Jimmy Jacobs/Tyler Black vs Bryan Danielson/Austin Aries ROH Respect is Earned 2 6/7/08

I guess this was good, but I’m not seeing a great match here. They put the Jacobs/Aries feud in the forefront and then eventually Danielson/Black in the homestretch. Jacobs/Aries was good, but underachieved with the hate while Danielson/Black was the usual good stuff. I’ll say it was good while doing nothing to stand out from other better tags. No.

Nigel McGuinness vs Go Shiozaki ROH Respect is Earned 2 6/7/08

Sucked. No.

Roderick Strong vs Erick Stevens Fight Without Honor ROH Respect is Earned 2 6/7/08

Kind of messed up on the Briscoe/Necro Street Fight. I thought it was a part of the ppv but it was a bonus match, so shit.

Very good although it went too long. They stiffed the shit out of each other and bloodied each other up. Just no holding back especially the head shots to Stevens. So yeah this feud was awesome. Keep.

Jimmy Jacobs/Tyler Black vs Kevin Steen/El Generico ROH Up for Grabs 6/6/08

I don’t know how to feel about this one.  Steennerico are coming in with injuries which eventually leads to Generico being taken out and Steen having to fend for himself which is a chunk of the match.  This is comparable to the Steenerico vs Stevens/J. Briscoe match.  I feel this needs a rewatch because I felt the crowd wasn’t feeling it at times and it affected my viewing of it.  Rewatch. 

Roderick Strong/Davey Richards vs Bryan Danielson/Austin Aries ROH Up for Grabs 6/6/08

Second god damn match where the match goes 19 with an instant tap out.  This was worse.  No. 

Kevin Steen/El Generico vs Nigel McGuinness/Go Shiozaki ROH Up for Grabs 6/6/08

Fuck what I said of the last match, this I’m really on the fence on.  Nigel and Go do a number on Generico’s arm (like the NRC match) and Generico sells it amazingly.  I just don’t think that the beginning and ending are as great as that NRC match especially with the 20 minute time limit which was distracting.  Just a lot of time wasting until it was one minute left until Nigel taps which felt way too easy in my mind.  Probably the better middle, but not as good as a whole.  Slight no.     

Jay Briscoe/Austin Aries vs. Jimmy Jacobs/Tyler Black No DQ ROH A New Level 5/10/08

I’m on the fence.  The match takes a while to get going, but then Jay gets spiked and does a gigantic gusher and gets really good.  But I felt Aries was MIA in the match and that the double team finishers being kicked out of was ridiculous.  I’ve seen too many better garbage brawls this year.  No.

Bryan Danielson vs Naomichi Marufuji ROH A New Level 5/10/08

Didn’t care.  Pretty much the standard dream match epic that I just don’t care for.  No.

Davey Richards/Rocky Romero vs Kevin Steen/El Generico ROH A New Level 5/10/08

This maybe because I haven’t seen this before, but this was very good.  Steenerico carries it of course, but the NRC actually have focus on Generico’s arm.  I would have to rewatch to see how well it was sold, but it is worth another look.   

Takeshi Morishima/Naomichi Marufuji/Go Shiozaki vs Roderick Strong/Davey Richards/Rocky Romero ROH Southern Navigation 5/9/08

Well…the comedy was fine.  Other then that, it was a match with four wrestlers I don’t like and two that were good.  No. 

Tyler Black vs Bryan Danielson ROH Southern Navigation 5/9/08

This is good, but pales in comparison to there first match.  The first match had the feel of the young gun trying to take out the ace, this was a match.  Albeit with the usual awesome Dragon stretching, but I wanted something more memorable.  No.