I don't really think its because they've become boring, I think its more to do with the fact that they have become extremely sloppy, Keep botching moves and finishes, Are over used and keep telling everyone they are the best. When its pretty obvious that they are not. In 2003 they were awesome, Times have changed. There finisher is awful, How can they call it "Wrestlings Greatest Finisher"?! I believe MCMG would stay very fresh in ROH over a long run, Because they can also pull off great singles matches aswell. Plenty of fresh matches to the ROH fanbase there

The Mania weekend poster looks pretty good, as some of the recent one for their "important" shows have been bog standard howlers.- Im glad they are bit by bit upping the game in this sense, DVD covers have looked nice as well.Obviously dont pay attention to the black bar bit on the side.. but if this poster was slapped up on a wall it would get you to look and read it and possibly look into what it was about- which is a key part of promotion that people forget, cant keep preaching to the choir.

From the latest newswire:

"And in other merchandise news, check back with ROHWrestling.com next Tuesday for our latest DVD release, a special 2-Disc compilation called “Kevin Steen: Ascension To The Top”."

Should be great! Hopefully its filled with alot of his promos from 2010. Also the atleast one of the ladder wars

Not a big fan of 'best of' DVDs but I might have to get the Steen one depending on what matches they put on there.

Will have to get that last HDNet Vol too.

Can't wait for the Battle of the Carolinas DVD to turn up, really looking forward to watching it.

Shelton Benjamin has become boring? Surely not??

Give him a ladder to run up once a year, that'll keep him as interesting as he ever was.

I don't think that's entirely true. Him and Haas were getting great reactions at the start of their ROH careers, and using them here and there kept from overexposing them. I agree that Benjamin has always struggled to be a regular attraction in any company he's been in though. I don't think he has to be 'boring' but they need to know how to use him.

Even using the MCMG on a regular basis just dilutes the effect of what they can do. Once you've seen all their moves on a weekly basis, they're not quite as amazing.

When they first came in, they had great matches with the Kings. Their whole title run was full of mediocre matches and when we had a whole year of the Kings having brilliant defences on a regular basis, the fans turned on them.

Not to mention their God awful promos trying to 'hype' up the Briscoes match at Final Battle.

I'm glad they've embraced the negative reaction towards them and turned them heel, gives them another angle to come from and I think that's what they needed.

They do need to start having Shelton wrestle more singles matches though, Haas is the problem as he's so boring and slow in the ring.

I thought most of the matches with the Kings were pretty average. The only one I really enjoyed was the one at Atlanta.

Most of their matches have just been boring.

They haven't been shit or anything just not captivating. Also these boys have been in the big leagues working with a real professional crew and top talkers yet they still cant cut promos for toffee. Haas's "What he said" closing statement is cack! That only works when one of the team says something totally incoherent or in a foreign language.
Loads of tag teams fuck of promos like that e.g;
Bloke A - says stuff, while bloke B stands making faces and being silent.
Bloke B - says stuff, now Bloke A keeps overreacting or changing his facial expressions, then buts in at the end with some crap one liner.

But yeah I agree with ROHSteven, least they have noticed a deterioration in reactions so you gotta roll with it and make its something fresh.

Spoilers from last night's tapings: http://bit.ly/yR2aW6

It would be nice if you could just post the spoilers here rather than shilling what I assume to be your site.

You're more than welcome to copy and paste them on here if people are allergic to links.

Before he devolved into the out of control madman we see today, Kevin Steen was known as "Mr. Wrestling" and in 2005, the ROH faithful got their first taste of just what that meant. It wasn't until 2007 though, when Steen returned to Ring of Honor with El Generico as his partner that he was truly able to display his abilities. Whether it be as part of a duo, or battling in singles competition, Kevin Steen cemented himself as an innovative wrestler, as capable of taking high risks through the air as he was at brawling. Through hard-fought battles, "Mr. Wrestling" earned the respect of the fans and proved himself deserving of that nickname.

