ROH Fade to Black Review

A solid B show followed by some of Tyler Black’s best showcased on one DVD!
-Taped from Plymouth, Massachusetts
-Your hosts are Kevin Kelly and Dave Prazak
-Eddie Edwards has a weekend of the Embassy. I’m so sorry for him. Least he’s actually defending the television title twice this weekend. It’s Edwards’ hometown as well. If this was WWE, he’d be jobbing for sure.
-ROH World Televison Championship: Eddie Edwards (champion) vs. Erick Stevens (w/Prince Nana and Mr. Ernesto Osiris)
Least he’s not going seven months before defending the title again.  I will forgo my rule about the Embassy because it’s Erick Stevens, and he’s usually good for a three star match. Lock-up and the two men get tangled in the corner. Shoulder tackle by Stevens. Off the ropes. Leg lariat by the champion. Chop in the corner. Head first into the corner head first. Another chop. Stevens sends Edwards into the corner and nails a chop. Edwards hits another chop. Irish whip and a back elbow. Headbutt. Irish whip. Edwards nails a kick. Stevens catches Edwards and hits a samoan drop. Series of stomps. Choking. Nana calls Edwards Janetty. Nice bit of business there based on who Edwards’ partner is. Stevens continues choking the champion along the middle rope. Cheap shots by Ernesto and Nana. Vertical suplex. Knee strikes. Right hand, stomp, and more choking. Crowd is really into this match. Good for them. Series of shots to the midsection. Chop by Edwards. Headbutt by Stevens. Wrings the arm and hits a Russian legsweep. Crucifix submission. Edwards headbutts his way out of the hold. Stevens hits a knee to the midsection. Powerslam. Off the ropes and an elbow drop. Waistlock. Edwards elbows out. Armdrag. Leaping enziguri. Charging but Stevens hits an elbow. Jumping kick. Stevens out of a backpack slam. Drives Edwards hard into the corner. Choo choo but Edwards comes out flying with a knee strike. Chop exchange. Stevens uses a thumb to the eyes. Overhead belly-to-belly suplex by Edwards. Lariat. Edwards low bridges him. Kick to the back sends Stevens from the apron to the floor. Tope suicida and both men are down. Edwards hits a dropkick off the top rope for two. Barely touched him. Back suplex attempt. Stevens punches out of it. Runs into a back elbow. Lung blower and an F-5. Shining wizard. 1-2-NO! Tries to apply the Achilles lock. Stevens ducks a kick and hits a release German suplex. Choo choo. Off the ropes but Edwards hits a superkick. Stevens hits a cutter and LARIAT! 1-2-NO! Doctor bomb turned into a rana. Achillies lock! Nana on the apron. Edwards goes after him. Stevens hits a knee. Goes for gonorrhea. Backslide by Edwards gets him a victory and a big television title defense.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: STILL World Television Champion- Eddie Edwards/10:59/***1/4
-A fine way to open the show. I really dug this match. Stevens showed a ton of personality and charisma for the first time that I can remember as a heel. Edwards as the hometown boy likely helped the crowd heat. Good way to start the show and I hope this is a sign of things to come.
-Grizzly Redwood vs. Brutal Bob Evans
UGH! No buys. The nicest thing I can say about Bob Evans is I love his restaurants. This match is a big old bag of whatever. Evans looks to be about 100 years old, but the announcers at least put him over by saying he’s a good trainer of wrestlers. We get a fake fan jumping the guard rail in what will be the low light of the evening. Evans hits a backbreaker on the apron before screaming at the crowd. Well, at least one of those two things is accurate. Redwood fights back. Second rope bulldog. Powerslam by Evans. Goes for a running powerslam. Redwood rolls him up and gets three.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Grizzly Redwood/5:19/*
–Ring of Honor needs to stop wasting their actual DVD tapings on matches like this. It is a complete waste of time, and they never lead to anything. It also kills what was once a hot crowd because the result is obvious.
-Austin Aries vs. Kyle O’Reilly
O’Reilly has been squashed a couple of times on HDNet, but this is his biggest opportunity to date. Aries comes out with a really hot girl. Did he get a hooker before being taken out of the company? A fine going away present if I’ve ever seen one if that’s the case. Have a seat before reading the next sentence. Austin Aries cuts a promo before the match. He makes a lot of sexual innuendos before making fun of Mr. O’Reilly. Aries says he used to kick real hard just like O‘Reilly. Kevin Kelly calls the comments controversial. Aries out wrestles O’Reilly to start. Knee to the midsection. Snapmare and a kick to the back. Aries to the outside once again. Lock-up takes both men in the corner. Shoulder tackle and a series of chops. Whip but O’Reilly reverses. Aries comes off with a back elbow off the second rope. He takes a victory lap. Lock-up goes to the corner. Chop misses. O’Reilly with some of his own. Forearm. Aries takes him over. O’Reilly with a headscissors. Aries out with a dropkick. Has O’Reilly never watched Ring of Honor. Kick to the midsection by Aries. Elbow drop. Stomps. Pulls him out by the hair. O’Reilly even takes some heckling from the girl. O’Reilly over on a whip. Ducks underneath. Kick combination sends Aries down. Side headlock takeover. Headscissors. O’Reilly nails Aries with a kick to the chest. Aries outside the ring. O’Reilly chases him. Aries hits a knee. O’Reilly whips Aries into the guard rail. Running dropkick and the crowd starts getting behind the youngster. Irish whip and a knee to the midsection. Kick to the back. Northern lights suplex. Into a fireman’s carry. Aries out. Backrake. O’Reilly hits a clothesline that sends Aries end over end. Tornado DDT for two. O’Reilly climbs to the top rope. Splash misses.Running dropick. Brainbuster. 1-2-NO! Kick to the head. Last chancery leads to O’Reilly tapping out.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Austin Aries/7:39/**3/4
-A good sprint. They did a lot with the time they were given. Aries gave O’Reilly enough offense to make sure he didn’t look like a complete jobber. I hope to see more of O’Reilly’s work here in Ring of Honor.
