BRM Reviews PWG 2012 Battle of Los Angeles: Night 2

[Big Red Machine]

PWG 2012 Battle of Los Angeles: Night 2 (9/2/2012)-

PWG BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES QUARTER-FINAL MATCH: TJ Perkins vs. Sami Calihan- 6.25/10
Good opener

PWG BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES QUARTER-FINAL MATCH: Adam Cole vs. Eddie Edwards- 7.75/10
Early on in this match, we learn Adam Cole’s stance on various types of oral sex.

PWG BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES QUARTER-FINAL MATCH: Michael Elgin vs. Brian Cage- 7.25/10
Great match-up full of big-man feats of strength. Steen gets some revenge on Cage for his attack at Threemendous III, and also beats Cage down after the match, leading to…

THE POST-MATCH SEGMENT- The Young Bucks come out and beat Steen down so PWG Senior Referee Rick Knox shows up and tries to break it up… but he gets attacked by Cage. The Bucks want to hit Knox with More Bang For Your Buck, but El Generico comes out with a chair to make the save. Knox tries to set up a six man tag match for tonight with the Bucks & Cage taking on himself, Generico, & Steen, but Steen flips Generico off and refuses.

PWG BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES QUARTER-FINAL MATCH: Roderick Strong vs. Ricochet- 6.5/10

JOEY RYAN, DAVEY RICHARDS, & KYLE O’REILLY vs. B-BOY, DRAKE YOUNGER, & WILLIE MACK- 5.5/10
Good comedy (especially from Davey), and decent action.

PWG BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES SEMIFINAL MATCH: Adam Cole vs. Sami Calihan- 6/10

PWG BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES SEMIFINAL MATCH: Michael Elgin vs. Ricochet- 8/10
AWESOME!
THE YOUNG BUCKS & BRIAN CAGE vs. RICK KNOX, EL GENERICO, & KEVIN STEEN- 8/10!
GREAT storytelling here. It was just Knox and Generico in the beginning and the heels isolated Generico and did a great job of preventing him from getting the tag. Once Generico was in a position to make the tag, though, the heels had taken Knox out… so Kevin Steen came out to ringside to check on Knox, The fans chanted “HELP STEEN HELP!... and after an awesome staredown, the unsure Generico makes the tag to Steen! I usually hate the idea of wrestlers selling for referees… but it just worked here. The post-match stuff with Steen and Generico was just great, too.

PWG BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES FINALS: Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin- 8/10
Awesome match, although I wish Cole had been more heelish during it.

POST-MATCH SEGMENT- Be careful what you wish for, BRM… you just might get it! Cole calls out Steen, so Steen gets in the ring and starts to cut a promo… but is interrupted by Adam Cole’s foot making contact with his scrotum! Cole then steals the PWG World Title!

Yet another awesome show from PWG! I can’t wait to see Cole vs. Steen!