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Matt Dawgs Full Live Report From Ring of Honor's Pay-Per-View Taping
By Matt Dawgs
Dec 29, 2007 - 10:45 PM
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Opener is Daizee Haze vs. Lacey vs. Shimmer Champion Sarah Del Ray. Not a title match. Before it starts, Back in Black by AC/DC plays and out comes Sunny. She looks smoking!!!!!! She says she heard ROH is great and wanted to see what a real quality women's match looks like. Daizee Haze picks up the W with her finisher.
Buckwhacker Luke is announced as special guest time keeper to a huge pop. He plays to the crowd when Adam Pearce and Brent Albright of the Hangman's Three come out. They beat down Bushwacker Luke. The PPVthen begins taping. Adam Pearce cuts a promo on Delerious. He dares Delerious to come out and fight Albright.
Delerious wins with a small package. Hangmans Three beat him down when Steen and Generico make the save. As everyone is fighting outside, Age of the Fall come out and cut a promo talking about the tag titles. Jimmy Jacobs bashes NYC when J-Train and the Vulture Squad come out and run them off. Julius Smokes cuts a promo and challenges everyone (Age of the Fall, Steen and Generico, Pearce and BJ Whitmer) to a 4 way scramble match.
Steen and Generico pick up with win with a package piledriver/brainbuster combo on Tyler Black.
Davey Richards vs. Erick Stevens is next. Richards wins by submission when Stevens is distracted by arguing with Daniel Puder on the stage.
Stevens cuts a promo on Puder and challenges him to a fight. Larry Sweeney then comes out and bashed NYC. He talks Puder into going backstage with him and Sarah Del Ray. Puder leaves with some hot chick he was with and Sarah. As Sweeney continues to run down the crowd, Claudio Castanogli chases him around. Bobby Dempsey and comes out but Claudio runs him off. Chris Hero then runs out and takes out Claudio. This leads to:
Hero vs. Claudio.
Claudio wins with the Ricola Bomb.
Austin Aries vs. Nigel McGuinnes for the ROH title is next.
So far, MATCH OF THE NIGHT. But it's early so that might change. Nigel wins with the rebounding clothesline. Damn good Match.
After intermission, we come back with a 4 way elimination match.
Mitch Franklin vs. Jigsaw vs. Necro Butcher vs. Matt Cross.
Franklin eliminated first by a Necro Butcher fist to the face. Believe it or not but this is my first LIVE Necro match and he is F'N nuts.
Cross was eliminated by Jigsaw via a crazy looking rollup.
Necro Butcher wins after punching Jigsaw in the face and hitting a double underhook sitting powerbomb. Watching Necro punch people in the face on DVD is a lot different than watching in person. He NAILS PEOPLE legit and it is sick to watch.
Takashi Morishima vs. Bryan Danielson is next.
Fought under relaxed rules and Dragon was busted open in 2 minutes. Badly.
Both men just beat on each other. But it is mainly Morishima beating Danielson bad. Dragon is a bloody mess. Almost Eddie Guerrero/JBL levels. Danielson wins by DQ when he goes nuts and kicks Danielson low several times. He then threw the ref down for the DQ. Several refs and staff come down to break it up. Danielson grabbed the ring bell hammer and tries to take out Morishima's eye. Dragon is escorted out.
Very good brawl until the flat finish. Crowd crapped on the DQ.
BRISCOES!!!!!!
Briscoes vs Roderick Strong and Rocky Romero. 2 out of 3 falls.
Romero and Strong win the first fall with a Doomsday Device/backbreaker combo.
Mark Briscoe evens it up with a roll up on Strong.
Spike Jay Driller ends it as the Briscoes retain.
Main event time. By my count, Marfuji is the only person advertised who hasn't wrestled yet so my assumption is his opponent is a surprise/return. Don't know who yet but will find out shortly.
And I was completely wrong. Marfuji against..........Claudio Castagnogli. Crowd died instantly and some people actually left. Started off good but after that Briscoes match, this wasn't the way to end the show.
Marfuji wins with a small package. Sweeney and co run in and jump Claudio. Claudio gets the upper hand. Puder comes out and lays out Claudio. Erick Stevens makes the save. Strong comes out and lays out Stevens. Vulture squad makes the save. Julius Smokes cuts a promo to end the show.
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