Pwg All Star Weekend 1 Night 2 Review
Hullo Fightful! Equally always, I'thousand KOSS, and I'1000 here to evangelize a double shot of PWG, with All Star Weekend 14! These two shows are taking place on 4/20 and 4/21, and are ii of the last three shows taking place in the infamous Legion Hall in Reseda. Information technology's bittersweet to see PWG exit that grimy erstwhile building. A lot of PWG's best moments ever take taken place within there, just, at the same time, it feels right for PWG to finally movement on up to a bigger, better venue. And their seeming new venue, the Earth Theater in Los Angeles, is certainly a stride up, every bit seen from the preview from their first show at that place, Time is a Flat Circle. It'll exist distressing when May 25th rolls effectually and PWG says cheerio to their dwelling house for the concluding decade, but information technology'south also an exciting new chapter in PWG's history that I can't wait to dive caput beginning into.
With the sentimentality out of the style, let's talk nearly these All Star Weekend 14! I'll exist cut the preview into two articles, just for the sake of convenience. As for these shows, there will be returns, some debuts, two championship matches, and a lot of very interesting match-ups! And then let's get correct into it!
All Star Weekend 14, Night I
4/xx/xviii
Match #i: Trevor Lee vs. Rey Horus
I'yard glad to come across Trevor Lee dorsum. This is his first PWG appearance since night one of All Star Weekend 13, where he wrestled Joey Janela in a totally solid, if uneventul, match. I think that information technology was expert for Lee to be off the shows for a few months, as his shtick started to run together with me after a while. Not that he is bad; not at all, Trevor is an incredible wrestler. Only you tin only see him sneak assail someone during the intros so many times. I think spending a few months away will freshen him up, and lead to a little more interest. And equally for his opponent, Rey Horus is one of the most criminally underrated wrestlers PWG brings in. His last match in PWG was at Time is a Flat Circle, against Joey Janela. Before that was a pair of Triple Threats at Nights Ane and 2 of All Star Weekend 13, against Sammy Guevara and Flamita, and Trent? And Matt Sydal respectively. This should be a totally solid, fun match, with Trevor looking to ground Horus'southward flashy, high flight fashion.
My pick to win: With this being Trevor's offset match in PWG in about 5 months, and with him being a bigger proper noun in PWG than Horus, I expect Trevor Lee to pick upwards the win here.
Match #2: Jonah Rock vs. Joey Janela
This is probably the biggest disharmonism of styles on the whole weekend. On one side, yous have Joey Janela; a certifiable madman that will jump or fall off of anything, onto anyone. He smokes, he bends the rules, and he has a general condone for his ain condom, as all bad boys should. And on the other side, you accept Jonah Rock; a massive Australian animal, with a vast array of suplexes and stiff strikes, with a surprising corporeality of athleticism to kick. Joey'southward been at every PWG testify since his debut in the 2017 Battle of Los Angeles, with his opponents ranging from Sammy Guevara to Marty Scurll, Wink Morgan Webster to Trevor Lee, and even the ROH World Champion himself, Dalton Castle. Jonah fabricated his PWG debut in the 2017 Battle of Los Angeles every bit well, falling to the 2018 New Japan Cup winner, Zack Sabre, Jr. Since then, he'southward wrestled Adam Brookes, Keith Lee, and Jeff Cobb. I think that this will be a really, actually fun match, with Joey desperately flinging himself at the much larger Rock to effort and bring the behemoth downwardly. Information technology should be a really uniquely wrestled match, and I tin can't wait to run into information technology.
My pick to win: Jonah is heading into a PWG World Title lucifer in the main event of the 2nd night, and a win over the Bad Boy builds momentum. I feel very confident that Rock will choice up the victory.
