RIPPA Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Per PWI Quote Week 1 - Gran Metalik def. Tajiri - Kota Ibushi def. Cedric Alexander - Awesome match. Match of the night. Post match: They had Cedric Alexander come back out to a rousing standing ovation. At one point, there was a "Please Sign Cedric" chant, which prompted Triple H to come out and shake his hand. Cedric Alexander seem3d legitimately emotional. Week 2 - Akira Tozawa def. Jack Gallagher - Noam Dar def. Ho Ho Lun - Brian Kendrick def. Tony Nese Week 3 - Rich Swann def. Lince Dorado - Zack Sabre Jr def. Drew Gulak - TJ Perkins def. Johnny Gargano - Another really fun match. Gargano may have legitimately injured his knee. He was helped to the back by a ref and trainer after the match. Notes: - Dark Match: TM-61 def. Sean Maluta and Mustafa Ali Per WON Quote Dark match: TM61 beat Mustafa Ali & Sean Maluta with a double team elevated spinebuster finish on Maluta. - Gran Metalik beat Tajiri Great match, dives, kicks, and a falcon arrow for the win. - Kota Ibushi beat Cedric Alexander Incredible match, a MOTY level performance by both men. Crowd was fired up and got hotter as it went. Amazing near falls and counters. Ibushi won with his powerbomb. Fans chanted for the WWE to sign them both after the match. Alexander even had a curtain call and quick appearance by Triple H to put his arm on Alexander before taking him away. Loud reaction. Unbelievable match and star making performance. - Akira Tozawa beat Jack Gallagher Good match, they knew there was no following the athletic display of the last match, so there was a lot of character work and submissions. A lot of fun teases and counters. Tozawa won with a delayed German suplex. - Noam Dar beat HoHo Lun Crowd had some fun singing the Darth Vader song with “Dar” as each word. Ankle lock and head stomps for Dar to take the win. - The Brian Kendrick beat Tony Nese Good subtle and vicious work by Kendrick, really selling his desire for the win. Nese was impressive and missed a 450 to allow Kendrick to catch a crossface for the tap - Rich Swann beat Lince Dorado Crowd was incredibly hot for Swann and brought a lot to the match. Great flying and striking match. Dorado was impressive in defeat. Swann hit a Phoenix Splash for the win. - Zack Sabre Jr. beat Drew Gulak They traded holds all match, even up to the middle ropes. There was instant striking and grappling. Crowd appreciated it and sang for ZSJ. It broke down into a strike-fest with strong style chops. - TJ Perkins beat Johnny Gargano Great match and a big surprise. Gargano sold a leg injury and kept fighting. This was an impressive performance by both, an EVOLVE style match with strikes and holds. Perkins finally caught Gargano's bad leg in a grapevine leg lock and forced the submission. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 This will probably be the best thing WWE does all year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuubi Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Post match: They had Cedric Alexander come back out to a rousing standing ovation. At one point, there was a "Please Sign Cedric" chant, which prompted Triple H to come out and shake his hand. Cedric Alexander seem3d legitimately emotional. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 And then he pedigreed him backstage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuubi Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 On 7/15/2016 at 3:17 PM, RIPPA said: It really says something that the independent scene thrived on giving guys notoriety and recognition that they never received from the WWE, and here we have in exactly 2 matches, the WWE has done more for Cedric than years of the independent scene. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Just saw Gargano at Evolve , knee seemed fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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