-First Blood: The Embassy (Necro Butcher and Shawn Daivari w/Prince Nana and Mr. Ernesto Osiris) vs. Kevin Steen and Steve Corino
I feel like this is something TNA would do. A stipulation match for no reason. I know Jim Cornette made a deal with Prince Nana for some television title matches, but this doesn’t feel like something special. A match such as this should be saved for blood feuds and grudge matches.  It’s especially stupid because the crowd is going to cheer for Steen and Corino because they’re so much cooler and better. Steen and Nana go back and forth on the microphone. Should have done it for ten more minutes. Would have been preferable to an actual match. Steen tells Daivari to get out of dodge. It’s on. Necro starts the proceedings with a kick to Steen. Absolute chaos outside the ring. Back and forth they go. Chairs, tables, ring bells everywhere. Corino uses the ring bell against Daivari’s groin. Necro lifts the mats and dumps them on Steen. Daivari sent into the table. The match might not be good in theory, but this is the most exciting start to an Embassy match I’ve seen in months. Brawl continues.  Series of stomps by Necro while Corino is under the mat. Steen uses Ernesto’s cane. Pair of superkicks by Steen on Necro. Cannonball. Corino throws a chair in the ring. Steen bites Daivari. Necro attempts to use asome sort of sharp object. Corino nails Daivari with some sort of drink. Geeks put ringside back together as Daivari battles with Corino. Corino with an abdominal stretch. Thumb in the ass. Corino and Steen continues having their own fun outside the ring. Necro brings a beer bottle into the proceedings. Steen brings a chain in the ring and chokes Necro. He ties him up some more. Corino breaks the beer bottle. Shot to Necro with it. Referee Paul Turner sees bleeding and calls for the bell.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Kevin Steen and Necro Butcher/6:52/**3/4
-I feel dirty saying this, but I enjoyed this match a lot. It didn’t go too long, was never boring, and had a clean ending. The very concept of these four men wrestling in a stipulation match is still retarded, but it was better than watching them have an average wrestling match as it turned over.  Amazing how matches somehow exceed expectations sometimes. At least the right team won too. Nice set-up for the next night’s chain match
-All Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus w/Austin Aries) vs, Matt Taven and Sid Reeves
More jobbers! Hooray! Taven at least wears his name on the side of the tights. Very much appreciated. Code of Honor followed before All Night Express take advantage.  They control the early portion of the match, and we have an immediate heat segment on Taven. Crowd actually gets behind the local jobbers. Up and over goes Taven. Back elbow. He falls off the top rope. Woof. He’s done. Taven gets back on offense and doesn’t screw anything else up. Reeves in. He’s a very short pugish looking dude.Big back drop and into the corner for a shoulder tackle. Charge misses. Forearm by Reeves but King pulls him down and sends him into the barricade. Double team kicks on the outside of the ring. Continues heat segment on Reeves. Titus off the rope. Reeves with a one arm powerbomb. Double tags. Spin kick by Taven. Swinging neckbreaker. Quebrada for two. Forearm by Titus. Up and over. King with shotgun knees. Rocker dropper by Titus. Reeves takes a turn. Eats multiple kicks. All Night Express looking fairly decent for once. Coronation by King. Outsider’s Edge by Titus. Double pin.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: All Night Express/6:21/*1/2
-Mike Bennett  vs. Roderick Strong
Lock-up in the corner. Feeling out process since we’re all friends here. Strong works the left arm of Bennett. Snapmare by Bennet. Strong goes back to the arm. They stand off. Strong jaw jacks with a fan. Irish whip and a shoulder tackle by Bennett. Roll-up into an O’Connor roll. Strong hits a leg lariat. First chop of the match. Bennett sent outside. Another vicious chop. Rams Bennett into the barricade. Back in the ring. Into the ring for a one count. Forearms. Chop along the ropes. Vertical suplex blocked. Bennett reverses.  Strikes into the corner. Choking along the bottom rope. Someone needs to send a memo to Bennett that Strong is the heel. Knee into the back while holding a chinlock. Strong fires with shots to the midsection Big boot. Puts his feet up. Neckbreaker across the knee. Bodyslam and a pair of elbow drops. Third one misses. Bennett covers for whatever reason and applies a chinlock. Chop by Strong. Lifts the boot up. Dropkick misses. Strong rolls him up and gets two. Both men up. Chops by Strong. Whip in the corner and a running forearm. Whip to the other corner. Bennett hot shots him. LARIAT! Two count.  Elbow in the corner. Whip to the corner. Strong with a back elbow. Boot up and enziguri. Bennett misses a charge. Knee strike by Strong. Modified side slam. Roll-up by Bennett for a nearfall. Punch exchange. Kick by Bennett. Storng comes after him with a clothesline. Knee strike. Gutbuster. Superkick gets Strong the win.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Roderick Strong/9:41/**1/2
-A solid, technically sound match that would not have bothered me if not for either guy understanding his role. Strong wrestled as a babyface. Bennett wrestled as a heel. The slots should have been reversed, especially considering Strong’s challenge for the ROH world title the next night.  I’m not sure what Bennett is going to be in the future, but he should have at least been a babyface for this match.
-ROH World Tag Team Championship: Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli w/Shane Hagadorn) vs. Colt Cabana and El Generico
This raises an interesting question. What the hell was the point of Tag Wars 2010 if Cabana and Generico (who lost in Richmond in the semifinals to the Embassy of all teams) are simply getting a title shot the next month. Cabana and Hero start out with a feeling out process. Doesn’t last as Claudio tags. Headbutt to the midsection. Sunset flip for two. Cabana over into a nearfall of his own. Hero in once again. Hero calms the audience down, while Hero tries getting them to cheer. Hero goes outside and isn’t happy. Lock-up. Generico off the top with an elbow to the left arm. Shot by Hero. Claudio with clubbering blows. Grabs the arm and drives the knee multiple times. Irish whip. Generico gets his boot up. Series of armdrags. Running forearm. Up to the top for ten punches in the corner. Hero gets some as well. Cabana rolls Claudio up for two. Claudio wrings the arm. Cabana hijinks and takes Claudio over. Quick two count. Generico with kicks. Forearm. Claudio tosses Generico into his corner. Strike exchange. That’s smart. Hero headlock. Tag to Claudio. Hero boots Generico. Knee strike while Hero knocks Cabana off the apron. Heat segment on Generico continues. Generico counters an elbow strike into a backslide. He goes for the tag,. Hero deadlift powerbombs him. Charge to the corner. Forearm. Generico boots Hero to the outside off the top rope. Dive attempt but Claudio takes him out and sends him in the barricade. Back into the ring. Hero in the ring. Cabana gets back on the apron. Generico hits a swinging DDT. Cabana in and quebradas both kings. Jabs delivered. Elbow strike countered. Irish whip. Boots miss. Cabana finally hits an elbow. Double chops on both men. Collision. Claudio out to the floor. Cabana with a strikes. Hero catches a boot. Flying ass by Cabana gets two. Hero sends Cabana into Generico. He ends up crotched. Charging elbow. Punches to the challengers. Generico sends him off. Boot by Cabana. Rana by Generico. Flying asshole. Boot by Generico. Uses Cabana as assistance on a dive. Neckbreaker and a roll-up on Hero. Billy goat’s curse. Generico comes in to make sure Generico can’t interfere. Claudio sends Generico into the barricade. Flying forearm by Claudio leads to a Hero roll-up. Cabana and Generico, LIKE COMPLETE IDIOTS, get distracted for a second. Hero taken into the barricade. Cabans goes for a sunset flip. Generico with a crossbody. Cabana gets two and a half. Vicious elbow off the barricade by Hero on Generico. Springboard European uppercut on Cabana. Big swing into a dropkick. 1-2-NO! Delayed vertical suplex. Hero gets the elbow. Claudio gets the European uppercut. Kings of Wrestling get the win.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: 13:28/***1/4
­-The action was excellent throughout because you had four stellar wrestlers. I didn’t like the idea of Generico and Cabana just getting a title shot after the Tag Wars 2010. I’m also not a fan of them simply jobbing clean the night before a huge chain match. Even though Cabana and Generico won the chain match and did lose to the champions, it’s the kind of parity booking that drives me insane. Least this was a fun, easy match to watch.
