Continuous random indy viewings

Trevor Murdock vs Derek Stone, Metro Pro 1/8 (Last Man Standing)

Fun WWE-style hardcore match. There were some goofy props used, and Stone didn’t bring much, but Murdock was once again tremendous. He’s a heck of a brawler, and did a really sick bladejob as well working the rib injury angle well. WHY is no one bigger signing him?

Eddie Edwards vs Kenny King, ROH “World’s Greatest”

Holy hell are Edwards’s chops insane. Maybe the stiffest in all wrestling. His slingshot double stomp is also a great spot. King is essentially a superior Shelton Benjamin (in that he doesn’t do much outside flashy “athletic” spots) and there were a lot of tired indy wrestling clichés, but I could watch Edwards chop the shit out of fools all day, and this had plenty of it. Solid match.

Mike Quackenbush/Jigsaw vs The Colony, Chikara “Creatures From The Tar Swamp” (2/3 Falls)

First fall was pretty cool with Quack carrying one of the Ants through some shockingly good matwork. The rest of the match was your standard workrate spotfest that wasn’t particularly interesting. Fire Ant is actually awful, everything he does looks like it either visibly misses by a mile, or when it does connect wouldn’t even hurt a child with MS. But still, the first fall was good atleast.

Claudio Castagnoli vs Eddie Kingston, Chikara “Creatures From The Tar Swamp”

This was kind of a mixed bag of a match. On the one hand Kingston was really tremendous and put on a hell of a performance. He throws some stiff shots and talks trash, but really it’s his selling and charisma that makes him so damn compelling to watch at times. He really is one of the best babyfaces going. And even though this went much longer than it should have done, they did a good job of making it feel like along, grueling contest, and there were some pretty good exchanges throughout. But shit, all of the bullshit with the constant interference and the heel ref really killed it too much, and this was a pretty weak effort from Claudio, so it leaves you feeling unsatisfied despite Kingston’s best efforts.