POLL 7/9- 7/15 - WHAT WAS THE BEST FREE TV MATCH OF THE WEEK? squash city, baby.

[John E. Dynamite]

There is absolutely no question who is winning this poll. BUT. We are wrestling fans. We want to see the underdogs struggle against impossible odds even if the booking's written on the wall. MLW has maybe their most consistent front-to-back episode of the year, Puma de Oro & Noisy Boy were getting some love in the matches thread so don't just take my word for it, the GCW show is three hours of high-end good time indie stuff, a very good natured three hours of action to throw on your big screen. Enjoy, and weep for, the last free episode of CMLL's Friday show until they realize what a horrible mistake they've made. And if you've got a second-place match you want to shill for, we are all entirely here for it.

LINKS
 

Spoiler

CMLL Domingos - Despy + Hechicero vs. DOUKI + Templario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-iwLZDjzAs
CMLL Viernes Espectaculares Co Main & Main - https://youtu.be/JtgJoUCZ9Kg?t=1925
MLW Fusion (the whole damn show) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLQdV_9KPSg
IWRG Puma De Oro (c) vs. Noisy Boy for the Rey Del Aire Championship - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjUM14jRf_E
NWA Natalia Markova & Pretty Empowered vs. Kamille, M95 & Ruthie Jay https://youtu.be/Q7iozKp-N5Y?t=1680
JCW/GCW Big A$$ Extreme Birthday Ba$h (whole show, three hours long, opens w/ an un-nominated Blake Christian vs. Beastman match that you should still check out) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j_LaQO_MUM
 

The first (and second!) night of the G1 Climax are up for free on njpwworld.com

Edited July 17, 2023 by John E. Dynamite

[Eivion]

This feels like one of those cases where we should probably just crown FTR vs. BCG II MOTW and vote for the no. 2 MOTW.

[Noah Mark]

11 hours ago, John E. Dynamite said:

Lost the entire poll + writeup about half an hour ago when I tried to post. Poll back up. I'll get a re-write after lunch. MLW was really good. G1 + GCW's big free show made this one easy. But I know what you're voting for. 

Can you provide the links please.  Looking forward to the CMLL matches.

[John E. Dynamite]

22 minutes ago, Noah Mark said:

Can you provide the links please.  Looking forward to the CMLL matches.

Links are UP. Writeup... later! Lunch became a very fancy dinner that involved a whole fried fish wrapped around a cute lil' mango salad! Dinner turned to hipster bar hopping, foedered kellerbiers, aquavit martinis and an UNFORTUNATELY inebriated common-law!

[caley]

I'm probably the least-enthused FTR fan on the board and even I have to concede that's the MOTW

[Ace]

The lack of Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Kento Miyahara is a crime.

 

[Eivion]

2 hours ago, Ace said:

The lack of Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Kento Miyahara is a crime.

Was it free to watch?

[Marcel]

The FTR/BC Gold match was great stuff.  More 2/3 falls matches, please.

(I maintain that all Trios Championship matches should be 2/3 falls.)

[Boydy]

I voted for FTR Vs Bullet Club Gold. If we end up going for 2nd match of the week then I vote for Ruby Soho Vs Willow Nightengale.

 

[John E. Dynamite]

7 hours ago, Ace said:

The lack of Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Kento Miyahara is a crime.

 

The poll is done exactly how DEAN did it - free TV/YouTube/streaming only  Nothing behind a paywall (except ROH for some reason but that's how the big guy set it up).

[Ace]

 

[John E. Dynamite]

I've watched the match, it's very good. We are not knocking it. But that video is uploaded by a dude named "SIR ANIME", not a dude named "NOAH OFFICIAL", thus it must remain behind its gilded, bourgeois gates along with PPV and PLE matches and all that freakin CMLL I was looking forward to this week.

Edited July 19, 2023 by John E. Dynamite