We are changing things up on this one instead of look at a particular event we looking at a best of set from Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. PWG is company based out of California that was founded in 2003 by Joey Ryan, Disco Machine, Excalibur, Super Dragon, Scott Lost, and Top Gun Tawlor six west coast indy stars. Over the years a great list of talent has worked there including AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan, Samoa Joe it also was the home base for guys like Frankie Kazarian and Davey Richards. So why am I looking at this instead of an actual PWG event because I want to look at Best of Sets put out by Indy Companies that actually got sold in major retail stores. In about 2008 ROH, PWG, and CHIKARA Pro all reached deal with big disruption networks to have a best sold in a major store hell I got this at Walmart. Now it's clear these DVD's weren't for the usual indy wrestling fans instead they were hoping to get more causal fans who don't normally buy shows from Indy companies or who were interested in something like PWG but didn't want to spend the money for a show plus shipping and handling. So is this set good enough to convert the more casual fans into a indy lover?
This DVD set comes in three diss and I really like one thing they did with the first disc is "Stars You Know." So it features matches with guys like Bryan Danielson, Kazarian, AJ Styles all guys that went on to to work for TNA or WWE. So if nothing that fans has some matches with guys he or she already is a fan of. The second one is for PWG Stars guys like Super Dragon or Human Tornado or Joey Ryan who at the time hadn't really made it to the next level. And the final one is International stars featuring talent like Cima who are stars in Japan. Now normally I prefer matches on a best of set come in the order they took place and to PWG and Big Vision credit they try do that. An issue I do have is commentary. PWG commentary especially in the companies early days could be very laid back and sometimes would nothing but the guys making jokes. A little humor is fine but if your going to do it don't be a distraction from the match in the ring. Another issues would often do it's commentary after the show so there would be times were Disco Machine or Excalibur would be on screen and still calling the shows yeah that really throws me and I think its just stupid because they would still act shocked by heel turns or surprise appearances. But they do give you the option to turn it off. Excailbur welcomes to the DVD and hypes up the matches we are getting over the nine hour set
From PWG The Musical Bryan Danielson vs Samoa Joe- Greco Roman Knuckle lock to start Joe with control but Danielson back him up into the ropes. Danielson breaks but taps Joe on the chest. Greco lock again and Joe forces Danielson to a knee. Danielson gets back up breaks the grip on one hand and gets a top wrist lock. Arm drag by Samoa Joe. Modified head lock by Danielson. Joe bess free and controls the arm. Danielson gets free. Moment of funny when Danielson points out this is a musical. Joe and Danielson circle each other snapping like the Sharks and the Jets in West Side Story.Side head lock by Joe and than a shoulder tackle. Head lock into a cravat by Danielson. Joe trips him and gets a seated top wrist lock. Danielson escapes gets a wrist lock gets Joe's arm wrapped about the ropes and hits a quick drop kick. Drop toe hold by Danielson and a face lock. Joe with a single leg crab on Danielson. Danielson drives Joe back into the corner and this time hits a chop on the break. Joe with a chop right back. Big head butt by Joe knocks Danielson down. Seated abdominal stretch with the legs tied up by Joe. Danielson gets Joe in a straight jacket and knees him the back a few times. Danielson falls back and stretches Joe over his legs. Joe to the ropes. Cravat by Danielson. Back drop suplex by Joe breaks the hold. Lock up and Joe drives Danielson back to the turnbuckle and uses him forearm to rake across the face. Joe tells the refer he has till five stealing Danielson's taunt. Danielson reverse and does that to Joe. Dropkicks by Danielson sends Joe to the floor. Baseball slide by Joe. Spring board topa con hilo by Danielson whips Joe out. Joe to the apron and Danielson tries to suplex him back i. Joe instead suplex Danielson to the floor. Chops by Joe on the floor. Ole kick by Joe and a second one. Danielson lands a chop. Chop exchange on the floor. Joe sends Danielson into the ring and gets two on a pin. Chop to the back kick to the chest by Joe. Danielson sets up so he gets kicked in the back before the knee drop. Another Joe cover gets two. Danielson rammed into the corner. Jabs and chops by Joe. Danielson goes down and gets the face wash before an in the ring ole kick. Another big head butt by Joe. Series of fears and a chop by Joe. Danielson with upper cuts. Leg sweep by Joe stops Danielson's rally. Cover by Joe gets two. Back breaker by Joe. Boston crab by Joe. Dandelions nearly escapes so Joe Changes it to the Joe's Special Crab. Danielson gets the ropes. Body slam by Joe than a knee. Joe to the the top. Danielson catches hi with a shot. Danielson goes for a superplex and gets it both men are down. Head scissors by Danielson. Joe gets the ropes with his feet. Snap power slam by Joe gets two. Joe right into the cross arm breaker. Danielson gets the ropes Head butt to the back by Joe. Chops by Danielson. Spine buster by Joe gets two. Joe runs into a boot. Diving uppercut by Danielson knocks Joe down.