This collection of 21 matches & highlights puts on display the relentless drive that led Steen to his first championship success in Ring of Honor; from his 2005 debut & never before released 1st ROH battle with El Generico through the battles with The Age of the Fall over the ROH World Tag Titles, this 2-Disc DVD set includes Steen & Generico's wars with The Briscoes, Kevin's bids for the ROH World Title against Morishima & Nigel McGuinness, as well as bouts against the likes of Bryan Danielson, Kenny King, and more! Before "Kill Steen Kill" there was "Mr. Wrestling", and this is his ascension to the top...



Disc 1
1. Kevin Steen vs. B-Boy...Do or Die IV 2/19/05 (ROH debut)
2. Kevin Steen vs. El Generico...The Homecoming 7/23/05 (first time on DVD)
3. Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe...FYF: Philly 2/17/07
4. Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe...Fighting Spirit 4/14/07
5. Steen & El Generico-Briscoes brawl from Respect Is Earned 5/12/07
6. Kevin Steen vs. Mark Briscoe...A Fight At The Roxbury 6/8/07
7. Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw...Domination 6/9/07
8. Highlights of Steen/Generico vs. Briscoes street fight from Death Before Dishonor V Night 1 8/10/07
9. Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe (Steel Cage Match)...Caged Rage 8/24/07
10. Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe (Ladder War)...Man Up 9/15/07
11. Kevin Steen vs. Takeshi Morishima (ROH World Title Match)...Honor Nation 10/5/07

Disc 2
12. Kevin Steen vs. The Necro Butcher (Street Fight)...Proving Ground 1/11/08
13. Kevin Steen vs. Bryan Danielson (#1 Contenders Tournament Semi-Finals)...Eye of the Storm 2/22/08
14. Kevin Steen vs. Go Shiozaki (#1 Contenders Tournament Finals)...Eye of the Storm 2/22/08
15. Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino...Dragon Gate Challenge II 3/28/08
16. Kevin Steen vs. Nigel McGuinness (ROH World Title Match)...Injustice 4/12/08
17. Kevin Steen vs. Nigel McGuinness (ROH World Title Match)...Northern Navigation 7/25/08
18. Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. The Motor City Machine Guns...Death Before Dishonor VI 8/2/08
19. Kevin Steen vs. Jigsaw...Age of Insanity 8/15/08
20. Kevin Steen vs. Kenny King...Night of the Butcher II 8/16/08
21. Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Tyler Black & Jimmy Jacobs (World Tag Team Title Match)...Driven 2008 9/19/08

Leaves plenty of room for a 2nd volume, Or maybe even a Steen vs Generico feud DVD!

I'll leave it to Only The Strong Survive to post the box art and listing, but I see they announced yesterday that Final Battle 2011 is going to be a 2 DVD set featuring the first DVD footage of the Sinclair TV show..

Great idea, Gives the build up to Final Battle.

Got round to watching Southern Defiance last night, They now use TV graphics, New menu with highlights running, Match card before each match, Interviews in a TV style, Widescreen, Better commentary and its in widescreen! It looks brilliant, Now they just need to use this formula on iPPVs

This is really good news.. moving in the right direct direction. Baby steps otherwise if everything went in one go at full speed it would be a total fuck up, Its cool seeing things progress and change. Like with the TV shows I'm certainly enjoying it much more, a bit of variety with the matches as well at first it was two tag matches or two singles matches and it felt very samey to me. Thankfully they are mixing it up now and the Steen story line is picking momentum, still haven't got round to watching this weeks episode.

The latest sale is that if you buy the new release ROH on HDNet vol 10, you can get any other volume free. I'm almost tempted to get 9 and 10, but it's old news now, init.

Without giving away any spoilers, is Best In The World 2011 any good? I'm tempted to buy it for £15.99 and thought the early stuff from ROH last year was pretty decent. Nice card aswell

Buy it, definitely...

'Best in the World 2011' is probably the best event of 2011 - great event from bell to bell.

