RING OF HONOR CORAL SPRINGS, FL REPORT
  • 02/08/2009 (12:22:30 am)
  • Georgiann Makropoulos

ROH in Coral Springs, FL report 

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The crowd appeared to be about 325, but they were the typical hot ROH crowd, reacting to everything passionately.

Missed the intro of the first pre-show match
2nd pre show match:British Lions(recent WWE developmental releases Chris Gray and Tommy Taylor) d. Heartbreak Express

Main Show
Brad Attitude d. Shawn Osbourne in a battle of 2 more recent WWE developmental releases
Bison Smith d. Sal Rinauro in a short squash
Roderick Strong, Erick Stevens and mystery partner Bobby Dempsey d. Kenny King, Chasyn Rance and Rhett Titus.  Dempsey was very over.
Austin Aries d. Necro Butcher with the help of interference by Jimmy Jacobs and Delirious.  Necro was having a hard time working a straight wrestling match and missed noticeably on several moves, but the crowd was very forgiving and gave him the superstar reaction throughout.
Bryan Danielson and Jerry Lynn d. Jimmy Jacobs and Delirious in a very good match
Nigel McGuiness d. Brent Albright in a nontitle match
Kevin Steen and El Generico d. The Dark City Fightclub(Florida based wrestlers Jon Davis and Kory Chavis) in a nontitle match.  It was a good long match, where Dark City got the majority of the offense and proved they could hang at a big league level.  It ws noticeable that Cary Silkin came to sit at ringside next to Lenny Leonard for this match only, presumably to get an up close look at the Dark City Fightclub.
Tyler Black d. Davey Richards shortly after Larry Sweeney had been ejected from ringside due to blatant outside interference.

Local promotion for the event had pretty much been nonexistent, and the entire crowd that was there were regular ROH followers, as you could see based on their strong reactions to every match.  You could tell that most of them were thrilled to be attending their first live ROH show and loved every minute of it.  While the action throughout couldn't compete with the old style ROH shows, the finishes were all pinfalls except the submission for Danielson.  There wasn't anything in the show that the crowd did not like.

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