[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by Mr. Monday Morning Shingo is up next after Aries. I know a lot of people don't like him but for me Shingo has been great the last 2 months. The intial list of NOAH names for the first show in Japan has been released - Morishima, KENTA, Marafuji, Shiosaki and RICKY MARVIN will all be there. Which is awesome.

Ah, yes, I forgot about Shingo. He is indeed awesome.

I'd love to see The Briscoe Brothers defend the ROH World Tag Team Championship against KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji. That would be a sweet ass tag team match. For some reason, I also get excited at the prospect of a Ricky Marvin vs. Matt Sydal match.

Anyway, here are my predictions for what is confirmed for ROH this Friday in St. Paul:

The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew will take on the team of The Dangerous Angels. The Wrecking Crew (Rain & Lacey) are the hometown girls, and SHIMMER and ROH appear to be increasing their association with SHIMMER. What better way to solidify that relationship than to have Allison Danger and Sara Del Ray lose their first match as a tag team in ROH? I think Rain & Lacey should get the win here.

BJ Whitmer will face Shingo in a "Special Challenge" on Friday. As he is heading into a ROH World Title match the next night, I think Shingo should get a little bit of momentum. This will be a hard-hitting affair, but Shingo should ultimately go over.

Colt Cabana will team with Homicide to take on Brent Albright and Adam Pearce. I love Albright, but I just don't see his team taking it. Cabana has lost every match on his farewell tour, he should get at least one win. Pearce will get to go over Cabana the next night in Chicago. I expect to see Homicide get the pin on Adam Pearce.

In the Four Corner Survival, Rocky Romero and Erick Stevens should cancel each other out. That leaves either Jack Evans or Delirious for the win. Evans seems to be picking up lots of little victories here and there, but I think Delirious will take it. Evans already has the push to create his own faction to war with the No Remorse Corps and The Resilience. Let's get Delirious in there. You also can't go wrong with putting your Survival Of The Fittest Tournament Winner over.

The Ultimate Endurance Match will be a proving ground for all the challengers. The Briscoes retain, but hopefully it won't be the end of Mike Quackenbush and Jigsaw.

Roderick Strong will hopefully retain the FIP World Heavyweight Championship against Christopher Daniels. They've only ever had Homicide and Bryan Danielson as former Champs, I don't see why FIP would want to pollute that by adding a TNA guy to the list. Hopefully Strong defends the belt on the Japan tour, and gets it a little more notoriety. I want to see Erick Stevens bring in the FIP Florida Heritage Championship, as well. At least momentarily. The Briscoe Brothers could also at least wear their FIP Tag Team Championships. With some defences of the FIP Tag Titles in Japan, they could become seen as belts worth holding.

There is a little part of me that would mark out for sticking it to the man, and putting Austin Aries over Takeshi Morishima, showing Aries where his home is. The SuperStarr has always been better in ROH than in TNA, in my opinion. Putting the ROH World Title on the leader of The Resilience will also make them credible. Then they just bring in the FIP Florita Heritage Championship for some defences, and The Resilience is actually looking pretty good. Not bad for a stable lacking credibility. There is a lot of attention in Japan because of Morishima's possession of the belt, so that is probably a good thing for ROH. Morishima will in all likelihood retain here, and that's the way it should be.

Now for my Chicago thoughts:

Man, The Resilience have been taking a fucking beating. Austin Aries should beat Rocky Romero, as he is the leader of the group. Plus he will need to save face after losing to Morshima the night before.

It's kind of cool that Christopher Daniels is facing the FIP World Heavyweight Champion one night, and then the FIP Florida Heritage Champion the next. They should have Stevens put his belt on the line here, and successfully defend it.

Roderick Strong doesn't seem to be defending his FIP World Heavyweight Title against Jack Evans. Boo! Make the match for the Title, and have Davey Richards and Rocky Romero help Strong retain, which is eventually what pushes Evans over the edge into creating his own faction to battle in this developing war.

Mike Quackenbush, Gran Akuma, Jigsaw and Hallowicked will get another chance to prove themselves in a Six Man Mayhem Match. I doubt either will get the win, nor do I think Pelle Primeau will get it, so that leaves Delirious. Once again, you can't go wrong with putting over your Survival Of The Fittest Tournament Winner. Mike Quackenbush winning to establish notice isn't beyond the realm of possibility, though.

Homicide, BJ Whitmer and Brent Albright will clash in a three-way match. I'm going to rule out Homicide as a winner, as he goes over the previous night. It's either going to be Whitmer or Albright, methinks. Seeing as Whitmer loses more often than Albright, and because Albright only loses in a tag team match the previous night, Whitmer should take it here.

The Briscoe Brothers vs. The Motor City Machine Guns will be awesome. Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley won't likely win the belts, but they apparently work splendidly as a team. After this defence, and Ultimate Endurance, I honestly believe that The Briscoes will have qualified for a successful World Tag Title reign. I think they could lose the Championship the next night, and it wouldn't be a big issue. It's good to see ROH giving the tag team division some love.

Adam Pearce is getting quite the rub going over Colt Cabana. Good on him.

Shingo will make a fun challenger to Takeshi Morishima. I don't think Shingo is yet established to take the ROH World Championship. This will be a good showcase for him, though.