C/WMark Please! Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 This is sad news, this news if true means he's off the 1PW 'To The Extreme' show which sucks for those that were wanting to see him at that weekender. Â Hopefully Nigel makes a speedy recovery and returns stronger and better. Â I guess this news means the next ROH Champion is going to be KENTA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjo Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Nobody in ROH has defended their title against KENTA with a fucked arm, have they ?  It's weird how Nigel is in the exact same situation as Danielson was in 2006.  It seems like he is going to take time off after the Houston PPV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C/WMark Please! Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 ROH '7th Anniversary Show' March 21st @ Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC  Quick Results :  Erick Stevens & Roderick Strong def Kenny King & Rhett Titus  Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brent Albright - Time Limit Draw. 5 more minutes were given and Albright wins by DQ.  Bobby Dempsey def Adam Pearce  Jerry Lynn def Mike Quackenbush  -Ultimate Endurance : Revolution Rules: Jimmy Jacobs, Austin Aries, and Brodie Lee vs Delirious, Necro Butcher, and Tyler Black. *Aries pins Delirious via brainbuster *Necro and Lee are both counted out when the fight on the crowd and fans start a "TNA" chant *Aries and Jimmy start fighing with each other while Tyler is down. They make up yet Aries taps to the End Time from Tyler. *Tyler pins Jimmy following Gods Last Gift.  Bryan Danielson & COLT CABANA def Bison Smith & JIMMY RAVE w/ Prince Nana  D Lo Brown def Jay Briscoe  ROH World Tag Team Title Match - Kevin Steen & El Generico © def American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) to retain the titles.  ROH World Title Match - Nigel McGuinness © def KENTA to retain the title.    More detailed results :  Roderick Strong & Erick Stevens def. Rhett Titus & Kenny King: Hot opener. Strong deserves a better spot, his character seems directionless right now. Titus & King are over, and make a solid team.  Brent Albright def. Claudio Castagnoli via DQ: Match went to a 15 minute draw, but Castagnoli asked for 5 more minutes, and Albright accepted. Castagnoli immediately low blowed Albright when the match was re started, resulting in the lame DQ finish. Fans were not happy. Castagnoli attacked Albright with a chair post match, and left him laying.  Bobby Dempsey def. mystery opponent Adam Pearce in 30 seconds: Pearce had a verbal confrontation with NBC's Mike Oliphant (sp?) before the match, and gave him a good shove that tore his shirt. Once again, they booked Dempsey in a quick squash, which is a smart thing, but where do they go from here? He's already gotten his revenge on Sweet & Sour multiple times now. A match with Chris Hero?  Jerry Lynn def. Mike Quackenbush: Solid match, but too short to develop into anything more. Lynn won out of nowhere with the cradle piledriver.  Tyler Black, Necro Butcher, & Delirious def. Austin Aries, Jimmy Jacobs, & Brodie Lee in a "Revolution Rules" match: What a disaster. One of the worst matches i've ever seen in the dozens of ROH shows i've attended. Confusing rules (even the wrestlers seemed confused), and just plain awful. Delirious was eliminated first, via pinfall. This meant the next fall had to be a submission. However, this did not stop the participants from going for pins, or ref Todd Sinclair from counting them. Necro Butcher & Brodie Lee were eliminated next, via DQ for "leaving the ringside area". Keep in mind, there were supposed to be no DQ's, and neither man submitted. That's besides the fact that 90% of the match was a brawl away from the ringside area. Next one out was Aries, who was submittted by Black. They did a bunch of nearfalls, so everyone assumed we were back to pinfalls, so the submission was again quite confusing. Whatever. Black then beat Jacobs, to absolutely ZERO pop. Everyone hated this, but no one really wanted to nuts on Black, who worked hard and is very over. This was like a bad TNA gimmick match, but much worse. Even more confusing than the reverse battle royal, and the match quality wasn't very good either, aside from the stuff with Black & Aries. Brodie Lee is not up to ROH standards, and drags everything down. Just a beyond horrible match.  Intermission: RIC FLAIR will be in NYC in June.  Bryan Danielson & COLT CABANA def. Bison Smith & JIMMY RAVE (w/Prince Nana & Dirty Ernie Osirus): Rave got a big pop when Nana called him out, and it was good to see him back in his "crown jewel" gimmick. He was, however, out of shape, with a small belly hanging over his tights. Must have been nice working with a T-Shirt for a year. Grizzly Redwood initially came out as Dragon's partner, to many groans from the crowd, but was quickly dispatched by Smith, leading to COLT CABANA hitting the ring, to by far the largest pop of the night. MEGA HEAT for the return. Match was ok, nothing special, but it wasn't about the match, it was about the surprise returns of the two former regulars. Post match, Cabana asked for "Final Countdown", and Colt & Dragon played to the crowd as they sung along.  D-Lo Brown def. Jay Briscoe: D-Lo cut a promo before the match, thanking WWE fro dropping him, and proclaiming ROH his new home. He turned heel during the match, using a low blow (no DQ this time, so why was Claudio DQ'd earlier? The Pearce booking is wildly incosistant), and won out of nowhere with a rollup while holding the tights. Underwhelming 80's style match with a lame 80's style finish. Crowd hated this.  Kevin Steen & El Generico def. Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards to retain ROH World Tag Titles: Awesome match, with Generico stealing the show. Apparently this was no DQ, and they went right to the chairs & ladders early. Too many crazy spots to keep up with. Generico was on fire, and nailed all of his daredevil spots. This match, along with the Colt Cabana/Jimmy Rave returns, make the DVD a MUST BUY if you are on the fence about the show. I'm not usually a star rating guy, but this was easily ****1/2 or ****3/4. Off the charts heat start to finish. Post match, Wolves got their heat back, and laid out Generico through a table before taping Steen to the ropes and killing him with a double chairshot. Match and angle were nothing short of awesome.  