Kevin Steen vs. El Generico, PWG Steen Wolf
Everything good that needs to be said about this match has already been said. Go back and find Seabs' or Bubz' reviews, they've got the main points. What I'd like to do here then is talk about some of the flaws people have been mentioning.
- The Bucks interference: totally logical, and actually brutal. Got them so much heat, kept Steen a face, let Generico sell the turnbuckle brainbuster appropriately, and the attack was just so well done. I was legit cringing at the chairshots to the knees.
- Steen climbing the ladder too slowly: have you ever tried to climb a ladder that was on uneven ground? You literally cannot go more than a rung at a time. You can't really go all that fast on a ladder even when it's set up perfectly, but those ladders were clearly unstable and it was totally believable that Steen couldn't climb it fast.
- Steen's selling: he didn't sell a body part like Generico, but he looked like he was legit knocked out the whole time. Don't know if it was legit, but it made the match even better for me, because he looked like he had no clue where he was (believable, look how many times his head hit various ladders) and he still wanted to kill Generico. He didn't think about it, it was just his instinct, nothing was going to stop him from killing that fucker in the mask.
*****
Match of the year.
1. Steen vs. Generico, Steen Wolf, *****
2. Castagnoli vs. Hero, Eight, ****3/4
3. Steen/Tozawa vs. Goodtime/Yuma, All Star Weekend 8, Night 2, ****1/2
4. Suzuki vs. Nakajima, 3/1 NOAH, ****1/2
5. Hidaka vs. Sekimoto, 1/1 ZERO-1, ****1/4
6. Steen vs. Finlay, Battle of Los Angeles, ****1/4
7. Castagnoli vs. Generico, Kurt RussellReunion 2, ****1/4
8. Suzuki vs. Nakajima, 9/23 NOAH, ****1/4
9. Strong vs. Mack, Card Subject to Change 3, ****1/4
10. Strong/Shelley vs. Generico/Ricochet, Eight, ****1/4
11. Steen vs. Generico, Battle of Los Angeles, ****1/4
12. Steen/Tozawa vs. Generico/Ricochet, All Star Weekend 8, Night 1, ****1/4
13. Goto vs. Tanahashi, NJPW 6/18, ****1/4
14. Strong vs. Briscoe, Only the Strong Survive, ****
15. Castagnoli vs. Generico, Battle of Los Angeles, ****
16. Ryan/Sky vs. Jackson/Jackson, Perils of Rock 'N Roll Decadence, ****
17. Steen vs. Pac, Eight, ****
18. Cena vs. Punk, Money in the Bank, ****
19. Castagnoli/Hero vs. Jackson/Jackson, Battle of Los Angeles, ****
20. Strong vs. Edwards, Death Before Dishonor IX, ****
21. Taylor/Cage-Taylor vs. Goodtime/Yuma, Steen Wolf, ****
22. Hero vs. Edwards, Revolution Canada, ****