Quick ROH Generation Next review

[JoeDirt 0]

Christ, just got done watching my brand spanking new Generation Next DVD. What a show! Here's some quick thoughts:

 

Generation Next vs. Special K: Great start to the show and debut for GN. This is a really fun match that is really a showcase for GN and all they can do. Plenty of fun, good choice for opener. **3/4

 

Alex Shelley vs. Hydro: Solid seven minute match, really just a tease for what they could do later with more time, which we will hopefully see on 8/28. **1/4

 

Nigel McGuinness vs. Jimmy Jacobs: Decent match, but they didn't mesh all that well with each other, I thought. In fact, I don't know if I've seen Jacobs in a match I really liked that wasn't with Alex Shelley. Fine match, just nothing memorable. **1/4

 

Punk/Cabana vs. Whitmer/Maff: Good solid tag team title match, better than I thought it would be. Punk and Cabana are fantastic as a tag team, and Maff is always fun to watch.

 

Briscoes vs. OCK: Squasharoonie for the Briscoes. Fine for what it was. *

 

Briscoes, Rave and Walters vs. Generation Next: HOLY ****! I loved this match so much, I think it's my favorite match I've seen thus far this year. I remember hearing the hype about the BLAD six man match and being slightly disappointed after seeing it...no such case here. Just non stop action for forty minutes, hard hitting, completely realistic, and fun as hell. I loved every minute of this, and never got bored like can sometimes happen in long tag team matches. I don't see how anyone can dislike this match. My only question is why at the end of most ROH tag matches are the tag rules simply forgotten? I know it helps create an exciting finish with lots of moves and nearfalls, but still...rules are rules! Still, a FANTASTIC match, one of my favorite of the year so far. Maybe I'm overrating it but I just watched it and I was psyched after seeing it. ****3/4

 

The Punk/Steamboat stuff was cool.

 

Samoa Joe vs. Homicide: Great brawl, great intensity. Not much ring work or anything here, but it wasn't supposed to be...it was supposed to be two guys trying to kill each other, and they accomplished that here. As has been noted before, the finish was slightly anticlimactic. Great for what it was, though...a crazy brawl. Gabe's overselling of Homicide's tirade at the end was pretty funny too. ***1/2

 

I loved this show! On to World Title Classic next...hopefully my DVD is one that works!

[Guest DeathBecomesYou]

Cool review, i've been looking forward to getting this show for a while, I just hope it lives up to the hype.

[JoeDirt 0]

Whoops, forgot the rating for the tag title match. I was going back and forth between ***1/4 and ***1/2, so that's where I had that match rated.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

****3/4 for the eight man tag? Great match.....just not that great.

 

 

For the record....I had it at about ***3/4-****

[JoeDirt 0]

****3/4 for the eight man tag? Great match.....just not that great.

 

 

For the record....I had it at about ***3/4-****

Yeah, I can see that. But I just loved it from start to finish and didn't see any major flaws in it. Probably my favorite match I've seen yet this year. But obviously star ratings are subjective.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

****3/4 for the eight man tag?  Great match.....just not that great.

 

 

For the record....I had it at about ***3/4-****

Yeah, I can see that. But I just loved it from start to finish and didn't see any major flaws in it. Probably my favorite match I've seen yet this year. But obviously star ratings are subjective.

I had the same kind of reaction the first time I watched it too. Watch it again....you'll see some stuff that you didn't notice the first time.....that is that would make you wanna drop some snowflakes.