THE REVIEW: AS ROX SEES IT
OCWFED Presents WrestLution IV. The grandest stage in E-Wrestling history. Seems like the weeks leading up to it went by so slowly, don't know if it's due to the lack of activity recently, the hype of the PPV, or a combination of both. This PPV features buildup of feuds ranging from 3 months up to a year to hell, an entire career. Definitely has the potential to be the most historic PPV in OCW history.
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Turmoil cancelled? HAHAHAHAHA! Can't say I didn't see a big change coming, but this is heel GOLD on VFM's part. Nice work, fellow stoner.
MMM vs. VV: Gotta love acronyms. When I first saw MMM's facepaint, the first thing I thought of was Braveheart, which is a good thing, shows you're going to this match as a hardcore warrior. VV, the yellow hoodie doesn't really work for ya bro. Anywho, we settle in for an old school ass-kicking. Right off the bat, it's already a reversal fest, what else can you expect from two OCW vets. The match spills to the outside of the ring and it's time to get the weaponry involved. Big DDT on the chair by MMM for a nice early spot. Then he shows his experience as a hardcore specialist, choking VV with the sledgehammer. VV doesn't seem to need weapons in this one as he is yet to even touch one, he wants to show the Madman that brute overcomes steel. In the end, perhaps he should have chose otherwise. When you're put in a match of Twisted Steel Warfare with MMM, there's only one way to go about it, twist some steel around some body parts. Let this be a lesson to you young Vincent. I'd like to have seen a bit more out of you both, but all in all a great match, you both had a sense of character in the match which is always refreshing to see. 3.5 STARS.
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WUT?? Ozzy's in the building?? OMG!!
Gains vs. Vindicator: Gains looks like Amart and Guybrush if you smash their heads together and whipe away the blood. I like Vin's new tron, music, and entrance, this is more like it, been expecting this out of you for a long time. Got me all pumped up for the match now! The match starts out very evenly paced, I felt like I was watching Taker/HBK all over again, especially since each of you has an eerie resemblance to them. The match continues it's even pace, you guys are putting on a truly good show for Lution, hitting all the right spots and making for an enteraining match. What's this? The match goes to the outside, Gains wants to bring it back in but Vin quickly tosses him back out and bashes his head on the announce table in front of Scaggs and Poling. Uh oh, Vin knocks out the ref on purpose! Gains takes advantage and brings in a chair! Looks like this one's about to get violent. Gains takes a swing with the chair but is rejected as Vin takes it and smacks his advasary in the face with it, followed by a taunt to add insult to injury. We continue and we're getting down to the nitty gritty of the match, each guy just wailing on one another. Vin hits his sig and it's gotta be over for Gains, I think he's taken all he can. Vin goes for the cover but pulls his shoulders up at the two count! He wants to make Gains PAY for his sins! Perhaps that was his biggest mistake in this match as his finisher is reversed and Gains hits his own! A cover but a kickout at 2! Vin has found his second wind! It proves so when he hits his devastating finisher and covers Gains for the win. Hell of a match gentlemen, you gave me exactly what I expected out of you two and it seems the both of you did exactly what you set out to do to eachother. 4.5 STARS.
Curtain jerker Kevin Mero makes an appearance, he's been out of action do to a injury sustained in a family/friends football game? Must be one competitive family. Anyways, good to see even the most unfamiliar of names making appearances at Lution... I guess...
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Evan "MiniValmont" Knox hypes the EX gauntlet, as if it needs any more hyping. Looking forward to this one, just hope it's not a... fuck it, clusterfuck is too cliche for this one. I just hope the gauntlet doesn't suck.
Poe vs. Mania: A match that's near and dear to my heart, bastard Poe put me out with a brain injury that damn near cost me my life. Anywho, Mania thinks everyone is a FUCKER and Poe comes out with a new look and a Three Musketeers hat. Mania laid a straight whoopin down on Poe for a majority of the match, but poe is a resiliant fucker, countering the CFC and pulling back into the match with all his might. But in the end, CFC ends up being the fate for the facepaintless one. Not a bad match, not a great one either, but it did seem like an underdog story the whole way through. The mind games came back to bite WAP in the ASS, earning this match 3 STARS.
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Looks like someone's getting their smoke on in a locker room, but who? Damn you for not reveiling yourself and making me jones... hmm... Jones... perhaps... NAH!
Vinnie talking about the match being about respect... I don't remember MMM ever saying anything about respect, I just remember him saying he wanted to punch your face. OH, I WAS RIGHT! STEVE JONES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! He kills The Steve's buzz but inflates the Lution buzz as he has taken young The Steve out of the FI match and put himself in with one swift swing of a chair! VV moves on after losing the Hardcore title onto bigger stages in his life. Lution's getting interesting!
