BRM Reviews the 8/3/2013 ROH

[Big Red Machine]

3.0 vs. ADRENALINE RUSH- 3.75/10
WAY too short. Kevin Kelly claims that 3.0 are "descendants from Rick Martel." Ummm... they're not related, so how can both of them be descended from Martel?

NIGEL MCGUINNESS, reDRagon, & AMERICAN WOLVES SEGMENT- Nigel announces that the ROH World Title will be vacated, says that it's time to restore honor, more emphasis o the tag team division... etc. etc. The same thing we've been hearing in newswires and in commentary on live shows for the past month and a half.
reDRagon then comes out and Bobby volunteers to put the tag belts on the line against Forever Hooligans in tonight's main event (it was originally scheduled to be a Proving Ground match). Then Davey and Eddie come out and say that they want the tag belts. Not a very interesting segment, but an effective one.

PROMO TO HYPE NEXT WEEK'S MAIN EVENT- good. Whitmer & the Wolves vs. Steen, Elgin, & Ciampa. Hell yeah!

INSIDE ROH SEGMENT- World Title Tournament hype. Good

MICHAEL BENNETT PROMO- hype for his match next week against Brutal Bob.

Before the match, Q.T. Marshall whines about not being in the tournament. Adam Page grabs the mic and asks Nigel to put Q.T. in the match just to shut him up, and Nigel goes along with it. Ring of Honor: where wins and losses matter... but you can also get what you want by whining like a four year old.

WINNER GETS INTO THE WORLD TITLE TOURNAMENT: Adam Page vs. Silas Young vs. QT Marshall- 5/10
The finish does a decent job of advancing whatever storyline (if any) they are doing with Young and Page.

ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: reDRagon(c) vs. Forever Hooligans- 7.5/10
Better than their previous match. The crowd reacted a lot more positively to this change than I had assumed they would. I still think this title switch was pointless, though.