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DVD REVIEW: RING OF HONOR WITHOUT REMORSE

On January 26, Ring of Honor held Without Remorse in Chicago Ridge, IL.  As you may guess from the title of the card, No Remorse Corps feature prominently.  No arguments with that here.  Also, Delirious and Adam Pearce are scheduled to have their final match together...we hope.

Roderick Strong opens the DVD talking about what they promise to be a big night for the No Remorse Corps.  Rocky and Davey have a tag title shot and Roddy is facing Nigel McGuinness for the ROH World Title.  NRC are already planning for their after party.  Davey says he found a chick.  Roddy says, "In Ring of Honor?"  Heh.  Indeed, there is a girl, and she's pretty cute.  Roddy tries to sell her on partying with NRC after the show.  Roddy tells Davey he has to watch the gold instead of going to the party.

Delirious is on a scaffold with a dog collar chain cutting what I presume is a promo about what he is doing to Adam Pearce tonight.  It's surprisingly effective.

Austin Aries & Bryan Danielson vs. Erick Stevens & Jay Briscoe

This is a Dream Partner Ultimate Endurance Qualifying match.  The winners go to fight for the tag titles later in the night.  Have there ever been so many main eventers jerking the curtain?

Aries and Stevens start.  They go into the corner and Aries slaps him.  Another lock up and Stevens backs Aries into the corner this time.  Stevens gives him a clean break.  Aries goes after the legs, but Stevens turns it into a waistlock.  Aries reverses, but Stevens applies a front facelock.  Aries turns this into a wristlock.  Stevens breaks out and applies his own wristlock.  Aries with a side headlock.  They collide in the middle of the ring.  Aries kicks Stevens in the leg to apply a side headlock a couple times.  Dropkick to the ankle by Stevens.  Side headlock, but Stevens throws him off and chops him, followed by a shoulderblock.  Stevens chops Aries to the mat in the corner and Dragon tags in.

Dragon and Stevens lock up after a handshake.  Shoulderblock by Stevens and Jay tags in.  Dragon scurries away before they can double team him.  Jay and Danielson trade reversals.  Dragon goes for a dropkick, but Jay swats him off.  The two go for a test of strength.  Jay backs Dragon into the corner.  Briscoe with a side headlock.  Jay and Dragon block each others hip toss attempts and shake hands on the stand off.

Jay shoves Dragon to the mat and gets an arm drag.  Jay blocks a charge and hits a leg lariat for two.  Stevens tags back in and kicks Danielson.  Vertical suplex by Stevens for one.  Elbow to the back of Dragon's head and he stomps away in the corner.  Jay tags back in.  Snap suplex by Briscoe.  He hits a nice dropkick and covers for two.

Dragon blocks a charge and hits the flying knee out of the corner.  Aries tags in and drops a knee on Briscoe's throat for two.  Scoop slam and elbow drop by Aries for two.  He ties up Briscoe and rolls over for two.  Aries powers Jay into the corner and tags Dragon back in.  Dragon hits Jay hard, then follows up with a headbutt and uppercuts for two.

Aries tags in and they double hip toss Jay for two.  Airplane Spin by Aries and he tags Dragon back in.  Dragon follows that with an Airplane Spin of his own, one that lasts longer than Aries.  Nice bit of one upmanship.  It lasts thirty seconds in total.  Wow.  Aries, having regained his balance, tags in and...goes for an Airplane Spin.  This one is shorter and Aries takes Jay down with a clothesline for two when Stevens breaks the pin up.  Aries throws Jay into Dragon's boot.  Dragon Screw by Dragon.  He tries to go for a surfboard, but Jay makes the ropes.  Jay is thrown into Aries' boot and Aries tags in.

Aries smothers Jay in the corner, then fires away with a forearm.  Jay catches him and drives him face first into the turnbuckle.  Stevens tags in and hits a powerslam for two when Dragon runs in.  Jay comes back to help knock down Dragon with a double team shoulderblock.  Stevens and Briscoe throw Aries out of the corner a la the Briscoes.  Stevens with the choo choo followed by a Yakuza Kick by Jay.

Stevens goes to the top for the Doomsday Device, but Aries crotches him and hits a shinbuster/suplex combo.  Dragon tags in and uppercuts Stevens on the top rope.  Jay comes in and puts Dragon on his shoulders, and they team for a Doomsday Shouldertackle for two as Aries breaks the pin up.

