BRM Reviews the 4/20/2013 ROH
Posted: Apr 23rd, '13, 13:13
STEEN-SCUM SEGMENT- good. Steen officially becomes a babyface again and gets beaten down by SCUM. No one of the wrestlers from the locker room come out to help Steen because of everything he has done over the past two years.
RODERICK STRONG vs. "THE PRODIGY" MIKE BENNETT (w/"Brutal" Bob Evans)- 6/10
Monod is on commentary and is already pissing me off about six sentences in. Some people have a face made for radio... well Mondo has a voice made for silent movies. Mondo is all like "who does Roderick Strong think he is, getting in my face? Doesn't he know who I am?" and my first thought is:"yes, he does know who you are. That's why he got in your face. Because he knows he can kick your over-pushed ass" (and over-pushed is a term that is rarely applicable to a lower-midcard guy).
During the match, Bennett accidentally speared Mondo, which led to Mondo later attacking Brutal Bob then costing Bennett the match. Then all three guys brawl after the match. Crap. This means Mondo is going to have a feud... which means I'll have to deal with more of him.
JORGE SENTI vs. TADARIUS THOMAS- no rating.
These guys did an awesome sequence to start things off, but SCUM quickly showed up and attacked both men leading to a double DQ. This led to...
NIGEL & CORINO PROMO SEGMENT- okay. Corino really needs to stop with the G-d/Jesus, "spiritual son" stuff. It's true that he is only doing it to get heat and it isn't working. The result of this segment is a match at Border Wars 2013: Lethal & Elgin vs. two members of SCUM. If Lethal and Elgin wins, Corino must leave ROH forever, but if SCUM win, Corino will be allowed to do color commentary and will be allowed to chose one member of SCUM to get an ROH World Title shot.
JAY BRISCOE PROMO- exactly the type of Briscoes promo that I hate.
MARK BRISCOE PROMO- very good.
ROH TV TITLE MATCH: Matt Taven(c) (w/Truth Martini & Scarlet) vs. ACH- 6/10
Not good enough for a main event. This should have gotten a lot more than eight minutes.
STUPID ANNOUNCER QUOTES:
1. Mike Mondo had the audacity to insult someone else's haircut (Mike Bennett, no less!). Really Mondo? Are you sure making fun of people's haircuts is a door you want to open?
2. Mondo- "I'm from New York! I"m from Long Island!" (Mondo then goes on to say that this means he will kick someone's but). Nice try, Mondo, but there is a HUGE difference between being from the city and being from Long Island, so take your Suffolk County ass back to the suburbs and stop pretending to try to be a real New Yorker.
RODERICK STRONG vs. "THE PRODIGY" MIKE BENNETT (w/"Brutal" Bob Evans)- 6/10
Monod is on commentary and is already pissing me off about six sentences in. Some people have a face made for radio... well Mondo has a voice made for silent movies. Mondo is all like "who does Roderick Strong think he is, getting in my face? Doesn't he know who I am?" and my first thought is:"yes, he does know who you are. That's why he got in your face. Because he knows he can kick your over-pushed ass" (and over-pushed is a term that is rarely applicable to a lower-midcard guy).
During the match, Bennett accidentally speared Mondo, which led to Mondo later attacking Brutal Bob then costing Bennett the match. Then all three guys brawl after the match. Crap. This means Mondo is going to have a feud... which means I'll have to deal with more of him.
JORGE SENTI vs. TADARIUS THOMAS- no rating.
These guys did an awesome sequence to start things off, but SCUM quickly showed up and attacked both men leading to a double DQ. This led to...
NIGEL & CORINO PROMO SEGMENT- okay. Corino really needs to stop with the G-d/Jesus, "spiritual son" stuff. It's true that he is only doing it to get heat and it isn't working. The result of this segment is a match at Border Wars 2013: Lethal & Elgin vs. two members of SCUM. If Lethal and Elgin wins, Corino must leave ROH forever, but if SCUM win, Corino will be allowed to do color commentary and will be allowed to chose one member of SCUM to get an ROH World Title shot.
JAY BRISCOE PROMO- exactly the type of Briscoes promo that I hate.
MARK BRISCOE PROMO- very good.
ROH TV TITLE MATCH: Matt Taven(c) (w/Truth Martini & Scarlet) vs. ACH- 6/10
Not good enough for a main event. This should have gotten a lot more than eight minutes.
STUPID ANNOUNCER QUOTES:
1. Mike Mondo had the audacity to insult someone else's haircut (Mike Bennett, no less!). Really Mondo? Are you sure making fun of people's haircuts is a door you want to open?
2. Mondo- "I'm from New York! I"m from Long Island!" (Mondo then goes on to say that this means he will kick someone's but). Nice try, Mondo, but there is a HUGE difference between being from the city and being from Long Island, so take your Suffolk County ass back to the suburbs and stop pretending to try to be a real New Yorker.