Joe blocks a suplex. Forearm by Danielson than he gets a head trap suplex. Danielson to the top and hits the diving head butt. Slap exchange. Danielson tries to get an abdominal stretch and they wind up spillage to the floor as they fight for position. Referee starts the count as both fight on the floor. big round house kicks by Joe. Rapid first kick by Joe than a chop. Cravat with a knee by Danielson before he rams Joe into the theater style seating at the place the show is taking place. Danielson with a running dropkick after doing the Ole Ole chant. Joe with a vertical suplex on the floor. Diving below off the apron by Joe and Danielson moves. Chops to the legs by Joe and we finally return the ring. Single leg crab by Danielson. Joe gets the ropes. Knee bar by Danielson. Joe tries to free himself with strikes but Danielson stand up and drives Joe's into the mat. Danielson ties Joe's leg up in the corner and lands some chops. STJ Joe as Danielson charges into the corner. Exchanges os strikes. Takedown by Danielson and he locks in cattle mutilation. Joe rolls free. Roaring Elbow by Danielson gets two. Knee bar by Danielson but Joe kicks free. Lariat by Joe both me are down. Boston crab by Joe is locked in. Danielson gets the ropes. Joe drags Danielson to the center and locks in the Joe's special. Danielson gets the ropes. STF By Joe. The bell rings ending the match in a draw. I swear didn't recall this match was a draw this isn't me wanting to rant about time limits draws like my ROH reviews. It's a good match and I could see why it's included. How ever it's not the best Joe vs Danielson match out there. Also in order to fill the draw it slow paced at times while it wasn't so bad it felt like time killing I think for the first match on DVD like this putting something a little more high octane would have been a better call.
Joe breaks the hold as the fans call for five more minutes. Danielson asks the crowd if they want five more minutes. Danielson shoves Joe. Joe shoves Danielson. Ricky Reyes comes out and tries to keep Danielson apart. Reyes than hits Danielson and stomps at him. Joe joins in. Double team side slam elbow drop combo by Joe and Reyes. Danielson gets up and gets a microphone. Danielson says he expected that crap from Joe and takes a shot at ROH for the whole Rob Fienstine thing (Was Danielson out of ROH at some point?) Danielson says he and Reyes are like brothers and calls him out. Danielson says he will miss the next PWG show because he will be in Japan but when he comes back he challenges either of them to match. Why are they including a post match angle? I could it if this was leading into another match on the set but it's not.
