{"id":14770,"date":"2014-11-06T09:10:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T14:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/?p=14770"},"modified":"2014-11-06T09:10:11","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T14:10:11","slug":"fighting-spirit-review-wrestle-1-tna-bound-for-glory-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/reviews\/fighting-spirit-review-wrestle-1-tna-bound-for-glory-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Spirit Review: WRESTLE-1 \/ TNA Bound for Glory 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puroresucentral.com\/img4\/boundforglory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Date: October 12th, 2014<br \/>\nLocation: Tokyo Korakuen Hall<br \/>\nAnnounced Attendance: 1,500<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I&#8217;m not positive who thought this was a good idea in 2014. In TNA&#8217;s heyday a co-promotional PPV would have been awesome. Imagine Sting, Styles, Angle, Flair, Hogan, Foley, and Hardy mixing it up with Japanese wrestlers, it would have been awesome. Unfortunately all of those wrestlers\/characters are gone so instead we get Tommy Dreamer and Manik. That doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean the matches will be bad, it just means that for once TNA has what to me would be a good idea, but has it two years too late. This event was also shown in the good &#8216;ol USA since it is TNA&#8217;s (last?) big PPV, but since it was co-promoted I still get to review it anyway. Here is the full card:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>&#8211; Manik vs. Minoru Tanaka<br \/>\n&#8211; Ethan Carter III vs. Ryota Hama<br \/>\n&#8211; KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. MVP<br \/>\n&#8211; <em>TNA X-Division Championship:<\/em> Samoa Joe vs. Kaz Hayashi vs. Low Ki<br \/>\n&#8211; Andy Wu and El Hijo del Pantera vs. Jiro Kuroshio and Yusuke Kodama<br \/>\n&#8211; Abyss and Tommy Dreamer vs. Team 3D<br \/>\n&#8211; <em>TNA Women&#8217;s Knockout Championship:<\/em> Havok vs. Velvet Sky<br \/>\n&#8211; James Storm and Great Sanada vs. TAJIRI and Great Muta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And away we go.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Manik vs. Minoru Tanaka<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWaistlock by Tanaka to start the match, reversed by Manik and Manik applies a front facelock, but Tanaka reverses it into a wristlock. Manik flips out of the hold and reverses it, Tanaka rolls around and delivers a dropkick. Tanaka picks up Manik and hits a jumping back kick. Irish whip by Tanaka but Manik avoids Tanaka&#8217;s charge and Tanaka falls out of the ring. Manik goes for a pescado but Tanaka avoids it by sliding back into the ring. Manik goes under the ring and appears on the other side, he slides in and hit a neckbreaker from behind. Stomp by Manik and he hits a series of mounted punches. Manik picks up Tanaka and throws him into the corner, uppercut by Manik and he hits a snapmare. Kick to the back of the head by Manik, cover, but it gets a two count. Manik applies a modified chinlock and then rakes Tanaka in the face. Manik picks up Tanaka and hits a rolling vertical suplex followed by a backdrop suplex. Cover, but it gets a two count. Manik picks up Tanaka, Irish whip from the corner but Tanaka kicks Manik when he charges in. Manik avoids Tanaka&#8217;s missile dropkick and then delivers a dropkick of his own. Manik picks up Tanaka and hits a strike combination, he goes off the ropes and avoids Tanaka&#8217;s dropkick attempt. Manik goes off the ropes again but this time Tanaka is able to hit the dropkick. Tanaka headbutts Manik into the corner, Irish whip, reversed, Tanaka kicks Manik back and hits a missile dropkick. Cover, but it gets a two count. Tanaka picks up Manik and hits a snap suplex. Knee drop by Tanaka, cover, but it gets two. Back up, Tanaka goes off the ropes but Manik hits a dropkick. Tanaka falls out of the ring, Manik goes off the ropes but Tanaka kicks him in the head as he goes to do a dive. Manik falls out of the ring, Tanaka goes up to