Ringkampf had a great weekend w/ great matches against the legendary teams of The Briscoes & Rottweilers - and it all culminated here. Going against Jurn Simmons & David Starr, a man who WALTER had been developing quite the rivalry against. This was just a big time tournament finals epic w/ a bunch of big moves, great team work by both teams & just like you would expect a big tournament final to have, this did have quite a few of those sweet nearfalls, but I think they earned all of them by how great the meat of the match was & how the suspense & drama built & built. Reminded me of a classic 90's All Japan tag in that regard. It's comfortably, imo, the 2nd best tag match of 2017 behind LDRS vs. Best Friends from PWG. ****3/4

This felt like a struggle and an even matchup from the beginning with big strike exchanges and quick tags, the Starr and WALTER interactions being a highlight, as well as Starr’s subtle competitive nature (taggin Simmons with his leg while having his opponent in a choke). 

After 20+ minutes of non-stop competitive wrestling, Thatcher survives a spike piledriver and catches Starr off guard with a deep rear naked choke for the submission win. This never dragged or felt like overkill. ****1/2