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WEC 10: Bragging Rights

This show will have Olaf Alfonzo vs. Gilbert Melendez and Shonie Carter vs. Karo Parisyan on it. Oh goody.

Lavar Johnson vs. Levi Thronbrue

Oooohhhh, I like the cut of their jib. Lavar Johnson looks terrific in this fight. Right in the opening seconds, he rocks Levi. Levi brings him down, which initially doesn't seem smart, but he turns the position. So when Lavar knocks him down and winds up in the same position again, you think Thronbrue has a chance, right? Wrong. Because this time Johnson just punches the shit right out of him and gets the TKO. Good stuff from him.

Richard Montoya vs. Bill Coffman

Some light heavyweight action coming our way here. Coffman's movement wasn't great right from word go. Looked a bit stiff. Montoya took advantage of that and finished him pretty quickly. 47 seconds to be exact. Good showing for him but it was Coffman's first pro fight, so I guess you can't say too much there.

Amir Rahnavardi vs. Kengo Ura

Kengo Ura looks like the Asian guy that's the main bad guy in Shanghai Noon. This was a damn fun round of action from these two guys. Both guys took some punishment, and Ura took the most. The doctor actually took one look at the cut and decided the fight was over, which was a shame. Ura didn't look too bad in this one, landing multiple takedowns, being effective in the clinch and generally putting on a big show, but it was one big exchange on the feet that turned the whole fight on it's head, as Rahnavardi landed a BIG shot, bust Ura open and that wound up being the thing that ended the fight. It's an unfortunate way for a fight to end, but Rahnavardi wants to have a rematch with him. Fair play. I'm not as bothered at his pleasure in winning in such a way, because it was his hard work that did it.

Doug Marshall vs. Anthony Arria - WEC North American Heavyweight Championship

Marshall is the first one who goes into my "hope he gets fucking murdered" list for these shows. Okay. Fair enough. Marshall finishes with the Arm Bar and quickly. I liked that. Arria rushes and takes down and Marshall scrambles and pulls the Arm Bar right out of there. Boom. Done. Nicely.

Bret Bergmark vs. Daisuke Ishii

Remember I said these shows feel like Tournament of Death? With the ramp and entrance way, it's actually kinda like the WCW Road Wild PPVs. Except with less bikes. That was a fabulous round and fight there from those two guys. When they were on the feet they were exchanging combos in a big way. It was almost like they were taking turns at times. When it went to the ground, both guys looked dangerous in their own ways, and both men almost got submissions out of it, with Ishii being particularly persistant in going for the heel hook. It was when Bergmark took the back when it all went south for Ishii though, and he landed the ground and pound and finished the fight. I loved that.

Poppies Martinez vs. Gabriel Cruz - WEC North American Lightweight Championship

Ah, Poppies Martinez how I love you. Admittedly he was a bit lucky in his last fight, but if you get that chance then fuck it. Cruz taps out to Martinez who just punches the fuck right out of him. Yeah, I absolutely adore Poppies Martinez. The guy is just all over his opponent right from the word go.

Gil Castillo vs. Ryan Schultz

Quite looking forward to this actually. Enjoyable opening round, but they've got a lot to live up to on this show. Think Schultz got the best of it. He caught Castillo a number of times when they were on the feet. The best shot was a huge knee, and Castillo just went right through it so kudos to him for that. Castillo wanted nothing to do with Schultz standing and got close every time, but Schultz got the shots through. Second round is contested on the feet all of the time, as Castillo seems to grow in confidence. This is a bad idea though as when the fight goes on, Schults lands more and more and puts Castillo in big trouble a couple of times. A good effort from Castillo in that round though. Castillo really didn't do enough in the third round, given that he was pretty clearly behind by two rounds. Then again, I remember the last time I said that. Sure enough, one idiot judge calls it for Castillo, but Ryan Schultz gets the win anyways in a fun fight.

