By Graham "GSM" Matthews

The Briscoes def. The Bloodhound Warriors

I had never seen or heard of The Bloodhound Warriors before this bout, and this wasn't a strong introduction for the duo on ROH TV. It's not that this was a bad match, but they weren't nearly as dominant as they appeared to be. They scored some offense, but mostly it was all The Briscoes as it should have been. They're the ones involved in a notable program right now, so they needed the win more. Are The Bloodhound Warriors essentially ROH's version of The Ascension? Let's hope not. As for the post-match promo, it was a nice way of furthering the feud between Jay Briscoe and Adam Page and building to a match between the two next week.


Roderick Strong def. Donovan Dijak

Dijak continues to impress me with each of his outings in ROH. It's been well-established that Strong is great, but Dijak was a question mark when I started watching ROH again a few months ago and he's been one to watch lately. He had a very good outing against Strong and it wasn't pointless either considering Strong's issues with The House of Truth and Jay Lethal. War Machine making the save for Strong afterward effectively hyped the two upcoming title matches Lethal will be involved in with Strong and a member of War Machine. 

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Enzo Amore, Colin Cassady and The Hype Bros. def. Jason Jordan, Chad Gable and The Mechanics

I can't stress enough how over Amore and Cassady were in the arena. They were probably the most popular stars on the entire show, and that's including TakeOver. The reaction they received made me question why they weren't in the NXT Tag Team Championship match instead of The Vaudevillians, but I digress. They worked well with The Hype Bros. and had a fun little eight-man tag team match. Jordan and Gable stood out to me during this bout and I look forward to seeing them enter the title picture sooner rather than later. The babyfaces scored the big hometown win and it made for a nice opening to the show.


Eva Marie def. Carmella

As someone who was in the Barclays Center for this show, I can tell you that the reaction for Eva Marie was toned down dramatically. She was practically booed out of the building, but the reaction she received came across on television as tame in comparison. The match wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been, but that's not to say it was any good. Eva is improving, I'll give her that, but she's still a work in progress and the worst of the bunch right now. I understand why she would want to do The Kendrick as an ode to her mentor, but she doesn't execute it very well, so she should go for something simpler as her finisher for now.

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Prime Time Players def. Los Matadores

It's encouraging to see that the Players are continuing to get on-air time despite losing the WWE Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam. The New Day are obviously the hotter act right now, but the Players are still a talented team in their own right and deserve to be showcased. They put together a fun little match with the Matadores who, as I've said countless times before, are excellent athletes despite their atrocious gimmick. The Players were the right duo to pick up the win and hopefully they won't be completely overshadowed now that The Dudley Boyz are back in WWE.


Jack Swagger def. Adam Rose

This new "party pooper" character for Rose is lifeless and beyond dull, but it's better than nothing, I guess. People stopped caring about him a long time ago, so the win won't do anything to benefit Swagger. We've seen the match between them enough times that it wasn't anything out of the ordinary, but thankfully it was kept relatively brief and it didn't overstay its welcome.

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Paul Heyman Addressed The Undertaker's Controversial SummerSlam Win; Brock Lesnar Attacked Bo Dallas

Even if you hated the finish to the SummerSlam main event, you have to admit that much like when Undertaker's undefeated WrestleMania streak ended, the best thing to come out of it was the Heyman promo the night after. There really aren't any words to describe it that I haven't used before, so I'll just keep it simple by saying Heyman hit a home run. The crowd was hot for the challenge for a rematch with 'Taker, but you had to know he wasn't going to accept. I love how they did what I wanted them to weeks ago by having Lesnar get physical with someone that can take the beating instead of just standing there, and Dallas took that annihilation like a champ. A refreshing change of pace to open Raw.


The New Day def. The Lucha Dragons (Non-title)

Brooklyn loves their New Day, but despite their awesome promo before the bout, they managed to elicit a few boos after insulting the city. It leaves me wondering whether that will continue in other cities or if it's only in the "smarky" crowds. The match was fun while it lasted, but The Lucha Dragons need to be established more because they can't be taken seriously as a threat to the titles as of now. But the big moment came afterward when The Dudley Boyz shocked the world by making their long awaited return to WWE! What an f'n moment! I've been waiting for this forever and they couldn't have picked a better city to do it in than Brooklyn. The tag team scene just got ten times more interesting.