Jay tags in and tries for a Jay Driller.  Dragon sends hum into the corner and Aries comes in with a running dropkick.  Jay blocks a brainbuster.  Aries with knees to the head and Dragon with elbows.  Aries keeps Stevens from getting in the ring and applies a small package for the win.

Your winners, Austin Aries & Bryan Danielson!

In the back, Pearce says the mask is coming off tonight.

Shane Hagadorn vs. Pelle Primeau

Pelle meets Hagadorn with a shoulder to the gut between the ropes, then hits a springboard senton.  Pelle with a rana on Hagadorn.  Hagadorn blocks a charge and hits an STO.  He mounts and fires away on Pelle for two.  Hagadorn chokes Primeau in the ropes.  Pelle avoids a suplex, but Hagadorn hits a crossbody.

Side Russian Leg Sweep by Hagadorn for two.  Hagadorn taunts Pelle with some slaps.  Pelle tries to slap back, but he gets rammed into the corner.  Pelle avoids a charge, but Hagadorn catches him on a cross body attempt and hits an FU for two.

Pelle with a rana for two.  He rolls Hagadorn up for another near fall.  Hagadorn kicks Pelle in the face.  Pelle avoids a suplex with a jawbreaker.  He puts Hagadorn across the apron and kind of sort of hits a double stomp.  Hagadorn shoves the ref into Pelle.  Hagadorn uses brass knuckles to knock out Pelle for the win.

Your winner, Shane Hagadorn!

Hagadorn says Pearce will destroy Delirious later in the night and the Hangmen will bring home the tag team titles.

Chris Hero and Sara del Rey w/ Sweet n' Sour Inc. vs. Kyle Durden & Alex Payne

Sweeney gets on the mic.  Toland slaps Dempsey.  Sweeney is fed up because the intergender belts are not being recognized.  Sweeney says the top international intergender tag team couldn't make it, so he has Kyle Durden and Sugartits Alex Payne.  Heh.

Hero pounds Payne in the back.  Payne with a spinning heel kick.  He and Durden punch Hero in the corner.  They charge Hero in the opposite corner.  Hero blocks a suplex and punches Payne in the face.  del Rey tags in and kicks Payne in the chest.  Big boot to the chest and Hero tags back in.  Hero drops Payne to the mat and hits a back senton across the chest.  Hero thrusts Payne in the throat, but Payne is able to tag Durden in.  Hero puts Durden down with a roaring elbow.  del Rey comes in and they strike down their opponents, then score simultaneous pins.

Your winners, Sara del Rey & Chris Hero!

Sweeney claims the intergender titles are the most prestigious belts in the company.  Daizee comes out and says the only belt worth a damn is del Rey's SHIMMER belt.  Haze doesn't respect Sweeney.  Sweeney tells Hero to go after Haze, but Jigsaw comes out and we have a new challenge for the belts.

Chris Hero & Sara del Rey vs. Jigsaw & Daizee Haze

The belts are not on the line since Haze and Jig aren't internationally ranked.  Hero and del Rey pounce as soon as the bell rings.  They try to throw their opponents into each other, but Jigsaw catches Haze and uses her as a weapon.  Jigsaw and Haze charge their opponents in the corner.  Jigsaw, then Haze, with headscissors takedowns to Hero.

del Rey gets out of the corner and attacks Haze.  Haze ducks a kick and gets two with a victory roll.  Another near fall for Haze.  Jigsaw tags in and applies a wristlock.  Jigsaw gets hit by Hero and del Rey delivers a big boot.  Hero tags in and gives Jigsaw a scoop slam.  Hero with some shots, then del Rey tags back in with a knee lift.  del Rey chokes Jigsaw in the corner.  Hero tags back in with a shot to the back.

Hero throws Jigsaw onto the matt, ass first, for two.  Snap suplex by del Rey for two.  Hero kicks Jigsaw in the back.  He drives Jig to the mat.  Hero with a stomp, and then a chop, followed by a cravate.  Jigsaw with a couple of arm drags.  del Rey and Haze tag in.  Haze with a missile dropkick off the top rope, followed by some forearms.  del Rey ducks a punch, but gets rolled up for two.

