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#9,738 · (Edited)
EVOLVE 21 Review (6/1/2013)
-Another solid outing from the purple brand. Davis/Chucky T definitely stole the show by miles, they told a fantastic story here with some great spots and both guys looked fantastic, excellent stuff. Why didn’t the EVOLVE title main event?


Caleb Konley vs. Tommy Taylor-**
Johnny Vandal vs. Lince Dorado-**
Andrew Everett & Derek Ryze vs. The Bravados-**
Jon Davis vs. Chuck Taylor-****+
Brian Cage & Anthony Nese vs. The Young Bucks-***
Samuray Del Sol vs. Shane Strickland-***
AR Fox vs. EITA-***
Tomahawk T.T vs. Johnny Gargano-***
Tomahawk T.T & EITA vs. Johnny Gargano & AR Fox-**

EVOLVE 22 Review (6/2/2013)
-Another consistent card with some standouts sprinkled in. Show stealer was Gargano/Del Sol as expected though I am disappointed that Fox/Dorado didn’t live up to their prior matches but very creative with an awesome finish. Again, why did the EVOLVE Title not main event the show but here I understand that they were building to the OTUG Title match all weekend so it gets a pass I guess. Good weekend overall.


Caleb Konley vs. Chuck Taylor-**
Ivelisse vs. Mia Yim-**
Anthony Nese vs. Tommy Taylor-***
Everett & The Bravados vs. Strickland & Ben Dejos-***
AR Fox vs. Lince Dorado-***+
Brian Cage vs. Derek Ryze-SQUASH
Brian Cage vs. Jon Davis-***
Johnny Gargano vs. Samuray Del Sol-****
The Young Bucks vs. Tomahawk T.T & EITA-***+
 
#9,740 ·
wXw 16 Carat Gold 2007 Night 2

1. El Generico vs Bad Bones
**3/4

2. Four Way Match
**1/2

3. Nigel McGuiness vs Ares
***

4. Matt Sydal vs Claudio Castagnoli
***

5. 6 Man Tag Team Match
**1/2

6. Chris Hero vs Ryo Saito
***3/4

7. Murat Bosporus vs Go Shiozaki
***1/2


wXw 16 Carat Gold 2007 Night 3

1. El Generico vs Ares
***

2. Chris Hero vs Murat Bosporus
***1/2

3. Bad Bones vs Go Shiozaki
**3/4

4. Ablas vs McGuiness/Williams
***

5. PAC vs Davey Richards
***1/4

6. Saito/Sydal vs Castagnoli/Sitoci
***1/2

7. Chris Hero vs Ares
****

Skipped a few matches here due to a lack of interest



wXw Back 2 The Roots VII

1. Big Van Walter vs Bryan Danielson
****

2. Chris Hero & Marc Roudin vs Claudio Castagnoli & Ares
***1/2​


Also if anyones interested I have wXw Back 2 The Roots VII, GSW Battlefield 2008 and The Best of IWA-MS 2008 Vol 4 if anyones interested PM me as I'll be listing them on eBay shortly.
 
#9,742 · (Edited)
AIW Hell On Earth 8

1. Biff Busick vs Jaka
**3/4
Bro Hymn :)

2. The Old School Express vs The Submission Squad
*1/2

3. Davey Vega vs Josh Alexander vs Louis Lyndon
***

4. Ethan Page vs Colin Delaney
***
YAY for Seleziya

5. Hope and Change vs The Batiri
**1/4

6. Allysin Kay vs KC Warfield
1/2*

7. Irish Airborne vs Youthanazia
***1/4

8. Michael Elgin vs Johnny Gargano
***1/4

9. Nixon vs Team AIW
***

10. AR Fox vs ACH
***3/4​

And eBay wise I have the following for sale if anyones interested

Irish Whip Wrestling 2 DVD Lot (Includes matches with Sheamus, Drew McIntyre & Go Shiozaki)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171050673167?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

WWE Survivor Series 2009
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171050983115?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

WWE Extreme Rules 2012
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171050983367?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

WWE Royal Rumble 2009 Blu-Ray (Region B)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171053473578?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

WWE Over The Limit 2012
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171053477852?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

WWE No Way Out 2012
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171053478084?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

WWE Summerslam 2012
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171053478506?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

IWA-MS Best of 2008 Vol 4 (Includes Roderick Strong, Sami Callihan, Jon Moxley & Trevor Murdock)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171055346599?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

GSW Battlefield 2008 (Includes Bryan Danielson, Christopher Daniels & Claudio Castagnoli)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171055346934?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

wXw Back 2 The Roots VII (Includes Bryan Danielson, Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171055347167?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
 
#9,743 ·
ROH Relentless Review:

Michael Elgin vs Kyle Matthews - ***

Adam Cole vs Adam Page - ***1/4 (Really enjoyed it, wasn't expecting it to be that good, Page should be signed)

