One of WWE best talents right now is Cesaro. He is a great worker with size and power who can play the role of a face or a heel. It was obvious at Wrestlemania when Cesaro won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal that WWE intended to push him, and the most obvious scenario for Cesaro to be in after splitting from of the Real Americans was, you guessed it, a feud with the Real Americans. That is fine, Cesaro and Swagger can work well in the ring and that would be a good feud for Cesaro to be in until some feuds get wrapped up and Cesaro gets something bigger to do...
Right?
Well, apparently not. The situation above would require either Cesaro or Swagger to be a face to balance the feud. Swagger and Coulter are pure-heels, and Cesaro has tons of fan support so he can easily be a face in the feud. Unfortunately, Swagger is never allowed to gain any momentum because he constantly loses no matter the situation he is in. Perhaps more unfortunately, Cesaro was paired with Paul Heyman who not only seems destined to bury Cesaro under his own legacy, but is the kind of heel that simply cannot manage a face. So here we get the awkward situation where a crowd is trying to cheer for Cesaro, but WWE is absolutely crushing it with Heyman. Add to that a terrible theme, and we end up getting no reaction. One of the biggest names coming out of Wrestlemania has already been pulled down to getting no reaction from fans because WWE refused to allow them to react in the way that they wanted them to.
In order to alleviate the need for cheers and give RVD something to do, he was thrown into the feud between Cesaro and the Real Americans before Extreme Rules. There really is no reason at all for RVD to be here, yet here he is. Now after Extreme Rules, Cesaro seems to only be in a feud with RVD that holds no positives for either star. RVD's character isn't made to put people over in a meaningful way. That doesn't mean that he won't lose to Cesaro, but the one-dimensional RVD just isn't going to help flesh-out Cesaro's character in the slightest. It seems that Cesaro will battle RVD through Payback, and after that I'm not sure that WWE will have any success following whatever plans they have for Cesaro afterwards. The man just cannot get any heat and I'm afraid he will turn out like Del Rio, but without the prior success to talk about.
However, Cesaro is in prime position to turn into an ultimate baby-face. Why? Two names. Heyman and Lesnar. The constant gloating by Heyman covers Cesaro up, and will be a great reason for Cesaro to get pissed with Heyman and turn on him. The way that fans react to Paul Heyman ensures that this turn will have a crowd erupt for Cesaro. What's better is that now it puts Cesaro in place to prove himself against the 21-1. If Cesaro goes over Lesnar like that then he is immediately world champ potential and will be way over. In fact, it is quite possible that this match could be for the championship, possibly even at Wrestlemania. In order to legitimize the ending of the streak, Lesnar needs to get build up further before putting anyone over. Due to the fact that Lesnar's last story included him wanting a title shot, I'd say that it is likely he will get it. If Cesaro can have a long feud with Lesnar over the course of a couple of months that is done well and perhaps included a Rumble with for Cesaro, there is infinite potential.
The hard part is making it there. Cesaro is dying fast with fans. However, I'm still hopeful and believe that WWE can ride him out until they make their move.
Friday, May 16, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
WWE Extreme Rules 2014 Review
I was excited for Extreme Rules. Not because it had anything that I was particularly pumped about, but because I enjoy WWE PPVs (or Special Events) and the card just seemed solid. In some regards I was a little bit disappointed, but in others my expectations were exceeded. All in all, the show was what I thought it would be, which was solid overall. However, it didn't achieve that in the ways that I expected, and showed a very different direction than what we are used to seeing.