-Non-title: Tyler Black (ROH world champion) vs. Christopher Daniels
Thankfully, Jim Cornette doesn’t come down to offer Tyler Black the opportunity to defend the world title. Crowd chants “future jobber.” Way to treat one of your own Ring of Honor fans. “NXT” chants. I bet NXT on the internet STILL draws more viewers than ROH on HDNet. Takes over a minute before contact is made. “You can’t see us” and “Cena sucks” chants. Cena might suck, but he’s probably going to generate more money in merch than Ring of Honor will this year. Some basic mat wrestling to start. Daniels with a hip toss, so Black heads outside. Black says he didn’t sell out but took a better job. Yup. Lock-up into the corner. Black with shoulder blocks followed by a cheap jab. Irish whip. Daniels with a shoulder tackle off an Irish whip. Daniels stands on Black’s neck. Jabs and another whip. Leg lariat. Black powders. Test of strength… no. Black with a kick and series of punches. Choking along the middle rope. Whip but a dropkick misses. A second attempt fails. A third attempts leads to Daniels getting a roll-up After two more flash pins, Black leaves the ring. He gets on the microphone and waits for the crowd to shut up. Black says he doesn’t have to deal with Daniels or anything else. He talks about going home. He gives out some high fives. Daniels goes through the crowd, runs around through the entrance way and restarts the match. Okay, THAT was cool. He maintains the advantage on the outside of the ring. Back in the ring. Black can’t escape. Back suplex for two. Head first into the turnbuckle. All four turnbuckles in fact. Stomps in the corner. Whip in the corner. Black takes him over. Daniels lands hard on the floor. Black does damage on the floor. Daniels sent head first into the apron. Cover for two. more choking on the middle rope. Short right hand. Black punches at the face of Daniels. Slap to the face. Daniels fire back at the midsection. Off the ropes. Black catches Daniels with a forearm. Hard into the barricade twice. Vertical suplex. Black into the ring. He wants a countout. Daniels appears to be bleeding from the nose. Daniels comes in at 19. Black covers for two. Snapmare followed by a kick to the back. Chinlock. Elbows by Daniels. Boot to the face. Strike exchange. Series of forearms by Daniels. Uranagi by Black. He teases the BME but instead applies the STFU after telling Daniels he can’t see him. Daniels finally reaches the ropes.  Black kicks Daniels outside. Daniels crawls back on the apron. They battle. Kick by Black. Goes for a powerbomb. Daniels takes him over in the ring. Block by Daniels. Black sent into the turnbuckle. Running clotheslines. Back hand springboard elbow. Blue thunder backbreaker for two. Black sent into the middle turnbuckle. STO for two. Forearms by Black. Off the ropes. Uranago turned into an armdrag. Black with a leaping enziguri. Black fails on a springboard clothesline. Fell off the top rope. Wouldn’t surprise me if he did that on purpose. Whip into the corner. Boot by Black. He gets all fired up. Middle fingers for the fans. Black o’connor roll into a peroxism. Kneels down and punches away on Daniels. Black climbs to the top rope. Daniels catches him. Goes for a superplex. Headbutts by Black. Daniels back down. Palm thrust sends Black to the floor. Baseball dropkick. Arabian moonsault. Back in the ring. Chops. Off the ropes. Black gets a roll-up for two. Kick to the head. F-5. 1-2-NO! Black goes for the springboard clothesline again. Daniels catches him. Flatliner into the koji clutch. Crowd really wants the champion to tap. Daniels hooks Black’s arm to insure he won’t make it to the ropes. Black uses his other hand instead. Wow. Uranagi. Best. Moonsault. Ever. Misses. Charge misses. Pele kick by Black. Black places Daniels on the top rope. Daniels elbows him off. Kick right to the face by Black. Daniels in the tree of woe. Double stomp by Black. Leaps across for a coast-to-coast dropkick. 1-2-NO! Slap to the face. Bucklebomb. Primal scream and a superkick. 1-2-NO! Black keeps him down. To the top for a Phoenix splash. He rolls through. A second superkick. God’s last gift. Kick by Daniels. Angel’s wings!  Black crawls to the edge of the ring. Daniels covers. 1-2-Black gets his foot on the ropes. Daniels has to send Black back in the ring. Kicks by the champion. Snapmare into LAST RITES! Bell rings. The thirty minute time limit expires. I’m appalled.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Christopher Daniels/30:00/***3/4
-When has a Ring of Honor match ever had a 30 minute time limit main event? I’ll hang up and listen for a response. I don’t understand why these two had to have two time limit draws in such a short amount of time, especially when one guy is on his way out of the door. Daniels offers Black a chance to wrestle for five more minutes. Of course Black turns him down. Predictable lazy booking out of Ring of Honor. The usual.  Black makes fun of the fans, calls them ROHbots, and tries to leaves. Roderick Strong sends Black in to the ring. Strong accidentally clotheslines Daniels. Enziguri by Daniels on Black. Strong clotheslines Black outside. Daniels and Strong argue. This sure hints at a three way. Black says he’s going to walk out of the company the ROH world champion. Strong says he’ll be champion to a big pop. And Strong is a heel everyone. Daniels wishes Strong luck and says he’ll be the first challenger. Again though, ROH wants Roderick Strong to be a HEEL!
