ass or buy them flowers.
He decides to whip their ass.
Smart move.
-Tomasso Ciampa gets a TV Title shot
against Jay Lethal at the 10th anniversary show.
-Ciampa and the Embassy talk about the
TV title shot. Meh. Prince Nana tries to make it all about him,
but the tool lawyer cuts him off. How long
till there is a split?
THE BRISCOES vs. MICHAEL ELGIN &
RODERICK STRONG
Three of my favorites in one match. I approve.
The fans love the Briscoes, can’t say I blame them. I want some shorts like the Briscoes wear. They look comfortable as hell, and my home
town is just redneck enough that no one would think them out of place. Another mention of the Nigel/Danielson match
from England. Sounds like it was a
brutal match. I would like to see
that. Whatever happened to the Pure
title anyway? This has been a great
match so far. The thing about the
Briscoes is, they are insane, no doubt, but they can also wrestle too. I thought they were nothing but brawlers, but
so far, nope, they can hang in a wrestling match too, which is cool. Elgin busts out the Hellevator, haven’t seen
that in a long time. Mark hits the
Froggiebo, a frog splash elbow.
Awesome. The match breaks down,
which should surprise no one. Jay
Briscoe goes to the outside and Truth Martini throws salt or baby powder in his
eyes. GREAT old school manager move. God I miss managers. Briscoe does the smart thing and grabs a
bottle of water and clears his eyes, then leaves…….and comes back with a
baseball bat. Gotta love the
Briscoes. You throw salt, I hit you with
a bat. The Briscoes use the bat on Elgin
and Strong, causing the disqualification and, in theory, costing them five
grand, but the Briscoes end up with the checks.
Next week: Kevin Steen debuts and WGTT faces the Young
Bucks. I can’t wait to see Steen.
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