McXal's Reviews

One of the main events for this show was expected to be a Six-Man Title Match between Villain Enterprises and Lifeblood...but for the second time in the space of a handful of shows, injury prevents that from happening (the first being Mass Hysteria when Brody King suffered an injury at Manhattan Mayhem). PCO was injured in action yesterday, so the Trios Title Match is cancelled and instead we'll see Marty and Brody take on Haskins and Bandido with a Tag Title shot on the line. The headline bout is a second Defy Or Deny Match of the year with Matt Taven, Kenny King, Jay Lethal and Jeff Cobb doing battle. Beneath that, outsiders are gunning for ROH gold; Chase Owens challenging Shane Taylor for the TV Title and the legendary Rock'n'Roll Express coming to ROH to challenge the Briscoes for the Tag Championship. Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman are in Nashville, TN.

I feel like I've had to write the same introductory paragraph about The Bouncers and C2C multiple times this year, demonstrating quite how little they've really evolved or progressed in 2019. The Bouncers are big brawlers who like to drink and fight, with the only tangible new developments being that they failed to win the Tag Titles from the Briscoes at Mass Hysteria and are now somewhat sidetracked with their mini-feud with The Kingdom's Marseglia and O'Ryan. C2C are angry and frustrated at the lack of opportunities they've received this year, and arguably have the most to gain from victory here. Felino and Okumura are veteran wrestlers in from CMLL for the weekend as we continue to build to the ROH/CMLL Global Wars Espectacular Tour.

LSG and Okumura get us underway; Leon's speed and agility initially seeing him take control even against a veteran of the Lucha Libre scene. Oku retaliated with a swinging neckbreaker...but celebrates so hard he winds up backing into Bruiser (who bites him in the face). He then tries to do some of his veteran lucha tricks on Milonas and is resoundingly squashed. Felino charges in full of energy but nothing he tries has any effect on the Brawler, so Ali tags the big man out instead. Sunset flip bomb from the second rope by Felino on Shaheem gets 2. He tries a flying crossbody from the top rope to the floor, but is caught and powerslammed onto the concrete by Milonas. C2C reap the benefits and isolate Felino in their corner to wear him down. The surly LSG even finds the time to smack Okumura off the apron so Felino doesn't even have anyone to tag. The veteran makes a snap decision to tag Brian in - and he steamrolls St. Giovanni with a running crossbody. Felino puts BCB in a half crab but that is broken by C2C. Flatliner/Paydirt combo from C2C to Milonas gets 2. Brian gets back up to join his partner in dropping Ali with Closing Time. Bouncers win at 09:30

Rating - ** - I became more invested in this than I expected to get. It isn't a great match and it doesn't do anything to break The Bouncers or Coast 2 Coast out from their bottom-dwelling, predictable spot on the card...but there were elements of this I found myself enjoying. C2C's heat segment on Felino was decent, particularly from LSG who showed real fire and aggression. I'm starting to understand why he was kept around in 2020/2021 even after Shaheem was phased out. I also quite enjoyed watching The Bouncers engage with the CMLL veterans too. It was such an odd pairing, but yielded a couple of really unique and interesting sequences.

PCO staggers down the aisle with a deranged expression on his face, apparently not happy that medics are preventing him from wrestling this evening. Security guards (including O'Shay Edwards) try to convince him to return to the locker room, so of course PCO starts tossing them around. He puts one of them across a table on the floor, then climbs to the top for a CANNONBALL SENTON THROUGH THE TABLE! Flip Gordon sprints out and desperately tries to calm PCO down

Up next we're scheduled to see Eli Isom face Dalton Castle. Except Dalton says he can't concentrate on the match and instead calls out Joe Hendry. He wants Joe to sit in the front row and watch him beat up Eli. Hendry thinks Dalton actually called him out so Joe can 'save the day' with his ability to entertain the crowd. They continue to bicker until Isom loses his patience and steals a microphone from them. He proposes that they team up to face he and Cheeseburger...which they reluctantly agree to.

This is Hendry's US in-ring debut for ROH, although he has worked shows in the UK before. He is now signed to a full-time contract and has come into the promotion vowing to become a World Champion. He and Dalton clashed last night over who was more entertaining and that argument has continued into today's show. Will they be able to get on the same page to beat two thirds of Shinobi Shadow Squad?