Tim McKenzie vs. Alex Steibling

Steibling was involved in a cracking wee fight in the last show, so here's hoping for something good in this fight. The first round of this was utterly glorious. Tim McKenzie dominated the first half by rocking Steibling and then unloading some vicious ground and pound. He seemed to punch himself out though, and Steibling slowly but surely worked his way back up, and then rocked McKenzie and got HIM down, and did some wonderful stuff, including the best attempt at a heel hook I've ever seen. Great great round. The second round sees a choke which I can't quite see how he managed it, but he got it, from the bottom out of nowhere, and finished it. The beginning of that round seen McKenzie dominate the standing exchanges as well. It was basically a Head Arm Choke from the bottom. Nicely done.

Gilbert Melendez vs. Olaf Alfonzo - WEC Lightweight Championship

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes. I love both of these guys. Gilbert Melendez basically destroys Olaf Alfonzo here. Alfonzo puts up a decent fight in the first round and really works hard, but the longer the fight goes on, the more Melendez dominates things, and it gets to a point where you just want to see the fight end, and Melendez decides to put us out of this misery by grounding and pounding and finishing the fight via TKO. Melendez looked absolutely terrific in there, and Alfonzo just struck me as being clearly not good enough for him. The referee took a lot of the limelight by being clueless, standing the fighters up when he clearly should have been letting them go as they were working hard. Anyways, nevermind that. Positive = Gilbert Melendez.

Does this mean he would become the first person to win WEC, UFC and Strikeforce titles at any weight if he beat Benson Henderson btw?

Shonie Carter © vs. Karo Parisyan - WEC Welterweight Championship

Karo Parisyan was absolutely fantastic here. He was constantly dominating, constantly working and just incredible. Shonie Carter has to take a lot of credit for keeping in the fight for the distance. He took some really bad shots standing up, and Parisyan also locked in some cracking submissions and Carter was constantly getting out of them. So while this was very much a one sided fight, I have to appreciate what Carter brought to it. It was Parisyan's fight though. The second round was the best though, with Carter looking to dominate but Karo kept reversing the position and locking in a submission. Parisyan wins the title and that comes as no surprise to anyone. Terrific stuff.

Mike Serr vs. Rafael Del Real

So this is the main event. Apparently these two guys really don't like each other, so it better not turn into a Rashad/Rampage kinda deal. We don't... what we see is much more interesting. I seen the fight wasn't going to last long, and Del Real fucking hammered the guy. Serr knocks him down and punches him into a tapout. Wowzers.

That was an absolutely amazing show! Loved that.

It was 1998, was it not?

WEC 9: Cold Blooded

Right, this show is basically the reason I decided to speed up my WEC watching.

Pedro Tome vs. Anthony Gonzalez

Anthony Gonzalez wasted no time in laying in some nasty shots on Tome, and it was combo after combo that was landing. Tome tried to get him down and go for submissions, but it always winded back up on the feet, and he went right after him again. The final shots when Tome was down was just BRUTAL and basically summed up the rest of the fight. Great showing.

Tony Asam vs. Josh Hayes

I thought the referee at the end of this fight was pretty good. Asam was doing just about enough to stay in there, but when he eventually stopped, the referee stepped in and gave it to Hayes, who just completely annihilated him when he got the full mount. He looked dangerous on the ground, and that seemed to up Asam's aggression a fair bit. Didn't do him much good though.

John Appleby vs. Jack Cardenas

Cardenas in particular seems out of his depth when it comes to keeping it standing which is where he wants it. Appleby really telegraphed his first two takedown attempts and yet still managed to get Cardenas down. When the fight DID stay up long enough though, Cardenas managed to hurt Appleby and that was that. Wasn't a great fight to that point, but there was a reason Cardenas wanted to stay up, and we sure found out.

Nick Gilardi vs. Tiki Ghosen

Nick Gilardi was just getting no luck with the takedowns. He probably should have taken the hint after a while but he didn't. Any time he got that takedown, Ghosen just shrugged him off and took the position that he was looking for. No surprise then that it's a big takedown attempt that leads to the defeat for Gilardi, as he picks Ghosen right up, and gets locked in a Guillotine and almost knocks himself out on it. The Guillotine sees Gilardi tap. Not impressive from him at all.

