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John Philapavage discusses the subtext of angles and women in ROH, in a post Sweeney-Danger-Dempsey world.

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What I Watched: 4.28.08 Edition

Monday, April 28, 2008

A rare dip into some recommended 2007 WWE HHH matches (rare for me and this site) and a CM Punk vs Brian Danielson match are discussed. Doesn’t that match look 10x cooler in the year 2008 than it did in 2004?

BS With Honor 2007 Year in Review

Sunday, April 27, 2008

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Before moving on to Ring of Honor’s 2008 DVDs, the BSWH crew takes a look back at 2007 with our first year in review show here on the Chron. Among the topics we discuss: - The departure of several top-level talents - The arrival of others to fill the void - ROH’s debut on [...]

BS With Honor Presents: The Best of ROH 2007

Friday, April 25, 2008

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Having now seen, dissected, and digested every event that had taken place in 2007, Brian and Steve choose what they thought was the best that Ring of Honor had to offer. Presented are their top five choices in several integral categories.

BS With Honor #10

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Ring of Honor has new Tag Team Champions and we have a new show in the books, featuring recaps of last weekend’s show in Boston and New Jersey. Sweeney makes a new deal, Steen flips his lid Canadian style, Richards & Romero drop the titles, and much more. We also preview this weekend’s [...]

This week on PWChronicle

Thursday, April 24, 2008

I’ll try to put one of these up a week, and have Brian or Steve edit it if they add to the site. -Part 2 of BS With Honor is up as of 4/24. There’s a look at some of the ROH DVD product on there from the guys. -What I Watched is up from me as [...]

What I watched: 4/23/08 Edition

Thursday, April 24, 2008

I talk to much about wrestling, or I e-mail to much about wrestling, or I think to much without a word - all about wrestling. Time to put up more content here. Steve and Brian have done an amazing job, and I’d like to add to that. Gene Boyer has written a few things for the [...]

4/20 Chikara “Passion and Persistence” Results

Monday, April 21, 2008

Brian Streleckis is back with another live Chikara report from their New Alhambra Arena event on 4/20, right here on the Chronic-what-cle of Wrestling.

ROH in Chicago LIVE Results (4/19/08)

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Bob is sending in results from Chicago Ridge. Be sure to check out Brian and I previewing this weekend’s shows in BS With Honor #10 in the post below this. 1) Austin Aries defeats Silas Young Aries picks up the win in 5:51 with the Horns of Aries.

4.19.08 LIVE ROH Chicago Coverage

Saturday, April 19, 2008

PWChronicle’s own Robert Dolezil is live in Chicago for the ROH show tonight. “Metalbob”, as we like to call him, will be sending back results and his thoughts. Steve Kriske will be around manning the ship as usual (our MVP of PWChronicle.com), so you’ll get results pretty much within five minutes of them happening. [...]

4.18.08 ROH in Detroit Results

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Quick results below. Theres a reports at the Observer here with more details. Results from ROH Message Board (Thanks to Sen): From the ROH board Pre-Show Results: 1) “Unreal” Mike Elgin, Danny Daniels, Japanese Guy(?) vs Mitch Franklin, Pelle Primeau, Ernie Osiris. Pelle pins Elgin to get his team the win.

4.12.08 ROH LIVE New Jersey Results

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Steven Ho has no reception inside the building so he’s called during intermission and will call afte rthe show with thoughts and confirmation on results. In his place I’ll be putting up results collected from our friend T-Dog from the ROH Message Board, but these are not initially from PWChronicle.com as usual. I got these [...]

ROH in Boston LIVE Results (4/11/08)

Friday, April 11, 2008

Big thanks to Steven Ho, who will be texting results in for both of this weekend’s shows. While you’re waiting for our updates, scroll down the main page to listen to our preview of this weekend’s shows in BS With Honor #9. 1) Erick Stevens defeats Roderick Strong, El Generico, and Rocky Romero Stevens rolls [...]

BS With Honor #9

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

We’re back with our second show of the week, a quick-hit preview of this weekend’s ROH shows in Boston and New Jersey. Check back next week for show #10 and the completion of our 2007 DVD reviews. BSWH #9 (27 minutes) (Right click to download)

BS With Honor #8

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Fresh off his trip to the (somewhat rainy) Sunshine State, Bob Dolezil joins us to give the full run-down of Dragon Gate Challenge II and Supercard of Honor III. Find out which show Bob rates among the top three ROH outings of all time, as well as which ROH stars shined brightest along with [...]

BSWH Presents: The Orlando Adventures of Metal Bob

Friday, April 4, 2008

The BS With Honor crew takes an excursion from discussing ROH for once, and they weren’t even sent home for it! Bob Dolezil attended WrestleMania XXIV and gives his thoughts on the big matches and the Citrus Bowl experience. Steve, who ordered the show, chimes in as well, while Brian, who was too [...]

Mid South Diaries - Match #19

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Match # 19: Midnight Express vs Bill Watts/Stagger Lee (4/22/84) In reviewing and ranking this match I find one of several dilemmas in this process. Several times on this first disk you read me mentioning in my reviews that I would love to know more about the backstory on some of the matches/angles I [...]

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Mid South Diaries - Match #18

Wednesday, April 2, 2008