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Guerrilla Reviewfare: PWG Threemendous IV
Loading...If you’ve been following my latest trek through PWG, their 2015 shows have largely been of the same quality I came to enjoy from them a few years ago. Of course, there are new faces, but these new faces have proven to be up to par with some of the best Reseda has had to offer in years past. Whether it’s new ‘golden boy’ Trevor Lee or his friend/partner/enemy Andrew Everett, or the stylings of Zack Sabre Jr, PWG has finally grown into another roster befitting of their usual output. They’re hotter than ever now, coming off of the heels of Super Dragon’s return and the subsequent formation of Mount Rushmore 2.0, as well as PWG hitching their wagon to the Lucha Underground movement with their announcements for this show as well as the outstanding BOLA line up. This show gives us the return of Akira Tozawa, a man who stole everyone’s heart in PWG with insane tenacity and non-stop action, as well as the debut of Angelico, the daredevil that you may remember became famous (well, amongst your more casual internet fans who don’t dabble in Lucha) for his suicidal dives off of Dario Cueto’s office in Lucha Underground. I guess Super Dragon and co. felt that his way of doing things was just right for PWG, and here he is accompanying his tag partner, the returning Jack Evans back to PWG after several years away. While this anniversary show isn’t quite as major as shows like Threemendous III and TEN, it still has all the potential in the world to keep the PWG ball rolling into BOLA… so without further ado, let’s celebrate twelve years of PWG…
We are TAPED from the American Legion in Reseda, CA.
Your hosts are Excalibur and the usual gang, sans Chuckie T because there’s no God.
The World’s Cutest Tag Team vs. Team Tremendous
You may remember Dan Barry and Bill Carr from their really fun debut at DDT4, and you may have seen their hilarious output in CZW as well. I really liked their first outing in Reseda and putting them with Candice and Joey all but guarantees a great opener.
Barry and Joey start things off as the crowd still finds themselves split between liking Joey Ryan and hating the thought of him. Joey offers up his Blow-Pop, and Bill Carr hilariously volunteers as tribute. The crowd instead volunteers Dave Meltzer who is in the crowd, but Joey saves Meltz the venereal disease he’s bound to contract. He instead gives it to a fan, who accidentally drops it once Dan Barry tries to retrieve it. Fear not, however, Bill Carr grabs it from the floor and helps Dan Barry bag it and put it into evidence, like the good cops they are. No Vic Mackey’s here! Joey uses this distraction to dive out onto Bill Carr with a Tope Suicida! Candice greets Dan Barry with her Tope DDT, as the match starts. Bill Carr and Candice have a fairly hilarious visual standoff, until Candice SAYS IT WITH HER CHEST. Carr knocks her on her ass with a mere bump of the gut, and now shit’s on. Dan Barry eats a rana from Candice, who finds herself DVD’d on top of Carr. Barry disposes of her with a flapjack, and that leaves Joey alone with Team Tremendous. Joey throws Barry back with a Pumphandle Exploder, and he powerbombs Barry on top of Carr. Candice comes down with a Tornado DDT onto Barry, followed up by the Joey assisted Hurricanrana from the apron… or so we thought, as in a beautiful counter, Barry slithers in and rolls Joey up, sending the elevated Candice down to the mat with him. The roll up only gets two though. Team Tremendous hits the Lawn Dart/Flatliner for a good nearfall. Joey crotches Barry on the top rope as Candice BALLSPLEXES CARR! Barry is in the Tree of Woe, and Joey propels Candice into him. Candice can’t get the Reverse Rana, and Barry instead guillotines her on the ropes. He walks into a Joey Ryan superkick, which then allows Candice to give Barry a reverse rana. Barry shitcans Joey but eats a Backstabber from Candice and gives him a Violence Party, but RUNS INTO A HUGE BOSSMAN SLAM FROM BILL CARR! CARR WITH A CANADIAN DESTROYER ON JOEY! Ri-goddamn-diculous. DOOMSDAY SLICED BREAD! Team Tremendous picks up the win in 9 minutes. ***1/2 This was a fantastic opener. The small time allocation meant that they got to go hell-for-leather from bell to bell, which combined with Candice LeRae, provides the perfect kick-off for a PWG show. Team Tremendous was the real story here though, as I feel like they’re a perfect fit for the wacky world of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. They have the great combination of indisputable charisma, comedy chops, and wrestling ability to go a long way in a company that promotes all three with wrestlers like The Young Bucks, Chuck Taylor, etc. I look forward to seeing what Barry and Carr do with some of the more up-there teams in PWG, because they’ve impressed me highly both times they’ve been in Reseda. Great stuff to start off PWG’s 12th year.
