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| Big Tuna | Feb 15 2014, 07:05 PM Post #1 |
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PWG World Champion: Kenny Omega, Since 11/21/2009 PWG World Tag Team Champions: The Young Bucks, Since 8/31/2008 ![]() PWG Kurt RussellMania January 30th, 2010 Los Angeles, CA Excalibur is in the ring to open the show and hypes up the card before some announcements for JAMARCUS RUSSELLMANIA! Ring announcer John Ian goes over the rules and Excalibur yells that you drunks brought this on yourselves. Excalibur gets the mic again and shills the official WrestleReunion t-shirt, and The Young Bucks come out with Brian Kendrick, reminding the world of that short lived stable. The Bucks are in TNA now so they demand to go by Generation Me. They say they're bigger than PWG now and it took going to a great city like Orlando and hanging out with people like Eric Bischoff, Vince Russo, The Nasty Boys, and Hulk Hogan to get that. They says this belongs to them, and they attack Kendrick. Paul London runs out to save, and a match is made for later! Match #1: Johnny Goodtime/LTP/Malachi Jackson/Candice LaRae vs. The Cutler Brothers/Ryan Taylor/Christina Von Eerie YEAH PWG OPENING MULTI-PERSON SPOTFEST! Malachi is fucking useless and Taylor isn't good, but this is fun enough to overcome that. LTP and Goodtime continue to be the best PWG exclusive babyface tag team since Cape Fear. Malachi almost slips on his SSP dive, and Hero says he almost Marek Brave'd it. A little too much awkwardness for this to be great, but it was a fun time. Cutlers win with the Spike Tombstone on Candice. **1/4 Match #2: Brandon Bonham vs. Brandon Gatson YEAH BONHAM! He's super crisp and awesome here and more or less makes the overpushed Gatson look like dogshit in comparison. Bonham forces Gatson to get stiff with him. They hit hard and have some really cool spots and that's basically all I can ask for from a PWG undercard match. Gatson disappointingly wins with his stupid Sidewalk Slam Facebuster deal. *** Back in the ring, Excalibur has the microphone again. He says Chuck Taylor will not be able to make it here despite bis best efforts, and says there was a snowstorm that hammered the mid-south and Chuck's plane wasn't able to leave the ground. Therefore, Chuck Taylor vs. Human Tornado is off. The fans chant for Chuck, and Excalibur asks if this asshole owns a snow plow company and says to shut the fuck up. Excalibur confirms The Young Buck vs. Londrick and HUMAN TORNADO VS. SUPER CRAZY! Davey Richards is now out of a match, and Excalibur books Kevin Steen vs. Davey Richards! Match #3: Human Tornado vs. Super Crazy Fun final PWG match for Super Crazy (I believe), and it's a total spotfest and only six minutes, but so well done. Both guys are super crisp and clean with everything and do a lot of cool stuff. Excalubur and Cabana are on commentary and bury the horrible ref and Excalibur says he just cost himself a job with a bad 2.9 count. Tornado survives the Spiral Bomb and Brainbuster and surprisingly gets a win over the veteran with DAT NIGGA DEAD and the Cancun Tornado! **3/4 Match #4: Davey Richards vs. Kevin Steen Steen is starting to get into his heel act by now, and isn't quite insane yet, but has the potential. Steen kisses Davey to freak him out. PWG Davey continues to be WAY better at this point than anywhere else because he just has fun with stuff and doesn't try to be BEST IN THE WORLD~ or anything. They do fun shenanigans with spitting and snot rockets and get stiff, and it's just a really enjoyable little deal. Davey ends up getting the win with an unexpected Cross Armbreaker. *** Match #5: The Dynasty vs. The Great Muta/KAI UGH. Scott Lost and Joey Ryan are here for warm bodies for Muta to run through stuff on and it's 2010, so he's awful. KAI isn't much either, and just, ugh. Upsetting on all fronts. The parts where The Dynasty controlled KAI were fun and basically the only highlights because Scott Lost is possibly the most underrated wrestler of his generation and he and Joey work well together. Muta beats Lost with the mist and Shining Wizard. ** Match #6: El Generico vs. Jushin Liger This is perfect. It's amazing that this was only 12-13 minutes too, because they nailed everything and accomplished a ton. It's like a junior heavyweight version of Joe/Kobashi, with the beloved face of the company babyface getting in there with an obvious inspiration but trying to cement that this is his house. Lots of huge huge nearfalls for both sides, and it really seems like Generico might actually pull this off. Liger hits the Liger Bomb for a close call, and then follows up with his Brainbuster for the win. **** Match #7: The Young Bucks vs. Paul London/Brian Kendrick Good, not great. London didn't look like he gave too much of a shit or maybe just wasn't in proper shape to do a Young Bucks style match. It also kind of dragged on at 20ish minutes too, which wasn't the wisest move. There's a lot of good stuff here, and it pains me to compliment the Bucks on quality heeling because they're basically the worst people and super annoying wrestlers. Kendrick hits the Sliced Bread #2 on one of them at the end, and London follows up with the SSP for the win. **3/4 Match #8: Chris Hero vs. Roderick Strong vs. Rob Van Dam This...god damnit. Hero and Strong tried, they really really did. RVD is here solely to do his spots for a paycheck and nothing else matters. He makes no attempt to sell or help out the other guys get over in any fucking way. Hero does his own awesome version of the Van Daminator with a Rolling Elbow into a chair on Strong. RVD gets rid of Hero with some manner of kicking fuckery and then hits Roddy with the Five Star Frog Splash for the win. **3/4 |
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| Big Tuna | Mar 1 2014, 11:51 PM Post #2 |
