[Obfuscation]

Chikara still remains at number for me in the world of Indie wrestling. PWG is a close second as it always is. Can't go wrong with either one, tbhayley.

[smitlick]

Ringside Rumbles Vol 1

1. ECWA Super 8 2002
AJ Styles vs Amazing Red
**1/4

2. Pro Wrestling World-1
Masato Tanaka vs CM Punk
**3/4

3. Pro Wrestling World-1
The SAT & CM Punk vs Low Ki, Spanky & Homicide
***1/4

[JoeRulz]

1. Joey Ryan vs. Ryan Taylor

Typical Joey Ryan opener. Not that there's anything wrong with that, though. Fun.

**1/2


2. Eddie Edwards vs. Michael Elgin

***


3. The RockNES Monsters vs. B-Boy & Famous B

The first 1/3 of the match was great, the Famous B-Boys were beating the shit out of the RNM. But it begun to drag after that. Also, Yuma is bad.

**


4. Sami Callihan vs. Davey Richards

Thank God on Sami here, because there were few vintage “DR wrestles cheetahs” moments that were immediately cut off by Sami, luckily. Very good match. I’m so glad that Sami’s insanely over with the Reseda crowd.

***1/2


5. Roderick Strong vs. Rich Swann

Roddy continued his great midcard run in 2012, and Swann’s debut was impressive. Great mind games, great action, and Roddy killing small high-flyers is always a lot of joy. The finish fucking ruled.

***3/4


6. Brian Cage vs. Willie Mack

The ref bump shit didn’t make any sense, but still, this was good overall. They busted out some jawdroppig moves, and Mack continued to amaze with his incredible agility.

***


7. The Young Bucks vs. Kenny Omega & El Generico

Oh, yeah! Loved every second of this. You know a match is fantastic when it lasts 25 minutes, and you still want MOAR. Not a single dull moment, everything was entertaining. They managed to make me laugh many times. Fucking Nick Jackson… The finish was incredible. Sheeeeeit, the Bucks are having a scary stellar year.

****3/4


8. PWG World Championship: Kevin Steen © vs. Ricochet vs. Michael Elgin

Great booking here, this was only 10-11 min long. Perfect for a filler main event. Ricochet was incredible, the clear MVP of the match.

***1/2


Strong show. Bunch of goodies, and the stellar semi ME tag.

[Groovemachine]

Originally Posted by EmbassyForever

Can someone recommend me indy wrestlers' shoots? so far I watched Hero, Steen (both), Londrick, Strong and Cole interviews and all were really good. I tried to listen to Cornette's YouShoot interview but I was bored very quickly because I have no idea about who he's talking about or care about the 80s.

The classic is of course the CM Punk/Samoa Joe shoot from ROH. You seen that? Hilarious stuff, my fave shoot ever.

[geraldinhio]

Does anyone else think the Jimmy Jacobs/Colt Cabana/Lacey love triangle is one of the best angles ever? Yes, it's wacky and over the top and that's what makes it great. Love Jacobs slow transition from loved up emo to plain crazy.

Seen a great quote about him on youtube.

"from furry boots-wearing "Huss!" to love-obsessed emo to insane, unpredictable psychopath to sadistic, sociopathic cult leader...I never would have thought that all these gimmicks could have not only been used by the same person, but also when strung together like that somehow, in a bizarre, unexplainable way, make SENSE."

[Bubz]

Yeah Jacobs character development in ROH (his first run) was amazing. The thing is, he was class in every role he played.

[Obfuscation]

Of course that angle ruled. Very few things about ROH circa 2006 didn't. Bringing in Tank Toland prior to LARRY SWEENEY joining him might be the only thing that's negative about the year.

Jacobs is awesome. Like Bubz said, he's been gold in every role he's played.

[Seabs]

Jacobs really deserves to be talked about one of the top Indy talent from the 2000's. Rarely does though sadly. Shame he's mealy an extra on the Indies now due to being tied down doing nothing in ROH. It's so sad when you think about how much potential a babyface Steen/Corino/Jacobs stable had in 2011 before BITW.

[Bubz]

Definitely agree. Might watch some of the Jacobs/Whitmer series soon.

Seabs, didn't notice it in here if you have, but have you seen Failure To Communicate yet?

[Obfuscation]

Jacobs has always been high in my eyes. Drawn to him since the ol HUSS~ days. Evolution over the years has been Age of the Fall days were my favorite. He was leading the charge. Spotlight was on him to be the man. Hell, he even FINALLY got Lacey. It was so boss. Best ROH debut ever. Hands down. For the entire faction that is. Plus it introduced ROH to Tyler Black & Necro Butcher. It was all win.

Jacobs vs Whitmer matches. Fuck me. Those guys are the toughest men alive. I don't think any of their matches was short of "awesome." Even the non-match 12 minute brawl at Dethroned stole the show