Welcome back to another review of Aew Dark: Elevation, which features seven matches on the card. We’ve got regulars Paul Wight and Matt Menard on commentary as usual. So let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Juice Robinson def. Fuego del Sol
My Thoughts: Fuego del Sol going up against Juice Robinson? I’m not sure if Fuego has had a come-up or Robinson has had a step-down. But given Robinson’s high profile in Japan I didn’t expect him to be wrestling Any matches on YouTube for Aew… but hey, I don’t know everything. Still a decent match-up and Fuego at least is back working again – dude’s been missed Imho.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #2: Athena def. Evelyn Carter
My Thoughts: Hmmmmm, let’s see, an Athena match on YouTube against enhancement talent (aka a jobber) what could the outcome be? Squash!
My...
Match #1: Juice Robinson def. Fuego del Sol
My Thoughts: Fuego del Sol going up against Juice Robinson? I’m not sure if Fuego has had a come-up or Robinson has had a step-down. But given Robinson’s high profile in Japan I didn’t expect him to be wrestling Any matches on YouTube for Aew… but hey, I don’t know everything. Still a decent match-up and Fuego at least is back working again – dude’s been missed Imho.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #2: Athena def. Evelyn Carter
My Thoughts: Hmmmmm, let’s see, an Athena match on YouTube against enhancement talent (aka a jobber) what could the outcome be? Squash!
My...
- 2/22/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of Aew: Rampage! This week’s show comes from El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas and features Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: The Blackpool Combat Club def. The Butcher, The Blade & Kip Sabian The following was courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Sabian and Yuta started the match for their respective sides. Yuta grabbed a blind tag and Claudio press slammed Kip! The Butcher tagged in and grabbed a side headlock on Claudio. Claudio blasted Butcher with European Uppercuts. Mox tagged in and peppered Butcher with kicks. Yuta grabbed a tag but Butcher back body dropped Yuta and then walloped Yuta with a running crossbody. Sabian tagged in and rocked Yuta with a stunner and followed up with a cannonball senton in the corner.
Match #1: The Blackpool Combat Club def. The Butcher, The Blade & Kip Sabian The following was courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Sabian and Yuta started the match for their respective sides. Yuta grabbed a blind tag and Claudio press slammed Kip! The Butcher tagged in and grabbed a side headlock on Claudio. Claudio blasted Butcher with European Uppercuts. Mox tagged in and peppered Butcher with kicks. Yuta grabbed a tag but Butcher back body dropped Yuta and then walloped Yuta with a running crossbody. Sabian tagged in and rocked Yuta with a stunner and followed up with a cannonball senton in the corner.
- 2/13/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome back to another review of Aew Dark: Elevation, which features six matches on the card and runs just over 35 minutes – that’s what I like to see, short and sweet wrestling action! We’ve got Paul Wight and Matt Menard on commentary, with Roh’s Ian Riccaboni added to the mix this week… so let’s get into the review.
Match #1: Skye Blue def. Zoe Dubois
My Thoughts: Nice to see Skye Blue open a show and Zoe Dubois was an interesting opponent, someone who’s style is certainly unique. This wasn’t anything remarkable and certainly not up to the standard of Blue’s more recent matches. Still, a great start to this week’s Elevation.
My Score: 2 out of 5 Match #2: The Butcher and The Blade def. David McCallion and Richie Slade
My Thoughts: The Butcher and The Blade made absolute mince meat of McCallion and Slade,...
Match #1: Skye Blue def. Zoe Dubois
My Thoughts: Nice to see Skye Blue open a show and Zoe Dubois was an interesting opponent, someone who’s style is certainly unique. This wasn’t anything remarkable and certainly not up to the standard of Blue’s more recent matches. Still, a great start to this week’s Elevation.
My Score: 2 out of 5 Match #2: The Butcher and The Blade def. David McCallion and Richie Slade
My Thoughts: The Butcher and The Blade made absolute mince meat of McCallion and Slade,...
- 1/25/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Jenny Boswell, Emily Sue Bengtson, Melissa Moore, Madeleine Dee, Laura Dennis, Rick Montgomery Jr., Erin Eva Butcher, Ashton Wolf, Jesse Guilmette, Zach Zebrowski, Chad Patterson | Directed by Dave Parker
I have been a Puppet Master fan since the dawn of my VHS renting days, in fact the original Puppet Master film was – along with various incarnations of the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street franchises – one of the first horror films I ever rented… All under the watchful eye of my mother of course! My Puppet Master fandom has lived with me since then, as I’ve gone down various routes of watching and owning the series – from the early days of ex-rental and sell-thru VHS, to numerous DVD iterations (including the huge Puppet Master boxset Full Moon put our years ago) and even multiple copies of the films on Blu-ray – and own numerous pieces of merchandise,...
