[The Lady Killer]

Originally Posted by flag sabbath

Chris Masters vs Kris Travis and Noam Dar vs John Morrison from PCW's Festive Fury last night were both in the **** range.

Masters' facial expressions did as much to sell Travis's offence as his excellent bumps & body language, and the more mainstream match structure worked a treat. Morrison and Dar went for epic, mixing up WWE & Indie stylings. The match was in danger of being overcooked at times, but the crowd was going nuts by the end leaving a really strong impression.

I need to see both of these, particularly the JoMo match.

[JoeRulz]

TNA Final Resolution 2012
Bully Ray vs. Austin Aries

Great match, fours f’n stars, yeah. Come at me. Tremendous chemistry between these two, even with the roles reversed. Damn, Aries’ character work is top notch, unparalleled. He was such a great and vicious little prick here, playing mind games with Bully almost all the time. They even made an ubercool callback on Hogan vs. Warrior, lol. Crazy. Bully busted out few great power moves, he’s extremely agile for his size. But you already knew that. Love this match, I didn’t even mind the questionable bleedjob (shit like that is secondary anyway) and the Hogan family interference, because they didn’t spam it. Liked the ending too, because it means MOAR of Bully vs. Aries, yeah! This time in a hardcore environment, I hope.
Rating: ****


TNA Final Resolution 2012
Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles

Oh, yeah! Excellent encounter, really loved this. The storytelling was great, with Daniels trying to play his usual psychological games, trying to get into AJ’s head, and there was also a nice mini-arc with AJ regaining some of his confidence during the match. Awesome stuff. Loved the apron spots, and especially when Daniels slammed AJ onto the chairs. That was brutal. The finishing stretch was great, you could feel AJ’s desperation and the lack of focus. And then Daniels beats him with his own finishing move. In their final battle. The ultimate disgrace, and a great story touch. Love this match.
Rating: ****1/4

[Yeah1993]

So Aries is heel and Ray is face? I watched their Sacrifice match like two hours ago and really liked it. That sounds intriguing. I watched AJ/Daniels from (wherever the fuck they had the LMS) and liked that a lot, too. I should check both out.

Did Masters work babyface in that match? I've seen a few Masters matches this year but he's been heel in all but one of them. And even that one he hit a heelish low blow when the ref was down.

[Obfuscation]

^Destination X was the Last Man Standing match, breh.

DETAILED thoughts on Bully vs Aries I? idk if you've seen my posts on it, but I've pimped the hell out of it.

[Yeah1993]

When did BuhBuh get so great? I suspect he's always had that in him but was in a tag team forever. I should go back and watch some Dudleys stuff and pay close attention to Ray. He's really, really good in that quasi-monster heel role and they had a little Sting/Vader-ish thingy going. Aries took that looney bump off the top rope to the floor and THAT BRAINBUSTER. Also Aries bit the calf. Ups it by **4/9. The whole thing sort of felt like Punk/Henry from 4/2 but with an actual ending run. I didn't like it AS much as Punk/Henry, but yeah.

Also I fucking loved the Bully/Joseph Park match from Slammiversary and I can't think of any wrestler shittier than Abyss. I didn't love the ending, but that match was seriously done really well.

[Obfuscation]

Look back at Bully's 2002 run on RAW. I was pulling for him to break out as a singles guy in a big way around that time.

I have Bully vs Aries above Punk vs Henry 4/2 by a bit. Bully vs Aries is my pick for TNA MOTY so that's why it's a lock.

I see you've noticed the power of

It saved Abyss' stale/bad career. Abyss once was an awesome monster, imo.

[JoeRulz]

I notice a trend, everyone who appreciates small things and details in wrestling loves Ray and Aries, and loves their Sacrifice match as well. Nice to notice. Yeah, it's my pick for the TNAMOTY too. Their FR match was great too, Aries channelin' his inner HULKSTER was dope.

[Obfuscation]

Any everyone who marks for spots loves Roode vs Storm BFG? I agree.

[JoeRulz]

Well, I love both Ray/Aries and Storm/Roode. I'm one versatile fucker.

[flag sabbath]

Originally Posted by Yeah1993

Did Masters work babyface in that match? I've seen a few Masters matches this year but he's been heel in all but one of them. And even that one he hit a heelish low blow when the ref was down.

I don't recall any significant heelisms from Masters - they basically worked a competitive match with the crowd split 50-50.