Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana 2/3 Falls Gut Check 8/26/06

Yeah, thank god that was over. Two things go against this match. One, Dragon injuring his arm, and two, Colt not selling the leg for shit. Sure the ending was amusing, but did I really have to sit through sixty minutes of rubbish to get there, hell no. Don’t watch.

Austin Aries/Roderick Strong vs. Christopher Daniels/Matt Sydal Gut Check 8/26/06

This is a tough one. The beginning was really good with Strong/Sydal, which transitioned well in the middle with Aries ribs. Daniels/Sydal do a good number on Aries ribs, but it really isn’t sold that well. The ending stretch was fine, except that it gets too back and forth at points. I just can’t do it. Honestly, I would rather have a spotfest with no story then a poorly done body part selling clinic story. No.

Briscoes vs. Homicide/Davey Richards Gut Check 8/26/06

It was good. Had the same fun finishing stretch that I’ve seen in most Briscoes matches this year. But if I were to go back to the Anarchy in the UK match with Sydal replacing Homicide, stuff was executed a little bit better, had a hotter crowd, and more insane finishing stretch. I say this because they did a stretch that was somewhat similar to this match. That was 13 days earlier and more fresh. So I dug it, but it is not that high end. No.

Bryan Danielson VS Nigel McGuinness 2/3 falls Epic Encounter 2 8/25/06

Yeah, not what I expected, in a bad way. I get what they were trying to do, Dragon was trying to ware down Nigel with headlocks and chinlocks and zap his energy, and Nigel went after Dragon’s arm. Dragon sold the arm pretty well, Nigel made me yearn for the days when Joe would sell Punk’s headlocks. On top of that, it was not in the least bit compelling. I was expecting chain wrestling, I got a NWA touring Flair broadway match. I just can’t watch this again. No.

Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs Samoa Joe & BJ Whitmer Epic Encounter 2 8/25/06

Meh. There seemed to be potential with Aries having taped up ribs, and the possibility of a Joe/Roderick battle, but it just didn’t work. The match ended up being generic and Joe didn’t really seemed to be putting it all out there. No.

Matt Sydal vs Delirious Epic Encounter 2 8/25/06

It was good but they didn’t seem 100% in sych at points and was a bit back and forth. It has its moments, but I kind of feel this type of match has been done better. No.

Bryan Danielson VS Roderick Strong Anarchy in the UK 8/13/06

Well that was a whole lot of nothing. Felt like a house show effort. No.