soup23 Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 You get so conditioned to WWF filming that the aisle way coming from the right hand side of the screen really bothered me more than it should. E&C really haven’t created their personality that would make them really popular yet but I have liked them a lot as a team. NAO don’t have much to offer anymore and feel like the old guys that everyone is waiting to leave so the party can start. I like the Dudley’s on commentary and they have came a long way from the shaky debut. Hot tag made to Christian and he rolls through his offense to some good applause. Crowd really bit on the nearfall of Christian and Edge does his spear and then a hilariously awkward crotch chop. Bubba decides to interfere slamming Christian’s neck over the rope allowing Road Dogg to hit the Pump Handle Slam for the win. Bubba and JR have good heat with each other afterwards. ** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 I liked this a bit more than soup. Really hot match, even though Road Dogg actively pisses me off in every match by working as a babyface and playing for pops. Christian can work his tail off. I know there's kind of an idea that he developed into a great worker much later in some circles, but he has looked excellent thus far. The Dallas crowd loves these guys. There are a small handful of wrestlers who are actively good on color commentary, and the Dudleys both fall in that category, doing a great job getting themselves over and getting their feud with Edge and Christian over. Even though the Outlaws pick up the win, you can still feel the focus of the tag division shifting away from them, slowly but surely. Great altercation with Jim Ross and Bubba Ray after the match, then a quick post-match brawl before the Dudleys bail. Hot crowd, good babyface selling and Christian being a workrate machine makes for a good match. *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laney Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 I fall more in line with Loss on this one. I thought this was a fun tv tag match. The Dudleys were good on commentary here, but the camera seemed to focus on them a little too much throughout this. The Outlaws really are horrible heels during this time period. Their schtick is over and they stick with it to pop the crowd. Simple match with good action. E&C played their roles very well, while the Outlaws didn't really do much to necessitate any heat. *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Just as the bell rings the Dudleys are out and have a slow walk to ringside. The two of them join Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross at the announcer’s desk and Bubba proceeds to spend the entire match getting in JR’s face about him calling them ‘the damn Dudleys’. Christian ducks under a crossbody, drop toe hold and a pair of nice armdrags. Plancha to the floor on Road Dogg which the camera only just catches as the producer is more interested in showing us Bubba intimidating JR. Gorilla press slam by Gunn. Edge with a spinning heel kick to the Dogg for two. Dogg then reverses an Irish whip, Gunn hooks his ankle and pulls him to the outside where he rams his head into the ring steps. The Outlaws work over Edge and a jackhammer from Gunn for a near fall. ‘Stinger splash’, the Outlaws go for a double belly to back, but Edge flips over and a double neckbreaker to both. Tag to Christian who takes it to the NAO. A clothesline sends Mr Ass over the top rope to the floor, reverse DDT to Dogg and Gunn is able to get back in the ring in time to break up the pin. Edge with a spear, but Dogg then sidesteps a Christian charge and he goes shoulder first into the ringpost. As Edge and Gunn go at it on the outside and the ref is having words with Road Dogg, Bubba senses an opportunity and an ‘Ace Crusher’ from the apron across the top rope to Christian. Road Dogg with a pump handle slam and the New Age Outlaws retain. As Bubba gets in the face of JR post-match, he’s attacked by Edge and they briefly go at it before the Dudleys high tail it out of there. I’m in the Loss camp with this one. Christian was the clear standout here and the two teams worked well together, even though you know what you are getting when it comes to the Outlaws. Quality near fall off the reverse DDT which the crowd totally bought. Not sure why as the Dudleys on commentary should’ve been a red light that they’re going to get involved at some point. I thought they both did a good job with D-Von the saner, composed one and Bubba as the crazy, intimidating one, a character he can certainly pull off. The camera missing that plancha was very un-WWF like and the cameras in general spent more time concentrating on the Dudleys than you would expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Yeah, it seems like Christian was a great worker right out of the gate and I really have no recollection of the Hardys, Dudleys and E+C interacting with each other this early before the Mania build-up but it seems like all of the seeds were planted early. This was a fun little tag match and probably the best I've seen the Outlaws look for a long time since they both worked hard, even if Road Dogg's offense never changed from face to heel. The Dudleys were great on commentary but helpfully aided by JR going with them and giving some great back and forth, something that would never happen in the buzzword-driven style of today's WWE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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