One of the key's to success in ROH has always been the way they cycle in and cycle out talent. (A matter of neccessity for a company that is low on the food chain in the wrestling world.) It helps give the company a very old school, territorial feel to it as a mix of new guys and established indie names can be brought into ROH whenever is neccessary and they can occupy a number of different places on the card. It also means that the roster is kept fresh and the same feuds are not recycled ad infinitum.
A case in point is this show from St Paul Minnesota, which sees the ROH debuts of 4 talents from the Chikara promotion, most notably indie legend Mike Quackenbush. Quack is one of those 'indie darlings' who the ROH faithful have been clamouring to be brought in for years. Along with Chris Hero, Super Dragon and Necro Butcher he is probably the biggest name out there not to be used in ROH, however just as those 3 all appeared as part of the ROH vs. CZW feud last year, so it has finally come for Quack to make his debut - not bad for a guy who's over 30!
Alas the debut of Quack is one of the few highlights in yet another average ROH show. The stable feud between the NRC and Resilience continues, as does Morishima's dominant reign as world champ - this time taking on former world champ Austin Aries. Roderick Strong has a very solid FIP title match with Chris Daniels, the Briscoes dominate a tag team 'Ultimate Endurnace match', but the rest of the card is very forgettable.
Overall verdict: C+
"Nothing particularly bad with the show, however nothing that stands out enough to say 'you must buy this DVD'."
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