Posted August 28, 201015 yr comment_5455068 Mikey Whipwreck v. Jerry Lynn This was a really good "please don't stop" style match. These guys are just flying through stuff, but it is broken down into little mini-segments which keeps it from feeling terribly over the top. In particular I really like Mikey's reaction to Lynn's early offense and his crazy corner- post to -railing bump to set up the spots on the floor was really a crazy ricochet spot. Lynn's splash looked great and Mikey's dive into the crowd was pretty much the perfect blend of reckless Mikey and workrate Mikey. Mikey's dropkick was a great nearfall and the nearfall segment in general was great here because even though it was somewhat back and fourth, the selling in between spots was good enough where it didn't feel like guys taking turns. Some people would probably hate the finish, but I liked it as Mikey hitting the top rope stunner only for Lynn to fall on top and luck into a pin protected Mikey and also made the proceeding nearfall segment come across as a sort of last gasp for both guys. Sal E. Graziano v. Spike Dudley Giant Killer Spike squash. Tracy Smothers v. Sandman Smothers demands Sandman put up the stick and rassle at the jump. Somehow this ends up with Sandman leading a Jerry Springer chant. This is really Sandman v. the entire FBI as the match is built around Sandman having to out smart them and deal with their bullshit at every turn. Guido took a couple of huge bumps and I really liked the straight work between Sandman and Tracy but at the end of the day this had me wishing it had been a one-on-one between these two guys. Post-match Credible beats down Sandman. Balls Mahoney v. Masato Tanaka This was very similar to their match from the other Queens show. Lots of big shots from both guys with everything well executed. From memory, this had more stuff in the ring and less on the floor and I thought the use of nearfalls was a lot less over the top here. Tanaka really only knows one speed and this is it but this was as good an exhibition of that style as you are likely to see. I can't see any case for including both of the matches on the set, but offhand I'm not sure which one is better so I am nominating this as well. Justin Credible v. Chris Chetti I've noticed that Credible matches always tend to start the same way with lots of quick exchanges and Credible taking some big bumps. Usually the quality of the matches is entirely dependent on what happens in the section immediately after this. What's strange about this match is that there is not a second segment at all. Chetti badly fucks up the already shitty Credible DDT spot but other than that this was a decent sprint. Tommy Dreamer v. Jack Victory (EXTRA) Nova and Meanie come out with Tommy to act as his backup. Tommy dances after they initially clean house. The brawling in the early going is actually really great as Victory and Dreamer are just teeing off on each other with punches and prop spots. Victory gets busted open and ends up taking two really stiff face plant bumps through a table. All of this build to Victory taking a guitar bump and Lance Wright getting DDT'ed and the finish. Gotta say this was a really entertaining brawl. Victory still had more in the tank at the time than I had remembered. Bam Bam Bigelow/Chris Candido v. Rob Van Dam/Sabu v. D-Von Dudley/Bubba Dudley There were a lot of big time spots in this early including a nasty Bubba powerbomb on Sabu and a great dive from Van Dam. Eventually the ring was totally cleared except for Bam Bam and Bubba and I thought that was a really cool thing to build to but before they can work any cool spots off of that there is a ref bump and then Taz runs in. He ends up being responsible for the Dudz exit and the match settles into a straight tag with some big bumps and a decent pace. Without the Taz run in this might have been a marginal pick.
