Crowning a Champion (07.27.02)
- First off, we have Low Ki in an empty ring talking about what lead to this. From the three way at the first show all the way to this four man iron man match
- Then Corino and Lucious makes out on camera. I normally like Corino (interviewed him in like '05) but this is really getting me annoyed by now
- We then see CSC eat bananas because..... erm......yeah
- They then get turned down to come in to a locker room rave hosted by Brian XL (i smell special K here)
- Homicide and Boogalou tries to get shooting tips from James Maritato, but he ethers them by saying "all yous peoples knows about shootings is taking a guy down an alley and stick it to him real good". So there, thats how you set up a match i guess *sigh*
- First out of the gate is Tony Mamaluke who faces Jeremy Lopez (no. me niether, but apparently he went to japan)
Biggest highlight of the match? No commentary, yay!
- Backstage Divine Storm (named like that because its Chris Devine and Quiet Storm. -sigh-) are talking about something when they see......
CSC with more bananas!
- Then Prince Nana comes to the ring with a dude named Jacobs Ladder (how creative some people are). Crowd goes "Low Ki killed you" at Nana who then tells their opponents, York and Matthews that they are not allowed to hit him on the head. During the match Nana leaves and his tatooed partner gets pinned.
- Then Paul London and Michael "HBK's cousin" Shane are on opposite teams in a winner gets a contract match. Their partners is the awful Biohazard (see road to the title) and a dude named Don Juan. The match ends in a double pin and now Shane and London have a showdown next month.
- Then it gets really dumb. Divine Storm vs Hit Squad. Its dumb because Devine Storm gives some 200+ pounds up to the Hit Squad, but gets an even amount of offense in, which makes Maff and Mack look weak. DHS win though
- Backstage Xavier tells Low Ki that he wants to be first to face him if Low Ki wins tonight.
- I kinda like James Maritato. He looks like a dude that tries to make the most of it whenever he is in the ring. This time its with Jay "Looses a whole lot" Briscoe. And surprise. Jay also does the job this time.
- I don't think blessing someone counts when it's done in a broom cabinet. Anyway, Daniels hypes up the main event and tries to spin the bad guy schtick onto Low Ki and ROH by saying everything they do is dishonorable and his mission is to bring ROH down by becoming it's champion and then he'll rebuild it in his own image.
< - it also looks like he is picking bugs out of her hair.
- Streetfight with Carnage Crew vs Boogalou and Homicide is up next. Not pretty at all. But gives us what it says. Devito is forced to tap in a camel clutch (thats kinda old school i guess. However, this is with a length of barbed wire in his mouth)
- Time for a title match....Huh?....Its not the ROH Title?
Nope, its AJ Styles defending the TNA X-Division Title in ROH against David Young and Adam Jacobs (mainstays at NWA Wildside). Styles win it.
- Then six guys. One of which is Brian XL, have a match and then gets destroyed by a big ass jamaican (im told its Dameon Slugga. That dude has to be 6'7 and 365 or something. DAMN!
- Then Scoot Andrews gets a shot at Xavier one on one. If he looses, he is out of ROH. Match is clipped, which sucks i guess. But Scoot wins and stays.
- Then comes the big one! But man. It looks like its 95 degrees in the arena. Seriously it looks hot as hell (Anybody know if July 02 was hot as hell in philly?)