November 2021

This shit rocked. A totally lovely fight that right from the entrances fit the story the two had built perfectly. Kingston's pre-bell backfist, Punk doing the CENA, a legitimately amazing Takayama-Frye scrap, Eddie doing the GTS taunt & eating one himself right afterwards, Punker rocking the crimson mask, bless up. This shit rocked. ****

This is a façade of a match, a contest for people who claim to enjoy technical wrestling but don’t want the nuance or thought that goes into making those bouts enjoyable. There’s a tentative start with some mediocre at best grappling. Dar loosely targets the arm, but it doesn’t amount to much, as would be a running theme throughout the match. Dar sets A-Kid on the top rope and charges at him but gets sent flying over the ropes to end the second round. A terrible kick-evading exchange occurs with many strikes that don’t come close to connecting. Dar locks on the Nova Roller to snag the first fall. A-Kid eats crap on a suicide dive when Sha Samuels pushes Dar out of th…