I take it you really didn't like Night 1 that much? You say the "last four matches were nothing special" yet still put night 2 above 1?
Looks like I got to check night 2 out myself. On paper London/Trent sounds much better than Strong/Trent and I'm pretty sure it plays out much better as well.
The match from Unified? If so, GREAT stuff. Haven't seen it in years (have it on dvd) but I think I had it at a high end **** 1/2 and one of the best straight up 2-on-2 tag matches in company history.
Gonna quote the latest DGUSA/EVOLVE newsletter and bold all the important shit (lots of new matches announced and also a 40% off DVD sale:
May 6th: Title matches have been signed for Florida!!! We'll start off with the first ever EVOLVE Title defense. The first EVOLVE Champion AR Fox has made a request and we have accepted it. Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks pinned Fox at the two DGUSA events that followed the EVOLVE Title Tournament. Fox is embarrassed by this and wants to even the score. As a result, Nick Jackson has been granted the first ever title shot. It will be AR Fox vs. Nick Jackson for the EVOLVE Title on May 30th in Orlando! Can Nick Jackson become a double champion and lead The Young Bucks to ruling the EVOLVE/DGUSA scene?
May 6th: Matt Jackson of The Young Bucks will go one-on-one vs. Johnny Gargano in Orlando. Gargano's Open The Freedom Gate Title will not be on the line.
May 6th: Two huge title matches have been signed for the June 2nd event in Ybor City, close to Tampa. Open The Freedom Gate Champion Johnny Gargano will face the challenge of Samuray Del Sol. The luchador was awarded the title shot for his single match victories against EITA and Ryo Saito last January.
May 6th: The Young Bucks will defend the Open The United Gate Titles against EITA & Tomahawk T.T. on June 2nd in Ybor City. EITA & T.T. earned the title shot with their victory over The Super Smash Brothers at WrestleCon. This gives the Sunday night live iPPV from Ybor City two can't miss title matches!
May 6th: We have added DVDs to our huge spring cleaning sale!!! All 2009-2010 DGUSA and EVOLVE DVDs are now just $12 each. All titles are already marked down in the DGUSA.tv Store so no codes are needed. Please note that this DVD sale will only last until May 13th.
Young Bucks singles matches really do nothing for me, but Gargano/Sol could be fun and I believe KingCrash called for the Bucks vs. EITA & TT tag match.
So I started Night 2 and damn, it's starting to blow already. I'm a guy, who when watching pro wrestling, takes the size of the guys into consideration. Why? Because, I like to suspend disbelief. It's kind of hard to do that when Lethal is slapping around Willie Mack as if..well...as if he were slapping around Eddie Edwards from the night before. Why the fuck do these big guys on the indies sell these for these midgets? I will never fucking know.
Why does a man's size have anything to do with is ability to sell (or receive) a hard shot to the mug? Lethal's been around a lot longer than has Willie Mack, and with that experience comes knowing how to fuck up any sized opponent. Plus, would Lethal's smaller size and quickness not lend itself to slapping a "midget"? This isn't some jobber slapping around Andre the Giant, this is Jay Lethal slapping around Willie Mack. A world of difference.
duttanized, as a previous poster mentioned the Unified match is fantastic and definitely worth a watch. a shame it was overshadowed big time by dragon/nigel.
