[2001-02-10-JCW-Rugged Valentine] Low Ki vs Little Guido

[Migs]

Rematch from the last month, where they went to a 10 minute (?!) draw. We've now progressed from 10 minutes to having no time limit.

 

Love the intensity of the mat wrestling to start. Ki keeps taking control, leading to Guido getting frustrated and bailing. Nice job from Guido of pacing things.

 

It's not a Fameasser, crappy announcer, it's a Sicilian Slice. Although, to be fair, it is also a Fameasser.

 

This is going great until Don Montoya interferes and hits Ki with a belt, leading to Guido hitting something (the camera doesn't show it and the announcer doesn't call it) for the win. Despite the crappy finish, this was a lot of fun and well worth seeking out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[GSR]

This is the no time limit re-match from last month’s ‘Teaneck Turmoil’ show. The commentator is claiming their previous match went to the ten minute duration, clearly hoping that there are no sticklers like me watching who know that it did nothing of the sort! Guido transitions to a cross armbar from the take down, however Ki has his knuckles locked together preventing him from straightening the arm out. Ki rolls out and returns the favour, slapping on a cross armbar of his own. Guido tries the same defence, but Ki is able to break his grip before he too rolls out. He adopts a boxing stance throwing out some jabs, although when Ki responds with a kick to the bread basket he thinks better of it, stepping through the ropes and out onto the apron. Guido counters the wheelbarrow with a Fujiwara armbar, but just like what happened with the cross armbar Ki spins his way free. Drop toe hold and Ki with a ‘Steve Grey style’ surfboard. Rolling cradle for a two and Guido again ducks out of the ring to the floor. Ki chases after him, but in doing so falls into the trap as he gets dropped by a clothesline on his return inside. A hard open hand slap to the chest. Whip to the corner is reversed and a dropkick to the knee then takes the legs out from Guido. Ki with a trio of kicks, the first two to the chest whilst the third boxes his ears. Out of desperation, Guido grabs hold of Ki’s pants pulling him head first into the middle turnbuckle. ‘Rocker dropper’ but Ki kicks out on two. ‘Sicilian Slice’ and Ki once more gets a shoulder up. Guido gives up on the ‘Kimura’ only to get caught by a tornado DDT. Handspring kick to the head that causes Guido to face plant to the mat. The two then trade hard open hand slaps before a Ki ‘Rude Awakening’ for the nearest near fall so far. German suplex and after Guido gets a shoulder up he backs himself into the corner, calling the referee over to have a word with him about something. Ki signals for the ‘Ki Krusher’ but, with Guido keeping the ref occupied, in sneaks Don Montoya who clocks him from behind with his TV title belt. Guido makes the cover and that’s all she wrote.

 

Better than their previous match and there was some good intensity in there, but due to that finish I was again left feeling underwhelmed after watching it. Despite this being no time limit, the bout still went less than ten minutes, so shorter than what the original was purported to have done so.