Miles vs Axel
Miles vs Axel, Match 608 (UCW)
Miles is a good fit for UCW. His propensity for eye-gouging, hair-pulling, ball-twisting, and other assorted acts of heel nastiness positions him within traditions forged over the years by Joker, Eli Black, Quinn Harper, and current champ Angel Estrada. Here, facing Axel at last in singles competition, he's a flamboyant and slightly unhinged wild child who "interacts" with a nonexistent live crowd. The usually composed Axel doesn't know what to make of him.
Miles's fantasy raises an interesting question, though. Now that UCW has a ring and a roster beginning to swell with indy wrestlers used to doing live shows, why not shoot some matches in front of an audience? Cheers and hisses energize wrestlers' performances and enhance the ring drama for fans watching on video. I've never thought of it much, but it must be terribly difficult for wrestlers to work with no audience in sight or hearing.
Still, one advantage of performing for a camera is that camera movement and closeups allow for the recording of denser, more complicated action, meaning that wrestlers don't have to belabor every wrestling move as if they are sawing a lady in half. The mobile camera does an excellent job of zooming in for tight shots of holds and facial expressions. Both Miles and Axel are excellent at expressing their pain, surprise, and frustration, and the camera catches every twitch.
Miles's fantasy raises an interesting question, though. Now that UCW has a ring and a roster beginning to swell with indy wrestlers used to doing live shows, why not shoot some matches in front of an audience? Cheers and hisses energize wrestlers' performances and enhance the ring drama for fans watching on video. I've never thought of it much, but it must be terribly difficult for wrestlers to work with no audience in sight or hearing.
Still, one advantage of performing for a camera is that camera movement and closeups allow for the recording of denser, more complicated action, meaning that wrestlers don't have to belabor every wrestling move as if they are sawing a lady in half. The mobile camera does an excellent job of zooming in for tight shots of holds and facial expressions. Both Miles and Axel are excellent at expressing their pain, surprise, and frustration, and the camera catches every twitch.
There's not a whole lot in this match I haven't seen before, but I like seeing a lot of things more than once. The match does not have the reckless abandon of UCW's best brawls, but I wouldn't call it polite or by the book either. My only complaint is there's a bit too much space between some of the spots. I want the wrestlers to pile on to each other Buzz Sawyer style, not parade towards the camera after every elbow drop.
The 29-minute match is so close that a rematch will almost definitely be called for. The clash of Miles's glitz and Axel's stick-to-itiveness makes for good drama. Hopefully in a rematch the two will pick up the pace and let things get wild-and-woolly in old cinder-block garage style.
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