Doug Marshall vs. Laval Johnson

This is very intriguing me. Thought Marshall looked like a beast last time out, and Johnson is someone who has impressed me. I know unintentional low blows don't always get penalised, but given the second one seen him do it twice, I thought Marshall should have been DQed for clearly not giving a shit about the fact that he was doing it. When he came back out after the second instance, Johnson just wasn't looking right. They threw in the towel as well, which gave Marshall the win. What annoys me is the fact that Marshall seems to be happy with this way of winning. Seriously?! What a cunt. I can accept that accidents will happen, but to be proud of winning the fight with them is another matter.

Harris Sarmiento vs. Rob McCullogh

Think the commentator calling the first round "uneventful" was pretty harsh. Not a fan of the clinch, but these two guys worked it well and I was into it as a result, and Sarmiento managed to win the round with a couple of takedowns and some great work when he got that. The second round is another where the position is kept for much of it, as Sarmiento takes down McCullogh and then passes to half and almost takes it further, but McCullogh foes some good work to make sure he can't take it further. The final round was good for McCullogh, but it was too little too late for me. He wins via unanimous decision though. What the actual fuck?! There was absolutely zero debate from the first two rounds. None whatsoever. How the fuck did that happen?! Not a great fight. The next fight is this one however...

John Polakowski vs. Olaf Alfonzo

Right. This is the big one here. The one that people talk about. I've enjoyed Alfonzo on these shows so far, so it comes as no surprise that we're going to get a good one here. The first round was pretty much what I was hoping for from this one. Polakowski came out there with a point to prove, but he made a MASSIVE mistake waiting for the referee to step in after a big right hand, which allowed Alfonzo to get back to his feet. From there, this was a fucking war with all sorts of madness, including a VERY close finish with the heel hook, some brutal ground and pound from Alfonzo and some great stand up from Polakowski. The second round is a war too. Alfonzo is picking his shots, but is a bit wild at times, and the out of nowhere comebacks from Polakowski, added to the closed eye and blood on the guy, just makes this pure underdog drama. The fight goes the distance, and the third round is a lot of fun, but doesn't quite have the same drama. Alfonzo's tiredness and Polakowski's movement in the round had some intrigue though. This is a really great fight to watch. Just pure drama. Alfonzo gets the win, and I'd have to agree with that. Superb.

Deshaun Johnson vs. Yves Edwards

Johnson is sporting a pair of absolutely belting Hendrix shorts, which make me root for him instantly. Edwards was very impressive in the first round here. He was picking his shots very well, and Johnson clearly wanted the fight on the feet as well. Some brutal combos left Johnson's eye in a lot of trouble and into the next round, this would continue to be a problem. Johnson is a total embarrassment in the second round. He's totally knackered and Edwards is just picking him apart bit by bit. Sends down Johnson a couple of times and just wants him to stand again and the same thing happens again. Edwards was clearly a bit hesitant about just going on and on with the strikes as he opted to go in and out, but it DID look like he could finish it if he wanted to. It's more of the same in the third. Edwards looks absolutely raging and rightly so. Johnson was a complete joke. To his credit, he took a LOT of punishment and fought through it.

Alex Stiebling vs. Joe Riggs

The first round was bizarro world stuff for a while. Going through the cage door was a real highlight for me. It was a fun round of action though. It looked like Stiebling would be the dangerous one on the ground and Riggs did VERY well to escape from the arm submission, but then Riggs got going with the ground and pound. Riggs' corner seemed to want the fight to finish, but it did look to me like Stiebling was defending enough to keep himself in the fight. In the second round there was more of the same... which turned out to be quite bad for Riggs. Again, he was impressive, but he just wasn't taking the warnings from the first round as the ground game of Stiebling was going brilliantly before even if Riggs ground and pound was effective, and sure enough, Stiebling gets the Triangle Choke, like he did earlier and this time it paid off and Riggs tapped. The fight was fun as you just never knew if Stiebling was gonna take that submission.

