I was debating doing this for awhile now, and I figured I might as well, so yeah.
I'll be going in chronological order of my collection, excluding best of's.
So the first show is 77, which took place on 9/24/04.
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-Darkness Crabtree vs. Jolly Roger
Super no vacancy in the Reading Riverside Beneficiary. I love me some Darkness Crabtree. Can't really expect that great of a match with the Darkness character. Jolly Roger was decent, it's a shame he got out of the business. Jolly wins with that running Unprettier finisher of his, who's name I forget. Darkness takes a nap post match. 2 out of 10 Batista heads.
-Crossbones vs. Sabian
Crossbones is accompanied by his old partner Mano Metallico. Sabian speaks some sort of jive into the camera before entering the ring. Crossbones' old mask was terriboo. Sabian does a flippy-doo over the top and Crossbones and Metallico just kinda fall down. Yeah, I'm kinda already bored with this match. Sabian's always been decent, but Crossbones..isn't that good now, let alone back then. Some real stiff cops and kicks from Sabian. Awkward submission spot. Bryce is warning Mano, and he makes sure you know it. Crossbones says crap a lot. This kinda needs to end now. It doesnt suck or anything..just too long. Wonky backbreaker by Crossbones. Metallico hits Sabian, Crossbones kicks him in the chocolate balls, and does a move and pins him. It was like a vertebreaker or something, I wasn't paying attention. Crossbones wins 3 out of 10 Batista heads.
-DJ Skittlez vs. Ultramantis Black
Before this even gets started, allow me to point out that DJ Skittlez was NOT good. Mantis yells at an old woman outside the ring. "You times nears. Your time neeeaaars!". He points at a young kid, "just born..but your time neeeaaaars!". He gets on his knees and lets out an odd yelp. Yes, Mantis has always been awesome. Ugh, I hate the fact that I'm about to watch a DJ Skittlez match. He wants to hear the people, I want to hear Mantis' music again so the match is over. Mantis jumps him before the bell, and is still yelling and roaring and what not. I really don't like DJ Skittlez. He chops Mantis, and Mantis shrieks like a little girl. Is it over yet? They're wrestling and stuff, I'm thinking of Batista. Skittlez runs and jumps on Mantis. Then he botches a jumpy flippy clothesline. Have I mentioned I don't like DJ Skittlez? He callled for the "rainbow bomb"..uh, yeah, no thanks. Skittlez wins by sitting on Mantis during an attempted sunset flip. Yeah, gtfo. Skittlez is forced to put a poor youth on his shoulder after winning to get some pop. Mantis says the elderly should be eaten. 3 out of 10 Batista heads.
-IWA:MS tag team championships: The Wildcards defend against Men@Work
Awesome. I love the Wildcards. Kingston is self explanitory, and Black Jack was awesome. It's a shame he got out of the business, had some real good charisma, and was good in the ring too. Blackjack says a woman at ringside with jerry-curls looks like "a damn poodle". Now not so awesome. Men@Work were Shane Storm and Mister ZERO. ZERO wasn't bad..but I HATED Shane Storm. He one of the few Chikara guys I disliked. Atleast I have an excuse to rock out to Men At Work(the band). Kingston was great even back then, messing with the crowd. Armbar. Storm does a gag with the stop sign he used to carry. I don't like Storm. ZERO is reading the newspaper, because that was his gag. Backdrop ONTO THE NEWSPAPER~~~!!!! Really stupid flip spot with Storm. He flipped over ZERO onto King for no reason. I don't like him. Kingston says Storm pulled his hair, he pulled his tights, he pulled his *oooh*, then pokes him in the god damn goofy-eyed mask. Storm throughs some meh chops, and gets poked in the eyes again for his efforts. Storm rolls around for no reason. I wanna chop off his blue mullet. Speaking of chops, he's throwing some weak ones. Tope by Storm onto Marciano, then ZERO walks over to throw Marciano in the ring..yeah, Idunno. I really like the Wildcards. Kingston: "C'mon, get up. Get up your mullet-wearing freak". Kingston dictates a Flair bump by Storm. He tells Bryce he sucks, which isn't nice. Jack throwing some nice elbows in the corner. I hope he does a 450. I need to take my contacts out. Flying axehandle onto the back of Storm, ZERO says some encouraging words. I don't mean to make it seem like all early Chikara sucked, because it definitely didn't, but uh..hasn't been the best card so far. Storm and Kingston trade some stiff forearms. Hot tag to ZERO. Wrestle wrestle wrestle. Storm and ZERO have a pretty nifty double team finisher, which I won't describe. That Japanese Move(shining wizard) by Storm to Kingston. Blackjack hits Storm with a foreign object, Kingston pins Storm. Really not too bad of a match, I just hate Storm. 6 out of 10 Batista heads, and one Batista arm(including tribal tattoos).
