McXal's Reviews

One thing ROH in 2018 gets nowhere near enough credit for is the quality of their pay-per-view/major event offerings. In terms of the quality of the shows, I think its probably the best since the Sinclair PPV project started in 2014. That form will be challenged tonight though, as they present a show in the aftermath of the historic All In event. With time to build to this card seriously squeezed, ROH opted not to bother for the most part...and instead put in a call to their partners in New Japan to help them out. NJPW have duly obliged - sending Liger, Ishii, Ospreay and for the first time in a while, Okada too. It creates a double main event of Lethal/Ospreay for the World Title, and a Bullet Club vs CHAOS 10-man tag (which takes top billing in all the marketing of course). Beneath that the Women Of Honor, TV and Tag Titles are all defended and Bully Ray looks to end Flip Gordon and Colt Cabana's careers in a Table Match. Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman provide commentary from Las Vegas, NV.

King comes in on the back of consecutive wins over Marty Scurll and Adam Page. After his loss to Austin Aries at Best In The World - where he hesitated to take an opportunity to put his opponent away - he has been doing whatever it takes to win. That now extends to a showdown with the legendary Liger. Kenny has been trying to rebuild his status and climb the card again in recent weeks, and knows victory over Liger is imperative.

King has a tacky, cheap-looking red carpet on the aisle for his entrance. Even in his hometown, and coming out wearing as Las Vegas shirt, Kenny can't touch Liger for popularity though. The veteran makes an example of him in the early going; stretching him for fun on the canvas. He then forcibly ejects him from the ring with a back body drop...and flies off the apron with the cannonball senton too. King fights to avoid being suplexed off the apron, instead levelling the legend with the corkscrew pescado. Liger crumpled on that and Kenny looks to make an apparent back injury worse by shoving him into the side of the ring. Back in the ring he lands repeated backbreakers and a sidewalk slam before cranking onto a surfboard. Boston Crab next, forcing Liger to use all of his power to force his way into the ropes. Shotei nailed, followed by the capo kick in the corner for 2. But Liger's back injury is such that he can't get Kenny up for a Brainbuster and instead King is able to counter to the Chin Checker for 2. Swinging backbreaker crunches the masked man's injured spine once more and seemingly takes King to the cusp of victory. He plans a big finale from the top...only to be thwarted by a Liger superplex (which hurts Liger more than King). Royal Flush countered into a bulldog, setting up a frog splash by Liger! He gets 2 on the pin...then collapses holding his back. Todd Sinclair seemingly considers stopping the match and tries to stop King from inflicting further damage. Kenny leads the crowd in chants for the legend, offers him a handshake...and uses it to jerk him into a spinebuster. King wins at 12:10

Rating - *** - I don't necessarily need to see King getting the kind of push he's now getting. But - and I think I made a similar point after his wins over Scurll and Page - it is at least a well-imagined and logical storyline. Having blasted ROH for not creating new stars and not pushing guys outside of the Bullet Club/BTE/NJPW bubble for quite a while, it would also be poor form of me to complain when they do just that. Whether you agree or disagree, Kenny is someone that Sinclair-owned ROH have identified as worthy of investment, and someone to help carry the company through the pending Elite talent exodus, and they are doing a good job of rebuilding him. This match could've gone a little shorter but it was pretty fun as a PPV curtain-raiser. Liger traded on his immense popularity and sold his back REALLY well, whilst King did a solid job pacing the gradual reveal of a more heelish nature until the big twist finish. 

Daniels and Kazarian want to save their jobs by winning the Tag Titles; it really is that simple. Joe Koff announced at the start of the year that he wasn't renewing their contracts and with only a quarter of the year left they still don't have the leverage they need to force him to renegotiate. They attacked the Briscoes at Best In The World, got violent with them again over multiple TV episodes, then went to All In where Kazarian and Sky scored the win over the Tag Champs. 9-time champions though they may be, Jay and Mark will know their belts are in real peril tonight if they aren't at their very best...