MMW vs. ???: Wilson comes out all geared up in actual wrestling attire for Lution! And he is facing... THE RETURNING BradBAUER! Since when is Bauer a Spartan? Nevertheless, I mark. Bauer shows that he has absolutely no ring rust and picks up the victory with authority. Seems like there's something more to this match, maybe we'll see in the weeks to come. 3.5 STARS
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THE GUEST OF HONOR IS HERE!! IT'S... wait, that's... ME!! Jozzy Roxbourne ladies and gents! Normally I'm not one to talk about myself, but all hell fuck it, it's Lution baby! JOZZY FUCKING ROXBOURNE! I like the touch added with the commentators, got me cracking up!
FI MATCH!: First The Steve, now Trips is out? GOT DAMMIT! The FI is turning into a clusterfuck (there's that word again) with no build-up! Frank Smith comes out with the Spartan helmet on, all I can wonder is how he got that thing off his big head. Trips replacement is... MALU! Welcome back! Can you make a statement winning the FI match? Anywho, moving on. The match starts out chaotic, which i like. All four men have a sense of urgency as they all know what's at stake here. There's so much going on that it makes it hard to critique this match, I LOVE THE CHAOS! The ladder comes into play as a weapon and Malu tries to take out Amart's ankle with it. Smart move, if you take out someone's legs, that makes it harder to climb the ladder. VV, I'm telling you, if you don't get hardcore, you don't have a chance in hell at winning these matches! Don't just pick up the chair and put it in the corner, USE IT MAN! Amart's shopping smart, clasping that chair on your leg and stomping on it in attemt to weaken those legs as I stated earlier. The match gets even more chaotic as more weaponry is added to the equasion. Malu goes for the briefcase but is unsuccessful! First attempt in the match. Then Amart goes for it, hangs on for a while but VV pulls him off. Now we've got everything but the kitchen sink in the ring. CHAOS! Frank Smith's holding onto the belt! He could win it! Ooooooh so close but no cigar! We get to a point where everyone is trying to climb up the ladder, the chaos has turned insane! But finally, VV climbs the ladder and grabs the briefcase unconstested! He walks in with the hardcore title, walks out without the hardcore title but with a FI briefcase! This match... CHAOTIC! 4.7 STARS!
I didn't realize that all of Bloodline could walk out with titles by the end of Lution, if this happens, OCW's going to hell... We're already a notch closer...
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Leonheart follows up his Main Event nemesis with an RP that further details the history that not only he and Smythe have had, but the history he's had himself. I really like how the two of you have built this one up. No matter how people feel about the main event, they have to admit that it will be one for the ages. Next, Leon's greed goes to his head as he LKOs and Punts Crabby Payne to the curb. Maybe now Leon can concentrate without any distractions... unless he's got the drip.
Parker vs. Fausto: Nice pre-match video to highlight the history of this feud. I don't know how the two of you could possibly outdo Road 2 Glory. Parker comes out with... fucking ICP... what the fuck... that's it, I'm not writing anymore. *sigh* I've written this much, may as well continue. Atleast I know Jay will mark for that. HGF comes out and I see he chose the wine stain colored robe, that's the one I picked! Match is underway, ready for a thriller. P2S goes for the Dance Dance Parkerlution but Guy no-sells it! LMAO moment! Parker hitting his finisher awfully early in this match, not sure what that's all about, but I'll ignore that and continue watching. Very evenly paced match, so far it's looking just like R2G but I'm sure it gets better. Match spills to the outside and Park hits his sig. So far there's been a couple of small counts in this match but nothing major yet. Back in the ring, Guy decides he wants to take a breather so he goes outside, but Parker wont allow that, so he flips over the rope and goes right at him. I like the viciousness shown in the match so far. Looks like Parker wants to hit the Elbow from the top as Guy is down, but Guy has Parker scouted and gets up before he gets the chance to hit it. Over on the announcer table, 4 fucking finisher reversals in a row! Finally, Guy hits his sig and puts Parker through. Park won't have that as Guy is setting up to use the other anounce table, so he clocks him in the head with the ring bell. Vicious is the word for this match. Back in the ring, Parker hits the Elbow! Thinks it's done so does the Parker jig, but Guy is up after only a 2 count!! The hobo is inpenitrable to anything! Soon there after, Parker hits his other finisher! Guy's gotta be done now, but this time he gets up after 8! Parker's had enough, he's ready to end this and break Guy's neck with the chair clamped around it, but after Parker stomps the chair, Guy seemingly gets right up! The plague, the cold, a broken friggin neck, Guybrush can overcome it all! The hobo hits his corner finisher, could it finally be over? NO! Parker is up after the count of 6! DANCE DANCE PA... NO! He takes the time to heal himself before the big punch! Smart move! Next, parker does some more work with the chair but still doesn't keep the smelly one down. What's this? Guy must be confused! He hits the ref with a piledriver! And the big finishing moment! The corner finisher on the chair!! Parker is done! The Hobo retains! So many big spots in this match! You two outdid yourselves, using every element of the match to your advantage and giving us a feel of the hatred you have had for eachother throughout your feud. 5 FUCKING STARS!
