WXW Tag League Weekend Cherry Picking 10/15/17

WXW is a promotion I have always been a bit hit or miss on, but their tag league weekend had some SC favorites on it (Timothy Thatcher, Low-Ki, Briscoes) and some intriguing match-ups so I decided to cherry pick some reviews

10/5/17

Timothy Thatcher v. WALTER

PAS: This is an AMBITION style match, which is the yearly shootstyle tournament that WXW runs (and always places some stuff on our year end lists). This is very similar to the Thatcher matches which we loved a couple of years ago. WALTER is a fun opponent for Thatcher, he isn't as skilled on the mat (although he had some nice chicken wing work), but he is a big bear of a dude and throws some meaty slaps and throws. This got really fun when tempers flared, and the finish was neat, with Thatcher taking an 8 count on a powerbomb and countering a slap combo with a Fujiwara for a flash win. Not as a good as the absolute top tier AMBITION stuff, but a nifty scrap.

Homicide v. David Starr

PAS: This show was in the WXW gym and had the feel of those early Beyond show. I haven't seen Homicide in a longish singles match in a while, and looked really sharp. Started with some solid back and forth matwork, moved into some brawling on the floor, including a tope con hilo into the tiny crowd by Cide. Finish run was good stuff, with Starr trying multiple times for his arm capture German suplex, Cide fighting it off and Starr finally squirting out of the Cop Killer and hitting for the win. Starr is kind of a hit or miss guy for me, but he felt like a guy who grew up on JAPW Modtrom tapes excited to work a Homicide singles match