B-Boy, Candice
LeRae & Willie Mack vs. Peter Avalon, Joey Ryan & Ryan Taylor
I want to say this
is how you start a show, but this match is so awesome, I'm not sure
that's actually true. I'm a huge fan of the PWG six man matches
though so every time I see one it hits every part of my wrestling
enjoyment buttons. Everybody looks awesome and we also get Taylor
nailing Scott Lost who's sitting ringside and then Lost comes back to
hit an ace crusher on the apron later in the match. B-Boy also hits
Taylor with a ridiculously brutal combo of kicks before the ace
crusher. Joey and Candice do some great stuff including Candice
hitting a beautiful springboard reverse hurrincanranna then doing a
suicide dive into a tornado DDT. Willie Mack hits Avalon with a
Chocolate Thunder Driver for the win in a super satisfying match that
I could watch every day.
Brian Cage vs.
Anthony Nese
This match be
intense. These two guys are jacked to the gills with muscles, but
they can still move and do awesome shit. Nese takes a sick looking
bump on the apron when Cage sweeps his feet out on him and he lands
face first, it's awesome. Nese pulls out some nice power moves and
high flying moves and the power moves look so much more impressive
being done on a monster of a man like Cage. Nese looked really
impressive with the Fosbury flop to the outside and landing on his
feet. Lots of good back and forth action in this match before Cage
hits Nese with a buckle bomb and then then Weapon X for the win.
Forever Hooligans
vs. RockNES Monsters
This match starts
with shenanigans and gets the Hooligans corner spot turning into a
fake brawl between them out of the way and from that point on it is
fucking hard hitting action. The Monsters look really strong in this
match and get a lot of near falls toward the end, but it's not enough
to overcome Azucar and Koslov. Awesome stuff from all four men and it
is a joy to watch this unfold. I really like the finisher that the
Hooligans use. It just looks painful.
Michael Elgin vs.
AR Fox
The classic battle
of speed versus strength, but it's better considering you have one of
the strongest and one of the fastest guys in this match. Fox does
some big dives and lands on his feet to make them look even more
impressive. Elgin does his delayed vertical suplex and holds Fox up
for approximately forever if I counted correctly. Fox doesn't just go
with speed and dives though, he gets some big moves in and they go
back and forth perfectly before the brutal ending where Fox is on the
top rope and Elgin nails him with two hard backfists then hits a top
rope powerbomb for the win. Just great stuff from these two guys.
Johnny Gargano &
Chuck Taylor vs. Paul London & Brian Kendrick
A fun tag team
match between these two teams which may have best opening of any
match ever. The tag belts are suspended above the ring for the main
event ladder match so Gargano gets on Taylor's shoulders and Kendrick
gets on London's as they try to grab the belts and then Taylor and
Kendrick start wrestling on there and it's phenomenal. Good wrestling
throughout this match with some fun shenanigans as well. Nice to see
a match that doesn't try to be epic on a PWG show and this fit that
bill well and was just good fun.
Kyle O'Reilly vs.
TJ Perkins
If you like
techinical wrestling you have to watch this match. The beginning of
this match is just super slick catch as catch can wrestling and these
guys make it happen fast and smooth. TJ is probably the best wrestler
who loses almost every match he's in. Lots of great back and forth
until O'Reilly catches TJ on the apron and twists his arm down over
the top rope and starts to work the injured body part. Perkins
eventually makes a come back and they start to go back and forth with
near falls before O'Reilly counters a frog splash with double knees
and then hits one of his crazy combos with like 15 moves in a minute
and when Perkin's kicks out O'Reilly spins right into the cross
armbreaker to get the submission. Fantastic match between these two
which showcases submissions, strikes, and wrestling and is just a
delight to watch. Definitely the best match on the show.
Adam Cole vs. Kevin
Steen vs. Drake Younger (PWG Championship, Guerrilla Warfare Match)
If you like
violence, piledrivers, and hard hitting action, this is the match for
you. It starts off with Steen and Younger working together to beat
the living shit out of Cole all around the Legion Hall. The truce
doesn't last forever and it becomes a real three way match and
everybody gets hurt violently. Lots of near falls, but I like that
they are ended by the third guy interfering instead of just a kick
out, because a lot of the moves they take are huge. Best example
being when Cole does the flipping piledriver to Younger through a
table, Steen pulls Cole out of the ring, hits the apron powerbomb
then rolls in to cover Drake for a two count. The end of the match is
perfect. Steen gets Cole up on the top rope and hits Generico's top
rope brainbuster for a two count before Younger pulls him out of the
ring. Young goes for the cover, but Cole rolls him up with a crucifix
pin and gets a quick three count to retain the belt.
The Young Bucks vs.
Dojo Bros vs. Inner-City Machine Guns (PWG Tag Championship, Ladder
Match)
Like most tag team
ladder matches this thing is like watching a car crash in the best
possible way. Lots of action from everybody to start the match with
dives and craziness, but it doesn't take long before a ladder makes
its way into the ring followed by an even bigger ladder, because
that's how ladder matches work. Rich Swann seems to take the biggest
beating out of everybody involved. I loved Nick Jackson saying he got
it while the ladder was being pushed over in reference to his normal
falling off a ladder then springboarding off the top rope onto
everybody, but instead missing and crotching himself on the top rope.
The ladders are used well, but not relied upon for the match which
was nice. The end sequence is a little bit flat as Matt low blows
Edwards and then superkicks him and Roddy while Nick climbs up to
grab the belts.
Surprise, surprise
a PWG show is awesome and you should buy the DVD. Lots of good stuff
on this show and it seems a little more varied than some of the other
PWG shows which can be a lot of hard hitting mile a minute matches.
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