2017 Ongoing MOTY List: Gallagher vs. Neville

20. Gentleman Jack Gallagher vs. Neville WWE Fastlane 3/5

ER: Awesome stuff, which felt like the match the Cruiserweight division needed. Gallagher is just a total nutter, and these two really delivered on PPV. They both do great at fast exchanges, and Gallagher takes some brutal bumps, starting with him getting his head whipped into the mat off a double leg. We build to an awesome Gallagher dive, with him just flinging his body sideways through the ropes and crashing through Neville, and back in the ring Gallagher goes for a prawn hold and Neville reverses into an INSANE whipping german suplex. Gallagher's landing was like an accidental Great Sasuke bump, just landing right on the side of his head and shoulder. Good lord. Neville's flying is tight and his big moves land with actual force, and Gallagher still gets some hope with his glorious headbutt, and this just felt like the match that needed to happen. Both came out of this looking good.

PAS: I thought this was excellent one of the better PPV crusierwieght matches ever. Gallagher is one of the few British guys who doesn't seem like he is cosplaying Jim Breaks. His WOS stuff felt like organic parts of the match, really slick, but not performative and he isn't afraid to get into the weeds when needed. That dive was superb and really felt like someone throwing caution to the wind. He is one of my favorites, and I really need to deep dive on his whole WWE run. Neville had really come into his own during the final run, he had turned into such a nasty shit, dropping Gallagher right on his neck with that German, Kawada kicking him in the throat. His splashes both look like they landed with a ton of impact, almost like 2 Cold splashes and he sold his ass off to put Gallagher over, I loved his collapse sell on the second big headbutt. Real shame he has been put in deep freeze for the last year and a half, especially with all of the lesser British lights getting such shine.


2017 MOTY MASTER LIST