Mike Kyle vs. Jude Hargegtt - WEC Heavyweight Championship

Mike Kyle makes pretty quick work of Hargegtt. Hargegtt didn't seem bad on the ground, but the power of Kyle's ground and pound was far too much for him. Kyle almost put himself in a lot of bother though when he got put in the Kimura. Something he'd have to be careful about against a better ground fighter I reckon.

Chris Leben vs. Mike Swick - WEC Middleweight Championship

All star main event y'all! Cracking round of action to get us going. The clinch is highly amusing thanks to Leben going a bit mental with the foot stomps, and then Swick lands some of his own when he gets the position. Also some cracking work on the ground as Leben almost gets the tapout with the choke, and Swick defends brilliantly before switching position. Really good stuff. The next round starts with a brutal exchange which sees Leben rocked, and then Leben comes back with a brutal combo of his own which knocks Swick right out and ends it. I'll tell ye something, that was a cracker of a title fight while it lasted. We seen great examples of the different sides of MMA in the short time the fight lasted.

So yeah, this show is actually start to finish good. Dull moments are few and far between and almost everything is great to watch, and a couple of fights are excellent.

Hannibal Adolfo is a quality name. AJ Weiner not so much.

Admittedly, the childish side of me wanted it to be BJ Weiner.

WEC 8: Halloween Fury II

Chris Irvine vs. Jason Von Flue

Cecil Peoples is the referee for this one, which sends chills down my spine. They don't even have to do anything and he's fucking things up already. Deary me. Just tell them to fight for fuck sake. Von Flue with another shoulder choke like he landed last time. They seen it this time with the cameras which we never got the last time. That hold is cool as fuck. I don't think I'd ever seen it before I started watching this guy.

Randy Bowers vs. Olaf Alfonso

Loved watching Alfonso last time. Tough as nails. This ending came out of nowhere for Alfonso. Bowers was dominant on the ground with some ground and pound and basically dominating, but Alfonso goes with the Arm Bar and finishes the fight out of nowhere.

Ryan Schultz vs. Hannibal Adolfo

While Schultz didn't excite me last time out, he sure as hell did this time. Hannibal swings for the fences, misses, and Alfonso just knocks him right out. Not much else to say about that one, other than a huge improvement for Ryan Schultz.

AJ Weiner vs. Poppies Martinez

Martinez impressed me last time out by kneeing the ever loving shit out of Johnny Fadella. Cecil Peoples stops the fight after a right hand but keeps it going. Erm... I dunno. If you stop the fight, I'd have thought it's over? I don't actually begrudge him making that call given that it did look like real trouble. Poppies ends up being allowed back into the fight and he takes the fight via choke, but no way is that fair. He had Martinez in HUGE trouble and Cecil basically rescued him.

Chris Leben vs. Brian Sleeman

A crazy few minutes of fighting in this one, and I absolutely loved it. Both guys stood and banged for much of it, and both guys managed to rock each other, but Sleeman was looking the more dangerous and looked like he might finish the fight. He left his arm hanging in the guard of Leben though and got tapped out. There's been some real fun submission finishes and that's the second out of nowhere arm tapout on this very show. Could be doing with more of the same!

Anthony Fuller vs. Doug Marshal

Two big tough looking heavyweight fighters stepping in there. I get the feeling that this might be fun. Sure enough, but guys just practically throw their bodies at each other, and it doesn't last long as Marshall gets the knock down and then just swarms all over him for the TKO. Not much more to this. Fun fun fun.

Tom Owens vs. Tony Alanis

Alanis is someone who I like the look of. He really just picked apart his opponent on the ground last time. Owens pulls guard the minute he comes into trouble on the feet, and this turns out to be a great move as he continually worked for that triangle choke, and the pesistance paid off for him, and that got the submission win for him. Impressive showing from the bottom for Owens.

