Progress is great at statement making. The 'where we were' video package to 'where we are now' and then showing the massive bowl of the B Academy. Will these indie wrestlers know how best to play to most who are far, far from the ring? There's a lot of space to cover, and Brown/Coff started out hot, simmered in the middle, and was adequately designed in the end even if watching Rampage wrestle is like watching E Page. The women's entrances were 10 minutes :o() No, women at Laura's level kicking out of Styles Clash's is not progress. Jinny is an entrancing heel but this had little weight. Odd how little reaction a man like P Dunne got, this worked due to how light the heels were in selling the Riot's power moves; J Davis evokes a little T Dreamer, P Dunne, actor Brady Corbet ***. Robinson looks like a villain from the cheesy Police Academ series; he has a nice jumping faceplant stomp as a finisher, but as a match, on the 'biggest' night of the year, uh uh (Stone cold' s voice. ) Post, I dig Carlito getting in PR's face. Thankfully the angle at Ch. 27 happened b/c Progress gave Ciampa a much lamer victory, (even if the only one in Prog against ZSJ, ) than ZSJ the first time around. Initially there was a big-match feel but it dissipitated early. TC w/ the Mutoh run. I liked TC's tight-pulling reversal and ZSJ's roll-thru nearfall. I also liked the double-pin after 18 mins. Lame Pedigree usage as TC hasn't been given enough heat for it to work. It appears that ZSJ wanted a back-and-forth encounter w/ him out-wrestling the signed 'superstar. ' And he hammed it up w/ that expression post Super Project C. At 28 mins, and w/ that talent, only a *** 1/2. J Rave could only dream of all that toilet paper Z Gibson got. Twas the right ending of the 8 man as it was unfair that the faces had nothing to lose. T End looks creepy. Haskins's shirt has 'Underrated' on it - that's lame. Cool Scurll entrance, but he lacks the stature for it. The last five ='s Big Drama Show.
