[-Mystery-]

Almost finished watching BOLA 2006 Night 2 (much better than Night 1). My star ratings should be up within the hour.

[watts63]

Quick Review on IWA-MS Simply the Best 6:

1. M-Dogg 20 vs. Jigsaw: **
2. Jonny Storm vs. Josh Abercrombie: **3/4
3. El Generico vs. Emil Sitoci: **1/4
4. Larry Sweeney vs. Sonny Rogers: **
5. Sonjay Dutt vs. Jay Fury: **
6. Mickie Knuckles vs. Chandler McClure: *3/4
7. Arik Cannon vs. Danny Daniels vs. Claudio Castagnoli: ***3/4
8. Eric Priest & Silas Young vs. BJ Whitmer & Eddie Kingston vs. Adam Jacobs & Shaun Tempers vs. Tyler Black & Joey Envy: ***
9. Tank vs. Ryan Boz: **3/4
10. Ian Rotten vs. Chris Candido: ***
11. CM Punk vs. Delirious: ***1/2
12. Samoa Joe vs. Brad Bradley: ***1/4
13. Sonjay Dutt vs. Josh Abercrombie vs. M-Dogg 20 vs. El Generico: ***1/2
14. TLC Match: Trik Davis & Brandon Thomaselli vs. The Iron Saints: ****
15. Chris Hero vs. Jimmy Jacobs: ****
16. Bonus Match 2/14/04 B-Boy vs. Arik Cannon: ***3/4

It was a shame that Matt Sydal & Jack Evans couldn't wrestle that night & it would have been a better show. The first 6 matches I just didn't like at all but from the Triple Threat Match to the Main Event saved the show & then some. The TLC match & Jacobs/Hero was the best matches of the night in my opinion. Castagnoli/Cannon/Daniels, Punk/Delirious, Four Way Dance,Four Way Tag Team Match, Candido/Rotten were real good. I heard that Ian Rotten could wrestle & I didn't believe it but watching him with Candido...I believe it now. That match & the TLC was good hype for the War Games at the next show. McClure/Knuckles wasn't good at all but the ending & after match was real funny. I was shocked to see Samoa Joe get handled by Brad Bradley the way he did. That was the best match I seen from Jimmy Jacobs from his match. It's was a overall real good show.

[-Mystery-]

Battle of Los Angeles 2006 Night 2
1. Austin Aries vs. Disco Machine - ***
2. Davey Richards vs. Ronin - ***
3. Jack Evans vs. Claudio Castagnoli - ***1/4
4. Genki Horiguchi vs. Chris Hero - ***1/4
5. Human Tornado vs. Joey Ryan vs. Petey Williams vs. Excalibur - ***
6. Arrogance vs. The Briscoe Bros. vs. Homicide & B-Boy - ***3/4
7. Frankie Kazarian vs. Scorpio Sky - ***1/4
8. No Count Out - No DQ Tournament Match: Super Dragon vs. Necro Butcher - ***1/2

Overall show rating - ***1/2

[watts63]

Originally Posted by -Mystery-

Battle of Los Angeles 2006 Night 2
1. Austin Aries vs. Disco Machine - ***
2. Davey Richards vs. Ronin - ***
3. Jack Evans vs. Claudio Castagnoli - ***1/4
4. Genki Horiguchi vs. Chris Hero - ***1/4
5. Human Tornado vs. Joey Ryan vs. Petey Williams vs. Excalibur - ***
6. Arrogance vs. The Briscoe Bros. vs. Homicide & B-Boy - ***3/4
7. Frankie Kazarian vs. Scorpio Sky - ***1/4
8. No Count Out - No DQ Tournament Match: Super Dragon vs. Necro Butcher - ***1/2

Overall show rating - ***1/2

Butcher/Dragon was crazy as hell lol. The crowd was alive for that one.

