shoe Posted September 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 9/8/16 CWF Mid Atlantic Trevor Lee vs John Skyler 4 1/4* What a title defense. He might be the best champion in wrestling. I'm loving Lee here starts on the arm. He moves to the leg. A really engrossing feeling out process. Commentators were great at getting the story across. The match fleshes out and Lee is just dissecting the arm. Skyler hits a big move and gets the heat. He's all over Lee's rib. The work on the ribs was really on point. I'm loving Skyler's focus. This is a total throwback to the classic World Title Matches in the 70's 80's 90's. The cross arm breaker spot had me going nuts. Skyler's spear through the ropes late was great, and part of the story. The finish was great with Lee's dbl stomp off the top rope to the arm, and then to the STF. Tremendous stuff from both guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted September 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 9/9/16 VIP Dallas Zach Sabre Jr vs Sammy Guevara 4 1/4* I was at this match live. It was incredible. It was my 1st time ever to a VIP Dallas event and loved the show. I'm a huge ZSJ fan so that's why I went to the show. Sammy Guevara is a guy who is used a lot in Inspire Pro and has a huge upside and a ton of potential. I'm glad he's getting a chance to work some big names and hopefully will lead to other opportunities. In Inspire he's booked as a heel. In VIP I'm not sure. We start out with a stare down. Then a big slap exchange and it sets the tone of the match. ZSJ might be the bigger star, but Guervara isn't going to be in awe of him, or back down from a fight. They take it to the mat and this is very interesting. ZSJ is the maestro on the mat and when he takes Guervara down on the mat he struggles and fights for an escape. This happens a few times and Guevara battles him to a stalemate each time. ZSJ has gone after the leg and the arm. Eventually, though ZSJ mat game is too much for Guervara. ZSJ takes control of the match and begins to focus on the the arm. Still in this fight Guervara hits a big time dive to the outside. Guervara gets a nice comeback here. ZSJ realizing he's in for a fight starts to slowly play subtle heel much like his match with Cedric Alexander. His arm work and joint manipulation gets more vicious. Guevara on his part starts to sell the arm. This is so key for the story. Without it ZSJ is just doing cool stuff with no consequences. Throughout this Guevara is getting hope spots. He seems to be making a comeback only for ZSJ to go back to the arm and cut him off. With Guevara selling the arm. The big spot in the match is Guervara getting his arm kicked while holding the rope. Now Guervara is selling big. Again we get some hope spots and cutoffs. Guervara has explosiveness in his offense so his comebacks have fire to them on top of it Guervara avoids using his bad wing on his comebacks. In an awesome spot ZSJ catches Guervara coming off the top with a shooting Star only to be caught in a triangle. I lost my shit on this. We build to a hot finish and Guervara hits a 630 splash for the win. This was a great baby face performance with the selling and comebacks for Guervara. With the win Guervara came across as a big star, and even with the loss ZSJ wasn't hurt with the way the match was worked.. The crowd was super hot the whole time. What a great match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Do you expect that VIP match to make tape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I doubt it, but they do release tapes . Just not quickly . They also don't have a VOD model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luchaundead Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I doubt it, but they do release tapes . Just not quickly . They also don't have a VOD model. Just like my local indie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted September 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 9/11/16 WWE Dean Ambrose vs AJ Styles 4 1/2* Man this was great. Styles was really good heeling it up. His forearms looked stiff as hell. Ambrose was great fighting underneath. Ambrose showed off how good at selling he is. Though he did shitcan the leg work down the stretch. I loved the ball shot to set up the Styles Clash. The ball shot really was great and played out in the angle leading into the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted September 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 9/4/16 IWRG Canis Lupus vs Trauma 1 5* This was a Mascara Contra Mascara. This was just an epic hate filled brawl. This is the type of match that makes you go this is real. Epic brawl . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted September 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 9/17/16 PWX Matt Riddle vs Anthony Henry 4 1/4* Riddle is money. The guy gets better and better. We get some fun grappling early. Both guys throwing kicks.was great. At one point Riddle looks like he murders Henry with a knee. This set up his kick ass looking deadlift Germans. Henry does this TKO toss that Henry does that my description doesn't give it justice. Henry then does a bullet Tope'. This sets up his around the world dropkick that he stops short on to heel it up. Henry hits a sick piledriver on the floor. Henry is now focusing on the neck. Both guys are shooting for submissions. Henry hits this Dragon Sleeper out of nowhere. This was worked so beautifully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 Wow, glad Pete dropped the full monty on Trauma I vs. Canis Lupus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted September 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 Totally sucked me in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bierschwale Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 I have a Can-Am/European MOTY at ***** (Reigns-Styles, 5/1), a Japanese MOTY at ***** (Endo-Takeshita, 9/18), and a Lucha MOTY at ***** (Canis-Trauma, 9/4). I don't think of that as excessive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concrete1992 Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 9/4/16 IWRG Canis Lupus vs Trauma 1 5* This was a Mascara Contra Mascara. This was just an epic hate filled brawl. This is the type of match that makes you go this is real. Epic brawl . This may very well be my MOTY but I don't think I could describe it as a brawl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted October 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 I could. With all the blood and how personal it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 