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PWG World Champion: Kenny Omega, Since 11/21/2009 PWG World Tag Team Champions: The Young Bucks, Since 8/31/2008 ![]() PWG AS THE WORM TURNS FEBRUARY 27TH, 2010 RESEDA, CA Match #1: Johnny Goodtime/LTP vs. Malachi Jackson/Ryan Taylor Goodtime and LTP do their best! Malachi and Ryan are super sloppy and really drag this down, but Little Tiny Goodtimes continues to have a lovable quality to their odd couple pairing. Goodtime has a wonderful dive and LTP steals this with all his super inventive and crisp highspots. He beats Malachi with a Spiral Tap. **1/4 Match #2: Scott Lost vs. Brandon Gatson Lost pulls ANOTHER insane carryjob out of his hat. Lost basically throws a bunch of highspots at this and only lets Gatson do his best looking dives and offense, so it ends up being a low level great match. Gatson wins with his stupid Sidewalk Slam Facebuster roll thing, which needs a name. *** Match #3: Roderick Strong vs. Chris Sabin BUNCH OF HIGHSPOTS! FUCK YEAH! They throw everything out and there is no attempt at storytelling or psychology or anything but the moment, and I love them for it. A normal match between these two in 2010 really wouldn't have been anything to write praise for or even pay attention to, but this was wonderful. Roderick wins with the Death by Roderick and then the Sick Kick. *** Match #4: Joey Ryan/Brandon Bonham/Candice LaRae vs. The Cutler Brothers/Christina Von Eerie Joey and Candice on the same team is WEIRD, even if they're teaming and probably fucking now. I hate you, Joey. Super fun intergender stuff, but it didn't need to go the 16 minutes it went. Ballplex and Boobplex were wonderful, and Joey ends up getting the win with the Mustache Ride on CVE. **1/2 Match #5: Chris Hero vs. Alex Shelley RULES! They had some awesome matwork and it progressed really really well into a bombfest. Hero turns it into a striking game and has THE best strikes in wrestling at this point. I forget until I see this year's stuff that Chris Hero was probably the best in the world in 2010. They move into HUGE moves and it's all really organic feeling and a level above pretty much everything else on the card. Hero hits a completely disgusting in its beauty Rolling Elbow and then the Hero's Welcome to win. **** Match #6: The Young Bucks [c] vs. El Generico/Chuck Taylor [PWG World Tag Team Championship] This is great, but it's great basically because El Generico is at a point where he CAN'T show up and not have a great match. The Bucks are in all their super fucking annoying glory with an overlong control segment, lots of contrived stuff, etc. But Generico guides them through a killer finishing run, and Chuck Taylor adds a lot. There's some miscommunication between Chuckie T and Generico, and Chuck gets beaten with More Bang For Your Buck. *** El Generico wants to shake Chuck's hand post-match, but he walks out on him. Match #7: Kenny Omega [c] vs. Davey Richards [PWG World Championship] UGH. BOOO. This is their match where they have cool ideas, but it's overly long at 25 fucking minutes and they blatantly kill time before the finishing run. There's some shitty matwork that goes nowhere, Davey works on the arm and Omega barely sells it before it goes into things at the end, etc. And they have a horrible finish where Omega gets his finishing Croyt's Wrath, but Davey no-sells it with a transition into the 14:59 Kimura and then a Cross Armbreaker to win the title. **1/2 Edited by Big Tuna, Mar 1 2014, 11:52 PM.
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| Big Tuna | Mar 7 2014, 09:21 PM Post #3 |
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PWG World Champion: Davey Richards, Since 2/27/2010 PWG World Tag Team Champions: The Young Bucks, Since 8/31/2008 ![]() PWG Titannica April 10th, 2010 Reseda, CA In the ring, Excalibur opens the show on the mic. He hypes up the card with El Generico vs. Paul London and says El Generico runs his orphanage in Tijuana, AND PAUL LONDON IS OPENING UP A SPACE ORPHANAGE! He says the winner of the match will get $300 for their orphanage, and then moves on to the Young Bucks vs. The Briscoes title match and Richards/Strong for the PWG Title! Match #1: Brandon Bonham vs. Malachi Jackson This is at least short at some six minutes. PWG seems to be giving up on Malachi here, and Bonham gets this to showcase himself. Bonham wins with the Canadian Destroyer, now named the Hammer of the Gods. ** Match #2: Brandon Gatson vs. Ryan Taylor This is everything you would expect from seeing these two names. They have some cool ideas, but there's also a ton of sloppy stuff, a ton of contrived stuff, and a ton of filler. They kick out of far too much, and Gatson gets the win with his Stupid Flip Slam, which still needs some kind of a name. Of course, that can be hard when there's no kind of personality or character about the guy. ** Match #3: The Cutler Brothers vs. Johnny Goodtime/LTP DIS MATCH. Awesome 10 minute spotfest. Took a little bit to get going because it's the Cutlers and they're not great as much as good with some cool spots. Goodtime and LTP have their usual amazing chemistry together and the finishing ran is fantastic. Tons of awesome double teams and dives, and poor LTP gets spiked with the Spike Tombstone for the Cutler Bros. win. *** Match #4: El Generico vs. Paul London Really fun match, and while I can say it didn't need to go 20+ minutes, they killed it with stalling and comedy instead of boring filler wrestling, so it was fine. London isn't at his peak or trying super hard here, but Generico is El Generico and doesn't really have bad matches at this point. London counters the BRAINBUSTAH into a Super Tornado DDT, and then hits the London Star Press for the win! *** Match #5: Joey Ryan vs. Christina Von Eerie Good comedy deal to get the crowd back down before the final two movefests. They do hilarious intergender harrassment spots and then do some nice big moves. BOOBPLEX CONNECTS! Joey hits a shitty Spear and then a stuff Powerbomb for the win. **1/4 Match #6: Davey Richards [c] vs. Roderick Strong [PWG World Championship] This is what it is. These two in 2010 for 26 minutes. Lots of hard striking and finisher kick outs and poor looking holds, etc. Davey wins with his horrible Texas Cloverleaf. **3/4 Match #7: The Young Bucks [c] vs. The Briscoes [PWG World Tag Team Championship] This is better than I would have expected. It's only 17 minutes and it's more of a Briscoes match (from this period) than a Bucks match. They start in a brawl and DEM BOYS are pretty fucking great and heated. the Bucks control in the middle, so that's sort of just whatever, but it picks up a ton at the end. They get in and out before overstaying their welcome and after some cheating with the belt, the Bucks beat Mark with More Bang For Your Buck. *** |
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| Big Tuna | Mar 28 2014, 08:28 PM Post #4 |
