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205 Live, AEW, AEW Fight For The Fallen, Aleister Black, Alexander Hammerstone, Angélico, Anthony Greene, Aria Blake, Brian Pillman Jr., Cesaro, Chad Gable, Charlotte Flair, Cima, Cody Rhodes, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Drew Gulak, Dustin Rhodes, Evolve 131, G1 Climax 29, Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Independent Wrestling, Jack Evans, Jack Gallagher, Jay White, Jeff Cobb, Josh Briggs, Jungle Boy, Katsuyori Shibata, Kenny Omega, Kenta, Liv Morgan, Luchasaurus, Marko Stunt, Matt Jackson, Matt Riddle, MJF, MLW, MLW Fusion, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Nick Jackson, NJPW, NJPW G1 Climax 29, NXT, NXT UK, OWE, Raw, Richard Holiday, Smackdown, Teddy Hart, The Dark Order, The Hart Foundation, The Young Bucks, Tomohiro Ishii, Wrestling, WWE, WWE Extreme Rules, WWE Extreme Rules 2019
As I have said many many times and I’ll say it again there is an abundance of wrestling at our disposal that it’s almost a dream come true because I remember being a teenager and wanting more wrestling than just the WWE and WCW because they were only on certain nights of the week. Now, we live in a world where you are getting WWE’s programming (RAW, Smackdown Live, 205 Live, NXT, NXT UK plus PPV’s when applicable), Impact Wrestling (free on Twitch), and so much independent wrestling whether it be Ring Of Honor TV on Fite, or all the various independent promotions that are on Independent Wrestling TV like Beyond Wrestling and ICW New York to name a few. Now, we are in the midst of a revolution in wrestling especially since AEW debuted with Double Or Nothing and with the fact that they have a weekly show coming in September. So with all this wrestling going on, I am once again here to present to you guys what I consider to be the top matches of the week from all the promotions that I have watched. If there is any match I may have missed and you think I should check it out then tweet me @EddieValiant82 on Twitter. Here are the matches that I believe you should check out, but to hear what my match of the week was, you’ll have to tune into my podcast Five Star Wrestling Podcast to find out when we read our five star moments/match of the week.
Josh Briggs Vs Anthony Greene (Evolve 131 7/13/2019)
It’s the tenth anniversary special from Evolve wrestling and what a way to start it off then two of the best in the indies in Josh Briggs and the Retrosexual Anthony Greene in our opening contest. For those of us that follow Indy wrestling, we know who these two are, but for those that don’t they were in for a treat as these two brought it right from the get go. Josh Briggs would use his size to his advantage for the beginning of the match and when he needed it later, it came in handy. Anthony Greene though was scrappy and he wasn’t going to let Josh walk away with an easy win as he did what any smart competitor does. He did his homework and for most of the match he worked on the once injured hip of Josh Briggs. We thought for sure at times that Anthony was some how going to steal a win, but Briggs wouldn’t quit as well and when the opportunity arose he took it in the form of a choke slam into a powerbomb that was all it took to declare Josh Briggs the winner.
Jeff Cobb vs Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW G1 Climax 29 Day 2 7/13/2019)
When you think of these two men, the words that pop into your head is that this is going to be one intense heavyweight battle between Jeff Cobb and the “Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii and they did not disappoint. These two monsters of men were throwing everything they could at each other whether it be shoulder blocks by Cobb or some vicious slaps and forearm/elbow shots from Ishii that found their mark. It was truly a back and forth battle as both men were vying to get a 1st win in the G1 Climax 29 tournament. I mean they were literally throwing everything from dueling vertical suplexes, tons of exchanges like slaps and headbutts, and even more suplexes. At one point, Cobb would hit Ishii with a Urinagi suplex, but Ishii got right back up, countered the lariat, and hit Cobb with a dragon suplex. At one point, the action was just too much for Cobb who couldn’t hit his patent tour of the islands due to his back giving out and Ishii took advantage. They’d go through a few more exchanges that found Cobb hitting the mat and Ishii would follow up with a seated lariat and then a brainbuster that found it’s mark allowing Ishii to cover Cobb for the 1-2-3.
