Christopher Street Connection

[5.0] "I'm going to vouch for The Christopher Street Connection. Were they the best tag team in early ROH? No. They had a gimmick that will work in wrestling today? Neither. But at least on ROH (the only work I've seen of them) they were a very entertaining tag team and grew to become a fan favorite in the two first years of the promotion. It's obvious that that first approach, with Da Hit Squad gay bashing them on the first segment of The Era of Honor Begins was really problematic and probably shouldn't have happened. But after that they grew a lot as talents and their in-ring pressence got better. From being a heel team just from being gay (which was a horrible idea), to became an interesting tag team which the crowd accept them and even embrace, having a fun time with their flanboyant entrances with the YMCA and even kissing them. I was so glad to see the fans got to enjoy them and cheer them, specially after that horrible first segment. From an in-ring perspective, they weren't the greatest team, and I don't recall any particulary good match, except maybe some bout with the Carnage Crew, but that wasn't the point. They were portraited as some colorful characters and as enhancement talent for other wrestlers."

[4.0] "They had chemistry together but were pretty poor in ring wise. Unfortunately the entire being gay is my entire personality wouldn't fly now, even less so in the early 00's. it's no wonder they never got past the tag team jobber status in Ring of Honor."

[0.0] "This gimmick was doomed to age poorly, I mean they went full pelt with it, but the fact these guys were a staple throughout ROH in 2002 is insane. Way too over the top hokey for the real in-ring no sports entertainment company. I can't really say much about them as wrestlers as they barely ever got any time, but they're a mandatory skip if you're watching old school ROH."

[1.0] "To their credit, they played the roles they were given as well as they could, but the gimmick of them being heels for the sole reason of being gay - and how the booking dealt with that, essentially making them punching bags - was truly distasteful and uncomfortable to look back on. Incredible that this act was in the opening match of ROH's first-ever show."

[4.0] "Not as bad as you expect when you see the ratings on here. Their gimmicks match and although they are not my cup of tea they literally gain heat by being gay. It's a bit stupid but not the worst thing i've seen try and pass for a team."

[0.0] "ROH did pretty well to shake the reputation of this crap. What mindless redneck rubbish. Stark contrast to one of today's gimmicks, Dalton Castle and how he's presented and how over he is with fans. Thank god it's the year 2015."