Post by President Skroob on Mar 3, 2007 7:10:49 GMT
Ladder Match
Khaos vs. The Lords of Flatbush for the World Tag Team Championship
First off, this was the first non-tornado tag team ladder match I’ve ever seen, but that quickly ended. Some good mat action to start off until it was time to get the ladders. I must say I found it very funny that for a ladder match, no one bothered to place any ladders at ring side. Raven makes her first appearance in nearly two months to bring out some ladders. I enjoyed all the evil from the Lords from knocking the ref around to abusing Raven. It gets better when Raven and Crissy start going at it. And of course the staple of all ladder matches: crazy high spots. What really impressed me was that there were virtually no unnecessary ladder spots. Just about every ladder spot was to stop the opposing team during their climb. Oh…and Malenko’s commentary was awesome.
Match Rating – 9/10
Sophia Simpson vs. Rayne for the Women’s Championship
Rayne does some quick thinking and gets some good shots on Sophia and weakening her before the match begins. In fact, Rayne was barbaric during the entire match. But Sophia showed why she is the longest reigning women’s champion by countering many moves and kicking out of every high impact move Rayne could dish out. I don’t think anyone will be able to stop Sophia. This was a very entertaining women’s match and might just be my favorite women’s match so far in CCW. Great moves, great counters, and many near-falls kept my heart racing.
Match Rating – 8.5/10
Parking Lot Brawl
Joker vs. Bulldog
Short match but enough blood to still keep me relatively happy. Not much to really say about the match except I laughed at Bulldog throwing a tire at Joker and Manabu Sho getting locked out of the match before it even began.
Match Rating – 5.5/10
Cowards vs. Griffin Young vs. Al Woodbridge for the National Championship
Some interesting things in this triple threat match. Woodbridge driving his truck to the ring gave me a Stone Cold-style mark out moment. I’ve never seen a one turnbuckle explode in a match let alone two. Young gets taken out of the match though I couldn’t really tell if it was the Call to Greatness or realization of his injuries that caused Young to scream in pain. If I were to take a guess, I would say it was the injuries catching up to him. Young eventually makes his way back to the ring though and takes care of Cowards and Woodbridge to win the match. All-in-all, a very solid triple threat match. All three men each got the upper hand at one point and some good spots though I would probably get rid of the turnbuckle exploding part as I don’t really see how that is possible. Oh…and I’m not sure if I read this right, but it seems Woodbridge hit the POOOOUUNNNNCE on Cowards during the match.
Match Rating – 8/10
Chris 6yxx vs. Full Metal Jack for the American Championship
First off, thanks Raz for doing that special intro for FMJ. The match really showed the strengths of each wrestler. FMJ used his power to knock 6yxx around causing 6yxx to use his speed and agility to bring down the big guy. Match was pretty much even the entire time with neither man truly able to get one over the other. Through some last minute finisher counters, FMJ was able to pick up the victory. I could see this rivalry continue for another month or so.
Match Rating – 7.5/10
No Disqualifications
Mad Dog Sullivan vs. Jimmie Bones
Match didn’t take anytime to start as Sullivan rushed Bones during his entrance. Another short hardcore match. Weapon of choice was mainly the Singapore cane and barb wire 2x4. Some good brawling but lacked anything real special. Hate to think this was the end to the feud. Could have been much better.
Match Rating – 6/10
DC Blood vs. Doug Soto for the vacant Middleweight Championship
Finally, some great cruiserweight style action comes to CCW. Nice high spots from both men as they gave it their all to be the first ever Middleweight champion. Blood uses his brain at the end to get the advantage over Soto by pushing the ref into him. This buys him the time he needs to hit his finisher for the win…well on the second pin attempt that is. Nice move there to keep Soto looking good. A good start for the Middleweight title.
Match Rating – 7/10
Jerome Novaho vs. Matt Downing
After a VERY long introduction, the match begins with both men getting a feel for one another. Soon, the action picks up as the contest remains pretty even for a while. The match was pretty much a brawl with a couple wrestling moves and the finishers. That actually wasn’t a bad thing since this was supposed to be a grudge match. The ending was good with both men completely out of it and Downing using his last remaining energy to cover Novaho for the win. The RMW references could have been omitted since RMW is dead and that was suppose to be a developmental territory that CCW is not suppose to recognize for their storylines. Downing and Novaho have been at each others throats on Onslaught long enough to justify an intense rivalry.
