Saturday, January 19, 2013

ROH Samoa Joe: Total Domination Review

A special look at one of the most dominant competitors in wrestling and probably the greatest World Champions Ring of Honor has ever had. Joe IS gonna kill you!


Samoa Joe: Total Domination

Disk 1

Back To Basics (3/12/05) - Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal vs. CM Punk & Spanky: ***1/4

Manhattan Mayhem (5/7/05) - ROH Pure Title - Samoa Joe vs. Jay Lethal: ****

Manhattan Mayhem (5/7/05) - Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal vs. Low Ki & Homicide: ***1/2

New Frontiers (6/4/05) - ROH Pure Title - Samoa Joe vs. James Gibson: ***3/4

Escape From New York (7/9/05) - ROH Pure Title - Samoa Joe vs. Austin Aries: ***1/4

The Homecoming (7/23/05) - Samoa Joe, Jay Lethal & James Gibson vs. Low Ki, Homicide & Ricky Reyes: ***1/2

Joe vs. Kobashi (10/1/05) - Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi: *****

Vendetta (11/5/05) - Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels: ***1/2

Disk 2

Dragon Gate Challenge (3/30/06) - Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels: ****

Time To Man Up (8/4/06) - Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles: ***1/2

Glory By Honor V: Night 1 (9/15/06) - Samoa Joe vs. Roderick Strong: ****

Glory By Honor V: Night 2 (9/16/06) - Samoa Joe & Homicide vs. The Briscoes: ***1/4

Fifth Year Festival: New York (2/16/07) - Samoa Joe vs. Takeshi Morishima: ***3/4

Fifth Year Festival: Chicago (2/24/07) - Samoa Joe & Homicide vs. Takeshi Morishima & Nigel McGuinness: ***

Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool (3/3/07) - Samoa Joe vs. Nigel McGuinness: ***1/2

Fifth Year Festival: Finale (3/4/07) - Samoa Joe vs. Homicide: ***1/4

Overall: 8.5/10

This is a good DVD compilation for several reasons. Firstly.....it has the Joe vs. Kobashi match on it, one of the greatest matches in ROH History. That alone is a reason enough to get this since the actual show is Out-of-Print and hard to find. Secondly, this actually has a lot of matches from shows that are Out-of-Print, so it's definitely a good buy for that reason as well. The match quality varies from being good to absolutely great, depending on the match, but overall it's a good compilation of one of Ring of Honor's biggest stars.

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