PWG World Tag Team Champions - Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero M
Commentators - Excalibur, Chuck Taylor & Rick Knox
April 21st, 2017
1) Rey Fenix vs. Lio Rush
Fenix comes to the ring with his newly won PWG World Tag Team Championship. I guess Penta wasn't available tonight so Fenix is in singles action against Lio Rush and lorda mercy I was stoked for this. Two of the quickest guys to come around in recent years going at it in front of the hottest crowd? Triple yes. Anyway, this was definitely a treat to watch, Fenix & Rush played it smart by not going all out as if it were a top of the card match, which sorta disappointed me only because we may never see these two go at it again with Rush headed to WWE, but this was a suffice one time encounter and a perfect opener. My favorite Rush match since his debut in Reseda. He hit a damn spanish fly to the floor for christ sake!
Match rating - ***1/2
2) Adam Cole vs. Matthew Riddle
"Matthew Riddle going by the name on his birth certificate tonight, but of course, Adam Cole not going by his real name which is fat piece of shit." -Excalibur
Adam Cole is back, ladies. After a month off due to some sort of injury which caused him to miss Nice Boys and his match against Sami Callihan, the Panama City Playboy steps in the ring with more cockiness than ever. He mocked Riddle in every way shape or form, even making MMA jokes. It was good shit and made for an exciting vibe for the whole match. Once again, much like Rush/Fenix, this was one of those good while it lasted matches that never fully kicked into extremely high gear, suffice without a doubt, however.
Match rating - ***1/4
3) Jeff Cobb vs. Keith Lee
"Take your bets now on whether or not the ring survives this match." -Chuck Taylor
Chuck said it best, y'all. This was exactly what you would expect from Cobb & Lee - a slugfest. However, it did continue the trend of the night with it never really going into big match overdrive like you expect from PWG. It came pretty close though with these just two monsters throwing each other around in multiple unreal displays. I hope we see Cobb & Lee lock horns again because I feel like this is just a taste of what they can do. This was also the first time we've seen Keith Lee get to show his personality in PWG and it ruled.
Match rating - ***1/2
4) Kyle O'Reilly vs. Michael Elgin
Rematch from the finals of the 2013 BOLA tournament here and it's crazy to see the difference in where each guy is in their career from then to now. This was honestly really akin to their 2013 match except without the high stakes vibe and the fact that the crowd here actually was more into Elgin than O'Reilly, or so it seemed. The stiffness was equal or better than their 2013 encounter which makes sense considering both men's time in Japan and boy, it showed here. Just a straight slugfest with Kyle targeting Elgin's shoulder which they played off well. But in the end, Elgin planted O'Reilly with a buckle bomb and a sit out powerbomb to get the three count.
Match rating - ***1/4
5) The Young Bucks vs. War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe)
I've never been a huge War Machine fan so I was immediately kinda uninterested in this and considering the YB's just had one of their best matches this year last month in Reseda, it was hard to get invested in this. It started sorta slow and basic then built into a pretty heated final half with some nice sequences that actually pulled me into things. Bucks pick up a rebound victory after losing their tag titles at the last show.
Match rating - ***
6) Zack Sabre Jr vs. Dick Togo - Non Title Match
DICK IS BACK. Tonight is cool because the last time Dick was here, his opponent was EL GENERICO. AND the last time there was a Reseda Street Fight, it was between Chuck Taylor andddddd EL GENERICO. OLE BITCH. But yeah. Dick's last PWG appearance was late 2011 when he challenged Generico for the PWG World Title in a HELLUVA match, no pun intended. That was more of a dream match between two fan favorites whereas this is Dick coming into a non title match with the top heel in the fed, currently. So the setting and outlay of the match was completely different. Zack was short, sweet, and dickish. This wasn't full of spots, it was all about portraying Zack as the asshole cheapskate World Champion. He worked over Togo's legs and took every opening to brutalize the veteran. It was a pretty stiff match, with Togo firing back with nothing but brute force to try to counteract Sabre's attack. The finish was brilliant as Zack pinned Togo with a Gedo Clutch as a double fuck you considering Togo & Gedo used to team together. Sabre with the cheap victory.
Match rating - ***1/4
7) Chuck Taylor vs. Marty Scurll - Reseda Street Fight
"I'm gonna kill this guy for real. MURDER!" -Chuck Taylor
Scurll with the villanious pre-match promo. Chuckie with the babyface fire. WE ARE LIVE, LADIES. This wasn't an overly brutal match and Chuck didn't damn near kill Marty like he did Generico back in 09 however this was certainly awesome. We saw Marty throw Chuck off the stage through a double chair pyramid, some ladder spots, a number of piledrivers, and thumbtack play. The closing moments to this match were some all time great, vintage PWG moments as Knox got laid out, so Justin came down. As Justin runs down to try to ref this thing, Chuck threw powder in Scurll's eyes and Scurll thought Justin was Chuck and popped fingers on both of his hands. Chuck then bodyslammed Scurll into thumbtacks and that man was BLEEDING. BUTTTTT JUSTIN CAN'T COUNT BC HIS FINGERS. The look on Justin Borden's face and his fingers all cramped up was the most priceless thing I've seen in a long time. The finish to the match itself was the icing on the cake with Chuckie going for the chicken wing on Scurll only to get dropped backfirst into the tacks and POP BACK UP AND LOCK IT IN AGAIN forcing Scurll to finally tap! Great main event.
Match rating - ****
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