As I've become gradually more obsessed with wrestling I've gone full
circle to getting bored with a lot of it and watching a lot less of it,
so I'm more interested in deconstructing the patterns present in certain
styles, their merits and how much I can get ouf of them. This match
looked unique enough in that the conclusions they'd come to appeared
interesting.
The opening matwork was fun, though it's impossible to say for me
that seeing GIF of them doing the same on house shows didn't lessen its
impact. It's a double edged sword-if you don't practice a spot you might
blow it, if you do it's gonna be as big of a deal for at least someone.
The use of the irish whips and rope running was good-Show attempted the
classic New Japan "hit a move after your opponent runs the ropes" cut
off but Strowman avoided that and took him down instead, successfully
used running moves and so on. Strowman's control segment was a little
disappointing, throwing people around and beating them senseless is what
really made me love him and he couldn't really do that against Big
Show. The actual transitions were predictable, not to a huge
detriment-but when you know a suplex counter is coming or that Big
Show's Vader Splash wont' connect it isn't adding to the match. The
finisher kick-outs worked in that they were unexpected for the occasion,
unforced and added to the atmosphere of the match without going
overboard. Strowman laid in some nice shots but I couldn't shake the
feeling that even when the ideas were good (like Big Show attempting a
desperate Chokeslam before being put away) there was just something a
little artifical about it. I'm not sure I buy into the idea the crowd
was constantly into it when they would go silent for long stretches
before popping for the highspots, though that isn't really that much
different than all other WWE wrestling that just has more highspots. **3/4
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