9/4/16 IWRG Canis Lupus vs Trauma 1 5* This was a Mascara Contra Mascara. This was just an epic hate filled brawl. This is the type of match that makes you go this is real. Epic brawl . This may very well be my MOTY but I don't think I could describe it as a brawl. Don't see it as a full fledged brawl but certainly see the skeleton of the match being revolved around the brawling and the blood and hatred that was portrayed by both. I think the near falls and use of lucha storytelling make it transcendent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted October 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 9/4/16 IWRG Canis Lupus vs Trauma 1 5* This was a Mascara Contra Mascara. This was just an epic hate filled brawl. This is the type of match that makes you go this is real. Epic brawl . This may very well be my MOTY but I don't think I could describe it as a brawl. Don't see it as a full fledged brawl but certainly see the skeleton of the match being revolved around the brawling and the blood and hatred that was portrayed by both. I think the near falls and use of lucha storytelling make it transcendent. I can buy into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childs Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Trauma I-Canis Lupus was a beast of a match. I always worry that we've seen the last of the really great, gritty apuestas matches but man, these guys tapped into the spirit of the golden age. I'm sorry, those recent big Atlantis matches from Arena Mexico can't compare. This had the classic structure, but Canis Lupus, whom I don't think I'd ever seen, really put some teeth into his opening attack. And both guys sold the hell out of the accrued damage, which gave weight to every nearfall in the tercera. In a pretty good year for high-end matches, this was the completely unexpected pinnacle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childs Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Childs honestly Lee never sparked for me in PWG and Evolve. It took CWF for him to wow me . It's rather funny since Evolve and PWG style is the more flashy. I finally got around to Lee-Everett, and watching Lee in CWF was a revelation. I had never seen anything to indicate he'd have that kind of command over a long match. But he looked like such a seasoned champion, which is something you don't see much of, even among the best indie workers. I wonder if he'll find other places to show that side of himself over time? It would be a shame if he spends most of his career being jammed into go-go-go matches in larger promotions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted November 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Childs honestly Lee never sparked for me in PWG and Evolve. It took CWF for him to wow me . It's rather funny since Evolve and PWG style is the more flashy. I finally got around to Lee-Everett, and watching Lee in CWF was a revelation. I had never seen anything to indicate he'd have that kind of command over a long match. But he looked like such a seasoned champion, which is something you don't see much of, even among the best indie workers. I wonder if he'll find other places to show that side of himself over time? It would be a shame if he spends most of his career being jammed into go-go-go matches in larger promotions. I totally agree. In CWF-Mid-Atlantic he's in my opinion the best working champion in wrestling today. I wish that belt had more prestige and he could go other places and work that style. It really is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted November 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 10/16/16 Evolve Chris Hero vs Matt Riddle 4 1/4* Man the strikes in this were so brutal looking. I love Hero's work on top. Riddle had some really great hope spots. Riddle's comeback was tremendous. The finish was so well done. From the triangle into the piledriver. This had a real fight/battle feel to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted November 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 11/5/16 NJPW Bushi vs Kushida 4 1/4* I really liked how this was worked. I liked how personal this felt. The crowd reaction really helped the theme of the match. This was in vain of the Liger/Sano feud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted December 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 9/25/16 Inspire Pro Ray Rowe vs Sammy Guevara 4 1/2* This was one hell of a match. As Brad W. mentioned to me it reminded him of Taker vs HBK 97. Before Sammy even gets into the ring he rips up some little kids sign in the audience. We see Rowe dominating early. He's using his power with an array of nasty types of strikes. Sammy hits a beautiful no touch flip dive onto Rowe. Being all cocky he tries a tope' and Rowe catches him and plants him. Now Rowe is on a tear and is just killing Sammy. Sammy is taking a beating. Rowe's strikes are nasty. Throughout Sammy would get some hope spots only to get cut off with a nasty strike or power move. Sammy takes some serious punishment. Sammy is kicking out of some big moves and Rowe's face tells it all. Sammy scores the win, and we get a really interesting post match. 4 1/2* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted December 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 2/28/16 Beyond Chris Hero vs Jonathan Gresham 4 3/4* This was a stone cold classic. I loved how early this started out as a baby face style match. Early on Gresham has the advantage working the mat and going after the leg. This was all good at setting the ground work. Hero doesn't like how it's going. Hero gets into his head, with some taunts and bulling.Hero turns this into a striking contest. This style totally favors Hero. Gresham is really good eating all of Hero's strikes and beatings. He's fantastic selling all of this. Hero is amping up the assholyness. Hero is bullying Gresham and the crowd. Gresham makes a comeback on a Hero miscue. Gresham is destroying the leg. Just totally chopping the tree down.The build to the finish is fantastic. What a great match with a great story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 You seen Delta vs Galactar mask match yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted December 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Nope, maybe this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Nope, maybe this week Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. It's going to sneak into my top ten for this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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