EVOLVE 17 - 9/8/12 - *LIVE SHOW UPDATES HERE FROM W2B*

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And it looks like the stupid retirement gimmick is still in place for Jon Davis, which keeps giving away his finishes. I hope this has a good payoff. Maybe he'll lose, and then snap and go heel and not honor the stip.

SUP

 

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Lince Dorado def. Jigsaw with the Marufuji pole shift.

Good action.

 

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Christina Von Eerie def. Marti Belle in 1 minute.

Larry Dallas came out to proposition Belle. She turned him down, and Dallas threatened her until Pinkie Sanchez made the save. This lead to...

Pinkie Sanchez & Sami Callihan vs The Scene

ugh.

 

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Callihan was supposed to face Masada, and Masada is in the CZW main event later. I don't know whats up with that.

 

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DUF wins, with Callihan using his new "Callihan Death Clutch".

Callihan calls out Masada, so he's there after all. Double duty for Callihan. Looks like they used the tag match to get the new move over, which is basically the old Taz choke from ECW.

 

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Masada beats Callihan in a squash.

They put it over like he had no trouble getting the win, and was toying with Callihan.

This is how Masada should have been booked to begin with on the DGUSA shows.

 

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Callihan spitting up blood and vomiting. Injury angle. Match was weird, looks like they tried to do a worked shoot deal with stiff kicks to the head. They way they are talking though, it seems like an angle. Idk.

 

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Kentuck Gentleman's Club (Chuckie T, Drew Gulak, Fire An-oops, Orange Cassidy) vs Super Smash Brothers & Rich Swann is up.

Yes, THE SWAMP MONSTER is at ringside, along with The Man Scout Jake Manning.

 

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Much better crowd than the Florida triple shot, but smaller than the DGUSA Chicago/Detroit shows, i'd say about 200-250, they should really keep EVOLVE in the northeast.

 

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Swann pinned Gulak. Awesome match, best so far.

 

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Ricochet vs AR Fox is up next. Here we go.

 

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Only match left is the main event.

Either both of these matches are going 45 minutes each, or they are going to finish early.

 

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Ricochet wins. Good match. Cuts a better promo this time.

 

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El Generico defeats Samuray Del Sol with the Brainbustaaaah. Wins the series 2-1.

Show ends at 2 hour 20 minute mark.

Lenny Leonard announced that "the producers in my ear tell me that there WILL be an EVOLVE title, please check dgusa.tv in the coming days for information!" ugh. We just paid to watch this shit, how about you tell us now? Its like watching a WWE PPV, and then they hard sell you on a free RAW.

 

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Overall, a really good show, not great, died in the middle with the Callihan/DUF/Scene/Masada stuff, but that's how all of these EVOLVE shows are. I will never understand what people see in Callihan or Pinkie Sanchez. Masada just hasn't clicked here, whatever they are trying to do isn't working with him.

No great matches, but three really good ones (two main events & the six man), plus the Jigsaw/Dorado was fun. The Davis/Gargano match was noting special but the Davis heel turn/angle was great and very memorable.

The announced a DGUSA triple shot for "the northeast" this fall (I think he said November 4,5,6).