10/07/2006 ROH

Falls Count Anywhere Match: The Briscoes def. Samoa Joe & Homicide in 18:54

If you were worried about how much the guys would be willing to or able to do because they’re basically in a rec center, you didn’t need to. There was some fighting and traditional tag stuff in the ring during the first few minutes, but it didn’t take long to spill onto the floor and into the crowd. The announcers sold that as if the Briscoes were trying to make it a wrestling match to avoid “the streets” with the ultra-tough Joe and Homocide. That was a nice touch. Poor Mark Briscoe had chairs repeatedly thrown at his skull, Sabu style, and Joe hit a nice powerslam on Jay on top of the fans’ chairs. They fought outside the building in the parking lot. I’m not sure how many ring trucks are used in actual street fights, but they made liberal use of it here. First, Joe launched Jay into the truck with a Razor’s edge, which looked like poor Jay’s head absorbed it. Chris Nowinski would have cringed watching this match. Later on, Mark, showing no regard for his well-being whatsoever, did a shooting star from the top of the truck onto his opponents. Jesus! Joe sold it as if he had injured his knee on the fall and couldn’t continue in the match. Hey, if you’re going to do it, make it count, I guess. At least the dangerous spot played into the finish. Homicide fought valiantly, but the action returned to the ring, where the Briscoes won with a spiked Jay-driller as the exclamation point to a wild fucking match. ****