the best time to get into roh, they have a sale

[Guest Benno]

thought i'd pass this on..from the roh site..

 

http://www.rohwrestling.com

 

Time is running out on Ring Of Honor's biggest sale ever!!! EVERYTHING IS ON SALE NOW at ROHwrestling.com. Act now to save lots of money on your holiday shopping or on gifts for yourself. ROH is sure to have something for any wrestling fan on your Christmas list with names like Mick Foley, Jim Cornette & The Midnight Express, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Jushin "Thunder" Liger and the top talent going today like Samoa Joe, CM Punk, Homicide, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Paul London, Low Ki, Bryan Danielson and countless others. Check this out:

 

For the first time ever Ring of Honor is offering a special sale where you can save money on every single item available on ROHwrestling.com. This includes DVDs, videos, tickets, figures, books, apparel, & more. This sale includes EVERYTHING at ROHwrestling.com including ROH DVDs that are already on sale for $12 and $15!!!

 

You can now save 20% on all orders placed during the sale period when you spend at least $50. Offer begins on 11/29 at 9pm EST and expires at 9:00pm EST on Thursday, December 2nd. Qualifying purchase based on pre-tax, post-discount amount and excludes shipping & handling charges. No adjustments to prior purchases. Offer valid only on orders placed online at ROHWrestling.com.

 

In order to receive the discount you must:

1) Place an order for merchandise totaling $50 or more at www.rohwrestling.com

2) Enter the word "rohsale" without the quotes into the box marked Discount/Promotional Code when you are going thru the checkout process. The system will automatically generate the discount.

 

Orders will only be discounted if you follow the steps listed above.

 

We are here to serve you for your holiday needs. If you have a wrestling fan on your gift list we are sure to have something that will make them very happy. If you order by 3pm at ROHwrestling.com your order is sent out that day. We want to make your holiday shopping fast, convenient and hassle free.

 

Here is what's new at ROHwrestling.com and in stock for the 72 hour 20% off sale:

 

-Live event tickets for ROH in Elizabeth, NJ on 12/4 (CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe no time limit world title match), Philadelphia on 12/26 (Low Ki vs. Bryan Danielson, Mick Foley confrontation vs. Ricky Steamboat), Boston on 1/15 (Foley/Steamboat, Samoa Joe vs. Nigel McGuinness), Dayton on 2/25 and Chicago on 2/26.

 

-8/28/04 "Scramble Cage Melee" from Braintree, MA DVD & VHS- See the most death-defying match ever when 12 men compete in Scramble Cage Melee plus Samoa Joe vs. Homicide vs. CM Punk and much more on this pay-per-view like release.

 

-9/11/04 "Glory By Honor III" from Elizabeth, NJ DVD & VHS- This huge show has Mick Foley's ROH debut, Samoa Joe vs. Doug Williams, Austin Aries vs. CM Punk, Bryan Danielson vs. Alex Shelley and two more title matches.

 

-10/2/04 "Midnight Express Reunion" from Philadelphia, NJ VHS- Witness the much raved about Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson World Title match plus for the first time ever all four members of The Midnight Express united on one team to face a big surprise.

 

-10/15/04 "ROH Gold" from Dayton, OH VHS- This pay-per-view like release features the first confrontation between Mick Foley and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Samoa Joe in a hard-hitting World Title match vs. Rocky Romero, CM Punk vs. Homicide and main event six man action.

 

-10/16/04 "Joe vs. Punk II" from Chicago Ridge, IL VHS- See the Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk epic World Title match that Dave Meltzer from The Wrestling Observer gave five stars!!! The Wrestling Observer hasn't awarded ***** to any United States match in seven years.

 

-11/5/04 "Weekend Of Thunder Night 1" from Revere, MA VHS- Jushin "Thunder" Liger invades ROH and takes on Bryan Danielson in a classic plus much more!!!

 

-11/6/04 "Weekend Of Thunder Night 2" from Elizabeth, NJ VHS- Jushin Liger & Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson & Low Ki in the biggest tag team match ever plus Mick Foley and much more!!!

 

-Secrets Of The Ring With Jim Cornette DVD & VHS- This is a must for every aspiring grappler as Cornette gives an entertaining "how to" on what every wrestler needs to know. Cornette reveals the true secrets of how to do things right in the squared circle.

