BRM Reviews the 2/16/2013 ROH

[Big Red Machine]

TADARIUS THOMAS & Q.T. MARSHALL BACKSTAGE- kind of pointless, but at least it got Veda Scott on screen.

TOP PROSPECT TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL MATCH: Q.T. Marshall vs. Tadarius Thomas- 4/10

CHARLIE HAAS & BJ WHITMER FIGHT AT A CAR DEALERSHIP- very good. This si the sort of stuff they should have been doing with Steen for the past year.

CAPRICE AOLEMAN & CEDRIC ALEXANDER vs. NICK WESTGATE & BRIAN FURY- no rating. Good segment. It build to the 11th Anniversary Show well and Corino’s promo was very good. I am anxious to find out what SCUM has planned.

SILAS YOUNG PROMO- eh

MATT TAVEN PROMO- decent

TOP PROSPECT TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL MATCH: Matt Taven vs. Silas Young- 5.5/10
Pretty short, but with lots of cool stuff. This is the sort of match I expect from a “top prospects” tournament. Something that makes the loser look like a guy who certainly has a lot of potential.

MATT HARDY-ADAM COLE VIDEO PACKAGE- Cole’s promo was great, and they hyped up a non-TV or PPV show for once! This is the first time in a very long time that a house show has been made to look important on TV.

HAAS & NIGEL BACKSTAGE- okay. I guess this means Shelton is gone for good after the tag title match

BRISCOES PROMO- decent

JAY LETHAL vs. JIMMY JACOBS- 6/10
I wish it had gone longer.

AFTERMATH- good build to the 11th Anniversary Show. I’m extremely interested to see how Steen (with his new attitude) will react to whatever Corino’s grand plan is.

Overall, a decent episode of ROH.