The long 2/3 falls Portland TV main event is a beautiful thing. This got about half an hour to build and like many a Roddy Piper tag in Portland, it gave us a look at him working a long traditional tag match where he took up several roles over the course of it. The first fall was basically 10 minutes of Piper and Martel trying to tear off Luke Williams' arm. They made quick tags, sometimes legal and sometimes phantom, and the people ate it up while Miller on the apron and Rose on the floor lost their mind. Martel would jump into the ring with stomps to the shoulder and Piper would bar the arm and take Williams down over and over again. When it looked like Williams would finally make it to the corner either Piper or Martel would do something to distract Miller yet again and before they knew it the chance was gone. In the end Williams couldn't take any more and submitted! I mean, it makes sense that he would, given the punishment he'd endured and in theory the idea that he and his partner still have two falls to win, but it was nice surprise either way. Plus it made Piper and Martel look like a well-oiled machine. I loved Williams coming out for the second fall with the arm bandaged up, just to put over what he'd sustained already. Obviously the Sheepherders - and Rose who's skulking about on the floor - won't be denied forever and in the last couple falls we get a bit of Martel in peril AND a bit of Piper in peril. Both those guys are two of the best babyfaces ever so getting to see them sell and EMOTE while the other chomps at the bit to get in there was great. I've said it a hunner thousand times but Piper's energy is damn near unparalleled and so is his scrappiness and TENACITY and whatever else. He was so fucking good, brothers and sisters. This might not even be a top 10 Portland match of the year, you know.
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