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| One of Pro Wrestling's future stars.By Anton from USA |
I have been a fan of ROH Wrestling for over a year now. I had grown tired of the WWE formula and their desire to embarrass their employees. When I learned a different option would be available in my market, I jumped at the chance to check them out.
ROH has giving me all the entertainment I could have asked for. It has some one of the best professional wrestling available, the commentary is good, and there is plenty of drama surrounding the World Championship.
The first Champion that I got to know was Dave Richards.Davey was a good champion, but he didn't get to defend his title on air as much as I would have liked. Part of the reason for that is the time he spent in Japan, but just as his reign was getting good in came Kevin Steen.
Steen "Wrestling's Worst Nightmare" isn't my cup of tea, but the crowd reacts to him well. He holds a grudge against Jim Cornette and other ROH officials for keeping him out of ROH for over a year. He now is the Champion and is holding the company hostage as his buddies also hold the tag team gold.Whomever finally wins the championship from Steen will be a hero in ROH.
If I were a gambling man, I would pick either Michael Elgin or Jay Lethal to be the next ROH Champion.The thing I know for, whoever it is will have to go through hell to become the ROH champ.
In addition to a good World Title "division", they have historically the best tag team wrestling in professional wrestling today. The hot new team of Coleman and Alexander have really impressed me with their ring work. These guys will be champs before long.
They also have guys that could be future stars in other promotions like WWE. One example of that is Kyle O'Reilly. This guy has put on numerous great matches and he has the look and is decent on the mic. If you don't know who this guy is, you will soon enough.
The main complaint I have with ROH is it seems the don't record enough television episodes. This causes them to have many "Road Rage" episodes. These episodes are matches from live events or past PPV's. This is a lot of wasted time that could be used to build interest in PPV's. If they would us their TV time better their overall produce would receive a boost.
So, I have made the switch and have no regrets.Not everyone will just drop WWE cold turkey, but ROH is definitely worth your time.
