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Tyler Black wins the ROH Title from Austin Aries. Does anyone care at this point?

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After a chase that seems like forever (including an ill-conceived 60 minute draw at Final battle a couple months ago when Black probably should have gotten the belt), Tyler Black won the ROH Title last night from Austin Aries at their 8th anniversary show in New York City.  ROH is in desperate need of buzz at this point, but I don't think that this will help.  Whatever good comes out of Wrestlemania weekend will probably give them a boost, and people will have fun speculating about when Davey Richards will win the belt after everything that went down, but that's it.  The promotion had gotten terribly stale before Gabe Sapolsky was let go, and the Adam Pearce regime hasn't helped.  Either way, most of the best wrestlers in the company have left over the last few years and ROH doesn't seem at all like something special anymore, just an indy with a show on an obscure HD network.

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sshh don’t tell Jim Cornette that

by davec84 on Feb 14, 2010 4:27 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah, I was thinking of posting something similar. Things are only going to get worse with The Briscoes possibly leaving for WWE soon too. To be fair to Gabe, even though his booking was terribly stale before being let go, I think he has been somewhat vindicated by Tyler Black’s popularity being blunted by coming up short in title matches for too long and Jerry Lynn flopping in his Mickey Rourke inspired World title run. Also, the company would still have access to the Dragon Gate wrestlers, so the company would probably be in slightly better shape if Gabe hadn’t been fired. Now, they’re both just left squabbling over the indy scraps.

by kjh on Feb 14, 2010 4:36 PM EST reply actions  

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