-Din Mak vs. Matt Bomboy.
Oh god. Din Mak was hailing from Parts Unknown, with his weight unknown. Despite being from Parts Unknown, he apparently was familiar enough with Marilyn Manson to use MOBscene as his theme. Weird mask, bad tattoos. "The New Era" Matt Bomboy had a bit of an MMA gimmick, long before that was the hip thing to do. I'm curious as to what has happened to him. He throws his shirt at Mak, OSNP~. Still didn't take my contacts out. I'm tired. Pretty nice armdrag spot by Mak..and then Bomboy does the exact same thing. Guess he can keep up with the world-renowning Din Mak. Sick legdrop to the apron spot, Mak onto Bomboy. So far this has been better than I expected, since I was pretty sure I recalled Din Mak as being...eeeeh. Mak chops Bomboy a lot on the outside, then gets shoved into the ring post. I'd like to point out that I'm pretty sure he's wearing kickbads and socks, no boots. Bomboy suplexes him to the inside. I like Bomboy. I really should find out whats become of him. Some nice kicks by Mak, some nice selling by Bomboy. Really nice belly to belly by Bomboy. Hrmm..am I doing this review right? Like..am I supposed to point out spots and stuff? I should probably look at Jim's thread, see how he does it. Northern lights(which I always love) onto Din Mak. Really stiff forearms. Bomboy wins after an Eye Of The Storm and holds the ropes. Just looked, apparently Bomboy is still bouncing around. I actually really enjoyed this match. 7 out of 10 Batista heads
-The Sharecropper vs. Gran Akuma
Sharecropper is another old Chikara guy where it's a shame he got out of the business. Oh boy, tecnico masked Akuma. Lulz. Looks like he's trying to fly around the ring. I'd like to think that Akuma's day job is being a school teacher. Wrestle wrestle wrestle. Nice kicks by Akuma, as expected. Cropper catchs Akuma's flying crossbody and turns it into a sloppy catatonic. Odd..fail-like thing off the top, Akuma kinda does a moonsault bump. This is just weird, they don't mesh well. Leg drop by Akuma for the win. 5 out of 10 Batista heads. Side note-Akuma is using some awesome Japanese tv theme. Sounds like it could be a sentai theme or something.
-Claudio Castagnoli, Hallowicked, and Larry Sweeney vs. Mike Quackenbush, Jigsaw, and Icarus
Well, looking at how things has shook down since 2004, this is an extremely odd match. Seeing Sweeney makes me sad. He fakes out a little kid. Awesome oldschool Claudio in a suit, needs a chair to get in the ring. Tecnico Icarus, lulz. Definitely the babyface fire team. Quack shouts "Smartmark video", and Icarus is a crazy man. The rudos try to start up a Hallowicked chant, so the tecnicos start a Jigsaw one. Pretty good trade off between Jigsaw and Hallowicked...who then dance,for no real reason. Quack is in with his creepy goatee. Oh, nevermind, I was mistaken, the creepy goatee isn't in full force. Nice hold-for-hold stuff between Quack and Claudio. Now it's Icarus and Sweeney in there. Tecnicos do highspots onto all the rudos. Icarus it hopping around a lot, not something you'd see now. He's also getting applauded, so like I said, not something you'd see now. This has been good. Everyone is jumping on everyone, and they're flipping and stuff. Quack hurts Sweeney's "weenie", and he asks for a timeout. Man I wish I got the Smackdown dvd earlier, that looked like good stuff. They're wrestling and stuff, I'm tired. Double teams, triple teams onto Quack. The match just went from pretty much everyone on the outside, and cut to Quack and Claudio on the inside. That's odd. The disc didn't skip or anything, it was clearly edited to do so. Icarus botched a split legged moonsault, Sweeney kicks out. Jigsaw pins Sweeney after a Jig-N-Tonic, but the rudos act like they won. 7 out of 10 Batista heads.
Well, that ends the show folks. Overall it wasn't bad. Some good stuff, some er..not so good stuff. Still worth watching. Hopefully my review was decent, leave me some constructive criticism and what have you. Sorry if there's any typos or if stuff doesn't make any sense, I'm too lazy to re-read this right now.
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