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VFM vs. Blade: Blades intro is depressing, reminds me of the Emo one circa 2008. I do, however, like his ring attire, so it's not completely depressing. The tats could use some work, but I like what your bringing into the match, a vision of an emotionally scarred man. Blade starts the match like a man on the warpath. We go to the ouside of the ring for a few good hardcore spots early on in the match. Then VFM goes outside of The Cell and disrespectfully taunts Blade who is still on the inside, treating him like a caged animal as he's done throughout the feud. Next we have a few more hardcore spots on the outside of The Cell. The match moves to the top of The Cell where Blade tosses Versus off and through the announce table! I think OCW's shelled out more money for announce tables for this PPV than ever before. Nice spot though. VFM gets busted open and this match is getting more and more brutal by the second. Nice spot smashing his head into the announce table, and I think we're ready to break another one. VFM climbs the cage and crashes down onto his opponent with both knees to the face, too bad the game sucks so much that the table wouldn't break there. Oh well. The brutality continues and VFM goes for another spot on the top of the cell and he hits a beatiful diving spear to break the other announce table! MARK! Another climb for another set of knees to the face. Now we're both on top of The Cell, both guys seem like they want to literally kill eachother, not caring that it'll give them life in prison. Blade hits his finisher, driving VFM's face into the cheese grater-like steel. Blade almost falls off the cell but eventually turns it anound and tosses Monte off! Soon we go back up and weaken the center some more, someone's about to be put through! OOOOOH! HE'S HARDCORE! HE'S HARDCORE! VFM puts John Blade through with his sick CAF and the match is done! The brutality in this match is easily defined, each walking out less of a man. Bloody, bloody, bloody! Maybe there were too many spots in this one, but a classic nonetheless. 5 STARS!
EX GAUNTLET!: The timer on the video says 1:02. I'm going to have to short hand a lot here. The match starts with Aries & MiniValmont... er... Evan Knox. Not too sure about that attire Aries. We have some Ex action and a few springboard moves as Aries moves on in an evenly matched contest. So many finisher reversals though, it could have gone either way. Nice way to kick off the gauntlet gentlemen. Next, Baxter comes out in a very creative attire that I wish I had thought of, but where's his music? This is Lution dammit! More of the same as the first match, another evenly paced match but Baxter takes it as Aries taps! Next out is Trance. You guessed it, more EX action and springboarding! Not really a creative way to document these matches, summing them up seems like the best way to go. Trance pulls it off and earns his way into the title match! I liked Wesley's tron, it fit in very well with his intro. The official title match gets under way! Ex action galore! (DeJa Vu?) Good use of the cage as a weapon throughout the match. Trance took a beating in this one early on. Wonderless Wesley seemed to be on his game, I suppose being the champ has that influence on you. Omega's pulling everyone down as they try to escape and is pulled down himself as he tries himself. You guys seem to go for a lot of spots and botch them, hurts the match in a small way. Trance hits a springboard move on the ref! You know these guys get literally zero health insurance, I sense a lawsuit coming from the zebras at some point. Not much time left in the match! Every man scrambing to escape the cage! Trance and Ryder are climbing up, who will make it out and will they make it in time??? Ryder makes it out first with only 45 seconds left! This one came down to the wire! Dispite everyone's (including me) specticism, this one wasn't a cluserfuck after all. The EX's have definitely impressed me when I underestimated them. For that, they earn 5 STARS!
Nice and hilarious RP K. D'Angelo, you seem to be improving every week. Not sure what this one leads to but it's got me watching.
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HE'S BACK!! HE'S BACK!! HOLY PAGE FUCKING EIGHT! GREATNESS MAKES HIS RETURN OUT OF NOWHERE! HAHAHAHA! He's the one that powder-slapped KD, MARK MARK MARK! Great RP, great return, great to see another vet back in OCW. THE EVER CHANGING FACE OF O C FUCKIN W!
