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-Irish Airborne (Jake and Dave Crist) vs. Faith in Nothing (Christian Faith and Vincent Nothing) vs. The Phoenix Twins (Dash and Tweek Phoenix)(Reign of Violence)(8.15.2009)
This is a number one contender’s match. Airborne were still babyfaces at this point. Faith in Nothing were pretty awesome in the short time they were in AAW. Feeling out process with Dash and Jake Crist. Things break down quickly. Double dive by Faith in Nothing on the other four guys. Back in the ring where the Twins work over Faith and then Nothing. Faith hits a back suplex on Tweek. Quick tag and a double superplex. Big dive by Tweek. Kick and DDT by Dave. Double team by Airborne. Alley oop senton on Nothing and Dash. Then they hit double dives on Faith and Tweek Dash and Nothing go back and forth. Series of kicks in the corner. Dave hits a springboard powerbomb for two. Clothesline by Nothing. Suplex and he bridges over. Faith in Nothing hit a double team curb stomp. Double team gutbuster. Nothing stretches Dave Crist out. Kicks to the leg. Faith hits a series of forerarms. Rana by Dave. Running senton hit by Faith. Assisted double knees leads to a double beel. Were they watching tapes of the Briscoes before the match? Series of running knees. Phoenix Twins get involved and each nail superkicks. German suplex parade on Dave. Step-up enziguri by Dave. Slingshot in his partner. Double stomp by Jake. Double neckbreaker by Faith in Nothing. Forearms by Nothing. Brainbuster by Tweek. They prepare to hit Sweet twin Music. House of Truth come out to run interference. They pull Dash out of the ring. Airborne seemingly sets up for the victory. Faith samoan drops Tweek and Jake Crist. Double vertebreaker gets Faith in Nothing the win.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Faith in Nothing/12:43/***1/2
-Really fun sprint that showcased all three teams quite well. Faith in Nothing looked excellent in their victory. Rewatching this match made me miss them a lot actually.
-Team CHIKARA- Gran Akuma, Jigsaw, and Hallowicked vs.Team AAW- Arik Cannon and The Northstar Express (Darrin Corbin and Ryan Cruz)(09.05.2009)
This is an extremely fast-paced Chikara style six man tag. Considering the fact that all six of these men have competed frequently for that very organization, that makes a lot of sense. Akuma and Cruz start, and no team gets a discernible advantage. Hallowicked and Corbin exchange pinfalls and pick up the pace of the match significantly. Jigsaw and Cannon break out some lucha. Kick to the gut by Cannon and some spitting in the direction of the other Chikara members. Cannon tries chopping Hallowicked but ends up nailing his own partners. Akuma with a crossbody on NSE and one more chop on Cannon. Shell shock by NSE. Hallowicked and Jigsaw send them flying to the outside. Dive by Hallowicked. Jigsaw is blocked by Nikki Mayday. Cannon hits a clothesline from behind. Heat segment on Jigsaw. Some excellent work from Team AAW. Hallowicked in with three clothesline for Cruz. Rydian bomb on Corbin. Cruz hits a 360 round kick. Brianbuster on Cruz by Jigsaw. Superkick misses. Huge right hand and a twist neckbreaker. Akuma dodges a dive and nails Cannon in the head. Tornado DDT. Dive is caught by Cruz, who hits a gutbuster in the air. It’s breaking down in Berwyn. Triple teaming by Team Chikara. Double boots on NSE. Akuma with a somersault plancha. Jigsaw accidentally dives into Akuma. Belly to back throw and glimmering warlock by Cannon leads to the victory for Team AAW.
Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Arik Cannon and Northstar Express/12:59/***1/2
-Another very fun match that’s very different from a lot of other AAW matches. Very fast-paced with a lot of lucha and dive type spots.
-Silas Young vs. Bryan Danielson (Defining Moment: Us vs. Them)(09.05.2009)
This was during Danielson’s first Final Countdown Tour. It’s one of the finest matches in Silas Young’s career and really got him going. Just two months after this match, he would embark on a 16 month AAW Heavyweight championship title reign. Extended feeling out process with Danielson holding a slight advantage. Flurry of offense climaxing with a dropkick sends Danielson outside. Danielson maintains a headscissors. Young reverses into a single leg crab. Handshake. Young controls the arm next. Danielson hits a huge kick to Young’s midsection. Danielson sends Young into the barricade. Series of kicks. Young send hard into the barricade once again. More kicks. European uppercut. Back in the ring. Single leg kick. Surfboard time. Uh oh. He rakes at the face of Young instead. Then he brings him up proper. Dragon sleeper but Young clubbers away. European uppercuts by Danielson take Young down. Another leg submission. Young to the ropes. Series of kicks by Danielson again in the corner. Slap across the face and a sliding dropkick. Young flips up but eats a series of uppercuts. Danielson flips over on a backslide. Powerslam by Young. Forearm exchange. Enziguri by Young. Springboard headbutt. Shoulder tackle and a flip over. Kick with the left leg by Young. Sunset flip for two. Young rolls over into a rocking chair submission. Almost a chokehold. Series of elbows to Danielson. Whip in the corner. Danielson chinbreaker. Kick caught but he settles for an enziguri. Dropkick off the top rope. German suplex for two. Cattle mutilation. Young hits a series of elbows in the corner. Danielson up and over. Backbreaker/clothesline combination by Young. Full nelson stretch. Danielson to the ropes. Young goes for a suplex but Danielson knees him. Young tries again and gets it. Cover but Danielson applies a triangle choke. Young drives him in the corner. Clothesline and both men are down. Finlay roll but Danielson gets his knees up on the springboard moonsault. Running kick. MMA elbows. Cattle mutilation. Young gets the ropes, and Danielson makes it clear he has until five. Young hits a rana. Danielson rolls over into a cover. Exchange of nearfalls. Unbelievable. Forearm exchange. Kicks by Danielson. Small package out of nowhere gets Danielson the victory.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Bryan Danielson/24:30/****1/4
-A classic AAW match that helped Young get over tremendously. Danielson again showed why he’s one of the best in the world. This alone makes this two disk collection a thumbs up.
