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DVD REVIEW: RING OF HONOR BREAKOUT

On January 25, Ring of Honor held Breakout in Dayton, OH.  Let's get right
into it.

Nigel McGuinness is in the Steel Cage that is set up for the main event.
He says Dayton is where they've both cut their teeth, but tonight it ends.
Sunshine.

Sweeney takes a differing view...he says Sweet and Sour has finally gotten
what's coming to them.  He points out Tank Toland training Chris Hero.
Toland picks on Bobby Dempsey.  Hero says he came from Dayton.  He picks
on Dempsey, too.  He says the title should be around his waist, but he
plans on getting it tonight in Dayton.

The Briscoes vs. Jigsaw & Matt Cross

The Briscoes curtain jerking?  No love from the crowd for the underdogs.
Mark and Cross start off with some mat wrestling, trading various holds.
Mark counters a hip toss and back drop, but Cross blocks Briscoe's moves.
Cross ducks a kick, but Mark hits a dragon kick on the rebound.  Arm drags
by Cross, followed by a dropkick.  Jay tags in.  Cross chops him, but gets
planted on the mat.  Jig in with an armdrag.  Jay with a rana.  Jig with
another arm drag.  Jay chops him in the chest.  Jigsaw with an Octopus
Stretch.  Mark breaks it up.

The Briscoes with a double team shoulder tackle for two.  Mark peppers
Jigsaw's sauce in the corner.  Jigsaw applies a Gory Special.  Leg lariat
to Mark for one.  Cross tags in and kicks Mark.  Cross with an elbow drop
for two.  He ties up Mark on the mat, but Jay kicks him in the head.  Jay
comes off the second rope with a forearm and Jay tags in.  He slaps Cross
in the chest, then hits a beautiful dropkick for two.

Jay charges Cross into the corner, but a charge is blocked.  Jigsaw tags
in and dropkicks Jay.  Superkick by Jay, followed by a lariat for two.
Mark tags in and gets a Northern Lights Suplex out of the corner for two.
Headscissors applied on the mat by Mark.  Jigsaw kicks his way out and Jay
tags back in.  They double team Jigsaw with chops in the corner, then they
launch him out for two.  Snap suplex by Jay.  Scoop slam by Jay, followed
by a leg drop for two.  Jig rolls up Jay for two.  Jay prevents the tag
and brings Mark in.  Jigsaw tries to fight them off, but he gets double
teamed.  Bulldog by Mark for two.

Reverse elbow by Jay for two.  Mark back in and they try to double team
Jig.  He DDTs both in a cool sequence and tags in Cross.  Cross comes in
and clotheslines the Briscoes, followed by elbows and forearms.  Jay is
put in a Fireman's Carry and Cross hits a DVD neckbreaker.  He charges
Mark in the corner and kicks Jay out of the ring as he does this.
Springboard double stomp to Mark's back for two.  Mark and Cross trade
forearms.  Fisherman's Buster by Mark for two when Jigsaw breaks the pin
up.

Jigsaw hits an enziguri on Jay.  Cross and Jig hit a superkick/Code Red
combo for two.  Jay tosses Jigsaw to the floor and whips him into the
guardrail.  Mark suplexes Cross on his head.  Jay tags in.  Cross reverses
a Brainbuster with a roll up for two.  Big boot by Jay to Cross.  Mark
with a slingshot double stomp, and then a dive to the floor on Jigsaw.
Jay hits a Jay Driller on Cross for the win.

Your winners, the Briscoes!

After the match, Jay says it's only a matter of time before the tag team
titles come home, and promises to be watching their match later.

Becky (?) is in the parking lot with AOTF.  Tyler cuts a promo in pitch
black.  These promos are so annoying.  Buy a light!  Black says Jimmy is
tearing down walls and that is the theme of the night.

Adam Pearce w. Shane Hagadorn vs. Claudio Castagnoli

We get the usual shenanigans that start many Claudio matches.  Pearce with
a wristlock.  Claudio reverses.  "Comedy" ensues.  Pearce chops out.
Pearce is whipped hard into the corner.  CC with a headscissors takedown.
He takes Pearce to the mat and works the arm.  Scoop slam by Pearce, but
Claudio maintains the wristlock.  Pearce goes to the floor, but Claudio
grabs the wrist and brings him back in the ring.  Double C maintains the
wristlock.  Pearce stomps Claudio in the foot, then hits a shoulderblock.
Pearce and Hagadorn drop Claudio on the top rope.  Pearce wipes his boot
across Claudio's face.