Dalton tries to start for his team but is blind-tagged by Hendry and ejected from the ring by The Prestigious One. He tries to use his power to dominate Burger, whilst showing impressive speed to keep up with CB when he tries to be evasive. Castle tags in with Isom and starts grappling with the youngster. That obviously isn't Eli's forte; he gets on better by creating distance and hitting fast-paced strikes. Dalton drills Cheese with a stalling exploder suplex instead, but gets distracted by more squabbling with Hendry. Despite the tension between them they actually work with impressive fluency as they isolate CB from his partner. Finally they argue for so long that they completely ignore Burger whilst he crawls away and makes a big tag to Isom. They continue to bicker on the floor, so Eli climbs the ropes and hits a SPRINGBOARD MOONSAULT on top of them! Air Raid Crash blocked by Castle, who looks to capitalise with Bang-A-Rang...only to be stopped by his own partner! Hendry knocks out Eli with a knee strike to win at 09:57

Rating - ** - Like last night, the crowd's lack of familiarity with Hendry makes his act feel a little flat. It's actually somewhat cringe-worthy watching Joe trying to get the crowd to participate in his catchphrases, even though the crowd clearly don't know his gimmick well-enough to do so. As expected though, he has serious chemistry with Dalton. They were tremendously fun to watch as bickering partners here. The match was little more than a vehicle to debut the odd-couple pairing between Castle and Hendry and it certainly delivered in that regard.

More Women Of Honor action, with the WOH World Champion Kelly Klein watching on with Ian and Caprice at the announce desk. Love has repeatedly demanded a title shot and considers herself #1 contender having pinned Klein at Best In The World. Rose and Sakai have had plenty of issues with Angelina too, and each suffered an attack by The Allure at some point. 

Angelina tries to walk out on the match, since she doesn't feel anybody deserved to be in the ring with her. Dawkins and Rose drag The Allure back; even giving Mandy Leon a few shots even though she isn't a participant in the match. They take a while to recover on the floor from that, but inside the ring Damaris and Jenny are really beating on each other. Dawkins drops her rival with a swinging neckbreaker. Missile dropkick by Sakai, but as she lies on the canvas Jenny puts a leg lock to prevent her capitalising. Soon enough all four competitors lie Human Centipede-style in the middle of the ring trying to tap each other out with interlocking submissions. Urinage slam from Rose to Damaris gets 2. Angelina tries to bring a steel chair into the match, causing Sumie to become distracted so Mandy can hop onto the apron and dump hairspray into Sumie's eyes. Angelina tosses Sumie out and pins Dawkins at 05:00

Rating - * - Abrupt and mostly forgettable. This one really only existed to keep Angelina ticking over until we're ready to pull the trigger on her title shot with Klein. The other three felt entirely superfluous to the story, although I thought the tenacity on display from Dawkins in her live ROH debut was commendable.

The lights go out before Angelina can start celebrating...and Maria Manic appears in the ring! Love shoves Dawkins at Maria and flees as the Maneater obliterates everyone else in the previous match. Kelly Klein leaves commentary to get into Manic's face; throwing the WOH Title belt aside so that she can fight with Maria. Angelina slithers back, grabs the championship and clocks Klein in the back of the head with it! 

This is a rematch from Mass Hysteria, where Young dealt a swift and emphatic defeat to the Darewolf. Riccaboni and ROH have pushed the line that Silas cheated to win, which wasn't my impression of the match at all. They were scheduled to have a rematch at Summer Supercard, but on that night Young got drunk and said Black had to 'earn' a rematch with him. PJ lost a match to Marty Scurll instead, which is apparently all that was needed to earn said rematch. Silas once again has Josh Woods in his corner...

