[2013-03-09-4FW-Battle Britannia] Kenny Omega vs Owen Phoenix

[cactus]

Kenny spends the first half of this working over Phoenix. Despite his generic indy wrestler name, Owen Phoenix was decent and always worked as well as the high-flying babyface underdog. Kenny is in full heel DDT anime villain mode. He gets under your skin as an irritating little shit, but I could do without him doing his chainsaw forearm spot as that was too campy for my tastes. Phoenix showed plenty of fire in the finishing stretch, with him getting a very convincing near fall on a brainbuster before he is put away with Croyt's Wrath. This was a fun work rate sprint with a clear face and heel divide that went just the right length. Like most indy matches that are heavy on the work rate, this had a few issues such as the done-to-death strike exchange spots, but all their stuff looked smooth enough that it didn't detract from the match. ★★★¼