The show opened up with a triple threat elimination match between Jack Swagger, RVD and Cesaro. Anybody who follows wrestling closely knew before this match was even booked that Cesaro would be the winner at Extreme Rules against whoever he faced, and this match did nothing to change that. This was the most meaningless match on the card, as it really only served to give Cesaro something to do and break him away from the Real Americans while waiting for an opportunity to provide Cesaro with a good opportunity for a push. The fact that RVD was thrown into the story bothers me. There was no real reason for him to be there, with his history with Heyman seeming like a really lame excuse to throw him into an already weak manager feud between Zeb Coulter and Paul Heyman along with their respective "guys". The build up for this left a lot to be desired, but the match was at least solid. These men are all decent at worst in the ring for the most part and put on an okay match. Swagger was eliminated first, and later RVD after missing a frog splash onto a trash can. Whether or not the feud between Swagger, RVD and Cesaro will continue is arguable. There doesn't seem to be a good place to throw Cesaro in terms of a title feud as he would have to either beat the newly rising Bad News Barrett or feud with The Shield in order to get a mid-card belt, so he may continue to battle with Swagger. If so, I will be disappointed because the longer Cesaro goes without a credible feud, the smaller chance he has of being successful.
This match gets a 6/10.
The following match was a 2-1 handicap match between the team of Xavier Woods and R-Truth against Alexander Rusev. The match was the squash you expected and was no different from the other times we have seen this on Raw or Smackdown. This really didn't need to be on the show, and it's a shame that the Usos couldn't make it onto the card but this could.
This match gets a 3/10.
Following the handicap match we get back to business with a match for the Intercontinental Championship between contender Bad News Barrett and champ Big E Langston. This was yet another match with an obvious outcome, which is disappointing as that is how a lot of the card turned out to be. This was another decent match, but it really didn't play either guy up too much. Bad News had a lot of cheers while people booed Big E in a way that made me feel they really didn't want to see him. It is unfortunate that his title reign was so poor, but hopefully Barrett will have a much better one. I think he will, too. This wasn't the best match Barrett has had since returning, but it wasn't bad either. He gets a clean win and the belt.
This match gets a 6/10.
The next match was surprisingly early in the card, coming before the cage match and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match. It was between The Shield and Evolution. This match was the best match of the night, although not all of it was special. The first half was a regular 6-man tag match, which isn't really all too exciting. Evolution dominated most of it. The best part about this was that you really didn't know who was going to win because there was a believable outcome either way. Things really started heating up when the brawl was taken out into the stands as Triple H and Orton battled Ambrose and Rollins into the crowd. This was really cool and I was surprised that WWE did this. The crowd was chanting "Holy Sh**" and I couldn't have a agreed more. The best spot in the entire show had Rollins diving unexpectedly off of an upper deck into the trio of Orton, Triple H and Ambrose, taking them all out. Unfortunately, the camera didn't provide the best angle for it. Reigns and Batista were left in the ring alone, and Reigns beat Batista clean. Really good match here and I was happy. I don't like the new Evolution much because they just don't seem to have that chemistry these days that they used to have, but they proved credible opponents for the best thing in WWE.
This match gets an 8/10.
Following The Shield match we get another of the most-hyped matches of the night between Wyatt and Cena in a steel cage. The build up for this match had been pretty good, but the match itself left a lot to be desired. The work in-ring was sub-par, and it wasn't because of Cena. Bray just didn't represent too well. The whole match was based around Cena obviously being able to win, and the Wyatt family stopping it. This match made Cena look incredible and Bray Wyatt look awful. Every five minutes or so Bray would get up, take a hit, and be down for another long period of time. By the end of the match, Cena had knocked out every member of the Wyatt Family in and on top of the cage and was walking out when the place went dark and he was confronted by a child singing "He's got the Whole World" in a demonic voice. I've heard a lot of bad things about the ending of this match, with people calling it laughable. I honestly thought it was pretty cool, but it may have been because I was so upset with the direction WWE took with the match and had thought Cena would even walk out victorious. The distraction allowed Bray to land Sister Abigail on Cena and win, but he didn't look better for it. I expect this feud to continue, but would prefer if it didn't.
This match gets a 5/10.
Now we get the Divas match between Paige and Snukka. This match was okay, not much different than something on Raw. Paige won like we knew she would. It ended quickly and nothing was given to really make the Divas seem like a bigger deal.