the second turnbuckle and hits a moonsault down to the floor. Tanaka picks up Manik and slides him into the ring, he returns as well and chops Manik in the chest. Tanaka goes off the ropes but Manik goes to the apron and hits a swandive missile dropkick. Detonation Kick by Manik, cover, but Tanaka gets a shoulder up. Manik picks up Tanaka, scoop slam, he goes up to the top turnbuckle but Tanaka gets his knees up when he goes for the frog splash. Tanaka dropkicks Manik into the corner, Tanaka picks up Manik and puts him onto the top turnbuckle. Tanaka joins him and hits a suplex. Cover, but it gets a two count. Tanaka waits for Manik to get up and hits a back kick, Tanaka goes for a victory roll but Manik blocks it for a two count. Tanaka goes for a backslide but Manik gets out of it and hits a brainbuster. Cover, but it gets a two. Manik picks up Tanaka and nails a double chickenwing into a double knee gutbuster, cover, but Tanaka kicks out. Manik picks up Tanaka, elbows by Manik and he goes off the ropes, but Tanaka deliver a high kick. Minoru Special by Tanaka, and Manik has to tap out. Your winner: Minoru Tanaka<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong> A pretty decent opener, they worked together well. Neither wrestler was phoning it in here as both were hitting whatever big moves they have, and they kept the action going from start to finish. This is really what an opener should be, a fast paced and entertaining match to get the crowd into the event, having a veteran like Tanaka in the match no doubt helped but Manik more than held his own. Unfortunately it didn&#8217;t really have any emotion or feeling of major importance since these two aren&#8217;t feuding, but as far as just the action goes it was very solid. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score: 6.5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Ethan Carter III vs. Ryota Hama<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nTie-up to start, Hama pushes Carter into the corner and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Shove by Hama, and Carter rolls out of the ring to the floor.\u00a0 He returns after a moment, tie-up, side headlock by Carter, Hama Irish whips out of it and hits a shoulderblock, but Carter doesn\u2019t go down.\u00a0 Carter tries to knock down Hama but fails, he tries again but still has no success.\u00a0 Shoulderblock by Hama, and Carter goes to the mat before rolling out of the ring again.\u00a0 Carter gets back in and gets into a sumo stance, he charges Hama but Hama picks him up and tosses Carter to the mat.\u00a0 Hama stands on Carter\u2019s chest against the ropes, Carter rolls to the apron but Hama suplexes him back into the ring.\u00a0 Hama goes off the ropes and hits a rolling senton, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hama goes for a body press but Carter rolls out of the way, clubs to the back by Carter, he picks up Hama and slams him into the mat.\u00a0 Lariat by Hama and he hits an elbow drop, cover, but it gets two.\u00a0 Irish whip by Hama from the corner and he hits a body avalanche.\u00a0 Running butt smash by Hama, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Carter rakes Hama in the eyes and goes for a sunset flip, Hama tries to sit on him but Carter moves out of the way.\u00a0 Carter goes for a body slam but Hama falls on Carter for a two count.\u00a0 Stinkface by Hama in the corner but Carter kicks Hama low before hitting the One Percenter.\u00a0 Cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Ethan Carter III<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 You can\u2019t have a W-1 event without a Hama match.\u00a0 This one didn\u2019t serve much of a purpose, Hama got in his usual comedy spots before quickly losing, although I will give Carter credit for playing along with it.\u00a0 I guess you could say it\u2019s a unique match that is very unlikely to ever be duplicated, but \u2018unique\u2019 doesn\u2019t always equal \u2018good\u2019.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score:\u00a0 3.5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. MVP<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nSide headlock takedown by MVP to start, SAKAMOTO gets back up and Irish whips out of it but MVP shoulderblocks him down.