I feel like any combination of Matt Cross, Josh Prohibition, and Johnny Gargano will always be a solid match. I've never seen JT wrestle, but there's no doubt that he broke in some amazing talent.
I watched a Shelton Benjamin/Mike Bennett match earlier and the commentary was dreadful. Kevin Kelly had a truly awful match at the booth. The match was good though.
This was shaping up to be something pretty good until the last five minutes or so when both men decided to bring out their terrible sides. Quite disappointed, really.
Haha. I think you liked that show collectively more than I did, tbhayley. Although I really got into Touchdown vs Chiva Kid - won't deny the advent of more time behind it would have helped. Eight minutes wasn't enough!
Just finished Chikara's While the Dawn is Breaking. Show started off GREAT with Touchdown/Saturyne but never escaped mediocrity afterwards. I really don't feel like posting a whole review because of how frustrated it made me so I'll just run through a few things.
- Akuma/Hammermeier was great fun up until the puzzling finish. **
- Peck/Donst was terrible, the first 6-man went WAY too long, & Hatfield/Kobald was an absolute waste of my time. 2nd 6-man did nothing for me, didn't care about anything they were doing.
Ultramantis - "that's at least 150 lbs coming down on Kingston!"
Chikarason - "... seems like a bit of a low end estimate"
Ultramantis - "I'm sorry... I'm not very good with mathematics." :lmao
- Kingston/Steen was fine but what the hell's the big deal? Steen works on the leg for 10 minutes, Kingston wins with 3 moves that wouldn't have put Steen away in any other company on the face of the planet. ** 3/4
- Holy shit, 3.0 don't really have any good qualities do they? Matthews is annoying as hell and the match was all Bucks. I didn't care about this... at all.
Does Kingston still finish with the backfist? If so then ugh. I've never been a fan of that move(in Pro Wrestling) but Kingston's looks so bad to me he doesn't do it with any torque or at least it doesn't look like it.
From all that I've seen of him Green Ant is someone I'd love to see in Dragon Gate; see what CIMA can do with him and they could make him an American Shenlong lol. I've also been thinking that with CHIKARA on hiatus/gone they need to re-add JigWicked, pair up Taylor & Cassidy and witness greatness. Seriously:
The Young Bucks
EITA & Tomahawk T.T
CIMA & AR Fox
Ricochet & Rich Swann
The Super Smash Brothers
The Premiere Athletes- Brian Cage & Tony Nese
JigWicked/The Sekigun- Jigsaw & Hallowicked
Chuck N'Orange/Gentlemen's Club- Chucky T & Orange Cassidy
That'd be one hell of a tag team division not counting DGJapan fly-ins. I hope that the "rookie" they're sending in July is Kotoka, one of the best things about DG this year.
Does Kingston still finish with the backfist? If so then ugh. I've never been a fan of that move(in Pro Wrestling) but Kingston's looks so bad to me he doesn't do it with any torque or at least it doesn't look like it.
Yeah, it was a spinning back fist to the back of the head after a back suplex into the corner, but Steen just sort of fell into the buckle cause both guys are so big. haha
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Bout time you got around to watching that Cody, although it's ASW 9, not 11. Really glad someone else noticed Del Sol/Perkins was a total sleeper and an excellent match. Gets overshadowed by two others from the card. The finish was so sexy, mainly because I've never seen it executed so well.
Are you telling me you didn't think the triple suplex spot in the 6-man wasn't hilarious? I laughed hysterically at Steen falling so quickly.
Can't say I have much to disagree with you there except for myself liking the Team Frightning vs Piece of Hate/DeviAnt trios match. Kingston vs Steen III wasn't special and didn't exceed past solid & the main event was probably the flattest Young Bucks match in like...forever. Oh and I didn't hate Donst vs Peck. I liked it; only thought it was too short. It really dawned on me how I liked all of Jakob's matches this year. Moment he started to work in a more serious manner, the matches worked. Not that I didn't enjoy green, shenanigan filled Jakob a year or so ago. Arguably the weakest Chikara show of the year - although it does have a stellar match in Touchdown vs Saturnye, while Watchmaker had about two good matches and that's all. Take your pick.