Chops to del Rey by Haze.  del Rey makes the tag to Hero.  He throws Haze be her hair and Jigsaw tries to tag in.  Hero kicks him.  Hero puts Haze on the top rope, but when he turns around, he gets caught with a superkick.  del Rey kicks Jigsaw in the chest and they fight on the floor.  Haze with a rana that sends Hero to the floor.  She dives off the top rope to the floor.  Jigsaw gets ready to dive out, but del Rey hits a German Suplex.  Haze tries for a suplex, but del Rey holds onto the ropes.  Haze punches del Rey and kicks her in the head.  Hero gives Haze a Roaring Elbow.  Sweeney crotches Jigsaw and Hero gives him a Cravate Countdown for the win.

Your winners, Chris Hero & Sara del Rey!

El Generico vs. Claudio Castagnoli

Claudio gets an arm drag out of a lock up.  They lock up again with the same result, except Generico hits an arm drag immediately after.  They go with a test of strength.  Claudio gets the better initially.  Generico fights back a couple times, but Claudio is too strong.  Generico does get the advantage, finally, and applies a side headlock when Castagnoli goes to his knees.  Claudio trips Generico and twists the ankle.  Generico escapes with a side headlock.  Generico with a side headlock takedown.  Claudio gets out by going after the ankle again.

Another side headlock by Generico.  Generico with a monkey flip out of the corner, followed by a side headlock.  Shinbreaker by Claudio, and he keeps the pressure on the ankle.  Claudio goes to a side headlock of his own.  Claudio with a shoulderblock.  Generico and Claudio avoid each other's moves.  Claudio backs Generico into the corner, but misses an uppercut.

Generico gets kicked in the knee a couple times.  Backbreaker by Generico.  He gets two with a split legged moonsault.  Generico with an elbow, but Claudio trips him on a springboard attempt for two.  Single leg crab by Castagnoli.  European Uppercut puts Generico in the corner.  Claudio puts the injured leg onto the ropes, then delivers a dropkick to it.  Dragon Screw by Claudio and he twists the ankle again.  Claudio wrenches back to slam the leg to the mat.  Forearms to Generico in the corner.  Step up enziguri to Generico, who was put on the top rope.  Generico does a great job of selling and Claudio covers for two.

Shinbreaker and another single leg crab.  Claudio slams Generico's leg to the mat again.  European uppercut in the corner.  Generico manages a leg lariat, but the leg is hurting and Claudio hits a dropkick on it for two.  Snapmare and neck snap to Generico for another near fall.  Claudio goes back to the leg.  Generico kicks him in the face with his free leg.  Bicycle Kick by Castagnoli for two.

Another European Uppercut by Claudio.  Generico blocks a couple of charges and hits a rana off the top rope.  He hip tosses Claudio out of the ring and tries to slingshot over the top, but his leg almost gives.  Instead, he climbs up to the top rope and somersaults to the floor on Claudio.

Generico climbs to the top rope and hits a flying body press for two.  Claudio trips Generico and ducks an enziguri attempt.  German Suplex by Claudio for two.  Horse Collar by Claudio.  Generico makes the ropes.  Generico counters a Ricola Bomb with a modified Code Red, but he only gets two.

They trade forearms.  Claudio kicks the knee, but Generico gets a near fall with a back slide.  Swinging DDT by Generico for two.  Claudio trips Generico and gets a brief Giant Swing on that injured leg before going back to the Horse Collar.  Generico is able to make the ropes again.  Generico avoids a charge, but Claudio elbows him.  Generico crotches Claudio and goes to the top with him.

One minute remains.  Claudio goes for a Ricola Bomb.  Generico blocks.  Generico counters the Ricola Bomb with a rana off the top.  He hits the running Yakuza Kick, but Claudio kicks out at two.  Claudio applies another horse collar, but time runs out.  The result is a draw.

In the back, Claudio says he respects Generico even more.  Generico comes in and says he wants a rematch.  Claudio says any time.  I'd pay to see that one.

Joey Matthews w/ Age of the Fall vs. Mark Briscoe

Before the match, Jimmy gives Aries another invite into AOTF.  Joey stalls for a couple minutes.  They finally lock up and Mark powers Joey into the corner.  Matthews powers Mark to the mat by the arm.  Mark counters with a side headlock.  Matthews goes for a quick roll up, but Mark maintains the hold.  They break in the corner and Matthews slaps Mark.

