Thanks for waiting  This wasn't a "quickie" blog post/watch...but for consistency I'll label it such.

Now onto ASW V Night 2!

No Holds Barred Match
Joey Ryan vs. Kevin Steen - I'm not sure how I feel about having this booked first but they didn't make this an over-long match. It was heated and pretty brutal with some of the spots BUT it didn't feel like a hardcore spot fest. Steen can definitely get over indulgent with the brutality but I think it was just right here. If you legitimately don't like Joey Ryan, you might want to watch this. Great match

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Rocky Romero, Ronin & TJ Perkins vs. Karl Anderson, Lil Cholo & Nosawa - This was a fun match. I would have been happy with Rocky & TJ vs Lil Cholo & Nosawa though.

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Chris Hero vs. Davey Richards - I watched this after the comedy match below and I actually thought it was funnier. Davey was a riot This was a good match perhaps like ***1/2 stuff. In addition to the comedy, there was some good wrestling. They absolutely had lots left in the gas tank.

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Colt Cabana & Top Gun Talwar vs. Disco Machine & Kikutaro - I kinda passively watched it. It was funny in parts. I think Kikutaro vs Colt would have been better but again I half paid attention.

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Alex Shelley - Unfortunately my disc has some flaw because after a few minutes of pretty good mat wrestling, the fucker locked up. I tried going to the next chapter/match and rewinding until I got to other side of the lock up but no dice which leads me to...

Kaz Hayashi vs. PAC - Fortunately the disc issue wasn't with the whole rest of the DVD. But it's on 75%? of the Shelley/Claudio and 50% of this match. This one was a selling point along with the main event. Still I'd rather have a joined in progress match than none at all. And whoo doggy this was a great junior fireworks match from what I saw. PAC really is one of the standout wrestlers of 2024 for me. Lotsa big moves, cool counters and just about everything I wanted...except the first half of the match Hayashi had a great weekend in SoCal as did PAC.

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Jack Evans & Roderick Strong vs. Arrogance (Chris Bosh & Scott Lost) - Pretty damn good match. Jack & Strong do some crazy double team moves here. Roddy hits Chris Gosh like he hates him. Scott Lost is as solid as ever. Jack only flubs one move but Bosh handles it perfectly by mocking Jack and using as an opportunity to tag in the fresh Scott Lost. It actually looked organic. The only bummer is we don't A clean finish because Super Dragon & Davey run-in and spoil it. Still it feels like a good ending

El Generico (c) vs. Human Tornado - Very good match..I actually enjoyed this more than the Claudio/Tornado match from night #1. Generico and Tornado have good chemistry and I liked their 2 Skinny Black Dudes tag team. I didn't think that there was anything spectacular here but was well wrestled. Although Generico did a top rope Quebrada so that was pretty awesome. The spots with Candice were pretty creative without being downright nasty. Yeah this might have been a case of lowered expectations from the previous show with Tornado but I liked this

Low Ki vs Samoa Joe - A hard hitting, serious affair. No PWG jokes here. That said this felt sorta dry even though the intensity was there. I honestly think the lack of internal story or stakes is what held this back from being a classic match. That said, that's the only drawback of the fight. This is the Ki vs Joe match you want to see. Near classic match.

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Woo-hoo! Finally got through this DVD. Man stuff is really touch and go from way day to the next with the family health stuff. Had a few chill days and was able to watch most of this very good show. Then having the time & mental energy to watch Joe vs Ki was a bit of a struggle. I'm glad I found the half hour or so to get it done. Anyway, hope you are doing well, take care and thank you for reading!