BRM Reviews the 1/11/2014 ROH

[Big Red Machine]

2014 TOP PROSPECT TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND MATCH: Raymond Rowe vs. Kongo- 5.25/10
A short but great big-man match. After the match Elgin came out and powerbombed the 353 lbs Kongo. Kind of douchy on Elgin's part, but he waited until Kongo was facing him, so I'm fine with it.

MICHAEL ELGIN PROMO & SEGMENT WITH OTHER PEOPLE- Good.
Elgin wants the world title. He says he won't let anyone stand in his way, whether it is Jay Briscoe or some new guys like AJ and Hero. Hero says that he, too, wants the title, but they need to learn to work together at Wrestling's Finest in the three team elimination match.
Kevin Steen comes out and says that he is still owed his champion's rematch. He also says that he will kick Hero's ass in tonight's main event. A good segment that built up both the main event at Wrestling's Finest and tonight's main event.

AJ STYLES VIDEO PACKAGE- Good, but I question the logic of AJ returning in three weeks. I get that they are trying to build up hype for it, but AJ is just coming off of being TNA" World Champion. I'd have put him on TV as soon as possible. At least for a promo.

BILL DALY (w/Will Ferrara) PROMO- He says he is withdrawing himself from the tournament because he is injured and says that he is already the top prospect.

As a result of this, Corey Hollis would advance by forfiet, but his tag team partner, Mike Posey, says that he knows Corey doesn't want to win like that, so he proposes that Hollis prove his worthiness by beating him tonight.

COREY HOLLIS vs. MIKE POSEY- 4.5/10
Wow. Hollis won clean. I was completely expecting Posey to cheat to win.

VIDEO PACKAGE OF CAPRICE COLEMAN'S SPEECH AFTER LOSING AT PURSUIT: NIGHT 2- good.

CAPRICE COLEMAN vs. JAY LETHAL- 6/10
After the match Lethal cuts a promo saying he will be at ringside next week for Ciampa's match

JAY BRISCOE PROMO- he offers to put his "real" ROH World Title on the line next week against Adam Cole if Cole is man enough to show up.

CHRIS HERO vs. KEVIN STEEN- 6.25/10
Steen wins via unsolicited help from the Decade.

SOMEONE JUMPS STEEN AFTER THE MATCH- Oh. This could be interesting.
Sorry. I spoke too soon. The person in question was Cliff Compton. I actually hope this was a shoot just so I won't ever have to see Compton in ROH again.

This show tried to do WAY too much, and as a result, nothing really got enough time.