This match gets a 5/10.
Finally we reach the main event, and I was very glad that the championship match was given this slot. There wasn't a lot of build up for this match but I was excited for it. The match started with Bryan attacking Kane during his entrance and continued from there. I was happy to see it go back stage, with a lot of things happening like Kane throwing a TV into ice water or slamming Bryan onto a car and throwing a heavy can through the windshield. The backstage segment ended with Bryan beating Kane with a tire iron and loading him onto a forklift and commencing to drive him back to the ring and dump him into it. Afterwards, Bryan got atop the forklift which was raised as high as it could be and did a flying headbutt onto Kane. This whole segment really had me entertained and took me back to the Attitude Era hardcore matches. Later in the match Kane actually lit a table on fire to throw Bryan through, but unfortunately the two men with fire extinguishers got into the shot before the gas (or kerosene?) was ever pulled out by Kane. The set was okay as Bryan countered and sent Kane through the table, but it was ruined as the already exposed fire extinguishers immediately attacked Kane and didn't stop until they had blown him back into the ring, where he received a flying knee and went down for the count. The ending really sucked, and really hurt what otherwise would have been my match of the night.
This match gets an 8/10, slightly lower than the 6-man tag match.
Overall I'd give Extreme Rules 2014 a 7/10. It was solid and average, with some memorable moments for the PG era helping it, but an overall lackluster card. I like the direction we are going though, and if this is the worst level product we get from WWE then we are in a good place.
The show opened up with a triple threat elimination match between Jack Swagger, RVD and Cesaro. Anybody who follows wrestling closely knew before this match was even booked that Cesaro would be the winner at Extreme Rules against whoever he faced, and this match did nothing to change that. This was the most meaningless match on the card, as it really only served to give Cesaro something to do and break him away from the Real Americans while waiting for an opportunity to provide Cesaro with a good opportunity for a push. The fact that RVD was thrown into the story bothers me. There was no real reason for him to be there, with his history with Heyman seeming like a really lame excuse to throw him into an already weak manager feud between Zeb Coulter and Paul Heyman along with their respective "guys". The build up for this left a lot to be desired, but the match was at least solid. These men are all decent at worst in the ring for the most part and put on an okay match. Swagger was eliminated first, and later RVD after missing a frog splash onto a trash can. Whether or not the feud between Swagger, RVD and Cesaro will continue is arguable. There doesn't seem to be a good place to throw Cesaro in terms of a title feud as he would have to either beat the newly rising Bad News Barrett or feud with The Shield in order to get a mid-card belt, so he may continue to battle with Swagger. If so, I will be disappointed because the longer Cesaro goes without a credible feud, the smaller chance he has of being successful.
This match gets a 6/10.
The following match was a 2-1 handicap match between the team of Xavier Woods and R-Truth against Alexander Rusev. The match was the squash you expected and was no different from the other times we have seen this on Raw or Smackdown. This really didn't need to be on the show, and it's a shame that the Usos couldn't make it onto the card but this could.
This match gets a 3/10.
Following the handicap match we get back to business with a match for the Intercontinental Championship between contender Bad News Barrett and champ Big E Langston. This was yet another match with an obvious outcome, which is disappointing as that is how a lot of the card turned out to be. This was another decent match, but it really didn't play either guy up too much. Bad News had a lot of cheers while people booed Big E in a way that made me feel they really didn't want to see him. It is unfortunate that his title reign was so poor, but hopefully Barrett will have a much better one. I think he will, too. This wasn't the best match Barrett has had since returning, but it wasn't bad either. He gets a clean win and the belt.
This match gets a 6/10.
