Last Wrestling Match Watched 2.0

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The Time Splitters vs. Moose & Brian Myers. Impact 7-27 Episode. Moose mauls Kushida in the corner of the ring. Kushida tries to break by running off of the ropes, but Moose nails him with a bicycle kick. Kushida clamps on a knee-bar but Moose was too close to the ropes. The Time Splitters proceed to target Myers' left arm. Kushida with a wristlock and armbar. Alex Shelley with an Inverted Atomic drop on Myers. Kushida follows it up with a dropkick to his knee. Myers tries a front facelock on Shelley but Shelley counters with a crucifix pin for the win.

 

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Eric Young vs. Nick Aldis. Impact 7-27 Episode. Young with a wristlock and an armbar. Aldis with a side headlock and takes Young down with a running shoulderblock. Young armdrags Aldis keeps him grounded with an armbar. Aldis with headscissors. Young tries a piledriver but Aldis gets out of the ring.

Aldis with an abdominal stretch and converts it into a Vertical Toss. Aldis slows the pace down with a rear chinlock. Young counters with a stunner. Aldis executes a superplex off the second turnbuckle. Aldis tries an axe handle off the top, but Young catches him with an inverted atomic drop. Aldis with a Texas Cloverleaf. Young gets to the ropes. Aldis, then, does a stepover toehold. Young knows Aldis is going for another leg submission, so he inside cradles Aldis for a count of two. Young beats him with a piledriver.

A good main event for this week's Impact. These moves weren't anything new, but it was done with a lot of energy.

 

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Heath vs. Alan Angels. Impact 8-3 episode. Angels ducks Heath's clothesline and counters with a spinning kick to his stomach. Heath flattens Angels out with a flapjack. Heath with a hard hip toss, forcing Angels to get out of the ring. Angels with a chop block to Heath's knee. Angels works on Heath's leg with a step-over toehold. Angels tries a cross-body off the top, but Heath catches him in mid-air and powerslams. Heath ducks Angels spinning heel kick and puts Angels away with a Wake-Up Call.

Standard Heath match. Angels did some well executed moves, though.

 

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All the matches at WrestleZone: Battle of the Nations.

The Outfit (Dino/Murphy/Ted O'Keefe) d. Air Myles/Oliver Green/Tommy Raiden
Standard trios stuff with the Outfit playing heels. Raiden's scrawny appearance and lightning theming reminded me of early-career Sean Waltman. He took the fall after he asked for a hot tag but then got wiped out.

Tag Team Championship: The Foundation of the Future (Brad Evans/Ryan Riley) (c) d. Bingo Ballance/Connor Molloy
This was Bingo Ballance's return match. None of the four guys in this mafch were exactly body guys, let's say that. Still good workers, FotF are real powerhouses. Post match, FotF called out the other teams and made a fat joke about Murphy of the Outfit, then the Outfit showed up and cleared them off.

Captain Alan Sterling d. Deacon Matthews
Comedy match. Sterling trashed Deacon for being a dancer, then they had a dance-off (with Sterling looking stupid). Sterling is good at playing the complete buffoon heel.

Blindfold Match: Damien d. Ronan King
Ronan injured Damien's eye on a previous show and this is the natural conclusion. Blindfold matches are way more fun in person than on film, they thrive on audience participation. There was a ref bump so Ronan could cheekily remove his mask and hit his finish, but it didn't get him the win.

Tri-Counties Championship: Caleb Valhalla d. Zach Dynamite (c)
MOTN for me. These two went hard, including a spear to the outside and a Dragon Suplex on a wooden floor (that must destroy your neck). Valhalla reminds me of Sheamus, stylistically speaking. Buff brawly dude, though not much taller than his opponent. And hey, new champ!

Handicap Match: Bryan Tucker d. Umar Mohammed/Mr. WrestleZone
Mr. WZ is wrestler/company owner Scotty Swift, who lost a Loser Leaves match to Tucker and is now doing the Midnight Rider/Charlie Brown/Mr. America bit. Tucker and partner Rhys Dawkins are the only ones not buying it. They came out in detective gear and everyone chanted "wally" at them. Both guys went to the top rope but the venue has a low roof so they got stuck. Finish was an illegal foreign object after Dawkins caused a ref distraction.