Mark pounces on Joey and pounds him.  Spinning heel kick by Briscoe, followed by a back suplex and a dropkick.  Vertical suplex by Mark.  He climbs to the top, but Joey bails.  Mark gets sick of the stalling and goes after Joey on the floor.  Mark with a clothesline and he whips Matthews into the guardrail a couple times.

Mark sends Joey back into the ring and covers for two.  Forearms in the corner by Mark.  Joey blocks a charge with a back elbow.  Mark blocks a charge of his own, but Joey, just like at Breakout, uses the ref to shield himself, then knocks Briscoe off the top rope and to the floor.

Matthews with a short arm clothesline on the floor.  Mark is dropped across the guardrail.  Joey with a knee to Briscoe's head.  He lies Mark face down on the apron and gives him an uppercut.  Back in the ring, Joey nails another short arm clothesline.  And another.  Knee to the back by Matthews.  He slingshots Mark into the second rope, throat first for two.

Elbow to the head by Matthews.  He puts a knee to Briscoe's head.  Jay fires back with some rights, but runs right into Matthews' boot.  Joey punches Mark in the head.  He tries to suplex Mark in the ring, but is blocked.  Matthews with a knee, and he brings Briscoe back in the ring with a neckbreaker through the ropes for two.

Mark gets up and throws Matthews off the top rope.  He climbs to the top, but gets crotched by Joey.  Matthews gets on the top rope and hits a big superplex for two.  Matthews tries to choke out Mark on the mat.  Fist drop by Matthews for another two count.  Joey with a sleeper as Mark sits on the mat.  Mark with some karate chops, but Matthews tosses him to the floor.  Mark comes back in with more karate chops.  He is thumbed in the eye and sent to the floor again.  He comes back in with more chops, but is again tossed out.  Mark mans up, but misses a springboard crossbody.  Double arm DDT plants Mark on his head, but Joey only gets two.

Matthews gets the ring bell, but the ref takes it out of his hands.  Joey and Mark trade rights in the corner, with Joey on the top turnbuckle.  Another shot to the eyes by Matthews.  Briscoe fires back with throat thrusts and he climbs the ropes.  Joey shoves him off, but gets slapped as Mark comes back up.  Springboard Ace Crusher by Mark Briscoe.  He climbs to the top and hits a Shooting Star Press for the win.

Your winner, Mark Briscoe!

Prazak is interviewing Nigel McGuinness in the back for his thoughts on the title match tonight.  He thinks about Roddy coming out and messing up Nigel's matches.  He wants to show him some respect tonight.

Dog Collar Match:  Adam Pearce vs. Delirious

As soon as the bell rings, Pearce and Delirious charge each other.  Delirious with some forearms and a leaping lariat.  He wraps the chain around his wrist, but Pearce nails him in the gut and pounds his back.  Delirious throws Pearce out of the ring and somersaults onto him from the apron.  He takes a fans chair, but Pearce kicks him.  Pearce picks up the chair, but Delirious kicks him in turn. 

Delirious gets another chair, but once again, he is blocked from using it.  Pearce is blocked, as well.  Delirious bites him in the head and whips him onto a chair against the guard rail.  Pearce prevents Delirious from using the ring bell.  Delirious comes back with a headbutt and chops to Pearce.  Delirious whips Pearce into the front row.  He stops Hagadorn from interfering.  Delirious throws Pearce into some chairs.  Delirious throws Pearce head first into chairs that fans are holding.  He throws a chair at Pearce, but Pearce no sells it and fights back.

Delirious with some shots to the gut.  Delirious throws Pearce back towards the ring, but is met with a clothesline.  Pearce throws Delirious into the guardrail.  The action spills back into the ring as Pearce whips Delirious in the back with a chain.  He whips Delirious in the knee, too.  Pearce chokes Delirious in the corner.

Some right hands to Delirious' head.  Delirious with some headbutts to the gut and forearms.  He puts the chain around the ringpost and keeps Pearce from getting out of the corner a couple times.  Delirious is thrown to the floor and kicked by Pearce.  Pearce uses the chain to yank Pearce into the ring post.

