Stars and thoughts: Death Before Dishonor

 ROH Death Before Dishonor 2022

Zero Hour 

Colt Cabana vs. Anthony Henry **1/2

(I really appreciated the giant pop for cabana. It proves that even if you keep them off TV, even if he doesn’t wrestle real wrestling fans still know who he is and what he’s done. He is a self-made man! This was a bit disjointed and  too long..it was good. But some of the awkwardness crides womanizer by cutting down the running time) 

The Trustbusters (Ari  Daivari and slim j)vs. Shinobi Shadow Squad (cheeseburger and Eli Isom) (first look at  Eli, he looks great! Big fan! Slim J hasn’t lost a step.. in fact he’s looks better. Burger is burger… Ari is Ari.. solid nothing new. ) **1/2

Willow Nightingale vs. Allysin Kay **1/2

(I really enjoy both these women’s work I wish they were given a bit more time. As of this writing ring of honor as a big leg up on women divisions as compared to its parent company!)

The Embassy!! 

(Gates of Agony & Brian Cage) vs. Tony Deppen, Alex Zayne & Blake Christian  **3/4

(this Mongrel team is off the hook!! All 3 of these guys are blue chippers! Embassy gave way too much.. (I know I’m old) Zayne is A+++ and looked great. Kahn hit a side slam on the top turnbuckle, Wich looked awesome but other wise I’m not too into him. Tony Depen is special. Everyone may agree or disagree squash match one way it doesn’t do anything for anybody) 

Main Show

ROH World Championship Match: 
Jonathan Gresham (champion) vs. Claudio Castagnoli ****1/4

(Love it!!! Claudio looks great. Much better opponent for CC then ZSJR was. JG Is incredible. Fun match) 

 ROH Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match: 
The Righteous (champion) vs. Dalton Castle & The Boys ***1/2

(I’ll never get sick of “the boy toss” fun stuff. Hit a snag after all the dives. Great mix character work and in Ring stuff)

ROH Pure Championship Match: 
Wheeler Yuta (champion) vs. Daniel Garcia  ****3/4 

(This is my stuff)

BOTHER VS BROTHER 

Rush vs. Dragon Lee ****1/2

(NEWS FLASH: Dragon lee is a ding dong!!! Most matches I’ve seen hansen to hurt somebody or almost died. I watch him through my fingers. Anyway.. This was super fun. A great look for modern lucha! That said End was a bit Weird. I definitely understood it but I’m not sure it came across 100% the commentators were explaining it and Tony still was during this media scrum)

ROH Women’s World Championship Match: 
Mercedes Martinez (champion)vs. Serena Deeb ****1/4 

(I really dig watching These 2 work. This is what women’s wrestling needs. It’ll  be tough to convince me they are not the 2 best women in the United States)   

ROH World TV Championship Match: 
Samoa Joe (champion) vs. Jay Lethal ****

(I love how ugly this match is.. there weren’t any botches but there wasn’t a smooth rhythmic pro wrestling like rhythm. This was the best Samoa Joe match I’ve seen since he started in TNA. A bit WWE style overbooked but still real fun very good match)

ROH World Tag Team Championship Match: 
FTR (champion) vs. The Briscoes - 2 out of 3 falls ****

(just watch it! I doesn’t get any better than this)  

The new ring of honor it does it again! Putting out a pretty perfect show! It’s a very American complaint to complain about too much entertainment but when watching something through the additional hour Of pre show Definitely can lean to burn out. My attention was becoming strained running into the Samoa Joe match, the quality of the overall product kept me hooked but I was definitely reaching a tipping point heading into the main event. But that mean event.. FTR versus the Briscos is the Kenny Omega Vs Okda of 2022!!

• The show had almost everything! For my taste all that was missing was a 90s style Japanese striking Supplex fest and a big rugged hoss Battle but getting incredible “ grapplefuck match” and a incredible 80s crockett style tagteam match is almost more than this nerd could ask for!!!