Show Thoughts: For a two hour show with a lot of questionable booking decisions, there was still a lot of good action that makes this a thumbs up show by itself. I’m not a fan of having a heel win and then immediately doing a time limit, but what can you do? The Ring of Honor we all knew and loved from 2004-2008 is dead. Hey, speaking of…
Disk 1 Bonus Matches
-ROH World Tag Team Championship: The Briscoes (Mark and Jay Briscoe w/Daizee Haze)(champions) vs. Age of the Fall (Tyler Black and Jimmy Jacobs w/Lacey) (Final Battle 2007)(12.30.2007)
This was during the period when Haze was whoring herself out to many men…to be at ringside for them. Apparently. Crowd chants “Man Up” loudly. Paul Turner asks for the Code of Honor to be followed. Is he  joking? Jay lays in a beatdown quickly on Jacobs. Rake of the eyes and here comes Black. He fires away. Headscissors and a boot by Jay. Jacobs knocked off the apron while Mark hits a cannonball off the apron. Series of right hands. Into the barricade goes Black. More punches. Black fires back. Snap suplex on the floor. Furniture gets moved. Double beel on the entrance way. No wonder Jacobs got addicted to pain pills. Jesus. Referee demands control or the match will be tossed out. Black tossed back in the ring. Jay with more shots. Strike exchange develops. Boot. Out of the corner with a bodyslam. Leg drop. Double team shoulder tackle. Kick to the back and a dropkick by Mark. Back up with a vertical suplex. Black reverses an Irish whip. Boot by Mark. Leg drop off the second by Jay after making a blind tag. Dropkick off an Irish whip. Stomp. Knee drop off the top by Mark. Ring by Bell. Gutwrench suplex and a knee drop. Double boots. Combination of moves by the champions. They call for the finish barely five minutes in. Jacobs pulls Mark off the apron. Spear on Jay. Black dropkicks Mark to the floor. Jacobs finally gets back to the apron. Black takes control. Bodyslam and a knee drop. Jacobs tags and rakes the eyes. Series of right hands. Stomp. Stomp to the midsection. Series of double stomps. Elbow drop. Cover for two. Kick by Black. Choking. Chop exchange. Knee by Black. Double team by the challengers. Black nails a quebrada for two. Open hand slap exchange. Black sends Jay into the turnbuckle head first. Whip in the corner. He gets all fired up. Back elbow by Jay. Swinging DDT attempt. Black out of it and to the top. Jay shoves him down. Flatliner into the middle turnbuckle. Mark hot tag. Jacobs off the ropes. Karate thrusts on Black. Almost lands on his feet and nails a superkick. Fisherman suplex on Jacobs. Black takes him over. Right hand by Mark. Springboard bodypress for two. Headbutt. Series of punches. Whip reversed. Mark gets his feet up. Nearly slips. Tree of woe. Running knee by Jacobs. Double dropkick leads to Black covering Mark. Two count. All four men in the ring. Jay pounds on Jacobs. Press over the top rope. Black clotheslines him over. Peroxism on Mark. Springboard caught by Mark into an exploder. Double team neckbreaker by the champions. Black out of a vertical suplex. Elbows by Jay. Black goes for God’s last gift. Falcon arrow by Jay. Jacobs makes the save. To the floor where Jacobs sends Mark into the barricade. Jacobs breaks up a Jaydriller attempt before delivering a neckbreaker. Jacobs to the top. Jay crotches him. To the top he goes. He goes for a top rope Jaydriller. Black with a shot into the back. Up on the shoulders. Doomsday rana. 1-2-NO! Double team senton leads to a Jacobs kick. END TIME! Mark hits a springboard double stomp. Punch exchange with Jacobs. Kick to the midsection. Powerbomb for two. Call for the cutthroat driver. Black clips the leg and nails a prone Jay with a pele kick. Black takes Mark over. Back drop all the way to the floor and into the barricade. Oh my God. DOOMSDAY DEVICE ON THE APRON ON BLACK! JESUS! Jacobs decks Jay. Cuthroat driver by Mark. 1-2-NO!  Briscoes argue with the referee vociferously. Another doomsday device called for. Mark holds his head while heading out. DOOMSDAY DEVICE! 1-2-BLACK COMES OUT OF NOWHERE TO BREAK THE COUNT! Jay tosses Black to the floor. Mark places Jacobs on the top rope. They battle. Black powerbombs Jay into the barricade. Mark nearly gets the top rope cutthroat driver. Black to the second rope. SUPER CONTRA CODE! Black hits a Phoenix splash. Cover. 1-2-3!
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: NEW world tag team champions- Age of the Fall/19:03/***3/4
-A little better than I remembered. Not the classic they were shooting for, but there were some incredible moves done by all four men. I think a slower pace with more build would have made for an even better match.
-“ROH is changing.” “There’s no telling what will happen in ROH In 2008.” These are two actual quotes from one Dave Prazak. Little did he know. And how fitting that ROH in 2007 ends with the Age of the Fall’s theme song of nothing but screaming. The symbolism is not lost on me. Considering everything that’s happened since this match, I’d say it’s pretty fitting.
-Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black (Episode 18 of ROH on HDNet)
After two no-contests  in their previous HDNet matches, it all comes down to this. Some mat wrestling between both men as Danielson goes slightly heel with a slap to the face. After escaping an armbar, Black gets a dropkick to the face. Strikes into the corner turns into stomps. Danielson with more slaps. Black takes him down. Danielson locks in a crossface. Black puts his foot on the ropes. Danielson says he’s the best. Hard to argue. Back to the mat as Black works the arm. Snapmare. He goes for the stomp. Danielson locks in a cross armbreaker. They stand off. Danielson talks some garbage. They stare each other down. Shove by Black. Danielson responds in kind. Forearm by Danielson. Bodyslam by Black. Lionsault for two. Kick to the head. Danielson sent into the top turnbuckle head first. Black with elbow. Danielson with slaps. Hard kicks in the corner. European uppercut. Kicks along the bottom rope. Cravat. Elbow to the back. More cranking on the neck. Headbutt. Kicks to the back. Another headbutt. Black with forearms. Off the ropes. Danielson uses a sleeper. Black slowly starts to fade as Danielson transitions into more stretching of the neck. Dragon sleeper. Knee drops. Headlock. Black battles out of it. Danielson hooks the sleeper once again. Black reverses. Irish whip. Danielson sleeper. Black with a back suplex. Danielson maintains the sleeper. Jawbreaker by Black. Danielson continues to be tenacious. Black lifts Danielson over the top rope to the floor. Black goes for a dive. Danielson hits a forearm. To the top rope. He comes off for a dropkick but Black meets him with one of his own. Clotheslines. Whip reversed. Black hits a springboard clothesline. Danielson takes Black over. Enziguri. Another springboard clothesline. Slaps to the face by Black. Whip to the corner. Black gets all fired up. Running forearm. F-5. Slap to the head. Superkick turned into an anklelock. Black rolls through. Black hits a dive. Danielson catches Black and goes for a German suplex. Out of it. Off the ropes. Clothesline by Danielson. German suplex into a roll-up. 1-2-NOOOOO!!! That’s one of the closest two counts I’ve ever seen. Danielson places Black on the top rope. Black elbows him off. Danielson with a running knee. Hurancanrana but Black rolls through into another nearfall. Danielson into a chokehold submission. Black lifts him into a bucklebomb. Superkick! Danielson holds the ropes. Black pulls Danielson to the center and covers. 1-2-NO! Danielson shoves Black into the crowd. Just as what happened in the second match, Danielson hits the dive into the crowd. Danielson makes it into the ring at 16. Black makes it in… barely. Kick to the chests by Danielson. Another. Black no sells. Forearms. Roaring elbow attempt. Black roll-up into a pele. Danielson goes for the sleeper again. Over into the crossface. Black to the ropes. MMA elbows. Black hits a pele kick. Danielson comes out with a kick of his own. Black hits a German suplex. Danielson back up. SUPERKICK! A SECOND SUPERKICK!
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Tyler Black/21:25/****1/4
-A little better than their previous two affairs due to the hot ending. What a fantastic match this was. Danielson played slight heel and spent the entire match attempting to slow Tyler Black down. His constant use of mat wrestling and the sleeper hold was fantastic. I loved Black’s quickening the pace and embracing his babyface roll the entire match. Just a great dynamic and another match of the year candidate on HDNet. Sure did produce a number of great matches in the first year.
-Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black vs. Kenny Omega (Bound by Hate)(11.08.2008)
Black and Danielson had a number of matches throughout 2008, so Omega is being thrown in to changes it up a bit. Crowd chants “You’re gonna get your fucking kicked in” at both men. That would be impressive. Black refuses to shake Danielson’s hand. Black tries to get Omega on his side. He wants to team up on Danielson. Omega turns the offer down. Danielson gives Omega his wrist. Omega grabs a hold. Black stays out of the way. Wristlock. Danielson out easily. Fireman’s carry takeover. Black comes from behind. Danielson works over Black. Omega breaks them up. Off the ropes. Danielson hits a knee to the midsection. Running knee strike. Cattle mutilation on both men! That was impressive. Forearms on Black. Omega from behind. Now he’s willing to cut a deal with Black. Double team vertical suplex. Omega wants a high five. Kick and a punch by Black. Forearms as Black focuses on Omega. Spin kick by the Canadian. Stomp. Danielson hits a European uppercut. One for Black as well. Another for Omega. Into the middle of the ring. Uh oh. He rips at Omega’s face. No surfboard. Omega’s knees get sent hard into the mat. More stretching of the legs by Danielson. Black breaks the hold. Forearm into the corner. Shoulder tackles. Drop toehold by Danielson. European uppercut on Omega. Kick to the midsection. Omega with a chop. Another uppercut. Black with a double axehandle from behind. Whip but Danielson goes over. Omega goes over and sends Danielson into Black. Stop sign enziguri. Black and Danielson brawl on the floor. Omega hits a dive. Back in the ring. Omega dropkicks Danielson into the back of his head. Chop on Black. Forearm. Irish whip. Black reverses and flips over. Atomic drop. Takedown. Kick to the gut. He shoves Omega down. Danielson breaks the count. Kicks to the chest. Danielson works over the left arm of Omega. Omega with shots to the midsection. Danielson responds with a slap to the face. Stiff kick to the back. Knee drop. Black from behind. Back suplex. Danielson sent outside. Bodyslam on Omega. Knee drop. Into the corner with a chop. Forearm. He kicks Danielson away. Chops by Omega. Knee by Black. Forearm. Snapmare into a stomp. Omega out of an F-5. Blocks punches and uses some of his own. Knee by Black. Polish hammers by Omega. Irish whip. Omega gets his boot up. Face first into the mat. Dropkick off the top rope by Danielson. Black clotheslined to the floor. Uppercuts on Omega. STOP sign enziguri caught. Front chancery suplex right into a cross armbreaker. Into another arm submission. Roll-up by Omega. Danielson sunset flip. Omega rolls through. Danielson bridges out. Quebrada by Black. Danielson bridges out on both. Boot to the face by Black. Roll-up. Kick to the head on Omega. Bucklebomb on Danielson. Big boot. 1-2-NO! God’s last gift but Danielson out. Pele kick. Superkick. 1-2-NO! Black heads to the top rope. Omega with a release German suplex off the top. Wow. Danielson over. Tiger suplex but Omega out. ROARING ELBOW! MMA elbows. Cattle mutilation as Omega bleeds a gusher. Omega has no choice but to tap.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Bryan Danielson/14:20/***1/2
-Very good match here. Not sure why it was included as a bonus, but there was a lot of good stuff to be had. Crowd was way into Danielson for the entire match and got behind Omega when it seemed he might have a chance to win. Remember when ROH showcased new stars?
