Rave/McGuinness Fight Without Honor rewatch

Man did this improve on rewatch. What a carry job by Rave. Nigel has an injured groin and Rave goes after when he has the opportunity. Last time I thought he didn’t do enough, but Nigel is not a great seller anyway and he elected to try to finish him off. The greatness of it is that when the time comes, Rave will take some disgustingly great bumps to make Nigel look like a god. Especially the rebound lariat where his jaw was broken. Nigel probably could have sold a little better down the stretch, but I feel this is the first legit MOTYC, albeit on the low end. #1.

J. Briscoe/M. Briscoe rewatch

If nothing else, the story makes it better then the three listed matches so far. You have your usual learned spots and the back and forth actually serves a purpose. The back and forth between them slowly disappears the farther along the match is. Your opinion of this being a MOTYC depends on what you thought of the “your turn, my turn spots”. I say no, because I don’t think you need to do that in order to make a match great. Al though if it was two wrestlers tailor made for it, it’s these two. First.

Whitmer/Jacobs FCA rewatch

Now I see why this is liked more then there LMS match last month. Just more memorable spots, better crowd heat, and no terrible finish. Jacobs taking control and totally fucking up BJ’s shit really elevated this for me. The ending is good as a “I have to end this quickly or I’ll bleed to death”, but I could see some not digging it. I did think all the spots served there purpose better then Colt/Jacobs. #2.

Briscoes vs SHINGO/Doi rewatch

Best match so far, but not a MOTYC. This was a Briscoes style tag match with two wrestlers on the other side who are capable of keeping up with them. It helps that the better wrestler, Shingo was in it for most of it. It seemed to go a bit too long in the end because the crowd seemed to quiet down. Still very good stuff. #1 for now.