ROH “Eye of the Storm” 2.22.08
eye of the storm 2.22.08
i smoked a joiont before popping in this series of dvds from roh. i was gonna enjoy the day, the slizzard way.
due to weather conditions and larry sweeney’s bad cologne, a number of wrestlers could not make it to the building.
eight man singles tournament for a future world title match.
Bryan Danielson vs. Rocky Romero. Someone in the audience calls Rocky “Asuka” Romero, basura, the Spanish word for “garbage”. I thought that was great. Danielson’s entrance is great. Romero is too small, better in tag team with Reyes. Don’t like his tag team with Davey Richards as much. mromero does some good armbars. They work a good match, though. Beter then it should have been actually. ***
I was surprised by the Austin Aries vs. El Generico *** match, thought it could have been better. Kevin Steen vs. Delirious was good too, but not mind-blowing. Sometimes I think these guys know exactly what they are doing in giving the crowd about as much as they need to, but never a ton unless they can, and then they have to have the talent to do it.
Necro Butcher vs Go Shiozaki sounds better then what it was, but I can’t be too dissapointed. #1 I’m not that huge of a Necro fan as far as is wrestling ability. He’s ok as a brawler. But he kicks ass every other way! Go does the best he can in a good hard hitting match. **3/4
Kevin Steen vs. Bryan Danielson ***1/4 was strong, they worked body parts to a good degree and made it work. Bryan working on tjhe ear of Steen is fresh and different. Good technical wrestling, but mostly a story-telling match. Announcers constantly stating Danielson didn’t need this tournament win because he had a title match coming the next night didn’t help. I’m on the fence about the ROH announcers.
Go Shiozaki vs. El Generico ***1/4 It’s great how ROH can put on a tourney and have each match a little bit different then the next. Lots of nice powerbombs and suplexes for fans of that sorta thing, like me!
Four Corner Survival: Jason Blade vs. Human Tornado vs. Pelle Primeau vs. Mitch Franklin *
Strange position on the card, after all those good matches. Maybe it had something to do with the weather. Least interesting Human Tornado match I’ve seen in a long time.
Ruckus & Jigsaw vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Zach Gowen *3/4
Zach Gowen is a great addition to The Age of the Fall. Match was ok for SD! Jimmy needs to use that knife more.
Kevin Steen vs Go Shiozaki to earn a future ROH World Title shot **3/4
It started out strong style, went to brawling on the outside, back to mat wrestling in the ring, and all over the place until right at the end where it got good. I don’t think these guys put a good match together. I think they could have done a better job, but maybe they’re holding out for down the line.
