Drake vs Dennis was not really anything; James Drake is a void (*1/2). Di Matteo vs Windsor was a very solid tournament contest; Laura has some real potential (***). Webster vs Bird was a good story between student and teacher, face and heel, but it didn't really hit another gear (***). SPPT vs Riots was a HOT tag match with some wild spots to send Cooper & Dahlia off; not as good as a few other SPPT matches this year, but a great one nonetheless (****). I really didn't care about the #1 Contendership match, and I say that as a fan of Haskins; I just don't care about Mandrews at all, and I honestly skipped some of this so I'm not rating it. Robinson did a pretty good job carrying Sexsmith, who is not a very good wrestler, but is very over and does have some fire; Travis Banks did a better job at getting a great match out of Jack, but this was hardly bad (**3/4). The main event built very slowly, still being on the mat over 15 minutes in after some good brawling and breakdown segments; Ringkampf are all just totally on point in this match, while BSS are a trio of total dickbags that even fuck with each other sometimes; eventually BSS work over Thatcher as he builds to a tag, and this is where the match starts changing from good trios match into something great; Dieter's hot tag transitions into a really awesome sequence of Ringkampf taking over and THEN it breaks down into a phenomenal sequence featuring Tyler Bate doing a Shooting Star Headbutt before a DEADLIFT ON FUCKING WALTER and it kept being awesome from there on; I feel like they could've gone another few minutes before they got to the finish, although I liked the finish itself (****1/4 to ****1/2, could've broken into MOTY territory with a little more). Dieter's farewell after Ringkampf's last match as a trio was really cool. Overall a decent show with two GREAT matches.
