[2007-06-23-ROH-Driven] Bryan Danielson vs KENTA

[ShittyLittleBoots]

Bryan/KENTA III lived up to all the hype. Tremendous atmosphere for a tremendous match - the crowd was super hot for the whole thing & rightfully so. There were some neat callbacks to their previous 2 singles matches like KENTA getting tired of Bryan's mat work & showing that he doesn't want to play that game anymore by slapping the man. Bryan was simply tremendous during his control segments & much like in their previous meeting in NOAH, he also sold tremendously for KENTA when it was time for that. Superb performance by the man. The meat of the match is amazing & it builds to an insane finishing stretch. The chemistry these two had was special. ****3/4

[ohtani's jacket]

This was another workrate driven match. It was hard fought, but it felt like just another match. ROH fans may disagree since it was a highly anticipated return match, but as an outsider it didn't feel as though either man did anything outstanding. There were some cool moments, but there were too many reversals and a bunch of no-selling down the stretch. The types of things that other wrestlers would be taken to task for.