Nigel McGuinness vs El Generico ROH Caged Collision 1/31/09

God make this fucking reign end. Generico’s arm selling wasn’t as good as usual, but it’s a Nigel match and a matchup that I don’t care about anymore. No.

Austin Aries vs Jimmy Jacobs vs Bryan Danielson vs Tyler Black ROH Caged Collision 1/31/09

Good match. There were stories there with Jacobs/Black and the weird relationship with Aries/Jacobs, but it never really amounted to anything and the double pin situations didn’t make sense since it wasn’t elimination. No.

Kevin Steen/El Generico vs American Wolves ROH Motor City Madness 2009 1/30/09

If 09 is as down of a year as I think it will be, then this wouldn’t be the worst match to be kept. Granted this is the first of many matches these teams will have, but this Steenerico match has enough personality to it to be considered. Probably won’t last by the end, but I need a marker anyway. Keep.

Jay Briscoe vs. Nigel McGuinness ROH Motor City Madness 2009 1/30/09

I should probably commend them for not going into overkill, but this was the same old Nigel bullshit.

Tyler Black vs Jerry Lynn ROH Motor City Madness 2009 1/30/09

Was awful for the majority of it until the stretch run which saved it somewhat. Didn’t like this one otherwise. No.

Tyler Black vs Samoa Joe ROH Rising Above 2008 11/22/08 (bonus match)

Good match as you would expect from Joe last official match. Joe is over and he promptly destroys Tyler. They did keep it smart with Tyler being aggressive in the early going and going to the eyes when he was at a disadvantage. It was mostly a formula Joe match, but its still better then the majority of 08. Still, no.

Necro Butcher vs Jay Briscoe Philadelphia Street Fight ROH Respect is Earned 2 (bonus) 6/7/08

Kind of in the low end of that Briscoes/AOTF feud. Having a single’s match means that the focus is all on them, so you can’t go to another matchup when the other matchup begins drag like this did at points. No.