[smitlick]

Dragon Gate USA - United We Stand

1. AR Fox vs Cheech
*1/2

2. Akira Tozawa vs BxB Hulk
****1/4

3. No DQ Match
Homicide vs Jon Moxley
*1/2

4. CIMA, Dragon Kid, Ricochet & Naruki Doi vs Austin Aries, Jimmy Jacobs, Sami Callihan & YAMATO
***1/2

5. Open The United Gate Title Match
Masato Yoshino & PAC vs Chuck Taylor & Johnny Gargano
***1/2


PWG - Cyanide: A Loving Tribute To Poison

1. Peter Avalon vs Willie Mack
**3/4

2. Roderick Strong vs Chuck Taylor
***1/4

3. The Cutler Brothers vs RockNES Monsters
***

4. Brandon Gatson vs Joey Ryan
**1/2

5. The Fightin' Taylor Boys vs The Young Bucks
***1/4

6. Kevin Steen vs Akira Tozawa
****

7. PWG World Tag Team Title Match
El Generico & Paul London vs The Kings of Wrestling
***3/4

Just finished $5 Wrestling Volume One. Was ok, nothing to run out and get. Some funny bits but nothing memorable.

[Dyer Consequences]

[McQueen]

Originally Posted by LariatSavage

Just finally watched my first Chikara DVD ever... We Must Eat Michigan's Brain!

Sorry to hear that.

[Jack Evans 187]

EVOLVE 1: Ibushi vs. Richards

Bobby Fish vs. Kyle O'Reilly - ***
Excellent opener and a perfect example for what EVOLVE is gonna be all about

Chuck Taylor vs. Cheech - **

Arik Cannon vs. Ricochet - **1/2
Pretty awesome for a 4 minute match. Thank god Ricochet eventually got rid of that ridiculous haircut. No one was gonna take him seriously with that shit.

Aeroform (Flip Kendrick & Louis Lyndon) vs. The Dark City Fight Club - **1/2
Maybe it was my inexperience of seeing both teams but I really enjoyed this as well. Although I still hate Louis Lyndon and wish someone would just beat the piss out of him. Kendrick's spiral tap 540 was sick.

Mercedes Martinez vs. Niya - 1/2*
A complete squash, but an enjoyable one. Niya's got some big ol titties.

Brad Allen vs. Silas Young - ***
Definitely liked this. That moonsault bump on the outside was nasty and added much more emotion to the match.

Jimmy Jacobs vs. Kenn Doane - **1/4
This wasn't bad, it was just basic. Nothing really that stood out and the pace of the show completely slowed down here.

Chris Dickinson vs. Johnny Gargano - **1/4

TJP vs. Munenori Sawa - ***1/4
The pace of the match was just insane. I honestly think if they just would've slowed down a bit and the match got a little more time I would've enjoyed it more. Still good nonetheless.

Team Frightning (Mike Quackenbush, Hallowicked, & Frightmare) vs. Akuma's Army (Gran Akuma, Icarus, & Brodie Lee) - ***1/4
Chikara always impresses when they venture to a different company. Think this ended just a tad too soon though.

Davey Richards vs. Kota Ibushi - ****1/4
Wow. That was pretty fuckin awesome. They just beat the hell out of each other for nearly 20 minutes and I loved it. This may possibly be my favorite match in Davey's career as it shows that he can do it all. He didn't have any ridiculous faces and kick out 32 times either, so that helps. But yeah, it's gonna be tough for any other EVOLVE main event to top this one.

Overall: 8/10
A great start for EVOLVE. 11 matches on the card and they all flowed well for the most part. 5 matches at ***+ and an awesome main event. Support this company!

[Shock]

The ROH 9th Anniversary Show is now available on DVD.

[TaylorFitz]

Surprised you didn't like TJP/Sawa that much. It was one of my favorite matches last year and was just really refreshing to see. Glad you liked the show though.

[The Gargano]

i really didnt care for evolve 1 that much, especially since they had 11 matches that very few got a good amount of time, glad to see that evolve has gotten away from that, but im still not that big of a fan on evolve, to me, its just like dgusa without the japanese guys

[Shock]

New Videowire...

[TaylorFitz]

Originally Posted by The Gargano

i really didnt care for evolve 1 that much, especially since they had 11 matches that very few got a good amount of time, glad to see that evolve has gotten away from that, but im still not that big of a fan on evolve, to me, its just like dgusa without the japanese guys

I love short matches on the undercard. Unless there is a big feud or something on an undercard match I really don't want to see it go 20 minutes. This is why I can sit through any Evolve show and I can't say the same for some other indy shows.

[KingCrash]

ROH - World’s Greatest


Kyle O’Reilly vs. Jay Briscoe - ***

The Bravado Brothers vs. Steve Corino & Grizzly Redwood - *1/2

Mike Bennett vs. Mark Briscoe - **1/4

Four Corner Survival
Rhett Titus vs. Mike Mondo vs. Colt Cabana vs. Andy Ridge - *

Christopher Daniels vs. Michael Elgin - **1/4

Homicide vs. El Generico - **

Eddie Edwards vs. Kenny King - ***1/2

The Kings of Wrestling & Roderick Strong vs. Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team & Davey Richards - ***3/4


The main event was good (though 10 min. could have been shaved off and still been as good), Edwards and King had a solid match and the opener got the crowd started off right, but the rest of the undercard didn’t mean much and it tells you how far Homicide has fallen in singles matches when Mike Bennett has a better match on a show then El Generico.




Chikara - Operation: Big Freeze


The BDK (Pinkie Sanchez & Tim Donst) vs. Da Soul Touchaz (Acid Jaz & Marshe Rockett) - **1/4

Madison Eagles vs. Toshie Uematsu - ***1/2

Eddie Kingston vs. Archibald Peck - **

The UnStable & The Roughnecks vs. 3.0 & The Throwbacks - ***

Icarus vs. Fire Ant - **1/2

Sinn Bodhi & The Batiri vs. The Osirian Portal - ***1/4

Tursas vs. Willie Richardson - DUD

The BDK (Claudio Castagnoli, Tim Donst & Sara Del Rey) vs. Mike Quackenbush & Incoherence (Hallowicked & Frightmare) - ***1/2


Fun show with The Portal continuing their undefeated streak since becoming a trio (would have been better with another finish), Madison Eagles cementing her place as the newest female on the roster and Team Frightning getting a win over The BDK. Would have been better if they had combined Da Soul Touchaz matches together to make up for Lince’s absence.