Undisputed Championship: Aspen Faith (c) d. Mikkey Vago
Nice main event here. Aspen interacted a lot with a little girl in the crowd who was a hugely enthusiastic fan of his. There was a brawl on the outside and Vago pushed Aspen down a flight of stairs which must hurt. Aspen hit a piledriver on the apron. Finish was called but Vago had his foot on the rope, and a second referee noticed this, which set up a rematch on the next big show. Bit of a flat finish honestly. Really fun event though, wrestling in person just hits different

 

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Joe Hendry vs. Yuya Uemura vs. (C) Kenny King for King's Digital Media Title. Impact 8-3 Episode. King schoolboy's Uemura, hoping to get a quick victory. Hendry judo tosses King and tries to pin him. Uemura & Hendry temporarily work together to double-team King. The partnership is quickly dissolved when Hendry hesitates to shake his friend's hand. Instead, he stuns Uemura with a side headlock. King with a snap suplex and a spinebuster on Hendry. Uemura ducks Henry's clothesline and counters with a side suplex. Uemura tries a flying bodypress off the top but Hendry stops him in mid-air with a cutter. King puts Uemura away with a Royal Flush.

 

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The Rascalz vs. Mike Bailey & Jonathan Gresham. Impact 8-3 episode. Tag team tournament. Bailey bows to Zachary Wentz in a sign of sportsmanship. Wentz tries to kick him, but Bailey easily squashes it. Bailey with a loose armdrag on Wentz and kicks him hard on the chest.

Gresham uses amateur-style holds to keep Wentz on the mat. Gresham stretches him out with a half Boston Crab. Rascalz double-team Gresham with several karate kick and Wentz executes a Bison Stomp to his lower back. Bailey with a missile dropkick on Miguel, an Axe kick to the back of his neck and a Shooting Star Press. Wentz tries a springboard move, but Bailey stops him with a superkick. Miguel takes out a can of spray paint and sprays it in Gresham's eyes. Miguel pins a blinded Gresham.

 

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Samuray del Sol vs. Chris Sabin. Impact 8-24 episode. Sabin engages Samuray in a knuckle-lock, but quickly kicks him in the wrist. Sabin with a wristlock, a go-behind and a hammerlock. When Samuray tries to fight back, Sabin stops his offensive flow with a dropkick to his knee. He puts Samurai in a single leg grapevine. Sabin is using unique leg submission moves to keep Samuray on the mat. Sabin backs him up against the corner, drapes Samuray's leg over the second rope and dropkicks his inner thigh.

Sabin looks like he's setting him up for a Russian leg sweep but puts him in a neck crank. When Samuray fights back, Sabin stops him with a DDT. Sabin defeats him with a Cradle Shock. Sabin dominated by stretching Samuray out with wear-down holds and anticipating Samuray's high-flying moves to stop him dead in his tracks.

 

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(C) Alex Shelley vs. Brian Myers for Shelley's World title. Impact 8-24 episode.Shelley with a Side Russian leg sweep and converts it into a roll-up. Myers comes rushing in on Shelley, who's backed up against the corner. Shelley stops him with a standing back elbow. Myers grabs the top rope to keep himself up and Shelley comes crashing down with flying kneedrop right on his arm.

Myers scoop slams Shelley and keeps him down with a rear chinlock. Shelley tries to finish off Myers with a Sliced Bread no. 2, but Myers pushes Shelley to the turnbuckles. Shelley tries to force Myers to submit to the Border City Stretch, but Myers cradles him for a two-count. Myers with a hard enziguri and superkick's Shelley in his gut. Shelley clamps on the Border City Stretch and, this time, Myers has no choice but to tap.

 

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Sanada vs. EVIL. G1 Climax 33 Quarter-finals. EVIL wrenches a side headlock on Sanada. Sanada breaks free. Sanada uses his superior athleticism to leapfrog over EVIL's rushes and dropkicks his knee. Dick Togo distracts Sanada. EVIL slams Sanada hard against the steel railings. EVIL with a Texas Cloverleaf on Sanada in the ring. EVIL lifts him up for a Samoan Drop, but Sanada slips sway. Dick knows his man is in trouble and pulls the ref out of the ring. Togo and EVIL double-team Sanada. They try a Magic Killer but Sanada kicks Togo away. He Stun Gun's EVIL. He outbrawls EVIL, but EVIL isn't really dazed and lariats a rushing Sanada. EVIL defeats Sanada with Everything is EVIL.

 

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Team 3D vs. Desi Hit Squad. Impact 1,000th Episode. Bully Ray keeps Champagne Singh grounded with a simple wristlock. Devon tags in, and continues to keep that wristlock cinched on. Team 3D with a double-team neckbreaker on Champagne. Rohit didn't see much action, as his partner is taking the brunt of the punishment. Devon plants a running Champagne with a weak spine buster. Team 3D finishes Champagne off with the Dudley Deathdrop.

Devon was out of shape. They performed their signature moves and made the fans happy. Not much of a match.

