[2017-09-03-FREEDOMS] GENTARO vs Violento Jack

[Ma Stump Puller]

This is somewhat clipped but it doesn't seem to be anything substantial, probably like 2 minutes at most. I went and found the unclipped version and it frankly doesn't add a whole lot worth mentioning bar some downtime and brawling.

Violento Jack is primarily known for his gory deathmatch schlock which is why it's somewhat shocking that GENTARO not only actually wrestled the guy but additionally did it llave style and pretty damn good to boot. It's nothing like a Masters match or anything, was still quite impressed with what they threw out here, the two clearly knew their stuff. We get a couple of neat sequences where the two basically just go back and forth applying slick holds and counters, Jack throwing out a especially cool chickenwing pinning clutch into a Crossface transition that felt like something you'd see out of a deep-cut ARISON match or something. GENTARO seems out of it until Jack tries for a dive to the outside and gets dodged, eating shit on the floor below and allowing for his opponent to creep back in with leg work. We get a couple of cool counters like Jack countering a kneebar by trapping GENTARO's spare foot to turn it into a no hand toe-hold back on him but it's mostly the other guy in control here, using his heelish antics to attack and bend the legs whenever possible in control segments, fairly decent stuff for what it was.

They build up to a couple of quick bombs for near falls, namely a German suplex and backdrop respectfully. Spot of the match comes after the latter as Jack springs up from a near fall 2-count to trap GENTARO in a nifty grounded Octopus Stretch to wear him down enough that he can then recover and immediately pop back into a winning situation with a big package piledriver for the finish. This was pretty solid for what was essentially just a 10-minute TV match, mixing in some fun grappling with GENTARO's ring general antics as a heel to add some colour to the antics here. It's the kind of match that you'd probably overlook in the long run but definitely one that adds immense value to GENTARO's GWE case, especially since he has aplenty of these fun condensed showings.