Match #3: Violence Unlimited (Tyler Bateman and Brody King) vs. RINGKAMPF (WALTER and Timothy Thatcher)
Recollect when I said that Jonah Stone and Joey Janela was probably the biggest style clash of the weekend? This friction match is the reason i put a probably in there, because I quite frankly take zero idea how this friction match could play out. RINGKAMPF is a pretty large difference from well-nigh tag teams, showing no-nonsense, and focusing on grappling, suplexes and hit. And when it comes to Violence Unlimited……..well, I know absolutely nothing. I first heard of Tyler Bateman when PWG announced him, and subsequently a little bit of googling, he apparently has a demented wizard kind of gimmick, and is a SoCal guy, trained at the same school as people similar Eli Everfly and Jake Atlas. I think this match's quality volition really depend on how Violence Unlimited mesh with RINGKAMPF, which, I accept to exist quite honest, I don't see, but with how RINGKAMPF'southward fashion is. I hope that isn't the example, as I'd similar to see Violence Unlimited do well. I'm hoping for the all-time, and expecting the worst on this 1. And that is not a knock on any of these 4 wrestlers, I just don't see their styles mixing at all.
My pick to win: The PWG Law of Debuts states: "No Wrestler Shall Win In His Debut Friction match With The Promotion," That will keep here, and RINGKAMPF will get a win over the debuting squad.
Friction match #4: Sammy Guevara vs. Flash Morgan Webster vs. Robbie Eagles
No company does a triple threat quite like PWG! This should be a very fun i, with some eclectic personalities. I recall Sammy Guevara is fantastic as a smarmy, douchey heel, and he backs it up with some very fun matches, with his concluding match in PWG against REY FENIX at Mystery Vortex V beingness an extremely fun, high flying spectacle. Flash is also a fun wrestler, with a lot of unique and fun offense. His comedy with his big helmet is relatively funny and not at all overbearing or long winded, and he can back it upwards by delivering consistently fun matches. And making his PWG debut also here is another Australian star, Robbie Eagles. Eagles is a proper noun that I've seen pop up as someone who would exist a nifty fit for PWG. Eagles has been a name in the Australian Independent Scene for a while at present, most prominently wrestling for PWG (Professional Wrestling Alliance), where he is a former World Champion. This should exist a really fun, fast paced triple threat with lots of high flying.
My pick to win: Guevara has won most of his matches in PWG. In fact, his only loss comes from Jeff Cobb in the second round of the 2017 Battle of Los Angeles. I think that Guevara is being built towards an eventual PWG Title match against Keith Lee. So I recollect Guevara picks upward another win here, most likely pinning the debuting Eagles.
Match #five: Bandido vs. Taiji Ishimori
I was SHOCKED when PWG announced Taiji Ishimori for these shows. Ishimori is someone I've followed for a while, in Pro Wrestling NOAH, too equally in sporadic New Japan Pro-Wrestling appearances. Ishimori's a 3x GHC (NOAH's version of New Japan'southward IWGP. Information technology stands for Global Honored Crown.) Junior Heavyweight Champion, as well as a former TNA X-Division Champion, and a 6x GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. He competed in New Japan's 2016 Super Junior Tag Tournament, reaching the finals with ACH, before falling to Roppongi Vice. Information technology'due south actually absurd to see a journeyman, 15 twelvemonth vet similar Ishimori make his fashion to PWG, as PWG commonly goes for younger guys, like a Sammy Guevara, Robbie Eagles, Will Ospreay, ect. But I tin't mutter. Ishimori's opponent hither is Bandido, who made his PWG debut at Time is a Flat Circle, in a Tag Team friction match against Zachary Wentz and Dezmond Xavier, teaming with Flamita. By all accounts, the friction match was incredibly fun, and Bandido got a dandy reaction, and performed spectacularly. This should be a super fun match, and it'southward ane I'grand super excited to see.
My selection to win: Even though he'southward making his debut, I recall I'm going to go with Ishimori here, as he'southward the more established veteran. Also, I think it will be a bigger deal when he wrestles his opponent on the next dark, who I remember Ishimori will lose to.
