One night after Unifying the World and Pure titles ROH was back for it's second planned night in the UK. Now an investing thing about this sow was no match had been advertised for two men that had main evented the night before Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness. I do have to wonder if wasn't sure if either man would be able to wrestle the next night given the freaking brutal match the two men had night one. Well what ever the had planed for night two had to be altered Austin Aries suffered two broken ribs during his match against the Briscoe Brothers and couldn't work the second show. That meant no tag title match between Aries/Strong and Williams/Fleisch. Now losing a major planned match can be tough but it' doesn't kill a show. Hell when we get to TNA BFG 05 we will see how losing the planned main event helped the show. So did ROH pull it off?
The show opens with Austin Aries and Roderick Strong making there way out Aries isn't wearing a shirt and we see the tape covering his ribs. Aries says this is the hardest promo he ever had to cut. He explains about the rib injury and says as much as he wants to his body won't let him. Even says if he tries to wrestle it would be cheating the fans since it wouldn't up to standard he sets for himself. The fans chant thank you Austin. And you tell this was tough on Aries to miss a big show. Suddenly Bryan Danielson's music plays and world champion makes his entrance the ROH world title around his waist and the Pure tittle on his shoulder. Danielson runs down the fans of England Danielson says he's the best champion in the world and wouldn't stop wrestling because of broken ribs. Danielson accuse Aries of faking and just being there to collect a payday. Roderick Strong grabs the microphone from Danielson. Strong says questing Aries pisses him off. Strong makes a challenge for ROH world title match. Danielson says there is nothing in the contract saying he has to defend against Strong. The fans call Danielson a pussy witch he objects and reminds us he's already beaten STrong three time. The fans keep calling Danielson a pussy he says fine he will kill Roderick Strong one more time. Suddenly SUWA comes out and attack Danielson with a kendo stick. SUWA points at Danielson and say "No Me." This opening had it's good it's and bad. I like the coming out and just admitting Aries had gotten hurt and if couldn't' work there was no use in risking or trying to hide it. But really another Strong vs Danielson match? As Danielson pointed out they already had three matches during this title reign and Danielson had won all three. On top of that we are going to have Danielson wrestle twice and both guys are two of the worst picks you could have made in Strong an SUWA. Another thing I don't feel ROH took full advantage of the moment with Aries and Danielson. The two had a rivalry and that open could have been a great reason to renew it once Aries was healthy. I think Aires did get a shot at Danielson during the the last few months of his title run but this segment was never brought up in the hype for that.
BJ Whitmer vs Go Shiozaki- Whitmer gives a clean break on a lock up. Go behind by Go. Reversed by Whitmer but Shiozaki get s a wrist lock. BJ gets a Northern light suplex. Shiozaki gets the leg and take down. Go stomps on the leg before tying it up again. Whitmer uses the ropes for a break. Leg lariat by Whitmer sends Shiozaki to the floor. Back in the ring we get a knuckle lock. Whitmer power GO down but only for a second. Fighter for position and BJ takes Shiozaki to his knees. Chops by Whitmer. Shiozaki doesn't like that he gives some chops of his own. Shiozaki gets a dropkick than a knee drop followed by a jumping knee drop for two. Half camel clutch by Shiozaki. Whitmer powers free but gets a knee in the stomach. Go hangs BJ on the ropes and a running drop kick to the back. Forearm exchange with BJ getting control until a flying knee by Go. Scoop slam by Go followed by a knee drop from the second rope gets two. Exploder by Whitmer. Shiozaki rolls the floor. Suicide dive by Whitmer. Back in the ring Whitmer with a vertical suplex he rolls through and hits a northern lights suplex with a bridge for two. Brain buster by Whitmer gets two. In a dumb moment Shiozaki runs into a boot no sells it and hits a fore am. I could but it not affect him enough to take him out but come a little delay your ran head first into a kick. Jumping knee in the corner and a brain buster by Shiozaki gets two. Missile dropkick by Shiozaki. German suplex by Whitmer who hits a running big boot again Go no sells i and hits a superkick. Scoop slam by Go and than a moonsault . Whitmer rolls out of the way. Go block the German but can't. Shiozaki ducks a lariat and his a belly to back suplex. Double clothesline and both men are down. Lariat by Whitmer when he no sells the jumping knee Well if Go can no sell the big boot than BJ can no sell the knee. Picture perfect dragon suplex by Whitmer gets two. Another lariat by Whitmer but Go i sin the ropes. Whitmer runs into a lariat by Shiozaki. Cobra clutch by Shiozaki. Whitmer gets the ropes. German suplex into the buckle by Go than German with a bridge gets two. Slam and back to the moonsault by Go and this time it connects for the win. Great opening match as it was a exciting Strong Stye match. But I do disagree with who went over you have BJ wanting to go after titles and than he drops a match to an outsider.