\u00a0 Tie-up, MVP pushes SAKAMOTO into the ropes, SAKAMOTO switches positions with him and he gives a clean break as he scampers away from MVP.\u00a0 MVP chases after him but the referee pushes him back, side headlock by SAKAMOTO, MVP Irish whips out of it as SAKAMOTO goes for a shoulderblock but MVP doesn\u2019t go down.\u00a0 He tries again with the same result, MVP grabs SAKAMOTO by the hair and punches him to the mat.\u00a0 More punches by MVP and he hits a scoop slam near the ropes.\u00a0 MVP goes off the ropes but SAKAMOTO rolls out of the ring, MVP then goes over to the ropes and hits a pescado down onto SAKAMOTO.\u00a0 MVP throws SAKAMOTO into the guard rail and delivers a big boot, sending SAKAMOTO over the railing.\u00a0 MVP picks up SAKAMOTO and slides him back into the ring, cover but it gets a two count.\u00a0 MVP picks up SAKAMOTO but SAKAMOTO punches him back, hitting MVP into the corner.\u00a0 SAKAMOTO picks up MVP and kicks him in the back of the leg.\u00a0 Another kick by SAKAMOTO, cover, but it gets a two.\u00a0 SAKAMOTO applies a reverse chinlock, MVP returns to his feet and punches out of the hold, he throws SAKAMOTO into the corner but SAKAMOTO avoids the big boot attempt.\u00a0 Face crusher by SAKAMOTO, he goes off the ropes and goes for an elbow drop, but MVP gets his knees up.\u00a0 SAKAMOTO charges MVP in the corner but MVP moves and hits a back bodydrop.\u00a0 Punches by MVP, he picks up SAKAMOTO and throws him into the corner.\u00a0 Lariat by MVP and he hits a few more in the corner before hitting a vertical suplex.\u00a0 MVP drives SAKAMOTO into his knee, he goes off the ropes and hits the Ballin\u2019 Elbow.\u00a0 MVP picks up SAKAMOTO and hits a Fisherman Suplex Hold for a two count.\u00a0 Irish whip by MVP to the corner but SAKAMOTO avoids the boot and knees MVP in the head.\u00a0 Kick by SAKAMOTO, cover, but it gets two.\u00a0 SAKAMOTO goes off the ropes and goes for a knee but MVP ducks it and rolls up SAKAMOTO for a two count.\u00a0 MVP dropkicks SAKAMOTO in the knee, he waits for SAKAMOTO to get up and he nails the Drive By.\u00a0 Cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 MVP<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0I fear a lack of storyline-reasons for these matches is going to hurt the card.\u00a0 As far as action goes this was perfectly fine.\u00a0 There weren\u2019t any real miscues even though some of the transitions were lacking, and they seemed to work reasonably well together, but it lacked emotion and purpose.\u00a0 It was just two trained wrestlers going through the normal motions to put on a ten minute match.\u00a0 Nothing memorable or special at all, and nothing pre or post match to make it matter.\u00a0 Not bad but skippable.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score:\u00a0 5.0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>(c) Samoa Joe vs. Kaz Hayashi vs. Low Ki<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis match is for the TNA X-Division Championship.\u00a0 Samoa Joe kicks at Low Ki to start the match, Low Ki kicks Hayashi and Samoa Joe chops Low Ki.\u00a0 Low Ki and Samoa Joe trade chops, Irish whip by Samoa Joe to the corner but Low Ki kicks Samoa Joe back.\u00a0 Hayashi runs in and hits a heel kick on Low Ki, then Samoa Joe kicks both Hayashi and Low Ki.\u00a0 Samoa Joe picks up Low Ki and headbutts him.\u00a0 Punches by Samoa Joe to Hayashi, snapmare, and Samoa Joe chops Hayashi in the back.\u00a0 Knee drop by Samoa Joe, cover, but Hayashi kicks out.\u00a0 Side headlock by Hayashi to Samoa Joe and he elbows him.\u00a0 Elbows by Hayashi, he goes off the ropes but Samoa Joe hits a back elbow.\u00a0 Hayashi dumps Samoa Joe out of the ring, Low Ki approaches Hayashi from behind and chops him.\u00a0 Uppercut by Low Ki and he headbutts Hayashi.\u00a0 Irish whip by Low Ki, reversed, and Low Ki dropkicks Samoa Joe who was still out on the floor.\u00a0 Hayashi connects with a heel kick to Low Ki.