I must say I'm beginning to get addicted to this promotion: there's lots of entertaining stuff here. Now we get to the stuff I've been
wanting to see: the light heavyweight tournament. This Volume again covers the first round, and it's in the same format as the TV Title Tournament,
 i.e. there is a playoff.

Match 1: Chaz vs. Ed Robinson (1st Round)
I don't know a lot about Ed Robinson, other than he'd been a jobber in the WWF. Chaz is the son of Texas star Tugboat Taylor.
Chaz had control in the early going with some basic holds. Robinson didn't get in all that much offense here, but when he did he tended to cheat.
 Chaz came back with some sloppy looking moves, before winning with an RVD style Missile Dropkick. Chaz was a bit green and the match
 was fairly average as a result- *1/2

Match 2: Lightning Kid vs. Bubba Fangman (1st Round)
Lightning Kid was playing heel here. I haven't seen Fangman wrestle and again I know little about him. After Fangman had the early advantage,
 they started to exchange some holds and counters, and Lightning Kid began to show his skill by chaining some holds together and throwing some kicks.
 Kid hits a Spinning Wheel Kick, which looks like it wasn't supposed to be the finish as the ref counts three, and the Kid didn't look happy.
 Great stuff while it lasted though, The Lightning Kid could really go- **1/2

Match 3: Handsome Stranger vs. Butch Blackheart (1st Round)
The Handsome Stranger is, in case you didn't know, Marcus 'Buff' Bagwell, and he was essentially a masked ladies man. Butch Blackheart's
 another wrestler I know nothing about outside of the GWF: he looks a little like Nasty Ned Brady. The Stranger worked some basic stuff
 on the mat, while Blackheart went for strikes and cheated on a few occasions. After the Stranger dominated most of this bout,
 he pinned Blackheart with a Fishermans Suplex- *3/4

Match 4: Rip Rogers vs. Ray Evans (1st Round)
Am I the only one who thinks Steve Corino based his look on Rip Rogers? You've probably guessed that again I know next to nothing about Evans.
 The opening exchanges were fairly even, with the two exchanging a few holds, and whenever Evans got anywhere close to having an advantage
 Rogers would stall for time or claim Evans had cheated. Rogers managed to take control of the match after slowing the pace down, and barring
 a couple of smashes into the turnbuckle, he pinned him after a DDT- **

Match 5: Steve Simpson vs. Mike Stetson (1st Round)
Simpson is a South African wrestler who used to wrestle for WCCW. Mike Stetson has been nothing more than a jobber in most promotions,
 and he really doesn't look like a lightweight at all. Stetson didn't do a lot here either other than get locked in a lot of submission holds. So in this
 showcase for Simpson, he got the fall with a Cross Body. Essentially an extended squash, with Simpson looking strong- *3/4

Match 6: Adrian Street vs. Iceman King Parsons (1st Round)
Street and Parsons are billed as two wrestlers not used to light heavyweight competition. Parsons has a Roody Poo stick with him: surely The Rock
 gained some inspiration from that. Street's mind games don't seem to work on Parsons, so they exchange a couple of holds before Parsons gets
 aggressive. He goes for a countout win after beating Street on the floor, but this doesn't work so he cheats a bit, as well as using several strikes
 and power moves. Street turns the match when he reverses a Piledriver on the floor. The finish was a bizarre: Parsons backdropped Street over
 the top rope, and the ref said that Street was the winner: I thought the GWF allowed people to go over the top. because of that, a stupid finish to
 a good match- **1/4

Match 7: Brian Adias vs. El Bandelero (1st Round)
I don't know if Bandelero is even a Mexican wrestler, but is rather an American wrestler under a mask. Early on they go to the mat and exchange
 some holds, with Adias generally being in control, working on the arm. The match got a bit more aggressive, with both wrestlers using some strikes
 in addition to the mat holds. Adias generally controlled the action, and in the end this was basically an extended squash.
He got the fall with a Russian Leg Sweep- *1/2

Match 8: Mike Davis vs. Victor Gonzalez (1st Round)
Mike Davis is best known as one half of the Rock ‘n’ Roll RPM’s. Once again, Gonzalez is a wrestler I know little about. Davis does
 a lot of stalling, and he wrestles totally heelish by cheating, shouting at the ref and arguing with people in the crowd. This in the end was nothing
 more than a squash, with Davis getting three with a Superkick- SQ

Overall this was a good start to the tournament. Lightning Kid's match with Bubba Fangman was the best of the bunch, and he really looked
 impressive. Street and Parson had an equally good match that was hurt by an awful finish. Most of the other matches, barring Rogers/Evans were
 really nothing more than extended squashes. But still, there was some good stuff here and all the signs that the tournament would be a good one.

Overall Rating for this Video: 6/10