The start of the CZW vs. ROH feud. Still the best invasion storyline I've ever seen in wrestling. And Danielson was such a great douchebag heel-champion. He started this war by antagonising Hero and CZW, and then simply abandoned the whole conflict and left it to the rest of ROH to deal with the fallout, while he concentrated on his title reign.

@stoneharper7038

2 жыл бұрын

Not only that he actually turned on ROH in the Cage of Death match so he could essentially soften up Samoa Joe for a future title match lol

@Wurzelknecht

2 жыл бұрын

@@stoneharper7038 Gotta love selfish asshole-Danielson. His best gimmick throughout his ROH-run. He didn't give a shit about babyfaces or heels, or ROH or CZW. All he cared about was that he was the Best Wrestler in the World and nobody could prove him wrong. And every victory just made him more unbearable, especially when he pinned Colt Cabana in under 5 minutes.

@jaysmith4357

Жыл бұрын

@@Wurzelknecht I remember being a huge wwe blind mark fanboy around this time😂. I was hearing about Danielson and was ready to call him overrated along with Roh as a company. Then I looked up the much hyped match with Nigel at Roh unified and and instantly thought it was one of the top 5 matches I ever seen and Bryan was the best in the world and one of the top 5 best wrestlers I ever saw up to that point(been a fan since 92). After the train wreck that was December to Dismember being I was also a huge ECW and RVD fan I quit watching WWE and was hooked to ROH from 06-08 before I stopped watching wrestling period due to personal reasons. ROH during that time was some of the most amazing stuff I ever seen from a company. I had like 100 DVDs and the feud with CZW was everything I hoped the WWE/WCW invasion feud would be and a shit ton more. Those were great times!!!

I must have taken Bryan Danielson months to come up with his WWE name.

@kingfathersuperstillhatesk7349

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

Czw Vs Roh Better than Today's WWE

Back when titles could be defended 20 or 30 times a year, something that no wrestling promotion does anymore

@Wurzelknecht

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's what made the ROH World title so prestigious to me. They had like 20-30 shows a year back when they had no TV deal, and almost every show had a world title match. Sure, some challengers were less likely to beat the Champ than others, but a good title defense with a clean finish even against a filler challenger just made the Champ look strong and the title important, because not any random dude could just win it, and when a title DID change hands, it was a huge deal.

@nohbuddy1

4 жыл бұрын

What? Titles were never defended that much in ROH pre TV. They had at most like 2 events a month. Titles are defended all the time on house shows

@Wurzelknecht

4 жыл бұрын

@@nohbuddy1 Danielson had over 30 title defenses in 2006 alone. So yeah, the title was defended a lot. Any number higher than 12 is already a lot. Even CM Punk who was only champ for like a month had 5 title defenses in that time. And house shows don't count, as they're not filmed. They haven't counted since at least the mid-90s when they finally realised that having title changes that nobody but the arena audience can watch is a stupid business decision.

@strawberrystarburstbuthuman

3 жыл бұрын

@@nohbuddy1 in total daniel defended the title 38 times

Man I truly miss The American Dragon. I will never be able to hear Europe's Final Countdown with out thinking of him.

@spiderkidLarry

2 жыл бұрын

I dont see how he always timed the song when getting on the second rope. Must have good hearing.

@johnbarton41

2 жыл бұрын

@@spiderkidLarry Yeah especially seeing how loud the crowd was. It reminded me of the old ECW day's when the Sandman came out. Great time's.

@spiderkidLarry

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbarton41 Yes, I am glad of dvd's and Highspots

@johnbarton41

2 жыл бұрын

@@spiderkidLarry I hear you I have over 1000 Wrestling titles so I have my own network. 😂

@spiderkidLarry

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbarton41 Wow!! What is your network called? Do you sell?

HA! Back when Chris Hero showing up in ROH was unheard of!

I love watching these legends wrestle each other. Their 2009 PWG and 2008 WxW matches are classics.

Best shape of Chris Hero

I love this stuff. This is what I think of when I talk about "good pro wrestling"

It was interesting to learn that Bryan, in his book, described this match as a "biggest failure as ROH champion", because they went with a technical match l, which made people less and less involved in the match, because they were super hot about CZW and ROH rivalry and wanted a brutal brawl.

Ahh i remember this. Great match. Early 2005 or 06 i think

Classic match here...👍👍🤘🏼🤘🏼

Everything came together. The wrestlers of course. But the fans, the refs, the camera angles, the lighting, even the commentator’s audio setup, all came together to make ROH great. Production that made it enjoyable to watch, yet not so polished that it felt sanitised and mainstream.

i miss these days

Beautiful

Thanks for the upload. I don't wanna moan but a date when that match was held would be helpful.

@johnbarton41

4 жыл бұрын

They did it was 1-14-06

they have to run this back one last time

The American Dragon Bryan Danielson - The Best!

Great match. recently watched the cage of death after this one

So underrated props to both guys,miss dave prazak on commentary

@richhard2723

4 жыл бұрын

Prazak does commentary on Black Label Pro currently, and Erik Stevens is the champ

Damn I miss the American Dragon

The LIVEjournal mention is so funny in hindsight

good match

jesus hero should've stayed in the indies instead of going back to NXT. I think he would've been one of AEW's biggest stars

@KadariusGreen

3 жыл бұрын

AEW is the minor leagues.

@GoodFellasPizza08

3 жыл бұрын

@@KadariusGreen Minor leagues is like MLW or ROH,AEW is not a minor league

@bennaylor6879

3 жыл бұрын

@@KadariusGreen AEW is minor league huh? Ok Dustin Rhodes Cody Rhodes Christopher Daniels Scorpio sky frankie kazarian Brian cage penta el zero m Rey fenix all elite so shut up idiot

@millennial1788

3 жыл бұрын

AEW the parody of wrestling.

@GregBurch

2 жыл бұрын

@@KadariusGreen no, that's Raw.

ROH should upload the COD match around COD time this year

Might wanna throw the date into the description.

@jeannesimmons9155

3 жыл бұрын

They did. It said 1-14-06.

KOW.......

This was a lively bunch of fans

we could see this again is bryan leaves the E

Why didn't he use the finisher anymore... I thought marty scrull bought it Danielson need to bring back the Cross face chicken wing ❤

There’s not that fans in roh now and days like back then I wonder what happened

@jeannesimmons9155

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure, but I still watch ROH.

@millennial1788

3 жыл бұрын

They retired because ROH went on a different direction with their product.

0:12

This is wrestling, not the crap wwe feeds us today

@millennial1788

3 жыл бұрын

And AEW

@euhphil

3 ай бұрын

Aew is way better than wwe

back when Chris was under 200lbs lol

@richhard2723

4 жыл бұрын

Have you seen Necro Butcher lately, he has a bad liver and looks sickly thin, thicc Hero ain't so bad.

man I was trying to look into Chris hero being good, and he is just getting schooled... I tried