Mike Kyle vs. Jerry Vrbanovic

More heavyweight stuff here, and I'm almost disappointed that they didn't go and murder each other within a second. Mike Kyle decides to try and commit murder anyways with an uppercut and then a big kick and that does the business quickly. Kyle goes mental afterwards. Maybe a wee bit too much.

Shonie Carter vs. JT Taylor

This is the 82nd fight in Shonie Carter's career. The first round was very good for JT Taylor. Shonie Carter found himself in a lot of trouble on two occaisions as Taylor locked in a couple of Triangle Chokes, and one in particular was tight as well. He probably won the round as a result. The second round isn't as much fun as Carter dominates things. Not that they decide to do nothing, but it seems close to a stalemate as far as improving position goes. A much better round for Carter. Carter is always dangerous in the clinch, which Taylor finds out much to his annoyance several times. Taylor actually seemed a bit out of it in the third. He was controlling Carter's actions quite a bit, but was basically just doing so by holding the wrists. The attempts at submissions are a bit more half hearted and Carter kept control. I scored it in favour of Carter as did the judges.

Cole Escovedo © vs. Anthony Hamlet - WEC Lightweight Championship

This is your main event of the evening. Some really good work from both guys on the ground, with Cole looking for the submission, and Hamlet landing a LOT of shoulder strikes. On the feet, neither man seemed to get the better of the first round. There's a controversial moment when Hamlet claims a low knee. The fans think this is bullshit, and I completely agreed with them. It's academic soon enough though as Cole lands TWO big head kicks and then gets the KO soon after when he takes the back. He landed a few head kicks so this was really coming.

Another cracking wee show with lots of good finishes.

WEC 7: This Time It's Personal

This is an outdoor show and reminds me a lot of the tournament of death shows that CZW do.

John Letters vs. Michael Brown

Apparently Brown weights in at "185 ripped pounds!" which actually sums him up quite well. Brown could have made a big mistake there as he didn't follow up a HUGE right hand and thought it was over, but the referee never called it. He just continued to maul him though and got the choke for the win. Letters offered pretty much nothing here, but he was clipped REALLY early so would be unfair to make any judgements.

Carlos Cordero vs. Gabe Rudiger

Rudiger is wearing a lucha mask, which probably should amuse me, but only makes me think "what a dick". Rudiger puts in a pretty good performance. Cordero actually didn't look too bad in the guard at times, and almost caught out Rudiger with the arm bar a couple of times, but when Rudiger passed, Cordero found himself in all sorts of trouble. Rudiger managed to pass to a mount, and while he wanted an arm bar, he settled with the ground and pound and wound up winning with that. A fun short fight.

Jorge Evangelista vs. Gary Quan

This is a fight in the featherweight division. More fun stuff here. This fight doesn't quite reach the end of the round, but it's a cracking round, and we get to see a good example of both fighting on the ground and a couple of nice flurries on their feet as well. Evangelista did do most of the dominating, but Quan gave him a couple of scares with submission attempts. Fight gets stopped by the doctors as Quan's shoulder is injured. Not sure how that happened, but it's a shame because I'd definately have liked to have seen more of that.

Johnny Fadella vs. Poppies Martinez

In a controversial stoppage, Herb Dean stops a fight as he thinks Fadella tapped after repeated knees from Martinez. I'll tell ye something. Fadella was taking a complete mauling in there with knee after knee after knee and I thought the referee was just stepping in because of that, but Fadella looked like he was clearly ready to keep going. Ah well.

Levi Thornbrue vs. Anthony Arria

Anthony Arria came out with guns blazing and seemed to want it badly. Both guys were unloading big time after that. Arria also found it far too easy to pass the guard. He just pushed him around and leaped on top of him. Simply not good enough from Thornbrue in that regard. He DID catch Arria coming in with a couple of shots, but that didn't put him off at all. It was a mental fight but it wasn't on for very long.