From the Reason For the Season Super Dragon vs CM Punk- Lock up to start. Punk breaks in the corner taunts Dragon and bails to the floor afar hitting Dragon once. Lock up and Super Dragon does a clean break. Arm wringer by Punk. Reversed to the wrist lock by Dragon. Forearm by Punk. Break up and Punk slaps Dragon in the face. Leg kick by Dragon a snap mare kick to the back and than a head scissors by Super Dragon. Punk escapes and its up the legs and starts pulling at the mask. Chop exchange. Kick to the spine by Punk than a front chancery. Knee to the back by Punk than he works over the arm. Hard forearm by Dragon. Dropkick to the back of the head by Punk. Single hand greco lock by Punk. Head lock by Dragon and than shoulder tackle. Sweep of the legs by Punk and grounded arm bar. Dragon gets free and hits the violence party series of strikes. Face wash by Punk but Super Dragon rolls out of the way to the final running kick. Punk to the floor to stall for time. Hammer lock into a head lock by Punk back in the ring. Punk drags Dragon down by using the tassels on his mask. Head lock take over gets two for Punk. Super Dragon hammers his way free. Rolling arm bar by Punk but Dragon gets the ropes. Divorce court by Punk and he covers for two. Seated wrist lock with a knee in the back by Punk. Big series of chops by Super Dragon. Shoulder tack and foot stomps by Super Dragon gets two. Full nelson with the legs by Super Dragon. Punk gets the ropes with his feet to break the hold. Violence party by Dragon than running forearm. Face wash by Dragon and he hits the running kick. Knee bar by Super Dragon. Chops to the back by Punk and than he goes afar the mask again to get free. Series of chops by Super Dragon. Back body drop by Dragon sends Punk to the apron. Round house kick over the ropes by Punk. Punk goes for a spring board but slips. Punk grabs his knee to cover. Figure four by Super Dragon. Punk gets the ropes again. Knee to the gut by Punk and leg sweep. Curb stomp by Punk stealing one of Super Dragon's trademark moves. Neck breaker by Punk gets two. Another curb stomp by Punk. Punk sets for another curb Stop but stops when the fans cheer. Cradle by Punk gets two. Chink lock by Punk. Back body drop by Punk who than grabs his own back. Punk with a third curb stomp and one really creative fan actually chant over kill. Who ever you are PWG fan I salute you for that one. Series of coves gets two. Super Dragon with chops. Knee to the gut by Punk Dragon no sells and hits a roaring elbow. Series of kick by Punk. Dragon fires back with chops and forearms. Punk goes to the eyes. Enziqure by Super Dragon and both men are down.
Punk rolls to the floor. Elbow Suicida by Super Dragon takes out Punk. Both men down on the floor. Dragon up first and tosses Punk into the ring. Cover by Dragon only gets one. Super Dragon with a curb stomp and a second one. Punk creosols to the ropes. Curb stomp into the turnbuckle by Super Dragon cover and only two. Dragon to the ropes Punk u and cuts him off. Dragon blocks the pepsi plunge. Top rope back senton by Dragon. Move looks strange as Dragon twists so he comes down more on his side instead of flat. Cover by Super Dragon Punk with his foot on the rope to break the pin. Dragon sets up for the Psycho Driver two. Punk escapes and hits him in the back of the head. Kick sees with an enziqure by Punk gets two. Hammer lock by Punk setting for a DDT aka the Pepsi Twist but Dragon counters in a variation of the northern lights suplex for two. Hammer lock into a short arm clothesline by Punk gets two. Punk sits Dragon on the top rope. Rana by Punk by Super Dragon rolls through to get two. Exchange of pins for two. Hard fore am by Dragon. Psyco Driver 2 blocked again. Head butts by Punk. Body Slam by Punk. Punk to the top rope. Leg drop off the top by Punk gets two. Punk sets for the Pepsi Plunge. Dragon with chops . Butterfly Superplex by Super Dragon. Dragon can't follow up right away so his pin only gets two. Psyco driver block again. Shining wizard by Punk get two. Punk pulls down his knee bad. Punk goes for it again and I think the wanted it to be Dragon blocked or ducked but he doesn't move instead Punk just rubs his leg over Dragon's head. Psyco driver two for the win by Super Dragon. That is an awful way to end the match you have this awkward botch and than right to the finish. Other wise an good match but that finish was awful. Change the plan after a botch like that.
