The GWF Vol. 2 (TV Title Tournament Disc 2)
By: Magnus Donaldson
 

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After being pleasantly surprised by the quality of the first volume of GWF TV, I'm looking forward to reviewing the second volume.
 This volume continues the TV title tournament, with the remaining first round matches as well as several of the second round bouts.

Commentary is from Craig Johnson and Scott Hudson

Adrian Street vs. Axl Rotten (1st Round)
This is certainly a unique match: the flamboyant Adrian Street against the tough brawler Axl Rotten. Street does all of his usual comedy stuff,
 as well as using some mat wrestling holds, which frustrated Rotten early on. Axl fought back, using a number of strikes, and then hitting Street with
 an object to get three. However the ref spotted it and awarded the match to Street. Pretty bland opener- *

Rasta the Voodoo Mon vs. Jeff Gaylord (1st Round)
Rasta is 100% obviously the template that the WWF would borrow for Papa Shango (who ironically had a pre-WWF stop in the GWF). Jeff is
 most famous for his long stint with the USWA. Rasta's powerful style was being put over huge by the announcer here, and he was fairly dominant by
 using a lot of power moves. Jeff managed to hit some dropkicks and other moves on Rasta, but each time he went for the cover he was thrown off.
 Jeff missed a charge in the corner, hitting his shoulder, and Rasta rolled him up for three. It was a fairly average match,
 just there to showcase Rasta- *1/4

Big Bull Busick vs. Jimmy James (1st Round)
Busick is most well remembered for his short heel run in the WWF. I don't know a lot about James outside of this spell in the GWF. Again, it was
 a fairly average match here, mainly used to put over Busick, who wasn't really all that impressive. Busick used the Heart Punch followed by
 an American Dragon style rollup for three- *

Buddy Landell vs. Gary Young (1st Round)
Landell faked out Young time and time again early on, making the ref believe he was cheating when he wasn't. Young soon got his revenge and
 frustrated Landell who went to the outside. Landell was just a master of the old school heel style wrestling, taking shortcuts and in many ways
 outclassing Young here. Young got one or two near falls towards the end, but Landell got the pinfall using the ropes for leverage- **1/2

Billy Black vs. Randy Rhodes (2nd Round)
Again, the announcers hype Billy Black as the tournament favourite. This match was nothing special, and it didn't have all that much heat to it due
 to both being viewed as bad guys by the crowd. It was essentially a back and forth brawl, with a lot of strikes, and a couple of basic wrestling moves.
 Black used an impressive finishing combo, with a backflip over Rhodes, then a Superkick followed by a Moonsault for three. The finishing
 combo bettered anything else in the match- *

Patriot vs. Bill Irwin (2nd Round)
Lots of stalling by Irwin early on in the match, and the wrestling they did was essentially some lockups and strikes. However when they did begin to
 wrestle they did some good mat based stuff. Irwin managed to gain control by cheating a fair bit, but when Irwin tried to use his whip, it allowed the
 Patriot to go up to the top rope for a Shoulder Black, which got three. Solid match when it got going- **

Makhan Singh vs. Terry Garvin (2nd Round)
Garvin is in trouble early in the match as Singh uses his power and size advantage to his advantage. Again, Singh hits a Slam on Garvin on the outside
 of the ring, and throwing him into the ring post, but he makes it back in. Singh then pins him following the Running Splash in the corner.
 Surprisingly a total squash- SQ

Chris Walker vs. Rip Rogers (2nd Round)
I don't think they locked up for about two minutes because they were too busy posing and getting the fans behind them. Walker is in control of the
 early portion, using his power mixed with a few basic wrestling holds. Most of Rodgers strategies didn't work against Walker, and he took a lot
 of punishment. Walker would get the fall following a Cross Body- *1/2

Not as good as Vol. 1, but I found this show entertaining. The best match was Landell/Young, mainly because Landell is such a great wrestler
 and made Young look good in defeat. There wasn't much else of note other than a solid Patriot/Irwin match, as the rest of the matches were
 either average or squashes.

5/10