The podcast where two guys review Ring of Honor, show-by-show, from the beginning.
Today's ThROH The Years covers Reborn Again. Is it a fresh new chapter for ROH, or one of the most B-est B-shows that's ever B-een? We talk a ton about ROH's move to PPV and a contract system as well as Bryan Danielson's low key return, the Briscoes being awesome and so much more. All that and Matt and Trevor nearly come to blows debating the physical attractiveness of alt-comedy figure Connor O'Malley.
On a new ThROH The Years that goes well over ten minutes past it's alloted time, we cover Good Times, Great Memories. It's Colt Cabana's farewell show but in many ways it's a farewell to Christopher Daniels, Allison Danger, Homicide and Shingo as well. We spend extra time focusing on all of them, but still review a show with some very notable matches. I'm just realizing as I write this that we forgot at the end of the podcast to say if Good Times, Great Memories was a great event. It was. I am s...
On the new ThROH The Years, we go in wild directions. Ghost Bone vs. Cow Bone! Original Pranksters! The Jim Ross Award Winner Jim Ross! It will all make sense when you hear it. Oh, we also cover The Battle of St. Paul, a show with a great crowd, the debut of some Chikara peeps, and so much more. All this and Matt expertly makes a point in 45 seconds that Trevor spent 5 minutes trying to make. I can make a mean comment like that because I'm Trevor. It's me, I'm writing this. Hello. Listen to the ...
On the latest ThROH The Years we talk about Fighting Spirit, the show, not the concept. The Briscoes/Steenerico feud continues, we find a great hidden gem match, and Morishima takes on Nigel for the first time. All this plus boner time machines and we re-book the Carnage Crew crapping in bags.
We're back to the B-Shows! On the new ThROH The Years we take on This Means War II! A lot of seeds get planted for the coming months, as Steen and Generico start their full-time runs, Colt Cabana and Doug Williams prepare to say farewell to us and Chris Hero and company continue to delight. This is an episode all about the bass, minus the b.
WrestleMania season is here and we're covering the Mania weekend ROH show Supercard of Honor 2. We explain how it's a legit sequel of sorts and talk about Jimmy Jacobs and BJ Whitmer ending their feud in an unreal cage match, the Dragon Gate boys attempting to top themselves, and go down memory lane with Jonny Fairplay. All that and we talk about modern MTV programming, it's another great ThROH The Years!
On the new ThROH The Years: We cover the big 2007 WrestleMania weekend show All Star Extravaganza III! We talk about a great match that we kind of forgot was great, the scariest injury we've seen doing the show, cough medicine, Christopher Daniels' pubes and a lot more. A good one!
On a bittersweet ThROH The Years, Matt and Trevor say farewell to Samoa Joe when they review Fifth Year Festival: Finale. One of our favorite shows we've watched, with so many top level matches. We then sum up Joe's ROH career. All this and the boys discover we have two jaw bones. Did you know that? We didn't.
ThROH The Years bursts into 2025 to cover The Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool. A huge show with some great matches, some big time emotional crowd reactions in the final two matches, and the return of chanting at a kid about his bedtime. All this and Trevor gets puzzled by a new ROH mystery. Happy New Year!
On a Holiday Season ThROH The Years, the guys gift you with some special deja vu pizza talk before getting into The Fifth Year Festival: Chicago. It's a show with whistles, one of the bloodiest brawls in ROH history, one of the emotional moments in the first five years of the promotion. Matt and Trevor remember times they've bled and pies they've ate and a good time is had by all. There is no need for the Tear Police to be called in, you'll be all smiles this episode.
On the new ThROH The Years, Matt and Trevor have plenty to be thankful for. We cover the Fifth Year Festival: Dayton show, featuring one of the most brutal kicks we've ever seen, a strange and warm embrace, a guitar being de-strung, a career night for a plucky underdog, and so much more. Sit down at the table, it's time to eat.
It's time for a ThROH The Years special event! We bring you a dragon-sized career retrospective of ROH alumni Bryan Danielson. Many past ThROH The Years guests return to share their thoughts and we run down Bryan's entire career, before ending with a return of the classic podcast, List 'Em and Learn, as Matt and Trevor give their own top ten lists of favorite Danielson matches ever. A Final Countdown if you will.
Whoa, a lot happens on this episode. We review the Fifth Year Festival: Philly, a show with a very significant main event, a match that changes the lives of Kevin Steen and El Generico, two horrific injuries and one heck of a hat and jacket combo. We fill the rest with old TV references and end by announcing a special new episode. This ain't Seinfeld, but you'll love it just as much.
The good times are here. On a new ThROH The Years, Matt and Trevor review the start of the Fifth Year Festival with their New York show. We talk about the beginning of Samoa Joe's ROH farewell tour and all of the reasonings behind it. We talk about the ROH in-ring debut of Takeshi Morishima and where he stood in the business at this point. Austin Aries almost dies twice and Jimmy Rave and Homicide have a hidden gem career highlight that we demand you watch. All that and talk about seasonal PPVs ...
Vomit, Grandmothers, doing the splits. On one of the weirder ThROH The Years we cover all these topics and more, as we review a fairly bizarre show known as The Battle of the Icons. Strange booking choices, violent gimmick matches, and a main event for the ages. Take your Gravol and settle in.
