The winner of this match got a spot in the Chikara’s 2010 Young Lions Cup Tournament. Iron had the advantage at first, but Ryan quickly took over and started working over Iron. At one point, Ryan did rolling Northern Lights Suplexes; I was wondering when I would see someone do it. Iron escaped a third one and hit a stunner, and the crowd didn’t react at all. He avoided a German suplex, and the crowd finally rallied behind him. Ryan hit a big splash, but Iron survived. Ryan then rolled up Iron with a handful of tights: 1…2…3!
A nice solid match, that shows both wrestlers are competent but that they have also improved a lot since this time. I think it was really smart of AIW to release this match for free because advertising a partnership with Chikara is very good PR.
TJ was a fan of wrestling as a kid (starting around 1999), and his first concrete wrestling memory is some kid bringing Hulk Hogan his old yellow and red gear backstage during an episode of Nitro. Hogan needed the gear to defeat Kevin Nash in a title vs. career match at the next WCW PPV. Nash lost the match and his career, which sadly resulted in the world losing out on seeing Kevin Nash matches for the last 13 years. Like almost all young kids, TJ’s interest in wrestling fluctuated over the years until an episode of Raw on July 3, 2006. TJ was curious and excited to see his beloved RVD show up with the WWE Title belt and what he thought was the revitalized European title. TJ decided he must turn to the the internet to figure out what was going on. Almost 6 years later, TJ is still searching the internet every day to find out what is going on in wrestling. Now though, he writes for the pop culture site (411mania.com), has his own blog (The Best of Chikara), and is the creator of the very site you are reading now.
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