BRM Reviews the 10/13/2012 ROH

[Big Red Machine]

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST 2012 QUALIFYING MATCH: Davey Richards vs. "The Prodigy" Mike Bennett (w/Maria Kanellis & "Brutal" Bob Evans)- 5.5/10
This match was going well until Davey just stopped selling his ankle. Then Mike Mondo, a babyface, came in a forced a kiss on Maria (as Nigel pointed out earlier, that is sexual harassment), and this distraction allow Davey to win the match.

R.D. EVANS PROMO- AWESOME segment (although the "#mykneehurts" in the corner of the screen was utterly ridiculous

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST 2012 QUALIFYING MATCH: Jay Lethal vs. QT Marshall (w/R.D. Evans)- 4.75/10
I've got to question the booking logic of having Marshall lose his first match with Evans. I don't think he needed to be in SOTF at all. I did pop for Nana, but cheering for him feels so wrong. He has been a heel forever.

INSIDE ROH SEGMENT- great, especially the House of Truth stuff

ROH WORLD TITLE MATCH: Kevin Steen(c) (w/Jimmy Jacobs) vs. Rhett Titus (w/BJ Whitmer)- 5/10
Extremely disappointing. Rhett had some momentum behind him as a babyface due to his involvement in the cage match a few weeks ago against Steen, Jacobs, & Corino at Southern Hostility and is having easily the biggest singles match of his ROH career to date... so ROH only gives him eight minutes? BOOO!
I also didn't like the spot where Rhett was going to use the spike on Steen. Rhett, who had just cut a promo talking about how much he wanted to be ROH Champion and how long he has wanted it for, is about to use a weapon right in front of the referee? Sorry, but I don't see it.

Overall, a bad episode of ROH