I absolutely loved this. Both guys were spot on with Tracy working all the Southern tricks of the trade and Kanemura bringing the fat guy highspots and bumps. Really loved the wipeout spots in this as Kanemura nails Rich and Smothers with a dive early and later Smothers drills Kanemura with a baseball slide that sends him jaw first into the steel. Tracy gets a real control segment and openly fucks with the crowd when they chant "boring" during it. Enjoyed the spots with Kanemura working roll ups to get nearfalls during Smothers run and I enjoyed Tracy missing a top rope forearm smash, sidestepping a Kanemura dropkick and then hitting him with a falling forearm smash to the throat. Kanemura actually getting the win with his top rope senton after wiping out Rich was pretty great too.

This was one of the best things I have seen tonight. The early exchanges were great. Tracy taking control was great and Tommy Rich was a great second. I have no idea why they gave Tracy a boring chant because it was anything but. The dumbest crowd chant I have heard tonight. Shit, this is lighting a fire under my ass to work on that Tracy Smothers set. Easy nomination.

Shit, this is lighting a fire under my ass to work on that Tracy Smothers set.

I swear I'm not going to comment on all of your post, but I was glad to see you liked the as much as I did and I'm really interested in seeing what you think about some of Tracy's other performances both as a single act and teaming with Guido. I've always been a mark for the FBI gimmick, but I've actually been shocked at how consistently good they've been. Even the non-nomination worthy matches have been good performances from them. And as much as I love Guido, Tracy and Tommy are nearly always the stars.

Kintaro Kanemura vs. "Wild Eyed Southern Boy" Tracy Smothers (12/17/99)

 

Smothers & Rich are awesome here as heels and I loved Tracy egging the fans on with their stupid boring chants. Kanemura was good here as well and with the good finish this moves forward.