Kenny Omega vs Cima (AEW Fight For The Fallen 7/13/2019)
Out of all the matches that were on AEW’s Fight For The Fallen card, this was one of the matches that I wanted to see the most. It was hard to comprehend with all the experience that both Kenny Omega and Cima have that this was the first time these two would meet in action. This was also a match that had a lot riding on the line for both competitors in the match as Kenny was still looking for a singles win while Cima who trains all of the OWE wrestlers was looking to build off of his successful win over Christopher Daniels the month before. For the most part, it looked like Kenny had a gameplan as he attacked the knees of Cima, but after receiving a meteroa from Cima on top of the bell keepers table, Cima would be in control of the match. Despite receiving four more Meteroas during the match, Omega was not giving up. After knees to the back of the head and a tiger driver 98 from Omega, Cima would kick out, but unfortunately the one winged angel would put him away for good.
Cody Rhodes/Dustin Rhodes vs The Young Bucks (AEW Fight For The Fallen 7/13/2019)
There was a lot of tension in the air when this match went underway because even at home I could feel it as I watched Dustin and Cody Rhodes take on the Matt and Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks. The two teams definitely matched the tension with intensity as both teams brought it as when the match began Cody and Nick went move for move. It was when Dustin was tagged in that momentum shifted and they began teeing away on Dustin, but eventually in the match one mistake almost changed the complexity of the match when Matt went to bury his shoulder into Cody and instead caught the ring post. In turn, being the savvy veterans that they are, you can bet your last bottom dollar that Cody and Dustin went after that shoulder. Despite everything they tried though, they couldn’t put the Young Bucks away and the Bucks eventually rose to the occasion hitting stereo superkicks and a Meltzer driver to Cody that put the match away leaving the Young Bucks undefeated in AEW.
The Hart Foundation vs The Dynasty (MLW Fusion 7/13/2019)
Some time ago, The Dynasty had stolen one of the tag team belts off of a member of The Hart Foundation so a challenge was issued for a ladder match and the challenge was accepted. So, it was Teddy Hart and Brian Pillman Jr. defending the tag titles against The Dynasty’s Richard Holiday and MJF in a ladder match. Questions were swirling around the Dynasty especially in MJF who seemed to be scared of climbing the ladder and eventually it showed as MJF at one point made Aria Blake climb the ladder for him because Holiday was indisposed of at the time and it backfired. The two teams continued to go to war throwing everything at each other including MJF going through a door. It looked like it was Pillman’s time to climb the ladder, but then Alexander Hammerstone came and interfered in the match. Even though Davey Boy Smith Jr came down to even the odds, it wasn’t enough. Both Richard Holiday and Brian Pillman Jr. climbed the ladder, but Aria Blake would prove to be a worthy distraction as Holiday disposed of Pillman by hitting him with a chair. As Pillman hit the mat, Holiday reached out and grabbed the belts.
Kenta vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW G1 Climax 29 Day 3 7/14/2019)
A match with a lot riding on the line as far as respect is concerned as the one common thread between Kenta and Hiroshi Tanahashi is Katsuyori Shibata. Shibata helped Tanahashi get into to shape to win last year’s G1 Climax tournament and he was here to do the same for Kenta this year. Tanahashi was in full control of the match when it started, but made the mistake of bringing the fight to the outside where Kenta took over. Throughout the match, Kenta was really stepping up his striking game with Tanahashi to the point that if looked like Tanahashi was about to have the advantage, Kenta was able to shut it down with a flurry of kicks. At one point in the match, it looked like Tanahashi was going to win the match with his flurry of sling blades and a huge cross body from the top rope that sort of landed, but on his last attempt at a splash from the top rope, Kenta was able to get his knees up. Kenta would follow it up with a PK and then his patent GTS (Go To Sleep) that left Tanahashi seeing stars as Kenta got the 1-2-3 and his second win of the tournament.
Aleister Black Vs Cesaro (WWE Extreme Rules 2019 7/14/2019)
If there was ever physical evidence as to why two men should be at the top of the food chain in the WWE, then last night at WWE Extreme Rules Aleister Black and Cesaro provided said evidence. It was the first singles match in Aleister Black’s WWE PPV career and he asked for someone to knock on his door and the Swiss Cyborg did just that and the end result took your breath away. The match started with Black looking like he was in full control until Cesaro was able to dump him to the outside. Cesaro would then nail what had to be the move of the match with a springboard European uppercut that hit it’s mark. Cesaro brought the fight to Aleister, but Aleister held it together with his martial arts strikes. The other wow moment of the match once again belonged to Cesaro who took a Meterora attempt and turned into another Euro uppercut. After trading strikes back and forth, Aleister out of nowhere hits the black mass and gets the win. One thing will be said, Cesaro definitely proved in this match that he deserves to be a champion.