Nick Gilardi vs. Jason Von Flue

Jason Von Flue always looked dangerous from on the ground. You couldn't really see the choke from the angle that we seen, but Gilardi was out. Gilardi didn't look bad here at all, but he made a big mistake when he passed the guard and wound up too high which allowed Von Flue to take the top position. Gilardi did look the better fighter when they were on the feet, but Von Flue was far superior on the ground. Even when Gilardi was dominant, Von Flue always looked dangerous.

Ryan Schultz vs. JT Taylor

Taylor said in the wee pre-fight video "I'm coming to brawl" and he lived up to that by going mental with kicks. The first round is cracking stuff as both guys just swing for the fences from the word go. It's not exactly a technical marvel but both guys land some big shots. The commentators weren't giving Schultz the credit he deserved I don't think. Sounded a lot like a Rogan commentary, where they completely disregard what one guy is doing even if it's working. Taylor took the fight via TKO right enough, but Schultz held his end up well here.

Randy Spence vs. Olaf Alfonso

Alfonso is sporting a hell of a stare, and an even better beard. The first round was VERY good for Alfonso. Spence didn't look bad actually, and when Alfonso was in his guard, he was constantly looking for the submission. But he took a hell of a beating in the process. There's a scare in the second round as Alfonso has a broken nose and it seems to be a bit touch and go as to whether the fight gets stopped, but they keep going, as Alfonso is one tough bastard. So is Spence, but he can't stop the the onslaught forever and loses via TKO from some nasty elbows. Real fun fight there.

Abraham Baxter vs. Boyd Ballard

In the first round, Ballard was the more aggressive on the feet, but Baxter picked his shots much better. Ballard was hitting some combos, but Baxter had Ballard rocked a number of times. I thought Baxter was going to end the fight actually. Probably could have if he had jumped on the oppertunities he created for himself. Baxter looks awkward as hell. There's even a wee moment when he does a wee jig as he looks like he might fall over his own feet. The second round is a huge step down as both guys look absolutely knackered. Especially Ballard. The fight goes the distance, and I didn't mind it. The second and third rounds were fun but incredibly messy. They go to a draw which I don't think is an unfair decision. It was even stuff.

Shonie Carter vs. Dax Bruce

Dax Bruce appears to have a lot of respect for Carter, which I suppose will happen if you've fought about eighty times! The fight takes a turn for the worst for Bruce when Carter lands a BIG takedown, and that appeared to hurt Bruce a bit too. From that point, Carter completely dominated things and wound up getting the submission after Bruce gave up the back. It was about as routine as he could have asked for, and Dax Bruce looks absolutely livid!

Don Rugebreght vs. Tony Alanis

Alanis is a local boy, and thus has a huge following. Rugebreght makes a very smart move when he gets hit in the eye and he taps out as he can't defend himself. Fair play. He was getting his arse handed to him anyways so that finish was just a matter of time anyways. He had Rugebreght down and he was picking shots for fun after that.

Ron Waterman vs. James Nevares

Ron Waterman?! Forgot this guy even existed. Did this guy used to be in OVW btw? That sounds familiar to me. Fairly uninteresting stuff here. The stand up exchanges seem intense but nothing comes of it, and Ron Waterman dominates from the top when it goes down there. In the third round, Nevares just lies there and takes a total tanking and that is enough for the referee to step in and give Waterman the fight. I could do without seeing a fight of that quality again though.

Up to that point the show was excellent. Lots of wild exchanges and big moments with everyone looking to give their all.

Should have a review of WEC 7 done for tomorrow. Not gonna say anything about the fights so far, but the venue is outdoors, and pure reminds me of the CZW Tourney of Death shows. Except people have actually come along to watch this.

Can you imagine turning up to a show with a Tribute Trent Acid wrestling?

wZw had Full Pack over here. Practically the same thing.

I hope that any of the wrestlers with sense will avoid working for him.

