BOLA Night One Results & Review

[Rell]

The show started 45 min. late which is not a surprise if you've been to a PWG show before...

The Young Bucks def. Los Luchas-Not much of a match to talk about, wasn't a very good opener. Reminded me of a WSX match.

Joey Ryan def. Chris Hero-Seemed to grow stale at times, and the finish was a little shaky, but overall a good match between these two.

Roderick Strong def. Austin Aries-Very good match as I expected. I love the way these two work together, Roderick Strong has some crazy ass back breakers :Eyecrazy:

Matt Sydal def. Jimmy Rave-Pretty good match but nobody seemed to care as it was basically a "WWE vs TNA" match up. Nobody's expecting these guys to win the tournament, in fact a few people (including myself) were disappointed to see Rave make the trip.

Alex Shelley def. Tyler Black-Great match. I was so happy to see Shelley back in PWG. After the match he cut a promo and said PWG was his favorite place to wrestle. He also said goodbye which is odd because he advanced in the tournament...Oh Well

Claudio Castagnoli def. Doug Williams-Pretty fun match if your a fan of the European style. I didn't count but I can say there were about 40-50 uppercuts in this one.

PAC def. Jack Evans-Great match, probably the best match of the night. Great high flying action throughout and nothing was botched (Surprise!) Wouldn't mind if it was a little longer.

Steenerico def. Dragon Kid and Susumu Yokosuka-Another Great match. I can definitely see Generico vs Dragon in the near future. Dragon Kid is awesome, hes this generations Ultimo Dragon IMO.

I thought this was a great show to open the weekend, the only negatives about the show was the opener and Shelley's departure ss: I don't know why but I thought it was the start of something big. TNA actually received a lot of heat, there were a few "Fuck TNA" chants here and there.

 

[Flair for The Gold]

Sounds awesome, can't wait to hear the results of the rest of the tourny.

 

[Montana]

Cool, great to see Alex Shelly win, perhaps it won't be "one night only" A couple great matchups too. Can't wait to hear about night 2 and 3.

 

[Soulpower]

Joey Ryan def. Chris Hero

Oh God no!

 

[Viva La Luke]

Sounds pretty good, look forward to hearing about night 2 and 3.

 

[Rell]

Night Two:

TJ Perkins & Ronin def. Karl Anderson & Bino Gambino- Very good opener, much better than night one's opener. I'm not big on Ronin, but TJ Perkins always impresses me. This match was pretty random though.

CIMA def. Human Tornado- Great match, tied for MOTN with the ME. lots of people were pissed about what took place after the match. Human Tornado beat down Candace LaRae (Manager) and put her in the Crippler Crossface. Most people thought it was disrespectful and tasteless, but it didn't affect me at all. Besides the Benoit thing, it was a great match.

Shingo def. Scott Lost- Another great match, the Dragon Gate guys are great and I wish they would wrestle in PWG more often. Scott Lost reminds me a bit of a young Lance Storm.

Necro Butcher def. Kevin Steen- Self explanatory....WTF

Nigel McGuinness def. Davey Richards- Good match, the fans were all over the vanilla midget. I think ROH should build this feud in the future, it has potential.

El Generico def. Tony Kozina-Solid match, nothing special. Most of us didn't care for Kozina as he was Dragons replacement.

Dragon Kid def. Susumu Yokosuka-Another GREAT match, You gotta love Dragon Kid.

Overall Thoughts: This was a great show. It was much better than night 1 which was also an awesome show.

Positives: Dragon Kid/Yokosuka, Tornado/CIMA, Nigel FUCKIN McGuinness in PWG!!! (excuse my language)

Negatives: Steen losing to Necro Butcher, Tornado's Benoit tribute, Shingo's mullet >_>

 

[Montana]

Yea, i figured Tornado vs Cima would be a great match, surprised to see someone rated it a 2.5 stars.

 

[Rell]

They probably rated it low because of what happened after the match, a lot of people were legitimately pissed off.