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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Retro Rowe: ROH Black Friday Fallout

Ring of Honor - Black Friday Fallout
November 26, 2006

by SamoaRowe

-From Lake Grove, NY. Our hosts are Dave Prazak and Jimmy Bauer (Gabe Sapolsky).

-Backstage interview with ROH Tag Team Champions Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli. They are staging a phony press conference. Since they are the champs, they feel they can say whatever they want, whenever they want. They dismiss the other teams chasing after them. Tonight, they defend their newly won titles in a “No DQ” match against Austin Aries and Roderick Strong.

-Brent Albright introduces himself to the ROH audience. He’s coming off a lackluster run on Smackdown. Albright is here to make money and beat people up. Tonight, he gets the opportunity to beat five people up in the gauntlet match.

Four Corner Survival:
Daizee Haze vs. Nikki Roxx vs. Lacey vs. Allison Danger

That’s right, they’re opening with a women’s match, what are you going to do about it? Hot start with participants tagging themselves in, as everyone hates Lacey. Danger turns up the aggression, attacking Lacey with hard strikes. Roxx assists Danger in a double team against Lacey. Haze tags in and puts Roxx down with a Tornado Daizee Cutter. Allison misses a curb kick and Haze locks on an STF. Danger looks for a tag but Lacey refuses. Roxx tags and works over poor Allison. Lacey tags herself in and blindsides Danger. Allison makes a comeback but Haze sneak attacks with a drop-kick. Roxx and Haze gets tags and Roxx gains the upper hand with a tirt-a-whirl backbreaker. Barbie Crusher on Danger by Roxx! Daizee jumps Nikki and nails a Hart Punch. Lacey shoves off Daizee and puts Roxx down with an Implant DDT. Lacey gains the victory at 8:27. Solid match that really gave Lacey a chance to get over, **½.
Winner: Lacey

ROH -Honor Reclaims Boston - Nov 3,2006

by SamoaRowe

-I still haven’t gotten my WWE tapes in the mail (damn holiday weekend) so here’s the second live ROH event I ever attended.

-From Braintree, MA. Our hosts are Dave Prazak and Jared David.

-Nigel McGuinness comes to the ring and puts over ROH’s return to the Boston area. His mystery opponent is local boy, John Walters.

Nigel McGuinness vs. John Walters

They show off their chain wrestling skills in the early going. Nigel leap frogs and runs into an arm drag. Walters delivers a slingshot arm drag to take control. They trade hip tosses and Walters scores yet another arm drag. They trade uppercuts and Walters scores with a flying cross body. Nigel throws a suplex and goes after the arm. Walters is also favoring arm attacks. Walters powers out of a cobra clutch only to eat a lariat. Walters counters with a big spinebuster. Walters unloads a flurry of offense but can’t get the pinfall. Hammerlock takedown by McGuinness cuts off Walters’ momentum. Walters comes back with a Codebreaker and an arm submission. Neckbreaker by Walters only gets 2. Nigel bounces back with the Tower of London for only 2. Nigel counters into the big lariat for a very close near fall. The crowd goes nuts for that one. McGuinness hits the lariat off the ropes but Walters gets a rope break. A second Tower of London ends it at 13:54. It was getting hard not to root for Walters at the end, ***.
Winner: Nigel McGuinness

Ring of Honor - Death Before Dishonor VIII Hype

Tonight is Ring of Honor's big iPPV - Death Before Dishonor VIII! The show only costs $14.99 and will be airing on GoFightLive.TV. I am very excited about this event. In a time when WWE fires Bryan Danielson for choking with a tie and TNA refuses to elevate Desmond Wolfe when the fans demand it, it is extremely important that we all support products like Ring of Honor and help them reach the next stage. The Tyler Black/Davey Richards main event could be a MOTYC and there is no obvious winner. The El Generico/Kevin Steen match has been building since Final Battle 2009 and could steal the show. Christopher Daniels will be taking on Kenny Omega, a man who many consider to be the next ace. Austin Aries collides with Delirious. The Kings of Wrestling (Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero) defend the ROH Tag Team titles against the Briscoes. There is a lot of bad bood there, as the Briscoes attacked the KOW's valet, Sara Del Rey. The KOW responded by attacking the Briscoes' father. These two teams have had awesome matches in the past, this could be another classic.

On paper, this is the best Ring of Honor show of the last couple of years. If you are sick and tired of being insulted by WWE and TNA, put your money where you mouth is and order this show.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

CHIKARA - Anniversario Zehn

A few weeks ago, I went to CHIKARA's event in Tyngsboro, MA for my bachelor's party. Shut up, it was fun. Here are some (crappy) photos I took with my cell phone.