Puroresu pick of the week:
The Young Bucks {Matt and Nick Jackson} vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico
from ROH Final Battle (December 19th) 2009 in a Tag Team match
As June comes to a close, this will be the final pick of the week, ending this experimental blog series. Like with Smash Saturdays, I will probably be doing this again occasionally down the lane when I have the free time. I love watching pro-wrestling and this was really fun to do! With that being said, let’s get to my pick for the week! What a better way to end this month’s series with a match from Ring of Honor’s Final Battle event. ROH’s Best in the World PPV will be live in a couple hours from now, so I figured I end this month’s pick with a match from ROH. Even before Bullet Club, The Young Bucks were making themselves known as a top-tier tag team as they go against the best friend duo of Kevin Steen (who was still dealing with an injury at the time) and El Generico at the historic Manhattan Center in New York City. There wasn’t really anything on the line for this match, but the pride of being called the better tag team and get one step closer in contention for the ROH Tag Team Championships.
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The tag match itself was simply awesome, and all four had great ring chemistry. The crowd were really behind everyone ESPECIALLY Kevin Steen as he was battling through an injury. Crowd was giving a lot of Mr. Wrestling (his nickname at the time) chants throughout the match in support of Steen’s efforts. His performance was absolutely amazing especially during the finish of the match. Now what really was most notable about this match is what Steen did after the match [full video in link] that really got to the fans and changed both his and El Generico’s careers FOREVER moving forward after this significant event. Notably Steen, as he went on to be a huge main event player for ROH and eventually became world champion. Today, these two are having great success (although it could be better) in WWE as Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn. Whether they were fighting as enemies or being the best of friends, these two are one of the best pro-wrestlers that this business has to offer today! That same goes for the Young Bucks in their success as a part of the Bullet Club, and it’s too sweet!