\u00a0 Samoa Joe gets on the apron, Hayashi grabs him from the ring and tries to suplex him, but Samoa Joe brings Hayashi back out on the apron.\u00a0 Kicks by Hayashi but Samoa Joe chops him down to the mat.\u00a0 Samoa Joe gets back in the ring with Low Ki, he goes off the ropes and Low Ki hits a springboard kick.\u00a0 Cover by Low Ki to Samoa Joe but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Low Ki picks up Samoa Joe and dumps him out of the ring and goes out after him, and Low Ki trades chops with Hayashi.\u00a0 Samoa Joe runs over and lariats both of them, and Samoa Joe slides Hayashi back into the ring.\u00a0 Samoa Joe picks up Hayashi and hits an atomic drop followed by a big boot.\u00a0 Senton by Samoa Joe, cover, but Low Ki breaks it up.\u00a0 Low Ki uppercuts Samoa Joe into the corner, Irish whip by Low Ki and he lariats Samoa Joe in the corner.\u00a0 Low Ki mounts Samoa Joe in the corner and hits a series of punches, but Samoa Joe powerbombs him for a two count.\u00a0 Camel Clutch by Samoa Joe and he applies an STF.\u00a0 Hayashi gets back in the ring and applies a crossface to Samoa Joe but Samoa Joe elbows him off.\u00a0 Samoa Joe and Hayashi trade slaps, kick by Hayashi to the head and he goes off the ropes, kicking Samoa Joe.\u00a0 Reverse Final Cut by Hayashi, cover, but Samoa Joe gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Hayashi picks up Samoa Joe and tries to put him on his shoulders, but Low Ki runs over and kicks Samoa Joe.\u00a0 Kick by Hayashi to Low Ki, he puts Low Ki on his shoulders but Low Ki slides back off.\u00a0 Monkey flip by Hayashi to the corner but Low Ki lands on the second turnbuckle and jumps back with a double stomp.\u00a0 Cover by Low Ki but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Samoa Joe pulls Low Ki out of the ring, Hayashi gets a running start in the ring but Samoa Joe slides back in as Hayashi drives out.\u00a0 Samoa Joe then dives out of the ring onto Low Ki with an elbow suicida on both his opponents.\u00a0 Chops by Samoa Joe and he slides Hayashi into the ring.\u00a0 Samoa Joe throws Hayashi into the corner, reversed, but Samoa Joe hits an uranage.\u00a0 Samoa Joe puts Hayashi onto the top turnbuckle but Low Ki runs in and hits the Tidal Crush on Hayashi.\u00a0 Samoa Joe and Low Ki trade elbows and chops, Low Ki slaps Samoa Joe into the corner and puts Samoa Joe up on the top turnbuckle.\u00a0 Low Ki gets Samoa Joe onto his shoulders but Samoa Joe slides off and applies the Coquina Clutch.\u00a0 Hayashi is not around to save him, and Low Ki is forced to submit.\u00a0 Your winner and still champion:\u00a0 Samoa Joe<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0This was fun but it was more of a series of spots than anything else.\u00a0 It was almost like a toned down spotfest, none of these guys are young anymore so they weren\u2019t being suicidal, but rather pacing out their spots.\u00a0 Normally this is a good thing and they made it work fine, but for the length of the match it wouldn\u2019t have hurt to have one young guy in here that would do something more spectacular.\u00a0 But they kept it moving and entertaining, the match was just missing that special something to put it to the next level.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score:\u00a0 7.0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Andy Wu and El Hijo del Pantera vs. Jiro Kuroshio and Yusuke Kodama<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nKuroshio and Wu start things off.\u00a0 Wu and Kuroshio circle each other, kick attempt by Wu but Kuroshio catches it, Irish whip by Kuroshio but Wu shoulderblocks him down.\u00a0 Wu goes off the ropes and he hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Wu goes off the ropes again, back kick by Kuroshio but Wu hits an armdrag.\u00a0 Sweep kick by Wu and both wrestlers tag out.\u00a0 Kodama and Pantera circle each other, tie-up, Irish whip by Pantera and they flip around each other before Pantera hits a headscissors.\u00a0 Kick by Kodama to the stomach, Irish whip by Kodama but Pantera flips out onto the ramp.\u00a0 Swandive armdrag by Pantera, and Kodama falls out of the ring.