Posted December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460635 So I am looking at putting together matches for the 2010 set and my wife left me with the kids so I have a Saturday night to watch the PPV. Missed the first 20 minutes. Colt Cabana vs. TJ Perkins - Fun for what it was. Finish came out of nowhere before this had time to build. Sara Del Ray & Serena Deeb vs. Awesome Kong & Daizee Haze - I really enjoyed this match. Working over Daizee's stomach and continuing the attack when she would mount her comeback was solid. Big ending and probably the best women's match I have seen this year but that isn;t saying much.
December 19, 201014 yr Author comment_5460636 Sonjay Dutt vs. Eddie Edwards - Not feeling this at all. Lots of no-selling, moves without build, periods of hot moves and silence from the crowd. I liked Sonjay going under the ring only to get chopped from the other side. I thought the superkick to an upside down Sonjay was cool. Um, the finish was pretty convoluted but at least Dutt didn't kick out.
December 19, 201014 yr Author comment_5460638 Homicide vs. Christopher Daniels - Nothing going on here. Homicide wins with the Ace Crusher. This felt like a TNA TV match in how short it was and how the ending came out of nowhere.
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460640 Just echoing your thoughts GH, Homicide in 2010 is a downer. Super fun show bar the crowd siding with the KOW bizarrely
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460641 Homicide v. Liger was fun, and I really liked the first six minutes or so of Cide v. Sami Callihan from CZW.
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460642 Wait until you see Strong/Richards, Phil Up/Down/ABC/Startastic
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460643 What are the odds that Strong/Richards won't be Res Evil's MOTY?
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460645 What are the odds that Strong/Richards won't be Res Evil's MOTY? Even I laugh worse than the Sim'd Smacdown vs Raw match was how transparent the outcome was.
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460646 http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/18753 Roderick Strong vs. Davey Richards for the title Excellent long match. They did a million near falls and near submissions back and forth. They did so many the crowd lost some momentum past a certain point and stopped believing in some of the finishes. Strong retained much to the dismay of the crowd. Strong with a suplex into a backbreaker, super kick, another kick and finally the Stronghold for the submission in 30:29. He passed out and the match was stopped. They said there's a possibility Richards had a concussion which appeared to be selling a storyline well. They did a deal where Richards had the match won and let go with the idea he had a concussion and got dizzy and gave it up. After, they were playing like Richards didn't even know he had lost the match.
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460650 Nothing like a good concussion angle. V. trendy Like the no guitar solos discussion in Some Kind of Monster.
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460652 I love how Meltz seemed depressed that the crowd wasn't losing their shit for the Briscoes after the promos.
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460654 Instead of the iPPV, I've been watching the WWF Spectrum show from October '87 on 24/7, in what can only be described as the bizarro version of this card. The first four matches: Outback Jack vs. Barry Horowitz Ultimate Warrior vs. Iron Mike Sharpe (back before they gave up on the idea of Warrior actually having wrestling matches unless it was with dudes like Rude and Savage) Bulldogs vs Bolsheviks Dino Bravo vs Hillbilly Jim With Herc/JYD still to come!
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460655 and Generico says fuck sentimentality and murders Steen. Beautiful.
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460656 I love how Meltz seemed depressed that the crowd wasn't losing their shit for the Briscoes after the promos. Alverez blamed the town vs country divided in New York
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460658 Meltz Kevin Steen vs. El Generico in a lights out match Another long match with a zillion near falls and kick outs. It got ridiculous in the sense they were kicking out of the most extreme moves there were and the kick outs were not getting big pops in the sense even the crowd started getting numbed by it. It told a story in the sense the feud began with a chair shot to the head and ended with a chair shot to the head. There were two ref bumps, brainbusters, package piledrivers on chairs, brainbusters onto the top turnbuckle. Basically everything under the sun, including both taking sick bumps on ladders, barricade shots. Both bled a lot with Steen bathing in Generico's blood. Steve Corino saved Steen at one point and then Colt Cabana ran off Corino. The finish saw Generico threaten with a chair shot with the chair that started the feud. At that point Steen begged for mercy and handed Generico the original mask he took off him. Generico teased having mercy, but then clocked Steen with a sick chair shot to the head for the pin. The booking of this match in using spots built up throughout the entire feud was absolutely tremendous. But on a long show, it went too long and you should never feel watching a main event "Okay, let's get it over," and in the last ten minutes I had that feeling many times. They had to go on last with the match they had. So Steen has to leave ROH and he may be getting the knee surgery he's been needing for some time.
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460659 Fuck Meltzer, that was the most fun I've had watching wrestling in a long time.
December 19, 201014 yr Author comment_5460660 Meltz is absolutely on point about the Steen-Generico match. As someone who watched the show, here is my rundown on the final matches... Kings of Wrestling & Hagadorn vs. The Briscoes. - I loved this match. I liked the Sara Del Ray interference, I liked the Papa Briscoe stuff and I didn't even mind the fans cheering for KOW. There were a bunch ofbig nonsense moves but this was all about how Papa Briscoe was going to get his hands on Hagadorn and the ending was well worth it. Roderick Strong vs. Davey Richards - Bleh. I don't get the arcade thing you guys are talking about but I can see why some people would lose thier shit for Richards and why others hate him. I don't care for this match but I liked another Davey match I saw earlier this year. Sad thing is I forgot who he was wrestling in PWG. This was one of those matches I wish they would have cut ten minutes off of. Steen vs. Generico - This match had me… I was sold, hook line and sinker until the kickout after Steen’s finisher on the chair. Then, I just wanted it to end. Still, up until that point, this was fucking awesome. What Metlzer said. I didn't even mind the Colt-Corino interference stuff or the refs getting knocked out. I have watched so much ECW that this shit is second hand to me. It was the Steen finisher on the chair that killed it for me. The rest was great but that last 5 minutes can go to hell.
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460661 How did Generico/Steen compare to something like the really great Crazy/Tajiri Mexican Death Matches?
December 19, 201014 yr comment_5460662 Something close to the natural evolution from those matches. Everything was bigger, faster, dumber 10 years later. Less a sense that all of these little things were adding up to the degree that they were with Crazy/Tajiri, but that feels more like a change in ring psych philosophy as a whole.
December 19, 201014 yr Author comment_5460664 I think those Tajiri matches left you wanting more. This left you wanting less.
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