 

-Straight Shootin' With Tom Prichard DVD & VHS- Prichard not only talks about his entire career in this shoot interview, but he takes you inside the WWE front office and tells all about how things are done in Titan Towers.

 

-Straight Shootin' With One Man Gang DVD & VHS- He worked all the major territories against all the big names and One Man Gang discusses everything from being Akeem to wrestling Hulk Hogan to working for Bill Watts.

 

-Straight Shootin' With The Midnight Express DVD & VHS- Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey talk about life as The Midnight Express plus as an added bonus Jim Cornette discusses the Eaton and Condrey duo.

 

-Straight Shootin' With The Fantastics DVD & VHS- Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton give an entertaining shoot about their entire careers in all the major promotions from World Class to NWA.

 

-Straight Shootin' With Butch Reed DVD & VHS- Reed worked with all the greats and talks about life as "The Natural," "Hacksaw," one half of Doom and much more.

 

Other New Releases Include:

-"King Of The Ring" - The Harley Race Story- Harley Race tells his incredible life story for the first time in this book.

-IWC Best of 2003 Vol. 1 DVD-R- Features CM Punk vs. Raven, AJ Styles vs. Colt Cabana, Raven vs. Steve Corino, Christopher Daniels vs. Matt Striker, & more.

-IWC Best of 2003 Vol. 2 DVD-R- Features Dusty Rhodes vs. Jerry Lawler, AJ Styles vs. Chris Sabin, Jimmy Jacobs vs. Alex Shelley, & more.

-Ohio Valley Wrestling October 2004 TV

-IHPW Slamfest 2003 DVD-R- Featuring Dusty Rhodes vs. Steve Corino

-IHPW The Diamond Cup 2004 DVD-R- Featuring Teddy Hart & Jack Evans

 

Don't forget Ring of Honor has Straight Shootin' titles available featuring:

-Mick Foley

-2 Cold Scorpio

-Kamala

-Samoa Joe

-Christopher Daniels

-Steve Corino

-Ron Killings

-Skandar Akbar

 

All titles in the "Straight Shootin' Series" are available on VHS or DVD. Ring of Honor DVD's are Region 0 and will play anywhere in the world.

 

All this stuff and much more is now on sale at 20% off at ROHwrestling.com, but only until this Thursday so get your Christmas shopping done early, treat yourself to a gift and save lots of money. Thank you for reading this update and have a great holiday!!!

 

Gabe

 

what are you people waiting for! personally i reccomend any of the 2004 shows and most of the second half of 2003...cheers

[Guest Fook_Theta]

Hmm, curious what the top three shoot interviews would be, or even if any on that list are even worth it compared to the other shoot interviews available.

[Guest mynameisdane]

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[Guest OSIcon]

Hmm, curious what the top three shoot interviews would be, or even if any on that list are even worth it compared to the other shoot interviews available.

 

That depends largely on what wrestlers or era of wrestling you are into. In general, the ROH shoots are as good or better quality wise than a lot of the other shoots out there (especially compared to RF). The interview subjects are miced very well as his the interviewer. The picture quality is good and the limited camera work (such as moving between the members of a tag team depending on who is talking) is fine. The questions are generally good and the interview (the one I've seen) flowed really well.

 

I've heard nothing but good things about the Foley shoot. It is two discs and covers from where his second book left off through the present. He apparently goes line by line in Flair's book, responding to what Flair said about him.

 

I've only seen the Fantastics shoot. It is a MUST have if you are a fan of them. If you are a fan of the era and/or the promotions they worked for, then it is still really good to get. Tommy Rogers and Bobby Fulton both have REALLY good memories of their careers, which you don't see to often, and they cover everything.

[Vyce 0]

Just ordered a few DVDs from 2002.

 

My bank account is already hemorraghing due to Christmas shopping, but c'mon - $12 DVDs, PLUS an extra 20% off? They made me an offer I couldn't refuse.

 

Although after this and the DeepDiscountDVD sale from a week or so back, I'm going to be dreading getting that credit bill.

[Styles 0]

Well even though my bank account is getting scary low, the Holidays are coming up plus I should be back at my job for Winter Break in a couple weeks, so I went ahead and took advantage of the deal.

I already had the first 12 ROH shows (the 2002 shows) from a couple people but decided as long as they had a sale, I'd go ahead and buy the next few from the official store for 12 dollars a pop ($15-20% discount).

