by eastbay510 » Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:08 pm
I am a little late, but here is my review for Bowie.
-Before the show started I got to meet Becky Lynch, who was there as a fan. She couldn't have been nicer, she took pictures with anybody who asked.
-Show started with Excalibur Talking about the passings of Lemmy and Bowie, and thanking Bryan Danielson. Most of the fans were respectful, but a small minority were acting like assholes, which they would keep doing throughout the night.
-Dalton Castle's entrance was as epic as you would expect. He had a couple local wrestlers playing his boys. When he came out he got one of the loudest pops I have ever heard in that building. Match started out super fun for a little, but really started to drag as it went on. It should have been way shorter. That being said Dalton will be back without a doubt, he was more impressive then the match was if that makes sense, and got over huge.
-Trent/Hero was the first sleeper match of the night. Started off real slow at the start, but really got great down the stretch. Probably the best match I have ever seen from Trent, and the second best match of the night in my opinion.
-Sami vs Jack and Cole vs Everett were not that great. I don't get the love for Everett to be honest, it was pretty clear he was not in Cole's league in this one.
-Intermission. There was the beer line and the Dalton Castle line. The beer line was longer, but not by much.
-Lee vs Sabre. Lee came out to Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen, which was so much better than his old theme. Holy shit, Trevor was such an asshole in this one. I remember when he debuted he was really quiet, well in this one he was doing the Kevin Steen thing where he was yelling and cussing throughout the match, excpet it wasn't funny like Kevin is. It really suited him, he came off like such a prick. During this match some of the new fans were getting on Sabre and started a "USA" chant, which we replied with a "Shut the fuck up" chant. Only in Reseda. Great as you would expect, but only my third best match of the night.
-Speedball vs Evil Uno. This is not what I expected at all, and I mean that that in the best way possible. I thought this would be a fun match, and I had never seen this new Evil Uno character and I assumed he would be a goofy heel, as he has always been a goofy face. I could not have been more wrong, this was the second sleeper match and the match of the night. Uno almost came off as a bigger prick then Lee did. He was vicious in this one, stiffed the fuck out of Bailey. This one almost felt like a fight at times, and they had the crowd going ape shit. When Uno came out he didn't get much of a pop with all the newer fans, by the end he was over as hell. I can not say enough good things about this match.
-Roddy vs Galloway was a very good match that could have been great. The crowd never bought for a second that Drew had a chance in hell of winning, but that is not the fault of the wrestlers, just the situation. Both guys really busted their asses and delivered another stiff match.
-Cole came out and he and Roddy attacked Drew and attempted to put him through open chairs via End of Heartache like he did to O'Reilly in 2014 until Sabre made the save. Roddy cut a promo challenging Sabre for the title at ASW N1.
-Overall, lots of ups, some downs. worth the DVD purchase for the Trent/Hero and Uno/Bailey matches alone.