Show opens with breaking news that Jerry Lynn won the ROH Heavyweight title off Nigel McGuinness (according to scuttlebutt it was due to McGuinness needing time off due to an arm injury)
Sterling James Keenan vs Erick Stevens - Keenan seemed fairly happy to get cheap heat as a heel and Stevens was certainly putting him over with a decent enough sell. Stevens got a 2nd wind and made a few average moves before getting DDT'd. Keenan kicked out of a nice spinning powerslam but Stevens made the win off a German Suplex into a Lariat but his success came from the Doctor Bomb.
Tag Match - Up In Smoke (Cheech & Cloudy) vs Dark City Fight Club (Kory Chavis & Jon Davis). Fight Club were all about power & the clear heels here, Cheech & Cloudy sold the beatdown but also made the good aerial & high flying moves. Fight Club took a pretty quick win but really didn't do much at all to be honest.
Chris Hero (with Larry Sweeney) vs Necro Butcher. I know Necro Butcher mainly by reputation but also from his appearance in a seriously hardcore match in the movie "The Wrestler". Hero also brought Sara Del Rey to the ring with him and for a hardcore wrestler Necro was really pulling his punches on Hero and it was very obvious he was too. Necro kicked out of a schoolboy roll-up and was beaten down outside the ring by Sweeney & Del Rey.
Hero's backdrop hit nothing but floor mat and the crowd were chanting "fuck you Hero" as Necro kicked out of a pin after a forearm shot, Heros best move of the match was the blockbuster (top turnbuckle flipping snap neck breaker ddt combo) and Necro made his best move which was a chair bodyslam (onto the concrete) which Hero sold pretty well and Hero took the win off a loaded elbowpad shot.
Hero's backdrop hit nothing but floor mat and the crowd were chanting "fuck you Hero" as Necro kicked out of a pin after a forearm shot, Heros best move of the match was the blockbuster (top turnbuckle flipping snap neck breaker ddt combo) and Necro made his best move which was a chair bodyslam (onto the concrete) which Hero sold pretty well and Hero took the win off a loaded elbowpad shot.
Austin Aries vs Bryan Danielson - After screwing around for a while these 2 finally shook hands and got started and the match started out slow before Aries hit a few nice armdrags. The crowd were chanting something (possibly Austin sucks?) at Aries as they really don't like him. Danielson showed some nice holds & reverses and looks very technically sound indeed, this is only my 2nd time seeing him in action and this is the best I've seen him work.
Seeing the ref push Aries arms off the rope to break a hold quite surprised me (I'm not used to refs getting so physically involved to break holds when they aren't bumping in the match), Aries best move was suplexing Danielson over the top rope and out to the floor. I think Danielsons best move was the knee to the face off the apron, this match was well paced (unlike the main events of the previous 2 weeks) and Danielson took the eventual win off a submission hold.
Seeing the ref push Aries arms off the rope to break a hold quite surprised me (I'm not used to refs getting so physically involved to break holds when they aren't bumping in the match), Aries best move was suplexing Danielson over the top rope and out to the floor. I think Danielsons best move was the knee to the face off the apron, this match was well paced (unlike the main events of the previous 2 weeks) and Danielson took the eventual win off a submission hold.
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