ThROH The Years finally starts their coverage of 2007 with our season premier! We spend a lot of time going over the coverage of the untimely passing of ROH co-founder Doug Gentry, an unheralded part of wrestling history. We then review Dedicated, a show we had a surprisingly good time watching, with an insane clap, a big goose egg, and a revelation that Trevor has never watched Good Times.
It's finally time The 2006 Year-End Show! After fourty-two episodes and over two years, we have come to the end of the year, and we cover the fantastic final show on '06, Final Battle and then give you our annual year end wrap up show full of awards, reflections, and groaning at Dave Meltzer half compliments. One of our biggest shows ever, roughly five hours. If you eat the whole thing in one sitting we put your picture on the wall.
On the new ThROH The Years we are almost at the end of 2006, starting the last double shot of events with International Challenge. It's a show with one of the scariest injuries in ROH history, the debut of a great manager, and not one, but two dated Iron Sheik references. Christopher Daniels charms us, and we sum up the dry winter of 06. GET READY FOR FINAL BATTLE.
The new ThROH The Years is here to cover the Chicago Spectacular...Night Two! It's a show that was rebooked with positive results. Trevor acts old, Matt enjoys Trevor saying a word, and the latest weird ThROH The Years syncing with modern times moment happens. We wanted to get our strap on, but were caged instead. Join us.
ThROH The Years takes on the first half of a Chicago double shot with night one of The Chicago Spectacular. The Samoa Joe/Bryan Danielson feud finally comes to a head in a cage match. How did we feel about the feud as a whole? Plus angles a plenty, a sneaky good end of show promo, and we visit Alaska. THE COUNTDOWN TO 2007 TICKS ON.
On the new ThROH The Years, first-time guest Tim Buechner (Q&T podcast) joins us to cover Dethroned, a show that gives away its biggest development in its title. We go into some lengthy digressions, compare ROH to ECW, see more weird coincidences between what we're watching and what we're living, and talk about some absolutely insane standout spots.
On a bright and sunny Tuesday Matt and Trevor came together to review Black Friday Fallout, a very B-ish ROH show. Matt plays impromptu ROH trivia! Chango loves tables! We figure out the alarm cock in real time! Who else is going to spend so much time talking about THIS show?!
On the new ThROH The Years, Albert Ching joins us to discuss The Bitter End, one of the worst shows we've reviewed. A night full of normally great promoers doing awful mic work, two long-lived storylines ending in the worst ways possible, a car that needs to be moved and a grandma that gets scared. Listen to Trevor lose his mind, Matt worry about warmth, and Albert reveal what movie he and Matt saw on that trip. This one goes some places.
On the new ThROH The Years, Joe Gagne returns to help us cover Honor Reclaims Boston, a show featuring a main event that got huge buzz at the time in some circles but hasn't been well remembered. More importantly, we talk about chalkboards, growing basil, Eyes Wide Shut and Trevor is pointlessly fake mean to Joe and yet loses in the end. Kubrick would be proud.
On this episode of ThROH The Years the dry winter of ROH starts to get to Matt and Trevor, with Irresistible Forces, a card that continues ROH's duldrums. We end up making our own fun though and deliver a breezy two hour listen that's gonna make it all worthwhile. What was that? Root Beer?
On the new ThROH The Years, we keep on working through our dry winter with SUFFOCATION, a very B B-Show. We talk about a great Homicide promo, a problematic Cornette and Corino one, Dicks, how Matt prepares to get a trophy, why Bryan Danielson is afraid of Ben Gay, and a fan tells Davey Richards to save a life before he ever became an EMT. No other podcast has the guts to cover this show. That's right, I said it.
The dry winter of ThROH The Years continues with Motor City Madness 2006, a B-Show that only gets truly memorable with an insane main event. But we have a lot of fun and laughs on this one. Topics include what makes a sandwich, WWF's WrestleMania All Day Long PPV, and Trevor sharing too much about his life yet again. We also talk about the greatness of Bryan Danielson and Mark Briscoe. It's a good fun time with your boys, get on the bus.
Today on ThROH The Years, Jeff Schwartz joins to cover Survival of the Fittest 2006, a show that killed the town of Cleveland for ROH. We go over everything, including clothes being lost, a Bryan Danielson/Samoa Joe rematch, and Trev gets correctly called out for going full Meltzer. Plus, the debut of Ashley. You'll get it if you listen.
On one of the biggest ThROH The Years of all time we cover one of ROH's biggest shows of 2006, Glory By Honor V, Night 2. David Bixenspan joins us to cover the event, as both he and Matt were there live. We break down the specialness of Danielson vs. KENTA but also explore a million side topics, including how perceptions of indie wrestling changed in our lifetimes. Also Matt forgot to give out the Matt F trophy and I forgot to remind him. We'll make it up to you.This show is a hefty meal.
On the new ThROH The Years it's KENTA IN A TENTA as Joe Gagne joins us to discuss Glory By Honor V Night 1, a bizarre show that was forced outside at the last minute. We talk about the circumstances behind it, hear some live thoughts from Joe, and recap every match, with some real standout spots. A short and sweet show. KENTA in a tenta, ThROH The Years in your ears.
