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Originally Posted by BigDaddyCool
I would love to watch enough ROH just to make my arguments more compelling, but until I can watch some for free, that isn't going to happen. What I have seen, I beleve was from early last year, I could be wrong...it was Spanky and some other guy I can't remember. All I remeber is them flopping around like rag doll, not building towards anything.
As for ROH > WWE, in what respect? Because ROH has more money? No that can't be it. ROH has more viewers? No, I don't believe so. ROH has better workers? Um...maybe, but not really. Oh, I got it, is it because ROH guys can do what ever they want in the ring?
Look, all I saying is that you have to know how to tie a match together (or at least good road agents that can do it) if you are only allowed to use 10 moves instead of 100 and get over. I mean seriously, look at a list of the top draws ever then look at a list of the "most talented/techincal" works. There will be little to no corrilation.
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If you really want to watch some for free, go to PW Torrents and get some. Hell, maybe I'll send you a dvd of some matches. But honestly, you really can't judge a promotion by one or two matches.
As far as my little ROH > WWE, that's just my honest opinion from watching both. As a fan, I enjoy ROH more all around. I don't care if they make more money, have more exposure, have a better business model, etc. When it comes down to it, ROH gives me what I want as a wrestling fan. WWE does not.
Also, I don't see where ROH talent has a problem "tying good matches together." Yes, you are going to have your brawls, your spot fests, etc, but that's the same case for every promotion. in the end though, IMO, the good goes outway the bad (which I can't say for the WWE recently, nor TNA.)
I think you hit the nail on the head with your last comment though. There would be little correlation between top draws and best in the ring. There's a reason for that though. The top draws in wrestling are going to be in the WWE. The WWE doesn't hold technical talent in high regard apparently. Someone like Cena, who is a draw (to an extent), could wrestle much better than he is. The WWE doesn't want him too. The WWE wants to have it's own style, and hey, more power to them I suppose. In some cases, the draw isn't going to be affected by the technical skill. Cena, I feel would draw the same regardless how he wrestles. If he wrestled better, he'd just catch less flack.
On the opposite side is someone like Bryan Danielson. He's talented, but he'd never be a big draw.
I know who I'd rather watch though. Danielson can tie a better match together and make a match flow better with 100 moves than Cena can with 10. However, mainstream wrestling has become geared towards the 10 move brawling style, so while Cena may not tie together a better wrestling match, it'll probably be more "over." That doesn't mean, to me at least, he had the better match.
ROH plays to a niche though. The people who would rather watch Danielson than Cena. ROH isn't trying to compete, it's offering an alternative. One that I'd honestly rather have. It really comes down to what you'd rather watch "pro-wrestling" or "sports entertainment."
Anywho, you should go to pw torrents and check out some ROH. Hell, if you're really ambitious, there's a free seed of a torrent that's al the ROH shows from 06.