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PWG World Champion: Davey Richards, Since 2/27/2010 PWG World Tag Team Champions: The Young Bucks, Since 8/31/2008 ![]() PWG DDT4 2010 May 9th, 2010 Reseda, CA Match #1: The Young Bucks [c] vs. Johnny Goodtime/LTP [DDT4 Quarterfinals - PWG World Tag Team Championship] This is the peak of the Little Tiny Goodtimes run. The bucks only get 10 minutes here, so they can't kill any time with nonsense and only can do their awesome highspots. LTP and Goodtime are a great feel good team for their heeling to work against though. Tons of awesome spots once the hot tag is made, and there's a few times it seems like the Bucks might actually lose it before the obvious conclusion of this tournament. LTP gets hit with two Superkicks and a Double Superkick, and the Bucks win. ***1/4 Match #2: Peligros Abejas [El Generico/Paul London] vs. Scott Lost/Chuck Taylor [DDT4 Quarterfinals] The Danger Bees debut here, and this is a blast. Another killer 10 minute sprint. Scott Lost can do no wrong, even if his career is over by the end of the summer. Chuck and Scott don't mesh super well, but they're awesome against El Generico, who continues to be just the fucking best. Lost gets beaten after Generico's Brainbuster followed up with the London Star Press. *** Match #3: The Cutler Brothers vs. Roderick Strong/Ryan Taylor [DDT4 Quarterfinals] This absolutely happened. The Cutlers are alright at this point, but Taylor is pretty shitty and this is an excuse for Strong to bring his half-assing ROH style to PWG for a night since he won't get a great match here no matter what. The Cutlers beat Ryan Taylor with the Spike Tombstone. ** Match #4: The Briscoes vs. YAMATO/Akira Tozawa [DDT4 Quarterfinals] This was a great debut for Tozawa, who becomes kind of the MVP of PWG in his next year in the US. If the entire indy scene hadn't become so fragmented at the end of the 2000s, Tozawa would be popping up everywhere and lighting every promotion on fire, but whatever. The Briscoes bring some good effort here too, and YAMATO is an afterthought that drags this down to something just below great. Tozawa gets beaten with a Doomsday Device. **3/4 Match #5: The Young Bucks [c] vs. The Cutler Brothers [DDT4 Semi-Finals - PWG World Tag Team Championship] This is 19 minutes, but they waste a good 3-5 early on with general tomfoolery, so it's not as bad as it seems. Still, while the Bucks have improved a lot in the last year or so at how to fill time in the first half in a heelish way, the Cutler have not, so a lot of this feels super aimless before they start doing spots. Lots of shitty punches and kicks. The final half is really fun as they do some really cool spots and counters, etc. The Bucks win with More Bang For Your Buck. **3/4 Match #6: The Briscoes vs. Peligros Abejas [DDT4 Semi-Finals] This wasn't nearly long enough at only 11 minutes. Still, Generico still works amazingly with the Briscoes, and London is trying pretty hard tonight. Generico has his typically great hot tag, but it ends super abruptly as he ducks under the Doomsday Device clothesline and winds up with the Victory Roll on Jay for the win. **3/4 Match #7: Chris Hero vs. Brandon Bonham Hero in PWG 2010 ended up being kind of like a weird US indy Tenryu where he'd show up and beat the piss out of younger guys and put them over a lot for fighting back, and this is among the best of those matches. Bonham has enough fire and stiffness to really hold up his end here. Bonham flies around and shit, and Hero gets mad and hits super hard. This is a super simple match, but it's the best PWG match of the year so far. Bonham kicks out of the Hero's Welcome, but after the Rolling Elbow, a second Hero's Welcome gets the win. Hero's 2010 is unbelievable. ****1/4 Post-match, Hero gets on the mic and asks where his title rematch is. Match #8: The Young Bucks [c] vs. Peligros Abejas [2010 DDT4 FINALS - PWG World Tag Team Championship] This was awesome. They start out with an awesome brawl and then it's only 15 minutes so it's pretty much what a Bucks match should be. They're assholes to super likable guys (or in London's case, likable when he isn't speaking) and PWG's amazing Bucks booking hits a pay off here. It seems like a foregone conclusion since Generico and London are thrown together, BUT FUCK THAT. RICK KNOX FIGHTS BACK AGAINST THE BUCK'S ABUSE! GENERICO KICKS OUT OF MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK HOLY SHIT. LONDON CUTS OFF A SECOND, AND GENERICO HITS THE BRAINBUSTAAAAAAH TO END THE REIGN OF TERROR! ***1/2 |
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| Big Tuna | Apr 6 2014, 01:36 AM Post #5 |
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PWG World Champion: Davey Richards, Since 2/27/2010 PWG World Tag Team Champions: Peligros Abejas, Since 5/9/2010 ![]() PWG DIO! June 11th, 2010 Reseda, CA Match #1: Johnny Goodtime/LTP vs. Los Luchas FUCK YEAH THIS MATCH! Los Luchas have always been a low key great team whenever they've popped up since about 2006/7. This is the final LTP match though, I believe. This is your classic PWG opening match spotfest. Los Luchas have usual good teamwork although they're not at their best, and Goodtime steals this. LTP is hardly in it after his isolation bit, so I guess this is known to be his last match before it happened or something. Goodtime beats Phoenix Star with his manner of Fisherman's DDT thing. *** Match #2: Brandon Bonham vs. Ryan Taylor This is the best Ryan Taylor singles match I've ever seen, due to Bonham being the absolute best and them not going too long with it. They make with the crazy stuff, but Bonham has a sort of veteran level ability to make it flow super well and escalate in a logical fashion. They do some cool moves, and Bonham gets the win with the Hammer of the Gods. *** Match #3: Scott Lost vs. Akira Tozawa This is only nine minutes and is Lost's second to last match. Both of those things are really upsetting but this is fucking killer. Constant action stuff, and Tozawa has all the energy in the world while Lost continues to be the most consistent wrestler in PWG history. Tozawa hits one of the most unsafe Tope Suicidas in PWG history. Lost does his thing, but Tozawa hits a Bridging Arm-Trap German for the win as this ends super abruptly. **3/4 Match #4: The Young Bucks/Malachi Jackson vs. The Cutler Brothers/Joey Ryan This is absolutely a Young Bucks match. Joey contributes well enough but a lot of this is about Malachi proving himself and he's the actual worst wrestler on the mainstream indy scene (ROH, PWG, CHIKARA, etc) at this point, and this is 22 minutes largely relating to that, so this was not great. Finishing run was great, but it seemed like that's all they were really looking towards. Malachi gets beaten with the Spike Tombstone. ** Post-match, the Bucks lays out the Cutlers with superkicks. Match #5: Candice LaRae vs. Christina Von Eerie Another fun one now. Neither is amazing let, but they do a lot of big moves and both of them try super super hard. Candice wins with a Moonsault. ** Match #6: Chris Hero vs. Brandon Gatson This is wonderful as Hero gets the best out of a local