Backstage Prince Nana and Jimmy Rave talk about the "birds" they got last night. Rave rants about flying nine hours to Liverpool and the fans still threw toilet paper at him. Rave challenges England's own Doug Williams. Decent segment nothing to great.
Spud vs Johnny Storm vs Jody Fleisch- Storm and Spud worked over Fleisch early on. Fleisch with a cross body. Than I'm not sure what happened it looked like Storm ran in a spud drop kick but instead of falling back he kept running forward and than went though the ropes. Flip dive by Spud who than gets back in the ring and charges at Storm who side steps him and sends Spud to the floor on the other side from Fleisch. Corkscrew plancha by Storm onto Fleisch. In the ring Storm covers and gets two. Spring board double stomp by Fleisch misses when Storm moves. Enziquire send Storm to the floor. Spud goes for a rana on the floor but Storm blocks it and uses Spud to hit the ropes tripping Fleisch when he goes for a spring board move. Spud power bombed into the guard rail. Storm goes to German Fleisch, Spud recover and gets a sunset flip Sending Storm over and Fleisch flying. Ok I know this is wrestling but this is the same Spud from TNA. (he was yet to become a Rockstar I guess) The same Spud who once said "All the blokes in the back are bigger than me… even some of the knockouts." Yet he's powerful enough to do that? All three men are down. Head scissors by Spud on Fleisch than dropkick to the back. Storm in and pokes Spud in the eyes. Rana off the top by Fleisch. Rana on Fleisch by Storm. DDT by Storm gets two. DDT by Spud on Storm. Fleisch breaks up the pin. Shooting star press by Fleisch on Spud Storm breaks the pin. Spanish flying by Storm. Spring board DDTY by Fleisch on Storm. Half-nelson driver by Storm on Spud for the win. Ok match some cool high flying spots.
Post match Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli and Chad Collyer run out and attack the high flyers. Big Yakuza on Storm. KRS 1 on Spud by the Kings of Wrestling. Hero gets a microphone. Hero says British wrestling is inferior riling up the fans. Hero tells us he hate Ring of Honor and everything it stands for. Hero says Collyer was a outcast in ROH and they are here to ruin the UK debut. Nigel McGuinness and Robbie Brookside run out sending Collyer and the King to the floor. Nigel gets a microphone and says he is damn proud to be a british wrestler and than puts over Brookside. Nigel challenges the invaders to face the best british wrestling has to offer. The numbers game quickly put the UK boys in trouble. Colt Cabana runs out and makes the save. Colt gets a microphone and reminds Hero he's not welcome. Colt says England is his home outside of Chicago and adds himself to the match. Decent segment to get some cheap heat on the heels. Although I still don't think we needed Gabe's BS the night before on commentary about Collyer.
