Friday, October 5, 2007

ROH Respect is Earned Review (now edited w/DVD matches)

• Takeshi Morishima defeated BJ Whitmer to retain the ROH World Championship (2:53)
o Morishima pinned Whitmer after a Backdrop Driver.
o After the match, both Nigel McGuinness and Bryan Danielson challenged Morishima for the ROH World Championship. Morishima and Danielson then attacked McGuinness.
o **

• Naomichi Marufuji defeated Rocky Romero (16:06)
o Marufuji pinned Romero after a Shiranui.
o After the match, Nigel McGuinness called out Takeshi Morishima and Bryan Danielson, who both attacked him until KENTA came to his aid.
o ***3/4

• The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) defeated Claudio Castagnoli and Matt Sydal to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship (20:10)
o Jay Briscoe pinned Sydal
o After the match, Kevin Steen and El Generico brawled with the Briscoe Brothers ending with Mark Briscoe suffering a mild concussion from a steel chair shot.
o ****1/2

• Roderick Strong defeated Delirious (17:08)
o Strong pinned Delirious after a Gibson Driver.
o After the match, Delirious was attacked by the No Remorse Corps (Strong, Davey Richards and Rocky Romero) until Erick Stevens made the save.
o ***1/2

• Takeshi Morishima and Bryan Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness and KENTA (24:57)
o Danielson forced KENTA to submit to the Cattle Mutilation.
o After the match, Morishima attacked Danielson and McGuinness with the ROH World Championship.
o ****

DVD Bonus Matches:

• Brent Albright defeated Tank Toland (w/Larry Sweeney and Bobby Dempsey) (6:48)
o Albright pinned Toland after a Half Nelson Suplex.
o *3/4

• Davey Richards defeated Erick Stevens (10:04)
o Richards forced Stevens to submit.
o ***1/2

• Sara Del Rey defeated Daizee Haze (5:50)
o Del Rey pinned Haze after countering a Sunset Flip.

• Kevin Steen and El Generico defeated Irish Airborne (Jake Crist and Dave Crist), Pelle Primeau and Mitch Franklin, and Jimmy Rave and Adam Pearce (w/Shane Hagadorn) in a Tag Team Scramble match (7:33)
o Steen pinned Dave Crist with a Package Piledriver.
o **3/4

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