CHIKARA Review: Young Lions Cup VII, Night Two
Posted by Kevin Ford on 10.10.2009
Tag teams clash and new guys debut, you can find this and more at YLC Night Two!
Easton, PA – 8.15.2009
The weekend of August 14th, 15th, and 16th of 2009 brings you the 7th annual CHIKARA Young Lions Cup tournament! Last night, Colin Delaney made it past six other feisty Young Lions to make his way to the finals of the tournament on night three. Tonight, the second dozen competitors look to make their mark in CHIKARA. Just like on night one, the 12 competitors will compete in singles competition and the winners will advance to a Six Man Elimination match. The winner of the elimination match advances to the Young Lions Cup finals on Night three to face Colin Delaney. Who will make it to the finals tonight?
Commentary is provided by Leonard F. Chikarason, Ultramantis Black, Bryce Remsburg, Louden Noxious, Colin Delaney, and Mike Quackenbush.
The show starts with all of tonight’s competitors posing for the ceremonial Young Lions Cup picture. Bret Race is conspicuous by his absent for this, so.
Young Lions Cup, Round One
Yellow Dog vs. Bret “Ressle” Race
Bret Race comes out dawned in a red lucha mask and a red cape. There’s something suspicious about his appearance however. As it turns out, Bret Race is the very old ”Darkness” Lester Crabtree in a disguise trying his best to make it into the tournament. However, as he obviously exceeds the age limit by years and years, he is taken out of the tournament (Leonard F. Chikarason’s) decision. With that said, it’s time to draw a replacement at random from the hat! First name drawn by Leonard F. Chikarason is Vökoder. Vökoder is indeed here, and he is the robotic wrestler that’s been appearing in the CHIKARA crowds all around Pennsylvania. The match is on!
Young Lions Cup, Round One
Yellow Dog vs. Vökoder
Vökoder stares down at Yellow Dog who asks Vökoder to rub his belly. Instead, Vökoder stomps Yellow Dog and kicks him right between the shoulder blades. He lands some Mongolian chops. Dog pushes Vökoder down, and he hops up. Vökoder gets kicked in the head by Dog, and Dog backslides Vökoder for two. Dog goes for a school boy for two. Dog sits up and gets kicked in the face by Vökoder. Vökoder delivers a hard set of chops before Yellow Dog comes back with headbutts to Vökoder’s midsection. Vökoder fights back, but gets a pair of boots from Dog for his trouble. Dog lands a hurricanrana from the second rope. Dog picks up a Dog toy in his mouth, and Vökoder tries to pull it out. He does but falls out of the ring. Dog heads up top and lands a big dive onto Vökoder on the floor. Dog tosses Vökoder back into the ring, and Dog goes up to the top rope. Dog avoids an attack from Vökoder and rolls up Vökoder for the two count. Vökoder chops Dog across the chest. Dog hits a back body drop on Vökoder and pins him for two. Dog chops Vökoder and tries a whip. Vökoder reverses, Dog floats over, and Vökoder spears Dog down. Vökoder lands a forward DDT (called the SDT) for the win, defeating Yellow Dog in 3:37. Well, I guess that’s how you put over a new comer. Yellow Dog also looked decent for the short amount of time he was in the match, but I didn’t care much for his schtick. 3/4*
Young Lions Cup, Round One
Soldier Ant vs. Carpenter Ant
This is Carpenter Ant’s in ring debut. He helped The Colony defeat at Aniversario Yang in May, but this is the first we have seen of him since. Both Ants stomp around the ring at the bell before locking up. They release and Carpenter Ant gets a waist lock. They exchange wrist locks before Soldier Ant takes Carpenter Ant down by the knee. Carpenter gets the ropes to break the single leg hold. They lock up once more, and Carpenter evades a series of whips. Carpenter does a cartwheel, but then Soldier Ant dropkicks Carpenter Ant to the floor. Soldier Ant fakes him out on a dive. Soldier Ant rolls up Carpenter for two. Soldier Ant twists on a wrist lock while Carpenter Ant lays on the mat. Soldier Ant snapmares Carpenter Ant down and lands an saluting elbow for two. Soldier Ant puts on a side headlock and drops to a knee. Carpenter Ant works out into a hammerlock. Soldier Ant runs around the ring, releases and sends Carpenter Ant to the floor. Carpenter comes back in and tries the figure four. Solider kicks Carpenter back out to the floor, but again Carpenter comes back in. Carpenter applies a Octopus variation and then continues working on Soldier Ant’s arm. Carpenter snapmares Soldier Ant over and then kicks him in the shoulder blades. Carpenter Ant continues to