The Briscoes are 3-0 over The Addiction apparently. The challengers look fired up to put a dent in that record and explode into action from the bell. The champs actually have to leave the ring to kill their momentum; prowling ominously around ringside armed with chairs. Mark in particular is singled out for some really brutal treatment, making him so annoyed that he started throwing chairs into the ring. Daniels hiptosses him back into the ring when he thinks about the Cactus Elbow...only to be low-bridged by Jay as a set-up for the blockbuster to the floor. SICK KICK ON THE FLOOR almost KO's Daniels. It leaves him vulnerable and trapped in the ring for a period of emphatic Briscoe dominance. It is punctuated by repeated trips to the floor where they absolutely brutalise the former World Champ. Daniels manages to avoid the Froggy Bow though, and dumps Mark into the Blue Thunder Driver. Kaz tags and drops Mark with a lungblower. DDT/Stunner combo on both Briscoes gets 2. SLINGSHOT RANA TO THE FLOOR! MAFIA KICK BY JAY! He wants to powerbomb Frankie through a couple of chairs...and doesn't see Daniels diving off the apron with a crossbody block to prevent him. Powerbomb/Neckbreaker combo on Jay! SOMERSAULT PLANCHA OVER THE RINGPOST by Daniels! SCU are so confident now they decide to go for a Doomsday Device. Jay blocks it...and is shoved to the floor for a pescado. URINAGE THROUGH AN OPEN CHAIR from Mark to Kaz! The back of Frankie's head is bleeding, bringing out Scorpio Sky to check on his friend. It means an already-fatigued Daniels is now fighting solo as Kaz needs medical attention. Redneck Boogie gets 2! Still The Addiction's corner lies empty meaning the Ring General his nobody to tag. He victory rolls out of a Doomsday Device, ducks a lariat and leaps into the BME! JAY BREAKS THE PIN! Holy sh*t that was close! JAY DRILLER ON THE FLOOR! DANIELS KICKS OUT! The Briscoes are furious, but another Jay Driller does bring them victory. They retain at 17:41

Rating - **** - There is an argument to be made that this is the best Briscoes/Addiction 2-vs-2 tag in ROH. It was far from perfect, but in a year where the work of Jay and Mark Briscoe has been incredibly under-rated by some, this was another really solid encounter. The current version of their characters feels like such a natural fit for them. They look so comfortable as nasty, violent, dangerous redneck thugs - throwing chairs, picking fights and repeatedly brawling on the floor to get the better of high flyers like the Young Bucks or wily veteran teams like The Addiction. This probably didn't have the excitement or energy of Briscoes vs Kaz/Sky at All In - but it packed in a lot more substance and felt a lot more violent. 

There isn't a lot of build to this one, but it all fairness there doesn't need to be. Dashwood remains the biggest name on the WOH roster, and is still smarting from her loss the first time these two met; in the semi-finals of the tournament to crown the first Women Of Honor Champion. Sakai grabbed the upset win then and now feels she needs another win over Tenille to legitimise her as the top women's wrestler in Ring Of Honor. Tenille comes in with her shoulder heavily taped...

Sakai mounts Dashwood and literally pounds on her inside the first minute. It's a real statement of intent that Tenille really doesn't take kindly to. She blasts the champ with elbows and tries to line up the Spotlight Kick, which Sumie counters. Taste Of Tenille nailed for 2...only for Sakai to retaliate with a back suplex then a violent missile dropkick. DIVING CROSSBODY TO THE FLOOR! From the opening bell Sumie has held nothing back whatsoever! She grabs an armbar on Dashwood's bad shoulder - hurting it to such an extent that the challenger can't even throw a strike without serious pain. Butterfly suplex scores for Tenille, although it does little more than take them both out such is the damage to her shoulder. Spotlight Kick blocked. CURB STOMP by Dashwood! She tries a powerbomb whilst in yet more obvious pain...and Sakai easily counters it to a hurricanrana. Fisherman neckbreaker scores, setting up a running knee strike for 2. Smash Mouth...gets 2 as well! Cross armbreaker instead, which the Australian barely survives. She does finally escape with a double underhook suplex into the turnbuckles though. Dilemma locked in despite the injured shoulder...and when Sakai pops to the apron on that Dashwood slides between her legs and POWERBOMBS HER ON THE FLOOR! Back in the ring Dashwood goes for a German suplex - but can't get Sakai all the way over such is the effect of her injury. Pop-Up Powerbomb! NO SOLD! CROSS ARMBREAKER! Tenille passes out, meaning Sakai wins by referee stoppage at 12:33