Fighting Spirit
11:23 Jason Blade & Eddie Edwards vs Chris Hero & Tank Toland - **1/4
6:02 Pelle Primeau vs Shane Hagadorn - *1/2
10:39 Rocky Romero vs Claudio Castagnolli - **3/4
24:49 Steenerico vs Jay Briscoe & Erick Stevens/Mark Briscoe - ***1/4
12:24 Doug Williams vs Colt Cabana - 1/2*
1:39 Ernie Osiris vs Sara Del Rey - 1/4*
11:17 Matt Cross vs Shingo - ***1/4
17:34 NRC vs Delirious & Jack Evans - ***1/2
17:10 Nigel McGuiness vs Takeshi Morishima - ***3/4
3) Four Way Match
Shane Hollister vs Alex Colon vs Alex Reynolds vs Greg Excellent ~ ***
4) CZW Wired Television Championship
AR Fox(c) vs Azrieal ~ *
5) Ohio Is 4 Killers (Jake Crist & Dave Crist) vs The Gulak Campaign (Alexander James & Kimber Lee) ~ *
6) CZW Tag Team Championship
The Catalyst(c) (Dustin Rayz & Eric Ryan) vs The Nation of Intoxication (Lucky tHURTeen & Devon Moore) ~ **
7) Sami Callihan vs Jimmy Jacobs ~ ***3/4
8) Adam Cole vs Tommy Dreamer ~ **1/2
9) CZW World Championship - Four Way Match
Masada(c) vs Christina Von Eerie vs Matt Tremont vs Joe Gacy ~ **1/2
This show gave me Callihan vs Jacobs. I was left happy. Made up for giving Havok the shaft of only about three minutes to wrestle. Adam Cole is the man. He made me like a Tommy Dreamer match in 2013. Which I thought was going to be impossible. Up to this point - the best CZW show so far in 2013. Only disliked matches four & five. Rest were fine.
Nice to see bigbuxxx and Jack Evans 187 agree with me, I loved that Briscoes/Aries and Strong match. I'm with you on the idea that it was completely overshadowed by Nigel/Bryan that night.
There is a reason for that. Danielson vs Nigel was about one of the most perfect matches fans could have hoped for. Reminds me of the event Stalemate in 2005. Lethal vs Spanky wow'ed me with their Pure Championship match. Great stuff. Front runner for stealing the entire event. Then Aries vs Gibson for the world championship happened. It left Lethal vs Spanky in the dust. Unfortunate case sometimes for the lower tier match to be overshadowed by the brilliant upper level match. That's the kind of card you want to see ALL the time.
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CZW - Live At WrestleCon
1) Aerial Assault Match
AR Fox vs Shane Hollister vs Rich Swann vs Lucky tHURTeen vs Shane Strickland vs Andrew "Chiva Kid" Everett ~ ***1/4
2) Ultraviolent Rules Match
Matt Tremont vs Joe Gacy ~ *1/2
3) Handicap Match
The Gulak Campaign (Drew Gulak, Alexander James, Kimber Lee, & Mr. Tofiga) vs The Front (Niles "Sozio" Young, Biff Busick, Eric Corvis, Nicholas Kaye, & Ace Delic) ~ 1/2*
4) CZW Tag Team Championship
The Catalyst(c) (Dustin Rayz & Eric Ryan) vs BLK OUT (Ruckus & Sabian) ~ 1/2*
5) Colt Cabana vs Greg Excellent ~ N/R
6) Ultraviolent Rules Match
Drake Younger vs Danny Havoc ~ **
7) Ohio Is 4 Killers (Jake Crist & Dave Crist) vs The Sumerian Death Squad (Tommy End & Michael Dante) ~ ***
8) Sami Callihan vs Brian Kendrick ~ ***
9) CZW World Championship - Panes of Glass, Barbed Wire & Gusset Plate Death Match
Masada(c) vs Jun Kasai ~ ***1/2
While I liked Callihan vs Jacobs from Wanted more than all others on this show (well, BARELY over the awesome Masada vs Kasai match), this show still collectively edges out Wanted for best CZW show of the year so far. It was a consistent show when it came to delivering something in the premiere bouts. Only matches that stunk were...well, match more or less b/c the Handicap faction match was wild & messy, but I didn't loathe it. Didn't expect it to be good either, so when I had fun watching it made me not mind it. The tag championships sucked though. Fuck BLK OUT per usual. Sabian (I refuse to call him that moronic name he uses now) is so hit and miss it crosses my eyes and makes me wonder why. He was awesome in TNA this year. Comes here, botches the finish. Whatever. They suck here. Generally always have - Ruckus at least. Sabian sucks b/c I get the vibe he's too lazy sometimes. DO WORK. You're capable. Sumerian Death Squash were impressive. Tommy End has vastly improved since I last saw him. Tremont vs Gacy was about 100x better than I expected it to be. It wasn't like horrible at all. Just whatever. I'll take it. Callihan vs Kendrick was fine. Pretty good match. Was it disappointing b/c it didn't steal the show? idk. I had no gripes. Main event was HOLY CRAP. Loved it. :mark:
Oh and Aerial Assault was a blast even if the only guy I didn't want to win won it. As if it wasn't super, duty obvious. Oh well. He thrived in a match that was built on "spots" & putting on a show. I'll only complain when he doesn't add anything to a more traditional type match. This situation is fine. More Hollister & Swann please. Love those two. Chiva Kid is STILL amazing. Wow @ some of the things he pulls off.
