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Break It Down: CZW Home Sweet Home

August 24, 2010 | Posted by Ryan Rozanski
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Break It Down: CZW Home Sweet Home  

Home Sweet Home on July 10th, 2010

Opening Match: DJ Hyde vs. Alex Colon vs. Ryan Slater vs. Tyler Veritas
The winner of this contest will advance to a singles match later tonight. The winner of that singles match will earn a title shot against any current CZW champion. Veritas dropkicks Colon to the floor while Hyde tosses Slater to the outside. They block a dive from Hyde but Veritas follows with a dive of his own. In the ring, Slater hits a neckbreaker on Veritas and Colon adds a basement dropkick. Colon kicks Hyde into a powerbomb from Slater. Hyde spears Veritas, causing him to DDT Colon. Sami Callihan runs out and grabs Kylie Pierce. The distraction allows Joe Gacy to catch Hyde with a stiff punch. Gacy puts Veritas on top of Hyde and Veritas gets the win at 4:03. The action was fine until the storyline elements took over. Considering the match only lasted four minutes, hopefully Veritas can deliver a good performance in his next match later on the show. *½

Match #2: CZW Wired TV Title: Drew Gulak © vs. Jon Gresham
Gresham has been rising up the ranks of IWA-MS lately, which in 2010 means absolutely nothing. He’s also been doing well in CZW, earning a title shot rather quickly. Gresham actually cartwheels out of a headlock and armdrags Gulak to the floor. Back in, Gresham works over the left leg until Gulak pushes him off the top rope. Gulak takes over with a hard irish whip and drapes Gresham across the top rope. Gresham fights off a superplex and tries a couple of quick pin attempts to no avail. He applies an ankle lock but Gulak powers out. Gresham tries a half crab but Gulak once again powers out. Gulak synchs in the Gu-Lock to retain his title at 10:53. They started with a feeling out process and that’s exactly what the crowd didn’t want to see. Gresham looks like he has some visually impressive offense but he didn’t showcase any of it here. While nothing was technically wrong with the match, it was wrestled at a much slower pace than expected and that resulted in a lifeless crowd. **

Match #3: T.J. and Kirby Mack vs. Ryan McBride and Rich Swann
This is a rematch from Lines In The Sand. Team Macktion attack Irish Drive-By during their entrance. Irish Drive-By recover with stereo dives to the floor. Team Macktion isolate McBride in the ring and hit a nice dropkick-neckbreaker combination. He catches Kirby with a spin kick and makes the tag. Swann cleans house with superkicks and spikes Kirby with a satellite headscissors. He then hip tosses TJ into a backbreaker. McBride lands a handspring moonsault onto TJ and Swann adds a spin kick. Kirby levels Swann with a superkick. TJ accidentally yakuza kicks Kirby. McBride hits a death valley driver into the turnbuckles on TJ for the victory at 8:05. These two teams improved upon their last match and packed a lot of action into eight minutes. I’m curious to see what they could do with more time. Swann was on point and Team Macktion seemed comfortable in the heel role. **½

McBride hits Rodney Rush with his clipboard after the match and Irish Drive-By stand tall.

Match #4: CZW World Junior Heavyweight Title: Adam Cole © vs. Sonjay Dutt
They trade control on the mat and find themselves at a stalemate after a quick exchange. Dutt sneaks in a slap and the action becomes more aggressive. Cole returns the favor and lands a plancha to the floor. Back in, Dutt snaps off a hurricanrana and takes control. He works over the midsection until Cole blocks a top rope hurricanrana and hits a backcracker. Dutt walks into a superkick and Cole hits a german suplex. Dutt bulldogs him into the top turnbuckle and lands a guillotine leg drop. Dutt connects with an enzuigiri followed by two superkicks. Cole wakes up and answers with the Corona Kick to retain his title at 11:28. After watching Dutt’s lackluster run in ROH, this was a breath of fresh air. The crowd was receptive towards him and he came across as much more legitimate. Cole impressed once again and I’m glad that CZW is showcasing him in worthwhile title defenses. This was definitely one of them and my only complaint is that the finish came out of nowhere. Still, Dutt looked rejuvenated and Cole continued to deliver. ***