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Here are a quick overview of my thoughts on Night One after a second watch to rack up with my review on Night Two:
PWG All Star Weekend IX Night One
1) Kevin Steen vs Paul London ~ ***3/4
2) The Young Bucks vs Chuck Taylor & Johnny Gargano ~ ****
3) Eddie Edwards vs Jay Lethal ~ *1/2
4) Inner-City Machine Guns vs Samuray Del Sol & AR Fox ~ **
5) Roderick Strong vs Trent? ~ **
6) Future Shock vs Unbreakable F'n Machines ~ **1/4
7) Best of Three Series: Match Three - Guerrilla Warfare Match
Sami Callihan vs Drake Younger ~ ****1/4
PWG All Star Weekend IX Night Two
1) Jay Lethal vs Willie Mack ~ *1/4
2) Chuck Taylor & Johnny Gargano vs The RockNES Monsters ~ ***1/4
3) Paul London vs Trent? ~ **3/4
4) The Unbreakable F'n Steen Machines vs The Inner-City Machine Guns & AR Fox ~ **1/2
5) TJ Perkins vs Samuray Del Sol ~ ***1/2
6) Sami Callihan vs Kyle O'Reilly ~ *
7) PWG Tag Team Championship
Young Bucks(c) vs Dojo Bros ~ ****
8) PWG World Championship
Adam Cole(c) vs Drake Younger ~ ***
~ Opener was bleh. It started off hot then quickly became what I figured it to be; bad & uninteresting. FIST vs RockNES was FUN. Yuma looked out of his element yet again - the other three made up for him not pulling his weight. Good match. London vs Trent? was some more fun. Trent? can be vanilla as an overall package, but it was London who made this come together nicely. It went 18+ and didn't even feel like it. Solid match & easy to watch. I love Paul London so much.
~ I really don't have too much to add to the six man. It was a light-hearted affair. No major problems with it at any point. I simply felt there was nothing too special about it. The guys did their thing and that's that. Best part of the match was the succession of 450 splashes. Swann's from the ground, Fox's from the top rope, & Ricochet's DOUBLE aka 630 splash to finish it off. Beautiful. Finish of course put a smile on my face; that's a given.
~ Goodness TJP vs Del Sol was the biggest surprise out of the weekend. Straightforward wrestling match and I really got behind it. Those two went out and did work. I'd dig a rematch if Del Sol wasn't signed already. Idk. Funny, story of TJ Perkins career. Known to be a good wrestler for years, yet his best work always seems to go unnoticed. Always a gem even when his match is one of the best on the show.
~ Callihan vs O'Reilly was a stinker. More like the world's UNINTERSTING match tbf. It was pretty bad yeah, but I find it more like "who gives a shit about this?" than anything. Nearly 25 minutes. GTFO. When I'm sitting on my hands during a Sami Callihan match, well, something went wrong. I was more annoyed during Callihan vs Hollister II from this year, but really, this is probably the weakest match from Callihan this year. Mostly b/c there is no reason for anyone to try and see it.
~ Oh look Bucks vs Dojo Bros. And it was excellent. NOBODY IS SURPRISED. Not as great as their Mystery Vortex match, imo. Still...that isn't a negative. Bumped up my rating thanks to the 450 on Knox. <333333333 Bucks for shenanigans like that. Adds so much more to their ultra dickhead personas. Remember when these guys were faces? Yeah, me neither. YOUNG BUCKS DO IT AGAIN~! (and so do Dojo Bros)
~ I can see why the main event has been deemed underwhelming by some folks. I had a good time watching it. Build up Drake's story well. Anyone to thwart Cole, fans don't care. Only they adore Drake so that emphasis was heightened to a mad degree here. Shocked at Cole's kickout of the second Drake's Landing. Glad it ended quickly after that as I was worried it was veering into overkill territory. Throw in the best possible finish for this match and I was left happy. Very like DDT4 with Bucks vs Generico & Steen. Sucked the air out of the fans and it ruled all. Good match and a good end to a solid weekend of wrestling.
