The first night of the tournament to crown the first WWE UK Champ was a little uneven, but the night ended with a couple of highly entertaining matches and the promise of a spectacular round two.
There were a lot of people attacking other people on this show, but I think it did a fine job of building interest for Death Before Dishonor.
Jay Lethal defends his ROH World Title against Colt Cabana in a very good match that is the highlight of a show that included Jay White versus Will Ferrara and the debut of Mark Briscoe’s Chicken Shack. Mark uses big words.
This was a week of setting up some high-profile matches for the February show in Las Vegas, but it also featured the start of the 2016 Top Prospect Tournament and was highlighted by a good triple threat main event.
This week’s episode has some good matches highlighted by a crazy, chaotic, violent tag team street fight in the tradition of ECW.
A four man survival match highlights a pretty good week in ROH.
Episode #217 Aired November 18, 2015 Taped October 23, 2015 City: Kalamazoo, MI Venue: Wings Event Center Annex Commentary: Kevin Kelly, Nigel McGuinness Ring Announcer: Bobby Cruise Video Silas Young has The Boys change a tire. They don’t do a good job. He spits in their hands and calls it “Man-itizer.” ** Meh, kind …