[2016-12-15-Chikara-Orientation] Hallowicked & Frightmare vs The Batiri (Kodama & Obariyon)

[bradhindsight]

Class tag team roles and formula here. The Batiri are looking are undersized babyfaces who are a regular tag team looking for revenge vs. two guys who regularly tag, but also do more singles stuff. Tag team babyface fire to start, eventually the Legion of Rot (pretty cool name tbh) work over Obariyon and really build to the big hot tag. Hallowicked cuts this off a couple times, casually strolling over to the opponents corner to pull him off the ropes, and then back to more heat. Crowd is totally into this. Finally Kodama sees him coming and kicks him away to make the tag and we get a good sequence which sees both Hallowicked and Frightmare have to make saves on pin attempts. Obariyon is too hurt outside to do any tag team moves with Kodama, so we eventually see the bad guys take back over. Brief flurry by a resurgent Obariyon, but he gets dumped and they hit a tag team top rope ace crusher on Kodama (The Headless Horseman - perfect) and then Frightmare finishes him, and they play up the neck being hurt there with how his head bounces off the mat. Post match we get two Never Wake Up(s) from Hallowicked on the prone Kodama - really cementing the Batiri in the babyface role for the go-forward. This is really well done ***3/4

[Mrzfn]

Really enjoying seeing someone cover CHIKARA on this board. I agree, thought this match was very well done and that the company has done a great job with the quick turnaround on the former members of the HeXed Men going back to their face roles.

[soup23]

This was a good match to show how dominant Wicked and Frightmare can be as a team even without the Hexed elements surrounding them. Both Frightmare and Batiri can have off nights from time to time but everyone here was effective in putting over the disdain and hate they were trying to convey. Solid tag team wrestling. ***1/4