ROH on HDNet, April 18 2009
The Hog describes Jimmy Jacobs as having a “big heart” mere seconds before the on-screen graphic calls him “violent and evil.” Both guys cheat; choking with different objects, Necro uses the ring bell, a table spot is blocked.
Necro hits a chokeslam into Tiger Driver combo, and then brings in the staple gun. Brodie Lee breaks things up for the DQ, but Necro Butcher chases them both from the ring with the staple gun.
The crowd is heavily behind Eddie Kingston early. Looks sorta sloppy early. Kingston eventually wings with a spinning backfist, after Callihan gets bloodied up.
Quick interview with Jerry Lynn, where he pledges to be a fighting champion.
Dempsey wins a squash with the DVD in less than a minute. Did they actually introduce his opponent by his full name? If so, I missed it. I’m trying to look online to figure out his name, but it seems that nobody cares about this show anymore. Even the ROH site doesn’t list this match! I hearby dub him Ultimate Maximum Jobber.
Can’t bring myself to care about anything that Cheech and Cloudy are in. They lose, and one of them gets pushed off the top rope into the barricade hard. Looked ugly.
Claudio uses an American as a foot stool to get into the ring. Excellent. He sneak attacks Albright, but Albright quickly turns the tables on him outside the ring. Back and forth for awhile, with Claudio pulling out some cheap tricks. Albright goes for a plancha over the ropes, but Claudio catches him and runs him hard into the ringside barricade. Really bad lighting here. The ring looks really small with these two guys in it, too. After more even-steven back and forth, Albright hits a sudden belly-to-belly suplex outside the ring. Back in the ring … this match is just a bunch of moves. Claudio isn’t getting sustained heat, Albright is making too many comebacks that are just a little bit too long, and I’m not feeling any story, nor any real grudge.
There was some really annoying announcing in this match, too, which I’ll cover in a post coming soon, which will cover my overall thoughts on ROH at HDnet after the first six weeks of shows.
Claudio eventually wins with a victory roll as he holds the ropes. Good finish even if the match never really found a good pace.
Match Results
1. Jimmy Jacobs vs. Necro Butcher via disqualification when Brodie Lee interferes
2. Sami Callihan vs. Eddie Kingston via pinfall after spinning backfist
3. Bobby Dempsey vs. Ultimate Maximums Jobber via pinfall after DVD
4. Cheech & Cloudy vs. Rhett Titus and Kenny King via pinfall after powerbomb/blockbuster combination.
4. Main Event: Brent Albright vs. Claudio Castagnoli via victory roll while holding the rope.
Next week: Tyler Black vs. Bryan Danielson.