-AAW Heritage Championship: Arik Cannon (champion) vs. CJ Esparza (10.26.2009)
Esparza gets an early advantage using his speed advantage. Rana sends the champion to the outside quickly. Esparza lands on his feet on a dive, but Cannon kicks him right in the gut. Forearm by Esparza. He gets vaulted into the apron. Hurancanrana on Cannon. More forearms. Back in the ring. Esparza gets two. Forearms in the corner. Cannon reverses a whip but is met with two boots. Cannon powerbombs him down. Elbow to the back of Esparza’s head. Another whip. Snapmare and some gyrating for the crowd. Esparza comes back with some shots. Huge knee off the Irish whip. Snap suplex for two. Esparza DDTs him and rolls over quickly. Ridiculous clothesline by Cannon. Knee to the groin of Esparza. Shot to the chest and more jaw-jacking with the fans. Dropkick to the back of Esparza’s head. Choking. Chop in the corner. Whip in the corner. Esparza comes back with an elbow. Chestbreaker. Off the ropes with a crossbody. Cannon tosses Esparza hard into the corner. Nasty. Series of forearms by Esparza. Side effect by Cannon. Lifts him right over for an attempted brainbuster. Reverse rana. Esparza heads to the top. Shooting star elbow misses. Big right hand. Brainbuster. Done.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Still AAW Heritage Champion- Arik Cannon/10:02/***
-AAW Tag Team Championship: House of Truth (Christian Able and Josh Raymond/Val Malone, Truth Martini, and Mason Beck) vs. The Phoenix Twins (Dash and Tweek)(Windy City Classic v)(11.28.2009)
Twins clear the ring quickly before giving chase. House of Truth quickly gain the advantage. Dropkick to the face of Dash by Raymond. YEAH! Immediate heat segment. Tweek tags in and his a house of fire. Running shoulder block on Able. Up and over and delivers a punch. Dropkick off the top rope. Series of double teams. Able slingshots Tweek into the top. Cover by Raymond gets two. Submission in the ropes followed by a pair of dropkicks. Arrogant cover. YEAH! Series of charges into the corner. Able covers for two. Stomp to the face. Able sends Tweek in the corner again. Back submission. Small package by Tweek gets two. Able responds with a sweet dropkick. Tweek battles out of a hold. Able hits a German suplex. Raymond flies in with a neckbreaker. Phoenix Twins have had minimal offense in this match. Raymond drives a series of knees into Tweek’s head. Double team flatliner. Double team powerbomb. Able covers for two. Some sort of suplex by Able. I don’t even know how to classify it. Just a power move. Tweek rolls him over. Another roll-up. Able throws him in the corner. Knees up. Springboard DDT and we finally have a hot tag. Raymond drags tweek over, but Dash helps his brother out. Hot tag and HoT members go flying. Roll-up on Able for a quick two. Forearm by Able. Ram in the corner. Able goes to the top. Dash slams off the rope. Rocker launcher gets two. Dash can’t get a slam. Headbutt by Able. Raymond in. Backbreaker into a brainbuster by the Twins. Cover for two. Able sends Dash to the outside. Atomic drop by Able on Tweek. Vegematic gets two. Chaos ensues. Raymond ducks a clothesline and nails a nice kick. Able and Dash brawl on the outside. Tweek with a huge kick. Dash back in, Not for long as he dives onto Able in the crowd. Tweek goes for a senton. Raymond gets his knees up in time. Raymond gets his boot up. Tower of Truth attempt. Dash climbs up and breaks it up. Sweet twin music. As the referee is about to count three, Val Malone puts Able’s arm on the bottom rope. Sweet Twin Music again. Mason Beck pulls the referee out of the ring. Dash takes Beck out. Raymond pushes him over the barricade. Truth Martini pulls Tweek’s leg. Tower of Truth leads to a victory.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: House of Truth/19:23/***1/4
-The amount of intereference takes this match down a peg. What could have been a borderline four star classic was hurt significantly by all the shenigans. Still, this was a fairly good match, and it showed it continued what was one of the better feuds in the history of AAW.