As the bell rings Silas seems more interested in giving advise to Josh Woods than locking up with his opponent. When they finally do start wrestling, it is with an impressive back and forth chaining sequence; each man scoring nearfalls. PJ ends that with a flurry of kicks which leave Young crawling for safety in the ropes. Young hits back by choking the Darewolf...then walks away giving Woods the opportunity to take a cheap-shot on his behalf. Josh declines to attack PJ, seemingly irritating the Last Real Man. Over the next couple of minutes Young sets up several more opportunities for Josh to cheap-shot PJ but The Goods continues to refuse. Black rallies and drops his foe with a springboard forearm strike, only for Silas to dodge a Stinger Splash causing him to clock the ringpost. Again Silas distracts the official so Josh can jump PJ, but Woods is still struggling with his conscious and doesn't want to. Silas gets agitated at his protege, and whilst distracted is rolled up for three. PJ wins at 08:57

Rating - * - Perhaps I'm being harsh, but this match really didn't interest me. It felt like they had one idea or instruction coming into the contest, that being the progression of the student/teacher dynamic between Josh and Silas...so they hammered that point home and did absolutely nothing else. Neither man felt like they were doing anything more than coasting and taking an easy night, making the nine minutes this ran for feel a LOT longer.

Woods shakes hands with PJ and congratulates him on his victory, earning himself an irate lecture from the defeated 'Last Real Man'.

This is the first show where the commentators consistently refer to Marseglia as 'Vincent' (although he isn't introduced to the ring by that name as yet). That is significant because this is also the first show that Marseglia is effectively a solo act, as TK O'Ryan is taking a leave of absence to deal with injuries (although I think he appears in a non-wrestling capacity a few more times). Vincent has already lost to Rush this year so would like to avenge that loss, but in truth the primary objective for the Horror King tonight is to act as a hitman for his stable-mate Matt Taven. Rush wants Taven's World Title, so the leader of the Kingdom has enlisted one of his henchmen to take Rush out before he makes it to a championship match. The Bouncers still have a score to settle with The Kingdom too, so join Ian and Caprice on commentary.

Marseglia laughs and smiles in a slightly deranged manner, but shows no fear in locking up and trading holds with the undefeated El Toro Blanco. Rush levels him with a snap German...only for Vincent to no-sell and pop straight back up to hit a German of his own. Rush decks him with a jumping elbow, but Vinny slithers out of the ring to batter his opponent into the ringpost. Todd Sinclair has to prevent him from using a chair, so instead Vincent mounts Rush on the timekeeping table and hammers him with punches. Back in the ring they trade chops; Marseglia still not backing up and hanging with his opponent comfortably - eventually dropping him with the Side Effect for 2. That is until Rush drops him on his head with a belly to belly into the turnbuckles. Again Vincent tries to bail...but this time Rush anticipates it and gleefully hops to the floor for his signature offensive blast into guardrails all around ringside. POWERBOMB THROUGH THE TIMEKEEPING TABLE! Apparently telling Todd 'Tranquilo' is all you need to not get disqualified tonight. Rush celebrates that move for so long that Vincent is able to get up and take him down with a Russian legsweep. Superplex by Rush - after using Vinny's own beard and dreadlocks to aid his climb up the turnbuckles. But Marseglia is in Rush's head - trying an ill-advised senton bomb off the top rope and missing. REDRUM by Vincent gets 2! He is bleeding from the mouth, so starts lapping it up before rounding on the struggling Rush again. Rush clobbers him in the face and lands the BULL'S HORNS! Rush wins at 11:43

Rating - *** - Halfway through the show and finally a match worth our time. This wasn't Rush's best match in ROH by any means, but it felt different and felt exciting - it has to be said largely because of Marseglia's performance. At times I've been an outspoken critic of Vinny and his in-ring ability. But the further he dives into this 'Horror King', Manson-esque persona, the more comfortable he looks. This match worked because it was built around him being crazy and psychotic, therefore not buying into any of Rush's hype, nor showing any fear of his intensity. That premise was established in the first two minutes when Rush nailed a German suplex only for Vincent to get right up and do the same. There haven't been many matches in 2019 where Rush's opponent has dished out as much, if not more punishment than El Toro Blanco - so this really did feel different. If Delirious/ROH officials were on the fence about whether to pull the trigger on a Marseglia solo-run now O'Ryan is gone, this felt like the match that convinced them

The Crown Jewel defeated LSG and PJ Black in a #1 contendership match last night, and now looks to emulate his Bullet Club stable-mates by snagging a Ring Of Honor championship and taking it back to Japan. Taylor is in the midst of a quest to become the most dominant TV Champion of all time, and after a couple of emphatic defences is now growing irritated that ROH continues to under-promote him (in his opinion).

