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#4. The Ring of Honor roster is really good
A lot has been said about someone like Matt Taven being the Ring of Honor World Champion for as long as he was. I'll admit that I wasn't too high on him as a wrestler either but Matt Taven live was fantastic and really turned me around.
The guy has an amazing awareness of what is going on around him and knows how to play up to the audience. At one point Joe Hendry shouted out 'Joe Hendry' and the audience was supposed to shout 'So Prestigious' but only a handful did. Taven then hilariously stopped the match and taught the audience how to properly respond to Hendry's chant. The next time Hendry did it, everyone in the audience responded and Taven responded incredulously.
Another former ROH World Champion, Dalton Castle was positively hilarious and oozed charisma during his match against Hikuleo. He was so entertaining that it became obvious why he got so over and ROH made the decision to put the belt on him.
And I think that has to be said for all of the roster that I saw. They were wrestling in front of a crowd that was smaller than I think they'd all have liked, but they were all excellent at playing to the crowd, getting them involved and making it a good experience, and more importantly, all of the matches were great. You could have forgiven the wrestlers for phoning it in a bit or taking it easy, but none of them did. (Especially PCO)
I saw The Briscoes Vs. Kyle Fletcher and Lucky Kid Vs Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham, Rush and Jeff Cobb Vs Colt Cabana and PCO, Kelly Klein Vs Lana Austin, Shane Taylor Vs Danny Jones, Marty Scurll and Flip Gordon Vs Flamita and Tracy Williams, Dalton Castle Vs Hikuleo, Joe Hendry Vs Matt Taven and Mark Haskins Vs Kenny King. I couldn't tell you which was my favourite match, they were all genuinely good.
