Prime Time - Lost In France
Sunday 2nd March
Zénith de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FRANCE
Champion Vs Champion;
CM Punk Vs Matt Sydal
Matthew Mercy Vs Chris Jericho
Kurt Angle Vs Jeff Hardy
World Women's Title:
Rebecca Knox Vs Riley Mason
Eustace Kous Vs Teddy Hart
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Review;
1) Angle Vs Hardy (* * *) - It wasn't perhaps the stellar "comeback" that Kurt Angle might have wished for (given this was his first singles match in nearly two years in the IWF) but it was a decent return, although Hardy may not have been too impressed to have been put in as the fall guy. The two had a good match, although given that it went less than ten minutes they couldn't really get into top gear. Angle got the win with the Olympic Slam.
2) Knox Vs Mason (DUD) - Well what else would you expect from Mason? Knox tried her best but couldn't do much with Riley. At least Knox won the match, clean, to retain her title.
3) Mercy Vs Jericho (* * * 1/4) - Jericho has been, well let's say a disappointment since his return to the IWF but he's always had a certain chemistry with Matthew Mercy and as Mercy was in a working mood tonight we got an entertaining match. Of course no-one ever expected Jericho to win, and Mercy did indeed get the pinfall victory with the Mercy-Bomb
4) Kous Vs Hart ( * * ) - Sheridan is coming at Survival Ground but for now it was Eustace holding up the Kous end of things against Teddy Hart. He won fairly easily, and Harry Smith (doing abysmal colour commentary) was very, very upset with his fellow Hart Foundation stable member.
5) Punk Vs Sydal ( * * * 1/4 ) - A pointless main event in many ways (there isn't a wrestling fan alive who thought that Punk would lay down for the Cruiserweight Champion) but this was a good competitive match which thrilled the fans. Punk won with the Pepsi Plunge.
A decent event, without ever being one that gave you must-see TV. Still with a trio of good matches, few will have had too many complaints about this card.
Sunday 2nd March
Zénith de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FRANCE
Champion Vs Champion;
CM Punk Vs Matt Sydal
Matthew Mercy Vs Chris Jericho
Kurt Angle Vs Jeff Hardy
World Women's Title:
Rebecca Knox Vs Riley Mason
Eustace Kous Vs Teddy Hart
- - -
Review;
1) Angle Vs Hardy (* * *) - It wasn't perhaps the stellar "comeback" that Kurt Angle might have wished for (given this was his first singles match in nearly two years in the IWF) but it was a decent return, although Hardy may not have been too impressed to have been put in as the fall guy. The two had a good match, although given that it went less than ten minutes they couldn't really get into top gear. Angle got the win with the Olympic Slam.
2) Knox Vs Mason (DUD) - Well what else would you expect from Mason? Knox tried her best but couldn't do much with Riley. At least Knox won the match, clean, to retain her title.
3) Mercy Vs Jericho (* * * 1/4) - Jericho has been, well let's say a disappointment since his return to the IWF but he's always had a certain chemistry with Matthew Mercy and as Mercy was in a working mood tonight we got an entertaining match. Of course no-one ever expected Jericho to win, and Mercy did indeed get the pinfall victory with the Mercy-Bomb
4) Kous Vs Hart ( * * ) - Sheridan is coming at Survival Ground but for now it was Eustace holding up the Kous end of things against Teddy Hart. He won fairly easily, and Harry Smith (doing abysmal colour commentary) was very, very upset with his fellow Hart Foundation stable member.
5) Punk Vs Sydal ( * * * 1/4 ) - A pointless main event in many ways (there isn't a wrestling fan alive who thought that Punk would lay down for the Cruiserweight Champion) but this was a good competitive match which thrilled the fans. Punk won with the Pepsi Plunge.
A decent event, without ever being one that gave you must-see TV. Still with a trio of good matches, few will have had too many complaints about this card.
