CHIKARA:  Green Ice

3/24/12

Opening Match:  Sara Del Rey vs. Kobald

**

Match #2:  Josh Alexander, Marcus Marquez, and Sebastian Suave vs. Scotty O’Shea, Alex Vega, and Brent Banks

**½

Match #3:  Brodie Lee vs. Fire Ant

**¾

Match #4:  Archibald Peck vs. Dasher Hatfield

**½

Match #5:  UltraMantis Black and Hallowicked vs. Soldier Ant and Green Ant vs. Obariyon and Kodama vs. combatANT and deviANT

***

Match #6:  Tim Donst vs. El Generico

***

Match #7:  Mike Quackenbush and Jigsaw vs. 17 and The Shard

**½

Match #8:  Eddie Kingston vs. Ophidian

**¾

Match #9:  Campeonatos de Parejas: Chuck Taylor and Icarus © vs. Scott Parker and Shane Matthews

***¼

Overall:  Green Ice is a tough show to attempt to evaluate.  On one hand, the in-ring quality wasn’t anything special and I actually preferred both February shows wrestling-wise.  On the other hand, Green Ice features the in-ring debut of the GEKIDO as well as 3.0 winning the titles and the subsequent celebration.  I know a lot of people are down on the GEKIDO angle right now, but I think the storyline has a lot of potential moving forward.  Speaking of potential, Ophidian proved that he is determined to make his new gimmick work and he had a fun match with Eddie Kingston to showcase his new throat-based offense.  I think this show is a must-own if you’re a fan of 3.0.  Otherwise, I have to give a thumbs in the middle to Green Ice.