WRESTLING RANTS & VIDEO REVIEW'S

 

The GWF Vol. 4 (TV Title Tournament Disc 4)
By: Magnus Donaldson
 

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Now with Vol. 4 of GWF TV, the GWF is ready to crown their first Television Champion.
 In this volume we will see the Playoff match plus the Finals itself.

Patriot vs. Chris Walker (Playoff match)
Landell is out to watch this match, obviously to view his future opponents. This ended up being a decent match, but there wasn't a whole
 lot of heat here due to the fact that both were fan favourites, and the fans didn't know who to boo. It was more of a scientific style of match
 in the early going, with both exchanging basic holds and counter holds. Following their wrestling exchanges, Patriot went for the
 Diving Shoulder Block, but missed, then Walker went for the Cross Body, but Landell shoved him off. This let Patriot cover him for three- **1/2

Patriot vs. Buddy Landell (Finals)
Landell had injured Patriot's shoulder post match previously, and this gave him an instant target to work on here, which was the basis of this
 title match. Landell basically worked on that injury, and also cheated a fair bit to ensure he had the advantage. Despite all his work on the injury,
 he could not get three on The Patriot. The Patriot fires up thanks to the fans, and takes the match to him here. The Patriot then sneaks a rollup in,
 out of nowhere to get three. Overall a good match to end the tournament with, but not a great match- **3/4

So not a lot in this fourth volume, but what we do get is worth watching. Both matches are good, and are a fitting end to the
 Television Title Tournament. So a good Volume of TV here.

Now since this review didn't take up much space, I guess I can use this space to write about my overall thoughts on the tournament.
 It had it's good points and bad point: I'll list three of each-


Good Points:
Buddy Landell's matches- All of his matches were old school style, and they were all solid to good: he's a great addition
 to the GWF roster and in many ways deserved to win the belt, but he didn't.

Stan Lane vs. The Patriot- Match of the tournament and a good, old school bout. I kind of wish it had been in a later round as it
 could have meant much more, plus Stan Lane is far too good a wrestler to go out at this stage.

Adrian Street- I'm not a fan of his gimmick, but this man could go in the ring, and busted out some great technical stuff that you rarely saw
 at this point in time. He had a solid run in this tournament
 

Bad Points:
Rasta The Voodoo Man- He was clearly very green, and didn't add a lot to any of his matches that any average generic big man wouldn't do.

Billy Black- He was being hyped as the tournament favourite in the first round, but this was forgotten about by the time he made
 it to the third. He had a good opening round bout but that was about it: not a bad wrestler but too over-hyped by the announcers.

Makhah Singh- I'm not a fan of this guy: an average wrestler, yet he was given two squash wins that were 100% exactly the same
 (including one that Terry Garvin didn't deserve following his first round hype). He then proceeds to have the worst match of the
 tournament against Chris Walker, and they couldn't put Walker over clean.

It was a good tournament overall, and I think the right man went over. Walker and Landell looked strong in defeat and were clearly
 stars as well as future contenders. However in future shows I hope Stan Lane is given a bigger push along with Adrian Street,
 they can be viable title challengers.
 

6/10 for the show

7/10 for the tournament