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#9,773 · (Edited)
wXw 16 Carat Gold 2008 Night 1

1. Ares vs Big Van Walter
**

2. Jimmy Jacobs vs Tommy End
***

3. Absolute Andy vs Chris Hero
***1/2

4. El Generico vs Taiji Ishimori
****

5. Chuck Taylor vs Emil Sitoci
**1/2

6. Bryan Danielson vs Mike Quackenbush
****1/4

7. Doug Williams vs Naomichi Marufuji
****

Just listed it as well
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=171056499977


wXw 16 Carat Gold 2008 Night 2

1. Chris Hero vs Emil Sitoci
***1/2

2. Bad Bones vs El Generico
***1/4

3. 6 Man Tag Team Match
***

4. Bryan Danielson vs Naomichi Marufuji
****1/4

5. Johnny Saint vs Mike Quackenbush
****

And I've listed Night 2 as well :)
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=171056515227

I thought about watching the Main Event (Pain/Douglas) on Night 2 but I really couldn't stomach sitting through that long of a match with no sleep.​
 
#9,784 ·
I thought about watching the Main Event (Pain/Douglas) on Night 2 but I really couldn't stomach sitting through that long of a match with no sleep.
Please do and post thoughts on it. I watched it, in 2008, and it was hellaciously long and, honestly, a really stupid match with a million moves and kickouts and stuff... But I loved it. I have no idea why. I've only seen it that one time but I was totally with it and I truthfully couldn't see anybody else possibly liking that match. It's totally my "Yeah, I don't always have great taste in wrestling..." match. Maybe it really IS good though. I need to know. I haven't thought about that match in 5 years.

The following year they try to do the same match with Douglas and Absolute Andy though and it is the fucking WORST. If you're going to watch the 2009 tournament, avoid that like the plague. 45-minutes of torture. At least Pain/Douglas had some crazy moves.
 
#9,783 ·
^^^ Masters/Hoyt?


You think that was bad (which I didn't mind at all btw), you should watch a PWX show, or at least the last one I watched (Enemy Territory). The commentary audio is wayyyyy louder than the actual in house audio so it's almost unbearable when something big happens and the guy starts yelling about it.
 
#9,778 ·
Chikara - Aniversario: Never Compromise​

1) The Spectral Envoy vs The Colony Xtreme Force ~ **1/2


2) Delirious vs Dasher Hatfield ~ ***


3) The Colony vs Devastation Corporation ~ ****1/4


4) Sarcophagus Match
Ophidian vs Amasis ~ N/R


5) Hair vs Hair Match
Tim Donst vs Gavin Loudspeaker ~ *


6) Chikara Tag Team Championship
3.0(c) vs Pieces of Hate ~ ***1/4


7) Chikara Grand Championship
Eddie Kingston(c) vs Icarus ~ ****


~ For the record, I liked the ending from the perspective of an engrossing story upcoming. We don't when it'll come back into play, but it was much too inconclusive for it to never do so. Dasher Hatfield letting us know he saw Archibald Peck out there means it is all going to come ahead once things return back to normal. Or we see hints brought together during the Wrestling Is... shows.

~ Sarcophagus Match is damn near impossible for me to rate. It wasn't b/c it went over thirty minutes either. It was more along the lines of such an unusual structure to it. Those two beat the tar out of each other and yet there was no end in sight. Made it all feel like one large segment more than a match. Idk, that's just what I took away from it. Bad enough Ophidian had to job to someone he had no business doing so to after all of the good heel work since the end of 2011 + a really poor finish. Made no sense & came off like "oh, that's it?" Why didn't it end off the Egyptian Destroyer on the stage? Or have Amasis do something on the stage and then end it. That simple. Whatever, I guess. I just hope this isn't the death of Ophidian. b/c then I'll have a piece of me dead in the world of wrestling.

~ Hair vs Hair wasn't a bad match as much as it was the most predictable "goody two shoes b/s who gives a damn" happy ending crap we all knew was coming. I hate when Chikara does this forced babyface crap that I'm supposed to care about. They did it with 3.0 (whom I do like as characters, but not as tag champs level) and now they're doing it with - ugh - Gavin Loudspeaker? In his general role, he's fine. Not when he's defeating another stellar heel they have in Tim Donst. How does this make him look good? Jakob punch or not, I was bleh on this entire situation. Luckily Tim made the match work and Gavin was a lot better in the ring than I think everyone else expected. I just couldn't care less about it, quite frankly.

