Tomihiro Ishii vs. Evil

New Beginning February 1

As expected, this match started with forearms and shoulder tackles. Ishii won the forearm contest, but Evil managed to knock Ishii to the mat with a shoulder tackle. On the outside, Evil whipped Ishii into the barricade twice and Ishii came out swinging. Evil took two chair shots before punching the chair back in Ishii’s face and shoving him head first into the post.

Back in the ring, Evil hit a neck breaker and got a two count. Back on their feet, Ishii hit Evil with several chops before Evil retaliated with a chop of his own sending Ishii to the mat. The two men blocked suplex attacks until Ishii whipped Evil into the corner. With Evil in the corner, Ishii chopped him several times high on the throat.

Ishii charged in and Evil caught him and suplexed him into the corner. On the outside, Evil wrapped a chair around Ishii’s head and swung with another chair. On the inside of the ring, Evil used Red Shoes to hit a magic killer on Ishii.

Ishii evaded a running attack and hit a German suplex to get back in the match. He hoisted Evil up on the turnbuckle and hit a big avalanche vertical suplex for a near fall. Evil hit Ishii in the head with 11 forearm shots that Ishii didn’t sell. Ishii put Evil down with one forearm and hit a powerbomb for a near fall.

Evil would go for  a clothesline, but Ishii surprised with a spinning heel kick followed by a strong lariat for a two count. With Ishii attempting a brain buster, Evil blocked and evaded several more shots and sent Ishii to the mat with a clothesline. Evil then hit a top rope superplex of his own for a very close pinfall victory.

Ishii blocked Everything is Evil and hit a headbutt, so Evil hit Darkness Falls instead for two. When Evil again went for Everything is Evil, Ishii countered with a DDT and hit a sliding lariat and both men lay on the mat. Ishii made it up first and hit another sliding lariat for two. Ishii went for the brain buster, but Evil did a standing switch and followed with two half and half suplexes.

Ishii evaded a clothesline next and hit a dragon suplex. After a headbutt, Evil finally connected with a lariat. Somehow Ishii denied Everything is Evil several more times and the two monsters continued to clothesline each other, but Ishii finally hit the brain buster for the victory.

Match Ratings

Six dimensions combine to make up the overall rating. Matches score ratings of 1-10 only if the match lasts for a minimum of 5 minutes.

1. Match Quality– Was the match well wrestled or sloppy?
2. Audience Engagement– Did the live audience care about the match?
3. Competitiveness– Was the match competitive or one-sided?
4. Stakes – Did the match matter?
5. Finish– Did the match end in a satisfying manner?
6. Performance: (1) Poor (2) Below Average (3) Average (4) Above Average (5) Excellent