First up is Ares' match against UCW staple Michael Hannigan.
If you're interested in seeing Michael Hannigan get totally squashed - punished, bent, slammed, splashed, etc., you will probably love this match.
If you're interested in seeing Marcus Ares just thoroughly dominate a guy while wearing a knee-length skirt, you will probably love this match.
Similar to the Quinn Harper match, it's a little weird to me to see the bigger, stronger, better looking guy dominate a ... more 'ordinary' looking opponent, especially without any storyline behind it. I guess this match could play into the soft-bellied jobber milieu, but Ares doesn't act sufficiently heelish to pull it off. I'd need more viciousness, more trash talk and more helpless suffering for that.
A heel does more of this |
And more of this |
This is really Hannigan's match more than Ares'. The narrative is designed to showcase his resilience and ability to take punishment. He is the defiant and determined underdog, refusing to submit or be pinned. Hannigan is dominated for virtually the entire time. He has four reversals, but none last more than a couple of moves for maybe a minute each.
Gut punches you can see |
With results that remain |
Sell! Sell! Sell! to get me to Buy! Buy! Buy! |
The match is marred by Ares' unfortunate gear choice. The big guy wears a horrible, knee-length black skirt. Sadly, it remains on for the entire match pretty much. I'm all for guys wearing skirts if they want to, but remember the business you're in and make it short! Ares has thick legs and a nice ass and this is the place to proudly show them off.
We only get rare glimpses of what's under the skirt |
And it only comes off with 90-seconds left in the match! |
However, it goes to my overall point that this is primarily a Michael Hannigan match, not a Marcus Ares match.
The ending of this match is almost exactly like the ending of another match I've blogged about. I won't spoil it, but it both excited and disappointed me. It's very cool, but unfortunately I've seen it done better. Here, it happens a little too fast and there's nothing after it.
That's it. That's my POV on Ares vs. Hannigan. What did you think? Agree? Disagree? Anyone want to defend the long skirt as a gear choice? Got a worse example that I'm forgetting? The comment box is just sitting empty, waiting for you!
Anyway, so that's it on this one. Tomorrow is Marcus Ares vs. Eli Black in the final of the five UCW Ares matches. Ares is wearing the skirt again and he's wrestling an opponent I'm not the biggest fan of. Uh oh. My expectations were low, but SPOILER ALERT ... I liked it a lot! Find out why tomorrow! Dun-dun-duuuunn.
Alex
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