again, but it's Gatson, so it's the worst of these kind of veteran Hero vs. young guy matches. Still, Hero being dominant and kind of a bully with his strike arsenal is ALWAYS going to be a ton of fun. Great punches, chops, boots, elbows, etc. Gatson throws some good stuff at him, but it's going to be compared to the Bonham match that's largely the same, and it can't compare because Gatson doesn't step up as well as Bonham did. He has some great highspots though for nearfalls and Hero cuts him off with the Rolling Elbow to win. ***1/4 Before the main event, Steen demands to be introduced as Kevin Ezekiel Steen. Match #7: Peligros Abejas [c] vs. Kevin Steen/Brian Kendrick [PWG World Tag Team Championship] STEEN RUNS AND PUNCHES GENERICO IN THE FACE AS PWG TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THAT CONTINUITY! Joey Ryan takes Steen's side on commentary and says El Generico drove Quicksilver out of wrestling and drove Human Tornado into woman beating because he's a bad partner. Joey: Steen is wittier in the ring than I am on commentary Excalibur: He is the total package, although he did not kill Miss Elizabeth. Anyways, this has a great story where Steen hates the opponents, but Kendrick is cool with them and they have tension. Generico is the greatest babyface of his generation probably and London still cares at this point, so he's a real quality FIP. Kendrick tries to work the leg because it's a wrestling match to him, but Steen openly mocks that and brawls so Kendrick can't ever make an impact with it. Awesome hot tag by Generico and some cool nearfalls in the finishing run that worked surprisingly well. This is better than I remembered. Steen gets beaten after the Helluva Kick, Half and Half, Brainbuster, and London Star Press in a row. ***1/4 Post-match, Kendrick helps Steen up, but he hits him with the Package Piledriver! Steen gets the mic and says he's not sorry and says marijuana is for losers. This starts a dueling "DON'T DO DRUGS!/MARIJUANA!" chant to end the show. |
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| Big Tuna | Apr 13 2014, 01:26 AM Post #6 |
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PWG World Champion: Davey Richards, Since 2/27/2010 PWG World Tag Team Champions: Peligros Abejas, Since 5/9/2010 ![]() PWG SEVEN JULY 30TH, 2010 RESEDA, CA Match #1: Brandon Gatson/Johnny Goodtime/Candice LaRae vs. Ryan Taylor/Peter Avalon/Malachi Jackson I believe this is Malachi's last match, so that's good. And this is Goodtime's first match since LTP left, so he's somewhat lost in the shuffle. This is also the debut of Peter Avalon, and it took him until 2014 just to not be fucking AWFUL, so this isn't the best match on paper. HOWEVER, it rules anyways as there's a ton of cool ideas and it's your classic PWG Opening Trios Match. Big run of cool stuff and comedy and Candice beats Malachi with a Moonsault. *** Match #2: Brandon Bonham vs. Brian Cage Hey, Cage is here! This was a super awesome movefest. They hit really stiffly in a great way, had some awesome dives and spots on the floor, and it barely got into overkill territory. Bonham is really really great about keeping these things in the right direction and it's a shame that dudes like Cage and Ryan Taylor stuck around for the next four years, and Bonham didn't. Cage needs to be reigned in near the end, but still has a ton of cool ideas. Bonham wins with the Hammer of the Gods. *** Match #3: Chris Sabin vs. Akira Tozawa ANOTHER great little action filled deal making it three in a row. Sabin is still capable of a good spotfest no matter what, and Akira Tozawa is the best dude. This was something of a refiller for the crowd after two insane opening matches and before the super emotional next match, but they still did a fantastic job with it. Tozawa hits an Everest-style German Suplex followed by Croyt's Wrath for the upset! *** The next match is a farewell for Scott Lost. There's no injury or anything here. Lost is a guy who makes a decent living as an artist for comics and he told his family that if he wasn't making a full time living off pro wrestling by the time he turned 30, then he would stop. He turned 30 before this show, so this is it. Much like Chris Bosh and Quicksilver who also never really got their due like him, Lost was a staple of great matches from the early years of PWG and if not for El Generico, he'd be the most consistently great wrestler in PWG history. Rarely put on a bad match, had an umber of great rivalries with Scorpio Sky, Joey Ryan, Aerial Xpress, Cape Fear, Super Dragon & Davey Richards, etc. Arrogance is one of the best tag teams in PWG history, and if there was justice, Arrogance would have made it big somewhere besides PWG and their matches against AXP and Cape Fear and SD/DR would be remembered by a lot more people as classics instead of just a pocket of fans who've seen them. Match #4: Scott Lost vs. Scorpio Sky [Scott Lost's Retirement Match] This was fucking great. Lost gets to show off his insane crispness one last time along with all his crazy offense. It's a serious god damned crime against wrestling that someone like this can't make a living on wrestling after 10 years. He's just so naturally gifted and if he maybe put himself out there more to get booked in the midwest or east coast, something might have happened. I guess that's the story of the non-Super Dragon SoCal guys though. They have a ton of cool spots as Lost runs through his big stuff, and being the constant pro, he takes some HUGE bumps and nasty strikes when he clearly doesn't have to. Sky breaks out some cool callbacks with the MOTHERFUCKING SILVER SLICE ALL PRAISES TO QUICKSILVER RIP PROFESSIONALLY. Lost kicks out and then kicks out of TWO TKOs, and Sky finally ends Lost with his own Big Fat Kill. **** Post-match, Scott Lost gets a huge ovation as everyone comes in and he explains his retirement and talks about how awesome everyone is. Match #5: Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong This is during Danielson's summer indy vacation. He doesn't really try that hard outside of CHIKARA, weirdly, and this is another sort of "greatest hits" type exhibitiony match. They only get thirteen minutes and it's a clear house show effort by both guys, as ROH Strong comes to PWG for the night, I guess. Danielson counters the Gibson Driver into a Triangle Choke, and turns that into the Lebelle Lock for the win. **3/4 Post-match, Danielson gives his standard indy vacation speech. Match #6: Davey Richards [c] vs. Chris Hero [PWG World Championship] Hero carries Davey to probably the best match of Davey's "best in the world" phase in 2010-12 and continues