I have been a Puppet Master fan since the dawn of my VHS renting days, in fact the original Puppet Master film was – along with various incarnations of the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street franchises – one of the first horror films I ever rented… All under the watchful eye of my mother of course! My Puppet Master fandom has lived with me since then, as I’ve gone down various routes of watching and owning the series – from the early days of ex-rental and sell-thru VHS, to numerous DVD iterations (including the huge Puppet Master boxset Full Moon put our years ago) and even multiple copies of the films on Blu-ray – and own numerous pieces of merchandise,...
- 1/17/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome back to another review of Aew Dark: Elevation, this week features nine matches once again and a number of big-name stars rather than jobbers! We’ve got Ian Riccaboni, Paul Wight and Matt Menard on commentary, so let’s get into the review…
Match #1: The Butcher, The Blade and Rush def. Doug Love, Channing Thomas and Brett Gosselin
My Thoughts: This was a squash match but a good squash match – you want to see guys like The Butcher, The Blade and Rush demolish their opponents and that’s what we got here.
My Score: 1 out of 5 Match #2: Willow Nightingale and Hikaru Shida def. Leva Bates and Emi Sakura
My Thoughts: Willow Nightingale teams with another Japanese talent and it looks and feels just as “right” as her tag team with Riho last week. Good to Leva Bates in action too. Nice women’s tag match – something that...
Match #1: The Butcher, The Blade and Rush def. Doug Love, Channing Thomas and Brett Gosselin
My Thoughts: This was a squash match but a good squash match – you want to see guys like The Butcher, The Blade and Rush demolish their opponents and that’s what we got here.
My Score: 1 out of 5 Match #2: Willow Nightingale and Hikaru Shida def. Leva Bates and Emi Sakura
My Thoughts: Willow Nightingale teams with another Japanese talent and it looks and feels just as “right” as her tag team with Riho last week. Good to Leva Bates in action too. Nice women’s tag match – something that...
- 11/23/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this week’s review of Aew Dark: Elevation, the opening salvo in the Aew wrestling week. We’ve got a repeat of last week’s commentary team, Excalibur and Matt Menard, for this episode so let’s see what the show has to offer!
Match #1: Dante Martin def. Wes Barkley
My Thoughts: After last week’s match I was expecting Dante Martin to thoroughly squash his opponent here but that wasn’t the case, Wes Barkley managed to hold his own for a short while, even getting a 1-count on Martin. Still, we were in quasi-squash territory with this one!
My Score: 2 out of 5 Match #2: Julia Hart def. Arie Alexander
My Thoughts: Another strong match for Julia Hart, who now feels like she’s really relishing in her heel persona. This one was another quasi-squash, with Arie Alexander getting just enough offence in for this to...
Match #1: Dante Martin def. Wes Barkley
My Thoughts: After last week’s match I was expecting Dante Martin to thoroughly squash his opponent here but that wasn’t the case, Wes Barkley managed to hold his own for a short while, even getting a 1-count on Martin. Still, we were in quasi-squash territory with this one!
My Score: 2 out of 5 Match #2: Julia Hart def. Arie Alexander
My Thoughts: Another strong match for Julia Hart, who now feels like she’s really relishing in her heel persona. This one was another quasi-squash, with Arie Alexander getting just enough offence in for this to...
- 8/30/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this week’s review of Aew Dark: Elevation which sees the show get back to a longer card, featuring seven matches this week. We’ve got Excalibur, Anthony Ogogo and Mark Henry on commentary once again… Let’s get into it!
Match #1: Anna Jay def. Heather Reckless
My Thoughts: This was a quasi-squash, with Heather Reckless given a couple of chances to get a shot in on Anna Jay, otherwise this was all Anna – a woman who’s literally getting better and better each and every time she wrestles. It helps that you’ve got someone like Reckless as an opponent – she can really sell a move!
My Score: 1.5 out of 5 Match #2: Powerhouse Hobbs & Rocky Starks def. Jordan Kross & Joey Jett
My Thoughts: What’s not to love about Hobbs & Starks? Plus this week we actually get Taz come out with them and stand ringside! Kross...
Match #1: Anna Jay def. Heather Reckless
My Thoughts: This was a quasi-squash, with Heather Reckless given a couple of chances to get a shot in on Anna Jay, otherwise this was all Anna – a woman who’s literally getting better and better each and every time she wrestles. It helps that you’ve got someone like Reckless as an opponent – she can really sell a move!
My Score: 1.5 out of 5 Match #2: Powerhouse Hobbs & Rocky Starks def. Jordan Kross & Joey Jett
My Thoughts: What’s not to love about Hobbs & Starks? Plus this week we actually get Taz come out with them and stand ringside! Kross...
- 6/29/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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