Posted August 26, 201015 yr comment_5454989 Steve Corino v. Skull Von Krush This was the beginning of Corino's anti-hardcore gimmick so after Skull pummels him (including a great punch in the aisleway) we get his awesome "take a chair from a guy in the crowd and threaten to use it before sitting in it and applying a headlock" spot. This had a restart finish to put over Corino as a crafty heel. Decent opener with a good crowd. Sal E. Graziano v. Spike Dudley Acid Drop. Pin. Danny Doring/Roadkill v. Nova/Chris Chetti This is pretty much the standard match from these two teams with everyone giving you exactly what you would expect from them including the big Roadkill bump leading to the hot tag. At this point it seems like I've seen this a thousand times. Lance Storm v. Tommy Dreamer For whatever reason these two seem to have worked out a decent sprint that they toured around with to some extent because this was not bad. Some good hard hitting spots and a fun pace early with a real out of control feel. I even liked Storm's guardrail dive onto a stunned Tommy. This was kept short, but it was a tight match and a good showing for what it was even with the screwy finish. Jerry Lynn v. Tracy Smothers Boy Smothers is laying in the corner strikes really stiff on Lynn early. Shortly thereafter Van Dam comes in and takes out the only good wrestler in the match while Sabu stabs Rich which leaves and Guido and Tracy brawl? Bizarre. Jerry Lynn v. Rob Van Dam Boy this sucked. I mean I don't usually like these type of matches anyhow but they are usually at least fluid and smooth. This was neither. Bad. Super Crazy v. Tajiri There was some really badly telegraphed stuff in the first flurry of exchanges which is fairly surprising coming from these two. In general this match really seemed to lack flow and I swear there had to have been a dozen moonsault variations in this. Probably the weakest match between the two I've seen. D-Von Dudley/Bubba Dudley/Mustapha Saed v. Balls Mahoney/Axl Rotten/New Jack (WarGames) This was really strange. Cage is huge, everyone bleeds, et. but it was just odd to see this of all things being what ECW ran the WarGames gimmick for. Anyway this was tedious and kinda sucked.
