SPW No Guts No Glory Review (Part VII)
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My review predictions: 5/8
South East Asia Championship Match: The Statement Andruew Tang vs JY Eagle: JY Eagle is in the ring as Statement teases a no-show (humorous moment as the crowd chants for Ryan to be the replacement), but Statement sneaks up to hit a low blow on Eagle. What an asshole.
He starts to pummel Eagle from ringside to the stage, and spits beer at the foreigner. I’m already digging this return to his heel roots. Back in the ring and Ref Ryan finally starts the match. Eagle fights back but eats a uranage for two. Statement continues with kicks to the head, and hits facebuster and then a running knee for another two. The chops are next, but Eagle counters a corner elbow into a dropkick, follow by a slingblade, enzuigiri and suplex for two. But Statement quickly reverses a DDT into a scoop powerslam. Eagle eats an elbow at the ropes and Statement does the Sheamus-style forearm clubs at the ropes follow with a backstabber. Eagle refuses to go down as both men trade strikes. Eagle dishes another enzuigiri but immediately eats a meteora. Statement then quickly hits a tombstone piledriver but only for two!
This frustrates Statement as he goes for his finisher but Eagle counters into a falcon arrow. Eagle hits blockbuster and a middle rope moonsault for two. Statement hits another backstabber but Eagle replies with a DDT. He foes for another moonsault but misses, which allows Statement to hit DDT and his Shellshock finisher, but only for another two count. Incredulous look from Statement but he recovers quickly to hit a running kick and a backpack stunner to finally put Eagle to rest. Statement defeated JY Eagle to win the South East Asia Championship [***]
It was a good match with a simple story of heel versus a resilient babyface, but it was more a less an extended squash match, which I thought the crowd appreciate the effort from JY Eagle, but never buy the thought of the lad winning. I love that Statement is back to heel mode, continuing his attacks after the match. The post match is also nicely done with the intervention of Aiden Rex, the next title challenger. I’m really looking forward to that match.
Meiko Satomura vs Dash Chisako: The two locks up but Meiko quickly takes control with arm and head locks. Both run the ropes as Meiko hits a shoulder tackle and Dash replies with arm drag and dropkick. No biggie as Meiko responds with an European uppercut and pummels Dash with corner attacks and a suplex for two. Meiko starts her ground game and emphasises on the arm. Dash eats alot of kicks but fires up with running knee. The fight goes out of the ring as Dash hits chair shots. Back in the ring Dash hits a missile dropkick and basement dropkick for two. Dash has the upper hand as she continues to dish kicks. Meiko fights back with a pele kick but place Dash into a crossface. Both stand up and starts to exchange strong style elbows. Meiko hits another uppercut but Dash hits a cutter. Meiko runs the rope and replies with a spinning heel kick and Saito suplex for only two. Dash counters with pinning combinations and a bridging Northern Lights suplex for two. Dash puts Meiko on the ground and hits a great looking top rope double stomp for two.
She tries for a frog splash but hits knees. Meiko is back as she gives Dash a kick buffet. Dash fights back but Meiko hits cartwheel knees and the death valley driver to end it. Meiko Satomura defeated Dash Chisako [****]
What a delightful showcase as the Japanese provided another wrestling clinic, with their pace and strong style. The outside of the ring and chairshot segment was slightly odd in the overall scheme of things, but its just nitpicking as both women brought great intensity in their moves inside the ring. I hope our local women wrestlers will get the opportunity to work with these professionals to continue their improvement.
Overall: I thought No Guts No Glory was a very consistent show, with no particular bad matches. There was the return of Eurasian Dragon, a fresh challenger to the main title in Aiden Rex, the start of the tag team tourney, the conclusion(?) of the feud between Dharma and Butcherman, plus the Japanese main event showcase. Great stuff.
That’s all for now, thanks for reading!