Jerry Lynn vs Jay Briscoe ROH Validation 5/9/09

Bored the piss out me because there wasn’t any doubt Jerry was losing. No.

American Wolves vs Bryan Danielson/Kevin Steen ROH Validation 5/9/09

Didn’t quite have the heat of the other matches in this feud, but I still enjoyed this. Here, the Wolves beat the shit out of Danielson for a change and dissect his leg. Bryan sells well for the most part and then you got the stuff involving Bryan/Edwards which the match was mostly about. I don’t know if the crowd heat will hurt it on rewatch, but I see no reason not to include it. Keep.

Jerry Lynn vs Chris Hero ROH Never Say Die 5/8/09

Good, but again directionless. I’ll say this much, Lynn does build his moves in a logical and treats his cradle piledriver as the match ender, but the matches tend to not have any substance to them except the spots. Hero didn’t do the match any favors and the million forearms that don’t get a pin just doesn’t work for me. He’ll get it, but not in this match. No.

Davey Richards vs Kevin Steen Anything Goes Match ROH Never Say Die 5/8/09

This feud continues to rule it. These two are dicks to each other and the matches continue to be fun. Could get cut by the rewatch phase, but since 09 is considered weak, I’m giving it a little more leniency. Keep.

Tyler Black vs Bryan Danielson (ROH on HDNet 6) 4/25/09

Good match as always with them. It works as the first part to their tv story, but there really isn’t anything to sink your teeth into otherwise. No.

Jerry Lynn vs. Colt Cabana ROH The Homecoming 2 4/25/09

Fine, but directionless main event. No.

American Wolves vs. Kevin Steen/Jay Briscoe 2/3 Falls ROH The Homecoming 2 4/25/09

Man these Wolves vs Steen/Anybody matches are the best. Steen is an asshole, the Wolves destroy his leg in retaliation, and Jay does his job well. Closer to the No DQ match in quality then I thought, and this feud isn’t even over yet. Stoked and rewatch.

Chris Hero vs. Tyler Black ROH The Homecoming 2 4/25/09

Directionless, but good. Hero abuses Black and the match is fun because of it, but it did feel like they had a better match in them. No.

Bryan Danielson vs. Jimmy Rave ROH The Homecoming 2 4/25/09

This is on the fringe, but I just don’t think I can put it over the top. Bryan abusing was lots of fun and they did do a story where Rave was avoiding the elbows with it being paid off nicely. The neck work and heel hook on Bryan was not sold at all and he even went back on offense immediately which put a big damper on the match. I liked it, but Danielson’s had better performances. Slight No.

Jerry Lynn vs Roderick Strong ROH A Cut Above 4/24/09

This was the semi famous match where Roderick misses an apron elbow and cuts his head on the guardrail and starts bleeding buckets around halfway into the match. The stuff after was dramatic, but the stuff before was worthless. It balances out into a good match. No.

Davey Richards vs Tyler Black ROH A Cut Above 4/24/09

Good match. Took a bit to get going, but the arm work was fine and was sold well throughout. No, otherwise.

American Wolves vs Bryan Danielson/Tyler Black ROH Tag Title Classic 4/18/09

I don’t think I would call this a classic, but I at least thought it was very good. They structured the match well enough that you necessarily see the draw coming. Some moves probably could looked better, but I think it is worthy of a rewatch.

Jay Briscoe vs. Roderick Strong ROH Tag Title Classic 4/18/09

It wasn’t bad, but it just felt so plain to me. No.

Jimmy Jacobs vs Delirious Street Fight ROH Tag Title Classic 4/18/09

I found it better then the Necro match, but it didn’t quite meet the threshold. Some good stuff with the chairs, but I was expecting it to be a bit more violent. The ending didn’t really come off as big as it could have, because of the camera not getting a good shot of it. No.

Davey Richards/Eddie Edwards/Sylvain Grenier vs Kevin Steen/El Generico/Bryan Danielson ROH The Hunt Begins 4/17/09

House show effort. Shitbag Sylvain didn’t expose himself until the end where he just looked untrained. No.

Austin Aries vs. Roderick Strong vs. Jay Briscoe vs. Kenny Omega ROH The Hunt Begins 4/17/09

It was fun for what it was even with Omega hitting nothing on the moonsault on the outside. Fine in a guilty pleasure sort of thing, but no.

Jimmy Jacobs vs Tyler Black ROH The Hunt Begins 4/17/09

For a crowd that was as shitty as it was, it was good. The hate was there, but since this was normal, they played it straight. Otherwise, no.

Austin Aries vs Bryan Danielson ROH on HDNet 4/4/09

OK, but they’ve had way better. No.

Austin Aries/Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Tyler Black/KENTA ROH Take No Prisoners 2009 4/4/09

Austin Aries/Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Tyler Black/KENTA ROH Take No Prisoners 2009 4/4/09 Good, but peaked in the beginning with Aries antics and the selling wasn’t that great in the end. No.

Jimmy Jacobs vs. Necro Butcher Fight Without Honor ROH Take No Prisoners 2009 4/4/09

Good, but felt kind of incomplete. The first part crowd brawling didn’t do anything for me, but got good in the middle with the screwdriver. Then Necro took a superplex to the concrete and unsurprisingly his hip was in agony and affected him the rest of the match. I was also hoping for a more decisive finish then what I got. No.