2021-08-24

ROH Glory by Honor Night 2

Overall rating: ★★★★★☆☆

This was better than night one, but still a lot of filler. And the main event cage match was just a bit too much, and a bit confusing at times with all the people who ran in to interfere. I feel like I've seen way too many people, recently, do the thing where they get some supposedly sharp implement and very deliberately cut their opponent's forehead and it always looks real weird and unnatural. Stop doing that.

  1. Singles (Danhausen vs. Dalton Castle)
    ★★★★★★☆
    Good comedy match. Not amazing; no super memorable bits, but a fun time.
  2. Pure Rules (World Famous CB vs. LSG)
    ★★★★☆☆☆
    Solid match. Pure rules always makes things a little more interesting. But nothing special about it.
  3. Tag Team (Miranda Alize & Rok-C vs. Chelsea Green & Willow)
    ★★★★☆☆☆
    Everyone was fine individually, but they weren't great as tag teams. Not a lot of teamwork or tag-specific tactics.
  4. Six Man Championship (Incoherence vs. Shane Taylor Promotions)
    ★★★★☆☆☆
    Incoherence seem cool. Some kind of supernatural/cult thing going on. I'm into it. Obviously they've got the spooky masks, and their leader spiritual advisor, UltraMantis Black, talks a bit like Broken/Woken Matt Hardy but apparently he's an alien. They seem a bit out of place in a match with STP, story-wise, but I'd like to see more of them.
  5. Tag Team (Demonic Flamita & Flip Gordon vs. Mark Briscoe & Brian Johnson)
    ★★★★★☆☆
    Once again, the Briscoes were supposed to be in a tag match but Jay was out so Johnson was in as a substitute. But the thing where neither team could get along was, at least, an unusual twist. Usually if someone turns on their partner, their team just loses immediately. In this case it kept things pretty even.
  6. 8-Person Tag (The Foundation vs. VLNCE UNLTD)
    ★★★★☆☆☆
    It was fine, I guess. I'm just not a fan of these matches with so many people involved (unless it's an elimination match of some kind).
  7. Lucha Rules Tag (Bandido & Rey Horus vs. La Faccion Ingobernable)
    ★★★★★★☆
    What does Lucha Rules entail? They eventually explained (you don't have to tag - if your partner leaves the ring you can jump in) but I was wondering for a while. I liked LFI's pretty blue outfits though. And the cool jumps and flips and excellent tag manoeuvres.
  8. Last Stand (Matt Taven vs. Vincent)
    ★★★☆☆☆☆
    They actually did explain the match this time! It's a standard cage match. Pin, submit or escape. I don't know why they feel the need to come up with all these dumb names for what almost always end up being a standard match type (usually no-DQ). I appreciate that they locked the door though, even if it was one of the participants doing it instead of it being an official part of the match. WWE cage matches being winnable by just opening the door and walking out is the dumbest fucking thing.

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