Tajiri vs Sean Maluta
Not much to this, just a quick squash to get Tajiri over. I
did like Maluta’s headbutts, which he briefly used, but Tajiri soon finishes
him off with a handspring elbow and the buzzsaw kick.
Jack Gallagher vs Tony Nese
Depressingly short, as we get a brief fun mat section of
Gallagher escaping Nese’s holds before Ariya Daivari attacks Gallagher to draw a
DQ.
Noam Dar vs Mustafa Ali
This is more like it, good little match here. Dar has really
taken to being the cruiserweight shithead, yelling in the corner like a Scottish
Iron Mike Sharpe. Loved his opportunism at kicking Ali’s arm as he re-enters
the ring, and from that point on uses the arm as his focus. Dar is getting
great at the little touches, grinding his wrist-tape across Ali’s face whilst holding
him in an armbar. Ali’s offence run is neat, taking advantage of Dar
complaining to the ref about a slow count to recover and evade a corner charge,
instead hitting a tornado DDT. Ali sells the arm damage really well, not
hooking the leg on a pin and having to readjust his bodyweight. Loved him
trying a second tornado DDT and instead getting caught in a Fujiwara armbar,
looked great. Dar charges the corner, meets a boot to the face and Ali finishes
with an inverted 450. Great stuff here.
Neville vs TJ Perkins
Interestingly, Perkins came across as a far greater threat
to Neville than Rich Swann did the previous week. Perkins is able to use his
speed to evade Neville at first and send him to the floor with a rana. I liked
how they played up both guys being equally quick, but if one of them got in a
blow, they’d be able to get a small flurry as the impact of each blow would
delay the opponent reacting to the next one. Perkins especially takes advantage
of this, and it makes his offensive run look good. Loved Neville perching on
the top rope with malicious intent when he’s in control, just waiting to hit a
top rope dropkick. Loved Perkins’ springboard rana, but not as much as I loved
Neville catching the wheelbarrow that normally leads to a kneebar and instead
deadlifting Perkins into a German suplex. Looked terrific. The end sees Perkins
on the top rope, and he desperately tries to fight Neville off as he goes for a
superplex. In the end, however, Neville hits an enzuigiri and absolutely plants
the superplex to win. This was great from both guys.
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