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EVOLVE 11
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EVOLVE 11
April 13th, 2012
Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Lenny Leonard welcomes everyone to the show in the ring, and says some people couldn't make it, so they're giving some younger guys a chance. The Super Smash Bros. come out to the ring and says they're one the quest to one million points, and they have one point from their last win in EVOLVE, so this will be their second point! Chuck Taylor comes out with a dude in a short short version of a Boy Scout outfit and another dude. He says The Kentucky Gentleman presents THE GENTLEMAN'S CLUB! He says Ronin is dead, and he doesn't want to hang out with Johnny Gargano, because he's a weird gay loser, and he wants to hang out with them, and introduces them as Drew Gulak (who looks WAY different than he did in CZW 2006-7) and "The Man Scout" Jake Manning.

Match #1: The Super Smash Bros (1-2) vs. Drew Gulak/Jake Manning (0-0) w/ Chuck Taylor
I will include the records, since that's an EVOLVE thing. Manning had some fun shtick, repeatedly looking in the scoutmaster's guide book when he couldn't get anything going. Gulak kind of blew though. Really sloppy bumps, and didn't click with SSB at all. This was sort of just a showcase for SSB, but they insisted on giving the jobbers offense at the end, which didn't work out so well. They beat Gulak with this really cool Gory Bomb/Diamond Dust combo.
*3/4

Match #2: MK McKinnon vs. Josh Alexander

They are both debuting. Don't care. MK is clearly very new, as he's doing tons of stuff that doesn't fit together. Lucha stuff, high kicks, flying, with a velvet version of AJ Styles' 2002 gear. He botches a lot and keeps gesturing to the crowd with lame babyface rookie motions. Josh is a bruiser type and does his job well, although it's hardly exciting, but his suplexes have a fantastic snap to them. Josh does all basics well but nothing spectacular, and McKinnon does some nice highspots, but his basics are horrible. This is thankfully only like 4 minutes though, and Josh wins with a Jay Driller.
*3/4

Match #3: Psycho Mike Rollins vs. Ashley Sixx

Both men are also debuting, and are from Toronto. This isn't super exciting either, but it's all clean and they have some cool ideas, and have better defined heel and face roles. But the crowd totally kills it and it's totally silent and as a result, it comes off as dragging huge as a result before Rollins' comeback. He does his thing and wins with the Owen Driver '97.
**1/4

Match #4: John Silver (1-0) vs. Alex Reynolds

Reynolds is debuting. These two are hands down the most polished of the three singles pairings so far. They're still learning too, but they have a lot of polish behind what they can do. They're really both kind of heelish though, and on top of a dead crowd, that hurts this. They do some cool things, but after lots of devastating stuff, Reynolds wins with a lame Fisherman Buster over his knee, which is like the 5th most painful move he did in the match, so it's an anticlimax.
**1/2

Before the Chuck/SDS match, Johnny Gargano comes out, and Chuck hides behind the ref. Gargano recaps how Chuck Taylor attacked him in March at DGUSA to end their team. He says he thought they were good, and he stood up for Chuck when Dragon Gate said he was a two-bit comedy wrestler with a bad physique and a worse attitude and when everyone in the back said he was a selfish douchebag, but he was wrong, and he's going to punch Chuck in the face. Wow, that's it? Gargano wants a three way dance since his opponent couldn't make it, and it becomes that.

