BRM Reviews the 9/27/2014 ROH
Posted: Oct 29th, '14, 07:02
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL SCRAMBLE: Silas Young vs. ACH vs. Michael Bennett (w/Maria Kanellis) vs. BJ Whitmer (w/Adam Page & Tadarius Thomas)- 7/10
This was called a Four Corner Survival Match, but Bobby Cruise told us it would be contested under scramble rules. So why don’t they just call it a “Four Man Scramble?”
There was a lot of good action here, and a good story with ACH as the babyface the three heels took turns beating on. They also did a few spots between Bennett and Whitmer that played off of the piledriver from All-Star Extravaganza V last year that legitimately required Whitmer to be stretchered out of the arena. I know it is heel vs. heel, but playing off of that could be good for a one-off match.
MONSTER MAFIA vs. THE DECADE (Jimmy Jacobs & Roderick Strong) (w/Adam Page & Tadarius Thomas)- 5.75/10
I would have given it a 6, but the referee stunk. He barely even TRIED to enforce the most important rule of tag team wrestling ONE GUY FROM EACH TEAM IN THE RING AT ALL TIMES!
This was the first time that I really felt like I could get a feel for Monster Mafia, and I'm still undecided. I'd like to see what separates them from every other random tag team in the world.
MICHAEL ELGIN PROMO- good hype for his title defense against Ciampa.
ROH TV TITLE MATCH: Jay Lethal(c) (w/Truth Martini & Selezyia) vs. Caprice Coleman- 6.25/10
I wasn't a big fan of the 1 inch punch spot and how it played into the match. Lethal accidentally hit Selezyia again, which you would think has to be going somewhere, except that Bennett and Maria did the same thing for a while and absolutely nothing came of it
Another very good show from ROH, but not quite up to the fantastic level of TV they've had over the past few months.
This was called a Four Corner Survival Match, but Bobby Cruise told us it would be contested under scramble rules. So why don’t they just call it a “Four Man Scramble?”
There was a lot of good action here, and a good story with ACH as the babyface the three heels took turns beating on. They also did a few spots between Bennett and Whitmer that played off of the piledriver from All-Star Extravaganza V last year that legitimately required Whitmer to be stretchered out of the arena. I know it is heel vs. heel, but playing off of that could be good for a one-off match.
MONSTER MAFIA vs. THE DECADE (Jimmy Jacobs & Roderick Strong) (w/Adam Page & Tadarius Thomas)- 5.75/10
I would have given it a 6, but the referee stunk. He barely even TRIED to enforce the most important rule of tag team wrestling ONE GUY FROM EACH TEAM IN THE RING AT ALL TIMES!
This was the first time that I really felt like I could get a feel for Monster Mafia, and I'm still undecided. I'd like to see what separates them from every other random tag team in the world.
MICHAEL ELGIN PROMO- good hype for his title defense against Ciampa.
ROH TV TITLE MATCH: Jay Lethal(c) (w/Truth Martini & Selezyia) vs. Caprice Coleman- 6.25/10
I wasn't a big fan of the 1 inch punch spot and how it played into the match. Lethal accidentally hit Selezyia again, which you would think has to be going somewhere, except that Bennett and Maria did the same thing for a while and absolutely nothing came of it
Another very good show from ROH, but not quite up to the fantastic level of TV they've had over the past few months.