Rating - *** - The quality of Sumie's WOH Title reign has really snuck under the radar. Other than the disappointing defence against Madison Rayne, all of her championship matches have been of a decent standard...and this was the best of the lot. The story here was that Sakai felt like she needed to beat the biggest 'name' on the WOH roster to legitimise herself as the champion; the match was the perfect embodiment of that. She was on it from the opening bell when she started elbowing the sh*t out of Dashwood; brutal in her offence, putting her own body on the line to punish her opponent and able to withstand some of Tenille's heaviest offensive bombs. I believe this wound up being Tenille's last ROH match, ending her all-too-brief run. She does appear again before her contract expires, but won't be in the ring again. She needed surgery on her injured shoulder, and in October of 2018 went public with her battle against the psoriasis in an intensely brave and personal post on her social media. I've really enjoyed her short time with ROH though. I wasn't a big fan of her SHIMMER work and felt she was inconsistent in WWE (before the NXT Four Horsewomen really eclipsed her)...but she added genuine star-power to the WOH roster. Physically charismatic, a striking entrance and an ability to connect with audiences in brief, ten minute matches (which is all the Women Of Honor division generally amounts to). My suspicion is that, but for the injury, she may well have left this show as WOH Champion. At the time this felt like as much, if not more of a shocker than when Dalton retained the World Title at Best In The World...

After strong showing in the Best Of Super Juniors, Sabin returned to Ring Of Honor ready to concentrate on his singles career. In Atlanta his long-time partner Alex Shelley announced he was stepping away from wrestling and endorsed Sabin to go to the very top; a feel good moment that was ruined by an attack by Martinez. Another attack in the locker room - attributed to Martinez - sent Shelley away in unceremonious fashion as well. Sabin comes for both the TV Title and payback for his fallen friend this evening...

Sabin gives himself a Steve Corino-esque entrance, and springs into action from the opening bell with repeated kicks, mostly to the legs. Martinez tries to jump onto the apron but his knee buckles again and Sabin levels him with a PK. Martinez tries to give him a powerbomb off the apron, which Sabin battles and tries to counteract with a tope...which Punisher counters by chokeslamming him into the side of the ring. Back in between the ropes he almost snaps the challenger in half with a big lariat for 2. They fight on the ropes next; a battle Sabin wins by hitting a frankensteiner. He maintains a fast pace and starts diving at Martinez with pescados and topes...before ascending to the top and leaping to the outside with a suicide dive. Cradle Shock blocked, instigating a skirmish which sees referee Paul Turner knocked to the floor. Despite being in charge of the match, Martinez decides he wants to use a chair as a weapon. Diving tornado DDT ON THE CHAIR by Sabin as he brings it inside! Curb Stomp/South Of Heaven combo sees Punishment retain at 08:00

Rating - * - This wasn't a match which resonated with me at all. Sabin is at his worst when he tries to wrestle the same pace and style of match as he did in the X-Division in the mid-00's. He just isn't that kind of wrestler anymore, and unfortunately that's the kind of wrestler he tried to be here. It meant that not only was the match short and little more than functional, there was a real clash of styles which the two men never quite overcame. All of those minor issues were only amplified further with the completely pointless ref bump spot, which wasn't needed in the slightest.

Martinez tries to take Sabin out with another Curb Stomp...but is stopped when Jeff Cobb marches down the aisle. Punisher whacks him with a chair, which Cobb totally no-sells. He puts Martinez down with a swinging back suplex and issues a challenge for the TV Title...

In an excellent pre-taped promo Bully contemplates what happened to him at All In. He calls Colt a 'never was' who 'couldn't hack it in the WWE', and Flip a 'spoiled young boy' 'never will be'. He even deviates into demanding that Silas be 'grateful' for being allowed to team with him...and thinks that since he arrived in ROH, Silas 'has gone from bully to b*tch'. It ends with him showing his WWE HOF ring to the camera, which I'm astonished they were allowed to do...

This will be contested under elimination rules. Bully has been targeting Flip for months (after Flip got involved in Bully's ongoing victimisation of Cheeseburger), calling him a young boy and vowing to remove him from ROH. He has been so disrespectful to Flip and the entire ROH culture that it has drawn the ire of Colt Cabana as well. Colt has frequently strayed from the announce desk, often at his own cost. This is hot on the heels of All In when Flip, disguised as Chico El Luchador, robbed Bully of victory in the Over Budget Battle Royal (costing him an ROH Title shot) then ended the night putting the Hall Of Famer through a table with Cabana and Jay Lethal. The dynamic between Bubba and Silas is interesting too. Both are surly individuals, but Bully appears to have an odd, neutering hold over the Last Real Man. Friction continues to simmer between them during their entrances...

