Your Top ROH Matches

[ColourMeCurious]

what are your top 10 favorite matches in ROH history? Since we have the Rate it's, which is more based on the group opinion, I wanted to know more of people's individual preferences.

My Top 10:

1. Tyler Black vs Davey Richards (Death Before Dishonor VIII)
2. Samoa Joe vs Kenta Kobashi (Joe vs. Kobashi)
3. Samoa Joe vs CM Punk (Joe vs. Punk II)
4. Kevin Steen vs. El Generico (Final Battle 2010)
5. Low Ki vs Kenta (Final Battle 2005)
6. Roderick Strong vs Eddie Edwards (Manhatten Mayhem IV)
7. Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness (Unified)
8. Nigel McGuinness vs Tyler Black (Take No Prisoners)
9. Kevin Steen and Steve Corino vs El Generico and Colt Cabana (Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies II)
10. Davey Richards vs Eddie Edwards (Best in the World 2011)

[DXvsNWO1994]

Top 10 Favorite ROH Matches? Hm....

In order:

1.) ROH World Title - CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels vs. James Gibson - Redemption
2.) Unsanctioned Fight Without Honor - Kevin Steen vs. El Generico - Final Battle 2010
3.) ROH World Title - Tyler Black vs. Davey Richards - Death Before Dishonor VIII
4.) ROH World Title - Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin - Showdown in the Sun: Day 2
5.) ROH World Tag Team Titles - Ladder War - The Briscoes vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico - Man Up!
6.) Cage of Death - ROH vs. CZW - Death Before Dishonor IV
7.) Philadelphia Street Fight - Matt Sydal & The No Remorse Corps. vs. Delirious & The Resilience - Death Before Dishonor V: Night 2
8.) Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness - Glory By Honor VIII: The Final Countdown
9.) Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi - Joe vs. Kobashi
10.) ROH World Title - Eddie Edwards vs. Davey Richards - Best in the World 2011

[watadam20]

1) Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness - Unified
2) Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong - Vendetta
3) El Generico vs. Kevin Steen - Final Battle 2010
4) Samoa Joe vs. Austin Aries - Final Battle 2004
5) Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk - Joe/Punk II
6) Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black - Take No Prisoners
7) Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk - All Star Extravaganza II
8) Austin Aries vs. CM Punk - Death Before Dishonor III
9) Austin Aries vs. Jimmy Jacobs - Rising Above 2008
10) Generation Next vs. The Embassy - Steel Cage Warfare

[donkitrk99]

If I get bored enough I'll go through my catalogue of matches I've seen and come up with ten, but off the top of my head three ROH matches have been in the ****3/4-***** range for me and they are (in chronological order)
Dragon vs. McGuinness at Unified
Jacobs vs. Whitmer at SCOH II
Elgin vs. Richards at SITSN2

[Tim]

1) Do Fixer vs. Blood Generation (Supercard of Honor)
2)Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel Mcguinness (Unified)
3)Cage of Death (Death Before Dishonor)
4)Kenta vs. Low Ki (Final Battle 05)
5)CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe (All Star Extravaganza II)
6)Austin Aries vs. Nigel Mcguinness (Rising above)
7)Austin Aries vs. Samoa Joe (Final Battle 04)
8)Austin Aries vs. Mark Briscoe vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Homicide vs. Samoa Joe vs. Colt Cabana (Survival of the Fittest 04)
9)Austin Aries/Roderick Strong/Jack Evans/Alex Shelley vs. Jimmy Rave/John Walters/Briscoes (Generation Next)
10)Bryan Danielson vs. Low Ki (Round Robin Challange)

[Tim]

I cant believe no one else has the Dragon Gate 6 man

[Northwoods_Nightmare]

I know I'm forgetting some great ones, but off the top of my head:

Danielson vs Kenta (Glory by Honor V)
Danielson vs McGuinness (Unified)
Steen & Generico vs Briscoes (Ladder War/Man Up)
Joe vs Kobashi (Joe vs Kobashi)
Punk vs Joe (Punk vs Joe II)
Black vs Richards (Death Before Dishonor VIII)
Jacobs vs Whitmer (Steel Cage/Supercard of Honor II)
Richards vs Strong (Final Battle 2010)
Elgin vs Richards (Showdown in the Sun)
Ki vs Danielson vs Daniels (Era of Honor Begins)
Punk vs Aries (Death Before Dishonor III)

[Big Red Machine]

1) Danielson vs. KENTA- Glory By Honor V: Night 2
2) Tyler Black vs. Davey Richards- Death Before Dishonor VIII
3) Danielson vs. McGuinness- Unified
4) Danielson vs. Low Ki- Round Robin Challenge
5) Low Ki vs. KENTA- Final Battle 2005
6) Danielson vs. McGuinness- Driven
7) Richards vs. Elgin- Showodwn in the Sun: Day 2
8) McGuinness vs. Aries- Supercard of Honor III
9) Danielson vs. McGuinness- Rising Above 2008
10) Jacobs vs. Whitmer- Supercard of Honor II

[donkitrk99]

If I get bored enough I'll go through my catalogue of matches I've seen and come up with ten, but off the top of my head three ROH matches have been in the ****3/4-***** range for me and they are (in chronological order)
Dragon vs. McGuinness at Unified
Jacobs vs. Whitmer at SCOH II
Elgin vs. Richards at SITSN2

Looking at the lists, of the matches I've seen, the Era of Honor Begins 3 way is also a ****3/4 match for me

[classic-cabana]

Picking a top ten ROH matches is pretty hard, for every 10 you pick there is at least another 10-20 that's could make that list. Us ROH have certainly been spoilt over the years

[kaz]

Picking a top ten ROH matches is pretty hard, for every 10 you pick there is at least another 10-20 that's could make that list. Us ROH have certainly been spoilt over the years

We sure have. Matter fact, someone mentioned the 2005 4-way in which James Gibson won the ROH world title and it made me recall how much I LOVED that match back in the day. One could actully go back to either 2005 or 2006 and make a top ten best ROH matches based on those two years alone...if they felt so inclined.