Johnny Gargano vs. Brian Cage
This is almost Candice/Bill Carr levels of size differential.
Gargano wastes no time lawn-darting the bigger Cage, getting the upperhand with a hot start. Cage hits what can only be described as half Falcon Arrow, half Orange Crush. That allows Cage to take control. Delayed, squatting vertical suplex scores for Mr. GMSI. Gargano comes back with a crossbody and a running Ace Crusher, sending Cage to the outside. Johnny tries to dive onto him, but Cage catches him in a suplex! Gargano counters that with a swinging DDT on the outside. Excalibur gives a nice shout-out to NXT referee Drake Younger/Wuertz on commentary, probably the most entertaining part of this match so far. Cage misses a BME, but brains Gargano with a running boot anyway. Cage looks for an Avalanche Powerslam, but Gargano counters that into a super DDT in a nice spot. Cage pumphandles Johnny into a variation of the Angle Slam, and catches a slingshotting Gargano into a powerbomb, then a nasty bucklebomb. Gargano pretty much no-sells it, but Cage ends up on top after a Discus Lariat anyway. Gargano counters Weapon X into Garga-No Escape, but Cage gets out and hits another Discus Lariat for a nearfall. Gargano takes forever doing something on the top rope, just to get powerbombed. Weapon X scors for the win in 12 minutes. Felt a lot longer than that. **1/4 They tried, but nothing about this match felt meaningful or interesting to me. They strung together moves with no rhyme or reason and ended those sequences with nearfalls that had no suspense or intensity. You can do MOVEZ in an entertaining way, and I don’t think I’m out of line in saying that this wasn’t one of those occasions. This was unfortunately an instance of two guys having almost no discernible chemistry with each other. PWG matches sometimes fall prey to that and this was definitely one was one of them. I feel like both of these guys have run their course in PWG because there wasn’t much here that I’m going to remember tomorrow, and these guys haven’t really been doing much of note in the shows before this either. I just think it’s funny how we can have two stale guys going through the motions here but not bring in Chuck Taylor, who’s one of the most over guys PWG has and is the best guest commentator they have as well. It’s just odd to me, but I don’t run the company so it’s not my call. And if it was my call, I’d probably make Chuckie the champion of every division (women’s as well, you saw him vs. Candice) and make everyone sick of him, so my opinion probably doesn’t mean much. As for this match? I wouldn’t bother.
Andrew Everett vs. Rich Swann
This is a match I didn’t even know I wanted!
I’m sure you know how this starts. Cool flips and springs and stuff I can’t even do in my dreams. Very reminiscent of Inner City vs. AR Fox/Del Sol from All Star Weekend IX, Night 1 if you remember that ricockulous sequence. “It’s PWG, where would we be in 12 years without saying something offensive on commentary?” says Excalibur, who says this acknowleding somewhat that his early commentary makes Hulk Hogan look like Mother Teresa. Andrew Everett throws a wimpy chop, but it’s okay since he warned the crowd. He apologizes profusely, but Rich Swann has none of it and gives him a real one. Everett looks for a springboard crossbody, but Swann kicks him directly out of the air. Rich Swann hits the patented Fucking Unnecessary kick to the back, and puts Everett in some kind of weird Butterfly submission. Everett sends Swann outside and comes down with a SCHWEET corkscrew plancha. Everett DOES THE DEAL with the Falcon Arrow, but much to the surprise of Rick Knox and Excalibur, Swann kicks out. Everett and Swann trade knees and kicks and hit stereo bicycle kicks and knock each other down for the double count. Everett hits a nasty Pele Kick and nearly gets the win with an O’Connor Roll, but alas, Swann kicks out. Lethal Injection scores for Swann, but only gets 2. Everett escapes a Small Package and spikes Swann with a rana, and he hits his beautiful Shooting Star Press for the win in 15 minutes. ***1/4 I wouldn’t quite call this underwhelming, but it felt like they had more in them. It was a really good match, but they actually relied a bit more on personality and charisma than your average Andrew Everett match does. So while the action wasn’t as break-neck as, say, Everett vs. Ricochet, they still didn’t phone it in or make things boring. This was good stuff, just don’t expect a double moonsault or anything.
