Kevin Steen vs. Paul London - *** 3/4
The Young Bucks vs. Chuck Taylor & Johnny Gargano - *** 3/4
Eddie Edwards vs. Jay Lethal - **
AR Fox & Samuray Del Sol vs. Inner City Machine Guns (Ricochet & Rich Swann) - *** 3/4
Roderick Strong vs. Trent? - ** 1/2
Future Shock vs. Unbreakable F'N Machines (Brian Cage & Michael Elgin) - ** 3/4
Drake Younger vs. Sami Callihan - *** 3/4
- Damn good opener, lot of fun in the beginning and then they started wrasslin and it got even better. Quite surprised by the outcome, but London is looking really good out there (MUCH better than his 2010/2011 indy run) and I hope he sticks around cause he could have some great underdog performances against guys like Elgin, Cage, & Strong. Make it happen!
- Bucks vs. Ronin was wildly fun. First few minutes were a blast and when the FIP segment started with Gargano I got really excited that it would turn into something special, buuuut after he made the hot tag they just kind of abandoned all structure.
Either way it was still a ton of fun and the Bucks pump these sequences out like they're doing them in their sleep or something. Make it look easy every match. Oh and I forgot to mention, Taylor is lookin to be in the best shape of his career right now, cut down on some of that baby fat and got some definition goin. Makes me dislike him a little less.
- Edwards vs. Lethal started out pretty great with the hammerlock & pin exchanges, but then it just went to all fuck. So much no selling to the point where you could anticipate whatever was happening wasn't gonna mean anything cause it was just gonna lead to a superkick or suplex or something. There is one reason to watch it though, and that's for the HILARIOUS spot where Lethal gets two fans to whip into a prone Edwards, but he just sells it like they whipped him back first into the ring post. So unexpected, had me laughing hard. Lethal in particular here really stunk it up with his incredibly slow pacing in setting up spots or just taking forever to do anything. No reason for this to go damn near 20 minutes either.
- WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK. Ricochet is the most amazing wrestler I've ever seen in all my life, no doubt about it. The man is incredible and he steals the whole damn show with his performance in the tag match. The sequence with Del Sol was batshit nuts and it didn't even look like they were trying. One day though Del Sol is just gonna destroy his ACL if he keeps doing that one leg springboard corkscrew. That looks way too dangerous. The last 4 or 5 minutes of this were just ridiculous, especially that Swann ace crusher counter where he does the handstand and that insane sequence in the corner right before they murder Del Sol with the double superkicks. Chucky T on commentary was grand as well. "I can't fucking do any of that!" :lol
- I won't lie, I fell asleep watching Roderick/Trent last night and started in the middle today. Didn't think it was a bad match, it just seemed completely forgettable and out of place on the card when you have so much other balls to the wall shit goin on around it. Decent showing from Trent I guess but nothing to really make him stick out.
- Future Shock vs. Fuckin Machines was hit or miss for me. There was several things I liked, like Elgin forcing Cole to suck his dick (not literal people), the 60 second switch off suplex to Cole, & then the very last sequence where Elgin kicks out of the Canadian Destroyer & they just MURDER O'Reilly with power moves. Then there was the rest, which just felt really long, paced oddly, and had some sloppy exchanges. No need for this to go over 20 minutes really and it was hard for me to believe Elgin & O'reilly are standing there having forearm exchanges and Elgin isn't just running over this guy.
- What in the HELL did I just witness in this Guerrilla Warfare match? Drake Younger clearly is not human. What mortal man is gonna take THAT many huge bumps, have the top of his head sliced open, be thrown into thumbtacks repeatedly, have his face stapled multiple times, SALT thrown in his wounds(literally!) and not only win the match, but live to tell about it!? That was all just crazy, but a couple smaller things I really liked were Sami's kick to the back of the knee when Drake was on the turnbuckle (I love that so much when he does it) & Drake's counter to the stretch muffler by throwing THUMB TACKS in Sami's eyes. That was cool as shit. Really the only problem I had with this & the reason I wouldn't say it's MOTYC material was that the finish felt really rushed. After all the shit Drake was put through I really would've liked to see a big flurry to put Sami away, not just one move. Small complaint though, great match to end a great show with just a couple oddball matches.