I got:

Revenge on the Prophecy- West Mifflin, PA 1/11/03 (DVD)

One Year Anniversary Show- Queens, NY 2/8/03 (2 Tape Set)-on VHS since they were sold out on DVD!

Expect the Unexpected- Cambridge, MA 3/15/03 (DVD)

Night of the Champions- Philadelphia, PA 3/22/03 (DVD)

 

A little under 60 bucks which is pretty good, especially for a product who's first year I've just gotten done watching and am anxious to see where they go from there (and from what I've read it gets really good).

[Guest I Just Want To Lurk]

This is the first time I've ever ordered indie videos. I got

 

Straight Shootin' with Tom Prichard (DVD)

Joe vs. Punk II- Chicago Ridge, IL 10/16/04 (VHS)

Glory By Honor III- Elizabeth, NJ 9/11/04 (DVD)

Death Before Dishonor II Pt. 1- Wauwatosa, WI 7/23/04 (DVD)

 

I've been following Samoa Joe for a couple months online but have never seen him wrestle. I've only seen CM Punk once (on a TNA PPV.) I'm psyched to see their match. Hell, I'm psyched to read the results on 12/4. All the hype for it is what made me take the plunge and finally order some tapes.

 

I figure the Pritchard shoot will be more interesting than a hardcover WWE book.

 

Glory By Honor I got for Ultimate Endurance. I have no idea what the stips for UE are but it sounds cool. And the DVD has Mick Foley. I had my doubts about ROH and I really don't want to support someone like Feinstein. Since Foley's there and giving them shoot videos to boot, I know they are on the up and up.

 

Death Before Dishonor has Colt Cabana and Joe / Homicide that I've heard so much about.

 

I am anxious to get these. I feel like I just joined a club.

[Guest OSIcon]

This is the first time I've ever ordered indie videos. I got

 

Straight Shootin' with Tom Prichard (DVD)

Joe vs. Punk II- Chicago Ridge, IL 10/16/04 (VHS)

Glory By Honor III- Elizabeth, NJ 9/11/04 (DVD)

Death Before Dishonor II Pt. 1- Wauwatosa, WI 7/23/04 (DVD)

 

For jumping in blind (to an extent), you made some decent choices.

 

The 7/23 show isn't as good as 7/24, but still has some good stuff. Some people really like the Joe/Homicide match and call it the best in their series (it is the last singles match they've had and will have until sometime in 2005). Personally, it wasn't my favorite match in the series as they go a little buts with the kick outs, but I guess it is partially justified given their history. There is a really good six man on that tape with Austin Aires/Roderick Strong/Jack Evans vs. Jimmy Jacobs/John Walters/Matt Stryker. A few other decent matches on it as well, including a solid 2/3 falls tag title match that is really good until falling apart at the end.

 

Glory by Honor III is decent if unspectacular. Lots of good matches, but nothing "blow away".

 

The 10/16 Chicago show is probably the best of the lot. The undercard isn't great, but most everything is "solid". The Romero/Homicide vs. Evans/Strong tag is pretty good as is the Jimmy Jacobs/Alex Shelley "I Quit" match. The main event though is well worth the price of the tape. If you like the Joe/Punk match here, you'll definitely want to go back and pick up 6/12 to watch their first 60 minute draw. It'll help you appreciate and enjoy their 10/16 rematch even more.

 

Haven't seen the Pritchard shoot interview but I was thinking about picking it up, so I'd be interested in eharing your thoughts after you get a chance to watch it.

[Guest Evolution]

I too would recommend DBD II Pt. 2 in Chicago Ridge in the place of DBD II Pt. 1. There's nothing on that show that I would define as a bad match, and nothing below "slightly above average".

[Matt Young 0]

Nooo!!! Too late!!!

 

Oh well... I already blew way too much money on the DDDVD sale.

[Slingshot Suplex 0]

Between buying two dozen Gateway Championship Wrestling tapes, the ROH sale and the pending IWA-MS double shot next weekend dvd buy, I'm gonna be burned out.

 

But I picked up the DVDs of Cornette Secrets ,Testing the Limit , DBD2 pt 2, World Title Classic and ....damn...something else from July that I'm blanking on.