Chad Gable Vs Jack Gallagher 2 (WWE 205 Live 7/16/2019)
The first battle between Gentleman Jack Gallagher and Chad Gable was absolutely tremendous even though the match ended in a count out victory for Gable. I suppose that the result was eating away at the both of them as they wanted to prove who was the better man so on this week’s episode of 205 Live, they battled for a second time. Much like the action in the first fight, these two started the match going hold for hold and move for move as they tried to one up each other, but then the action heated up when Gable began focusing on the ankle and knee of Gallagher, but it didn’t phase him as they continued to go to war. At one point the action heated up as Gable went to the top to try and moonsault, but Gallagher was able to get his feet up just in time to catch Gable right on the chin sending him to the far corner where Gallagher then answered with an amazing missile drop kick. Gallagher then set up Gable right on the top turnbuckle where he proceeded to climb where he was looking to suplex Gable, but as soon as the two were in the air, Gable was able to readjust to hit a splash that sent Gallagher reeling. Gable being the professional that he is proceeded to grab Gallagher and he delivered a punishing rolling German suplex that was enough to secure the win for Chad Gable.
Honorable Mention:
I’m throwing in here, the match between Jay “Switchblade” White and Hirooki Goto from G1 Climax 29 Night 2 because what started as a war of words outside of the ring turned into an absolute war inside the ring. The triple threat tag team match that saw Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy vs The Dark Order vs Angélico and Jack Evans was a terrific match, but at times it looked like Dark Order struggled and the Marko Stunt spot was just lame in my opinion. I am putting Liv Morgan vs Charlotte Flair on WWE Smackdown for a reason and that is I am proud of Liv’s performance tonight. She has stepped up her game and I can imagine great things from her in the future. I’m adding Matt Riddle vs Drew Gulak from Evolve: 10TH Anniversary Special because it was a great match that had kind of a predictable ending.
As I said last week, there is an abundance of wrestling at our disposal that it’s almost a dream come true because I remember being a teenager and wanting more wrestling than just the WWE and WCW because they were only on certain nights of the week. Now, we live in a world where you are getting WWE’s programming (RAW, Smackdown Live, 205 Live, NXT, NXT UK plus PPV’s when applicable), Impact Wrestling (free on Twitch), and so much independent wrestling whether it be Ring Of Honor TV on Fite, or all the various independent promotions that are on Independent Wrestling TV like Beyond Wrestling and ICW New York to name a few. Now, we are in the midst of a revolution in wrestling especially when AEW starts their weekly shows. So with all this wrestling going on, I am once again here to present to you guys what I consider to be the top matches of the week from all the promotions that I have watched. If there is any match I may have missed and you think I should check it out then tweet me 
I think I speak for most of us in saying what a debut Pay Per View that was from AEW (All Elite Wrestling) who presented their first event Double Or Nothing last night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The event featured matches like Kenny Omega vs Chris Jericho 2, The Young Bucks vs The Lucha Bros, Cody Vs Dustin, and so many more matches. Although the review of the event stops here because if you want to here what we thought of the event, you’ll have to wait for the next episode of our 
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual WrestleMania like event Wrestle Kingdom 13 took place yesterday at The Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan with some sort of unrest in the air as some futures still lied uncertain. Nevertheless, the company did not disappoint the fans with the caliber of matches that were on the card and the wrestlers certainly delivered what would be one memorable night of wrestling. One word could be used to describe what we saw in the Tokyo Dome and that word is passion. That is exactly what was displayed in the ring and that was passion for the art and love of professional wrestling and that is why people will wake up at four in the morning eastern time just to watch this annual event. One match that definitely helped set the tone for the night was the very first match of the card that featured NEVER Openweight Champion Kota Ibushi who defended it against Will Ospreay in what ended in such a brutal fashion with Ospreay hitting Ibushi with a forearm that looked like it knocked Ibushi out. That match was followed by the first of two three way tag team matches with this one for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship as champions Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado defending against Roppongi 3K and Bushi and Shingo Takagi. It was definitely the better of the two matches as Bushi and Takagi were able to steal a victory.