From The Reason For the Season Steel Cage Match For the PWG World Heavyweight Championship Loser Leaves PWG Adam Pearce © vs Frankie Kazarian- You can win via pin submission or escape over the top (door is locked) This was the blow off to the first big feud for the PWG title. Kazarian had been the first champion and Pearce had stolen it from him. Pearce refuses to get in the cage and has a microphone telling the fans to kiss his ass. Pearce tells the ref to count him and tell everyone fuck. Kazarian gets out of the cage and give chase. Kaz catches. Pearce tossed into the crowd. Double stomp by Kazarian. Pearce hip tossed into the floor. Back over the guard rail to ringside. Than tossed over the rail on the other side. The camera can't keep up with the action. The brawl outside of the arena. PWG has ROH syndrome and we got a dark place and I can't see anything.Seems like the camera is catching more of the crowd running around. Trash can shot by Kazarian. FInally the get back to the inside of the arena Finally into the cage. Spring board second rope leg drop by Kazarian gets two.There is a chair int he ring and Kaz tosses it at Pearce. Vertical suplex by Kazarian. Pearce with a chair shot to break the pin. OK how the hell does that even work unless the guy lets you do that. I get its wrestling but it should be this obvious they aren' fighting for real. Pearce bites the head. Big chop by Pearce. Butter fly suplex by Pearce gets two. Pearce climbs the cage to escape. Kazarian stops him . Top rope suplex by Kazarian. Pearce is bleeding from the back of his head. Kazarian up to try and climb out. Colt Cabana who is buddies with Pearce and also the number 1 contender to the PWG title after this match climbs up and knocks Kazarian back into the ring. Punch with a chain around the fist by Pearce. Baby Slime who had feuded with Pearce and lost the mach to Cabana to get a title shot runs out and takes out Cabana. Another shot with the chain by Pearce. Pearce chokes Pearce with the chain. We see Kazarian is bleeding now. Pearce grinds the face of Kaz into the cage wall. Bite to the fore head by Pearce. Kazarian tossed into the cage wall and than second time. Looks like the cage is about to give way. We see the ring crew having to push it back onto the apron. Figure four by Pearce. Peace grabs the ropes. Exchange of slaps and Kaz knocks himself free. Kazarian rammed into the cage agin. Body slam by Pearce. Second rope fist drop by Pearce gets two. Power bomb by Pearce. Pearce considered climbing up the side because the thing looks like it couldn't hold up a banner he goes for the corner to do the climb instead.. Kazarian gets tup and pulls Pearce back into the cage. Flux capacitor by Kazarian and both men are down. Problem is the couldn't get the full rotation Kaz usually gets for the move loos sloppy. Kick to the cut by Kaz and series of punches.
Sleeper hold by Pearce. Kazarian goes down. Hand is checked and Kaz gets the hand back up on the third. Pearce send into the cage. Sleeper by Kazarian. Referee checks the arm and Pearce keeps the arm up on the third check. Pearce elbows free. Pile driver is blocked and Kazarian catapults Pearce into the cage wall. Pearce reamed into the cage walls. Now cage looks like it's about to cave into the ring. Kazarian has the chair and hits Pearce in the back. Pearce face raked into the cage wall. Rear naked choke by Kazarian. Arm checked once twice. but hand stays up on the third. Hold broken. Kazarian tries for a back body drop by Pearce hits a DDT. Pearce now bleeding from the for head badly. Kaz fires punches. Low blow by Pearce and second one. Piledriver by Pearce. Kazarian kicks at two. Wave of the Future by Kaz but Pearce kicks at two. Chair shot by Kazarian a second one to the back. Wave of the future onto the chair only gets two. Release German suplex by Pearce. Pearce starts to climb. Kazarian up brawling on the top rope. Pearce's head rammed into the top of the cage. Pearce shoves Kaz off the ropes.Elbow drop from the top by Pearce. Slow follow up pin only gets two. Another low blow by Pearce. Backslide attempt. Low blow by Kazarian. Kaz slips on a spring board back elbow Pearce sells anyway. Chair shots by Pearce. kick to the gut by Kaz and than a pile driver. Both men down again. Cover by Kaz but Pearce gets the foot on the rope. A second piledriver by Kaz and another cover only gets two. Kaz tries for a third. Pearce escape and goes for a back drop suplex. Kaz lands on his feet. A third pile driver by Kazarian for the win. Ok match but it has some real weak spots. The brawl the start is ok but than it goes dark and just have this dead period where we can't see anything. The cage looks awful and honestly if you can't get a cage look ok/safe or guys can climb up don't do a cage match. I also dislike the finish. Doing one pile driver a "FU I beat with your finisher" would be ok. Or maybe if they had Kaz do a series like Warrior with the flying shoulder at Mania 7. But I didn't like the way they did it here.
