My first ROH show + ROH Live Show Discussion Thread

[Jim]

So I attended my first ROH show tonight. I'll preface this by saying that the directions we got from Map Quest made us miss the first match, but apparently it wasn't all that great anyhow. The first half was a little slow. I got a kick out of seeing Claudio live. I was also really glad to see Delirious (whom I will mention again). Once the second half rolled around, things picked up. The Low Ki/Daniels match won't win any votes for MOTY, but it was very solid. Plus, I got to see the Ghetto Stomp. The Trios final was a lot of fun. I fucking love the Embassy (more on that). The main event was a damn good tag match. Lethal and Danielson played absolutely perfect heels.

After the main event was over, Danielson was lying in the ring, while Lethal was slouched in the corner. Out of the corner of my eye, I see someone coming our way. Then, someone let out a "Jimmy Raaaaaave!" I turn, and Alex Shelley bumps into me, and then climbs over the chairs in front of us.

Once the lights went back on and they started packing up, I went and bought some DVDs at the merchandise table(s). We waited a few more minutes for a couple wrestlers to show up. I got to shake Nana's hand and tell him he was the man. He said "Thanks, brotha." Then, I got to shake Delirious' hand and tell him he was awesome. He said "Allaragoa gar." Then, amazingly enough, he managed to say "There are Delirious shirts for sale." I called him on it, and he pointed at the merch table and said "Arrgaga money."

ROH will be back in Dayton on April 28th, and chances are, I'll be there.
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[Justin]

I've never been to a live wrestling show, but I feel spoiled living near Boston and having not seen RoH before. Maybe I should try and cut my teeth.

Anyway, I'm glad you had an awesome time. It's nothing against RoH, but they're sort of in a slump of talent I recognize. Daniels is enough to draw me to a show though, so I guess I don't have much to complain about.
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[Lindy]

You forgot to mention the superb management skills of Prince Nana.
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[SundownMotel]

I am jealous that you got to meet both Delirious and Prince Nana. You jerk. Sure is lonely way out here in Northern California, although I did get to see both Christopher Daniels wrestle Frankie Kazarian and AJ Styles wrestle a friend of mine in a 50-seat gym, so yay for me, I guess. Who here is up for the Great P-Boi/ROH Meet-Up Of 2006?
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[pholby]

I love that the only time Delirious breaks gimmick is to shill a t-shirt. INDIE WRESTLING~!
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"You're a pussy, Strong!"

"Woah woah woah."

[Emily]

I saw my first ROH show last night in Cleveland. It was really fun, the best live event I've ever attended by far. Bryan Danielson is my Super #1 Boyfriend. He was put on this earth to be great at wrestling and make my life happier. I want to live in his closet.

I was happy to see the guys I knew, and can now consider myself a fan of some of them that I didn't. So overall, not one complaint. Except maybe that our section was on either side of the entrance ramp, which meant my sister and I actually weren't anywhere near Lindy despite us going out of our way to buy her a ticket right behind us. But it also put us like two feet from all of the wrestlers, so neato burrito.

Oh and hey guys I got to meet AJ Styles in the women's restroom.
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[SundownMotel]

[Emily]

The Venue was set up in such a way that the women's restroom connected to the locker room, but to get to the men's room, the guys would've had to walk out into the seating area and around the building. So they just used the ladies room. My sister learned this information from Alison Danger, who was putting on her makeup when Katie went to pee.

So. Show's over, I had to the bathroom. I hear men's voices while I'm sitting in the stall, so I rush to see who is in there. I walk around the corner and. . .there's AJ. Still in his trunks, covered in sweat, washing the blood off of his face. The following conversation ensued:

Em: Well helloooooo.
AJ: Aw man, I'm so sorry, so so sorry, I just needed to wash this stuff off.
Em: No no, it's fine.
AJ: I'm really sorry, I didn't peek I swear.
Em: After that match, you've earned a trip to the ladies room.
AJ: Heh, thanks. Hey, I'm gonna steal some of your paper towels as well.
Em: No problem. Have a good night.
AJ: You too.

Such was my adventure in indy wrestling.
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I am the black Jim Thome.

[SundownMotel]

That's awesome. And he managed not to call you a Yankee. Such nice manners, that young man!
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And this is a promise, because this is true. This is real. This is Straight Edge.

[Emily]

Lindy mentioned that too, is there a story I've missed?
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I am the black Jim Thome.

[pholby]

Yankee is AJ's default insult. His opponents, hecklers in the crowd, his knee when it's hurting, he calls everyone a Yankee. Coupled with his "I just think being gay is wrong" comments from time to time, it's just AJ being AJ.
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"You're a pussy, Strong!"

"Woah woah woah."

[Mike]

That's awesome. And he managed not to
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[Lindy]

AJ should be happy he doesn't wrestle with Lucha Libre.
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[pholby]

Although it was not my first ROH show, I figured this thread was as good a place as any to 'share my stories', so to speak.

I left my house around 9:20, took the train out to Quincy, and got a ride from a guy named Paul. He was also giving a ride to Max and Larry. I hade rode with Larry to the Woodbridge show on 10/29. (This Means War, Dragon/Strong 1 WOOOOO.) Larry's a good guy, a real old-school fan. He met Stan Hansen at a fan convention not too long ago and told him "I cried when you broke Bruno Sammartino's neck." Hansen said "Geez, I'm sorry." Paul is also an old-school fan, and him and Larry would entertain each other with memories of the Moondogs and the Valient Brothers and SUPASTAH BILLY GRAHM. Max is younger than I am, goes to JAPW shows, and would occasionally say things like "That Trent Acid match was actually pretty good." I gave him the Simpsons-style "I disagree." Then after an appropriate pause, launched into a rant about how Trent Acid was a giant vortex of suck. No talent ever escapes. (On the ride back we were discussing Punk and his womens, and he dropped "Maria is actually a step down from Traci." I didn't get to rant about that because I couldn't stop laughing.) Speaking of which, a lot of the ride down to Long Island was spent with them naming workers and me going on and on about Austin Arie's little half-steps he takes or how the British style blows. This entertained them because I rarely have nothing to back up my distaste for certain workers or certain things guys do, I can go on and on about it. Also, I made sure to change things up by throwing them curveballs like "I like Gene Snitsky." and "The Boogeyman rules." and praising the juniors division.

Then we got to the hotel, where we checked in and I ended up rooming with Greg H, which is totally cool because he had the biggest room and he's a totally classy guy. So me and Greg chilled in the room until it was time to go to the venue. We went and had the pre-show fan gathering. See, part of Greg H's gimmick is that he puts together fan gatherings, at restaurants or whatever. Food, drink, etc. Sometimes workers come, sometimes just office guys, but you pay Greg a discount rate for good food, and sometimes you enjoy yourself. (Sometimes not, just ask B or Lindy.) Anyway, I sat at the table with the guys I drove up with, and we had some grub. Panicatthedisco from the ROH board came by with some girl who kind of looked like a female Jimmy Jacobs. Panic had this to say:

[Emily]

Jimmy Yang looked chubby when I saw him too. I wanted to give him a raspberry on his little belly.


. . .God, I'm such a ring rat.
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[Jim]

I'm glad that you enjoyed the show, folby. It was hilarious to watch the response to the show as the live results were posted on the ROH forums. It seems that every show that ROH puts together this year is OMG THE WORST SHOW SINCE NIGHT OF THE BUTCHER NO WORST EVER. The whole "the ship is going down" mentality that a lot of the forum members have adopted is quite amazing.
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[Jordo]

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From the ROH boards: