Best ROH Matches

After blasting ROH's current product recently, I felt somewhat guilty and decided that I should also point out its rich and wonderful history. These are the matches (and the show in italics) that are unanimously praised as the classics of ROH:

Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi -Joe vs. Kobashi
CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe -World Title Classic
CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe - Joe vs. Punk II
CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe - All Star Extravaganza II
Bryan Danielson vs. Paul London 2/3 Falls - The Epic Encounter
Christopher Daniels vs. Low-Ki vs. Bryan Danielson The Era of Honor Begins
Paul London vs. AJ Styles - Night of Grudges
CM Punk vs. Raven Dog Collar Match - Death Before Dishonor
Bryan Danielson vs. Low-Ki - Round Robin Challenge
Paul London vs. Michael Shane- Unscripted
Austin Aries vs. Samoa Joe - Final Battle 2004
Austin Aries vs. Bryan Danielson 2/3 Falls- Testing the Limit
Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong- Vendetta
KENTA vs. Low-Ki- Final Battle 2005
Bryan Danielson vs. James Gibson- Glory By Honor IV
Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA- Glory By Honor V Night 2
Do Fixer vs. Blood Generation- Supercard of Honor
Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness- Unified
ROH vs. CZW- Cage of Death- Death Before Dishonor IV
Briscoes vs. Kevin Steen/El Generico Ladder War- Man Up!
Austin Aries vs. Nigel McGuinness- Rising Above
Jimmy Jacobs vs. BJ Whitmer- Steel Cage- Supercard of Honor II
Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima - Manhatten Mayhem II
Tyler Black vs. Davey Richards - Death Before Dishonor VIII
Davey Richards vs. KENTA Supercard of Honor IV
Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson Glory By Honor VIII
Briscoes vs. Motor City Machine Guns Good Times, Great Memories
Bryan Danielson vs. Lance Storm Better Than Our Best

Pretty good list huh? I'm sure there are some that are left out and maybe even some that shouldn't be listed according to a few vocal minority, but after searching many lists composed by fans, and listening to various hype videos for events I think that this list is a good representation of the "cream of the crop".  So here are some matches that are great; or near-great, just not "elite" in most fans eye's. Or, some are just matches that I like a lot that don't get the praise they deserve:

Tyler Black vs. Nigel McGuinness Take No Prisoners 2008
Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness Driven 2007
Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness Epic Encounter II
Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness Generation Now
Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness Weekend of Champions Night 2
Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness Rising Above 2008
Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness 6th Anniversary Show
Samoa Joe vs. Low-Ki Glory By Honor
Low-Ki vs. Amazing Red Road to the Title
Homicide vs. Steve Corino Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies
Scramble Cage Main Event Spectacles
Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels Glory By Honor 2
Bryan Danielson vs. AJ Styles Main Event Spectacles
Austin Aries vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Samoa Joe vs. Homicide vs. Colt Cabana vs. Mark Briscoe Survival of the Fittest
Austin Aries, Alex Shelley, Jack Evans, Roderick Strong vs. Briscoes, Jimmy Rave, John Walters- Generation Next
Bryan Danielson vs. Samoa Joe Midnight Express Reunion
Samoa Joe vs. Jay Briscoe At Our Best
CM Punk vs. Austin Aries Death Before Dishonor III
CM Punk vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe vs. James Gibson Redemption
Embassy vs. Generation Next Steel Cage Warfare
Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong This Means War
Roderick Strong vs. James Gibson Unforgettable
Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong Supercard of Honor
Briscoes vs. Austin Aries/Roderick Strong Unified
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Nigel McGuinness Glory By Honor V Night 2
Austin Aries/Roderick Strong vs. CIMA/Naruku Doi Better Than Our Best
Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA Driven
Briscoes vs. Kevin Steen/El Generico- Death Before Dishonor V Night 1
Tyler Black vs. Austin Aries- 8th Anniversary Show
Kenny Omega vs. Davey Richards- Epic Encounter III
Briscoes vs CM Punk/Colt Cabana- Death Before Dishonor 2 Part 1
Blood Generation vs Generation Next- Dragon Gate Challenge
KENTA vs Bryan Danielson vs Samoa Joe- In Your Face
Austin Aries vs KENTA- Chi Town Rumble
Jimmy Rave vs Nigel McGuinness - FYF Finale
American Wolves vs Steen/Generico- Ladder War Glory By Honor VIII
Jimmy Jacobs vs. Austin Aries Rising Above 2008
CM Punk vs. Jimmy Rave Nowhere to Run
Bricoes vs. King of Wrestling The Big Bang
Homicide vs. Steve Corino War of the Wire
Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black New Horizons
Davey Richards vs. Austin Aries AVR
Davey Richards vs. Bryan Danielson Final Countdown Tour: Boston
AJ Styles vs. Paul London vs. Low-Ki 1st Anniversary Show
Nigel McGuinnes vs. Kevin Steen Northern Navigation
KENTA vs. Nigel McGuinness 7th Anniversary Show
Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries Supercard of Honor III
American Wolves vs. Bryan Danielson/Tyler Black Tag Title Classic
Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli Death Before Dishonor VI
KENTA/Marufuji vs. Samoa Joe/Bryan Danielson Best in the World
KENTA/Kota Ibushi vs. Naomichi Marufuji/Katsuhiko Nakajima Tokyo Summit
Motor City Machine Guns vs. Briscoes Return Engagement

So as you can see, Nigel McGuinness and Bryan Danielson had some pretty good matches together. Also I realize this may be confusing because these aren't in any particular order, whether that be chronological, alphabetical, or by ranking, but if you're using this as a guide to buy Ring of Honor shows, just close your eyes and pick one and you will be just fine. Some of these are even on the same show, so you win twice!