Chase tells Taylor to 'suck it' then spends the first minute ducking, diving and hiding in the ropes. He kicks the champion out of the ring, but as soon as Shane is able to make contact he almost tackles Owens out of his boots. Taylor realises that fans are into his heavy-handed striking so refuses to play to them and pokes Owens in the eyes instead. Tower Of London gets 2! The Crown Jewel is in trouble and reacts by putting a sliding boot through Shane T's face. He continues to take run-ups before blasting the champ with strike after strike; finally getting him off his feet and delivering a sliding flatliner for 2. Greetings From 216 blocked, but Chase can't get his opponent off his feet for the Package Piledriver. Jewel Heist instead...but Shane kicks out! Superkick scores, and moments later Owens actually starts encouraging Taylor to engage in a strike exchange with him. So Taylor almost punches his lights out! Owens retaliates with one of Taylor's knock-out knee strikes and a diving knee! Knee strike in return by the champ, followed by Greetings From 216! Taylor retains at 12:04

Rating - ** - In matches like this where you know the title isn't in any jeopardy, I try to assess the quality of the bout based on how much the athletes were able to make me suspend my disbelief and really get sucked into a match even though I know the result. Unfortunately that is where these two completely lost me. This wasn't a terrible match - I enjoyed the physical strike exchanges, and I thought Owens wrestled intelligently to counteract someone of Taylor's size. But it was also a bout devoid of excitement and lacking any kind of hook to reel the audience in. 

The Briscoes have made no secret of their hatred for the NWA in 2019. They participated in the 2019 Crockett Cup, although failed to win after a disputed referee call led to them being disqualified in the semi-finals against Villain Enterprises. However, their first round bout was a memorable encounter with the R'n'R Express. Despite being in their 60's, Morton and Gibson put up a spirited fight against the marauding Briscoe Brothers...and now come to ROH for a rematch, looking to add another major Tag Team Championship to their already-legendary careers. Security had to hold the Briscoes back from attacking the veterans last night in Atlanta...and there will be no such protection tonight. Have Ricky and Robert bitten off more than they can chew?

Morton and Jay start; the veteran dodging Jay's early attacks and rolling back the years with a couple of effortless takedowns. After two minutes he has actually dumped both champions to the floor...so he can hit a TOPE SUICIDA! And in the last match diving to the floor proved to be his undoing since it put him on the floor where the Briscoes could brawl with him...so tonight Ricky immediately returns to the ring and lets Gibson take over on the former ROH World Champion. The Briscoes only get ahead when Mark cheaply attacks Morton from behind, allowing both Briscoes to maul him. Jay absolutely DECKS Ricky on the floor, his head pinging off the concrete with a thud. Finally Ricky kicks his way past Jay, tumbling into one of his signature hot tags to Gibson. Age is starting to catch up with the veterans now; Robert's fire is quickly extinguished as the Briscoes double-team him and leave him laying. They leave the ring and deposit Morton on the timekeeping table. Mark climbs to the top rope - BUT GIBSON SHOVES HIM THROUGH THE TABLE! Double Dropkick gets 2! Jay ensures Robert eats ringpost, then gives Ricky the Day One Neckbreaker. Froggy Bow scores, and the Briscoes retain at 08:49

Rating - *** - I liked this as much as I liked the Crockett Cup match. Both followed the same formula, allowing the R'n'R's to roll back the years and play some hits, the Briscoes busting their asses to make sure the veterans looked good...without destroying their credibility. The first match was shorter and told a more compact and efficient story but this one packed in bigger spots, and also showed some smart awareness and reactive sequences based on what happened in the first encounter. As a one-off piece of pure nostalgia, I really had no problem with this on the show. Good for Ricky and Robert for still enjoying their craft and still being healthy enough to get in the ring and have some fun. It's hard not to appreciate watching men who so obviously have a passion for what they are doing...

The Briscoes shake hands and hug the Rock'n'Roll Express, before leaving the ring so they can receive a standing ovation from the crowd - in what is a lovely moment.

As we've heard, this was originally scheduled to be a Six-Man Title defence for Villain Enterprises, but the injury PCO sustained last night has kept him out of action. Instead these two teams will compete for #1 contendership to the Briscoes' Tag Championship instead. The Haskins/Bandido Lifeblood team has experienced mixed fortunes of late. They first tagged at Mass Hysteria and lost to Marty and PCO, but then went to Summer Supercard and almost stole the show with their victory over Jonathan Gresham and former ROH Champion Jay Lethal. Bandido also lost to Scurll in Atlanta 24-hours previously. The feud between Lifeblood and the Villains shows no signs of abating; but which team will step over their rivals to ascend to the top of the pecking order in the tag division?