Match #6: Hangman Adam Folio vs. PWG World Champion Keith Lee (Non-Title)
In my review for Mystery Vortex V, I said that Keith Lee was a futurity PWG Globe Champion. And three months later, here we are, with Keith Lee as our PWG World Champion. Lee equally Champion is an awesome move, equally he'due south ane of the most unique wrestlers around right now, beingness able to mix brutal hoss fighting tactics with power moves with absolutely insane athletic ability. Lee'due south one of my favorites today, and it's awesome to see him become PWG'south biggest prize in just about a year since his debut, at last March's Squeamish Boys (Don't Play Rock northward' Coil), in a triple threat against Brian Muzzle and Sami Callihan, Speaking of, how awesome is it to not take to see Sami and the Crists in PWG anymore? They were stinking up PWG shows with mediocre matches, and I'one thousand glad to meet that information technology appears their tenure has come to an end. Now, off that little tangent, allow'due south become into Lee'south opponent here, the debuting Hangman Adam Folio.
….unfortunately, I'm not exactly ecstatic about this one. Page is fine, but he's not someone who comes to mind when information technology comes to being PWG quality. His friction match with Switchblade Jay White at Strong Style Evolved was terribly slow, and, outside of multi-man tags, and a No DQ match with Jay Briscoe, I can't exactly rattle off all the corking Adam Page matches. But with rumors of The Immature Bucks gaining a lot more influence in bringing people in, I figured information technology was only a affair of fourth dimension before Adam came in. I wouldn't say Adam is bad. I only remember he's really generic, and that he really, actually lucked into the Bullet Lodge. However, I'll enter this with an open listen. If Hangman brings information technology, and has a great match with Keith, I'll gladly eat crow. But if he goes the route that Marty Scurll has gone, relying on cheap one-act rather than actually entertaining wrestling, yous can bet I'll be none also pleased.
My option to win: This is Keith Lee'southward get-go match as PWG Champion, and thus, I doubt he loses here, particularly to a debuting talent. So I experience very confident saying that Lee will choice upwards a big win hither over the debuting Bullet Club member.
Match #7 and the Main Event of All Star Weekend 14, Nighttime One
For the PWG World Tag Team Titles:
The Young Bucks
Vs.
The Rascals (Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz)
Vs.
The Chosen Bros. (Matt Riddle and Jeff Cobb) ©
Then comes the 3rd final main event that the American Legion Hall will ever see. And male child, is it a crazy 1. First, yous have the Young Bucks. What more needs to be said? The Young Bucks have been with PWG since their get-go years in wrestling, debuting in PWG all the style back in 2007. Since then, they've rocketed to heights never before seen in indie wrestling. And through it all, from TNA to ROH, to ROH again and New Nippon, from Generation Me to Bullet Society they've ever connected to come back to the tiny Legion Hall in Reseda that gave them their first major suspension. The Young Bucks run deep in PWG's history, and it's only fitting they are in one of the very last main events in the building that PWG's called home. Next, The Rascals. They made their debut at Time is a Apartment Circle, after a successful tour of Dragon Gate in Japan, which actually refined both of their work. By all accounts, they had an absolutely fantastic lucifer with Flamita and Bandido, and it must have been skilful plenty to go them a PWG Tag Title shot. These guys are the new squad on the block, and they will definitely have something to show confronting the biggest team in wrestling, and the champs. And speaking of the champs, they are the Chosen Bros, Matt Riddle and Jeff Cobb. They are nonetheless undefeated as a team in PWG, their lastest victory together also beingness their first successful title defense, against RINGKAMPF in a spectacular match at Mystery Vortex Five (which you can read my thoughts on hither on Fightful!). The Bros. expect to defend their titles in what will sure to be a wild, chaotic tag, with bodies sure to be flying everywhere, and no one left sitting in Reseda.
My selection to win: I think PWG tin nonetheless get a lot out of The Chosen Bros. and their tag title reign, so I await them to retain their titles here, likely pinning 1 of The Rascals.
And at that place is PWG's All Star Weekend xiv, Night I! This one offers a lot of fun, new things, with only a select few things I'm not especially interested in seeing. But you never know, as things you lot aren't too sure about may surprise you. This is a great looking show, and it'll exist a great way to start the farewell to Reseda, and to the Legion Hall.
Thanks for reading! Thanks to Fightful for assuasive me a platform to talk about something I love, and existence able to share it with you all. It truly means a lot. Adjacent time, I'll accept my preview for Nighttime Ii, likewise equally a review for Neon Knights! Run across you lot again soon!
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