Mayhem vs. Seth Irving: Excellent pre-match video, I love seeing the history of feuds being defined, adds to the match itself. I like Seth's new-colored attire and the sunglasses are phenominal! Mayhem brings back his tron and an AWESOME Legends of WrestLution entrance! I mark fucking hard for the attire! Every week you guys one-up what you did in the previous week, Lution is a showcase of that. The match starts and the music fits in very well with it, I can feel the heat from those flames! Both men are punching eachothers faces, seemingly in a panic to destroy eachother! The flesh is burning as both men are sent too close to the flames for comfort. A very evenly paced match, the music makes it very dramatic. This is a hard match to create high spots in but that doesn't even matter. Seth goes for the win but cannot succeed in the struggle! I like how when Mayhem hits the DVD, the music gets even more dramatic. Mayhem goes for the win but is unsuccessful as Irving hits his finisher! Taking advantage of the situation, Seth takes Mayhem and finally throws him over the rope and into the fiery wall below! Excellent match, the music made it and you each put on a clinic. 4.5 STARS!
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Nate Ortiz vs. Deano Horse: I'm loving the preview vids that guys are making, I want to see more of this for every PPV. The first main event of the night is here. Pride is on the line, respect is on the line, and the International Championship is on the line. Nate comes out to the old music which adds to the emotion of this match. So much history, so much pageantry. Deano comes out to SEX BOMB! AWESOME attire! I love the shirt, great work and effort put into making your guys look as markable as possible. Here we go, the match is under way. Match starts out with a bunch of pin moves which I mark for, this already looks like the match of the night. As we progress, the match turns into a brawl, each man looking to one-up the other. I can feel the energy coming off these guys as they're going through the match, it's simply ecstatic. Later on the the match, Nate has Deano on the apron and does a running shoulder block, eerily similar to the one Tiffany took in the same spot not too long ago, I like it. After a bunch of finisher and grapple reversals, Nate finally hits his finisher and picks up his first pin of the match. 1-0 Nate. Then not too long later, Deano's feeling froggy for his first 3 count. Tied at one just shortly before time is up! The announcer calls for sudden death, next pinfall earns the victory! Nate makes a cover for what HAS to be a 3 count! Deano BARELY got the shoulder up! Another pin cover by Deano later, Nate kicks out at two! What an exciting match! It continues with more near falls as a brawl for it all. The fight goes to the outside of the ring, but that doesn't matter to these guys, they stay on eachother like white on rice! Back in the ring, Nate hits his signature to set up for the STF, which Deano taps out to! It's done! What an incredible showing by these two! After all of this, they can finally put there differences aside and shake hands... but NO! Tiffany comes down to the ring and hits Deano with a low blow! Nate follows up by hitting the Sex Bomb with a Powerbomb! This match was never about respect, it was about Nate's wife and the destruction of Deano Horse! We see where Nate sits now. All that needs to be said about this match is, if the Main Event doesn't top it, MATCH OF THE NIGHT! 5 STARS!
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MAIN EVENT - Smythe DaWonder vs. Leonheart: The video detailing Smythe's history with all his old music on it was nice, for once cheap video editing paid off for him. OUCH! Tacky attire! Looks like a label for some generic Peanutbutter. Nice WrestLution entrance for Leon though, saving the pyro and dramatics is always nice for big PPV's like this. The match starts off nicely, a lot of strong grapple reversals showing that these men are evenly matched. The build-up these guys have given us with all the history defined makes me feel like this is the battle to determine who the top heel in the business is, a feud that's more professional than it is personal. Nice facebuster onto the chair by Leon, way to be creative with your moves. LMAO, chop reversals in the corner are so easy to pull off, I laughed seeing you guys trying to fake eachother out. The match moves up the ramp and the battle ensues. We've seen action in every part of the arena tonight. Big signature on the hard concrete by Leon, looks like he's in line to take this one. We randomly decide to go back to the ring, I would like to have seen you guys slowly working your way back to the ring but it gets a pass. I'm pretty sure Scaggs & Poling are about ready to quit their jobs with all the broken announce tables tonight, big elbow off the top rope by Leon putting Smythe through through, a nice spot we haven't seen tonight. Leon sets up Smythe for the LKO with his sig, I thought you might reverse at this point Smythe but it wasn't to be. Leon proves that he is the top dog in this industry once and for all, I don't think anyone can beat him after tonight. Hell of a match gentlemen, kudos. 4.8 STARS!
SUMMARY: This is the best OCW PPV I have ever seen, a true 5 STAR PPV, and that's not even saying enough. As I said earlier, Nate/Deano is definitely match of the night. Surprise of the night has to be the return of Greatness. Most brutal beating of the night goes to Fausto/Parker. Sickest spots of the night goes to VFM/Blade. Without a doubt, the EX Gauntlet gets most creative match of the night. Biggest ass whooping goes to MMW/BradBAUER. Funniest moment goes to yours truly. Excellent work gentlemen, I knew Lution would be great but you guys topped my expectations. I would have liked to have seen a few more RPs, mostly between the last few matches, can't tell if the lacking is a good thing or a bad thing, but historic nonetheless. This review is finished! Caput! Through! Complete! Done! Good day to you sir!
