RobGrayson wrote:True, I've nothing against Low Ki as a wrestler and do think he is quite capable in the ring, I just felt like during his PWG stint he took more then he gave back.
I mean coming in, winning the title right off the bat, then vacating it. Though I know that WAS due to injury, but then he came back and was involved in that 4 way title defence and while Chris Hero did win Low Ki just HAD to make sure he still had someone else applied in his finisher. Then went on to beat the champion and win the whole tournament, then he was gone.
If at a later time Hero got his win back or someone else beat him, I'd have less of a problem with Low Ki's PWG run. It just made those stories I'd hear about him from RoH about never wanting to do jobs seem true.
Ki having his submission applied as Hero got the 3 count was just simply good booking. It gave them something to point back at for a backstory, since they didn't really have one in PWG at all. Hell, I can't even remember hearing them wrestle each other anywhere else. And they were supposed to have BOLA at that weekend in '08, so I'm sure they had it planned out who would be in the finals by then. Then they just got a simple, yet effective building tool for their BOLA Finals match.
Kind've like Strong/Omega going to the draw at Secret Of Guerrilla Island. Now I don't know if they had BOLA planned out THAT far in advance, but it was something that they were able to use for the match beyond "Hey, they beat these 3 guys to get to the finals of this tournament". It had a layer that made who was going to win even more up in the air, even though I could tell you that whether you were an Omega fan or a Roddy fan at BOLA '09, you were convinced your "pick" was going to win it.
Jesus that went on way too long.