The first few episodes are airing introductory matches and segments, which is sensible. This first episode starts with a TV title match between Kris Pyro and Chris Camaro. This was pretty by-numbers, Pyro isn't anywhere near the exciting, explosive high flyer you would think, and Camaro do a fairly perfunctory cocky heel gimmick. They do plenty of stuff but none of it really means anything, and some of it just looks like they are working through pre-arranged sequences at two-third speed. I don't expect pre-arranged sequences in my professional wrestling.
The main event is a tag match between Real Natural (Brandon Locke and Scott Osbourne) and two skinny Canadians, Twiggy and Stupefied. Twiggy was kind of a non-entity (to the point he seemingly baulked on a dive, and his partner did it instead), but Stupefied had enough personality to carry the team. He's a little annoying at the beginning, but he mostly looked good, a few suspect hot tag lariats aside. The heels are a minor revelation here, especially Scott Osbourne. They were the sort of team who devote most of their energies to making the other team look much better. They are athletic bumpers and sold for punches and dropkicks that probably didn't earn it. Scott Osborne has a couple of great bumps, a face first one first off a drop toe hold and a later on a DDT onto his. Throw ina couple of classic heel tag spots and the southern tag formula, and this came across as a solid effort all round.
The next episode has a Max Bauer title match that I'm looking forward to.
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