Scurll refuses to shake Bandido's hand and makes King start with him, which is odd after he did shake Bandido's hand and visibly put him over last night. Brody OUT-LUCHAS BANDIDO! His running rana has fans jumping out of their seats, and the pace doesn't relent as they start doing duelling/near-miss spots on their way to a thrilling stalemate. Marty rewards Bandido for his effort by attacking him from behind. That brings Haskins in, and he immediately tricks Brody into laying out his own partner. Lifeblood try to suplex King but the big man picks them both up at once to counter. Mark tries to neuter some of King's power by working his arm - danger Marty quickly spots and thwarts with the Apron Superkick. The Villains isolate Haskins with Scurll in particular at his most antagonistic. He constantly plays mindgames with his opponent, repeatedly turns to taunt Bandido as he watches from the apron...and finally starts snapping his fellow-Brit's fingers. But Haskins has seen Marty's routine countless times...and as he begins his Chickenwing dance Mark simply jumps into a heel kick. Bandido gets the tag and immediately takes out Marty with the Tornillo. Bandido tries to catch King jumping off the ropes...but doesn't have the strength leading to them both rolling around slightly awkwardly on the mat. Things are put back on track quickly though, with Lifeblood delivering stereo elbow suicidas. RUNNING FALCON ARROW/FROG SPLASH COMBO gets 2! Sunset slingshot German suplex combo in response by Villain Enterprises, and Haskins has to dive in to prevent his partner from being pinned. Crucifix Driver on Brody! HALF NELSON SUPLEX by Scurll! X-KNEE on Marty, then Bandido hoists him into the air so Haskins can dive over his partner's head into a double stomp for 2. Finger Snap by Haskins...only for Marty to block the Soldier Roll into the CHICKENWING! Haskins escapes...and then does hit the Soldier Roll for 2. Bandido saves Haskins from the Gonzo Bomb, allowing Lifeblood to knock Brody out. 21-PLEX! TOPE ATOMICO! SHARPSHOOTER ON MARTY! Haskins taps out Scurll to win at 14:08

Rating - *** - The last few minutes of this match were really hot. It wasn't a bad match before that, but it wasn't the quite on the same level as the awesome Villains/Lifeblood tag team sprint at Mass Hysteria for instance. Obviously there were a few moments of sloppy execution which is unfortunate (plus some sh*tty camera work which felt like it was actually TRYING to catch the wrestlers loudly calling spots to each other). The exchanges between Haskins and Scurll were the clear stand-outs of this one for me however. Coming off Summer Supercard where Haskins sensationally tapped out Jay Lethal, I thought it was a great follow-up to have him out-wrestling The Villain as well. There's an argument to be made that it should be Bandido who is getting clean wins over main event talents and former World Champions...as his ceiling is possibly higher than Haskins, but they are both SO good. As a gimmick, stable or angle Lifeblood was a total flop - but from an in-ring standpoint they are almost CARRYING Ring Of Honor at this point. Their Tag Title shot is at Death Before Dishonor.

This is the second time Taven has been placed into a Defy Or Deny Match during his reign (the only time an ROH Champion has been booked into two Defy Or Deny bouts). At State Of The Art he actually won, and as a result Flip Gordon (the last man eliminated) remains barred from challenging for the World Championship. Tonight Taven steps up to another three men who've already lost one title match to him - with the opportunity to permanently exclude another big name from the title picture. He ended Cobb's undefeated streak at Best In The World, he pinned his old rival Lethal clean at Manhattan Mayhem (with King also in that one)...but is he completely focused on this match knowing that Rush is now in hot pursuit of a title shot as well? Amy Rose accompanies Kenny to the ring once again, and Lethal is still visibly annoyed by her presence given how she factored into his unsuccessful Best Of Three Series with Kenny. Rhett Titus has also joined commentary, still reacting to King's comments about his career and his wife back in Philadelphia.