Disk Two Matches
-ROH World Championship: Nigel McGuinness (champion) vs. Tyler Black (Take No Prisoners)(03.16.2008)
Let’s watch Tyler Black become a singles star in one night. He had already been a former tag team champion and was clearly on the way up. Let’s just say this helped Black tremendously. He defeated Claudio Castagnoli, Delirious, and Go Shiozaki during the opening match of the Pay-Per-View to earn this title match. McGuinness sends Black into the post shoulder first immediately. Divorce court. Black comes back with kicks. European uppercut by the champion. Choking in the corner. Choking on the middle rope. Blow to the back. Whip into the corner. Chop by Black. Uppercut by McGuinness, and he goes back and forth with the crowd. Takes him down by the arm. Black moves away. McGuinness lifts him up and chops him in the corner. Whip. Black over. Dropkick misses. Back drop. Chop. Kick to the midsection. Vertical suplex. Stomp in the face. McGuinness takes him down. Stomp the head. Drives Black’s shoulder into the mat. Strike exchange. McGuinness drives the shoulder again. Irish whip reversed. Dropkick by Black. Chop in the corner. Shoulder first into the turnbuckle goes Black. Slaps across the face. European uppercut after a meager right hand by Black. Black deposited outside. Challenger into the barricade. Prazak says there are no countouts in Ring of Honor. I miss those days. McGuinness with another European uppercut. Running start and drives another uppercut into Black. Champion grabs a chair. Black superkicks it back in his face. McGuinness ends up in the crowd. Black dives into the crowd, but McGuinness gets the chair up. Prazak calls it an epic fail. Hard to argue that point. Black is nearly unconscious. Referee determines the match can continue however. Cover for two. Short lariat dodges. Black gets a roll-up for two. Uppercut in the corner. Running European. Lariat. London Dungeon. Black puts his foot on the bottom rope. Black placed on the top rope. Black kicks away and hits an acecrusher. Jawbreaker lariat misses. Boot by Black. Uppercut. Black with a chop. Another uppercut. Black chops. Uppercut blocked. Lariat ducked. Pele kick right into peroxism. 1-2-NO! Crowd really getting behind Black despite being a heel himself. He gets himself fired up. Charge misses. Kick to the back and a lariat. McGuinness heads upstairs. He pulls Black up. Superplex by Black. Rolls over and hits an F-5. 1-2-NO! Crowd thinks it was three. Black to the top. McGuinness plays possum before crotching Black. Tower of London. 1-2-NO! Chinbreaker by Black. McGuinness comes off the ropes ready to hit a jawbreaker. GOD’S LAST GIFT! 1-2-NO! Phoenix splash misses. London Dungeon. Black roll-up for two. Unbelievable.   McGuinness places Black on the top rope. Lariat. 1-2-NO! Black spits in the face of the champion. Short lariat. 1-2-NO! Kick by Black. Jawbreaker lariat hits. 1-2-NOOOOO! Black to his feet. One more lariat into the London Dungeon. Black lets out a primal scream before finally tapping.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: STILL ROH world champion- Nigel McGuinness/21:23/****1/2
-Despite Tyler Black being a heel, he practically became a babyface in one night by surviving one of the best Ring of Honor matches of 2008. An amazing match that which put over the greatness of the champion but also helped build Black into a credible challenger. THIS is the match where Black established he’d be the man to eventually carry the company as the world champion.
-Relaxed Rules Match: The Briscoes (Mark and Jay) vs. The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black)(w/Lacey and Rain)(Supercard of Honor 3)(03.28.2008)
Speaking of feuds. Age of the Fall debuted in September at the Man Up Pay-Per-View by hanging Mark Briscoe. They’d go back and forth for months with Age of the Fall winning the tag team titles at Final Battle 2007. Although Black and Jacobs lost the titles just a month later, this feud persisted. Relaxed Rules essentially means you have to murder someone in order to get disqualified. And even then , it’s referee’s discretion. I was never a fan of faction warfare, and Age of the Fall symbolized my disinterest in that garbage. Make no mistake about it though. This is a fantastic match in a series of them that these two had over almost a full year. Since intermission is next, these two teams go wild against each other. Interesting note that while the Briscoes have had a number of matches against Age of the Fall, this is only their second match against the Jacobs/Black incarnation. Mark Briscoe shows how little he’s learned in a year by doing a moonsault off the top on to all of the other men.   Mark also dives off a trampoline nto Black and Jacobs in the crowd. That was different. Into the crowd and Jacobs drinks some booze a fan snuck into the building. Awesome. These four go all over the place and use all kinds of chairs. This was sort of awkward placing with another brawl taking place just before this match, but it was at least different. Stevens and Strong was like a fight. This was a wacky brawl. The lighting is also a little better in this building, meaning we can actually see what the hell is going on when they fight in the crowd. One thing you can’t accuse any of these four men of doing is phoning it in. Crazy bumps taken everywhere. And then a table gets introduced…
Jacobs and Mark end up on the second level with the table being on the first. Tyler Black is laid prone on the table. Milio Beasely from Full Impact Pro moves Tyler off the table. Beasely is put on the table, and Briscoe dives on top of him. Table done. Mark done. Jay takes Black to the ring, but Jacobs runs in with a plastic bag. Double team by both Age of the Fall members. Mark putting someone that wasn’t in this match through a table… not the brightest idea ever. Peroxism by Black leads to a back senton by Jacobs. Jay barely kicks out. Jay comes back and puts Jacobs face first into the middle turnbuckle. Big boot on Tyler. Falcon arrow on Jacobs. DVD on Black gets two. That looked nasty too. Jay driller but Jacobs gets the low blow while Black gets the small package. I love how they’re playing off what happened last year as Jay fights two men while Mark gets hurt again. Super contra code by Black and Jacobs. 1-2-NO! Black goes for the Phoenix splash, but MARK PUSHES HIM OFF! SPRINGBOARD DOOMSDAY DEVICE. NO! END TIME BY JACOBS! MARK PASSES OUT! WHAT AN AMAZING FINISH!
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Age of the Fall/15:04/****
-Unless you watch the replay, there’s no possible way for you to see how the Doomsday got reversed. I loved that finish so much. That alone is worth a half star.
-Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black (w/Jimmy Jacobs) (ROH world tag team champion) (New Horizons)(07.26.2008)
Of all the one-on-one matches, I’m not sure why they included this one. Jacobs distracts Danielson. Black attacks before the bell and even uses Danielson’s robe to choke him out. That’s mean. Stomps in the corner. Choking. Pair of right hands. Forearm. Irish whip. Danielson underneath. Dragon screw legwhip. Goes for a kick but Black heads outside. Takedown by Black. Danielson reverses. Grabs the arm. Knees by Black. Snapmare. Clothesline. Arm and hair grab by Black. Danielson flips over. Dropkick. Kicks to the leg and to the back. Snapmare before delivering another kick to the back. Pulls back on the left leg. Disgusting angle. Grapevines the leg now and falls down. Gets a pinning combination for two. Shoulder tackles in the corner by Black. Chop. Right hand. Danielson with a series of European uppercuts. Drags Black by the arm. Drives it into the mat. Bending the fingers backward. Stomp on the elbow. Yeesh. Butterfly suplex into the cross armbreaker. Black clasps his hands together. Kicks. Shot to the head. Forearms across Danielson’s face. Forearm. Danielson comes back with kicks. Back to the arm by Danielson. Absolutely disgusting. Nearfall out of it. Shoulder tackle. Off the ropes. Vertical suplex blocked. Neither can get the move. Black on the apron. Right hands. Both men on the apron. Black holds on to the top rope as Danielson goes for a neckbreaker. Boot by Black. Into the barricade. Into the ring frame goes Danielson. Black takes him to the post and works over the left arm. Kick to the back of the head. Right hands by Black. Choking along the middle rope. Right hand. Danielson gets fired up. European uppercuts. Off the ropes. Black immediately grabs a sleeper. Danielson with elbows. Leg lariat by Black. Stomp to the face. Rips Danielson twice to the canvas. Neckbreaker. Uppercut by Danielson. Kicks. Irish whip. Black gets aboot. Danielson dropkick. Charge misses. Forearm by Danielson. Knee strike. Kick to the back. Black rakes the eyes. Right hand to the side of the head. More punches and forearms. Irish whip. Danielson ducks and hits a flying clothesline. Dropkick off the top rope. He kips up. Black to the floor. Jacobs talks with his partner. Black nails a diving Danielson. To the top. Moonsault hits. Back in the ring. Springboard clothesline. Another neckbreaker. Slap to the face. Some trash talk. More slaps. Black gets all fired up. Danielson gets his boot up. Flying knee. Cattle mutilation. Black puts his feet on the ropes. Danielson makes it clear he has until five. Slap across the face. Another slap. Tiger suplex. Black gets a rana. Danielson sunset flip. Pinfall exchange. O’Connor roll gets two for Danielson. Sleeper by Black.Irish whip. Danielson with a sleeper. He leaps on Black’s back. Cross armbreaker. Into the triangle choke. Bucklebomb BREAKS THE RING! Ropes are collapsed. Top turnbuckle completely snapped off. Forearm exchange. Pele kick by Black. Danielson up and over. Black F-5. Superkick. 1-2-NOOOO! GOD’S LAST GIFT! 1-2-NOOOO! Another forearm exchange. Danielson with strikes. MMA ELBOWS! Todd Sinclair calls for the bell. Black is finally done.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Bryan Danielson/24:30/****
-Every time these two men walked into a wrestling, they had a four star match for the most part. I guess this was chosen because the ring broke, but a lot of their battles are interchangeable. Great back and forth. Great exchanges. A whole lot of greatness basically. Not much more to say.

-Four Way Elimination- ROH World Championship: Nigel McGuinness (champion) vs. Tyler Black (ROH world tag team champion)  vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio is noticeably booed during the intros and refuses to shake Danielson’s hand before the match. McGuinness goes outside. Danielson and Claudio start. Feeling out process. McGuinness blinds tags and nails Danielson with a lariat. Black tags in and delivers a dropkick. European uppercuts by Claudio on Black. Double dives to the outside by Black and Claudio. McGuinness nails Black back in the ring. Whip in the corner. European uppercut. Irish whip. Dropkick misses. Back drop hits for Black. Quick tag to Danielson. Back to more basic wrestling before Danielson delivers a hard series of stomps. McGuinness in with a European uppercut. Black with chops. Champion tags Claudio. Quick roll-up and a gutwrench suplex. Into the chinlock. Black with a reverse elbow. Knee across Claudio’s face. Head first into the turnbuckle. More shots in the corner. McGuinness whips Claudio and gets a dropkick. Uppercut. Claudio ducks and hits a springboard European uppercut. McGuinness tags Danielson once again. Test of strength. Danielson bridges out. Claudio rams his knees into Danielson’s midsection. Danielson monkey flips Claudio over. European uppercut exchange. Spin kick in the corner. Black tags. Whip in the corner followed by an immediate clothesline. Snapmare and a perfect neckbreaker. Champion picks his spot. Whip of Claudio into the corner. Danielson knocked off the apron by the champion. Snapmare and kick to the back. Forearms Black off the apron. Strike exchange. McGuinness looks for a tag. Danielson steps off. Uppercuts by Claudio. Headbutt to the midsection. Swinging facebuster by Claudio gets two. Water slide also gets two. Black dropkicks Claudio from behind. McGuinness takes him over. Danielson hits a dropkick from the top rope. Danielson out of a release German suplex. Rolls through and a sunset flip by Claudio. Backbreaker. Black with a boot to the side of the head. McGuinness lariats Black. Danielson with a German suplex on the champion. All four men down. Then they brawl. Black climbs to the top. McGuinness sets him up. Black shoves away. Running knee strike leads to cattle mutilation. Black crossbodies Claudio for two. Danielson rolls over and uses MMA elbows. Claudio dead lifts Danielson and German suplexes him. Black with a quebrada on Claudio for two. God’s last gift attempt. Claudio whips him in the corner. Black gets a boot. Leaping enziguri. Danielson comes out of nowhere and applies a triangle choke on Claudio. To the ropes. McGuinness crotches Black on the top rope. Lariat. Black’s head snaps off the top rope. Strike exchange between Danielson and McGuinness. Clothesline by McGuinness. Whip but Danielson back flips. Clothesline and McGuinness heads to the floor. Baseball dropkick. McGuinness sails into the seats. Dive into the crowd on the champion. To the top rope goes Danielson. Claudio catches him and swings him around. Danielson rolls him up and nearly gets two. European uppercut exchange. Danielson comes out on top. Pop-up European uppercut.  Danielson locks in a small package and gets three, thus eliminating Claudio in 16:11.
Months of frustration then come boiling out as Claudio, who already wasn’t being well received by the NYC crowd, turns heel. Fans want Claudio to “get the fuck out.” After a handshake, Claudio hits a bicycle kick. Ricola bomb, but not before shoving Paul Turner. Series of right hands. McGuinness is ecstatic. Geeks come out to restrain Claudio. Chair brought in the ring. Claudio stomps it against AmDrag’s head. See, that was just unnecessary and mean. McGuinness heads back into the ring. Danielson is completely out of it. Big lariat takes Danielson out in 19:36.