From Free Admission (Just Kidding!) Jack Evans vs Christopher Daniels- Circling around each other to start with some trash talk. On a lock up Daniels tries Evans into the ropes and breaks clean. Lock up again Daniels goes for a snap mare but Evans lands on his feet. Daniels tries it again but this time gets an arm drag. Headlock by Daniels. Shoulder tackle by Daniels sends Evans to the floor. Arm bar by Daniels into the wrist lock. Evans with elbows. Hip toss by Daniels but Evans again lands on his feet. School boy by Evans gets one. More bad mouthing by Evans taking a shot at the bald head of Daniels. Arm wringer by Evans into the wrist lock. Daniels counters free to reveres the hold. Hammer lock by Daniels and he keeps control. Elbow to the face by Evans than a victory roll for two. Back to the arm wringer by Daniels. Daniels goes to toss Evans into the air but this allows Evans to hit a drop kick as he comes down. Drop Sault by Evans than a sloppy looking running knee. Daniels to the floor. Springboard sky twister by Evans and both men are down on the floor. Evans up and he stomps at Daniels. Evans tosses Daniels back into the ring. Evans spring boards but Daniels catches him and hits a power slam. Three body slams by Daniels. Delayed vertical suplex by Daniels. Knees to the spine by Daniels. Fight over a suplex. Daniels gets Evans up but he lands on his feet and elbows Daniels in the back of the head. Kaprana by Evans gets two. Spin kick by Evans. Series of tilt whirl back breakers by Daniels. Boston crab by Daniels. Evans tries for the ropes but Daniels back him back to the center of the ring. Daniels changes it to the bow and arrow. Evans gets the ropes.Daniels whips Evans into the corner back first. Daniels runs into the boot. Flying head scissors by Evans takes Daniels down. Flying back elbow by Evans gets two. Leg lariat by Evans gets two. Drop Sault by Evans. Standing star dust press by Evans gets two but he missed timed the spot and landed more on Daniels legs. Running summer fault senton by Evans. Evans goes for a rana Daniels blocks and tosses Evans off. Enziqure by Daniels to the back of the head. Daniels sets for the angles' wings Evans blocks and trips him. Catapult over the top rope by Evans sends Daniels to the floor. Spring board flip by Evans and both are down. Both men crawl back into the ring to beat the 20 count. Elbow shots exchange. Daniels with the advantage. Cartwheel elbow by Evans. Spring board knee to the head by Evans gets two. Rolling cradle by Daniels gets two. Body scissors into a pin by Evans for two. Sunset flip by Evans. Daniels rolls through small package roll around. Finally it breaks apart. Both men are dizzy from the exchange. Spin kick to the head by Evans. Evans goes to the top for the 630. Daniels moves and Evans smacks the mat. Yurnagi back breaker by Daniels than the Best Moonsault Ever for the win. Very good mach. Evans still had a long to go but this was one of his better early match
From All Nude Revue For the PWG World Heavyweight Championship Super Dragon © vs Samoa Joe- Strange thing is PWG doesn't have the PWG belt with him. There might have ben a story line reason for it but they don't explain. Joe had beat Dragon via count out after over head belly to belly suplexing him over the ropes prior to him winning the title setting up this match. Dragon jumps Joe during the introductions in the ring. Running knee to the chest by Super Dragon. Joe fires back with elbows. Rolling leg sweep by Joe. Chop to the back kick to the chest and knee drop by Joe. Running corner splash by Joe than the face wash. Dragon ducks lariat and than hits flying head scissors to take Joe down. Dragon catches a kick and hits a Dragon Screw leg whip. Joe to the floor Topa Con Hilo by Dragon and both men are down. Back in the ring Dragon tries for the psycho driver. Joe blocks it. Dragon tires for the curb stomp but Joe powers free. Joe tries for the finish to there previous match Dragon grabs the rope and than claps the ears to get free. ST Joe puts Dragon down and he rolls to the floor. Elbow Suicide by Joe sends Dragon back into four rows of chairs. Dragon is down on the ground barley moving. Dragon crawls back to the ring and beats the count. Joe tries for a power bomb but Dragon drops to his knees. Rapid fire kicks to the head by Joe. Power bomb by Joe into the STF. Dragon fights free but Joe changes to a cross face. Dragon gets the