Wrestle Rant- 09/24/07
Okay. Gonna try something new. Random Notes will go up on my Myspace blog. On the main blog, I'm gonna do a Wrestling thingie on Mondays, a column on TORC Press on Wednesday or Thursday, and Friday is Moviecide. We'll see how that goes.
So, this is Wrestle Rant, a weekly column where I yammer about Pro Wrestling. I don't really watch mainstream wrestling anymore, so don't expect any commentary on the WWE or TNA. Bah to that. Instead I'll be focusing on Ring of Honor and Chikara, with occasional side commentary on other indies such as FIP, CZW, IWA: Mid-South, and ect. If you're not familiar with any of these organizations and want to learn more about them, you can look them all up on Wikipedia, the handiest-dandiest info site ever. Let's roll.
Ring of Honor:
ROH had their second PPV this weekend, and it was a barnburner. If you didn't get a chance to catch it, I can't recommend it highly enough, and there should be replays sometime during the week. Most of the PPV came out of Chicago, and if you look closely enough, you can see Me, Fitch, Brooks, and Boolah in the crowd. When I saw myself I looked out to lunch, but I look like that alot, so there's that. Anyway, here's the rundown on the PPV.
The Resilience vs. the No Remorse Corps: Crazy, fast, hard hitting match to start the PPV. Crazy spots, high flying, not much mat wrestling. After the match Austin Aries hits the ring, quits TNA, and rejoins ROH. The building erupts. You can see Boolah spontaneously combust at one point.
Claudio Castignoli vs. Matt Sydell: Great, quick paced match. Anytime Claudio wrestles a smaller, faster wrestler you're in for a good time. This was Sydell's last Major match in ROH now that he's off to the WWE. It's too bad, because I really enjoyed watching Sydell wrestle in ROH. The finish of this match was insane, and if you've got Slo-Mo on your TV, the finish is a good place to use it.
BJ Whitmer vs. Naomichi Marafuji: Hard hitting match. Marafuji is always fun to watch, and Whitmer is one of the most solid performers on the roster. Whitmer's downward spiral continues...
Pelle Primeau vs. Brent Albright: Squash match. Albright annoys me. Moving on.
Takeshi Morishima vs. Jimmy Rave: World Title Match. Rave (who's also gone from ROH now) put up a decent fight against the massive World Champion, but he was no match for the dominant Morishima. Short, hard hitting match.
The Briscoe Bros. vs. Kevin Steen and El Generico: World Tag Title Match. An absolute classic that saw both teams pull out all the stops. The Briscoes are just absolutely amazing. Steenerico kicked ass too, and even though they lost, they still looked like possible future contenders.
From Philly: Nigel McGinness vs. Brian Danielson: Number One Contenders Match. Strangely enough, this was the only truly ROH style match on the card. While the other matches focused on high flying and high impact, this match emphasized stellar mat wrestling. Course, there was plenty of hard hitting as well. Check the Head Butt War between these two. It's completely insane. Awesome frickin' match.
Other ROH Notes: Jigsaw, my boy from Chikara, was recently snnounced as the newest member of Jack Evan's Vulture Squad. This is good news for Jig, as it will give him more face time in ROH, and will also give hime some allies to back him up. Hopefully he can pick up a few wins with this new group and make a name for himself in ROH competition.
CHIKARA!
Chikara's annual Torneo Cibernetico match was this weekend. The Cibernetico is a 16 man Elimination Tag Match that has to be seen to be believed. Claudio Castiginoli, who's been on big hot streak lately, won the match, ultimately eliminating one of his own teammates. I can't wait to pick this one up on DVD. Also, Hallowicked and Delirious, Team Incoherence, picked up their third point, and can now challenge Team Fist for the Campeonese de Parehas (spell?) which are Chikara's tag belts. I don't expect Incoherence to win because Delirious has too many outside commitments, but it should be a hell of a good match.
So, this is Wrestle Rant, a weekly column where I yammer about Pro Wrestling. I don't really watch mainstream wrestling anymore, so don't expect any commentary on the WWE or TNA. Bah to that. Instead I'll be focusing on Ring of Honor and Chikara, with occasional side commentary on other indies such as FIP, CZW, IWA: Mid-South, and ect. If you're not familiar with any of these organizations and want to learn more about them, you can look them all up on Wikipedia, the handiest-dandiest info site ever. Let's roll.
Ring of Honor:
ROH had their second PPV this weekend, and it was a barnburner. If you didn't get a chance to catch it, I can't recommend it highly enough, and there should be replays sometime during the week. Most of the PPV came out of Chicago, and if you look closely enough, you can see Me, Fitch, Brooks, and Boolah in the crowd. When I saw myself I looked out to lunch, but I look like that alot, so there's that. Anyway, here's the rundown on the PPV.
The Resilience vs. the No Remorse Corps: Crazy, fast, hard hitting match to start the PPV. Crazy spots, high flying, not much mat wrestling. After the match Austin Aries hits the ring, quits TNA, and rejoins ROH. The building erupts. You can see Boolah spontaneously combust at one point.
Claudio Castignoli vs. Matt Sydell: Great, quick paced match. Anytime Claudio wrestles a smaller, faster wrestler you're in for a good time. This was Sydell's last Major match in ROH now that he's off to the WWE. It's too bad, because I really enjoyed watching Sydell wrestle in ROH. The finish of this match was insane, and if you've got Slo-Mo on your TV, the finish is a good place to use it.
BJ Whitmer vs. Naomichi Marafuji: Hard hitting match. Marafuji is always fun to watch, and Whitmer is one of the most solid performers on the roster. Whitmer's downward spiral continues...
Pelle Primeau vs. Brent Albright: Squash match. Albright annoys me. Moving on.
Takeshi Morishima vs. Jimmy Rave: World Title Match. Rave (who's also gone from ROH now) put up a decent fight against the massive World Champion, but he was no match for the dominant Morishima. Short, hard hitting match.
The Briscoe Bros. vs. Kevin Steen and El Generico: World Tag Title Match. An absolute classic that saw both teams pull out all the stops. The Briscoes are just absolutely amazing. Steenerico kicked ass too, and even though they lost, they still looked like possible future contenders.
From Philly: Nigel McGinness vs. Brian Danielson: Number One Contenders Match. Strangely enough, this was the only truly ROH style match on the card. While the other matches focused on high flying and high impact, this match emphasized stellar mat wrestling. Course, there was plenty of hard hitting as well. Check the Head Butt War between these two. It's completely insane. Awesome frickin' match.
Other ROH Notes: Jigsaw, my boy from Chikara, was recently snnounced as the newest member of Jack Evan's Vulture Squad. This is good news for Jig, as it will give him more face time in ROH, and will also give hime some allies to back him up. Hopefully he can pick up a few wins with this new group and make a name for himself in ROH competition.
CHIKARA!
Chikara's annual Torneo Cibernetico match was this weekend. The Cibernetico is a 16 man Elimination Tag Match that has to be seen to be believed. Claudio Castiginoli, who's been on big hot streak lately, won the match, ultimately eliminating one of his own teammates. I can't wait to pick this one up on DVD. Also, Hallowicked and Delirious, Team Incoherence, picked up their third point, and can now challenge Team Fist for the Campeonese de Parehas (spell?) which are Chikara's tag belts. I don't expect Incoherence to win because Delirious has too many outside commitments, but it should be a hell of a good match.
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