Chop and shots by Pearce in the corner.  Pearce taunts Claudio, who tries
to fire back, but Pearce goes to the eyes.  Forearms from Claudio.  Pearce
catches him in a spinebuster for two.  A humbling Camel Clutch from
Pearce.  Claudio tries to step up, but Pearce sits on him and boots him on
the mat.  Pearce punches Claudio in the corner.  Pearce punches Claudio in
the gut.  Claudio fires back with multiple uppercuts.  He slams Pearce to
the mat face first for two.  Giant swing to Pearce.  Wow.  Claudio covers,
but Pearce grabs the ropes.

Pearce staggers into the corner.  Claudio charges, but Pearce lifts him
into a rack-bomb.  Pearce climbs to the top rope and hits a big splash for
two.  Pearce punches Claudio and bites him in the head.  He goes for the
chain, but Claudio delivers an uppercut, then hits a Ricola Bomb for the
win.

Your winner, Claudio Castagnoli!

Larry Sweeney and Chris Hero are shown in the back again in preparations
for the big title match tonight.

FIP World Heavyweight Championship Match:  Erick Stevens (c) vs. Austin
Aries vs. Davey Richards

There is no time limit and no count outs in this match.  First fall wins.
Richards and Stevens go at each other to start.  Stevens chops him to the
mat.  Headbutt in the corner.  Aries is chopped down by Richards.  Stevens
goes after Davey again.  Aries and Stevens take turns pounding on Stevens.
Aries rakes Davey's face across the top rope.  He and Stevens with elbows
to the back of Davey's head.

Aries and Stevens stretch and work the back of Davey.  Aries drops some
elbows across the neck of Richards on the apron.  Richards drops down on
Stevens and Aries goes for a cover.  Stevens doesn't like that.  Richards
shoves Stevens into Aries.  Back suplex by Stevens to Richards.

Stevens and Aries start to shove each other.  They go back after Richards
instead.  Heh.  Stevens goes for a choo choo, but Aries meets him with a
clothesline.  Aries knees Stevens in the corner.  Stevens pounds back and
charges Aries.  Davey with a clothesline to the champion.  He kicks him in
the chest.  Snapmare and dragon kick by Aries.  He covers, but Davey
interrupts and kicks Stevens himself.  They both cover but Stevens kicks
out.

Aries and Richards choke Stevens in the corner.  They then take turns
choking Stevens.  Richards with a back elbow to Aries.  Snap suplex to
Aries.  Fisherman's Suplex to Richards.  Stevens tries to fight back, but
Aries hits an STO, followed by his patented swinging elbow drop.  Richards
tries to imitate him, but Stevens moves.  Stevens catches Aries with a
powerslam.  He covers, but moves and Richards hits an elbow drop on Aries.
Stevens with a release German Suplex to Davey.  Davey blocks a
clothesline and puts a kimura on Stevens.  Stevens powers out.  Stevens
with a double German Suplex to Aries and Richards, knocking all men down.

Aries and Stevens exchange shots.  Aries blocks a charge with a forearm
and hits a suicide dive on Stevens.  Richards dives between the ropes onto
Aries and Stevens.  Stevens hits a missile dropkick off the top rope on
Aries.  Richards puts Aries right on his head with a nasty German Suplex
for two.  Stevens runs in and hits a double TKO on Davey and Aries.  He
covers Davey for two.  He then goes and covers Aries for two.

Stevens gets ready for another choo choo, but Aries trips him and hits a
running dropkick in the corner.  Davey rolls up Stevens for two.  Dragon
screw and a Boston Crab on Stevens by Davey.  Aries breaks it up.  Aries
with knee strikes into the Horns of Aries.  Stevens breaks it up.  Aries
sends Stevens out of the ring.  Aries and Richards trade shots.  Back
slide by Richards for two.  Aries kicks him in the head, but Stevens runs
in and clotheslines Aries out of his boots.  Doctor Bomb to Richards and
it's over.

Your winner, Erick Stevens!

Aries walks out on a Stevens handshake attempt after the match.