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Trevor Lee
Given Tommaso’s PWG track record, I’m not all that excited for a Trevor Lee match, which upsets me greatly.
Lee starts immediately with a mushroom stomp, followed with a Tope Suicida! He tops it off with a Tope Con Hilo, much to the delight of the crowd. Tommaso soon takes control as they spill outside, smacking a laid-down Trevor Lee with a knee. Tommaso takes a fan’s LA Dodgers hat, and stomps it in the ring to a conflicted pop from the Reseda crowd. Lee hits a moonsault press for a two count, but Tommaso isn’t out yet, as he responds with a rope-hung Flatliner. Lee attempts a comeback, coming down on top of Ciampa with a crossbody for a two count. Tommaso tries to get out of the way by dipping outside, but Trevor follows him with a pair of running kicks from the apron. Tommaso catches the third and drops Lee on his face, but can’t quite pull off the apron Air Raid Crash. Lee fights out of it the first time, but takes a NASTY bump when Tommaso is finally able to pull it out. Lee kicks out as Ciampa tries to follow up. Ciampa looks for an Avalanche Air Raid Crash, but Trevor rolls through and after a slight struggle, he deadlifts the Psycho Killer into a powerbomb for a two count. Trevor Lee hits a modified Orange Crush but only gets a nearfall out of it. Ciampa SOCCER KICKS LEE OUT OF A MOONSAULT PRESS! He STIFFS him with a discus lariat, but TREVOR COUNTERS ANOTHER ONE WITH A FLIPPING CROSSBODY! Ciampa baaarely kicks out. They trade strikes and wallop each other with hard slaps to the ear. Ciampa counters a jumping rana into PROJECT CIAMPA! LEE HITS GOD’S LAST GIFT! Lee wins out of nowhere at the 15 minute mark. ***1/2 This took a fair bit to get going, but once it did, it was finally able to display what a guy like Tommaso Ciampa can do; go 100 MPH with ridiculous strike exchanges and dangerous moves many a wrestling purist might detest. It’s been well-documented that I’ve not been a fan of the Psycho Killer during his PWG run, but I view it as a circumstantial thing. He’s proven he can wrestle classics in Ring of Honor. His match with Michael Elgin at Best in The World 2013 is an incredible match and one of ROH’s most forgotten gems due to their iPPV trouble. He’s also been on the cusp of some great PWG outings, but this is the first one in a good while I can welcome with open arms. Trevor Lee is the perfect opponent for him too, as Trevor is very flexible with the styles of wrestling he can do, and it just so happens he can excel at what Tommaso excels at too. This wasn’t a Match of the Year candidate, but they did exactly what they needed to and instead of going through the motions, they took advantage of the momentum they built and took it home greatly down the stretch. The opener finally has some competition for Match of the Night with this one.
Chris Hero vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
Bailey had a phenomenal match with Roderick Strong at Mystery Vortex III and made a fan out of me, as well as many of the Reseda faithful. If you haven’t seen that match yet, I’d highly suggest it as it’s one of the most dramatic and story-driven PWG matches in years and it 100% makes Bailey one of the biggest babyfaces on the PWG roster. Hero might even be a stiffer challenge for Speedball though, as the size differential here is gigantic and will probably make for a sadistic beating.
