Pro Wrestling Chronicle

More notes from our own Brian Streleckis on day two of the ROH TV Tapings:

The World Title match, in which all four guys could be in the ring at once (no tags like in a four corner survival) and there were possibilities of count-outs if three or all of the guys were outside, was damn good stuff. Granted, I’ve maybe seen better title matches when it was only two guys, but I bet when all is said and done, this may go down as the best World Title match among the big three American promotions to occur this month.

Also, some fans are already hating on Lynn, especially since this is brought upon him being matched up against the more popular Danielson and Black. One square of fans in my section (Section C) were giving him shit the whole time, despite putting on a damn good match, while everyone else gave him props. Just no luck with this babyface champion and the last one (Nigel at the start of his reign), but this is by no means Jerry’s fault. [I'll save this rant for BSWH:)]

Tag Title match was quite good itself. The tables early on were set up in corners and wouldn’t break, but once they got set up proper, it was smashy-smashy time. The two tables set up on one another was done well in advance, so by the time Steen went through them, it got a big reaction.

As far as I could tell, Claudio is not a part of the Embassy until they acknowledge it on camera, but his involvement with them definitely plays into T-Dog’s theory of Claudio being the one to finance Nana.

Other quick details:

- Cabana’s new singlet (the one with all of the wrestling moves written on it) is as awesome as described.

- Durden did an on-camera flub when he mentioned that MsChif successfully defended her SHIMMER Title in a match that was announced as being non-title. Also, his sleeves were rolled up. At least he was made a fool by Albright using Osirus’ shoe.

- Omega broke out the logic-ridiculing one-on-two huricanrana, which still got a big pop.

- Bobby Dempsey was beloved, and I’m becoming a big fan of the Dark City Fight Club.

The negative reaction towards Lynn is definitely much smaller (based on what I saw) compared to how people reacted to Nigel. No way should Lynn go heel because of it. They’ll just gut it out until he loses the title.

This match will likely take up the entire second half of the episode it’s a part of (#12 I believe). Also, I really commend them for how they built up the Tag Title match over three episodes. Between this, deciding the World Title challengers, the Dark City Fight Club, etc., they’re doing the simplest things right.