 

Reborn: Completion

[JoeDirt 0]

This is the first time I've ever ordered indie videos.  I got

 

Straight Shootin' with Tom Prichard (DVD)

Joe vs. Punk II- Chicago Ridge, IL 10/16/04 (VHS)

Glory By Honor III- Elizabeth, NJ 9/11/04 (DVD)

Death Before Dishonor II Pt. 1- Wauwatosa, WI 7/23/04 (DVD)

 

I've been following Samoa Joe for a couple months online but have never seen him wrestle.    I've only seen CM Punk once (on a TNA PPV.)  I'm psyched to see their match.  Hell, I'm psyched to read the results on 12/4.  All the hype for it is what made me take the plunge and finally order some tapes.

 

I figure the Pritchard shoot will be more interesting than a hardcover WWE book.

 

Glory By Honor I got for Ultimate Endurance.  I have no idea what the stips for UE are but it sounds cool.  And the DVD has Mick Foley.  I had my doubts about ROH and I really don't want to support someone like Feinstein.  Since Foley's there and giving them shoot videos to boot, I know they are on the up and up.

 

Death Before Dishonor has Colt Cabana and Joe / Homicide that I've heard so much about.

 

I am anxious to get these.  I feel like I just joined a club.

I hope you like the Prichard shoot. I'm interested to hear what he says.

 

GBH3 and DBD2 Pt 1 are both good shows...not GREAT shows but good shows. So if you like those shows, there are better ROH shows out there. I STRONGLY advise getting 7/24, Death Before Dishonor 2 Pt. 2 as it's a great show with lots of great matches. Generation Next, World Title Classic (which has Joe vs. Punk #1, and the first ever Ultiamate Endurance match), and Survival of the Fittest from May and June are great shows too. But yeah...enjoy.

[Guest I Just Want To Lurk]

Right after I put the order in I saw a bunch of people recommend DBD night two. D'oh! I put all of you guys' recommendations from this thread in a text file for the next time I order. Gonna put a PWG order in next paycheck first, though.

 

I want to see some Colt Cabana. IIRC, people say he can be really funny when he gets mic time. Am I confusing him with someone else? If not, what would a good show to order to see him shine?

[Guest OSIcon]

I want to see some Colt Cabana. IIRC, people say he can be really funny when he gets mic time. Am I confusing him with someone else? If not, what would a good show to order to see him shine?

 

Cabana had his own "talk show" segment on most of the home releases called "Good Times, Great Memories." He's been working an injury angle since August (he has really been in the UK wrestling) so there hasn't been one in a while and I can't remember if he had done one in the few shows before he left. That's your best place to go for Cabana on the mic.

 

I don't really remember a whole lot as to which tapes have the "best" "Good Times, Great Memories". Pretty much though, if you get any of the tapes from the end of 2003 to May 2004, in all likely hood he will have a "Good Times, Great Memories" segment on the tape. His mic work is good, but in my opinion, is in-ring comedy is his strong point. Survival of the Fittess (6/24/04) is a good example of that has he works a decent comedy match with Trent Acid (having a decent match iof any kind with Acid is not easy) and then plays his role to perfection in the six-way elimination main event. Not sure if there is a "Good Times, Great Memories" on that show or not.

[JoeDirt 0]

Right after I put the order in I saw a bunch of people recommend DBD night two.  D'oh!  I put all of you guys' recommendations from this thread in a text file for the next time I order.  Gonna put a PWG order in next paycheck first, though.

 

I want to see some Colt Cabana.  IIRC, people say he can be really funny when he gets mic time.  Am I confusing him with someone else?  If not, what would a good show to order to see him shine?

Wrath of the Racket for August 2003 has several backstage skits with Cabana and Ace Steel that are very funny.

 

If you want newer stuff, DBD2 Night two has Joe vs. Cabana for the world title, though there's not much comedy, just a good title match. If you want skits and comedy, I know there's a little skit on the World Title Classic show, and it's pretty damn funny when Cabana comes out to "Superfreak" right after Rick James' death at Testing the Limits. Oh, and there's a funny live "Great Times, Good Memories" on The Last Stand, from January 2004. Posting on the ROH board would probably get you some great responses from people who know more than me.

