BRM Reviews the 1/19/2013 ROH
Posted: Jan 25th, '13, 08:52
NEW OPENING THEME & VIDEO PACKAGE- a nice message that the Cornette Era is officially over.
BOBBY FISH & KYLE O'REILLY vs. ALABAMA ATTITUDE- 4/10
Good attitude shown by Fish & O'Reilly.
CHARLIE HAAS PROMO- decent little from building up the 11th Anniversary Show in March.
JAY LETHAL & NIGEL MCGUINNESS SEGMENT- good. I also really like that they handled this on the first new episode after Final Battle. It makes it seem like important business. I also really have to complement Nigel here. He really got across the point that he knew how Lethal was feeling, but like he knew that he had to act like a responsible authority figure now, rather than a wrestler, and he really got across that he knew that he had to be tough here because if he wasn't tough against the first challenge to his authority, there were a whole bunch of other people like Haas, Truth, SCUM, Nana, and even the Briscoes who would pick up on his weakness and would make things more difficult for him down the line. GREAT acting by Nigel here.
INSIDE ROH SEGMENT- GREAT! The build to Whitmer's TV Title match (and its related effects on Matt Hardy and Charlie Haas) was awesome, especially Matt Hardy's promo, which was just perfect.
ROH TOP PROSPECT TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND MATCH: Mike Sydal vs. Q.T. Marshall (w/Barrister R.D. Evans)- 4.5/10
Both guys got enough time to show what they could do. Marshall really knows how to show his butt as a heel. I think the fans would be a lot more accepting of him if he didn't have such a completely stupid-sounding name.
COLEMAN & ALEXANDER PROMO- good. Whoever thought of putting these two together deserves a lot of credit. Alexander really isn't much more than another guy, but when you put him together with a veteran who can talk like Coleman can, they become more than the some of their parts.
BRISCOES PROMO- eh. I really dislike Briscoes promos when they aren't coherent, and, since the Sinclair purchase,
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Briscoe Brothers(c) vs. Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander- 6.25/10
Pretty disappointing, as far as main events are concerned, and especially for ROH. Having the Briscoes dismiss Coleman & Alexander this easily really just confirms what we all already thought: That C&C are no real threat to the titles.
JACOBS, CORINO, & RHINO ATTACK THE BRSICOES & C&C- okay, I guess.
Overall, this was a good episode of ROH. Yes, the main event was disappointing, but this episode was bigger than that. This episode did a lot of little things that said "the Cornette Era is over." The new opening, the new, less lame commercials for the website, etc (granted, a better main event would have helped this feeling even more, but oh well).
BOBBY FISH & KYLE O'REILLY vs. ALABAMA ATTITUDE- 4/10
Good attitude shown by Fish & O'Reilly.
CHARLIE HAAS PROMO- decent little from building up the 11th Anniversary Show in March.
JAY LETHAL & NIGEL MCGUINNESS SEGMENT- good. I also really like that they handled this on the first new episode after Final Battle. It makes it seem like important business. I also really have to complement Nigel here. He really got across the point that he knew how Lethal was feeling, but like he knew that he had to act like a responsible authority figure now, rather than a wrestler, and he really got across that he knew that he had to be tough here because if he wasn't tough against the first challenge to his authority, there were a whole bunch of other people like Haas, Truth, SCUM, Nana, and even the Briscoes who would pick up on his weakness and would make things more difficult for him down the line. GREAT acting by Nigel here.
INSIDE ROH SEGMENT- GREAT! The build to Whitmer's TV Title match (and its related effects on Matt Hardy and Charlie Haas) was awesome, especially Matt Hardy's promo, which was just perfect.
ROH TOP PROSPECT TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND MATCH: Mike Sydal vs. Q.T. Marshall (w/Barrister R.D. Evans)- 4.5/10
Both guys got enough time to show what they could do. Marshall really knows how to show his butt as a heel. I think the fans would be a lot more accepting of him if he didn't have such a completely stupid-sounding name.
COLEMAN & ALEXANDER PROMO- good. Whoever thought of putting these two together deserves a lot of credit. Alexander really isn't much more than another guy, but when you put him together with a veteran who can talk like Coleman can, they become more than the some of their parts.
BRISCOES PROMO- eh. I really dislike Briscoes promos when they aren't coherent, and, since the Sinclair purchase,
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Briscoe Brothers(c) vs. Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander- 6.25/10
Pretty disappointing, as far as main events are concerned, and especially for ROH. Having the Briscoes dismiss Coleman & Alexander this easily really just confirms what we all already thought: That C&C are no real threat to the titles.
JACOBS, CORINO, & RHINO ATTACK THE BRSICOES & C&C- okay, I guess.
Overall, this was a good episode of ROH. Yes, the main event was disappointing, but this episode was bigger than that. This episode did a lot of little things that said "the Cornette Era is over." The new opening, the new, less lame commercials for the website, etc (granted, a better main event would have helped this feeling even more, but oh well).