Arena Reports 7/30 PWG results in Reseda, Calif.: Complete real-time coverage of PWG anniversary show - Bryan Danielson, GenMe, Davey Richards vs. Chris Hero
Jul 31, 2010 - 2:45:13 AM
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Pro Wrestling Guerrilla "Seven"
July 30, 2010
Reseda, Calif.
Report by Matt Massingham, PWTorch West Coast contributor
PWG had a Standing Room Only crowd for their seventh-anniversary show. The claimed attendance was 500 fans and they reportedly had to turn away upwards of 100 fans at the door. In typical PWG fashion, the show started one hour late at 9:00 p.m. PST.
(1) Brandon Gatson & Johnny Goodtime & Candice LeRae beat Malachi "CK" Jackson & Ryan Taylor & Peter Avalon in a six-person tag match. Candice pinned Malachi Jackson (brother of the Young Bucks) after hitting a moonsault.
(2) Brandon Bonham beat Brian Cage with the Canadian Destroyer. Very strong match that got Cage over.
(3) Akira Tozawa beat Chris Sabin. Tozawa won with a pair of German Suplexes. Sabin was originally scheduled to team with Alex Shelley in a TNA tag champions vs. PWG tag champions match, but Shelley was scratched from the card with a reported knee injury.
(4) Scorpio Sky beat Scott Lost in Lost's retirement match. Surprising result with Sky going over. Before the match, fans threw purple and gold streamers into the ring for Lost, who is a noted Lakers fan. After the match, Lost gave a farewell speech noting he didn't want to wrestle past the age of 30, which is why he's retiring.
[Intermission]
(5) Bryan Danielson beat Roderick Strong via submission in 15:00. Strong used a tie during the match, which fired up Danielson, used a tie himself. Danielson then forced a submission with the Crossface. During the match, the creative PWG fans acknowledged Danielson's WWE firing by chanting, "Cena got his f'n head kicked in" to the classic Danielson chant tune of "You're going to get your f'n head kicked in." This was followed by a chant of "(expletive) Michael Cole)."
(6) PWG champion Davey Richards beat Chris Hero via submission to retain the PWG Title. Richars won with the anklelock. Match of the night so far.
(7) PWG tag champions El Generico & Paul London beat Young Bucks (Generation Me in TNA) and the Cutler Brothers to retain the PWG Tag Titles in a Guerrilla Warfare match. The champs retained with Generico hitting a Turnbuckle Brainbuster on Nick Jackson (Jeremy Buck) for the pin. Typical spotfest of match, including unnecessary chair shots to the head. Apparently more education is needed. The show ended about half-an-hour past midnight locally.
Overall: Good show with the highlight being Scott Lost's last match and Richards vs. Hero being the Match of the Night. 8.5/10 overall for the show.
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