Colt Cabana, Nigel McGuinness, and Robbie Brookside vs Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli and Chad Collyer- Although Cabana is a Chicago boy he's spend a great deal of time in the UK and his style have been influenced by it. Brookside and Hero start us off. Wrist lock by Brookside and lefts him up and drops him crotch first on the ropes. Tag to Cabana and tag to Castagnoli who is wearing a pair of Hero's wrestling pants. Arm wringer by Claudio. Cabana rolls around and around and gets free to flip Claudio over. Tag to Collyer who gets a single leg into a head lock than a bridging hammerlock. Tag to Nigel who I am shocked is even able to stand. Headlock takedown by Collyer. Nigel gets feee and yes a school boy for two. Tag to Hero and tag to Brookside. Knuckle lock up. Brookside with a hammerlock with a body scissors. Collyer breaks it up. Hero whips Brookside into Claudio who its a knee to the back. Collyer in and gets a back elbow followed by a back drop suplex. Tag to Claudio who hits a few uppercuts and gets two. School boy Brookside gets two. Hero tags i and goes after the leg with a spinning tole hold than figure seven. Tag to Claudio and kicks at the back. Tag to Collyer who chokes Brookside on the ropes. Claudio baits Cabana into chasing him from the ring. Brookeside sided up in the ropes. Hero in and keeps going after the leg. Tag to Claudio and the Kings make a wish. Tag to Collyer and puts Brookside in a single leg crab. Triple team on Brookside by the heels. Dropkick by Collyer as the kings hold Brookside. Hero snaps at the leg. Sunset flip by Brookside Hero power free but tag to Nigel. Thrust strikes by McGuinness than a lariat gets two. Hero gets the mules kick from Nigel. Blind tag by Claudio who jumps Nigel from behind. Diving uppercut by Claudio than he drives the knee off the second rope for two. Nigel reveres the whip and sits Claudio on the top rope. Tag to Brookside. Running dropkick as Claudio is in the tree of woe. Icocnclaims by Brookside Hero makes the save. Collyer in and hits a power slam. Suplex by Collyer. Tag to Cabana who comes in with atomic elbows on Collyer. Kaprana by Cabana. Tag to Nigel who who whips Collyer into the corner. Flying asshole by Cabana running forearm by Brookeside and running upper cut by McGuinness. Tower of London but Claudio in and hits the water slide. Brookeside in and hits the regal plex. Hero in Cravat o clasim. Cabana in with a cleric cross. Collyer with a German everyone is down. Jawbreaker lariat by Nigel on Collyer for the win. Good match. Everyone seemed to gel really well. Nigel picks up a wi as he now must rebuild having lost the pure title.
Doug Williams tells us it great it is to be back in ROH and how great it is to have ROH in the UK. Doug accepts the challenge from Rave. Decent little promo. In the ring Bobby Cruise thanks the fans and announcers the return to the UK for next year. Bryan Danielson makes his way out dressed to wrestle. The Danielson says SUWA won't fight him unless it's for the world title. Danielson agrees saying he will beat SUWA now Roderick later.
ROH World Championship Bryan Danielson © vs SUWA- Brawling not he floor to start. Danielson send SUWA into the post. Slaps by SUWA. Danielson sends SUWA over the guardrail into the board. Danielson whips SUWA into a wall. SUWA rams Danielson into the guardrail and hits him with a chair. Danielson crocheted on guard rail. We see the chair shot to the head has cut Danielson it wasn't folding chair it was more like a chair you might fight at restaurant. Finally match goes into the ring and SUWA chops Danielson in the back. Kick to the face by SUWA. Forearm by Danielson. Chop exchange. SUWA goes to the eyes. SUWA rakes his boots across the eyes of Danielson. Chops by SUWA. Flying shoulder tackle by SUWA. Back breaker by SUWA. Another back breaker and into a stretch by SUWA. Danielson gets free and does head butts. SUWA with head butts and puts Danielson down. Chop to the head by SUWA. SUWA drops Danielson on his arm and covers for two. Chops by SUWA than a spin buster into Boston crab by SUWA. Danielson yes the ropes. SUWA runs into a boot. Diving uppercut by Danielson than an Enziqurui. Superplex by Danielson followed up by the diving head butt. Crossface chicken wing but SUWA gets the ropes. SUWA with a backdrop suplex than a flapjack. SUWA sets for the triple f but Danielson cubers into a German with a bridge and gets two. Lariat by SUWA gets two. Head butts and again no hand to protect dear god why? Small package by Danielson for the win. This match was boring. I hate SUWA's style it's be real slow and plod but thane it be called "deliberate" not helping was the fact it was clear Danielson wan't going to drop the belt. Also given the stuff with Homicide they should be setting Danielson up as a big heel not a courages faces willing to wrestle twice in one night.
