Cedrick Alexander vs. Trevor Lee vs.
Andrew Everett
Holy shit this match is awesome! I
remember it being good, but it is so much more than that. The pace is
fast and they do a good job of cycling between everybody with them
getting taken out and resting at ringside. Everett and Lee make great
debuts on this show. Everett hits probably the biggest springboard
Shooting Star Press to the outside on Lee. He gets an insane amount
of height. Cedrick takes a more toned down role as the bruiser in
this match and hits some brutal sounding chops. Just so much good
stuff in this match.
9/10
Peter Avalon, Johnny Goodtime &
Johnny Yuma vs. B-Boy, Willie Mack & Joey Ryan
I really like the local boy six man
tags PWG used to do. They're simple, but fun matches and like all of
them this opens with some good comedy stuff then just becomes a
chaotic tag match. Everybody gets to hit their spots and do some good
team work stuff.
6/10
Anthony Nese vs. Roderick Strong
Solid match between these two guys. I
don't really care for Nese so it's fine, but nothing special. Nese
does cool dives and Strong does his awesome backbreakers and
eventually gets a win.
6/10
African American Wolves vs. Inner City
Machine Guns vs. Unbreakable F'N Machines
Couple of guys who turned out to be
real shitbags are in this match, but whatever. Holy fuck this match
is way too long. It's a lot of fun and everybody hits every single
one of their spots in this match, but it just meanders for too long.
It's fun watching the big guys throwing around the tiny flippy
wrestlers and it's cool when Cage and Elgin hit their dives.
Definitely could have done with cutting like ten minutes out of the
match though. On the plus side commentary does have Chuck Taylor
making fun of AR Fox so that's good. Ricochet hits a Fosbury Flop
over the ringpost while AR Fox hits a tope con hilo over the opposite
corner. The most interesting thing in this match is just the
juxtaposition of how those two high fly. Ricochet does everything
with precision and grace and AR Fox just fucking chucks his body
around.
7/10
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Chris Hero
These two dudes go fucking hard in this
match. At times it's a little too much of the same strike over and
over, but these two know how to throw them well. I love watching
dirtbag wrestler Ciampa as he bites people and just acts like a dick
as a heel wrestler and it's so much fun. I like Hero's blend of
hardnosed striking, but still bringing in his technical wrestling to
keep a guy down and set up more strikes.
8/10
Johnny Gargano vs. Kyle O'Reilly
Great match between these two. O'Reilly
goes after the should for most of the match and Johnny plays the
underdog so well at fighting back while hurt. Kyle is so good at
delivering a flurry of moves into a pinfall or submission and his
strikes are on point as well. The match really builds up the danger
of the cross armbreaker and Gargano's need to get out of the move as
soon as he's in it and it makes the end when Kyle grabs a leg as
well as the arm that you know Johnny isn't getting to the ropes and
he has to tap. Gargano hitting a superkick that knocks Kyle's
mouthguard out was an awesome visual as well. Just a really good
match between two great wrestlers.
9/10
The Young Buck vs. Best Friends
As you might expect from these two
teams the match starts off with a bunch of shenanigans which results
in Nick Jackson trying and failing to put on the superlong trench
coat the Best Friends use for the really tall man chokeslam. Trent
plays the face in peril for a bit before getting a hot tag and then
it's mayhem with all four men in pretty much from then on and it's
great. The finishing sequence of this match is perfect. The Young
Bucks cheat to stop a three count or submission from happening so
many times and the crowd is going apeshit for them to lose before
they do it. I loved Matt stopping a count by hitting the ref over the
back of the head with his cast. Adam Cole interference stops Rick
Knox from making a three count to Knox superkicks Cole and Trent
follows up with a tope con hilo. Cole distracts Knox again from
seeing a tap out then Matt low blows Chuck with the cast and Nick
rolls him up for a three count. It's so frustrating and it's perfect.
Great tag team work from all of these guys and man the Young Bucks
are annoying.
8/10
Adam Cole vs. Candice LeRae
Adam Cole is a real dick and that's the
story of this match. He undestimates Candice and she takes every
opportunity and punishes him. When she is hitting the violence party
in the corner and the crowd is going nuts its the fucking best. Adam
Cole starts the match by using his size advantage to hit two of the
most brutal looking powerslam's I've ever seen. Candice hits a
beautiful springboard reverse 'rana. Maybe the best one I've ever
seen her hit. She also delivers a perfect flying 'rana off the top to
Adam Cole. She brings her A-game and makes it count. Ultimately Adam
Cole is too strong and hits his big moves and puts her down for a
three count with the straight jacket german suplex. Candice really
should have been the one to end Adam's reign. Maybe not in this
match, but definitely in a rematch. Adam Cole proves how much of a
dick he is after the match by starting an ovation for Candice then
clotheslining her after a hug and having Nick Jackson come in and
superkick her before Joey chases them out of the ring with a chair.
8/10
Overall
This is a damn good show as all PWG
shows from this time are. Two of these matches are fucking great and
everything else is fun. Definitely a show you should check out.
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