Saturday, November 26, 2016

Summer of Wrestling 2016 #7 – Alpha-1 Matrats 2

I'm back for another Summer of Wrestling 2016 post. This week focuses on the Matrats 2 show from Alpha-1 in Canada.

The Rules:

1. I will review at least 5 matches per week for 14 weeks.
2. Every wrestling promotion is eligible for the Summer of Wrestling.
3. Every match I review must be a match I have never seen in its entirety before. If I can’t remember what happened in the match, it is eligible. Matches I’ve seen several times or know very well are not eligible for the Summer of Wrestling.
4. Not every match I watch this summer will be reviewed during the Summer of Wrestling. Matches from any upcoming wrestling show or Pay-Per-View are eligible if I watch them. The matches I review will be picked before I watch them.

The Matches:

1. Cheech vs. Young Myles **1/2
2. Scotty O'Shea vs. Josh Alexander & Joey Kings **3/4 (Match had a bad botch. O'Shea looked good.)
3. Dominic Garrini vs. Alex Daniels ***1/2 (Daniels was great here.)
4. Dick Justice & Swoggle vs. The Black Spades *1/2 (I hate to rip on Dick and Swoggle because I'm sure they are great guys, but this is one of my least favorite matches I've seen this year.)
5. Curt Stallion vs. Davey Vega vs. Rickey Shane Page vs. Gavin Quinn *** (Gavin Quinn looked good.)
6. A1 Zero Gravity Title: Alessandro Del Bruno vs. Shane Sabre ***1/2 (Del Bruno and Sabre are two of my favorite Alpha-1 wrestlers. I liked this match.)
7. A1 Tag Team Title: Theory Of Evolution (Jim Nye & Space Monkey) vs. Team I.O.U. **1/4
8. A1 Alpha Male Title - Last Wrestler Standing: Heidi Lovelace vs. Kobe Durst ****1/4
(Awesome hardcore style match. Maybe the best intergender match I've ever seen.)

Top 5 Matches of the Week:

1. A1 Alpha Male Title - Last Wrestler Standing: Heidi Lovelace vs. Kobe Durst ****1/4
2. Dominic Garrini vs. Alex Daniels ***1/2
3. A1 Zero Gravity Title: Alessandro Del Bruno vs. Shane Sabre ***1/2
4. Curt Stallion vs. Davey Vega vs. Rickey Shane Page vs. Gavin Quinn ***
5. Scotty O'Shea vs. Josh Alexander & Joey Kings **3/4

Top 5 Matches of the Summer:

1. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Tag Team Championship Three-Way Guerrilla Warfare Match - El Generico and Paul London vs. Brandon and Dustin Cutler vs. The Young Bucks (PWG Seven 07/30/10) *****
2. Will Ospreay vs Marty Scurll (RPW High Stakes 01/16/16) ****3/4
3. No Rope Barbed Wire Match: Necro Butcher and Toby Klein vs. Deranged and Brain Damage (IWA-MS Christmas Carnage 12/16/05) ****1/4
4. A1 Alpha Male Title - Last Wrestler Standing: Heidi Lovelace vs. Kobe Durst (A1 Matrats 2 - 09/18/16) ****1/4
5. Kyle O’Reilly vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (PWG Battle of Los Angeles Night Three 08/31/14) ****1/4

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