Hero catches a feeling-out kick from Bailey and ends up dropping him hard on his neck, but it doesn’t lead to an overwhelming advantage. Hero uses his technical acumen to win out the feeling process. Speedball actually manages to get Hero off his feet, but Hero isn’t quite fazed. Speedball drop toeholds Hero to the ground and sticks his feet in Chris’ face! Hero isn’t exactly happy with that, and he lets Bailey know. Bailey cracks Hero with a front kick to the face, but he can’t get him up for a German. Hero steps on Speedball’s toes, but Bailey boots Hero anyway and ranas him out of the ring. He tries to springboard out, but Hero cleverly takes the rope out from under him and gets Speedball’s ankle caught in the ropes. That allows Hero to take control. Bailey eats a slap defiantly from Hero, but a switch knee puts him on the mat for a two count. Hero hits a pretty standing moonsault on Speedball for another casual nearfall. Haven’t seen him hit that one in a minute. Speedball wallops Hero with some stiff kicks and nearly gets a small package victory, and he drops Hero with an Edson Barboza-esque spinning back kick for a two count. Hero hits a nice enzuigiri on Bailey, who manages to battle back and hit a Shiranui, followed by a Penalty Kick for a nearfall. Bailey hits a spinning back kick that sends Hero off of the apron and comes down on top of him with a Quebrada from the inside! Hero catches a Cancun Tornado from Bailey into a cravat, followed with a Mafia Kick and a falling suplex for a two count. Speedball fights back with kicks and his bouncing kick barrage, but Hero no sells it and ELBOWS HIM TO DEATH! BAILEY KICKS OUT! That was a great sequence. Hero gives Bailey a few slaps and looks for a Piledriver, but BAILEY COUNTERS WITH A BACK DROP AND MOONSAULT KNEES! HERO KICKS OUT! Hero battles back but takes an enzuigiri from Bailey, who he meets up top and promptly gets kicked off. Bailey misses the Shooting Star Knees and takes a German from Hero, who hits a Rolling Mafia Kick! Bailey kicks out! Hero again looks for a Piledriver, but Speedball isn’t going up. Hero tries to cradle it, but Speedball spins out and kicks Hero, who fires back with a knee! Speedball hits a couple spinning back kicks and looks for a Piledriver of his own, but Hero isn’t letting it happen. Speedball tries to cradle, but Hero picks him up… SPEEDBALL SPINS INTO A CANADIAN DESTROYER! Speedball is at a loss, so he sets up for more kicks, hitting the rapid fire step kicks on a befuzzled Hero! Spin kick knocks Hero to the ground, BUT HERO KICKS OUT AT ONE! Hero spits at Speedball, who ends up kicking him some more! ROARING ELBOW FROM HERO! ANOTHER ONE! THIRD ELBOW! BAILEY COUNTERS A PILEDRIVER INTO A JACKNIFE PIN! SPEEDBALL WINS IT! Speedball wins a fantastic match in 22 minutes. ****1/4 And Speedball comes through with another phenomenal performance. It’s hard to say at this point, but my gut says it’s a notch below the Roderick Strong match, whose rating I somewhat lowballed when I reviewed it last month despite my glowing analysis of it. Not that it matters though, because Hero and Speedball went out there and tore the house down. While different from Bailey’s effort against Roddy, this match still had wonderful psychology and the added benefit of a surprising, feel-good finish that I think puts the exclamation point on making Mike Bailey a star. Hero deserves major props for putting Speedball over here like he did, and he comes out looking none the lesser for the hard fought loss. Speedball played babyface like a pro from the beginning, while throwing in some comedic confidence early on in the match that played into Hero’s continued aggression. He doesn’t suck up to the crowd though, instead using his quirky look and personality to endear himself while working his ass off to win the match. I like a babyface doing that because you like him for his character, not because he loves the fans. Not that there is anything wrong with a babyface that does that, it’s just a nice departure. Hero showed again why he’s the ring general he is, not making Speedball look inferior while still playing his confidence up subtly. He didn’t cut off every Speedball comeback like some heels may do; instead, he sold and bumped like a boss for Speedball, but used his superior technical wrestling to get the upperhand at any opportunity. That makes it all feel more legitimate, which wrestling at its roots is supposed to do. I don’t think there’s any doubting Mike Bailey at this point. He’s a tremendous wrestler and performer, and I’m excited to see how far he goes in Reseda. This match was absolutely sensational and you owe it to yourself to check it out.
Hero picks up Speedball and plays like he’s going to attack him, but he hugs Speedball and leaves, slapping the mat on his way over to put him over even more. Speedball gets a standing ovation as we fade into the next match…
Ricochet vs. Akira Tozawa
If you’re just recently a PWG fan and haven’t followed Dragon Gate, Akira Tozawa is one of the most beloved wrestlers in PWG history. He debuted during his North American excursion and made an immediate impression upon.. well, everybody, and soon became a great—if temporary—fixture in the shows from mid-2010 to mid-2011. His promos swearing at opponents in broken English were classic and his short team with Kevin Steen was as well. If you haven’t seen his match with Chris Hero from All Star Weekend 8, Night 2 I would highly suggest seeking it out. It’s his farewell and a pretty great primer for who Tozawa is as a wrestler. As for this, it’s his first PWG match since RussellReunion 3 in 2012, and I’m beyond excited for it, seeing as though Ricochet is welcoming him back to PWG.
