PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two Review

Night One of the 11th edition of All Star Weekend saw Trevor Lee & Will Ospreay steal the show as well as the respective returns of Adam Cole and Sami Callihan to PWG. After all this insanity, what will Night Two have in store? It's time to find out!

December 12th, 2015

PWG World Champion - Roderick Strong - Since: Black Cole Sun (December 2014)

PWG World Tag Team Champions - The Young Bucks - Since: Mystery Vortex III (June 2015)

Commentary: Excalibur, Chris Hero, & Chuck Taylor

1) Chuck Taylor vs. Kikutaro
Kikutaro grabs the mic following the introductions to talk about how happy he is to be back in PWG after seven years away. His last appearance in Reseda came in 2008 at Life During Wartime where he faced off with Necro Butcher, so needless to say, it's been a while. He offers Chuck a handshake only to kick him in the crotch and go for a bodyslam, but CHUCK REVERSES AND FALLS ON HIM! 1..2..3.. WHAT? This thing is over in a matter of seconds! The Kentucky Gentleman heads to the back only to be talked into a rematch as Kikutaro still had the mic in his hand. This was really all the comedy gold you'd expect from two wrestlers like Chuck & Kikutaro who are at the top of their class in their respective countries. Rick Knox takes part in the fun on several occasions..well, I wouldn't call it fun because he got kicked in the groin, but you get the idea! Light hearted way to get the evening off to a good start!

Match rating - **3/4

Post match, Kikutaro wants the mic again and reiterates how glad he is to be here. He also says that he hopes to be back more in 2016 since he's apparently moving to America. Before anyone can rejoice, Roderick Strong runs in from behind and nails him with a jumping knee. Vintage Mount Rushmore. Adam Cole & The Young Bucks follow the World Champion into the ring and stand over Kikutaro before booting him to the floor. Nick Jackson ends this shitfest by laying in the ring and saying that if we aren't down with what just happened, he's got two words for us - suck it.

2) Marty Scurll vs. Timothy Thatcher

PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One Review

After months of waiting, All Star Weekend 11 began shipping this week and arrived at my doorstep exactly one day after the shipping date. On December 11th & 12th, PWG held their year end finale for 2015 in the form of these two events. If you keep up with social media, you've likely heard about all the craziness that took place however this is a review and I'm not spoiling anything right out of the gate. We're taking a look at this event with a clean slate as I've tried to avoid as many spoilers as possible by not watching the previews and such.

None the less, Night One is headlined by a PWG World Title Match that is 10 years in the making as Roderick Strong defends against Matt Sydal nearly a decade after their first much talked about meeting in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. A match that also took place at All Star Weekend, the 3rd edition, to be exact.

On top of that, you've got the return of long time PWG favorite Kenny Omega as well as the continuation of the British Invasion that began at BOLA with Marty Scurll, Will Ospreay, and Mark Andrews all back for their second set of PWG events.

PWG World Champion - Roderick Strong - Since: Black Cole Sun (December 2014)

PWG World Tag Team Champions - The Young Bucks - Since: Mystery Vortex III (June 2015)

Commentary - Excalibur, Joey Ryan, & Chuck Taylor

1) Chuck Taylor vs. Mark Andrews
Extremely fun way to start the show here. Chuckie T played the big man for the first time, like, ever so much so that Excalibur referred to him as wrestling like Kevin Nash. I wouldn't exactly go that far, but I will say it was a nice change of pace. The Kentucky Gentleman remained a fan favorite here despite throwing Mark Andrews around like a small child and even taunting the fans at some points. After a few months out of the PWG limelight early in 2015, Chuck is back as a regular and just as entertaining as ever, PWG just isn't the same without him. He hasn't been in the promotion for 8 years for nothing! Lots of back and forth action here, but in the end the Awful Waffle gives Chuck the win over Mandrews and draws a huge pop from the crowd.

Match rating - ***

2) Ricochet vs. Marty Scurll

PWG: All Star Weekend 12 Preview

After much anticipation, PWG has announced the full cards for both nights of All Star Weekend 12 which will take place next month on March 4th & 5th.

 

NIGHT ONE:

 

 It was only a matter of time before this match happened and I'm personally looking forward to what should be a unique contest. (Much like all of Chuck Taylor's matches). Will the fact that Chuckie T referred to Trevor Lee as "fucking dumb" just two or three months into his PWG tenure give Lee some incentive to bring the unbridled fight to The Kentucky Gentleman? Or will we see a playful contest with both men's personalities on display?

Drew Galloway is coming off a failed attempt at wining the PWG World Title and Trent is coming off a loss to Chris Hero in a great match at BOWIE. Needless to say, both men need to rebound, but only one can do so here. These two have faced off previously in other promotions such as EVOLVE so it will be interesting to see who is able to pull out the win in Reseda.

 DREAM MATCH ALERT. This is a match that I've been wanting since Marty Scurll stepped foot into a PWG ring. Hero is still in the midst of one of the best runs of his career and Scurll is on fire as one of the driving forces in the British Wrestling resurgence. Both men are versatile in submissions & technical wrestling, which is what I'm hoping this match is based around. However, if Hero wants to put this thing away as quick as possible, we may see him turn to his strikes which he undoubtedly has an upperhand over Scurll on.

PWG: Bowie Results

Photo Credit: Brian Da Brain

On February 12th, PWG divulged onto Reseda for their second event of 2015 which saw the debut of Dalton Castle, a dream match between Zack Sabre Jr & Trevor Lee, and the announcement of a match we've all been waiting for.

1) Chuck Taylor defeated Dalton Castle

2) Chris Hero defeated Trent? in what was said to be the match of the night

3) Jack Evans defeated Sami Callihan

4) Adam Cole defeated Andrew Everett

5) Zack Sabre Jr defeated Trevor Lee

6) Mike Bailey defeated the returning Evil Uno

7) Roderick Strong defeated Drew Galloway to retain the PWG World Title

After the match, Adam Cole hit the ring and he & Strong assaulted Galloway only for Zack Sabre Jr to make the save which led to Strong finally granting Zack his title match next month at All Star Weekend.