Match Rating – 8.5/10
Team Unleashed vs. Team Onslaught
The returning Damien Johnson replaces Joshua James in the contest. Somewhat disappointed in that as a defecting Onslaught member on the Unleashed team would have made for some interesting moments in the match. I would have also introduced Johnson last in order to build up the suspense for James’ replacement. Team Unleashed had the power advantage but Onslaught had the advantage of former Heavyweight champions. Onslaught used their main event match tactics to get the win over Unleashed on this one, but Unleashed gave them a run for their money. Interesting match up with Wh_ and Reinhardt, the two big men in the match. The main match up seemed to Knight and Reinhardt, and they would happen to be the guys in the final decision when Knight was able to make Reinhardt tap out, which was pretty excitable ending as it looked like Johnson was gonna make the save but was too late. I very impressed at how each man got about equal time in the ring. Usually in match with this many wrestlers, one can be easily overlooked the entire match. But that didn’t happen here as each man got ring time and a big spot.
Match Rating – 9/10
J-Man vs. Shawn Greene for the Global Heavyweight Championship
I was surprised to see this match up next. I thought it was gonna be the main event since Greene won the Melee and has been fighting to finally win the heavyweight title since day one of CCW. The match starts off like most of the others with both men trying to get the advantage and the action spilling to the outside soon afterwards. J-Man tries to end things early, but Greene was one step ahead and managed to slip past J-Man’s finishers. J-Man eventually gets the upper hand for most of the match until Greene breaks out of the J-Manifestation. Greene hits a Showstopper, but J-Man somehow kicked out. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that’s the first time anyone has kicked out of that move. After some more near falls, Greene dodges a moonsault and hits the Showstopper for the win. Very entertaining title match with plenty of close calls and an emotional ending. Good storytelling. I do question why the audience would cheer for J-Man during the match after everything he has done the past few weeks.
Match Rating – 9/10
JD Wheeler vs. Nathan Versus
What a match! The crowd was divided chanting for both Versus and Wheeler. Both men were pretty aggressive and you could tell both men had something to prove to everyone, including themselves. After trying to get the upper hand on each other, the action soon spilled out of the ring. Wheeler continued using his high flying moves to knock Versus around and bust him open. Versus eventually fought back and used his mat and striking skills to wear Wheeler down. Some good spots in the match, most notably Versus throwing Wheeler over the ropes and all the way to the announcer’s table. Probably the best thing about this match was how Versus was able to get the crowd to go from cheering for him at the beginning of the match to absolutely hating him at the end. At the end, Versus was completely sadistic and literally pummeled Wheeler into a bloody mess. Ending it with a knock out was kinda interesting as Versus look like an uncaring, soulless monster while Wheeler looked as tough as nails since it took a ring bell, a tiger driver, and a barrage of stiff elbows and punches to keep him down, yet he still wouldn’t quit. Then again, he was probably so out of it that he couldn’t quit even he wanted to. Defiantly a match to remember and read over again.
Match Rating – 10/10
Josh Violence vs. Thomas Richards vs. Paul Hill vs. Lance Leonard for the World Heavyweight Championship
I loved the way this match started out. First Violence urges the others to fight each other, then tells the faces to attack Leonard, until deciding to fuck it and attacks them…and then gets his ass royally handed to him. The rest of the match did not disappoint either. Interesting to start off with heel vs. heel and face vs. face pairings. Different than other fatal four-way matches usually start. Soon we get to the feud pairings and the violence gets kicked up a notch as the action spills to the outside. Kinda surprised Richards didn’t hit Violence with the cricket bat. I thought he would be aching to get a shot in like that. Nice touch with the double german suplex. We get our bloodlust satisfied when Violence is busted open from the steel post. Some good sneaky tactics by Leonard with tricking Richards into an alliance and then attacking him...too bad it didn’t work. Another interesting move having a face eliminate a face and a heel eliminate a heel. It was a great move by Violence to let Leonard do all the work on Richards before eliminating Leonard himself, probably why he’s the champion. Unfortunately for him, Richards was not going down so easily and fought his way back to finally get the victory over Violence. Close calls, non-stop action, blood, fairy tale ending…the match had it all.
Match Rating – 10/10
Overall Rating – 9/10
Defiantly CCW’s best PPV. Many great matches, no duds, worst match was still entertaining enough, lots of blood, great action all around, many emotional moments, six great title defenses and the start of a new title’s legacy. This PPV was just superb. Greene and Richards start their title reigns and I can’t wait to see what they will bring to the table. Wheeler/Versus was the match of the night for me followed closely behind by the main event. First time I’ve given TWO 10/10s in the same PPV. Truly amazing. Another thing that amazed me was the increase in match length. FIVE matches needed two postings. Until NOTI 2, we were lucky to have just one match go on for that long. Hell, last year’s NOTI didn’t have one match go beyond a single post. If this is how CCW has grown in one year, then I can’t wait to see how things look come NOTI 3. Truly magnificent job by all.