ROH Allied Forces (15 October 2010)



ROH's October 2010 output takes the form of a Dayton-Chicago double-shot, with headline contests based around the Christopher Daniels vs. Davey Richards competitive rivalry. "Yay". The pair square off in the main event of Night Two, but first they do that annoying very ROH thing where they appear as tag team partners first on Night One. It must be said that my expectations for 'Allied Forces' as an event were not great, since the DVD comes packaged with a bonus disc. This is something ROH tends to do these days when they don't think the main feature is up to scratch on its own.

Sure enough, undercard offerings of Mark Briscoe vs. Mike Mondo, Colt Cabana vs. Andy Ridge (in the first of a puro-style "trial series" for the rookie), Kevin Steen & Steve Corino vs. Adam Cole & Kyle O'Reilly and Homicide vs. Kenny King are completely unremarkable and devoid of any point of interest. Ricky Reyes vs. Metal Master (Chad Collyer's AllStar/Michinoku Pro gimmick) is just plain crap and Daizee Haze vs. Lady JoJo (formerly Josie in SHIMMER and Sojo Bolt in TNA) is even worse - a thoroughly wretched contest.

It's not all bad, though. Jay Briscoe and Rhett Titus manage to have a really enjoyable back-and-forth singles scrap. The Briscoes have spent all of 2010 feuding with Hero and Castagnoli, but have also quietly been having some real good solo matches against the All Night Express, and I'm looking forward to seeing more in that direction. In addition, saving the best until last, the aforementioned tag main event where the Kings of Wrestling defend their ROH World Tag Team Titles against the odd couple pairing of Davey Richards &Christopher Daniels is very good. It won't be remembered among the Kings' best matches, but still provides 25 minutes of entertainment that keeps moving at a good pace, tells a decent story and always has something happening to keep you interested.

So, while the show itself is pretty underwhelming, the 3 hour+ bonus disc goes a long way in making up for it as it contains the entire CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe 2004 trilogy of ROH World Title matches in full. Possibly the most talked about trio of bouts in ROH history, many will have their own opinions on just how good the 3 contests (taking place at 'World Title Classic', 'Joe vs. Punk II' and 'All Star Extravaganza II') are, but there can be no doubt that these are must-see material, if even just to see what the hype was about and make up you own mind. It's also a chance for people who only know Punk and Joe from WWE and TNA to see some of their finest independent work. If you don't already have a copy of these, then 'Allied Forces' almost justifies a purchase for this alone.

Overall, then, this is similar to the recent 'Face to Black' release in that the show itself is very weak indeed, but the inclusion of the bonus material almost makes it an essential package. If you don't already have the Joe vs. Punk matches in your collection, this comes recommended for that very reason. If you do, then 'Allied Forces' is missable in every possible way.

It's also worth mentioning that 'Allied Forces' is the TWENTIETH ROH event DVD of 2010. When the majority are unremarkable 'B' shows such as this, that is too many events to realistically follow the promotion full-time. When their 'regular' live events no longer seem to have any relevance to the important storylines, angles and matches (in this age of weekly TV and a half-dozen 'big' cards per annum), most of these 20 have been completely skippable and it certainly helps justify my decision to only pick up select DVDs from their 2011 output.

Full show results:

I thought some of you might be interested in this.

We interviewed Mike Mondo (current ROH wrestler and of Spirit Squad fame) about his time so far in ROH, what he hopes to achieve in the future and how Ring of Honor differs from WWE both inside the ring and behind the curtain.

You can listen to the interview, which is around 40 minutes in length, here: http://bit.ly/xQMAtC

Four teams will have the chance of a lifetime…

Ring of Honor is all about providing opportunity for wrestlers both inside our locker room as well as those from the outside wrestling world. Whether it be through the training camps & seminars that brought people like Michael Elgin and Mike Bennett into the fold or through Proving Ground matches given wrestlers a chance to step up, opportunity is something readily available in ROH.

Well this Friday night in Cincinnati opportunity comes knocking once again for four tag teams from around the wrestling world! Most of these competitors have seen ROH competition in some form, whether it be in dark matches, DVD events, or televised bouts, but this will undoubtedly be the biggest opportunity any of them have had here.

