Nigel McGuinness vs. Kevin Steen ROH Return Engagement 4/19/08

This did nothing for me. Sure Nigel had better focus on the arm, but Steen’s selling wasn’t up to par and there wasn’t as much memorable Steen dickishness. It was also done in front of a colder crowd then there last match. No.

Kota Ibushi vs El Generico ROH Return Engagement 4/19/08

Good match but a useless beginning. They just kind of do shit very slowly until its time to turn it on. Really fun in the end, but I feel they should have just let this be a sprint. No.

Motor City Machine Guns vs Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe ROH Return Engagement 4/19/08

Some have this great, some have called this terrible. For a formula Briscoes match, this was good. This was more of a reason why the Machine Guns were awesome. The Briscoes had a match without direction so it is what it is. No.

Motor City Machine Guns vs Jimmy Jacobs/Tyler Black ROH Tag Wars 2008 4/18/08

This is no doubt a very good match in the least. This is very hate filled and stiff because of the past issues between Shelly/Jacobs and the crowd’s really hot. This is a long match however. It felt like there was finisher overkill and that there were times where they had to get in to position, but this is the best match so far today. Rewatch.

Austin Aries/Kota Ibushi vs Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe ROH Tag Wars 2008 4/18/08

I’d say Kota’s best match so far, but not really because of him. All the good stuff seemed to come after the hot tag with Aries. Other then that, nothing noteworthy happens. No.

Kevin Steen/El Generico vs Nigel McGuinness/Claudio Castagnoli ROH Tag Wars 2008 4/18/08

Good, but I feel the matchups have been done better in the past. You have the storylines of Steen/Nigel and the Injustice finish and Nigel/Claudio where if they win Claudio gets a title shot. The Steen/Nigel and Claudio/Generico matchups were both good, but not very good or out of this world. Fine for what it is, but I won’t anything about it in the end. No.

Davey Richards/Rocky Romero vs Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe ROH Injustice 4/12/08

It was fast paced if anything, but it was just too back and forth of a match.  No.

Nigel McGuinness vs Kevin Steen ROH Injustice 4/12/08

I think I liked this way more then others. Although you could argue that Steen’s antics were out of place in a title match, its those same antics and arm selling that carried the match. But Nigel, although very hated, chooses not to have a focus in his match. Steen sold his arm the whole match, but wasn’t really worked over for a lengthy period of time by Nigel. So I feel Kevin carried this match. Worthy of rewatch, but not because of Nigel.

Kota Ibushi vs Claudio Castagnoli ROH Injustice 4/12/08

Same old Kota match from last show. Not even worth talking about. No.

Kota Ibushi vs Davey Richards ROH Bedlam in Beantown 4/11/08

It was better then I thought. It looked like they were going for an arm story on Kota, but then they kind of dropped it and just elected to have a normal match which I can’t really complain about. Kota’s strikes are actually pretty good, but choreographed flying isn’t going to age well. No.

Naruki Doi/Masato Yoshino/Genki Horiguchi vs CIMA/Dragon Kid/Ryo Saito ROH Supercard of Honor 3 3/29/08

This was a DG match with lots of moves, people doing nothing in the middle, and moves being no sold during the home stretch. It played off the first SOH match in 06, but other then that, it’s a DG house show match. No.

Nigel McGuinness vs Austin Aries ROH Supercard of Honor 3 3/29/08

It was ok. It had some callbacks to there Rising Above match, but the match was the usual for each wrestler. Aries works the neck (Nigel doesn’t sell it), Nigel works the arm (Aries does fine in selling it, but is forgotten by the end). Same shit, but in a title match. I just don’t for Nigel’s reign at this moment. No.

Shingo/BxB Hulk vs Kevin Steen/El Generico ROH Supercard of Honor 3 3/29/08

Like a lot of the DG vs ROH matches this weekend, good but not outstanding. It did have Steen being a dick, but Steenerico had matches in 07 that were better then this. No.

Jimmy Jacobs/Tyler Black vs Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe Relaxed Rules ROH Supercard of Honor 3 3/29/08

Another very good brawl in this feud. People getting hurled into chairs, stiff shots, and a table spot which means the usual Briscoes match. Getting a little hard to distinguish between these matches, but this on the rewatch pile.

Roderick Strong vs Erick Stevens ROH Supercard of Honor 3 3/29/08

Very good non match angle, which I feel should have been a match. They both chop, elbow, and bloody the shit out of each other and it so fun. I wish it was more quicker paced and urgent, but there enough there to rewatch this.

Roderick Strong/Davey Richards/Rocky Romero vs CIMA/Go Shiozaki/Erick Stevens ROH Dragon Gate Challenge 2 3/28/08

Christ even matches like this are turning out to be good. Go and Stevens are in for about 90% of this and they mostly chop the shit out of the NRC or sell there beatdown. Plenty of fun moments, but for each good thing the NRC does, Davey or Rocky does something that looks botched or horrible. CIMA did his shit in the end and it looked stupid. Still, considering that this was close to 30 minutes, it could have been so much worse. No.

Shingo/BxB Hulk vs Jimmy Jacobs/Tyler Black ROH Dragon Gate Challenge 2 3/28/08

It was fine I guess. The best way I can describe it is that I won’t remember anything from this match tomorrow. No.

Kevin Steen/El Generico vs Naruki Doi/Masato Yoshino ROH Dragon Gate Challenge 2 3/28/08

Good, but the same old aimless BS beginning with the DG wrestlers. Works as a spotfest especially near the end, but I’ve seen them done better over the years. No.

Nigel McGuinness vs Tyler Black ROH Take No Prisoners 3/16/08

I think this was an outstanding Tyler performance. Nigel beats the dog shit out of him and Tyler sells the beating and the arm like a champion. Nigel’s usually lack a focus, but it actually fit here as Nigel treats him like trash and gathers more heat from the crowd which leads to some amazing nearfalls down the stretch. On.

Bryan Danielson vs Austin Aries ROH Take No Prisoners 3/16/08

Just when you feel that this is another formula match, the finishing stretch happens and the match ends up being on the fence. Aries works the arm with his usual offense he was working in 08, and Danielson was fine selling it, but could have been better. Danielson goes after the arm by the end of the match and Aries is great selling it. Although this is good, it was too formulaic and back and forth at points that in a strong first three months, this can be dropped. Slight no.

Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe vs Joey Matthews/Necro Butcher Philadelphia Street Fight ROH Take No Prisoners 3/16/08

Another gritty street fight. Pretty much has all the staples of a Briscoes and Necro match that you would expect and Joey is pretty damn good himself. The ladies street fighting could have been dropped altogether since they served no purpose, but this looks like another very good match in 08. Keep.