Samoa Joe vs. Nigel McGuinness ROH It All Begins 1/15/05

This was pretty damn good. Every bit as good as there encounter at “The Future is Now”. Nigel tries to neutralize Joe with the cravat until Joe eventually uses his strikes to take control. Nigel eventually fires up and ended up being better then I thought it would be. The crowd sort of hurt the match because they didn’t buy the upset happening. There were also two bad set-ups for moves down the stretch. One with Joe deliberately going to the top rope for the Tower of London, and Nigel doing the headstand in the corner for a third time and predictably being taken out. This match is the tighter of the two and is going on the list. #16.