On Friday night February 17th, four outside teams will compete in a one night, single elimination tournament with the winner earning a future Proving Ground match against the ROH World Tag Team Champions! Each team selected is foreign to consistent ROH competition and not on the current ROH roster; however each team has been scouted based on ability and tag team wrestling prowess.

We are excited to have duos from all over the world competing in this mini tournament including:

- Shiloh Jonze & Rudy Switchblade

2011 has been a great year for Shilo Jonez. The young upstart captured both singles and tag-team gold, currently reigns as ½ of the OVW Southern Tag Team Champions, made his debut for ROH, and has his talent noticed on a national level. Jonze hopes to keep all that momentum rolling through 2012 and looks to be on a good start with his tag team title win in January. Jonze employs a spinwheel kick and top rope spear-punch as his primary weapons to put down his opponents and obviously they have been very successful.

Rudy Switchblade hails from California where he trained in the NJPW dojo alongside the likes of Bryan Danielson, Rocky Romero, & Samoa Joe and has seen ROH competition in the past. Currently he resides in Louisville KY where he reigns as the OVW
Heavyweight Champion, a title he captured using his knowledge of American Pro Wrestling, Puroresu, Lucha Libre, & MMA, as well as other fighting techniques.

- Sean Casey & Chris Silvio

Sean Casey is a well-traveled veteran who has all the tools to be champion anywhere in the world. A cagey grappler with years of experience and know-how, he has shown the ability to take anyone down in a variety of situations. You name ‘em, Casey has battled ‘em with his match history reading like a who's who's of professional wrestling. Now, with this Rise & Prove tournament, he has his sights set on conquering Ring of Honor and the tag team division.

Chris Silvio has been a multi-time champion in companies around the east coast and currently reigns as the OVW TV Champion. The "Psychodelic Superstar" has been garnering attention for his colorful antics in & out of the ring, and has battled recently on “Ring of Honor Television” against TJ Perkins. Utilizing a rocket punch to put away his opponents, that signature maneuver has helped make 2012 a banner year so far for the young competitor.

- Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls

Mikey Nicholls started wrestling in Perth, Western Australia in 2002. Traveled extensively throughout Australia until 2005 and then began traveling to USA. Trained at the then NJPW Dojo in Santa Monica under Shinsuke Nakamura & Kendo Kashin for 6 months. Nicholls made a permanent move to the USA in 2007, dividing his time between Australia and USA. He became first NWA Australian National Champion in 2007 and in 2011 began working for Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan. He has completed two successful 3 month long stays with NOAH culminating in a shot (with Shane Haste) at GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Titles.

Shane Haste started in Perth, Western Australia in 2003 and competed around Australia. Haste traveled to America in 2008, 2009 and 2010 for 3 month trips where he competed for NWA promotions as well as PWG. In 2011, Shane completed two 3month stays in Japan for Pro Wrestling NOAH where, in December 2011 (with Mikey Nicholls), he wrestled for the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles.

- Alabama Attitude (Mike Posey & Corey Hollis)

The "Alabama Attitude" Team of Mike Posey & Corey Hollis are no strangers to Ring Of Honor tag team battles having competed on ROH house shows in Charlotte, Richmand and an impressive showing on ROH TV vs Adam Cole & Kyle O'Reilly.

Mike Posey is known as an experienced WWE & TNA referee who performed in two WrestleMania events. Since 2009 Posey also earned a strong reputation as a professional wrestler. He's won singles and tag team titles in Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and his home State of Alabama. He was one of 8 wrestlers selected to compete in a 2011 NWA Tournament to crown a World Junior Champion. The WRESTLER magazine published a feature article "introducing" him in 2011. Posey was ranked in the PWI 500 for the last two years.

Corey Hollis was a Pro Wrestling Illustrated's "Rookie Of The Year" runner-up in 2010, and was the Georgia Wrestling History choice for Rookie of the Year that same year. He's won singles and tag team titles in Tennessee & his home State of Alabama. He was one of 8 professional wrestlers chosen to compete in a 2011 NWA tournament a NWA North American Champion. He has a strong amateur wrestling background having competed in High School, and now coaches amateur wrestling part-time. Hollis was ranked in the PWI 500 for the past two years.

