CHIKARA KING OF TRIOS 2012 NIGHT 3
Team ROH vs Team Sendai Girls - ****
~ So, so good, best opener of 2012. Bennett looked like a total douche, Sendai Girls were awesome, this was great all round.
Spectral Envoy vs Team FIST - ***1/2
Very good stuff here although I think they kinda botched the finish with the ref counting the 3, Gargano pulling him out and then carrying on for a few more moves.
Ophidian vs Saturyne - **3/4
~ Nice arm work on Saturyne, shame about her awful botch.
10-team Tag Team Gauntlet - **
~ Some fun moments but it didn't really grab me. Devastation Corporation looked good with their string of wins though.
8-man tag match - N/R
~ ABSOLUTELY MENTAL!!
Joshi tag match - ***3/4
~ Now that was cool. Great work from all four ladies here.
Jigsaw vs Tadasuke - ***1/2
~ :shock OMG THAT PUNCH! Tadasuke almost killed Jigsaw there in the opening minute. This was so much fun purely for how Tadasuke absolutely annihilated Jigsaw.
The Spectral Envoy vs Team ROH - ****1/4
~ This started off strong and built to an epic conclusion. Extended FIP segment on Frightmare was great, building a ton of heat on Team ROH, and the eventual hot tag went over very well. Spike piledriver on the entranceway was sick, and when the locker room poured out we had a really fun brawl (although that superplex into the Chikara roster was rather contrived). Also I don't get why there wasn't a DQ, as the Batiri were clearly fighting with Hallowicked in front of the ref. Meh. Apart from that, this was fantastic. Bennett and the Young Bucks proved awesome foils for the Spectral Envoy and the finishing stretch was engrossing. A great close to the tournament.
Sidenote: I find I can't really take Dasher Hatfield seriously on commentary as he sounds exactly like Mr Garrison from South Park.