Crush vs Tatanka
This is a repeat of the King of the Ring qualifier from the
previous show, this time fought under lumberjack rules. This is given a load of
time, running over two ad breaks, and they sadly don’t really need to have so
much time. It’s a very plodding match, and the lengthy Crush control is pretty
dull. He’s been pretty fun in squash matches, but his offence isn’t very
interesting. Twice, he cuts off Tatanka comebacks with sloppy inverted atomic
drops. Tatanka is more fun when he makes his comebacks, his chops always
looking decent, but he’s made to look like an idiot far too often. He does dumb
things like stand and threaten IRS, rather than pay attention to his much
larger opponent behind him. The lumberjack spots are pretty fun, things always
threatening to break down on the outside, and I appreciate that the heel
lumberjacks attacked Tatanka first, which justifies the ending. Crush ends up outside
the ring, and like an idiot attacks the faces trying to get him back up. In the
melee, Lex Luger comes to ringside, blasts him in the head with the bionic
elbow, and rolls him in for the Tatanka victory.
Bam Bam Bigelow vs John Paul
Best Bam Bam squash yet. Paul is a higher rank of jobber, so
he’s allowed a modicum of offence, which seems to force Bigelow to not just
take his time in the bout. Bigelow’s corner blows actually look deadly for
once. Paul gets a nearfall from a sunset flip, but Bigelow hits an odd twisting
splash to win. Finisher looked poor, but this was fine.
Razor Ramon vs Keith Davis
Davis is the “artist” better known as Jeff Hardy. Pretty fun
squash here, Ramon is such a dick to his jobbers, makes them far more fun to
watch. Things like choking Hardy over the ropes, saying “Welcome to the big
time, kid”, then booting him in the head. Crowd loves it too, even when Ramon
trolls them by picking Hardy up in a Razor’s Edge position, but instead just
dumping him stomach first on the turnbuckles. The real Edge gets the win
shortly after.
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