ROH Bound By Hate: Tyler Black vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Kenny Omega
At first Tyler kind of seems out of place in this, but by the end, he sure redeems himself, as that last big flurry by him is great. Bryan is the biggest deal in the match, and he sure is treated like one -- the best bits of the thing sure were him just beating Tyler & Kenny up, wrenching their arms, putting them in double Cattle Mutilation, kicking n' just striking the shit out of them. Very fun stuff, and it's quite a fun match to look back at, seeing the big success all 3 have had since 2008. ***3/4
ROH 8th Anniversary Show: Tyler Black vs. Austin Aries
This is painfully uninteresting for like 90% of it. It does get better as it goes on, and the last few minutes are pretty good, but overall this was far from good. Aries' work on top is extremely boring & forgettable + Tyler from underneath, and as an overall babyface, just doesn't click here, as he shows no charisma or fire in his times on the offense. Certainly one of the most underwhelming ROH World Title changes -- it happened too late & the match is a complete miss. *3/4
ROH Salvation: Tyler Black vs. Kevin Steen
This is Steen at arguably his most nastiest & violent form, and here he was looking to change Black forever. Him opening up the match with that stiff sounding SLAP was great, and it very well set the table up for what was about to come in the next 20+ minutes. Steen is awesome on top, delivering a beating to Tyler & even bloodying him up -- eventually Steen himself gets his face bloodied, and I gotta say that both of them rocking that color definitely made this match even more memorable than it already was. Tyler's babyface performance is also all kinds of very good w/ him busting out some awesome hope spots, comeback flurries & he sold for Steen's beatdown quite well, gaining that sympathy of the crowd. It's a great match, and probably one of the best singles ones of both men's ROH careers. Somewhat of a "gem" I'd even say, as it's usually not talked about at all. ****
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