Re: HDNet makes ROH an Offer
Did anyone watch this?
I tuned in tonight. The show wasn't bad. {!SPOILERS BELOW!}
Hogewood wasn't TOO bad. Far from perfect though, it's obvious he's new to calling wrestling. He had a few Don West moments, and he screwed up the names of Delirious' signature moves.
Dave Prazak tried to carry him a bit, but Prazak really didn't bring his A game for the broadcast. He was so emotionless and sounded depressed. Maybe he really missed working with Lenny lol. I dunno, I love Prazak, but he didn't do a good job tonight.
The little vignettes for all the guys before the match were a bit corny. I would have rather had the announcers describe their character, but whatever.
The interviews with Tyler Black and Jimmy Jacobs were pretty good. The interviewer made me laugh though when he said Black idolized Jacobs growing up. I never knew Black was that big of a fan of the Detroit indy scene lol.
The actual show looked very crisp. The camera angles were a little annoying at times. I don't know if they didn't have the crowd mic'd up well or what, but they seemed DEAD during the whole show. They were always sitting, not many chants. That was kinda disappointing since ROH crowds add so much to the shows. It was worse than ROH's Detroit crowds lol.
The action was good.
Lynn-Delirious was a good match. Typical Delirious offense. Surprised they didn't edit out their botch.
Kenny King-Sami Callihan was good for what it was, showcasing King. It was my first time seeing him in the ring since I haven't followed ROH over the last year, but I came away impressed. He looks like he has a future.
Brent Albright-Rhett Titus was very BLAH. Albright is the damn near the biggest guy (physically) in ROH, so Rhett Titus getting most of the offense just seemed stupid.
Jacobs-Black was a very good wrestling match. But as an ROH/Jimmy Jacobs match, I came away disappointed. These two are supposed to hate each other. In every other one of Jacobs' major feuds, Jacobs goes to any and all measures to pretty much disfigure his opponents(see his feuds v. Cabana, Whitmer, Briscoes, Aries); so for this to be a straight wrestling match just seemed off. We at least needed the appearance of the railroad spike lol. I just never felt that these two hated each other, no intensity. Good match otherwise.
It was a very good wrestling show. It was probably the best hour of in-ring wrestling we've seen on free TV in awhile. It wasn't anything close to the best ROH has done, I question not putting ROH's two biggest stars Nigel or AmDrag on the first show, but it was good.
Did anyone watch this?
I tuned in tonight. The show wasn't bad. {!SPOILERS BELOW!}
Hogewood wasn't TOO bad. Far from perfect though, it's obvious he's new to calling wrestling. He had a few Don West moments, and he screwed up the names of Delirious' signature moves.
Dave Prazak tried to carry him a bit, but Prazak really didn't bring his A game for the broadcast. He was so emotionless and sounded depressed. Maybe he really missed working with Lenny lol. I dunno, I love Prazak, but he didn't do a good job tonight.
The little vignettes for all the guys before the match were a bit corny. I would have rather had the announcers describe their character, but whatever.
The interviews with Tyler Black and Jimmy Jacobs were pretty good. The interviewer made me laugh though when he said Black idolized Jacobs growing up. I never knew Black was that big of a fan of the Detroit indy scene lol.
The actual show looked very crisp. The camera angles were a little annoying at times. I don't know if they didn't have the crowd mic'd up well or what, but they seemed DEAD during the whole show. They were always sitting, not many chants. That was kinda disappointing since ROH crowds add so much to the shows. It was worse than ROH's Detroit crowds lol.
The action was good.
Lynn-Delirious was a good match. Typical Delirious offense. Surprised they didn't edit out their botch.
Kenny King-Sami Callihan was good for what it was, showcasing King. It was my first time seeing him in the ring since I haven't followed ROH over the last year, but I came away impressed. He looks like he has a future.
Brent Albright-Rhett Titus was very BLAH. Albright is the damn near the biggest guy (physically) in ROH, so Rhett Titus getting most of the offense just seemed stupid.
Jacobs-Black was a very good wrestling match. But as an ROH/Jimmy Jacobs match, I came away disappointed. These two are supposed to hate each other. In every other one of Jacobs' major feuds, Jacobs goes to any and all measures to pretty much disfigure his opponents(see his feuds v. Cabana, Whitmer, Briscoes, Aries); so for this to be a straight wrestling match just seemed off. We at least needed the appearance of the railroad spike lol. I just never felt that these two hated each other, no intensity. Good match otherwise.
It was a very good wrestling show. It was probably the best hour of in-ring wrestling we've seen on free TV in awhile. It wasn't anything close to the best ROH has done, I question not putting ROH's two biggest stars Nigel or AmDrag on the first show, but it was good.
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