ROH hasnt been as great in recent times but you cant deny that this was the best pro wrestling organization in the world at one point.

[JigsawVs.Jason]

1. Davey Richards vs Tyler Black - Death before Dishonor
2. Low KI vs KENTA - Final Battle 2005
3. Davey Richards vs Michaels Elgin - Showdown in the Sun Day 2
4. Ladder War - Briscoes vs Steen & Generico - Man Up
5. KENTA vs Bryan Danielson - Glory by Honor V Night 2
6. Davey Richards vs Eddie Edwards - Best in the World 2011
7. Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness - Unified
8. Samoa Joe vs CM Punk - Joe vs Punk II
9. Briscoes vs Murder City Machine Guns - Good Times Great Memories
10. Davey Richards vs KENTA - Supercard of Honor IV

[iceman311]

There are soooooo many great matches but here are my top 10 in no particular order:

Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness - Unified
Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness - Rising Above 2008
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs The Briscoes - Unified
Nigel McGuinness vs KENTA - 7th Anniversary Show
American Wolves vs Young Bucks - ROH on HDNet
Roderick Strong vs Davey Richards - Final Battle 2010
Bryan Danielson vs Lance Storm - Better Than Our Best
Samoa Joe vs Kenta Kobashi - Joe vs Kobashi
Samoa Joe vs Takeshi Morishima - Fifth Year Festival: NYC
Kings of Wrestling vs Motor City Machine Guns: Supercard of Honor V

[oldandyounger]

Dragon's Gate 6-Man Supercard of Honor
Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi
KENTA vs. Low Ki
KENTA vs. Austin Aries
Low Ki vs. Amazing Red
CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe all of em

[wordsasbombs]

1.Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness [Unified, 2006]
2.Low Ki vs KENTA [Final Battle 05']
3.Davey Richards vs Tyler Black [Death Before Dishonor VIII, 2010]
4.Bryan Danielson vs Austin Aries [Take No Prisoners, 2008]
5.Low Ki vs Paul London vs AJ Styles [1st anniversary show, 2003]
6.Low Ki vs Samoa Joe (fight without honor) [Glory by Honor, 2002]
7.Davey Richards vs Chris Hero [Only the Strong Survive, 2011]
8.El Generico vs Kevin Steen (Fight Without Honor) [Final Battle 10']
9.CM Punk vs Austin Aries [Death Before Dishonor III, 2005]
10.Davey Richards vs Eddie Edwards [Best in the World, 2011]

[Flembo]

Old school ROH fan, new to this board. I'll admit to having not seen a whole load of recent matches in the past few years so my picks come from a few years ago:

1. Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness (Unified, 2006) Was there live so nothing can top this match for me.
2. Samoa Joe vs CM Punk (Joe vs Punk 2)
3. Bryan Danielson vs Paul London (Epic Encounter)
4. Briscoes vs Aries/Strong (Unifed)
5. Tyler Black vs Nigel McGuinness (Take No Prisoners)
6. Kenta Kobashi vs Samoa Joe (Joe vs Kobashi)
7. Low Ki vs Daniels vs Danielson (Era of Honor Begins) - It's the match that started it all!
8. Punk vs Aries (Death Before Dishonor 3)
9. Kenta vs Danielson (Glory by Honor 5- but also loved the rematch in Chicago for the Driven taping)
10. Can't decide between - Claudio Castagnoli vs Tyler Black vs Bryan Danielson (Death Before Dishonor), Brent Albright vs Adam Pearce (seriously, also Death Before Dishonor) and the Cage of Death.

Glaring omisions -

Dragon Gate 6 man - I like the match but never really loved it. Didn't know the wrestlers as well as the ROH guys so had no emotional investment in it.
Davey vs Tyler - Not a huge fan of Davey, prefer Tyler's bouts with Nigel and think this match is about 5 minutes too long with too many huge moves at the end.
Eddie Edwards vs Davey (Best in the World) - Pretty much the same reason as the Tyler match.
Michael Elgin vs Davey Richards - Almost went on the list, my favourite Davey match by far.

[Die Harder]

1.Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk (All Star Extravaganza II 12.4.2004 – ROH World Title Match)
2.Takeshi Morishima vs. Bryan Danielson (Manhattan Mayhem II 8.25.2007 – ROH World Title Match)
3.Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries (Rising Above 12.29.2007 – ROH World Title Match)
4.Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black (Take No Prisoners 3.16.2008 – ROH World Title Match)
5.Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Tyler Black - (Death Before Dishonor VI 8.2.2008 – Elimination Match for the ROH World Title)
6.Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi (Joe vs. Kobashi 10.1.2005)
7.Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong (Vendetta 11.5.2005 – ROH World Title Match)
8.Roderick Strong vs. Eddie Edwards (Manhattan Mayhem IV 3.19.2011 – ROH World Title Match)
9.Austin Aries vs. CM Punk (Death Before Dishonor III 6.18.2005 – ROH World Title Match)
10.KENTA vs. Low Ki (Final Battle 2005 12.17.2005 – GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title Match)