to be the actual in-ring best in the world maybe. They get some great matwork going and Hero guides Davey SUPER well through a big epic match. They do dives, build up their offense, and Davey actually has limb work that goes somewhere. He works the leg intermittently and Hero sells well throughout. They do some big nearfalls and it gets maybe a little crazy but Davey's work pays off as he gets a grapevine Ankle Lock for the win. ***1/2 Match #7: Peligros Abejas [c] vs. The Young Bucks vs. The Cutler Brothers [PWG World Tag Team Championship - GUERRILLA WARFARE MATCH] This basically means anything goes. It's a huge god damned spotfest for 20 minutes and it rules. There's just so much insanity here and it keeps getting bigger and bigger. The Bucks are pretty good about doing stuff in between spots in these brawls, it's a shame that they can't do that in normal matches. The Cutlers are TOTALLY out of their depth here as they screw up almost everything that isn't a double team and generally just get in the way of two awesome teams doing awesome stuff. London hits everyone else on the floor with an SSP dive off the top, and Generico hits Nick Jackson with the BRAINBUSTAAAAAAAAAH for the win. ***1/4 |
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| Big Tuna | Apr 20 2014, 02:47 AM Post #7 |
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PWG World Champion: Davey Richards, Since 2/27/2010 PWG World Tag Team Champions: Peligros Abejas, Since 5/9/2010 ![]() PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2010 Night One September 4th Reseda, CA In the ring, Excalibur runs down the card for the first round and when he gets to Nick vs. Matt Jackson, they come out. They say they're sick of waiting backstage and they refuse to be in a single tournament when they could be working for more money in Orlando so they want a double count out. Excalibur refuses and makes it No DQ and No Count Out, BUT THEY JUST HIT THE REFEREE WITH A DOUBLE SUPERKICK! The Cutler Brothers come out, and a tag match happens instead. Match #1: The Young Bucks vs. The Cutler Brothers This was their worst match. As usual, the first half is totally useless. The Cutlers have no idea how to fill any space outside their spots, and then they flub about half the things they go for or they end up looking super rough. The Bucks are kind of whatever here too. There were some decent spot ideas, but again, about half of them worked. the Cutlers finally win with the Spike Tombstone. ** Match #2: Brandon Gatson vs. Ryan Taylor [1st Round] This was what it was. They had some good ideas, but it was kind of choppy flow-wise as they moved from cool thing to cool thing without a lot of stuff in between. Gatson has the balls to use a Burning Hammer for his finisher now, and that gets the win. Fuck this guy. **1/4 Match #3: Joey Ryan vs. Chuck Taylor [1st Round] Chuck brings the Chuckie T-ness to this to try and carry Joey. Joey's at least been hitting the gym, but it doesn't change that he's a HORRIBLE babyface and hasn't really put in any kind of effort in a year and a half by this point. That doesn't change a lot as they just sort of do stuff until Joey wins with two Superkicks, beginning his trend in this tournament of going over people has has no business beating. **1/2 Match #4: Roderick Strong vs. Paul London [1st Round] This was way too long. London tried to do comedy and it was based around his trunks being hilariously stuffed with a bunch of socks. They did a pretty shiitty job with it too as this BOLA is trying SUPER hard to top 2009 as the worst one ever. They finally got going in the second half, but SO much of this was super wasted and a letdown. Strong hits the Death by Roderick followed by the Sick Kick for the win. ** Match #5: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Ricochet [1st Round] This tournament FINALLY delivers, and does so in a huge way. Textbook Claudio v. Flyer. Claudio is a fucking beast and hurls Ricochet around and guides him on the mat, and Ricochet has some killer highspots to come back. Great finishing run of nearfalls too. These two had an amazing match in 2007, and both men have improved so much since then, so this is even better. Claudio gets the European out of the sky and then puts on The Neutralizer to win. ***1/4 Match #6: Austin Aries vs. Rocky Romero [1st Round] This went on 20 minutes also, and it was ALSO super overlong. Aries dogs it again in PWG, but it felt like he was actually trying now. These two have had a few long matches and it never seems to really work. It's all solid work and they have some really cool sequences and spot ideas, but it never really comes together. Aries wins with a Brainbuster. **1/2 Match #7: Brandon Bonham vs. Brian Cage [1st Round] This isn't as good as last time as it's less of a super even slug/spotfest and more about Cage getting to do a control segment to show off. And yeah, he's FAR from a complete wrestler outside of his strength and willingness to hit super hard and take it in return. There's some REALLY sloppy work here too, as they catch that botching in the air tonight. Bonham looked great though. Bonham hits the Hammer of the Gods twice to win. ** Match #8: El Generico vs. Akira Tozawa [1st Round] This is more like it! They put on an awesome 15-20 minutes. Generico is the king of escalation on the indies, and they have this amazing exchange apropos of nothing... Excalibur: Are you related to Charles Taylor, currently on trial for war crimes? Chuck: It's possible, maybe. I mean, that would be horrible. Excalibur: Yeah. Chuck: To have a darkie in the family. And then yeah, Tozawa is the most energetic Japanese guy to hit America since Tajiri a generation or so earlier (although he doesn't have the platform for insane violence or opportunities that Tajiri did in ECW). They build up to stuff and there's a few flubs but they turn it into a great movefest. Tozawa gets the arm-trap German Suplex for the win. ***1/4 Match #9: Chris Hero vs. Christopher Daniels [1st Round] YEAH THIS RULES. THE MATWORK. This is pretty great as far as being Hero facing an indy legend and outdoing him in every way to establish that Hero is now among the elite and arguably the Ace of PWG at this point. This is also during that weird 2010-11 run Daniels had where he had a series with Davey and Eddie that really should have blown but ended up being really good. Which means if he can do that with those two, Hero can get something even better out of him. Some awesome nearfalls and Hero gets off the Hero's Welcome/Last Rites first and turns it right into a Stretch Plum to win. ***1/2 Edited by Big Tuna, Apr 20 2014, 02:49 AM.
