This was the first ever ROH (or wrestling in general) show that I'd ever gone to outside of Canada. It was the first cage match I'd ever seen live. And it was the first time ever seeing KENTA live, and the show opened with him and Cary Silkin, as well as the rest of the roster, coming out for a Misawa tribute, as it was the first show since his death.
MATCH OF THE NIGHT
AMERICAN WOLVES VS. STRONG & KENTA
AMAZING match. If I hadn't lost my voice already by this point of the show, it was done for after this match. So much fun, and just full-tilt from bell to bell.
What truly made this match even more exciting was that it was originally supposed to be KENTA and Danielson against the wolves, but just a week or two before the match, Danielson suffered a staff infection, and was swapped out for Roddy. So, everyone was officially like "PFFT, they're not winning. F THIS." But this match was done so well and just so damn exciting that there were several points where the entire crowd was on their feet, thinking that the Wolves were going to lose.
It was awesome to see KENTA live. You can feel his kicks in your chest like a bass drum at a concert.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The preshow card featured a guy named "Samson" who I haven't seen since, who was amazing. He's a huge Ezekiel Jackon size dude (maybe not that big), with the nickname "The Gangsta". He stepped into the ring looking like a fucking psycho badass... but when his opponent took a swing at him, he screamed and cowered like a little girl. And he would tell the guy he was going to shit on him. It was amazing.
- Albright busts the back of his head open at some point in his match, but finishes the thing.
- Nigel wrestled essentially his only match as a face.
- Steenerico/HoT has a super exciting last few minutes of a match-ending sequence.
- Austin Aries hires Joey "The Hired Magnum" Ryan to ensure that he wins the Six Man Mayhem match, and cuts a hilarious pre-match promo, calling Detroit "Detroilet," and telling Joey "you wax my moustache, I'll wax yours."
- Colt Cabana's "welcome back" chant.
- Cage match ending in complete chaos with an Age of the Fall invasion from all entrances of the arena, after Tyler lands a splash from the top of the cage through a table.
Overall, it was a super fun night, with a pretty ridiculous cast of characters sitting in front of us in the first row, cracking wise (not actually wise). Also got to see Ric Flair for the first time. Woo.
Here's the full card:
OPENER
Silas Young vs. Grizzly Redwood
TAG TEAM MATCH
Erick Stevens & Brent Albright vs. Kenny King & Rhett Titus
GRUDGE MATCH
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Nigel McGuinness
TAG TEAM MATCH
Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. The House of Truth
SIX MAN MAYHEM
Austin Aries vs. Joey Ryan vs. Petey Williams vs. Delirious vs. Sami Callihan vs. Rasche Brown
GRUDGE MATCH
D-Lo Brown vs. Colt Cabana
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
The American Wolves vs. Roderick Strong & KENTA
MAIN EVENT STEEL CAGE MATCH
Tyler Black vs. Jimmy Jacobs
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