ROH Proving Ground- Boston, MA 1/11/08
Proving Ground- Boston, MA 1/11/08
1. The YRR of Kenny King & Jason Blade beat Eddie Edwards & Pelle Primeau **3/4
Strong match… surprised they bring in YRR and not Irish Airborne anymore. Pelle is a guilty vice and Eddie Edwards is the man. I totally dig his backpack chinbreaker. Briscoes show up after the match to punk out the YRR.
2. Daizee Haze beat Alexa Thatcher **1/4
I like the heart punch and the yakuza kick, but not the last bit of Daizee Haze’s finisher. ROH has found another good woman wrestler in Alexa Thatcher.
3. Claudio Castagnoli beat Ruckus *1/2
I like Ruckus and have always been a big fan of his, but I don’t think he’s ready for ROH. That’s not a good sign cuz the guy has been wrestling for 4-5 years?
4. Daniel Puder beat Mikey Bennett
I’m digging Sweet & Sour Inc but not the constant feud with Claudio, that’s got to end at some point. I see the logical match here with Puder vs. Castagnoli, and since I don’t really follow spoilers I don’t know where they’ve gone with this or if Puder has appeared on more then 2-3 ROH events.
5. Bryan Danielson defeated Brent Albright ***
Strong in some ways, lacking heat because no one seems to care much about Albright. Good technical match but Albright has very little charisma. Danielson’s offense is pretty good, unique, the fans pop for all his trademark moves. Thought they should have wrestled a litle more… I dunno. I’m on the fence. Is this the best Albright can do? He’s another BJ Whitmer, basically.
6. Necro Butcher beat Kevin Steen in a Street Fight ***
Good brawling to start this one off but Necro slows things down in the middle. Great finish, stiff match. Brutal chair shots in this match. It helped that Necro had Jimmy Jacobs with him on the outside with one half of the tag titles, and Lacey of course. Steen is over with his personality on camera.
7. Delirious beat Sal Rinuaro**
I only liked the end of this match. Everything seemed contrived and rehearsed. I like some of Delirious’ offense, like Shadows over Hell and Panic Attack. His matches and feud with Hangmen 3 have been good.
8. Roderick Strong beat El Generico **3/4
Good match. Generico made it better.
9. Erick Stevens beat Austin Aries to retain the FIP World Title**3/4
It was a good match, booked well.
10. Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black) retained the World Tag Team Titles in an Ultimate Endurance Match that included Jay & Mark Briscoe, Brent Albright & BJ Whitmer, and Jack Evans & Jigsaw***
Pretty good match, most fun match on the card, except maybe Steen vs. Necro Butcher.