ropes for the break. Kick to the face by Joe. Forearm by Dragon. Snap power slam by Joe gets two. Head butt by Joe. Whip to the corner by Joe Dragon up and over to the apron. Dragon blocks the forearm and stuns Joe with win. Twisting kick off the top rope by Dragon gets two. Attempt at the psyho driver its blocked again. Takedown by Dragon and into the curb stomp and he pulls on Joe's face before hand. Super Dragon back to the top and hits a foot stomp to the head. Violence party by Dragon before he sits Joe on the top rope. Butterfly Superplex by Dragon gets two. Dragon dives off the second rope but Joe catches him on the back and hits an Death Valley Driver for two. Series of palm strikes by Joe. Roaring elbow by Super Dragon than a second rope diving elbow. Joe is stunned. Arm bar by Dragon Joe escapes. Big forearm by Dragon knocks Joe down. Dragon ducks the lariat. Psyco Driver by Super Dragon. Joe rolls to the floor. Dragon tries to pick Joe up but Joe is all dead weight. Joe is up and hits a series of strikes that knock down Dragon. Joe is about to climb back in but Dragon pulls him back to dive in and win via count out. Good match with some nice spots. The biggest issues is really commentary it starts fine as Disco Machine and Excailbur talk about how beat up Super Dragon was after his first match with Joe but than soon start talking about having had rancid mexican food.
Post match the referee raises Super Dragons hand as the announcers point out now Dragon has beat Joe via count out. A second Super Dragon comes out and give the first one a curb stomp. Disco Machine a friend of Super Dragon's runs out and runs the second Super Dragon off. Unlike the first post match angle on the DVD I understand why this is on here. The second Super Dragon was Kevin Steen kicking off one PWG's greatest feuds the bow off of witch is on the second disk.
From All Star Weekend 4 Number 1 Contendership Match AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe- AJ avoids a round house kick. Single leg by AJ. Double leg by Joe but AJ gets his back. AJ goes to the floor when goes gets free. Head lock by AJ. AJ tries a shoulder tackle but Joe doesn't' move. Drop kick by AJ puts Joe down. Body slam by AJ and than a knee drop. Vertical suplex by Styles. Back break by AJ but it hurts his own knee for a second. Hard elbow by Joe. AJ tries for a rana but Joe side steps him. Joe taunts AJ but winds up getting the kip up rana. AJ to the apron but Joe kicks out his leg. AJ smacks the apron. Hard chop by Joe. Chop to the back kick to the chest and knee drop by Joe. Chin lock by Joe. AJ up but Joe just sweeps out the legs. Single leg crab with a knee in the back by Joe. AJ gets the ropes. Joe with the running knee in the corner and than face wash. AJ poked like he has been KO'ed but the final running kick. AJ hung between the second and third ropes. Running kick to the chest sends AJ to the floor hard. Joe tosses AJ back in. Series of strikes by Joe knocks AJ down again. AJ on all all four. Double stomp to the back by Joe gets two. AJ blocks a German suplex and revers the go behind so he can get a O'conner roll. Joe pulls AJ down right into the rear naked choke. AJ gets the ropes. Jabs and chops by Joe. Joe runs into a back elbow. Moonsault into the inverted DDT by AJ. Leaping clothesline in the corner by AJ. AJ tries it again but winds up in the ST Joe. AJ rolls to the floor. Elbow suicida by Joe. AJ back into the crowd. AJ blocks the death valley driver. AJ tries to spring boat he slips and instead he does a strange looking running clip to Joe's knee. Driving drop kick by AJ. Styles is bleeding from the noise. Spin kick by AJ gets two. Snap power slam by Joe get two. Senton by Joe gets two again. AJ ducks the lariat and hits the discos lariat on Joe. Sunset flip by AJ and he goes for the Styles Clash. Joe with a kick gets free. Running lariat by Joe gets two. Power bomb by Joe into the STF. Joe changes to the cross face. AJ Styles gets the ropes for the break. AJ ducks another lariat. Pelle by AJ. Rack bomb by Styles gets two. Series of punches by AJ. Joe fires back. AJ ducks the palm strike and nails an enziqure. Both men are down. AJ climbs the ropes. Joe is up. AJ kicks him back down. Joe up again and trips AJ. Muscles Buster set up. AJ drops out and gets a sunset flip into the Styles Clash for the win. Very good match and it's pretty different from the usual AJ vs Joe match.