 

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Tetsuya Naito vs. Hikuleo. G1 33 Quarter-finals. Hikuleo takes a swing at Naito, which Naito ducks, counters with several forearm shots and short kicks to Hikuleo's leg. Hikuleo tries a powerslam but Naito easily slips away and lands on his feet. Naito with a short dropkick to Hikuleo's knee, but he has some trouble wrapping Hikuleo's legs for an Indian deathlock.

Hikuleo sets Naito up for a hip-toss, but Naito grabs the ropes. Hikuleo tries a drop down. When he gets up, Naito with a short dropkick to his knee. Whenever Hikuleo attempts a power move, Naito is savvy enough to see it coming. Naito also works on the bigger man's legs throughout the match. As Hikuleo rushes forward, Naito stops him with an Inziguri. He puts Hkuleo away with the Destino.

Not a bad outing for Hikuleo, as it was his first time participating in the G1 Climax.

 

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Will Ospreay vs. David Finlay. G1 33 Quarter-finals. Finlay tries on a side headlock. Ospreay easily pushes him off and connects with a big boot. Ospreay knocks him down with a forearm blow. Finlay tries to powerbomb him through a table at ringside. Jeff Cobb picks it up and tosses it aside..

Finlay tries to hip-toss Ospreay but Ospreay wraps hin up in an abdominal stretch. Ospreay tries a moonsault off the top, but Finlay grabs his leg, causing him to crash on the turnbuckle padding. Ospreay shows off his right arm to the crowd, signalling for the lariat. Finlay knows it's coming and stops a rushing Ospreay with a spear. Ospreay springboards off the second rope and connects with an Os-Cutter. Ospreay with a well-placed crescent kick right to his chin. Finlay tries a vertical, but Ospreay counters with a stunner. Ospreay wins with a Storm Breaker.

Finlay kept trying to powerbomb Ospreay through a table whenever they were out of the ring. Taking a table from underneath the ring and setting it up is time consuming. When Ospreay drove Finlay a table, the ref didn't call for a disqualification.

 

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Kazuchika Okada vs. Zack Sabre Jr. G1 Climax 33 Quarter-finals. Sabre with a sharply done German suplex Okada tries his Rainmaker, which Sabre easily ducks. Okada stops a running Sabre with a dropkick. He tries the Zack driver, but Kazuchika fights him off. Sabre, then, tries a tombstone but Kazuchika pounds away on Sabre's back to force him to break his grip.

Okada with feeble forearm shots to Sabre. Sabre, with just one European Uppercut, sends Okada reeling. Another European Uppercut knocks Okada down. Sabre executes his Zack driver, but he's too beaten up to pin Okada. Okada comes rushing forward, but Sabre counters with a Rainmaker of his own. Sabre stops another Rainmaker with a body scissors submission hold. Okada counters with a Cobra flowsion. He finally connects with a Rainmaker to defeat Sabre.

 

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Josh Alexander vs. Trey Miguel. Impact, 9-21-23. Trey uses his cat like quickness to avoid Josh's power moves. Trey tries a leapfrog. Josh catches him in mid-air. Trey, then, tries to head scissor him, but Josh counters with a German suplex.

Josh tries a Samoan Drop but Trey keeps wiggling his legs and lands outside of the ring apron. Trey stuns Josh with a short European uppercut, monkey flips him and executes a double stomp. What a sequence of moves! Trey with a dropkick to the back of Josh's head. Josh stops his offensive flow with a bodydrop. Trey fights off a C4 Spike attempt and counters with a springboard Enziguri. But he doesn't entirely connect with his Meteora, as Josh was about to move out of the way. Josh eventually gets his C4 spike for the win.

 

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Ryuji Yamakawa vs. Tomoaki Honma. Barbed wire tables. Ryuji with a go-behind waistlock on Honma. Honma easily powers his way out of the hold and attempts to push Ryuji towards a table. Ryuji with a side headlock but Honma picks him up for a suplex. Honma takes Ryuji down with a drop toehold, a side headlock, and a rear chinlock. Ryuji lifts his arm up to block the chinlock. Honma with a running forearm smash on Ryjui.

Ryuji Tiger drives Honma on the unprotective flooring adjacent to the fans seats. He follows it up with a vertical suplex. Honma Samoan Drops Ryuji right through a table when they're back in the ring. Honma does a flying headbutt off the top but Ryuji was too far away on the edge of the ring. Honma didn't entirely catch him. Honma knocks him out with a stiff forearm shot. He tightly hooks Ryuji's leg for the pin.

A balanced mix of technical moves and dangerous high spots. Honma wins the Independent title and they embrace after it's over.