Jay Lethal vs. Jonathan Gresham
Some extremely generic "technical" work in the early exchanges -- it's
of course not bad since it's these two, but it's not interesting at all
tbh. Things thankfully do get better & A LOT more compelling pretty
quickly though, as Gresham starts dishing out the punishment w/ his limb
targeting. He's even more vicious than usual, playing off of the angle
leading up to this bout. They overall do a good job of playing off of
that said angle, as it translates well to a guy like me who hadn't been
watching or paying attention to the build at all. Good match! Missing
some of the spark of their best matches against each other, and the
first few minutes of the 50/50 "technical wrestling" weren't
interesting, but overall, the thing ended up being good. ***1/4
Matt Taven vs. Rush
What a fascinating looking pairing on paper, like as in, I wasn't sure what to expect from the two in terms of match quality, but this was absolutely AWESOME. Taven was GREAT dishing out the punishment when he had the control -- he was extremely compelling all the way through, and more than matched Rush's explosiveness + viciousness. The whole thing also had this great feeling of a FIGHT that's not too common in ROH World Title matches or for that matter, any main event World Title matches anywhere. This was great. ****
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