Roderick Strong vs Mark Briscoe - *** (When the match got better they ended it)

American Wolves vs SCUM - **3/4 (Corino was brilliant here)

Jay Lethal and C&C vs Matt Taven and Jay Lethal - ***1/4

Kevin Steen vs Jimmy Jacobs - *** (Terrible booking for this match, the noDQ stip was unnecessary and the match as a whole felt too short and uneventful)

ROH World Champinship:
Jay Briscoe vs BJ Whitmer - ***1/2-***3/4​
 
#9,744 ·
ROH 11th Anniversary
7:01 QT Marshall vs Adam Page vs Silas Young vs Mike Sydal vs ACH vs Tadarius Thomas - **1/2
8:32 S.C.U.M vs C&C Wrestling Factory - ***
12:02 Charlie Haas vs BJ Whitmer - **1/2
15:42 Forever Hooligans vs American Wolves - **3/4
15:33 Roderick Strong vs Michael Elgin - ***1/2
13:35 Matt Taven vs Adam Cole - ***
15:14 reDRagon vs The Briscoes - ***
20:47 Jay Lethal vs Kevin Steen - ***1/4

Overall it was a solid card with nothing bad but nothing great either. Strong/Elgin and Steen/Lethal were the best matches. This was actually the first time I saw quite a few guys. Cole, reDRagon, Elgin, C&C sand Taven all looked at least decent for a first look.
 
#9,745 ·
ROH - Relentless


Michael Elgin vs. Kyle Mathews - ***

Adam Cole vs. Adam Page - ***

Mark Briscoe vs. Roderick Strong - **1/4

Tommaso Ciampa vs. Chris Larusso - SQUASH

The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) vs. SCUM (Cliff Compton and Rhett Titus) - **

Jay Lethal, Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander vs. reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) and Matt Taven - **1/2

No Disqualification
Kevin Steen vs. Jimmy Jacobs - ***1/4

ROH World Title
Jay Briscoe vs. BJ Whitmer - ***1/4

Opening two matches were surprisingly solid and interesting, unfortunately they were followed up by a weak middle of the show and ended with two good but under-performing main events.



EVOVLE 22 iPPV


Chuck Taylor vs. Caleb Konley - **

SHINE Showcase
Mia Yim vs. Ivelisse - *

Anthony Nese vs. Tommy Taylor - **3/4

Andrew Everett & The Bravados (Harlem & Lancelot) vs. Shane Strickland & Los Ben Dejos (Cruz & Rios) - **1/4

EVOLVE Title
AR Fox vs. Lince Dorado - ***1/4

Brian Cage vs. Derek Ryze - SQUASH

Brian Cage vs. Jon Davis - **

Open The Freedom Gate Title
Johnny Gargano vs. Samuray Del Sol - ***1/2

Open The United Gate Titles
The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. EITA & Tomahawk TT - ****

Undercard was below EVOLVE 20 but the two main event delivered as Gargano's heel persona actually helped the match and the Bucks continue to be the best team out there.

 
#9,747 ·
I've always found Elgin wrestling people his own size to be rather enjoyable, although it doesn't happen very often. Have to check that out when it's released. Speaking of Elgin, the girlfriend's asleep and I AIN'T, so I'm gonna watch some wrasslin... :mark:

Michael Elgin vs. ACH (ROH Dragon's Reign) - *** 1/2

Heard a lot of great shit about this and I was pretty happy with it considering my expectations were quite low. To be honest this was my first time seeing ACH and he reminds me WAY too much of AR Fox right now and that is just not good. Extremely goofy looking comedic selling and stupid ass facial expressions while seemingly relying on nothing but spots (2 of which were half botched in this). First several minutes are Elgin overpowering the youngster (ACH's goofy ass selling only let Elgin hold the suplex for 36 seconds, NICE GOIN KID) until ACH makes the comeback and it's just a bunch of back and forths move for like 10 minutes. Normally this would get old but they delivered some damn good nearfalls and Elgin's deadlift falcon arrow was fucking gorgeous.Excellent nearfall after ACH gets a random flurry offense when he's at his lowest point in the match. It always bothers me that Elgin wrestles these smaller guys like they're equals and they have to trade moves over and over, but it always puts a big smile on my face if he ends up MURDERING them in the end. :) Anyways, good match besides the young kid looking stupid on a few occasions.
 
#9,748 · (Edited)
Im hoping Hollister takes the belt off of Elgin on the 28th
Also: I love the Crist's promos on the shows. Its humerus.
Everybody watch the 8 man tag from AAW Take No Prisoners. This is lunacy. Josh Alexander is a bump machine.
 
#9,751 ·
Jacobs worked vs Lethal a few times this year before that and it sucked. Fingers crossed he worked his magic in a No DQ environment.