Delirious punches and bites Pearce in the open wound on his forehead.  Delirious wraps the chain around his fist and punches Pearce in the head.  Pearce is tossed out and Delirious hangs him in the ropes.  Delirious climbs to the top, but he is yanked off to the floor by Pearce.  Vertical suplex on the floor by Pearce.  Pearce continues the assault and puts Delirious back in the ring.

Delirious avoids a Stinger Splash and goes for 10 punches in the corner.  Pearce rebounds out of the corner with an elbow to Delirious' head, and he hits a piledriver.  He has the win, but he pulls Delirious up at the two count.  Pearce chokes Delirious to continue the punishment.  Pearce throws Delirious to the floor again and lifts the ringside mat up.  He goes for another piledriver, but Delirious back drops him.

Pearce punches the ref.  Delirious uses the distraction to get the advantage.  He goes for Panic Attack, but it's blocked.  Pearce climbs up to the middle turnbuckle, but Delirious whips the chain into Pearce's crotch.  He flips Pearce to the mat by the crotch and uses the chain for extra pressure on the Cobra Stretch.  Hagadorn comes in with some weak chair shots.  Hagadorn gets a table and puts it in the ring. 

Hagadorn rolls Delirious back in the ring.  Delirious floats over on the powerbomb and spits mist in Hagadorn's face.  Drop toe hold sends Pearce into the turnbuckle, and Delirious hits Panic Attack.  He places Pearce on the table and dives off the top with a Big Splash for the win.

Your winner, Delirious!

ROH World Tag Team Titles Ultimate Endurance:  Austin Aries & Bryan Danielson vs. BJ Whitmer & Brent Albright vs. Rocky Romero & Davey Richards vs. Tyler Black & Jimmy Jacobs (c)

Whitmer and Richards start us off.  They meet in the middle with shoulderblocks a few times.  Whitmer pounds Davey in the back.  Davey slides out of the ring.  BJ goes to meet him, but Davey gets right back in the ring and dropkicks Whitmer as he tries to get back in.  Albright comes in and knocks Richards out.  This brings in Black.  Albright with a 6-1-Knee, but Black hits a rana and Cactus Clothesline.  Black skins the cat, but Rocky comes in and clotheslines him.  Black bails and Aries comes in.

Aries with some forearms to Rocky.  Aries with an STO and a swinging elbow drop.  Romero comes back with some kicks.  Romero with a jumping knee and Aries bails.  BJ in with a big boor.  He and Whitmer use a double shoulder block to send Rocky out of the ring.  They do Rocky's little dance and Danielson jumps off the top with a missile dropkick to both, then he does his interpretation of said dance.  It's pretty funny.

Jacobs and Danielson are now in the ring.  Jacobs defeated Danielson in Chicago.  They exchange right hands.  Jacobs runs into a roaring elbow.  Dragon kicks his head in, but Black comes in and puts Dragon in the tree of woe.  Jacobs and Black hit their usual double team in the corner, sending Danielson to the floor.  Whitmer and Albright whip Danielson into the barricade.

The NRC come in and go after AOTF.  Davey dumps Jimmy and the NRC double team Aries.  Rocky with a knee drop off the top for two.  The teams fight on the floor, as well.  The Hangmen come in and jump Romero.  Backbreaker/knee strike combo, followed by the suplex/neckbreaker double team.  Black runs in and tosses Whitmer to the floor.  Black with a superkick and a springboard clothesline to Albright.

Black charges in the corner and kicks Albright in the head.  Jimmy applies the End Time, but Albright dumps the two of them to the floor.  Romero tosses Black out of the ring.  Aries tosses Romero off the apron.  Aries with a suicide dive onto a crowd of people.  Danielson does the same.  Black goes to dive out, but Richards kicks him in the back, then rolls him up to eliminate the champions from the match, thus ensuring new champs.

Age of the Fall are eliminated from Ultimate Endurance!

AOTF is none too happy.  It is now an I Quit match.

The Hangmen double team Dragon in the corner and go after his injured thigh.  Whitmer with a single leg crab.  Albright prevents Aries from getting in the ring and He applies a leg lock.  Albright continues to punish the leg and he knocks Aries off the apron.  Albright with a modified STF.  Whitmer back in and he stomps the thigh.  Forearms by Whitmer, and he avoids a dropkick.  Albright comes in and double teams Dragon with a wheelbarrow lungblower combo.  Belly to belly suplex out of the corner by Albright.  Whitmer with a Frog Splash and he goes for another single leg crab.  Danielson applies a Triangle Choke on Whitmer.  Albright puts a crowbar on Rocky, and Davey locks in a Boston Crab on Aries.  Whitmer is the first to tap.

