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Jigsaw/Frightmare vs Façade/Jason Gory, EVOLVE 7

For some reason I thought it was Hallowickid teaming with Jig in this, so I was disappointed to find out it was Frightmare instead. Not that Hallowickid is great and Frightmare is terrible, but it’s still a step down. I have never seen their opponents before, but they both looked pretty smooth and competent at working this kind of match. Basically just a short 10 minutes-ish spotfest with everyone hitting some cool spots. Jigsaw was clearly directing traffic, but everyone hit their stuff smoothly, and the spots were all pretty cool. Nothing that will blow you away as this match probably happens every other EVOLVE show, but fun for what it is.

Sami Callihan vs Zack Sabre Jr., EVOLVE 7

Another case of Sami getting a good match out of a scrub, another case of Sabre showing he can be lead to something good, or both? This was an interesting clash as both guys are both very different yet kind of similar in that they rely on signature strikes and submissions. Sabre was much more intense than usual and held up his end well enough, including working over Sami’s arm nicely and taking some big bumps on the floor. One cool spot saw them brawling on the stage with Sabre catching Sami in the cross-arm breaker, leading to Sami transitioning it into the Stretch Muffler. Both guys brought it, and the finish was appropriately sick.