Backstage Not the American Wolves of Davey Richards and Matt Sydal talked about there mutual issues withe Bricoes Brother explaining that is why they are teaming up. Davey says nothing can stop hard hitting and highflying teamed up. Sydal says the Brisoces won't' stop them. Decent little promo both guys had a long way to go.
Prince Nana comes and insults the people of England's teeth to get some cheap heat. Nana demands the people get on the feet and show the crown jewel of the Embassy respect. The people start throwing the TP before Rave even yes out of the entrance tunnel. Rave gets hit by one rolls and actually sells it by taking a bump. Man I love Jimmy Rave he is awesome
Jimmy Rave with Prince Nana vs Doug Williams- There is no real story line to this match other than Rave being upset with the UK and wanting to beat one of it's wrestlers as revenge. Head lock into a hammer lock takedown by Williams to start. Rave gets free to work the arm. Williams frees himself and rings the arm. Side head lock takedown by Williams countered into a head scissors by Rave. Headstand escape into an ankle pick by Williams. Rave escapes and rolls to the outside to break the momentum. Back in the ring Williams gets a takedown and locks in a bow and arrow. Rave escapes. Williams gets a hold anon the arm and bars it and than gets a chin lock. Rave goes back to the outside. Greco roman knuckle takedown by Williams and he keeps locking in the arm before going to the legs. Williams lets Rave put him in a hammer lock so he can go under the legs and trap the arm of for a flipping takedown with a pinning combo that gets two. Shoulder lock by William into the hammer lock. Rave with a running start and a drop down to send Williams spelling to the outside. Nana attack Williams when the referee isn't looking. Rave tosses Williams into the crowd. Running start by Rave and than he just pokes the eyes. Back to the ring Rave racks the forearm across the face. Rave than tears at Williams face before stomping at it. Snape suplex by Rave gets two. Neck crank by Rave than a elbow to the back of the head. Nana with another cheap shot. Williams revers a whip and gets the Gory Special locked in. Williams drives Rave chest first into the turn buckle and hits a butterfly suplex. Nana bulls WIlliams off the pins. Williams goes after Nana but than goes back to Rave before he can recover. Abdominal stretch with a wrist lock by Williams. Running knee by Williams but than he runs into a spinning side kick. Ghana Ria by Rave gets two. Rave with stomps in the corner. Rave pitches Williams to the floor. Chops and forearms on the guard rail Rave than with a blatant choke. Chin lock by Rave back in the ring. Again Rave distracts allowing Nana to get in the ring and hit a running hip attacks. Ok this is starting to get a little ridiculous I could get a trip or a punch or a choke but Nana climbed in the ring rans the ropes and hits a big move and the referee doesn't notice that at all? Rave with a series of presses gets nothing but two counts. Rave with punches to the head. Exchange of punches and slaps. Uppercut by Williams than gut wretch suplex by Williams. Series of high knees by Williams. Nana tries to shove Williams off the top rope only to get knocked over. Rave gets crotched on the rope by Williams. Superplex by Rave but he can't follow up. Nana jumps onto the apron and pulls Nana up. Jumping knee by Williams sends Rave into Nana. Belly to back suplex followed by a Big Splash by Williams gets two. Chaos theory blocked but the release Northern nights is not. Spear by Rave. DDT by Rave gets two. Rave tries for a super belly back plea but WIlliams elbows him off.. Knee to the face by Rave gets two. Chaos Theory is blocked. Rave with a school by using the ropes but only gets two. Greetings from Ghana is blocked. Nana holds Williams right in front of the referee. Williams ducks and Rave takes out Nana. Lariat by Williams. Bomb scare knee drop from the top by Williams gets two. Rave counters a back break into a cross face. Williams escape into a bridging hammerlock. Rave gets the ropes. Spear again and running knee by Rave gets two. Greeting from Ghana blocked int the best move in wrestling the Chaos Theory for the win by Williams. Kind of let down I felt like both guys were having an off night. Not helping was now much and how blatant Nana got involved. A mangers inference needs to sneaky to piss of the fans. Not so obvious its silly the referee isn't seeing it.