ACH does that "flailing arms" thing in every match. It's part of his work I guess. I'm still in the middle with him. Some matches I like and some I think are terrible. There hasn't been a consistent pattern. Well, that's a lie. I don't have a major problem with him, yet I do think most of his matches have been on the negative side than positive. I want to like him. So much to the point where I kind of do. How's that for contradictory? Hasn't always had the best opponents either. Favorite match so far has been the good one vs Mark Angelosetti last year in Chikara. The first one - The Ring of Wax. All I know is, he won't be a favorite of mine ever. Far too up in the air when it comes to the matches to be that way.
 
#9,753 ·
The part about the opponents is a shame too. Like what TaylorFitz said a while back about AR Fox, I really wish we had some ring generals still around to show these guys the ropes and guide them to not look so fucking stupid all the time but unfortunately it's all a bunch of guys that are going to either wrestle the same style and fly around the ring or just wanna get their own name out there so who fuckin cares what the other guy is doin? I miss the old days of the indies... :(
 
#9,756 ·
Mr. Touchdown has been the god damn man this entire year. Can't go wrong with Dev Corp either. Those guys are two relatively excellent monsters.

Keep an eye out for The Shard too. (Y) (and personal standpoint comments permits I plug Ophidian and Tim Donst too b/c well, they've been my favorites from the company for years.)

btw, which shows did you skip? b/c While The Dawn is Breaking isn't a show that's too special collectively, you must see Touchdown vs Saturyne. So, if that wasn't one of them, get it.
 
#9,760 ·
Mr. Touchdown is the man, he plays his character and gimmick to perfection, douche 101. He's a great athlete as well.

But Eddie Kingston is something else.
 
#9,761 ·
Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli & Dave Taylor vs Johnny Saint, Mike Quackenbush & Skayde - CHIKARA King of Trios 2009
If this match stopped at Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli & Dave Taylor vs Johnny Saint then it would be such an easy lock. Alas Mike Quackenbush & Skayde - CHIKARA are also included and taint it. This is still something I'd call really good but there was always something there that basically sucked after the other 4 guys ruled the world. I love Danielson in the pre match promo. "I don't know who Skayde is but I'd love to get my hands on him". Ha. God doesn't know who you are so you don't matter period. I don't know who he is either aside from always hearing his name with Quack's and how he's supposedly a legend. I've seen about 3 matches of his with Quack and ha what a load of old cobblers. Granted that's probably a harsh summary based off such little but jesus of nazareth he looked the dogs shits in this. I imagine a dog would actually commit doggy suicide if he shat Skayde out. My point is that he SUCKED in this. Caps lock level of suckery. I know Craig loved this match but please tell me you thought Skayde was horrific in this too? Quack is Quack and he's extremely unlikeable in a wrestling ring. I imagined he'd have some worth in this because him and Claudio normally work well together but they don't here. Quack looks a million more times like an unintenionally dislikable Johnny Saint ripoff when he's actually in the ring with Johnny Saint himself. Saint is magnificent in this and I'll let Quack's suckiness in this slide because he gave us Saint vs Danielson which was glorious. Skayde aint getting away with shit though. He gave me Quack. ****** cunt. It's kinda saddening watching Danielson and Claudio like this compared to now. I mean they're both still two of the best wrestlers in the world right now but they're both pretty heavily restricted on how great they can be, even Danielson. For a guy who's getting buried because he's boring Claudio is crazy entertaining in this. I miss Claudio's hey shtick. That shtick ruled. Now he yodels and wears man purses. Hey! Taylor is really great in it too and for a while I thought I was gonna have 2 Dave Taylor matches on my list somehow. He has this weird thing of tagging out really quickly that I assumed was going somewhere but never actually did so ended up just being kinda odd. Dave Taylor of Team Uppercut actually used uppercuts too. Yay. Danielson has a good little arc with his bad leg and where he goes nuts on Quack but nobody really stays tagged in for more than a few minutes so little stories like that don't really get chance to develop. Quack's a piece of shit so rather than getting angry and violent back he just keeps on stealing Johnny Saint's shtick while Johnny Saint stands on the apron and then comes in and does it better than Quack could ever imagine. Interested in if Quack and Claudio's TPI match holds up now my seething hatred for Quack has escalated to new levels. I probably sound quite negative about it but everyone should at least try and watch it for this. I won't vote for it and I wish for the life of me someone other than Quack got those 4 guys in the same ring but it's certainly good. I didn't notice Bryce "hey everyone look at me the ref" Remsburg until about 20 minutes in which I guess is a positive for him if I'm looking on the bright side of things. I'm not though so I will still pay ROH for a shitty iPPV stream if they put Bryce Rembsurg getting massacred by Uhaa Nation on iPPV.
 
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