Lafon being befuddled by Mikey's speed was a pretty cool way to set up a dichotomy between these two teams early. Furnas does a really great job taking the babyfaces offense in such a way that it looks really sharp and then cuts off Spike with a big slam before punting him around. God damn Spike is a great rag doll for these guys to beat on as he takes everything well and his mini-comebacks are just enough to give you hope, but not enough to undermine the strength v. speed premise of the match. Furnas does the awesome high boston crab into giant swing spot again and it still looks awesome. There is a really great spot with Lafon shit talking Mikey and coaxing him into the ring and of course Spike rolls up Lafon but the ref misses the nearfall because he's with Mikey. Mikey hot tag after acid drop on Lafon and he is great in his role as he lights up the heels with ranas and a good tornado DDT for a nearfall. Great nearfall sequence with Lafon getting crotched on the rope and Spike and Mikey hitting a couple of good double team spots for two counts. Mikey ends up getting taking out by a cheapshot and the heels hit an awesome devastation device into a forward roll for a "holy shit!" level nearfall on Spike. Lafon finishes him off with a tremendous looking top rope reverse superplex. Awesome match. Could have gone a bit longer, but it seems absurd to criticize this.

The Can-Am Express (Doug Furnas & Phil Lafon) vs. Spike Dudley & Mikey Whipwreck (11/1/97)

 

This is a good matchup of power vs. speed and they work the match with that theme in full force as the Can-Ams bulldoze these guys but the faces give them a run for their money after taking loads of punishment setting up a hot stretch run. This is a fairly easy nomination to me.