I’m Okay, Thanks to My Omnigogs…
No review for PCW show, but there were some interesting developments as far as storylines, Messiah vs. Kaos in a barbed wire death match. Oh, sorry, Aaron. I mean, Messiah vs. Kaos with BARBED WIRE BARBED WIRE BARBED WIRE!!! I am not a big death match guy myself, I’ve never understood how death matches with light tubes and forty tables and scaffolds can be taken as professional wrestling, but I guess it’s because I feel most workers who put themselves in these matches aren’t good enough workers to make me enjoy it by telling a story in their matches. Mick Foley was able to tell a story in his hardcore matches. Terry Funk was okay at it, but not as good as everyone makes him out to be. Triple H, for all his bad political qualities, was able to put together very good hardcore matches in the past, most notably with Chris Jericho. Walking around a ring and hitting each other with various objects and scarring their bodies mean NOTHING if there is no reason behind the moves, most recent example being, Lonestar getting dismantled by Supreme. What was the reasoning behind this match? Was it a couple of months ago when Supreme came out to surprise everyone and tried to put Lonestar through a table? Okay, fine, I can go with that, but then why all the weapons? Why not a regular match, or matches, that should lead to Supreme getting so riled up he challenges Lonestar to a death match, or vice versa. No, we should just pop the crowd immediately and be done with it. How much more would the beating that Lonestar took mean, if they had built it up over the course of a few shows? If I am going to scar myself or be hurting for a while because I got smashed in the face with a chair, I sure as hell want it to mean something to the people watching it.
And what is with all the furniture? I’m all about the barbed wire. I don’t mind barbed wire, for some reason it seems acceptable, like tables and chairs. But light tubes? Why the hell are light tubes involved? What about an iron? Or how about a cannon? Let’s bust out a cannon at the next show. Machetes and chain saws sound like a good idea as well. What I’m trying to say is that the light tubes go over the top and the match becomes less about the workers putting themselves on the line and scarring their bodies, and more about the weapons. I wish some of the boys were brought up in the business better than a lot of them are and realize that the story matters, not getting themselves over by any means necessary. When the story in the match gets over, then everyone involved gets over.
On the other hand, the PCW death match has been built up nicely. I could have gone with a few more matches in between but it’s not like they are running weekly, or even bi-monthly, so I can afford them a little slack. At least there have been a few shows in between the initial meeting and the announcement. The heat has been established between the two and we’ll see what they can pull off, though I caution the light tubes. Stick with the barbed wire and the tacks. Light tubes are dangerous for the fans, especially in such a close venue.
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The Masked Assassin
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