Khaos vs. The Lords of Flatbush for the World Tag Team Championship
First off, this was the first non-tornado tag team ladder match I’ve ever seen, but that quickly ended. Some good mat action to start off until it was time to get the ladders. I must say I found it very funny that for a ladder match, no one bothered to place any ladders at ring side. Raven makes her first appearance in nearly two months to bring out some ladders. I enjoyed all the evil from the Lords from knocking the ref around to abusing Raven. It gets better when Raven and Crissy start going at it. And of course the staple of all ladder matches: crazy high spots. What really impressed me was that there were virtually no unnecessary ladder spots. Just about every ladder spot was to stop the opposing team during their climb. Oh…and Malenko’s commentary was awesome.
Match Rating – 9/10
Sophia Simpson vs. Rayne for the Women’s Championship
Rayne does some quick thinking and gets some good shots on Sophia and weakening her before the match begins. In fact, Rayne was barbaric during the entire match. But Sophia showed why she is the longest reigning women’s champion by countering many moves and kicking out of every high impact move Rayne could dish out. I don’t think anyone will be able to stop Sophia. This was a very entertaining women’s match and might just be my favorite women’s match so far in CCW. Great moves, great counters, and many near-falls kept my heart racing.
Match Rating – 8.5/10
Parking Lot Brawl
Joker vs. Bulldog
Short match but enough blood to still keep me relatively happy. Not much to really say about the match except I laughed at Bulldog throwing a tire at Joker and Manabu Sho getting locked out of the match before it even began.
Match Rating – 5.5/10
Cowards vs. Griffin Young vs. Al Woodbridge for the National Championship
Some interesting things in this triple threat match. Woodbridge driving his truck to the ring gave me a Stone Cold-style mark out moment. I’ve never seen a one turnbuckle explode in a match let alone two. Young gets taken out of the match though I couldn’t really tell if it was the Call to Greatness or realization of his injuries that caused Young to scream in pain. If I were to take a guess, I would say it was the injuries catching up to him. Young eventually makes his way back to the ring though and takes care of Cowards and Woodbridge to win the match. All-in-all, a very solid triple threat match. All three men each got the upper hand at one point and some good spots though I would probably get rid of the turnbuckle exploding part as I don’t really see how that is possible. Oh…and I’m not sure if I read this right, but it seems Woodbridge hit the POOOOUUNNNNCE on Cowards during the match.
Match Rating – 8/10
Chris 6yxx vs. Full Metal Jack for the American Championship
First off, thanks Raz for doing that special intro for FMJ. The match really showed the strengths of each wrestler. FMJ used his power to knock 6yxx around causing 6yxx to use his speed and agility to bring down the big guy. Match was pretty much even the entire time with neither man truly able to get one over the other. Through some last minute finisher counters, FMJ was able to pick up the victory. I could see this rivalry continue for another month or so.
Match Rating – 7.5/10
No Disqualifications
Mad Dog Sullivan vs. Jimmie Bones
Match didn’t take anytime to start as Sullivan rushed Bones during his entrance. Another short hardcore match. Weapon of choice was mainly the Singapore cane and barb wire 2x4. Some good brawling but lacked anything real special. Hate to think this was the end to the feud. Could have been much better.
Match Rating – 6/10
DC Blood vs. Doug Soto for the vacant Middleweight Championship
Finally, some great cruiserweight style action comes to CCW. Nice high spots from both men as they gave it their all to be the first ever Middleweight champion. Blood uses his brain at the end to get the advantage over Soto by pushing the ref into him. This buys him the time he needs to hit his finisher for the win…well on the second pin attempt that is. Nice move there to keep Soto looking good. A good start for the Middleweight title.
Match Rating – 7/10
Jerome Novaho vs. Matt Downing
After a VERY long introduction, the match begins with both men getting a feel for one another. Soon, the action picks up as the contest remains pretty even for a while. The match was pretty much a brawl with a couple wrestling moves and the finishers. That actually wasn’t a bad thing since this was supposed to be a grudge match. The ending was good with both men completely out of it and Downing using his last remaining energy to cover Novaho for the win. The RMW references could have been omitted since RMW is dead and that was suppose to be a developmental territory that CCW is not suppose to recognize for their storylines. Downing and Novaho have been at each others throats on Onslaught long enough to justify an intense rivalry.
