The Throwbacks (Mr. Touchdown & Dasher Hatfield) vs. The Batiri (Obariyon & Kodama) from Chikara’s Hot Off the Griddle 2012

  By TJ Hawke | April 28, 2012 - 12:09 pm |

 

The Throwbacks (@mrhatfield4 & Mr. Touchdown) vs. The Batiri (@thebatiri) will take place at “Hot Off the Griddle” in Chicago on April 28th. The Throwbacks and The Batiri had a mini-feud back in the middle of 2011 which The Batiri won the majority of the matches. Back then however, Sugar Dunkerton was apart of The Throwbacks and Mr. Touchdown was not. Perhaps with a change up in partners The Throwbacks will be more successful this year. Both teams come into this with zero points, though The Throwbacks could leave with two points if they are successful here and against Arik Cannon/Darin Corbin the next night in Lafayette. Who will leave the Midwest with points under their proverbial belt?

 

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Recap from TJ Hawke:

Pre-match promo: Mr. Touchdown, “Today, the sign said, ‘Long haired freaky people need not apply.”  So many buys.

 

Touchdown had some trouble getting off his shoulder pads, and he did not appreciate Dasher helping him.  Dasher had a lot of success against both members of the Batiri early.  Dasher set up for a baseball slide, but Touchdown made a blind tag and hit an out of control dive off the apron.  Dasher then hit his baseball slide.  Touchdown then insisted on working the match and not tag in Dasher.  The Batiri took control of the match, and Dasher apparently decided to sit on the guardrail instead of trying to convince Touchdown to tag out.  Touchdown finally seemed to realize he needed to tag out, but Dasher refused to return to the apron.  The crowd then chanted “Say you’re sorry!”  The Batiri then used Dasher’s in the park homerun dropkick, which motivated Dasher to come back.  Dasher made a hot tag and hit Kodama with a Jackhammer.  Dasher hit Kodama with the Suicide Squeeze, but Obariyon made the save.  Touchdown ate a spinebuster variation for a nearfall.  Obariyon hit Dasher with spike DDT on the ring apron.  That  brutal move distracted referee Jon Barber enough that Touchdown was able to hit Kodama with his football helmet and get the win.  Veronica  came to ringside, and she was most pleased about the win.

 

This was a good match that I enjoyed, but more importantly, it progressed the Throwbacks’ storyline and characters in a very effective way.  The ability to balance those two objectives really impressed me.  This isn’t a MOTY or anything, but I think you will enjoy this match, even if you are not too familiar with Chikara.
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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