PRIME Wrestling: Wrestlelution 5
Jimmy Jacobs vs. Johnny Gargano
- This was a really good match. Told a really good story. Great choice to main event the biggest show of the year.
Rhino vs. Jason Bane
- Average match. Nothing special. I think they had to improvise as the ring broke in the middle of the match and it was pretty much Gore/Baneline from there
"M-Dogg 20" Matt Cross vs. Petey Williams
- Totally different from what I was expecting, yet still really good. Really didn't like the ending but that's my only complaint.
Zach Gowen vs. Gregory Iron
- Surprisingly enjoyable. They told a great story in this match alone and it's something you could understand just by the action in the ring and the commentators really helped fill in the blanks in the case that someone isn't a big PRIME follower.
Michael Facade vs. Gory
- I didn't really care for this match. I don't know why, it wasn't bad or anything. Maybe I wasn't in the mood for it but whatever. It was a casket match and for whatever reason it opened the show, which was a bad choice IMO.
Krimson vs. Matt Mason
- Not as good as Krimson/Bane from Wrestlelution 4, but this match told more of a story. Probably the best story of the show. Definitely one of the better matches on the card.
Bobby Shields vs. Bobby Beverly
- Beverly's good in the ring, but god damn he's horrible on the mic. This was a Hair vs. Hair match, and they really worked the Sex Appeal break-up into the match.
Marion Fontaine vs. Aaron Draven
- This match was there. I enjoy watching both guys wrestle (Although personally I enjoy Fontaine's AIW character more). It built off of the power struggle storyline, as well as the Main Event of Wrestlelution 4. The ending really ruined it for me.
Matthew Justice vs. Kirst
- Didn't really care for this. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't something I'd go out of my way to see. I like Kirst, but I'm really undecided on Justice. He's been rather lackluster in every match I've seen thus far.
Louis Lyndon vs. Benjamin Boone
- Meh. My thoughts on this are essentially identical to Kirst/Justice
Bryan Castle vs. Brian Bender
- This was just a cool-down match. It was surprisingly high up on the card. (It was after Bane/Rhino if I recall correctly.) Bryan Castle isn't that great in the ring, but his character is really entertaining. He gives me a feel of a Eugene type character, except he's not acknowledged as "special" although many of his actions could lead one to think he is.
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Overall, a decent show. Gargano/Jacobs, Williams/Cross, Gowen/Iron, and Krimson/Mason are all worth a watch.
The Jacobs Pavilion is a horrible venue for these shows. They really aren't drawing enough to justify it. It kind of threw off the feel of the event to see more empty seats than full. Overall it looks like they did okay, but the hard camera made it look horrible.