Match #5: Sami Callihan vs. Sabian vs. Greg Excellent vs. A.R. Fox
This match features the same stipulations as the opener. Callihan tries to attack Excellent before the bell but gets launched into the crowd. Fox lays out Sabin with a twisting brainbuster in the ring. Callihan catches Fox with a northern lariat. Sabian and Callihan exchange chops and Sabian eventually hits a flatliner. Callihan russian leg sweeps Excellent off the middle rope. Excellent blocks a dive from Callihan with a forearm. Fox misses a guillotine leg drop and lands hard on the apron. Sabian lands a dive to the floor onto Excellent. Fox blocks a dive from Callihan and lands a moonsault onto Excellent and Sabian. Back in, Fox catches Callihan with an impressive ace crusher. Sabian hurricanranas Fox and adds a corner dropkick. He hits a brainbuster on Callihan but misses a frog splash. Excellent murders Sabian with a corner cannonball. Callihan saito suplexes Excellent and synchs in a stretch muffler on Fox. Sabian breaks it up with a missile dropkick. Excellent hits a samoan drop on Sabian. Sabian tries to respond with a low blow but Excellent used a Mountain Dew can as a cup. Excellent spits some Mountain Dew at Sabian and hits a spike piledriver for a nearfall. Fox catches Callihan with a springboard lungblower. Sabin rolls up Fox for the win at 9:18. This was an incredibly fun spotfest only held back by the finish. Excellent’s involvement was kept to a minimum and Fox has definitely won over the CZW crowd. The finish was totally deflating primarily because no one wanted to see Sabian win. Also, after the hectic action that occurred for nine minutes, a simple rollup was too anticlimactic. This match is still fun for the personalities involved and some impressive spots. **¾

DJ Hyde makes his way to the ring. He shows a video of Eddie Kingston calling out Cult Fiction at Lines In The Sand. Hyde introduces Drake Younger, who joins him in the ring with the CZW World Tag Team Titles. Hyde announces that Eddie Kingston has decided to leave CZW. He informs Younger that he is stripped of the titles. Younger doesn’t agree with Hyde’s decision but willingly hands the belts over. Younger puts over Kingston and declares that he will find a new partner. Hyde announces a tournament to crown new champions. He gives Younger a chance to qualify for the tournament tonight. Hyde also announces that the Osirian Portal will be in the tournament. Younger heads to the back and Sami Callihan comes out to interrupt Hyde. Joe Gacy attacks Hyde from behind and starts choking him with wires. Callihan adds a chair shot and ties him to the ringpost. Gacy and Callihan take turns whipping Hyde with barbed wire. They wrap barbed wire around his midsection and follow with more chair shots. Greg Excellent finally makes the save but Hyde looks to be in bad shape.

Match #6: TJ Cannon and Bruce Maxwell vs. Drake Younger and B-Boy
The winning team will qualify for the tournament to crown new CZW World Tag Team Champions. The match starts as a brawl around ringside. Younger throws a chair at Maxwell while B-Boy powerbombs Cannon onto the apron. Younger side slams Maxwell onto the apron and B-Boy lights up Cannon with a chop. In the ring, Younger flapjacks Cannon and B-Boy adds a stiff forearm. Maxwell eventually blind tags in and plants Younger with a DDT. The Best Around isolate him until he hits a double DDT and makes the tag. B-Boy suplexes Cannon onto Maxwell and clotheslines Cannon to the floor. He hits a tiger driver on Maxwell and takes out The Best Around with his facelift dropkick in the corner. Maxwell hits a chinbreaker on Younger and Cannon sort of DDTs B-Boy. Younger hits the Drake n’ Bake on Cannon. B-Boy connects with a shining wizard on Maxwell for a nearfall. Cannon low blows B-Boy and but misses a shooting star double stomp. Younger hits Drake’s Landing on Cannon but Robbie Mireno pulls the referee out of the ring. Younger chases Mireno to the back. Maxwell hits B-Boy with one of the title belts and Cannon covers for the victory at 13:18. Younger and B-Boy work well together and provide the same dynamic as the Suicide Kings. This match was structured in a way that benefited both teams. Younger and B-Boy brutalized The Best Around for most of the match and that’s exactly what the crowd wanted to see. The finishing stretch had some good moments, although the screwy ending doesn’t help matters. This match was a fine way of putting The Best Around into the tournament while introducing the new team of Younger and B-Boy. ***

Match #7: MASADA and tHURTeen vs. Scotty Vortekz and Danny Havoc
tHURTeen catches Vortekz with a thrust kick but walks into a dropkick. MASADA puts Havoc in a boston crab but he makes the ropes. The action gets heated on the floor and here come the weapons. MASADA irish whips Vortekz through a shopping cart. He levels Havoc with a water jug shot. In the ring, Havoc superplexes MASADA and connects with a diving elbow drop. MASADA isn’t able to catch Havoc in powerbomb position but recovers and powerbombs Havoc into the shopping cart. He hits Vortekz with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. tHURTeen coast to coast dropkicks a chair into Havoc’s face. Vortekz hits tHURTeen with a water jug shot and dropkicks him off the apron. MASADA suplexes Vortekz onto a slab of wood and inserts wooden sticks into his head. Havoc and Vortekz drop MASADA head-first onto the slab of wood. They put the wooden sticks into MASADA’s head and connect with stereo dropkicks. tHURTeen wraps himself in barbed wire and lands a corkscrew to the floor onto both of his opponents. In the ring, tHURTeen hits sliced bread on Havoc. Vortekz sends tHURTeen off the top rope and onto a pile of chairs. Havoc synchs in a japanese stranglehold on MASADA and Vortekz comes off the top with double knees. Havoc follows with a death valley driver for a two count. Vortekz and Havoc both hit MASADA with a chair shot for the win at 15:39. Maybe I’m used to the brutality that Tournament Of Death delivered, but it just seemed like not much happened in sixteen minutes. I also wasn’t a fan of the superfluous tags in the beginning of the match. So rope breaks are enforced but barbed wire can come into play? I really shouldn’t waste time nitpicking. This is a fine offering for those who enjoy the deathmatch style of wrestling. **