The next match was a lesson in basic torture as Zack Sabre Jr. physically took apart and dissected “The Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii for The RevPro British Heavyweight Championship. If you love submission wrestling then Zack Sabre Jr. is the man to watch besides Jonathan Gresham. The next was the second of the three way matches and I just thought that while it did contain some good spots, it was just a little too sloppy for my liking as Sanada and Evil walked away the new champs. I didn’t know until after the event that Cody Rhodes shouldn’t have even been wrestling with the injuries he has, but he still gave a valiant effort even in defeat against Juice Robinson. Now we get to the matches that make it hard to choose just one for Match Of The Night. The first up was the very impressive match between “The Bone Solider” 
The next match featured the legendary “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada who took on what could be the future of pro wrestling and the Bullet Club in “Switchblade” Jay White. I have to say that the last five minutes or so of this match was the best wrestling I had seen in a very long time. I am very impressed with what Jay White brings to the table and he will continue to be on my radar. The next match was a no DQ match that pitted IWGP Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho against the very strange Tetsuya Naito in a match that was worth the price of admission. I continue to be impressed with Jericho and how he has been able to hang and reinvent himself once again in New Japan. Naito won the match in what should be the finale of this rivalry and what a good one it was. The last match of the night pinned the IWGP Heavyweight Champion and former Bullet Club Leader Kenny Omega against the legend of NJPW “The Ace” Hiroshi Tanahashi who was looking to win the title for an eighth time. The match went almost 40 minutes in length falling just short of the mark and it never disappointed. Kenny Omega has mastered the art of fighting long matches and there never being a dull moment. Whether it was Tanahashi hitting Omega with the Styles Clash, Tanahashi going through a table, or just the high powered offense of Omega never left a dull moment in the ring.
Tanahashi would escape the clutches of the One Winged Angle to finish off Omega for good with a frog splash to claim the title for the eighth time. Both men left it all out in the ring as both men were visibly tired from what had transpired in the ring. The only question remaining now is where does Omega go from here? Does he take the same road that his predecessor AJ Styles took and go to the WWE? Or does he go with his mates in The Elite and sign with All Elite Wrestling? Only time will tell on what decision he makes in the coming months, but there is one more choice and that is he can resign with NJPW where he is considered a wrestling God. I am going to give the match of the night honors to Omega Vs Tanahashi, but just know that Ibushi vs Ospreay was a close second for me.
Last month, I tweeted all of my predictions for SummerSlam and it was not only because I was running out of time, but because I was disappointed in the product. I went into the night thinking that maybe the product wouldn’t totally suck, but they made some poor choices to go along with the really good ones. Nonetheless, I tried watching Raw the next night and I just could not take the product that they are producing. It’s so bad in my opinion that Smackdown Live is becoming the more appealing product. It’s becoming so bad that NXT is the supreme brand in that company and Cody Rhodes is looking more like a genius everyday. Did anyone happen to catch All In because that is how an event is done so the WWE should take notes. So to start out the convo about tonight’s pay per view which is Hell In A Cell, we have to look at what happened last month to lead to this one. For starters, we are getting the John Cena/Nikki Bella vs Miz and Maryse, but with Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella because why not? That in my opinion is a pre-show match because I don’t want to see it.
One of the biggest things I don’t understand is why did you have Ronda Rousey destroy Alexa Bliss in their first match to only give her a rematch? Is Ronda only going to destroy her again or is she going to have something up her sleeve this time around? It’s just frustrating because you want me to believe that Ronda is the baddest chick on the planet who just wrecks people, but tonight Alexa will have fought a better match this time around. Why give Braun Strowman the Money In The Bank briefcase for him to treat it like he is John Cena? We all knew a match between Strowman and Reigns was going to happen anyways, I’m just wondering if we are going to get an appearance from Brock tonight or what role will Mick Foley play as special guest referee. Can someone please tell me why in the hell are The New day tag team champions and why has it taken Rusev Day this long to be in the title picture? Can someone please help WWE creative get a clue already because Rusev Day has been hot for a while. The only thing I want to see is Rusev Day walking out with the WWE Smackdown Live Tag Team Titles.