Flip comes out through the crowd to jump Bully from behind with a Superkick. Pele on Silas too, before being joined by Cabana for a missile dropkick/sidewalk slam combo. Bubba's size is a genuine threat though - and he engulfs Colt with a body avalanche as Young dumps Gordon into the rails. Bully wants a Wassup...but Flip blocks by hitting the Kinder Surprise on Young. SPRINGBOARD WASSUP by Flip and Colt! Bully shows his experience by moving the table when the opposition look set to put Silas through it. Colt does the same things later to save Gordon though, before laying out everyone with a quebrada. ROPE RUN SOMERSAULT SENTON to the outside by Flip! On the other side Cabana misses a pescado and gets battered with a steel chair, whilst Bully hurls abuse over the railings at Ian Riccaboni too. Ian leaves commentary to go check on Colt...and only a tope suicida from Flip saves Ian's ass when Bully comes after him with a chair. Gordon tries the same move on Silas, who counters in mid-air to dump him into the barricade. Meanwhile Ian feeds Cabana a chair to use as a weapon on Bubba. The veteran, of course, continues to sell basically nothing and POWERBOMBS Colt through the timekeeping table right in front of his commentary partner. Cabana is eliminate at the seven minute mark. Flip is left alone to take a 2-on-1 beating...until Young accidentally levels his own partner with a clothesline. Bubba in response TACKLES Silas to the ground, but only to stop him going through a table. They temporarily pause to start punching each other! Gordon does a SAYAMA FLIP OFF THE TABLE, then tosses Bully through it to eliminate him at 10:43! Killer Combo by Young immediately afterwards. He hits a springboard lariat, which Gordon sells Paul London-style with a complete somersault off the apron to land flat on his face on the arena floor. Todd Sinclair gets taken out as Young attempts Misery...which Flip counters to a springboard spear. 450 SPLASH THROUGH A TABLE by Gordon! But with no ref to declare him the winner. Bully mows Gordon down, dumps him in the wreckage of the table and convinces Todd to declare his team the winner. Bully and Silas win at 13:33

Rating - ** - How utterly awful was that finish? I am struggling to even find the motivation to bury it, such is my astonishment at how dreadful it was. And the thing is, Silas Young was involved in a match with a similarly stupid finish with Austin Aries a couple of months earlier, but the decision was overturned then. Why isn't that happening here? The inconsistencies in the booking boggle the mind. But even with that I didn't find myself hating the whole match. Flip's individual performance was superb. He took big bumps, he was electrifying on offence and most crucially, sold the crap out of the sympathetic babyface routine. The Silas/Bully dynamic is legitimately interesting too. It's sort of a side-quest for Bully, but it is fascinating to watch those two butt heads. In addition to those two factors, Caprice Coleman did a wonderful job on commentary; by himself for long periods. 

Not content with a win for his team, Bully starts beating on Flip with a chain and shards of table. 

A camera cuts to the locker room where it is revealed that Tenille Dashwood has been attacked, apparently exacerbating her shoulder injury...

There is a lot going on in this one. The Bucks and the Best Friends go way back of course, and shared a hell of a match against each other at Honor Reigns Supreme earlier in the year too. This show comes right after All In, meaning Scurll will be desperate for some payback after losing to Okada in Chicago. The Bucks are reigning IWGP Tag Champions which will certainly interest multiple CHAOS members - but they are also preparing for a title defence against fellow Bullet Club members the Guerrillas Of Destiny at an NJPW show in California in two days time. This PPV takes place shortly after Jay White and Gedo defected from CHAOS, publicly stabbing Okada in the back. Can Okada focus on this match carrying that kind of baggage? Former TV Champion Ishii is looking to make up for a singles loss to Punishment Martinez in his last ROH bout, at Supercard Of Honor. Nick Aldis is on commentary to scout Cody ahead of their NWA Heavyweight Title rematch at the NWA's 70th Anniversary Show...