Indeed.

Also looking forward to see if any people who know his rep on here see big names and run for tickets.

Yup, decided to keep an eye on this bad boy. Should provide a few months of entertainment at least.

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Does anyone know anything about Pro Wrestling 101 getting up and running again? Steven Gauntley's promotion? Someone mentioned he was gonna be doing shows again and I went and checked out their Facebook and there is some activity going on.

EDIT: Turns out it's something like Pro Wrestling Republic.

This is the only season so far that I haven't won a single game, and it's the most I've played as well. Quite worrying actually. My scoring is much improved, but I can't seem to buy a double at the minute.

Got my first 100+ finish with a 145 though, which I was happy with.

It wasn't a box like that when I seen it. It was just kinda sitting inside the corner. Just a big box, rather than stuck onto the ringpost. Still fucking huge though. Possibly higher than that.

YAY! Richie has finally come home!

 

What the hell is this Aerial Assault box you mentioned? Is it literally just a big platform at the side of the ring?

That's what I remember it being. There was a big multi-man aerial assault match from the mid-late 00s which had the same thing. Some crazy stuff from it.

Doesn't Scott Waites have other reasons outside of darts for staying where he is?

Wade came across worse than Taylor in my opinion. Unless the camera missed it briefly, it didn't even look he even acknowledged MVG for the 9-darter and then the loose handshake at the end was just as poor and pretty classless. Depression or not he is a sore loser and nowhere near as good as he thinks he is.

Worse? No. Just as bad? Probably. I don't see how it can be percieved as worse.

I hope that the crowd has turned on Taylor. The added fact that MVG is incredibly popular right now might add to that.

If MVG hits the ground running in the final the crowd will be 100% on side. Taylor will have no idea how to deal with that.

Forgot he shook everyone's hand before giving a SECOND "get it up ye" to Barney and then decided to shake his hand. Aye, it was sure the holding onto the handshake. I guess the refusal to make eye contact pre-match was down to that as well?

That was not what happened. The hand thing I mean. Which is evident by the massive "Get it up ye" during his celebrations, and then Taylor had a go at him after the initial handshake. It was after that Barneveld kept a hold of the handshake. He was wondering what the hell was going on.

Taylor will have been told to use that as the excuse and rightly too. Probably the best way to sweep it under the carpet. It was clear from the pre-match that there was a lot of tension there though. Probably because Barneveld said he didn't fear him and would like to play him. He took the huff. Fat sex pest prick.

You could make an arguement for Lewis vs. Van Gerwen being one of the best darts matches ever. The standard and the drama was just incredible.

Whitlock/MVG will be close. Very close. I can't pick a winner for that one. I'd have Barneveld winning the whole thing at this point though. I don't think Taylor will win. He's strolled games, but he's not looked his best in doing so.

There's been a lot of negativity this year on wrestling, but wanna know something? I'm looking at all of the best matches that happened and realised we're just spoiled these days.

Nigel McGuinness has been involved in a couple of things these days. He seems to be a bit involved with SCUM as well, which might well lead to a non-title match with Kevin Steen down the line. Those two guys have a bit of history in ROH, so it'd make sense. The Lethal match seems a bit less likely when I consider that, unless Lethal winds up with SCUM, but that'd make zero sense.

Would it be right in saying that they are building Jay Lethal up for a run at the title? Adding into that, I got the sense they may be a Lethal/McGuinness match down the line as well?

They've been SERIOUSLY pushing Lethal, and pretty much since he got back. I'd be very surprised if he never won the belt at some point down the line. The match with McGuinness seems a bit obvious as well. I think that'd be a cracking match.

Best Event

PWG Threemendous III

WWE Extreme Rules

TNA Slammiversary

Worst Event

TNA Genesis

WWE No Way Out

Best Wrestling TV Show

TNA Impact

Best Promo

Daniel Bryan with CM Punk and The Rock.

John Cena the night after Elimination Chamber.

John Cena goes Thuganomics.