BRM Reviews the 3/29/2014 ROH
Posted: Mar 31st, '14, 08:09
reDRagon vs. BRUTAL BURGERS ("Brutal" Bob Evans & Chesseburger)-5/10
Good use of Cheeseburger. I like how Brutal Burgers' offense involves Brutal Bob helping Cheeseburger hit his moves because Cheeseburger is so damn small. Hanson and Rowe came out to watch the match from the ramp. While Brutal Bob is around, it would be nice to get his view on the actions of The Decade towards the younger guys in the locker room.
AJ STYLES vs. MICHAEL ELGIN- 7.5/10
Adam Cole was on commentary for this match, and claimed to be dating Ronda Rousey. I assume this was just a joke on the CM Punk rumors, but I'm not 100% sure.
One thing that really bothered me during this match was the camerawork. This has been happening a lot on ROH for the past year or so, but this time it really set me off: They spend WAY too much time focusing on the announcers talking to each other, especially when there is a guest announcer. It's one thing to do it during a rest-hold (although even then they linger too long), but once the guy starts to fight out of it YOU NEED TO CUT BACK IMMEDIATELY. The thing that really pissed off in this match, though, was that Elgin hit a tombstone piledriver, then went for the pin... and rather than focus on the nearfall, the camera guy cut to Adam Cole after the count of one. WHAT THE F*CK?!
They were definitely holding a lot back in this match, but it was still great. I also hated the execution on the finish. Basically they said that TV time expired... except that this happened with about three minutes left in the show! Kevin Kelly then backtracked and claimed that "television time remaining" really means 30 minutes.
So with TV time supposedly having expired, AJ and Elgin both still had time to cut promos saying they wanted five more minutes. Then Cole attacked them both with the ROH World Title. Jay Briscoe came out to make the save, and when Cole tried to escape to the back, Steen blocked his exit, forcing him to flee through the crowd.
Anyway, a good show from ROH, but with a very frustrating ending.
Good use of Cheeseburger. I like how Brutal Burgers' offense involves Brutal Bob helping Cheeseburger hit his moves because Cheeseburger is so damn small. Hanson and Rowe came out to watch the match from the ramp. While Brutal Bob is around, it would be nice to get his view on the actions of The Decade towards the younger guys in the locker room.
AJ STYLES vs. MICHAEL ELGIN- 7.5/10
Adam Cole was on commentary for this match, and claimed to be dating Ronda Rousey. I assume this was just a joke on the CM Punk rumors, but I'm not 100% sure.
One thing that really bothered me during this match was the camerawork. This has been happening a lot on ROH for the past year or so, but this time it really set me off: They spend WAY too much time focusing on the announcers talking to each other, especially when there is a guest announcer. It's one thing to do it during a rest-hold (although even then they linger too long), but once the guy starts to fight out of it YOU NEED TO CUT BACK IMMEDIATELY. The thing that really pissed off in this match, though, was that Elgin hit a tombstone piledriver, then went for the pin... and rather than focus on the nearfall, the camera guy cut to Adam Cole after the count of one. WHAT THE F*CK?!
They were definitely holding a lot back in this match, but it was still great. I also hated the execution on the finish. Basically they said that TV time expired... except that this happened with about three minutes left in the show! Kevin Kelly then backtracked and claimed that "television time remaining" really means 30 minutes.
So with TV time supposedly having expired, AJ and Elgin both still had time to cut promos saying they wanted five more minutes. Then Cole attacked them both with the ROH World Title. Jay Briscoe came out to make the save, and when Cole tried to escape to the back, Steen blocked his exit, forcing him to flee through the crowd.
Anyway, a good show from ROH, but with a very frustrating ending.