[2013-03-03-wXw-16 Carat Gold] Zack Sabre Jr vs Tommy End

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Childs]

Two European dudes doing third-rate New Japan before the eternally discomfiting wXw crowd. OK, that's harsh, but my favorite thing about this match was the fact it ended after 13 minutes. These guys brought some bits of nifty offense but evinced no fucking clue of how to build a match. On End's Twitter bio, he says "I travel the world kicking people in the head." Well, he should stop, because his kicks suck.

[Loss]

This match was pretty yuck, and I think Childs captured how awful it was really well. Derivative indy wrestling became less prevalent in the 2000s as the indy guys really developed an effective style in their own right, but this was as regressive as it gets.

[Kevin Ridge]

Didn't know who was who in this one but one of the guys did his whole selling by just sitting on mat. The submission finish was actually a surprise to me since there was so little selling of earlier submissions in match.