The Hangmen Three are eliminated from Ultimate Endurance!

The ROH Title is now on the line.  Davey goes after Danielson's injured leg.  Davey tosses Danielson out of the ring and Rocky kicks the leg on the floor.  Rocky and Davey step on the injured thigh.  Davey locks the leg up and bridges backwards to add pressure.  Rocky stops Aries from interfering.

Snap suplex by Richards.  Romero tags in and Dragon is put in the Tree of Woe.  Richards elevates Romero into Danielson.  Romero with more kicks to the injured leg.  Richards interferes and steps on the leg.  Romero takes a page out of Danielson's playbook and locks in a Mexican Surfboard.  Aries comes in and kicks Romero in the head.  Richards tags in and keeps up the assault on the leg.  Richards and Romero go for a double team, but Danielson ducks and they kick each other.

Aries tags in and cleans house.  Aries with a reverse DDT/STO combination to the NRC.  He whips Romero into Richards, then hits the running dropkick.  He goes for a brainbuster, but the NRC double team him.  German Suplex by Richards and a knockout kick by Romero for two when Danielson breaks the pin up.  Aries ranas out of a double team attempt and tags Danielson in.  Tiger Suplex to Romero for two.  Elbows to the head of Romero.  Richards breaks it up and sends Aries out of the ring.  Davey puts Dragon on the top rope, but he is shoved off.  Romero leaps to the top and comes off with an armbar to Dragon.  Richards puts Aries in the Kimura.  Danielson makes the ropes.

Davey with a powerbomb on Dragon, and Romero off the top with a DDT for two when Aries makes the save.  NRC get rid of Aries and lift up Danielson.  Danielson is dead weight and Richards spits on him.  They go for the double team in the corner again, but Danielson avoids Rocky.  He slips under Richards and climbs to the top with a BIG back superplex.

Dragon tags Aries in and Aries fires away on Richards.  Richards with a mule kick, but Aries gets out of a powerbomb and puts the Horns of Aries on Davey.  Cattle Mutilation to Romero.  Knees to Richards and elbows to Romero.  They team with elbows and knees on Richards.  Aries goes for a brainbuster on Richards, but Davey rolls him up for the win out of nowhere.

Your winners, and new ROH World Tag Team Champions, The No Remorse Corps!

ROH World Championship Match:  Roderick Strong vs. Nigel McGuinness (c)

They lock up and go to the ropes fairly quickly.  Clean break by Nigel.  Nigel takes Strong to the mat.  Strong gets up and reverses the wristlock.  He takes Nigel to the mat, but the champion grabs the ropes.  Side headlock takedown by McGuinness.  They trade reversals.  Strong takes Nigel to the mat by his arm.  Nigel makes it to the ropes again.

Strong chops Nigel in the chest.  Nigel with some big lariat and Strong flops around like he was shot.  They exchange shots on the floor.  Nigel tells Strong to bring it on.  Strong goes to the eyes, but Nigel fires back.  Nigel with a lariat to the chest.  European uppercut.  Strong with a knee to the gut and chop.  He ducks a lariat and kicks Nigel, then dives over the top rope to the floor.

Strong goes for a cover, but Nigel easily kicks out.  Nigel blocks some chops and slaps Strong.  Strong goes to the eyes again and chops Nigel to the mat.  Fallaway slam by Strong for two.  Nigel with an elbow and corner mule kick.  Nigel throws Strong shoulder first into the ring post, then kicks his leg out from under him.

Nigel locks up Strong's arm with his leg.  Strong gets up, but he is taken back to the mat with a hammerlock.  Strong makes the ropes.  Nigel whips Strong hard into the corner.  Nigel with chops and uppercuts in the corner.  He charges, but Strong hits a backbreaker across his knee as soon as Nigel turns his back for two.  Another backbreaker by Strong.  He pulls Nigel to the apron and pounds him.  Backbreaker on the guardrail, then a side slam on the floor to the champion.

