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[2000-03-24-ECW-TNN] Yoshihiro Taijiri vs Super Crazy (Japanese Death)


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This didn't get a ton of time, but wow was it a great match, maybe the second or third best of their feud. I liked how they incorporated more wrestling than in any of their other death matches, and really built to every table spot, so they satisfied the mutants while still giving them an actual wrestling match instead of just a stunt show. Both guys were at the top of their game. Crazy was a bloody mess. ECW crowds booing table spots where the table doesn't break is so stupid because those spots look way more brutal. The post-match angle is a bunch of stuff with various people running out. I am curious when we're going to see the Tajiri turn, because I know it's coming fairly soon to set up the May PPV, but I'm not exactly sure when. Not really a fan of The Network stuff, although that we're supposed to believe Jack Victory and Rhino represent a television station by beating people up is one of those goofy pro wrestling things I love. ****

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I continue to love this feud. This starts with Tajiri getting hurled four rows deep and doesn't let up from there. We only get about 8 minutes of the match but it continues to be excellent. The table spots continue to be innovative and non annoying which is a feat for 2000. Crazy adds in a good bladejob to add some extra juice. The Network is being presented as the biggest angle in ECW currently and I guess was a way of Paul E to let out his transgressions on TNN but some of the beats of it are wrong. Cyrus is good in the moutpiece role however. ECW is still chugging along. ****

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The footage starts just as Tajiri launches Super Crazy over the guardrail and into the audience, and Tajiri with a kick to the head on him as he returns to the ring. Handspring elbow, but Crazy is back to his feet and dropkicks Tajiri who tumbles through the ropes to the floor. It’s Crazy’s turn to launch his opponent into the front row and a lovely Asai moonsault follows. Double jump moonsault for two, and Crazy unloads with punches in the corner before repeating in the opposite one. Nice series of pin attempts with both men getting their fair share of two counts. Tajiri with a dropkick to the head and he steps outside to pick up a chair. He’s about to clock Crazy, but he gets in first and dropkicks it into his face. As he grabs his leg, out of nowhere, Tajiri levels him in the head with the chair. He slams Crazy’s face into it and then kicks the back of it so the steel collides with his head. We return from an ad break as Tajiri is bringing a couple of tables into the ring while Crazy has been busted open from that kick to the back of the chair. Double foot stomp off the top puts Crazy through one of the tables, but he’s still able to kick out of the pin. Tajiri props the second table up in the corner, Crazy ducks the kick and a tilt-a-whirl into a powerslam through that one. Crazy brings a third table into the match and goes to moonsault Tajiri through it, however it doesn’t break and he ends up powerbombing him through it for the win.

 

Steve Corino immediately attacks Crazy after the match, while the referee seems more concerned with getting the remnants of the table out of there as opposed to trying to stop the attack! Jack Victory is also out and the guy throws a great looking punch. It’s not long before Crazy starts to hold his own against these two, which brings out Rhino who smashes him with an almighty gore. The four of them put the boots to Crazy until Sandman’s music plays and he takes an absolute eternity to make his way through the audience and make the ‘save’ (although you can’t really say he made a save, Corino et al just stopped focussing on Crazy). When he eventually gets into the ring he Singapore canes everyone, but as he goes to hit Tajiri for a second time he blows the mist in his face and Rhino gores him. Piledriver for Sandman and Crazy, and Cyrus says the nobody stands up to the Network, and if there is anyone in the back, in the arena or anywhere who’s got the guts to stand up to the Network, he suggests they come out and meet the Network face to face. Balls Mahoney and his steel chair have got the guts and answer the challenge. As Cyrus starts laying the verbal smack down on Balls, he doesn’t realise that his ‘Network’ have vacated the ring and he’s all alone in there. He tries to apologise and back off but Balls isn’t having any of it. Just as he’s about to cave his skull in with his chair, Corino is back in to grab it and Rhino gores him, while Cyrus again says the nobody stands up to the Network!

 

Another real good match in the series, although it’s probably my third favourite of the ‘death matches’, primarily due to the fact it was so short (not even seven minutes in duration). The best thing about this was the way the match built, as you would’ve had no idea whatsoever that it was a death match for the first half of it. The opening section is pure wrestling and there is a really nice pinning sequence in this, and Tajiri has a gorgeous one off a fireman’s carry to look out for. It was only the second half where they bought out the tables and chairs and the violence levels escalated. My one gripe is on Crazy’s comebacks (and it’s a common trait with him), that he takes an absolute pounding and then as soon as it’s his turn on the offense, he’s back running and flying around as if there was never anything wrong with him in the first place. The post-match angle was what it was, and lasted about as long as the match itself. Never thought I would see someone make a slower run-in/save than Mick Foley and his bad knees, but the Sandman manages it!

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This was very short but, still an entertaining way to kick off the episode. This was a great example of how ECW shows felt very organic.

 

Joey & Joel kick off the show and introduce the match. Cyrus (aka Don Callis for newer fans) comes out to start a fight. That ends and the match starts which sets up Corino coming out but the fight is still happening and it transitions to Rhino and Sandman and the comes full circle with Network stuff.

 

Good match but, a fantastic segment! ECW really crammed a lot of good stuff into an hour long episode. Never felt it was a hour wasted.

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