[2005-05-07-wXw-Full Force] Robbie Brookside vs Bryan Danielson

[ShittyLittleBoots]

Lots of pandering to the crowd in the early stages w/ some very nice back & forth work on the mat as well. Eventually Brookside tweaks his knee & Danielson attacks it like a shark - he works it over for rest of the match, and the control is firmly on his hands for the rest of the thing as well. Bryan is great working over Brookside, and while the finish was a bit anti-climatic, it was also clever - Danielson went to the top, leaving an opening for Brookside who IMMEDIATELY capitalized on it & won. Dragon had the control from the moment Brookside hurt his knee until that brief moment where he tried to go & hit that diving headbutt. Very solid storytelling. Really good match. ***3/4

[Indikator]

I believe this should have gone twice as long, but Brookside changed it on the fly

[ShittyLittleBoots]

I believe this should have gone twice as long, but Brookside changed it on the fly

That certainly explains why the finish felt very sudden. Interesting!

[Mr JMML]

I loved the crowd in this match.