Now let’s look at the things that they got right last month at SummerSlam and we’ll start with Samoa Joe vs AJ Styles. The match may have ended with AJ getting disqualified, but man you could feel the anger and tension at the end of that fight. These two want to kill each other in the ring and I am 100% buying into it. Becky Lynch’s heel turn last month was what everyone in the world wanted and they delivered. It’s the best programming going around right now in WWE Women’s wrestling and they have not disappointed a single soul yet. I want to see Becky Lynch continue with this mean streak well past this event and into the future because the lass kicker is here to take names. I like what Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler have been doing for a while together, but I am not sure if I like them being called Strowman’s Stooges. Nonetheless, all I want is for Dean to have his heel turn tonight and for Drew and Dolph to walk out as champions once again. I personally do not have any stock in the Orton/Jeff Hardy fight, but it’s nice to see that Jeff will finally have his first Hell In A Cell match ever. Check out my predictions below:
As I said in yesterday’s article, I have been scouring the web for different types of matches that the WWE or anyone other organization has hosted. After stumbling on the parking lot brawl, I also discovered that ten years later on the June 28, 2013 episode of Smackdown, they kicked off the show with a Dublin Street Fight that saw Sheamus take on Damien Sandow. Damien and Cody Rhodes had been pests to Sheamus over the past couple of weeks and Sheamus wanted some revenge on Sandow in a match that best serves his fighting spirit. The match started with Sandow coming at Sheamus with a new sense of viciousness that included a shot with a kendo stick. It wouldn’t matter much as Sheamus used his strength and punishing style to put Sandow on the mat very quickly. After slamming Sandow’s head on the bar tap table, he delivered the sweet sounds of the Beats of the Bodhrán. Sandow was no slouch either as he gave it back to Sheamus slamming him against one of the bar tap tables. He couldn’t keep the advantage for very long as he got hit with a keg toss and beat with a sack of potatoes. After beating each other with kendo sticks, brooms, and whatever else they could get their hands on, it was time that someone was going to win. That advantage would go to Sheamus who after setting up two chairs in the ring, hit Sandow into a seating position thanks to the Kendo stick and then proceeded to deliver a brogue kick that put the superior intellect out for good. Sheamus was the winner of the match.
For today’s Main Event Madness match, we are going back to the indies to check out a man who has been making a name for himself in the indies. We are watching Cody Rhodes taking on another man who say goodbye of sorts to the indies in the one and only Chris Hero. The two locked it up at Evolve 67 which was emanated from the Saint Finbar Catholic Church Gymnasium in New York City and according to cagematch.net, it is a highly recommended match to watch which is why we are checking it out today as well. Cody Rhodes had proven to this point that he could hang with the best of them but he hadn’t faced Chris Hero, a true legend of the underground who stood his ground and was originally let go from the WWE for it (as far as his weight issue). Before any action would ensue, they were looking for affection from the crowd which seemed to lean more towards Cody. Cody would ultimately extend his hand for a handshake before the match, but Hero wasn’t having any of it as he slapped Cody in the face. An ultimate sign of disrespect from the knock out artist, but no worries as Cody retaliated with a dropkick that caught it’s attended target. After putting the boots to him, Cody would look for a handshake again, but Hero wasn’t having it.
To continue the mind games with Hero, Cody went to the outside and he shook the hand of everyone in the front row. Hero would finally go to shake Cody’s hand, but he attacked him during it, but Cody got the best of the exchange with some vicious chops and he lifted him for what looked to be a vertical suplex, but he held him in the air for at least 20 seconds or more and just dropped him on his face. The battle would pour out into the crowd where both men just brutalized themselves in the name of wrestling. Chris would eventually get the best of the mayhem as when both competitors entered the ring, he was in control of the match. During an exchange, Cody had reversed an Irish whip to the ropes by sending Hero towards them, but when Hero went over, he manage to land on the apron, but it looked like he had tweaked his knee a little during the landing. Apparently, he had entered the match with a knee injury of sorts, but he is a tough guy who wants to continue. So, the match was temporarily halted while Chris was walking it off. But it was all a trick as he shot out of the corner of the ring with a big kick to the head of Rhodes.