concentrate on Soldier’s arm. Soldier Ant headscissors Carpenter on the mat, but Carpenter works out and goes back to Soldier Ant’s arm. Soldier Ant picks up Carpenter Ant and slams him down, but Carpenter holds on and keeps the arm hold. On their feet. Soldier Ant trips Carpenter Ant and pins him for two. Soldier Ant know works on Carpenter’s arm before rolling into a pin for two. Soldier Ant smashes Carpenter in the face with forearms and hits the ropes. Carpenter knocks down Soldier Ant with the Polish Hammer for two. Up on the top rope, the ants brawl. Soldier Ant hits a belly to belly suplex from the top rope onto Carpenter Ant. Soldier pins Carpenter for two. Soldier Ant tries to pick up Carpenter in a Fireman’s Carry. Carpenter avoids it, hooks the arms of Soldier, and wraps his legs around Soldier’s body. Soldier Ant tries to break free, but Carpenter rolls through and keeps the submission on. Soldier Ant’s arm drops for two, but fights out of the third. Soldier Ant rolls the submission over into the CHIKARA Special! Carpenter Ant has no choice but to tap out in 10:06, meaning Soldier Ant advances to the semi-finals. Carpenter Ant had a real good first match here, and already has a cool submission hold. So if this match was to show of his skills, it was a positive. Other than that, not a whole lot to this match, but it was still good. **1/4
Young Lions Cup, Round One
Darin Corbin vs. Ryan Cruz
The partners shake hands before locking up. They exchange waist locks before going into a series of reversals prior to a stalemate. They lock up once more with Ryan getting a side headlock. Corbin pushes him off, but Cruz knocks him down with a shoulder block for his trouble. The two again go back and forth before reaching yet another stalemate. Ryan applies another side headlock after a lock up. Corbin tries to bounce of the ropes to escape and Cruz holds on. These two recreate the slow motion spot they did at the Young Lions Cup two years ago, and it’s just as great now as it was then. The fans play along, so the Easton fans finally did something right. Corbin pokes the eyes in slow-mo, and Bryce yells at him in slow-mo. Do I really need to call spots for this? They roll up and pose with fists at each other still in slow-mo. They go back to normal speed with a flapjack and senton to Cruz from Corbin. Corbin lays in the elbows to the back or Cruz, and Cruz comes back with a chin breaker and an Enzugiri. Cruz hits the ropes only to be caught with an Urinage back breaker from Corbin. Corbin hits a delayed back suplex on Cruz and then drops the knee on Cruz’s back. Corbin lays in the shots to the back and face of Cruz. Cruz attacks the stomach of Corbin to get up. Cruz hits the ropes running into a Bear hug from Corbin. Cruz claps his hands across Corbin’s skull to get out it, bites Corbin’s head, then hits a flying clothesline and spin kick on Corbin. Cruz slams Corbin and then lands a moonsault from the second rope for the two count. Corbin pushes Cruz into the corner and shoulder blocks Cruz in the gut. Corbin heads up top. Corbin tries a double axe handle but Cruz catches him with a spine buster. Back on their feet, Corbin backslides Cruz fro two. Cruz sunset flips Corbin for two. Corbin and Cruz go for a series of pins. Corbin runs at Cruz and Cruz catches him with an elbow. Corbin lands a spike DDT, and Cruz manages to kick out of the pin attempt at two. Cruz reverses an Irish whip to the corner and catches Corbin on his shoulder. Cruz attemps the Cruz Control, but Corbin blocks. Cruz turns Corbin around into a powerbomb and pins Corbin for two. Cruz tries a maneuver, but his hurt back doesn’t allow him too. Corbin goes to the corner where Cruz comes with a forearm. Cruz catches Corbin with a boot. Corbin catches another boot, and lands Cruz with the Cruz Control out of the corner for the two count only. Cruz blocks the neckbreaker and lands a spin kick to Corbin’s face. Cruz pins Corbin in 12:12 after hitting what he calls “The Boom Shaka-Laka” advancing to the semi-finals tonight. The North Star Express are awesome alone, and here they prove that they’re awesome solo. Real good stuff out of these two, getting the non-existant crowd to care about what they did. Well done, guys. ***
Young Lions Cup, Round One
Shane Hollister vs. Trik Davis
