Low-Ki Advent Calendar Night 23: PWG Legends 4 Way

Low-Ki vs. Necro Butcher vs. Chris Hero vs. Eddie Kingston PWG 8/3/08 - EPIC

PAS: This is a four way made up of incredible match ups. Kingston vs. Hero and Ki vs. Necro are all time feuds and every other combo of these guys have had amazing singles matchups against each other. This took a minute to get going, there was some early Necro and Kingston comedy which didn't do much for me, but man when it got rolling it was as violent as promised. These are four guys who throw with abandon, and there were parts of this match that was uncomfortable, Ki hit a koppo kick on Hero that looked like it sliced his skull like a meat cleaver, and then hit a koppo on Necro that looked like it broke his wrist. Necro was throwing huge potato right hands on everyone, Kingston was throwing big chops, talking shit, and Aja level backfists. We get a nice Ki vs. Necro section, no one takes full force kicks to the face like Necro, and if he is going to kicked in the temple he is going to try to clean Ki's teeth with his fist.  Match finished with Hero KOing Kingston with a big elbow while Ki was trying to tap Necro. Hero grabs the mic after the match, and calls Kingston a piece of shit and they have an awesome violent pull apart. The internet thinks it might have been a shoot, (Kingston hasn't been back to PWG since) and there are definitely stuff in it that don't feel like wrestling, Hero throws a slap right to Kingston's ear, and Kingston tries to choke him and Hero violent throws the back of his head into Kingston's face, I love this feud so much. Real treat which delivers all of violence you want.

ER: I had never seen this before, and it's just about the most indy wrestling dream match you can get in the Segunda Caida universe. I've never gotten the chance to see Kingston live (he really didn't make it out to CA a ton), but the others I've seen live several times and it was always super memorable. The two Necro matches I've seen live were such fun experiences, me running around a venue following all the action. I saw him in an SF club working King Dabada, a big fat guy, and they brawled all over a small club and fell onto Rachel's sister and her girlfriend. Just a big sweaty fat guy and a hillbilly brawler falling onto their laps. All these guys are among my all time favorites so this was exciting just knowing this match existed. But that it also wound up totally delivering on its on-paper potential, just made this kick extra ass. It felt set-up for disappointment due to high hopes, but over-delivered. The early comedy was a fun twist from the violence that was to follow, and limiting it to the very beginning was fine. Because I wasn't thinking about Kingston running away when every body in the match was throwing fists and boots and kicks and elbows at each other. There's a fantastic  sequence where Hero grabs Ki in this nasty cravate while Ki is flopping about, and Kingston breaks it up with a nasty spinning backfist on Hero, and immediately pins Ki which narrowly gets broken up by Necro. Ki hits his nastiest ever koppo kick into the middle of Hero's forehead and then turns around and throws his nastiest ever koppo kick to Necro's swinging arm. Necro's arm selling looked great, probably because the man just took an insane kick to the arm. Necro punched a lot of face (loved another Ki crumbling sell), Ki bounced off Necro's spine with a Warriors Way while Necro was draped in the ropes, and the end is sudden and violent, Hero finally dropping Kingston with one of several elbows. This match delivers everything you could ever want it to, jumping a high bar.