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| Big Tuna | Apr 27 2014, 12:52 AM Post #8 |
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PWG World Champion: Davey Richards, Since 2/27/2010 PWG World Tag Team Champions: Peligros Abejas, Since 5/9/2010 ![]() PWG BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES 2010 NIGHT TWO SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2010 RESEDA, CA Match #1: Austin Aries vs. Joey Ryan [Quarterfinals] Joey's arm is taped up, but he takes it off early on to get more mobility. This isn't amazing or anything, because it's Aries in PWG and Joey Ryan in 2010. Aries tells Joey to give this match up to not risk further injury, but he refuses. Aries has some good work on the shoulder, but Joey isn't super interested in selling it. Joey wins with a Basement Superkick after a good little end run. They try to sell it as a gutsy performance, but if he never looks like he's actually hurt, that doesn't work. **1/2 Match #2: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Roderick Strong [Quarterfinals] This is more like it. They start with some really good matwork before Claudio starts throwing heavy blows to take over. Some awesome power spots too and it goes to the floor for a fun out of control PWG crowd fight. Great finishing run in the ring full of counters and stiffness. This isn't a classic or anything, but this knows exactly what it is and wants to do, and I like that. Claudio wins with the Pop-Up European Uppercut. *** Match #3: Brandon Bonham vs. Brandon Gatson [Quarterfinals] The two meet again, and Bonham shows why he deserves Gatson's push and spot so much more than Gatson does. Of course, he also does this while putting the cocksucker over. They end it a little abruptly and in a botched fashion though. Gatson bridges into a backdrop out of the Hammer of the Gods, but Rick Knox doesn't count to three because the arm isn't down. They awkwardly get up and Gatson hits his shitty Burning Hammer to win. **3/4 Match #4: Chris Hero vs. Akira Tozawa [Quarterfinals] AW YIS. This is perfect and the best of the Hero vs. Young Guys series of matches. They build up the disrespect of Hero and dominance and it builds really really well into some amazing stuff. Tozawa has a crazy fire that others didn't against Hero and due to the way he's been built, you also start to think he might have a real shot unlike Bonham or Gatson. Tozawa has an amazing comeback, but Hero NUKES him with brutal head drops and strikes and you start buying nearfalls on shit like a fucking Powerbomb. Hero destroys him with a Yakuza Kick, AND TOZAWA KICKS OUT AT ONE! FUCK YEAH THIS MATCH! TOZAWA GOES CRAZY, BUT HERO DESTROYS HIM WITH A ROLLING ELBOW! Moonsault follows that for the win. ****1/4 Match #5: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Joey Ryan [Semi-Finals] This isn't much either, because it's a match around Joey's arm and it's Joey in 2010. I like to read reviews of shows I review like this to see what popular consensus is if I don't remember, and it's said that this is average because it's boring because of all the arm work, which is insanely stupid. No, it's bad because it's half arm work and Joey just fucking ignores it and then goes over when the crowd doesn't want that at all. Claudio is destroying him all match and the crowd is loving it. Joey wins with two Superkicks and the crowd shits on it entirely. **1/2 Match #6: Chris Hero vs. Brandon Gatson [Semi-Finals] This ALSO ruled! Gatson starts off hot and throws what he has at Hero,but Hero survives and makes him pay with kicks and elbows. Some wonderfully brutal stuff from the best wrestler in the world at this point. Gatson manages to trade chops and punches without looking like a total dweeb so much as a midcard guy fighting the king, which is an improvement for him. Hero hits the Death Blow and follows with the Stretch Plum to win. *** Match #7: Dem Fighting Taylor Boys [Chuck Taylor/Ryan Taylor/Brian Cage-Taylor] vs. Ricochet/Rocky Romero/Johnny Goodtime Your textbook BOLA losers tag. Cage and Ryan Taylor aren't very good so they hold this back from being great, but parts of this were amazing. Chuck vs. Ricochet is always great, Romero was trying reasonably hard, and Goodtime is still good at this point. Finishing run is good fun, and Chuck beats Ricochet again with the Awful Waffle. **1/2 Match #8: Peligros Abejas [c] vs. The Cutler Brothers [PWG World Tag Team Championship] This should not have gone 18 minutes when the Cutlers have trouble with 10 minutes. They stall a lot early on, which doesn't really work because this is theoretically a face/face match. The Cutlers take over and do a boring ass control segment because they don't know how to do anything but their stupid spots, like twin white AR Foxes. Finishing run is better as Generico and London run through stuff. Cutlers are still far too sloppy. Generico beats one of them with the BRAINBUSTAH. **1/2 Match #9: Chris Hero vs. Joey Ryan [2010 BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES FINALS] Hero proves his claim to best in the world status in 2010 by getting an almost great match out of JOEY RYAN. Joey still doesn't understand the idea of actually fucking selling the arm that's the focus of all his matches, but Hero does enough awesome stuff in the striking department. Hero also abandons the arm work early and turns it into a Hero style slugfest. Joey bleeds and Hero destroys him with stuff and the crowd thanks him. They go on way too long at near 30 and Joey uses so many superkicks that the Young Bucks would say that's too many. And after this big strikefest, Joey wins with an inside cradle. Fuck this company. **3/4 |
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| Big Tuna | May 2 2014, 11:09 PM Post #9 |
