Posted November 20, 201014 yr comment_5458456 Billy Corgin angle we have on tv. Kid Kash v. Rodney Mack This was a good opener. Kash's dive looked insane, Kash took a crazy bump on a German and I really like Rodney Mack as a base as he recovered on a slight Kash flub well and did a good job looking menacing. Not long enough to rate really, but fun match while it lasted. Johnny Swinger/Simon Diamond v. Christian York/Joey Matthews Usually I think York and Matthews fail at looking dynamic with their big spots, I liked their opening planchas a lot and that sort of set the tone. Joey took a good bump to the floor and then got the guardrail treatment from C.W. York and matthews end up taking over and going for an elaborate double team finish but C.W. steps in and catches them coming off the top with a spinebuster to set up the finish. This was a solid enough sprint. Psicosis v. Little Guido We have this on TNN. Chris Chetti/Nova v. Hot Commodity This really sucked. None of the spots looked organic at all and it was pretty much the worst sort of "please don't stop" style shit. Not even Hamrick's inclusion could help this one out. Justin Credible v. Danny Doring This was okay. I'm pretty sure this was on tv but I'm too lazy to look. They did a decent job making Doring look like a serious challenger at least. Tony Mamaluke v. Tajiri Mamaluke was pretty terrible at points, giving his body in the most obvious way for the tarantula, throwing some really shitty looking kicks, et. Having said that he did do a few cool things offensively and Tajiri was really great reacted here. Lots of nasty looking kicks as expected, but his best moments were mocking Mamaluke or egging him on in other ways. Cool finish with Tajiri doing a forward roll into a kip up, misting Mamaluke and then destroying him with a sick brainbuster for the finish. I liked the flow of this and really liked Tajiri in this but I think it falls a hair below the cusp of something you can really consider "set worthy." Chilly Willy v. Rhino This was way better than it should have been. Willy was super over with the crowd and was getting reactions with his dance taunts which made me chuckle. Willy also destroys Rhino with a chairshot to the back of his head while he's on the top rope which was a great momentum changing spot. Willy makes a brief run but gets speared and then hit with the jumping piledriver. Fun. Roadkill v. Rob Van Dam RVD's forward rolling samoan Drop thingy was awesome. Roadkill bumped really well in this in general. Pretty decent match for stunt show era RVD. Jerry Lynn/Tommy Dreamer v. Scotty Anton/Steve Corino Corino was awesome in this as he bleeds buckets, bumps around on the floor for Lynn, talks shit to several fans, et. Lynn hit a cool dive onto the heels early. Camera work followed Lynn and Corino with the crowd brawling which was probably wise and had the added benefit of a cool long shot of Tommy dangling from a balcony as Anton tried to kick him off. Tommy introduces a ladder and they do some surprisingly meaningful and brutal looking spots with it, including a nasty face first bump from Dreamer. Corino teases uses it at one point and then throws it to the floor while cursing at a fan. Anton and Corino have the faces prone and are making them do Anton's stupid overhead clap but the babyfaces fire up. Lynn bumps the ref on a high cross body and then they do a great spot where Dreamer tries to use the ladder to help on a superplex but ends up bumping backwards and getting his leg caught in the ladder. Lynn hits a DDT and Dreamer hits a cradle piledriver at the same time. A ref runs in for the count but gets pulled to the floor and knocked out by Victory. Dreamer hits a DDT and Lynn his piledriver and Victory tries to come in and interfere but Corgan hits the ring and takes Victory out with a crotch shot before counting the finish. I thought I had seen this and rated it before but can't find it in the matches folder. This was really good.
