The Ringer Matches of the Week

[DEAN]

Unbelievably, Schneider likes a Dax Harwood match!  The romance with Matt Riddle is blooming.

https://www.theringer.com/2022/6/20/23175922/roman-reigns-riddle-dax-harwood-will-ospreay-villano-iv-psycho-clown-aaa-triplemania-best-matches

[JLowe]

I saw the Riddle-Reigns match and thought it was good for the WWE main event style, albeit incredibly hard to watch because of the WWE production style.

[Matt D]

7 minutes ago, JLowe said:

I saw the Riddle-Reigns match and thought it was good for the WWE main event style, albeit incredibly hard to watch because of the WWE production style.

Be careful. Phil can write off new glasses as a work expense if he strains his eyes with all the quick cuts. 

[Eivion]

Wow, I did not realize how many belts AEW had running around until I read that first paragraph of Dax/Ospreay. Feels weird that they have around as many as WWE when WWE has that many between 3-4 brands.

[Phil Schneider]

I usually wait until @DEANposts so it doesn't seem so shilly, but here is this weeks article

 

https://www.theringer.com/2022/6/27/23184960/will-ospreay-orange-cassidy-aew-njpw-forbidden-door-best-matches

[DEAN]

20 minutes ago, Phil Schneider said:

I usually wait until @DEANposts so it doesn't seem so shilly, but here is this weeks article

 

https://www.theringer.com/2022/6/27/23184960/will-ospreay-orange-cassidy-aew-njpw-forbidden-door-best-matches

Well, you finally posted it!  YES! THE Orange Cassidy/Will Ospreay match WINS!

[DEAN]

Unbelievably, Schneider writes a lot about Blood and Guts!

https://www.theringer.com/2022/7/5/23195519/street-profits-usos-wwe-money-in-the-bank-aew-blood-and-guts-best-matches

I love Schneider: "At one point, Menard got hung by his feet out of the cage and it looked like a butchered corpse hanging in the barn of a family of cannibals."

[Matt D]

I was worried that I wasn't writing enough about 2.0 in the SC write up and then I figured "Nah, Phil's got that."

[DEAN]

Schneider's romance with RUSH now BEGINS!

https://www.theringer.com/2022/7/11/23203986/bron-breakker-cameron-grimes-nxt-championship-rush-penta-oscuro-best-matches

[Matt D]

Considering how much I crap on Kingston/Takeshita in tonight's SC drop, I'm glad he didn't contradict me too much. Rush and Penta beat the crap out of each other in that one.

[Phil Schneider]

I usually enjoy Kingston Road stuff, he can sell so well that he can normally make the overkill work, this was a bridge to far for me though. *whispers* I think Takeshita might suck?* whisper off*

[DEAN]

1 hour ago, Phil Schneider said:

I usually enjoy Kingston Road stuff, he can sell so well that he can normally make the overkill work, this was a bridge to far for me though. *whispers* I think Takeshita might suck?* whisper off*

OH NO! Segunda Caida turns on Cinnabon!

[username]

Can I just say how relieved I am to here y'all say that re: Kingston/Soup? Don't get me wrong, I love me some Eddie and I think Takeshita is a legit prospect who could be something if he puts it all together (but who mostly ain't there yet) but while I thought their match was okayish I sorta walked away going "Kingston's matches usually are put together better than that" and all the loud praise from various corners had me asking if I was just nuts.

[DEAN]

Allright!  Schneider falls in love with Roxanne Perez NOW!

https://www.theringer.com/2022/7/18/23268478/swerve-in-our-glory-aew-tag-team-championship-win-best-matches

[Matt D]

Phil got the coveted Mandy Rose retweet this week too.

[Phil Schneider]

I got the way more coveted Max the Impaler tweet too. Dean go watch that match

[Phil Schneider]

 Keep them peeled on the Ringer in the next couple of days, I got something wild coming

[DEAN]

That match is great.  I wish they would have just kept it as an ode to Ikeda/Ishkawa instead of the foray into weapons.

[Phil Schneider]

Yeah, I think the Terminal Combat gimmick is kind of dumb, but those weapons shots felt like weapons shots Ikeda and Ishikawa would throw to each other

[DEAN]

HEY! Here ya go!

https://www.theringer.com/2022/7/20/23271495/best-barbed-wire-pro-wrestling-matches

[Phil Schneider]

I got paid a bunch of money to write about STOP THE MATSUNAGA and Dick Murdoch vs. Colon, what a world

[Phil Schneider]

Dean if you haven't seen Colon vs. Murdoch, you need to watch it, funniest barbed wire match ever.

 

[DEAN]

Schneider: "Funk is a master at punch-drunk selling, and nothing can trigger punch drunkenness like being blown up."

EDIT:  I was thinking that he forgot the Sheepherders vs the Fantastics, but their great match was just a bloodbath not the barbed wire match.

[Phil Schneider]

Yeah I had the barbedwire cage match on my initial list, but on a rewatch it was pretty mediocre, their really great match was part of the Houston footage and just a regular brawl.  I swapped it out for Raven vs. Sandman and I am happy with my decision. 

[DEAN]

Oh man, I forgot how great Dick Murdoch's punches were.  My favorite thing is the chalk board saying, "You're winning!"