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PWG World Champion: Vacant PWG World Tag Team Champions: Peligros Abejas, Since 5/9/2010 ![]() PWG The Curse of Guerrilla Island October 9th, 2010 Reseda, CA Davey Richards once again chose NJPW over PWG (and also ROH), and PWG decided to strip him of the title. The belt will be on the line in a four way tonight between the four BOLA semi-finalists - Hero, Claudio, Joey Ryan, and Gatson. Match #1: Brian Cage-Taylor w/ The Fighting Taylor Boys vs. Johnny Yuma Terrible. Yuma is awful, and Cage is super average outside of power spots. Yuma is barely trained here, but at least he isn't ruining Johnny Goodtime yet. Cage does stuff and he wins with the Gory Flatliner. ** Post-match, Chuck Taylor and Ryan Taylor come in to triple team on that asshole Johnny Yuma. Unfortunately, the foundation is set for the RockNES Monsters as Johnny Goodtime comes to save, alongside Rocky Romero. Fighting Taylor Boys retreat. Match #2: Candice LaRae vs. Peter Avalon This is a decent comedy filler match. Avalon is sort of a rapist and Candice humiliates him for being super pervy. BALLPLEX is always going to be a highlight, and Candice wins with a Victory Roll. This was 10 minutes or so, and probably could have stood to lose 2 or 3 minutes to really tighten it up. Although it's a Peter Avalon match anyways, so whatever. *3/4 Match #3: Rocky Romero vs. Ryan Taylor There's not a lot of substance here. Rocky Romero needs someone to force him to do stuff besides spots, and Ryan Taylor clearly aspires to be one of those guys who are mostly spotfest guys who pretend to be technical because they throw some kicks. He's not there yet, and lets Romero do his thing. Romero's stuff is cooler than Taylor, and this kind of match is fine in a 10 minute undercard deal. Rocky wins with a flying knee to the face. **1/4 Match #4: The Briscoes vs. The Cutler Brothers BROTHER FIGHT. Briscoes do what they can to carry the Cutlers. They force them to hit like men and make it a slugfest so that the Cutlers HAVE to do their double teams in a logical story move as they stand no shot in a slugfest against DEM BOYS. There's a really great finishing run too, and The Briscoes actually make you think the Cutlers have a real shot at this before the Briscoes win with the Doomsday Device. *** Match #5: Chuck Taylor vs. Johnny Goodtime This show has seen a few 10ish minute pure movefests, and this is the best of them. They have a lot of personality between them and do a lot of cool stuff instead of bland kickery and time killing. They do that great thing where they tease moves and pay them off later. Chuckie T's antics are a lot of fun and they had a great finishing run of cool stuff. Ryan Taylor and Brian Cage-Taylor come out to interfere at the end, and Goodtime is crotched up top. Taylor pulls him down into the Awful Waffle to win. *** Match #6: El Generico vs. Ricochet Generico's job here is to completely make Ricochet in one match, and he debuts the amazing 2010s El Generico as Veteran act. This is basically Jumbo/Misawa I but done with flippy guys. Generico gets indignant at being outdone and slaps Ricochet around and gets aggressive. He also lets Ricochet be the one to hit the dive too, which is a great subtle thing to put Ricochet over as the higher flyer of the two. Big awesome finishing run of great counters and nearfalls before Ricochet pulls off the upset with a Reverse Huracanrana and the 630. ***3/4 Match #7: Chris Hero vs. Joey Ryan vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brandon Gatson [Vacant PWG World Championship] This is super short at 12 minutes, but it might actually be better for it. Joey isn't great here, but playing off his BOLA wins with Superkick flurries on Claudio and trying cradles on Hero was a nice touch. Hero and Claudio are both untouchable as usual in 2010 and get decent work out of Gatson. Claudio beats Joey with a Pop-Up European Uppercut in a genuine shocker. *** |
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| Big Tuna | May 17 2014, 12:11 AM Post #10 |
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PWG World Champion: Claudio Castagnoli, Since 10/9/2010 PWG World Tag Team Champions: Peligros Abejas, Since 5/9/2010 ![]() PWG Cyanide: A Loving Tribute to Poison December 11th, 2010 Reseda, CA Match #1: Willie Mack vs. Peter Avalon Willie is making his debut and just KILLS IT. ALL OF IT. He's stiff as fuck and has cool moves and jumps around a lot too. Mack kills Avalon on everything, and while Peter sucks on offense, he is a fantastic jobber. Mack catches him trying a Crossbody and hits a lethal looking Alpha Liger Bomb that Excalibur dubs the CHOCOLATE THUNDER BOMB for the win. **1/4 Match #2: Roderick Strong vs. Chuck Taylor This was a blast. Chuck does some fun comedy early on about avoiding chops and then putting on a fan's hoodie to try and cushion it, but then yells that it does nothing and throws it back. They move into an actual match, and it's a really good spotfest too. They surprisingly are able to put out some good nearfalls too and it seems like Chuck actually has a shot when he never wins anything serious. Roderick then wins with the Gibson Driver. *** Match #3: The Cutler Brothers vs. The RockNES Monsters Johnny Goodtime's career now starts to go downhill as he gets drawn into the bad kind of spotty bullshit by the other three. Yuma and the Cutlers have nothing to offer BUT their spots and then blow a bunch of stuff. First half is largely meaningless but Goodtime's hot tag is super super awesome and the finishing run is really good. But yeah, first half is nothing and then the finishing run is awesome. Yuma is beaten with the Springboard Spike Tombstone. **1/2 Match #4: Joey Ryan vs. Brandon Gatson This sure fucking happened. Fuck them both. Joey is now trying to be all technical and does a lot of boring arm work and oh my god, this goes near 20 minutes and it really drags on. Gatson is whatever and doesn't really sell his arm and just sort of does his thing. Joey then goes back to the arm and gets a shitty 14:59 style Kimura Lock for the win. *3/4 Post-match, Joey gets on the mic and calls himself the Hollywood Submission Machine, and says he's going to make Claudio