They lock one hand, and Trik gets Shane in a side headlock. Trik lands a quick arm drag and a shoulder block. Both men get back up and Trik talks trash. Shane and Trik lock up and Shane gets a waist lock. Trik goes down and applies a headlock. Trick rolls over into an armbar. Trik comes up to a wrist lock, and Shane uses his foot to break into his own wrist lock. Trik does the exact same but gets into a waist lock. Trik tries La Magistral for two, and then takes Shane over in a side headlock which Shane turns into a headscissors. Trik tries to work out but Shane rolls into a sunset flip pin. They exchance pin attempts to no avail. Trik arm drags Shane, but Shane gets up and sends Trik to the floor. Shane goes out with a pescado into an arm drag. On the floor, Shane hits a pair of uppercuts. Trike rolls back into the ring and Shane follows. Trik blocks a knee and hits one of his own. Shane applies an Octopus stretch to Trik. Trik escapes and Shane blasts him with a spin kick for the two count. Trik grabs the ropes, and Shane pulls him away. Shane hits a seated double dropkick to Trik’s chest. Shane leaps over the top rope into a elbow drop. He goes for the pin, but Trik grabs the bottom rope. Shane uppercuts Trik in the corner and then lands a forearm. Trik blocks an Irish whip by hooking his leg in the rope. Shane responds with some more forearms. Trik stops a clothesline by blocking it, then ramming Shane face first into the second rope turnbuckle. Trik stomps on Shane and then kicks Shane in the back. Trik lands some more offense while Shane lay on the mat, but Shane works up with chops and a headbutt. Trik stomps him with a hand thrust to the throat. Trik pushes Shane into the corner and rams his shoulder into Shane’s mid-section. Trik is whipped to the other corner. Shane follows and is sent to the apron. Shane hits an Enzugiri and heads up top. Trik pushes Shane off the top rope to the floor! Trik hops out pescado style and smacks Shane right on his back. Trik tosses Shane into the ring and follows. Trik tries a crucifix pin to no avail. In the corner, Trik puts his boot up and rams Shane into the boot. Trik hops off the bottom rope and lands double knees on the back of Shane’s head. Shane reverses a pin from Trik, and Trik hops up and drops his knees across Shane’s chest. Trik applies a waist lock. Shane gets up and elbows Trik in the face. Trik elbows Shane to stop it, but Shane hits a springboard tornado DDT. Both men lay on the mat. They get up at the same time blasting each other with forearms. Shane blocks a roaring clothesline with a nice jab to Trik’s face. Shane hits the ropes but Trik runs at him with a big knee to the gut. Shane runs at Trik who goes for the ropes and lands an elbow. Shane hits a rolling kick to the head then hits a seated blockbuster. Shane lands an Enzugiri before a powerbomb and faceplant. Shane rolls up Trik and only gets two! Shane puts Trik on the apron, standing on the bottom rope. Both men get on the ropes in the corner. Trik hits a jumping Urinage from the top rope to get the two count. Shane blocks a clothesline, but Trik hits an Ace Crusher anyhow. Trik lands a backpack stunner for two. Trik then hooks on the Hangmen’s Clutch (his trainer was Chris Hero), and Shane elbows Trik in the back of the head to escape. Trik picks up Shane, but Shane tries for the O’Connor Roll. Trik escapes, but gets an Enzugiri for his troubles. Shane uses the top rope to assist in a big knee to the chest of Trik Davis. Trik kicks out at two. Shane pops off the middle rope, and Trik trips him. Trik lands a superkick, then a cross-legged Michinoku Driver to score the pin in 13:58. Trik makes it to the semi-finals. Well, it felt long but it wasn’t so bad. I think it was good that with both these men abusing each others heads that the finish tied into that somewhat. Both guys looked good and I would have no problem with either of them coming back. ***
Young Lions Cup, Round One
Leonino vs. Grizzly Redwood
Leonino back rakes Grizzly. Grizzly uses a waist lock take down on Leonino, but Leonino rolls over and back rakes Grizzly again. On their feet, Leonino rakes away at the chest of Grizzly. Leonino whips Grizzly to the opposite corner. Grizzly s ends Leonino to the apron, and Leonino hops in with an arm drag. Leonino hits another arm drag before hitting Grizzly with a dropkick to the floor. Grizzly walks around the ring to waist time. Leonino comes out after him. Grizzly comes in the ring and misses an elbow drop on Leonino. Grizzly head butts Leonino and lands a double axe handle. Grizzly chokes Leonino in the corner. Grizzly brings him out and Leonino crawls through the legs. Leonino headscissors Grizzly down. Grizzly reverses an Irish whip but Leonino floats over. Leonino hits a bulldog and then a senton for two. Leonino gets tossed in the corner and