Hero was in firm control of the match as he dished out the brutal attack of his which included the discus elbow (death by elbow), but he couldn’t get the pinfall. At one point, he was distracted by a fan on the outside who was holding a big head sign of Dusty Rhodes’s head to which he grabbed and used it as a weapon on Cody. After a little bit of showboating with the sign, Hero decided to climb the ropes with it, but Cody cut him off and delivered an awesome superplex. Hero tried to use the knee injury again to stop Cody’s run, but he didn’t buy it as he attacked Hero. Cody would then try to hit a moonsault from the corner, but Hero caught him and hit him with a cutter. He would follow that up with the death by elbow, but Cody refused to quit as he kicked out of the ensuing pin attempt.
Both men were trying everything at this point to put the other down. Hero would go for the ripcord elbow, but Cody would counter. Both men would hit each other with impressive bicycle kicks and Cody even hit Hero with the disaster kick, but Hero refused to quit. Cody would try for the cross-rhodes, but Hero would counter it into a short piledriver, but Cody still refused to stay down. Hero would look to try the ripcord elbow again and he connected, but no dice on the pin attempt. At this point, you were wondering in the hell was it going to take to win? Then it happened, a moment that would shock the crowd for sure. Cody had just hit Hero with the cross-rhodes, but Hero had kicked out. While on the ropes trying to catch his breath, Drew Galloway came out of nowhere and hit Cody with a cowbell. After three rolling elbows and one ripcord elbow, Hero pinned Rhodes for the 1-2-3. Thanks to Galloway, we had a winner that night and a what a way to ruin a run. Hey, don’t forget to like our page on Facebook at 
Just like Monday Night Raw, WCPW (What Culture Pro Wrestling) holds there own show on Mondays called Loaded. This past Monday’s episode of Loaded featured an interesting match as WCPW Internet Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes defended his title against the 2016 Battle Of Los Angeles winner “The Villain” Marty Scurll. It promised to be a very interesting match as we already saw Cody Rhodes defend his title against Zack Sabre Jr. who happens to also team with Marty Scurll on occasions. How was Cody going to handle an opponent like Scurll especially after the fact that Scurll beat Cody at PWG Battle Of Los Angeles in 2016. As per usual, the crowd was very into the match with what seemed like half cheering for Cody and the others cheering for The Villain. The match started with a lit mat technical wrestling, but it really started with a little taunting with Cody first giving the gun shot hand gesture and then it followed with Scurll giving Cody the DX suck it gesture. The techincal mat wrestling continued afterwards with Marty Scurll getting the best of Cody until when they were both up on their feet and he slapped him in the face.
That pissed off Cody to the point that when Scurll was done showboating, he kicked him in the stomach, dropped down and uppercutted him, and followed it with a kick to the midsection that sent Scurll to the outside to regroup. Cody got a little cocky and tried to deliver an axhandle smash to the outside, but Scurll was able to change the complex of the match by using the umbrella to hit Cody in the midsection. He began working on Cody taunting him with every slap and kick even putting him in a submission I have never seen before in my life. Scurll was smart, he began working on the arm of Cody Rhodes and it proved beneficial to the challenger in moments such as when he tries to counter your suplex, you just wrench the arm enough that he slams to the mat which is what Scurll did. But once again, Scurll got too cocky during the match and he paid for it with a superplex from the top rope. The question then became whether Cody could capitalize on it or was there too much damage done to him?
After a nice series of exchanges between the two, Cody tried for a moonsault, but no one was home and Scurll superkicked him four times in a row to the temple, but Rhodes would kick out on the pin attempt. A painful moment would follow as Cody dropped down to his back to do that patent uppercut to his opponent, Scurll grabbed his fingers and snapped one or two of them. At this point, they began trying tho throw everything they could at each other to end the match from a pump-handle neck-breaker from Scurll to the figure four lock from Cody (which was broken up by Scurll snapping the fingers by the way). Then all of a sudden, Scurll retreated to the outside and grabbed his umbrella to use as a weapon, but Cody stopped him and grabbed it. While the referee was arguing with Rhodes to get rid of the umbrella, Scurll was under the ring grabbing something. When came back in, he threw what was powder at Cody, but Cody ducked and it hit the referee.
Cody took advantage by kicking Scurll in the undercarriage and hit him with a disaster kick, but the referee wasn’t there for the pin attempt. When Cody went to check on the ref, Scurll got back up, returned the favor with a kick to the nuts, and hit Cody with his own move the Cross Rhodes. When he went for the pin attempt, the referee was there to count it, but Cody kicked out at two. Frustrated that he didn’t get the pinfall, he got up and declared that he was going to try the chicken wing, but Cody countered it into a Cross Rhodes. When covered him for the pin, it was an easy 1-2 and 3 for the grandson of a plumber. At the end of the match, Scurll gestured to Rhodes that they were 1-1 against each other which may be a sign that they are far from finished with each other. I for one was very pleased with this match more than the Zack Sabre Jr. match that Cody had.