ACH & Tadarius Thomas vs. Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander - **3/4
Roderick Strong vs. Mike Bennett - **
I Quit Match
BJ Whitmer vs. Rhett Titus - *
Jay Lethal & Michael Elgin vs. SCUM (Jimmy Jacobs & Cliff Compton) - **1/2
Eddie Edwards vs. Taiji Ishimori - ***3/4
ROH World TV Title
Matt Taven vs. Mark Briscoe - *1/2
Davey Richards vs. Paul London - ***1/4
ROH World Title
Jay Briscoe vs. Adam Cole - ***
Mixed bag of a show. Liked the opener, Ricards/London was better then I’d thought it would be (though they should have ended it after the doublestomp) and Edwards/Ishimori was very enjoyable and as expected the best match on the show. On the other hand the I Quit Match was garbage, Taven’s TV Title run continues to make you wonder why they took the title off Cole and the main event, while fine had it’s share of problems and for a main event match disappointed.
Paul London Vs Kevin Steen - ***1/2 (Great opener, similar to PAC/Steen from EIGHT)
The Young Bucks Vs Chuck Taylor & Johnny Gargano - ***3/4
Jay Lethal Vs Eddie Edwards - *** (Way too long)
Samuray Del Sol & AR Fox Vs The Inner-City Machine Guns - **** (MOTN)
Trent? Vs Roderick Strong - **3/4
Future Shock Vs Unbreakable Fucking Machines - **1/4 (The pace was really weird, just like EE/Lethal this was an another way-too-long match and I just wanted it to end)
Sami Callihan Vs Drake Younger - FUCK THIS MATCH
Actually wanted to watch, I skipped to see how the match went and I saw the stapler (?) spot and a minute after Drake jumped around the ring like nothing... Ugh Sami is so much better than this)
Watching All-Star Weekend Night 1, and I really, really hope the people who've bitched about Edwards/Lethal and Future Shock/Unbreakable F'n Machines aren't the same people who couldn't stop raving about PWG a couple of years ago, because those are just classic awesome, balls-to-the-wall PWG-style wrestling matches. Not jaw-dropping spotfests, not in-depth storytelling clinics, just fast-paced pure wrestling spectacles by people who do that kind of thing well.
Also want to give a shout-out to Steen/London. Not quite as good, but still really freaking good. I know some people found "perpetually-stoned space cadet" London entertaining during his last PWG run, but I was not one of them. I have sorely missed "actually gives a damn" London, and while I'm not sure we'll ever get that guy back for good, we got a reasonable enough facsimile here to make me happy.
The main event, though... God, Drake Younger is the worst. Just the absolute f---king worst.
Haven't watched the buzzed-about tag match yet; saving that for last.
1) Eddie/Lethal was absolute dogshit. It wasn't a PWG "this is wrestling" match, it was throwing the qualities of what makes wrestling good out the window. Neither do wrestling "well" and that should have just been a spotfest because they hardly sold anything and jumped from sequence to sequence without rhyme or reason. If you like this type of match go watch RoH. O'Reilly/Davey will make you wet yourself, then. As for people changing their opinion on a product, that's just normal behaviour. What I thought was great in 2010 is nowhere near what I think is good now. Opening yourself to more wrestling (especially classic matches) will do that.
2) No, Younger is nowhere close to the worst. His comebacks are credible noting who he is and what he puts his body through at almost every showing. This time it worked. Though it's interesting Eddie Edwards gets the nod while Younger gets berated. I'd love to call it out on Younger simply being a "deathmatch backyarder" and people just have this ingrained belief they need to find any fault to label him with.
I think I know why Masada had a lackluster match against Elgin at AAW. Him and Chris Dickinson beat the shit out of one another at AIW the night before. Almost got into a fist fight, thanlfuly the grabbed each other and cooled down before continuing the match.