~ Colony vs Dev Corp was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO awesome. All of those guys brought their A-Game and wow did it show. Simple big vs little man formula emphasized by the talents of all men involved. Everything that could have gone well did in this one. Crowd was amazing for all aspects of it too. Perfect confluence of events made this an absolute joy to watch. So much so in that I think it effectively took over as my favorite Chikara match this year. Fire Ant was on - pun intended - FIRE~! during all of this. Max Smashmaster was leaving his feet more times than science should allow. He's a hell of an athlete. Tbf, all of Dev Corp are. Even Fumblecrunch despite this only being my first viewing of his work. He impressed me. Great match. Hot and heavy trios action from start to finish. Everyone should check this out.

~ Pieces of Hate vs 3.0 was good with believable falls. Glad something 3.0 did not vs Dev Corp managed to be good. Their match vs Batiri was a bust and vs Bucks was decent at best. This worked out nicely with good psychology (as it were...) thrown in. Pieces of Hate are awesome; Shard works his ass off every match. Jigsaw has always stuck out to me as someone who's quite good. He proved it again here. A good match with a fantastic result for me, personally. I was jumping up and down with joy when Pieces of Hate won. :mark:

~ Kingston vs Icarus was another really great match. Told a wonderful story. Icarus & Kingston's promos for the match was just as wonderful and only contributed to the story the match told. <3333 Icarus' Marty Jannetty attire. I knew going in this was going to be on of those "double turn" type of matches. Icarus in-between of a heel to face shift and Kingston the opposite with a face going heel. This match is why I love Kingston. He's great no matter what role he plays. He makes you love to root him on as a babyface and he makes you want to hate him as a heel. He helped Icarus get so much sympathy while beating him down. Destroying Icarus' back throughout, even bringing the chair into play. Not wanting to lose his darling Grand Championship. He was fed up with being the hero. He's going to do whatever it takes to retain. Icarus only wanted to use his hero to inspire him. It just so happens he had the fans behind him 50% of the way and eventually 100% as the match wore on. Ah, I really did love this. Proof Icarus CAN be good enough to have a match worth seeing too. I've always knew he was. I'm not calling him a great worker or anything like that, but he's fine. He's good when he put his best effort in. I'll firmly stand by it; proven here otherwise. The non-finish was the only thing that marred it. Wow I thought we had ourselves a new champion in Icarus. Chikara special tease was tremendous. Finish was part of a MUCH bigger picture, though. Can't fault 'em for that as it'll mean something more later on. Great match.
 
#9,801 ·
You got to. It's devilishly awesome. Saw someone else plug Green Ant vs Kingston II atm. Just nab the full show and skip right to the main event. :eek:

Also rewatched Nightmare Violence Connection vs Generico/Ricochet from ASW 8 Night 1

I won't even try review this match. Still holds up as just a jaw dropping, batshit crazy tag match.

****3/4
***** brilliance for me. Unfuckwithable.

------------

Crammed the last two CZW shows today. TOD wasn't stellar the entire way through, but it felt worth it once the main event happened. Hot damn that one was really good. If you love light tubes getting smashed, deathmatches with a story behind it, or two guys beating the piss out of one another, this is for you.

Callihan vs Hyde from Proving Grounds was actually really fun & Andrew Everett is the greatest man on the indies today. The things he does; blows my mind after every viewing. I love him. ****, all the way. He's fantastic.

oh and Tracy Smothers ruined his reputation for life. That is all.
 
#9,781 ·
Random re-watch PWG BOLA 2010 NIGHT 2 Chris Hero vs Akira Tozawa

A star is born. Forgot how much I liked this match. It's the perfect dynamic of the veteran bully in Hero vs the young spunky underdog in Tozawa. So much happened in the match and it just flew by, didn't feel like 16 minutes at all. The chop exchange was crazy, as was Tozawa's comeback with the deadlift german and shining wizard. Tozawa kicking out from the sick mafia kick at one always makes me smile, the crowd is just molten for it. Just love this match, best of the weekend if I recall right. ****1/4+

A link for anyone who's interested : http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/mGn-cZrGWx4/

Also rewatched Nightmare Violence Connection vs Generico/Ricochet from ASW 8 Night 1

I won't even try review this match. Still holds up as just a jaw dropping, batshit crazy tag match.

****3/4
 
#9,788 ·
YES, there's many.