\u00a0 Pantera gets a running start but the referee stops Pantera from doing a dive.\u00a0 The referee goes to count Kodama, and Pantera jumps over the referee down onto Kodama.\u00a0 Pantera slides Kodama back into the ring, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Irish whip by Pantera but Kodama moves out of the way and hits a flapjack.\u00a0 Cover by Kodama, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kodama tags in Kuroshio, Kuroshio picks up Pantera and he hits a scoop slam.\u00a0 Cover by Kuroshio, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kuroshio covers Pantera again but Wu breaks it up.\u00a0 Dropkick to the back of the head by Kuroshio, he picks up Pantera and elbows him in the back of the head.\u00a0 Snapmare by Kuroshio and he hits a corkscrew moonsault.\u00a0 Cover, but Pantera kicks out.\u00a0 Kuroshio tags in Kodama, scoop slam by Kuroshio and Kodama hits a slingshot senton.\u00a0 Cover by Kodama but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Reverse chinlock by Kodama, Pantera gets out of it but Kodama hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets another two.\u00a0 Kodama picks up Pantera, Irish whip to the corner and he hits a jumping elbow.\u00a0 Another Irish whip but this time Pantera moves and kicks Kodama to the mat.\u00a0 Pantera tags in Wu, and Wu hits a diving body press.\u00a0 Armdrag by Wu and he hits another armdrag.\u00a0 Dropkick by Wu, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Wu kicks Kodama into the corner, back kick by Kodama, he goes up to the top turnbuckle and Wu hits a headscissors.\u00a0 Wu tags in Pantera, and Pantera knocks Kuroshio off the apron.\u00a0 Wu picks up Kodama, Irish whip, Wu drops Kodama into the ropes and Pantera hits a tiger feint kick.\u00a0 Dropkick by Wu and Pantera hits a senton, cover, but Kuroshio barely breaks it up in time.\u00a0 Wu dropkicks Kuroshio out of the ring and then hits a body press off the ropes down\u00a0 onto the floor.\u00a0 In the ring, Pantera slams Kodama and he goes up to the top turnbuckle, he goes for a 450 Splash but Kodama moves out of the way.\u00a0 Pantera rolls back up but Kodama kicks Pantera.\u00a0 Another kick, cover, but Wu breaks it up.\u00a0 Kuroshio comes back in and throws Wu out of the ring, he then goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving senton down onto Wu.\u00a0 In the ring, Kodama goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a corkscrew moonsault onto Pantera.\u00a0 Cover, and Kodama gets the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Jiro Kuroshio and Yusuke Kodama<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 The only match on the card with no TNA wrestlers, so while the match was fluid it still wasn\u2019t anything special.\u00a0 They worked together really well and had nice spots, and both teams worked well as a unit instead of it just being four individuals.\u00a0 None of these guys at this stage of their careers are barn burners but they fly around which for a mid-card match is perfectly acceptable.\u00a0 A fun match, I just wish it had more substance.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score:\u00a0 6.5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Abyss and Tommy Dreamer vs. Team 3D<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nDevon and Dreamer start things off.\u00a0 Tie-up, waistlock by Dreamer, reversed by Devon and he takes Dreamer to the mat.\u00a0 They trade failed elbow drop attempts and return to their feet to face off again.\u00a0 Dreamer tags in Abyss, and Devon tags in Bully Ray.\u00a0 Abyss and Bully Ray trade punches, Abyss goes off the ropes but Bully Ray catches him with a side slam.\u00a0 Abyss gets back up and hits a chokeslam, but Bully Ray returns to his feet.\u00a0 They both go off the ropes and both wrestlers hit lariats.\u00a0 They get back up, tie-up, scoop slam by Abyss, he goes off the ropes but Bully Ray avoids the body press.\u00a0 Bully Ray tags in Devon, double Irish whip to Abyss but Abyss throws Bully Ray and Devon into each other.\u00a0 Abyss goes off the ropes but he is hit by a double shoulderblock.