Which of these duos will make the most of this opportunity and get themselves one step closer to a future ROH World Tag Team Title match? Be there live in Cincinnati to see who rises up and proves themselves worthy of the reward! Tickets available now.

Good idea, The Tag Team Division could do with a new team, Hopefully one of these teams steps up. If not just bring The House Of Truth back!

ANOTHER Edwards vs. Strong match on Friday!! Enough already....

How many have they had?

In the past 12 months I can remember (one-on-one) Manhattan Mayhem IV where Eddie won the title and the Ringmaster's Challenge match from Death Before Dishonor IX. Forgot they also had the rematch for the title at Supercard of Honor VI.

3 last year wasn't it? Manhattan Mayhem 4, Supercard Of Honor 6 and Death Before Dishonor 9?

Also:


This special 2-Disc DVD set includes the entire iPPV broadcast featuring Richards/Edwards III for the ROH World Title, The Briscoes vs. Hass & Benjamin for the ROH World Tag Titles, Lethal vs. Bennett vs. Generico for the ROH TV Title, Steen vs. Corino, and a whole lot more!

PLUS, exclusive to this DVD release, unaired footage filmed following the conclusion of the Steen/Corino bout and, for the 1st time ever on DVD, content from “Ring of Honor Wrestling” TV leading up to the event including Richards vs. Elgin, Generico vs. Lethal, and more!

Disc 1
1. Michael Elgin with Truth Martini vs. TJ Perkins
2. Tommaso Ciampa with The Embassy vs. Jimmy Rave
3. World TV Title Match: Jay Lethal vs. "The Prodigy" Mike Bennett vs. El Generico
4. No DQ Match: Kevin Steen vs. Steve Corino
*With Jimmy Jacobs as special referee & Jim Cornette at ringside. If Steen wins, he's reinstated.

DVD Bonus:
- Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin (from Ring of Honor Wrestling TV)
- World TV Title Match: Jay Lethal vs. El Generico (from Ring of Honor Wrestling TV)
- Raw footage of Generico being taken out of NYC in an ambulance (never aired on the iPPV)
- "Cornette's Bargain"- Unedited segment from Ring of Honor Wrestling TV where Cornette/Corino and Steen come to terms with their Final Battle match

Disc 2
5. Tag Team Gauntlet Match: The All Night Express vs. The Young Bucks vs. Future Shock vs. Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander vs. The Bravados
6. Roderick Strong Open Invitational: Roderick Strong with Truth Martini vs. Chris Hero
7. World Tag Team Title Match: Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe
8. ROH World Title Match: Davey Richards with Team Richards vs. Eddie Edwards with Dan "The Beast" Severn

DVD Bonus:
- Briscoe Goes Hollywood
- ROH Video Wire

Didn't they wrestle on a recent TV taping? They also wrestled at PWG's BOLA 2011, though I suppose that doesn't count from an ROH standpoint.

I haven't watched any TV since Final Battle while i catch up on DVDs so i wouldn't know. But this next match is rearranged from the one i were supposed to have at The Homecoming 2012

ROH Richards vs. Daniels (16 October 2010)



The October double-header concludes with an interesting looking card from Chicago Ridge, IL. With some big, important matches linked to key feuds, this promises to be a step above your regular 'B' show. The titular Davey Richards vs. Christopher Daniels main event is match that I enjoyed far more than I thought I would going in. It is based on the simple premise that these two have been going back and forth for six months with each other about who is the better wrestler, so this is their chance to finally find out one way or another. It starts slow, builds well and ends with them going all out for the win with big moves, big reversals and big excitement. I could do without the mutual respectful love-fest afterwards, but the match itself is indeed a very good one, and Daniels' best performance in ages.

The Kings of Wrestling vs. Briscoes feud has produced some true crackers in 2010 and continues here in a match fought under elimination rules. While this one does not better the classics from 'Big Bang' and 'Death Before Dishonor', this is still a really strong, sterling offering from these two teams, brilliantly watchable from start-to-finish and providing plenty of twists and turns. The saga of Chris Hero's loaded elbow pad, the key factor to the story, adds even more drama and excitement. Thumbs way up.

