Ty: "So what are the rules for this again?"
Axel: "Um, there are no rules. No rules at all."
Now, this was a very pleasant surprise. I never expected Ty Alexander to pop up in UCW, even though it makes perfect sense now that I've seen this match. He and Axel have wrestled before, so there is that connection. While he's made a great shift onto the indie scene with a lot of bookings (pre-pandemic, of course), I'll always be happy to see him in our neck of the woods.
Welcome to UCW, Ty. Hope you survive the experience. |
Axel is the golden boy of UCW, so it only makes sense that he'd welcome Ty to the ring and give him a proper introduction. The two boys seem pretty comfortable with one another in a frenemy kind of way. It's nice that they acknowledge they know each other. They're both barefoot in bright trunks, which get yanked up their cracks a lot. Yep, this is UCW.
It's a fun time at the UCW ring. |
I wondered how Ty would fit in, especially as he starts with a standing side headlock and takedown. Nice moves but traditional. He gets the point once Axel unleashes his UCW trickery. From there, nipples, bulges and wedgies are fair game. Ty's remarkably good at being vicious, going further than I can recall him going anywhere else. He's more than willing to go as low as necessary. You'll see below that Joe titled his review, "Nasty Bitches" and that's a fair assessment,
The trunks are stretchy but strong. |
They could offer this as "Taste of UCW". I'm sure lots of guys would buy tickets. |
Hey, Axel, how's the view? |
A simple elbow drop becomes much more painful when it lands low. |
Hey, Axel, still happy there are no rules? |
Axel's big feet find Ty's face. |
What are other bloggers saying?
So that's my take. What's yours?
Alex
Anything with Ethan Axel Andrews is worth watching!! Now, when he plays the heel is when he is my favorite. I truly enjoy many of his earlier matches where he was smaller. Smaller beating up bigger is a major YES for me.
ReplyDeleteI own several UCW matches, but they aren't my favorite. Why?? Because I like matches with rules. Why?? Because I LOVE when the heels ignore them and use them to beat the crap out of the faces. Add in a clueless ref and nirvana in close at hand. This is the same reason I don't really like Havoc or NHB matches.
Sadly enough< I haven't watched many Ty Alexander matches. Will have to correct that.
Axel isn’t really the heel of UCW, he’s the good guy, so I can see how that wouldn’t be up your alley, too. One thing about no rules is that you can see how far guys will push it. I think that any match without a ref is no rules if guys want to go that way.
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