Kenny and Lethal refuse to shake hands, such is the ill-will that still exists between them. Taven, meanwhile, is such an asshole to everyone that the match begins with all three of his opponents simultaneously jumping him. Ian and Caprice point out that in the last Defy Or Deny Taven refused to participate early on - so starting the match is a significantly different strategy. He and Kenny are dumped out of the ring by Jay, leaving he and Cobb to square off for the first time. Lethal enjoys some success...but is then horrified to see Jeff no-sell basically all his offence. Standing moonsault dodged by Lethal, into his hiptoss/dropkick combo. Cobb goes for a stalling suplex on the champion, and succeeds even though Kenny was kicking him in the stomach. A biel sends Taven spiralling across the ring, with Lethal and King still brawling outside. The match becomes a rather surreal Scramble Match; King and Taven forming an impromptu team and working together to beat down both Lethal and Cobb. Their strategy appears to be keeping Jeff outside the ring so that they can single out and really put a hurting on their common enemy in Lethal. Figure 4 by Taven, revelling in trapping Lethal in one of his signature moves. It is broken when Cobb pulls King off the ropes and gives him a RAZOR'S EDGE on top of the World Champion! Helicopter Toss on Taven gets 2. One Night Stand from King to Cobb! Taven swoops in to give Kenny Just The Tip...but in turn eats an Ace Crusher from Lethal. King and Jay keep gravitating towards each other like magnets; every sequence in the match appears to begin and end with them coming to blows. Lethal eventually leaves the ring to have Amy Rose ejected from ringside, and in the melee Taven grabs the title belt and nails Cobb with it. Todd Sinclair spotted that, and disqualifies Taven at 16:10 - meaning we will see the award of a title shot for the winner tonight. As Taven furious argues with the ref, he causes Todd to miss Kenny picking up the belt and smacking Lethal in the face! Royal Flush nailed, and King eliminates Lethal at 16:43. The final two are King and Cobb, with Jeff battling to avoid the Royal Flush then barely kicking out when King pins him with his feet on the ropes. Tour Of The Islands nailed, handing Cobb the win and the title shot at 18:31

Rating - *** - I was a big fan of the last Defy Or Deny Match, and called it possibly the best Defy Or Deny ever. This wasn't in the same league sadly. It was lively and will, I presume, air on television in abbreviated format so will make a fun main event for free TV - but for the most part this felt like total filler. I really hated that they made this a full-on Tornado Rules scramble, and I didn't particularly enjoy the lay-out which basically delivered a match packed with barely connected spots then a flurry of eliminations at the end either. The only part I found particularly memorable were the feud-building flash-points between Lethal and King...and since they've been feuding on and off for more than a year, that really wasn't providing anything new. Cobb getting a title rematch is interesting, but in truth the nature of his loss at Best In The World has already killed his so much of his credibility that it will take much more than a forgettable win on a B-show like this to rebuild him. I would like to see Taven/Cobb again with a proper time allocation though...

Tape Rating - ** - I debated going lower on my rating. There is absolutely nothing on this show you need to go out of your way to see and that is a real problem for a company with a dwindling fanbase and a stone-cold product. It isn't outright bad or offensive (actually the booking didn't do much to annoy me at all here) but the in-ring content is so forgettable, and nothing even reaching a 4* level by my admittedly often-generous rating system should tell you that this isn't an event that will live long in the memory. Since revamping their format ROH's have delivered some really strong live shows - unfortunately this one was a real miss. Rush/Vincent is really fun and worth checking out if you're a big fan of Vinny's and want to see his 'Horror King' persona continue to evolve...but I imagine that's quite a niche fanbase. Lifeblood/Villains was probably the best match on the show, and even that was one of the worst matches we've seen in that rivalry, so has been done much better elsewhere. You can comfortably skip this one.

3) Matt Taven vs Jeff Cobb vs Kenny King vs Jay Lethal (***)

2) Rush vs Vinny Marseglia (***)

1) Mark Haskins/Bandido vs Marty Scurll/Brody King (***)

5) Rush vs Vinny Marseglia (*** - Honor For All 2019)

4) Mark Haskins/Bandido vs Marty Scurll/Brody King (*** - Honor For All 2019)

3) Brody King/PCO vs Tracy Williams/Mark Haskins (*** - Center Stage)

2) Marty Scurll vs Bandido (**** - Center Stage)

1) Matt Taven/Shane Taylor/Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe vs Jay Lethal/Jeff Cobb/Kenny King/Rush (**** - Center Stage)