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AlexROH wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:59 pm

Mr. Mojo Risin wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 4:42 pm

AlexROH wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:17 pm I've just finished 2003. Great year! Way better than 2002. Shows are more consistent now. In 2002, maybe, you had higher points, but the cards were mixed bags. In 2003, the shows were more solid. Great character work and use of the midcard. Main Event scene was awesome with Samoa F'n Joe and his awesome world title run. The only thing I didn't like too much was the booking of the tag team titles.

As everyone said, Homicide was the MVP of the year, fantastic job in every type of match or feud. London had a great run too and an emotional farewell (compare this to Adam Cole's """"farewell"""" in Philly lol). Xavier proved everybody wrong (myself included) with a great second half of the year. I really liked the use of 4 Corner Survival matches too. Punk-Raven was a great feud, but as I read before, after DBD everythings got worse. Awesome to see how many great matches ROH put without Bryan Danielson. Overall, I had an awesome time watching 2003 and I'm really looking foward to the second half of 2004 (I already watched stuff until Reborn: Completion some months ago).

Here's my top match list (everything I have over 4 stars):

1. [2/3 Falls] Paul London vs Bryan Danielson - Epic Encounter *****

2. Doug Williams vs Christopher Daniels - Night of the Champions ****1/2

3. AJ Styles vs Paul London - Night Of The Grudges ****1/4
4. [Dog Collar] CM Punk vs Raven - Death Before Dishonor ****1/4
5. [No Rope Barbed Wire] Steve Corino vs Homicide - War of the Wire ****1/4
6. AJ Styles vs Bryan Danielson - Main Event Spectacles ****1/4
7. AJ Styles vs Low Ki vs Paul London - One Year Anniversary ****1/4

8. Paul London vs Christopher Daniels - Round Robin Challenge II ****
9. Samoa Joe vs Christopher Daniels - Glory By Honor II ****
10. [No Holds Barred] Steve Corino vs Homicide - Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies ****
11. Jay Briscoe vs Samoa Joe - Tradition Continues ****
12. Xavier vs Paul London - One Year Anniversary ****
13. [Fight Without Honor] Trent Acid vs Homicide - Wrestle Rave ****

If you want to see every rating you can do it at my spreadsheet --> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 1089097335

London vs. Danielson at The Epic Encounter was about as fucking as perfect of a match as I had seen since Flair/Steamboat matches. Glad you liked it.

Totally agree. This match isn't just 5 stars, is one of the greatest 5 stars matches in the history of pro wrestling. Plus, the Williams-Daniels match is underated as fuck, people don't talk enought about that masterpiece.

AlexROH wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:22 am

Big Red Machine wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:14 am I haven't watched the Epic Encounter match in about a decade. Maybe it's time I go back and revisit it.

Also, no love for Walters vs. Xavier from Final Battle?

You should watch it again, it is still pretty awesome.

And yeah, like I said, I loved Xavier's work in the second half of the year. His feud with Walters was great. Loved their promos and tag/4 corner survival matches. I had their Fight Without Honor at ***3/4. It would be 4 stars if it wasn't for the botch in the last spot. I liked more the Shane-London No DQ match or the first Fight Without Honor with Ki and Joe. As I said before too, 2003 had tons of strongs shows with a lot of ***1/2 - ***3/4 matches.

supersonic wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:20 pm Xavier was a great hand once he worked with London. Full list of his peak matches in my FYF NYC review, his ROH farewell.

SteenMark23 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 3:37 pm I'm sure it's been said a million times but it really is a shame that in the era of streaming services ROH doesn't have their entire history on theirs. It's like having a lottery ticket and refusing to cash it in.

TYFDK wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 5:37 pm Was there any reason why "Joe vs. Punk II" was labeled as such, despite being the third time the two faced each other?

Mr. Mojo Risin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 4:48 pm

supersonic wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:20 pm Xavier was a great hand once he worked with London. Full list of his peak matches in my FYF NYC review, his ROH farewell.

For sure. I can see why Gabe put the title on him. His matches with London were really good. The fans were fucking dying for London to take the title. Xavier was a victim of the smarks. I wouldn't even say he had the worst title reign, which seems to be the universal opinion if you ask people who have followed the product long enough.

AlexROH wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2017 12:11 am

TYFDK wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 5:37 pm Was there any reason why "Joe vs. Punk II" was labeled as such, despite being the third time the two faced each other?

Because it was the Second match of the 2004 trilogy. I mean, they had the little non-tittle match at 2003, but this Joe vs Punk II was called like this bc it was the second match for the title and the rematch from the First 60 minutes time limit draw.

TYFDK wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2017 6:10 am

AlexROH wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2017 12:11 am

TYFDK wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 5:37 pm Was there any reason why "Joe vs. Punk II" was labeled as such, despite being the third time the two faced each other?

Because it was the Second match of the 2004 trilogy. I mean, they had the little non-tittle match at 2003, but this Joe vs Punk II was called like this bc it was the second match for the title and the rematch from the First 60 minutes time limit draw.

That's fair. I just never knew they had 4 total, just always thought it was 3.

AlexROH wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:05 am I'm watching Austin Aries DVD (the second one). One thing that ROH did better with this compilation is that they actually add some segments and post-matches that helped a lot. The first disc covers the Aries-Jacobs feud and man, that was f'n awesome! I read some things about it, but this exceeded my expectations. Pure intensity with a great back story. One of the best blood feud I've ever seen. In every match you feel the hatred between these two.

Aries vs Necro - Battle for Supremacy **3/4 (Great segment)
Aries vs Jacobs - Vendetta II ****1/2
Aries vs Necro vs Jacobs - DBD VI *** (Great segment again)
[Dog Collar] Aries vs Jacobs - Bound By Hate ****1/4 (loved the beginning with Jacobs refusing to put the dog collar around his neck)
Aries vs Jacobs - Rising Above 08 ****3/4 (wrestling wasn't as good as in Vendetta II, but this was all emotion. The storytelling here is perfect. First, with Jacobs destroying Aries, and after, with Lacey's comeback and Aries super comeback. Loved the last part with Aries refusing to put the mic on Jimmy's mouth and with the final crossface/spike spot. Brutal).

cgstong wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:18 am I think Rich will start commenting in here. He basically just got a lot of past ROH events to go through