eats a clothesline from Grizzly. Grizzly hits another double axe handle and a single arm handle. Grizzly’s straps come down, and Grizzly mows Leonino down with an elbow to the face. Grizzly applies a headlock to Leonino on the mat. Leonino fights up but is taken back down with a knee to the gut. Grizzly removes his flannel shirt before kicking Leonino in the gut. Grizzly snapmares Leonino over and then lands a knee for the two count. Leonino tries a roll-up, but Grizzly grabs the ropes. Leonino gets the roll-up anyway for two. Grizzly quickly mows Leonino back down with a clothesline for two. Leonino blocks a suplex attempt and lands a hurricanrana. Leonino lands some forearms and sends Grizzly to the ropes. Leonino knocks Grizzly down with his paws. Grizzly ducks an attack and puts Leonino on his shoulders. Leonino counters and drops Grizzly gut first across his knee. Leonino hits the Pounce on Grizzly for the two count. Leonino hits the ropes and Grizzly chops his knees out from under him. Leonino reverses a whip, but Grizzly reverses again into a brain buster for the pin in 7:12. Another good debut for Leonino and the crowd got behind him which is always good. Pretty short, which is good considering the last match went ages. **1/4
Young Lions Cup, Round One
Player Uno vs. Player Dos
More lock ups, more side headlocks, more wrist locks, more stalemates…I feel like I’ve seen this before! But yeah, that’s what they do in the beginning. Not that they’re to blame, it’s the classic opening janx. Uno takes down Dos in a side headlock for a two count, and Dos turns into a headscissors. Uno kicks out of it and now Dos takes Uno down in a side headlock. Both go for a headlock which almost leads to a bad clash, but they again trade headlocks and headscissors. Dos uses his agility to work out of it. They slap hands in respect. Uno waist locks Dos and goes for the O’Connor Roll. Dos escapes and leapfrogs Uno. Uno low bridges the ropes sending Dos to the floor. Uno torpedos with a topé through the middle and top rope onto Dos. Uno catches Dos with a back breaker in the ring for a two count. Dos lands a jaw breaker. As Dos for the ropes, Uno grabs Dos’ shoulders and slams Dos back first across his knee. Uno double stomps onto Dos’ mid-section. Dos comes up with forearms. Uno catches a spin kick. Uno hands Dos’ leg to the referee and lands a neck breaker for two. Uno delivers a couple chops to Dos and calls for a brianbuster. Dos gets out and goes for a superkick. Uno blocks and sends Dos to the corner. Uno goes for a splash on Dos, but Dos moves and Uno goes to the floor. Dos catapults himself over the ring post onto Uno on the floor. Impressive. Dos throws Uno in the ring. Uno blocks an attack from the top, but Dos hits a quick Enzugiri. Uno catches Dos with the arm-capture ace crusher for two, known as the River City Ransom. Uno hits the pitfall, which is a spin into a facebuster. Uno misses a top rope moonsault allowing Dos to whip Uno to the corner. Dos hits a flying forearm followed by a side suplex and a standing moonsault. All this only gets Dos a dos count. See what I did there? Dos turns a slam from Uno into an inverted DDT for the two count. Uno throws Dos to the corner and lands him on the shoulders. Dos comes down and Uno tries for the Dig Dug Driver. Dos turns it into a tornado DDT for the two count. Dos picks up Uno by the shoulders, and Uno escapes. Dos hops up and hits Uno with a reverse hurricanrana. Dos heads to the top rope. Dos misses a frog splash. Uno picks up Dos and lands a big neck breaker on his knee for two. Uno then lands the Eye of the Hurricane for the two count. Uno picks up Dos and Dos knees Uno in the face. Dos hits the pelé kick on Uno. Uno punches Dos, and Dos responds with a superkick. Dos ducks a clothesline attempt from Uno, and Dos flips over Uno into an inverted DDT. Dos a swinging face plant before heading to the top rope. Dos hits the “Incredible Hulk Frog Splash” for the pin in 11:50, making him the sixth and final participant in the Young Lions Cup semi-finals. Well, it shouldn’t surprise me that these two put on an awesome match because they’re an awesome team and great singles workers as well. Both guys ruled, and I would’ve been happy with either guy winning. ***1/4
Arik Cannon vs. Jigsaw
This match was originally supposed to see Arik Cannon take on Lince Dorado, but Lince suffered an injury on Night One that forced him to miss the match. Instead, Jigsaw will be taking on Arik. Arik and Jigsaw teamed up during the 2006 Tag World Grand Prix, so it’s another partner clash!