No DQ:  The Hangmen 3 (Brent Albright & BJ Whitmer) w/ Shane Hagadorn vs. Delirious & El Generico

The teams brawl in the aisle before Delirious and El Generico can get in
the ring.  Whitmer with a chair to Generico's back.  He throws him into
the guardrail.  Headbutt by Whitmer.  Delirious throws Albright into the
guardrail.  Whitmer punches Generico to the floor.  Delirious and El
Generico fight back and throw Whitmer.  Albright recovers and pounds
Delirious in the back.  Whitmer throws Generico in the ring.  Delirious
with a rana to BJ, but Whitmer fires right back.  Generico with a
dropkick, but he runs into a clothesline by Albright.  Delirious comes in
the ring and fires away.  Headbutts in the corner.  Albright kicks him in
the gut.

Albright chops Delirious in the corner.  Delirious drops Albright's throat
across the top rope, then hits a leaping lariat off the top.  He goes to
dive outside, but Hagadorn interferes.  This brings out Pelle Primeau to
fight Hagadorn.  Rana by Pelle, and Delirious spits the mist in Hagadorn's
face.  Pelle tries to fight Albright.  He goes for a wheelbarrow, but the
Hangmen double team him.  Whitmer hits a Frog Splash to Pelle and he is
booted from the ring.  Generico comes in and knocks Albright from the
ring.  Generico blocks a Whitmer charge, then hits a cross body off the
top for two.

Generico throws Whitmer out of the ring, then he and Delirious dive onto
the Hangmen.  Delirious goes for a table.  Delirious lays the table across
the apron and the guardrail.  Whitmer throws Delirious into the crowd.
Whitmer and Delirious trade blows in the crowd.  Albright throws a trash
can into Generico.  Delirious puts Albright in the trash can and dropkicks
it.  Generico throws chairs onto the trash can.  Delirious goes for a
powerbomb on the floor, but he gets back dropped by Whitmer.  Whitmer
throws a trash can onto Delirious.  Albright shoves Generico into some
chairs.  Whitmer scoop slams Delirious onto some set up chairs.

Generico drops Albright neck first across the guard rail.  Generico throws
Albright into the guardrail.  Delirious throws Whitmer back towards the
ring.  Whitmer powerbombs Delirious throw the table.  The Hangmen double
team Generico for two.  Knee drop/back breaker combo for two.  Generico
counters a double team suplex with a DDT.  Delirious throws some chairs in
the ring.  Delirious clotheslines Albright to the floor.  Generico and
Delirious get some chairs.  They take turns hitting Whitmer.  Generico
covers, but Albright breaks up the pin.

Generico runs into a powerslam by Albright.  Albright gets a table and
sets it up in the ring.  Albright chokes and hangs Generico with the
stripping from the side of a table.  Delirious kicks Albright in the head
and puts him on the table.  Generico goes to the top rope and hits a big
splash through the table, but Whitmer breaks the pin up.  Generico with
his running Yakuza Kick in the corner to Whitmer.  Panic Attack by
Delirious.  Swinging DDT out of the corner by Generico.  Delirious hits
Shadows Over Hell, but Pearce comes out and pulls the ref from the ring.
Pearce punches, then chokes Delirious with the chain, dragging him towards
the back.  Generico hits a Yakuza Kick on the corner to Albright with a
chair for two.  He goes for a Brainbuster on Whitmer, but gets caught in
an exploder.  Albright knees Generico repeatedly in the head and the
referee stops the match.

Your winners, The Hangmen 3!

Sweeney and Toland are making sure that Dempsey understands the plan.

Jimmy gets on the mic before the match and says the crowd has to listen to
him now.  More talk about the revolution gaining strength.  He keeps the
invitation open to Austin Aries.  Daizee Haze interrupts him on the mic
and wants to finish what she started with Lacey

Lacey w/ AOTF vs. Daizee Haze

Forearms by Lacey.  Haze throws her to the mat and punches her in the
head.  Lacey rolls out of the ring.  Lacey kicks Haze in the back, then
drops her back across the middle rope.  Lacey rams Haze into the ring
apron.  Lacey whips Haze into the guardrail.  In the ring, Lace covers for
two.  Lacey with a drop toe hold and pinches to Haze's back.  Camel clutch
by Lacey.  She throws some crossfaces in and covers for two.  Lacey ties
up Haze in the ropes.  Haze rolls up Lacey for two and then chops back.
Lacey with a backbreaker for two.

Haze blocks a charge in the corner and comes off the top with a dropkick.
Haze ducks a clothesline and hits some forearms.  Clotheslines by Haze,
followed by a German Suplex.  Haze kicks Lacey in the head.  She misses
another kick and Lacey nails a backcracker.  Haze blocks a charge again
and scores the pin with a sunset flip out of the corner.

