Scott mentioned it Tuesday, and the lineup’s over on PWTorch, but I’ll save you some gunk.
– Samoa Joe (c) squashes Colt Cabana [ROH]
– Punk/Steel vs Maff/Whitmer [street fight]
– Homicide/Rocky Romero vs Briscoes
– Doug Williams vs Austin Aries
– American Dragon vs John Walters
(many others scheduled to appear – I’ll pick out Chad Collyer.)
The people in the US indy scene (so excluding lucha guys and whatever category Ultimo Dragon is in) I’d actually pay to see at this point are American Dragon, Spanky, various combinations of the Havana Brothers and Bobby Quance. There’s a some guys which I’d be eager if not as excited to see, like Collyer and Colt Cabana based on the last time I’ve seen them.
This card has a decent amount of those people…but I’m not enthused about the matchups. I have no particular feelings about John Walters, so I don’t care much about the matchup and it pales in comparision to the NJPW-LA Rocky/Dragon rematch Wisconsin’s getting, which might’ve been enough to get me to go alone.) I dunno that tag match is the Rocky Romero match I’m looking for. And I’ve got the impression that once you’ve seen Samoa Joe kill a mid card guy, the next time he faces one will be an awful lot the same.
I’m not sure what this needs to get me more excited. It’s just not clicking yet.
BTW, I’m sure I’m way overrating Quance and once I get around to seeing more of his work, I’ll be sad. But till then it’s all great.
99% Unrelated: If, as Dave says, the WWE is going to create a Middle Eastern team to annoy me (but surely cause an Iron Sheik return to thrill Tan!), instead of using an Italian guy and Jimmy Snuka’s son, why not use Daivari? He’s already got the gimmick down.
>but surely cause an Iron Sheik return to thrill Tan!
YES YES YES
MIDDLE EASTERN TAG TEAM
The last one in the WWE was…YOU GUESSED IT! LO DOWN! Well that’s if you consider Chaz and D’Lo to be Arabs, which I did. THEY PRAYED TO THE COW
MOOOOOOOOOO
They MUST bring back the IRON SHEIK because I am a HUGE fan of all his stuff. Teddy Hart’s bitchmade compared to this legend.
THEY PRAYED TO THE COW
Mooby?
– Homicide/Rocky Romero vs Briscoes
– Doug Williams vs Austin Aries
Oh crap. I really want to go now. Homicide & Rocky Romero? Dream team. Goofy, goofy dream team. Doug Williams? Great. Austin Aries? Will hang with him. Wow.
But are those two matches worth all that money? It’s hard to say. It’s enough to reconsider even with a Joe/Cabana match on top that could be good but I’m not that interested in. I also don’t really care about Dragon making Walters look good except just to see Dragon.
I dunno. What a confusing card.
You must read the old Bengali Metals. The legend of THE COW is imprinted in these scriptures.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Being North-siders, (and also going to Warped on that Saturday) we decided we’re going to hit up the Milwaukee show. It’s actually closer to us, and the Milwaukee card looks better.
Putting Homicide vs Samoa Joe on that card feels like they’re giving a stronger card to the place they haven’t gone before. I mean, I’m not totally into them, but I know it’s gonna be better than the legalized murder of Colt.
But Wisconsin, eh. I spend too much time there already.