ROH: Any show where the main event starts at 11:51pm, and then goes 56 minutes, is an incredibly annoying show. I spent the lead up to this week's double header trying to figure out exactly why I wasn't so enthused for good wrestling when it turns out I do still like good wrestling - I just hate agonizingly long shows which ruin my enjoyment of good wrestling. I want to walk out of the show thinking about how much I enjoyed the action, but (same as for the other ROH shows except maybe the first one - and plenty of other indy shows as well), I'm walking to my car thinking about how they went far too long or how I'm going to try and stay awake till I get home or how they wasted my time in some other way. It's self-defeating. All y'all who went to two ROH shows (and/or the IWA-MS one) are completely insane.
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Rob Conway (Atlantic City, NJ, 230 pounds) vs Chavo Guerrero (El Paso, TX, 210 pounds) - Rob signs every word to his song. Chavo does not. Your ref is Jack Doan. Circle. EDDIE chant; announcers talk about him before the match. Conway with an armbar, tightening it up to a wristlock, Chavo rolls and handstands free, into a headlock. Todd teases singing Creed. Rob forces Chavo into the ropes, clean break! Rob still poses. Lockup, Conway with a hammerlock, Chavo reverses to a top wristlock, Rob reverses to a hammerlock, Chavo immediately reverses to a hammerlock. Rob tries to reach for the ropes, Chavo pulls him back, so Rob back elbows out, and then throws Chavo head first into the corner. Boot to the face! That got him good. Rob out and pulls Chavo over the apron for a back elbow. Elbow drop one two no. EDDIE chant. Neck vice by Conway. Chavo trying to draw from the fans but they're a bit slow to react. Chavo rising up with them, but Conway pounds him in the upper back. Stomp. Short clothesline, one two no. Headscissors by Conway - Conway moving the hold towards the ropes, and grabs on for leave. He's immediately caught, but hold on for a two count. Rob picks Chavo up, Chavo small package one two no. Conway with a kick, head down too soon, Chavo sunset flip, Conway rolls thru and connects on a boot to the face, one two no. Conway grabs Chavo's head and cranks it in a reverse neckbreaker hold. Eddie chant again. Chavo trying to turn it, elbows to get free, off the ropes, Conway gets in a boot to the midsection, Conway off the ropes, and Chavo flattens him with a clothesline. Chavo's all fired up. Kick, European uppercut (!), right hand, right hand, whip, reversed, Conway with a weird looking spinning headscissors. Clothesline, back elbow, one two no. Conway to the corner, Chavo charges and eats a back elbow. Conway tires to clothesline him, but Chavo's ducks under, WOW crossbody one two no. Two! Three! Whip, head down too soon, Chavo puts his head down too soon, and Conway kicks him down. Conway tries a neck vice, Chavo shoves him off, Conway off the ropes, Chavo tries a 'rana, but Conway powerbombs him down. One two NO. Conway saying it's over. Spinning DDT - reversed a big Chavo DDT. Chavo points up, and that's where he's headed. Probably shouldn't be posing this long. Frog Splash - connects! One two three. (6:03)
WM22: Triple H vs John Cena [WWE]
Lance Cade (Nashville, TN, 265 pounds) vs Ace Steele (already in the ring, Omaha, NB, 208 pounds) - Ace Steele is from Chicago! What a liar! So, at this ROH show I was at, Ace was wrestling ex-Malenko stalker Chad Collyer in a first blood match, and Ace had a chair, and Chad was on his knees begging not to be hit, and Ace - didn't hit him! Ace's plan was to drop him on a signboard instead (and he did end up Tombstoning him on it and he did win the match), but if you have a chair and opt not to use in a first blood match, you're kinda dead to me forever. Meanwhile, in storylines with just as much meaning to the general public, nearly eight people are wondering if Cade and Murdoch are back together. Your ref is Chad. Coach: "You know, this past week, we were in Lance Cade's hometown, Omaha, Nebraska." Everyone's lying about their hometowns today! I don't know who to believe anymore. It's all very sad. Circle. Lockup, Ace forced into the corner, Lance shoves Ace in the face on the way out. Lance talking and not fighting. Lockup, Lance with a headlock, into a hammerlock. Coach is down on Shawn Michaels for "being a good person." Ace reverse into his own hammerlock, and cranking on a headlock. Ace's nose is bleeding already. He would've lost that first blood match quick! Cade shoots Ace off and gets him with a back elbow. Dot Com plug here - coincidentally right over where Coach was about to talk about JR. Elbow drop, Ace rolls out of the way, elbow drop again and Ace rolls out of the way again. Ace rolls all the way out, but Cade is angry and after him, grabbing him by the hair. Ace turns around and punches Cade as he leans between the ropes. Shoulder to the midsection, sunset flip, Cade fighting it, fighting it, punching Steele in the face to get free. Coach: "I love the package." Cade rams Steele into the corner, and beats him down in an angry fashion. Knee to the midsection. Smirk. Armbar by Cade, but Ace punches his way free and to a comeback. Kick. Off the ropes, under a clothesline, landing a spinning back elbow. Ace is pumped. Whip, Cade puts his head won too soon, Steele kicks it and dropkicks him in the corner. Cade rushes out of the corner and crushes Ace with a clothesline. Cade pulls Steele into position - is he bringing back the elbow? Yea, top rope elbow drop. One two three (3:55)
WWE HOF on USA
Vince vs Cena. Vince promised he'd wrestle, but I don't believe that was delivered. HBK is so dumb - who did he think had the handcuff key? (1:34)
WM22: Shawn Michaels vs Vince McMahon [nhb]
Snitsky (Nesquehoning, PA, 300 pounds) vs Goldust (Hollywood, CA, 260 pounds) - Well, this is an odd matchup. Coach and Todd try to one up each other on puns, a scary thing. Your ref is Mike. Snitsky jolts us out of the letterbox format by punking out Goldust as he's finishing posing. Lots and lots of punches. YELL. Whip, a club of a clothesline. Goldust rolls out to regain his senses, and Snitsky out after him. Goldust gets rammed back first into the barricade, knocking it back a few inches. Crowd gets on Snitsky a little bit. Goldust thrown back in, one two no. Goldust fighting back with punches, but Snitsky stops him with a knee. Slam. Off the ropes, elbow drop. Picking Goldust up, walking with him, and dropping him down for a sidewalk slam. One two no. Turnbuckle smash, and another. Slow match. Whip, Snitsky tries a back elbow, Goldust ducks under, then backs up so he's facing Snitsky again, Snitsky punches him, Goldust punches back more. Was that a bionic elbow? Whip, reversed, Goldust and Snitsky both go down on a horrible Goldust clothesline. And then they lay on the mat a while. Guess we're getting a ten count. One two three four five six seven eight - Goldust up first and punching. Snitsky gets in a shot and suplexes Goldust, one two no. Kneeling armbar and this match has slowed to a crawl. Crowd heroically still in it and trying to rile Goldust, though he's a bit behind the clapping. Goldust off the ropes, Snitsky puts his head down too soon, Goldust turns it into a backside one two no. Snitsky clothesline (and it's decent!) Whip, head won too soon, Goldust lands the sliding uppercut. Curtain Call? No, Snitsky shoves him off, boot to the midsection, scoop, lift to the shoulder, Goldust slips behind and holds onto Snitsky's head, we're going to pretend this Slop Drop is Curtain Call one two three. (5:15)
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