Jay Briscoe vs Colt Cabana
Fun, short match. Colt's comedy was funny and his European-style wrestling and pinning combinations were all pretty slick. Jay hung just fine with him too and both guys came out looking good. Some guys in the crowd deserved to have their spines ripped out, though.
Davey Richards vs TJ Perkins
This was more good than bad thanks to it being more of a TJP match than a Davey match. Davey's corny OTT mannerisms were still present (though this is probably the best we can expect from him), and some parts of the match were very your-turn-my-turn thanks to Davey never caring to sell or look like he's in danger for more than 5 seconds at a time, but this didn't turn into some overblown horseshit forced epic. Perkins didn't let Davey shoehorn his tired spots in and stopped it from being a spotfest (his cut-off to Davey's dive attempt was smart). Most of the matwork was pretty fun, though not as good as Perkins's best, but there were still plenty of clever and neat spots and both guys kicked the living shit out of each other. Finishing stretch was also pretty dramatic thanks to both men going for their established submissions instead of doing a bunch of 2.9 kick-outs. Best Davey Richards match in years.
The Kings Of Wrestling vs Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team
Haas is a good FIP, emoting well and getting the crowd behind him, but once again Kings controlling the body of the match is dull. They spend a lot of the time keeping their opponents in rudimentry holds, obviously just filling time instead of building heat. They redeemed themselves in the big finishing run though, which was pretty well done and exciting. Benjamin still sucks and brought nothing. Good match, but I want to see Haas get some big singles matches.
Roderick Strong vs El Generico
This wasn't awful but wasn't good on any level either. Really spotty and went on too long. Roderick was Roderick, you know what to expect.
Best Of 2011
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