Strong covers in the ring for two.  Nigel avoids a charge and hits a lariat in the corner.  He kicks Strong in the back.  Nigel goes for the Tower of London, but Strong shoves him off and hits a dropkick off the second turnbuckle for two.  Strong charges with a forearm and covers for two.  Nigel takes Strong to the mat by the arm and applies the London Dungeon, but Strong is too close to the ropes.

Nigel goes to the top, but Strong comes up and gives him some forearms.  Superplex by Strong.  He covers for two.  Nigel hits the Tower of London this time and gets two.  Nigel goes for the mule kick, but Strong dropkicks him as he stands on his head.  McGuinness staggers, but has enough wherewithal to hit a lariat knocking both men down.

Nigel with some European Uppercuts.  Strong with some chops.  Nigel fires back with more uppercuts.  Strong gets two with a backslide.  He nails a Gibson Driver for another near fall.  The two get on the apron.  Nigel gets back in the ring and snaps the top rope in Strong's face.  Strong blocks multiple suplexes.  He ends up on the top rope, and Nigel hits a lariat off the middle turnbuckle for two.

Nigel sits Strong on the top again and goes for a Tower of London on the floor.  Strong turns it into a belly to back suplex on the apron.  Strong puts Nigel back in the ring and covers for two.  Boston Crab by Strong.  Nigel makes the ropes.  Nigel blocks a charge on the floor and strikes Strong.  He tells the fans to move and charges, but runs into a boot.  Strong climbs on the guardrail, but is sent into the front row with a European Uppercut.  Nigel with a Tower of London across a chair on the floor.  Nigel covers in the ring for two.

Strong avoids a rebound lariat and gets a couple near falls.  He lifts up Nigel for a powerbomb and gets another two count.  Gutbuster and running boot by Strong, followed by another Gibson Driver.  Nigel manages to kick out again.  Roddy goes for the Strong Hold, but Nigel covers for two.  Chops from Strong, but he runs into a lariat for two.  Nigel with strikes in the corner.  Strong prevents the charge and hits a running boot, but Nigel nails the jawbreaker lariat for the win.

Your winner, Nigel McGuinness!

Age of the Fall are in the back.  Jimmy says they are still in control.  They vow to get the tag team titles back.

Match thoughts:

The opener was one of the freshest tag team matches I've seen in awhile.  I love the concept of dream partners like Dragon and Aries along the lines of the Megapowers.  Everyone looked like they were having fun in there, and that adds a lot, too.

I know some people are big Pelle fans, but I'm not one of them.  Hagadorn isn't so hot for me, either, and he's terrible on the mic.  Too many shut ups towards the crowd.

The best part of the intergender match was the promos by Sweeney.  At least they kept it short this time.  Haze can't talk.  I liked the second match more than I thought I would, however.  SHIMMER fans will probably enjoy it a lot more.

I really enjoyed Claudio-Generico.  It was another fresh match, and featured a lot of good psychology.  I actually thought the twenty minute time limit draw was the best finish they could have done.  Show is really looking good up to this point.

Once again, with Mark Briscoe and Joey Matthews, we get a new match, something that's lacking at times with ROH.  I really like Mark and Jay in singles matches as a change of pace, and Mark shows he doesn't need to do anything crazy to have an entertaining match.  Wish he'd do it more often.

How much you enjoy the chain match depends on how much you enjoyed the feud.  It was a decent match, good enough for a blowaway, but it was plodding in the middle.  Good finish, though.

Ultimate Endurance lived up to the lofty expectations that would be set by such world class tag teams being in the match.  The booking was great and there were a ton of mark out moments, not limited to the simultaneous submissions, which I liked most of all.  I also liked that AOTF was eliminated first, to get the idea of them retaining out of the way.  Danielson and Aries lose nothing since they basically fought four matches in one night, while NRC sat out most of the I Quit match.

The main event was predictably good with those two in the match.  It was stiff and hard hitting, which was befitting of the feud they were having.  My one complaint was a few too many lariats, but that's always going to happen in Nigel's matches.

Overall, this is a great DVD to own.  I highly recommend buying it.  There is some filler early on, but it's a pretty loaded show, and there were a lot of fresh matches.  It reminded me of an unscripted event, but this actually felt random.  I was actually surprised how much I liked this since it didn't look to be a top of the line show.  Joey Matthews in particular had a good weekend.  I couldn't really pick a MOTN because I liked everything for different reasons.  There's something for everyone on this DVD.

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