Nigel McGuinness def. KENTA to retain ROH World Title: KENTA immediately attacked the injured arm with high kicks & armbars. They worked this match slow, plus the previous match was hard to follow, so the match had little heat. Many people were leaving, which is baffling, because KENTA dosen't come around very often. Crazy. People weren't buying that KENTA could win, either. Despite these hurdles, the final 5 minutes were very good. KENTA pulled down the knee pad, and hit the GTS, but Nigel made the ropes on 2. Nigel missed a bunch of rebound jawbreakers, and countered at least three GTS attempts. Nigel hit his own GTS for a two count. KENTA survived multiple Tower Of London's and London Dungeon attempts. He eventually tapped after a hot sequence. Good match, would have been much better with a better crowd. I'd say ****.  A quick note....most of the guys had their old music back, but a few, most notably Castagnoli with his new classical song, and Nigel, still had the new generic stuff. Didn't look like a sellout, because they removed several rows of empty seats a few minutes before the show started. Overall, a nothing show pre intermission, which has been the case since Pearce took over the book. Show was saved by the awesome tag title match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gadge Posted March 22, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted March 22, 2009 The show sounds okay (the report on PWinsider makes Lynn/Quack sound really good). I wonder if attendance issues will lead ROH to ever end up going back to the upstairs part of the Manhattan Center instead of the Hammerstein. Â I guess we'll find out the most likely next ROH Champion when we get a line-up for the PPV in Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjo Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 - Dave Meltzer is reporting that ROH Champion Nigel McGuinness suffered a pretty serious arm injury last night and will need surgery. He is still expected to wrestle tonight and in Houston. He is being told that he will be out around 6 months. Â So he is likely losing to either Black or Lynn in Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunk3rvd Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Real shame about Nigel but this has obviously being building for a while. At the after show party for Final Battle 2008 he was holding his arm up by his chest as if it was in a sling and he was having to shake with this left hand. He looked like it was killing him. Â In situations like this I wish Gabe was still around. He would take this whole situaiton where you know he'll probably lose in Houston and turn it on it's head to fuck with your mind, doing something that nobody predicted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladstones Bitch Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 ROH on HDnet Ep1. Â Well I really enjoyed the show overall I agree with people not liking the new commentator but Prazak wasn't upto much either. The way the show looked was great with the little promo's before the matches etc, the new entrance themes sucked balls though. Â I must say Kenny King was the standout wrestler on the show this kids got potential, all of the matches were good enough I thought even though I just cant get into watching Albright for some reason. The main event was a bit tepid for 2 guys who supposedly hate each other I expected a wild brawl type of match but from watching it you wouldnt of known they were in a feud if it werent for the interviews. Â Anyway I still thought it was a solid start and I'll be downloading all the shows no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggivizal_Version1.0 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Is there any streams for that episode around? I thought they'd be on the usual places like Youtube and Dailymotion but they aint there. Torrent websites don't seem to work on my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rob Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Camerawork was excellent, they got new people in to do it right? The new commentator guy was good on the whole too, a couple of rough patches but I can see him getting better quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dearly Devoted Dexter Posted March 22, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted March 22, 2009 Let's just hope Nigel's title reign ends with a bang rather than a whimper. It could potentially be his last match in ROH, if he decides not to sign a new deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladstones Bitch Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Is there any streams for that episode around? I thought they'd be on the usual places like Youtube and Dailymotion but they aint there. Torrent websites don't seem to work on my computer.  I got mine off XWT torrent site but heres some direct download links for you  MEGAUPLOAD  www.megaupload.com%2F%3Fd%3DWD1RHJLY  DEPOSITFILES  http://depositfiles.com/en/files/xlq9nqn1h/  UPIT-TO  http://upit.to/file:0e490d8f32/XTREME-WRES...tv.xvid-kyr.avi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Psygnosis Posted March 22, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted March 22, 2009 Thought the TV show was alot of fun, slow build I predict then they'll introduce and incorporate the storylines in a short while. Â Already better than Impact though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted March 22, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted March 22, 2009 I saw some rumors on some wrestling sites today that Larry Sweeney has been suspended from ROH (Not storyline for real) Â Anyone able to shed any light on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam G Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) As was said, the camera work was excellent. And aside from the main event, which should have been kept short and sweet like the others, all the matches were good - Kenny King was especially impressive. Â How often are these HDnet shows on? Edited March 22, 2009 by Adam Gard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rob Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Oh, Brent Albright vs. Rhett Titus was terrible, forgot about that one. Lynn/Delirous was quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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