[McQueen]

Originally Posted by -Mystery-

Battle of Los Angeles 2006 Night 2
1. Austin Aries vs. Disco Machine - ***
2. Davey Richards vs. Ronin - ***
3. Jack Evans vs. Claudio Castagnoli - ***1/4
4. Genki Horiguchi vs. Chris Hero - ***1/4
5. Human Tornado vs. Joey Ryan vs. Petey Williams vs. Excalibur - ***
6. Arrogance vs. The Briscoe Bros. vs. Homicide & B-Boy - ***3/4
7. Frankie Kazarian vs. Scorpio Sky - ***1/4
8. No Count Out - No DQ Tournament Match: Super Dragon vs. Necro Butcher - ***1/2

Overall show rating - ***1/2

You rated Ronin/Richards which I thought was sloppy & Horiguchi/Hero a lot higher than I did because I found the match fairly lackluster until the finish. I'm a big Hero fan but Genki doesn't interest me at all. Other than that I can fairly agree with your ratings. I think Evans/Castignoli was probably the best singles match i've ever seen out of Evans and my MOTN, and it surprised me on how well they worked together, frankly I was expecting a Evans squash where he picks up a roll up for a win. Night Two of BOLA is definately better than Night One was but Night 3 is the best, especially El Generico vs CIMA and both of Roderick Strong's matches.

LMAO at Jay Briscoe's facial expressions during the lame "You're from Delaware" chant.

[-Mystery-]

-Butcher/Dragon was a lot better than I expected it to be. Both men went all out and their selling was great.

-Davey/Ronin was I match I was stuck with I was going back and forth between **3/4 and ***. If I watch it again my rating will probably go down to **3/4

-Hero/Horiguchi was a match I really enjoyed and I thought their styles really complimented the other's.

[watts63]

Originally Posted by -Mystery-

-Butcher/Dragon was a lot better than I expected it to be. Both men went all out and their selling was great.

-Davey/Ronin was I match I was stuck with I was going back and forth between **3/4 and ***. If I watch it again my rating will probably go down to **3/4

-Hero/Horiguchi was a match I really enjoyed and I thought their styles really complimented the other's.

I got Davey/Ronin & Disco/Aries at **3/4 but I was as confused like you on that. Seeing the Briscoes in PWG was a treat even tho they mostly don't show up. Also seeing Homicide back in PWG for those two nights. Which sucked about BOLA was that TJ Perkins & Bryan Danielson couldn't make it to the tourney. It would have been way better.

[ROH]

Originally Posted by -Mystery-

Battle of Los Angeles 2006 Night 2
1. Austin Aries vs. Disco Machine - ***
2. Davey Richards vs. Ronin - ***
3. Jack Evans vs. Claudio Castagnoli - ***1/4
4. Genki Horiguchi vs. Chris Hero - ***1/4
5. Human Tornado vs. Joey Ryan vs. Petey Williams vs. Excalibur - ***
6. Arrogance vs. The Briscoe Bros. vs. Homicide & B-Boy - ***3/4
7. Frankie Kazarian vs. Scorpio Sky - ***1/4
8. No Count Out - No DQ Tournament Match: Super Dragon vs. Necro Butcher - ***1/2

Overall show rating - ***1/2

Can we have some overall show thoughts please?

[Thats_howIroll]

Final ratings for Irresistible Forces!

Irresistible Forces
1. Adam Pearce & Shane Hagadorn vs. Irish Airborne-**
2. Roderick Strong vs. Shingo-***3/4
3. Colt Cabana & Jimmy Jacobs vs. Jimmy Rave & Sal Rinuaro-***
4. Steve Corino vs. Delirious-**
5. Christopher Daniels vs. Austin Aries-***1/2
6. Brent Albright vs. Trik Davis-**1/4
7. Matt Sydal vs. Jay Briscoe-***3/4
8. Davey Richards vs. Mark Briscoe-***3/4
9. Bryan Danielson vs. Samoa Joe (No DQ, Must Be A Winner, Non Title Match)-***3/4

This is a wierd show to recommend. Although it did not have any matches over ****, It had 4 ***3/4 matches and 1 ***1/2 match. This is a very enjoyable show thats not in the batch of best or worst shows this year. It kinda falls right in the middle.

[-Mystery-]

Originally Posted by R_O_H

Can we have some overall show thoughts please?

It was really fun to watch and a lot better than Night 1. The show started off a bit slow with Aries/Disco and Davey/Ronin but quickly picked up the pace. The show hit a small bump with Tornado/Ryan/Petey/Excalibur. That four way was kinda boring for the most part but began to pick up near the end. The final 3 matches were lots of fun to watch. The 3-way tag match was very good and my MOTN. Kazarain/Sky could easily be ***1/2 with a second watch and Necro/Dragon was a really fun brawl to watch.