Matt Stryker vs. Tom Carter
This is hyped up as a technical rasslin' masterclass of some kind, and while there eventually is some nice work in the match, it really isn't very interesting at all, for the most part. As implied though, the action gets more interesting as the match progresses, and I feel like it ended at the exact right time, given that the last few minutes leading up to the finish were easily the hottest moments of the bout. So yes, pretty good stuff by the end, but more than half of the match wasn't interesting, so it was just pretty solid at best, all in all. **1/2
Homicide vs. Samoa Joe
Oh hell yeeeeah. These two brutalize each other in very compelling fashion from bell-to-bell. Joe's beatdown of Homicide is absolutely joyous in all of its viciousness -- Joe obviously brings it, but much of it is also of course thanks to Homicide's nutty bumping; my man made those signature suplexes of Joe look so much more terrifying than they already do. Bless that man. He also totally delivers when on the offense himself, especially towards the end after Ki comes out to fire him up, leading up to his last big rally, which was some truly exciting pro-wrestling. I do think they could've trimmed some minutes from that point on though, as it feels like the match doesn't maintain its kick-ass high all the way through after that, but it does pick up pretty quickly & ends in badass fashion, so that's a minor, minor complaint. Joe is the man & a helluva underdog performance from 'cide. ***3/4
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