One of my favorite indie companies overseas lately has been WCPW (What Culture Pro Wrestling) and it was a no brainer for me when it came to choosing a match for today. The company held it’s internet PPV KirbyMania a couple weeks back from the Liverpool Olympia in Liverpool and it featured some great matches including this one which saw The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes defending his WCPW Internet Championship against the technical wizard Zack Sabre Jr in what promised to be a very methodical match up between the two. For Zack Sabre Jr. this was his debut match for the company so you had to wonder if there were any jitters, but highly doubtful from the CWC semifinalist. The beginning of the match showcased why Zack was a technical wrestling wizard as he was getting the best of Cody Rhodes, but Cody was quick to remind him who he was with a nice shoulder block that sent Sabre to the mat quickly. It was starting to look like Cody was making a big mistake trying to match Sabre in the technical aspect, but then a quick Gory special would sort of change your mind.
As soon as I say that Sabre quickly reminds me and the crowd why you don’t mess with him and his mat skills as he took Cody to school. Cody had to exit the ring to try and regroup and maybe rethink his strategy against Sabre. Sabre definitely had the first advantage as he wasn’t allowing Cody to garner much of an offensive attack always bringing him back to the mat to work on his arm and shoulder. At one point, I thought the tide was surely going to change after Cody hit Sabre with the hangman’s DDT, but in one quick instance and a dragon suplex, Sabre was back on the offensive. It just seemed that the tone of the match was set and that Sabre was on his way to winning the match, but in the blink of an eye it all changed. Cody was trying to slap on the Cross-Rhodes to which Sabre was able to turn it somehow into a pinning combination. Cody kicks out to which now Sabre is going to try and turn the situation into a submission, but Cody’s strength allowed him to reverse out of it and he nails the Cross Rhodes out of nowhere and gets the 1-2-and the 3 for the win as Cody retains the championship. A pretty decent match from the two of them especially if you love mat wrestling from the technical wizard Zack Sabre Jr. I’ll give the match an B+ for a final grade.While you’re at it, don’t forget to like our page on Facebook at 
I am not really sure what I am exactly doing with this challenge of sorts, but I am just seeing where it goes cause I just spent the last 366 days watching a film a day. So, I am not calling it 365 matches in 365 days, but rather Main Event Madness. The first match that I chose for today was the second installment in the Cody Rhodes/Kurt Angle saga which took place at SilverBlades Ice Rink Altrincham in Altrincham, England for WCPW (What Culture Pro Wrestling) True Legacy 8. Cody who had the balls to leave a job that he could have had for life made a list and initiated that list by wrestling Angle in New York. He got the win over Angle the first time after hitting the cross Rhodes, but now he wanted revenge. Both competitors came out to ring receiving standing ovations from the crowd at hand and when the match started, Angle had gotten the best of Cody in the beginning.
After regaining his composure, Cody stopped to perform a cart wheel in the ring and challenged Angle to do one. After Angle obliged and did one, they made the referee do one in the ring to which he pulled it off. After the bit of fun, they got serious and things became serious when Cody tweaked his ankle doing a leap frog over Angle. Like any true veteran of the ring, Angle took advantage of the injury and he brought it to Cody stomping on his ankle any chance he had. Anytime, Cody would try to take the advantage in the match, Angle was there to cut him off with some German suplexes. What ensued next was a challenge of finishers and what I mean by that is we see Cody hit the disaster kick first, but Angle kicks out. Kurt hits the Olympic slam, but Cody kicks out of that. Cody hits the cross Rhodes (which finished off Angle in the first match), but Angle kicks out. Angle will then try to lock in the ankle lock, but Cody is too good and he gets out of it. He then proceeds to try and hit the cross Rhodes again, but Angle counters into another ankle lock. This time around, Cody was not so lucky as he tapped out to give Angle the win and even up the series. I am going to give the match a B+ because it was fun, it had it’s spots, but it’s not match of the year. We’ll see if we ever get Rhodes/Angle 3!