Your winner, Daizee Haze!

AOTF gang up on Lacey.  This brings out the Briscoes, who go after Jimmy
and Tyler Black.  Joey Matthews runs in and nails Mark with a chair.
Double arm DDT by Matthews to Mark.  Jimmy puts Jay in the End Time.  Joey
gets on the mic and talks about his demons.  He gets a face pop by talking
about beating those demons.  A no remorse mention brings out the NRC,
Rocky Romero and Roderick Strong.

Jimmy Jacobs & Joey Matthews vs. Roderick Strong & Rocky Romero

Strong and Jimmy start, with Strong getting the better of Jacobs by
shoving him into the corner.  Jacobs kicks Strong off of him.  Strong
knocks down Jimmy with a forearm.  Rocky tags in with a snapmare and knee
drop.  Jacobs shoves him into the corner and tags Matthews in.  Joey does
some stalling.  They lock up.  Romero with a waistlock.  Matthews takes
him to the mat.  Rocky counters into a cross arm breaker attempt.  Joey
bails and AOTF confer with each other.

Shoulderblock by Matthews.  He avoids a dropkick, but runs into a knee
from Romero.  Romero goes for a suplex, but Matthews blocks and puts Rocky
on the apron.  He whips Rocky into the ringpost and clotheslines him to
the floor.  Romero catches Matthews with a kick and tags Strong in.
Strong slams Matthews to the mat for two.  Roderick puts Joey on the top
rope and drop toe holds a charging Jimmy into Joey's crotch, then leap
frogs Rocky onto them.  Strong covers Joey for two.

Romero tags back in and kicks Matthews.  Matthews trips up Rocky and tags
in Jacobs.  Jimmy wrenches on the ankle of Rocky.  Jimmy keeps after the
leg.  Rocky kicks off Joey and tries to block a charge, but Joey goes
after the leg in the corner.  Rocky with some kicks to the chest and
Strong tags in.  Strong knocks Jacobs off the apron and dropkicks Joey for
two.  Strong gets thrown to the floor.  Jacobs sits Strong on a chair and
dives onto Strong.  Jacobs covers for two.    Jacobs and Matthews double
team Strong.  Joey puts Strong into the corner and drops a knee across the
chest.

Matthews with an elbow drop and Jimmy tags in.  Jimmy shoves Joey off the
top onto Strong, then Jimmy hits a back senton off the top for two.  Joey
with body scissors on the mat, but Rocky comes in and breaks it up.  Rocky
comes in with an enziguri in the corner.  Uranage backbreaker by Strong to
Joey.  Jacobs tags in.  Back drop by Strong and Rocky tags in.  Rocky with
some strikes.  Jacobs rolls him up, but Romero reverses for two.  Rocky
dropkicks Joey off the apron, but is then tripped by him.  Matthews slams
Rocky on the floor.  Strong slingshots to the floor with a kick to
Matthews.  Jacobs dives off the apron onto Strong, putting all men down.

Rocky puts Joey on the top rope.  He climbs up, but Jimmy pulls him off.
Romero recovers and goes to the top.  AOTF get the better of him and nail
a nasty suplex off the top rope.  Strong tosses Matthews from the ring and
blocks the Contra Code.  Gutbuster by Strong, and Rocky off the top with a
DDT for two.  Strong comes in with a gutbuster over the shoulders and a
kick to the head for two when Matthews breaks the pin up.

Strong blocks a charge.  Matthews shields himself with the ref and knocks
Strong off the top to the floor.  Romero goes for his knockout kick, but
ends up eating a Double Arm DDT.  Strong with a torture rack into an over
the knee backbreaker.  He goes for the Gibson Driver, but Jimmy spears
him.    Strong blocks a charge and kicks Matthews, but gets rolled up by
Jacobs for two.  Strong blocks the Contra Code, but Jimmy turns it into
the End Time.  Modified Gibson Driver by Strong for two.  He applies the
Strong Hold for the win.

Your winners, Roderick Strong & Rocky Romero!

Black gets on the mic and says the third time will have to be the charm
for getting a win.  He talks about overcoming adversity against the so
called best in the world.

Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black

Black and Dragon tentatively go with a knuckle lock.  Danielson forces
Black to his knees and puts him on the mat for a couple of two counts.
Black gets back up.  Danielson forces a rope break.  Black gets out of a
hip toss and pie faces Dragon.  The lock up again.  Danielson quickly gets
a side headlock takedown.  Black counters with headscissors.  Danielson
flips over for a two count.  Backslide by Black for two.  He shoves
Danielson as they both stand up.

