odessasteps Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Who knew that Liger did the Fargo Strut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Got drunk enough to get WatchROH subscription for a month, so I can get the PPV build if I feel like it, even with the shittiest viewing experience. Fuck it, I've got ten bucks! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 15 minutes ago, Shartnado said: Got drunk enough to get WatchROH subscription for a month, so I can get the PPV build if I feel like it, even with the shittiest viewing experience. Fuck it, I've got ten bucks! Joke's on you! There was no "PPV build." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, Technico Support said: Joke's on you! There was no "PPV build." I know!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share Posted July 17, 2023 16 minutes ago, Technico Support said: Joke's on you! There was no "PPV build." There was a lot of build to Samoa Joe vs ZSJ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, Matt D said: There was a lot of build to Samoa Joe vs ZSJ! Hooooleeee shit I forgot all about that. What was the deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share Posted July 17, 2023 12 minutes ago, Technico Support said: Hooooleeee shit I forgot all about that. What was the deal? It doesn't matter. The match isn't booked! They did a pretty fun Samoa Joe/ZSJ vs Daniels/Sydal tag though.They can always go back to it later I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evanknight Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 This has to be the worst build to a PPV by any major company in history no? I can’t think of any other that felt like the company putting out the show could not care less if people bought it. In my head a got a flash of some WWE December PPV like 20 something years ago, but I’m not going to go looking. Seriously though, this has really just been crazy. I guess the real question is if their numbers look dramatically different? Maybe it’s some crazy experiment to try and gauge the audience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 I mean, he could announce four killer workrate matches tomorrow. Or, you know, Embassy vs Fox/Martin/Sydal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphman 3000 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 17 minutes ago, evanknight said: This has to be the worst build to a PPV by any major company in history no? Living Dangerously 2000 famously had nothing announced until the TNN show a couple days before 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 At this point Page isn’t enough. Just do Claudio vs Omega. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 hour ago, evanknight said: This has to be the worst build to a PPV by any major company in history no? I can’t think of any other that felt like the company putting out the show could not care less if people bought it. In my head a got a flash of some WWE December PPV like 20 something years ago, but I’m not going to go looking. Seriously though, this has really just been crazy. I guess the real question is if their numbers look dramatically different? Maybe it’s some crazy experiment to try and gauge the audience? There must a late era WCW show that would apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Matt D said: At this point Page isn’t enough. Just do Claudio vs Omega. I'd probably buy a show headlined by Claudio vs. Omega. A tag title defense by the Lucha Bros. would be nice, too. Jay White/Juice Robinson winning the ROH tag titles after losing out on the AEW titles wouldn't be a bad consolation prize. Edited July 18, 2023 by Nice Guy Eddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphman 3000 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 27 minutes ago, Matt D said: At this point Page isn’t enough. Just do Claudio vs Omega. Kingston could in theory make the 17-hour flight from Sendai, fight Claudio, and then make a 14-hour flight back to Nagano for his match on 7/23 I'm not sure if "you're winning the ROH title in New Jersey" is enough motivation for him to do that, but stranger things have happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 As if there's something wrong with winning the ROH title in New Jersey? Punk won the title in New Jersey. Nigel won the title in New Jersey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphman 3000 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: As if there's something wrong with winning the ROH title in New Jersey? Punk won the title in New Jersey. Nigel won the title in New Jersey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 14 minutes ago, Dolphman 3000 said: Kingston could in theory make the 17-hour flight from Sendai, fight Claudio, and then make a 14-hour flight back to Nagano for his match on 7/23 I'm not sure if "you're winning the ROH title in New Jersey" is enough motivation for him to do that, but stranger things have happened The very best thing about Eddie is that you do kind of sort of believe that “getting to fight Claudio” is actually reason enough for him to do that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 I was joking. I know the ROH title isn't what it was during the glory days of the early 2000's. I wouldn't do a 17 hour flight and a 14 hour flight back to win the ROH title. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 Tag match announced: Lucha Bros vs Best Friends vs Kingdom vs Aussie Open. It’ll be a cluster but so would have a normal Lucha Bros match. I’m happy with any of the other teams winning. It’s still not much of an attraction but it’s nice Davis is ready to go again and Kingdom deserve to be on the card. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Is it first fall or elimination? It would be pretty on-brand to have the Lucha Bros lose their first defense of the titles since winning them four months ago without getting pinned. Also, in kayfabe, none of these teams should be #1 contender. Best Friends don't work in ROH. Aussie Open hasn't teamed in a while due to Davis being out. Kingdom just had a squash win but they also dropped a loss to the unranked Infantry. ROH TV = AEW Dark ROH PPV = PWG (big show with cool matches but no storylines thrown together every few months) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 How I think of Honor Club: It's paying a $10 a month storage fee for hundreds of classic ROH show DVD's (and with easier access to boot). The new stuff is just a bonus. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 23 hours ago, evanknight said: This has to be the worst build to a PPV by any major company in history no? I can’t think of any other that felt like the company putting out the show could not care less if people bought it. In my head a got a flash of some WWE December PPV like 20 something years ago, but I’m not going to go looking. Seriously though, this has really just been crazy. I guess the real question is if their numbers look dramatically different? Maybe it’s some crazy experiment to try and gauge the audience? Probably thinking of the first WWECW standalone show (December to Dismember 2006). It had an "Extreme Elimination Chamber" with a lot of midcard guys as the main, and not much else in the way of announced matches. They even had to throw in a random Hardys/MNM match unannounced just to make it feel somewhat like a ppv worthy card. The whole thing ended in just over 2 hours. The wiki entry for this show is a real trip. Highly recommend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_to_Dismember_(2006) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Kind of glad this ppv has negative buzz, because I've got my hands full just keeping up with AEW and the G1. And I acknowledge the ROH show will likely be much, much better than any G1 show so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphman 3000 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Tony confirms he wanted to charter Eddie on a flight back from Japan to work Claudio: https://411mania.com/wrestling/tony-khan-changing-everything-death-before-dishonor/ “I was hoping maybe even some possibility that Eddie could fly back to participate in Death Before Dishonor and then go back to Japan, and I certainly would have accommodated the travel if that was possible. It wasn’t possible." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I have said very bad things about the viewing experience of HonorClub before. I need to take some of that back right now and admit that it was partially me being a total moron with technology (in this case, and others). By changing settings on my tablet (one F'n click at that) I can now access a proper full-screen mode which makes the viewing experience already about 100% better and if I can get it to work properly on screen mirroring, I can "watch ROH" on TV, which I wanted in the first place. With this issue now at least partially solved, I'm totally keeping the service for now. This still doesn't solve the issue of limited time to watch wrestling in general, but having an access to best years of ROH is still something wonderful to have for a rainy day. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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