Match #5: Johnny Gargano (6-3) vs. Chuck Taylor (6-3) vs. Samuray Del Sol [Three Way Dance]
FINALLY SOMETHING REAL. SDS is debuting here, and it's a fun spotfest. Samuray is impressive with all his neat spots, despite being so tiny. Chuck is fun, and Gargano exists. Chuck rolls up SDS with the tights to get rid of him. Chuck works on the bad back of Gargano, and he sort of sells, but in a really stupid way. He holds his back after a crossbody dive, but then proceeds to do a Rolling Senton off the apron. Why? That's stupid. Gargano sells well at the end though, as it stops him from doing stuff, and he throws some great forearms, but he's not a complete wrestler. Chuck has flaws, but he feels like Chuck Taylor. Johnny Gargano is a bunch of stuff he thinks is cool and cool gear and stuff mashed together and it looks like he's playing wrestler. I've heard that criticism of guys before and I always thought it was bullshit, but that's how he comes off. He's better than he was a few years back when he was a blatant ROH-era Alex Shelley ripoff, but he's still so frustrating. Anyways, Chuck makes Gargano pass out in the Killer Crab.
**3/4

Match #6: Caleb Konley (0-1) w/ Larry Dallas & Some Slut vs. Adam Page

This is very clearly the post-intermission filler match to let everyone get back from outside/bathroom/merch stands without missing a lot. Page blows and gets way too much offense for a blatant job guy. Konley does some contrived stuff (it is EVOLVE after all), but his other stuff all looks really good. I came out really impressed with him, and he has this sort of Pendulum Liontamer hold for the win.
*3/4

Match #7: Low Ki (1-0) vs. El Generico

This is Generico's debut also! Low Ki gets his own music in EVOLVE instead of some bullshit which makes him feel like such a big deal. This is so different than their PWG match in 2008, as that was a very basic well structured go-go-go kind of PWG Title match you'd expect, and this is restrained and both very good and also disappointing. This has a ton of struggle though and shows how much Generico's grown since then even. Great matwork, really tight stuff. They did the middle logically if not super excitingly, with Ki grounding him until he couldn't, and the finishing run was good. They really held back there though, and I don't know how I feel about that. Their work was smart, but with it ended where it did, Ki ate Generico alive, and that blows. Ki avoided the BRAINBUSTAAAAAAAAAH, and then hit the Warrior's Way while Generico held his ankle on the mat from the landing. Figures that the one EVOLVE match that needed 20-25 minutes to unfold is the one that gets cut off at 15.
**3/4

After the match, Low Ki gets on the mic and says El Generico isn't as good as he thinks he is, and he storms off.

Match #8: Sami Callihan (3-3) vs. Dave Finlay (1-0)
This gets time though, AND OH MY GOD IT DELIVERS. They have awesome grappling to start, and Sami slaps Finlay, SO FINLAY DROPS HIM WITH A HEADBUTT! FUCK YEAH! He's busted open and Finlay just goes to town on it. And Sami just constantly spits at him and flips him off. I don't even want to spoil this, because anyone reading this owns a computer and can download it. So many just amazing moments of brutality from both guys. Just one tough motherfucker holding off a younger tough motherfucker with a crazier streak. Sami gets a big offensive sprint in in the middle, until Finlay takes out the knee. And god damn, he DESTROYS it. Sami fights back again, but Finlay uses the knee to cut him off. He hits the Celtic Cross, AND SAMI KICKS OUT AT ONE! Sami sells it like he used too much energy to do it, and it comes off like an actual mistake, which is so fucking good. Finlay hits two more, but his cover is too lax, AND SAMI KICKS OUT AGAIN HOLY SHIT WHAT?! FINLAY HITS THE TOMBSTONE, BUT SAMI KICKS OUT GOD DAMN. Sami's selling of that is fucking incredible, as he drags the ref down trying to get up before collapsing on the ref and giving Finlay the double bird from the mat. Sami has a last ditch comeback, AND BECAUSE OF HIS HURT KNEE, HE CAN'T THROW HIS LEG UP HIGH ENOUGH AND ENDS UP DOING A BICYCLE KICK TO THE BACK! GENIUS! They do some double knockdowns, and Sami tries the Stretch Muffler, BUT FINLAY KICKS HIS LEG OUT AND HE TRIPS INTO A CROSS ARMBREAKER! SAMI TAPS OUT. AMAZING FINISH.
****1/4
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