Review: Ace Owens vs. Teddy Trouble (Wrestler4Hire)

Late last year, Ace Owens vs. Ronnie Pearl became one of the most talked about videos of 2018. Not here, but Ringside, Wrestling Arsenal and WR's Screencaps all posted about it. I was late to the viewing party and figured everything had been said and shown, but now, a similar match is streaming on Wrestler4Hire. Ace Owens is back in the same ring, in the same gold trunks against another older pro heel.

Teddy teaches Ace a lesson I'll never forget. 

Ace Owens has done a lot of videos for Wrestler4Hire and for that we can be thankful. He's perfect for the site, given his pro wrestling pedigree, his smooth and taut body and his commitment to whatever match he's in. He has a great body for tiny trunks and these shiny gold ones highlight his assets in front the best. And of course, there's his famous mop of hair, which exists to be grabbed and his opponents seldom resist the urge.

Oh Ace, this is why we love you.

Even the ref doesn't want to stop the hair pulling.

Teddy gives us fan service, too.

Cameron said he likes to let characters and action come naturally and this seems like a great example of that works. Ace is perfect for the role of an eager stripling, a rookie who wants to learn from a master. Teddy Trouble is ... definitely a natural heel. He's aggressive, disrespectful and (justifiably) arrogant. As a complete aside, he sounds so small town/blue collar Canadian here. It's been a long time since I've heard that accent, so that was interesting.

Things start out with Ace addressing the camera. He barely gets a few words out before he's pushed aside, mocked for his inability to cut a promo. The beatdown starts suddenly and is ruthlessly relentless for the entire match. There's a ref, but he's one of the ineffectual kinds who exists to be a prop for the heel to use to cement his badassery. And it works. The ref feebly counts five-counts and admonishes Teddy, but you know he can't save Ace from his beating.

Ace gets time to think about his life choices ...

... but what goes up, must come down.

Down, but not out - Ace is a fighter!

Action-wise, you might notice that I went with all GIF's. I had a few still shots, but this match is so full of action and the big moves are so good that I needed to show them off. When you have pros, it's nice to see them act like pros with high-speed, full-force looking punishment. Like I said, this is a 100% squash. Ace's only offense is his ability to annoy Teddy by not staying down for a ten-count.

Oh, yeah, this is a last man standing match, so the loser has to stay down for a count of ten. This works out to be a sexy format, since it means a lot of scenes of the sexy younger stud writhing for extended periods and fighting desperately to rise as the ref counts down up. Ace plays the hardy victim very effectively as he repeatedly battles to pull himself up with every ounce of strength he has, usually making just under the wire. A lot of nine-counts create suspense.

Two matches in a row with hammerlocks.

They really do make ordinary moves special.

Even Teddy can't resist an ass grab.

In the end, I really enjoyed this, as you can probably tell. It's full of quality action and power moves that convincingly break the eager young pro down. Ace look amazing in his gold trunks and he consistently positions himself perfectly. I'd say that Ace's resilience is the story with the heel playing an important, but secondary role. He's mostly the tool to test the jobber's stamina and will.

So that's my take. What's yours?

Alex