The first thing that jumps out at me is you're extremely articulate. I imagine you write your matches with a Thesaurus.com tab open. It's refreshing, but not something that's going to make a difference in the quality of your match. The description is done well. "slime his way out like a slimy snake" is not a good analogy. You started off strong but this isn't a legitimate effort. Your finish was poor as was nearly every aspect I was looking for, as you didn't do much to build-up to Endure, nor was what was here entertaining. You did do a bit of characterization with Hitman Alex early on. I think you know the things you didn't do well here.

Your pre-match promo was... uh... yeah... It wasn't great. Those walk-to-the-ring promos almost never work. I thought the bit about Flare, Spires, and Michaels came out of left field but upon more thought I guess I get it. It's foreshadowing and such. Jaylon Brown breaking up the count-out victory was powerful stuff, really. Great characterization there. Your match was one of your better efforts since I took over. Very entertaining, especially the finish. You built up to Endure in subtle ways as well as more obvious ways; you made your segment more about the Jaylon Brown / Drake Dysfunction match, but did it in a way to make the match seem significant. I can't tell you how nice it was to see. Incredibly realistic. Just an all around solid effort.

If you've read the previous commentary it's pretty obvious I'm going with Hitman Alex.

Your descriptions are quite good, I notice from the get-go. Good start to your match with Caleb trying to do the chain grappling, but Riley getting to the ropes. I lol'd at the Kurt Cobain joke. I love when people add a bit of comedy to their descriptions. Going through your post, the action is good. Nothing special that really stands out, yet, but good. Your selling and storytelling are really what's making the match for you, here. You're doing a great job with that. I also like how you've got Adam Dennis pulling a Joey Miles, just ignoring the match to do something else. XDYou're really making Riley look good in this match, which is always something I look for in posts. I don't wanna see the fedder completely jobbing his own character, but at the same time, there needs to be a good showing from both wrestlers. Very good match from you.

Holy gigantic block of text. Try to shy away from having huge blocks of text like that, as it makes it harder for the reader to, well, read. Your descriptions are pretty good. Not as good as Caleb's, but good. The start of your match was quite well done, leading up to them being in the same position as they were when they started. There doesn't appear to be much crowd reaction in your post, which makes it seem a little flat. Also, your action is decent, but not really anything that stands out. And, unlike Caleb, you don't really have great storytelling to make up for that. Your storytelling isn't bad, but yeah. The ending to your post also seemed a tad rushed.

No surprise who I'm going for here. Caleb Spires wins this one. Riley, don't let yourself down. You didn't do bad, by any means. It was a pretty good post. I may have been a bit hard on you in the grading, but it certainly was not a bad post. You just went up against one of the best in the XWA, which is always a tough one to beat.

Great characterization to start things off. New kid works the crowd and takes a running start at the big man. I loved it, and it felt real to me. You had speed vs power set up from the bell, and even called back to the match last week as a way for Enigma to form his attack. You had the little guy dominate the early going, and at every turn you built up doubt, whether by your description or the use of the announcers, that any of his offense was going to make a difference. On one hand, that is realistic. On the other, its kind of cold to your opponent, but I like realistic, so I guess it's an overall positive. High risk from Enigma turned out to be the table-turner, and I really enjoyed the beat down through the middle of your match. If I am honest, I didn't expect the little man to fight back into it. I was thinking the powerbomb would finish it, but you had him counter and score a quick pin attempt instead. Honestly, to this point I have had nothing to complain about. You had a lot of offense from your opponent yet again only for you to hit the finisher and the fall. Super realistic. You played to both characters equally well. I like it.

I got rid of the bold text on your post. The fat letters hurt my eyes. Not necessarily a note on the match itself, I just thought I would explain why I edited it. You played the size advantage card a little early, in my opinion. It is always better for characterization to have the little guy at least attempt some offense before getting pummeled, otherwise it gets real lopsided, real fast. Or not! So, I grade as I read, and the quick end to that caught me off guard. Although, the roll-up, and then wicked beat down was realistic as it can get. The match was short, but clearly not boring, by any stretch of the imagination. You built up Axle going into Endure. You had an unconventional conclusion. I am not sure it will be enough to win, but you have impressed me in a weird way.

I am going to have to give this one to Axle Anvil. Enigma impressed me with his match being short but really good, and they were both equally realistic. In the end it did become more of a quantity thing. They were both good reads, but I feel like Enigma could have given a little more, while Axle covered all the bases in his match.

