Posted August 1, 201015 yr comment_5453813 This was interesting. Sabu gave Tracy an awful lot in this and I actually thought they clicked very well. I really loved how Tracy was just aggressively peppering Sabu with shots every time he tried to take advantage. He also did a good job taking Sabu's offense, at one point leaping in the air off of a nasty punch and later taking a throat first plunge into an up right chair that looked like a legit jawbreaker. There was a badly blown spot in this but when Tracy didn't hit it right he jumped on Sabu immediately, beat him down with fist, did the spot again and then screamed at the crowd "Fuck This Up!" which was pretty funny. I really liked Tracy's selling in this as well. I'm not sure it was wise to have Tracy kick out of as much stuff as he did, but it had a logical progression to it and it definitely made the finish seem really important like Sabu had to go the extra mile to beat him. There was also a spear in this from Tracy that's better than anything Edge has ever done.
August 5, 201015 yr comment_5454007 Oh come on, Edge has laid in a nice spear here and there. I enjoyed this as much as the Billy Black match so it has to go on. I think the key to a decent Sabu match is to put him in there with someone who actually knows how to put a match together. Billy Black, Smothers, Scorpio etc. Put him in there with Taz, Sandman, Dreamer... eh, not so much. After the leg whip, the bump Smothers took with his throat dropping on the chair looked sick. Add the crazy Sabu dives right after and Sabu deciding to do every leg drop imaginable on said throat and I give this a thumbs up.
October 20, 201014 yr comment_5457452 "Homicidal, Genocidal, & Suicidal" Sabu vs. "Wild Eyed Southern Boy" Tracy Smothers (10/30/99) Smothers coming out to Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound by Bocephus is fucking awesome. Will is right about Sabu against a veteran performer in that those matches have more of a structure regarding them than the NE indy worker trained in the late 80's - early 90's matches which went the more spotfest route. Smothers was really good here and did get a lot of offense surprisingly since he wasn't getting any type of push at this time. I dug this match a lot and it moves forward easily.