Tozawa and Ricochet have a nice hug before they start things off. They throw out the first GENERIC INDY STANDOFF!~! of the night, but I can excuse it since, ya know, it’s fuckin’ Akira Tozawa. Ricochet dropkicks Tozawa to the outside, where Tozawa fakes him out on a dive and interrupts Ricochet posing. Tozawa attempts to do the same thing, but Ricochet is offended and dumps Tozawa to the outside himself. Tozawa fakes him out again and Ricochet hand springs back, so Tozawa one ups him and does the least graceful back handspring sequence I’ve ever seen. Being that it’s Akira Tozawa, that makes it better than anything Ricochet has done thus far, and the crowd seems to agree. Tozawa wastes no time telling the crowd to “shut the fuck up” in a way only he knows how. Tozawa rhythmically chops Ricochet, who telegraphs it until he eats a right hand. Ricochet runs after Tozawa and hits an Ace Crusher, followed by a dropkick for a two count. I forgot how much I missed Akira Tozawa. Ricochet does his own flurry of chops into a cheap right hand, hilariously trying to tell Patrick Hernandez it was openhanded. Ricochet crumbles a running Tozawa with a pump kick, keeping control. Tozawa drops Ricochet hard with a pump kick of his own that takes Ricochet to the outside, and Tozawa follows up with his ridiculous multiple Tope Con Hilo’s, hyping himself up by hitting himself in the head with a chair for reasons only he and probably Mojo Rawley would understand. Tozawa doesn’t let that faze him, as he resists a RegalPlex from a persistent Ricochet, screaming “no” at his heart’s content. Ricochet instead settles for an Enzuigiri, a Meteora and a beautiful Standing Shooting Star Press for a two count. Tozawa goes kick for kick and MURDERS RICOCHET WITH A GERMAN! That was the fastest German I’ve ever seen. He and Ricochet duke it out in the middle of the ring, until Ricochet finally hits the RegalPlex for a two count. Ricochet puts in an Anaconda Vice, but Tozawa gets the ropes. Tozawa shakes off kicks from a cornered Ricochet and jumps up top for a HUGE Superplex! Ricochet kicks out. Tozawa looks for his Arm Trap German, but Ricochet hoists him up for a Benadryller. Tozawa dodges it, but Ricochet lands on his feet after a German, but Tozawa persists and hits a beautiful Deadlift German Suplex! Standing Meteora from Ricochet, right into a Northern Lights and a Brainbuster for another nearfall! Springboard 450 scores for Ricochet… BUT TOZAWA KICKS OUT AT ONE! BENADRYLLER! VERTIGO! Ricochet pins Tozawa at the 18 minute mark. ***3/4 A predictably awesome match for the beloved Akira Tozawa’s return. He brings such a charming combination of charisma, aggression and pure wrestling ability that it’s impossible not to love him on first sight. He’s one of those guys that you can laugh with while simultaneously being wowed at his various suplexes and incredible speed. Add that with a guy like Ricochet, who really needs no description, and you’ve got something that’s impossible to screw up. Now be warned, this isn’t as batshit insane as a main event match could be between these two, but you can’t expect that every time out. They went out and had an ultra-entertaining exhibition that took the best of both guys and made the crowd happy. You can’t ask for much more than that.
Ricochet and the crowd embrace Tozawa after the match, and Ricochet attempts to leave… until SUPER DRAGON blindsides him! Ricochet eats a Psycho Driver much to the chagrin of the crowd. Joey Ryan, Johnny Gargano and Candice come out to try and even the odds, but the Young Bucks come out in Super Dragon masks and blindside them with superkicks! Candice gets the worst as they hit a CURB STOMP/SUPERKICK combo on her. Super Dragon’s curb stomp is literally one of my favorite moves of all time. The Bucks and Super Dragon all bring out the Violence Party as the faces seem helpless. SUPER DRAGON CURB STOMPS CANDICE INTO THE TURNBUCKLE! Anybody who comes out eats superkicks from the Bucks, until MIKE BAILEY FACES OFF WITH SUPER DRAGON! Bailey has a head of steam but unfortunately eats a lariat. The crowd wants Biff as Super Dragon STEPS ON CANDICE’S CROTCH as she’s in the tree of woe! HERE’S TOZAWA! Tozawa and Super Dragon go at it, until the Bucks hit him with Early Onset Alzheimer’s, followed by a Psycho Driver from Dragon. They take Joey to the outside and beat on him with chairs, as it seems they can’t be stopped. The Bucks attempt to murder Joey Ryan with an Indytaker on the outside, but HERE COMES JACK EVANS AND ANGELICO! PARTNER ASSISTED SPRINGBOARD PLANCHA FROM JACK EVANS! ANGELICO DIVES OVER THE RINGPOST ONTO THE BUCKS!