Backstage we Bryan Danielson getting stitches in his head. Danielson says a cut like this won't stop and he will again prove he is the best ROH champion of all time. Great short promo by Danielson.
Davey Richards and Matt Sydal vs The Briscoe Brothers Jay and Mark- Sadly the end of the Briscoes title shots did not mean a reduction in there position on the card. They were feuding with Homicide and Samoa Joe as Part of the Cornette vs Homicide story. They had attack Sydal a number of times. They had also jumped NOAH star KENTA when he was having a match with his protege Davey Richards leading to this match. Richards and Mark Briscoe start us off. Richards goes after the arm and gets a wrist lock. Mark counters into a hammer lock. Richards with a drop toe hold and gets a head lock. Drop toe hold by Mark into a head lock. Wrist lock by Briscoe that Davey has fight to get the arm into the correct position because Briscoe didn't. Cravat into a crucifix by Richards gets two. Single handed knuckled lock takedown by Richards hard kick to the shoulder by Richards. Tag to Sydal. Tag to Jay. School boy by Sydal gets two. Waste lock takedown by Jay. Sydal rolls and gets a leg bar locked in. Jay gets the ropes and a tag to Richards. Firemen's carry into a head lock by Richards. Tag back to Sydal and a double team by Not The American Wolves. Head lock by Jay Briscoes. Shoulder tackle by Briscoe than a putrid rana. Flying head scissors by Sydal. Tag back to Richards who hits a double ax. Chops and kicks by Richards. Beautiful snap suplex by Richards. Jay drives Richards back into the Briscoe corner. Tag to Mark who gets a head lock takedown. Richards gets free to a front chancery. Tag to Sydal who come comes in with a double stomp. Kicks by Sydal than a amazing looking standing drop kick. Tag to Richards. Power slam and a leg drop by Richards gets two. Chin breaker by Mark. Mark an for him decent looking back drop suplex. Tag to Jay Briscoe. Briscoes chokes Richards on the ropes. Flying back elbow by Jay. Dropkick by Jay as usual it misses because well its Jay Briscoe he sucks. Tag to Mark who hits a double stomp. Choke by Mark on Richards and than some stomps. Shoulder block by Mark. Richards gets his foot up and Briscoe runs into it. Great looking running lariat by Richards. Tag to Sydal. Fishermen suplex by Sydal gets two. Seated abdominal stretch by Sydal. Richards back in and and hits a running back elbow. Chin lock by Richards in the center of the ring. Mark gets free and shoves Davey off. Dumb spot Jay has both his legs up on the outside. I get the idea is supposed to be Davey is whipped into them but it's clear that Jay Briscoe's legs come no where near the back. Spin kick by Mark and it clearly misses. Tag to Jay. Second rope leg drop by Jay. Sydal makes the save. Stretch plum by Jay Briscoe and he must have asked someone how to do it because it looks ok. Don't get me wrong it doesn't look all that great but usual the Bricoes makes John Cena look like a submission expert. Tag to Mark. Richards cuts off that double team shoulder block. and hits an STO on one spot monkey. Tag to Sydal and hits Jay with a spoon kick that sends him to the floor. Running knee to the corner by Sydal on Mark. Clothesline from Sydal gets two. Tag to Richards. Running power slam by Richards followed by the Sydal Canon Ball Leg drop witch gets two. Tag back to Sydal. Drop kick by Sydal. Sydal goes for a top rope Rana on Mark but Jay holds his brother's leg so Sydal crashes to the mat. Knee drop by Mark. Tag to Jay. Double team hip toss by the Briscoes.
