Wow. I actually made it the whole way, but just barely. That ended up being better than I thought it would although things got a little fucky at the end with Cole's injury and Rosa laying yet another PPV crowd killer down. It was unbelievably high level wrestling though, there was barely a rest hold all night and few noticeable botches which is wild given the amount of tech spots there were. Actually it was good enough that I barely took notes...this is all I had.
- Eddie Kingston's gut is a non-Newtonian fluid.
- Jeff Cobb's powerbomb is straight out of the N64 games
- I fucking love Sting
- Can't believe I'm seeing Shibata on a US PPV.
- Moxley is such a carny that he bladed on a move that made no contact with his forehead in a match that did not need blood.
I watched a PPV from 87 the other night that had JR and Tony calling a Sting match. They've been doing this as long as I've been alive and I'm not a young man. When I was a little kid like 5-6 years old wrestling became my favorite thing in the world and Sting was my favorite WCW guy by far. I cut my hair like him, I wore neon pants to the first day of kindergarten because of him, all that stuff. The fact that last night he was able to take me back to that same place... Even if it was just for a moment or two... its just beyond words. He looked amazing, not just the cross body but his sit out senton and stinger splash were vintage and I got absolutely giddy when he did the surfer Sting no-sell/hulk up/scream.
Genuinely surprised PAC won. I thought Miro was going to take that for sure
@SHAQUEEFA I cracked up thinking about you when they did the mist spot. I hope it didn't ruin the night for you.
Please get the belt off Rosa. She just isn't good enough either in the ring or on the mic to make these matches interesting to me. Toni's offense looks really weak outside the "I wish it was me" hip smash.
The FTR injury thing was weird, I'm assuming that was a spot designed to draw what Scott Steiner calls "simpy", but it looks pretty awkward now with how the Cole match ended. Personally wish UE had won, I'm convinced Jeff Cobb is the result of Rhyno touring the islands in his youth.
Mox - Tana was good enough but honestly I'm getting sick of Mox bleeding in every match. He's just bleeding for the sake of bleeding, it didn't really add anything here and it's starting to get into poison most territory of overused.
Ospreay and OC was better than I thought it would be but Andrade would have still been better. There's sooooo many Ospreay dream matches that are possible if he sticks around.
Also thought it was pretty hilarious that after everyone shit on Booker T for "body shaming" Adam Cole by saying he needs to put on some weight or he's going to keep getting hurt, he goes out and gets hurt again and completely proves his point.
I'm sure I'm forgetting some stuff as I'm still kinda brain dead from last night but overall it was a hell of a good show. Hopefully they do it again and don't have to rebook half the card last minute.