In another huge match on the DVD, the bitter rivalry between Colt Cabana and Steve Corino, nearly 10 months old now, reaches it's conclusion in an "I Quit!" match in front of Cabana's home-town crowd. The issue between these two has been an offshoot of the El Generico vs. Kevin Steen situation, and a straightjacketed Steen appears in the corner of his buddy Corino as per the stipulations of the bout. As with most of the chapters in this series, this is another dramatic and bloody affair and a fitting inclusion in what has been a gripping scenario from start to finish. Steen himself, who looks like he is about to give birth any day now, has a very odd match with Homicide earlier in the show. They spend the first half of the match stalling and playing for laughs, but then immediately go into trading finishers in the ring. While the intensity and competitiveness between two men who don't really have an issue makes this somewhat more enjoyable, this isn't all that good.

Elsewhere, the All Night Express against ROH newcomers Kyle O'Reilly & Adam Cole is a neat, fun little new generation tag bout, if you can ignore a couple of ridiculously over-contrived spots from Cole/O'Reilly. Daizee Haze & her student Jamilia Craft vs. Lady JoJo & former SHIMMER Tag Champion Neveah (that's 'Heaven' spelt backwards) is crap, however, and Metal Master vs. Mike Mondo and Andy Ridge's next Trial Series bout (this time against former Havana Pitbull Ricky Reyes) add very little of value too.

The only bonus content on the disc is a half-dozen videos previewing the upcoming annual 'Survival of the Fittest' tournament (the next DVD release), but that is no downer since 'Richards vs. Daniels' is a pretty good show. The top 3 bouts are all well worth going out of your way to see, and the opening tag is decent too. Recommended.

Full show results:


Up Next: Continuing the road to 'Final Battle', ee enter November 2010 with 'Survival of the Fittest 2010' and 'Fate of an Angel II'...

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ROH Survival of the Fittest 2010 (12 November 2010)



Uh oh - bonus disc alert. As is becoming customary, ROH's tactic of providing a supplementary "Best of Nigel McGuinness" DVD as part of this release seems to suggest that the event from Dearborn, MI isn't up to much and needs an additional selling point to justify the price tag. This is the first half of the November 2010 weekender, before they cross the border into Canada the following day.

As always, SOTF features 6 qualifying singles matches, with the winners advancing to the 6-way elimination final and the overall victor securing a future ROH World Title shot. Truth be told, first round matches of Colt Cabana vs. Rhett Titus, Kevin Steen vs. Kyle O'Reilly, Steve Corino vs. Adam Cole and El Generico vs. Kenny King are rather uninspiring to say the least. Coming in the midst of all that, however, is another great angle in the Steen vs. Generico feud which serves to add even more interest and heat onto their climatic Mask vs. Career bout just a few weeks away.

Elsewhere in the tourney, Claudio Castagnoli and Grizzly Redwood have a tremendously entertaining little contest and Chris Hero faces Eddie Edwards in a really good match which appears to be cut short due to Edwards suffering a legit shoulder injury.

There's a couple of non-tournament matches on the card, as Homicide takes on Andy Ridge in a really naff bout (which is the third match in the latter's Trial Series) and Christopher Daniels teams with the Briscoes to take on ROH World Champion Roderick Strong and his new House of Truth partners Michael Elgin(?) and Zach Gowan. Yes, that Zack Gowan. It seems House of Truth have lost Josh Raymond and Christian Able and have somehow managed to become even more jobberiffic than they were before. Go figure. Strong and Daniels have a singles match for the belt scheduled for the following evening in Ontario and this is supposed to be a preview of that. The last 3-4 minutes of this are actually really quite good, but up until then this is crap.

