Lock Jaw tries to watch a month of *shudder* ROH

[Lock Jaw]

Against my best judgement, I will be doing this. From the creators of the "Lock Jaw tries to watch a month of TNA" thread.

People don't seem to even bother uploading the show on youtube, so I had to wait for today (Thursday), when the new episodes are posted on the ROH website.

Apparently they just had some sort of PPV, so this is the first post-PPV show.

- Opens up with a review of the Tag Team situation. Apparently Kenny King was one half of the champs when he left. So now there will be a tag title tournament for the vacant titles....... which will start next week. Why open the show advertising something for next week? Do something that makes the viewer want to watch THIS WEEK.

- Man, these fans look like the worst kind of people.

- Ok. World title match for later in the show, apparently. Unfortunately it features Homicide, who I just can't buy as a legit world title contender. Still would have been good to announce this at the beginning of the show rather than the thing for next week.

- Some chick vs Sara Del Rey up first. This Sara chick is reputedly good, but doesn't seem to know where the hard camera is. Audio really needs work on this show. Girls exchanging kicks, Nigel comments "Listen to those kicks!!" but we can barely hear them through the effect mics, which results in them not seeming so impressive. Sara wins with a finisher that might have been more impressive if I could hear the impact. Maria comes out. They are apparently feuding and Maria is apparently the heel. Ok.

- Some dude named Adam Cole with the blandest promo ever promoting their next PPV event. Apparently he is some sort of champion, but I don't know which one, because he just kept referring to it as "this championship".

- Rhino out with some dude with weird hair. Apparently part of his "stable". The dude, named Truth, calls Cornette out. Says Rhino should be fighting for the world title. I think Rhino might be better on the mic than this Truth guy. Eddie Edwards out, apparently a former World Champ. Says him and Rhino are 1-1 against each other. Cornette makes a no DQ match for RIGHT NOW for #1 Contender for their next PPV.

- Man, the audio really sucks ass. They are exchanging knife edge chops, can barely hear the chops. Also, I've noticed that their jib keeps getting into their wide shots.... yet I have barely seen any shots from the jib.

- Rhino seems like he has a bit of a gut. Still looks better than Eddie Edwards as far as actually having any sort of a "look".

- WTF. Ok match going on. Rhino with a GORE through a table that was set up in the corner, ref IMMEDIATELY calls for the bell to stop the match. They are acting like it was the most devastating thing ever, and they Eddie Edwards is DEAD and INJURED and dozens of people immediately came out to check on him. Could have at least... I dunno... have him sell being hurt, and have the ref check on him for awhile before calling for the bell. Would get more "heat" that way. Oh well, at least Rhino gets the title shot rather than Generic Looking Man.

- Weird, though, I think Rhino is supposed to be a heel (but he was getting consistently cheered), and I think Steen is a heel as well. So gonna be a heel vs heel match at the PPV.

- Rhett Titus with a pretty bad 15 sec promo. Charlie Haas with an ok one. Both need to pick new partners because Kenny King is gone and Shelton Benjamin is suspended for being "excessively violent" or something. They should really introduce these guys, or at least give them name keys, because I had no clue who either were until they got a bit into their promos. Haas looks different.

- Mike Bennet with a surprisingly good show in his 15 sec promo. Actually seems to have something resembling a personality. Will have the chance to earn a TV Title shot next week or something.

- Now a 15 sec promo from Rhino and Truth. Already talking like the match happened weeks ago or something. Says he will become champion. Sure you will.

- World title match now. Homicide coming out to the TNA LAX theme. One of my favorite TNA themes. Of course... this is ROH. I guess no one cares enough to enforce copyright for them?

- Really weird. Kevin Steen is working THE EAR. Never seen that before. Apparently has some sort of "meaning" from a feud from NINE YEARS AGO between Homicide and Steve Corino or something. Steen wins with an F5 after some outside shenanigans from some coke fiend looking dude named Jimmy Jacobs. Decent match. Some big spots that seem like they should kill a dude/not be just a two count. Steve Corino was on commentary for the match and did a good job in his role. Never really seen any of Corino since I never watched ECW. Rhino out for the staredown after the match.

- Oh, and apparently the Steen/Jacobs/Corino stable is called "Scum". So they put over this "House of Truth" vs "Scum" thing. No idea who else is in this Truth guy's stable other than Rhino, though.

- All in all... I dunno. Terrible production value. Some generic looking and sounding wrasslers. Three matches in one hour, and one of them was a women's match.

I'll give it one more week at the very least. Will probably give up after that.