\u00a0 Devon dumps Abyss out of the ring, Dreamer comes in the ring and they hit a double neckbreaker.\u00a0 Abyss gets back in the ring, punches by Devon as Bully Ray hits a scoop slam on Dreamer.\u00a0 Abyss is thrown out of the ring while Devon goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving headbutt onto Dreamer\u2019s groin.\u00a0 Bully Ray tells Devon to get a table, and Devon obliges as he slides one into the ring.\u00a0 Bully Ray sets it up near the ropes but Abyss hits a lariat onto both Bully Ray and Devon.\u00a0 Outside the ring Dreamer spits water at Devon, while Abyss hits Bully Ray with the ring bell.\u00a0 Dreamer and Devon fight up into the crowd while Bully Ray regains the advantage on Abyss.\u00a0 Devon comes over and punches Abyss while Bully Ray throws some more weapons into the ring.\u00a0 Everyone gets back into the ring, with Devon and Abyss getting a steel chair while Dreamer and Bully Ray grab kendo sticks.\u00a0 Bully Ray and Devon get the better of their respective duels but Abyss hits a chokeslam on Devon while Dreamer hits a DDT onto Bully Ray.\u00a0 Double cover, but they both get a two count.\u00a0 Dreamer gets a trash can and sets it up in the corner, Irish whip by Dreamer to Bully Ray but Bully Ray reverses it and Dreamer goes into the trash can.\u00a0 Abyss catches Bully Ray with the Black Hole Slam, cover, but Bully Ray barely gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Devon gets a chair but Abyss punches the chair into his face.\u00a0 Abyss puts the chair onto Devon, Abyss goes off the ropes and sits down on Devon, but Devon sets the chair upwards so that it crotches Abyss.\u00a0 Spinebuster by Devon, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Devon puts the table near the cover, Devon puts Abyss on the table and gets up on the top turnbuckle, but Dreamer runs in the ring and punches Devon.\u00a0 Dreamer pulls Abyss off the corner, he the goes up to the top turnbuckle but Bully Ray comes in the ring and grabs Dreamer from behind.\u00a0 Bully Ray powerbombs Dreamer through the table, but Abyss is up and elbows Bully Ray.\u00a0 Abyss gets a bag of thumb tacks and dumps them in the middle of the ring.\u00a0 Abyss grabs Devon and Abyss and tries to give them a double chokeslam, but they block it and drop Abyss chest-first into the thumbtacks.\u00a0 Abyss spazzes out a bit as Dreamer comes in the ring with a kendo stick, hitting both Bully Ray and Devon.\u00a0 Dreamer charges Devon but Devon catches him and with Bully Ray they hit the 3D.\u00a0 Cover, and Devon picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Team 3D<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 I hadn\u2019t seen Dreamer in years, dude got huge.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know why I had to watch this, it felt like an Extreme Rising nostalgic match.\u00a0 They were smart to use blunder as these guys aren\u2019t going to put on a wrestling clinic, and aside from a few horrendous transitions the match worked ok as a hardcore brawl from yesteryear.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit depressing that four wrestlers over the age of 40 and well past their primes are putting on half-hearted hardcore matches halfway across the globe, but this is wrestling in a nutshell.\u00a0\u00a0 These types of matches lost their luster to me many years ago but it wasn\u2019t unwatchable.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score:\u00a0 4.0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>(c) Havok vs. Velvet Sky<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis match is for the TNA Women&#8217;s Knockout Championship.\u00a0 Havok charges Sky as the match starts, but Sky moves out of the way.\u00a0 She does it again with the same result, elbows by Sky and she goes off the ropes, hitting a lariat.\u00a0 Havok doesn\u2019t go down, kicks by Sky and she hits another lariat.\u00a0 Havok is still up, elbows by Sky and she kicks Havok.\u00a0 Double axe handle by Sky and she hits a second one, but Havok still doesn\u2019t go down.\u00a0 A third one still doesn\u2019t do the trick, nor the fourth.