Watched AIW "Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gang$ta" today. Haven't typed up anything, but NIXON/Youthanazia & Delaney was awesome, and Page/Alexander stole the show IMO. Must say I was kind of disappointed by Masada/Dickinson. Felt really flat, especially when you consider the other matches that night.
Random question: But who's the heel in the Whitmer/Dickinson feud? Only started following AIW recently, and by the pre-show promos, it sounds like Dickinson is but he got cheers when he came out.
I'm new myself but I think it isn't a "heel vs face" type deal. Only a personal vendetta among both. Although IF someone had to be the heel, it is clearly Dickinson.
Page vs Alexander brutalized each other. That I got a kick out of. It didn't extend past much of it being a slew of nutty spots though. Also, Page should never do an ace crusher onto a guard rail. Spot looked terrible. It looks terrible when anyone does that move onto a weapon. RKO, ace crusher, diamond cutter, doesn't matter what you call it. Doing it onto a prop is the worst. It hurts the guy doing it more than the opponent.
Six man match was awesome. RSP is a man bumping machine.
James Gibson vs. Roderick Strong(ROH Unforgettable):**3/4 I went in thinking this was going to be the sweetness. I feel like a few years ago I would have drooled over this match but I don't know there was something wrong here. I feel weird giving it shit rating but I thought it was pretty blah. Felt like a lot of moves with not a lot of connection for me. There was a few good things such as Gibson periodically coming down in a heap. After getting hit by Strong. Overall though I was wondering why so many things were just happening. Strong always works the back and I feel like it rarely is a key part of the match. I know it leads into the Strong Hold but shouldn't it be more than that? I don't know. Do enjoy Gibson quite a bit but there was something about this match that I didn't get.
Colt Cabana vs. Jack Evans(ROH Unforgettable) This match won't get a rating. I'm beginning to understand why some people don't do ratings. I tend not to really enjoy either man so I wasn't expecting to enjoy this match at all and even thought about skipping it. So glad I didn't because even though this was essentially a Cabana squash it was such a fantastic one with Evans being Gumby and Cabana stretching the piss out of him. Cabana literally folded Evans in two. UGHASDDSGFSFDG
I refuse to believe Gibson/Strong is that low... even though I've never seen it. haha. Heard nothing but uber positive reviews on that puppy. I always like the fact the Roddy always works the back in all his matches. It's constant psychology that works towards a finisher of his, much like what you see from Del Rio in just about every one of his matches. It may get repetitive but I'll be damned if it doesn't work.
Yeah, Colt vs Evans sucks, but I like the 100% "lets just wrestle" nature of Gibson vs Strong. You won't find much complex aspects or story in that one; only wrestling. I'm cool with that here and there. Plus with who was involved, I was highly engrossed during. ****
The deal with BJ and Dickinson is Dickinson doesnt feel BJ deserves his spot in AIW do to his past of being a coke head (Dickinsons words) and being past his prime.
Saw the EVOLVE pack. Debated getting some shows and finally seeing EVOLVE in full. I may do so after I play catch up with the current shows. Anything for me to see Generico vs Callihan & Finlay vs Callihan x2 again. Didn't know Callihan vs Sabre Jr happened. The pairing sounds :mark:
I tried my best at seeding but no good. Think I needed a 0.7 but only got to 0.2 after practically two days trying. Me and XWT just don't get along.
I've only seen a hand full of evolve matches ever. Davey/Ibushi which was a fun little match, Claudio/Chuck Taylor which I adored and Hero/Hidaka was insane and unlike anything you'd see on the Indys. I have to get on Hero/Fish and TJP/Sawa.
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