ROH Dethroned Review

The World Tag Team Titles are up for grabs while Samoa Joe & Homicide do battle with the Briscoes once again.

ROH Dethroned

Edison, New Jersey 11/25/06

1.) Brent Albright vs. El Generico: *3/4

Nothing much to this one. Generico wasn't a regular at this point but he would be soon. This match does do it's job, however, of making Albright look strong.

2.) Top of the Class Trophy: Shane Hagadorn vs. Bobby Dempsey: *

Again, not much here. Average Top of the Class Trophy Match. Skippable.

3.) Delirious vs. Jason Blade: **1/4

Now we finally get the first decent match on this show. This was good for it's spot on the card.

4.) Jimmy Jacobs vs. BJ Whitmer: Good Brawl

This was never really a match as these guys starting brawling before the match could begin. Things got wild pretty quick. Eventually Lacey & Daizee Haze got involved. Again, it wasn't really a match, but it accomplishes it's goal of furthering the Jacobs/Whitmer feud.

5.) FIP Heavyweight Title: Roderick Strong vs. Shingo: ***

The FIP Heavyweight Title makes its return to ROH as Roderick Strong defends against Shingo. This was a good match. Nothing special, but a decent title defense from Strong.

6.) ROH World Tag Team Titles: Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal: ***1/2

Now we come to the match for which this show was named. As Daniels & Sydal pick up a huge win to capture the World Tag Team Titles, the first titles in ROH for both Daniels & Sydal. This was a very good match. It was slow to start, but the last half of the match went by really fast. Very enjoyable.

7.) Nigel McGuinness vs. Jimmy Rave: ***

This is where the Rave/McGuinness feud from late 2006 to early 2007 got going. The match was a good one. Nothing really stand out. After the match, Nigel tells Rave that he respects him & they shake hands. Nigel then tries to be silly with Rave (in a fun way) by throwing toilet paper out. This causes Rave to snap and a brawl breaks out between the two.

8.) Davey Richards vs. Austin Aries: ***1/4

This was another good match, but the crowd wasn't as into it as much.

9.) Falls Count Anywhere Elimination Street Fight: Samoa Joe & Homicide vs. Jay & Mark Briscoe: ***1/2

Here we get another wild brawl between Homicide/Samoa Joe & The Briscoe Brothers. Mark Briscoe pulls another crazy move by doing a Shooting Star Press off the top of the Entrance Way. Both Briscoes were eliminated at the same time by Homicide & Samoa Joe. After the match Joe tells Homicide that'd they will be facing each other at Final Battle after he defeats Danielson in Chicago.

Overall: 7.0/10

This was a decent card overall. Nothing really stands out, save of course for the World Title change. That and the Main Event are the reasons to get this show.