[2000-04-28-EWF] Bad Crew vs Backseat Boyz

[soup23]

Here come the Back Door Boyz starts the commentary track. I love the Backseat Boyz entrance as they just ooze charisma coming out. BSB cut a promo and the heat is to be expected against them. The match has a basic, non hardcore structure that is pretty fun. Bad Crew is just there but the BSB have enough overly dramatic double team moves to keep things interesting and the heat segment sustainable. Finish was annoying with Danny Rose coming out and turning on Bad Crew along with their manager. BSB are the clear stars within EWF and they should be emphasized more overall. ***

[Loss]

I can never figure out with Bad Crew if they are supposed to be babyfaces or what since they don't really work in a pronounced way and we've seen them take on both roles on the same show. At the very least, I guess they are on a defacto level here. This was a very good tag with the BSB carrying things. Trent Acid was a really special talent. I imagined him as a daredevil spot guy since most of his more famous matches were in CZW, but so far, he's shown himself as a good old school tag wrestler. ***1/4

 

(On a personal note, this was interesting to watch in some ways because it about a year after I came out, and the match was built around "faggot" chants, so it reminded me of the climate at the time.)

[Tim Evans]

Boy was the atmosphere around this match very problematic. I'm used to the chants but I'm not used to the announcers actually awknowledging and participating in the chants. It really distracted me from the match although the finish was just stupid.

[GSR]

There’s something about the Backseat Boyz entrance that puts a smile on my face. A classy ‘faggot, faggot’ chant from the crowd at these two. Kashmere thanks all their fans for the letters and emails they’d sent them requesting they came back to Bethlehem, and then accuses a rather vociferous section of the crowd of driving by their house and trying to look in through the windows. It’s called stalking and next time he’s letting the dogs out on these perverts! Trent then announces that there will be no hardcore in this match as they have a photoshoot tomorrow and don’t want to mess up their beautiful faces! Bad Crew’s entrance music is almost over by the time they come out and they’re accompanied by ‘Dirty Deeds’ Darren Wise.

 

A bit of matwork to open with Kashmere and one of the Crew taking it in turns to work around a side headlock. Kashmere is pleased with his escape but is nailed with a clothesline as he looks for some applause from the fans. Bad Crew #2 is tagged in and they continue to work things around the headlock. He shoots Kashmere off, sidestep and then launches Johnny over the top rope to the floor. ‘Dirty Deeds’ puts the boots to him until Trent is around to help his partner. They want no further part of this and head back towards the dressing room. One of the Bad Crew goes after them and brings them back to ringside where the other member comes flying through the ropes with a suicide dive. A pair of Japanese armdrags and they start to work on Trent. Irish whip is reversed and from the outside Johnny hooks the Crew’s ankle. The distraction allows Trent to grab a breather and then level the Crew with a great looking superkick when he turns around. Double back elbow from the Backseat Boyz before a little dance routine and a double elbow drop. Trent with a missile dropkick and an even more elaborate routine resulting in Johnny pancaking Trent onto the Crew. The official misses the tag as now Johnny’s distracting him, and with his back turned trying to get the other member of the Crew out the ring, the Backseat Boyz hit a double suplex. A Kashmere assisted reverse splash off the top for two as the Crew is able to get his foot over the bottom rope. Huracanrana is countered into a powerbomb and the Crew is finally able to tag out of there. Danny Rose is down to support the Bad Crew, but after a double underhook powerbomb on Johnny he’s up into the ring and cracks the Crew member over the head with a steel chair. The other member of the Crew goes to hit Rose, however he ducks and takes out Trent with a chair instead. Darren Wise then turns on his charge levelling him, and he and Rose make off with the EWF tag title belts. Official decision was the Backseat Boyz winning by DQ due to the Bad Crew using a chair.

 

The Bad Crew are just ‘there’ in this one and glad I’m not the only one who couldn’t work out whether they were supposedly heels or faces. The Backseat Boyz are real fun here; from their entrance, to the winding of the crowd up and to their over the top double team moves. It’s pretty sad seeing Trent all full of charisma here and knowing how his life ends up. If things had panned out differently I could almost imagine him in the Kendrick role in the Cruiserweight Classic or something. Could’ve done without all the references to the ‘Backdoor Boyz’ by the commentators, while the ref was also annoying with his faffing around at times. Lousy DQ finish.

[soup23]

 

The Bad Crew are just ‘there’ in this one and glad I’m not the only one who couldn’t work out whether they were supposedly heels or faces. The Backseat Boyz are real fun here; from their entrance, to the winding of the crowd up and to their over the top double team moves. It’s pretty sad seeing Trent all full of charisma here and knowing how his life ends up. If things had panned out differently I could almost imagine him in the Kendrick role in the Cruiserweight Classic or something. Could’ve done without all the references to the ‘Backdoor Boyz’ by the commentators, while the ref was also annoying with his faffing around at times. Lousy DQ finish.

 

 

Me and Loss have talked a lot in the prepping stage that Trent is really one of the more tragic figures of the entire PWO2k project (JC Bailey may be another one when we get to him). He was so young here (19) and had so much charisma that if he would have kept his life together, I see no reason he wouldn't have been able to have a successful career to this day.

[GSR]

 

 

The Bad Crew are just ‘there’ in this one and glad I’m not the only one who couldn’t work out whether they were supposedly heels or faces. The Backseat Boyz are real fun here; from their entrance, to the winding of the crowd up and to their over the top double team moves. It’s pretty sad seeing Trent all full of charisma here and knowing how his life ends up. If things had panned out differently I could almost imagine him in the Kendrick role in the Cruiserweight Classic or something. Could’ve done without all the references to the ‘Backdoor Boyz’ by the commentators, while the ref was also annoying with his faffing around at times. Lousy DQ finish.

 

 

Me and Loss have talked a lot in the prepping stage that Trent is really one of the more tragic figures of the entire PWO2k project (JC Bailey may be another one when we get to him). He was so young here (19) and had so much charisma that if he would have kept his life together, I see no reason he wouldn't have been able to have a successful career to this day.

 

 

I don't know how much of his stuff you have earmarked for this project (and I only really started to think of him over the past week or so when going through a bunch of Chikara shows that I'll be uploading for Loss), but add Larry Sweeney to this last. Checking through these Chikara shows (some of the early one which have like 20 people in attendance) and Sweeney just oozes charisma and personality. Not the wrestler of Acid or even Bailey, but a bloody fun performer every time out (oh and I sent Loss a match he had against Bill Dundee from 2007 yesterday which will be something to look forward to in around five years time!).

[soup23]

Larry was someone I pegged for a good amount of coverage in going through the Chikara lists. I know when my family went to an IWA-DS show in 2007, they came away thinking Larry was by far the best performer.

[Edwin]

The era of Smart Mark Video tapes with a watermark on the bottom right corner of the companies initials in a generic font...

 

This maybe the best Backseat Boyz match I've ever seen. Its very different from their CZW stuff which is usually them going balls to the walls with sloppy high spots. I really enjoyed the Backseats double team moves, namely that one cradle splash they did with the dancing as it plays to their gimmick.

 

Unfortunately the crowd, the commentary and the finish sucked. Also I'm not familiar with the Bad Crew, but they don't strike me as particularly great workers.