BRM Reviews ROH Fifth Year Festival: Chicago

[Big Red Machine]

ROH Fifth Year Festival: Chicago (2/24/2007)- Chicago, IL

CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI vs. BRENT ALBRIGHT (w/Larry Sweeney)- 6.25/10
Good stuff before the match, too.

MSCHIF & SERENA DEEB vs. THE DANGEROUS ANGELS (Sara Del Rey & Allison Danger)- 6/10

COLT CABANA PROMO- pretty good

FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL MATCH: Shingo vs. Matt Cross vs. CJ Otis vs. Trik Davis- 6/10
Slightly spotty, but did its job (getting Matt Cross over) perfectly.

JIMMY RAVE vs. BJ WHITMER- 5.75/10.
Definitely lacking something, but there was enough solid wrestling in here to earn it the rating it got.

ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Matt Sydal & Christopher Daniels(c) (w/Allison Danger) vs. The Briscoe Brothers- 8.25/10.
Crowd was very hot for this one.

BECKY BAYLESS INTERVIEWS JIMMY JACOBS & LACEY- GREAT!

RODERICK STRONG & DAVEY RICHARDS vs. AUSTIN ARIES & MATT CROSS- 7/10

WINDY CITY DEATHMATCH: Colt Cabana vs. Jimmy Jacobs (w/Lacey)- 8.5/10.
Awesome blowoff to an awesome feud. LOTS of blood, too.

SAMOA JOE & HOMICIDE vs. TAKESHI MORISHIMA & NIGEL MCGUINNESS- 8/10

JOE’S USA FAREWELL SPEECH- Great moment.

Overall, a great show from ROH, with pretty much everything being good or better, as well as having a touching farewell speech and an awesome blow-off.