The next match was surprisingly early in the card, coming before the cage match and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match. It was between The Shield and Evolution. This match was the best match of the night, although not all of it was special. The first half was a regular 6-man tag match, which isn't really all too exciting. Evolution dominated most of it. The best part about this was that you really didn't know who was going to win because there was a believable outcome either way. Things really started heating up when the brawl was taken out into the stands as Triple H and Orton battled Ambrose and Rollins into the crowd. This was really cool and I was surprised that WWE did this. The crowd was chanting "Holy Sh**" and I couldn't have a agreed more. The best spot in the entire show had Rollins diving unexpectedly off of an upper deck into the trio of Orton, Triple H and Ambrose, taking them all out. Unfortunately, the camera didn't provide the best angle for it. Reigns and Batista were left in the ring alone, and Reigns beat Batista clean. Really good match here and I was happy. I don't like the new Evolution much because they just don't seem to have that chemistry these days that they used to have, but they proved credible opponents for the best thing in WWE.
This match gets an 8/10.
Following The Shield match we get another of the most-hyped matches of the night between Wyatt and Cena in a steel cage. The build up for this match had been pretty good, but the match itself left a lot to be desired. The work in-ring was sub-par, and it wasn't because of Cena. Bray just didn't represent too well. The whole match was based around Cena obviously being able to win, and the Wyatt family stopping it. This match made Cena look incredible and Bray Wyatt look awful. Every five minutes or so Bray would get up, take a hit, and be down for another long period of time. By the end of the match, Cena had knocked out every member of the Wyatt Family in and on top of the cage and was walking out when the place went dark and he was confronted by a child singing "He's got the Whole World" in a demonic voice. I've heard a lot of bad things about the ending of this match, with people calling it laughable. I honestly thought it was pretty cool, but it may have been because I was so upset with the direction WWE took with the match and had thought Cena would even walk out victorious. The distraction allowed Bray to land Sister Abigail on Cena and win, but he didn't look better for it. I expect this feud to continue, but would prefer if it didn't.
This match gets a 5/10.
Now we get the Divas match between Paige and Snukka. This match was okay, not much different than something on Raw. Paige won like we knew she would. It ended quickly and nothing was given to really make the Divas seem like a bigger deal.
This match gets a 5/10.
Finally we reach the main event, and I was very glad that the championship match was given this slot. There wasn't a lot of build up for this match but I was excited for it. The match started with Bryan attacking Kane during his entrance and continued from there. I was happy to see it go back stage, with a lot of things happening like Kane throwing a TV into ice water or slamming Bryan onto a car and throwing a heavy can through the windshield. The backstage segment ended with Bryan beating Kane with a tire iron and loading him onto a forklift and commencing to drive him back to the ring and dump him into it. Afterwards, Bryan got atop the forklift which was raised as high as it could be and did a flying headbutt onto Kane. This whole segment really had me entertained and took me back to the Attitude Era hardcore matches. Later in the match Kane actually lit a table on fire to throw Bryan through, but unfortunately the two men with fire extinguishers got into the shot before the gas (or kerosene?) was ever pulled out by Kane. The set was okay as Bryan countered and sent Kane through the table, but it was ruined as the already exposed fire extinguishers immediately attacked Kane and didn't stop until they had blown him back into the ring, where he received a flying knee and went down for the count. The ending really sucked, and really hurt what otherwise would have been my match of the night.
This match gets an 8/10, slightly lower than the 6-man tag match.
Overall I'd give Extreme Rules 2014 a 7/10. It was solid and average, with some memorable moments for the PG era helping it, but an overall lackluster card. I like the direction we are going though, and if this is the worst level product we get from WWE then we are in a good place.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Omega Championship Wrestling: Chaos in Cameron Review
On Saturday, April 26th I made the 4 hour drive along with a good friend of mine to Cameron to see Omega Championship Wrestling. I have very little experience with live indie shows, but the friend I brought along has been going to them regularly all of his life because his dad is a wrestler himself. We weren't sure how good this show would be, but we knew there was potential and were excited to see it. Thankfully, Omega not only didn't disappoint, but it far surpassed any of our expectations. My friend blatantly stated that this was the greatest show he had ever seen, and I believe him.