Akira Tozawa vs. Chris Hero - PWG All Star Weekend 8 Night 1
Akira Tozawa vs. PAC - DGUSA Mercury Rising 2011
Akira Tozawa vs. BxB Hulk - DGUSA United: Finale
Akira Tozawa vs. YAMATO - DGUSA Open The Ultimate Gate 2011

Shingo vs. Takeshi Morishima - ROH Good Times, Great Memories
Shingo vs. Naruki Doi - DGUSA Open The Historic Gate
Shingo vs. Davey Richards - DGUSA Untouchable 2009
Shingo vs. BxB Hulk - DGUSA Bushido: Code of the Warrior
Shingo vs. Masato Yoshino - DGUSA Open The Ultimate Gate
Shingo vs. Dragon Kid - DGUSA Untouchable 2010

YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk - DGUSA Open The Historic Gate
YAMATO vs. Bryan Danielson - DGUSA Untouchable 2010
YAMATO vs. Austin Aries - DGUSA Mercury Rising 2011
YAMATO vs. PAC - DGUSA Enter The Dragon 2011
YAMATO vs. Johnny Gargano - DGUSA Freedom Fight 2011

That's just singles matches! You want tags too!?!?

CIMA & Genki Horiguchi vs. YAMATO & Akira Tozawa - DGUSA Bushido: Code of the Warrior
PAC & Ricochet vs. Chuck Taylor & Akira Tozawa - DGUSA Open The Southern Gate
Kevin Steen & Akira Tozawa vs. El Generico & Ricochet - PWG All Star Weekend 8 Night 1
The Briscoes vs. Shingo & Naruki Doi - ROH Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool
Shingo & Naruki Doi vs. Roderick Strong & Davey Richards - ROH Fifth Year Festival: Finale
 
#9,786 ·
Any of Tozawa's PWG matches, track down the two I mentioned if you haven't seen them. Shingo vs Davey is the first match that pops to mind also Generico match from PWG and Tozawa match from DG last year.
 
#9,797 ·
Would greatly appreciate a link for the Tozawa vs Ricochet match. Been watching nothing but Tozawa and Ricochet lately. Watched Ricochet vs Shingo from King Of The Gate and it was awesome. Ricochet is still nursing a shoulder injury too, think he tweaked it in BOSJ.

Also I have to see that Briscoe Brothers shoot.
 
#9,800 · (Edited)
PWG - DDT4 2013

First Round
The Young Bucks vs. Inner City Machine Guns - *** 3/4

First Round - PWG World Tag Team Championship
Super Smash Bros (c) vs. The Unbreakable F'N Machines - ** 3/4

First Round
Future Shock vs. Dojo Bros - ** 3/4

First Round
The Briscoes vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico - ** 1/2

Semi Final - PWG World Tag Team Championship
The Unbreakable F'N Machines (c) vs. The Young Bucks - *** 3/4

Semi Final
Future Shock vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico - ***

B-Boy vs. Willie Mack - * 3/4

Knockout or Submission Only
Drake Younger vs. Sami Callihan - ****

DDT4 Finals - PWG World Tag Team Championship
The Young Bucks (c) vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico - ****


Overall: 8.25/10

- The first round was hit and miss. Opener was pretty damn great. Swann & Ricochet were totally in sync & on point with everything and the finish was awesome. Tag Title match was going along well until Uno's injury (which was fucking gross btw). Kudos to that guy for not only continuing but wanting someone in the crowd to pop it back in place. Loved the finish to that one too, never gets old. Future Shock/Dojo Bros dragged at times but had some decent stuff (chop to the dick) & Briscoes/Steenerico was just kinda there, but you know what they both had? Great finishes! Mark Briscoe annoys the piss out of me these days.

- Semi Final round was good stuff. Tag Title match #2 was quality. Great work on Cage's leg and he acknowledged it as the match went on, some nifty double teams and reversals, and yet another GREAT finish. I love the Bucks so much... Steenerico/Future Shock was short and sweet, can't complain.

- B-Boy vs. Willie Mack was on this show? :confused: I really had no idea. It sucked, no surprise. A couple good moments but most of the time it felt severely awkward, out of place, and unwanted. Didn't help that both guys were gassed to hell and looked incredibly slow.

Yeah, the 1-2 punch to end the show was absolutely fantastic and really drove this one home for me. Thoughts for those two matches are in here: http://www.wrestlingforum.com/other-wrestling/649042-2013-motyc-thread-56.html#post19530177
 
#9,804 ·
It was more a long the lines of the owners gave Tracy a live mic and unlimited time and the whole segment/match went 38 mins and the crowd reacted to it way better than the CZW crowd did. JLIT might be a struggle to get through as the shows are said to be about 4-5 hours each. Going by reviews keep an eye on
1.Elgin vs Busick
2.Beverly vs Lee
3.Gargano vs Cole
4.Sparx vs Page
5.RSP vs Delany
 
#9,806 ·
That match did suck but giving the people Tracy worked with on JLIT and a non dead crowd it could come off well on the show. I know he worked face for it unlike he did in CZW so that may help.

Also, More people need to get on the Jollyville Fuckits band wagon.
 
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