PWG All Star Weekend 9 Night 1 DVD Review
This was the first night of PWG's 9th Annual All Star Weekend. It featured the PWG debuts of Jay Lethal, Samuray Del Sol, AR Fox, Johnny Gargano and Trent? As well as the return of Paul London. The main event for the show was a Guerilla Warfare Match between Sami Callihan and Drake Younger in which the winner would face PWG World Champion Adam Cole the following night.
1) Paul London vs. Kevin Steen
Steen and London are both funny as hell so it was only fitting that this match featured alot of comedy. The first part of the match was mainly the two doing comedy stuff, but once the match got started it was pretty good. Don't let the rating I'm giving this one fool you - it's entertaining stuff and served its purpose as the opener.
Match rating - **3/4
2) Johnny Gargano & Chuck Taylor vs. The Young Bucks
And in his debut in PWG, Johnny Gargano won the crowd over immediately. In all honesty, Gargano put in the most outstanding performance here in my opinion. Maybe it's because I'd never seen him wrestle before, but I was really impressed. We all know how good The Young Bucks and Chuck Taylor are, so this was a recipe for a quality tag team match which is exactly what we got. Just an awesome match here.
Match rating - ***3/4
3) Eddie Edwards vs. Jay Lethal
The two men started off with some chain wrestling which was very fun to watch. In fact, I think the best way to describe this match would be "fun". It was such a good bout between Edwards and Lethal. It was Lethal's debut in PWG, but the crowd was behind him just as much or more than they were behind Eddie. In my opinion, the beginning and the ending were the best parts of this match. It seemed to me they made it go a bit longer than it needed to, but that's just me. Still a very enjoyable and great match up.
Match rating - ***1/4
4) AR Fox & Samuray Del Sol vs. Ricochet & Rich Swann
This was the match on the card that I was most looking forward to seeing. Fox & Del Sol were making their debut here and they certainly set out to impress. This match was absolutey insane. Some of the best reversals, counters, and catch wrestling that I've ever seen. The exchange between Ricochet and Del Sol near the beginning of the match was just epic. And the dives... WOW! Just amazing stuff. Ricochet ran and dove OVER the top turnbuckle into the crowd onto Fox which was just insane. I have no idea how he flew that far in the air. Crazy awesome match and the best one of the night for me.
Match rating - ****1/2
5) Roderick Strong vs. Trent?
Wasn't expecting much out of this one, but they really surprised me. I got Night 2 several months ago so I watched it before this DVD and Trent's match on Night 2 with London wasn't that great, but Strong really meshed well with Trent here. This was a very good match especially when compared to Trent's match on the next night. Good stuff.
Match rating - ***1/4
6) Future Shock (Adam Cole & Kyle O' Reilly) vs. Unbreakable F'N Machines (Brian Cage & Michael Elgin)
Future Shock was such an underrated tag team in my opinion. If I'm correct, I believe this was the last time they teamed together before fully going separate ways and what a way to go out! This was a very hard hitting and physical match as one would expect with the names involved. Kyle hung right in there with the big guys while Cole played the sneaky heel which is what he does best. All around great match.
Match rating - ***3/4
7) Sami Callihan vs. Drake Younger - Guerilla Warfare #1 Contender's Match
I had heard mixed reviews about this one prior to buying this DVD so your enjoyment of this match will all depend on your wrestling preferences. If you like hardcore, brutal matches - you'll love this match. And I'm not talking about WWE style No DQ matches with a few chairshots and kendo sticks. I'm talking about slams through chairs and trashcans, thumbtacks, staple guns, and all that shit. This was a super brutal match that featured all of the above things listed. Drake and Sami beat the hell out of each other once again, but this was on a whole nother level. Drake took the worst beating as he got suplexed through a stack of chairs, thrown over the top rope onto a pyramid of chairs, he got two dollar bills stapled to his face, he got dumped headfirst onto thumbtacks and somehow still managed to win. Callihan took a beating as well though as he got slammed in the tacks and took some hard bumps. Again, some will hate this match because of the level of violence and some will love it. Either way, you have to give these guys credit for putting their bodys on the line like this.
Match rating - ****1/4
Overall: On this show, PWG gave fans a little bit of everything. You got a highflying tag match loaded with spots, a few solid technical based matches, some hard hitting tag team bouts, and a hardcore war between Younger and Callihan. The match of the night for me was AR Fox & Samuray Del Sol vs. Ricochet & Rich Swann. Just awesome stuff. It's worth the price of the DVD alone. Nothing's rated under 7 except for the opener which is still entertaining and funny as hell. Another great show from PWG.
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