1) C & C Wrestle Factory (Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander) vs ACH & Tadarius Thomas ~ *1/2
2) Roderick Strong vs Mike Bennett ~ **
3) I Quit Match
BJ Whitmer vs Rhett Titus ~ *
4) S.C.U.M. (Jimmy Jacobs & Cliff Compton) vs Jay Lethal & Michael Elgin ~ **1/4
5) Eddie Edwards vs Taiji Ishimori ~ ***1/2
6) ROH Television Championship
Matt Taven(c) vs Mark Briscoe ~ *1/2
7) Davey Richards vs Paul London ~ ***
8) ROH World Championship
Jay Briscoe(c) vs Adam Cole ~ ***1/2
MOTN goes to both Edwards/Ishimori & Jay/Cole. I really, really liked the main event. Apparently more than some. The tactical approach was more than entertaining to me. Collectively I did have fun with the event. Only match I flat out thought was relatively poor was the I Quit. Other than that the other undercard matches were more or less just forgettable. S.C.U.M. vs ROH tag was solid, but if only that dumb halt in the match happened I would have thought more of it. It brought back flashbacks to that DUD of a six man elimination match from Honor vs Evil. Luckily, it managed to recover and still have a more good than bad factor behind it. All the premiere matches delivered for me. Nothing OMG YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS level. Nothing wrong with that. They were good matches & that's all I like to see. Good matches with good work. Have to claim this the best ROH show of the year up to this point. b/c I hated most of the Anniversary Show & thought SCOH was fun at times yet had two matches that were massively overrated. This show was straightforward - easy to watch the whole way through. Great crowd too.
Better late than never for a review, right? No matter how negative...
ROH - Honor vs Evil
1) Jay Briscoe vs QT Marshall ~ *1/4
2) Jay Lethal vs Tadarius Thomas ~ 1/2*
3) Mark Briscoe vs Nate Webb ~ DUD
4) Roderick Strong vs ACH ~ ***1/4
5) Charlie Haas vs Pepper Parks ~ *
6) BJ Whitmer vs Kyle O'Reilly ~ *1/2
7) Elimination Match
S.C.U.M. (Kevin Steen, Jimmy Jacobs, & Steve Corino) vs Davey Richards, Adam Cole, & Michael Elgin ~ DUD
Yep. I really disliked this event as a whole. Only match to get a rise out of me was Strong vs ACH and the rest didn't come close. For my thoughts on the main event...read below. Be warned.
Ok, I just finished up ROH Honor vs Evil. And my god, you guys won't believe how much a load of shit that elimination main event was. Its about everything you DON'T want from pro wrestling. First off it went nearly 39 minutes without even needing to. So it was a chore to finish about 17 minutes in. Tip of the iceberg, really. Poor performances all around. SCUM came off so lazy in this. I guess trying to make it last awhile means the FIP segments can't be interesting. There there is Elgin who looks like utter crap with some horrible bumping & the worst superkick attempt ever. Davey looks bad, but he was rather controlled here than in some of his other "omg this Davey match is terrible" sort of bouts. Total auto pilot for the guy. Cole was fine. About the only consistent worker in the match on this night. ROH had to put an end to that though by having Cole take a spike piledriver on the floor and be "taken away" a la Lex Luger from Bash at the Beach '96. Seriously guys. The booking and blueprint behind the way this match should be worked is a total mindfuck. How many times do Nigel & Kelly have to scream "OK WE NEED SOME HELP OUT HERE!!! MORE OFFICIALS HURRY!" About 5 times. Not even close to joking. Match began to break out in a brawl on the outside where it looked like everyone was going to be DQ'ed. This happened at the oh...14 minute mark. After a wild WCW-esque schmoz things go back to normal. Not an exaggeration. It was for nothing except for Steen to hit a powerbomb on the apron to destroy Cole's back. Speaking of, following the spot where Cole gets piledrivered the match is STOPPED. Legit STOPPED so his partners and officials can check on him. Why? Why did the match have to stop and why did SCUM listen? Ugh. More of a reason to drain the pacing. (which was slow the entire time. Sluggish, really.) Eliminations were so contrived and cliche. Davey gets taken out at 27 minutes. ADAM COLE RETURNS FROM THE BACK TO EVEN THINGS UP (btw Nigel left commentary about 3 times in this match to go "check on things" He eventually came back when Cole returned and gave the most phony plea for Cole to not return. Even Nigel isn't immune from the fuckery.) COLE IS SEMI ON FIRE B/C THIS MATCH IS SO UGGH NOTHING IS CLICKING. An actual good moment happens when Jacobs spikes Cole in the crotch (the sick bastard) and Cole is eliminated. 