PWG World Tag Team Title Match: The Young Bucks vs. Jack Evans & Angelico
Here we go!
The bell rings and we’re off, as Jack Evans takes Matt Jackson into the ring and tries to work him over. Nick joins his brother, but eats a kick from a rolling Evans. From the jump, Angelico and Evans are doing things that this match isn’t giving me the time to describe, so I apologize for any missed moves. Like people read my play by plays anyways! Evans hits a nice standing Shooting Star Press onto the Jacksons, but he eats a superkick from Nick after attacking Matt in the corner. Angelico then takes a barrage of double teams that again are too fast to call. Angelico Pele’s Nick off of the apron and delivers a spin kick to Nick, tagging in Evans afterwards for a barrage of flippy corner attacks. DOUBLE STOMP BACK SUPLEX! STEREO OCTOPUS STRETCHES! This match is just out of its mind. Nick superkicks Angelico on the ground as he puts Matt in an Octopus Hold, and th Bucks to the rope hung Swanton on Evans. Matt tries a Chris Jericho cocky pin, but Jack Evans leg locks him out of it… and still ends up in trouble as Matt stays on him. Nick bites Jack Evans’ back, and kicks the second rope into Angelico’s dick for good measure. Evans cartwheels out of a Bucks sandwich and hits a double Moonsault Back Elbow, and here comes Angelico! Angelico and Evans help clean house, as Evans hits an Angelico-assisted 450. The double teams these guys pull out are incredible. Knees and superkicks galore and everyone is down! Matt hits a Suck-It strike sequence, but Jack is quick to counter along Angelico. I legitimately am unable to call a lot of the stuff these guys are doing. Evans hits a mean Reverse Rana on Matt, but runs directly into a Nick Jackson superkick. Nick soccer kicks Angelico from the apron, and the Bucks try to finish off Evans, who kicks a springboarding Nick jackson into the fans! Angelico gets Matt on his shoulders, and JACK HITS SKIPPING A GENERATION OFF OF MATT ONTO NICK!~! RAZOR’S EDGE INTO THE TURNBUCKLE! 630 FROM EVANS EATS KNEES! CRADLE ON NICK! NICK BREAKS IT UP WITH A WITH A SWANTON BOMB! TAKER PLANCHA OUT ONTO ANGELICO! Angelico breaks up the Meltzer Driver, but the BUCKS CATCH A JACK EVANS SASUKE SPECIAL! TANDEM TOMBSTONE ON THE FLOOR TO JACK EVANS!~! More Bang For Your Buck gets the win in a ridiculous 16 minutes. **** I’m not being hyperbolic when I say this is easily one of the most hectic, fast paced matches I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching. They went nearly twenty minutes, balls-to-the-wall, piecing together double teams I can most assuredly say I’ve never seen done before. And even the double teams I HAD seen before, Angelico and Jack Evans performed them with a such a smoothness that you can’t do anything but sit there and marvel at how beautifully cohesive they are as a team. Jack Evans is truly just as death-defying and amazing as he was back in 2004, stretching himself and taking ridiculous bumps for the entertainment of a crowd that was sold on them before they even rang the bell for the match to start. Angelico came in and did the stuff he became beloved for in Lucha Underground, unmatched speed and incredible dives and stuff men with less intestinal fortitude wouldn’t even attempt. At times this match came and went in a blur, which may turn off some fans who aren’t used to the Bucks and Jack Evans’ wrestling styles, but for someone who is, I loved every single second of this. I loved the segment leading into it, I loved the way Angelico and Evans saved the day to get it started, and I loved how ridiculous the exchanges during the match were. This was a perfect way to cap off this night, and I’m overjoyed Jack Evans and Angelico are coming back. Their performance here really has to be seen to be believed.
Angelico picks Jack’s dead body off of the mat as the crowd begs for them to come back, which I definitely agree with. Jack sells the ass-kicking by collapsing and the crowd sends them out with a standing ovation. Jack Evans manages to build up enough energy to tell the crowd the Young Bucks are screwed come BOLA. We fade out with a “PWG” chant…
