final battle 2013

[unofficialartist]

[preshow tag] Cheeseburger/Bob Evans over two jabronis
[challenge] Matt Hardy over Adam Page (C)
[strap match] Silas Young over Mark Briscoe (C)
[special attraction] Young Bucks over Adrenaline Rush (B+)
[stretcher] Kevin Steen over Matt Bennett (B+)
[tagtitle/grudge] Redragon over Outlaws inc (C-)
[tv title] Tommaso Ciampa over Matt Taven (B)
Eddie Edwards/BJ Whitmer over Jay Lethal/Roderick Strong (B+)
[world title] Adam Cole over Jay Briscoe & Michael Elgin (B+)

Overall show was better than 2012 & @ same level as 2011 so overall grade is B+

[xxxtras]: "cheeseburger" got pin/predicted silas young win & special attraction showstopper/bennett's improved considerably/steen wore wrong shirt/HIGHLY surprised @ lack of tagtitle heat & overall quality/tvtitle submission ending very rare/half surprised @ whitmer return and unsure of new trio potential/VERY unsure of hardy-cole alliance.

[Robert Lotti]

Whitmer, Jimmy Jacobs, & Roderick Strong are collectively known as The Decade.

[unofficialartist]

Very fitting trio name considering their "collective" experience. People should start calling elgin a "choke artist" after 5 title losses inside 2 years. London/Kendrick,youngbucks & forever hooligans should join tag division. ROH needs to reintroduce past ideas.(round robin challenge/pure title/womens division,scramble cage,etc.)

[undertakerfan4life]

Is it me or has ROH kind of declined with their shows in the past few years?

[unofficialartist]

It's not you it's them. Between feinstein's "fall from grace" 04 situation,doug gentry's passing & sapolsky leaving after GBH 07 the overall quality has subtracted considerably. Look @ their 09/11 chicago birthday shows compared to ny 08/10 birthdayshows. Also no womens division & dropping ppv option hasn't helped either. Not including hooligans/bucks for MOTY vote was large blunder. They're still the leader in "reinventing" fading/old stars (raven/noble/rhino/hardy,etc.) as well as showcasing specialevents around gueststars. At least hooligans & london are back on roster.

[Robert Lotti]

Jan 6, 2014 10:34:04 GMT -5 unofficialartist said:

It's not you it's them. Between feinstein's "fall from grace" 04 situation,doug gentry's passing & sapolsky leaving after GBH 07 the overall quality has subtracted considerably. Look @ their 09/11 chicago birthday shows compared to ny 08/10 birthdayshows. Also no womens division & dropping ppv option hasn't helped either. Not including hooligans/bucks for MOTY vote was large blunder. They're still the leader in "reinventing" fading/old stars (raven/noble/rhino/hardy,etc.) as well as showcasing specialevents around gueststars. At least hooligans & london are back on roster.

Gabe left in 2008. Please check your PM.