The 2010 'Survival of the Fittest' final of Rhett Titus vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Kevin Steen vs. Adam Cole vs. Eddie Edwards vs. Kenny King sees more involvement from El Generico as he tries to get to Steen, but that incident in the opening minute is unfortunately about as interesting as the whole thing gets. Edwards is next to useless here following his earlier injury, and I'm starting to realise that Adam Cole is more than a little bit shit. Castagnoli looks great as always, but even he can't save this from being a monumental let-down. A really weak ending to a duff show, which managed be to even worse than last year's less-than-sparkling version.

Thankfully, the aforementioned Nigel McGuinness disc more than makes up for the actual event's shortcomings, containing over 3 hours of the Brit's greatest ROH hits. Included are 7 World Title matches from 2007 and 2008, taking in his fantastic national PPV bouts with Takeshi Morishima ('Undeniable 2007'), Austin Aries ('Rising Above 2007') and Roderick Strong ('Driven 2008'), one of his corkers against Bryan Danielson ('6th Anniversary Show') and a brilliant battle with NOAH's Naomichi Marufuji ('Final Battle 2008'). There are also strong matches against Kevin Steen ('Northern Navigation') and El Generico ('Age of Insanity') to be found here too. Supreme stuff, with the Aries, Danielson and Marufuji offerings being particularly excellent, must-see material.

So, this ends up being another of those bizarre 2010 ROH DVD releases where the main show isn't up to much at all, but the overall package is made to taste so very sweet by throwing in a first-rate themed bonus disc. If you pick this up for the 'Survival of the Fittest', you'll be sorely disappointed, but if you come here looking to check out the McGuinness showcase, you will be left more than satisfied.

Full show results:


Up next: Christopher Daniels challenges Roderick Strong for the World Title at 'Fate of an Angel II', as the November double-header comes to a conclusion in the Toronto area

Results from last night's show in Cincinnati:

Michael Elgin d. Adam Cole
Samson Walker d. Mike Mondo
Roderick Strong d. Eddie Edwards
Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls win 'Rise & Prove Tournament'
Jay Lethal d. BJ Whitmer
The Briscoes d. Davey Richards & Kyle O'Reilly

FULL REPORT: http://bit.ly/yaBj08

Crowd of 300? Christ. Mind you, that card didn't look much to write home about. I seem to be saying that a lot about ROH these days

That's because it's absolutely awful.

Their main event scene is the weakest for years, and they've not got anyone anywhere near close to stepping up.

The roster is just so shallow.

ROH Fate of an Angel II (13 November 2010)



ROH returns to the Toronto area for the first time since the brilliant 'Death Before Dishonor' iPPV in July. The original 'Fate of an Angel' event some years ago featured Christopher Daniels against Matt Hardy, and the feature contest this time sees the 'Fallen Angel' as the first challenger for Roderick Strong's ROH World Championship. It isn't a blow-away match by any means, but it is a pretty good and more than adequate in the main event slot. I'm not high on Daniels, but I've enjoyed more of his matches from this latest ROH run than I thought I would.

The gripping El Generico vs. Kevin Steen feud continues to play out over a couple of tag matches. First, Steen gets involved in Generico & Colt Cabana's match against The All Night Express, leading to a big brawl. Then, Steen forces a group of local trainees to stand guard for the entirety of his World Tag Team Title bout with Steve Corino against The Kings of Wrestling to intercept Generico when he comes looking for revenge. It all ends up in a massive red hot pull-apart fight, and additional stipulations being announced for their upcoming match at 'Final Battle 2010'. As for these 2 tag matches themselves, the former is really entertaining fare which again demonstrates how Rhett Titus and Kenny King are establishing themselves as a polished act. The latter is also a decent, well-worked effort which I enjoyed more than I was expecting for an all-heel affair.

The DVD also features another 2 tag bouts, and both Adam Cole & Kyle O'Reilly vs. The Bravado Brothers and Grizzly Redwood & Bobby Dempsey vs. Michael Elgin & Zach Gowen are good fun.

Elsewhere, I found little of interest in Mark Briscoe vs. Andy Ridge or Sara Del Rey vs. Jamilia Craft, and Homicide and Jay Briscoe contest a tedious bout. Rounding out the disc is a 7-minute backstage interview with Steve Corino.

