Originally Posted by dnkyhunter31
ROH Final Battle 2009 Trip Report
Took a 4:28 train from Babylon to Penn Station. Snow was not falling that hard as of yet. Get to Penn at 5:40 and the snow was falling harder. Got some quiznos, then went in to the Manhattan Center. Huge buy 3, get 2 free dvd sale. Awesome. Had to get Glory by Honor 8, which had the last ROH appearance by "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson(who HAS to debut for wwe soon..... pleased) and Nigel Mcguiness. Also got a few more dvds, a tshirt, and a hat... and 2 shots of jager.
Match of the show-Young Bucks vs El Generico and Kevin Steen. Bucks won a high paced match. After the match, Steen cursed out a few fans who were acting like *******s(more on this later), then made a very emotional speech when he announced his "retirement". Generico and Steen embrace at the end, then Steen says "Generico, i hate your ****ing guts.", and hits him with a low blow, then a monster chair shot to the head. He then kisses Colt Cabana, who came out to protect Generico, on the forehead. Awesome
(Non)Match of the show-Teddy Hart vs Jack Evans-It was announced that they were not going to be able to be at the show, since their flight from Mexico City was delayed. Right before the main event, Jack, Teddy and Julius Smokes come out, announce they they are here, and want 5 minutes of our time to do what they came here to do. Teddy and Jack procede to have a spot monkey match, starting with no ref, then with Julius coming in and acting as the ref. Jack "won" the match, and then both Jack and Teddy took the mic and put over the company, the fans and the city for a long time.
The thing that makes me think this was not planned was the fact that after the "match" was over, ref Bryce Remsburg was running around ringside trying to get them out of the ring. Makes me think that the combination of thir not being a ref, and Remsburg forcing them out of the ring, shows they "stole the show", in more ways than one.
Show ended at 11:55, after an hour long draw between Tyler Black and ROH World Champion Austin Aries. It was a slow match, that I actually liked. Aries played the chicken **** heel, trying to keep his title by any means necessary. Black was the face who would do anything within the rules to win.
The match should have had a decisive finish though. Even if it was in a countout, Aries needed to win the match, and Black should have been completely out of the title picture.
The fans-My section had a group who were horrible. They would try and start bad chants every 2 minutes, and were just trying to get themselves over. I finally had to start a "Shut the **** up" chant when they tried to start a "twinkees" chant after every count the ref made in the main event. That chant ruined the title match at the last show, and I would not let it ruin another title match. It worked for the most part.
Got back to my train station at 1:20am. My car was snowed in. It took til about 2am to get it out, and then i got stuck again driving my buddy home. A few guys helped me get unstuck, dropped him off, then was stuck until 4am trying to get my car in front of my house, which was not only not plowed in, but the street next to mine was, so i had double the snow in my way.
All in all, awesome night, until the drive home.