When Joe had to sell, he did a great job.Watching somebody try to run into Samoa Joe like they are hitting a brick wall will always be entertaining.With five more minutes, this could have been great. This match wasn't very long, but what we did get was good. Joe won with a Muscle Buster to retain his title. Honestly, that is how all of Joe's matches should be because so few people can believably put up a fight against him. Joe would dominate the action for a minute or two, and then Daniels would regroup and hit a few moves before Joe regained control. This match was a series of comeback moments. The Fallen Angle did his best to go right at the champion, but after shrugging off some early offense, Joe leveled him with a shoulder tackle out of nowhere and then beat him into the mat. Unfortunately for him, Samoa Joe was the defending champion. The first-ever Grand Slam champion in ROH had a chance to reclaim gold this week when Christopher Daniels got a shot at the TV title. Romero's tornado DDT is a thing of beauty.Big Bill is not nearly as good of a dancer as Moriarty.Romero's snapmare might be one of the best executions of that simple move we have seen in years.Romero should keep the eye patch on when he wrestles if he can see fine with it.When it was all said and done, Romero scored the win with the same armbar he tried twice before. They even had a nice exchange of open-hand strikes before the finish. We saw plenty of technical grappling and a few high-flying maneuvers mixed in for good measure. This was a fantastic display of wrestling ability from both men.

Romero made him use his final rope break with a vicious armbar, so he went into the final stretch with the upper hand. Taigastyle kept trying to bend the rules whenever he could, and he even ended up tricking Romero into using his one legal punch by having Big Bill interfere. Moriarty used his second rope break to reverse a hold but disagreed that it should have counted as a break just because he touched the ropes. Right after the bell, Romero made Moriarty use one of his rope breaks to get an early advantage.Ī lot of pure rules matches are mat-based, but Moriarty and Romero incorporated some high-risk moves into their offense to make this a bit more exciting. The first match of the night saw Rocky Romero battle Lee Moriarty in a pure rules match.

Spin state by chris moriarty