The Bucks are using their All In entrance in ROH now. Page and Ishii have to be separated before the bell and are the willing first entrants once we do get underway. They absolutely batter each other without stopping and without mercy. In the end it's Ishii who stops striking and dumps Hangman with a suplex. Okada tags...and Scurll forcibly tags right in too. He wants another piece of the Rainmaker, but Okada refuses! He saunters away and tags Romero before Marty can get near him. Matt takes a cheap shot at Rocky...so Beretta does the same thing to Scurll. In come the Best Friends and the Bucks; Beretta and Taylor quickly clearing the ring. Okada steps in again, joined by Cody to the delight of the Vegas fans. Flapjack by Okada...right before Rhodes blocks a tornado DDT and knocks Trent to the floor. Suicide dive misses...TOPE ATOMICO BY TRENT! SSP OFF THE APRON BY PAGE! Scurll tries to throw an apron Superkick but accidentally knocks Hangman's block off! CORKSCREW MOONSAULT by Nick! SOMERSAULT PLANCHA OFF THE STAGE BY CHUCKIE! Chaos want Ishii to hit a dive! TOP ROPE CANNONBALL TO THE FLOOR by the Stone Pitbull! Brandi Rhodes gets involved, distracting Trent so her husband can blindside him with a dick kick. That cues up a period of Bullet Club control. Finally Beretta hammers Cody with a discus lariat and makes a crucial tag to Romero. Double rana on the Bucks, with Bullet Club members disappearing to all four corners into prime position for the Forever Clotheslines. FIVE MAN SUPERKICK takes out Rocky! But somehow he recovers to rana Page into kicks from his own partners! Okada tags and starts throwing his partners at Nick Jackson in the corner. Worst Case Scenario from Matt to Taylor! Tornado DDT by Beretta! Scurll tries to break Ishii's fingers...and gets knocked the f*ck out with a headbutt! Disaster Kick NO SOLD! Dropkick from Okada to Nick! Rainmaker countered...Meltzer Driver blocked. SPIKE TOMBSTONE by Taylor and Okada gets 2 (with Romero landing a Shiranui on the floor). Matt ducks a Rainmaker but puts his head right into a wayward Buckshot Lariat by Page instead. CROSS RHODES on Okada! Seconds later Okada is back up though, and delivering the RAINMAKER! Buckshot Lariat from Page to Ishii. The American Nightmare incapacitates Ishii against the guardrails, as in the ring Marty decks Romero with a folding powerbomb for 2. Chickenwing blocked...as Matt accidentally levels Scurll with a Superkick. The Bucks try to line up another Meltzer, only for another Bullet Club miscue to cause them to collide. Sole Food on the apron for Nick! APRON PILEDRIVER by Trent! SPRINGBOARD DIVE by Cody! CHICKENWING ON ROMERO! HE TAPS! Scurll gets the win for Bullet Club at 21:18

Rating - **** - Marty took some (unfair) criticism for the length of his match with Okada at All In, but in ROH circles he is very much their primary focus when it comes to The Elite now. The success of All In pretty much cemented that the rest of The Elite were headed for the ROH exit door, with the only question whether it would be to WWE or to start their own company. Scurll remained under contract and, other than having to put Hurricane Helms over on TV, has been booked pretty strongly since Best In The World. This match delivers all that you'd expect. That's not to say it was predictable, just that it touches a lot of the bases you'd want this collection of wrestlers to hit. The frequent Bullet Club misfiring, spotlighting the ongoing 'Bullet Club is fine saga' was the clear highlight of the bout for me.

Cody invades commentary on his way to the locker room and accepts Nick Aldis' challenge for a 2/3 Falls NWA Title rematch at NWA 70th. 

In 2016 ROH made a big deal about signing Ospreay. In truth the Aerial Assassin has never been more than part-time in this promotion and this is his first appearance since the final TV taping of 2017. With Lethal now entrenched in his second reign as World Champion he started wondering if there was anyone in pro-wrestling who could take the belt from him at this pay-per-view. Enter Ospreay to accept the challenge - looking to avenge the loss he suffered to Lethal last time he stepped into an ROH ring. 

