[PulseGlazer]

Three from Vendetta II-

Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli- this was really three different matches with nothing that made any sense transitioning between. The comedy was cute, but went too far... then Danielson controlled for ages and neither Claudio's selling or comebacks made it anything... then randomly they had a big strike war to the finish for no reason. Lame. ** and my least fav Danielson match since Biohazard.

Lynn vs. Nigel- this was great. They built everything around respect and the tricks of a veteran vs. the tricks of a heel. Nigel's physical superiority due to age lead to his tricks being superior in a great back and forth match. ****

Aries vs. Jacobs

The brawl early being set off by the kiss was brilliant, as was Aries fire letting him control. Jacobs trying to mess up Aries back really worked as well, with the inadvertant cut adding a lot to that. They mixed the brawling with actual moves very well and Aries even threw semi-decent worked punches. Aries did a bit too much carrying of Jacobs in power spots after his back was hurt (standing in the end time, a sit up out of the tree of woe), but made up for it by focussing everything on hurting Jacobs neck. Jacobs is a god at these matches, knowing exactly how to risk everything for the win with huge moves and still be a sneering heel. The overbooking was reminiscent of Raven and didn't play in the finish. Effective stuff. The finishing sequence was hot and very smartly put together. **** 1/4- **** 1/2.

[Ownage™]

**? Nice rating.

[watts63]

EWF 12th Anniversary Extravaganza: Nothing Personal
Brandon Gatson vs. Scorpio Sky ****1/4-****1/2

[andremt9]

Originally Posted by watts63

EWF 12th Anniversary Extravaganza: Nothing Personal
Brandon Gatson vs. Scorpio Sky ****1/4-****1/2

Holy Shit!Gatson is the next big thing LOL


Mascarita Sagrada vs. Tsuki *****

(only joking)

[mes]

Originally Posted by andremt9

Mascarita Sagrada vs. Tsuki *****

(only joking)

LMAO
You sure haven't watched any mini south of the border action, your so wrong my friend.

[mateuspfc]

NOAH 14/06/08
Kenta Kobashi/KENTA vs. Kensuke Sasaki/Katsuhiko Nakajima
****1/2

Oh shit, the more I see those guys wrestling, the less I think they're fucking human. Awesome match.

[Ownage™]

Originally Posted by PulseGlazer

Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli- this was really three different matches with nothing that made any sense transitioning between. The comedy was cute, but went too far... then Danielson controlled for ages and neither Claudio's selling or comebacks made it anything... then randomly they had a big strike war to the finish for no reason. Lame. ** and my least fav Danielson match since Biohazard.

It's called one-upmanship.

[PulseGlazer]

Originally Posted by Ownage™

It's called one-upmanship.

That'd generally involve some kind of back and forth. At first its pure comedy, not one upsmanship. They aren't competing, they're joking. Okay, fine if that's the match.

Then they decide to compete... and it isn't close, Danielson just dominates... again, one upsmanship generally involves a back and forth.

Finally they go into striking and spots... with no reason for Danielson to stop dominating on the mat, it just changes. Here you have one upmanship, but its maybe 3 minutes of a 20 minute match. Terrible.

[-Blaskohiro Tenryu-]

Claudio has become just hit and miss in the pass year or so.

Shame, he was one of my favorites in 07.

[PulseGlazer]

Albright vs. Pearce NWA Title Match - DBD VI

The mat wrestling early is awesome in that it isn't the usual exhibition stuff guys do. It's filled with personality. Pearce shows that he has no interest in winning fairly, taking cheap shots to gain any advantage, while Albright is showing greater skill than Pearce, but has no shame in hitting him as hard as he an at every opportunity to put over the hate. Pearce, for all his weaknesses, is great at showing no positive qualities and making his advantages seem like either cheating or flukes to really put over a face. Biting Albright then spitting in the ref's face was pretty fucking awesome too.

Pearce's early match control is pretty slow, but full of heelish goodness and Albright's color really help add to the intensity of this. Albright is excellent at taking a beating and giving token "still has fight in him" hope spots so the crowd doesn't get bored. Sweeey's random interference and the Roderick save work out so perfectly in the match, changing gears and making it clear that interference from SnS will not be tolerated, nor will we get a screwjob. That realization actually fires up both Albright and the crowd as business picks up.

The crowd is in a frenzy for Albright's big knees, so Pearce's counter has to be big to keep them up and pointedly stop Albright's momentum before the match ends. Well, this being an NWA title match, what better move to do that and play off history than the figure four? So much for the knee strikes, but even after this, the challenger won't stay down.

Pearce begins to chain up the attacks of former big names- a back drop, a splash from the top, and an STF... (all put over by the history referenced pre-match). Albright is still better than Pearce and he quickly has a counter into the crowbar. Pearce is incredibly lucky, however, and as Albright goes up, Pearce throws him off and he crashes through a table, barely getting in the ring before the 10 count, but no time for cheering as he gets immediately hit with the devestating piledriver immediately upon re-entering. Pearce is stupefied.

Albright out of desperation gets a counter and a half-nelson suplex but has nothing left to go for the pin. He tries to fire himself up and get up, but its slow going for both men. He gets a second half-nelson suplex upon rising, but Pearce, in control much of the preceeding time and just laying there for quite awhile is able to kick out without looking strong in the proccess in what is some great timing. Both men are even in energy left now.

They begin to battle on their knees up to their feet (YAAAY, BOOO!). Pearce tries a shortcut but Albright is ready and chains German suplexes together. Pearce tries to grab Del Rey to stop it, but again his shortcut is cut off. After five German suplexes Albright goes for a cover and a nearfall results. Again Albright was too slow in going for the cover and unable to hook the leg due to the energy he has expended.

Albright goes up again, but Pearce is up, so Albright changes to a sunset flip. Pearce is ready and goes for the figure-4 and we have a counter sequence into a near fall. Albright continues to show his mat advantag and locks in the crowbar, forcing Pearce to tap.

**** 1/2 - **** 3/4 - Nothing here didn't pay off and nearly everything occurred more than once, leading to it getting a bigger pop the second time around. They played off the NWA title's history, both men's character, and moves from earlier in the match. The selling and intensity were top notch. Pearce selling a beating a time or two when he didn't recently take one hurt, as did a slight overkill on the near falls, but the first goes to put over how much energy is being expended in Pearce's attempts to kill Alrbight while the second puts over the importance of the title.