PWG ASW9 Night 2
Jay Lethal vs Willie Mack - ***
~ They set a nice fast pace from the outset. The Lethal Injection botch really killed the momentum and the 4 elbow drops didn't really sit well with me. Fine for what it was though.
F.I.S.T vs RockNES Monsters - ***1/2
~ Very enjoyable. I still feel like the RockNES Monsters aren't fully comfortable as heels; they certainly haven't been as interesting to watch. Gargano's spear to the outside with Yuma on Goodtime's shoulders was a bit contrived but looked cool. Loved the opening portion with Taylor and Goodtime on the apron, that was funny. Liked the match a lot but not as good as the FIST match from Night 1.
Paul London vs Trent? - ***1/4
OK I absolutely LOVE the 'duel' gloves thing. Usual London insanity and it's awesome. Nice little STJoe from London too. And as for Trent being spiked on his head taking the mushroom stomp...OUCH. Perfectly fine match, perhaps nothing I'll remember in a few months, but it was pretty enjoyable at the time.
Unbreakable Fucking Steen Machines vs Inner City Machine Guns & AR Fox - ****1/4
~ SO. MUCH. FUN. Some incredible stuff here; particularly loved the ICMGs and Fox hitting simultaneous ridiculous dives to the outside. And that finish where they absolutely DESTROYED Fox was beautiful and brought a wry smile to my face. I feel like I can't go any higher with the rating as a few of the spots felt a bit contrived, especially some of the double teams and when Cage/Elgin did their 'picking up two guys at once' shtick which fell a bit flat. But that was a marginal blip on the otherwise consistently awesome contest we got here. Steen totally ruled this.
TJ Perkins vs Samuray Del Sol - ***1/2
~ Great stuff here, total sleeper match of the weekend. As you'd expect, their styles gelled incredibly well, and this was chock full of awesome lucha flips, counters and reversals. TJP totally whiffed a diving kick but still pinned SDS which was a shame, but apart from that it was all very crisp.
Sami Callihan vs Kyle O'Reilly - **3/4
Best part was Excalibur and Steen chatting about tandem bicyles while Kyle and Sami chop the shit out of each other. Some of the stuff on the outside was good but overall this didn't do too much for me. Leg work in the middle portion was nice...and then Kyle promptly forgot about it. O'Reilly's triangle elbows look like shit as well, seriously dude. Loved Sami stomping his head in though.
Young Bucks vs Dojo Bros. - ****1/4
~ Awesome. Same rating as their Mystery Vortex match for me, I probably need to go back and rewatch that one, but they're both as good as each other. Young Bucks are so good at eeking out the win; they can always 'hang' with their opponents, but they never seem to be able to cleanly beat them which makes for fun viewing and asserts them as legit, even if they do have to cheat. Dojo Bros might be my fave tag team right now. ROH needs to put the Wolves to bed and let Roddy and Eddie rule the tag division.
Adam Cole vs Drake Younger - ***1/4
Well, I'm glad to see Younger wrestled safely with regard to his head injury. Made Cole look like a total dick any time he went near his head too. Although I fear it will lead to more of Drake's consistent no-selling, his Super Drake shtick makes for a good character the Reseda fans can get behind. And I like that Cole had to eventually steal the win rather than 'properly' beating him. Pretty good match but I guess somewhat lacklustre for a main event.