Spotlight on the Indies

Roulette Match: Vordell Walker vs. Dagon Briggs, USWA 1/17/14

Vordell Walker is one of the best indy workers in the country and this match is a tremendous showcase for him if you've never seen him. It's a nice long match (over 20 minutes) and it does kinda fall apart at the end, but there is so much damn awesome stuff here that it's well worth watching. The roulette match means there are different weapons in each corner, and what's cool is they all get used nicely and not ridiculously. They're all integrated into the match really well and lead to a bunch of nasty belt shots and noose (!) chokings. Match starts with cool mat work with Walker cockily working over Briggs and it gets great when we go into an extended brawl section outside the ring. Both guys have cool chops and Vordell is just a monster. He mixes up standard crowd brawling stiff shots by breaking out awesome kicks  that you normally don't see in this type of setting. Both guys plow through chairs and I gotta say the camera work in this is really good. Usually guys can get sorta lost during crowd brawling moments and the USWA handheld camera crew does a great job of getting dangerously close to the chaos. Good work guys. Match slows down more back in the ring and things don't go as smoothly, but there are still great moments like a massive superplex and a cool flash Finlay/Sheamus roll by Briggs that I've never seen before. Usually that spot is done walking around with the guy in a fireman's carry, but Briggs caught Walker with it coming off the ropes, like you would catch a guy in a hip toss. Awesome shit.