The gym wasn't completely packed, but it was pretty close. There was a really long line about half an hour before doors opened and it took about half an hour to get in after they opened from our place in the line. The floor seats were sold out and the bleachers were mostly filled except for on the very edges. The crowd was electric for all of the matches, even ones without well-know talent.
The event began with Cedric Alexander vs Xsiris in the first round of an Omega Championship Tournament. The match was absolutely fantastic. Alexander was the face and Xsiris the heel, and these talents worked very well together. The match was fast paced the entire time and the crowd was crazy for everything they did. From a technical standpoint, everything was solid. Omega couldn't have opened the show in any stronger manner than with these two men. The match went on for a while and there were many near falls and back and forth momentum swings for the two competitors. I expected good things from Cedric who is working his way up the ranks on Ring of Honor, but knew nothing about Xsiris and was legitimately impressed with his ability. Congratulations to these two guys for not only having a great match, but getting what was probably one of the strongest crowd reactions of their careers.
The following match was a singles match that wasn't advertised on the card between a man who's name I don't remember, and Man Scout who is a local talent that dresses as a boy scout and plays the bad guy role. I didn't think this match would be very good, but was honestly surprised. Man Scout was funny and decent in the ring, and the other guy (who I really wish I knew) was incredibly talented. He looked like a young RVD. His skill set was similar, but he was much faster and more agile. He had some of the best spots of the night and the crowd was going absolutely crazy for him. I guarantee that he has never had a crowd go that crazy for him. As a filler match, this one gets 5/5 stars. The two men immediately got the crowd involved and put on an entertaining match. You can't ask for much more from what should have been one of the worst matches on the card.
The third match of the event was another unadvertised match between two men who's names I don't know. I feel bad about that, but I didn't bring anything to write with and didn't realize there would be matches that weren't advertised for the event. This match started with an obvious heel coming out and getting on the mic. He stated that he was born in the town of Cameron where the event was being held, and went on to trash the place with his words and did a great job. He was a natural with the mic in his hands and really had the crowd going. Afterwards, a stereotypical southern guy came out to save the day and the match started. The promo that the heel cut before the match was the best part, and the heel was the strongest in-ring as well. He did a lot of subtle things like kicking out of pins with the ropes or bailing out of the ring when his opponent was getting some momentum that really made you dislike him. By the end of the match, I was cheering for the bad guy just because he was so good at what he was doing. It is incredibly how WWE can spend months and not be able to get a heel over, but Omega just gave an unknown guy a mic for 2 minutes and the whole place was on it's feet booing him. This was another solid and thoroughly entertaining match, and we aren't even half-way through the event yet.
Match number four was the first time that the crowd died. The match was another tournament match between Caprice Coleman and Ric Converse. Coleman and Cedric Alexander (who was in the first match) are a tag team on Ring of Honor, so I expected Coleman to be around the same level of the impressive Cedric. Interestingly, Converse was also advertised as a tag partner with Xsiris in another promotion, although Converse didn't appear to have any similarities with Xsiris. This match sucked. What they did wasn't done poorly, it's just that they didn't do anything. The majority of the match was grappling in the middle of the ring, and the guys just couldn't get any momentum. The crowd completely died except for occasional "you can't wrestle" chants and the match dragged on for two long. At the end Xsiris interfered, and afterwards Cedric came out to an incredible roar and saved the day for Coleman. The match was really boring and Converse and Coleman have no chemistry together. They shouldn't be put in another match at the same time.
After intermission, the only women's match on the card took place between Reby Sky and Darcy Dixon. This match was even worse than the last one. These women can't wrestle. They didn't sell anything, and it really killed the crowd. If Reby weren't hot then nobody would've even watched this. As an educated fan, it is hard to watch something this bad. Everything that happened was just executed poorly, and I was very glad when it was over. 2/5 stars on this one, just bad all around.