Arik rallies the fans with his “OH YEAH!” Kool-Aid Man cry. They lock up and Arik works out of a waist lock into a wrist lock. Jigsaw spins around on the mat to get into his own wrist lock. Arik applies a headlock which Jigsaw turns into an elbow wrench, causing Arik to get to the mat. Arik applies a mare into the arm bar. Jigsaw blocks a suplex. Arik floats over and tries an O’Conner Roll which Jigsaw avoids. Arik ducks a clothesline and successfully gets the O’Conner Roll for two. Arik cartwheels to avoid a Jigsaw attack to a stalemate. Jigsaw takes Arik down with a series of arm drags and floats into a crucifix pin for two. Jigsaw forearms Arik and then spins into an armdrag which sends Arik to the floor. Jigsaw slingshots into a hurricanrana onto Ariko n the floor! Jigsaw throws Arik back in the ring and pins for two. Arik blocks an Irish whip into a pair of armdrags. Jigsaw kicks Arik in the mid-section. Arik blocks Jigsaw’s attack with his patented swinging neck breaker. Arik picks up Jigsaw and lights up Jigsaw with chops in the corner. Arik snapmares Jigsaw into an abdominal stretch. Jigsaw works up and elbows out of it. Jigsaw comes off the ropes and runs right into Arik’s elbow to the face. Arik and Jigsaw trade shots and Jigsaw stand on the apron. Arik blasts Jigsaw with an elbow then with a side kick to the head. Arik pins Jigsaw for two. Arik places Jigsaw on the top rope and chops him. Arik goes off top and looks for a superplez. Jigsaw blocks and chops Arik down to the mat. Jigsaw comes off with a cross body. Jigsaw elbows, clotheslines, and hits a leg lariat on Arik and still only gets the count of two. Arik whips Jigsaw to the corner. Jigsaw flies at Arik with a foot to the face. Jigsaw drags Arik to the corner on the mat. Jigsaw tries for a leg drop but misses. Arik tries the backdrop driver but Jigsaw escapes. Arik ducks Jigsaw’s superkick, and blasts Jigsaw with a hard punch and flying lariat. Arik surprisingly only gets two. Arik misses the Glimmering Warlock and Jigsaw hits him with a seated dropkick. Jigsaw places Arik up top. Arik fights Jigsaw up, so Jig hops up with an Enzugiri. Jigsaw lands a DDT on Arik off the top for the two. Arik reverses a whip, and catches Jigsaw on his shoulders. Arik lands Total Anarchy and Jigsaw kicks out! Arik hits a spinning brainbuster and again only gets two. Jigsaw hits a satellite DDT as well as a superkick. Jigsaw rolls up Arik with a jackknife pin to score the three in 10:50. Wow, that was a great match. This match reminded me of Arik’s match with Ophidian back at Aniversario Yang which I also loved. It also got me pumped for the Golden Dreams Match tomorrow night, which was the goal, so well done. ***1/2
Mascarita Dorada vs. Pierrothito
Skayde and Turbo were supposed to tag with these two tonight, but that’s not happening since they’re not there for an unknown reason. Pierrothito holds up a Puerto Rican flag and taunts Dorada with it. Dorada takes it and taunts Pierrothito with it making him run at it like a bull. Dorada uses the flag like a bull flag. Bryce takes the flag away. Pierrothito makes fun of Dorada being smaller than him, which is funny since they’re both minis. Pierrothito trips Dorada in a waist lock and Dorada turns into a hammer lock. Pierrothito trips Dorada and mares him into a crucifix pin for two. Dorada rolls over grabs Pierrothito’s arm and wrenches back. Pierrothito trips Dorada, and Dorada hops up into a headscissors takedown to Pierrothito. Pierrothito trips Dorada. Pierrothito takes the control, hooking Dorada in the Rita Romero Special (Mexican surfboard). Dorada tumbles into a pinfall, and then barrel rolls Pierrothito into another pin. Both were unsuccessful. Pierrothito calls for a test of strength. Dorada trips Pierrothito