BRM Reviews the 2/1/2014 ROH (AJ Styles Returns)

[Big Red Machine]

TOP PROSPECT TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL MATCH: Andrew Everett vs. Hanson-5/10
Hanson got to show off his power, Everett got to show off his high-flying. I would be surprised if ROH doesn't keep both guys around after the tournament is over.

MARIA PROMO- good. She very strongly implies that she and Bennett hired Cliff Compton to attack Steen a few weeks ago, then says that, to replace the Piledriver (which he lost the rights to use at Final Battle 2013, Bennett has come up with an even more devastating finisher.

CEDRIC ALEXANDER vs. MICHAEL BENNETT (w/Maria Kanellis)- 6.25/10
Bennett's new finisher is the Anaconda Vise.

JAY LETHAL PROMO- decent hype for next week's TV Title match.

AJ STYLES vs. RODERICK STRONG- 8/10
Big pop for AJ, as expected. An awesome return match for AJ, also as expected. This is the one with the botched Styles Clash as the finidher that basically looked like a Ganso Bomb. Jacobs & Whitmer jumped AJ after the match, but a whole bunch of babyfaces quickly came out to make the save,

Overall, an awesome episode of ROH.