Ricochet vs. Mike Cruz from DGUSA’s Heat 2012

  By TJ Hawke | March 30, 2012 - 1:50 am |

 

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Recap from TJ Hawke:

This was Cruz’s debut in DGUSA.  Ricochet was the Brave Gate Champion in Japan at this time.

 

They did some cool athletic spots early.  Cruz took him down with two hurricanranas.  Cruz went for a springboard move, but Ricochet dropkicked him in mid-air.  Ricochet then started to work over Cruz.  Cruz avoided a corner leg lariat, and Cruz came back with a series of running strikes.  Cruz hit a springboard dropkick.  They started trading some strikes in the middle of the ring.  Ricochet won that.  Ricochet followed that up with a brutal running Ace Crusher: 1…2…NO!  Ricochet went for a springboard move, but Cruz caught him with a German suplex: 1…2…NO!  Ricochet came back with a snapmare driver: 1…2…NO!  Good nearfall.  Ricochet hit a shooting star press: 1…2…3!

 

Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk attacked Ricochet after the match.  CIMA and Masaaki Mochizuki made the save.

 

This match was a fun undercard match.  It would have been cool to see both guys have the opportunity to go all out, but I guess a more toned down match made sense for this spot on the card.  Hope Mike Cruz keeps getting more opportunities in the WWNLive wrestling universe.

Match Rating: **3/4

About TJ Hawke

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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