From Guitarmageddon For the PWG and NWA Heavyweight Championships AJ Styles © vs James Gibson- AJ cuts a promo making it clear to the live crowd both titles are one the line. So that should have been a hint to anyone that there was no way Gibson was going over since he wasn't with TNA. Lock up and AJ drives Gibson back but Gibson reveres and than breaks clean. Standing arm and should lock by Gibson. AJ escapes to a arm wringer. Gibson gets free and drives AJ back into the corner. Single leg than into the side head lock by AJ. Gibson gets free but AJ nails him with a shoulder tackle. Head lock takedown by Gibson but AJ goes for a head scissors so Gibson breaks the hold. Another headlock takedown by Gibson. AJ tires to fight free but Gibson keep the hold on. AJ tires a backdrop suplex but Gibson lands on his feet and gets the head lock again. AJ goes for it again and this time he hits. Wrist lock by Styles into a arm wringers into the mat. Hammer lock by AJ. Vertical suplex holding the hammer lock by AJ. Styles stomps at Gibson's arm. Leg sweep kick by AJ than an arm drag into a arm bar. AJ lets the hold go and hits the ropes. GIbson with a double thrust to the throat. Kip up Rana by AJ and Gibson goes that he floor. Gibson avoids the baseball slide and slam AJ's chest onto the apron. Back in the ring a neck breaker by Gibson. Chops by Gibson and he hangs AJ in the tree of woe. Chin lock by Gibson as AJ is in the tree. Short arm clothesline and leg drop by Gibson gets two. Chin lock by Gibson. AJ gets free. Styles tries for a crucifix but Gibson blocks and hits a gut buster that gets two. Power slam by Gibson followed by an elbow drop. Back breaker by Gibson than the surfboard than changed into the head scissors. Elbows by Gibson to the face. Cravat locked in by Gibson. Spinning heel kick by Styles. Gibson catches the leg on another kick AJ tries for the enziquir but Gibson hits a dragon screw leg whip. Texas clover leaf by Gibson. AJ tries for the ropes but Gibson pulls him back. AJ power free with his leg in a pin that gets two. Forearms and chops by Styles. Gibson whipped into the corner. AJ charges in and Gibson back body drops him to the apron. AJ back in and hits an moonsault press into the inverted DDT. But Gibson grabs the ropes so it's AJ that falls back. Pelle by AJ as Gibson charges. AJ goes for the clash but Gibson grabs the ropes again and flips to the outside. AJ out to the apron. Brain buster onto the apron by Styles on Gibson. Back in the AJ covers and only gets two. Body slam by AJ. AJ to the top rope. Spiral Tap misses as Gibson moves out of the way. Dead lift German Suplex by Gibson with a bridge gets two. Knees to the head by Gibson. AJ nails a drop kick when Gibson runs the ropes. AJ tries the discos clothesline Gibson catches the arm and goes for the Gibson Driver. AJ block it but get kicked in the head. Gibson Driver revered into rana by AJ. Series of roll throughs. Styles Clash out a roll through for the win by AJ. Very good match. Some nice exchanges on the mat and some good power moves.
So that was disk one it was decent. I do like the idea of separating the matches like this. And putting matches with Super Dragon on disk no doubt helped to get people interested in watching disk two or even buying some DVD's that would have him even if guys like Joe or Punk weren't on it. That said I would have liked to see a little nicer mix on here. I think every match was a main event and indy main events have a style to reach the twenty minute mark since the IWC thinks long automatically equals MOTYC. Next time we will take a look at the second disk.
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