After two dead matches, I was really hoping that the two main event matches could turn the event back in the right direction. The first half of the two-way main event was a 6-man elimination tag match between The Hurricane and the Bravado Brothers vs CW Anderson, Konely and Cambino. The crowd went absolutely nuts for Hurricane, to the point where everyone forgot about the Bravado brothers entirely. If this had been a singles match between CW Anderson and Hurricane Helms, it would've been just as good. CW Anderson was the most impressive wrestler in the ring, and Hurricane was the most exciting even though he really didn't do anything out of the box. The match was fine, but the energy level of the crowd amped it up to a whole new level. The place was obnoxiously loud the entire time with tons of chants for Hurricane. Solid first-half of the main event.
The MAIN main event started when Ring of Honor's Briscoe Brothers came out to talk a little on the mic and beat on Hurricane. I was surprised how many in the arena knew who these guys were, chanting things like "man up". The team made references to the promos that were put on YouTube between the Hardys and the Briscoes, which was nice for those of us who kept up with that kind of thing. Predictably, Cameron hit a whole new level of LOUD when the Hardy Boyz music hit, and it was insane. The Hardys were allowed to do some show-boating in front of a crowd that obviously paid to see them return home to Cameron. This match was long, full of energy and down-right fantastic. The Briscoes are great and deserve to go as far as a tag team can go as long as they want to. I can see them on any stage. The Hardys still looked great, I was even surprised by how good Matt was in the ring. Jeff looked fantastic, and it was great of him to be there the night before a PPV with TNA. This match was incredible to be in the arena. Tons of chants and non-stop electricity in Cameron for the entire length of the match.
Buy the DVD if you want to see the event for yourself, but better yet, go out and see Omega for yourself. This is wrestling done right and you will have a great time. Tickets for this event were 18 dollars on the floor after an early date, and 12 in the bleachers after the same date. They were cheaper before said date. Their next event is crazy expensive because the price is set by the venue, but usually you can get in for that cheap. Check out Omegalives.com, there will be DVDs sold there soon. 5/5 indie wrestling show, I had an amazing time.
The gym wasn't completely packed, but it was pretty close. There was a really long line about half an hour before doors opened and it took about half an hour to get in after they opened from our place in the line. The floor seats were sold out and the bleachers were mostly filled except for on the very edges. The crowd was electric for all of the matches, even ones without well-know talent.
The event began with Cedric Alexander vs Xsiris in the first round of an Omega Championship Tournament. The match was absolutely fantastic. Alexander was the face and Xsiris the heel, and these talents worked very well together. The match was fast paced the entire time and the crowd was crazy for everything they did. From a technical standpoint, everything was solid. Omega couldn't have opened the show in any stronger manner than with these two men. The match went on for a while and there were many near falls and back and forth momentum swings for the two competitors. I expected good things from Cedric who is working his way up the ranks on Ring of Honor, but knew nothing about Xsiris and was legitimately impressed with his ability. Congratulations to these two guys for not only having a great match, but getting what was probably one of the strongest crowd reactions of their careers.
The following match was a singles match that wasn't advertised on the card between a man who's name I don't remember, and Man Scout who is a local talent that dresses as a boy scout and plays the bad guy role. I didn't think this match would be very good, but was honestly surprised. Man Scout was funny and decent in the ring, and the other guy (who I really wish I knew) was incredibly talented. He looked like a young RVD. His skill set was similar, but he was much faster and more agile. He had some of the best spots of the night and the crowd was going absolutely crazy for him. I guarantee that he has never had a crowd go that crazy for him. As a filler match, this one gets 5/5 stars. The two men immediately got the crowd involved and put on an entertaining match. You can't ask for much more from what should have been one of the worst matches on the card.
