Chris Hero vs Bryan Danielson: FULL MATCH! ROH Throwback Thursday

[@Wurzelknecht]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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!!!

[@CRedd9830]

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

[@PromKing2016]

Czw Vs Roh Better than Today's WWE

[@richhard2723]

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

[@Wurzelknecht]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@nohbuddy1 in total daniel defended the title 38 times

[@johnbarton41]

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

[@spiderkidLarry]

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

[@johnbarton41]

@@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]

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

[@johnbarton41]

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

[@spiderkidLarry]

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

[@TW2Vlog]

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

[@mr.mirchenstein6549]

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

[@connorwong0322]

Best shape of Chris Hero

[@malenkas3]

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.

[@StarBucks718]

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

[@kingfathersuperstillhatesk7349]

Lol

[@Killerofdemons666]

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

[@SuperMVOMarc]

Classic match here...👍👍🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@intuitivelymagician2076]

i miss these days

[@nathanbaldwin4495]

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.

[@cloverg7]

they have to run this back one last time

[@areyouserious2112]

The LIVEjournal mention is so funny in hindsight

[@brianban110]

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]

AEW is the minor leagues.

[@GoodFellasPizza08]

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

[@bennaylor6879]

@@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]

AEW the parody of wrestling.

[@GregBurch]

@@KadariusGreen no, that's Raw.

[@kami3000]

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

[@johnbarton41]

They did it was 1-14-06

[@blob624]

The American Dragon Bryan Danielson - The Best!

[@andrewjolley143]

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

[@richhard2723]

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

[@mikioni]

Beautiful

[@dangerousd1312]

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

[@jasonlewis9240]

Damn I miss the American Dragon

[@fortheloveofking]

Might wanna throw the date into the description.

[@jeannesimmons9155]

They did. It said 1-14-06.

[@FrontRowCentral]

ROH should upload the COD match around COD time this year

[@jerransperarman9411]

good match

[@greenarrow8041]

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

[@msoi215]

This was a lively bunch of fans

[@dangerousd1312]

we could see this again is bryan leaves the E

[@Jwallace749]

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

[@jeannesimmons9155]

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

[@millennial1788]

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

[@louisplaat8984]

KOW.......

[@marcuswalker1528]

0:12

[@euhphil]

This is wrestling, not the crap wwe feeds us today

[@millennial1788]

And AEW

[@euhphil]

Aew is way better than wwe

[@THEONLYGORE]

back when Chris was under 200lbs lol

[@richhard2723]

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

[@kevintrebella5807]

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