Well, I ended up missing the ROH Dayton show in September, so I decided to hit up the one in Indianapolis. I was going to go with my friend Pat, but he ended up having to do a show for his band. So I got my non-wrestling fan friend Bubby to go and drive me.

The highways near Indianapolis look like they were designed by some little kid who spent a lot of time playing Hot Wheels. My favorite part was the exit from a highway going 70 where you had to take this huge U-turn at 25 MPH.

We got there in time for the pre-show matches which were nothing special. Then the actual show started.

The Young Bucks vs. The House of Truth

This was a pretty solid spotfest. End was pretty exciting with the House of Truth’s manager unsuccessfully interfering. The Young Buck’s finisher is pretty ridiculous to see live. Crowd was hot for the match as well.

Colt Cabana vs. Kevin Steen

This wasn’t much of a match. Lots of comedy involving Cabana grabbing Steen’s ass which was a little awkward watching with a non-fan. Steen injured his knee and the match ended abruptly with Cabana pinning Steen by getting his knees up on a Swanton attempt by Steen.

Roderick Strong vs. Rhett Titus

Titus got more offense in this match than I would have liked, since he had no chance of winning. Strong absolutely murdered Titus with a double underhook powerbomb(didn’t do the normal Tiger/Gibson Driver) for the finish though.

Tyler Black vs. Kenny King

This could have been better than what it was. Black pretty much dominated. King seems to have a lot of charisma, I haven’t seen him live before.

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Petey Williams

I got into this match because I fucking hate Petey Williams and I wanted him to lose. Both guys blocked each other’s finisher attempts a lot and Claudio made me happy by kicking Williams in the balls and European uppercutting him for the win.

Chris Hero vs. Kenny Omega

Omega could have sold Hero’s rolling elbows a bit more. He took one, took another when he tried to do the stop sign enzuigiri, and then did the stop motion again and enzuigirid Hero just a few seconds after the second rolling elbow. Heor finally took him out with a 3rd.

Davey Richards and Austin Aries vs. the Briscoe Brothers

This was really good. Aries cut a promo before the match and talked about Richards having a world title shot and his tag partner being injured and Aries coming up with a solution, at which point some fan said “You gave him a blow job?” That was hilarious.

Match was good. Richards and Aries were constantly trying to one up each other, seeing who kicked harder, arguing over who would do a running attack on a Briscoe in the corner first, etc.

Richards and Aries accidentally hit each other at various points and near the end Aries tried to walk out, only to get hit with a huge tope con hilo by the Briscoes. Richards than ate the Doomsday Device for the pinfall. Damn good match.

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