While 'Fate of an Angel II' doesn't feature anything that could be considered particularly excellent or must-see, there's some decent entertainment to be found here. If you skip this one, you won't have missed much, but if you do pick it up, you're likely to enjoy what is on offer. Vastly, vastly superior to the previous evening's 'Survival of the Fittest' event, anyway...

Full show results:


Up next: I finally reach the final weekend of 2010, with 'Tag Title Classic 2' and the simply massive 'Final Battle 2010'.

According to somebody on Twitter who is watching this week's TV show, they announced Mike Bennett against... Lance Storm!

Seems a very strange one to me but apparently it will be at SITS night one!

Also announced are Jacobs v Steen for 10th Anniversary and Briscoes v WGTT for SITS

Lance Storm is fucking awful, always has been. I don't see why roh waste money on him to come in for a shot every few years, which would be money better spent on a Chris Masters or Luke Gallows.

They should bring in Matt Hardy again. He could kill half the roster in a mental rage.

Chris Masters whatever..

Source: Pwinsider

– El Generico has not signed a new deal with ROH, but is expected to be brought back down the line.

I'd love to see Chris Masters in ROH. He's obviously a fucking brilliant wrestler. I reckon a match between him and Elgin would have me spunking at the prospect.

Shame about El Generico there. Especially since the Steen/Generico stuff looked like it was going to get going again. I wonder how long "down the line" means.

Masters is a good shout I think. He was very solid towards the back end of his WWE career. Great shape, good crowd reaction, and solid in-ring.

They could do a lot worse than someone like him.

Gallows isn't bad to be honest, but he'd have to come in and just dominate the fuck out of the little guys. They need someone big to face him and they can just smack the shit out of each other like Morishima and Bison Smith formerly etc.

Whatever? eh?

Not that interested in seeing Storm again to be honest, especially against Bennett.

Masters would be a good shout depending on how much he wanted. Another name I've seen thrown around is MVP and I just hope they don't bring him in as the stuff I've seen of him in Japan isn't pretty.

Of course they haven't resigned him. They cant afford to pay him to sit home while they arent using him, so they just let their wrestlers contracts run out and assume nobody wants to bring in a faux Mexician with a shit beard.

I will laugh if they brought in Lance Storm. It would be typical of a company with no idea how to present a wrestling product in 2012. An old bald bloke who had no star aura in his prime being brought in would be just cracking. MVP or Chris Masters SHOULD be the best possible candidates. Or John Morrison. Someone who people know and look half decent. John Morrison would probably come off like the Rock and Hulk Hogan's more charismatic love child if he was on ROH TV.

It's about knowing your audience. ROHbots love Lance Storm and think Masters is shit. If they put Lance Storm on one of their cards, they might draw a few dozen extra that might not have come out of the basement for Michael Elgin vs Harlem Bravado and draw 350 instead of 300.

Ring of Honor had teased in a recent newswires that they were in negotiations with a 'surprise name' for the 'Showdown in the Sun' events on Wrestlemania weekend.

While he may not be that man, it was confirmed on this week's edition of ROH TV (if you've not seen it yet, read the report here) that former WWE, WCW and ECW star Lance Storm will be facing off against 'The Prodigy' Mike Bennett on Night One of the double header.

Storm has won a multitude of championships across the major promotions in the United States. He has particularly succeeded in tag team competition, winning the ECW World tag team championships on three occasions as well as winning the WWE World tag team titles four times. Add those to a WWF Intercontinental title, a WCW Hardcore championship and the WCW United States heavyweight belt three times, and Storm has an impressive résumé.

Full article here

Just purchased ROH Fate Of An Angel 2005 for £7.52 off eBay after winning it on an auction. The card look's pretty decent. Without spoiling it, is it a good event? Cheers

I don't like to click through to other sites and give them traffic (especially if there's a chance the end product is shit and the person is plugging their site), so why not be a cool guy and a big man and paste it all here.

The review one page back says its an enjoyable event.

They are 2 completely different events