Match Rating – 8.5/10
Team Unleashed vs. Team Onslaught
The returning Damien Johnson replaces Joshua James in the contest. Somewhat disappointed in that as a defecting Onslaught member on the Unleashed team would have made for some interesting moments in the match. I would have also introduced Johnson last in order to build up the suspense for James’ replacement. Team Unleashed had the power advantage but Onslaught had the advantage of former Heavyweight champions. Onslaught used their main event match tactics to get the win over Unleashed on this one, but Unleashed gave them a run for their money. Interesting match up with Wh_ and Reinhardt, the two big men in the match. The main match up seemed to Knight and Reinhardt, and they would happen to be the guys in the final decision when Knight was able to make Reinhardt tap out, which was pretty excitable ending as it looked like Johnson was gonna make the save but was too late. I very impressed at how each man got about equal time in the ring. Usually in match with this many wrestlers, one can be easily overlooked the entire match. But that didn’t happen here as each man got ring time and a big spot.
Match Rating – 9/10
J-Man vs. Shawn Greene for the Global Heavyweight Championship
I was surprised to see this match up next. I thought it was gonna be the main event since Greene won the Melee and has been fighting to finally win the heavyweight title since day one of CCW. The match starts off like most of the others with both men trying to get the advantage and the action spilling to the outside soon afterwards. J-Man tries to end things early, but Greene was one step ahead and managed to slip past J-Man’s finishers. J-Man eventually gets the upper hand for most of the match until Greene breaks out of the J-Manifestation. Greene hits a Showstopper, but J-Man somehow kicked out. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that’s the first time anyone has kicked out of that move. After some more near falls, Greene dodges a moonsault and hits the Showstopper for the win. Very entertaining title match with plenty of close calls and an emotional ending. Good storytelling. I do question why the audience would cheer for J-Man during the match after everything he has done the past few weeks.
Match Rating – 9/10
JD Wheeler vs. Nathan Versus
What a match! The crowd was divided chanting for both Versus and Wheeler. Both men were pretty aggressive and you could tell both men had something to prove to everyone, including themselves. After trying to get the upper hand on each other, the action soon spilled out of the ring. Wheeler continued using his high flying moves to knock Versus around and bust him open. Versus eventually fought back and used his mat and striking skills to wear Wheeler down. Some good spots in the match, most notably Versus throwing Wheeler over the ropes and all the way to the announcer’s table. Probably the best thing about this match was how Versus was able to get the crowd to go from cheering for him at the beginning of the match to absolutely hating him at the end. At the end, Versus was completely sadistic and literally pummeled Wheeler into a bloody mess. Ending it with a knock out was kinda interesting as Versus look like an uncaring, soulless monster while Wheeler looked as tough as nails since it took a ring bell, a tiger driver, and a barrage of stiff elbows and punches to keep him down, yet he still wouldn’t quit. Then again, he was probably so out of it that he couldn’t quit even he wanted to. Defiantly a match to remember and read over again.
Match Rating – 10/10
Josh Violence vs. Thomas Richards vs. Paul Hill vs. Lance Leonard for the World Heavyweight Championship
I loved the way this match started out. First Violence urges the others to fight each other, then tells the faces to attack Leonard, until deciding to fuck it and attacks them…and then gets his ass royally handed to him. The rest of the match did not disappoint either. Interesting to start off with heel vs. heel and face vs. face pairings. Different than other fatal four-way matches usually start. Soon we get to the feud pairings and the violence gets kicked up a notch as the action spills to the outside. Kinda surprised Richards didn’t hit Violence with the cricket bat. I thought he would be aching to get a shot in like that. Nice touch with the double german suplex. We get our bloodlust satisfied when Violence is busted open from the steel post. Some good sneaky tactics by Leonard with tricking Richards into an alliance and then attacking him...too bad it didn’t work. Another interesting move having a face eliminate a face and a heel eliminate a heel. It was a great move by Violence to let Leonard do all the work on Richards before eliminating Leonard himself, probably why he’s the champion. Unfortunately for him, Richards was not going down so easily and fought his way back to finally get the victory over Violence. Close calls, non-stop action, blood, fairy tale ending…the match had it all.
Match Rating – 10/10
Overall Rating – 9/10
Defiantly CCW’s best PPV. Many great matches, no duds, worst match was still entertaining enough, lots of blood, great action all around, many emotional moments, six great title defenses and the start of a new title’s legacy. This PPV was just superb. Greene and Richards start their title reigns and I can’t wait to see what they will bring to the table. Wheeler/Versus was the match of the night for me followed closely behind by the main event. First time I’ve given TWO 10/10s in the same PPV. Truly amazing. Another thing that amazed me was the increase in match length. FIVE matches needed two postings. Until NOTI 2, we were lucky to have just one match go on for that long. Hell, last year’s NOTI didn’t have one match go beyond a single post. If this is how CCW has grown in one year, then I can’t wait to see how things look come NOTI 3. Truly magnificent job by all.
