You looked good out there, man – especially considering how green you are; “green” meaning “new.”
I hope the dude in the blue tank is also new. You should always kick out of a pin early in a match. Simply raising your arm is lame, and should be reserved for later in a match when you’re spent – both as part of the story and for real.
The guy in blue is relatively new, he's been around a bit longer than me. The opponent in black started the same time as me.
I'll definitely start to kick out earlier, that's a good point.
Neither of your opponents got up very high for your arm drags & hip tosses, etc.
They really dragged their feet. You seemed a lot more lively.
Never really noticed that, I've just watched it back and I see what you mean. I tried to be a bit more bouncy, cos I think that's the only way I'm gonna get over with the fans. I wanna try some of the things the guy in yellow was doing.
One criticism: the double clothesline at 5:13 was pretty weak. You and your buddy looked like you barely touched the guy with your palms. And your partner moved his hand away before the opponent even began the sell.
I would follow through with shots like that. You can do it without knocking the other guy’s head off.
Your partner also did a similar thing towards the end of the match while administering a series of clotheslines. And the sells were just as slow and weak.
That clothesline was garbage! I never noticed it during the match, but I missed his hand completely, so we didn't get the desired effect. He looked a bit pissed afterwards as well! I do need to put a bit more into my clotheslines.
I think the yellow guys clotheslines at the end were more lariat type hits? I don't know on this one.
Aside from some of the acrobatic stuff your friend in yellow did, you were the best one out there.
You put in some good emotion.
You played to the fans a bit – definitely do that more whether you’re a heel or a face.
It was obvious from their reaction that the people were into what you were doing.
The timing will come with experience.
For a first match, I think you did very, very well.
Congratulations.
The guy in yellow has been wrestling for 13 years, and is one of the headliners of our little promotion. It was quite a big thing for me to get partnered with him in my first match, there are some guys there who haven't worked with him in 6 months.
He is a good worker, but he seems to be a perfectionist, and when a few spots got missed during the start of the match, he got a bit pissed. I can see why, but we were all beginners, so maybe a bit of leeway was needed. I don't think the missed spots were that noticeable to the crowd.
I liked playing to the crowd and I'll definitely do that more next time. There were about 100 people there, so it was a decent first audience for me.
There's a lot for me to work on. Definitely my clotheslines, my dropkick at the start didn't have enough height, I'm making it too obvious that I'm watching/listening to my opponents. So all that can start tomorrow night at training!
Thanks for taking the time to watch and give me feedback!