3 vs 1. SCUM vs Elgin. Take a guess at how the rest of the match plays out? In true hilarious fashion, instead of Elgin making a comeback he takes out both Corino & Jacobs in the span of a minute. In super, super underwhelming fashion. It wasn't believable. Nothing about it showed why Elgin couldn't just have done away with the two of them in about the first 10 minutes. So bad. Elgin & Steen are left. They exchange a tiny bit. Corino on the apron - Lethal out to brawl with him. Steen with a roll up from behind 1, 2, & NOPE. ELGIN IS IN IT STILL. Small package out of the schoolboy, 1, 2, & 3. That's what ends the match. Elgin could get out of the schoolboy but the small package right after it was enough to make the match finally end. lolz. The logic here is baffling. Post match was epic. Kevin Kelly was freaking out the entire time...except for when a random fan comes through the curtain and leaps on the apron wanting to get a piece of The Briscoes (yeah, they came out too btw) Kelly was heard on the mic saying "Hey, get that kid off the apron."
Just so many hilarious moments in this match. b/c of the poor nature. I had to rant.
So the perfect storm of lazy, and in some portions bad, wrestling mixed with head scratching booking made this a must miss. Unless you got 38 minutes free and want to witness the train-wreck for yourself. I knew I wasn't going to like it but god damn. Fucking abysmal on the highest degree.
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT on the eve of Proving Grounds, CZW Wired TV returns to television! For those in Staten Island, NY with Timer Warner Cable, you will be able to watch the return of Wired TV. To watch the program, tune in to channel 106 at Midnight (Friday Night/Saturday Morning). This week’s main event will feature Sami Callihan facing off against the returning Jimmy Jacobs. To see CZW Wired TV in your area contact your local cable provider and ask for Combat Zone Wrestling! For the latest on CZW Wired TV, stay logged onto CZWrestling.com.
Paul London vs. Kevin Steen - ***3/4
F.I.S.T. vs. Young Bucks - ****
Eddie Edwards vs. Jay Lethal - **1/2
Fox/Del Sol vs. Inner City Machine Guns - ****1/2
Roderick Strong vs. Trent - ***
Unbreakable F'n Machines vs. Future Shock - ***1/4
Drake Younger vs. Sami Callihan - ****1/2
Loved this show. And I love how over Drake is in PWG, dude busts his ass for the fans and its nice that the respect is reciprocated.
1) Dangerous Angels (Sara Del Rey & Allison Danger) vs Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew (Lacey & Rain) ~ **1/2
2) Rhett Titus vs Michael Elgin ~ DUD
3) Jimmy Rave vs Michael Elgin ~ 1/2*
4) BJ Whitmer vs Shingo Takagi ~ ***
5) ROH Tag Team Championship - Ultimate Endurance Match
Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe(c) vs Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw vs Hallowicked & Gran Akuma vs Pelle Primeau & Mitch Franklin ~ **1/2
6) Anything Goes Match
Homicide & Colt Cabana vs Adam Pearce & Brent Albright ~ **3/4
7) Four Corner Survival
Delirious vs Jack Evans vs Rocky Romero vs Erick Stevens ~ ***1/4
8) FIP World Championship
Roderick Strong(c) vs Christopher Daniels ~ **1/4
9) ROH World Championship
Takeshi Morishima(c) vs Austin Aries ~ ***3/4
Easy to watch offering by ROH here. Main event holds up as a rather awesome affair. Morishima did no wrong during this run. So many excellent matches worked under a simple formula. I loved his reign to no end.
I'm currently watching the show and I gave it ****1/2. Def going to rewatch this again and again and again when I'm done. So much fun it's unreal.
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