and grabs his ankle. Dorada locks the legs of Pierrothito and pulls on his mask. Dorads then takes the arm and Pierrothito trips Dorada over into a pin. Pierrothito slams Dorada and show boats to the fans dismay. Dorada rolls up and grabs the mask of Pierrothito. Dorada takes over Pierrothito with an armdrag into an armbar. Pierrothito picks up Dorada on his shoulder, and Dorada takes him over with a short-arm scissor. Pierrothito again picks up Dorada on his shoulder, and Dorada wheelbarrows up into a headscissors take down which sends him to the floor. Dorada springboards out onto Pierrothito on the floor. Back in the ring, Dorada comes in with a springboard onto Pierrothito, and Pierrothito rolls into a pin. Pierrothito lands hard strikes onto Dorada before Pierrothito drops Dorada out of an Airplane Slam. Pierrothito goes for the pin and gets two. Pierrothito lands a fisherman’s suplex for the two. Pierrothito kicks and slaps Dorada on his back in between the shoulder blades. Pierrothito throws Dorada across the ring and Pierrothito catches Dorada with a clothesline and a slingshot senton. Pierrothito show boats again. Pierrothito slaps Dorada on the back before throwing Dorada into the opposite corner. Dorada evades Pierrothito’s attack and kicks the legs out from Pierrothito. Dorada hits the ropes, rolls under Pierrothito’s leapfrog, and Dorada wheelbarrows into an armdrag. Dorada goes up the ropes and twists into a headbutt to Pierrothito. Dorada ducks a clothesline from Pierrothito and sends Pierrothito to the floor with another headscissors. Dorada moonsaults from the top rope onto Pierrothito on the floor! Back in the ring, Dorada catches Pierrothito with a swinging hurricanrana. Dorada dumps Pierrothito off his shoulders and moonsaults onto Pierrothito. Dorada signals for another, runs up the ropes and uses multiple jumps on the ropes. Pierrothito blocks, hits the ropes, and locks into a back-bridging chinlock for the win in 10:59. Wow, that was fast-paced fun stuff. Sometimes CHIKARA brings in outsiders from other countries and they don’t light the world on fire. These guys most certainly did. Very different stuff, and although I much prefer the faux luchadores of the CHIKARA world, I was totally fine with this match. I’m glad they came in and worked real hard. Great times. ***1/4
Young Lions Cup, Semi-Final Round
Vökoder vs. Soldier Ant vs. Ryan Cruz vs. Trik Davis vs. Grizzly Redwood vs. Player Dos
Vökoder and Dos start the match off. Dos hops around Vökoder who remains motionless. Vökoder finally picks up Dos with a neck-hanging tree slam, throws Soldier Ant out of the ring, and throws Ryan Cruz in the corner. Cruz eats an elbow from Vökoder, before Dos comes in with an assisted moonsault from Cruz. Grizzly pushes Dos to the floor, leaving Grizzly and Cruz in the ring. They shove back and forth before Grizzly gets taken down with an arm drag. Cruz throws a spinwheel kick to take Grizzly for the floor. Cruz follows with a moonsault from the apron to the floor. Trik and Soldier stand in the ring. Trik tries to stop Soldier Ant from saluting. Trik applies a side headlock but Soldier Ant still salutes. Trik knocks Soldier down with a shoulder tackle and pins Soldier for two. Soldier Ant places Trik in the corner and monkey flips Trik across the ring. Soldier Ant rolls up Trik for two. On their feet, Soldier throws Trik who slides to the floor. Soldier Ant follows with a saluting tope. Vökoder steps in and Dos comes in as well. Vökoder knocks down Dos with a couple shoulder blocks. Dos lands an Enzugiri on Vökoder sending Vökoder to the floor. Dos pescado’s onto Vökoder. Cruz comes in and hits the ropes. Vökoder comes in and plants Cruz with the SDT to pin Ryan Cruz, eliminating Ryan from the match in 4:07.
