Jimmy Yang
He's good, definitely good... I don't think he'd crack my top ten, though. He's super-polished and smooth, but his matches don't have much story depth and he doesn't have much offense -- just kicks and Yang Time, really. It's hard to build a match properly with offense like that. But I'm looking forward to seeing more of him, as maybe his moveset will expand as he gets used to the lack of WWE restrictions.
Alex Koslov
Does a lot of things well, but he doesn't yet look totally comfortable in there (except against Cabana, and I credit Cabana for that). You can still feel him thinking about what to do next at certain points. But considering how many dates he's working, he's gonna get really good really quick -- I imagine he'll be a solid top ten guy a year from now.
Charles Mercury (off and on again PWG wrestler, but a fav of mine)
Totally agree with you -- he's the real deal. I wish he wouldn't use KENTA's exact finishing sequence, but otherwise he's a really damn good worker. Outworked Scott in their match last fall, and I think he's better than most of the local midcard guys.
The two locals that I really, REALLY think would add to PWG shows are Mercury and Tommy Williams (nee "Funky" Billy Kim). Mercury would be an above-average PWG worker, and Tommy would seriously be in my top ten without a doubt. Check out some Inoki Dojo shows -- he's that good.
Los Luchas
As I mentioned earlier, I've always enjoyed them, but they haven't looked good lately. They're just a little sloppy, a little tentative... could use more consistent ring time. Also, they put me in mind of the old accusation that Rev Pro guys could only work with Rev Pro guys. That's generally been proven to be untrue, but I think there's a bit of truth to it with Los Luchas. They have a pretty heavily lucha background, so the only PWG guys they really seem to click with are the Rev Pro guys who are more familiar with lucha-style. I do think that they could mesh really nicely with Disco & Nemesis this weekend, though.
Hook Bomberry
Hook's a weird one. I thought he was a great shoot-style worker a year or two ago -- good tags with Apollo Kahn, and a really underrated match with Bosh at the last Rev J -- but he looked pretty bad more often than not in Gunning For Hookers. I have to admit that GFH was basically my least favorite PWG act for awhile. Topgun is funny, but it's a sort of one-note comedic performance that gets somewhat less funny over time, and between Hook's sloppiness and Topgun's slow setting up of his spots, their matches were really pretty poor. If they start using Hook again, I hope it's as a more serious undercard guy, as he could do some really nice stuff with Koslov and Ronin, among others.
Speaking of Ronin... he's a mixed bag. Does some things really well -- his offense is really, really good -- but he works more slowly than most of the other midcarders, which makes him look bad. Also -- and this sounds like nit-picking, but I really don't think it is -- he either needs to get in better shape or change his ring gear. As a low-level American indy worker, you're just not going to be taken seriously if you have a futuristic, lucha-ish look like that and you also have a big belly. It's why Ronin almost never gets a good reaction when he first comes out -- because he looks silly but doesn't acknowledge it. He's a big, beefy white guy, and he wrestles that style well... he should dress that way, too.