Match #8: Sabian vs. Tyler Veritas
The winner of this match will receive a title shot against any current CZW champion. Sabian attacks before the bell. Veritas’ right shoulder is heavily taped. Sabian eventually targets the shoulder and gains control. Veritas connects with a flying knee but falls victim to a back suplex. Veritas connects with an enzuigiri and hits a crucifix bomb for the victory at 3:20. The match was inconsequential and they would end up having a rematch at the next show. I agree with Veritas winning, as the CZW crowd would be hugely against Sabian challenging for and possibly winning gold. *

Sabian attacks Veritas after the match. Joker makes his return to CZW and stares down Sabian. It turns out to be a ruse, as Joker punches Veritas and reunites with Sabian.

Match #9: CZW World Heavyweight Title: Jon Moxley © vs. Egotistico Fantastico vs. Nick Gage
Gage german suplexes Moxley but Ego sends him to the floor. Ego catches Moxley with a dropkick but walks into a powerbomb. Moxley transitions into a half crab but Gage breaks it up by utilizing a stapler. Ego uses the stapler against Gage. Moxley hits a sleeper suplex on Ego and attacks Gage with a pizza cutter. Gage fights back with a fisherman buster followed by a missile dropkick. Ego lands a dive to the outside onto both of his opponents. In the ring, Moxley hits a superplex on Ego and they take each other out after both attempting a crossbody. Gage connects with a double diving headbutt. Ego hits a tilt-a-whirl slam on Moxley and Gage adds a backbreaker. Gage brainbusters Ego onto a chair and boots another chair into Moxley’s face. Ego hits the Taco Bender on Gage, who responds with a piledriver. Moxley attacks Ego with a chair and Gage almost catches him with a small package. Moxley plants Gage with the Hook and Ladder onto a chair to retain his title at 12:53. This was a solid match but I feel as though it could have been much more special. Ego has been built up strongly over the past few months and Gage will always be loved by the CZW fans. Considering that two of Moxley’s most believable challengers were involved, there wasn’t much suspense. I think the weapons shouldn’t have been used or at least toned down. They felt out of place at times and disrupted any sort of pacing. I’m waiting for Ego to receive a singles match against Moxley and I think that’s when the unpredictability will shine through. **½

Match #10: Drew Blood vs. Devon Moore
The loser of this match will retire from professional wrestling. They pay tribute to Trent Acid before the opening bell. The match immediately becomes a brawl on the outside. Blood shoves Moore into the ringpost, busting him open. Moore avoids a charge and Blood collides with a scaffold at ringside. In the ring, Moore comes off the middle rope with a swinging flatliner. Blood answers with a half nelson suplex onto a chair. Moore hurls a chair at him and then hits a piledriver onto it. A table is setup at ringside. They battle on the apron and Moore hits a suplex through the table. Moore brings a barbed wire board into the ring. Blood hits a falcon arrow onto the barbed wire board. The action goes to the floor where Blood breaks a chair over Moore’s head. Back in, Moore hits an STO and connects with a yakuza kick. He lays Blood on top of the barbed wire board and goes on top of the scaffold. Moore misses a swantan from the top of the scaffold and falls onto the barbed wire board. Blood brings a pane of glass into the ring. They trade strikes and Blood hits a tombstone. Moore responds with a burning hammer through the pane of glass for the win at 14:10. This was an effective hardcore match in that they made the most out of their weapon choices and spaced out the big spots to make each one stand out. I don’t know much about Drew Blood’s history in CZW, so this match will probably mean a lot more to others. However, I can still analyze this match based on the action and I have to say that I really enjoyed it. ***¼

The 411: Home Sweet Home is an enjoyable offering from CZW but lacks anything "must see". The undercard features some fun matches with rising prospects standing out. Dutt looked completely motivated in his return match against Cole, who is on a tear with consistent title defenses. Younger and B-Boy debuted as a new tag team and put over The Best Around in a smartly-worked contest. While I was expecting more out of the CZW World Title match, the main event definitely delivered. I guess the one element I'm missing here is a match that I can say you need to go out of your way to watch. CZW is keeping me interested with decent shows but I just need to witness something truly special from the promotion. I could go either way with a recommendation. If you see anything that interests you, give this show a chance.
 
Final Score:  6.5   [ Average ]  legend

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