Only one man left. Black is now the huge crowd favorite based on what just happened with Danielson. Springboard lariat. Gets all fired up. Running forearm. Black lands on the apron. Twisting leg lariat. Clotesline blocked into a neckbreaker. Frog splash misses. McGuinness covers for two as Naomichi Marifuji watches the proceedings. Tower of London blocked. McGuinness then goes for a superplex. Headbutts by Black and a shove. Thrust to the throat. Black sends McGuinness down again. Frog splash. 1-2-NO! Forearm. McGuiness counters into a divorce court. Short arm lariat. Tower of London. 1-2-NO! Strike exchange. Dropkick by Black. McGuinness rebounds. Bucklebomb into the F-5 by the challenger. 1-2-NOOO! Black runs into a boot. McGuinness goes to the top. Black kips up. Forearm strikes. Superplex. Rolls right over into peroxism. 1-2-NO! Superkick. 1-2-NO! McGuinness chinbreaker. Lariat for two. London dungeon attempt. Black with kicks to the head. McGuinness rebounds. GOD’S LAST GIFT! Black climbs. Phoenix splash fails. LARIAT! 1-2-NO! Another tower of London. Head of steam and a European uppercut. Lariat. 1-2-NO! Black reverses a whip. Charge misses. Kick to the back and an elbow to the chest. Black placed on the top rope again. Pele this time. McGuinness catches him out of mid-air with another lariat. 1-2-NO! London Dungeon! Black roll-up gets two. Lariat ducked. Pele kick. McGuinness with a lariat. Off the ropes with another lariat. 1-2-3. Whew.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: STILL ROH world champion- Nigel McGuinness/30:25/****1/2
-I believe 411 mania’s Ari Berenstein called this his Ring of Honor match of the year for 2008. Pretty easy to see why. I’d say this is easily one of the best matches based on the performances of all four men. Hard to top McGuinness’ in-ring work as the world champion.  Black performed really well as an underdog babyface. Danielson and Claudio fit into the early portions nicely too. A fantastic match that showed why ROH wasn’t as bad as some people might have thought in 2008.
-ROH World Tag Team Championship: Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black)(champions) vs. Kevin Steen and El Generico (Driven 9.18.2008)
Steen and Generico seemed destined to win these damn tag team titles for months, and this was Steenerico’s last best chance to finally win the titles. Jacobs was in the midst of a rivalry with Austin Aries and was losing his mind slowly but surely. Tyler Black was figuring out that associating himself with Jacobs may not be such a positive idea.  Jacobs sells the injury he received earlier in the Pay-Per-View. Big old brawl to start. Steen and Generico clear the ring. Jacobs and Generico start out proper. Into the corner immediately. Black grabs a front facelock. Generico grabs the hair. Steen  in to battle Black. Hammerlock. Headlock by Black. Steen grabs the hair and applies a wristlock. Forearm by Steen. Into Generico’s boot face first. Stomps by Generico. Knee to the gut. Chop. Forearm but Black comes back with a knee. Forearm exchange. Choking by Black. Off the ropes. Leg lariat by Jacobs. Jacobs blind tag but he is nailed in the gut. Steen with a chop. Shot to the back. Elbow to the back. Another elbow drop. Steen mockingly sells his back More stomps. Tag to Generico. Irish whip and a drop toehold. Steen with a twisting leg drop. Steen powerbombs Generico on Jacobs. Chops. OLE! Jacobs reverses an Irish whip. Kick to the back by Black. Clothesline by Jacobs. Black with a double axe. Heat segment on Generico. Waistlock exchange quickly. Generico hits a back suplex for two. Punch to the face. Steen in. Chop followed by a forearm. Kick to the head. Irish whip and a back elbow. Into the corner. Tag to Generico. Right hands. Bodyslam. To the top. Jacobs grabs Generico’s leg. Black catches Generico and dumps him to the floor. Not the smartest bump I’ve ever seen. Jacobs peppers Generico with punches. Back in the ring. Beatdown on Generico continues. Good heel work from the Age of the Fall. Generico catches Jacobs coming off the top rope. Black misses a dive. Hot tag to Steen who dives on the champions. Powerbomb Jacobs on the edge of the ring frame. No wonder he developed a drug habit. Pumphandle neckbreaker on Black nearly gets three. Crowd thought it was. Steen misses a moonsault. Black tags Jacobs. End time. Generico with a boot. Steen on top for 1-2-NO! Everyone is down. Black knocks Generico off the apron. He gets all fired up. Steen takes him over. Enziguri by Black. Spear by Jacobs. Frog splash by Black. 1-2-NO! Forearm in the corner. Up top they go. Black can’t get a superplex. Steen slaps him down. Jacobs with a right hand. He goes to the top. Biting. Headbutt by Steen. Black crotches Steen on the top. Generico from behind with clubbing blows. Black sent into his partner. Generico goes for a yakuza. Met with a boot. Steen hits a top rope gut buster as Generico yakuza kicks Jacobs. Swanton by Steen. Splash by Generico! 1-2-NOOOOOOOOO! HOLY SHIT! Steen goes for a package piledriver on Black. Pele by Black. GOD’s LAST GIFT! 1-2-NOOOO! Jacobs drags Generico to the floor. Generico sends Black into the barricade. Black misses a Phoenix splash. Yakuza by Generico. Top rope brainbuster?  Jacobs pulls him down. Set-up for the top rope contra code. Steen cannonballs Black. Sharpshooter. Generico tries for a top rope brainbuster. Jacobs him off. Off the top but Steen gets an elbow up. Generico hits a dive. Sharpshooter still applied. Jacobs finally gets in the ring to break the sharpshooter. Tag to Generico and Jacobs. Half nelson suplex by Generico. Jacobs hooks end time again. Generico to his feet. BRAINBUSTAH… NOO! Jacobs over. Black springboard clotheslines his own partner. Superkick by Steen. Yakuza on Black. Package piledriver by Steen right into the brainbuster. 1-2-3!
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: NEW world tag team champions- Kevin Steen and El Generico/20:29/****1/2
-Undoubtedly one of the best world tag team title matches in Ring of Honor history. The crowd was flat-out nuclear for most of this match. An amazing contest. Great nearfalls throughout. Amazing. I don’t even know what to say because even a couple years later, I thought this was better than 99.5% of what I’ve seen here in 2010. I absolutely loved this match from start to finish. Ring of Honor WISHES their tag team division was this good now.
Final Thoughts: The collection of Tyler Black bonus matches makes this an easy thumbs up. It gives fans a chance to see a time when Ring of Honor was at its hottest and producing match of the year candidates on essentially every show. How many other DVDs have three ****1/2 matches on it? Not many. If you’re a long-time ROH fan and DVD collector, save your money for other indy wrestling DVDs this holiday season.
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