-House of Truth attempt to beat down the Twins some more, but their efforts eventually fail. Everyone seemingly gets hit with Sweet twin Music.
-AAW Heavyweight Championship: Jimmy Jacobs (champion) vs. Silas Young vs. Shane Hollister (Windy City Classic V)(11.28.2009)
Tyler Black was injured by Jay Bradley earlier in the night, or else this would have been a four way match. Lots of early pin attempts by all three men. Jacobs and Hollister trade shots in the center of the ring. Springboard dropkick by Young on both men. Young with a series of rights on Jacobs. Double knees by Hollister. Go 2 Sleep off the ropes on the champion. Jacobs manages to get his foot on the ropes. Chinbreaker by Young. Kick by Hollister. Young hits a fisherman buster. Finlay roll countered. Hollister face plants Young. Buzzsaw kick ducks. Roll-up by Young. Springboard caught. Finlay roll broken up. Jacobs senton met with Hollister’s knees. Very fast start to this match. Kick by Hollister blocked. Young charges in the corner and goes for a superplex. Jacobs hits a neckbreaker. Contra code. Young breaks the count and covers Hollister himself. Down to Jacobs and Young. Shoving match. Punch exchange. Jacobs tosses Young over and hits a suicide dive. Young tossed to the barricade. Young tosses Jacobs into the crowd. Young tells the crowd to disperse while pulling over the ring barrier. Dive into the crowd. Jacobs tossed back over. Yong tossed head first into the rail. The fight around the building continues. Jacobs jumps off the stairs and clotheslines Young. More use of the guardrail. Back in the ring. Kick by Young. He flips over and powerslams Jacobs over. Jacobs sent into the buckle. Off the ropes with a clothesline. Jacobs counters a Finlay roll into a two count. Young rolls him for two. Jacobs hits a spear for two. Jacobs climbs to the top rope. Neckbreaker off the top. Contra code turned into a backbreaker/clothesline combination by Young. Finlay roll. Springboard moonsault met with knees. Contra code. 1-2-NO! Jacobs to the top again. Young chops him. He joins Jacobs. Back and forth they go. Jacobs knocks him down. Young refuses to die. Superplex. Irish Airborne makes their way to ringside. Jake Crist hands the AAW title to Silas Young. He nails Jacobs AND WINS THE TITLE! NEW CHAMPION!
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: New AAW Heavyweight Champion- Silas Young/14:35/***1/2
-Good three way match. They wrestled a very condensed match with no feeling out process.
-As Young gloats about doing anything to win and his heel turn, Tyler Black comes down to try and quickly get the title from Young. Black takes out Irish Airborne quickly, and the match is on.
-AAW Heavyweight Championship: Silas Young (champion) vs. Tyler Black (Windy City Classic) (11.28.2009)
Black starts out quickly before Dave Crist nails Silas Young with a dropkick, and Black nearly steals the championship. Young goes to work on the neck. Hollister hits a running knee and dives on Dave Crist. Black hits a superkick. Jake Crist breaks the count. This is crazy. Backbreaker/clothesline combination gets 2 ½. Young hits God’s Last Gift for three. Not much of a match so I don’t feel right giving a star rating.
-Winner (s)/Time/Rating: STILL AAW Heavyweight Champion- Silas Young/1:58/N/R
-The match quality might not have been four star worthy, but this was a great angle. Silas Young immediately pinned three of the top names in the company in one night after always being the guy who couldn’t win the big one. Great booking by AAW here.
–The last match on this collection took place amongst a blizzard and was a decent way to end the year. After pinning so many guys in one night, it made sense for them to seek revenge in a six man tag and even set Jacobs up for a return match. I think my ending statement still holds true.
-Silas Young and Irish Airborne (Jake and Dave Crist) vs. Shane Hollister, Jimmy Jacobs, and Tyler Black (Twisted Christmas)(12.26.09)
After a night of decent action, these two teams put on a really good six man tag team match to end the night. It was actually perfect because AAW got to send the fans home happy by having the babyfaces win, and they easily set up a match for the next show. It started out hot with the six men brawling before settling down into a traditional tag team match. The pacing and intensity showed by both sides was tremendous as they shifted away from any semblance of tagging in and out with each other and going into the sort of ending sequence that you would see in Dragon Gate or Ring of Honor. Jacobs ends the match by using a contra code on Young, and it was announced shortly thereafter that they would battle for the championship one month later.
–Winner (s)/Time/Rating: Jimmy Jacobs, Shane Hollister, and Tyler Black/24:33/***3/4
-Really dug this match, and I hope if AAW does some sort of sampler or “Best of 2009” that this gets included on that disc.
Final Thoughts: If you’re intimidated by the idea of getting into yet another wrestling company, this is a great place to start. You’ll get a little bit of everything in these two disks. A number of different types of matches and just about every major player is showcased here. A rather easy thumbs up for all independent wrestling fans.
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