An admittedly strange mixed bag of matches today, but I enjoy the variety. It’s like a Party Mix of wrestling!
Ratings
Los Ingobernables de Japon vs Ichiban Sweet Boys (NJPW Super Jr Tag League Road To Power Struggle 2023 Night 8)
Rating: ***1/4
El Desperado & Master Wato vs Just 5 Guys (NJPW Super Jr Tag League Road To Power Struggle 2023 Night 8)
Rating: ***
AJ Styles vs Bobby Roode vs James Storm (TNA Turning Point 2012)
Rating: ***
Rating: **1/2
Reviews
TNA Television Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs Magnus (TNA Turning Point 2012)
Do you remember that TNA had a television championship? Because I sure didn’t! This is so funny to look back on 10+ years later, especially because Joe himself has swapped one promotion’s TV title for another in that time, and seemingly only gotten better in the ensuing decade. This is a pretty good match, I just wanted to note how funny it is to look back and see the King of TV and the Smackdown GM fight each other.
Rating: ***1/4
ROH World Tag Team Championship: Young Bucks vs Motor City Machine Guns (ROH Death Before Dishonor 2017)
Pretty much exactly what it says on the tin, albeit with an unwelcome interference spot from The Addiction near the end. The Bucks and the Guns are two of the best tag teams of the modern era and it’s easy to see why here, with some spectacular sequences that are still jaw-dropping years later (ie. Matt flipping out of a Doomsday Device). Alas, the nature of the ongoing story involving these teams and The Addiction gives way to a silly spot involving both teams stopping wrestling each other to dispose of them, which kills the flow of an otherwise good match. There are likely (certainly) better matches with these two teams facing each other, but it’s still pretty darn good even in a compromised state.
Rating: ***1/2
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