UCCW 225 Live Episode #3 Review

IT IS TIME ONCE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER ISSUE OF ZAIAH MELTZER'S STAR RATING REVIEWS!

We are back yet again to bring you some more interesting critiques for the world of virtual wrestling. On today's edition, we are going to be looking at the third episode of UCCW's 225 Live!

As always, these are my non-kayfaybe opinions and probably shouldn't be taken too seriously. With that said, ON TO THE REVIEW!

UCCW 225 Live Episode #3 Star Ratings:

Astolfo vs Dee Jay - Jr. Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Finals Match - ***1/2 (An exciting contest that was, unfortunately, plagued with a lot of in game problems. I appreciate that this was pretty much non stop action from the get go. Putting an emphasis of what makes cruiserweight wrestling so damn interesting in the first place. However, when you go at full speed for the entirety of your match, especially in these 2K games, you’re bound to screw up at one time or another. One of those screw ups came up when Dee Jay ACTUALLY put himself through a table! I don’t know why that was kept in, but I still got a good laugh out of it. There were also glitches involved for some reason. Like the one where Dee Jay hit his finisher and then him and Astolfo flew up in the air for some reason. There are a lot of points where I believe that there could’ve been edits made or the maybe the match should’ve been restarted. With that said, this still had an abundance of high flying moves and some interesting moments that caught you off guard, so I still had a lot of fun with this match. A really good contest with some unfortunate moments.)

Midoriya Izuku vs Brian Fury - Jr. Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Finals - **** (I’m not sure why the ring changed during this contest, but it’s… Whatever I guess. This match was a lot slower than the first match of the night, but it was also WAY better paced. This match told a better story, showed more character, and had a much more satisfying ending. From the very beginning, you could tell who the good guys was going into this and who was the bad one. Izuku had to constantly battle off Brian’s more sadistic tactics with his own fast paced offense. However, every time Izuku made a mistake, Brian would be right there to make him pay. Whether that meant putting him through the barricade or bashing his head against the steel post, Brian was determined to win by any means necessary. Such a simple story to follow, but worked wonders here. There were also some iffy moments as well such as Brian attack the ref for no reason. Also the fact that some of the high spots looked a bit awkward as well. However, despite its issues, this is a contest that contains the right amount of drama and action. So for that, it deserves the high rating it gets. Great stuff)

OVERALL SCORE: 7.5/10 (Despite the glitches, the mistimed spots on some occasions, and even the arena changing at one point, this is still an easy show to sit through. Clocking in at under 50 minutes and showcasing the best of cruiserweight wrestling, it’s very hard to call this anything but a fun show. The action is fun, the stories are simple to follow, and it never seems to overstay its welcome. A good change of pace from all of the other long running shows I’ve had to review so far. For sure give this a watch if you haven’t already)

I still have more shows to watch but, as always, if you have a show you want me review here on this page, then leave a suggestion in the comment section below.

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