Kick to the back by Jay tag to Mark and that stupid barking shoulder tackle. I could get it some what if they were doing "Down set hut" like in football but now they are barking like dogs. Tag back to Jay. Series of chops by Jay and a face wash. Tag to Mark. The Briscoes just Sydal into the air. Top rope rana by Sydal and the tag to Richards. Jaw breaker on the ropes than the spring board missiles dropkick on Mark. Suicide Dive to the floor on Jay. In the ring the Kick series by Richards than a nice looking German Suplex with a bridge gets two. DR Driver blocks. Jay holds Richards leg. Mark charges but gets back body dropped to the floor. Jay being the idiot he is decided to not his hands up and gets kicked in the head by his brother. Briscoes send Davey over the guard rails and he "hurts" his leg. Sydal with a moonsault press over the guard rail takes out everyone. Richards and Sydal up first and toss Mark Briscoes back into the ring. Tag to Sydal. Drop toe hold onto Richards knee. Sydal stand on Mark's back and than hits a standing Moonsault and gets two. Sydal calls Richards into the ring. Back breaker by Richards and Sydal goes for another standing shooting star but Mark gets the leg up. Jay in no tag and takes out Richards. Power bomb into the neck breaker by the Briscoes gets two. Sydal with a jig and tonic. Tag to Jay. Press Death valley driver by Jay but Richards makes the save. Saito Suplex by Richards. Back breaker by Jay. Mark off the top with what they claim is a flying knee even though it just looks like jumped and did nothing but falls. Sydal tags back in even though he still the legal man. Explored by Mark. Handspring kick by Richards. Jay tags in but Richards catches the big boot and hits an over head suplex. Jay again because he is an idiot no sells it and jumps right up to hit a lariat. Everyone is down. Richards sent to the floor. Spin kick takes out Mark Jay with a sloppy big boot than top rope splash. Richards back in and hits a gut buster. Top rope spin kick Liger Bomb combo by Richards and Sydal. Mark the save but gets sent to the floor. Again i think he could have landed safely but tries to be cool and it appears he rolled his ankle. Belly to belly suplex off the top by Sydal but Mark makes the save. Richards break up the hart attack. DR Drivers is blocked. Spiked Jay Driller on Richards. Brisoces set for the spring board on Sydal but he escapes and shoves the spot monkeys into each other. Roll up by Sydal gets two. Cut throat drives with a leg drop (that misses) by the Brisoces for the win. The usually sloppy and awful spot fest from the Bricoes and once again they are in a match that goes 30 mins. I find it funny that ROH was booking the Briscoes as heels even though they pulled off so many big spots they were clearly trying to get a face pop. Also second night in a row the damn Briscoes were booked in a 25 mins plus match. I don't care how f'ed up the card is you should lever let the Briscoes go that long.