Your description is so-so. It could definitely use some improvement. I'd say read matches by the likes of Evan Flare, Minkaro, Caleb Spires or even myself to get an idea of what to do with your descriptions. Your action starts off pretty good. There wasn't really much of a story being told throughout your match. It was sorta just action following action. Seemed a bit robotic, if you know what I mean. Not really any stuff that shows the wrestlers are humans. No posing, getting the fans involved, etc. There also wasn't a whole lot in the form of selling. I'd shy away from posting videos of moves in your matches. This is a writing game. I don't mind the titantrons being used, but when you post videos of the moves it seems like you're trying to find a way around describing them.

Not sure why you bothered writing entrances, especially since you only wrote an entrance for Dwight. They aren't necessary, so it seems random when you just give your character entrances and not your opponent. Nevertheless, I'm not gonna dock any points for it since entrances don't matter. Your descriptions are really good. Good use of the characters, selling, action, etc. I really liked the part where Dwight had the Regenerate applied, Akira got the bottom rope, and Dwight refused to let go, foolishly thinking he would still tap. All-in-all, this was a really good post.

I'm going to have to give it to Dwight Lights. His post was just better in every area. You didn't do a bad job, Akira, but I feel like you could use some improving by, like I mentioned earlier, reading matches from some of the better eFedders in XWA. Congratulations, Caine.

I tried to take the bold out of your post, but you have some pretty intense coding in there. I guess I will have to read it like it is. Doesn't mean I am going to be happy about it. You played towards Dominik being tiny in the match, kind of turning Razor into a powerhouse. You played him off as a "big man" instead of as a normal sized dude. The action is pretty solidly back and forth before that Español Destructor. That was a pretty awesome spot man, probably one of the better ones I have read off of a turnbuckle. As if that wasn't enough, you fucking turned around and had an Xtreme Walls come off the top rope that made me actually cringe. Back to back huge momentum swings had my interest. It is real important for me to note that you worked the crowd throughout the entire match. You never forgot about them, which isn't something that a lot of people can pull off. Your ending seemed rushed. I get the feeling that happens a lot when trying to right the sudden stop endings to matches, but I just got the feeling that it wasn't the way that you wanted to go about it.

I like that you first showed that Razor had the size advantage, but then made sure to follow up with the fact that Razor isn't one to be outgunned by a guy coming off the top rope. I feel like it set up the match nicely, and the enziguri was a nice spot. You had loads of back and forth with outside action peppered in there, and everything was beautifully described. You had a pretty sick finish man. That is one of the things I really pay attention to. You kind of leveled the playing field between the two men for the entire match, and the two reversed finishers back-to-back kind of played right into that. The counter into the walls was awesome. Good effort. I didn't feel like anything was rushed at all, which has been a change of pace from your last couple efforts. This read like WHC Razor Xtreme. No complaints.

Ok, so breaking all of this stuff down, Dominik is going to get the better end of being realistic. He had a way of writing the crowd that left me with little to argue about. I didn't like that at times he had Razor as a big man type, but his character is a legit midget so I guess that is at least sort of legit. As far as spots go, the two of you actually had a lot of similarities. I guess great minds think alike. I think Dominik had an edge there too though. Through the middle was non-stop turns and high impact offense. Razor played it safe in a lot of places, in comparison. The finish was definitely Razor's. The kid has a knack for making me mark at match endings. That part of this match wasn't even close. Both of you had beautiful description and all the other bells and whistles. I am not going to say more than that about it. I have no complaints about the content of the matches. I think Dominik Diveraz takes this one when you look at the overall picture.

OK, this might be a bit shorter than I wanted. I had a good paragraph written but lost it being an idiot. I enjoyed your opening narration and the choking spot you did. That's what I remember from the paragraph. I thought your match had solid but unspectacular action, meaning you did well in the entertainment portion. I had a similar feeling about your characterization. You mentioned Nova a bit and you did your general theatrics but I think you could have done more here. The finish was great in two ways. One, it was a really solid realistic finish that sort of deflects the shame of losing from EG Deal who lost, in part, because he was distracted. The other part is you used your finish, the final segment (Or so I thought....) going into Endure to build up your angle with JHalc. Great stuff in that regard.

I'd rather you did the cliche narration bit before the bell. Not a big deal though. You and Chilly started off similarly with the stand off, that's interesting. David slapping hands with the fans seems out of character IMO. In fact, a lot of things in your match seemed out of character. Michaels played a heel role almost, considering Nova came into the ring at one point to cheat, and you played up your nationalism after a clean win. Seems odd. Your description is on par with anyone here, honestly, and a little better than Chilly's effort. Entertainment was pretty equal. I thought you got bested in the characterization portion by a big margin. There's not a lot to complain about here.

I've got to go with David Michaels. I was looking for a few things and you guys were pretty even in the majority of them, but I thought Chilly did a better job of using the size differential and making a realistic match, as well as bettering Abdel in the characterization portion. Like I said in your write-up, Abdel, I thought you did a very good job and there wasn't much separating the two of you.