They lock up again.  Black shoves Danielson into the corner and slaps him.
Danielson shoves Black into the corner with another lock up and goes to
slap him, but Black ducks and slaps Dragon a couple times, frustrating the
best in the world.  Danielson escapes a wristlock and repeatedly slaps
Black in the corner.  Black bails.

Dragon gets the better of Black and really wrenches back with a Bow and
Arrow.  He applies a Mexican Surfboard, then goes for a choke out.
Danielson with a European Uppercut to Black.  He slaps Black hard in the
face.  Slingshot suplex for two to Black.  Black applies a chinlock.  He
and Dragon trade hard shots.  Black shoves Danielson from the ring and
whips him into the guardrail.  Snap suplex on the floor by Black.  Black
chops Danielson and whips him into another guardrail so hard that it
breaks apart.  Black mounts and punches Dragon in the head.  He steps on
the guardrail and hits a moonsault.

Back in the ring, Black goes after Dragon in the corner.  Black whips
Danielson into the corner, then hits a dropkick to Danielson's face for
two.  Black works over the back.  Danielson gets out, but is clotheslined
to the mat.  Black dives onto him, then hits a leg lariat on a seated
Danielson for two.  Black taunts Danielson with some slaps to the face.
Danielson Dragons Up and fights back with European Uppercuts.  Knee to the
gut and dragon kick by Danielson for two.

Black comes back with chops in the corner.  Danielson hits a charging
lariat and climbs to the top, hitting a missile dropkick that sends Black
to the floor.  Dragon meets him with a suicide dive.  Dragon tries to
suplex Black in the ring, but Black counters by dropping Danielson out of
the ring and to the floor.  Black leaps over the top rope to the floor on
Dragon.

Wall of Death by Black for two.  He charges in the corner, but Danielson
blocks the charge and hits a leaping knee to the chest.  Danielson stomps
the head in for two.  Danielson goes for a chicken wing, but Black elbows
out and gets two with a sunset flip.  They collide in the center of the
ring with clotheslines.

They get up and trade stiff shots.  Roaring Elbow from Danielson.  Black
rolls him up for two.  Danielson blocks a clothesline and cinches in
Cattle Mutilation.  Black rolls over and drives Danielson into the corner.
Danielson holds on and drives Black into the corner.  Danielson goes for
a suplex on the top of the rope and hits it.  Danielson covers for two.
Danielson with repeated elbows to the head for two.  Cattle Mutilation is
applied again, but Black refuses to give up and Black gets to his feet
again.  Black lands on his feet off a Tiger Suplex attempt and kicks
Danielson in the head.

Black with a Big Boot and an inverted suplex for two.  Black hits a
Phoenix Splash but Danielson rolls through and covers for the win.

Your winner, Bryan Danielson!

After the match, Black goes after Danielson with the bell hammer.  He lays
him out with a DDT.  The Briscoes come back out and chase Black from the
ring.  Jay gets on the mic and says it is a long way from over.

Pearce is in the back cutting a promo on Delirious while wearing one of
Delirious' black and green masks.

ROH World Championship Steel Cage Match:  Nigel McGuinness (c) vs. Chris Hero

Hero attacks as soon as Nigel gets in the ring.  Nigel chops back and Hero
tries to climb out.  Nigel stops him and hits a running European Uppercut
in the corner.  Hero ducks a Lariat and kicks Nigel in the head, followed
by a dropkick.  Hero covers, but Nigel easily kicks out.

Hero works on Nigel's arm.  Nigel knocks down Hero with a lariat and
climbs the cage.  Hero prevents him from leaving.  Hero with a side
headlock.  Hero knocks Nigel to the mat with a shoulderblock, then gets a
hip toss.  Nigel recovers and tries to get out.  Hero does the same and
they take turns trying to leave through the door.  Back suplex by Nigel.
Hero with a forearm to Nigel and he once again tries to climb out of the
cage.

Hero applies a cravate.  Nigel breaks out of it and hits some uppercuts.
Hero blocks and ducks a lariat, then rolls up Nigel.  He hits a
neckbreaker off the middle rope and covers for two.  Hero tries to climb
out, but Nigel stops him again.  Hero elbows him off and tries to get out.
Nigel climbs the ropes and gives Hero a back suplex.