ROH World Championship Bryan Danielson © vs Roderick Strong- These two had already wrestled three times one on one Danielson's title reign and with Aries hurt ROH put this on again. Again I don't care who got hurt there has got to be a better option than Strong in the main event. Here's an idea Williams. he beat Danielson all the way back at Road to the Title in a classic. Danielson comes out with both the world and pure title belts. Tonight Danielson is introduced as "the best wrestlers these english twits have ever seen." Danielson slap on a break and than he does it again. Strong with short punches. Another slap by Danielson who than bails out of the rings Strong chases him around the ring. Headlock takedown by Danielson and some blows to the face. Head scissors by Strong. Strong blocks the head stand escape. Danielson rolls Strong over escapes and gets the bow and arrow. Danielson sets for the surfboard but Strong powers free. Waste lock takedown by Strong . Wrist lock and into a head scissors takedown by Danielson. Strong gets the ropes. Top wrist lock by Strong. Danielson back Strong into a corner and goes for the slap to the face. Strong ducks it and hits some chops. Back breaker by Strong than a good look over head belly to belly suplex gets two. We can see Danielson is bleeding from the head again. Strong goes for he surf board. Danielson gets free before it's rocked back. Greco roman knuckle lock. Strong powers Danielson down. Hands on the ground giving Danielson the chance to stomp on the fingers. Snap mare across the ring by Danielson. Dragon screw leg whip by Danielson. Back to the surfboard by Danielson but instead he drives the knees into ground. Chop and a slap by Danielson. Strong with forearms. Stiff slap by Danielson knocks Strong down. back to the surfboard but Danielson instead turn it into a chin lock. Both men to the floor. Danielson drives Strong back first into the ring apron. Back inside the ring Danielson with a couple of kicks to the back and gets two. Danielson stomps to the head than he chokes Strong on the second rope. Chin breaker by Strong than chops. Dropkick by Strong followed by a falcon arrow. Danielson goes to the abdominal stretch. We see Danielson is now bleeding from the mouth as he grabs the ropes when the referee isn't looking. Strong sends Danielson to the floor. Topa by Strong misses. Suicide dive by Danielson whips out Strong. Back to the ring and missile drop kick by Danielson. Danielson charges into kick. Strong to the second rope and goes for a cross body Danielson sees it coming avoids it and locks in Cattle Mutilation.
Strong gets out. Back breaker followed by the Gibson driver gets two. Chops again by Strong. Danielson blocks the superplex and knocks Strong down. Diving head butt misses. Sick kick misses. O'Conner roll but Danielson can't get all the way in and only gets two. Chops and forearm exchange. Roaring elbow of Danielson misses. Strong Gut Buster but he runs into a roaring forearm. Chops and slaps by Danielson. Strong gets sat on the top rope. Superplex by Danielson is blocked and Strong with forearm knocks Danielson to the mat. Sick kick off the second rope. Strong hold locked in than Strong goes to the Boston crab witch I don't get when Strong does that. The Strong hold is his finisher so why go for another hold. Strong goes for the super gut buster. Danielson escapes and dropkick to the chest. Danielson with a Super Regalplex. Strong gets his foot on the ropes. Cross face chicken wing locked in. Strong gets the ropes for a break. Danielson sets Strong back on the top ropes. Strong fight free and gets the super gut buster. Both men are down. Strong covers but only gets two. Strong hold again. Normal Boston crab again by Strong. Roll up by Danielson gets two. Prazak points out that the same way Danielson won at Super Card of Honor. Sick kick by Strong gets two. Danielson goes for his elbows but Strong rolls and gets to gut buster potion. Danielson with more elbows and Strong goes down. Cattle Mutilation locked in again. The referee checks the arm and says Strong is out giving another wind to Danielson. When you get to the fourth singles match in less than a year you really need two creative men to pull of something new. Sadly this was a Roderick Strong match so it was like the last three matches. We close with Danielson celebrating . Strong pulls himself to his feet as the fans chant Thank You Roderick and Prazak again claims ROH has a new home in the UK. I think ROH had been back to the UK once since this show
This show isn't awful but it's not that great. It is a fairly entreating night of wrestling in front of a hot crowd. But I can't say any match got to that level of great that ROH always goes for. I also have some problems with Danielson wrestling twice after such brutal match with Nigel. IT seemed like it really cuts down how brutal the main event the night before was when both guys are wrestling so quickly. And yeah the loss of the pure title is felt here. With Aries out that meant in order to give the fans two title matches Danielson had to wrestle twice. Skip this one unless you can get a good deal on it.
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