Dos clotheslines Vökoder to the floor. Trik cracks Dos with a slap, and Trik goes to the floor. Vökoder comes back in and delivers some hard punches to Dos’ face. Vökoder pins Dos for two. Dos blocks a chop, but Vökoder takes down Dos anyways. Vökoder tags Trik in, and it looks like these two have somewhat teamed up. Trik works away at Dos before tagging in the other rudo, Grizzly Redwood. Grizzly, Trik, and Vökoder take turns beating on Dos keeping Dos away from Soldier Ant, the other tecnico in this match. Dos flips out a wheelbarrow from Trik to tag in Soldier Ant, who comes in with a saluting crossbody to Trik. Vökoder comes in, Soldier Ant trips him, and dives in with a saluting headbutt in the corner. Grizzly comes in and plants Soldier Ant with a brainbuster. Grizzly pins Soldier, and Soldier Ant gets his foot on the rope. Grizzly celebrates not realizing what happened. Grizzly goes for another brain buster, but Soldier Ant rolls up Grizzly to eliminate him in 7:24.
Grizzly chop blocks Soldier Ant’s left leg before leaving. Trik comes in and locks the Indian Death Lock onto Soldier Ant. Soldier Ant shows lots of fighting spirit, which Trik discourages. Vökoder gets the tag from Trik. Soldier Ant fights back but is taken down by Vökoder shortly after. Vökoder is unaffected by Soldier’s chops, and hits a hard double thrust to Soldier Ant’s throat. Trik gets tagged, and Trik goes back to Soldier Ant’s leg. Vökoder comes in and also works on Soldier’s leg. Vökoder gets Soldier in a leg hold which Soldier Ant headbutts his way out of. Trik tags in to do more damage to Soldier. He cuts off Soldier from hitting the floor to make a tag. Soldier Ant tumbles outside, and Vökoder drills Trik Davis with the SDT to eliminate Trik from the match in 12:03.
Dos hops in and gets some useless shots to Vökoder. Dos hits flying knees in the corner to take Vökoder down, and Dos and Soldier Ant hit the tandem seated dropkick. Dos hits the frog splash and Soldier Ant lands the flying headbutt. Dos follows up with a Cancun Tornado splash to finally eliminate Vökoder in 12:58.
Soldier Ant and Player Dos remain the final two participants. They trade forearms. Soldier Ant blocks a brainbuster, so Dos kicks his leg out. Soldier Ant comes back with a rolling forearm. Soldier Ant tries to lock on the CHIKARA Special, but Dos rolls into a prawn hold pinning combination which only gets him two. Now Player Dos looks for the CHIKARA Special. Soldier Ant kicks Dos in the head to break the hold. Dos slides under Soldier Ant’s legs and turns Soldier inside out with a Pump-Handle driver. Dos stalks Soldier Ant, and looks for a full nelson. Soldier Ant stops it from being locked and goes into a waist lock. Dos fights it, but Soldier takes Dos over with a German suplex for the two. Soldier Ant lifts up Dos and lands a brainbuster for the two. Soldier salutes Dos before heading up top. Dos hops up and lands a jump up Enzugiri. Dos picks up Soldier Ant and lands The Final Smash! Dos drags Soldier Ant to the middle of the ring and hits his big frog splash to get the pinfall in 17:35, advancing to the final round of the Young Lions Cup to face Colin Delaney. Speaking of, Colin comes out to look at Dos post match. More good stuff in the finals, but Dos didn't stand out enough to make him see credible. Still, good wrestling and story telling. ***1/4
The 411: A better show than Night One I feel. Better matches with better pacing throughout, and the non-tournament matches I also enjoyed more. I’d pick up this night. The crowd was much better and the overall package was more enjoyable.
