Posted May 4, 201114 yr comment_5470751 1. The Midnight Rockers v Don Fargo/El Siberiano I'm not sure how much Don Fargo I've seen, but dude looks cutty as all hell. Covered in tattoos with a face that looks like it's been regularly stomped. Siberiano is apparently some old luchador (I found a picture on luchawiki and it's definitely the same guy, but they had minimal info on him). I wish they could have had a longer match, just because of how interesting the Rockers' opponents seemed, and it DID get longer than most jobber matches, but not much happened here. 2. Nord the Barbarian v Jesse Hernandez John Nord is such a goofball. This was a squash. 3. Curt Hennig v Ken Glover A Hennig squash which had some entertaining moments and Hennig bumping for a jobber, but nothing too notable. 4. Scott LeDoux v Larry Zbyszko This COULD have been real good I think, but it just got near unbearable due to how much time it was given. Did this REALLY need 20+ minutes!? Zbyszko stalled a bunch, which I normally don't hate, but by the time he rolled out of the ring for the 9th time I was beyond bored. LeDoux would hit some cool boxing flurries, and then Larry would bail. Over, and over again. Match picked up around the 15 minute mark, but ended with shenanigans not long after. LeDoux went for a KO blow but Larry pulled the ref in the way to shield himself and got DQd. There was a LOT I liked about this, but probably would have LOVED it had the time been cut in half. Too, too long.
June 15, 201114 yr comment_5473427 The Midnight Rockers v Don Fargo/El Siberiano Don Fargo kind of looks like the guy in Chattanooga who owns the roadside pornography tent on Rossville BLVD about 2 blocks from the childhood home of Terry Gordy. Seriously he is a sketch looking motherfucker. He stiff Michaels at one point and I really don't buy into Michaels return shot, but then Michaels decks him with a superkick. Siberiano took a nice bump and pretty soon thereafter this was over. Interesting if nothing else. Midnight Rockers promo. Nord The Barbarian v. Jesse Hernandez I kind of like Nord squashes for whatever reason. Nothing special, but watchable. Curt Hennig v. Ken Glover I really liked the opening matwork which was tight and the first rope running spot which looked good and led to a nice Hennig dropkick. Actually I thought everything Hennig did looked good here. Curt Hennig promo. Larry Zbyszko v. Scott LeDoux I really liked the stalling in this. It didn't go on too long, because the crowd stayed engaged the whole time and Larry was working them something fierce. Comparing this to the Alan West match on the previous match is night and day. After Larry gets a cheap shot off of a spinning back kick and then tries to grapple only for LeDoux to escape he bails again and the crowd starts counting aloud with the ref for the countout. To me that is good shit. Larry takes back over with some grappling stuff and even though it is simple I think it looks like it hurts which is really the key. Unfortunately LeDoux's comeback blows don't look that effective but this match is living and dying on Larry one way or the other. Larry does this weird twisting single leg that befuddles LeDoux and puts him in a quasi-ankle lock. LeDoux reverses into a headlock and pulls a Nolan Ryan on Robin Ventura exchange which would have been great if LeDoux wasn't being sold as a dangerous pro-boxer. I really liked the spot with LeDoux coming out of a lock up with a hip toss and Larry freaking out. Up until this point I was really digging this one and the crowd really stays with it, but the length really is a problem. They never lose my interest, but this definitely has no business being this long. I love the spot with LeDoux finally opening up on Larry and Larry taking a huge KO blow and spilling through the ropes to the floor but the several minutes before that were not needed. I will say the fucking LeDoux accidental heartpunch to the ref looked sick as fuck though that being the finish was lame. I'm torn on this because I thought it was a good match due to Larry, but really I cannot see a match like this making the set.