tap out when he gets his title shot. Match #5: The Young Bucks vs. Ryan Taylor/Brian Cage-Taylor This has the same flaws as the Cutlers match in terms of the first half being really obvious filler, but The Young Bucks do a much better job as they actually have some entertaining cheating spots and don't really botch anything. They actually work a decent veteran heel game against the rookies. They do stooging stuff and taunting the rookies on basic stuff when in control, and oh my god, THE YOUNG BUCKS LEARNED VERSATILITY. FUCK. Great finishing run as it's one of those great Bucks matches where they debut a bunch of cool new shit and you're like OH MY GOD THE YOUNG BUCKS ARE AMAZING before they get terrible again and the six month cycle repeats. They win with More Bang For Your Buck on Ryan Taylor. *** Match #6: Kevin Steen vs. Akira Tozawa Steen is back! He's in heel mode on the floor and arguing with fans, BUT TOZAWA CUTS HIM OFF WITH AN IMMEDIATE TOPE SUICIDA! This match is AMAZING. There's a few down spots in the middle that could have been cut, but it's still a classic. It's like Hero/Tozawa, but with more hate and chaos and if it was a brawl. Steen hits the Apron Powerbomb again, BUT TOZAWA TAKES IT ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK! Steen bites him a lot and they brawl by the stage with Christmas deco, and Steen has a pane of glass wrapped as a present and breaks it on Tozawa. Steen's still very good, but it's easy to forget how fucking great he was during this 2010-11 run. Tozawa has ALL the fire and they have just a killer finishing run. TOZAWA KICKS OUT OF THE PACKAGE PILEDRIVER HOLY SHIT. Steen then hits a Sleeper Suplex, and hits it again. HE THEN HITS A THIRD PACKAGE PILEDRIVER FOR GOOD MEASURE, AND THAT FINALLY BEATS TOZAWA. ****1/4 Post-match, Steen is impressed and shakes Tozawa's hand. Something beautiful with too short of a life was just born. Match #7: Peligro Abejas [c] vs. The Kings of Wrestling [PWG World Tag Team Championship] This is another match that's perfect for what it is. Classic kind of 15 minute heel/face formula stuff with three of the best in the world, and Paul London, who at least puts in a lot of effort. Claudio vs. Generico is just the best fucking pairing. Hero and Claudio dominate both guys and have amazing matwork and strikes and just oh my god, they're the best. It's a crime that we'll never see the Kings of Wrestling again, probably. They dominate Generico after some incredible nearfalls and go for the KRS-ONE, BUT LONDON TACKLES CLAUDIO AND GENERICO FALLS INTO A VICTORY ROLL ON HERO FOR THE WIN! YEAH! ***3/4 |
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| Big Tuna | May 17 2014, 12:13 AM Post #11 |
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Top 10 PWG Matches - 2010: 1. Chris Hero vs. Akira Tozawa, BOLA N2 (September 5th) 2. Kevin Steen vs. Akira Tozawa, Cyanide (December 11th) 3. Chris Hero vs. Brandon Bonham, DDT4 (May 9th) 4. Scott Lost vs. Scorpio Sky, Seven (July 31st) 5. El Generico vs. Jushin Liger, Kurt RussellMania (January 31st) 6. Chris Hero vs. Alex Shelley, As The Worm Turns (February 27th) 7. Peligro Abejas [c] vs. The Kings of Wrestling, Cyanide (December 11th) 8. El Generico vs. Ricochet, The Curse of Guerrilla Island (October 9th) 9. Davey Richards [c] vs. Chris Hero, Seven (July 31st) 10. The Young Bucks [c] vs. Peligro Abejas, DDT4 (May 9th) |
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| Big Tuna | May 17 2014, 12:18 AM Post #12 |
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TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR: 2003: The X-Foundation [Scott Lost/Billy Kim] 2004: Aerial Xpress [Quicksilver/Scorpio Sky] 2005: Arrogance [Scott Lost/Chris Bosh] 2006: Cape Fear [El Generico/Quicksilver] 2007: Arrogance [Scott Lost/Chris Bosh] 2008: The Dynasty [Scott Lost/Joey Ryan] 2009: The Young Bucks At this point, this is PWG's default setting. ![]() 1. THE YOUNG BUCKS - 26 POINTS 2. The Cutler Brothers – 25 3. Peligro Abejas – 16 4. Johnny Goodtime & LTP – 13 5. The Briscoes – 10 6. DEM FIGHTING TAYLOR BOYS – 5 7. Los Luchas – 3 8. The Kings of Wrestling – 3 9. The RockNES Monsters – 2 10. The Dynasty – 2 11. Joey Ryan & Candice LaRae – 2 12. Londrick – 2 |
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| Big Tuna | May 17 2014, 12:22 AM Post #13 |
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WRESTLER OF THE YEAR: 2003: Frankie Kazarian 2004: Super Dragon 2005: Super Dragon 2006: El Generico & Quicksilver 2007: El Generico 2008: Chris Hero 2009: Scott Lost This is a gimme. The best wrestler in the world in 2010 wins WOTY in a promotion where he was on every show they ran in 2010. In winning this, Chris Hero becomes the second wrestler ever to win WOTY in two different promotions, also winning this in ROH 2010. The first person to do that? Chris Hero in 2006, in CZW and CHIKARA. K-O-W. King. ![]() 1. CHRIS HERO - 36 POINTS 2. El Generico – 35 3. Paul London – 26 4. The Young Bucks – 26 5. Brandon Gatson – 25 6. The Cutler Brothers – 25 7. Johnny Goodtime – 23 8. Ryan Taylor – 23 9. Brandon Bonham – 21 10. Joey Ryan – 20 11. Roderick Strong – 19 12. Akira Tozawa – 19 13. Chuck Taylor – 16 14. Scott Lost – 15 15. Claudio Castagnoli – 14 16. LTP – 13 17. Candice LaRae – 13 18. Brian Cage-Taylor – 12 19. Malachi Jackson – 11 20. Kevin Steen – 10 21. The Briscoes – 10 22. Davey Richards – 10 23. Ricochet – 8 24. Peter Avalon – 7 25. Christina Von Eerie – 6 26. Chris Sabin – 6 27. Rocky Romero – 6 28. Brian Kendrick – 5 29. Scorpio Sky – 4 30. Alex Shelley – 4 31. Jushin Liger – 4 32. Austin Aries – 4 33. Johnny Yuma – 4 34. Christopher Daniels – 3 35. Los Luchas – 3 36. Bryan Danielson – 2 37. YAMATO – 2 38. Kenny Omega – 2 39. Human Tornado – 2 40. Super Crazy – 2 41. Rob Van Dam – 2 42. The Great Muta – 2 43. KAI – 2 44. Willie Mack – 2 |
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Roderick then wins with the Gibson Driver. 


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