No handshake from the more muscular Ospreay. He demonstrates his increased bulk by making himself extremely difficult for Lethal to push around as they lock up. The next couple of minutes are spent with both men probing each other for weaknesses. Will explodes first; viciously slapping the champ in the face and ploughing through him with a tackle. He doesn't back down when Jay tries to throw chops at him, kick-starting a frenetic exchange where each man unsuccessfully attempts their finishing move. Will tries to come off the top rope...but is chopped TO THE FLOOR! Tope Trilogy leaves Ospreay over the guardrail and at the feet of the fans in the front row. Just like their previous ROH match, Lethal starts attacking the midsection. Having bent it around the guardrail he returns to the ring with a backbreaker and tries to work a camel clutch. Via some spectacular familiarity countering, Ospreay delivers a handspring twisting overhead kick and actually uses strikes to take the fight to the champion. When Lethal chops him back...he reclines in the corner as if it was nothing! He puts his arms behind his back and starts begging Lethal to hit him harder! Then he KICKS HIM OUT OF THE RING! TOPE INTO THE GUARDRAILS! On the floor again the fight gets more intense - they really start laying strikes in on each other. Pip Pip Cheerio back into the ring gets 2. But Lethal goes back to the midsection with a Lethal Combination to kill his momentum. Will trips him out of the ring. SASUKE SPECIAL MISSES! Lethal tries to powerbomb him through a table...blocked. SUPERKICK GETS LAYS OUT BOBBY CRUISE! The World Title flies through the air in the aftermath of that and is caught by Ospreay. He teases using it as a weapon, but throws it aside and starts beating the piss out of the champ! GUARDRAIL FLATLINER BY LETHAL! With Ospreay still reeling from that, and with a ladder randomly propped up against the guardrail, Lethal takes it back to the ring. Lethal Injection COUNTERED with a reverse rana! NO SOLD! OSPREAY FLIPS INTO A LIGERBOMB for 2! SUNSET FLIP BOMB THROUGH THE LADDER ON THE FLOOR! Storm Breaker blocked...OsCutter COUNTERED TO AN ACE CRUSHER! SILENT WHISPER COUNTERS THE LETHAL INJECTION! Once again Ospreay holds the ROH World Title belt in his hands and again teases using it before blitzing Lethal with kicks. OSCUTTER GETS 2! REPEATED STOMPS TO THE HEAD! Still Lethal blocks the Storm Breaker! They go the top rope. SPRINGBOARD SUPER RANA COUNTERED TO AN AVALANCHE BOMB! LETHAL INJECTION! Lethal retains in an utter war at 22:48

Rating - **** - One thing ROH hasn't lacked in 2018 has been great World Title Matches featuring Jay Lethal. I don't think this reached the level of his very best matches this year (vs Castle, vs Haskins or vs Gresham) but it was still a thrilling watch. Nobody thought Ospreay was winning here, so the success of this as a PPV main event hinged on how much drama they'd be able to manufacture despite the result being a foregone conclusion. The answer was plenty. Ospreay returning to ROH with a darker, more brooding and more violent edge to his style made him a fearsome challenger. Already faster and quicker than Lethal, he was now a challenger who could hit just as hard and was every bit as strong. Some of the best moments of this match came when they ditched the more elaborate sequences, stood toe to toe and beat each other senseless...and everything they did built Ospreay up to be such a formidable foe that the crowd started to buy that the title was in jeopardy. I didn't care for the random Bobby Cruise knock-out spot and the ladder bump felt slightly superfluous, but holy sh*t was this ever a great match. I seriously considered going higher on my rating.

Lethal and Ospreay shake hands, as red balloons rise from under the ring. Vinny Marseglia and TK O'Ryan mob Lethal, looking to send him a message with Matt Taven still in Mexico. Jon Gresham runs out to make a save but is beaten down 2-on-1 as well. It turns out Taven is back from Mexico! Now with a shaven mohawk after losing a Hair vs Hair Match at CMLL's 85th Anniversary, he carries a bag with him...from which he pulls a purple version of the World Title belt. He proclaims himself to be the 'Real World Champion' as the PPV goes off the air. 

Tape Rating - *** - This show wasn't as well received as ROH's other major PPV offerings in 2018. I can appreciate why; the 16th Anniversary, Supercard Of Honor and Best In The World were all GREAT top to bottom cards and as a complete line-up this wasn't as strong. But when I scanned the card coming in the three matches that leapt out at me were Briscoes/Addiction, Bullet Club/CHAOS and Lethal/Ospreay. All three of those matches absolutely delivered; all different, but all excellent in what they were geared up to accomplish. Relatively speaking, even the Bully Ray match was actually decent (albeit mostly because of Flip Gordon). So whilst this didn't hit the soaring heights of ROH's biggest events in 2018, it is an easy three hour watch where all the biggest bouts deliver. 

3) Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe vs The Addiction (****)

2) Bullet Club vs CHAOS (****)

1) Jay Lethal vs Will Ospreay (****)