That could have been cut down at least in half. The Bully Ray segment before the match ran on a little too long. A lot of good hardcore spots with a returning Flip Gordon from injury. Flip Gordon, Mark Haskins, & Juice Robinson: The street fight itself was fine. New York Street Fight: Bully Ray, Silas Young, & Shane Taylor vs. It was a heel angle that didn’t really get over. The Beautiful People are back with the addition of Mandy Leon. She’s been the workhorse of the ROH women’s division. Given that Iwatani does have Stardom commitments, putting the belt back on Klein was the right call. They have definitely had better matches previously. ![]() The match itself seemed like it was going in slow motion at points. That was the precursor to her face turn that would happen in the later match. Kelly Klein: In the beginning of the match, I liked that Klein dismissed her entourage and wanted to fight Iwatani straight up. Women of Honor Title Match: Champion Mayu Iwatani vs. This was mostly designed to push Castle into the heel role in him turning his back on The Boys. It keeps him on a hot streak given he was recently signed to the company. Dalton Castle: A very quick win for Rush. Cobb gaining the Openweight title makes sense given his style. Ospreay dropping the title gives him a good launch pad for the G1 coming up in the summer. Ospreay’s agility and Cobb’s power play really complemented each other well. NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay: This was a fun way to begin the show and the crowd was really into it. ROH TV TITLE Match: ROH TV Champion Jeff Cobb vs. However, it was cool to see the two legends in the ring together for a time. I mean, Kenny King breaking up the moment between The Great Muta and Jushin Thunder Liger and winning? I didn’t understand it and the crowd didn’t either. Minoru Suzuki, Tomohiro Ishii, Haku, The Great Muta, and Jushin Thunder Liger got the big reactions to name a few. ![]() A few fun spots and entries to start the show. That was to get everybody ready for the main card with favorites from both ROH and NJPW. ![]() THE 30-Man HONOR RUMBLE: The opening rumble was designed to do what it’s supposed to. Anyway, let’s take a look at the show from a live perspective: Ring of Honor elected for more shock which is a shame because in some ways, it overshadowed the good workers and wrestling that they had on the card. It saw NJPW starting to really settle into their “post-Elite” identity with really good matches. The ROH/NJPW supercard at Madison Square Garden was definitely a tale of two promotions and perhaps, two promotions who are going in total different directions in a creative capacity.
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