These announcers sound so professional to start this show. I don't know if they're actually good at their job yet, but a nice start. Like the production to start this show even if the promo that starts it off is a little weak. Really like the venue with the giant windows on one side letting you see the outside.
Travis Williams vs. Judas Icarus
I find it very funny that the guy named Judas is the face in this match. They do a good job of working the start of this match. Judas controls early until Williams cuts him off and starts working him over. Judas makes a comeback with some big strikes. Judas did such a slowly dropped, crisply executed DVD into the neckbreaker over the knee it was awesome. A really nice finishing sequence between the two closes out the match with Icarus hitting a Pepsi Twist for the win.
6/10
Illa Tribe vs. Voros Twins
Both these teams are fairly green looking in this match. Its biggest problem is being way too back and forth without letting the heel team get control of the match and work over somebody. I'm also not completely sure there is a heel team in this match. I'd have thought it was going to be the pretty boys but I was wrong. The faster paced this match got at the end with bigger moves and guys coming in to break stuff it became really evident that neither team has a lot of experience. Except for Shug messing up coming in to break up a count when his partner was under the rope and the ref not counting and him just laying on the ground nothing was poorly executed except for the Voros Twins' finisher. They were just always too obvious or slow about getting into place. With more seasoning I think these guys could be good teams, but only time will tell.
3/10
Evan Rivers vs. Sebastian Wolfe
A rought start from these two before Rivers does a pescado to the floor and that floor looks like a motherfucker to bump on which Wolfe does a good job of catching Rivers and dropping down so it's not a hard bump. They brawl to the outside and the camera just films them through the windows which is fun. They brawl back into the ring and mess up a reversal spot into a slam. Rivers definitely has higher aspirations as a wrestler than he has the execution for currently with a lot of his strikes not really hitting as hard or as accurate looking as you'd like. Wolfe gets an elevated flatliner to pick up the win. A pretty rough match that had a lot of mistakes early that really turned me off and they just couldn't get a good flow going for the match.
3/10
Veda Scott vs. Jacky Lee
I'm normally a big fan of Veda, but she seemed to be moving slower than normal in this match. She does a good job of controlling the match early on, but her stuff just doesn't pop. Jacky has a decent come back although his clotheslines were pretty weak. The ending to this match makes no sense. On the plus side compared to the previous matches Veda knows how to structure a match that wet fart of an ending aside.
4/10
Nicole Matthews vs. Daniel Makabe
I've never seen Matthews wrestle this technically before and she's doing a good job, but obviously outclassed by Makabe as that's his thing, but she does manage to catch him a few times. They do some work in the corner and Makabe breaks up the technical wrestling display with a dropkick right to the head with some stank on it. I like that Matthews keeps hitting two strikes then yells for emphasis and Makabe blocks it and takes the advantage back. Matthews traps him in the corner and puts his knee over the rope and dropkicks it, love that spot. Big fan of changing the target of a move to a specific body part, it's the best. They exchange holds back and forth again and Makabe does some nice work to turn it into a cattle mutilation and its so smooth and nice looking. Makabe hits a disgusting leg hook German suplex that drops Matthews right on the back of her head. Matthews hits a nice spider German suplex off the top and pulls herself up to go for a moonsault, but Makabe rolls out of the ring. Makabe wins a battle of leg control and gets her into a weird looking leg submission that gets the tap out. Great hold exchanges throughout this match especially considering both of them have been out of the ring for like eighteen months. One nice touch I really enjoyed is that I don't think either one of them did a normal cover they were always getting extra pressure for a cover and ready to turn a kick out into a submission. Great stuff from these two.
8/10
$hareef Morrow vs. Bishop
A slight change of pace as we get a smaller high flyer against a big boy. Morrow presses the advantage early on the outside until Biship catches him and chokeslams him on the apron. Morrow keeps picking his moments and countering the big moves to avoid real punishment. He slips out of a razor's edge and gets on the top rope and jumps off with a code red to get the three count. A simple match, but perfectly fine and both guys looked good in it.
5/10
The Wisemen vs. Fergie & Elliot Tyler
The look on Elliot's face as he watches Fergie dance down to the ring is phenomenal. Tyler and Suede go back and forth with more of a technical exchange. Fergie and Baronie tag in and it becomes a hoss boy battle with Fergie getting the advantage then dropping the straps and hitting a delayed vertical suplex. Tyler gets on his hands and knees as Fergie bounches off the ropes. Fergie steps on Tyler's back and crushes him to the ring as their opponents laugh. Fergie knocks them all off the apron then Tyler jumps off Fergie's back. Great sequence love that goofy shit. The Wisemen get Tyler in the corner and start punishing him. Tyler hits a blockbuster then makes a hot tag to Fergie. They do the everybody comes in and hits their moves spot and Baroni casually picks up the big Fergie and hits a DVD. Tyler accidentally hits Fergie with the bell and the Wisemen hit their finisher for the three count. A fun tag match between a solid team of heels and the crowd favorite goofy big man. A well worked match that just worked well. After the match Fergie takes exception to having been hit by the bell and belly to belly suplexes Tyler then puts a beatdown on him. Amazing how he went from getting a huge face pop to getting booed. Good work.
6/10
Mike Bailey vs. Artemis Spencer
A nice back and forth at the start of the match with some strike exchanges and some really loud chops. Bailey kicking Spencer in the stomach during the chop exchange and immediately paying for it is great. Bailey's kicks sound and look so brutal. I like Bailey's change from smaller high flying baby face underdog, to cocky dickbag who is a hard striker. He always had the kicks, but he's really added some extra oomph to them now. Everytime Artemis gets an advantage then takes a second to plan ahead Bailey hits something and takes the advantage back. Both men go to get back into the ring, see they're facing off, and start brawling on the apron. Spencer's chest is pretty fucked up looking already in this match. I like the difference in their kicks where Spencer hits with his shin, but Bailey is connecting with the top of his foot which is why Spencer's chest is so much more fucked up. Bailey hits the shooting star press knees to the back of Spencer and lands on his feet. Spencer breaks up the cover by grabbing the bottom rope just in time. Spencer stops Bailey's attempt to springboard into the ring then jumps up the ropes and hits a Spanish Fly for a two count. The two men brawl into the crowd and Spencer charges for a kick, but Bailey backdrops him through a table then makes his way to the ring for a countout. Spencer breaks the count and the two men brawl on the corner and Spencer knocks him down to the mat then hits a spiral tap and gets a three count. A fun back and forth match between the two. A lot more strikes exchanges where they just stand and wait for the opponent to hit them than I really like in a match.
8/10
The show had some great matches and some real green indie wrestlers on it as well. So its a real fun show to watch. If you don't have a ton of time to watch mediocre wrestling just check out Makabe vs. Matthews and Spencer vs Bailey that are around the 1:10 and 2:00 marks respectively. The show had some great production value for an indie show and the commentary was really good. One of them was definitely trained as a sports commentator because he had the voice down pat.
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