The third match of the event was another unadvertised match between two men who's names I don't know. I feel bad about that, but I didn't bring anything to write with and didn't realize there would be matches that weren't advertised for the event. This match started with an obvious heel coming out and getting on the mic. He stated that he was born in the town of Cameron where the event was being held, and went on to trash the place with his words and did a great job. He was a natural with the mic in his hands and really had the crowd going. Afterwards, a stereotypical southern guy came out to save the day and the match started. The promo that the heel cut before the match was the best part, and the heel was the strongest in-ring as well. He did a lot of subtle things like kicking out of pins with the ropes or bailing out of the ring when his opponent was getting some momentum that really made you dislike him. By the end of the match, I was cheering for the bad guy just because he was so good at what he was doing. It is incredibly how WWE can spend months and not be able to get a heel over, but Omega just gave an unknown guy a mic for 2 minutes and the whole place was on it's feet booing him. This was another solid and thoroughly entertaining match, and we aren't even half-way through the event yet.
Match number four was the first time that the crowd died. The match was another tournament match between Caprice Coleman and Ric Converse. Coleman and Cedric Alexander (who was in the first match) are a tag team on Ring of Honor, so I expected Coleman to be around the same level of the impressive Cedric. Interestingly, Converse was also advertised as a tag partner with Xsiris in another promotion, although Converse didn't appear to have any similarities with Xsiris. This match sucked. What they did wasn't done poorly, it's just that they didn't do anything. The majority of the match was grappling in the middle of the ring, and the guys just couldn't get any momentum. The crowd completely died except for occasional "you can't wrestle" chants and the match dragged on for two long. At the end Xsiris interfered, and afterwards Cedric came out to an incredible roar and saved the day for Coleman. The match was really boring and Converse and Coleman have no chemistry together. They shouldn't be put in another match at the same time.
After intermission, the only women's match on the card took place between Reby Sky and Darcy Dixon. This match was even worse than the last one. These women can't wrestle. They didn't sell anything, and it really killed the crowd. If Reby weren't hot then nobody would've even watched this. As an educated fan, it is hard to watch something this bad. Everything that happened was just executed poorly, and I was very glad when it was over. 2/5 stars on this one, just bad all around.
After two dead matches, I was really hoping that the two main event matches could turn the event back in the right direction. The first half of the two-way main event was a 6-man elimination tag match between The Hurricane and the Bravado Brothers vs CW Anderson, Konely and Cambino. The crowd went absolutely nuts for Hurricane, to the point where everyone forgot about the Bravado brothers entirely. If this had been a singles match between CW Anderson and Hurricane Helms, it would've been just as good. CW Anderson was the most impressive wrestler in the ring, and Hurricane was the most exciting even though he really didn't do anything out of the box. The match was fine, but the energy level of the crowd amped it up to a whole new level. The place was obnoxiously loud the entire time with tons of chants for Hurricane. Solid first-half of the main event.
The MAIN main event started when Ring of Honor's Briscoe Brothers came out to talk a little on the mic and beat on Hurricane. I was surprised how many in the arena knew who these guys were, chanting things like "man up". The team made references to the promos that were put on YouTube between the Hardys and the Briscoes, which was nice for those of us who kept up with that kind of thing. Predictably, Cameron hit a whole new level of LOUD when the Hardy Boyz music hit, and it was insane. The Hardys were allowed to do some show-boating in front of a crowd that obviously paid to see them return home to Cameron. This match was long, full of energy and down-right fantastic. The Briscoes are great and deserve to go as far as a tag team can go as long as they want to. I can see them on any stage. The Hardys still looked great, I was even surprised by how good Matt was in the ring. Jeff looked fantastic, and it was great of him to be there the night before a PPV with TNA. This match was incredible to be in the arena. Tons of chants and non-stop electricity in Cameron for the entire length of the match.
Buy the DVD if you want to see the event for yourself, but better yet, go out and see Omega for yourself. This is wrestling done right and you will have a great time. Tickets for this event were 18 dollars on the floor after an early date, and 12 in the bleachers after the same date. They were cheaper before said date. Their next event is crazy expensive because the price is set by the venue, but usually you can get in for that cheap. Check out Omegalives.com, there will be DVDs sold there soon. 5/5 indie wrestling show, I had an amazing time.
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