Posted August 30, 201015 yr comment_5455147 Stevie is out with Bluedust which god help me is still really funny to me for whatever reason. Pre-match Richards claims he and Bluedust were supposed to be MCing the gay rights parade in NYC. Mikey turns down a truce early and starts out destroying the heels including two really good planchas onto Bluedust. Richards backs Mikey into the corner and goes for the "Bluedust" corner taunt and Mikey punches him in the dick and goes back to the headlock which is the base he is working for the match. Stevie finally takes control off of a really strange twisting electric chair into powerbomb spot that was sort of a dueling reversals thing. Then he punts Mikey in the balls. Mikey does a Funkesque weeble-wobble sell between the ropes and Richards ends up killing him with a powerbomb for a good nearfall. They do some pretty good back and fourth teasing momentum swings and Mikey finally has him down and goes up top only for Richards to drill him with an epic superkick which Mikey takes a huge bump for. Nearfall there was really great. Meanie comes in they do a duel crotching spot and then they go to a weird segment where Mikey is maintaining a serious demeanor while these two guys work comedy spots around him and he gets nearfalls. It sounds stupid and I usually hate shit like this but I thought it worked okay here. Not sure it was wise to have Mikey kick out of two superkicks in this one, but I was happy to see him win clean. Watching this next to the 95 match you can tell they are operating off of a blueprint and this was not as good as that match. But there was variation here and I think they were going for something different styllistically so I have no problem rubber stamping it.
November 10, 201014 yr comment_5458185 Mikey Whipwreck vs. "Dancin" Stevie Richards (6/30/96) Bluedust is pretty funny. These two had a really fun match a year previous so I hope this is just as good. Stevie's pre-match micwork was awesome and I think Stevie would've been awesome in Memphis if he would've been born 10 years earlier. This was lots of fun as it mixed a really solid match with comedy spots with Bluedust so you got a lot here and everything was very satisfying. This is a pretty easy nomination for me.
December 8, 201014 yr comment_5459978 Mikey Whipwreck vs. Stevie Richards (6/30/96) - Solid start to the match with both guys moving well. Stevie is a blast pre-match. Kind of weird to see Mikey work out of a headlock. I can see the strategy of keeping Stevie grounded. I just didn’t think Mikey would be the one to use it. Damn, Stevie was so gay. I can’t imagine this was the same character who was in the RTC. Either way, his superkick to Mikey on the top rope looked nasty. Awesome spot with Meanie where Mikey crotches Stevie on the ropes causing him to crotch Meanie. Mikey follows it up with a superkick to Stevie and a bulldog on Meanie on Stevie’s crotch. Anyway, this was a blast and will be on the set.