[Tawren 0]

Despite my intense dislike of ROH, I broke down and got:

 

Generation Next 5/22/04

Survival Of the Fittest 6/24/04

Glory By Honor 3 9/11/04

Joe vs Punk 2 10/16/04

Weekend of Thunder Night 1 11/5/04

 

Why? I really don't know. I could have done what I usually do and got 1st gens of these for about 35, tops, rather than the 114 I spent. Masters are masters, though, so I went for it.

 

Fuck. Oh well, not like I would have spent the money on anything productive anyways.

[JoeDirt 0]

You intensely dislike ROH but watch a lot of their shows?

 

You picked up some good stuff, man.

[Tawren 0]

You intensely dislike ROH but watch a lot of their shows?

Hate the attitude, often love the wrestling. That about sums it up for my stance on ROH.

[PsychoDriver 0]

You intensely dislike ROH but watch a lot of their shows?

Hate the attitude, often love the wrestling. That about sums it up for my stance on ROH.

WHAT!!! how dare you hate ROH's clearly perfect attitude! You are just jealous because you know they are better than you and whatever bush league 3rd rate promotions you watch! Gabe is a genius-4-ever! DANGEROUS!!! CLASSIC! MOTYC! CHRIS HERO SUX! Umm... did I mention Gabe was a genius? Cuz he is!

 

 

Actually, yeah I feel the same way. In fact I think I'd love ROH if they gave you an option to remove the commentary at least (which IMO, gets on your nerves in a major way. Well, at least it does mine, BTW please don't reply with reasons why it's good, because I don't care... just an opinion)

[Guest I Just Want To Lurk]

So PWG's commentary is better? 'Cuz that's my next order. Probably after the holidays. Pimpin in High Places is first on the list because I have a burning need to hear someone say they will jump out of a toilet with a brick.

 

When I go back to good matches, I usually listen to CDs. You loose the crowd noise and the planks in the mat but it cancels out lame commentary.

 

Is ROH's "I'm better than you" commentary on the same level as say, Lawler and puppies? I won't get my first tapes until next week.

[JoeDirt 0]

ROH's commentary isn't that bad, as Punk and Nulty have been good on color commentary recently, I think. Gabe is kind of annoying at times as play by play man, but oh well.

[Cuban Linx 0]

If your looking for in-depth commentary on the matches and good play-by-play PWG's commentary isn't really the place to go. It's not so much talking on the matches as it is Excalibur and Disco sharing humorous stories and anecdotes and such with an incidental at best connection to the match, and whenever they do talk on the match it's mostly just a lead-in to more semi-related humor. Saying that it's still the best thing ever. And PWG's DVD's give you the option of turning the commentary off if you don't like it, which honestly is probably better for focusing on the matches since several times i've found myself laughing more at Excalibur and losing track completely on the match i'm supposed to be watching.

[JoeDirt 0]

I'd really love it if ROH DVDs let you turn off commentary. The dubbed over commentary takes away the sound from the shows as it is. It's nice to be able to hear things, which is why I wish they did live commentary or something.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Hopefully I can manage to get some money and finish off 2002 as far as DVDs and maybe get a few from 2003. At least before the $75 version of this is over.

 

I wish their sales would last longer though.

[Vyce 0]

Hey, anyone here seen MLW's "War Games" show from Sept 2003?

 

RoH is selling it. I was kind of interested in picking it up, eventually, because......yeah, I'm an War Games mark.

[Michrome 0]

They have a new buy 3 videos or dvds, get 1 free sale. For those of you that checked stuff out on this sale, share your thoughts.

[Guest JJW]

I'm ordering 4 dvd's, Joe/punk 2 definitely,but what 3 other shows are the best from 2004?

[Michrome 0]

Depends on what you like. I say get 7/24 and 10/2 definitely. For a third, if you like technical classic type matches get 4/24 for Dragon-Homicide. If you want a pretty fun overall mix get Reborn: Completion which has 2 stellar main events and 2 great angles. World Title Classic is good too, because it's the first Punk-Joe.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

I'll be picking up quite a bit of stuff in a few days but I'll just be going in the order the shows happened. I'm an idiot like that.

 

I should be close to the end of 2003 on my DVDs after that.

[Guest JJW]

I ended up ordering the 4 most recent shows:Joe/Punk 2,Gold,ME Reunion and Gbh3, they should arrive mid-week and i'm stoked cuz i haven't seen a roh show since Last Stand.

 

Now i'm heading out to my neighbor's to watch a probable shitfest in wwe Armageddon.