[2000-03-25-ECW-Wichita, KS] Kid Kash vs Rhino

[Loss]

Very much a pro-Rhino crowd at first, but Kash gets them on his side through his work in the ring. Short match, but I like both guys and they made the most of the time.

[soup23]

Kid Kash is really starting to become a top five ECW guy for me around this time. He goes in there, hits his big spots and bumps big for the monsters he is usually locked up against. This had a really good tv match formula that made both guys looked strong and helped pushed the overall narrative as well. Sometimes wrestling can be effective and simple if you don't let convolution get in the way. ***

[Migs]

Kash finally has Bawitdaba! This gets me legit pumped to this day.

 

Like the fire at the start from Kash, but Rhino goes over a little too easily for that arm drag. Rhino is a bit dull when controlling, but he's a lot of fun when countering Kash's offense. Fun little match.

[GSR]

Kash jumps Rhino from behind trying to get an early advantage, but Rhino reverses the Irish whip and an almighty gorilla press slam. Kash starts to fire back after Rhino chops his chest getting in some shots of his own. Headscissors, nice looking armdrag and a dropkick sends Rhino through the ropes to the outside. Kash with a baseball slide dropkick and a huge springboard plancha. Rhino counters Kash’s punches in the corner with a sit out powerbomb for two and a bruising clothesline takes him off his feet for another two. Kash ducks a lariat and a double jump springboard reverse crossbody for a two of his own. Rhino with a whip to the corner, Kash jumps to the middle turnbuckle and comes off with a moonsault bodyblock, however Rhino catches him and a big powerslam for the closest fall yet. Kash avoids another clothesline and a baseball slide dropkick to Jack Victory who’s on the arena floor. Shoulder tackle to the mid-section of Rhino, a lovely leaping headscissors off the top but Kash doesn’t follow up though and plays to the audience. When he turns around he’s met with a gore then a piledriver for the win.

 

Kash seemed more at home and comfortable after coming across a tad tentative in his first couple of matches. He also showed more and got in more offense than in previous matches, and as a result this was much more competitive than I expected. Decent little match with Rhino being a great base for Kash’s high flying offense. Looking forward to seeing how he progresses over the year ahead from here.