Nigel shoves Hero into the corner, then takes him to the mat with a lariat
across the chest for two.  Nigel tries to climb out, but Hero traps him
between the ropes and the cage.  Hero goes towards the cage door, but
Nigel grabs his leg.  Hero pulls on Nigel's face, then goes after the leg.
Hero step on the ankle and comes close to getting out of the ring, but
Nigel stops him again.

Hero ties up Nigel's legs and uses the ropes for leverage.  Hero keeps
attacking the leg.  Hero manages to sit Nigel on the top and puts him in
the tree of woe.  Hero goes to climb over the top, but Nigel grabs his
leg.  Hero dropkicks Nigel in the leg and goes for the door.  Nigel
escapes and holds onto Hero.  Toland slips a chair into the ring.  Hero
puts the chair across Nigel's leg and steps on it.

Hero places the leg inside the chair and steps down to apply pressure,
followed by a senton across the chair.  Hero once again tries to climb out
the top rope, but Nigel stands up and grabs him.  Hero sets the chair up
and applies a single leg crab.  He places the chair on Nigel's back and
casually sits down while keeping the pressure on the leg.  Nigel turns
over and Hero lets go.  He stands on the chair and applies a cravate.
Heh.

Nigel escapes with an uppercut, and he then drives Hero's face into the
chair.  Nigel throws Hero face first into the cage several times and Hero
is busted open.  A lariat to Hero gets two.  Nigel goes to climb over the
cage, but Hero manages to meet him.  Hero holds onto Nigel's foot for dear
life.  Hero throws Nigel off the top turnbuckle with a cravate for two.

Hero goes to climb out.  Nigel meets him and Hero tries to escape by
walking across the ropes.  He kicks Nigel off and kicks him in the head.
In showing off, however, he loses balance and crotches himself.  Nigel
hits a Tower of London onto the set up chair.  Nigel inches towards the
door.  Sweeney slams the door shut on Sweeney's head.  The ref has had
enough and he ejects Sweet n' Sour from ringside.

Hero climbs out of the cage, but before he can reach the floor, Nigel
grabs him and pulls him back in.  Nigel suplexes Hero off the top of the
cage.  Nigel goes to climb out of the ring and its Bobby Dempsey holding
the cage door open.  He goes to slam the floor, but he ends up closing it
on a charging Hero.  Toland keeps the door shut to keep Nigel from walking
out of the cage.  Nigel goes to escape by climbing the cage.  Hero crawls
towards the door at the same time, but Nigel gets out first.

Your winner, Nigel McGuinness!

Hero has a great reaction when Cruise announces that Nigel won.  Hero
leans on Dempsey, then charges him into the guardrail.  Hero wails about
losing.

Match thoughts:

The opening tag was better than I thought it would be.  It was
predictable, but Jigsaw and Cross got a fair amount of offense, and both
sold a good beating.

Curious booking in the Claudio-Pearce match.  Pearce loses right before
his big blow off match with Delirious.  Match wasn't bad.  I've seen worse
from Pearce.

The three way dance was pretty good.  More or less your standard faces
beat up the heel, then go after each other match.

The No DQ match turned out to be entertaining when the action came back to
the ring, but it was marred a bit by a lame finish.  The problem with
these No DQ matches is they all go into the crowd, and it's difficult to
differentiate them.  You get the same spots with garbage cans and throws
into chairs, etc.

The ladies match was okay.  The matches you see in TNA and WWE are better
these days, though.

The AOTF-NRC tag was the best match of the night to this point.  Matthews
made a good showing and Strong really looked good here.

The Danielson-Black match was one of those amazing matches where you can
see that a star is born.  Black was obviously accepted by the ROH crowd,
but Dragon elevated him into a near main event level.  The story they told
was simply excellent, and I loved the finish of Black nailing a beautiful
Phoenix Splash, but Dragon, the more experienced wrestler, rolling over
for the win.  This allows them to use that as a focal point for future
matches.

The main event cage match was fun to watch, and it had an exciting finish.
They are kind of limited by the cage spots they can do since the ceiling
is kind of low, but they came up with a few cool looking spots.

Black-Danielson is match of the night.  It's must see, so I have to
recommend picking this DVD up.  Nothing on the show was bad, but
Danielson-Black was really the only stand out match that you'd think about
at the end of the year.  Still, that's enough to put the show over the
top.

If you have any questions or comments, please email me at edsh007@hotmail.com.