\u00a0 Sky goes off the ropes and goes for a crossbody, but Havok catches her and hits a backbreaker.\u00a0 Havok picks up Sky and clubs her in the back.\u00a0 Kick to the back by Havok, he picks up Sky and Havok slams Sky into the corner.\u00a0 Shoulderblocks by Havok, she picks up Sky and hits a backbreaker.\u00a0 Another backbreaker by Havok and she hits an elbow.\u00a0 Bearhug by Havok but Sky gets out of it, Havok grabs Sky by the hair and hits a scoop slam.\u00a0 Havok picks up Sky, stomps by Havok and she goes up to the second turnbuckle, but Sky avoids the leg drop.\u00a0 Elbow by Sky and she hits a second one, lariat by Sky and she goes off the ropes, hitting another one.\u00a0 Elbows by Sky, she goes off the ropes but Havok elbows her back.\u00a0 Irish whip by Havok but Sky hits a tilt-a-whirl headscissors.\u00a0 Diving crossbody by Sky, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Sky jumps off the top turnbuckle but Havok catches her and puts her in a bearhug.\u00a0 Havok squeezes Sky for a bit and she is forced to submit.\u00a0 Your winner and still champion:\u00a0 Havok<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Is a bearhug a finisher again?\u00a0 Who taps out to a bearhug?\u00a0 This wasn\u2019t really good, so much of the match was Havok on offense and Sky failing desperately on trying to knock down Havok.\u00a0 Honestly the match was going fine until the really sudden ending, it could have used a few more minutes and at least one more hope spot for Sky before getting defeated.\u00a0 Just a short not special match.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score:\u00a0 3.5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>James Storm and Great Sanada vs. TAJIRI and Great Muta<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nMuta and Sanada start things off.\u00a0 Muta goes for a waistlock but Sanada applies an armbar.\u00a0 Leglock by Muta on the mat but Sanada gets into the ropes.\u00a0 Waistlock by Muta and he applies a wristlock, Sanada rolls out of it and applies a side headlock as he takes Muta to the mat, but Muta quickly gets out of it.\u00a0 Muta tags in TAJIRI while Sanada tags in Storm.\u00a0 Storm and TAJIRI circle each other, and Storm throws TAJIRI to the mat.\u00a0 Irish whip by Storm but TAJIRI dropkicks Storm in the knee.\u00a0 Irish whip by Storm but TAJIRI grabs him by the beard, Storm pushes him off and then hits a lariat.\u00a0 Storm picks up TAJIRI and tags in Sanada.\u00a0 Axe handle by Sanada off the top and he bites TAJIRI in the head.\u00a0 Sanada goes off the ropes but TAJIRI holds the ropes down and Sanada falls out of the ring.\u00a0 Sanada gets on the apron but TAJIRI knocks him back to the floor with a handstand kick.\u00a0 TAJIRI goes out of the ring after Sanada, Sanada crawls under the ring and TAJIRI goes after him.\u00a0 They emerge with Sanada choking TAJIRI, and TAJIRI is covered in mist.\u00a0 Storm applies a reverse chinlock to TAJIRI and he wraps TAJIRI\u2019s leg around the bottom rope.\u00a0 Sanada chokes TAJIRI against the second rope, he picks up TAJIRI and hits a snap vertical suplex.\u00a0 Sanada tags in Storm, Storm and Sanada pick up TAJIRI and they hit a double lariat.\u00a0 Knee drop by Storm and Sanada goes for a standing moonsault, TAJIRI moves but Sanada hits a dropkick instead.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Sanada applies a nerve hold to TAJIRI, TAJIRI elbows out of it but Storm attacks TAJIRI from behind.\u00a0 Sanada hits TAJIRI in the head with a rod of some sort, cover, but it gets two.\u00a0 Punches by Sanada, Irish whip, but TAJIRI hits a handstand elbow strike.\u00a0 TAJIRI tags in Muta, dropkick to the knee by Muta and a second one.\u00a0 Dragon screw leg whip by Muta and he throws Sanada out of the ring.\u00a0 Muta attacks Sanada with the rod and throws Sanada into the guardrail.\u00a0 Muta gets a chair and hits Sanada with it before choking Sanada with the mic cord.\u00a0 Muta slides Sanada back into the ring, he picks up Sanada and hits a snapmare.\u00a0 Flashing Elbow by Muta, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Storm comes in and hits a jawbreaker on Muta, he goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving elbow drop.