Petey Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 The Rod Strong and Jack Evans team was ridiculously awesome. It's a shame they were no longer teaming when ROH decided to place more emphasis on the tag division in 2007/2008. Strong and Evans in a series against Briscoes, MCMG's, Steenerico and Kings of Wrestling would have been wonderful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I was a big fan of Strong/Evans as well, they did some great stuff with Jacobs & Whitmer (another underrated team). It was an excellent combination of a power guy/flier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I swear Evans-Strong were meant to defeat Salmaluke in ROH's debut Show for the belts but Tony Mamaluke was concussed so instead they beat Rinauro and Chad Collyer in a pretty decent tag match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I've often thought of coming up with a list of the top 20 RoH tag teams to stir up some discussion, but then I'd have to be worried for the lynch mob when I named someone other then the Briscoes as number one. For whatever it's worth, Strong and Whitmer would probably both have two top 10 teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Eh, Briscoes are OK. Sometimes their act can really wear thin. When they are on though, they are on. Loved their mini-feud with KENTA in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Eh, Briscoes are OK. Sometimes their act can really wear thin. When they are on though, they are on. Loved their mini-feud with KENTA in 2006. Not saying they are bad, just saying they would not be my number one. Might not even make my top 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Pretty good turnout for the Collinsville show, said to be around 500(I'm not good at headcounting). Had a good time, saw a few familiar indy guys working security or doing other stuff. Preshow match had two Elgin trainees who I hadn't seen before. Had followed NWA Wildside/Anarchy for a while so it was cool to see Caprice Coleman(he won, too!). Crowd loved them some A.C.H.; too bad he lost, but I guess Silas is on the PPV in a few weeks. Caught us off guard when the Tag Title match went on last instead of the ROH Title match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Caught us off guard when the Tag Title match went on last instead of the ROH Title match.Makes sense though considering:1. O'Reilly's ties to the area. 2. A large portion of St. Louis are "Briscoe people", which are not unlike "Hill people". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Scarlett was ring announcer and now has blond streaks in her hair. I'm depressed(moreso than usual). Maria was wearing even tinier shorts than usual, I didn't think that was physically possible. A friend gave away the Romantic Touch angle before it happened, otherwise I wouldn't have guessed it before the unmasking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianChris Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Romantic Touch doing the "Mr R" gimmick this weekend was obvious. EDIT: at least after Lethal and and Truths "lol, Touch is obviously Titus, lol" promo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 There was some confusion over whether Taven had actually won the T.V. Title since he celebrated with the belt after he won...pretty sure they made it clear that it was a Proving Ground Match beforehand. Taven did eventually drop the belt and Lethal grabbed it on the way to the back. Don't know how the turnout stacked up to previous Collinsville shows(it had been a few years since they'd been here) and whether or not the TV show helped things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Virtue Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Sooo.. big live pay-per-view tonight.. Anyone ordering it?Here's the preview TV episode for the show. The angle at the end is quite fantastic. Hope Elgin finally gets the belt.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V4i8jaC64U&feature=youtu.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaacduke Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I will actually be attending tonight, as this is the first wrestling show to happen since I moved to Nashville a few weeks ago. I'm not extremely excited about it, but I'm hoping it's at least fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 If you are on the fence, I'd suggest ordering it because you are all but assured of a good show and will likely get a great show. The tag title match alone will probably be worth your $25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 If we take your advice and the show is bad, will you refund our money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Yes, he will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 The show sucks, give me the money. (Actually I have no idea, I'm waiting to hear if the show is any good before I get it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 It's actually $35 for the HD and I was thinking about getting it but then forgot. Shit. Someone will have to tell me how the quality was for future reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overly Critical Man Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Best part of the ppv was the "We fucked up" chant when the crowd threw in streamers thinking Elgin won the match right before Cole kicked out. I have no other real thoughts on this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I thought it was a good show, but nothing anyone should go out of their way to check out....which is not the way ROH should have made their debut (or re-debut) back on PPV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Virtue Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I loved it. Worth $35? Ehh, maybe not, but that's just the HD price. The main event told a fulfilling story and the streamers fuck up was signs of a great false finish. The show was enjoyable. Liked the Briscoes tag and the Steen/Silas post-match angle was fun. Really excited to see where they go with Elgin as champion, especially considering fans usually turn on babyface champions within six months. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I didn't see most of the first hour but it wasn't bad but it did nothing to make me want to watch ROH again. I thought the Bad Influence match was good and mostly enjoyed what I saw of the main but I thought the ending was flat, like I wanted a little more drama for the pinfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I think the fact that Sinclair was able to do a live PPV with not much if any technical issues should be a huge positive for them. This was a company that had to give up IPPV for a while because they sucked with the quality Reading the results there is nothing overly exciting except Elgin winning the title. If you can become a strong champion without saying a single word then Michael Elgin would be a great champ but unfortunately you do need to talk and Elgin makes Tyler Black look great on the mic I am curious where this Kevin Steen "I only have a few matches left in ROH" thing is going. No word that he has signed with the WWE yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I ordered it well me and a friend split the difference but I thought it was a good show the Briscoes tag after the restart and the main were especially good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLKerAaron Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 It's actually $35 for the HD and I was thinking about getting it but then forgot. Shit. Someone will have to tell me how the quality was for future reference. I don't know what you're looking at, but it was only $25 for HD on Dish Network for me. Anyway, I enjoyed the show a lot. There wasn't one bad match honestly. My favorites were the Roddy/Cedric, Steen/Silas and the Briscoe tag. The crowd seemed to be sorta dead for the Tag Title match, but they came back for the main event. They really stepped it up on the production side of things. The only thing I wish they would fix is the way the light the shows. Other than that it looked really awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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