\u00a0 Moonsault by Sanada, cover, but TAJIRI breaks it up.\u00a0 TAJIRI throws Sanada out of the ring, Storm grabs TAJIRI but TAJIRI gets away and back bodydrops him onto the ramp.\u00a0 Sanada comes back in the TAJIRI drops him with a back kick.\u00a0 TAJIRI goes for the Buzzsaw Kick but Sanada ducks it, Irish whip by TAJIRI to the corner, Sanada goes out to the apron and goes for a swandive move, but both TAJIRI and Muta spray mist in his face.\u00a0 Buzzsaw Kick by TAJIRI to Sanada, and Muta follows with a Shining Wizard.\u00a0 Cover by Muta, but it gets a three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 TAJIRI and Great Muta<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 This was actually not a bad match.\u00a0 Muta took it up a notch in this match which surprised me, when he got on offense there was no downtime whatsoever, he really took it to Sanada as if he hated the kid.\u00a0 Storm didn\u2019t do a lot here as he was definitely the least important storyline-wise, but he wasn\u2019t bad.\u00a0 The ending was obvious, with Muta and TAJIRI working together to win, but the crowd went home happy.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t a work-rate fest and the match started pretty slow, but it turned out to be pretty solid overall.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score:\u00a0 6.0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Final Thoughts:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Match:<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>Samoa Joe vs. Kaz Hayashi vs. Low Ki<\/strong>. While I wouldn\u2019t consider any of the matches on the card \u201cgreat\u201d or \u201cmust see\u201d, this was still a really fun match.\u00a0 All these of these guys can work but they are veterans, so there wasn\u2019t really any wasted motion or big spots just for the sake of having big spots.\u00a0 All the spots led to something or had a purpose, which is a nice change of pace for an X Division match.\u00a0 All three got a chance to shine a bit and no one came out of the match looking weak.\u00a0 It was too short to be a classic but was still entertaining to watch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MVP:\u00a0\u00a0 Yusuke Kodama<\/strong>.\u00a0 It was hard on this event for anyone to really stand out, all the matches were short and the title matches didn\u2019t have a wrestler that seemed better than the rest.\u00a0 Kodama had a really good showing in his match, and generally it is the young wrestlers that tend to stick in my mind.\u00a0\u00a0 Kodama has shown a lot of potential and managed to leave an impression on this event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 As an overall event, this one was pretty disappointing.\u00a0 To be fair, on paper it didn\u2019t look very good either.\u00a0 W-1 and TNA currently don\u2019t have the rosters to put on great full events, and pairing random mid-card wrestlers against each other wasn\u2019t going to do anything to change that.\u00a0 Some of the matches were good and others were better than expected, but the bulk of them were just average or below average matches.\u00a0 Two years ago this could have been an interesting card, but in late 2014 it is just pointless.\u00a0 Only diehard fans of either promotion need to watch this show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"smallbrand\"><strong>Grade:\u00a0 D+<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAJIRI and Great Muta vs. James Storm and Sanada, Team 3D vs. Tommy Dreamer &#038; Abyss, Samoa Joe vs. Kaz Hayashi vs. Low Ki, more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":14771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,40],"tags":[233,72,370],"class_list":["post-14770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fsreview","category-reviews","tag-puroresu","tag-tna","tag-wrestle-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14772,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14770\/revisions\/14772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}